Che Uigornian.
THE WORCESTER CATHEDRAL KING'S SCHOOL
CHRONICLE.
TA MEN AIAAKTA MANeANQ, TA A'EYPETA ZHTO, TA A'EYKTA MAPA 6EON HITHSAMHN.
No. 137.
VOL. IX.
DECEMBER, 1933.
PRICE is.
editorial.
Contents Page Editorial 905 School Calendar 906 School Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 906 O.V. News 906 School Officers 907 King's Scholarship Examination... ... ... ... 908 Valete 908 Salvete ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 909 909 Cricket Notes 910 Rugger Notes 914 Shooting Notes 914 O.T.C. Notes O.T.C. Accounts 916 H.R.H. The Duke of York's Camp, 1933 916 Chess Notes 917 Scout Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 917 The Library 918 Debating Society ... ... ... ... ... ... 918 Lectures ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 919 College Hall 919 The History of the Mrs. Henry Wood Essay Prize... 919 " The Mere Male "... ... ... ... ... ... 920 Godollo ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 921 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 923 W.C.K.S. Games Fund 926 Contemporaries 925
Some judge the whole of The Vigornian by the Editorial. We suggest that they would argue that the rest of it can be summed up conclusively if they have seen the skill and wit—if any—of the Editor in his note. But this is no work of art expressive of it all—it is a mere introduction, as much as to say " Here's The Vigornian and we hope you enjoy it," and then leave the readers to it. They are not there to be entertained by us but by the accounts we have given them. We have heard people say they never read the preface to a book, but thy like to get on with the story—then why read the editorial? And so to the term in general. This autumn has played its part well in upholding this year's excellent weather. The weather must crop up here somewhere because it makes so much difference to Rugger and to many people's moods according as they like hot or cold, wet or dry, foggy or clear. Last Easter term saw real clear cold wintry weather, with some good skating; the Summer was boiling hot and —in fact real Summer and not the " English " type: and now the Autumn has been excellent. There have been mists and some rain, as must be in autumn, and now the days are shorter, but the weather has chiefly been very fine and the Rugger field has been ideal once the drought broke up and we could use our Rugger boots. Other activities in the School have not been lacking—the Band has been hard at work and it is good to see it is full to overflowing with recruits : the Choir has grown large
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enough to tackle oratorio with effect: the Light Orchestra is flourishing, and the Debating Society is going strong again. In fact there seems to have been an awakening of interest in things in nearly everybody, which we hope will continue in the future and swing us along quickly into the next holidays before we know it, as it has done this term. And with this trust in a bright future we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
$cl)ool Calendar. Fri., Sat.,
Sept. 22. Boarders return. ,, 23. Term begins.
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24. School Celebration of Holy Communion. 8.45 a.m. Sat., Oct. 21. Certificate " A " Practical Examination. Fri., Nov. 3. Field Day on Bringsty Common. Sat., Nov. 4. Half Term. Sat., ,, n. Lecture by Mr. Hockliffe on " Works of Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum." Tues., „ 14. Certificate " A " Theoretical Examination. Sat., ,, 18. Lecture by Mr. Radcliffe on " Seaplanes and Flying Boats." Sun., ,, 19. Mayor's Sunday. Contingent Parade. Tues. and Wed., Nov. 21 and 22. King's Scholarship Examination. Sat., Nov. 25. Lecture by Mr. W. J. M. Scott on " The Arctic Expedition." Mon., ,, 27. Results of King's Scholarship Examination read out by the Dean in College Hall. Thurs., Dec. 7. School Service. 3 p.m. The Headmaster. Thurs., Wed., Thurs.,
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School Service. 3 p.m. The Headmaster. „ 20. O.V. Rugby Football Match. School Concert. ,, 21. Exeunt Omnes.
Scbool We are extremely sorry to announce that Mr. E. G. Boothroyd is leaving the Staff at the end of this term. He came to the School in September 1930, and he has always taken the greatest interest in all departments of the School life, especially in the Scouts, and in connection with the Library. We wish him every success in the future.
We are glad to see Mr. Taylor back again after a serious bicycle accident last term, and congratulate him on making such a speedy recovery. * » * Our best wishes go with Mr. and Mrs. Castley, who are giving up the Hostel after thirty years. We are glad, however, that Mr. Castley is not leaving us altogether, but will still remain at the School as a master for a little longer. At the same time we feel sure that Mr. Franklin, who will take over the Hostel from Mr. Castley, will run the house with as much success as his predecessor. * * * On the occasion of his retirement at the end of this term from the Hostel, of which he has been housemaster since he founded it 31 years ago, Mr. Castley was presented with a handsome wardrobe as a farewell gift and token of esteem from past and present members of his house. * * » Field Day was held this term on Bringsty Common, on November 3rd. * * « Of the nine members of the O.T.C. who entered for the Certificate " A " examination, all passed the Practical Part. The results of the Theoretical will not be known until next term. * * * The Flag has been flown on the following occasions this term :—Sept. 2gth, St. Michael and All Angels; Oct. 2ist, Battle of Trafalgar; Nov. ist, All Saints Day; Nov. nth, Armistice Day. * # * We have 'enjoyed two extra half holidays this term. The first was asked for by the Principal of Hertford College on Speech Day ; the second in honour of the new Mayor of Worcester. * * * The occupants of Edgar Tower have not been worried much by the noise of the workmen outside, since the latter have now transferred their attentions to the North side. We hope that by next term the whole tower will be completed. * * » The Light Orchestra gave a concert to members of the School, on Saturday, November 25th. It was much appreciated.
O.V. G. B. Torrens has been appointed to a cadetship in The Royal Indian Marine and joined H.M.S. Frobisher at Chatham last August. # » » A. L. Taylor is working with J. G. Smithson & Co. Ltd. making electric controllers.
THE VIGORNIAN. C. E. H. Finch has been resident in Athens since October last year looking after the interests of Messrs. Leyland, Motors. He suggests that the next O.V. re-union be held in that ancient city ! * » » Captain G. H. Wilford commanded the Honourable Artillery Company's Guard of Honour to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, at the Guildhall, on October 7th.
A. R. E. Thomas Africa, in November.
sailed for Johannesburg, South
E. C. A. Bang, since leaving School, spent three years with Nicholson, Beecroft & Co., accountants, then a short time in Denmark, before returning to take up a post with J. B. Wandle & Sons, chartered accountants, with the possibility of a junior partnership in the near future. »
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G. C. L. Thompson has joined the London Scottish Territorials. * * * BIRTH. On September 23rd, 1933, at 22, Altamont Road, Bombay, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Dumeresque (at School Joseph)—a daughter. » * » At the Michaelmas Ordinations four O.V. were ordained: Priests— K. N. Ross, at Salibury Cathedral, to the chaplaincy at Sarum Theological College. D. W. Rowe, curate of St. James, Dudley. Deacons— "* D. J. Cockle, to the Parish Church, Netherton, near Dudley. J. A. A. Maund, to the Parish Church, Evesham. * * * CHRISTENING. On October 2oth, in Worcester Cathedral, by the Rev. C. Creighton, Lucy Katherine, daughter of W. B. BentonEvans. * * * ENGAGEMENT. The engagement is announced between Captain Kenneth Pearce Smith, The Royal Berkshire Regiment, elder son of the late Mr. W. Smith and Mrs. Pearce Smith, formerly of Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester, and Phyllis (Sally), elder daughter of Major-General and Mrs. R. C. Wilson, Staff College, Quetta. (The Times, Sept. 26th, 1933.) The engagement is announced between Mr. Norman Bancks, of Wangancis, New Zealand, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bancks, of Cheltenham Road, Evesham, and Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ballingall, of Wangancis, New Zealand.
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The engagement is announced between William Oscar Hugh, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Woodrow, of Holly Bank, Ombersley Road, Worcester, and Violet Angear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Crocker, of Bishopgate, Norwich. * * * MARRIAGE. On October 4th, at Haslemere Parish Church, Paul Longland, to Helen Schuster, by the Rev. C. Creighton. On Friday, August 4th, by licence, at Marylebone Registry Office, London, W.i., Erik C. A. Bang, elder son of Mr. Christian A. Bang and Mrs. Bang, of Great Misenden, Bucks, to Helen, elder daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Angus McVarish, of Fort William. * * *
MARRIAGE. GRAVES-MORRIS—BROWNELL.—On September 26th, at Holy Trinity Church, Sliema, Malta, by the Rev. J. Carter, Chaplain to the Forces, Philip Graves-Morris, the Worcestershire Regiment, second son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Graves-Morris, of the Thatched House, Letchworth, and Malvern House, Luton, to Auriol Daphne, daughter of Major E. L. D. Brownell, late the Worcestershire Regiment and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and Mrs. Brownell, 126, Tower Road, Sliema, Malta, and niece of Lieutenant-Colonel B. C. Senhouse-Clarke, Commanding the 2nd Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment.
Scftool Officers. Joint Captains of the School
W. J. Mercer. D. S. Clarke. J. G. Stretton. D. S. Clarke. J. W. Garves-Morris. J. L. Warren.
Captain of Rugger Secretary of Rugger Captain of Gym. Captain of Fives Captain of Shooting Secretary of Chess Captains of Houses :— School House Castle House Hostel Day Boys -
|R. E.. Summers. " I W. J. Mercer.
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W. J. Mercer. J. L. Evans. C. W. P. Langley. R. E. Summers.
School Monitors—R. E. Summers, W. J. Mercer, A. J. N. Richards, D. S. Clarke, S. H. Hedderwick, J. L. Evans. Editors of The Vigornian—R. E. Summers, W. J. Mercer, A. J. N. Richards, R. L. Thomas. Librarians—A. J. N. Richards, R. L. Thomas, J. L. Evans, R. J. W. Bryer, J. S. Bagenal.
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Scholarship examination. NOVEMBER, 1933. The following awards have been made :— To a King's Scholarship and Special Classical Scholarship: P. T. Halliley (Mr. I. A. Zair, The Knoll, Woburn Sands). To a King's Scholarship: A. E. Hardman (King's School: formerly The Knoll, Woburn Sands).
