The Cantuarian March 1911 - October 1912 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

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CANT UA RIA N. MARC H ,

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EDITORIAL . What's the llse of an Editorial ? Q uite so, we agree with yOll, " of no use." Everythi ng contained in it can be found somewhere else in the Magazine-expressed in a far more interesting and conv incing manner. Vie congratul ate the Football XV. T~ veryone has been doing that fo r the last three months and there is the usual re trospect in th is numbe r. Vve re mark that the Debating Society held a debate on Home Rule and proposes in the near future to arrange a trial. Everyone knew that in the first three weeks of the term, and is there not the report of the debate scribbled out with imm ense trouble by om under- paid repo rter? We wish good luck to those who are goi ng to take part in the Sports, in the Boat Races, or in. the Gym nasium competition. \<Vell, that's obvious and unnecessary. Probably most of the aforesaid Boat Racers, Sportsmen and Gymnasts won't read it. vVe condone wi th Mr. Bell for his bad luck in having to abandon (t hrough bad w ather) a field -day in which he had supreme command of one force. T his is a t rifle be lated, because everyone did so on the day itself-and most of the time since. T he n the T utor Sets- what can we say of them when the re is the expert criti cism or the football captain? One t hing, of course, we congratulate the wi nners

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(Mr. Evans' set), but we have a vivid recollec tion of doing this about a fo rtnight ago. Conseq uently. in order not to be redunda nt, eve rything co nnected with the School must be tabooed. Parliamerrt ary electiops are good matter for Editorials, but these arc worn thread-bare. I n the ordi nary co urse of events Editorials are night-mares to th e Editors. \Ve had severa l of these. The worst was one in which we were being conveyed to Chartham Asylum locked in a taxi- cab. In a frenzy of inspiration we scribbled delirious Editorials all ove r th e inside, the windows. the fioor, th e sides and the cllshions It was not enough, the seats were turned inside out to provide more mate rial for man uscri pt. Finally, we seized the speaking tube and shri eked Editorials at th e unfortunate driver. The poor man, shaking with terror, lost his nerve and, at an amazi ng speed , turned into the ditch, and rolled do wn th e hill, landing with a final bump on the lower Chartham road. We have no recollection what hap pe ned after th is. It has become the custo m in the last few years for thi s part of the Caftluari(U/. to become more or less unintelligible. Extremely harmless· looking-people in noce ntly enquire" who writes that humorous- or rather mock humorous- ' thing' (they always call it a ' thi ng') at the begi nnin g ." In the name of all dece ncy and common se nse It>t us make one sensible remar k ere we are que nched. We really do congratulate th e football team, belated though it may be. They have achieved two records. They have won every school match (a nd, indeed. every match except two) and they have accumulated over 500 points. I n our on~ reasonable mom ent let us give them the praise they do deserve. And now, my little pe n, it is finish ed and you will never be wanted again ·-till ntxt Lime. Back YOll go, back into those dark murky recesses of the Editorial Clipboards. where the discarded Editorials of generations lie wasting away, back into th e far corner, where, behind the Editorial jam pots, th ere will dance and play round yo u, in all times of silence- the little Editorial mice. The Call1uariau wi ll be published only once this term, as, owing to th eir late dill', it is impossible to print a report of the Sports in the seco nd number. There will be:: three issues next term ; contributions for the firs t should reach the Editors by May . nd.

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3n Memoriam. J UDGE

E ~IDEN

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of< We regret to ann oun ce the death a to come to the point," or .. keep of A. C. Emden, one of the olde r themselves strictly to th e question band of O.K. S., and one who had in vo lved." The consequence of this ri sen to a high place in the legal systematic and conscientiolls evalua world. He was the yo unger SOil of tion of the tim e of the court was that the late W. S. Emden, Esq., of Haver- Judge Emden's courts were rarely. if stock H ill, and was educated at ~ve r , in arrear. During the many Canterbury, a nd under Professor years he sat at Lam beth he n eyer once Mehat in Paris. Called to the bar came late. On the other hand. he at th e Middle Temple in 1880, he was would sit to a late hour to avoid an I I \Vhen I rise this appointed first Regi strar under the adjournment. Companies <\Vinding-Up) Ar;ts in evening," said his honour, one 189' , and became Ju dge of the Dec. 3 1, "I shall have finished every Lambeth County Cour t two years case entered for hearing in the courts later. H e was presiding in this in which I sit. For ten yea rs in capacity a fo rtnight befo re his death, succession I have never had to carry in his 6z ud yea r, on February 18th. over a case to the next year, and We express our deepest sympathy with I have. with rare exceptio ns, finished his two sons, themsel ves recent O.K.S ., every day the whole of the cases on the list." now at Oxford, in their bereavement. J udge Emden was a n avowed and consiste nt t!nemy of t he "law's delay.' It came to be understood that in his court, if a case was appointed ' to be heard on a given day, on that day it would be heard. He detested legal proÂˇ crastination, and was himself a model of industry. Not seldorn coun sel who we re arguing round a case were. as ked

Ju dge E mden might well be called the " Poor Man's Jud ge" for the line he took in a number of cases in which people of the indigent class were litigan ts and were liable by th e strict le tter of the law to suffer injustice. Agai nst imprisonment for debt he had a strong prepos~essio n, and in th e case of really poor defen-

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dants would make orders for monthly sums whi ch spread the actual paymen't over a long period. But the Judge took care that the plea of poverty was true; he would at times adjourn the case for an hou r or two for exa minaÂˇ tion, and woe betide those who tried to impose on his good nature. Jud ge Emden set himself strongly against the mann er in which persons of moderate means were tempted to get into debt by offers of unlimIted credit. So severely did he deal with certain instances of the hire-purchase system that of late years it became evident either the system had been reformed or those who practised it avoided the Lambeth County-court. Thou gh holding strongly to the view that the law never intended to send poor men to prison for some of the

debts they we re induced to contract, his honour was equally insistt"l1t that many men, and especially single men, had no excuse for getting into de'bt, and such litigants had no leniency to expect from JlIdge Emden. As a judge he gave the impression of a man most anxious to arrive at an equitable decision in all cases and he displayed a wonderful perception of the real points at issue, and an absolute determination not to allow the thi ngs essential to be overloaded by legal casuistry. The sound ness of his judgments was generally admitted. H e was the author of a work on "The Law of Building," "A Complete Coll ection of Practice Statutes," and other treati'ies.

CONCERT. The King's School Christmas Concert was g ivtn on Monday, December 19th, in the Gymnasium, and a more thoroughly enjoyabl e programme than that provided co uld hardly be wished for. It must have given considerable pleasure to the n(' w Headmaster to know that the School Musical Society could arrange a concert o f such excellence. There was a large atlendance of relati yes and friends of the boys. His Grace the Archbishop of anterbury and Mrs. Davidson, the Dean

of Canterbury (Dr. Wace ), and the H eadmaster of the King' s School (the Rev. C. R. L. McD o wall ) were among th e audience. Mrs. Wace was, unfortunately. too ill to be prese nt. Follo wing is the programme : PARTÂˇ SONG . ... " Who is Sylvia" ... .. .. '~/aifarren. SCENES MI GNONNP.S (Op. 18), Pf. nnd the East Kent Amat eur Orchestra ...... P t-rcy Godfr~y. No. I, Shephe rdess Dance. No.2, Haymakers' Dance.

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A most delightful feature of the evening was the performances of the East Kent Amateur Orchestral Society. It was FOLK·SONG (Chorus and Orchestra) ... . ........... . in Greig's elegiac melody "Spring" that (al Winler, (6) i\'lay ........ Rmsiall. the Orchestra. reached its point nearest perfection. The feeling and the exSCt!Ng!,) !\'lIGNONNES (Pf. and Orchestra) .. pression given to this was superb. The NO.3, Cradle Song. Percy Godfrey. rendering of the folk songs by the No.6, Pierro! and Pierrette. Chorus and Orchestra maintained the SON G...... .. A British Empire Song" ..... . Ryley. high standard of the concert. The Junior Schoolboys' rendering of II Cherry Ripe" (to verses by the Dean of Canterbury). was another delightful item and well REV. G. C. E. RVLEY, O.K.S. deserved the encore. One of the outFOLK,SONG (Chorus anu Orchestra) II Air du Prix" standi ng features of the concert was the French. Dean of Canterbu ry's British Empire PIANO SOLO ................... ... ....................... .. song, the verses of which have been set to music by the Rev. G. C. E. Ryley. MIL C. J. GALI'I N, O.K.S. Minor Canon Ryley himself sang the AIR ....... : ......... "Che rry Ripe" ............. . . Hom. song, and the aud ience were very th~ro.ugh Trebles: JUNIOR SCHOOL. in their expressions of app reC I atl~ n. There is a taking swin g in the refralO, PIANO SOLO (a) "Zu deinem FUssell" (Op. 68, NO·3) Grleg. and the school joined in lustily. The Dean was complimented with rounds of (6)" ElUde )1ignonlle" (Op. 16, NO. 1) applause, and twice had to rise and bow G. J. ECCL ES. Seldin, hi s acknowledgments.

SONG ......•.... 11 Drake goes West ..... . Satmd,,·solt. l\'IR. C. L. NIGHTINGAL&,O.K.S.

Two EL&GIAC M&l.OVTES fOl strings of 34 ... Grieg. (ill" The Wounded Heart." (6) "Spring." FOLK·SONG (Ch. and Orch.) .. " Ranz des Vaches" Semese A Ips. PIA NO SOLO .. " Valsa Trisle" (Op. 44) .. ·St·belius. E. F. HOUSDEN. ORCHESTRA

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Papil1ons" (Op. 50) ... OlnUl.

The pianoforte solos were deservedly applauded, the performers showing considerable mastery of the non e too easy items which they had chosen. The vocal solos, too , were good, and it was not surpri si ng to hear the school join~ng vigorously in the chorus of the RUSSian marching song, "Nischevo," the solos of which were taken by Mr. C . K. Mowll .

I'ART·SOl"G . . " Three Doughtie Men" .... Pearson. M ARCHI NG SONG ... ·' Nischev8" .... . , ..... . RllSJ;Q1~.

C. K. MOWLL. I"OOTBALL SONG ... " Forty Years on " .. .J. Farmer. " GOD SIWE THB KI NG."

The Orchestra was the outcome of these concerts; it was fitting, therefore, that its first performance should have been in conjunctio n with the choral work

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of the boys of this School. and we are greatly indebted to the members for their assistance. Excepting, perhaps, for the orchestral performance of the second of the two Grieg lyrics, nothin g attained the same excellence of tone-quality orofpurity of phrasing as the singing of "~herry Ripe." No Senior trebles for the past two years have t aken part in such work as was formerly the case. To all those who took part in the concert, it was a pleasure that the Headmaster and Mrs. McDowall should have the satisfaction of welcoming an' audience even morc numerous than usual, and also that, for this occasion, at any ratc, the concert, should have received something of its forme r status and excellence. PERCY GOEFREY.

THF. DEANERY, CANTERBURY. 12th

February,

19 11.

Dear Mr. Editor, I should be glad if you woul d allow me to convey to the King's School, thro ugh the pages of the Cantuariall, my grateful appreciation of their handsome treatment, at the last School Concert, of the Bn'lisl, Empin Song which I recently published. I thought that the mu sic, which lowe to Mr. Ryley, was rend ered with admirable spirit by the boys, and I felt myself very fortunate in the so ng being in th e hands of such a choir, under the guidance of such. a Master of Music as Mr. Godfrey. It is always a pleas ure to listen to concerts under his direction,

and I trust that the music of the School will prosper more and more under his fostering care. ';Yith my best thanks, I remain. Yours fai thfully, H. WACE, Deall.

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CANTERBURY.

To the Editor of the Cantuarian . Dear Sir, Wi II you allow me, through the medium of the Cantuariall, to express to the whole School my deep and grateful appreciation of the reception awarded to " A British Empire Song" at the Christmas Concert? The effect of the whole School joining in the Chorus to the accompaniment of the Band was almost overwhelming. I should like at the same ti rne to say that my enjoyment of the concert was mainly due to the fact that it was emphat.ically a K ing's ScllOOI Concer t. It gave the public an opportunity of realizing that, although music (unfortunately ) does not form part of the ordinary curri culum of School work, it is, nevertheless, possible ror boys to learn to play and sing intelligenLly and acceptably at a public School. I am, Yours sincerely, GEOFFREY

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FOOTBALL. LIST OF Datt.

G7'Dund.

MATCHES. ResUlt'

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Th., Oct. 13 Mr. A. Latter's xv . .... .. Tu., " 18 \Vye College ............. . Th . , " 20 Dover College .......... .. Sat., " 22 Royal Engineers ......... . Til., " 25 Epsom College ......... .. SaL, .. 29 Merchant Taylors' Sch. Th., Nov.IO Royal Engineers ......... . W., " 16 Eastbourne College .... .. Tu ., " 22 Mr. G. B. Cockrem's xv. SaL, " 26 Dover College .......... . Tu., " 29 WyeCollege ..... ..... . .. Tll., Dec. 20 O.K.S .................. ..

FI RST Canterbury \"ye ........ . Canterbury Canterbury Beckenllam Canterbury Chatham .. . Eastbourne Canterbury Dover ...... Canterbury Canterbury

XV. Won. Won. Won.

Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Eton ....

Scr'hd Won. Won. Won.

SECOND Tonbridge Dover ...... Canterbury Canterbury

Lost .. Lost.. Won. Lost ..

Lost..

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3 2

\Von. 3 Won . 2 Won. Won.2{ld r. } Lost.. 2 Won . 6 Won. 5 Won. ,9

6 9 6 3

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POllltS. Goals .

32 33

12 21

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3 4

4 9 4

13 32 5

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Th. , Feb. 2 Hampstead Wanderers Sat. , n 4 Harlequins" A" ....... .. Th., " 16 Richm ond Ie A" ... ... .. . Tu., " 21 Eton College R. F.C . . .. 1910.

W., Oct. 19 Tonbridge Sch. 3rd xv. Sat., " 20 Dover College 2nd xv .. . Sat.,Nov.26 Dover College 2nd xv... Th., Dec. 1 Tonbric1ge Sch. 3rd xv.

Alalcltes Played,

1st XV, 15 ; 2nd 4; I}

Wou, 13; I ;

6 7

7 5

51 50

XV.

Losl,

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8 33

Poit:ts, Jor, 504 ; agaiml, 146. II II 32 ; " 77·

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KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. The O.K.S. had threatened to bring down a very stron g team, but owing to several desertions at the last minute, the backs were greatly weakened, and though th e forwards could have given the School pack a stone a man, they were not well together and rarely succeeded in getting the balL The School on the other hand played their best game of the season and the final score of 57- I r in their favour was due to superiority in every department of the game. The match itself hardly needs description. From the first serum, the forwards, though occasionally shoved~ never failed to get possession of the ball, and the work of the outsides agai nst a weak opposition was faultless. Housden was particularly good in making openings for his threes and his combination with Gothl'altz was excellent. The opposing threequarters had to play a difficult and defensive game against an attack that was never half-hearted; there were consequently many mistakes in tackling. and the School backs ran through pretty much as they liked. Gardner was dangerous geveral times at th e start and scored for the O.K.S. by a brilliant individual effo rt. but he was a passenger after the first ten minutes, owing to an injury received earlier in the season. Kerrich was not so good as when playing for the R.E. against the School in November. Williamson kicked their goal, and with Deighton and Yates worked very hard in the scrum. Of the School forwards, Cumberbatch and Juckes were most prominent. O.K.S-R . E. Martin (back); H . L. H. Cremer, W. A. F. Kerrich, C. S. Menett. H. Parsons (three-quarters); H. Gardner (Capt.). C. J. N. Adams (halves); R. B. Winser, J . Deighton, E. Ie Barber, C. G. Williamson, J. S. Yates. D. H. Cowie, J. W. Wayte, T. S. Cave (forwards). The Scllool.-A. B. Forsyth (back); A. M. Gelsthorpe, C. V Snatt, R. E. Gordon. H. de H. Smith (three-quarters); R . L. Gottwaltz, E. F. HOllsden (halves) ; R. C. Cumberbatch. R . Juckes, L. L. Foster, G. I-l. Claypole, G. e... Townend, C. H. Trehane, A. J. Lush. S. W. Wayte (fo rward s).

KING'S SCHOOL v. HARLEQUINS "A." This match was played all Cullen's Ground, on Saturd ay. Feqruary Qth, and resulted in a win for the School by two goals and four tries (22 points), to one try (3 points.) We were very pleased to welcome the Harlequins on their first visit to Canterbury, The School was at full strength, the vacant place among the forwards being filled by J. B. Sidebotham. The ' Quins ki cked off and the School played towards the Cathedral, that historic monument of antiquity. Our opponents pressed at once. and a dangerous run by Powell on their left was checked by a fine tackle by Forsyth . The School forwards secured the ball in several scrums, and the threes were set going, Gordon soon scoring on the right. The School continued the

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p~essing, the forwards showing a marked superiority, with the result that two more tnes were scon~d by Foster and Gelsthorpe, one of which Juckes succeeded in. The Harleq uins' .tackling was excell~nt. but on the few occcasions on which they secured th e ball., th eIr three-qua rters faded badly in combination, They took the ball back to one hne, but from a five yards scrum, the School went away again and scored another conver~ed try before half-time. The second half was more even. The ~chool forwards fmled to get the ball on several occasions and the" threes' " handlIng was shaky. H owever, the School were the first to score after the best bit of passing in ~he game, Smith getting over in the far corner, The 'Quins threw away on~ certam try by. a kno~k-o~. but got over shortly afterwards from a scramble ~n the line. Play contlllued 1Il mId-field for some time, and about five minutes from tIme, Gelsthorpe made good use of his pace and got over in the left-hand corner. . . The pace was very fast throu ghout, but the School hardly played at the top of theIr form . The ,I threes" were rather unequal. They were very good at times, but seemed to have lost some of the dash and brilliance which they displayed at the end of last term, H?we ~er. they made few real mistakes. Juckes was the best forward on the field, but Illcillled to hang on to the ball rather too long when he might have passed with advantage. Harl,qllills.-A. A. Wright (back); C. H . Pawling, A. E. Vtith, J . L. Waggett, Kenneth Powell (th ree-quarters); T . E . Hammond, J. W. Heale (halves); N. M. Benton, P. A. Duke, S. Thomson, A. C. Daw, W. V. Heale, S. W. Wayte, D. H'o Kuchn, R. Watson (forwards). Tile Scllool. ~A. B. Forsyth (back); A. M. GeMhorpe, C. V. Snalt, R. E. Gordon, H. de H. Smith (three-quarters); R. L. Gottwaltz, E. F. H ousden (halves) : R. Tuckes, L. L. Foster. P. B. Cottrell, G. H. CJaypole, G. A. Townend, C. H. Trehane, A. J. Lush, J . B. Sidebotham (forwards).

KING'S SCHOOL v. RICHMOND "A." This match was p!ayed on Cullen's Ground on February J 6th, and resulted in a win the School by 5 I . pomts to 8.. Richmond kicked off against a strong wind, and Gordon returned With a good kI ck llltO touch . The School threes soon got going and the ball several. times went all down the line to Gelsthorpe, who was tackled: After about three In1l1utes, Gordon kicked for touch when in our half and th e ball just failing to g,o in, Smith, who followe.d it UP. ran round and scored betw~en 'the posts. Juckes convertmg. Soon after restartlJ1g. Housden lost a splendid chance by holding on to the ball too long. but Gordon th~1l cut through and scored a try which Juckes failed to convert. Aft~r an exchange o,f ktcks. Gordon started a passing movement which sent Gelsthorpe III and Juckes kicked the goal. Immediately after wards, Smith got III and Juckes converted agam . The game was all in our favour at this period, and

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the School forwards got the ball from every se rum . No dou bt Ri chm~nd were f~eling the want of those four regul a r forwards, in whose places we had provIded substitutes. After a forward rush, in which Sidebotham kicked over for Foster to touch do wn (Snatr failing to convert), Richmond began to come away and the movement was only stopped by the inside right giving his wing man a very poor pass. This was a sh,ort il~ terJl1de, for Gordo n soon scored again, but Juckes fai led to co nvert though ~I gh t 1Il front, and directly after, Snatt sco red with a powerful Tun and converted h Imself" T,hen Richmond had a turn at attacki ng, which was kept up in spite of a good kick mto touch by Foster. A good passing movement of the Ri chmond t~rees was Sl?~ilt by Gordon seizi n a the ball out of their inside's arms and running m. Snatt fathn g to improve. Aft~r some play in their 25, the Ri chmond stand-off half intercepted a p,ass from Gordon to Gottwaltz, and got clean awar, but gave a forward pass on ~ett!ng near Forsyth. Half- time carne after Foster mIssed a chance of Scorin g, by inckll'lg the ball dead with the score at 32- o. On resuming, Mr. Wright, who was n'bw playing outside their scrm:n, after a very good rUll. unfortunately hurt his ank le and had to leave the field. RIch mon d, now having th e wind to help them, played up hard, and in spite of an interl uds in which Smith scored in the corner, kept th e School well in their o wn half. Once they were very nearly in from a 5 yards. but a good rush by our forwa rd s took the ball to hal~ way. However, from anoth er 5 yards, the sc rum half flashed the ball away to thelf sta nd -off man, who ru shed over and scored. Just afte r, Forsyth rum bled th e ball, and from the ensuing serum, the sta nd-o ff half got in again in exactly the same manner, this time converting wi th a good kick. Gordo n just saved another try by a good tackle, and then the School woke up from the ir temporary lethargy. and Smith, handing off his brother, th e Richmond back, scored between the po.sts. Soon after, Gordon cut through, and in spite of falling be rore he reached th e hn e, got up and dodged round. Ri chmond pressed hard agai n now. and though Gelsthorpe made some good run s, he was tackl ed by thei r back berore he got far. Forsyth brought off a good, tackle of their stand··off hair, wh o ran powerrull~' throughout. In th e last few minutes, Gottwaltz obtained the t ry of the match. Gettmg the ball ab~ lI t half-way, he waved his arms about in a ll directio ns, and. cutti ng thro ugh several pairs of opponents, sco red un der the posts. Just before t.ime, Snalt go t a fi nal try a nd the whistle went with play in mi d- fi eld. TIle School.-A. Forsyth (back) ; A. M. Gelsthorpe, C. V. Snatt, R. E . Go rdon, I-I. de H. Smith (three-quarters) ; R. L. GottlValt" E. F. Housden (halves); R. Ju ckes, L. L. Foster, G. H . Clal'pole, G. A. T OIVnend , C. H. Trehane, A. J. Lush, J. B. Sidebotha m, S. W. Wayte (forwards). R ,C1l1l1olld.-C. de H . Smith (back) ; H. S. Wacher, A. Ii. Bulger, R . K. Abbott, 1. A. M. Barren (three-quarters ) j R. M. Goodman, H. C. T er ry (halves ) j F. Brock, W. Brock, H . J . Read, R. R. Joll ivct, R. F. Whistl er, A. A. Wright, E. A. Squire, G. W. A. T odd (forwards).

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TI.lis matc h was played at Eton on Tuesday, Feb ruary 21 st, and resulted in an easy Will for ~he .School by 50 poi nts (7 goals. 5 tries), to 8 points (a goa l and a try). As the score IIldlcates, the School had the game in their han ds the whole time with the exception of about a quarter-of-an-hour in the second half. Yet they were by no m ~ans. up to th eir usual form. The forwards, ce rtainly for so me time aftp.r restartmg III the second half, were beaten by the heavy Eton se rum, and it was only the inex perie nce of the latter that deprived their threes of getting full advantage from our inferiority. Time after time, at this part of the game, their forwards would get the ball in the serum, but, instead of letting it out, would kee p it in their seco nd ~ow and rush past our sc rum . Then what usually happened was that Housden picked It up rrom the feet of their forwards and flung it out to Gottwaltz, wh o started the threequarters going. Th is movement nearly always cul minated in a try, as the Eton backs were not used to combi ned efforts, bu t only to individual runs. Their tries were both scored ea rly in th e seco nd-half- one by Boswell, who did not get many othe r chances during t he game but whose baffling swerve on this occasion quite upset the defence, and the oth er by th eir outside-left, who shewed fine speed and runn ing hard for th e corne r, j ust got over. The School backs did many pretty passing runs, and started off with great das h, scori ng about th ree times in the first five minutes, but a rew passes were dropped and Gordon, who made several brilliant indi vidual run s was often just tackled when cutti ng in, althoug h his outside. Smi th , was waiting, unmarked, fo r a pass. The forwards trotted about comror tably for the first half a nd t he last part of the second. and J uckes was very ene rgetic and succefisful in the line-outs. The Eton forwards were heavy a nd pu t in a lot of good rushes, and Boswell see med eve rywhere in defence. Snatt was laid out jUfit before the end of the first half, and, after coming on for a few minutes, had to retire again and took no further part in the gam e. The scorers were Smith (5), Gelsthorpe (5), Gordon (2), Snatt (I), and J uckes converted seven tim es.

The School.-A. B. Forsyth (back) ; H. de H. Smith, R. E . Gordon, C. V. Snatt, A. M. Gelsthorpe (three-quarters); R. L. Gottwaltz, E. F. Housden (halves); R. Juckes, L. L. Foster, G. H. Claypole, G. A. T ownend, C. H. Trehane, A. J. Lush, J . B. Sidebotham, S. W. Wayte (forwards ). ÂŁ1011. -](, T. Miller (back); J. Erle-Drax, J. R. Caldwell, W. G. K. Boswell, C. Rogerson (three-quarters ) ; L. H eyman, W. Monk (halves); E. C. Benth all, L. L1ewellin, M. W. Matthews, J. P. I. Corry, W. Wynne-Finch, J . R. Burnet, E. W. Armst rong, C. A. Keele (forwards).

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RETROSPECT.

RECORD:-Played, '5;

Points :-for, 504

';Von, 13; j

Lost, z.

against, '46.

H earty congratulati ons to th e ,School generally, and to the team and its two captains in particular, on so fl attering a record, secured by level all-round excellence. The forward s, though. ha rdly as good as last season, we re quite good enough fo r most of the opposing teams, and consequently were always giving t he backs their chances. and the reco rd of points shows plainly enough what remarkab ly good use the halves and three-quarters made of those chances. T heir particular merits were hard straight Tunning, swift and accurate passing, and a refreshi ng confid ence which enabled them to take plenty of risks. Their chie r derect was bad marking of the opposing backs, and had it not been for the regularity with wh ic h Ollr fo rward s got the ball, a so mewhat different tale might ha ve had to be told. Forsyth at rull- back was excelle nt, and we can hardly remember a try being scored against us for whi ch it could be said that he was to blame, while his fielding and kicking were always sure. F ull-back. A. B. FORSYTH (lost. 8 1bs.)-I-Ias mu ch improved a nd developed into a good player. Is quite fearless, tackles a nd fields very well, a nd rarely fails to fin d tou ch. T llree-quarlers.

A. M. GRLSTHORPE ( II st. +Ibs.) (left wing) .-A good wing, fast and determined , though he has rather lost his swerve, probably owi ng to a weak kn ee . Good tackler; hardly ki cks enough when in diffic ulties. . C. V. SNATT (lost. Izlbs.) (left cen tre).-Much impro ve d in attack i run s ha rder and has acquired some tricks. Ki cks and tac kles well, th ough , like his colleague in the centre, he does not mark his man sufficiently closely when his opponents are heeling. R. E. GORDON (lO St. 6Ibs.) (ri ght centre).-Has foun d his place, and improved Ollt of all kn owl edge. Run s hard and straight with a good swerve, and makes good openings fo r his win g. Good tackler, but must learn to mark his ma n more closely. H. DE H. SlIUTH ( I Z st. I I Ibs.) (ri ght wing). -A very strong runn er, using all his pace and handing off sturdily. Defence is not his strong poin t, but he has improved in this respect durin g the seaso n. Good kick.

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H aif-backs. R. L. GOTTWA LTZ (lOSt. 2Ibs.) (Captain after Xmas).-Has changed to stand-off half with co nsid erable suc cess. Has learn ed to run instead of going at half-speed and has made excellent upenin gs for th e three-quarters. Feints well and often breaks t hrough. Still inclined to run too much across, but improved in this respect. Defence weak. E . F. HOUSDg N (9st. 9Ibs.) -Has done the work of serum-half admirably. Quick and accurate in his passing ; he orte n tricks his opponent and gets right through. Saves well. Must t ry and put on morc pace. FOfwards.

R. C. CUMBER BATCH ( J2 St. o lbs.) (Ca ptain before Xmas) .Âˇ -Very good forward both in th e sc rum and in the loose. Is fast a nd dribbles well, and always seemed to be on the spot, settin g his team an excellent example. R. ] UCKES ( 12 St . 13Ibs.)-Big heavy rorwa rd, very usefu l out of touch, but at present some what wantin g in dash. Good kick. . L. L. FOSTER ( 12 st. zlb s.)-Invaluable for ward in the open j fast and always on the ball. Good tackl er and does his share or work in the serum. P. B. COlTRELL ( 12 St. 6 Ibs.)-Ve ry vigorous forward and fearless tackler. Unfortunately injured durin g a good part of the season . G. H. CLAYPOU ( II st. 8Ibs.)-Rathe r a light forward, but plays hard, and has improved a great deal. G. A. TOWN EN D ( 12 st. 31bs.)-Does not show up much, but is doing quiet, hon est work in the scrum. Saves well. C. l-I. TRRH AN . ( I I st. I I Ibs.) - Good dribbler and has done mu ch useful work. A. J. LUSH ( 12 st. IO lhs .)-Good hard-working forward, th ough rather slow.

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The Tutor Sets thi s year were contested with their usual keenness, although nea rly all doubt as to th e issue was removed in the first round, whe n the Martlets met and defeated the H erons, their chief rivals [or th e shield. All through, the Martlets we re easily vi ctorious owing to their superior number of 1\ Colours" both in and out of the U scrum ".

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runners up" found no difficulty in winning all their matches,

except that against the Martlets. The Hawks, who experienced very bad luck in losing Cottrell in their first match. eventually finished third, their hardest match being against the Gryphons. The Swallows, a prey ' o disease and badly" wi nged" by stray bullets, fluttered in fourth.

The Gryphons, sadly lackii' g in "backs" suffered defeat at the hands of all except the Choughs. Alas I poor Choughs I though fighting "gamely", were unable to avoid the wooden spoon. All Colours played vigorously for their respective sets, and, of th e non-colo urs, the following were particularly noticeable :-Sidebotham 2 , Hands, Best, E. Field, Mason, Clayton l , and Deans.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES.

R. C. CUMBERBATCH-Entered School , Jan.,

1906; VIth Form, Jan., 1909; Mo nitor, Jan., '909; House Monitor, Sept., ' 910; 1St XV ., 1908-9-10; Captain of Football, Jan ., 1910; 1St Boat, 1910; Sports' Committee, Sept., 1909; Sergt. O.T .C., Sept., 1909; Colour Sergt., Sept., 1910.

D. O. FARDELL-Entered School, May, 1903; VIth Form, Sept., 1909; Monitor, Sept., 1910; 1St XV., 1909-10; Sports' Colours, 1908; Sports'

Committee, Sept., 1910; Secretary of Football, 1910; Sergt.O.T.C., Jan .. ' 9 10

Admission 40th R.M .A., Woolwich.

C. A. WEST-Entered School, Sept., 1905; VIth Form, Jan., 1910; Monitor, Jan., 1910; Sports' Colours, 1910; Admission 22nd R.M.A.,

Woolwich.

V ALETE. H . Wakeford, G. C. de Mattos, A. S. D. Baird-Douglas, W. T. B. Heslop, E. A. Latter, W. F. C. Palliser, E. G. Sharpe, R. H. H. Heynen, L. S. Cave, G. L. Tomkins, J. H. Threlfall, C. G. P. Berryman .

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DE BATING I A debate was held on Thursday. Feb. 23rd : the motion being that" this House would welcome the granting of Home Rul e to Ireland." The House, as a matter of fact, decided that th ey wo uld not welco me th e grantin g of H ome Rule to Ireland, and the motion was lost by thirty votes to ten. Perhaps this was natural, but we cannot help thinking that prejudice played rather too large a part in the minds of most of the audience, although the speakers in support of th e motion implored them to lay aside all such things. G. H. Claypol, in the opening speech on behalf of the motion pointed out that Home Rule must not be associated with separation . The scheme was to give Ireland control of Irish affairs but to leave all Imperial matters to England. Home Rule would do a great deal to bind the Empire together. Everybody was a Radical now: he supposed all the audience were Radicals (Cries of No). Then they laid stress on precedent. Therefore they should lay stress on the Irish Parliament of 1782 , which was the time of Ireland's greatest prosperity. At prese nt the Irish liberty was mi. The Viceroy even had the ri ght to suspend trial by jury. If th e English Parliament could do this, even Canterbury would wake up. Th e greatest a rgument for Home Rule was th e incompetence of the Engl.ish Government. The population

SOCIETY. was steadily decreasing. The standard of ed ucation was 50% below that I)f the rest of Europe. H e went on to describe the shockin g mismanage me nt of the workhouses in Irelan d, and then turn ed to the subject of Canada. In 1837, in Canada. whe n the T e Deum was sung in th e churches in honour of Quee n Victoria's accessionJ the people simply Fifty years later, at her walked out. Jubilee, all was chan ged. and the change was caused simply by the g ranting of Home Rule. Canada was now a harmonious co untry, and one very loyal to England. Therefore Home Rule should be granted to Ireland also. The speaker closed by pointing out that Cecil Rhodes had given Parnell a cheque of ÂŁro,ooo to help the cause of Home Rule in Ireland, and yet Cecil Rhodes had been one of th e greatest of Imperialists. H. Sp",,, told the House not to believe that Home Rul e would not involve separation. Mr. Redmond had said that their attitude was the same as it had always been. and Parnell had wanted separation. Mr. Redmond himself was r(:ady for arm ed revolt. Ireland was ve ry use rul to the British Isles. as she was on the trade rOllte to Canada. If Ireland became independent she would p robably ally herself to Germa ny. Ireland as a whole did not want H orn!:! Rule. Accord ing to the Dat'lY jJ!Jail election chart the Nationalists were in the maj ori ty,

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represented by all those green squares. Incidentally, perhaps, that was why Ireland was called the "Emerald Isle." He drew attenti on to the influence of the National Irish League over voters. The N.LL. consisted of neither landlord s, bankers, cattle owners, or merchants (" except one, and he died last wee k," [ laughter] ). The cause of Home Rule could not be very strong if it could not get on without outside help. The maj ority of those who wished for it were a bsolutely unfit to ru le the mselves. and it was shocking impertinence for them to attempt to do so.

s. I jlfaidm. speaking on behalf of the motion , said that the reason why Irt!land wanted the dollars was because she was thoroughly poor; and the reason why she was thoroughly poo r was because the English Government had made her so. The Irish were an oppressed race. They lacked national institutions. What Englishmen valued most was th ei r constitution. Ireland wanted the same. The English Members of Parliament lacked sympathy for the Irish, and thei r opinions on the subject were bigoted . He pointed out the disgraceful corruption existing in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and explained that the English Government let off the offenders lightly because th ey did not wish to draw attention to the matter. T urnin g to th e subject of cattle-driving, he pointerl ont that the cattle-drivers were not hal f so violent as the notorious Engl ish newspapers made them appear. H e was not there to defend lawl essness, but the Irish had to protest somehow. Ireland, moreover, was less criminal than England by 30%. In con-

he I elusion look upon

appealed to the audi ence to Home Rule with prejudice removed from their eyes.

I B. SidebotlwlIl. playing dexterously with a pencil upon his watch-chain, and assuming an air of apparent indignation at the bare possibility of Home Rule. pointed out that it would mean the loss of Impe rial supremacy, quoting speeches by Redmond and O'Connor to prove the point. Really it seemed absurd for a small place like Ireland to have Home Rule. If she was to have it, why should the English spend money on supplying her with a village beadle, or putting a new coat of paint on her village pump. Ireland was not poor owing to lack of initiative, e.g. Belfast. Ireland would go bankrupt without Great Britain's money. Ulste r, moreover, wished to be left alone, and there would be civil war in Ireland if Home Rule was introduced. C. K. M uwll rose in support of the motion to make a few remarks on the land question. H e pointed out that the Irish landlords merely let land. and that the tenants had to build their own houses. The landed gentry never by any chance lived on their estates or took any personal interest in their tenants. Horne Rule would remedy all this. There was need, th en, for Home Rule, and it was wrong to say that the country would appear couleur de rose were it not viewed through the jaundiced eye of a discontented people. H e would not deal at any length with religion, as such matters were barred by the rules of the Society. but he would like just to say that 10% of the Irish Mem bers of Parliame.nt were Protestant.

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Horn e Rule any more than Scotland or \Val es? The Irish character was rotten. For example. when the Irish were given Old Age Pensions. many of them forged thei r ages, with the result that a Cartoon appeared in P uudt of a family of several generations all waving thei~ 5/-. and even the pig in the garde n With a postal Home R ul e for Ireland! Ireland for eve r! order in its mouth . It wo uld be all very well if Ireland could be transported C. N. R)!an, in a most forcib le and 5.000 miles away into the Atlantic a~d eloquent speech referring to some remarks left to her own devices. Gladstone. III made by forme r speakers, said that there introducing his Home Rule Bill in 188? was a very good reason why they did aw~y quoted SCJ.ndinavia as an example 111 with trials by juries, and that was that the which it had been found possible .. to juries in the SOllth were composed of bring into existence local allton<:nny Nationalists, who simply would not without destroying. but rather confirm1l1g. convict if a man was a Nationalist. Imperial unity." Everyone n~w knew Hence. naturally, the crime statistics for that Scandinavia was divided lOto two Ireland were less than tho5e of England. separate kl"lIgdo1Jls -Norway and Sweden . Mr. Cha mberlain wasas greatan Im perialist The same would happen with Ireland. as Cecil Rhodes. and Mr. Chamberlain had Why were there no Territorials in Ireland ? opposed the granting of H ome Rule to Because the Irish people co uld not be Ireland. The Irish were not really an trusted with arm s. Lastly Mr. Red mond, oppressed race. Mr. Kei r-H ardie said, that who, he supposed. would be the first India and Egypt were op pr ess~d natlO,ns, Home Rule go vern or of Ire~and. had,. in but nobody with any sense beheved hIm. the South African \Var. advIsed the Insh The Viceroy of India was an Englishman, soldiers, in a speech at Dublin, to shoot and why should not the Governor of down the English; and the Irish Mem bers Ireland be one also? The English had of Parliamf:nt had cheered in the House tried two policies in Ireland, that, of at the news of the defeat at Magersfontei n. conciliation and that of coerClOn. The Debate was then opened to the Coercion had formerly been successful. Conciliation increased cattle-drivin g. The audience, and E nglish must not turn th e other cheek D . H. G. N orthcote. leaping into also but must adopt coercion agai n. Bet;veen 1810 and 19 1 0 the English had activity from the depths of a deck-chair spen t .:6200,000,0 0 0 on I reland . They at the back of the room, produced wou ld have no real control over Ireland vario us statistics culled from the Daily if she got Home Rule. If they were to Illail Y ear R ook. agai nst the motion. pay the piper they had the right to call A large member of the opposition comthe tune. Why should Ireland have plained that the Irish tenants had been

Finally there was the all important question of patriotism. Canada, Aust:al~a and Africa had become more patnotIc since they had had Home Rule, and therefore, he thought, the sante would be the case in Ireland, and would only concl ude with the old cry:

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neglected . Since 1860 twenty-six Irish Land Acts had been passed. Canada was an unfair parallel, since in Canada the land was fertile, and in Ireland it was not. To go from Unity to a Federal Constitution was a weakening of the Central govern ment of the State. The ranting, ambitious people would be put in power. Nobody wanted Mr. Redmond as Pri me Minister of Ireland. E. F. H. jJt/orr/s. in a speech delivered with Parliamentary eloque nce and superb aplomb. despite frequent interruptions on the part of the opposition, remarked that questions of moment were too apt to be decided by prejudice. There were some people who said that the g ranting of H ome Rul e woul d be a betrayal of interes ts. sacred and secular. H ome Rule would not give Ireland suprem e power. It was absurd to say what had happened in ScandinJ.via would take place in Ireland. The Irish were a hot-headed race. and were going near to being violent now. This was only because they were excited. Once Home Rule was granted to them, the violence would disappear. The reason for the increase of emigration from Ireland was that the re was nothing fo r the people to do in

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Ireland. Under the prese nt regime their industrial possibilities were not being given a fair chance. In Westminster there were a large numb er of Irish Members whose vote had been for sale. T his was only because they have seen that the only way for them to get selfgovernment is to band together. C. E. A. PlIllall then suggested that the character of th e Irish people might be judged by Mr. Ginnell, the summit of whose ambi tion seemed to be to see his photograph appear in the pages of the Daily Graphic and the Daily Mirror. On these g roun ds he opposed the motion.

G. H. Claypole in the closing speech pointed out that the middle classes had left Ireland because of its mal-administration by the English government: it was absurd to draw comparisons between I ndia and Ireland since White and Black races were completely different. The Irish were Celtic like the French a nd therefore the phlegmatic Englishma n could not understand their getting excited. In conclusion he would like to congratulate the honourable member who sup ported the motion from the audience on his convincing speech.

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O. K. S. A. C. Fluke has passed 28th into R.M .A. Woolwich and A. H . Crowther 17th into R.M.C . Sandhurst.

~*" V. C. Taylor passed out qth, with honours, from Sandhurst into the Indian army and is attached to the West Kent Regt. at Peshawar.

"*"

J . H . Woods passed out 16th from Sandhurst. 'if. ....

Congratulations to A. F. B. Cottrell on being made an under-officer at Woolwich. ",,~

H . Gardner has been playing regularly for the Army and was in great form against the Navy at Queen's Club.

",." Rev. G. C. E. Ryley has accepted the living of East Peckham, ncar Maid Âˇ stone. While wishing him the best of

NE W S. luck in his ne w duties, we sha ll much regret his departure from the Precincts.

*" Rev. VV. H. Maundrell is chaplain on H .M.S. Neptune and not H .M.S T riu mph as stated in OUT last issue.

F. H . Vaughan has returned to British Columbia and is now working near the Okanagan Lake. His address is Nahum 'Post Office, Pia Vernon, B.C.

4th Feb., 19 1 I , at St. Saviour's Church, Waltham stow, by the Rev. George Siddens. M.A.â&#x20AC;˘ Vicar, Joseph Edward. son of the late Frederick Gripper, to Fanny, younger daughter of the late J ohn Siddens, of Snareston . .T . E . Gripper, O.K.S.. 1890-94. now holds an appointment as valuer in the Civil Service at Brampton, Huntingdon .

GRIPPER-SIDDENS, OIl

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ENTERTAINMENT. A very sllccessful Entertainment was held on Saturday. February 18th. We should like to express our thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Reid, Miss Zacharewitch and Mr. Rashleigh for so kind ly filling the gaps left vacant, literally at the last minute, by the unavoidable absence of several who had promised to take part in the E ntertainment.

10.

RECITATION ................... H. M . SPENCE.

II .

DUEl' ........ .. ............. OR. and MRS. RI~ IO.

12. 13. 14.

PIANO SOLO ........ .. ........... G. J. ECCLKS. SONG .......................... .. C. K . MowLL, E NTENTE CORDI ALE ................. CHORAL.

C HORU S.. . '4 Nancy D a wson ........ .. ........... .

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SCRNA CIA slight misu nde rs tanding" .......... .

SONG ... " My land, thy land " .. .. ............ . C. W. KIDSON .

RECITATION . .... .. ..... R. E. EVERI1~I', ESQ.

PIANO SOLO

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SONG ................... REV. W. RASHLEIGH.

SONG .... ............ ............... MI SS D. R EID.

Pie rrette ..... E. F. H OUSDEl\'.

VIOLIN SOLO .. .. ...... MISS ZACHAREWITCH.

O. K. S . The Annual O.K.S. Dinner was held at the Monico Restaurant, on '¥ednesday, January 18th. Dr. Galpin presided. and. as was to be expected, the attendance was larger than in most r ears. Those present numbered 69, and i n addition to the loyal elders who never fai l us, there were many

CATCHES ...... ........ . ..... .. .... ...... ... CHORAL.

SONG ... U Sergeant of the Line" .. .. . .. ........ .. C. K. MOWT.L.

by A.A.M.

John Turnbull .... ........ C. N. RYA~. H enry ( his college dUlIN) G. H . CLAYPOLE. I sobel Barley ........... .. ... K. ~·IowLL.

Scene:

IN THE SMOKING ROOM OF A COUNTRY HOUSE."

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DINNER . younge r O.K.S. of Dr. Gaipin's time who must henceforth beco me U stalwarts." After the loyal toasts had been proposed by the Chairman and duly hono ured. D r. Field ifave the toast .. F loreat Schola Regia. J He referred

THW CANTUARIAN . incidentally to the claim of late put forward that the King's School, Rochester, was th e oldest school in England. but the attempt to make Mr. Elwyn, who of course was present, plead his cause before a packed jury, failed .

and G. F . Olive helped to make a most successful evening still more pleasant. The names of those present with the date of their entry into the School, are given below:Rev. Dr. Galpin

The Rev. C. R . L. MacDowall in a Rev. C. R. L. MacDowall speech which must have gained him the Rev. R. G. H odgson confidence of all O.K.S. there present. R ev. L. H. Evans intimated that he had found the School in a high state of efficiency and proceeded W. G. Price to give a brief account of last term's G. J. Rosenberg events, t:specially of the doings of the L. E. Reay ... O. T . C. He went on to speak of Rev. Canon Marshall Wild u changes" but we waited for a shock Rev. J. H. Du Boulay that never came. T owards the close, P. H emery O.K.S. were given a delicate hint that if E. l\'1 oricc } anything was wanted for the School, they H. E. Latter .. might expect to hear from him. a state- H . J. Cracknall . ment which called for the familiar B. H . Latler .. . II laughter and cheers." C. H. Dorman Mr. F. C. Bovenschen proposed II The Chairman" in an anecdotic and witty speech and Dr. Galpin's reply left us in no doubt that he cherished most affectionate memories of the School and that he was doing his work at Saltwood with the same vigour that we knew at Canterbury. A most pleasing feature of the evening was the speech of Mr. P. Hemery, who in proposing the health of the Secretaries, told us in all impressive mann er what the memory of the School could still mean to a man after long years of sojourn abroad . Songs given between the speeches by Messrs. B. H. Latter, J. A. Hellard,

S. Williamson Col. L. J. B1enkinsop H. R Latter ... A. Latter C. W. Boodle Lt. ·Col. Evan Carler } W. Tcmpl e... .. . Rev. R. F. E lw yn ... } C. T. Donaldson .. . A. W. Rammcll

1860.

.. 1866. 1867· 1869. .. . 1871. 1874·

1876. 1879 ... 1880. 1881.

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Major H. Is.'lckc C. H. Wharlon E. L. Payne ... ... H . S. S. Parkcr A. S. Athawcs W. R. Mowll Rev. E. L. A. Herlslct A. K. Mowll ". . ..

1845· .. , 1857·

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F. C. Bovenschen} L. J. Bassett .. ' Twells H. A. Jenkin

... 1897·

1899·

R. Parsons

G. E. Miller R. M. Gent

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Trollsdell

H. Mowll P. G. E. Chave

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We congratulate H . Spence and P. B. Cottrell on being made monitors. ~~~

The following have been promoted into the Vl th Form i R. G. Crosse, A. Seymour, G. R . Dawbarn, A. C. Telfer, R. E. Gordon .

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V. C. Taylor } R. C. Cumberbatch

L. Mansfield

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T. S. Nelson

G. S. P,.,t } J. W. S. Price

G. F. Olive R. Watson

IJ. Gardner R. C. G. Hancock K. B. Dickson D. H. Hammonds A.

L. F. Paris

A. G. Blackford C. E. O. Bax B. E. Money U. J. Prest

E. T. Gage

C. C. Williamson

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M. Courtney R. S. Haskem

NEWS.

Congratulations to C. K. Mowll on gai ning Certificate A. We hope to see a large number of candidates for the examination on May 22. ~~~

A compulsory paper-chase was held on February 1st, the hares being R. C. Gottwaltz and A. B. Forsyth. The course

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was laid over Scotland Hills, across the Sturry Road and Red Bridge up to Blean Village and back through St. Stephen's, where the hares separated owing to the closeness of pursuit. A false track along the north side of Scotland Hills was followed to much advantage by a number of hounds who thus gained about eight min utes. At on~ point there was hardly more than 150 yards between them and the hares, though they never actually caught sight of the latter. The first home were A. I-J . Shelswell , P. B. Cottrell, G. H . Claypole, J. B. Sidebotham.

We were glad to welcome Rev. H. Bedford Pym again on Feb. 24th, when he delivered a most interesting lecture on Coronations.

A Field-day on Wingate Hill, near Folkestonc, should have taken place on Feb. 28th. Unrortunately heavy rain set in and when we were half-way up the road to Caesar's Camp, it was decided to abandon operations.

*.... Vve extend a hearty welcome to

Mr. C. C. Lloyd Jones on joining the staff this term as Vth Form master in place of Mr. Porter. Mr. Lloyd Jones is a scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and gained a 1St Class in Part I. of the Classical Tripos. He has been for six years senior Classical Master at St. Elizabeth's College, Guernsey.

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G. C. de Mattos passed 90th into Sandhurst. R. E . Gordon gained 67th place for Wool wich.

A BUDGET OF OLD LETTERS . 1744- 18 10 .

A few extracts from some old letters a country rector in Suffolk and at the in the writer's possession may not be same time Chancellor of the diocese of without interest to the readers of the Salisbury,a mysterious combi nation wh ich Canluar/a1l. The first set are from one . pp.rhaps some of our readers may be ab le who was a Cambridge Don and afterwards to explain. Curiously eno ugh about the

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same period one of the same name was headmaster of this school, it is quite probable he was one of the same fami ly, but as his period of office was short and unsuccessful no effort has been made to trace any connection. The first letter, dated from Abbot's Ripton, Sunday. ye 2<)th, is full of alarms about the impending invasion (the" 45") and full of loyalty, the letter ends thus, " I firmly bt:lieve that the Al mighty will still rescue us and be lieve that the measure of our iniquities is not yet so full as to provoke Him to del iver the people of these nations (sze) to the extremest slavery of body and soul."

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T he early letters are to his father, and invariably begin thus - " I-Ion'!! Father," and are addressed -, to be left at the Saracen's head," later on he is concerned because he does not know where his friend the Bishop of Bath and Wells may be and cannot get a lette r "franked." Other letters are full of the Jacobite rising, and when the enemies retreat he is greatly concerned because "it would kill all our men to follo w them to t he Highlands of Scotland. -, He also writes to his father to send him some men to enlist for King George for 6 months time, and bids him for ward them to Cambridge where they may receive - I four guineas," boun ty money, and enter the King's service. Later on come more laments abo ut the disastrous effect ofthe war upon trade. and then much n:fiection upon " the evil of all our doi ngs" and "how surely it is that t he crying evil of the nation have brought down these judgments upon us."

He is most concerned now however about a gown, he writes home for " I 5 yards of prunella." which is very dear in Cambridge... 6d. a yard extraordinary," he laments loss of pupils who have taken their degrees, and seems hard up, having already spent ÂŁ 30 to ÂŁ40 on decorating his room, "though much is still wanting," but is comforted by the thought that" if he is short of money he has a friend able and always willi ng to assist." Most of us have no objectio n to a friend of that sort. In a letter dated Nov. 13 , 1760; he mentio ns the fact of his being in T own as one of a deputation from the University of Cambridge to present an address to the new I~i n g. Some of the letters a re to a favo urite niece and a few extracts will repay perusal, if only to show to the younger generation the terrors that existed for childre n of those bye-gone daysCambridge, Nov. 7, 1782 , H

My very dear Child

Your Aunt admires and loves you for your spirited Resolution to drink the Camomile Tea th o' so unpalatable, since she recommends it as being wholesome to you." Then follows a deal of advice and ad monition and he finally urges her to H Take pai ns to be the lovely and accom plished and good girl that we fialter ourselves ye (sic) may be: in another letter to his victim he concl udes thus/I

go on my dear Child to behave well and properly to your Parents, to

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yo ur Brothers an d Sisters, to your Gove rn esses, to your School. fellows. and then we shall all love and delight in you."

The inhabitants consist chiefly of Germans, which makes it necessary for pe rsons in some professions to und erstand that language j Ilu business oj tlu place is chiefly road-making.

It is satisfactory to think that the writer of this appalling epistle enclosed a gui nea to the victim.

The old ge ntleman died at a very advanced age, a very wealthy man. A nephew wh o did not benefit by the will she wed his disapprobation of his uncle' s co nduct by leaving the Church and becomin g a Dissenter. After this who will say that no one ever changed his religion for a really sufficient reason. The present series date from '793 and cover a period of 7 or 8 years, the letters then appea r to have ceased suddenly and nothing more was heard from or of the writer by his English relatives. The extract s have been thrown into con tinuous na rrative for the sake of brevity.

French town.

Baltimore.

Baltimore by some considered to be in a very unhealthy and disagre eabl e situation much pleased me; at this instant there are a great number of French people from the Cape (SiC) .

Baltimore ladies.

The ladies are as handsome and obligi ng as any on the Contine nt, and I th ink rather mOre sociable; but none of them are so ag reeably loquacious as our E nglish lasses.

New York. A rig. 3, ' 793.

German· town.

Beggars· town.

I left N.Y. about 10 day s since, four of which I spe nt at Philart elphia and German town, and begin to be a little better pleased with that city than I was a t first. It is about 7 mil es from Philadelphia, a charming little place somewhat like Olney (Bucks). The houses are all of stone. I suppose it is nearly 2 miles long. At one extremi ty of the town is Begga rstown.

From Philadelphia to this place (N.Y.) I came chiefly by water. We took-for I was introdu ced to a lady at Philadelphia who came with me be ing a native of N .Y. -our passage in a Ferryboat to Newcastl e, aboll t 40 miles di stance; the nce in the com mon vehicle of the country we were con veyed across th e peninsulaJ z miles wide-to French town, a town of two houses only, th ence by packet boat hither over the Chesapeake, some 60 miles.

Ladies' dress.

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bei ng daubed with pomaium and powder, and fastened back to the crown of the head in a crescent shaped comb. All the unma rried women, and many marri ed ones, wear th ei r hair combed over their forehead, reaching down to their eyebrows which gives them a very girlish and slovenly appea rance in the eyes of a European. PhiladelÂˇ phia.

" Washing. ton.

Since writing this letter I returned to this city, on my way to N. Y. after one of th e pleasantest journeys I ever mad e. Words fai l me to tell you all the fin e things I have seen a nd ' heard. After leavi ng Baltimore, wh ere I did business to the amount of five to six hundred pounds, I took a turn, - after procuring letters to tell people I was a good lad and astrangerto see the site and the new buildings of the new city to be named Washington. and to which the seat o f government is to be removed, in the year J 800. It commands all. exte nsive view of the Virgin ian shores on th e Potomac, and a considerable way into Maryland. They are building very fast. The President's house is well forward and so is a large and fine hotel. The foundations of tht: Capital are just laying. I will bring a plan with me (to England ) and expl ain myself verbally to YOll, as it takes too long to put a ll into writing.

Mount Vernon.

I forgot to tell you I was also at Alexandria, in Virginia, and at Mount Vernon too, the seat of P resident Washington, he was not there but his niece was and a Mr. Loui s a nephew with whom I dined, and who treated me with a vast deal of hospitality. Much has bee n said of America. but I think not too much . The peopleare intclligent, happ}" and prosperous, none, or fe w, poor as we understand t hat term in England .

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P lague.

Having now been into 9 of the United States, wh ere I reflect on the State of the two Countries, England appears to me to be faster and faster verging on ruin, while America is rapidly adva ncing to an inconceivable degree of splendour and glory. While to th e south, in August, I visited the Seat of the President of the United States. It stands on the Potomac, whe re that ri ver is about two miles broad. I dined there with the lady of the late Colo nel Washi ngto n, who treated me with much politeness and hospitality. You have heard. through the Public Organ, of that Fatal Pestilence which wal keth in Darkness and the Arrow of Death that destro),eth at Noonday having again visited us. Thank God I have hitherto

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escaped this mortal pestilence and I trust in a kind P rov idence I shall continue to be preserved for some Valuable Purpose. I generally spend my summer a rew miles from the City and only come in (illegible here). during the day so that I run th e less risk,

wheedled me into th e nose (sic) of Matrimony. There are many English ladies here, I run the greate r risk of losing o r gaining my liberty with th em, however, after all. I shall say with th e Old So ng, and perhaps may si ng till too late:

I am now settled in a City beau ti ful as regards situation, and unrivalled for Business, and in a Count ry which richly aboun ds with the Necessaries, Conveniences, allel Luxuries of Life. H ere also are Men of Science and. what is of more general importance , many learn ed and eminent preachers of the Gospel, in this respect few places. save London, can vie with us.

Much has bee n eliminated from those letters on having no interest for the readers of the Call1uaTlcm, though one or two passages have been retained as in the IMt extract for the sake of the quaint phraseology.

I am still a Batchelor (sic). the American fair have not yet

" T' is T ime eno ug h yet."

Membe rs of t he same fam ily and the name, are still fl o urishing in the quiet out-of-the-way count ry district where their ancestors lived and died for so many generatio ns before ~h em .

STEEPLECHASES. The Jun ior Steeplechase was run in perfect weather on Thursday, March 2nd. The grounel had not recovered from recent rain, and the hop-fields, as usual, provided some heavy going. The entry wa s not large but a very good race resulted. and the time was excelle nt. From the C.O.S. hill all seemed to leave the wood in a bunch; but they shook out a good deal across the field. The first of the few reached the Whitstable roa d in the following order :-W'histler, Gent. Shelswell, Smythe , Bing. These five were rig ht away from the rest by H arbledown, and Shelswell had passed Gent. At th e hop-fields the ti me was 14' 25 11 i at the railway crossing 18' 35". Whistler and Shelswell jumped the first dyke nearly abreast, but the former regained

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th.e lead and afte r being 20 yards ahead at the bridge, won by It seconds in 25' 24". BIng came up very fast after Jacob's ladder. and. passing Gent after the third dyke. was a very fair third i Gent was fourth, about t minute behind and Smythe fifth. There were 13 entries . The Senior Steeplechase was ru n on Saturday, March 4th, again und er pe rfect conditions, The gronn d had dried considerably and there was little wind. Telfer soon went ahead and gained steadily up th e hill to Giles' La ne; he was followed by E. F. Housden. Heywood. Field. J. B. Sidebotham. Whistler. and L. G. Housden. By the C.O,S. he had in creased his lead to z50 yards and was running without any apparent effort. E. F. Housden had drawn away from H eywood and L. G. Housden had gained two places. At H arbledow n, Telfer was leading by over a minute and L . G. H ousden was fourth. The only interest left in the race was for places. E, F . Housden had a lead o f 50 yards from hi~ brother at J acob's ladder an d increased it over the dykes. Telfer finished th e co urse, <almost as fresh as wh en he started. in 27' 38.g.l', an improvement o f nearly It minutes on his time last year. \;Ye congratulate hIm heartily o n establishi ng a new record for th e race. E. F . Housden was second, I' 50" behind; L . G. H o usde n third . at an interval of half a minute, H eywood fourth. and Field fifth, The remainder finished in the following order :-Foster, Whistler, Sidebotham, Da wbarn, and Sand es.

FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE JUVABIT (VIRG. lEN. !. 203.)

T have been asked by the present Editors to write an article to shew so mething of what our School wa s like fifty years ago, so I will do my best, but, in proper school -boy fashion, I must begi n with a few excuses; thus. there do not exist. as far as I kn ow, any pictures, or photog raphs, which shew the whole Mint Yard as it used to be in my first sc hool days, and so critical readers mllst not forget that there is o nly memory on whi ch to depend-the memory of a youn gster 14. years old-but then. I must add to that , with mu ch g ratitude, that myo id friend. Dr. Mitchinson. my H ead l\'f aster in those far-ofT clays. has kindly looked over my rough plan. and has made some . corrections ami suggestions of Which [ have gladly macie use. I have had no pOSSible scale by which to draw my plan. so co mparative dimensions may be more or less faulty-and, therefore, I can only give it to YOll, such as it is, from the impression of memory.

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The Cathedral Arch itect's house, now the Grange, with entrance through wall and hOllse (B). Part of the Architect's garden , now mainly occupied by extra Grange bu ildings. Houses, &c., towards Palace St reet. The Borough, lead ing to Northgate. Broad Street. O ld position of the Precinct Gates. Gatc·keeper's Rooms, with entrance marked (0), afterwards ( I) a Class Room; ( 2 ) Carpenter's S hop; (3) Tuck Shop. T he dotted line shews the width of this room helow the School room. A small house kept as a Tuck Shop by n Mrs. Norton , entrance at (E). A wooden stai rcase to the Boarder's Hall , &c.; (F) shews the stai rcase to the Dormitories above; (G) the ent rance to the H al l. T he Boarder's Hall-(H) the doorway from the H all to the I-lead Master's H ouse . Dormitories. I-lead Master's house with entrance at (I). Small bit of garden belonging to the Head Master. The Cathed ral Organist's house with entrance at (L), small garden and railings in front of it, with entrance g~te at (K). Passtlge way between walls to large wooden gates (M) ~yhich were ahva)'s kept shut, nowhricked up, but the posit ion of them may still be seen from the arch in the street outside. School l:",atory. Second Master's house wi th entrance at (N), with fenced- in garden (0), and entrance to it at ( 1'), an old pump (Q), the two trees then as now (R). Mathematical Master's house, with entrance at (5) , with small garden a nd railings in front of it, with ent rance gate at (Tl. Ent rance hall with entrance at (u) with staircase leadi ng to dormitori es above, a nd with a locked door at (x) leading into the Head Maste r's garden . Class roo m with entrance at (v). C lass room wi th entrance at (w). H ead Master's ga rden, with entrance doorway at (x). Li brary, now called' old ' to distinguish it from the' Parry,' entrance at (v). The School steps-then as now-as also The N orman Staircase. The School room with entrance as now at (z). Now called the " rabbit-hutch," was then the bedroom of the Gate-keeper, and was reached by a staircase from the lower rooms marked (9) in plan. Pa rt of Green Court-as now .

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And now we mu st try back-to make some special notes, and I think that it will be simpler a nd clearer to follo w the numbers in o rder. T o begin then with No. 2, the Audito r' s ho use, which is now kn own as t he Seneschal's hou se. T o th is belonged in those days our present Muse um. as is shown by the e ntrance door on its south wall. T hi s roo m was given ove r to the School abou t 20 years ago. Next we come to Nos. 3 an d 4-of which the re is a good deal to be noted. The present Grange. as we call it now, was a private house occ upied by Mr. Austen, the Cathe dral Architect, but the house o nly then exte nd ed as far west as th e end of the prese nt sc ull ery a nd t he buildin g whi ch is now used as a Ca rpenter's Shop ; all west of thi s, including the stone passage an d the turret staircase and do rmito ry, was added wh en the School obtained the place a nd it was turned into a boardin g ho use for th e Second Master, arte r wh o m it was then call ed "Pips." Th e p rese nt Maste rs Common Room was Mr. Lipscomb e's din ing roo lTI. and myo Id class room his dra win g room, a nd th ese, wi th. all the roo ms above , Maste rs and Matron' s, formed hi s private ho nse ; th e other class roo m was hi s board ers hall, and th e prese nt Grange Stu dy was then a lso a stud y fo r hi s senior boys. Outside, during Mr. Au ste n's occupa tion, th e piece marked ( 4 ) in the plan, the present Ma~ters ga rden , a nd the part no w used for tenni s, &c., ~Il form ed Mr. Auste n's private garden. whic h extended right up to the railings which no w fo rm th e bo un dary o f t he Jun ior School, but in those days, in place of t he rail ings, there was a wall which follo wed the same li ne do wn to Gibbs' ho use. \ÂĽ hat is now the Junior School was then a private house, with a fi ne garden exte nding ove r a ll the prese nt playground and rig ht up to the Bishop of Dover's house ; part of this garden was gi ven. to the Bisho p of Dover whe n the Junio r School was established ill ) 878-that was , I believe , the date. I only mention this by the way, fo r others are far better qualified than I am to write abo ut the Junior Sc hool, an d it does not rea lly come within th e strict limi ts of my subj ect. Befo re leaving the south side of t he Min t Yard. I mu st add that the doo rway from the Yard to th e present Grange is now as before, all el is marked (n) in th e pla n, but th en there was a high brick wall, marked (c) in the plan. whi ch was in front of it a nd ra n fro m the Aurlitor's house to the turn in to Palace Street, a nn in this wall was a door way-also marked (nJopposite to the door o f the house. When thi s house-no w call ed the Grange -was g iven o ver to the Sc hool. thi s wall was removed, but th ere did not th en exist that un sig htly excrescence betwee n the Gran ge doo r and th e Auditor' s house which is there no w j th at was buil t later to provide the Auditor' s house with an extra kitchen and se rvants' rooms. We can now pass on to No. ) 2- the old hall of the Boarders. It had two win dows faci ng North, which therefo re looked into the Mint Yard , and t wo mo re on the opposite side with a large fire-place between th em. Th e windows were , I sho ul d think , abo ut 5 o r 6 feet from the noor, and from th e floor to t he windo ws the ha ll was panell ed all round with old oak or chestnu t. T here was a long ta ble dow n the centre, fro m E ast to Wes t, for a bout tw o-thirds of the length of the hall. and in the ce ntre of the table was a big wooden. pillar carved all over

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surely a fo r~c a st of th e future eminence of the youthful carver I Another ta ble stood at rig ht a~gl e s to thi s, at the E ast end of the hall, an d two other sma ller ones, parallel to It, o ne un der the North a nd o ne under the So uth window nearest to the H ~a d Maste r' s hOllse. The hall was ofte n used as a Class Room a nd I remembe r Mr. Llpscom be and . Mons. Martinet taking us in wo rk t here. I cann ot recoll ect a c cura~ el y a ny d ~ tall s of. the H ead Master's house, tho ugh we $ometim es went there III th e evelllu g to slllg ~I.ees , ge nerally wh en Dr. Rogers or Mr. Greato rex ~am e .from Du:ha m .on ~ .VISlt ; th en Mr. J ones, th e Cath t dral Organi st, was 111 eVidence With IllS VIOlIn , and Mr. Rouch with hi s vi olon cello, bu t we boys . w~ r e , I suppose, too mu ch engaged in using our mouth s for feasting a ~d Sll1g lll g to pay tn,H c h attenti on to au g ht else. Next we co me to ( 15), a small ~)lt. of garden belongmg to th e H ead Maste r's hOllse ; all I can reco ll ect about It IS, that someho w we used to ma nage to look over into it. so as to see a. lame sea- gu.l1 .which had its ho me th ere. The Organist's house ( t o) durin g the tune of re- bulidm g on t he East side, was .t1 se,d for th e School, th e lo wer part for class roo ms. ~n d th e upper part fo r do rm.lto n es-late r on it was in its turn duly doomed and disappeared . 17 m . was not likely to be fo rgotten - for in the woode n gate~ \~'as a hole ~b o u t th e size of a du ck' s egg ; there d urin g school, a nd therefore proillblted hours, It was not nnc.o mm on to hear a whistle o r call, and in res po nse t he ow ner of th e sweetÂˇ sllOp o pposite appeared, and, fo r coins d uly pu t throug h the said hole, re turn ed by the sam e way cor respo l~ di n~ sweet stuff! Could any lawfully gotten ,stUff ever taste so swee t ~s that? I give It up , and go 0 11. 'Wh en th e Second Master s ho use an d garden- which latte r, by the way, was much like that at t he back of t he present Grange - in their turn disappeared, th e northern part of the space betwe~ n the town w ~li o,n the We~ t a nd tht! ne w School buildings 0 11 the East, was m~de I ~~tO a broad ~lv es Co urt w l tl~ a large buttress on the left and a doo rway, which stIll eXI:..ts, o n the r~ ght, a nd splcncild games we used to h av~ there unt il the presen t Gymn asIUm was bUl lt an d s,:""all o wed up the said Fives' Court. ' The space between No. 19 and. N? 2 0 was, I thll1 k, blank, a.nd No. 2 0 also disappeared to make way fo r t~e new b l~ildIllgS, a nd we go o n to notice Nos. 21, 22, an d 23 . These were of old tllne , I b.e~le v e, c a ll~d th e six-preac hers' ho uses or lodgings, but at the date of which I ,am wn~m g , we re 111 t h~ use of the Sc hool, as I have noted in the plan . The twa wmdows 111 ( 22 ) look e(~ lIlto the H ead Master's garden, but were too hig h up for us to see through ; th ose 111 ( 23 ) we re large low windo ws an d looked in to th e Mint Yard T~1e H ead Master's ga rden ( 24) was much larger than the present one, as a larg~ silce was taken off to for m part of th e site for Lhe present H ead Master' s house, Sc hool hall. &c., and, ,further, th~ ga rden was ,m~ch damaged fo r some time by bei ng used a s a stone-maso n s yard d unn g the re-buildlOg . The O ld L ibrary (-zS ) now so called, was then llsed as the School .Library a nd was also a lways used as a cla~s room. The pres.e nt dark room un de rn eath It was th en a mu ch darke r room, with no win dow no gas; It was used as a day-boys' room in whic h they. kept their surplices, books, &c. 'j but ho w they ever severally managed to find each hiS own belongings is a problem

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of t he rlark ages which no yet.discovcred science could possibly solve ! Lastly, we come to the big School room (28). In the old days the big fire place was used in winter and there was a gia nt coal box, about 3 feet cube, at its side. There was also a cup boarrl for pressed books in the S.\iV. corner. The old School room \V as, I must !jay, very bare. and has been mu ch improved si nce those days, bOlh in appearance and comfo rt, but details as to suc h imp rove ment belong to morc modern history. No. 29 bas been sufficiently ex plained in the notes to the plan . This reall y end s the account of the old School buildings whi ch were actually round and abo ut the Mint Yard, but as I am upon this subject, I may as well st ray a bit beyo nd the Mint Yard, and add a so mething about t.he Green Co urt as far as it is con nec ted with the School belongings. The small house now known by us as H odgson's hall, was fifty years ago a private house occ upied by a Mr. Castleden. but it was give n over to t he School in Dr. Mitchinso n's time, and was used, first as the Mathematical Master's house, afterward s, upon th e death of Mr. Lipscombe, wh en the Second Master's boarding house, now called the Grange, was combined with that of the Head Master and was re-arranged as at present, it was used for dormitories, &c. The actual Green Court itself was in those days only a big plot o f rank grass, in tersected by brown stripes, for two broad pathways well worn by errand boys and casual pedestrians ran right ac ross it, one fro m the house of the Maste r of the Chorister:;, now Mr. Plant's house, to the School co rner, and the other from Mr. Ryley's ho use to that of the Bishop of Dover. No real cricket was possible on the gree n, only bowling practice from either end, along the worn paths, at wi ckets set up in the middle. A nondescript sort of football was played there, and th e football matches of th e School; and one can still see 0 11 the wall of the Auditor's garden the painted marks of the L.G. (Lower Goal). The Upper Goal had no such marks, which I can remember, but was form ed of the piece of wall between the entrance gates to the Dea nery front gard en and the doorway to the Deanery back yard. And now I have finished the lon g task which you set me to do, but have only given you dry bones to digest. without any sauce, in the form of juicy stories, to help them dowll. 1'\'l any of yo ur old time read ers may find many mistakes in my plan, and the description of it, an d suggest man y correction s! So much the better, if it leads to a more accurate accoun t by some one else. I have done my best rrom m}' own school-boy recollections, supplemented by the help of Dr. l\Ilitchinso n, in whose rei gn the changes were made; a most eventful reign for th e School buildings, and not only so, but fo r the School life, for I, who have lived through the reigns of four Head Masters, ca n certainly say, without any undue bias or flattery, that our School owes its present position, and its public tone and character, mainly to Dr. Mitchinson. I do not wish to detract an},thing from the merits of his successors in office-they

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have all done some good work in adding and improving various buildings. Gymnasium, Fives' Courts. Parry Library, Laboratory. &c. Nay more, it was owing to the foresight of Dr. Blore, I believe, that the School obtained a money instead of a lan d grant for its maintenance: and again. the scheme of entrance and hOllse scholarships was started, I believe, by Dr. Field; and, yet again , we see some of the value of Dr. Galpin's r6gime in the larger numbers of the School, and its increased efficienc), in many departments; but it is. I think an d repeat, to Dr. !vTi tchinson's reign and efforts that we owe, not only our main School buildings. but our public school tone and characte r. which his successors have carried on as hi s partners in the torch race. L.G.M.

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Dec. '4th, ' 9 10. Editor, Cantuan(l1l, Canterbury, Kent. Dear Sir, It is a very long time since I last saw a copy of the Ca1ltuoria n, and I do not, therefore, know wh ether or not you have published any account of th e doings of Canadian O.K.S. late ly. However, I have run across several of our number fairl y recently and I think some accou nt of them may be interesting. I spent a week- end with J .H.Rammell a short time ago. He has a ranch in th e Creighton Valley, nea r Vernon. B. C., and also has 16o acres near Lacombe, Alberta. He intends, I think, to go to the latter

LETTE R. place next spring. While in Vernon, I heard that H olland - I forge t his initials - had gone to the coast, to Vancouver. Yesterday I was staying at a ranch 13 miles down the Kootenay Lake, and met a H eale-Trilby of that ilk, I believe. H e divid es his tim e between "bushwhacking" on his fruit farm and teaching the youn g idea of Nelson to si ng. He lives in a settlement where about 50 per cent. of the local celebrities, including himself, have spent so me years at sea. Every Saturday th ey all set to work CI swabbing" th e fl oors. They appear to imagine that hOllses have to be "swabbed" just like decks of ships. Pails of water are hurled ill all directions and it is positively unsafe to venture nea r their shacks. Last year- I909- whe n my brother

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and I were fruit-farming on Kootenay Lake, we had W. F. Foord-Kelsey staying with us for a couple of weeks. Later he started practising law at Viking, Alberta, and from latest accounts is doing very well. G. Lee-Warner is. I believe, still farming near Tunisfail, Alta, while. I believe, H. G. Stringer, is also a man of agriculture somewhere near Vermilion , Alta. Not long ago a Hitchcock-I forget the init:als, but I refer to the smaller of the red-headed gentlemen of that ilk -strolled into my brother's office in Vancouver. He had come from the Green Court ranch. N. W. of Edmonton. From him we were sorry to learn that the. company up there had broken up. PhIl Hawkes, I think, is still fanning somewhere in the Edmonto n district, and I believe C. M. Dunlop has gone East to Manitoba. I have heard nothing of R. W. Mars hall for years now. H e was at Fort Qu',ppelle wh en I last heard of hIm. I spent a week in Victoria with E. McGachen lately. He flourishes like th e proverbial green hay tree. Whenever we meet we rush to the nearest piano and run over the old Cathedral vesper hymn, or else go over some of Mr. Godfrey's folk-songs. The patriarch of our B.C. colony is Stonham, who is at present Assistant-manager of the Bank of British North America in Van couver. I ran across the Rev. C. F. C. Caffi n not long ago. H e is Curate-in-charge of St. P~ter's, South Vancouver. W. G. Campbell has vanished, as also has Budge Saunders-

(where are you ?) . My brother is Assistant C.P.R. lawyer at Vancouver. F. H . Vaughan. as far as I know. is still at Nahun on the 0kanagan Lake. The boat I was travelling on called at Nahun landing on the way to Penticton the other day and several very dirty-looking individuals came down to greet us. They all wore scrubby bea rd s. so that one of them mi ght have been Vaughan-I cannot say. There is a Montgomery studying law in Vanco uver. I believe he is the elder of the two wh o we re at K.S. in my time. The younger Brow n. I gather from McGachen, is in the Dominion Bank at a place beginning with .I Vi JJ in Manitoba, near Elkholl1, I think. Of othe r O.K.S. out here, I have not heard mu ch. I believe that among them are N. E. BTt":ssey, Clayton, Noyes, the elder Browne (K.S. about '95 ), Methuen, and Mr. Ball" I might add that a Club has been formed in Vancouver under the name of The British (Isles) Public School Club. We have, so far, abollt So members. The object is to promote good fellowship, etc., and to help any newcomers, when Public School boys. in any way possible-except financially! ! We hope to have an O.K.S. dinner in Vancouver on the same night as your O.K.S. dinner in London. Apologizing for taking up so much space, Yours truly, E . H. L. JOHNSTON.

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INDIAN st Seaforth Highlanders, Bareilly, U.P., India, 1 11 25 / / . Dear School, I take up th e pen of an excessively unready writer, ( T) because this is the first Indian letter for hundreds of years which has not come from the pen of J. H. Smith, and ( '2 ) because being new to th e job and possessing a 110t uncommon abhorrence o f letter-writing, the ne ws I have collected is but scant; however, forbear with meI mean well. I

The first item is as it should be J. H. Smi th : he is still in charge of the Kumars of Cutch, shooting duck, sticking pigs and, (so he says) conductin g literary He does not admit that his studies. handing over the Indian letter business to me was a dirty trick, but I may as well tell you now that it was; moreover, his sole excuse was his "antiquity" and general air of hoar (cries of I I shame! ") To continue, Capt. R. W. J. Heale, the" political" of Peshawar, and late of the Indian Army, setlds hIS greetings to "that ancient and world-known periodical Tlte Canluarz'an" (his own words) and also his best wishes to the Editor, his staff, and the School. He tells me, amongst other

LETTE R. things, that he was born of poo r but honest parents and was very youn g at the time. I believe he wants me to keep this latter informati on dark, but it's out now. so please don't sp read it. His present role is that of District] udge, and I gather that it is a long time si nce his name appeared in a letter. Owing to pressing business with the Viceroy (?) I was in Calcutta a short time ago, and, with the aid of J. H. Smith, contrived to run up against C. C. C. Eastgate (incidentally taking a hot meal out of him ) : he is now boss of the Engineering Department of Octavius Steele and Co.'s finn- works like a black all the week and shoots snipe down the Hoogli on Sundays; whe ther he gets back in time fo r Church or not is open to questionI didn't inquire . The possession of an excellent motor (about qth-hand but still capable of motion) is his latest joy. Before I forget it, the Indians tender their heartiest cong ratu lations to H. P. V. Townend on passing so brilliantly in the C.S. exam: also to R. H. W. BrinsleyRichards, but we regret his talents are not to be used in support of India. Talking of congratulations, the School XV. deserves the very best of them for its grand display this year; mi ght I suggest that a statue of Cum berbatch

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(wrought of B1ore's Piece mud) is placed in the Mint Yard to commemorate his team's success? (Pull down the Harvey Laboratory if there is not room otherwise). And again. talking of Football reminds me that H . M. James has ri sen to be manager of the Narimpur Tea estate--sylhet, which is yet another matter for congratulation. The other day I met an officer of the--Ghurkas. \V ho are stationed at Lansdowne-where are also the 39 Gark\Valis, to which regiment E . P. Berryman belongs, and I asked him innocently whether he knew E. P. B.? I was speedily e nlightened. Did he know him? wlJat a question!! As soon as my informant became calmer, I gathered that Berryman was a luminary of th e first brilliance in

Lansdowne, and principally famolls for his inimitable impersonations of George Rob ey ; this is all I do know about him, because he has not written himself, in spite of heart-rending appeals to do so. H Bunny" (G. C.) Strahan responded nobly to my request for news- with humorous, unprintable, and otherwise. As you know, he is attached to the West

Ridings at Umballa and will probably join the 6th Ghurkas in March . He plays every imagi nable game" with distinction" and is, I believe, the" premier beau" of Umballa; for the rest he claims to have been overworked of late and is very "broke". His brother, K. C. Strahan, is flourishing on the Gove rnment Railways in Ceylon, and-- once more using my co rrespondent's words-mending bash~d away lines with great eclai.

I heard rumours, while in Calcutta, that G. F. Paget had chucked work and gone home owing to ill health-however, if anyone knows to the contrary, I hope he will let me know. A. L. B. Thomso n has not answered my letter up to date of writing. and so I can only tell you that he exists-at least so they say ; and the same applies to A. N. 1. LiIJe)'. I've come to the end of my letter and so must conclude. hoping that I am in time for Messrs. Gibbs. Wishing you all the best of luck, I am, Yours ever, B. H. MATHESON.

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I-Ie also wishes to point out that there is still over ÂŁ20 unpaid.

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with Colonial Universities.-An important step has been taken towards linking up our secondary schools with the Colonial university system. The Headmasters' Conference at their recent meeting decided to accept the invitation of McGill University, Montreal, to conduct its entrance exam-

ination in this country ; and passed a resolution, moved by DI. McClurc, of .Mill Hill, submilting(a) that McGill University . might be willing to accept in lie u of the matric ulation the high cr certifi cate of the J oint Board of Oxford and Cambridge for 1<)11 , and (b) join them in drafti ng a common matriculation examination for all the universities within the Empire j and the publication of an official calendar ror all universities, technical sc hools and agricul tural colleges throughout the Empire, to be submitted at the 1m perial Un iversities' Conference in J 9 1Z .

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The occasion for this ac tion of the Headmasters' Conferences is due to the recognition that numbe rs of our puhlic school boys are now intending to spend their life in the Colonies, especially in Canada, and are anxious to have the advantage of Canadian training at the ex piration of th eir sc hool days rath er than at the end of thei r university cou rse, partly, no doubt, because th ey can obtain un ive rsity education at a much cheaper rate, but chiefl y because of the great value of training under local conditions an d among those with whom they afterwards will have to wo rk. A further advantage will accru e to our secondary schools in effecting such an arrangement now that the Headmasters' Con ference in conce rt with th e In corporated H eadmasters' Association have established a Public Schools Emigration League, to facilitate the passing of the boys to th eir various vocations in the overseas States, and their satisfactory settlement under the auspict!s of the League's organ ization in different parts of the E mpire. The League has given a good account of itself during the first year of its life. Its services at present have been called for mai nly in connection with the placing of public schoolboys wi th selected fanne rs in Canada, who, after a year of training are to pass fo r a furt her course of one ' year at the local agric ultural colleges. after whi ch time they should have acqui red sufficient experience to enable them. to establish themselves on thei r own account. There can be no qutstion as to the usefulness of suc h an organisation and which ca n only increase with time.

THE BRJ'l'ISH ( I SLES) P UBLIC SC H OOLS A SSOCIATION ( PACIFIC COAST).

P.O. Box 924, Vancouver, B.C. 1627, Barclay Street, Vancouver, B.C. Jail. 31S/, 19 11. Dear Sir, You will no doubt be in te rested to learn that the above Association has recently ueen fo rm ed in this city, and that among our members we ca n now count several O.K.S. The O.K.S. here are: Rev. C. F . C. Callin, E. Stan ham (Assistant Manager of the Bank of British No rth America) R. V. L. J ohnston (Ass t. C. P.R. Lawyer), E. MacGachen, myself and one other, whose na me I fear I have for the moment forgotten, but who was at the School as long ago as 18S8 . The Association has a club room here and its members now number 13 9. Only old members of schools who are, o r have been, represented at the H~adÂ masters' Conference are eligible, and, in time, there is no doubt but that the Association will be an excellent social institu tion, and also a place of refuge for newly arrived public school men . It has bee n suggested that each School should present to the Cl ub one or more pictures of the School buildings or su rrou ndings as well as a shield if possible. I have no doubt but that the old K.S. will be able to send us a few pictures and possibly a shield with which to adorn the walls of the cl ub room . I am, Sir, Yours faithfully, E. H. L. JOHNSTO I

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Dear Sirs, 1 notice in the last iss ue which has reached me, an Editorial appea l to the present members of res.c. ' not to take everything for the bes t in the best of all possi ble Schools. ' to adapt so meoneVoltaire, I think-in other words to I grouse.'

I was glanci ng at a copy of the " Merchistonian" the other day. Each copy contai ns, at the end , an alphabetical list of old boys (with thei r addresses) to who m a copy of the paper has bee n sent. Surely it wo ul d not be impossible for the Cantuariall to follow suit? The a~vantages a:e obvi?tls. How man y old fflends arc In IndIa, and ye t (despi te J.H.S.-all honour to him! ) how icrnorant I am of their stations. 0::> Another t hingÂˇ-fama volat-whoever designs the memorial to Dr. Galpin in th e Schoolroom, let him add, don't let him destroy!

If the School is shy. or apathetic, I am not, and I am going to fall foul of you.

Am I to understand t hat a handfu l of O.K.S. (Ca mbridge) are re-designing O.K.S. Colot~rs, or devising so mething Why, honoured trio, do you now gaudy for then ow n use? No doubt they neglect to give the names of opposing are privileged to do the latter, but in the rugger teams? Once th ey were always former case O. K S. Colours do exist printed j a scratch team is hard to (nobody will wear th em! ) an d it is estimate. when Hames are not given, and a matter for a Committet! of O.K.S. if when one meets an opponent from a rival any change is to be made. School afterwards: it is interesting to turn In conclusion, why did Mr. Hamilton up past matches 111 an old volume. My Baly's excellent suggestion for an O.K.S. nearest neighbou r is an old Dovorian and register fall through? I've fou nd the names of th e Dover team most usefnl in fig htin g ol d battles over Apologising for this long growl-cut again. it dow n if yo u like-and with heartiest congratulations to K.S.C. on their Ruggc r Again, whydo you merely co ngratulate season. O.l( S. on their weddings? Have YO ll no other information to give. wh ere they now Yours always, are, wh om they have married and so on ?

'MIDDLE EAST.'

Talking of O.K.S .. it always strikes me O.I<. S. Ilews arc very meagre. Can't you get hold of more news?

[EOD. -WlLrm thanks 10 M'iddlt: East for his " growl. " The fi rst omission of whi ch he comp lains is rectified in the present numher.

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We congratulate O.K.S. on their weddings for the simple renson that they 'UJÂŁIJ 1101 tell us whom they arc marrying. Otherwise. of eoorse , we should congratulate the bride. The tidings of the happy event to which he nlllld~s reached liS at fourth hand. We arc ent irely in favour of an O.K,S. register and trust that before long one will be in existence. The new colours in question, so far from heing .. gaudy," are, we venture to maintain, extremely suitable; we undertand that the Cambridge O.K,S. have made and arc now making attempts to lay them before a general committee.

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a blazer. tit. and scarf. and (but perhaps not) socks, in addition to the every-day hat-band, but this is. of course. fo r the powe rs that be, to decide. At present, I fear. they be not. Yours since rely,

res. [Enn.- " K. S." seems to us to be making an enti rely just nnd necessary propos:\l.]

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Dear Sirs, To lIu Editors of" THE CANTUARIAN." I have heard that a long wished for reform of th e a.K.S. Colours is in the Dear Sirs,air. As one who will, unfortunately, soon I offer no apologies for talking about himself become an O.K.S., permit me to suggest that there is a very strong feeling myself. May I not be more distinctive? in the School, as well as elsewhere, that There are to be seen in the world too the present Colours are quite inadequate. man}' others of my tribe, facsimiles of The pattern can be picked up in any myself. and yet not belonging to the tailor's shop, and, consequently, no School I have the honour to represent. O.K.S. thinks of wearing th em. May My colour is not unique, and, therefore. I draw attention to the practice adopted permit me to have th e monogram K.S.C. at other Public Schools, namely. of put upon my pocket. Thanking you in addi ng another shade of colour to those advance fo r your kindness in g ranting me actually worn by the Schools, in order to this improvement. emphasize at once the connection and I become, the difference between present and past alumlli? This is especially needed ill THE SCHOOL BLAZER. a case ' like our own, where the School makes use of the two not unique colo urs -Our correspondent certainly has our perÂˇ of blue and white. I think a real reform [Enn.mission j we refer his claims to the Second would be heartily approved of. both by Chamber, in the shape of the Sports' O.K.s., whom it chiefly respects, and by Committee, or whoever exercise the vclo in lhese mallers.) present res. I should suggest. personally.

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EDITORIAL. An editorial I Appalling thought! When we were informed at the end of last te rm that we should have to write one at the beginning of this, our mind was plunged into a colossa l state of chaotic agitation. In fact it quite spoilt our holidays though til paSS(ll1t we hope everyone else enjoyed themselves. And here we arc on the brink of th e edito rial stream. We can only hope that this effluvia will be washed quickly clean away out 0f the me mory of man. But seriously we know not what to say. Like the blessed Simeon on his pillar we have little room to move. Wherever we turn we are in danger of falling off, of coming a cropper on to th e co mmon place ..... Ah! would that the mind might think of Fit words for the pen to write: Som e peo ple suggest a drink of Wine, to bring literary light. But as the grange cupboard is not filled with sparkling champagne, and, even if it was, we suppose that the mice would drink it (fancy drunk mice !) we must descend

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from ~he intoxicating heights of possibility to the dreary world of reality. And w.hile we thmk of it there is one little matter which has rather annoyed li S. Let us relieve OUT injured feelings. But first a little explanation for the uneducated is requ,ir,ed. Most people, we think. are aware of the fact that the editorship of this enterp n smg periodical is in the hands of a triunion, a miniature triple alliance in fact. Now" we," meaning Ill," have a very big bone to pick with the rn emberof the alliance who ,wrote the last editorial. Why. pray, did that member entirely omit to make any me ntlOll of the tremendous and thrillingly significant truth that it was the first number of a new volume, the eighth to be precise. vVe relu ctantly pardon the forgetful member for the omission, and we hasten to raise our editorial glass (hot milk, not wine) to the toastLong life and success to the Cmltuarian and all its readers. And now having said our little say we think that perhaps it is time to stop. After all {l11 editorial is but an introductiol) to better things so we won't detain you longer but will merely conclude with wishing the best of luck to everybo?y througl~out the term and warning you that, all being well, your capacious throats WIll swallow two more numbers before the term is out.

ATHLETIC

SPORTS.

The Sports were held on the St. Lawrence ground, after a postponement, on Wednesday and Thursday, March 29th and 30th. It is our melancholy duty to report II no change" of the persistent bad luck that has attended this occasion recentl}'. In 19 1 0, when we had a unique opportunity of brilliant weather interest was lesse ned by ~he absence of several important competitors; th is year we suffered from no injmy or Illness, but the Sports themselves were within an ace of being scratched, while the conditions under which they eventually took place were, to say the leas t, not inspiring. The times were universally bad, but this may be attributed wholly to the state of the gro~md which. especially on the first day, was little better than a morass i while a dIsheartening mist almost veiled from the spectators' view those daring explorers who set sail Into the long-distance races. However, though there were no brilliant results, the Sports produced several of the closest fini shes that have taken place on the Beverley, inches only divided 1st and 2nd in the Quarter Mile; there was a fine tussle in the Open Half. and the High Jump was won with only half inch to spa re. And ill this respect, too, we wish to com pliment Mr. Poole on his admirable management of the handicaps.

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We must express our thanks to the following for their kindness in giving prizes : the ladies of Canterbury, Mrs. Farrar. Mrs. H odgson, Mrs. Blore, Mrs. McDowall, Rev. R. G. Hodgson, Rev. E. L. A. Herts!et, the H ead Master, A. Latter, Esq. , the Masters and the VIth Form. 14). B. W. Galpin Time, 80~ secs. This race provoked

QUARTER MILE (UNDER

LONG JUMP (OPEN).

A. M. Gelsthorpe, 18 ft.

in.

2. E. F. Housden, 18 ft. 6 in. Not bad, considering the state of the ground. Doth have done better in practice. (Record, 19 ft. 10 in.)

Routh

The only competitors. much enthusiasm .

16). 2. T, L. Gordon Time, 23 secs. Very close finish, French's sprint securing him first place. HURDLi:S (UNDER

220

YARDS (JU N IOR SCHOOL) .

Palmer 3. Rolfe

1·lemming Time,

33~

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QUARTER MILE (UNDER 16).

C. C. Smythe 3. A. H. Shelswell 1.

T. H. French

Simms

220

H. de H. Smith Time, n} secs.

(Record, Io!secs.) Smith and Hands were first off, Gelsthorpe as usual getting a bad Mart ; the latter went right ahead soon after half-way and was leading by 3 yards just before the finish when he slipped bad ly and appeared only just to break the tape.

LoNG JUMP (JUNIOR SCHOOL). I.

l\'I cCarthy

2. Rolfe Length J 12 ft, 4 ins.

Strouls Time, 37! secs.

16). E. Fanshawe H eight, 4 ft. 6 in. Quitea fair jump. Fanshawe failed al4ft. 6in. hut reached it III jumping oR· the lie for second place with French. . HI GH J UMP (UNDER

T. L. Gordon

A. M. Gclsthorpe H. C. Hands

100 YAR DS (OPEN).

A. M. Gelslhorpe

YARDS (J UNIOR SCHOOL, UNDI~R II).

T. H. French

Time, 63t secs. Two preliminary heal s were necessary, won by French and Shelswell, in the final the winner seemed a good deal fr esher than his opponents. He went ahead from the slart, and maintaining a lead all round won fairly easily in good time.

QUARTER r-,·IILE (OPEN). 2.

3. G. F. Wood

Timc, 591 secs. (Record,53isecs.) Nine slaTted. Wood went away very (ast and was leading by 10 yards at the ladies' p.'lVilion but could not stay. The reSl began slow ; Gelslhorpe and I-lands passed Wood towards the Members' Pav ilion and Hands took the lead; Gelsthorpc went ahead 50 yards from the tape and (rom here to the end of a most exciting race there was not more than a foot between them . Hands was gaining 10 yards from the finish hut could not quite reach Gelsthorpe who won by inches only. Bad time.

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lIURDLlts (Ol'EN). I.

R. L, Gottwaltz

R. Juckes Time, 20! sees. (Record, 17 sees.)

Gotlwaltz was gammg all the way and won easily by 10 yards. Trehanc was j ust in fronl of Juckes at the ninth Aight when, by some mistake, he jumped the latter's hurdles, balliking him badly. Time was not brilliant.

the ropes and was disqualified into second place. A most unfortunate occurrence, as Coltrell had timed his sprint admirably and arrived Ilrst by about 15 yards. By a welcome innovation this race was run at end of the first day.

HIGH JU MP (OI'EN). I.

