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No. 93.

NOVEMBER, 1918.

VOL. IX.

Contents.

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School Notes

School Kalendar

In Memoriam

O.V. News

O.V. Club Cricket

Football Shooting

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O.T.C. Notes

Correspondence

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Valete

Salvete

Accounts

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" The Rationing Scheme "

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K.S. Results

Contemporaries

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School Our first duty is to announce the further additions to our evergrowing Roll of Honour, six O.V.'s since our last issue have given their lives for their country. There are now 75 names on the list in the College Hall.

It is with deepest regret that we have to announce the impending resignation of our Headmaster, who is leaving us at the end of this term to take up an important post in the new diocese of Coventry. He is to be Sub-Dean of Coventry and Vicar of the Cathedral Church of S. Michael. His task will be by no means a light one, for the post includes many other secondary ones, and the management of a newly-formed Cathedral will not be easy. But Coventry's gain will be our severe loss. For over 22 years he has guided the destinies of the school, during which time its numbers have been almost trebled, and it has under his able guidance progressed by leaps and bounds in every branch. He leaves it now in a state of prosperity never before experienced, and carries with him the heartiest good wishes for success in his new work of all past and present Vigornians.

Last term we said good-bye to Rev. L. C. Cooper, who for the last year, although in charge of two parishes in the

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country, has added school-mastering to his strenuous duties. We welcome Miss Baker in his place.

excused suffocation in the crowded Gym., and can watch the proceedings in comfort from the platform and gallery

The Old is steadily giving way to the New. This term marks the formation of a new modern form, the Engineering Fifth, which has been placed under the able care of Mr. A. Taylor, who comes to us from the Grammar School : also a new House under Mr. Whitaker has been started, which we hope will soon fill and move closer to College.

Football goes on apace under the able captaincy of Clark. We have played Heenan and Froude's " B " team, and both matches resulted in a loss for us. An account of matches and the fixtures for the term will be found elsewhere.

It is with great regret that we part with our old friends, the Precentor and Mrs. Tupper ; but at the same time we congratulate him very heartily on his appointment to the living of Mortlake, where he can be sure that the good wishes of the School will follow him.

Prize Day went off very successfully. We take this opportunity of thanking the Bishop of Worcester for giving away the prizes, and also of wishing him, if we may be allowed to do so, all success in his new diocese.

We should like to congratulate J. B. P. Angwin and S. R. D. Day on their successes in the Army Examinations of last term, the one gaining 26th place for Woolwich, R.M.A., and the other 34th place for India. We have celebrated their performance with a half-holiday, for which we give them hearty thanks.

This term we again look forward to a " Dickens Recital " (Nicholas Nickleby) by the famous Rev. Runnels Moss. Last Easter he came down and gave us " David Copperfield," and this term we expect a recitation just as enjoyable and intensely amusing as the last.

While on the subject of lectures, we are fortunate this term in having the opportunity of listening to Mr. Paget Bowman, the well-known amateur actor of Shakespearean plays, who has found time to leave his extensive war work to give us a lecture on " Twelfth Night."

We hope to hold the Annual Xmas. Concert on Dec. I3th, Friday; Selwyn Driver, O.V., has promised to come to us once again and give as another of his most amusing recitals.

The Gymnasium Competition is another event to experience a change. This term the competition will be held in the Hall, and will be simply a test in " Physical Jerks," that most important part of military training; possibly some exercises on the " Horse " will be included. Visitors will have the satisfaction of knowing that they will be

We take this opportunity of thanking Colonel Chichester, in command at Norton Barracks, for lending us his 36 yards' range. Some of us go up there on every possible occasion, and we hope later on to take a successful part in his competition. * * # At the beginning of term we exulted in the prospect of a field-day with Bromsgrove and Malvern. But at the time of going to press, we learn with regret that the " plague " is raging at Bromsgrove in the shape of influenza, and even if their contingent takes part, it will be in sadly reduced numbers. Still, let us live in hope ! Yet another event gives us cause for hope. The Debating Society, which for the past several years has been in a critical state of senile decay, has at last shown signs of arousing itself. It has begun to sit up and take notice, and during Widdrington's period of office as Secretary it will in all probability do more than this, especially when the evenings get too dark for football. The increasing darkness bids fair to help us in another way. Soon we hope to hear the roof of College Hall echoing with the wild strains of an O.T.C. sing-song. We learn with regret that our late O.C., Lieut. F. A. Morgan, has been wounded at St. Quentin, luckily only slightly. Mrs. Morgan wrote to the Corps requesting gifts of money to supply knitted comforts for his Company. Section Commanders made a collection from their men, and £•$ 6s. was sent to Mrs. Morgan for this purpose. A further appeal to the School for money was made by Lord Coventry for the " Worcestershire Regiment Comforts Fund." Collections were made by Houses, and curiously enough, the results were almost in exact proportion to the numbers in each. With the help of the Headmaster and others, £11 was raised for this deserving object. Perhaps we can end these notes by the mention of Honours and* Medals won by O.V. 's on active service since June last. The reader is referred to the full list printed in this number.

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School Kakndar. XMAS. TERM, 1918. Sept. i8th.—Boarders Return. igth.—School Meets. Service; 9 a.m. The Headmaster. 22nd.—School Celebration, 8.45 a.m. Ladye Chapel. 2gth.—Michaelmas Day. Oct. 24th.—Prize Distribution by the Bishop of Worcester, 2.30. 28th.—Review Week. 2gth.—O.T.C. Field Day with Malvern and Bromsgrove. Nov. 2nd.—Mid-Term Reports and Lists. 5th.—Army Examinations. igth-2oth.—King's Scholarship Examination. 3Oth.—Lecture on Shakespeare. "Twelfth Night.'' 1 Paget Bowman, Esq. 3rd.—Oxford Scholarship's Examination. Dec. 5th.—School Advent Service. 3.15. Rev. Canon. S. R. James. 7th.—8 p.m. Address by Rev. R. Allen on Missions, gth.—Xmas. Examination commences, nth.—2.30. House Gym. Competition. i2th.—School Advent Service. 3.15. Rev. Canon A. T. Lacey. School Recitations. 7.30. I3th.—School Concert, 8 p.m. School Service, 2.30, The Headmaster. Lists, 3.15. i4th.—Exeunt Omnes. Jan. 22nd.—Boarders Return. 23rd.—School Meets. 9 a.m., School Service. The Headmaster.

In Iftetnorlam. GEOFFREY ALWYNE GERSHOM BONSER. Captain, R.A.M.C. Born Feb. 3rd, 1889. Fell in France, Sept. 28th, 1918. Geoffrey Bonser was the only son of G. Bonser, Esq., of "Kirkstedc," Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. He entered the School House from Brighton College in September, 1902, in the Fourth Form, and after five years left from the Upper Sixth to enter St. John's College, Cambridge, in

October, 1907. A boy of distinct literary gifts with a taste for metaphysic, he gave more attention to philosophy and individual reading than to scholarship class work, studying widely off the beaten track. He was an essayist of some power, school librarian, and for two years an unusually active editor of the "Vigornian." At Cambridge he read Science and graduated in 1910, passing on to study at St. Thomas' Hospital, London : M.R.C.S. (1914) and L.R.C.P. (1914). In January, 1915, he became Casualty Officer at St. Thomas' Hospital, moving to the Great Eastern Hospital at Cambridge later in the year as Lieut., R.A.M.C. He was quickly promoted Captain in 1916, when he sailed for Egypt, where he worked for two years, attached to the Norfolk Yeomanry. His letters from Egypt and Palestine were full of interest with vivid descriptions of Gaza, Beersheba and Jerusalem. In May last he was transferred to the French front. In July he returned on leave and was married to Miss Lilian Prime. After his short honeymoon he returned to duty near Armentieres, and was killed while ministering to the wounded near Ploegstreet Wood. So ended a life full of promise and there passed a personality described by one who knew him best as " full of spiritual insight." His Colonel writes: " H e was a great loss to his Battalion, one of whom nothing was heard except in words of praise." He wrote of his affection for the Old School as late as July last. His young widow and bereaved father have our deep sympathy. W.H.C.

C. R. L. DAVEY. Acting-Captain, Machine Gun Corps. Born March i6th, 1880. Killed in Action, Oct. i yth, 1918. Charles Leonard Davey was the second son of the late Mr. H. Davey, Editor of the Worcester Journal. He entered the school as a day boy under the Rev. W. E. Bol«and in May, 1891, and left at Easter, 1895, to enter the service of Berwick's Old Bank, late Capital and Counties, in which he served for many years at Malvern, Tewkesbury and Godalming. Shortly after the outbreak of the war he joined the Public School Corps at the age of 35 and was selected for a commission and went with that Corps to France. On the break-up of the Public Schools Battalion he joined the Machine Gun Corps, in which he was appointed Instructor. After repeated applications to go to the front he went out again on Sep. 2oth, and was killed in the recent advance. A loyal O.V., and frequent attendant at O.V. Club dinners, he was a great lover of all sports, and was prominent in hockey and cricket. He frequently figured in O.V. teams and played hockey both for Gloucestershire and for the Western Counties Team.

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RICHARD ERNEST DAVIS. Corporal, ist Canadian Machine Gun Battery. Born Mar. i6th, 1896. Killed in France, Sept. 27th, 1918. " Dick " Davis was the only son of Mrs. Davis, of " Studlands," Roehampton, and of the late Mr. Davis, solicitor, Worcester. He entered the School House in September, 1906, from a preparatory school in Putney. After six years he left from the Remove to enter business in London, before moving with his family to Canada where he obtained a good post in a bank at Toronto, in which he rose quickly. While at school he stroked the 2nd IV., filled a place in the School boat v. the O.V. 's, and stroked the School House crew which won the House Cup. Of a quite gentle and affectionate disposition he made firm friends and kept in close touch with his old school, paying a most pleasing visit as late as Xmas. last. He volunteered early for the Canadian Contingent and had served two years with them in France where he fell in the fighting around Cambrai, having been recently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps after promotion to Corporal. His old School regrets a loyal and affectionate son. W.H.C.

ALAN VIVIAN LEWIS. Lieut., R.A.F. Born March 5th, 1898. Killed Aug. 26th, 1918. Alan Lewis was the only son of W. J. Lewis, Esq., of Cheddleton, Droitwich. He entered the Lower School as a Day boy in January, 1910, and left from the Upper Sixth to enter the R.N.A.S. in July, 1916. Throughout his School career he was remarkable for steady industry and quiet force of character : during his last year in the Upper Sixth he was an effective School Monitor and Corporal in the O.T.C. While at School he taught regularly in the Sunday School at St. Peter's, Droitwich, and managed a Company, C.L.B., and was keenly interested in Boy Scouts and ready to help in all Church work. On leaving School he obtained a commission in the R.N.A.S., quickly qualified as a Pilot, and was attached to the Grand Fleet for scouting work. While thus engaged he narrowly escaped drowning in the North Sea. He was rescued but was severely shaken, and after some weeks in hospital returned to duty. In August last he was killed when conducting experimental flying at a flying school in Kent. He was laid to rest at St. Peter's, Droitwich, on Saturday, April 3rd, where the School was represented by the Headmaster, who assisted in the service, and Lieuts. Beach-Hicks and Whitaker with a squad of the O.T.C. A detachment from Norton Barracks provided the firing party. Some fellow officers of the R.A.F. acted as pall-bearers, and the Droitwich and District Boy Scouts also attended. A large

congregation filled the church, which testified to the universal respect which he had won in his short life of high minded zeal and public spirit. W.H.C.

