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No. 39^ VOL. IV.

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|N writing School Notes, the first point we notice is the very much improved record of the Cricket XI. For the first time since we have not played masters we beat Dean Close, and a victory was also gained over Hereford. We should much like to see two matches played with these, our old rivals, in cricket as in football. We believe that the difficulty lies on their side, but surely it could be surmounted. A report on the cricket season, with

We have to thank the following for presenting bats to the members of the XL : Mr. Rammell, to Dickson (for his splendid bowling performance against Dean Close), and Mr. G. V. Arthure (O.V.), for his presentation bat for the top average. Shuttleworth also gained a bat from the Games' Committee for his 50 against Hereford. Two other fifties were compiled during the season—J. D. Day (58) and N. M. Fergusson (59 not out)—both against the Old Boys. Our football prospects this term are not bright, for we have only three old colours left. There are one or two young players who may become good in time, but they are very weak at present. The great tendency of the forwards, especially the right wing, is to get " off-side." This must be remedied, and a little care and coaching would get rid of this. Last term, we much regret to say, Mr. Poynton left us to enter Holy Orders. He had been with us for four years, during which time his influence on the School was very great. He came at a very critical

THE VIGORNIAN. period for any school, when we had just changed headmasters, and by his stern discipline he almost revolutionised the lower school. He was always ready to back up any plan which he thought would be useful to the school; and it was mainly due to his unflinching energy that the " runs " last Lent term were so successful. At Cricket he was always ready to give the school his help in club matches, and his steady bowling has gained us more than one victory. And last, though far from least, were the inestimable services he rendered the Junior game at Football: for he, with great self-denial, used to play wifh them every game, and under his tuition, several of this year's most promising players were turned out. We can only hope that he will be as successful in his new sphere of life as he was in his last. We extend a hearty welcome to Mr. J. N. Allison, his successor. He is fresh from Oxford, where he was captain of the Lincoln Boats. We hope that he will be able to turn out a good four this year to do duty for the School, and one which may succeed in beating Hereford. The Prize distribution took place on October the nth, before a large audience. In fact, the company was the largest that had been present for four years. The Governors were not strongly represented, only three being present. A detailed account will be found in another column.

At a meeting, called in the Big Hall on October 23rd, the preliminaries for the Debating Society were got through, and the first meeting of the Session isfixed for November 5th. We hope it will be a success. We should like to see a bigger attendance on the part of the Fifth Form,who were very slack in attendance last year, and seem very shy of speaking, and as a result the debates lacked in interest and life. We trust that this will be remedied under the new secretary, Cobb. The Fund for the School Gymnasium is progressing. Owing to the great rise in the price of iron, etc., the cost is now estimated at ^400 : of this we believe about ^210 has been raised. Mr. Beach-Hicks is raising money in the School by selling photos of different forms, all money received above cost price going to the Fund. We sincerely trust that this money will soon be raised, as a school of our size ought certainly not to be without a gymnasium. The proposed building is intended to be placed in the playground, near the carpentering shop. It has a very handsome exterior, and is by the same architect as the new classrooms.

The Museum is going on well this term. .Numerous additions have been made, a list of which will be found elsewhere; and there is some talk of adding yet another new case for the birds' eggs. This would certainly be a great improvement, especially if the eggs were placed in drawers, as at present they occupy an enormous area—one of the finest cases—which would be better utilised for other specimens.

On Thursday, October 16th, Mr. Poyntz-Sanderson very kindly came and gave us a short lecture on some of the duties of our Navy, and its action in war. He dealt particularly upon the Channel and Mediterranean Squadrons, and also pointed out the action of the Reserve Fleet. He showed with great clearness the necessity for the Channel Squadron leaving the Channel and reinforcing the Mediterranean Squadron, and also pointed out the effect of a so-called invasion, which could in reality be only a " raid." He then turned for a few minutes to the China Squadron, and the importance of our influence there. The hearty clapping at the close showed how thoroughly his words were appreciated and understood.

There has been yet no talk of the Lectures being continued this term. It seems a great pity that such a popular and useful amusement should be dropped. There must be plenty of subjects still untaken, and surely lecturers can be found!

In another column will be found some correspondence relating to the O.V. colours. We can certainly see no valid reason why such colours should not be accepted, as there appears to be a great number who wish to buy them. As far as we can see, all Mr.

THE VIGORNIAN. Webb's arguments have been met, there are " practical suggestions," etc., offered, and we expect before long to see such colours in use. The King's Scholarship Examination is fixed for November i3th and I4th. There is promise of a keen contest for some of the last places, and the result will be waited for with great interest. There are six vacancies. The Concert is fixed for Wednesday, December ipth, and School breaks up on the 2oth. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries, apologising for any accidental omissions:— Bathonian, Bromsgrovian, Decanian, Eagle, Herefordian, Hurst Johnian, King Edward''s School Chronicle, Khedivieh School Magazine, Salopian, Stratfordian, and Tonbridgian.

(Reprinted partly from Worcester Echo). gHE annual prize-distribution took place in the School Hall, on Thursday, October nth. The Dean of Worcester, chairman of the Governors, presided over a large attendance of parents and friends; in fact, the attendance was larger than on any previous occasion during the last few years. The Dean first called on the-Headmaster for his report. The Headmaster,bef oremakinghisreport, apologised on behalf of several of the Governors, who had written to express their regret at not being present. Canon Claughton wrote that that was the first meeting he had missed since he became a Governor in 1887 ; the Earl of Coventry, the Mayor of Worcester, Mr. Ernest Day, and Mr. Millington, Headmaster of Bromsgrove School, also apologised for absence. It was a pleasanter task to welcome those who were present, .and especially the Dean, who had resisted the attractions of the Diocesan Conference at Warwick to preside over the distribution of prizes to the boys of a .school with which he was so closely connected. .(Applause.) He was all the more pleased to see him that day, because he was nearly prevented by a nasty accident with which he met on Monday, and which

they were all glad was no worse. (Applause.) Proceeding, the speaker referred in sympathetic terms to the death of Mr. Clarke, and the consequent changes in the school staff. Speaking of the " paper " results of the year, the Headmaster said that in the higher certificate examinations the year had been a " lean " one, only three certificates having been obtained. This was due in a large measure to ex-President Kruger, for early in the spring a boy who was going to the University went out to the front, another in the sixth passed the London Matriculation, and went out as an engineer, another went off to learn telegraphy, and a fourth, who had already qualified for the law, seemed to think he lacked the energy to go further. The two boys who failed were quite young, and if he had studied only " paper " results, instead of studying the interest of the boys, he would not have entered them. While there were 5 last year leaving for the University, there was only I this year, and the second exhibition had not been awarded. The results in the lower certificate examination were very satisfactory, though two boys fell ill. In Greek, 9 passed, one ist class; they had one of the best forms examined in Latin, and the whole standard of classical knowledge in the fifth was better than before. There was one breakdown : that was in the English; and they must rectify it. He was pleased with the work of the rest of the school. This year an Inspector was sent down who looked into the grouping of the boys, the arrangement of the time table, the sanitary arrangements, and the work of individual masters. He gave much candid and helpful criticism and commendation, some of which he hoped was not undeserved. Speaking of the boys as a whole, he could fairly say that they had been industrious, and had made fair progress. In the corporate life of the school there had been praiseworthy vigour. The performances of the glee class showed that Mr. George Smith had managed to infuse into them a considerable amount of life and energy. He referred to the work of the school on the river, and said that there was more interest taken in the regatta than ever this year, although the school was defeated by Hereford. The hockey field had been under water, but the second of the Days had organised paper chases, and had kept them going. The cricket

THE VIGORNIAN. season had been the most successful they had had for many years. They beat Hereford, their great rivals, and Dean Close School, Cheltenham, which was double their size. The match against the County Club and Ground proved that their " tail" had considerable staying power. (Applause.) Thanks were due to the captain, Ferguson i., and to Mr. Rammell, whom the Headmaster described as his right hand man. (Applause.) It had been a great pleasure to watch during the past year the expansion and the activity of the Old Vignorians' Club. Owing to circumstances they had to forego the annual Christmas dinner in Worcester, but he attended the dinner at the Holborn Restaurant in June, held under the chairmanship of Colonel Albert Webb. That dinner was due to the energy of Mr. Arthur Bolland, but the activity of the O.V.'s Club in Worcester was due almost entirely to the efforts of Mr. Frank Webb, whom he heartily thanked. Mr. Webb was now preparing a register of the old boys, showing what they had done and were doing. Many of the old boys were at the front. Salisbury went out in January as a subaltern, and the last he heard of him was that he was in charge of half a company of South Wales Borderers, entrenched at Fourteen Streams, hoping to be attacked by the ubiquitous De Wet. The son of Mr. J. A. Steward went out with the Cambridge University Volunteers, and had been offered and had refused a commission. The two Pearsons went straight out after receiving their commissions, and there were others from the School, who as privates or troopers in the Volunteers, had served their country. The one naval officer, Hargraves, who was wounded in the taking of the Taku forts, in China, was an old King's scholar. The patriotic enthusiasm of the year had affected the school; the boys had rejoiced in holidays over Ladysmith, Mafeking and Pretoria, and there had been another result. All through the country there had been a movement to start public school volunteer corps, and he had received a request to start one there. The request came from such influential quarters that he felt bound to give his reasons for not acquiescing to it. He thought there was a very great danger of over-doing that side of school life. An able paper had been

written on the subject, but he disagreed with the writer's conclusion. The writer thought that boys could be trained for Volunteer officers while at school, but he (the speaker) did not believe that public schools ought to be turned into places of technical training in the art of war. It was another instance of the rank heresy of specialisation which was doing so much harm to education. They wanted to open the Army as a profession by reducing the cost of officers' life to the best boys of public schools. (Applause.) He did not wish to discourage public school Volunteers. He was for 19 years one and for 10 an officer, and he should like to see every English boy drill and be able to shoot. There were other reasons against establishing a corps there, such as time, expense, etc., and he thought it unwise to endeavour to run before they could walk. He suggested that a very necessary preliminary to such work as the formation of a corps entailed was a school gymnasium, and for that the O.V.'s were working. They estimated that it would cost about ^"400 to erect a suitable building, and towards that they had nearly^~2oo. He appealed for increased support to the scheme, especially as it was a matter of national importance that their boys should be physically trained and developed. (Applause.) But they had a higher aim than that—to teach right living. He would continue to endeavour not merely to produce scholars and athletes, but to turn out men •—not necessarily brilliant—but good men who would serve God and their fellows faithfully in Church and State. (Loud applause.) The Dean, who was cordially received, said that two points struck him in the Headmaster's address. The fi-st was that the conduct of the boys had been uniformly good. He was sure they would all agree with him that it was of great importance that the moral tone of the school should be kept as high as possible. A few years ago strange reports were circulated as to the conduct of the boys, and the captain of the school got into a fit of indignation, but the result was that the atmosphere was cleared, and the charges brought proved to be absolutely unfounded. He hoped the tone of the school would be always preserved. It was very gratifying to see the proficiency of the boys in their knowledge of Holy Scripture, in which branch

