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No. 10 1.

JULY, 1921.

VOL. IX.

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Rowing has progressed favourably this term under the able management of W. Wickersham, the Secretary of Boats. In spite of the unfortunate accident to the barge which led to its disposal, two fours have been seen on the river. We must also thank Mr. Strong for the interest he has taken in rowing during the past year. * * * In consequence of the disposal of the School Barge our bathing enthusiasts have been compelled to use the Corporation Baths. We have, however, profited by the exchange, for the baths are reserved for us, and the water is infinitely cleaner than at our end of the town. * # * Canon Southwell again kindly consented to lend us his tennis court, and rowers have consequently been able to have several games of tennis during the past term. As some small return we look after the lawn, roll it, mark it, and keep the grass trimmed to a respectable length. * * *

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The Regatta

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The Sports

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The General Paper

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The Passing of a Wood

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Sporting Intelligence

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The O.V. Festival

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Correspondence Valete Salvete Cricket Crime in Russia ... Editorial Notices . , . Contemporaries O.V. Re-union Addenda to O.V. News

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We are glad to see that there has been some revival in the Field Club. This has taken the form of several " Nature rambles " under the supervision of Mr. Salisbury ; and one or two splendid bike rides conducted by Mr. BeacliT Hicks and Mr. Walton.

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The O.V. Festival, which took place on the i8th of June, was a great success in every way ; a full account of the proceedings will be found on another page. * # » We understand that Mr. George Smith is resigning his duties in connection with the School Singing, owing to his inability to find the time required by developments which we believe are contemplated. We should like to take this opportunity of expressing our gratitude for the interest Mr. Smith has taken in the various musical events of the School. We believe that the Glee Club owes its existence to his care, and the success of the annual concerts are in no small measure due to the energy and enthusiasm he has shown. * * » Cricket has flourished this term under the able management of W. L. Shorting and A. E. Davies. Although we have not won so many matches as we should have desired, yet all cricketers feel that it has been a most successful season in other respects. * # # We understand that through the zeal of Miss M. Campbell an addition has been made to the School in the shape of an art room in the Edgar Tower, where two additional rooms have been secured for the use of the School. This sounds a promising innovation, and we hope that the quality of the drawing and painting will improve in consequence. * * * This year our O.T.C. will attend Tidworth Park Camp. It was not far from here that many of us spent our first post-war camp, and we can only hope that we shall have as favourable weather and as pleasant a time as we did then. » * » Our good wishes also go with the band, and we sincerely hope that they will be as successful this year as they were last. # » * The House cricket matches are now being played off with the usual interest and zeal. We regret that the results will not be ascertained till after the " Vigornian " has gone to the printers, but we hope that these will be representative of the merits of the opposing elevens. * # * The Shooting VIII. are assiduously practising with a view to acquitting themselves well in the inter-school shooting competition, for which Colonel Chichester recently awarded a cup. The competition will take place at Norton in the near future; and we wish our "eight" extremely good luck. * * * The section competition was very keenly contested this year, and Major Jeffries, who judged it, had the usual difficulty in deciding between sections which were so equally efficient. However it was universally agreed that the Hostel had acquitted themselves best, and the shield was consequently awarded to them.

The inter-house signalling cup will be competed for during the last week of the term ; too late, unfortunately, for the " Vigornian " to announce the results. * * * The inspection was carried out successfully this year by Major Cavenagh, O.V. In spite of the abnormal heat everything went very well, and we can only hope that the O.T.C. will maintain the high degree of efficiency which it has certainly achieved of late. * * * The School has been fortunate enough this term to obtain the services of Skinner to coach the elevens. Although he has only been with us a short time a marked improvement has been noticeable in the batting. * * * We apologise to our readers for having omitted to mention the result of the last year's batting averages in our summer issue. Shorting headed the list with a splendid average of over 40, and was consequently awarded the bat which the Rev. Manley Power had so kindly offered. * * * The very successful entertainment by the School Dramatic Musical Club at the end of last term, of which a report appears elsewhere, produced a sum of £27 for the Games Fund. Our best thanks are due to V. C. Powell for his skill and energy in organising it. * * * We wish a hearty farewell to all those who are leaving this term ; and we hope that both they and those that are succeeding to their positions in the school will have the best of luck in their various capacities. * * * Miss A. Campbell is leaving us this term to undergo a course of studies at Whitelands College, Chelsea. We thank her for all that she has done for the School, and we wish her all success. * * * Our good wishes go with Mr. D. Walton, who is leaving after two years' work here as Modern Languages Master to take up a post in Paris. * * * It was with very great sorrow that we heard of the intended departure of Mr. Beach-Hicks. Mr. Beach-Hicks had already decided to retire when the emergency created by the war caused him to consent to give the School the benefit of his continued services. Now that this emergency is over his thirty years of service have fully earned him a rest. For anyone, who like Mr. Beach-Hicks, has been at the same school for so long a time, such a farewell is a very sad and grievous thing. We owe him a great debt of gratitude for all he has done here, and especially for his interest and keenness in connection with games. We thank him for his services in the O.T.C., for his interest in the Field Club of years ago, and for all the many activities of his life here. Finally we wish him farewell and good luck in everything he undertakes. * * #

THE VIGORNIAN. The vacant places on the Staff next term will be filled by Mr. C. A. M. Fogden, of Christ's College, Cambridge, Mr. S. W. Whitehouse, of Exeter College, Oxford, and Mr. A. H. Mathew, who comes here from a Mastership at Repton, and was previously organist of Calcutta Cathedral. We offer them a hearty welcome.

O.V. Rcu)$. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between Captain C. C. Crick, O.B.E., logth Infantry, Indian Army, second son of the Rev. F. W. Crick, M.A., of Litton Cheney, Dorchester, Dorset, and Miss E. E. M. Beach-Hicks, only child of R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, Esq., and of the late Mrs. Beach-Hicks, of St. John's, Worcester, and grand-daughter of the late Lt.-Col. R. G. M. BeachHicks, of Beverston, Gloucestershire, and Beverston Roebuck, County Dublin. G. R. de Blaby has gone to Silesia with the Leinster Regiment. Dudley M. Jeans is a junior partner in the firm of Jeans & Son, Marlborough. H. C. Burgis is a partner in the firm of Burgis and Bullock, chartered accountants. L. F. Burgis is acting as private secretary to Maurice Hankey. H. L. Burgis is now doing fruit farming at Johannesburg, South Africa. M. A. Le Huray is still working hard in the cotton business. E. J. Rees is at a medical college in Cardiff. O. Collet is working for an insurance office at Manchester. H. H. Blanchard is temporarily assisting his father at Evesham. A. E. Watkins is working for an insurance office in London. S. S. Kingdom, formerly of Magdalen College, Oxford, has been appointed to a clerkship in the House of Commons. D. L. Board was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of London.and has been licensed to the curacy of Twickenham Parish Church. P. N. W. Strong, having qualified for his Cambridge B.A. in the Theological Special is entering Cheshunt Theological College. E. L. Harvey, Professor of English, is representing Fredrickstown University (Canada) at the Congress of University Representatives at Oxford. Minnifie Hawkins has been ordained priest by the Bishop of London and belongs to the Seaman's Mission at Rotterdam.

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A. E. Maund is now living at Evesham preparatory to taking deacon's orders. A. Adlington has passed the Testamur Exam, of the Institute of Municipal Engineers. N. W. Gowing has entered a medical school at Birmingham. G. H. Sharpe has been lately ordained deacon by the Bishop of Worcester, and is now licensed to the curacy of New St. Martin's, Worcester. S. J. A. Evans has been ordained priest, and is now curate of Kidderminster Parish Church.

