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A welcome subject for our opening paragraph . „. . , . , . . .. awaits us, in offering heartiest congratulations to two representative branches of the School. The success of the First Four in their three races last term was well deserved by the un^ling energy of themselves and their coach. Two victories at home and one away form a record of which we are justly The j J proud. r other object of congratulation is the Shooting j Eight, who distinguished themselves by obtains & } i l ing the second place in "The Country Life" competition among Schools with one company , ,Tr , , , , , , only. We wish them all good luck m the ensuing contest at Bisley.

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In conse

quence of the Coal Strike> the CorPs

was unable to go to Salisbury Plain in March.

THE VIGORNIAN.

A field day was arranged, however, for June 18th at Church Stretton, in which our contingent took part with Shrewsbury, Repton and other Schools. The annual camp begins on July 27th. * * * The Football Cup was carried off by the School House after a keen struggle with the Day Boys. In the final match twenty minutes extra time had to be played: the School House made the most of this opportunity and eventually won by 3 goals to i. They are also to be congratulated on winning the Rowing Cup at the Regatta. * * * We very much regret to learn that the Rev. W. D. Abbott has been obliged to give up his work in the School, owing to the pressure of parochial engagements. His place has been taken by the Rev. F. L. Whatley, Minor Canon and M.A. of S. Edmund's Hall, Oxford. *

Speech Day will take place this year on Thursday, October 3rd, when the Dean will preside, and the prizes will be distributed by the Rev. H. A. James, D.D., President of S. John's College, Oxford, formerly Dean of S. Asaph, and Headmaster successively of Rossall, Cheltenham, and Rugby. The next King's Scholarship examination is fixed for November ipth and aoth. We wish to congratulate C. V. Hancock on his excellent achievement in winning the Bible Clerkship, of the annual value of £100, at All Souls', Oxford: we hope he will have every success at the University. *

The annual Orchestra Concert was combined this year with a dramatic entertainment in aid of the Boat Club. As before, Mrs. Fortescue kindly undertook the responsibilities of the production, which was attended with great success. A full report appears elsewhere in our columns.

The Sports had to be postponed from their original date on account of the condition of the ground, and took place on April ist and 2nd. The Challenge Shield and Victor Ludorum, Senior and Junior, were all won by the Day Boys, O'Callaghan and Warren being top in the individual competitions. In consequence of Mrs. Moore Ede being prevented at the last moment from giving away the prizes, her place was most kindly taken by Mrs. W. Moore Ede.

A great deal of dissatisfaction prevailed at the end of last term concerning the allotment of points for the Challenge Shield. The Games Committee appointed a sub-committee to consider the advisability of altering the existing system. A new scheme was drawn up and recommended to the Games Committee, which at first accepted it. But a more revolutionary proposal was introduced, suggesting that representative teams only of each House should compete for the Shield. This was ultimately carried. We cannot but question the wisdom of this measure, as we fear that the active interest in the Sports among the majority of the School will be considerably diminished. We have received some correspondence on the subject from our readers. * * * The distressing motor accident, in which Mrs. Castley was seriously injured, is regarded with deepest regret amongst the whole School. We are all glad to hear that Mr. Castley is better, and offer him our sincerest sympathy in this terrible time of anxiety. The medical opinion about Mrs. Castley now seems more favourable, and we extend our heartiest wishes for her speedy recovery.

We should also like to express our sympathy with the Headmaster in his recent bereavement.

THE VIGORNIAN.

School Calendar. May 2—-School Meets 9 a.m. ,, 5—School Celebration, Ladye Chapel, 8-45 a.m. „ 16—Ascension Day. Cathedral Celebration 7 a.m. School Service g a.m. Rev. H. B. Tower. Half-holiday. N.H.S. Field Day to Bredon. „ 24—Empire Day. Parade 3 p.m. „ 27—Whit Monday. Half-holiday. London O.V. Match. June 5—School Orchestral Entertainment for Boat Club. 8 p.m. „ 8—Hereford Match. „ 10—15—Review Week. Mid Term Reports. „ ii—O.T.C. Inspection, 11-30 a.m. „ 17. Review Half-holiday. „ 18—O.T.C. Field Day at Chwrch Stretton with Shrewsbury and other Schools. „ 20—Worcester Regatta. „ 22—Stratfcrd-on-Avon Regatta. „ 27—N.H.S. Field Day. Castle Morton Common. „ 29—Boat Race v. St. Edward's School, Oxford. July 3—Dean Close Match. „ 6—O.V. Match. „ 13—House Squad Competitions. „ 16—Higher Certificate Exam, begins. „ 22—School Certificate Exam. Lower Certificate and School Exam, begins. „ 27—Noon. Term ends. „ 27—Aug. 8—O.T.C. Camp. Sep. 18—Boarders Return. „ 19—Thursday. School Meets 9 a.m.

O.V. Column. Rev. H. E. E. Arthure, Rector of Tibberton, has been appointed to the Rectory of Mickleton, Gloucester, by the Lord Chancellor.

H. F. Binns has been ordained Deacon at New York and appointed to a curacy in the State of Washington. G. T. de Blaby (Meek Scholar of Hertford College, Oxford) has won a Shropshire County Council Scholarship of £50. Captain Barwick Browne, Royal Garrison Artillery, has taken a First-class interpretership in Russian. T. F. Bye (Keble College, Oxford) has passed Mods and been elected to a Holroyd Musical Scholarship of £75. J. B. Cavenagh (Magdalen College, Oxford) in the Torpids stroked his college boat, which was head of the river. In the Eights he rowed in the Magdalen -Second Boat, which went up six places C. J. Chaytor has been gazetted to H.M.S. Shannon, the flagship of the Fifth Atlantic Cruiser Squadron. G. D. Day (late Scholar of Hertford College) has taken his M.A. degree at Oxford. C. Davenport (S. Catherine's College, Cambridge) has taken his M.A. degree, and is now in charge of the Commercial side of the High School, Sheffield. H. H. and E. R. Sweet Escott represented Wales in the last International Hockey Match against Ireland at Newport. L. B. de Fontaine has obtained a post in the Junior Civil Service. G. Gedge has been articled to Messrs. Heenan & Froude, Engineers, Worcester. W. L. Grisman has passed the First part of the examination for the Vor Diploma at the University of Zurich. Dr. A. P. Higgins (Fellow and Tutor of Downing College, Cambridge) has published an important new work, entitled " War and the Private Citizen," which has been very favourably reviewed. G. M. Jeans has passed the Final examination of the Incorporated Law Society.

THE VIGORNIAN.

Rev. O. G. O. Larr, curate at the Parish Church, Bury, late of Keble College, Oxford, has proceeded to his M.A. degree. R. H. Liptrot has obtained an appointment in the Argentine at Estantia, La Barancosa, Las Liebres. C. W. P. Ludlow has passed the Army Qualifying examination. D. M. Matthews has obtained an appointment on the cattle ranch of C. Pinnel, Esqre., Argentine. J. Morgan has been promoted from the Stayner Branch to the Main Branch of the Bank of Toronto. H. G. Mountain has been appointed Assistant Manager of Mines at Naguta, Nigeria, under Messrs. Wethered & Co. C. H Payton, B.A. (late Meek Scholar of Hertford College, Oxford), was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Hereford in his Cathedral on Trinity Sunday. He was gospeller at the Ordination, and was subsequently licensed to the curacy of the Parish Church, Ross. H. Raymond (formerly Scholar of Pembroke College, Oxford) has taken his M.A. degree. Rev. H. J. Richings has been appointed to a curacy at S. Edward's, Barnsley. A. L. E. Williams (Scholar of Exeter College, Oxford) has passed Mods. Rev. C. St. Maur Williams has accepted a curacy at S. Mary's, Munster Square, London. J. L. Wood has obtained an appointment in the Valuation Department of the Inland Revenue.

MARRIAGES. BINNS—DUDLEY.—On Thursday, May 30*, at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Chelsea Square, New York, the Rev. William Hugh Ferrar Binns, O.V., to Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Beebe Dudley.

HALFORD—TOOGOOD. — At St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, on the 2nd of March, 1912, by the Rev. Canon Jackson, Douglas Ingram Halford, Bengal Pilot Service, youngest son of the late E. Ingram Halford, of Horningbold, Leicestershire, to Margaret Isabel Toogood, only daughter of the late George Toogood.

in Iftemortam. RICHARD JOYNSON MURIEL. Died at Altrincham, Cheshire, of consumption which followed influenza, on April loth, 1912, aged 23, after an illness lasting six months only. Dick Muriel entered the School in September, 1905, as a boarder in the School House and in the fourth form, leaving in April, 1907 from the Remove, to enter the Scottish Widows' Insurance Co., at Manchester. He was popular at school and with his fellows at the office and showed promise of being a useful and successful man. His interests lay chiefly in natural history, being a keen fisherman and lover of out-door life. His guardian writes of him that " he was always much interested in the School Magazine and looked back with pleasure to his school life at Worcester." W. H. C.

