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CONTENTS. Page Photographs-Frontispiece. Headmasters 627-1927.

Staff

Programme (June 24-5-6)

Teams and Crews (0.P. and School)

The Mikado

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Prize List

Programme of Band Music

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Order of Commemoration Service Notice re School History Honours List

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The New Library Block

Elevation of Proposed New Library Block

Subscription List

School Officers

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O.P. Correspondence

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Notice to Old Peterites Key Plan of School Property

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HEADMASTERS

627-1927.

HEADMASTERS 627-1927.

Paulinus, 627. ?John Gylliot, A.M., died 1484. James the Deacon, circa. 630-660 James Sheffield, A.M., appointed 1486. (Master of Song School). John Fletcher, A.M., deprived 1575. Wilfrid I., circa. 669. William James, A.M., 1575. 678 and 691. Bosa, circa. John Pullen, M.A., 1575-1590-1. John of Beverley, circa. 705. Rev. John Bayles, M.A., 1590-1-1596. Wilfrid, circa. 718. Canon Wm. Thomas, M.A., 1595-6-1614. Egbert, circa. 732. Rev. John Johnson, M.A., 1614-1638. Albert, circa. 750-778. Rev. Cristopher Wallis, M.A., 1638-1660. Alcuin, 778-782. Rev. Wm. Langley, M.A., 1660-1679. Laurentius or Sirius, 1094. Rev. Wm. Thomlinson, M.A., 1679-1711. Robert, died 1130. Rev. Wm. Herbert, M.A., 1711-1726. Gwido, circa. 1140. Rev. Zachariah Blake, M.A., 1726-1757. Robert, circa. 1170. Rev. John Blake, M.A., 1757-1784. Alexander of York, A.M., Rev. John Robinson, M.A., 1784-1793. appointed 1350. Rev. Isaac Grayson, M.A., 1793-1827. John of York, appointed 1368. Rev. Stephen Greyke, M.A., 1827-1838. John Heriez, A.M., circa. 1397. Rev. Wm. Hearson, M.A., 1838-1844. William de Rishton, A.M., Rev. Wm. Hey, M.A., 1844-1864. circa. 1410. Rev. Richard Elwyn, M.A., 1864-1872. Gilbert Pinchbeck, appointed 1426 Rev. H. M. Stephenson, M.A., 1872-1887. Roger Lewsay, A.M., died 1465. Rev. G. T. Handford, M.A., 1887-1900. John Hamundson, A.M., Rev. E. C. Owen, M.A., 1900-1913. died 1472. S. M. Toyne, M.A., F.R.Hist., S., 1913.

THE STAFF.

THE STAFF. Headmaster :

S. M. Toyne, M.A., F.R.Hist.S., late Exhibitioner of Hertford College, Oxford. Resident Assistant Staff :

G. F. Tendall, M.A., C.C.C., Cambridge. Rev. F. H. Barnby, M.A., late Classical Scholar, S. John's College, Oxford. C. R. Featherstone, M.A., late Natural Science Scholar, Lincoln College, Oxford (Housemaster, Clifton Rise). A. J. A. Woodcock, NIA, M.Sc., Reg. Research Student, Glasgow University (Housemaster, Clifton Manor). Miss J. G. Weller, B.A., 4iMitinioNtiftittFinal, London. P. H. Sykes, M.A., Holroyd Scholar of Keble College, Oxford. D. Norwood, M.A., Hertford College, Oxford. W. H. Manes, M.A., Worcester College, Oxford (House Master of Clifton Grove). K. H. Rhodes, M.A., late Exhibitioner of Worcester College, Oxford (House Tutor, School House). J. T. Davies, B.A., Keble College, Oxford. L. H. G. Baker, B.A., 1st Class Mathematical Honours, Jesus College, Oxford. A. W. Ping, M.A., S. Catherine's College, Oxford (Housemaster, S. Olave's). L. Procter, Alcuin House. K. G. Chilman, Hertford College, Oxford. Officer Commanding 0.T :

Capt. J. T. Davies. Music Masters :

G. F. Tendall, M.A., late Exhibitioner, R.C.M., and late Organ Scholar, C.C.C., Cambridge. D. Norwood. P. H. Sykes. Art Master :

F. H. Potter. Gymnasium and O.T.C.Instructor :

Sergeant-Major Puddick. Medical Officer : W. A. Evelyn, M.A., M.D. Sister in charge of Sanatorium

Miss Richardson. Bursar to the School :

Colonel J. C. R. King.

PROGRAMME.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH. 2-30 p.m. Cricket Match begins. Old Peterites v. 1st XI. BOAT RACES. Old Peterites v. The School. 4-30 p.m. TEA given by the Old Peterite Club. 8-0 p.m. MIKADO CONCERT (by kind permission of R. D'Oyly Carte). 9-30 p.m. O.P. Club refreshments in the Gymnasium.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH.

11-0 a.m.

Speeches and Prize-Giving. Big Hall. 1-0 p.m. Luncheon in the marquee. 2-0 p.m. 1st XI. Match resumed. 2nd XI. match begun on Boat House Field. 3-0 p.m. The Headmaster and Mrs. Toyne " At Home." 4-30 p.m. Horse Vaulting Display. Grove Field. 7-45 for 8-0 p.m. Old Peterite Club Dinner. Station Hotel.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26TH. 8-15 a.m. Holy Communion in the School Chapel. 11-0 a.m. Commemoration Service.

The Gymnasium will be furnished as a sitting room and meeting place for Old Peterites from Friday, 4 p.m. to Sunday, 1 p.m.

TEAMS AND CREWS. C.P. CREWS.

bow C. C. Fairweather. bow J. W. Y. Burton. 2 D. G. Ogilvie. A. R. Walton. 2 3 A. P. Thompson. 3 H. E. K. Reynolds. sty. L. G. C. Lace. sty. K. H. Rhodes. cox S.U.M. Body. cox A. N. Other.

bow H. M. Wood. J. Wood. 3 J. W. Ford. sty. J. Richardson. cox C.O.X. Swain. 2

SCHOOL CREWS.

bow G. M. Curtois.

bow R. L. Rhodes.

bow C. D. Trimmer.

J. N. Thompson. 3 T. S. Lamb. str. G. Wood. cox G. Y. Burton.

J. Cunningham. 3 R. S. Wilcock. str. J. C. Yates. cox. S. M. MacIldowie.

G. H. Golden. 3 F. W. Fineron. sty. J. H. Gourley. cox T. H. D. Wilson.

O.P. XI. E. St. G. Kirke (captain) ; K. G. Chilman ; R. E. F. Tendall ; J. Tasker; H. G. Coates ; A. B. Sellers ; R. P. Crawford ; P. Daintry ; E. G. Bullen: J. Scholefield and W. N. Job. SCHOOL XI's.

W. Elliott. C. L. Troop. J. B. D, Chapman. J. MacIldowie. W. G. Hutton.

C. Dixon. Sag. Douglas. M. F. Hudson. H. Haigh-Lumby. C. F. Williams.

selected from

N. W. Richardson. H. H. Thomas. J. D. Burrows. R. R. H. Horsley. D. Grjy. a. J. M. Young. R. G. Bullen. C. C. Houghton. tA). f1, Stephenson. E. R. Pickersgill. Campbell. P. M. Perry.

VAULTING HORSE CLASS.

J. B. D. Chapman, J. H. Dales, A. R. Cameron, W. B. Wood, H. HaighLumby, G. B. Bridges, P. M. Perry, M. E. Hodgson, R. S. Wilcock, H. D. Stibbard, C. G. Metcalfe, E. Pawson, H. Webster.

THE MIKADO.

" THE MIKADO." By kind permission of R. D'Oyly Carte, Esq. DRAMATIS PERSONIE.

