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VOL. IX.

Contents. Editorial School Notes Prize Day Lecture Society Debating Society The Duke of York's Camp King's Scholarship Examination Cricket Football Games Committee Meeting O.T.C. Notes Oxford Letter Cambridge Letter Two Election Types ... ... ... " That Strain Again " The Pageant of the Winds The Story of John Davis An Elegy Glastonbury The Log Mill , Section Competition Calendar School Officers Valete Salvete Chess Notes O.V. News O.V. Club Wordsworth on the Football Field Correspondence Chappel Memorial Reading Room—Subscriptions Contemporaries

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editorial. What is an Editorial? Judging from personal experience, it is certainly not the paragraph or paragraphs that, on the first page of every school magazine, appear with monotonous regularity under that head. For the component parts of all such " editorials " would seem to be as follows. First of all come a few general remarks on the writing of an editorial: the editor modestly deprecates his own ability to do so, and confesses that he has spent many a sleepless night since receiving the dismal news that this task has fallen to his lot; or perhaps he parodies with greater or less success the way on which others have written editorials. Secondly, he gives up this attempt at originality as being beyond his powers, utters one or two fatuous remarks about the weather or the doings of the First XI. or XV., and relapses into a silence that gives one the impression that the writer is left panting and exhausted in the editorial chair after his manful attempts to fill up the necessary quota of space. We must conclude that all editors are liars who head a paragraph with the word "Editorial," and, without filling up that paragraph with an editorial, first discuss and then evade doing so. For an editorial can palpably be neither the discussion of the writing of an editorial, nor the utterance of a few unenlightening commonplaces concerning

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subjects which are dealt with much more adequately in other parts of the periodical. And now, too, the present editor, his stock of ideas rapidly failing, is forced to the depressing conclusion that he is tarred with the same brush. For, whereas former editors have discussed the writing of editorials, he has merely gone a step further by discussing the discussion of the writing of editorials. So, with the half-comforting, half-disappointing reflection that the fruit of his labours will be unnoticed by all but a few, who will skim over the editorial in their eagerness to turn to more entertaining things, he too will retire from the struggle for originality with as good grace as possible.

School notes. Rugger has been progressing with marked success this Term, especially as regards the ist XV., an account of whose activities will be found elsewhere in our issue. We must add that the lower games have not been neglected, an under fourteen XV. having been formed. The trouble taken to coach Lower Rugger might well be emulated in cricket. * * * Speech Day passed off very well, Lord Cobham, who distributed the prizes, making an instructive and amusing speech on the use of books,—an appropriate theme. The Debating Society, though making a late start, has made up for it by holding two very successful debates, a full account of which will be found elsewhere. The School O.T.C. sent a contingent to Strensall Camp, where it experienced weather, which was on the whole more favourable than that of former years. Two representatives also went to the Duke of York's Camp in Kent. * * * Congratulations to J. L, Longland on playing in the Cambridge Freshers' match, and also to G. H. Evans on running consistently well at Cambridge. * * » AH who have not yet heard will be interested to hear that the present triangle of grass between the New Buildings and School House is eventually to be made into a quad surrounded by new class-rooms and a Chappel Memorial Reading Room. * * * Budding poets should observe that a fortune is awaiting the genius with a song entitled "Tram 1 , tram', tram', the boys are marching." » * *

It was with great regret that we heard, earlier in the Term, of the death of William Skinner, our invaluable cricket coach. His presence on the field will be greatly missed next season, for his virile personality and sound advice made his coaching a thing that will be hard to replace. * # * The Kicking Competition, the result of Mr. Gettings' generosity, has been a great success, P. H. Graves-Morris winning this event by a narrow margin from R, K. Hooper, * » # Congratulations to Professor A. Pearce Higgins, Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge (O.V.) on being appointed a K.C. Preparations for the end-of-term Concert are now in full swing under the able guidance of Mr. E. I. Day. It is to be hoped that we shall have an audience as numerous as these efforts deserve. Mr. H. E. Nicholls is to be commended on the excellent progress made by his swimming classes last Term, which resulted in no less than twenty becoming proficient.

Prize Dap. The Dean of Worcester (Dr. Moore Ede) presided at the annual prize-giving, held in the College Hall on October 25th. Among those also present were Viscount Cobham (the new Lord Lieutenant of the City and County), the Mayor (Aid. A. Carlton), Aid. Edwards, Canons Wilson, Cronshaw and Lacey, Mr. R. R. Fairbairn, M.P., and Mr. S. Southall (O.V.). The Dean announced that Mrs. Chappel and some of her friends were about to put a window in the Cloisters to commemorate the late Canon Chappel's connection with the School. The glass for the window was finished and it was hoped shortly to put it in its place. The Headmaster would also put before them another scheme with the same object. He would not attempt to explain that scheme but he. would say that he considered it a thoroughly sound one. He hoped they would give the scheme all the support they could. In his annual report, the Headmaster (the Rev. C. Creighton) said that he had nothing very eventful to relate. During the past year there had only been two changes in the School Staff and neither of those was due to any more serious cause than matrimony. The Dean : Is there a more serious cause? The Headmaster added that he was glad to have that opportunity of thanking the Staff for all they had done for the boys and for the School. Of Ihe Honours list (which is

THE VIGORN1AN. set out below), the Headmaster said that for a school of their small size to have won two open scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge was very good indeed. It was a remarkable fact that the three boys who had won scholarships were all old choristers, two of them in Worcester Cathedral and one from another cathedral. • It was sometimes said that the training of choristers was a bar to distinction in other work. He was inclined to take an opposite view, and had done all he could—he wished he could do more—to encourage music and especially singing in the School. Dealing with the results of the Oxford and Cambridge Board examinations, he said that he was quite well satisfied with two higher certificates in classics, but of the School certificates he proposed to say quite frankly they were entirely unsatisfactory and quite unworthy of the School. He was not in the least satisfied with three school certificates, and he was not going to pretend that he was. The list of lower certificates justified a more jubilant note. As far as he could judge, their record in this examination was as good as that of any school of their size in England. Of the many honours won by old boys, he would only point to that won by Professor Pearce Higgins, who had been made a K.C. Professor Higgins was one of the most distinguished of the School's old boys. The Old Vigornians' gathering in the Summer Term was unusually successful this year owing to the hospitality of their good friend, Mr. Southall, whose gift also was the handsome flagstaff which they would have noticed flying the School flag as they entered. The new boathouse had proved extremely useful. The School four had distinguished themselves at Marlowe Regatta by getting into the final of the Public Schools Fours. THE EXTENSION SCHEME.

Last year he referred to the scheme of new buildings to commemorate the great work done by Canon Chappel at the School, and also to provide new classrooms, which were urgently needed. Since that time the scheme had taken definite shape, and had now already been auspiciously launched. Briefly the scheme was to add to the School buildings what would ultimately prove to be a most handsome quadrangle at the back of the existing classrooms. One side of this would be formed by the Chappel Memorial Reading Room, and the other blocks of buildings would be formed by the new class-rooms. A reading room was not a strictly necessary part of the School equipment, and it was for that reason all the more suitable as a memorial building. A memorial should be something in the nature of a luxury, however useful it might be. For the building of the Memorial Hall they were relying on subscriptions. The building of the new class-rooms the Governors hoped to be able to finance out of the School funds. But they could not do so entirely, and they had already given an opportunity to parents who were in a position to do so, to pay, in addition to the ordinary terminal fee, an extra sum to help to provide the new school buildings. That invitation had already met with quite an encouraging response, and he hoped that, until they had the buildings they requierd, it would continue so. There was no danger of their collecting too much money ;

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and they would value their buildings all the more if they were the result of a large number of small subscriptions. He thanked Sir John Middlemore for a gift of £100 towards the fund, and expressed a confident hope that by that time next year the new buildings would be rising from the ground, if not well on their way to completion. The Dean said that he had noticed an improvement in the boys' singing in the Cathedral. This was largely due to the action of Sir Ivor Atkins and the School's music master—Mr. Day—in arranging for the practising of the hymns for Sunday. He did not think that they could overestimate the value of the connection between the School and the Cathedral. In introducing Lord Cobham, he said that his family had been connected with the Cathedral, and presumably with the King's School, for a long time back. It was with peculiar pleasure that they welcomed there that day the present representative of the Lyttelton family. A HORROR OF " BREEZY " PEOPLE.

Lord Cobham then distributed the prizes. Addressing the boys afterwards, he said that he thought it was singularly appropriate that that, his first appearance in Worcester as Lord Lieutenant, should be connected with that ancient school, which for so many years had been of such great interest to his family. There occurred in the letter of invitation which the Headmaster sent him a sentence which a good deal intrigued him, a good deal perplexed him. That sentence was " If I may say so, I think the boys will be glad to have a change from ecclesiastical or academic notabilities." As he read those words, his mind travelled back over the 1250 years in which the School had flourished and he saw the whole vista of great prelates, eminent divines and learned professors who had graced those proceedings with their oratory and had dignified them with weighty counsel from their store of wisdom. Naturally, he asked himself : What was he expected to talk about? Various incidents in his career arose and he thought that there were three things on which he might be qualified to make a speech. The War—naturally he put that aside. Cricket—hardly suitable for a gathering of that nature. Politics—he could almost feel the shudder which would go through the hall. Then it occurred to him perhaps he was meant to be jocular. It might be that u " breezy " speech was expected from him. He had a horror of " breezy " people. He could imagine no more dismal fate than having to live with a person who possessed " that Kruschen feeling." So he put all these things behind him and found that there was nothing left. He determined then to follow the example of his predecessors ; a soldier might well imitate the oratory of a bishop, but it would be a brave bishop who would dare to adopt the vocabulary of a soldier. Lord Cobham then gave his version of the traditional prize-giving address, and a very interesting version it proved, lightened from time to time with touches of delightful humour. He pointed out to the boys three possible sources of inspiration—companions, books, and music. Everyone, he said, would seek their inspiration in different

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things. There were many who would go and listen to a Beethoven Sonata, interpret it, feel the chords of it touch their own emotions, and feel what they wanted. Another would find all the pleasure he was seeking in that dreadful melody they all knew, " Yes, we have no bananas." The only comment he had to make upon that was that if they were satisfied with that melody, they were likely not only to find in it no bananas, but nothing else whatever. Then there was the inspiration they had from books. Everyone got more inspiration from what he read than from any other source. They were told that Napoleon Bonaparte got his inspiration from reading Plutarch's " Lives." It might very justly be said that if Plutarch's " Lives " led one to the career of a Napoleon Bonaparte, ought not that study to be condemned? He had no answer to that except to say that there was a very big gap between Plutarch and Miss Ethel Dell, and it was not entirely the writing, but the reading of the writing, which mattered. Although there was much to be condemned in the career of Napoleon, one could but imagine what kind of man he would have been if his mind had been trained on a contemporary Nat Gould. AUTHORSHIP WITHOUT WARNING.

It was not easy to lay down rules as to what one was to read and what not to read. No one in his senses was going to read a book because he thought it was going to do him good. Everybody must browse in the pastures he liked best, but let him keep in mind the fact that there were richer and better pastures if he would only continue looking for them. Someone in London the other day spoke in high praise of the " shilling shocker." He could not find much time in these days to read "shilling shockers." There was an appalling output of that class of literature; it was as though everybody was emptying the suds of their minds out of the window without having the decency to shout " Heads, below." He counselled his young hearers to start reading early. They would find that after they were 25 they would be overladen with stuff that they had to read, and one could not get much inspiration out of a report of a select committee on town drainage, or a great deal of uplift from an income tax return. If they would only start he would give them his assurance that they would never regret it. The Dean said that he thought the boys would read the prizes they had received that day, because they had picked them themselves. About novels. There were a larger number of people reading about the doings of boys in that School than any other subject, as the library statistics of the issues of Mrs. Henry Wood's books would show. The Mayor, moving a vote of thanks to Lord Cobham, offered the congratulations of the City to the City's new Lord Lieutenant. They knew him well in Worcester, but they had never met him before in his new capacity. They hoped that he might have very long years to act as Lord Lieutenant of the County of the City of Worcester, and also in his larger office as Lord Lieutenant of the Shire.