School Confirmation. On March 27, Bishop Mylne kindly held a special confirmation for the School in the Ladye Chapel, when the following were presented by the Headmaster.- —

THE VIGORNIAN. G. B. Bagott. P. D. Burch. R. P. Beckingham. W. J. Carless. F. M. Longworth Dames. C. E. Davenport. R. E. Davis. H. S. Denton. G. Conan-Davies. W. Jones. T. L. Hall. F. J. Hemming. C. M. Humphries.

F. D. Keyworth. A. W. Limbrick. A. K. Matthews. D. G. B. Partridge. G. H. Richardson. G. H. Sharp. L. T. Sprosen. T. Sanby Thomas. J. Turley. M. Warren. J. F. Whitehead. T. B. Young.

€mplrc Dap. On May 24th, being Empire Day, school prayers were augmented by the singing of Kipling's Recessional and the National Anthem. Canon Wilson, who gave us a short address, spoke as follows : — " Your Headmaster has asked me to speak to you about the Empire and has allowed me only five minutes. Rudyard Kipling's Recessional which you have just sung, the words from Deuteronomy which have been read to you, and the beautiful selection of prayers which your Headmaster has just offered on your behalf, provide the best material for our thoughts on the Empire. But I wish to suggest two thoughts for you. One is that it adds greatly to the interest in life and to your sense of the value of life if you realize that each one of you is a unit of a great Empire which encircles the whole globe and more than any other country is determining the nature and the rate of human progress in civilization and morality. That means that the British Empire is the chief agent or instrument at the present time by which God is carrying out His great evolutionary designs for the world. This is no mere boast of the British. It is true. It was a foreigner who said

that when God had a specially hard piece of work to be done, He found an Englishman to do it. I want you always to think of the Empire as God's instrument for doing His work, and doing it well or indifferently or'badly; and of yourselves as contributing to that work. To realize this is to make life more and more interesting and stimulating with every year that passes. " The other thought is this: Empires pass away. You know from History how the Empires of the Hittites and the Assyrians, the Babylonians and the Egyptians, the Persians and the Romans and other nations have passed away. We are compelled to ask, will the British Empire crumble and pass away? We ask what is the cause of such crumbling and decay, and the answer of history is clear. It is the decay and loss of the social virtues that bind together and strengthen a community, industry, public spirit, unselfishness, purity. No pagan E-mpire has survived. It remains to be seen whether Christianity has as yet infused a sufficient, impulse to virtue into the human race to preserve an Empire. It is apparently an easier task to create than to maintain an Empire. While it is being created there is the enthusiasm, the romance that attends initiation: when created, this ardour is wanting and its place must be supplied by a stronger sense of duty. " Our Public Schools ought to be nurseries of such national and social virtues, of strenuous industry, unselfish work for the honour of house and school. The slacker, the shirker, the cynic, the braggart, is no loyal member of the school, as you all know : and he is no loyal member of the Empire, however loudly he may sing Rule Britannia. It is the loyal and useful public school boy who will make a loyal citizen of the Empire. You here have a splendid inheritance from the past in your school. This is your Empire now. Be worthy of it, and in days to

THE

VIGORNIAN.

come you will be worthy of our great Empire also. You are our Empire." (Applause.) In the afternoon at three o'clock the Officers Training Corps paraded and in the presence of several friends of the School performed the ceremony of saluting the flag.

Fenton acted as starter, some delay being caused by the wash of a passing tug. The School had obtained the far side, but, owing to some confusion, actually started on the Pitchcroft side. From the first the School crew had a slight lead, and from the Rowing Club Boat House this became more and more marked, until they finally paddled home, victors by eight lengths. Mr. Fortescue acted as judge.

Rowing.

Monmouth Crew.

SCHOOL v. MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL. This race took place at Oxford on March 16th, the course being from Weir's Bridge to Salter's Barge. There was a slight gusty wind blowing across the river, but otherwise the weather was perfect. Worcester won the toss and chose the Berkshire station. This gave them some advantage, which was speedily nullified by a bad crab from their No. 3 thwart. Having rectified the error with alacrity, they set out to make up their two lengths deficit. Stroke's call for an effort was gamely answered and by the Gut they were on level terms again. Leaving the Gut Worcester came away very fast along the green bank and lead by a clear four lengths at the Red Post. There was only one crew in it after this, and though Magdalen stuck pluckily to it, they could not get within six lengths of the leaders at the finish. A race between the second crews resulted in an equally easy victory for Magdalen. The Worcester four, very light and over-boated, rowed with great pluck along the barges, but without result.

SCHOOL v. MONMOUTH G.S. A new fixture. Rowed on March 23rd from the Dog and Duck Ferry to the Deanery. Mr.

st. Ibs. 9 10

Bow J. B. Ledger 2 A. B. Buchanan 3 W. H. Dowdeswell ... Stroke H. M. Long ... Cox W. Maddock

SCHOOL v. HEREFORD SCHOOL.

ii 7 10 10 10 8 5 2

CATHEDRAL

This race was rowed on March 3Oth over the same course as that over which the race against Monmouth took place. Mr. Fenton acted as starter and the start was simplified by having a rope stretched across the stream. The School lost the toss and had the Pitchcroft side of the river. Starting off at about forty to the minute the School boat immediately gained a slight lead on the opponents, which was made up to two and a half lengths by the bathing barges. A sprint by Hereford at this point lessened it a little, but from the Railway Bridge the School went steadily away from them and finished easy winners by 4^ lengths, as adjudged by the Dean. School (for all three races). Bow 2 3 Stroke Cox

W. D. Battershill J. M. Aldana ... J. H. Spencer ... J. E. Ross R. T. Cavenagh

st. Ibs. 10 i 10 6 10 8 11 i 7 9

THE VIGORNIAN. Hereford C.S. st. Ibs.

Bow C. B. Gorton ... 2 F. M. Turner 3 T. Millyard Stroke A. W. Williams Cox A. D. Briscoe ...

9 10 10 oi 11 3 10 I I

THE REGATTA. This was held in the usual place by the Cathedral Ferry on Wednesday, April 3rd. The pairs proved, as usual, somewhat tedious from the spectators' point of view, though to the initiated they showed many signs of promising oars for the future. The Junior Pairs were won by Milward and Tree, while the Senior victors were O'Callaghan and Dickinson. During an interim between the Finals of the Pairs the O.V. race was rowed from Diglis to the Deanery. In this race Battershill and Aldana took a rest, their places being filled by Fosbrooke and Davis, while Cavenagh, who retired from public life after his splendid coxing in the Hereford race, made way for our new cox, Middleton, who filled the onerous post successfully. The School got away from the start and, after an easy race, won by six lengths. School Crew. Bow 2

3 Stroke Cox

O. Fosbrooke R. E. Davis J. H. Spencer J. E. Ross T. Middleton

st. Ibs. 7 13 8 2

10 8 11 i 5 9

O.V. Crew.

st. Ibs. Bow

A. J. Mainwarmg 2 R. F. Sievers ... 3 G. O. Berkeley Stroke W. S. Thompson Cox H. P. Nind

In the House Races, The Hostel were drawn to race the Day Boys, and the School House to race the Castle House. Unfortunately, the Castle House had to scratch owing to KenyonDavies and Beauchamp crocking at the Sports. In the other race, No. 3 in the Hostel boat had the misfortune to break his oar soon after the start, so that the Day Boys had merely to paddle over the course. In the Finals, School House v. Day Boys, the School House led all the way and won by 2^ lengths.

CREWS. Castle House. Mare Beauchamp Kenyon-Davies Strong (Middleton)

Hostel. Carless Aldana Blaby Ross (Newcombe)

Day Boys. Baird Adlington Milward Downes (Cavenagh)

School House. Fosbrooke Battershill Spencer Davis (Bingham)

Cbe Sports. The annual Sports were held on Monday and Tuesday, April 1st and 2nd. The following were the results: — Throwing Cricket Ball (open).—i Caswell, 2 Major, 3 Sharpe i. Throwing Cricket Ball (under 15).—i Warren i., 2 Thomas ii., 3 Plum. Long Jump (open).—i O'Callaghan, 2 Mare, 3 Caswell. Distance i8ft. 301. Long Jump (under 15).—i Evans ii., 2 Warren i., 3 Gough. Half-mile Handicap.—i Mayo, 2 Downes, 3 Harvey, 4 Dickinson. High Jump (open).—i Mare, 2 Whitaker. Height 4ft. f,\in.

THE VIGORNIAN.