Scbool entertainment, flprll 6tb. (Reprinted from the " Worcester Echo.") No ordinary complimentary phrases are sufficient to do justice to Wednesday evening's dramatic and musical entertainment given in the College Hall by the boys of the Cathedral King's School. Not only was the talent of an unusually high order, but the amazing freedom and brightness of execution of the different parts gave one the impression of witnessing a performance of experienced professional artistes instead of a newly-formed amateur society of schoolboys, as was actually the case. As the Headmaster explained in his opening remarks, the idea of forming a Dramatic Society to fill in the wet evenings only originated towards the end of last term, and in the short time since then not only had plays been rehearsed so that they could be performed without the slightest prompting, but they had also been written and composed by two of the players themselves. Mr. Creighton said he was glad to see such a large assembly of visitors, and glad, also, to have their money for the games fund, he added humorously. The programme commenced with a pianoforte duet by C. Gill and B. Arthure—overture to " Zampa " (Herold)— a very difficult piece, and played with good expression and time, especially in the rhythmic parts. A recitation, " A Modern Detective Story," composed and delivered by V. C. Powell, followed. It is really a burlesque of the adventure stories that appear in some of the cheap periodicals nowadays. The theme is original and funny, and the rhyme and metre are admirable. Powell unfolded the narrative with clear and powerful enunciation, and with plenty of gesture and expression. The glee, " A Lover's Complaints " (W. R. Granvill), by the School Glee Club, consisting of Garratt and Pareira (alto), Longland and Eden (tenor), Fisher and Arthure (first bass), and Shaw and Davis (second bass), was a light and tuneful item, and was very harmoniously rendered. A large part of the credit for the musical items is due to Mr. G. H. Smith, the instructor. The duologue, "Valentine's Day," is a scene of bickering between two domestic servants on account of the valentines each has, or has not received. F. Burden made a

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literally pretty " Martha," and his expressions of girlish glee from time to time were extraordinarily natural. So finished was his acting that when he sat on the table and it slipped somewhat, he regarded it with quite a natural feminine expression, though the incident was, of course, unrehearsed. E. B. B. Evans also .made a good servant, and called forth great applause when he tried on the mistress's hat before a mirror. A song, " May Morning " (Denza), followed this item, and was sweetly rendered, in alto register, by A. L. Garratt. R. L. Sedgwick's melodrama, "The Double Delusion," is a play of great dramatic force and interest. " Richard Hetherstone," a young engineer, played by Sedgwick himself, is seen in his lodgings, very much distracted after having violently attacked a man and left his body on the golf links. He was in a frenzy of anxiety and impatiently waited to make good his escape at dawn by fishing boat. So realistic was the acting that one began to hope the details of the play would not be too harrowing; and when "John Aspray," an ex-barrister, entered, coolly accused Hetherstone of murder and mounted guard over him with a revolver, one felt that one's worst fears were realised. Suddenly, however, events took a bewildering turn. A man in some sort of uniform entered, making the remark that he had "got his man at last," meaning Aspray, not Hetherstone, and calmly helped himself from the whisky bottle. He then explained that he was the keeper of Aspray, who had escaped from a lunatic asylum. Great was the relief of Hetherstone, and of the audience, at this respite, and finally when Hetherstone learned from the newspaper that he hadn't killed his man after all, his feelings found vent by boisterous hugging of the landlady, and those of the audience by loud applause. G. Rice-Jones played the part of the asylum-keeper with conviction, and H. M. Lancaster made a charming landlady—too charming for a person of " her " size and station. E. L. Fisher took the part of "John Aspray." Part II. of the performance commenced with a glee, entitled "The Rook" (King Hall), which was creditably sung. F. Burden then recited " A Beginner's Lament," which is a poem describing a novice's attempt to learn to ride a bicycle. It contains, in places, passages where the metre consists of one or two words which require to be recited quickly to get the proper effect of the rhyme, and Burden did not fail to effect this. G. J. Shaw then gave a bass song, entitled "The Ancient Mariner." His voice is rich and well trained, and the audience endeavoured by their applause to get the rule broken which allowed of no encores, but unsuccessfully. R. L. Sedgwick next recited " The Highwayman," in a manner equal to that of a professional entertainer. The glee, " Come, Merry Men " (Franz Abt), was well sung, except for a few erring notes; and then followed a burlesque,' entitled " Revenge," written by V. C. Powell, who also took the part of an incapable vicar, in fearless manner, considering there were several distinguished clergy looking on. C. Gill, the vicar's equally incapable wife, was another pretty and realistic impersonator. J. Longland, as a constable; V. H. Sharland, as a general servant;

G. H. Evans, as a burglar ; and J. Phelips, as the baby, completed the caste. The Dean, in thanking the performers, expressed the pleasure of the company with their originality and variety. He thought he had never laughed so much in that room before, even at the entertainments of Mr. Selwyn Driver. He particularly congratulated Sedgwick and Powell for their ability as producers and organisers. Powell responded by calling for the usual cheers, which were vociferously given; and the National Anthem and " Auld Lang Syne " concluded the evening.

Boxing. A very noticeable improvement was visible in the standard of skill displayed by the competitors in the Boxing Competition. This was mainly due to the interest aroused in it by C.S.M. Instructor H. Handley, C. A. C. Patton and S. Nash, who spent much time in coaching the novices. Many of the fights in the finals shewed the results in their excellent quality. The finals were fought off on March agth, and the results were as follows :— Heavy Weight.—W. L. Shorting v. V. C. Shorting won by a k.o. in the first round.

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Light Weight.—F. M. Graham v. R. Wynne Woolley. A very close fight which Graham won by a very narrow margin after two extra rounds. Feather Weight.—B. A. J. Arthure v. R. Amor. Arthure won easily. Bantam Weight.—E. Rice-Jones v. G. Rice-Jones. Started poorly but improved towards the end. E. RiceJones jpst won on points. Fly Weight.—R. K. Taylor v. P. H. Graves-Morris. Good fight, Taylor winning on points. Paper Weight.—A. R. Davies v. S. R. Hawkins. Davies won easily on points, in spite of a plucky resistance by Hawkinsv Fly-paper Weight.—C. O. Palmer v. E. C. Hodson. A very good fight for such small competitors, Palmer winning on points. School House won the Inter-House Challenge Cup. This year, by the efforts of the Captain of Gym. a very good ring was erected, which avoided much of the referee's commands to " stand back." I should like to thank Mr. F. B. Thomas for refereeing, C.S.M. Handley for judging, and Rev. R. J. Whitaker for judging and kindly presenting the House Challenge Cup, C. A. C. PATTON, Capt, of Gym,

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Che Regatta. For the first time for several years the Regatta was rowed under favourable weather conditions. It had been previously decided at a meeting of the Games Committee that the course should be changed, and the races consequently took place between the Grand Stand and the " Dog and Duck " Ferry, which proved a fairer arrangement than that of previous years. A new feature in the proceedings was the motor boat which followed every race in case of accidents, but unfortunately the usual error was committed, namely, that of losing a considerable amount of time between the events. Perhaps the most exciting event of the afternoon was the race between School House and Natland, which ended in a very close finish. School House got a bad start and thereby lost a quarter of a length, which lead was maintained by the Natland boat throughout the race. The final of the House fours was rowed between Castle House and Natland, and ended in a win for the former in 2 mins. 40 sees. The last event consisted of a race between the School ist IV. and a crew collected at the last minute by the Old Vigornians. The O.V. crew defeated the School boat by three lengths, and the result shows us the value of a long stroke and a good rhythm. Altogether the afternoon may be said to have been quite successful except for the time lost between the races. We should like to thank the Headmaster and Mr. Lee for their help as judges, and also Mr. Strong for his kind services as starter.

ClK Sports. The annual sports were held on April 4th and 5th. No one could fail to notice the splendid way in which everything was organised, and we must congratulate C. A. C. Patton and S. Nash both on this and on the way they kept all the events up to time. The weather was very favourable and there was a good attendance of parents and other visitors. The prizes were distributed by the Mayoress, who congratulated those who had been successful and commiserated with those who had failed. The judges were: Rev. C. Creighton and Mr. T. E. Rammel. Starter: Mr. F. B. Thomas. Time-keeper : Mr. R. J. Castley. Stewards : Rev. R. J. Whitaker, Messrs. R. M. M. Beach-Hicks, A. H. Taylor, D. Walton, F. S. Salisbury, and the School Monitors. Results :— 100 Yards (Open).—S. Nash i, W. L. Shorting 2, T. C. Winterton 3. Time, usecs. 100 Yards (Under 15).—J. S. Hall i, G. West 2, A. Nercessian 3. Bicycle Race.—H. D. Tonking i, H. C. Fillmore 2, G. R. Palmer 3. Relay Race (Senior).—School House i, Hostel 2. Relay Race (Junior).—Castle House i, Day Boys 2. O.V. Race.—B. Adlington i, R. V. Farr 2, M. E. Webb 3.