Canon Wilson seconded, though he remarked that it was an ambiguous compliment to a speaker to ask a deaf man to second a vote of thanks to him. They welcomed Lord Cobham there for his dear father's sake, and he had given proof that afternoon that they would welcome him in the future for his own sake. Mr. Fairbairn proposed a vote of thanks to the Dean. Lord Cobham returned thanks for his cordial reception. He asked for and obtained a half-holiday for the School. THE PRIZE LIST

The prize list was as follows :— School Prizes.—Bishop of Worcester's Divinity Prize: Via, J. L. Longland. Rev. R. F. McNeile's Divinity Prize : Upper V, R. F. P. Cobb. George Nash DivinityPrize : Lower V, G. Every and D. B. Williams. Maurice Day Classical Prize : J. L. Longland. James Nash Classical Prize: L.Va., G. E. Churchill. School Latin Prose Prize (Canon Lacey) : J. L. Longland. School Maths. (Canon Wilson) : J. L. R. Croft. Archdeacon James' Accidence Prizes: Via, Greek and Latin, A. G. Bain; Upper V, Latin, L. G. K. Ford ; Lower Va, Latin, G. F. Blandford; Greek, G. Every and D. G. W. Brown; Remove, Latin, A. N. Birkmyre ; IV., Latin, H. T. Graham ; Shell, Latin, J. Wilding. General Knowledge (the Dean of Worcester) : Upper School, J. L. Longland; Middle School, H. T. Graham; Lower School, J. F. R. JonesWilliams. French Prize, Oral (Mrs. Ernest Day) : C. E. Coverdale. French Prize, Lower Certificate (Mr. S. W. Whitehouse) : H. W. Burdett. French Accidence : Upper School, P. H. Graves-Morris; Middle School, N. J. R. Gibbs, M. R. A. Ainslie. German Prize : R. F. P. Cobb. Science Prize (Mr. S. Southall) : School Certificate, W. M. Graves-Morris ; Lower Certificate, T. E. D. Beavan. Mrs. Henry Wood's Essay Prize: C. J. C. Molony i, H. W. Burdett 2, G. Every 3. Form Prizes.—Upper V, M. E. Kitton ; Lower Va, G. E. Churchill; Lower Vb, A. Landale; Rem., F. A. Allcott; IVa, H. T. Graham; IVb, T. M. L. Redmond; Shell, W. H. O. Woodrow; I I I , C. E. H. Finch; II, J. F. R. Jones-Williams; I, A. L. Flay. Mathematical Sets: A2, H. P. E. Pereira; AS, J. J. Painting; A4, D. K. Peters; Bi, H. C. Gettings; 62, H. L. Hargraves; 63, W. J. L. Severn; 84, J. A. W. Rogers; Ci, P. P. Murphy; C2, J. F. R. Jones-Williams; C3, H. Baylis. Extra Subjects.—Archdeacon Spooner's Recitation Prizes : Middle School, R. H. N. Wood ; Lower School, D. A. D. Hopkin ; Music Prize (Sir Ivor Atkins) : A. J. C. B. Gill; Holiday Reading : Upper V, R. F. P. Cobb ; Lower Va, G. E. Churchill ; Rem., C. E. N. Davies ; IVa, M. R. A. Ainslie; IVb, R. S. Eckersley; Shell, R. I. Stone; III, H. D. Littlebury; II, J. F. R. Jones-Williams; I, H. Baylis. Drawing (Middle School) : J. A. W. Nott. Holiday Drawing: D. B. Williams. Holiday Collections: Butterflies, R. M. Brighouse; photography, K. N. Ross. Canon Rivington's Prize (Cathedral Catechising): Senior, G. F. Blandford; Junior, D. W. A. Molony.

THE VIGORNIAN. The winners of Oxford and Cambridge Certificates were : Higher Certificates in Classical Studies : J. L. Longland, Distinction in Ancient History and Literature : A. G. Bain. School Certificates: W. M. Graves-Morris, with credit in 3 subjects, M. E. Kitton, 3 subjects, H. P. E. Pereira, 5 subjects. Lower Certificates : T. E. D. Beavan, with 2 ist Classes, C. J. O. Blackall 3 ist Classes, G. F. Blandford, 4 ist Classes, K. C. Bristow, i ist Class, C. H. Brown, D. G. W. Brown, H. W. Burdett, i ist Class, B. H. Carter, G. E. Churchill, 5 ist Classes, G. Every, 5 ist Classes F. M. Goddard, i ist Class, H. F. Langstaff, i ist Class, C. J. C. Molony, 2 ist Classes, A. H. Osmond, i ist Class, J. J. Painting, 3 ist Classes, E. Y. Robinson i ist Class, D. B. Williams 4 ist Classes, A. L. Garrett, A. Landale. Certificate A, won by members of the O.T.C. during the past year: A. G. Bain, C. H. Brown, M. R. Craze, J. L. R. Croft, J. G. Downes, S. G. Fowler, F. W. C. Gettings, W. M'C. Graves-Morris, M. E. Kitton, H. P. E. Pereira, R. E. B. Robinson, G. M. Watts, D. Webb. Chief honours won by members of the School during the year: A. J. C. B. Gill. Open Scholarship for History, Exeter College, Oxford; J. L. Longland, Classical Scholarship, Jesus College, Cambridge; R. Wynne-Woolley. Choral Scholarship, Christ's College, Cambridge.

Cccturt socutp. Of the following Lectures which have been arranged for this Term four have already taken place most successfully. Though fewer than formerly the usual variety of interest has been in no way decreased. Saturday, November 3rd, 8 p.m. " On the Trail of the Cowboy." P. ESCOTT NORTH, ESQ. Saturday, November loth, 8 p.m. " The Development of Modern Painting." Miss M. H. BULLEY. Saturday, November i7th,- 8 p.m. "The Three Mediterraneans." J. F. ADKINS, ESQ. Saturday, December ist, 7.30 p.m. " The Wonderland of Wasps." J. J. WARD, ESQ. Wednesday, December $th, 5 p.m. " West Indies." REV. H. A. WALTON, S.P.G. *

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It is a tribute to Mr. North's personality to say that no account of his lecture on Cowboys can possibly do him justice. He strode into the Hall " a real, live cowboy," booted, spurred, hearth-rugged (as he informed us), sombreroed, and on his shirt the shining star of the deputy sheriff. After explaining the uses of his strange attire he proceeded to give us a description of the life of the cowboy and his broncho—the herding, the branding, the bronchobusting, bringing in little anecdotes as the slides recalled them to his memory. He concluded by demonstrating the wonderful power the cowboy has over his lariat, completely trussing up an unfortunate Vigornian who stood ten yards away from him. Without doubt this lecture by a man who has been a cowboy for six years was very much enjoyed by the audience. The lecture on the development of Modern Painting, which we were privileged to hear from Miss Bulley on November loth, was no less appreciated than those which we have formerly heard from her. Her central theme was cubism, which, she told us, had arisen from the desire of modern artists to rescue painting from that low conception of art which aims solely at copying Nature. This, we heard, was also men's idea of Art till the time of the Middle Ages, when they began to instil something more than mere Nature into their works. Again, however, Nature had banished Art, with the result of the reaction of the present day—cubism. We are thus at a critical period. Will cubism result in the restoration of true Art? Mr. Adkins' lecture on " The Three Mediterraneans " centred round a theory that was quite new to some of us, namely that of conceiving the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean as three successive inland seas in the world's history. After outliving the various stages he showed us that we were now at the beginning of the third stage, when East meets West across the Pacific. He concluded a most interesting lecture by bringing home to us the reality of the " cheap " yellowman crushing the " expensive " white man out of existence. Though many of us were wondering what Mr. Ward could possibly find to tell us about Wasps, his lecture undoubtedly proved there to be a " Wonderland " of these insects for all who can see it. He began by telling us of the different kinds of wasps,—solitary, social, tree and ground, and went on to tell us their life stories. For the whole of their short life, it would seem, they work unceasingly to provide cells and food for the grubs, their offspring. These, in their turn, carry on like work. We may add that a great feature of this most interesting lecture was the wonderful coloured slides depicting the life of the wasp-grub, which must have cost the lecturer some considerable trouble to produce.

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Debating Socktp. On Wednesday, 2ist November, Mr. Pereira moved that in the opinion of this house " modern inventions do more harm than good." The chief point of his speech was that modern inventions tend to slackness and hence depravity. He adduced as an analogy the fall of Rome. Mr. Bain, after denying that ancient Rome had anything to do with modern inventions, mentioned that the conception that all people lived happily, in plenty and enlightenment in the olden days, was a perverted one—they did not : but modern inventions were helping them to do so now. On rising to second the motion Mr. Molony stated that the chief harm of modern inventions was the tendency they showed to do away with hard work, the little they left being of the monotonous nature that hinders development. But in reply to this Mr. Ainsworth claimed that inventions were bringing a moderate comfort and culture to the many, whereas the old re'gime had only brought it in a high degree to the few. Other speakers were Messrs. Ross and Burden for the motion, and Strong, Williams, Shorting, Croft and Carter against. The Headmaster also spoke. He said that what we should be discussing was " Has the modern race used inventions to its benefit or not? " and not "Are the modern inventions good things in themselves? " In spite of the fact that he thought ill-use had been made of them, the motion was lost 37—7. The debate on " Women's activities should be confined to the home " was not such an outstanding success as the former, owing to the smallness of the audience and a consequent paucity of speakers. Mr. Ross proposed the motion, basing most of his arguments on tradition and the fact that woman had never done anything for which she might expect equal rights with man. Mr. Croft pleaded that she had never been given the chance, and that to refuse her was against all principles of development. In seconding the motion Mr. Bain emphasized woman's position as man's helper, arguing that it would be unnatural to alter this long-standing state of things. Mr. Cobb observed that it was not fair to criticize a movement which had only just begun : it should be favoured as one more step in the progress of civilization. Messrs. Pereira and Molony then spoke, followed by the Headmaster, who made a witty speech displaying the selfishness of the proposer's point of view. Was woman's sole purpose to be man's slave? He thought not. And he thought that the House was intelligent enough not to think so too. However his hearers had not sufficient intelligence for the motion was won 10—7.

ClK Duke of fork's Camp. It was with feelings of keen anticipation that we approached the Royal Mews, where we first assembled as a party. We were evidently considered important as every empty space was soon filled with busy photographers. We were hustled into a large hall to lunch. At this stage most of us felt remarkably shy, and it was only when exhorted

by the Camp Chief that we settled down to eat in real earnest. Soon our tongues were loosened and we made friends with those in our sections. Suddenly there was a terrific burst of cheering as our Royal host entered. He said nothing to us personally, though he left several messages with the Chief. After luncheon we received all due instructions from the Chief and then dispersed to view the King's horses. Time and space permit of no further account of our doings in London, and we next approach New Romney, the scene of our activities for the next few days. A march of two miles put us into good trim for the games of the next few days. We had time to look critically at our surroundings before hurrying off to an entertainment. The whole camp was a delightful combination of work and pleasure. We could bathe three times a day. A feature of the bathing was the fact that biscuits were issued by one of the camp staff affectionately known as " Boss-eye." It was his boast that no one could secure two helpings of biscuits from him and so great was the competition to do so. Between the hours of 9 and n each morning there were inter-section competitions. Marks were scored and the top two sections at the end of camp were given silver medals by the Duke of York. The afternoon was the time when everyone was left to his own leisure. There were char-a-banc rides arranged for all who wished to indulge in such pleasures. Those who obtained permission could bathe. The evening was filled with very amusing entertainments, which got better every day. Cinematograph shows, wireless, songs and jazz bands were to be heard and seen daily. One day the Duke and Duchess of York came to visit us. The whole camp was photographed in one large group, of which we all received a copy. The Duke viewed the performance of our sports with great interest. Finally, the last day, filled with thrills, arrived. In the afternoon took place the inter-section cross-country race of one and a half miles, a truly awful grind. At night there was an exceptionally long entertainment, full of fun, followed by a large bonfire on the beach, around which the entire camp danced, singing " Auld Lang Syne." We finished with rousing cheers for the camp chief and his staff before returning to the camp, where a special pillow fight had been arranged. . . . CAMPER.

