The Vigornian March 1928 by King's Worcester

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No. 121.

MARCH,

VOL. IX.

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Contents. Editorial School Calendar School Notes O.V. Club

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Following our usual custom we deputed to one of our number the task of writing the Editorial. When we went hopefully to his study a few days ago we found the whole place in disorder. Our revered colleague had killed himself. He had obviously been seized with a sudden frenzy and stabbed himself through the heart with a pen. He lay there in a large pool of blood, his features twisted by the anguish of his brain. When we had recovered from the shock, and fortified ourselves with acid-drops, we ventured to investigate further. We drew the pen from his heart and put it in our pocket. Then glancing towards his table we saw a large sheet of manuscript. This, it transpired at the inquest, had been written while the deceased was trying to translate one of Horace's Odes into English verse, while there was a band practice going on outside, and saxophones, as interpreted by somewhat inferior gramophones were blaring in both the neighbouring studies. The previous afternoon also, it transpired, he had been engaged in a heated argument as to the colour of his aura. This is the manuscript as far as it can be deciphered through the blood which covers it, and as it was the last work of him who was deputed to write the Editorial, we print it as such.

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Oh! while your aura Laura With mine did still agree, Of Afghan King's none saw-rr a Happier than me. She. When your aura met your Laura's aura In harmonious unity, No pretty maid was more a Famous belle than me. He. Now my aura to my Nora's aura Is a slave obedient— I'd suffer death for Nora, Laura, Or a year's imprisonment. She. Well go and hug your Nora's aura ! For my James Augustus Brent I'd suffer death and not deplore a Term of life's imprisonment." We had intended giving this effusion as a secondary title, " Thoughts of a Suicide," but on reflection, we decided not to— Someone might have been beguiled into reading what we wanted to keep to ourselves. He.

Scbool Dotes. We welcome Mr. J. W. Crichton to the Staff this term. * * * Floods have spoilt almost all chances of Football this term, except when the City Club kindly lent us their ground and Mr. Smith allowed us to play on one of his fields in Norton Road. * * • Field Day took place on Hartlebury Common. There was plenty of gorse and we are still gouging out thorns. The Band played us to and from Tutnall and "buses brought us the rest of the way. * * » We congratulate R. H. N. Wood on passing well up in the Sandhurst Entrance List. * » * There is one deficiency which is to be deplored this term, and that is the silence of the Debating Society. *

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On Saturday, March loth, we had the pleasure of hearing again Chamber Music by Miss Legge's trio in College Hall.

Scbool Calendar. Mon., Tues., Sun., Sat.,

Jan. 16. Boarders Return. ,, 17. School Meets 9 a.m. ,, 22. School Celebration 8.45 a.m. ,, 28. Lecture on Art by Mr. Marcus Holmes : " The Pre-Raphaelites." Sat., Feb. 4. Lecture by Mr. Holmes, continued: " The French Impressionists and other Modern Movements." Mon., ,, 6. Ketch Run. Sat., ,, n. Lecture on the Zambesi by G. de H. Larpent, B.A. Mon., „ 13. Physical Training Competition. Wed., ,, 22. Ash Wednesday. School attended Matins in the Cathedral, 9.30 a.m. Thurs., Mar. i. School Lenten Service. Rev. G. A. S tuddert-Kennedy. Sat., 3- Concert of Chamber Music by " The Wayfarers Trio." 8. School Lenten Service. The HeadThurs., master. Fri., 9- O.T.C. Field Day on Hartlebury Common. Thurs., '5- School Lenten Service. The Headmaster. Mon., 19. Finals. Boxing Competition'. Thurs., 22. School Lenten Service. The Headmaster. Tues., 27. Confirmation in the Cathedral. 12 noon. Fri., { Sports. Sat., SIConcert. Sat., S'Mon., Apr. 2. Exeunt Omnes. Fri., May 4- Next term begins.

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The Headmaster has kindly placed some boxes of Medici coloured prints in the Reading Room. * * # All the candidates for the Cert. " A " practical examination passed, which, we believe, is a record. The written examination results are yet to come. * * * We are now all threatened with mumps. The outbreak started in Hostel and we hope it will stay there. All the same, we have looked up the symptoms and we spend anxious moments before the mirror each morning. Owing to the weather a much despised sport has suddenly leapt into popularity. Soccer is being played furiously every day in the playground. Due to the kindness of the Headmaster those of the broken voices in the Choir and a few others who wished went to the performance of Elgar's " Dream of Gerontius " in the Cathedral on March i3thi Mr. Day had very kindly explained something of the work a few days before so that we found it easier, though by no means simple, to understand. * * * We take this opportunity of thanking Dr. T. Bates, O.V., for presenting a Cup to be given to the Senior Victor Ludorum in the Sports. * * * We also thank Miss Isaac, who has very kindly given £1 is. towards the prizes for the Sports.

THE VIGORNIAN. O.V. Club. The O.V. Reunion and Dinner will take place on Saturday, July 14th, in conjunction with the School PrizeGiving and Concert on Friday, July 13th. Members of the O.V. Club will be *ent full particulars in June. * * * Colours. Proposed Winter Rugger Blazer. With reference to the notice in the July 1927 issue of the Vigornian, the Committee resolved that the Hon. Secretary should notify the members through the Vigornian to the effect that no change in the existing Club Blazer could take place. This decision was arrived at because the Hon. Secretary had received only four replies in support of a change and the manufacturers would not make the blazers unless at least two dozen could be guaranteed.

O.V. Rews. R. E. Coomber was amongst the successful candidates in the Associate Membership of Electrical Engineers examination held last year.

Can anyone supply the Secretary (H. E. NICHOLLS, 9, College Green, Worcester) with the present Addresses of the following O.V.: Bailey, Albert Alexander. Bingham, P. W. Bradley, D. R. Brodribb, Francis Geo. Coombs, G. Bernard Dangerfield, H. J. H. Lunt, Wm. R. F. Matthews, A. K. Quin, Capt. S. E. V. Raymond, Harold. Suthers, S. Salisbury, R. Tyler, W. M. Wickersham, W. West, G. A. * * * The Secretary is grateful to the following for supplying addresses and particulars of O.V. :—B. A. J. Arthure, T. H. Chappel, Rev. G. A. Hopkins, H. E. Oram, Rev. R. P. Quilter, H. H. Quilter, Hy. D. Roberts, and G. H. Wilford.