THE VIGORNIAN. there had been only one failure. It was a matter in which every one of them would rejoice, because in their opinion education without religion was not worthy of the name. (Applause.) He was afraid there was a very decided tendency in the country at the present time towards secularism in education,and they were just on the eve of a very serious contest on that subject in Birmingham. He earnestly hoped that the movement in question would never affect the King's School, because he could only say that if the religious element were to be eliminated he should not care whether the school existed for one day. The Dean remarked that the Examiners said that the Latin of the scholars was very good—in this, again, ther was only one failure—and he gave the welcome information that all the junior boys were learning Greek, adding that there was amongst them most p-omising and excellent material. They therefore looked to them to carry off the University scholarships, and perhaps to win one or two "firsts." Classical knowledge was of great importance, though not absolutely indispensable. John Bright, one of the greatest men of the century, was altogether destitute of classical culture, and a still greater man, who had just been conducting a great political campaign in the Midlands —one of the greatest Englishmen living—must be in the same position. He referred to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. (Applause.) In the name of the Chapter, of the Governors, and of those assembled there that afternoon, the .Dean congratulated Mr. Chappel and the assistant masters upon the work done in the school. Recently there had been a very serious discussion in "The Times" and other newspapers as to the excessive amount of attention devoted to sports and athletics in public schools, but he did not think the complaint could be made of that school. He, however, agreed that cricket was a supreme exercise, and that the highest importance should be attached to it. (Applause.) He hoped Mr. and Mrs. Chappel, whose services were most valuable, would be spared for many years to them, and that, through the junior boys, they would rise to higher levels still. (Applause.) He then distributed the following prizes : —

Form Prizes.—I. C. J. Barker; II., H. Bruorton; III., G. O. C. Larr; IV., W. R. Wagstaff; V., T. Stinton. Maurice Day Prize.—VI., J. D. Day. Mathematics.—Division F., B. Stevens; E., D. Everill; D., G. O. C. Larr; C., C. Abell; A., N. M. Fergusson. French.—I, C. J. Barker; II., E. P. Berkeley; III., T. Harrington; IV., E. Overell; V., E. L. Koechlin; VI., A. P. Smith. German.—G. Bird. Greek.—D., H. Mountain ; C., N. Thompson ; B., W. Shuttleworth; A., C. Williams. Divinity.—VI., N. M. Fergusson (The Bishop's) ; V., C. Williams (Rev. F. MacNeile). History.—VI., J. D. Day; V., F. Eldershaw. Divinity and History.—I., C. J. Barker; II., H. R. Bruorton; III., G. O. Larr; IV, W. R. Wagstaff. Chemistry.—III., G. O. Larr; IV., W. R. Wagstaff; V., A. T. Dash. Latin Composition.—F. L. Steward. English Essay.—N. M. Fergusson. Drawing.—F. Thompson. Geology.—W. Shuttleworth and C. Morris (aeq.) Mr. Steward's prize for pros. ace. in K.S., D. Fergusson. Cathedral Catechising.—D. Fergusson, F. Steward. Knox Little Accidence Prizes.—Latin, II., A. W. Stevens; III., T. Harrington; Greek, C. V. Thompson, R. Corbett. Holiday Reading, Christmas.—F. Eldershaw, H. Rowe, J. C. Hamilton, i., H. Mountain, F. P. Berkeley, ii, J. Hamilton, ii. Easter—A. T. Dash, G. O. Larr, G. Wood, G. Nash. August—V., C. Williams; IV. and III., M. Lethbridge; II. and I., C. Barker. Holiday Observation Book.—G. Nash. The following successes won by past and present Vigornians during the last school year were noticed : — J. Duncan Day, Meeke Scholarship, Hertford College, Oxford. Selwyn G. Simpson, Preliminary Examination of Incorporated Law Society. Norman King, Classical Exhibition and Sizarship, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Selwyn G. Simpson, Sizarship, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Barwick Browne, Commission Royal Garrison Artillery (i3th place).

THE VIGORNIAN. Robert T. G. Salusbury, Commission 5th (Militia) Battalion S. Wales Borderers. Oswald Vevers, Qualifying Examination for London Hospital (College of Preceptors ist Class). Ernest E. Bird, 3rd Class Honours Law Final, kev. C. T. Dimont, Vice Principal Leeds Clergy School. Fred. S. Dyke, London Matriculation Examination 2nd~Division. A. C. D. Pearson, Commission ist Yorkshire Regiment. V. L. W. Pearson, Commission 4th Middlesex Regiment. G. W. S. Driver, ist Class Electrical Engineering, Mason University College, and ist prize for Essay on Electric Traction. Henry Ardern Lewis, Scholar of Hertford College, 3rd Class Honours Classical Moderations. W. Stanley Carless, Qualifying Examination for Royal Veterinary College. At the conclusion, the Dean expressed a hope that the Headmaster would grant the boys a holiday in view of the approaching settlement of affairs in South Africa. (Loud applause.) Canon Melville spoke of the strides the school had made since he first knew it. Then the Headmaster's house accommodated two boarders, but the school prospered until now they saw the splendid buildings which surrounded them. (Applause.) The Headmaster, however, had not nagged in his energy, and was determined to increase the efficiency of the school. He understood that he was likely to add another building for a branch of study which he thought necessary, and" that he foresaw an early prospect of its acquirement. (Applause.) Having done that he would be like Alexander, sighing for more worlds to conquer. (Laughter and applause.) This terminated the proceedings, and after singing the National Anthem and giving " three cheers " for various individuals, the party dispersed. The Headmaster and Mrs. Chappel afterwards entertained a number of the visitors.

grtcfief 1 Matches won, 6 ; lost, 5 ; drawn, 2. 9N the Cricket Season just passed there are many grounds for satisfaction, and many hopeful signs for the future. The team has worked well together, and will, in our opinion, bear favourable comparison with any of its predecessors of

the last ten years. They did not start in promising fashion, losing one or two matches which they ought undoubtedly to have won, as they were manifestly the better team. In saying this we do not wish to disparage the play of our opponents, or to argue that it was by bad luck rather than bad cricket that we lost our earlier matches. Rather let us profit by the experience, and make up our minds to start next season with that confidence in ourselves, which at the beginning of the present one was so conspicuous by its absence. By the beginning of July, having achieved the two victories over Dean Close and Hereford, the last of the boys' matches, the team had undergone a complete metamorphosis, and was playing up to its true form. Our thanks for these encouraging signs of progress are due primarily to the steady perseverance and energy of our Captain, Fergusson, who, throughout the season, both by precept and example, endeavoured to impress upon the members of the school that without assiduous practice and a certain amount of self-denial they will never become cricketers worthy of the name. And not least among the reasons for looking forward with confidence to next season is the fact that we are fortunate enough to retain him in that proud, but arduous position, which we hope he will fill, after a year's experience, with even greater success. Criticism on each individual member of the team will be found below, but a word or two about the fielding may not be out of place. In this department, always the most important, at any rate in a school team, there has been greater keenness in practising, and therefore, it follows ricessarily there has been improvement. Indeed, one or two have fielded really well on almost every occasion. But there ought to be no exceptions to this rule; no boy who aspires—and what boy does not ?—to get his colours, should dream of ever doing so until he has done everything in his power to render himself a safe catch and efficient field, and this he can do by constant practice, and by that only. What we lack most in the field is life, quickness in getting to the ball, picking it up and throwing it in, and perhaps more than all, backing up when it is thrown in. We cannot conclude without mentioning what was undoubtedly the finest performance of the

THE VIGORNIAN. season—namely, that of J. D. Day and Dickson, who in the second Dean Close Match, at a critical time, when our wickets were falling fast and every run took a lot of getting, made a most plucky and praiseworthy stand, which enabled us eventually to win the match, Dickson having previously distinguished himself by taking nine wickets at a small cost.

W.C.K.S. v. MR. T. E. RAMMELL'S XL Played on the New Road Ground on May 24th, resulting in a win for the School by 24 runs. Score: — W.C.K.S. L. F. Carton, b R. Koechlin J. D. Day, b R. Koechlin N. M. Fergusson, b Jarrett H. D. Day, b R. Koechlin .. C. C. Dickson, b R. Koechlin W. Shuttleworth, b Stevens H. F. G. Halford, b E. Koechlin C. Williams, c Rammell, b R. Koechlin D. Fergusson, Ibw, E. Koechlin B. G. Stevens, not out G. Coombs, c Rammell, b R. Koechlin Extras

DEAN CLOSE. S. G. Walker, c Day ii., b Koechlin ... G. A. Wilding, b Dickson B. N. Crees, b Coombs H. B. Cox, b Coombs R. J. Porter, c Dickson, b Day E. J. Sawtell, b Dickson S. R. Lempriere, b Shuttleworth T. L. Hiatt, c Carton, b Dickson W. Brown, not out E. J. Marshall ) „ , G. R. Griffin \ dld not bat Extras

58 24 n 6 13 i 40 5 13 6

Total 177 i 31 9 8 36 15 i 2 10 4 3 4

Total 124 MR. RAMMELL'S XI. Rev. C. T. Powell, c Carton, b Day... 4 S. G. Simpson, run out o G. Bennett, b Dickson 41 Dr. Stevens, b Dickson o F. H. Wallis, c Stevens, b Day 3 W. A. Jarrett, Esq., b Shuttleworth...... 29 T. E. Rammell, Esq., c Day, b Dickson 7 E. H. Ingram-Halford, not out 7 R. A. Koechlin, Ibw, b Halford o E. L. Koechlin, b Dickson o Santall, c Williams, b,Day 2 Extras 7 Total 100 W.C.K.S. v. DEAN CLOSE. This, our first school match, was played on our own ground on June 2nd. Dean Close won the toss, and Walker (a great hitter) and Wilding commenced their innings. These made 58 and 24 respectively. After this only Lempriere made any score (a decidedly lucky 40). The innings was declared closed at 177 for 8 wickets. The School quite collapsed, only compiling 92. Fergusson began well, but after having made 16, was out Ibw. Result, lost.