The Mikado of Japan .. •• .. J. C. YATES Nanki-Poo (His son, disguised as a wandering minstrel, D. V. HEWITT and in love with Yum-Yum) Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) J. M. BIRKETT G. P. EASTEN Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) .. C. F. WILLIAMS Pish-Tush (A noble Lord) .. MISS D. ABEY Yum-Yum 1 •• MRS. GOODMAN PLATTS Pitti-Sing ?- Three SistersMISS R. DODSWORTH Peep-Bo J Wards of Ko-Ko MISS M. HORNER Katisha (an elderly Lady in love with Nanki-Poo) K. G. CHAPMAN G. M. CURTOIS Chorus of Nobles and guards F. W. PACEY N. W. RICHARDSON

ORCHESTRA. First Violins :

Flutes :

Miss E. Groves. Mrs. Gardner. Mrs. Medhurst. E. Wilcock, Esq., O.P.

The Rev. P. Shaw. T. B. J. Eveleigh.

Piccolo : E. F. Williams.

Second Violins : Miss J. G. Weller. Miss E. Featherstone. G. H. Milner, Esq., O.P. J. N. Bamforth.

Clarinet : T. S. Lamb.

Side Drum :

W. A. Clarke, Esq., O.P. Violas : H. G. Moore, Esq. C. R. Featherstone, Esq.

Bass Drum : C. H. P. Bellwood.

Cymbal and Triangle :

'Cello :

W. L. Seaborne.

F. Wilcock.

Bouble Bass :

Piano :

D. Norwood, Esq., O.P. and Mrs. Norwood. Stage Manager : S. M. Toyne, Esq. Assistant Stage Manager : S. E. Mammatt.

A. G. Moore.

Conductor : P. H. Sykes, Esq.

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PROGRAMME OF MUSIC.

PRIZE LIST, 1927. .. J. S. Fryer The Archbishop of York's Prize for Classics . G. P. Easten The Dean of York's Prize for Mathematics . . J. C. Yates Whytehead Memorial Prizes for Divinity : Senior C. Wellington Junior J. N. Bamforth Headmaster's Prize for European History J. D. Ferguson .. English Essay . J. N. Bamforth . " Art is Nature better understood." .. " Philanthropy and 5% are incompatible." .. J. S. Fryer Latin Prose : Senior „ .. C. Hill Junior F. L. C. Gosden Stephenson Memorial Prize for Greek .. A. G. Moore . .. Science Prize •• C. H. P. Bellwood .. .. Modern Language Prize .. J. M. Birkett Reading Prizes (presented by the O.P. Club) : over 16 under 16 J. B. Pickersgill Junior School J. Scholey J. Atkinson .. G. Wood, H. S. Welburn .. Art Prizes : Senior School.. .. A. J. Darton .. .. Junior School •, Prize for Centenary Poem (presented by G. Yeld, Esq., M.A.) R. R. H. Horsley ft

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Programme of Music to be rendered by THE BRITISH LEGION MILITARY BAND (York Branch), during the match. Conductor : Mr. H. W. Kelf, late Royal Marines. PROGRAMME.

" Father Rhine Lincke 1 MARCH .. .. " Pique Dame " Suppe .. 2 OVERTURE Amina 3 EGYPTIAN SERENADE Lincke " Gondoliers " Sullivan 4 SELECTION .. " Wee MacGregor ".. Amers 5 HIGHLAND PATROL " Nell Gwyn .. German 6 DANCES (b) Pastorale Dance. (a) Country Dance. (c) Merrymakers Dance. 7 HUMORESKE " The Tearing of the Green " Douglas Kelf 8 NOVELTY WALTZ " Laddies and Lassies " No ! No ! Nanette " Youmans 9 SELECTION • • Corri 10 SERENADE " Baby's Sweetheart " • • Kelf " The British Legion " 11 FINALE .. • GOD SAVE THE KING.

SCHOOL HISTORY.

COMMEMORATION SERVICE.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26TH, 11 A.M.

Processional Hymn : " The God of Abraham praise (Songs of Praise, 449). Versicles. Te Deum : Stanford in B flat. Lesson : Eccles. Jubilate. Apostles' Creed. Collects. Hymn : " The Lord of Heaven confess " (S.P. 422). Sermon by the Lord Bishop of Ripon (Dr. E. A. Burroughs). Collection for the Exhibition Fund for sons of Clergy. Hymn : " For all the Saints " (S.P. 110). Blessing.

The History of the St. Peter's School by the Rev. A. Raine, published by Bell & Sons, is obtainable from the School Shop or any booksellers (price 10s.). A pamphlet " St. Peter's School and Alcuin " by S. M. Toyne, has been published in the Minster 1300th Centenary Series, (price 3d).

HONOURS LIST.

HONOURS LIST, 1879-1913. 1879. Fellowship, St. Catherine's, Cambridge—W. P. Turnbull. Open Scholarship, Trinity College, Oxford—J. A. Piggins. Open Class. Exhibition, Balliol College, Oxford—G. H. Wade. 1880. Open Classical Scholarship, Christ's, Cambridge—J. H. Mallinson. Scholar of Balliol. Gaisford University Prize for Greek Prose Composition. 1st Class in Greats—W.4f. Faussete Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin. Chancellor's Prize for Greek Prose Composition. Chancellor's Gold Medal for Knowledge of Latin—A. Gorham. 1881. Vice-Chancellor's Prize at Dublin for Latin Prose. Berkeley Medal for knowledge of Greek—A. Gorham. Open Classical Exhibition at Clare College, Cambridge—F. T. Griffith. Open Maths. Scholarship, Corpus Christi, Cambridge—G. H. Eyre. Open Maths. Scholarship, Queen's College, Cambridge—J. H. Collinson. Open Classical Scholarship, Christ's, Cambridge—E. A. Douglas. Open Maths. Scholarship, St. John's College, Cambridge— A. Chadwick. Hastings Exhibition—B. S. M. Baskett. Kay Exhibition, Worcester College, Oxford—H. C. B. Clayforth. 1882. Open Maths. Scholarship, Corpus Christi, Cambridge—A. Peters. Open Classical Scholarship, Christ's College, Cambridge— R. C. Wilton. Abbot Classical Scholarship, H. C. B. Clayforth of Worcester College, Oxford. 1883 Hastings Exhibition—W. J. P. Kaye. Ackroyd Scholarship, Open Classical Scholarship, Christ Church, Oxford—E. W. Clayforth. Maths. Scholarship, Jesus College, Cambridge—G. A. Lane. 1884. Open Classical Exhibitions, Worcester College, Oxford—H. W. Rhodes, W. G. Wilson. Open Classical Scholarship, Durham—A. Wade. 1885. Scholarship, Clare College, Cambridge—P. E. Lord. Goldsmith Exhibition—F. E. Robinson. Classical Exhibition, Durham—W. H. Holmes. 1886. Exhibition, Wadham College, Oxford—J. A. G. Wilson.

HONOURS LIST.

1887. Open Scholarship, Caius College, Cambridge—O. W. Whaley. Ellerton Scholarship, Durham—J. Raine. Hastings Exhibition—J. H. G. Wilson. Open Maths. Scholarship, Selwyn College, Cambridge— L. Hutchings. Classical Scholarship, Durham—W. H. Holmes. 1888. Maths. Exhibition, Caius College, Cambridge—H. W. Allan. Exhibition, Emmanuel College, Cambridge—A. C. Clarke. Open Scholarship, Cavendish College, Cambridge—N. L. Hood. Scholarship, Durham—G. R. Cooke. Scholarship, Peterhouse—J. F. Leaf. 1889. Open Exhibition, Trinity, Cambridge—W. Thompson. Open Scholarship, Durham—G. A. Chilman. Math. Scholarship, Pembroke College, Cambridge—R. Crosthwaite. Exhibition, Caius College, Cambridge—K. T. Wilkinson. 1890. Open Classical Scholarship, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge— C. F. Padel. 1891 Hastings Classical Exhibition—H. H. Williams. 1892. Hastings Classical—R. Garwood. 1893. Scholarship, St. Catherine's College, Cambridge—E. W. Clarke. 1894. Hastings Exhibition—R. Garwood. 1895. 1st in Greats—H. H. Williams. Classical Scholarship, Peterhouse, Cambridge—W. P. Faussett. 1897. Organ Scholarship, Peterhouse, Cambridge—H. B. Greaves. Hastings—E. J. Walton. 1898. 1st Maths. Finals—C. B. Cotterell. 1899. Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford—H. H. Williams. Honorary Degree Victoria University—Clifford Allbutt. Organ Exhibition, Worcester College, Oxford—R. Teasdale. 1900. Hastings Exhibition, Queen's College, Oxford—E. W. Teasdale. Classical Exhibition, Hertford, Oxford—S. A. Nullor.