Podesta, L. V. (1926-33). 1932. Librarian.
Day Boys. 2nd XV Football
Rushton, E. P. K. (1926-33). Day Boys, 2nd XV Football 1931. ist XV Football 1932. 2nd XI Cricket 1931. ist XI Cricket 1932-33. Sergt. O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1931. Shooting VIII. Upper Fifth. Baker, G. A. (1930-33). Day Boys. 2nd XI Cricket 1932. ist XI Cricket 1933.
To Entrance House Scholarships : J. H. Trate (The Knoll, Woburn Sands). D. R. Rexworthy (Mr. R. E. Gordon-Walker, XIV School, Clifton).
Bailey, L. M. (1927-33). Hostel. School Monitor. 2nd XV Football 1931. ist XV Football 1932. ist XI Cricket 1931 ; Captain of Cricket 1932-33. Sports Secretary 1933. Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1932. Shooting VIII. Gawn, B. J. (1929-33). Castle House. 2nd XV Football 1932. ist XI Cricket 1932-33. Cadet O.T.C. Harris, E. T. C. (1390-33). Castle House. Cox 2nd IV Rowing 1931. Cox ist IV Rowing 1932. Cadet O.T.C. ist IV Fives 1932.
Valete.
Taylor, A. L. (1931-33). Day Boys, ist XI Cricket 1932. 2nd XI Cricket 1933.
July, 1933.
Classical Sixth. Knapp-Fisher, E. G. (1929-33). School House. School Monitor. 2nd XI Cricket 1933. Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A" 1931. Librarian. Editor of The Vigornian. King's Scholar. Nicholls, G. H. (1925-33). Day Boys. Cadet O.T.C. Modern Sixth. Adlington, J. L. (1926-33). Day Boys. 2nd XI Cricket 1932-33. Sergt. O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1931. Barker, R. B. (1927-33). Day Boys. 2nd XV Football 1931. ist XV Football 1392. 2nd XI Cricket 1932. ist XI Cricket 1933. Butler, D. O. (1930-33). School House. 2nd XV Football 1931. ist XV Football 1932. 2nd XI Cricket 1932. ist XI Cricket 1933. Shooting VIII. Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1930. Clinch, D. H. (1926-33). School House. School Monitor. 2nd XI Cricket 1931-32-33. 2nd XV Rugger 1931- ist XV 1932. Shooting VIII. Captain of Shooting 1932-33. 2nd IV Fives 1932. ist IV Fives 1933. Sgt. O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1931.
Lowrer Fifth. Branch, A. E. N. (1927-33). Hostel. 2nd XV Football 1932. Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1932. Dormehl, P. M. C. (1926-33). School House. 2nd XV Football 1932. 2nd IV Rowing 1933. Lance-Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1932. Shooting VIII. Royle, R. P. (1924-1933). Castle House. School Monitor, ist XV Football 1930-31. Captain of Rugger 1932. ist IV Rowing 1932. Captain of Boats 1933. ist IV Fives 1932. Captain of Fives 1933. C.S.M. O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1931. Tyrell, N. (1930-33). Day Boys. Cadet O.T.C. Remove. Coulter, F. L. (1928-33). Day Boys. Harrison, J. M. (1929-33). Castle House. 2nd XV Football 1931-32. Lance-Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A" 1932. Haines, R. S. (1931-33). School House. Cadet O.T.C. Read, A. M. (1931-33). Day Boys. Upper Fourth.
Gardiner, I. G. (1927-33). Day Boys. Higginson, T. F. (1926-33). School House. 2nd XV Football 1932. Lance-Corporal O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1932. Librarian.
Edwards, G. W. (1929-33). Castle House. 2nd XV Football 1932. ist IV Rowing 1933. Cadet O.T.C.
Modern Sixth. Maitland, R. J. R. B. (1929-33). School House. Captain of the School 1933. 2nd IV Rowing 1932. ist IV Rowing 1933. and XV Football 1930. ist XV 1931. Secretary of Rugger 1932. Shooting VIII. Under Officer O.T.C. Cert. " A " 1930.
Middle Fourth.
Martin, B. (1927-33). Day Boys.
Hinton, A. (1928-33). Day Boys. Steward, J. (1932-33). Day Boys.
Smith, J. (1929-33). Day Boys. Smith, R. (1929-33). Day Boys. Second Form. Rose, D. A. (1932-33).
Day Boys.
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Lower Fifth. Hardman, A. E. School House. Hoggard, J. W. Castle House. Rashleigh, F. E. G. Hostel. Robert, I. Day Boys. Sheriff, D. School House.
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good game. Much to everyone's surprise, Day Boys, after mounting up quite a formidable total in the first innings, proceeded to dismiss Hostel very cheaply and caused them to follow on. In their second innings they did much better but Day Boys won quite easily by 9 wickets. The scores of the final were as follows : —
Upper Fourth.
DAY BOYS— ist Innings.
McAuslin, L. J. School House. Sankey, E. W. School House. Wootten, E. W. Day Boys. Middle Fourth. Baldry, A. E. Day Boys. Ely the, M. H. Hostel. Folley, J. H. Castle House. McEachren, P. Castle House. Richards ii, N. W. School House. Sayer, J. D. H. Hostel.
W. F. R. Morgan b Hedderwick
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R. B. Barker c Beauchamp b Spencer ... D. A. Hemmings Ibw b Hedderwick ...
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E. P. K. Rushton Ibw b Hedderwick
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G A Baker b Hedderwick
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R W Hall not out
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2
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Lower Fourth. Rice-Jones ii, H. Castle House.
Total
Third Form. Hunt, J. S. Day Boys.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Second Form. Bough, R. H. Day Boys. Bryer iii, C. F. Day Boys. Carstairs, D. E. Day Boys. Second Form. Checketts ii, T. W. Day Boys. Checketts iii, W. J. Day Boys. Cowper ii, F. A. Day Boys. Ewins ii, A. Day Boys. Smith, D. Day Boys. Styles, R. F. Day Boys. Weaver, J. L. Day Boys. Watkins, W. J. H. Day Boys.
Cricket Rotes. The draw for the House Matches last term was as follows : — Day Boys 1 Castle House J D a y ^ Day Boys School House j Hostel j- Hostel Hostel beat School House easily in their match. Day Boys, too, had little trouble in defeating Castle House. The final between Hostel and Day Boys promised to be a
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Langley i Bailey King i Spencer Hedderwick
o. m. ... 17 ... — ... ... 19 ... 4 ... ... 4 ... — ... ... 14.2 ... 2 ... ... 13 ... i ...
r. 66 59 29 63 37
w. av. ... — ... — ... i ... 59 ... — ... — ... 3 ... 21 ... 5 ... 7.4
HOSTEL— ist Innings. W. G. Spencer st Morgan b Hemmings
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H. K. P. Beauchamp b Hemmings C. W. P. Langley c Pressdee b Rushton
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J. K. C. Bayes c Townsend b Hemmings J N Baxter b Rushton ... ... ... E B Tirbutt b Hemmings ... .. F. C. Lewis c Townsend b Hemmings Extras
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Total
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BOWLING ANALYSIS. Rushton Hemmings Summers Baker
o. ... 12 ... 16 ... 7 ... 3
m. r. ... 5 ... 17 ... 6 ... 38 ... 3 ... 12 ... — ... 6
w. av. ... 2 ... 8.5 ... 8 ... 3.5 ... — ... — ... — ... —
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DAY BOYS—2nd Innings.
HOSTEL—2nd Innings. W. G. Spencer b Hemmings L. M. Bailey c Pressdee b Hemmings ... H. K. P. Beauchamp b Hemmings C. W P Langley i b Summers ... P. King i b Rushton
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J. K. C. Bayes c and b Summers
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W. F R. Morgan not out R. E. Summers R. B. Barker D. A. Hemmings A. L. Taylor _,.. n
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E. B. Lewis not out 19
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J. Pressdee R. R. Townsend R. B. Hall
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BOWLING ANALYSIS. w. av. o. m. r. 19 ... 5 ... 42 ... i ... 42 26 ... 6 ... 76 ... 4 ... 19 19 ... 4 ... 49 ••• 5 9-8 5 ... i ... 17 ... 10 ... 3 ... 18 ... i ... — ... 2 ...
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Total
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BOWLING ANALYSIS.
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Ruflflcr Dotes. FIXTURES AND RESULTS. 1ST XV.
Date. Opponents. Wed., Oct. ii.—Bloxham School „ ,, 18.—Wycliffe College „ „ 25.—Wolverley School Sat., „ ii.—Wolverley School Wed., „ 15.—Hereford C.S. „ „ 29.—Warwick School „ Dec. 5.—Cheltenham College 2nd XV Sat., „ 9.—Monmouth School Dec. —O.V.'s ,, Feb. 3. Hertford College, Oxford
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Ground. Away Home Home Away Away Away Away Away Home Home
and XV. Date. Opponents. Ground. Wed., Oct. ii.—Bloxham School Away „ „ 18.—Wycliffe College Away „ „ 25.—King Charles, Kidderminster, ist XV... Away „ Nov. 15.—Hereford C.S Home „ ,, 29.—Warwick School Home Sat., Dec. 9.—Monmouth School Home
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Result. Won ... Lost ... Won ... Drawn. ... Lost ... Won ... Cancelled. Cancelled.
For. 22 o 52 8 o 9
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Against. 3 41 3 8 48 3
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Result. Won ... Lost ... Lost ... Won ... Won ... Cancelled.