R. E. Gordon

C. H. Trehanc

Height, 4 ft. II! ins. (Record, 5 ft. 5 in.)

HALF MILE (UNDER 16). J. 2.

R. A. F. 'W histler G. E. J. Gent

3. E. C. Bing Time, 2 mins. 301 sees.

Gent led for the first lap. Whistler paced by a small dog, took the lead at the ladies pavilion and increased it conside rably towards the finish, winning by 20 yards.

The winner has Quite a cred itable jump. a good style and just failed at 5 ft. The" take-off'l was very greasy and prevented good jumping.

100 YARDS (J UNIOR SCHOOL).

3. Rolfe

Palmer 2. H emming T.

100 YARDS (UNDER 14). I.

C. B. Andrews

J. Routh Time, 15 sees.

'Von easily.

LONG JUMP I.

(UND I~R

R. A. F. Whistler

16).

2. T. H. French Length, 16 ft.

ONE

A. C. Telfer Cottrell 2. P.

MILE (OPKN).

Won very easily by jumped high enough.

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in.

Neither

3. R. E . Smith 4. L. L. Foster 100 YARDS (UNDER 16).

Time, 5 mins. II! sec!';. (Record, 4 mins. 49 sees. There was quite a large field necessitating two lines at the start, but a number dropped out at the second and third laps. T elfer imm ediately went in front and led nearly the whole way. Foster was second for three laps; but was passed by Cottrell at the beginning of the fourth and by SmIth hy the Pavilion. Cottrell was overhauling Telfer all through the the last lap, and overtook him abollt 100 yards from the finish. But in cutting in to take the lead, he accidentally" bored" T elfer into

I. T. H. French

2. A. II. Shelswell Time, 12 sees.

Good time' on the day. French won rather easily, but Shelswell was gain ing in the last 10 yards. HI GH JU MP (JUNIOR SCHOOL). I.

Potter

McCarthy

Height, 4 ft.

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220 YARDS HANDICAl' (FINAL). I. S. E. H edgecock 2. M. A. Watney

3. H. G. Evans Time, 25%secs.

CONSOLATION RACE (JUNIOR SCHOOL). J, Cumberbatch Time, 15 sees.

HALF MILE (OPEN). 1. L . L. Foster 2. P. 13. Cottrell

3. A. C. Telfer Time, 2 mins. 18 secs. (Record, 2 mins. 8i secs.)

Foster led at the beginning but was passed by Cottrell anu Telfer before half·way. Cotlrell took the lead by the ladies' pavilion but Foster, who had appeared very done, came up strongly and passing Telfer at the chestnut and Cottrell at the new pavilion , won well by 12 yards.

600 YARDS (HANDICAP).

S. E . H edgecock 2. H. G. Evans

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3. E. R. Watts Time, I min. 29t sees.

QUARTER MU,E (JUNIOR SCHOOL). 3. Potter

1. Palmer 2. West

Time, 1 min. 14* secs. 120

YARDS HANDICAP (FINAL).

1. S. E . Hedgecock

M. A. Watney

Time,

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PUTTING THE WEIGHT. I.

H . de H . Smith

R. Juckes Length, 32 ft. 6 in. (Record, 34 ft. 9 in. )

. Smilh won by 13 inches. Bad state of the grou nd made the \\'e i~h t very slippery and prevented both fro m " pulling , at their best.

T UTOR MILE. MARTLETS (Mr. Evans) H. C. Hands, G. W. Todd, E. F. Housden, A. M . Gelsthorpe. 2. I-lERONS (Mr. Purton) A. H. ShelslVcll, C. H. Trchane, R. E. Gordon, J. L. Tr!!vitl. 3. HAWKS (Mr. Bell). 4. GRYI'HONS (Mr. Moxon). 5· SWALLOWS (Mr. Goss). 6. CHOUGHS (Mr. Reay). Time, 4 mins. 3! sees. (Record, 3 mins. 48!secs.) As usual, this was the most popular race j a surging mob did its best to break the hurdles. Not a. very exciting scene, owing to the pronounced superiority of the Mnrtlets, for whom both Hands and Gelsthorpe did good quarters. Hands came in an C3SY first at the end of the first lap, and gave T odd a good lend. Smi th did a very fine second round in 58 secs. , and gained three places for the Hawk s. Gordon was the best in the third lap and sent off Trevitt very soon after Gelsthorpe, but the hater was never in any danger and, gaining cantinuollsly, finished an easy first, Trevitt second , Cottrell third a nd Chapman fourth. The Tutor Set Shield \vas won by Hawks, with the r..brtlets a close second . We append a list of points:Open. U~:er Under Total. ' 6 24 138 114 l. Hawks (Mr. Bell) 0 116 129 13 2. Martlets (Mr. Evans) 0 113 3 Herons (Mr. Purton) 72 4 1 66 0 4· Swallows (Mr. Goss) 36 30 0 6 32 38 5. {ChOughS (Mr. Reay) 0 6 38 6. Gryphons(Mr. Moxon) 32 I.

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SCHOOL NEWS.

We congratulate R. J uckes on being made a Monitor this T erm .

The Annual Confirmation was held in the Cathedral on Thursday, Mar. ,6th, by the Archbishop of Canterb ury' th ere were 30 candidates. '

on the ,H ouse side was completed during the hohdays. Our warm thanks are due to. the Headmaster for his provision of this mu ch-needed improvement.

",,"

R. L. Gottwaltz, playing for S. Lawrence, made the fine score of 106 not out against United Services, Chatham, o~ May 6th.

On March nnd, Lieutenant ÂˇKnox delivered a most convincing and attractive lecture on the Navy League. The speaker's wit and eloquence aroused great enthusiasm.

Arrangements have bee n made for the O.T.C. Camp Contingent to leave Canterbury on Saturday, July 29th .

I t is with great regret that we announ ce the departure of Mr. Guest, who has been ill command of the Army Class for th e past '5 years. Mr. Poole h~s succeeded him in this position and hIS own place in the Junior School has been taken by Mr. G. C. Woods, late Scholar of 'Winchester and Pembroke College, Cam brid ge. to whom we extend a hearty welco me.

The re-decoration of the Bath Âˇ room

The new Seat which has been presented by O.K.S. to the School to co mmem?rate the Headmastershi p of Dr. Ga\pm, has now bee n placed in the ~khoolroom. The Headmaster on occupymg the Seat fo r th e first time at the beginning of term, drew the attention of th e School to this new adornment and explained the Coats of Arms and the Inscription upo n it. We hope in our nex t number to reproduce a sketc h of the seat and a detailed account of tile work.

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EASTER BOAT RACES. We were not favoured with fine weather for the Senior races this year, but the Juniors were rowed un de r ideal conditions, The first item on th e progra mme of th e Seniors, was the race between Ju ckes' and Smith's boats. The former won the toss and chose back station . Up to the first hurdle both boats were level. Juckes' <;rew were rowin g a better stroke than their opponents, but their cox was not able to negotiate the corner as successfully as Best who picked up for his boat, on the corner, more than th e length they had lost owing to a bad start. Down the straight, Smith's crew shewed more stamina and finally won by II lengths. The second race was between Foster' s and Ryan' s boals and it must be here ad ded that the former was very unlucky in having changes in his crew at almost the eleventh hour. They made a plucky race of it, however, and gained considerably at the start. They failed to maintain their lead however, and finally lost by a length, leaving Ryan's crew to meet Smith's in the fi nal. ' This was not so good a race as might ha\'e been expected and the latter crew certainly rowed a better second course than first, and won by two le ngths. The standard of rowin g was better all round than usual and promises well for the coming season. Amongst those who are not , I Colo urs," CottrelP, Brannon, T ow nend and Braddell are worthy of mention; whil st amo ng the coxes, Best is to be congratulated on his steering, and Kin g also showed promise. The Junior races were rowed with great vigour, if not pe rhaps attended by a great deal of skill. Gent's crew had to experience the trying ordeal of rowing three courses, but they came through it successfully and won in the final by a length. Barber's crew were the "runners Up." After each of the race days, there was te,a for the crews in the Fordwich Arms. It was attended with th e usual keenness. The crews were as follows :SRNIOR FOURS.

I. Bow. Brannon Sidebotham' 2. Cottrell l l· Str. Smith (Capt.) Cox. Best

II. Bow. Smythe Townend 2. J uckes1 l· (Capt. ) Str. Braddell Cox. King

III. Bow. Gordon Foster 2. (Capt.) Morris' 3· Str. Wayte Cox. Alford

I V. Bow. Ryaa (Capt.) J uckes' Musson J. Str. Keyser Cox. Minter 2.

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JUNIOR FOURS. I. Bow. Green 2. Gore Pittis 3· Str. Hands (Capt.) Cox. King

Scratched.

IV. Bow. Morris 2. Sandes (Capt.) Holt 3· Str. Barberl Cox. Kelly

II. Bow. Clayton BarberZ . 2. Potts. 3· Str. Gent (Capt.) Cox. Minter

VI.

Bow. Cottrell'

Bow. Fardell

Seymour Crosse Cooper (Capt.) Cox. King 2.

3· Str.

SENIORS: HEAT I.-Smith's v. Juckes'. Witmer : Smith's.

HEAT n.-Foster's v. Ryan's. Wttmer: Ryan's. Sem'or-Final: Winner of Heat I. v. Winner of Heat II. W£ml er : Smith's.

III. Bow. Pagett Goldsmith 2. Hodgson 3· Str. Sidebotham' (Cap t. ) Cox. Alford

Galpin French Hedgecock (Capt.) Cox. Minter 2.

3· Str.

JUNIORS: HEAT I.-Sidebotham's v. Gent's. JiVi1l1ur,' Gent's. HEAT II.-Cooper's v. Hedgecock's. J¥i1111er ,' Hedgecock's. HEAT I11.-Barber's v. Hedgecock's. JiVt"mJer,' Barber's. HEAT IV.-Gent's v. Sandes. Witm er : Gent's. HEAT V.-Gent's v. Barber's. Witm er: Ge nt's.

We wish to acknowledge on behalf of th e Boat Club, a generous gift of £5 from an a.K.S. in India, who prefers to remain anonymous. We are most grateful for this help toward s paying off the debt on the new boats.

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THE CANTUARIAN ASSIZES.

Before Mr. Justice Mowll and a special jury, on Tuesday, 14th March, 1911, an action was brought by Miss Christabel Mowll, claiming damages for breach of promise, the defendant being Geoffrey Habbakuk Claypole. The case being of some importance, there was an imposing array of counsel, and a large number of ifidies were present in the crowded court. Counsel : for the plaintiff-Mr. C. N. Ryan. ICC .. M.P., and Mr. F. L. Sideboth am ; for the defendant-Mr. S. J. Maiden, ICC., M.P., and Mr. D. H . G. Northcote. Mr. Trehane was elected foreman of the jury.

Mr. Ryan, opening on behalf of the plaintiff. said that the case wa s one of an unfortunate character. His client,

Christabel Kathlee n Mowll. the daughter of a butcher, whose premises were in Mercery Lane, was a you ng and attractive

girl of

2 I

years of age.

The defendant

described himself as a commercial traveller, who also resided in Canterbury.

They used to pass each other frequently in the street, and the actual history of the case began on Feb. 1st, 191 0 , when the

plaintiff dropped her handkerchief in the High Street, and the defendant, following in her wake as usual, picked it up, and,

running after her, gave it her back. On th e next day his client received the

following letter :8, Lower Bridge Street,

1st Feb., 1910. DEAR MISS MOWLL,

I have often admired yOli from n distance, and

toÂˇ day when you dropped your handkerchief in the strcet, I had the good fortune to pick it up, and I realized that it would be quite imp?ssible to live without you any longer. I am a Widower wilhout children, and have a com fortable income. With kindest regards, Yours sincerely. GEOFFREY HABBAKUK CLAYPOLE.

To this letter his client replied in similar terms, and asked the defendant to come to tea on the following day, Feb. 3rd.

On that day Mrs. Mo\V1I discussed the defendant's financial prospects and elicited the fact that he was in possession of an income of ÂŁz,ooo a year.

On Feb. 6th, defendant had supper at the plaintiff's, anp afterwards took her to the theatre, and gave her a ring of very small value. Then his

client

saw and heard

absolutely nothing of the defendant for six weeks, at the end of which, March 14th, she felt bound to write a letter asking

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Mr. Claypole to arrange an early date of marriage. The reply that she receIved to this letter was as follows;15th )I.-l arch , 1910. DEARKST CHR ISTABKL,

I am in receipt of your letter. It is quite impossible fo r me to marry you by the 1St of next month. I do not know you sufficiently welt, having aniy writte n to you once and. seen you tw ice. 'NUl YOll come and have te,l with me and Mabel [h is sisler] on Tuesday next? Yours affectionately, GEOFFREY CLAY POLE.

His client, being alarmed at the tone of this leiter th en wrote and said that as he had proved fa lse, , he woul d be obliged to institute proceedings agamst him at once. In answe r to th is the defendant wrote the following :17th March, 19 10. DEAR CHR ISTABEL,

I am in receipt of your letter. You are very unreasonable. I am quite willing to marry you, but naturally want to know more of YOll. I am afraid your mother is a very peculiar woman. Your father's k nowledge of jewellery must naturally be very slight. It would be as well if he spoke about what he knew. Ever your friend, GEOFFREY CLAYI'OLE.

In view of the fact that the defend ant had an income of £2,000 a year, his client claimed £20,000 damages. Miss Christabel Mowll then entered the witness box and was examined by Mr. F. L. Sidebotham . T he wit ness, who appeared to be on the verge of hysterics, said that after the defendant came to tea with her on Feb. 3rd, wh en she heard him tell her mother that he was worth £2 , 000 a year. she never saw him again except on Feb. 6th, when they went to the theatre and saw " The Bad Girl of the Family." ,"Vht:n she wrote saying she

woul d institute proceedings she consulted no one and was in a hysterical state of mind j but, in answer to a furthe r question, she said that t he defendant had neve r said a single word about the date of the marriage. Cross-examined by Mr. Northcote. witness ad hered st rongly to her statement about the defendant's finances. Counsel : "On the 2nd of Feu. did you wri te as follo ws" :DEAR MR. C L A YI'O Ll~ ,

I was very su rprised to receive your letter, I lOu have often admired you and wond ered who y~u w'e re, and I am quite ce rtain we sh~1I be very happy toge~he r. I have mu?h pleasure III accept. ing your kmd offer of marnage. Mother would like you to come to tea to· morrow. Yours very sincerely. CHRISTABEL :\10WLL.

Witness: II Yes." Counsel : "On March J 4th, did yo u write as fo llows" :My DEAREST GEOHREY , Mother thinks that we should be married within the next fortnight. We have now .knO\~n each other two months, which mother says IS qUite e nough, as she only walked out with papa a .week . I propose, therefore, thnt we should be mamed on th e 1St of April next . When shall I see you again ? Your loving CHRISTABEL.

Witness : Ie Yes." Counsel: II After receiving plaintiff's reply did you then answer as follows " :DEAR

S m,

Mother and I arc vcr)' su rprised at your letter. Had it not been for your st ... tement that you were well off alll! could marry at once , I should have had nothing to (10 with you. Father says that the present s you gave me are quite worthless, and t hat the whole lot wou ld not come to the v~lue o f a sheepskin. I never want to see )10U ag,am , and

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shall at once commence proceedings for breach of promise. Yours t ruly. C. K. MOWJ.L.

Witness : "Yes, I believe so ." Counsel : .. In view of that letter do you still main tain that the defendant broke off the engagement ? " " Yes," Mrs. H . Spence Mowll was next called, and supported the evide nce of her daughter in particular, insisting th at the defendant had stated his income to be [,2 ,000. Her husband was a wealthy butcher and would not allo w his daughter to marry a co mmercial traveller with £zoo a year and an invalid sister. The evidence of the wit ness remained unshaken by the searching cross-examination of Mr. Maiden. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Maiden said that he was quite prepared to ask the jury to give his client the verdict on the facts as represented even by th e plaintiff, but he would put the defendant in th e witness box to state his own case. Mr. Claypole then entered the box, and in reply to counsel's questions, gave the following evidence. H e had bee n perfectly ready to marry th e plaintiff, and was still prepared to do so. Questioned further as to his reluctance to marry on the date suggested by the plaintiff, he said he did not wish to be ru shed into it, and perhaps left to repellt it. H e thought his attitud e was a reasonab le one, in view of the fact that he had only seen her twice. As to his finances he t: mphatically de nied even saying he was worth £2,000 a year. His actual income was £200 a year, and his life was insured for £2,000.

Cross-examined by Mr. Ryan he said he saw nothing peculiar in not making any attempt to see th e plaintiff for six weeks, but pressed furt her he remarked that in the season of Lent he thought he might deprive himself of some pleas ures. (Laughter). He spent his spare time in the concoction of so nnets to his love. Mr. Ryan: "Have you any here? " I I Yes." Mr. Ryan: "Read them." "My Christabel, my Kilty, My woolly little little lamb, So soft and round and prelly And sweet as strawberrr jam. T o thee I pen this ditt)" My dimpled lillIe d uck, T hall a re my sportive Kitty, A nd I, thy Hahbakuk."

Mr. Ryan: "Did you deliver th ese?" (Laughter). "No." His Lord ship: "Perh aps it was just as well for your suit." (Laughter). Witness, pressed as to his finances, declared that his manner of living was not above his stuted inco me. Mabel Eliot H odgson Claypole, the invalid sister of the defendant, was next called, and a pathetic sight was witnessed as the lady was wheeled into co urt by cou nsel. She corroberated her brother's statement as to income, and said she managed his affairs. Replying to Mr. Ryan as to the colollr of the insurance forms, she said definitely that th ey were yellolv. Counsel: "Would it surprise you to learn th at t hey are blue?" (Laughter). His Lordship : I f As a matter of fact, Mr. Ryan, I belit:ve they arc white." (Laughter).

THE CANTUARI AN. Mr. Maiden, ICC., closing for the defendant, contended that the breach was really made by the plaintiff and not by his client, as shown by the correspondence-an important item in the c~5e. His client had certainly been a lIttle remiss, but emph atically not negligent or apathetic, and it had to be borne in mind that his client was a person of very eccentric character. " The course of true love never did run smooth," remarked counsel, "and it ce rtainly could not be helped by the in terposition of an interfering father and mother who had only been engaged 8 days." Finally he appealed to the jury to face the straight issue. and not be led away by the eloquence of his learned friend . Mr. Ryan, ICC. , making the best of the correspondence, admitted his client had acted rashly, but pointed out that the defendant had given no adequate reason to explain his sudden lapse of l ov~ for six weeks. H e appealed to the Jury, rightly enou gh he hoped, as men of common sense and as married men. T hey all had been in love. When they were in that state were they content to see their fiancees twice in six weeks?

T he excuse that he wanted to know the plaintiff better had no foundation, as it was the defendant's own fault that such was the case '" It would take from now till Doomsday for him to know the plaintiff if he only went on as slowly as he began . I appeal to you, ge ntlemen, not to be influenced by any masculine prej udi ce, but to give yo ur verdict in favo ur of this wronged and helpless girl." The Jud ge summed up the case to the jury strongly in favour of the defendant. U After all," _ he said, "you can not get away from the plaintiff's ow n word s ' I never want to see you again .' " The jury retired, and after a short absence returned a verdict in favour of the defendant, with costs. However, during thei r absence a consultatio n took place between counsel and his lordship, with the result that the co ntending parties, after a vigorous embrace, left the cou rt arm in arm amid some applause, which the judge sternly suppressed. Solicitors for the plaintiff :-Messrs. Foster, Gelsthorpe and Sons; fo r the defendant :-Messrs. Todd, Page. Wayte and Co.

HARVEY SOCIETY. The Harvey Society had an exceedingly flouri shing T e rm in the way of papers, th ough th e support in the School was no t quite so good as on some previous occasions. Howe ver, a very fair percentage of th e members turned up at the various papers, which were arranged as

much as possible to suit the majority of those concerned. Unfortunately the H ead master, who was down for a paper, was unable to give it at the last moment owing to th e great pressure of his other work, but it is defmitely pro mised, for next Xmas T erm. The Society is greatly

THE CANTUARIAN. indebted to an O.K.S., R. G. H ancock, who happened to be down at the School at the tim e, and who generollsly came forward and read a paper on Evolution . The list of papers was as follows:DATE.

TITI.R .

A UTIIOR.

Saturday, Fcb. 4. -" Incidents in the Boer WaT." E. F. H OUSDEN . Fcb. 1I.-" The Organ. " H. SPENCE.

Fcb. 18. - " British Warships." R. E. BKARDSWORT II . Mar. 4.-" Aeroplanes." E. H. F. MORRIS. :ro.'lar. 11.- " H . G. Wells." G. H. CLA "1'01.1ÂŁ. Mar. 25.- 11 Evolution." R . G. HAN COCK, ESQ. , O. K. S.

On Saturday, Feb. 4th, E. F. Housden gave a paper 0 11 the Boer W'ar. Perhaps the most inte resting f0alure of lhe meeting was the excellent set of slidcs, which accompan ied the paper. Most of them were reproduced from photograph::; actually taken on the spot, and some of them, especially that of Spion Kop at the end of the days' fighting, were extremely vivid not to say grueso me. The lectu rer gave a' brief outline of the three mai n advances into the Boe r T erritory under General Buller. General Gatac re and Lord Methuen. He dealt more parti cularlv with the battles of Spion Kop, Stormberg and Magersfontein, and also gave 5tirrin g accounts of th ~ great cavalry dash by whi ch Gene ral French relieved Kim.berly, and th e exciting armoured trai n incident, in which \;V"inston Churchill figured so prominently. On Saturday, Feb. , 8th, H. Spence gave a lecture on I< The Organ." For

the first halfÂˇhour he traced the development of the in strum ent from the Panpipes of ancient Greece to the modern organ. The lecturer then mentioned a few of the abs urd freaks to be found in medireval organs-such as th e stop labelled" Noli when the inq uisitive me tangere)) :Ill.eddl er disobeyed this injun ction and drew the stop, a large fox tal l flew out and hit him in the face, other monstrositie5 of such kind were images of sun s, moons and stars, or of angels, or even of animals and birds of all sorts of sizes, which werc set up in the roof and revolved to the music (?) at th e wi ll of the organist. A picture of a typical three-manual, up-to-date organ was th en throw n on the sc reen, and its chief features briefly p'1inted out. The a udience we re then shown how diffe rent kinds of pipes are tuned, demonstrations being given with the aid of the laboratory bellows. and a few pipes kindly lent by Mr. F. H . Browne, who is about to build thc organ for our School Chapel - bu t o win ~ to some difficul ty in regulating the pressure of wind. the tone forthcoming was not so full as mi ght have beeu desired-but we take the lecturer's word for it that the pipes did go flat and sharp as he t un ed them : the reed pipes however (Posaune) created some amusement by emitting weird sq ueals and gurgl~s reminiscent of a dying pig. The i"ecture r concluded wiih a picture of the nve-manual organ at Sydney-until last year, the largest organ in the world. On Saturday, Feb. 18th. R. E . Beardsworth lectured on the Navy. All his remarks were fully illu:;trated bv excellent slides. H e divided the Navy 'u p in four

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main classes : (i. ) Battl eships; (ii. ) Armoured Crui se rs j (iii.) Protected Crui ser!. ; (iv.) T orpedo Craft, fa) above water ; and (b) unde r water. H e then desc ribed th e features and duties of the vessels in th e above classes. H e pai nten out that Arm oured Cruisers were only built because th e earl)' Crui ser mod els (p rotected) lacked both gun s a nd ar mO UT, but now th ese had bee n so far ex tended th at Crui!\crs had become practi cally fas t battleships. The Protected Cruise r was now onl y used for sco uting and defe ndin g the trade routes T urning to T orpedo Craft, t he lec turer rema rked that th ey were used for attacks on battl e fleets and for coast defence. Their val ue was 50 great. because under favo ura ble conditions. a T orpedo could sink th e strongest battl eship. T he lecturer only descri bed th ose vessels which were in commission at th e end of ' 9 10, and ended by sho win g slides of ~ few foreig n warships and desc ribin g th eIr peculiarities and (presumably ) disad vantages. G. H . Claypole refused to apologise for read ing a paper on a modernist like H. G. Wells, and exp ressed his belief that

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in Canterbury they we re far too fo nd of mu sty old classics. whose ideas we re qui te superannuated, whi le they le ft in the cold the se ri ous modern writers with whom they really had mu ch more sy mpathy, and who lived in the same atm osphere as th emselves (i.e., the au di ence.) Wells wrote thrt!e tyPt!s of books : I. The mqre or less scie nti fic novel or roma nce, like the First Man in the Moon, or The Food of the Gods ; these were often quite humourous. 2 . Seri ous. and ofte n dee p re views of the socia l qu estions of th e day-e.g. Anticipations, a nd New ' ;Yorlds [or Old. Discussin g I I An ticipations," th e lec turer men tioned the theo ry that eve ntually t wo, or perh aps, t he only language woul d survive, "perha ps that o f Pa n- Ge rmans, or the Pan-Slavs., or indeed of the Pan-An glica ns" (laughter). H e made out a strong case for the true socialism of which H . G. Wells is the best expo nent, and co ncl ude d with a refe rence to the third type of book which he was no w prod uci ng, name ly, the no . . el of modern social conditions, whic h was also to show the way for Socialism, and b rie fly desc ribed th e fact of "The Ne w Macc hiave llii."

GYMNASIUM.

Since last Easte r th ere have been g rea t improvements not only in the Gym nastics of th.e Scho?l as a whole but also in the Gy mnasium itself. The latter has bee n pro vlde~ wIth a sound wood bl ock floo r (exactly similar to that in the H ead Quarters Gy~n~slUm at Al dershot), wh ich will not periodically req ui re to be patched up. T hiS gives the Gym Pair great ad vantages in the working of the horse, which is now used with out a spring-board. The horizontal bar also has bee n recased and provided

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with a set of the latest type of wire guys, fo r both of whic h add itions we ha ve to th ank the H eadmasler. There has bee n a gene ral adva nce in the ordina ry classes, due in a great me~su re ~o Sgt. -!'1ajor Cooper an d his assistants, who, if they have failed to sti mul ate an In t~rest III Gym. have at least raised its standard to a respectable level. 'With regard to mterest in Gym it can nOt pass unnoti c~d h_ow peo ple, not belongi ng to the School H ouse, take advantage of the Gy mn Mo nitor by ge tti ng leave off Gym fro m ki nd h e~rted H ouse Masters for no reaso n whatever exce pt slackn ess. Th at Monitor once heard of a boy, who made a wager at th e beginning of a term that he wo ul d not change at all that te rm. What a delightful life to lead I H owever, among the new boys th ere seems to be mu c h keenn ess 0 11 Gy m, which should produce good resul ts in the future. One of the m, eve n, only just failed to be the second stri ng in th e pair. Th.e:e havE:: been as usual three com petitions durin g th e past term . The new boys' competItIO n took place at 6. 30 on Ma rch C) th a nd was a wa lk ove r fo r Barber'!. Minte r was second and, a lth ough nea rl y thirty ma rks behi nd Barber, wo rked very creditably. N EW Boys . H orizontal Bar.

P :lra1\eI Bars.

Rings.

....,.-... ..,. -~-

( .)

Maximum

Barbel 2

...

Minter ...

...

Drughorn

3· Wa it 4· 5·

Eccles

F lower ...

(,)

(.)

H orse.

, , , I. , •

(.)

(,)

(3)

R ope.

T otal.

(4)

- "- - " - - - - - - - - I- ---9

65.

34'

...

3it

4it

281

...

I, 4. 2 I

2 2~

'I,

The J unior Competition was he ld on the same evening a nd was won by Gent. was second and beaten purely on styl e, whi ch after all is the only thi ng wh ich wins a competitio n of this type. In both these competitions there was a remarkable improvement in style. Most people ge t the foolish idea into their heads that smartness in Gym nastics is pu rdy " .swank." So it is, but swan k of a good type. I t is mu ch eaSier to do an exe rc ise sma rtly th a n to flop· through it like a bla nc-mange, with no control over one's lim bs ; besides th is, it looks bette r. B arb er~

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H ori zontnl Bar.

Ma ximum

Parallel Ba rs.

(I)

(2)

(I)

(2)

(I)

Gent

...

-.-- - - -- - ... 6 7 9 9 9.

Barber2 , ••

...

3·

French ."

4·

Besl

... ...

... 4 ... 3

... ...

.. .

...

5· Groom ...

6. Flower ,.,

... 3.

Total.

Rope.

Horse.

Rings.

(,)rw

--~

(2)

-;I~

- - -

----

3 I3

34.

4 ' 3

I 4.

II, I

I, I,

33,

The Open Competition was held on Monday, March 11th. and turned out better than was expected. There were quite a number of spectators other th a n the School, an ullusual occurrence whi ch we hop e will be repealed. The exercises were the same as those arranged for th e Public Schools' Competition at Aldershot, and were done very creditably by all. Although the horizontal bar could not be used during the winter term, owi ng to the new floor being unfinished, the work on it \Va; better tha n usual. This speaks well for the new apparatus. Sergt. Sanderson acted as judge, while Sergt.-Major Cooper set the exercises'. After th e competition the competitors a nd Instructors put up two tableaux on the parallel bars and did a few creditable voluntaries on both bars The Headmaster then read out the results. OPE N.

H ori:l:On tai Bar.

MaxImum

(.)

(, )

(.)

(,)

R ope.

Horse.

Rin gs. (.)

(, )

-- - - - - - - -

())I(,) S

(.)

.- - -

I 5 9.

I 4.

... 7! 7

4. 1 4.

Housden

...

Ba rber ...

...

3·

Gent

4·

Clayton

.. . ...

5·

Forsyth ...

...

.. ..

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8, 9.

69.

14.

4. I 3.

Total.

(, )

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Housden was first as th ere was no one to compete against him , the three next best members of the Gym division, Gottwaltz, Snatt and Wood being unable to co mpete, owi ng to work or ill-health. Barber z was second, defeating Gent by half a mark. The latter, however, is the better worker but failed to do his duty on the pa rall~1 ~ars. The H eadmaster then thanked the Instructors for their untiring ene rgIes 111 the gymn asium. After the usual chee rs for the Instructors th e proceertings closed. . As a result o.f th e competition Barber z, Gent, Clayton and Forsyth were given their colours, which they a ll well deser ved. No one save those who undergo it know the energy required to turn out to Gym every night and after Gym to have a .. fizzer," a word which explains itself. After a private competition near the end of the term it was decided that Gent should be awarded the second place in the Pair. Both he and Barber deserve special mention for the way in which they worked to make themselves worthy of tl:e second p.lace. The results show that the more fortunate of the two accomplised their mutual aIm .. The School was judged seventeenth in th e Competition at Aldershot. H ousden o?tall1ed 67-t and Gent 601 out of a possible 90. Housden was a disappointment and dId ~ot work .up to form owing to nervousness, Gent however did all that was expected of Inm. ThIS result only seems to show how necessary it is to try and overcome "stage-fright," the only possible way of doing this is by competing against other schools. But there are many difficulties which confro nt this proposition.

O.K.S . HARVEY - COI.E. A very pretty weddi ng took place at St. Andrew's Kirk yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. H. Wilding Cole, ofthe A.N.D. Co. , Grand Fu.lls, and Miss Eva Harvey, daughter of the late Dr. A. J . and Mrs. Harvey. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J . S. Sutherland. The bride was attired in a costume of embroidered chiffon taffeta with orange blossoms and veil, and was assisted by Misses Muriel Harvey and Isabella Simms, who acted as bridesmaids. The groom was supported by Mr. Noel J ames, of the A.N.D. Co. After the

NEWS. ceremony the newly married couple, accompanied by a large number of friends, repaired to th e residence of Mrs. Harvey, where a reception was held. Both were the recipients of a large number of presents, wh ich attested the popularity of the happy couple. After the reception they motored to Donovan's where they joined the express for th eir future home at Badger Brook. ~

" H . H . Wilding Cole and L. R. Cooper are at prese nt helping to manufacture the paper for the DailY Mail in Newfoundland.

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at present in existence a Committee, which is however, not quite in tou ch with the younger O .K.S., whom the proposal chiefly affects, and would be quite ~ ~* willing to hand over its powers to a new body. This, we venture to suggest, will R . M. Gent gained a md Class. and include a member each from Oxford and E. B. Hosking a 3rd Class in the Classical Cambridge. from Woolwich, from O.K.S. Moderations <Ii Oxford. scattered about London, an d from the School itself; and the most natural time of meeting would be at the end of July, a large number of O.K.S. are always J. Kettelwell. we believe, satisfied when in Canterbury. the Examine rs. ~~" We put forward this proposal in the hope that what is at present only" talk" ; We congratulate E. G. H. Bellars on may assume some definite shape. We passing first Qut of Dartmouth. think that we are right in saying that O.K.S .. as a whole, are dissatisfied with """ the present colours; and it would surely We have received a number of formal be a great pity if, through lack of coand informal suggestions in favour of the operation, several rival "colours" came into existence. proposed new a.K.S. colou rs. Canterbury remains the cen tre of Everyone seems agreed that the present colours should be discard ed; and gravity for les. and O .K.S. alike in such further, that in adopting a new scheme, a matters as these, and, as having the third colour should be add ed. Individual advantage of this central position, we have taste selects pink. purple, vermillion, ventured to suggest in th e " Cantl1arian II carmin. or squashed-strawberry, with a a Committee at head-quarters, as a solution charming insouciance ; but may we be of the difficulties which surround would-be allowed to suggest that the reform is reformers at present. We should be glad not likely to take definite shap0, until a to be of any service towards securing representative Com mittee is elected to a satisfactory settlement of the question. settle the matter. There is, we believe, EDD. Caul.

A. C. Fluke has bee n elected on th e Sports' Committee at Woolwich, and also won the U Putting the Shot II at the Sports.

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CRICKET. LIST OPPONENTS.

DATE.

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GROUND .

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- - - - - - ---- - - -- - - --·1----;--1St Inn. 2nd Inn, 1st XI.

Tu . May 9· 16. Tu. Th. 18. Ttl. 23· Th. 25· Tu. 30. Fri. Jl;~f! 2. \Ved. " 7· Wed . 14· " Tu. 27 · Sat. ]l;i y I. Th . 6. Tu. " II. Fri, " 14.} Sat. IS· Tu. " 18. Th. " 27·

S. Lawrence Rev. L. H. Eva~'~, XI. .:: S. Lawrence !I A." Mr. A. Latte r's XI. Chart ham Asylum 9th Lancers M.C.C. Highgate School East bourne College S. Edmund' s School Wye College R.M,L.1. Dover College Felsled School Belmon t C. C.

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Beverley .. . Lost.. ... 50 94 (5) 280 (8) Beverley .. Draw .... 132(1) 220 Beverley .. Draw, ... 54(1) 173(7) Beverley." .. " ........ " ................... .. ........... . C~ a rth aln ... .. ...... " ... "" "' " . ... . ....... . . .... .... .. ' C bury B'cks ......... , . ........ . ,,' ... , ....... ... .. , .............. . Beverley ......... " . . . ,,""", . .. : ...... " .. ......... "', .. , Highg<nc .... " .. " . ... . "''' '''', .... , ... , ..... , .. .. . . ...... " ... , Easlbourne ,., ..., ..., ..... , ... , . , ......" .... " ... ".,., ..... . Beverley ............... ... , ........ ....... , ..... ""., .... . Wye .. ' '''' ' '' " ' ... ,,'" ......... .. \¥almcr ,. , ' ... ... . , .. , ., ...... ,," ... .. Beverley ... '"'' ... . "" ...... . . ...... ...... "' ... ",," '" Beverley

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Tn. 13. Tu, " 27. Th. July 6, Tu.

11.

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Harbledown C.C. ... S. Edmund's Sch. 2nd XI. ... I-Iarbledown C. C. S, Edmund's Sch. 2nd X I. S. Lawn'nce Coli . 2nd XI. Dover College 2nd Xl.. .. Wye College 2nd XI. ... Dover College 2nd XL",

}-Iarbledown Lost ... .. , S, Edmund's .. Blore's Piece .. Beverley ... Ramsgate ... Reverley Wye Dover

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142 (2) .......... ..

MATCHES. KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE. This match was played on the Beverley on Tuesday, May 9th in perfect weath~r. It cannot be c~lled an ,auspicious. opening, as the School batting showed an entIre lack of enterprIse and VIgour. It IS, however, only fair to remember that the St. La\~rence club IS ne~rly as strong as any that we shall meet throughout the season . Little need be saId of the School first innings. Housden alone batted

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confidently and had extremely bad luck to get out as he did. There was an appeal for Ibw. and it was given in his favour. H e was 50 overcome that he collap~ed on to his wi cket. Mr. Latter and Mr. Maundrell then went in and hit the bowling to all parts of the field, the score being 70 for none at lunch time .and 126 before the first wicket fell. Wickets th en fell steadily. but Capt. Campbell hIt abo ut freely and gave a distinct but difficult chance to mid-on . Baker, with leg breaks, took two wIckets with his two worst balls, but the other bowlers were all expensive. The fiel,ding was good. In the second innings the School did better, and Gordon hit well for 18 not out. F. P. R. E.

R. C.

C. G. C. S.

1St Innings. H. Sea brooke, c Campbell. b Baird ... D. Baker, b Baird... L. Gottwaltz, cHilton, b Baird F. H ousden, hit wicket. b Baird V. Snatt, h Hatfield... E. Gordon. b Baird... ... Chapman, b Baird... H. Trehane. c Dean, b Baird D. \\'atkins, c Trueman, b Baird '" H. Gore, not out J. Maiden, b llaird Extras ...

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b Hilton b Taylor b Hardy nm ou t b Campbell not out nm out

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7 ... 280

Total (8 wickets) ... RaWLING ANALySI Sâ&#x20AC;˘... ST. LAWRE NCE.

C. H. C. Gore

O. JO

Gottwaltz Maiden .,. Trehane. .. Walkins...

13 II 7 3

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Snatt

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40 12 8 12 R.

Baker

Captain Baird C. E. Hatfield

. .. 94

62 66 62

.. A, Latter, c Baker, b Gottwaltz Rev. W. H . Maundrell, c Gottwahz, b Trehane H . Trueman, c Watkins, h Maiden ... O. K. Anderson, c Baker, b Gottwaltz J. Dean, b Gore .. ' ". Rev. A. Taylor, bÂˇTrehane ... R. C. Campbell, c Seabrookc, b Baker

H. S. Hardy, c Gore, b Baker

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WOO LWICH

Dear School, We humbly apologise for the appearance in print of this our letter; but owing to imperious demands from the unfeeling Editors, who would not be denied, we will try to do our best. Owing to the pressure of work and military duties! the O.K.S. meeting was indefinitely postponed, but we now take the opportunity, while enjoyi ng the hospital ity of Under-Officer Cottrell, of congratulating the School on their successful football season. vVe are glad to see the agitation in favour of new O.K.S. colours, but like the correspondent in the last Calltuariatl, we beg to differ with the Calltab taste, and hope that something definite will be arrived at by the end of the summer. There is a large r gathering of O.I<.S. here than th ere has bee n for some years. and we hope for more recruits shortly from the hardworking Army Class to augment our numbers still more. As to our doings-the hon our of the School is still kept up. Cottrell, our semor member is quite one of the .. bhoys," and commands his company with great Iclat. His experience, by the

LETTER. way. was a great help to those of us who are snookers. In athletics-Cottrell and Fluke are on the sports' committee, while the latter has gained the sports' .. rep.," and not content with that, he is now a shining light in the cricket world. Fardell assures us that revolver shooting is the limit of his powers, but we susped that the real absorbant of his energies is his unlimited correspond ence to his large and increasing circle of friends . After assiduous training, West figured in the half-mile as one of the representatives of his term, but was prevented by extra drill from doing himself justice. During the heat of the day, while carrying out the intricate evolutions of company drill at an appalling rate, we dwell with deep regret upon the peaceful afternoo ns we used to spend on the School parade ground . Now four wearied brains are on the verge of collapse. unaccustomed as the majo rity are to literary efforts, 50 we close with best wishes to the School for a successful summer term . O.I<.S. SHOP .

T HE LIBR AR Y. The following Books have been added to the Parry Library :KINDLY PRESENTED BY

The New Nation- P. F. Rowland ' The Author. Eastern Pacific Islands-F. W. Christian The Author. The Cdou,ncHil of Memoirs of the late Dr. Barnardo-Mrs. Barnardo Marchant D B r. arnar 05 omes.

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Popular Engineering-F. Dye E . P. Guest, Esq. The Day's Play-A. A. Milne. . An O.K.S. Across the Bridges-A. Paterson R. B. ,"Vinser. The thanks of the School are also due to the H eadmaster, Dr. Galpin, the Rev. R . G. Hodgson, and members of the Staff for defraying the g reater part of the cost of the I Ith Edition of the Encyclopredia Britannica. R. E. EVERITT, Libran'an.

CO RRE SP ON DE NCE. /'1.8.- The Editors decline to accept any responsibility connected 1lJitlt the o/Jiuiom oJ !Iuir COITeSPOIl' deu/s. Name aud address mIlS! a/ways be l!ivelt, Ito! 1ucessan"'y for publication, but as a gUGtalltee of good fait/t o Personalities will involve (trtaill ,'ejectiolt. Letters shol~/d be Wrt"Uett on oue side of tile papet' Duly.

T o lite Editors of Ie THE CANTUAIUAN," Dear Sirs, The School is obtaining a new organ; very good. But since the School and its friends, and not th e Cathedral, is defraying the cost of said organ, may I ask if steps are being take n to ensure that the instrument is the sole property of the School? Otherwise in the not impossible event of a removal of K.S. to other regions in th e indefinite future,-(you know, Mr. Editor, there are such things as Church Disestablishments)unnecessary complications may arise. Allow me to remain, my dear sir (or sirs), Your poor but honest, HARMONIUM . [While we do not quite approve of the tone of our old friend's cOllummiclltion, we should commend th e ba re suggestion to the notice of the Organ Committee].

King's School, Canterbury, May 6th, '9' I. To the E dilors oj .. THE (:ANTUA1UAN." Dear Sirs, .A circular is now being sent to all

O.K.S . whose addresses are known to invite subscriptions for an Organ to replace the prese nt H armonium in the School Chape\. May I appeal through your columns to any O.K.S. who have not received the circular, and to any other well-wiRhers of the School, for their help? Our object, as explained in the circular, is not to make the School Services more elaborate, but by more chee rful music than the H armonium can provide to encourage the singing of all whether in the choir or not. Already the appeal has met with a very favourable response from friends and O.K.S. and the School itself. We want another ÂŁ 1 00 out of the ÂŁ260 required, and I hope that t hose who have not yet subsc ribed will soon be able to make up the amount. Our heartiest thanks are due to those who have generously helped us already. I am, Sirs, Yours faithfully, C. R . L. DcDOWALL.

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To the Editor of I . THE CANTUARIAN," Dear Sirs, It is admitted on all sides that the present O.K.S. Colours are unsatisfactory and are not worn by many O.K.S. It seems to me that althouO'h there may be som~ d~fficulty in changing the colours, th eIr IS no sense in having colours that are nOt popular, and that the best course is to face the difficulty and at once make a change. I should suggest that a small Comm it~ee of present K. S, might obtain deslgns fo r blazer, tie and hat band, and that such designs mi ght be submitted to a general meeting of O.K. S. and K.S. at some convenient date, for instance, the day before Speech Day, and that the selection of the majority present at such meeti ng be adopted as the O.K.S. Colours. Yours truly, T . F . EMERY. 12

Kingsdowne, Ealing, W., l1f"ay 8/11,1911.

To tlte Editors of II THE CANl'UARIAN." Sirs, O. K. S. COLOURS. I am very glad to see that the question of fresh O.K.S. Colours has been revived and I wou ld like to support the suO'O'estiOl~ mad.e by I f K .S. " in your last issu~~ t'.e., to retam the School Colours and combine one other tone with them. I wou ld further suggest that the School Colours are retained in th eir correct proportion of blue, bordered with white, ana that the distinctive note be supplied by a narrow '(saytth inch) border of laurel leaf, gree n on each side of the white. This would apply to the hat-band

and scarf, and in narrower stripes for the tie, but in any case keeping the same proportions. This would mean a good proportion of white in the colo urs, and I a~ not aware of any similarly proporLloned design belonging to another Club. I realise that the actual selection of the colours, is the privilege of the Committee but I write, in the belief that the display of further interest in this im portant question may have the effect of producing an earlier decision. I am, Sirs, Yours faithfully, A. G. ll. To tbe Edt"lors of " THg CANTUARIAN." Unhonoured Sirs, I have a very practical proposal to make, and you, who epitomise (or should do) all that is most classical in this ancient and historic foundation, will not like it. Let us drop the Latin Speech. Let us reintrodu ce th e comic English Speech. This, sir, is a drastic but most desirable proposal. The question is, are the speeches to be regarded as an unpleasant duty, or as a pleasure to the audie nce and the performers? The first is obviously absurd, and th e second is not altogl:ther fulfilled, From personal interco urse with performers in the Lati n Speech, I have no hesitation in saying that th ey do not find it as pleasant as any of the others. The reason is Âˇ obvious. To perform a play, that is neither intelligible nor amusing to t he audien ce is the most unhappy lot of the actor: The want of humour is apparent. The other objection is not so, because the audience pretends that it understands,

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and, while by no means denying the than any others to all the performers as presence of a few scholars who can and well as to those who so kindly come and do understand the Latin Speech, I can listen. Ergo H the more, the merrier." confidently state that the vast majority of Captious critics will rend me in the audience are hopelessly befogged. twain and say in that fascinating way Strange though it may seem the audience Ie 'Vhy not chuck the Greek then?)' The is there for pleasure (presumab ly at any Greek, though unintelligible, is usually rate) and not for a lesson on how to the most amusin g, even more so than pronounce Latin like Italian. So much some of the early rehearsals of the tragic English, and the very eccentricity of its for the omission of th e Latin Speech. No apology is needed for th e reintro- action makes it deservedly popular. Arrogantly yours, duction of the comic English. For years OBSERVER. this School, so tenacious of what is called tradition, produced a com ic and a tragic P.S.-To show that I am not prejudiced English speech and both were much by any of the silly classical and modern appreciated . Though it was dropped for ideas, I may say that the Fre nch is one year nearly everyone thought it would usually rather dull, but at any rate a fair be reintroduced the next. But no I percentage of the listeners can undermouthing the tradition of the previous stand it, and they have it delivered to year, it was abandoned for the second them in the good old English style. In tim e. Surely if the audience is to listen recent years most people have not been to four speeches, let two be intelligible. able even to make Ollt the Latin words. The English speeches give more pleasure [Why, not, indeed? Enn.]

NO T I CES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of th e followin g SubscriptIOns :-

Rev. E. W. Norris (3/6), G. E. Gripper, Esq . (3/6), R. C. Cumberbatch, Esq. (2/4)' W. A. Fetherstone,

Esq . (3 /0), Colonel Trueman (3/6), Sir George Collard (7/- ), Mrs. BaileY (3/6), F. Cremer. Esq. (3/6), H. L. Cremer, Esq. ( 3/6), R. Mowll, Esq. (7/-) . Rev. W. H. Maundroll (10/6). C. C. Lloyd-J ones, Esq. (2/4). J . C. PAGE, H OIl. S ec.

OU R CONTE MPO RARIES We acknowledge the receipt of the following :AlIt)lflia1t, TIle Blue, Bradfield College 111"agazille, Bl'olllsgrovt'an, Carllmslfl1l, Cholme/eian, C.O.S., Culhberlia1l, D ovoriall, Easlbourmfm, E lizabellJa1t, Epso7llia1t,

Felsledi{m, Highga/e School l11agazI1u, Landng College l11agazl1le, Leys Fortllighlly, Lily, Loreli(Jlliall , JltIaitislollitl1l, Malvemian, O/aVlan, Pe/erile, Por/mllis, R od/lIan, Replonian, S. Edward's School Cllyom'cle, Slmlld Scllool Magazille, TOIlbridgian, Vig on"tl1l, JJyvelll .

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THE KING WAS CROWNED IN W EST.MINSTER ABBEY ON JUNE 22ND.

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exhibitions, which they called c ricket. In this the chieftains of the people, to the number of XI. used to take part, against XI. of a hostile tribe, and the rest. for such was their excellent custom, used to look on and applaud the chosen few. Now on one occasion th eir president or " archdidaskal," as they called him, said, " To-day we will remit a certain space from the hours of work j we will defe r for ~ spa,ce a~ so the hour of pleasure, the ho ur of dinner, that the people may exhort thelr c111cftatns to crush them that come down from the hill against us : for often th ey have vanquished us. Yet th e populace dallied and loitered in their laziness and l~afe d at hom e rather than set out to aid their chosen warriors with shouts and acclamatIOn s. Yes, even after dinner was done a nd they were sleek and contented, most of th em lagged in th e houses while those of the hostile tribe, thou gh they li ve? far a way , marched many a mile and comforted their warriors, even in defeat, by theIr keenness a nd exhortations." "Yes," said Mr. Pecksniff, "I also have heard of that place j is it not true th at if the chieftains themsel ves too had not bee n addicted to laziness overmuch, the populace would have shown themselves more sporting?" "Hnsh," answered Pickwick, "of that I will not speak, for it is a thing sacred." " Yes, too many things," Mr. Pecksniff spoke with obvious sarcasm, "too ma ny th ings are sacred in that place."

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Nothing very striking occurred on the way up ~o town .. ~h e only ~xci.tem~ nt was caused by a Methodist Missiona ry at H erne Hlll, who Insisted on. dIStrI~utlll.g tracts among us i how much is piled on the King' s uniform! In due tIm e VIctOrIa hove in sight; we disembarked and set ou~ on the ma rch fO.r camp through a London which seemed quite unperturbed. Crossmg Lambeth Bndge we were met by th e ubiquitous Hertslet on his way to th e last dress· reh earsal at the Abbey i he gave us th e clue to Lambetil Park where we were to ca mp, behind the Archbishop's Palace, 100 yards down a side street opposite St. Thomas' Hospital. The findtng. of the tent and the drawing of stores took some time and then we were free to Inspe ~t surroundings. \¥e had exc han ged the shadow of BCll. Har~y f~r the boom of Blg Ben, j ust over th e river. vVe had OJ groused" at havlTl g tlllle III ~ tent i we were lucky i Tonbridge, next doo r, were 12 stron g and so me hapl ess WIghts packed.' 4· Lunch ove r, leave till 5.3 0 was granted, an d there was a gene ral exod us of fo ragll1g or merely reconoitring parties. Parade at 6 p.m. was on.ly an. affair of ~' so rt yourselves out." 'We were in NO.3 Compa ny, and had the salls factIOn of p rov11lg that our O.C., Captain Stevens, of \¥inchester, was a thorough sportsman. After teal leave

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was again gran ted to any who wished to go out and see "people." Those who stayed at hom e spent th e time in polishing up buttons for the morrow's parade, and in getti ng ready for bed i nobody who has'nt done it know s the joy of digging a huge grave for your hip with a bayo-, I mean a tent-peg-and then finding that it comes just under yo ur kn ees. In the evening the rum our had spread that K. of K. was coming round so me time before last post i about 9 o'clock a burly figure was silhouetted in th e tent-door: we all spra ng to " 'shon" : bathos l it was only our landmark, Sergt. Mowll, returning from a banquet. No, the first ni ght was not a happy one j nobody was tired j conversation like the I l murmur of many bees " hum med on past 10.30 . Also, th e L .S.W. R. excursions on one side and Big Ben on the other, kept up a kind of "tenor and baritone," or shall we 5ay .. basso -profundo >I duet, that bt::came in time disti nctly monotonous. One was lucky to get two hours slee p and all were awake befo re reveill e (4.30 ) on Thursday morning. Vilith brekker came corresponden ce-an invitation to tea at Lambeth Palace . Unfortunately we got back too late to accept th is, but our warm than ks are due to Mrs. Davidso n for her kindn ess in askin g us. The C.O. paraded with us at 6.30 in the supernumerary ran k. Prayers, conducted by Mr. H ertslet. "ostroque insignis et auro" LEoD. Ahem!] and Hymn t 65. or at least one verse of it encored ad in fin. were followed by our departure fo r Buckingham Palace. The O.T.C. stretched a good ly distance with its sinuous khaki column, relieved by the grey of Cambridge and a fe w "kilted laddies II from the northe rn wilds. Over Vauxhall Bridge we had the satisfaction of holding up a dozen L.C.C. cars. At 8 a.m. we were in position. j ust to the right of the Palace, facin g Green Park, at the bottom of Constitution Hill. T o our right the Victoria memorial, its whi te and go ld brilliant even und er a cloudy sky. We were greeted by a mixture of rajahs and rain . [ EDD.-Pause, that any who wish may retire 1. We H rightturned" in fours. t wo rank s on the highway, two on th e pavement ("'N". B., pavement paid for as standing room by the mere civilians) an d stood easy. The crowd was not dense and a little hayonet work of a mild characte r by Smith and Claypole persuaded ove r- eager females to retire. in terror for their II beehives." A hearty round of cheering at 9. r 5 preceded the arrival of Bobs," the darling of the masses, riding his Arab as smartly as a subaltern . We didn't see anything of the outward procession down the l\'[all ; but after it had passed we we re a llowed to wander abo ut in th e neighbourhood for an hour or so. The bodily appetite was appeased by five ship's biscuits and half a lemon. the spiritual by the music of Mr. Godfrey's folk- songs. played by the Coldstreams just over th e way. At half-time, I mean about I '30, the band of the London Scottish rolled down Constitution Hill, a magnificent set of men, II swanking " along to the skirl of the bagpipes, with th eir drab cloaks drooping gracefully from left shoulder to an kle. A little further down Baden-Powell was inspecting his scouts. Well, time went on till at last we heard the cheers along Piccadilly, almost falsetto at first. which signalled the return. Every moment they rang louder and deeper till at last cam e {I

THE CANTUARIAN. the ,I advance point" of the Guards, followed by the band and escort of the HEInes" ; then the eight cream Hanoverians, literally covered in equipment, and Their Majesties in the coach of state, crowned and robed. It is needless to describe the procession; you have all read the Daz7y Mail. and we can't claim to have a Marie Carelli on our staff. But when all had passed came the fine st sight of all; suddenly the people 011 the stands opposite the Palace began to cheer madly; the King and Queen were on the balcony, a picture of almost medieval majesty; for a moment discipline held back those in uniform; then some colonial raised a cheer and like lightning everyone took it up j hats were off and waved pl1 bayonet points. ranks broken to try and get a glimpse of the balcony j for five minutes an unceasing roar went up. till they re-entered the Palace. The climax of the feting was over. Back to camp at 5 o'clock, after I O! hours parade, In the evening, in an atmosphere redolent of oxalic (the newly-discove red button-polisher) and crushed strawberries, we held quite an O,K.S. meeting; Adams an d Hosking were down with the O.U.O.T.C. and Townshend from Cambridge. Our slumbers were deep and ful l. Next morn ing parade was 7 o'clock, \~le were in practically the same position as the day before. We only waited for the outward progress and then made our way back, after halting for lunch on Constitution Hill. On the left was a detachment of the Naval Brigade j everybody has heard b}' now of the famous blue-jacket who spiked his cake on his bayonet and proceeded to nibble it gently all round. After lunch we struck tents and decided to c~tc h th e 3.18 back to Canterbury. The C.O. by a marvellous display of agility, succeeded in finding room for himself, together with sundry enormous kit-bags and rifles, in a hansom, chartered as transport. We proceeded to form fours and strode out over Westminster Bridge, Trehane setting a pace of about a yard ~nd a quarter. Oh! it was a fine sight to sec reS.C.O.T.C. clearing the crowd to right and lert; a part)' of the R.A.M .C. fell in behind and we form ed a miniature procession; in Whitehall we were cheered riotously by ten anti-suffragettes on the top of one of the empty stands. But trust the S.E, & C.R. to provide the final tou ch; two antediluvia n engines, infected by the gaiety of the season, attempted to polka down the line at Cannon Street: result, both went off and lay gently but calmly across the way. However, an hour later, we got going and reached the old place, pale but patriotic. Casualties: killed and wou nd ed , 0; missi ng, 1 fork.

VrvAT REX.

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CANTERBURY

CLUB.

A meeting of the School was held in the Parry Library, on Sunday afte~noon, May 28th, 1911, to consider the proposal that the School should support a Boy~ Club in Bermondscy, to be known as the Canterbury ~Iub . The Headmaster occu pied the chair, and th e meeting was addressed by Mr. 'ÂĽl1lser, O.K..S., and Mr. Paterson. The Headmaster, in opening the proceedin~s, sai? that these two gentlemen l~ad come from London to invite them to take part 111 a pIece of work that ~vanted dOlOg in South London-the running of a Boys' Club. In. the course of hl~ remarks he pointed out first that this was an invitation to them i It was not sc:methlOg ,th~t t~ey had found' it was something that had come to them j and secondly It was an InVItatlOn which had 'come through an O.K.S., and an O.K.S. it was alway~ a ple~s ure for ~he!n to support. The third point was that here was a plan of somethmg which was wlth111 their power. They were not asked to do something which was beyond them. What they we re actlJally to do no doubt the two speakers would tell them. They wan~ed first of all the interest of the School, and if the School could .also.help th~m With contributions of money or articles which help towards gameS-If thmgs which they had done with, like Gym. shoes, or cricket pads, instead of being treas ured up here, could be sent to the Mission, they would find a warm welcome from t~le boys of t.he Club. The Headmaster th,en introduced the two speakers. Mr. vVlllse r, h~ s~ld, they knew well. He was Warden of th e Oxford and Bennondsey MISSIOn. Mr. Paterson was a stranger to them. As a rule he o~ly came to Canterbury to g? to prison, but when not in prison he was to be found In Bermondsey. He had lived in Bermondsey for nine years ann worke~ there five. He was the author a recent book I f Across the Bridges," and everytlun g that was to be known about Bermondsey Mr. Paterson knew. . Mr. ';Yinser was next called upon to speak, and said. h ~ had ne~el felt qmte so uncomfortable since he came to the School at the beglllmng of Ius second term. Of course the beginning of anyone's first term was bad enough, one was braced up to that, and the second term was far more dreadful. They ~,ad come to ask th~ School to help them run a Cl ub which they hoped to ca~1 the Cante!bury CI~b. It was at present in Fendall Street in Bermondsey. outside London Bn.dge StatIon, just South of the Tower Bridge. The first sight of Bermond sey from the tram was a very depressing one. It was the worse possible view of Bermondsey because from the train it was just one co ntinuous mass of low hOllses, but when you got.dowx: there you found that in spite of their surroundings th~ people were really very Jolly mdeed and that they responded tremendollsly to eve rythlllg that was dontj for them. There were four Clubs to which boys could belong until they were 18, and when they reached that

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age and they whenwere the transferred Headmastertocaa Men' d 5 Cl ub. One of th ese Clubs was in Fendall Street from ~ \~arehouse to a Club. m';he ~w~ t~ see the place, it was just being cha nged of paIntIng. whitewashing &c It 0) 5 dId nearly all the work the mselves in the way the Canterb ury King's S~ho '1 t was to hhelp them run this Club that th ey asked thing. They wanted to et t~e gIve t .e ~n ,the name. The name meant a great de corps." They we re a1read I cho,ol spmt mto these Clubs, to get some" esprit ~nd a School connection woul~ h:~rnmg and acting up to it largely. A good name mdced to see any of the old {PH th emf e normously, and they would be very glad holidays, and if they could er cd ows rom the School at any time during the them during the term Th p:rsua e the H eadmaster. they would be glad to see ed t~ey would let them bring down boys from th eir Club and let the CI~b's ::r School or something of that !ort e:~ ncket :T eam pla~, say, the Second XI. of the Clubs there would be no difficult' in d he .bel.levcd that If th ey saw the boys of these be got out of the support of the )Gn c.~nvmcIng tl~ ~m of the good things that would first-that the necessary mane ldg School. I hey wanted the personal interest y wou come afterwards they felt quite sure. Paterson said it wasI than in de e d a muc.h more pleasant th1l1g . to pay a visit to the King'Mr. s S(;hool at Canterbur to ,~as that when he went his) round the Pnsol~, but ~h ere wa~ one drawback, and tha t hsten to th e complaints of . s of the Pnsons It was hiS duty to merely sit and nOL allowed to listen but haa.n:~n~rs ; whereas wh en l~e came to the School he was that pe rhaps when one lived t ~k . And he was gomg to talk because he thought of . the sort of life that they all l:d a~terbury, one could 110t have a very clear idp.a boy he met the other day i D t"t ermond sey. They probably felt rather like the .. Which do you prefer life thar moor Pns~n ~vho was asked to write an essay on wrote, .. I don't th,"nk'1 k n e htown , or life III the country?" This is what he now mu th'IS su b'Ject, because I have never been in th e country till I came ht: re d c about h of Bt!rmondsey would rath~ an on t e whol e I prefer town." Probably the people lived in the very best part i~ pr~fer Canter~ury. In. B.ermondsey he (the speaker) on each stai.rcase ' they' c a l~ ace call ed The Blllldlllg.' There were 24 families of their staircases. ' Many of~he l etT almost th e whole of the School into one sort of place for a small bo t b ami les num~e red 1 0 or 1 2, and it was a funny sta rted measles, and he wa; ~sk:db~ou ght up m. A fa mily opposite him last month of the boys with measles H 0 go across the iancilng one day to see some and found absolutely notilin ~hstepped across the passage and went into the room on the bed two children w:re ~r~ 111 ~he '~'ay of furniture ex(;ept one large bed, and except an old pair of the' f hlOp III WIth measles a nd absolutely no bedclothes Anyone who kn ew how to ~:kea~ ~r s trouser.s a n? an old skirt of th eir mother's. anyone up comfortably under ~ c.ould Imagll1e how difficult .it must be to tuck through; they were still alive ' hSUC clfcumstanc~s . Howeve r, these boys pulled I2 o'clock the previous night' ~ s:w them plaYlllg. banker with trouser buttons at . n yet th e sad thlIlg was that out of every four

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babies born one di ed before it was a year old, and half of them died before they were old enough to go to work. It was, of course, a bad place to be born in. and if one died out of every four the three who remained we re not stron g. It was a well known fact th at if 10 0 men were kill ed in battle it meant that at least three hundred others were wounded. In Bermondsey a quarter of the children died and the threequarters who were left 'were not as strong as they ought to be. They had nowhere to run about and play. and they hung abont the stairs gambling all day with trouser buttons because th ey had nothing else to do. The parks were a long way off, indeed miles away, and the hom e was such a dirty, untidy place, that there was nothin g to induce them to stay the re, and they grew up never thinking much about their homes, accustomed to seeing men and women drunk by day and night, and th ey cursed and swore at five or six as if they were grown up men. At five they went to school. Mr. Paterson had fo und himself just clever enough to take a class for a year at a School in Berm ondsey, and some of t he boys who lived in The Building with him were boys in his class when he was teaching there. The children often came to School hungry ; there were always some boys who wanted to eat their breakfast before School comme nced. They had not bee n able to eat it at home because they had been at work selling newspapers or running errands or something before they came to School, and, th erefore, ate their breakfast while we were having" Denominational instruction.lI There were 50 or 60 boys in a Form and most of them did not learn very much because they were all bundled together in large classes and it was, of course, very diffi (;ult to teach 60 boys all at once. Then, again, the playground was so small; they had 460 boys and the playground was n ot much larger than the room in which he was speaking. They had great difficulty in playing their games and it was almost impossible, under such circumstan ces, to teach them proper . games and to make them proud of their School. You found in after life when you met these boys and spoke to the m about their old School, that they would probably say, "Not much of a place, was it ? " or something of that sort. They had not got that feeling of respect for their School that eve ryone of those he was addressing had for the King' s School, and would always have right through their lives. At 14 these boys left School for e ver and went out to about t he hardest battle that any boy could be asked to face. with very little inside their heads, having rarely been taught to say their Prayers and read their Bibles, or to tell the truth and to keep their hands from slealing. They went out, not having learnt to work with their hands or heads, to a long workin g day of 9 or 10 hours, mixing with men of bad habits, whose evil example they were only too rtady to follow, and what could they do to help them? They had not a fair chance ' at home and at 14, when many boys were only just entering the King' s School, th ey left School and went out into the world and worked from six in the morning to eight at night. When work was over they had no homes to go to with any comfort fo r them, for their homes were crowded with the younger brothers and sisters who were coming along. And so what was the boy to do with

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his evenings? It was just then that they missed the proper influence of home and school, and it was to introduce this good infl uence into th ei r lives that these Boys Clu bs had been founded. Their doors were open each evening fro m seven to ten o'c1oc~. One small Cl ub had done much in this way to draw boys in, teach ing them to play strai ght and to live straight, forming them into Clubs which play ~lecent Cricket and keep the rules j urging them to go to the Camp in th e summer and to attend Evening Classes for various form s of sound instruction in the wi nte r. It was such a Club as this that the)' wanted to call the Canterbury Clu b, and if Canterbury would throw itself into this work it would be saving a large number of boys who have not had a fair chance in life up to the prese nt, it would save such boys [rom a sad life of idleness and misery. Week by week it was his busiuess to go round and interview those wretched fellows in prison . He had seen 70 or 80 convicts last week, some of them young lads who had fallen into ways of crime for wa nt of such h~lp as they desired to give them; and others, old men of 60 or 70 years of age, dYlllg in bed, wh o had spent 40 or more years of their li ves in prison. They had once been yo ung, but, because they were left to d ri ft, had gone from bad to worse until now they were thrown upon th e vast human rubbi sh heap. It was t he chance of the King's School, and he thought it was perhaps their duty and their pleasure to do their share to save this great waste. H e asked that they woul d allow them to take the name of Canterbury for their Club in Bermondsey, and he as ked them to make that ClUb the work of the Kin g's School. The Captain of the School said that he was all enthusiasm for this scheme and he should think that they would be too. The Headmaste r and others had gone into the question and could see straight as to ways and means, and that bei ng so he thought the), ought to go ahead as quickl)' as possible, and he wished all Success to the new ClUb which he hoped they would be ab le to take up. The H eadmaster, in co ncluding the proceedings, said they had got the place and the time, and he hoped they would not miss th e opportunity. The whole meeting signified its approval of the proposal and dispe rsed. The fOllowing extract from the Headmaste r's letter to Mr. Winser sums up the relations that it is proposed to establish between the School and the Boys Club :"We do not, on our part, gua ra ntee to provide any fixed sum of money for its SUpport j also if eit her side wishes to terminate the conn ection, we consider that YOll, or we, may do so without any breac h of con tract. Subject to these observations we ag ree to support the Clu b to the best of our power by Our inte rest, by mUl ual exchange of visits, so far as they can be arranged; a nd we hope to provide a gradually increasing sum of money from the School an d Old Bo)'s towards the upkeep of the Club."

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. d the School Committee :-Captain of the The following have been appOl~e k a: d Football (R. C. Gottwaltz), Captain f nc School Captam an Ie , C .V. Mowll , and R . Juckes (Hon. of Boats(C. ( H N. . de Ryall), H . Smith), With °G . H . cc-~ a)'po Sec.), elect, 12 members.

CRICKET. REV. L H . EVANS' XI. f I A h d and Cowley took the places 0 Played on the Beverley on May J 6t I , s en e~nents took first innings and the \Vatkins and Maiden in t~e. School team. Our aPPal fell a victim to Gore and the School mad e a very prointslllg start;. rean, ~~h u~~s 'left hand a fe w minutes later. same bowler canght Mr. Wright hl g up WI 'th McHilton added 1 00 for the next Mr. Latte:, howeve r, was by now w~1I ~e~w~~dt~v~uch advantage, but his 41 included . 5 un even Gore who kept a good partnership. Of the rest only Huys e 5 a num ber of merry hits. The School bowl~~g \VI~ on late ~nd secdred three wickets, length throughout, and Gottwaltz. who putt l~St~ n he got Baker' s slows should be were the be~t, and Trehaneh de:e~e~e~~:~ al:~d Co~vley were' not brilliant. Baker and Snatt opened well and very useful In School matc ~s, s The School we re left With. 2~ hours to pl~~. th e first wicket fell after 20 minutes the forme r scored much more qlllCh~ly ~h~n usu~ Gottwaltz were content to take things play with. the sco re. at 45· Aft~r t IS ~ ~~ a~aped well and completed their II fifties." t f a finish fairly easily and gam self-confi enct:!. a 5 Stumps were drawn at 6 p .m. as the re was no prospec 0 . KING'S . SCHOOL

REV. L. H. A. Latter, c Gottwaltz, b Trehane ... J. Dean , b Gore ... A. A. Wright, c and b Gore A. ivrcHiiton, c Snatt, b Baker Rev. W. Rashleigh, b GOllwaltz Dr, Topham, b Gotlwallz .. . Capt. Campbell, c Seabrooke, b GOllwnltz O. F. Huyshe, c Baker, b Ashenden C. Harris, not out ... W. Jones, b Ashenden .. . .. Rev. L. J-I. Evans, c Snatt, b Gore Extras: byes, 3 ; leg· byes. I ... Total

EVANS'

XI. 1

o 4 41

14 Z

15 4 ".

220

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KING'S

SCHOOL.

P. D. Baker, not out

58 20 51

C. V. Snatt. b Jones R. L. Gottwaltz F. I-l. Seabrooke E. F. Housden C. E. W. Chapman

R. E. Gordon C. H. T rehane C. H. C. Gore

did not bat.

N. E . Ashenden

A. B. Cowley Extras: wides

Total (1 wicket)

. ..

132

BOWLING ANALYSIS: REV.

Gore Trehane ... Ashenden Cowley ... Baker Gottwaltz

KING'S SCHOOL v.

EVANS XI. O.

15 ' 2

3 2

46 68 45 21 31 15

13 7 2 3 5

0 0 I

S. LAWRENCE

w. 3 I

2 0 I

"A."

Played on the Beverley on May J 8th. Maiden was included in the team and a trial given to Crowley. In defiance of a long-established tradition rain did not interfere with the match . The School lost the toss but began very well indeed j Murrin was out in Gore's second over and Gottwaltz, bowling at a great pace dismissed Williams and Hardy with successive balls. Fonr wickets were down for 20 but Dutnall and T aylor then proceeded to play themselves in with. care and precision. with the result that 120 runs were added before Maiden cleaned bowled both batsmen. S. Lawrence had batted very slowly and only left us It hours to play. Snail was caught in the deep fro m the lob-bowler and Baker and Gottwaltz settled down to some correct and unenterprising batting.

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LAWRENCE

A ."

88 0 3 0 5 35 16

W. Dulnail, b Maiden .. Murrin, lbw, b Gore Rev. R. Williams. b Gottwaltz H. S. Hardy, h Gottwallz R. Rhodes, h GOlt waltz Rev. A. Taylor, h l\'laiden H Wighlwick, not out ... ". C. E. Harris, c Sea brooke, b Maiden H. Davies } H. W. Furley did not bat. Galley Extras: byes, 12; ler;-byes, 2; wides, I . "

15 173

Total (7 wickets, declared)

KING'S SCHOOL.

1). D. Baker, not out " . C. V. Snalt, c Williams, b Furley ". R. L. Goltwaltz, not out F. H. Sea brooke R. E. Gordon E. F. Housden C. E. W . Chapman did not bat. e. H. Trehane C. H. C. Gore S. J. Maiden R. Crowley Extras : byes, 2; leg-byes, I

Total (I wicket) BOWLING ANALYSIS:

s. Gore Gottwaltz Trehanc Crowley Baker Maiden Snatt

LAWRENCE

A."

0 0

27 34 24 16

0 0

30 16

8 6 3 8 3

w. I

3 0 0 0 3 0

KING'S SCHOOL v. MR. LATTER'S XI. Played on th e Beverley on May 23d. Chapman secured 18. off the first three overs before being caught at the wicket off the School professIOnal. Baker and Gottwaltz then started another most useful partnership and the sco re mounted

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steadily, though slowly. to the nineties when both were out. Seabrooke did little. but Snatt, Hou~den and Gordon all I?ade some addition to the score. They were out throug h trylOg: to for~e go~d. bowlmg. A,sheDden, the eleventh choi cl\ then proceeded to lay about hIm lustily, dnvmg and pullIng with equal vigour and good luck. His 5 l thou~h ~ot fau ltle~s. came ju~t when it was wanted and probably saved the side. We are mclmed to thm k that a httle. l e~s .. style" and a few more run-getting strokes w~:)Uld do the team no harm. The Inmngs closed for 228 and our opponents we nt in. wIth It hours left for play" H.uyshe ,immediately began to sco re and though Dean was out to Gore for ,the thud tIm e th is season, th e School bowling was made to look very easy by Rashlelgh and Elwyn. The former gave a great exhibition of wrist work a~d ~as undefeated at th e close of play. Stumps were drawn after Trehane had dIsmIssed Elwyn and Wheler with successive balls. Gottwaltz and Maiden failed to get a l eng~h on a batsmen'~ pitch and o~r bowling on th e whole was disappoi nting. The ~eldtng was very fau. though a little slow, especially in picking up and returmng. Score and analysIS:KING'S SCHOOL. P. C. R. F.

D. Baker, b Murrin ... ." E. W. Chapman, c Huyshe, b Giles L . Gottwaltz, lbw, h Giles ... H . Sea brooke, b Giles C. V. Snatt, C Dean, b Murrin E . F. H ousden, st. Huyshe, b Murrin R. E. Gordon, Ibw, b Murrin ... N . E. Ashenden, not out C. H. C. Gore, c and b Murrin .. . C. H . Trehane, c Hillon, b Murrin S. J. Maiden, b Giles ... ... Extras: byes, 9; wides, 2

6 IS

17 19

3 9 3 II

Total

...

MR . A.

LATIER'S XI.

O. F . Huyshe, b Gore .. . 1. Dean, Ibw, b Gore .. . Rev. W. Rashleigh, not out R. F . E lwyn, b Trehanc Capt. Wheler, b Trehane

A. McHillon Giles

}

Capt. Campbell . G. C. Woods did not bat. Murri n A. Latter Extras: byes, 20; leg. byes, I ; wides, I .. Total (4 wickets)

228

10 72

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BOWLING ANALYSIS: MR.

LATTER'S

XI.

o. Gore Gottwaltz Maiden Trehane Ashenden Baker

8 4 4 3'2 2 2

>!. 0 0 0 0 0 0

37 30 32 22 II II

2 0 0 2 0 0

KING'S SCHOOL v. CHARTHAM ASYLUM. This match was played on May 25th at Chartham und er ideal conditions. Our oppone nts won the toss and elected to bat. The School bowling pr.oved too much however fo r them, the first five wickets being dispensed with for 23 runs. At t his period Dean resc ued his side making a slow but steady 27 . He succumbed however to Gottwaltz who is to he congratulated on taking 8 wickets for 17 runs. The remaining two were obtained by Gore and Ashend en. After the luncheon interval, Baker and Chapman opened the School innings, but neither proved successful, the first two wickets being down for 10 ron s. ÂˇGottwaltz then came in and was accompanied by Seabrooke. Both players batted steadily and were quite at home with the bowling. The former compiled 65 runs and the latter only failed to reach three figures by 5. Housden and Snatt were the next partners both of whom were still in when the School declared. Both players batted well, and Housden particularly gave a fine display of off driving, his 28 not out consisting of six fours, a three, and one single. After tea our opponents went in agai n, and improved on their form er performance by making 139 for 4 wickets. The School fie lding was, on the whole, good i Baker at point and Gottwaltz at cover were perhaps the pick. Gordon also kept wicket well though it was his first appearance in that position. KI NG'S P. D. Baker, b Davey .. C. E. W. Chapman, c Davey, bJoncs

SCHOOL.

R. L. Gottwaltz, b f:and lcr F. H. Seabrooke, b Davey

C. V. Snatt , not ou t E. F. Housden , not out R. E. Gordon }

N. E. Ashenden C. H. Trehane C. H. C. Gore S. J. Maiden Extras "

did not bat.

T otal (4 wickets)

3 2II

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1st I nnings. A. 1<'agg, b Gottwaltz

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CHARTH AM

, ..

C. Candler, c Baker, b Gottwaltz

70 '9 36

8 b Snatt 2 b T rehane o 4 b Seabrooke ...

H. Hills, c Go rdon, b GOllwaltz

W. H urst, b Gore ... Dr. T opham. b Golt waltz ." C. Dean, b Gottwaltz

2nd Innings.

ASYLUM.

5 not out

...

P. Arthur. c Trehane, b Gottwaltz ...

Rev. N . H olt. c Housden, b Gottwaltz P. Davey, b Gottwaltz W . J ones, b Ashenden G. Dungey, not out

c Snatt, b Chapman

o 8

Extras

Total

ExtraS T otal (4 wickets)

'39

BOWLING AN ALYS IS:

1st Innings.

Gore Gottwaltz Trehane

Maiden Ashenden ,. .

o. 5 9Âˇ3 2 2

CHARTHAM ASYLUM.

, 3 ,

M. 0

'9 '7

KING'S

Gore

Treh ane

0 0

Maiden Ashenden .,' Seabrooke ... Chapman Baker Snatt

2nd Innings. M. 7 6'5 3 4 2 0 O.

SCHOOL v.

.. .

4 2

'5 ,6

9 32

'7 9

0 0

M.C .C.

Played on the Beverley on Jun e 2nd. Twelve a side were played and Gelsthorpe was introduced in to th e School tea m. The M.C.C. brought down a strong side, including Reeves a nd Ru ssell of E ssex and H ardstatTe of Notts, besides seve ral well kn own amateurs and George Robey. Ou r start was di sastrous, Baker and Gottwaltz being out before double figures were hoisted j Chapman soon followed a nd Gelsthorpe, after making some good strokes, was clean bowled by Reeves, who was breaking both ways. Seabrooke and Housden stayed together fo r some time ; the latter batted in very aggressive style an d his +0, though so mewhat lucky, included some fin e drives and leg shots. Gordon soon brought up the 100 a nd p roceeded to despatch the bowling to every part of the field; he hit a " six" to leg off Reev es over the fence by the chestnut, one of the biggest hits we have see n on the Beverley, (the pi tch was opposite the new Pavilion ). Soon after reaching his 50 he was caught

THE CANTUARIAN. on th e boundary. The innings came to an end for J68, not at all a bad performance, though several mem bers of the team showed rather a tendency to II nerves." Gore and Gottwaltz bowled very steadily at first and A'deane was in half·an·hour fo r 5. Hardstaffe made some pretty stro kes before giving an easy catch to mid-off; Rammell a nd Hul ton then gave a fine exhibitio n, the form er especially batting with great ene rgy, and the School total was passed without further loss. Up to this point the Scho.ol fielding had been excellent; Housden in the long-field saved the boundary time after lime and also brought off a good catch at third man, which dismissed Hulton. After tea, the cricket became ratb er slack, for which howeve r Robey was partly to blame. Three catches were dropped, but . seven wickets were down at 6 p.m. , when stumps were drawn. KING'S SCHOOL. C. E. W . C haprean, b Reeves ... P. D. Baker, c Egerton , b Reeves R. L . Gotlwaltz, b Sanderman ... F. H. Seabrooke, b Reeves A . M . Gelslhorpe, b Reeves E. F. Housden, c Russell, b H ardstaffe C. V. Snnlt, b H a rdstaffe .. . R. E . Gordon, c J. H ulton, b Reeves N. E. Ashenden, c HardstafTe, b Reeves ... C. H . C. Gore, c H ardstaffe, b Reeves C. H. Trehane, not out S. J. Maiden, c & b Reeves ... Extras: byes, 3; leg-byes, 10

4 2

o 20

40 '0

8 2

13 ••.

Total

168

M.C.C.

M . Hul ton, e H ousden, b Maiden W. W. A'dcane, b Gottwaltz ... H ardstnffe, c Chapman, b Maiden A. W. Rammell, b Gore C. Gascoig ne, c Gelsthorpc, b Strahau G. Rohey, b Gottwaltz R. R. Egerton, b Gore

!~~~~~::::~}n:t:U~t

5 24 78

b C. Hulton I n a Russell Extras: byes, 2 ; leg·byes,

T otal (7 wickets)

102

5; no-balls,

8·

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M.C.C. Q.

Gore .. , Gottwaltz Trehane Maiden Ashenden Baker ...

13'3 10'4

10 4

- ---

KING'S SCHOOL v.

2 0 I

0 0

IV.

57 55 30 51 20 25

2 2 0 3 0 0

HIGHGATE SCHOOL.

This match was played at Highgate on Wednesday, June 7th. The team made the journey overnight, and an early start was made abo ut 10.30. Gottwaltz won the toss and Housden and Baker opened our innings on an apparently good wicket. This partnership yielded 40 fUllS, the best first wicket total against Highgate this season, and included a fine leg hit for 6, all run, by Housden. but afterwards no one seemed ~t home with the exception of Chapman who batted very soundly ror 2'. and only got out trying to force the game with the last man in. The total of 99 looked poor for the wicket, but after the Highgate second wicket had put on 50, they too experienced great difficulty in making runs. At this period Gottwaltz tried Baker who was immediately successful, Seabrooke stumping two and catching one off his bowling. At lunch time the score was 65 for 6. After lunch the next three wickets yielded only I7 runs, and WhE:Il the last man came in with 18 runs still required the School appeared to have the match well in hand. The batsmen however suddenly started treatin g th e bowling with the g reatest contempt and taking all manner of risks, and the School total was passed and our opponents were 34 runs on before the last wicket was secured. Baker's 3 wickets for 17 were invaluable, and made a victory possible had he been better backed up. Going in a second time the School seemed unable to make any show against the bowling of Mackay and Caslon, only Ashenden and Trehane sto pping in any length of time. The whole side was dismissed for 33, thus leaving Highgate winners by an innings and one run. 1st Innings. KING'S SCHOOL. 2nd Innings. P. D. Baker, b Mackay 12 Ibw, b Mackay E. F. Housden, b Hodge . . . 31 b Mackay R. L. Gottwaltz, c Hod ge, b Mackay 10 c Hodge, b Mackay F. H. Seabrooke, b Hodge ". .. 0 b Mackay C. E. W. Chapman, c Ritchie, b Caslon 21 b C a s l o n . . . C. V. Snatt, c Shipton, \.J Hodge ... 5 c Wind over, b Caslon R. E. Gordon, c Heaton ·Ellis, b Mackay... 9 b Mackay N. E. Ashenden , c Hack, b Mackay 3 not out C. H. C. Gore, b Cas Ion . 0 run out C. H. Trehane, c Shipton, b Caslon 0 b Caslon S. J. Maiden, not out 4 c Hitchie. b Caslon Extras: no·balls,4 4 Extras: no· balls, I Total

TOlal_

4 0 0

5 0 I

0 14 0 7 0

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HIGHGATE SCHOOL. G. C. C. A.

R. Mackay, b Gore ." E. R. H eaton·Ellis, lbw, b Trchane A. Casion, b Gore ... M. Ritchic, st Scabrooke, b Baker J. W. Hodge, b Gottwaltz " C. H. Shipton, st Seabrookc. b Bakcr .. . E. W . Maudc, b Gottwaltz H. M. Read, not out ". R. G. Hack, c Seabrooke. b Baker G. D. Loup, c Bakcr, b Gore ... R. E . T. Windover, h GottW:lltz Extras: byes, 9; leg·hyes, 3 ; no· halls, 3

18 39 3 0 0 5 19 2

0 32 IS

Tola l

133 BOWLING

1St

Mackay Caslon Hodge

Innings.

o. 13 7 5

KING'S i\I. 2

2 2

26 25

ANALYSIS:

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KING'S

\~'I Mackay 3 Caslon

8 7'3

HIGHGATF.

Gore Gottwall.Z Maiden Trehane Baker Ashenden

2nd Innings.

SCIWOL. O.

13'5 3

o o o o o

SCHOOL v. EASTBOURNE

0 2

25 7

9 4

17 IS

5 4

w. 3 3 0 I 3 0

COLLEGE.

This match was played at Eastbourne on June '4th under favourable conditions and on a wicket that was fast though perhaps not very true. The School won the toss and went in first. They can hardly be said however to have done themselves justice in being dismissed for a total of 80 runs. The majority of the School wi ckets fell to Cox head who is bowling faster this year than last. Baker and Chapman commenced the innings, but the latter stayed for th e ope ning ceremony alone, being dismissed for a single. Gottwaltz 't hen came in and with Baker made the only attem pt at a partnership during the course of the innings. The former was caught at the wicket off a good ball by Lloyd when he had made I +, and the latter was caught

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off a somewhat It bumpy" ball from Coxhead. The same bowler dismissed Housden with a very good ball which just removed the bails. Snatt took his place and looked as if he intended making some runs, but gave an easy catch to Dennys after making ' 3, which was, however, third highest sco re. The remaining 5 wickets only added 36 runs, of which Ashenden made 14 not out. He batted in very effective style and displayed much mor e confidence than many of his predecessors. Dalpat Singh and Malik opened the innings for E.stbourne. The former had already made three centuries this season, so the spectators ex pected a display of batting. They were not disappointed. Although he fai led to reach double figures on this occasion, yet he made a faultless 88. His companions at the other end of the pitch were not so successful however. and at the luncheon interval four 01 the Eastbourne wickets we re down for 34 ru ns. Gottwaltz and Baker were both bowling well and the School fielding was without doubt the best it has been th is season . After lunch Dalpat Singh and Coxhead were at the wickets. The former was batting ill perfect style, while the latter was hitting freely, and before they were separated they had passed the School's total by eight runs. Dalpat's wicket at last fe ll to Gelsthorpe through a great catch by Maiden all the boundary. Indeed all through, the School deserve credit for their fi elding, very few mistakes being made. Snatt also kept wicket well. The" tail lJ of our opponents then wagged hard and they compiled a total of 198. For the remaining three-quarters of an hour the School went in again, but were not very successful . five wickets being down for 42 runs at the close of play. Score and analysis :KING'S SCHOOL. 1st Innings. P. D . Baker, c Wake, b Coxhead C. E. Chapman, c Maynard, b Cox head R. L. Goltwaltz, c Wood, b L loyd. A . M . Gelsthorpe, c Coxhead, b Lloyd E. F. Housden, b Coxhead C. V. Snatt. c Dennys, h Coxhead R. E . Gordon, b Coxhead N. E. Ashenden, not out ... C. H. Trehane, b i\<[nynard T. H. French, b Maynard ... S. J. Maiden, b Coxhead Extras Total

2nd Innings. b Maynard I b Maynard 14 not Ollt ... ... o c Dalpat Singh, b Maynard 5 b Dalpat Singh 13 c Thompson, b Maynard 5

'n::: ::: 10

o I

6 12

b,t

Extras ... Total (5 wickets)

5 42

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87 "

EASTBOURNE COLLEGE.

Da lpat Singh, c Maiden, b Gc]sthorpe H. S. Malik, c Snatt, b Gottwaltz ... E. D. Thompson , c Maiden, b Baker H. A, V, Maynard, c Snau , b TIaker L. W . Lloyd, b GOllwaltz ... H. J. Coxhead, c and b Gotlwaltz .. , A, D . Cl ark, c Ashenden, b Baker O. G. Hake, c French, b Gelsthorpe C. If. M. Dennys, not out ... E. W, Wood, b Gottwaltz G. H. Bunbery, b Baker. Extras

21 0 21

"0 6

'3 Ig8

Total .,. BOWLING ANATVSIS : EASTBOURNE COLLEGE. Gottwaltz Baker French Maiden Trehane Gelsthorpe

O. 16 10'2

0 0

4 4 0 0 0 2

4 2 2

0 I

2I 12 2

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL. Played on the Beverley on June 27th . The School showed greatly improved form in every department of the game, and by winn ing an easy victory did something to avenge th e disasters received du ring the past few years at the hands of our neighbours. Gottwaltz and Gore commenced the attack on a wicket which had not entirely recovered from t he recent rain. The former, aided by a cross wind, was swerving considerably from the leg and none of the opposing batsmen appeared able to judge his delivery. Gore took one wicket and then gave way to French who kept a fine length without losi ng his pace. The balls which sent back Glazebrook and Powell-Jones were beauties. St. Edmund's lost t.heir third wick!;:t with the score at 25 and the seventh went down with the total unaltered. Their defence was certainly weak, but we have rarely seen the School bowling to better advantage, and it is a great pity that more spectators were not present. We had 23 minutes batting befo re !unch and made 19 for the loss of Housden who was bowled in attempting to force the pace before he was set. Snatt also failed, but Baker and Gottwaltz soon wore down the bowling and our opponents' total was

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passed without further loss. Baker gave an easy chance to I!lid-on when in the thirties, but otherwise both batsmen played faultlessly, and a httle more freel y than usual. Gottwaltz left at 81.. Seabrooke and Baker added 40 runs, t~e former ~ndtng some diffi culty in getting the ball away. Geisthorpe was out, trymg to smIte the bowling; but Ashenden, aided first by Ju ckes and then by WhIstler, played anoth~r useful innings. hitting hard all round the wIcket. H e was only In 20 mmutes for hIS forty, which included a five and 9 fours. Although out to a bad stroke he gave no other chance. The innings closed at 4.30 for 206. St. Edmund's second innings was a very dull affair; they were in zi hours for 112. At one period Snatt was bowling lobbs at one end and Baker leg-breaks at ~he other. Sea brooke stumped Sme1lie very smartly off th e l att~r, who ,was breakmg about a yard at times, and GelsLhorpe made a wonderfu l catch ~n the slIps, low down to the right: during which he appeared to balance the ball on Ius arm. KING'S SCHOOL. 6 8

C. V. Snatt, c Harris, b Darby E. F. H ousden, b Darby ... P. D. Baker, c Harstow, b Darby R. L. Gottwaltz, c Neal, b Harris .. F. 1-1. Seabrookc, b White A. M. Gelsthorpe, c and b White .. ' N. E. Ashenden, b Powell·Jones ... G. F. JlIckes, c Pagden, b Darby .. R. A. Whistler, not alit ... C. H . C. Gore, b White ... T . H. French, c Pagden, b White.... ... Extras: byes, 13; leg· byes, 2; wldes, 2

45 33 .1 4 50 I. 10 0 0

.06

T otal

ST. 1st Innings. G. H. Smellie, Ibw, b Gottwnltz H. L. Barstow, b Gore F. C. A. Neal, b GOltwaltz W. C. E . A. Darby, nlO out ... G. C. W. White, c Gottwaltz, b French R. C. Harris, b French .. .. . G. V. Pagden, lbw. b Gottwaltz D. I. Macdonald, lbw. b Gottwaltz .. . T. E. O. Jones, not out ... F. M. Glazebrook, b French F. A. G. Powell·Jones, French Extras: byes, 8; no-balls, 4 T otal ...

EDMUND'S

SCHOOL.

2nd Innings. 3 st Sea brooke, h Baker ... 7 c Seabrooke, b Gclsthorpe 4 not Ollt ... 3 c JlIckes, b Baker ... o c Gelsthorpe, b Snail o not out

ndid

nol bal.

•6 10 42 2. 0 0

Extras: byes, 9; no-balls, 3 Total (4 wickets)

I. II.

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BOWLING ANALYSIS: ST. EOMUND'S SCHOOL.

1st Innings. Gottwaltz Gore .. . French

•6'1

CANTUARIAN.

•.

W•

13 6

[

Gottwaltz Gore French Baker ... Geisthorpe Snail .

2nd Innings.

8 5 5 9 5 6

•

2 0

4 3

••

13 .0 35 3 18

•

0 0 0

OFFI C ERS TRAI NIN G COR P S. The Accounts which arc published in the present issue of the Canluarian will be found, I hope, to be very satisfactory reading. The Contingent is rully equipped, all bills have been paid, and the balance is on the right side. vVe have to thank Mr. Thirwell for going through the Accounts and auditing them . There has not been an earlier opportunity of acknowledging with many thanks the kindness of an U Old Volunteer" for his gift of £5 for Prizes in conn ection with O.T.C. work. Some of the money has already been given in Prizes for Signalling and Musketry. H owever, the search for filthy lucre is not a strong poi nt with K.S. Cadets. The Prize Competitions were very badly contested. Seventeen toed the line in the Morse Signalling Competition, and the heart of the C.O. rejoiced . Only three followed the ball to the boundary. Nor has the gleam of gold drawn on many to attain to H possibles" on the Range. There was no competition for the four or five prizes offered, simply the highest scorer pocketed th e shekels . Last year we had 37 First Class Shots ( Miniature Range), this year they can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Some 15 or 16 Cadets went to Hythe, during the Easter T erm, to shoot the Territorial Force Musketry Course. It was rather an expensive experiment in time and money; but I am sure the e xperience gained was very great. No doubt many friends of the School will be very disappointed at not seeing our name in the list of competitors for th e Ashburton Shield at Bisley. No one regrets more than the writer, but the difficulties are many and, I almost fear, unsurmountable. The Cup offered (and purchased and engraved) by Capt. Latter for competition between Sections has not yet been H lifted." Those who are in charge of Sections no doubt have their hands fuil, and their spare time occupied, and the due proportion

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of time to be spent on O.T.C . work has !lot yet been successfully allo cated. But there is the Cup-who will have a go for it? The strength of the Conti ngent this term is '3 9. The Band has earned for itself a very proper am ount of praise. I cong ratulate all concerned most warmly on theIr success, which has not been attained without considerable devotio n and energy. Those best qualified to judge expec ted that there would be a bumper entry for Camp this year, but the results have not come up to ex pectation. Many, however, who had refused, tho ught better of it after hearing an earnest and wise appeal [rom the Head Master, and we look as if we should have between 80 and 90 Cadets under canvas at Aldershot. This number, howevt!r, will not give us an independent Company in Camp, which is wh at we sh ould all wish fOf! but, perhaps, can never get. The charge for the whole 10 clays-really 1 2 days, as we go to Camp on Saturday, July 29th till August 9th-is only 35/-, a charge which will not cover t he whole of the expenses. A cheap, enjoyable, and useful holiday 1 On Saturday, May 27th, the Contingent duly celebrated the Kin g's Birthday. The Cadets were drawn up in oue Company in the Mint Yard and, on the appearance of the Dean, gave a Royal Salute, the Band playing the National Anthem, and the Union J ack being broken at the mast head. Afterwards the Company marched past the Dean, manceuve red very cle verly round the narrow space, and advanced in review orde r. The Dean spoke a few well-chosen and inspiring words, and the ceremony ended with cheers for Their Majesties. There was a large number of cand idates (,pr Certificate A this term. I feel sure that we shall secure a good number of Certi ficates All the candidates passed their Oral very creditably. The Detachment selected tJ represent the Contingent in the Officers Training Corps Coronation J:jattalion consisted of Mowll, Spence, Claypole, Cottrell, Trehane, Crowley, Smith Z, Ju ckest, and Squi re. They were on street duty both days, they will no doubt have well earned their medal. The whole Contingent was present at the O.T.C. Review at Windsor, on July 3rd. Only those Quiriles under 15 were left behi nd to help the elves with their Algebra and Latin Exercises, while we were "wheeling to the left at the double," or standing "very ready at the Present" (quotations fro m operative orders). The Annual Inspection took place on Blore's Piece, on June 15t h. This year Major Finch-Hatton ( .. The Buffs") was Inspecting Officer. The Band of the R.A.M.C. (T.) were present, by kind permission of the Commanding Officer. We congratulate R. S. E lwyn on being Gazetted to the 3rd Battalion, "The Buffs" (Special Reserve of Officers), and trust that yet many may follow in his train.

