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No. 26. VOL. II.
DECEMBER, 1894.
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Editorial July Examinations A Queen's Country Bog Football Athletic Sports' Records Speech Day ... Lecture on Canada School Officers King's Scholarships School News In Memoriam ... Correspondence Chess
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The internal life of the School has been but very little disturbed during the past term. The new members of the VI. Form are beginning to show themselves equal to the responsibility put upon them, working harmoniously with the rest of the School. Speech day, which is reported elsewhere, was a great success, and the Dean, following his usual course, gave an excellent speech, followed by a humorous one from Canon Melville.
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We congratulate the School on having, after long years, formed a band. An entertainment—a very creditable performance —was the result of steady, though laborious practice. We are always glad to see any new institution started, and we hope that the School Band will flourish for many years.
so much to the relish of happiness in this world, is joined in the yoke of troubles because its end is separation;" so runs the Sanscrit proverb, and in this case we find ourselves deploring, at the commencement of another School year, the loss of so many who had taken a leading part in the games and work of the School. While regretting their loss, we wish them all success in their future careers, whether at the Universities or elsewhere.
We suppose that it is only natural that there should be a varying amount of interest in the various School institutions. At present the Museum and the Chess Club seem to be rather neglected, while gymnastic exercises do not possess the attraction which they did last year. Our superfluous energy is flowing in other channels, but we trust that there will be no real decay in any of the subjects which we have mentioned. Chess especially we hope will show new vigour in
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view of the possibility of matches under the auspices of the newly-formed County Association. In another column we print an account of the " records " (so far as we have been able to find them out) in the Athletic Sports. We hope these will inspire the rising generation with a wish to do their best to make new ones.
'lite Sulg (Examinations. HIS year, following our usual custom on alternate years, the two Upper Forms of the School went in for the Oxford and Cambridge School Examinations, the Sixth Form for the Higher and the Fifth for the Lower Certificates. Mr. Adamson, of S. John's College, Oxford, whose report will be found in another column, examined the rest of the School. Neither "Higher" nor "Lower" were quite so good as usual, the number of First Classes in the Lower Certificate having decreased lamentably. In the " Higher," Bennett and Davies both did well, the former getting "distinctions" in two subjects, and the latter in one. In the " Lower " the best were Steward and Powell, with three and two " First Classes " respectively. Higher Certificates were obtained by :— VI. FORM. Eight Candidates ; four succeeded. Bennett, A. (f, g, i, L, P) Bolland, E. W. (a, c, f, i, k) Davies, F. T. (a, b, i, J, k) Fuller, F. C. (a, f, i, j, k)
Lower Certificates were obtained by :— V. FORM. Davies, N. G. (a, c, f, i, j, k) Morris, F. (a, b, c, f, i, j) Perrins, H. B. (a, f, g, i, k, 1) Powell, H. E. (A, b, c, f, g, i, J, k) Steward, S. J. (a, b, c, F, g, i, j, K, L) Watts, H. E. (c, f, I, j, k) a—Latin j—English b—Greek k—History c—French 1—Natural Philosophy (Higher), f—Elementary Mathematics Geography (Lower) g—Advanced Mathematics p—Geology and Physical i—Scripture Geography (A capital letter denotes Distinction.)
31 Queen's Countrp $09. [HERE is a charm about the bog, especially in summer, which is hard to describe or account for. Perhaps it is partly the solitude and stillness; the flat expanse reminds one of the sea : partly the peculiar fragrance of the heather and moss, partly the characteristic bird and plant life one meets with. At all events to my mind there is no pleasanter way of spending a not-too-hot afternoon in early summer than by a stroll across it, varied by a dreamy pipe on one's back amongst the heather. Walking is all very well where the surface is firm and dry, and elastic to the tread; but it is a different matter when one has to pick one's way amongst innumerable little mud holes and bits of mossy ooze, with an occasional jump into the bargain. Summer dress of white flannels and tan shoes is risky on the bog. In places a careless step between the tufts of matted grass and heather involves disaster, perhaps as far as the knees. This afternoon the heat is oppressive. For weeks the drought has been withering and parching the odds and ends of green, and turning the whole into a monotone of grey-brown, except where some more extensive pool has been able to retain its dark-brown water and keep its floating leaves and tufts of reeds and rushes green. The edge of such a pool is an over-hanging mass of verdant moss. Our footsteps, even yards from the bank, send tiny ripples across the water. Elsewhere the little pools and puddles have shrunk into bare patches— yards deep of black mud with a deceitful yellowish rind on the surface, marked here and there by feet of duck or snipe, or what not. Away to our left the edge of the bog has been cut away for " turf" (Anglid, "peat ") : it ends in a sheer black wall, some twelve feet or so down to the moat of jet-black water into which it drains. Beyond is a flat, brown grassless tract, the product of years of turf cutting ; here are thousands of neatly cut " sods " of turf stacked in little piles to dry. Beyond this, again the black reclaimed bog soil has been planted with a few potatoes and cabbages, intersected with deep " drains " full of inky, stagnant water. A couple of men are at work, on the edge of the heathery plain
THE VIGORNIAN. above, cutting turf, armed with long-handled, narrowbladed spades, and wearing enormous soles strapped on their shoes. The turf they are cutting will burn well; it is black, cuts like stiff clay without any .trace of its original roots and fibres, and will dry into a hard block, almost as heavy as coal. The right to cut turf (technically, " turbary rights ") is a valuable property to the possessor: he is then, so to speak, master of his own coal mine, and can snap his fingers at colliers' strikes and consequent ruinous prices. "Turf" is locally classified as "light" (the fibrous top layers), "middling hard," or "ordinary," and " black." Below the latter is sludge and white clay. The methods of sale vary in different localities. The usual measure is the "box," which holds about twentyfour cubic feet, and sells at from is. 2d. to is. 4d.; but a common way of selling is by the load, a somewhat variable quantity, the purchaser when buying several loads having the right to measure one as a test. Sometimes turf is sold in " kishes," which are large-rounded wicker baskets. Each road-side family usually lays in its stock of turf for the winter well beforehand, and piles it in a large close-packed stack, or in a shed, " convanient " to the dwelling. Really good turf mixed with a little coal makes a splendid fire. To our right the bog is intersected by the dusty white high road, along which a train of laden turf carts with plodding donkeys and sleepy drivers is slowly jolting. Such a " bog-road" is often very good; raised as it is several feet above the surrounding surface and flanked by ditches, wet soon drains off. As much cannot, unfortunately, be said for many other roads in Ireland. The last of the aforesaid string of carts, you notice, is piled with gnarled and twisted fragments of wood; this is known as " bog-deal," and makes good firewood, consisting of fragments of roots and stumps of trees, chiefly fir, obtained from the upper portion of the bog in the process of turf-cutting. Besides this product of the bog, everyone has heard of the black " bog-oak," dug out of the bog and carved into more or less attractive objects, which command a ready sale. Ahead of us as we walk forward is a curious freak of nature—a grassy hill, covering an acre or two, on which is a tumble-down cabin and shed, sheltering,