ARTHUR LLEWELLYN MARE. Captain, R.F.A. Born July 22nd, 1895. Fell in France, May 27th, 1918. Arthur Mare was the son of C. D. Mare, Esq., of Chelnark, Bridgnorth. He entered Castle House from Hurst Leigh Preparatory, Tunbridge Wells, in January, 1909, and left from the Fifth Form in 1912 to enter a cotton business in Liverpool. He was a vigorous athlete, playing for the ist XL at cricket for two years, and for the ist XL football in 1911. He was also Lance-Sergt. in the O.T.C. An enthusiastic motorist he enlisted as a despatch rider at the outbreak of the war and soon went to France. Later he returned to take a commission in I he Liverpool Regt. with which he again served in France. He then transferred to the R.F.A. and obtained his Captaincy early in the year and was killed in action while commanding his battery at the time of the German offensive. An adventurous spirit he disliked business and craved out-door life, and the war gave him the opportunity of the active life which he loved. W.H.C.

DENNIS CARLTON ROYLE, M.C. Captain. Born Jan. 25th, 1885. Fell in France, Sept., 1918. Dennis Royle was the son of F. S. Royle, Esq., of Shaw Street, Worcester. He entered the School as a Day boy from Cumberland House School in January, 1895, under the Rev. W. E. Holland, and left three years later when his family moved from Worcester to London, when he entered his uncle's business firm for which he worked for 15 years. At school he coxed three winning crews and was a keen waterman, and later he won many prizes for athletics and rowing. He was for five years in the Herts Yeomanry and on the outbreak of the war obtained a commission in the Royal Fusiliers. After six months in France with the 8th Battalion he obtained his Captaincy after the first battle of the Somme, also acting as Adjutant. Later he was for six months on the staff at Headquarters, which he left to take command of a Company of the 4th Regular Battalion of his Regiment. He served for three years and was engaged in five of the biggest battles. He won the M.C. for valour at the Battle of Arras, and received it from the King at Aldershot in June last. When he fell he had just been recommended for the post of Brigade-Major.

THE VIGORNIAN. He leaves a widow and three children. A brother officer writes of him : " He was always brave but very modest in his bravery, a generous, courteous and keen gentleman: admirable in training his men and a devout Christian." W.H.C.

JAMES HILARY SPENCER. Captain, Lancashire Fusiliers. Born Jan. i3th, 1894. Died of Wounds in Germany, July I5th, 1918. Hilary Spencer was the fourth son of the Rev. A. Spencer, Vicar of St. James, Accrington, Lanes. He entered the School House from St. Michael's College, Tenbury, with a Scholarship in January, 1909, in the Remove, and left as Head of the School with a Colquitt Scholarship at B N. C., Oxford, and a Cattley Leaving Exhibition, which he surrendered to a more needy school-fellow, having also won an Oxford University Squire Scholarship for Divinity. At school he showed high principle, steady industry and great energy, which carried him to the front in many departments of school life. He had the gift of humour and geniality, which made many friends, while he took a real interest in the larger problems of life outside. Many will remember his shrewd and well-phrased speech at the Guildhall at a Social Reform League meeting, while still a Sixth Form Boy. When he left he was Captain of the Boats, Col.-Sergt. in the O.T.C., Captain of the Shooting Eight, School Librarian, and with the help of Mr. Tower he started the scheme for a School Barge. He was one of five members of the Sixth who went together to the University in 1913, all intending to take Holy Orders. After a year at Oxford, in which he made his mark in the College, he was one of the first to volunteer in August, 1914, from the University O.T.C., and obtained a commission in his county regiment. In 1915, he took part in the landing at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli and was partially maimed at the Peninsula. After five months in the Blue Sister's Hospital at Malta and afterwards at Fazakerly Hospital he returned home to duty as Instructor at Hull, where he became engaged. About the same time he paid a long visit to the School House and delivered an excellent lecture to the O.T.C. on trench warfare, based on his experiences in Gallipoli. In December last after obtaining his Captaincy, he went to the front in France where he was shot in the knee and taken prisoner during the retreat of April. The conditions of his captivity were distressing and he died at Limburg in Ihe prisoners of war camp on July isth. Great sympathy is felt for his mother who lost another son, Lieut. G. Spencer, D.S.C., R.N.R., at Zeebrugge, while the elder brother is still a prisoner in Germany. Another life of great value for Church and nation has been given for the great cause, W.H.C.

O.V. Pews. C. K. ADAMS, after only being in France a fortnight, has been seriously wounded, but is now convalescent in England. G. T. DE BLABY, ist Leinster Regt., has been in command of his company since June. He is in Palestine and has visited Jerusalem twice. D. R. BRADLEY was wounded while flying over Ostend ; he is now convalescent. W. N. BERKELEY, D.C.M., has been wounded six times. He has been awarded the Italian Bronze Medal. A. H. BRETT, R.G.A., has been invalided from France with trench fever and shell shock. He is now convalescent. T. B. BRETT has joined the Blue Life Guards as a trooper, but he is not yet old enough for foreign service. H. BROCKLEHURST, 2nd Lieut., 22nd Northumberland Fusiliers, Tyneside Scottish, is now in France as officer in charge of bombing and gas training. P. D. BURCH is now acting Captain, and is commandant of reinforcements at Jerusalem. L. F. BURGIS, is G.S.O., 3rd grade, Under Secretary to the War Cabinet. He has been awarded the Legion of Honour. H. C. BURGIS is at an O.C.B. at Exeter for R.G.A. V. H. COLLIER is now a Sec. Lieut., Motor Transport Corps. R. T. CAVENAGH is now Acting Captain in Worcester Yeomanry. REV. C. C. DICKSON, C.F., is trying to arrange a dinner for O.V.'s in France, but is handicapped by the difficulty of " leave" and transport. He has had some excellent cricket matches in France. E. R. EDMONDS has started training for farming at Collett Green Farm, Powick. C. R. DAVIES served with the Australians at Gallipoli, and is now President of Court Martials at the base, in France. REV. N. G. DAVIES, curate of St. Wulstan's, Southampton, is actively engaged in institute work among boys. R. L. DAVIS is now a 2nd Lieut., 2ist London Regt, and is at present in hospital in London, wounded in the left knee. A. J. DASH is in charge of the Recruiting Office, Rawal Pindi. B. KENYON-DAVIES is Assistant Paymaster, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. "Egmont." H. S. DENTON, after having been in France six months, has been seconded to R.E., and is now training at Haynes Park, Bedford,

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F. S. DYKE after serving for three years in France has been seconded for special duty as supervisor of aeroplane construction. After leaving his irrigation engineering work ho served in the C.P.R. for six years : he is married and has two sons. REV. F. H. NEWTON ELDERSHAW is now Rector of Cue\ Mt. Magnet. It is an extensive parish near the Murchison goldfield, West Australia. L. C. FAGG has obtained a post in a bank at Evesham. Miss GARNETT writes happily from Roedean School, Johannesburg, where she has an appointment. O. P. GILES is in France with " C " Battery of the io8th Army Field Artillery. S. P. GRIFFITHS has left the School to join the firm of Edward, Russell & Baldwin, auctioneers, Tenbury. E. L. HARVEY, 2nd Lieut., West Rents, has been serving with the Marri Punitive Expedition for three months, but has been in hospital with gastritis. " The Marris are," he writes, " a Semitic frontier tribe, who live around the Bolar Pass and in the desert and mountains between Omella and Dera Ghazi Khan on the Indus River. When the census returns were demanded for recruiting purposes, their chiefs signed as ' highwaymen.' They then held up the Omella mails on the N.W.R. in the Bolar Pass and killed the officials. They sacked and burnt, with the help of the Khetrans, Fort Munro .and Bathlie. They then attacked the District Commissioner at Fort Gombay. We marched 300 miles into their country where the mountains are 6-10,000 feet high. It is very hot in the day, but it snows at night. We had to live on captured goats and sheep for some time. Our little affair was ended with seven casualties for us, but 300 for them. They dislike aeroplanes and machine-guns." T. HARRINGTON has returned from France and is now training for a commission-in the R.F.A. He is at an O.C.B. at Lydd. S. M. HAWKINS, Captain, has been invalided from Palestine: he was torpedoed on his way home in the Mediterranean, and was for ten hours in an open boat. He has since recovered and crossed to France as an Adjutant in the R.A.F. A. M. KEITH FALCONER-HAZELDINE, Sergt., R.E., signalling detachment, after seeing service in Salonika and France, has been invalided home. He is married and has a son. REV. H. P. HIGGINS is now a Chaplain to the Forces at Sandgate, Kent. H. B. HOLLYER, Sergt., R.A.M.C., M.M., served in France through the Somme campaign. He has lately been serving in Italy, attached to isth Division Field Ambulance. C. HOLYOAKE is a Corporal in the R.E. gained the M.M.

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D. HUBBLE has obtained a post in Bortish, Thomson & Howston's electrical engineering works at Rugby. S. R. HUMBY (formerly master, W.C.K.S.) has been at a wireless base dep&t for seven months : he has just been invalided home, and is in hospital with a poisoned foot. J. ST. JOHN, Col., formerly Commander of Engineers at Singapore, has now retired from the service to his estate in South Wales. WYNDHAM-JONES, Sec. Lieut., has been badly gassed, but is now convalescent at a hospital in Norfolk. L. JOSELAND is an R.A.F. Cadet, after training at Jesus College, Oxford, and is now at Uxbridge. P. JOSELAND, R.E., is now on the Murman Coast in Russia. T. B. KENNAN got his commission in the R.W.F. last May. He has- been in Ireland for some time, but has now crossed to France. C. M. LANE, who is at the Military Training College at Quetta, was first in an examination on Indian Military Law. C. R. LEEKE has been transferred from the R.F.A. to the R.A.F. C. B. LEWIS, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Ghurkas, is now a signalling Officer at Cherat, N.W.F.B. A. K. LEWIS has been accepted for the Inns of Court O.T.C. A. T. B. LITTLEBURY is now 2nd Lieut., 4* Pioneers, Indian Army, in Palestine. C. W. P. LUDLOW, Captain, Somerset Regiment, is now in charge of a wing of the Regt. at Cherat, N.W.F.B. N. MACDONALD is in an O.C.B. for R.A.F. F. S. MACNALTY has been appointed Assistant Director of Ammunition Production in the Controller's Department of the Admiralty. He has been in that Department since April. D. MATTHEWS, Oxford Yeomanry, is married and has a son. A. K. MATTHEWS, Lieut., R.A.F., met with a serious accident while flying on Salisbury Plain. Both his arms were broken but he is now on the Staff of the General commanding the London Anti-Air Defence. A. H. MASTERMAN, Major, South Lanes., has returned to his regiment from his post as Instructor to O.C.B., Oxford. E. MAYERS is at an O.C.B. for R.A.F. at Oxford. E. L. MERCIER has secured a temporary higher grade appointment in the Department of Overseas Trade.

