The Cantuarian March 1937 - December 1937 by OKS Association

THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XVI.

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No . 2

1937

EDITORIAL One of the more sobering aspects of life is the ease and speed with. which individuals are forgotten. A score or so of names may be called from each generation and exhibited indefinitely beneath the glass case of immortality; but for every one of these, millions of lesser folk die and are forgotten, as though they had never been. It is the same in this littler sphere of school, with the difference that of immortals there are scarcely any.

We may win scholarships, make centuries, score goals and tries galore, we may be very giants in our own generation; but soon that is done, and immediately the memory of us begins to fade, For a space our names occur in reminiscent anecdotes. Gradually we are forgotten. Âˇ In five short years there is no one who can remember us- we who mean so much to ourselves . According as we are made we will be sad or not that we are considerable no more, but we may be sure that nothing we can do deliberately will keep our memory green once we are gone. 85

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THE SCHOOL Captain of the School ' J H. CLARK Head of School House . ' . C. H. B. WA UTON Head of the Grange ... ... . .. J. H . CLARK Head of Walpole House B. C. VICKERY Head of Meister Omers A. M. DURNFORD Head of Marlowe House K. R . HENSHAW MONITORS-

J. H. CLARK, A . M. DURNFORD, B. C. V'CKERY 0 G B ' . . GLENNIE R A. ARMSTRONG, . J. WIGA N, C. H. B. WAUTON, K. R. HENSH;W ' HOUSE PREFECTSSchool H ouse : D. V. ALEXA NDER, M. M. COURTNEY, 0 . S . H EARNE Th G R. S. WHA LLEY, F. B. B. WOOD~ e ran ge ... P. M. C,'IETWY ND-PALMER M CAS Walpo le House : J . W. BLACKMOR E, K. T . G RAH~M '0 'L I'E.NCER G . M . SCOTT, A . E. M. STEVENSON , 0' . A' . 'wILKI URFORD, NSON

Meiste r Ome rs: J. B. W. GRIGSON, R. F. W. GRI NDAL,

Marlowe House '" Captain of Cricket ... Captain Capta in Captain Captain

of Football of Hockey .. . of Boats .. . of Ath letics

Captain of Fives .. . Capta in of Boxing .. . Captain of Fencing .. .

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H. P. WORTHA~ Q. BROWN, A. J . PI'"LLlPS, P. TOWNSEND Not E lected R. A . ARMSTRONG K. R. HENSHAW D . V. ALEXANDER J. H. CLARK C. H. B. W AuToN P. F . -LUCAS G. N. B. PLETTS

EDITORS OF " THE C ANTUARIAN ,,_

J. H. CLARK, B. J. W,GAN (Hon . Sec:), A . M. D URNFORD , C . H . B . WAUTON ( Asst. Hon. Sec.) GENERAL P URPOSES COMMITTEE-

Chairman: THE H EA DMASTER Hon. S ecretary : W. A . R. G ORM AN, ESQ. Hon. Treasurer: F. L. KIDD, ESQ. J. B. HARRIS, ESQ., A . M . OLSSON, EsQ., R. P . TONG E . B. C. VICKERY, C. H. B. WAUTON R A A ' ,sQ., J . H . C LARK, A. M. DURNFOI<D P F ' . .' RMSTRONG, D . V. ALEXANDER G N B P , . . LUCAS, K. R . HENSHAW A EMS ' . . . LETTS, , . ' . . TEVENSON, J. B. W. GRIGSON 86

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[UTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES

G . V. EVA Ns.- Entered School, Sept., '35; Wa lpole Ho use Ho use Prefect, Sept., '3 5 ; 1st XV, '35 ; 1st XI H oc key, '36. W . A. P. SAMPso N.- En te red School, Sept., '32; Junior Scholar ; Sixth Form, Se pt., '35 ; Cpl. O.T.C., Sept., ' 35 ; Higher Certi ficate, Jul y, ' 36 ; Gran ge House Prefect, May, '36.

v ALET:E D. H. Austen, K. H. C head le, R. A. Durie, P. C. Hilton, A. G. Lindsel!.

SALVETE T. Buck land, G. H . Cunningham, P. Gaastra, D . Gaastra, P. T. Jones, P. A. Shields, G. C. Smythe, E. W. Swinhoe-Phela n, R. M. Thorpe, J. G . To wers, J. A. Vane, A. G. S. Wilson.

SCHOOL NEWS Congratulat ions to K. R. H e nshaw on being made a Monitor. A lso to P. M. Chetwyod-Palmer, J. A. Youn g, D. L. Hurford, A . E. M. Stevenson and D. A. Wilkinson on being made House Prefects. Congratulations to P. C. J. Brunet on being promoted to the Upper Sixt h Form.

Congratulations to R. A. Armstrong on being awarded an Exhibi tio n at Brasenose College, Oxford, a nd to D . H. Austen on passing into Sand hu rst. Congratulatio ns to the fo llowing o n receiving t hei r Hockey Colo urs after th e Nli rnberg match: 2nd XI- D. Page, R. F. W. Grindal, M. M . Mallorie, A. H. Lovelace, Q. Brown, H. P. Wortham, H . M. Sargisso n, M. C. A. Spencer, R. I . Holden, R. N . Donaldson , A. M. Dean, C . C . Hooper. 1st XI- D. Page, C. H. B. Wauton, W. N. Hayes, R. F. W. Grindal. Also to H. P. Wortham on receiving his Fives Colours after the Dover match, a nd to K . R. M. Sandford on receiving his Fencing Colou rs after the Manston assault-at-a rm s. THE .. THOMAS FIELD " PAVILION There is to be built on Birley's, at a cost of some two thousand pounds, a Pavilion in memory of Dr. Field. The main sitting-room and dining-room wi ll be ca lled THE "MEAD

ROOM

in memory ofR. E. C. Mead (O.K.S., \9\3- 19 \ 6), who left a legacy to th e Schoo l. Mead, besides other School di stinctions, was one of the founders of the Marlowe Society, and won a C lassical Exhibition to Oxford . He was killed in action on September 29th, 1917 .

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Meanwh ile T . G. CANNON (O.K.S., 1871- 1875), has kindly written to the Headmaster and offered to give a Clock for th e Pavilion. W e wish to ex press Ollr gratitud e to all th ose who have helped, in these and other

ways, to make the buildin g of this Pavilion possible. The design is by Mr. A. Thornton-Whi te, lately appo inted Professor of Architecture in th e Un ive rsit y or Capetown . We hope to publish ill our Summer number some sort of reproduction both of th e design and plans .... the shortness and congestion of this

term not ha ving given ou r arti sts enough tim e in whic h to produce adequate photographs and drawings.

THE SWIMMING BATH on

Blare's has reached

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TH E SQUASH COURTS will be " in play" before this Canfuariall appears. Meanwhile on a ll sides we hear hopeful ta lk of a number of new HARD TENNIS COURTS but funds come in rather slowl y. Un less, therefore, we receive some unex pected butions, these much-wanted court s may have to wait

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pressing needs.

Elsewhere we publish photographs of the Bath and Courts in their ha lf-fin ished stage. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY AND THE LABORATORIES T he old outdoor Fives Co urts have d isa ppeared from the No rth cor ner of the M int Yard. On that site there is almost completed a new Chemistry Laboratory, which runs from the " Science Block" to the indoor Fives Court. It is planned to bu ild, over this new Lab., an extension. of the Parry Library, to make one big Schoolroom,- rather more than half as large aga in as the present" Parry." Here, eventua ll y, will be a larger and more convenient stage, to supersede that at present in the Gymnasium. The Books wi ll be moved to the present Schoolroom (surely a happier and more suitable ho me for them ?); which wi ll, we expect, be furn ished with angle-bays to give enough space and to make peaceful reading possible.

The improvement brought about by these al terations shou ld be beyond dispute. At aile stroke you have an almost perfect Library, an extra laboratory, and a Schoolroom big enough to hold the School. THE EIGHT NEW CLASSROOMS between School H ouse and "The Forrens," are more than ha lf built.

The next big

undertaking, apart from those alread y mentioned, is the crea tion of a new central

DINING HALL wh ich will be bui lt in the block at prese nt comprising the Sanatorium and Mr. Helmore's house.

This plan, of course, involves internal recon struction, and considerable external

alterations.

The designs are by the Hon. John Seely and M r. Paul Paget.

Besides the many administrative and economic advantages of a central H all, the School

House dining-hall, kitchens and so forth will be freed for other very necessary uses. T here are also schemes for a large modern Sanatorium, possibly outside the Precincts. 88

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THE CANTU ARrAN The biggest interna l alteration, recently completed, is th e inslall ation of elec tric

CENTRAL HEATING throughout the School.

The radiators are therm ostatically controlled , and the heat of the

rooms can therefore be accu rately "set" to any temperature between 40 and 70 degrees. In some parts of the School thi s heating has been used for six months, and it has been

found extremely successful. MARLOWE HOUSE now has a splendid Co mmon Room , of wh ich there is much reaso n to be proud, sin ce it

was decorated entirely by members of the House, and is being furni shed by the gene rosi ty of the parents. During the Christmas holidays the back two rooms of Hodgson's Hall were made into one- for a changi ng-roam- and the back ya rd was covered over, and converted into a pleasa nt ti led shower- room, well supplied with hot water. (A thing almost unknown to former day-boys).

At the same time a way was made throu gh from

the locker-room to the back of the old C hoir School, where a washing-place has been provided. This im proved accommodation should help to make Marlowe House feel better established than ever before. Lastly, there is a hope of acquiring Prior Sellyngegate (at the Dark Entry) for the WALPOLE WRITING-ROOM AND MUSEUMS Next term a special " Corona tion Leave" will be granted, from Tuesday, May 11th, until Thursday, May 13th. There will not therefore be any Half-Term Leaves. At the beginning of term, the School made two enjoyable journeys- the first on a glorious "Spring day " - to Margate. We believe that " ozone" and " ultra- violet" did much to check the spread of influenza, at a time when the ,whole country seemed to be suffering from it. On Ash Wednesday the School attended the Cathedra l Service,- Matins and the Commination; and Evensong with Litany sung in Procession.

On March 1st some 60 boys were confirmed by the Archb.ishop of Canterbury.

his address His G race reminded them that their Confirmation was memo rable beyond the

ord inary. They represented a School whose life was thirteen centuries long; they were being confirmed in the place from whic h C hristianity originated, th rough St. Augustine, whose 97th successor he was . We print elsewhere extracts from letters sent to the Headmaster by O. K.S. We are sure that their views will prove of considerable interest not only to members of the School, but to other O.K.S. We offer our si ncere thanks to all our visitors, of whose ta lks, fi lms or recita ls notices appear elsewhere; and our particular gratitude to Miss Clemence Dane, for her entertai ning ta lk on " Ghosts in Literature"; to members of the Old Vic Opera Company ;

and to Mr. S. W . Bligh, for showing us lUs colour-film, "Canterbury, 1936." Its beauty was greatly appreciated, and also the "comic relief" from pictures which happened to include_members of the staff and boys appea ring in " Cranmer of Canterbury" and other events.

Mr. Walter de la Mare comes to talk to us on May 21st.

Among others who will

also, we hope, be here in the course of nex t term are Miss Irene Vanbrugh, "Taffrail,"

Mr. Arthur Mee and Mr. J. H. MowU, O.K.S., who will speak on a subject connected with the Coronation . Mr. H ugh Walpole will visit the Walpole Society.

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The weather has made training for Athletics rather spasmod ic, and all the Schools with whom we had fixtures have had to fe-orga nize their programmes.

We are glad

to say, however, that we arc to enterta in Ton bridge and Eastbourne in a Triangu lar Match on T uesday, March 23rd. It is with considerable pleasure that we acknowledge the gift from Mr. W. H. You ng of a Cup for an inter-House athletics competition, on H points basis. We have been lucky enough to see the Cup itself- it wi ll be a particularly fortunate House that wins so beautiful a trophy. Next term one more master wi ll join the staff- Mr. Alan Michell. Mr. Michell, a Schola r of Jesus College, Oxford, won the Stan hope Essay P rize, and was placed in the First Class of the Final Honour School of Modern History. T he D irectors of the SCHOOL SHOP the Head master, Mr. Harris, Mr. Egerton-Jo nes and Mr. Juckes- have decided upo n complete fe-organ isation, wit h the co-o pera tion of a large Ca mbridge outfitters' fi rm and

upon alterations in the Shop itself.

MEISTER OMERS EDWARD lV's COUNCIL We print be:ow an extract fro m The Chronicle 0/ John S lone (Ed. W. G. Searle Cambridge, 1902, p. 113). This extract was kindly supplied to us by Canon C. E. Woodruff, O.K.S. A translation is added for the benefit of those who consider La tin too dead a

language to be worth learning.

.1470, June I I & 12. "Prcdictus Rex [Edward I V] habuit fe ria ij a et iija magnu m concll lUll1 10 Master (SIC) homcn et dllltlll S prOpoSlllt expectare; tamen 3udivit nova. El fu erunt in pred icto conci lio mu lti nobi[es regni An glie, tamen archiepiscopus Cant' non fuit in pred icto conci lio; et fuerunt ibidem quinque episcopi, viz. episcopus Eliensis ep i s~ol? u s .Rofen s ~ s, episcopus. B,an gorien, ,episcopus ,Dublin, et episcoplls Ca rllyl, et d~ dom lnls tempo rahbus fuerunt IbIdem dOll1l1luS marchlO de Monte acuto dominus comes de Northumberland, dominus comes de Essex, dominus comes de Wo(setye, marixall us Anglie, dominus de Scalys, dominus de Matrif, dominus de Cromwell, dom inus de Cobham dominus de Bergavene, .et dominus de Suy, cum multis aliis baronibus et miJitibus. " ' 1470, June 11th and 12th. "On the second a nd th ird days of the week, the king afore mcntlOned [Edwa rd IV] held a grea t co uncil JI1 Master Homer's and he intended remaining there [on ger ; but he received news,

And there we re

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co un cil, many of the English nob ility, though the Archbishop of Canterbu ry [Thomas Bourchler] was not there; and th ere were also five bishops, I'iz. the bishop of Ely, the bIshop of Rochester, the bIShop of Bangor, the bishop of Dublin, and the bishop of Carlisle and therc were besides the follo wing temporal lo rds: the lord marches Montague, th e lord lieutenant of Northumberland , the lord lieutenant of Essex, the lord lieutenant of Worces ter,

the Marsha ll of England, my lo rd Scalys, my lord de Matrif, my lord Cromwell, my lord Cobham, my lord Bergaven, and my lord Suy, together with many other barons a nd nobles. "

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THE CLOSING OF THE CANTERBURY MINT Coins were minted at Canterbury, from the ti me ~he Ro ma,ns. occupied E ngla nd. It is certai n that in 606 A.D. c?ins w~re struck the.re wl ~h a Chr~ stl~~n C ross on the l~l : Although the M int was closed. for van,ous s h~rt period s, I t may be saId that money WdS

minted there continuously up till th e reIgn of Edwa rd VI. . , 111 the Brilish Numismatic Journal" Vol. 13, page [44, A rchbI shop Warh,am IS qlloted h ving written to Cardina l Wolsey tn 1526 to the effect that he had hea ld of the new

~~'di~ance recently made with

rega rd to th e Mint at the Tower

a Jl~ elsewh~re,

H e deSIred

to conduct ' " my mint " at the Palace of Ca nter bury (doubt/ess In the Mmt Yard), as hc

and his predecessors had done, in acc?rdance With the new ord~ nance, ass urln ~ th,e Ca l ~~hnal that he did not desire any grea t prof'll, but rather the c?n.ve l1l ~nce of the KJI1~ s ~u?Jects.

The fi rst English coins wi th dates on them we re shilhn gs Issued at Can tel bulY m the re ign of Edward VI ; some with his po rtnut o n them are dated MDX Ll X (1549) on thc reverse.

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Standa rd English silver coins co ntained 11 oz, 2 dwt. 0 line Sl vel' to t e poun ozs, Tro , ~p to the death of Henry VIr. Thi s miser K ing had accumulated a va~t fo rtune, hi s son Henry VII I took a good years to spend. But when at la,st It came to

whi~h

n~any

an end he had becomc so uscd to spcndlllg, that the need to find large supphes of money was ve;'y urgent. I t was at thi s time that the Id~a occurred to put only ~m e. ~enn ywOl th of silver in the shi llings, This was done by addmg copper .alloy to the sl! ve l , hence ~h,e

. . old copper nose" a l)plied to Henry VI II .

As a sldc-Ilght on tl1lS debasement It

n,lme ' .' composed , . is interesting to note that Thomas Hea rne, an an~ ,l quary, s.al'd .. Th',I? C~ JI,1'lge largely of copper and alloys, made workmen at rowey HII[ cO~l1 p l 'lI n th,\t ,They wele . k to death of th e savo ur ' so they we re ordered to dl'lnk out of Sku lls, as a l emedy, an.d heads of ma lefactors, rdmoved from London Bridge, were converted Into cups for th ell' lise in the melting house. " , , , ' , Under Edward VI it was decided to improve the comage, but III order to ral s~ money

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to do th is it was still further debased. At one time they went so far as to put only 3 ozs. of silver t~ 9 ozs. alloy. Eventually in th e reign of Queen Ehzabeth the debased Shllllllgs of Edward VI were only worth 2td ., and can be IdentIfied by a grey hound , stamped on the King 's shoulder. After tbis the coinage was gradually lInproved, and before Ed",ard VI died it had been restored to just below standard, III both go ld and s il ver. I hIS improvement was carried on und er Queen Eli za beth unt" the full Old Engl Ish Standa l d was reached. . Beforc this occurred , th e Canterbury Mint was finally closed m February, 1550. It is recorded that William Tillesworth, the last Canterbury Moneyer, was allowed the sum or ÂŁ49 18s. 3d . to pay thc cxpenses of Sir Regnald Scott and three MlIlt OffICials .I ~ 'o.'n London, who stayed at Ca nterbu ry 13 days to supervIse tbe closlIlg of the MInt. SIC transit gloria J11undi."

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SCHOOL CONCERT . ! hc musician, professio nal o r amateur, comes to a School Concert with some find in it more of valo ur than of poetry. But this co ncert in the Chapter House yielded a pleasure genuinely musica l. I11 lsglvings, expec tin g to

. T he band led off with a gay confidence, as though convinced that music-making is wOlth ,;dllie. Throughout the programme,. It had noth 1l1g (a~a rt from the" Songs of th e Sea. ) of much acco ll~ t to say: but what It had to say was s~lId generall y with precision and I. e~l s h . ~o ll1,a tter. If .,the trlll~ pet s :,:cre , so me,times astray in the Ha ydn, and the

tu bula l bells lI1aud lble 111 Wes tlll ll1ster : trut h IS mo re tha n accuracy, a nd the tru th of the m USIC was realised . The man with the tympa ni had a great evening of it.

The Chon!' Society have co me at the foot of the matter, which is not tone nor intonation so much as a li vely sense of the potency of words, in themselves--coun ter, original, spare, . ~ t ran ge-a ~ld when mayshalled by a master of language, compulsive. There is no vitality III s<?ng without a relish for the words sung. These si ngers have begun to relish the EnglIS h la n ~uage: though they had not qoite vividly seen the bright gleam of " silver" 111 "The . Silver Swa n " (the listener hea rd " Si-u l- ver," sm udged and opaq ue). No r did th.ey persuade. LI S, in. " 0ime moi Bergere," t1~at they were anything but Englishmen pl o~dJJ1 g away with their French, and the song In conseq uence never took wing. But theil' wo rk was always alert and tidy, and in "The Emigrant" and much of " The Songs of the Sea," sensitive and eloquent as well. Sianrord 's .. Songs of the Sea" were happily chosen fo r the cb ief business of the evening. Mr. Tong's voice was not ample enough to soar easil y above choir and orchestra and in .. Drake's Drum " his determination at all costs to be hea rd disturbed the vocai lin e of the so ng. But his collaborators accom111odated themselves to him as the work went. fo rward. He sa ng always with immense energy and conviction and with the affectIOnate delight in words which he has inspired in his choir. The audience were eager to show their appreciation of his valiant performance.

, In " Drake 's Drum " the chorus was di ffident, and the movement somewhat fi sslpa ro lls. But" Outward Boun d" was more secure, and the mood of reverie sui'ely co mmun icated . " Devon" 0 Devon " was alive, the old superb rollicking: the chorus too k fire from the solo vOice and the orchestra supported both wi th the utmost deftness and restramt. The listener co uld not ha~e guessed un der what difficulties this concert was given. He was 1I1 vlted to hea r mUSIC, and he heard It: music full of enthusiasm. Our congratulations to Mr. Morris, Mr. Tong and their tea ms.

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OPERA TIC RECITAL CHAPT ER HOUSE 1ST MARCH, 1937 Artisls:

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EDITH COATES (Co ntralto) JANET HAM ILTON-SMITH (Sopra no) HENRY WENDON (Tenor) ARNOLD MATTERS (Bass) At the Piano: GEOFFREY CORIlEl,. PROGRAMME PART 1 " Pagliacci " Pro Iogue " C ") Duet " Speak to me of )m y Mot her" (from annen " Habanera" (from ,. C~f1nen ., ,. " . " Duet " She, my f1 val detested, hieS esca,~ed ?ron~ ') Aida ) Ballata " In my heartI "~'? m Rlgo etto Excerpt from Act I, Scene II " Ri go etto PART II

Leoncavallo Bizet Bizet Verdi Verdi Verdi

Mozart "Now your days of philandering are ove;,' ;lrol\;.' ~ FigaJ:~)") GowlOd Duet " The hour IS lat~, (f rol';', T aus~,) Puccini " When the sta rs were brightly sh illl~g d rom ,,) osca Johann. Strauss "Country G irl " (aria fro m " D ie Ie erma us Verdi Excerpts from " II T rovatore " Coming so soon after the School Concert, this Recital emllhasised most strongly the ease and polish of the profeSSiOnal Sl!1g~rs, and thell' mastery, 111 so short a tllne, of the very difficult aco ustics of a strange bUlldll1g. . ' Opera singers have not a good name fo r clear declamatIO n, but this quartet was a n exception. At the very back of the Chapter Ho use one scarcely n1lSsed a WOl d of MI. Al'I1old Matters and Mr. Henry Wendon, and in view of the fact t~at she was sufT~nng from laryngitis Miss Janet Hamil ton-~m ith 's perfor ma~c~ was a tn ul11 ph of ~echl1lq~e. If Miss Edith Coates occasionall y sacnficed wo rds for bri lliance of tone we readil y forgive her for she was a most convincing Carmen, whom one was eager to see on the stage. , As usual Mr. Matters's amazing breath-control was impeccable, and .the beautiful tone produced by Mr. Wendon was a great comfort to hear, after ~he ~entl.mental ~as~l glidings of the "crooner " who l?ur~~es on.e so relentlessly. M ISS HamIlton-Smith s renderin g of Strauss's" Cou ntry Girl was n ghtly very popular. .' . The programme was rath~r a ~' mixed bag. " Is it only the rather pedantiC.cnhc who experiences a feeling of musica l IIldlgestlOn at bemg taken on a ka le,doscop'c JO UI ney from Leoncavallo by way of Mozart a nd P uccini to Verdi? Be that as It may, the quartet from " Ri goletto " undoubtedly became a little tedious and was rather unba la nced, but the excellent and delightful Arias more than compensated fo r thiS, and the performa nce was most enjoyable. . . At the pianoforte Mr. Geoffrey Corbett gave an object-lesson 111 the art .of the accompanist, an~ at least one member of the audience envied him his sense of anhclpatlO n and sympathy With the slOgers.