For. n o 6 17 9
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Against. 3 32 36 6 o
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The School have been soundly beaten twice this term and no excuse will be offered for it, as we were outplayed. The majority of matches have been evenly contested games, in which the School has played well and in no way discredited itself. The pack this year has been much lighter than usual and have rarely encountered another as small as itself. In consequence of this, attention has been paid chiefly to " getting the shove on "; and " winging " together with the other side issues of forward play have -not been in such prominence as in former years. The forwards have played well in all matches, and being quite fast have got across the field to help the threequarters both in attack and defence. This has resulted in more than one try which would not otherwise have been scored. We rarely turned out the same pack for two consecutive matches owing to the abnormal amount of injuries received. Also it may be noticed that forwards have been taken out as substitutes for members of the back division unable to play. Wheeling and dribbling has not been up to the standard of previous years, a little more " pep " being needed, but the passing of the forwards has been good. The backs this season have been very unfortunate, only playing four matches when all members have been present. They were not very fast but on occasions have shown considerable skill and have done themselves credit. The defence on the whole has been sound but it has had one or two "off days "; these however were when members of the usual threequarter line were absent. The centres showed plenty of determination in attack but are inclined to keep the ball too long; however, they have steadily improved in this respect. The team this year was very young and inexperienced, but this disadvantage will be amply repaid next year, since a large proportion of it is staying on till then. There is every reason to believe that next year's fifteen will be well up to standard. * * *
IST XV. CHARACTERS. D. A. HEMMINGS. An excellent full-back. He has a very good sense of position and he kicks a good length. His tackling and fielding have saved the side on many occasions. C. W. P. LANGLBY. He has occasionally shown ability to finish off a movement but his running is irresolute and he lacks initiative. J. K. C. BAYES. A useful centre with good hands and a sound knowledge of tactics. He knows when to kick and is quick to see an opening. J. G. STRETTON. A strong runner who, after showing promise as a forward, has adapted himself readily to his new position. He is inclined to mis-time his passes. E. G. LUSCOMBE. Rather lacking in speed. He has had few real opportunities in attack but his defence has been very sound.
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G. R. DICKINS. A very good fly-half. He has safe hands, a good swerve and is very quick off the mark. Rather weak in defence. D. S. CLARKE. A very useful and tireless scrum-half. His passing, which was at one time erratic, has greatly improved. His defence has always been excellent. W. J. MERCER. A splendid forward who uses his weight in the scrum, goes very hard in the loose, and is always conspicuous in the line-out. An admirable captain both on and off the field. W. F. R. MORGAN. Very good in the tight scrum and a clever dribbler in the loose. He has a very good idea of helping his backs both in attack and defence and, on his day, is an excellent place-kick. K. AULT. A very useful wing-forward both in attack and defence. He has deputized at scrum-half with some success. R. E. SUMMERS. A hard worker who is generally up with the ball. Rather slow as a hooker. E. B. JACKSON. A very promising forward who works hard and backs up his three-quarters well. J. H. JACKSON. Rather on the light side but he has plenty of dash and is sound in defence. He is still rather slow in breaking away from the scrums. J. L. NOBLE. A much improved forward who works hard and backs up well. P. G. ANDREWS. A conscientious worker whose game has improved a great deal since the beginning of the season. * * * 2ND XV.
At the beginning of the season it looked as though the backs were going to make the 2nd XV. This was not so, and it is greatly to the credit of the 2nd XV pack that they have always played well in spite of the fact that they have had as many as four away playing for the ist XV. The 2nd XV backs have, on the whole, played quite well throughout the term. Their handling was poor at first, but it has improved greatly. They are still inclined, however, to keep the ball too long and get caught with it. When on the defensive, the backs have always tackled pluckily and have held out far heavier opponents. Unlike in previous years, this year's 2nd XV is very young and a large proportion of it is staying on until next year. The following were awarded their and XV colours :— J. W. Graves-Morris, E. R. Gilson, R. W. M. Allen, D. R. Holloway, R. R. Townsend, F. C. Lewis, J. D. Evans, J. P. H. King, R. I. G. Brooks, J. S. Bagenal i, J. N. Baxter i, A. J. N. Richards, R. J. W. Bryer, R. W. Hall i, W. G. Spencer, E. B. Tirbutt. * * * JUNIOR RUGGER. Junior Rugger has not had a fair chance to vindicate itself this term. The chief factor in its failure to do so has been the continual drain inflicted on the lower games by the
THE VIGORNIAN. injuries and illness of those in the ist Game. There seems to be plenty of individual talent and initiative, especially in the 2nd Game. The tackling is not very good but it is improving. Several " under 15 " matches are being arranged for next term, which should prove an impetus through the interest that they always arouse. * * * It was with regret that the last two matches—against Cheltenham 2nd XV and Monmouth—were cancelled. The ground became extremely hard owing to continued frost and all Rugger was stopped. * * * We owe our thanks to Mr. Burnett, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Boothroyd for coaching and refereeing the ist Game. We also take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Franklin, Mr. Peddar and Mr. Strong for the great interest they have taken in coaching and refereeing the junior games. * * * HOUSE MATCHES. The draw for the House matches is as follows :— Castle House Day Boys School House Hostel
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At the time of going into print it seems as if the House matches will be carried over till next term, owing to the frost. In spite of this Houses are practising hard for them in gym-shoes. * * * SCHOOL v. BLOXHAM. Won 22—3. Played at Bloxham on a soft dry ground. A strong wind was blowing across the pitch, which rather hindered the threequarters, since they had to keep close together to get their passes accurate. In the first half Dickins cut through and scored and before half-time Langley added another try, which Morgan converted. In the second half four more tries were scored, only one of which was converted, owing to the wind. Towards the end Bloxham scored but failed to convert. The forwards combined well throughout and played a good game. We were much lighter than Bloxham and in the tight scrums were usually shoved off the ball. However they were always up with the ball and heeled well from the loose. • The threequarters came up to expectations but there was a tendency towards individual play, which improved as the game went on. Team :—D. A. Hemmings ; C. W. P. Langley, J. K. C. Bayes, H. K. P. Beauchamp, R. W. Hall; G. R. Dickins, D. S. Clarke; W. J. Mercer, W. F. R. Morgan, R. E. Summers, K. Ault, E. B. Jackson, J. H. Jackson, J. F. Lavender, J. G. Stretton.
Team :—Hemmings, Langley i, Bayes, Beauchamp, Hall i, Dickins, Clarke, Mercer, Morgan i, Summers, Ault, Jackson i, Lavender i, Stretton, Jackson ii.
SCHOOL v. WYCLIFFE. Lost 41—0. Played at home on a dry ground. The School in no wise suffered the same defeat as last year in this match and both the scrum and back division held them as well as could be expected. Our threequarters had a few opportunities but never succeeded in penetrating the visitors' defence, although twice they nearly did so. After the change of ends Wycliffe adopted more original and open tactics and played to one wing threequarter whom we never learned to mark and who opened up most of their movements. In this way they upset our defence, and thisv together with the fact that our forwards were beaten in most scrums, accounts for the rapid rise from 13—o at halftime to 41—o, the final score. Team :—D. A. Hemmings ; C. W. P. Langley, J. K. C. Bayes, H. K. P. Beauchamp, R. W. Hall; G. R. Dickins, D. S. Clarke; W. J. Mercer, W. F. R. Morgan, R. E. Summers, K. Ault, E. B. Jackson, J. F. Lavender, J. G. Stretton, J. H. Jackson.
SCHOOL v. WOLVERLEY. Drawn 8—8. Played away, on a dry, sloping ground. The School gave a very poor display in all departments of the game in this match. It was partly due to the fact that our usual centre threequarters were not playing and that the scrum half was not quick enough with his passes out to Dickins, who was heavily marked. These two had only been together for three days. Our opponents had improved immensely since our last match with them, and they scored a try within ten minutes of the kick-off and converted it. Very soon after, Dickins cut through to score between the posts, but the kick failed. Before half-time Wolverley again scored but did not this time convert. After half-time the School forwards, who in the first half had not combined, now played together, and save for a few short intervals kept the play well in Wolverley's half. From a heel from the loose on their twenty-five line GravesMorris made use of an opening and rushed over to score near the centre. Hemmings converted the try. The School continued to press hard but failed to get over again. Team :—D. A. Hemmings, C. W. P. Langley, W. G. Spencer, F. C. Lewis, E. C. Luscombe, G. R. Dickins, J. W. Graves-Morris, W. J. Mercer, R. E. Summers, K. Ault, E. B. Jackson, J. G. Stretton, P. G. Andrews, J. L. Evans, J. L. Noble.
THE VIGORNIAN. SCHOOL v. HEREFORD. Lost 48—0. Played at Hereford on a dry ground. This is the worst defeat that the School has suffered from Hereford for many years, the chief reasons being that Hereford were unusually strong this season and that the School were still weakened by the absence of three of its best players through injuries. From soon after the kickoff Hereford began to score generally through their left wing, who had a remarkable swerve. Our forwards were almost invariably pushed off the ball in the scrums and so our threequacrters were continually on the defensive. Our defence in this match was very bad and the Hereford threequarters penetrated it without much effort. When our threequarters attacked they never looked dangerous save once when Dickins cut through but failed to pass their fullback. The forwards did not play at all badly but were not as heavy as the Hereford pack. Team:—D. A. Hemmings, C. W. P. Langley, J. K. Bayes, Lewis, E. C. Luscombe, G. R. Dickins, K. Ault, W. J. Mercer, R. E. Summers, E. B. Jackson, J. H. Jackson, J. G. Stretton, J. L. Noble, P. G. Andrews, E. L. R. Gilson.
SCHOOL v. WARWICK SCHOOL. Won 9—3. This match was one of the most evenly contested games that the School have played this year. The School went off well from the start, but owing to extremely bad passing the attack did not look dangerous. This however improved immensely and after about five minutes' play Dickins cut through and scored an unconverted try. Our attack brightened up considerably and was carried with speed from one side of the field to the other. Another try was added before half time, this time by Stretton, who broke through to score well away from the posts. This was again unconverted. The defence in this match was much improved and we managed to prevent Warwick from crossing our line, but they obtained a goal from a penalty kick. Our forwards were distinctly smaller than those of our opponents but in spite of this they did well in the scrums and the ball more often than not went to the School backs. Before Dickins scored the last try, which was the result of a fine piece of combined work on the right wing, Warwick made several dangerous rushes in their efforts to draw level, and were on one occasion within an ace of scoring. The punting in this match was unreliable though generally good since the ball invariably seemed to find touch of its own accord. Team :—D. A. Hemmings, C. W. P. Langley, J. K. C. Bayes, J. G. Stretton, E. G. Luscombe, G. R. Dickins, K. Ault, W. J. Mercer, R. E. Summers, E. B. Jackson, J. H. Jackson, P. G. Andrews, J. L. Noble, E. L. R. Gilson.