Cbc Concert* H. C. F. M. Fillmore passed the Solicitors Final Examination in June, 1927, was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court on the 2nd December, 1927, and enrolled on the following day. * * * MARRIAGE. Nov. isth, 1927, by licence, Harry Ernest Oram, only son of the late Henry Oram and Mrs. Oram, of Wood Lawn, Lark Hill, Worcester, to Winifred Mary Rogers, only child of F. C. Rogers, Esq., J.P., and Mrs. Rogers, of Barbourne Bank, Worcester. * * * Oscar Blackford, formerly of Worcester, and now proprietor of " The Royal Cornwall Gazette," has just completed a successful year as President of the Truro Rotary Club. * » * V. H. Sarland qualified M.B. at Birmingham last June and is House Surgeon at the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry. * # • A. M. Lumsdaine returned from Canada in December, and has obtained a post with Messrs. Roneo, 3 East Parade, Leeds. * * * There are still over 100 members who have not returned the O.V. Club Register form sent to them some time ago. The Secretary will be glad to receive these forms at once.

A cold and lively evening—groups talking on the steps before entering the Hall—a brilliant dazzle welcoming visitors at the doorway—and on the platform the choir discussing visitors and the programme. This was the evening of December 19. Soon the doors were, closed; Mr. Day mounted the little conducting platform and motioned the choir to get ready. There was silence for a few seconds and then the piano began. The first chorus was a free and joyful introduction to the pastoral atmosphere. Galatea (R. P. C. Bagnall) then sang of her love for Acis (J. A. J. Caves, O.V.) and prayed to see him again ; Acis then opportunely appeared in search of Galatea. But their fortune soon changes for ' Fate has pass'd This sad decree—" No joy shall last." ' The giant Polyphemus (Rev. S. J. A. Evans, O.V.) interrupts the lovers with his raging passion for Galatea. He hurls a rock at Acis and the Chorus sing a dirge over the fallen hero. ' Mourn all ye Muses ! Weep all ye Swains ! ' Galatea relieves the tragedy by deifying Acis and the Serenata ends in the same jolly spirit as its opening chorus. During the interval Mrs. Moore Ede gave away the Form and Mathematical prizes, and the Headmaster told us the sad news that, as Mr. Brown, who, himself an O.V., has accompanied the Choir since time began, was going to Wellington College, he would not be able to help in future Concerts.

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We were relieved to find that the second half of the programme was not in the hands of an entertainer. It consisted of part songs by the Choir, soli, and four muchencored masters' quartettes. The most popular of these latter was " The Ventriloquist," who wafted his voice in a miraculous way from the side and from the back of the Hall. We should like to thank all the soloists and especially the two O.V., Mr. J. A. J. Caves and Rev. S. J. A. Evans, who sang the soli in " Acis and Galatea." We wish Mr. Brown all possible success at Wellington College.

Cecture Socletp. On January 28th and February 4th, Mr. Marcus Holmes lectured on Art, first on the English Pre-Raphaelites, and then on more modern movements in Art, particularly Impressionism. The apparent diversity of the two subjects was explained by Mr. Holmes in two statements : first, that all Art is an attempt at self-expression ; secondly, that every movement in Art is a revolt against the preceding movements. The Pre-Raphaelites desired a return to seriousness, a protest against the florid style of Raphael. Their aim was to paint serious subjects in an exact way in order to teach a lesson. He then told us about the three great English Pre-Raphaelites: Millais, the founder, Holman Hunt, the most faithful to the traditions since he lacked the imagination to produce any but sincerely reproduced pictures, and lastly Dante Gabriel Rosetti, who in later life tended in the other direction, both in the pictures and their expression. In the next lecture we were told how the intense attempt to copy nature, the didactic purpose and allegorical treatment of this school gave place to the Impressionists. These artists thought that self expression, far from representing Nature, should represent personal feelings and impressions. The French School had various methods of technique, of which the two chief were Mass Impressionism, an attempt at general effect, and Spot Impressionism, a method of contrasting colours, to reach an effect of bright light. Both methods tended to simplify form, and an offshoot of this style resulted in Cubism, a later development of the art of Cezanne. Then came the Post Impressionists, who wished to express the inner significance of things, the extremists of this type being the Vorticists. Others aimed at architectural form and spacing, and yet another branch were the Futurists from Italy who illustrated Dynamics rather than appearances. The general impression of these pictures was their morbid lack of beauty and, as Mr. Holmes aptly remarked, if Post Impressionism aims at fine shapes, then the old masters have beaten them at their own game, and in addition, produced really pleasant art. * * * On February nth, Mr. G. de H. Larpent, B.A., gave a lecture on the Zone of the Zambesi, the substance of which was as follows :—Centuries ago races from Western Asia discovered the mineral wealth of the Zone of the Zambesi. Vasco da Gama in the i6th century found a flourishing Arab settlement at Sofala, and the Portuguese ousted the

Arabs from their possessions. However, presently trade slackened, and the Portuguese had to retire to the coast islands, where they stayed for three hundred years. In 1885 surprise was caused by the arrival of Livingstone from the West, who on his return to Europe, reported the existence of immense supplies of coal. But the great shock to the occupation of the Portuguese was when Cecil Rhodes, in 1890, sent his pioneer force to occupy Rhodesia. Mr. Larpent demonstrated the advance that has taken place in this portion of Eastern and Central Africa, by contrasting a journey of his own which took four months in a bullock wagon, with many adventures, with the same journey that now lasts four days by rail. From Salisbury one used to have to walk the 400 miles to Beira by a Kaffir footpath, where, in the low country, one met the force that prevented access to Africa before, namely the tsetse fly and the malarial mosquito. The natural harbour of Beira is the funnel through which the trade of over some 500,000 square miles will eventually flow, and even now 700,000 tons of minerals and other merchandise is dealt with annually. Now that a railway is being built, the advantage to British Trade will be considerable, and the day is not far distant when the rich land will be compelled to render up her treasure.