King's Scholarship examination. The following have been elected to KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS : 1. G. D. S. Boole. Mr. R. F. Duckworth, St. Peter's, Weston-super-Mare. 2. J. J. Painting. Worcester Cathedral's King's School. 3. H. F. Langstaff. do. do. 4. J. R. Wingfield Digby. Mr. F, P. Insley, Wychwood, Bournemouth.

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Mr. B. O. Corbett, Shardlow Hall,

Elected to ENTRANCE HOUSE SCHOLARSHIPS. C. H. B. Chamberlain. Mr. N. P. Allen, St. Winifred's, Kenley. E. F. Stanton. Mr. E. Dodd, Downside, Purley. AMY LEA EXHIBITION—for sons of Clergy in the Diocese of Worcester. D. J. Cockle.

Worcester Cathedral King's School.

Cricket. We have just been through one of those lean years that must come to every school. We were handicapped, in the first place, by having only two old colours left from last season, and had to build up a new team. Nor was there much promising material to choose from at the beginning of Term. One reason, at any rate, for this lies in the fact, on which we have often previously insisted, that cricket is not treated sufficiently seriously in any but the first game, the result being that those who come up have to begin by unlearning a great deal—a process which consumes much valuable time which might be better spent. Until more trouble can be taken to raise the standard of the second and third games at any rate, we shall continue to find difficulty in selecting twenty-two up to the standard of the first. All through the season there have been too many elementary points, such as backing up at the wicket or in the field, calling to run, or taking the wicket when opponents are running, which ought to have been instilled previously, but even now are very imperfectly known. We have suffered much from the old complaint, lack of bowlers, though it is fair to say that towards the end of the season we have unearthed one or two juniors who bid fair to remedy this defect another year—in fact there seems to be good material, which, if properly fostered, should provide a good team in the near future. Two satisfactory features should be noticed, (i) The assiduous practice in fielding, which bore good fruit, a great improvement being effected during the season in the matter of catching and throwing-in ; (2) the great debt we owe to our coach, Skinner, who has the happy knack of imparting to boys some of the enthusiasm which he himself feels for the game, and to whom is due the chief credit for the improvement which has undoubtedly taken place. THE IST XI.

D. WEBB. A painstaking and watchful batsman without much punishing power. Unfortunately, he starts shakily and only occasionally got going. Much improved as wicket-keeper, taking the ball well, but not yet a good stumper. Energetic and effective captain.

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A. G. BAIN. A taking bat with many good strokes, especially on the off. At present his defence is not fully developed ; with experience should make a lot of runs. Reliable in the field. M. E. KITTON. A fastish bowler of infinite variety, on which he relies for an occasional wicket. " Nippy " in the field, and can make runs against loose bowling. R. E. B. ROBINSON. With care should develop into a good medium off-break bowler. Has an easy action, but his length is erratic. A batsman of the robust type without much defence. Active in field. J. L. LONGLAND. Unorthodox bat, who would be more effective if he could break himself of the habit of stepping in front to hit straight balls to leg. Energetic and smart in the field, with a good throw-in. L. W. SHORTING. Bats more correctly than anyone in the team. Very good on the off, though weaker on the leg. His strokes at present lack power, but this should come next year. Steady change bowler, but inclined to be short. Good field. W. B. EVANS. Though not a great theorist, often makes runs when wanted, being possessed of plenty of pluck and a good eye. Safe field and catch. R. K. HOOPER. Quite a promising all-round cricketer. Left-hand batsman with plenty of strokes, but a nervous starter. Excellent field and catch, and should develop into a useful bowler. J. M. REDMOND. Is developing into a good cricketer. Watches the ball carefully and plays with a nice straight bat. Fair change bowler, and useful in the field. E. S. SHERWOOD. Needs to take the game more seriously. Has good hitting and bowling powers, which, with trouble, could be turned to good account. Slack and listless in the field. C. E. PORTER. A young and recent find. A good natural bowler not afraid to pitch them up, but should raise his arm higher. A fearless bat with run-getting powers, but most of his drives at present are pulls executed with a cross bat. THE HOUSE MATCHES. In the first round School House failed badly against the Hostel, and, though by far the better team on paper, were defeated in a low-scoring game, mainly thanks to the batting of Redmond for the Hostel. The Day Boys won easily against Natland, but then succumbed to Castle House, who had drawn a bye. In the final Castle House enjoyed an easy victory, Webb showing excellent form with the bat, as he had in the match against the Day Boys. The Hostel, however, are to be congratulated on putting up a good fight against a considerably stronger team.

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Potnls Date. Opponents. Ground. Result.. For.Agst. Sept. 29. O.V. 's ... ... ... Home Won 33—6 Oct. 6— 14 6. Warwick School ... ... Away Lost 13. Evesham R.F.C. ... ... Away Won 13 — 5 20. Bromsgrove Crusaders ... Away Won 22 —8 Nov. 3. Evesham R.F.C. ... ... Home Won 25 —5 19— 5 14. Hereford C.S. ... ... Home Won 17. Kidderminster R.F.C. ... Away Lost 3 — 18 Dec. I. Kidderminster R.F.C. ... Home Lost 3 — 14 Worcester City ist (Wed- Home Lost 5 —7 nesday) XV. ... Home Won 8—3 8. Warwick School ... 2ND

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Points Opponents. Ground. Result. For.Agst. Date. Oct. ... Home Lost 3—20 6. Warwick School ... ... ... Home Drawn 3—3 '3- Hereford C.S. Nov. ... ... Away Lost o—3 3- Hereford C.S. 10. Bromsgrove R.F.C. 3rd XV. Away Won 33—o Dec. 8. Warwick School ... ... Away Lost o—42 UNDER 14 XV. Points Date. Opponents. Ground. Result. For.Agst. Oct. 10. Hereford ... ... ... Home Lost u—12 27. Downs School ... ... Away Lost 3—23 Nov. 7. Hereford ... ... ... Away Lost o—17 The team representing the ist XV. appears after the account of each match. The School 2nd XV. was represented by :—C. B. Hopkin (back); R. K. Hooper, J. N. B. Lander, M. R. A. Ainslie, and T. M. L. Redmond (threequarter backs); L. E. H. Goddard, J. A. D. Joseph (half-backs); H. A. Ainsworth, E. S. Clerke, B. H. Wallace, E. D. Hooper, G. F. C. Ashdown, J. C. W. Green, D. K. Peters, and L. A. Lane (forwards). IST XV. MATCHES. KING'S SCHOOL v. WARWICK SCHOOL. 6.x.23. On Saturday, the King's School visited Warwick, when an evenly contested game resulted in a win for Warwick by 14 points to six. At the outset Warwick began to

press. They gained possession in the scrum, and but for faulty passing by their backs would have scored more than once. They crossed the line twice, but were unable to score. The first try was scored by King's School. Robinson picked up close to his own line and ran to the half-way line before he was brought down. Evans then gained possession, and running strongly, scored far out. The kick at goal failed. Warwick equalised just before half-time with an unconverted try. In the second half, King's School settled down and began to attack more vigorously. A second try was the result of a good run by Kitton, who, when checked close to his opponents' line, passed inside to Carter, who had backed up well and had no difficulty in scoring. The try was not converted. Warwick, who had repeatedly been getting possession in the scrum, now commenced a series of attacks, and scored two tries, one of which was converted. Warwick owed their victory to their superior heeling, and to a certain weakness in the defence of their opponents. Team.—R. W. Porter (back); R. E. B. Robinson, D. H. Preston, B. H. Carter, and M. E. Kitton (threequarter backs); C. J. C. Molony, T. A. Davey (half-backs); W. B. Evans, F. H. Burden, F. C. Gettings, A. G. Bain, J. C. Flay, H. P. E. Pereira, J. L. Croft, and M. R. Craze (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. EVESHAM. i3.x.23. An interesting game was seen at Evesham on Saturday when the town played the King's School. Evesham were a much heavier side, but several of their team were new to the game. At first the School were rather overwhelmed by the bustling tactics of the Evesham forwards, who for some time pressed hard on the School line. Some sound defence work by Kitton and Carter in particular and the whole side generally, kept them out. Evesham crossed the line twice, but were unable to score. The School then commenced to attack. They frequently got the ball in the scrum and Molony and Davey set their backs in motion. Several movements were spoilt because the centres held on too long. Finally a movement was started by Molony. Davey made ground and passed to Graves-Morris, who, after a good run, passed to Carter. Carter had the full back to beat and about 25 yards to go to score behind the posts. Evans easily converted. Evesham crossed the line again before half-time, and in the ensuing scramble were awarded a try, which they converted. In the second half, the School backs were prominent in several good movements, which, however, were not driven home. Eventually a somewhat loose kick appeared to be going into touch, but the ball bounced over the line, and Evans, who always follows up hard, was there to touch down. The kick at goal failed. The Evesham line was in danger for the rest of the game, but they managed to prevent the School from scoring, except on one occasion, when Robinson finished a good passing movement by scoring near the posts. He converted the try himself, and the School won by 13 points to 5.

THE VIGORNlAN. Team.—R. W. Porter (back); R. E. B. Robinson, P. H. Graves-Morris, B. H. Carter and M. E. Kitton (threequarter backs); C. J. C. Molony, T. A. Davey (half-backs); W. B. Evans, F. H. Burden, F. W. Gettings, A. G. Bain, J. L. R. Croft, H. P. E. Pereira, and M. R. Craze (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. BROMSGROVE CRUSADERS. 20.X.23.

At Bromsgrove, on Saturday. The School kicked off, and almost immediately the ball was rushed into the School 25. As a consequence of some bad handling on the part of the visitors, Bromsgrove scored a try between the posts, which was converted. For some time after this the School had the better of the game, but could not score. Play was close to the Bromsgrove line. The School backs got the ball from the scrimmage time after time, but the passing was aimless and sometimes bad, and what looked like promising movements were spoiled by a poor pass being dropped or intercepted. At last, after about 20 minutes' play, Davey received a pass from Molony, and ran in. Evans converted. Play continued in Worcester's favour, and Kitton scored, but the kick failed. The same player scored shortly after, but no goal followed, and half time arrived with the visitors leading by n points to 5. At the beginning of the second half Bromsgrove had rather more of the play, and scored an unconverted try, but the School gradually got on terms, and Kitton securing the ball in his own half of the field, ran right through the opposing side, and scored between the posts. However, the kick failed. Soon after this, a free kick was awarded against the home team, and Kitton dropped a goal. Play settled down near the Bromsgrove line, and eventually Kitton scored again, and this time Robinson converted. The School continued to press, but could not cross the line, and the game finished with the visitors leading by 22 points to 8. The score in favour of the winners might have been much greater if they had not dropped so many passes. The School forwards were superior to their opponents in the scrum and the line-out, but with one or two exceptions were rather slow in following up. Kitton, Evans, Molony, and Davey were best for the winners, while Whatley and the veteran, Evans, did excellent work for the losers, the latter especially being responsible for much of the disorganization of the School three-quarters, without which the score would in all probability have been much larger. Team.—K. W. Porter (back); R. E. B. Robinson, P. H. Graves-Morris, B. H. Carter, and M. E. Kitton (threequarter backs); C. J. C. Molony, T. A. Davey (halfbacks) ; W. B. Evans, F. H. Burden, C. W. Gettings, A. G. Bain, H. P. E. Pereira, J. L. R. Croft, H. A. Ainsworth, and E. S. Clerke (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. EVESHAM. 3 .xi.2 3 . Evesham played their return match with the School on Saturday. They had improved since the previous match, about a month ago, but the School proved too strong for them, and beat them in all departments of the game. The