Innings declared closed. W.C.K.S. J. D. Day, b Marshall N. M. Fergusson, Ibw, b Porter W. Shuttleworth, b Crees C. Williams, c and b Griffin C. C. Dickson, b Porter H. D. Day, b Crees L. F. Carton, b Marshall B. G. Stevens, not out D. Fergusson, b Porter W. G. Coombs, b Porter E. L. Koechlin, c Lempriere, b Porter. Extras

o 16 8 ii i 7 ii ii 2 I 2

Total 92

WC.K.S. v. MR. T. E. RAMMELL'S XI. This return match was played at Worcester, on June 4th, and resulted in a win for Mr. Rammell's XI. by 77 runs. Score: — W.C.K.S. N. M. Fergusson, b Wallis J. D. Day, c and b Ley W. Shuttleworth, b Koechlin C. Williams, b Ley C. C. Dickson, b Wallis B. G. Stevens, b Williams L. F. Carton, c Rammell, b Wallis H. D. Day, c and b Wallis D. Fergusson, b Wallis G. Coombs, b Koechlin E. L. Koechlin, not out Extras

9 6 12 o 14 15 o i 4 i o i

Total 63

THE VIGORNIAN. MR. RAMMELL'S XI. H. F. Wallis, c Fergusson, b Day 13 C. T. Ley, c Fergusson, b Dickson ... 2 S. G. Simpson, c Stevens, b Day 3 A. P. lolland, c Koechlin, b Dickson... 18 Dr. Stevens, b Koechlin 8 A. L. Thomas, c Stevens, b Shuttleworth 10 E. H. Ingram-Halford, b Dickson 3 F. S. Williams, b Day 5 R. A. Koechlin, c and b Day 13 E. W. Pointon, Esq., c Day, b Coombs 24 T. E. Rammell Esq., not out 26 Extras 15

W.C.K.S. N. M. Fergusson, b Blythe ii J. D. Day, st. Stanley, b Blythe ii W. Shuttleworth, c Cook, b Blythe ii. ... B. G. Stevens, Ibw, b Blythe ii C. Williams, b Cook C. C. Dickson, c Soden ii., b Cook L. F. Carton, b Cook D. Fergusson, c Soden ii., b Cook W. G. Coombs, b Cook E. L. Koechlin, not out H. Rowe, c Soden ii., b Cook Extras

5 8 19 2 20 14 o o o 6 o 4

Total

Total 140

W.C.K.S. v. S. JOHN'S C.C. Played on the New Road Ground on June i3th. An exciting game ended in a win for S. John's by one run. Score: —

W.C.K.S. v. K.E.S., STRATFORD. Played at home on June 9th. We lost the toss, and fielded. Dickson bowled well, and we dismissed our opponents for 97, the top scores being C. Soden, 19 ; B. Cook, 18; and G. Mein, 15. Considering we had only 98 to win, we began well—the first six men scoring 68. The tail utterly collapsed, only scoring 6 between them. Stratford won by 19 runs. Williams is to be congratulated on his patient display (20), when things were at their worst. Result: Lost.

W.C.K.S. W. A. Jarrett, Esq., b Bennett i C. C. Dickson, c Young, b Bennett ... 14 W. Shuttleworth, c Young, b K. Caldwell o E. W. Poynton, Esq., b Bennett i N. M. Fergusson, c Bearcroft, b Brierley 16 T. E. Rammell, Esq., b Brierley 7 J. D. Day, b Bennett 6 C. Williams, c Isaac, b Brierley I B. G. Stevens, not out 10 H. D. Day, c Munn, b Brierley o D. Ferguson, b Brierley 6 Extras 4 Total 66

K.E.S. E. H. Stanley, c and b Dickson — Schaumburg, b Dickson G. C. F. Soden, Ibw., b Dickson P. A. Blythe, b D a y i B. S. Cook, b Coombs G. F. Mein, b Dickson A. C. Soden, b Shuttleworth R. B. Pargiter, c Stevens, b Dickson . W. H. Brown, b Shuttleworth H. F. Kibler, b Dickson C. T. Blythe, not out Extras Total

4 18

S: JOHN'S. G. Bearcroft, c Fergusson i., b Poynton 4 W. S. Caldwell, run out 6 W. Souch, c Day i., b Poynton 16 Rev. H. F. Bennett, c Jarrett, b Poynton 15 Capt. Munn, c Rammell, b Poynton ... o K. S. Caldwell,c Fergusson i.,b Poynton 16 H. L. Horsfall, b Dickson 4 H. W. Brierley, st. Rammell, b Poynton i H. B. Maxwell, b Dickson o A. W. Isaac, not out i W. A. Young, absent o Extras 3

Total 67

3 2 J

4 18 IS 7 o 4

THE VIGORNIAN. W.C.K.S. v. MALVERN TOWN. Played at MaJvern on June 2oth, resulting in a victory for the School by 83 runs. Score : — W.C.K.S. R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, Esq., b Davey... W. A. Jarrett,Esq.,c Bowers,b Rumbold W. Shuttleworth, c Williams, b Higgins E.W.Poynton,Esq.,c Richards,b Bowers N. M. Fergusson, c Williams, b Davey H. D. Day, c Higgins, b Davey J. D. Day, not out B. C. Stevens, not out T. E. Rammell, Esq. C. Williams » C. C. Dickson f dld not batExtras

71 o 9 30 5 14 6 o

Total (for 4 wkts.) 198 10

Total (for six wkts.) 145 Innings declared closed. MALVERN. Broad, c and b Poynton Rumbold, b Poynton Davey, b Beach-Hicks Mansell, c Rammell, b Poynton Bowers, c Rammell, b Poynton Dr. Sousa, b Beach-Hicks Higgins, c Stevens, b Poynton Williams, b Dickson Richards, c and b Poynton Gilpin, c Beach-Hicks, b Dickson Walton not out Extras

St. JOHN'S C.C. Capt. Munn, b Beach-Hicks 71 F.W.Romney,c Rammell,b Beach-Hicks 76 G. A. Mason, b Beach-Hicks 5 Rev. H. F. Bennett, c Day ii., b Poynton 19 A. W. Isaac, nbt out 9 H. L. Horsfall, not out 7 J. Walker H. W. Brierley E. Davis did riot bat. H. B. Maxwell Souch 11 Extras

10 6 3 19 o 8 i 4 i 3 o 7 Total 62

W.C.K.S. v. S. JOHN'S C.C. This return match was played at Boughton, on June 27th, and ended in a win for S. John's by 6 wickets and 95 runs. Score: —

W.C K.S. v. HEREFORD CATH. SCHOOL. We met our rivals at Hereford on June 3oth. Fergusson won the toss, and sent in Shuttleworth and Day. In all we scored 148-—Shuttleworth playing a good 50, with the aid of a little luck. Dickson and Fergusson also batted well with 28 and 19 respectively. Hen ford began badly,but with Con nop and Lofthouse in matters improved for them. Connop's 20 was compiled very rapidly, but he was clean bowled by Dickson. Lofthouse, 54 not out, did his best to save the game. Result: Won by 28 runs. Score:-— W.C.K.S. J. D. Day, c Jones, b Nutman 3 W. Shuttleworth, c Porter, b Woods ... 50 B. G. Stevens, b Connop 2 N. M. Ferguson, Ibw, b Connop 19 C. Williams, b Porter 4 C. C. Dixon, b Woods 28 H. D. Day, b Connop 3 D. Fergusson, not out n S. Carless, b Woods 7 E. L. Koechlin, c Lofthouse, b Woods 3 G. W. Coombs, run out 2 Extras 16

W.C.K.S. R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, Esq., b Brierley 29 J. D. Day, b Bennett 3 W. Shuttleworth, c Bennett, b Brierley 15 E. W. Poynton, Esq., b Bennett 4 N. M. Fergusson, c Souch, b Brierley... 2 T. E. Rammell,Esq., c Bennett,b Munn 14 W. A. Jarrett, Esq., b Bennett 2 B. G. Stevens, c Bennett, b Munn 22 C. C. Dickson, b Mason o H. D. Day, b Mason 6 D. Fergusson, not out o Extras 6

Total 148 HEREFORD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. T. H. Porter, b Dickson 7 R. W. Woods, b Day 6 W. Carver, c Dickson, b Day o B. K. Nutman, b Dickson o G. R. Connop, b Dickson 20 G. Wilson, b Dickson 7 T. M. Lofthouse, not out 54 T. P. B. Giles, b Shuttleworth 12 H, Horton, c Fergusson, b Shuttleworth 7 J. H. W. Jones, run out i G. H. Grimes, b Dickson o Extras 6

Total 103

Total 120

THE VIGORNIAN.

W.C.K.S. v. REV. H. F. BENNETT'S XL Played on the New Road Ground on July 4th, ending in a draw greatly in favour of the home team. Score: — W.C.K.S. R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, Esq., c OrrEwing, b Bennett 6 W. Shuttleworth, Ibw, b Munn 38 W. A. Jarrett, Esq., b Bennett • o N. M. Fergusson, c Williams, b Bennett 17 T. E. Rammell, Esq., c Williams, b Munn 21 C. C. Dickson, c and b Bennett 32 E. W. Poynton, Esq., b Bennett 35 B. G. Stevens, not out 3 J. D. Day, did not bat C. Williams, did not bat H. D. Day, did not bat Extras 23

Played at Cheltenham, on July 7th, ending in a win for Worcester by 13 runs. Score: —

DEAN CLOSE. First Innings. S. G. Walker, b Dickson G. A. Wilding, c Fergusson, b Dickson H. B. Cox, b Day R. J. Porter, b Dickson W. Brown, c Day ii., b Dickson B. N. Crees, b Dickson E. J. Sawtell, b Dickson H. G. Frean, b Dickson G. A. Massey, b Dickson T. C. Hiatt, not out E. J. Marshall, b Dickson Extras

o 21 6 15 i o 27 o o 3 o 2

Total

Total (for 7 wkts.) 175 Innings declared closed. REV. H. F. BENNETT'S XI. Capt. Munn, b Poynton F. Romney, Ibw, b Dickson Rev. J. Hastings, b Beach-Hicks A. F. Stevens, c and b Beach-Hicks... Rev. J. Webster, c Rammell, b Jarrett — Orr-Ewing, b Jarrett W. Souch, not out Rev. H. Bennett, not out W. A. Young, c Rammell, b Jarrett... — Kelsey, did not bat S.Williams, did not bat Extras

14 6 7 12 o 3 i 15 o 7

Total (for 7 wkts.) 65

Second Innings. S. G. Walker, b Fergusson G. A. Wilding, not out H. B. Cox, b Fergusson R. J. Porter, c Day ii., b Coombs W. Brown, c Wagstaffe, b Coombs B. N. Crees, run out E. J. Sawtell H. G. Frean G. A. Massey did not bat. T. C. Hiatt E. J. Marshall Extras

13 27 5 i 4 3

Total (for 5 wkts.) 61

W.C.K.S. W.C.K.S. v. DEAN CLQSE. Our second fixture with Dean Close was on July 7th. We lost the toss and, as before, Walker and Wilding went to the wickets. Walker was bowled first ball, and the whole side were out for 75. This was mainly due to Dickson's performance—he took nine wickets for 34 runs. The highest scores for the visitors were Wilding (21) and Sawtell (27). We commenced very badly, our first 5 wickets falling for only 11 runs. However, Day I. (30), Day II. (15), and Dickson (17) very pluckily pulled themselves together, and we won by 13 runs.