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besides the owners, a colony consisting of a couple of cows, a donkey, two goats, a calf, an assortment of fowls and geese, a particularly savage-looking sheepdog, and the regulation number of bare-legged children. From here a doubtful-looking " car-track," with eighteen-inch ruts, leads across to the road. Beyond this oasis the bog stretches away many a mile to the horizon. One appreciates the rotundity of the earth almost better when standing on the middle of a large bog, than when on a ship at sea. Looking back, it is striking to note that we are on a higher level than the village we left an hour ago. So much so, in fact, that landslips, or rather bogslips, have more than once occurred on the edges of the bog, on one occasion a cottage and garden being moved bodily some fifty yards during the night. When one remembers that the whole extent is practically floating on water, this is easily credible. The vegetation here is, of course, in keeping with the prevalent moisture. On the knoll we have just passed a few straggling bushes grow, and towards the edges of the bog some stunted firs have struggled into existence. But on the bog proper there is no kind of tree, though in one or two dryish parts there is a thick, shrubby growth, about a foot high, of the whortleberry, with curious waxy pink flowers and boxlike leaves; and the " bog myrtle," with its fragrant scent, grows here and there in plenty. The moister parts are white with the fluffy pendant heads of the " bog-cotton," growing thick in the coarse, reedy grass. Some of these spots are veritable marshes, not to be crossed with impunity, but sheltering waterhens, coot, and snipe in plenty. Everywhere is luxurious moss and grey lichen, sometimes in regular hillocks, into which the foot sinks over the ankles. In one or two places are burnt tracts, telling their own tale; and a big bog on fire is sometimes a serious thing, the conflagration spreading for miles and the turf below smouldering for weeks. Wherever the heather grows you may be sure of finding a footing, but the coarse grass usually hides water. Amongst it grow patches of " ragged robin " and white campion. There is one large pool almost covered with leaves and flowers of the white water-lily, and all the pools are crowded with water plants of other kinds. We are reaching
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now a perfect labyrinth of pools and islands, and as we approach the gulls rise literally in thousands, for this is the regular breeding place of countless " blackheads," who roam over the country round for miles. The noise is almost deafening as the angry birds circle, and scream and swoop about our heads. One could fill a fair-sized hamper in a very short time with the eggs which lie about everywhere in two's and three's together, with absolutely no sign of nest. The edges of the pools are worn bare and smooth by the gulls' feet, and look almost like rock. Some wiser birds have laid their eggs on little islets, out of reach of country boys who make a few coppers by selling eggs and young birds. There are only one or two of the latter out yet, fluffly, little light-brown balls, just able to waddle. When they are a bit older they are very hardy, and will eat almost anything. On some of these rushy islands are other nests; waterhen, wild-duck, redshank, etc., breed here. As we leave, and the gulls gradually settle down again, up gets a curlew, right ahead, followed quickly by another; there are plenty of them round here. Probably there is a nest, or rather eggs, within a few yards of us, but we might as well look for the proverbial needle. Their whistle, as they fly round us low down in respectful circles, is very plaintive, especially as heard at night in winter when a flock is flying overhead. When they rise they use a different call, a sort of series of little ascending chromatic scales of five or six notes. To the more distant pools of the bog, wild-geese come down from the mountains to feed. Very wary birds they are, and it is almost impossible to get within gunshot without alarming the sentinel-gander, who always watches over the flock when feeding, and flies at their head when on the wing. In the evenings, or early mornings, you may see the flock far up in the sky, flying in their wavy V-shaped line to or from the mountains, as the case may be. I have once or twice counted hundreds in such flocks. So high do they fly sometimes that one would hardly notice them but for the hoarse cry of some noisy laggard. There goes a snipe !—darting away in zig-zag haste. If we had come a little earlier you would hear everywhere the curious humming noise made with the
wings by the female during the pairing season. Their curious dodgy flight makes them tricky birds to shoot. Overhead a couple of herons—cranes they call them here—are slowly flapping their stately way westwards. An old cock-grouse gets up with a whirr a little in front. There are not very many of them on this bog. In cages outside some of the cottages in the neighbourhood you will see tame grouse, sometimes used as decoys by enterprising poachers. To get to the road now we must bear to our left, towards that line of firs. Between it and us is drier ground—more stunted grass than heather—and here the plover breeds. Scores of them are up already. Their eggs are much over-rated as a delicacy, I think, but anyone who likes them could satisfy their taste very cheaply hereabouts. An old fisherman on the Shannon offered to get me any quantity at 2d. the dozen ! A friend of mine eats gulls' eggs as well, and tells me they are quite as good: but they must be quite fresh, and it is not easy to make sure of this. I have seen very few golden plover round here, but now and then a small flock appears. A hundred yards or so from the road the ground is cut up by drains and large pools, thick with coarse grass and rushes. The redshank is the chief inhabitant of these, and a little later on the boys will be hunting the young birds with dogs. "To run like a redshank" is a common expression, and they can run. "Grass of Parnassus," with its tall, delicate flowers, grows here sparsely, and the butterwort is very common—in some places the ground is almost covered with the tufts of pale, sheeny viscid leaves, most of them specked with little flies, ensnared by the sticky surface. The small flower, which droops at the top of the single stalk, eight to twelve inches high, is of a rich blue-violet, and to my mind one of the most beautiful of our native wild-flowers. The ground in places is carpeted with red rattle, and the pale, delicate flowers of the butterfly orchis are common enough. One peculiarity of the bog is the dearth of butterflies, even the commonest ones. One sees a few " Meadow Browns," a few " Small Heaths " and " Ringlets," a very few " Graylings," and on the edges an occasional " Fritillary," and, barring
THE VIGORNIAN. rarities, that is all. There are, however, a fair number of moths—the large yellow underwing is everywhere ; varieties of the " Shell " and " Dark Arches " flutter out of every tuft on our path, and the curious bottle-shaped cocoon of the " Emperor " moth is a "common object." It is generally attached to a few stout blades of grass; the entrance, or rather exit, admirably guarded against intruders with stout bristles pointing outwards, after the manner of an eel trap. Beetles, too, abound. As to animals, with the exception of an occasional hare, a few mice and such like, and a stoat or two on the outskirts, there are practically none. C. G. WHEELER.