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Evesham forwards were their strong point, and on several occasions threatened their opponents' line, but their backs were weak, and were unable to develop any attacking movements. Evesham won the toss, and played first with the wind. After some even play about mid-field, Evesham began to press, but the School forwards defended well. Eventually, Croft broke through with the ball at his feet. He dribbled well for some distance, and then picked up and passed to Evans. The latter ran strongly, and scored in an easy position. He converted the try himself. The Evesham forwards attacked again, and after some loose play near the line, they got over and scored a try, which was converted. From this point the superiority of the School began to assert itself. Frequent attacks were set in motion, but the School were unable for some time to finish off their movements. Kitton twice attempted to drop a goal, but his kicks went wide. The pressure was kept up and soon Evans gained possession and scored his second try. The kick at goal failed. In the second half the pace was fast and furious. The School forwards were continually gaining possession. Molony got the ball away quickly and Davey was opening the game both sides of the field. On the left wing Kitton nearly scored on several occasions and was only kept out by very resolute tackling on the part of the Evesham full back. On the right wing Robinson foiled several chances by a tendency to run into the middle of the field. A free kick was awarded Worcester and Kitton dropped a goal. Later, when pressed on the wing, he turned into mid-field and very cleverly dropped another goal. Evesham now were continually on the defensive, and later Evans scored his third try, which was converted. Shortly afterwards Robinson crossed the line, but the kick failed. There was no further scoring, and the School won by 25 points to five. The School appeared to be more together than in any of their previous matches. The handling of the backs generally was good. The forwards are all hard workers, and their loose work is good and their heeling is improving. Evans, who leads them, is a tower of strength. He has the faculty of being in the right place at the right time, and his three tries were well deserved. The Evesham forwards worked hard and their full back tackled well, but their efforts were not backed up bv their threequarters. Team.—R. W. Porter (back); R. E. B. Robinson, P. H. Graves-Morris, B. H. Carter, and M. E. Kitton (threequarter backs); C. J. C. Molony, T. A. Davey (half-backs); W. B. Evans, F. H. Burden, A. G. Bain, F. C. Gettings, J. L. Croft, H. P. E. Pereira and M. R. Craze (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER, v. CATHEDRAL SCHOOL, HEREFORD. I4.xi.23. This match, which is regarded by both sides as their principal fixture, was played on Wednesday, under almost ideal conditions. Worcester won the toss, and selected to play with wind and sun in their favour. For a time the game proceeded quietly enough, neither side attacking strongly. After about ten minutes, a movement was

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started in which almost all the Worcester backs handled the ball. Carter made an opening, and passed to Kitton, who handed off two men and scored far out. The kick at goal failed. Worcester now pressed hard, and frequent attacks were made in the Hereford line. The next try was scored by Graves-Morris. He received the ball near the Hereford 25 yards' line, and after cleverly drawing the defence, cut through himself. Robinson kicked a good goal. Hereford continued to be on the defensive. At times they attempted passing movements which were, however, broken up before they could be driven home. Soon afterwards Robinson gained possession, and forced himself over the line between the posts. He failed with the kick, an easy one, but shortly afterwards he placed a very fine goal, after a try had been scored by Carter. The try was the result of another good movement by Molony and carried on by Davey. The second half was almost devoid of incident. Both sides seemed to play in a desultory manner for about a quarter of an hour. The Hereford backs did most of the attacking, but they were unable to score. During this period Molony was prominent in defence, going down pluckily before the feet of the opposing forwards. The game became faster towards the end. The Worcester forwards swept the ball up the field, and once Evans was within an inch of scoring. Soon afterwards Molony slipped round the blind side of the scrum and scored an unconverted try. Hereford scored a try which they easily converted just before time. The Worcester defence has greatly improved, though there is still too much high tackling, and in attack the backs, particularly Carter and Kitton, are good. They have a good link with the scrum in Davey, who always gets his backs in motion before passing. The forwards beat their opponents for possession on most occasions, particularly in the first half. The School thoroughly deserved their victory of 19 points to 5. Team.—R. W. Porter (back); R. E. B. Robinson, P. H. Graves-Morris, B. H. Carter, and M. E. Kitton (threequarter backs); C. J. C. Molony, T. A. Davey (halfbacks) ; W. B. Evans, F. H. Burden, A. G. Bain, F. W. Gettings, J. C. Flay, J. L. R. Croft, H. P. E. Pereira and M. R. Craze (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. KIDDERMINSTER. I7.xi.23. At Kidderminster on Saturday King's School were faced with a heavier team than they had previously met. In the first half they more than held their own and kept Kidderminster on the defensive, though they were unable to score more than one try. Several movements were almost successful, each wing in turn being brought down just short of the line. Kidderminster scored first. Their forwards took the ball at their feet into the King's School 25, before they were checked. From the ensuing scrum, they heeled, and scored through their centre threequarter. The try was converted. Shortly afterwards Kitton scored for the King's School, after a good movement. Robinson just failed to convert. The game continued to be evenly contested and Kidderminster scored an unconverted try soon

after half-time. In the second half the superior weight of Kidderminster began to be felt. They overwhelmed the King's School forwards and were constantly attacking. King's School defended well, but were unable to prevent Kidderminster scoring a further 10 points, and winning the match by 18 points to 3 points. Team.—R. W. Porter (back); R. E. B. Robinson, P. H. Graves-Morris, B. H. Carter and M. E. Kitton (threequarter backs); C. J. C. Molony and T. A. Davey (halfbacks); W. B. Evans, F. H. Burden, A. G. Bain, F. W. Gettings, J. L. R. Croft, H. P. E. Pereira, M. R. Cra.ro, and E. G. Clerke (forwards). We wish to thank all the Masters who have interested themselves in the promotion of the game this term, especially Mr. Thomas, who has so ably refereed the ist and 2nd XV. matches, and Mr. Bentley, who has coached the Under 14 XV. and written the accounts of the School matches, which have been reproduced here as they appeared in the Worcester Times. The ist XV. began this Term with only six of last year's colours, but the results of the matches have been quite satisfactory, and the School (to quote an O.V. phrase) " has now become as renowned at ' Rugger ' as it used to be at ' Soccer.'" Up-to-date, the School has won five matches out of eight, being beaten only by Warwick and Kidderminster. # * » The School proved superior to the Hereford team at Worcester, but, unfortunately, the return match had to be cancelled owing to the frozen state of the ground. This has also been the case with the match against St. Edward's, Oxford. On September 2gth, in order to give the ist XV. a trial match, Mr. Thomas got together an O.V. "s team, but the School easily proved its superiority. We cannot say that the 2nd XV. has been particularly successful, but, on the whole, the team has played well and up to the present the points for and against are equal. Goddard, who captained the 2nd XV., C. B. Hopkin, E. G. Clerke, R. K. Hooper and A. H. Ainsworth, in particular, have shown excellent promise, and should help to fill up a very formidable School XV. next season.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL. For the first time since the School has taken up Rugger, a Junior XV. has been run, and it is hoped that this will have a marked effect upon the ist XV.'s of future years. Great keenness has been shown by all and the result has been more than noteworthy of the trouble expended. Individually there is plenty of latent talent, but collectively they lack that combination and mutual understanding which is essential for good team work. The tackling, although inclined to be rather high, was quite good, and is

THE VIGORNIAN. a tremendous advance on anything previously seen amongst the juniors—Hopkin II. especially distinguished himself by his low and hard tackling and, with more experience, ought to prove useful to the School. It is hoped that in future years more fixtures (to be played in the Lent Term) may be arranged for this Team and that they will enjoy better fortune in their matches than they have done this year. The Under 14 XV. was represented by : P. P. Murphy (back); A. D. Arbuckle (capt.), A. L. Hargraves, M. D. Royle, and G. A. Hopkin (threequarter backs); D. W. Molony, J. P. Mayhew (half-backs); L. L. Wallace, H. R. Dorrell, H. G. Parsons, A. H. Powell, J. A. Maund, C. C. Steward, W. T. Severn, and J. S. White (forwards). * * * Two matches have been arranged this term for the 4th XV. and it is anticipated that there will be more fixtures for them next Term. In addition to this, it is proposed to promote greater keenness among the smaller boys by introducing junior house-matches, from which the ist and and XV.'s shall be excluded.

should, at the end of the Winter Term, post a list of the 30 who were officially members of the first game. With regard to the Physical Training Competition, it was agreed that this event should be transferred from the end of the Winter to the end of the Lent Term. At the Headmaster's suggestion, seconded by Mr. Strong, it was passed unanimously that the Inter-house Rowing Races should take place as soon as possible after Marlowe Regatta, and that no one should represent his House who had not been a member of the School Rowing Club either in that Summer Term, or the preceding Lent Term. In the course of the discussion, reference was made to the practice of awarding fewer than the full number of colours to the members of an XI. or XV., but a decision on this point was held over till a future meeting. The meeting then adjourned.

O.C.C. Rotes. PROMOTIONS. Sergt. Kitton to be C.S.M. Cpl. Robinson to be Sergeant.

These will be called " Belows " and will be played on the same lines as the regular House Matches, which are to be played this Term.

6ames committee October 23rd, 1923. The chief questions to decide were whether the interhouse Rugby matches should take place in the Winter or Lent Term, and whether this game should be continued throughout the latter Term. The Headmaster proposed and it was passed unanimously that:— (1) There should be no first game of Rugby during Lent Term. (2) Its place should be taken by a first game of Hockey. (3) The other Rugby games should continue and receive the coaching and attention formerly given to the first game. (4) The Rugby 'House-matches should be played in the Winter Term. (5) In the Lent Term there should be junior housematches between teams, consisting of nine players, none of whom had been in the preceding Winter Term an official member of the first game. To prevent confusion in this, the Captain of Football

Lance-Cpl. Bain to be Corporal. Cadets Carter, Knowles, Preston, Graves-Morris, and Goddard to be Lance-Corporals. CAMP. We went into Camp this year at Strensall. The Camp detachment was 65 strong. On the day we travelled the weather was showery, and we arrived in Camp finding things inclined to be moist. However, we settled in without mishap, found that we had an unusually large number of tents allotted to us, and on the next day—the official date for Camp to begin, we spent most of the morning in getting the lines and tents tidy and comfortable. Then we watched the remainder march in, and on the Wednesday started work in earnest. We were in No. 3 Battalion, in which we formed half of B Company, the rest of the Company being made up of two platoons from the Rugby contingent. Training was carried on after a style more or less familiar to old hands, great stress being laid on the Sequence, Explanation, Demonstration, Execution, Repetition—as in former Camps. The Brigade Staff and Battalion Commanders and Adjutants were drawn from the Staff College at Camberley, so we felt ourselves to be in expert hands. Demonstrations of the formations adopted by a platoon and the sections in it were given by a platoon of the Cheshire Regiment. A very realistic demonstration of an attack on a strong point was shown, with ball ammunition, bombs, and smoke.

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There was an aeroplane demonstration, a tracer bullet demonstration, and an armoured car was in Camp for our inspection. It was very useful as a background for photographs. The weather was mostly fine, though we had one or two stormy nights, but our tents held well. The rain" washed out one before-breakfast parade, which nobody regretted, and also caused the Brigade Field Day to be cancelled, another deprivation which was borne with great fortitude by our Battalion—we had been over the ground the day before. On the Sunday morning, after morning service, we had the usual inspection of the lines by the Commandant. We passed through this ordeal with success. In the afternoon we had the Band Competition and Sports. Our band was a very close second to Ampleforth, the margin being only 15 marks, out of a total of 30. On Tuesday afternoon we began to strike Camp, and for the first time since the War we actually struck and packed all the tents, and on the Wednesday got away in good time, and so home.