W. Shuttleworth, b Marshall i D. Fergusson, Ibw, b Porter o B. G. Stevens, b Porter o N. M. Fergusson, c Brown, b Porter ... 9 C. Williams, b Porter o J. D. Day, b Crees 30 H. D. Day, b Crees 15 C. C. Dickson, b Brown 17 A. W. Stevens, b Crees 3 W. G. Coombs, Ibw. b Brown i W. R. Wagstaffe, not out 4 Extras 8 Total

THE VIGORNIAN. W.C.K.S. v. O.V.'S. This match was played at Worcester on July i2th, resulting in an easy win for the School by 100 runs. Score: — W.C.K.S. D. Fergusson, b Koechlin B. G. Stevens, c Davey, b E. Webb N. M. Fergusson, not out C. Williams, b E. Webb J. D. Day, run out C. C. Dickson, not out H. D. Day W. Shuttleworth W. R. Wagstaff did not bat. W. C. Coombs W. V. Rowe Extras

o 6 59 o 58 21

Total (for 4 wkts.) 150 Innings declared closed. O.V.'S. ist Innings. T. W. Powell, st Fergusson, b Day E. Webb, b Dickson J. G. Sheild, b Dickson M. Bates, b Dickson M. Webb, b Dickson C. L. Davey, c and b Dickson R. Koechlin, not out G. V. Arthure, b Dickson W. A. Brown, b Dickson S. Simpson, b Rowe F. S. Williams, b Rowe Extras Total

4 o o 8 17 9 4 o o i 2 5 50

2nd Innings: —C. L. Davey, b Rowe, o; R. Koechlin, b Rowe, 5 ; F. S. Williams, b Fergusson, o. Total (for 3 wkts.), 5.

W.C.K.S. v. CLUB AND GROUND. Played on July i4th, on the County Ground. Losing the toss, we had to field while our opponents knocked up 292 for five wickets with little trouble, Rev. H. F. Bennett scoring 106. Our first eight wickets fell for 62, but an excellent stand was made by Mr. Rammell with the tenth man, Fergusson ii., who raised the score to 130 before stumps were drawn. Score:—

CLUB AND GROUND. F. A. W. How, c Beach-Hicks, b D. Fergusson 78 R. Carr, c J. D. Day, b Poynton 5 Rev.H.F.Bennett,c Ratnmell,b Poynton 106 Capt. Coventry, b Poynton 5 C. Barratt, st Rammell, b D. Fergusson 2 T. E. Herbert, not out 17 C. Chambers, not out 67 Pearson j A. Graham V did not bat. Hunt ) Extras 12 Innings declared closed. Total 292 W.C.K.S. R. M. Beach-Hicks, Esq., c Coventry, b Chambers 25 T. E. Rammell, Esq., not out 46 W. Shuttleworth, b Chambers o N. M. Fergusson, b How 4 E. W. Poynton, Esq., b Chambers 5 C. C. Dickson, c and b Chambers i J. D. Day, c Bennett, b How o B. G. Stevens, B. Chambers o W. A. Jarrett, Esq., c Coventry, b Chambers i D. Fergusson, not out 31 H. D. Day did not bat o Extras 17 Total 130

W.C.K.S. v. MALVERN TOWN. This return match was played at Malvern on July 2ist, and ended in an easy win for the School by 83 runs. Score: — MALVERN. ist Innings. A. H. Darke, b Dickson 22 A. W. Broad, c Stevens, b Poynton ... i R. Appleton,c Beach-Hicks, b Poynton 2 C. L. Davey, c Beach-Hicks, b Poynton 6 H. Williams, b Dickson 4 F. Stowell, b Poynton o H. Fraser, b Poynton o R. Smith, st Rammell, b Poynton 2 R. A. Koechlin, c Wagstaff, b Dickson o H. Rowe, not out 3 J. C. Hamilton, c and b Poynton o Extras .o Total 40 2nd Innings :—H. Williams, not out, 4 ;F. Stowell, b Shuttleworth, o; R. A. Koechlin, not out, 34; H. Rowe, b Dickson, o; J. C. Hamilton, c Poynton, b Shuttleworth, 2 ; extras, 4; total (for 3 wkts.), 44.

THE VIGORNIAN. W.C.K.S. R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, Esq., c Smith,b Fraser 5 T. E.Rammell,Esq.,c Williams,b Darke 12 W. Shuttleworth, b Fraser 3 N. M. Fergusson, c Darke, b Fraser ... 18 E, W. Poynton, Esq., b Fraser 20 C. C. Dickson, c Hamilton, b Fraser ... 2 D. Fergusson, c Rowe, b Broad o E.G. Stevens, c Fraser, b Davey 7 C. Williams, b Broad 3 H. D. Day, not out 27 W. Wagstaff, b Fraser 3 Extras 21 Total 123 BATTING AVERAGES. Batsman.

No. of Inns.

Total runs,

Times Highest not out Score. Average.

C. C. Dickson 12 180 i 36 16-36 N. M. Fergusson 13 192 i s<)* 16 J. D. Day ... 11 151 i 58 15-1 W. Shuttleworth 12 170 - " 50 14-16 B.G.Stevens 13 82 5 22 10-25 H . D .D a y . . . 9 8 1 1 2 7 * 10-12 D. Fergusson n 64 3 31* 8 E. L. Koechlin 4 II 2 6* 5-5 C . Williams 9 4 1 - 2 0 4-55 L. F. Garton 4 12 n 3 W. G. Coombs 6 8 3 1-33 Also batted :—W. Wagstaff, 2, 7, i, 4* ; S. Carless, i, 7, o, 7 ; A. W. Stevens, i, 3, o, 3 ; H. G. Halford, I, i, o, i ; and H. Rowe, i, o, o, o. * Signifies " not cut."

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Name.

No. of Maiden Overs. Overs. Runs. Wkts. Average.

W. Shuttleworth 29 8 57 7 8-14 C. C. Dickson 140-2 19 442 44 10-04 E. L. Koechlin 13 7 22 2 ii'oo G. Coombs ... 19-2 i 84 6 14-00 J. D. Day ... 59 7 203 13 15-61 Also bowled in one innings:— V. Rowe, 4'4, I, 7, 2 ; and L. F. Garton, 2, o, 13, o.

N. M. Fergusson (Captain).—The most stylish bat in the team, but has a knack of getting himself out foolishly, just as he appears set for a score, especially by stepping in front of his wicket; has a very good late cut. Moderate wicket-keeper. Hardworking and unselfish captain.

J. D. Day.—A very useful, though uncertain bat: has good hitting powers if he can stay a few overs, but is a bad starter. Fair slow bowler at times, but generally fails to get his length. Slow in the field. H. D. Day.—A splendid hitter, but very rarely makes runs in matches, owing to an extraordinary inability to judge which balls should be hit. A good field and safe catch : saves a lot of runs in the country. C. C. Dickson.—A useful bat, having the knack of making runs when they, are wanted. His driving is good and clean, but his back play weak. Our mainstay in bowling: bowls a good length fast ball with break-back; might vary his pace more with advantage. Lacks mobility in the field. W. Shuttleworth.—Has the makings of a very good bat. Has little style as yet, but his wicket is always difficult to capture after a few overs: has an unfortunate habit of drawing away at the start of his innings. Good field, and useful change bowler. B. G. Stevens.—A promising cricketer. Has strong defence and good off-strokes. Hitting powers should come with years. Fields well; should make a smart cover-point. C. Williams.—Has again been disappointing: has some taking strokes, especially to extra-cover; repeatedly gets out to tame strokes just as he appears likely to make runs. D. Fergusson.—An uncertain bat, fond of trying to get straight balls round to long leg; but has played one or two very useful innings when wanted. Should make a bowler if he will refrain from trying fancy styles. Good catch, but moves slowly. E. L. Koechlin.—A fair fast bowler on his day. Poor bat; makes laudable efforts to improve his fielding. W. G. Coombs.—Useless as a bat, unless he adopts strht'y stonewall tactics. Fair change bowler. Has a wonderful pair of shins, which save many runs at point. L. F. Garton.—Only available for one or two matches. A batsman of the slashing order, but left before he got into form.

SECOND ELEVEN. The Second XI. played four matches, two against Dean Close, which they lost, both times being badly beaten; one against Hereford C.C., which they lost by three runs, a low-scoring match; and one against Stratford School, which they won. An " under 15 " XI. played the Choristers three times, winning two of lue three and losing the third.

THE VIGORNIAN. Officers. E. H. HARRINGTON, Born April i$th} 1879 ; Died October

1900.

1 have the sad duty of chronicling the death of Private E.H.Harrington, of theWorcestershire Company of Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed in action at Nooitgedacht, on October 1 7. Heentered the School in September, 1891, and left in April, 1895, during which period, though he never attained to a position higher than the Fifth Form, he set an example of steady perseverance and unobtrusive loyalty which won him the affection of Masters and boys alike. Always of a somewhat quiet and reserved disposition, he was nevertheless possessed of much vigour and determination, as was evidenced in his winning of the King's Scholarship in 1893. In athletics, he was well to the fore. As a small boy, he carried off several prizes in the Sports, and in his last year won the 100 and 120 yards open. He was Captain of the Cycle Club in 1894, and rowed 3 in the boat-race against Hereford in 1895. May we express our sympathy with his bereaved family, to whom it must be a great source of pride and consolation that the strong sense of duty which marked his school life has caused his name to be added to the roll of those who have laid down their lives for Queen and country. T.E.R. J. E. ROAN, Born 1874 i Died October zznd, 1900. It is also our sad task to record, the death of another O.V., J. E. Roan, who was not so well known to most of us, having left the School young. He entered the School in September, 1886, and left in December, 1888, at the age of 14, when he proceeded to the South Eastern College, Ramsgate. For some years he was in London, at Lloyd's, then for two or three years in California. On his return home he joined the Imperial Yeomanry, and after seeing most of the war through, died at Mafeking of enteric fever on October 22.