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W.C.G.S. v. W. H. HARTLAND'S XI. (Oct. I3th).— Played on the School ground, and won by the visitors—who brought over a strong team from Malvern—by 6 goals to I. This was a capital match, the School playing well in the first half. W.C.G.S. v. L. COOK'S XI. (Oct. I7th).—This match was played on the School ground, and after a good game resulted in a win for the School by 5 goals to 3. The School played up well, the right wing doing good service. W.C.G.S. v. DEAN CLOSE SCHOOL (Oct. 2oth).—Played at Cheltenham, in drenching weather, and won by Dean Close by 11 goals to I. We always expect two things at Cheltenham, a defeat and bad weather, and this year we were disappointed in neither. The School held its own in the first half, but in the second half we were quite outplayed. Mr. Beach-Hicks was unable to play in this match. W.C.G.S. v. VOLUNTARY CHOIR GUILD (Nov. loth).— Played on our own ground, and won by the School by 2 goals to I. The School had the best of the game throughout, but were unable to score more owing to bad shooting.
past season, taken all round, has been a successful one, though spoilt considerably by rain and the floods. For this cause we have had, unfortunately, to scratch a good many matches. So far our record is a satisfactory one, having won five matches and having lost four. The play of the whole team has improved greatly, but the forwards are still the weakest part. They have certainly shown an improvement in combination, but they have yet to learn how to shoot; this, indeed, accounts for the smallness of our scores in several matches. The usual complaint must be made against the half-backs, namely, that they do not tackle enough the opposing forwards, and so leave the backs free to kick the ball. However, they have improved a great deal during the term. The attendances are much better, we are glad to see, both in senior and junior games. Of matches within the School, the most important, and one which attracted most interest, was that played between the School and School House. This was won by the School House by 3 goals to 2. We must here take the opportunity of thanking Messrs. Rammell and Beach-Hicks for their kind assistance, both in matches and practices. The following are the matches which have been played up to the present :—
W.C.G.S. (UNDER 16) v. VOLUNTARY CHOIR BOYS (Oct. 6th).—Played at Diglis, and won by the Choir by 20 goals to I. This disastrous defeat is chiefly owing to the absence of several prominent members of the team, who were, unavoidably, playing in another match.
W.C.G.S. v. E. L. HARKNESS'S XI. (Oct. 6th).—Played on our own ground, in fine weather, against a scratch team, and resulted in a win for the School by 3 goals to 2.
W.C.G.S. (UNDER 15) v. CHERBOURG HOUSE, MALVERN. —Played at Malvern, on Nov. 24th, and won by the School by 3 goals to nil.
W.C.G.S. v. L. COOK'S XI. (Nov. 2ist).—This, the return match, was played (through the kindness of Mr. Carr) on a field in St. John's, owing to our own field being flooded. The match was very evenly contested, and resulted, eventually, in the defeat of the School by 4 goals to 3. Mr. Beach-Hicks did good work on the left wing, and Mr. Rammell as left back. W.C.G.S. v. VOLUNTARY CHOIR GUILD (Nov. 29th).— Played on the School ground, and won by the visitors by 4 goals to 2. In spite of the defeat, great praise is due to the School team for the way they played together in this match ; and again it was owing to our inferior shooting that so few goals were obtained. W.C.G.S. v. KING EDWARD VI.'s SCHOOL, STRATFORD-ONAVON (Dec. 5th).—Played on the School ground, in foggy weather. Our opponents, who were much lighter than we were, had only lately changed from the "Rugby" to the "Association " game. The final result was a win for our School by 8 goals to nil, W.C.G.S. v. J. KENT'S XI. (Dec. 8th).—This match was played on the School ground, in fine weather. The School had the best of the game throughout, but could only score 2 goals. Mr. Kent's XI. scored one. Junior Matches.
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The following matches had to be scratched, owing to bad weather :— W.C.G.S. v. Hereford County College. ,, Lucton School, Hereford, ,, (under 17) v. Grammar School, Evesham. „ „ „ ,, „ (return). „ (under 14) v. Cathedral Choristers.
JUItletk Sports fleariiis. ioo yards, loj sees.—R. Coates (1881). 120 yards, i2| sees.—J. Little (1880). Quarter-mile, 55! sees.—F. Quilter (1880).' Half-mile, 2 min. 20 sees.—F. Quilter (1880).' Mile, 5 min. 12 sees.—H. Counsell (1885). High Jump, 4 ft. n inches—F. A. George (1880). Long Jump, 18 ft. 10 inches—F. T. Davies (1894). Throwing the Cricket Ball, 101 yds. 2 ft—J. Little (1880).