HEARD IN CAMP. " Why does the Adjutant walk along the lines signalling a boundary? " * * * Officer (to Cadet on Field Day) : " What are you? " Cadet : " The rear section of a diamond blob, sir ! " (Overheard in No. 3 Battalion lines) : " When is the next conference, please? "

Oxford tetter* To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Judging from a somewhat peremptory demand from yourselves, and the strength of the tradition which your demand reinforces, some intimation of our scholastic, athletic, moral and spiritual welfare, our words and deeds, our goings-out and our comings-in, in fact and in brief of our whole " modus vivendi " seems to be desirable; and therefore such intimation or information, of which—again in accordance with tradition—the greater part is wholly false yet masked with some similitude of truth, the lesser wearing the guise of fiction and thus disguising what is wholly true—such intimation or information, as we have said above, we now hope and intend to purvey to you, and through you to administer the same to the delectation of your many readers. [Can the doggerel with which your Cambridge correspondent began his letter in your last issue be compared with the faultless grandeur of this peroration writ in prose ?]

Of the many activities of this abode of the good and the true—the stupendous chronicle of victories athletical—the freakish " joie de vivre " of youth besporting itself at eveningtide in the adornment of a certain monument, reared to commemorate " a candle that shall never be put out "—the duel fought out gallantly in the noble cause of a certain maid—one " Julia Jorrocks " by name, amid the ruins of an ancient nunnery—the entry of one " B. Ver. Bludski, Bolshevik " into the lists political to joust—not for a lady's hand but—ostensibly for a place in Parliament—of these and many other things that go to prove that Old Age is not yet rapping at our doors—the newspapers doubtless have furnished you with news—prepared, cooked, dressed and served with sundry arts to please the mental palate. With such we do not dare yet to compete, and, therefore, we pass on to give description of such persons, deeds and things of whom and which if newspapers know little, we know more. M. E. WEBB (Hertford). " Pater coloniae "—pardon the Latin—and an Occasionalist. That is to say he does the following at times and seasons, with due intervals :—Keeps goal for the College soccer side, toys with a little hockey, dances, spends evenings in merry rout and song, and lastly —though we hope—not least, he actually works. E. B. BRIDGER (Keble). Has been up two weeks this term. Spends a little time playfully considering his Schools, and much hard work at coxing. Having already been in residence nine terms, we understand this is as much as can be expected of him. S. NASH (Hertford). Between seed-time and harvest rides a motor-bike, beholds Rugger matches with much enthusiasm, and has been known to pass the time of day with Proctors now and then. Ran in the 'Varsity 220 Relay Trials and came in third. Having refused to supply any information himself, the rest of his life is shrouded in mystery. T. H. HORSFIELD (St. Edmund Hall). Was seen with our own eyes to stroke a " four " with a bow-side oar. Has consequently been presented with an imposing piece of pewter—in the shape of a mug. Works continuously, otherwise, in the " Union " to Wireless Jazz-band accompaniment—which we are convinced will not fail to have considerable effect in his Schools this Term. I. F. W. SCHOFIELD (Hertford). Continues to circumnavigate the town astride a cab-horse, wearing three stripes on his arm (Mr. Schofield's, of-course!). In spite of repeated protests declines to develop chameleon-habits, and thus change the colour of his hair. In response to enquiries, replies conventionally that he is appalled at the barest reference to Schools in March. C. V. HOLT (Keble) was found quite suddenly at Keble working secretly for Responsions. Absolutely declines to offer any excuse for his actions or to make any remarks conducive to your readers' amazement or amusement. May the gods prosper his work. C. B. GILL (Exeter). At the mention of the O.V. Letter became quite unlike himself—tongue-tied and retiring.

THE VIGORNIAN. From our own observation he has done nothing worthy of description since he appeared unobserved in our midst— except to cross the road in a taxi one Sabbath morn when a sudden rainstorm threatened his suede shoes. When questioned about Schools, asked to what did we refer ! In closing this epistle may we extend to you a wish and a hope. A wish that the School may flourish still more gloriously in the future and bear divers fruits abundantly. And a hope that the near future will see further additions to our ranks up here—including someone really gifted by a special dispensation of Providence, to write this terminal chronicle, which in utter weariness, we bring to an end. We are, Sirs, Yours, OXON.

Cambridge Cetter. To the Editors o] the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Beneath a pile of letters, mostly bills, with a sprinkling of paternal rebukes, we found your frenzied appeal for our contribution to the " Vigornian." Your appeal, sirs, gave us a most unpleasant shock, even more so than usual, because in addition to the fact that it summoned us to an uncongenial labour, it also contained a phrase which we consider most unworthy of your Editorial pen. " For the love of Mike " may avoid actual cacaphony, but in other respects is wholly unsuitable, even for a distracted editor. But over this slip we will draw a kindly veil, because we feel it possible that there has been an additional importation of the Hibernian element, to which this foreign phrase can be ascribed. But a nos moutons (you see the advantage of our careful grounding in French !) : we are very glad to hear that some of your brighter spirits are intending a brief stay here—a visit which will, we are sure, convince them of the utter futility of all other rival foundations. Talking of our rivals, we trust you do not pay heed to the vulgar rumour that Oxford are going to win the Rugger match, but if this is so we can only in our despair refer you to Mr. Asquith. Of events in this town we have little to say, though some mention of the " Rugger Rag " may have penetrated even as far as Worcester ! We very much regret the lateness of this effusion, but at the time of receiving your letter we were in the grip of a most severe frost, and could not possibly melt the Collegiate ink on our pens (as a matter of actual fact it may interest you to know that we have only used one pen, but we still cling to the absurd " we " because—well because it doesn't sound so self-important as a mere " I "), but owing to the thaw, you have here this unfortunate result. Here are some hard-gleaned news about our little colony of hardy perennials :—

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A. H. ADAMS (Emmanuel) bears his responsibilities as " oldest inhabitant " with his wonted cheerfulness. We see very little of him, but caught a glimpse of him some weeks ago—we believe, just after Newmarket—and were pained to note that he was not looking quite himself, but we sincerely hope he has since recovered. B. ST. J. HOWELLS (Queen's) finds more music in the melodious trombone than in the bellowings of his raucous coach, and so is the soul of a very select Jazz Band. Has incidentally discovered that it is possible to work. We wish him every success when he leaves us at the end of this Term. V. C. POWELL (St. John's). Still keeps up his reputation as a bill poster by his gaudy, but not unoriginal, advertisements of College Debates. Effectively blocks the goal of John's 2nd XI. At last knows his Dean by sight. G. H. EVANS (Christ's). Spends his time in running and his spare time in qualifying for family butcher. Is reserve in the cross-country race against Oxford, and we hope that next term his efforts on the track will be crowned with success. E. L. FISHER (Sidney Sussex). Rows with great energy in his College 2nd Lent Boat and has proved a tower of strength in the Sidney Shooting VIII. : is in danger of ousting the Regius Professor of Theology from his chair. J. L. LONGLAND (Jesus). Tried to play in the Freshers' Match at Rugger, and now is endeavouring to lead the double life by playing Rugger for the 2nd XV. and Soccer for the ist. Has severely damaged the bar (no, not at the Lion!) of the High Jump at Fenner's. Finds the wellmeant enthusiasm of his Classical Tutor a slight handicap in these directions. R. WYNNE-WOOLLEY (Christ's). Plays Rugger when his constitution allows. Sings vigorously, but lives so far out in the country that we only hear him when the wind sets this way. Our little Portrait Gallery completed, it only remains for us to apologize for adding to the length of the " Vigornian," and to wish you a very cheery Christmas, " CANTAB."

CIDO election Cppes. First of all there was my friend Sawyer. He burst in on me in such a way as to uphold his reputation for the possession of the virtue—or vice*—known as " breeziness.' "Hullo! H u l l o ! " he cried, smiting me between the shoulder-blades. I looked up perforce. " Have you fallen into a paint-pot? " I enquired as cuttingly as possible— and indeed such was my impression. From head to foot he was a mass of red—a vast red rosette sprouted from his button-hole, he was sporting a red tie, with red ribbons of great length and breadth streaming from every part of his person, and with a suit and even brown brogues of a distinctly reddish hue. " Oh ! no," he said complacently, " rather not; it's just my all-red scheme to show I belong to the right party." Then, " Of course you'll vote Con-

THE VIGORNIAN. servative too, won't you? " he added threateningly. As this was obviously one of the protagonists of the Conservative cause in the town, I begged him to support his demand with some sound reasoning and advice on the vexed question of Protection which might be of use to my sorely-tried mind. To my surprise he looked at me rather blankly. " Oh ! er, of course, that's rather a different matter. Not quite my department, you know," but warming up again, " Of course you'll vote for i t ; of course you will " . . and he departed noisily, waving proudly a little red flag which he had produced from somewhere—but without having given me any solid grounds for believing that I could put my last shirt on his party. Then, of course, there are the good folk who take it all in a deadly serious manner. Of such was the audience composed at a meeting which I attended that night. The candidate, who was going to address the gathering, being more or less of a personal friend of mind, had arranged for me to be one of the elect upon the platform. Never have 1 seen foreheads contracted more in the agony of concentrated thought nor necks craned forward more eagerly to catch every syllable, as I did then from my lofty vantagepoint. Now it chanced that my friend had told me of a jest that he intended to work in that night, and had begged me—for such is the guile inevitably attached to politics—to produce my best and loudest guffaw at the right moment, just to make the thing go down well. Timing it to a nicety, I became doubled up with impotent mirth just at the psychological moment. But—and this proved my downfall—had the audience seen the joke too ? Of course not; they were much too serious for that. Not only did their minds fail to grasp the all-important fact that he meant to be funny but—as I perceived to my consternation—my risibility had created quite a stir. My fellows on the platform turned to gaze at me in reproof of my levity ; the audience gazed at me as one man ; moreover, my friend the candidate could not, in face of circumstances, assure everyone that he had intended to be humorous and that I did not really deserve the scorn heaped upon me. What was I to do? My mother wit sprang to the rescue with what was, I flatter myself, rather a brilliant solution. I transformed my laugh into a cough, my mirthful contortions into the writhings of one struggling in agony ; then I clamped my handkerchief to my mouth in the most natural way possible, and made a bee-line for a convenient exit, still convulsed by this racking cough—in reality, of course, only the child of my fertile imagination. Just before I reached my haven of refuge, I saw with relief that the audience's expressions of ire had changed to one of pity, and deduced that my little bit of play-acting had succeeded. However, the experience, coming on top of the morning's occurrence, was too harrowing for me to wish to remain for any longer a victim of the horrors of a General Election. The next day saw me safely in the train on my way to a sequestered spot where I could, with any skill, avoid such things—my departure being, of course, ostensibly to some clime where I might rid myself of my distressing " PSEUDONYM." malady.