HONOURS LIST.

1901. Open Choral Scholarship, King's, Cambridge—R. G. Winning. Hastings Exhibition, Queen's, Oxford—T. C. Newton. Mathematical Exhibition, Selwyn, Cambridge—W. H. Crosthwaite. 1902. 1st. Nat. Science Tripos, Scholarship, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge— D. W. Roy. Classical Scholarship, Durham—C. N. Hatfield. Hastings Exhibition—R. Baldwin. Maths. Exhibition, Peterhouse, Cambridge—P. H. Yeld. 1903. 1st Class Science Tripos (2nd Part), Cambridge—D. W. Roy. Hastings Exhibition, Queen's, Oxford—G. A. Fisher. 1904. Hastings—G. A. Foster. 1st Class Bachelor of Law, London—F. Pick. 1st Class Law Society's Final—J. P. Watson. 1905. Exhibition, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge—J. C. Fisher. Classical Scholarship, Durham—E. S. N. Bulmer. 1907. Choral Exhibition, Christ's College, Cambridge—M. W. Peters. Hastings Exhibition, Queen's, Oxford—A. A. Phillips. 1st Class, Law Final—G. Armstrong. 1908. Classical Exhibition, St. Catherine's College, Cambridge— P. H. Bulmer. Classical Scholarship, Selwyn College, Cambridge—W. Ingham. History Exhibition, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge—J. A. Malory. 1909. Choral Exhibition, Christ's College, Cambridge—J. H. B. Sullivan. General Consular Service, 2nd Place—G. A. Fisher. 1911. Classical Exhibition, Christ's College, Cambridge—A. J. Peters. History Exhibition, Pembroke College, Cambridge—A. W. Jackson. 1912. Bampton Lecturer, Oxford—Rev. G. Edmundson. 1913. James Johnson Exhibition, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge—C. Richards. Principal of St. Edmund's, Oxford—the Rev. H. H. Williams. 1914-1925. History Scholarship, Peterhouse, Cambridge—H. E. K. Reynolds. Classical Exhibition, Downing, Cambridge—B. 0. Jolly. The " James Johnson " Exhibition, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge— C. W. Richards.

HONOURS LIST.

History Exhibition, Queen's College, Oxford—C. L. Armstrong. Prize Cadetship, Sandhurst—A. E. Robinson. Exhibition, Clare College, Cambridge—P. A. W. Richards. History Exhibition, S. Catherine's, Cambridge—W. H. Sergeant. Organ Scholarship, Selwyn College, Cambridge—H. W. Hussey. Steward of Rannoch University Prize, Cambridge—H. W. Hussey. Theological Exhibition, Ely—E. H. 0. Keates. Agricultural Scholarship, Leeds University—V. Guy. Science Scholarship, Glasgow University—A. P. Agnew. 1st Class Honours Law, Gold Medallist—G. Peters. Hastings Prizeman, Queen's College, Oxford—E. W. Gilbert. Exhibition, Clare College, Cambridge—R. E. F. Tendall. History Exhibition, Hertford College, Oxford—E. W. Gilbert. Major Scholarship, West Riding—E. W. Gilbert. Open History Scholarship, Worcester College, Oxford—K. H. Rhodes. Ann Watson Exhibition (tenable at Oxford)—K. H. Rhodes. London County Scholarship (tenable at Oxford)—K. H. Rhodes. History Exhibition (1920) Peterhouse, Cambridge—M. E. Reed. Rev. H. H. Williams, Hon. D.D., Oxford University, on his appointment to the See of Carlisle. Sir T. Clifford Allbutt, Hon. Degree, Cambridge University. Classical Scholarship (El 00) Hertford College, Oxford— T. Watkinson. Squire Scholarship, Keble College, Oxford—F. J. Mann. First place in Final Honours' School of Science, Glasgow University— A. P. Agnew. History Scholarship (1922), Peterhouse, Cambridge—M. E. Reed. Gold Medal, Surgery, University College—W. L. Roberts. 1st. Class Mods., Oxford—T. Watkinson. 1st Class Hist. Trip., Cambridge—M. E. Reed. 1st Class Geog. Final, Oxford—E. W. Gilbert. Fellowship Royal College Surgeons—R. H. Metcalfe. Lecturer in Architecture, Cambridge—H. Tomlinson. Lecturer in Geography, University of London—E. W. Gilbert. Herbertson Oxford University Prize for. Historical Geography— E. W. Gilbert. History Exhibition, S. Edmund's Hall, Oxford—H. B. Linton. 1 st Class Law Mods., Oxford—W. K. Lindsey. Holroyd Scholarship for History, Keble College, Oxford—J. C. Rogers. 1st Class Criminal Law, Brazenose, Oxford—N. T. Lindsey. lst Class Honours B.Sc., London University—R. H. Stoughton-Harris. Honours in Law Final Examination—C. E. Scholefield. Gold Medal Surgery, University College, London—H. G. English. 2nd Class Hon. Lit. Hum.—T. Watkinson. Scholarship for Surgery, University College, London—A. Elliot-Smith. Soudan Civil Service—L. Elliott Smith.

HONOURS LIST.

A MEDLEY OF POST WAR HONOURS.

At the last large gathering of Old Peterites on the day of the signing of the Peace Treaty, a list was published of the War time Honours gained by Peterites. On this occasion of the 1300th Anniversary of the Foundation of the School, many Old Peterites who have not visited the School for some years, in fact many who have not seen it this century, will he here. Especially for their benefit, the Honours List will include all manner of distinctions since 1919. To show the varied interests, this list will contain more than merely academic successes though these are placed first. An interesting feature is the number of names which occur in both lists. History Scholarships and Exhibitions head the list with 9 at Oxford and Cambridge—the most notable being Open Scholarships, Worcester College, K. H. Rhodes ; Peterhouse, Cambridge, M. E. Reed ; Holroyd Scholarship, Keble College, Oxford, J. C. Rodgers. After taking his scholarship M. E. Reed gained 1st Class Hist. Tripos. E. W. Gilbert, after a History Exhibition, Hertford College, Oxford, gained the Herbertson University Prize for Historical Geography. His thesis on Pontefract as a strategic point has since been published. In 1926 he was appointed Fellow of Reading University. Two other post-war Fellowships may he mentioned here, H. Tomlinson, Christ's College, Cambridge, for Architecture ; R. H. Metcalfe (Trinity College, Cambridge), F.R.C.S. Two Honorary degrees have been awarded, at Cambridge to the late Rt. Hon. Sir T. Clifford Allbutt, at Oxford to the Bishop of Carlisle. In Classics, three Scholarships and Exhibitions, T. Watkinson, Hertford College, Oxford, who afterwards gained a 1st Class in Honour Moderations ; R. E. F. Tendall, Clare College, Cambridge ; F. J. Mann, Squire Scholarship, Keble College, Oxford. N. K. Lindsey was awarded an Exhibition at B.N.C., Oxford after 1st Class Criminal Law. In Science, besides scholarships at Glasgow and Durham Universities, A. P. Agnew was 1st in 1st Class Final Honours Schools, and N. G. Ogilvie 1st Class in B.Sc. R. H. StoughtonHarris, 1st Class honours, B.Sc., London University. W. L. Roberts (Clare, Cambridge) and A. Elliott Smith (Clare, Cambridge) gained the Gold Medal for Surgery and a Scholarship for Surgery respectively at University College, London. Both of these played for Cambridge University at Rugby Football and were Captain and Secretary of University College Hospital XV. H. F. S. Gedge and J. B. Gedge represented Lancashire and the former played for the North of England. E. P. Sewell and F. H. Butterfield gained their " Blues at Sandhurst and the former his

THE NEW LIBRARY BLOCK.