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Threequarter Mile (Under 16).—C. T. Palmer i, H. C. Coverdale 2, G. Jones 3. One Mile (Open).—C. T. Winterton i, G. H. Evans 2, J. W. Price 3. 'Time, 5mins. 82-5 sees. One Mile (Under 15).—D. H. Preston i, A. Nercessian 2. Consolation Race (Open).—V. C. Powell. Consolation Race (Under 15).—C. W. Standfast. Half Mile (Under 15).—D. H. Preston i, A. Nercession 2, J. N. Lander 3. High Jump (Open).—L. P. Snowball i, T. H. Horsfield 2, C. A. C. Patton 3. Height, 4ft. loins. High Jump Under 15).—G. M. Watts i, V. S. Stanley 2. Long Jump (Open).—C. A. C. Patton i, T. H. Horsfield 2, L. P. Snowball 3. Distance, 1711. lin. Long Jump (Under 15).—J. S. Hall i, D. H. Preston 2, J. N. Lander 3. 100 Yards (Under n).—M. B. Royle i, R. M. Brighouse 2. 100 Yards (Under 13).—C. E. Davies i, C. B. Hopkin 2, A. D. Arbuckle 3. Half Mile (Open).—C. T. Winterton i, G. H. Evans 2, W. L. Shorting 3. Time, amin. 14 i-5secs. Winners of House Shield.—School House. Senior Victor Ludorum—C. T. Winterton. Junior Victor Ludorum.—D. H. Preston. Warren Cup (Ketch Run).—G. H. Evans. Fives.—Open Singles : W. L. Shorting. Open Doubles : W. L. Shorting and R. Amor. Singles (under 15) : L. W. Shorting. Tugs-of-War.—School House beat Natland, Hostel beat Day Boys, Castle House beat Hostel. Final : Castle House beat School House. Throwing Cricket Ball (Open).—H. C. Fillmore i, L. P. Snowball 2, S. Nash 3. Distance, Soyds. i|ft. Throwing Cricket Ball (Under 15).—E. S. Sherwood i, J. S. Hall 2, E. D. Hooper 3. Distance, $2jyds. Quarter Mile (Open).—S. Nash i, W. L. Shorting 2, C. T. Winterton 3. Time, 56secs.

Che General Paper. I consider that General Papers in general, and this last one in particular, leave a good deal to be desired. From an utilitarian point of view it seems absurd to set strings of questions to which nobody can possibly know the answer, to which even there may be no answer at all. It is unfair on the staff, for one thing; and in the particular case we are considering it is doubtful whether the originators of the questions were quite positive : in fact I know the one about Innisfree was—however that is a detail. If the questions were useful one would not mind so much, but what is the good of disturbing the well-earned rest of, for instance, Nebuchadnezzar, whose claim to notoriety as a vegetarian has certainly been eclipsed by Eustace Miles; or, again, Rameses ii, held up to ridicule a few years ago in the illustrated papers as Rammy the Tripper, because he likes to write his name on the walls of his own and other

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people's houses, just as. Pear's soap and Dunlop tyres do now? And the quotations—as someone said at the time—How can you read a cigarette case? I wonder. After that it seems unfair to ask " Forms below the Remove " to discuss the differences between deciduous animals and ruminant trees. May I suggest that questions are more practical. Include natural history by all means, if desired, but let the questions be simple. For instance, taking one or two common animals, what is a Fluttrell? Anyone who has lived in India knows it is a bird that lives on cayenne pepper and flies backwards to keep the dust out of its eyes. Then there is the Snurge, equipped with a set of false teeth in the small of its back for biting buttons off railway cushions ; or the umfram (extra marks for giving the Cumberland spelling, oom-from), an animal without eyes, nose or body, in fact consisting merely of feet and teeth: it does little or nothing to earn a living. Let us brighten up the paper with a few riddles, these being reserved for the higher forms as requiring some mental effort. Do the Vths and Vlths know how many beans make five, or why is a mouse when it spins ? To prevent sleepless nights it may be stated that the answer to the second one is " the higher the fewer." These few suggestions are merely thrown out with a view to bringing up to date an institution that is undoubtedly, if I may borrow a phrase, one of the best means of " disseminating culture " at the present time.

CIK Passing or a uiood. The northern part of the Perry Wood heights was the most frequent scene of our rambles in the latter part of May and early June. A few years ago the timber on this area was felled, and at the present time it presents an interesting transitional stage between woodland and scrub. Behind it to the east is a large extent of permanent gorse scrub with the usual intermixture of bramble bushes, great tussock grass, and other plants characteristic of this kind of plant association. But the recently felled area is altogether of a different nature, for although the height and density of the vegetation is the same as that of the adjoining gorse common, its composition is quite unlike. To understand it we must consider what, until a few years ago, it used to be. There was a wood mainly of oak, but containing a considerable intermixture of wild cherry, with some maple and sycamore. These formed the upper canopy of high timber. Below and between them was a second canopy of hazel, and here and there a few examples of that beautiful forest pear, so frequent in Worcestershire woodlands, the wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis). The ground carpet consisted of wood anemone, wild hyacinth, sanicle, wood spurge, and other sylvan species. There were also plants like smooth-beaked hedge-parsley, dog's mercury, melic grass, and wood carex, which enjoy the partial

shelter at the edge of clearings or the borders of woods where there is side light, and which therefore, the carex excepted, grow also at the foot of tall bushy hedgerows. In fact the northern wood was a continuation of the southern which still stands. With some reservations due to local shade from the larger bushes on the common, the plants that flourish in the woodland are not to be found upon the heath, nor do those that thrive among the sun-beaten gorse bushes endure the curtained darkness of the woods. When, therefore, the axe cleared the standing timber from the northern half of Perry Wood, it altered radically the conditions of life for the humbler plants that the trees had sheltered. The growth of the shade-lovers was stunted or atogether repressed, while the seeds of those that love the light were stirred to activity. Now let us see how far this process has gone already. The ground is covered with bushes and intersected by narrow tracks, but they are not the characteristic bushes of a permanent scrub. Each is the sprouting stock of a felled tree or woodland shrub. Here are the oak, the cherry, maple, sycamore, service and hazel, telling of how the old trees once stood. But the evergreen spurge laurel, a small undershrub that lurks in the shade near the path from Lark Hill road, own sister of the more showy mezereum of our gardens, is gone entirely from here. So with one or two exceptions is the beaked hedge-parsley. And what of the woodland carpet ? Most of this, too, has disappeared. A few wood anemones still linger, though they are being rapidly crowded out from the clearings by turf grasses. The hyacinths nestle shyly round the fringes of the coppiced stumps like chicks under their mother's wings. By diligent search you may find in the same partial refuge a few plants of the wood carex and sanicle. Woodsage and woodspurge are abundant, for they are plants of moist hedgerows as well, and rather court some degree of light if they have abundant leaf-mould to draw upon ; but they also are only round the old stumps and have withdrawn from the open ground. Even about the tree-stumps bush vetch and vernal grass are beginning successfully to dispute their last harbourage with the forest plants. It is plain to see which way the battle of the flowers is going. The woodfolk are being beaten by the children of the sun. One thing alone can save them. If the ground is replanted with trees or the coppice allowed to grow into a spinney high enough—and there is little doubt it would pay to reafforest, gorse common and all—then, and then only, will they recover in proportion to the degree of shade restored. Otherwise, although for many a day a few stray wood plants will linger on to tell of its former estate, the whole area will merge by gradual stages into the adjacent gorse and bramble scrub to which it seems already by its diminished stature to belong. F. S. S.

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Sporting IntelNgnce. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) On winning the toss the Captain of the Snooker XV. collected his thoughts, and decided to play with the wind— upstream. At a blast pf the whistle the goalkeeper took up his position before the wicket and smartly tapped the ball to the boundary, but failed to convert. The wretched centre-forward just failed to secure the ball, which, had it not cannoned, would have landed in a bunker. The umpire yelled snap but was promptly checkmated. The game continued. The goalkeeper was declared " Old Maid," so departed forthwith, his place being taken by stroke. The latter player, amidst great applause, brought the score to 15—love, and continuing his break increased his lead to an odd trick. But alas ! he was caught at half-back in the tenth round. The next man in was rather late—his excuse being an unavoidable leap-frog practice. However, after the first scrum he was found to be " Donkey," so wended his way back to the pavilion. After the next bully point crashed down the left wing, and was on the point of scoring when he was ruled offside. However, taking his mallet, he ground the referee to powder, and the game continued. Half-time score umpteen—umpteen. During the interval the teams sucked lemons. On changing ends the game became fast and furious, but at this critical juncture the Captain departed to take part in the International Marbles Match, so the remaining players retired to play table-croquet. (" PASS ME SOME MORE WHISKY, 'ENRY.")

Che O.V. festival. (Extracts from the " Worcester Echo.") OPENING OF SPORTS PAVILION. The re-union of Old Vigornians commenced on Saturday when there were cricket matches between them and the. three School elevens, and when the new pavilion was opened and a memorial tablet unveiled by former Headmaster (Canon W. H. Chappel), now Sub-Dean of Coventry. The inscription on the tablet is worthy of especial notice, if only because of its singular appropriateness. It runs : " This pavilion was erected in memory of those who, having learnt in this place to play the game for their school, played it also for their country during the years 1914-18. ' Haec olim meminisse juvabit.'" After the lunch interval, the Headmaster (Rev. C. Creighton), speaking from the steps of the pavilion, said that before he asked Canon Chappel to formally open the pavilion (which they owed to the generous gift of Mr. T. E. Rammell) he would ask everyone to stand in silence for a moment while the " Last Post " was sounded.