Rugger Dotes. Starting with the ambition of improving the standard of Rugger in all the lower games and assigning to each player the position in the field for which he was most suited, we have been badly disappointed ; for all our means of attaining this object have been cut down to practically nothing. Of our own grounds, only one half of the first game ground has been fit to play on, and that only for a total of about five days. Because of this, bad weather and epidemics, both our own and those of other schools, the 3rd XV has played no matches, and the Under Fourteen XV only one against Bromyard, which they lost 6—o. What would otherwise have been a complete failure was relieved by our friends, whose kindness enabled us to advance a little way towards our object. In this connection our sincerest thanks are due to Mr. Smith, O.V., for the loan of a field along the Norton Road, and to the Worcester R.F.C., whose ground we were able to use on Wednesdays. By these means, and owing to the keenness and energy of Mr. Bentley, Halton and Hopkin, and other members of the Staff and ist XV, the Under-Fourteen section have made distinct progress; while we are greatly indebted to the Grammar School for two excellent and valuable games on their ground. The results of the House Matches last term were as follows :— School House ) „ , ... ~ . rr } School House Castle House I ( I School House Natland School House Day Boys Day Boys Hostel

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The Rowing fixtures for next term are as follows :—

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Wed., Sat., The weather being exceptionally clement, allowed us to begin our rowing season under summer conditions. This being so, great steps were made in the first fortnight, both in senior and junior rowing. North-east winds and weather exactly opposite to that which we had been having, gave everyone coughs, colds, and chills and put a stop to rowing during the third week of the term. There are thirty-eight rowers this term, exclusive of coxes ; this is a record, for past years anyhow, and we have plenty of good material upon which to depend for future years. Some people do not seem to realise that there is nothing like beginning to row when you are young, that is to say any weight from ?st. 61bs. and upwards. You can then get a good year's work at the elementary principles of rowing and also give, firstly, yourself much more chance of obtaining a position in one of the School crews, and secondly, your coaches a chance of making you into a fast and stylish crew. In addition to this you save your coaches the endless trouble of drilling the elementary principles of oarsmanship into you, and bringing you up to racing pitch in one year; often a very difficult and troublesome process. Thus our exhortation to all is this :—If you think you are going to be a tall person and you are anxious of developing yourself, learn how to row while you are fairly small, and then, when you do become large you are fit to go on to more advanced rowing and racing. The prospects of the first crew this year are quite as good as in recent years. Two of last year's crew remain, none of the second crew, and only one of the third. Assheton at " Bow " and Payne at " Two " shape fairly well, and though they have much ground to cover, they appear to have a good chance of maintaining their positions in the crew. The success of this year's crew will depend much on the filling with satisfaction of these two places. When we come to the second crew we have to admit disappointment. As has been seen, no old colours remain, and, at the time of writing the prospects of the crew are bad. Several promising oars from last season have been tried but have not fulfilled their promise. All have a great tendency to pull with their inside arms, a fault which leads to a multitude of others; they also seem to have lost all idea of a high finish, and a sense of rhythm brought by steadiness over the stretcher. It looks very much as if we shall once again have to turn to new rowers, a thing which ought not to be. We should like to say here how very grateful we are to Mr. Strong and the large number of other masters who have been so kind as to help with the coaching of the rowing this term. D.A.B.H. E.C.H.

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June 13. Hereford C.S. At Worcester. June 23. Public Schools Cup. At Marlow. (present holders, Winchester College) July 13. Old Vigornians. At Worcester.

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June 20. Monmouth School 2nd IV.

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At Worcester June 30. St. Edward's School, Oxford, 2nd IV. At Oxford.

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P.C. Competition. The P.T. Competition took place on February I3th, in College Hall. The result of the Inter-House Competition was as follows :— 1. Hostel. 2. School House. 3. Castle House. 4. Day Boys. 5. Natland. Hostel as usual retained the Cup. This is the eighth year in succession that they have won the Cup, which is, we believe, something of a record. Their team was G. D. S. Boole (leader), G. H. Carrel, E. W. Parsons, A. E. Blackband, J. R. A. Embling, C. D. Garrett, G. E. Walker. Sergt.-Instr. Dennison, the new P.T. Instructor at the Dep&t, very kindly came down and judged the competition. We would like here to thank him also for the help he gave us when learning the new Massed P.T., known as " Neil's Book." The Massed P.T. was entirely different from the usual. It was the first table from Neil's Book upon which the revised system of P.T. in the Army is based. There is no stop from start to finish. The squad starts on the first exercise and changes to the next upon the blowing of a whistle till the whole table is completed. D.A.B.H.

Ketcft Run. The Ketch Run was held this year on Monday, February 6th. Since the river was in flood a start from the tow path was impossible, and the race therefore began from College Hall, the runners being obliged to run through the town. The first home was Gawn (Under 15), who came in an easy first. Hopkin was second and consequently first in the Open and winner of the Day Individual Cup. He was closely followed by Molony and Rowland ii. Results :— WARREN CUP. 61 points. 1. School House 66 „ 2. Castle House no „ 3. Day Boys 4. Hostel i53l ». 5. Natland

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OPEN. i. Hopkin. 2. Molony. 3. Rowland ii. 4. Davies i.

UNDER 15. Gawn. Baly i. Bowles. Pratt.

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UNDER 13. Shrimpton. Luscombe. Embling ii. Clinch ii.

Sergt. Halton to be Under Officer, No. i Platoon. Sergt. Boole ,, ,, ,, ,, 2 ,, Cpl. Maund ,, Sergt. ,, 3 ,, Cpl. Brown i ,, ,, Cpl. Rowland ii ,, „ Cpl. Hodgson ,, ,, Cdt. Assheton to be L/Cpl. No. 9 Section. ,, Rowland i ,, „ „ 10 ,, „