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Appe nd e~ is ~ . I~ st of all O.K.S. who are in the Special Reserve, T erritorial Force, or Semor DlvlslOn of the O.T. C. The list is not com plete : will O.K.S. kindly note? Those marked with an asterisk were members of the Sch.ool O.T.C. Contingent: ""W. J. S. Price, 3rd Home Counties Field Ambu lance (Slirrey). M. A. Chappell, London Division, Royal Engineers. R. W. Hammonds, Special Reserve of Officers, Roya l Engineers. 1-1. G. Dalton , Roya l Naval Volunteers (London Division) . C. M. Sutton , 28th County of London (Artists' RiAes). E. W. Hughes, Commission, 6th City of London RiAes. A. G. Bradford, 28th County of London (Artists' Rifles). C. G. Williamson, Commission, 4th East Kent Regt., the Buffs. W . Lucas, Sussex Yeomanry. O. D. Pearce, Sussex Yeomanry. *J. M. Court ney, 28th County of London (Artists' RiAes). J. H. Mowll, Commission, Cinque Porls (Fortress) R .E. T. Heslop, Commission, 3[d H ome Counties, Royal Field Artille ry. R. S. Glyn, Special Reserve of Officers, 3rd E K. Regt., the Buffs.

:W.

The following are members of the Senior Division D.T.C. Oxford University:C.

N. Adams, I-l. Parsons, F. R. Matthews, *R. i\'l . Gent, *E. B. Hosking, O. B. Parsons, E. M. Baker, G. ::\1 Webster P G Chave ttl< V Dodgson T. E. M. Boultbee, *0. J. N. Lee; *C. H.' C;owl~y R. 'de Ii Saunderson ' *l{. C. McC leland, *C. J. Galpin, T. S. Nelson, E. K. Ba~ber.Âˇ ,

Cambridge Un iversity:*H. T ownshend, ""E. B. Nelson, *R. W. Ii. Moli ne, ÂˇC. L. Night ingale, *0. H. Cowie, *Ii. D. Townend.

London University:""R. E. Martin, R. H. Warde, F . H . Warde, W. L. E. Reynolds.

Bristol University :1. T. Kempe.

Inns of Court : K. B. Dickson.

C. W. B.

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OXFORD Dear K.S., We arc all here-some of us. Even C. G. Williamson, of Cambridge, has been here recently and met the writer at breakfast; consequently you must not expect this letter to be a good one. Williamson is still chubby, but looked worried owing to schools and the difficulty of pronouncing Magdalen without an H e.lI Townend is now our patriarch, and lives in a little crooked house with R. D. Jenkin. a man late of Cambridge, but Armitage says he is since coverted. second oldest inhab itant, as he is keeping his qth term in his 5th year; but the position of patriarch really belongs to Scott, who, however, now lives the retired life. Trinity teems with Gent and Simeon, not to speak of McCleland who is now almost large enough to be visible to the naked eye. Wadham rejoices in the possession of H osking, who still rests on the reputation of his you ng days when he broke the record for ratio of leg to body at the Anthropometrical Laboratory in his first term. Diony Lee has developed into a fine oar, he rows in the end of the Wadham eight (bow end of course). Keble has been converted into a temporary mansion for Barber, who, however, condescends to retain Baker, Cr<;?wley and Saunderson.

LETTER O. B. Parsons has gone down, and Horn spends only alternate terms in Oxford; I am not sure whether this is one of his up-terms. Yates is left alone in H ertford, mourning for Brinsley-Richards and will not be comforted because he is not. At Univ. we have Tom Nelson, whose life is devoted to science. Howell has been seen for a few days. fresh from the tomato front. All rejoiced to see his face again (" as brown as a Lascar's "), especially J. Kettlewell, whose joy knew no bounds. The latter shares S. John's with ColourSergeant Adams. C. N. Smith , Aylward, H. Parsons and the Patriarch. If I should tell of their doings I should spe nd all my next year's Cantllarian subscription in riotous stationery. S. John 's also supports C. J Galpin, who is said to be working. Lincoln still possesses Emden who, like his brother at Trinity, spends his house day in various libraries with a few sandwiches. He was mentioned in the Stanhope E ssay. and had hard luck in not doing better still. Cha\'e has had to go down for his health; but Uoy of joys) Battiscombe has at last got through smalls, and entered on his inheritance.

Exeter co nceals the labouring form of Webster, who has schools, poor thing. Exeter also shares with the Cher a place

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in the affections of O'Neill. At Pembroke are Dodgson, and W. W. Glyn, who keep their misdeeds to themselves so closely that I can gather no scandal. Chamng-Pearce is still so metime seen in the High j but \Vorcester is a long way off. It only remains for me to "ring off" (to borrow a metaphor from a certain K.S. who has used it in two consecu-

tive letters). It is no use trying to say how much we all wish everything good to the School. this term and always-and also somethmg good from it in the shape of those tllra Calltltadans. I am , as usual, O.K.S.

aXON.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. R. E. L.

BEARDSWOKTH. -

Vlth Form, September,

King'!) Scholar. Entered School September, J 909. Sports' Colours, H)J o. '

PREACHERS July 2. " .. JI

9. 16. 23 Âˇ

The The The The

JULY.

Rev. R . S. Moxon. Very Rev. The Dean of Salisbury. Rev. F. N. Heazell (Archbishop's Assyrian Mission). Headmaster.

O.K.S. Congratulations to Private G. F.Olive on winning the hurdles at the Sports of the London T erritorials. ~~*

FOR

1906.

We were very pleased to receive a visit

NEWS. from Dr. Galpin on Sunday, May 28th, when he preached in the Cathedral and atten~ed the Chapel Services with Mrs. ~alpm. whom we were delighted to see 111 such good health.

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All O.K.S. wishing to play in the O.K.S. match on Thursday, July z7 th , are requested to send their names as soon possible to A. C . Fluke, Esq., R.M .A., Woolwich. ~

The Coronation Conti ngent at La mbeth were glad to see C. J . N.Adams, E. B. Hosking. and H. Townshend. who came over to encourage them .

assisted by the Rev. E. W. Mowll, M.A., (O. K.S.), brother of the Bridegroom, Alfred Kingsford Mowll (O.K.S. 189 0 1896), second son of the late Ed ward Worsfold Mowll, to Dorothy, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F . G . Sargent, of Shepherdswell. We offer our heartiest congratulali ons to Mr. and Mrs. A. K . Mow 11, who is well known to the School by his assistance to the Debating Society last winter.

**ox.

jJ1ardage. - MOWLL - SARGENT.-At Shepherdswell Church, nea r Dover, on Wed nesday. 14th June, by the Rev.S.G.H. Sargent, M.A. ( Uncle of the Bride)

G. F. Howell is now quite restored to health. and has been makin g run s in Guernsey, including a century.

Thousands of Ions of sweet Âˇpea seeds are sold all over the Kingdom.'

Daily Paper.

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D .M. P.

Theopyra, I must hop this little planet, No more shall I be dazzled by your bills; But while you live I pray yo u to remember The bloom that shared so many joys and ills. Still, still in remini ~cences sweet a nd bitter As lying in a sort of waking dream, I hit green balls around a c rim so n wicket And view the blazers of the other team. I guess it was for you a trifle irksome To find the ice-house eighty in the shade, But then the rules that regulate a blossom Are just as stern as conge-ing a maid. And when, Dear, in your solitary moments You're thinking how I came to lov~ my job, The joy can more than compensate that greeted The fellow with the purple stripes, Begob I

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The cuttings still a re parted in the larder, The odours both of beer and spirits flee; For in. my extra-energetic hustle I covered up the brandy-keg with Pea! So put me in my coffin for I'm wea ry, Yes, gladly would I quit my earthly skid; But c::tn'e upon my horticultural tombstone H e did his best to get the thousand quid.' L.C.S. C

SCHOOL NEWS. We congratulate C. V. Snatt on his first eleven colours. and S. J. Malden, A. M. Gelsthorpe, N. E.Ashenden, T. R. Fren ch. and H. C. Hands, on gaining their second eleven colours.

Routh, G. J. Eccles, D. I-I. Pratt, R. J. Mowl!. l!roha(iolll'J's :-~1. McMaster, *']. D. Walkllls, <-H. E. Madge, H . D. Cumberbatch, S. \~' illiam so n, W. A. Dean.

-Not yet a member of the School.

gai~i ng

The result of the Scholarship Examination is as follows: E1tlrallct Scholars: - A. G. D. West, *1 McMaster, *J. D. Walkins, "H. E . Madge, in the School House. *A. D. C. Macauley and W. E. Champion, in Mr. Evans' H ouse. ;!,'G. H. Wise and E. L. Naylor, 1I1 Mr. Reay's House. Killt s ScllOiars - Juniors : - R. J.

INDIAN Kashmir. Dear School, This is not a letter but an apology. I have no news of O.K.S. except the

~~" To avoid any misunderstanding we append a calendar of the events in July week :Wednesday, July zo. O.K.S. Boat-races at Fordwich. Th ursday, July '7. O.K.S. match and Supper. Friday, Ju ly zR. Speech Day. Saturday, July 29. Camp party leave for Aldershot.

LETTER. merest snippet received from J. H . Smith, the reason being that I have been up here for the last two months and shall be here until July. In spite of the terrific

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amount of work one is called upo n to do I am also informed that Capt. A. H . E . in the Army, th ~ authori ties occasionall y Mosse once shot 3 lions in Afri ca in one grant a few days leave to the exhausted morning - Smith does'nt tell me how and care-wo rn officer, and as a resul t many tigers he sho t that afternoon,. but of th is clemency I have taken three I should t hi nk he must have kIlled months leave and come up to Kashmir severa l. to shoot things. Up-to-date my bag is I must apologise for an error i.n my fo ur ibex-I don' t ask VOll to beheve I t last. H . M. James' T ea Estate IS at bu t I merely make a s'tatement, hav ing Karimpur not Narimpur as written. nothin g better to say-and I am now (There's lots in a name- Cice ro ). I hope tryin g to get a bear. I am forgiven by H. M. J. All O. K S. meeting has been suggested to take place at th e forth coming Delhi Durbar, but I doubt if it will come off, owing to the recent "Seditious I\'Ieeti n ~s fo und him very flo urishi ng an d in love. Bill " passed by the Government 111 A. N. I . Lilley's existence is s~ill a matler Coun cil. of uncertain ty as I have neIthe r heard J . H . Smith himself is still "hard of or from him and I must refer you to at it," play ing every con cel~able game his parents. and indu lging in every conceIvable sport of course, working himself to the Before I forget it, 1 must offer my and bon~-as we all do out here, His only hea rtiest, but exceedingly belated co n- sorrow is that the Cautuarian Secretary gratulations to Mr. Evans' Tugger ~et on to send him the IVlagazine and he once more winni ng the Footer Sh1eld- fails has. in consequence, to borrow from may th ey ever prosper ! A. L. Davis. The grievance is, of course, th e latter's, but I hope J. H . S. will get T he " snippet" of news befo~e his Canluan'an all right in fut ure. menti oned is of A. V. Cobb , C.S. , who IS r trust th is will be in time for one of now Resident at Baroda, and as J.R.S. tells me is "Faci le Princeps " (F rench the sum mer term editions- as r gathered for "first man home" ) of O.l( S. in from the last Cautuarian th ere are t.o be about seven, so I live in hopes. India both as to rank an d age.

In my fi rst lette r I mentioned th at I had heard rumours thatA. L. B. Thomson still existed; this rumour is t rue, as G. C. Strahan tell s me he has met him and

T he other item is of A. H . E . Mosse of the Political Serv ice (Captain). he is at Dwarha, Kattianar, and according to J. H. Smith this is a very sacred spot.; he doesn't explain why, bu t I presum e It is because an O.K.S. is stationed there.

With further apologies, I am, yours ever, B. H. MATHESO N, 54th Sikhs (F.F. ).

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To the E ditors of If TH E CANTUA1UA N ." Dear Sirs, Fan me by night and day: I need a pu nkah ; I n lunch and prep. I really am too warm I I need a pun kah But all the same I do not fun k a Fan electrically made. I am the old H all, I have to hold a ll, Or nearly all, the school So why the dickens can' t YOll keep me cool ?

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Dear Sir, I love tennis. So do a great many other people who belong to the Club, I p ut my name up qui te assiduously for a court. And I would ask one question. W'hy on a whole school-.day afte rnoon IS

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Dear Sirs, What is the School 'coming to t hat no one is patriotic enough to watch the 2nd Xl. play t heir matches ? T hey represent, we hope, the future I st XI. and surely t hey should have th e support of onlookers who lVould show some a~preciation of thei,r efforts - be it only with an eye of fa1th. A few seats in a good position would be an attraction. Yours faithfully, THE MAN I N TH E ST REET. [EDD. -U ntil the School condescend 10 watch th.e 1st XI. , we are afraid the efforts of the 2nd will continue to pass un noticed and unappreciated, ]

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EDITORIAL. Gen~lernen, it is with feelings of great pleasure ( N.B. pride rea lly) that we usher the thIrd number of the Canltlarian thi s term. Three times have the Ed itors brought forth their concoc tions: three times have they scraped their mildewy brains N o ! No I speak for yourself IJ three times have th ey shown to the world (including III. c and the British Museunl ) that incoh erency is the mark of true genius j three tim es- -thank you th at is enough. "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glori ous summer by this sun of Kent,"

thou gh it will probably be raining on Speech Day when this appears. Thus another o~ the plaInts of th e Editors with" no uncommunicated lightning of the brain" has disappeared. But a retrospect at this momen t is singu larly pleasing. It has been th e most magnifice nt summer that we ca n rem ember here, and if we' ve not done brilliantly at an ything, we've had a thoroughly good time, not so satisfactory perhaps bu~ very pleasant no twith standin g. Yet indeed things have not been so bad. The Cncket XI . has don e better th an in either of the previous two years, and the last half of the season has bee n quite successful. If we had on ly beaten Felsted we should have had alm os t a re cord week , for befo re losin g that match , in the saml:'! week we beat Dover at cricket and both Tonbridge School crews on the river. This year has been a great one for the Boat Club. Except for rather a surprise defeat by Tonbridge To wn, the first crew has been consistently success ful. Faster tim es and a much faster stcoke have been instituted, and we take th is opportunity of heartily congratul ati ng them.

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The Corps , too, has enjoyed a splendid existence. It will be many years before a Coronation and a Royal Review take place in the same term. But the end of the sum mer term is the time when we puff our cheeks with pride and ,wonder pessimistically what will happen to the School next rear. But it's merely a vaIn co nceit, for the 'lmderlying thought is that we arc the only props that keep the old place standing-and of course it's all nonse nse. There are scores o f better men left, "alas and alas, you may take it how you will, but the se rvices or no single indi vidual arc indispensable." You see leaving School is rather like having a tooth out, you don't know anything about it till its over. And for that let us thank P rovidence and Our forefathers, who kindly 5tarted th e tradition of exams. and Speech Day at the end of term. For the last week Ollr life is one long turmoil. 'Vhen we are not madly scribbling on foolscap, we hurry round the cloisters for a last turn at a speech. and finish th e hundred and one little thi ngs that crop up at th e end of term. And the final three days are a scramblin g rush wh en work is forgotten and any spare thoughts for the future (and there are not many) are conce ntrated on If go ing away" to camp and to tht: holidays. It's true indeed that the sad ness of leaving is masked in the joy of departure. We don't think of to-morrO\v but then, to-morrow-H To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new."

GALPIN

MEMORIAL

CHAIR.

The drawin g on th e opposite page, most kindly and artistically executed by Mr. G. F . Heys, will give subscribers a very good idea of this permanent part of the Testi monial raised to commemorate th e H ead mastership of Dr. Galpin, refe rence to which has already been made in a previous number of th e Call1llarian. The details require but little explp.nation . They are as follows :On the back of the seat, under the ca nopy, arc the arms of the See of Canterbury (centre), Archbishop T empl e (left) an d Archbishop Davidson (right), th e two Primates during whose tenure of office Dr. Galpin was Headmaster. Below these is the following inscription "Ne obsolescat memoria informatoris pii strenvi fe licis Artvri Galpin S.T.P. hanc sellam orna verunt Cantuarienses A.S. M.D.C,C.C.X.o" On the front of the desk are the arms of Trinity College, Oxford (left) and of Dr. Galpin himself (right ). Dr. Galpin and his predecesso rs will be the first to appreciate the fact that the desk has a ledge, preventing th e books placed on it from at once beginning to slide off. There is also a she lf and a rack un de rn eath . It only remains to say that the Architect was Mr. W. D. Caroe, a sure guarantee that.the work is in perfect harmony with the rest of the decoration of the Scho olroom, and the Committee owe him a deep de bt of g ratitude for th e generous interest and care that he personally gave to the work.

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CRICKET. KING'S

SCHOOL v.

WYE

COLLEGE.

This match was played at Wye on Ju ly 1St and res ulted in an easy win for our opponents. The failure of the School team was chiefly due to the excellent bowling of Hatfield J with which the majority of the batsmen were quite un able to cope. Housden and Baker opened the School innings. but the former was clean bowled by H atfield before a run had been scored. Wickets continued to fall rapidly

and the game degenerated into a procession. the only people who showed any ability being Baker who made 30 in good style and Gore and French who put I Z a nd 8 respectively, and who showed a ce rtai n amount of enterprise. The School were all out for 62. Hood-Daniell and Hatfield went in first for Wye, but the latte r did not seem at home with Baker's slow leg-breaks and was missed in the leg boundary before sco rin g. However, h.e did not last long as he was neatly stumped by Seab rooke in the next over. Hood-D aniell and Haines proceeded to make runs at a great pace and our score was passed before the second wicket fell. Of the School bowlers Gore met with some success at the beginning of the innings, and Gottwaltz and French bowled well

towards the end . Score and Analysis :KING'S E. F. H ousden, b Hatfield ... P. D. Baker, st. Gregory, b Hatfield C. V. Snatt, b Edwards ... .' R. L. Goltwaltt, c Gregory, b Sharp F. H. Seabrooke, b Hatfield A. M. Gelslhorpe, b Hatfield N. E. Ashenden, b Hatfield G. F. Juckes, run out ... R. A. Whistler, b Hatfield C. H. C. Gure, c Neame, b Hatfi eld T. H. French, not out Extras ..~ Total

SCHOOL. o 30 4

3 o 2

o 2

12 8 o

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WYE COLLEGE. A. F. Hood.Daniell, (: Gelsthorpe, b Baker ... C. E. Hatfield, 51 Seabrooke, b Baker A . H . J. Haines, c Gelsthorpe, b Gore G. M. Gordon, b Gore R. Edwards, Ibw, b Gore ... L. G. Neame, b Gottwaltz J. S. Rutherford, b Gottwaltz A. D. Parkin, c Baker, b Gottwaltt F. S. Gregory, b French ... E. R. Garnett, not out R. H. Sharp, b French Extras ...

87 10

11 7 13

17 . 18 10

Total BOWLING ANALYSIS: WYE COLLEGE.

Gottwaltz Baker Gore French Gelsthorpe

41 44 27

8'2 3

KING'S

SCHOOL v.

R.M.L.r.

This match was played at ' :Val mer on July 8th and res ulted in a draw in favour of the home team. The R.M.L.I. started their inn ings on an excellent wicket, scoring very fr c:::e ly and making 68 runs befo re the first wicket fell to a fine catch by Gottwaltz at deep extra- cover. After lunch three wickets fell at a cost of only 18 runs, after which a g reat stand was made by Lieuts. Goldsmith and Fawcett who added I I t) and 102 runs respectively before the innings was dec lared at a total of 306 runs. Housd en and Baker opened the School innings, the former hitting with great freedom, the latter playing with great care. The first wicket fell for 47 runs, a nd after that the School wi ckets went down quick ly until Chapman and Ashenden made a "stand, the former playing very steadily for his 52 rUllS. 9 wickets had fallen for a total of 222 when time alone saved th e School from defeat after a very cred itable display.

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Score and Analysis:-

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R. M. L. I.

Pte. Williams, c Gottwaltt, b Bake r Pte. Richardson, c Seabrookc, b Baker Capt. Fesling, c Seaurooke, b Gottwaltz Lieut. Garnier, b Gottwaltz ... Lieut. Goldsmith. not out Lieul. Fawcett, not out Lce.-Cpl. Lawson, } 'Major Wmy, . Sergt. Prnlt , did not bat. Liellt. V. ]-1. S. J ones,

29 4

o rr 6 10 2

Ptc. Polictt,

Ext ras

3 06

Total (inn ings declared)

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E. P. F. R. A. C. N.

F . H ousden, c Wray, b Garnier D. Baker, b Goldsmith ... H. Scabrooke. c Wray, b Pollett L. Gottwaltz, b Pollett ... M. GeJslhorpe, c Pollett, b Goldsmith E. Chapman, b Pratt . ,E. Ashenden. c 'Â¥itliams, b Garnier J. C. Pa~e, c R ichardson, b Pratt .. R. A . Whistler, c Goldsmith, b Garnier T. H . French, not out ... S. J. Maiden, not out .. . Ext ras .. .

9 2

16 52

31 1

o 9 222

Total (9 wickets) BOWLING ANALYSIS: R. M. L. I. Gott wal tz French Baker Gelsthorpe Maiden Ashenden H ousden Chapman

KING'S SC H OOL v.

O. 15 4 18 5 2 2 2

DOVER

,I.

60 22

2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0

98 21 21 31 27 13

COLLEGE.

This match was played on the Beverley on Tuesday, J uly 11th and ended in a win for the School by a rather narrow margin of I I ru ns. Gottwaltz won the toss,

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and with Baker went in to bat on a plumb wicket. T he fi rst three wickets fall ing fo r only 7 runs, t he S<.:hool we re in a disastrous position. but were saved by the !:Heady play of Chapman and the vigorous hitling of Go rdon, Whistler and Fre nch, who raised the score to J 15. The Dover innings also started badly, the first two batsmen being dism issed fo r run s, both nicely caught in the slips by Whistler. Afte r lunch the score mounted up slowl}' unti l 9 wic.kets fell fo r 7 1 run s, after which a dangerous stand was made, but the side was fi nally dism issed for a to tal of 104 ru ns. Gottwaltz bowled very we ll for the School, taki ng b wickets for 38 ru ns. II: t he second in nings Chapma n and Baker both played we ll fo r 62 and 45 runs res pectively, th e in nings being fi nally decla red at 179 for 4 wickets. Dover all go ing in to bat again also played with more confidence, sco ring 73 run s fo r 5 wickets, four of whi ch fell to Ba ker. Score and Analys is:10

1st

I nnin~s.

R. L. Gottwaltz, b St~wart

P. F. E. C. A. R. N. R. T. C.

D. Baker, h Stewa rt

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...

c Gale, b Tower .. . o lbw, b Stewart 14 b Tower o

F. Housden, c and b Harrison E. W. Chapman, b Ha rrison 1\1. Gelsthorpe, lbw, b Harrison ... E. Gordon , b Walton ... E. Ashenden, b H arrison A. F . Wh istler, b Walton H . French , b Stewart I-I. T rehane, not out Extras

4 62

20 I

b Stewart

34 24

4 IO

T otal

DOVER

L. W. Woodroffe, c Whist ler, b French R. H . R. h rm in ler, c Whistle r, b Gottwaltz W. N. Gale, c Goltwaltz. b Bake r R. \\'ell esley, run out H. Stewart, b Gottwalt z ... 1\'1. C. I-larrison, b F rench .. W. P. We\'ill, lbw, b Gotlwaltz G. C. 1-1. Barnard, b Goltwa lt r.. J. A. Tower, not out ... L. C. B. Walton, Ibw, b Goltwaltz ... Extras

Extras Total (4 wickets)

rr 5

M. V. Roberts, b Gottwaltz

Total

o not out

H . Seabrooke, b Stewart

1st I nnings.

2nd Innings.

2nd I nnings.

COLLEGE. 3 not oUl

179

b Baker

16 5

b Gott waltz c Whistle r, b Baker 7 c Gotlwahz, b Baker 8 c Sea brooke, b Bak er I

35 0 26 0

rr 14 14 104

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Total (5 wickets)

6 73

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BOWLING ANALYS IS :

1st Innings.

Gottwalh: French Baker ...

DOVER COLLEGE.

2 2

38 33

KING'S

IV. 6

2 I

SCHOOL v.

Gottwaltz Baker ...

FELSTED

2nd Innings.

o. 6 5

M. 0 0

IV. I

SCHOOL.

This annual t\Vo~day match was played on the Beverley o n Friday and Saturday, J uly 14th and 15th. In view of the greatly improved form of the XL we had had some hopes of a victory ; in this we were disappointed as the visitors won easily in the end, by 8 wickets ; but up to the lun cheon interval on the second day the game was always interesting and at times exciting. On a plumb wicket Housden and Baker opened for the School and the latter immediately began to make runs. \Vith 16 on the board, howeve r, Housd en scooped a ball up to extra-cover. Gottwaltz and Baker played a very pretty game, the former bringing off so me excellent square cuts and both were out, when apparently well set, to the first bad stroke they made. Seabrooke and Gordon sent up the 100 without further loss and then the latter was well caught in the slips; with Seabrooke out to a stroke very simila r to Housden's our prospects looked none to bright ( 107 for 5). Gelsthorp, kept up his end for some time, but never looked comfortable, and Chapman ar'ter being badly missed at cover was run out in the fatal twenties, the' last thre e wick ets only produced five runs and the innings closed for J4S, a poor total for so good a wicket. Gottwaltz bowled very well at the begin ning of the F elsted innings ancl took the first two wickets. Dixon and Thurlow then showed th e best cricket of th e day in adding nearly 100 run s. After they had been dismissed our score was passed with on ly 4 wickets down; but then French bow liug from the Ladies' Pavilion e nd accomplished the hat trick with the last ball of Olle over and t he first two of th e next, all his victims being bowled. In the next over Routl edge was smartly st umped off Baker and Haygarth ca ught and bowled with sllccessive balls ( I SO for 9). A stand for the last wicket produced 14 and the innings closed for 104 at 6.30 p.m. On the second day the School gave a wretched display of batting; of the first seven batsmen only Gottwaltz and Chapman showed to an)' advantage, their stand for the fifth wicket producing 40 runs. Housden was twice missed in making 10. Baker and Ge lsthorpe were unfortunately run out. Ashend en and Gelsthorpe each made a few good hits but both were out at I 12 and the match seemed likely to finish before lunch. But French not content with his bowling success then proceeded to lay about him

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with tremendolls force; h~s 39, compiled in 15 minutes consisted of 3 sixes (to leg), 4 fours, 2: twos and a Single. \OVlth Trehane, who kept up his end doggedly, he he added 46 f~r the la~t wic~et and Felsted were left with 1 03 to make. McLeod \!"as caught be~lIld the Wi cket .m the first over. and Dixon caught and bowled at 27 ; but Cox ,md 1 hurlow then I11t off the runs Without further loss. Our bowlers were much handicapped by the slippery state of the ball. du~ to the drizzle which went on after lunch , but thert: can he no doubt that the better side won . Thurlow whose driving .and on-side play were brilliant, reti red on reaching his century and three Illore Wickets fell before stumps were drawn . French again was the most successful bow1~ r, his ana lysis for the match beil,lg ~ for 1 3S , The fielding of both sides was erratic; Baker was as smart as ever at POInt and Chapman at mid-off did well but Trehane was several times at fault. ' Score and Analysis :1st Innings. E. F. lIousden, c Campbell, b Rout ledge P. D. Baker, c Rnby, b Morgan ... R. L. Gotlwnltz, c Dixon, b Haygarth F. H. Seabrooke, c Campbell, b Wiggin R. E. Gordon , c Haygarth, b Raby C. E. W. Chapman, run out .. A. M . Ge]slhorpc, lbw, b Raby N. E. Ashenden, not out ... R. A. F. Whistler, b Raby T . H. French, c j\'l cLcod, b Raby C. H. Trehane, h Routledge Byes,s; no-balls, 4 ... T otal ...

1St Innings. R. Cox, b Gottwnltz ... A. J\'I cLcod, c Gordon, b Gottwnltz .. J. G. Dixon, b F rench A. G. Thurlow, Ibw, b GOHwaltz G. A. F. Campbell, b French A. F. H. Wiggin, not out .. D. N. Morgan, b French ... L. R. Halford, b French... ... R. V. Routledge, st Seabrooke, b Baker C. H. S. Haygarth, c and b Baker ... G. H. Rnby, b Baker Byes, 4; legÂˇbyes, 3

Total

KING'S SCHOOL. 3 27 28 24 13

Z7 3 1I

3 o o 9

2nd Innings. lbw, b Morgan run out .. ... c Haygnrth, b Wiggin ." b Morgan... .. . b Raby .. . c McLeod, b Haygarth n m out ... ." C Campbell, b Morgan ... c Haygarth, b Routledge c Thurl ow, b ROlltledge not out ." ... Byes, 7 j no-balls, 4

148

26 o 14 9

39 6

Total

FELSTED. 18 7 4Z 49 36 38 o o

znd I nnings. b French.. ". c Sea brooke, b French .. c and b French retired c Gottwaltz, b French ... b F rench ... . .. c F rench, b Ashenden ". " .' not out

54 o 13

100

17 20 12

~ }did not bat. 7 204

Byes, zz, legÂˇbyes, 4

wides, I

Total' {1 wickets)

27 _

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BOWLING ANALYSIS : FELSTED 1St

Gottwaltz French Baker .. , Trehane

SCHOOL.

Innings.

15 15 10 2

0 0

71 14

3 4 3 0

Gottwaltz French Baker Trehane

2nd Innings. M.

7 I;

34 78 38

21 19

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KING'S SCHOOL v. BELMONT

5 0

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This match was played at Belmon t Park on Tuesday, July 18th, an d resulted in a win fo r the School by I wicket and 86 runs. Th e School took first ll1nm gs but th e start was none too auspicious.. Gottwaltz and Ba~er were out for 10 rull S ; Chapma n and Seabrooke carried the score to 30 before the former's place was taken by H ousden . The pitch was very fiery a nd the balls bumped dangerously at times. H ou sd~n J!lade some good drives for his 19 and Seabrooke soon settled do wn to a s~:)Und 1l111m gs. Gordon was out to a brilliant catch at mid- on, from a very hard dn ve (5 for 60). Seabrooke and Ashe nden then forced the pace and m ns we re put on rapidly till Ashenden was" yorked ." With Whistler in Seabrook~ completed his. So a~ d the score continued to rise quickly. Seabrooke's 64 came just at th e n ght tim e to st rengthen the School defence. and give confidence to th e l at~r ~ats mell. <;ieisthorpe never looked comfo rtable but 'Whistler played an excell~nt IIlnl11gs o f wInch strong off-driving and stylish for ward -play were the ma in features. French went in with orders to hit but only ma naged to collect a single and the innings was declared d osed at 4.30. After tea Belmont had an hour and fo rty min utes to make the run s, but we wc re neve r in any dan ge r of defeat. Gottwaltz to ok the first two wickets though not bowling at his best. Baker' s slows proved v~ry desl!uctive, Gordo n ~nd H ousde n making catches on the boundary i the latter s especml\ )' was a fine piece of work, Gottwaltz also made an excelle nt slip-catch, to reach whi ch he fe ll full length on the ground , off the same bowler. H . W. Cremer, who seems to have exchanged th e ball for the bat, surprised us with a fau ltless 30 and th ere seemed so~e ~hance. of the match being drawn, but the fast bowlers managed to polish off the 1I11llngs with ten minutes to spare and the School gained a very creditable victory.

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ScoTe and Analysis :KING', SC HOOL. C. E . Chapman, 0 H on. G. Harris P. D. Bake r, !l Or r . .. . .. R. L. Gottwaltz, b Brett F. H . Seabrooke, b Wyoorne E. F. Housden, c Morgan ·Smith, 0 Sommerville R. E. Gordon, c McColman, 0 Sommerville N . E, Ashenden, b O rr R. A. Whistler, not out ... A. M. Gelsthorpe, c H on. G. l'Iarris, b Brell ... T, H. F rench, b Humphrey .. S. J. Maiden, did not oat.

13 o 2

65 19 o 20 40 II

Extras ...

17 188

T ota l

BELMONT PARK. HOIl . G. Harris, b Gottwaltz G. Somerville, b Go ttwaltz H. Br ~ tl, c Seabrooke, b Baker .. . Rev. G. l\·lorgan·Smith, c Seabrooke, b Baker .. . S. D awes, c Gordon, b Bake r ... D. Humphrey, c H Ollsden, h Baker McColman, c Gottwaltz, b Baker ... R. Orr, b F rench H . W. Cremer, not out .. A. Evan s, b Gottwaltz ... .. . E. Wyoorne, c Seabrooke, b French

6 II

16 2

4 4

14 4

30 I

5 12

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BOWLING A NALYSIS : B ELMON T PARK. O.

GottwaJtz ... F rench Baker

>I.

R. 50

~ '3

w. 3 2

THE SECOND XI. SEASON. The second XI. have had a moderate seaso n. Seven matches were played, three of which were won and four lost. Harbledown and Wye were, as usual, much too st r~::mg for us, and we were also beate n at home by Dover. St. Edmund's succumbed tWIce. and the last match of th e season, the return against Dover produced a most

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exciting finish wh en the two last wickets fell one run after we had passed Ollr opponents' total. The second XI. weTe handicapped all through the season by the continued vacancies in the first XI. and, except in the first matc h, were alway~ several men short of their full strength. Twelve col ours were actually awardedA. J. Lush (Capt. ), L. E. Field, A. B. Co wley and C. H. Trehane ( 19 10), S. J. Maiden,

H . C. Hands, A. M. Gehthorpe, G. H . Claypole, G. F. Juckes. J . B. Sidebotham, G. D. Watkin s, E. Fanshawe ( 191 J) j six of whom have played for the 1St XI. Hands, though decidedly a ,( golfing cricketer," was easily the mos t consistent bat, and made most of his runs by means of boundaries. Lush, Juckes, Claypole and Gelsthorpe also made useful scores on occasions, thoug h none are dependable bats at present. French was the mainstay of the bowling till translated into the I st. Maiden and Sidebotham bowled well in the la st two matches j Co wl ey seems to have lost his length, and only once succeeded. \:Vicket-keeping was distinctly a weak spot, Hand s was not quick enough an d Lush" kept II in the last two matc hes. The fi e l~i n g. though erratic, was not bad on th e whole; the gro und fi eldin g was not so ce rtall1 as the catching. Five colours will be here next year, and also J. C. Page and G. Vv. M. Burton who each played once and showed promising form. The following is a resume of 2nd XI. matches :May 18I1,.-v. Harbledown C.C. at Harbledown . KS.: "7 (G. F. Juckes, 29,

N. E. Ashenden, 29 , G. H . Claypole, 16) ; Harbledown: 152 for 2 wickets. L ost. May 241".- V. - St. Edmund's School 2nd XI. at St. Edmund's. K S. : 227 (H. C. Hands, 51, E. Fanshawe, 43 not out, A. M. Gelsthorpe, 30, A. J. Lush, 24) ; St. Edmunds: 127. Won. June I st.- V. Harbledown C.C. on Bl ore's Piece. K. S. : 80 (A. M. Gelsthorpe, 36, L. E. Field, I I, H . C. Hands, IO ), and 38 ror z wi ckets: Harbledown : 160. L osi. June 61".- v. St. Edmund's School 21ld XI. on Beve rley. St. Edmund's : 96 French, 6 for 29, Cowley, 4 fo r 31); 1eS.: 146 for 8 (H. C. Hands, 35, R. A. F . Wh istler, 30, T . H . F rench, 22 not out). ~Vo n. June 13Ih.-v. St. Lawrence College 2nd XI. Abandoned. Ju", 27/".-v. Dover College 2nd XI. on Beverley. K S. : 106 (G. H. Claypole 48, A. B. Forsyth, 20, A. J. Lush, 13 ). Dover : 121 for 8 wickets (S. J. Maiden, 4 for 48). L osi. JulY 6/".-v. Wye College 2nd XI. at Wye. K.S.: 99 (H. C. Hands, 22, G. W. Burton, 19 ). Wye : 158 for 8. L osi. JulY 13Ih.-v. Dover College 2nd XI. at Dover. Dover: 113 (J. B. Sidebot.ham, 5 for 46). K.S. : 114 (J. C. Page, 330 H. C. H ands, 30, G. D. Watkins, 14)Âˇ W 01l.

Played 7:

Won 3:

Lost 4Âˇ

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'We congratulate the following 0 11 gaini ng their cricket colours: - 1st XI.,

C. E . W. Chapman, N. E. Ashenden, T. H . French; 2nd XI., R. A. F. Whistler, G. H . Claypole, G. F. Juckes. J. B. Sidebotham (after the Dover Match) and I st XI., R. A. F. Whistler; 2nd XI., G. D. Watkins j E. Fanshawe after the Belmont match.

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Also the foll owing on gainin g lheir Rowing colours :- ISt Boat, P. B. Cottrell , A. G. Keyser. L. H. W. Best (Cox) ; 21ld

Boat, J. H. Musson , G. A. Townend, C. W. Brannon, B. G. Kin g (Cox), and S. W. Wayte.

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The times were as follows :- Pitching, No. 2, 6' 4", No. I, 4' 58" j Striking, No.2, I ' 58", No. I , "49". The team for camp wi ll be :-C. H. Trehane ( I),

R. F. Maso n ( . ), F. H. Seabrooke (3), E . F. H ousde n (4), S. W. Wayte (5), J. B. Sidebotham (6).

R. J. N. Norris has won th e Te nnis Singles after beating G. F. J uckes in the final.

The O.T. C. attended Garrison Church Parad e at the Cathedral on Sunday,

Jnly 23 rd.

We we re very pleased to welcome an

old friend of the School, th e Dean of R.

N. Norri s and D. H . G.

Salisbury, better known to most of us, perhaps, as Canon Page-Roberts, 011

Northcote won the fi nal of the Ten nis

July 9th, when Chapel.

Dou bles, but were challenged and beaten by Smith and Gordon .

he preached in the

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1{.

The Te nt pitching r.ompetition took place on July 12th on the Green Court. Two teams entered and No . 2 consisting

of C. W. Kid son ( I), R. F. lVIason (2), C. E. W. Chapman ( 3), G. H . CI'ypole (4), A. M. Gelsthorpe (5), and F. L. Sidebotham (6), was adjudged 1st with 1 2 7 marks out of 140 . No. I, C. H. Trehane ( I ), G. E. J . Gen t (2), F . H. Seabrooke ( 3), E. F. Houscre n (4), s. W. Wayte (5), and J. B. Sidebotham (6 ), secured 124 and the prizes were divided.

Both the Seni or and Junior Tutor Set Shields were won by '1\1r. iVloxo n's

(G ryph ons): who beat. Mr. Reay's (C hou ghs) III the Selltor Ftnal and in the Junior Final.

On t he evening of th e Felsted Match Mr. Godfrey kindly arranged a small Orchestral Concert

Lib rary.

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O.K.S. R. H. Brinsley-Ri chards has accepted a First C lass Clerk ship in the India Office. and is no longer on the staff of th e Times.

NEWS. H.

prel iminary

Cremer has Examination

passed his for B.Sc.,

London .

" * R .E ., is shortly 1-1 . H. E. Gossett, "'"

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D. H . Cowie has been rowlIl g 5 111 the Emmanuel College boat a nd was one of their re prt:sentatives at H enley.

going to take up a position in India on one of the Railways.

**~

C. M. Ricketts was ordained Priest at the last Ordination in Salisbury Cat hed ral.

Douton has been promoted to second un der officer in the Mercantile Marines.

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ROWING. KING'S

SCHOOL v.

OLD

WILLIAMSON IANS.

The School co mmen ced the season with this ra ce and were successful, winning by two le ngths. Com idering that it was the early part of the seaso n, the School were well together, but were not rowing quite fast eno ugh a stroke. The first half of the race was very evr n, both cre ws goi ng well, the visitors rowing a slightly faster stroke than the Schoo!. Towa rds th e end of the straight, the visitors showed signs of trouble and the School began steadily to c ree p up and by the fini sh had gai ned two lengt hs. Best took rath er too fin e a corner, th e stroke-side oars hitting the bank, but fortunately no serious harm was done. The School crew was as follows ;Bow 2

3 Str. Cox

C. P. R. H. L.

F. N. Ryan. B. Cotlrel!. }uckes.

de H. Smith. W. H. Best.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. TONBRlDGE TOWN ROWING CLUB. This race was rowed at Fordwich under ideal conditions. The School chose the back station. Our opponents started otT at nearly 40 strokes t o the minute round the co rner thus establishin g a lead of half a length on the School, who were only rowing 33 to the minute. A very tou gh tu ssle ensued dow n the straight, during whi ch, Tonbridge Town managed to increase their distance to three-quarters of a length. On roundin g the last corner both boats commenced the ,. spri nt, 1l the T onbrid ge crew responding well to the increase pace of strokes. a state of affairs whi ch cannot be said to have existed in the School four wh o seemed to have had more than enough on the" st raight. 1l The official resul t was a win to T onbridge Town by four seconds. The School's loss may be attrib uted to the fact that they had not learnt to do a sufficiently fast stroke, a fact which has been proved by later e vents. The second race of the day was th e 2nd crew v. Medway B. C. Junior four. This resulted in a win for the School by a length, but they may consider themselves lucky in doing so, as Minter lost the Medway crew nearly four lengths owi ng to faulty steering on the corner. The School crews were as follows ;Bow. 2.

3Âˇ

~tr.

Cox.

1st BOAT. A. G. Keyser. P. B. Cottrell . R. J uckes. H. de H. S illith. L. W. H. Rest.

2nd BOAT.

Bow. 2.

3Âˇ Str. Cox .

C. w. Brannon.

A. Townend. I-I. Musson. C. N. Ryan. B. G. King.

KING'S SCHOOL v. MEDWAY ROWING CLUB. This race was rowed at Fordwich on July 1st. The re was a moderate head wind whi ch preve nted an y very fast times. Smith won th e toss for the School a nd chose back station . Round the I st corne r and as far as th e first hurdl e, th ere was no advantage gai ned by either crew. After cox's well-known utterance of If now you' re straight," th e School picked it lip and gained half a le ngth, whi ch grad ually increased to two length s by the end of th e straight. There th e Med way were clearly in difficulties a nd after passing the last co rn er th e School we re ri ght up on their opponents and slightly overlapping at the winning post, thus winni ng easily by fo ur lengths. Both Kin g, who was coxing the !V~edway Club, and Best, too k good co rners. The mental ago ny of the latter owing to the close proximity of th e School to their opponents seemed to be intense ! The School crew was as follows :Bow 2

A. G. K eyser. P. B. Cottrell.

St r.

R. Juckes. H . dlo! H. S mith.

Cox.

L. W. H.

Be~ t.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. TONBRIDGE SCHOOL. The races were rowed at Fo rdwich on July 13 th . The 1 St crews were out first and T onb ridge. winning the toss, chose back station. The School started off at 4I strokes to the minute and doing the corner in 48/1 gained a lead of about a length ' ro win g well ~ogether. the School kept this lead till abo ut half-way down the st raight,' when Tonbndge drew up half a length. The position remained unaltered till about zoo yards from the finish , when th e School picking it up to 41 , drew away and won by

I! lengths in 4'

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The School crew was as fo llo ws : A. G. Keyser. P. B. Cottrell. R. Juckes. H. de H. Smith. L. W. H. Best.

Bow 2

3 Str.

Cox.

The race b.etwee n th e 2nd crews .w ~s practica lly a repetition . Tonbridge again chose back statIOn and th e School, gallllllg a lo t at th e corner, had th e race in hand all the way and won easily by z lengths in 4' 2011 . T he 2nd boat a re much to be co ngratulated on th eir win as they had lost their stroke two days before the race. His place was well fill ed by T ow nend, while Wayte rowed I I two." Th e School crew was as follows:Bow 2

Str. Cox

W. Brannon.

S. W. Waytc.

II . Musson.

G. A. Townend . B. G. King.

KING'S SCHOOL 1St. v. ROYAL ENGINEERS' 1St. This race took place in perfect weather at Fordwi ch on Saturday, July 2211d. The E ngineers were represe nted by four of the men who had rowed at H enley. The School won the toss an d chose back stati on j the stream was easy and there was a slight wi nd down the course. Th t:re was no delay at the start, and both boats got off quickl:v. The Royal Engineers pulled za, a nd 39 in the half minute. to t.h e School's zo and 40. The cre ws, however, werc quite even, and King taking an excellent corner for them, both entered the straight dead level. The School rowe d about 38 all down th e strai ght, and g radually drew up, and were a bout half a length . . ahead at the end of th e Easte r course. But it was still anyone's race as th e Engineers we re kee ping up a steady 35 . and the School dropped hereabouts from 38 to 36. Near th e drain, the Enginee rs sp urted and drew away regaining their lost half length, but it was t?O soon f? r they could not ,keep it up, and th e School coming along with a magmficent spnnt of 41 , pulled oft the race by about a length. Time: +' 2011 ,

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The crews were as follows : ROYAL ENGI NEERS.

KINGS SC HOOL.

Bow, 2. 3. St r.

A. G. Keyser. P. n. Cott rell. R. JIlckes. H . de H. Smith.

Cox.

L. W. H. Best.

Bow.

H . G. Creswell. W. F. H anna, A. H. Morse, Capt. C. E. P. Sankey. B. G. King.

3St r. Cox .

KING'S SCHOOL 2nd. v. ROYAL ENGINEERS' 'nd . T his race was rowed on Saturel ay, July 22nd, in perfect weather at Fordwich, The School won co mfortably by several lengths, in fact there was some qu estion as to whethe r a semi-bump at the end would not ensure disqualification . As our opponents were a scratch crew who had neve r been out before, it was very spo rtin g of them to row at all . The School had back station, and afte r a rather poor start gained a little by the co rn er. 10 strokes, called for by cox at the begi nning of the straight, settled th e race once and fo r all, sending us ri ght up on t.o them. A slow and gentle paddle took us the rest of the course, and just at the back winnin g post a sud de n easy by th em, and a fea rfully energetic spurt by Ryan took our bow right on to their oars, a nd we thus won easily. The crews were as follows : ROYAL ENGINEERS.

KING'S SClIOOI" 2.

C. \ \T. Brannon. G. A . .T ownenc1.

3· Str. Cox.

C. N. Ryan. B. G. King.

Bow.

H . Musson.

Bow, 2.

3, Str. Cox.

T. D. Miller. E. V. T emperlcy, W. E. Britten. H. S. T revor. L. H. Best.

KING'S SC HOOL v. O.K.S. This race was rowed in perfect weath t: r at Fordwich, on \¥ednesday, July 26th. The O.K.S, had been out a few li mes toge th er but could not be persuad ed to row a 10110' course . Both boats sta rted off qu ite evenl y, but th e School caught their oppo;ents just round the bend . In spite of clever steering by McCleland who managed to give us as much wash as possible (the O. K $ , had fro nt station ), the resul t was never in any doubt, and the School won an easy race in good style. The c rews were as follo ws ;KI NG'S SCHOOl ..

Bow. 2.

3·

St r.

Cox.

C. 'vV. Brannon. P. H. Cott rell . R. J uckes. H. de H. Smith. L. H. Best.

Bow. 2.

St r. Cox.

O. K.S. C. L. Nightingale. E. K. Barbe r. D. H. Cow ie. K B. Nelson. K. C. McCleland.

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TI~is was rowed on July 2?th. Unfortunately the absence of the 1St boat bow spoilt th e ul11 ty of, the c rew by ro bb1l1g the m of Brannon, es pecially as the proper substitute Gas not avallable. P. S. Barber rowe~ ve ry pltickily and the crew won easily. The S .K.S. started off yery fast, and kept It up for some time, so that by th e corner the chool had not gamed much. After that th ey sudd enly collapsed, and the School rus~e d up. OUT boat then allowed them to get away, and th en cox timing th e spnnt excellently, took our bow just on to their ste rn at th e winning post',

The crews were as follows :KING 'S SC H OO l..

Bow. 2.

3·

St r.

Cox.

P. S. Barber. G. A. Townend. J. I-I. Mu~sson. C. N. R}'an. R. G. King.

How. 2.

3·

St r.

Cox.

0.K. 5. G. C. W. Harker. D. O. F ardcll. G. C. Merce r. D. J. N. Lee. K. C. McCleland.

THE BOAT CL UB. SI? far- with only one race yet to be rowed-the season has been most successful

Tonbn?~e, a st~ong crew of. E ngineers, the Med way who beat us last year, and th~ Old \Vllhamsolllans have all bee n beate n. The only defeat has been by Tonbridge caught us at the beginning of the season before we were properly tuned mce th~ t ra.c~, we have been expe rim entin g. One great fa ult of all our crews up. I~as been th e Inabl ~lty to row a f~st stroke cleanly. This is probably due to the short time that can be give n to coachmg in preliminary stages. The wo rk that should be spread over two or three terms has to be done in a few weeks and the coach ~s have to do one of two things. Either they must spend all the time trying to pOhS~l up th e style, or .else get to a certain point and then go for dash and life. The cbJechon to the first IS that th e crews get so little coac hin g beforehand (it works out at a quarter-of-an-hour a week in the Easter T erm), that weeks have to be spent and th e crew g~ ts dull and stale. The objection to the second· is a practical one. 1.rouy.h crew simply ca nn ot ~et a cle:a.n enough recove ry to row a fast stroke in anyt 1111 g Ike comfort. Our particular falitng has been a dirty fini sh, a tendency to tear t lle oar out and catch the blade before getti ng clear. This year it was specially TownS~vho

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noticeable, both 2 and 3 were very uncomfortabl e and sw un g badly out of the boat, while bow was dig ging and stroke washin g onto It is a ~ommon-place that the things a beginner wants to do are just the things he shoul d 110t do and it is ano ther confirmation of the topsy-turvey form of rowing that we have found it easier to get a large blade out cleanly than a small one. We got down ' a trial set of oars, some-what shorter outboard , with 7 inch blades instead of our usual st· After the first day, the improvement was most marked. The boat travelled better even at a slow stroke, while the c rew very soon was able to incre.l.se the rate of striking and to do up t o 40, although 34 had hitherto been pain and grief. The middle of th e boat swung mu ch strai gh te r, and even bow refrained from using his wide blade as a spade. Stroke took longer to settle down. the washing out was at first more pronounced! but when that was mostly corrected the boat got much faster. Some very fast tim es have been done over bits of the course, but we must remember that the crew is the most powerful we have had, and that the wea the r has bee n good. The StatU is a river of many moods ; he ca n take a minute off the time of any boat when he chooses, and all our rowing has been don e at a time" when anti-cyclonic conditions prevail." We have still to test the short oars against a gale roaring down the "straight" with waves rowlock high. There is one point we should like to em phasise. Although trying a different type of oar) we are not flirting with a ny exotic styl e, but are trying to keep swing and length as before. We gladly take this opportunity of thanking Mr. C. K . Philips, who has coached several times, and who suggested these various changes. His advice has been a great help, and brought the crew on wonderfully. They are still rough and uglYl but they have got well togeth er and row with a good deal of power and dash. Smith has stroked with considerable judgment and has been well backed lip by the rest. The second have rarely been together for any length of time, but in spite of that they have managed to win all th ei r races so far. They were favoured by luck against the Medway, and the Engineers were not ab le to bring a stron g crew, but their win against Tonbridge, after losing their stroke two days before the race, was a very plucky piece of rowing. We beg to acknowledge so me further subsc riptions towards th e boats. There is still a considerable sum due. £ s. d.

C. Lucns , Esq. . Rev. L. H. Evans ... H . A. Jenk in, Esq . R. E. Everitt , Esq .

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1st Boat. Sat., May Sat., June Tues. , SaL, J:lly Th ., " Wed"

27· 10.

27· I.

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O ld Williamsonians . . , ... ,. Tonbridge Town . ..... ...... , Chatham Engineers ............... ,_, 1\'I edway Rowing Club ............. . Tonhridge School ..... ...... O.K.S. Four ..

Fordwich ... . ... Fordwich ... ". Chatham ....... Fordwich ... .... Fordwich ... .. . Fordwich.

2nd Tues., June 27· Sat .• July I. Th., 13· Weel ., " 26.

Chatham Eng ineers 2nd Four ...... Medway R.C. 2nd Four ...... Tonblidge Schoo12nd FouL. O. K. S. Four.

'Non Lost .. .... . ... Won Won .. ......

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Won

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l ~ lengths ...... l~ lengths .... I length ........

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lengths... ... lengths .. ... .

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Won

Won Won Won

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4 lengths .. ... .. I length . .. ..... 2t lengths ......

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O. T. C. WINDSOR, JU LY 3RD.

The sleep of the humble private and the dreams of the snoring sergeant were somewhat rudely disturbed at 5 a.m. by a curious sound ~vhich o n~ has reason to believe is produced by a piece of brass tubing bent fo ur tllnes at n ght angles and blown by that enterprising if somewhat ubiq uitous personage, the bugler .. . Though awakened thus suddenly, the members of the ICS.C.O .T.C. arose hOIl"''' to a man) and breakfasted on meat)' roll and tea ad lib; strengthened by theu hasty repast, each man sought his own (or his brother's) arms, and, with waterbottle and haversack slun g hastily amidships, fell in on parade. On~e more ~ve cull ~d refre~h ments daintily prepan'! d by all night workers, and then vlf~wed w1th g~nIal surpnse the arrival of the R.A.M.C. band. To the strains of well-known marchmg tun es, we rolled through the streets with scarcely a remark save from all occ~sional u~c1~i~, one of whom was heard to say in a stage whisper .. Coo 1 look at Ius bag; aID t It full ?)I This comment though facetiolls was nevertheless true as we 'had all bee n amp ly supplied, before leaving, by the H ead master to whom we owe our very bt::st thanks. The business of entraining and ·the journey are too monotonous to be described in an}' detail' suffice it to say that during the former one sough t papers, and duri ng the latter, 'one did not seek water but got it gratis by protruding an incautous head out of the window.

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We arrived at Windsor about eleven o'clock, and buoyed up with excitement and anticipated refreshment, we survived the heat and marched up t he Lo~g Walk to ?ur Assembly Ground in the Park where we were welcomed by a cosmop olItan collectIOn of O.K.S. whom we were very pleased to see. That noble body, the ration party, then proceeded to procure gingerbeer, fruit a~ld biscuits, which \~ere s~eedily disposed of. Nothing o ut of th~ 'Yay occurred 10 t~e next h~ur dun~g whIch we loaded ourselves with further dambes, the consumptIOll of WhICh was Interspersed with witty remarks by th e C.O., then, as ever on such occasions, at the height of his form. Sharp at I. 30 we fell in on our Battali on markers and marched on to the review gro un d. The troops were drawn up in three sides of ~ square, No: I Brigade consisting of the Senior Division on the ri ght: Our contlllgent was Ill. th e 2nd Brigade, and on our left the 3rd, 4th and 5th Bngades were ~rawn up. Due.ctly we had taken up our position we were allowed to fall out and lIe down: The mter.val between this and the actual inspection was agreeab ly filled by watclllng the postIng of sections of the Life Guards round the review ground an d also by the arrival of the massed bands of the Guards. At 2.45 we fell in and punctually at 3 p.m a burst of cheering signalled the arrival of the King on horseback, with l~is staff of E nglish Officers and Indian Prin ces. Five minutes later the Queen, Wit h whom were the Prince of Wales and Prin cess Mar}" drove on to the ground amidst loud applause. As His Majesty rode to the saluting point the vociferous cheers from the large crowd of spectators stood out in marked co ntrast to the silence of the 18,000 cadets who stood ready to salute their King. One" G" on tht:: bugle and the lowe ring of a lance was the signal arranged by Major General Murray, in command of the Parade, for the ,~oyal Sah~te. T~e fla~h of bayonets as brigade after brigade came to the" present was a Sight which Will never be forgotten by those who were t here. His Majesty now commenced his tour of inspection and fo rtu nately perhaps only rode along the front rank of each brigade. The heat and the necessary strain involved by st~nding at atten tIOn for several minutes were no doubt the cause or the collapse wh1c h followed; the first sign of this was given when Sergt. Sidebotham was seen to escort a small and rapidly paling individual to th e rea r ami dst audible whispers from the Se r~t.-lV!aj.o r" Keep his head down." This little episode was followed by manY,others ot a slll~lll ar ,?at~re which gave scope for sou nd work by some of the N.C.O. ~ who. ~re ta klllg F~rst Aid" for promotion. By this time the King had taken up IllS posItion at the salutll1g point and the brigades were beginning to march past; at last our turn can:te to mo~e of[ and all those who had fallen out returned to th e ranks. After exp-cutIn g a rapId and steady battalion wheel at the double, we got into position. but it was so me time before we actua lly started to march past. Company after company moved off until at last our turn came and we started. Our Company, J 26 stro ng, with the C.O. in the van and spurred on by judicious exhortations to. the ~~ntre of the rear ran k fr~~ Sergeants Mowll and Sidebotham to "keep up (Ilia /us ), managed to march past,In '

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a straight line an extremely creditable performance and one which deserved all the praise it got r;om the spectators. Directly after the command II eyes front," we were ordered to form qu arter col um n at the double; this prove~ to be one of the most tiring incidents of th e day doublinO' in uniform being anythmg but pl~asant on a hot day. We then marched b'ack to o~r a~sembly ground . It.n~ediately on arrival the ration party, who well deserved the pralse they got as th ea Job \~as not one of the lightest. proceeded to draw tea rations and food for the homeward Journey. After tea we were unfortunate enough to lose one of onT luminaries in the person of Sergt. Mowll who had to go up to Town preparalory to the Review of. Boy Scouts on the morrow at which he was servin g on the Orderly Staff. Tea being over, ,~e had an hour or so in which to stroll about and see fri ends .b.efore we were agam paraded and marched, with various halts by th e way, to the sta~lO n; there a sc ruI? for carriages ensued but all finally found a seat aI.HI proceeded III a.sleepy but satlsfied frame of mind back to Canterbury. On arnval, we were agam greet~d by the R.A.M.C. band. a pleasure for which we owe th e. C.O. many thanks, and with a blaze of bugles which roused the sober citizen from hiS sl~mbers. we marched .back to t~e School whi ch was reach ed at 11.15 p.m. After havlllg ~een regaled wIth hot mIlk and biscuits, a most agreeable fo rm of refres~ment, we rp. tued to bed to dream of the happiest and most inspiring day ever spent wIth the O.T.C. A word before closing. This is the I.ast opportunity that the writers will have of expressing their thanks and deep gralltude to the C.O. for all he has done to make the Co rp s a success both here, at camp, and on field days, an.d they do thiS with the sincere wish that the Corps at camp thiS year may meet wIth the success which his effo rts deserve.

CANTERB URY

CL UB.

On Saturday, July 8th, 10 members of the Canterbury Club at Bermondsey c~me down with Mr. Allen and E. l'vl. Tuke, O.K .S ., and vIsited the School. They ar~lved at about four o'clock and went at once to Blore's Piece, where they played a cncket match against a King's School team. It was qu~te exciting, and they eventu~lly won by five runs. making 73 to our 68. In the evelllng they wCJ~t down to theIr tent~1 which were placed. thanks to the kindness .of Mr. Nelso n, lJl an ?rchard near hls house and the river. The weather was glonous. and Sl1nday mOfOlng was sp.en~ on th e river, and in the afternoon they came up to the School, went over the bl!11dmgs and the Cathedral, and then attended Chapel Service. They were entertamed by Miss Evens to tea at the Haven, and in the evenin g went back to London, pleased with themselves and (we hope) with us.

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TH E LIBRARY. The following Books have been presented to the Parry Library ;Across the Bridges-A Paterson The Author. Sophocles, 3 Vols.-Ed. Brunck J. B. Sidebotham. The new card catalogue has llOW been com pleted, and will be in its place at the beginning of next term. The thanks of th e ex-librarian and myself are due to many members of the School, who have from time to time kindly lent their assistance in the somewhat arduous task of re-arranging and cataloguing the books. T o rende r thp. catalogue useful, it only remai ns for the School to form the habit, not yet acq uired , by returnin g books to their proper shelves. I should like to take this opportunity of appealing to the School for a better treatment of Library Books: they a re too often to be found carelessly left about on tables and desks, or even on th e fioor. The money expended each term on the repair of books is consid era ble; and, as the fl1nds are not inexhaustible, the g reate r this expenditure, the fe-.wer new books can be added to the Library. R. E. EVERITT, L ibrarian.

CORRESPONDENCE. 1'1. 8 . -TI1~ Edilors d~clin~ 10 a((~pt au)! .,.~spom ibilily eomlteted willI IIle o/lbtiolts oj Illei.,. COI'.,.~spou· dutls. Name al:d addrelS mltst a/ways be ltivel', nol necessarily for pltb/ieatioll, bllt as a guaral1lee of good /aillt. Personalities 1I1t.'11 involve ceria;', ,·ejer/ioll. Leiters shollld I" 'f.vTiltell on one side of Ihe pap,,· only.

To the Edz'lors of II THE CANTUARIAN ." Dear Sirs, Would it be possible slightly to change the position of the Upper and Lower wing dormitories? For at present ,I all morn long the noise of battle rolls II on the asphalt court just outside th ese places of slumber (?) I am not a particularly lazy "dog" but occasionall y I indulge in the luxury of staying in bed till 7.30 a. m., and of late slumber after 6.30 a.m. has become exceedi ngly precarious, interrupted by shrill cries of ,I Guard turn out"! and i f all's well," a blessed utterance whi ch is hardly echoed by those inside. I feel Sllre that this state of things could easily be rectified

and every dog could be let have-at least the early hours of his day. Yoms, " A DOME OF SILENCE."

To the Editors of "THE CANTUARIAN ." Sirs, I think on thi s occasion that I ca n point out a real grieyance. I am aware that this will appear on the last day of the e nd of a School year, but I earnestly beg that some one in authority will bear it in mind and investigate next term. Why is it that the supplements and presentation plates never rc:ac h the Parry Library with the weekly papers ? I can not believe that among all the Coronation

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01!mbers no. extra plates were presented wlth the vanous papers. At any ra te the School at large did not see them. Where are they ? . Yours, etc. . BIG DRUM.

[If thIs really is the case we recommend

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~orrespondent to apply to the Secretary of the House Committee.]-EDITORS.

T o jhe .i!.(fitors 0.1-;, THE CANTUARIAN ," Dear Mr. Editor, Phe-ew ! 0 LD HALL. P.S.-Could not something be done to re-orgal1lse th e ve ntilation scheme of the. above ro~rn as lately respiration dur~ng preparatlOn has become somewhat " tncky." To the. Editors

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Dear Sirs, We know the weather is very hot but surely one despis es the trivialitie~ suggested by . in his amusing letter. For ce ntunes, gentlemen, since 62.0 .A.D . th ~ scholars of this School have survlv.ed Without any tom-foolery like elec~nc fan s. Labour-saving ann luxurious apphances are the one idea of mode rn you~h. We take it the nex t requ est will be. lIfts to cOll vey blastS me mbe rs to the heIghts of the Parry Library Or the BioSchoolroom. 0 Yours, etc., ENERGY. To the. Edi/ors 0/ ,e THE CANTUA IUAN." Dc::ar Slrs, Apropos of the numerous people who have played in both the I st XI. and

~nd XI., surely it would be a good idea If there was a committee formed to select the pIayers? Let it consist of say :Mr. Latter, Mr. Evans, Mr. Wright, Mr. Poole, the Captain and Vice-Captain. I feel th at this is a long-felt want. Yours truly, SELECTION. [The Captain has always been considered res. ponslble for the teams, but he is perfectly free to consult anybody he pleases],-EDITORS.

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Dear Sirs, . Wonkl it not be possible for the 1 lItor Sets to have some distinction from one another? 'Vhy not have a monogram on the l3Iazer pocket or perhaps a monogram on th e Foote r Shirt or perhaps what would be more suitab le, a variation of the Hat-band? Yours truly, TWO ENTHUSIASTS. [This '!t1S been considered many times, but no sntl sf.'1clory solution has

been reached],-

EDITORS,

T o Ihe Ed/lors

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Dear Sirs, ' As far as I can see the S, Lawrence C. C. play matches on the Beverley on Mondays" Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fndays, and Saturdays, while w~ paY.ÂŁjo per season to have the right 01 plaYlllg th ere on th e Sabbath. Indeed Sirs, you are ri ght; too many thin gs: eve n the Beverley are sacred , Yours indignantly, ATH E IST. . ERRATA.-Vol. 8., NO.3 . Page 77. l~ne.4' for" e lect, 12 me mbe rs," read Ie electt::d members" Page 831 J~ne 32. for" Strahan," read If Maiden." . Page 86, l~ne 9. for Ie double," read" treble." Page 90, hne 36, for" Elwyn," read Glyn."

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CANTUARIAN. NOVEMBER,

1911.

NOÂˇ5Âˇ

EDITORIAL. This is the season, we believe, for pomp and circumstance. At other times the editorial stilus may be flippant as well as fatuous; in the November number, bolstered as it is with the record of the past and the beginning uf to-morrow, we must enwrap our nak edne ss with tht! heavy folds of verbosity, not veil it with a film and a transparency as of 1lino,t-de-soie. Sirs, let us be ponderous; let us be rolling and solemn and Gibbonesque. Put yourselves in our place, you body of self-elected indices who read us (?), and understand us not and go your ways gnashing your teeth at our follies. Imagine the impossible and believe that you se~ issuin g from our pen no frivolity but mature deliberations and solem nities that would gladden the soul of a Cato and gain for us on the spot the prestige of a Doctor of Divinity. It is no light, no light mood that is on us as we sit and ponder on the malignant demon that is brooding over this term i last year we were visited from October to March by some Wingless Victory: and, what is more, she appears to have found the Canterbury air so soothing to her meditations or her liver that she is afraid this season even of risking her unwilling proteges-the (would be) XV.-to be marred or

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maimed in the battle-field . At first our welcome guest, she has become a /I resident alien" of th e \vorst type. H er policy seems to be that of "peace at any price tI; we like it not. It appears highly probable that we shall keep for another year the record of losing no School match; but the compliment will be ba ck-~and ed. But away with this sombre fit. Fortune may sometimes be melancholy; why shou ld we follow her" like a flock of frigh te ned sheep " as th e sacred poet hath it ? We have O UT blessings. Never before do we remember being so loaded with contributions j there was no scouring of the hedgerows j they came in of their o wn accord, ul/ro, and to such all. extent th at even now we have been ' obliged to hold som~ over till th e next number. Look at the Co rrespondence, a tome in itself, cosmopoli tan, encyclopaedic, where we might almost say we have defied Kiplin g and his threat that" East is East and ,",Vest is West and never the twain shall meet." But enough of this. The one duty of an editorial, we have been told is that of th e small boy, to see without being seen. If we have spun out our moralising beyond what is customary and right, we have done so in th e fear of being lost amid the mass of literature which foll ows u!t. Gentlemen aU, your health . Farewell!

SPEECH

DAY.

Speech Day was celebrated this year on Friday, July 29th , in weather that could not have been more splendid, thou gh it might have been more comfortable for those wh o took the more active roles in th e Chapter H ouse. The Holy Communion Service at 7.45 was attended by very large numbers, and th e same may be said of th e Commemoration Service at 10 a.m. The Anniversary Preacher was the Rev. J. G. W. Tuckey, Senior Chaplain at ,",Voolwich (O.K.S., 1874- 1883), who went through the South African \;Var, and was mentioned in despatches. Mr. Tuckey delivered a mos t earnest and vigorolls add ress. At 2 p.m. the Speeches were performed in the Chapter House, foll owed as usual by th e Prize-givi ng. Among those present were th e Dean of Canterbury, the Mayor, the Lord Bishop of Dove r, th e Archdeacon of Maidstone, Dr. f\Ioore, Canon Stuart, and Dr. Galpin, besides many parents, O.K.S., and other friends of the School.

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An's/aphams. G. H. Claypole. J . B. Sidebotham. D. Hussey. F. L. Sidebotham . R. S. F . Cooper. H. G. Kain. . . d bt

J .-Scene

from the" Clouds" Strepsiades ., Servant of Socrates Socrates First Scholar Second Scholar Chaerepho n . . ..

. order to lea rn how to escape paym~ hl~ e s. Strt:psiades I;!oes to the Thinkinl;! Shop of SOdate~t new -fangled science-disci~les lookmgslnto the scholar lets hl1n in and shews hun some won ers tc Then suddenly StrepsUl.des sees ocr~tes, ~ings beneath the ea rth, telescopes, globe~, meas\lr~~ee" ~aster" comes down and fTig~te.ns Strepsmdes who is up aloft looking at the ~u~l.thro~,g.h g ~tse~ysteries of knowledge the would-be dISCiple. by the methods whereby he II mltlates IntO Ie

z.-Scene from" L'Avocat p aterm !'II. Bartolin ., !'II. Guillaume !'II. Patelin Agnelet •. ..

P. B. Cottrell. H. Spence. C. F. N. Ryan. H. G. Kain.

-. . t of killing some sheep, and hus d f M Guillaume, has been caught l~ the a~ d ~'I Patelin, who himself Agdn~~r'p~~~I:~e~~:\a\~yer. 'to defend hhim be~or~ MG~~~~~~' ~~d Jhuasg~;ot 'p~i~ for it ~dccohr?il}g to . ff . ' de drap from the s op o · I ' ser and tTies to hI e IS ace. engage Q1~J~ to find that M. Guillaume is AFu ne t iS accun the sheep and the cloth that has c~ rrie~ 0

E~~~~r~~~7~~~~j:,i:;~~~'t~;:"hl~~~F:e%~~:~~~~Y'~~hh:i~~'~~~~:\.r~:s~:; ~:d ~~~~~:t~i~\~hO is not such a fool as he looks, plays on _ . a Virgil. 3·-Eclogue III. ., Mena1cas (a vi1ze-dress er) Damoetus (a goal-herd) Palaemon (a way-Iarer) .,

pl~rely

J. B. Sidebotham. E. A. Squire_ H. de H. Smith. ..

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the mountai n-slopes of Sicily.