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THE HOUSE CONCERTS Fo r a gha stl y mom e nt it was feared th a t in th e c haos attendin g th e tirst pa rt of February, th e House Conce rts mi ght go under a nd be un a ble to ra ise th eir hea ds am o ng the de bris. H o weve r, by giganti c e ffo rts eve ry diffi c ulty has bee n met, and fou r hou ses have pla yed th ei r pa rt in turn befo re a n apprec ia ti ve and deli g htf ul audie nce. For weeks the gym passa ge has thund e red with th e tra mp of hea vy feet, beyond the usual hord es of cha ir-beare rs : a nd on the ni ght of th e first conce rt these labours reached th eir fruiti o n in th e gym stage- a sta ge re- wired and with new back-cloth and wings. Those wh o enjoyed the conce rts all owe gratitud e to those members of School House who, under th e direction of masters, spe nt ho ur afte r hour pe rc hed upon roof-timbers or wrou ght miracles with fu ses and te rminals.

This made th e tas k of Schoo l House ha rde r, and we need not wonder that the services of all its membe rs were employed in the produ ction of th e first concert- indeed, some thirty-fi ve of the m are mention ed on the programme, " Anthon y Ob ve rse " - a pantomim e once more- was the ' mela nch oly tale ' of a lad who is misunderstood ; expelled from School, he is dogged ac ross th e world by thc forceful (yet li ghtly-clad) fi gure of his un cle, C o lo nel Blimp, and after man y a dventures they a re o nce mo re united in concord and a Turkish Bath. R. J. Holden and C. H. B. Wa uton cut just th e ri ght fi gure- the form e r da shin g and ve rsa ti le, th e la tter the' spit and image' of Lo w's mas terpi ece : but would tha t th e roa r th a t gree ted his every a ppea ra nce had less ofte n dro wned his' Gad, One sce ne was mag nifi cent- the B,B,C, and its fa ilings were relentlessly Sir! . , , " ha ndl ed by Holden, Jackson , Beale and Neve: we shall not Soo n forge t th e World 's knitting contes t or th e exciting life of Jim Stokes. Unfortun a tely th e fo llowing scenes did not quite rea ch the sa me heights; nearest perhaps was the ' Z izz baum ' Film Scene, with Hs crowd of Yes- M en a nd burlesqu e of Ham let. But on th e whol e it was a set of enjoyable pictures with just e nough continuity to add point, and in a light satirical vein which appeals to all but a fe w. Quite another story is th at produced by the Gran ge, th e ta le of a yo un g doctor whose ' researches lead him to a prac tical stud y of burglary and in volve him finall y in murd er, whose consequ ence he only esca pes by the plea o f insa nity. Most people considered the pla ya good one- to my mind it lac ked both the depth of tragedy a nd the point of comed y ; bu t wha teve r we may th ink o f th e play we ca nn ot ca ll its production anythin g but efficient and con vincin g. Words were well spoken (except occasionall y when forgotten) and every one seemed to enter into th e spirit of his part. D. J. R. Thorndike presented the doctor's darin g and self-co nfid e nt, yet hi ghly-strun g temperament: of the rest th e c rooks were (from the nature o f the play) mos t interesting, and of th em Marsha ll, a vulga r young hu ssie, and Wayland , a simple and good-natured safe-cracker, deserve especial me ntio n- wh en they were off, th e play ra ther lost in interest for me, The scene chan ging was carried out very skilfull y- on ly we sho uld like to ha ve seen the tableau of Lo ndon by night fo r a little longer. Altogether a n inte res tin g eve nin g, This brings us to " The Wa lpole Rogue'erries, " a ptl y described a s a " Hotc h-potch of Inconsequence. " Though th e secret was well kept, we had heard rum o urs of stra nge crashing and clanging by night that drowned th e howls of ca ts and the hoo t of owls- so th e Percussion -Band was 110t wholely th e surpri se it mu st have been to many, Boasting some twenty membe rs th e remarkable bod y mad e its de but with Sulli van's" E ntry o f th e Peers," an d ca rried it throu gh well und er .M . N , Lum b's supervi sion. The oth er pieces were ra th e r less s uccessful, perha ps beca use th ey were no t so suita ble, A t th e lowes t es tima te, lime was we ll kept, a nd J, R . Williams a t th e piano provided a tun e, As weJI as

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th band the programme consisted of ha lf a dozen littl,~ scenes or snatcbhes, foll~we~ ,~~~ e (, I en' o ed those d a pper young cle rgy 111 Whe n ' .was a oy .a t HC,WO ( one-act pla~. . J y Id the me ' a pity its othe r ve rses su pplied by th e lIl ge nlOu s, we re go od, enun,cd1~loSi~nnil~l7. fn a way w~r~ "M r. G ro ves' You ~g Lad ies" ~Armstrong, .Hurford who rece ived t he receptio n o nly a school-boy a udI e nce can (OJ. . a nd'd LI -Evan s provided excellen t entertai nme nt as the stro ng ma n, P: D . FOlt m bl.as

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I e " rei o n arle F ran <;ais "was a farce of Folkestone (or some such p lace Wi lnfe'r as the gushi ng an d de mo nstra ti ve Frenc hm an could ha rdl y 111 Ictonan " Vi via n-Dav ies, Merson , Needham a nd D . ,B, Yo~ng were a ll 1~'0,st ha ve ~een bet teled: la with leasan t costum es an d stagIn g, For t~e co ncel t li S profiCIe nt. A n enj oya ble Y, di ffic ult tas k in putting o n such a se n es of scenes, a a nd thi s, c?ll1bined with the length of some of ili'e e~,~ractes, may acco unt fo r its provin g o nly a pa rttal success , pC;l1l1te "

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On March 14th Me iste r Ome rs gave us an a da pted fOlb'm of Ad' p. He~be ~; ' s~~~~S i~~ " F K'n M e lon " - a story of fa m es and rob ers an stage ue , at I g . . On th e w hole it go t across ve ry well- A. M. Durnford. comedy, tradhltlo~al ekndtn g o~t~e ~lrPaSi~?~s h is betro th ed , were de lightful. . Everyo ne kn ew hI S as t e tat m g, an " . d ' , h . t' " _ ome n ' 111 the last scene wele part, increased had the Sin gin g es pecla a au, ' . , ere sometimes di sa ppointed 111 o ur efforts to C~ltC h been a little mOi e l convll1,cl~g'[;~i1~r tun es. Further I th ink [ detected a selfconsclO~s 0 the words, set as t ley wele 1 11 at the mselves. But these three c riti c isms over, there IS tend~ncy o f th e, playe: s. to ~ a,u fa 'ries Dea n and C Ol'ben, bogus in more than one se nse ; not~lI1g but pralse- plal se 01 ' al~y 't~e a rm y ' praise fo r th e horse and the dowager a nd prai se. for the choruses, ~~~e~i hest ra ise goes to Durnfo rd , on whom th e burden, of the tBuJ. R . Marlorie, \vho (if we may tru st the progra m me) was respo nSIble prodUCing ,e ,an 0 h i11P ' cene and th e rest in wh ich our Imag1l1atlOIl was mde.d fo the s~ttll1g of thefplay l- t e 1s ams 111 . c1i~ed to thin k th a t (if we neglect origina lity) th IS byr exqUi site tones 0 co O UI. yea r 's laurels go to the newcome r amon g the Ho uses. R,W. F.W ,

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O.K.S. NEWS . M I L'tt D Professor of Chinese Language and . The. Rev. Arthur C hnstopher . ~u ~as be~n '~Iected to a Professorial F ellowship a t Hlst?ry 111 the Un~el~tr of ~~~~I:~gi~ the first Professoria l Fellows hip at TrJlllty to be Trtmty .e etlle,eveda( yS of W illia m Wyse , the Classical Scholar (I 875-78). held by Collo an e gKe. . .S . S1I1ce b) F N I

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. We h ave received a letter concerning G. H. Crosse (O.K.S., 19 10-14). He has been

~Ol sr elal yeal s Secretary to the Board of Ma~agement in Ceda rville, East G riqua la nd T-i A IIca . He man' led 111 1926 a nd hIS first chIld (a son) was born in May of last yea ' e IS not ex pected to return to E ngland , at any rate for some years.

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Will a ll Ihose who wish to play in the O.K.S. cricket matc h app ly to } A. LA~E!R, Esq., Will a ll those who wish to row in the 0 . K . S . Boat Race ,apply t 0 DaGwes Place, Cobham, ( . ravesend, Kent. I If there a re a ny O.K.S . who are interested in a Cr icket Tou r in the West from August Ollt h to 171h, .approxlmate cost ÂŁ 10, wou ld they ki nd ly com municate with Mr A M SSOIl , at MeIster Omers, the PreclI1cts, at the earlies t da te poss ible. . . . . R~v. W. S'. Telfer, Dea n of Clare College, Camb ridge, has received the" 0 .0 "of C!1 mb, Jdge U l11 ve rslt y. .

I An O. K,.S. Masonic Lodge is being formed. We understand that a " questionnaire " 13s bccn sent to O.K,S. who are known to be M aso ns, and that a meeti ng after E'lster is to be arranged. C

I. F. Aucol! ( 1928-1934) has left fo r Sha ngha i to work there in the firm of Ja rdine Ma theson Co. , Ltd ., after 2} yea rs in their Lo ndon Office. M

T. S. Ada ms, Colonial Adm inistra ti ve Service, British Resident Selango r Federa ted a l~y States, has been awarded the C.M.G ., a nd a ppoi nted Chief Co ~missione~ Nort hern ProvlIlces, N ige ria. '

Major J. E. :Witt, M.C., R .A.S.C., has rel inqu ished the appointment of Instr uctor of t I1e R.A.S. C. Trall1 tng Centre. . Lieut. A. E. Brocklehurst has been seconded from the Royal Regimeni of Artiller wh de holdll1 g Ihe a ppomtment of LIeutenant I nstructor in the G unners. y, C apt. P. G. Reyno lds has relinquished his command of the K ing 's School Cante'b

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Col. A. R. A. [remonger has vaca ted his ap poin tment in India of Ch Tech E . of Works. . . xa mmer . E. B. Ince has been a ppoin ted Assista nt Veterina ry Surgeo n to the Great West .

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Payr.-Ca pt. W. S. Skinner, O.B.E., has been appoin ted to the Queen Elizabeth a s 'F leet Acct. Officer, Medi terranean F leet. Capt. S. S. Sopwith having attai ned the age Reserve of Offi cers a nd reta ins his ra nk.

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F light.-Lieu t. M . H " O Oln lnan , ney has been pro mote d to the ra nk of Squadro nLeader. O.K.S. DINNER The Annual O.K.S. Dinner was held at the Hotel Vicloria, Northumberla nd Avenue on Fnday, Ja nuary 8th, after the Annual Meetm g of the O.K.S. Association T h ' Plcsldent of the A SSOCIatIOn, the Honourable Mr. Justice L uxITIoorc, was in the eha'i r. e . The num ber present, 74, was somewhat smaller than in epldenllc belllg responsible for a num ber of a bsentees. recent yea rs, the influenza

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The toast list was ingeniously shortened, by committi ng the proposa l of the " Floreat " to the Chair ma n a nd including the proposa l of the Chairma n 's hea lth in lhe Headmaste r 's reply. In proposing the toast " F loreat Schola Regia," M r. Justice Luxmoore sa id that he had spoken pessim istica ll y on previous occasions, but now felt entitled to be optimi stic. There wo uld be 340 boys in the School in the coming ter m and the Senior Schoo l was fu ll . He expressed the gratitude of the Association to the Dean a nd Cha pter, who we re providi ng the sum of £6,000 fo r additional class-rooms; a nd referred to the appoi ntment to the governin g body of Lord Plender and M r. P. A. La ndo n. He was pleased that the Arc hbishop had co nsented to become the Pa tron of the A ssociation.

Among the losses during the pa st yea r, he referred pa rticula rl y to that of

Dr. Field, one of the most devo ted sons of the School. Dr. Field had left the Govern ors £1,000 to spend in the interests of the School a nd that a nd the ba la nce of Ihe Endowment and Develop ment F und wo uld be spent on a new pavilion on Birley 's . He hoped t h~t the Association wo uld be a ble to present a port rait of Dr. F ield . T he class-roo ms which the Dean a nd Chapter were building behind M r. Hel more 's house wo uld pro bably be known under Dr. F ie ld 's name in so me form.

Dr. Shirley referred to recent successes a nd developments. The School had gai ned 66 School a nd 16 H igher Certificates and 7 boys had passed into the Services, including one who had gai ned top place into the R.A.F. College, Cra nwel l. The Cal1/uarial1 had been improved. There were now four Board ing H ouses in the Precincts, Walpole Ho use (the fo rmer " Parrots ") a nd Meister Omers having incorporated Langley House a nd Holme H ouse. The Honours Boards in the latter houses had been tra nsferred . The School had regained possession of Hodgson 's Ha ll and had a lso obta ined the use of the old Choir School fo r Marlowe House (Dayboys). He thought that the fu ture of the Public Schools would pro babl y lie with those which afforded facilities fo r day boys as well as boarders. A new Swimming Bath a nd two Squash Courts wo uld be ready fo r use next summer on Bla re's Piece. The new class rooms afforded the School an opportun ity of ex pansion. The King 's School itself had only 250 boys, and a strength of 300 wvuld not destroy its ethos but would be more successful in economic ways. King 's wo uld still be a sma ll School where everybody had a chaoce of knowing everyo ne else. He thought that the D ean a nd Cha pter would pro ba bly provide a cent ra l D ining Ha ll in the near future. In add itio n, the School needed hard ten nis courts and especially more leaving scholarshi ps to the Universities. He asked fo r fuods for these purposes. The Squash Courts were being fi na nced by the School Shop Compa ny, which was issuing fur ther shares and debe ntu res. To provide the new class rooms, every member of the Chapter (which was mo re badly hit by ti the changes than a ny other in the co un try) was goi ng quite deeply into his own pocket. H e tliought the situation was hopeful a nd happier than it had been, but schools were ma ny a nd boys were fewer. If Kin g 's was to attract sufficient boys it must do so by its merits. He hoped that O.K. S. wo uld not be merely passive spectators of what was, perhaps, the most critical period of the School 's history. He appealed to those O.K.S. who were parents or schoolmasters to send boys to the School. T he School needed their help and they should sink the spirit of criticism a nd objection to cha nge. " I appeal to you " he said, " for help a nd enthusiasm that knows almost no restraint on this side of decency. " 97

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He would li ke to see a permanent O.K.S. Ru b XV . . . Cow a step nearer) and a Priests' Federation. 1-~ ;'eferr~J ~~~on~ Lodge (whIch was anon Hertslet and Sir Alfred Blenkinsop and conc! d d a. l,e eaths of Dr. FIeld, nd t ' I . 11 e WIt 1 thanks to Mr. Hugh Walpole, who had given much hel resembled a College Quadrangle ,inJ to t? ewC~m It was due that the Mint Yard now ., Whenever things go wron~ he 'ets a Ictte/' h airman , !Og whoJ1~ he owed very much. He pro posed the hea lth of the C~ainnan and' ~r eF:s~er he gets s go n ght IcethL1I1 uxmoore briefly re pliaedletter! " (c

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The fo ll owing O.K.S. a nd guests were present :. , Wirman The Hon. Mr. Justice Luxmo. ore 1889 1893 (el· ) The Very Rev. The Dean of Ca nterbury The Yen. T he Archdeacon of Maidstone (The Rev. T. K. Sopwith, 1887- 1889) The Headmaster (The Rev. Canon F. J. Shirley, Ph . D.) T. S. Adams ... 1893- 1904 D A H 1915- 1919 H. C. Ashenden 1900- 1907 B· L ·H ayes .. 1901- 1902 N. E. Ashenden 1902- 1912 E· F · H OOP~' 1906- 1911 C. W. B~rber 1908- 1914 E: W. Juush en 1902- 1908 P. S. Barber ... 1906- 1913 A S Ji g es 1889- 1898 1897- 1908 R: J~c~e~nson L. J. Bassett ... 1907- 191 2 R. A: Baynton 1918- 1924 B G K 1909- 1913 H. Blgilieston 1885- 1890 A· L~tte',ng 1879- 1889 J. S. B""nghurst 191 5- 1923 E· L· d 1914- 1918 W. H. BIrd ... 1895- 1900 A· /n sey 1906- 1911 1897- 19 0 3 · . Lush ... y F. C. Bovenschen 1910- 1913 1915- 1919 AA· Dw· C G. L. Braidwood M· Mddacaula 1927- 1932 R. E Breffit . . a ocks 1913- 1917 A. F: Brenn~~d ... l~l ilm ~ Mallinson 1925- 1929 R. E. Bnnsley Richards 1891- 1900 A .L Maycock 1918- 1923 1890- 1894 ... ... 1899- 1904 A: K. ::: .k ... 1912- 191 5 W. Rutley Mowll 1889- 1892 1926- 1930 W R D . K . CIar e 1919- 1927 C. H. G . Clarke ... ... 1887- 1897 . . Mowll ... 1912-1916 The Capta.in of the School F. H. Plummer 1922-1928 J . H. C l a r k ' J. W. Poole 1921- 1924 C. H. Clemetson 1903- 1907 C. B. Pratt 1910- 1913 R. D . Dale ... 1891 - 1893 G. B. Pratt .. . 1905-1911 E. S. Dawkins 1921- 1924 C. N. Ryan .. . 1901- 1906 F. G. L. Scott G. R. A. Dick 19071911 K. B. Dickson 191 2- 1914 F. H. Sea brooke 19021906 A S 1908- 1913 R. L. Edmonds 19 . eymour ... 1906- 1913 P. R. H. Elliott 23- 1932 F. L. Slde.botham 1914-1922 H S S th 1923- 1926 H. G. Evans ... 1910- 1913 · · . Illl . . .. 1921- i924 L. H. Evans ... L. R. Treen ... 1885- 1913 A J T d II 1903- 1906 R . A.~nn ... . . = e 1914-1918 J G V I 1922- 1925 9 . . . ar ey .. . R. C. U. Fisher 18961898 H. J . Fynes-Clinton· . I 15- 1918 H . S. Walpole 1896- 1908 1891 - 1894 C. G. WIllramson G. E . J. Gent 1909- 1914 C W r Id 1916- 1922 R. H. Gower . ors,o 1924-1929 C . L. Green ... 1930- 1936 J. S. You ng

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EXTRACTS FROM O.K.S. LETTERS TO TH E HEADMASTER " I am so pleased to hear that the School is in such a flourishing state, and a particularly healthy sign in my opinion is the number of Societies apart T. D. DIXON from the regular School Games which appea r to be thr iving, showing a happy (1901- 1904) contentment and interest amongst the boys themselves out of School hours. , .. The numbers you are aimin g for arc, 1 consider, ideal if the indi viduality and character of King 's is to be maintained, which [ venture to suggest is th e reason for Winchester being about the most famou s of all Publ ic Schools." " 1 should like to tell you how much [ appreciate receiving newS about K.S. C. I may frankl y say there is no place in the wo rld that comes up to ( 1894-1900) Canterbury in my affections, the place par excellence where 1 was' brought up.' I am just reading' John Cropton 's ' The Road 10 Nowhere- his chapters on K.S.C. are fascinating to onc who k new it." RT. REV. A. M. " I aIll writi ng this wh ile travelling round an isolated section of the Creeks GELSTHORI'Eof the N iger Delta. Insects are troubl esome and the weather hot and damp, ( 19081) but the creeks in these parts are simply delightful and 1 li ke every da y of these 191 travels. 1 use a small launch which is called the Dayspring fI, after the first Dayspring which came to these creeks a hund red years ago, bringing the Gospel and the Government at the same time. We still work in the closest of cooperation, very much more so now than years ago . 1 am reading The Road to Nowhere. Cropton, I think, must have gone to the School the term after [ left, judging from the various references in the chapters on his schooldays. It is as beautifully written in some respects as M emoirs of {[ Fo x -hunting Man. He has put into words what many of us have had at the back of our minds for years but have been too inarticulate to express. I look forward very much to seeing the School and all the changes, especiall y the little Chapel where the Tuck Shop used to be. There is somethin g which reall y appeals to me in the Chapel-Tuckshop business." ., I am ve ry sorry to hear of our loss in D r. Field. 1 have his name in my S. G . T ALMAN solitar y prize and can still remember hiln congratulating me on at last having made a n effort and being able to leave the School from a position that was not ( 1886- 1890) a disgrace to my brother's record. 1 regret to say that, excepting history and mathematics, I loafed my time away, chiefly in the gy m., for wh ich youthful folly I have had to study all the rest of my life. CANON R. G. " I learnt all my cricket on the S. Lawrence ground, to which we had to GLENNIl\ toil up the Dover road day after day on foot, or, some of the lucky ones, on a (1876- 1883) push bike which at any rate took them qu ickly and easily back to the School and to tea! But the privilege of practising and playing our home matches on tbat excellent ground (where I once, in a school game, saw a hit for 11 run out, as the ball ran on and on down the level slope and amon g the old trees that used to surround the ground, for we had no ' boundaries' in those days, and it took about five of the fielding side to retrieve the ball and throw it back to the wickets !) gave me a lo ve of the game and a cricketing style of forward play for which I have ever since been grateful. .... at O xford the two first trial matches I played in were (i) v the Australians, the 1886 team, with Spofforth, Garratt, Bonner & Co . as their 'stars' and (ii) Surrey, in their prime, with Lohmann, Abel, the Reids, Richardson, I think, and other famous bowlers of the time, which did not give the rather nervouS aspirant to Varsity honours

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~uch chance of scoring, any more than F. Spofforth, ' the demon bowler' did 10 the prevIOus match on a very wet wicket in May when the Austral' o nly beat us by 25 on the 1st innings, the scores of both sides being equ;~i~ the 2nd mnmgs, on ly 38 each! Hardl y believable compared to the last test i Ausliaha this week with ItS huge scores ! n . . ... having once started on cri cket in connection with the old School t wh ich and to dear old R. G. Hodgson, J owed so much at Oxford and ever si~ceo 1 ha ve let myself run on. . . . 1 have the honour of being a Ca non of York and when I was appomted found myself next 10 order of seniority to another 0 K S so that, l~ processIOn s at the Min ster, he and I usually wa lked together ~s· " had done

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to 40 yea rs previously! " D. S. M. TASSEll (/883- 1890) J.

