The Vigornian July 1939

THE VIGORNIAN THE WORCESTER CATHEDRAL KING'S SCHOOL CHRONICLE TA MEN AIAAKTA MAN6ANO, TA A'ETPETA

ZHTO, TA A'ETKTA IIAPA 6EON HITHSAMHN.

Vol. XIII. CONTENTS. Editorial School Officers King's Scholarship Examination ... School Notes House Notes " Macbeth " Speech Day School Concert Rowing Notes Cricket Notes O.T.C. Notes Shooting Notes Band Notes Athletic Sports and Standards ... P.T. Competition Scout Notes Swimming Notes ... Field Club Notes Camera Club Notes Stamp Society Notes Play-Reading Society Notes Fifty Years Ago Valete Salvete Next Term O.V. News Births, Deaths, etc. Oxford Letter Contributions ... ... ... Correspondence ... ... ... Contemporaries ...

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The end of a Summer Term must inevitably bring reflection upon the ceaseless change that takes place in a School. New faces come and old faces disappear and always it seems to those who remain that the gaps will never be adequately filled. Still the School remains the same. New ideas and new schools of thought arise, but the mark they leave upon the essential spirit of the School can only be very small. Such thoughts as these must be the comfort of those who have had their opportunity to leave their mark for good or evil upon the School and now are passing on.

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It is difficult to assess what the essential spirit of the School does for those who come under her influence. Only the future can bring this out. After-life at University or in business will reveal what her effect has been upon the individual. Certain it is, however, that in later years those who have learnt to prize the atmosphere in which they have received their intellectual upbringing, will return again and again, once more to taste the waters of the fountain from which they drew their earliest knowledge. To all of us, whether we are leaving or not, the end of a Summer Term must bring reflection upon the progress of all our varied interests. In the Winter Term and the Spring Term a more or less rigid routine governs our activities, but in the Summer Term, strenuous training and organised games do not dominate to such an extent the movements of everyone. Consequently individual tastes are largely responsible for the measure of enjoyment each member of the School derives from the Summer Term. Looking back therefore upon this term, we cannot help feeling that all

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the energy that has been spent on the vigorous and successful running of such societies as the Photographic, the Engineering and the Field Club, to mention only three, testifies beyond all praise to the real and active interest that is alive in the school in almost every sphere of activity. Such interest can only enhance the intellectual life both of the individual and of the School. With which thoughts we leave our Editorial and commend to your gracious indulgence the rest of our Vigarnian.

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SCHOOL NOTES. We offer hearty congratulations to J. D. Reynolds on being awarded a Lord Kitchener Memorial Scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, and to H. W. Hinds, who has been awarded a John Worfield Exhibition at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, also to R. T. L. Allen on passing the qualifying Examination for the Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Queen's College, Cambridge. * * * We have had three School Services in the Lady Chapel this term. The addresses were given by the Rev. D. W. Maclagan, Vicar of St. Georges, Worcester, SCHOOL OFFICERS. by the Headmaster of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, Captain of the School - A. J. Bendall. Rev. C. H. S. Buckmaster, and by the Headmaster. Captain of Boats - C. M. Lavender. * * * Secretary of Boats - A. J. Bendall. We were very pleased to see Mr. Meade-King for a short period when he visited us during the first weekCaptain of Cricket - J. H. Folley. end of July. He still retains his familiar vivacity and Secretary of Cricket - D. L. Shelton. a keen interest in the School. Captain of Shooting - A. J. Bendall. * # * Secretary of Shooting - R. T. L.. Allen. Thanks to arrangements made by Mr. Wrigley, a large number of the School were able to visit the Captain of Gym - A. J. Bendall. Worcester Porcelain Factory on July 22nd. We have Captains of Houses :— also visited the Commandery, through the kindness of Mr. Littlebury. School House - C. M. Lavender. * * * Castle House A. J. Bendall. We have gone well ahead with our A.R.P. preparations, Hostel - P. L. W. Shovelton. and have had a practice for the whole of the boarding Chappel's House - H. W. Hinds. side, besides several individual house practices. The authorities expressed themselves well pleased with the Creighton's House - C. F. Bryer. results. School Monitors—A. J. Bendall, H. W. Hinds, C. M. * * * Lavender, J. H. Folley, C. F. Bryer, J. D. Reynolds, The School Play, ' Macbeth,' was performed in R. T. L. Allen. College Hall on Monday evening, May 15th. It was Editors of The Vigornian—&. J. Bendall, H. W. Hinds, well received by the audience and maintained the J. D. Reynolds, W. J. Ward. tradition of the School Play. A full account appears Librarians—R. T. L. Allen, H. W. Hinds, J. D. Reynolds, elsewhere. * # # C. F. Bryer, D. H. Jones. Wardens of the Reading Room—A. J. Bendall, H. W. The O.T.C. was inspected by Capt. R. WhiteHinds. Cooper, (War Office), on Monday, July 10th. In spite of very unpromising weather in the morning, the Inspection took place in bright sunshine before quite a number of parents and friends of the School. A KING'S SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION report appears in the O.T.C. Notes. MAY, 1939. * * * The following awards were made :— The School will be represented at the Duke of 1. C. Vivante (Bryntirion School, Bridgend). York's Camp at Abergeldie Castle, by J. C. McKerrow. 2. S. M. Moore (Hill Brow, Eastbourne, and King's * * * School). The School was inspected during the term, by the 3. N. Money (The Preparatory School, Coventry). Board of Education inspectors, who, though the official 4. R. C. Cook (Cathedral Choir School, Worcester). report has not yet been received, informed the Governors of the School that they were very pleased with the 5. W. Davidson (Ovingdean Hall, Brighton). administration and the work of the School, and com6. P. H. C. Watson (Westbourne House, Penarth, mented favourably upon the bearing of the boys. and King's School). * * * 7. M. G. E. Williams (King's School). An unusual, but highly successful experiment was School Exhibition :— carried out this term, when the School received two D. S. Shovelton (The Downs School, Colwall). of a party of Finnish pupils who visited England between June 10th and July 21st. The energetic Amy Lea Exhibitions :— way in which our visitors entered into the various E. J. K. Warren (Packwood Haugh, Warwickshire). activities of the School made them extremely popular D. C. G. Bearder (Cathedral Choir School, with us all. We hope that they enjoyed their visit as Worcester). much as we did their company.

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The Headmaster kindly granted the School a whole holiday on Tuesday, June 6th to celebrate the School Scholarship Successes. We were favoured with exceptionally fine weather and a large number of people made lengthy expeditions into the country.

HOUSE NOTES. SCHOOL HOUSE. HOUSE MONITORS : C. M. Lavender, J. D. Reynolds, D. C. Fox, K. Wedgwood, W. J. Ward, J. C. McKerrow. The House was not only delighted but also dazzled at the beginning of this term by the brilliance of the dining-hall, which has taken on a new coat of light green and cream. At half-term we welcomed to our midst Lauri Luutonen, a Finn, who, having won a travel Scholarship in Finland, is experiencing for a few weeks the life of an English public School. We hope he will have glowing accounts of us to take back to his native land. In cricket we cherished considerable hopes of the cricket cup, having, as we did, Reynolds, Fox and J. McKerrow in the 1st, and Shedden, Taylor, and N. McKerrow in the 2nd team. However, we did not succeed. Yet if we could not win, we did at least show ourselves to be good losers. We lost the Fives Cup this term after Lavender and Fox had put up a very good fight against Castle House. Another loss has been the Senior Rowing Cup, in which race we unfortunately came in last, though the crew rowed very well. We hope however, to keep the Junior Rowing Cup. In the P.T. Competition we again came second, the third time in succession. Again we hope for better luck next time. On the military side we congratulate Fox, Wedgwood and Ward on their promotion to Sergeants and Corporal respectively, and Hulme and Evans on their appointment as L/Corporals as a result of passing Certificate " A." We congratulate W. J. Ward and J. C. McKerrpw on being appointed Monitors in mid-term. We wish them the best of luck next year, since all the old hands are leaving. We trust that they will be able to replenish our mantelpiece which is now looking so desolate. This term the House bids a reluctant farewell to Lavender, Reynolds, Fox and Wedgwood, all of whom have in some way done their bit in the past.

CASTLE HOUSE. HOUSE MONITORS : A. J. Bendall, J. H. Folley, R. T. L. Allen, D. C. Bendall, D. L. Shelton. The House reassembled this term with one more trophy to its credit, namely the Standards Shield which was won at the end of last term after a strenuous tussle with School House. This seems to have inspired the House to great efforts, and we have been very successful all .the term.

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In Cricket, Folley and Shelton were Captain and Secretary respectively, while Bishop also received his 1st XI colours. King and Havard both won their 2nd XI colours. In the House Competition, we did very well with a team which was only of average strength on paper, beating Hostel, School and Creighton's Houses. Unfortunately, we lost the vital match with Chappel's by 12 runs, but there is still hope of the unexpected happening. We congratulate Shelton and Good on getting Certificate " A " last term, and also Bearcroft on retaining the Individual Shooting Cup for us. The House Shooting Competition has not been fired yet, but with three members of the VIII we should do well. The House Fives was played off this term, and Folley and Shelton distinguished themselves by beating School House in the Finals. As far as rowing is concerned, the House was at its strongest. A. J. and D. C. Bendall were awarded their 1st IV. Colours, and Ellison, Coles and Allen their 2nd IV. Colours. From these five we were able to choose a really good crew for Speech Day, and with Kirkwood as cox, Ellison, A. J. and D. C. Bendall and Allen were able to win the Senior Rowing Cup, which has been absent from the House for seven years. The Junior Rowers are practising hard for the Regatta and should have a very good chance of winning back the Junior Cup. Despite the general exodus at the end of this term, the House will be very strong next year, and if the present state of keenness and efficiency is maintained much success can be expected.

HOSTEL. HOUSE MONITORS : P. L. W. Shovelton, D. H. Jones, S. M. C. Jones. At the beginning of the term, we were still not at full strength, following the effects of last term. However, when our numbers were completed, our cricketers began to practice for the House Matches under the Captaincy of Kemp. So far we have narrowly lost two and won one of our matches and have still School House to play. The House produced three members of the Shooting VIII this term, Shovelton, Allchurch and Bridgman. The latter two were runners-up in the individual Shooting Cup. Congratulations are due to M. C. Jones and Bridgman who were awarded their 1 st IV. Colours. Bridgman has now had his colours for coxing for two years in succession. We also congratulate Kemp who won his 1st XI Colours. After Marlow the House IV settled down to prepare for the House Race on Speech Day. The Four put up a very good show, rowing level with Castle House till nearly half way, Castle House then drawing away to win by 1J lengths. The crew was S. M. C. Jones, Shovelton, Bridgman, Lister and Ansell (cox). We have missed Hinson this term while he has been undergoing treatment, and we all'hope he will recover quickly. On the other hand, we were glad to welcome

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Jorma Miettenen, who was called Jorma for convenience sake. He is a Finn, who has come over to learn English and English customs. The P.T. team were unfortunate in losing the Cup, which we have had for two years now. However the team did well to finish third, and, as the scores indicate, were not far behind the winners. Russell and Cant were in the Colts team, Russell being Captain. Allchurch also played in one match. We hope to see them in a senior team next year.