SCHOOL v. WOLVERLEY SCHOOL. Won 52—3. Played at home on a firm ground. During the first few minutes the game was fairly even but Dickins cut through to score from a scrum in the middle of the field. From then the School continued to score at short intervals till the end of the game. This made the School defence slack and towards the end of the game the visitors' right wing crossed our line. The handling of the School backs was very poor, many passes being dropped which should have been held. Their tackling, however, was quite good at the times when they had to fetch down an opposite number. The forwards did not give their best display, their efforts were not combined, but they were always first down in the scrums and heeled well in the loose. Team :—D. A. Hemmings, C. W. P. Langley, J. K. C. Bayes, H. K. P. Beauchamp, R. B. Hall i, G. R. Dickins, D. S. Clarke, W. J. Mercer, W. F. R. Morgan i, R. E. Summers, K. Ault, E. B. Jackson, J. G. Stretton, G. L. Noble, P. G. Andrews.
SCHOOL v. ST. PETER'S HALL, OXFORD. Won 15—6. Played at home on a perfect ground. From the kick-off the School went hard and after about five minutes' play Langley crossed their line but dropped the ball. The visitors then pressed hard and play was confined, for the next ten minutes, within our own 25. Returning to mid-field, Clarke made use of the blind side with success. Morgan converted. Shortly after this Oxford scored but failed to obtain a goal. Play, then, became very open, both sides trying to score through their threequarters. After the change over we were again on the defensive, our forwards being unable to make headway round Beaumont. However in the end they relieved the situation with a rush back to the half-way line. After a heel from the loose, the ball went out to our left wing, who passed inside to Mercer and he scored between the posts. A little later a very fine individual effort by Bayes resulted in a goal. Once again the visitors pressed hard and after being held out for a short time, they scored again. Team :—D. A. Hemminsg, E. C. Luscombe, H. K. P. Beauchamp, J. K. C. Bayes, C. W. P. Langley, G. R. Dickins, D. S. Clarke, W. J. Mercer, W. F. R. Morgan, R. E. Summers, K. Ault, E. B. Jackson, J. G. Stretton, J. L. Noble, P. G. Andrews.
SCHOOL v. BRECON. Lost 5—18. In the first half Brecon were on the attack for the greater part of the time but the School defence was good and the fast Brecon threequarters only scored twice. The School attack in the first half was not as dangerous as it might have been and the visitors' defence was sound, but after half-time it became very lively and Lewis succeeded in
THE V1GORNIAN. scoring. Brecon scored twice more in the second half but this did not suppress the School, who continued to go hard to the end. The School forwards gave a good display and were in no way inferior to Brecon except perhaps in the " wheels " and rushes, where they were inclined to be a bit tenderhearted to those in the way. Brecon did not have this failing. this did not depress the School, who continued to go hard Team :—D. A. Hemmings, C. W. P. Langley, J. K. C. Bayes, E. C. Luscombe, G. R. Dickins, D. S. Clarke, W. J. Mercer, R. E. Summers, K. Ault, E. B. Jackson i, J. G. Stretton, J. L. Evans, P. G. Andrews, J. L. Noble.
H.P.S. 10 Name. Group. Cpl. J. W. Graves-Morris... S L/Cpl. W. J. Mercer S Cdt. H. K. P. Beauchamp 5 Cdt. J. S. Wilkinson 10 Sgt. A. J. N. Richards ... S Cdt. R. W. Hall 5 Cdt. J. S. Bagenal 5 Cdt. W. G. Spencer 5 Total
45
50 Rapid. 43 46
42 44 37 42 36 39
Result:
Sbootlng Dotes. During the first half of this term the range was devoted to all members of the corps who had reached the required age, for their classification under the Empire Test Regulations. The standard was not so good as it has been in previous years, there being only twelve first-class shots and fifteen second, although there are some good young shots. From these twelve firsts an VIII was eventually chosen, for we have only two members of last year's VIII left. During the second half of the term the VIII, " a band of men extremely difficult to unearth," did some serious training and practice under the guidance of C.S.M. Cooper, and although none too good to start with, showed great improvement in the practices. The VIII proved to be moderately good in the first match, but to raise our position in the Country Life scores we shall have to improve considerably, and it is hoped that they will be able to put in some individual practice during next holidays if it is possible. The match with Bloxham School was fired this term and it gave the VIII a chance of seeing how they stood and provided a stepping-off stone for next term's matches. The fixture with St. Edward's ,Oxford, has been renewed, and all the former matches have been continued. The fixtures for the season are :— Nov.
25.—Bloxham School, Banbury.
Feb. 10.—Trent College, Derbyshire. „
20.—King's College School, Wimbledon. —St. Edward's School, Oxford. —Framlingham College, Woodbridge.
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26.—King Edward's School, Birmingham.
March 3—10.—Country Life
Competition.
Score of Shooting Match versus Bloxham School, Banbury, on November 25th.
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329
Grand Total Bloxham Total
25 85 Snap. Total. 10 .. 58 25 .. 76 25 ... 72 IS ... 69 IO ... 52 ,.. 72 20
.. 61 - 54
140
S'4
514 by
points.
Our thanks are due to Lieut. J. H. L. Burnett and C.S.M. Cooper, who have spent much time training and superintending the shooting this term.
J. W. GRAVES-MORRIS, Captain, Shooting.
O.C.C. Rotes. As is usual this term, training has been carried on in accordance with the syllabus, special attention being given to Certificate " A " candidates. We might mention that although the corps is smaller than it used to be the high standard of efficiency has been maintained. * » * Eighteen recruits joined at the beginning of this term, and have shown great promise. They are in one squad and are being instructed by Sergeant Evans. * * » The Band has been putting in a great deal of practice this term, and will be well up to standard for camp at the end of the summer term if those in it continue to practice regularly. * * * Nine people took the practical part of Certificate " A " and all were successful. The written part of the examination was taken on 141(1 November, but the results are not yet to hand. * * » On " Mayor's Sunday," November igth, the contingent escorted the new Mayor to divine service in the Cathedral. The weather that morning, though cold, in no way hindered the activities of the military and civil divisions forming the large ceremonial escort. At the conclusion of the service the Mayor reviewed the procession from the steps of the Guildhall as it marched past.
THE VIGORNIAN. Field Day. Field operations took place this term on November 3rd in the district around Bringsty Common. The Contingent paraded at 10 o'clock in the College Green and was conveyed by buses to the scene of Action. The day was divided into two main phases, the first phase lasting from 11.30 hours to 13.00 hours, and the second from 14.30 hours to 16.00 hours. With a break for rations at 13.00 hours. In the morning the attacking force, consisting of No. I Platoon under Cpl. Evans, and No. 2 under Cpl. GravesMorris, was commanded by C.S.M. Stretton. The defending force, comprised of No. 3 Platoon under Cpl. Hedderwick, was commanded by Sgt. Richards. The first phase dealt with advance-guard work and was successfully carried out by both sides. The attacking force acted as an advance-guard to an imaginary main body and proceeded east in column of route, with a scouting section ahead. No opposition was met with until the edge of the common was reached, when rapid firing broke out from the concealed sections of the defending force, who had taken up a strong position on rising ground in the centre of the common. The advanceguard at once halted in the shelter afforded by a sunken track, while the platoon commanders made a rapid reconnaissance. Owing to the depth of gorse and bracken and the numerous gullies on the slopes of the hill it was at first difficult to determine the points taken up by the enemy sections. Movements were observed on the tree-crested top of the hill around Jubilee Oak, which seemed to indicate enemy headquarters. No. i Platoon launched a sudden attack up the side of the hill and dislodged two rifle sections, which retreated and took up new positions on the higher slopes, but they were finally held up by concentrated fire from two Lewis-gun sections, whose posts were unable to be attacked frontally. A message was sent back to No. 2 Platoon, which had remained in reserve, whereupon it devised another plan of attack. By rapidly skirting an orchard and advancing in lee of a ridge it attacked the western side of the hill, thus engaging part of the enemy forces. No. i Platoon at once started a vigorous attack and by slowly gainging possession of the different spurs in the rising ground was able to advance fairly steadily. By this time No. 2 Platoon was nearing the summit by the western ascent. Both platoons clashed with the enemy at Jubilee Oak almost simultaneously. After a confused conflict the forces were sorted out into a new order for the afternoon campaign. No. i and No. 3 Platoons then went under Sergt. Richards to constitute the attacking force, and No. 2 Platoon the defence under C.S.M. Stretton. The contingent then temporarily fell out for the lunch interval. The second phase began with a rapid advance on the part of the attacking force eastwards towards the N.E. quarter of the common. It was able to make fairly rapid progress until a firmly held ridge was reached running across the line of advance from N. to S. Defending
Lewis-guns had taken up strong positions along this ridge and repeated attacks on the left flank by No. i Platoon failed to dislodge it since the right wing was still secure. No. 2 Platoon advanced against it but owing to the lie of the land progress was slow. Since the movement was thus definitely held up the campaign was re-organized by both sides. The defence took up a new position further to their rear while the attack started forward again from the ridge recently evacuated by the defence. From the first they had a definite advantage since the defending position was easily swept by Lewis-gun fire from the high ground. From then on the forward movement was rapid. Both forces met in a furious charge, which brought to a close a very successful and enjoyable day. An indoor tea, where everyone did justice to an excellent evening meal. After this the Contingent packed into the waiting buses and returned to Worcester, arriving back at 17.30 hours.