Captain of School Captain of Cricket Secretary of Cricket Captain of Football Secretary of Football Captain of Boats Secretary of Boats Captain of Hockey Captain of Fives

N. M. FERGUSSON. N. M. FERGUSSON. H. D. DAY. H. D. DAY. F. L. STEWARD. N. M. FERGUSSON. C. WILLIAMS. H. D. DAY. H. S. COBB. N. M. FERGUSSON. Editors of Vigornian F. L. STEWARD. : A. P. SMITH. N. M. FERGUSSON. Librarians ; F. L. STEWARD. Monitors: N, M. Fergusson, A. P. Smith, F. L. Steward, H. S. Cobb, H. D. Day, C. Williams. Games Comrmttee: Mr. Rammell, Mr. Beach-Hicks, N.. M. Fergusson, H. D. Day, H. S. Cobb, F. L. Steward, C. Williams, W. A. Fergusson, H. Rowe (Sec.) Library Committee : Rev. W. H. Chappel, Mr. Beach-Hicks, Mr. Jarrett (Sec.), N. M. Fergusson, F. L. Steward, A. P. Smith, F. Telfer.

Jlcccuni. 1900.

RECEIPTS.

June. Balance in hand Subscriptions from Boys

25 16 16 13

EXPENDITURE. June 30. Travelling expenses of Umpire and Scorer ............ 0 1 8 0 0 5 0 July J. Balis for Playground ... ... 14. Lunch for Umpire and Scorer 0 5 6 20. Hunt (cricket balls) ..... . 0 8 0 25 4 o Souch (Cricket account for term) Ferry for Visiting Teams ... 0 2 0 o 10 o 27. Water Rate (Cricket Field) ... 0 3 6 28. Wire for Cricket Ground ... 0 6 6 Hutchinson (Outfit) ...... 0 3 0 Hire of Revolvers for Sports 0 12 6 Baylis and Lewis (Boat-Race Card 0 7 6 Spalding (Pavilion Repairs) 1 o 6 Ward (Lawn-mower repaired) 0 9 0 Bourne and Grove (Tent-pegs) ... ... n 14 oi Balance £42 9

T. E. Rammell, Hon. Treas. Examined and found correct, W. H. CHAPPEL, Oct. i3th, 1900.

THE VIGORNIAN. clothing of a uniform and a shirt and sweater. What clothing I do possess I have patched to such Second Term, 1900. an extent that I am sure there is very little of the RECEIPTS. original material left. We have been far from Balance 12 9 1O uncomfortable, however, as we are quite inured to July 30th. Per Headmaster— these little accidents, and we 'Varsity men make a Subscriptions n 17 6 big fire to be round and keep it going all night. 2 6 0 Vigornians Pound ..... . We were rather alarmed at first with regard to food ; the ration waggons were stuck miles back 14 and we have had none for two days, but we found Oct. 3oth, O.V's. Club, per F. W. Webb 3 heaps of sacks of flour in the Boer waggons which £29 i6 we captured, and have driven a flock of sheep up here. Also we manage to shoot a buck occasionally, £ B. d. as the valleys simply swarm with game. Of course EXPENDITURE. May zand. Mr. H. E. Hooper (Encyc. Brit.) 4 4 ° we find no difficulty now in making most tempting June 3Oth. Messrs. Baylis and Son 5 6 10 meats from plain materials ; we are quite skilful at July a4th. Messrs. Walter and Houghton ... 3 6 2 preparing delicious " chewpatties " from flour and „ „ Messrs. Humphreys and Co. 1 12 6 July 2jth. Mr. Geo. Large water, and can, in a very short time, kill, cut up, 2 8 10 Sept. 23rd. Mr. H. E, Hooper (Encyc. Brit.) 4 4 0 and cook a sheep or buck. I am enjoying myself Sept. 2§th. Headmaster (books) O 12 li Balance . 8 2 6 immensely now, and wouldn't for worlds exchange my present surroundings for the most comfortable £29 16 ni rooms in Downing. The only drawback is the approaching end of my supply of tobacco. There W. A. T. JARRETT, Hon. Treas. is a large kraal about a mile away, and at last f have seen the black man in his natural state, not the semiExamined and found correct, civilised production of the lower country, but the Oct. 3ist, 1900. WM. HAIGHTON CHAPPEL. original specimen which, I must say, I much prefer to the other. I'met one yesterday, he was wearing a gum ring round his head, a necklace, and a tiger Jlit ©."gr. at ffie §?rcmf. skin about his loins, and carried a short spear ; he Top of the Mountains, saluted me by raising his arm to its full extent and Drakensberg Range, Z.A.R. spreading out his hand with the palm towards me. This i.s real campaigning that we are doing now, This part of the country affords many advantages quite as much, if not more, than any other infantry to a defending army and I can't understand why it have had in this war. At the present moment I is the Boers leave their positions so quickly, unless am writing on the top of one of the loftiest peaks it is that they are utterly disheartened ; of course, in the Drakensberg, several thousand feet above sea we have the advantage over them in our big guns, level. It is about n a.m., and the sun is simply and our 4-7 naval gun gives them beans—this is scorching, but I am lying amongst some rocks not the same one as we were escorting in the fight under the shade of a thick clump of trees. Straight at Six Miles Spruit before we took Pretoria, but ahead I can see range after range of mountains belongs to H.M.S. Monarch—occasionally, howwhich we have just taken from the Boers ; to my ever, the-enemy bring their Long Tom to bear right is a long portion of French's convoy and his upon us, but they are very careful not to do so untroops on the-last nek, called, I believe, Nelsproogte, less they feel perfectly sure of being able to withor Nelshoote, and on my left the rear-guard of the draw it in safety at a pinch. It is extremely Boer commando is quite clearly visible on a peak fortunate for us in these mountains with no blankets four or five miles away. Our Company of the that we are not getting the terrible rain and cold Suftolks has been on outpost here since Wednesday, whjch we experienced the last few days before we when we drove the Boers and their pom-pom off occupied Middelburg ; then it was so fearful that the top, whilst the rest of the battalion advanced one officer died of exposure in spite of having a up the valley in the rear to prevent them retreating bivouac, rugs and other luxuries. in that direction. Most of the transport is stuck We are not in Mutton's Brigade now, but we are in various parts of the mountains, so that now for still in French's Division and although Hutton is two days we have had no blankets or overcoats and still with us I believe we have been put under have been sleeping in the open with our very light Mahon} still one often doesn't know for weeks on

Jlccovwt.

THE VIGORNIAN. end whose Brigade one is in. Well, so far I have been putting the cart before the horse and have told you all about our present position without saying how we got here. After the occupation of Middelburg we went on nearly to Belfast and then returned to Middelburg, but left the latter place on our second expedition on September 3rd ; marching to Pan and thence to Wonderfontein on September 6th we did the remaining 25 miles or so into Carolina where we joined General French. We trekked off again on Sunday, September gth, and marching 12 miles in an easterly direction came in touch with the Boers at 10.30 a.m. They were occupying a low hill from which two companies of the Suffolks speedily expelled them and they fell back on a very steep and rocky kopje, rather higher than the Worcestershire Beacon and called, I believe, Silver Kop or Witkop on account of the white glistening stones scattered all over it. Our Company was told off to take the place, supported by the rest of the half battalion, with the Shropshires in reserve, and to do this had to advance down the face of our own hill, which was absolutely bare and afforded no cover. Meantime the shells from our big guns and the bullets of the supporting companies on the crest behind us were whistling over our heads and the enemy were raining bullets into us in front ; it was one continuous roar of passing missiles. 1 had several narrow escapes, especially from one bullet which ricked on a stone in fron't of my head and was turned slightly, missing me by a hair's breadth. There were a few of'our chaps hit, but none were killed, I believe. Next, we had to swarm up the almost perpendicular side of the enemy's kopje, but here we found rather more cover, a very fortunate thing, too, as we could scarcely do more than crawl up the last few hundred yards, we were so pumped ; it was infinitely worse than rowing a hard course from Baitsbite to the " Pike and Eel," or from the Waterworks to the Grand Stand. Our heavy rifle fire had by this time sent the Boers tearing, down the other side, and we followed close after them, nearly breaking our necks over loose boulders and holes, and on again up the next rise, after which the enemy got their mounts and rushed away out of range. Now we spotted about 50 of them galloping offdown a valley to our left, clearly in view but about 1,200 yards away, so we lay down behind the rocks and sniped away merrily ; of course the distance was too' great for our fire to have been very effective,, but we brought a few of them to the ground—a cavalry man has since told me he found 26 dead down there.

Soon after this, darkness suddenly came on and put a stop to the fighting which had lasted seven hours and covered some five miles. Needless to say, after this we were all dead tired, so we camped for the night, but before we lay down Gen. French sent us a message to 'congratulate us, saying that " he had especially mentioned us in his despatches to Lord Roberts for the gallant way in which we had taken the position" ; this, of course, bucked us up almost more than a ration of rum would have done. On Monday and Tuesday we only advanced about 20 miles, as the drifts were too much for the guns and wagons, but we met with no opposition except a little sniping, and on Tuesday evening camped on the east side of the Kumati River. On Wednesday we got under way at 3.30 a.m. and marched I? miles, when we found the enemy holding two lofty , mountain ranges, called Nelsbergen, which converged to a steep nek of about 1,000 feet above the valley between the hills. It was this nek we had to get over, and, after our guns had shelled the Boers for an hour or so the Shropshires, with ourselves in support, rushed the position. Now came the difficulty of getting the guns up this fearful incline ; by fastening on three teams of horses, after much lashing with whips, torrents of strong language, struggling 'of the beasts, and pushing of the men, we managed to get two fieldguns up, but the animals were now so done that the remainder had to stop below, with the addition of the naval gun which had got hopelessly stuck, although 40. oxen were straining at it in their patient way. It was especially annoying, when everyone was struggling his hardest, to see an officer, who no doubt thought he was rendering great assistance, signalling the 'advance' with a pendulum-like motion of arm, just like a railway-porter guiding a shunting engine. We shall all be very amused in future, when we hear officers say how they rough it with their men on active service. How do they reconcile this with the fact that, when poor Tommy, after a stiffday, settles down in his two blankets, with perhaps three biscyits and a piece of bully to eat, there is the officers' mess wagon loaded with a lunch marquee, bivouacs, cases of whisky, a«d all kinds of extra food and luxuries ? well, well, -now that most of our chaps will soon be officers in the regulars, they will probably be only too glad of the opportunity to do the same and will soon forget the "growsing" (grumbling) of their Tommy days, for all our section have been offered commissions in the regulars : the majority have accepted them, but, for my part, I prefer my own profession. Now to resume, from the summit of the nek we could see the Boers and their transport toiling along