O.C.C. Rotes. Training this term has been of a general nature, with special attention paid to Cert. " A " candidates. Recruits have made good progress. There were 15 candidates for Cert. " A." They have worked hard and all are to be congratulated on passing the practical examination on February i8th. The written examination took place on March i3th, but the results are not yet to hand. Probert was unfortunately prevented by illness from taking the examination. We should like to thank Major Leman and Captain Hargreaves, of the Worcestershire Regiment, for so kindly coming to lecture to the candidates. Field operations took place on March gth. An account appears below. The Band have practised assiduously and are to be congratulated on the high standard they have reached. They continue to turn out very smartly and their playing is better than it has been for seme years. They should do well again in camp. The miniature range has been in constant use and a lot of good work has been done there. A full account of Shooting -appears below. It has been decided to change the nature of the Section Competition. Owing to the re-organisation of the contingent sections are no longer purely house sections, and it would be impossible to run the competition on the lines of previous years. The object of the competition is to encourage section commanders to take a greater interest in their sections. It is felt that at the present time section commanders need no such spur and it has therefore been decided to award the shield to the best section in camp. The camp contingent will be organised as far as possible in House sections and the shield will be awarded to that section which has the best record in camp. In judging the sections consideration will be given to the following points : (i) Tents, (2) Turn out on all parades during camp, (3) Handling of sections in field operations. The annual inspection next term will take place on July i4th and will be conducted by Major J. F. Leman, D.S.O., Commanding the Depdt, the Worcestershire Regiment. The contingent will go to camp this year to Strensall, Yorkshire. The following promotions and appointments were made this term :—

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„ Beaumont i ,, ,, ,, 12 ,, The number of those leaving last term was eight. Six recruits were enrolled this term. FIELD DAY. This term an experiment was made in trying new ground at Hartlebury Common, near Stourport. The ground was not very good, being thickly covered with gorse over a great deal of its area. This fact, however, served one useful purpose : it prevented senior commanders from commanding sections individually, a tendency which has been marked in former field operations. It allowed junior commanders to use their initiative and gain experience in this direction. This was useful from the section commanders point of view, but resulted in a certain lack of cohesion in the attack. The defence was well organised and its withdrawal from successive defensive positions was well carried out. The Corps marched to Claines headed by the band. Here the band left their instruments and the journey was completed in motor 'buses. Before arriving at the Common the 'buses were left a^nd the two forces marched to their respective " jumping off " positions. On the completion of operations tea was served and the return journey to Claines made by "bus. From Claines the band again headed the march home, which was reached about six o'clock.

Sbooting. During the whole of this term, time on the range has been almost entirely devoted to the practice of the " Shooting VIII," a band of men, whom it was extremely difficult to unearth ; and, although as yet quite a high standard of efficiency has been attained, better results are expected next term. Their match against King Edward's School, Birmingham, resulted in an utter failure, owing to their opponents' partial disregard for the specified conditions, and our miscalculation in the Rapid. Other matches have been arranged next term against Kelly College, Bloxham, and Exeter School, some on the 25 yards and others on the open range. The " Country Life " Competition was shot off on March I4th. Slight alterations in the scoring this year have made the Rapid much more difficult; but in spite of that handicap this year's score exceeds that of last year by about 60 points. The following are the scores, excluding that of the Landscape Target, which probably amounts to about 220 points altogether.

THE VIGORNIAN. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Whitaker, who, as Musketry Officer, has been untiring in his kindness to coach us. " COUNTRY LIFE " SCORES (Poss. 85). W. E. A. Brown G. W. Rowland C. V. Hodgson D. W. A. Molony R. H. Rowland G. H. Carrel J. H. C. Phelips C. F. Assheton

62 79 63 63 54 50 44

In all the possible total will be 706, that of last year being 645W.E.A.B. G.W.R.

Boxing. In spite of the prophecies delivered at a debate last term, upon the fate of boxing and the boxing " competition " should any attempt be made to revive them, both have been revived with success this term. Altogether about fifty people have been learning boxing this term, a great many under the tuition of Sergeant-Instructor Dennison, of the Depot, and the remainder, mostly more advanced pupils, under Mr. T. Andrews. It does great credit to the School that so large a number should take up boxing, after it has been dropped for so many years ; and it shows that there are still those in the School who realise what a fine, noble, and manly sport boxing is. The Boxing Finals took place on Monday, March igth. Mr. Clee, with two other instructors from the Depot, very kindly came down and judged the competition for us. Some very good bouts were seen, those of Rowland and Blackband, Harris and Rumsey, Carrel and Boole, being especially worthy of mention. Rowland ii was the winner of the Boxing Cup which was awarded to the most stylish winner. Harris was placed second, Carrel third, Boole fourth (being the best loser), and Rumsey fifth. Points :— Junior Victor. House Shield. Senior Victor. - 10 Rumsey - 8 Castle House - 18 Rowland Hostel - 10 Harris - 8 - 6 Natland - 8 Carrel Boole - 4 D.A.B.H.

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Cricket Prospect. When a heavy-weight boxer is asked his prospects for a coming fight he invariably answers " I have no doubt that I shall win," not, we imagine because he has no doubt, but because to enumerate his doubts would be bad for his training—involving too much mental effort—and would also take up too much space in the newspapers. When therefore we were asked for the Cricket Prospect—it was snowing at the time—we smiled and said, " We have no doubt we shall win." Apparently that was not enough. Our inquirer, realising that we used the formula in the same way as the heavy-weight, and meant absolutely nothing, pressed us further. So We shall have from last year four old ist XI Colours and fourteen of the ist Game, of whom seven are quite good bowlers. Provided that the net-pitches are in good order early on in the term, there should be no dearth of batsmen. As to fielding, which we mention last, though it is by no means least important, it would be as well for every member of the School to bear in mind that nobody is a cricketer until he can field well, and that nobody has a chance of getting into a cricket team unless he is a cricketer. Brilliant fielders, maybe, are born, but good fielders are made by hard and enthusiastic practice. Finally we have to thank a mighty gust of wind which has blown down one of the elms that were wont to help the slow bowler so much.

Concert Dp Cbe iUapfarlna Crlo. We were delighted this term by another visit of the Wayfaring TriOj who gave an evening Concert of Chamber Music and Songs in College Hall. It is not long since the Trio visited us before, but such pleasure was occasioned by their last visit that the Headmaster had been prevailed upon to ask them to come once more. It is not often that the School as a whole has the opportunity of listening to good Chamber Music well played, and in this case instruction was combined with entertainment, for Miss Rhoda Legge gave a short talk upon some of the items, both about the composer, and in some cases, about the form of the piece, enabling us the better to pick out the themes in the Corelli and Beethoven pieces. Miss Sibyl Cropper as contralto was very well received, her rendering of some of Schubert's songs (a feature of last time) being the most popular. The violoncellist, Miss Edith Vance, played with much skill and feeling, while the Headmaster could not refrain at the end from congratulating Miss Walker on her playing of the piano. We had not realised what a fine piano we had in the Hall! Altogether we had a most successful evening and there were many encores.