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The buglers and drummers of the School O.T.C. then sounded the " Last Post." Canon Chappel said he esteemed it a great privilege to be asked to unveil that tablet and to open that pavilion built in memory of those of their friends and pupils who laid down their lives for us, and the gift of one who had been one of his (Canon Chappel *s) best friends from the time that he had known the School. He could conceive no more fitting memorial than the splendid and costly gift which their good friend Mr. Rammell had made to the School in memory of those boys who fell during the war. (Applause.) It was on those playing fields that they received those lessons of loyalty, service, discipline, and selfsacrifice which they put into practice in the greater game of life afterwards, and in carrying out which they laid down their lives. He would always look upon that pavilion, not only as a memorial to the boys who fell, but as a constant reminder of the donor to whom they owed so much of the training they received on that field. For more than a quarter-of-a-century Mr. Rammell had been the life of the School games, and he had spared no pains to teach the boys to play the games. He trusted that the pavilion would always be associated with his name, and that they would be grateful to him, not only for his gift, but also for all that he had done for the school in all those many years. Canon Chappel then unveiled the tablet. Mr. Rammell, in reply, observed that it was impossible for him to thank the last speaker adequately for all the kind words he had said about him, or those assembled for the reception they were giving the war memorial. It was most gratifying to find so many turn up to set the seal of their approval on the memorial. He would like to emphasise the fact that they owed a very great debt of gratitude to Mr. Rowe. They had only to look at the magnificent result to realise how much time and trouble he had devoted to that object. (Applause.) The pavilion was primarily a memorial of that gallant band of eighty-two who laid down their lives for their country, but it also commemorated the much larger band of those who served in the war, but had been spared to return. He was glad to see so many of them present that day. He hoped that the pavilion would be an inspiration to those who used it day by day, and that the present and happy future generations would regard it as a witness of the noble deeds done in the past, and would be inspired to emulate the splendid example set by them. Then the objects of that pavilion and of that ceremony would have been attained. The ceremony concluded with the " Reveille," sounded on the bugles. THREE CRICKET MATCHES. The cricket matches were between three elevens of Old Boys and the first, second, and third elevens of the School. In the first eleven match very good performances were put up by J. D. S. Thomas (36) and H. K. Lewis (34) for the Old Boys, the latter score being made almost entirely of boundary 4's. The Old Vigornians won by 57 runs. The second match was won by the Old Boys by 22 runs, but in the third match the School won easily by 70 runs.

THE VIGORNIAN. A large company of Old Vigornians, besides many relatives and friends and scholars, was present. In the evening the Headmaster gave a dinner in the School House Hall, at which Canon Chappel was the principal guest, and about 70 Old Vigornians and masters were present.

The hymn, "God of the living, in whose eyes," was sung, and the procession then moved into the Cathedral for service. Rev. C. Creighton and Archdeacon James read the lessons. " Oh God, our help in ages past " and " For all the Saints who from their labours rest " were the suitable hymns chosen for the occasion.

UNVEILING CEREMONY. On Sunday morning a large number of Old Boys, with their relatives and friends, assembled in the North Cloister of the Cathedral, where the Dean dedicated a beautiful window to the memory of Vigornians who fell in the war. Two platoons of the O.T.C. were in attendance, under Capt. Whitaker. As the choir approached the window they chanted Psalm cxxi., " I will lift up mine eyes," after which Rev. C. Creighton read the prayers and a brief silence was observed for " remembrance of the brave and true." The buglers of the O.T.C. then sounded the " Last Post " (with drums), and after the Dean had dedicated the window the " Reveille." In a short address the Dean said they had honoured him as Chairman of the Governors of the King's School, as well as Dean of the Cathedral, by asking him to dedicate the window, and he desired to pay tribute to the O.V.'s who laid down their lives in the great conflict. They were proud of the King's School, and O.V.'s, many of whom they had with them that day, always looked back with affection to the old school and the Cathedral with which it was so closely associated. One of the things of which it was most proud was the record of its members in the war, for they did not hold back when the call for selfsacrifice came, but responded to what they looked upon as the call of duty. The 82 names recorded on that window were those who laid down their young lives in the war— lives so full of promise. The number was very large for a school of that size, and showed that the standard of public spirit therein would stand comparison with that of any other school. They desired that those who made the sacrifice should not be forgotten, and so they placed their names in the cloisters of their Cathedral. Future generations" of King's Scholars would see those names and know how, in the great day of trial, O.V.'s did their duty. He called attention to the text placed at the head of an official description—an idea due to Canon Wilson—which read : " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them " (Heb. xi., 13). Eighty-two (said the Dean) died in the faith that they were giving their lives to secure a better world for the generations to come—a world not ruled by arbitrary power or military force. They got distant visions of the promised land of brotherly co-operation between nations and within each nation, and the comradeship of the trenches gave them a vision of what they believed might be a comradeship of the citizens. The promised land was not yet reached, but people believed in it still, and it would come if they retained their faith in their ideal. It was for those who were left and those who were young to live in the faith in which 82 O.V.'s died.

SERMON BY FORMER HEADMASTER. Canon Chappel preached the sermon, taking for his text the epistle of St. James, ch. i, verses 22 and 24—" But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in the glass. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way and straightway forgotteth what manner of man he was." The man was a failure : ineffective and futile, a hearer and not a doer: well-equipped, well-instructed but inefficient. S. James gives the reason in a graphic illustration. He failed in steady vision ; he was like a man who looked in a mirror, saw his natural face, and hurried off bent on business or a pleasure, or maybe on sport, and so failed to do, to put precept into practise. He had a vision and forgot it. The original is a striking phrase, those who are stil) privileged to study Greek will appreciate its content: To TCpOffWTOV TV]? YEVEffEOX; " the face of his birth." But Bishop Benson rendered it as " that which was in the mind of God when He made him "; something greater, grander, nobler, truer than what the man actually is. The man's true destiny, that which he was born to be. It is the contrast between the ideal and the actual. As we see in a great picture, the difference between a portrait and a photograph. Some of us have looked this year on Orpen's masterpiece in the Academy of Arts. There we have depicted for us ideal excellence in the aptitude and artistry which ministers to epicurean taste, more than the man of the hour, the ideal cook. On a much higher level you will all remember Watts' great picture of Tennyson, expressing the poet's many moods and divine possibilities which the artist saw behind the appearance of the moment. " As when a painter, poring on a fa'ce Divinely, through all hindrance, finds the man Behind it, and so paints him that his face The shape and colour of a mind and life Lives for his children ever at its best and fullest," So wrote Browning, and so for each of us there is the man behind the man, that which God made him for, that which God made him to be. His " natural face," then, is the divine possibility, the ultimate ideal for each. The recognition of this is indispensable for efficiency : it is a vision which craves renewal and retention. The failure to attain it is no matter : " That which I strove to be and was not Comforts me," sang Browning. What does matter is the stedfast gaze, the renewal of the sense of high vocation, and this is true both of the individual and of the society, of personal and corporate life, of the unit and the whole. Surely we are each