Speech Bag. (Reprinted from " Worcester Daily Times,''1)
Mr. P. S. Williams, Mr. G. Leonard, Mrs. Walter Brown, Mr. J. A. Steward, Mr. J. H. Hooper, Miss S. B. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. Wilding, Mrs. F. J. Chavasse, Mr. and Mrs. Collier, Miss Copeman, Miss Herbert, the Misses Hyde, Mrs. and Miss Germain, Miss Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, Mr. and the Mrs. Graves Morris, Mrs. Phipps, Mr. and Miss Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs. and the Misses Scott, Mrs. Stevenson, Mr. H. Davey, Mr. and Misses Tanner, Mrs. Vincent, Miss Winterton, and the Assistant Masters, Messrs. H. Clarke, R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, T. E. Rammell, and J. Bachelor. Before the prizes were given away the boys went through a programme of school songs, under the conductorship of Dr. Wareing, and recitations in Latin, Greek, French, and English, all most creditably given. The programme was as follows : — SCHOOL SONG ...... "Where Severn Winds " ...... A.J. Caldicoti C b SOPHOCLES-" Antigone" ...{ ,"T............... ^SS \Antigone ............\ F. C.'r Fuller CICERO— " Philipic II." .............................. E. \V. Holland (Sagnarelle ......... H. Watts MOLIERE — " Le Medecin Malgre | Geronte...............J. Nicol lui" ~\Lutinde ......... S. J. Steward \Valere ............... H. Webb SHAKESPEARE— " Macbeth " (Macbeth ......... F. T. Davies (Scene \.}\Laiiy Macbeth. .F. C. Fuller SONG ............... " O'er the Woodland Chase" ...... Dr. Wardng SHAKESPEARE— " Macbeth " (Scene II.) .............................. (Puff. ........... A. P. Bolland SHERIDAN — " The Critic " ...... -j Dangle ............... H. Morris \Sneer ......... H. M. Chaplin Characters in the Tragedy J f V ?• *"*?& ........... -M. Bates --
Annual Speech Day and Prize Distribution took place on Tuesday in the College Hall. There was even a larger attendance than on former occasions of the Governors and the parents and friends of the boys. The Dean of Worcester presided, and amongst those who accepted invitations were— Canon Melville, Canon Claughton, Mrs. Holland, the SONG ..................... "Hark, the Lark '." Dr. Cooke Rev. H. and Mrs. Clifford, the Rev. W. G. and Mrs. The HEAD MASTER, reporting on the work of the year, first Melville, the Rev. W. W. and Mrs. Douglas, the Rev. cordially welcomed those present. It was a great encourageC. Black (Colwall), the Rev. H. J. and Mrs. Hammond ment and a great help to them to see so many friends there who come to see what the boys could do. The attendance at (Droitwich), the Rev. F. H. Richings, the Rev. C. and had that gathering had increased yearly, and he welcomed it as one Mrs. Chaytor, the Rev. G. A. K. and Mrs. Simpson, of several signs that the work in the school was appreciated by their friends and neighbours. He was thankful to say he the Rev. Dri and Mrs. Quilter, the Rev. F. W. and could give a very good account of the past year in every respect. school was judged by various points, by numbers, by honours Mrs. Wallis, the Rev. T. Littleton Wheeler, the Rev. A obtained, and by its moral tone. The latter was hardly a W. R. and Mrs. Carr, the Rev. G. F. and Mrs. Williams, measurable quantity, and must be left to the knowledge of their friends. The numbers were important because they meant the Rev. J. Martin, Aid. T. R. Hill, Aid. and Mrs. convenience of organisation and fees —pounds, shillings, and which meant extra teaching power and apparatus. They Ernest Day, Aid. and Mrs. Walter Holland, Mr. and . pence, would be glad to hear that last term the number was larger than Mrs. R. P. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. T. Bates, Mr. and it had been since the new scheme came into operation. The Scholars were a constant quantity, but in the first year Mrs. R. W. Binns, Aid. and Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Knox- King's of the new scheme, 1885, there were 26 non-foundationers, and Little, Mr. T. H. Sudden, Mrs. Brodie, the Misses last term there were 52. (Applause.) Mr Bolland then read the honours that had been gained by present and old boys Beale, Col. and Miss Sellers, Mr. and Mrs. H. Buck, since the last speech day, as follows : — Meeke Scholarship, Hertford College, Oxford, F. T. Davies ; Proxime Accessit for Mrs. Bachelor, Mr. and Mrs. C. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Senior Mathematical Scholarship, Oxford, E. A. White ; Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. W. Classical Moderations (Honours), I. Class, II. M. Conacher ; Classical Moderations (Honours), III. Class, H. Button ; Caldicott, Mrs. W. H. Caldicott, Mr. T. G. Chaplin, Silver Medal in National Art Competition, S. Kensington,
THE VIGORNIAN. F. J. Hadley; Free Studentship, Birmingham School of Art, F. J. Hadley; Worfield Scholarship, F. T. Davies; Final Theological School, Oxford (Honours), II. Class, T. A. Branthwaite. Higher Certificates.—A. Bennett (Distinction in Mechanics and Geology), F. T. Davies (Distinction in English), E. W. Holland, F. C. Fuller. Lower Certificates.—S. J. Steward (3 First Classes), H. E. Powell (2), H. E. Watts (l), N. G. Davies, F. Morris, H. B. Perrins. The Head Master thanked Davies, the head of the school, for the trouble he had taken and the care he had shown for the interests of the school. They were all pleased to see the continued success of Cona°cher, who gained a First-class in Moderations, though attacked by influenza at the time of the examination. Dutton was labouring under the disadvantage of bad eye-sight. Referring to the Distinction in the Higher Certificate Examination, Mr. Bolland said it must be a satisfaction to the representatives of the city that the school had distinguished itself so highly on the modern side. They also counted amongst the honours of the school that Dutton had won the Oxford University sculls. (Applause). As to the moral tone of the school he hoped that their friends and neighbours were satisfied with the behaviour of the boys. Moral tone he valued as much as numbers and honours together, and he hoped the school would aim at keeping that at a high pitch. (Applause.) He was especially pleased to have so satisfactory a report to make, because they were at a very critical point with regard to education. There was a Royal Commission now sitting in London to inquire about secondary education; under which Commission's inquiry their school and all others had to come. Among the difficult questions he had had to answer was one as to what became of the boys who, having won scholarships, had left them. It was not until he had prepared the answers that he realised how very well their old boys were getting on in the world. (Hear, hear.) A scheme had been considered by the recent conference of Head Masters, which he attended, which, if the Commissioners reported on anything like the same lines, would put secondary education on a most efficient basis ; all over-lapping would be avoided, and the blank places would be filled up, and means found of giving a good education of all grades, from the elementary school to the university, to every boy. In face of the Commission it was most satisfactory that he could report that the numbers had nearly doubled in nine years, that they had a list of honours that a larger school might not be ashamed of, and that there was a good moral tone in the school. (Applause.) Those results were not obtained without very good work on the part of the masters, and he thanked the assistant masters for their careful work. They had, he thought, never had a more efficient and excellent staff. (Applause.) The masters would be powerless without the co-operation of the boys, and he thanked the boys, especially the elder boys, for their loyalty and care. He thanked those who had given prizes—Mr. Walter Holland, an old boy, who had given them a new boat—(applause)—and Mr. J. H. Hooper for his very kind offer of panels on which to record the names of those who had won exhibitions. (Applause.) Little by little they were increasing their apparatus, and during the year the governors had fitted up a new carpenter's shop. He asked for assistance from parents and others for the museum which was being developed. Canon CLAUGHTON read the report of the Examiner, Mr. C. S. Adamson, M.A., St. John's College, Oxford. It was as follows :— " I have examined the three lowest Forms in classics, mathematics, and scripture, and have gone through, with the masters who examined, the papers done in French and the English subjects. I have also taken each Form mud voce in part of the work offered. To begin with the younger boys, the Second Form were bright and intelligent in the oral examination, in which it was more easy to judge of their ability and knowledge, owing to the difficulty of such young boys in writing down their thoughts in coherent and grammatical form. They knew their Latin translation very well, and showed a general knowledge of the simple verbs.