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Programme. TRIO. Sonate in G major Corelli Andante—Allegro—Larghetto—Gigue. SONGS. Bois epais Lully The soft-footed snow Sigurd Lie Over the mountains Old English Air arr : Roger Quilter TRIO in C minor. Op. i. No. 3 Beethoven Allegro. Andante with variations. Minuet and Trio. Finale. SONGS. Ave Maria (Scott) Schubert Who is Silvia (Shakespeare) died 1828 Hark, Hark the Lark ( „ VIOLONCELLO SOLO. (a) Orientate (b) Vito—a Spanish Dance

6. TRIO. Slavonic Dance No. 2 ,, ,, No. 5

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ClK Debating Society. Elsewhere in these columns, I happen to know, attention is drawn to the miserable fact that there have been no debates this term. Being Secretary of the Debating Society I am responsible for this. I accept responsibility and now I air my grievance. Towards the beginning of this term a notice was put up in College Hall to the effect that there would be a debate on a particular day at 4.45 p.m. Three people besides the secretary had promised to speak. On the arranged day one of the speakers approached the secretary : " I say, I'm awfully sorry, I can't be there at 4.45 p.m., do you think you could get someone else? " The secretary smiled goodnaturedly and said : " Never mind, we'll have it a quarter of an hour later." (He knew he could not get anyone else.) At 5 p.m. all the speakers were gathered on the platform when a breathless little boy arrived with the news that the member of the society who had promised to take the chair in the absence of the Chairman had decided to play fives. " Could the secretary get somebody else? " The secretary looked across the platform. There was no member of the society present other than the speakers. He looked down the Hall, and finally asked one of the three or four present who was above the Lower Fourth if he would be kind enough to take the chair. It was ten minutes past five and there were now present, dotted here and there over what seemed the gigantic expanse of the Hall some ten boys, for the most part comfortably reading. That then was the object of the Debating Society—to open the Hall as a quiet spot for reading. The secretary lost his temper and adjourned the meeting. When he had recovered he wandered around just to see what was detaining all the members of the Society—perhaps there was something which was keeping them all away.

No. They were all in their studies reading novels, or else in the Reading Room. They were just not interested in the debate. Or was it that they were annoyed that the secretary had not approached them personally and told them about the debate and begged them to come—as he usually does? I prefer to think that they were not interested, but I go so far as to say that it was because they refused to be interested. They had got the idea that the opinion of a certain number of the School is that to go to a debate is something extraordinary—not done—and so they just did not bother to think about it. It is this feeling that debating is " not done," except on subjects that directly involve the School, such as the end of term concerts and the Boxing Competition, that is at the root of all the secretary's troubles. At the beginning of last term, having got together by a lot of gentle persuasion enough people to form the society, he invited subjects for debates. Two or three people gave them to him, he suggested a few himself. It was decided to hold debates on some of the subjects suggested. The secretary then managed to get people to speak on all the proposed subjects. People promised. It was then that the trouble began. " You promised to speak in the debate on Saturday." " Oh, Lord ! Did I really? I say, can't you put it off, or get someone else, I haven't thought about the beastly thing yet? Besides it's a rotten subject anyway. There's nothing a fellow can say about that." . . But this tirade is getting too long, and the subject is painful. Perhaps I am unjust and people shrink from debates through modesty. I hope that is so. G.D.S.B.

Cftess Rotes. On Thursday, December 8th, a double-barrelled match was arranged against the Grammar School. The ist VI overwhelmingly defeated the opposing ist VI away, although individual games were not won so easily. At home the 2nd VI were also victorious, but by a smaller margin. ist VI—J. G. Beavan (§), O. R. Craze (i), T.O'D. Lumley (i), T. S. Broadhurst (i), J. H. Waylen (i), R. G. W. Weight (i). 2nd VI—W. R. Graves-Morris (J), H. C. Hayward (i), P. Headeach (i), M. J. Balch (o), F. T. C. Williams (i), J. Gray (o). On Tuesday, Jan. 3ist, a match was played in the VI Form Room against a team representing the Staff. This is the first time a match has been played against a full VI representing the Staff. The result was a win for the School by four points to two. Individual games were as follows:—

THE VIGORNIAN. W.C.K.S. J. G. Beavan (white) O. R. Craze T. O'D. Lumley T. S. Broadhurst J. H. Waylen R. G. W. Weight

STAFF. 1 Rev. R. J. Whitaker - J i A. D. Franklin, Esq. - o I S. D. Strong, Esq. - o j C. I. Record, Esq. - i 0 J. H. L. Burnett, Esq. i 1 D. H. Addleshaw, Esq. o

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The return match against Worcester City 2nd was played on Thursday, March ist, at the Victoria Institute. After a very stiff fight the School team gained the victory by the narrow margin of 3^ points to 23. The 2nd board was the most difficult to adjudicate, where Beavan had a Rook to his opponent's Bishop and Knight. However both players agreed to a draw and solved the difficulty. Rev. R. J. Whitaker (black) (o), J. G. Beavan (£), O. R. Craze (i), T.O'D. Lumley (i), T. S. Broadhurst (i), J. H. Waylen (o).