THE VIGORNIAN. conscious of the need of a clear vision of personal possibility, we tend to forget what.is God's design for each— what the Supreme Artist meant each to be. Our ideal flakes away in the wear and tear of life like a statue of soft stone, it needs renewal, recovery, recreation. There is a deadly peril of the loss of vision, we forget why we are placed here, and " where there is no vision the people perish." As George Eliot truly wrote, " the only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best." That is the teaching of S. James in this epistle of practical efficiency. He calls men to be doers not hearers only, and to that end he stresses the importance of the renewal of vision. It is just here that a gathering such as ours to-day of old boys and former masters, from far and near, should help us. We have come back to the old School, to the old environment, to the old Refectory, to the loved Cathedral, to the Communion Service this morning in the Ladye Chapel, and they should revive the memories and the ideals of the past. We should see again the " Vision Splendid " by which the youth was years ago attended. We should catch again the glow of the first Communion, the thrill of our Confirmation, we may recall the influence of a master or a schoolfellow, the memories of lessons learnt on the cricket field or river, the high aspirations of earlier days— we may renew the sense of vocation, when we heard the summons " I have called thee, I will help thee," we may revive the consciousness of that which we were each " born to be." Such a gathering stimulates, revives, recalls the hopes and aims of the past, and we shall, I hope, go forth again, strengthened to be doers in our day. This is equally true of our corporate life. Our gathering to-day reminds us of the " natural face " of the King's Cathedral School, of the intentions of our founders, of what this School was born to be, of that for which she stands, of a high ideal of education, kept steadily in view for twelve centuries, of high and holy influences surrounding young life, of no mere instruction but true education, the drawing out of the whole man, of all .the faculties, and most of all of that of the soul. Always ours has been a school closely connected with religious life. Here the Faith of Christ has not been a mere addition or adjunct, but an inspiration to those who teach and those who learn. Here down the ages, her sons have been taught, from the eighth century onwards, in the Cloister or the Ladye Chapel, even in the Charnel House, or the Refectory, and those responsible have stedfastly regarded the face of its being. This was the mind of the Benedictines who founded it, of Wulfstan who administered it in Norman times, as depicted in the beautiful window which we have just dedicated, of the Reformers who refounded it, and with few exceptions, of successive Deans and Chapters. We who come back to-day are more than ever conscious of the holy influences which surround these walls, and of the helpfulness of her environment. We are reminded of her natural face, of what she was born to be, and we pray that she may ever be, as our dear friend Canon Wilson

once described her, " to Worcester City a priceless boon, giving a first-rate education on a religious basis." It has been said that we English " lean heavily on the past." We need to do so in the matter of education. May the chief desire of all who educate, rule and teach here be that of David's prayer for his son, " a perfect heart to keep and to build." That is disciplined obedience to the laws of God, and as the outcome of such constructive effort in the larger world outside. To that end her sons here, and we all of us, must have high ideals also for country and for humanity. Our school life should teach just those lessons which England needs to-day and give the outlook which should save us from ourselves. We need the vision of a better England—that which England was born to be, not surely the " acquisitive society " of to-day as depicted by Mr. Tawney, but an England where duty, not enrichment, is the aim of life. A vision of less getting and more giving—of conciliation and a co-operative commonwealth in the place of cut-throat competition—whence shirker and profiteer are alike displaced— of an England standing for justice and right overseas, the saviour of the world—of something nobler, that she was born to be. This is the England for which those four score faithful souls whom we have commemorated to-day in that beautiful window, laid down their lives. " Splendid they passed, the great surrender made Into the light that never more shall fade. All that they hoped for, all they had, they gave To save mankind, themselves they scorned to save. These were His servants, in His steps they trod, Following through death the martyred Son of God." Yes, but they left us to carry on. This England to be a charge and an inheritance. Hear what one of them wrote, a King's Scholar and Sixth Form boy, shortly before his death : " Unless England, in the years after the war, is prepared to carry on what has been begun—i.e., united effort to do and be our best—then all the sacrifice will have been wasted." And again he wrote: " Unless class hatred is for ever buried, and unless every class of society treats the others, not with tolerance, but much more, with sympathy, then never again shall we be able to look in the face those who have fallen to prepare this for us." That King's Scholar saw something of what England was born to be. Such the pupils that we pray may be taught and trained here. This is the importance of a School where high ideals prevail, where there is plain living and high thinking, where religious influence has full play. The future lies with you, my younger brothers, the boys of to-day. Can we look to you to help to realise the vision, to be generous and brave, pure and true? " Oh my England, oh my England, we the offspring of thy sod, Do we tread the strenuous pathway, that our great forefathers trod, Who have fought and made and held thee, by the Grace and Power of God?

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" Oh my England, oh my England, was their labour all in vain ? Those old saints of thews and sinews of a high heroic strain, Who had noble thoughts and lived them, with no selfish greed of gain. " Oh my England, oh my England, think by moor and dale and fen, How they sleep, thy white-souled daughters and thy sons all valiant men, And rouse thy ancient fires and bear such children, now as then." This is our prayer this morning, that all who serve God here, may stedfastly gaze into the mirror of life, in the light of the Christ-life. There is the ideal of the Greater Love and the Golden Rule of service and sacrifice, exemplified in those dear lads who " followed through death the martyred Son of God." May we all be helped by our reunion to-day to recall for self, for school and country, the vision of the " face of our birth," of the best that we were born to be. The following is a list of O.V.'s who were present at the Festival. We must apologise for any accidental omissions— Canon and Mrs. Chappel, Rev. J. Went, Rev. R. Holland, Rev. O. G. Larr, Canon C. T. Dimont, F. E. and H. W. Graves-Morris, Rev. S. J. A. Evans, Rev. G. H. Sharpe, W. A. T. Jarrett, H. B. Downes, H. D. Hubble, A. MacDonald, N. MacDonald, J. D. S. Thomas, J. G. S. Thomas, H. S. Thomas, M. A. Le Huray, R. Owen-Smith, H. S. Denton, G. Smith, A. E. Watkins, S. Davenport, H. C. Burgis, E. J. Barker, J. Bowstead, A. H. Adams, A. E. Maund, C. Hurford, S. G. Simpson, P. Haines, E. B. Bridger, G. N. T. Widdrington, F. H. C. Shorting, C. I. Record, S. V. Strong, P. Strong, S. D. Strong, G. H. Dickinson, E. J. Rees, D. M. Jeans, E. M. Badger, B. Holloway, O. Collet, C. T. Ley, E. E. Bird, W. N. Berkley, A. K. Lewis, L. Warren, M. E. Webb, L. Woodcock, B. Adlington, G. D. Finch, R. R. Finch, C. E. C. Dingle, A. H. Dingle, S. Davenport, L. Tyrrell, M. Bates, T. Bates, D. R. Bradley, H. Coombes, J. B. Cavenagh, D. J. Jones, J. Caves, G. A. T. Littlebury, H. E. Oram, F. W. Rowe, A. V. Rowe, J. E. Seabright, Col. A. Webb, Arnold E. Webb, F. W. Webb, E. H. Ingram Halford, G. A. Betteridge, R. D. Willis, W. Farmer, F. Evans, T. C. Coombes, Rev. Lewis, Dr. Oliver, L. Warren, W. Underwood, L. Wood, R. E. Coomber, G. B. Coombs, A. G. Coombs, E. H. Coombs.

O.C.C. RoUS. FIELD DAY. Below is a general account of the operations, showing (i) The results aimed at. (ii) The extent to which they were attained. (iii) Comments and criticism on the way in which the scheme was carried out. Bromsgrove, King's School and one company Malvern, were part of a force advancing east from Malvern, attack-

ing the line of the Severn, and especially the crossing at Pixham Ferry. The area allotted to this force was approximately Madresfield Park and the Old Hills. The defending force consisted of Malvern (less one Company)—approximately zj Companies. As Point 215 on the Old Hills and " St. Cloud " both command Pixham Ferry, it was decided to attack these points. The attack on the extreme right (St. Cloud) was carried out by the Malvern Company, while that on the left and left centre (Point 215) was carried out by the King's School and Bromsgrove Companies, one platoon of King's School being detached to operate in the centre, both to maintain communication and to act as a flank guard for the main attack—that on the left and left centre—and to endeavour to give the impression that they were co-operating with the attack on the Right, and thus give the main attack an opportunity of developing under cover of New Coppice (on the lower slopes of the Old Hills). The defence was distributed in small, mutually-supporting, detached posts, well in front of the line of the Hills. The first of these posts, encountered by the main attack, gave a great deal of trouble, as it commanded a long straight lane, and had its left partially defended by a coppice (which was out of bounds, as it was supposed to be gassed), and a good deal of open ground on its right. It was necessary to make long detours on both flanks before this post could be dislodged, and meanwhile the attack was held up. When it was disposed of, however, the attacking troops all pushed on through the " soft spot " so formed, and after several other less serious delays caused by strong posts, both the attacking Companies on the left succeeded in reaching their objective at 1.45, the time previously arranged. Meanwhile Sergt. Patton's platoon had been doing excellent work in the centre, and had disposed of or masked several detached posts which might have caused serious hindrance to the attack, while the attack on the right had made such good progress that with the covering fire from the left that the other two Companies were now able to give them, they were in a position to attain their objective in a short time. COMMENTS AND CRITICISMS ON THE CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS. 1. Generally speaking, Section Commanders led their sections well, and carried put their orders with intelligence. In several cases, however, they allowed themselves to be diverted from their objective by fire from another direction, instead of adopting an " arrow-head " or some similar formation, which would enable them to fire towards either flank (or both flanks), or their front and rear. 2. Platoon Commanders, when once their platoon was extended, found it difficult to control. This might be rendered easier by giving definite directions to Section Commanders as to what they are to do after they have attained their temporary objective. 3. In one or two cases frontal rushes were made over open ground, against a well posted enemy. This deserves the coroner's verdict: "Suicide while of unsound mind." These cases, however, were not common. 4. Cover was frequently disdained.