. " I th in k, the con;:entration of Houses, etc., round the Cathedral is a reat slep, These young schoob m!ss a tremendous lot in tradition and situa~ion but I doubt whether they reali se It ! " ,

F. R Oll INSON

(1928- 1933)

J. 1-1. H. NICOLLS

( 1902- 1903)

" Your letter to the O.K.S .. brings me the most welcome news that the School proposes to build a pavilion o n Birley's- a want that 1 have felt with b . ma ny ot hers dUring the first few years these new playing fields Ila use Ma 1 h . . ve cen In '. ,Y WI S you every success 111 thi s new venture and add my Own contfibutlOn to the Thomas Field Pavilion Fund." ' " The latest Canluarian with its photographs, and reprint from th

!/lusfral,ed Sporlltlg Gnd Drama~ic. News, has thoroughly stirred me and made me real~se more than ever th at It IS a rea l pri vilege to be an O .K .S., and that ",0 m~tter how mu ch. J lTI.'lY '?ve my Ca nadian Alma Maters, neither of the~ Cclll g ive l~le ~ splendid hl ston c background, with the resultant' atmosphere ' as the KlIlg s . School can do. I ha ve been. so much interested in sQI~e

developments that seem to have taken place ln the immaterial side of the School life, resultlllg from sllch ca uses as th e new Chapel. "

DONATIONS We gratefu ll y ackn owledge the followin g donations to wa rds improvements :_

W: SO!l1ersct Maugham, Esq. (O.K,S. , 1887-9) '" MIss E . . W. Mason (Ill memory of Walter Mason, O.K.S. 1864-7) B. S. KIII g, Esq. ... ' P. C. V. Lawless, Esq. Amounts unde r £5:Very Rev. Provost of Bradford. Rev. E. A. Squire. J. F. Robinson, Esq. Lt.-Colonel A. L. Pain. Ca non F. N. Crowther. D. M. Tassell, Esq. Rev. S. E. L. Skelton . Rev. H. J. Fynes-Clinton. J. H. H. Nicolls, Esq. 100

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER Dear School, Once again we take up our pen to tell of all ou r doin gs. Th is term , in spite of the 'fiu and tbe rain, has been a historic o ne in the anna ls of Cambridge O.K .S. For o n M arch 3rd at the Lion Hotel we are celebrating the fiftieth meetin g of the Society. However, we must reserve the full tale of the dinner itself untel our next letter. We start the chronicle of events with C. C. O. Bennett (Selwyn) for no better reason than that he sent us a post card recently which was really very nice of him. He is quite the Fred Astaire of our gro up. Almost any evening you can see th ose feet twink ling round the" Dot. " Naturally, most of the day is spent in ha ving the all important lower extremities massaged.

Havin g sa id so much you w ill be wonde rin g whet he r the re is any

truth in the People's story about " Glad-eye girls in Ca mbridge. " We welcome this o pportunity of denying it out of han d for the day we popped into the " Dot" Bennett was dancing with his usual partner Ginger Pinsent (Selwyn). Being in the same College they ha ve plenty of opportunity for inten sive practice. Not th at these are Pinner' s on ly ac ti vities. Oh dear no! Most of the term he has been whirling his arm s round at a tremendous speed; " Got to get some practice in befo re the cri c ket season sta rts" he

explained.

He is also fully occupied with the recruitin g campaign . A master of insidious

propaganda he grows a moustac he and eats nothing but bread and g uns for tea.

even out-grrres Goering by firing butter at dogs. B. M. Wyllie (Corpus) proved elusive; our many enquiries of his fello w Corpuscles were all met with the same repl y" Oh, he 's working."

Intrigued by thi s monotonous

agreement we decided to call. We knocked at the door and on receiving no reply, entered, note-book in hand , on ly to find our information ampiy co nfirmed ; for there was Wyllie poring over some vast tome. We approached. Still no move. We touched his shoulder. Motionless still. Then the awfu l truth dawned on us-he was asleep. How long he had been in this state it is almost impossible to say, as a ll previous callers seem to ha ve been tricked as we so nearly were. So as yet we canllot say whether there is any chance of the title, but it is significant tbat Rip Van Winkle has already gone into training as though preparing for the return bout. J. F. Paxton (Pembroke) still spends most of his time on the water. Often he goes to Ely- ostensibly to sail. But we have our doubts, nor were they allayed when we saw a C.V. Yacht Club fixture card with Paxton's name inscribed thereon as Rea r-Commodore. For in sailing, as in punting, it takes two to make a party. If you don 't bel ieve us, come up to Ely sometime. We know the Rear-Commodore won't be such a cad as to jib. Paxton was also in another boat with seven Pe mbroke rugger enthusiasts.

But, a las, th ey

ended on the bank. Some slight technical hitch appeared to be the trouble. J. E. Kennett (Queen's), known to his friends as the Octopus, he spreads his Pentacles everywhere: he continues to produce white rabbits on Ihe most curio us days. Often right in the middle of the month. He even produced a delightful little bow tie one day. Judging from the broken wood at Fenners he's been going at those hurdles again. "There's many a slip you know" our hero murmured philosophica lly. A Queen 's boat sunk in the Lents, but, here 's the catch- Kennett was not on board. Also in Queen's is H. S. Clarke. We first made contact with him in I'lle Times, where we read that he had been putting the weight. As we neared Queen 's it soon became obvious that he had not confined his activities to Fenner's. Result-Queen 's new buildings. When we actually met tbis pocket Hercules we realized what magnificent, bouncing boys Milner Court does produce. His huge frame can often be found supporting the Queen's scrimmage. 101

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J. C. E. Smith (Sidney Sussex) caused something of a sensation by reviving the asceticisms of the monast ic fathers of old . Taking Simeon Stylites as his model he has been standin g on one leg on the top of a pillar in the Market Square throughout the term. He passes the time by whistl ing and singing. His hair has grown rather longer than usual; he has also grow n thinner, as the only food he eats are the" goodies" brought by enamoured devotees.

In an excl use interview he stated " Awound my wagged wack the

wagged wascals play. " Of course he has never been the same since he acted in the Greek play at the Chiswick Empire. In R. A. Weeks (Selwyn) we possess a journali st of no small repute: Indeed, so great wa s his reputation that our weaker brethren at Oxford secured his aid 111 wfltJllg the Oxford O.K.S . Letter. Cambridge has not been so com plimented for some time. Week 's other activiti es are hard to discover.

We saw him once in the distance wearing the very

latest creation- brown corduroy trouserings with a pUl'ple stripe. They looked too divine. He had a large beer bottle sloped rakishly over each shoulder, th us making a de lightful picture. As we approac hed A. C. Baker 's (Corpus) room we quickened our s tep~ for we could hear at a distance that he had Sergea nt Marshall to tea .

What was our dlsapPOlntment

when we found that it was on ly the little chap himself, practising for Cert. B. The rest of his tim e he has spent in terrori zing Ca mbridge with his motor bike, whic h he dri ves at a

tremendous speed without any rega rd for life or limb. He dro ve it in to the Pem the other day and narrowly escaped drowning. His escape was due to his cloth cap which acted as a pair of water wings.

You ' ll never guess where we met H. C. Reynolds (Pemb roke). Well, it was in the Milk Bar. Quite li ke" Conseq uences" isn't it? But there he was, knockmg back a really stiff milk and soda. We could see at a glance that he was in training and so it is proved. On ly a wee k before the Darts Cuppers and Harry still couldn 't find the" bull." Natura ll y he co uldn ' t disclose an y of his plans, but he impressed us with the same air of quiet confidence that he always shows before hi s big matches, desp ite this temporary loss

of form. It is chiefly due to Har ry's protests that we are not illustra ting this term's letter. Some of our fla shlights were rea lly no t too bad. But still, perhaps nex t term .... Al so in Pembroke is R. H. G ower. After a long train journey we eventually ar ri ved at his" di gs," Over his door we found his mo tto in scribed " Flat out, fiat out, and

then some."

We eventua ll y discovered Gowe r himself lu nching, huddled over a li ve coal

eating a sllcc ulen t nut. Obviously the strain of combining work and play is proving too muc h, for o ne afternoon we saw him trying to dribble a hockey ball with a Lexicon. When questi o ned he replied, , . T just don 't believe it. " However, he recovered sufficiently to

tell us that his tutor on receip t of his last essay- written with a sharpened hockey stickhad give n it back and in those famous wo rds told him to " D o it agai n. " When we called on D. G. R. Fox (Corpus) he seemed somewhat glum. Nor is thaI surprisi ng for he has surrendered physical for mental exercise. He has been dissecting a twenty-one stone woma n and keeps a skeleton in his cupboard. The latter he protests is for pu rely medical purposes, but it all tends to show that the old tissues are breaking down. He tells us that since his slight contretem ps with the proctorial body last term, he has always go ne to bed at 8 o'clock. " Just in case," as he put it. K. R. Amos (Down ing) has a pretty wit. We happened to run into him in the street one day. Of course, we knew he was reading Agriculture, but we were hardly prepared whe n he asked us " Why does a chicken c ross th e road ?" 102

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to such an old chestnut a ll right, but we just weren't ready. At that moment a Socialist procession passed us, and we quickly sought to change the conversatio n by suggesti ng that we should join in.

" Aha! " re plied Amos, "surely yo u know a rolling stone ga thers

no Amos." Indeed a pretty wit. Also in Downing is R. S. Beale. Life to him is just a bowl of cherries (preserved of course: he just can't take the stones). We rode down K.P. with him from a lecture once. Some cyclist tried to pass on our inside. For a moment the Downing half-back looked perplexed, but he qu ickl y got a grip and kn ocked his fellow cyclist nat on to the pa ve ment. " They shouldn't do it," he murmured , " it' s dangerou s."

He says that the summer

number of that popular periodica l " Ole Beale's Almanack " will be snappier tha n ever, and wi ll be profusely illustrated . Secure your copy now by sendin g half-a-crown in stamps to 01 ' Beale himself. There is an unconfirmed I'umoul' th at an O.K,S. ca ll ed Hall is in residence, .. Is it true? " you ask. We don 't know. His Ilame appears on th e Presid ential books, but his person is never to be seen at our termina l meet in gs. If you're up in Ca mbridge look us

up Mr. Hall and give us the low down. However, to compensate fo r this blank at our earlier meeting this term we were glad to welcome H. H. Oak-Rhind into the fold once again. We gathered that he had just taken over the Daily Mail from Lord Rothermere which we thought was rather humane. lt was rumoured that Mr. Corner had payed a flyin g visit to Cambridge to collect a degree he had left behind, but few of us made contact. We cannot close without a complaint. Many of us hard-working chaps fa iled to receive any O.K.S. letter which of late we have come to regard as a welcome addition to our postbag. We hope that this was due to some error and that we are not under any ex-communication.

Best of luck in the Triangulars. Yours, CAMBS.

O.K.S.

CAPETOWN LETTER Dear School, I happen to be a member of the crew of a 300-ton barquentine in which we are endeavouring to sail round the world, and I am writing this letter in case anyone should be interested in our experiences. Our ship is a French Grand-Banks fi sherman from St. Malo, hence the French name Cap Pilar. She was fitted out for us in St. Malo, after being laid up for a couple of years, and we then sailed her over to London where she was re-registered as a British ship. Incidentally she is the only square-ri gged ocean-going ship still sailing under the Red Ensign. She has no power whatsoever and is sq uare-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the main and mizzen, thus being a true barquentine. We got away from London at the end of September and made quite a fast passage to Madeira. We had two half-gales on the way and with the ship rolling terribly and taking green seas, it was a pretty trying time. The skipper and the first mate, who is a Finn, were the only people on board with any previous experience of sailing ships, as they have both been three years in Erikson's grain-racers; but none of the rest of us were sailors in any sense of the word, so we found things a bit difficult at first. Still one learns quickly at sea, and by the time we got to Madeira we all knew more or less which rope was which and when to pull it. 10 ~

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After Made ira we sailed to Santa Cruz, in Tenerife, o ne of the Canaries.

Tenerife

is quite a small island, but it has a magnificent snow-capped peak 12,000 feet high. When we were there it was in a fervour of Fascism and everyone who could paraded in some sort of uniform and if possible ca rried a rifle or carbin e, man y of them looking exactl y like the O.T. C. 'Recruits when I was at School (how T hated those recruit parades). When the Span ish Fascist anthem was played everyone stood rigidly to attention wi th arms raised. And whe n it was over they applauded loudly with the result that it was played all over again. It was a very long anthem a nd I was terrified that they were goi ng to play it a third time. From Tenerife we sailed to Rio de Janeiro, making a slow passage of 43 days. But when you are entirely at the mercy of the winds, as we are, you ha ve to be prepared for

dela ys and disa ppointments.

We expected ca lms in the Doldrums and got them, as well

as torrent s of rain, but we also got ca lm s and hea d winds in the South-East trad e wind

belt, which we had not expected. However, we amused ourselves by harpooning Dolphins and ca ugh t one large shark wh ich we hauled triumphantly on deck. We also painted the ship and hard work made the days pass quickly. I expect you wonder what we do on board in a six-weeks' trip, but I can assure you that on a sai ling ship there is much more work to be done than can ever be got through in the time and there are always fresh jobs to be tackl ed. Something always needs painting, cleaning or scrapin g; some part of the rigging wants repairing, a sail mended or a new

one sewn.

1 myself combine th e offices of na vigator and steward , and between finding

out where the ship is (or ought to be) and trying to devise mea ns of making" salt-horse" more or less edible, my time is pretty well occupied. Rio is a wonderful place and after six weeks at sea it seemed even more so. The fine city is set in the midst of the most su rprisin g hills, whi le the harbour is immense an d

very beautiful. The population is every colour under the sun with a very high percentage of negroes, who have absolute eq uality with the wh ites and yellows. But there are quite a number of English there who were exceedingl y hospita ble to us. Certainly no one was ' disappointed in Rio. Our next voyage was to Tristan da Cunha, a small island in the South Atlantic, for

which we had stores and mai l on board, probably the last British Mail ever to be carried in a sailing ship. Unfortunately, for the first fortnight we had continuous headwinds and it took us four weeks to cover the 1,600 miles to Tristan. But when we eventually arrived we were very well repaid by the gratitude of the islanders a nd the amazing interest of the place. There are nearly 200 inhabitants altogether, the descendants of six British soldiers who settled there, with their half-caste wives, at the beginning of the last century. The talk is a strange dialect, rather like very broad Dorset, and owing to lack of contact with

the outside world they are very slo w and simple. But they are all extremely courteous and hospitable. I could write a great deal about this so-called .. loneliest island in the world," but space forbid s. As on ly three or four ships visit it during the year, it is a great event when so meone calls.

We sta yed four days and went to a service in their tiny church and to a

dance held in our honour in the village schoolroom, hall or storehouse. They have a gramophone and records sent out by the King a year ago, and have evolved tbeir own peculiar style of dancing to Jazz, quite effecti ve but very tiring, consistin g entirely of hopping from side to side. They have a padre, sent out by the S.P.G., who is the absolute dictator, combining the offices of priest, doctor, schoolmaster, magistrate and storekeeper. 10

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assage to Capetown with occasional sq ualls,

From Tristan we ma e. ~Ul:e a g~~onf there we go down into the" roaring forties ..

but on the whdoleMa slbteady faltlh:~n~ew Zealand and up into the South Pacific fo r a lazy e OU I ne, h ~. P to Albany an . . ' the islands time crUising among (.

We hope to come o rne via . anama.

I don ' t kn ow whether anyone has been energetic enough to read through all this, but if they ha ve I wish them and the whole School the ve ry best of luck. Yours,

G. A.

BATIERBURY.

PALESTINE LETTER Dear School, There are" Oxford , Cambridge and India n Letters " - so why not a Palestine Letter ?

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The disturbances in, Palestine Battalion The ~orsetShlr~ :;"~~I~~~,t from Dover to Egypt in March, owing to the situation The battahon ha on~tna • h are no less than three O.K.S. in thIS battahon ~o~~:..!a;~~~rt.'b~'t~~f,~~eto~· soTs::1I a school as Kin g's, which in any case does not send many boys into the Army. . The three 0 K S referred to above are Cap!. J. S. Hewick (l91I -13), Lleut · Ad' ? :C\; . . ' . d 2/L' t A A E Jones (1925-30). Hewlc k comman d e Bredtn (192~2~) ~n .~ I~~~d the d~tie; o(Intellige nce Officer (the latter is under orders Company an wle t"F' peltoer of India where he will join the I st Battalion at LandI Kotal). for the Nort h- es ron I , Wh th 2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment came to Palestine from M~~ a I' G N W Darwell (O.K.S., 1930-34) was WIth them. en en e few weeks later, 2 LIeu!. ' .' h' t Mortar course, the known grand total of O.K.S. Darwell came to JelUsalemfoi a s 0 1 f D 0 Whittal (1925-29) was brought up to five. n 0 Ltd ~nd we' understand' is a veritable lion of the in the Holy Ctty, WIth thevtnC uSloC Whittalls

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tennis courts at Jerusalem Sports Club. d fJ H G "Ir gton(OKS 1924-28andnowa " Sapper"). Mention must ~so b~;~ft~~ m~t I;i~ lIland at ~n~ dme Gillington was looking after The O.K.S. tn the. °hrse t" ft decen~e of Alexandria which was a combtned servIce the Army 's share In t e an I-a lfcra I' , ddt . g " bell . , . d t d that Gillington was practically re uce 0 weann affarr. It IS un ers 00 . , . ' n'unction with his R. E. topee. An bottomed ~t'htrhoI.u'ls,erisn a~fex~~d~i~m!~ss ;,~n~d~~at~~n~it is reliably reported that even WI ..' h f d' t evellIng " gulli-gu lli ,. men came to him 111 theJr our a IS ress. S' AI d' D S W Gordon (1924.29). He is a Cotton There waks anotdheIr O.K. c'e';;ro~::~ ~~awas ~ft~n t~ be encountered at the Sports Club. and Seed Bro er an nsuran , f th 0 K S in Palestine and Egypt are too numerous The exploits and adventures 0 ese.. 'of writin the Arab Strike is a thing of the to mention in these ,!?nef notes. 'dAI t t~t~:~~eg to norm~l-but of the future, who knows? Past and Palesttne allaIrS are rapi y r • • CONSIDINE."

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ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN

[We have received the/ol/olVing letter/rom 'he abo"e Associatiol1.-Eds.] Dear Sir, I wish to solicit yo ur help in passi ng on information to Old Boys of you r School and to boys of the School who may be contemplating lea ving the Old Country when they have completed their schooling. There is in existence an Empire chai n of Public Schools Associations which lay themselves out to try to help old public school men. T he members of these assoc iations have fi rst hand knowledge of conci itions, prospects, climate, business and professions in those

parts of the Com mon wea lth where they exist, but feel they are perhaps not called on as frequently as they might be to assist with this knowledge. T his is due large ly to the fact, T thin k, that the schools do no t know of the existence of these Associations.

I cannot give yo u detailed particulars of any other than the South African orga nisation . This consists of a headquarters branch in Durban with major branches in Capetown and Port Elizabeth, whilst there are district representatives in East London, Johannesburg, Zu luland and Basutoland.

T wou ld ask you to publish this letter. in your School Magazine in the hopes that it wi ll catch the eye of any of your Old Boys resident in South Africa, or in Australia, New Zealand, or Canada, where equally active organ isations exist. T can aSSu re them that should they take the trouble to make contact they will have a very warm welcome, and will find, we hope, that the Associations are very helpful both in a socia l and a practical way. I unfortunately have not been able to make contact with the Canadia n Association but J understand that their headquarters are in Vancouver. The names of those o rga nisations known to me and the addresses of their Hon. Secretaries will be found on the third sheet of this letter and I hope that they will prove of interest and value to the Old S oys of your school. YOlll'S faithfully, H. MILL COLMAN, Hon . Secretary, South Aji'ica.

EMPIRE CHAIN OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATIONS SOUTH AFRICA The Public Schools ' Association of Great Britain . Branches:

Durban. P.O. Box 2002, Durban, Nata l, S. Africa. Cape Town. P.O. Box 1072, Cape Town, Cape Province, S. Africa. Port Elizabeth. P.O. Box 199, Port Eliza beth, E. Province, S. Africa, 106

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Representatives:

Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Salisbury, Bulawayo. Bombay, Calcutta. New York. Sasutoland, Zulu land, St. Helena . AUSTRA LI A The English Public Schools' Association. . I' Headquarters: Box 3505, R.R., G.P.O. , Sydney, Austta Ia. NBW ZEALAND TI

English Public Schools' Club. NZ Yorks hire House, Shortland Street, Auck land, C. I., . .

H!~dquarters:

CANA D.' Address unkn own. EAST AFRICA . . . T I East African Associatio n of Public Schools of Great Bnta rn. H~~d~uarters : Box 363, Nairobi, Kenya Colony. GREAT BRITAIN Reciprocity with the Publ ic Schools' C lub, 6 1 Curzon Street, London , W.1.