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a road, which went winding up the side of a mountgMeaminaftott, 1900. ain two or three miles away, and our two field- -guns Analysis of the Results in Special Subjects • were quickly brought to bear upon them and did a I fair amount of damage ; in fact, it hurried them off ab Latin Greek so quickly that they had no time to bury all their c French dead, and next day, we came across one chap simply , /Arithmetic (Lower) Maths. (Higher) tied in a blanket and six more with a few loose stones e \Elementary Additional Maths. thrown over them ; so, of course, we had to complete f Scripture g English the interment for them. History They replied to our shell-fire with a long^tom and hi Physics and Chemistry two pom-poms from the peak, called Swartz Kop but HIGHER. rechristened Volunteer Hill, on which I am at present H. S. Cobb, a, b, d, f. H. D. Day, d, e, f. writing and which we took from them later in the J. D. Day, a, b, c, f, g, h. day on the plan which I described earlier in this letter. N. M. Fergusson, b, d, e, f, g. I^remember it was a pretty stiff climb, with the pomA. P. G. Smith, a, b, c, f. F. L. Steward, d, e, f. pom shells and bullets flying about; just before the (N. M. Fergusson was ' distinguished ' for Scripture.) top, a fellow near me stumbled and fell: " Are you LOWER. hit " ? I shouted. " No " he managed to gasp, " I W. G. Coombs, a, b, f, h. wish to God I were and then I should have a A. J. Dash, a, b, c, d, e, f, h, i. chance of sitting down for a minute " ; he had only G. D. Day, a, b, c, d, if, h. L. B. De Fontaine, d, f. slipped on a rock and was soon up and on again. W. F. Eldershaw, a, b, c, f, h. When we got to the top, we could-only send a few A. W. Evans, b, d, f. bullets after the flying Boers' and their guns, as it E. L. Koechlin, a, b, c, e, f, h. J. H. Rowe, d, f. was too late to follow them up : so we settled down W. H. Shuttleworth, a, b, c, d, f, h. for the night, expecting to complete our advance to T. Stinton, a, b, c, d, e, f, h. Barberton the next day, but as the event has proved, H. H. Sweet-Escott, f. C. Williams, a, b, d, f, h. we were destined to hold this kopje for three or four B. Hartley / . days to cover the bringing up of the rest of French's H. Raymond \ Aegrotabant. convoy, which is a slow and tedious job up these First Classes were won in Latin, by G. Day, and T. tremendous inclines : rumour hath it, however, that Stinton; in Greek, by C. Williams; in French, by E. Koeehlin; in Additional Mathematics, by A. J; Dash; the cavalry have gone on to take Barberton. Scripture, by C. Williams; in • History, by F. W. Well, this brings me up to date now, and there is in EFdershaw and T. Stinton; and in Physics and Chemistry, not much more to say, unless perhaps you would be by A. J. Dash. interested in a description of what we found in the Boer wagons, which we managed to cut off. PerOnly a few months ago the writer of the last sonally, I was never more agreeably surprised in my life than at the good haul we made. Our " slim " " O.V. Column " was congratulating his readers on Boer seems to do his best to make a pic-nic of war ; the fact that no casualties had yet been reported his wagons were loaded with excellent flour, imported among Old Vigornians at the front, but now in from Buda Pesth, sugar, rice, tea, coffee, meat, one short week all has been changed, and we mourn whisky, (imagine our joy !) bedding, pillows, books, the loss of E. H. Harrington (1891-95) whawas including a copy of the "Sketch" and a "Standard killed in action at Nooitgedacht, and J. E. Roan and Diggers' News " for May with its usual comple- (1886-88) who died of enteric fever at Mafeking. Both were members of the i6th Co., 5th Battn. ment of lies, an X-ray photo of a hand with a bullet in it, a phonograph (!) all kinds of clothing even Imperial Yeomanry, hitherto known as "The Lucky those of women and children, pots, kettles and pans, Fifth"; they volunteered together, and, by a lamps, hens(living, to supply them with eggs, Isuppose), strange coincidence, died within a few days of each in fact, enough to furnish and feed in comfort, people other, though hundreds of'miles apart. All Old Vigornians will join in expressing the who are living at peace and not such as you would expect a defeated and flying army to be possessed of. deepest sympathy with the bereaved families, and in At one time, I thought that deficiencies in the hoping that the first natural bitterness of grief may Boer commissariat would shortly bring the war to an one day be forgotten in the glorious remembrance end, but now I am quite undecided and it seems to that their sons died in the service of their Queen and country. me likely to drag on for months. The very excellent suggestion has been made that S. J. STEWARD, (Camb. Univ. Sectn.—Vol. Co. 7. 1st Suffblks). the names of all Old Boys who have fought in the war

THE VIGORN1AN. should be inscribed on a commemorative tablet in the School. This should certainly be carried into effect. One name has been omitted from the lists of O.V.'s at the front, that of J. Little (1876-80), Captain and Adjutant of the 2nd Northamptons, who has been out from the commencement of the war. It would be an excellent thing if all our O.V. soldiers could meet, on their return, at the O.V. Dinner in January, but there appears to be small chance of the end of the war for some time yet. The Gymnasium Scheme, so long delayed on account of the war, has now taken shape, and circulars have been sent to all Old Vigornians, to Parents (past and present), and a few others, resulting in the collection of over ^200. This, as there has been no general appeal to the public, is fairly satisfactory, but it will be seen from the list published on page 20 that the number of Old Vigornians who have subscribed is disappointingly small. Over 500 O.V.'s have received circulars, and at least 80 per cent, have sent no reply whatever ! Surely we can do better than this ? Special attention is asked to the Correspondence column, where the "O.V. Colours" question is assuming a practical shape. O.V. OLD VIGORNIANS' CLUB. Five new members have joined since the last issue of the " Vigornian "— L. R. Needham (1895), The Moorlands, Worcester; W. R. Wagstaff (i898ai9Oo), Fladbury ; A. T. Marshall (1892-99), Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; J. D. Day (1892-1900), Hertford Coll., Oxford ; and H. J. Hargraves (i88890),Paymaster, R.N ,c/o Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W. Subscriptions for 1900-01 were due on October 7th, and should be remitted at once to the Hon. Sec. (Sunnyside Road, Worcester). Several subscriptions due October•, 1899 (and a few even 4 years earlier] are still unpaid. Boys leaving School should bear in mind that the subscription for the first three years after leaving is 2/6. Full particulars can be obtained either from the Headmaster or from the Hon. Sec. O.V.

NEWS.

The Rev. E. Walter Holland (1884-94) was ordained Priest on Trinity Sunday. C. T. E. Clarke (1883-86) has been appointed Deputy Registrar of the Diocese and of the Archdeaconry of Worcester. H. J. Hargraves (1888-90), Assistant-Paymaster, R.N., has been promoted to Paymaster for services during disturbances in China. W. H. Hill (1887-91) passed the ist Examination of the Baccalaureat en droit at the University of Paris in July. E. D. Jordan (1875-80) was ordained Deacon on

September 23rd, and licensed to the curacy of St. Mary's, St. Helen's. The Rev. W. S. H. Littlebury (1879-81) has been appointed Lecturer of Watford, also Senior Curate and Precentor of the Parish Church. E. W. Price (1880-81), late of Southwell Cathedral, has been appointed Lay Clerk of Worcester Cathedral. G. Threlfell (1882-83), Lieutenant, R.N., is now serving on board H.M.S. " Bonaventure," on the China station. J. H. West (1888-93) has been appointed Organist and Music Master at Wesley College, Sheffield. The O.V. Dinner is fixed for January loth, at the Star Hotel. MARRIAGES. BIRD— BURRINGTON. — On September nth, at Wembdon, Bridgwater, by the Rev. G. Trevor, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Bridgwater, assisted by the Rev. J. R. Evans, Vicar of the Parish, George William Harvey Bird, M.A., M.B., B.C., Cantab. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., second son of the late George Adam Bird, of Glenthorn, Worcester, to Nellie, elder daughter of G. G. Burrington, of Westfield House, Bridgwater. WILKES — TURNER. — September 8, at St. Paul's, St. John's Hill, London, S.W., by the Rev. A. B. Peacock, M.A., Harry Smith, younger son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilkes, of Upton-on-Severn, to Blanche Theophila, only daughter of the late Thomas William Turner, of High Town, Hereford, and Mrs. Turner, 59, Park Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W. IN MEMORIAM. HARRINGTON. — Killed in action, October I7th, at Nooitgedacht, Transvaal, Edwin Herbert Harrington, Imperial Yeomanry, aged 21. ROAN. —On October 22nd, at Mafeking, of enteric fever, James Eaton Roan, Imperial Yeomanry, aged 26. [Owing to lack of space we are only able to print an extract from our correspondent's letter.]

...... M. Bates, who rowed bow in his Torpid last year during its chequered fortunes, is again showing activity on the river, and will probably assist S. John's to obtain a position more consonant with their dignity. H. A. Lewis and L. W. Sampson will also, we hope, occupy seats in the Hertford boat. M. Bates is also expected to sustain or enhance his reputation on the running track. H. L. Hammond, while finding Oxford air not conducive to the perpetration of such feats as leaping a fiery steed over or into a cart, which,

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we believe, constitute a considerable feature of his life in rusticity, yet takes part in the less agitating delights of afternoon teas with a zeal which has only to be seen to be appreciated. Our latest accession, J. D. Day, Meeke Scholar and School Exhibitioner, is also worthily upholding the traditions of the King's School in the Hertford "soccer" team. Scholastic news must be conspicuous by its absence, as no schools have lately been combated with. Regarding general topics, everything points to a successful season all round, though the fresh-men of a certain college have, I I fancy, formed a debating club and condemned the excessive devotion to sport in the Universities. In conclusion, I should like to remark that the difficulties which Mr. Webb put forward in your last number as in his opinion negativing the suggestion for providing O.V. colours, have been successfully remedied. If Mr. Webb had met with the following couplet, he would not, perchance, have taken so gloomy a view of the situation :— " Great things have been and are, and greater still Want little of mere mortals but their will." Yours truly, " DUPLICITER VlGORN."

gctm6rt6ge .-Setter. To the Editors of the Vigornlan. Dear Sirs, If one is to be guided by recollections of former University letters, it is the correct thing to commence by grumbling at the editors of the " Vigornian " for their importunity. Editors, however, are apt to regard themselves, not without reason, as hardly-treated persons, and we cannot help thinking that those who begin their letters by abusing them are themselves quondam editors, and secretly enjoy an opportunity of sharpening their quills against their unfortunate successors ; perhaps, also, scarcity of news is a cause for the frequency with which the editors are assailed, and, if this is the case, the present writer would feel amply justified in rating them soundly, but he will forbear, and, since the ice is broken, plunge in medias res. Firstly, we have to regret that Davies has left Selwyn and is no longer with us. Marshall, however, is still at Corpus, and the colony has been reinforced by the arrival of Simpson and King, who have commenced residence this term at Sidney Sussex. They may be seen daily in the course of the afternoon being initiated into the mysteries of " tubbins," or rowing in the lights that crowd the waters of the Cam. Both are just recovering from the effects of a series of " squashes." These we may explain are

given each year by the second-year men to the " freshers." They are literally squashes, as some of the rooms are not spacious, and the freshmen number over twenty, while others often come in to help matters along. Coffee and cake are provided at every " squash," and, as the quality of each is apt to vary, the result of five successive " squashes " in one night may be better imagined than described. The festivities which took place when Ladysmith and Mafeking were respectively relieved are now matters of history. Those who took part in them, however, will not soon forget them, especially the former, in which the bonfire was impromptu in the Market Place, and fed by anything available that was likely to burn. The Mayor, who has an objection to bonfires in the Market Place, took precautions against a repetition at the Mafeking celebrations by stationing a few firemen on the top of the Guildhall, overlooking the market, armed with a hose. A huge bonfire was provided on a neighbouring common, but did not afford much excitement. Cambridge was honoured by the presence of royalty last term. The King of Sweden paid us a visit, and received an honorary degree at the Senate House. Coming down to more recent events, the Rector of Mafeking was staying amongst us last week. He gave an interesting lecture on the siege of his parish, and it may be of interest to know that he pronounces Mafeking as a word of three syllables, with a slight emphasis on the first. The Volunteer Corps is keeping up its numbers well. A night attack was planned a short time ago, and one unfortunate recruit spent a considerable time in a damp ditch. He subsequently tried to stimulate some warmth by firing at some oncoming forces, whom he took to be the foe. After killing about fifty he was overpowered, and discovered to his astonishment that he had been captured by his own forces. We hope soon- to welcome back those who have been serving their country to more purpose at the front. CANTAB.