CHAPPEL'S HOUSE. HOUSE MONITORS : H. W. Hinds, J. J. Taaffe, A. G. Green. It is impossible for us to reflect upon the past year without feeling justifiably proud of all our achievements in the various House Competitions. It is barely three years since the two Day Boy Houses were formed out of the one large house and already we can say that so far as we are concerned we have gradually moulded ourselves into a smooth-running and efficient House which can more than hold its own in competitions with the other Houses. If we mention our latest triumph first it is because we can still feel the intense pleasure we experienced on the morning of Speech Day, when the Headmaster read out the points in the House P.T. Competition and we realised that we were the first Day Boy house to win the Cup for many years, probably since 1906. We. would particularly like to congratulate the Leader and the members of the Team who often so willingly gave up odd half-hours in the middle of the day to attend a practice. In Cricket we have more than upheld our reputation of last year. Two members of the House have been awarded their 1st XI Cap and Colours and several others have been awarded 2nd XI Colours. In the House Competition we have already succeeded in defeating our three most formidable opponents, so that we cannot now lose the Cricket Cup. We should like to congratulate Taaffe, Caldicott, Bough and Pettigrew on being promoted LanceCorporals in the O.T.C. and Cadet Price on being chosen to shoot for the School in the Chichester Cup. Our congratulations are also due to Flay who succeeded in winning the Junior Victor Ludorum in the Sports at the end of last term. We are delighted to be able to insert at the last moment that we have just won the Competition for the House Section Shield. Finally we would like to wish those who are leaving all luck in their new ventures.

CREIGHTON HOUSE. HOUSE MONITORS : C. F. Bryer, D. E. Carstairs, R. C. Allen. This term the House has been represented in the 1st XI by Bryer and Key who must both be congratulated on being awarded their colours. Our House Team has

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been a very young one this season and thus has suffered from inexperience. Up to date we have played three matches without attaining any success. We dismissed our opponents in Hostel and School House for moderate totals, only to fail with the bat on both occasions. Against Castle House our batsmen were more successful and scored over a hundred runs. However Castle batted very steadily and won by five wickets. We discovered several promising young cricketers who should be of great use in the future. On the rowing side, the House has been represented by four members, Styles, R. E. Harris, Wilson and Weil. Let us hope that next year more people will follow their example, so that we may be afforded the chance of seeing once again a House IV on the river. The number of members in the O.T.C. is still very satisfactory and we take this opportunity of asking nonmembers to try to support those already in the corps by joining next term. The House P.T. team which consisted of Bryer, R. E. Harris, Wilson, Malsom, Cullis, Bailey and Key, practised as many times as it could for the House Competition in which it put up a very creditable performance. We were very disappointed when the result was announced and we found that we had not improved on our position of last year. However we must console ourselves in being mentioned as having the best leader. Let us hope that next year our luck will change. Finally we express our regrets that we are losing our Captain, Bryer, this term, who has led the House for the past year. We wish him and the other members who are leaving us the very best of luck in their future careers.

MACBETH. On Monday, May 15th the school gave their permance of Macbeth before an audience of nearly 450. The setting of College Hall, time-hallowed and steeped in tradition, was all that could be desired. The production, slightly abridged, was very well conceived and carried out by Mr. Macdonald, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for the success of all our presentations, as also to Mrs. Macdonald for her great help with the costumes. The play, one of Shakespeare's greatest, called forth the prowess of the actors, both small and great, by the elegant movement and enthralling excitement of the drama. From the regal and pathetic figure of Duncan, the old king of Scotland (J. D. Reynolds), to the least retainer and page the characters came to life, and brought to the minds of the audience in full reality the stirring story of historic deeds. W. J. Ward as Macbeth made a convincing and noble character. His excellent interpretation of this, the most difficult part in Shakespeare, was well in line with long sequence of Macbeths on the English stage, both professional and amateur. The calls for Macbeth at the end gave sure proof of the audience's appreciation of his performance.

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Lady Macbeth, ably portrayed by K. Wedgwood, proved herself every inch a queen, and the difficulty of representation by a young man was soon forgotten in the elegant way she carried herself. In the sleepwalking scene, which has called upon the ingenuities of many a famous actress, Lady Macbeth was played with moving intensity that could but arouse sympathy and pity. The courageous, manly Macduff was well represented by D. L. Thawley and the time-honoured porter scene was rendered hilarious by the inimitable D. L. Shelton. The witches, T. Bowles, M. J. Wells and B. C. V. Cant, provided a very awe-inspiring spectacle, and their scenes succeeded wonderfully in giving the correct eerie atmosphere. They were substantially aided by an ingenious arrangement of lighting effects, enabling them to disappear most realistically. The climax was reached with the battle of English and Scotch forces. Always a difficult subject to portray on the stage, the scene was very well enacted, and R. N. Knapp-Fisher, as young Siward, was the object of many solicitous enquiries after his breathtaking fall down the steps. All the actors are to be congratulated on their fine enunciation, for even those of the audience who were right at the back had no difficulty in hearing. Other important parts were played as follows :— Malcolm by A. J. Bendall, Donalbain by R. G. E. Wharmby, Banquo by H. W. Hinds, Seyton by D. C. Bendall, Ross by D. V. Evans and Angus by D. H. Jones. Finally we should like to thank D. C. Fox for his efficiency as stage-manager, Mr. Peter Bates, R. T. L. Allen, and P. L. Shovelton for their able management of the lights, and Miss Campbell and our Art School for the excellent production of the scenery and properties.

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(Acknowledgment is made to the Worcester Evening News and Times for the reports of the Speeches).

The Dean of Worcester (Dr. A. W. Davies) presided at the prize distribution in College Hall on the afternoon of July 14th. The Governing Body was represented by Canon Hutchinson. The prizes were distributed by Sir William Marris, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., Hon. D. Litt., sometime Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne. THE DEAN'S SPEECH. The Dean said his first word must be to express, on behalf of all of them, their great satisfaction at having the Headmaster back. Last year's prize-giving had been a very pleasant and interesting function, but the Headmaster's absence through illness had inevitably cast a shadow over the proceedings. " It would have been a lamentable thing if the Headmaster had not been present to-day, for the record of the school during the past year has been one of which any headmaster might well be proud," he continued. " The list of school successes is a splendid record.

I want to congratulate not only the boys who have obtained those honours, but also the Headmaster and the staff whose able and faithful work have made them possible." The report of the inspection of the school which had been recently made on behalf of the Board of Education would not be received until the autumn, but as Chairman of the Governors he could not refrain from expressing satisfaction and pride concerning the inspectors' general impression of the school. It was flattering to the staff and to the boys, and the Governors would be less than human if they did not try to draw to themselves some of the credit from what they had every reason to believe would be a thoroughly good report. He expressed his great regret at the absence- of so many of the Governors that afternoon. Canon Peile and Canon Briggs were, he was sorry to say, not well enough to be there. Bishop Duppuy was attending a committee at Lambeth Palace and Aid. Edwards and Mr. Maurice Webb were obliged to be present at the opening of one of their younger brothers, the Christopher Whitehead School. He was particularly sorry that Aid. Edwards could not be there, as he would have liked to express in Aid. Edwards' presence his appreciation of the special help which he gave as Chairman of the Governors during his (the Dean's) absence in India, as well as of the ripe experience and wise judgment which he brought to their meetings. Welcoming Sir William Marris, the Dean referred to his great administrative work in India, recalling that he was Governor successively of two great Indian provinces. He had been chancellor of several Indian Colleges, and was Principal until 1937 of Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne. HEADMASTER'S

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The Headmaster, in his report, suggested that the main reason that parents came to a prize day was to see how their own sons and the school were getting on. In the words of a well-known medical phrase he was glad to report that both were doing very well. They had met at the beginning of the school year at a time of national emergency, when the newspapers and the wireless had seemed far more important than the classroom and the playing fields. Not a single parent had sent an S.O.S. of any sort at the time of the September crisis. He had, however, received one telegram from someone whom he did not know—" If war breaks out can you take my son?" On Wednesday night they had had an A.R.P. test. When their sons were sleeping warmly in bed the alarm was given and within six minutes the whole of the boarding side, including the domestic staff, left their beds and, equipped with rugs and gas masks, reached the Undercroft under College Hall, which they had been kindly invited to share by the Dean and Chapter. The school had several qualified air raid wardens. They were grateful to Mr. Bentley, who directed this work, to the Dean and Chapter and to Mr. Reginald Smith, Clerk of the Works, for the great help he had given them.

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Referring to the school's policy at the present time the Headmaster said it was of vital importance to civilisation that, whereas when they grew up their sons might be called upon to defend civilization, they should for a few years at school be given every chance of learning what it was they might be called upon to defend. That they had not been too much distracted was proved by their record of achievement. They had obtained during the year no fewer than 11 Higher Certificates, a record number for the school and one of which they might justly be proud.

The Headmaster also referred to plans for the development of physical training in the school as part of the curriculum. He also spoke of the very successful production of " Macbeth " by Mr. Macdonald and of the two School Concerts given during the year. There was a new Camera Club, and the Field Club had been busy visiting churches and places of architectural interest.

In the School Certificate examination they had entered 17 boys in 1938 and 16 obtained their certificates. Of those 16 one boy passed with seven credits and two with six. Their results in the Higher Certificate made them hope that they might be able to add to their successes by gaining some awards at the Universities and this they did. J. D. Reynolds won a College Exhibition in classics at Hertford College, Oxford, and then added a Lord Kitchener Memorial Scholarship. K. Wedgwood won a Meeke Scholarship in Classics at Hertford College, and within a week they were glad to hear that H. W. Hinds had won a Liddon Exhibition in Modern Languages at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and since then he had added a Worfield Exhibition. Three boys were successful in the entrance examination for Sandhurst and R. T. Allen passed the difficult qualifying examination for the Mechanical Science Tripos.

Turning to Old Boys, the Headmaster referred to two great distinctions gained during the year. W. D. Battershill had been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus, and J. R. Wingfield-Digby had won the Stanhope Historical Essay prize at Oxford. He wanted to express the thanks of the school to another Old Boy, who preferred to remain anonymous, who had given a handsome clock for the College Hall.