or~~~i~~~~:tS~~~~i~~~~a~i~~:.I - ~fle~nth~s

~~~l:t~~~ ~~~:~~:h:~

pa.slora! scene. they This is a Their conversation b.egm~.w~t~h~n:ld. world sht:pherds always look g~ea~ ~eh~ht'This difficulty is speedily e to a sing i.ng con test In W ~~ the other, a Clip. But who is t<;> be t e )l~ ; r are T uisitiom:d forthwith. the one SIde, a goat, and . 1 of a cou ntryman, whose serVIces as arhlt. t n ~t the conclusion the settled by th\OppOr~~~~)~::~vaeach rustiC inventing a few linestf p~et?ryl~igl~ ~erit and retu rns to each The contest t e~ ta 'bl' t decide between performers 0 suc V judge declares hllnself ulla e 0 olle his pledge.

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4Âˇ-Scenes from" Luria" R. Broumi1lg. Luria (a M oor, Commander of Ihe Flor.enline Forces) C. F . N. Ryan. Husain (a M oor, hIs frimd) .. .. E . F. Housden. Puccio (tlu old Flormtim Commander, now Luna's cJdifl . ojJiar) .. .. .. f C. W. Ktdson. Braccio ( COlll1ll1Ssa.;y of the R epllblt, of FIorella) . . G. H. Claypole. .. .. ] . C. Page. ] acopo [ Lapo] ("'ssecretary) TtburzlO (Comllla7lder 0/ the Plsans) . . C. Ie Mowll. Scene: Luria's camp. Time: 14-. l;uri:,- is awaiting t~e arrival <;f troops (ro,m Lucca (allied to Pis.'\) before he deals a crushing blow. BracclO. Jealolls of LU~1a and afrmd that he will profit by his victory to seize supreme power at Fl orence, has ~Iann ed a secret tJla~ to take pla~e on the day of the battle, nnd to this cnd is making a catspaw of PUCCIO;, th e Jalte~. aggrieved at bemg superseded by Luria, has made cri ticisms on his conduct of the ~var Whl?h BracclO has e.x~ggerated into definite cha rges of incapacity and disloyalty. Tiburzio, mt~rcep.tmg some of Br~cC:l<? s d l!~patches and aware of hi s intrigues. visits Luria's camp, telling him how he IS bemg du.ped and mVltmg him to dese~t F!orence for P is..1.. Luria declines to give up his faith in Florence. lh e battle takes . place .a nd .Pllia IS defeated. Luria, instinctively awa re of Braccio's t~eachery, ?pen ly challe!1ges him . TlburzlO renewes his ofTer of a welcome at Pisa, and Husain urges him ~o unite both artmes an,d . march on Florence. Rul Luria, finding thnt no one understands his d~votJon to Florence, ancl d ~slTlng.to save her from the shame of condemning him, and refu sing to glorify h!mself at her e~pense, sacrtfices himse lf by tak ina a slow poison. timed to take effect at the hour when hiS .sentence arnves frolll ~lorence. H ere th e tragic situation begins, One after another his enemies begm to see th,e error of thÂŁH ways-too late j and Luria dies just as the prospect of a glorious career opens before him. A lapse of some hours is sttpposed to occur bel1tJtm the scems.

It is an inv.idious task to criticize a performance which we are sure must have caused untold ~011 to actors and coachers alike throughout the term. If OUT criticism ap~ears ,censorious, we must extend as OUT excuse that we attack not so much the actmg Itself, a~ the altog~th~r, weird selection provided. It may be pastoral for th e two otherWise healthy .m d lvldual ~ to take up an abiding place at either co rn er of th e. stage and ch,a nt a ,k.lOd of autlp honal dirge (1110110 adalpo). while a third drones awaJ: In s>:mpathetJ.c sel11hty. It may be pleasa nt to divide th e stage into small holdll1gs With a paIr of compasses, or to discover unknown nebul re in the ceiling of th e Chapter I;I o ~se. ~t may be ambitious to revive an almost unactable drama of Robert Br~ wmn g s, wluch ,has long since fou nd its place in th e d ramatic dust heap, fin e as It may be and 15 to read . But all these things were unc onvi ncing to ~ degree on Spee~h Day, It may have been due to th e weather j we think not. We plead for so~eth111g more emphatic, less rest rained, in Jul y, J 9 12. Are the pO\~e rs so overweIghted, by the Baco n theory that Shakespeare is to be forever bamshed from our rlperlolre? And, once again, what of the Comic English? The French speech was undoubtedly the best. The improvement of the past two years was more than maintained, and the effect was excellent. Spence was

THEI !CANTU ARiAN. perhaps the most successful of th e th ree chief parts, and Kain was ad mirably sheepiSh. rI Back to the land" seemed a popular idea, the atmosphere of the Latin speech being broadly bucolic. Sidebotham's little ditty made us feel quite like Co rydon and Amaryllis, a sensation encouraged by the" Canterbury lamb". The Gree k was as usual so mething of a .â&#x20AC;˘ hotch-potch tI; !'cientific research seemed to be a la mode; we were not aware that the Chapter HOllse was licensed for confetti celebrations. Ryan, in th e English speech, played a long and very restrained part with conspicuolls success; and he died most pathetically. CJaypole, the suave scounclrel in the first two scenes. seemed to find the sudden rapproc!ulJlmi at the encl rather dull. Mowll filled a congenial role with his usual efficiency. At the conclusion of the speeches the H eadmaster gave an account of the school year. He was sure they would first wish him to express their thanks to th e masters who had su perintended the speeches that day-(hear, hear)-viz., to Mr. Evans for the English speech, to Mr. Moxon for the Greek and Latin, and to Mr. Bell for the French. H e hoped that those present were satisfied with th e performances, and that they had found it as difficult to judge betwee n their respec tive merits as the co untryman did between the vine-dresser and the goat-herd-(Laughter). They would like him, he felt, to express the g ratitude of the School to their preacher that morning. Mr. Tuckey, for his anniversary sermon-(Applause) . Then th ere was one there who, in a double capacity as Mayor and Member, deserved a double welcome. He could not pass on without a special word of greeti ng to Dr. Galpin-(a remark re ceived with ~oud cheers from th e School which Dr. Galpin rose to acknowledge). Proceeding, the H eadmaster said his feelin g on that subject was, of course, one of pleasu re, but it was not unmixed with nervousness. He (the H eadm aster) felt rather in th e position of a pupil repeating his lesson in the prese nce of a mas ter of the art. His lesson that day, he undt:rstood, was no less a task than a review of the year. In such a large question as that it was rath er difficult to know where to heg in. He would like to express, first of all, on that the first speech day over which he was called to preside, his personal gratitude to all who had he lped to make his task easier for him j especially to the Governors for their friendly help and advice, to his colleagues for th eir loyal service-they knew how much that meant in the life of a sc hool, and holV much the prosperity of the sc hool depended upon it-and also if he might mention it once more, to hii predecessor, who had bee n so ready on all occasions to give him the benefit of his knowledge and experience. Their principal visitation had been that of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. who this year had paid his formal visit and made a speech to the School. The Archbishop had also managed to fin d tim e to conduct their Confirmation, for which all of. them, particularly those confirmed on that occasion, had reaso'n to be grateful.

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With regard to the work of the School, they had not yet wholly lost faith in the "grand old fortifying classical curriculum," but they had extend ed in the past year th e study of English Literature and of Geography; Science, too, was to be encouraged by improvements in the Alford Laboratory. He might take that oppo rtunity of saying that a pleasing gift had been made to them that day by Dr. Kirton, who had presented the School with a valuable p.ngraving representing William Harvey demonstrating his theory of the circulation of the blood to Charles 1. The Games had been most successful; both in football and rowin g new records had been set up. The Corps was in a highly efficient state, had sent '3 D cadets to the Royal Review at Windsor and had gained much praise by its smartness at the An nual Inspection. Mr. McDowall went on to refer to the handsome new headmaster's seat, designed by Mr. W. D. Carae, which had been presented by the Society of th e O . K.S. to the memory of Dr. Galpin. and to certain building alterations or a domestic character. They hoped also, he said, to become the possessors or an organ to take the place of the present harmonium. Mr. Hodgso n had been most di ligently collecting subscriptions, and at present there was just over £200 paid or promised towards thE; necessary £260. H e had described to them the outward characte ristics of their lire at the School j but there was a good deal that aIle could not describe which was a gr€'at deal more important in the inner life of the School, viz., its tone and spirit. Others had handed down to them a good tradition, and he hoped with all his heart that this generation wo uld not fail to hand on that tradition undimmed to those that were yet to come. The Headmaster then distributed the prizes adjudged during the past year. The Dean then read th e list of distinctions gained since last speech day and subsequently addressi ng the gatherin g said he was sure th at the whole company gave a very hearty and cordial welcome to the Headmaster on his first appearance in his present capacity. Afte r words of congratulation in rega rd to th e re ndering of the speeches, and to the Officers' Training Co rps upon th ei r smartn ess, th e Dean concluded with a reference to the remarks of the H €'ad master wi th respect to the ton e and spirit of the School. Mr. McDowall had said that the present School had inherited good traditions. He (the Dean) felt su re that from what t hey had heard, and after what they had seen. from the boys, they would be confident that that tone and spirit was bei ng well maintained in the present day, and that it was safe in the hands of th e present Headmaster and his colleagues-(Applause). Mr. and Mrs. McDowall afterwards held an "At Home" in the Green Court, which was largely attended.

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PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE · YEAR 1910- 1911. G. H. Claypole. E. F. Housden. C. A. West. R. L. Gottwaltz. C. K. Mowll. c;'. H . Clnypole. G. H. Claypole. G. H. Claypole. G. H. Claypole. J. B. Sidcbotham. G. H. Claypole. J. B. Sidebotham. F. L. Sidebotham. H. S. M. Spence. D. H. G. Northcote. F. N. Holt. P. S. Barber.

Classics (Mi/chimo,,) .. Mathematics (M£IckiltsOlt) .. . .. Modern Languages, French ( Mitcltimoll) " " German (Greaves) Natural Science (M£tc/u"mOlt) Greek and Latin (RroI4glt(olJ) ... English Literature ( SIt'eatjeild) .. . Classical Composition (Dealt Fat.,.ar) Private Study (Edward Blore) Latin Prose ( F. alld H . Horsley) Latin Verse Greek Prose Greek Verse .. English Essays (Calpit,) .. , Geography (Member's Prize) Drawing .. .. . . .. Shorthand (Lady Sluart) ...

G. H. Claypole. { R. S. F. Cooper, Prize. D. H. G. Northcote. { S. J. Maiden . W. J. Potts. L. W. H . Best . H. G. Evans. D. S. Gu rney. K. C. Lillingston. L. G. Robertson. S, E. 1-1 ellgcock. E. R. Watts. P. E. Welchman .

H istory, VI. (Staltley) Va. F orm (Ga lphL) Vb. Form (Head /I1aslu) IVa. Form " IVb. Form .. . . .. French, IVa. to lIIc. Form (Greaves) Mathematics, Div. I. (Harrison ) ... .. Div. II. (Harrison) Div. III. (Harrison ) Div. I V. ( Harrison) Div. V. (HarristJll)

.. .

DIVINITY VI. Form ( Broughtoll}... . .. VI. Form (Midsummer, Calpi1J) ... Va. Form (Alarshalt Wad) ... Army Class ( Arc/ldeaco1l of Maidstone) Vb. Form ( l11arshall Wi/d) .. IVa. Form (Arc/ldeacon of Maids/om) IVb. Ji'orm (Head Master) .. .

PRIZES. C. W. Kidson.

J. B. Sidebotham. F. C. Gentry. R. J. N. Norris. A. J. Pnrtridge. G. F. Wood. L. G. Robertson.

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IlIa. Form (Head Master} ...

H. N. G. D. C.

H. Heyman. D . Dalton. S. Bowen. H . G. Northcote. C. Field. T. L. Gordon.

lIIb. Form (Head Master) II Ie. Form (Head Alaster;::: Va. to I Vb. Forms (ElwYlJ) IVa. and IVb. Forms (Elwy,z) Lower School ( Lady St1lart)

FORM

VI. Form (Christmas) Va. Form (Christmas)

PRIZES.

... .. (Midsummer, Gordo1t) " Composition (Prose) " CompoSition (Verse) " Engli sh Essay ... Army Class (Christmas) " (Midsummer) Vb. Form (Ch ristmas) (Midsu mmer) " (English Essay) IVa. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) I Va. Form (Ch ristmas) I~ (Midsummer)

R. K. Pagett. D. H. G. Northcote.

F. C. Gentry.

G. W. A. Todd. W. L. Eastw ick. Field. R. E. Gordon. C. E. W. Chapman. R. J. Routh.

G. Haward. R. J Routh. L. G. Robertson. G. F. J uckes. G. E. Clayton. F . J. B. Maggs. R. A. Faro. T. R. Moore. E. A. Minter. G. S. Bowen. D. M. P. S lark.

lila. Form (Christmas) "

(Midsumme r)

IlIb. Form (Christmas) "

(Midsummer)

IIIc. Form (Chri5tmas)

LOWER Mathematics (Christmas)

.. ,

SCHOOL PRIZES. C. F. W. Wait. E. A. Minter. C. W. Barber. N. D. Dalton.

" . (Midsummer)" N~ttlral SCience (Mitcht'ltSon)

History .. DictatIon ... Geol;raphy (Afembe';;s P.rize )Â· MusIc ". ... ".

IIa. Form (Christmas) .. lIb. Form ,. lIe. Form

(Midsummer) (Christmas) (Midsu mmer) (Christmas) It (Midsummer) Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer)

W . Kidson .

R. G. Crosse.

D. N. Burrell. R. K. Lang. C. W. Barber.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PRIZES. G. L. D. Davidson. G. L. D. Davidson. W. T. Champion. F. Wightwick. N. A. R. Porter. K. E. Smith, iv. C. E. Simms, ii. R. H . M. Gardener, ii.

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Divinity (Hodg.ro,,):Ira. Form IIb. Form " IIe. Form " 1. Form English ;II a. Form lIb. Form lI e. Form ,. 1. Form t>.'fathematics (Christmas) (Midsummer) Drawi~g . Dictation .. Music

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G. L. D. Uavidson. C. H. Rolfe. J . da R. La vies. R. H. M. Gardener, ii.

G. L. D . Davidson. C. H. Rolfe. F. E. Lang, iii. T. K. Thomson. A. G. D. West. A. G. D. West. S. C. Galpin, ii. W. L. Gibson. S. G. Galpin, ii.

Anniversary Preacher. REV.

G. W. T UCKEY, M.A., Senior Chaplain to the Forces, Woolwich (O.K.S. 1874- 1883). The List of Anniversary P reachers goes back to 17 14.

Exhibitioners Elected July 1911. E. F . HOUSDEN, (Rose) Mathematical Scholar. Cambridge. B. SIDEBOTHAM, (Stanhope) Classical Exhibitioner, Gonville and Caius College,' Cambridge.

The Gilbert Gift. E. A. SQU IRE, Wad ham College, Oxford.

The O.K.S. Gift. C. A. WEST, Royal M ilitnry Academy, Wooh~ich .. D . O. FARDELL, Royal l\Â·lilit.'uy Academy, \\oolwlch .

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The Waddington Gift. c.

F. N.

RYAN.

Exhibitioners now at the Universities. ·C. J. N. ADAMS, (Rose) Exhibitioner of St. J ohn's College, Cambridge. *A. R. BFtLLARS, (Stanhope) Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge. R. M. GENT, (Rose) Classical Sc:holar of Trinity College, Oxford. { H. TOWNSHEND, (Rose) Major Mathematical Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. E. B. NELSON, (Parker) Corpus Christ i College, Cambridge. C. J. GALPIN, (Rose) Classical Scholar of S t./ ohn·s College, Oxford . D. H. COWIE, (Rose) Mathematical Scholar 0 Emmanuel College, Cambridge. D. J. N. LEE, (Bunce) Classical Scholar of Wadham Coll ege , Oxford. { H. D. TOWN END. (Bunce) Mathematical Exhibitioner of Queen's College. Cambridge. T. S. CAVE, (Parker) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

* Vacated

itt July.

Scholars. Elected December,

1910.

KING'S SCHOLAR S. PRODATIONERS •

. J UNIORS.

F. C. Gentry.

O. W. 1\'1. Burton.

K. C. Lillingston. A. Sargent.

A. Lindsey. 1-1. E. B. de Gruchy. J. E. Witt, Junior School. ENTRANCE SCHOLARS.

School House. A. Lindsey. G. E. Clayton.

O. W. M. Burton. B. W. Galpin, J1mior School.

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Elected

JutU,

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KING'S SCHOLARS. JUNIORS.

SENIORS.

R. J. Routh.

G. B. Pratt.

R. Juckes. R. J. N. Norris.

G. J . Eccles. R. J . Mowll.

PROBATIONERS.

*J. D. McMaster. *J . D. Walkins. *H . E. Madge. H. D. Cu mberbatch, JlIlI. Sek. S. Williamson, JUllio,. School. W. A. Dcan, Jlmior School.

ENTRANCE SCHOLARS .

M,'. Evans' House.

School House. A. G. D. West (7wdor School). *J. D. McMaster. *J. D. Watkins. *H. E. MADGE.

*A. D. C. Macaulay.

Afr. ReflY's Home. *G. H. Wise.

MINOR HOUS E SCHOLAR.

W. T. Champion, Juuior Sellool. * Not yet members of the School.

Academical and other Distinctions gained during the year 1910- 1911. E. F.

HOU SDEN.

B. SIDEBOTHAll C. A. WEST

D. O. R. E. G. C.

FARDELL .. . GORDON .. . DE MATTOS

I-I. P . V. TOW N END R. H. W. BRIN SLKy-RICHARDS

I. R. MADGE

T. S.

NELSON

Open Mathematical Scholarship, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Open Classical E xh ibition, GomÂ·ille and Caius College, Cambridge. Passed 22nd into Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Passed 40th into Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Passed 67th into H.oya \ Military Academy, Woolwich. Passed 79th into Royal Mililary College, Sandhu rst. Admission (12th) to Indian Civ il Service. Admission (38th) to Home Civil Se rvice. Harvard University, U.S.A. Admitled to First G roup of Scholars with Detu r (girt of prize books). Natural Science Scholar, University College, Oxford ; awarded an Exhibition in addition to his Schola rsh ip.

THE A. B. EMDEN R. M. GENT

H. P.

SPARL ING

D. H.

COWIE

H. D.

TOWNEND

R. BELLARS ...

H. W. K. V. C.

MOWLL

TAYLOR

. ..

A. C. FLUKE

A. H. CROWTHER . H . ROWAN ROBINSON

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History Scholar, Lincoln College, Oxford; Honorable Mention, Stanhopl! English Essay (University Prize). Classical Scholar, Trinity College, Oxford; Second Class, Classical Moderations. Mathemati~al Scholar, Queens' College, Cambridge j Second Class (Semor Optime) Mathematic.'ll Tripos, Part II. " l\'lathematical Scholar, Emmanuel College Cambridge' Second Class, Mathemat ical Tripos, Pmt I. I , Mathematical Exhibition, Queens' College Cambridge; Second Class, Mathematical Tri pos, Part I. I ... Classical. Scholar, P~mbrokc College, Cambridge; Second Class, DI\'. II .â&#x20AC;˘ ClaSSIcal Tripos. King's C?lIege, Cambridge; Second Class, Division II. , History Tnpos, Part 1. Passed 9th out of Royal Military College, Sand hurst, with honours. Passed 27th into Royal Militnry Acndcmy, Woolwich . Passed 17th into Royal Military Academy, Woolwich . (Capt., R:G.~ . ). Duncan Gold i\'fedal of the Royal Artillery Institution, for Essay on I I Pack Artillery."

THE ARCHBISHOP'S PORTRAIT. "Ve have very mu ch pleasure in ann(:)Uncin~ that the Archbishop of Canterbury has pre~ented to the School a large portrait of hllnself, taken outside Lambeth Palace ~t t~e tllne of the Coronation. His Grace is wearing th e Coronation cope and holds In his l~ft hand the. Crozier and in his ri ght the Book of Service. We should like to take. t~IS 0l?portulllty of ~xp ressing publicly through the Canluarian our delight at re.celvIng thls.handsome gift and our thanks to His Grace for providing the School with so CO~SplC~OUS a mark of his interest. The portrait is, we understand, the same ~s that which will be sent to the colonial bishoprics as a memorial of the Coronation. t was actually presented to the C~ptain of the School , on behalf of the Archbishop, by Mr. Her~slet, who. has very. kllldly ex pressed a desire to defray the COSt of the fr~lllne'k ~lllS process IS al ready In hand and we hope that in a short time the portrait WI ta e Its place on the walls of the Schoolroom.

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O.K.S. COLOURS. On Speech Day la~t term, after the Commemoration Service, a meeting of O.K.S. was held in the big Schoolroom to discuss the question of O.K.S. Colours. It was attended by between 30 and 40 O.K.S.; the Headmaster, Mr. Latter, who was unanimously elected to the Chair, and C. N. Ryan (Capt. of School ) were also present. Opening the proceedings Mr. Laller said that he hoped a definite decision would be reached . that day. He agreed that the present O.K.S. Colours were entirely unsuitable and that a change was to be desired, and he proceeded to show the meeting a tie made 1)P in the colours which it was now proposed to adopt. He added that in his opinion they were very suitable and he had not seen anything better. It had been brought to his notice that one objection to them was that they contained dark blue aud therefore could not be worn by any O.K.S. at Oxford. If that was the case Oxford must have changed considerably since he was there . He submitted the proposed colours for criticism. C. J. N. Adams remarked Ihat he did not approve of the colours and that O.K.S. at Oxford had not been sufficiently consulted on the matter. He doubted if the present meeeting were representative and deprecated the idea of rushing the . colours through. He would ' prefer to sec green as the additional colour to the School blue and white. T/" CIJairmalI pointed out that the only other place where any number of O.K.S. were gathered together was the O.K. S. Dinner and OIl such an occasion they were in no mood to discuss any contentious matter. H. D. TOl1mmd as the originator of Ihe colours, apologised to Oxford O.K.S. fo r any slight that might have been cast upon them; but several previous consultations had produced no effect. It . had b ce~l said that the proposed colours were too much like the Old Malburians, but he produced a specimen of the latter which was handed round the meeting and which he maintained was quite distinct. T. S. ElIle1Jlt C. A. C. Wesl, D. O. Fardell, H. S. Wacher all expressed approval. C. N . Ryall said that so far as he could represe nt the School, they entirely approved of the new colours. They had seen them on and off for the past six months and during that time no alterations had bee n submitted. He felt sure that they would be extremely disappointed if the question fell through once more. The Cllaz'rma1l said that from the general tone of the remarks he gathered that the meeting was in favour of coming to a definite decision. They would never get colours which pleased everybody; nor would th ey be original unless they were prepared to go to extravagant extremes. After all, this question concerned chiefly the

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younger O.K.S. and ~ e thou ght it, was a great poin t that th e oncoming generation of those who we re leavIng school In the near future approved of the colours He ther~fo re proposed, first that this meeting constitute itself a representative body to co nsIde r a change III O.K,S. colours. This was carried by a large majority. Tlu. Chainna?t then proposed that t he colours before the meeti ng be' adopted as th e, O~ Ctal O. K..S. colours. The motion was seconded and carried by th e same majorI ty as before, 29 to 7. The new co lo~lrs. as, far as it is possible to describe them in print, a re as follows: In the C,e l~tr~ a whI te stnpe, bo:dered, on e~~h side. by a stri pe of blue of eq ual width to th e "hlt~ , a very n~rrow whIte stripe divId es t his combination on each side from ' hbroad strIpe of reddISh- brown (ma roon ), the breadth of the latter being equal to t at?f th ~ whIte and b lu~ COt~bI~ e d . Eac h variety of the colours, sash, scarf, blazer, etc., IS co mposed ~n thIS pnnclple on a proporti onate scale. I n the blazer and woollen scarf th e WIdth of th e maroon is fo ur inches. The .colou~s ~ay be obtained from J. Hunt, Mercery Lane, Canterbury, A. W. SmIth, Kmg s. Pa.ra~e, Cambridge, or Messrs. Lewi n, Cro oked L ane, E .C. A dealer at Oxford WIll, It IS hoped, shortly be obtained . The prices are as follows ;_ Blazer .. .. 25/Silk Sash 8/6 Sweater (trimmed in colours) 18/6 Silk Tie .. 3/ 6 Knitted Wrap (S ilk) .. 6 Cap '4/ 3/ 6 .. .. (Wool ) ,. Hat Band 4/ 6 2/-

TUTOR-SETS. Several co rrespondents have expressed their inabil ity to grasp th e ornithological

~ste~ of the present tutor-sets; the decision to adopt these names was arrived at in

arc 1, 19 0 9, .and for the co nve niente of O.K. S. wh o left the School before that date we append thIS table. Orig inal Tu tor·Set Master. 1\·fr. ;\1 r. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

Mason Evans Bell Latter Austen Cape

Present Title. Gryphons Mattlets H awks Swallows Choughs Herons

P resent Tutor-Set Master.

Mr. Mr. Mr. ?o.·l r. Mr. Mr.

Moxon Evans Bell Goss Reay Pu rton

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SCHOOL v.

O. K. S.

This, the last match of the season, was played on Thursday, July 27th, on the Beverley. Only one day was allotted to th e game, whi ch consequently had to be decid ed on t he first innings. Although, with one brilliant exception, th e batting was of a very mediocre type, the quick changes in the aspect of the game made it very interesting to watc h . Gottwaltz won th e toss and sent Baker a nd Chapman in ; both started fairly confid ently, but were out when apparently set for two good innings, Baker returnin g th e ball to De nne, and Chap man being ve ry smartly stumped by H uyshe. Gottwaltz fe ll in the same way ; Housde n and Gordon each added a few runs to the score, and the latter was out to a beautifu l catch by Kettelwell. Housden's attempt was short and merry, and brought to a termination as usual by a catch at extraÂˇ cover from a ball he failed to get hold of. Snatt's innings, though by no means faultless, was very valuable to the side, and with Ashendeo's aid he raised what wou ld hav e been a poo r total into a mpderate one. For the O.l(. S., only Fluke and Den ne met with succ~ss ; the former has very mu ch improved, and delivers a ball of very deceptive speed, while keeping a good length. H owell and Huysh e fo und the School fast bo wling much to their liking, scoring 40 from the first t hree overs, and putting on 73 runs before Baker got Huyshe caught deep on the leg side. Howell continued to play in his ve ry best style, his cutting and leg-gliding being as pretty and effective as ever; we were very pleased to see so material a sig n of his return to form, in cricket as in health. Martin and Fluke both failed, stum ped by Seabrooke otT Bakds slows, which from this time to the end of th e in nin gs entirely puzzled th e batsmen, who either lunged out wildly and were caught in the" country", or were en tirely beaten by the break and stumped. Seabrooke had quite a day out, dismissing four batsme n, and he would have had more success still had he gath ered the ball more surely. With six wickets down for HZ, the School see med to have a great chance of pulling the game off j Sopwith, however, hit hard, and with two wickets to fall, only six runs were required to win. These were just secured and the innings closed for 18z. Baker bowled with tremendous success, and only just failed to obtain all ten wi ckets. After the first two ove rs he kept a beautiful length, and his break frequently beat batsmen and wicket-keeper as wel l. All good wishes to him as Captain for 191 z .

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The School seco nd innings ,vas not a very serious affai r, the match having already been lost by three runs ; the O.K.S. brought down a strong team, including four ex-Captai ns of Cricket. Score and analysis :KING'S SCHOOL. Inni ngs. D. Baker. c and b Dcn ne .,. E. W. Chapman, 5t Huyshe, b F luke L, Goltwaltz, 5t Huyshc, b Denne E. Seabrookc, c sub. , b F luke ... F. Housden. c Martin, b Fluke ". E . Gordon , c Kettelwell, b Denne E. Ashenden, c Cremer, b Fluke ... V. Snatt, nol out A. F . Whist ler, b Denne I-I. F rench, b Denne H. C. Gore, c Cremer, b Denne ... Byes, 16; leg路 byes, 3; no路balls, 2

2nd I nn ings.

1St

P. C. R. F. E. R. N. C. R. T. C.

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Total

16 not out

16 I

18 c Fluke. b Howell

17 not out 47 8 c Cremer, b' H owell 6 c SOPWilh, b Covell o b Covell 21 Byes

7 4

T otal (for 4 wickets)

179

O. K. S. G. F . Howell, c French, b Baker .. . O. F. Huyshe, c French, b Baker .. . R. E . Martin, st Seabrooke, b Baker A. C. Fluke, Sl Seabrooke, h Baker C. J. N. Adams, c Gordon, b Baker H. Parsons, st Senbrooke. b Baker ... H . L. 1-1. Cremer, c Gotlwahz, b Baker S. S. Sopwith, c Fren ch, h Gottwaltz B. C. Covell, not out ... L. G. L. Denne, st Sea brooke, b Baker J. KetleiwelJ, ibw, b Baker Byes, 13; leg路 byes, 2 j no路balls, 3

73 33 4

5 o II

23 9

5 I

Total BOWLING ANALYSIS:

O. K. S. Gottwaltz French Daker Gore ., .

0 0

29 42 63 21

0 9 0

8 11 '5 4

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LIST OF FIXTURES.

DATE.

------ Tu. May T n, Th. " Tu. " Th. " Ttl. " " Fri. June 'Ved. " Wed. T u. " Sat. Jl~ iy Th. " Tu. Fri. " " Sat. T u. " Th. "

9· 16. 18. 23· 25·

GROUND.

OPPONENTS.

- --- - - - -. -----1st XI. S, Lawrence Beverley ...

Rev. L. n. Evans' XI. " S. La wrence II A." ... Mr. A. Latter's X I. Chartham Asylum ... 30. 9th Lancers 2. M.C.C. ... .. 7· Highgate School ... 14· Eastbourne College 27· S. Edmund's School I. Wye College ... 6. R.M.L.t. ... II. Dover College ... ... 14· } Felsled School ... .. . IS· 18. Belmont C. C . ... _ .. .. . 27· O.K.S. ..

...

Bev erley .. Beverl ey .. Beverley Charthnm ... C'bury S'cks Beverley Highgllte ... Eastbourne Beverley 'Nye .. . Walmer .. Beverl ey

...

RESU LT. Lost ... , Draw,. , Draw .. . Draw .. Won ... . Scr'ched Lost . .... Lost..... Lost. .... Won . ... Lost... .. Draw ... Won ....

. ...

Beverley .. Lost ... .. Belmont Pk. Won .... Beverley Lost ... ..

RUNS FOR.

RUNS AGAINST.

JS I I nn.

2nd Inn,

1St I nn.

50 132 ( I ) 54 (I) 228 21 I (4)

94 (5) -

280 (8) 220 '73 (7) 165 (4 ) 61

16 5 99 80 206 62 306 (4) 115

33 42 (5)

145 188 179

:md Iun.

139 (4)

246 (7)

133 198 42 26 7 222 (9) 104 204

247 (7)

109 182

179 (4) 158

70 (4)

II2 (4) 73 (5)

- - - .- - - --Th. May Wed. Th. J u~e Tu. Tu . " Til. " " Th. July Tu.

2nd XI.

18. 24· I. 6. 13· 27· 6. II.

Harbledown C.C. ... S. Edmund's Sch. 2nd XI. H arbledown C.C. ... S. Edmund's Sch. 2nd XI. S. Lawrence ColI. 2nd XI. Dover College 2nd XI. ". Wye College 2nd XI. ... Dover College 2nd XI. ...

H arbledown S. Edmu nd's Blare's Piece Beverl ey .. . Ramsgate .. , Beverley Wye Dover ...

XI.-lIla/the! played, 15: 2nd XI.-i U"a/ches played, 7 : 1St

...

Lost . .... 110 Won .... 227 Lost.. ... 60 Won .... 146 (8) Aban . ... Lost..... 106 Lost.... . 99 Won .... 114

WOIl ,

L ost, 7 :

WOft,

L os/,

152 (2) 127 160 96

121 (8) 158 (8) 113

])rawn,

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1911.

Match es played, lSi Woo, 4-; Lost, 7 j Drawn, 4. Lamentable weakness in bowling, and, in th e earlier part of the season especially, a great lack of enterprise on the part of the batsmen must be put down as the causes of a poor season. No bowler seemed able to find anything like a length, and over after over was sent dow n as full of lo ose balls as the proverb ial Christmas pudding is full of plums. At times Baker bowled his slows very well, and in our opinion was not utilized nearly enough. French came on towards the end, and Gottwaltz for a few overs was likely to get wickets ; but Trehane and Maiden were terribly weak and Gore was very disappointing. In batting, Baker was the most styli sh member or the team but is' still wanting in power. Gottwaltz played some useful innings but he is farÂˇ too lenient on loose ball s and is always th erefore flattering the bowler, which has a bad effect o n the rest of th e batsmen. Bad balls, like bad boys, are meant to be punished severely. Ashenden, th ough anything but an orthodox batsman. heads the averages, and his vigour was always refreshing. Housden does not play with a sufficiently straight bat. Seabrooke and Chapman both played some good innings and Gordon on a few occasions hit brilliantly. But on the wh ole the batting was tame. The fielding was' patchy ',-on some occasions extremely good-on others the reverse . Undoubted ly too many catches were dropped, for the on ly hope of winning matches, when th e bowling is weak is to seize eve ry chance that fortune and the batsmen offer. We feel that this is a dreary retrospect, but we are hoping great things for the future, especially from the valuable coaching that we arc expecting from IVI r. L. C. V. Bathurst next season. It is obviolls that, at present, there is not sufficient keenness in the School generally for the School Crick~t to be successful. The lower games-those on Blore's Piece in particular- seem to be regarded by many me rely as an opportunity for ragging or slacking, and so lon g as public opinion allows that sort of thing, littl e can be expected . We append some remarks on indi vidual members o f the team:

R. L. GOTTWALTZ (Capt.)-Has good defence but is very tame in his treatment of bad balls, and consequently scores very slow ly. Very good cover-point. Fair bowler, makin g the ball swing a bit when he first goes on. R. E. GORDON. --Hits very hard and was less nervous than he was last year, but has

not much defence. Good field. F. H. SEABRooKE.-Much improved behind the wicket, but still rather slow. fai r bat, but does not watch the ball enough.

Very

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E. F . HousDEN.-Has a good eye but hits too much across, and is too anxious to score at once. Very good out-field. P. D. BAKER.-The soundest bat on the side -cuts well and puts balls away to leg skilfully, but is wanting in power. Good point, and bowls slo w leg-b reaks very well at times . C. H . C. GORE.-A good action-slow left-hand,-but signally failed to find a length, and so was ineffective. Poor bat and fair field. C. V. SNATT.- Not a sound bat, but played one or two useful innings. Fair field but rather slow. C. E . lvV. CHAP,M AN.-Improving bat, but rather wanting in vigour. Should do well next year. Very fair field. N ."E . ASHEND EN.-Not much defence, but hits with determination and saved the situation on se vera l occasions . Slow in the field. T . H. FRENcH.-Fast and, at times, erratic bowler but on his day bowled wel l. A batsman of the wild type, who loves the high balloon. Good field. R. A. F. \ ¥HISTLER.- Very fair bat who should do well next year. IVIust learn to playa bit straighter. Very fair field.

BATTI NG AVERAGES, Times Matches.

N. E. Ashenden . . R. L. Gottwaltz P. D . Baker E. F. Housden F . H. Seabrooke C. E. W. Chapman R. E. Gordon R. A. F. Whistler C. V. Snat! T. H. French C. H. C. Gore

13 15 15 IS 1413 12 7 II 8 10

Innings.

IS 19 20 19 16 17 13 9 1410 9

not ou.t.

S 3 2

2 2 2 2

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Total Runs.

Highest Innings.

29S 3 29 349 320 264275 181

SI* 5 1%

III

15 8 10 1 32

S8~

78 95 62 5+ 4- 0 4-7' 39 12

Average. 29'5 0

20'S6 19 ' 39 1 7'7~

11' 60 17' 19 10·~·S

15'86 13 ' 17 ,, '644'00

10 C. H . Trehane 5'63 9 9 34 3 10 8 10 0 A. M. Gelsthorpe 5'5 0 55 II 0 S. J . Maiden 1'57 49 7 The following batted in less than three innings: G. F. Juckes (2-0-13), J. C. Page (1-0- 1), G. D. Watkins, R. Crowley and A. B. Cowley, played but did not bat.

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R. L. Gottwaltz T . H. French .. P. D. Baker C. H. C. Go re .. C. V. Snatt N. E. Ashenden

Maidens.

Runs.

Wickets.

724 307

49 '9 37 '7

' 93

10 2 '3 3

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62 5

387 5' '4 2

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A. M. Gelsthorpe ,8 7 73 S. ] . Maiden 46 4 25 0 C. H. Trehane .. 56' 5 (, 255 The fo llowing also bowled : C. E. W. Chapman (2-0-'9- 1), (8- ' -32- ' ), and E. F. Housden (2-0-27-0).

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'4'7 8 , 6·,6 , 6'97 2 1' 41

25'5 0

35'5 0

3 25'66 7 35'7' 5 50'10 F. H. Seabrooke

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. C. N. RYAN. -King's Scholar;

entered the School, ]an ., ' 905;

VIth Form,

Jan., 1908; Monitor, Jan., 1909 j Captain of the School, Sept., 19 10 i Editor of Call/uar/an, Sep t., ' 9 10; Hon . Sec.

of Debating Society. Sept., 1909; President, Sept., 1910; Sports' Committee, Sept.,

Colour·Sergt.,

] an.,

' 9 10 j

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Sergt., G.T.C., Sept. ,

Cadet Officer,

I Q09 ;

Sept., 1910.

Waddington Gift.

J . B. SIDEBo'J'HAM. - Entered the School, Sept., '905; VIth Form, Sept., 1908; Monitor, Sept.,

1909 j

H ouse Monitor, Jan "

19 1 1 ;

Sergt. ,

O.T. C. , Feb., 19'0 ; School Exhibitioner and Scholar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. GOAD. -King's Scholar j entered the School, May, 19,02; VIth Form, Jan., 1909.

E . A. SQU IRE.-Entered the School, Jan ., IC,}o7; VIth Form, Jan., '909

Monitor,

Sept., ' 9' 0. H.

SPENCE . -

King's Scholar j entered the School, May, (904 i Vlth Form, Sept., 1909i Monitor, Jan., ' 9 11; Sergt., O.T.C., Sept., 191 0,

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C. K. MowLL.-King's Scholar; entered the School, Sept., ' 905; VIth Form, Sept., ' 909 ; Monitor, Sept., '9' 0; Sergt. O.T.C., Feb. ' 910; Cadet Officer, Sept. 'g 10. A. ]. LusH.- En tered the School, Sept., 'g06; VIth Form, Sept. 'g09; Monitor, Oct., ' 909 ; 1st XV., 19 10-19 IJ ; Sergt., O.T.C., Feb., ' 910.

E. F. HOUSDEN.-King's Scholar; entered the School, Sept., '906; Vlth Form, Sept., 1909 ; Monitor, Sept., 1910 j 1st XI., 1910, 19 1 J i 1st XV" IgIO-I I; Gym. Pair, 1910-1 r i Fives Pair, 19 10- 11 ; Sports' Colours, 19 10; Sports' Comm itl ee , Sept., 19 10;

Sergt., O.T.C., March, '9 " ; School Exhibitioner and Scholar of Peterhousc, Cambridge .

R. E. GORDoN.-Entered the School, Jan . ' 907; VIth Form, Sept., ' 910; , st XI., 1909-IO-1 1 j Vice-Captain of Cricket, 19 1 J; 1st XV., ' 90910-1' ; Fives Pair, J909- 10- I I j Sports' Committee, Jan., 1910 i Admission 45th into R.M .A., Woolwich . L. L. FosTER.-Entered the School, May· I g06; 1st XV" 1909-1 0- 11; Sports' Committee, Sept., ' 9 ' o. C. H. TREHANE .-Rntered the School, May, 1907 j 1st XV., '91 0- I' ; Admission

64th R.M .C., Sandhurst. F. H. SEABROoKE.-Entered the School, Sept., 1907

j 1st XI., ' 9 10- 11 j Hon. Sec. of Cricket, 191 I. R. L. GOTTWALTz.-Entered the School, May, 1906 j 1St XL, 1 909-10- 11 i Captain of Cricket, 19 1 I j 1 St XV ., Ig08-q- IO-1 I j Vice-Captain of Football, Sept., 19 10 j Captain, Jan ., 19 1I j Sports' Colours, J 9 J 0; Sportsl Committee, Sept., I g09 j Sergt., O.T.C., August, J gl I .•

A. G. KEysER.-Entered th e School, Sept. ' 907 ; 1st Boat, ' 91,. G. A. TOWN END.-Entered the School, May, 1906 i 1st XV., 1910- 1 r. A. M. GELsTHoRPE.-Entered the School, May, Ig08 i 1st XV. , '909-10-1 1 j Sports' Colours . 1910.

T . H . FRENcH.-Entered th e School, ]an ., 1904; , st XI., ' 9' 1.

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V ALETE. J . C. Morris, R. E. C. Smith, S. E. Hedgcock, H. C. Hands, J . S. Worters, R. W. Morris, L. E . Eastwick-Field, G. D. Watkllls, D. Cock rem, E. H . F. Morns, W. Gray, C. H. Kenyon, D. S. Gurney, H. M. Deans, C. S. Pittis, S. E. Compton, B. M. Jones R. H. J. Pessers.

OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. The Camp of 1911 is over, and t hough long before these lines appear in prin t the brown (and black) of the cheeks will have gi ven place to the , "pa,le cast of thought," the memories and lesso ns of those J2 days under canvas wlll abIde. The Detach ment numbered 75. A few dropped off for various reasons at the last, one or two having no reason at all. Two wagons of the A.S.C. conveyed the baggage to t he station, and the party moved out of the Mint Yard Gates, headed by the band un der Sergeant Drummer Crowley an d pursued by th e cheers of the boys they left behind them . The journey was hot and the train was late. North Camp was reacht:d about half-past two. T he band struck up one 'of its marches .an d off we went to Farnborough Common. To our great delight we fo u.nd that. our lines faced the broad street which separated the 4th from the 3rd battalIon. Dllmer was soon un~e r way, beddin g and other things soon drawn, and a start was made for a.12 days' li fe in the open air. Our Contingent provided the Battalion guard the first ll1!?ht, and all night long a sleepless Captain in his te nt next the guard room heard nothmg but the sentinels' challenges, the ratlle of the ri fle coming to the order, the two bumps on the ground as the weapon was brought up to the slope, the sound of one boot heel coming into resonant contact wi th the other, and as he peeped throu gh the ten t door about 4.30 a.m. he saw an extensive yawn filling the entire common, as ~ weary sentry gazed towards his front and longed for the relief. Sunday passed placIdly. Church parade to ok place atÂˇ 10 o'clock, our fi fers taking th eir place in th~ ba~d. Ou Monday the Contingents fro m the rest of the fi fty odd schools came po~ n ng In. Our lot h~d a morning all to ourselves on Laffan's Plain and E elmore HIll. The Band was In waiting that day and right well did they acquit themselves at Retreat and Tattoo.

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On Tuesday the Camp Trai nin g commenced in earnest. For the first few days there was Company Training under Company Commanders guided by the Battalion Commanders. This was prog ressive, and it led to Battalion Training, and that in its turn culminated in a Brigade Field Day. Our Battalion Commander was Captain Pay ne-Gallwey, Grenadier Guards, an d the Adjutant was Lieu t. Berners, Irish Guards. The .mornings were spent in fi~ld exercises and th e afternoons in" sight-seeing," howitzers, heavy guns and things. Fellows got rather fed up wi th this. Waiting about tw o hours ou tside the balloon shed to see an. aeroplane was a bit off, but that was not so bad as marching miles and miles and then seeing half a dozen carcases and "Monday's din ner quietly feedin g in their stalls at the end of it. The ae roplane fli ghts, which took place .nearly every evenin g, were watched with much interest and shouti ng, an d we believe a Dover boy was lucky, or unlucky, enou gh to be taken up one evening as a passenger. I)

Camp life and duties broug h~ out the proper qualities in many of our fellows. I wi ll not mention names. I will only say this: th at in th e future no cadet can hope for promotion to the higher non -commissioned ranks (e xcept und er special circumstances) unless he goes to camp, and this for the simple reason that no one can catch the proper spirit or fit himself for performing the duties and responsibilities which non-commissioned rank calls for, until he has seen and ex perie nced fo r himself all that camp means in the matter of patience, order, unselfishness, cheerfulness, help.fulness, reliability, resourcefulness. That our Contingent came off with credit no one can deny. We are not perfect and never will be, but I am sure that in every one there was an earnest desire to do his best. Our discipline in the lines and on the march was good. I t was put to a severe test during those hot days, and many a one won moral victories over and over again by obeying the II cruel only to be kind" order of the captain to refrain from drinking ti ll he gave the word. The Brigade Guard we furnished one day was certainly one of the best of the whole camp. Three things stand out vcr)' prominently in my mind, practically the three principles on which our training was based. First we were told and we learnt that the backbone of th e soldier' s art is smartness. A battalion of Grenadiers came to camp to show us what smartness mea ns. The display was smartness and steadiness personified . I was told witÂˇh a triumphant chuc kle that one Guardsman had been seen to .. scratch ., while standin g at ease. If it is true, I am sure that that unlucky young man is still living on bread and water. We can acq uire habits of smartn e.ss both on and off parade which will improve our work and increase our self-respect. II You can always tell a Guardsman" (amon g other things, he wears his hair short), said I I Ruggles " the last evening. Let us apply that phrase to ourselves . Let the Mint Yard re-echo with the click of boot-heels. It means more than one thinks. A heel-clicker cannot be a sloucher.

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Smartness leads to number two, discipline. All who attended camp must have seen that we would neve r have had the success we had, whether on the parade g round, in the lines, or in the field, jf we had not all thoroughly understood the value of di scipline. Many of you will, I hope. be officers one day. You will as officers never be successful unless you know that your men will act exactly as you want them to act, and expect them to act. If th ey have not been disciplined to that, you will be all over the shop. Acquire the habit now, and whe n you are told to be on the range at 12,15, be there; when you are asked to return your great coat to store at a certain time, do so; don't wait for that fatal "last moment." That is not good training , or good discipline fo r yo u, a nd it involves your officers in endless trouble. When you are officers (or indeed when yo u hold any post of re sponsibility), you will be able to enforce discipline with a clearer conscience because you will know that you were never slack yourselves. And the third point affects more nearly officers and n on~com mi ssio ned officers. The efficiency of the Battalion depends entirely upon the efficiency of the eight captains. a nd the efficiency of the Company depends absolutely on the efficiency of the four Section Commanders. Call it decentralisation or what you will, it means that each man has his own job to do and he must do it. I know it takes a long tim e to get all this into our heads, but we have been at this game three years, and by this time military terms, military words of command, military needs ought to be as familiar to us as househol d words. A section commander ought now to be able to twist his section round his little finger. But can he, does he? Does he see that his section attends punctually on the range, is punctual on parade, is neat and properly dressed on parade, knows what is expec ted of it? or does he leave this his bounden duty to the unfortunate captain who has already enough to tear his hai r over? The lessons of this camp will hav!;! been thrown away if section commanders do not from n ow onwards realise a little more the ir respo nsibilities and devote to their sections the due proportion of time and attention. The more responsibility a man has, the greater the benefit to himself and to the community. Try it and see for yourselves.* During cam p, we heard th at the following had gained Certificate" A" :-Claypole, Ryan. Trehane. Sidebotham (primus and sec1mdus) and Crosse. Warmest congratulations to all. There is not a ve ry large entry this tim e, but we ought to get one or two certificates if fellows will stick to it. As Commanding Officcr I must say one parting word of thanks to my two Cadet Officers. Both have deserved the thanks of the Corps and the School. Ryan was a cadet who kn ew his work a nd did it we ll. OiThese golden remarks were written early in August. In October the Report of the last Certificate "A" Examination appea red, and I should like to quote the following passage ;-" Commanding Offictrs must remember that the efficiency of a Contingent depend:> to a large extent on that of its nonÂˇcommissioned office rs, and that, for cadets. the fir st step towards being an efficient company officer is to be an efficient Sect ion Commander. One of lhe objects of the Officers Training Corps i$ to start cadets on the way to become officers."

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l\10wll has been marc closely co nnected with me in my office work, and I can only say of him that he has always been my right hand man. Capable, willing, indefatigable. he will be hard to replace.* The Kin g has been most graciously pleased to award a medal to the most dese rving officer or cadet in each C;ontingent, as a personal gift in memory of his Coronation. I had no hesitation in recomme ndi ng Mowll as the recipient o f th e medal, and it was duly presented to him this term . The tent-pitching team were successful in gaining second prize in the competition at camp. This is most satisfactory. 'We were only two marks behind Highgate, the winners. The training this ter m has consisted chicfly of tactical exercises 011 the Scotland Hills. Sergeants have bee n in command and the results cannot fail to be good, Every operati on is foll owed by a pOtU-wow and mistakes are pointed out. I sho uld not be surprised if before long some Section Commander has a go for that cup. C. W.B. -This is not mean t to be ungracious to Qr. -Mr. Sgt. Way te and his Staff, who arc doing excellent work.

SCHOOL NEWS. We cO hgralulate C. Vi. Kid sOI1, C. Page, A. B. Forsyth, E. J. H odgson, A. C. T elfer and S. J. Maiden on being made monitors this term.

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The fo llowing have been promoted into the Sixth Form : R. K. Pagett, F. C. Gentry, G. E. J. Gent, D. H . G. No rth cote, S. W. Wayte, S. J. Maiden, F. H . Fardell.

*~" We offer a hearty welcome to two new-comers on the staff this term, Mr. L.

C. V. Bathurst and Mr. F. G. Mirfield. The former, who takes the place of Mr. Woods in the Junior School, was ed ucated at Rad ley and Trinity College, Oxford and has had experience as a master at Elstree and elsewhere. H e went through the South African war, is a Cricket Blue ( 1892, 3, +) and played for the Gentlemen of E ngland . %-}f.%

Mr. Mirfield was educated at Marlborough and New College, Oxford, where he passed with honours in the H istory

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schools. He is also a brilliant linguist, a Hockey Blue ( 1906, 7, 8) and ran as 2nd string in

Cambridge. OUT

the

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heartiest congratulations are due

to Mr. and Mrs. Moxon on the birth of their second sO,n on Oct. 14th.

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We are pleased to be able to announce that the new organ for the school chapel

is in process of construction and will, it is hoped, be in position early next year. There is still however, an opportunity for subscriptions to be made by any who for variou s reasons have not yet been g,ble to

contribute to th e cost of the organ ; Mr. Hodgson will be pleased to accept any further donations.

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The other alteration is in the Alford Laboratory which has been entirely refitted with a new scientific apparatus. For both these very welcome improvements we wish to offer our heartiest thanks to the Headmaster.

",," A paper-chase was run on Oct. 2nd. Telfer and Dawbarn were the hares and the course was about eight mi les long. The leadin g hounds were H eywood,

Fardell, Claypole, Cooper and Cottrell.

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On Thursday, Oct. 19th, Rev. TheoÂˇ dore Wood delivered a lecture to the Scho ol on "Earth-Builders." H e dealt with worms and coral" insects" and was altogether most enlightening and enlivening .

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During the holidays two important improvements have been mad e in the school buildings. The somew hat nondescript chamber under the old Library,

Congratulations to R. E. Gordon on passin g 45th into \.yoolwich and C. H . Trehan c 64th into Sand hurst. Also to G. A. Townend on being awarded a

formerly used by budding photographers

Kin g's Cadetship at Sandhurst.

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as a dark room, has been con verted into a most convenient changing room for the houses. A window has been made in the wall facing the Mint yard and the interior has received all the llecessary fittings. At the same time it has still been possible to reserve a small apartment for the

VIth Form played the rest of the School

photographers.

and won casily by 31 points to nil.

A match between Mr. Rear's and Mr. Evans' hOllses was played on Oct. 20th, when Mr. Reay's were victorious by 32 points to 18. On Oct. 28th, the

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Captain of Football Captain of Cricket Captain of Games

J UCKES.

MONITORS: G. H . Claypole, F. L. Sidebotham, H. de H . Smith, P. B. Cottrell, R. Juckes, C. W. IGdson, J. C. Page, E. J. Hodgson, A. B. Forsyth, A. C. Telfer, S. J. Maiden. EDITORS

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D. H. G. Northcote. SPORTS'

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R. Juckes, H. de H. Smith, G. H. Claypole, P. D. Baker, A. B. Forsyth, P. B. Cottrell, C. V. Snatt.

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POETR Y. "The sadness or leavi ng is masked in the joy of departure. We don't think of ToÂˇmorrow." (Last Cantuarian Editorial).

We thought not of to-morrow: in th e stir Of that consuming Present lon g ago; We had no time, while life swung to and fro; To hear th e mutterings of th e Harbi nge r. Oft, tho' unheeded, would His th eme recur " Eurydice must ever die, and 10. H To-day is like her, nor can Orpheus know "How, even in music, to recapture her." Yet heard we not: then followed bitterness T eaching the self-same lesson . All too late We saw the Treasure that had passed away. Then clutched we wildly at the fl eetin g tress Of lost Eurydice. and knew our fateTo soon" To-morrow H was g rown I f Yesterday."

DEBATING At a meeting held on October 2nd, G. H. Clarpole was elected President, S. ]. Maiden,- Vice-President, and F. L. Sidebotham, Hon. Sec. The following were elected on the committee : C. W. Kid soll, P. B. Cottrell, H. de H. Smith and D . H. G . Northcote.

SOCIET Y. The first debate was held on Thursday, Oct. 9th. when the motion before the H ouse was that ,I Italy was quite unjustified in attacking Tripoli." On the whole the meeting was a success, though we should have much liked some member of the audience to have given us his views

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on the subject under discussio n. As has been pointed out before, even if you have no opinions of your own to put fo rward. nothing is easier than to criticise other people's speeches. S. J. jl1:aidm opened the debate by remarking that it was an almost unprecedented thing for that H ouse to discuss movements still occ upying the attention of Europe, but such was th e importance of the subj ec t under disc ussion that it was well to break through a ncient traditions on this occasion. He then discussed the condition of T ripoli und er T urkish rule, and pointed out that the country was developing and gradually growing more prosperous. when the action of Italy completely upset all Turkey's plans. Next he proceeded to shew that Italy. who, he admitted, had some real grievances. had refused to accept redress wh ich the Turks were quite willing to give. but had followed their ultim atum speedily by a declaration of war. This. he maintained. was a breach of international law as laid down by the Hague Convention. H e concl ud ed by appea lin g to the British love of fair play a nd justice which was entirely outraged by th e action of I taly. D . H. G. N orlfleole then took up his position on the Rostni m, and with characteristic gestures, proceeded to demolish the argum ents of the previous speake r. He flatly de nied that Tripoli had been increasing in prosperity un de r Turkish ru le. and declared that since Turkey had held the place thin gs had been going from bad to worse. Quoti ng extensi vely from what he termed ., a n impartial newspaper," he essayed to prove

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that the action of Italy had not bee n hasty. but the outcome of years of trouble in Tripoli. The identity of the" impartial newspaper " remained a mystery for some time, but was discovered later in the evening . Finally he dealt with the proposed closing of the Dardanelles by the Turks, whi ch was threatening a sto ppage of corn and increased prices in England. On this subject the speaker waxed eloquent: .. What wou ld happen," he exclai med in im passioned tones ... if we were deprived of our brown loaf and our sausage "? That so rt of t hin g was II not done at all." On these ground s he begged to oppose the moti on. H de H . S1JllÂˇ'1t opf::ned his remarks by unfolding th e identity of th e co impartial newspaper," whi ch he recognised to be the Daily jJÂŁail from the weather forecasts on the back. H e the n proceeded, in a very lucid speec h, to em phasise the fact that th e sudd enn ess of Italy's declaration of war proved conclusively that the grievances ~he alleged were mere pretexts, and that T ripoli itsel f was the real object of her ambition. H e referred to th e fact that Italy was imitatin g the German game of "bluff," an d was carrying it lOa far. I n concl usion, he remarked that it was a scandalous thing for the peace of Europe to be threatened by the action of a ve ry seco nd rate powe r, wh o had moreover no valid pretext for war. G. H. C/a)'po/e, who made by far the best speech of the evening, devoted some time to a refutation of the argument that Ita ly's action had been precipitate or unjust, quoting France's action in Tunis or Morocco, and England's in Egypt, as occasions when other powers had acted

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similarly. He also said, in light and somewhat contemptuous tone s, that the only really popular complaint against Italy was that he r action had been Ullsporting. But he begged the H ouse uot to be swayed by such flimsy argu men ts ; the only good rul e in politics. as all the wor ld knew, was "everyone for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.1I Such things as In ternational Law were nowadays quite obsolete . . He went on to say that in the event of war between Great Britain and Germ<~ny, it was to Italy we must look for our ally in the Mediterranean, th erefort: it was to our interest not to quarrel with her. And so he thought it obvious that we ought now to lend her our moral support in he r prese nt venture, bearing in mind what ou r own true interests were. C. W. Kzaso1l, in a decidedly incoheren t speech, endeavoured (vainly, it would appear) to answer the weighty

I speaker. arguments brought forward by the last H e denied that th ere had been any parallel in history to the sudden and un ne cessary decl aration of war by Italy j the circumstances of those occasions quoted by the last speaker, he said, were so different as to alter the whole complexion of the business. He then ass'ured th e Ho use that the wh ole crux of the matter lay in the injustice of Italy's actio n, and he quoted the words of the aged Turkish Grand Vizier on this subject. He concl uded a long peroration by stating that all Islam had been stirred up by Italy's unjust act, ann th ere was danger of a general ri sing of the followers of Mahomet to make a violent and simultan eous attack on Christian Europe. The debate was then throw n open to the audience, but, as all remained dum b, the motion was at once put to the H ouse and lost by ,6 votes to 33.

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FOOTBALL. LIST . OF Dalt.

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LATTER'S

XV.

The openin g match of th e season was played on Bla re's Piece. The " scratch" side was mu ch stron ge r than usual, and for the first time for several years proved successful. The School were handi capped by th e absence throu gh injury of four old colours, Forsyth , Snatt, Smith and Co ttrell, and this circumstan ce. combined with th e lack of practice due to th e hard ground , depri ved them of the advantages of co mbination. The opposing three-quarters were mu ch faste r than th e School backs, and repeated ly ran round th em, but t his is no excuse fo r indiffe rent marking and unce rtai n tacklin g . The passin g will , no do ubt, improve with further practice . . The School halves show ed mu ch promise ; th ey were both smart, an d Bake r made man y openin gs which were not taken. The forward s a re rath er light, take n as a whol e i th ey packed well, but mnst kick for th e ball in the sc rum and go harder in the open. H ey wood, at full back. ki cked a nd fi elded well, but hi s tackling is rather vague. The first half was ve ry even . J uckes, 'Wood, and Ashenden scored for th e School, two o f th e tries being converted by the fi rst-named ; the goal scored from our secon d try was the result of a very fin e ki ck from the tOl1chli ne. Our opponents got over four tim es, all from good openin gs by D. R. J ones and Rev. T. Williams, the London Welsh halves. Two tries were converted, a nd the sco re at half-time was 16 points- ÂˇJ 3 against th e School. â&#x20AC;˘ On resumin g. th e game went more in our opponents' favour, and the School were kept on the defensive : t he forwards rushed well on several occasions, but did not succeed in securing possession often enough. Mr. Mirfield was prominent in attack, and quite outpaced th e School defence. but un fo rtunately strained his ankl e. The School team was as foll ows :-V. R. H ey wood (back) ; G. F. Wood, N. E. Ashenden. C. E . W. Chapma n. C. E. A. Pulla n (three-quarters); P. D. Baker. G. E. J . Gent (hal ves) ; R. J uckes. G. H Claypole. S. W. Wayte. R. A. F. Whistle r, G. F. Juckes, G. W. A. T odd, F. L. Sidebotham, N. D. Dalton (forwards).

KING'S

SCHOOL

WYE

COLLEGE.

Played on Blore's Piece on Tuesday, Oct. 24th, and won by the visitors by goals and 4 tries (22 poi nts) to nothin g. The Sc hool team was still suffering from various injuries-Snatt, Cottrell. Claypole, a nd Baker were away, while Smith, Ju ckes, Todd , and Sidebotham we re play ing for th e first time fo r nearly a fortni ght. With so disorganised a XV. little combinat ion could he expec ted, but a much cl oser score would have resulted if the three-quarters- except Smith . wh o was starved throughout 2

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the game-had shown an elementary knowledge of how, when, and why to take and give passes, or had shown the slightest determination, bo th in running and tackling. The game itself needs little description. T he School forward s went off at a fine pace. a nd though overweighted in the scrum. and visibly tiring towards " noÂˇ side," played hard to the end. For th e first quarter of an hour there was nothin g in it; th en th e Wye backs got going, and by dint of superior pace, and bad markin g on the School's part got over four times, the sco re at half-time being 14-0. The seco nd half was mu ch more even; bu t only on one occasion ~ id th e School look like sco ring, whe n a fine bit of combi nation on the right wi ng betwee n Smith and Ashe nden was nullified by lamentable lack of pace on th e latter's part. Smith being unable to check himself enough to prevent th e seco nd reve rse pass being forward. VI/ye sco red twi ce. Forsy th played a splendid game throughout, and repeatedly smothered the \Vye outsides with perfel.: tly judged tacklin g. Our opponents' second try was a very close th ing. Forsyth's tackl e breaking the cornerflag almost simultaneously with the groundi ng of the ball. No serious faul t can be fo und with the halves ; Gent was qui ck and sat O il the ball most pluckily. Clayton, taking Baker's place at stand-off, playe d a good game and went hard, but stood rather too far away from th e se rum- half, thus delaying the attack, a nd giving the opposing three-quarters time to get going. Of th e three-quarters, Ashenden, de spite his slowness, goes hard, but must pass at th e rig ht moment, a nd' also not over his outside's head. T he same criti cism-wi ld, erratic, useless passing-applies to Mason, who was perhaps suffe rin g from" stage-fri gh t.1I Trevitt had little to do, and co uld n't take the few passes he got ; also, he did not appear to make full use of his pace. Smith , as we said before, was starved, or gi ven impossible passes ; he played inside for the last fifteen minu tes. His fin e turn of speed often f! nabl eci him to c ut across and help the other wing in defence. a nd he kicked well. R. J uckes led th e forwards adm lra bly-the rest of the pack must back up quicker in the short" 25" ki ck; one man ca nnot hope to dri bble through alone. Of th e rest, 'Whistler, wh o, with a ba ndaged head, played very hard, as usual, and G. F. Juckes were the most prominent. The School team was as follows :-A. B. Forysth (ba ck) ; H. de H. Smith , N. E. Ashenden. R. F. Mason. J. L. Trevitt (three-quarters) ; G. E . J. Ge nt, C. H . Clayton (halves) ; R. Jucke s, R. A. F. Whistl er. S. W. Wayte. G. F. Juckes. G. W. A. Todd, A. H. Shelswell, F. L. Sidebo th am, H . G. Kain (for wards).

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O.K.S. We offer our heartiest congratulations to G. H. S. Pinsent on passing 1St into the Home Civil Service. His marks (+,2 ) were boo above those of the second on the list and zoo higher than the previous record. He has accepted a clerkship in the Treasury, whe re we wi sh him success as continuous as it has been in the past.

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A. F. B. Cottrell has gained a commission in the S2nd Battery R. F .A. and

NEWS. Ernest Henry Glennie, (O.K.S. 1890-'92) to Harriett Naysmith, daughter of Alexander Stuart Rae, Heathbank, Broughly Ferry. Olive-Aldrich-On Aug. ISt, at St. Mary's Church, Wimbledon, by the Rev. J. J. Olive, brother of the bridegroom, and the Rev. D. M. Salmon, Curate of the Parish, Gabriel Franklyn Olive of

Rokeby, Wimbledon, (O. K.S. 19 00 - 190 5 to Dorothy, eldest daughter of Charles Roper Aldrich of High Ridge, Wimbledon.

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is stationed at Borden, Hants.

Lieut. E. P. Berryman of the 39th Garwhalis was selected with a few other officers to represent the Indian Army in Londo n at the Coronation. The same regiment contains among its officers

another O.K.S., Maj. W. H. Wardell (left 1885). Capt. C. W. G. Walker, 37th Dogras, has passed the Staff College exams., and is ~ qualified to serve on the staff of the Indian Army.

**" Marnages. Glennie - Rae. - At St. Stephen's Church, Bronghty Ferry, on Sept. 4th, by the Rev. Dr. Leask, assisted by Professor Cooper, D. C. L., University, Glasgow,

Congratulations to R. E. Gordon and A. C. Fluke on playing for th e R.M.A.; the former has already secured his" Rep ." Also to L. L. Foster who was prominent ill the Oxford Fres hmen's match.

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R. M. Gent was unfortunately unable

to play for th e Oxford Seniors but has since played for Blackheath against Guy" Hospital. C~)l~gratulations t~ R. L. Gottwaltz o n gaullng a comnllSSlOn in the R.F .A. (Special Reserve). He is now stationed at Shorncliffe.

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We are sorry to hear that G. C. Strahan has been invalided home from

India.

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H . Hammo nds has gained an appoIntment in the Indian Public Works Department.

to play should send in their nam es to R. L. Gottwaltz, R.F.A. Barracks, Shorncliffe as soon as possible.

V. L. Armitage is now an assistant master at Gore Court, near Sittingbourne.

As we go to press we hear that Dr. Galpin. has been. elected on the Education Committee of the Ke nt County Coun cil. We are sure that his energy will find a congenial outlet in this appoi ntm ent, and wish him all success.

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The O.K.S. match will take place on Tuesday, 19th December.

Those wishing

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MUSIC. On Saturday, Oct. 14th, in response to the headmaster's invitation, Mr. Pitt

R. Haht:.

BONNE CHANSON

SON OF MINE (Free-hooter Cradle Song)

Chatham very kindly gave the school a vocal recital. Mr. Chatham, who has since left England for Rus sia where he holds a cou rt appointment, makes it his rule never to sing in public in this countrv; we are therefore all the more indebted to him fo r hi s kindness in sin gi nO' to us ; it is not often that we have the privilege of hearing so splendid a voice, and the school was not slow in showing its appreciation of this performance. The co nce rt took place in the Gymnasium. PROGRAMME.

LES

BERCEAUX

DANS UN BOIS SOLITAIRE

W: Wallace. KII . I.l&KRA:>iKIE

BOIWER BALLARD

Mozart.

COUlell.

EMI'IRE SONG (The Oean)". I Nn::RVA L

C. C. E. Ryley.

MJNUTRS.

A U F JlLUGELN DES GESANGES DJ~R

GAFANGENER .,.

Dm B,.;IDEN GRENAPIER 1' 1. 1. SING THEE SONGS OF ARABY". PIl.G RIM' S SONG ...

G. Faur/.

.. ' } H. H. WeltFOler.

EpPlE McNAB

MI STRESS MINE KI NG CHARLES ...

Afendelssohll. Gntdurm'aow. .,' Schuman11 .

F. Clay . Tdtaikowsky. R. Quilter.

lYE. V. White.

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.. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING OUT ON STRIKE. Tell me not. Polly. that you mind, If in the garage. I, With chastened breast, my taxi find A-standing high and dry. True. a new fair* I fain would chace, Or han g about a club: You want strong faith when you've to face Your rent, your kid s, your grub. The contents of my purse are such As yo u. Poll, must deplore: I could have earned. love, oh! so mu ch, Loved I not" extras" more. â&#x20AC;˘ I mean "fare."

HARVEY SOCIETY. We publish below the list of lectures on the card of the Harvey Society this term. Lack of space prohibits us from giving a report of those w h ~ch ~a~e already taken place. The SOcIety IS In a ve ry flourishing condition and has a membership of 132, a record number. R. G. Crosse. Oct. 14. .4 Lanlern Slides II V. R. Heywood. Oct. 21. "Paper " Nov. II. " Greek Pottery" , .. D. Hussey.

Nov. 18. "The Indian )1utiny " S. J. Maiden. Nov. 25. "Pscudodoxia Epidemicn)) (Sir Thomas Moore). The Headma!oter. Dec. 9. "ThcMap o( theWorld " H. Poole, Esq.

Mr. Wa re is again kindly acting as President; S. W. Wayte has bee n elected H on. Sec.) and V. R. H eywood, Lantern Operator; the above,. with G. H. Claypole and C. W. Kld son, form the Committee.

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"FRATRES." The lads from ' the Oxford and Bermondsey Mission had a good holiday by the sea in August last. A camp was arranged [or th em in a co rnfield at H opton, a small place on th e Norfolk coast not far from Yarmouth . There was accommodation for 60 boys and 10 officers. T his outing represe nts the climax of the club's year i each boy pays by instalm ents at least half of his exp enses, wh ich amounted with railway fare, to about 10/ 6 for Âˇ one week. The cam p lasted a fortnight, the Commandant, Mr. Allen, Adjutant, Mr. J. Monk a nd Chaplain, Rev. R. Winser, remaining all the time, the boys and other officers changing at the end of the week. There was nothing military about the camp, no bugle calls, parades, or drills, it was just a holiday, everybody came just to enjoy himself, and have ' for one short week his fi ll of pure air, gopd food and plenty of play. The cam p was a rranged with six tents fo r sleeping, each accom modating 10 boys and one officer. There was a tent used as a canteen whe re cc pine chips." "ginger beer " and "raspberry qu enchers" toge th er wi th chocolates were sold. This was open at certain hours in the day to the lads, and also the "pubJic " -which was represented by a small damsel, a fa rm labourer's daughter of four years, who came to camp one morning and was escorted by th e Commandants with mu ch sole mnity to make a purchase of a pennyworth of chocolate. Then a marqu ee beside which flew a Union Jack, this was used as cook's-tent,

store-tent, medical ten t, all at one tim eH e re the cook stirred gigantic puddi ngs, the va liant adjutant cut up endl ess loaves of bread, the commandant lapped a belated meal. .. Medical comforts" in the shape of black draughts we re administered, cuts were dressed and clothes mend ed. Nobody mind ed however, and each did his work in a happy-go- lucky way, which indeed was the spirit of the camp the whole time. The Canterbury Club boys had a tent to themselves and represented quite a little clique. They welcomed most cordially those whom some of them had met at Canterb ury in July last. The cc College boys "- as they call the men of the King's Schoo), were asked after and speculations were made as to how these holidays were being spent. Not being a military camp no uniform was worn, the only uniformity was that everybody wo re as little as possible. King's School jerseys had evidently been sent down to th e lads ::tnd it was interesting to see boys sportin g King's School boating coloUTs of'905 and 1St XV. ditto of the same date. Red shirts were popular with many and so were sky blue jerseys, so th e motley crew looked quite festive. H ere is an average day's programme-Get up when you like, bathe if yo u like. Praye rs at 7 dclock heldÂˇ in the open and \"ery sho rt, imm ediately followed by breakfast. The lads a ll got up very early, fresh air and hard beds are conducive to this, most had bathed a nd so all were able to enjoy a substantial breakfast wh ich consisted of eggs, porridge, bread and jam, and bread

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and butter, washed down with quantities of tea-Bermondsey likes it very sweet!The order of things was ., officers wait on lads "-if a humble onlooker asked "why ?" the conclusive response was .. it is the spirit of the mission." As the officers proved most splendid servants the plan worked well, in any case from the lads' point of view, It is against. the" spirit of the mission" to praise the officers, who were all men from Oxford, but from an onl ooker's point of view. they were most admirable, in the way they worked wit.h the greatest zest and good humour, making t.he boys indeed feel that they were" all pals togethe r " to quote a camp song. After breakfast th ere came games of cricket and football (Association), tent playin g tent and in spite of the thermometer standing at 90Â° everybody played with great enthusiasm. Those not play ing seemed quite content to lie in the sun doing nothing, not to be wondered at after fifty-one weeks' work! One mornilig quite an exciting incident occurred. A young seal 3 ft. long came ashore and was captured by the lads in a blanket. and it was declared to be a "Mascot." It was tugged up the cliff with infinite trouble and deposited in the fresh water tank, which was emptied for its accommodation. The seal did not seem to mind his new quarters, and appeared quite tame, opening his eyes when addressed as .. Tommy II and looking up at the speaker with a meditative snort! He, alas! had to be shot as he was only found at the end of camp time, a~ld so represented rather a white elephant to the Commandant; as it was impossible to translate him to Bermondsey he was slain where he was alld his skin was kept as

a trophy. Each afternoon some outing was arranged and the camp clea red out, often taking their tea with them in a hand-cart. to return to supper in boisterous spirits at 8 o'clock. when hot cocoa and bread and cheese was served round. hu ge quantities being put away by the hungry boys amid much good humour and poor wit! Sometimes they returned to tea and th e evening was spent by havi ng a sing-so ng on the shore beside a hu ge bonfire - Here marvellous and wonderful songs were heard, mostly of the harmless music hall order though Mr. Winser had successfull y taught them" wrap me up in my tat paulin jacket" and this was sung by all with mu ch effect. Evening prayer came the last thing, any time from 9-9.30 j the long-suffering marquee was turned out and filled with 70 sunburnt holiday-makers who sat on the ground, or stood as best as th ey could. The service was short and primitive in character, but none the less impressive for th at. A hymn with a stirring tune, a few short prayers and an address from the Chaplain, or one of the officers, lasting about five minutes, of an eminently practical charader, then the order "to YOUf tents "-with no coercion, without corporal or monitor the lads all went to thei r tents and waited till the further order .â&#x20AC;˘ silence fOf two minutes" was called. When this was done the stillness was absolute; silence was broken by the familiar word s of the Lord's Prayer recited by the Chaplain who stood outside, then with a pleasant " good night all" th e Chaplain went to his tent-the buzz of voices continued and the day was done-. THE ONLOOKER.

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OXFORD OXFORD,

Oclooer 151h.

191 t.

Dear Schola Regia, . "'Tis better far to laugh than to cry" I am assured by some effete balladmonger, LJU t at the idea of writing an O.K.S. letter in the second week of term th~ te~ rs unbidden spring to my lids. Stili WIth a firm sense of duty-inculcated, no doubt, by my sojourn 'neath the shadow- I grasp the Waterman sighing heavily. . I have two grievances, but may not aIr th em here, this being a ponderous business far removed from petty casesnor do I have them alone, for me the great majority rather than th e minority of o~e. .. Who is on my side, who"? met With a ready response. But of this anon and elsewhere. "Revm01lS aux 110S moulOlls" (V b French and a good tag), of O.K.S. I have seen. met, or heard of almost all . those I have' not anythin ged I will invent about. Yates had a tea-party last Sunday to which I was not bidden and almost wem. H e was, they tell me, well and ~heery. C. N. Smith, now an antique, IS up here (I have seen him ) the man is clever who knows why. Maclear, who is endeavouring to achieve a history professorship at Aurungzebepatam, Aylward, and Townend are but tender memories. Webster is up, and though almost a priest

LETTER. and deacon, wears delicate spats. He 9-wells in the same road as Dodgson (who IS as robust as ever), that is to sayan hour and half away by hansom; I went there. last week and know-they must be workIng. Robe rt Gent has again bee n the cock-shy of the fates, crocked himself before the Seniors' match and has I believe, gone on doin g it onCe a week: He is. still the same and is going to Egypt III 1914 (approx. ) The St. J ohn's brig~de: battalion, or company are flounshtng as green bay trees ; Galpin (who they tell me works) looks more prophetic than ever i let's hope he will get a prophet's reward in Mods. H e seems cheery. Parsons ( H. ) and Kettelwell (].) dig together in a wee house. Parsons has become grossly fat. like a Melfin's prize baby, and has developed a streak of devilry we are all sorry to see. He plays hockey and rugger with zest and his tongue out. Keltel",ell plays hockey apologetically, sighs for a French bull-dog and complains of eld and illness' I think he lies. While Adams, the alway; excellent, has fled into the wilderness in preparation for SchOOls, rumour reports that he is fed by ravens, but I have been unable t.o veri~y this. He is in great form, bless. hIS stnct heart I *Hosking has sus tamed a reverse but seems very well on it, and Tom Nelson plays golf ferociously, and is becoming the absolute edge medically; he will be a threeguineas-a-minute specialist soon.

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Kit Battiscombe in a fit of fren zy passe d foriy~ /hne distinct examinations in th e vac. and is bubblin g over with brightness ; I mct him at "The Quaker Girl" last ni ght and he was hysterical as of yo re. H e is lovable as Sroee. O'Neill I saw yesterday; he wore a curious hat. Crowley I have smiled at, Lush I have smiled at, I hope they got over it. Saunderso n I met on a bicycle with bare knees (S. not th e bike), he looked athletic. ~Squire I have not even had a glimpse of, while *Lec, who was growin g such a big boy, has disappeared beyond my ken, I suppose he still lives ; I earnestly hope so. Foster, who gained kudos in in the FresheTs' Match, came to brekk er the other day; I saw him for a moment from my bedroom door, being clad tastefully yet simply in a shirt, as he left. I was late fo r breakfast. R. E . C. Smith ' is up, I have seen him, he is well. I really can't think of anyone else; if th ere is anyone left Qut, pardomuz-1Jloi, j' VO ltS'" pn'e (Idioms, p. 7731 ). Is this

curious tal e about Mr. Reay's house and a game of football, a fact ? "'tis true 'tis pity and pity 'tis 'tis tru e? JJ Christmas Daisies, I must stop, never has so tn?ch wate r of th e bilge (to me a nautical metaphor) been poured on rour dev~ted heads, I'm sure, still " ForgIve, forgive. forgive " ; I had whi tebait for lunch and feel kittenish.

R ccevez, messimrs, nos salutaiz'r)1ls. O.K.S . OXON. (bu t they aren' t really responsible). * T hese nrc they, I have not seen; still I. live in hopes or so doing; I trust I have not msulted anyone.

P. S.-It seems a great pity that one Of th e gents. O.K.S. Ox6n, houl d waste such a lot Of time writi ng such rot, But in any case you needn't read it if you don't want to.

.========== CAMBRIDGE Dear School, This is no tim e for a Cambridge Lette r; your request entails endless argum ent wi th conscientious persons whe refuse to relate great doings, without which we should have nothin g to say; fortu nately we have imagination and anonymity.

LETTER. Pin sent has left us in a blaze of glory, with a t riumphan t reco rd in the Civil to his name j his marks were such as must delight Mr. Rosenberg. T odd and Vvilliamson, prop of Magdalene, have also go ne down ; while Deighton, his name sti ll in the " Resident members'" list, assures us he has left us for ever.

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We welcome five new freshers, of whom Housden does everything at Po t~ house, where he succeeds a brother, from rugger, soccer, rowin g, running to the Math. Trip. Morris we hope to see, Palliser has a piano, Sidebotham helps Caius to exist, while Mowll, th e youn ge r, is occupied with "business." medical an d military, or, as someone put it, co rp se ~y and corps ~ y; he is learning a new tragic song. Sparling and Bellars are our patri~ archs ; each taking a second and fearsome Trip. unto himself, while Townshend is also working. Nelson, pressed as to th e reason for th e presence of a lady' s parasol in his room, showed us wi th pride pre s s ~ c omm e nts on the Corpus th eatri cals of last term: H Mr, Nelson's performance " ( we u1lderstand) " was really extraordinary, even for an am ateur." Of the t\Vo elder Mowlls, H . W. K. still presides over endless societies, while

of B. C. we can hear nothing, neit her have we news of Mannerin g. Merce r ro ws. Moline is working. Co wie p ro~ pounds theories (his own) on rowin g and coaching, the for mer to l o n g ~ s uffe rin g fre~ h erd om . th e latter, illustrated with a poker, to Nightin gale, wh o enthrals his staircase with Gil be rt and Sullivan. Townend, we hear, is to be seen runnin g at Fenn ers, but the market is steady j he says he is doing some work. Harker is rowin g, while Cave we met lately bleedin g from wounds horrid to behold; at the Labs. apparently the)' toss for th e right to produce specimens of human blood. Cave is complaining j he was always unlu cky, he says. Thus our doings. We hope to welcome a large gathering in December. Condolences on the ill-luck of the XV. in the matter of sickn ess. Yours, O.K.S. CANTAB.

CO RRE SPONDENCE . N . 8. -Tile Editors decline to accept all}' 1'espomibilitJI (()1tllected w ith tlu o/Jilliom oj tlw'1' Correspon' dents. Name and address must always be ,e ivm, /lot necessarily j or publication, bitt as a gual'atttee of good /ait/t. PersOllalities w ill involve certai'l rejection. Letters sl/ould be writtell Oil olle side of tile paper only.

Malakand Pass, N .W.F.P., India. To the Edt'fors of H THE CANTUA1UAN ." Dear Sirs, I hope you will be good enough to print this note in whatever edition it is in time for, 50 that H all who run may read."

My plaint is that I cannot, and cannot be ex pected to try and write, an Indian Letter unl ess I get news sent me. In th e ordinary course of events, I only hear from those O .K.S. whom I personally knew at School, and they number two or three-the remainder have to be asked as things stand at present, and it needs

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hours of letter-writing and hunting up addresses, which I am not prepared to do. O.K.S. are a lways co mplaining that th ey never hear of a .K. S., and wonder why they don't. If the Indian s will only send a few lines of news now and again I will always guarantee a letter- if they will not, it must drop, whi ch would be a pity. because it is about the only way of circulating news. Ever yours, B. H. MATHESON. [We hope that all a.K.S. in India will respond nobly to this appeal j it would be, as ou r correspondent s.'1.ys, a thousand pities for the Indian Letter to drop. The mantle of J. 1-1. Smit h, as Indian correspondent of the CauÂˇ tuarialt, has, at the express will of J. H. S., descended upon B. H . Matheson; we trust all I ndian O.K.S. will support him in this br no means easy posilion by sending him all lhe news. -EDO., Ca1ztuaria,,).

thanks often don't get them; anyhow. let this noble deed be duly sun g. No rose, howeve r. without a thorn. N a vote of thanks without a suggestion. If the Registe r of the School, proposed before. is still found impracticable, may not th e names and employments of all living O.K.S. (as far as ascertainable) be put into print, pamphlet form, a~ d made available j it might even be circulated through the Canluarian to all who care to send a shilling or so extra. Or again, has the follO\~ing idea .been tried yet, viz., that of sendmg a pnnted notice to all living O.K,S., asking them if th ey kn ew of the Bursar's Fund and would ca re to reÂˇinstate their names on his list. From the paucity of names of my co ntemporaries, and from the known keenness of very many of them on the School, I fan cy it is not the hardship of the 5/- that has left their names olf the books. Yours ever, O.K.S. INDIA.

India, 20, 9, I I. T o Ihe Edilors of "THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs, Can you spare a space for a vote of [l' rom the Responsihle Powers: thanks for the Rose. The 1'horn is distinctly thorny; yet we h?pe thanks? Whether th ey are due to the that wilhin a few months some such project H ead l\'I aster, or to the H a n. Bursar, as ou r correspondent suggests will be sel on O .K.S. Fund, I am not sure, probably to foOL- EoD. , Calltuar-ian]. both. I refer to the great improvement in the Pink Book, especially that part of it toward~ the end . It is a great pleasure H.M.S. U Neptune," looking up the disti nctions and present Home Fleet, spheres of one's old School-fellows, and 21, X, II. Portland. I must say the addition is calculated to To Ihe Editors of .. THE CANTUAlUAN." keep O.K.S. in touch with one an other, and to react healthily on th e School. So Dears Sirs, The "Neptune " is going to PortsI propose (and I am sure of a unanimous seconding) a hearty vote of thanks to the mouth in November for a refi t, and will Responsible Powers. People who deserve be there till after Christmas and the

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New Year. Should any K.S.-or O.K.S. for that matter-happen to be in the vicinity of Portsmouth during th e holidays and care to look over th e ship, I shall be very glad to see them on board and show th em over, It would be as well to drop me a card, stating the day and tim e, to ensure findin g me on boa rd. a nd if the ship is lying at a buoy, to enable arrangements to be made for a boat. I often come across people who wOllld like to go over a battleship, but have never had th e opportunity or known how to set about it. The Neptune was commissioned at the beginning of this year, being one of our latest battleships, and is a flagship, fiying the flag of Sir Francis Bridgeman, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet. This invitation, of course, extends for th e whole of our Commission, and wherever we happen to be. so I hope I shall 5ee some of you. Yours sincerely. W. H. MAUNDRELL, Clzaplai1t, R.N. [We should like to express our tha nk s for this kind invilalion.-EDD., Calltua1'iau).

Port Dickson, Negri Sembi Ian. Aug. zUld. 1911.

To Ilu Editors of "THE CANTUARIAN.') Dear Sirs, NO.3, Vol. VIII., reached me yesterday after devious wanderings. I must confess that you are, gentlemen. in your old age growing most obscure. From

your editorial-a mixture of Dickens' characters and William Morris' translations of Icelandic Sagas-I gathered that a very se rious thing has happened- the School no longer watch matches. I think I can remember that th e monitors in my day meted out very just and summary correction to any bac kslider, and th e sin never needed advertisement. I imagine the -, Old Hall" with his demand for electric fans. must have found the Beverley too far off. I may seem laudalor letllpon's acti, but I am sure many O.K.S. will agree with me that th e old IVth Form. and a year under that best of Form-Masters. Mr. Mason. left us no time to babble of heat waves and punkahs. I think I can remember having to report myself at intervals during a cricket match, when I had once been indisc ree t enough to mention that I had II cut" a previous match fo r an afternoon at th e Baths. I never I, cut" another. I hope the "Masonic spirit," if I may so call it, is still strong)n the School at large. And, by th e way, what has happened to Mr. Mason's and oth er Tutor-sets? I am sure h.lf the O.K.S. who ge t the Call1Uan'all don't know whether the egg of th eir Tutor-set produced Ospreys or Seagulls. I may be a Chough (whatever thai is) or a Spa rrow. It is rather disconcerting. You sprang it on us, gentlemen, quite sudde nly, in a number that appeared a yea r or two ago . Personally, though I don't mind some ornithologica l title, I would have preferred to keep the names of the original founders of the Tutor-sets.

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I must say I think the Bennondsey Club is a splendid idea. and I hope K.S. past and present will support it. Yours always, MIDDLE EAST. [In some cases, we think, obscurity is an ad\'antagc j we have reason to suppose that our somewhat cryptic lHlerance in NO.3. Vol. 8, produced th'c desired effect. The" Masonic spirit" is st ill strong, though al times needlessly shy. As to Tutor-sets, ~ee p. 138; the object of the alteration was 10 make the Tutor-sct name a permanency without hurting the feclings of, say, a keen Tutor-set Master, :'.'lr. G., who objects to having his set called by the name of Mr. A., long since departed. ÂˇEOD. , Call/uarialt ].

To the Edl'fors 0/ ., THE CANTUARIAN," Dear Sirs. At present at the Concert on the last day of Term we sing the Harrow Football Song. Would it not be possible to ask some well-wisher of the School to write a song for us, the music for which I am sure Mr. Godfrey would provide. Yours respectfully, OBSERVER. [We

~gree, and Calltuarian].

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Oxford Mission, Dacca, E. Bengal, India.

To the Editors of II THE CANTUARTAN." I remember that I used to read in the Cantuaniw in bygone days that the Editors were glad to hear about any

O.K.S., and so I am venturing to write a few lines to tell you what we are doing here. I should be very glad, too, if by means of this letter I could be put tn touch with other O.K.S., who are in this part of India j hitherto I have not met with one. I left the School fifteen years ago, but I think of her daily, and year by year I think I love more and more to remtnd myself of your glo rious surrou ndin.gs. The Green Court on a July mormng before breakfast is one of the noblest sight!) I have seen on this earth,Âˇ and I feel lowe more than I can tell to the great Cathedral Church of Christ at Canterb ury.

I am now stationed at Dacca, which, as most of you will know, is the capital of the new province of E . Bengal a.nd Assam. It is a town of some 1 00,000 tnhabitants, but is by no means" savo ury tI in all places. I live in what we call a hostel ' the building has been erected to board 41 students, who read in the Dacee colleges. The boys are all Hindus and vary in age from 18-22. Our obJ~ct is to make friend s with them and bring them und e r the influence of Christianity. Most of you know, perhaps, that Hindus will not eat food with other people; no one but a Hindu must enter their dini ngroom, and I have nPover been inside t~e room our boys dine in here j nor will they all eat toge th er themselves j no one of another caste must touch a Brahmin wh en he is havino- his food, and when a boy of the washe~man's caste wished to come here they refused to ha.ve him i~ their dining-room, or to allow hIm to wash:

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where they do, so we had to make special arrangements for him. They sit on the floor to eat and all their rice. fish, c urry, and other food, are put on a big brass plate, which each boy has to bring with him when he comes. Their meals do not cost them very much as each boy pays about 10/6 a month for his food . Some of them are fond of football , and the way in which they can kick with th eir bare feet is really very wonderful. They also play hockey, and a few play cricket, while in the hostel itself we have two badminton courts. From time to time they like to have debates, and their debates remind me very much of the debates which used to take place at the King's School j the quality of the speeches and even of the English is not much inferior to what we used to indulge in in the Parry Library. I often wish I could take them into Canterbury Cathedral; it would make them think, and do more good, perhaps, than many lectures or Bible readings. Some of them come to read the Bible with us though with somewhat mixed intentions; generally, perhaps, the desire to lea rn English is uppermost. But they are very ni ce co urteous boys; do not imagine th ey arc savages. They are sons of gentlemen, and were we a little nearer I am sure ),011 would enjoy a game of hockey with them, and their English puts my Bengali utterly to shame. Well, I have written enough. and do what you like with it, dear Editors. only let me say that I have not forgotten my dear old School, and I fully intend to pay yo u a visit two or three years hence.

I think Mr. Godfrey is still with you; he will remember how hopeless I was with my touch" on the piano, a nd I sho uld like him to hear Bengali music-it is a dream! ! I think music parts East from West more than anything else. Yours sincerely J. L. FAWSSETT (O.K.S.). !(

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Great Winchester Street, E .C. 25th September, 19 '" To tlu Editors of ÂŤ THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs, I have to ask for the courtesy of your columns to make the above Club kn own to your num elOUS readers, and I shall be very grateful to you if yo u can find space to publish this letter. As vou are probably already aware, the obj~ct of the scheme is to provide Public School and University Me,! (a nd their friends ) with the means of playing th e old school wall games. Football, I-lockey, Cricket, Tennis, &c.. and of ob tai ning healthy exe rci se in congenial company, after their school days arc over. The Club will also have a Social side. It will be nOIl-proprietar)" and eve ry Member will have a voice in its management. At present 95 schools (exclusive of Sl!ven leading Hospital Medical Schools) and five Universities are on the qualifying list. whilst officers of either service arc eligible for membership. The Directo rs issued a Prospec tus in July last, but the response thereto was not satisfactory, only abo llt ' ,600 shares being I

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suhscribed . It now appears that the Annual Subscriptions, though low as compared with those of Queen's Club and other organizations, were made too high to attract the Public School man of moderate means, and, accordingly. a revised scheme has been drawn up on rather less ambitious lines, and, as you will see from the enclosed copy of the new Prospectus, the subscriptions now vary from '£2 IS. to Nil, according to the number of shares taken. A Town Member who subscribes for two £1 Shares pays the higher figure. Foreign IVlembers pay either 10/6 or nothing at all. The first Club Year will commence on tst April next. when it is expected that the Club-House, Fives and Tennis Courts, Cricket Practice Ground, &c., will be ready for use. The fine Football Ground will be available this year. The Club Grounds immediately adjoin the Metropolitan Railway Station at Wembley Park; and though situated in op~n counlry, with exceedingly pleasant surroundings, are served by nearly 100 trai ns a day in eac h direction from and to Baker Street, and the journey takes only 16 minutes. The site is now used by the House of Commons Polo Club, and is in first-rate condition. Practically all the Leading H ead masters have given th ei r cordial support to the scheme, and some of them have contributed towards the preliminary expenses. The Directors are Messrs. A. C. Ainger, M.A., M.V.O. ( Hon. Sec. Old Etonian Association), J . W. H. T. Douglas (Felsted) , C. H. Eyre, M.A. ( I-Ion . Sec. Harrow Association), C. D. McIver ,Forest and Oxford) and E . V. Speller (Assistant

Hon. Sec. Amateur Football Association). Of the 37 members of the Advisory Committee. of which Mr. Eustace H. Miles. M.A. (Marlborough and Cambridge) is Chairman, no less than 14 are International players. while nearly all the The remainder are famous ath letes. Schools now represented on the Board and Committee are Eton, H arrow. Winchester. Charterhouse, Malvern, Wellington, Repon, Marlborough. Clifton, Westminste r, Shrewsbury, Cheltenham, Haileybury, Uppingham, Rugby, Berkhamsted, Dulwich, Merc:h:;tnt Taylors. Highgate, Felsted, Forest, St. J oh n's (Leatherhead), Durham and King Edward's (Birmingham). Charterhouse now have five representatives, and Westminster and Berkhamsted four each; there are 13 vacancies, and these will be offered to representatives of th e Schools not now · rep resented who have most members on the Club books on 1st April next. My Directors wish to emphasize the necessity for the immediate support of all those who are in favour of the scheme. In return for applying at once for shares (which arc made payable by extremely easy instalments). applicants have the advantage of obtaining membership of the Club at a very low subscription and without payment of any entrance fee . I shall be most happy to forward Prospectuses to all those who will send a Postcard to me at 1 Great \\Tinchester Street. London. E.C , stating their School or Universi ty. Yours faithfully, H. ARNOLD WOOLLEY (Berkhamsted), Secretary.

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P. S.-I might, perhaps, say that a feature of the support already given to the scheme is the large number of Old Boys .hvlllg abroad who have hel ped us in pr~ctlcal form. Many of them have WrItten .to welcome the Club as providing them ~ylth a ready means of renewing old acquallltances when on leave in this cOl1ntry. It is especially such as these, many .of whom read their old School MagazlIles with great interest. who will be glad to receive the information contained in this letter.

We have received the following from the Board of Control of THE AGENDA CLUB:-

September) I q I I. Dear Sirs) Perhaps some of your readers may have seen In the H ibbert Jot/mal for July 19 1 0 or in the Spec/a/or for July 9th 19 I 0 an 4C Open Letter to English Gentle~en ". That was the first manifesto put for ward by a number of Englishmen anx ious to ~dvanc e the welfare of th e nation and to Il1crease the sense of social responsibility amon gst all c1a s~es) ~ut particularly Public School .and UmversIty men of the rising generatIOn. These men have since formc~1 themse lves into the " Agenda Club" which has for its objects the e n courage~ ment ?f all useful philanthropic work. Much IS ~lr~ady done by many great and good socleLIes and organizations, but lack of support greatly hamper all th ese attempts.. The Public School boy on I;,~v lllg Ius schoo.1. the University man gOlllg down, have III almost eve ry instance

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a wish to do something practical for the good of their fellow citizens. but too ofte n see no means of using their own peculiar talents and advantages. One of th~ primary objects of the Agenda Club IS to meet this need by providing a bureau of information as to what work th.ere is fo r such men to do. Here th ey Will be able to find at once in what way th ey can be immediately useful - the rowin g man in coachin O' boat clubs the boxer in helping lads t~ learn the ~rt of self defence. the man with a voice in assist ing at concerts for th e very poor, the born organizer in running P(-;nny Banks, and so forth . The business man can help with his advice as to advertisinO' ~he docto~ in sa~itar}' schemes, the lawy~; 11l legal difficulties: and all will be given work to do within their own immediate reach, and with as little waste of time and ene rgy as possible. It is a general maxim that the Public Scho ols and Universities of this country produce as sOllnd and healthy a type of ma n b~th menlally and morally as can be found III the world; and if some of the surplus en~ rgy of ~u.ch ~en can be easily and practIcally .utllIzed III helping their less fortunate neIghbo urs to lead healthier cI.c~ner li ves ~nder more sanitary con: dItIOIlS, the gam to th e nation would be e normOIlS. 'Will any of you r readers who care to know more of this Club a nd its ' objects apply to the Administrative Secretary. the Agenda Club, 28 Fleet Street) E.C. \Ve are, Yours truly, THE BOARD OF CONTROL.

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NOTIC ES. H. Spence, Esq., 3/6 ; D . Hammonds, Esq., 3/6 ; J. W. Wayte, Esq., 3/6 ; S. E. Hedgcock, Esq., 3/6; C, K. Mowll, Miss Woodbridge, 3/6: H. N. James, Esq., 3/6 ; Messrs. Iliffee and Sons, 3/ 6 ; 6 Esq ., 7/- ; J. E. Husbands, Esq., 3/ ; W. Gray, Esq., 3/6 : R. Watson, Esq., 3/ 6 ; W. G. Campbell , Esq ., 3/6; C. J. Don- E. A. Squire, Esq ., 3/6; A. J . Lush , aldson, Esq., 5/-; A. R. Bellars, Esq., 3/ 6 ; Esq., 3/6; W. B. L, Money, Esq. 3/ 6 ; G. A. Townend, Esq., 3/6; F. G. Mir- C. H. Wood house, Esq" 3/6; A. H . field, Esq., 1/ 1/0; H. Poole, Esq., 3/ 6 ; Crowther, Esq., 3/6; L. L. Foster, Esq., 3/ 6 ; G. Rosenberg, Esq ., 3/6 ; G. A. Purloll, E. H, L. Johnston, Esq., 1$. Esq., 3/6; B. C, Mowll, Esq., 51-; ' The Han. Secretary begs to thank

the following for their subscriptions :-

OUR CONTEMPORA RI ES. The Secretary begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following Contemporaries: Joh1lian , Bromsgroviatl, Gllolmeliafl, Leys Fortnight!.y, Felsled/an, St. Edward's School Chronic/e. Carl/wsia1l, Leodiensiall, 1I1alvemian , L ancing College il1agazille ( z), Easlbottmicw, Ousel, Stra1ld School Magazine, Dovoncw . Radleian, PiymolhÂ£an, UYvern, Swan, Exoniall, TOllbn'dgian, Bltmdtlhan, Bradfield College ChromCle,

Qmen's Royal College CllromCle, Lore/IOflia", Lauren/iall, Alley1Utw, Carthusian, 13ttle,

K e/(y College Chrome/e,

The H a n. Secretary would like to remind Subscribers that their subscriptions September 191 1- 1 2 are now due.- In t.he event of ..:hange of address or non-receipt of Can/llan'au notice should at once be given to the Secretary.

Gibbs and Sons, Printers, Palace Street, Canterbury.

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EDITORIAL. There is a certain type of man who antloys us very much, gets on our nerves in fact.: we mean the cheery optimist. The sort of man who comes along when we are feelIng rather annoyed about something, and giving us a slap on the back tells us to buck up, for thF! outlook is not really as bad as we think. This kind of man never allows one the grit~ satisfaction of one really good grouse j he always seems to be in the best of spirits himself and expects othe r people to be so too. H e never seems to be disappointed or discontellted: he is a sort of weird phenomenon whom we recommend you to avoid. For undoubtedly th ere are disappointments in life which can't be dismissed with a word; life itself is rather unsatisfactory. We are always moving on. Vrle never seem to get settled down anywhere. Doctors tell us we are al ways ch~nging our skins though by a merciful dispensation we cannot see the operatIOn . Even so our natures change. We g row old er and less active till eventually we lapse into senile decay and old age pensions. Perhaps the whole root of the matter is that we take life too seriously : we are sure it is quite a mistake. We should adopt a lig~ter outlook upon life, pass along bowing and smiling at the decrees of fate, greetmg even the cheery optimist with a smile. Life after all is short;

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let us make the best of it. Let us smile not frown upon the world, then the world in return will smile upon us. Try this for a New Year's recipe, and if it fails, keep smiling. This is what we always say to ourselves when we have to write an Editorial; we treat the whole matter as an immortal jest and pray that our readers will do so too. For after all it is a gay world, if we choose to make it so, and its obviously the best thing to do. But a truce to this moralising: the hour g row s late. It is well past midnight: our candle is guttering and otlr fellows snorin g and talking in their sleep-we must wish you good-night.

will miss the opportunity of reading this Editorial; do ubtless you Never min d, remember our advice, laugh at it if you will, but don't, pray, take it seriously. Doubtless

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IN MEMORIAM. M.D., AND THE 'LATE JAMES REID , F.R.C.S. It is proposed to raise a Fund in memory of the late Mr. James Reid and Dr. Whithead Reid to consist of some addition to th e eq uipm ent of the Kent and Canterbury H ospital, such as may be approved by th e Board of Nl anagement. THE LATE T. WHITEHEAD REID,

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LORD NORTHHOURNR (Preslaml),

THE VERY REV . T~IE D I!AN OF CANTERBURY,

THE RT. REV. THJ! BISHOP OF DOVE R,

and by many other Members of the HOSPI TAL AUTHORITIES and MEDICAL STAFF. The Memorial is taking a double form, consisting of Cl Fund of ÂŁ, I 000, the object of which is to endow a Free Bed in the Kent and Ca nterbury Hospital, and also of a Memorial Book, signed by nume rous friends of the late Drs. James and Whitehead Reid. Many O.K.S. now at the Universities h;we al ready been kind enough to send contributions to th e Memorial Fund, but there a re many others. we feel sure, who would also desire to participate. It will be rememb ered that Dr. \Vhitehead Reid and his father held the post of Medical Officer to the School in succession for over fifty years. ,"Vill those O.K.S. who wish to take part in the Memorial kindly address their communications to the Hall . Sec., Miss Allardyce, 7 Vernon Place, Canterbury.

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FOOTBALL. KING'S SCHOOL v. MR. R. L. GOTTWALTZ'S XV. At last lOwing to the kindness of Lieut. Gottwaitz in collecting and bringi ng over a team from Shornc1iffe we were able to secure a match . The weather at first was sinful, a gale blowing towards the' pavilion' end of Cullen's, aided by cold and dismal rain : however, the conditions improved in the second half and a splendid game res ul ted. Juckes lost the toss and the School started with the wind in their faces. For some time the School pack were unable to sec ure the ball and our line was hard pressed, several scrums taking place at an uncomfortably close range. Arter a time the forwards improved and the halves were able to pass out more often. Baker opened up the game on our " 25 " line, Ashenden gained ground and passed to Smith who by resolute running and handing off passed several opponents and sco red between the posts, for Juckes to convert. Âˇ Soon after from some loose passing in the School territory, Pullan dribbled well down the touch-line, closely followed by Clayton, but got off~side wh en there seemed a good chance of a score. The rest of the play was in our half and Shornc1iffe scored an unconverted try. Immediately on the restart the School attacked vigorously, gained possession in the scrum, and some pretty passing along the backs ended in a try by Smith on the right (8-3). Harlequin passes by Juckes to Pullan and Ashenden were nearly . successful, and the n an excellent individual run by Clayton, who swerved passed the back, enabled him to score between the posts i Juckes kicked the goal ( 13-3). The game continued very fast in mid-field and faulty marking let in their backs fo r a second try ( 13- 6), The School however once more returned to the attack and some smart following up by Pullan, Claypolc and Clayton resulted in the forme r touching down in a scramble just inside the corner-flag (16-6). The School pack became very disconne cted after this and the opposing threes had a lot of chances ; play continued to the e nd in the School half and Shorncliffe scored two unconverted tries. Final score was 2 goals and 2 tries ( 16 pts.) to 4 tries ( 12 pts. ) in our favour. The improvement all rou nd upon the very patchy display in the Wye match was very noticeable. Speaking gene rally the defence was sounder and the attack smarter. l ndividual improvement was also apparent. Heywood's tacklin g had much more life in it and on the day was better than his kicki ng. Of the threes, Smith played a great game throughout, using his pace and weight to the utmost and not trusting too mu ch to the kick; with Ashe nden he fo rmed a strong right wing which combined well. The latter runs hard and uses his head more (this may be said of all the backs). Both Clayton and Pullan showed promising individual form-combination was upset by the

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state of the ground and the ball-but the latter must run straighter for the try line. He goes harder wh en fightin g through than with a more or less clear field. Baker did not seem quite comfortable and was rathe r a light-w eight, but made several good openings by clever swerving . Gent was very stron g in defence but inclined once or twice to hang on to t he ball a shade too long: he must try and put on a li ttle more pace. The forwards were badly out-weighted in the SC Tllm but succeeded in gaining possession repeatedly at critical times. Closer packing and lower shavi ng would do them a world of good, and they 1llust follower up hard er. We don't think Claypole is particularly fast but he was yard s ahead repeatedly from th e " 2S drop-out i if the rest of the back had backed him up, especially in such weather, when the ball was hard to field, the School might have gai ned a lot of ground . Juckes was always to the fore, especially in the line out and was very difficul t to bring down. H e has put on pace and goes much harder than Jast year. King's School :-V. R. H eywood (back) ; I-I. de H. Smith, N. E. Ash end en, C. H. Clarton , C. E. A. Pullan (three-quarters); G. E . .T. Gent, P. D. Bake r (hal ves) ; R. Juckes, G. H. Claypole, G. W. A. Todd, N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, J . T. F. Sandes, A. R. Braddell, C. C. Smythe (forwards). The following matches have been arranged for th is T erm:DATE .

OPPONENTS.

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HARVEY SOCIETY. We append reports of the Society's Lectures during th e Christmas T erm :-Oct. I fill. "Lantern Slides." R. G. Crosse. On October J 4th R. G. Crosse read a paper on the preparation of Lante rn Slides from Photographs. H e began by apologising for his ignorance on the subject and also for the poor quality of

the slides, which he was showing on the sheet. H e went on to point out how very lIseful la ntern slides were for showing photog raph s. which have been taken durin g the holidays a nd are not worth the ex pense of having enla rged. The process of makin g the slides is very simple, almost as simple as that of makin g ordinary photograp hs, but the density ? f

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the slide must always depend on the strength of th e light whi ch is used in the lantern, and so a good many slides are generally spoilt before arrivin g at th e proper density required to make a good slide. The negatives must always be very carefully cleaned before being used: after doin g this place a mask of the same size as the negative on th e clean glass of the printing frame i on this put the negative carefully in position i and then lay the lantern-plate 011 th e negative. and a piece of paper over this to preve nt any scratches : finall y close the back of the frame. For exposi ng th e slide, the printing frame must be held or fixed up facing, and about three feet away from th e light, whi ch must be a fairly bri ght one : then the proper exposure must be given . Some slides were shown to demonstrate th e various exposures, ranging from 4- to 64 seconds, which had been given to the plates. The lecture was co ncluded with th e showing of some slides mad e by G. H. S. Pinsent, O.K.S. : these were real masterpieces and showed what good results can be obtained even by an am ateur in this interestin g hobby.

Oct. 2 lSI. "Paper." V . R. H eywood. The chief raw mate rials from which paper is manufactured are wood, rags and espartog rass j the wood is obtained mostly from Newfoundland, and th e espa rtograss from Africa and India. The first stage of the process is to clean the materials, the rags and espartograss are beaten and a stron g current of air passed over them to remove the dust i the wood goes throu gh no preliminary cleaning i in the next stage the wood is chopped up into small

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blocks about one inch square and mixed with the others i the whole lot now are put into a mach ine co nsisting of several lar!le mill-stones revolving on one another which tea r apart the material into a fib rous condition, a stream of wate r passing through ca rries away these fibres. The pulp formed is bleached and boiled with chemicals to make it gelatinous. After this comes th e final process of making th e pa per j the pulp is allowed to pass throu gh a long uniform slit on. to a moving wire-gauge platform below whlch a suction pump takes most of the water out of the pulp which now begins to have it certain a mount of consistency. The partly dri ed pulp passes on between seri es of small roll ers whi ch squeeze out more water ; it may now be called oamp paper. The final process of drying is done by means of a set of large drums between wh ich the paper is drawn j th ey are heated by steam which passes through the middle of them j from then th e paper winds on to rolls in its completed form. J I th o Greek Potte ry." D. Hussey. After a few introductory remarks on th e shapes, uses, techincal process and archreoiogical value of th e vases, as indicating the d ress, customs. and surroundings, the author divided his lecture as follows :-( I) Primilive Period zooo-600 B .C. The vases were at first very rough. and only incised lines were used. Late r the polychrome system was introduced. (z ) Black-figure Per/od 600-500 B.C . The ground was left the colour of the clay, varyin g from cream to orange-red. while the figures were painted on it ill a lustrous black pigment i purple

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was also used to a great extent. The chief vase of this period is the Fran.yois crater from Chiusi. The best know n potter was Nikosthenes. (J) Red.jigu,.e The mode of Period 500-400 B.C . de coration was exactly reversed. The grou~d was painted black, and the figures left III red i details were inserted with a fine brush or pen. This period shows great artistic ability and figures arc very finely and delicately drawn . The chief ar~i s ts of t~is period were Euphronius, ~leron,Duns) and Meidias. Contemporary wIth these are the extremely beautiful white figure vases. IVlost of these arc lekytM, whic h were used as offerings at tombs ; but there are a few cylices in this style, the most beautiful being the one representing Aphrodite Ourania. (4) P ert'od oj' Decadence 400-200 B.C. After the fall of Athens the art passed then ce to Magna Graecia. The composition of the vases of this period is very patchy and crowded) though individual fi gures are often very beautiful. After 200 B.C. the art died out. After the lecture the H eadmaster kindly made a few re~arks, laying stress on the value of the early vases in settling prehistoric dates. The lecture was illustrated by some excellent lantern slides, obtained from the British Museum . Nov. 1811l. "Indian Mutiny." S. J. Maiden. The paper was illustrated by Lantern Slides. Before entering into details, th e lecturer alluded to th e impending visit of H.M. the King to India to conduct th e Imperial Durbar at Delhi, a town so intimately connected with some of the most horrible and heroic events of 1 857. In dealing with the actual rising he confined himself to the towns of Barrack-

pore. Meerut. Cawnpore and Delhi. After briefly reviewing the causes of the outbreak with reference to the various theories of authorities and also the gene ral unpreparedness of the British residents, he proceeded to reco unt some of the events connected with such names as Havelock. Colin Campbell, Nicholson and Hodson. H e traced th e tragedy at Cawl1pore from the o ri gnal ol'clljJation of th e entrenchments of Gene ral Wheeler to the treacherous massacre organised by the crarty Nana Sahib at the famous Ghal and th e su bsequent treatment of the survivors. H e concl uded his paper with some remarks on the loyalty of certain of Native Regim ents during the rising.

Nov. 2S/lt.

.. Pseudodoxica Epidemica." The H ead master. The HtÂˇadmaster. introdu cing the subject remarked th .. t his lecture did not need th e usual apology of literary lecturers, si nce Sir Thomas Browne (not Moore, as advertised in the last Call/urian) was certainly a scientist, and for his day an ad van ~e d scientist. Born at Norwich he lived a quiet life there after completing the grand LOur through France, Italy and Germany, during which he visited the great centres of medical and scientific knowledge ill the 17th century, Bologna and Leyden. His book, Pse udodoxia Epidemica, or, vulgar errors, was addressed to the ge ntry or his day, with a view to correcting wrong impressions of natural history : that a badger's right legs are longer tha n his left. to enable him to walk better on a hillside, that the elep hant was jointless and therefore unable to be down, etc. Further he disproved the

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existence of such fearsome animals as the Salamander and the Gryphon; despite Sir Th omas Browne's scientificy brilliancy, his religious ideas were so mewhat dogmatic, as on th e accusal of a poor old lady for witchcraft at Norwich, he gave false evidence which unfortunately convicted her. The lecturer concluded with a beautiful passage from the Religio l'vredici, Sir Thomas Browne's finest achieve ment and a book which he recommended all his audience to read. On Thursday, Nov. Joth, the Rev. R. S. Moxon kindly consented to give a lecture under the auspices of the Society, on "The Recent Excavations and Discoveries in Crete." The audience was confined LO members of the Vlth and Vth Forms. Mr. Moxon, who has th e advantage of first-hand knowledge of the plaCl~s he desc ribed. illu strat~ d his remarks by lantern slides prepared from photographs of his own taking at Knossos. It was in )(Joo that Sir Arthur Evans announced his discovery of the Palace of Minos, and proved that the renowned mythical king of Crete had been a living and ruling monarch, the governor probably of a large Aegean Empire with its centre at Knossos. The discoveries at the palace included an immense store of clay-tablets in the archives-chamber, beari ng on one side the und eciphered Minoan script, and on the other pictographs of the objects thus represented in words. The Cretans had in many respects the denzitr mol in modern fashion s, in their dress and hats and

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sports, and also in their extraordinary knowle.dge of engineering and hydraulics. and th ei r sanitary system, lin paralleled until fifty years ago. They were an essentially European race, as th e famous "Cupbearer" vase shows, and had no Egyptian connections. It is highly probable that the legend of the sacrifice to the Minotaur is due to a confusion of the Cretan bullacrobats, with thei r love of bull-baiting, a sport to which they no doubt devoted their captives. Dec. Il/h. The Map of th e World." H. Poole, Esq. The subj ect was illustrated by some excellent lantern slides. The lecturer, after summarising the views which were held about Geography in classical times, shewed slides of all the maps from the earliest days in chronological order, pointing out how with the march of time, the errors which had arisen through the imagination of the geograph ers, had gradually been co rrected. Thus a map of Africa which at one period was filled with details of vegetation, most of which only existed in the minds of the compilers of the map. in the next period was left empty, and was only filled in with deta ils as they gradually became known as facts. The last part o f the lecture consisted in the showing of slides, illustrating the gradual discove ry of America. The lecture concluded with a map of the world co mpiled ab out 1800, because no important facts have been discovered about Geography since that date. jf

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SCHOOL NEWS. We congratulate S. W. Wayte on being appointed a lvIonitor. ~

The

following " were

promoted into

VIIh Form this term :-R. Crowley, A. Sargent, G. W. A. Todd, K. C. Lillingston, R. F. Mason, E. L. Hawes.

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Congratulations to the following on gaining their colours in November:1st XV. G. E. J. Gent, P. D. Baker, N. E. 'Ashenden, R. A. F. Whistler, G. F . Juckes. 2nd XV., C. H. Clayton, N. D. Dalton, C. E. A. Pullan, P. S. Barber, J . T . Fleming-Sand es, F. L. Sidebotham, A. H . Shelswell, J. L. Trevitt, V. R . Heywood, C. W. Brannon,

R. F. lvIason.

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We should like to express our warm

appreciations to the Rev. Dr. Field, Headmaster 1886-1896, and since 'Warden of Radley College, for his handsome renovation of the Chalice. 'lf1(.*

We Claypole Classical College, Also

heartily congratulate G. H . on being elected to an Open Scholarship at St. John's Oxford. S. J . lvIaiden on being elected

to an Open History Exhibition at Hertford

College, Oxford.

E . J. Hodgson has been offered a 5ubsizarship at Tnmty College, Cambridge, but he intends to stay at School another year. .¥- .;;.

w· Vie congratulate R. J. N. Norris on passing Ind in to Sand hurst. A. R. Braddell also passed into Sand hurst, and l!. H . Fardcll and L. E . Field into Woolwich .

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It wa s with much regret that at the end of last term we said good~ bye to the Rev. R. S. Moxon. Mr. Moxon has been one of th e staff for several years, and there is no doubt that those who have gained Classical Scholarships at the Uni versities of late years owe much to Mr. Moxon's untiring efforts and talents as a scholar. \.ye wish i\Ir. r-,·Ioxon every success in his important post as H ead ~ master of Lincoln School, to which he was appointed last December. *-J(.'}f

On Friday evening, Dec. 16th, the Head master entertained those of th e Vlth Form detained by the Certificate Examination, and a few others who were left behind with the NIasters and three O.K.S. at a miniature House Suppe r. All enjoyed themselves and we wish to thank the Headmas ter and Po·Irs. McDowall for their hospitality on this occasion .

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Congratulations to G. H. Claypole and R. Ju ckes on their appointment as

Cadet Officers.

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The following were elected to King's Scholarships in December :-Juniors : W. J. Potts, B. W. Galpin, T. R. Juckes, A. G. D. West. Probationers: S. G. Galpin (Junior King's School). [-I. Wace ( NIt. de Winton,

Gore

Court,

H. Fuller (lvIr. Watson Willis, Eastbourne), A. W. Rigden (Junior King's School).

Sittingbourne),

E. A. E. Smith (Junior King's School), J. S. Blunt (Junior King's School), R. O.

O. K. S. The Annual O.K.S. Dinner took place on Wednesday, Jan. 17th. at the lvIonico R~staurant. Mr. H. E. Morice was in the chair and the guests included many old friends without wh om no O.K.S. Dinne r would be complete, notably Canon Marshall Wild and the Rev. R. G. Hodgson. We were also especially glad to see Dr. Galpin present (true to his last year's promise) and movi ng amongst us with unabated sympathy and vigour. A most pleasant evening was spent by all who we re present and our only moments of gloom were while Mr. Latter was ta king" call- over." It was not only lhat the date of entry into the School read out before each name reminded us, as the Chairman patheti cally remarked, of lhe rapid flight of the years, but also that out of 57 good men called there

* Entrance Scholarships of the value of £20 each in the School House were gained by the followin g :-C. F. Hodgson ( Mr. Crabtree. Sunningdale School), H. Wace, and an Entrance Scholarship of £10 in Mr. Evans' House was gained by N. A. Potter (Junior King's School).

DINNER. were only '12 to answer If here." Some of the absentees were, we know, quite unavoidably detained-indeed, now that we think of it, all must have been kept back by weighty matters; so we can only make an expression of regret-in which th e proprietors of the Monico cordially join-that we should have missed their company and that they should have missed a very merry evening. The company assembled was very fairly representative of the various generations, but we note that of those who entered lhe School between I ~85 and 1894 only three O.K.S. were present-let not that be said of next year's gathering ! During the evening the usual toasts were honoured. H. S. S. Parker, called upon at the last minute, heroically pro-

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posed H Floreat Schola Regia," and the H eadmaster, in reply, gave a most reassuring account of the School. He referred also to th e ready response made to his first appeal-that for an Organ in the School Chapel- and invited the company to present Mr. Hodgs0t; th ere and then with the £20 or so reqmred to complete the sum that he had asked for. We fear, however, that the g~ests were unprepared for a second collectIOn. C. H. Dorman, in proposing the health of the Chairman, gave some amusing reminiscences of their com mon school-days which were supplemented later by B. H. Latter, who proved that Mr. Morice had once been a poet and 1ll that capacity a terror to the Dean and Canons of the Precincts. Mr. Morice's reply. every sentence of ,which bore witness to his deep affectIon for the School, brought the official toast list to a close. In replying to the toast of "The Secretaries," proposed by R. A. 'Wigram, Mr. Latter reminded those present that it was hoped next year to hol~ the 2 I ~t of the Annual Dinners held slilce theu last revival and to make the occasion a very special one. Between the speeches songs were given by Messrs. B. H. Latter, E. D . Rendall, G. C. Strai)an and H. Spence, all of wh ich were much enjoyed and helped us fu rther to forget the miserable weather outside in the joys of a most successful evening.