100 Yards (under 11).—i Spackman, 2 Lewis ii. 100 Yards (under 13).—I Adams, 2 Littlebury. 100 Yards (under 15).—i Beale, 2 Warren. 100 Yards (open).—I O'Callaghan, 2 Nash, 3 Battershill. Time 11 sees. Quarter Mile (under 15).—•! Beale, 2 Bingham, 3 Marsland. Time imin. isec. Three-Quarter Mile (under 16).—I Mayo, 2 Dickinson, 3 Thomas i., 4 Warren i. Time 3min. 4Osecs. High Jump (under 15).—I Warren, 2 Roberts. Height 4ft. 3 in. Quarter-Mile (open).—i Nash, 2 Kingdom, 3 Hancock, 4 Sharpe i. Time 57 3-5 sees. Old Vigornians' Race.—i Lewis. Bicycle Handicap.—i Adlington. Half-Mile (under 14).—i Smith, 2 Seeker, 3 Warren ii., 4 Watkins i. Mile (open).—i Major, 2 Sharpe i., 3 Ross, 4 Hancock. Time 5mins. 2Osecs. Consolation Races.—(Open) i Blaby. (Under 15) i Roberts. Tugs-of-war.—i Day Boys, 2 Castle House. Challenge Shield.—i Day Boys, 2 School House. Victor ludorum.—C. T. O'Callaghan (Day Boys). Victor ludorum (under 15).—Warren i. (Day Boys). The Prizes were kindly distributed by Mrs. W. Moore Ede.

Cricket SCHOOL v. REV. W. D. ABBOTT'S XL This was the first match of the term and was played at home on May i5th. The School batted first, and though we lost one wicket for 20 runs, Aldana (37) and Mare (15) raised the total to 78, before the next wicket fell. With the exception of Caswell, who made 19 not out,

the rest of the team could not stand before Mr. Abbott's deadly bowling. The innings closed for 124, Mr. Abbott taking seven wickets for 25 runs. For the visitors Mr. Whitaker (29) and Dr. Bunting (44) made most of the runs, and they won, in spite of heavy rain, by four wickets.

SCHOOL v. K.E.S. BIRMINGHAM. Played on the New Road Ground on May 18th. We won 'the toss and elected to bat, but unfortunately lost our most valuable men for miserable totals. Without Mare's useful 31 and Rammell's 22, our innings would have been quite a fiasco. At the close Sharpe hit about, for a valuable 13 not out. Birmingham had a comparatively easy task, and thanks to good batting by G. Curie (77) and A. Curie (24) passed our total for four wickets. Their innings, however, closed rapidly, the final score being only 135. Score and analysis-.— SCHOOL. P. S. Beauchamp b G. Curie J. B. Caswell b Hill J. M. Aldana b Hill A. L. Mare c G. Curie b Catherall W. L. Davies b G. Curie J. C. Rammell c Higgins b Catherall J. F. Whitaker run out B. Kenyon-Davies b Catherall S. St. G. S. Kingdom c G. Curie b Catherall J. C. Sharpe not out b 2; l.b. i ; n.b. i Total K.E.S. B'HAM. H. L. Higgins b Caswell G. Curie b Caswell A. C. Curie b Caswell E. L. Hill c and b Beauchamp B. C. C. Tipper Ibw b Caswell N. A. Best b Aldana A. G. Fawdey b Aldana F. T. Crome not out W. A. Foley c Caswell b Aldana J. E. Catherall c Sharpe b Bcauchamp F. A. Cross b Bcauchamp b 5; l.b. i Total

8 o o 31 2 22 10 2 4 13 4 98

2 77 24 o 2 9 o 12 o 3 o 6 135

THE VIGORNIAN. BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs.

Aldana Caswell K-Davies Beauchamp Sharpe

n 14 3 8 i

3 4 — — —

21 47 14 43 4

Wkts. balls.

Aver.

3 4 — 3 —

7-0 11-7 — 14-3 —

66 84 18 48 6

SCHOOL v. DEAN CLOSE. On May 25th our 1st XL were defeated by Dean Close (at Cheltenham) by 180—74. We won the toss and batted first. There was no apparent excuse for our bad score ; it was due to the seemingly inexplicable collapse of our four best men, who made 17 runs between them. Kenyon-Davies carried his bat for a useful 16, which included a six which did damage to the roof of the pavilion. When Dean Close came in to bat, their first three wickets fell for 30, but 127 was reached before the fall of the fourth, Hoare making 56 and Meredith 55—there were no other good scores. Caswell, Sharpe, and Kenyon-Davies were the successful bowlers. Dean Close may have been slightly the better team, but the victory could easily have been on the other side, had we played up to our possibilities. As it was we could not bat and our fielding had its lapses. It remains for us to do better things in the return match. SCHOOL. P. S. Beauchamp c Thompson b Couldray W. L. Davies c Holland b Reed J. M. Aldam c Johnson b Reed.... J. B. Caswell c and b Reed A. L. Mare c Hoare b Reed J. Nash b Reed J. C. Sharpe run out J. C. Rammell c Herapath b Hoare B. Kenyon-Davies not out H. Brocklehurst b Couldray J. G. N. Powell b Hoare b 5; w i Total

i n 4 3 13 2 n 7 16 o o 6 74

DEAN CLOSE. Herapath b Kenyon-Davies Holland b Caswell Thompson c Aldana b Kenyon-Davies Hoare c Davies b Caswell Meredith c Aldana b Caswell Wreford c Aldana b Caswell Johnson b Caswell Weston b Sharpe Reed Ibw b Sharpe Pain b Sharpe Couldray not out b ii ; l.b. 2

9 i 9 56 55 2 o i 17 12 5 13

Total

180

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs.

Caswell K-Davies Beauchamp .. Powell Brocklehurst Sharpe

Wkts.

balls.

Aver.

J3'2

9 3

2 —

27 26

2 —

54 18

13-5 —

— —

ii 25

— 6 3 3 °

i 5

— '3

SCHOOL v. LONDON O.V.'s. The annual Whit-Monday match was played in beautiful weather, and resulted in a win for the School by one wicket. The O.V. team consisted of nine genuine O.V.'s and two masters, captained by G. M. Jeans. Batting first they amassed the useful total of 181, thanks to a fine display of hitting by Cooke, whose 99 not out included four sixes. Bull made 24. The School opened badly, losing Aldana for 13 runs. Kenyon-Davies (31) and Sharpe (45) however added runs very quickly, and the innings closed for 174, only seven runs behind. In their second venture the visitors hit up their runs in good style, Cooke making 46 and Noyle 15 not out. They declared at 101 for seven wickets. On going in again, Aldana and Kenyon-Davies made creditable scores, and, though the next batsmen failed, Thomas with a useful 14 not out drew us level with one wicket in hand. Caswell took four wickets for 32 and 4 for 40 in the two innings respectively.

THE VIGORNIAN. SCHOOL v. MALVERN COLLEGE SCI COLTS.

O.V.'s. ist Innings.

2nd Innings.

H G D. Berkeley b Caswell G L P. Cooke not out D M. Jeans c Aldana b

R C. Wilmot b Sharpe... D C. S. Thomas b Caswell .

13 c Aldana b Caswell c,q

...

st Aldana b Caswell ...

6 c Nash b Caswell

c Mare b Sharpe

p C

G. Bull c Blaby b Sharpe T E. Rammell c Aldana

R G. Castlev c Davies b b

14' I b

24 st Aldana b Caswell ...

Did not bat. 16 b. i • l.b. i ; w. i 3 181 Total (7 wkts) declared 101

2 Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Caswell K-Davies Sharpe ... Powell ... Aldana ...

ist Innings. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. balls. 14 2 32 4 84 15 2 61 3 9° 2 3O 5 i 3i 4

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20-3 'S'S

2nd Innings. Caswell .. K-Davies Sharpe ..

o. 8 6 2

M. — — —

K. 40 40 18

w. 4 i i

BALLS. 48

AV. IO'O

4O'O

18-0

SCHOOL.

SCHOOL. ist Innings. J. M. Aldana b Cooke 4 J. B. Caswell c and b Thomas 24 W. L. Davies b Thomas... 6 A. L. Mare b Berkeley ... 16 J. C. Rammell c Rammell b Thomas 12 B. Kenyon-Davies Ibw b Castley 31 R. S. de Blaby Ibw b Thomas o J. C. Sharpe c Wilmot b Castley 45 J. Nash run out 2 J. G. S. Thomas not out 6 J. G. N. Powell c and b Castley n b. 11 ; l.b. 5 ; w. i... 17 Total 174

2nd Innings. b Castley ..................

b Cooke b Castley b Castley

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2 o 4

b Castley

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b Cooke

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c Rammell b Cooke

At M Malvern, June ist. Aldana won the toss, going in first we made the very creditable and goi . Davies with 28, Aldana 27, Kentotal of yon-Davies 26, and Rammell 21, were the best yon-Da1 scorers. Aldana had distinctly bad luck in being run out by a smart return which threw ticket. The weather was threatendown tl ing and rain stopped play for ten minutes in the middle ur innings. When Malvern went in Caswell and Kenyon-Davies proved too much for the batsmen altogether and seven wickets For 23 runs. Then they pulled themwere do selves together, and helped by a 30 from Naumann and 34 from Judd, raised the score to 120 for 9. Then the weather completely gave way and a thunderstorm ended the match some forty-five minutes before time. The result was of course a draw in our favour. It was most annoying that the match could not be finished, as our XL thoroughly deserved a victory and we played excellently throughout and should do well in our other matches if we can keep up to this standard.