THE VIGORNIAN. T. B. MIDDLETON is now a 2nd Lieut., 3rd Ghurkas. F. A. MORGAN (formerly master, W.C.K.S.), Lieut., South Staffs., was slightly wounded at St. Quentin, while leading his company in the attack. H. G. MOUNTAIN, Lieut., R.E., has been acting Assistant Adjutant on the Staff, Base Depdt, in France. E. R. NESFIELD is in an O.C.B. at Bath. W. NUTTALL is at an O.C.B at Cambridge. F. R. OLIVER has returned from service on a destroyer in the North Sea as an Assistant Surgeon. He is now taking a six months medical course at St. Bartholomew's Hospital to finish his medical training, before commencing fresh duties at sea. D. PARTRIDGE has been transferred from R.E. to an R.A.F. O.C.B. C. V. PAULL, No. 2, 49th D.A.C., B.E.F., fought at Kemmel and Neuve EgHse. He has now been transferred to the regular Army. J. E. M. PAYNE is articled as an engineer to Rollo & Sons, Sandhills, Liverpool, and not with Cammell, Laird & Co., as previously stated. C. E. PEARSON is in the Inns of Court O.T.C. F. P. PENNY, formerly Bible Clerk of All Souls, is now an Assistant Master at Dr. Williams' school, Summertown, Oxford. C. G. POTTS is now managing his father's business at Blackheath, near Birmingham. REV. E. POWELL (formerly Master, W.C.K.S.), C.F., is in charge of a hospital at Gaza. LIEUT. T. W. POWELL went to France in 1916, and has been acting as Staff Officer of Agriculture for the past 12 months with the B.E.F., and has been presented by the Minister of Agriculture for France with " La Croix de Chevalier du Me>ite Agricole " for valuable services rendered to the French in their military gardens. C. RAMMELL has returned from Africa with the Motor Transport of the Reserve London Regiment. G. V. ROLAND, Lieut., R.G.A., has seen heavy fighting on the Asiago Plateau, for which he received the Italian Silver Medal from the King of Italy, for bravery when in command of a Heavy Battery. W. D. SEVILLE is training at Hastings in No. 8 Cadet Wing, R.A.F. J. C. N. SHORTING has been accepted for the Inns of Court O.T.C. R. F. SIEVERS, M.C., is reported missing. S. G. SIMPSON is now serving on the Staff. He has written a vigorous and masterly translation of V. H. Tredil's

book, entitled " The German School as a War Nursery," which throws a great deal of light on German mentality and the educational methods which have produced the militarism of to-day. K. P. SMITH, Lieut., has been in hospital for six months, suffering severely from gas. He is now acting Instructor to an O.C.B. at Hastings. S. V. STRONG has entered Guy's Hospital, London, as a medical student, having qualified in September last. REV. JAMES WENT has been Headmaster of Wyggeston School, Leicester, for forty-one years. Old Wyggestonians think that the time has come when some token of their appreciation of him should be given to the Headmaster. Therefore Mr. Went has consented to sit for a portrait, which when finished will be presented to the School. This portrait is to be painted by a good artist, and a " Went Portrait Fund " has been opened for this purpose at Lloyds Bank, Leicester. T. STINTON, Major, Italian Bronze Medal, is taking a senior officer's course at Aldershot. W. C. STRICKLAND is now in Mesopotamia at Baghdad. He is a 2nd Lieut., 52nd Balloon Section. P. W. STRONG has obtained his commission in R.E. Signals and is in France. S. SUTHERS is employed by the British Dominions Insurance Co., and has joined the Training Reserve until of age for the R.A.F. C. TESTER is at Oxford in an O.C.B. for R.A.F. J. D. S. THOMAS is at Shornecliffe in an O.C.B. for R.A.F. D. D. WARREN, M.C., is officially reported to be a prisoner of war in Germany. L. WARREN, who was severely wounded in May, has made a marvellous recovery. He visited the School in September. F. W. S.. WATKINS, 2/23rd Sikh Pioneers, has got a temporary appointment on the Staff in Palestine. He rode with Jacob's Horse to Damascus. A. E. WATKINS, Acting Captain, R.A.F., has crossed to France as a Recording Officer. F. M. WEBB served with the V.T.C. for three months on Coast Patrol duty at Lowestoft. He was promoted C.Q.M.S., and during his period of service he went through a General Musketry Course, in which he gained his Marksman's Badge, only three others winning the same in his Company. G. WHEELER, Sec. Lieut., was wounded at VillersBrettoneux. A. WHITAKER, Sec. Lieut., is in the 1/22 London Regiment.

THE VIGORNIAN. J. F. WHITAKER has been sent with his regiment to the West of Ireland. A. J. WHITE has obtained his commission in the 2/1 Berkshire Yeomanry. D. N. WILESMITH, Sergt., has been instructing musketry at a military camp, Staffs. He has now joined the R.A.F. A. D. YARNOLD has joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. and has passed for an O.C.B. MARRIAGES. BONSER—PRIME.—At Mansfield, quietly, on July 3rd, G. A. G. Bonser, Capt., R.A.M.C., i2th Norfolks, son of G. G. Bonser, Kirkstede, Sutton-in-Ashfield, to Lilian, daughter of the late Richard Prime, of Cambridge. RICHARDSON—BAILLIE.—At St. Mary's Church, Littlehampton, Capt. Gerald H. Richardson, Royal Irish Fusiliers, on Sept. i-jth, to Ellin Ada Hamilton Baillie. HOLLYER—WILKINSON.—On the yth Sept., H. Berkeley Hollyer to Hilda Fenetia Wilkinson, of Hill Court, Droitwich. WILLIAMS—ROWE.—On July 2 4 th, at St. Thomas' Church, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lanes., Rev. St. Maur Williams to Dorothy Eunice Rowe. They are spending their honeymoon at Leamington and London, en route for Hartley Mauditt.

ENGAGEMENT. The engagement is announced between Capt. Philip Douglas Burch, 2gth Indian Lancers, late of Worcester, and Mademoiselle Olga Pangalo, second daughter of M. Jean Pangalo, of Alexandria, Egypt. HONOURS RECENTLY GAINED BY O.V.'s. Capt. C. D. S. Agassiz, M.C., M.D., R.A.M.C., has been awarded a bar to his M.C. When in charge of a bearer-post he remained working throughout an intense bombardment, in which some of his bearers were killed and wounded while loading ambulance cars. He was forced back to dug-outs and there persisted in his work until shelled out. Though driven out three times by machinegun fire and gas shell barrages, he succeeded in reaching the aid posts with his bearers, and removed all the wounded. Sergt. W. N. Berkeley, 25th Battery, Australian Infantry, was presented with the D.C.M. by General A. McKay, for gaining valuable information while in charge of his Scouts. By his reports and daring reconnaissance he rendered very great assistance to his Battalion under adverse circumstances. He has also been awarded the Italian Bronze Medal. Lieut, J. Bowstead, R.G.A., Special Reserve, awarded M.C. During an enemy attack by his courage and determination he was able to maintain communication from the group observation post to group headquarters, and to bring

fire to bear on to the position where the enemy were massing. After the withdrawal of the personnel of the battery, he assisted to dismantle the guns and destroy the ammunition, being the whole time under heavy shell fire. Lieut.-Col. C. R. Davies has been awarded the O.B.E. Sergt. Hollyer, R.A.M.C., has been awarded the M.M. Major J. L. Partington, R.E., has been awarded the M.C. Owing to an enemy attack it became necessary to evacuate certain light railway rolling-stock and personnel, and so he went forward and remained under severe shell-fire during a night, organising the withdrawal. It was due to his prompt action, courage and example that the evacuation was carried out successfully and most valuable property saved, including seven trucks of heavy ammunition from a dump, after orders had been received for its destruction. Capt. G. C. Royle has been awarded the M.C. Lieut. G. V. Roland, R.G.A., has been awarded the Italian Silver Medal. Lieut. R. F. Sievers, London Regt., was invested with the M.C. by the King at Buckingham Palace, in March, for successfully leading an ammunition party through several barrages of gas and high explosive to a point where the ammunition was urgently required. Capt. T. Stinton, acting Major, has been awarded the Italian Bronze Medal. Sec. Lieut. J. Turley, attd. Worcester Regt., has been awarded the M.C. " For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the defence of a building which was repeatedly attacked by the enemy." He organized parties of rifle grenadiers to eject the enemy from houses close by, and when the enemy brought up trench mortars and bombarded the building, he showed conspicuous coolness in assisting the defence. Lieut. D. D. Warren, Bedford Regt., Special Reserve, has been awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in attempting to reach an isolated company under heavy machine-gun fire. After being wounded and attended to, he rejoined, and did excellent work in reorganizing the men and controlling their fire. Sec. Lieut. T. J. Wilford, R.F.A., awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when his battery was covering the retirement of infantry and other batteries. " As the enemy approached closely he took command of all the men who could be spared and with rifles protected the flanks of the battery, while the guns remained firing, and finally kept the enemy off when the teams were brought up and the guns withdrawn. He set a magnificent example to his men." Sec. Lieut. J. L. Wood, M.G.C. (Motor) was, on the 26th May, awarded the M.C. for gallantry and devotion to duty in Mesopotamia. " He twice under heavy fire extricated cars which had stranded in close proximity to the enemy. He also carried out a reconnaissance in front of

THE VIGORNIAN. the cavalry, and when his cars came under heavy artillery fire went on alone on foot to reconnoitre, and brought back valuable information. He did fine work." In the recent examination of the Universities' Joint Board the following candidates were successful :— Higher Certificate, in advanced classics.—M. E. Webb. School Certificate.—A. G. Coombs, with credit in Scripture, Greek Text, History, English and Latin. B. C. Mackenzie, with credit in Scripture ( Greek Text, and English. R. G. Porter, with credit in Scripture, Greek Text, History, English and Latin. G. Robertson, with credit in Scripture, English, Latin, German, History and Elementary Mathematics. N. Spackman, with credit in English, French, German, Elementary Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. Lower Certificate.—G. B. Coombs, R. Owen-Smith, C. M. White, with two firsts for Scripture, three for Arithmetic, one for additional Mathematics, and one for History. ADDITIONS TO LIST OF O.V.'s SERVING. T. B. Brett, Trooper in the Blue Life Guards. V. H. Collier, Sec. Lieut., Motor Transport Corps. R. G. Coombs, Pte., Australian Infantry. H. P. Higgins, Chaplain to the Forces. L. Joseland, O.C.B. for R.A.F. .A. K. Lewis, Inns of Court O.T.C. N. Macdonald, O.C.B. for R.A.F. E. Mayers. O.C.B. for R.A.F. T. B. Middleton, Sec Lieut, 3rd Ghurkas. W. Nuttall, O.C.B. for Infantry Battalion. E. R. Nesfield, O.C.B. for Infantry Battalion. C. E. Pearson, Inns of Court O.T.C. T. L. Powell, Lieut., A.S.C. W. D. Seville, O.C.B. for R.A.F. J. C. N. Shorting, Inns of Court O.T.C. C. Tester, O.C.B. for R.A.F. J. D. S. Thomas, O.C.B. for R.A.F. A. J. H. White, Sec. Lieut., 2/1 Berks. Yeomanry. A. Whitaker, Sec. Lieut., 1/22 London Regt. A. D. Yarnold, Inns of Court O.T.C. PROMOTIONS. D. R. Bradley to be Lieut., R.A.F. R. B. Berkeley to be Major, R.A.F. F. G. Brodribb to be Major, R.A.F. H. L. Burgis, M.C., to be Lieut., 236 Battery, R.F.A. R. J. Cavenagh to be Capt., Wore. Yeomanry. L. Davies to be Lieut., R.A.F. C. R. Davies to be Lieut-Col. A. J. Dash to be Capt., Indian Army, Recruiting Office.