Army Cap. H. G. Burrows and K. H. Chapman played for Yorkshire and Middlesex, and T. G. Robinson for Guy's Hospital. C. E. H. Medhurst represented the Air Force. In Cricket, T. J. Wright (Clare College, Cambridge) played for Yorkshire, while H. G. Coates and P. Daintry figured at Lords in the Public School Sides. J. Schofield represented Leeds University. In rowing, the School gained the White Rose Bowl and the Corporation Plate (Durham), while L. Elliot Smith gained his - Blue - at Cambridge before being successful in gaining a place in the Soudanese Civil Service. K. H. Rhodes and W. E. Barton rowed in the Worcester College Boat, which won the Thames Plate at Henley and H. N. Hodd (Keble) was awarded his Trials." L. F. Leversedge was awarded his Hockey blue at Cambridge and also won the University Singles at Squash Racquets and then entered Rhodesian Civil Service. Three finalists have been in the Public School Competition since 1923. K. G. Chilman, at Hockey, represented England and Oxford University and E. P. Sewell, Sandhurst ; J. Schofield, B. A. C. Gray, J. Tasker, G. W. Etches, Leeds University. At Cambridge, A. T. Blair gained a half blue at boxing. H. Tomlinson at Lacrosse and W. A. Buchanan represented the University at Cross Country running. G. W. Etches won the Inter-Varsity quarter mile for all British universities except Oxford and Cambridge.

THE NEW LIBRARY BLOCK.

The 1300th Anniversary of the School is being celebrated this year. In the 8th century it was the famous library which attracted scholars from all parts of Europe. Thus it has been thought that a fitting way of marking this event will be the erection of a Library Block. The School has lately acquired new lands near the School and it is possible to build this Anniversary Library near the present Chapel. The estimated cost is £5,000 towards which £1,450 has been subscribed as the result of a preliminary appeal. It is thought others outside the Old Boys' Club would be anxious to join in this memorial of an event, which has meant and still means so much to York, Yorkshire and England. A magnificent gift of books (2,000 in all, including 400 of great value) has been promised to the School, if this scheme is carried out.

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S. Watson ... 5 o o J. F. Fausset .... 5 0 o Edwin Gray(ist donation) 5 0 0 J. Y. Cunningham ... 3 3 T. Watkinson 3 3 3 0 o J. H. Collinson Messrs. Adams, Roberts, Fletcher, Schofield, Atkinson, Sergt.Maj. Puddick, per the 3 7 6 .... Bursar The Ven. Archdeacon 2 2 0 Cooper 0 2 2 The Rev. Canon Owen 2 2 0 Dr. Bullen 2 2 0 J. H. Daniel 2 2 0 W. H. Grindrod 2 2 0 J. N. Blenkin 0 2 2 F. F. Ditmas 2 2 0 W. G. Platt .... 2 2 0 N. R. Dobree 2 0 0 C. F. Drummond Ash I I 0 I. F. Crombie I I 0 G. P. Crombie I 0 0 The Warden of Merton I I 0 G. Yeld.... I I 0 R. Wheelwright I I 0 W. Rust o I I W. North Rev. E. Bellerby 5 0 I I 0 Rev. E. A. Douglas ... .... 0 P. B. Gunn I I Io 6 The Rev. A. C. Clark Oo H. H. Brown .... 5 o J. A. Crawford I I o J. Williamson .... I I o H. Bell 5 o Rev. H. E. Evers Oo G. H. Milner .... Oo A. P. Troughton 0 2 I0 P. Limpisvasti

LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. s d

s. d.

N. Roy .... W. K. Watson F. P. P. Sherwood L. T. Crawshaw Miss Osborne .... H. Wood --

2 2

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G. F. Weatherill F. Shann L. D. Seaborne J. H. Marshall T. Whiteley-Walker Mrs. Noble ....

O.P. (Unknown) I 0 o J. C. Rogers .... J. W. Procter 3 3 o A. Brown & Son The Rev. N. Storrs-Fox 2 2 0 E. J. Walton .... S. Border & Co. I0 IO o C. L. Armstrong .... R. C. Border The Very Rev. the Dean 5 5 o H. L. Swift M. T. Clegg (2nd don.) 5 o o S. Anderson I I 0 K. Bean M. F. Burgin D. E. Wilson . I I 0 T. E. Batty W. N. Newton 2 2 0 .... The Rev. F. Perry H. B. Whitby .... I I 0 Dr. R. H. Metcalf M. H. T. Roy .... 5 o o Dr. Metcalf 5 o o J. Mould I I o A. Bird E. E. Wildsmith Bishop of Carlisle K. H. Wildsmith I I 0 H. W. Hussey 2 2 0 Miss Short Rev. H. G. Metcalfe I I 0 A. Wade L. W. Lister-Kaye 2 2 0 L. C. Border Rev. E. K. Atkinson .. G. Wilson 5 o o 5 o o H. S. Sola G. E. Barton Ltd. Mrs. Baines o 10 6 W. H. Smith & Son A. L. Hicks 2 2 0 G. B. Robinson A. E. Long I 0 0 Ladies Squash Club A. L. Ryott Grand Clothing Hall .... 10 I0 0 D. B. Kitchin Dr. W. A. Evelyn •••• 5 0 0 Rev. Canon Toyne I I 0 Dr. H. E. K. Reynolds R. D'Arcy Hunter 5 o o Mr. and Mrs. Elliott ... .... 0. Hunter 5 o o J. Bayly J. H. Fowler (2nd Don.) Mr. and Mrs. Hunter o io 6 . J. Q. Parker W. B.. Wilson 2 2 0 Prof. J. H. Jones I 0 0 Miss Betty Toyne .... Miss Turner I I o The Rev. C. Birkett . Mr. & Mrs. Harold Terry 5 5 o Mr. and Mrs. G. Watson Cambridge O.P. Club. . .

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Cricket.

SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1879-1927. O.T.C. Boats. Football.

1881

(Committee) J. H. Daniel H. Walker G. H. Wade Captain : F. W. Greenhow B. Baskett A. H. Wood F. W. Greenhow L. E. Stevenson F. T. Griffith

1882

L. E. Stevenson L. E. Stevenson

1883

L. E. Stevenson P. E. Lord

1884

P. E. Lord

1885

H. W. Rhodes J. Wilson

1886

R. Crawshaw

J. Wilson

1887

0. W. Whaley

J. F. Gofton

R. Crosthwaite

1888

H. W. Allan

F. Mitchell

H. W. Allan

1889 1890 J. A. Easten

F. Mitchell F. Mitchell

F. Mitchell S. 0. Bingham

F. Mitchell

1879 188o

J. H. Daniel

F. E. Watson

C. Johnson

P. E. Lord

00'

Hockey.

Theatricals.

Remarks.

" Taming of the New Fives Courts. Shrew" " Much ado about nothing " " A Comedy of Errors " " Two Gentlemen of Verona " and " Henry IV." part 2. " The Great Duke Florence " (Massinger) " A new way to pay old debts " " Good natured man " 1st. Meeting " Much ado about nothing " of O.P. Club at the School. Mr. Handford " Taming of the Shrew " succeeded Mr. H. M. Stevenson. " Comedy of Errors " " The Tempest " " Twelfth Night "

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SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1879-1927.

Cricket.

Football.

O.T.C.

Boats.

Hockey.

Theatricals.

Remarks.

" Henry IV." f and 2. " Loves Labour Lost " " Merchant of Venice " " A Midsummer Night's Dream "

1891

H. 0. Naylor

S. 0. Bingham

1892

F. M. Bingham

1893

F. M. Bingham

W. A. Rose

1894

C. P. Whincup

J. Shepherd

189

T. Shepherd

R. H. Bailey

" Taming of the Shrew "

1896

J. Shepherd (0.P. Cricket tour in Derbyshire.) R. M. Neville

C. Nelson

H. R. Tomlinson

1897

A.M. Sulli van

R. G. Bingham P. W. Thompson

1898

B. Nelson

R. G. Bingham C. Moiser

1 8 99

R. G. Bingham G. C. Otley

1900

P. St. G. Kirke

E. D. Teasdale H. Leonard (0.P. Rugger Tour).

X9QI

T. C. Newton

T. E. Pulleyn

" Two Gentlemen of Verona " " Comedy of Errors " " Loves Labour Lost " Games Com" Twelfth mittee insti Night " tuted. Mr. Hand" Comedy of ford's farewell Errors " School Musical Society. Concert in place Appointment of Theatricals of Rev. E. C. Owen.

