and Pullan after a hard struggle found their way into the semi-finals. The other two semi-finalists, Miers and Williams also came from the same School, Archbishop Holgate's. These four played in a minature league for the deciding position. It was cut short, however, by the fact that Miers beat both Peterites and his School colleague to win the championship. Herring also drew with Williams after a very long and exciting game. Pullan must be congratulated on his fine performance, as it was the first time he had entered.
THE BELGIAN TOUR A DIARY OF THE TOUR In the Easter holidays Mr. LeTocq and Mr. Craven again took a party of boys to the Continent. This time it was for a tour in Belgium. There was again a midnight start; and by mid-day the party was moving through calm waters on the "Prince Baudouin", watching the dark clouds roll away and enjoying the sunshine. We landed at Ostend, continued by motor-coach to Bruges, and tackled with gusto a week's meat ration at the Hotel Wellington. We spent the second day in Bruges itself, a charming medieval town, dominated by its Belfrey and the massive brick spire of the Eglise Notre-Dame. It is a town in which to stroll at leisure, a town of picturesque waterways and winding streets, where in quiet, secluded quarters lace is still made with the old skill and patience. It is an appropriate home for the art-treasures it contains. Among these the Memlincs and Jan van Eyck's "Vierge au Donateur" remain vivid in the memory. The brisk modern traveller cannot remain long in contemplation, and the following day we were on the road, making for the grottoes of Han-sur-Lesse. Courtrai, the first stop, was quite a pleasant town, but badly war-scarred. Tournai, our next stop, was quite the most badly damaged town we saw, but even so it had its interests, the five towered Cathedral being one of them. After having lunch at Mons some of us visited the interesting war museum there. By this time we had left the Flemish part of Belgium, and after Mons we watched the country change from flat plains of West Flanders to the varied, wooded landscape of the Ardennes. Han itself proved a delightful village, an ideal spot for a country-lover's holiday. The boys were billeted out among the local inhabitants. 38