F. S. Dyke to be Capt., 4th Pioneers, Canadian Force. N. M. Fergusson to be Major, 2/2 London Field Ambulance. S. R. Humby to be Capt., R.E., Wireless. D. M. Jeans to be Capt., Wilts. Regt. H. C. B. Jollye to be Capt., Indian Army A. H. Masterman to be Major, South Lanes. A. K. Matthews to be Lieut., R.A.F. K. G. Mayo to be Capt., M.T. M. Rowntree to be 2nd Lieut., R.E., Wireless. G. H. Richardson to be Capt., Royal Irish Fusiliers. A. V. Rowe to be Major, 8th Worcesters. G. V. Roland to be Lieut., R.G.A. T. Stinton to be Major, Worcester Regt.

O.V. Club. A few words seem to be expected of me despite the mass of O.V. news above. I have to thank members of the Club once more for some delightful letters and promptitude in paying subscriptions : to them are due, in great measure, the interesting column of O.V. news and the satisfactory Balance Sheet which I hope to bring out in January. The perusal of this will doubtless smite some consciences, and to such may I repeat my suggestion that the payment of £3 3s-—which a prominent O.V. described to me the other day as " the best investment he had ever made "—will make them Life Members and save much trouble. This laudable step has been taken since the last issue by the following :— Rev. C. C. Dickson, O. P. Giles, W. N. Berkeley, S. G. Simpson, P. N. W. Strong. T..E..R.

Cricket. In reviewing a school cricket season now-a-days there are several considerations to take into account. Firstly, since school is almost the only place where cricket is played, there is little or no chance of watching a good game ; and we are specially handicapped in this way. Again, the opportunities for practice are far more scarce than they were, so much time being rightly taken up by the O.T.C., farming, shooting, and signalling. Still, though we cannot pretend that the standard is as high as it was, we find much the same conditions obtaining in our opponents. Our record, therefore, is certainly no worse than usual, though it is only fair to bear in mind that some of our victims were in every sense " scratch " teams. It is a thousand pities that owing to travelling and feeding difficulties our strictly school matches have been confined to Hereford and Malvern Colts. With the latter honours were easy : we gained a good victory over them at Malvern, but the tables were more than turned when they came to us. While in our single match against Hereford, we were fortunate in finding them either considerably below the

THE VIGORNIAN. average or very much off colour: for our performance, especially with the bat, was anything but inspiring. While fully admitting, and making every allowance for, the great disadvantages under which the team laboured, it will perhaps be helpful to offer a suggestion or two by way of criticism. In the first place, it is at least open to question whether a ring of boys waiting, often listlessly, for their turn for a catch, gain as much as they would from a game carried on from evening to evening. Our fielding lacks life and smartness, and it is of very little use for anyone to try to give them practice who cannot keep them "on their toes.". Again, we doubt whether there was enough change in the composition of the team from time to time. To keep the last few places doubtful is an excellent incentive to keenness both for those just above and those just below the line. The 2nd XI. had a somewhat uneven career. They were weak in bowling, and on one or two occasions came bad croppers. Still, they did not do as badly as many expected : they had a vigorous skipper in Strong, and in some matches they made up for inferior quality by keenness and dash?i and acquitted themselves quite creditably. In the lower games, a great improvement was to be observed. They were far better organized and superintended than last year, and this is in itself a good augury for the future. CHARACTERS. J. D. S. THOMAS (Capt.)—Was responsible for far and away the best performance of the year in winning a match by his individual effort of 90 not out when everyone else failed. Unfortunately he did not keep this up, but developed a loose style of hitting, which, especially in case of off-balls, generally proved fatal. Again did good service at the wicket, though he would be more valuable if he would stand up more. E. R. NESFIELD.—Had to bear the brunt of the bowling, and was at times very effective, notably against Hereford. Most unlucky as a batsman, he was never let off and never got going. J. C. N. SHORTING.—Most unfortunately absent through illness for all matches but two. Showed however in them that his services would have been most valuable. M. E. WEBB.—Did not come up to expectation as a batsman : has a taking style, but does not step out far enough in playing forward, and his off-play is weak. Useful change bowler, and might with advantage have been tried more. Excellent cover-point with good throw-in. J. B. P. ANGWIN.—A batsman of the lucky order, having very poor defence. Has cultivated some good strokes, notably a cut in front of third man. Good field anywhere, and safe catch. B. E. T. HILL.—Has practically no defence, and starts hitting too soon—has good punishing powers against weak bowling. Slow and uncertain in the field.

L. F. H. WOODCOCK.—A promising bowler with high delivery : has been effective on more than one occasion. Should be a prominent batsman next year if he can make the most of his exceptional reach. Must improve his fielding. E. M. CORNFORTH.—Did not fulfil his promise as a bowler, seldom finding his length, partly because he tries to bowl too fast. Unsound, but fearless, batsman. Moderate field. C. I. RECORD.—Has a good idea of batting, if he will learn to use his legs and get well to the ball. Has a safe pair of hands, and is a useful understudy as stumper. G. E. D. SHORTING.—Has a good eye, but must learn to play with a much straighter bat, and get his leg across to play off-balls. Moderate change bowler—lacks smartness in the field. W. M. TYLER.—Has had a disastrous season, never finding his true form either in batting or fielding. We expect better things next year.

Cricket fixtures, 1918. ist XI. May 18.—T. E. Rammell Esq.'s XI. 25.—Heenan & Froude's XI. June 8.—Malvern Colts ,, 15.—Heenan & Froude's XI. „ 22.—Capt. Miles Thomas' XI. ,, 29.—-Hereford C.S. July 8.—H. K. Foster's XI. ,, 13.—Malvern Colts

Ground. Result. Home Draw. Home Won. Away Won. Home Won. Away Won. Home Won. Home Lost. Home Lost.

2nd XI.

June i.—Capt. Miles Thomas' XI. ,, 8.—Malvern Colts „ 15.—Capt. Miles Thomas' XI. ,, 22.—Norton Band July 8.—Norton Band 13.—Malvern Colts

Away Lost. Home Lost. Away Lost. Away Won. Cancelled. Away Lost.

UNDER 13. May 29.—Choir School June i.—Tredennyke ,, 5.—Choir School „ 19.—Choir School ,, 29.—Tredennyke July 3.—Choir School

Away Lost. Away Lost. Away Lost. Cancelled. Away Lost. Away Won.

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Football fixtures, 1918. Sat., Oct. 5.—Heenan & Froude Sat., ,, 12.—Heenan & Froude Wed., ,, 23.—Malvern College Sat., Nov. 9.—Hereford Cathedral School Sat., ,, 16.—Malvern U.F.C. Sat., ,, 23.—St. John's F.C. Wed., ,, 27.—-Malvern College -

Home Lost 3-2. Home Lost 4-3. Home Lost 5-4. Away Draw i-i. Cancelled. Home. Cancelled.

and XI.

Wed., Oct. 23.—Malvern College. - Away Lost 6-0. Sat., Nov. 2.—Norton Band - Cancelled. Sat., ,, 9.—Hereford Cathedral School Home Lost 2-0. Wed., „ 27.—Malvern College - Cancelled. UNDER 13 XI. Sat., Oct. 12.—Tredennyke Sat., „ 19.—Choir School Sat., Nov. 16.—Tredennyke Sat., ,, 23.—Choir School Sat., Dec. 7.—Choir School

Away Won 3-2. Away Won 4-1. Away. Away. Away.

MATCHES. W.C.K.S. v. HEENAN & FROUDE'S. This match was played on October I2th. From the beginning it was evident that we were up against a strong team, and it was not long before they had scored twice. Shortly after this the School got going and Mr. Thomas scored with a good shot. The score at half time was 2-1 in favour of our opponents. Soon after half time two more goals were added for the School by Mr. Thomas and Dingle, and for a time the School had the lead, but towards the end of the match our opponents scored twice, one being an excellent shot from the right wing, and the match ended in a defeat for the School by 4 goals to 3.

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W.C.K.S. v. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. This match was played at Worcester on Wednesday, October 23rd. For the first half-hour the School pressed vigorously and in a few minutes Webb scored ; soon afterwards two more goals were added by Webb and Hall. However, towards half time Malvern rallied, and the School defence broke down. The score at half time was 3-1 in our favour. In the second half our forwards made many fruitless attacks, but the play was chiefly in our opponents' half, and they very soon scored four more goals in quick succes1sion ; after this the play was more even and once more Adlington scored for the School with a fine shot. The match ended in a defeat for the School by 5 goals to 4.

Sbootinfl notes. RANGE OFFICIALS : 2nd Lieut. R. J. Whitaker. Sgt. P. C. K. Lewis. L.-Cpl. A. H. Dingle. Last term we spent a good deal of our time at Tiddesley, and in finishing off Classification Tests, so that we were only able to arrange a few miniature range matches, but all that we did arrange we won. In the Ashburton Shield Competition we came out 38th of an entry of 55. This term Colonel Chichester, in command at Norton, who is very interested in Musketry, has very kindly given us permission to use his 30 yards range, and the Grammar School being kind enough to lend us some 303 ball amunition, we have already had a good deal of practice. Later in the term Colonel Chichester is going to arrange some competitions. We also hope to arrange as many miniature range matches as possible.

o.cx. notes. The Corps continues to flourish, in spite of the fact that we have lost many competent and experienced N.C.O.'s. The new appointments appear to be thoroughly justifying their selection ; and if the general keenness continues at its present high level, there should be no diminution of the standard already attained. The Inspection Report was distinctly laudatory. We have to see to it that next year's is at least equally good. * * * The Agricultural Camp which had been arranged for the Summer Holidays again failed to materialise. The fruit we had undertaken to pick refused to grow. In consequence, members of the O.T.C. made their own arrangements for agricultural work; and the great majority did considerably more than the three weeks' work which was the requisite minimum. * * * The Inter-Section Competition took place on Thursday, June 27th, when Capt. H. E. M- Icely (O.C. Bromsgrove He was most School O.T.C.), kindly acted as judge. pleased with the standard reached, and gave us very useful criticism as well as praise. The resultant order was as follows :— Maximum : 70 i.—No. i Section, No. i Platoon 6oJ No. 2 2.—No- i „ No. 2 3.—No. 2 ,, 56 No. 2 4.—No. 3 49 No. i ( No. 3 44 5 No. i I No. 4 44 No. i 7.—No. 2 ,, 43^ 8.—Junior Squad 33

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In the N.R.A. Sniping Competition, our position was 38th out of the 55 Schools entered. Considering the difficulties in getting practice on an open range, we are not disposed to consider this a bad performance. As a matter of fact, we did not do so well as in practice : there seems to be a certain amount of " wind " about, of a kind for which Wind Allowance Tables do not cater. Cornforth's 96 out of a possible 105 was a remarkably good performance.