School Company of Rifle Volunteers.

R.G.Bingham

Concert held to raise funds for a new boathouse.

'S11331.330 1 00I-QS

• Year. Head of School.

SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1879-1927.

Cricket.

Football.

Boats.

1902

T. C. Newton M. H. T. Roy

1903

M. H. T. Roy G. A. Fisher

1904

G. A. Fisher

W. H. Colley

1905

E. C. Peters

W. H. Colley

1906

E. C. Peters M. W. Peters

M. W. Peters A. A. Phillips W. H. Kennedy

1907

W. Ingham 1908 1909 A. E. Shroeder J.H.B.Sullivan A. J. Peters 1910 R. T. Brode A. J. Peters 1911 F. Ferguson D. L. Fernandes 1912 F. Ferguson W. H. Haynes 1913 B. 0. Jolly C. L. Armstrong 1914 P. A. W. Richards

R. D. Foster A. E. Shroeder

O.T.C.

Hockey. W.H.Crosthwaite (Hockey Cols. first given).

B. E. Yates

Theatricals.

Remarks. New Science Block. School Orchestra instituted. School now subject to Government Inspection. School House new buildings. Opening of new Organ in SchoolChapel. ScienceBlock.

A. C. B. Molony A. C. B. Molony A. C. B. Molony F. E. Ferguson A. 0. Lacy D. L. Fernandes R. C. Bethel O.T.C. formed. R. C. Bethel G. B. E. " Dr. Faustus " Rev. E. C. W. R. Wray Reynolds Owen succeeded by Mr. S. M. Toyne. C. L. Armstrong C. L. Armstrong G. C. West CliftonGrove. C. L. Armstrong P. A. W. Sergt.-Major Addition to Richards Cricket Field, Grove Field.

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Year. Head of School.

SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1879-1927.

Cricket.

Football.

Boats.

O.T.C.

1915 J. H. Sergeant A. B. Radford J. de R. Dooley J. H. Sergeant C. E. H. Medhurst G. C. West 1916 J.C.Stainthorpe K. G. Chilman J. H. Sergeant J. M. Fergusonj. H. Sergeant 1917 L. E. Cutforth H. L. Bryning H. F. S. Gedge H. L. Walker H. F. S. Gedge

Hockey.

Theatricals.

E. P. Pattinson " Pair of Spectacles " W. G. Yeoman " Midsummer Night's Dream " W. G. Yeoman " She Stoops to Conquer " " Charles XII." Clifton Rise. T. J. Wright

H. F. S. Gedge H. G. English H. L. Bryning F. H. Butterfield F. H. R. E. F. Tendal 1" Richlieu " C. H. 1919 R. E. F. Tendall R. E. F. Tendall P. R. Morris Butterfield Newhouse

1918 R. E. F. Tendall T. J. Wright

1920 K. H. Rhodes H G. Crawshaw R. A. Wilkinson H.G.CrawshawP. R. Morris

M. E. Reed

R. A. Wilkinson B. A. C. Gray H. G. Crawshaw B. A. C. Gray L. ElliotT. W. Donking J. Tasker Smith H. N. Hodd E. P. Sewell L. F. LeverE. P. Sewell sedge G. B. Robinson H. N. Hodd J. Richardson J. Scholefield

H. G. Crawshaw H G. Crawshaw L. A. ElliotSmith E. G. H. Mack E. P. Sewell 1922 N. K. Lindsay 1921

H. G. Coates

1924 E. G. Bullen

A. B. Sellers

1925 G. A. Delgado

P. Daintry

G. B. Robinson A. P. Thompson

J. G. Troop

J. Scholefield

1926 G. B. Robinson P. Daintry

G. B. Robinson A. P. Thompson G. Wood

G. A. Delgado

G. B. Robinson " A Messenger from Mars " G. B. Robinson

W. Elliott

D. V. Hewitt

Addition to Rise. CliftonManor.

" The Speckled Band " " Prisoner of Zenda " " If I were King"Swimming Baths. " Raffles "

1923 H. N. Hodd

1927

Remarks.

" Admirable Crichton " " The Devil's Disciple "

New Sanatorium. New Fields. New Squash Court. New Boat House.

*S11331,i40100HDS

Year. Head of School.

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE. AN ADMINISTRATOR IN AFRICA. Passed by Censor. A particularly unpleasant looking Tarantula, glaring at me from the table in my mosquito house, has reminded me of two urgent and difficult tasks : one is to kill him without making a horrid mess among the papers, and the second is to start the contribution to the " Peterite, which the Editors have done me the honour of inviting, for this number. It will be guessed that Tarantulas and mosquito houses are not common in England and the scene is laid in the Sudan. My pen is more facile now than in the past, when I used to sit chewing the Editorial quill and wondering, firstly, how to find material to fill the long overdue number, and secondly, how to avoid beginning it with the beloved phrase, " Once more I take up my pen. . It is, however, not yet able enough to do more than paint glimpses of life in this country. The only writers who dare to describe it as a whole are generally those who, spending a few months of the pleasantest time of the year hurrying over hackneyed routes, then retire to write books on the Savage Sudan with picturesque sub-titles. I am not trying to score a cheap laugh or preen with false modesty as will be seen by a glance at the Atlas. If Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, were tucked into the Sudan there would still be room for Ireland. No one would dream of asking a chance met Norwegian if he had met their cousin, who once spent a week or two in Rome, but the opening gambit of conversation with a Sudan Official is nearly always " Do you often go to Cairo ? Really, a reply is most difficult as statements that the Sudan begins some 800 miles up the Nile from Cairo and that the next country, Uganda, is entered a further 2,300 miles upstream meet with vague acquiescence, and remarks such as " No, you see I might have to ride for several weeks to get to the Railway and then the fare of £48 return is so expensive seem such a brutal way of exposing ignorance. This vast area is divided up into fifteen Provinces of which the five Northern, six Middle, and four Southern ones fall into fairly definite groups. The Northern ones have scanty rainfall and are little more than strips of fertile land along the Nile with scanty vegetation inland. The Middle Belt is on the whole fertile with fair rainfall during the

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

rainy season : it is naturally the home of the Arabs, both cultivators and nomads, whose tribes differ largely in characteristics but spring from common stock. The Southern Provinces are in a class by themselves being pagans with pagan codes and customs. One of the questions I am most frequently asked at home is- What is the Sudan like and what is your work there ?" Some people seem to think that we sit on ivory thronesbeing fanned with peacocks feathers and crooking our fingers occasionally to indicate our pleasure ; othin-s imagine that we act as Chairmen of the local Parish and other Councils and perhaps rise to be Mayor. Now to describe the ideals of African Administration would take a book and to describe every aspect of it in practice, a library. I can, however, explain it by a simple analogy. Suppose we regard a District as a ship of the Navy and the District Commissioner in charge as the Captain. A Captain may be of any seniority according to his ship, whether trawler or battle cruiser, and his duties vary accordingly. He is given handbooks and charts to guide him but when in command he cannot work by fixed rules as there are none for the behaviour of weather, sea, and ship. The same man, during his service, may be sometimes in charge of a small sloop on isolated duty, and later in command of the latest battleship, over which distinguished visitors are conducted. In the former case he will be tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, etc., in chief and in the latter his main preoccupation will be efficiency and organisation. If a record of his conversations with the different visitors were kept it would probably be found that to one he confided his struggles with red tape, to another experiences of foreign stations, to another adventures of the sea and so on. Based on this six journalists might i the Navy from six different standpoints illustrating write of life in either loneliness, monotony, and discomfort, or variety, high adventure, and splendour whilst yet a seventh might fill a book with all the purple patches he has heard. Exactly the same applies to the Political Service of the Sudan. In control of Provinces, of large Districts or of small Districts, the individuals are always adapting broad principles to constantly changing problems and conditions, and there are no such things as typical conditions, experiences, or work. To one correspondent I confide worries about office work, to another experiences with big game, to a third stories about housekeeping difficulties and amusements and to a fourth descriptions of treks and tribes. In answer to the general question—" What is the Sudan like ? I can only reply " Oh, not bad, but pretty hot at times."