The return match against the Grammar School was played on Thursday, Feb. 2nd. The ist VI played at home and drew with their opponents, who constituted a much stronger opposition than last time, while we were without Craze. Away the 2nd VI secured a win by four points to two, thus making the result of the whole match a win for the School by seven points to five, ist VI.—J. G. Beavan (black) (i), T. O'D. Lumley (i), T. S. Broadhurst (J), J. H. Waylen (i), R. G. W. Weight (o), W. R. Graves-Morris (o). and VI.—H. C. Hayward (o), P. Headeach (i), F. T. C. Williams (i), J. E. A. King (i), W. F. Cox (o), E. C. A. Bang (i). On Thursday, Feb. gth, a match was played against Pershore C.C. In spite of the good fight which members of the School team put up, Pershore gained the victory. J G. Beavan (o), O. R. Craze (o), T. O'D. Lumley (o), T. S. Broadhurst (o), J. H. Waylen (i), R. G. Weight (i). * * * On Saturday, Feb. nth, J. G. Beavan and T. O'D. Lumley went to Oxford and played for Worcestershire against Oxfordshire. They played 45th and 46th boards respectively. Mr. Whitaker also played. On Tuesday, Feb. I4th, F. W. Trent, Esq., Captain of the Worcester City Club, played eight simultaneous games with intermittent instruction. This was a very satisfactory innovation, since the lower players derived instruction beyond being merely defeated. J. G. Beavan (o), T. O'D. Lumley (o), T. S. Broadhurst (o), J. H. Waylen (o), R. G. Weight (o), H. C. Hayward (o), J. E. A. King (o), E. C. A. Bang (o). On Saturday, Feb. 25th, we went over to Stourport and played a match against Stourport 2nd VI. Games were exceedingly interesting and it was altogether a very pleasant match. Although Craze was absent, the result was a win for the School by 4^ points to ij. J. G. Beavan (black) (i), T. O'D. Lumley (i), T. S. Broadhurst (J), J. H. Waylen (i), R. G. W. Weight (o), W. R. Graves-Morris (i).

Beavan, Craze and Lumley were again invited to play for Worcestershire later in the term, this time against Gloucestershire. But Beavan and Craze were unable to play. Lumley played 47th board and lost, while Mr. Whitaker also played and won.

Floes. This term we have only played two Fives matches, our other fixtures being scratched owing to mumps. On Saturday, February nth, we played Hereford Cathedral School at home and beat them by 93 points to 36, six games to nil. The School representatives in this match were :—G. H. Carrel, C. V. Hodgson, G. W. Rowland, C. F. Assheton. On Saturday, March 3rd, we had a very enjoyable game against the O.V.'s, who were represented by C. LI. Garnett and C. E. Porter. They suffered, naturally, from lack of practice and we beat them after a tough struggle by two games to one. We hope this fixture with the O.V.'s will become an annual event.

At the time of writing the handicap doubles have reached the semi-final round. They have provided some excellent games and great keenness has been shown by all. The ist and 2nd rounds have been played off in the Singles and it is hoped that the final will be reached by about March 24th. The results of the House Matches were as follows :— Castle House) Hostel ( Hostel Hostel Natland *> School House School House | Day Boys i School House G.H.C.

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Ctbrarp. The following new books have been added to the School Library :— The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith The Great Airship Capt. F. S. Brereton The Bridge of San Luis Rey T. Wilder The Tickencote Treasure W. Le Queux The Sword of Fortune Ben Bolt The Young Ranchers E. S. Elles Erewhon Samuel Butler The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Jock of the Bushveldt Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Flat II Edgar Wallace Dark Anne Marjorie Bowen

Upper V. Clayton, A. T. (1923-27), Day Boy. Wingfield-Digby, J. R. (1924-27), School House. Cadet O.T.C. Lower V. Crofts, J. A. (1923-27), Day Boy. Farrington, L. V. (1924-27), Day Boy. Monahan, P. C. W. (1924-27), School House, ist XV, 1925-27, ist IV Rowing 1927, L/Cpl. O.T.C. Remove. Jones, L. G., Day Boy. Upper IV. Collier, C. P. R. (1927), Hostel, Cadet O.T.C. Middle IV. Slade, P. R. (1925-27), Day Boy.

School Officers. Captain of School Secretary of Football Captain of Boats Secretary of Boats Captain of Shooting Secretary of Shooting Captain of Fives Captain of Gym Secretary of Chess -

G. D. S. Boole E. C. Halton D. A. B. Hopkin E. C. Halton W. E. A. Brown G. W. Rowland G. H. Carrel D. A. B. Hopkin T. O'D. Lumley

Captains of Houses :— E. C. Halton School House D. A. B. Hopkin Castle House J. C. Palmer Day Boys Hostel G. D. S. Boole G. H. Ridley Natland School Monitors—G. D. S. Boole, D. A. B. Hopkin, E. C. Halton, J. C. Palmer, C. V. Hodgson. Editors of the Vigornian—G. D. S. Boole, D. A. B. Hopkin, E. W. Parsons, J. H. C. Phelips. Librarians—D. A. B. Hopkin, F. H. Yarnold, E. W. Parsons, W. E. A. Brown, O. R. Davies, C. F. Assheton, C. H. Yeomans.

Lower IV. Bomford, J. H. (1925-27), Day Boy. FitzMaurice, F. D. (1924-27), Day Boy, Cadet O.T.C.

Saloete. Upper V. Egar, R. H., Castle House. King's Scholar. Parsons ii, A. V., School House. King's Scholar. Lower V. Cockburn, C. R. Hostel. Remove. Couzens, D. A. Hostel. Derbyshire, K. Day Boy. Upper IV. Anthony, R. C. Day Boy. Dixon, J. H. F. School House. Rumsey, M. W. Natland. Thomas, R. L. Day Boy. Middle IV. Jackson ii, G. N. School House. Lower IV. Hall, R. W. T. Castle House.

Vakte. Modern VI. Arbuckle, A. D. (1918-27), Day Boy. School Monitor. 2nd XI Cricket 1925, ist XI 1926-27, ist XV Football 192527, Captain of Football 1927, Sergeant O.T.C., Cert. " A " 1927. McDonaugh, E. (1921-27), Day Boy. L/Cpl. O.T.C. Wood, R. H. N. (1919-27), Hostel. School Monitor. 2nd XI Cricket 1926-27, 2nd XV Football 1926, ist XV 1927, Shooting VIII 1926-27, Sergeant-Major O.T.C., Cert " A " 1926.

Third Form. Embling ii, P. M. K.

Hostel.

Second Form. Lewis, F. C. Hostel. Spence, L. W. Day Boy. RE-ADMITTED. Modern VI. Sewell, A. B. Day Boy.