THE ViGORNIAN. SOME LESSONS. 1. A gap in the defence, once formed, should be exploited, i.e., troops should push through, even if they leave their flanks exposed by so doing. Supporting troops should deal with the flanks, and enlarge the gap. 2. Forward troops should deal promptly and boldly with any resistance, in addition to sending reports, so that the main body may not be delayed. 3. The fact that these principles were, generally speaking, acted upon, contributed largely to the success of the attack. R. J. WHITAKER, Captain. ORGANISATION. The contingent is now organised in three Platoons, Nos. i and 2 being permanent units, i.e., transfers from one section to another are not usually made. No. 3 consists of the Junior Squad, and newly passed recruits, and promotions from it are made into Nos. i and 2 Platoons as vacancies arise. CAMP. The contingent this year goes into Camp at Tidworth Park, from July 25 to August 4, i.e., we return on that day. There has been rather more than the usual crop of excuses—sound and unsound—but the strength of the detachment seems likely to exceed 70, in spite of the crocks, the otherwise employed, and the would-be unemployed. CERTIFICATE A. In the March examination we broke the record again, securing 11 certificates. There are now on the strength of the Company 22 Cadets holding this certificate, out of a total of 28 eligible. This will be a difficult record to beat next year. The successful candidates in March were— Sergeant Shorting. Corporal Nash. Lance-Corporal Loach. Cadets (now Lance-Corporals) Wynne, Pratt, Jones, Edye, Beavan, Arthure, Drake, Coombs.

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Maximum : 50 marks. Marks. 1. No. 6 Section (Hostel), Sergt. Shorting ... ... 43 2. No. 5 Section (Castle House), Cpl. Fisher ... 42 3. No. 2 Section (School House), Cpl. Nash ... 40 No. i Section (School House), Cpl. Evans ... 38 I No. 4 Section (Day Boys), Lce.-Cpl. Palmer ... 38 4j No. 8 Section (Natland), L.-Cpl. Wynne Woolley 38 ' No. 9 Section (Mixed), Lce.-Cpl. Jones ... ... 38 8. No. 7 Section (Mixed), Cpl. Tonking 37 9. No. 3 Section (Day Boys), Lce.-Cpl. Blakeway... 31 Major Jefferies expressed himself as being greatly impressed with the high standard of the drill and the keenness displayed. PROMOTIONS. 6.4.21. Lce.-Cpls. Evans, Tonking, Price, to be Corporals. 10.5.21. C.S.M. Webb to be Cadet Officer. Lce.-Cpl. Wickersham to be Acting Corporal. Cadet Wynne to be Lance-Corporal. 30.5.21. Cpi. (Band Sergeant) Shorting to be Sergeant. Lce.-Cpl. Schofield to be Corporal. Cadets Beavan, Drake, Edye, F. M. Jones, Pratt, and Arthure to be Lance-Corporals. 3.6.21. Cadet Wynne Woolley to be Lance-Corporal (Acting). 27.6.21. Sergeant Patton to be C.S.M. Corporal Fisher to be Sergeant.

Correspondence. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, We have often heard it suggested that the School should have its own baths, which could be used all the year round. The advantage of this would be that during the cold weather the baths could, with some slight alteration, be used as a gymnasium. Surely such a valuable suggestion ought to be carefully considered, and we hope that some satisfactory conclusion will be reached. Yours faithfully, " CEvES."

ANNUAL INSPECTION. This took place on June I7th, and was carried out by Major T. P. Cavenagh, M.C. (O.V.). The Inspecting Officer congratulated the contingent on their smart turnout, their drill and signalling, and the excellence of the band. He also expressed pleasure in hearing of the good record held by the contingent in last year's Camp, and concluded by wishing us as successful a Camp this year. (That remains to be seen. Last year's record will take a lot of beating.) SECTION

COMPETITION.

This was judged by Major H. St. Jefferies, D.S.O., on June 25th, and the results of the competition were as follows :—

To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Might I reasonably suggest that some alterations should be made in the unseasonable headgear that boys of this School are compelled to wear. Why, for instance, should we go about advertising the fact in mystic letters that we are a School, founded by the King (Henry VIII.), belonging to the City of Worcester, and attached to the Cathedral? What we need is some distinguished headgear which we can wear with pleasure and pride. Yours faithfully, INDIGNANT.

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Valete.

" A " JUNIOR XI.

Via. G. B. Coombs (1917-1921). ist IV. Rowing 1921. Pte. O.T.C. VIb. J. W. Price (1917-1921). Cpl. O.T.C. Va. J. R. Brown (1919-1921). Pte. O.T.C. Vb. E. R. Palmer (1915-1921). ist IV. Rowing 1921. Sergt. O.T.C. G. Rice-Jones (1917-1921). Pte. O.T.C. Rem. H. W. M. Crowe (1916-1921). W. G. Stephens (1917-1921). 2nd XI. Football 1920. IVa. D. C. Harcombe (1917-1921). I. R. M. Revill (1921).

in.

Saloete.

Carter B. H., Hooper R. K., Hurford J. S., King G. M.

lib. Blakeway C. G., Craze O. R., Fellowes D., King J. L., Lumley T. O'D. I. Drury D., Maund H. G. A., Rai J. L., standfast J. A.

Cricket, fixture List. 1ST XI.

Date

Ground. Result.

Opponents.

May 21.—Malvern College Colts 26.—Worcester City 26.—Worcester City June i.—Dean Close School ... 4.—Norton Barracks 8.—Hereford C.S 18.—O.V.'s 25.—T. E. Rammell, Esq.'s XL 29.—Norton Barracks ... July 2.—Malvern College Colts 6.—Dean Close School 9.-—Ledbury X

Away Home Away Home^ Away Home Home Home Home Home Away Home

Lost Lost Drawn Drawn Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Won

2ND XL

Date.

Opponents.

May 21.—Malvern College Colts June i.—Dean Close School „ 18.—O.V.'s July 2.—Malvern College Colts „ 6.—Dean Close School ...

Ground. Result. Home Away Home Away Home

Lost Won Lost Lost Lost

Date.

Opponents.

June 18.—O.V.'s ,, 22.—Hanley G.S.

Ground. Result. ...

...

Home Away

Won Won

" B " JUNIOR XI. Date.

Ground. Result.

Opponents.

Away Away Away

June i.—Choir School ,, ii.—Tredennyke „ 22.—Tredennyke

Lost Lost Lost

WORCESTER CITY v. W.C.K.S. This match was the first of the season, being played very shortly after our return to school. This may perhaps account for one of the not infrequent collapses to which the XI. have been subject. The City's bowling was very good and the School were all dismissed for 49. The City fared little better, for without Dr. Bunting, who batted well for 52, the side only made 27. The School went in a second time and scored 125 for the loss of six wickets. W.C.K.S. A. E. Davies c Bunting b Berkley IV. 1V1. Beavan b Berkley ... R. M. W. L. Shorting Ibw b Warren ... S. Nas;h b Warren W. K Davey b Jew C. A. C. Patton Ibw b Jew L. P. Snowball c Stanway b Jew B. A. Arthure c Howe b Warren C. T. Winterton b Jew T. M. Jones not out H. D. Tonking b Jew Extras

4 I 9 o 7 8 4 3 i 4 o 8

Total

BOWLING. L. Wa W. N. W. Je

rkley

Runs. Wckts. Overs. Mdns. 13 ••• 3 ••• 12 ••• 7 ... 19 ... 2 ... 6 ... 2 9 ••• 5 ••- 6 ... 3 WORCESTER

CITY.

R. Townsend Toi Ibw b Davies ... ... S. Col Collier Ibw b Davies ... ... ... Dr. E E. L. Bunting b Davies Major F. A. W. Howe c Patton b Davies W. N. Berkley b Davies L. Wa Warren Ibw b Davies ... ... ... C. Rea Re b Nash W. Jew Jei c Shorting b Nash Mit A. Mitchner c Davey b Nash ... ...

... ...

...

2 o 52 3 2 o i i 13

THE VIGORNIAN. G. E. Stanway not out ... ... D. Rabjohns c Jones b Davies ... Extras

... ...

Total

A. E. Davies S. Nash W. L. Shorting

o 4 i 79

BOWLING. Runs. Wckts. ... 57 ... 7 ... 15 ... 3

• .