The Corps sent fifty-five to the O.T.C. Camp held at Strensall, Yorkshire, at the end of the summer term. The usual camp had not been held for three years owing to Government economy. For the majority of those who attended this August the experience was therefore a new one, but within a very short time everyone became accustomed to camp routine. Activities were greatly assisted by the excellent spell of fine weather, which lasted throughout the ten days. Our Camp Contingent together with Durham formed a Company in No. 3 Battalion. The usual demonstrations were given by units of the Regular Army and everyone had the full opportunity of studying the working and manoeuvring of up-to-date field artillery, etc. The new mechanised unit of the Royal Field Signallers, consisting of four Morris Minors, equipped for radio transmission and reception, proved extremely interesting to wireless enthusiasts. There were numerous opportunities for observing the principles on which battalion field days were organised and the lines on which a large camp is run. On the night of Saturday, £th August, the battalion carried out " night operations "; manoeuvres under such novel conditions lacked nothing in enthusiasm. Ample relaxation was afforded in the evenings in the sing-songs carried on in the recreation tent, and by the end of Camp some admirable and talented performances had been given by members of different contingents. The Band Competition took place on Thursday, the 3rd of August, at which our band gave a good performance, gaining third place against the competition of Campbell College and Glenalmond College pipe bands, which won first and second places respectively. The Band also paraded on three subsequent occasions—once to mount the guard, once to play the Battalion out of Camp on a route march, and during an interval in the Brigade Sports.
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Camp was struck at 5 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, gth, and later the following official report was received:— General efficiency—quite satisfactory. Interior economy—good. Drill and turnout—good; a good guard. Field work—good. (The Contingent works well and has good section leaders.) Discipline—good. General Remarks—a very good Band. *
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The following promotions and appointments have been made:— Cpl. Stretton to be C.S.M. „ Richards „ ,, Sergt. „ Evans „ „ „ L/Cpl. Hedderwick „ „ Cpl. „ Graves-Morris „ „ ,, „ Mercer „ „ „ Cdt. Thomas „ „ L/Cpl. ,, Luscombe ,, ,, ,, „ Ault „ Gilson „ „ „ Tirbutt „ „ „ „ Lister „ „ „ Cpl. Graves-Morris to be Captain of Shooting. C.S.M. Stretton to take charge of the Band. The following were successful in the Part I (Practical) Certificate " A " Examination :— D. H. Langley. J. S. Bagenal. E. C. Luscombe. D. S. Clarke. R. L. Thomas. G. R. Dickins. E. B. Tirbutt. J. H. Jackson. C. W. P. Langley.
O.C.C. accounts. Year ending October ist, 1933. INCOME. Cr. Balance, ist October, 1932 Fees—3rd Term, 1932 ,, ist Term, 1933 ... ... ,, 2nd Term, 1933 Army Draft Government Grant, 1932 ... ...
... ...
£ s. d. 84 16 6 104 17 i ... 92 6 10 205 19 7 21 8 7 ... 89 9 o £598 17 7
EXPENDITURE.
£ s. d. Armoury Alterations Wages Field Day i Musketry Clothing and Equipment ... ... ... Camp Band Army School P.T Stationery Bank Charges Sundries Credit Balance, ist October, 1933
79 19 i 156 17 8 25 2 o 25 3 " 19 19 3 23 19 6 ... 49 3 4 141 6 o 8 5 6 13 13 i 4 6 4 10 o 7 10 o • 43 i " ;£59» 17 7
S. D. STRONG, Capt., Officer Commanding, King's School, O.T.C. C. CREIGHTON, Headmaster.
fi.R.B. Cbe Duke or fork's Camp, 1933.
The twelfth annual camp was held at Southwold from August 5th to I2th this year, under ideal conditions. We met at Buckingham Palace and were shown round the Mews, after which we went by various routes to Liverpool Street Station, where we boarded a special train. During the run down we soon knew the other members of the carriage but the conversation was rather strained. When we arrived at the camp we found that it was composed of twelve tents each holding forty-two people—no sections. Besides these there were a dining tent and a concert tent each able to contain six hundred. The camp was far above all expectations and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, especially the industrial boys, of whom there were two hundred, half the total number, present. The food was excellent and plentiful but all the same the canteen was well patronized, for the heat was terrific. This was the usual routine:— 7.0 a.m.—Reveille: go to bathing if you wish, if not stay in bed. 8.0 a.m.—Breakfast. 8.55 a.m.—Clear up marquees, make beds, etc. 9.45 a.m.—Prayers. 10.0 a.m.—Camp Tournaments. These were inter-section games of every description adapted so that anyone could distinguish himself. The chief of these was a game of net-ball with no rules except distance from the goal which gained the name of " Foot and Mouth " and was very hard to play with twenty a side.
THE VIGORNIAN. Points were awarded for these Tournaments and the Camp Flag was awarded to the leading section each night at supper. 11.45 a-m-—Bathing on the beach, after which everyone visited the " Biscuit King," who was immensely popular —I see in an old Vigornian that he once boasted that no one could obtain two lots of biscuits from him; he didn't do so this year! 1.15 p.m.—Dinner. The afternoon was absolutely free and we could play games if we wished. Several England v. Scotland soccer matches took place but we fear the Scotsmen were not good enough, though their appearance was fine in kilts. 4.30.—Tea. 6.15.—Bathing. 7.30 p.m.—Supper, after which there was always a great rush of people across to the Concert tent for the best seats. The entertainment was provided by people in the camp and was very ably arranged by the staff; everything was good, especially the "talkies," including "Jack's the Boy" and "Thark," and the ever-popular "Douglas Fairbanks sen. " and Mickey Mouse. 10.0 p.m.—Turn in. Perhaps! The canteen usually did a roaring trade in Horlicks, etc. (? ED.). 10.30.—Last Post. We were all very pleased to see our Royal Host on Tuesday and tried to make him feel a little less conspicuous than usual. Soon a perfect camp was ended and an imperfect record started, but this annual camp will always be remembered by the five thousand boys who have been to it. We strongly advise people to take their chance of going next year and try to help The Prince and the Camp Staff by saving this School at any rate from dropping out through lack of enthusiasm. J. W. GRAVES-MORRIS. E. G. KNAPP-FISHER.
Cbess Rotes* This term no matches have been played, owing to the large number of other attractions. We have never been very fortunate in the matter of matches during the Christmas Term; it seems that most of our chess activities must be confined to the Easter Term in future—at least, those activities which are carried on outside the school. Therefore we hope to create a record for the number of matches played next term; we are so far fortunate in that we retain the whole of last year's team. But we have been by no means idle. At Mr. Whitaker's suggestion, a knock-out competition has been arranged under a handicap system. Players were divided into classes
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according to strength, a player giving or receiving odds according to his section and that of his opponent. This competition has progressed very well so far with forty-two entries (a record, we believe), and there is every hope of its being finished by the end of term. At present we have reached the fourth round. On Thursday, November 23rd, Herr T. Mieses, the German master, gave a simultaneous display in Worcester. The City Chess Club, who organised the display, invited members of the School to take part, but only Warren was able to go. He was defeated in twenty-seven moves, hardly a great performance, but we are glad to say that he was not the first to succumb out of the sixteen who took part. This term two new chessboards and a new set of men have been purchased ; they supply a long-felt want. So many of the juniors in the School have taken up chess that even with this addition all the boards and men in the Reading Room are in constant use. How many of the present members of the lower school are likely to become champions it is impossible to say, but we are hoping that they will not be few.
scout notes. The results of a year's scouting were shown in two very successful scout camps held during the summer holidays, one at Aberystwith, and the other in the Lake District. During the winter months the scouts do not, as some people imagine, hibernate and re-appear in summer. They learn and practice all manner of useful things; patiently (?) waiting for the summer term, for the week-end and annual camps. Soon we hope to see the results of this winter's scouting, next summer especially, perhaps, from the Hostel scouts, who have been taking a course in first-aid under the guidance of Sergeant Claxton and Mr. Carstairs, who have given a series of very interesting lectures. We were fortunate in being able to send two of our present scouts, Baker and Summers, and two of our old scouts, Swift and Anthony, to the World Jamboree, at Godollo. We believe that their experience has been both useful and interesting. Under the direction of Crowley, the Castle House scouts have carried out various improvements and renovations to the scout hut. As usual, the Scouts paraded on Mayor's Sunday and on Field Day ; both events were very well organized. We are saying good-bye to Mr. Boothroyd, who is leaving us this term, and we are grateful to him for all he has done as a scoutmaster. We are pleased to see that R. E. Summers has joined the numbers of our past and present scouts who are helping outside the School, together, by taking out an A.C.M.'s warrant; he is at present helping with the Orphanage pack. We should like to thank our scoutmasters, who have encouraged us with their usual keenness, and all who have helped to manage the troop.
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THE VIGORNIAN.
Cbe Clbrarp. The following Library books have been replaced:— Indiscretions of Archie Mr. Standfast Second Jungle Book Jim Redlake Female of the Species Jim Maitland And the following new books added:—
Wodehouse Buchan Kipling Brett Young " Sapper " "Sapper"
Destiny Bay Donn Byrne Wonder Hers Priestley The House under the Water Brett Young Wild Justice " Birmingham " The Body in the Silo R. A. Knox The Prince of the Captivity Buchan Four Days Wonder Milne " Sapper " Ronald Standish Alias Blackshirt Graeme The Wisdom of Father Brown Chesterton For the Reading Room :— Horse Nonsense Sellar & Yeatman * * * " The Children's Newspaper " and " John o' London's Weekly " are to be discontinued.