Chat strain flgaln I turned over in bed and grunted. " N o ! I won't get up for a few minutes," I said. So after this slight soliloquy I turned off to snooze. In the distance I heard the carefree footfall of a youth in the street. In through my window floated the strains of the " Baneful Banana Ballad." I cursed the youth and reluctantly rolled out of bed. While I was shaving I found the tune running through my head, and once I broke out into unconscious song. This resulted in a nasty gash on my face, which called forth a great deal of unprintable language on the subjects of razors and plantain fruits. I went down to breakfast in a calmer mood. However, when I had finished the toast stage my wife offered me an apple. This was the signal for an outburst from my offspring of " Sorry we have no bananas." If I hadn't had to dash I should probably have been figuring on John Bull's or the Daily Mail's placards as " A Relentless Father." In the train all went well till I got out and started to ascend the stairs. A small office boy started to whistle, just in front of me, all the way up the stairs. Then I really became annoyed and literally fell on him ; he recoiled from the shock and finished a hurried descent at the bottom of the escalator, " sustaining injuries to the leg and having to be removed in an ambulance," as the 12.0 edition of the Star announced in the Stop Press. On my arrival at the office I heard a faint whistling sound. It stopped at my approach ; it was only the office boy. I proceeded to the inner sanctum, calling in the youth. I asked him if he had heard of this new Bananas song, and he replied, "Yes, but I have no pyjamas." That finished him. In my frenzy I seized the nearest implement, a ruler; thrice it rose and fell remorselessly, once for every syllable of the hated fruit. As I stowed away his warm body in the safe, I wondered helplessly to what further crimes this would drive me. At lunch the orchestra murdered it so I got up and retreated rapidly without paying the bill. My office work done I thought I'd like to walk a bit to calm my shattered nerves. All went well till near the Hippodrome I ran into the matinee audience, of whom nearly everyone was humming it. Barrel organs ground it out loudly, ex-service men's bands, appearing from nowhere, blared it, and then to crown it all a man dashed a paper into my face saying " 'Ere yer are guv'ner ! Words and music of the famous craze-song." No!—It was the proprietor of the restaurant waving mv bill in a frenzied manner. Then all went red. I caught him up and mauled him. I saw the ghost of my office-boy with gory head playing a harp in a lofty banana tree, and playing, as if in ghastly mockery of me, the inevitable. . . . A crowd of phantoms led by the other boy I had injured earlier in the day, dashed at me with blood-curdling shrieks. I ran and ran—all around me waved dense plantain forests, whose fruits seemed like accusing fingers pointed at me—in front was safety— Crash !—I slipped on a peel of the ubiquitous fruit and

THE V1GORN1AN. came down crash . . . on my bedroom floor. My delighted children stood round roaring with laughter imploring me to do it again. Outside the boy's footsteps grew less distinct, but he whistled on. " GOG AND MAGOG."

Che Pageant or the Winds. Blow, Winds, Blow ! On your everlasting course ; Driving with celestial force Leaves and dust and mighty trees, Gulls and boats and heaving seas ; And even with a gentle Western breeze Ye wave the stately Oaks and Beechen trees. Blow, Winds, Blow ! Ye who visit foreign lands, Deserts vast with burning sands : The mountain twins—sweet Fohn, Chinook, Sometimes with a timid look, Peer from out their rocky mountain home On wild, ill-tempered boisterous Typhoon. Blow, Winds, Blow ! And cometh from the ice-bound North Good-natured Bora, striding forth. Sweeping southward o'er the land, Strokes his beard with sinewy hand ; While lazy Doldrum, couched, doth rest alone, And sweet Sirocco to the East has gone. Blow, Blow, ye Winds ! Ye, who toss both sea and land, Sweep ye over every strand, With angry roars or friendly nods, Ye children of the Roman Gods. Ride on, immortal Winds, ride on at leisure, Think not on mortal sins, nor mortal pleasure. Until the day of ruin ye must roam ; Ride on until Apollo calls ye home— Ride on ! Ride on ! Ride on ! " HlBERNUS.

CDe storp or joDti Dauis. In the year 1546, when King Henry VIII. was impartially hanging Romanists as traitors and burning Protestants as heretics, there lived in Worcester a boy named John Davis, aged about twelve years. His father, it seems, was dead, and, though his mother was alive, he lived with his maternal uncle, Thomas Johnson, an apothecary and one of the stewards of the Guild of the Trinity in St. Nicholas' parish. Thomas Johnson had a strong affection for his young nephew, and had placed him some years before at

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the King's School.1 There he still remained, under John Pether, the headmaster appointed by the King in 1541. Thomas Johnson was a married man, but without children, his household being completed by an apprentice, Peter Goff. In the religious disputes of the time, Johnson, like most of his countrymen, appears to have been old-fashioned but apathetic ; but his wife Alice, whatever her motives, was a militant conservative. John Davis, writing in the reign of Elizabeth, says : " She was and still is an obstinate papist." She it was whose zeal against reformation was the cause of his sufferings. For an account of what he underwent we are dependent on the record written about fifteen years later, in all probability by himself. 2 That he was a wholehearted partizan is obvious, but there is no reason to question the candour and accuracy of his story. It was not long since Hugh Latimer had been bishop of Worcester, having resigned the see in 1539 rather than countenance the ferocious statute of the Six Articles. The influence of his eloquence lasted in Worcester here and there, despite the discouraging attitude of Nicholas Heath, bishop at this time. Peter Goff, the apprentice, though he well knew his mistress' hatred of the new doctrines and also the penalties to which Protestants were liable, would none the less study the New Testament in English and read what Protestant pamphlets he could lay hands on. This enraged Mrs. Johnson, nor did she phrase her feelings in honied words. To her, doubtless, it was social disgrace to have one of the unpopular Protestants in her house, even an apprentice. Moreover, his opinions might prove infectious. She had no love for her husband's nephew—indeed, herself a childless woman, she was jealous of him—but to have to acknowledge to her neighbours that she had a heretic kinsman ! Her forebodings were quickly realized : John Davis became imbued with all the tenets and not less than all the fervour of Peter Goff. Since her husband, in his placid way, was fond of his nephew, it was against the apprentice that Mrs. Johnson first tried to vent her spleen. Among her acquaintance was Thomas Parton, a member of the Trinity Guild, a citizen of substance, and a hearty antagonist of newfangled notions. These two laid their heads together, and sought the expert advice of some of the cathedral dignitaries in devising means to catch Peter Goff in the act of reading an English Testament or other noxious work. But in vain is the fly cast in the sight of any fish : Peter was wary. Thereupon the confederates schemed to provoke 1 There seems every reason to claim John Davis as an alumnus of the King's School. A. F. Leach, Early Education in Worcester, pp. xxix and 176-7, shows that in 1547 the school of the Trinity Guild, the predecessor of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, was revived after the Guild had " left the keypng of the said Scolemaster by the said space of foure or fyve yeres or more." In August, 1546, Davis's uncle says to him : " I have kept the at the gramer skoole a great while." This can only be the King's School. 2 " The Imprisonment of John Davis, A boy of Worcester, written by himself in after life " (MS. Harl, 425, f. 69), printed in Narratives of the Days of the Reformation, c-d. by J. G. Nichols, Camden Society, 1859.

THE VIGORNIAN. his controversial ardour. Parton, who was the -proprietor of a neighbouring shop, developed the habit, while sitting at his shop door or leaning out of the window, of reading aloud a work entitled The Hunting of the Hare with curs and ban-dogs.3 • This was probably a reply to a favourite Protestant pamphlet, The Hunting of the Romish Fox; and in John Davis's opinion it was " a trim tragedy doubtless, and more esteemed with the Pope's champions than the Bible." Peter, however, would not rise to the lure, and the chagrined angler could only console himself by assuring his quarry that if ever hooked he would be cooked. Foiled by Peter, the allies directed their offensive against John. In this campaign Mrs. Johnson was stimulated by the oft-implied intention of her husband to bequeath to his nephew and only kinsman the bulk of his estate. To prevent this she bent all her energies, and in the long run, it will be seen, she succeeded. In order to trap John in heretical practices Mrs. Johnson invoked the aid of a female friend and namesake, Alice, the wife of Nicholas Brooke, alias Organmaker. On Mrs. Brooke's instructions her son Oliver cultivated John's friendship and encouraged him to visit their house. The estimable Oliver, who quite likely was John's schoolfellow, soon confided in his new intimate his own and his mother's yearning for devotional works in the vernacular. " My mother," said he, " cannot abide popery, but how it would please her if I could read her a good book every night! " John promised to bring them such a book, and, taking an English New Testament with him on his next visit, he read them passages from it. They pressed him to leave the volume behind, but he would not do this, as it was not his own. They led him on to voice his opinions on the abuses prevalent in the Church and on the Six Articles. This he did vigorously but briefly, pleading that he must stay no later for fear of getting into trouble at home. Then they urged him to set forth in writing for their souls' benefit the errors of the Church and the essence of his beliefs. " I have neither time nor a safe place to do that," John replied, "for it is impossible at home; yet I would gladly do so for your good. To-morrow I have to go to Perry Wood fields to pick eyebright for my aunt to distil—'tis a medicine for weak eyes. But, Mrs. Brooke, if you and Oliver will gather for me, I will meanwhile write down all that is in my mind." Accordingly, at an early hour next morning, these three met in the meadows by Perry Wood, and while mother and son obligingly picked herbs, their little friend squatted on the grass and poured out all his reading and all his thoughts into a Protestant manifesto for their enlightenment. It is easy to smile at his ingenuousness, and we may question if a Ridley would have accepted his essay as an authoritative confession of the Reformed Religion; but nothing can blur the sincerity and enthusiasm of his 3

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faith. That he was no mere juvenile prig but, if need were, a martyr, he was to prove by his readiness to endure even the utmost brutality of " the bloody whip with six strings." The Brookes were in no mind to curtail John's compositions. From prose he turned to verse, and wrote a satire on monks, a ballad beginning " Come downe, for all your shaven crowne." No doubt it was a scurrilous piece of doggerel, for his elders among Protestant controversialists had set a high standard of villificatipn. At length, however, the herb-pickers were satisfied that they and he had done enough. They exchanged the fruits of their morning's work and returned to the city, John bearing the eyebright to his aunt, while the Brookes carried off for private perusal the damning effusions of the guileless young Reformer. Half-an-hour later Mrs. Brooke was bustling off to Parton's shop to place the heretical documents in his hands. He forthwith sought out Robert Johnson, the chancellor, perhaps related to Thomas Johnson, who solemnly conferred with the registrar and other cathedral clergy. And now John's uncle became leagued with those Who were intent on a heresy hunt, however diminutive the game. His wife's arguments, so ceaseless and so disturbing, had at last persuaded him that a Protestant nephew under his roof was both a disgrace and a danger : but he cannot have relished the part which he now played. He probably had little idea of the steadfastness of the boy's character, and hoped that at the first signs of serious consequences he would abandon his troublesome opinions. As a result of the conference with the chancellor and his colleagues, Thomas Johnson was packed off to get a specimen of John's hand-writing. Accosting him in a friendly fashion, he said : " I have kept you long at the grammar school, John, and I am now minded to take you into the shop. Your aunt is much upset by those books of Peter Goff's, so I must part with him. But let me see how you can write." John took pen and paper and wrote this very pointed title and couplet: Of all treasures, Cunning is the flower. Look upon Diogenes which was both wise and sad ; To obtain this treasure Cunning, what labour hath he had ! Taking the paper without comment, his uncle left the house : and John began to have some notion of what was in the wind. Early next morning he was made sure. He wished to go again to gather herbs in the pleasant fields round Perry Wood; but his uncle said: " No. Yesterday's herbs are enough for two days' distilling. Go and clean out the stable in Lich Street." John obeyed, knowing that this order boded no good for him : his writings of the day before must have been published abroad.

THE VIGORNIAN. No sooner had he entered the stable than Oliver Brooke appeared, saying: "John, please, read aloud to me this which you wrote for us yesterday at Perry Wood. I wish to be able to read it to my mother perfectly." But John, conscious now of treachery, rejoined: "Be off; I have my work to do." Oliver, however, persisted, till John, turning his back upon him, stepped into a shed adjoining the stable. But as he did so, whom should he spy in hiding round the corner but his uncle and Parton, waiting to overhear him read his incriminating compositions? Then, when he saw the whole despicable plot, he rounded furiously on Oliver, crying : " You and your mother—what a pair of Judases ! Take this for your pains." Seizing a stable broom, he dealt him several stout blows, whereat Oliver howled. In ran Parton and Thomas Johnson, calling : " What is the matter? " "Mr. Johnson," whimpered Oliver, " I only asked your boy to read this which he. wrote yesterday, and he would not." " What writing is that? " asked Parton, feigning ignorance. " Let me see." The two men forced the boy to read aloud his manuscript. When he had finished, Parton exclaimed : " Neighbour Johnson, you are indeed well rewarded for the money you have spent on him—a heretic at his age ! " " I had hoped he would be a son to me," replied Johnson bitterly, " for I have no son of my own nor any other kinsman ; but now he shall have his deserts." Parton laid hold on John, while his uncle tied his arms behind his back. Together they took him before the bailiffs, who committed him that day, being August I4th, to the freemen's prison under the Guildhall, there to await further examination and formal trial before the King's ' (To be concluded.) judges.

fln (Written by an ex-service man (K.S.W.O.T.C.) hearing of the withdrawal of the pork pie ration.) Time flies New things we see— Pork pies Have disappeared like me ! Dead dogs Are banished from the field. Serene and calm The mangy mongrel dies. Say R.I.P. Pork pies are banished No longer we Feed on the ancient dead. D. M. F.