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Shackel, Finch, and Williams I. were the best, but Simpson II., who did a very good Latin grammar paper, and the best Latin sentences was unfortunately absent. Gray, Williams II., and Shackel did best in English history, of which the majority had a very fair knowledge, but again Simpson II. did the best paper. In Scripture Simpson II. and Harwood did very fair papers. English grammar was done fairly, the parsing being weak. Gray was the best. Upon the whole the best work done in this Form was in French and geography. The French papers showed a very fair knowledge of numerals, genders, &c., Williams I. and Simpson II. doing excellent papers. In geography there was throughout a good knowledge of localities and memory maps of Africa and the South Coast of England showed in nearly all the boys a very fair idea of outline, while the best were extremely accurate in detail. With the Third Form I was not quite so well satisfied, there being in it several boys who were evidently not able to grapple with the work of the Form, and who thereby kept back the others. The paper in which the best level was attained to was the Old Testament paper, Slater and Morris II. being especially good. In Latin and Greek grammar Bates II. was far the best. There was a fair general knowledge of the nouns, but the verbs and numerals were weak. In the prepared Latin translation, which I took viva voce, Hammond was excellent and accurate, Rovve and Bates II. were fair. In P'rench this Form also was successful, Day doing an extremely good paper (90 per cent.) ; while Senter and Rowe also deserve commendation. In geography and map drawing most were fair, and Pearson II. really excellent, showing a surprisingly accurate and full knowledge of detail. Morris II. must also be mentioned. In English history Morris II. was good, and Bates II. very fair; the latter being also the best in Greek history. In English grammar Rowe was very good (95 per cent.) ; Bates II. and Perrins II., very fair. The Head Master examined the Second and Third Forms in the Catechism, of which they were able to give a very fair explanation, Acland being especially deserving of mention in Form III., Williams I. and Simpson II. in Form II. The same Forms have had one lesson a week in elementary physiology, and have acquired a very fair knowledge of the parts of the human body, and of the processes of digestion, respiration, and circulation. Walsh II., Bates II., and Perrins II. were best in the Third Form ; Simpson II. in the Second. Of the work of the Fourth Form I am able to give a thoroughly good report. Not only are there in it boys of considerable ability and application, but the high average attained in most subjects proves that the Form has been well and carefully taught. To proceed to details, the Latin and Greek grammar papers were well done, with the exception of a certain weakness in numerals ; Liddell II. was excellent in Latin grammar, Blair, Usher, and Harrington I. good ; Liddell II. and Usher the best in Greek. In the unseen Latin translation Liddell II. and Blair were extremely good, the former using some thought in the choice of expression, which is rare at his age. In the prepared books this Form showed a thorough knowledge of grammar and construction, and an intelligent appreciation of the subject matter. In the Csesar, Browne was quite the best: in Xenophon, Liddell II. was excellent, Marshall and Browne very good ; in Phraedrus, which I took vivd vote, Marshall, Harrington, and Browne all deserve mention. In Roman history, Harrington I. displayed a thorough grasp of the period read, and had evidently thought for himself; Liddell II. was also very good; Marshall and Browne very fair. The geography was very fairly done on the whole, but the best papers, those of Harrington I. and Marshall, were not quite so good as the best in the Form below, a difference doubtless due to the fact of less time being spent upon the subject. The memory maps of France were excellent, many being extremely neat as well as accurate, particularly
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those of Deakin, Harrington I., and Webb. A high average was obtained in the paper on English grammar and Macaulay's essay on Clive, Liddell II., Bates I., Browne, and Harrington I. all deserving mention. The Old Testament papers surprised me by their uniform excellence, the average for the whole Form being exactly two-thirds marks; Liddell II. and Marshall were especially good, and among others Marshall, Deakin, and Harrington I. drew very accurate maps of Palestine. In French this Form did the paper set in the lower certificate examination, and did it extremely well, Browne and Marshall being the best. The work done in mathematics hardly came up to the same level as that in the other subjects. The'arithmetic papers were fairly well done, but in Algebra and Euclid there was very great inequality, brightened by some individual successes. In Class D, Harwood did a good arithmetic paper and Shackel was fair. In Class C, Euclid and Algebra are begun, but very few boys had acquired any grasp of the subjects; in Algebra, however, Newman and Webb II. were quite good and Baylis fair. The arithmetic was pretty fair on the whole, White doing a very accurate and intelligent paper (86 per cent.); Perrins II. and Roberts were also good. In Class B, Bates I. did an extremely good paper (87 per cent.) in Algebra, while Blair and Harrington I. were very fair. In Euclid, Purser was good, Browne and Harrington I. very fair. In arithmetic this Class took the lower certificate paper, which was evidently above the capacity of the lower boys, although Bates I. did quite a good paper, while Marshall was fair, and Davey excellent in quality but limited in range. A few boys learn German instead of Greek ; of these Harrington I. obtained 82 per cent, on the lower certificate paper, a very creditable performance after a year's acquaintance with the language ; Slatter also was very good. In conclusion, I beg to congratulate you and the Headmaster upon the generally satisfactory state of the School, so far as I have been enabled to judge of it." The DEAN then distributed the prizes as follows :— Form Prizes.—VI. Form, Davies i. V., Powell. IV., Liddell ii. III., Bates ii. II., Williams i. Divinity (open).—Davies i., Fuller i. (Greek Test.) Latin Composition (open).—Davies i. English Essay (open).—Fuller. Divinity and History.—V., Watts. IV., Liddell ii. III., Bates ii., Morris iii. II., Simpson ii. Mathematics (open).—Bennett. Lower A. Division, Steward. B., Bates i. C., Newman. D., Harwood. Modern Languages (open).—Bolland ii., Telfer. V., Steward. IV., Browne. III., Day, Slatter. II., Williams i. Natural Science (open).—Bennett. Physiology, Walsh ii. Collection, Davey. Drawing (freehand).—Senior, Perrins ii. Junior, Marshall. " Maurice Day" Prize.—Davies i. The DEAN said it gave him great pleasure to preside at that anniversary, that being the third year in succession he had had the honour of distributing the prizes. (Hear, hear.) He had hoped the Bishop would have performed that pleasant duty ; but no doubt his lordship was engaged on important work that day. He expressed to the meeting the regret of Canon Knox Little that he could not be present, a regret that was, he was sure, shared by all there, and by none more than the Governors of the School, whose interests Canon Knox Little always endeavoured to promote. (Applause.) They had with them, however, the Sub-Dean, who was an authority on education. (Hear, hear.) Anyone who had studied the speech delivered by Canon Melville at the recent session of Convocation must have been struck by the vigour of thought, the classical correctness, and the elegance of language in which it was expressed. Referring to the Head Master's remarks, the Dean expressed regret at