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Certificate H. Dotes on. Der Tag. . . . It arrived at last—Practical Cert. "A." Having spent the night dreaming of fiery colonels, we put the finishing touches to our Knowledge (?) and went into prayers feverishly asking each other how many ground flares a platoon sergeant carried and such-like foolish questions. Then we fell in outside School House and waited . . . and waited. At last two figures come in sight round the corner. One is the familiar figure of an officer from the local barracks and the other is a tall man in a large greatcoat. Oh Heavens! His greatcoat has red braid on the shoulders. He must be at least a colonel—even a general! We are rapidly divided into two parties and are herded like sheep to our doom. I am in the party allotted to the general. Worse still! We are each to go and interview him by ourselves behind closed doors. The first man goes in and after a seemingly interminable time comes out again looking rather white. Others enter and at last comes my turn. I timidly open the door and enter. I seem to be half my usual size and I creep towards his desk. He does not stir. Perhaps I have shrunk so much that he has not noticed me. He glances up with a smile and says something. I grow bigger quickly—spoken to by a general! I hear him telling me to take up a rifle, and do so. " Now show me how to take out the bolt." " Take out the bolt? " Have I heard aright? Still I show him and he nods. Then follow innumerable questions, some of which I know the answers to, others I do not, but I give reasons for everything. He nods wisely and so my turn finishes. Then follows an easy map-reading paper, in which' we find most of the answers done for us on our protractors or maps, and we fall out until eleven o'clock. At eleven o'clock we parade again at the Tower for Tactics and again I am examined by the general (he is only a lieutenant really). Again I am asked many questions. " Show me how you would dispose your platoon to defend that ridge?" But it is only a tiny ridge and there is a huge mountain in front. I say to myself " Does he mean me to occupy the mountain? " However he quickly relieves my feelings by sweeping away the mountain and heaping up the ridge. Soon after comes drill. In spite of trembling like an aspen leaf I manage to slap my butt and shriek incoherent commands at the top of my voice. I am asked a few signals and wave my arms vaguely, but apparently they are all right.

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Result—all passed. My secret thought—if I passed I cannot see how people can ever be fools enough to fail. Then as to the written paper—but the less said about that the better. For further information fill up the Army (buff) form E/C 643216, J 308, Mark VII, para. 48, Appendix 233. KNOX FORM.

Impressions or a Spring morning. The first Spring morn ! The purple hills, Half hidden by the haze that fills The air what time the sun is high, To-day far distant seemed to lie, Dotted with woods and sparkling rills. The sky was clear, save where a bank Of clouds high-piled, which slowly sank Towards the banished wintry North, Spoke of a Heavenly life. The birds were chatt'ring in the trees Whose budded twigs swayed in the breeze ; All nature seemed to raise its voice In swelling praise, the land rejoice, Even the cattle on the leas. The student hastened merrily Towards the ancient library, To write an essay deep and dull On " Prehistoric Life." No ray of sunshine reached the room ; Twas dark and cheerless as a tomb; Down from a shelf the student took A thing which proved to be a book On application of a broom. As old as prehistoric man Himself the volume seemed, and tan It was in hue and very large. Aloud the student groaned. Others he tried ; all were the same ; He hardly stopped to read the name. His good intentions vanished wide, He only longed to go outside, He quite forgot for what he came. He leaped up from his heavy chair, He bounded to the bottom stair, He muttered idly to himself, " We must adjourn for lunch." F.H.Y.

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ttlbat Routing reallp is* We took our seats at the thwarts and the orderlies were kind enough to push us out from the float. " Will you please paddle to the bend? " said our coach. After stroke had eaten his ice we would have started but unfortunately a man in a rowing boat was rather near, and so we had to wait. Meanwhile our coach had bicycled as far as the bend and was looking rather concerned because we had not started. He knew that two was very liable to dizzy fits. At last the rowing boat went and cox asked us to start paddling. Before we arrived at the bend nothing unusual happened; the stroke was short and easy, about twelve to the minute. Our coach seemed surprised at the delay, but when cox told him about the rowing boat, he apologised for his hasty words and said : " Please don't row so fast. There is no need to exerl. yourselves, since the race is not for another week. Bow, 1 think you would find it easier to turn your blade perpendicular before you take a stroke. You, cox, ought to try not to sway from side to side ; it puts the others off." In the second stretch a pleasure steamer came in sight and cox was fast asleep. Stroke however heard it coming just in time to save a crash. He rowed furiously backwards and two began to follow his example when he saw what was happening. The man who was steering the pleasure steamer was quite nice about it. He said, " That's right; take all the river, if you want it. You're a splendid crew, you are." But our coach was very unreasonable. He nearly lost his temper. " Cox," he shouted through his megaphone, " I think you might keep awake, bother you." We all blushed at his language and the incident cast a gloom over the whole outing. In fact we were never really ourselves again. Two came over all giddy and nearly fell out of the boat, while I, already rather tired, did not feel able to keep up our fast pace. We turned by the Dog and Duck ferry and rowed down as far as the Railway bridge. Here we turned and cox, getting rather muddled about which side of the boat was which, rammed two of the riggers into the centre pile of the bridge. We paddled slowly back to the float without them. When we were drawn up and ready to get out of the boat, our coach and the captain of rowing came down to speak to the cox, and as they were there they noticed that the boat was half full of water. They found a hole underneath my seat and asked me how I had got into the boat. " Oh ! " I said, " I jumped in," and seeing it was all my fault, I burst into tears. " Never mind," the captain said, " the boat club will pay for i t ; besides we have plenty of new boats."

Spring! I rose and left my room. The Spring had come. The blessed Spring had come; I laughed aloud Exulting in the brightness of the air, Exulting in the morning crying-fair, The sky bedecked with tiny wisps of cloud All pink and golden with the rising sun. The birds each one adown his wheeling flight Called mattin carols, piped and sang in fun The river paused to murmur " it is Spring," And " it is Spring," whispered the daffodil, And " Spring is coming," answered the busy millAll nature on that morning stopt to sing And at that moment rose the mighty sun, In splendour bright. Shot out one dazzling beam and smote the earth with light.