' JHtmer. (Reprinted from Worcestershire Chronicle.') The Third Annual Dinner of the Old Boys of Worcester Cathedral King's School resident in London was held on Thursday last, at the Holborn Restaurant. Mr. Albert Webb was in the chair, and Mr. E. E. Bird in the vice-chair, and the following were also present: Revs. W. H. Littlebury and E. A White, and Messrs. T. Hates, H. M. Conachrr, F. Hugh Dutton, A. Francis, N. King, C T. Ley, Lieut-Colonel J. L Needham, Messrs. H. E. Powell, J. D. Powell, H. Purser, W. H. Stallard, O. H. Veveis, H. S. Wilkes, and A. P. Bolland (Hon. Secretary). The Rev. W. Haighton Chappel (headmaster) was the guest of the evening.

THE VIGORNIAN. The Secretary announced apologies from a large number of O.V.'s unable to be present, and read a letter from the Rev. W. E. Holland, the late headmaster, who wrote regretting his inability to attend, and wishing the gathering every success. The Chairman gave the toast of "The Queen," and spoke of the intense sympathy which she always felt for her people, and at the present time for the sufferings of her soldiers in South Africa. At no period of English history had there been on the throne anyone held in such esteem or whose name was so untouched by breath of scandal as Her Majesty. (Hear, hear ) In proposing "The School," the Chairman said it was, of course, the toast of the evening Only those getting on in years began to learn what their old school did for them. It taught them to be honest, straightforward English gentlemen. (Hear, hear) The character of a bay depended, to a great extent, on the influence of his school-fellows, and especially on that of his hpadmaster, and it was from that influence he learnt, in later years, "to love honour, and to hate the lie." England had an enormous work to do, and if she were to be a ruling power, straightforwardness was necessary above all things. Referring to what he had already said on the influence of a headmaster on his school, he spoke of the respect in which the headmaster of his own days (Rev. Maurice Day) was regarded. The same high standard had been well maintained by Mr. Bolland—(hear, hear) •—and he was sure all would agree with him that Mr. Chappel was faithfully keeping up the traditions of the past. (Hear, hear.) He wished the school every success in the future, and coupled with thetoast thenameoftheheadmaster. (Loud applause.) Thetoast.having been drunk with much enthusiasm.was followed by the singing of the school song, " Floreat Schola Vigorniensis." The Rev. W. H. Chappel, who was received very heartily, said it gave him very great pleasure indeed to be present that evening, and he only wished he had been able to have come on the two previous occasions, for he valued very highly the interest of Old Vigornians, and considered that such gatherings helped a school greatly. The past year had been a prosperous one, but it had not been without its cloud He alluded to the death of Mr. H. Clarke, whom he himself knew as a faithful and devoted colleague. For 20 years he had been a master at the school, and his place would be difficult to fill. (Hear, hear.) Last year had been one of steady progress; a splendid block of class-rooms had been opened, with a chemical laboratory almost unsurpassed by any other school in England Amongst the school, too, there was a strong sense of keenness both in work and games. (Hear, hear.) He was sure all would be pleased to hear that the school which they loved was flourishing, and bid fair to keep up its old traditions (Hear, hear.) He wished to say a few words with reference to the name of the school. He had read the report of last year's dinner, when the matter was discussed. His contention was that the name of King's school was a revival, and not a change. When he came to Worcester he had found the School called by several different names—College School, Cathedral School (a name associated by many people with choir schools), and Grammar School. The latter name had caused some confusion, as it was also that of another school in the town doing an excellent work in its own way, but one it was necessary to differentiate: from both documents and monuments in the Cathedral he had found evidence which he considered proved that in its early days the school was known as "regia schola." He had dwelt at some length on the question because he valued highly the opinions of Old Vigornians, and wished to give an explanation in answer to the courteous remonstrance of last year. His next role was that of a beggar; in all other respects the school was excellently equipped, but they had no gymnasium. At the Worcester dinner last year, however, at the suggestion of the Rev. Jas Went, a subscription list was started for that purpose, and already amounted to about £100 He himself was most strongly in favour of physical training, and therefore appealed to those present not only to help themselves, but to get others to subscribe. Mr. Chappel concluded by giving all London O.V.'s a very cordial invitation to Worcester, and assured them that he and his staff would always do their utmost to keep up the high standard which the school had always held. (Applause.)

Mr. E. E. Bird (vice-chairman) proposed the toast of "The Old Vigornians' Club," and said he felt a certain amount of hesitation after the excellent speeches they had already listened to. He referred to Mr. Chappel's remarks about the propjsed gymnasium, and said he was sure he could rely on the O.V.'s to do their very utmost to forward the scheme. He agreed with Mr. Chappel with regard to the name of the school. He expressed the hope that all those present belonged to the club, as it was doing an excellent work. That the Club was a medium for keeping old boys in touch with one another was in itself a sufficient reason to induce them to become members. (Hear, hear). The Rev. W H. Littlebury, on behalf of the Club, thanked those present for the cordial way in which they had received the toast. The Club was a very justifiable institution, indeed, as i helped to keep up interest in the old school. It acted, indeed, as a kind of central news agency. It was a central body that looked after the interest of O.V.'s, and also provided prizes both for bookwork and athletics. He suggested that subscriptions to the new gymnasium ought to go through the Club. The next toast, "The Imperial Forces," was proposed by Mr. H. M. Conacher. But a year ago, he said, everyone was speaking of the worship France had for her army ; now in England a similar state of things existed, but with this difference—that while France could with difficulty produce men with even a semblance of honesty, England had during the present war brought forward many heroes and shewn that she was still a fruitful mother of the tobuster virtues. The war had shewn that the army was in truthanlmperialone—not merely so called because the word Imperialism was in the air, but a striking reality. In former times subject races fought for their dominant country; now, though of many races and countries, they were all fighting of their own free will. (Hear, hear ) He eulogised the War Office, and especially those who had built up the short service system, which had now for the first time been put to a serious test, and which, on the whole, had been such a signal success. The genius of Lord Roberts, too, had appealed to all, for he had handled successfully what was perhaps the largest British force ever put in the field in a campaign over a district equal to half the size of Europe. (Hear,hear.) The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm. Col. Needham, in reply, said he had felt greatly honoured in being asked to reply on behalf of the Imperial Forces There was really very little to be added to what the last speaker had said, except to make mention of the "handy man " (Hear, hear). He knew himself that the authorities recognised the assistance given. During the war there had been a good deal of criticism of the various Genera's, but there had been no critic of the soldier. Throughout the campaign they had shown great cheerfulness under the most trying circumstances. Even though more men had died from disease than had fallen in battle, yet the spirits of their comrades were not dep-essed as might have been expected. He could not sit down without making mention of the Volunteers, both from home and the colonies—(hear, hear)— who were so bravely fighting for their country. He was glad to hear, too, that so many O.V.'s were at the front. (Applause). Mr' W. H. Stallard, in proposing the toast of the Chairman, said that thanks were due to Mr. Albert Webb both for his presence there and for so ably taking the chair ; he would also like to thank him for the excellent example which he had always given of what a man should be who was educated at the school. (Hear, hear). Both in public and private life he was held in the highest esteem by everyone. Mr. Stallard referred also to the prominent part the Chairman had taken both in the Volunteer movement and in connection with the School Board,and said that it was men like him who did the school inestimable good. (Hear, hear). The Chairman, replying to the toast, which was musically honoured and received very heartily, said he had always the honour of the old school at heart. It had given him very great pleasure to be with them that evening. Mr. A. Francis sa d he wished to propose an extra toast, viz , the Hon. Secretary, Mr. A P. Bolland, to whom the success of the evening was mainly due (Hear, hear). Mr Bolland briefly responded.

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Songs and other music were contributed during the evening by the Rev. W. H. Littlebury, Messrs J. D Powell, A. Francis, H. E. Powell, and H. Purser, and an enjoyable evening closed with the singing of " Auld Lang Syne."

Amount required, ^400. The following is a list of Subscriptions paid or promised to date (November 7th, 1900). £ s. d. £ s. d. Governors of the School— The Dean and Chapter 20 o o T h e Rev. Canon Melville 5 0 0 T h e Earl o f Coventry 2 2 0 The Mayor (Mr. J. Millington) ... 2 2 0 Alderman Ernest Day ... ... 2 2 0 Mr. F. J. A. Wood 3 3 ° 34 9 o The Clerk to the Governors— o Mr. J. H. Hooper The Headmaster— The Rev. W. Haighton Chappel IS 15 o The Staff— The Rev. C. T. Powell Mr. T. E. Rammell 2 2 0

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All letters intended for insertion in these columns must be authenticated by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as evidence of good faith. Every facility will be afforded for the discussion of matters of interest to the School, but a rigid compliance with this rule will be enforced.

To the Editors of the Vigornian. Dear Sirs, In calling your attention to the condition of the junior game at football, I expect and trust that I am expressing the opinions of many boys who play in it. Last season Mr. Poynton was kind enough to superintend it, but now that he has left us the " second game " is fast degenerating. Everyone seems to shout out except the captains, and the ultimate result is constant quarrelling about " offside " and other details. Now, if there were an authoritative referee this would all be avoided. I personally know of two or three boys who are themselves unable to play for medical reasons, who might be induced to volunteer their services. Hoping the Games Committee will at once appoint a competent person, I am, Sirs, Yours, etc., "SECOND GAME"-ER. [We believe that since the above was written some of the masters have consented to play in second game. We certainly agree that there ought to be a person in authority present.—EDS. VIGORNIAN.]