......

c Rammell b Castley... b Cooke .................. not out .......... '. ..........

i 4 14

not out

b- 13 '3 Total (9 wkts) ...... 112

P. S. Beauchamp b Barstow W. L. Davies b Judd J. B. Caswell c Bibby b Judd J. M. Aldana run out A. L. Mare b Judd B. Kenyon-Davies c Bennett b Barstow J. C. Sharpe c Bennett b Barstow J. C. Rammell c Harris b Bennett R. S. de Blaby not out J. G. N. Powell c Hughes b Harris J. Nash c Bennett b Harris

b. 17; l.b. 9; n.b. i

14 28 19 27 o 26 4 21 7 o 4

27 Total.

MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. Barstow b K-Davies Salmon b Caswell Hughes b K-Davies Bibby c K-Davies b Caswell Clery b Caswell

5 o n o 2

SKRGT.-INSTR. J. : E. TIKBITTS.

K. E. WARD.

. J. WHUAKER.

J. G. S. THOMAS.

J. L. HAMILTON.

THE VIGORNIAN. Lucas c Nash b K-Davies Harris b K-Davies Naumann b K-Davies Judd lb\v b Caswell Clutterbuck not out Bennett not out b. 15

o o 30 34 4 19

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took over an hour to make, being a valuable contribution. With the exception of Caswell (18) and Sharpe (17), the other batsmen could not cope with the bowling. The Club and Ground going in, Francis and Turner made a good start, and Cliffe hit about foi a useful 51. They totalled 180 for six wickets against our 83. None of our bowlers were eminently successful.

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Caswell K-Davies Powell ...

Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. balls. 15 2 49 4 90 12

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Aver. 12-3 8-6

SCHOOL v. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. Our return match with the Malvern Colts, played on our own ground on June I5th, ended, as the other, in a draw, much in our favour. We made 178 for seven and then declared, and stumps were drawn when Malvern had made 118 for nine. The feature of our performance was a really excellent innings by Beauchamp. He batted in beautiful style and gave no chance. His score was 62, and Aldana and Davies each made 29. Bennett was Malvern's most successful bowler. In their innings the best score made by our opponents was 39 by Judd, who was then given out l.b.w., Beauchamp being the bowler. Naumann was 18 not out at the close of play. Caswell and Beauchamp took most wickets between them. It was distinctly unfortunate that we were again just not able to secure a really well-deserved victory.

SCHOOL v. WORCESTER CLUB AND GROUND. Played on the County Ground on Wednesday, June igth. The ist XI. were strengthened by masters, but in spite of this gave a very poor display. Aldana played a useful innings from the staying point of view, his 11 runs, which he

SCHOOL v. ST. JOHN'S. Played on the St. John's Ground on June 22nd. The home side won the toss and went in first on a good wicket. They made a moderate beginning, losing three wickets for 31, but a good stand was made for the fourth wicket and also the next, the fifth wicket falling at a total of 136. The remaining batsmen made only a short stay, and the innings closed for 168. This moderate score should have presented no difficulties to the School, but with the exception of Aldana (58), the XL made a wretched show against the bowling of Coombe and Sedgeley, and the innings closed for 113, St. John's thus winning by 55 runs. The School fielding was scratchy, and rather slack. More keenness is needed, especially in stopping batsmen from stealing short runs. Kenyon-Davies bowled well, but the other bowlers were innocuous. There was a curious and rather alarming incident in the course of the game, Rabjohns making a big on-drive through the window of the scoring box, narrowly missing its occupants, but luckily nobody was hurt. 2ND XL v. ST. JOHN'S C.C. 2ND XI. This match was played at St. John's on May 18th, and resulted in a win for the School, after an interesting game. The visitors, who won the .toss, batted first, and scored exactly 100 runs. St. John's replied with 70, thus leaving the School victorious. For the School, Mr.

THE VIGORNIAN. Whitaker took 4 wickets for 22, Powell 3 for 17, and Plum 2 for 11.

2ND XI. v. DEAN CLOSE 2ND XI. Played at home on May 25th. We won the toss and batted first. The start was quite promising, Carless making 28 and Thomas 16. The score was 50 for two wickets. But after that there was a series of failures, and the innings closed for 83 runs. Dean Close lost T. L. Warren for 15, but T. E. Warren and G. L. Brain knocked off the runs easily between them.

2ND XL v. HEREFORD 2ND XL The 2nd XL visited Hereford on Saturday, June 8th, and won a narrow victory by 11 runs. Going in first, Thomas (18) and Carless made a good stand for the first wicket. But afterwards, with the exception of Nash (18) no one seemed able to cope with the bowling, and we were all out for 64. Hereford went in, and thanks to good hitting by Blackett (30) stood in a winning position, 40 for 3 wickets. But they showed a peculiar predilection to running impossible runs, and two were run out in one over. The remaining batsmen effected nothing, and thanks to Plum, who did the " hat trick " and took 5 wickets for 5 runs, they were all disposed of for 53. The ground was very heavy and treacherous, and accounted to some extent for the low scoring.

H Dap in the are of a University Batrerp, We are out on the plain of Buddon with 180 men, 100 horses, and six guns and waggons. To the South is the Firth of Tay and away to the East stretches the North Sea. Around us

are thousands of men under canvas—regular, and territorial artillery, yeomanry and cadet corps. 5-30 and the bugle is sounding " Reveille." Sleepily one rolls out of the government's rugs and crawls out of the tent. The usual clearing out of kit takes place ; then general parade at 6 for " stables " and twenty minutes' hard work with brush and curry comb is followed by a procession to the water-troughs. It is here that one notes a suggestion of humour underlying equine taciturnity,—a horse is always frisky in the early morning. His favourite trick is to rear on his hind-legs and try to come down with a fore-hoof on one of your feet, or, if he is a genuine comedian, he takes a big mouthful of water, turns his head round and looks at you very innocently, and then, when he has thrown you off your guard, muzzles the back of your tunic, tips your cap over your eyes, and drops the water down your neck ; quo facto he turns round and tries to bite his neighbour on the right. As soon as all the horses are watered they are exercised for about half-an-hour, ending up with the horse lines and oats. After breakfast, which is usually about 7-30, " Boot and saddle" is sounded and the driver harnesses his pair preparatory to driving drill, which usually occupies some of the morning, the gunners at the same time doing gun-drill, and the signallers, range-takers, etc., practising in their own special lines. This variety, by the way, constitutes the great beauty and fascination of artillery work. Moreover, everyone is mounted either on horses, on the gun limbers, or on the firing waggons, and there is always a spice of excitement and an element of danger which the " foot-slogger" never experiences under peace conditions. The rest of the morning is usually completed

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by Battery Drill. In the afternoon there is more Battery Drill or, better still, firing on the ranges—that is the best sport of all. Here the effect of constant drill is shown. Everything has to be the acme of speed and smartness. Positions are chosen by the Battery Commander, then it's " hell for leather" over the grass-covered sand-dunes, with your horses straining at a gallop and the gunners hanging on to the limber, and its bad luck for the man whose horse puts his foot in a hole or the gunner that lets go of the guard-rail. A sudden wheel to the right and " Halt! " The gun is unhooked and the limber drives off to cover, while a waggon is brought up on the left and the horses galloped back out of sight. Now is the gunners' time! The Battery Commander gets his range and his fuze and then comes the order " Gun—fire! " and its a question of plugging in shells as fast as you can, each man with every nerve strained to catch the next order and his ears splitting with the noise of the discharge. " Cease fire! " The signaller waves his flags and the limbers gallop up ; the waggon horses are hooked in and you dash off to take up a fresh position or trot back to camp.

at the head of the lines and watch the sun rise. It is a wonderful sight out there. The plain looks like a silvery lake, the sky in the East is gradually changing colour, and the distant hills are slowly taking form, while all around there is dead silence save for the stamp of a hoof or the shrug of a horse blanket. You wonder when the war will come. Last summer it was touch and go, but the chain had held. When will it snap! At any rate the Battery, you think, will be able to give a good account of themselves when the call comes. That firing this afternoon was jolly good! Hello! There's a horse with his heel-peg out! A few blows of a mallet and he is fixed up again; a head rope is adjusted, and a restless animal quieted. Then it is four o'clock and you make your way to the harness tent to wake up some muffled figure lying sleeping on the grassy floor to take the next watch. As he sleepily makes his way out, you wrap yourself up in a blanket and drop off to sleep in an atmosphere of leather and saddle soap, thoroughly tired out,—but oh! its a fine life! R. WAYLAND SMITH.