This term, owing to the kindness of Colonel Chichester, we are able to get practice in full-charge firing on the 30 Yards Range at Norton Barracks. We hope this will lead to a better result in the N.R.A. Competition next summer, whether it be held under similar conditions to this year's or at Bisley as of old. * # * We have to thank Colonel Chichester also for his offer to present a Cup to be fired for by the O.T.C.'s under his surveillance. The influenza plague has prevented the Competition from taking place this term : but we hope to have before long a match on the 30 Yards Range against a team from Norton Barracks. *

In Miniature Range Match Shooting we have had a most successful year, winning 9 out of n fixtures. The House Shooting Competition was won by Castle House; and the Individual Competition by Cadet R. G. Smith.

In the Signalling Tests (both for the Inter-Section Competition already referred to, and for the separate House Signalling Competition) the standard reached was very satisfactory, alike in Sending, Reading and Message Form. A fair number did extremely good work with the Buzzer. The House Competition was won by Castle House.

In the Band Test at the end of the Summer term, LanceCorporal Adlington, Cadets Patton, P. N. White and W. L. Shorting were classed as First Class Buglers ; and Cadets Howells, Graham and Angwin as Second Class. Of the Drummers, Cadets Hurford, Daniel and G. E. D. Shorting were placed in Class I. ; and Cadets Cornforth, Webb, Nash, Davey and Record (Cymbals) in Class II

This term the Band has been in particularly good form. The playing on the way to and from the Field Day at Madresfield Park was especially good. On All Saints Day a contingent of Drums and Bugles took part in the Memorial Service in the Cathedral. Both Lance-Corporal White's sounding of the Last Post and the performance of the combined Bugles and Drums in the Reveille^ were of a very high order. To quote the " Worcester Journal " : " Those who heard for the first time the weird and wonderful effect of the drums in the Reveille . . . like a rushing mighty wind, will not soon forget the soul-stirring impression caused." *

The two outstanding features in the way of operations were a small Field Day " on our own " at Kempsey Common in July, and a Field Day on a large scale at Madresfield Park on October 2gth.

The former event afforded an extremely useful exercise. The two N.C.O.'s in command made sensible plans, which showed a good appreciation of the tactical situation. Scouting was good, and the fight wa? vigorous in the extreme.

The Madresfield fight was on a more ambitious scale. Originally Bromsgrove was to have been joined with us in a fight against Malvern. But our allies were in the grip of Influenza, and we had to do our best without them. Malvern lent us a platoon ; but even so the numbers against us were overwhelming.

The scheme involved our fighting a rear-guard action, as we slowly retreated from Madresfield Court across the Park on the Old Hills. It gave us plenty to do : no-one could complain of not having enough work. There is no space for a full account of the operations ; but special mention certainly ought to be made of Sergeant Clarke's admirable handling of his contingent in very difficult circumstances. The messages, too, which he sent to Headquarters were of the utmost use to the O.C. in making his arrangements for successive retirements. * * * The March and Train discipline was admirable on this occasion, and great credit is due to N.C.O.'s and men alike. From the moment " Entrain " was given, it took exactly three minutes to get the whole Corps, including Band instruments and seven bicycles, on board the train.

The following promotions are noted :— Under date 19.9.1918: To be C.S.M.—Sergt. M. E. Webb. To be Sergeant.—Corpls. G. P. Clarke, P. C. K. Lewis, F. B. Thomas. To be Corporal.—Lance-Corpls. E. K. Price, G. N. T. Widdrington, A. G. Coombs. To be Lance-Corporal.—Cadets E. M. Cornforth, B. E. T. Hill, A. H. Adams, W. M Tyler, P. N. White, R. G. Porter, H. C. B. Hill, A. H. Dingle. Under date 9-11.1918. To be Sergeant.—Corpls. E. K. Price and G. N. T. Widdrington. To be Corporal.—Lance-Corpls. P. N. White and B. E. T. Hill. Band Promotions. Under date 19.9.1918 : To be Corporal.—Lance-Corpl. B. Adlington. To be Lance-Corporal.—Cadet W. E. C. Hurford.

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Correspondence. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Your columns are generally open to ventilate grievances : may I air one on the subject of the ventilation of the Hall? and I do not complain about this on ordinary school days, but at our public functions. I am old enough to have been present at some half dozen concerts, speech days, &c., and I have invariably noticed the discomfort felt by those present—not through the lack of ventilation, but through excess of it. This was particularly noticeable at our last speech day, when both from the platform and the body of the hall protests were raised against the terrible draught. Looking round one discovered the cause—all the ventilators and windows were wide open. Is this wise ventilation? It certainly is not kind to those who attend. Yours, BALD HEAD. The following letter will be found interesting to O.V.'s :— To the HeadmasterMagila, Mubeza, Tanga, 29.4.18. My Dear Canon, Very many thanks for the messages through the office concerning James Makame, and the legacy. We are told £$ are available for him. He is just back from imprisonment with the Germans. He narrowly ascaped being hanged because some of them tried to run away. He is to marry Canon Schoza's daughter soon : so we are to use the legacy to help him set up his house. At present he is teaching in our Central Schools here. This part of the Mission is more or less settled again. Masasi is still in the military area ; and famines have added to the evils of war. I fear we shall have many difficulties there. It is immensely encouraging in such times as these to fall back on the prayers and sympathy of your School. I am most grateful. With all best wishes for you and the School, Yours very sincerely, FRANK ZANZIBAR. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Sirs, On the eve of Peace and the achievement of a wonderful and glorious victory, one's thoughts naturally turn to those who have made the supreme sacrifice, and as to the best way of erecting a memorial to them. May I suggest that that memorial to all those gallant O.V. 's who have given their lives in this war, takes the shape of a New Pavilion, and that a subscription list be opened at once. It is largely due to sports that those men fitted themselves to fight, therefore what more suitable memorial could there be than to erect a pavilion worthy of them and the good old School to which they and we owe so much.

Should this be favourably considered, may I go further and suggest that not only O.V. 's but the parents of those gallant fellows be given the chance to subscribe to this memorial. I feel sure they w6uld wish to do so. Yours faithfully, DUDLEY M. JEANS, O.V., Capt. [Hear, hear.—Eds., Vig.] To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Some time back one of your correspondents advocated the addition of astronomy to the area of the Field Club's activity. I heartily support the suggestion, and not pretending to have anything more than a minute knowledge of the subject myself, I will instead quote the words of a great French Astronomer. He says : "Astronomy is the first of all the sciences. It is the most beautiful and the most ancient of all, inasmuch as it dates back to the unknown ages of antiquity. Without it we should live as the blind, in eternal ignorance of the very conditions of our terrestrial existence. Without it we should still believe in the crude error that limits the whole universe to our minute world, making our humanity the goal of all creation^ and we should gather no exact idea of the vast reality." Surely the Field Club tnigh; organize some lectures and talks on the subject, or perhaps a debate might be held occasionally on it; there are very many disputed points in astronomy, and Regia Schola Vigorniensis might well voice its opinion on them. I am, dear Sirs, • Fours truly, NOVA AQUILAE.

Cibrarp. Mrs. Lewis, of " Cheddleton," Droitwich, has very kindly made the following additions to the School Library : H o w i t i s made - A . Williams. - A. Williams. Romance of Modern LocomotionRocks and their Origin - G. A. Cole. The Natural History of Clay - A. B. Searle. The Story of Roland - J. Baldwin. Last Days of Pompeii - E. B. Lytton. Some Decisive Battles . . . Sir E. Creary. Life of Horatio Lord Nelson - R. Southey. The Making of the Earth - J. W. Gregory. To the VI th Form Room : Charles Lamb. Essays of Elia . W. Smith. Small Classical Dictionary . - A. Williams. How it works A. Williams. Victories of the Engineer - Sir R. Ball. Starland These books were formerly in possesion of A. V. Lewis, O.V., R.A.F., who was killed on August 26th, 1918. Rev. Hughes has also presented to the Sixth Form Room " A Captain defended a Place well," for which our thanks are due.

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School Officers. Head of the School Captain of Football Secretary of Football Captain of Shooting Secretary of Shooting Captain of Fives Captain of Gymnasium Editors of the Vigornian

Librarians

M. E. Webb, H. J. P. Haines, P. C. K. Lewis, R. G. Porter, A. G. Coombs.

Remove.

M. E. Webb, H. J. P. Haines, G. N. T. Widdington, G. P. Clark, P. C. K. Lewis, E. K. Price, A. L. Harrison, A. H. Adams.

Upper Fourth.

School Monitors

M. E. Webb. G. P. Clark. R. E. O. Hall. M. E. Webb. P. C. K. Lewis. G. N. T. Widdrington. E. K. Price. M. E. Webb, A. L. Harrison. G. N. T. Widdrington. R. G. Porter.

K. R. Mackenzie (1911-1918). 2nd IV. Rowing, 1917; Secretary of Boats, 1918; Cpl., O.T.C.

Secretary of the Debating Society Secretary of the Field Club Secretary of the Orchestra -

G. N. T. Widdrington. E. Nolf. H. J. P. Haines.

J. C. N. Shorting (1916-1918). School Monitor ; 2nd XL Cricket, 1916; ist XL, 1916-1918; ist XL Football, 1916; Secretary, 1917; Captain, 1917; Captain, Hockey, 1918; Secretary of Sports, 1917-1918; Secretary of Games Committee; Senior Victor-Ludorum, 1918; Cpl., O.T.C.

Fifth. E. R. Nesfield (1916-1918). 2nd XL Cricket, 1916; ist XL, 1916-1917; Secretary of Cricket, 1918; 2nd XL Football, 1916; ist XL, 1917; Librarian; Pte., O.T.C.

D. Hubble (1918). Pte., O.T.C. E. R. Edmonds (1912-1918). Pte., O.T.C.

T. Marcus (1918). Pte., O.T.C. H. J. H. Dangerfield (1914-1918).

Lower Fourth. E. L. Whatley (1914-1918).