Debating soclttp. In the early part of the term it was decided that the Vigornian Debating Society should be revived. Unlike the former Society membership was open to anyone in the School, to the Staff and to O.V.'s. A committee was formed consisting of :— A. J. N. Richards ... President. R. J. W. Bryer ... Secretary. Mr. A. Macdonald ... representing the Staff. J. D. Evans ... „ Castle House. J. H. Reynolds ... ,, Day Boys. E. B. Tirbutt ... ,, Hostel. M. G. N. Crowe ... „ School House. * * * The first meeting of the Society took place on Saturday, October 28th, when an experimental debate was held in the VI Form Room, at 4.45 p.m. Mr. Macdonald took the chair and made a short speech, in which he outlined the general procedure of Debating Societies. He then called upon Mr. Bryer to propose " that this House takes its hat off to Hitler." Mr. Bryer described how Hitler had restored Germany's morale and said that he was doing the whole world a service by restoring stability to Germany. Mr. Brooks opposed the motion. He maintained that the general principle of Hitler's policy was aggression and
supported his argument by references to his brutal attacks on his political opponents. Mr. Richards, seconding the motion, said that Hitler had to have a free hand to unify the nation and that his unpopularity in this country was entirely due to newspapers attacking him. Mr. Reynolds, for the opposition, suggested that Hitler's progressive reforms were a screen behind which he was carrying out his secret schemes. On the motion being thrown open to the House, Mr. Franklin spoke for the motion and Mr. Whitaker against it. Mr. Tirbutt proposed that the motion should be amended to: " That this House takes its hat off to the new Germany which Hitler is creating." The amendment was put to the vote and carried by 27 votes to ii. * * * The next debate was held on November 8th, Mr. Macdonald being in the chair. The motion was: " That Blood Sports should be classed as crimes." Mr. Tirbutt, proposing the motion, said that blood sports satisfied man's blood-lust, which being a lower instinct, should be suppressed. Mr. Summers, opposing the motion, maintained that all cruel blood sports, such as cock-fighting, died out in the XVII Century. He said that, besides being the only way of keeping foxes down, hunting made people spend their money in England instead of on the Riviera. Mr. Hedderwick, for the motion, said that Englishmen had the reputation of being sportsmen and should live up to it by abolishing blood sports. Mr. Evans, against the motion, said that, as no complaints were made about ratting, none should be made against fox-hunting, for foxes were as much a pest as rats. On the motion being thrown open to the House, Messrs. Bryer, Andrews, Norman, Brooks, and Macdonald spoke for, and Mr. Reynolds against the motion. The motion was lost by 12 votes to 5. * * *
The third debate was held on November 22nd in the VI th Form Room, the President being in the chair. The motion was: "That in the opinion of this House, Bach, Brahms and Beethoven are bores." Mr. Crowe proposed the motion. He said that the ordinary man had neither the time nor the inclination to give these composers the study they needed and hence was bored by them. Mr. Macdonald, opposing the motion, said that as anybody, who had made any study at all of the works of Bach, Brahms or Beethoven, almost worshipped them, they could not be bores.
THE VIGORNIAN. Mr. Gilson, seconding the motion, said that a bore was a person who bored the great majority, and these composers certainly did that. The man in the street wanted something lively and stirring like jazz. Mr. Lister, against the motion, said that music is an art, among whose greatest exponents are Bach, Brahms and Beethoven, and that it needs a mental effort as much as any other art. From the House, Messrs. Garrett and Bryer spoke for the motion and Messrs. Tirbutt, Evans and Brooks against it. Summing up, Mr. Macdonald pointed out that one did not have to study music to appreciate the works of Bach, Brahms or Beethoven, and that one could enjoy both classical music and jazz. The motion was lost by 16 votes to 5.
Cectures* Mr. Hockliffe gave us a lecture on November nth on " The Works of Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum." Very few knew anything about this art collection before and Mr. Hockliffe showed us how difficult it was to create an interest in that kind of thing at all, especially before the Museum existed. He gave us several stories about well-known works of art and about the early days of the Museum, and then in his slides, he confined himself chiefly to models portraying the Virgin Mary and Child, contrasting early French models in ivory with later and modern works. All the earlier models were of foreign workmanship for, as he said, the greater part of our own British work had been sent out of the country when the English Church was separated from the Roman. *
seemed to have no definite laid-out form to his lecture beyond the necessary consequence of his story, and this enabled him to speak naturally as if he were telling it to his friends, spiced with little amusing incidents. He took us right away from the Hall and the lantern lecture and we lived in Greenland for a while with the dogs and Eskimos, travelling, working, snowed up, hunting, boating and so on. He showed us the kayaks, in the use of which the late Mr. Watkins was so skilled, and described Courtauld's winter alone on the Ice cap.
College nail. Members of the School who allow their imaginations to call up scenes of College Hall in past ages will be interested by the following extract from the newspapers of 100 years ago:—• Berrcna's Worcester Journal, October 3, 1833. " Worcester Music Meeting.—This splendid Musical Festival concluded on Friday morning with the ' Messiah.' The Ball at the College Hall on Friday evening was one of the most brilliant assemblages ever seen in this neighbourhood ; nearly 700 persons were present, and the dresses of many of the ladies were superb, displaying a profusion of costly jewellery. Weippert's excellent band was in attendance and gallopades, waltzes, and quadrilles were the order of the evening. Towards 12 the company began to adjourn to the Chapter Room, where a most sumptuous supper was prepared for all present, without exception, at the expense of the Stewards. After partaking of this repast, the company returned to the Hall, where dancing was kept up till between 5 and 6 in the morning. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings the Dean and Prebendaries liberally entertained 350 guests with sumptuous supper in the Chapter Room."
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On Saturday, November i8th, we heard a lecture by Mr. Radcliffe on " Seaplanes and Flying Boats." He began with an explanation of the main factors to be considered before building an aeroplane or seaplane. We learned various interesting details such as the now universal use of brakes on the wheels of aeroplanes. Passing to his slides—of which he had a very great number and something new and interesting to say about each—Mr. Radcliffe showed us the hulls and wings of machines in different stages and with various methods of construction, and then different types of seaplane and flying boat from the earliest to the most up to-date. He had also a scale model of an actual plane and various plans for us to see afterwards. He avoided technicalities and gave a clear and interesting explanation of various considerations which ordinarily do not enter the heads of people who study aeroplanes. *
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On November 2jth, Mr. J. M. Scott gave us a lecture in aid of The Infants' Hospital on The Arctic Expedition. His lecture was both thrilling and interesting. He
ClK mstorp or tbe Mrs. fienrp Wood €ssap Prizes. Members of the King's School should know the story of the foundation of the Mrs. Henry Wood Essay Prizes which are awarded every summer for essays on some subject relating to the history of Worcester or the works of Mrs. Henry Wood. The father of Ellen Price, afterwards Mrs. Henry Wood, originally intended to take Holy Orders, and was educated with that intention, was a good classical scholar and a man of literary tastes, but on the death of his father he had to take charge of the chief firm of glove-making in Worcester. Mr. Price lived near the Cathedral, therefore his daughter Ellen, who was born January zyth, 1814, was brought up under the shadow of the Cathedral, where she attended the services and in whose cloisters she walked.
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The whole of her early life was spent among people connected with the Cathedral, and whose chief interests was the sayings and doings of the King's School boys who passed the house where she lived as they went to and from the School, and who in those days treated the cloisters as their playground. It was from her recollections of the King's School boys and of the Cathedral and of the gloving industry that she drew the material for most of her stories. These stories bring before us a wonderfully clear and graphic picture of life in Worcester as it was in the first half of the igth century. Anyone who wants to know what the King's School and the education in it was like in those days should read The Channings, Mrs. Haliburton's Troubles, and Mildred Arkell. Mrs. Wood's power lies in part in the ingenuity and variety of her plots, and part in the simple and natural style in which she writes ; her characters live because they are described in a way in which we talk about people and events we know—without strain and without effort. Ellen Price, at the age of 21, married a banker named Henry Wood, whose business being chiefly connected with foreign countries, he took his young wife abroad to live. Their life was very happy, though there was the shadow of her constant suffering from her weak spine due to an accident which happened to her as a child when she and her nurse were chased by t bull in a field which is now the School cricket field. Then there came financial losses, so that when they returned to England about 1860, Mrs. Wood, who had won a prize for writing Danesbury House, A Temperance Story, determined to make an endeavour to earn money by writing, and naturally sought material in recollections of the days of her youth. Her writings scon became popular in England and America. They were more widely read than any books published in the Victorian era, and under the name of Helstonsleigh her stories of our Cathedral and the pranks of the King's School boys were carried far and wide. When the centenary of her birth occurred the people of Worcester felt that an authoress of such eminence should be commemorated and a subscription was raised for the erection of a Memorial. This Memorial is now on the West wall of the North Transept. In Memory of MRS. HENRY WOOD A native of Worcester. Born 1814. Died 1887. Authoress of many works of fiction which have made this City and Cathedral known throughout the English-speaking World. This Memorial was unveiled by Mr. Justice Avory, the Judge of the Assize, on January 26th, 1916, the Dean and Chapter and the Mayor and Corporation of the City being present. It was a singular coincidence, of which the Committee who invited Mr. Justice Avory were unaware, that
he was the Judge before whom the copyright of a dramatic version of East Lynne was tried. Among those present on the occasion was her son, Mr. Charles Wood, an elderly man, who was blind. After the ceremony he expressed the pleasure it had given him that a Memorial to his mother had been erected in the Cathedral she so loved and intimated that he would like to give expressions to his gratitude in some tangible form. Eventually he sent to the Dean a well-bound edition of Mrs. Henry Wood's books and a cheque for ^300, the interest of which he desired should be given as prizes for Essays on subjects connected with Worcester or relating to Mrs. Henry Woods' books. He believed that his mother would approve of such prizes, as competing for them would bring out literary capacity, and the search for information in connection with the subjects selected for essays would encourage the boys of the King's School in the use of libraries. W.M.-E.
*'ClK Were Male." We are five in the bungalow, five mere males. In India you do not go into digs or a boarding-house, or even have anyone in to do for you. Two or three, or as many more that feel they can live together in peace and quiet, join forces, as the marriage ceremony has it " for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer "—take a bungalow, call it a Chummery and do for themselves. Mind ours is a very good bungalow. It stands in its own compound. A large compound with a great deal of scraggy land that must be among one of the most barren pieces of ground in the whole length of Asia. A bumpy tennis court, raked up in the monsoon and rolled down again for the cold weather, a Dutch garden that went wrong somewhere, a putting course and a bowling—well we call it a green, though it is without a blade of grass and has never seen a wood in its life; knowing only the trample of heavy feet playing " after dinner " rugger. Within, our rooms are comfortable and airy, and though it may be true that we have to play a sort of musical chairs with our beds when the rains come, no roof is properly judged until it has stood up to a real Indian monsoon. Long seductive cane chairs, large propeller blade fans have we in plenty. Two engravings of Their Majesties, a dart board surrounded by the accumulated marks of years of inaccurate throwing, a coloured picture of one of the P. & O. liners, and an execrable engraving of a Scottish Glen. A framed notice about dogs not being allowed in the Restaurant, a board, it once languished outside a swimming bath, which says " Europeans Only," and a large portrait of a dancer, which came originally, I believe, from the Taj Mahal, the hotel in Bombay not the Tomb, bear witness to successive generations of vandalism.