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

Remembering, then, that I cannot even describe a typical " week of my own service, let alone a typical one for the whole Political Service, the following picture of last week may give some idea of our work. The occasion was an ordinary regular visit to my Sub-District some three hours away by train which, being in charge of a Native Officer, has to be visited every two or three weeks. Being at present in one of the few Districts in the Sudan through which the Railway runs, these tours present little difficulty as I move by one of the two passenger trains a week, and have a second house there which I keep sparsely furnished. Incidentally, this Station is one of the Railheads for the Nuba Mountains Province, and I have allowed my house to he used as a Guest House, so G. L. Elliot Smith's first sleeping place, after being appointed to a Province for duty, was in the house of the only other Old Peterite in the Sudan though neither of us knew of the tie and have not yet met. The train arrived about 4 p.m., so whilst my kit was being carried along to the house I went to the office with the Native Officer to arrange my programme. The framework is always much the same and consists of the usual inspections of Police, Prisons, Offices, Market and Town together with the trial of the more serious cases both Criminal and Civil. This time there was a list of 21 prisoners awaiting trial and we ran through the preliminary investigations to see if there were any knotty points to be looked up, and whether I could dispose of them when sitting alone. I can deal with cases in two ways—petty ones by a summary trial when I can give up to three months' imprisonment and corresponding fines, and more serious ones, when the evidence has to be carefully recorded, by a Magistrate's Court with powers up to two years' imprisonment. For more difficult or more serious cases I have to co-opt two Magistrates, generally native Chiefs, and the Court can award any sentence, including the death sentence, subject to confirmation by the Governor-General. Having run through the actual proceedings, and found no great legal difficulties, a rough list was prepared of order of trial, based on the distances the parties lived from Headquarters, and arrangements made to summon them. The pile of petitions " was then dealt with in a similar way. Petitions deal with every subject under the sun from complaints by a man against his neighbour to requests by whole tribes for special treatment and some strange roles have to be adopted when dealing with them as they can only be settled by the application of equity, common sense and advice. Following the petitions I ran through the trays of correspondence which had accumulated. It looked terrifying enough as when a letter

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

arrives the Translator must bring forward the whole file concerning it and, as every mail, there arrives instructions, reports, decisions and enquiries on every conceivable subject that does or might concern one's neighbours or higher authorities, the office work is heavy. Criminal cases, petitions, and correspondence are, however, but the routine side of administration and can be dealt with in an office. My worry after seeing them was that my time was limited and that I was likely to be up against the old problem of getting a quart into a pint pot. Having made up my mind how long I could stay and fixed the daily programme as far as possible, I adjourned with the Native Officer to my house to get down to the real business. At home one constantly hears that - THEY ought to do " this that or the other and the reference is to no particular person, but covers perhaps the Corporation, the Police Force, a Railway Company, or the Government of the day : in the Sudan, when a similar occasion arises there is no comfortable THEY " in the background to blame or to whom the responsibility may be left. The District Commissioner can be likened to the neck of the hour glass—a single suggestion passed down the chain from above has to be communicated discussed or enforced amongst dozens of chiefs, and when the process is reversed the opinions of dozens of chiefs have to be concentrated in a single report. For this reason it is always most important to get the gossip of the District and hear about local politics in tribes as soon as possible after an absence, and the office, with its constant interruptions, is no place for quiet talks. One thing led to another in our chat but I can only remember a few items. There was, for instance, the road to be engineered across the depression which becomes a swamp in the rains and cuts off the traffic coming to Railhead from the South. The Budget proposals for our own local services as distinct from the Province and the Central Government Budgets will have to go in soon and, as the municipal employees total more than 150 and the services are various, each item of receipts and expenditure for the last year will have to be checked and weighed since our last year's Budget exceeded £4,500 and we must keep down unnecessary expenditure. Fresh problems about the housing of Officials, Town Planning, Crops, Tax collections, etc., in turn were discussed and decisions made as to the action to be taken. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were uneventful with their procession of cases and people but time being limited I had to forego the break for lunch despite a shade temperature of 110-115 degrees. Several Chiefs came in and time had to be made for talks with them, whether there was anything important or not to be discussed, and, being Easterners, it is useless to try to hurry them.

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

Thursday was full of unexpected incidents. Before breakfast the Native Officer and myself rode out to survey the possibilities for the road and, whilst doing so, a small child ran up and said that there was a voice coming out of a deep isolated well. It was about 60 feet deep and lots of water at the bottom so we were relieved when we rescued the shepherd boy who had fallen in and found him almost unhurt. During breakfast I heard the bugles blow the fire alarm and, as there was a strong wind blowing, I thought that I had better go myself to the scene in case it was necessary to clear a danger zone : this is always an unpopular order as it means pulling down the grass huts and each owner is firmly convinced up to the last minute that the fire will not reach him. About 11 a.m., when I was busy on a trial some shots were heard from the direction of my house and there was a general stampede in that direction. We found that a pair of prisoners, sent with a tank of water to fill up the stable buckets a few yards from the kitchen, had quietly untied both my horses and made a sensational escape at the gallop under fire from the escort. When I had settled down once more after organising pursuit parties and arranging to picket all wells within 50 miles I was again disturbed by another alarm. The cause of it was rather sad as a Railway Engineer, very recently transferred to take the place of one who had died suddenly, himself dropped dead from heart failure whilst waiting to see me. Naturally the conversation turned on sudden illnesses and I heard of one in the prison which seemed to require further investigation. A consultation with the native Assistant Medical Officer and references to various books made it seem probable that the case was one of typhoid. All the above meant that " THEY " ought to do something and I was kept pretty busy for the rest of the week. I will not bore you with details of how my horses were tracked and eventually recovered, of how the Medical Inspector, who came down to confirm our diagnosis of typhoid, relieved us on that point but upset us by finding the dreaded " rabies in a dog, or of how I sat under a tree one hot morning and listened to 17 speeches but managed to get a new Chief elected successfully, since these are only purple patches and my article is already too long. A quick exit is always appreciated so, since once more my leave will fall iin August and September, and I will not be able to attend Commemoration, I add my voice to those who will offer congratulations on the Thirteenth Centenary of the Foundation arid good wishes for the future. " WA EL SALAAM ALEIKUM,"

O.Y. CORRESPONDENCE.

SPORT

NORTH CHINA

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TIENTSIN.

For the man who is fond of sport, North China is quite a good spot to live in. There cannot be many games that are not played here, though many of them are played under difficulties. There are not more than a thousand British Civilians in Tientsin including men, women, and children, and if it were not for the various military contingents quartered here (British, French, American, Italian, Japanese) the difficulty would be increased by having no one to play against. Association football as might be expected, is the most flourishing. There are two leagues, comprising two civilian teams, several British and other Military teams, one or two Chinese College teams, one Russian and one German, on the whole a fairly international collection. There are several Cup competitions, which are usually won by one of the British Representatives. Hockey is not so fortunate, there being only the one civilian team, and the British Regimental team. There being no turf, the game is played on a hard lime-and-ash ground, almost as hard as concrete, and is therefore very much faster than when played on grass. This season we have had a weekly match against the Regiment, honours being about even. Usually there are Interport matches against Peking, Hankow, and Shanghai, civil wars and war-lords permitting. We were unable to visit Shanghai or Hankow this year owing to the breakdown of railway communication. By sea the round trip would take about ten days, which is too long for most business men to be away. However, we managed to play Peking, which is only some three or four hours away. Rugger has a little more support, but is in my opinion not the game it is at home. In the first place the ground being very hard in the winter, has to be ploughed until there are six inches of dust on top. Of course, every time there is a scrum, the dust rises in a cloud and the three's never know where the ball is ! There are regular weekly matches between the British and French regiments, British civilians, Japanese, and Americans. The standard of play is not very high, there being more keenness than skill amongst those who probably only started the game out here, and will possibly never learn it in the way one learns at school. Occasionally a star of great magnitude appears, such as Eric Liddell, Scottish international and World's Champion runner, who is at one of the Chinese Colleges here. Then the spectators see how the game should be played.