More grooming, feeding, watering, then tea and the evening is at your own disposal. If wise, you will take a horse and go for a ride along the sands. There are few things finer than a glorious evening by the sea, with a stretch of fine white sand ahead and a good horse under you. Later, when darkness has come on, there is a " smoker " in the canteen, and " lights out " at 10-15.

The annual Summer Concert took place on Wednesday, June 5th, and proved the most successful venture of its kind during recent years. The persons responsible are to be congratulated heartily on the excellent programme which they provided, the getting up of which must have entailed no slight trouble and labour. The orchestra figured to advantage in the ever popular March from " Carmen " (Bizet), " Graceful " Dance (Sullivan), and in Hermann Finck's rollicking two-step " Peek-a-boo." But it was unfortunate that they were without some of their best members. T. F. Bye's reappearance was very welcome, and he played two piano solos, " Prestissimo in B flat " and " Allegro in G" (Scarlatti) in his best style. The vocal

It is now 2 a.m. and you are on " Piquet duty." Ahead of you are two lines of horses which you have to watch for two hours. You walk up and down and talk to one or two of your special friends, rub their noses, and see that their rugs are properly strapped on, or you sit in a barrow

Summer Concern

THE VIGORNIAN. numbers were provided by Mrs. Forbes Bassett, whose rendering of "Mifanwy " and " If I built a world for you," was warmly appreciated by the audience ; Mr. Ernest Davies, of the Cathedral Choir, who sang " She alone charmeth my sadness " (Gounod) and " The Devout Lover" (Valerie-White) ; and J. E. Ross, who delighted all with Squire's merry sailor song, " Three for Jack." For Mrs. Carlton's recitations it would be difficult to find a word of sufficient praise. In the Ballad of Splendid Silence she showed herself possessed of much emotional power, while in her encore " Husbands " the comedy element was introduced as a most happy variant. A one-act farce, " Freezing a Mother-in-law," made up the second part of the entertainment. The cast was as follows : — Mr. Watmuff (attached to the past)... J. H. Spencer. Ferdinand Swift (his nephew, attached to fortune-hunting) J. E. Ross. Walter Litherland (attached to Emily Watmuff) W. D. Battershill. Mrs. Watmuff (attached to the memory of her parents) A. Adlington. Emily (her daughter, attached to Walter Litherland) E. F. Harrison. Scene—A sitting room in the Watmuffs' house. The play produced by Mrs. Fortescue. Whatever may be thought of the realities or probabilities of " Freezing a Mother-in-law," we all spent a very merry evening watching the process represented in this delightful farce. Mrs. Watmuff was not prima facie a mother-inlaw at all: she was a tyrannical mistress of a household, who in her own good time intended to become mother-in-law to the right young man. How the seemingly wrong young man saved his prospective wife's mother from the awful fate of being frozen, like American meat on a Transatlantic voyage; how by a subtle masquerade she discovered the infamous designs

of her husband and nephew and witnessed their still more infamous carryings-on ; and how eventually she showed her thanks to her deliverer and ally by proclaiming him the right young man ; that was what we heard and saw on the stage. Of course there was a love interest, but that is always rather secondary in farce. J. H. Spencer added another to his list of delightful impersonations of old men. He showed a very real apprehension of his terrifying spouse, and a genuine delight in outraging her influence, when she was supposedly " in a state of suspended animation." His smoking act was quite a tour de force, and was received with interested amusement—and perhaps consternation. A. Adlington gave us a Mrs. Watmuff, who was in every respect a lady of character. She was one of "the new women" species, suffragette, masculine and anti-male. Physically and mentally she was her husband's better—and stronger—half. The fortune-hunting nephew, the gentleman of tact and the intact resources, made a very good comedy part, in which J. E. Ross was seen to advantage. The bashful wooer and the daughter of retiring habits—we should like to have seen more of Emily—were played by W. D. Battershill and E. F. Harrison respectively. The chief criticism, or advice, which we have to offer, is that all should speak more slowly. Apart from the obvious advantage of everybody hearing each word, greater dramatic effect is gained. Viewed as a whole the performance was excellent, and its success must be mainly attributed to the unfailing energy and devotion, with which Mrs. Fortescue has given up her time during the last few weeks to rehearsing her company. During a short interval the Headmaster thanked Mrs. Fortescue and all the performers ; and at the conclusion the former came forward in response to loud calls and bowed her gratitude to an enthusiastic and vociferating house.

THE VIGORNIAN. O.C.C. The Salisbury Field Day, which should have taken place last term, was cancelled owing to the Railway Strike. Arrangements were made to carry out minor operations in the neighbourhood of Church Stretton on June i8th, in which the contingent took part. Col. J. F. Hume, Commanding the Welsh Borderers Infantry Brigade, set the scheme. We are indebted to Major F. M. Ingram, of Shrewsbury School, for this substitute for Salisbury. We have to congratulate Corporal Hawkins and the whole team, together with Cadet Officer Beauchamp, who was in charge of the Landscape Target party, on their success in the " Country Life" competition last term. We wish they had not been " only second." Corporal Baird has taken the place of Sergt. Cooke, resigned, and has been promoted to Lance- Sergeant. Lance-Corporal Rammell has been appointed Secretary of Shooting. We have to thank A. A. Watkins, Esq., for a donation of one guinea. We hope that the Camp company will be a strong one—at present we have 70 names. Men must look to their camp equipment and especially boots—the most important thing of all. The Inter Section Challenge Shield will be competed for in the last fortnight of term. We expect to see a very close contest. The House Shooting Competition will also take place towards the end of term. The Band is playing well just now, but they need a lot of polishing before Camp. Guards and tent-pitching are occupying the attention of several seniors. We expect excellence in both. On Empire Day the Corps saluted the Flag and then marched down to the field for drill. The turn-out was good. The VIII. are making many visits to Horns-

grove range. If only there were fewer misses! ! But there is plenty of time for improvement, and new sights will help a great deal. Corporal Hawkins won the Squad Competition last term. His team consisted of LanceCorporal Rammell, and Privates Mackenzie, Plum, Davenport i. Every man in the corps, except recruits, fired in this competition in which landscape targets played an important part.

Ular Office Inspection. [Reprinted from the " Worcestershire Kcho," June 12, Jp/2.]

The annual War Office inspection of the contingent was carried out on Tuesday by Major M. F. M. Meiklejohn, V.C., General Staff, War Office. The company paraded 102 strong, and marched by way of High Street to the cricket ground, where the Inspecting Officer was received with the general salute. After a brief inspection,during which the band,numbering 23, came in for much praise, the company marched past with bayonets fixed, keeping a remarkably good line, while the band, under Bandmaster Latham, played in slow time. The bandsmen then joined the company, and tests in close order drill were carried out by the Commanding Officer (Capt. B. L. Fenton) and by Cadetofficer Beauchamp. After seeing some of the sections in extended order, under Section Commanders, Major Meiklejohn proceeded to address the contingent. He told the men that he was very pleased with the way in which they were turned out, and with their steadiness on parade. The degree of efficiency to which they had attained reflected great credit both on their officers and on themselves. He wished to make special mention of two things in particular. The success of the

THE VIGORNIAN. team which competed in the " Country Life" shooting competitions, which he had himself arranged and in which the King's School was placed second, and also on the fact that the band obtained second place in the competition at camp last year. He must offer his congratulations, and especially with regard to the development of service shooting. He then spoke about the objects of the Officers' Training Corps and remarked gn the fact that, if war were to be declared now, the Expeditionary Force would take the field with a shortage of 600 subalterns, and it would be for the men of the O.T.C. to make up the deficiency. He urged as many as could possibly do so to qualify themselves still further on leaving the contingent, by joining the Special Reserve, or failing that, the Territorial Force. Major Meiklejohn then drove back to Headquarters with the commanding officer to carry out the inspection of the armoury and range. The corps returned to College Green through High Street under Cadet-officer Beauchamp, and Colour-sergeant Spencer superintended the dismissal. Major Meiklejohn was pleased to find that Colour-sergeant Instructor E. Burton, of the Depot, had served in South Africa during the war, and conversed with him for some minutes. He himself gained the Victoria Cross and lost his right arm at Elandslaagte in the early stages of the campaign and afterwards was in charge of Boer prisoners at St. Helena.

O.C.C. field Dap. On Tuesday, June 18th, our contingent of the Officers' Training Corps, together with Shrewsbury, -Repton, Nottingham and other Schools, held a field day, the Longmynd, Church Stretton, being the scene of operations. In all about 450

members of the Corps took part, our detachment, under the command of Captain Fenton, numbering 86. The White Force (Worcester, Hereford and Shrewsbury) detrained at Church Stretton, and under the direction of Major Ingram, of Shrewsbury, ascended the hill to Leebotwood, a distance of three miles, with a rise of goo feet. This arduous task the Corps performed in excellent style. The Brown Force, consisting of the contingents from Repton and Nottingham, marched up from the other side of the hill and encountered the enemy on the top. After an even battle the White Force gained the victory through a turning movement on the right flank, in which our Company participated. Major Hume, of the Welsh Borderers, officiated as umpire. After the operations all the corps assembled for tea in Church Stretton, and subsequently left for home, our detachment arriving at 9-45 p.m. at Shrub Hill, where we were met by the band.