SOME CANTERBURY SAINTS ll.-- SAI NT ANSELM b . 1033 in Aosta of Piedmont. His fat her, GLl nd Lllf, was a noble, Anselm was orn 111 . h d b't' ~. his son Hi s mother Ermenbcrga, awas world ly man a speJ)dcthhl~~f¥. whOan~ Uan~el~ ~~~~.S u~~brjnging Anselm sao I; relt a call to gentle andand a devout _liS lan, ' religion. At theage offifte;n he arp lied twice for estr~n~~t~e~ co~;~e&tth~~t :~~ I~f~~etd ~~~a\~~~ although his motherbs pend".'sdsIon assent. Then Ermen clga J,e, ~11 d':~a~:~r (ells us that for the next three or fOLl r years Anselm lived a corrupt life WIth hIS father. '1 f L f . the monastery of Bec Here he showed f next hear himasaswep~p~s ~ear~~n~a~cndn he had not been in t1;e monastery lon g, greatWe prOlluse, teae°h111g , before he came into his father 's fortune. .. .. h . d d by Lanfranc at the age of twenty-seven, to DespIte hI~ aI~~tIonL nfr:~~ I~r:}~~ ~ngland:Anseln'; became the fr iar, in which post en a 'd' reat and krnd teacher. In lO78, when become a mon .

Uer~~fnn d?:J~~: ~~~~~l~~~l:J !~~~ ;'~a~ ~im~u1ty, to succeed him as abbot, and as such he ruled for fourteen years.

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In 1092, when he was visiting a sick friend (the Earl of Chester) in England, he was persuaded by William Rufus to fill the Archbishopric of Ca nterbury, which had been vaca nt for almost four yea rs since the death of Lanfranc. The first event of his reign as Archbishop was a serious qua rrel with the Kin g, who was dissatisfied with the offerin g of fi ve hundred pounds made to him by the Chu rch. This was fo llowed by a long series of qua rrels between Archbishop a nd King. Anselm wanted to go to Rome to receive the pall from his pope, Urba n If, but William refu sed to permit th is since neither he nor his father had ever admi tted the power of a pope. The qua rrel ca me to a te mpora ry close, and the k ing, who was very little-minded, sent some o f Anselm 's nea rest frie nds, among them Bald win of Tournay, who was his right-hand man, into ex ile.

T he King then bega n to be more reasonable, a lthough he still wa nted to give Anselm the pal lium with his own ha nds. He sent to Rome and the pallium was brought to Eng[a nd by the Bishop of A[bano. T he ki ng was greatl y influenced by Alba no and called fo r a reconciliati on with Anselm . In 1095 Anselm received the pall at Canterbury, not fro m the ha nds of the king but by liftin g it himself off the A[tar. The quarrel, however, was soon resumed .

A nselm failed to send an adequate force

of me n 10 help Willia m in his ex ped ition into Wa les. Soo n a fter this he asked fo r William 's permission 10 go to Rome to counsel with the pope, a nd William did no t consent. After another long quar rel with the King Anselm fi nall y [eft Eng[a nd in 1097 without William 's permission , thereby fo rfeiting a ll his goods and his position of Archbishop. For the next three yea rs Anse[ m lived in Italy, a beloved friend of the Pope Urban, attending many grea t conferences in Rome.

In 1100, when Anselm was in Lyons, ~ews

came of the death of William Rufus, and he set out for Eng[a nd. He was met by a com mission fro m Henry I urging him to return and give him sp iritual counsel. H e was received wi th great popula ri ty in England. For a while Henry and Anselm remained friendly, and Anselm married H enry to Mati[da in Westminster Cathedral. Then fresh difficulties arose. Henry wished Anselm to receive the in ves titure at his hands, but Anselm consistently refu sed unless it should be sanctioned by the Pope. Henry was more prudent tha n Willia m, a nd retained a friendly a ttitude towards the Archbishop. But he was determined to get rid of Anselm, and, in I [03 suggested that Anselm should go to Rome for more spiritua l counsel from the Pope, and this, despite his age a nd infirmity, Anselm agreed to do. In I [05 Henry proposed that he wo uld let slip his right of investiture and of nominating bishoprics on condition that he should reta in the homage a nd oath of fealty of tbe Church in Eng[and , a nd to this the Pope agreed. In 1107 Anselm forma lly agreed to these decisions wilh great reluctance at a cou ncil in the Ki ng's palace. Two years later, in Canterbury, died one of her greatest Archbishops. Anselm 's honesty of purpose, his unda un ted courage, his saintly character, and a bove all, his great lea rnin g, entitle hi m to be regarded as one of the chief glories of the English C hurch. He was the author of many theological a nd philosophical works of which the most famo us was Cur Deus Homo . 108

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ORIGINAL [The Editors would like it to be Illlderstood that the following poems arc all wrillell by members of the School, except To (J Dead Grasshopper, t. which i~' by (lII O.K.S . .. alld ,hal therefore a certain Iln eVel/ll eSS is ul/avoidable. They v"ry according to the maturity of the autltor.] I I

TO A DEAD GRASSHOPPER Stranger, here lies a grasshopper that fed On food that fair young Helle loved to bring. With horn y foot vibrating on his wing, Among the pines and a 'er the fields he sped. Alas, this little lyrist 's song is said: Thus muse of furrows, forest and the ling. Lest his li ght sleep thou shouldst be menacing Tread softly, Friend , as yo u pass near his head. , Tis there. A white stone in a tufted mound: His tomb, new-made with scented thym e is crowned; Yet even burial some men never knew!

A child has shed her tears for him who lies Beneath, and every day when dawn doth rise

Aurora spreads her gracious pall of dew. R.S. From the Frellch of Jose-Maria de Heredia " CROSSWAYS ." A solitary sign-post stands on the moor, At the crossing of two ways. It makes the paths to look so bare, So uninviting. The June sun shone, And its hot rays baked the mud, And spread a soft dust On the emerald grass. A rider chanced to pass one day Accompanied by no-one, Quite alone, Dressed all in sombre black. He looked so weary and so woebegone That one might well have had compassion on him. He gazed long at the sign-post, Looked searchingly at its four once-white anns And sighed. Perhaps that was a tear that glistened in his eyes, Perhaps ' twas just the sun Catching the brightness which they held. But ne'ertheless he rode away And left the sign-post baking in the sun, The mud still caked by the road-side, And perhaps a little more dust On the emerald grass. W.J.M. 109

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Westminster! What memories of old That mystic name can bring,

What memories of pomp and splendour; Of men who served their country there, Of kings and queens And Royal princes, Of rich and poor Of high and low. And yet this na me ca n deeper go Than these time honoured memories. For here a king Before his people lay in state, Before his si lent mouming people Who passed to take their last farewell. He was man; who served his peopJe All his many days, He sha red with them their sorrow And their joy. They knew him as he knew them And from their midst He, to his rest now passed, Has left behind A poorer people

. . We will remember him.

G.L.C. MOON-SAIUNG Hnmpty-dumpty and I, We had lots of fun, We went to the moon On a currant bun.

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We soared through space At a terrible speed, The folk stood and sta red but we, Taking no heed Flashed by Saturn and Venus Toward that pale yellow man Who was pouring his light From a watering-can. We arrived with a bump But we didn't stay long; The moon was too spongy And the heat far too strong. So we bounced off again And began to fall, Humpty-dumpty and I, 110

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And we felt so small For we landed at last About half-past nine, Right in the midst Of the Serpentme. And we solemnly vowed As we swam to the shore That we'd both of us go Moon-sailing no morc. W.J.M. A WARM WINTER'S DAY There was a gentle murmuring of the breeze And as it rustled in the trees I thought I heard a song. . it rose and fell and rose agall1,

But always soft and pleasing to the ear, and seemed so far and yet so near. The sun was bright . and the clouds like some small spl'lte danced across its gently beammg face.

And here and there a bird wheeled aloft with glee this burst of winter sun to see. The air was cold Yet all the world seemed warm . . A world alive and free of cares Rejoicing for this forerunner of spring. G.L.c. THE EXlLE'S RETURN

Far frol11 his native shore The exile now doth stand, o 'cr the blue sea gazing To a ne 'er forgotten land. His heart however weary Is neither small nor sad, His countenance is noble 'Spite the wrongs that he bath had. But why is he so thoughtful For all his troubles borne? Why is he as joyful As the cock doth feel at morn ? For him his time is ended To dwell on foreign shore And he is homeward going To live there evermore. S.L.A. 111

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For majestic castles Somewhere in Spain. I had hoped for the skies, For the deep blue seas, That my hopes might be borne On a western breeze.

But alas, they were cast from the heights they had reached To the hard, biller earth below, And Selene looked down from her silvery realm And smiled at my burden of woe. W.J.M. SHADOWS Not the faintest sound, but the lapping sea, Not a human voice, not a human sound ;

On tbe dirty edge of a moonlit Quay, Just a dozen bales 'on the stony ground. Mysterious figures, silent, stand, Half-human, weird, but always still ; A monstrous head, misshapen hand, Outstretched to grasp the neighbouring hill. A soft eternal silence seems to lie Upon the drowsing world, tbe restless deep ; A flaring matcb, a grunt, a human sigb, Tbe soft illusion shattered-so to sleep. R.F.W.G. WAR ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON The church bells are ringing in every town, The earth is whirling round the moon, Benevolent parsons sigh and frown When they think of Saturday afternoon. The skies are black and heavy as lead At night they turn to a deep maroon. Women and children wish they were dead When they think of Saturday afternoon. The cats all mew and the dogs all bark. And the poor old ladies swoon They know what 's coming so pray and hark War on Saturday Afternoon! W.J.M . .Ut

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TO AN IDIOT Idiot. The word rings out through the still evening, Through the silent woods it swishes, Tinkling 0 'er sparkling brooks, Telling the world yo u are an Idiot. You cringe in the shadow of the birches But there is no escape. You have my sympathy, You poor forgotten soul. [ know that man abuses you,

Incites in yo u a hatred Towards all mankind. You make mistakes !

The greatest men do so metimes,

And then fall head o'er heels Tripped up by their own faults, Which are e'en worse than yours.

Then lift your head And leave the dark shadow of the trees. Come out and face the world! Be not afraid! No man ca n justly scorn yo u E 'en though you be nothing but an Idiot.

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Sing a song of armaments

Of guns and gas and shells, Of babies blown to bloody bits And rotting bodies' smells. Wave the dear old British flag And wave the tinselled sword, And go marching forth to battle For the glory of the Lord. The Bishops a nd financiers And generals of fame All fan with splendid speeches The patriotic flame. But well behind the trenches The portly Bishops stay, Lest all its nasty stenches Distract them when they pray.

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Belts and buttons sbining bright Headed by the band Out the heroes march to fi gbt For the Motherland Mutilated, gassed and 'mad " Doped aod soaked with ;'umDon't look, my dear- how very sad " Back the heroes come. . STICKLEBACK The plain, young American Lady bade a last f II . . the Cathedral door was fina ll y locked ' a ld'" . arete to her laughing friend s before turned and walked into the Nave. " I gldspmg lei thellnas fla sk more tightly, she . She imagined herself as a pioneer like her forefath '. wh ich held . . . . who knew wha t it held ? .. f' 'h ersl: s tepplI~ g IIltO a fearsome darkness "That 's why I'm doing this, !' for etti~ or, t e sa e ~f SCience," s h~ said to herself. dollars on the result of this scientifi! expe~il~f.it~lently, that there was a Side-stake of ten Not many people had slept through a long winter ni h . be somethll1g of an achievement, and how her friend g t III a v~ s t Cathedral ; it would calm ly out of the building next morn in I The h' s would adnme her when she walked rndeed, they had assured her that she WO~ld meet y "d watned her about ghosts of COu rse' haunted the Cathedral every third night

,SpeC lre, who in th e form ofa charwoman '

that he, or she, would die an unpleasant dC'I~h ~e~~reOtnhe. met thathspectre, it was inevilabl~ ( I ee mont s had elapsed Sh e remembered that and laughed aloud' . ' . deep, hollow, mocking. Nervousl she w I 111 scorn until she heard the echo of the laugh she tried to control herself and im!,;rdly pr~ ked ~n, her ~elf-confidence rapidly vanishing ~ if they dared to haunt her. She was amusedmalsteth a lt'Y h c aIr women a very unpleasant time' e aug It and smiled ' S uddenly she became conscious ( f ~ t t . . relief at the thought that they were but ~ch~e~ s e~s other tha n her own, and sighed with every stroke, walking on automatically to th~ til~merhele a clock struck and she counted nervous. e 0 countll1 g, growmg lUore and more There was a full moon and a beam of Ii ht sh I . patch on the stone floor and the far wall gShe onlt tJ'0 ugl~ a wrndo w, throwing a light There was little to see, however, exce t a few lar wa e to t e wll1dow and looked out. p ge houses, some rums and several trees, bathed In the clear moonlight. was

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Who are yo u ? " she cried, drawing back. Only the echo of her words returned. She repeated the question a little I d' b ' l a bold policy would be best and walke~~o~~ar~! ~~el ~,ere was no reply; she decided that

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A JOURN EY FROM HETDELBERG TO COLOGNE Leaving any place at II p.m. with the prospect of a sleepless night is hardly an agreeabl e thou ght in one' s own country; but lea vin g a foreign town in a train with

wooden seats, and as travelling companions, people with different clistoms, who speak different languages, is apt to make one feel rather awkward. Thi s is how I felt as I was slow ly shunt ed Ollt of Heidelherg station , tryin g to gel my head throu gh the wind ow pa st a large obsti na te Germ an, in ord er to bid my fri ends farewell

and to take a last look upon the first German town which I have visited. H aving wa ited in th is att itude fo r some few min utes I decided to return to my c3. rria ge.

where 1 tried to get comforta ble; but soon I was interrupted in these proceedings by a fat man in uni fo rm with a red face and the usual walrus moustache, who seemed to object to my having a suit case in th e pa ssage.

effort [0 lift it upon the (ack.

A rather sou r-looking old man joined me in an

We had the sympathetic smiles of the only other occupant

of our carri age, a youn g girl of some

20 years with golden hair and peculiar beret drawn

ti ght over the top of her head leaving the front part uncovered, dressed in a coat and skirt wh ich looked as though it was meant for the hills. After spending two hours of silence and discomfort,- for my dictionary was at the bottom of my case, -we arrived at Frankfurt feeling very stiff, and I for my part anxious lest T should miss my connection to Cologne. G ettin g out of a train in Frankfurt is not such an easy matter as it is at Charing Cross,

for the platform is not made up. I suppose that is why, when they want to talk about changin g th ey use the verb ul11steigen, which mean s to climb about. So hav ing thrown my cases a nd jumped out [ passed along the side of the train trying At last I wa s satisfied and went quickly, to it onl y to find that things were none too pleasant there and that [ had half an hOllr to wa it.

to find an unan imou s judgment as to wh ere my train was.

During the remainder of the journey I managed to get talkin g with a young German who was going to En gland for the first time to work in a large hotel in London and to learn the language. I had the opportunity of helping him through the customs a nd with his money difficulties. He insisted upon calling 10/- 20/-, so I tbought it would not be very safe for him at the rate that he was spending hi s money. He only had [0/on him.

He had don e the same hotel work in F rance and hoped to do the same in Spain- one day.

LOOKING BACK FIFfY YEARS FROM THE CANTUARJAN OF MARCH, [887 Kin g's Scholars will in future be admitted to the foundation of the Cathed ral in the South Transept by the Dean, who will use the follo wing formula in admitting Junior Scholars :.. Admitto vos in pauperes scholares Scholce Regire Cantuarien sis, et Dominu s custodi at introitum vestrum et exitum vestrum ex hoc nunc usque et in srecululll. Amen."

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Both Juniors and Probationers will be p t dt h use the following formula :_ resen e 0 t e Dean by the Precen tor, who wi ll ., Digni s~ie DO!11ine, Domine Decane, praesenlO tibi ho '. d' d S 'plI~ros ut ad llllttantur mter (It is interesting 10 /lote Ihal the Heat/mas,;r n~:I~" em e IUI1I ~reS, tandem seniores. " lVordlng was altered when the scholarship ~ys'em I ' . .ak.~s the POll of the PreceJ1lor. The ~~'llOlars used 10 be admilled ill pairs, kl1e~lil1g hej~~; ;/~;I.~d. A few years ago the Junior (f any O.K.S. can throlV light all the admissiOIl 01' "ehol . eob,:·r. Wei shall be very grateJul tllls/armula- Eds.) 'J. filS eJore lIe IIllrodUClion o/Ihe Scholares regJOS, pnmum in du os allnos probatio l'

THE PARRY LIBRARY Librarian .' A. EGERTON-JONES, EsQ. Assislanl-Librarian.' P . TOWNSEND The following books have been presented to the Library th's t . Mrs. Furley :_ ' I erm._ Evolution Out of Doors .. .. .. The Author :_ .. .................. H. J. C. Molony, O.K.S. This Thy Body............ .... OI • C '1 CI Colonel H. Clarke, O.K.S. : - ........... .. ......... m., S . eel lesterlon Barrack Room Ballads ............ .. Th L' ht T h ' l .. .. .. ........ Rudyard Kipling at Fal ed.. .. .... .. ...... . ...... .... Rudyard Kipling s Plafn Tafe~d;'r%;'Th~'Hiii;" .... . .. .. .... Rudyard Kipling The Romance of La brador ............... ........ Rl~dyard Kipling W. N . Goss :_ .. ...... .. ............... WI!fred GrenJell

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Sir William H amilto n 's Philosophy............. J. S. Mill We take thiS opportu ntty of thanking donors for their gifts S· · · Beyond the fact that the Library (and the S . enriched by the add ition of an inordinate number ~F'~~ eCliO? in Ptticula r) has been thiS term . We are glad to hear, however that we' umes, I tt e 0 note has occurred the present Schoolroom, a nd that the tw~ stags' he~[Jsat i ast!O ~ove to better q uar ters in Buff-are no longer to grace the walls of the Parry Librar~~' lar y ca lled Lottie and Ernie

SOME BOOKS . We ha ve rece ived notice that a book entitled The K' , . . T hi S IS to join the ranks of the many books on the Co ron s j'~"'" IS In preparation. I ~ s promoters believe, however that it will commend' a Ion 0 .M. KlI1 g George VI. since the name of Mr. Arthur n'ryant is associated w'ltll t'htsellf to readers as authori tative,

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The Street oj the Fishing Cal," by l o land a Foldes (Ivor N' I d Th' I ICO Son a n Watso n 7/6) Is n ove won the £4,000 prize in the A ll Nations Prize Novel Competi tion.' . h . . In gIVIng us The Street oj the Fishing Cal Mde F"ld lugh place a mong modern novelists. She tells u; the h~ 0 ~s as fgalned for nerself a fOrced through lack of work to leave their native la nd ~~~r St~r\f "tH~nga"an family, re uge.1n Pans. Their troubles and tr ials their wh' e rea a r an d to seek disillusIOnments co uld o nl y be read ing of th~ 1110st . t IIns an~. fancies, their loves a nd preach, no .political. faith to declare. Her sto ry doe;nn~~e!~:j8 Ind. She has no creed to and Will nev~r die In ou r imagination. This novel will with ' /~e c~aracters go on living the greatest hterary triumphs of this decade. o u ou t prove to be o ne of 116

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E"olutioll oul oj Doors, by l . H. C. Moloney, O.K.S. 1890-95. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the layman to fo llow the more ad vanced books of biological theory ; it therefore comes as a relief to meet Major Moloney's book, in which theory is explained in ordin ary language without the sacrifice to accuracy which this often implies. He re-examines the question of natural selection and feels that as a start we might restate it as the non-survival of the unfi t, since this throws the emphasis on the dangers of unfitness in Nature. With his amazingly wide know ledge of bi rds the author seeks to explain the evolution of colour patterns a nd is pa rticularl y in teresting on the subject of sex ual dimorphism in birds. Tn the various species of duck he finds that those which undergo the greatest migration, in wh ich leadershi p mu st playa great part , have th e most

conspicuously coloured drake, in order that the ducks and yo unger drakes may recognise their leader, even though there ma y be thousands of birds of several different species grouped together on a sheet of wate r. T hese species, wh ich remain in the one locality,

have a less marked difference between male and female, this being particularly the case where the no n- migrating habit has been of long duratio n. Like his famous predecessor in the field of Evolu tion, Charles Darwin, Major Molo ney does not make statements without backing them with abu ndant observations made in the field . In the later part of the book the author discusses man a nd his evolution.

My Story, by l. H. Thomas (Hutchinson , 15/-). Autobiography degenerates in to anecdotage unless the writer ca n expound at least some perso na l phi losophy. Indeed this book makes me feel, perhaps unjustly, that Mr. Thomas owed his rise to the post of Cabinet Minister to a capacity for " good mixing. " He must have been an able Trade Union leader : how otherwise co uld he have gained those successes as a negotiator wh ich swept him into th e H ouse durin g the welter that fo llowed the Taff Vale dispute? He d id everything, and enjoyed it hugely; he thought well of almost everyone, from Kings to pit-boys, though he hints occasionall y,- particularly in the case of one or two other Trade Union leade rs,- that he could be unkind. The result is reminiscence witho ut fla vo ur. In my view, the only val ue of this book is that here and there are one or two interest ing sideligh ts on great events, like the 1926 General Strike. It is a great pity that the M r. T ho mas who wrote th is book reveals so little of what he rea lly was once upon a timc- a leader of force and capacity. The R oad to Wigan Pier, by George Orwell (Left Book Club). Mr. Orwell 's new book seems to have delighted his public even more than that magnificent piece of writing, " Burmese Days." I doubt if I ha ve ever read so living a book, a book so full of burning indignation against poverty and oppression. Never have I read so sincere and heartfelt a tr ibute to the co urage and patience of those whose way, whose Road to Wigan Pier, is shamed and scarred by foul housing, misera ble pay and the villainies of the Means Test. The second pa rt of the book is Mr. Orwell's" Credo "-needless to say, a Socialist creed, but with a well-writt"n theory of why many thinking people still fig ht shy of Socialism; and an attack on the inefficacy of Socialist propaganda. The White Horses oj Vienna, by Ka y Boyle (Faber and Faber). This is the first volume of Miss Boyle 's short stories to be published in this country, and (hose who are interested in new prose developments will find her work fascinating and provocative. She writes in a clear emotive language which is crisp and fresh as sunlight, and the strong colour of her descriptive passages, the quiet irony, and the fi ne dramatic power which enables her to concentrate only on essentials, give her work an unusual and stimulating flavour. Most

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of her stories are set against a backcloth of Austria, Italy and America, but her visual imagination is so strong that the atmosphere, even when construed in a brief sentence, never fails to convince. The best of these assembled stories, and the one which is most typical of her talent, is Life Being the Best, the tragedy of a lonely and sensitive Italian boy and his school-teacher, Mr. Virgil : "a lean, loving, scholarly young man who had no wife as yet. Whatever he had in care and passion went out to the altering natures of his pupils. He drove their thoughts from one thing to the next even as they themselves coerced the cattle piece by piece down the road in the evening; he burned uneasily in their hearts because of his pure exalted eye. They had no explanation for him, nor could they talk of him among themselves without shifting and smiling, because the words he used were never on anyone else's tongue in the country: such things as ' the might of thought,' and' the power of the soul, ' he spoke of, and undid Jesus from the Cross and made a wounded weeping man of him. Whenever Mr. Virgil came out under the olive trees where the boys were playing they fell silent a moment as if a great man were passing by. " Sometimes her prose shows sign s of strain, and she tends to repeat her effects; but for so many and such varied touches of beauty these faults ca n easily be forgiven. Those who appreciate careful and serious writing will appreciate this book.