These successes should show that the School was full of vitality and that their talent lay in a variety of subjects. This was proved by the remarks recently made by the Board of Education Inspectors. The Inspectors expressed themselves delighted at all the things the school was doing and with the amount of school activities. They were much impressed by the bearing of the boys and made a special comment on that in their verbal report.

He also spoke of two Finnish students who had been sent to the School for two months by the Finnish Government, and said it was quite certain that such contacts would lead to a deeper understanding of spiritual kinship.

The out-of-school activities had been continued with undiminished vigour. At Rugby football they had won a due proportion of their matches ; at cricket they had only lost five out of 17 matches and the Colts had been unbeaten for four years. At rowing they had beaten Cheltenham College both in the first and second fours. In the " Country Life " shooting competition, out of 70 schools in their class they came out 13th, higher than they had ever been before. The shooting was done under the auspices of the O.T.C. He thanked on behalf of the school Capt. Strong for the long and devoted service he had given to the Corps, especially during the last eight years as commanding officer. Such service entailed a great deal of time and sacrifice of leisure. He offered their best wishes to Mr. Burnett, to whom Capt. Strong was handing over the command. They had obtained an excellent report on the O.T.C. that week, when the Inspecting Officer had said that Capt. Strong was handing over the Corps on the crest of the wave.

He called attention to the exhibition of art work done during the year under the direction of Miss Campbell, saying that they fought hard to give art its rightful place in a boy's life.

Referring to one very good indirect effect of the European crisis, the Headmaster remarked how glad they were to welcome to the school six boys who for various reasons had left their own countries. They were making a valuable contribution to the school, and he shared the hope recently expressed in the Times that when the time came for such students to leave school it might be found possible to continue to make use of their services in this country.

The school's success was due in a great measure to the keenness and efficiency of his colleagues. It was also due to the fact that that was a small school. He thought there was a great deal to be said for a school of such a size where the staff could know every boy in the school and where every boy could know every other boy, and where no talent, however small, was overlooked.

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WILLIAM

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In his address after distributing the prizes Sir William Marris recalled that he had known the Dean since the days when the Dean was principal of St. John's College, Agra, which he and the Dean agreed was the outstanding University College in the finest province of India. He knew how devotedly he gave himself to the cause of higher education. Speaking of how the sane and normal boy should feel towards his school, Sir William remarked that they had the whole thing travestied on the music-hall and in the comic papers by sneers at the " Old School tie." A perfectly harmless piece of haberdashery was sometimes reviled as a symbol of snobbery, inefficiency and hollow pride.

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On the other hand, they had it almost as violently defended and almost hallowed as though it was the vestment of a saint or a hero. Surely they would not agree either with the Red Communist, who ranted against it, or with " Col. Blimp," who bellowed in its defence. It was a perfectly innocent reminder of a particular association. Philosophers told them what an effective help symbolism was to loyalty in many walks in life. Some of them who did not wear a coloured tie or an enamel badge had a tendency in their own homes to surround themselves with pictures or other things which helped them in their particular loyalties by reason of the suggestions or messages these had for them. The value of the symbol was not in the thing in itself but in its effect upon them. Proposing a vote of thanks to Sir William Marris, Canon Hutchinson said he had a special regard for him because in the midst of his civic life in India he had kept up his love of the classics, and had found time to produce admirable translations of Horace and Catallus. At the conclusion of the proceedings Sir William Marris asked that the School might be granted a halfholiday, which the Headmaster promised to allow.

PRIZE

LIST.

Bishop of Worcester's Divinity Prize : J. D. Reynolds, K. Wedgwood, R. H. Bough. Maurice Day Classical Prize : J. D. Reynolds. Latin Prose Prize (Canon Peile) : J. D. Reynolds. School French Prize (Canon Briggs) : H. Raumann. School German Prize : H. W. Hinds. School Mathematics Prize (Bishop Duppuy) : R. T. L. Allen. School Science Prize (in Memory of Samuel Southall, O.V.): R. T. L. Allen. George Nash History Prize : R. H. Bough. James Nash Classical Prize (Upper V.) : D. L. Thawley. Canon Cronshaw Divinity Prize (Upper V.) : D. L. Thawley, D. V. Evans. Fifth Forms German Prize : T. J. Martin. Fifth Forms French Prize : D. M. Curtis. Fifth Forms Mathematics Prize : M. H. Anstey. Fourth Forms Mathematics Prize : P. H. C. Watson. Lower School Mathematics Prize : H. N. Healey. Accidence Prizes : Latin (VI.) K. Wedgwood ; Upper V., B. S. Clarke ; Lower V., T. Bowles ; Upper IV., P. H. C. Watson ; Middle IV., O. W. King ; Lower IV., A. R. Thomas : Greek : VI., J. D. Reynolds. Upper V. C. R. Sampson. General Knowledge (the Dean of Worcester) : VI., R. T. L. Allen ; Upper V., J. S. Wyatt ; Lower V., A. W. Bailey, W. P. Paterson ; Upper IV., V. R. S. Beckley, Middle IV., W. G. H. Cullis ; Lower IV., A. R. Thomas ; Lower School, K. Evans.

Reading Prizes (Canon Hutchinson) : Senior, W. J. Ward ; Junior, S. M. Moore. Music Prize (E. F. Day, Esq.) : C. A. Myers. Junior Singing : J. G. W. Ayrton. School Drawing Prize : J. S. Wyatt. Drawing Prizes (R. L. Sedgwick, O.V.) : Upper IV., M. O. F. Bridgman ; Middle IV., W. B. Sunning ; Lowe IV., A. W. B. Sayce. Yates Prize for Best Certificate " A " in O.T.C.: M. H. Good. Mrs. Henry Wood Essay Prizes : Sixth Forms— R. H. Bough, H. W. Hinds, P. E. Hulme ; Fifth Forms— A. W. Bailey, B. S. Clarke, C. R. Sampson, R. G. E. Wharmby, D. V. Evans ; Fourth Forms—M. V. H. Dowse, V. A. Bray, J. A. Charlish, T. K. Dinsdale, A. R. Thomas ; Lower School—H. N. Healey. PRIZES. Besides those who gave Special Prizes which stand to their names, the following kindly made contributions to the Prize Fund : The Mayor of Worcester, Mr. C. Maurice Webb, The Precentor, Aid. C. Edwards, Rev. C. Creighton, The Headmaster, the O.V. Club, Mr. E. O. Kay. Owing to heavy rain, the visitors were entertained to tea in the School House, in the Reading Room and in a marquee in the School Garden. There was an exhibition of the School's work in the Art Room, and in the adjoining classroom were displayed the excellent photographs of the Camera Club.

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CONCERT.

The School Concert took place this year on Speech Day, Friday, July 14th, 1939. The School Choir first of all gave a good rendering of Handel's " Acis and Galatea." The solos were taken by Mr. LI. Williams (tenor) and Mr. Dowse (bass), who kindly volunteered to fill the place of S. N. Hackwood, O.V., who was prevented by illness from attending. This was the most classical effort produced by the Choir in recent years, and it was executed very well. After the interval, C. A. Myers gave a very good recital on the pianoforte. He played Beethoven's Sonata in C sharp minor. This was followed by an unaccompanied unison song, " I triumph ! I triumph!" (Vittoria, Vittoria) by Carissimi. The School Orchestra, augmented by Mr. Hugh Creighton, gave a very fine presentation of two pieces, Minuet from " Berenice," by Handel, and the " Cornelius " March by Mendelssohn. The evening concluded with two very fine unison songs " The Seekers " by George Dyson, words by John Masefield, and Sir Cecil Spring Rice's " I vow to thee, my Country," music by Gustav Hoist. The performance was well received, and reflects great credit on the work of Mr. Edgar Day.

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NOTES.

FIXTURES AND RESULTS.

1st IV. Date. June 3. „ 10. „ 13. ,, 24.

Opponents. Monmouth School Hereford School Cheltenham College Monmouth School

Rowed at : Worcester Hereford Worcester Marlow

Result. Lost 3J lengths. Lost 4 lengths. Won 4£ lengths. Lost 4J lengths.

June 3. „ 10. „ 13. „ 27.

2nd IV. Monmouth School 2nd IV ... Worcester Hereford School 2nd IV ... Hereford Cheltenham College 2nd IV ... Worcester Clifton College 2nd IV ... Clifton...

Lost £ length. Won Easily. Won 1 length. Lost 3 lengths.

We are greatly encouraged by the results of this term's rowing, and we hope that we have now reached the end of our period of bad luck. Although we can record only three victories out of eight races, we can claim that we have achieved a high standard of rowing for our numbers. We were unable to get on the river as a four during the Easter term, which would have been a great help to us, but we set off at the beginning of this term with a heavy crew which remained unchanged. Even after we had settled down, we were never really steady, and although this unsteadiness was reduced when rowing, we feel that we could have done better, if we had had more time to eliminate this trouble. We would like to give our special thanks to Dr. J. B. Cavenagh for his help in coaching. The 2nd IV have had a successful season. They remained unchanged until the Clifton race, and as a result they were a steady crew. Though not a light crew, they succeeded in achieving a fast rate of striking ; they rowed at their best during the first minute. 1st IV Characters :— (Bow) D. C. Bendall (12 st. 3 Ibs.). His blade work has improved during the season ; he has still to learn to steady his swing and to get a better balance forward. (2) S. M. C. Jones (11 st. 10J Ibs.). A good hard worker, but he depends rather too much on his muscles at present, than on the art of watermanship. (3) A. J. Bendall (12 st. 4 Ibs.). He has improved his swing considerably, and has gained some valuable experience in balance. (Stroke) C. M. Lavender (Capt.) (11 st.). He has worked very hard to get a good rhythm, but the crew never seemed to quite get hold of it, especially when racing. He made a conscientious captain. (Cox) R. S. L. Walters (7 st. 2 Ibs.). A reliable cox with some good experience in racing. 1st IV RACES. 1st IV v. MONMOUTH SCHOOL 1st IV. Rowed at Worcester on June 3rd. Both Schools had a fairly good start, but Monmouth kept up a faster

rate of striking than the School. After two minutes they were a length ahead, but after the half-way mark they drew well ahead, despite the School's efforts to reduce the distance. 1st IV v. HEREFORD SCHOOL 1st IV. Rowed at Hereford on June 10th. After a bad start by the School, Hereford gained a length's lead in the first minute. This lead was slowly increased, and, after the second minute, Hereford drew well away to win by three lengths. 1st IV v. CHELTENHAM COLLEGE 1st IV. Rowed at Worcester on June 13th. The School adopted the policy of aiming at a fast stroke during the first minute, and in so doing obtained a satisfactory lead. This was increased to over a length before Cheltenham challenged, but the School managed to hold them, and the stroke being kept at forty, which was more than the rate required, the School drew well away to win by four and a half lengths. 1st IV v. MONMOUTH SCHOOL 1st IV at Marlow. The policy of a high rate of striking during the first twenty or thirty strokes was continued, and the School hoped to give Monmouth a surprise. However, after a very bad first ten strokes on the part of the School, Monmouth obtained half a length's lead. This had increased to a length after two minutes, and from then on Monmouth drew well away to win by four and a half lengths.