Che Oxford Ccucr. To '.he Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Once more the term has drawn to a close, but in the midst of partaking in the " breaking-up festivities," a bomb-shell descended upon us in the shape of a request for an Oxford Letter, from which we had considered ourselves comparatively safe. Oxford has really been exceptionally dull this term, but the last week has been enlivened by the launching of a film, entitled " The City of Youth." So we have shaved our beards and attempted to look young again. Those with cars have obtruded them as often as possible upon the camera, while those without have had their little joke in other ways. We have no doubt that the film will really be a big joke. " There's nae luck aboot the noose when the gudeman's awa'." So says the old song and we fully believe it. Our paterfamilias, we are sorry to say, has been away most of the term with concussion, the result of a Rugger cup-tie ; but he is better now, and we note that the streets have again become unsafe, by reason of his furious pedalling. We cannot help thinking that this is a good effort, seeing that it is written in a train, and this G.W.R. track is not conducive to wit. We will however proceed with our libels. M. A. CRAZE (Hertford). Enjoyed his period of residence in the Acland Home as much as could be expected under the circumstances. Congratulations are due to him, and to D. H. PRESTON (Worcester) on obtaining their Rugger colours. The latter, being now a B.A., does no work, but is all the more amusing for that reason. K. N. Ross (Merton). Has been very busy with Schools, with what degree of success we know not! At any rate he has been very busy ! We are confident that the unfortunate tradition of thirds has at last been broken.

THE VIGORNIAN. C. J. C. MOLONY (The Queen's). Continues on his primrose path, but we hope it does not lead to the everlasting bonfire. G. E. CHURCHILL (Hertford). Has done enough work to qualify for an ant! We hope his Schools will reward his energy. He still retains his hearty disposition, but we have it on good authority that he does not eat as much as he used to. C. J. O. BLACKALL (Merton). Has been developing all sorts of things in all sorts of ways. That these are not wholly nocuous is shown by his speech in the Union. This requires more courage even than reading the lesson in Prayers, so he is to be congratulated. J. B. EDWARDS (Wadham). Is only seen early in the morning. Does he breakfast out? Does he imitate the nocturnal activities of the feline tribe? We know not, but at any rate he ever cuts us even at that time, so we suspect that he is perfectly honest still. We hope his Schools have proved successful. Yours, Till Armageddon, OXON.

Correspondence. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, May I, through your columns, draw the attention of your readers to the fact that if the efficiency of the School rowing is to be kept up, it is necessary to have a good deal of our present boat equipment renewed. As everyone realizes new boats are very expensive items, and the School Games Fund, on which the rowing is always rather a big expense, is not in a position at present by any means to provide any new rowing equipment in the form of boats. The needs which are most pressing are for two sister light IV's to replace two existing ones, which have been used now for over 15 years to my knowledge, and also, if possible, two tub IV's, and some new sculling boats to replace similar ones which are also nearly 20 years old. It seems that under the circumstances the nearest approach to getting these is to buy them second hand. I have gone into this and I find that it would require at the very least £100. I am willing therefore to give £10 towards this expense of re-equipment provided that at least nine other O.V.'s or friends of the School will support me with a similar subscription, making up anyhow the minimum of .£100 towards this end. I hope that perhaps in your next issue you will allow me to announce the support which I trust I may get. I am, Sirs, Yours truly, S. D. STRONG.

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To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, May I trespass on your valuable space a moment to suggest that the intellectual achievements of those leaving be added to their names in " Valete " column as well as their athletic achievements? The names of certificates or scholarships gained would be more interesting to many than details of athletic achievements, but I do not see why both should not be included. With the usual apologies, Yours sincerely, " LEGION."

To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Sirs, As the representatives at this School of an ancient nation, we feel that our country has been deeply insulted by the failure of those who have charge of these matters, to fly the School flag on St. David's Day. Some years ago it was agreed that the flag should be flown on certain specified days, and amongst them was St. David's Day. Why is our patron saint thus slighted? We noticed that the flag was flown on St. Patrick's Day. Is St. David in any way inferior to St. Patrick? Is Wales inferior to Ireland? Most emphatically, no, sirs! Ireland, never knowing what she wants, and never satisfied when she gets it—Wales, among whose beautiful mountains were born music, Gwyn Nicholls, Lloyd George (who won the War) and, last but in no ways least, ourselves. The Editors of the Vigornian are always ready to support a righteous cause, and we feel sure that they will back us in our protest against this disgraceful omission on the part of those responsible for flying the flag, whateffer ! Yours very truly, In the name of the leek, Six WELSHMEN, [Cymru am Byth].

Contemporaries. We acknowledge the following contemporaries, with apologies for any accidental omissions :—King Edward's School Chronicle, The Alluredian, The Wyggestonian, The Cantuarian, The Wulfrunian, St. Michael's Chronicle, The Bromsgrovian, The Alleynian, The Tonbridgian, The Monktonian, Toilers of the Deep, The Black and Gold, The Limit, The Herefordian, Constant!*.

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EXPENDITURE.

Clbrarp Account.

£ s. d.

RECEIPTS. 1927. £

Balance May 13. Per Headmaster „ 16. O.V. Club

s. d.

£ s. d. 25 10 i

31 10 o 8 17 9

49 5 5 40 7 9

Sept. 23. Per Headmaster Nov. 9. O.V. Club

31 16 o 13 6 5

Jan. Mar.

31 i o 10 8 7

. Per Headmaster i. O.V. Club

May 17. Phillips & Probert ... 15 14 o „ „ Large 7u i „ 18. Baylis ... ... 17 15 6 „ „. W. H. Smith & Sons ... 7 18 6 Sunday Papers ... 4 0 Stamps ... ... i 6

45 2 5

9 7

£152

9 10

June 16. Mann (Chessmen) ... 3 0 0 Sept. 29. Cheque Book ... 5 0 Oct. i. Phillips & Probert ... 3 7 6 ,, 3. W. H. Smith & Sons ... 4 5 0 „ 4. Large 7 12 o Nov. 10. Baylis ... ... 26 12 jo Chess Club Sub. (2 years) 10 o Sunday Papers ... 4 0 45 16

Jan. 25. Large ... ... 10 o n „ „ Phillips & Probert ... 4 15 o Feb. 10. W. H. Smith & Sons ... 2 15 6 ,, 20. Baylis ... ... 20 17 2 Sunday Papers ... 4 4 Stamps ... ... 2 0 Balance

38 14 ii 18 12 8 9 o

R. J. CASTLEY, Hon. Treasurer. Audited and found correct. C. CREIGHTON, Headmaster.