THE SOCIETIES THE HARVEY SOCIETY

Presidelll:

R. GROVES, ESQ.

Vice-Presidents : H. GOODBURN, ESQ. F. L. KIDD, EsQ. J. R. E. PAYNTBR, EsQ. F. STANGER, EsQ. Han. Secretary: D. G. GLENNIE

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Committee .' THE PRESIDENT THE VICE-PRESIDENTS THE HON. SECRETARV B. C. VICKERY C. H. B. WAUTON K. R. HENSHAW H. P. WORTHAM So far this term we have only had one lecture. Later we have a miner coming to talk to us and perhaps a film. When the telephone exchange has changed over to automatic working we hope to visit it. We also plan to visit the Gas Works once again, as they have a new benzole plant there. On Wednesday, February 17th, Mr. F. Stanger gave a lecture entitled "Modern Physics." He began by showing us two experiments witb bathode ra y tubes; one of whicb was the Maltese Cross experiment and the other showing the electrostatic deflection of cathode rays. He then went on to tell us how very closely the ideas of the ancient philosophers resemble what is now being proved by experiment. This led up to a fairly detailed account of the evidence for believing the modern electronic theory. H e concluded his lecture with a description of Millikan 's valuable experiments on the theory. We are grateful to Mr. Stanger for giving us such an interesting lecture. 118

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THE WIRELESS SOCIETY

Presidenl: J. R. E. PAYNTER, EsQ. Vice-Presidelll: F. STA NGER, ESQ. Hall. Secrelary: D. G. GLENN IE The Society visited the loca l e lectric power station at the end of la st term and had a ve ry i nteresting afternoon.

The Wireless Society acknowledges with gratitude the gift of two

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THE PHOTOGRAPHlC SOCIETY Presidenl: F. L. KIDD /1on. Secretary : H. P. WORTHAM There h'IS been considerable activity dur ing thbe term. d The Dark Room has been . I (d d tI er small impro vements ha ve een ma e. re-whltewas 1e an 0 1 . r the com etition has had to be postponed yet another Owing to the appa llmg weathe , . wI'11 bPe great 'Ictivity among all members and tbat t' hoped that next term th ele ' f h d k '11 be done for the ex hibition at the end 0 t e term. term. I IS some really goo wor WI THE DEBATING SOCIETY President: A. M. DURNFORD Han. Secretary: R. CORDEN . . 5 1 F b ry it was decided that the SocIety would At a Committee Meetmg on 1 t Ie rlua President A M Durnford was therefore , b o'nt ing a member of' t 1e C 100 aS .. ' I bene 1t yatJP I d'R Corben filled the vacant position as Hon. Secretary. . elected PreSIdent,. an.. . n debates this term on account of the co ngestIo n It has been unposslbl'd ~~a~1 ;~~g~oaci~ty will be able to renew its activities next term. of actlVIlles, but ItlShhO Pe thank Mr Bennett who did so much for tbe Society during his The SOCIety WIS es t 0 . , term of office.

THE MARLOWE SOC IETY

Presidenl: W. A. R. GORMAN, EsQ. E J H CLA RK (ex-officio) Vice-Presidenls: G. G. BEN NETT, sQ.; . . HOIi. Secrewry: P. TOWNSEND M G W Avery read a controversial paper to the On Thursday,. February . 1,~thA h~ated di~cussion arose afterwards as to whether a Society on " Realism mArL f a l~af or on the other hand the advanced abstractIon microscopica ll y-detailed pamtmg b Bel; Nicholson) co uld be correctly termed' art.' of holes and squares (as compose y. . 1 d' " The Hairy Ape" by Eugene t s h been read thiS term, me u lI1g . ' Severadl P'"TYl TawveO Bouquets" by Herbert and Eleanor FarJeon. O'Nettl an 1e ,

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THE WALPOLE SOCIETY President,' J. H. CORNER, ESQ. Vice-President,'

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Hon. Secretary,' M. N.

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LUMB

ThebSochiety has met frequently this term in spite of illness and forgetful lectu['el's.

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as resigned, and no new ones have been elected.

The fi rst meeting of the term was held on Feb' 7h called out of Canterbury the President ave a l1 . luary t. Our lecturer having been and $ra~nophone records~ A discussion gbegan ~~1r~ll1fW e~t?rtajnl11ent .w~ th readings had Justified OUf existence as a literary society. ' e e t wit 1 the co n VJctlOn that we On February 14th there was a Free Readin F' . and Iiferature on subjects ranging from p~etry I~~ s~~~~;e:n~'i:'ettallgued to each e nottced no one read for less than ten minutes. u el les was read.

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Dr. Peck visited the Society on February 28th, d t Ik d " . a Ship's Surgeon." He told of the difficulties he e~~ou a e on A Tn~ toJamaica as he found on board his banana boat and incidentally of ~~eled W::h pnmltlve mstruments He related his adventures so entertdiningly that we are ho e. exche entiJlhofihda y he enjoyed . for us next term. pmg e w lIld another tOPIC A is on ! ,t~~~~~no~~:~~~o ~!'ess we are lo~king forward to two more lectures, one of which about a talk by a journali{t'. by the PresIdent, a nd there IS something being whispered TH E PATE R SOC1ETY Presidel1l,'

R . W . F. W OOTTO N,

Vice-Presidellf:

W. A. R.

HOIl. Secretary,'

ESQ.

GORMAN, EsQ.

J. HOLDEN

The last meeting of las t term was held o n December 2 d h' . read a paper 011 " Decla mation. " He showed the oei glllal . n ,at W Ich the VIce-President schools for declamation, and said that the decline in R purpose and growth of the degree due to these exercises of rhetoric. He also de ?~l1~n IJteratUl e was In. no small for the declamations, showi ng how pointless they beca~;.1 e severa l of the subjects used . This term few meetings ha ve been held pa rtly owing to '11 , 1 ness among members. On February 9tb the Presiden t gave a talk tb t' I f h' to Greek Sculpture." He traced the d evel~;, e It eo w Ich was" An Introduction D. C., and illustra ted his talk with numerous pfctu~~!. of sculpture from the seventh century

On Friday, February 26th, the Society visited the Si L to hear a lecture given by the Headmaster of St Ed ~ ? n a~!lton SChool, Canterbury, descnbed how he ga ined en'o ment from .' mu~ s on ClassICS fo r Fun." He as to how others could do t6e ~a me. readlllg ciasslcal authors, and gave a few hints Mr. Bennett will talk on "E . " paper the following week. plgra ms OD March 9th: and D. V. Alexander reads a ~

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THE VERY REV. TH E D EAN OF CANTERIlURY

Vice-President,'

TH E H EADMASTER

HOIl. S ecretary,' P. TOWNSEND

On Monday, February 8th, R. Palme Dun, Esq., the Editor of The Daily Worker, and a well-known political writer, lectured to the Society on " World Politics." Mr. Dutt bega n by criticising the inlernationa l policies of to-day, policies based on . laissez-faire' or fi xed on a single tag- on Home Rule, or Isolation, perhaps adequate 30 years ago, but inapplica ble to modern conditions. Such government could not but result in the world situati on to-day; yet wars, and the rumours of wars, had their birth far deeper down, in Society itself. We have inherited a social fo rm based on private properly and means of production, held by a single class, and thus with development of technique and the greater need of organisation, we yet have a society based on conflict. With property and production on a small scale, the old forms sufficed, but the break-down of the whole system bega n when the nineteenth century, too blind to see the danger of a capitalist class fight ing within the state for its own advantages, even though faced with inter-State competition, applied artificial restoratives to the already dying institution. The tragic but inevitable result was the Great Wa r.

The Great War exposed the Imperialist Movement and disillusioned Liberalism, the expression of capital ism at its height tryin g to hide the divisions of class society. But the war brought its lesson also, and that date marks the advance towards the realization of socialism. Socialism followed anarchy in Russia, had a large following in Germany, and shook western Euro pe by its force and power. Yet the ghost of Capitalism was not to be laid for many yea rs; after the crisis of 1929 it turned to Fascism- and irrationalism . North and South rose Hitler and Mussolini, a nd the lust for possession was renewed. The propaganda of irrationalism followed, was indeed a necessity in an age of irrational capitalism- anti-Semitism, .anti-Communism, racial hatred, bringing in their train the suppression of free-thought and dangerous religions, of liberal education and culture. The other side of Fascism, the most complete organisation for war, for aggression or the support of a regime, was, and is, more menacing. It has fulfilled its purpose in Manchuria and in Abyssinia, and wi ll perhaps do so in Spain . And thus the system spreads. The strangulation of democratic Spain will give place to a Fascist interventionalist war in Czechoslovakia; it is inevitable, for there is no peaceful basis for Fascism, and rearmament ca nnot economically continue without war.

What, then, is the remedy? Britain and France have both winked an eye at Fascist aggression, seeking to divert it to the East. Russia alone cannot unsupported resist the stream. The remedy lies in collecti ve agreement. The formation of a " United Front," the uniting of Socialists and Communists and all progressive parties alone can prevent the disastrous success of Fascism and Capitalism, and at the same time make a common stand for peace. That this may come to pass, much depends on the attitude of the new generation to the wo rking classes, a nd on the liberal outloo k of the new generation itself. Other speakers this term include Mr. Hannan Swaffer, Mr. George Lansbury, a nd Mr. Brian Goddard . 121

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THE CHOIR AND CHORAL SOCIETY

President: R. P. TONG, ESQ . Hon. Secretary: A. J. PHILLIPS The Choir has suffered this term from that inevitable but disastrous disease, common to all Public School choirs,-breaking voices . . After a valiant effort on the part of those whose voices were none too reliable, we managed to keep going until a few morc recruits were found. Much the same procedure as last term has been followed as rega rds music in the School services, but the end of the term will be the occasion of our first anthem, and we hope next term to put on an anthem every few weeks.

Mr. Avery and Mr. Corner have again given the Choir very valuable help, and we are most grateful to them. The Choral Society made its first public appearance this yea r at the School Concert, and no doubt other people's views of its success or failure wi ll be found elsewhere. In spite of colds and rather limited time for rehearsa l the three short Part Songs were brought up to a highe r standard than we had reached before, and " The Songs of the Sea" gave the Society an opportunity of trying its strength against a soloist and orchestra. Whatever the critics feel about it, we enjoyed ourselves and hope that at least we justified Ollr existence.

O.T.e. This term Captain P. G . Reynolds relinquished command of the Contingent, having held it for the maximum period of eight years. Captain Reynolds served as an officer in the Contingent before taking over com mand, and he has therefore a long record of service. No doubt many O.K.S. will join with the present members of the O.T. C. in expressing their gratitude to him for a ll the time and work which he put into the training of the Contingent. Perhaps one of the most remarkable features of Captai n Reyno lds's period of com mand was the consistently high standard maintained at Camp by the Band and the P.T. Squad. It can only be hoped that this will be maintained in futu re. Captain R . P. Tong, The Queen 's Own Roya l West Kent Regiment, S.R. , has been appointed to command the Contingent as from 13th January. He worked with Captain Reynolds last term, and it is hoped that, assisted by ML Bennett, he will have a successful period in command. Largely owing to his appointment as P.T. Instructor to the School, and partl y in recognition of his valuable service with the Contingent, Sergeant-Instructor J. Marshall has been appointed C.S.M. to rank as a Warrant Officer. Other promotions this term are as follows (aLI with effect from 22nd January) :L/Sgl. P. M. Chetwynd -Pa lmer to be Sgt. Cdt. K in g to be LICpl. Cpl.

Young, W. C.

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Holden Hayes Alexander Brown, Q. Carter Courtney Irvine

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All those cadets promoted to Lance-Corporal were successful in Part n of Certificate " A " held last term. . . f C ffi t "A" held on 18th February, twenty-one In the Practical ExaminatIOn or e~ I_ficae e Over thirt y cadets entered for Part II , candidates were su~esSf~19t~ut at~~~J n~'~ber of these is successfu l it is expected that which was held on alC C l ··fi t "A" course will be held, in which In str uctlO~ will next term a. speCial post- . ertllcavJarrant Officers of the Buffs. The idea of this will be largely be given by Officle lts at'~dthe administrati ve and other duties of an Infantry Platoon to give cadets some 1I1Slg 1 111 '.. C· t ·,ch is not normally pOSSible In the ontlngen . I S ff Comman der, wh . .. 18 h M . h by Major S. O. Jones, the Genera. ta The Contingent was vh,s'wt ed °Offi t anJ"~,any of "e problems arising out of training Officer for the O.T.e. at t e al ce, ' and clothing were discussed. . thO f an uncertainty and great difficulty has The Band h~wever has been revived The weather has made parades some IIlg 0 been experienced in ca~~mg ~ut adS~~f[~~~~~~,~ members of the band will remain keen under LICpl. Pratt, a~ It IS t °s~~re_ti me practices. If possible, a Drum-Major of the \'{'e~~;~~u::;n~\;me~e ~~~~u~ed to assist with the drill side of Band work. . Camp this year will be· at Tweseldown, near Aldershot, and as many as pOSSible should put their names down to go.

SCOUTS

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Our wo rk has been s,omewhat dri ve for ' Second Class badges an I Pb .. . g of the Easter holidays and an ambitiouS It is hoped to. run our Welsh tour ~t t le e~lJl~~~e increased and the junior troop sh~ws Finn.ish tour In the SummWeL ~ufo~~~;~et~ next term and its camping for the completIOn conslderable keenness. ~ I00. of much of the work of th iS Winter.

QUESTION: How many Creeds are there? ANSWER: Two: the Apostles' and the Virgin 's Creed. QUESION: What is a Sacrament? ANSWER: A Holy Article. hat do you know of Mount Carmel, Damascus? QUESTION: W d tl ophet to two of his ANSWERS: (i) Mount Carmel showed Elijah an a no ler pr .. ·th th ophets disciples. (ii) Mount Carmel is where Elijah had a competltlOn WI e pr of Baal. (iii) Damascus was a large desert where Christ was tempted.

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HOCKEY LIST OF FIXTURES, 1937 Dflle.

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30 FIR ST XI. .. . Home ". 13 Folkeslolle Optimists ',. 17 SI. Lawrence College, Ramsgate Home. Home .. . 18 K ent County X l Away .. . 20 SI. Edm und 's School '" '" Away .. . 27 Dover College '" MOil., Ma r. I S1. Ba rtho lomew 's Hospi ta l _. . Home. .., Home " . SaL, " 6 O.K.S. ". .. . .. . Away ... Mon. , " 8 Cran Jeigh School A Nurnberg X I . '" Home . Sat., Fcb. Thurs., " 13 Sat., " 18 Thurs., "

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COLTS ·Home XI. St. Lawrellcc College, Rarnsgate '" Lost 0 7 Sf. Edmu nd's School .. . ... Home ... Won 3 1 Dover College .. . ... ._..__ I H_o_m_e_._..__ .. _,, _.. _.. _..... .._" _. _• . .. 1st XI. Played 6: Won I , 2nd XI. Played 2 ; Won I ; Los t 5 ; Drawn 0; Goals For 7 · Colts' X I. Played 2 ; Won I ; Lost 0 ; Drawn J , Goa ls For 13 ; Goal s Aga in st 14. Los t I ; Drawn 0 ; Goa ls Again st I /. Goa ls For 3; Goa ls Against 8.

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1ST X l MATCH ES K ING'S SCHOOL, CANT ER B URY

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T his match, played o n Birley's, o n February 13th, resulted in a win for the School by I goa l to nil. T he ground was definitely ve ry sticky and diffi cult to play o n, maki ng play extremely hard work fo r both sides, as well as app reciably Slowing the game down. An openi ng attack by the St. Lawrence fo rwa rds a ll but resulted in a n ea rly goa l and the School defence was in d ifficulties on severa l occasions. LHte r the School forwa rds pressed ha rd a nd Lovelace, wit h nobody to beat but the goa l-keeper, was unfo rtu nate not to Score. At half-time neither side had scored a nd both tea ms were feeling the strai n of the hea vy going. T he seco nd ha lf opened wi th a pro lo nged School attack a nd Page, play ing righ twing, Scored a n excellent goa l high into the net wit h a flick -shot, well within th e circie. T he remainder of th e ga me was rat her slow and it was di fficult to say wh ich side really had the ad va ntage. St. Lawrence made desperate a nd almost successfu l attempts to eq ua lise, but the School backs, by hard hitti ng to the wi ngs, gave nothing away, a nd when Ihe whistle fi nally went St. Lawrence had failed to SCore. This was a very grati fy ing win as th e School had had li ttle practice owing to ill ness. The School forwa rds made severa l very promising movements but we re rat her slow in fo rm . Ma llarie played well in the half-line, and Wauton. Both backs shewed excellent shooting.

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THE CANTUARIAN The follo win g represented the School :- Q. Brown, J.B.O. Grigson, A. E. M. Stevenson, C. H . B. Wauton, M. M. Mallorie, K. R. Henshaw, D. Page, R. F. W. Grindal, A. H. Lovelace, W. H. Ha yes, H. P. Wortham. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V KENT

This match was played on February 17th and resulted in a win for the visitors by two goals to one. Owing to heavy rain just before the match it was at first doubtfu l whether play was possible, but after an inspection of the pitch it was decided that the match should take place. The Kent X I started dangerously and were soon pressing the School goal. Their centre-forward being unlucky on several occasions not to score. The School forwards seemed unable to find their form and were rarely anywhere near the visitors' goal. Just before half-time a muddle between the goal-keeper and a back enabled our opposing forwards to flick the ball in. The second half started disastrously for the School and almost immediately the visitors' centre-forward had again scored with a fast shot which easily beat the goal-keeper . and Grigson had to go off with a cut face. However, from now onwards the School forwards began to press hard and Lovelace put in a fast one to make the score 2-1. For the rest of the game the School played well, but largely owing to the state of the ground, which towards the end of the game was very sticky, were unable to score. The halves of the Kent XI were very good and demonstrated admirably how an attack can be stopped by clever covering-up. The School played well, especially in the latter part of the second half. The defence was quite sound, but the halves were rather inclined to clear to their opponents rather than to their own side. The fo llowing represented the School :- Q. Brown, J. B. W. Grigson, H. M. Sargisson, C. H. B. Wauton, M . M. Mallorie, K. R. Henshaw, D. Page, R. F. W. Grindal, H. H. Lovelace, W. N. Hayes, H. P. Wortham. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

ST. EDMUND'S

This match was played on Thursday, February 18th, on the St. Edmund's ground and resulted in a win for St. Edmund's by I goal to nil. After a few minutes' play on an already water-logged ground, it began to rain heavily. Both sides seemed affected by weather conditions and the game was inclined to be rather scrappy. At half-time both sides had been attacking about equally and had both failed to score. At the beginning of the second half the School defence was heavily pressed on many occasions, but managed to hold St. Edmund's in check. Eventually the St. Edmund 's' right wing scored from a good but doubtful shot. This goal was unfortunate for the School and it seemed to have a demoralising effect on the side. The School were unlucky not to score several times during the last quarter of an hour, but the ground was so rough that it was almost impossible to hit the ball hard at all. The School forwards lacked dash and were rather slow in keeping up to the attack and they would have done better to shoot without delay. On the whole the School were most unlucky to lose. The following represented the School :- Q. Brown, J. B. W. Grigson, H. M. Sargisson, C . H. B. Wauton, M . M. Mallorie, K. R. Henshaw, D. Page, R. F . W. Grindal, A. H . Lovelace, W. N. Hayes, H. P. Wortham.

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. ' ANTERBURY V at Cranlelgh, the home team I.

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~~:ee~~~b:~?~;~:sf~~:;~~~~~~~:~I;t~~,t1in~ngo~~~~I: l~f~I~~~se o~~e~~l~~:ffi,~!;r~ S The seco!'d half was a more evenly con tested tJ:.. . d:lae;al PI~mlslng movements in the School forwa~d:'fa~~~h / he ball swinging abo ut well .