The following is a list of those who attended : 1845.

1866.

Rev. Canon Marshall Wild.

H. E. Morice.

1867· B. I-I. Latter. 1868. Rev. R. G. Hodgson. 1869·

C. H. Dorman. E. D. Rendall.

1874 ·

Col. L.

1880. 18St. 1882.

C. W. Boodle.

Blenkinsop.

1875· Lt.·Col. A. P. B1enkinsop. 1876. R. A. Wigram. 1879· A. Latter.

18831884 ·

1886.

W. Temple. R. p, Atherton. C, T . Donaldson, Rev. R. F. Elwyn. E. L. Payne. l-I. S, S. Parker.

1889· W. R. i\'lowll.

R. E. Brinslev · Richards. R. I I. Brinslcy·Richards. 1895· E. P. Richardson. P. N. Dalton . 1896 C, G. Williamson. 1897· Rev. Dr. Calpin. C. J. N. Adams. 1898. L. F. Paris. 1899· G. F. Maclear, R. Walson. 1900. 190 1. G. C. Strahan. Deighton. II. J. Prest. 1902 . E. T. Gage. E. C. Linton .

1891. 18 94 .

T. S. Nelson.

190 5.

1906 . 1907. 19 10 .

R. M. Gent, R. S. Glyn. W. D. Glyn. H. Spence. E. T. Guttcnlag. A. E. Carpenter. F. S. Porler. Rev. C. R. L. McDowall.

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REMEMBER." By CANON HORSLEY.

Our O.K.S. readers will be interested days. A modern generation will read in a book of reminiscence-s by one of with pious horror of th e election to th emselves. They will find rew dull pages Scholarships when H orsley, aged ten, in thi s racy vo lume, " I Rem ember." The was able to give the English of Radix book reflects the many-sided activities of and its dative plural, and was elected the Author, a life "happy because fort hwith; or of the time when the strenuous . . and because of a Cathedral was lit by candles and uncongenial inabili ty to be unemployed." heated, when boys took in embers in a H ere are reminiscences of his work in tin box to warm themselves withal. Clerkenwell as Prison' Chaplain, in WoolOf other pleasant things, of Dean wich, in Walworth-a crusader always in the cause of temperance, cleanlin ess, Stanley'S handwriting, of the meaning thrift, and order. A Natural ist too, and or Tid, Mid, and Carlin Sunday, O.K.S. collect')r, unexpectedly perhaps, of that must read for the mselves. The Chapter ends most approp riately with an extract un progressive creature, th e snail. But O.K.S. will of course turn with from Canon H orsley's Anniversary Sermon interest to the recollections of his school preached on Speech Day, 1905.

PENNY

READINGS.

Saturday, October 28th, 191 I. I.

CHORUS ". PIANO SOLO

SONG ..•

Percy Godfrey.

...

German.

KlDSON.

CHORU S ... " I n the Woods" ... RECITATIO N

REV. L. H.

.. . EVANS.

and Roundheads"".Cobb. W. I-I. POTTER.

PIANO SOLO."

MR.

CHORUS

PIA NO SOLO .•. "

G, DUET

... GODFREY.

"The Belfry

Bm·tholdy. 10 .

SONG .. "Cavaliers

KEBLE.

"Come, Comrades"

C. W.

REV. R.

"Creole Love·Son g " T,

Ba1'llby.

"Annie L ee"

Tower"

Friilingsrauchein "

Hat/olt. Si1ldiltg.

ECCLES.

The Boy who stuttered and the Girl who lisped "

H. de H . SMITH AND S.

MAlDEN.

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Saturday, November 25th, I.

Two CAROLS

SONG '.,

PIANO

CAROLS

SOLO

SONG

1911. II Autumn" ... G. J. ECCLES. " Rubinstein" MR. EVERITT.

CHORUS.

PIANO SOLO ...

MISS GILHAM.

7· S.

RECIT ATI ON

SONG PIANO SOLO

R. F.

MASON.

CHORUS.

9·

MISS GILHAt.l.

10.

CAROL ".

MISS GILHAM.

.. G. J. ECCLEs. " King 'Vencestas " ... CHORUS.

A BALLADE . In the days of old you could flirt with a fan In a delicate kind of way, You could balance it deftly or wave it demurely, You could toy with it quaintly or g rasp it securely In April or June or May, If the day was a rainy day, Or the sun shed a ray, oh6 I Do you think I have more to relate of a fan In a delicate kind of way ? Do you think I can talk as I wander along With a tone debonnaire, as the lilt of a so ng, In April or Jun e or May, Wh~n the day is a rainy day, Or the sun sheds a ray, ma fcc? But alas I it's fled, as a feinting fan, In a delicate kind of way; And there's nothing to tell and less to read For a flower is often a fool of a weed In April or June or May, When the sun is away, ohe, Or the rain, rna fee.

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O.K.S.

A. H. Crowther has passed out 2nd, with honours, from Sandhurst into the Indian Army. .~*

NEWS.

J. H . D. Watson for the Edinburgh Academicals ; A. F. B. Cottrell, Aldershot Command; J. W. Wayte, S. Thomas' Hospital.

E. P. Collings and G. C. de Mattos have also passed out from Sand hurst. ~

A. C. Fluke has been appointed an Under Officer at Woolwich and is also Captain of Cricket for next seaso n.

*,," We are glad to insert the following from the L ondoll Gazelle :-Special Reserve of Officers. R.F.A.-Vernon J. Austin, late Cadet, K.S.C., O.T.C., to be Second Lieutenant (on probation). 3rd Batt. East Kent Regiment the Buffs.-tnd Lieutenant (on probation) R. S. Glyn is confirmed in his rank.

",," H. Gardner has been playing for the United Services, Hampshire, and also for the South of England (in the first International trial) i A. M. Gelsthorpe for Durham University i

Congratulations to C. J. N. Adams on gaining a Casherd Scholarship at S. John's College. Oxford. We are glad to announce an engagement between H. P. V. Townend, I.e.s., and Lettice Joan, youngest dau ghter of Timothy Bevington, Esq., a nd Mrs. Bevington, of 7 Lennox Mansions, Sotlthsea.

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W. S. Lucas and Wilfred Lucas have just set sail for Australia to farm. 1,\**,

H. L. Dibben, G. M. Webster and W. B. Loveband were ordained Deacons at Christmas. F. L. Goad has been elected to a Ford Studentship at Trinity College, Oxford.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. R. J. N. NORRIs. - Entered School, May, 1904; VIth Form, Sept., 1909; Entrance 2nd R.M.C. Sand hurst. H . DE H . SMITH .-Entered School, Sept., 19Q5; Vith Form, Sept., 1910; . Monitor, Sept., 1910; 1st XV., 1 9 1 0 , I I; I,st Boat, 19 10, II , Captat~ of Boats, Sept., 19 I 0; Sports Colours, J 9 I 0; Sports Committee, Sept., 1910. F. H. FARDELL.-Entered School, Sept., R.M.A. Woolwich.

1907;

VIth Form, Sept., 19 1I; Entrance

G. W. A. TODD.-Entered School, Jan. , 1908; Vith Form, Dec., 19 11. C. V. SNATT.-Entered School, J an ., 19055 j 1St XV., Sports' Committee, ept., J Q I J .

19 09 , 10, J I;

1st XI.. 19' I

A. R. BRADDxLL.-Entered School, J an., 1908; Entrance R .M.C. Sandhurst.

VALETE. C. W. Brannon, D . F. Kel1y, C. DaCle, J. A' PWlomGmer, W. F. Drughorn, S. E. Compton, A. H . Scott, A. C. hartres, E . . ard ener.

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SIERRA SIERRA

L "EONE,

W. AFRICt-. DEAR S CHOOL ,

I don't know if you eve r had a letter from this particular spot, but it's more than likely. Surely there must be some o.res. on the coast. I tried to find out at the last dinner but couldn't hear of any one. If not, let me recomm end Sierra Leone to the next Reading Party.

Few people seem to know what glorious scenery there is h ere. The Colony proper is crowded with hills and mountains ranging up to 3000 feet, mountain torrents innumerable and one or two very fine falls, The highest climb I have done is Sugar Loaf, 2300-l1ot so bad in th is climate-from whi ch the vi ew is splendid-sea on three sides and far up the Sierra Leone river to the East. This is, indeed, th e Lion Mountain which gave the place its name in Portuguese times. The hills give perfect drinking water all the yea r round an d the waterfalls make excellent picnic places when the fates send holidays in th e dries. Every schoolboys knows that the capital is Freetown. Here is Government House, a company of Gunners, a Cathedral, and al1 th e Government

LEONE. Offices, several big stores where most modern co nveniences can be obtained, and above all the Government wharf from which one embarks, to say nothin g of landing agai n. A great feature of this place is the Hill Station, uni que, I believe. on the coast, as are the hills. All Civil Officials wh ose duties allow it, live on a nameless hill , 800 feet up. The G.O.C. troops al so has a house there and many of us take in soldiers who prefer it to quarte rs in the town. This hill is climbed by a mountai n railway of rather cap ricious temper, seven miles being cove red to acco mplish the two or so as the crow fli es. One would not expect any troubl e coming down a slope like this, but the ollicial train taki ng the big officials to the Coronation reviews managed to get its brakes tied up at a wayside station and everyone had to walk. This sou nds worse than it is by the way. For instance in spite of my long acquired punctuality, I have once or twice missed th e ordinary 8.30 city t rain and yet caught it a mile down the hill, walking by land as the native says while th e toy train did its four miles corkscrew. Cheers from the other passengers, none the less! Those of us who live in the suburbs keep English times (half-an-hour behind

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to be correct), catching the 3.30 train to the Hill. T he houses are of wood built on iron legs j there are about 40 big enough for married officials and six or seven bachelor bungalows containing two rooms with an atti c, a ve ran dah all round with shutters and windows, and bathroom, store, pantry and kitchen at the back. I have always found room to put someone up and generally have three or four for messing. !hc tennis is just begin ning to flOUrI sh now the six month's rain is over. We have just got a third court (cement) and a new croq uet lawn (grass), to say nothing of a new cricket net. I have the mixed pleasure of running the spo rts' clubs for five months-busy time too. In th e rain s we play hockey and get some very fast games, but unfortunately there is no g round within three miles of the hill. . . .You will s~e that this is a very civihsed and pohte spot. Of course this is only a little bit of the Colony (which is mostly l:'rotectorate). The charm of a u auditor' s life is that he goes all over the place; I don't suppose I work more than one day in five in my Own office and for three months in the year one in up country. That is the only time one really

sees West Africa and collects spoil. of such things later.

But

Talking of collecting it struck me the other day that a very live Museum could be kept up at the School if any O.K.S. abroad would send in a trophy of some sort. The really typical things are often not hard to get. I shall certainly send a specimen of so me kind from here and leave th e idea to others. If such a collection could be started it would always be a potent proof of the enterprise of the Call1uarialls. I must finish now with a verse which I hope will pass th e censo r 1 Scenean exceeding high mountain: S-t-n loquitur .. All these are thine save one small spot alone; A place th ey call Sierra Leone. And that I really cannot spare For all my dearest friends live there." 1/

Any morc for Sierra Leone 1 Yours ever, Audit Office, Sierra Leone.

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CO RRE SPONDENCE. N. B.-The Editors decline 10 accept ally "espomibility cOlUlected willt tlu oPiniom oj Ihet'r CorrespoltÂˇ dmts. Name and address mltst a/ways be g iVUl, 1I0t necessarily for pub/icatiolt , but as a guatalllee oJ good faith. Personalities tuUI ÂŁllvolve certaill refectio". Letters should hi written on one side of the paper only.

AGRO INDICO, BOXATIONIS D IE, XIXCII.

CARl MAGISTRI,

Scribo Latine ne vulg us sc ripta intelligat-siquidem, proh. Jupiter, quod vulgus Regia in Schola adsit. E go mei Latini oblitus sum: quam ob rem e rranti ignoscite. Nos qui alienas in terras migrati sumus de hac pessima re qu erelam mittimus. Liber Cantuarianensis tam raro prod it. Magistri, nos ipsi olim eciitores fuimus: memoria tene mns quantum doloris, quantum laboris, q uinetiam quantum objurgationis. libri Cantl1arianensis editi causa fuerit . Nostri capilli, ex radicibus evulsi forsitan gra ngico in studio adhuc invenientur: tamen nostros duos llumeros ex termino in terminum peperirnus. Etiamsi iJli numeri tenues erant, nos opus aliquo modo confecimus. Hoc praesenti tempore-haud dubiumsc hoiarshipiorum causa Regiae Scholae ducum opus magnum factum est: quam ob rem sympathiam ducibus ipsis

proferimus. Sed hoc durissimum factum obstat: antiqui pueri ~mum Cantllarianensem librum non modo desiderant sed postula nt j vel causam cur cognoscent. Equidem paucis an te ciiebus, omni spe sublata, alio antiquo puero-n omine Parisio-scripsi : ex eo ejus librum petivi: H on. Sec retarianum supe r cap ut (immere ntis, pauper homo) horribiles execrationes [usi (fllndo-fllodere-[u .. .. : no, call it H fundi": I'm not sure ). IIle hoc rcsponsum misit: "nec mihi liber ad est : nullus Iiber prodere potu it." Addidit luces sub bllshelo ponere forsit bonam re m esse: sed ho c pe riculum esse, antiquos pueros (orsit putaturos esse illam lucem exiisse. Neque" Agro" in li bra nec sportingibus in Paperibus ulla mentio Regiae Scholae inveniri' posse. Vestris vivis imaginationibus hoc propono: unus editor sit, nec qui scholarshipiam petat. Ejus status "Pate r Antiquorum Puerorum .. subscribal'ur. Hoc mUllUS honor sit : ille ornatissimlls homo. tatum opus celeriter conficiet: ille nostras

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irnmortales gratias rnerebitllr: merens recipiet. Veste r unquam, PUER ANTIQUUS. [Puero antiquo in(antes editores So.'l lutationem mittunt (et CantuarienscTIl librum). Quin etiam unus erat editor qu i schola rshipiam non pelchat,

Qui dum li brum edit, raptim-(horribile d ictu}morbus iIle irruit cui " mumpes " nomen nee pauci pue ri infectionati sunt. Itaque exeunt om nes

win ning team have some little sOllvenirs given to th em to comm emorate their vi ctory, or might I even suggest a SUpp P. T of some desc ription. I feel Sll r e the me mb ers of the winning set would not mind subsc ribin g so me trifling sum to reward thei r heroes. For after all the Tutor Set matches ha ve a great deal to do with stimul atin g th e athletics of the School, and especially am ong the non-colours?

ccteri ante di em propriam nee prodc rc potuillibcr alter huius Xm3ssi te rmini.

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prodit in omnes angulos terrae, sed nescio cur non in Bhujam neque in Parisios gentes (oanne am bo subscripliones bcnigue miserunt)? Quare alium librum misimus cum editorialibus compiimcntis optimisque de novo anno voluntatibus. Floreant

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Apropos of the coming term would it not be possible for the winning Tutor Set in th e Football, and Cri cket too, Competition to receive some recognition of their victory. At present the reward for four or five hard-earned victories is " mI." As it is now obvious that Tutor Set Colours cannot be awarded, could not the

In latc years those interested in Debating have made strenuous efforts to revive in~crest in th e School Society. and they have succeeded during the last two years to a great extent. But would not more interesting debates resu lt from a choice of subjects more nearly con nected with ourselves, ancl about which somebody could say something without the aid of an H impar ti al newspaper." vVe mi ght suggest suc h subjects as Cl Classical v. Mode rn Education.)} II Is the Modern Public School Boy Dege nerate? J/ or even " Our Straw I-j at v. School Cap." Yours truly, HOT

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The fact that the great majority of those entering the Senior School are either over, or only jllst und er, LJ. seems to have been overlooked by those who arranged the present absurd age limits for the Sports. Und er the present syste m nearly all new boys have no chance in any race except the handicaps, whi ch do not affec t the Tutor Set Shield. Could not the age limits be altered to such as 15 and 17. If this was done we are sure that more entries for non- han dicap races, and that greate r competition, would result. In view of the approachin g Sports, we are sure this letter will not be out of place, and we hope steps will be taken in this matter by the Sports Committee. Yours hopefully, OVER SEVENTEEN. Becton House, New Milton, S.O., Hants., 6th December, 1911 . To the Edl'lors of"

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Are you trying to compete with Answers and Til Bils in a hidden meaning

competition. If not, for the benefit of those O,K,S. who are not in close touch with boys at sc hool at present, would you mind in your next Editorial explaining in plain English what is meant by the "malignant demon," or the "resident a lien," or "Wingless Victory which suffers from its live r." Yours sincerely, A HUMBLE O.K.S. [Mumps.-EDD. CANTUAR.]

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Dear Sirs, For many years it has been the custom to perpetuate the nam es of the 1St XV, 1st XI, Gymnasium Pair, and Fives Pair. on shields and boards in the Gymnasium . Why is th ere no such recognition of the services of the Captain of th e School? He has a' far more onerous position to fill than that of bottom member in onc of the teams. Cadet Officers have their names in scribed on a panel in a fine orna mented board, but no mention is made of those in the J st Boat. Noone who is not in it can rea lise the amount of energy and time they put into training and practising. An other matte r is about th e so-called bicycle sheds. Can nothing be done to improve them? With the exception of the ston e shed it is impossible to keep a good machine from getting rusty without a great deal of care and attention being put on it. Now that the su mmer term is

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at hand could not a real improvement be effected? With apologies for a rambling and disconnected epistle. r remain, Yours truly: CANDID US JUDEX. To Ilu Editors of II THE CANTUARIAN ," Dear Sirs, You seem to be spreading your tentacles far and wide into the corners of th e earth . I read in each iss ue letters and contributions coming from O.K.S. who reside in places with weird names and llllmentionable longitudes. I think you are quite right to publish th ese commllllicatio ns, but I have a suggestion to make : I should imagine th ere are more O.K .S. in London town than exist in every foreign land combined. 'Vhy don't they write to you and tell you what they are doing . If I were YO ll, Messieurs Editors, I should publish this letter and see if it has any effect.

Yours tru ly, SUPPORT HOME PRODUCTS.

1'0 Ilu Edt/on if If THE CANTUARIAN ." Dear Sirs, Do you happen to know wh ether the Parry Library Committee have ever thought about buying "pocket" editions? It seems to me th ere's everything to be said for them and nothing whatever against; they'e re cheaper, easier to read,

better pri nted and if a few occasionally evanesce, as it appears library books have a habit of doing, the loss could fairly easily be repaired ; of course the binding is not always A I, but that can always be renovated. I should like to see a few hundred copies of these new editions on the Parry shelves, wouldn't you? Just mention it to the Library Committee will yo u ? Yours ad infin., O. P. Q. AA R. ' ÂĽ"eilington College, Berks. December 71ft, 191 I. To Ihe E d/lors oj

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Dear Sirs, The recent outburst of correspondence emboldens me to seek a first appeara nce in your columns. It often happens th at Rugby players when leaving school do not keep up the game owing to not knowin g of a suitable club to join. May I suggest to any O.KS. who are keen on the game and who live within easy reach of Reading-an excellent railway ce nt re-the Berkshire Wanderers as a club that might suit them . There are at present three O. K. S. playing regularly for th e Club and another assists wh en he can. "Ve have a really fine ground at Reading and run both \Vednesday and Saturday teams. If any O.K.S. care to join I can guarantee them sporting and enj oyable games and a welcome from the members of their old

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memories and but freshly remembered scenes. For this th e artist's pencil is the II Via Sacra," and surely if the artist is Canterbury born and bred, and intimately associated with K.S. during many past years of development, such an artist is the man who can best express all that we past al umn i hold most dear each for himself, Harbledown, Fordwich Arms, Jacob's Ladder, and so on. Of co urse a list of subscribers would be necessary, but th is sort of book, which. is nearly all drawings and practically no letter-press is no novelty, and has I think often been done for Colleges in the U ni versities. I must apologise for so long a letter, but I think many others besides myself, would like such a book, and that is my excuse for talking so much. Yours, etc., MIDDLE-EAST . P.S.- What is the fate of the old H eadmaster's desk? We who knew nothing else have an affection fo r it-not because Marlowe may once have been "breeched" before itbut because at any rate it saw out "our" time and we are loth to see it de part unh ououred-and without a "Press Notice."

Port Dickson, Negir Sembilan. Oc/obtr nih, 191 t. To lIlt Edilors of "THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs, In the last number that reached me there appeared what struck me as being a very artistic drawing of the "Galpin Memorial Chair," and I am sure all O.KS. who have not got an opportunity of seeing it for themselves - are very g ratefu l to Mr. H eys for his drawingand to you for your happy thought in reproducing it. Some years ago an artist, who was making a serious of etchings of the Public Sehools, visited KS., but I do not think that his work was very happy-and indeed I believe many hold this opinion. So far as I know there exist no drawings or etch ings of the Sehool in book form. [The old desk now resides in the Museum. With regard to our Correspondent's suggestion we though there are, of COli rse, many shou ld like to ca ll the attention of O. K. S. to excellent photographs in Messrs. V-loodthe deligh tful little sketches of K.S.C. and ruff and Cape's book. Still, to my mind, Harbledown, recently published by Miss O' Neill, wh ich may be obtained at Goulden's, photographs are unsatisfactory - th ey and also the excellent series of photograph show one the haunts of the past, as they p'?slcards a t Messrs. FiskÂˇMoore's. We doubt now are to-day, with a harshness of If another set of etchings, as proposed, would detail that does not allow aile to read be succtssful, but invite the opinion of O. K.S. into the picture a host of treasured 011 the point.-EDITORS. Calltuariall. ]

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EDITORIAL. Let us be Novocastrian, let us talk about coal. It is good to talk about things elemental. Whenever I feel strong aud big and splendiferous, I go and sit on the floor beside the coal-scuttle and build castles with the an thracite. It is an innocent pastime, one that encourages humility in the demeanour and enquiry in the mental outlook. It is a well attested fact that if you contem plate a South Eastern and Chatham Express, or a bipla ne, or any othe r of the mechanical triumphs of the age, you feel not humble, but proud . 'Whereas if you ponder upon so primal a thing as coal, you may be reduced to a feeling almost of impotence, to think how mu ch you can do with it and how little without it. Coal, as I observed when I lowered myself unexpectedly in to a cellar last Tuesday week- I was walking along Mercery Lane, on the very poin t of di scove rin g th e fo urth dimension, when some evil sprite, some squint-eyed sul phuric devil. cousin-German , I warrant, to Nicholas himself-may he splutter in a tank of vi negar a thousand days and explode even as a skunk-when, as I said, this thing of darkn ess opened befo re me a cave, a canon, a yawnin g abysm into which I , innocent as Adam ullspliced, stepped while he darted away with the fourth dimension, a nd all th e othe rs ror ought I knew. So sudden an introduction to the somewhat solid merits of carboniferous matter is not one which I should recommend to th e worl d at large. In my opi nion it is both more comfortable and more truly philosophical not, as it were, to stumble upon facts, as laid in that accursed subterraneqn hovel, but to arrive at a similar conclusion by th e seren er process

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. of inductive and co ntemplative logic. . . . .. But, I repeat, the conclusion will be ; th e same. As I collected my nerves and my walking stick last Tuesday week, my I first th ought was of my purse. Always having been taught to associate IVfammon r with Unrighteousness, I jumped to th e conclusion that my diabolic assailant would have inevitably attracted to him my personal cash. But no, I was wrong. A careful : inves.tiga~ion reveale? the object of my desires, still reposing in its pocket. Withdrawlllg It, I patted It gently on both cheeks. It was a joy to feel myself once more a man of property, to recognise there was a p rice upo n my head . . . . . I opened it . . . . . May I remind you agai n that the conclusion woul d have been the same for you or anyone else? At this point of t he term it is not necessary to fall into a cellar in order to make th e discovery which I made. What coal taught me, YOll may learn by unhappy commonsense. I was broke." hopelessly broke." ' j

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We regret to announce the recent death of the Rev. Francis H arrison, late Rector of North Wraxall, and one of the small band of O.I<.S. now remaining. who left the School before Dr. Mitchinson's H eadmastership. Mr. H arrison, on leaving school, was elected a Bridgeman Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford; he took a I st Class in the Final Mathematical Schools and a 3rd Class in Classical Schools. H e was Senior Mathematical scholar in 1852 and Fellow of Oriel College from then till 1868. During these years Mr. H arriso n maintained an intimate connection with University life. He was Mathematical Lecturer in 1852, Dean of Oriel 1859-67 and Tutor during the same period. H e was three times Public Examiner and four

times Mode rator j in 1864-5 he was Junior Proctor of the University. I n 186b he was presented to the living of North Wraxall, Wilts, which he held for the long period of 42 years. The length of Mr. H arrison's career as an O.K. S. was very far from diminishing his affection fo r the School. He always too k a very keen inte rest in our doi ngs and was, as many wi ll remember, Anniversary Preacher in 1908. At th e same time he made a ve ry handsome gift of ÂŁ500 to the Bursar's Fund II for th e benefit of Kin g's School, Canterbury." Of this ÂŁ400 was ad ded to the Exhibition Fund, the inte rest on the remainder supplies th e Harrison Mathematical Prizes.

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FOOT BAL L â&#x20AC;˘ KI NG'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. II A .II The attempt to collect an O.K. S. XV. for January 27th was not very successful. R . L. Gottwal tz was only able to gather seven O.K.S. and the remain de r of the side was made up by Mr. Poole a nd the 2nd XV. Howeve r, a very enjoyable game took place, though rather one-sided in th e second half, and we feel sure the O.K.S. playing found the exercise very beneficial. The first half was fairly even. School starte d against th e wind and our pack did so me very sou nd work in the open, several times dribbhng down th e field. R . Ju ckes and Claypole were co nspic uous. Gent played a strong game at 5c rumhal f, but too many passes went astray among the backs, who ran straight and hard, but lacked combination. T he very cold wt ather was perh aps responsible for some of the bad passi ng, but it is a fault which has been mu ch too prominent among the backs this seaso n. Up to half-tllne the game was fairly even ly contested. Kerrich got away once for the O.K.S., but was pulled down by Trevitt, who made a couple of fast run s on the left win g, which almost produ ced a score. Pullan got in twice in the corner, the second try being the resul t of a pretty bit of combination with Mason, who was playing outside-half for Baker, on the sick list. The second hal f was not very interesting. the School getti ng the upper hand in all departments of the game. R. J uckes got over three times and was generally very dange rous in the line out j Ashenden, who has mu ch improved his pace and swer ve, broke through the cen tre and scored t wo converted tries betwee n the posts, an d Clay ton also got over. For th e O .K.S. Fardell played a rather effective wingi ng game throughout and once got right away from the line out and run ning half way down th e field sco red betwee n th e posts. T heir other try was made by Smi th and time left the School winne rs by 33 poin ts (3 goals 6 tries) to R ( 1 goal and 1 try). vVe were very pleased to see those O.K..S. who managed at short noti ce to come down an d owe a special vote of th anks to Gottwaltz wh o has provided us with a third of our matches in the course of the season. K ing 's Sc1JOol :Âˇ-A. B. Forsyth (back) ; J. L. Trevitt, C. H. Clayton , N. E. Ashenden, C. E . A. Pullan (three-quarters) ; G. E. J. Gent, R. F Mason (halves) ; R. Juckes, G. H. Claypole, R. A. F . Whistl er, G. F. J uckes, S. W. Wayte, N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, A. H . Shelswell (forward s). O.K .S. :-H. de H. Smith, W. A. F . Kerrich (three-quarters) ; R. L. Gottwaltz, (half ) ; D. O. Fardell, G. A. T ownend, R. L. Braddell (fo r\\'ards) ; with V. R. H eywood (back) ; C. E. W. Chapman, A. V. Barrett (three-quarters) ; E. B. Cottrell (half); Mr. Poole, J. T. F. Sandes, F . L . Sidebotham, S. J. F . Maiden, T. R. Juckes (forwards), ' . . '

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Played on Cullen's on Thursday, February 1St. The School kicked off against a strong wind, up the ground. For so me time play was very even. But all throu gh the first half the School did not play with suffi cient dash. Slow starting is an old fault which had, we thought, been remedied in recent years. The H ampstead threequarters were dangerou s whenever th ey got the ball, and their two centr!::: men both ran very stron gly and quite out-played our centres. All three tries sco red against us in th e first half were due to smart running on th eir part. The School backs n~ver got really go ing, though they all played a plucky defensive game; the best p,ece of offensive play on our part was a splendi d nlll by F orsy th who, fi elding the Lall In our" 25 " from a long kick, ran more than half th e length of th e field, his pace and swerve being very prominent, and found touch close to their line. We were much handicap ped by a very strong wind but the Wand e rers also lost several good opportunities by ki ckin g too hard, and over th e dead-ball line. We were pressed very hard before half-time j a sucessio n of sc rum s wit.h in ten yards of th e line looked very dangero us, but the forwards woke up and relieved with several strong rushes, while Gent put in some smart work at the base of the se rum. Just before half-time Clayton hurt his kn ee, a nd th ough he was able to play on, was obviously lame. On the resumption the School played in entirely different style : the game became faster rather than slower and a vigorous attack was kept up. Gore, though a trifle nervous, ran straight and hard on th e right wing and eventually got over with a good try in the corner. Th e forwards, though over-weig hted, continued to get the ball in the sc rums an d after about 1Âˇ0 minutes play Juckcs dropped a very pretty goal from the" 25 " line. Only four points behind, th e School mad e the game very fast and kept up pressure until a bad piece of markin g let in our oppo nents left win g for an un converted try. Shortly afterwards the sam e thin g was repeated and before time our line was again crossed, on each occasion the lack o r pace in our "threes" being very manifest. Result: Hampstead 'Wanderers, I goal s tries (20 points), King's School, 1 dr. goal and 1 trv (7 points). Alth ough decisively beaten, we certainly had quite our own share of the game in th e second half. Everyone in the team appeared to be doing his best. G. F. Juckes used his height a nd reach to good effect in th e line out. and of the backs Gore and Ashenden werc most conspicuous, but combination and mutua l confidence were still sadly lacking. Klllg'S School :-A. B. Forsyth (back) ; C. E. A. Pullan, N. E. Ashenden, C. H . Clayton, C. H. C. Gore (three-quarters); G. E. J . Gent. P. D . Baker (halves ) ; R. Juckes, G. H. Claypole, R. A. F . Whistler, G. F . Juckes, S. W. Wayte, N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, J. T . F. Sande. (forwards).

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v. MERCHANT TAYLORS.

This match was played at Bellingham, on Saturday, February '4th, and resulted in a defeat for the School by 12 points- 3. The School team on paper looked rath er weak and, as it turn ed out, proved unable to hold Merchant Taylors, th ough the latter, however, cann ot be regarded, as a very good side. The School had bad luck, and a draw would have bee n ~ fauer reflection of the play, indeed the greater part of the game took place m our oppone nts' hal f. OUT weakness lay in the three-quarters, who were not as big or ~s fast as the Merchant Taylors. What th ey lacked in strength they unfortunately dId 11 0t make up in combination . They seemed to have bee n hustled out of their game In the first ten minutes by the fact of their opponents having an extra three-quarter. The result of this was that they never received a ball without receiving simultaneously a vigo rous and effective tackle. Consequently, in their haste to get the ball away, the passing became rather wild, and , i~ ad~ iti on , the handling w~~ sometimes faulty, Probably this was owing to th e ball bemg lIl. a very greasy condItIOn. Anyhow, the inevitable result followed, and, in general, when the threes had the ball they made very little ground, in fact merely transformed the play from one side of the fie!? to the other. They neve r rea lly looked like scorin g, and it must have been a ltttle disheartening to the forwards who contin uall y took the ball. up to the Me rchant Taylors' " 25 " line, only to break up from a scrum and ~nd It back at the ha lfway line. The defence was good wh en they co uld reach theIr man, but very often they were not fast enough to do so. Clayton always brought his man down, if he could g rip him before he got away, and Wood was the best in attack, but only got a few hnnces. The hal ves did not make many openings, and so mad e th e task of the threes harder still. Gent was very good in defence. saving splendidly, and Baker, th ough often makin g considerable ground in attack, did so by running into th e scrum 11M far as he was allowed, and not passing it out ntarly enough to his threes. li e someti mes ki cked a fe w yard s into to uch too, when he might have set his threes /fol ng. It may have been prude nt a nd cautiolls, but it wasn't the way to score. I'ho rorwards woke up considerably in the second half, when the Merchant Taylors' hnt! Lw tries, and played a very goo d game to th e end. Claypole and Wayte were II lwllyH on the ball and promin e nt in ru shes, but the Merchant Taylors' got the ball " tlw se rum more often th a n th ey should have done. Juckes, as usual, was splendid In th u line out and when he went into the scrum it was quite obvious what It II " Ill nd liS di ffe re nce he made. There was very little incident in the first half. Merchant Taylors ki cked o.ff, but IIIIY Ntl(l ll sett.led down in their half. T o the first of a I.arge num be: of free klcks1111 11 1I"lY, in fact, for a school rnatch-Ju ckes returned WIth a good kl.c k. Some ~ery Ilt l pn t4lJ ing let in the Taylors' threes, whose outside right was only Just pushed mto

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touch on ou r" 2; ." The game was very scrambling about this time with numerous serums for I f knock-ons," any open play there was bei ng done by our opponents. About ten minutes before half-time their outside-left scored after a good bout of passing. F orsyth tackled him , but he just managed to fall over th e line to secure a try, which was not converted. From the I f 2S II Ju ckes went in for a short kick and a very successful forward rush followed in which all the forward s had a hand. There was no further sco re before half-tim e, whi ch came, therefore. with the Merchant Taylors leading by a try to nothing. The second half was more exciting. Gent was laid Qut for a few minutes. but pluckily resum ed. Merchant Taylors got in again on the left. The inside three, a very fast man, gave it to his outsi de in mi d-fie ld and th en sprin ted rOlmd him to take his pass when tackl ed by Forsyth, who neve r fail ed in ki ckin g or tackling throughout the game. Th e try was un co nverted and the School then bega n to play with considerable vi go ur. After pressing for so me tim e Gent very smartly picked up the ball coming out from their side of th e sc rum, whipped it ont to 'Wood. who handed off two of th eir men. staggered past a third and scored towards the side. Juckes failed from a difficult position with a heavy ball , but the School kept up the pressure until Baker placed the ball in the hands of th ei r inside-right and they took the game to th e other end again. Their nex t try- un converted --was from a forward rush, but a very good bout of passing between Gen t, Baker, Ashenden and Wood, took it back to their" '5." The School had a free ki ck just outside it, and Ju ckes tried a drop at goal, which was not successful. Shortly afterward s came, perhaps, thebest bit of play in the match . Their right wing broke right away, but Forsyth tackl ed splendidly and saved a certain try. The forwa rds came round very quick ly, and with an excellent ru sh sent the ball again to mid-field, some one picked it up and passed to Clayton. then on to "Vayte and Ashcnden, and then, un fortunately, Wood dropped the latter's pass. However. it was a good and exciting piece of play. The play came to an end with play in mid-field after th e Merchant T aylors had gained another un conve rted try in th e left-ha nd corn er from some combination by their l e ft ~wi n g, which played a very stron g game throu ghout. Final score :-Merchant Taylors, I2 points (4 tries) ; King's School, 3 points (I try). Killg's ScllOol: - A. B. Forsyth (back) ; G. F. Wood, C. H. Clayton, N. E. Ash enden, J . L. Trevitt (threeÂˇquarters); G. E. T. Ge~t, P. D. Baker (halves) ; R. Tucker, G. H. Claypole, G. F. Ju ckes, R. A. F. Wlustler, S. W. Wayte, N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, A. E. C. T elfer (forward s). iJ1erchallt Taylors :-C. N. Davies (back); G. L. Tackson, D. C. I saac, H. E. Ryan, E. T. Parker (three-quarters) ; D. J. C. Walsh, b . H . Cockell (five-eigths) ; A. K. Will (half); S. A. T. Ware, H. C. Frampton, P. H . Chase, F . P. Crampton, F . B. Brown! H. V. T erry, M. Thomson (forwards).

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v. ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT.

After no less than three postponements, this match was at last played on February 20th. We were very glad to welcome the Berkshires for the first time in Cante rbury. The 2nd XV., for whom this was the only match this season, was at full strength. They started against a strong wind . and after so me loose play in mi d ~field th e School attacked, but were pushed back to th eir own" 25 ." After some ten minutes play th e ball was passed out to Wood on the right wing an d he scored a splendid try, entirely ont-pacing th e opposing backs. Ju ckes failed with the kick. After this the School were very hard pressed and a number of scrums took place almost on the li ne. Chapman relieved several times by intercepting passes, and once got ri ght away, but was pulled down through hesitation or lack of speed. Just before h alf~tim e Trevitt scored on th e left after a short but determined run (6-0) . On resumin g with th e wind behind th em, the School were soon all over their opponents, and played a remarkably good game. The forwards shoved hard and usually got possession; Co wl ey passed out smartly and the t hrees" showed great promise. Trevitt got over again on th e left, Juckes scored from a forward ru sh and Wood gained three tries in succession on th e ri ght, on each occasion going at top speed and making full use of a strong hand -off. Maiden ki cked three goals. The Berkshires, though. out ~ played, did not lose heart, and one of th eir backs got right away only to be caught and well tackled by Trevitt five yards from th e line. Soon afterwards they again got going and scored a converted tryon the right, making th e final sco re 27-j in our favour. On the whol e the 2nd XV. played in most promising style and were distinctly above th e average, the combi nation of the backs, especially in the seco nd half, being excellent. Mason tackled well but hung on to the ball much too long, especially in the first half, instead of passing. Co wl ey is much improved; he goes harder in th e open and is quicker at gettin g the ball away. Gore's kicking is always useful and his passes to \;Yood were usuall y well-timed and accurate. Chapman is too cautious j he must go hard er and put on more pace. Trevitt played a sound game both in attack and defence; if he coul d a ni), cultivate a hand-off he would always be dangerous. Wood played an admirable game th roughout; all his tries were goo d, the result of pace and stren gt h combined . He has neve r played better. The rorwards were well togeth er and tackled; they usually got possession but were a bit clumsy in the open. T elfer was the best of a hard -working pack. Colours were given after the match. ."d Xv.--V. R. H eywood (back); G. F. Wood, C. H. C. Gore, C. E. W. Chapman, J. L. Trevitt (thre e-quarters); R. F. Mason. A. B. Cowley (halves); ) . T . F . Sandes, F . L. Sidebotham, A. H . Shelswell, A. C. T elfer, C. C. Smythe, 1'. R. Juckes. J. H. Musson, S. J . F. Maiden (forwards). ,j

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LIST

Ground.

OPPOlIIll/s.

Dale.

MATCHES.

Gonls. 191 I.

Th.,Oct. 12 Mr. A. Latler's xv .. " ... Tu., 17 Royal Engineers . " ..... Tu., " 24 Wye College ...... , ........ Sat., " ,8 Dover College .. , ......... " I WyeCollege ... . .......... W. , Nov. Th., 9 Dover College .... "" .... Th ., " 16 Eastbourne College ..... Sat. , " 18 Richmond Of A " ........ . Tu., " 21 Mr. G. D. Cockrem's xv. Th ., " 23 London Welsh .......... Tu. , " ,8 Royal Engineers ..........

FIRST

XV.

Canterbury Chatham .. . Canterbury Dover .. ....

Lost ..

\'!.,,'ye •••••••.•

Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury

Aban. Lost .. Aban. Aban. Aban. Aban. Aban. Aban, Ab:m. Aban.

Tu., D~c. 19 O.K.S ... A" .......... ... Canterbury ·Won . Sat.,Jan. 27 Mr. R. L. Gottwahz'sxv. Canterbury Won .

1912. Th., Feb. Th .,

Hampstead Wanderers

Canterbury Lost..

8 Blackheath " A ........... Canterbury Aban. 10 Harlequins" A " ......... Canterbury Aban. 24 Merchant Taylors' Seh. Bellingham Lost ..

Sat. , " Sat., "" 191 I. 'N.,Oet. 18 Sat. , 28 Tu., " 31 " 9 Th., Nov. 0 Th., " 3 1912. Tu., Feb. 20

I "

33 16 7

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WOIl ,

Poi1lfS,

for, 77 ; «gabut, 27 j

-22

--8

_.4 --

Tries. Points.

-2

Royal Berkshire Regt . .. Canterbury

----6

---

Wim , 2 ; Lost, 4 ; Won, I ; Lost, 0 ;

Abl!.n. Aban. Aban. Aban. Aban.

I ;

Tonbridge Canterbury Canterbury Dover ...... Canterbury

2nd

Points. Goals.

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XV.

Match es Played, 1st XV., 6 ;

Trill.

SECOND

Tonbridge Seh. 3rd xv. Dover Coll ege 2nd xv ... Wyc College 2nd xv . ... Dover College 2nd xv ... Tonbridge Seh. 3rd xv.

Against.

FDt'.

Remit.

lOr.

s·

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TUTOR

20 5

SE TS.

The tutor sets were on the whole quite keen as usual j perhaps the best games being those between Choughs and Gryphons, in which the latter put up a very good fight, and between Hawks and Swallows. The winners, the H erons, showed good fo rm on the whole, the forwards being sound, though the play of their backs was m.uch too individual. They were never really pressed, although in their final game WIth the Martletts, who had the misfortune to be without several men. t hey only managed by very moderate play to score 9 points. It speaks well for their defence that only 3 points were scored against them. The runn ers up, th e Martlets, were a so und all -round side, and. as we have noted, had very bad luck in being without Gent and others in their match v. the Herons. At the same time it must be admitted that the luck was the other way when they won a very scrappy game against the Choughs who were without their stand off half. The latter, judging by the way in which they won their first match, were distin ctly disappointing. They had a remarkably strong back line, and yet they never really came off as well as one would ha ve expected. This was mainly due to the weakness of their forwards, and also to the fact that they did not seem to be quite settled with regard to th ei r serum half. They played best against the Swallows when th ey showed an amount of vigour and dash combined with sure handling which was really quite pleasant to watch .

The Gryphons were a weak side but they played exceedingly well all through, their game against the Choughs being very good. The forward s, very ably led by Sandes who, although on the li ght side, plays an extremely hard game, were always good, although they had a considerable tail. The Swallows were patchy, though in many respects like the last mentioned side. Whistler, who led their forwards, was very hard working and energetic, but inclined to be clumsy. The Hawks had bad luck in being without their captain, Cottrell. They were a ltogether much the weakest side, although their colours made gallant efforts all through. All the colours playe d well for their respective tutor sets, and of the lesse r lights, perhaps the best were, Champion and Kemp of the Hawks, H ewi ck, Flowers and Barrett of the Herons, Green, Kain and Dawbarn (C houghs), Fluke (Martlets).

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We should like to take this opportunity of th anking Mr. Latter for the extremely kind way in which he has taken and coached games in all weathers and often at very short notice, in spite of the fact that he already has hi s hands full with the Parrots." I{

Captain.

TUTOR SET.

4•

.a " ~ g 2 ;;, ~

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~ ~

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] ij

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Martlets (Mr. Evans) ". .,. Hawks (Mr. Be\1) , Choughs (Mr. Reay) ... Herons (M r. Purton) ." Swallows (Mr. Goss) Gryphons (Mr. Lloyd-Jones)

G. E. J. Gent ... P. 13. Cottrell A. B. Forsyth R. Juckcs R. A. F. Whistler J. T. F. Sandes ...

+ 44 0 + 0

9 5 8

4" 50

9 25

17 33 12 5 + 3 38 19 26 + 44 42 3 0 + 17 13 0 3 + 5

0 0

99 23 101 171 34 49

22 4 169 a 53 3 3 5 "4 I ,,6 I

5 2 0

4 4

2 6 3 I

It has been decided that in the event of a tie for first place, the leadin g tutor sets playoff a final (and, if necessary, a semi-fi nal), a nd th e shield is not to be awarded on points.

FOOTBALL

RETROSPECT ,

1911-12.

A series of mi sfortunes ru ined the season, and o ut of seventeen fixtures only six were played. Of th ese, two were won. and four lost, while three of them were only against scratch sides. The XV. never had a chance of gettin g together, though there was some quite good material) which und er normal co nditio ns sho uld have prod uced a good side. This was very di sappointin g after last season's s triking success, and we must hope that the traditions of that Seaso n are only lying dormant) ready to come out vigorously again next year.

There is consequently little upon which to comment, and we can only offer our condolences to Juckes that his year of office should have been such an unfortunate one.

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R. JUCKES (Capt.)

Good strong forward. Has taken to playing a winging game, but discounts his value by going far too slow, when he gets th e ball, thereby

allowing the opponents' defence to get back.

Good place kick.

A. B. FORSYTH. A very sound player. Tackles well, and fields and kicks excellently, rarely failing to fmd touch . H.

SMITH .

in defence.

Strong runner, hand s off vigorously and kicks well.

Left at Xmas.

G. H. CLAYPOLE. Fast fo rward, and foll o ws up well. morc work in the serum. G. E.

J. GENT .

Improved

. Good dribbler.

Might do

Very useful se rum half, though he still run s ac ross too much .

Never spa res himself and should be quite good next year. Saves fearlessly. P. D.

BAKER .

Makes some good openin gs and goes hard.

Defence weak.

R. A. F. WHISTLER . Vigorous and hard-working forward, though at present a bit clumsy. Tackles well, and should be good next year. N. E. ASHENDEN. Much improved player. straight. Good tackler.

Goes with plenty of dash and runs

G . F . J UCKES.

U seful forward and good out of touch.

S. W. WAYTE.

L ight, but neat with his feet.

Kicks rather too hard.

N. D. DALTON. Steady, hard-workin g forward, and tack les well. with his feet. P. S. BARBER .

Rapidly improving player.

C. H .

Does a lot of work and has a good swerve. Much improved in de fence.

CLAYTON.

erratic.

Rath er clumsy

Should be good next year. His passing is rather

C. E. A. PULLAN. Ve ry li gh t but has a lot of dash, though not enough resource. Very fa ir defen ce. A. C. TELFER .

Light, but always on the ball, and tackle s well.

G . F. WOOD. Suddenly realized, at th e end of the seaso n, what determ ined running can do; he shou ld do well. Im proved in defence.

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SCHOOL NEWS. A paper-chase was held on Monday Jan 29th, frost havin g prevented football: The hares were A. C. Telfer and V. R. H eywood, and for the first time in history (\~e believe) one was caught. Five mmutes start was allowed' the track ran past the J esuit's College al~llg the top of the Shal ford Farm ridge and after bending a little north came d~wn through the woods upon Sturry. By some chan ce unexplained the leadin~ hounds, who apparently followed the right track throughout, cut off ÂŁ:I eywood from T elfer and reached the lme barely 100 yards behind the latter before he discovered the state of affai rs. Heywood meanwhile was rlln down in Sturry Station and his bag secured by R. K. Pagett. T elfer soon distanced the other h~)Unds and gained no less than five mlll.utes on the way back to C~nterbu~y vz'a Fordwich and Scotland HIlls. First hounds were Flower, Crosse and Cooper.

T. R. TlIckes, A. B. Cowley, J. H . Musson S. J. F. Maiden. â&#x20AC;˘

% %

On Feb. 8th, Lieutenant Chamberlain on " Napoleo n's Prussian Campaign." On Feb. zoth, Dr. Simon 011 ' I Go ldfield s of Ontario and Nevada." On Ma r. 6th, Mr. Thompson Seton on <I Wild Animals I have known ."

We congratul ate the following npon obtaining their colours afte r the Hampstead Wanderers match :-Ist XV., S. W. Wayte. N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber. znd XV.. A. C. Telfe r, C. H. C. Gore. e. C. Smythe, G. F. Wood, C. E. W. Chapman, and after th e znd XV. match, 1St XV., C. H. Clayton, C. E . A. Pullan A. C. Telfer, G. F. Wood. znd XV.:

%*,*'

. We co ngratulate A. B. Forsyth on belllg elected to an Open Mathematical Sch olarship at Downing College, Cambridge. 'H-*%

On Thursd\lY, March 2 ISt, the School Confirmation was held by the Bishop of Dover.

** ~

. .We cOt~gratulate the following on ga1tllllg their Sports' colours after the Steeplechase against the Blackheath H arrie rs :- A. C. T elfer, V . R. H eywood, A. H. Shebwcll, R. A. F. Whistler, J. T. Flemin g-Sa ndcs.

***

The fo llowing Lectures have been give n this term :-

On Mar. 12, Mr. Barclay Baron on the "Oxford and Bermondsey Mission and th e Canterbury Club."

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READING.

PENNY

February 17th, 191 z. Loving smile of Sister kind" Faust.

CHORUS

SONG

VIOLIN DUET

RECITATION

MRS. S HA NN. SONG"." The Arrow and lhe Song" .

...

Killarney"

C. E. W.

CHAPMAN.

." .. THE MI SSES HONEY BALL.

C. W.

KIDSON .

... 7.

8. 9. 10.

VIOLIN DUET . .. THE MISSES HO:-lEYBALL. RECITATION ... MRS. SHANN,

SONG

.. '

"The Whale"

!\'I AIDEN.

VIOLIN DUET ... TH E MISSES H ONEVDALL. C H ORUS" "In Cellar Cool"

STEEPLECHASES. Cro ss-country running has flouri shed considerably this term. In addition to the Junior and Senior Steeplechases, which we re held as usual at the beginning of March, a race was arranged over th e same course against the Blackheath Harriers. It is to be hoped that the precedent thus sel of running cross-cou ntry matches in the Easter term will be kept up; a belte r or close r race could not have been wish ed for, and the School may be congratulated on their success. The Junior Steeplechase was held 011 T hursday, March 7th, in very fair weather. There was little wind and the ground was hardly as heavy as mi gh t have bee n expected after the rece nt rain. Fourteen started a nd at St. Thomas' Hill the leaders were quite close; Evans unwisely sprinted to reach the road first and he was followed by Shelswell, Bing. Morris and Minter; at Harbledown Shelswell was leading by a few yard s, and he and Bing drew away fro m th e-rcst. At the top of Jaco b's Ladder they were level, but Shelswell gained rap idly over the dykes a nd came in first by 30 " in 24' 8", an improvement of nearly a minute on last year's time. Bing was 2nd, Evans 3rd, Morris 4th, Watts sth, and Minter 6th. The Open Steeplechase was run on Saturday, March 9th, over the usual course from St. Stephen's to the baths. The entry was not large and several dropped out before t he end . Telfer led from start to fini sh . Coming up the hill to Giles' Lane he was 40 yards ahead of Hey woop and Musso n; th e rest followed close behind in a bunch j practically the same order was main tained to Harbledown where Telfer was a minute in front. H eywood, Musso n, San des and Whistler were runnin g very close through the hopfields. and at the level c rossi ng vVhistl er had passed Sandes. Across the dykes Shelswell, who had been runnin g seventh or eighth came along very strongly and with excellent judgment. T elfer meanw hile had incr~ased his lead to

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nearly two minutes and secured his fourth successive victory in the Steeplechase in 2,7' 48". H; was never pres?ed at all, ran very easily and finished quite fresh . The ~lme was 10 worse ~han hiS record last year. Shclswell, H eywood, and Whistler J~mpe~ the dyke behmd the baths practically abreast and the form er, maintaining hiS spnnt w~s second in 29' 43", a most creditable piece of running. Heywood was 3rd and WhIstler 4th, each at a few seconds in terval j Sandes 5th, l\II usson 6th, and Pagett 7th. On Saturday, Mar. 16th a match was run over the Steeplechase course against Blackheath Harriers. Eight a side ran, the first five on each side countin g. The School team selected was as follows :-A. C. Telfer, A. H. Shelswell, V. R. Heywood, R. A. F. Whistler, J. T. F . San des, J . I-I. Mu,"on, E. C. Bing, and R. K. Pagett. The start was mad e from St. Stephen's Schools soon after 4.30 p.m. The !ead ing men at once cut out a hot pace, on a distinctly heavy ground . . From GIles' L~ne two of the H arriers appeared to be leading with Telfer close behl~ld; the fi rst lull as usual proved pretty hard and into the lane the School were fllllnlllg alter~ately, 2nd , 4th and 6th places being occupied by T elfer, Heywood and Musson. 'WhIstler was seve nth and the rest rollowed in a bunch . TeIrer was looking ralh er don e here, but nevenheJess he had got ri ght ahead through th e wood a nd had a ~ ead of fully a 1 00 yards at St. Thomas' [-I ill which he passed well under the usual time. From here to the end of th e race he ran magnificently and was never challenged. At Harbledown the first Harrier was over a minute behind. Heywood was running fourth, and Whistler passed Musson befo re Harbledown and Sandes over t.he dykes. Shelswell again carne along very well in the last half-mile ~n~ by passlllg two of our op ponents behind the baths secured 5th place and, mCld~nt~}ly, the rac~ for t~e ~cho~l. Te lfer. finish ed the co nrse in the splendid time of 26 39. a full tnlllute lUslde hIS record III I q I I. We should like to take this opportun.ity.of c~ngratulating him on his long series of victories in the Steeplechases, and of wlshmg lum the success he deserves at Camhridge nexl season . The order of finishing was as follows : ORDER. I. 2.

3. 4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9. 10. II. 12.

A. C. Telfer (K. S.) C. H. Baxter (B. H.) .. . C. A. Wickham J ones (B.H.) V. R. Heywood (K.S . ) ... A. H. Shclswell (K.S.) R. W. Davis (E. H.) L. Barnes (B.H.) .. . R. A. F. Whistler (K.S. ) .. . J. T. F. Sandes (K. S.) .. . J. H. Musson (K.S. )

E. C. B;ng (K.S.) E. W. H. Mullins {B. H.) The Schoollhus won by 21 points to 28.

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26' 39# 28' 23" 28' 46"

28' 56" 28' 57" 29' I II

29' 3' 29' 6/1 29' 12"

29' 30"

29' 35" 29' 50"

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DE BATING At a meeting of the Committee held J an. 26th, C. E. A. Pullan was elected on the Committee to fill the vacancy left by H. de H . Smith . The first debate of th e term took place in the Parry Library on Tuesday, Feb. 13th, the motion before the House being" That the Pu blic School system is un satisfacto ry." G. H. Claypole found it hard to cloke, even in the frolicsome introduction that he affected , the gravity wi th whi ch he regarded the question at stake. Days and moments, said he, quickly flying, blend the public school man with the Canadian fruit-farmer and the city c1erk-oh, th e pity of it! "Gentle men, you are the heirs of all the ages; are you worthy of it, I mean them?" and the audience squirmed in their pews; another gloomy dean was addressi ng them. Had they ever heard the awfu l tragedy of John H enry Jon es, Esq. who now lived on a farm and Blenheim oran g~s though he had been educated at a high-class semi nary for the sons of gentl~men? (b ut no, Mr. Vice-Po said that), ah, but time was pressi ng-Iet them seize it by the forelock-above all, he was no extremistreform, not revolution. And yet C.E.A. Pullal1 reciting with a critical 11lim and pince-nez (why did th ey all wear pince-nez ?)-an Oratio Virginea pro Publicis Scholis, had no word of praise for him. H e bristled with optimism, he patted them on them back and sang they were all jolly good fellows, long live 011

SOCIETY. King George and down with "Velsh lawyers. As to their friend John Henry, who spent six years doing nothing at a Public School, in his opinion it was J oh n H.'s fault and not the School's. Didn't public school men govern India? The speaker put th e question with an air of determination. Didn't th ey support Church and State? Didn't they do everythin g on earth? and if so, why not, ge ntl emen? Why not? And, despite it all C. U'. Kidsoll had the audacity to remark it was the dullest debate he had ever known. Why? Because they, he himself and the hon . ge ntlemen about him, were what th ey were, nam ely, inhabitants of a public school. A public sc hool was a place of grooved and antique traditions, with no more life and vigour than mummies. Stuffy Latin and Greek, hair-splitting Mathematics, there lav the mistake j I I specialization, sir, is the 'bane of our existence to-day." The hon. member drifted to Canada; "Go there if you want to/' he said, "but why waste your time at a public school first. What YOll ought to be doing is studying potatoes and parsnips not the verbs in -p.'? Public schools instead of producing Citizens of Empi re .... the hon. member pointed at the opposition and P. B. CoUrt/I, fearless and flamboyant, hardly able to contain the indignation roused in his heart's fibres by the scurrilous remarks of the previous speaker, assaulted the platform and flourishing his notes

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at th e heads of his opponen ts, delivered cote dissented), HAllow me, th e opposian impassioned address on the evils of tion did not say so, I do." The han. th e German and French schoolboy. ge ntlema n turn ed to the subject of I< I have seen th em,'J he cried, I< they get snobbery : was th e boy wh o paid his up at b o'clock; would you like to do shop-bill at once a snob, or th e boy who th at? ,. The audi ence ap preciated the did not pay at once ? The au dience argumen t in tensely. T hen came the agreed th at it was th e fo rmer and were at famous story of the Ameri can school once acq uitted of the libel advanced that voted for the abolition of the weekly agai ns t th em by the proposers. Some of bath- he had read it in a Yankee novel, his opponents' statements th e ha n. and so it must be true.-" Above all, sir, th e learned mcm ber was H unable to reconcile English public school boy is a ge ntleman, with th e facts " j towards others he was a ma n whom. you can call your fri end, inclin ed to be mag nanimous ; black sheep, a man I would back against any dirty he was afraid , existed in every flock, II but surely in our littl e flock, gentlemen. they foreigner . . . .. but this bro ug ht if 1 may so mix my words, in the come, D. H. G. N or/heo/, into the fray. With a voice t hat rang through the rafters of nature of a rara avis." Upon this, the debate was taken up the Debatin g H all he asked th e hon . gentleman, just deceased. to take a wal k by the a udience. R . S . F . Coop ,,. fo und hi mse lf e ntirely un convinced by the 0 11 th e E mbankment a nd claim some of his I l friends ": he was we lcome to th em. argum e nts of th e proposers and mainFor his own part the speaker was a tained that wh ile findin g fault in a vague business man, born an d bred ill the trade ; way with the present system, th ey had cash, cash. cash was wh at rul ed th e world nothi ng to offe r in its place. This to-day, a nd the public school man kn ew provo ked a rejoinder from W. J. Polls, nothi ng a bout cash. 41 You can't do stocks who cynically and lucid ly observed that and shares- no, of course not, you lea rn the words of the mOlion di d not suggest Pendl ebury's antique meth ods : wh at you any re medy at all ; therefore, why expect want is th e business-man's wav-all done one? .f. N. L . GOllgh could not see why in a minute with 5 %profit ." Pllblic school a public school man should not emigra te ho using would not pass one sanitary to Ca nada if he wanted to. Lastly inspector in a thousand j and as for games, Tlte P res/denl expressed his indebtedthey were all very well in th eir way. but ness to the opposition, who, amid much there was too much of them. This hon. that was either obvious or medi ocre, had gentlemen was democratic in his oratory; led him to infer that since all divines S. J. F. M aiden on the other hand, we re ex-pu bl ic school men, th at was why suavely sa rdonic, delicately defi ant. treated the re was so mu ch talk in th ese days of th e arguments of his oppone nts with th e the unrta lity of religion and that since hauteur th ey dese rved. .â&#x20AC;˘ It has been said all offi ce rs were ex-public sc hool me n, that the public school man is degraded that was why we nearly lost the Boer War, into becoming an office-boy (M r. North- and why the T erritorial Army was 50 per

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ce nt. under-officered. This causti c wit however, did not con vince th e House who with eminent patriotism, rejected th e motion by 25 votes to 16. On Friday, March 15th, at 6.30 p.m . a debate was held in th e Parry Library, wh en th e motion before th e H ouse was that" The Half-penny Press is a splendid institution." On the wh ole th e speeches were extremely inte res tin g and th e House was quite frequently carried away in its enthusiasm. More speeches were made from the audience and although the division at the end was somewhat overwh elming, the sitting was a di stinct success. D. H. G. N orlhcole wh o un derto ok the proposition of th e moti on, sprang upon th e rostrum with his accusLOmed de.term ination and afte r confesssng th e pnde he felt at proposing th e motion, e ntered into an eloquent eulogy of the la rge number of papers whi ch compose the H alf-penny Press. H e maintained that th e "Daily IVlail" was its pioneer an d proceeded to point out t he va lua ble character of that journal. It was bright, ne wsy, up-to- date and cheap. What more was required of a daily paper ? H e spoke also of the great impetus give n to aeronauti cal matters by the half-penny press led by the" Daily Mail" and cond uded by asserting that without it, an almost unim aginable contingency, th e country would come to a standstill. G. H. Claypole, impassively co ntradicted most of th e statements o f the last speaker and proceeded to attack the Halfpen ny Press on grounds of mo rality. H e said that it devoted far too much of its attention to endless Cricket Averages and

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betting" tips." H e proceeded to attack Mr. Cad bury's attitude wit h regard to the direction of such journals as the " Daily C hronicle " and" The Dailv News." H e as ked how a ma n, in' private '!ife an avowed Quake r and opponent of bettin g, could perm it such roseate productions as the II Football Star" to ap pear? H e emphasized the colour of th at journal to all. innoce nt audience by grasping the Presidential Tablecloth. He co ncluded a qui et bu t forceful speech by appealing to th e House not to supp ort such infamous transactions. C. E . A. Plliiall, at first slightly brea thless with enthusiasm but later calm an d iro nical. proceeded. in a manne r whic h is fas t becoming a custom of th e H Ollse, to cri ticise th e last speaker. In do ing so he drew pa rallels a nd contrasts with the" Daily T elegraph " _ in fact that journal was the butt of his scornful LO ngue for qllite a lengthy period. He threw sco rn on th e asse rtion that the Hal f-penny Press H pande red to th e baser procl ivities of th e British pu blic," a re ma rk which emanated from th e last spea ker, a nd maintained that if two colllln ns in the half-penny papers we re devoted to the Spo rting Chatte r, whole pages were so employed in the penny papers. P. B. Cottn ll was decidedly analytical. But befo re he began th e di ssection he accused th ose wh o had supported the motion of irrelevancy in comparing a nd contrasting the half- penny wi th the pe nny press. In fact he we nt so far as to re peat th e words of the motion in judicial yet triumphant tones. Following the general tendency he dealt with the" Daily

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Mail.Âˇ' The faults whi ch he had to find with it were paltriness and lack of veracity. He supported the first charge with certain extracts from that days issue, one of which was a paragraph headt:d "Do Oysters feel pain," and the second by means of the journalistic mistakes and withdrawal of reports which he so frequently discovered, expecially during

the S. African War. S . J. Maidm commenced by characterising the speeches from the opposition as pathetic." He tentativdy pot forward the suggestion that the hon. gentlemen's opposition probably was un intentional. He then dealt with certain statements which had a ri sen in the course of the discussion, especially as to the last speaker's protest against irrelevancy. He calmly proceeded to compare the halfpenny with the penny pressin the face of the interjections of the opposition . Referring to ve racity he declared that it mattered not to him whether the number of chinamen deprived of their pigtails by the beneficence of the new Republic was forty thousand or thirty-nine thousand nine hun dred and nin ety-nine and con cluded with the astounding assertion that he preferred hi ghly-colo ured news as long as it was of interest to any other sort of news however infallible. C. W. Kidson for the allotted space of ten minutes indulged in a magniloquent tirade against the halfÂˇ penny press. Though slightly incoherent at times his remarks included such well chosen phrases as ee the utter venality of th e press" and the abominable indecency of such journals as .the cc Daily Mail." But the gloomy aspects of hi. utterances (C

was enti rely removed by th e peroration which in as many words proclaimed a crusade against II the trickery of jobbery, venality, etc. of this great yet iniquitous combine." Some idea of the effect produced by his speech could have been gained from the scene of frenzied enth usiasm which was witnessed at its close. W. J. Polls maintained that the Press d id very much good as a whole. The Hal f-pen ny Press was not worse but rather better than the Penny. Therefore it must clo its share and is a splendid institution. j. N. L. Gough informed the House that his meth od of dealing with the lack of veracity and disagreement in th e halfpenny press was to take an average of the combined accounts. P. B. Baker supporting the motion said how much the half-penny paper mea nt to the poor voter with a conscie ntious desi re to fulfil the obligations of the franchise. Wi th out it he contended, the voting at elections would be far less intellige nt than it is now, which was saying a good deal. C. fl. C. (ion rose to point Ollt that di screpa ncies and differences of opinion in sporting matters especially were not confined to the half-penny press by a ny means, and supported his contention by seve ral illustrations. The H Oll. Mover in his final appeal held th at no case had been made for the opposition. Though rath er troubled by the apparent lack of sound logic on the part of those gen tl emen by reason of their audible di sagreement with him, he maintained his enth usiasm to the end. On a show of hands the motion was won by 31 votes to 6.

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O.K.S.

E. F . Housden has represented Cambridge at Gym against St. Paul's and Dulwich . He has also been elected Secretary of Peterhouse Athleti cs Society.

*,,"

H. Gardner played Rugger for th e Army against the Royal Navy at Queen's Club. A. C. Fluke won putting the shot at the R.M.A. Woolwich Sports.

",," R. M. Gent played for Oxford against United Hospitals.

",," We are glad to insert th e follo wing from the " London Gazette." L. C. Sargent, late Cadet Lance-co rporal, King's School, Canterbury, O .T .C., to

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be Second Lieutenant 3rd Batt. the Buffs.

on probation,

We should like to draw the attention of O.K.S. to a most interesting autobiography which has just been written by Dr. Cyril Abdy Grea"es (O. K. S. 1840- 47) The wnter has enjoyed a varied life in man y parts of the world, and his reco rd will be found ve ry entertaini ng. The book may be obtained from Messrs. Austen. E. M. Toulmin has been playing cricket for the Argentine XI. against the M.C.C. R. E . Gordon Blackheath R.F.C.

has

played

for

THE RIVER. The Senio: Fours were rowed un~er most unpl easant conditions, a heavy rain, a nasty cross ~vmd, a fast stream and little water ; for the Juniors there was no rain, but a worse wllld, a faster stream and a small flood, so it was little wonder that the

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qualit~ of the rowing suffered. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find ti me for coachmg and some of the boats had hardly been out together before the race. Juckes' boat suffered worst from this j with a little more practice they would have made a respectab le show, but as it was, Cottrell's boat had th e race well in hand most of the way. Cooper, who was diggi ng bad ly, caught his miT on a shallo w part near the ban k and broke it, but this mad e no diffe rence to the resu lt. In the second heat, Wayte had an easy win. There was little power in Musson's boat, they swung badly and washed out th e last part of the stroke. 'Vayle's crew worked hard and wer:e well together, but had a short swing and were faulty in getting the hands away. ThIs fault led to a crab in their seco nd heat. Cottrell's boat was favoured by luck in bot~ heats, but. was certainly the best. They worked well and were capable of rowIng a smart hvely stroke though there was a tenden cy to lie too far back and make a slow recovery. On the whole, there was promising material fo r next term and the general standard of the rowing has gone up.

The J uniors were a poor lot. It is esselltial that they must have more coaching for a~<?ther year. Th e winning crew were fair and one or two individuals were prOmISIng, but fo'r the most part they made a poor show against the flood. Crosse's boat afforded so me comic relief by rowing sole mnly and determined ly into the bank at the st~rt while their furth er progress reminded one both of the praying insect a nd the bu rymg beetle. The results were as follows : SENIOR FOURS.

I. F . Mason R. J uckes F. uckes Juckes (Capt. ) Cox . E. A. Mi nter Bow. R. T. G. 3· Str. R.

I I. Bow. J . T. F. San des 2. C. L. Green P. S. Barber 3· Str. P. B. Cottrell (Capt. ) Cox. L. W. H . Bes t J UNIOR

I. Bow. Cottrell' (Ca pt.) 2. Seymour F erguson 3· Str. Cooper Cox. Burnett

II. Bow. Pagett 2. Barrett Shelswell 3· Str. Best (Capt. ) Cox. Minter

Ill. Bow. L. Goldsmith 2. V.R.Heywood C. C. Smythe 3· Str. J . H. Musson (Capt. ) Cox. J .F.R.Burne tt

IV. Bow. C. W. Barber 2. G. E .J. Gent C. H. Clayton 3· Str. S. W. Wayte Cox. B. G. King

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III. Bow. Bing 2. Crosse (Capt.) Fanshawe 3· Str. Potts Cox. Cooper2

IV. Bow. Cumberbatch 2. Galpin Kirton 3· Str. Hodgsonl (Capt.) Cox. Hodgson'

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SENIORS:

JUNIORS:

H EAT I.-Juckes' v. Cottrell' s. Witmer: Cottrell's. HEAT n .- Musson's v. Wayte's. ~'1l1ur ,' Wayte's. Semor-Final : Winner of Heat I. v. Win ner of Heat II. H' i1l1ur: Cottrell's .

HEAT I.-Cottrell's v. Crosse's. Wztmer: Cottrell's. HEAT n.-Best's v. Hodgso n's. Wz'fl1zef' ,' Best's. Jtl1Hor-Final: Winner of Heat I. v. Winner of Heat II. Wz'mur : Cottrell's

LECTURE . On Wednesday, Mar. 13th, Mr. Thom pson Seton delivered a most interesting lecture to the School in the Parry Library. He commenced with some interesting tales about Molly Cottontail a nd rabbits in general, pointing out that the patch of white fur on their tai ls was used as a tail light at night. We were n ext amused with several stories about a famous mustang that had once lived in America; some of the m were de cidedly American stories. Perhaps the most interes ti ng part of the lecture was that in which the flights and migrations of birds were described. These were accompanied by most excellent imitations of their cries.

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But th e most delightful effect of all was the moose-call which will long be The re was something remembered. partic ul a rly eerie and fascinating about this stran ge and not altogethe r melodious sou nd in the midst of the still ness of the forest at night. The lectu rer concluded by a description of t he habils and cllstoms of the skunk, a curious little animal whose rur is valuable, and whose sale method of defence consists in emitting a peculiarly ob noxious odour of concentrated nastiness whi ch makes a whole township, as we were informed, hold their noses in disgust. The skunk is a creature to be missed; not so Mr. Seton's lecture.

GYMNA S IUM .

Those to whom the care of the Gymnasi um is e ntrusted, having reo floored the Hall, have now t urned their energies to the walls, fitting in the la test type of Wall Bars for Swedish Drill-another great impr ove ment. Swedish Drill, although perhaps not quite so interesting as work on the appa ratus, is far more efficient for physical development. T o illustrate the use of the ne,,, Wall Bars, a short Swedish display was given after the Open Competition by the Gym . VIII., assisted by some half-dozen from the

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other classes to whom are due warm thanks and congratulations on their work. We may also rec~ rd our keen apprecialio~ of tl,lC ~ction of the ~ports' Commi~tee in co nferring I st colours on the Gym. Paa. :rhl S will, no doubt, give an added stimulus to th e already reviving interest in Gymnasmm throughout the School. The New Boys' Competition took place on Thursday, March. "I.th. There were eleven entries, and the winner, Allen, is to be co ngratulated on his style. The work in all three competitions was above the average. NEW Ho rizOlllal Parallel Oars. Bars.

NAMR.

Maximum:I. 2.

3· 4· 5· 6. 7· 8. 8. 10. II.

.. ...

Allen ' Watkins Gracey ... Arnold .. ... Anderson Burnett GOIJgh3 ... Gibson ... ... Straker ." Cumberbatch ... H odgsonZ

...

(,)

BOYs. Rinc ~.

- --

Horse.

Ropes.

T Olal.

--- - - (,)

(,)

(, )

3, 2, 3.

4 5 3. 3 3 4. 2 2,

4 4 3. 3. 3 3' 3 2.

4, 3 4 2. 2 3 2 2

---

7° -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - ... 8 8 4 4 54 9 ... S7 6 S 35. 3.4• 47. 4. 4 5 .I , 6 ... 8 .I 8 7 47 5 3 3 '0

••

. 6 ... 5 ... 3 ... 6

7 6 6 7

.I 4 2 4

.I 5 2 5

." ."

...

6 6 8 5 4 4 3 4

7 4

, 4

• 3 4 3 7 2

, 3 4 4 2

44 4 1, 39. 37 35 35 27 27

The Under 16 Competition was held on the same evening and was won by Barberz, a result which was a foregone conclusion. Except Barber's. the style might have been improved with advantao-e The marks are appended :0 U NDER Horizontal Bars. .--"---

NAME.

(.)

(,)

··1 95 1 86 ...::1 34

Maximum. J.

2. 3· 4· 5· 6.

BarberZ ... Gracey .. Groom ... Best ... Morris ... Cumberbatch ...

...

16.

Parallel Bars.

Ri ngs.

7 4

Ropes.

Horse.

._-- - - - ---- --8 10 7 4 4 .I 2

5 4 3

Total.

9 6 3 6 4 3

(,)

(, )

(,)

.1. 3

2. 4

2 4

"I 2

4 4. 4 4 I

(,)

3. 4 4 3 2

43 4° • 39 '9. 24.

-4. ---64.

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The Open Competition was held on Saturday, March, lrd. The work in this division was far above the average, there being no "tail " ; the bottom competitor, in addition to holding a lon g-arm balance. scored well over half marks. We ·con ~ gratulate all the division on gaining their well merited Gym colours. Gent, the winner, deserves special mention on hi s brilliant performance. his work rivalling that of his brother, R. M. Gent, who won the individual prize at Aldershot in ' 909. This general improvement in the School Gymnastics is du e to the untirin g energy and care of Sergt.-Major Cooper and SergI. Sanderson (both of the Army Gyrnnastc Staff), the former o f whom trai nf';d the 1st Division, whil e the latter is responsible for th e improvement in the Junior competitions. Our thanks are also due to Sergt. -Major Cooper for setting the exercises at the competition, and to Sergt. Sanderson for judgin g ; always a difficlllt task. The Head Master read out the results, and congratulated all conce rned on the Success of the various Competitions OPEN . H ori2ontal Bars . ~

NAMa.

( .)

Maillimum:I. 2.

3· 4· 5· 6. 7·

Gent Rarber' Clayton Snndes ... Wayte ... Minter. Lang 1

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

Parallel Bars.

Rings.

---

H orse.

Toeal.

---

(,) .0

-- - --... 8, 9. 9, ... 8 9 7.

.. 9 ... 3, ... 4. ... 6 ... S

Ropes .

-----.,

8 5, 6 6;\ 7

After the Competition, G. E. represent the School at Aldershot.

8 8 6. 6

O. T. C.

8;\ 8 9 6 6;\ 5;\ 7

9 9. 8;\ 8 7, 8;\ 8

8, 9 7. 7 7;\ 7. 6

4 4 4;\ 3 3 3.

5 4, 4 3 3,

4 4. 4 4. 3. 31

4. 4

" 3. "3 "

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68 65. 54. 53. 52 51,

Gent and C. W. Barber were selected to

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The outstanding feature of the work this term has been the field day on the Sootland Hills on March the 5th, when the East Kent Schools, consistin g of Tonbridge, Dover, St. Lawrence, Maidstone, Rochester, the C.O.S .• Sand wich and ourselves, combined in operations against two squadrons of th e IXth Lance rs. Our force numbered about seven hundred. Dover and St. Edmund's assembled in the

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Mi nt Yard at 9.30, and we then marched out to Fordwich to meet the rest of ~h.e Blue Force who had detrained at Sturry. Operations commenced at eleven. Colonel Cloete, our commanding Officer, had received information of the enemy's position on th e Scotland Hills. It was essential to attack at once in order to preserve the line of communi cation with his base at Ashford on which he was advancing. ÂĽle marched through Fordwich and halted hal f-way up th e hill towards the Sandwich road. St. Lawrence. who formed the vanguard of our force, got into action almost immedi ately. T he advantage of the scheme lay in the fact that all except a few local reserves were dispensed with and practically th e wh ole force was in the firingline. From the lane we ex tend ed at once, and, passing through the wood on to the furt her hill, found ourselves in the firing- li ne. We were organised for the day in one and a half co mpanies, and soon got divid ed np owing to the nature of th e country. Ca ptain Latter, with Cadet Officer Juckes and about th ree sections, was in the hollow on t he right; and Cadet Officer Claypole wi th two sections on the top of a knoll in the centre, and th e remainde r on th e left. The mobility of the cavalry opposing us made it difficult at times to locate th eir exact position, though, when on the move, th ey offered an excellent target. After a connexion had been established along our rath er extended line, a general advance was decid ed upon, and the lancers at on ce retreated. Our right flank. after clearing th e hill on which the enemy had maintai ned their position [or some time, closed in upon the centre, bringing considerable reinforcement to the first lines of th e attack whi ch had by this time crossed the stream at the bottom of the hill and were attacking the Old Park Farm. The crest of the ridge was gained without much diffi culty and the day closed rath er suddenly with a fine charge by the Lance rs. Except for its extreme shortness, the ope rations we re a distinct success, and we were able to gain some idea of the general methods of cavalry fig hting. After arriving at the barracks all the contingents marched past in colum n, and were afterwards add ressed by General Bingham, G.O.C. 4th Cavalry Brigade. and Major Ashmore (Imperial General Staff), chief of the O.T .C. Staff at the War Ollice, wh o came down from London especially to sec th e Ficici Operations. He said it was a great pleas ure to him to have this opportunity of watching the D.T.C . at work in the field, and congratulated the officers of the co ntin gents particularl y on their continued efforts to ensure efficiency of their con tin gen ts, which he kn ew meant a great sacrifice of time in term, and holidays as well , on their part. He emphasized the one great object of the O.T .C., which was to provide a Reserve of Officers to meet the emergency of war. H e urged that it was th e duty of every cadet to make a real effort to join either the Territorial Force or, preferably, the Special Reserve of Ollicers. The Practical Part of Certificate II A" was conducted at the Barracks on March 12th by Major Eaton and Captain Cresswel l. The examination was longer and more searching than on previous occasions, and we co ngratulate th e following

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on passing :-Qr.-Mr.-Sgt. Wayte, Sgt. Kidson, Cp\. Mason, Cp\. Gent, Cp\. Whistler, L.-Cp\. Maiden, L.-Cp\. Gore, Pte. Green. We trust they will prove equally successful in the theoretical. We are glad to be able to say that the Section Cup has at last been competed for. Captain Latter and Lieutenant Poole kindly acted as judges, and all. the same afternoon the Adjutant, Captain Ronald of <I The Buffs," paid us a vis it. At t~e same parade we practised company and battalion dri ll.

THE LIBRARY. T he following books have bee n recently presented to the Library :PRESENTED BY

"Sea-Power, and other Studies "-Sir Cyp rian Bridge. "The Green Curve" -Ole Luk-Oie. "Cardinal de Retz "- Ogg. Our thanks are due to th e kind donors.

The Author. C. J. Galpin, Esq., O.K.S. P. G. Chave, Esq., O.K.S.

CORRESPONDENCE. N. 8. -1 he Editors decline to accept any respoltSibilitJI cOllnected witlt the oPinions oj theil' Correspon" dents. Nam e and address must always be given, Itot uecessarily for publication, but as a gUMantee of good jaÂŁtk. Personait'ties wilt involve certaÂŁ11 ,'eiulion. Letters should III 1()T#ten ou olle side of the paper ollly.

They are quite unsu ited to the shelves of a public library; the binding is Dear Sirs, certainly not A. I. , and would always May I be a\lowed to express my have to be ren ovated, and yo ur corresdisagreement with the views of you r pondent obviously has no idea of the correspondent O.P.Q. A.R. in your last large proportion of our funds that has number ? There is, I think, much to already to be devoted to the repai r and be said against the inclusion of many re-bindi ng of books j and it is not poc~et editions in the Parry Lib rary. desirable that this item of expenditure I To Jlle Edz'lors

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sho uld be enormousl y increased. Again, he speaks li ghtly of the II evanescence" of books. No less than 20 -including a pocket edition - have "softly and suddenly vanished a way" during the last t welve months--a fact that is not very creditable to users of the Library -and this tendency is. I think, one to be discouraged rather than encouraged, as your correspondent would seem to suggest. At the same time, I should be much obliged if he would se nd me a list of the titles of a "few hu ndred books," which he would like to see on the Lib rary shelves, as members of the School aTe very backward in making any suggestions, though cordially invited to do so. Yours si ncerely, R. E. EVERITT, Librarian. To Ihe Edt/ors O lll TH E C ANTUARIAN," Dear Sirs, Glancing at the excessive wearin ess of the dictionaries in th e Museum, could not so mething be done to restore them, as they are in constant use by mem bers of the VIth and Staff? The fact that one di clionary is utterly devoid of ,integument tends to the destruction of pnnted matter. The diligent scholar having looked up his word and prepared a single sheet (back of an unseen ) dips his pen into the ink-well, and enco unters a mass of blotting papers sodden with viscuous alluvial formed by evaporated ink of past ages. The Schoolroom greatly famo us for th e nature of its " un spillable II provides 'I twoÂˇ fold problem to the

student (a) to find one containing ink (?). (b) one in which he can forc~ hIS ,pen owing to the narrowness of the m ge nI?us ape rtu re through which no pen- savlllg only a quill-can pass. Yours si ncerely, THE LOOKER-ON .

To the Editors of II T HB CANTUAR.IAN. " Dca I' Sirs, And are the Sixth Form truly above the restrictio ns of fath er Time? The reason for asking such a question is that in th e chanlber specially set apart for the VIth and for the fossil s of past ages. situated as it is "far from the haunts of men ," th e Hoa ry Old Gentleman has ,no representative in the shape of a sundIal, clock, or a ny other form of time piece. Could not so welcome a face as that of a Represe ntative of Time be introduced to us? 1 am, Yours in need. "OUR GLASS." [\-Ve disagree. Clocks, owing to the promiscuous generosity of the House C01l1mittee, have lately becom~ so comn~ 0ll: an ?bject i~ the School buildmgs that It IS qUite a rehef, to appreciate the stoic indiffer.ence to time which Euripi des Ilnd his compamons have produced in lhe views of the VIth. - EDD. CANTUAR.]

To Ih, Edilors of " TH E CANTUARIAN. " Dear Sirs, Allow me to trespass on your valuable space. There is, I believe, a rule on the statute book of th e Harvey Society more honoured ill the breach than in th~ observance that the above Society should ' .

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have the care and supervlsIOll of the Museum and all thin gs co ntained therein. At present the cases look somewhat nncared for and undu sted inside ; the fossils, etc., seem to lie about anyhow with the reference card some distance away from the exhibit it refers to. Surely this must be a rather disheartening sight to those who have been kind enough to send relics in the past? If this defect were remedied perhaps more would feel inclined to se nd contributions. Anoth er important need is a new and respectable flag for the Saints' Days. I{

n CtVTU EVClxw,Jvwr ICC" ICam Taftv ,,/t",VECI()UJ. "

With apologies, Yours tru ly, MUSEUM. [The flag has, we believe, become a tradition, and is, therefore, sacrosanct.Âˇ-EDD. CANTUAR,]

To the EditOls of" THB CANTUARI AN ." Dear Sirs, During the last fe w weeks there appears to have been an extensive revival of the study of photography amongst those of us who have came ras. In the present state of affairs photog raphers have no means wh ereby they may display their results. whi ch must ill very many cases be of interest and of artistic worth and talent. Could not thi s lack be supplied by an annual exhibit ion? This idea has already been adopted by other schools and I don't see why we. who have such a plenty of material for work at hand, should be behind. Might it not be conducted by the Harvey Society and a small entrance fe e charged to alleviate

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the expenses whic h would be Ol~ly slight. With apologies for th ese suggestio ns) Yours truly, FOCUS. [We commend the suggestion to the superfluous funds and energy of the Harvey. On a wet half-holiday nex t term a ph.otography b~~r in the Parry would, we imagme, be a stnklng success,-EDD. CANTUAR,]

To the Edttors of II THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs, Anyone who goes into the New H all cann ot help noticing the di sgraceful state of the School Photographs. They are not all hung at the same height, the frames and mountings are not all the same. The effect is slovenly and does not add to the questionable beauty of the prese nt scheme of ornamentation. Whole pictures have been removed from the walls and destroyed (the positions of the others being slightly altered so as to fi ll up the gap) by those who have injured the frame or glass, so as to avoid punishment. Could not this be remedied by placing six or ten photographs in one frame? T his system has been used fo r many years for the Football and Cricket groups in the Old Hall an d no one can co mplain of the re sult. I admit that the initial expenses might be so mewhat heavy, but remember that one frame would last for many years. Yours truly, A.I.P. [We believe that both this suggestion and the the proposal to preserve the Boat groups are unde r the consideration of the House ComÂˇ mittee.-EDD. CANTUAR.)

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CANTUARIAN. JUNE,

1912.

No.8.

EDITORIAL. Most of US, I believe, have a secret admiratiou for those who have skill in matters in which we know that we ourselves are ignorant. Vle don't often shew it; we usually try to persuade ourselves that such matters are wholly useless and mere waste of time. The long legged, ungainly six-footer pretends to have a fearful contempt for gymnasts; .. what is the use," he exclaims," of wearing yourself out doing upstarts, and balancing yourself with superhuman skill on the parallels ? An unnecessary sweat, I call it." Yet in his heart of hearts he has a distinct admiration for gymnasts, realising their remarkable skill in a department in which he is singularly lacking. And so now I would wish to confess my admiration for a class of people, whom (alas! woe is me 1) I have often in time past depreciated. I refer to the early riser. In theory, of course early rising is the right and proper thing, and one which commends itself to any right-minded individnal; but when we COIUe to try and put it into practice, we often find our love of comfort and trauquility superior to our common sense. With such lazy sluggishness am I wont frequently to act, I confess it, and often in the past have I mocked at early risers and spoken of them with a pitying smile. But now I will confess my unfeigned admiration for these phenomena of energy ; and though I find myself singularly incapable of following their noble example, I will cease henceforth to hold them up to derision. But at this very moment I hear the carping critic giving vent to such bitter words as these: "What is the fellow driving at ? This is supposed to be an

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editorial ! Why give us a disquisition on early rising ? " Wait a minut e, my friend , and you shall hear. I wish to introduce yon to a period of the School's activity hit herto unknown. Let us suppose, for the sake of argument only, that one morning, I with editorial heroism, have pulled my reluct ant toe out of my sleep-inducing bed somewhat earlier than is my wont, have donned my garments and sallied forth. What is it that greets my sight, as I come forth from the School House door? La ! deck chairs I see spread forth in the sun, and in them recline studious youths, busy preparing the work for the coming day; there I behold the mathamatician deep in his hydrostatics, and the classic eagerly perusing the immortal works of Plato. Sec, my friend, the critic, I have told you something yon won't find in the School news. K.S.C. prepares its work before breakfast. But then I reflect, if people rise early in order to pursue their studies, surely some of the energetic must rise too to indulge in physical exercise. Nor is 111y surmise incorrect, for just at this moment, a fea rful yell from the fives court apprises me of the fact that that building is not untenanted, but occupied by human beings. I approach the court and there discover four strenuous souls, in the intervals of hoofing and cuffing one another, endeavouring to play Fives. But then another thought strikes me; here are energetic individuals engaging in studious and sporting occupations, bl1 t is there 110 matutinal pursuit for the members of that great institutioll , the Corps? Anel once more a sound is borne to my ears; this time, as of a woodell mallet hitting a peg with extreme violence, shortly afterwa rds followed by the remark, "Get hold of your red runner, No. 4." Reflecting on the earliness of everything this year, even scarlet runners, and wondering if they grow ill the Green Court, I stroH in that direction , and am astonished to find not a kitchen garden, but merely a tent being erected by the O.'1'.C. "The mystery of the Red Runner" must be solved by the initiated . 'Tis not for such as me to explain . Thus thoroughly admiring the energy of all t hese early birds, I register a vow that on the morrow I will rise at 6.30. Shall I , do you think ? I wonder I

THE SPORTS. The Annual Athletic Sports were held on t he S. I,awrence ground on Friday and Saturd ay, March 29th and 30th. Originally a rranged fo r the two preceding days they were postponed in order t o allow a slightl y longer time for training. On Friday the weather was nearly perfect . \\farm sunshine, fresp. air and mod-

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erate1y hard turl made affairs pleasant for competitors and spectators alike. The only drawback was the absurdly short time possible for practice. Good performances cannot be expected on three days', instead of three weeks', continuous training. However, we must be satisfied with the good conditions on the actual day. Saturday, though colder, and more windy, was on the whole, above the average. . With regard to individual performances, the only open event WhlCh really deserves mention was Telfer's mile in 4 min. 58 secs., good time for a runner who is more at home with a sevenÂˇ mile race. Many of the other events produced excellent races, but the times were not good owing, as we have mentioned, chiefly to lack of training. Shelswell and Barrett had a hand in most of the under l6t events, in which t he H erons scored no less than 68 points .. Shelswell did quite well in the half-mile, but must try aud put on more pace lU the first lap. McMaster in the under 15 Hundred was promising. We cannot do better than repeat here the advice of the Captain of Games at the Presentation of Prizes with reference to the number of entries. 'l'he Sports are meant for the School to compete in, not to watch. By the al~eration of the age limits from 14 and 16 to IS and 16t , in the junior events, the Sports Committee bas been successful in attracting a large increase of competItors. But the open races, H urdles and Half especially, wonld be the better for at least twice the number of rUllners. At 6.30 on Saturday, Mrs. Mason was kind enough to give away the prizes in the Gymnasium . As usual, Fives, Boating and Gym. prizes were presented at the same time, and also the Section Cup. Our warm thanks are due to the following for their kindness in giving prizes : the Ladies of Canterbury, Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Blare, Mrs. McDowall, Rev. R. G. Hodgson, Rev. E. L. A. H ertslet , the Headmaster, A. I,atter, Esq ., E . Bing, Esq., the Masters, and the VIth Form. L ONG JUMP (O'P EN).

1. N. E . Ashenden 2. R. Crowley Height : 18 ft. Ot ill. (Record, 19 ft. 10 in.) Not a good jUlllP. QUAR'fER MILE (UNDER 16 ! ).

1. A. H. Shelswell 2. A. V. Barrett

3. E. C. Bing

Time, 61%secs . Field soon strung out, Barrett leading . Sbelswc11 passed Barrett before the Pavilion and won by 10 yards in good time.

LONG J UMP (JUNIOR SCHOO:r..).

I. McCarthy

2. Palll1er Length, 13 ft. 10 in.

QUARTER .M U.E (UNDER 15)

I. J. A. Fergusson

2. I. McMaster Time, 70 ~ sees.

Ferguson went ahead. McMaster passed him at Ladies Pavilion. r-'ergllsoll recovered his place and just W011 frolll McMaster. Straker sprinted well for third place.

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HURDLES (UNDER 16!).

I. '1', R. Juckes

2. A. V. Barrett

Time, 23 sees. J uckes gained ground from Srd fljght to to end, but Barrett was gaining at the finish. Won by 5 yards. Hodgson's style was good. 22{) YARDS (J UNIOR SCHOOL, UNDER II ).

1. Ashenden'a

2. Gardiner Time. 37 sees.

HIGH J UMP (UNDER 16i). J. A. V. Barrett 2. C. R. M. Groom

Height, 4 ft. 7 in. Good second.

Quite a good jump.

QUAR'.l'HR Mn ,E (OPEN).

I. A. B. Forsyth

J. H . Musson

3. R. Crowley

Time, 58! sees. (Record. 53 l sees) Crowl,.ey went ahead, followed by Trevitt and Forsyth. Trevitt took the lead at the L adies, and the field began to close up. Musson was leading at Chestnut Forsyth began to sprint at the stand aud passing Musson at the Pavilion, maintained a short lead to the end, winning a good race by two yards. Crowley was the sallle distance behind Musson. l"orsyth timed his sprint excellently. H URDf,ES (OPEN).

I. G. P. Juckes

2. R. Juckes Time, 21 ~ secs. (Record, 17 secs . R. J uckes was leading slightly at the 2nd flight and kept his lead all the way. G. F. Juckes was three yards behind at the last hurdle where he caugh t his foot between the bars aud h alf fell. R. J uckes slipped badly 8 yards from the fin ish, his brother, recoverin g quicker won by a couple of yards. Poor time. HAI.F MII.B (UNDER 16i). 1. A. H. Shelswell 3. H . C. Evans

2. E. C. Bing 'rime, After a short strike on revolver, the eleven started. lead in a slow first lap. At

2 mins. 29j sees. the part of the Morris took the the beginning of

the second he was overtaken by Evans. Bing and Shelswell h ad been lying about 35 yards behind and came up by the Ladies Pavilion. Shelswcll took the lead and in the splen did finish won by a yard from Bing. A bad third. ShelsweU judged Ws sprint well. 100 YARDS (UNDER 15). 2 G. D. Watkins 1. I. D. McMaster Time, 13 ~ secs McMaster Tan in good st yle and Wall easily. MII,E (OPllN).

1. A. C. Telfer 2. J . H . l\{ussOn

3. V. R. H eywood 4. R. A. F. Whistler Time, 4 min. 58 secs. (Record, 4 m iu. 49 secs. Duly tell sta rted-a very poor performance. Telfer weut ahead, followed closely by Heywood and Claypole. Heywood took the lead for a few yards in the second lap but Telfer soon resullIed it alld led by 15 yards at the third lap. lI..rU SSOIl passed Claypole aud approached Heywood. The rest .began to tail out. Musson was second at the beginning of the fourth lap and Telfer a long way ahead. 'W histler ca lli e up very strongly. MUSSOll sprinted well but failed to get Ilear Telfer, who wall by 40 yard s. Heywood and Whistler rau practically n dead heat. Telfer was paced for the last lap. HIGH J UMP (OPEN). 1. G. P. Jnckcs 2. T. L. Gordoll Height,S ft. Ot ill. (Record,S ft. 5 in.) Dilly half an inch between the two, b oth of whom leapt quite well . 100 YA I{OS (JUNIOR

1. Gnlpin 2

SCH OOL) .

2. Cumberbatch 1 Time, 14! secs.

LONG Ju~l1' (UNDER 16,).

1. W.J. Potts

Easy flrs t.

2. I. McMaster Lcngth, 15 ft. 11 in. Not very high standard ..

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100 YARDS (UNDER 16i).

1st beat- I. A. H . She1swe11 , 12* secs. 2nd H ent- t. A. V. Barrett, 12! secs. FIN.-\Iâ&#x20AC;¢.

I. A. V. Barrett

2. A H . Shelswell Ti me, 12 ~ secs. Barrett who did worse time in the heats, came all strongly after half-way, his size being fin advan tage against a Wg h wincl . HIGH JUM P (JUNIOR SCHOOL). 2. Palmer Height, 4 ft. 4{ ins.

I . l\'( cCarthy

100 YARDS (OPE N). 1st J-Ieat- l. A. B. Forsyth 2. C. E. A. Pullan 2nd Heat- I. R. Crowley 2. J. It. Trevitt ]tINAI ..

1. R. Crowley

2. A. B . Forsyth T ime. 11 ~ secs. (Record, 101 secs. Close race throughout and apparently level 10 yards from the tape. Crowley Wall by less than a yard. Run again st a strong wind. Pllllan gave away 2 yards at the start and was a good third.

600 YARDS:HANDICAP. J. L . Elston (39 yd,.) 2. E. W. Watts (77 yd,.) 3. T. L . Gordon (67 yds.) T ime, 1 min. 25! secs. I.

QUARTER MII.E (JUNIOR

1. McCarthy

Time, 1 min. 14} secs. 120 YARDS HANDICAP. H. G. Evans (11 yards). 2. T. L. Gordon (4 yards). 3. R. K. Lang (3 yards). Time 14 secs I.

THE WmGIIT. 2. R. Crowley Length, 32 ft. 2 in. (Record, 34 ft. 9 ill . J l1ckes has done considerably bettcr aud putted with a strained arm. Easy first. PUTTING

J. R. Juckes

220 VARDS (J UNIOR SCllOOr.). 2. McCarthy I . Goldie

Time, 34! secs.

220 YARDS HANDICAP.

I. 2.

T. L. Gordon (2 1 yds.) T. S. Wacher (39 yds) R. K. Lang (Shds.) 'rime, 26 ~ secs. HAr,I: Mrr.E (OPF.N).

1. A. C. Telfer 2. J . I-I. Musson

3. A. B. Forsyth

Time, 2 mi n. 17* secs. {Record, 2 mill. 8t secs. Telfer wen t abead quickly at t he start, Musson passed him at t he chestuut and kept a few yards ahead till the middle of the second lap. Telfer then put on sl?ccd ~~d rUlining alongside by the Members PavIhon passed Musson by the New Pavilion and won by abou t 10 yards. Forsyth was close behind and Heywood fourth. Claypole and Cottrell ran n splendid tie for 5th place. Far too small n field.

SCHOOI.).

2. Palmer

Tu'I'ORSlIT Mu,F..

\. CIIOUGHS (A. B. Forsyth, J H . MUSSOIl, P. D. Baker, N. E. Ashenden). 2. l\'{AR'I'I,lITS (S. W. Wayte, C. E. A. Pullan, C. H. Clayton, E. C. Bing) . 3. GRYPHONS. 4 . HERONS .

5. SWAI.LOWS.

6. HAWKS.

Time, 4 min. to! secs. (Record, 3 min. 48! sees.) Great enthusiasm as usu al. Pullau led for the whole of the first round; Barrett was n plucky second . Way te had a lead of IS yds. for t he second round.,. but Shelswell reduced his lead all the way and only just failed to catch him. Musson started a bad fourth and ruulling a good quarter fin ished se.cond. Gordon led to the chestnut where B1l1g took the lead to the cnd, where be led by 20 yards.

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Clayton went off at a hot pace but Forsyth ruuning the best quarter of the race, overtook him 50 yards fro Ul the finish and WOll by five yards. Heywood beat Smythe by a yard for third place-a bad third.

The following is the table of marks : Open.

HerOllS Choughs

Hawks Swallows Grypllons Martlets

The Tutor Set Shield was won by the Herons after a very close tussle with the Cboughs.

72 114 100 58

Under Under

66&,

IS·

10 6

13 25

T Ola1.

132 124 110 58 57

CRICKET. LIST DATE.

OPPONENTS.

FIX'l'URES. Rlt SUJ.T.

GROUND.

RUN S FOR.

RUNS AGAINST.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · 1---,----1-- -- - 1 2nd I nl1, 1St I nn, 2nd Inn, ul l nn, 1st XI. Th. May 9· Tu. 14· Th. " 16. Tu . " 11 . Tu. " 28. Tu. J~~e 4· Fri. 7· T u. " II. Tu. " 25· Sat. " 29· " 2. Tu . July F ri. Sat. Sat. \~red.

Sat.

" " "

S. Lawrence Chart ham Asylu~' Mr. A. Latter's X I. R.:\'I .L.1. Wye Coll ege

M.C.C... Rev. L. H. Evan'~, XL :::

Eastbourne College Dover College ... Highgate School 5· } F elsled School 6. 13· S. Edmund's School 16. R L. Gottwa ltz' XI. 27· O.K. S. .

...

Th. May 23· Wed. I t 29· T u. J une 4· Sat. 8.

Tu. Th .

S. Lllwrcnce .. A,"

II .

13·

Sat. " 29· Wed. ,JulY l o.

1st XI. :

Beverley Beverley Chartham Beverley Beverley Beverley Beverley Beverley Beverley Dover Beverley

Drawn . Lost. Won. Drawn . Drawn. Postpo ned. Abandoned.

203 (6) 297 104

107 (51 196 189 (9)

13 1 (5) 256 (6)

185 (5)

166 (9)

Felsted

S. Edmund's" , ::::: :: ::::.:::: :: .: : ::: ::" " ..... ... ,, ' Beverley

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

+ ..

.. " ." ........ " .. ... ... . " . ... ,

_B~ec.ve",-'-Ie"y_-" .. c...c...c.."' .. "' .. "' .. "' .. ". '-1'=="

____ :.:":_:.:":'::':.:.:. ' "',. ... ,.

2nd Xl.

H arbl edown C.C. S. Lawrence ColI. 2nd Wye College 2nd X I. ... Dover College 2nd X l.. .. S. Edmund's Sch. 2nd XI. Harbl edown C. C. Do\'er Coll ege 2nd XI. ::: S. Ed mund 's Seh. 2nd X I.

Harhledown ... Ramsgate Wye ... Dover Beverley" . Blore's Piece .. . Beverley ... S. Edlnund's ."

Lost. 76 Losl. 95 Postponed . .. ..... .... ... " .. " ... .. .. ... .... ....... " . ...... .. ... ... ...... ,, ' ..... .. ... . . " " .. .. .. ... ... ... ... .. ... .. ....... " ........ ... ". ..

126 154

95 (5)

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

P. D. Baker, C. H. C. Gore, C. E . W. Chapman, N, E . Ashenden, R . A F . W histler .

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MATCHES. KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE" A." Played on the Beverley ground on May 9th. Our opponents won the toss and elected t o bat first, putting together 203 for 6 wickets. The cbief scorers were E. F inn and Murrin, both of whom passed the 50 mark. On the School going to the wickets, Cha pman, Juckes and Wbistler were soon disposed of. but Ashenden came to the rescue, and with Baker, who h ad gone in first, a fine and much needed stand was made, 84 runs being added before Baker was stumped off Murrin. P age, who followed, hit a four and a single and was then bowled, and before the next ma n Burton had time to score, stumps were drawn, Ashendell carrying out his bat for a most useful 54. One thing struck the onlookers, and t hat was the number of catches that were missed, at least seven being put on the ground ;. but this we hope will be remedied. More matches are lost by dropping catches than through any other canse. ST. LAWRENCE "A." Rev. Taylor, b Gore H. Wightwick, c }uckes, b Maiden E. Finn, not out .. . _.. } . Murrin, C' Baker, b Gore J. Hayes, b Baker r. Bowen, b Gore R, RhodE'S, st Gellt, b Baker N . Wightwick } C. A. Downes did not bat D. Stoneham C. E. Harris Extras: byes, 15; leg-byes, 5 : wide!, I Total (for 6 wickets)

KING'S SCHOOl.. p, D, Baker, st Finn, b ]''hurill C. E. W. Chapman, c Wigh twick, b Murrin G. P. } uckes, Ibw, b Tayfor ... .., R. A, P. Whistler, c Hayes, b Murrin ... N . E. Ashenden, not o u t J C. Page, c Rhodes, b Taylor G. W . M. Burtoll , not out

22 58 55

22 5 10

21 203 34 4

o o

54 5

G. E . J . Gent}

C. I-I. C. Gore did not hat J, Maiden, W. G. Finke Extras : byes, S: leg-byes, 3; no-ball!', 2

T otal (for 5 wicket..)

10 107

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BOWI,ING ANAJ,VSIS:

51', I,AWRENCR.

Gore Maiden Baker Fluke Page

o. 15 10

5'5 3 2

o o o o

67 36 38 25 10

w. 3 1

o o

:Maiden b owled oue wide.

KING'S SCHOOL v. S T. LAWRENCE C.C. Played on the Beverley May 14th, result a win for the St. Lawrence by 101 runs, For our opponents M. H. Charlton and the Rev. L. H. Evans both scored over 50, whilst Capt. C. Truem an by good cricket amassed 103. In this match dropped catches again played a great part, and our opponents' score would have been cut down considerably had all the chances been held. For the School P. D. Baker, Gent and" Mr. Extras" did well; whilst the first named played a fine innings of 64 before being disposed of by a high, bumpy ball which he could not get away fro111. Gent's innings, 45 not out, was most useful decidedly. unorthodox, but none the less usefu l for that. R. Crowley wa~ mcluded In thIS match, as a bowler he has pace, and wl1at he must learn is, to keep the ball off the leg, and find a length. Our fielding, witb the exception of the missed catches was an improvement on the last match. ST. I,AWRENCE "A." W. H . Charlton, run out .. . Capt. C. Trueman, e Gorc, b Crowley Rev. P. C. Joy, c and b Maiden ... L. C. V. Bathurst, st Gent, b Baker J. Dean, b Maiden A . MacHiltotl, b Crowley C. E. Harris, b Gore ... . .. Rev. L. H. Evans, st Gent, b Baker Rev. A. H. E. Taylor, e Baker, b Maiden R. R. Egerton, e Juckes, b :Maiden Clinch, not out ... ... Extras: l}yes, 13 ; leg-byes, 3; no-ball, 1 Total ...

103 1

17 2

8 6

22 4

17 297

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KING'S SCHOOl,. P. D. BalCer, c Charltoll, b Taylor C. E. W. Chapman, c Joy, b Bathurst G. F. Juckes, Ibw, b Bathurst R. A. F. Whistler, b Bathurst N . R Ashendel1, b Trueman J. C. Page, b Harris G. W. M. Burton, b Bathurst G. E. J. Gent. not out... . .. C. H. C. Gore, c J oy, b Bathurst ... S. T. Maiden, b Bathurst R.,'Crowley, c Egerton, b Trueman Extras: byes, 34: leg-bycs, 7

5 15 2 4

12 45 4 1

3 41

196

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BOWLING ANALYSIS: Gore .. . Maiden .. . Crowley Bakcl'

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3 2 0

1 4

10 15

76 43 107

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Gore bowled Due no-ball.

KING'S SCHOOL v. CHARTHAM ASYLUM. May 16th, 1912. Chartham batted first and Gore dismissed Fagg with a VE'ry good ball in his second over. 'rhe pitch was all in favour of the bowlers and wickets fell fast, balf the side being out for 51. Addiscott and Dr. Topham carried the score to 83, and Crowley and Baker took on the attack. The change was immediately successful , Baker getting Addiscott well caught by Burton while Dean was Ibw two balls later. At lunch Baker had taken 2 wickets for I, and the score was 83 for 7. After lunch the innings was closed for 104. Baker, Gore and Maiden divided t he wickets between them, all bowling well. The School started very poorl y, losing Baker, marvellously caught by point, and Juckes for 6 runs. Chapma n and Ashenden then added nearly 50 rUllS, both making useful scores. After their dismissal, \\'histler soon began to hit, but witb Page bowled fo r 7, five wickets were down for 76, and things looked rathe r exciting. Burton, however, played a steady game, and 90 weut up before the next wicket fell. \Vhistler made the winning hit and was shortly afterwards bowled, for a dashing 46. Go re at once began scoring vigorously, chiefly on the leg ; and the tail added 77 funs . Gore and :Maiden had a very merry time at the end, the former hitting one 6 and five 4's in his 41 not out. These two remained undefeated, when a deluge of rai n stopped further play.

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A. F'agg, b Gore .

D. Jordan, b Maiden." H. Hills, c Chapman, b Maiden A. Addiscott, c Burtoll, b Baker W. Hurst, c and b Gore B, Stewart, b Maiden Dr. Topham, rUll out C. Dean, Ibw, b Baker ... P. Davey, c and b Baker W. Christian, not out W. Jones, b Gore Extras: byes, 6; leg-byes,

... '" ..

30 4

10 24

o 7

1; no -b alls, 1

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104

KING'S SCHOOL. P. D. Baker, c Topham, b Hills C. E. vy. Chapman, b Addiscott G. F. Juckes, b Jones ... N. E. Ashcllden, b Jordan R . A. F. WWstler, b Jones J. C. Page, b Hurst .. . G. w. M. Burtoll, b Davey G. E. J. Gent, c Davey, b Jones C. H. C. Gore, not out ... . .. R. Crowley, c Jordan, b Stewart ... S. J. Maiden, not out ... . .. Extras: byes, IS; leg-byes, I

27 I

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41 5 II

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30 36 14

Gore

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Maiden Crowley Baker

0 0

w. 3 3 0 3

KING'S SCHOOL v. MR. A. LA'lvl'ER'S XI. Played on the Beverley, May 21st. For tbe first time the School were the first to bat, and after losing 3 wickets for 47, Baker and Whistler treated the spectators to some nice cricket, till the latter was caught for a well played 41. Page, who came in next, stopped there whilst Baker scored freely and 5 1 runs were added before Page who had only scored 3 was disposed of; with Gent ill ,

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Baker passed the .coveted century, and the innings closed with 185 for 5 wickets, A chance at 99 was the only blemish Baker gave during bis stay at the wickets, and he well deserved the applause that greeted him. Gore and Maiden took up the attack for the School ; the first two wickets falling for 11 runs; and 5 for 65, but Capt. Campbell and Murrin added runs rapidl y during the last 20 minutes, and a total of 131 for 5 wickets was reached. Our bowling was good to start with, but the relief bowlers who followed the fi rst pair could not find a length. 'I'he fielding was better, and the one dropped catch, Capt. Campbell, again gave to our opponents more runs than they deserved. KING'S SCHOOL. P. D. Baker, not out ... C E. W . Chapman, b Bathurst ... N. E. Asheuden, b Murrin G \V. M. nurtoll, b Trueman ... R. A. F. Whistler, (" Rashlcigh, b Murrill J. C. Page. c Huyshe. b Trueman . G. E. J. Gent, not out E. D. Fanshawe, } R. Crowley. did not bat C. I-I. C. Gore, S. J. Maiden, Extras: byes. 6 ; leg-byes, 3; no-ball, 1

101 9 3 9 41 3

10 185

Total (5 wickets)

MR. LA'ITER'S XI. Rev. W. RasWeigh, b :Maidell .. . A. Browllscombe, lbw, b Maiden .. . O. P . Hnyshe, b Maiden .. L. C. V. Bathurst, b G01'C J. Trueman, b Gore ... Capt. Campbell, not out . Murrin, not out A. I.atter, } Capt. C. Trueman I'd t b t Rev Ham (I no a . Rev: I.. H: Evans , Extras: byes, 7 ; leg-byes, 3 .

25 2 2

42 21

10 131

Total (Fi wickets) llOWf,INC ANAf,YS IS; MR. I /A'l"rWt'S XI.

o. Gore

Maiden Crowley Baker

10 9 2 1

o o o

49 44 18 II

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SCHOOL N EWS. Our best tha nks are due to Mrs. McDowall for her kind present of a new Bible for the School-1'00m Lectern .

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Congratulations to P. B. Cottrell on gaining an Open Classica l Exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford.

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We had . hoped to be able to announce that the organ would be ready for use by the 1st Sunday after Trinity. We understand, however, that delay has been caused owing to internal complications in the organ and labour t roubles at the organ builder's.

Cheltenham. The artist is Miss Myra K. Hughes, Associate Royal Etchers and Member of the Royal Drawing Society. Miss Hughes has exhibited in the Academy and the Salon, and is well known by her etchings of old London, Old Dublin, Queens' College, Cambridge, and other places. The subjects are :I. School Room and Norman St air-

way. 2. Old Gateway under lvluseum and Bell Harry Tower fro m the Mint Yard . 3. The Grange from tennis courts. 4. Junior School and old entrance to Palace. The School Chapel, Canterbury 5. . His Grace the Archbishop, who Cathedral. OWll1g to mumps, was unable to visit 'l'lle artist has, we think, succeeded the School in the wi nter, is un£ortutlnately prevented by pressure of engage- admirably in her object and the etchments from making his visitation this ings make delightfully true and yet year; he has kindly granted us the soft pictl11'es of the school buildings. customary whole-holiday, which will Vve strongly recommend them either singly, or preferably in the series, to t ake place on June 17th. all O.K.S. who like to see a real picture of the School. The size of the plates The Open Fives Doubles last t erm including margin is 17 in. by 13 in. were won by R. Juckes and R. A. F. Subscription price for artist's signed Whistler, and the singles by R . J uckes. proofs, printed on Japanese paper, '1'he Fives Pair were R. Juckes and plate paper mount s, is 27/6 t he set of C. W. Kidson. five . l)lates ill solid walnut frames at an ext ra charge of 3/9 each. P lates • Vie are just in time to announce unframed in art linen, post folios, that a new series of etchings of the vellum back, bevelled and lettered, School has been published by W. H. with School Arms, at an extra cbarge Beynon & Co., S. Alban 's Lodge, of 3/6.

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THE LIBRARY. The following books have lately been added to the I,ibrary :History of Political Science Ethics of Citizenship Essays (2 vols.) Oarsmanship and Training The Book of Football Star Atlas ... Six Greek Sculptors . Canterbury (Medireval Town Series) Old St. Paul's '1'he Day 's Work 'l'raffics and Discoveries Actions and Reactions The Beloved Vagabond News from Nowhere. h..omance at Random Philip II. of Spain .. . Henry of Navarre Lorenzo de Medici ... Pictures from Nature's Garden '1'rilby

Pollock. McEwen. Mark Pattison. Kempson. Sewell. Norton. Gardner. Taylor. Ainsworth. Kipling. " Locke W. Morris. Marriott- Watson. Hume. Willert. Armstrong. Shepheard-Walwyn. Du Maurier.

178 4 . The Rev. E. L. A. Hertslet has kind ly given the Headmaster a copy, discovered in the Library of the Archbishop's Palace at Lambeth, of a sermon preached by" George Horne, D.D., Dean of Canterbury and President of S. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford," to the School" on T hursday, Aug. 26, 1784, being the day of their anniversary meeting." The subject is-" The character

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of true Wisdom and the Means of attaining it," and the following dedication is printed before it :'1'0 'tHE WOR'l'HY AND 'tRULY RESPEC1'ABLF. SOCIE'l'Y OF GEN'l'I,EMJtN EDU CATED IN 'ÂŁlm KING'S SCHOOL AT CAN1'ERUURY, THIS DISCOUR S I~, PUBLISHED A'l' 'I'HEIR REQUEST,

IS INSCRIBED BY 'l'ltnm r,'AI'l'HPUI. AND MOS'r OBEDillN'l' HUMBI.E SERVAN'l' THE AU'tHOR.

The discourse fUllS to 26 pages. vVe have not ventured ourselves to embark upon it, but we understand that on the whole, the succeeding portion hardly comes up to the standard of the title page.

HARVEY SOCIETY. The following report of the Society's Lectures was held over from the last number of the CantÂŤarian owing to lack of space. As usual the programme was varied and by no means confined to scientific sUbjects. Jan. 27tll. " The Franco-Prussian War." C. W. Bell, Esq. Mr. Bell delivered an exceedingly interesting lecture before a large audience. The course of the various campaigns was clearly set out on a large map which had been kindly copied by Mr. Poole from smaller plans. In order to illustrate various positions of the war more closely the lecturer used two

smaller plans, while to avoid the usual hindrances to such an audience he managed to dispense with dates except those really necessary. Describing the state of preparation in each country at the commencement of the war, Germany, he said, was easily first in this respect and the mobilization of the German army took half the time of that of the French. The Lecturer described graphically the advance of the Germans to meet the French troops who were advancing on South Germany, and explained the successive annihilation of every French army, culminating with the fall of Metz and the battle of Worth. The

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end of the lecture brought the Germans right up to the gates of Paris which was found unprepared and without all adequate means of defence. Time prevented the lecturer from pursuing this very interesting subject as far as could have been wished. Feb. 15th. "The Progress of Astronomical Discovery." E. J. Hodgson.

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passed on to the asteroids and the theoretical discovery of Neptune by Adams an Englishman and a Cambridge man. He ended with a dissertation on the accuracy of modern measurements, the drifts of the stars, and the uses of the spectroscope in cal· culating the velocity of certain heavenly bodies.

"Life in the Navy." H. G. Dalton, Esq., O.K.S. A most interesting lecture which In this lecture life in the Navy was commenced with an account of the described from the point of view of earliest ideas as to the shape of the a Naval Volunteer during his annual earth and stat ement of the various fortnight's training on board a British arguments by which it was proved to Warship. The lecturer, himself a Naval be a sphere. 1'he first theory of the Volunteer, shewed slides of every part system of heavenly bodies was that of the ship, and gave an account of the they all moved round the earth in daily routine of an ordinary A.B., circles. He then outlined the work of which is that experiencecd by a Naval Copernicus 'l'ycho, Brahe, and Kepler Volunteer during his training. He who proved that the planets trace an illustrated the smartness and keenness elliptical course round the sun in one of all ranks in the Navy by relating focus. Next we were told of the how, when it is necessary to coal, discoveries and inventions of the great everyone turns to and performs the Galileo, an Italian astronomer whose operation as quickly as possible, trying chief work was connected with tele· to beat all former records in the speed scopic observations. After this the with which the task is completed. lecturer spent some time in sketching After giving an attractive account of the career of Newton, the greatest the healthy and invigorating experience genius the world had seen, reminding of the Naval Volunteer, the lecturer us of his eccentricities in some humor- concluded by urging anyone who might ous anecdotes, and pointing out what afterwards happen to reside in London an enormous debt progress in astrono· to think seriously of joining the body. mical discoveries owes to him. He touched on the nebular theory of Mar. 11th. "Hilaire Belloc." Laplace and Lagrange, conclnding this G. H. Claypole. list of genii with the great German He commenced by discussing the observational astronomer Herschel who resided in the West of England. He author's personality which was, as he Mar. 9th.

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proceeded to show, distinctly interesting. Of French descent, but an Englishman by birth, he spent many years of his early life in France. President of the Union at Oxford and a scholar of BaJliol in 1892, the next few years saw him serving his timâ&#x201A;Ź' as a conscript in the French Artillery. He studied the French Revolution and English politics and eventuaJly was elected by a large majority as the liberal member for Salford. He was a most indepenent liberal and lost his seat in Dec., 1910 because he voted as he himself, and not his party, wished. Since theu he has been the leading light of the campaign against the present party system. The lecturer divided Belloc's writings into fout phases, Essays, Historical Works, Military Campaigns, and Politics. He first described the author's most delightful work, the Path to Rome, which was not a Roman Catholic Tract, but whose t itle (unlike most) meant what it said, This was a description of the author's own experiences on a walking tOUI to Rome, in which he sets out to enjoy himself, and the reader is infecterl with the author's own good spirits. His other essays are equally charming, written in a delightful breezy style and fuJI of the author's own personality. As a historian Belloc devoted himself to the French Revolution, emphasising the military and religious aspects, and describing the lives of its two great leaders Robespierre and Danton. IncidentaJly we were reminded of the fact that Belloc had published verses which though humorous were not striking,

and had written a deligbtful novel, the " Giroudin. " This led us on to bis military works and the battle accounts which were both lucid and interesting. L astly as a politician Belloc in the "Party System" inveighed against the present system of representative government and the power of the Front benches. The lecturer concluded with a eulogy of Belloc's style which was always to the point and neyer strained like that of Bernard Shaw or Gilbert Chesterton.

Nlar. 23rd.

" Zoology."

C. K. Mowll, Esq. All interesting paper which, although entitled" Zoology," (perhaps by a mist ake n secretary), dealt mostly with t he frog. The lecturer explained that it was not the habits and life of this anim al about which he proposed to speak, but of its internal structure. He s hewed a crowded house many illustrations by means of the magic lantern, the slides being made by himself and J. B. Sidebotham, Esq.,; althou gh parts of them melted they serv ed thei r purpose most efficiently. He also brought the constituents of a skeleton as well as large models of the human eye and ear, which he did not have time to explain. The frog's skeleton was the same as that of a mau, he said . ouly on a smaller scale and with some of the parts differently developed. The names of the various bones rolled out in an irrisistible cascade which overwhelmed his listeners. He knew his subject through and

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through even to the minutest detail of its. digestive. apparatus, the technicahtles of whlch were rather a bove the uninitiated heads of the audience. On the whole the paper was rather too

I technical

and full of esoteric names somewhat detracted from the merits of an otherwise excellent, correct and we11 thought out lecture.

I which

THE RIVER. R. Juckes is Captain of Boats this t erm and P. B . Cottrell Han. Secretary. The 1st IV. is at present composed of J. H. Musson (bow), S. W. Wayte (2), P. B. Cottrell (3), R. Juckes (str.), and L. H. W. Best (cox .), and the 2nd I V. C. W. Barber (bow), C. L. Green (2), P. S. Barber (3), J. T. F. San des (str.), B. G. King (cox.), On Ascension Day the usual voyage to Grove Ferry took place. We append the list of fixtures for 191 2 DA'l'R.

Tu ., r..-ray Sat., June Sat.,,, Sat.,,, Sat., July Thrs.,,,

28 1 22 29 13 25

Tn., May 28 Sat., June 22 Sat., July 13 Thrs.,,, 25

RJ.o;suf,T.

COURSI~.

OPPONENTS.

1st Boat. Royal Engillcers Old Willialllsonians .. ~~edw~y R;~ ...... .. I onbndge l a wn ..... .. 'fonbridge School .... . O.K.S. FOllr

2nd Royal Engineers. Medway R .C. 2nd Four . Tonbridge School 2nd Four . . ... . . o K.S. 2nd Four .................. .

Chatham F ordwich F ordwich Fordwich ..... . 'l'olli)ridge F ordwich

Boat.