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The house race was rowed over the Deanery Course on Speech Day. School House was left behind after a bad start, while Castle House and Hostel rowed for two minutes with Castle House only slightly ahead. From the Diglis Castle House drew slowly ahead to win by one and a half lengths, with School House two and a half lengths behind the Hostel crew. The time for the course was two minutes, fifty-three seconds.

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CRICKET NOTES. 1st XI FIXTURES. Date. Ground. Result. Opponents. For. Sat. May 13th Worcester Nomads Home. Won 85 for 7 Lost Sat. „ 20th Worcester City 2nd XI. Home 70 Home Wed. May 24th Bloxham School Lost 103 Sat. May 27th Magdalen College School (whole day) Home Won 130 Sat. June 3rd Hereford Cathedral School Away Draw 129 for 8* Thurs. June 8th Bromsgrove School 2nd XI Away Draw 117 for 7 Sat. June 10th Norton Barracks Home Won 68 for 2 Thurs. June 15th Dean Close School Away Lost 77 Sat. June 24th Malvern College Club Home Scratched — Sat. July 8th Monmouth School (whole day) Scratched — Wed. July 12th Warwick School Away Lost 101 Sat. July 15th O.V.'s Home Abandoned 2nd XI Date. Wed. May 24th Sat. June 3rd Thurs. June 15th Sat. June 24th Sat. July 1st Sat. July 8th Wed. July 12th Sat. July 15th

Opponents. Bloxham Hereford Cathedral School Dean Close Malvern Colts 1st XI Magdalen College School Monmouth Warwick O.V.'s

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

For.

Against. 84

116 for 7* 110 for 5 66

95 for 5 180 for 3* 67 132 —

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64 for 7

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COLTS XI FIXTURES Opponents. Ground. Result. For. Against. Hereford Cathedral School Colts Home Won Sat. 180 for 3* 42 Wed. Monmouth Colts Away Won 56 for 5 55 Warwick Colts Home Wed. Won 43 for 0 42 * Declared. We looked forward to our first match this season with Chappel's House has won the Cricket Cup for the mixed feelings. We had quite a good side, 5 old colours, second successive year, having beaten all their rivals, 5 of last year's 2nd XI colours and one very promising although they were given a good fight by Castle House, member of last season's Colts, but, unfortunately, the the latter won three matches and were narrowly whole side, except two, were bowlers, and although beaten by Chappel's House in their fourth match. these two were fairly good batsmen, it takes more than two men to make a sound batting side. As the term progressed, however, it became inThe 2nd XI, captained by P. H. S. Sheddon, also had creasingly obvious that our batting was considerably quite a- good season, and although not winning many more effective than our bowling, every member of the matches, had the bad luck of drawing, for want of time, team making a good score at one time or another. Our when victory was almost in their grasp. One of the attack, although not, perhaps, as good in practice as outstanding performers in the 2nd XI this season was it looked on paper, nevertheless did quite well. Our O. W. King who, although played chiefly for his bowling, fielding also was well up to scratch, and all these com- made 55 not out against Warwick 2nd XI. bined made us into a very useful side, which obtained quite good results. We owe our special thanks to Mr. Ward for the way in which he has. coached the 1st Game and umpired The following were awarded their 2nd XI. colours : in the matches. P. H. S. Shedden, O. W. King, H. W. Pettigrew, We owe our thanks also to C. S. M. Cooper for W. C. Taylor, J. P. Pimley, C. Havard, D. M. Curtis, coaching the Colts and to Mr. V. J. Wrigley for his J. R. Workman, K. S. Flay, N. McKerrow, M. H. general help down at the field. We would like to Anstey. » * * mention also that the Colts won all their matches this season easily and now hold what must be almost a record for a School team, having not lost a match for Irf XI Characters :— J. H. FOLLEY. (Captain). A very good captain who 4 years. There is very promising talent among the juniors which the School will find very useful in two managed his team well and kept them cheerful. As a or three seasons, as our Colts side, which is normally batsman he has partly cured himself of getting out l.b.w. an Under 15J team, has an average age of 14 years and as a result has had a good season. When he got a 3 months. wicket to suit him he bowled with venoifi; doing »" * * especially well against Warwick. Date. June 3rd June 21st July 12th

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D. L. SHELTON. (Vice-Captain). At its best his bowling was really good. He has improved both in pace and length, but he must not let himself be put off his length if wickets are not falling fast. In batting he must improve his stance and his footwork. A back drive to cover with the body facing mid-on can never be an elegant or a safe shot. J. D. REYNOLDS. A forcing batsman who manages to hit the ball hard in spite of a tendency to play late. He would be able to place his drives better if he could get his left foot more to the pitch of the ball. A safe long-fielder. P. D. CALDICOTT. A good bowler with a very useful swing into the slips. With quicker slip-fielders he might have got more wickets. He is still inclined to pitch back too much. As a batsman he was a great help, often knocking up a quick twenty or thirty when runs were badly needed. His 48 against Hereford was his best effort. D. C. Fox. The composition of the side did not give him much scope as a bowler, but he was often helpful in separating a pair of stubborn batsmen. His great effort was 3 wickets for no runs against Dean Close. A very quick cover-point with a hard throw that was usually accurate. A. G. GREEN. A very promising batsman with good strokes. He has learnt the value of playing himself in and of choosing the right balls to punish. His 42 against Warwick was a very good innings. A good enough fielder although never giving an impression of alertness. J. C. McKERROW. At the beginning of the term he undertook the wicket-keeping and by the end of the season had become quite competent at it. A useful opening batsman who watches the ball carefully. He will develop more forcing shots in time. C. F. BRYER. He has not really had much chance of showing his ability as a batsman. A very energetic fielder. E. S. KEMP. A batsman capable of making runs but he seldom did himself justice. Too much inclined to let the bottom hand control his shots. W. H. B. KEY. He has had a disappointing season, but he is capable of making runs. He must practise forward shots and not depend entirely on back play B. E. G. BISHOP. A promising young batsman with good strokes and very good footwork. He should make many runs next year. He is very quick in the field and a useful change bowler. THE SCHOOL v. WORCESTER NOMADS. Played at home on Saturday, May 13th. The Match was played on a fine day and resulted in a win for the School, who played exceptionally well for the first match of the season. The Nomads batted first and made 84, Shelton taking 5 wickets for 21. The School then went in and passed the Nomads' total with the loss of 7 wickets.

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W. Wilshaw b Shelton, 2 ; J. Neilson l.b.w. Shelton, 4 ; P. C. Copper b Caldicott, 6 ; J. Arbuckle b Shelton, 0 ; C. E. Taylor b Caldicott, 7 ; H. Dawes c Shelton b Fox, 9 ; D. W. Holland b Shelton, 3 ; W. Griffiths c Bryer b Fox, 9 ; C. Clarke b Shelton, 14 ; L. Johnson b Caldicott, 9 ; W. Sorrie not out, 5 ; Extras 16. Total 84. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Caldicott 9 2 22 3 7.3 8 3 21 5 4.2 Shelton ... 3 1 6 2 3 Fox 5 0 19 0 — Folley ... THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow run out, 0 ; D. L. Shelton b Griffiths, 11 ; J. D. Reynolds c Arbuckle b Neilson, 14; J. H. Folley b Griffiths, 52 ; E. S. Kemp c Sorrie b Neilson, 0 ; B. E. G. Bishop l.b.w. Neilson, 0 ; W. H. B. Key run out, 1 ; C. F. Bryer l.b.w. Griffiths, IS ; A. G. Green, D. C. Fox, P. D. Caldicott, did not bat. Extras 4. Total (for 7) 85. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Griffiths 13 5 31 3 10.3 Arbuckle 5 0 17 0 — 9 0 34 5 6.8 Neilson... 8 1 16 0 — Copper ... 4 0 6 0 — Sorrie ... Taylor ... 2 0 5 0 —

THE SCHOOL v. WORCESTER CITY 2nd XI. Played at home on Saturday, May 20th. The City went in to bat first, and, thanks to two very useful knocks by Osborne and Phillips, were able to declare for the loss of 7 wickets, of which Caldicott took 4 for 32. The City's score was 116. The School went in and started well enough, but soon wickets fell fast and furious and, except for a plucky innings by Bishop, the School showed no resistance at all, and were tumbled out for 70. WORCESTER CITY 2ND XI. W. Underhill b Shelton, 0 ; H. Lane l.b.w. Folley, 16 ; H. Morgan l.b.w. Caldicott, 0 ; E. Eadsforth c Reynolds b Caldicott, 0 ; H. Harber b Caldicott, 3 ; P. Osborne c Folley b Caldicott, 29; C. Dounton b Folley, 1 ; A. Phillips not out, 37; W. White not out, 13 ; A. Collier and J. Finn did not bat. Extras 17. Total (for 7 dec.) 116. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Caldicott 13 32 4 8 10 40 1 40 Shelton ... 7 16 2 8 Folley 4 11 0 — Fox

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THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow b Underbill, 13 ; D. L. Shelton c Harber b Underbill, 16 ; J. D. Reynolds b Underbill, 8 ; J. H. Folley c Morgan b White, 0 ; C. F. Bryer c Morgan b Underbill, 0 ; E. S. Kemp b White, 0 ; W. H. B. Key c Collier b Dounton, 4 ; B. E. G. Bishop, not out, 18 ; A. G. Green c Osborne b Underbill, 0 ; D. C. Fox b White, 0 ; P. D. Caldicott c Morgan b White, 6. Extras 5. Total 70. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. 2 4 23 4 5.7 Underbill 11 3 28 4 7 White ... 2 1 6 0 — Finn 3 1 8 1 28 Dounton

THE SCHOOL v. BLOXHAM. Played at home on Wednesday, May 24th. The School went in first and through steady batting knocked up 103, thanks chiefly to a useful 19 by Kemp and a 28 by Caldicott which included 5 fours. Bloxham went in after tea and it seemed as though the match would result in a draw, but, claiming the extra time, Bloxham just beat the clock with S wickets in hand. THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow c Hardy b Rowan 15 ; D. L. Shelton c Hardy b Barker-Benfield, 3 ; J. D. Reynolds b Handy, 6 ; J. H. Folley c Hosier b Handy, 11 ; E. S. Kemp c Rowan b Barker-Benfield, 19 ; B. E. G. Bishop b Barker-Benfield, 10 ; W. H. B. King not out, 0 ; C. F. Bryer c Lester b Busby, 1 ; A. G. Green b Barker-Benfield, 0 ; P. D. Caldicott c Brassington b Lester, 28 ; D. C. Fox b Barker-Benfield, 0. Extras 10. Total 103. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. 11.8 2 21 5 4.2 Barker-Benfield 2 31 31 Rowan ... 3 14 14 Lester ... 0 26 13 Handy . 1 1 1 Busby ... BLOXHAM. S. G. Lester b Fox, 19 ; A. M. Brassington run out, 6 ; N. C. F. Prynne l.b.w. Shelton, 10 ; P. C. Birse b Caldicott, 21 ; T. W. E. Barker-Benfield c McKerrow b Folley, 17 ; P. Handy not out, 25 ; W. D. Brain, A. C. Bulford, D. C. C. Busby, M. J. M. Hosier, J. M. Raven did not bat. Extras 12. Total (for 5 wickets) 110. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Caldicott 10 3 21 1 21 10 1 32 1 32 Shelton ... Fox 8 3 27 1 27 4 0 19 1 19 Folley ...