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ranlelgh again scored, making the SCore 3-n~i wi . ? ut hal f way through the second half On the whole the School la ed . , l1Clit lemamed untli the end of the game forw~rd.s knew the va lue of m~ssYatta~~lt:n~e~ a.g.aJn~t a defi~ itely superior team whos~ ck tOd sleze oPl'0rtu nities . A disappomtlng feature of the game was the failure or";~ The fo llowin re re e 0 1wal S In shootmg. Stevenson C H '~WP sen ted the School :- Q. Brown J B W G' , • • D . a uton M M Mall .' K . ' . . . n gso n A E M A. H. Lovelace, W. N . Hay~s, 1>, T~w~se~~l.e, . R, HenShaw, D. Page, R. F. W. Gri~da l~

. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V THE 0 K Th iS match was played on March I st, on Birle ' . .S. by 4 goals to 2. Tbe game opened q 't b" kl ~ s and resulted m a win for the 0 K S }~~n~l~f~hess of Ithe ground. Quite eau:l; inIl:h/g~~~ l~v~I~" swingidn g about well d~spit~ e goa -mouth and when Ha d ce Score through a mele . a useful lead. However, the O.K.S. ~~:s~~~r~ar~oon after we seemed to have establis~~~ :~~n c:h~e[el~~~ h~?f brepeated this again before ha~f-~il~eo~~r t~ta~et!lt;e-forward scored a

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th The O.K.S. forwards were now combin ing mu h b . . . e centre-half, were covering up excellen t! B' c ettel, whlist the,,' hal ves especiall [~~\edgi';fic~~;l~t ~?I~ing ~ut to dear a batf"and II~ftnth~h~o~~h~f~ goal-keeper: unhap~il~ an

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WIth a very fast shot. Neither side sc' W~lO deveIly beat the backs enabled hi7n to pay was very scrappy. Ole agam and towards the end of the game The School played quite well and W' ~ The forwards were rather inclined I ele un ortunate not to do better tban h . have scored more prolifically than t?he~~i~orcefulness in driving the attack home a~de~~~; C HT~ following represented the School :- Q. Brown J B W . M · Mpallorie, K. R . Henshaw Page" W,~onW' H · M. Sargisson, G nndal, A . H. , . . ayes, H . . Wortham. ' ""

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTBRBURY v NiiRNBBRG XI IS match, played on Birle ' M . by. 4 goa ls to 3. The game a ~n~d O~ith arch 8th, resulted 111 a win for the German team Nurnberg forward s, who playict fa st hard ~-1(Olonged attack on the School goal by the ~h:~ :~~~~ offSi t rules. Before half-tim~ t'h;;~ahdo~~~~e~~gr~idtnot botber themselves flick the ball .on t e goal after tbe hit had been taken gave the i~s'dm~s, °hnce off a corner !D. I e fIg t the chance to Th'

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In the second half the School found their real form and pressed very bard. Page centred well from the right wing and enabled us to put on two goals before a fourth was scored by the Nii rnberg centre-forward, who deverly beat the backs and the goalkeeper. This was the on ly occasion in the second half when the School goal was in danger. G rindal scored a third goa l befo re the wh istle finally went and in the last few minutes we were unfortunate in not scoring again.

The School forward s lacked cohesion in the fi rst half, but in the second they combi ned much better and the resulting movements proved their formidability. T he defence was quite sound, but Brown in goal seemed rather unsighted at times. The' following represented the School :- Q. Brown, J. B. W. Grigson, H. E. M. Stevenson, C. H. B. Wauton, M. M. Mallorie, K. R. Henshaw, O. Page, R. F. W. Grindal, A. H. Lovelace, W. N. Hayes, P. Townsend . 2ND

XI MATCH ES

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v ST. LA WRENCB 2ND Xl

This match was pla yed away, 011 Satu rday, 13th February, reSUlting in a win for the

School by 6 goals to 4. After heavy rains the field was fairly sodden acco un ting for the large score. Within five minutes of the bulley St. Lawrence succeeded in scoring owing to an error of judgement by our backs, St. Lawrence attacked again and were again successful in scoring from a good movement. The School, however, ralLied well and after a bout a quarter of an hour Chetwynd-Pahner pushed the ball in from a melee in front of our opponents' goa l. Play was then very even, the ball swinging from one end of the field to the other. The School aga in scored through Townsend and a hard shot from Spencer put us one up, thus the score at half time was three goals to two in our favo ur. St. Lawrence took up the attack immed iately after play was res umed and quickly scored a good goal following it up with one from a short corner. A second rally was called for from the School and again Spencer succeeded in scoring, making the score four all. Swinging the ball well, the School finally scored another two goals before the end , one by Spencer and the other by Townsend . T he following represented the School :-C. C. Hooper, H. M. Sargisson, R. A. Armstrong, R. J . Holden, A. M. Dean, M. N . Lumb, W. T. Lock, M. C. A. Spencer, P. Townsend , P. M. Chetwynd-Palmer, D. S. Hearne. KING 'S S CHOOL, CANTERBURY V ST. EDMUND'S 2ND XI This match was played on Birley 's, on Thursday, 18th February a nd resulted in a draw, each side having scored seven goals. This amazing match was played in heavy rain for the most part making cond itions most unpleasant. T he School started strongly and should have scored in the very beginn ing when a very good movement was spoiled by poor shooting. St. Edmund's broke through ou r defence some ten minutes after the beginning after a free hit and scored a good goa l in the corner of the net, however, we immediately equalised through Chetwynd-Palme r. Play then settled down until Townsend, taking full advantage of a mistake of Oll r opponents' backs, put the ball in the corner of the net. We we re unable, however, to keep our lead, for St. Edmund 's scored th ree goals in quick succession, thereby leading by fou r goals to two at the interval. Immediately after, however, the forwa rds combining much better than they had in the first half, made several openings, scorin g twice through Hearne a nd Chetwynd-Palmer. St. Edmund 's we nt 127

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ahead again scoring from a free hit just outside the circle, but a lmost immediately afterwards Spencer timed a nice shot ri ght into the corner of the goal. Then for the first time the School went ahead, scoring twice through Hea rne and Lock. The score remained at 7- 5 in our favour until ten minutes before the end, when St. Edm und 's rallied very well and scored two quick goa ls, making the score once aga in level, which it remain ed to the end . The following represented the School :- C. C. Hooper, R. A. Armstrong, T . N . Donaldson, R. J. Holden, M. N. Lumb, A. M. Dea n, W. T . Lock, M. C. A. Spencer P. Townsend, P. M. Chetwynd-Palmer, D. S. Hearne. COLTS' MATCHES The Colts played two out of their three matches this term . They lost the first, but made up for th is by winning the second. On Saturday, February 13th, they lost to St. Lawrence College Colts, 0- 7. The ground was in a very bad cond ition owing to the rain, but the team played very well in the first ha lf, o nl y letting the St. Lawrence forwards through to score twice. I n the second half the ground became steadily wo rse, and the St. La wrence forward s being the st ronger, managed to make the finishing sco re 0- 7. On Thursday, February 18th, the Co lts made up for their former defeat by beat ing St. Edmund 's School Colts 3- 1. The School started off in promising style in spite of the driving rain, and two quick goals in the first ten minu tes, Ste venso n scoring bot h times. There was no further scoring un ti l the second half, when St. Edmu nd 's broke through and caught the defence out of position and, after a tussle with the goal-keeper, managed to put the ball into the net. T hey made seveÂˇral attempts to brcak throu gh aga in but the strong and defiant defence put up by the backs, checked them cach time. Just before time, Paine added one more goal to the School's score an d put the iss ue beyo nd doubt. The Colts were selected from :- G. L. Clarke, H. R. R. Steele (captain), L. J. Heathcoat, J. 1. Mitchell, P. L. H. Lovelace, W. V. Gra ham, A. P. Bea le, B. E. E. Mars ha ll, L. A. Stevenson, P. S. Paine, H . D. Bell, J. K. Purvis, P. Gaastra. HOUSE MATCH FINAL The fina l round of the House Matches, between Marlowe House and Meister Omers, was played on Birley's, on 24th Febru a ry, a nd rcsulted in a win fo r Meister O mers by 3 goa ls to 2. Play was very scra ppy in the first half, ch iefly because of the wetness and stickiness of the ground. Meister Omers, by virtue of their sllperior side, had soon scored and at half-time the score was 3- nil in their favour. tn the second half, however, alterations were made in the Marlowe HOllse forwards with immediate results. Lovelace scored after a melee in front of the goa l and the Meister Omers forwards were un a ble to penctrate the Marlowe House defence. A second goa l from Lovelace and a vigorous attack from the Marlowe House forwards gave rise to hopes of equalising amo ngst the supporters of the la tter. But when the whistle fina ll y went Marlowe House had not scored again and Meister Omers won by 3 goa ls to 2. RETROSPECT Although far from bei ng successful, th is year's hockey season has not been so disappointing as results might seem to suggest. An exceedingly promising start gave rise to hopes which were no t fu lfilled : yet our worst defeat was when we lost to Cranleigh by 3 goa ls to nil; and we were defin itely unlucky in not winning, or alleast not drawing, on several occasio ns. ,.8

p TI-I E CANTU ART /\ N . h forward line which was youn g and h· f weakness of the side la y '" t e abl ~ At least we may rest inex~~feIlCce~, but WhiChh,b(t~l:f~~~~~~ro~~O~}I~ Fuetu~~;e~~f arc '" well and'trulY laid ." hapPY in the assurance t a 1ST XI CHARACTERS r bl

h ye r who always could be :gu'tdhbe a tft *K. R. HENSHAW trusted to WOI I t have such bad weat er, W I . II As Captain , he was unfortunate ~ ite of this he kept the team together qUite we . n . d h .d-hittin g back. His stick-work ctifficult to get a Side together, I P . al . I b k) A greatlY-llnpl ove *J. B. W. GRIGSON (R l g ~t- ~Ctobe put off in a ti ght position. was very good. Inc me f . t . being ill during the greater part . h b k)- Was un ortun,\ e 111 . *A E. M. STEVENSON (R ig t-Iac back Cleve r with his slIck. bl . A very re Ia e . h of the season. . H" s Slick-work was rat er . . g)- Pla ed brilliantly on occaSIOns. I *0. PAGE (Rl gh t:wlll ShOtitd be very good next yea r. uncertam at times. " C ould use his stick to great WAUTON (Ri ght-half)- A very harct- work lll g half. *c. H. B. . W a t to foul when pressed . ad va ntage. as , p I I kept the ball too much to himself. · ·ct) Was rather sow ane .' I *W N HAYES (Lef t-1I1 S1 e W Id I ave done better on dner PltC les. .. k ery good ou 1 I Stick-wor was v . .. II ·tl the forwards and knew t le . h . ·d) Com billed velY we WI 1 k * R. F. w. GRINOAL (R ~ g ~- II1 S I ~ather slow in the circle. Fair stick-war, " va lue of accurate P,lSS ll1 g. . " " b f . the end of the season hiS bnlhantly, but e Ole. k 1'" If)- Began d· d C ce btlt 'lpl to lag 111 the attac . M . M . M ALl ~ORIE (Centred ff Very goo 111 elen ' . play had droppe 0 . t • u ' in an attack. Hi s Slick-work _ ., (C ntre-forward)- Was often no P A. H. LOVELACE e db . . good next yea r. was clever. Shoul e vel y . I k" . ' \l1d was apl to be uncertain .) L' ked expen ence as a goa - e~pel , Q. BROWN ~Goa l -keepel S h 't~d be quite good with practice. in clearing the ball. ou .. I Could centre the ball well. Left wing)- Came into the Side vel y ate. p. TOWNSEN D ( Rather slow. *Colours.

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STEEPLECHASES . . . Stee lechases were unable to be Owing to wea ther and i llnes~ the JU~;o~tl~stS~~~~~s rac~ were still at the ~ChOOlt ear Seven o ut of the 1St elg l came 1st and 2nd respectively, an so I run th IS Y . Cl k d W C Young who including J. H. ar an . . , . d there ought to hav e been a fast race. . . f the Juni or competitors, an appeared the most prOlnIS1l1g 0 . ) Heathcoat L." , "I "tion to hun ';'ould ha ve been htt e OppOSI . H . waS revived and was due to . h with the South London arners A croSS-country ma tc b t this also had to be scratched . h u take place on FebrualY 6t, 1.g

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CRICKET PROSPECT There is hope of a Succe f I mem bers of the 2nd XI a nd ss u season, fo r fi ve of last yea r 's side. . keep er is needed The ft ' Id · th e Colts have had ex perience o f 1st XI l em~m, a nd several Wanderers. · e Ing m ust be IInpro ved. The re is a new fi t I~atc es. A wicketx Ule agaIn st Sandhurst LIST OF FIXTU RES, 1937 Dale May 8

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F.IRST X I Opponellts

St. Lawrence e.c. M. C.C. M,ercha nt Taylors' School HIghgate School

Free Foresters Sulton Valence School

Eas tbourne College St. Lawrence Thu rsday Dover College K.C.S., Wimbledon St. Edmund's School

SI. Lawrence, Ramsgalc Sa ndhurst Wa nderers Roya l Marines, Deal Band or Brothers

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THE CANT U ARI AN LIST OF FIXTURE S, 1937 Opponellls 22. St. Augustine's College 29. Tonbridge School .. . 5. Eastbourne Co llege .. . J I. Unive rsity College School Ha iJeybu ry Co llege ... S[\'I. , J l;;IC 19. Pu blic Schools' Cha llenge Cup Sat.. Jul y 24. O.K.S.... ... ... . ..

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On Wednesda y, Fe brua ry 10th , the School played Eastbourne College away a nd lost by 142 poin ts to 236. The ha rd est ga me of all was t ha t between Empso n (Eastbo urne) a nd Wa ut o n (King's), whic h the latter eventua ll y wo n on po ints by 15-8, 11 - 15. Spencer (King's) lost to Hep burn by 9-I S, 8- IS, Wo rtham (King's) by 12-1 5, O- IS to G irling and Hayes (Kin g's) to H o rto n by 14-1 6, 3- IS. The do ubles we re also los t altho ugh Wa uto n a nd Wo rtha m lost by the ba re ma rgin of 14- 17, 13-1 5 to H epburn a nd H orton. T he Sc ho ol suffe red conside rabl y thro ugh lac k of practi ce and we re handicapped by the differe nce in size a nd structu re of t he co urt. T he games were, however, closer tha n the score suggests. T he following rep resented the School :- C. H. B. Wa uto n, H. P. Wo rth a m, M. C. A. Spencer, W. N . Hayes. v KI NG'S SCHOO L, R OCHESTER On Wednesday, February 17th, th e Schoo l played Kin g's School, Roc hester, the 1st pa ir play ing a t ho me a nd the 2nd pair away. Roc heste r won by 134 poi nts to 72. Owi ng to hockey the fi rst three playe rs were unab le to play a nd so it was rath er a scratc h side whi ch th e Sc hool pu t in th e field . Spe ncer a nd Go uldsbury, as 1st pair, started co nvinci ngly, but later Roc heste r became accusto med to o ur co ur t and wo n th e next three ga mes in a row. T he second pair were unused to such a small co urt as tha t a t Roc hester a nd fo und great diffi culty in se ttlin g d ow n. The full res ults we re as fo llows 1ST PAI R- Lees a nd Prin g ( Roc hester) beat Spe ncer a nd Go uldsbury, 14-1 6, IS-1 2, IS-3, 15-5. 2ND PAII<- Armstro ng a nd Pay nter (R oches te r) bea t Youn g and Pletts, IS-II , I S-9, IS-3, IS-S, IS-8. TH E SCHOOL

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On Thu rsday, Fe brua ry 25t h, the School played St. Edmund 's a t ho me a nd wo n by 70 po ints to 48. The first pair never loo ked li kely to lose a ltho ugh they slac kened off afte r the first ga me to suc h a n ex te nt that they lost the seco nd ga me throu gh not going full out the wh ole time. The 2nd pair wo n very co mforta bl y, th eir oppo ne nts never quite sett ling dow n to a sli ghtl y di ffe re nt ga me to th at to whi ch they were accusto med. The School were stro nger in t he ra llies but the visito rs' services we re good a nd at fi rst rathe r tro ubled th e School. The full sco re was as fo llows :1ST PAIR- C. H. B. Wa uton a nd W. C. Yo un g (King 's) bea t A . S. D . Ford e r a nd M. A . Davies, IS-9, 10- IS, 15-13. 2ND PAIR- W. P. Wo rth a m a nd M. C. A . Spencer (King's) bea t J. I, Owen and P. N. Screeto n, IS-4, 15-7,

THE CANTUARlAN 1ST PAIR V RUGBY FIVES ASSOCIATION On Sunday, March 7th, the School played the R.F.A. The co urt had lea ked a little but it was not rea lly a ny the Worse for the rain . The School played quite well, but th e visitors were the stro nge r and dese rved to win. The School lost the first two games, the first to 13 and th e second to 9. The first game was close and keenly Co ntested. T he School then rallied and won th e nex t ga me to 9, but then relapsed a nd lost the last ga me to 45. 8. The R.F.A., represented by J. G. W. Davies a nd M. Barnes, thus won by 54 points The fOllowing represented th e School :--C. H. B. Wa ut on, H. P. Wortham. KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY I' DOVER COLLEGE On Wednesday, March 10th, th e School played Dover College away a nd lost by 176 points to 189) . The points sco red by the Colts we re hal ved. Tn th e singles Wauton (King's) bea t Merriman (Dover) fairly easil y by 15-10, 17- 14. Dawes (Dove r) beat Wortha m (King's) by 15-7, 15- 10. Spence r also lost his singles but Hayes (King's) beat Turner (Dover) On points by 17-19, 15- 1. Bell (King's) beat his Opponent, a very much larger pla ye r, by 15-13, 15-1 2, but Goudge (King's) lost his match by 3- 15, 9- 15. The form shown by th e Colts was most promising a nd that by Bell especia lly so. In the doubles Wauton and Wortham los t to Merriman a nd Dawes by 11-1 5,9-1 5. The co urt was very wet and th e game was largely one of luck and chance. Spencer a nd Ha yes wo n th eir doubles on points by 15-7, 17- 19. The form shown by the School was most satisfactory, but th ey were severely handicapped Âˇ by the many differences in the stru ctu re of the COUltS, es peciall y the higher boa rd on the fro nt wall. It is hoped to have a ret urn match nex t year in Oll r Own COurts . The following represented the School :_ 1st Pair: C. H. B. Wauton, H. P. Wortham. 2nd Pair : M. C. A. Spencer, W. N. Hayes. Colts' Pa ir : H. D. Bell, J. B. Goudge. Next ho lidays we are sending two pairs in for the Public School Championships to be held at the Hampstead Co urts, beg inning April 5th. We wish them eve ry success. For the afirst timefi xture. we are playing the O.K.S. at Fives this yea r. It is hoped that it wi ll become yearly

BOXING On accountwere of illness, the Club took rather a long time to ge t go ing. the attendances creditable.

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Some innew of boxing therope rin g.a nd corner pads ha ve been bought, which greatly increase the safety The Shortness of the term only a llowed one fixture to be arranged. This was against Dover College, and was won by seven bouts to four. The standard of boxing Was rather lower thanperformance. usual, and the training of the team was not very gOOd. But it was a credilabJe UNDER ST.-Thorpe (K.S.C.) very close fight. and keep his 7blows straighter, and hisWon heada up.

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U NDER 7 ST. 7 lBs.- Goudge (K.S.C.) boxed very confidentl y to win, getting inside his opponent's guard in the first round, and shaking his man with hard blows to the body. UNDER 8 sT.- Good footwork and sound judge ment turned the scale in favour of Blac k (K .S.C.). He would ha ve do ne better if he had attacked more. UN DER 8 ST. 7 LBs.- Under-trainin g on the pa rt of B. H . Brackenbury (K.S.C.) resulted in/ a win fo r th e Dover man. Brackenbury would ha ve done better if he had kept som e of his energy fo r the late r rounds. U NDER 9 ST.- P. F. Lucas (K.S.C. Ca ptain) showed great skill and good style to beat a very ga me fighter in Bond (D.C.); he used a powerfu l right to the body, in one of the best fights of the day. UNDER 9 ST. 7 UlS.- The reversed style and heavy coun ter-punches of P. A. Gou ldsbury (K.S .C.) did much to gain hi m a well-earned victory, over an opponent who shone more in defence than attac k. UNDER IO ST.- This was a dog-fight a ll the way, both contestants being in excellent condition . J. H . Clark (K.S.C.) did very well to beat a good adversa ry. U NDER 10 ST. 7 LBS.- D. G. Carter (K.S.C.) was unlucky in the verdict in an extremely good fight with Anderso n, the Dover Capta in. Carter too k a hard right in the first round, but stuck to his man very pluck ily. UN DER II ST.- G iving away half a stone, D. A. Wilkinson was unlucky in chipping a knuckle in the fi rst round; but in spite of this, fought an excellent bout. UNDER II ST. 7 uls.- The reversed style of Sargisso n (K.S.C.) went a long way in ga ining him victory over No rman (D.C.). H SAVYWEIGHT.- K . T. G raham (K.S.C.) was outboxed by Roe (D.C.), the fight being stopped in the first round .

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On 7th December, 1936, an assault-a t-arms was held against Wye College, at Wye. The School wo n easily, that is to say by 16-9 fights. The follo wing represented the Schoo l :- G. N . B. Pletts, T. G. Yearwood, W. N . Ha yes, R. F. W. Grin dal and R: Corben. K. R. M. Sandford was unable to fight and so there were no sabre bouts.

LENT TERM, 1937 This term it was decided that there should be no defin ite Fencing Club, but that anyone who so wished, should be allowed to turn up io the evenings. to illness there was not much fenc ing in the ea rlier part of th e term .

