Duke of York's Camp, 1935

Ruddock, Hay and Terry were enrolled, and we hope they will work hard for their 1st stars. The three sixers, Hart, Steele and Gilderdale, have all nearly gained their 1st stars. In spite of the rain we have managed to be out of doors a lot, and the tracking is improving, although none of us would like to trust ourselves in a jungle yet. We have also tried to sing a few rounds, with such success that we are seriously thinking of rivalling the School Choir ! The sixes are as follows :—

Yellow :—Steele, Gowlett, Buckle, Chilman, Welburn.

Red :—Gilderdale, Dench, Bocock, Andrew, Hay. :—Hart, Ruddock. Wharldall, Taylor, Terry, 1;c1dock.

be Duke of Elork's Camp, 1933.

AT SOUTHWOLD.

It was a rather quiet 400 who arrived at Southwold on Saturday, August 3rd, 1935. Nobody knew each other and no one was sure of the coming events. Sunday was similar, peace and quiet reigning all day. Monday, however, started the real life in camp with the Inter-section Tournaments at 9 a.m. (There were 20 Sections of 20 campers each, divided into five groups of 4 Sections.) The first event was a home-made game of foot and hand net-ball. This was an extremely masculine type of net-ball, as there were no boundaries, and only three rules, which in no way hampered the speed of the game. Someone described it as " legalised manslaughter," and as the ground was second-cousin to cement, the statement remained correct. However, nobody minded that.

Three other games were played as well, different games each morning, and a somewhat miraculous system of scoring calculated the position of each Section at the end of the day. After this we bathed, under the watchful eyes of two fishermen, who warned us of tides and currents. As soon as the bathe was over, we rushed to the " Biscuit King," who sat enthroned on a pile of empty tins doling out his wares.

Lunch was always a jolly meal, but woe betide the camper who came in late, for 399 hungry youths would howl until he stood on the table and acknowledged any remark directed at him. The afternoon was spent in either recuperating from the morning's efforts or consolidating them in the Canteen. In the evening there was always a game to play in or watch, as some groups generally challenged the day's winner at foot and hand. Those able to walk after this went down and bathed, those who were not, visited the doctor.

Every evening at 8 there was a concert in the Concert Tent. The rush for respectable seats after supper made the campers look like a swarm of bees in some Mickey Mouse cartoon. After this we went to our tent and formulated some new method of keeping blankets and paliasse together. When this was done, we slept.

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On Wednesday, His Royal Highness the Duke of York came down to join us. He was given a typical hearty welcome, and that evening bathed with the rest of the camp. At night he attended the " command " performance in the Concert Tent, and afterwards made a small speech. On Thursday, however, our host had to leave, and the send-off we gave him showed how sorry we were that he could not stay longer.

The next excitement was the cross-country race, in which the whole camp had to run, over a course of about 21 miles. Nothing need be said except that most of us were thankful that it came last in the events. This was run on Friday afternoon, and on Friday evening the final concert took place, ending at about 12-30. From the tent the whole camp went to a bonfire, situated nearby. Here, for the space of about an hour, everyone had a final mad fling. Group Leaders and Section Leaders were " chaired " by their Sections and whirled round the fire, everyone singing and shouting until they were hoarse. Brisk skirmishes took place between rival Sections on the return journey, ending up in a general fight in camp itself. Pillows and straw flew in every direction, and the person who was able to wrest the most pillows from his weaker brethren was regarded as the victor. Sleep was not thought of until half-past two on Saturday.

The next morning we left the camp by bus. There was not a guest of His Royal Highness who would not have gladly stayed for another week ; everyone had thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We had all found that, whether Industrialists or Public Schoolboy, our fellow campers were the best of fellows and the easiest to understand. With a result such as this, the camp can have been nothing but a success.

A.W.D.

Contemporaries.

We acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the following contemporaries, apologizing for any omissions :—" The Ampleforth Journal," " The Artists' Rifles Gazette " (2), " The Brighton College Magazine," " The Cranleighan," " The Danensis," " The Dovorian," " The Dunelmian," " The Eagle," " The Giggleswick Chronicle," "The English Public Schools' Association of New South Wales Quarterly," " The Haileyburian " (2), " The Leodiensian," " The Malvernian " (2), " The Monktonian," " The Reptonian," " The St. Bees School Magazine," " The Stonyhurst Magazine," " The St. Peter's College, Adelaide, Magazine," " The Babu Lal Jaiswal High School Magazine (Mirzapur)."

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