Shooting. The result of the recent " Country Life" Public Schools' shooting competition was published in the issue of that paper dated May 25th. The schools were divided into two classes, those with two or more companies, and those with only one company. The competition for the latter consisted of three targets, viz., grouping, rapid, and landscape. The Senior competition consisted of those three targets plus an additional snapshooting practise. Nearly all the crack shooting schools entered. On the grouping target, King's School, Worcester, scored a highest possible, in company with ten other schools of the 51 entered. In the rapid practise the VIII. shared with Trent College the honour of beating every school in both classes of the competition, and on the landscape target they came out third, one point behind Radley and Wimbledon.

THE VIGORNIAN. The total results of the three targets where comparison was possible show that the VIII. were second in the whole competition; Trent College, also a one company school, being first. The VIII. are to be congratulated on their fine score; they had hard luck in just missing the prize.

tteu> Moon. At the moon's birth you may wish your heart's desire, A glad wish or a sad wish, a wish of tears or of fire, The hope of a child for a toy, or a prayer for the ceasing of pain, At the young moon, the new moon it may not be wished in vain. Frail in the deepening darkness the crescent gleams, Its pale sheen, its faint sheen, is mystic with thoughts and dreams, Over the dew drenched hedgerows a whispering wind wails past For a dear dream, a dead dream that died unfulfilled at the last.

ANON.

Ones on hearing that the tortoise had eaten the young sweet-peas. Sown with care, and long expected, Slowly crept the green shoots out, From voracious birds protected By a line of withies stout There they flourished unmolested In their own secluded spot, Till the wily tortoise tested Whether they were good or not.

Onward crept the sly marauder, Found that they were good in truth, And devoured them up in order, In the greenne'ss of their youth. There was found the reptile vicious, There was found the monster fell, Eating, with a smile malicious For they pleased his palate well. Such the tenour of my ballad, Such,, alas! my mournful lay, How the tortoise made a salad In the pleasant month of May. W. P. GRIFFITHS, O.V.

Co Gcrmania. Land of philosophic thinking, Land much mentioned over here, Land whose Sons are skilled in drinking Countless quarts of Teuton beer, Land of sausages containing Everything except real pork, Land where every male by training Cultivates the martial stalk, Land of patriots and Protection, Mother of the brazen band, Land where Spies court sure detection, Proud and peerless Fatherland, Land of an aspiring Kaiser, Favourite of Fortuna's fluke, Land whose critics are far wiser Than, E.G., the Pentateuch, Land of the wan, weary waiter, Land whose Chancellors get the sack, (If you need one, we can cater For you, but don't send him back.) Land of Cheeks and Chins quadruple, Land that loves the hearty meal, Scorner of the squeamish scruple, Land of Krupp and Keels and Kiel,

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Land contemned by Miss Corelli, Land of naval estimates, Rising like the lark of Shelley, Also not unlike the rates,— Never was a nation brainier, Never readier for resistence; You're our cousin, dear Germania, And we love you—at a distance. H.

lectures. On March gth Canon Wilson delivered his promised lecture on " Stars." He explained that, since the subject was so very wide, he could not hope to do more than give us some general information and describe the lanternslides which were to illustrate the lecture. Beginning with our own Solar System, the Canon gave us the following comparison to illustrate the immensity of the distances with which Astronomy deals:-—If the sun were the size of a pea, then the earth would be a minute grain of dust i-3OOth of an inch in size and three feet away. The most distant planet of the system, Neptune, would be too far away to be placed anywhere in the College Hall; it would be situated somewhere in the Canon's garden. The nearest star—such as our own sun is—being 200,000 times further away than the earth is from the sun, would be in the vicinity of London. We were then shown many wonderful pictures of the Milky Way, with its myriad clusters of stars and occasional black, measureless voids, and also of several nebulae, including the famous Nebula Andromeda. Nothing could be more beautifully firework-like than these photographs of nebulae, appearing not unlike the flare of great street lamps through a fog. Especially wonderful was the slide of a double spiral nebula, showing what was probably a solar system in the making. Many more stars were nebulous, the lecturer told us, than was

commonly believed. It had been discovered in a recent total eclipse, a photograph of which was thrown on the screen, that even our own sun came under this description. Canon Wilson concluded his lecture with some general astronomical remarks, among which may be mentioned the fact that all stars are in motion, though at various speeds,—-the sun is moving at the comparatively slow rate of twelve miles per second,—thus the map of the heavens is constantly, though almost imperceptibly, changing. Those of us who remembered the Canon's last lecture were delighted with his beautiful new slides, and we all owe him our best thanks for a lecture that placed Astronomy in a fresh and most interesting light. * * * On April 3rd, before the School broke up, the Rev. G. W. Lunt, Organising Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, gave us a lecture on " Islam and Africa." Mohamedanism, the lecturer told us, claims among its devotees twothirds of the population of the British Empire. With the exception of Christianity, whose greatest foe it is, this religion alone is making headway. Buddhism, Confucianism, Brahminism are all on the decline. Mohamedanism makes so strong an appeal to the African heathen, because while it marks a distinct advance from their debasing and superstitious idolatry, it yet permits that lax morality which forms so terrible a temptation to the black races. A great death struggle is now being fought out in Asia and Africa between the faith of Christ and the faith of the False Prophet. Mohamedanism is like a great scorpion with a multitude of legs. In many spots in Africa, where once the Coptic Church was firmly established, Christianity has now been extinguished and its place taken by the advance of Islam. Almost all Mohamedans are voluntary missionaries of their religion. The traders of North Africa carry their faith about with them

THE VIGORNIAN. and are proud, not ashamed, to own it. Every devout adherent of a religion—whatever it may be—will naturally work to propagate it, both by words and example. The Missionary spirit is inseparable from firm religious conviction : no true Christian is neglectful of foreign missions. But the pious and active Mohamedans number fully ninety per cent, of all those who profess the faith taught by Mohamet; so that the advance of Islam continues and ever increases in rapidity. Would that the proportion of devout to professing Christians approached even half this size! The progress of the Church of Christ in foreign lands would then advance by leaps and bounds and give no cause for continual anxiety. The lecture was illustrated by many beautiful lantern slides, the majority of them being coloured, from photographs taken by the lecturer and his friends. We owe Mr. Lunt a great debt of gratitude for the interesting way in which he gave us a deeper insight into this wonderful religion which has taken so strong a hold upon the Asiatic and African mind.

Debating Society. A meeting of the Society was held in the College Hall on Saturday, March pth. Mr. Fosbrooke was voted to the chair and called on Mr. Battershill to move that " No confidence can be placed in the Government." The speaker devoted his time to attacking the Parliament Act and the National Insurance Act. The result of the South Manchester election proved in his opinion that the Government was unpopular and therefore should go out of office. Mr. Ross opposed the motion and gave a summary of the chief work of the Government since 1906, chiefly emphasising their general efforts on behalf of Social Reform. Mr. Kenyon-Davies spoke against the Government, attacking the

proposed Home Rule and Welsh Disestablishment Bills. Mr. Hancock confined himself to the Parliament Act, which, he said, had cleared the way for a real democracy. From the house only the Secretary spoke. He supported the Government. On the house dividing the motion was won by 25 votes to 6.

field Club. The membership of the Club has now reached fifty, including honorary members, a number we think that has only once been exceeded during its existence. On February i6th the third meeting of the year was held, when J. H. Spencer read a paper on the " Flora and Fauna of the Riviera." He pointed out that nearly all its flowers and trees which now appear native are foreign, transplanted there at some time. He then dealt with the strictly native plants. Of the fauna the most remarkable is the tree frog, closely related to the rarer species, the blue frog. On March I4th the fourth meeting of the year was held. Mr. Edwards read a most interesting and instructive paper on the " Birds of Worcestershire." He dealt with the close relationship that birds bear to reptiles, with their migrations, which are generally northward for breeding, and with the dangers to which they are exposed at the hands of farmers. He stated that although this county could boast of harbouring two hundred and seven kinds of birds, yet only ninety actually breed within its borders. He made special mention of the " butcher bird " and his larder, the crow family, so well represented in the Green, the woodpecker that bores in the trees as a means of livelihood, the lazy cuckoo that lays its eggs for another to hatch, the owl of which every species is found in the county, the herons often to be

THE seen in the tree tops of Shrawley Wood, the dipper that flits along the banks of the Teme, and the nightjar that lays its eggs amidst the leaves and pebbles of Wyre Forest. On May i6th, Ascension Day, the first of the Summer Field Days took place at Bredon. A motor 'bus was hired which took twenty members, and the remainder cycled with Mr. BeachHicks and Mr. Board. Twenty-eight in all took part in the outing. The motor passengers, who arrived first, went straight up on to the hills, where for some time their natural history instinct bade them seek refuge from the rain. A move was then made to the West Hill, where the Roman encampment was a source of considerable interest. The abundant stock of rabbits on the hill provided great sport for those who had so far shown little interest in the gifts of nature. The cycling party were at this point seen plodding up a precipitous path on the far side of the hill. After they had reached the top snapshots were taken. Several birds' eggs were found and an ' antiente bricke' was dislodged, but no butterflies or bugs of any kind were seen, as the weather was against them. After a splendid tea at the ' Laburnam Tea Gardens' the party set out for home. Although the rain was very depressing at intervals, the outing proved a great success. On June 2/th we are looking forward to taking part in the Worcester N.H.S. outing to Castlemorton. This will be the second time that we have been invited to join them. We only hope that the weather will not prevent our going.