~~~::.......................

Chatllam ...... WOIl Fordwich ...... 'l'onbridge .... 1.. .. Fordwich ...... j..

1ST IV.-R. Juckes, P. B. Cottrell,

I,m'e'ms.

H alf ........ . Ponr .. . .

'1' \\'0

....... .•

1 .... ..

J~.

H. W. Best.

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As we go to press we may congratulate the Boat Club heartily all their double victory over the" Sappers."

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O.K.S. Rev. R . B. Winser took part in a Dismissal Service at Lambeth Palace in April and leaves England this month for Cardston, Alberta, to join the S. Alberta Mission of the Archbishop's \Vestern Canada Fund. \Ve wish him good health and all success in his new work .

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Congratulations to O. B. Parsons gaining his international hockey cap for England against France in April. '" '" '" On Whitsunday we had the pleasure of hearing Canon Marshall Wilde (O.K.S. 1845-1853) preach at the Chapel Service. 011

C. J. Galpin and D. J. N. Lee gained 2nd Class Honours in Classical Moderations and K. C. McCleland 3rd Class.

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Rev. R . G. Glennie, Vicar of Sherburn in Elmet, has been preferred to the living of Boston Spa, Yorkshire.

O. T. C. Capt. C. W. Bell attended the Qualifying (Rifle) Course at the School of Musketry, Hythe, from April 3rd to April 27th, 1912, and qualified at the conclusion of the course.

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Capt. Latter was attached to the 1st Bn. " The Buffs" at Dublin from April 12th to April 25th, 1912, and obtained a satisfactory report.

Rev. G. N. Ryley has heen collated by his brother, Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, to Sarratt Rectory, Rickmansworth.

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The O.K.S. match will take place on Saturday, July 27th. Any who wish to play should send their names to R. L. Gottwaltz, Esq., R .A. Mess, Shorncliffe, as soon as possible

NOTES. The Section cup was won last term by A Coy., Sec. 1 (Sgt. Wayte). We congratulate them on their success and the distinction of being the first holders of the cup. The competition was not decided wholly upon section drill, marks being allotted also for the number of efficient men in each section, the Musketry results, and signallers (morse and semaphore). The result was very close, A 1 obtaining 125t marks,

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while B 4 and A 2 were bracketed second with 124.

recruits, which act as tions."

Special attention this term is being paid to musketry and fire-control. A new landscape t arget has been put up in the Gymnasium to give N.C.O.'s practice in directing aim and describing targets. Shots are aimed at long range and taken on a screen above the target, from which the aim is corrected. 'fwo parades have also been spent in defence practice, fire being concentrated 0 11 to some ingenious machines carried by the

There will be a Field Day at Crowborough, Sussex, on Tuesday, July 9th, in which many Schools of the Eastern Command will participate.

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From the London Gazette. 3rd Home Counties (Cinque Ports) Brigade, R .F.A., Lionel G. L. Denne (late Cadet, King's School, Canterbury Contingent, Officers Training Corps) to be Sec. I,ieutenant (May 10, 1912).

INDIAN LETTER. Kohat, 10/3/12. Dear School, O. K. S. remain reticent, and perforce so do I , and it is only owing to a push behind administered as usual by J . H. Smith, that I am once more endeavouring to produce a letter. For myself life has been very much as ever, work-play-work, principally work, and the play has been various; hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, etc., filling up the programme. We had one game of rugger some weeks ago, after a spell of rain and all enjoyed it immensely in spite of the brick-like nature of the ground, and the ignorance of the greater part of the players of the rudiments of the game. My l.a test misfortune is that in a wild moment I consented to

take a small part in some amateur theatricals, and am therefore living in constant and deadly fear of "the night." Bunny Strahan is with you (cries of really!) and so you will know more abo ut him than I can tell you; we all hope he will shortly be fit enough to join his regiment again out here. V. C. Taylor has been posted to the 93rd Infantry (I think), having completed his year on the unattached list Berryman of the 39th Garnewalis has gone home 011 leave- lucky Jim! Eastgate was full of promises when I last saw him as to keeping me posted with news, but I havn't heard a word from him since I saw him last in Calcutta; we will conclude that he was too much occupied in amusing their Majesties

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on the Durbar visit to think about the Ca1ltuarian.

I heard last January from

F. R. Hawkes. but his letter contained absolutely nothing which would provide " copy" ; however. he helpfully suggested that we should have an O.KS. dinner out here once a year-a suggestion which sounds tophole, but I ~m afraid would be hopelessly ImpractIcable-considering place, time, leave, distances etc. J. H. Smith's letter was ve~ different and has provided me with practically all I have to say of interest. H. M. J a mes, of Karimpur Tea Estate Sylhet. hopes to get home next year; 'he has been camping out recently

with his local "Light H orse. " and having a pretty hot time of it. You will have seen in most of the illustrated papers a photo of the Poona four which smashed the Madras ditto at Poona a few weeks ago; Captain A. L. Paris, R.E., O.KS .. was rowing 2 (am I right? so his early training in the KS. B.C. stood him in good stead- if he was in the KS. B.C. His brother R. C.. also Captain, R.A.M.C .. has come out here to do his five yea rs. and I hope, WIll help to provide O.KS. news. F. M. Gadney, of the Indian Police. has distinguished himself greatly at the recent cotton factory fire in Bombay by being-as the papers vividly described it-" on the spot." J. H. Smith is a bit dotty over Am monites. with

which Cutch is rich (anything to do with anenomies?): he says though. that he can't find any specimens of the Moabites-so evidently the Ammonites came out top-dog after all. His" geologistical" (sic) t endencies have apparentl y plenty of scope at Bhuj (sounds like a bit of brick doesn't it I) . I am afraid I forgot to mention in my last that the Hon. Mr. C. H . Armstrong. who is now representing the Bombay Chamber of Commerce on the Viceroy's Legislative Council, has the still further distinction of being an O.KS. (about 1880). Talking of distinction reminds me of that if any of you come across Mr. F. S. Porter. I should be much obliged if you would congratulate him warmly and say that I was able to understand almost the entire meaning of the Latin letter which came out in the Cant1l.ar-ian of February last: "sportil:lgibl1s in Paperibus," nearly

beat me. but with a struggle I was able to construe. In case I forgot to mention G. H. S. Pinsent too. I will t ake this opportunity of congratulating him most heartily on behalf of the Indian O.KS. for his brilliant exploit in the C.S. exam. OUI best condolences on the .. mumps " and its devastating

effects on the footer; better luck next year. Apologies for this rotten effort. Yonrs ever,

B. H. MATHESON.

VALETE. F. R . Latter, M. Lawson-Williams, R. G. Sharp, R . L. Blair.

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CO RRE SPONDENCE. N. 8.-7Ile Editors decline to acce;bt allY responsibility connected witlt t he opinions oj their Correspon' dents. N allle ami address must always be ,Riven, !lot necessarily Jor publication, but as a gUMalllee oj good fait/t o Personalities wt'/L involve eertaill reiection. Letters should be 1tJJ·ittm Oil one side of tile pape?- only.

To tlte Editors of"

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E t ah, Karinpore P .O.• Sylhet. Assam, 24/4/ 12. D ear Sirs, It is with much shame that I t ake

up my pen to correct your belief that Heywood is the first hare that has been caught in the King's School paper chases, for R . B. Flint and I were

caught near Fordwich in the yea r 1891. find t he mournful

I believe you will

fact recorded in the Cantu,ar-ian .

Mr.

Tripp, a master at the time, told me that the paper was excellently laid and that the hounds came through without a check, not biting at one false scent, of which several were laid at the expense of much labour.

Funnily enough our course then was the same as described in your

April number. only somewhat longer, and I should advise hares for the future to avoid it. Please do not publish any exultant letter~ that you may receive from

hounds, but only this mournful confession from one of the hares, who

would not have been caught had he been a Telfer. Yours faithfully, H. M. JAMES. T o the Editors of the" CAN·WARIAN ." Dear Sirs, Without being rude or offending the sllsceptibilities of any revered tradition. I should like to know why the most distinguished looking cap has been reserved for (pardon me) the " cheapest" colour. We have two uninteresting Fives Matches, and for this large expenditure of energy two fortunate mortals are presented with a white cap adorned with a blue crest. Why could not this colour not be reserved for two more worthy achievements, for the 1st XI. and the 1st Boat caps, instead of having our dingy looking blue? Yours in earnest,

W. H. YNOT.

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VOL. VIII.

JULY,

1912,

No.9,

EDITORIAL. We were recently asked the question" How do you write an Editorial ? " and this set us thinking. We really do not quite know how we do, but we have decided to take this opportunity of giving some useful advice on the subject to future generations. Therefore at tend, ye budding editors. The Editorial should of course begin with the time honoured "Tempora 111utantur .. . . " or if at the beginning of a new school year the chance of firing off " all, all, are gone, the old familiar faces" must not be missed. This sets both writer and reader on the right track and they know what is coming. Such a beginning should be followed by an appeal to Jove, or the Clerk of the weather, or whatever else you like to call the deity who presides in the sky to send or restram the rain, which depends whether it is the cricket or football season. And some refer~nce must now be made to the doings of t he team and the progress ?f the Scho?l III general. For example we must offer our sympathies to the CrIcket captalll on his illness and express our delight at his return." After a few more remarks of this kind which must always be brief a nd mysterious in order to make people read what comes further on in the magazine it is time to chew the editorial pen If

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or refill the perspiring Onoto and deplore the paucity of contributions and the c0!lsequent emptiness of our waste paper basket. 'l'his is a touch which always" brings a thrill of conscious pride as we reflect that we are doing aU the work of . supt;>lying material for the magazine ourselves, .. alone unaided we." And ~hlS brings us to the matter of quotations. Quotations in an editorial are Invaluable. 'fhey fill up space, show our fami liarity with the poets, and give a g~ner~l air of superiority, besides necessitating inverted commas which printers deltght.ll1. But this is a digression. 'fo return. After begging for contributions t~e senous business of the Editorial may reall y be said to be over. Âˇ Now is the bme for an appeal to the Muses to waft us alo[t to their aery heights on the wings of imagination. Now we must descant on the beauties of nature and the charms of life in general. Something 'of this sort wi ll we found useful in the Summer term ;-" 'fhe summeris upon us and the Mint Yard trees are thick with verdan~ fo~age. The limes in the Green Court are smelling their s\veetest, and the artist IS everywhere. The American is busy with his camera and wanders everywhere where he has no right to go crammed with mediaeval lore culled from the pages of the guide book, and thirsting [or further information. A long sentence like this fills up a lot of space and sounds well. But now it is time to be drawing to an end, and we will give yotl some idea also of how this should be done. . First then yo u must not forget the asterisks: the last paragraph must end 111 a hurry and there should be plenty of thel1l-

''fis done: another editorial is issued to the world and with a long drawn sigh of relief we close our editorial eyes. The bugbear of the past month is off our mmds at last and we can retire into the depths o( our cleek chair (or blow out the midnight candle) with a feeling of intense relief. Once more we have ransacked our brains: once more we have finished our task.

THE ORGAN. We have received the following account of the Service for the Dedication of the Organ. from one who was present :-

'rhe new Organ, the gift of about 200 Old Boys and other friends of the School, was solemnly dedicated by the Dean at a service held in the South Transept

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of the Cathedral (the School Chapel) at 6.30 p.m . on Friday, the 21st of June, in the presence of a large congregation. The Clergy in robes were the Dean, the Head Master, the second Master, Canon Venn, and the Sacrist. The Service opened with two Versicles read by the Dean, to which response was made by the Choir; after which the Dean, standing near the Organ, offered the special prayer to God, beseeching Him to receive the organ about to be dedicated to His service. Then he dedicated the organ in the following words : 0, In the Faith of Jesus Christ we ded icate this organ to the glory of God, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost," The Dean and the Head Master then took their seat s in the Apse. The ISOth Psalm was sung to the accompaniment of the new organ; an appropriate short lesson was read from the 2nd Book of the Chronicles by the Captain of the School; followed by the Cantate, Creed, a few special prayers offered by the Head Master, and the 166th Hymn . The Head Master in his address said the first thonght must be one of gratitude to the many friends, especially to the old members of the School, who by their generosity had helped him to place in the School Chapel this organ, bum by fellow-citizens with keen and friendly interest. It was, he added, another link that connects past and present members of the School, another symbol of the love the Old Boys bear to the old School and of that loyalty which should inspire the present generation with the determination to do their best to keep the honour of the School undimmed. Then from the text" Wboso offereth Me thanks and praise, he hOl1oureth l\{e " he spoke a few very appropriate words on the subject of praise, and the important place it occupies in the public worship of God, and in the individual Christian life. After the address, Dr. Palmer gave a recital on the organ, which brought ont the sweet tone and qualities of the instrument, and gave great pleasure to all present. The following was the programme :Bach. F UGUE IN G MINUE'f A SEA-SONG

"THE QUES'rION "

Mozart. MacDowell. Wolstenholme.

Hymn 308 was then sung, and the Dean brought an impressive Service to a close with the Benediction. The organ is conveniently placed between the pillars supporting the canopy of Archbishop 'l'enison's t.brone; it is a beautiful instrument, of excellent design and cunning workmanship. For a small organ-as it was said to me-its depth

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and tone is remarkable ; and considering t he small number of stops there is great variet y to be got out of it ; while mechanically it is a great achievement t o have got it into such a small space. It is the earnest hope of the writ er that by the help of its music all concerned will strive to enter more heartily into the spirit of praise, so th at the singing of God's praises may be more reverently and effectually offered. The thanks of all are due to the Bui lder, Mr. Browne, of Canterbury, who bas executed his commission with great skill. He was present at the Service. A certain amount of alteration in the seating of the School was necessary, owing to the position of t he Orgall, the main point being t hat the Scholars have ch anged places wit h the Choir; t he Aisle has been shifted closer to t he Organ, so t hat the Choir occupy all t he space between it and the Organ to the Sout h, while t he Scholars are seat ed on the opposite side.

CRIC KET. KING'S SCHOOL v. R.M.L. I. Played on the Beverley on May 28t h. Unfo rtunately t he School again lost the toss, and our opponents took first knock. Things were going well for the School up to the luncheon interval ; but 011 reslll'lli llg ollr bowlers seemed to lose their length, and t he batsman found no difficul ty in scori ng, Capt. Shewell amassing 104 not out. With a total of 256 fo r 6 wickets the innings was declared closed; and the School had t he unenviable task of going in tired and weary for an hOllr and three-quarters. Two wickets for 23 was not a good start, but with J uckes and Whistler together a good and much needed stand was made, 100 appearing before Whistler was bowled by Capt. Goldsmith. With 8 wickets down for 128, there seemed no prospect of drawing; but Cowley and Gore madc another useful stand, the former bringing off some good hits, till the latte r ret urned a soft one to the bowler. Maiden survived till time was called, a11d Cowley carried out his h at for a well played 24 not out. The School were wit hout

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t he assistance of Ashenden, but we re other wise at fnll strength. The fielding had improved but Capt. Shewell was missed before he had reached double figuresa very costly mistake. R .M.L .r.

Lieut.·Col. Godfrey , b Gore . .. Pte . Uicitard,>on, c Gore, b Maiden Capt. Goldsmith, c Baker, b 1\Iaideu Capt. Shewell. not out ... Rev. W. H. A. Royse, b Gore ... Lieut. Eagles. c Baker, b Maiden Lieut. Shewell, b Gore .. . Mus. Keeley, not out Stao-·Snr. J acobs. } Col. ·Sgt. P arker did not bat Cp1. Croote Extras: byes, 20; leg·byes, 2; no·ball, 1

42 1

104

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Total (for 6 wickets, declared)

K I NG'S

P. D. Baker, b Goldsmith G. W. :M . Burton, c Croote, b Keeley C. E. ,V. Chapman, b Goldsmith

256

SCHOOl,. 14 19

C. F. J uckes, c Capt. Shc \vell, b Royse R. A. F. Whistler, b Goldsmith ... G. n. J. Gen t, c Goldsmith, b Roy se E. D. Fanshawe, b Goldsmith J. C. Page, c Goldsmi th, b Royse C. H . C. Gore, c and b Goldsmith A. B. Cowley, not out . .. S . J. F. Maiden, not out Extras: bycs, 19 ...

44 19

9 1 4 12

24 1 19

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R.M.L.I . Gore Maid(-ll ... Baker Cowley ... Page

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2 0 0 0

60 83 54

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K ING'S SCH OOL v. REV. L. H. EVANS' X I. Played on t he Beverley, Tuesday, June 11 tho Winning t he toss, Bakel' started t he innings fo r the School with Burton on a plumb wicket. With only

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13 runs on the board the former was bowled off his pads. Ashenden filled the vacancy and the play became very slow; but t he batsmen played good cricket and they carried the score to 56 before Burton succumbed for a well played 33. of which well timed leg hitting was the cltief feature. Juckes followed and at the start was all at sea and repeatedly beaten, b ut afterwards he made a few nice shots in his 23. Whistler and Gent hit out and the innings was closed at 156 for 4 wickets. Ashendell carried out his bat for a fine though perhaps over cautious innings of 61. The School batsmen were inclined to make too much of some very moderate bowling and too many loose balls were allowed to go unpunished. Our opponents, left with an hour's batting, lost five good wickets for 67 runs, and the draw was all in our favour. Gore and Maiden bowled reall y well aud were well supported in the field ; the fielding of the School showed a great and much needed improvement. Fanshawe and Flower played for Chapman and Cowley who were unfortunately away. KING'S P . D . Baker, b Mayes

SCHOOl,.

9 33

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G. \'It. M. Burton, Ibw, b Mayes

61 23 10 15

N. E. Ashendeu, not out G. F . Juckes, b Harris . .. R. A. Whistler, lbw. b Harris G. E, J. Gent, not out , .. E. D. Fanshawe } C. H. C. Gore J. A . Flower did not bat R. Cowley S . J. F . Maiden Byes, 2; leg-byes, 3

5 156

'rotal (for 4 wickets, declared)

REV . L . H . A. Latter, b Gore ... Rev. P. C. Joy, c Baker, b Maiden L. C. V. Bathurst, b Gore J. Dean, b Gore Rev. E. Carr, not out . . , F. Mayes, st Gent, b Maiden c. Lillingstone } C. E. H arris A. B. Forsyth did not bat Rev. L. H . Evans Rev. \V. H. Rashleigh Extras: byes, 7 Total (for 5 wickets)

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22 4

14 3

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BOWI.ING ANALYSIS :

REV. L. H. EVANS' X I.

7 8'1

Gore Maiden Cowley

M. 1 1

22 28 6

w. 3 2

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. EAS'l'BOURNE COLLEGE. 'rhis match should have taken place on the Beverley on 'l'uesday, June 25th. Rain, hmvever, after causing a short stoppage at 12.30 r came down in torrents during the luncheon in terval, and continuing the rest of the afternoon put play out of the question. Vve are extremely sOfry that our opponents should have had to endure the discomfort of t he journey for a bare hour and a half's play; whIle ÂŁr0111 our pomt. of VIew the stoppage was very unfortunate, as, despite the weakness of the SIde, we made a very good start against what appeared to be quite moderate bowling. In the absence of both Baker and Gore, Chapman captamed the XI.; he won the toss and with Burton scored 40 for the first wicket. Neither seemed quite at home at first, but Burton later made some fine strokes on the off and had bad luck in missing his 50. Ashenden did not stay long for his 26 and was out rather unfortunately. KING'S C, E, W. Chapman, b Bunbury

G. \V, M. Bmton, not out

N. E. Ashenden, b Malik R, A. F, Whistler, not out G.. F R F.. Juckes Mason G. E. J . Gent ~ ~~~~ley did not bat S. J. Maiden A. J. Morris Extras: byes, 8; leg-byes, 2

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Total (for 2 wickets)

SCHOOL.

23 49 26 2

10 110

The matches against Wye College, on June 4th, and the M.C.C., on June 7th, were abandoned owing to rain; those against Dover College, on June 29th, and Felsted School on July 5th and 6th, abandoned, owing to infection of our opponents.

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SCHOOL NEWS. The Scholarship Examination t ook place on June 12th, 13th and 14th, and the following elections have been made :

To J""ior King's Sc/tolarsltips-

G. L. D. Davidson (for Mathematics and Latin), A. T;indsey (for classics), G. W. M. Burton (for classics) .

To Probationer King's ScltolarsltipsP. J . F . Cooper (Rev. G. Cooper, S. Philip's, Conway), A. G. Cole (Mr. Faulkner, Purley), A. V. T . Dean (J unior King's School), R . E . P age (Rev. F . Browne, Bracknell), J . E. Scantlebury (J unior K ing's School), F . R. G. Shephard (Mrs. Edwards, S. Godst one).

To Entrance ScltolarsltipsL. H. T homas (Rev. S. Shi1cock, Kenley), P. J. F . Cooper, R. E. P age, A. G. Cole, F . R. G. Shephard . . To a House ScltolarsltipC. E. V. Phillips (King's College Choir School) .

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Congratulations t o the following on gaining t heir colours after the 2nd XI. match v. H arbledown:-

1st XI.-S. J . Maiden, G. E. J. Gent, G. \V. 1tL

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2nd X I.- G. E . J . Gent, G. W. M. Burton, W. G. Fluke, R . Cowley, R. I". Mason, J . C. Page, N . D. D alt on.

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Also to the following on gaining boat colours after t he Medway R.C. races :- Ist I V.- J . H. Musson, S. W. Wayte ; 2nd I V.- P. S. Barber, J.T. F . Sandes.

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The Harvey Society's annual meeting at Folkestone Warren, which had been postponed from Ascension Day. took place on Tuesday, Jul y 2nd, when 28 members were present .

••• \Vc were very pleased to welcome the contingent from the Canterbury Club, who visited t he School on Saturday and Sunday, June 22nd and 23rd. We hope t o publish a fuller account of their doings in the next issue.

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FN 5462.

A song of the free, a song of the indefatigable! Of four and a half horses and fift y miles the hour ! A song of m ~chinery en mO'ltvement ! Magnete, 0 magneto ! Carburett, 0 carburettor! for this is a song of the all-fugitive, of humanity untra mmelled and the galloping will. Out of foreign parts t hou camest , 0 yacht of the roads, beautiful and finely burnished, the most comely da ughter of nineteen hundred and eight. Thy cylinders in quartet t did sing a clear song, a free song; and thereto thy gears hummed a melodious burthen of hope. (Still singest thou t hy song, t hough thou despondest in thy gears and hast a crack in the alto cylinder.) Many have been t hy masters ere I : t hey gave thee more complet e decks, long deckboards meet for houris to recline. They gave thee a new seat for the pilot , soft er and shaplier to t he human contour. I am t hy pilot and thy lord, and it fits me exactly. Spark, 0 plug-point ! Gudge, 0 gudgeon-pin! for I would sail my boat over the roads. (Give her petrol into her white throat , 0 mall mechanical ; give her fine petrol meet for a Daimler. See to it that she hath oil in her ta nk and in her air t yres, for such desireth her soul) Ah, my love, I tickle thee in the carburettor-awake! awake! I run thee beside, I push, I stride ! o unflagging, primaeval, t empestuous energy ! Lo, the tenor cylinder sings ! Lo, the counter-alto! It is a fugue, a fugue of unchained cachinnations, of the mysteries of titan explosiveness. Basso chimes in : it is enough. Get t o it, 0 soprano, for I run no longer. I leap, I bound, I am in the pilot's chair. My hands grip the bars and my feet the boards.

THE CANTUARIAN. Thy counterpoint is not good, 0 treble cylinder: thou hast missed thy lead. Never mind; pick it up where we arc. Aha! thou too singest. I sound my hortl. I, too, sing. We are tutt-i. Allons, en masse. Three policemen there be, with mousey moustaches and red necks. Wherefore do ye sit in that bramble bush, 0 policemen? There are at home beds more comfortable; or are ye having all object lesson ? How say ye to my yacht of the roads, 0 students of nature? What wouldest thou, 0 importunate inspector, that thou liftest the hand of prohibition ? Dost thou want a match, or the time, or sOl11ething ? Behold, I throttle, I brake, I approach thee, philosophic, all-affectionate. Was I going at thirty miles an hour ? o vile depreciator, 0 malicious viper! I was going at least four hundred and twenty-two sterling miles to the avoirdupois minute, 0 corpuscule ! Doubtless thou hast thorns in thee from the bramble bush, that thou Iiest so. My name and abiding-place? 'rhou canst never purchase this yacht of minc.

So I will give thee the maker's name in Great Portland Street; but I know well they are booked right up till 1914. (0 well! if you insist . . . . yon can use my name as a testimonial.) Have I a license ? Certainly. Fonr or five. I have the license of Public Schoolness in perpetuum, The license of Free Englishmanity, Also licenses for a poet and a dog. In brief, I am my own license, 0 impatient scribbler in notebooks. . Objurgating official, wherefore carkest thou I No, I have not got on me my magisterial, board of trade, county council, or road a nthorities' permit. Am I to ride about clad in a permit? Am I .pleading for the burghers of Coventry? Behold my trinity of infinite actualities-my name, my address, and my numb r. o illogical interpreter of laws, I contemn thee, spiritual ever!

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Let me haste into the farther beyond ; out of this ambush-ridden county. Hie thee back to thy bramble bush, 0 intolerant official and ye red-necked mousey faced subordinates. . Your faces are out of harmony with the highway; they would look better 1U absolute darkness. Bah! I cnt out at yon all . Allons, let us go my yacht! En masse, my quartett ! Viva, we fly once more!

* * * pestilential, * * *sanctimonious, * * * dough-hearted * * * *, o accursed,

posturing, piq:-

brained philistine of a shabby magistrate's clerk, why hast thou sent me th,s turgid monochrome of blue paper?

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KING'S SCHOOl, v. R.E. (CHATHAM). The first race this season was on May 25th against the Royal .Engineers at Chatham and gave the crews the opportunity of rowing abreast for the .first time. The actnal race produced a fine struggle; there was never a length dIfferÂˇ ence the whole way. We got the better start and led by a quarter of a lenl1th after a few strokes. The Engineers then pulled up, but never succeeded 1U gettmg away, though after about two thirds of the course they were nearly clear. From this point the School gained slowly until about 100 yards from the end where they were about a quarter of a length to the bad. They now quickened up, and spurting finely, drew rapidly in front, winniug by three quarters of a lengthnot half a length as stated in last month's Cant"arian. The course was a mile long, from the Engineers' raft to Upnor Pier, and as the race was rowed on a very strong tide, the time, 4 min. 30 sees., was very fast. The School are to

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be congratulated on a very good performance as the conditions were all against them. 'l'hey were rowing abreast iu a strange boat, all a strange course and in far rougher water than anything they get 011 the Stour. 'rhe race for the second crews nnfortunately was not a serious effort. At the last moment two of the E ngineers' crew were detained on duty, hut rather than have no race, a scratch crew was ralsed from the spectators WhlCh our second four had no difficulty in beating. The crews were as follows :2ND IV.-R.E.

1st I V.-R.E. R, J4 . Bond H. C. B. 'Vemyss F. G. Drew Capt. N. D. Noble \\'. O. Winter

2. 3. Str. Cox .

.r.

H. Musson

S. W. Wayte

P. B. Cottrell R. Jnckes L. \V. H . D. Best

KING'S

B ow. 2. 3. Str.

2ND I V.-K.S.

1ST IV.-K.S.

J. n.

Buchanan A. Masoll N. Douglas 11. C. B. Wemyss

Bow.

Bow. 2. 3.

C. W. Barber C. I Jâ&#x20AC;˘ Green

Bow.

2. 3.

P. S. Barber

r. '1'. P. Snndes

Str.

Cox.

D. C. King

Cox.

SCHOOL

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WILLIAMSONIANS.

Rowed at Fordwich on Saturday, June 1st. A heavy storm preceded the race and rain had not ceased at the time of the start. Our opponents won the toss and chose front station. The School struck 12 to their ten and immediat ely began to gaill. King, who was coxing for them, took a good corner, but in the straight the School came right on and had the race casily ill hand. Half way down the straight we were almost bumping them and the post was passed leaving the School easy winners. There was a fresh following wind and conditions were favourable for a good time- 4' 14"-five seconds ovcr record. Crews were as follows :Or.D WU.I.IAMSONIANS. C. Lawrence Bow. H. S. Kent 2. C. Bennett 3.

F. E. Weekes B. G. King

Str. Cox.

KlNO'S

J. H.

SCHoorâ&#x20AC;˘.

MUSSOll

S. W. Waytc P . B. Cottrell R. Juckcs 1,. W. H . D. nest

Bow. 2. 3. Str. Cox.

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O.K.S. Hearty congratulations to H. 'rownshend (Trinity College, Cambridge,) w ho is a \OVrangler, with Distinction, in the Mathematical1'ripos.

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Also to E. F. Housden on gaining a First Class in t he First part of the Mathematical Tripos.

*.* E. M. Toulmin has been playi ng cricket for Essex against Surrey.

"0" M arriage.- J ohnston- Court.- At St. Mary's, Somenos (near Duncan, B.C.). on April 18th, 1912. E. H. Lukin Johnstone (O. K.S. 1897- 1905) to Bertha May Court.

"•* J. H. D. Watson made the fine jump of 21 ft . 7 in. for Edinburgh Academicals, and is taking part in the Scottish trials.

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NE W S. Congratulations to J. B. Side· botham on having his exhibition at Caius College, converted into a Scholar· ship as a result of the "Mays" Examination.

Man), thanks to J . Twells, of Freetown, Sierra Leone, for his present to the Museum of two" Kissy Pennies," These are examples of a currency, now becoming extinct, in use amongst the Kissy tribe on the Siberian boundary of the Sierra Leone protectorate. Each consists of a thin strip of iron about 9 inches long, T-shaped at either end, the material being the malleable iron of the country.

" ** The O. K.S. Boat Race will take place on Thursday, July 25th, at Ford· wich. Any who wish to row in either IV. should write, as soon as possible, to P. B. Cottrell, Hon. Sec., K.S .B.C.

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OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. 'l'his Contingent succeeded in bringing off rather a nice little show on June 14th, the official hirthday of His Maj est y. Someone set afloa t a rumour that K. of K. was coming to take the salute on that occasion; which rumour was no doubt wirelessed to his Lordship, for it was noticed that that most unostentatious of Field Marshals, instead of proceeding westwards after his visit to 'Malta, where he and a few friends had been for the sake of their hea1th, steered his barque hurridl y eastwards. K. of K. 't hereforc being a wash-out, the lot fell upon a good friend of the School, Brigadier-General Fanshawe, whom we now desire to thank very warmly for inspecti ng ti S 0 11 this occasion . For some weeks the Mint Yard had resounded with cries of .. Pree-sent," " Com-menee " and such-like sounds, accompanied by other remarks not to be found in " Ceremonial, 1912," but highl y appropriate. Other th ings were also done by way of preparation, but as these only consume the time and careful attention of a mere Commanding Officer, they are not worth mentioning. At the dear old " last moment" every button was bright and every belt buckle shone like a new pin. It is also handed down to memory that severa l jackets and breechcs were brushed. At 3 o'clock school was over for all except a few whose souls are above khaki and puttees and whose attentions were still directed to Caesar and Latin Exercises till the clock struck four. It is believed that t hese few find military exercises" too hot" and prefer Latiu ones. But meanwhile the Mint Yard had been flooded with waves of scarlet bearing drunts and th ings. It was the arrival of the 'Drums and Fifes of the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment from Dover. This band had been lent to us for t he occasion by Colonel Dowell, and it is difficult to express sufficiently our t hanks for his kindness; They had had a hot morning at Dover, firing a Furious Joy on the ramparts there and they turned up as fresh as paint to go through a long programme for our benefit. The parade was organised in four companies under Captain Latter, Mr. Poole, and the two Cadet Officers, Claypole and Juckes. Arrived on Blore's Piece a line was formed facing the road. During t he interval of waiting the Band delighted the ever increasing company of spectators by playing a couple of vigorous marches including the School marching song " '1'he Isles of the Western Sea." The General arrived punctually at half- past four and was received at the slope. The line was inspected and fou nd to contain nothing very wrong. After the General had ret ired under the safe foldsl:ofl the UnionDJ ack, t he fett de joie commenced. At the first" rafale " t here was a distinct feeling of surprise shared by all ranks alike and cartridges were inclined t o join in the general feeling. But the y had tumbled to it by the second and third attempts and popped off in very fairl y

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correct order. The triple" God save the King " also caused some consternatIon among the. spectators, who were unexpectedly kept bobbing up and down and tak1l1g theIr surp rIsed hats off. Moreover the Commanding Officer fired off all hIS words of command correctly, which was also a surprise to him. Bayonettes were fixed , quarter column formed, and a very good wheel to the left executed. The march past commenced, a musical wave of red leading, the General was duly saluted, and the line re-formed for the advance in Review Order. The" British Grenadiers" made us all march like Agags to the saluting base, where we halted and gave the Royal Salu te, while the band played" God save the King" and all present took part in that demonstration of loyalty to King George the Fifth. The next command "Remove head dress " was a . preliminary to the concluding portion of the picturesque ceremony, " Three cheers for His Majesty the King." The line then retired and left a clear space for the band, who proceeded to play" Retreat." Their marching, their music and t heir quiff were a delight to all who were present. Afterwards the Cadets were f.ormed up in three sides of a square and addressed by the General. He compl11nentecl them on their marching and their turn out (and the Commanding Officer thought of the" last moment" and Mr. Coast). He reminded them what they were doiug all this for, "amely to add some hundreds to t he depleted ranks of officers in the Special Reserve and Territorial Force (and the Commauding Officer thought of the (only) six names on the O.T.C. boards, yet hopefully thought of the morrow) . He reminded them that they could never do any good at that work any more than at cricket and football unless they gave up plenty of time t o It (a nd the Commanding Officer sighed and thought of many t hings), becanse war was a game, not between schools and counties, but between empires. Then we were wafted back t o the Mint Yard on the wings of the" Double Eagle" and our fourth Celebration of the King's birthday came to a n end. The I nspection took place on Thursday, June 27th. The Inspecting Officer was Lieut. A. P . Wavell, General St aff. At the conclusion of the parade he addressed the Contingent. It is hoped that everyone present registered a vow that never again would they hear such an address on our Parade Ground. On Sunday, June 30th, the Contingent atte nded the Garrison Church Parade a t the Cathedral. Camp opens on July 30th . This year our Contingent goes to Tid worth PenniI~gs. The Commanding Officer cannot help regretting that the numbers nttelld111g camp are so small, smaller than ever instead of be.ing larger, and wishes to add that this fact shows rather uncomfortabl y that both parents and boys have not got hold of the correct spirit or correctly caught the true meaning of the Officers Training Corps.

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" A LT 0 GET HER V A NIT Y." I was walking alone by a meadow W here the grass was green, ab green And here and there a plantain Or a buttercup might be seenSeen, I said, as it followed Its quite serene profession Of pokin" its yellow nose up like A Cardmal at confession. And a~ I wandered, dee pl y Musmg of many a thi ng I settled at last my problem And c~lml y \yent on to singLike a bird on the wi ng What I sang I would gladly tell you If I co uld remember it But since you would fail to follow The meanderings of my wit(1 was rather badly hi t). Reluctantly but firm ly I feel myself bound to refuse The pleasure of boring yo u, Philip, Or of recollecting the :Musc ; " \;Vherefore " - as they say in sermons 1\nd laws and t hings like that I Will close my wibbl y warb ling And resume the old st raw hat That I wear at the Pope's fia t I will whIsper no longer Ill y warbli ng I will go to Ballarat

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MADRIGAL SOCIETY'S CONC E RT . \Ve have to thank 1\h. Godfrey very much for an excellent Concert given by the Madrigal Society in the Gymnasium on Saturday, J une 1st . The

follo wi~g

is t he programme : -

Pearsall. "In dulci J ubilo " ... Purcell. " In th ese delightful pleasant groves" T schaillowsll-i . 2. Polka (pf. a 2) ." G. P. Eccles. K .S. Brahms. 3 . .. My Queen" " I gaily went a riding" R. Strauss. 4. 'fone Poem (arr. pf. a 4) .. ' "Till Eulen spiegel " Bra/mIS . 5. "'Tis Mid night" .,. " Holy Martyr EUll11eran " ... Percy Godfrey. 6. Sextette (Ob. Cl. Tpt. Hn. Fag. PL) (a) Prelude. (b) Valse, (c) HltlllOreske. 7. " Love's J esting" Max Reger. " The Dustm an" Brahms . S. Spinning Chorus ... " F lieg Hall" Wagner. 9. Allo. Vivo (pf . a 4) from Symph . l}ath . Tschaihowslt·i. 10. Legend " When Christ was but a Child" Tscha-ihowshi . 11 . Sext ette ... Percy Godfrey. (d) Scherzo. (e) Gavotte. (D Fin ale. /(lIckelt . 12. " Blanche" (Ob.) H. B EtSEY. (Cl.) F. GOI,DSMlTll. (Tpt.) H. hL STANl,EY. (Hn. )W. S . COZENS . (Fag.) - . I~l~NNER, (Pf.) W. '1'. HARVEY . Pr.-;RCY GODIIREY. 1.

SEXTETTE LEGEND. l._ 2. 3. 4.

P IUU,UDE.-The Castle vast and lonely , where reigns t he Dowager Duchess-lonely, vast. VALsE.- The Tender Dukeling, pironettill~ ill bis Ancestral Park- remote, solitary , slow . H UMORESKE.-To Him the Merry :Milkm ald, arch and very knowing. dances-II at Ullseen . GAVOffE.-Pas deux. Tr~r~r·es doux. (Note the mellow tenderness of t he Major third . at a momentary P ause for a Coy Embrace). 5. SCHERzo.-Arrival of the congratulatory and operatic crowd of villagers, led by t h e worthy Mayor, in one of t hose d anceR tradition al with our City Fathers . G. FJNALE . M ARCH.-" and away they go O,!er th e hills aud far away 1'0 hunt the slipper (quite possibly) in far Cathay ."

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CO RRE SPONDENCE. N.B.-7hdents. e Editors dedillt to address accept auy respomibilit ' the ~/Jml(ms .. Nallle atJd mus! atwa s / ' (on . lu cied WIll, oj tlu ir Correstong uarantee of good faith. PersoJlalill~S ~itt:elt. 1ltCe~sarlt;; I~r Im b/imNM, but as a

t ot

wdttelt on DIU H'de of the pape1' OIl/y.

To the Editors of

" THE CAN'l'UARIAN."

Dear Sirs, Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! ~n Sunday ~vellings on the green lhe School III former days was seen To walk, a privilege for all From high to low, from big to small.

.1lva ve certat1/ "electtOIl.

Letters should be

But now that custom seems to wane else the rauk aud file feel shame 10 w~lk where mightier ones do tread. But lude not that diminished head We trust to see you one and all Responding to this stirring call And 1,[ you want to know such laws We bid yo u ask the Editors.

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CANTUARIAN. J ULY .

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No. 10.

EDITORIAL. " IrO-mOrrow and to-morrow and to-lliorrow."- I have reen reminded more than once of late that the tortoise is moving, moving, however slow his pace; yet I have answered" to-morrow," and it still seems a cheery philosophy. Nothing like confidence in to-morrow guarantees the enjoyment of to-day. What if the world is going wrong, if men are fools and you are fool enough to think so ? why weep about it? Why on earth if your fellow-men seem to be making hay of their lives should it please you to stand by and catch hay-fever ? Macbeth was in an adagio mood when he talked about to- morrow, but we have 110 reason to agree with his melancholy. \Ve have moved always in an lttmosphere of expecting nothing but what it is pleasant to expect. We have lost the match to-day; there is many a reason for it; undoubtedly we shall win to-morrow. To-day we have won: a forti ori- hOw can we ever lose ?........ . All this is delightful foolery; and could there be a better time for fooling? 'rhe days are long and the world is out 0 11 carnival; the days are long and with each one what can you say but hasta la manana? Good luck to what is coming, whatever it is and never a straw for its value when it has gone. So I have thought; so I have waked and slept; yet another day to hail and then I would write. Then at last came t he time to think, as after the s himmer of sunlight t hat has died on sea-blue water, you are caught in a dream while upon your drowsy ears comes the music of wavelets indolent, incessant .

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1\fany a time before it has so sounded; to-night it is no clearer, 11 0 more s mooth 1n the calmness, yet after it will not come again- or if it does, but rarely; drink in the murmur of the dying Rash, if yOlt care to li ve your life: it carries no meaning to some perhaps; but they are fools indeed; to li S who ever believe in the morrow they are as the velvet over iron; for once to -mo rrow will not come.

31i ODel1lorllllll. of< J OSEPH

P LA NT. of<

A link with the past has been broken by the death of M r. Joseph Plant at the advanced age of 86. Of late but li ttle known to recent generations, he was at one time closely connected with the King's School and was always greatly interested in its doings and welfare. A kindly and genial old man, he was greatly respected and liked by all who knew him. O.K.S. will be glad to hear that the School was well represented at the funeral service held in the nave on 'l'hllrsday July 12th, at which there was a large and representative attendance. The head master, masters and scholars occupied the nave steps; Canon Galpin, IvIr. H odgson, Mr. Latter and the Rev. G. C. E. Ryley (O.K.S .) were also present. Among the many wreaths were those sent by the .Masters and by Dr. and Mrs. B lore. Mr. Plant est ablished what is probably a record of service as lay clerk of Canterbury Cathedral. He was elected to the position of alto

singer in the year 1854, and remained a member of t he choir up to about two years ago when he retired on a very well earned pension. His services therefore covered the long period of 56 years. :Mr. Plant w. "1S . born in 1825; fC\l" ten years he was a chorister at Lichficld Cathedral, snbsequently taking posts as choirmaster at Glenalmo nd and at the \ÂĽarringtol1 Training College. Afte r his appointment to Canterbury, he became music master at St. Edmund's school for tcn years, and at the King's School where he was also fOf a time an assistant master ; relinquishing these posts on being appointed master of the Choristers' School, an office which he held for 35 years, retiring ill 1899. ]\I[r . P lant was a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and an examiner for the Roya l College of Music. In his connection with the Cathedral he had served under six Archbishops and five Deans.

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CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v. HIGHGATE SCHOOL. Played on the Beverley on Tuesday 10th of July. The School lost the toss and Highgate started the innings to the bowling of Gore and Maideu on a plumb wicket. Four wickets were down for 24 owing to some fine bowling by Gore who was swinging in a lot from the off. The Highgate skipper was then partnered by Buxton and a fine stand was made. The score reached 110 before the latter was well taken at slip. The remainder added useful scores but never seemed really dangerous ancl the in nings closed for 197. Eighth out at 167, the Highgate captain played by far the best innings of the day, his driving and cutting being perfect. The School started rather disastrously, Baker being bowled off his pads in the first over. Chapman and Burton however, by somewhat lucky cricket took the score to 40 before the latter was esaily taken at slip. Chapman's innings from a run-getting point of view was decidedly useful, but one of the luckiest we have seen, being missed no less than five times before he had made twenty. Ashenden, Whistler and J uckes made useful scores and Gore and Cowley looked like making a very useful stand before the fOfmer was unfortunatel y run out. 'rhe innings closed for 157 and the School were beaten by 40 runs. The School has never fielded so well as in this match an(\ in their defeat they may console themselves a little with this fact. HIGHGATE SCHOOL. G. Bourne, Ibw, b Gore .. . G. R. Sharpe, Ibw, b Gore E. D. Loup, c ChaP.t?an, b Gore ." C. E, R. Heaton-Ellis, Ibw, b Gore E. W. Maude, b Gore VI. rt â&#x20AC;˘ Buxton, c Ashellden, b Gore R. E. T . Windover, b Gore A. Low, c Cowley, h Maiden W. J. Coltm an, st Gent, b Baker ... W. G. Flet cher, uot out ... N. S. Kydd, c Maiden , b Baker ... Extras: byes, 15; leg-byes, 6; ",ides, 1 ; no-balls, 2

'fatal ...

6 7 4

12 1 17 10 B

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KING'S SCH OOl,. P. D. Baker, b Willdover G W . l\{, Burtoll, c Buxton, b Loup C. E. VV. Chapman, c Sharpe, b Buxton N. E. Ashendeu, c Coltman, b Kydd R. A. F . 'Vhistler, c Browne, b Buxton G. F. Juckes, c Heaton-Ellis, b Kydd R. P. Masoll, c and b Kydd G. E. J. Gent, c Coltman, b Kydd C. H. C. Gore, tUIl out ." A. B. Cowley, not out ... . .. S. J. F. Maiden, C I,onp, h Winc10ver ... Extras: byes, 2 ; leg-byes, I ; wides, 3; 1I0-1>nIl5, 2

49 15 18 21 6

12 14

157

Total BOWLING ANAr,VSIS : HIGHGA'tE SCHoo r,.

C. H . C. Gore S. J. F. Maiden P. D. Baker A. B . Cowley N. E. Ashendell

25 15 11 ' 1

4 O.

33 78 20 18

56 46 54 4 13

10 4 0 0 0

7 1 2 0 0

KING'S SCH OOl, .

R. E. T. Wiudover

Vr/. It . RuxtOll G. D. LOu~

N. S. Kyd

4 1

2 1 4

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL. Played at St. Edmund's School on Jul y 13t h.

Baker and Burton put on

37 runs for the first wicket, then Chapman stayed for a short time till the score

reached 50. Baker played very well for his 36 and was bowled by a ball that came in a lot and took his leg bail. Following his dismissal the School collapsed utterly, the second wicket falling at 53 and the seventb at 59. Mason and Cowley added 18, and then Gore further improved matters with some vigorous hitti ng

and the t enth wicket added another 40 rnllS, Gore being not out for a very useful 39. Their first pair played very good cricket and put on 76 in an hour. Both were smartly stumped by Gent off Baker who had now found his length. Harris

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was brilliantly caught by Ashenden on the leg boundary and Smellie was bowled round his Jegs. Five were down for 117 and eight for 140, Burnell being beautifully caught by Baker off his own bowling, while Nicholson provided Gent with his third victim. A win looked quite possible, but Elliott and Ridley knocked off the nms very quickly, leaving our opponents successful by two wickets. KING 'S P. D. Baker. b Ridley G. W. 1\1. Burton, run out C. E. \V. Chapman, b Ridley N. E. Ashellden, b Ridley R. A. F. Whistler, c White. b Harris G. F. Juckes, b I-l arris R. F. Masoll, b Darby G. E. J. Gent. b Harris . A. B. Cowley, b Ridley ... C. I-I. C. Gore, not Oll t ... S. J. F . Maiden, c Pencey, b Burnell Extras: byes, 8 ; leg-byes, I

SCHOOl.

36 8 7 1

2 12

25 39 16 9

155

Total

ST.

E DMUND'S

SCHOOL.

J. R. Peacey, st Gent, b Baker

40 40 16

W. E. C. A. Darby, st Gent, b Baker H . I{. Barstow, c Gore. b Asbcndell R. C. Harris, c Ashendcn, b Baker G. C. W. White, b Baker G. H. Smellie, b Baker ... J. Nicholson, st Gent, b Bakel' ... W. G. A. I-I. Burnell, c and b Raker D. F. Ridley, not out G. E. Elliott, st Gent, b Baker R . L. Murray. c Asheuden, b Gore Extras: byes

1R I

21 22 4 11

189

Total ... BOWf.INC A NAI.VSlS:

ST. EDlUUNI)'S SCHoor,.

W. E. C. A. Darby W. G. A. H. Burnell D. F. Ridley R . C. Harris

11 11'1

1 2

12 12

1 4

28 39 >19

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Seuaor..

C. Ii, C. Gore S. J. F. Maiden P. D. Baker N. E. Ashellden

KING'S SCHOOL v. R ,F.A.

o. 11'4 8 15 t;

o o o

78 22

w. 1

8 I

(SHORI CLIFFE).

Played in perfect weather on the Beverley on Jul y 16th. Baker won the toss and started the innings with Burton. The latter was soon bowled by WellsCole, but Chapman assisted Baker to put on 36 before he too played across a good ball. Baker meanwhile was getting his eye in and playing very confidently ; at lunch the score was 100 for two ; aft er lunch Baker hit brilliantly all round the wicket, and,lgetting most of the bowling, made 70 in three quarters of an hour. H e was eventually caught at square leg for a faultless 105, which included 18 fours. Whistler and Ashenden added another 70 before the former was caught at mid-off. Ashenden was out unluckily at the same total for a steady and very useful 72. Juckes did little, and Gent was run out. Mason made some good strokes in his 23 and Gore and Maiden just brought up the 300. Gore and Maiden started the School bowling but the latter soon gave way to Baker. Cowley caught Wells-Cole from a diffic ult chance off Gore, and Gottwaltz was sma rtly stumped by Gent. '1'he 3rd wicket added nearly 50 runs. Then five wickets fell for 6. The t ail wagged a little, adding some 40 runs, but t hey never looked like playing out time and were all out by six o'clock for 135. Baker and Gore divided the wickets, both bowling well. KING'S SCH OOL. P.]) B aker, c Winter, b S uullllersgill G. W. M. Burton, b Wells-Cole C. r..;. W. Chapman, b Wells-Cole N. E. Ashellden. c Deacon, b Gottwaltz R. A. F. Whistler, c Wetls路Cole, b Gottwnltz R. F. Mason, b Gottwnltz G. F. Juckes, b Gottwnltz G. E. J. Gent, run out ... A, B. Cowley, Ibw, b Wells路Cole C, H, C, Gore, b Wells路Cole S. J. Maiden, not out E xtras: byes. 9; leg路byes, 11 ; wides, 6 Total ...

105

35 23 3

o 9

11 26

300

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13 40

N . W . Wells·Cole. c Cowley, b Gore Dvr, Pearce, st Gent. b Baker R. L, Gottwaltz, st Gent, b Baker N. F. Fraucis. b Baker . .. Capt. L, Playfair. b Gore ". R, D. S. Reid, c Ashenden, b Gore Gnr. Deacon, c Whistler, b Baker Capt. Stevens. b Gore ... Gu r. Etherington, st Gent, b Baker Bdl'. SUUlmersgiU, not out Dvr. Winter. rU ll out Extras: byes

...

30 1 I 12

0 15 18 I 2 135

'fotal ... BOWtING ANAJ, VS IS'

R,P.A .

o. 13

C. H. C, Gore S, J. F. Maideu P. D, Baker N. E. Ashendell

2 12'2 ~

4 0

o o o

13 63

SECOND XI. MATCHES. KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. V HARBLEDOWN C.C. Played at H arbledown on Thursday, June 4th, in dismal weather, rain continuing through most of the match. l-larbledown st arted fairly well but had five wickets down for 40 and owed everything to hard hitting on a slow wicket by Green. Cowley bowled very well and Clayton and Fanshawe both held good catches in the deep and third man. The School batting was very poor, only Fanshawe and Juckes playing with any confidence. A straight bat seemed the greatest want. H ARBLEDOWN A. M . Hilton, c Clayton, b Cowley E. I I. Gou1<lell, c Fanshawe, b Cowley

F. Wallace, b Crowley

., ,

H. E. Green, b Cowley ...

R . F. Norman, b Crowley J. B. J ames, b Cowley." F. Stott, c Crowley, b Cowley G. E. Barford, b Fluke K. Brooks, b Fluke J. R . Reeve, not out H . Bramwell, b Cowley ." Extras: byes, 10; leg- bye .. , 3 'fotal ...

c.c.

8 20

o o

2 6 5 2 6 4

13 126

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KING'S B. Forsyth, hit wkt, b Hilton ... H. Claypole, b Hilton D. I-'anshawe. b Green ... F. Juckes, c Norman, b Hilton J. C. Page, c and b Hilton A. B. Cowley, c Norman, h Hilton 'YV. G. Fluke, b Norman C. H. Clayton, b Norman R. Crowley, b Norman N. D. Dalton, b Green A. J. Morris, not out Extras: bye.s

SCHOOL.

A. G. E. G.

29 11

o o

3 S 2 11

o 6

Total ." BOWf,lNG ANAr,YSIS: HAIWI.l{DOW N. O. M.

Crowlev

Cowley

14'5

Fluke

39 44 21

2 2

KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. v. ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE 2ND XI. Played at Ramsgate in perfect weather on May 29th. Claypole again lost the toss but St. Lawrence started none too weU, losing three wickets for 18. The next three, however, added nearly 100 runs, though the fielding was quite smart. Their innings eventually closed for 154 . Masou and Kidson started the School innings but the latter was ont at once. Claypole and Mason made things look brighter, but both were out before tea. and of t he other batsmen Page alone had any idea of how to make runs against qnite moderate bowling. 'their second innings was marked by the keenuess of the School fielding; in fact all catches were held throughout the match. Claypole was responsible for three and Clayton saved a lot of runs in the deep. 1st Innings. ST. B. G. Corfield, c Kidson, b FInke ." E. Manwaring, b Crowley J\.. H. Mackenzie, b Fluke B. G. Whitfield, b Fluke W. J. Coles, b Crowley". E. H. Shuttleworth, b Flower V. G. Parsons, b F luke P . Hight, not out E. C. 'Vade, c Claypole, b F lower C. E. Channing. lbw, b Crowley ." S. E. Stacey, c Claypole, b Crowley Extras: byes, 3; legÂˇbyes, 4 ." Total

IJAWRENCE. 2nd Innings. 5 c Flukc, b Clayton 8 c Cluypoie, b Forsyth 40 c Flower, b Clayton 0 c Forsytll, b Crowley 14 c Clayton, b 111nkc 36 b Flnkc 5 110t out 23 did 110t bat 9 110t out It d'l t b t 6 t I( 110 a. 7 Extras: byes, 4 .. . 154

Total for 8 wickets)

29 IG 12 17 12 3 0

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KING'S SCHOOL. R. C. Mason, c Shuttleworth, b Parsons C. W. Kidsoll , b Channing ... G. H. Claypole, c Stacey, b Channing

ll. D. Fanshawe, b Parsons

6 19 6

...

C. Page, b Ch anning ... A. B Forsyth, Ihw, b Channing C. H. Clayton, l1>w, b Channing

W. G. Fluke. b Channing R. Crowley, c and b Shuttleworth J. A. Flower, not out N . D. Dalton , b Shuttleworth Extras: byes, 4 ; leg-byes, I

5 2 5 94

Total ...

BOWLING ANAJ'ySIS: S't. LA WRENCJ!~ CO[,[,EGE.

1st Iuuings. 0.

Crowley . Fluke ." Flower ...

14'4 13 5

\v.

I I 0

72 47 33

4 4 2

2nd Inuings.

o. Cl'Owley Fluke Page ... Claypole Forsyth. Clayton .

4 3 3

3 3 3

1 0 0 0 0 0

II S 13 IS IS 19

\V.

I 2

0 0 I 2

KI NG'S SCHOOL 2ND Xl. v. HARBLEDOWN C.C. Played on Blore's on J une 13th. After the usual st oppage for rai n, Claypole and Mason put on 27 for the first wicket. After that three wickets fell for a single, Mason being very unluckily run out when he looked quite set. Page stayed in for the rest of the innings but could find nobody to stop with him. AU except Dalton seemed afraid to hit out, except at straight balls-with the usual res ult. Harbledown had three down for 18. and Capt. Campbell was missed twice before he got into double figures, mistakes which probably cost us t he match, slllee none of the later batsmen could play Morris and Fluke, who bowled excellently throughout.

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KING'S SCHOOl,. G. H. Claypole, b Kingsford R. F. Mason, run out E. D. Fanshawe, b Kingsford J. C. Page. not out ... ... A. B. Forsyth, c Merrett, b Kingsford C. Ii. Clayton, b Campbell W . G. Finke, b Kingsford J. A. Flower, Ibw, b Campbell R. Crowley, cUny, b Campbell N. D. Dalton, b Campbell A, J . Morris, b Campbell ... Extrns: byes, 1 ; leg~byes. 1 ; wides, 2

8 18

5 2

4 G

o 4

Total".

HARBLEDOWN ll. L. Goulden, c Flower, b Fluke J. R. Reeve, b Fluke 1:", Wallace, c Forsyth, b Crowley H. E, Green, b I<'1uke Capt. R. C. Campbell, c Crowley, b Morris E. G. Merrett, b Morris. P. H . Kingsford, b Morris F. A. Uny, uot out G. E. Barford. b Morris ... G. A. Brooke, c Clayton, b Fluke A. M. Hilton, c Masoll, b Fluke ... Extras: byes, 2 ; leg· byes, 2

C.C. 7

o 4

10 G

10 4

Total ...

104 llOWI.ING ANALYSIS: HARBI,EDOWN.

Crowley Fluke Manis Flower

... ...

o. 12 9' 1 G

AI.

48 21 24

2 1

w. 1

4 0

KING'S SCHOOL 2ND X I. v. ST. LAWRENCE, RAMSGATE, 2ND Xl. Played on Blore's Piece on June 18th. St. I,awrence started very weU, 50 going up for one wicket. After this Morris bowled very weU downhill taking four for 27, and the innings closed for 88. The School should certainly have beaten this total, Claypole an(l Mason giving them a good start. A couple of good catches disposed of Mason and Page and at tea five were down for 41. Crowley went iu to hit but ill doing so

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unfortunately lost the ball and his eye. After he had been bowled, McMaster and Flower soon followed, and Morris came in with 13 runs still to make. Aided by luck,he and Fluke scored 10 oftheseand the former then tried to pull a straight one and was bowled, the School losing by 2 mns. 1st Innings. S1'. I.AwR~NC~ E. Manwaring. Ibw, b Fluke 33 C. E. Channing, b Morris B. G. Whitfield. b Morris ". ... ... 14 E. H . Shuttleworth, c Fanshawe, h Crowley 8 A. P. Morglln, b Fluke 0 W. '1'. Coles, b Morris ." ... 8 V. G. Parsons, c Claypole, b Morris 5 E. C. Wade, b Crowley... 7 P. Hight, b Morris ... 2 E. H. Sidley, h Crowley t S. G. Stacey, not Qnt... ... 0 Extras: byes, 4 ; legÂˇbyE"s, I 5

'fotal

2nd Innings. not out d' d b I not at run Qut ... c Mason, b Morris n ot ont b Fluke b Morris ... h Crowley... b Morris '., b Fluke... '.. .., Extras: byes, 13; leg.byes,2 COr.I.F.CE.

7 4 20 4 4 0 0 0 10 15

Total

KING'S SCHOOr,. H. Claypote, 1bw, b Parsons R. F. }'fason, C Hight, b P arsons ... J. C. Page, c Channing, b Parsons E. D. Fanshawe, Ibw, b Parsons .. , C. H. Clayton, c "Vade, b Mainwaring C, W. Kidson, h Parsons ... R. A. L. Crowley, h Parson s W. G. Fluke, not out ,., I. McMaster, b Mainwaring ... J. A.. Flower, Ibw, b Shuttleworth A. J. Morris, b Parsolls ... ... ... Extras: byes, 4 ; leg-byes, 1 ; no-balls, I

21 8 0

C; ,

11 0 13 9 5

2 8 G

Total

86 DOWLING ANAT,YSJS:

1st Inllings, Crowley. Fluke ... Morris

...

11.3

2 0

20 21 42

W., S 2 . 5

2nd Innings. Crowley. Fluke ... Morris ...

4 3 7

0 0 0

11 7

w. 1 2 3

KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. Played at St. Edmund's on July 10th. As usual Claypole lost the toss and our opponents started quite well, putting on 70 for two wickets. Cowley and F luke then improved matters for us and seven were dowm for 91. A long stand

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was then made by Howlett and Glen, both of whom played well though slowly. '1'he final score was 136. Cowley was our best bowler, and the fielding was quite fair, Barrett bringing off a fin e catch at extra cover.

After tea the School had an hour and 40 minutes to knock off the runs. Five wickets were down for 59, of which Claypole scored a useful and steady 30. Clayton and Cowley then came together, and , both playing very well, gradually increased the rate of scoring till at 6.20 we only wanted 10 to win. '!'hen C1ayton was bowled in hitting out, and Flower followed suit. Dalton rushed to the wicket in the last over a.nd Cowley with a couple of four' s to leg won the match, amidst enormous enthUSiasm. ST.

EDMUND'S

SCHOOT,.

F. C. D. Williams. Ibw, b Cowley '1', P. D. Hughes , rUll out '" J. R. L. Joues, b Cowley ... R. E. Parker, c Claypole, b Cowley L . H. Osborne, b Cowley R . C, S . Davenport, b Flu ke R. A. Hope, b Fluke ... B. Howlett, c Flower, b Morris A. Glen, c Claypole, b Page ... J. N, Crompton, c Barrett, b Morris '1'. \V. Menneer, Jlot out ... ... Extras; byes, 5; leg-byes, 2

16 15

20 20 1 10 5 27 15 0 0 7

;rotal

136

KING'S

I. McMast.er, c Glcn, b MCllueel' ... G. H . Claypolc, c Glen, b Davenport J. C. Page, b Williams .. . .. . A. V. Barrett, b Davenport E. D. Fanshawe, b Davenport C. H. Clayton, b Meuneer A. B. Cowley, not ant J. A. Flower, b Parker ... N. D. Dalton, not out ." W . G. FlUke} d'd t b t A . J. Morris 1 110 a. Extras: byes, 17; leg-byes, 3

SCHOOT" 4

30 12 4

36 35

o 20 14 1

Total (for 7 wickets) BOWI,ING ANAl,VSIS:

Morris Cowlcy Fluke Page

ST.

EDMUND'S SCHOOJ,.

'48 41

o. 10'4 17

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O. K . S . Lieut. B. S. Collard, 4th Batt. the Buffs, has been gazetted to a Captaincy in the same regiment.

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G. C. Strahan, who was invalided home from IndiG last year, has re-

covered his health and has made 140 and 150 for the Hythe C.C. lately.

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G. F . Howell is leaving England in September for a couple of years stay in South Africa, which, it is hoped will finally rest ore his health.

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Rev. R . F. Elwyn, Headmaster of King's School, Rochester, preached in the School Chapel on Sunday, J uly 14th.

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C. H. Bndd has recently taken his M.A. and M.B, degrees.

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H. Gardner has been making some fine scores for the R,A. and the Aldershot Command .

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NEWS . Major H. Isacke, Royal West Kent Regiment,

has

been

appointed

Instructor at the Sta:(f College, Quetta, and will he leaving England for India probably at the end of the year.

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O.KS. of some 25 years ago will read the following notice with much regret :- BREDIN.- On 14th July at Private Hospital, Dublin, in her 62nd year, Alice, dearly loved wife of Col. A. Bredin, of Herberton, Blackrock, Dublin. "Peace, perfect peace." Col. and Mrs. Bredin, who had three of their sons at KS., lived in Canterbury at the time and were very good friends to the School.

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We should like to call the attention of O.KS. to the great improvement that has lately taken place in the Pink Book Register. During the past year the number of those entered has gone up by sixty and the total is now nearly 330. It is hoped that this increase will be maintained and that all who are

leaving this term will become subscribers~to the Bursar's Fund.

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"BLOIS." 'l'o cross the channel after Lent invariably betokens Paris. Had my lord Baedeker been as autocratic as usua l this would have been the case, whereas only a fleeting glimpse of the Customs officials of the Ga re dl1 Nord und the Quai D'orsay was allowed. Form Dover to Blois was the itinerary and therefore it matters not whether the channel was rongh or whether the cab from the Nord to Quai D'orsay took one or two hours.

Awakening in Blois is much the same as the yawning glimpse of Palace Street at 7.43 any morning in t erm if you substitute buvettes for fried fish establishments, Though literally the Cathedral of Blois overshadows the town- it stands on a considerable eminence- it certainly does not do so metaphorically. There is something of an aloofness a nd superior dignity about it that characterises almost all French places of worship. But turn away from the Cathedra l, cross the shady square (Victor Hugo) and gaze up to the sky, where in all the gilded magnificence of its medireval glory rises the Chatean of Blois. Volumes have been written about it; libraries are yet to be filled with information concerning it, yet somehow it seems that one word more should not be out of place, To deal with the tec hnicalities of its arch itecture or to discourse

upon its intrinsic historical value would be t alking the most abhorred" shop " ; to quote one's own impressions gained in t he haste of sightseeing is adm issable . By wa y of beginning, what strikes one most is the almost T arpeian character of the sheer drop from the sUl11m~t to the base- all almost ideal place of exec ution would bt the thought suggested by a morbid imagination. These are but exterior impressions. To enter the courtyard through the ornam ented gateway and to gaze upon the exq uisi te staircase is the summit of an y average man's ambition. Not that this is a ll , for olle should Ilot leave wi t hou t seeing the room in which the Due de Guise met his death at the insti ga tion of his suspicious and weak minded monarch. There is a certain gaudin ess about the restored interior which has a jarri ng effect on insular lovers of "Ripolin," But though gold pain t is conspicuous, it is only meet that it should be, for it represents an heroic attenlpt on the part of the modern artisan to renew the glory of the middle ages, From one of the small balconies which surrounds t h Chatea u one is able to look down 0 11 modern Blois,' its horse-trams, its shopH and hotels. The usual note of inconcongruity " is"-struck again. Up h r we sta nd amidst memories of gra lldc\Il', magn ificence, cruelty and intrigll . below we see th e severely modern litt'le'

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town which owes its literal existence to the presence of the chateau, for historians say that it is an invariable fule that towns grew up round castles and monasteries. Nevertheless it owes much more; "Souvenir shops" displaying gilded "gargogles," China "salamanders" and other joys or sorrows of t he tourist are legion. One need neither be an American or a scholar to appreciate the chateau . It abounds with real interest. There is one particularly gruesome spot within it- a dungeon in the middle of which is a trap door known , so the guide said, to have been a place of execution; but how, is not known, Nevertheless we may rest satisfied that it was effective, for the people of t hose ages were refined to the point of extravagance in their cruelty, a fact well attested elsewhere in France particularly at Chaumont where th ere was a really fine gallows projecting from t he side of the chatea u, and possessing a drop into the street below of about one hundred and fifty feet, It is here also, if the digression may be permitted , to illustrate the spi rit of that age, that the lat er Mary Queen of Scots, when the youthful spouse of t he Dauphin, was forced with her husband to witness the exec ution, this time with an axe, of at least two hundred unfortun ates who leaned in a Hugenot direction. To return, in the chateau is the most peaceful chapel, corresponding in size to a school study, wherein Catherine de Medici of pious memory performed her daily devotions and prayed, we can

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only surmise so, for the success of her varied errands of mercy . One wing of the chateau is devoted to art and contains some very fine specimens of paintings, sculpture and medallions, for the most part the work of the famous artist, whose name escapes my memory, responsible for the design of modern French coins and war deco rations. We had the pleasure while at Blois of witnessing the alluring spect acle of the enrolment of the years' conscripts of the Loire district, U nkind people, or perhaps people very kind, have maligna ntly or not suggested that conscripts don't like being enrolled . Farbeit from me to suggest that an yone has distorted the facts, but these mustbe soldiers of the Republic certainly did what " displeased" them with a ve ry good grace. In the wilds of one's imagination an Indian wedding or obsequies could be pictured ; thus it was here, with the additional touch of Happy Hampstead on " St, Lubbock's" day. In pre-Haldane days I once saw some East Kent IvIilitia "enrolling" themselves, I wo uld they had seen how J acques and Francois did it! '1'0 be brief the latter wore placards on every available place; carried and used instruments of music with vigour and enthusiasm, if their manipulation was tacking in skill or technique, and thus equipped they marched in from the neighbouring villages and suburbs. 'l'hrough the spacious windows of the Hotel de Ville one could see the" Maire"

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interrogating them, and after some other ceremonies I believe thay passed to the barracks, where a few days later I saw sections manceuvrillg hot and dirty, still, however, with the qualities before mentioned with which they made music.