THE VIGORNIAN. Yet it is not these fittings alone which tell you in a minute that this is a house run entirely for men and by men. Periodically, usually when we have dined out in married quarters, we have drives, bursts of enthusiasm to try, as our President calls it, " making this infernal place less like a Reformatory." We buy flowers and small oddments, mats and little tables just big enough to fall over. We send the curtains to be cleaned and insist on the floors being washed and all our cutlery put out for dinner. We write out menus and devise cunning and wonderful dishes. But the flowers fade and the oddments and the tables break. The menus take up too much of our time. We forget to have the floors washed and our board resumes its monastic barrenness. For we are mere males. Of the many crosses that we have to bear in our search for domestic bliss, none is harder than the problem of our cook. If we could only agree that the man was a rogue we might begin to get somewhere. The moment I, in my capacity of Vice-President and Treasurer, suggest that his bazaar book is anything up to four times as much as it should be, I am confronted with a stone wall of stupidity and indifference. The pipe and dressing-gown sinks deeper into his long chair and from an impregnable position behind his home town newspaper mumbles something about letting sleeping dogs lie. The green shirt, we understand it to be for decoration and not the shade of any political movement, pipes up to remind us of the good souffles the cook makes. As though man lived by souffles alone. So would I make good souffles for anyone who kept my entire family and the entire families of all my friends. The President, who is out on his third spell, always utilizes the subject of cooks to launch into a series of rambling reminiscences about some cook he had in Malay. And when a man can turn round and say : " Well, when I was in Shanghai in twenty-two," well, I ask you, what can you do? The rugger shorts are of my way of thinking, but they are more solid than voluble and give the lie to their principles by their prodigious appetite. The subject of rll these troubles is a native of Goa, the Portuguese settlement some two hundred miles down the coast from Bombay. He answers to the ornate name of Sebastian Braganza. Our friends refer to him as Sippie. We do not dare such heresy. For in his hand lies the destiny of our household, our digestions, our lives, and most of our money. True we have a butler, but he is the merest puppet. The power behind the throne is Sebastian. I have since discovered Braganza to be the family name of the former reigning house in Portugal, and, dark as night though he is, I am seriously considering the possibilities of persuading Sebastian to run as a Young Pretender. It's the only way I can think of our ever getting rid of him. Seriously though, will any kind housewife tell me just how much five admittedly fairly healthy individuals ought to eat in a week. Theoretically the cook and our boys and the other servants provide their own food. Yet whenever I look up I seem to see that Sebastian appearing with a pencil and paper and a menacing look in his eye. " Sugar," he demands, and I humbly take the pencil and
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order another seven pounds. Useless to remind him that I bought seven pounds only the day before yesterday and another seven pounds three days before that. Once we were credited, five of us, with consuming forty-four pounds in a fortnight. It was then we tried a system of rationing, so many pounds of sugar must last so many days. It went well for a time and then suddenly we found ourselves living on the sort of diet which is reserved for diabetics. And having tried sugarless chocolate pudding my heart goes out to them. The same thing happens with all our stores. Where our bread and milk goes is quite beyond my comprehension. We keep a cat, but it is a very lean cat. Cheese and coffee and butter disappear like the summer snows and the amount of tea we are credited with consuming gives me tannin poisoning at the thought of it. One evening, just recently, the President returned home in triumph with a little book called " Household Hints." An interesting little manual full of information about removing tea stains from cretonne and ink from table-cloths, what to do with Sunday's odds-and-ends, and how to mend the kitchen sink, but about the really vital things of life, how much you ought to eat and what to do with mangled washing, about things like that there was not a word. When I am a rich man I shall offer a prize, a really handsome money prize to be awarded to the person who compiles the first useful book on how to run a bachelor household. The sort of book to which you can turn and say : " Now, there it is in black and white. Poets licence five per cent. Anything above that, out you go." It should contain as an appendix a vocabulary of invective in every language east of Suez. " Well, Sebastian, what is it now? Sugar. But I ordered sugar only two All right, give me that pencil."
" A N O.V."
It was in the Great Park at Godollo, twenty miles from Budapest, that the world-wide Brotherhood of Scouts held its quadrennial Jamboree, this year, from August and to 16th. Two past and two present members of the School were among the Worcestershire contingent under the leadership of P. Buckle, Esq., of Gloucestershire. There were thirty-three in all, who set out from Worcester on Sunday, July 3oth, to reach Godollo. On reaching London, we were met with placards, " How's your liver," and trucks and trolleys full of tins of Andrews's liver salt, which were being distributed free. It was then that I first gave sea-sickness a thought. At London we were given a book of tickets and several cards to ensure our transition through the various countries which lay on our way to Hungary. (We had previously had our photographs taken and stuck on a passport.) At Victoria
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we met all the other British scouts, about 2,000 in number. The whole community was now split into three, red, white and blue. Each travelled in a separate train. We arrived safely at Dover and boarded the Princess Maria Josi, a Belgian boat, at about 8.15 p.m. Despite the fact that the sea was choppy, only one or two scouts were ill. (A pity, for many had gone to the trouble of procuring sea-sickness tablets—cure in 15 minutes.) There were about 1,000 scouts on our boat. We were allowed to go anywhere on the boat and most of us explored the vessel from end to end. Downstairs there was a sing-song going on amid a blaze of lights, on deck the moon cast her silvery rays on all. Scouts who had spent the previous evening travelling were sleeping beside their rucksacks, others in small groups were talking about everything, from Larwood's leg theory down to the wonders of London. All around, the ships' lights showed up the white crests of the waves. We arrived at Ostend at 11.30 p.m. and immediately boarded a waiting train. The seating accommodation was poor and we got 3rd class wooden seats into the bargain. The train moved off and we settled down as best we could. In the early hours of the morning a Belgian ticket-collector woke us up; he was hardly welcomed, but did not understand English. For the rest of the night everyone amused himself as best he could. At half-past five we reached Aachen, where passports were examined, then we moved on to Cologne, and breakfasted there at 7.15 a.m. Here we were met by large numbers of well-drilled " Hitler Junde " in full uniform. After breakfast, in the few minutes we had to spare, we exchanged badges for Hitler badges and armlets. While passing through Cologne, we tried out the Nazi salute and we were delighted to see the inhabitants respond to it. Later on in the morning, we passed through the Rhine valley, a very beautiful district. We were struck by the number of vines growing there, millions of them all arranged in terraces on the hill sides, while the Rhine seemed to flow past very swiftly. At Wiesbaden we were given packed lunch and a bottle of mineral water, which came in useful for shaving and washing when the water on the train gave out. The rations consisted of cured meat? cheese?? and butter and rolls. At Wurzbaden, our next stop, we had a magnificent reception. The platform was filled with frauleins, all dressed in national costume. At dusk, we stopped for a final meal at Passau, a frontier town. The Nazis had produced a field kitchen and had hot coffee waiting for us on the platform. Just as a piece of propaganda, we were all given small German flags to take into Austria! ! Our O.C. though issued orders for them to be put out of sight. In order to sleep comfortably many scouts, including myself, made beds in the corridor, and despite the incessant rattle of the carriages, slept the whole night through. When we awoke next morning we found ourselves in Hungary, at Hegyeshalom. Brass bands played and flowers
were thrown into the carriages by the multitude which thronged the station, in spite of the early hour of 6 a.m. From here we went to Gyor and then to Budapest-Kelenfold, where we breakfasted. The country through which we had been travelling that morning was very uninteresting, consisting mostly of plains. There were no hedges, and patches of wheat, maize and barley were the only things on the landscape. We arrived at Godollo at about n o'clock and were here met by thousands of scouts. Immediately we disembarked, we dumped our kit and were led by a brass band to our camping site. The whole site of the Jamboree was a huge park, mostly wooded, and it was in the glades of the wood that the scouts were camping. There were large footpaths leading all over the park, and as we marched along these to our site, Hungarian scouts greeted us with Hui Hui Hira, their version of Hip Hip Hoorah. It was very hot, and by the time we had pitched camp we were tired out. Our first Hungarian meal then arrived, huge long loaves and tins of mystery. (They had got cows painted on the labels and all the writing on them was in Hungarian.) On opening them they proved to be lumps of veal covered in some sauce or other resembling the colour of Heinz tomato ketchup. Afterwards we learned that it was Paprika sauce. We ate it spread on thick hunks of bread. I noticed that each loaf had a certain stamp stuck on it. In the afternoon we wandered over the park and came to a shopping centre which had been built for the Jamboree. On one side of the entrance was the Bank (Lloyds) and on the other a large restaurant. In the middle was a bandstand and at the far end was a post office and a hairdessing saloon. In the grocery shops I was amazed by the large number of sausages and polonies. Everything was decorated with a string of sausage. In the evening some Hungarians cooked a meat supper for us. It was the contents of those tins of veal stewed up, and it was delicious. It grew dark quickly and by eight o'clock it was pitch dark. Next morning, at about 6.30, we were aroused by a gramophone record playing in the Shopping Centre. The Hungarians breakfast off rolls and butter (one each), naturally we had to do the same, but the provision stores did a good trade as soon as they opened. At 8.30 we paraded and marched to a thanksgiving service, which was conducted by the Rev. Leonard, of London. In the afternoon we paraded again at 2.30 for a march past on the Rally Ground. In order to fit in with the procession we marched about 3 miles instead of one. During the frequent halts we amused ourselves with light cricket gossip with the Yorkshire scouts, who were just behind us. So the afternoon wore on. On the Rally Ground, which was quite the size of Pitchcroft, there were three stands erected and in the middle one sat the Chief and Admiral Horthy, Regent of Hungary. Before we marched past, the Chief came round on horseback, as we were drawn up facing the stands. We marched past eight abreast and as each country went by its leader called for three cheers. The