Oxford Cctter. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, In accordance with your inexorable demands we beg to enclose the following fictitious facts.

VIGORNIAN. After all the rush and excitement of Eights' Week things are somewhat at sixes and sevens at present—not that there has been any material decline, but because ' pleasure first and duty afterwards' is a sad motto to go by. In other words—' Now comes the reckoning and we laugh no more.' We remember that there are such things as ' schools' at the end of term. As regards past members of the King's School resident here we are pleased to say that owing to the kindness of the Editors of the Daily Papers we are enabled to enclose the following extracts from recent publications. C. J. Barker (Christ Church) on being caught in the Turl the other day owned up to the fact that he was taking ' Greats' in June. He is working, and all light literature, including Hall Caine and Thucydides, has been put aside. He has now given up all recreation save lectures since the closing of the Ping-Pong Club. W. D. Seville (St. John's) has been described as reading for History Finals: sometimes may be descried watching cricket in the Parks. A. J. Mainwaring (Pembroke) is reading ' Greats'; he has however been seen on the river once or twice. J. B. Cavenagh (Magdalen) rowed ' seven' in that victorious second boat of his college which ' bumped' on each day of the races. The School should be proud of its share in such an achievement. F. H. C. Armstrong (Keble) according to local opinion is expected to distinguish himself in History Finals this term. He occasionally represents the college at tennis. E. R. H. Lewis (Brasenose) is reading ' Theol.' and is interested in cricket. He is a recognised retailer of stimulating stories of the

THE VIGORNIAN. life and liveliness of his college. admirable quiete.

He makes an

G. T. de Blaby (Hertford) is an elusive person who is occasionally seen on a bicycle. The general impression is that he is improving: is taking a well earned rest after Mods. • P. W. Worster (St. Edmund's Hall) ' wears the white flower of a blameless life," plays tennis and is punctual at his History Lectures. T. F. Bye (Keble) took Pass Mods and ' divvers' last term and is to be congratulated on having won the Holroyd Musical Scholarship. Exercises—plays the piano and tennis. Apparently lives in the streets. F. C. Davis (Hertford) must be felicitated on gaining a place in his College Boat: is reading for Honour Mods. Dresses well, enjoys life. E. L. Harvey (St. Edmund's Hall) passed ' divvers' and a French group last term ; is now reading for the Law Prelim. Was seen running with his boat last week: should not play with pistols. A. L. E. Williams (F.xeter). Passed Mods last term and has bought the books for the final History Course. Cultivates the fine arts (on Saturdays, weather permitting) and plays tennis with enthusiasm. Our tale is told. Wishing the School all manner of success in all that lies nearest its heart — cricket, rowing and the certificate examinations. We are,

Yours resignedly, OXON.

Cambridge fitter. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sir, It is in the wild rush of May-week Festivities that your call for news is responded to. No, not futile frivolity. Think! The Exams are over.

The results not yet published. The horrors of unendurable suspense! Tis to escape these that we lose ourselves in the mad whirls of pleasure, making the ancient walls resound through the night with music and revelry. No, not fatuous dilletantes, but strong men of action awaiting the stern decree of fate. It is thus that we bid those returning no more Farewell and Good Luck. G. Nash (Magdalene). Spends the minutes he can snatch from work at the Picture Palace. M. G. Truman (Selwyn). Owing to health failure has not been rowing, but has been seen coaching the second boat. G. D. Charlton (Selwyn). Has displayed great energy on the cricket field ; finds difficulty in keeping awake. W. S. Thompson (Queen's). Finds punting and tennis the most attractive forms of exercise. I. A. Conan Davies (St. Catherine's). Was last seen flying from a " Prog" and two Irate " Bullers." G. I. F. Tweedie (Caius). Has numerous acquaintances at Girton and Newnham. Is generally to be found in a punt on the " Backs " —alone ? Wishing the School all success in sports. I remain, yours, etc.,

CANTAB.

Correspondence. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, It has struck me very forcibly of late that the School needs some tennis-courts. This addition would be welcomed both by masters and boys. The only apparent difficulty is ' where can we make them ? ' We might possibly use the far side of the cricket field for this purpose. But surely the most obvious and most convenient spot is the ' Green' itself! If this could only

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be converted into two ' courts' I have no doubt that the advisability of my suggestion would be realised. I am, Yours truly,

coloured Notice Board has been removed to the great satisfaction of everybody. Once more thanking you for your kindness, I am, Yours truly,

' PHILOCALUS.'

' RACQUET.' [We are of opinion that such desecration of the Green would never be tolerated by the authorities.—Eds. Vig.]

[We are only too glad to have been instrumental in removing this eyesore from Philocalus' notice.—Eds. Vig.]

To the Editors of the " Vigornian!'

THE SPORTS. To the Editors of the " Vigornian."

Dear Sirs, May I take the liberty of inserting in your columns a refutation of the false charges repeatedly hurled at the head of the unfortunate Field Club. No one can have helped hearing the phrases ' suspended animation,' ' unthriving condition,' ' lack of enthusiasm,' etc., publicly applied to its present state. I take the opportunity of saying that only once during the Club's existence has its membership exceeded its present number. Further, there have been the full number of meetings during the two winter terms. It is to be hoped that nothing will prevent three, or at any rate two, ' outings' taking place during this term. Under these circumstances I fail to see the argument of the ' anti-buggist.' I am, Yours truly,

SECRETARY OF FIELD CLUB.

To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, I feel it my duty to offer you my heartfelt thanks for the regard paid to my letter in your last issue. I no longer get a severe shock when I go outside the School gates. The obnoxious-

Dear Sirs, It is with great disgust that I hear of the Games Committee's decision about the competition for the Shield at the annual athletic sports. If their revolutionary resolutions are carried out, the Sports will lose most of their interest for the majority of the School. Only 32 people will be interested in the competition for the House Shield ; that is to say if there are eight members of every house team. This resolution can surely only be looked upon as ludicrous! The Sports are long enough at present, but when House Sports or House Trials must be run off, then surely everyone will be weary of the Sports long before they are run. These House Sports or Trials must of necessity be held, in order to find out the best men to run in the House eight. Think also of the muddle that these House teams will cause! It is true that they only are to be allowed to wear their house colours, but even then what confusion there will be if a " dark horse " gets in before them, or even gets a place! This will surely entail more judges at the winning post, and the muddle will be enormous. The one good point in the Games Com-

THE VIGORNIAN. mittee's decision is that of abolishing all handicap races. That is in every way an excellent idea, but why make the Sports longer, more wearisome, and more muddling by including House Teams? Trusting that something will be done to remedy this grievance. I am, Yours truly, DROMEUS. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, To those who are keenly interested in the welfare of the School Sports, the recent decision of the Games' Committee must have come as a most unpleasant surprise. The old system was undoubtedly bad. The handicapping was unfair to those who had natural athletic ability, and the scale of allotment of points for the InterHouse Challenge Shield was quite indefensible. Nevertheless it may well be considered that from the point of view of the whole School it was far better than the new scheme for House teams of eight members. The Games' Committee, we cannot believe unanimously, have rejected the excellent advice tendered by the specially appointed sub-committee and decided upon a scheme by which all general interest must inevitably be destroyed. As the teams sent in by their respective houses will necessarily consist of the best runners and jumpers obtainable, it is obviously a waste of energy for anyone else to compete. Thus more than a hundred members of the School will cease to take any active interest in the Sports. No more striking proof of the folly of this ill-considered scheme can be afforded than the financial difficulties which will ensue. This not unimportant side of the question appears to have been totally overlooked by the Games' Committee. The entry fees will not bring in more than one quarter of the present amount; and a glance at the Games' Account reveals how ill