Like many English ecclesiastical cities Blois has a market. It was picturesque to us in that the voices of the throng seemed to betoken anger at bargains, though to this conj ecture the faces gave the lie. Women from neighbouring villages in shrill tones acclaimed the manifold virtues of cabbages, clogs and curling-tongs, while the world an cl his wife walked by and were sarcastic and pleasant alternately.

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No natural features remain to be mentioned here. The river Loire is too shallow to he spoken of in good society and most obstinately refuses to be uavigated. The people are essentially French and require little or 110 introduction to the globe trotters who no doubt wil1 curl their lips at this production. But in conclusion (by way of warning) at the risk of being accused of having shares in C- k's, let me add a few don'ts for those intending to follow these steps after being goaded on by the supreme recklessness of this description. First, don't miss the Pattl:sseries; secondly, don't eat too many pett:is gateau.x ; and, as all pulpit opponents of va nity say, fin ally, do miss Blois toast if yonr tastes do not aspire to fossilised bread .

THE RI VER. RACES. KING'S SCHOOL v. MEDWAY ROWING CLUB. Rowed at Fordwich , June 22nd . Medway with front station went off quite fast and led by a quarter of a length at the corner. From this point the School held them, and half wa y down the straight went up rapidly till there was about a length and a half clear between the boats. 'l'hey kept t his lead easily till near the finish where they made another rush, wiping out the gap in a few strokes, and passing the post almost overlapping, thus winning by about three lengths. The second crew, who had improved considerahly, had an easy t ask against the Medway 2nd crew. I'l'hey also had back station and gaining all)he way, caught their opponents hefore the end, and finished close behind.

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J . H . Musson

S. W. Wayte

P. R. Cottrell R. Juckes

L. W. H. D. Best

MEDWAV R.C . 1ST IV. Bow. P. W. Roots 2. D. W. Duffill 3. Str. R George

E. D. \Vright

Bow. 2. 3.

Str.

Cox. 2ND IV,

2ND IV.

C. W. Barber C. L. Green P. B. Barber J. '1'. F. Sandes B, G , K ing

18 3

Bow, 2.

1'-. L . Lanaway Bow. P. C. Norton 2. S, T . Box 3. W. H, Glover Str. It A. Minter coxed both of the Medway Pours.

3. Str. Cox,

KING'S SCHOOL v. 'l'ONBRIDGE 'l'OWN. Rowed at Fordwich, June 29th. 'l'onbrid ge unfortunately had had to make one or two changes in their crew a few clays before the race so were not well together. We had back station and gained from the start, having half a . length at the corner, and getting to within a quarter of a length about half way down the straight. From this point we had a easy run home, finishing close up, ;l'ONDRIDGI~ TOWN, KING'S SCHaar.. \V, S. Douglas Bow. J, H, MUSSOll Bow, S, W. Wayte p, B, Cottrell R, Juckes r~ ,

H, D, Best

2. 3. Str, Cox.

...

H. Sylvester H, M, LeFlelllillg E. A, Miller

2. 3.

Str.

KING'S SCHOOL v. CHA'l'HAM ROWING CLUB. Rowed a~ Fordwich, July 6th. 'l'his was the first tin)e we had rowed the Chatham Club so they were an unknown quantity. Unfortunately fro111 the spectators' point of view, the crew they sent was quite outclassed. Vtle aga in had back station and at the end of a minute and haU's rowing we had made tip the three lengths gap. 'l'hey spurted up to 44 against our 34 but could not get awa), and we fini shed overlapping by a quarter of a length. KING'S SCHoor., P. S, Barber S, W, \Vayte

P. B. Cottrell

R. Juckes L. Vt!. H , D , Best

Bow. 2.

3. Str, Cox.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. TONB RID GE SCHOOL. \~re

were to have rowed this at 'fonbridge but the authorities who manage the l\1edway interfered at the last 1~10 I11 ent . \V'e h ~ve OUI own little troubles on the Stour but they are as nothlllg compared with the pranks of the other Kentish ri ver. Barriers of rope from bank to bank- cut weeds held up ,by an east wind turning the course into a Sargasso sea-even a ,?low-boat conl1n~ up on the afternoon of a race and sticking half way up the stratg~lt-:-all these t1ungs we have learnt to endure, but we have yet to find our river va 11ls111ng from beneath ottI keels. This unfortunately happened to 'l'onbricige. Certain locks nee~ecl tinkeri ng up, so this moment was chosen for draiuing dry. the wh~le of the nver near the town. 'fonbridge had been to us two years runl1lng and It was too .late in any case for them to arrange to bring their boat here, so we thought the f~I~est thing to do was to arrange the race on some neutral water. Saturday, the ongI~al date was the only one they could offer 11S, so when we heard on Saturday mornmg that t hey could row us that afternoon at Chatham if IVe could arrange about the boats, we had to get busy. After a crowded. glonous hour of t elegrams and t elephones we started off bearing our oars wIth ti S, and takmg the second crew to form a crowd. Tonbridge could only bring oue crew, but they started off on the chance of rowing before they knew that a rrangements had been completed, so t hat we should not be disappointed of our olle School race. Ollr very best thanks are due to the E ngineers without whose help we could not have ~owed. On our wiring to .them to borrow two ~ours for the rac,:, they promptly and :"lthont question put theIr boat s and everythltlg else at our dIsposal and took consIderable personal trouble to see that all was right for us. The course was about a mile from the Engineers' raft to Upnor Pier. There was a strong tide with a wind against it, making the wa.ter much rougher than either crew was accustomed to. The School go t away WIth a. muoh better start and at once pulled ahead, gra dl1all~ increasing tl~~ lead.' row111g at about 38 t.o the minute. About a quarter of a mIle fro111 home [ o nbnctge made a st!ong eff~)1 t to get on terms, but on our quickening to 40, they could make no lInpreSSloll and the spurt died away. The School continued to ga in and passed the post about six lengt hs to the good. 'I'ONnRTDcg SCHOOr,.

KINO'S SCHOOlâ&#x20AC;˘.

J. H . :Musson S. W. " 'ayte P. B. Cottrell R. Jllckes If. \V. H. D. Best

Bow. 2. 3. Str. Cox.

N . D . Rice C. Atkinson

B. J. Stoey R C. Wood C. H . Hazell

Bow. 2. 3.

Str. Cox.

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On 'l'hursday, July 25th t he Boat Club had a varied program me of races. This term a somewhat unprecedented event has come about in the shape of six fours on the river. The result was that various races were rowed beside the O.KS. races for which as usual the teams were very scrat ch. Punctllally to the minute the first race, O.KS . 1st four v. KS.C. 2nd fo ur, was rowed. It resulted in a complet e walk- over for the School who padd led gently down t he course behind the O.KS. who were sadly out of training. The 3rd boat then rowed against the O.K.S. 2nd four and won after a much more interesting race. Th e School third four sprinted splendidly at the end and jllst wo n ; the fift h boat who were handicapped by ]5" then rowed the six th boat and won after a good race in which both crews s howed promise. 'fhe fifth boat next had to row the fourth boat which they did over the short course and won easily. After an interval the fifth boat rowed the third boat, and with IS" st art over the long course, managed to beat them comfortably . The fifth boat all rowed well ancl showed plenty of staying power. We append the crews :o.K.s. l ~t IV. O.K.S. lind IV. K.S .lInd IV. K. S. 3rd IV. K.S. 4th IV . K. S. 5th IV. K.S. 6th IV,

Str: Lee 3. Mercer 2. Squire Bow Sidebotham Cox . Best

Ryan Sandes Townend, H. D . Barber, P. S. Towlleno, G. A. Green Housden Barber,C.W. Best King

Cottrell.E.B . Cooper Ferguson Kain Wood Seymour Goldsmith Pagett Minter Burnett

Kedon Shelswell Crosse Elston Anderson

Cumberbatch Galpin Bing Alford Hodgson, C. F.

RF: l'ROSPECT . The Boat Club can look back on wha t has undoubtedly been its most successful season. The E ast er fours showed that there was plenty of talent available in the seniors, and although the horrid conditions under which the novices suffered made decent rowing impossible, there were one or two who showed some promise and some signs of being worth trouble in coaching. The results have quite justified expect ations. At the t ime of writing, the first four has won all its races. That does not include the one against Canterbury Town in which we gave 20 sees. start and only lost by ~. sees. aUf home races, unfortunately, have been mere processions, somewhat boring to the spectators, who time after time braved the terrors of the Shury road on ly to see the School paddling home gently behind their opponents. The best fights were put "l' by the Medway, and by Canterbury in the Fordwich regatta. The only crew which really gave trouble was the Engineers, iL1 the first race. The crew is not a pretty one but it is powerful and well t ogether. At times there is a good deal of digging and there is shortness in the bows, but the boat is undoubtedly fast especially in the last fifty ya rds. This was most notable agaiL1st the Engineers when, after a punishing race, they came on with s uch a rush that they gained a length in the

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last six or seven seconds. J uckes and Cottrell are rowing on opposite sides to what they were doing last year with no little advantage to their rowing, their swing has straightened, and Juckes, at stroke, has shown considerable judgment when called on. 'l'he second boat has improved out of all knowledge. At the beginning of term they were very feeble and took a long time to settle down. When once the crew became at all fixed they came on rapidly. 'rhe race against the Engineers scratch crew gave them confidence, and since that they have got well

together and developed pace. inclined to rush the swing.

San des has stroked them with care but he is still

Barber, ii ., is swinging much straighter at bow. and

does plenty of work although he is short.

Green at 2 is still slow with his hanels,

and Barber, i., who hn s backed up stroke well at 3, is inclined to tear the finish. Times on the StoUt are never reliable, but it might be noted that they have equalled

the record set up by the 1910 1st crew over the Easter course.

As we may lose

most of the two crews before next summer, we have had to take thought for the morrow and have during the latter part of the term had seven crews out

altogether, and some of them begin to look quite respectable.

We shall reap

the reward next year.

We should like to remind friends of the Boat Club that tbere is still a considerable sum owing to the treasurer on the account for the fours.

SCHOOL NEWS. Our belated congratulations are due to J. C. Page on gaining Certificate A." II

***

Also to C. I,. Green anct C. W. Barber on gaining their 2nd Boat colours.

*** Congratulations to A. B. Cowley, G.I<'. Juckes, and R.I<'. Mason, on gaining their first XI. colours, and to C. H. Clayton, A. J. Morris, J. A. Hower and I. McMaster their 2nd XI. colours.

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The final of the Junior Tutor Sets resulted in a win for the Choughs who defeated tile Gryphons. In the sellior '1'ntor Sets in the first round the Martlets defeated the Hawks, the Swallows the Gryphons, and the Choughs tile Herons. In the 2nd rounel the Swallows were drawn a bye and th ' Martlets were beaten by the Choug'''! by three wickets. In the final round the Swallows made 100 in their first innings to which the Choughs reph d with 155 for 4, and then declared. '1'h ' Swallows then made 91 and the Chough knocked off the runs for the loss of on wicket, winning the shield .

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TENNIS CLUB. The Club is very flourishing.

With a large membership of fifty-six there

~~em~ some ~kehhood ?f the balance bClllg

011 the right side, in which case the I emllS Club In future wJl l be run apart from the Sports' Committee. . We have to congratu late Gordon on. winning the singles and also, p1 ay ing

wIth P. S. Barber, the doubles. A match with the Masters was arranged for Friday, July 19th, but owmg to rain \~as put o~ and had to be played at intervals. Eight rounds were played of whIch the School wo n tbree and the Masters five . Mr .. McDowall ~nel Mr. Mirfield, representing the Masters' first pair, were rnv111clble, the hIghest score obtained against them by Gordon and Cottrell being 4-6. Mr. Ware ~nd ~~r. Poole, Mr. Latter and Mr. Everett played for the Masters' 2nd and thrrd parrs. I'be School pairs were as follows :'1'. L. Gordon )1 t . P. S. Barber I<' L Sidebotham) P. B. Cottrell sparr. R. Juckes 2nd parr. G: H. Claypole 3rd pair. Owing. to last years' drought and excavations made in the courts during the Easter hohdays the turf was rather wanting in parts. By mid-term it had Improved considerably and played remarkably true. We should like to remind the Sports' Committee that if funds allow the re-turfing of the Tennis Courts would

be a most commendable action.

ORGAN

FUND.

RECEIPt'S.

Donations

FUND

£ s.

253

ACCOUNT. EXPENSES .

3 0

£253 3 0

Organ ... Printing ... Stamps, &c. Balance

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V'le have received the following statement of accounts from the Hon. 'l'reasttrer of the Organ Fund :ORGAN

£ 8. d. 239 13 0 3 G 0 2 1 0 8 3 0 £253

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\~re were very pleased to receive a detatchment from the Club 011 Saturday and Sunday, June 29th and 30th, all the more so since two of the Officers, A. B. Emden and E. M. Tuke were O.K.S. The weather, fortunately, was fine and hot all the tune and could not have been better for camping out. They arrived at the West station about 4 o'clock on Saturday and proceeded straight to West Garth where they were met by Mrs. McDowall, who kindly presided at tea, and by a school team. The annual match on Blore's Piece followed the school this time taking revenge for last year's defeat. The Club took first 'innings and made 35, Cowley bowling very successfully. The School then replied with a total of. 71 for five wickets, of which Clay pole made 2 1, Page 17 and Mason 18, and then declared. The Cluh going in again made 53 for nine wickets, and then stumps were drawn. From Blare's a move was made in a southerly direction and they arrived in Mr. Nelson's orchard, kindly lent for the occasion, to find that some energetic members of the O.1'.C. had pitched their tents for them and piled their blankets . neatly in the correct .camp style. The evening was spent m enJoymg the tWIlight shadows on tbe nver (whIch really looks qnite nice in the dark) and about 9.30 p.m. three figures invaded the camp bearing sundry forks and fruit, the latter being a kind present from Mr. Rosenberg, the form er from the Grange kitc)1en, At ten three fignres stol e silently away, leaving their fnends to bathmg and bed. We hear on good authority that p, Q. Scroggins caused some disturbance in the midnight hours by mistaking a tree for a burglar. His shrieks roused the citizens of Northgate.

011 Sunday morning our friends we are told, rose at the unearthly hour of 4 a.m, and indulged in another cold plunge in the limpid pools of the Stour. At 8. 15 most of them attended the celebration of the Holy Communion in th Cathedral. '1'hey then returned to camp for breakfast, after which they disported themselves for some two hours on the river, in the School pairs which have now somewhat increased their old reputation for being uuupsettable, as th Âˇ passengers on this occasion, we believe, all did their best to indulge their individual boats in a second bathe. After this exhilarating experience the Club returned to the School and lunched with six K.S. in the New Hall. By this time the party had been increased by the arrival of Mr. Burrows, who had been unable to CO lli ' . down on Saturday, owing to a cricket match. After lnl1ch all went round the

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Cathed~al, which they much admired, and then the Club layout on the Green Court tIll Chapel Service, which they attended. '1'hen came the crowning mercy of th~ day: a wondrous tea in the Haven Garden, most hospitably provided by MISS Evens. The Haven fountain played with its customary musical tinkle, and was as duly admired as last year. Finally the Club retired to the station, laden with flowers from the Haven garden, and was wafted out of the station by the enthusiastic cheers and good wishes of members of the School on the platform.

CORRESPONDENCE . N. 8.-7he Editors declim IIJ au-ept allY nspomibilily conueded willl the o/JinioJ/S oJ tlleir C"orrespIJ/tÂˇ dents. Name and at/dress IImst a/ways be l:ivtll, 110t uecessarily for pltb/i(atio,~ , bJ/t as a guat(mlee of good faitlt. Per!oualities lui/l involve certahl rejection. Letten should be writtm M om side of the paper ouly.

Englemere. Ascot, Berks,

5th July, 1912.

To the Ed'itors oj " '1'1m

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Sirs,

Will you kindly allow me to send througb your columns the following message to the boys who are leaving school at the end of this Snmmer term ? You boys are about to take your places in a larger life than that which you have hitherto led and your minds must be greatly exercised as to what the future may have in store for you. I wo uld like to remind you that, while

you are working for your own advancement, you must never forget that you owe a duty to the country and the Empire of which you are members.

You have had great advantages as British public school-boys, and as British citizens you will have even greater privileges. What do you mean to give your country in return ? It is in the power of everyone of YOlt to give personal service, that is, deliberately to work for your nation as well as for yourself; but personal service means some sacrifice of self, the giving up of some leisure and of some amusement. At the present time your personal service is needed to persuade your fellow-countrymen of the great necessity

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there is for every able-bodied man learned their first lesson in self-governbeing trained to defend his country in ment at R ye, while at Hopton the boys time of need. It is difficult to convince caught a live sea J. Thus does the people ignorant of war of this necessity O.B.M. leap forward with a novelty or to make them realise that it is un- each August. preparedness that leads to war, but This year the men hold their breath the lessons of history will have taught you that disaster assuredly awaits the and go to camp in France-a hundred nation whose sons are unable to defend strong. It is a brave enterprise, but her, and I would earnestly beg of you the ent."te cordiale should bear the to do all in your power to bring home strain, and they themselves are resto people the fact that if we continne ponsible for the financial risk. They to shirk this, the first duty of citizenship, are paying double the usual amount, and the Mission is making a grant equal we cannot hope to retain our great to one-third of its usual expenditure heritage. on a ca mp. In this way independence As yOll know, some of our fellow- is growing among our older members. countrymen across the seas have already The boys go ouce agaiu to the adopted the principle that it is the duty of every man to be trained in the use Hopton Cliffs, in Suffolk. 'rbis is almost of arms; believe me, boys, you can as great a change from Bermol1dsey in give no greater service to your country August as I"rance or Canada affords. than by doing your utmost to procure For Tower Bridge Road and Dockhead the adoption of the same noble principle smothers the spirit of life towards the end of tbe summer. The lad is a litt1e in the Motherland. sick of work; home offers but poor Yours, etc., relief each night. But at Hopton there ROBERTS, is a cliff with an eternal breeze, a sea F.1\T . that is endless and clear, games that never stop, and a spirit of holiday in every meal and every song. Oxford and Bermondsey Missioll, For boy anel man alike the change 60 Riley Street, from town to sea is also a change from Bermondsey, S.E., routine to thought. When happiness I"''", 19 12. is fullest and freedom at its brightest, To the Editors oj .. THE CAN"'UARIAN ." hearts lie open to the message of God. At home tbe name of Christ is mor Dear Sirs, ofteu heard in oath and jeer, more often CAMP AND HOLIDAY FUND . in the hysterical torrent of a druuken The camps of last summer were woman than on sober lips; but in call1]> happy beyond all hope. The men the name wins its true sacred meaning.

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Many have been confirmed this last King's School, winter, and they would tell you how Canterbury. it was at some camp that they first awoke to the voice of Christ-but they To the Editors oJ" THE CANTUARIAN," do not talk about it overmuch in Dear Sirs, public. Would it not be possible in future Camp comes when the year in the cricket seasons to arrange the fixture clubs is at an end. Strikes and troubles list rather more rationally? I fail to weigh us down, but boys and men have see why all the School matches should saved their money gallantly si nce be crowded together at the end of June Christmas laRt. Yet they can never and beginning of July- of all dates, save enough white wages are low and surely the most unfortunate for such rents are high. Once again we come games. to you for the balance which shall make possible for our members the great In the first place the XI. have to change and the great chance of the play a number of clubs and scratch year. teams at the beginning of the season, in which a definite finish is rarely arrived In addition to the large August at owing to lack of time, strength of our camps, which last for a week or more, opponents, (or length of the tea interval). this fund enables each of the six clubs And nothing is more calculated to damp to have one or two week-ends in the enthusiasm among the School and the country during the Slimmer and pays XI. alike than a series of draws. for the convalescent expenses of boys who have been ill. There can be 110 Secondly, as all the world knows, weightier appeal than that of the boy June 16- July 6 (to take rough dates) who has saved a few shillings and still is the happy hunting grouud of half the wants a few more to make a holiday exams. with which we are plagued, possible. Responsions, Little-go. and the Army Entrance, to mention a few; and as Yours sincerely, a result the XL is almost certain to be below par during those few weeks. Yon BARCLAY BA RON , may say that other schools suffer from R . L. REISS. the same thing; but surely, in any case, G. M. HAMILTON, it would be better for both sides to be ALEXANDER PATERSON. at full strength, rather than to play with unrepresentative teams. Cheques, etc., to be made payable and Lastly if you postpone school sent to the Bursar, Oxford and Bermondsey Mission, 60 Riley fixtures to the end of June, you are simply playing into the haud of the Street, S.E.

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innumerable bacilli which delight in haunting public schools and it is an exception if one or other of our opponents (or worse still) ourselves, a fter eight weeks of the term have

forgotten that the profits of the shop on Fives Balls would be doubled.

failed to produce measles or mumps or such some monstrosity. \ÂĽhereas if the matches were arranged for May

[We entirety agree with our correspondent. Since he is so emphatic upon the fiuQuci,al merits of the scheme, perhaps he wIll favour us with an initial cheque for ÂŁ500. EDD.]

or June, we should probably anticipate such deadly germs. With apologies for t his lengthy business.

Yours truly, RAPHAEL.

Yours in anticipation,

QUINQUE SECUNDUS.

To the Editors of" THJ; CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs. I offer no apologies for a brilliant suggestion.

'fennis is a popular game,

but it is one that caunot be played

To the Edltors of Dear Sirs,

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Now that our latest acquisitionnamely, the organ, is in working order

I think it is time that we should be turning our th.oughts a?d pU.rses. in another direction; whtch duechon

I suggest should be the North East corner of the Mint Yard where at present there exists in lonely majesty a covered Fives Court. My suggestion is that in view of the facts (1) that Fives h as become in the past 18 months or so an extraordinary popular game, (2) that it is undoubtedly a very good game and one which everyone should

play, (3) that at present demand vastly exceeds snpply in the matter of courtsthat it be resolved to convert one of the open squash-courts into a covered Fives Court.

In all respects this would be a great improvement and it must not be

without preparations.

And therefore

to cOllle to the point I beg that the tennis ' monitor be appointed by the Sports' Committee, not as heretofore

at the beginning of the summer but at the beginning of the Easter Tern~. Then he will have time to roll and If necessary stercorate the courts in ~he Easter Term with a view to the comtng season. I have the honor to remain, Yours very sincerely, S. I. 'l'ENN.

To the Editors of"

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D ear Sirs, Owi ng to the new frame for Foot..

ball and Cricket groups, the Tutor Shields have been taken from the Old Hall. For years they hung just ~bovr the carving table and were anoll1tcd

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by the steam rising from hot roast

beef and boiled puddings.

Whether

on an em inentlys uccessful, if not a record season. Justice to their

this improved them or not is not for industry aud self-denial will I hope be me to say. To resume, now they hang done at the right time and place. in the Gymnasium, (where they ought But may I " tack" a little growl .always to have been) but instead of groupi ng them by the Fives and Gym- upon this. An innovation has appeared nasium boards, thav have been hidden this term in the form of seven boats, the occupants of which undergo a certain .away by the speciaf exit, high upon the amo unt of coaching. Now, while wall just under a dra in pipe. This I acknowledge that coaching while of drain pipe has burst, I saw it do so Âˇduring evening gymnasium; it hardly tender years is essential to the attainseems fair on the shields. They have ment of any degree of perfection in oarsmanship, I strongly deprecate the braved the steam of meat and puddings; fact that it entails the transference to can't they have a rest now and be where we can see them in a more the water of certain people whose proper province at stated times should salubrious spot? be the cricket field. I base my opinion Yours, etc., on the" leaves-off" cricket games and even tutor-sets which have been so WET FEET. notoriously prevalent during the term.

I trust that those who will occupy high

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Dear Sirs,

May I employ your valuable medium to congratulate the Boat Club

places in the future will lend an ear to the friend ly suggestion, not complaint,

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TF1E VOL. VIII.

CA NTUA RIA N . OCTOBER,

1912.

No. 1!,

E D IT O RIAL . " Here we are again ," as the clown remarked as he t urned a somersault on to the stage ; he was greet ed with a thundering round of applause, but then settled down to the real husiness of t he evening. We too feel rather like he did ; the first lew days after our return from the summer holidays (holidays, certainly, but summer ?) we spent in a whirl of new arrangements, of transferring ourselves and our belongings from old abodes to new and more exalted ones; of searching wild ly for the new numbers of our G.C.C.'s; and lastly, this time of occupying ourselves with the entertainment of large numbers of O.K.S., consisting chiefly of t hose who may be described as fledglings, inasmuch as t hey but last term took their flight from Schota Regia. But now those days are past; the O.K.S. have betaken themselves to new seats of learning, and we have settled down to the serious business of life. And it is with a feeling of pleasure that we do so. II we look back on the p ast, we shall all of us invariably find that those per.iods of our existence which we have spent strenuously have been far the most satisfactory , and what is t!lore, the most pleasant. That being so, what with hard work, hard footer and no slacking, there is no need why everyone should not spend the best term of their lives now.

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We offer OUf heartiest congratulations to Gent and the XV. on starting the well with a win over the fairly strong team got together by Mr. Latter. lhat they may continue as they have begun is our devout wish. .. . And now all we have to ,do is to end; not t~s time, we are thankful to say, IS It necessary to prolong this laboured productlon, for there is much to follow. Vie l?ok forward to one of tl~e best of terms; we are sure we shall not be dis~ppo lnted. In fact, we feel altogether contented with ourselves and the world In general. . After all it is ~ jolly good world, and we should like to shew our appreciation of It, only we don t qlllte know how to do so. Happy thought! Let us drink to t he health of the world coupled with the name of KS.C. ~~ason

In memoriam.

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G. H .

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We regret to record the death of the Rev. George Herbert Ten Bruggenkate, who passed away at Coventry on 25th August in his 30th year. Mr. Ten Bruggenkate was born in 1882 and came t o Canterbury from a preparatory school in 1897 where he remained till 1899. He started in the I Vth Form under Mr. Mason, and when he left was in the Vth Form under Mr. Evans. After leaving the School he was in business in the city till he entered the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, on its foundation in

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1903. As a member of this College he took a three years' course in Clas~ics. at Leeds University, graduatlUg 111 1906 with Second Class Classical Honours, and after two years spent in reading theology at Mirfield, obtained his M.A. degree and was ordained with a title at St. Stephen's, Upto n Park, E . Here he helped to start a branch of the Church Socialist League. In 19 10 he was offered the Senior Curacy at St. Peter's, Coventry, by the Rev. P. E . T. Widdington, and found at this Church full scope and freedom fo r his work.

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An advanced high Churchman and a convinced Socialist, Mr. Ten Bruggenkate was essentially an enthusiast by teI1tperament with a healthy contempt for convention and a hatred of anything that seemed to him to be injustice or oppression. \Vith these qualities he combined a cheerful optimism and a quiet love of children among whom he did a very good work at Coventry. From boyhood he had always wished to enter the Priesthood, and his resolve remained unshaken through years of waiting while confined to the monotonous routine of a business career.

Just prior to his death he had been camping out with a party of boys in Norfolk, but on his return to his parish he was suddenly taken ill, and after a brief sickness died of pneumonia. 'H e was buried with the full ceremonial of the Anglican Church and among the large crowd of mourners at the grave were the representatives of various Socialist and Labour organisations. vVe wish to express our acknowledgements to the Chu,rch Times and the Coventry Herald from which some of the above particulars are taken.

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Speech Day was celebrated this year on Monday, July 29th. The uew departure of having it on a Monday roused, like all innovations, a certain amount of disfavour, but judging from the large numbers of O.KS. who got down for the week-end as well as those who only came on Monday, the experiment may be pronounced dist.inctly s uccessful. . The weather was fi ne, though somewhat cold; but this was advantage rather than the reverse in the crowded atmosphere of the Chapter House. The early celebration of the Holy Coml11union was excellently attended, as was also t.he Commemoration Service at 10 o'clock. The Preacher was our old friend Dr. Galpin, Headmaster 1897- 1910, and at present Rector of Saltwood, who delivered an address which will not be fo rgotten quickly by those who heard it. At 2 p.m. the Speeches were commenced in the Chapter House, followed by the usual Prize-giving. Among those present were the Dean of Canterbury,

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the Archdeacon of Maidstone, Dr. Mason , Canon Stuart, Canon Danks, and Dr. Galpin, together with a large body of O.K.S. and many parents and friends of the School. 1.-

Virgil, Aeneid V I. , 826-853. R. S. F. Cooper.

In the sixth book of the Aeneid, Virgil makes Aeneas visit the lower world, where the shade of Anchises shows him the visiou of the future, and he sees the spirits that are to appear as actors in the great drama of Roman History-Caesar, Pompeilts , l\'hHTImius, Acmilius Paull us, Cato, Cossus, the Gracchi, the Scipios, Pabricus, Sarrauus, the Fabii. Others lIlay excel in arts and sciences: Rome's mission is imperial rule.

2.-Scel1e from the" WASPS" Philoc1eon Bdelyc1eon (his son) Xanthias (the slave) Labes (a thievish dog) Cydathenaeus (another dog)

A ristopha1tBs . C. W. Kidsol1. G. H. Claypole. F. L. Sidebotham. R . S. F. Cooper. E. J. Gent.

Philoc1eon is an old Athenian citizen with a foudness for the law courts and legal prosecuti?llS. ~is ~o n ,. Bdelyc1eon, wishes to ~nre hill.1 of tlus l}fopensi.ty , and ~r o p oses to ('utertaill him wIth a trIal111 IllS own home , In the lllck of time n de endflut 15 found 111 the dog, La1)es, who is accused of theiving by Xallthias, the slave. A trial is arranged: another dog (Cydathenaeus) is set up to represent the prosecutor, and while Xallthi as speaks as his advocate, Bdelyc1eon c~ampiOl~s th.e cause of .Labes.. After t;be trial Philo:ieon rises to record bis vote f?: condemnation, but IS trIcked by hIS son mto plactng the tally 1l1to the wrong ballot box. rhus Labes is acquitted to the horror and dismay of the old man, who appeals to heaven to be forgiven for the offence which he has unwittingly committed.

3.-Scene from" Pickwick Papers" Tony Weller Sam Weller The Rev, Mr. Stiggins A buxom Widow

Oic~ens,

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G. Northcote. Kai n. Telfer. Forsyth.

.. Tony Weller: b~set by scheu.tiug widows determines to retire from business, A consolatory VISIt frolD Mr, Shggms enables hUll to avenge himself and at the same time to redeem a promise made to the late Mrs. Weller.

4.-Cicero's denunciation of Antonius D. Hussey.

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5.-Scene from " La Grammaire" Poitrinas Cabonssat Blanche (his daughter) Jean (his servant)

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Cabonssat, whose orthography is a weak point, and whose ignorance of French Grammar rules causes him much trouble, is very anxious to become a public man. He has a great reputation as a public orator, but it is Blanche who writes his speeches for him. His friend Poitrinas, arrives and informs him that he has been appointed a i\'femher of the Academy of Etampes. Poitrinas, who is au enthusiastic antiquary, and sees Roman remains in evcrytWng. takes this opportunity to explore Caboussat's garden for antiquities, and finds therein much broken iron and crockery. which he thinks to be Roman, but which are really the broken kitchen and table ware that Jcan bas carefully buried.

G.- Macbeth, Acts iv. and v. (parts) Macbeth Macdnff Malcolm Ross Messenger Seyton ...

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Shakespeare. J . Maiden. H. Claypole. Hussey. Juckes. B. Forsyth. C. Page.

Malcolm, SOll of the mttrdered King Duncan, suspecting the loyalty of Macduff, puts him to the test. His doubts are removed and the news brought by Ross fro1U Scotland UnItes them in a resolve to attack Macbeth. Macbeth cheated of his trust in the two prophecies of the witches that he should never fall" till Birnam wood be C01lle to Dusniuane " and that ,. no lIIau that's born of woman shall e'er have power upon thee," falls by the sword of Macduff, and Malcolm is acclaimed King of Scotland.

The Speeches, on the whole we venture to think, shewed a marked improvelIlent on last year. There were two new features; one was the substitution of t.wo individual recitations, one from Vergil, and one from Cicero, in place of the decidedly dull extract from Plautus or Terence; and the second was the revival of the comic E nglish. In the latter, Northcote and Telfer played rather difficnlt parts quite admirably. The To'rench speech on the whole, once more was the best; Cottrell and Wayte were distinctly good, while Fleming-Sandes played l he part of the pretty daughter of CabOtlSsat with becoming coyness. In. the :reek Speech, the chief amusement was caused by the yapping of the pugnacious dogs, Cooper and Gent; Claypole also was excellent as Bdelyc1eon. As for the 'I'rngic English, let us first say with what fervour we welcome back Shakespeare lo lhe stage of the Chapter House; may he long continue to be performed there, Kay we! Claypole as Macdnff was perhaps the best, though Maiden as Macbeth played his difficult part with distinct success.

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At the conclusion of the speeches, the Headmaster gave an account of the School year, His first duty, he said, in which he was sure all would join him, was to propose a vote of thanks to those Masters who had been responsible for the training of the speeches, Mr. Evans, Mr, Bell and Mr. PurtOll (applause) , Next he extended a warm welcome to D.t. Ga lpin, who this year bad come in an official capacity and had preached the ann iversary sermon, which formed so important a part of the Commemoration Service. Passing 011 to speak of the School, the Head?,aster said their health record had on the whole been distinctly good, though 111 the ChrIstmas term he admItted they had had to plead guilty to an epidemic of Mumps (laught er), With regard to the doings of O.K.S" if he might antlci pate the Dean, he thought he wou ld like to mentio n G, H. S. Pinsent who last August came out easily first in t he Civil Service Examination. (Applause), He then spoke of the departure from the School since last Speech Day of Mr. Moxon , who had become Headmaster of Lincoln School, and paid a tribute to the memory of Mr. Joseph Plant. who lately passed away, and who for t hirtyfive years was connected with the School as Master of Music.

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Passing on to refer to other activities, the Headmaster said the Officers' 'l'raining Corps had had a good year though not such an exciting year as the previous year, which contained the Coronation and the Review at Windsor. The following day the camp party went off, and he hoped they would acquit themselves well on Salisbury Plain. With regard to t heir Games t he Fifteen under Juckes had been anxious to repeat the success of the previous year, but Mumps, to which he had previously alluded, had foiled their efforts; the eleven too, under Baker, had had a somewhat cheque red career, but fo r different reasons. Rain stopped three matches, while others had to be abandoned owing to the diseases contracted by their opponents. And so the eleven, which shewed considerable promise, had not had reaUy a fair chance. On the river, however, new records had been set up; neither the first nor the second crew had been defeated, and to crown all a few days previously the first crew had decisively. beaten their old rivals, TOl1bridge, by six lengths. (Applause), The chIef addlt10n that had been made to the School during the past yea r was the new organ 111 the Chapel, which all who heard it pronounced to be an instrument of peculiarly sweet tone. The Headmaster said he wished to the ~ursar's list, the names on mcreased III number. In conclusion, not remarkable for self-discipline or ~ith

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send out from that School at least men who were distinguished by those qualities, that helped and guided and controlled the destinies of the nation. (Applause) . The Headmaste r then distributed the prizes. After this the Dean read the list of distinctions gained during the past year. He suhsequently add ressed the a udience, and said t hat he hoped th~ list of honours he had just read was sufficient proof, if proof were needed of the WIde and successful training that was carried 011 at the School. (Applause) . He then spoke a word of approval on the work done by the Officers' Training Corps, and said that if all carried out their part in the great movements for the defence of England , they would make her so safe that the possibility of a foreign enemy ever lllvad1l1g her shores would be out of t he qucstion, (Applause). The Dean concluded by making some humorous remarks on the proceedings on the previous day at t he Eugenics Congress in London, and observed that one of the speakers, a. learned professor, had come to the conclusion that the great mass of our babIes w~re born well, that we trained them well and that our educational system was qUlte excellent, for which piece of information he was devoutly thankful to the learned professor. (Laughter and applause). In accordance with the old custom, the principal guests were cheered as they left the Chapter House, and subsequently Mr. and Mrs. McDowall entertai ned a large gathering of guests on the Green Court. A striking feature of this Spe.ech Day was the ~xtremely l ar~e number of .K.S. who were present. As theu numbers are beheved to constitute a record, t.heir names are printed below. The fo llowing list is almost certa~nly ~ot. a comple~e one, but any wh? are omitted must put down the fact of the1: onllSSlOn to the .1gnorance of the Editors, who have done thei r best to make the list as full as posslble. The names are as follows :-G, Collard, R. F . Elwyn, A. Latter, E . L . A. 11 Âˇrtslet, C, B. J erram, A. B, Emden, E. E. A. Bellars, A, S. Athawes, R . E. C. H," ith, C. A, West, J . A. Emery, B. E. Money, II. M. H a rke, H. V. Cobb. E. A. ~ qll irc, A. C. Robertson, p, Hemery, A. !saacke W . Temple, J. C. Morris, J. C. 1,\1 'ns , R. II. W . Brinsley-Richards, 0, B. Parsons, A. M. Gelsthorpe, A, II. Warde, I' . II. Seabrooke, C. H. Woodhouse, L. E. Reynolds, J. W, Wayte, D. 0, Fardell , '. N. Ryan, J, B, Sidebotham , H. D, Townend, E, F. Housden, C, H. Trehane, I), J. N . Lee, G. A. 'l'ownend, C. K. Mowll, V. Arnold, F . R. B. Atkinson, C. Bing, II. (: . 'ooper, K. B, Dickson, T . S. Emery, C. C. Frewer, G. C. Karop, G. R. Karol', II" R. live, R. G. W. Saw, C. G. Williamson, C. L . Nightingale, W, '1', B, Heslop, '. II. Crowley, J . R. Reeve, J . C. Molony, II. S. Wacher, C. E. Wood ruff , A. E, B. I,owe, W. \\T. Mason, H . B. Biron.

JOZ

THE

PRIZES

ADJUDGED

DURING THE

Classics (M-i lckinsoll) Mathematics (Mitchi1lSon) Modern Languages, French (iVh tclti11S01l) Modem Lang uages, German (Gruwes) Natural Science (M'i tchinson) Greek and Latin (Broughton) English Literature (Streatfield) Classical Composition (Dean Farrar) ... Latin Prose (F. and H. Horsley. Latin Verse Greek Prose Greek Verse English Essays (Galpi1J) ... Geography (Member's Prize) Shorthand (Lady St1,art) Natural H istory Collections

H istory, VI. (Sta11/ey) Va. F orm (Ga/pi11) Vb. Form (Head Master)

I Va. Form " IVb. Form ... French, IVa. to IIIe. Form (Greaves) Mathematics, DIV. I. (Harnson) DIV.

II. (Harf'ison)

Div. III. (Harrison) Div. IV. (Harrison) Di\,. v. (Harrison)

CANTUAR IAN.

YEAR 1911- 1912.

G. H. Claypole. G. R. Dawbarn. J . '1'. Fleming-Salldes. J. 1'. Fleming-Salldes. C. H. Gore, Prize. K. C. Lillingston. G. H . Claypole. F. L. Sidebotham, Prize. D. Hussey. G. H . Claypole. P. B. Cottrell, Prize. D. Hussey. F. L. Sidebotham. H. G. Kain. G. H. Clay pole. P. B. Cottrell, Prize. D. Hussey. J. E. Witt.

E. F. Hyde.

V. R. H eywood. C. F. Wait.

R. S. F. Cooper. C. W. KidsOll, Prize. G. Haward. J. H. lI'ltlsson.

E. F. Hyde. N. D. Dalton. G. L. Davidson. V. R. Heywood. R. J. Routh. G. K. Lawson. G. A. Pugh. R. A. T. Anderson.

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DIVINI'l'Y

PRIZES.

VI. Form (nrOIt !!htoll)

G. H. Claypole. P. C. Gentry, PrizC'. S. J. Maiden. C. W. Kidson. R. J. Routh. { R. J . Mowll. C. H. C. Gore. B. " ' , Galpin. R. W. Brothers. G. I/o D. Davidson. R. A. Paro. H. C. M. Pitts. C. H . Crabtree.

Mathematics, &c., SJ,Jeciahsts (Midsummer, GalpiJl) ... Va. Form OWarshall Wild) Army Class (.1 ychdeacon of Nlaidstone) Vb. Form (Marshall Wild) ... ...

lVa. ForUl (Archdeacon of Maidstone) 1Vb. Form (Headmaster). .. ... IlIa. Form (Headmaster) 111b. and c. Forms (flead1llastlw) Va. and Vb. Forms (Elwyn) IVa . and IVb. Forrus (Elwjm) Church Hi~tory (Rev. A, Carr). I.ower Sch ool (Lady Stuart)

FORM V 1. Patin (Christmas) VlI. Form (Christmas) ... " (1'I idsllmlller, Gordo,,) Composition (Prose) " COlllJ;'ositiOll (Vers<') ,. English Essay ;\ rilly Class (Christmas) (l\fidslllll mer) Vb. Porm (Christmas) (Midsummer)

(English Essay)

J Va. Form (Christm as) " (Midsummer) J Vb. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) I net. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) Illb. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) I t Ie . Form (Christmas) (Midsnmmer)

JOJ

F. N. Holt. T. H. Keble. A. C. Telfer. L. Bull.

PRIZES. R. S. F. Cooper R. Crowley . R. J. Routh. G. J. Ecdes. G. J . Eccles. R. J. :Mow11. F. H. Fal'dell. C. H. C. Gore. G. F. Wood. G. L. D. Davidson. G. L . D. Davidson. G. L. D. Davidson. E. C. Bing. G. K. Lawson. J . F. R. Burnett. A. D. C. Macaulay. L. Bull. C. H. Crabtree L. P. Allen. A. H. Scott. J. R. Filmer.

THE

LOWER

CANTUARI AN.

SCHOOL

PRIZES. J. N. L. Gough. G. S. Bowen. W . R. \"' . McCarthy. G . E. Gibson. D. N. Burrell . R. H . Edgell, Pri1;e. { R. P. Scott, Prize. F. G. Hornsh aw. L. Bull. C. H . Crabtree. J. L. E lston, Prize.

Mathc1llati~s (Midsummer) , _, N~t l1r al SCie nce (Milchimon)

History ... F r ench Dictation ... Geo~rap hy (lV/ember's P '-'i re)

MusIc ... Drawing

...

. ..

JUNIOR IIa. 1"orm (Christmas) " (Midsummer) lIb. Form (Christmas) " (Mids ummer) lIe. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) I. Form (Christmas) .. (Midsummer) Divinity (HodgsO,t) , 10

IIa . IÂ·'arm lIb. Form lIe. Form I. Form

English ,IIa. Form lIe. Form lIe . Form .. I. Form :Mathcm atics (Christmas) ". (Midsu mlller) Drawmg .. .

Dictation .. . Music

SCHOOl,

PRIZES . S. G. Galpin , i i . S. G. Galpin, ii. L. C. Manners-Smith . K. E. S mith, ii. R. G. Strouts. G. S. P. Scantlebury, ii. H . W. Baker, ii. C. A. N. Hooper. S. G. Galpin, ii. R . S. Maylam. R. W. M. Gardener. R. H. H. Brown , ii.

L . C. Manners-Smith . R. C. Maylam. R. H. M. Gar dener. C. A. N. Hooper. N. A. R. Potter. S. G. Galpin, ii. S. G. Galpin, ii. M. W. Goldie. Prize. W. L. Gibson. S. G. Galpin, ii. J. E. Scantlebuty, i.Prize

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Anniversary Preacher. Rl1\' , CANON GALPI N, D.D., R ector of Saltwood (Head Master, 1897-1910). T he List of Aunh'ersa ry Preachers goes back to 17 14.

Exhibitioners Elected July, 1912. G. H . Cr,AY l'or,l!:, (Rose) Classical Scholar, St. John 's College, Oxford , G. R. DAWBARN, (P a rker) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Eastbridge Hospital (Parker) Exhibition. 1<'. N. HOI:r, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge .

The Shepherd Gift. A. B. FORSYTH, Mathematical Scholar, Downing College, Cambridge.

--- .- -- - - The O.K.S. Gift. R . J . N . NORRIS, Royal Military College, Sandhul'st.

'The Waddington Gift. P. B. COT'l'REJ J., Classical Exhibitioner, Worcester College, Oxford. S. J . MAIDEN , History Exhibitioner, Hertford College, Oxford . 4

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Exhibitioners now at the Universities. R. M:. GENT, (Rose) Classical Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. C. J. GAT. PIN, (Rose) Classical Scholar of St. John's College, Oxford. D. I-I. Cowm, (Rose) Mathematical Scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. D. J. ~; IJlm. (Bunce) Classical Scholar of Wadballl College, Oxford. ~. IOWNEND, (Bullce) Mathematical Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Cambridge. 1. ~. CA \'I~. (Parker) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. E. r·, !l0USDHN, (Rose) Mathematical Scholar, Petcrholtse College, Cambridge. J. B. SIDltDOtHAM, (Stanhope) Classical Scholar, Gonvill~ and Cains College, Call1bridge.

!!.

Scholars. Elected December, 19 11. KING'S SCHOLARS. JUNIORS.

PROBA'I'IONERS.

W . .T . Pott~. R W. Galpin . T. R. Juckes. A. G. D. West.

School House. C. F. Hodgson. H. 'Vace.

S. J. Galpin, .Junior School. H. Wace. R A. E. Smith , Junior School. J. S. Blunt, jmuoy School. A. "'. Rigdell, j1tn.ior School. ENTRANCE SCHOLARS.

Mr. Evans' HOllse. N. A. R. Porter.

Elected Mids",,,,ner, 19 12. KING 'S SCHOLARS. SENIORS.

R. S. F. Cooper. R. G. Crosse.

J. T Flemillg-Sandes. G. E. J . Gent. H. G. Kaitl. K. C. Lillingston. R. P. Mason .

School HOll.se. Ll. H. Thomas. P. J. F. Cooper. R. E. Page.

JUNIORS.

PROBA'l'IONERS.

P. J. F . Coopcr. A. V. T. Dean, Juni.or School . R . R Page. J. R Scalltlebury, junior School. I·'. R. G. Shephard. R. V. H. Isacke, Junior School.

G. L . D. Davidson. G. W. M. Burton. A. Lindsay.

ENTRANCE SCHOLARS.

Mr. Ellal1s' House. F. R. G Shephard.

HOUSE SCHOLAR.

C. E. V. Phillips.

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Academical and other Distinctions gained during the year 1911- 1912. G. t-I. C:r,AvPoI,E A. B. FORSY'l'H S. J. MAlDEN

P. B. COT'fREt,I, F. I I. GOAD R. J. NORRIS F. H. FARDEr.I, W , II. EAs'tW}eR -FIEI,D

C. H . C. GORE"

G. H . S. PrNSENl' A. H. CROWTHER H . TOWNSHEND

c. J . D.

GALPIN

N. J.jEE

T. S. NEeSON

ft. F.

H OUSDEN

11. "Vi.'. K. Mowu, A. R. BEl,r,ARS ...

J. n.

SroEBO'l'HAM

H. G. H.

Bm,I,ARS

n. MAXTED

C. A. J O.

WEST 11'ARDELl, A. G. FI,UI<F; ... " H. 'l'REHANE ...

Open Classical Scholarship, St. John 's College, Oxford. Open Mathematical Schofarship, Downing College, Cambridge. .Open History Exhibition, H ertford College, Oxford. Opeu Classical Exhibition, Worcester College, Oxford. Ford Stlldentshi p, Trinity Col1ege, Oxford. . Passed 2nd juto Royal Military College, Salldhurst. Prize Cadetship . Passed 76th into Royal Military Academy, Woolwich . Passed I28th iu to Royal ~lili tary Academy, Woolwich. Passed 46th iuto R oyal Military College, Sandlmrst.

First Place, Civil Ser vice Examination. Passed 2ud with H Ollours out of Royal Military College, Saudhurst. Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge; 1st Class, Part II., with Distinction, Mathematical Tripos. Scholar of St. J ohu's College, Oxford 2nd Class, Classical Moderations. Sch ol ar of Vladham College, Oxford; 2nd Class, Classical Moderations. Scholar of University College, Oxford; 2nd Class, Natural Science Schools (Physiology). Scholar of Peterhollse College, Cambridge; 1st Class, Part I., Mathematical Tripos. King's College, Cambridge; 2nd Class, Div. II., History Tripos, Part II. Scholar of P(,lllbroke College, Cambridge; 2nd Class, Theological Tripos, Part II. Ex hibItioner of Cains Collegc, Cambridge; elected to a Foundation Scholarship. Passed out 1st of Naval Cadets from Cruiser. University of Londou; Degree of M.D., and University Gold Medal. Passed II t h ont of R.l\{'A., \Voolwich, jnto Royal Engincers. Passed 17th out of R.M.A., Woolwich, into Royal Field Artillery. Passed 28th out of R.M.A., 'Voolwich, into Royal Fie1cl Artillery. Passed 17th out of R.h1.C., Saudhurst, into Indian Army.

ItIW . CANON GAT,PIN, D.O. (Headmaster, 1897-19 10).

Kent County Council .

Member of Education Committee,

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CRICKET. KING'S

SCHOOL v. O.K.S.

July 27th, 1912. Two days before the match Gottwaltz found he would be unable to obtain leave from his regiment, and so Fluke once more captained the O. K.S. team. He succeeded, after some difficulty, in getting together a fairly strong team, though somewhat weak in bowling. The match began in beautiful weather, soon after 11 o'clock. Baker lost the toss and the O.K.S. elected to bat, Strahan and Lucas coming in to face the bowling of Gore and IVl aiden. In the second over Strahan fell a victim to a catch at square leg by Cowley, off a very bad ball form Maiden. '1'he latter was distinctly erratic at first and failed to find a length, but Gore at the other end was bowling excellently, being greatly assisted by the cross wind which brought the ball in from the off in a disconcerting manner. In the next over Lucas was well bowled by Gore, and with Housden, ,vho came in first wicket, ve ry well caught by J uckes off the same bowler, three wickets were down for 18. Neither did Martin, who came in next, mend matters much, for he too was quickly dismissed by Gore. He was followed by Huyshe who played the best innings on his side. He did not find anyone to stay with him, however, t ill the fifth wicket had fallen, and then he and F luke brought the score to 77, when the latter was well bowled by Gore. Parsons then followed and played a merry innings of 36, but when he and Huyshe had been dismissed, after a little vigorous hitting by Seabrooke and Reeve, the O.K.S. innings closed for the moderate total of 172. The School started none too well, Burton and Chapman both being out before 10 runs had been scored. Ashenden and \:\,Thistler then carried the score to 45, before the latter was out lbw to Lucas. Baker stayed a short time and helped to bring the score to 94, but both he and Ashenden were out before a hundred went up, the latter for a very sound 52; five for 99; and things began to become quite exciting, However, Mason and Juckes, after a shaky start, both played well, and took the score to 150. Gent however only stayed to score a single, before he was caught, and seven wickets were down for 151. Juckcs and Cowley then hit the rest of the runs off, both playing very creditably, and after a little unorthodox but exhilarating batting by Gore and Maiden, the School innings closed for 239.

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30 9

Score and Analysis:O.K.S. G. C. Strahan, c Cowley. b Maiden J. C. Lucas, b Gore ... E. F. Housden, c Juckes, b Gore R. E. Martin, c and b Gore O. F. Huyshe, c Masoll, b Gore E . Finn, b Gore ... A. C. Fluke, b Gore ... . .. O. B. Parsons, c Ashenden, b Maiden F. H. Seabrooke, c Baker, b Gore . . . C. H . Trehane, c Ashenden, b Maiden J. R. Reeve, notont ... ... . .. Extras: byes, 10 ; leg~byes. 3; no-balls, 1

2 8 2 2

44 6 21

36 ...

172

KING'S SCHOOL. G. W. M. Burton, b Martin ... C. E. W. Chapman, c Finn, b Fluke N. E. Asbcnden, b Parsons ... R. A. F. Whistler, lbw, b Lucas p, D. Baker, c Huyshe, b Parsons R. F. Mason, b Parsons .,' G. F. Juckes, run out ... G. E. J, Gent, c Fluke, h Martin A. B. Cowley, c Housden, b Fluke C. H. C. Gore, not out ... S J. F. Maiden. c Fluke, b Parsons ... Extras : byes, 28; legÂ· byes, 1 ; wides, 5

o 2

52 ...

13 21

1 23 21

9 34

Total

239

Bo wr.lNG ANAr,YSIS O.K.S.

Martin Fluke Reeve Lucas Parsons Trehane

15 14

Total

Gore :Maiden .. , Baker Ashenden

16 11

6 2

0 0

KING'S SCHOOr.. o.

...

22 18 4 7 13'4 8

3 0 0

46 49

w. 2

60 20

2 0

1 4 0

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RETROSPECT,

1912.

Matches played, 11 ; Won, 3; Lost, 3 ; Drawn, 5. 'l'he result does not look over satisfactory, but one must look at the" ,inner side" of things before judging. We had ouly two bowlers, Gore and Malden; the latter falli ug off considerably towards the end of the season, and although Baker once or twice met with success with his" leg tosses" he was very expens1ve, especially in the early matches. Gent was quite a success behind the stumps, and improved steadily throughout the season. . . Baker's success as a bat, and an exceptionally finc field was gratifY1l1g ~o all, and his keenness and good management as Capt,nin. was instrumental 111 making the season, if not a success in actual match W11111111g, at any rate one of enjoyment and pleasure to all concerned. Keenness and" pulling together" are the two essential elements needed, and where there is that the rest will follow in time. Practice, practice,' practice, is what is necessary, an ~ndivided a~tention to whatever one is doing, whether batting, bowling or fieldl11g. In this latter department, too much stress cannot be laid; the missed catch, the unn~cessary " four" so often means the turning point in a game. '1'0 bowlers, thea motto must be never lose heart" even when things look their worst, try to find a length and stick to it, and make up your mind n ot to bowl loose balls .. The fielding of the School in their match with the" Old Boys" was good, and It was a treat to see the way the ball was picked up and returned smartly to the wicket-keep or bowler. Below are appended a few remarks on the individual characters of the eleven:.~ P. D. BAKER (Captain).- A good bat with a splendid off·drive with plenty of power behind it, making his runs wen all round the wicket. Played som.e excellent innings. An energetic captain, an excellent field at cover POlll t, a safe catch and a useful bowler. C. H. C. GORE (Vice·Capt.)- A left hand bowler, who could bowl a good ball, but was a little fond of t he leg·side. Did good work, but must t ry to get more of a length. Can bat; was successful more than once. Had plenty of punishing power. A good field. C. E . W. CHAPMAN.- A disappointing bat, who failed often through want of confidence and" hangi ng his bat ont." A very fair field. N . E . ASHENDEN.- A useful bat; improved immensely as the season went 0 11. Played some useful innings. Has plenty of punishing power which he might have used a little more. A safe catch at slip and a good field. A moderate bowler. If

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R. A. F. WHISTLER.-A very fair bat with plenty of punishing power. Played three or four most useful innings. A good field. G. E. J. GENT.-A very useful wicketÂˇ keeper and improving. As a bat erratic, but has made runs. Must learn not to hit across. G. W. M. BURToN.-A painstaking bat, and ought to improve greatly; played some good innings. Rather slow in the field, but improving. S. J. MAIDEN.- A somewhat erratic bowler; he fell off towards the end of the season. Delivered the ball from a good height and with a fair pace. As a bat, weak; a moderate field. . G. F . JUCKES.- A very fair bat, but lond of putting his legs in fro nt. Played two or three nice innings. A very fair field. Has bowled . A. B. CO\VLEY.- A most useful left-hand bat, with plenty of power on t he leg side; more than once played an invaluable in nings. coming off just when he was wanted. A very fair field. In bowling was not so successful. R. F. MASON.-A promising bat, who ought to improve greatly next season. A ve ry fai r field.

----------------------BA'n'ING Matches.

AVERAGES,

'i'hues Iunings. not out .

1912.

Total Runs.

Highest Innings.

Avernge.

P. D. Baker 10 10 1 381 105 42'33 10 10 2 314 72 39'25 N. E. Ashenden C. H . C. Gore ... 10 7 3 138 41* 34'50 6 5 2 86 25 28'66 A. B. Cowley 11 11 1 206 46 20'60 R. A. F . Whistler G. W. M. Burton 11 10 2 133 49* 16'63 G. F. J lickes 10 9 0 142 44 15'80 R. F . Mason 5 4 0 62 23 15'50 11 9 3 83 45" 13'90 G. E . J . Gent C. E. W. Chapman 10 10 0 137 49 13'70 S. J. Marden 10 7 3 49 16 12'25 The following also batted :- J. C. Page (5, 4, 7, 3 and 4), R. Crowley (3), and E. D . Fanshawe (1). W. G. Fluke, J. A. F lower and A. J . Morns played, BOWLING. but did not bat. Overs.

Maidens.

Runs.

Wickets.

Avernge .

C. H. C. Gore 141'5 26 498 34 )4'66 P. D. Baker 79'2 0 469 22 21'32 S. J. Maiden... 11 0 11 445 20 22'25 The following also bowled :- R. Crowley (16- 2-81- 2), N. E. Ashenden (14-0- 50- 1), W . G. FInke (3- 0- 25- 0), J. C. Page (4-0- 28- 0), and A. B. Cowley (4-0- 18-0).

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LIST OF FIXTURES. DATE.

- - - Th. May 9· Tu . '4· Th. " . 6. Tu, " 21. " 28. Tu. " 4· Ttl. June Fri. 7· " 11. Tu. Tu. Sat.

Fri. Sat. Til,

Sat.

'I'll. Sat.

GROU N D.

OPPONENTS.

- - - -- - -- - - - -. - - 1st XI. S. Lawrence " A." S. Law rence C ha r!ham A:;;yiuln

Mr. A. Latter's XI. R.M.L.I. .. . Wyc College

.. .

... .. . .. ..

...

M.C.C. Rev. L. 11. Evans' XI. ... 25· East bollrnc College .. . " 29· Dover College ... Jt:iy 5 } Felsled School ... 6. " 9· Highgate Sch ool ... " S. Edmund's School ... " '3· H.. F. A., Shorncliffe 15· ,." 27· O.K.S.

Th. May 23· Wed. 29· Tu . Ju~c 4· Sat. ,. 8. Tu. 3· " .' 8. Th, Sat. " 29· Tu., T't:ly 2. Wed. " '0.

...

... ...

2nd XI. Harhledown

e.c.

S. Lawn-nee Coli . 2nd XI. Wyc College 2nd X I. Dover College 2nd X I. ... I-Iarbledown

e.e.

S. LawrcnccColi. 2nd XI. Dover College 2nd XL ... S. Edmund's Seh. 2nd XI. S. EdmumJls Seh. 2nd X I.

... Alml\. ... Aban.

Beverley ... Lost. S. Edmund's L ost Beverley ... Won. Beverley ... W on,

Harbledown Lost, Ramsgate .,_ Lost.

...

Aban. Wye Dover ... Aban. Blore's Piece L o);!. Blore's Piece Lost. Ahan. Bc\'crley Ahan. Beverley S. Edmunrl'!; Won.

r st XL ·- iJdalc/us played, I I : 2nd Xl.- IJ1a/chu play,d, 5 :

Won, 3 :

Won,

Inn.

1St

Beverley ... Drawn. Lost. Beverley Chart ham ... Won. Beverl e}' . Drawn. Reverley .. Drawn. Beverley ... Aban. Beverley .. . Aban. Beverley .. ' Drawn. Beverley .. Drawn.

Dover Felsted

kUN S FOR.

RESU LT.

2nd Inn.

.07 (5) '9 6 . 89 (9) . 85 (5) . 66 (9)

-_.

'5 6 (5)

110 (2)

' 57 ' 55 300 ~ - --

RU NS Ar.AINST. 1St Inn.

20J (6) 297 . 04 . J . (5) 256 (6)

67 (5 )

-. -

'97 . 89 '35 '7 2

_. -_.

,,6 . 04

77 86

104

75 94

'4~(7) I

' 36

Lusl, 3 : Drawn, 5· L os/, 4: Drawn, o .

lind I nn.

- --

93 (6) -

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"J U LY

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(FROM A CAMP DIARY).

A new departure in camp life this year.- ft Water, water, everywhere." Result being quite a number of parades scratched, (an unnecessary number, I think). Nevertheless, all t he world cheery abo ut things; even if you do wake up to find the latter half of your ae rtex in the wash and your boot converted into a tumbler- well, there's a subtle humour about it (possibly hidden from your own prejudiced intellect) and it provides conversation for yourself and the rest of the tent. Well, as to dates; we arrived on Tuesday, July 30th, followed at a respectfu l distance by the luggage. We drew bedding, drank tea (entirely by courtesy of Eastbourne, who were kind enough to lend us their crockery). discovered the canteen and drowsed away about 10 p.m. \Voke up at intervals during the night to find it raining on my palliasse. Settled down next morning with .. Rouse "-(why these new fangled names ? Reveille is altogether more aristocratic :)- at 5.30. Prayers and battalion drill up the slope under Capt. Pitt-Taylor. For the first day or two company t rain ing was the programme. We were bracketted in Coy. 7, Bn. 4. with S. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Capt. Bell being C.O. Mowll immediately bega n to attract notice (he always does, YOll know) at the sing-song, as " 'Enery the Eighth," "The boy who stuttered," etc. The Headmaster arrived on Friday, incog. ; he v isited us at tea, slept in the storetent, and attended Saturday'S parade, which consisted of some field-work. Vve were very glad to see him, likewise the Tow nends (H. D. and G. A.) who made a forced march over to Tid worth from some far co untry. Friday was a very interesting day; out-posts morning and night-outposts over same ground at dark. We were on the left of the line and only succeeded in capturing a couple of scouts, sent expressly to draw our fire. Compensated for this disappointment by an enormous concert on the march back. Saturday was moderately fine. Field-work in the morning, inspection by Cen. Rawlinson after lunch-the usual thing, fussy adjutants, massed battalions, strenuous bands and perfect m arch-past. Footer match against Eastbourne after tea. We lost, 0- 6 ; had a poor team, but didn't play over-well; good to

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feel (and smell) a scnUll ,again. Sunday proved a wet brekker ; just escaped ram at church parade. The afternoon of course a time of repose and the next item. of interest was the preparation for guard. We had quarter-guard (front and lllward side of the batt.), S. Lawrence being the rear-guard . Sgt. Claypole, Cpl. Forsyth, Ptes. (/ ) Wayte, Kidson, Sidebotham Sandes Mason Shelswell" a sh.orte but sturdie companie" (Chaucer). N.o' untowa'rd incident- in fact very !tttle lllcident at all except the brilliance of the weather' a grand night clear with a m?~n and 35' Fahrenheit. Visited among others by the Bn. Sergt: Major, the VlSltmg Rounds, pte,. Green, Pte. M.owll (with sundry cups, plates, food, etc.) and Pte. Burrell. Dismissed at 5 a.lll. by a certain Subaltern, who shall be nameless; the guard knows why.

Monday morning's field operations were not ultra-strenuous. l\IIarched through Tidworth to Perham PO~l1S and attacked back to camp over the railway e~lbankmen~ (a. fine re-o~ga~l1zatlOn rendezvous). Saw the whole battle from ndge opposite Sidbury Hill ;-Bns. 3 and 4 and the Senior Bn. vers'us Bns. 1 and 2. Battle c.ontinued at night-fall, when the senior division lost itself. We l11arc~ed through a woo~ ill quite excellent sty le and were told we were just 011 the ~Ight sp.ot at the filllsh, (some of those quiet men, in fact) ; in other words, nothmg and no oue happened to come OUf way, so we swung about and back to camp to " a perfect rush of Alleluias" as HYlllns A. & M. so exquisitely put it. Slept like a log. Tuesd,ay was :vet, oh so. w~t. Consoled ourselves by singing glees uuder canvas. Some qlute poor dn11 1n the afternoon and a false alarm re Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien who kindly did'nt interrupt tea but just todd led rouud camp ill a dry interval and a neat uniform. Wednesday brought things rather finer. A big field-day in the morinng which appar~ntly w~sn't ~ 11 honey for the powers that were (or at least so the rumour had It) , endll1g With a file past t he G.O.C. So back to lines, lu nch and lugga~e, espeCially the latter ; t he Sergts. Major and Minor, i.e. , C.K.M., much III eVIdence. A hurn ed qu,.art d'he1.tre before tea for the Camp Group, which was aU serene but for one Important particlllar, viz.: tllat it was not so large as last year's. Then hard labour for some of us in the form of tugging tent-boxes and arl1~-chests down to the transport, (Mahomet being unwilling to come to the Mountalll), and finally the wind-up at the sing-song. Opportunity taken with relish by the Bngade to rag the Officers. Brigadier made a speech and was l1proano.llsly cheered . Bn. Commdrs. followed; managed to get P.-'l'. on his feet; said he'd never been got there before (which looked about the truth) . Anyway It was" up to" the brigade to enjoy itself at it's superiors' expense.

THE CANTUARIAN. Finally persuaded to disperse about 10.30 and lights out eventually after exhihition of inconsiderate impatience by the guard or someone. And so off for a short night . . . . . Rouse at 4 a. l11. Usual palliasse and blanket parade. Brekker, consisting of eggs and general tidy-up of the lines, and the rather melancholy business of farewell.

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Two things remain to be said. First, it is high time that K.S.C. woke up to the fact that it is its duty to have a company to itself at camp. No doubt that will be so in 19 ] 3. Second ly, there is one tinge of sadness which come:; upon us as now we look back on the Ca mp of 1912. Captain Bell, who WOll the regard of all by his persistent cheerfulness and care for our comfort, is suffering, as has been announced elsewhere, from a somewhat severe illness and is obliged to be absent for a term. 'Ve wish him a speedy recovery and return to the School.

VIRTUTE

FUNCTI

MORE PATRUM

DUCES.

G. H . CLAYPoLE.--King's Scholar; entered the School, May, 1906 ; VIth Form . Sept., 1908; Monitor, Sept., 1909; Captain of the School, Sept., 191 1 ; Editor of Ca1t(,uaria1t, Sept., 1909; Han. Sec. and Vice-President of Debating Society, Sept. , 19 10; President, Sept., 1911 ; 1st XV., 19 10- 11- 12; Sports' Committee, Sept., 191 1 ; Sergt. O.T .C., March , 1910 ; C.olonr-Sergt., Dec., 19 11 ; Cadet Officer, J an., 1912; School Ex hibitione r and Scholar .of St. J ohl1'8 College, Oxford. l~. I,. SIDEDOl'HAM.- King's Scholar; entered the School, Sel;t., 1906; VIth Form, Jan ., 1909; Monitor, Sept., 1910; House Monitor, Sept., 19 11 ; Secretary of tbe Cant1taria1t, Sept., 1909; Editor, Sept ., 1910 ; Han. Sec. of Debating Society, Sept., 1911 ; Sergt. O.T.C., Feb., 1912. D . HussEY.-King's Scholar; entered the Sch.o.ol, J an., 1907; VIth Form, Sept., 1909.

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J. C. PAGE.-Killg'S Scholar; entered the School, Sept., 1907; VfIth FoCrm, May, 1910; Monitor, Sept., 1911 ; Hon. Sec. 0 t h e ant"arian, Sept., 1910. P. B. CO'l"rRELL.-Entered the School, Sept., 1906; VIth Form, Sept., 1910; Monitor, Jan., 1911; 1st XV., 1910- 11- 12; 1st Boat, 1911- 12 ' Sports' Colours, 19 11 ; Sports' Committee, Sept., 19 11 ; Sergt. O.T.C., Feb., 1912; Waddi ngton Gift and Exhibitioner of Worcester College, Oxford. A. B. I,'oRsY'l'H.-Entered the School, Sept., 1907; VIth Form, Sept., 1199 1100 ; Monitor, Sept., 1911; Hon. Sec. of Football , J an., ; 1st XV., 1909- 10- 11 - 12; Vice-Captain of Football, 1911- 12; Sports' Commit tee, Sept., 19 11 ; Sergt., O.T.C., March, 191 1 ; School Exhibitioner and Scholar of Dowlllng College, Cambridge. R. JucKEs.-King's Scholar; entered the School, Sept., 1907 ; VIth Form, Sept., 19 10; Monitor, May, 1911; 1st XV., 1909- 10- 11- 12; Captain of Football, 19 11 - 12; 1 st Boat, 1910- 11 - 12; Captain of Boats. 1912 ; Captalll of Games, 19 11- 12: Fives' Pair, 1911-1 2 ; Sports' Colours, 1911- 12; Sports Committee, Sept., 1910 ; Sergt. O.T .C., Nov., 1910 ; Co10urSergt., Dec., 1911 ; Cadet Officer, Jan., 1912. G. R . DAwBARN .-King's Scholar; entered the School, Sept., 1907; VIth Form, Jail., 1910; Parker Exhibitioner at Corpus Chnstl College, Cambridge. A. C. TEUER.-Entered the School, Sept., 1908 ; VIth Form, J an ., 1911 ; Monitor, Sept., 19 11 ; 1st XV., 19 11- 12; Sports' Colours, 1910- 11- 12. D. H. G. NOR1·HCO'l'E.- King's Scholar; entered the School, Sept., 1907 ; VIth Form, Sept., 1911 ; HOIl. Secretary of the Cant"anan, Sept., 1911. S. W. WAY'l'E.-King's Scholar ; entered t he School, Jan. , 1908 ; 9V1I1thl2ForllTlt' Sept., 1911 ; Monitor, Dec., 191 1 ; 1st XV., 1 ; s· Boat, 1912; Sergt. O.'l'.C., Aug., 1911. S, J . MAlDEN.-Entered the School, Sept., 1906; VIth Form, Sept. ' 1911 ; Monitor, Sept., 1911; Vice-President of Debating S OClety, Sept., 1911; 1st X I. , 19 12; HOIl. Sec. of Cricket, 191 2; Waddington Gift and Exhibitioner of Hertford Colleg ', Oxford.

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P. D . BAKER.-Entered the School, Sept., 1908 ; VIth Form, July, 1912; 1st XI., 1910- 11 - 12 ; Captain of Cricket, 19 12; 1st XV., 1911 - 12 ; Sports' Committee, Sept., 1911. C. H. C. GORE.-Entered the School, May, 1906; VIth Form, July, 1912 ; 1st XI., 1910- 11- 12 ; Vice-Captain of Cricket, 19 12; Admission 46th R.M.C., Sandhurst. C. E. W. CHAPMAN.- Entered the School, J ail., 1909; 1st X I. , 1911- 12. G. F. J UCKEs.- R ntered the School, Jail. , 1909; 1st XV., 19 11 - 12; 1st X I. , 1912; Sports' Colours, 1912. N. E. ASHENDEN.-Entered the School, Sept., 1902; Sports' Committee, Nov., 1911 ; 1st XI., 1911- 12 ; 1st XV., 1911-12; Sports' Colollrs, 1912. A. B. COwI.EY.-Entered the School, J an., 1910; 1st X I., 1912. J . H . MussoN .-Elltered the School, J an., 19 10; 1st Boat, 1912; Sports' Colours, 19 12. V. R. HEYWOoD.-Entered the School, May, 1908 ; Sport's Colours, 1912. T. L. GORDON -Entered the School, Sept., 1909; Sports' Colours, 1912.

V ALETE.

A. J. Partridge, F. N. H olt, R. W. Brothers, K. T. Andrews, J. L. Trevitt, T. R. Moore, G. H. W. Gough, F. J. B. Maggs, R. A. Faro, J. V. H . Lang, R. K. Lang, H. L. Wheeler, G. S. Bowen, D. N . Burrell, C. Dale.

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SCHOOL NEWS .

We congratu late J. '1'. F. Sandes, I ve rsity College, London, where he took H. G . Kain, R. S. }'. Cooper, R. G. i a first class in the Final Honours School Crosse, G. E. J. Gent, R. Crowley, I of French Language and L iterature, R. F. Mason, P. S. Barber, C. E. A. and Roman ce Philology, and was Pullan and R. A. F. Whistler on being awarded the Rothschild Prize forFrench an d held the Gilchrist Travelling Schomade :l\IIonitors this term. larship in Modern Languages. He has had experience as a :Moclern LanThe following have been promoted guage Master at Brentwood School, into the Sixth Form: R. J. Routh, and the High School of Glasgow. L . W. Goldsmith, G. J. Eccles, P. S. Barber, R. J. Mowll, C. E . A. Pullan, W . J. Potts, G. B. Pratt, R. A. F. On Thursday, Oct. 17th, the Rev. Whistler, G. F. Wood. Theodo re Wood delivered a lecture to the School 0 11 " Ants." He described all their habits, from their military Congratulations to P. S. Barber stratage ms and personal anatomy down on being presented with his first-boat to their choice of pets, and his humour Colours. was rewarded with fitt ing applause .

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\Ve regret to announce that Mr. Bell, owing to ill-health, has been obliged to take a term's rest, and resign the command of the Corps, which Capt. Latter has temporarily assumed.

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At t he request of a large numbe r of K.S. and O.K.S., the sermol1preached by Dr. Galpin at this year's Anniversary Service has been printed, and is obtain able gratis from Messrs. Gibbs and Sons, Palace Street, Canterbury.

In his place on the staff we offer a hearty welcome to Mr. M. P. Mayo. Mr. Mayo has studied in France and Germ any, and is a graduate of Ulli-

Congratulations to C. H. C. Gor on passing 46th into Sandhurst.

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Captai n:

C. W. KIDSON. G. E. J. GENT. R. A. F. WHIS'I'LER. R. A. F, WHIS'rUt;R .

Captain of I,'ootball Captain of Cricket Captain of Games ... MONI1'ORS:

C. W. Kidson, E. J. Hodgson, J. '1'. F. Sandes, II. G. Kain, R. S. F. Cooper, R. G. Crosse, G. E. J. Gent, R. Crowley, R. F. Mason, P. S. Barber, C. E. A. Pullan, R. A. F . Whistler. EDI1'ORS OF THE "CANTUARIAN."

C. W. Kidson,

R. S. F. Cooper,

G. E. J. Gent.

SRCRE'fARY OF THE " CANTUARIAN ,"

R. F. Mason . SPOR'I'S' COMMIT'l'EE.

R. A. F. Whistler, G. E. J. Ge nt, C. W. Kidson, R. F. ~'lason, P. S. Barber, G. F. Wood, C. I-I. Clayton, G. W. 1I1. Burton.

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O.K.S.

The Rev . C. M. Rickets, M.A., Assistant Curate of St. Martin's, Salisbury, h as been appointed Chaplain of Bishop's College, Cheshurst.

••• The engagement is announced of the Rev. G. M. Webster and Miss Maud P agett, daughter of Mr. Robert Pagett, of Cranford, Leicester.

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We congratulate C. F. M. N. Ryan on gaining a Scholarship at the Central Technical College, Kensington.

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C. A. West passed 11 th out of R.M.A. Woolwich with the Prize for Military History. He has been gazetted to the Royal Engineers.

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D. O. Fardell passed 17th and A. C. Fluke 28th out of R.M.A., Woolwich, both into the Roya lArtillery.

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C. H. Trehane passed 17th out of R.M.A., Sandhurst, into the Indian Army. H e is attached to the King's Liverpool Regiment at Lahore.

NEWS .

R . M. Gent has been playing Football for Oxford University; he also greatly distinguished himself in the Oxford Seniors Match.

••• A. B. Forsyth played full back in the Freshmen's Match at Cambridge.

J. H . D. Watson is Captain of the Edinburgh Academicals' R .F.C. this year, and R. E. Gordon of R.M.A., Woolwich.

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H. Gardner has been playing for the U nited Services and Hampshire, and A. M. Gelsthorpe for Blackheath ; the latter is also Captain of the Colleges R.F.C. at Durham University.

••• M arriage.-Scruby-Clarke.-Ou the 25th Sept., at the Parish Church, Ashtead , by the Rev. J. E. R . Phillips, assisted by the Rev. R. Waddilowe, Rector, Captain W. S. J. Scruby, 89th Punjabis, ouly son of W. J. Scruby, of Cambridge, to Dorothy Steila, youngest daughter of the late G. Somers Clarke, F.R.I.B.A., of Walpole, Chislehurst.

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"ALTOGETHER

J2!

PIFFLE."

I was wa lking in I ' Poet's corner 11 With slipshod superfluous feet, Musing madly of flora and fa una Bananas and m eadow~sweet . When I broke into babbly wibbling (Heaven knows I was sick that day!) And the problem I solved was that scribbling For us, who cou ld do it, would pay. Never mind if your verses have meaning(Hasn't Swinburne made music" sans " sense ?) Once you're launched, and your bark intervening Is printed and heard (no expense). 'Mid o:r.c. news a nd the doings Of those who play" Flieg. Holl." by " Wag " That's the I< cardinal" place for my eooings ; Drop 'em into the Editors' bag. On the frozen Siberian borders Of baking Sierra Leone, They should vie with the songs-say of Lauder'sSung by Twells to the gay gramaphone ; While the girls of the tribe that's called kissy Crowd round and enquire my name, And some deep-bosomed. white-teethed young missy, Black as coal, for a husband will claim ME-piffle's poet: if present Edd. Cant . only publish this verse, 't hey may shove in- their job's so unpleasantTo fill up, as bad or still worse.

P .S.N.

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FOOTBALL.

LIST

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SCHOOL v. MR. LATTER'S XV.

Played on Blore's Piece on Tuesday, Oct. 8th, this match proved a fast and interesting game, though we shall look for much improvement in the team later on in the season. At the start our opponents pressed, and the School line was in constant danger and the attack was repelled with difficulty. Housden, at length, took advantage of a lapse of tackling to score the first try near the touch line, which was not converted. On the resumption, the ball was carried to the visitors' "25," and a good three-quarter run resulted in ""Vood putting Gent over between the posts, and the fonner converted . Soon after, Barrett with a fin e dash scored the School's second t ry, which Wood converted. Through faulty marking on the part of our backs, another try was regist ered against us, and was coverted. Half-time arrived with no addition to the score. After changing ends, t.he scratch aga in menaced our line, till Pullan, with a strong run, but without one or two front teeth, which a vigorous opponent had dislodged, relieved the pressure. Tries were added by Barrett and Gent, closely followed by a reply via. Housden, whose try was coverted. \Vood then with a brilliant run, scored an unconverted try. A fine bout of passing in ou r opponents' line sent Cremer over in the corner; Benson converted. On the stroke of time, Clayton ran through the scrn m, and, evading the visitors' full-back, scored behind the post.s, for Wood to convert. The School thus won by 4 goals 2 tries (26 pts.) to 2 goals 2 tries (16 pts.) On the whole we ought to have done better. We have the assets of a good side, but the forwards do not break up quick eno ugh and their heeling must be improved. The full-back kicks satisfactorily, but his tackling was very weak. He mnst go top-speed into the runner, and leap at his knees. The three-quarters are individ ually promisi ng, but mnst learn to combine and tackle; the whole line lllust remember that they are not the machine itself, but indispensa ble parts of the machine. The halves were on the whole the most satisfactory part of the team. Gent got the ball out qui ckly, and his defence was never at fau lt. Mason too was good but several times hung on lUuch too long. \Vood's place kicking is useful, and when he learns to l'lll1 straight and hard, and not to meander across the field, he should leave a deep mark on the score-sheet. Barrett is fast, hands off well, but must show more judgment in passing. The whole side must tackle lower and harder, and must hold their passes. 'fhe School team was as follows :-E. H. Gough; C. E. A. Pullan, C. H. 'layton, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood; G. E. J. Gent (Capt.), R. F . Mason; R. A. F. Whistler, N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, A. H. Shelswell, J. T. F.-Sandes, J. A. R. !1'erguson, R. I. Kirton , T. R. Juckes .

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KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XV. v. ROYAL BERKS REGIMENT. On Thursday, Oct. 17th, the 2nd XV. paid a visit to Dover, to play the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Playing two men short, the BerkshIre 5 pr~ssed for the first ten minutes, (luring which a burly corporal steamed over ~he hne, wltl~ the School forwards hanging like limpets to his body . Witt rephed for us wIth a good rush, and scored an unconverted try near ~he posts. .Play contmued even, till just before half-time another try was regIstered against us! bnt was not converted. The interval found the School belllnd by three pOints, which on resumption was increased to six by their forwarrls breaking away, and no apparent desire on the part of the backs to go down to them and save the try. A fierce conflict, during which the referee, Gent, awarded penalty klcks mnumerable, was stopped fo r a moment by Barber, who, supported by agood three-Cluarter run dropped over the line, and lessened our nllnonty by 3 pOInts, WItt falhug to con~ert . Pressure was brought on our line again, and Gough was frequently called upon to clear with remarkable kicks. He still however wants more p~wer in the t ackling line. The forwards just before" no-side," carried the ball mto our opponents" 25," and a penalty kick was easily converted into a goal by Green. On the whole, the 2nd XV. acquitted the!"selves better than was expected, and the three-quarters had several good passmg bouts. The School 2nd XV. was as follows :- E. H. Gough; C. W. Barber, H . G. Evans, J. E. Witt, G. E. R. Alford; J. A. Flower, M. W. Goldie; C. C. Smythe (Capt.), R. I. Kirton, J. A. R. Ferguson, C. L. Green, E. J. Hodgson, L. W. Goldsmith, C. W. Kidson, G. B. Pratt.

DEBATING

At a meeting held on Sept. 24th, C. W. Kidson was elected President, C. E. A. Pullan Vice-President, and R. S. F. Cooper Han. Sec. R. Crowley aud G. F. Wood were elected to the Committee.

SOCIETY.

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On October 2nd a debate was held the Parry Library, when C. E. A. P.ullan moved that "In the opinioll of this house the men of Ulster ar ' absolutely justified in taking up ar lllA against the Home Rule Bill." '1'11 '

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debate produced some excellent speeches and we were glad to see a considerable number of the audience airing their views on the subject. C. E. A. P,dtan opened the debate with a delightful remark: "We know that some of the Irish want Home Rule," he said, " and so do babies want to fall into the fire and eat the coals; but we don't let them." . He then proceeded to the Ulster question . He commented on the scoundrelly way in which the Home Rule Bill was being passed; no one ill England wanted it, nor did any of the more sensible Irishmen. The only people who did say they wanted it were those who were practically driven to it by the Priests. He complained about Englishmen's slackness in sitting still and watching or even blaming the loyal men of Ulster who were fighting for their own and England's rights. This was not the spirit that animated Englishmen in the time of Drake, or the Netherlands against Philip of Spain. He was prepared for the opposition to hold up their hands in pious horror, but he was glad there was some of the old spirit left in Ireland, and only wished he was there himself to help. C. W. Kidson proceeded in a speech of truly Demosthenaic vigour to hide the last speaker's arguments in a mist of obscurity. He wished the house to understand that he was so far from being a Home Ruler that he was not even a Radical. But did his audience consider it an act of loyalty to E ngland for Ulster to break her

laws? The Han. Mover, he declared, st ated that the Ulstermen did not intend bloodshed. He thought they distinctly did mean bloodshed; otherwise why did they sign covenants and murder Roman Catholics in Belfast? Ulster was in a minority and ought to submit, so that resistance was pure selfishness, though some misguided people might call it patriotism. ' Finally he implored the house to be impartial and not to vote for a party of seditious lawÂˇ breakers simply because they were Conservatives. G. F . Wood said that Ulster could not be accused of being a set of excitable Irishmen; in this case they were in deadly and solemn earnest. All Protestants in Ireland loathed the idea of Home Rule, as he proceeded to prove by a series of quotations from prominent men. It was natural that Ulster should resist, as that division being the most prosperous would be the most affected by Home Rule. He declared that the Dlstennen believed that riot and bloodshed would follow Home Rule, but that they would not take up arms unless compelled. They would simply refuse to obey the Irish Parliament, and resist if attacked. R. Crowley, after imploring the house to vote unbiassed by previous ideas, pointed out that it was untrue to say that Ulster was resisting, as only 60 % of Ulstermen were against Home Rule. The reason why Ulster Home Rulers did not sign a countercovenant was because they possessed no one of the mock-heroic-Sir-Edward-

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Carson type. Ulster Protestants had really nothing to fear, because religious tyranny would vanish before political freedom, and parties would not be settled by religiolls, but by industrial and social differences. A plea in favour of Home Rule for Ireland, and a prophecy of its success ended his speech, the chief feature of which was a burst of virulent sarcasm directed against the men of Ulster and their c, wooden rifles." R. S. F. Cooper, after a somewhat heated argument with the last speaker, about the title of the debate, went on to show what Ulster's resistance was saving Ireland from. He declared that Ireland under Home Rule would be in the hands of three classes: (1) Mr. Redmond 's party, (2) The Hibernians, (3) '1'he Roman Catholic Priests; and attempted to describe to the house the horrors that would result. After producin g an astounding story about the Irish which was promptly squashed by his opponents, he remarked that Ulster had beaten the Roman Catholics before and would do so again, and he firmly believed that not only Ireland but England also would be benefited. The debate was then thrown open to the audience, a proceeding which yielded plenty of " rare and refreshing fruit. " W. ]. Potts spoke at some length. He wandered by devious paths into the Home Rule question, made the time-honoured statement that Ulster was a minority in Ireland, and finally

produced the astounding assertion that Mr. Redmond would be entirely under the thumb of the Pope. R. j. M owll said it was all very well to talk about Ulstermen parading " with wooden riiles," but they would get plenty of real ones when the time came. He compared the Ulster question to the American Civil war and represented the covenanters as saying to the rest of Ireland" You are in the Union, and we mean to keep you in it." .f, N . L. Go"gh remarked that if the Roman Catholics were in power they would bully the Protestants, after which enlightening statement he abruptly sat down. g. C. Liltings/on declared that the Home Rule Bill was the result of a bargain between Mr. Redmond and the Government, and was therefore undesirable. He stated that the men of U lster were burning to be revenged on the Roman Catholics for the atrocities of the seige of Londonderry, and would fight to the death in that cause. C, g. Mowlt, Esq., D.K.S., then rose with a beautiful beam on the audience to oppose the motion, After haranguing its supporters with some vigorous invective for shirking the issue at stake, and after casually denouncing M.P.'s who stirred the Ulster ill-feeling, our old friend appealed to the corps not to forget his labours ill the Armoury, but to believe him that the Government had a tight hold on the movements of fire-arms in thÂˇ United Kingdom. Mr. Mowll agail!

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touched on the point by saying that Ulster would be violating the laws if they had resort to force. A fluent minute on the fitness of Irishmen to rule themselves, and a wave of the hand to dismiss the religious side of the question produced an amused burst of applause, during which !VIr. Mowll smIled hIS thanks and lowered himself elegantly into his chair. C. E. A '. P"llan then proceeded to plck to pleces all the beautifully thought-out arguments of the oppositIon. Their whole point of view was

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utterly impossible, and the house need not take it into consideration for a l1~oment. There was only one possible vIew that could be taken of the question , Ireland was being grossly insulted by the Home Rule Bill. The men of Ulster had taken upon themselves to champion the cause of Ireland and of England, and he, personally, " jolly well hoped they would succeed." 'fhe motion was then submitted to the house, and carried by 43 votes to 10.

MUSIC .

On Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, Mr. Pitt Chatham repeated his last year's kindness to the School, by giving a vocal Recital in the Gymnasium, which was immensely appreciated. Amongst other things, he sang again, by special request, " Die Bieden Grenadier," and this was received with special enthusiasm. \Ve owe a great debt of gratitude to Mr. Pitt Cllatham for once more giving us the benefit of hearing his splendid voice.

PROGRAMME. Dn bist die Ruh Geisternahe \. Dcr Hidalgo J

Bois epais ... La Premiere Ouvre tes yeux bleus KilIiekrankie ... Had a Horse

... Schubert. Schumann.

Lulti.

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A. WÂˇebbel'. Jl1 asscnet. H. H. Wet-elel'. r:. T(orbay.

INTERVAT, Of' 10 l\ÂˇCINUTES.

Der Asra ... Die Bieden Grenadier

Rubemlein. Sclt1lmaml.

Ru~e, Siissliebchen illl SChatteU} B' Meme Liebe ist griin ... ... m,l1ns. El('anore ... ... Coleridne '[ aylor The Lute Player ... ... " A Ilieson . ~on~ ago in Alcala... Messager: III smg thee Songs of Araby... F. Clay.

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HARV E Y This term the H arvey Societ y d number of has again secured a recor . members, the full number bemg 141. Mr. W are has once more kindly co nsented to be P resident, R . K . P agett has bee n "II" appointed H an. Sec., and K . C. L I l11gston is the L antern Operato r. C. VI . Kd dR S F Cooper a re also 1 son an . . : . on the Committee. fh e list of papers, though s maller th an we have had on so me past occasions, is very varied

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g~~. 2~: :: ~~~\~sl~l~ai ~~iJs ~~ ~h~Âˇ FR~~~ite\s made." .;; ... .R. J . M?wll. Nov. 16. " Burma ... Blshop Ktllght . Nov. 30. " W ild Flowers. their h allnts at~d C. F. Walt. The th anks of the SocIet y a re due t o Bishop K ni ght for so ki ndl y consenting to co me an d lecture on Burma, and we ca n safely pr~p~lesy a most inte resting and ente rta111 mg paper.

CANADIAN Dear School, I have no idea what I am going to write about at t he moment, nor for that matter have I any particular excuse for writing at all save that , as usual, t he ed itori al columns of the Cantttarian deplore the lack of contributions, and also I notice that there is not a single O. K.S . lett er in the current issue. F or many months now I have seen no let ter from Canadian O.K .S. What has become of Mr. Baly ? H e used t o be fruitful source of" copy" for the editors. One of his crowd from Green Court, Alberta, in the person of

should prod uce some inte resting

IOct lectu res. They a re as follows:12 "The Age of the Earth "

H abits "

L ET TER . a sma ll red-headed Hitchcock, t urned up in Va nco uve r some months ago. :M y brother tells me th at he has now left for Australia. The last I saw of him he was da ngling in mid-air from all enormous steel bea m on a sk ysc raper in co urse of erection in Vancouver. H e t old me t hat it was di ffic ult to get labourers to go t1 p very high on thes buildings and consequent ly they got $ 1 more fo r each storey t he buil d i ll~ prog ressed, as t he risk of a brokclI neck increased. Of other O.K.S. I have not secII very much of late months. I expc l

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t o see McGachen to- morrow at a regatta at Shawnigan Lake, not fa r from here. R e is r owing for Vancou ver. H e is just as cheery and almost as broke as eve r. H assell (F ). I t hink it is , is m uch as ever. H e has a s mall fa rm on Qua michan, nea r Dunca n, and we occasionall y meet and t alk of the old times at the K.S . All O.K.S. in these pa rts have not ed with some al arm th at t he Rev. R. B. Winser has set out for " t he wi ld and woolly ." McGachen a nd I intend to get down to serio lls work a nd practice our choir work so as to be able to aid him when he conduct s a revival meeting in these parts. H e is, I t hin k, the fo urth O. K.S. in H oly Orders who has t aken up his abode in the D ominion. The others are the R ev. H . (?) Butle r, of North Va ncouver (O. K.S. so mewhere about 1858), the Rev. C. F . C. Caffin, of South Va ncouver (O.K.S. 1892 to '96), and the Rev. L . W. S mith, of Montreal. There are t wo other O. K.S. in these parts whose na mes I see in the list of the British I sles Public Schools Association, namely, C. C. Denman, of Seattle, and R . J. Beardswo rt h of H aney, B.C. (A short interva l while I look up some old Cantuar'/:ans to see how one ought t o go with the let te r). The first copy I come ac ross co ntains a long epistle in t he L atin to ngue. That does not help me a bi t. 'l'he only sentence in L atin I was ever perfectly sure of was " B albus aedificavit murum " an d even then I am not sure of the proper order of t he word s. Another O.K.S. writes a lett er fro m Sierra L eone. H e describes at

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length t he beauti es of the country, but I da re not do t hat , for, as I live in Canad a, someone wo uld surely t hink I had so me la nd t o sell ! But , by the way, I have rather a n interesting little story t o t ell. A year or more ago I read in t he Overseas Mail a letter from so meone living in t he 'ÂĽest I ndies aski ng the manage r of t he bu ying agency of t hat paper if he could inform him of the name of a certa in shop i n Canterbury nea r his old school where he cou ld obtain a ce rtain violet perfume mad e from home grown violets. I wrote to the Dm:ly !vI ail and said t hat I remembered t hat t he shop was in Mercery L a ne, nex t to Fox's, and asked if their enquirer was an O.K.S. b y a ny chance. Some mont hs afterwards I received a long and inte resting letter from a ge ntleman in Barbadoes of the name of Graham Yearwood who informed me t hat he also was an O. K .S. , and t hanking me for t he inform at io n. It was rather a strange way of getting int o t ouch wi t h anot her O.K.S., many yea rs my senior , at the other end of t he world. I must really cease this nonsense, for I have nothing whatever t o say of interest to K.S. or O.K.S ., but I wish more O.K.S. wo uld make use of the columns of the Cantuarian to let us poor devils in remo te corners of the ea rth know what is happening to t hem all . Besides, being all editor of sorts myself, I kn ow how nice it is to get lot s of correspondence to fill up space. Y ours ever, E . H. L U KIN J OH ST ON.