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THE SCHOOL v. MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL. Played on Saturday, May 27th at Worcester. The School took first knock and although losing half their wickets for 50 runs managed to scrape together 130, thanks chiefly to Green and Shelton. Magdalen started very confidently and things did not look too bright for the School when the first two wickets fell at 21 and 45 ; however, apart from Dunn, Madgalen put up no resistance and were all out for 66. THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow c and b Stark, 5 ; D. L. Shelton c Lawson b Davies, 28 ; J. D. Reynolds b Lawson, 11 ; J. H. Folley b Lawson, 0 ; A. G. Green, b Stark, 27 ; E. S. Kemp c Dunn b Davies, 0 ; B. E. G. Bishop b Hall, 16 ; C. F. Bryer c Dunn b Hall, 4 ; W. H. B. Key b Lawson, 1 ; P. D. Caldicott not out, 17 ; D. C. Fox b Davies, 6. Extras 15. Total 130. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Lawson ... 26 5 26 2 13 Stark 8 3 21 2 10.5 Davies 19.3 3 29 3 9.3 Hall 7 1 25 2 12.5 MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL. B. H. Dunn c McKerrow b Shelton, 21 ; C. D. Lawson run out, 6 ; G. S. Cullis b Caldicott, 13 ; P. Brokes c and b Folley, 2 ; J. Smith st McKerrow b Folley, 8 ; B. Stark b Folley, 0 ; P. Hall c Shelton b Folley, 4 ; D. Carnell b Caldicott, 1 ; W. Pollard not out, 2 ; I. Rees l.b.w. Caldicott, 0 ; S. Davies b Caldicott, 0. Extras 9. Total 66. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Caldicott ... 11.6 3 26 4 6.5 Shelton 7 5 11 1 11 Fox 3 2 3 — — Folley 6 1 17 4 4.2

THE SCHOOL v. HEREFORD C.S. Played at Hereford on Saturday, June 3rd. The School batted first and were soon in difficulties, 2 wickets being down for 4 runs, but Folley and Caldicott managed to check the bowlers by steady batting and strong hitting, and with help from Kemp the School were able to declare at 129 for 8. When Hereford went in it seemed that the School would win easily, but Jones and Williams formed a partnership which was unbroken when stumps were drawn. THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow b Woodridge, 0 ; D. L. Shelton c and b Williams, 2 ; J. D. Reynolds c Smith b Williams, 8 ; J. H. Folley b Wilson, 30 ; A. G. Green b Curtis, 0 ; P. D. Caldicott l.b.w. Woodridge, 48 ; B. E. G. Bishop b Williams, 3 ; W. H. B. Key c James b Williams, 10 ; E. S. Kemp not out, 18 ; C. F. Bryer not out, 8 ; D. C. Fox did not bat. Extras 2. Total (for 8 wickets) 129.

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Williams ... 18 9 22 4 5.5 Woodridge ... 12 2 45 2 22.5 9 3 38 1 38 Curtis Wilson 3 1 15 1 15 Jones 11 0 10 — — HEREFORD C.S. D. Woodridge b Shelton, 5 ; F. C. Dudley-Jones c Folley b Caldicott, 2 ; G. L. Smith b Shelton, 11 ; G. R. Deacon b Fox, 7 ; G. James b Shelton, 10 ; J. Jones not out, 22; G. J. Williams not out, 18. Extras 20. R. E. Curtis, D. P. Lloyd, W. L. Griffiths, S. V. Wilson did not bat. Total (for 5 wickets) 95. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Shelton... ... 14 6 28 3 9.3 Caldicott ... 10 3 25 1 25 Folley 5 1 6 — — F o x 4 2 9 1 9 Green 0 9 9 — — #

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THE SCHOOL v. BROMSGROVE 2nd XI. Played at Bromsgrove on Thursday, June 8th. Bromsgrove batted first and although not seeming to hurry had 100 on the board for one wicket in just over an hour, going on to 184 for 3 wickets before declaring and setting the School to get 185 runs in 2 hours. The School started promisingly, but at the close had lost 7 wickets for 117. BROMSGROVE. H. N. Pickering-Clarke c McKerrow b Shelton, 55 ; S. M. E. Barnewell l.b.w. Caldicott, 57 ; D. Brazier not out, 31 ; A. C. Jairazbhoy b Kemp, 20 ; J. H. Green not out, 6 ; E. J. Fowler, B. B. Walter, G. R. Simpson, P. Wynne-Jones, R. Wheen and D. S. Wright did not Total (for 3 wickets) 184. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Caldicott ... 11 1 60 1 60 Shelton 8 — 35 1 35 Kemp 2 — 5 1 5 Bishop 4 1 13 — — Green 3 1 7 — — Fox 8 1 34 — — Folley ... ... 4 — 15 — — THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow c P. Clarke b Wright, 10 ; D. L. Shelton l.b.w. Wright, 16 ; J. D. Reynolds c Fowler b WynneJones, 24 ; J. H. Folley c Fowler b Wynne-Jones, 14 ; P. D. Caldicott st Wheen b Jairazbhoy, 0 ; A. G. Green not out, 38 ; B. E. G. Bishop b Fowler, 2 ; W. H. B. Key l.b.w. Fowler, 4 ; E. S. Kemp not out, 1 ; C. F. Dryer and D. C. Fox did not bat. Extras 8. Total (for 7 wickets) 117.

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Fowler 15 5 32 2 16 Wright 10 1 30 2 15 Simpson ... 4 — 11 — — Wynne- Jones ... 6 — 15 2 7.5 Jairazbhoy ... 6 1 20 1 20 *

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DEAN CLOSE. F. Johnson c Fox b Folley, 33 ; P. I. Page c McKerrow b Shelton, 22 ; P. C. Dravers c & b Fox, 41 ; D. M. Mills c Caldicott b Shelton, 1 ; N. H. Abraham c Kemp b Folley, 0 ; H. Sims c Boyer b Shelton, 10 ; R. K. Thomas c Boyer b Shelton, 0 ; T. E. Hoffman l.b.w. Caldicott, 0 ; P. M. Mercer- Wilson not out, 7 ; W. P. D. Cox b Fox, 0 ; J. A. Corbishley b Fox, 1. Extras 17. Total 132. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M, R. W. Av. Caldicott ... 9 — 30 1 30 Shelton 16 3 44 4 11 Folley 10 — 40 2 20 Fox 1.2 1 0 3 — THE SCHOOL. J. C. McKerrow c Dravers b Cox, 16 ; D. L. Shelton c Johnson b Corbishley, 1 ; J. D. Reynolds b Thomas, 31 ; J. H. Folley c Abraham b Corbishley, 1 ; A, G. Green c Sims b Corbishley, 0 ; P. D. Caldicott run out, 5 ; B. E. G. Bishop run out, 0 ; W. H. B. Key c Johnson b Thomas, 13 ; E. S. Kemp e Abraham b Corbishley, 0 ; C. F, Bryer l.b.w. Thomas, 1 ; D. C. Fox not out, 4. Extras 5. Total 77. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Corbishley ... 15 3 43 4 10.9 Cox ... ... 7 3 13 1 13 Thomas!!! .'.'.' 11 5 16 3 5.3 Mercer-Wilson... 2 2 0 — —

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THE SCHOOL. J, C. McKerrow c Everton b Davies, 1 ; A. G. Green c Holt b Whitelaw, 42 ; J. D. Reynolds l.b.w. Davies, 2 ; J. H. Folley c Richards b Davies, 24 ; D. L. Shelton c & b Davies, 0 ; P. D. Caldicott c Reeve b Whitelaw, 15 ; B. E. G. Bishop c Wassell b Whitelaw, 3 ; W. H. B. Key c & b Whitelaw, 0 ; E. S. Kemp run out, 3 ; C. F. Bryer not out, 2 ; D. C. Fox c Davies b Reeve, 1. Extras 2. Total 101. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. Davies 16 6 33 4 8 Reeve 7.5 3 12 1 12 Lloyd 7 1 23 — — Coles 4 0 17 — — Whitelaw ... 4 1 7 — — #

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Total Innings Not Highest Average Out Score 166 9 1 52 20.7 119 6 1 48 19.8 107 6 1 42 17.8 124 8 1 31 15.5 82 9 0 16 9.1 71 9 0 28 7.9 52 7 1 18 7.4 41 6 2 19 6.8 31 5 2 15 6.2 33 7 0 13 4.7 11 4 2 6 2.7

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs Mdns. Runs Wckts. Average 1. Caldicott ... 88 17 258 23 11.217 2. Folley ... 51 4 172 14 12.285 3. Shelton ... 93 24 285 23 12.391 4. Fox ... 32 11 90 7 12.857 Green, A. G., Kemp, E. S. and Bishop B. E. G. also bowled during the season.