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Sergeant Osborn proved very useful in coaching a sabre team in such a sho rt time. On 10th March , an assault-at-arms was held against Manston aerodrome, and resu lted in a loss for the School. T he School won the foil bouts by 9 to 7 fights, a nd lost the sabre by II to 5, making a total loss of 18 to 14 fi ghts. However, valuable ex perience was gained by the sabre team, which should, in the near future, become very good. The fo llowi ng represented the School in foil :- G. N . B. Pletts, T . G. Yearwood, R. F. W. Grindal K. R. M. Sandford. And the following in sabre :- G. N. B. Pletts, K . R. M. Sandfo rd, R. Corben and J. M. B. Pratt. On Wedn esday, 17th Ma rch, the School is sending a team of five foilists to R.M.A., Woolwich, and in the holidays a team of six are entering for the Public Schools' Championship. We can but wish them every success. "33

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CORRESPONDENCE To the Editors of " Dear Sirs,

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What a magnificent production is the new Canluarian. As the pleasure of read ing each term's issue waned with the natural omission of reference to people r knew, on ly a

sense of loca l pa triotism made me wade th ro ugh the rat her dowdy pages of the old issue. But the first number of the new issue is worth reading, bright, interesting, and attractive' ' a nd makes one feel more than ever that there is so mething to come back a nd see. There are a few O.K.S . here: two Tounend brothers, one in business and one in the LC.S . I suppose one of these is the doyen of O. K.S. in Calcutta: a nd two others I run up against on infrequent occasions,

Best of luck for the Triangulars. Yours sincerely, R. C. ROBERTS. To the Editors of " T H B CANTUA RIAN." Dear Sirs, First, congra tulations on your recklessness. School magazines and their readers are known as a model of diehard conservatism. It does yo u credi t, at last, to have sha ken off yo ur fetters a nd emerged into compa rative freedom. No one will deny the improvement in your type and for mat. Don't be satisfied with your new cover ; it is only a tra nslation of the old one, a nd none too well balanced. Experiment. Make your artists produce a new design each term. And don't think yo u must have the Cathedra l, or even the School crest. We all know their significance, a nd fam iliarity tends to pa ll. What is im porta nt is to see that the School is train ing minds as well as bodies to be lively and alert, that art as well as science is occupyi ng you. We know that you can act" Hamlet," and " Richard of Bordea ux": but yo u wi ll try so meth ing else next time. Wh Y-not a fres h face each year on The Cantuarian, too? And that brings me to the next poin t in my ex hortation. Can 't you improve the substance of the magazine? You must, presumably, devote a certain space to the " gazette"; but even here yo u can liven things up. Take Howard Marsha ll or Nevi lle Cardus as yo ur model. Try to make the reporting of ga mes, and lectures, at least as exciting as they were in fact. Still, reports are dead matter co mpa red with the ind ividual a rticles yo u should print. It is by these that you r quality will be j udged, a nd you have started badl y. Of your 84 pages yo u allot 5 to individual work, and even in those there is far too much pastiche. You have no pen and ink drawings, or caricatures, no wood- o r lino-cuts- and remember that these cost nothing to reproduce. Yo ur photogra phs need glazed pa per ; it is waste of money to pay fo r hal f-tone blocks and usc ord ina ry paper. And, above all, yo u must discover photographic a rtists a nd not be content with hack neyed groups and themes. ' All this costs money, I know, but you obviously have considerable reso urces. One more constructi ve sugges tio n. D o n 't confine yo urselves to narrow "Schoo l " interests. School fails if it does not look conti nually towards the outside wo rld . You yo urselves go to plays and film s, read books, move among buildings. o ld and new, listen to music, are taught history, economics, politics: yo u watch every day the effort a nd fa ilure of science a nd religion to civilise the world. Haven't you a ny ideas a nd opinions a bout all this? What matter if they 're often immature, violent a nd even a bsurd; yo u are editing a school

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. f h worshi pful society of orthodogmatists. Make The magazine, not a Journal a t e Pa nnie old bo hood a nd more of a guara ntee that Cantuarian less the preserve of a pe~~r and the alni'ost appalling weight of its traditions, one public School, despite ItS ~enera e. age C rm can be sensitive to the future It IS helplllg to 0 . With all good wishes, G . H. CLAY POLB (Editor 1909- 12). I' I . d for 'he valuable and COlls'ructive suggestions, [We are most gra' efulfor ' us ettel ~n cannot agree with all our Correspondent's ie many of whlcl~ ~e wlll j'Y t:~ {~~~~~mb:" ;~~,tained about 15 pages of original work, and contentIOnS , 10~ ~xamp.e, ~ , .. r. SSI'onal " hotographs. Tn any case, as an ex-Ed/tOl, 4 original, as .d,stmct fi OIy Pl 011 t I~t which we do not intend to rest complacent; he will appreciate 'hat we love ma e a sUe' rightly disgruntled apathy of our readers alld that it has not, been easY t7 tlverc~eRE financia l restrictions; thaI. some cry "Give us potential contributors; tha lere I " vhile others' one desire is' Art/or Art's sake'! Plans, match accounts and tea;,n~ho''!as.;n ta' have converted most of the disgraceful journalese .. ,' and that"though I~e cqn.la~1 Y c I "d rammaticall correct English, it is not so sUrI.ple that we somelllnes recelve lilt a Jeadab~ a~kef Match to s(;p naturally into the styles practised to persuade S,!"itli MillO:,. rep?rt~nglq. IS rt For our pdrls incidentally, we would rather imitate â&#x20AC;˘ by two experienced SPOlt1n.g lOUlno IS . Bernard Darwin than NeVille Carelus.- Eds.]

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the authority responsible (I accuse th e Headmaster) has been at pains to bring in every single emendation which has been suggested. Size, Illustrations, Plan of Precincts and Rectification of the Arms-all have been carefully thou ght out and introduced . Not only this: but there are also the very cordial and welcome messages to O.K.S. which the Headmaster has been sending out along with the Term's Agenda. For all these thoughts and actions, I feel I may spea k for all O .K.S. this side of the world when I express a cordial vote of thanks. Yours sincerely, J. H. SMITH. P.S.- Should anyone ha ppen to refer to my letter re the Arms in the December number, he might note that the positions given therein refer to the positions on the o ld cover. Possibly you may find a space on your last page to mutate th e mutanda as rega rds the positions on the new cover. One thing I do regret and that is that there has been no change in that jejune motto" Age Dum Agis. " But acting On it I wish to " Agitare dum agitas. " Who invented it? Who imported it ? Where from ? Why? I hope o thers will join in my agitation. "Ex Viribus Virtus " would not be poaching on other preserves. J.H.S. [We think that" Age dum Agis " has become 100 much the accepled thing to be changed now, even if a change is desirable. Besides, {(, as we believe, it was Dr. Fie/d 's introduction, surely il is hardly the Ihing 10 change it as SOOI/ as he is prel'enled by dealh ji'om defending it.- Eds. ] [The subject of the Arms has rather exhausted us- Heraldry is even more cOInplicaled than lVe Ihought I-Eds. ]

To Ihe Editors of " THE CANTUARIAN." Sirs, I should like to take this opportunity of thankin g Mr. Olsso n for his kindness in coaching the 1st and 2nd Elevens, and also Clinch who has been most considerate with us despite appalling weather conditions and has given us such excellent pitches. I am, Sirs, Yours, etc., K . R. H ENSHAW,

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The Hon . Secretary begs to acknowledge receipt of the following, with apologies for any accidenta l mistakes or omissio ns :-

Artisls' Rifles Gazelle, Blue, Blundellian, Burian, City of London School Magazine, Cla vinian, Dovorian, Eastbournian, Elevaton, Elizabethan, E.P. S.A. Quarter/y, Fe/sledian ,

Glenalmond, Haileyburian, The i mpala, Johnian, Lancing Col/ege Magazine, Leys Fortnightly (6), Limil, Mar/burian, M elear, Middlesex Hospital Joul'/lal, Olavian, Ousel, Queen 's College, BNtish Guiana, Rad/eian, Reptonian, Rydlian, Rojfensian, Saint Edward's School Chronic/e, Shirburnian, Sky/ark, SUflOI1 Valence Magaz ine, S.S.M. Quarterly, Victorian.

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CALENDAR begin s. S B V' Jan. 19. Term 24. SEPTUAGESIM A. Preacher: The Rev. Dom Bernard Clements, O .. ., Icar of A ll Saints, Marga ret Street, London. "Southampton Docks," H. G. Davis, Esq . 25. CONVERSION or ST. PAUL. . 26. .. Ghosts in Literature," Miss Clemenc.e Da,n,e. Th e Oxford University ArctiC 3 1. SEXAGESIM A. Preacher : The Chap Iam. Ex pedition, " R . Moss, Esq . PURIFI CATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MA RY. . Feb. 2. " Medireval Natural History," Surgeon-Captarn K. H . Jones, R.N. d 4. QUINQUAGESIMA. "Sudan R~,:,iniscences," The ~~. Hon. Viscount Hawar en. 7. Canterbury, 1936, S. W. BlIgh, Esq. 9. SHROVE T UESDAY. Cinema: 10. ASH WEDNESDAY. 1st Fives Pair v Eastbourne College (Away). 13. 1st Xl I' St Lawrence College, Ramsgate (Home); 2nd XI v St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate (Away); Colts' XI I' St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate

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Preacher: The Rev. G . Kea bl e, Rector of St . George's, Canterbury. . K ' 's h I R hester 1st Xl v A Kent XI (Away); 1st Fives Parr v 109 s c 00" oc . ) 1st Xl v St. Edmund's School (Away); 2nd XI v St. Edmund s School (Home _ " From Pit to Fireplace," Rev. F. W. Cobb, O.K.S. IlND SUNDAY IN LENT. ST MATTHIAS, A. AND M. Addresses to Confirmands bbY F r. ppriddhha m, SS·SS·JJ·EE· School Concert Addresses to Confirmands y r. n am, . . . . . . . IJIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher : The Rev. R . D. Middleton, Rector of

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Lower Hardres. . Confirm ation by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. bt XI v O.K.S. (Home). Vi~-Wells OperatIc Recltalm the Chapter House. Certificate "A" ExammatlOn. House Concert: School House. 1st XI v Cranleigh School (Away). IVTH SUN DAY IN LENT. The Grange H~us~ Concert. House 1st Fives Pair v Dover College; Colts FIves Pair v Dover College. Concert: Walpole Ho use. . H'II H C ert· Boxing Match v Dover College. PASSION SUNDAY. Preacher : The Rt. Rev. Bishop J. C . I. ouse onc Meister Omers. Fencing v R.M.A., Woolwich. " What Money is and does," The Rt. Hon. Lord Northb,~urnef b H Sha tes ury omes PALM SUN DAY. Preacher: The H eadmaster. Cmema: and Aretllusa Training Ship. " MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK. C II T b 'dge TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK. Triangular Sports-Eastbourne 0 ege, on n School, King's School (Home). WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK. End of Term.

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EDITORIAL Outside the door of the Grange, by the tennis courts, there is a block of stone, crude, weatherworn and useless, a shelter for black ants and white writhing worms. . We do not know how it came there ; perhaps the builders rejected it for its incompatible shape, when they were working there three and thirty years ago. Certainly it has been there for five years, which is as long as the present generation of Editors can remember. It is in some sort a symbol. It has remained undisturbed while a long procession of boys and masters has come and gone. Maybe it was there when the ancient Saturday afternoon service was abandoned; maybe. it heard the angry talk when the Green Court railings were removed, and saw the guns in the Mint Yard come and go. lt is still there to hear talk of Signallers, Court Dress, and Purple Gowns, and to look over the tennis courts, very different from the courts it used to know. It lies there a granite tribute to the spirit of this place. Perhaps the School would look tidier if it were removed, a little more like other, newer schools, which boast material adequacy and little else; but, after all, it has been there a long time, it is quite an old friend, and so long as it does no actual harm- why, let it lie in peace. We were never wont here, in the quiet Precincts, to sacrifice kindliness and humanity to fierce efficiency. Rather than destroy venerable things of no immediate use we like to keep them as harmless pensioners on our good nature, as monuments to something better than the ignoble utilitarianism of to-day. 139

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MAJOR F. G. M UNNS Frederick George Munns was the eldest so n of the late Colonel E. Colye r Mu nns

of St. M a rtin 's Priory, Ca nterbury. H e was bo rn in 1853, and ente red the School in the time of Dr. Mitchinson. His chief cla im to d istinctio n du ring his Sc hool career rests upon his a th letic achievements. H e won ma ny cups for the qua rter-mile after he left School. H e went to St. Tho mas' H os pital, la te r j oined th e Cape M ounted Rilles, a nd served in the F irst Boer War a nd the Z ulu a nd Basu to Wa rs, a nd received a meda l. He a lso wo n th e Wimbl edo n G old Medal fo r rifle shootin g in South Africa . During th e Great Wa r he se rved as a specia l constable. H e wa s a very well-known spo rtsman in East Kent, bein g a fin e shot. a lso a very keen fi sherman, both ri ver and sea .

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H e always too k the greatest interest in th e School, es pecially in its achievements o n the rugger field. Ma ny genera tion s of O .K .S . must re member him a t the a nnua l matc h aga inst D over College, wa lking up an d dow n the touch line with his dogs. H e neve r missed th is ma tch until two yea rs ago, when he co uld not attend o n account of his health . P.F.L.

REV. C OLI N WI LLI A M CHARLES R EDM AN Colin R edma n was born in 188 1, e ntered the Scho?1 as a Day Boy in Septem ber, 1897 at the age of 16!, a nd m the course of three yea rs achieved a brr llia nt sc ho last ic ca reer. He passed t he F irst C lass Inter medi a te Exa min a ti o n fo r the Lo ndon B.A . a nd wo n a n Open Classical Scholarship a t Wad ha m College, Oxford. H e was also Seco nd School Ex hibitioner. A delica te constitutio n co upled with sho rt- sightedness prevented him achieving a ny pro min ence in games, th o ugh he spo rtin gly turned out o nce as a ru gger forwa rd fo r the Sixth Form against th e R es t o f the Sc ho ol.

At Oxfo rd , his life was one of hard work , stri ct ru le a nd sparta n simplicity. He att ained a First C lass in Class ical Honour Moderati o ns a nd would a lmost certa inl y have fo llowed this u p with a First in G reats, but for a n unfo rtunate breakdown in health fro m which he neve r full y recovered. Fo r the rest of his life he was obli ged to a vo id all mental stra in a nd fa tigue. O n leavi ng Oxfo rd, he ac ted as Private Secretary to the Recto r of Stepney a nd afterwa rds as an Assistant Mas ter at a school nea r Br isto l. Some yea rs late r he felt the ca ll to be a clergy man a nd after a short trai ning a t Kelham was o rd ained deacon in 1910 a nd , priest in 19 11. He served as cura te at St. J o hn's, Hack ney for nea rl y te n years and then a fter a brief period as C hap la in to t he Forces in Meso potam ia, felt th e call to the M i ssio ~ Field . H e served unde r the S.P .G . in Madagasca r fro m 19 10 to 1927 a nd during the la tte r part of this period was Wa rd en of a college fo r tra ining na ti ve clergy. III-hea lth terminated his service as a missionary and afte r brief spe ll s as Vi ce-Preside nt of D orchester Missionary College .and as cura te in his old pa ri sh a t Hac kney, he j o ined the cle rgy a t Southwell Mmster m 1929, beco mm g C ha pla m and su b~eq u en t l y Examm ing C haplain to the Bi shop. H ere he remalOcd untJ! hiS death, wo rkin g In cl ose co-opera ti on with D r. Field, for whom he had a very great admi rati on and almost fi lial affection. '40

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He was take n ill in Ma rc h and underwent an operatio n in London. Some friends took him to Crow borough to recuperate, but he had a sudden relapse and after a few days ' illness passed away hap py a nd se rene o n May 20t h, the fi rst a nn ive rsa ry of t he deat h of his fr iend, D r. F ield . His last thoughts were of little thin gs for ot he rs, suc h as sta mps fo r a boy at Southwe ll. Such was t he life of one who but fo r t he han d icap of ill-hea lth might well have ac hieved em inence. His was a truly noble and lovab le character. He was essentia lly gent le, pa tient, ki nd and tolerant. At the sa me time he had an enquiring mind and an inte nse love of truth and acc uracy. He possessed a keen sense of humo ur and a good natu ra l co ntempt for a ll sha m, hu mbug and exaggerat ion. A bove all , he was absolutely an d entirely stra ight. The present w riter has no means of judgin g the o utwa rd success of his wo rk as a cle rgyma n- in an y case th e least impo rta nt side of such wo rk- but he und ersta nds th at bo th fac ts an d lette rs tes tifi ed thereto. R.B- R.

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Capta in of the Schoo l : J . H. C LARK of School Ho use C. H . B. WAUTON of the Gra nge J. H . CLARK of Walpole House B. C. VICK8RY of Meister Omers A. M . DURNFORD K. R . H ENS HAW of Ma rl owe H ouse

MON ITORSJ. H . CLARK, A. M . DURNFORD, B. C. VI CKERY, D . G . GLENNIE, R. A. ARMSTRONG, C. H . B. WAIITON, K. R. HENSHAW H OUSE PREFECTS- . D. V. ALEXANDE R, D . S. H EA RNE, R. J. HO LDEN, R. S. WH A1.LEY, F. B. B. WOODS, W. C . Y ~ T he Gra nge: P. M . C HETWYND-PALMER, J. H . G lB", M . C. A~Sl'ENCE R, T. STAPLETON Wa lpoJ? House: J . W . BLACKMORE, K . T. GRA HAM, D . L. H URFORD, G. M. SCOTT, A. E. M. STEVENSON, D. A . WILKINSON, J. A. YOUNG Me ister O mers: M . B. CREED, R. F. W. G RI NDA L, N . C. KI NG, J . M . B. P RATT, H . P . WORTHAM Marlowe Ho use Q. BROWN, A . J. PHILLIPS, P. TOWNSEN D School Ho use:

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GENERA L PURPOSES COMMITTEEChairman: THE H EADMASTER Hon. Secretary: W. A. R. GORMAN, ESQ. H OIl . Treasurer: F. L. KIOO, ESQ. J. B. HARRIS, ESQ., A. M. OLSSON, EsQ., R. P. TONG, ESQ. , J. H. CLARK, A. M. DURNFORD, C. H. B. WAUTON, B. C. VI CKERY, R. A. ARMSTRONG, D. V. ALEXANDER, G. N. B. PLETTS, K. R. HE NS HAW, P. F. LUCAS, A. E. M. STEVENSON, W. C. YOUNG, R. E. JACI<.SON, D. L. HURFO!W

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM

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M. M. COURTNEY.- Entered School, Sept., '32; School House House Prefect, Sept., '36 ; 1st XV, '36; 1st IV, '36. P. A. GOULDSBURY.-Entered School, Sept., '33; Boxing Colours, Easter, '37. 1. B. W. GRIGSoN.- Entered School, Sept., '33; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '36; I st XI Hockey, '36, '37; 2nd XV, '36; 2nd Athletics, '37; Hon. Sec. Hockey, '37 ; Cpi., O.T.C., Sept., '35. B. J. WIG AN.-Entered School, Sept. , '31; Wa lpole House House Prefect, Summer, '3 5 ; School Monitor, Sept., '36; Hon. Sec: The Cantuarian, Sept., '36; Hon . Sec. Marlowe Society, Sept., '36. W. T . LOCK.-Entered School, Eas ter, '33; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '36; 1st XV, Sept., '36; 2nd XI Hockey, '37; P.T. Colours, '35, '36; L/Sgt., O.T.C., Sept.. '36.

VALETE K. R. Hayward, C. J. Player, J . H. K. Rowe, M. C. Sargent.

SALVETE P. A. St. C. Abbey, J. A. T. Blundell, G. P. Bradfield , J. S. Brett, C. A. B. Clemetson, 1. M. Cremer, B. E. Ellisdon, B. E. Fern, C. Goodridge, C. F. Joh nson, D. Lampard, 1. Â·A. Northover, A. D. Parsons, D. S. L. Paterso n, P. N. Porritl , R. A. J. Sindall, P. J. L. Sta rtup, G. L. Taylor, D. K. Welldon, D. Willsdo n.

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Our congratulations to : R. J. Holden and W. C. Young, J. H. P. Gibb and T. Stapleton, M . B. Creed, J. M. B. Pratt and N. C. Kin g on being appointed House Prefects. The following on being awarded their Boating Colours after the Medway Race:2nd IV- R. S. Whalley, J. H. P. Gibb, W. C. Young, R. Corben, J. S. Wayland. 1st IV- R. E. Jackso n, G . N. B. Pletts, R. S. Whalley.

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The following on being awarded their Cricket Colours after the St. Edmund's match : 2nd XI- W. M. Tilton, J. B. Goudge, G. A. Leman, D. G. Carter, J. Corben, A. M. Dean. 1st XI-W. M. Tilton, H. M. Sargisson. After the Royal Marines Match :2nd X l- R. W. Nash, P. F. Lucas, D. A. Wilkinson, G. Willsdon. 1st XI- T. N. Donaldson, D. G. Carter. B. C. Vickery on being awarded an Open Scholarship in Natural Sciences at Brasenose College, Oxford. D. G. Glennie on being awarded a Parker Exhibition at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. R. A. Armstrong on being awarded an Exhibition at Brasenose College, Oxford.

J. H. Clark on being awarded a Kitchener Scholarship. J. M. H. Sargent on being awarded a Kitchener Scholarship. Military Academy at Woolwich.)

(Both to tbe Royal

M. M. Courtney and W. T. Lock on passing into the Royal Navy, and thus, incidentally, preserving intact the School's 100 per cent. record in the" Services" examinations.

J. H. Clark on obtaining a "sta ndard " in the half-mile at the Public School Sports in April last. D. A. Wi lkinson on winn ing the hurdles in record time at the Southern Junior Championships and obtain ing a "standard " in the high jump; and on following that by winning the A.A.A. Junior Championship hurdles in record time (15'5 secs.) and coming third in the high jump. VISIT OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ROYAL On Sunday, June 27th, the School had the honour to provide two "guards" for H.R.H. the Princess Royal. The members of the Sixth Form, wearing their traditional and happily-revived ceremonial-dress, attended the Cathedral service and escorted the Princess Royal from the Cathedral to the Palace. There they waited her return, and, formed in a double line, bowed formally as she left the Palace grounds. Outside the West door was posted a Guard of Honour of Cadets, to greet Her Royal Highness as she came out of the Pa lace. The Guard gave the Royal Salute, and was then inspected by the Princess Royal, who asked several questions, and later graciously sent a message through

the Headmaster, sayiQg that she had been most favourably impressed with the members of the School whom she had seen, G reat crowds came to welcome Her Royal Highness, and many were impressed- as

who could not be ?- by the deportment of the Guard of Honour. (A man in the crowd nearby had to explain to hi s friend that the Cadets were not" Regulars "-" only boys, but very good ones!") But a sti ll greater impression must have been caused by the gentle echo of a tradition that the Scholars, in their black silk and white linen, are still cherishing; who could be indifferent to the grandeur of the setting for these picturesque proceedings, this touch of pageantry that recalled a little something of the School's history? '43

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T,R,H, T H E D UKE AND DUCHESS O F KENT Wedn esda y, Ju ly 14th was a grea t day fo r the Kin g's School, as it was a great day in Ca nte rbury; fo r the Duke and Duchess of Kent came o n a public visit, and the King's School was the re to we lcome them, In th e mo rnin g His Roya l Hi ghn ess o pe ned the fine new building that supersedes the o ld Hospita l, of whic h William Ca rter, O,K,S ,,* was an origina l founder and the dri ving force. It was perhaps natura l, on thi s day tha t looked to the future, that nothing sho uld be sa id of those who wo rked a nd built a hundred yea rs ago; but it was pleasant to see th e Scholars a nd th e G uard of Ho nou r the re to preserve the School 's lo ng con nectio n wit h the Hos pital. The sun shone as o nly a July Stln ca n, and there must ha ve been many who envied the Sen ior Schola rs th eir cool, proud sea ts to right and left o f th e Duke and Duchess, The Guard of Ho nour ha d a long marc h a nd a lo ng wait ; but th e Ba nd had played well , a nd the cont in gent enj oyed marchin g throu gh th e City to th e beat o f its own drum s an d the blare of its ow n bugles, a red a nd white a nd ga untl eted Drum-Major o ut in front!