hearing that the classical attainment had not been as great as had signalised past years. He hoped that was only casual. He felt sure it was so. (Hear, hear.) He should deeply regret if it were otherwise. He would not say the exclusion of Latin and Greek from English schools would be their ruin ; but he felt it would be nothing short of disastrous if there were to be any discouragement of classical lore. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the brilliant successes of the Cathedral School in past years would be repeated in the years to come. (Applause.) He suggested that parents of the boys who were not boarders might greatly help by punctuality of domestic arrangements and hours of meals, and by securing to their sons sufficient leisure for doing their work, without which the masters, however excellent and efficient they were, would be positively powerless. He trusted there would be boys always ready to take the places of boys that left to hold aloft the credit and success of the school. He asked the boys to remember how much depended on themselves, and urged them to keep the star of unsullied honour, of highest spirit, and of noble ambition always before them. (Applause.) Canon MELVILLE spoke of the critical condition of all schools in the country, and especially of such schools as that, in regard to the educational question. In England—it was their insular character—they lived in all those things from hand to mouth. They were so afraid of being doctrinaire, of being after the type of continental nations, of having a good type or pattern before them, and working up to it as far as they could. What they had done was to take the exact state of the case as it came before them, with such practical application for its carrying out as might be, without thinking of any great design or scheme of which it might, perhaps, be a function. The consequence was that every now and then there came the necessity of patching up the case, of finding out the weak part, and then going back to the original condition of things, and, instead of working up with a great progressive scheme to a higher type, perhaps doing great mischief in trying to correct it. The Church they knew was the great educator of the people, looking to the lower strata of education, and for many years its day schools were called the national schools. Latterly, by a very great mistake, the Church had allowed itself to stick the not very intelligible syllables " denomi" in front, and to call them denominational schools. He wished the Church would go back to the old title and maintain its claim to be the national teacher. (Hear, hear.) The lower strata of education, feeling they had advanced powers and faculties, had had heaped upon them subjects which did not properly apply. Primary education should be as simple as it could be, consistent with soundness. There were 17 subjects put forward in the syllabus of the education department to be taught in primary schools. That would result in utter confusion ; either the elementary part of education was neglected, or else those things were perfectly superfluous. That forced on the system of secondary education Mr. Bolland had referred to, and which had always been in their minds, and that was now the great crucial point with reference to the education question. That question would materially affect all schools in the country. No place that he knew of had such an opportunity of working out a perfect system as had the county of Worcester, or even the city of Worcester, with its classical school, its intermediate school, and its good primary and rudimentary schools. That question was a great anxiety to the governors of the school, in view of the increased accommodation, and in view of the great kindness of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who had not only rebuilt that beautiful room, but had given them the possibility of a foundation of 30 boarders in the school house and premises around it, which were excellently adapted for a first-rate classical school. He hoped in the working out of a perfect scheme of education, from the primary, through the secondary, to the University or the academic stage, the Cathedral school might take advantage of the more perfect scheme, and, though it was disappointing that they had not grown in proportion to the opportunities of that place, and that those advantages they had received had not been practically carried out, he trusted there was a future before the
THE VIGORNIAN. school that would enable them to hold up their heads and feel even greater gratification than they felt that day. (Applause.) At the request of the Dean a holiday was granted to the boys, who showed their appreciation in true schoolboy fashion. Hearty cheers were given for the Dean and Mrs. Forrest, the Governors, and the Head Master and Mrs. Holland.
e on (Eanaoa. fN December 4th, Mr. Ernest Wood came from Birmingham and gave us a Lecture on Canada. It was the most interesting lecture that we have heard for some time, and in addition it was illustrated by splendid " lime-light" views. How the "lanternist" could change them so quickly was a source of much wonder. Mr. Wood described to us all the principal towns, dwelling on the marvellous growth of the last ten years, the government, products and industries of the country. Some of the most interesting views were those that described the same scenes " as they were " and " as they are." Mr. Wood lectures, we believe, at the request of Sir Charles Tupper, High Commissioner for Canada, and we think it very likely that he will attract many of those who think of emigrating to the Dominion.
School (Officers. Captain of the School ... Captain of Cricket Secretary of Cricket Captain of Football Secretary of Football Captain of the Boats ... Secretary of Rowing Club Secretary of Fives Librarians Curator of Museum Captain of Cycle Club ... Editors of The Vigornian
A. P. BOLLAND. A. P. BOLLAND. F. MORRIS. A. P. BOLLAND. H. M. CHAPLIN. N. G. DAVIES. H. E. POWELL. A. P. BOLLAND. A. P. BOLLAND. H. M. CHAPLIN. F. MORRIS. H. HARRINGTON. A. P. BOLLAND. H. M. CHAPLIN.