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

There is an 18 hole golf course, which again has its difficulties. There is no grass, so the greens (?) are made of mud with a top dressing of dust, to prevent the ball running too far. The course is perfectly flat, the only hazards being hand-made hunkers, ponds, ditches, and Chinese burial mounds. A local rule, by the way, says that a ball falling into an open coffin may be picked out without the loss of a stroke ! A few years ago the course was, I believe, the longest in the World, one hole being 660 yards, but lately has been cut down considerably owing to the encroachment of builders. The ground is very loose, consequently the hunkers are inclined to subside, which led to the rumour that the Peking course had once blown away in a heavy wind ! The caddies are Chinese children who are often no bigger than a putter, but will readily carry a heavy bag of clubs for twenty cents (about 5d.) a round. Racing flourishes exceedingly. Tientsin has two race courses, foreign and Chinese, the jockeys being all amateurs. There are no horses, only China ponies, not more than 14 hands, but very sturdy and fast, though somewhat obstinate and hard mouthed. i We, the foreigners, have two big meetings a year, one in May and one in October, and the business community makes each the occasion of three days holiday. There are also smaller meetings at weekends, and interclub meetings with the Chinese Race Club. In the winter there is Paper Hunting, on ponies, which is our nearest approach to fox-hunting. A trail is laid across country with occasional breaks of half a mile or so.The hunt go off together and the first man home gets a Pot and iis entitled to wear a pink coat in future. Skating and ice-hockey have a season of about ten weeks, but owing to frequent dust and sand storms, are mostly carried on under the cover of special matting sheds. A dust storm, of course, spoils outdoor ice immediately. Tennis from April to October is played on hard courts only. Red balls are very popular, being easier to follow in the bright light. Cricket has a few enthusiastic followers, and should have more in future, as a concrete pitch with matting cover as used in Australia is now being put down. The only argument against swimming is an unusual one—the water is generally so warm that one comes out less refreshed than one went in. The best bathing is the Country Club covered bath, which is often quite cool. At the seaside one bathes all day, often eating meals in bathing costume and kimono.

O.P. CORRESPONDENCE.

Rowing is usually done in the early morning before breakfast. There is an annual regatta which is very well attended in spite of the unpleasant smells from Chinese villages on the river banks, and i chances of being upset into the muddy river by colliding with dead bodies—animal or human ! Good shooting is to be had up and down the river, duck, goose, snipe, sand-grouse, and bustard being available in their seasons, and up country, big game. Polo, badminton, baseball, and numerous other games all have their followers, but I am afraid to go further into details as this contribution is already growing too long. Perhaps a final word about the climate would not be out of place. One of the wonders of this part of the world is the regularity of the weather. The Chinese know almost to a day when the first snow or first frost will arrive. They have a fixed period of nine days (Fu) of greatest heat, and another of 27 days (Chiu) of greatest cold, and if by any chance the highest or lowest temperature ever falls outside these periods, then the man who made up the calendar 2,000 years or so ago will `` lose face. In the winter we have it down to zero, and in the summer up to 113°, when it is impossible to play games between ten and four. Unfortunately is always dark at 8 ini the summer, and 5-30 in the winter, there being no Daylight Saving in operation. The Chinese themselves do not take to games very well, Soccer being about the only one which has any support. The children are fonder of games like kite-flying and top-spinning, which do not require so much energy. The British Regiment at present here is the 1st East Yorks. Their usual stay is two years, so we may have a change in the autumn. I see the Green Howards are at Shanghai, amongst them Capt. A. E. Robinson, O.P. I myself have been here nearly six years now, and have come to the conclusion that there are many worse spots on this earth. In fact, until the troubles of the last few months I would not have hesitated to recommend it to anyone contemplating coming out to a business or professional career. J.A.E.M.

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AN ELEPHANT HUNT IN CEYLON.

To the Planter in Ceylon, be he engaged in either Tea or Rubber planting, occur many opportunities for sport and shooting—opportunities more varied perhaps than in most other professions. Should he happen to be keen upon games, Football (both Rugger and Soccer), Cricket, Hockey and Tennis are played in most districts ; while for the man with more primitive instincts splendid snipe and small game shooting are to be had in the Low country, Sambhur and Pig hunting (on foot) in the Hills and large game shooting, of several different forms, in the more out-of-the-way districts of the Dry Zone. He is a difficult man, indeed, to please who cannot find some sport to his taste—to occupy his weekends and periods of short leave. Now-a-days all my own inclinations lie towards the jungles, the jungle forests of the out of the way districts, where one sees more birds and animals than men—where one may wander mile upon mile, day after day, meeting only the deer and the wild buffalo, the elephant j and the leopard, the jungle-fowl and the pea fowl and the hundred and one lesser, but none the less interesting creatures, that live and have their native homes in i these wilds. Opportunities to visit these jungles occur but sparingly and one or two trips a year are all that the average Planter can usually manage ; but the most is made of these opportunities when they do arrive and the trips are enjoyed to the uttermost. One such opportunity presented itself the other day, when it so happened I was in a position to make the most of it. Meeting H., the local Government Official in charge of one of these out of the way Low-country districts, I was offered a free licence to go down and shoot one or two rogue Elephants that were reported to be destroying the paddy crops and generally frightening the few poor villagers who manage still to exist down there. I accepted gladly, and within a few days had made the necessary arrangements to go down—a distance of 40 miles or so from the estate, with P. on a week's trip. On the morning of the day arranged P. and I mounted our horses, to ride round by the main Gansabawa or village road, a mere

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six foot track, while our carriers, each of whom carried a load of 30 lbs. of bedding or stores, etc. on his head, took a short cut down the hillside to meet us at a small village half way down. P. being a cavalry man had insisted, in the face of some scepticism, upon horses ; and most useful they proved to be inspite of the roughness of the track and the difficulty of transporting food for them. Before the trip was, over they had saved us many a weary mile of " footslogging it through the heat of the day and we were very glad that we had brought them down. Our way lay down a rough, winding track, over a pass through the lower foot-hills, across two low hilly ridges and two rivers into the low-country jungles beyond. It was not until the afternoon of the second day that we arrived at our camping-ground—a thatched shelter that the villagers had run up in a little clearing in the jungle adjacent to their village. Leaving our camp cook—old Mayen—and the followers to get the camp into order and our beds put up, etc., we took our rifles and, accompanied by a couple of the local men as guides and trackers, started off at once into the jungle, to look for the elephants that had been doing so much mischief and that were reported to be still in the jungle close at hand. Passing through the paddy (rice) fields on our way, we were able to see the damage that had been done over-night. Two elephants had appeared during the darkness, and, taking little or no notice of the watchmen, who sitting in their little watch-huts perched 15 or 20 feet up in the branches of the largest available trees, had banged off their guns and shouted and yelled in a vain effort to drive them away, had eaten their fill of the growing paddy before retiring again into the jungle. We entered the heavy forest on the tracks of these two and followed them for some time before branching aside into a game-path and making for the place where we hoped to find them resting. The jungles of these parts are wonderfully interesting to the sportsman with a bent for observation and Natural History ; they are full of animal life of all sorts and descriptions—if only one has the eyes to see it. Here a jungle-fowl, a glorious cock with his one or two wives, scurries away through the undergrowth, there a Pangolin, or Scaly Ant-eater as it is called, has dug out his supper of " White Ants ; on that tree there, with the scored trunk, a leopard has cleaned his claws ; and here on the ground under this small bush, a little Wren-