Valete. Upper Sixth. J. B. P. Angwin (1915-1918). School Monitor ; 2nd XL Cricket, 1916 ; ist XL Cricket, 1917-1918 ; ist XI. Football, 1916; Secretary of Football, 1917; Fives IV.. 1918; Secretary of Hockey, 1918 ; Shooting VIIL, 1916-1918 ; Sergeant, O.T.C. N. Macdonald (1912-1918). School Monitor ; Editor of the Vigornian ; Secretary of Debating Society ; Librarian; Secretary of Chess; Lce.-Cpl., O.T.C. S. R. D. Day (1912-1918). School Monitor; 2nd XL Football, 1915; ist XL, 1916-1917; 2nd IV. Rowing, 1916; ist IV. Rowing, 1917; Captain of Boats, 1918; Shooting V I I I . , 1915-1918; C.S.M., O.T.C.

Lower Sixth. G. Robertson (1916-1918).

Pte., O.T.C.

J. D. S. Thomas (1912-1918) School Monitor ; 2nd XL Football, 1915 ; ist XL, 1916-1917 ; 2nd XL Cricket, 1916 ; ist XL, 1917; Captain, 1918 Secretary of Gymnasium, 1917; Captain, 1918; Fives IV. , 1917-1918; ist IV. Rowing, 1918; Sergeant, O.T.C. S. V. Strong (1915-1918). School Monitor; 2nd XL Cricket, 1917-1918; 2nd IV. Rowing, 1918; Librarian ; Band-Sergt., O.T.C. B. C. Mackenzie (1916-1918). A. L. Dunnill (1915-1918). Lce.-Cpl., O.T.C.

Pte., O.T.C. 2nd XI. Football, 1917;

fifth. Fisher, E. L.

Pte., O.T.C.

Saluete.

Remove. Coverdale, H. S. Drake, A. F. Hopkirk, C. T.

Upper Fourth. Edye, A. de B. Collett, O.

Lower Fourth. Andrews, J. Hunt, Q. J. Jones i., F. M.

Third. Amor, R. Whiting i., C. A.

Upper Second. Bishop, G. L. ; Jones ii., G. E. ; Leeke, J. S. ; Stephens iii., N. H. ; Shorting iv., L. W. first. Davies i., A. R. ; Davies ii., C. E. N. ; Gabb i., R. ; Gabb ii., T. W. j Gregory, F. W. P. ; Imwtiod, R. P. ; Lee, H. G. ; Whiting i!., D. R. E. Temple, A. G.

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Cibrarp account.

Games Account.

2nd Term, 1918.

RECEIPTS. Balance in hand Rowers School Subs O.V. Books Books sold ...

...

£ ••• d.

RECEIPTS.

39 39 i ii 4 15 o 58 16 o 1 9 6 2 2 6

Balance Sep. 27. Per Headmaster : School Subs. ... '* Vigornians " ... Extra " Vigornians " Pound ... ... Waste paper sold ... Headmaster (Times)

£106

4 ii

£ s. 8 12

14 14 4 18 0 5 0 3 ' 5 o y 21 14 ii ii 19 3

O.V. Club (Vigornians) EXPENDITURE. June 8. „ ii. „ ii. ., 24-

46. 18. I2

22.

24-

27-

Aug.

,, 31Sept. 2. „ 9„ 18. Oct. 15. „ 17Nov. 5.

Cricket Sec. (oil and bianco) Tip (for barge) ... Higgs (boat varnish and paint) Rowing Sec. (canvas, seccotine and man's time) ... District Rate Water Rate Roberts (2 anchors for boat-house) ... Binding for bats ... ... ... Barge boards Pav. boards Starkey ... Millington (locks and keys, pav.) ... Anderson & Virgo (oiled silk)... Jenkins (moving barge) Willmott (housing barge) Knowles (horse gear) ... Belcher (rent, field) Wilesmith (boat club) ... J. Ward Fives Court repairs Barge insurance Sec., C.C., Rent field Williams, Barge work and repairs ... J. Ward Hunt, Wages 30 o o Horse keep, & c . 4 0 9 Cricket gear ... 26 i 9 —

Balance

s. d.

I 12 IO O IO

True Balance

4 10 o 3 o 7 6 0 6 o ii 7 8 5 o 10

May 8. July 26. Oct.

O IO

6 5

£ s. d. 10 4 4 i 8 5

Balance at Bank Due to R. J Castley

0 6 0

;£8 IS "

EXPENDITURE.

£ s. d.

Book (Vlth Form Room) Large (Papers) ... Whiteman (Papers) Phillips (Papers) .... Baylis (Vigornians) Stamps Balance

o 6 6 3 15 i 2 11 3 4 o 24 18 6 o 3 6 8 15 i i

...

o 14 2

6 s

O 12

R. J. CASTLEY (Hon. Treas.).

O II

Examined and found correct, 0 17 5 o 1 18 o 13

W. H. CHAPPEL (Headmaster). lo.x.18.

O.C.C. Accounts. 60

2 6

21 15 2

£106

4 ii

T. E. RAMMELL, (Hon. Treas.) Examined and found correct, W. H. CHAPPEL (Headmaster). 6.xi.i8.

£V

0 2 6 0 2 6

For period September, 1917—September, 1918. RECEIPTS. £ s. d Bank Balance 2 18 10 Cash in hand ... ... ... ... ... 0 3 3 Capitation Grant ... ... ... ... ... 77 o o Fees—2nd Term, 1917 79 3 4 3rd Term, 1917 59 5 i 78 12 I I ist Term, 1918 2 9 6 Stillingfleet For Rations 7 6 3 10 17 6 2nd-Lieut. R. J. Whitaker 5 0 8 Joseph (Sale of old Uniforms) IO O O War Loan Dividends '7 4

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s. d.

Q 8

20 8 3

George 's 3 5 2 8

Balance— Cash Bank

Pollard ... Gale & Polden

£ s. d. 0 1 4 ' 3 7 3 0 7 4 o 18 7

... ...

9 8

£^7

i 16 10 61 I O

Band. Mr. Davis (Band Instructor) ...

15 o o 4 '9 3 0 9 0

£332 17 4 £^o 8 3 The K.S.W. O.T C holds £100 War Loan Stock.

Signalling. Colwell

0 3 0 6 i 6 0 9 9

DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE General. Headmaster (Return of Excess Charjj; e ) . . . Darling & Preece L.N.W.R.

0 7 9

£(• H 3

1 9 2

G W 1?

Smith 2

.ft

Darling & Preece Tustin Stanton (Droitwich) G.W.R.

2 1 8 3 2 9

Gale & Poldcn Phillips 2nd-Lieut. R. J. Whitaker 2nd-Lieut. R. M. M. Beach-Hicks ... Regl. Sgt. -Major Hodgkinson Cashier, Southern Command Corporal Mackenzie

O 3

0 0

12 IO

£48 H 3

Equipment. Slade Mosdell Veel

34 13 8 0 4 2 0 5 3

5 3

Iliffe Webb Colwell Slade Wells

Field Days. George's Santonna

o 15 35 o i 18 70 e 7 16

o 5 6 8 9

£v

3 7

Bank Charges. Cheque Books ...

O IO

I'etty Cash Payments

8 3 2

Colltfte Green Cultivation FIVES COURT F U N D April, 1918— October, 1918. Cr. April 24. Credit balance

£ s. d. 0 7 0 ' 2 6 9 0 4 6 0 5 0 O II

6 3 0

Musketry. Cashier, Southern Command Secretary. N.R.A

H. HUGHES, Capt., O.C. Audited and found correct. F. BASIL THOMAS.

Beans sold

£11$ 16 4

i 16 o o 18 o 3 i 6

7 5 0 0 2 6

£9 '7 3

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Potato seed Manure Carrot and lettuce seed Cabbage plants and carriage... Leeks, plants

£ s. d. i 4 o i i 3 0 1 9 o 18 6 0 3 0

War Certificates for £6

4 13 °

...

£8 Credit balance

i 6

i '5 9 £9 i? 3

War Certificates now held for Fives Court Fund

W.H.C

Ular Work. Farming Squads Receipts, 2nd Term, 1918.

£ s. d. Mr. Best (4 squads) ... ,, Jackson (13 squads) „ Shorting (3 boys) ,, Powell (squad) ... ,, Gibbons (n squads) Mrs. Holmes (fruit) „ Richardson (fruit)

3 10 3 3 10 7 i 10 o 0 4 0 3 2 0 1

5 9

£*S S 8 o 8 10

Sundry small jobs

.£15 H 6 War Certificates for Fives Court, £20 Mission Schools ... ... ...

... ...

15 10 o 046 H 6

iq.vii. 18. Amount now purchased for Fives Court Fund War Certificates ... ... ... ...

40 o o

W.H.C.

Speech Dap. (Reprint from "Worcester Daily Times.") Speech day was held on Thursday, October 24th, in the College Hall, when a large number of parents and friends attended. The Dean (Dr. Moore Ede) presided, and the prizes were presented by the Bishop (Dr. Yeatman Biggs). Among those present were the Mayor and Mayoress (Aid. and Mrs. Carlton), Mrs. Moore Ede, Canon Southwell, Canon Chappel (Headmaster), and the members of the staff.

The Singing Class, under Mr. George Smith, O.V., sang " The Old Flag of England " (Smart), " The Newquay " (Mackenzie), and the famous Battle Hymn, " Mine eyes have seen the glory " (Brown), each being sung with precision and taste. The Dean apologised for the absence of Canon Wilson, who was away at Malvern recovering from a severe cold ; for Canon James, who was away on military duty at Chatham ; for Canon Lacey, who was called away to a meeting in London ; also for the absence of Mr. S. Southall, an O.V., who was engaged at a city meeting. He drew attention to the very large number of military decorations gained by members of the School during the year. (Applause). No fewer than 74 O.V.'s had laid down their lives in this conflict, and the list was not complete. The members of the School had nobly done their duty as Englishmen and patriots. They congratulated Canon Chappel that at the end of 22 years' mastership there was a larger number of pupils in the School than ever before. (Applause). Their difficulty in recent years was not to get pupils, but how politely to refuse them. Speaking of the School's difficulties, the Dean said the School did not benefit by the Fisher grants, but negotiations were going on with Mr. Fisher to induce him to modify his regulations so that the School should, without losing its character as a Church and Cathedral School, share in those grants. Meanwhile the Bishop, as the dispenser of the charity of the late Mrs. Wheeley Lea had made them a grant of ^200 a year, which had been applied to increasing the salaries of the staff. (Applause). Under the new proposals for teachers' insurance, that School was not qualified, and teachers who came to that School would be excluded from the assistance it was proposed under this Bill to give to teachers in the Secondary Schools. That was unjust and unfair, and he hoped it would be remedied. (Hear, hear.) In spite of these difficulties the School had never been more prosperous. Mr. Charles Wood, son of the late Mrs. Henry Wood, gave them .£200, to be invested and the proceeds to be devoted to prizes for those who wrote the best essays on subjects connected with Mrs. Wood's books, or on the history of the city. Not content with that, Mr. Wood had given an additional sum, so that the income of the fund might be increased and there was a probability that Mr. Wood would before long send them another £100. They much appreciated his kindness and the interest he took in the School. (Applause.) THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT. The Headmaster, in the course of an interesting report, welcomed the Bishop with feelings of gratitude and regret. The School owed a great deal to the Bishop, who had been a warm friend. Six years ago, when they were suffering from the policy of the Board of Education, Canon Wilson set to work to obtain increased endowments, and, through the action of the Bishop, they obtained a largely increased endowment from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which enabled the School to maintain its religious foundation and keep its historic character. Again this year, when pressure was brought to bear to make them surrender their position, the Bishop helped them by means of the Wheeley Lea bene-