Overs. Mdns. J3 ••• 3 7 ... 2

W.C.K.S.—2nd Innings. W. L. Shorting b Mitchner R. M. Beavan b Warren ... ... ... A. E. Davies b Mitchner ... ... ... S. Nash b Jew W. K. Davey b Mitchner ... C. A. C. Patton c and b Jew L. P. Snowball not out B. A. Arthure not out Extras

... ...

... ... ...

Total (for six wickets)

17 3 57 18 4 S o 3 18 "5

WORCESTER CITY v. SCHOOL. This return match was played on the County Ground on Thursday, May 26th, and resulted in a draw. The School's bowling was very weak and the City declared at 203. The School started disastrously, Davies and Nash both being out with only 14 on the board. Beavan and Davey however played well and steadily and scored 87 without further loss. Scores :

WORCESTER CITY. E. H. Davies Ibw b Shorting V. W. Humpherson b Shorting A. J. Sim retired Major F. A. W. Howe c Sub b Shorting P. J. Amyes c Shorting b Davies W. H. Nicholls not out Extras

50 '9 IS 26 8 203

Total

R. Blakeley, F. Parry, V. G. Kings, G. P. Cooper, and E. Kelsey did not bat. SCHOOL. A. E. Davies hit wicket b Kelsey R. M. Beavan not out ... ... S. Nash hit wicket b Kelsey W. H. Davey not out Extras ... ...

... ...

...

o 34 5 46 2

Total W. L. Shorting, C. Patton, L. Snowball, B. Arthure, H. Fillmore, C .T. Winterton, and F, M, Jones did not

W.C.K.S. v. DEAN CLOSE, CHELTENHAM. Owing to lack of time this match ended in a very unsatisfactory condition. Dean Close were dismissed for 126. The School scored 90 for the loss of three wickets and appeared on the road to victory when the clock robbed them of whatever chance they had. DEAN CLOSE. Frost hit wicket b Shorting ... Woodhouse b Davies ... ... Hoare c and b Davies ... ... Carter b Nash Smith c Davey b Jones ... ... Williams c Jones b Nash ... Gare run out Clay Ibw b Jones ... Dale b Davey Barkes not out Fullerton run out Extras

... ... ...

...

Total SCHOOL. R. M. Beavan b Smith B. A. Arthure run out A. E. Davies not out W. H. K. Davey c and b Smith W. L. Shorting not out ... ... Extras

3 5 34 & 2& 7 5 4 5 7 3 17 126

S '4 284

...

Total (3 wickets)

...

36 3, 90'

S. Nash, L. P. Snowball, C. T. Winterton, H. C. Fillmore, F. M. Jones, and H. D. Tonking did not bat. W.C.K.S. v. HEREFORD C.S. This match resulted in a comfortable win for the School by 10 wickets and 35 runs. Hereford were dismissed for the moderate total of 66, Shorting taking five wickets for 30 runs. A. E. Davies and W. H. Davey opened for Worcester and stayed together till the end, knocking up no fewer than 101 runs. Scores : HEREFORD. A. G. Davies b Davies T. W. Pennington c Arthure b Shorting E. Jones c and b Shorting W. E. Gaccon c Jones b Shorting N. L. Blackstad c Davies b Shorting ... H. C. Watkins b Davies L. G. Yendoll c Nash b Davies G. Davies b Shorting V. Jones b Nash C. Mullens run out ... Hoyle not out Extras Total

3 9 o 7 28 o 7 3 2 O O

7 66

THE VIGORNIAN. W.C.K.S. •7?

W. H- Davey not out

Total (no wicket)

101

W. L. Shorting, S. Nash, L. P. Snowball, R. M. Beavan, B. A. Arthure, H. C. Fillmore, C. T. Winterton, F. M. Jones, and D. Webb did not bat.

A. E. Davies W. L. Shorting S. Nash ... ...

BOWLING. Overs. 13 ... ... 14 ... ... 4 ...

Runs. 20 30 9

... ... ...

Wickets. 3 5 i

and Davey, but they did not stay together long. Wickets fell rapidly, nobody seeming to play the good bowling of the O.V.'s with any confidence, and had it not been for Beavan (14) and Arthure (22) the score would indeed have been next to nothing. Scores : O.V.'S. J. D. S. Thomas c Davey b Davies M. E. Webb c Patton b Shorting C I Record b Davies D. M. Jeans b Nash W. N Berkley b Davies H. S. Thomas c Jones b Davies

...

BOWLING. Overs. ... 13 ... 8

A. E. Davies ... W. L. Shorting

Toppin run out

Crossley Ibw b W. L. Shorting

SCHOOL. R. M. Beavan b Berkley .. W H Davey b Warren A. E. Davies b Warren S. Nash c and b Berkley . W L Shorting Ibw b Berkley B. A. Arthure b Woodcock C. A. C. Patton c Jeans b Woodcock

6 17*7

Gordon and Howe did not bat. SCHOOL. 10

C. A. C. Patton Ibw b Holmes L P Snowball b Holmes

Extras

36 10

Runs. Wickets. 50 ••• 5 47 ' ••• 4 17 ... i

3 o 8

Total

XTnch

H. C. Fillmore c Record b Woodcock F. M. Jones c Jeans b H. S. Thomas

B. A. J. Arthure c Holmes b Greenstock A. E. Davies c Mackinnon b Holmes ...

W H K Davey b Holmes D. Webb c Holmes b Howe

... ...

Total

Holmes b F. M. Jones

Total

... ...

W.C.K.S. v. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. Played at Worcester on July 2nd. Lost by 88 runs. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. Greenstock c Davies b W. L. Shorting ...

... ...

Total

W. Berkley L. Warren L. Woodcock A. K. Lewis H. S. Thomas

... ... ... ... ...

BOWLING. Overs. ... 7 ... ... 7 ... ... 2 ... ... 3 ... ... 2 ...

— Runs. Wickets. 31 ... 3 11 ... 2 9 ... 3 8 ... i 5 ... i

O.V.'S v. SCHOOL. The Old Vigornians furnished a strong eleven to repre* sent them in this match. Thomas and Webb opened strongly, and Lewis also in the later part of the innings batted well. The School's innings was opened by Beavan

SCHOOL v. NORTON BARRACKS. At Norton on Wednesday, June 22nd. A win for Norton by 35 runs. Scores : Sergt. Denton c Arthur b Shorting Lee -Cpl Clifford b Davies

THE VIGORNIAN. Q.M.S. Rose Ibw b Shorting Q.M.S. Walliker not out C.S.M. Jones c Davey b Nash ... Lce.-Cpl. White c Snowball b Nash Lieut. Rowlands b Davey Pte. Long b Davies Lce.-Cpl. Hocking b Davies Lce.-Cpl. Greenway b Davies ... Extras ... ...

9 14 8 4 16

... ...

25 o 13 10

... ...

Total

119

197

S. Nash b Bunting ... ... ... ... W. L. Shorting b Craze B. A. Arthure b Glennie ... ... ... C. A. C. Patton c Howe b Bunting L. P. Snowball b Glennie ... ... H. C. Fillmore hit wicket b Bunting ... F. M. Jones Ibw b Bunting ... ... C. T. Winterton not out ... ... ... Extras ... ... ...

...

... ... ... ... ...

i 6 25 2 8 4 o 6 5

Total

SCHOOL. R. M. Beavan b Rose ... ... W. K. Davey b Rose ... ... A. E. Davies b Wallikcr ... ... S. Nash c Denton b Greenway ... W. L. Shorting c Denton b Rose B. A. Arthure c White b Greenway L. P. Snowball b Greenway D. Webb b Greenway H. C. Fillmore c Walliker b Rose F. M. Jones not out C. T. Winterton b Rose ... ... Extras ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

... ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

... ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

6 o 13 29 n 4 n o i 2 i 6

... ...

Total KING'S SCHOOL v. T. E. RAMMELL, ESQ.'S XI. This exciting match ended in a win for Mr. Rammell's XI. by nine runs. Dr. Duggan and Dr. Bunting gave the visitors a good start, putting on 47 for the first wicket. For the School Bcavan and Arthure were the only two who reached double figures. Undoubtedly the feature of the match was the splendid bowling of Shorting, who took six wickets for 22 runs and performed the " hat-trick." Scores : T. E. RAMMELL'S XL Dr. N. Duggan run out Dr. E. L. Bunting b Shorting A. W. Glennie c Patton b Davies ... L. Brice b Shorting ... M. E. Webb c Jones b Shorting Major F. A. W. Howe c Davey b Nash Rev. R. Craze b Nash A. E. Spreckley b Shorting Rev. R. J. Whitakcr b Shorting H. D. Tonking b Shorting T. E. Rammell not out Extras

... ...

...