6la$tonburp. For days we had talked of the Gospel Saints who came to the West, and specially of S. Joseph of Arimathea, who built the first church in Britain ; and S. Mary Magdalen, who came no nearer than the South of France, but whose sweet memory is treasured in nearly every church in Somerset. And now at last we had come over the flats with their peat stacks and black rhines to Glastonbury itself, to the foot of Wearyall Hill,* where blessed Joseph and his twelve companions came all weary to their journey's end, bearing with them the precious cup of the first Eucharist, the Holy Grail itself. * The old Roman road from the South which leads to the foot of the hill was dug out in the middle of the XIX. century. The hill is steep and a flat stone marks the spot where S. Joseph planted his staff which took root and became the famous Holy Thorn of Glastonbury. In the reign of Elizabeth it had two trunks, one of which a Puritan fanatic cut down, at the same time cutting his own leg and getting a splinter into one eye that blinded him. The other trunk was cut down by another enthusiast, a rebel soldier in Charles I. reign. There are, however, many shoots from the old Thorn, notably the one in the Abbey grounds. Entering the town by S. Benedict's Street we came soon to the Church which really commemorates S. Benignus, a disciple of S. Patrick. Beon, as he was originally named, when a child, kissed S. Patrick's foot and cried to be with him, so S. Patrick called him Benignus for his loving kindness. There were so many Irish pilgrims to Glastonbury from early times, that one spot was called little Ireland. There was a chapel of S. Mary Magdalene, and later of S. Bridget, who lived there some years. Both chapels have gone, but the broad street to the South is still called Magdalene Street. S. Benedict's Church is an interesting place with a good old tower, but much restored about 1880. In 1666 the sea wall near Bridgwater gave way and the flood rose to S, Benedict's Churchyard. There is a window in the East wall of the porch, and the holy water stoup is in the outside of the street wall, which is unusual, as most churches have their stoups in the wall of the church itself, inside the porch. This one is in quite good order, as is the one in S. Patrick's chapel, and very many more in Somerset, but all dry so far as I have yet seen. We sheltered from a heavy shower, in a XV. century house doorway behind the church. At the top of the street is the Market Place, with a modern Cross on the site of the old one. On the other side is the High Street, with the famous " George Inn " on the left. This ancient hostelry dates from the XV. century and accommodated the more wealthy pilgrims,

THE VIGORNIAN. whilst the poor had free entertainment on the opposite side of the road. A few doors above still stands the Tribunal, the old court house of the Abbe}7, now occupied by the Sisters of S. John and S. Catherine. A little higher on the same side is the noble Church of S. John with its glorious tower. It is nearly all XV. century perpendicular work with the carved pinnacles, and parapets, and figures which are so plentiful in Somerset. The famous Abbey stood parallel at the back of the opposite side of High Street and reached to the cross street at the bottom. But the church is in ruins, and to a great extent only sketched on the ground by dug up foundations, which also mark the site of vanished cloisters, chapter-house and monastic buildings generally on almost exactly the same plan as at Worcester, for both houses were Benedictine Just inside the door to the church grounds on the left is the Thorn. It is a small, scrubby thorny tree, perhaps eight or ten feet high, with leaves like the common hedgerow " bread and cheese," and is propped up. Opposite the entrance and Thorn is the site of S. Joseph's Church. Probably soon after the death of S. Mary Magdalene, in the year 63, S. Joseph came to Britain, where his teaching was little heeded ; but the local king kindly gave him and his companions twelve hides of land (a hide of about one hundred and sixty acres being reckoned enough to sustain a man : I think Canada and Australia allow about the same, now, to settlers). This division of the land still remains, for when I was in Glastonbury I saw a notice in a shop window from the lady of the manor of one of the hides. Soon after rhey were settled the Archangel Gabriel in a vision instructed them to build in a certain place a church in honour of the Blessed Virgin. This church they made of osiers wattled together in the way still usual in the neighbourhood. It was dedicated in the name of S. Mary and has always been greatly venerated as " vetusta ecclesia." In the VII. century Paulinus, Archbishop of York, covered it with lead and boards to preserve it, and it lasted until 1184, when it was destroyed by a great fire which burnt down most of the monastic buildings. Immediately after the fire Henry II. began the new chapel on the old site, and the ruins of this beautiful Norman building form the most perfect part still standing. A little later the great church was built to the East, then a " Galilee " between, which was afterwards joined on to the original chapel. The tower and various chapels and buildings were added at different dates right up to the time of blessed Richard Whiting, the last abbot. The crypts under first the Galilee, and then the lady chapel were made at the beginning of the XVI century to accommodate the large numbers of pilgrims. The east end of the lady chapel crypt has been shored up so that the vaulting can be seen. The crypt was excavated in 1825 and a well discovered in the south wall. This well is probably much older than the crypts. At the same time a good many coffins were found, one with a skeleton 8 feet 3 inches.

On the ground level several arches on the south side of the nave are standing and the stonework at the chancel steps up to the spring of the great tower arches. In the north transept is the most complete chapel left, that of S. Thomas, but it is very dilapidated. Close by is some of the old encaustic tiled floor, which may be seen by removing the wooden cover put over it to protect it. Reforming zeal which has destroyed the church and monastry has preserved the XV. century kitchen at the south-west corner almost complete, but the deported monks probably rejoice more that their little chapels of S. Patrick next door to the Abbey Church for women, and of S. Margaret in Magdalene Street for men, are still in existence and use for poor old folk, although no longer for aged abbey dependants. The church grounds and ruins were bought a few years ago by the Bishop of Bath and Wells on behalf of the Church of England, and, as in the case of old S. Michael's, Worcester, the site of the High Altar has been railed off to prevent further profanation ; but we are still waiting for some little chapel to be restored, or even a little tin tabernacle to be put up in a corner, where present day pilgrims may thank God for the holy lives of the saints of Glastonbury, and with them pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (There is also an article on Glastonbury in " The Vigornian " of July, 1890.) C. S. (O.V).

cog mm. " The mill is a marvellous place. The logs are cut during the winter and ' rafted ' down the lake on the spring floods for the summer's work. A moving chain hauls them out of the water into the mill, where a machine with long claws grabs them and runs them backwards and forwards past a long bandsaw, thus removing two sides of the outer bark. They are then dropped on the revolving rollers and shot along to the ' gangsaws '—that is a machine with about twenty saws set at various distances apart. Thus the logs come out planks of various sizes. These then pass to other machines which trim off the rough edges and cut them into the required lengths. Then they put them on trams, and, piled up outside, they wait drying for two or three years, when they are graded and ready for sale. Meanwhile all the waste which has been cut from them is converted into laths and ' shorts,' etc. My job is behind the gangsaw. I have to pull out the irregular pieces, or pieces with the bark on, and chuck them into various waste-chutes according to their size; then run the planks along rollers and transfer them to the moving chain which takes them to be trimmed. There is another man on the other side of the saws doing the same thing, and the hardness of the work depends very much on your mate. My first was a very dirty Englishman of middle age, very chatty, and curious about my past, present, and future : but he was an old hand at the job and soon put me up to

THE V1GORNIAN. all the tricks. He strained his back and left. The next was a Pole, who was an idiot when he did work but generally did as little as possible. I finally lost my temper with him and told him off. He replied, threatening me with the short ' pick ' which we use to handle the wood : quite exciting, as he would follow me at nights afterwards. I had to stop on account of a badly poisoned hand shortly after, and during the week 16 men tried to work with him ; unsuccessfully, and in the end, although very shorthanded, the foreman fired him. When I returned, I had a young French-Canadian to work with, and he was the best of the bunch. Yesterday, however, he did not turn up and they put on a weedy youth from ' Glesga '—just landed. I could hardly understand what he said, but apparently the poor fellow had been unemployed for over two years. He was very bewildered by this country. The men here are mostly of a mixed stock of French and Indians and speak an unintelligible mixture of two languages. There are one or two full-blooded ' Reds ' looking curiously unromantic in workmen's clothes. Then there is the floating population of immigrants of all nationalities : English, Scotch, Poles, Finns, Serbs, hobo Yanks and Canadians, etc. Generally rotters, who work for a day or two, try to squeeze three days' pay from the office, and pass on. We work a 10 hour day : 7—12 and i—6, with no Saturday half-holiday. I am getting three dollars a day. I pay eight dollars a week for keep. That is in the " classy " boarding house with the inspectors and foremen. Even here we have to use disinfectant pretty freely : conditions in the men's l dormitories ' must be pretty bad. My roommate is a young Scandinavian, who seldom speaks, but is quite friendly. " The country around is desolate as a whole : it is all grey-brown rock, covered sparsely with small pinetrees and shrubs. All the big timber went long ago. There are no roads at all : just a cinder track down to the station 2^ miles away. Every building in the town is of wood except the bakehouse and the boiler room. You can imagine the terror there is of fire. Men had to be detached all last week to keep one in control just two miles from here. It just smoulders away and may break out at any time if not watched : only a heavy rainfall extinguishes it. The main distractions of the place are the ' movie ' and the pool room which possesses a good billiard table. There are two very good fellows, attached to the boss to learn the business, with whom I knock around. Nearly everybody here has a motor boat of some kind. On the river and lake the scenery is glorious and the sunsets wonderful. Last Sunday we took a canoe trip up the river and shot two smallish but very exciting rapids on the way back. Do you know, the thought of going back and settling down to another year's school routine just appals me at present! I like this life, though I know that I should not do so for long : but I have got a sort of wander-lust, to find other places and stay there a little while." G. WIDDRINGTON (O.V.).

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Section Competition. This competition was held on Monday, July 9, nine sections taking part. Captain Martin-Smith, of Norton Barracks, who kindly acted as judge, expressed his pleasure at the efficiency shown, and awarded the Challenge Shield to No. 8 Section (Natland) under Corporal Robinson, with No. 6 Section (Hostel) under L/Cpl. Craze as runners-up. The result was a very fair reflex on the relative keenness and efficiency displayed in practising. Corporal Robinson and his section are to be congratulated on their performance, especially as it is Natland's initial success in this competition. A notable feature was the remarkable thoroughness of Corporal Ainsworth's Section, composed, as it was, entirely of juniors. This section was actually placed third, being only a mark and a half behind the winners.

Calendar. TERM III. 1923. Thurs. Sept. 20. Boarders return 9.0 p.m. ,, 21. School opens. School Service 9.15 a.m. Fri. The Headmaster. Sun. „ 23. School Celebration 8.45 a.m. Wed. Oct. if. Cert. A. Practical Exam. Thurs. ,, 25. Distribution of Prizes by Lord Cobham 2.30 p.m. Half Term. Thurs. Nov. i. O.T.C. Field Day. Bringsty Common. ,, 3. Lecture 8 p.m. On the Trail of the Sat. Cowboy. P. Escott North, Esq. ,, 10. Lecture 8 p.m. The Development of Sat. Modern Painting. Miss M. H. Bulley. Tues. ,, 13. Cert. A. Written Exam. Sat. ,, 17. Lecture 8 p.m. The Three Mediterraneans. F. J. Adkins, Esq. Thurs. ,, 22. K.S. Exam, begins 9.0 a.m. Fri. ,, 23. K.S. Exam, ends 4.0 p.m. Sat. Dec. i. Lecture 8 p.m. The Wonderland of Wasps. J. J. Ward, Esq. ,, 5. Lecture 5 p.m. The West Indies. Rev. Wed. H. A. Walton, S.P.G. Thurs. ,, 6. School Service 3 p.m. Rev. H. A. Walton. Thurs. ,, 13. School Service 3 p.m. ,, 19. School Service 2.30 p.m. Wed. School Concert 7.30 p.m. Thurs. ,, 20. Exeunt Omnes. Next Term begins Sat., Jan. igth, 9.0 a.m. ,, ends Fri., April 4th.