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faction. They were deeply grateful to him. It was fitting that one of his last acts in the diocese should be to present the prizes at the School for which he had done so much. Welcoming the Mayor, Canon Chappel expressed their satisfaction that Aid. Carlton was going to continue for the third year the duties which he had discharged so admirably. He next alluded to the real loss which they had sustained by the death of Canon Knox Little, who for 36 years was a member of the governing body, and who at critical periods of their history, did so much to help the School. Canon Lacey had already expressed keen anxiety to help the School, and they welcomed him as a member of the governing body as one who would help them, not only because of his educational experience, but by reason of his distinction in letters. They parted with Precentor Tupper after 12 years' devoted service to the School, and, though he was now connected by domestic ties with the Headmaster, he must officially recognize the good work which he had done there, and especially his unsparing devotion to the Cathedral Instruction Class on Sunday afternoons, a work started by Dean Gott, carried on by Precentor Woodward, and systematised and extended by Precentor Tupper. Further, as Warden of the Choir School, Precentor Tupper had maintained a constant stream of choristers, well trained by Mr. Shuttleworth, into their School. He had helped to maintain the close links with the Cathedral which he (Canon Chappel) hoped might never be severed. The year had been for all schoolmasters one of much anxiety and considerable interruption of work. They had had a remarkable health record, with an entire freedom of infection except in July, when, with extraordinary bad luck, the influenza hit them very hard in examination week, attacking a large number of their best examinees. That, added to the demands of the O.T.C., and those of the Ministry of Food, for labour on the land, resulted in a drop in the examination successes. Indeed, the standard of attainment had fallen during the year, and they had won fewer certificates than in any year since he had known the School. In the Lower Sixth they sent in seven candidates for the School Certificate Matriculation, and five were successful with a liberal allowance of " credit," the other two being in the grip of influenza. They were grateful to Mr. Hughes for what he did in that class, and they welcomed his sister to take charge of the modernlanguage work. The Upper Sixth entered the Higher Certificate Examination under entirely new conditions. For the first time it was a specialised examination, and there was only one boy to reach the new standard in classsics. It was a two-years' course, and they tried to do it in one. There was no failure in any of the other subjects—history, scripture, and literature. Under the stimulating instruction of the Rev. Rowland Allen, the boys did remarkably well in histor)'. During the previous year their best boys had gone into the Army. J. P. B. Angwin, the vigorous Head of the School House, had take.n the first place for Indian Cadetships, preferred Woolwich R.E. (26th), and had been awarded a Cattley Exhibition. B. S. Watkins had taken 2nd place for Indian Cadetships, and S. R. D. Day 36th, with little special preparation. They parted with regret with S. R. D. Day, Co.-Sergt.-Major of the Corps and Cap-

tain of Boats. He was the last of five stalwart brothers, two of whom were Captains and two Majors in the Army. The boys who had gone from them recently to India had done remarkably well. C. B. Lewis had won the Viceroy's Prize at Quetta for Military Engineering, and was 2nd for Military History. The O.T.C., under Capt. Hughes and his two excellent Lieutenants, Mr. Whitaker and Mr. Beach Hicks, gained an excellent report, and they had won 9 out of ii shooting matches with other public schools. Much time had been given to Physical Training, without any paid instructor, three boys having qualified as instructors. The Inspecting Officer had spoken of a marked advance in the physique of the School. The Ministry of Food claimed 95 per cent, of the boys over 15 for three weeks of the summer holidays for work on the land, and many of them were not content with working that period. They had 60 certificates for excellent work done, and almost the same number for the Easter holidays, and they had sent out a constant supply of boys to assist farmers in the afternoons of the summer term. No request for help had been refused. They continued to cultivate the College Green for the Dean and Chapter —with substantial profit, which would go to the new Fives Courts. They had not neglected the arts of peace, and there had been a marked advance in the teaching of art. That was entirely due to Miss Campbell and her sister, who had been trained in the traditions of Alice Ottley, and who were true to her ideal of self-sacrificing duty. The increased interest in natural history and nature studies as shown in the Holiday Collections, were largely due to the ladies, including Miss Bennett. The prizes to be distributed were merely symbols of merit, consisting of the cheapest books. On a vote of the prize-holders, the bulk of the money was being devoted to the Red Cross Fund. Holiday Reading claimed twenty-seven prizes, and had produced better results than ever before. Hockey had been revived under the stimulating influence of Mr. Thomas, and cricket and football were carried on in the time available after the O.T.C. had first claim. In rowing, the First Boat suffered no defeat, and the only defeat of the Second Boat was at the hands of the Blind College, a result which gave their boys as much satisfaction as it did to the winners, whose pluck they all admired. (Applause.) Their numbers were larger than at any period in their history. A new Boarding House had been started under Mr. Whitaker, while a new Parallel Fifth Form had been created, in which the whole time was devoted to modern subjects, with less linguistic teaching. This he considered not the best form of training, but the best for some boys—it met a felt need. They had also increased the Mathematical Sets to 12 for 200 boys. These developments meant small classes and made for efficiency. The Headmaster said that he had been asked by parents to substitute Spanish for German. He refused, because he thought that the day would come when the devil would be expelled from Germany. Then we should be able to resume relations with a penitent people, and there was much which would have to be done with the German language in the future. (Hear, hear.) After alluding to the war successes of Old Boys (a list of which appears at the end of the report), Canon Chappel spoke

THE VIGORNIAN. feelingly of those who had laid down their lives. Some of them would remember J. H. Spencer, the vigorous Head of the School and Captain of Boats, who died in distressing circumstances in a German prison, Frank J. Hemming and Eddie Howells, both of the highest character and intended for Holy Orders ; A. V. Lewis, the intrepid airman and devoted Sunday School teacher ; Martin Warren, that splendid stalwart athlete ; Philip Tree, whose parents had given up all their sons in the war ; the two brothers Sanby Thomas, vigorous, active and public spirited, in whose memory their mother had given the Fives Cup; Robert Wilmot, that type of the ideal English gentleman ; and the others. Seventy-four of them had been killed in the war. That constituted a claim on all of them, especially on the young, to carry on the cause for which they gave themselves, and to work for the new world made possible by their sacrifice. In that new world he was convinced that education would take a larger place. There would be more remuneration for teachers, more elastic methods, larger opportunities and longer training. Under those new conditions, and with those aims of reconstruction in view, he believed that there ought to be a place for a School such as theirs. It would be an evil day for England if a school, where the hallowing and heartening influences of religion should be dominant, were to be shouldered out. Yet the attempt was being This week made to-day, and the situation was difficult. the National Teachers' Pensions Bill had been introduced. It was liberal and just, and overdue, but it excluded the teachers of such a school as that. They had worked as hard and taught as well as others, often for a lower salary. Their work was inspected and recognised by the Board of Education. It was not a question of efficiency, but a question of whether a religious foundation such as theirs, and Denstone, Mill Hill, Stoneyhurst, and many others, should be excluded. That was monstrously unjust. They claimed that every efficient member of the teaching profession ought to benefit by the scheme whose salary justified it. It was a national question ; they could not limit the education of the country to schools of one type. He hoped that as a result of the deputation to Mr. Fisher, referred to by the Dean, that flagrant injustice would be removed. But whatever happened he hoped that that School would be faithful to its trust. In conclusion, he said that the past year of unprecedented difficulties to schoolmasters, and especially to house masters, had also been to them a year of unexHe was deeply grateful to all the ampled prosperity. members of his staff for their loyal co-operation, which alone had made it possible for him to bear the burden—(applause) and to Almighty God for abundant blessings bestowed on their work. The Dean, in introducing the Bishop, said Canon Chappel had alluded to the fact that the Bishop was taking farewell of them as Bishop of Worcester, and that was his first appearance as Bishop of Coventry. (Applause.) The Bishop, after congratulating Canon Chappel and the staff on the prosperity of the School, said that on the previous day in the Chapel of Lambeth Palace, he signed his name " Huyshe Worcester " for the last time, and he parted from the name with great regret. He went back to ancient

days, when, at the altar of St. Paul's Cathedral, he found himself with a Dean of Worcester (Gott) on one side of him, to be consecrated Bishop of Truro, with a Bishop of Lichfield on the other side, and a Bishop of Coventry also present. . It was an almost prophetic moment, because as time went on he was to become Bishop of Worcester, then to inherit a great part of the old See of Coventry and Lichfield, and then to become Bishop of Coventry himself. It reminded him of the old catch : " Here's to the health of the Worcester See, And here's to the health of the Lichfield See, And here's to the health of the best of the three, Here's to the Bishop of Coventry." (Laughter.) He would be very ill-behaved if after all the kindness he had received in Worcestershire he should say that Coventry was the best of the three. To all of them the cry was " Floreat Scholar Regia," and there was every reason to say it with enthusiasm. Far away in the centuries back that wonderful School existed, and brought up Worcestershire boys, training them in life and the advantages of learning before there was an Eton or a Winchester. Before there was a King of England the Cathedral of Worcester was trying to teach the boys of the Kingdom of Mercia, and to bring them up to the highest level of their capacity. And it was doing this to-day. That School Because of gloried in being a religious-teaching School. that it had never lost its prestige, and, please God, it never would. If he had been able to do something for the School it was because he wanted to maintain the School's prestige, and he was certain Mrs. Wheeley Lea would have taken the same view. His earnest hope was that the Cathedral School would never decline, and that whatever financial pressure might be brought to bear upon it, it would be true to its part. We were to-day more enlightened than in 1870, and the vast majority of people were now convinced of and acknowledged the value of religious training. But they were tainted by the cries of the past. There was no such Tory as the old-fashioned reformer, who clung like a leech to the fighting cries of his youth, one of which was that denominational schools must not share in public money. Did not these schools serve the public? Were not the parents good citizens? Was the public really better off for having only one choice of school? Some day he hoped and believed they would become more democratic, and less tyrannous to parents. For what could exceed the tyranny of forcing a religious-minded parent to send his children to a school in which there was no religion? A little competition would do no harm in these democratic days, even to so great a person as a head teacher. Nothing had been more tyrannous than the way religion had been cut out of the schools, and he looked to the wider democracy which was coming for fairer play, in which religion should have its place. He thought it was monstrous that teachers who had done good work in a school like that should be ruled out from the benefit of a pension because the School had not received a grant from public money. He believed with all his heart that true principles would flourish, and he thought so in this case because they had a fighting Dean. (Hear, hear.) Only the other day in London he heard a bit of