To the Editors of the Vigornian. In reply to Mr. Webb's letter in your last issue, I have the greatest pleasure in following his advice and offering the following " practical suggestions." Firstly. I have made enquiries among about 2O O.V.'s and find them unanimous in the desire for colours, which makes it seem almost incredible

to me that a meeting of the O.V.'s club should, as Mr. Webb has told me was the case, have refused to entertain the suggestion (it teaches us that we younger members ought to make these meetings more representative by our attendance). Secondly. I have made enquiries among certain tradesmen in Worcester and Oxford, the results of which I have submitted in full to Mr. Webb, to whom I must refer your readers for particulars ; it will be sufficient here to say that in my opinion, and Mr. Webb has kindly allowed me to add his name in support of this, it is far the most advisable to patronize Messrs. Foster, of Oxford, who have submitted some excellent patterns of 'suggested colours. These colours include the following : (1) Blue, White, and Chocolate. (2) White and Black. (3) Blue, White, and Yellow. (4) Blue, Yellow, and Chocolate. Of these, opinion up here is unanimous in favour of the first mentioned, as being at once pretty and distinctive. Messrs. Foster require a guarantee of I dozen ties (or 3 scarves and 6 ties) and 18 yards of ribbon (which mathematicians have assured me will cut up into about 20 hat ribbons). The chief reasons why we feel it best to patronize them are (1) That they make a speciality of club colours, and have an exhaustive catalogue of all colours taken, which, as you will see, would ensure us against either " pirating " or being " pirated." (2) They would probably be more moderate in their charges, and are so in the guarantee they require, for the same reason. (3) They have an establishment in London which would be a convenience for the large O.V. colony there. Certain misconceptions appear, from what Mr. Webb says, to have arisen among certain O.V.'s— chiefly that it is absolutely necessary to have a combination of blue and white or a badge on the ribbon. Being in the great centre of old boys from all the public schools of England,. I can assure your readers that this principle is not followed in the great majority of cases. The Old Boys' colours are often entirely different to the School colours, and the Badge is never worn. Now for us it would be manifestly absurd to try to get a distinctive combination of such common colours as Blue and White, so we must either throw overboard this notion, or else give up altogether the idea of cplours. In conclusion I should like to thank Mr, Webb for the courteous way in which he has treated the •suggestion since he has had his doubts removed on

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some of the above-mentioned points. I don't think it will be a serious breach of confidence for me to say that he is now one of the keenest supporters of the movement, and with his energetic help at headquarters I hope that very soon after these words are in print the proposal which seemed so far off in your last number will have taken definite shape and that our " heroics " will not have been altogether useless. I am, Yours faithhfully, H. A. LEWIS. Oxford, Nov. and, 1900.

To the Editors of the " Vigornian." DEAR SIRS,—May I trespass on your space to cordially endorse the suggestion that the Old Vigornians should have colours of their own ? No better argument in its favour could be found than Mr. Webb's reply: the objections he raises on behalf of the Committee are feeble in the extreme and suggest that that body first resolved not to grant the colours and then proceeded to discover the reasons. The obstacles which they find so appalling have been and are being, successfully surmounted by hundreds of institutions throughout the land, many of them in no better position, either financially or numerically, than the O.V. Club: why should it then be the exception ? To enter into detail and in reply to Mr. Webb's request for practical suggestions, could not the difficulty of selecting colours be simplified by the addition to the blue and white of the school of a third, such as magenta or maroon ? This, of course, is merely a personal opinion, the main thing is a disposition to grant a reasonable request, the rest will then follow. And, although it may be urged that if the colours were given all Old Vigornians would be entitled to wear them, whether or not they were members of the Club, I certainly think that the Committee of that organization ought to take the lead in the matter, if they have any regard for the dignity of their position or any desire to voice the opinions of those they are supposed to represent. I am, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, E. H. INGRAM-HALFORD.

To the Editors of the " Vigornian" Dear Sirs, In answer to the letter from Oxford Old Vigornians re Club Colours Mr. Webb raises objections which, I think, must have struck a good many O. V.'s as being extremely weak. Mr. Webb states three objections to the proposal :—(i) " The difficulty obtaining something absolutely distinctive in the colours." I fail to see any great difficulty in this : the colours could be any combination of of blue and white as a blue ribbon with white edges; if a badge is required for the blazer the school badge might be used with the addition of the letters " O.V." in the form of a monogram placed over the shield, (ii.) "The expense attending the special manufacture of a limited number of these distinctive colors." Judging from the number of O.V.'s who are taking the matter up, surely the Committee can guarantee at least a hundred of these colours being sold, which guarantee ought to be quite sufficient for any manufacturer, (iii.) " The certainty that, when once obtained, the colours would immediately be ' pirated,' as so many of the 'Varsity colours are even now." That objection could be raised to the issuing of any colours. Are other clubs debarred from using colours on this account ? I fail to see why we should be so very sensitive on this point. And, in conclusion, I would ask the gentlemen of the O.V. Club Committee whether they think it judicious to disregard the wishes of so many of its members. I remain, yours faithfully, " COLOURLESS."

To the Editors of the Vigornian. Dear Sirs, Having heard some talk of O.V. colours being started, I feel it my duty as an O.V. to say how heartily I agree with the movement, as I feel the want to be a most pressing one. All other public schools of any size have their colours and why should not we ? Hoping that the efforts in this direction will be successful, Believe me, Sirs, Yours truly,

X.Y.Z.

THE VIGORNIAN. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Sirs, Having heard rumours of a proposal to the effect that the O.V.'s Club should have some distinguishing colours (as is the custom of most " Old Boys'" clubs), I am writing to say that I hope the proposal will find the approval of the majority of those whom it may interest. I have been told some points against the proposition which are sound enough in themselves; but surely a man need not wear colours if there were any selected ; nay, he need not even purchase them. Then again, there can be no necessity to have the same colours as the school; in fact, I believe the reverse is usually the case, and the " Old Boys'" Club generally has colours very different to the school colours. May I ask what distinguishing mark the O.V. Club has ? So far I have not heard of one, and it seems to me a most natural thing to wish to have some such distinction. I should imagine that if the proposal were voted for, and against, by members of the Club, the votes " for " would be in a large majority. Hoping the matter will be settled in a way most advantageous to the Club. Believe me, yours truly, " HOPEFUL."

To the Editors of the " Vigornian " Dear Sirs, 1 have never been opposed to the principle involved in this question of O. V. colours, and I welcome the reponse to my request for some practical contribution to the discussion. The addition of a third colour certainly removes one great difficulty— I was not aware that this was permissible. A second difficulty is reduced by the fact that the guarantee demanded is far less than I anticipated. I have been in communication with Messrs. Foster & Co., and find that their prices are as below : Hat Ribbon, i^ inches wide - 2/- each. Do. 2 „ „ 3/- „ Necktie i^ „ „ - 1/6 „ Do. 2^ „ „ - si- „ Waist Scarves - 9/6 „ The main point now is—will a sufficient number of Old .Boys guarantee to take the colours if ordered by the Club ? The pattern approved by the Committee is one of those submitted by Mr. H. A. Lewis, viz., Dark Blue background, with Chocolate and White stripes. If a sufficient number will write me to the effect that they are prepared to take the

Colours, I am authorised by my Committee to give the necessary order to Messrs. Foster & Co. I am, Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, FRANK W. WEBB. Hon. Sec. O.V. Club. P.S.—Each correspondent should clearly state whether he will take hat ribbon, tie and scarf, or either, and also whether more than one of each would be required.

JUttcj's g The following were the successful candidates in the recent examination : — 1. Cecil Graves Morris, King's School and Market Bosworth Grammar School. 2. Francis Stuart MacNalty, Kingsgate House, Winchester (for Mathematics). 3. Mark Scott Duncan Day, King's School and Miss Robson's. 4. William Arnold Fergusson, King's School. 5. Graham Marcan Bird, King's School (for Modern Languages). 6. William Vincent Rowe, King's School and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. Hon. Mention : 1. Robert Coningsby Wilmot, Macclesfield Grammar School. 2. Sydney Seymour Young, King's School. 3. Harold Sale Berkeley, King's School. To a House Scholarship : Robert Coningsby Wilmot. To Governors' Exhibitions : 1. F. S. MacNalty. 2. W. A. Fergusson. The Examiner was the Rev. D. Tait, M.A., Vicar of Malvern Wells, and formerly Scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

cm& The following books have been added to the Library this term :— Greek Testament, Vol. III. (2 copies) Alford Sesame and Lilies - Ruskin The Two Paths - Ruskin Queen of the Air - Ruskin

THE VIGORNIAN. East and West Essays Student's Chaucer The Phantom Army Sophia A Man of Mark Father Stafford The Orange Seller The Master By a Hair's Breadth A Millionaire of Yesterday In the Day of Battle Lorna Doone The Cornet of Horse The Escape from Pretoria Ian Hamilton's March Ladysmith : Diary of the Siege Mafeking : History of the Siege Association Football -

Sir Edwin Arnold Bacon Skeat Max Pemberton Stanley Weyman Anthony Hope Anthony Hope Sir W. Besant I. Zangwill Headon Hill Oppenheim J. A< Steuart Blackmore G. A. Henty Capt. Haldane Winston Churchill

Butterflies and Fossils from Oram Cartridges from Transvaal „ . Rowe i. Corns „ Dutton, Hamilton ii., Mountain and Wilding Cingalese Newspaper ,. Dutton Petrified Bone ,. Dimoline Photographs ,. C. T. Ley, O.V. Prize Collection of Fossils ,. Shuttleworth Sea Urchin ,, Budd Starfish ,. Armstrong Transvaal Envelope (passed by Censor) ,, Rowe i. Turban ,, Young i. Also the loan of a box of the Queen's Chocolate, Cartridges, etc., for exhibition, from Rowe i.

Nevisson Baillie Needham

The Curator acknowledges with thanks the following gifts for the Museum :— Birds from Dutton Birds' Eggs „ Escott ii. Bird Nest „ Young i.

[We have to thank several persons for contributions which we much regret not being able to print owing to the great call on our space. Amongst these are H. G. Watts for a poem, " 'I e deum Laudamus ; " C. A. Steward for an account of a " Holiday in Switzerland ;" L. B. de Fontaine for an account of a " Trip to the Paris Exhibition." We trust to be able to find room for them in the next number.—EDS. VIGORNIAN.]

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