En tertainments

Military Chapel. The band, who were rather disappointing at the beginning of the term, have put in some excellent work under P. H. Sykes, Esq., and Drum-Major Harrop, and gave a very creditable performance. They are now quite up to the usual standard.

The rifle range has been in use most of the term, and cadets are now divided into first, second and third class shots ; the rumour of extra parades for the latter has added considerably to everybody's keenness.

The following is the list of N.C.O.s :— C.S.M.--H. A. Butler. Sergeants.—\V. Allport, J. A. Brittain, E. A. Harrop and

J. N. Emery. Corporals.--N. J. L. Brockbank, C. E. T. Moore, D. F.

Dodd and R. C. Barrass. Lance-Corporals.—L. Attenboroug -h, N. W. D. Yardley, G.

D. Stibbard, F. P. Marrian and A. W. Josephy.

Entertainments.

CINEMATOGRAPH LECTURE.

On Saturday, 23rd January, W. G. Ibberson, Esq., gave a Cinematograph Lecture on " A Private Trip Through America." He had taken these pictures with a small camera in his spare moments, for he was over in America on business. There were numerous views of New York taken from many aspects ; from the tops of skyscrapers, from the streets, from the boat and from an aeroplane. Perhaps there was rather too much of New York, yet a visitor's first impressions must surely call forth his desire for taking photographs of all he sees. He went up the Hudson River, on whose banks we saw the grounds of magnificent houses. Mr. Ibberson then went south, and, perhaps, the best view of all was that of the Capitol at Washington from the air. It was interesting to note the different types of scenery passed while crossing America by train. Leaving the uninteresting wheat and maize fields, he showed us some of the " bad lands " from the observation car. Miles of desert r3lled away monotonously from the train until the Grand Canyon afforded a welcome spectacle of interest. The train stopped here, and a descent was made by Mr. Ibberson into the Canyon. He showed us some very striking views of this vast fissure, and he told us that descent is deemed impossible except in two or three places.

After this Mr. Ibberson travelled north, and we had many wonderful sights of the Rocky Mountains. The best views of the Rockies, however, were taken after Vancouver, when he went across by the C.P.R. The wheat fields were not, of course, beautiful, but their vastness gave us an idea of their value. Finally, we saw the best part of the film in the last reel, the photographs taken of Niagara Falls. We saw the Falls from every possible view-point, and the camera gave a very realistic reproduction of them. It is impossible to describe the magnificence of these tremendous falls, so let it suffice that the camera showed us the real thing. The journeys across the Atlantic gave us an idea of life on board, and we went away feeling a slight remorse at having finished a long and interesting journey.

" THE EARTHQUAKE OF NEW ZEALAND.

On 20th February, P. Slingsby, Esq., gave us a very interesting lecture on " The Earthquake of New Zealand." He himself had been out there at the time recovering from ill health, and his descriptions had the colouring of experience. His lecture was supported by a number of very fine lantern slides.

To start with he gave us an idea of the Maori war-god defence, and life in their villages. Turning next to the occupations of North Island, he showed us some very fine slides of dairy farming and of the nature of the land before and after clearing for pasture. We were also shown some slides of New Zealand's wool and cotton mills. Then he told us something of the country's sport, trout fishing, which is very popular, hunting of wild pigs, of which he had had experience, and reindeer hunting. The last two sports can be carried on without licences. Mountaineering is another sport, and we saw some very fine slides of Mount Egmont {8280 ft.). This country, as we saw, is very abundant in geysers and mud pools, the latter being a cure for rheumatism.

After dwelling so fully on North Island, he showed us a few views of South Island towns, followed by views of the main towns of New Zealand. He described the earthquake at the final stage of his lecture, showing us views of North Island towns and country scenes before and after the earthquake, which had not taken much toll of human life, but had done enormous damage otherwise.

SONG RECITAL.

H. Hallas, Esq., gave a song recital on Saturday, 27th February. He started with some examples of music of the time of Purcell and then Handel. Purcell's " Lament for Dido," considered the most beautiful of laments, was not appreciated, perhaps because it seemed unsuitable. After this, however, he pleased the School more and more as he proceeded. The Handel

songs were very well chosen and equally well sung, but the School did not become really enthusiastic until about half way through the recital. Eventually Mr. Hallas sang some well-known English folk songs and these brought the " house " down. They were at the conclusion of the programme, but he was forced to answer the encores ,in spite of the hard work he had had of singing an hour or more on end. To help out his voice he half-acted some of these folk songs, and this had the desired effect, for it saved him from singing during the loud mirthful applause. Mr. Hands' accompanist deserves special mention, as his excellent playing blended well with the voice and added the necessary " finesse " to the recital.

Junior School.

At the time of writing St. Olave's feels well able to give itself a pat on the back. Partly because we have kept clear from any serious illness and so have been able to keep work (and games) going " full steam ahead," and partly because we have again maintained an unbeaten side at Rugger. The team are to be congratulated on the keenness and energy they have put into their games, and we are sure that a keen and cheerful, spirit in the whole school goes a long way—not only towards playing well, but also towards working well.

At the beginning of term we again had Miss A. M. Brown from the R.T.S. who gave us an interesting lantern lecture on the Near East.

" Stamps " have again been a great craze throughout the term ; in fact so many new collectors started that one of the shops in the town sold all its stock of albums ! The supply of "surprise" free packets from Mr. Ping's store caused excitement every now and then.

Music, Carpentry, and Boxing have occupied a good many of us in so-called " spare " time, not to speak of other activities which occupy time whether it is " spare " or not, e.g., marbles, darts, aeroplanes and clay ovens.

We are not sure whether any record should be made of the Olavite who caused such great excitement in Clifton with his equestrian exercises. It isn't everybody that is clever enough to get a free ride in a luxurious motor vehicle called up specially for the purpose. However, we have not heard that he wishes to perform the " star " turn again !

One thing we are very sorry about. That is, the School Concert had to be postponed. This postponement cannot really be attributed to us.

The Easter week-end is to be spent at School this year, and as our Sports are on the Thursday before Easter, we are all wondering what nice things are being planned for Easter Monday.

G. P. Border (D.B.). J. M. Inglis (D.B.). J. S. P. Phillips (D.B.). SALVETE.

ST. OLAVE'S SCHOOL GAMES.

This term has been remarkable for the dryness of t he weather and the consequent splendid condition of the playing fields. The Senior Team have played Rugger as usual this term, and the XV -won two of their matches and drew the third.

The two games v. Clifton House School, Harrogate, resulted in wins of 61 points—Nil, and 49 points—Nil, respectively. The scores were not gained by loose rushes, but were the result of good heeling in the scrums and accurate handling by the halves and threequarters. Lockwood's place-kicking and touch-finding from the full-back position were very useful, and the strong running of Tyson, a centre-threequarter, always gained a lot of ground.

The match v. St. Bede's, Hornsea, was a very evenly contested one, and although we did most of the pressing a draw of 5 points each was a fitting result.

The tackling throughout the team has been of a higher standard altogether this season, and very little " necking " has been attempted. Macdonald, as hooker and leader of the forwards, was very useful and set a good example of hard work to his pack.

The following comprised the _team :—Lockwood (Captain), Tyson (Vice-Captain), Segar, Buckler (ma), Brockbank, Carlton, Walters, Greaves, Macdonald, Heywood, Ping, Windram, Colbeck, Buckler (mi), Croskell, and Cheong, who played wingthreequarter once in place of Brockbank.