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Scbool Officers. - A. G. Bain. Head of the School Captain of Football - W. B. Evans. - M. E. Kitton. Secretary of Football - M. E. Kitton. Captain of Shooting - R. E. B. Robinson. Captain of Fives School Monitors—A. G. Bain, W. B. Evans, M. E. Kitton, M. R. Craze, R. E. B. Robinson, B. H. Carter. Edi-tors of " The Vigornian "—A. G. Bain, H. A. Ainsworth, M. R. Craze. Secretary of Chess - K. N. Ross. Librarians—H. A. Ainsworth, K. N. Ross, H. P. E. Pereira, C. E. Coverdale, C. J. C. Molony.

Lower VB. A. Landale (1918-23), Fives IV. 1923, Cadet O.T.C. A. L. Garratt (1920-3), Cadet O.T.C. H. C. Page (1922-3). C. W. Standfast (1919-23), Cadet O.T.C. G. M. Watts (1920-3), 2nd IV. Rowing 1922, ist IV. 1923, Lance-Cpl. O.T.C., Cert. A 1923, 2nd XV. Football 1923. W. C. Edwards (1915-23), Cadet O.T.C. J. Pennington (1920-23), Cadet O.T.C. J. F. Barnett (1917-23), 2nd XV. Football 1923, Cadet O.T.C. Remove. L. S. Barton (1921-3), Cadet O.T.C. D. J. Chandler (1919-23), Cadet O.T.C. IVA.

T. Hillyard (1919-23). A. G. Temple (1918-23). J. Garrett (1923).

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VI. Form. J. L. Longland (1919-23), 2nd XI. Cricket 1922, ist XI. 1923, 2nd XV. Football 1922-3, Captain of Fives 1923, School Monitor, Editor of the. " Vigornian," Sergt. O.T.C., Cert. A 1922, Classical Exhibition Jesus Coll., Cambridge. C. B. Gill (1919-23), School Monitor, Editor of the " Vigornian," History Scholarship Exeter Coll., Oxford. E. L. Fisher (1918-23), 2nd XI. Football 1921, ist XV. 1922, Vice-captain 1923, 2nd IV. Rowing 1921, ist IV. 1922, Captain 1923, Shooting VIII. 1922, Captain 1923, School Monitor, Editor of " Vigornian," Captain of School 1923, Cadet Officer O.T.C. D. Webb (1920-23), ist XI. Cricket 1921-2, Captain 1923, ist XV. Football 1923, Shooting VIII. 1923, School Monitor, Corporal O.T.C., Cert. A 1922. R. A. K. Bowstead (1915-1923), Chess VI. 1919-20-21-22, Sec. 1923, Lance-Cpl. O.T.C. Upper V. W. M. Graves-Morris, 2nd IV. Rowing 1922-3, ist XV. Football 1923, Shooting VIII. 1923, Corporal O.T.C., Cert. A 1922. R. Wynne-Wooley (1920-23), 2nd XI. Football 1921, ist XV. 1922-3, 2nd IV. Rowing 1921-3, ist IV. 1922, School Monitor, C.S.M. O.T.C., Cert. A 1921. O. M. Smith (1916-23), jst XV. Football 1923. G. B. Smith (1921-3), 2nd XV. Football 1923, Private O.T.C. L. Rees (1915-23), ist XV. Football 1923, 2nd IV. Rowing 1921, ist IV. 1922-3, Secretary 1923, Sergt. O.T.C., Cert. A 1921. Lower VA. J. Cale (1920-3), 2nd XI. Cricket 1923. E. Y. Robinson (1922-3). F. M. Goddard (1916-23), Cadet O.T.C. J. D. F. Powell (1918-23), Cadet O.T.C. A. H. Nanton (1923), 2nd IV. Rowing 1923, Cadet O.T.C.

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Chess notes. The annual Chess Competition was held last March, when K. N. Ross defeated R. K. Hooper in the final round. The cup thus went to the Day Boys for the first time. This Term there has been a great dearth of chess players, as Bowstead and Fisher have left. A competition is being held to discover latent talent. There has not yet been arranged a match with the Blind College, but it is hoped that there will be one before the end of term.

O.V. Peujs. G. N. T. Widdrington, before returning to England to take up Holy Orders, has gone to St. Andrew's College, Toronto, in order to coach and read. He has been spending his vacation on a lumber-mill on Lake Toronto, whence he sends us an interesting account of his experiences there. H. J. Kirkby has sailed for Bermuda to take up an appointment on shore, as Secretary to the Captain in Charge. He will probably be there for 2$ years. A. Macdonald has left Copthorne Preparatory School, Sussex, where he has been teaching French for the last two years, and is going next term to Repton. G. N. Weston has finished serving his Articles in London and is now practising as a Solicitor in Kidderminster. F. M. L. Dames is now on a passenger—and banana •—boat, the ss. Bayano, going to the West Indies. Lieut. J. B. P. Angwin (R.E.) is in Waziriston (North West Frontier Province, India) engaged in building transport roads for heavy supplies. O. C. Cockle is at present a Cadet in the Shaw, Savill and Albion Line on the ss. Matria. He sailed from London for Australia, on Sept. 26th, and will probably be back in March. The Rev. J. B. Foulkes has successfully passed the examination for the degree of Doctor of Canon Law at the " Angelico " University, Rome, and has returned to London, Canada, to take up his duties. T. W. Davies is now proprietor of a foundry and shipbuilding yard at Townsville, North Queensland. J. D. F. Powell, after a month's trial, has been articled to Gibson and Ashfords, chartered accountants of Birmingham. F. M. Goddard has entered Lloyd's Bank, Bognor, but still has hopes of entering the Church eventually. It is interesting to note the marriage of Captain C. W. Preston Ludlow, who is reputed to be the tallest man in the Army, standing 6ft. Sin. tall. An official announcement of the marriage may be found elsewhere.

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The Rev. S. J. A. Evans has accepted the appointment of Precentor of Ely Cathedral and the Headmastership of the Choir School. W. McC. Graves-Morris is at Guy's Hospital engaged in the pursuit of Science. D. M. Forrest is taking a course of Journalism at King's College, London, and plays " rugger " for Toe H. " A " team in his spare time. L. P. Snowball has gone to S. Africa to farm. J. Cale has passed into the Eastern Telegraph Co.'s Training College at Hampstead. A. Landale is in business in Sale, Cheshire. E. Y. Robinson and O. M. Smith have passed the Preliminary Law Examination and are articled to solicitors in Worcester. BIRTHS. BINGHAM.—On the 26th November, at High South View, Ash, Surrey, to Olga (ne'e Bremner), wife of Philip W. Bingham, of a daughter. WAYLAND SMITH.—On the ist December, at 41, Southernay West, Exeter, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayland Smith, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. PRESTON LUDLOW—TYNDALL.—On October i8th, a' the Abbey Church, Bath, by Prebendary S. Boyd, M.A.. Rector of the Abbey Church, Captain Carlton Walter Preston Ludlow, the Somerset Light Infantry (O.V.), son of Brigadier-General W. R. Ludlow, C.B., D.L., and Mrs. Ludlow,' London Hill, near Solihull, Warwickshire, to Theodosia Margaret (Theo), elder daughter of Mrs. W. B. Tyndall, 8, Somerset Place, Bath. HANCOCK—SWINBANK.—On September i 3 th, Bernard Oswald Hancock (O.V.), M.B. (Birm.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), of Devizes, Wilts, to Margaret, daughter of John Swinbank, Esq., of Beecroft Hall, Horton-in-Tibblesdale. DEATH. GERRISH.—On the 20th of October, at Wainfleet, the Rev. William Gerrish, Headmaster of Magdalen College School, Wainfleet, since 1876, and Junior Master at this School 1870-1875, aged 79 years.

O.V. Club. The attention of all members and intending members is called to the following particulars of the new arrangements with regard to payment of Subscriptions : = Members who joined prior to July last can now (instead of paying 5/- per annum) pay the sum of £i is. od., which will cover a period of five years, after which they may continue to pay £i is. od. for each five years of membership, or they may become a Life Member at any time upon payment of £•$ 33. od.

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Members who are in arrears with their Subscriptions are allowed to pay their arrears under the terms of the new subscriptions. Example : A member who is in arrears for three years (1921, 1922, 1923) can pay .£1 is. od., which will cover the five years ending October, 1925, or he can pay £3 33. od. and become a Life Member. An Old Boy can join the Club on payment of £i is. od., which will give him membership for five years. After this he may continue to pay £1 is. od. for each five years, or become a Life Member on payment of £3 35. od. A new member can become a Life Member at once by paying £* 4S- od. All subscriptions, changes of address, etc., should be sent to Mr. H. E. NICHOLLS, Secretary, 9, COLLEGE GREEN, WORCESTER.

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The scrum half. " Conjures, implores and labours all he can." A forward. " Dribbled o'er his beard." End of match. " N o more: the end is sudden and abrupt." End of season. " The mask, which for a season I have stopped to wear must be cast off." NOTE.—" Mask " = ' playful ' touch for ' scrumcap.' C. BUMPKIN.

Correspondence. To the Editors of the " Vigornian."

Can anyone supply the Secretary (H. E. Nicholls, 9, College Green, Worcester) with the present addresses of one or more of the following O.V.'s?

Sirs, May I be permitted to suggest the revival of the onetime customary O.V. London Dinner? We O.V., living in or around London see little or nothing of the friends we used to know at School, chiefly because no opportunity is afforded us for regaining touch with them.

J. B. Caswell, Esq. A. G. Coombs, Esq. H. D. Day, Esq. Major A. Edwards. O. P. Giles, Esq. L. E. Gowing, Esq. Dr. H. Holloway. A. L. Harrison, Esq. A. C. Hugh-Jones, Esq. A. F. Humphries, Esq. B. O. Hancock, Esq. H. C. B. Jollye, Esq. A. K. Lewis, Esq. Rev. O. G. O. Larr. A. H. P. Lloyd, Esq. S. G. Masterman, Esq. C. E. Pearson, Esq. J. W. Price, Esq. G. V. Roland, Esq.

It is impossible for many O.V. to attend the Annual O.V. Dinner in Worcester owing to business reasons. Therefore I consider that such a dinner held in London would be a splendid opportunity of re-uniting O.V. once more with those with whom they spent the best time of their lives. Yours faithfully, " LONDINIUM." [We suggest that some enthusiastic O.V. such as '' Londinium " himself, should set about organizing this event.—EDS. VIG.]

To the Editors of the " Vigornian." School House, King's School. Dear Sir,

Ulordsiooftb on fbe football field. On training. " Farewell the solace of the fragrant weed, Farewell the woodbine(s) dear. . . ."

Should not next Term be reserved for 2nd XV. matches and the ist XV. be made to coach lower games, play fives or run as they prefer, instead of hockey being forced upon an unwilling game who were not consulted? Yours faithfully, " ONE AND A HALF."

Prelude to match. "The wind blows keen, my hands are numb."

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From the touchlines. " 'Tis my husband's foot.

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THE VIGORNIAN. Signallers. Since they were installed, neither the Corps nor the Signallers have used them as such. They were not intended to be used merely for the pleasure of a small and exclusive section of the community. I trust that the Commanding Officer will see that the Signallers get a " look-in " in the near future. Yours, etc., " AN N.C.O."

Cbappel memorial Reading Room. Subscriptions received or promised up to Dec. 8th, 1923.

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Contemporaries. We acknowledge with thanks the following, with apologies for any accidental omissions:—The Alleynian, the Felstedian, the Monmouthian, the St. Edward's School Magazine (2), the King Edward's School Magazine, The Bromsgrovian, The Herefordian, The Nottinghamian.