25 23 17 o o 19 o n o o o 3

NORTON BARRACKS. Sergt. Orgies c Beavan b Shorting Sergt. Denton b Davies ... Lce.-Cpl. Clifford b Shorting Q.M.S. Walliker c Patton b Davies ... Q.M.S. Rose c Arthure b Davies C.S.M. Jones run out Pte. Long b Jones ... ... ... ... Lce.-Cpl. White b Shorting Sergt. Simmonds c Shorting b Davies ... R.S.M. McLean b Davies Lce-Cpl. Greenway not out ... ... Extras ... ... ...

6 9 63 o o

...

... ... ... ...

... ...

Total

9 21 4 4 4 o •; 123

SCHOOL. B. A. Arthure c White b Rose ... R. M. Beavan c Jones b Rose ... A. E. Davies c Denton b Clifford W. L. Shorting Ibw b Clifford W. K. Davey b Greenway ... C. A. C. Patton c Denton b Rose L. P. Snowball c Rose b Greenway H. C. Fillmore b Clifford F. M. Jones c White b Clifford D. Webb st White b Clifford C. T. Winterton not out Extras ... ...

23 o

...

Total

3° 23 o 27 2 8 4 i 13 8 139

W.C.K.S. v. DEAN CLOSE. Played at Cheltenham on July 6th, and resulted in a win for Dean Close by 46 runs.

Total SCHOOL. R. M. Beavan b Craze W. K. Davey b Bunting A. E. Davies c Bunting b Spreckley

W.C.K.S. v. NORTON BARRACKS. This proved an exciting match, for with the last man in the School wanted six runs to win. This was accomplished, thanks to Patton and Winterton, who both batted very well. Scores :

23 i 6

DEAN CLOSE. A. H. Williams b Davies ...

E. H- Frost c Patton b Shorting

...

THE VIGORNIAN.

ig8 E. S. Hoare c Patton b Davies ... J. S. Stent b Nash ... J. W. Kerr b Nash J. R. Barkes b Davies R. W. Clay b Davies G. V. Gare c Jones b Nash ... H. Wood c Shaw b Shorting A. H. Fullerton not out ... ... M. Bayley Ibw b Shorting ... Extras

...

16 4

...

... ...

7 6 o 2 21 4 o 1

W. L. Shorting Ibw b Smith S. Nash b Ballinger • C. A. C. Patton b Ballinger L. P. Snowball b Ballinger F. M. Jones Ibw b Ballinger D. Webb c Abley b James C. T. Winterton not out G. J. Shaw c Kendrick b Smith Extras ... ...

...

10 8 3 o 7 21 21 3 9

Total Total W.C.K.S. B. A. Arthure Ibw b Hoare ... R. M. Beavan b Frost ... ... A. E. Davies b Hoare ... ... W. L. Shorting c Hoare b Frost S. Nash Ibw b Frost C. Patton c and b Hoare ... ... D. Webb b Hoare L. P. Snowball not out F. M. Jones b Frost ... ... G. J. Shaw c Williams b Hoare H. C. Fillmore b Frost Extras ... ...

114

IST XI. AVERAGES. ... ... ...

... ... ...

...

Total

13 2

i5 4 o o 9 7 o o ii 68

BATTING. Times Innings, "not out." A. E. Davies ... 13 ... 2 ... B. A. J. Arthure n ... 2 ... W. L. Shorting... C. T. Winterton...

Runs. 271 145 141 55

Average. 24-6 16-1 14-1 1375

BOWLING. Overs. A. E. Davies ... 173 ... F. M. Jones ... 24 ... S. Nash ... 63 ... W. L. Shorting... 150 ...

Runs. 512 105 276 496

Wickets. Average. ... 44 ... 11-63 ... 9 ... 11-67 ... 20 ... 13-8 ... 33 ... 15

W.C.K.S. v. LEDBURY. A very cose match ended in a win for the School by six runs. For Ledbury C. B. Masefield scored 29. The School commenced badly, only four runs being scored for the loss of two good wickets. Things however looked brighter towards the finish, thanks to a splendid stand by Webb and Winterton. LEDBURY. J. Smith run out ... ... ... ... C. M. Marshan c Arthure b Shorting ... C. P. Ballinger b Davies F. James Ibw b Davies ... ... ... W. Clerke b Davies C..B. Masefield c Beavan b Nash ... W. G. Warren b Jones ... ... ... W. Bennett c Patton b Jones ... ... W. Abley not out ... ... ... ... G. Smart b Jones ... ... ... ... J. Kendrick c Arthure b Davies ... ... Extras

... ...

...

... ... ... ... ... ...

Extras

6 4 4 17 3 29 14 o 9 o 2 6 94

W.C.K.S. B. A. Arthure Ibw b James ... R. M. Beavan b Smith A. E. Davies c Warren.b Smith

...

4 o 14

Crime In Russia. To each nation may be attributed its own particular form of crime : an excessive sentimentality to France, a dismal form of religion to Bonnie Scotland, a predeliction for sausages and " Kultur " to Germany, a passion for petty thieving to Taffyland, an insufferable dullness to the Swiss, and a fondness for wallowing in dirt to the Italians. This last crime, by the way, is not confined to the Italian peninsula! The national crime of the Spaniards is cruelty, as is shown by their sports, and in their treatment of animals and of each other. The national crime of the English is hypocrisy. What takes place openly on the Continent is done secretly in England, and, on Sundays, the English ostentatiously go to church or chapel, and thank God that they are not like the immoral nations of the Continent! But . . . there is one nation which stands out above all others for the cold-bloodedness of its crime, and that nation is Russia. In all other countries it is only a proportion of the people that is criminally inclined, but in Russia all persons, high and low, rich and poor, all are tarred with the same awful brush. The crime of Russians is ... their terrible language ! In all other languages, a word is a word, and, in all its cases or tenses, retains some resemblance to the original word. Take the ordinary English word " jam." I can eat jam, lick jam, chew it, swallow it, step on it, slide in it, smear it on the floor, spread it on the walls, rub it on my clothes, plaster it

THE V1GOR1 on my hair—if I feel so inclined—and it is always " jam " and spells itself j-a-m. Now if jam happened to be a Russian word, what would our Russian friends do with i t ? They would torture it, twist it, cut off its tail and add a dozen new and different tails. Then, when they have so ill-treated the poor thing, they point proudly to it and say, " See how flexible our language is ! " When I buy jam in Russia, I must ask for " jam-ic," and when I arrive home I find that, by some mysterious process, it has changed to " maj-ic." I eat jam-ou, I pass the jam-e; when we see it on the table we must call it jam-on, but if it falls off the table we must say jam-off. When it reaches the floor it becomes jam-im, but only if the jammy side is uppermost. Should the jammy side touch the floor it is then called jam-ix. A spoonful of jam is called jam-ovitch. When we have had enough jam we say jam-satis and if we never eat jam we say jam-ais. On week-days a Russian word is spelt backwards except on Tuesdays and Fridays, when it is spelt sideways. The Russian alphabet has 36 letters: C = S, H = N, P = R, etc. You see the word " PECTOPAH " in large letters on a huge building and imagine it stands for picture-palace, but find, on entering, that it means " RESTORAN," where the Russians begin their meal with a gruel that looks, to the foreigner, like damaged rice. Oh, Vigornians, be thankful that you do not have to learn Russian at school! Why do not the other nations come to the help of their poor sister? Oh for a noble band of heroes to extricate our Russian allies—with gunpowder, if necessary—from their linguistic slough of despond ! They should set to work to reform the Russian language: all those confounded case-endings should be ruthlessly cut away, and the Russians must be prevented from changing the simple home-made " jam " into a chemical compound of fearsome aspect! ANGLECHAINEEN.

editorial notices Photos of the pavilion (6d. each) may be obtained from W. Dowty, Broad Street. Photos of the memorial window in the Cloisters can also be obtained from Philip & Sons, Sidbury. Contributions to the " Vigornian " are always welcome from past and present members of the School. These should be written on one side of the paper only, and the writer's name should be enclosed, not necessarily for publication.

On re:j the by no occasj) of the! much tf O.V. which the gat when tjj recall was s] wondq tirr

wh sessU memofaj evening the Pr and in the" presen a gatfi many par* memorial service in tj] Chappel'S| numberj hymn which bol combine " a sp " a t< same common tn sucff points o» The s^ that a annual the win gathering an effort three years. of O.V. genl

Contemporaries. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following: The Decanian, The Lily, The King Edward's School Chronicle, The Portcullis, The Tonbridgian, The Felstedian, The Alleynian, The Rossallian, The Cantuarian, The Herefordian, The Wulfrunian. Can