Scholarship (Examination. examination was held on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 22nd and 23rd, to fill eight vacancies. The examiner was the Rev. H. F. Bennett. The following were successful:—
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1. H. W. Cotton, Cathedral Choir School 2. E. A. J. Seccombe, Mr. Morgan-Brown's, Hunstanton 3. F. H. Claxton, Mr. Lloyd's, Hartford House, Winchfield J. F. Usher, W.C.G.S. (L. H. W. Sampson, Cumberland House School \H. A. Richings, W.C.G.S. A. T. Marshall, B. M. Liddell,
The next in order were :— rH. C. Telfer, Mr. Lea, Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton J J. P. A. Plunket, Mr. Black's School, Colwall 1C. L. Davey, W.C.G.S.
School F. T. Davies has gone into residence at Hertford College, with a " Meeke " Scholarship. F. C. Fuller has gone into residence at Christ Church College, Oxford. He stroked the winning "Junior Pair." E. W. Bolland has gone into residence at S. Mary Hall, Oxford. F. H. Dutton rowed for some time in one of the Oxford Trial Eights. F. T. Davies has gained a Worfield Scholarship (open to all boys born in Worcester) of the value of ,£50 for four years. C. Petch, who has entered Islington Missionary College, will probably go out shortly to East Africa to a station on the road to the Great Lake. An Ambulance Class has been formed this year under Dr. Walpole Simmons. The examination will be held on December i3th. On the occasion of his taking his Master of Arts degree, Mr. Rammell was presented with a Gown by the IV. Form and a Hood by the School House. Carpentering Classes have been commenced this term in the new carpentering shop, a large number of boys attending, under the superintendence of Mr. E. Clarke. On S. Luke's Day (Oct. i8th) we received a visit from the Rev. H. W. Woodward (who is engaged in missionary work in East Africa), on behalf of the Universities' Mission. A short address was given, and much appreciated by the audience. The annual Old Vigornians' dinner will take place at the Star Hotel, on Thursday, December 27th.
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sent to Mr. Webb, Belmont,
We understand that an account of the School, with illustrations, is to appear in the Sf. James1 Budget for January i8th, 1895. It will form one of a series of articles on the Public Schools of England. Any member of the School, or Old Vigornian, can have copies sent by applying to the Editors of The Vigornian. We believe that the School will be expected to take a good many copies, so we trust that old boys will help us by obtaining the number which they require from us, instead of from bookstalls. The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries:—Ousel (3), Cantuarian (3), Tonbridgian (2), Bromsgrovian (2), Portcullis, Ulula, Raven, Ellesmerian, Denstonian, Coventry School Magazine, Liverpool Institute Magazine, and others.
In JtUmoriam. (Stonjc gjcrbcrt garroto, (•! gears a JRissionarj) in JfnMa) , 1S94.
OXFORD LETTER. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs,—I have been roused from my academic slumbers by a demand for an Oxford Letter for the Vigornian. In the old days when " tumult without " used to be the stage direction most frequently applicable to life here, your correspondents had an easy task. But now, what with Vice-Chancellors who let no evil thing come near us, missions and sermons innumerable to admonish us, and the ever growing company of women students (old style, as yet, we are thankful to think), in our midst, we are becoming so good and quiet that I am constrained to ejaculate with Tiberius, "Heaven help me, my lords, if I know how or what to write to you."
But the Old Vigornian colony, at any rate, is still vigorous, and may claim the space usually devoted to it in these epistles. It has been augmented this term by the arrival of F. Davies (Hertford), F. C. Fuller (Christ Church), and E. W. Bolland (S. Mary Hall). Davies and Fuller have both been busy on the river, and the latter won the Junior Pairs at the House, while the former rowed bow in the winning four at Hertford. F. H. Button is still Admiral of the Hertford Navee, and I believe that there is no reason to apprehend that he will be stripped of his white rowing jacket, or deprived of his high feather, or suffer any other such celestial experience. E. A. White, B.A., disappeared for a while to do some teaching in Barbados, but has now returned, and will, it is to be hoped, be successful in his next and last attempt for the Senior Mathematical Scholarship. H. M. Conacher (Corpus) is said to have covered on his machine during the present term a distance which no figures can represent, to have visited every city, town, village, hamlet, church, and house of entertainment in the counties of Oxford and Berks ; to have been in peril oft of being taken into custody for having no lamp, and to have been almost persuaded to become a Volunteer Cyclist. Some days since the Oxford Review informed its readers that a "Mr. T. E. Rummell" (Trinity) had proceeded to his Master's degree. Eminent experts declare that under this unknown name is concealed that of a popular graduate in your part of the country. I have had no opportunity of collating other MSS. to see whether this is so. It was with peculiar feeling that, a Sunday or two ago, we sung in our chapels here the verse in the Psalm, "The floods have risen, the floods have risen." A sort of Noachian deluge was at that time covering the ground outside, and in great measure also inside Oxford. The South-west quarter of the town became a lake, the Great Western Railway was submerged and traffic suspended, and, worst of all, the waterworks were inundated : whereat men learned in the ways of bacilli made speed to buy filters. The water has gone down now, and left behind it a selection of savoury smells arising from damp fields, mouldering hay-ricks, rotting cabbage-beds, and the like. It is to be hoped that no epidemic will result But far worse than any floods, at least to the wretched scribe who writes this, are the awful rumours now afloat concerning the Final Honour School of Literse Humaniores. Ante Jovem, that is to say, the present Master of Balliol, many woes encompassed that path to a degree, but they are now to be redoubled, if common report say true. The addition of another paper is an accomplished fact, and the reduction of the
THE VIGORNIAN. First Class to ten and of the Second to twenty men is said to be contemplated. Alas for the great man who has not got the fluency of an Irishman and the memory of a Scotchman, it will go hard with him. And as he meditates on these horrors the hair of his flesh stands up upon the head of Yours sincerely, Bis VIGORN. CAMBRIDGE LETTER. To the Editors of the "Vigornian" Dear Sirs,—With the usual modesty (species "mock") of the Cambridge correspondent, I must apologise for the scantiness of news; the O.V.'s at present up here have done little or nothing this term to call for mention. Rowing being the most important pastime here, we will begin with that. F. H. P. Higgins rowed in the winning boat of the S. Catharine's College " scratch fours "; this magnificent achievement represents the sum total of our athletic performances this term. J. H. West has enrolled himself in the University Volunteers, and by dint of persevering attendance at • drills has by this time been promoted to the rank of full private in the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment; it is only due to him to say that he bears his blushing honours with much modesty and his usual diffidence. He is also a prominent member of the chorus of the Greek play (Iphigenia in Tauris) which the A.D.C. are producing this term for six nights. The chorus of maidens has been altered to one of old men, for a chorus of maidens singing in deep bass voices would probably move more laughter than admiration. The music, set by Charles Wood, Mus. Bac., is rather pretty, and the theatre, in spite of the high prices, has been crowded. W. W. Finch is reading for his Tripos next June as hard as his indisposition (not for " work") will allow; he has been confined to his couch the greater part of the term. W. H. Webb paid us a short visit at the commencement of term, before sailing for India, where we wish him every success in his career. The floods have favoured us with their presence, as well as other localities, and have been higher than have been known for several years. They have interfered somewhat with the practice of the 'Varsity trial eights, though not to such an extent as at Oxford. The trials were rowed on Wednesday, November 28th, and it is to be noted that this year Harrow shows up prominently instead of Eton, as in last year's boats. Judging from the results of the matches played by either team it would seem that Oxford will probably win the " Rugby Match," though it will doubtless prove a good game; the Association teams are more equally matched.