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A DE PUTY "LONDON LETTER." Dear School, A few nqmbers back one of you complained that there was never a .. London Letter" from the O.K.S. You argued, I suppose, that , as Oxford and India and the East and Cambridge and other geographical entities managed to produce an O.K.S. Letter, London should do the same. Certainly there are more of us in London than there are in most places, but I doubt whether you rea lly want to hear about us. Our biographies might be morally solidifying for the more adventurous spirits among yo u, but I a m afraid they would be dull. Think of us as rising reluctantly at- -the hour of rising, snat ching the hasty and frugal meal that you read about in novels and shortly afterwards dashing into the tram or bus or train that conveys us to the scene of work- not that we take any of these which the morning's fancy may select. VIe are all in separate societies, the men of the Tube and the men of the Underground, the men of the Tram and the men of the Bus, and the men of the Suburban Trains, Lighthearted boys may flirt a bit for the first few months with the various means of transport, but they soon settle down by the side of their faithful elders. Of course there are thosegrimold bachelors, the walkers, a passing remnant, one fears, of Victorian days. For when

can they read the day's orders in the Daily Mail when they are walking? You suggest that they have read and noted them at breakfast ? But that won't do. The breakfast table problems are nil that is set for breakfast. No Daily M a.il doctor allows you to read at meal-times. Or perhaps they read it on co ming home ? That is too late, and they kuow it. Their shilling for the Shilling Fund will be too late, their views on Balkan politics, Home Rule, the ultimate purpose of life. and standard cocoa and what not else will be twelve hours behind the times, or twelve hours ill advance, which is as bad; and besides when, may I ask, do they read the EvClting News (under the same management) ? No, there can be no compromise. The oue and only time is as you go to work; ergo, you must go to work either sitting or else standing with a strap to balance you as you read through the headlines and th e lenders. Well, you had better leave us at our work. You are at work yourselves thell and know what it is like, but we have no ten minutes and no bun. Vve lunch with the rest of London's toilers betweell one and two o'clock- vou will find th e details in the" HO\v and where to Lunch" column . Then we go back and wo rk tiU 5 or 6 p.m. and then go home. 'rVe are tired in the evening

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and the wiser of us go to bed about the same time as your monitors' the others ' hear any don ' t . Now do you want to more ? You will say that I am telling half the truth, that about all you do yourselves on SlX days of the week is to work and eat and play and rest and that that is what respect able wageearning folk must do. Why not t ell yo n how we use our leisure volhat we read and think about and, fi~all y, who we are? Ah, there's the pity of it; we find each other slowly and meet seldom. Even when we do meet, we find that. oll,r ac~ivities, though keen as ever, he In dIfferent surroundings. Ex~football-capta.ins play heroicall y for theIr several teams, perhaps captain them, but do not meet each other on the field ; and so it is with cricketers and oarsmen. Likewise the scholars sl?in their thoughts as nimbl y as they dId In the Grange or the Front Studies or later at the' Varsity, but an alien audience hears their views on the war or the Governmnet or the Idea of Good. Miles of paving-stones and tramways separate us brother O.K.S., and COllntless are the trials and obstacles in the traveller's way. He mllst face the westend crossings, mourn silently as 'bus

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after 'bus rolls glumly by with the fatal sign of " full," then, when occasion comes, strive firmly but politely for a place, nor IS then the battle won. H e must sit out the age-long tram-block at Vauxhall or the E lephant, perhaps cross a great suburban desert, and, lastly, when all traffic fail s him pick his way through the maze of bye-;treets and turnings in one of which his friend 's house lies concealed. Should he find on arriva l that all has been in vain let him smile sweetly and say he sh~uld have written to his friend. The sterner spirits, of course, win through these troubles, the weaker grumble because London is not like Oxford where you can see or hear about yo ur friends without arranging it fo r days beforehand . In the meanwhile, dear School we have quite a good time, are mucl~ what we were when you last saw us, and for the present at least can meet each other most easil y. at Canterbury. VJe read the Cantuanan as critically :;t.s ever and hope someone will soon write yo u a " London Letter. " It will be something more to criticise. Yours very humbly, O.K.S. LO NDON.

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CO RRE SPONDENCE. . . . {(lIllie( I ed N B -7he Editors declillt 10 acce./Jt any 1'espomtulhty

'II: tlr e tJ/Jinio1lS Of their 'WI :r . . Con-upolI' dUlls . Nam e alld address mllsl always be .(fivtll, not lItcessari/~ f~r 1mb/rca/tim, but as a guaM1t',e tJj good jailll. PerS(Jllaliliu will hlVo/vt cerlahl relec/tOIl. Letters should bl

wt'itlen Oil om side oj the pape,.

T o the Ed,:tors

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Dear Sirs, May I use your columns to say something re your house-top co.r~es pendent as he seems to me to ~e V01Cll~g a sentiment unduly prevalent 1ll certall1 quarters. (1) The statement. '\.~ith reference to leave off Tutorsets IS maccurate. (2) P eople presumably join the Boat Club to row . Nobody makes them join. The seven boats were ma~e up of those who had joined. Why IS the proper province of these people the cricket field ? Vilho transferred them from it? They were simply asked if tl~ey would like to row in a four. NothIng more. If they were not already ~ee n enough on cricket to prefer it to rowmg, would Blore's Piece have made them so ? (3) I s the cricket of the School reall y affected by the B?at CI.ub.? After all the latter theoretically IS 111 the weaker position. S.tatisti~s on the subJ'ect would be enlrghtenrng. (4) If by its own unaided efforts the Boat Club has been more or less

successful, why don't other ,People do the same in thell' own lIne lUstead of grousing? Yours ever, K.S.B.C. To the Editors of" THE CANTUARIAN ." Dear Sirs, Editors always lift up their voices and weep for printed mat~er; I, t~e local Samaritanus bonus, will fill thelf gaping jaws with a solid grievance. Let the 1st XV. lu~ve dark-blue and white striped stockings, all~ let th 2nd XV . retain the pure whIte-topped ditto. There is no difference at present. between Ist and 2nd colours on t.h · football ground. They both wear wlll t· shorts, yea ~ and both thoseo.ldstockll1 ~S; I for no one soils the only stnpe on .Wlll II the School crest is el1graven, 1Il 311 ordinary ga me, and when the &'011 11 (1 is miry, one does not play III one s cap. Merely an idea, of c?urse, but, !lie thinks, mark you, qUlte reasonable. Yours,

[Hear, Hear !-EDD.

i. CAN'!'.)

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To the Editors of"

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THE CANTUARIAN."

"THE CANTUARIAN."

SIRS, No doubt the Museum is very fine in all its ways. Of its collection of eggs, fossi ls, and coins I have heard a lot. But may I ask what is the use of having all these most beautiful collections if none other than the VIth Form are allowed the joys of seeing them? Yours, with apologies, ARCHAEOLOGIST. DEAR

Dear Sirs,

Would repair the stool as the sit still and

To the Editors of

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it be possible to replace or "Rabbit Hutch" music screw will not allow ODe to therefo~e one cannot play. Yours, etc.,

UNCOMFOR'l'ABLE.

NOTICES. Would any O.K.S. who has a spare ' 3/6; N . E. Ashenden, Esq., 3/6; E. F . copy of either Vol. VI., Nos. 6 and II, Housden , Esq., 3/6; A. B. Cowley, or Vol. VII., No. 22, of the Cantuarian Esq., 7/- ; G. F. J. Rosenberg, Esq., kindly let me know , as those Nos. are 3/6; A. B. Forsyth, E sq., 3j.6; R. missing from the collection of Mr. C. H. J uckes, Esq., 3/6; Mrs. Claypole, 3/6 ; Budd, O.K.S. ? A. C. Telfer, Esq., 3/6; G. A. R . F. MASON, Purton, Esq., 3/6; C. C. Lloyd-Jo nes, Hon. Sec . Esq., 3/6 ; C. K. Mowll, Esq., 7/-: K. V. Dodgson. Esq., 3/6; W. N . Goss, Esq., 3/6; A. R. C. Doulton, Esq., 3/6 ; The Secretary of the Cantuarian begs to acknowledge the receipt of the G. R. Dawbarn, Esq., 3/6; R. W. H. Glen nie, Esq., 3/6; R. B. Winser, following subscriptions :Esq., 3/6. C. H. Woodhouse, Esq., 3/6; G. F . The Hon. Secretary would li ke to H ott, Esq., 3/6; J. E . Husbands, Esq., remind Subscribers that their subscrip:1/6; D. Hussey, Esq., 3/6; A. 1.. Turn- tions for 1912- 13 are now due. In hu ll , Esq., Â£1 1/- ; H. C. Powell, Esq., the case of change of address or non:i/6 ; D. O. Fardell, Esq., 7/- ; Miss receipt of Cantuarians, notice should Woodbridge, 3/6; N. A. Meeking, Esq., at once be given to the Secretary.

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CONTEMPORARIES.

The Secret ary begs to acknowledge the receipt of t he following Contemporaries :T he. Arena (2), Portcultis (2), L eO~M1tSWn (2), Bromsgrovian. H ereJo rdtan, E XDnta,n, T onbr-idgian, L ancing

Coltege M agaz-me, S wan , M alvem ian,

Reptonian, Elizabethan (2). Dovorian, Slttrburnian Lincol1tian Carthus'ia" (2), S t. Ed';'ard's S chool Chro"';cle, RadleÂˇ;an, Leys Fortniglttl-v (2 ). i3l,m deltiatt, Bradfield Coltege Chro,,Denstonw1t,

tcl~. Strand School 1\1 agazine, Barrov'ian,

Bnghton COllege Magazine, A lley",:an.

Gibbs and Sons, Printe rs, Palace S tree t, Cant erhury.

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No. 12.

EDITORIAL . Good morning ! H ave you read this month's Cantttarian ? No ? Then begin ri((ht now. Nothing in it, you say? Look a nd see, you who presume to criticIse before you read. Read it, mon, read it through from t he t waddle of the idiot who writes the opening article to the grousings of the correspondents at the end . Devour every page and the cover t oo if you like ; then pass your criticism. :fa time, yo u say? Of course you've no time unless you choose to make it . After all, what is time? Nothing but an excuse for leaving undone what yo u ought to have done. No two people say the same about it : one informs us that .. Time flies and waits for 110 man," another that "'l\he foot of time moves slowly ." Which are we t o believe? If the first, t hen it's useless to attempt to catch it, and you may read your Cant1tarian at your leisure; if the second, why hurry? Again I say , read your Cantuar'ian at your leisure. 'Tis bett er to have read it and hurled it into t he fi re than never to have read it at all. But let ltS get to business, as the burglar said when he put his hand into the old gentleman's pocket . First of all, unaccustomed as we are to public speaking, it is- er- our pleasant- er- duty t o-er-congratulate t he - erFootball XV. on- er- heating the hitherto unconquered B1ackheath " A"

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Team by 10 pts. to 9, a fine performance (wit ness Messrs. C. G. Williamson and R. Juckes) . Secondly, let us congratulate the School that amid t he rush and t urmoil of our worn and weary existence, we have at last managed to seriously and with definite intentions contemplate forming a branch of the Navy League. with which object we were given a wonderful lecture on New Zealand by Lieutenant Knox . But let us keep you no longer in suspense; let us lift this veil of obscurity from your eyes. and display the wonders, if there are any, in all these vast and varied pages that are hidden from your view. All night long we have brooded, as it were, in the darkness, clasping our knees in expectation ; but now it is dawn: let us arise and shew you our delights and our sorrows, our victories and our defeats. Ladies and gentlemen, your best atten tion! The Drama (I would not dream of saying Farce) of life in K.S.C. is about to be presented before you. Ho, there! Ring up the curtain !

::tn !lDemoriam. + EDWARD

PARIS H

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RI CHARDSON.

All who kn ew Edward Richardson at the School must have grieved over his sudden death on November 12th, at Eastbourne, afte r an operation for appendicitis, He was a splendid type of t he quiet, manly character, which by its modesty and pure unselfishness wins the respect and the friendship of young and old alike. Entering the School in September, 1895, he spent his first four terms und er Dr. F ield's Headmastership, and six years later, in Septemher, 1901, he reached the

VIth Form and was appointed a Monitor. Among his colleagues in ollice were F. C. Bovenschen, P. S. F. Nairn, H. A. J enkyn, and A. P. Methuen; but he did not discharge the duties long, for he left at the end of that Christmas t erm to take up his work in Lloyd's Banking Company . It did oue good to see the keenness which he threw into his work and his various pursuits. As an ardent lover of Nature he took a delight in t he Harvey Society;

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as a runner he gained his Sports' Colours in 1901; and in football he was a member of the 1st XV. and won the senior prize for dropkicking and punting. But through all this and above it all there was a steady perseverance, and a friendliness of heart, which made his example a help to others and gave him no doubt his abundant influence and po pularity. " When I look back," writes one who knew him intimately, " upon his life, I cannot think that he ever caused pain to anyone or anything; he cheerfully went his waY,-even and methodical, keen in work and play, -a peaceful pilgrim age through this life, leaving rays of sunshine behind ." "He was," writes another, " one of the very best fellows, and anyone who had the privilege of his friendship cannot but feel the poorer for his loss: I know I do."

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It was that same blend of absolute straightness with alertness of mind which won him the confidence of his chiefs in that Bank. I n 1911 he had been promoted to the Branch in Lombard Street; and, as his friends said, he was on the eve of further promotion . They said t ruly,-but with deeper meaning than they knew. The call to "Come up higher" came to him with solemn swiftness; but he was not unprepared, a nd his ge ntle spirit passed peacefully into rest. When in March, 189R, he was confirmed in the Cathedral by Archbishop Temple, I wrote in the little book that I gave him a text which comes back to us now as an echo out of the quiet land, yet with a ring of joy and triumph from his brave. young life._ tt Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory." A.J.G.

SCHOOL NEWS. We congratnlat e the following on getting t heir colours afte r the return match with Wye College :- lst XV. : A. H. Shelswell, '1'. R. J uckes, C. C. Smythe. 2nd XV.: A. V. Barrett, J. A. R . Ferguson, J. A. Flower, R. 1. Kirton, E. H. Gough, E. B. Cottrell, E. J . Hodgson, and C. W. Barber; and the following on getting them

after the return Dover match :- l st XV.: J. T. Fleming-Sandes, R. F. Mason, A. V. Barrett, J. A. R. Ferguson, R. I. Kirton, E . G. Gracey. 2nd XV.: C. L . Green, R. S. F. Cooper, H. G. Evans, L. W. Goldsmith, G. B. Pratt, H. G. Kain, H. D. Cumberbatch, E. C. Bing, R . G. Crosse, J. E . Witt.

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On Novembe r 5th a recital of folk songs was given by Mr. Ferguson. assisted by Miss Spencer. His remarks, which kept the School interested during the whole evening, were much appreciated by everybody, and the singing of the folk songs was excellent.

The following have passed the Certificate "A" practical Examination :-P. S. Barber, C. H . Clayton, R. S. F. Copoer, J . T. Fleming-Sandes, G. B. Pratt, and A. H. Shelswell. The results of the theoretical examination have not yet been published.

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The following lectures have been given this term:Oct. 17th. Rev. Theodore Wood on ,4 Ants," Nov. 14th. Mr. Copeland on " Training Ships." Nov. 29th. Mr. Abraham on " Climbing." Dec. 10th. Lieut. Knox on "New Zealand" (for the Navy League).

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The formal visitation of His Grace the Archbishop takes place on Saturday, December 14th.

Heartiest congratulations to E. J . Hodgson, on gaining a Mathematical Rustat Scholarship at J esus College, Cambridge.

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Also to K. C. Lillingston, who h as been privately informed that, though a year young, he would have been awarded an Exhibition for Natural Science at Trinity College, Cambridge, had he not entered for Scholarships onl y. VIe wish him every success next year.

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Scholars. Elected December, 191 2. KING'S SCHOLARS. PROBATIONERS.

JUNIORS.

G. E. Clayton. L. W. H. Best. J. A. R . Ferguson. Junior Scholarship reserTied fo y Cho rister Cathedral Choir Scllool : ·N. Halward ,

·H W. Jones . w. L. Gibson, Junior School. C. H. Rolfe, Jm~ior School. B. E. Witt, Junior School. ·C.

S. Allan.

C. Doyle, Junior School.

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ENTRANCE SCHOLARS.

S. G. Galpin . H. W. Jones. ·G. F. Roland. ·C. J. S. Allan . ·R. O. A. Gatehouse. HOUSE SCHOLAR.

·C. W. Leslie. ·Not yet members of the School.

FOOTBALL.

LIST KI NG'S

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v. WYE

COLLEGE.

P layed on Blore's P iece on the 29th of October, this match showed the School team to advantage and we won by 3 goals and a try (18 points) to nil. At the commencement of the game we were pressed and good saving both by kicking and tackling soon brought relief, and the forwards took the ball to the visitors' twenty-five. A remarkable piece of play by the backs, in which strong running and well-timed passing were the chief features, ended in Barrett crossing the line with a try, converted by Wood. Il'he next few minutes saw some more combination and Pullan scored far out on the left wing. Half-time saw the School leadiug by 8 pts. to nil, and Wood on the resumption used his great pace to advantage and got over between their posts and converted . A promising attack in the shape of a forward rush on the part of Wye was checked by Mason, who fearlessly went down to it, and Wood again received a timely pass from Barrett, and crossed in the corner, and converted with a fine kick.

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The School t eam was :-E. H. Gough; C. E . A. Pullan, C. H. Clayton, A. V. B arrett, G. F. Wood; G. E. J. Gent, R . F. Mason; N. D. Dalton, A. H . Shel~well, J. T. F.-Sandes, T. R. Juckes, C. C. Smythe, J . A. R. Ferguson, R . 1. Kirton, C. L. Green.

KING'S

, " "

SCHOOL

R. F .A. ,

SHORNCLIFFE.

Mr. Gottwaltz brought down a moderate team from ShornclWe on Thursday, Oct. 3 1st, which we beat by 3 goals and 4 tries to nil. With Clayto n on the injured list, Evans was drafted iuto the School t~1ree-quarter hne, and proved an efficient substitute. We scored regularly dunng the ga me, and the team showed promise of developing into a decent side before the el?d of the se~son , Pullan on the left wing opened the score for the School, and hls try was qUlckly followed by another for which Barrett was responsible. Neither was converted. Our next effort was ~ good forward rush and, halld-to-ha~~ p~SSi~lg ens~ling , a try was obtained by Shelswell, which Wood converted. I helr nght-w1I1g threequarter then broke away and was just caught in time by Wood, who from the ensuing scramble ran right through and scored, hllllself co~vertr~lg It. Gent got over from a scrum on their line, and Wood added the major P01l1ts. Before time tries were scored hy Mason and Sandes, both unconverted, and the School won rat her easily by 27 pts. to nil. School t eam :-E. H. Gough; C. E . A. Pullan, H. G. Evans, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood; G. E . J. Gent, R . F. Mason; N. D. Dalton, A. H. Shelswell, J . T. F .-Sandes, '1', R. Juckes, C. C. Smythe, J . A. R. Ferguson, R. 1. Kirton, C. L . Green.

KING'S

SCHOOL

ROYAL,

ENGINEERS.

Played at Chath am on Tuesday, Nov. 5th, this match resulted in a victory for the Sappers by 14 pts. to 3. A slight drizzle throughout the game made the ball very greasy and essentially a forward's game resulted. T he School pack, led by Dalton: played hard and almost held their own in the tight, but the weight of our opponents told agall1st the. School 111 the loose; wlth Barber taking Clayton's place in the three-quarter hne, they were chlefly called upon to stop forward rushes, and only on a very few occasions was there a real handling

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run. \Vood opened the score for the School by a brilliant rUn from our own "twenty-five," and his great pace enabled him to escape capture; the kick was unsuccessful. Play settled down to our quarter of t he field again, and from some loose play, the ball was got out to their left wing t hree-quarter, who dropped over ~n the corner, the kick again failing. Soon one of their largest forwards, ~ veritable giant, scrambled over our line with the best part of the School team in attendance, but unable to upset his equilibrium, and the try was converted. Half-time saw the School 5 points behiud, and in an uneve ntful second half they put on another unconverted try. For t he School Dalton, J uckes, and Shelswell were the pick of the scrum, and Wood, Gent, and Pullan, defended well outside. School team :-E. H . Go ugh ; C. E. A. Pullan, C. W . Barber, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood ; G. E. J. Gent, R . F. Mason; N. D. Dalton, A. H . Shelswell, J. T . Fleming-Sandes, C. C. Smythe, T. R . Juckes, J. A. R . Ferguson, R . 1. Kirton, C. I(. Green.

KING'S

SCHOOL

WYE

COLLEGE.

The return match was played at Wye on Thursday, Nov. 7th, and resulted in a draw, 8 pts. all. For the first ten minutes the play was quite even and the ball was kept in mid-field. The forwards more than held their own against the home pack, and the backs had frequent opportunities, which were annulled by faulty passing, Watkins in the centre being the chief culprit. However, the ball once reached Wood before half-time and with a beautiful run down t he touch-line, he opened the scoring, but failed to convert. Wye soon replied with a try between the posts and at half-time were leading 5-3. On restarting " strong run by Wood put the School in front and the try was converted. Wye aga in however rose to the occasion and as the result of a forward break-away drew level, J ohnson failing at the kick. Some steady tackling and kicking kept the Wye backs out after this, but any attempt at attack seemed to be out of the School team's ideas altogether, and Barrett erred in his fondness for running n ross to excess. "No-side" arrived with the score still level, and we were rother lucky on the day's play to avert defeat. School team :- E. G. Gracey; C. W. Barber, J. D. Watkins, C. H. Clayto n, n. F. Wood; G. E. J . Gent, R. F. Mason; N . D . Dalton, A. H. Shelswell, J. 1'. I' leming-Sa ndes, T . R. J uckes, R. 1. Kirton, C. L. Green, E. J. Hodgson, G. B. Pratt.

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v. EASTBOURNE

COLLEGE.

Played at Eastbourne College on Wednesday, Nov. 13th. Although there is no doubt that the XV. were rendered Âˇtired by the long and tedious journey to Eastbourne, yet we have no desire to explain away our defeat or to do anything else than acknowledge that we were beaten by a better side. The School seemed quite devoid of any dash; the forwards, although they got the ball in the scrum as often as their opponents, were rushed off their feet in the open; while the combination of the outsides suggested that they had never played together before. l'his is rendered more irritating by the fact that in the last ten minutes or so the School really seemed to find their true form. We mnst pay a tribute to the excellence of the Eastbourne forward s. Although on the whole fairly light, they played a magnificent game, and their loose rushes were splendid, being quite the feature of a hard and most enjoyable game. Their forwards started off with great energy and we were soon defending. Upset by these bustling tactics the School allowed an Eastbourne forward to dribble over the line and score without doing anything much to prevent him. The School still seemed to be quite devoid of life and they allowed a big forward to pick the ball up and force his way through, without making l11uch of an attempt to tackle him. Both the tries were converted by good kicks, the first being magnificent. Now at last the School really did begin to wake lip a little and some of their attacks showed some promise of success. But there a pass was badly given and here one badly taken and half-time arrived with the School 10 points down.

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The resumption saw Eastbourne start with renewed dash, and their threewhile their forward dashes were always n:tenacmg. There were some desperate fights on the School1ine, and their outside h~lf marle an excellent attempt at dropping a goal; and then at last one of their forwards broke away from touch and gained another try, which was too far out. to be converted. The School now began to have as much of the playas thea opponents, but ten minutes from the finish still saw us 13 points behin.d. Then we came with a rush. There was some good combination 011 the nght and,. Wood running strongly, scored behind the posts, but failed to convert. AgalU we returned, the attack was developed on the left and Pullan ran over with a try, which was unconverted. quarte~s began to look dangerous,

We now were really playing well, and were still pressing, when the whistle . sounded fo r " no-side," and we retired beaten by 13 points to 6. The. result .was really very disappointing as the School shewed at the end that their prevIOus form was not their best. But for all that, we should lik

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to co?gratulate Eastbourne upon their very excellent victory, which they most certalllly deserved. The following represented the School :-E. H. Gough; C. E. A. Pullan C. H. Clayton, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood; G. E. J. Gent, J. A. Flower; N. D: Dalton, A. H. Shelswell, T. R . J lIckes, C. C. Smythe, J. T. Fleming-Sandes J R Ferg uson, R. 1. Kirton, C. L. Green. ' . .

KING 'S

SCHOOL

DOVER

COLLEGE.

On Thursd~y , the 21st, Dover paid their postponed visit, and contrary to our expect~t.lOns, managed to win lJy 12 pts. to 6. ,;Vith the ground in excellent conditIon, play soon settled down in mid-field, and our backs proceeded once more ~o show a n~ost remarkable adroitness in dropping passes; Clayton was the chl~f. <?ffender 111 this, but he was the least responsible perhaps for as poor an exhibitIon of tackling as one could imagine. Time and again, one of their forwards would get the ball and gently trot through the very middle of our scrum, and thIS was perhaps the poorest game our forwards have played this s~ason . Dover. were quicker down and quicker up in the scrums, and at halftime were lead1l1g by a goal to a try. In the second half they immediately assuD:1ed the 0f!enslve, and were rewarded with a try far out, for which bad tackhng was chiefly responsible. This pulled us together a little, and for the first tUlle, the threes had a bout of passing and Wood got over, running round between the go.ai-posts, but was unable to convert. A desperate game ensued in the ~athenng dusk, and on time aile of their inside threes dropped a nice goal which 111ereased their lead to 6 pts. School Team :-E. H. Gough; C. E. A. Pullan, C. H. Clayton, A. V. Barrett, C? F. Wood; G. E. J. Gent, R. F. Mason; N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, A. H. Shelswell, T. R. Juckes, C. C. Smythe, J. T. Fleming-Sandes, R. I. Kirton, E. J. Hodgson.

KING'S

SCHOOL

ROYAL

ENGINEERS.

Played on Cullen's on Tuesday, Nov. 26th. There was a high wind blowing a nd when the whistle blew for "time," darkness had almost fallen. The School had the advantage of the high wind in the first half, which should have meant many pomts to them. They did quite a lot of pressing but only registered one try through the agency of Wood on the right after a good piece

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of combination. The forwards played up ga mely against a much heavier pack and the three-quarters played hard and tackled better than usual, but thea efforts to score were not successful. It seemed likely that the engineers would run up a big score in the second half, f!'voured as they were by the ~ale, but the School, tired as they soon became, played up wlth great resolutlOn ; but for all that the Engineers scored four times, all their outsides running and ~aSSlU& very well. The last try of the match was scored by Rideout, the Engmeers serum half, who secured the ball from a scnun and went clean through the School backs who failed to hold him. Only one of these tries was converted, and the School retired beaten by 1 goal 3 tries (14 pts.) to 1 try (3 pts.) The following represented the School :- E. G. Gracey; C. E. A. Pullan, C. H. Clayton, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood; G. E. J. Gent, R. F. Mason; P. S. Barber, A. H. Shelswell, T. R. J uckes, J. '1'. Fleming-Sandes, E. J. Hodgson, G. B. Pratt, C. L . Green, R . S. F . Cooper.

KING'S

SCHOOL

BLACKHEA'1'H

" A."

P layed on Cullen's on Saturday, Nov. 30th. Although the ground was in very fair condition, there was such a cold wmd bloWlllg and the atmosphele must have been so near freezing point that it was not an ideal day for football . The School gave a really excellent performance and registered a good ,'~in against a good Club side. The whole team played desperately hard . Ihe forwards, although of course outweighted, played up with tremendous dash and vigour from start to finish, and they heeled the ball smartly out,?f the scrum despite the extra pounds of weight they were ShOVlllg agamst. lhe outsldes, too, showed excellent combination; passes were gIVen and t aken w?~ll and the tackling was vigorous, if not always qui~e sure and low enough. 11~~ Scho~1 started the game with great dash and, alded as they were by the wll1d, wel C soon in their opponents' "25." Several attacks looked as though they were going to end successfully as the halves were gettlllg the ball out well and the three-quarters running hard and passing weU, while the forwards were workmg with great vim. The Club came away with some strong forward rushes, but these were all stopped by the School defence. At last Wood secured the ball.on the n ghl wing, and, running strongly, scored an excellent try whlch he stralghtw:ay conÂˇ verted. Not long after a School forwa rd kicked the ball over the hne aud

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Wood following up beat his opponents for pace and touched down for another good try. This also was converted. Not long after, half-time was sounded with the School leading 10-nil. It was recognised that they would have a stern fight to maintain their lead in the second half, as Blackheath now had the wind, but upon resumption they played up desperately hard. The Club did most of the pressing but the defence was most determined and vigorously maintained. At last a threequarter succeeded in getting over. But the try was not converted. Soon afterwards the right wing finished up a good movement with an unconverted try. The School in no way relaxed their efforts and made some attacking movements themselves, but the Club returned and scored again. The School were now left with a lead of one point which they held on to with great tenacity. The closing stages were most exciting, but the XV., despite the pressure, responded to the roar of the School and fought desperately. The forwards made some good rushes and the backs played equally hard, and several attacking movements were started. But nothing more was scored on either side and we were left victorious by 2 goals (10 pts.) to 3 tries (9 pts.) It was a grand game and the School's victory is all the more gratifying when we remember that there were several absentees in the serum." The following represented the School :-E. G. Gracey; C. E. A. Pullan, C. H . Clayton, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood; G. R. J. Gent, R. F . Mason; P. S. Barber, N. D. Dalton, A. II. Shelswell, C. C. Smythe, E. J. Hodgson, J. T. Fleming-Sandes, R. S. F. Cooper, G. B. Pratt. If

KING'S

SCHOOL

DOVER

COLLEGE.

P layed at Dover on Wednesday, Dec. 4th, and resulted in a. win f~r the School by 11 pts. to nil. Dover kicked off on a fairly dry ground, and lln~l1ediately began to press. Their forward s went off at a fine pace and for several ml11utes the School forwards were hustled mercilessly, and steady tackling by Shelswell, who was always out of the scrum when needed, and the above three-quarters alone prevented the College scoring. The ball was at length worked back to the half-way line, and ,"Vood opened the score for the School on the ng~t Wl11~, and h~l11self converted the try. Even play followed, and with the School it s making no nllstake over their collaring, half-time arrived with no change to the score. In the second half, the School forwards took possession of the scrums, and a good bout of passing for which Gent, Barrett, Clayton and Wood were responslble, saw

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the lastÂˇ named over again in the corner, a try which was ~lot converted . \Ve again pressed and towards the end of the match, ~ent received a pass from an impromptu melee on their line and droppe.d over \ylth ~n unconverted try" No addition was made to the score, thus leav111g us vlctonous by 11 pts. to ml. School Team :-E. H. Gough; G. F. Wood, A. V. Barrett, C. H. Clayton, C. W. Barber; G. E. J. Gent, E. B. Cottrell; N. D. Dalton, P. S. Barber, A. H. Shelswell, C. C. Smythe, J. T. F. Sandes, J. A. R. Ferguson, C. L. Green, G. B. Pratt.

KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XV. v. WYE COLLEGE 2ND XV. On Thursday, Nov. 7th, the 2nd xy. met Wye Colle~e 2nd, ?,-V. Ol~ Cullen's. The School winning the toss elected to play with the wmd .. lI;e VIsitors took the kick, and followed up well, but were checked by a good kIck mto touch. In a resutling serum, the ball was smartly heeled by our f?~wards, and C~ttrell running round the scrum .scored an uncon~erted ~ry. lhe game contmued fiercely, and within ten mmutes Evans passltlg their ):mck scored ~ good try between the posts, which was easily converted by KldsOD. "!'Ialf-tllne ~ound the School leading by eight points to nil. Play was resumed wIth great vl~our, and Wye three-quarters getting the ball made ~ good run, whIch resulted In all unconverted try by their wing. Owing to their slipenor weight ,Ill the s?r~m, Wye made several good rushes, which were well ch~cked by Flower s good Slttlllg and kicking. However, by a good rush, they agalll scor.ed an ullconvt::rted try. SOOIl after, the whistle blew, and the School werc left wlllners by 8 pomts to 6. In view of their previous heavy defeat at Wye, the victory of a weak 2nd XV. was most creditable. The halves' defence was excellent all through, and both tries were good efforts, while the School forwards held a heavier scrum very well. The School 2nd XV. was as follows :- W. 'I'. Champion; W. R. W. McCarthy, H . G. Evans, J. E. Witt, C. E. R. Alford; E. B. Cottrell, J. A. Flower; C. W. Kidson (Capt.), J. S. Wacher, R. S. I<'. Cooper, H. D. Cumberbatch, J. L. Elston, A. Seymour, K. C. Lillingston, A. J. Morris.

KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XV. v. ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT. Played on Tuesday, Nov. 19th, on Cullen's, and resulted in a win for th School by 12 pts. to nil. With the ground in excellent condition, the forward s

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at once took the upper hand in the scrum, although they had a heavier pack against them. Flower relieved several rushes by fearless sitting, and on a few occasions in which the visitors' backs got away with the ball, Gracey proved himself equal to bringing them down. Evans opened the score for the School by a pretty feint, in which he completely deceived several members of the defence, and Hodgson failed to convert. Kain and Green were conspicuous in the open, the former enjoying some success as wing forward. Barber, who has since developed a little head-work in his running, displayed speed, and ability to take a pass, and obtained two tries, both unconverted, Witt eventually adding a fourth, which closed the scoring. With several members of the team absent, it was quite a good performance, and the side showed powers of tackling, and running hitherto unnoticed, but afterwards often apparent. The School.-E. G. Gracey; C. W. Barber, H. G. Evans, J. E. Witt, C. E. R. Alford; J. A. Flower, E. B. Cottrell; E. J. Hodgson, C. L. Green, H. G. Kain, R. G. Crosse, G. B. Pratt, R. S. F. Cooper, C. W. Kidson, H. D. Cumberbatch.

KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XV. v. DOVER COLLEGE 2ND XV. This match, which had been postponed from October 24th, was played at Dover on Nov. 21st. Dover began to press from the start, and took the ball at once into our" 25," where it remained for the first five minutes till our forwards took it back to " half-way." Here the Dover forwards gained possession in a scrum, and the ball was passed to the Dover outside-left who scored between the posts after a good run. The try was converted. Another converted try was scored before half-time, when the School was 10 points to the bad. The School played better in the second half, though at no point of the game did they find their form. Throughout the game play remained mostly in our " 25 ", and our opponents added two goals and an unconverted try to their score, the final score being 23- nil. Cottrell and Flower were conspicuous amongst the backs in their defence, stopping many dangerous attacks. The three-quarters showed lack of comhin atio n, and were weak in defence. Although overweighted in the scrum, the School forwards played well throughout, being ably led hy Green. The School 2nd XV. were as follows :-E. G. Gracey; C. W. Barber, H. G. Evans, J. E. Witt, C. E. R. Alford; J. A. F lower (Capt.), E. B. Cottrell; C. I,. Green, H. G. Kain, G. B . Pratt, R. G. Crosse, R. S. F. Cooper, H. D. Cumberbatch, H . S. Wacher, C. W. Kidson .

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KING'S SCHOOL 2ND XV. v. DOVER COLLEGE 2ND XV. On Wednesday, Dec. 4th, t he School played Dover College on Cullen's, and t he match resulted in a win for t he School by 3 pts. to nil. T he ga me st arted with rather slow play on both sides, consisting chieHy in serums in which t he School fo rwa rds were generally superior, and finally succeeded in getting into t he opponents' 25 where Cumberbatch scored the only try of the game from a line out, and shortly afterwards the whistle sounded for half-time. I n t he second half the game was much faster and the threes got together better and made some good attempts, but failed to score. T he opposing threes were in- . inclined to drop their passes freq uently, and on these occasions the forwards followed up well and gained some grou nd. Once howeve r one of t heir t h rees got away and was only just prevented from scoring by a fine tackle by Flower. Towards t he end Ddver began to press, and in the last t en mi nutes were seldom out of our 25, t he forwards, however, kept lip well and managed to prevent any scoring. The School team was as follows :- E. G. Gracey (back) ; E. C. Bing, H . S. Evans, J. E . Witt, C. E. R. Alford J. A. Flower, G. K. Lawson L. W. Goldsmith, H. D. Cumberbatch, R. S. F. Cooper. J. S. Wac her, G. H. Crosse, G. J. Eccles, A. J. Morris, G. Haward.

KING'S SCH OOL 2ND X V. v. S. PAUL'S SCHOOL 2ND X V. On Saturday, Dec. 7th, the 2nd XV. paid t heir first visit to S. Paul's School. D uring the first 10 minutes of the game, lay was fairly even, but after a good bout of passing our opponents' speedy wing l>ree-quarter scored far out. The kick failed. After this play remained chiefly in our" 25 " with the result that thrc Il?-0re t ri es, one of which was converted, were registered against us. After halftune our opponents continued to press, scoring three tries in quick succession . P lay then remained in the middle of the field unti l our forwards weut away with a good rush almost up to our opponents' li ne where they were stopped by {\ knock-on. I n t he ens uing serum our forwards got the ball, but owing t o fault y handli ng, a good chance of scoring was lost. Soon after this Barber scored aft I' a good run from halfÂˇway, Green failing to couvert. Our opponents again pressed and two more tries followed good movements on their part, both b illg converted. Just before noÂˇside, our forwa rds worked their way to the opposit(O "25," and Green kicked a penalty goal. Thus we lost a very fast game by 3 goals 6 tries (33 pts.) to I penalty goal I try (6 pts.) '~'he superig;..;ty of t he PauLines in weight and pace was very marked , especlally in th~ second half. T he School did well to keep down t he scor' n

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they did, but they wo uld have do ne better still if, ~he backs h ad been more willing t o go down to our opponents' forwa rd. rushes. ~ he fo ~wards,~ll played a sound hardworki ng game, fighting hard agamst supen or weight. lhe th ree-quarters we re sadly out -paced. The School team was as follows :-E. H . Gough; E. C. Bing, J . E. Witt, H. G. Evans, C. W. Barber; J. A. Flower, E. B. Cottrell; C. L . Green, L. W. Goldsmith, H. D. Cumberbatch, J. S. Wacher, A. J. Morns, G. H . Crosse, G. J. Eccles, G. Haward. F I XTURES G ' Â·Olmd.

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OD E TO ALG E BRA PAP E R. Of the Oxfo rd and Cambridge Schools Ce rtificate, Dec., 1912. Those three departments Euclid, Arithmetic Algebra, odiose, evil in auspices, Always offensive and quite terrifying an Ordinary human. Take it away from me ; bury it deep down Right in the heart of a roari ng furnace This is the third time thou hast thwarted me Vulgar equation. ' Twentieth century son 'of a demon Sprung of a " graphical function imaginary" (One of the few algebraical terms that I Ever remembered). Cholera carries not greater distress to '~arri ors weary with working and warring 'fhan thou with thine awful mental carnage, Reeking with x's. Br~ng me a lexicon, bring me a large" Smith," Bnng me an untranslatable passage; I can endure any torture, but 1 0'1' the Bi~ Nomial theorem. EVOE SECUNDUS.

HARVEY The term h as been on the whole most successful as far as the IIarvey Society is concerned. The papers have been varied and interesting, and the attendances have been generally good. We would have thought, however, that the record number of

SO C lET Y. members co uld have produced a rather larger audience to listen to Bishop Knig ht, if only to show the Society'S appreciation of his kindness in coming at all. His lecture was most interesting from start to finish, and he seem d not only to know Burmah from elld

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to end, but also to make his hearers almost as thoroughly acquainted with it as he was himself. The papers were perhaps rather few and far between tIlls term, but we have it on good authority that there are so many offers for next term that the Secretary doesn't know how to find room for them. It would be a good thing if the School itself was more ready to read papers, as, although we enjoy lectures immensely when given by people outside the School, yet the primary object of the Harvey Society is to enable members of the School to air their views on any subject they like. But still the term's lectures have been most satisfactory, and K. C. Lillingston is to be congratulated on getting every lantern lecture through without a hitch of any sort. 'Ve now proceed to the papers themselves : On Saturday, October 12th, the President of the Harvey Society (1I1r. \Vare) delivered an interesting lecture on the "Age of the Earth." He commenced with a few introductory words on the age as determined by the calculations of Lord Rayleigh from the point of view of the rate of cooling of the earth which have since been shown to be unsound by the discovery of the phenomena connected with the radio~active elements. lIe then pro~ ceeded to describe the outline of the t hree chief methods of the present day of determining the age of the earth. The first calculates the age by t he time needed to lay down the strata of the sedimentery rocks. The second discovers

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the age by the time taken to obtain all salt at present in t he sea by estimating the amount of saline matter ann ua1ly brought down by the rivers of the world. The third consists of ::!n in volved radio ~active method which at present yields to no certain result. The methods give more or less the same result, namely, that the age of t he earth is about one hundred million yea rs. On Oct. 26th, R. S. F. Cooper gave a lecture on "British Railways." 'fhe lecture was well illustrated by lantern slides, of which he had obtained a large number. H e first of all dealt with the history of British Railways, making particular mention of t hree of the great pioneers, 'frevithick, Watt, and Stephenson. Then he proceeded to describe as well as he could the working of an engine, and showed the actio n of the steam on the cylinders that caused the wheels to revolve. His next point was the distinguishing of the types of engines, from the old "single type, as illustrated by a typical old South Eastern engine, down to the Pacific, or 4- 6-2 class, illustrated by "The Great Bear," which was perhaps the finest slide shewn. A digression was then made on the subject of signalling, and its development and systems was described somewhat rough ly. The London and North \Vestern line was then dealt with more fully, both as regards the line itself and the engine, particularly those of the " Precedent" type, and a couple of slides of Railway accidents were 11

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shown to illustrate the disasters that befel some of theIr most famous engi nes. The Iectl1re was concluded by a description of the goods traffic. aud also the running of Royal trains on Ollr best known lines and finally slides were shown of s~me of the most famo'us expresses in the country. 01~ Nov. 16th, Bishop Knight very kmdly came and lectnred to the Harvey SOCIety 0,11 "nuTmah," He spoke ÂŁr0111 conslderab.le. experience o~ the country as a missIOnary, and ~11 S rema!ks . were very interesting mdeed ; 111 5 slIdes t.oo were excellent, and we regret very much that the fact that some of them were too big for the l ant~rn prevented our seeing still more . pIctures of that thoroughly beauttful country. He first of all dealt With the geography and climate of Bu:mah, at;d expl~ll1ed how the vast difference 111 the chmate of Upper and Lower Burmah were caused almost entirely ~Y the mountains, which caught and dramed the clouds as they were dnven up by the Monsoon. Then he ~roceeded to enumerate the nationalibes ~hat were to be fou nd in Rurmah, varymg from the true Burmese to the Shans of the North 1,vest, who were almos~ SIamese, and vaned considerably 111 dress and language from the Burmese. Bishop Knight gave us some inte re~ti ng anecdotes about the Burmese children, and then turned to the religiOt~s side. The Burmese are almost en~lrely Buddhist in religion, though Hmdoos and Mussulmen are found . He finally showed several

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of a fine Buddhist Pagoda. which he pointed out was entirely solid and not used for services like the ~Iohammedan mosques.

On Nov. 23rd, R. J. Mowll gave a lecture entitled "How the coin of the Realm is l11ad~," illustrated by excellent lantern slIdes composed of photographs taken in the Mint itself. After dealing briefly with the history of the J\lLil1tS be gave the figures of the work of the Mint during 1911, showing that a total of over 125 million coin were made, of which 30 million were composed of sovereigns. Then he showed how carefully the bullion was checked and compared with the minted coi ns , and went from room to room showing the various machines used in t he Royal Mint. First of all he showed bow the bullion was assayed, and t hen passed on to the melting hOllses for gold and silver, where t he alloy is added. From the melting house he passed on to the casting of bars a nd the rolling . of bars into fillets, which are then rolled on, what is called, th e dray bench. Then he showed how the fillets are ,Âˇveighed and annulled, atld how blanks are cut from them. H e th en dealt with the blanks, showing how they are annealed, washed, dried, and polished . He then explained how the die is made and hardened allel took his audience to the coining prCSM - room, wh ere the finished coins art' actually turned out . 'l'hen he showed how the coins are most carefully examined by ringing and exalninatioll of ' their colour, and showed picture.

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of the ingenious automatic weighing and counting machines. He then showed several ·photographs of new machinery recently installed, and wound up his lecture by showing photographs of two other rooms, the medal room, where all the medals of the Army and Navy are made; and the Museum.

On Dec. 7th, C. F. Wait delivered an interesting lecture on "\¥ild Flowers, their haunts and habits. " He commenced by giving several hints on collecting and pressing flowers . He then described the fertilization of wild flowers in general, illustrated by several diagrams and colo.ured slides. His next and chief subj ect was that

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L. J. Bassett has been playing football for the H arlequins, H. Gardner for Hampshire, R. ~1. Gent for Cornwall, H . de H . Smith for the Lansdowne Club, Dublin, R. J uckes and A. B. Forsyth for Biackheath, and G. F. J nckes for St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

of orchids. He explained the habits and fertilization of the various orchids, and told us the best places to look for them in Kent. He also described one or two successful searches that he, Mr. Rosen berg and others, had made in the region of Folkestone and the \Varren. He remarked that, in that part of Kent, many species of rare orchids could be found. H e finished up with a description of various wild flowers, chiefly common in Kent, accompanied by beautiful coloured slides. Although the lecturer managed to show us all his slides, time prevented him from pursuing his very interesting subject as far as could have been wished.

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A. C. Telfer has been running for Cambridge University. In the cross country race v. the Surrey A.C. he finished first of the Cambridge team, and third in the race. He has been chosen to run against Oxford on December 14th.

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J. Kettlewell has published a set of drawings, illustrations of Meredith's .. Shaving of Shagpat," which shew most remarkable feeling for design. We should like to suggest that a copy be added to the Library as soon as possible.

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make all effort to be present. All who wish to do so should write early to B. !-I. Latter, E sq. , Pixfield, Bromley .

••• As we go to press, we learn that A. C. Telfer came in first of the Cambridge 'ream in the cross country v. Oxford, thus gaining his "Blue," for which we offer him our heartiest congratulations.

The Annual O.K.S. Dinner will be held at the Monico Restanrant, Piccadilly Circus, 011 Monday, ••• January 13th, _ 1913, at 7.15 p.m. As this is the .. Coming of Age" 011 C. H . Trehane has sailed for the series of Dinners, it is hoped India, and is stationed with the that large numbers of O.K.S. will Liverpool Regiment at Lahore.

CAN ADIAN Bank of Montreal, Lindsay, Ontario. DEAR SCHOOL,

I see by this month's Cantuarian that E. H. Johnston is complaining of the lack of o.K.S. news, so I thought I would write a small budget, and at the same time let Johnston see that there are several more O.K.S. to add to his Canadian list. By the above address you can see I am in the money· making concern (je ne pense pas); and I have now been in this noble institution for about ten months. The first day I walked into tHe bank after having extricated myself out

LETTER . of several snow drifts, etc., I ran against John 'M . Mackinnon, of London , Eng. , who was at the School about eight years ago. I thought I recognized a "broncho " (as we English people are styled here) in him and by his gentlemanly looks thought he must be an O.K.S. He is now receiving teller in this branch. In the sports line Mac shines at golf and has re· presented Lindsay on several occasiolls (not that it amounts to very much) I I regret to say he is also a lady's mall , a very bad thing in this country. :1 ~ it's somewhat expensive, especi al! ' when the aforesaid gentleman hu/\ had to act as usher at two wedding_,

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and one of them the daughter of the Hon. Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia. (Absolute swank). Mackinnon and I caused a great deal of amusement here last year on the ice, an art which we have not quite got on to yet, but live in "'ope," Besides being a very clever bank clerk (!!) I occasionally warble a few ditties and am told that I missed my vocation. But as the psalmist says ",All men are liars." 'l'here is still another O.K.S. ill this town in the shape of F. S. Loosemore, who was at school some years ago. His father was Vicar of Holy Cross, Canterbury. Loosemore is now manager of the Standard Bauk of Canada, and doing very well ; he is a bitter opponent of the .. Local Option" people who are trying to abolish the bat in Canada. We three often have long chats about the old school and think of the topping times we spent there. Loosemore remembers Mr. Latter better than anyone. Lindsay is not a very exciting town, the populaÂˇ tion is only about 7,000, but Mac and I have occasional jaunts up to Toronto to relieve the monotony of life. We all congratulate the So.hool heartily on their success in work and sports, and feel proud to bear the name

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of Englishmen and still more O.K.S. when we read of the great deeds done by people like Gardner and Gent in the Footer field. You ought to see the Canadian Rugby. The " Argos" against the Tigers (sounds hostile, doesn't it), and it quite lived up to it; only 23 were laid out! Excuse me from that slaughter. By the way, I had a letter from E. W. Goad the other day. He and his brother Reggie have a farm in Cowley (Alberta) and are doing well. I al.o had a lett er from Goodwin (Archdeacon Spooner's nephew), he was in the "Parrots" and then went to Eastbourne. He tells me he is in the Union Bank of Canada, Quebec, and gets lots of fun and sport in that French city. On my way here I stayed in Montreal and had a cup of afternoon tea with Dr. Perrin, late of Canterbury Cathedral. He was looking very fit and has a good post in McGill University. I think by this time the readers of this Magazine will be somewhat bored with our doings, so I guess I will ring off. Apologising for valuable space wasted, and wishing the School the best of everything, Yours ever, CLARENCE S. MERRE'lvl'.

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OXFORD DEAR SCHOOL,

Imagine 23 good men and true: they are the O.K.S. Oxon . . . . . . . The middle aged gentleman with the volume of Stubbs' charters under one arm and a button cleaning outfit, is C. J. N. Adams, Casberd Scholar and 2nd Lieutenant, at present coughing off the school of Modern History and cleaning the O.U.O.T.C. D Coy's buttons for the next field-day. The object of interest with a Purple Hat and a French bulldog given to dyspepsia is John Kettelwell. His is an entire residence in St. Giles', but he frets for James Parsons who is losing flesh in business in Calcutta. There are three more veterans: the first has auburn hair but no spectacles. He lost them in fouling the Prince of \;Vales, better known as the Magdalen College 2nd XI. inside right. Hosking is undoubtedly the dirtiest player of Association football in Oxford. The second is short and was fat; his limbs are in slings owing to injuries received at any old time, and his name is Gent. The third knows everybody and takes the opportunity to apologize to them, and in the same breath plunges into the Metaphysics of Matrimony; of course you recognize C. F. Battiscombe, the most hopeless man to involve in any kind of engage~ ment; he accepts fifteen invitations to dinner on the same day, believes

LETTER. each the only one, intends to go to all, actually goes to none, and finally is found at the dinner hour plunged in melancholy because nobody ever asks him to anything at all . Battisombe is quite the most interesting thing we have here. If you go to t he Trinity ground you will see McCleland in the London Irish fancy dress, looking like nothing on ea rth, but playing stoutly for Trinity ; and you may see Foster if he is out of bed. I saw Galpin this evening hut lightly clad under a starry sky in a temperature of 18Â° Fahrenheit communicating with another wight in the distance ; that sort of thing means that Galpin is in earnest. It does the hea rt good to see him start for a field day on a motor-bike with bunting strapped on behind and miles of teleÂˇ phone wire in his pouches. He is the communication company. Squire doesn't look contented, but is; I~ee looks contented but certai nl y isn't; both are galley slaves for the honour of Wad ham. Next Baker, reverend sire, went footing slow, the Hardy Annual of the Divinity Schools; and Ginger Crowley. Saunderson, and Lush gather round ; Saunderson has been bagged by Hoskin g twice this season on the Soccer field. From an examination of Page's raoUl

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we gathered that he is not going to be a parSOll, but went to Keble to row. G. H . Clay pole is at St. John's, is a lusty forward, and drapes black cables from his pincenez. F . L. Goad coxes the Trinity Torpid and told t he Debating Society what he thought of various cinematograph shows he wot of. 'Pon my soul I haven't seen Hussey; but being at Corpus he is certainly expected to work. Ashenden appeared to me once in the High, but cut me; he was girt for some game. Partridge is in seclusion with him at St. Edmund's Hall. When the close season arrives we hope to see him romping in the open. Cottrell, I am certain, makes noises in Worcester and he is coming into his own. Glyn wears that monstrosity, an O.K.S. tie,

and with Dodgson is sought after by the society of Blues in Pembroke; you may see them in Coru11larket Street, and witness if I lie. There you have them all; next term R. C. Cumberbatch is coming up to Trinity; A. R. Bellars flashed through Oxford on a bicycle on his way to Cuddesdon Theological College. C. B. Simeon wandered here in spats ; he is waiting for a clerkship in the House of Commons ; of C011rse I should say "the House" simply, but you might be led into the false belief that he has been offered the Office-Boyhood of Ch . Ch. College, Oxford. Goodbye and good luck, from THE O.K.S. OXON.

CAMBRIDGE DEAR SCHOOL,

'ÂĽe live in an energetic age; life is still life; the Mowlls are with us. We have had meetings, we have been visited and we have p~id v isits. First and foremost, the Head Master and Mrs. McDowall paid us n very welcome call (though short), in which they saw most of our cheery gang. We were very glad to see them. But for the fact that this letter is somewhat belated, despite our Secretary's agitation, we would give

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information about everyone; as it is, having just come dowll, our news will be scrappy, even possibly inaccurate. Our patriarch is Townshend, who dispenses his philosophy to all and sundry with his accustomed skill; he has been joined at Trinity this term by Andrews, who follows the fashions. So does Townend, judging from his attempts to grow side-whiskers; he and Nightingale it seems debate and sing in concert. Which is pleasant.

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Our shining light of course is Telfer who chases Selwyn with Mercer; his doings are so well reported in the Daily Mail that it would almost be superfluous to remark that he is practically sure of his Blue, except for the fact that such an event has been somewhat uncommon of late. Of us less exalted mortals: -Cowie runs his Boat Club successfully; H arker has a stopÂˇclock; J uckes will appear in a Rugger boat after the Christmas season ; Forsyth played for the Freshmen, but rows as well, as do Dawbarn and Holt of the Corpus contingent ; Mannering has kept a lecture or two. Palliser, it has been elsewhere and often remarked, has a piano; he also gives excellent lunches. Cave we see little, but he shines in impromptu fire-work effects. Housden is Captain of every game in Peterhouse and is forming a company to exploit second-hand blazers; Patterson is at Clare, and wears a bow tie.

The Mowll contingent has fled to Ridley, leaving their residue at Caius, our worthy Secretary to wit, organizer of "business" and other meetings, and of photos. Does the world know that we have committed our faces to print? Such is indeed the horrid truth; we saw Morris there and we have worn his sweater at the boathouse. Visitors we have had in plenty. We we re glad to see the "ScholHunters" up lately, also Galpin, McCleland, and Claypole from Oxford, and Moline, Bellars, and Sparling from elsewhere. J enkin has just departed for his Indian woods. Congratulations to Oxford on their good fight at Queen's Club. 'rhus our doings.

O.K.S . CAN'fAB. P .S.- I forgot: Gonville and Caius is now Sidebotham and Sidebotham.

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DEAR SIRS,

Hearing that Messrs. Lewin of Crooker Lane, E.C., are the London agents for O.K.S. colours, I entered their premises last May to buy an O.K.S. blazer. An urbane and . miling gentleman forthwith began to measure my manly figure: " Thirty-seven and six, sir," he remarked pleasantly, then seeing my expression of horrified amazement reflected in a mirror opposite, immediat ely added- " My mistake,- I meant thirty-two and six." I pointed out that the price as published ill the Cantnarian was 25/- "Ah, but we give you a t ailor-m ade article with extra lining, sir," and so forth. After some argument, I at length induced the gentleman as a great fa vour to accept only 5/- more than

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price of the article. When it was made up I compared it carefully with a blazer made by myoId friends Messrs. Hunt, of Canterbury, and I must confess that even after a prolonged scrutiny with all my fOllr eyes I could not detect a single point where my expensive blazer was better than the 25/- article from Hunt's, except that the latter had two sleeves of equal length, whereas my blazer was not so commonplace, but had sleeves of different lengths. A week after t hat I bought an O. K.S. hatband fr0111 Messrs. Lewin for which I had to pay 2/6 instead of 2/-. Ten days later the bow came to pieces, and so happening to be in Canterbury for the week end I got a new hatband at Hunt's at 2/- . I wore this band for over four months and it is now almost as good as new,-since when I have used no

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other. A day or two ago I again entered Messrs. Lewin's shop and asked for an O.K.S. woollen mufller. "They are 5/6 sir." This time I said nought, but with a look of pitying scorn, turned and walked away. Next day I was at Canterbury, . where I bought a mufller identical with the one I had seen the day before in London, and of course paid only 4/- for it. Brethren, these things ought not to be. Cannot something be done to remedy this evil ? There must be many outfitters in the city who would be only too pleased to act as our agents, aud would sell the colours at the proper prices. Yours faithfully, CORNHILL.

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DEAR SIRS,

In your October number appeared the following words: "Bn. ComÂˇ manders followed, managed to get P.-T. on his feet ; said he'd never been got there before (which looked about the trut h)."

I should just like to say, and I am voicing the opinion of several others, that it is a piece of the most awful cheek I have seen for a long time. Yours, ONE WHO . WAS PRESENT. ( I I ? ?-Edd. Ca..' .)

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I have read with much amusement the lett er from "Archaeologist ." Surely he is mistaken! I s it not a fact that anyone can go to the Museum with leave from the Headmaster ? But whether this is so or not, I do not think that he has missed as mnch as he supposes; for I myself have bad t he pleasure of visiting the Museum, and have failed to discover the" most bea utiful collections" ; perhaps Arc h~ aeologist co uld give the source of his information, in order to point thelll out to me. Anyhow, is it not t imc the Museum was examined and madc worthy of the oldest School in t il ' kingd om ? Yours, etc., COMMON SEN 1>:.

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N OTICES. The Secretary of the Cant"arian I V. R. Heywood. Esq., 3/6; S. W. begs to acknowledge the receipt of the Wayte, Esq., 3/6; J. L. Trevitt, Esq. following . subscriptions :. 3/6; T. S. Emery, Esq., 7/-; E. A: L. F . Paris, Esq., 3/6; R. E. Everitt, Squire, Esq., 3/6; F. J. B. Maggs, Esq., Esq., 3/6; H . Poole, Esq., 3/6; W. 3/6; C. Dale, Esq., 3/6; A. J. PartGray, Esq., 3/6; Mrs. Walsh, 3/6; ndge, Esq., 3/6; G. C. R. Cooke, Esq., R. J. Beardsworth, Esq., 3/6; B. E. ' 10/6; W. HUllt, Esq., 3/6; C. F. P. Money, Esq., 3/6; M. Ware, Esq., 3/6; Battersby, Esq., £1 Is.; F. lVI. Fur1ey, Miss Manners Smith, 3/6; J. P . Ryley, I ~sq.,3/6; .E.W . Hug~es,Esq.,3/6; B.S. Esq., 7/- ; W. Temple, Esq., 3/6; Collard, Esq., 3/6; r. S. Adams, Esq., G. :F. Juckes, Esq., 3/6; R. W. Bro- 10/6; F. L. Goad, Esq., 3/6; R. Watthers, Esq., 3/6; W. H. Redpath, SOil, Esq., 3/6. Esq., 3/6; J. R . Reeve, Esq., 3/6; 'rhe Secretary would like to remind Subscribers that their Subscriptions for 1912- 13 are now due. In case of chauge of address or non-receipt of Cant-uarians, notice should at once be given to the Secretary. R . F. MASON, Han. Sec.

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EDITORIAL. Unaccustomed as one is to write editorials, the nerves are unduly tested, when in company with the order, "\Vrite! .. comes a letter from a northern city with a request to write something newsy and readable. No news, 0 correspoudent, is good news, and it is with great regret that we have other than good for y~)ll in this number. It is not for us to speak here of the losses we have sust amed recently in our very midst, for all has been truly said in the following pages. Fortunately such things but rarely occur at School, but therefore our double bereavement comes upon us with the greater force. For the first time for quite a long time, we have been satisfactorily served by the weather, and it really is true that the Tutor Set matches have been, and the Spor~s, we hope, will be, carried through in something like pleasant conditions. 'l'al~lllg a~ou~ the climate, surely no one will deuy that there is one necessity of hfe which IS unduly abused, that of grumbling; the weather, besides being a useful, pleasant, and indeed universal topic of conversation, provides a safety v alve to the thoughts, which causes no harm to anyone, unless indeed dear Ju piter is affected by his reputation amongst mere men. Vie are sorry that the Dover Sports have not b een arranged this year, but many fruitless pence have been used vainly in order to come to some suitable date . .

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Phili P John Fyfe Cooper was elected in June, 1912, to the first Probationer King's Scholarship, and also to an Entrance Scholarship. H e entered the School the following September. lIe was taken ill the first week in December and died on Jauuary" 25th, after a somewhat sudden relapse. He had not been in the School long enough to become known to many, but he was already marked out as a boy of exceptional promise in mathematics, while in the holidays he had acquired some J ANET

reputation at Berwick as a golfer. He was of a cheerful and happy d.isposition, at the same time somewhat reserved, with a considerable fu nd of character and power below the s urface. During his illness he sho wed himself bright and grateful to his nurses and remarkably plucky. He was buried at St. Martin's, and a memorial Service was held in the School Chapel in which the Dean and the Bishop of Dover took part.

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On Wednesday, February 5th, passed away the soul of Janet Evens, after a short, but very severe attack of doub le pneumonia. Miss Evens' connection with the School was long and intimate. It began when, at the beginning of Dr. Galpin's Headmastership, she, with her mother and sisters, received a few boys who were at the School, as boarders, while their parents were in India. Then for the last twelve years the Haven has opened its

doors to all those who have had any infectious diseases, and Miss Evens acted as a most kind and efficient llurse. And two years ago she took up another work in connection with the School ; for she twice went to camp to look after the comfort of the lads of the O.B.M., of which the Canterbury Cillb is supported b y the School. And everywhere she won the same respect and affec~ tion. The Canterbury Club have written to testify the great sorrow

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and feeling of loss which they have experienced at the news of her death, while from all over the country have poured in letters from O.K.S., which one and all speak of the deep admiration and affection they felt for her, and of the great influence she exerted in their lives. Hers indeed was a beautiful character ; she was gifted with a fine sense of humour, and she was always full of merri ment and cheerful ness; b ut behind it all one

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realised the great religious devotion and unselfishness which were the mainsprings of her life. And so there is many and many a member of the School, past and present, who can think of her now and thank God for the goodness of this good lady, which has helped and guided him, at the most difficult times of his life. May her influence long remain among us and help us to lead such lives as she wo uld have us lead.

THE ARCHBISHOP ' S VISITATION. .. 0,:, S~turday,. December 14th, His, Grace the Archbishop paid his annual v lsltat.IOn III the bl.g Schoolroom at 12 0 clock. There were present, besides the ArchbIshop and h IS Chaplains, the Dean, the Archdeacon of Maidstone, Dr. Mason, Dr. Moore, Canon Stuart and the Headmaster . The Dean opened the proceedings by giving an account of the School's doing~ ~nd. distinctions .. '"Which, owing to illness in the School having prevented any VISitatIOn the preVIOUS year, he was sorry to say would have to include a record of events during the past two years. He mentioned several changes in the Staff, and ended by reference to the many distinctions gained by O.K.S. at work and in the field of ath letics. T he Arch bishop began his address by saying what a real pleasure it was t? hlm to come annually and visit the School, and how very sorry he was that cucumstances had prevented his doing so the previous year. He the n mentioned that he had been much interested a little time before by a German Minister who in the course of conversation remarked that he had come to England to learn amongst other things "the secret of England's great p ublic schools." Well he w~s of Op1nlOn that the secret of the public schools lay in their want of secret, th.at It was :the openness, the frankness, and the straightforwardness, that constttuted theIr main character. And these qualities too he put on a stiU higher level; fo r they were based upon Christianity, and he was glad that it was the

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Christian keynote that was struck. When they left School, most boys did not forget their school life, nor did it become an unreal dream to them; it was a sacred reality which they bore in mind all through their lives, and which inspired and helped them in all their difficulties. For most of modern life was complex and lacked simplicity, but public school life was simple and straight and so it helped those who had been public schoolboys to keep to the path of simple honour throughout their lives. This, the Archbishop said, was the one thought he wished every boy in that room to take away with him; let the development of their School life be free and all their purposes absolutely simple and straightforward, and then they would bring into their School life all that was best in themselves, and get out of it far more than they put in-what the surroundings and atmosphere of the School gave them. In conclusion the Archbishop referred to the sacred privileges that were always attached to the King's School, and congratulated the masters and boys alike on the high tone which was one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the School. At the close of this address His Grace made the welcome announcement that the Headmaster had acceded to his request for a whole holiday to be given to the School.

The Headmaster said that all behalf of the School, he wished to thank the Archbishop very heartily for his presence with them that day. He thought it unnecessary to say how much they appreciated the kindly interest which the Archbishop was pleased to take not only in the School as a whole, but in many individual members of it. The Dean observed that he would like to add a few words of thanks to the Archbishop on behalf of the Governing Body, for the countenance and support he lent them on all occasions. If he might add just one thing to what the Archbishop had already said, he would like to say that combined with the freedol1l of our public schools was the order which was an integral part of the publi school system. It was this combination of freedom and order which formed t h whole basis of English life. A boy at school had to conform to general rules of order, but apart from these he was free to develop in accordance with his OWlI nature. In conclusion the Dean remarked that he was glad to see that nowa-days bullying, which for so long had been a stain on English public school li f', had practically died out, and he earnestly begged the elder members of thai School to ensure for the weaker boys the same principles of freedom and ord r which they themselves enjoyed.

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FOOTBALL. KING'S

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This match, after being postponed, was finally played on Cullen's on December 16th, a date which proved very acceptable to O.K.S., who, having come down for the end of term, were thus enabled to see one fo the most imporatnt of the School matches. We were severely handicapped by the absence of Wood, owing to illness; but C. W. Barber, who took his place, played up very hard and so \;Vood was not so much missed as he might have been. Pullan too had bad luck in spraining his ankle in the first half, so that in the latter half of the game we were one man short. At the start, the Taylors, who were playing one man five-eights, and so had only seven in the serum, pressed the game into OUf twenty-five, and for five or ten minutes were dangerously near QUI line. Gradually however the School worked the ball back, un til about a quarter of an hour after the start Gent scored a smart try after a five yards serum. It was shortly after this that Pullan, who had been playing very well, most unfortunately sprained his ankle, so Shelswell had to be taken out of the scrum to take his place; the latter however proved a very efficient substitute, his tackling being especially sound. Half-time arrived with the score unchanged, though the School had been pressing. On the resumption the game continued very even, though for the first ten minutes we had slightly the better of it. But as the time grew on the Taylors began to come dangerously near scoring; indeed it was only the sound tackling of Mason and Shelswell, in particular, that kept them out; to this must be added the excellent kicking of F lower at back, whose defence, though he had never occupied that position before, was very creditable. Finally, in spite of all our opponents' efforts, they were unable to get in, and the score remained unchanged. the School thus emerging the victors ?y one try. 1'he following represented the School :- J. A. Flower (back) ; C. E . A. Pullan, C. II. Clayton, A. V. Barrett, C. W. Barber (three-quarters) ; G. E. J. Gent, R. F . Mason (half-backs) ; P. S. Barber, A. H. Shelswell, T. R. J uckes, C. C. ,'Illythe, R. I. Kirton, E. J. Hodgson, C. L. Green, R . S. F. Cooper (forwards).

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This match was played on Culleu's on December 18th. The School were without Pullan and Gracey and there were besides several absentees in the serum ; the O.K.S. on the other hand were more strongly represented than they have been for some years. The School started well, T. R. J uckes, after a forward rush, scoring an unconverted try in the first five minutes. Shortly afterwards however the O.K.S. began to shew us what they were capable of; for as a result of some good com~ination, culminating in an excellent dash by Housden, a try was scored between the posts and easily converted. After this the game went entirely in favour of the O.K.S. , and Gelsthorpe and R. M. Gent scored tries in quick succession, so that by half-time the School were a considerable nnmber of points behind. On resumption we fared no better; good tackling by Wood, Mason and G. E. J. Gent succeeded in keeping the score down to a certain extent, but the all round superiority of the O.K.S . was bound to tell, and consequently tnes were added by R. M. Gent, Gardner, Williamson and Housden. The final score was 33-3. Shelswell, who was filling Pullan's place on the left wing, most unfortunately sprained his ankle towards the end of the match, and had to be carried off the field; this sprain has prevented his playing all this term. R. M. Gent also sustained an injury late in the game, which necessitated his going off the ground. The School played up very pluckily, but they were defeated at every turn . The O.K. S. serum was heavy and energetic, their three-quarters were speedy and combined well, while Gardner and Housden at half would have done credil to any first class club. The teams were asfollows:--The School: J. A. Flower (back) ; A. H. Shelswcll. C. H. Clayton, A. V. Barrett, G. F. Wood (three-quarters) ; G. E . J . Gent, R. F . Mason (halves) ; P . S. Barber, T. R. J nckes, C. C. Smythe, R. 1. Kirton, E. J. Hodgson, C. L. Green, R . S. F. Cooper, L . W. Goldsmith (forwards).

O.K.S.- A. B. Forsyth (back); A. M. Gelsthorpe, R. M. Gent, N. E. Ash II den, A. F . B. Cottrell (three-quarters) ; E. F. Housden, H . Gardner (halvcsj : R. Juckes (Capt.), C. G. Williamson, J. Deighton, R. C. Cumberbatch, L. ,. Foster, G. F . Juckes, G. H. Claypole, J. B. Sidebothalll (forwards).

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'KING'S SCHOOL v. UNITED SERVICES, SHEERNESS. Played at Sheerness on Feb. 6th; this match resulted in a win for our opponents by 3 tries to 1Iil. The game was a hard one and the ground was in excellent condition. The Services' superior weight in the serum told at once against the lighter School forwards, and play was mostly in our twenty-five. It was chiefly a case of stopping their forward rushes, time after time, and it was failure to do this once, in the first half, that enabled them to score an unconverted try. After half-time the officers had the advantage of the wind, and making use of this and their weight, they pushed themselves through twice, though neither try was converted. The School played up splendidly for the last quarter of an hour, and Wood looked like getting in several times, but in spite of all our efforts, the score remained unchanged-9 points-O. Wood saved many a try through his pace and tackling and often had bad luck in not getting in, but the chief honours of the game are due to Gent, who seemed to be everywhere at once, tackling and sitting mag nificently and doing the work of six. The following represented the School :-E. G. Gracey (back) ; C. W. Barber, C. H. Clayton, R. Crowley, G. F. Wood (three-quarters); G. E. J. Gent, R . F. Mason (halves) ; P. S. Barber, T. R. Juckes, J. T. Fleming-Sandes, R . 1. Kirton, E. J. Hodgson, C. L. Green, L . W. Goldsmith, G. B . P ratt (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL V. UNITED SERVICES, SHEERNESS. This return match was played on Cullen's on Thursday, February, 13th. The first half started very badly for the School, ou r opponents, who were remarkable for their superior size and weight, scoring two tries in the first quarter of an hour, one of which was converted ~ This however failed to take the spirit out of the School, who almost at once began to press, until Wood, with a fine run, outstripped all his opponents and scored a try, which he himself converted. Shortly after, Crowley ran over on the left wing, Wood again converting. No further score was added when half time came, the School thus leading 10-8. Soon after resuming, the ball came out to Wood, who once more made . a splendid dash, scoring a converted try. After this, however, our opponents began to make their weight and size t ell, and in spit e of all efforts to stop them, scored two tries in quick succession, both of which were cOllverted, t he second by a magnificent kick, far out on the left within a dozen yards of the touch line. Thus at this point they were leading 18-13, and excitement ran

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high, as time was getting on. However, about four minutes before" no-side," the ball again got out to Wood who, running very strongly, scored, and once more himself converted. No further points were added and so the match was left drawn, 18-18.

The School may be congratulated on a very creditable display ; the forwards did well to hold a vastly heavier pack; the halves had the ball well out, and started many good movements, while the three-quarters, except for some dropped passes, played excellently; in particular Wood, by using his pace to great advant age, was a great factor in winning the match. The School t eam was as follows :-E. G. Gracey (back) ; C. E. A. Pullan, C. H. Clayton, R. Crowley, G. F. Wood (three-quarters); G. E. J. Gent R . F . Mason (half-backs); P. S. Barber, T . R . Juckes, J. T. F leming-Sandes, R.1. Kirton, E. J. Hodgson, C. L. Green, H . G. Kain, L. W. Goldsmith (forwards).

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RETROSPECT, 1912-1 9 18.

RECORD OF MATCHES: Played, 14 ; Won, 7 ; Lost, 5. Drawn,2. Points for, 171 ; Against, 149. This record may be regarded as satisfactory in view of the fact that never once were we able to put a full representative side in the field . It might have been better but for a dark period of three weeks at the beginning of November, when for, some reason or other the team lost all power of tackling. The superior weight of the Engineers and United Services accounted for three defeats. Bad tackling, bad tactics and bad h andling lost us the first Dover match, while at Eastbourne the team took forty minutes to awake to the fact that they were playing a football match, and by that time the damage was done. This b ad tackling cannot be excused. The forwards as a whole were bad in this respect, Sandes and Dalton being the best, while Shelswell tackled well on occasions. The tackling, however, in the Blackheath match was extremely good all through. The backs were very uneven. Gent does a tremendous amount of work, but his passes are very hard to take.

Mason, very we.a k in defence during the first half of the season, learnt iater to stop rushes much better. In attack, having made a good opening, he is 0 little too fond of trying to make two or three more.

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The three-quarters were inclined to lie too close up in attack, and too straight across the field. Wood however was always dangerous. and scored several times from close to our own line. G. E . J . GENT (Capt.) Scrum half. An indefatigable worker with plent:r of resource and originality, and not afraid to take risks. Wants a httle more accuracy in giving passes, and is too fond of tackling high, though he generally get s his man. Has captained the side well. N. D. DALTON (forward ). Hard-working forward and good tackler, but rather slow. P. S. BARBER (forward). Vigorous forward and good out of t ouch. C. If. CLAYfON (left centre 1). Very good on his day, but inclined to keep too close up to his h alf, and so mulls passes. Dodges well, and generally a good tackler. C. E. A. PULLAN (left wing f) . Plays with plenty of dash and is fairly fast, but is rather wanting in finesse. G. F. WOOD (right wing i). Very fast and a strong runner. Has scored the majority of the tries and is always dangerous. Improved in defence. A very good place-kick. A. H. SHELSWELL (forward). Fast and good in the open and still does plenty of work in the scrnm. Generally a good tackler. T. R. JUCKES (forward). Very fair forward, but does not go h ard enough and must learn to tackle low. Good place-kick. C. C. SMYTHE (forward) . Much improved. Fairly fast but rather clumsy. J . T. FLEMING-SAN DES (forward). Light, but plays hard and t ackles very well. R. F. MASON (stand-off h alf). Takes passes extremely well and often makes good openings bnt is inclined to hold on too long. Defence weak but improved as the season went on. A. V. BARRETT (right centre t). Improved a great deal, but does not run straight enough. Kicks well. Moderate in defence. J. A. R. FERGUSON ((orward). Very fair forward and should do well next year. R. 1. KIRTON (forward). Light but vigorous. With more experience should do well. E. G. GRACEY (full back) . Uneven. On his day, fields, tackles and kicks well, but apt to lose his head at present, and lack experience.

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Mr. A. Latter's xv .. ..... Mr. R. L.G ott waltz'sXV. Wyc College ........ '" .. R . F. A., Shorncliffe .... Royal Engineers ... ....... Wye College ............... Eastbou rne Coll ege ...... Dover College ..... ........ Royal Engineers . ....... .. Blackheath " A" ........ Dover College ............ ~ferchant Taylors' Seh. O.K.S .... ................

Canterlmry Cante rbury Canterbury Canterbury Chatham ... \oVye ......... Eastbourne Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Dover .. ... Canterbu ry Canterbury

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19 13. Th., Feb. 6 U. S. Sheerness .. . ...... . Sheerness .. Lost Th., 13 U. S. Shee rn ess .. .. ..... Capterbu ry Drawn 3 Th., " 20 Hampstead Wanderl!rs .. Canterbury Scrat ched " 191 2. SECOND XV. Th.,Oct. 17 Royal Berk shire Regt . . . Dover. Drawn I pen, Tu., 29 Wye College 2nd xv . ... V\ye .. · ...... Lost Th.,N~Y. 7 Wye College 2nd XV .... Canterbury Won I Tn" 19 Royal Berksh ire Regt . .. Canterbury Won Th., " 21 Dover Coll ege 2nd XV ... Dover .... Lost \V., D~c. 4 Dover College 2nd xv ... Canterbu ry Won Sat. , 7 St. Paul 's School 2nd xv. St. Pa ul 's .. Lost I pen.

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CONCERT. The first part of the programme was miscellaneous, the most interesting item being the recitation by the Rev. L. H. Evans of Mrs. Browning's " Duchess May." In response to the recall he gave a light piece which was also greatly appreciated. Songs were contributed by Mr. C. K. Mowll (O.K.S.) and Mr. R. G. Hancock (O.K.S.), both of whom were encored, as was also G. J. Eccles, who performed the music set down for him with ease and fluency. and well deserved his recall. The D ean's Empire Song was also sung ill chams by the whole School. Sullivan's "Trial by Jury" formed the second portion of the programme ; it was given as an undress rehearsal, thus allowing a certain amount of freedom in performance. Excepting for the Judge's part, which was played with due restraint and dignity. there was 110 attempt at acting, but the piece was taken as a series of tableaux or stage pictures, permitting of a certain amount of dramatic effect within the limitations of the schoolboy performers, who may be congrat ulated on their success in catching something of the spirit of the burlesque and, what what was more important, of the verve

and lilt of the witty music. The graceful soprano melody was well vocalised by the trebles with sometbing of the quality of tone of their predecessors in these concerts. I have to thank all those concerned for their pains and trouble to ensure an efficient performÂˇ ance. PERCY GomÂˇREY.

PROGRAMME. PART I.

Two Glees

.. Hardy Norseman" Pearsall. .. Departure" A1endelssolm. Song .. Czech Peasant SOllg" Percy Godfrey. MR. C. K. MOWLI" O.K.S. 1'arautelle in A flat for Pia no lielier. G.

ECCLES.

SOl1g " Take a pair of Sparkling Eyes" S11/l-ivan. :MR. R . G. HANCOCK, O.K .S. Recitatio n "The Rhyme of the Duchess :M ay" E. n. Browning. REV. L. H. EVANS. PAR'! II.

" TRIAL By J URY"

Football Song

GiJbert 6- SuIl1f)an. ... " Forty Years On "

.. GOD SAVE THE KING . "

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE

PATRUM DUCES.

R. A. F . WHISTr.ER.-Entered School. Sept., 1909; VIth Form, Sept., 1912; Monitor. Sept., 1912; 1st XV., 1911 - 12-13; ViceCaptain of Football, 1912-13 ; 1st XI. , 1911-12; Sports' Colours. 1912; Sports' Committee, Jan .. 1912 ; Han. Sec. of Football, Jan .. 1912; Sergt. O.T.C .. Sept., 19 12; Admission 33rd R .M.C., Sandhurst. C. C. SMY·!·HE.- E ntered School, May, 1909; 1st XV .. 1912- 13. A. V. BARRE·I"l'.-Entered School, J an ., 19 12; 1st XV., 1912-13.

J. T.

FLEMING-SANDEs.-(Left Feb., 1913). King's Scholar; Entered School, Sept .. 1907; VIth Form, Jan., 1910; Monitor, Sept., 1912; 1st XV., 1912-13; Sports' Colours, 1912; Sergt. o:r.c., Sept .. 19 12.

VALETE. C. E. R . Alford. G. H. A. Gough, C. H. Crabtree, J. L . E lston, G. A. S. Carr.

O. K. S. DINNER. The invitation to O.K.S. to come in large numbers for the " coming of age" of the series of annual dinners started by the Rev. R . F. Elwyn and the late Mr. E. G. Spiers was well responded to and a company of 63 were present at the Monico Restaurant on

Monday the 13th January. The fix.ill!i of a slightly earlier date than lISIII, made it possible for Cambridge I)l II to attend, but our Oxford friends W I for once able to plead in excus fOl not turning up that their term ll1ul begun. One disappointment in till

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otherwise delightful evening was the unavoidable absence of the Dean, WilO was to have replied, as Chairman of the Governors. to the toast " Floreat Schola Regia" on this occasion. However, Mr. McDowall proved equal to replying to both of the toasts of the evening, once as Chairman and once as Headmaster. The" Floreat" toast was given by Mr. C. W. Boodle, and the Headmaster. in replying. made special reference to the O.K.S. Register which had been taken in hand as the result of an O.K.S. Committee meeting held at the School at the end of last term . .. The Chairman" was proposed ' by Canon Marshall Wild, the senior O.K.S. (by nearly twenty years) of those present, whose reminiscences took us back to Dr. Wallace, known, we fear. to most of the company only as a name and a portrait in the " Rabbit Hutch." Between the toasts, songs were given by B. H . Latter, Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, and C. K. Mowll. Below is a list of those present together with the (alleged) year of their entry into the School. Rev. C. R . L. McDowall (1910). Rev. Canon Marshall Wild, Rev. E. H. Greatorex. H. E. Morice. 1866. E. Latter, 1867. B. H. Latter. 1868. Rev. R. G. Hod$'son. Rev. F. T. Harrison, H. F. Crocknall. A. H. Spiers. 1871. Rev. VI. G, Mosse. 1845. 1863. 1865.

1876,

R. A Wigram,

1878. 1879.

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W. Temple. Rev. G. C. E. Ryley . C. W. Boodle. 1882. Rev. W. Wigram. 1883. Rev. R. F. Elwyn. C. T. Donaldsou. A. W. Rammell. E. L. Payne. J. Ritchie. 1884. Rev. L. H. Evalls. S. H. Page. 1885. C. H . Wharton. 1889. W. R. Mowlt. A. S. Athawes. W. Duval. 1890. A. K. Mowll. 1891. R. E. Brillsley-Richards. Rev. E. L. A. Hertslet. 1894. R. H. W. Briusley-Richnrds. 1895. J. E. Husbands. R. F. Nation. W. H. Tripp. 1896. C. G. Williamson. Rev. F. H. Durnford. 1897. Rev. Dr. Galpin . H. M. Cockrem. 1898. L. F. Paris. G. V. Ormsby. G. C. Covell. A. R. Beltars. 1899. C. H. Budd. G. S. Prest.

1900. 190 1. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906.

F. H . Masse. B. C. Mown. T. S. Emery . B. E. Money. H. J. Prest. R. G. Hancock. K. B. Dickson, J. S. Yates. D. O. Fardell . W. L. E. Reynolds. C. H. Woodhouse . J. H. Houghton. C. K. Mowll. C. W. Houghton. ]. W

Wayte.

R. E. L. Beardsworth. C. T . Marshall. W. T. B. Heslop.

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O.K.S .. NEWS. C. Armstrong received a Knighthood, in the list of New Year's honours.

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Lieut. J. W. Carrington, R .N., has been raised to the rank of Commander.

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H. V. Cobb, made C.S.L

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The Reverend R. B. Winser has been appointed associate priest in the Archbishop's South Canadian Mission, and is stationed at Coults, Alberta.

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H . L. H. Cremer has taken a commission in the 4th Buffs Territorials. We learn with regret that shortly after doing so, he broke his arm.

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R. J. N. Norris and G. A. Townend passed 8th and 28th respectively out of R.M.C., Sandhurst, the former into the Indian Army.

We congratulate the Reverend R. S. Moxon, B.D., who left the Staff a year ago to become Headmaster of Lincoln School, on taki ng the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

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We offer our heartiest congratulations to R. E. Gordon on receiving his Scottish International Cap. He passed 33rd out of R.M.C., Woolwich, and he sails for India on March 5th, where he is attached to t he 82nd Battery of R.F.A. stationed at Kirki.

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E. F . Housden has represented Camhridge in the Gymnastic Competi· tion against Oxford.

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SCHOOL NEWS. We congratulate C. W. Kidson on being elect ed to an open Classical Scholarship at Queen's College, Cambridge.

Also R. F . Mason on being elect d to all open Mathematical Exhibition at Peter house, Cambridge.

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Also R. A. F. Whistler on passing 33rd into R.M.C., Sandhurst.

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Congratulations to K. C. Lillingston on being made a Monitor this term.

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Not to mention ·C. W. Kidson and R. F. Mason on being made Cadet Officers in the O.T.C., and G. E. J. Gent on obtaining Certificate "A."

* On Nov. 19th, Band-Master Gibson of the IX. Lancers brought his excellent band and gave a most appreciated lecture and concert in the Gymnasium . Mr. Gibson dealt both with the history of Military Bands and with the form and development of their instruments, and also the different types of music played by these bands. Excellent examples were given throughout the evening by his band and the various regimental marches, which concluded the evening, were especially popular.

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We should like in the name of the School to offer our best thanks to Mr. Gibson and his band for their most enjoyable entertainment.

DE BATING On Wednesday, February 26th, an impromptu debate was held in the Parry Library. Three subjects were written down and enclosed within envelopes, and it was decided to debate

On J an. 31st Mr. Preece lectured on behalf of the British and Foreign Blind ASSOCIatIOn. He kept his li 7teners . in constant laughter with hIS humorous stories of London life, and if he could not see the appreciation of his audience, he could not at least fail to hear it.

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On Thursday, Feb. 13th, Mr . Walpole Bond delivered a most interesting lecture t o the School on " Birds." He dealt especial1y with Sea-birds, and his imitarions of their several cries were greatly appreciated by the audience.

We are pleased to welcome Mr. Bel1 back again after a term's absence through illness, though it is with much regret that we learn he has severed his connection with the 0.'1'. C., of whlch Mr. Poole has taken command, supported by Capt. Latter and Mr. Mirfield .

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Sergt-Major Cooper has left Canterbury for Woolwich, and his place as chief Gy m-Instructor at the School h as been taken by Sergt.-Major Hammond of the Army Gymnastic Staff.

SOCIETY. on the subj ect found in the first envelope that was opened. The subject that emerged was that" Early Rising was most unnecessary."

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C. E. A. Pullan, who was most disturbed at having to propose the motion, spoke for precisely one miuute. He said he always rose at as late an hour as possible, and that he could not see any reason for leaving his bed at an unnecessarily early hour. After which remark, he abruptly left the rostrum .

C. W. Kidso", who opposed, took for his text the old adage: " Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a lUan healthy, wealthy and wise."

He proceeded to quote instances to show that early rising was attended by good health, mentioning particularly the great E. F . Housden, O.K.S ., and the present house monitor, E. J. Hodgson, both of whom were examples of those" who sought to rise up early." He then proceeded to shew that early rising made men wealthy, for those who rose early got a start of those who lay a bed; and a start was a most important factor in the race of life. He also mentioned that experience went to shew that man was at his brightest before breakfast, and quoted Mr. Latter who reluctantly confessed that at Felsted, where they had early work, he got by far the best work out of his form in the early hours of the morning. \Vhen he came to proving that early rising made a man wise, we must admit that the speaker appeared rather "stumped," for he had to content himself with the remark that if a man was healthy and wealthy he was probably wise, a conclusion from which the audience appeared to

to dissent. He concluded by saying that he was not a great early riser himself, but on the few occasions in the Summer term when he did succeed in thrusti ng his reluctant toe out of bed earlier than his wont, for the purpose of tent-pitching, he always enjoyed the early morning hours immensely. The audience were then invited to give their views, whereupon }. N . L. Gough rose to his feet with that smile of benign enjoyment, which is so eminently characteristic of him, upon his countenance, and remarked that early rising was aLi very well in the summer time, but that in the winter he dissented from it as an obnoxious practice; and that as for making wise men, he thought it made cold men, aiter which sage remark he sat down amid the cheers of the multitude.

W. j. Potts with an indulgent ail' remarked that the mover didn't know quite what he was talking about; lor what he obviously meant was thai early rising for those who did not retire to roost early was unnecessary; r r everyone wo uld admit that if you weilL to bed at 9 you could get up at 6. BilL the majority of people did not go to b '<I at 9 and so could not afford to lose precious hours of sleep. "Sleep," h ~ continued, "is one of those tbillHH absolutely essential for the weU b illg of the human race" (!) After wId ' 10 epoch-making remark he begged to support the motion.

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K. C. LiUingsto" also supported the motion. His experience of early rising was that if you wanted to work as most who rose early did, you were usually interrui)ted by the housemaid with a dustpan and brush; and that therefore the best thing to do was to lie snugly in bed till sweeping operations were over and then get up and do you I work. E. L. Hawes deplored the small attendance in the cold bath room of a morning throughout the School. He was of opinion that the reason why those mentioned by the President as early risers were healthy was not because they rose early, but because they had cold baths, and he wished everyone else would follow their splendid examples. R. J. M owlt rose to support the motion, and spoke with that weighty dignity which is characteristic of all

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the genus Mowllense. He could not imagine, though the words came from the President himself, who was quoting Mr. Latter, how people who worked on an empty stomach before breakfast, could be brighter than those who worked when that organ had been satisfied by breakfast. He thought such a statement manifestly absurd, and then sat down feeling he had said the right thing with appropriate strength of mind. The motion was then put to the House and carried by 35 votes to 4. As some time still remained, it was decided to open a fresh subject, and the President proposed " That in the opinion of this House there are occasions when a lie is justifiable." After some amusing speeches, this motion was also carried by 30 votes to 6.

SOC I E TY,

The Harvey Society continues to . The following is the list:break records; it beats last term's Saturday, Feb. lstrecord number this term by 'one, and Exhibition of Lantern Slides. its funds are now in such a state of Saturday, Feb. 22ndaffluence that it has been decided not to " Life of Lord Nelson ." C. W. KmSON. exact the customary sixpence from Saturday, March Istits members this term; a thing un"The Heavens." E . J. HODGSON. paralleled in history! A fair number Saturday, March lSthof lectures' have been arranged; as "Colour Vision," K. C. LlI.I.INGSTON. usual the range of subjects is very Thursday, March 27thwide, and we hope that the attendances " T he Blood, its Structure & circulation." will be good. C. K. MowI.I., Esq ., O.K.S.

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Lieutenant Knox when he lectured 1 gether with those who are already to us last term urged us most press- members, the numbers of the branch ingly to start a branch of the Navy have reached 104. League without delay; and so a brancb We have paid our subscriptions was actually formed at the beginning and received our certificates, and are of this' term. now pledged to support a strong and A good percentage of people have efficient Navy on aU occasions. been persuaded to join; so that to-

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His name was Tabitha; perhaps you think Indulgent reader that he should have been A" she," but no 'twas not to be In spite of nomenclature, 'twas a " he." When Cyuthia sheds her soothing silvery rays She ever melts the freezing hearts of men N.B.-Cold Aeacus blew free That night; nor was it overwarm en m:d . But frost and icicles could not disturb My slumbers, nor could Luna's lovely face. Just this; it ruined all the bliss Of rest, when Tabby quarrelled with his Miss. Just as the mountain torrent trickles down With dripping music from the topmost crag, So fell the chilly stream as well From jug to handier, small, receptacle. Then mad was I (The metre hurries To fit my fury as it flurries). Then was the doughty deed in silence finished, Then was the once-loved, foul accursed cat dished. Straight as a die, e'en as at Balaclava When the six hundred charged without palaver The cup, the water, and the basin hurtled And silence reigned, the brutes were absolutely scuttled.

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CORRESPONDENCE. N.B.-The Editors decli1l8 to accept a1'" responsibility connected with fh e opinions of tllcit' Corresp01ulents. Name and address must always be givet'. not 1J8CeSsarUy for publir;ation. bllt as a guarantee of good faith. Personalities will i1wolve certain rejection. Letters should be written on 0118 side of tlte paper only.

To the Eddors of"

THE CAN'l'UARIAN."

DEAR SIRS,

Is it not time that the oldest Public School in England formed an Old Boys' Club? . At present there is no means whereby O.K.S. can keep in touch with the School, and one ,mother.

To the Editors of"

THE CAN'l'UARIAN."

DEAR SIRS,

Cannot some provision be made to keep the weekly papers in their respective cases? After Sunday they are left to lie about, and the result is that they get thrown about and torn. I remain, Yours sincerely "BOOK WORM." J

It is true that there is an annual

Old Boys' dinner, but the only invitation to it is through a small paragraph in the Cant'l{'ar'ian, and consequently, only a very small percentage of those able to go are ever present. There must be a large number of O.K.S. living in and near London who have once known each other, and who would furnish the membership for a Club, or Society, with Headquarters in London, similar to those which are run by past members of other schools. I trust that this letter may lead other O.K.S. to express their views on this subject. Yours truly, O.K.S.

To the Editors of"

THE CANTUARIAN."

DEAR SIRS,

Have pity, I pray, And tell me not" Nay." But guard my poor face From those that do place Their backs against me. Let bars two or three, I pray, across me, And spare more putty. Yours hopefully in anticipation, THE OFT BROKEN FIRST FRON'f WINDOWS.

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EDITORIAL. It was midnight. A full hour and a half had passed since the watchman with his sonorous voice had woken the echoes in t he Mint Yard, as he cried that " all was well." The silence was broken only by the heavy breathing of slumberers or the irritating tick of several loud-tongued clocks. I realised at that moment that I alone of the dormitory was awake. But for me sleep seemed out of the question; my eyes almost refused to close; and at last I gave up the attempt t o woo the Slumber-god, and for the ninety-ninth time siuce laying my wearied bones upon that bed of unrest I asked myself this question; a question stunning and pulverising in force, and yet a question that hundreds of luckless souls placed as I was, have asked before me, and to which very few ob! such a very few have returned a satisfactory answer- \ÂĽ hat, oh ! what, sh'all I say i11 my editorial "? To this cry of despair addressed apparently to thin air, after some -m oments of tense silence, broken as I have already had cause to m~tion only by a concert of snores and ticks, I appended th is more personal appe",\, .. Shades of former editors, come and tell me what you wrote in days of old-,\, ff