forgetting Jack Tar, who had, we understand, learnt to do the hornpipe specially for the occasion), was not done full justice, although the performance of Anelay, as Sir Jasper, was all that could be desired. Owing to a slight mishap we were treated (at long last) to Anelay's recitation, which exhorted brutal man to take as his shining example the mosquito, who never bites his mate. The final item was an opera, based on the previous melodrama, and complete with artists specially imported from Italy. The great Signor Pentioso, who had, we were given to understand, broken several very important engagements in order to direct the orchestra, was present in person! His conducting was all that could be desired, although the leader of the chorus could have been rather better instructed in his part. Both Thompson, as the sylph-like heroine, and Robson, as her lover, were good, and Hart made a most convincing villain. The Rise produced an excellent concert, and the whole House is to be congratulated on their excellent performance. G. W. •
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. The usual General Knowledge paper was set to the School early in the term, and produced the usual quota of inspired answers. One or two of them seem worthy of perpetuation. It was confidently asserted, for example, that the Kremlin " lives in the upper atmosphere. They are hobgoblins," and, by another candidate, that " Easter is dated by the moon, and it is the last full moon when it will not be light at night." We appreciate the racial pride which inspired the answer that " Who's Who is a book of all the prominent people in the world, mostly English." The identification of initials produced some entertaining conjectures, notably that F.Z.S. stands for " Fish Zoning Scheme," and that L.R.A.M. represents the " London Royal Association of Motors," or " Lenin's Red Army Medal." The suspicion that topical allusion dominated the examiner's mind was ineradicable, and the question calling for the completion of a quotation and the author of it produced this " When everyone is Somebody—then shall the world rejoice —The Beveridge Report." In most instances some mental '
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