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the loss of this money can be afforded. The ideal system would be one which both preserved a large entry and a high pitch of interest in the Sports, and at the same time ensured that the best athletes should win. The athletic sports should exist for athletic boys. The following is an outline of a scheme which, in the writer's opinion, would be found to work the best for a school of this size. All handicaps should be abolished, with the possible exception of those based, as in the Ketch Run, on age. Excluding the Bicycle Race, there were at the last Sports three big handicap races, the Hundred Yards under Thirteen, the Quarter Mile under Fifteen, and the Half-Mile, involving a total, with heats, semi-finals, and finals, of fourteen races. All these should be abolished and replaced with races for every year or two years, e.g., a halfmile under 13, under 15, and open; a 100 yards under 13, and under 12; a quarter-mile under 15, under 13, and under n. Thus all the dissatisfaction and trouble of handicapping is done away with, and greater fairness obtained. Boys of every age would have races for themselves, and the best runners would win. Under the old system everything has been done to prevent the best runners from winning, and to give the prizes to those whose physical deficiencies are compensated for by heavy handicapping. The athletic sports should exist for the benefit of athletic boys. Others can distinguish themselves in other fields of activity. The idea that those, who were never meant by nature to excel in running or jumping, should receive a start to enable them to do so is in reality as ridiculous as if a similar practise of handicapping were introduced into the competition for the School Essay and Latin Prose prizes. All handicapping, except that based on age, is an injustice to the more capable competitors. As in essays, so in races, the best men of their year should win. Under the scheme now proposed, those who are a full year younger than the races for

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which they have to enter and yet are too old for the next younger race (e.g., a boy who is just turned eleven and has to enter for the under 13 races, or is just over sixteen and has to enter for the open events)—these will get their chance in the following year. Incidentally, if this principle is admitted—that merit should not in any way be hindered from gaining its just deserts, and it seems impossible to bring any fair objection against it,—then surely it is a gross injustice that the winner of any one event for two years in succession should not be permitted to take the first prize on the second occasion. He has won the first prize and it should be awarded to him. As regards the allotment of the points for the House Shield, all open races should count higher than any junior events. It is ludicrous that the possession of the Shield has in the past been practically decided on the result of one race, and that a handicap. The total number of points last term allotted to the Mile Open was 9, to the High Jump Open 5, to the Half-mile Handicap 43! The Senior races should receive more points than the Junior, and the House with the best Seniors have the greatest chance of winning the Shield. Several other improvements might be suggested. The Bicycle Race, being a handicap, should be abolished, or, if retained, not receive any points. It is a race in which one house— that which is not a house—must always of necessity have all the advantages and secure all the points. Moreover, it is a race which the Day Boys, knowing that they will win, can enter in large numbers and so secure the increased number of points which their " house" thus gains. An Obstacle Race of some kind might well be introduced. It would add to the interest in the Sports, while it would not receive any points for the Shield. Many desire very keenly the institution of a Hurdle Race, which would provide much excitement for competitors and

spectators alike, and would be a variation from the rather monotonous procession of flat races. In order that the cricket pitches might not suffer any damage, the hurdles could be set up in the other football field, which the School rents for the Lent term but often uses very little. These proposals are put forward on account of the widespread discontent which now prevails both with the old and new systems. They do not claim to be more than suggested lines for the much needed reform under which our socalled " Athletic " Sports are held. They keynote of all such reforms should be : Interest for all, but merit must win. With many apologies for occupying so much of your valuable space, I am, faithfully yours, H. [We have already expressed our opinion in the School Notes. We agree with our correspondent that the new system will considerably lessen the active athletic interest in the School.—Eds. Vig.]

museum. The Curators of the Museum wish to thank Miss Power for a present of a fossil, one of the best that has been presented to the Museum for some time; also Richardson for a collection of butterflies and birds' eggs, and Captain Browne, Mare and Bingham for coins. W. D. BATTERSHILL, ) S.J. A. EVANS, [Curators.

Cibrarp. The following volumes have been added to the Reference Library : — Catullus - R. Ellis. Demosthenes' Orations. Lectures on Greek Poetry - Mackail. Pater. Greek Studies Companion to Latin Studies Sandys. Thucydides' Oxford Text.

THE VIGORNIAN. Companion to Greek Studies Whibley. The Making of Western Fletcher. Europe Studies in Greek Literature Tyrrell. The following have kindly been presented by the Headmaster: — Gesta Christi Brace. The Great Illusion - Norman Angel. Tennyson as a Student and Poet of Nature • Sir Norman & Winifred L. Lockyer. A list of novels will be added to the Lending Library in the course of the term.

Fifth. G. H. Dickinson (1911-1912). 2nd XI. Football 1911, 2nd XL Cricket 1911, LanceCorporal O.T.C., Secretary of Shooting. Rem. A. M. M. Lumsdaine (1911-1912). Private O.T.C. Third. A. G. Rae (1911-1912). Private O.T.C.

Saiuete. Remove. E. F. Harrison i. Third. S. R. D. Day ii., G. Hemming ii. First. W. T. Blakeway, I. F. W. Schofield, W. M. Tvler.

Cibrarp account.

School Officers. Captain of School Captain of Cricket Secretary of Cricket Captain of Football Secretary of Football Captain of Boats Secretary of Boats Captain of Gymnasium Captain of Shooting Secretary of Shooting" Editors of "Vigornian "

Librarians Secretary of Field Club Secretary of the Debating Society

School Monitors

S. St. G. S. Kingdom. ]. M. Aldana. P. S. Beauchamp. B. Kenyon-Davies. W. L. H. Davies. J. E. Ross. J. H. Spencer. J. G. S. Thomas. S. M. Hawkins. J. C. Rammell. I S. St. G. S. Kingdom. • C. V. Hancock. j J. C. Rammell. P. B. Tree. I C. V. Hancock. ', J. Nash. | J. H. Spencer. J. Nash.

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Apr. P. B. Tree. (S. St. G. S. Kingdom. C. V. Hancock. J. Nash. J. H. Spencer. - S. M. Hawkins. P. S. Beauchamp. P. B. Tree. J. M. Aldana. l.J- E. Ross

Vakte. Sixth B. C. T. O'Callaghan (1909-1912). School Monitor, 1st XI. Football 1910-1911, 1st XL Cricket 1910-1911, Secretary Football 1911, Captain of Gymnasium, Lance-Sergt. O.T.C.

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RECEIPTS. Balance O.V. Club (less i/- too much acknowledged last acct.) Per Headmaster— Subscriptions ... 10 17 Vigornians ... 3 ii Extra Vigornians ... o 5 Pound . . . ... 0 4 " Times " ... ... o 6 Book Account ... o 8

EXPENDITURE. " Times " Book Club ... Blackwell " Times " Baylis and Sons (Vigornians) Worcester Education Supply Whiteman (Papers) Large (Papers) Humphreys (Papers) Humphreys (Books) Smith and Son (Books) ... Field Club (Nash) Vigornian postage Postage and sundries ... Cheque Book ... Balance

£ s. d. '7 9 ° 3

8 o

36 10

0 12

o 13 6 7 7 0 1 9 2 0 18 6 1 9 9 0180 3 8 6 0 5 0 o 10 6 o i o o i o o i o 17 13 i 36 10

R. J. CASTLEY, Hon. Treas. Examined and found correct, W. H. CHAPPEL, Headmaster. 7.6.12.

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Games account. March

April

School Subscriptions ... Fines ... Books Sold Rowing Subscriptions Sports Subscriptions Boys— Day Boys School House Castle House Hostel

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Row'ing Entertainment Deficit

April 8 April 27 May i May 9 May 27 June 3 June i i

Humphreys (Boat-race Cards) Rent Berrow's (Sports Programmes) Hall (Mower Repaired) Everton (Rowing) Football Secretary Hunt— Rent Football Field £ 8 0 0 Levelling Cricket Ground 5 0 0 J Cricket Gear 3 4 6 Materials for Ground 3 0 5 Wages 15 o o

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4 6 0

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EXPENDITURE. Deficit Feb. Sports' Secretary Rowing Secretary Cricket Mar. 14 Rowing, Oxford— Rough ... ... £i o Master ... ... o 12 Oars, Carriage, &c. o 13

s. d. i 18 o, o 17 6

Jan. Mar. Mar.

Sports ... Rent Prizes (Carriage) Boots (Sports Prizes) ... Mappin & Webb (Sports Prizes') Cooper (Sports Prizes) Stokes Bros. Morris (Oars)

o 2 O

3 2 12

4 17

T. E. RAMMELL, Hon. Treas. Examined and found correct, W. H. CHAPPEL, Headmaster. June I5th, 1912.

The Editors beg to acknowledge the following contemporaries, apologising for any accidental omissions:—Marlburian, Herefordian, Decanian, Tonbridgian, Bromsgrovian, K.E.S. Chronicle, Eagle, Lily, Portcullis, Moncktonian, Wulfrunian, Cantuarian, Wyggestonian.