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That is all I can think of. A merry Christmas and enjoyable holidays to you all! JUNIOR SOPH. P.S.—This letter was delayed in the hope of being able to chronicle the success of J. T. Chamberlain in the Emmanuel junior trials ; but, sooth to say, his boat lost by a second, and the above-mentioned success remains the only one.
To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs,—May I be allowed to ask why several members of the School Football XI. have not received their colours. Does it not seem a pity that the team representing the School should appear at matches in colours otherwise than School colours? If this is an oversight for which the secretary must be blamed, I hope that he will rectify it next season. Another point I should just like to mention, and that is the meagre attendance of the School in general when any match is being played at home. Surely out of a School like ours we ought to get the attendance of a good many fellows, whose cheers might not a little affect the drooping spirits of the players. Let them bear in mind that it is their bounden duty, not to loaf away the afternoons, but to put them to the use they are intended for, viz. :—Either to play, making themselves efficient, or to gain experience by watching others play. I am, dear Sirs, Yours truly, TOUCH. THE MUSEUM. To the Editors of the "Vigornian." Dear Sirs,—I wish to call the attention of all to the way in which the Museum has been treated this term. It was intended in principio to be a source from which members of this School, who felt inclined that way, might derive instruction. The greatest interest was taken in it during its infancy ; but it would appear that, since the novelty has worn off, it is a thing of the past, done with and put away for good. Is it necessary for the Curator to wait for a meeting of the committee before opening each term ? If so, why has not a meeting been held this term ? Are we to assign to it the same fate as our Chess Club ? No ! rather let us bestir ourselves to save it from this doom. Hoping some considerable step will be taken in this direction, I am, Sirs, Yours truly, ARCHAIOS.
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THE READING ROOM. To the Editors of the " Vigornian" Dear Sirs,—The Reading Room seems to me to be growing more and more into a place where uproarious boys assemble and fight, not with tooth and nail, but, sad to relate, with Standard and Graphic. The other day I went in there after one of these frays, and experienced a great shock at the havoc made in the defenceless papers, which had been used as weapons of war. I should also like to call your attention to the abduction of papers by certain boys who think they can take them away and read them where they like. It ought to be made plain to such as these that this is not the case, and that others don't want to hunt for the papers whenever they want to read them. Yours truly, LECTOR. [We think that the statements made by " Lector " contain some truth, but at the same time are exaggerated.—EDS. Vig.~\
(Ehcss. Problem No. 32.
Composed for The Vigornian by W. E. B. BLACK.
WHITE. White to play and mate in two moves. Solution of Problem No. 31 :— White. Black. (K at K 8 K at K Kt 3 Q „ K B sq. Ps „ K Kt 2, Q 5, Q B 5, Q Kt 3 and 4 Rs „ Q B 3, & K R sq. B „ K Kt 4 Ps „ K B 4, K 4 and QKt4 )
1 Q to Q 3 2 R „ B 6 mate
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2 Q to Q 6 mate or i K takes B 3 2 P to K 5 mate. For the benefit of beginners we give a short game lately played at the Worcester Chess Club, as it illustrates some of the dangers of the interesting but dangerous gambit—the "Muzio." White. Black, i P to K 4 i P to K 4 2P,,KB4 2 P takes P 3 Kt „ K B 3 3 P to K Kt 4 4 B „ B4 4 P „ Kt 5 5 Castles (This is the move that constitutes the " Muzio " gambit. White gives up his Kt in order to get a strong attack.) 5 P takes Kt 6 Q takes P 6 Q „ B3 (The only good move.) 7 P to K 5 7 Q takes P (In order to get an open file for his R.) 8 Kt B 3 (White forgot that he had not yet made the usual move, P to Q 3 ! And so lost a piece, and ought to have lost the game.) 8 Q to Q 5 ch. 9 K to R sq. 9 Q takes B 10 P „ Q _ 3 . 10 Q t o Q ' B 3 11 Q takes P n Kt to B 3 (Of course White can now win a piece with Q takes Kt, and this was what Black wished for, but if he had done thishe wouldhavelost the game after the exchange of Queens.) 12 Kt to Q 5 (A much stronger move than it looks. It will be found that Black cannot take the Kt with either piece. If Q takes Kt, 13 Q takes Kt; and if R to Kt sq., 14 R to K sq. ch. winning. If 12 B to Kt 2, then 13 Q to K 5 ch., K to B sq. (Q to K 3 loses the Q), 14 Q to K 7 ch., K to Kt sq., 15 Q to Q 8 ch, etc.) 12 Kt takes Kt 13 Q takes P ch. 13 K to Q sq. 14 B to Kt 5 ch. 14 Kt to K 2 15 Q takes B ch. 15 R takes Q 16 R takes R mate.
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