THE VIGORNIAN. inhabitants of Godollo lined our path right round the field and cheered the whole time. We marched back to our former places and then, at a given signal, we rushed into the stands to hear the Chief's speech. It was rather an impressive sight to see 30,000 scouts all running forward shouting themselves hoarse. The Chief, in his speech, urged us to mix together and make friends, the sole idea of a World Jamboree. The whole camp was divided into ten sub-camps, each being run on its own. Maps were issued to enable one to find one's way about, and later we were all given small books which contained all the information we wanted. The Worcestershire scouts took out an archway which was painted in five scenes. Over the top of the arch was a view of the Malvern Hills and then on either side were scenes of each of the different counties which were represented in our troop, namely, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Shropshire. It was quite original and excited large crowds of Hungarians, to whom it was explained in German or French. I never realised what a nuisance autograph collectors are until the Jamboree. We got off lightly if we didn't sign our names more than ten times a day. I wrote mine on paper of every quality, on postcards, on serviettes, and even on leather. The only reward one got was a smile. Unless we were duty patrol our time was more or less our own and we wandered for miles, mingling with other scouts and looking over their camps. At two o'clock the public were admitted into the camp. Most of them were very inquisitive, but they all adored the English scouts and nothing gave them more satisfaction than to see us feed. Whether we resembled the Zoo I can't tell. Now and then we would come across a Hungarian who had been to England, and he would tell us what he thought of our country. Every afternoon certain scouts gave various displays, either on the Rally Ground or on the Sports Ground. For the most part they were very good. The displays consisted of folk dancing, stilt walking, etc., and some were of a scouting nature, e.g., I saw a display in which some Hungarian Patrols each erected a flag-staff made of poles and with the patrol flag flying at the top. The flag-staff was supported by guy ropes. In a few minutes the whole thing was done and there were some twenty flag-poles up. The Hungarian Sea Scouts gave a wonderful display on the Danube. They use kayaks and the number of things they can do with them is truly amazing. They stayed under water for four minutes ! ! They also used water skis. The weather throughout was very hot and the bathing pools were far away. Once or twice we walked about three miles to one, but it was rather too shallow to swim in. Hence one morning we went by train to one, and this pool was very good. There was sand all round it, so that when one came out of the water one could sun-bathe on it. When we went by train we usually spent the morning there. Each sub-camp had its own camp fire nearly every other night. The scouts taking part gave their turn on a large platform thirty metres square. A powerful light shone on
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them and they spoke into a microphone, so that about 500 people could enjoy one camp fire. There were three or four announcers for the different nationalities present. An exceptionally good turn would go "on tour " round all the other fires, and was usually given once in the theatre in the Shopping Centre. This was the first Jamboree which had a flying camp. It was about two miles away from the main camp, but aeroplanes and gliders were continually flying over us. For the sum of five Pengos one could go for a trip round the Jamboree. Scout planes also took air mails to Budapest. While we were at the Jamboree we had two excursions to Budapest and to Szeged. When we went into Budapest we were driven round the city in motor lorries. We visited all the places of interest, including the Royal Palace and the Houses of Parliament. In the evening we went up the Danube by steamer. On our return, the city was a mass of lights and all the famous buildings were flood-lighted. It was a sight few of us will forget. To reach Szeged, we had to travel five hours by train. It was well worth it, for we had a splendid time there. As we marched through the streets, to the square where the Burgomaster welcomed us, they were lined with citizens who shouted themselves hoarse and showered us with flowers. We then had a meal, the nearest approach I had in Hungary to an English one. Afterwards we were shown round the town and we bathed and watched a display given in our honour. We then returned to camp. After we had been in camp a week, the Chief left us, to go on a sea trip to the Baltic. On Wednesday, August gth, we rallied round him in the Arena and he told us how pleased he was to see us mixing up with one another. The Jamboree closed on Wednesday, August i6th, when our contingent split up; some came home to England, others (including myself) stayed on as guests in Hungary. We went to a place called Keszthely (pronounced cast-eye), on the shores of Lake Balaton. We lived at a large college. From this place we visited all the towns in the neighbourhood and had a really good time. We returned to Budapest on the following Tuesday, spent all day Wednesday admiring Budapest and looking up people we had met at the Jamboree. Then in the evening we boarded a train which took us to Ostend, and there we spent a few hours sightseeing, and then we returned to England on Friday, August R.E.S.
Correspondence. To the Editors of " The Vigornian." Theological College, Salisbury, November, 1933. Dear Sirs, As at present there are four O.V.'s here, though one is shortly leaving, we feel that the time is ripe for a short " Sarum Letter " to your excellent magazine. Another
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very excellent reason for this letter is to bring before the notice of present members of the School, the fact that this is the Theological College, and not just a theological college We live in the Cathedral Close, so close in fact, that supposing the spire were to fall, we should be found underneath the debris; also, such is our devotion to Worcester, that when found, we should probably be discovered chanting " Floreat Schola Vigorniensis" (is that how you spell it—we never knew !). We have, at Sarum—Salisbury to the uninitiated—facilities for cricket, hockey—an excellent game, infinitely more dangerous, as we can vouch for, than Rugger—swimming, boating, running, walking, fives, ping-pong, bowls and even croquet. We would remark upon the last-mentioned game, if so it can be called. Men deride croquet, but anyone who has played billiards on the Hostel table, that existed in our day, will find that croquet as played at Sarum is far more subtle, intricate and supernormal, calling for a skill that only Vigornians can really show. Time does not permit us to relate the other iinestimable advantages of Sarum, but in the time-honoured way of our contemporaries and predecessors the Oxford Letter, the Cambridge Letter (R.I.P.?), and now the London Letter, we would make brief references to four advantages of Sarum. Rev. C. T. DIMONT ; our Principal, an O.V. and proud of it too. Many an upstart from Eton and such-like lesser Schools has suffered severely for daring to ask what O.V. stands for ! Rev. K. N. Ross ; our Chaplain. He made a grievous mistake by going to Cuddesdon instead of Sarum, but he has quickly rectified this, by coming to Sarum in this official capacity. W. R. CHIGNELL ; will shortly be leaving us, having resided here for three years, and is now the senior brother of the whole College. He has so far failed in his ambition to blow the roof off the Chapel at Evensong. W. F. Cox; has just arrived this term complete with voice, Canon Hannay's Question Book, " Do You Know Your Bible? " and a quart pot of hair oil. In conclusion, Sirs, Come to Sarum and live. Yours, " SARUM."
To the Editors of " The Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Numerous letters have been received this term by the Captain of Rugger from O.V.'s who maintain that the results of School matches have not been appearing in the papers, implying that the results can never have been sent in. This is not the case. The accusation is entirely without foundation, since rugger scores have been regularly sent up for insertion.
It seems probable that some of the correspondents are unfamiliar with the system by which results are conveyed to the Press. For their benefit the procedure must therefore be explained. The information is despatched to the Sports (Reporting) and Public Schools Agency, London, on Press telegraph forms, on receipt of which the agency then distributes the news to a number of the large London dailies. These then make the insertions if time and space allow ; these two factors and the discretion of the sports editors completely rule the placing of miscellaneous sports entries. It is obvious therefore that entries cannot always be accepted, but if they do not appear in one paper they may often be found in another. It is sincerely hoped that in future complaining correspondents will bear this in mind Yours, etc., J.D.E. To the Editors of " The Vigornian." Dear Sirs, May I, through your columns, appeal to all those who use the chessmen in the Reading Room to try and keep them boxed in separate sets, and not, as they usually are, jumbled up anyhow? It would be so much more convenient for everyone concerned if this simple course were adopted, while it surely is to no one's disadvantage to observe it. I remain, yours sincerely, A CHESS-PLAYER. » * * To the Editors of " The Vigotnian." Dear Sirs, Through your columns I wish to take the opportunity of thanking, on behalf of the Light Orchestra and myself, all those members of the School who have shown their enthusiasm and appreciation by attending all the concerts, and also contributing to the expenses. I can assure them that we will do our utmost to entertain them in the future. Yours, etc., D. H. R. HOLLOWAY.
To the Editors of " The Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Permit me to draw attention to the fact that lately there have been complaints made about the lack of any suitable house-ties. Would it not be possible to have house-ties? If this is impossible, I certainly think that we ought to have a special school-tie in preference to the plain black and blue ones which we now wear. Yours, etc., TIE-PRESS. [We suggest that the ties should be made in the house colours ! !—EDS.I]
THE VIGORNIAN. To the Editors of " The Vigornian." Dear Sirs, There is a considerable number of people in this School who play golf during the holidays. We suggest that the School should play during the Easter and Summer Terms to fill up some of that time at present devoted to bicycle rides, etc. Of course it would be necessary to restrict the privilege to senior members of the School, but even then there would be a sufficient number to make it worth while. Surely the City Club could arrange it so that we might play on any day except Saturdays and Sundays at a reasonable rate. Many other Public Schools have included this game in their School activities. Couldn't we? We remain, Yours, etc., " AVIDI LUDBNDI."
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YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 9, 1933. DR. Rowing. Insurance o n Boat House ............ Ayling (Oars) ............... Eton College— New Boats ......... Bradley —Repairs to Float ......... Elt—Repairs to Boats ............ Marlow—Entrance Fee ... ... ... ... Clifton Exs. ... ... ... ... ... Horniblow .................. Cricket and Football. Gunn & Moore ... ... ... ... ... Dean and Chapter ............... Petrol, Oil, etc ................ Coaching .................. Relfe & Lillywhite ............... Seed, e t c ................... Rugby Union ............... Wycliffe Exs. ............... Other Expenditure. Rates ... ... ... ... ... ...
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