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babbler has made her domed nest and laid her two eggs ; while from a bush, as we pass, glides a vivid green ribbon—a Whipsnake. And yet to the unobservant, wandering along without using his eyes, the jungles are almost void of life, a howling wilderness, unhabited except by a very occasional deer. Movement isi what attracts attention in the jungle, movement and any unusual noise. Anything strange brings the ordinary life of the jungle to a standstill, to be passed by unseen by the unobservant. Suddenly as we moved along the game path, the distant crack of a branch followed by a rending and crackling, the unmistakable sound of an elephant feeding in the forest, brought us to a halt. Having located the direction of the sounds we advanced more cautiously. Presently as we drew up three blurred shapes became visible half hidden among the swaying undergrowth and P., who had won the toss for the first shot, moved forward with a view to picking his animal. Without warning, however, the wind which is always inclined to be treacherous in thick jungle, changed and wafted our scent to the unsuspecting elephants, instantly galvanising them into violent life. With a tremendous crashing of undergrowth they charged off headlong through the densest forest, just like three express engines let loose on their own, and then, silence ; in a moment they had disappeared completely. Well, well, it didn't matter much. There appeared to be no big bull with them, they were probably only a small party of cows, so that they were not much loss. On again we went, searching the whole of that riverside jungle, for a big bull, which was believed to be somewhere in the neighbourhood. Eventually, just as we were thinking of returning towards camp, the distant crash of a tree falling in the still jungle gave us a clue to the direction in which to look. Moving in that direction we began to hear the continued crackle of branches, denoting that our elephant was feeding on the twigs and leaves of the tree that he had just pushed over. Presently he came into partial view, his huge head and forequarters being buried amidst the foliage. So engrossed in feeding was he, that we were able to approach close up and watch him pushing the green stuff into his mouth with his trunk ; but owing to the denseness of the foliage, it was difficult to pick out a vital spot upon the head, at which to fire. After we had waited for some five or ten minutes, he backed partly out and turned half round, enabling P. to take a somewhat uncertain shot, uncertain owing to the difficult light and intervening twigs and foliage. At the shot the elephant staggered, half-fell, recovered, and then crashed off through the jungle into a large patch

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of scrub, where he disappeared. That was the last that we saw of him, for although we searched all around, we were unable to find any sign of him or of which way he had gone. Next day was a blank. We saw nothing but a few sambur and smaller animals and did not fire a shot, nor did we come across any fresh signs of elephants. In the evening, however, news came in of some having recently been at a place a few miles away through the jungle, and we decided to go and look for them in the morning. Making an early start, we rode through the jungle by a little used path, that brought us out into a large " damana," or open grassy space, where we left our horses. and proceeded to look for tracks. Within a few minutes we came upon the fresh spoor of a bull elephant that had upset a large tree and then grazed a few mouthfuls of grass, before re-entering the jungle. Following these tracks until they entered the jungle proper, we made a detour to avoid some small scrub jungle and picked up the tracks again on the far side, coming up with the elephant almost immediately afterwards. There he was, standing in the edge of the scrub, listlessly flicking off the flies with his trunk and tail and shifting from foot to foot, as elephants do when standing idle. Unfortunately he was in such a position, half concealed in the scrub, that a close approach for a certain shot was difficult, especially as he kept moving a few yards along or in. After a little manoeuvring I was able to get up behind a tree a few yards distant but as he was still masked by the scrub, I had to wait in order to get a clear shot. And then, suddenly he vanished, vanished completely into the scrub without a sound, just as if he had dissolved into thin air ! From the nature of the jungle it was impossible to follow him up so there was nothing for it i but to wait until he should start feeding (probably not until about 3o clock) in the afternoon when we hoped to be able to locate him again. We decided, therefore, to go off to a near-by rock water-hole and to have our lunch there in peace, and rest in the shade during the heat of the day. At about 3 o'clock, just when we were thinking of making a move, the sky became overcast and down came the rain, one of those sudden storms that are not unusual at this time of year. We therefore sent off our trackers to try to discover fresh signs of our elephant, while we ourselves returned to the " damana and took shelter beneath a large tree standing in the open. Now in the Ceylon jungles, most of the animals and birds hate the heavy rain, especially that which drips upon them from the foliage, so that very often, as soon as the rain has nearly ceased, they will come out into the open to avoid this drip, And of all animals so affected,

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the elephant feels it and dislikes it most. P. and I were just discussing this when suddenly he stood up and pointed, exclaiming " Look." There, walking out into the damana," at the far end, was our elephant ! We quickly made our way, behind cover, to as close a point as possible. I took the shot, firing just behind the orifice of the ear, trying for the brain. The elephant fell to the shot, then recovered himself and made off slowly towards the jungle, with P. and I dashing after him. P. got in another shot just as he was about to enter the hushes while I dashed farther on in order to get a broadside shot into his head. At the third shot he stopped, then moved on a few yards and sank slowly to his knees, gradually sinking down and rolling over upon his side, dead. He was a fine full-grown bull, and looked colossal as he lay in the edge of the jungle. After the first excitement of the chase had died away, one could not help feeling sorry that it should be necessary to kill such a magnificent beast. But elephants and paddy are incompatible, and the destructive elephants have to go, especially as they not infrequently chase and kill the villagers. Taking the usual trophies, the tail and the feet, the Ceylon elephant does not carry tusks, we returned to camp just as dusk was falling. Another smaller elephant, which fell to P's. rifle on the morning of the day on which we started to return, completed our bag and we returned to the Estate feeling fitter in every way for another most enjoyable trip. And so back to work !

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REMINISCENCES 1871-1880. res t t•-c Tommy Adams was a great housemaster. Stern, dark-moustached, eagle-eyed, but with a wonderful power of attraction. He filled Clifton Green House to overflowing with 45 boys, of whom I was once the smallest. What queer headgear we wore ! Round hard black caps with vertical sides and flat tops ; double peaked helmet caps with earflaps that were tied up with tapes when not in use ; brown bowlers ; anything ! It was high time the School cap came and swept them all away. In sports we held our own. I still treasure the badge of the Adamites 3rd boat, pink and pale blue cross keys, and that of the 1st boat, white cross keys on a dark blue silk shield. Tommy collected a boot-boy, Johann Zanger, on one of his Swiss walking tours. Johann's large round face beamed with joy and satisfaction whenever it managed to provoke a shower of slippers. I found J.Z. 20 years later, in a green baize apron at a Swiss Hotel, where he once more cleaned a Peterite's boots. Perhaps he was disappointed that I did not throw them at him • if so, he tactfully concealed his feelings. The appearance of Clifton Green House is much altered, but I fancy that by peeping over walls and things the wing at the back containing the " studies ' can still be made out. These were :—the lower study ; the upper study, which was above it in both space and dignity ; the " civil study, for the " civil and military department " now the modern side ; and below that, the Monitors' study. The cottage next door, in which dwelt a burglarious looking prizefighter, reputed to be given to chasing his wife about the Green with a cold poker, has been pulled down. The Lower Study was lighted by a double branched gas bracket from the ceiling. We used to light one burner, fill our hands with gas from the other, light the handful of gas at the lighted burner, by a sudden and adroit movement light the other. The gas-taps in some of the bedrooms were controlled by a string passing round the walls to one of the beds, a piece of ingenuity that was not encouraged by the powers, as it would be now. Names ending in 0, like Wilson liners, occasionally came into vogue. Bingo, the 2nd form master, had also a shorter and less dignified name. Jumbo was the late Archbishop Clarke, whose wife's name really was Alice. He was followed by Gillo, a good housemaster, and very excellent teacher of mathematics ; did not Thompson fresh from his hands, come out first in all England in the Mathematical part of the Indian Civil Examination ? Yet Gillo is not mentioned in the History. Lastly Chillo, distinguished as the father of a son well-known to the present generation.

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During part of the reign of Gillo I slept in a room which had, in the ceiling, a little vertical window opening on to the roof. This window was locked, but one of my keys fitted ; we did not often avail ourselves of this, as a scaffolding of beds, wash handstands, and chairs had to be made to render the window accessible. But I well remember one Gala night when it was suggested that the roof would be a good place from which to view the fire-works. The correct key was solemnly obtained from Gillo, a ladder was brought, and Gillo and even Mrs. Gino climbed with us on to the leads. Some obtained a better view by climbing the chimney stacks. One chimney pot was hot. OW ! J.A.E.

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