O.T.C. NOTES. It was with deep regret that we learnt that there was to be no camp this year, owing to the need of Regular instructors for the Militia. It was hoped to have an extra Field Day, but it was not found possible to fit one in. #

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On Monday, May 22nd, a party of twenty N.C.O.'s from the Corps went to London to see the Royal Tournament at Olympia. By a lucky arrangement this was the same day as that on which Queen Mary and the Royal Princesses visited the Show. The displays were very much appreciated, especially that of the Royal Horse Artillery. We would like to express our thanks to Capt. Strong for arranging this very successful outing. The contingent was inspected on Monday, July 10th by Capt. R. White-Cooper of the War Office. In his address, following the inspection, Capt. White-Cooper explained the relationship of the O.T.C. to the Militia Training. He emphasized that the War Office still looked to the O.T.C. for its supply of leaders and officers. He was very favourably impressed by the efficiency of the band, by the particularly good marching, by the knowledge of N.C.O.'s, and the general alertness of the Corps, as a whole. The House Section Shield was competed for by representative sections from each of the Houses on Saturday, July 22nd. The tests were in Drill, General Military Knowledge, and Landscape shooting. It was won by Chappel's, Creighton's being second. This term the Corps was fitted out with long slacks in place of the old puttees. They were found to be far more comfortable, and quicker to change into. Promotions :— 6th MAY. promoted Sergeant, Cpl. Folley L/Cpl. Fox L/Cpl. Allen Bearcroft promoted Corporal. Ward Shovelton Bryer Cadet Bough Bendall, D. C. Taaffe Shelton promoted L/Corporal. Hulme Caldicott Good Pettigrew Evans Cpl. Wedgwood L/Cpl. Bough

22nd JULY. promoted Sergeant. „ Corporal.

SHOOTING NOTES. The first part of the term was devoted to practising the VIII and reserves for the W.R.A. and Chichester Cup Competitions at Kidderminster. This match was fired at the Sutton Park ranges on Thursday, June 8th. Scores in this event were rather disappointing, the majority of the VIII being definitely off form.

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Result of W.R.A. and Chichester Cup competitions :1. Malvern College. 2. Bromsgrove School. 3. Royal Grammar School. 4. King's School. 5. Sebright School. Individual scores :— Cpl. Bearcroft Cdt. Bridgman Cdt. Allchurch U/O Bendall Cpl. Shovelton Cpl. Allen C. S. M. Lavender ... Cdt. Price Grand Total

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51 51 49 47 42 42 36

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The school individual Shooting Cup was awarded to Cpl. Bearcroft on the result of this shoot. AH those eligible were classified at the Tyddesley Wood range on Wednesday, June 21st. Average scores were not as high as last year, owing to bad conditions. The result of the " Country Life " Competition, fired last term, was published on June 10th. The school was placed 13th in Class B. with a score of 750 ex 872. The House Shooting Cup has not yet been shot for. R. T. L. A.

BAND NOTES. The Band was, of course, very disappointed to hear that Camp had been cancelled owing to the Militia Bill. Again we have been deprived of the chance of the great honour of winning the Band Competition. Nevertheless we have been progressing considerably, and though we could not parade on Field Day owing to lack of time, we have had one or two uniform parades instead. On Inspection, which was held on College Green, we gave our usual performance after leading the contingent past the saluting base. Capt. White-Cooper expressed himself as delighted with our playing. He paid us the compliment of saying that many regular military bands would be jealous of us, and remarked on the excellence not only of playing, but also of the turnout and bearing. We are justly proud of so fine a report and hope the tradition will be carried on. Towards the end of term we shall be having the Band Test, and we hope that many will qualify as 1st or 2nd class buglers or drummers. This opportunity must be taken to thank Sgt. Priddey for the valuable help he has given us this term. We trust that his stay with us will be a long and successful one. J. D. R.

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The Sports Finals were held on the 30th and 31st of March under fairly good conditions. The results were as follows :— FIRST DAY. 100 yards open : 1. D. L. Shelton, 2. C. F. Bryer, 3. C. M. Lavender. 11 1/5 sees. 100 yards under 16 : 1. K. S. Flay, 2. J. G. Ranford, 3. P. Healey. 11 4/5 sees. 100 yards under 14 : 1. N. Kirkwood. 14 sees. High Jump open : 1. M. H. Anstey, 2. J. D. Reynolds, 3. = D. J. Harris, C. F. Bryer, D. L. Shelton. 5 ft. One Mile under 16 : 1. M. H. Anstey, 2. = B. S. Clarke, D. L. Thawley. 5 m. 43 sees. Half Mile under 14 : 1. N. Kirkwood. 2 m. 45 sees. Half Mile open : 1. C. F. Bryer, 2. J. J. Taaffe, 3. W. J. Checketts. 2 m. 17 4/5 sees. Long Jump under 16 : 1. J. G. Ranford, 2. R. S. L. Walters, 3. K. S. Flay. 15 ft. 6 ins. Long Jump under 14 : 1. S. M. Moore. 12ft. 11} ins. Relay Race—Senior : 1. Creighton's. 2. Castle. 3. Chappel's. SECOND DAY. Quarter Mile open : 1. D. L. Shelton, 2. C. F. Bryer, 3. W. J. Checketts. 56 sees. Quarter Mile under 16 : 1. K. S. Flay, 2. P. Healey, 3. S. D. Ellison. 61 sees. Quarter Mile under 14 : 1. J. G. W. Ayrton. 72 sees. Long Jump open : 1. C. M. Lavender, 2. C. F. Bryer, 3. D. L. Shelton. 16ft. 10J ins. High Jump under 16 : 1. M. H. Anstey, 2. J. C. Ranford, 3. K. S. Flay. 5ft. High Jump under 14 : 1. S. M. Moore. 3 ft. 11 ins. One Mile Open : 1. C. F. Bryer, 2. W. J. Checketts, 3. J. J. Taaffe. 5 m . 15 sees. Half Mile under 16 : 1. M. H. Anstey, 2. K. S. Flay, 3. A. W. R. Bailey. 2 m. 31 3/5 sees. Relay Race—Junior : 1. Chappel's. 2. Castle. 3. School.

Tup-of-War : 1. Castle House beat Creighton's House. 2. Chappel's House beat School House. 3. Castle House beat Chappel's House. Bryer won the Senior Victor Ludorum with comparative ease, but Flay had a hard struggle to win the Junior. The actual scores were :—1. Bryer 12J points, 2. Shelton 6J points, 3. = Lavender, W. J. Checketts 4 points, for the Senior. In the Junior : 1. Flay 10 points, 2. M. H. Anstey 9 points, 3. Ranford 7 points. The Standards began on March 13th, and went on for a fortnight. On the whole, more standards were gained this year, and this is probably due to a general revision of last year's standards, which were in the nature of an experiment. The results were as follows :— 1. 2. 3. 4.

Castle House School House Creighton's House. . Chappel's House . .

2.546 Standards. 2.364 2.03 1.948

P.T. COMPETITION. The P.T. Competition took place on Friday morning, July 14th, before quite a considerable number of parents and friends. The weather made the exercises rather difficult because although it was not actually raining the ground was very slippery. The Competition was judged by Mr. W. J. Denton, who said that all the exercises were well performed and the general bearing was good. The House P.T. was followed by a mass display, to the accompaniment of music, after which Lady Marris, wife of Sir William Marris who presented the prizes, gave the Cup to H. W. Hinds, the captain of Chappel's House, the winning team. Results. 1st Chappel's House ... 110 points 2nd School House ... 106 ,, 3rd Hostel 105 „ 4th Creighton's House 103 ,, 5th Castle House ... 101 ,, Best Team Leader : C. F. Bryer, Creighton's House.

SCOUT

NOTES.

In accordance with tradition, the usual Easter Camp was held during the Easter holidays under the supervision of Price. The Camp was held at Great Witley and was a great success, being, remarkably, blessed with fine weather. Week-end camps this term have also been very successful. Rain was troublous at times, and caused the cancellation of the last camp, but apart from this little notice was taken of it. There was opportunity for every patrol to camp twice. All camps this summer were held at Tutnall, at Mr. Creighton's kind invitation, and a new departure was made in storing the equipment

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there. The advantage of this was that it eliminated the wearisome pushing to camp of a heavily-loaded trek-cart. Thus progress there was quicker, and there was more time to be had actually in camp. The usual patrol meetings have been held this term, and several new Scouts have passed Tenderfoot. Summer Camp this term will again be held at Finsthwaite, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Pedder. As the old site has been afforested, and the new one tried out last year was not very accessible, yet a third has been discovered, and will be used this year. It gives promise of being very successful. And in any case " variety is the spice of life." This reminds us of the weather, which should (we hope !) be fine, since last year its torrential downpours vied with the tropics. Field Day this term was held at the Old Hills. The usual trail and game took place, and everyone enjoyed themselves. Troop Leaders : Bough, D. C. Bendall. Patrol Leaders : D. H. Jones, Patersoi/* Hulme, M. C. Jones, Key, Harris, Wedgwood, Price, Green. R. H. B. SWIMMING NOTES. The River this term was again unfit for bathing, so we obtained the use of Park's Baths as we did last year. We held the Swimming Sports this term at Park's, but we were unable to hold a long race or any Junior races owing to lack of time. Each House entered a team of eight, and there were four events : A Sprint; Diving ; Back Race, and Relay. The Sports were held on Monday, July 24th. Mr. Nicholls has taught three boys to swim and has coached fifteen boys for the Life Saving Bronze Medallion. Swimming Sports have also been arranged versus the Worcester College for the Blind, to take place on the Wednesday after our own Sports. Results of the Swimming Sports. Sprint (3 lengths). 1.—D. C. Bendall. 2—J. H. Policy. 3—A. H. Wilson (1 min. 10 sec.) Diving. 1—A. W. Travis. 2—J. R. Painter. 3—W. H. B. Key. Back Race (2 lengths). 1—D. C. Bendall. 2—W. G. C. Bearcroft. 3—A. Vivante (55 sec.) Relay (4 lengths). 1—Castle House. 2—School House. 3—Hostel (1 min. 21 sees.) 1. Castle House, 31 pts. 2. School House, 12 pts. 3. Hostel and Creighton House, 4 pts. each. D. C. B. P. L. W. S. THE FIELD CLUB. The activities of this society have been carried on with increased vigour during the term, and such enthusiasm has arisen that it has been extremely difficult

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to satisfy everyone. However, if the same spirit prevails next summer, serious consideration will be given to enlarging the Club to meet the demand. This term we visited Kempsey Church, Pershore and Tewkesbury Abbeys and Malvern Priory. At Malvern, the stained glass was particularly admired, while the magnificently carved bosses at Pershore, and the fine Norman doorway at Tewkesbury came in for careful scrutiny. We would like to thank all those who have very kindly offered the use of their cars, without which these longer excursions would not have been possible. W. J. W.

CAMERA

CLUB.