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the noble art of self-defence applied to the Dean, and he thought the Dean would worry the authorities until he got justice for their Schools. What was the object of that School? Perhaps the real answer would be found in the roll of honour—those 74 names which he hoped would be engraved in golden letters on the walls of that hall. The real object of the School was to produce strong men, strong in intellectual ability, strong in self-control and purpose, not dying until they had found out why they came to live, and fulfilling the purpose for which they were born—strong in the necessary forces which made all these other strengths possible. (Applause.) The Mayor, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Bishop, said their pleasure in his presence was tempered by regret, in that the Bishop was transferring himself and his influence to another sphere. The Bishop had always had the School's interest at heart, and he believed that not only had he given his £200 a year, which had been so useful to the School in the present state of affairs, but he hoped he was divulging no secret in intimating that when he ceased giving that annual sum he might present a capital sum of .£1,500 to take its place. (Applause.) They hoped his lordship would be spared many years to carry on the splendid work he had carried on for so many years in Worcestershire. (Applause.) Mr. T. E. Rammell, who was described by the Dean as the oldest member of the School staff, seconded the vote of thanks, which was carried with acclamation. The Bishop, in reply, said he was very glad it was not they who were sending him to Coventry—(laughter)—and whatever kindness he had received on the Coventry side of the diocese, he would never experience anything like the kindness of Worcestershire and the City of Worcester. (Applause.) The band of the School O.T.C. acted as a guard of honour to the Bishop as he left the hall. In connection with the Mrs. Henry Wood prizes, it is interesting to note that Mr. Charles Wood was so pleased with Spackman's essay that he sent an additional two guineas to be added to the prize. SUCCESSES OF THE YEAR. Successes by past and present members of the School during the year :—P. W. Strong, Paterson Scholarship, Selwyn College, Cambridge ; B. S. Watkins, Indian Cadetship, 20th place, November, 1917; J. P. B. Angwin, R.M.A., Woolwich, 26th place, July, 1918 ; S. R. D. Day, Indian Cadetship, Wellington, 34th place, July, 1918; N. Spackman, Birmingham University Matriculation Science School; G. Robertson, London University Matriculation, First Division, Leeds University Medical School; J. D. Sanby Thomas, London University Matriculation, Second Division. C. Tester, L. Joseland, L. Cowing, N. Macdonald, E. Mayers, W. D. Seville, D. Partridge, J. D. S. Thomas, and C. Bingham, O.C.B., R.A.F. ; V. P. Howells and C. K. Adams, O.C.B., R.E. ; H. C. Burgess, O.C.B., R.G.A. ; G. W. Hemming, R.N.A.S., D.S.C., Belgian Crois de Guerre and Belgian Order of the Cross ; Colonel V. V. L. Pearson, D.S.O. ; Capt. L. F. Burgis, G.S.O., Under-Sec-

retary to the War Cabinet (Legion of Honour); Capt. H. Raymond, Lieut. H. L. Burgis, Lieut. F. Bourne, Capt. D. C. Royle, Lieut. J. Bowstead, Sec.-Lieut. T. J. Wilford, Capt. J. T. Langdon, Major L. Partington, Lieut. D. D. Warren, Lieut. J. G. Sanby Thomas, Lieut. E. Johnson Barker, and Sec.-Lieut. J. Livingstone Wood, Military Cross; Capt. C. D. S. Agassiz, Military Cross and Bar; Lieut. J. Turley, Military Cross; Lieut. G. V. Roland, Italian Silver Medal for Valour ; Capt. T. Stinton, Italian Bronze Medal; Sergt.-Major W. N. Berkeley, D.C.M. and Italian Military Medal; Sergt. G. C. Holyoake, D.C.M. ; Sergt. Hollyer, Military Medal; D. A. P. Higgins, C.B.E. ; A. B. Bolland, O.B.E. ; Colonel C. R. Davies, O.B.E. Higher Certificate, M. E. Webb, passed in Advanced Classics ; School Certificates (5), A. G. Coombs, with credit for Scripture, Greek Text, English, History and Latin ; B. C. Mackenzie, with credit for Scripture, Greek Text and English ; R. G. Porter, with credit for Scripture Greek Text, English, History, and Latin ; G. Robertson, with credit for Scripture, English, Latin, History, French (oral), German, Elementary Mathematics; N. Spackman, with credit for English, French (oral), German, Elementary Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics; Lower Certificates (3), G. B. Coombs, with First Classes for Elementary Mathematics and Scripture ; R. Owen-Smith, First Classes for Elementary Mathematics; C. M. White, First Classes for Elementary Mathematics; Cattley Leaving Exhibition (£40), J. P. B. Angwin. PRIZE LIST. Form Prizes : I. A. D. Arbuckle ; Ila., W. N. J. Western ; lib., A. Landale, iii. ; III., K. N. Ross; IVa., G. R. B. Hopkin; IVb., N. K. Russell; Rem., G. D. Homer; V. R. Owen-Smith. Mathematical Prizes : Div. C4, J. B. Edwards ; C3, J. S. Hall, ii. ; C2, H. K. Lewis, ii. ; Ci, O. M. Smith, iii. ; 63, R. Daniel; 62, W. B. Evans, ii. ; Bi, R. G. Smith, i. ; A3, L. Molineux ; A2, G. Robertson. School Mathematical Prize (Canon Wilson): J. P. B. Angwin. French Prizes (Old Vigornians) : Ila., C. H. Brown, i. ; IVb., C. Nolf, ii. ; IVa., R. V. Farr ; Rem., C. E. Brown, iii.; R. Carless; V., W. A. Winstone. German Prizes: Div. I., N. Spackman; II., E. J. M. Elliott; III., E. B. B. Evans ; IV., N. K. Russell. Greek Prizes : Set E, R. H. Coombs, ii. ; D, R. A. K. Bowstead ; C, Wickersham; B, A. G. Coombs, i. History Prizes : V., W. Landale, i., and IV., R. Farr. Divinity Prizes (Rev. N. F. McNeile's) : VIb., A. G. Coombs, i. ; The Bishop's Divinity Prize : Via., G. N. T. Widdrington. George Nash Divinity Prize: V., G. B. Coombs, iv. Mr. S. Southall's Prizes for Latin Accidence : K. N. Ross, J. E. R. Wilford, ii. ; R. A. Constance, and R. Owen-Smith. Greek Accidence: G. D. Horner, R. Owen-Smith, and A. G. Coombs, i. Science Prizes (Mr. Kay's): IVb., L. E. Tyrrell; IVa., R. V. Farr ; V. W. Landale, i. ; VIb., N. Spackman. Drawing: Vl'b., B. E. T. Hill; IV., C. V. Hoult; III., O. M. Smith, iii. ; Ila., H. A. Stillingfleet, ii. Psychology : G. A. West, i. Cathedral Catechising Prizes (Canon Rivington's) : (Christmas), R. V. Farr and F. M. Goddard; (Easter), R. Sedgwick and F. Goddard. Alderman Stew

THE VIGORNIAN. ard's Prize for " Proxime Accessit " in K.S. Examination : J. E. R. Wilford, V. C. Powell. Maurice Day Classical Prizes : Senior, M. E. Webb, ii. ; Junior, G. P. Clark. James Nash Classical Prize: G. B. Coombs, iv. School Latin Prose Prize : N. Macdonald. Mrs. Berkeley's Essay Prizes : Seniors, G. N. T. Widdrington, M. A. Le Huray, A. G. Coombs, i., R. G. Porter, M. E. Webb, ii., H. J. P. Haines. Best Poem : A. L. Molineux. Prayer Book Prize: D. Hubble. School Reading Prizes: I., S. V. Strong; Junior, G. H. Wilford, i. Mayor's Prize for Empire Day Essay: A. L. Dunnill General Knowledge Prizes: VI., G. N. T. Widdrington; V., R. Owen-Smith; Rem., R. G. Smith, i. ; IVb., G. Rice-Jones, i. ; III., F Lanning. Mr. Atkins' School Music Prize : H. J. P. Haines. Holiday Reading Prizes: (Christmas) : E. K. Price, i., H. C. Fillmore, K. N. Ross, E. R. Nesfield, R. V. Farr, R. L. Hamand, E. N. Bradburn, F. Burrow, G. Rice-Jones, i., W. N. J. Western; (Easter), A. L. Harrison, i., J. P. Bourne, G. West, ii., R. Owen-Smith, G. Rice-Jones, i., W. N. J. Western, H. D. Tonking, E. Whatley; (Summer), M. E. Webb, ii., R. V. Farr, E. N. Bradburn, N. Spackman, R. G. Smith, i., K. N. Ross, J. D. F Powell, ii., R. Owen-Smith, A. H. E. England, M. S. Taylor. Nature Study : Ila., N. Bancks. Holiday Collection of Flowers : J. E. Seabright, ii., E. Nolf, i. Holiday Drawing Prizes : C. V. Hoult, R. L. Sedgwick. Mrs. Ernest Day's (Modern Language Prize for Oral French): G. Robertson. Archdeacon Spooner's Recitation Prize : Senior., E. M. Cornforth; Junior, K. N. Ross. Mrs. Henry Wood's Prizes : Senior, N. Spackman, A. G. Coombs, i., E. K. Price, i., W. H. Bennett; Junior; F. W. Schofield. Workshop Prize: I., E. J. M. Elliott; II., R. F. Beddow. Headmaster's Prizes : Shootirtg—M. E. Webb. School Certificates : O. and C. Board : A. G. Coombs, i., G. Robertson, B. C. Mackenzie, N. Spackman, R. G. Porter. Lower Certificates : G. B. Coombs, R. OwenSmith, C. M. White. Higher Certificate : M. E. Webb.

THE RATIONING SCHEME. i O for some sugar in my tea, some butter on my bread, O for the things I used to have, the happy life I led ! Yet hush ! we must not grumble so, remember those who've bled, That we might live securely and lie safely in our bed.

Anticipated rationing was some time held in view, But now the good controller has dispensed with every queue, Has done away with hoarding and invented something new, And in exchange for coupons all the people get their due. HI Some people take to grumbling, and rations they detest, O people! try the other way, the way that's far the best, And do not fear for England, England still is blest, For peace comes after battle, and peace means food and rest. IV

So let us live contented and rtbt grumble at our lot, Be happy with our rations and all the things we've got; So here's to good Lord Rhondda who has loosed the Gordian knot, Saved our land from famine, and our foodstuffs all from rot.

K.S. Results. We heartily congratulate the following on winning King's Scholarships :— ist.—J. L. Longland, Choir School, Worcester. 2nd (Hon.).—B. H. G. Williams, Tredennyke, Worcester. 3rd.—G. R. B. Hopkin, King's School, Worcester. 4th.—A. E. Davies, Choir School, Worcester. 5th.—E. L. Fisher, King's School, Worcester. 6th.—A. de B. Edye, King's School, Worcester. 7th.—G. H. Eden, Choir School, Worcester. Proxime Acessit.—G. E. Seabright, King's School, Worcester. House Scholarships:— 1. R. M. Beaven, Malvern Link. 2. G. E. Thomas, Llandaff C.S.

Contemporaries. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following, apologising for any accidental omissions :— Alleynian, Bromsgrovian, Herefordian, Cantuarian (2), Constantia, Eagle, Lily (a), Monktonian, Tonbridgian, Wyggestoman and Wulfrunian.