We were very thankful this term to see that the weather was not going to hinder our activities as much as it did lasfterm, and on the whole, it has been a successful term. There have been ample opportunities for photography, in the shape of new rowers, "whipping" for the first time ; boat races, house fives, and cricket matches. Then there was a whole holiday at the beginning of June, and we had the whole day off to go where we liked, and also an extra half-holiday on July 7th. On that afternoon, through Mr. Bentley's great kindness, we went to Ludlow. We had about an hour before tea and half-an-hour afterwards to wander round the town, taking photographs. The chief centres of interest were the castle, the river and the old blackand-white houses, which are fairly numerous. We had a very good tea at the Castle Lodge and returned to school at about quarter to seven after a very enjoyable afternoon. We began a new fashion this term, by having an exhibition of photographs in the Art Room on Speech Day, and we expect to be able to continue to do so in years to come. There have been competitions for various classes of subjects during the term, and the results were as follows : The Headmaster's Prize for School Activities : P. E. Hulme. Highly commended : M. C. Jones. Mr. Bentley's Prizes for Landscapes : W. J. Ward. Runners up : J. C. McKerrow, N. McKerrow. Mr. Bentley's prizes for Architecture : P. E. Hulme. Runner-up : W. J. Ward. Mr. Pedder's prize for Animal studies : N. McKerrow. Runner-up : T. Bowles. Prize for Engineering studies : N. McKerrow. Runner-up : J. C. McKerrow. In conclusion, we should like to thank the Headmaster, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Pedder for their generous support; H. H. Holmes, Esq. O.V. for his help with the judging of the competitions ; Miss Campbell for the use of the art-room, and Mr. Hodgson for his help in many ways; and we hope to have some lectures next term, by Ilford's lecturers, and other friends of the Club. P. E. H.

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THE VIGORNIAN. THE STAMP

SOCIETY.

In common with other indoor hobbies, stamp collecting has suffered a partial eclipse during the summer term. However, we have held a meeting and discussed the prospects for next term, and they seem quite promising. The exhibition which was planned to take place this term had to be cancelled, but there is hope that it may take place next year. W. J. W. THE PLAY-READING

SOCIETY.

A new idea was originated this term, which promises to be a very great success. Instead of abandoning the Society altogether during the summer, we have held a meeting to read a play, and then gone to Stratford to see it performed. The play chosen this year was " Othello," and to the majority, at least, of the members of the Society, it seemed the most subtle and magnificent of all Shakespeare's works. The acting at Stratford was very much admired by all, and we hope to repeat the experiment. W. J. W.

FIFTY YEARS AGO. (A letter from the Vigornian of July, 1889) Dear Sirs, In your report of the Football Season in the last number of the Vigornian, two matches between the School House and the • School were recorded. The account mentioned that the teams on each occasion were very equal ; but I beg to call your attention to a fact which must have escaped the writer's notice, viz., that the School House had great odds against them in both matches ; for on the first occasion the School team consisted of no less than 18 players, while the School House could only place 9 in the field ; and in the return match the School turned up with their full 15, while their opponent's team consisted of 11 men. And I should like to remark that if the School House had played against equal numbers, they would have given a very much better account of themselves. Yours, etc., B. M.

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SALVETE. Middle IV. Badham, M. F. Creighton House. Travis, A. W. School House. Lower IV. Painter, J. R. Castle House. Weil, F. Creighton House. Lower School. Coldicott, H. C. School House. Korolanyi, P. F. School House. Pontecorvo, G. Chappel's House.

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O.V. VALETE. Vlth Form. Dobson, R. M. (1935-39). School House. King's Scholar. 2nd XV Football 1936-7, 1st XV 1938. Sgt. O.T.C. Cert. " A." Nov. 1937. Lower V. Trow, F. G. (1935-39). School House. Cadet, O.T.C. Upper IV. Thomas, P. B. (1936-39). School House. Cadet, O.T.C. Lower IV. Griffiths, A. G. (1937-39). Creighton House. Griffiths, S. (1937-39). Chappei's House.

TERM.

F. Sept. 22nd School Assembles (Boarders Sept. 21). W. Oct. 4th Rugger v. Wycliffe College—Home. W. „ 18th Rugger v. Hereford C.S.—Home. 21st ,, Dean Close School—Home. S. „ St. Edward's School Oxford 28th S. —Away. „ Monmouth School—Away. W. Nov. 1st 4th Half Term. S. 8th Ruggers. Magdalen College School, W. —Oxford—Home. 8th Jubilee Film by Dunlop Rubber W. Company at 8 p.m. llth Rugger v. Sebright School, Wolveley s. —Away. ,, Warwick School—-Home. 15th W. 15th Lecture : Rock, Ice and Snow W. Climbing, by G. S. Fothergill. 18th Rugger v. Cheltenham College— Away. „ Bloxham School—Home. 25th O.V. M. Dec. 18th School Concert. T. „ 19thf Exeunt Omnes.

NEWS.

Anstey, R. (Dayboys, 1930-1937) has gained a commission as 2nd Lieut, in the Supplementary Reserve of the Royal Engineers. Davies, R. A. H. (Day Boy 1930-1933) has been successful in passing his Final Law Examination, held in June. » * * Ford, L. S. K. (1922-25) is working as Chaplain and English teacher at Ch'ung Te School, Peking, China, after being Chaplain to the British Embassy last year. He hopes to return to England in 1941.

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Harrison, Capt. L. A. (1911-19) of 3/5th Mahratta Light Infantry is now home on leave. Having been promoted to Major, he will be shortly leaving with his regiment for Belgaum in South India. Hurford, Claude (School House, 1916-1919). Major (2nd in command) 6th Welch Regiment. M.B.E. in New Year's Honours. * * * Luscombe, E. C. (Hostel 1927-36) has passed his 2nd and 3rd Examination in Cantonese with credits. His address is Police Headquarters, Hong Kong, South China. * * *

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Those present included : The Headmaster Mr. F. B. Thomas Mr. S. D. Strong (Hon. Sec.) Mr. A. D. Franklin. Mr. A. J. Bentley Mr. J. H. L. Burnett. Mr. R. C. Pedder. Mr. A. Macdonald Mr. B. B. Ward Mr. V. J. Wrigiey

Grist, C. H. Harrison, A. R. Harrison, L. A. Hartwright, C. G. Hicks, R. C. Higginson, T. F. Holmes, H. H. Hughes, J. S. Hodgson, C. V. Lavender, J. F. Littlebury, H. D. Littlebury, J. E. B. Littlebury, Rev. W. H. Meess, R. G. McEachran, P. Parsons, A. V. Powell, H. E. Payne, J. L. Quin, W. I. V. Raban, P. Royle, D. C. Royle, R. P. Sankey, E. W. Sheriff, D. Stanley, M. J. C. Steward, D. B. Stinton, T. Sutton, J. Taylor, M. S. Ward, K. E. Wilkes, J. A. Wynne-Woolley, J. Yarnold, A. S. Young, T. B.

Woodrow, W. H. O. (Day Boys 1921-27) has passed the final examination of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants in January and has now been elected as an Associate of that body.

Bird, E. E. (Chairman). Flay, J. C. (Vice-Chairman) Allen, A. B. Averill, T. E. Bates, E. M. Bates, T. Bolland, A. P. Bolland, A. D. Castley, R. J. Cavenagh, J. B. Cavenagh, R. T. Cornforth, E. M. Creighton, Rev. C. Clarke, H. S. Davies, M. B. Denton, H. S. Drake, A. F. Driver, S. Eckersley, B. S. Edwards, G. Ford, B. L. Fyson, R. H. Goddard, F. M. Graham, I.

Yarnold, A. S. (Dayboys 1929-36) has recently passed the Associateship Exam, of the Industrial Transport Association, with distinction in Economics and Industrial Transport Management, and has also gained 2nd class honours in the Graduateship Exam, of the Institute of Transport.

BIRTHS. PARSONS. On Dec. 12th, 1938, to the wife of E. W. Parsons (School House, 1925-29) of 2 The Stray, Bolton, Lanes.—a son. # # #

Reynolds, J. (Day Boys 1927-34) having joined the R.A.F. on January 19th and having trained at Prestwick Flying School, Scotland, has been gazetted as a pilot Officer. He left for Egypt on April 13th. Torrens, G. B. (Castle House 1929-32) has been appointed 2nd in command of H.M.I.S. " Hindustan," and is now home on leave having been prevented from returning last year because of the crisis. Wingfield-Digby, J. R. (School House 1924-27) has greatly distinguished himself by winning the Stanhope Historical Essay Prize at Oxford.

ENGAGEMENTS. OLD VIGORNIANS' DINNER. The 42nd Annual O.V. Dinner was held in College Hall on Saturday, July 15th. Sixty-eight O.V. and masters sat down to table under the chairmanship of Mr. E. E. Bird (1889-94). After the loyal toast, Major J. C. Flay (1919-24) proposed " Prosperity to Worcester Cathedral King's School," which was drunk to the accompaniment of the " Floreat." The Headmaster replied, briefly outlining the intellectual and athletic record of the School during the year. The health of the Chairman was proposed by Mr. T. Bates (1889-97), who reminded the company of Mr. Bird's notable services to the Law and of his generosity to the School, and Mr. Bird replied in a speech full of charm. An experimental innovation this year was the engagement of Messrs. Mason and Armes, " the wellknown B.B.C. entertainers," but the general feeling seems to have been that the O.V. Dinner is not really an occasion that needs outside entertainment.

LITTLEBURY—TYLER. The engagement was announced on April 6th, 1939, of Harold David Littlebury (1922-25), younger son of the late G. A. T. Littlebury, of 3 Lark Hill, Worcester, and Mary Frances Tyler, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tyler of " Whiteways," Northwick Close, Worcester. SLADE NASH—REID. The engagement is announced of Slade Nash (School House 1912-21), son of late Mr. Robert Slade Nash, and Margaret Reid, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Reid, of Dundee. MARRIAGE. HALTON—CARR. On 28th April, 1938, at St. Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle, by the Rev. C. Creighton, Eric Creighton Halton of Etterby, Carlisle, to Diana Mabel Carr, of Hangarth Brisco, Carlisle.

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DEATHS. BLACKFORD. On May 9th, 1939. C. F. Blackford (1872-79). COVERDALE. On July llth, 1939. Charles Edward Coverdale (Day Boys, 1923-27). HIGGINS. On June 25th, 1939. Rev. Frank Howard Pearce Higgins at 5 Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester (1883-90). OXFORD

LETTER.

To the Editors of the Vigornian.

OXFORD, JUNE, 1939.

Sirs, First may we offer our congratulations to those who are coming up to join us with Scholarships and Exhibitions. It is gratifying to realise that, despite wars and rumours of wars, the peace and calm of Oxford continue undisturbed. The daily round of the Trinity term is almost over. Eights Week arrived with miraculously fine weather, and has now departed, leaving the unfortunate among us to cope with Final Schools ; however, as no member of the Society is taking Finals, we are spared the ordeal of watching the successive stages of agony which become stamped on the faces of " les mise'rables." Meanwhile, what have we ourselves been doing ? J. L. WARREN (Hertford). Has joined the O.U. Cycling Club, and can be seen on Sunday afternoons going for rides with a crowd of energetic people. He has also joined the Scouts. Says he has taken Dip. Ed. but doesn't think he'll pass. Is trying to do everything in his last term that he should have done before and finds it very difficult. A difference of opinion with the College correspondent of the " Isis " resulted in his being the subject of frequent but not always flattering comments in the pages of that journal. R. C. HICKS (Keble). Has become lost in a philosophical haze and has been seen in the middle of Oxford's busiest cross-roads doubting the existence of the traffic. Tells us he rowed in the Keble Eight, but is still convinced that their two bumps (passive) were mere appearance, and in no way partook of reality. B. S. ECKERSLEY (Hertford). Has this term reverted from dramatic to aquatic interests, and coxed his college Eight, which, despite this, recorded four bumps (active). Has also been appointed Chairman of the O.U. History Society. Tells us quite optimistically that he is looking forward to a vac. of hard work. J. D. EVANS (Worcester). Even on the hottest days we have observed him carrying large books to and from lectures. Has been Acting-President of the O.U. Conservative Association during the latter part of the term, and we congratulate him on being elected to the Library Comrrfittee of the Oxford Union. Occasionally has been seen on the river and not infrequently in it. J. F. LAVENDER (St. Edmund Hall). Spends most of his spare time swimming and playing tennis. Has been seen driving other people's cars about and ignoring One Way streets. Is very much occupied with the

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O.T.C. and tells us he passed Cert. B. at the second attempt. Says he has become an expert at paddling his own canoe, and is frequently to be found thus employed on the lower reaches of the Cherwell. J. A. LAWREY (Exeter). Occasionally comes out of a theological daze to play cricket for a mysterious team known as the Busters. Who or what they are we don't know. Also tells us he punts, or at any rate he goes out on the river in a punt. A. C. WHITE (Keble). Has changed his School and is now reading Agriculture. Will therefore be up for a fourth year. Tells us he has played cricket for Keble 1st XI, and also on one occasion for the School of Agricultural Engineering Research. He has also been seen carrying books towards a lecture room, but we doubt if he ever got there. D. B. STEWARD (Hertford). Has spent most of this term on the river. Rowed ' 4 ' in the College Eight, and has been elected Secretary of the Boat Club. Tells us he trains on steak and chips and Younger's Ale (School crews please note '.). When last seen was considerably relieved because he had ' satisfied the Law Moderators." Leaving you to digest the above as best you may, we will now say farewell ; international situation permitting, you will hear from us again next term. Yours, etc. OXON. CONTRIBUTIONS. JOHN PETHER—A NOTE. In his History of the King's School Mr. Macdonald, following Leach, tentatively suggests that it may be possible to identify with the first Master the John Pedder who was afterwards Dean of Worcester from 1559 to 1571. Much as we might like to boast, at the approaching fourth centenary of the foundation, of a first headmaster who was a scholarly theologian, a Marian exile and later so keen a " favourer " of the Elizabethan settlement that he had the Cathedral copes converted into cushions, it seems to me that it is quite impossible to identify the two. In the first place, the Dean's name, where it is on record, is always found spelt in the ' d' form. It occurs always as Pedder, save on his monument, where it appeared in the latinised form, Pedor ; but never does it occur as Pither, Pether or Father, which are the previous versions we have of the Master's name. Although Mr. Macdonald overlooks this point, the disparity is surely too constant to be coincidental ? Secondly, Mr. Macdonald is not surprised, " considering the lapse of time," that there was no mention of his supposed headmastership of the King's School on the Dean's memorial. This memorial was, admittedly, set up in the Cathedral not until about 1610, some forty years after Pedder's death. Yet seventy years only had then elapsed since the 1541 foundation, and therefore it is unlikely that the Dean's connexion with the School, had it ever existed, would have been forgotten, the more so since at this time the School was entering upon a period of renown under the guidance of Henry Bright, who himself must have known, had Pedder been one of his predecessors.

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Lastly, the academic record of Dean Pedder is not that which one might expect of a young grammar-school master. Pedder was, we must remember, a Marian exile (Exul vitavi Mariano tempore flammas, the memorial inscription tells us), and the Marian exiles, as has been shown by a recent book on this subject,* were in the first instance a carefully selected body of men, a deliberately organised nucleus of propagandists, whose task it was to keep the torch of reform alight in Germany and Switzerland, while it was stifled in England by the Marian reaction. Pedder was chosen for the " voluntarium in Germania exilium "—as a contemporary who was in the secret called it—because he was a promising young Cambridge don whose religious opinions were of the right kind, not because he was headmaster of a newly-founded and insignificant grammar-school. Along with his Trinity fellowship and his B.D., there had come to him in 1551 the living of Redgrave, in Suffolk, to which he was presented by none other than Nicholas Bacon, a close friend of the arch-conspirator Cecil and one who, in Mary's reign, was forbidden to leave England because of his suspected connexion with the " exilium." It may be that it was in part through the influence of this wealthy benefactor that Pedder was now selected to play the exile's part, just as later it may have been this that brought him the preferment which was to come to him at Elizabeth's accession. These bits and pieces of evidence are necessarily incomplete, but I think that it is difficult to assert, against their cumulative weight, that the Dean and Master are one and the same man. Unfortunately, to prove who the Master was, if he was not the man who later became Dean, with the present lack of evidence is a hopeless task. Mr. Macdonald has suggested that we might identify him with the John Pother, or Peter, who took his B.A. at Oxford in 1537 and became a Fellow of Exeter College in 1538. This fellowship he resigned apparently in 1541, which would fit in well with his supposed appointment to Worcester. In the notes at the back of his Registrum Collegii Exoniensis, Boase suggests that it was this Peter who was presented by Sir William Petre to a prebend at Exeter in 1554. This at first looks promising, for the presentation might well account for his resignation of the King's School headmastership, which, we know, took place sometime between 1549 and 1555. But unfortunately the reference is erroneous. In his Registrum Universitatis Oxoniensis, Boase himself lists a Richard Peter, a Corpus Christi man, who supplicated for a B.A. in 1546 and became Fellow of his college in the same year. Both the Canonical Index and the Corpus Christi records show that it was almost certainly the Corpus Christi and not the Exeter College Peter who received the Exeter prebend. Secondly, there are certain difficulties about Dean Pedder's haying held the Norwich stall and the Redgrave living, which are attributed to him by the Dictionary of National Biography. These rest principally upon the facts that he could not possibly have been elected to the first, nor is it likely that he could have retained the latter, as he would seem to have done, while an exile in Germany. Can we, then, identify the Master Pether with the Norwich canon and the Redgrave rector ? Again, what appears to me

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the grave objection of the spelling of the names crops up. Is it reasonable that a man whose name is spelled Peter and Pether in Worcester, should be consistently referred to as Pedder in the Eastern Counties ? There are references to the Norwich canonry in Venn, Browne Willis, Blomefield, etc. and in every case the spelling is consistently in the ' d' form. The same is true of the references to the Redgrave living, both in Blomefield and in Tanner's MSS. Finally, the John Pedder of Exeter College is by no means the only possible candidate for the mastership. Peter, or Pether, it would seem, was a regrettably common name at this time. Boase, for instance, in his University Register tells us that a John Pether supplicated for an M.A. in 1512 and that another John Peter, or Pether, supplicated for a B.A. in 1526. Who can say which of these three, or indeed whether any of them, became the first Master ? One thing alone, I think, is clear. The Dean and Master have names and academic careers which are irreconcilable. Therefore we should relinquish with a good grace any claims which we have hitherto laid upon the protestant and perhaps protesting Dean, and rest content that we are the proteges of Henry VIII, a monarch whose affaires de coeur did not, after all, prevent him, too, from being something of a scholar in his dilettante way. B. S. E. * Garratt (C. H.) The Marian Exiles, Cambr. 1938. AN ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOL. The substance of this article u<as contributed by the two Finnish Students who have been our guests for six weeks this term. " Our first impression on arriving at Worcester was that of coming to a large family. In Finland there are no boarding schools, so that although most of the pupils at a school live in the same town, they do not come together so much as in England. In the arrangement of the classes we found a great difference, because at home we stay for a definite period in each form, and move up automatically at the end of that time. Also, in our schools the masters move from class to class, and the pupils stay in the room, and have an interval of 10 mins. between each lesson. In school we learn Finnish, English, German, Swedish, Mathematics, Divinity, Philosophy, Science and Geography, but we have a set number of years for most subjects instead of doing them all at once. Our exams, are much longer than yours, we have usually 6 hours for each subject, but we have only one big examination at the end of 8 years. At games we do a lot more field sports, such as running and jumping, but we understood that you have such sports in the spring. We would very much like to see Rugby Football played, we found Cricket rather slow, as we didn't really understand it. Rowing, however, we found quite difficult ; there seems to be no room at all in the boats. In Finland we use a type of ' kayak ' or canoe which is larger. We have no school teams at home, but we think they are a good idea and

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encourage the extra effort for the sake of the School. The O.T.C. was new to us, and we were very much impressed with the General Inspection, which we saw, and particularly with the band, but it seemed rather strange to us that while we saw so many war posters in the streets, so much time was spent in cleaning buttons etc., in the O.T.C., and not a great deal of actual warfare instruction was given. We suppose that it happened that we arrived at the moment when everyone was preparing for the inspection, and that it is different at any other time in the year. There is one thing which we noticed particularly here, and that was the great number of rules. We have very few, and are taught to use common-sense, but in a day-school there is less opportunity to do wrong. The spirit of co-operation was very noticeable, because not many of our school games are run in competition with other schools. Also, there are not so many societies and clubs in the schools in Finland.

To the Editors of the Vigornian. Dear Sirs, Recently the Editors of the Vigornian appealed to the members of the school to write more letters to them. To my mind, the thing which deters a considerable number of boys from writing is the fact that nobody ever seems to take any notice of the comments and suggestions made in the letters which are written. Among the recent suggestions and comments about which I should like to see something done are the proposal for a school tie, instead of house ties ; a School swimming bath ; the purchase of a tackling machine for the rugger team ; a light outside the door of College Hall. Yours, etc., QUERY.

JORMA MlETTINEN and LAURI LUUTONEN.

CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editors of the Vigornian. Dear Sirs, At the end of next term Christmas will be with us again. This, I think, is a suitable time to suggest that the School should have its own Christmas Cards. I hope that this suggestion will meet with approval. Yours, etc.

S. M. C. J.

CONTEMPORARIES. We acknowledge the following contemporaries, with apologies for any accidental mistakes or omissions : Oceanian, Monmothian, Tonbridgian, Bloxhamist, Monktonian, Cheltonian, Wulfrunian, St. Edward's Chronicle (2), Felstedian, Portcullis.