At last th e co mm a nd : " Roya l Salute, Prese nt Arms !" The Duke inspected th e Guard, as kin g man y question s of the Officer Com ma nding and of Cadets. It mu st have been somethin g o f a temptati o n- whi ch eve ryo ne res isted- to stea l a sideways glance a t the Duchess of Kent, the Archbishop an d th e o the rs o f the Duke's party, stand ing a few feet away. So, w hen a ll was ove r, a ma rch bac k to Headq uarte rs through a thro nged Hi gh Stree t. The cxcitement had co mc a nd gone; irwas tim e to p ut the swords back in their sca b bards, th e buck led shoes in the ir boxes, Vet we wil l keep some hi gh-coloured impressions, , , , , , th e Du ke's un fo rced interest in everyo ne and eve ryt hin g, th e bla re of bugles, meda ls, ou r prog ram me-handing Sco ut s wit h ha ts a-flop, sum mer gow ns and the mult i-co lourcd hoods of th is deg ree a nd that. There a re th ose who wou ld ca ll this" a show." It is at least a show tha t has a meaning, fo r those who care to take it. The Scho lars of a Fo undati o n as o ld as Engli sh C hristianit y itself paid tribute to the represe nta ti ve o f a Mon a rchy which has suffered only constitutional c ha nge thro ugh a ll th e ups a nd d ow ns of hi story; and it was signi ficant th a t o ne of th e purposes of th e Duke's visit was the opening of a buildin g ded ica ted to the pursuit of Medic ine- the bui ld in g of a n ordered prog ress upo n t he c hequered past.

'DR, WILLIAM CARTER William Carter was born in 1755. He was the son of William Carter, of Canterb ury (who was a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, from 1735 to 1756) and Ann Buck. At the age of 11 he went to King 's School, Ca nterbury. He entered Oriel College, Oxford , on the 27t h March, t773, a nd became a Llidwell Exhibit ioner in 1774. He took his B.A. degree in October, 1776, hi s M,A, in t779, and M.D. in 1784. He married twice, his fi rst wi fe bearing him seven chi tdren of which the eldest, Henry William, went to Oriel College in 1803. He practised as a physicia n in Canterbury an d was main ly instrumental in esta bl ishi ng the Kent a nd Canterbu ry Hospita l. The foundation stone of the Hospital was la id on June 9th, 1791, by Sir Ed ward Knatchbull, Bart., Mr. George Gipps, Dr. William Carter and Mr. Will ia m Loftie. The Hospital had been built in the fa ce of fierce opposition, and the first patient was hooted as he was taken there th rough the st reets. The Hospital is, in itself, a monument to Dr. Carter. He died 0 :1 the 20th September, 1822.

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THE HISTORY OF TH E KING'S SCHOOL was admirabl y written by Ca non Woodruff a nd H . J. Cape, and published in 1908. It is obvious, however, tbat some day the history will ha ve to be brought up-to-date. As the School Library possesses a very meagre collection of reco rds, the Headmaster appeals to all O.K.S. to lend him for scrutiny any MSS. or old prints or published works they may have. He would a lso va lue hi ghly the persona l remini scences of any of the older genera ti ons ofO.K.S. Si r Hugh Wa lpo le (whose kn ighthood we a re proud to include wit h our congratulations in the O.K.S. News) has promised to undertake the task of bringing the History up-to-date. In this connection we would draw attention to the pictures we publi sh of the proposed DINING HALL of which the plans are by the Hon . John Seely and Mr. Paul Page t. It is hoped that the Hall wi ll be ready in January. Here, obviously, should be a kind of picture-ga llery of the School's greatest persona li ties.

As a start, there has been com missioned a portrait

WILLIAM HARVEY perhaps the greatest of all the great Englishmen in the history of medicine. By kind permission of the Royal College of Physicians, a copy is being made from the portrait in their possession. It is very much hoped that the O. K.S. Committee will commission other portraits. Everyone who admires the interior of the existing houses will learn with delight that the beautiful panelling from one or two of the rooms is to be used for the High Table end of the Dining Hall ; from the stairs and banisters wi ll be built a .. Minstrels ' Gallery. " We publish, in their appropriate sections, photographs of THE SWIMMIN G BATH, THE SQUASH COURTS AND THE TENNIS COURTS actually in use durin g the term. The Bath has been an inco mparable blessing, and the School has bathed ,. every da y and all day. " The tennis cou rts are to be given their fi nal surface- when they have had time to settle downin a month or so. The Sq uash Club is a decided success, and more members are expected in the winter. To the generosity of the Dean and Chapter we owe THE NEW CLASSROOMS which are almost fini shed, and will be in use in September. During the excavations and alterations in No. 26 The Precincts, where the two extra classrooms a re being added to the new block of six, and where wi ll be the Great Staircase leading to the class roo ms a nd to the Dining Hall, some very odd finds have been made. A quantity of broken eighteenthcentury crockery leads us to believe that the worthy domestics of the house were none too careful in their ser vice I Then a much-blackened hearth- we suppose it was a hearthmade of roof-tiles placed end to end. About four feet down a layer of cha rcoa l at least a foot deep: our guess is that so metime during the Tudor or Stuart periods, when sta bles stood on this site, there was a rea ll y merry blaze. Behind the panelling was discovered a fresco, pro bably Tudor- though its date is far from certain- which is highl y decorative, but too much damaged to be wort h preserva tion. One section of it may perhaps be saved . '45

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Meanwhile THE SANATORIUM is safely installed and , so to speak, in working order, at Langley House, where Sister Gibson has arri ved to take charge. Sister Fitzgera ld stays in the Precincts in charge of the Surgery ; thus we fee l that provision is made both for normal illness and for emergencies. " Lan gley " makes an idea l Sanatorium, for it is a large and well-equipped house, with lifts to every floor, able to take at least 50 patients if need be. It is away from the noise of Canterbury, close to the Doctor's house, and has a fine two-acre garden with two tenn is-courts.

In " Lattergate " - on the right of the Green Court Gateway as you go in- will be housed THE WAITING-HOUSE which will hold some 30 new boys, attached to various Houses for games, and due to enter

their Houses proper in the course of the year. Mr. Tong will add to his musical, military and geographical duties by looking after them! This arrangement has two advantages : it relieves an y possibility of congestion in the Houses, and allows the new boys time to adjust themselves to the hurly-burly (in comparison with a "prep. school " ) of a great public school. THE NEW SCHOOLROOM will be built, as we forecast in the Marcb CanluGl'ian, over the new laboratories, between the present Parry Library and the Gymnasium. The stage has been removed from the Gymnasium, to give more space there, and will be put up in the new Schoolroom. (The present Parry Library plus a space almost as large again.) As we said in the March number, " the books will be moved to the present Schoolroom (surely a happier and more suitable home for them ?); which wi ll, we expect, be furnished with angle-bays to give enough space and to make peaceful reading possible. The improvement brought about by these alterations should be beyond dispute. At one stroke you have an almost perfect Library, extra laboratories, and a Schoolroom big enough to hold the School. " It is planned to move the

METAL AND CARPENTRY SHOPS to the present "J" Classrooms, next to Walpole House, where the benches and lathes- we are sure- will find a more convenient home than the present underground rooms. It has not yet been finally setlied when, how and where will be built

THE" THOMAS FIELD" PAVILION though Mr. Thornton-White's design has been seen and much admired. When the building of the Pavilion, with the" Mead Room," becomes "practical politics," we will publisb a photograph of the design. In tbe meantime there are even more urgent needs in the Precincts. THE SCHOOL SHOP is perhaps one of the most efficient organisations in the School, and seems to sell everything from first-class flannel suits to collar-studs. We understand from the Manager that an unprecedented number of ices has been sold. We were told the figure, but it was too astronomical for tbese notes!

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THE SCHOOL OFFICES (that is to say, the rooms of the Headmaster, the Bursar, the Secretary a nd the Assistant Secretary) have been mo ved to No.3 The Forrens, which the Precentor recently left. Many of our readers may not know that the house was once a bakery- the chimney stands on your right as you go in. The rooms are long, low and cool, and envious eyes are sometimes cast at the house. The School House, however, greeted the move with unfeigned delight, as a fi rst step towards the establishment of sovereignty in their own particular domain; and they believe that next yea r they may at last enjoy a .. risorgimento. " We say "at last," because unavoidable circumstances, like the kitchen-problem, have dictated a waiting-policy; but, Heaven knows, it is only two years since ~ n y quest ion of im provement was first considered . We might add that these a lterations have involved so me changes of telephone numbers, which are now as follows :Headmaster 's House Ca nterbury 1296 The Offices, with extensions to the various departments 63 The" Surge ry" 63 The School House 27 10 The Sanatorium (Langley House) 754 T HE WALPOLE COLLECTIO N Sir H ugh Walpole has given to the School part of his splendid collection- he has been collecting them all his life- of original manuscripts. He has documents as varied as illuminated MSS. of the fourteenth century, originals of great works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and modern authors' manuscript copies . It is hoped to keep the School's gift in Prior Sellyngegate (over the Dark Entry). Once more the School than ks Sir Hugh for his generosity, and his continued devotion to its welfa re. In our account of the Duke of Kent's visit, it is remarked tha t the Canterbury Hospital was founded by an O. K.S., William Carter, and a footnote gives a brief history of him. It is perhaps of interest to recall that there are other great foundations which owe their existence to sons of the King's School. All the world knows that Linacre fo unded the Roya l College of Physicians, a nd a ll the Canterbury world knows that Bishop Broughton fo unded the King's School at Parramatta. We wonder how man y Marlburians kn ow that their great school was found ed by Charles E. Plater, O.K.S., or how ma ny undergraduates of King's College, London, realise that they largely owe to Shepherd their college training? The news that Mr. George Arliss has accepted a n invitation to atte nd the Speeches has filled with a mild trepidation those members of the School who must, on that day, strut the For us, we fell bare boards without even the aid of costume and make-up. to pondering over the School's very remarkable connection with the Drama. There is always, it seems, a young Thorndike to act, Mr. Russell Thorndike to produce, and Dame Sybil to come from time to lime to give those wonderful demonstration s of what consummate acti ng can mean. It seems that the King 's School-as proud of Mr. Somerset Maugham's brilliant plays and Sir Hugh 's never-to-be-forgotten "The Man with Red Hair" as of Kit Marlowe and old Gosson the Elizabethans-will preserve this particular tradition; for Mr. Laurence Irving's son is at the Junior School. And so we are reminded that next term the Dramatic Society will produce Mr. Maurice Colbourne 's" Charles the K ing." Elsewhere we print criticisms of Miss Sayers' "The Zeal of Thy House." Miss Sayers is coming to talk to the School on November 21st; we hope that "Busman 's Honeymoon" will still be playing to capacity then, and that Lord Peter will not

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begrud ge his creator an evenin g to ta lk to us. Dame Sybil Thorndike also co mes Once more. E ntertainm ent of perhaps a slight ly different type will be provided by Mr. Will Hay, who has very kmdly agreed to VISIt us next term. We hope that the masters will be

there in force to see themselves as others see them!

Meanwhile, we tha nk for th ei r delightfu l ta lks (acco unts of which appear elsewbere) Mr. Walter de la Mare, Miss Irene Van brugh, Lord Northbo urne, Mr. J. H. Mowll, O.K.S., Mr. Arthur Mee, a nd Mr. Maurice Colbourne. Mr. Fairbank has produced a n admirable drawing, in the Loggan style, " A Southern As pect of the Kin g's School. " The reprodu ctio n is excelle nt, and the Headmaster though he has alread y di stribu ted man y copies, hopes that anyone who wo uld care to hav~ one will let him know. A s we ha ve already mentio ned, the Senior Schola rs in t he Sixth Form and the Monitors (these qualifications were sett led after consu ltation between the Headmaster and senior

members of the School) appea red for t he Duke of Kent's visit in the ir traditiona l " purple" gow ns. "Tradit ional " we say advisedly; for it is indisputably tru e that the gowns lVere wo rn, that the colour was preserved in the Senior Scholars' tassels, and that the change was made about 1816 to please Dean And rewes, who was himself at Westminster,

and favoured th e black gow ns of that school. Indeed, th ere are O.K.S . who remember, through father an d gra ndfath er, hearing ta lk of the purple gow ns; and we a re glad that after a hundred years or so, the King's Senior Schola rs have go ne back to their Own particular dress.

We take the opportunity to express our warm thanks to Professor Emery Barnes, D.O., who has very kind ly lectured regularly this term to the Sixth Form On theological subj ects. . The O.K. S. Masonic Lodge is well un?,er way. A meeting was held in April, where It was found that there wo uld be enough founders" to make the sc he me practicable. A c~m mlttee wa~ f~)fm ed to pursue th e arrangements, and it is hoped, we understand, to obtalll the permIssIon of Grand Lodge to co nsecrate the Lodge in the C hap ter House. The Lodge's name IS not settl ed, but may be " Ca ntu a rian. " There will be another meeting on Speech Day. ~r. F. L. Kidd is leaving this term, as he wishes to obtain wider experience-his app0111tment by the Headmaster being his first post. Mr. Kidd has done much for the School in man y and varied sp heres- he ca me to teach Biology, but it was he who started t he Scouts, and organised their man y successful tours and ca mps. H e did muc h, too,

for Marlowe Ho~ se, not merely structurally ; and his interests and activities, apart

altogether from hIS school-work, are far too many to reiterate in thi s brief note wish him every success and happiness. .

His pbce will be taken by M r. Donald Moss, a Schola r of th e Queen's College, Oxford , and a speCIalIst 10 BIOlogy. Mr. Moss obtaIned a First Class in the Final Honour School

of Natural Sciences, and to this achievement added a Freshman's and Senior's" Trials." It is with much gratitude that we ac knowledge t he gift of ÂŁ100 for the Endowment and Development Fund from Captain C. A. Knapp O.K.S. THE BERMONDSEY CLUB

The ~ l1nu a J visit took place on Sa turday, May 15th ; the weather luckily remained fine. ThIrty-two members came dow n a nd slept und er canvas on Blore's. On Monda y the two cncket matches were pla yed, followed afterwards by tea in the School House Ga rd ~n , at whIch Canon and Mrs. F. J. Shirley were present. We are looking forward to see111g the m agam next yea r.

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On Tuesday, May 18th, 27 boys from the School, so ns of present or past residents in the Empire Overseas, attended the E mpire Yout h Rally at the A lbe rt Hall. . About 10000 boys and girl s from a ll parts of the E mpIre were ga thered 111 the vast bUIldIng, a nd he~rd addresses by H.R.H. the Duke of G lo uces ter, Mr. Sta nley Baldwin (as he was then) and others. After half-an-hour of organ music played by Dr. Ernest Bullock, and singing by a ll those presen t, the proceedings prope r bega n. The C ha irm a n, the Right Hon. L. S. Amery,

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first to address the Rally. He brought the best WIshes of TheIr MajestIes the King and Queen, a nd their hopes for the success of the Rally. "The Em pire," he said, ~' i s . a great partnership of peoples, dOIng thtngs together for the co mmon good. Our pnde tn it is not because of its size, wealth, or power, but because It IS a great factor for good 3!ld peace in the world ." He spoke of the respo nsibilities of ci tize nship, and ended WIth the hope that we shou ld make many friendsh Ips at thIS gat her1l1 g, and have the be't of luck in the future. Lord Snell as C hairma n of the London County Co uncil, bade us welcome to th e great city. Wh~tever else we might find there, we wo uld find th e spirit of freedom, freedom of opinion and of movement. Here was no coerced obedlenc~, 110 enforced compliance, no idle graces 00 smiling insincerity. Though shy a nd retIce nt before stra ngers, th e Londoner was' full of good fellowship. Lord Snell asked us to e njoy abundantly. the privileges of this liberty, a nd to take back happy memon es of London at Coro natIon-tune. . Mr. Amery then spoke of the aims of the Rally. First he wished to give due c redit to Major Ney, Secretary .of the Natio nal Council of Education of Ca nada,. for the

orga nisation of the gathenng.

He directed our attentlOn to the

progr~mme, 111 wh ich

was announced the presentation of books by well-known people as pnzes for the best essays on impressions of the Youth ~atherin gs and suggestIO ns for the organIsatIOn of the proposed Youth Movement. H e saId that he belIeved that the era to co me wo u ld be ? ne of imme nse change, chan ge greater even tha n had been wItnessed III the last fifty yea rs. We must study the methods of other co untries with. a n open mind, but keep. un to uched ou r ow n heritage of freedo m. Co-opera tIOn a nd fn e ndsill p wlthm the E mpIre was the key to friendship in the rest of the world, and so the key to world peace. Let us co nsecrate ourselves to this end in all seriousness and confid ence. The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Ea rl De La Wa rr, asked us what we were going to make of the future. We had been ca rried th ro u&h a very dIffIc ult pertod by Mr. Baldwin and his colleagues, a nd th ere were no mdlcatlOns of a ny easIer tunes ahead. Had we the courage to carryon? Every old-establIshed Idea and Idea l was In danger of being wiped away, but by standing up to thes,e ", dangers" we could convert

them into possibilities. Confidence must replace d0l1l1patlO,n.

~ nd.

tyranny; we must

dedicate ourselves to the E mpire, which is the rock on whIch clVllIsatlOn depends. Sir Firozhkan Noon, High Commissioner for India, exp ressed t he wish that this association would lead to better understa nd1l1 g throughou t the E mpIre, as most dIffi cul tIes arose because of misunderstandin g. The only guarantee for freedom a nd peace was in the hands of an united, contented, peaceful, and stro ng British E mpire. 149

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The Right Hon. J. A. Lyons, representing a youthful part of th E ' . believed that it was on yo uth that civi lisation rested Within the E empIre, Aurraha, race and colouf li ved in am it y: it was OUf duty to exte;ld this friendShi;t~I~~e ~~~I~ we;r~J "

The climax of the eve.ning came when Mr. Ba ld win rose to thunderou s

I have addressed many kinds of audience in my time " he sa id .. b t

rr~m a~y

audience I have ever addressed:

you are a

ave ad my hour, but before you lies life.

a~Pffiausc.

c~nference 'of th~ l~~i::~s ~ ert~n~

Let us combine your ea ern The world , Mr. Baldwin con~i~ueJS~ your

YOU I: strength, with my experience." c~urage, seek ing th~ best gov~rnl11e nt for happiness and securit . More and ) as everywhere tended to Interfere wIth the individual, and if liberty wrs to be preserv~~reth;~~~~D~en~ ~nu st k now the fact s, mll st decide for himself and give his own ..' I VI ua lIlept. hc might be at politics, nor how dull he might think the~PIllI'~1'n no matter how polIt iCS, let us always remember the ph rase ' Put your duty first a~d thO k t~s sphere hof afterwards.' He is a traitor in politics wh~ sleeps on his duty a; he wh~ngOo your tflg hts enemy." . ( es over 0 t e

E~e ry ~)Jl e of us was responsible for al/ the activities of his COun . . . education" Industry, its government. Vested in us was the duty of guatfJ.' Its ~ehglOn, worth while; OUf cou ntry's heritage must be more than a benefit to us i~ ~~~gt bWe aat wats t rus . " ' , ' .It IS gIven to few to understand the times in which the li ve As G . pa~ sal.~; 'Humanity is once more on the march, but is not qUit/sure ~hether i~~~l~~ ~1~,Uts 01 wa l to pe,ace or bac k to war. ' We are now in the backwash f . ,IC Ing call1~ot com mit a great sin and not' pay, for war does not settle th~ a~cgreat wal, ma!l of ~lctor:y-f~'eedoll1 for the common man- is again in jeopardy. Ex l~in i~~~w The frUIt EUI op~ IS neither at war nor at peace, but stands at armed attention p In one m,ay, peace ,:I~ regard~d as an idle ?ream, war as worthy of national idoii satioso m~co untfles, :h~ Bllt lS h EmpIre lasts, we wdl raise ou r voice again st these false gods! "n. (MIS as 1a to make a long pause, for at thIS pomt there was tremendous applause.) . a Will

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o;'a~~isej=>ur .

free~lol11,

a':i secret is deIfica tIOn of rul~rs ?r the State; no State that ever was is ;orth o/~Ifrpeac~, t,here IS ~10 ~uman pcrsonality IS the supreme rca lity. Denunciation of reliJon lead~c o~l'n ~orshlp. hu~~~a~,SSs~c~ftlon of peoples is rooted upon the doctrine of the essential di~n~y '~fS\~~

" The torch r would hand to you is Use men as men and li v f h b man, wh ich implies the fatherhood of God. We sball fi~d' n e e rotherhood of t acknowledge this as the ultimate wisdom. " 0 res 01 our souls until we

The hymn " Jerusalem" was sung by all prese t d Air d N address, concluding with a n "Ode to Youth," W~it't:~ speci~~1 fg{~1 then gave a short smgmg of the National Anthem ended the meetin and a 'd \ e occaSIOn. The principal speakers of the evening. left the Hall. Tff~ great ~di;n~:r~l:dnd c1appmg, the msplllng words of the Pl'lme MlillSter sti ll ringing in their minds T t110wlYd out the en EmpIre they wIll carry them, a message of hope, a call to work the ;"orkOnoteof s Â°bf the peace. ' war ut 0 f B.C.Y.

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THURLOW AND TENTER DEN THURLOW [A portrait o/Tellter(/clI was" THE CAN1'UARTAN'S .. frontispiece last tertn.' nolV as companion 10 this

arlicle. possibly the firsl of a series, we publish a portrail o/Tllllrlow.- Eds.J

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Edward Thurlow was born in 173 1, the son of a Sulfolk clergyman. His first school was at Scerning in Norfolk , where he appears to have acquired little but a reput.ati on for idleness and indiscipline, and a lifelong aversion from its Headmaster, Dr. Brett. Late in life when he was approached by Brett he snubbed him with the remark: " I a m not bound to recognise every scoundrel who recogni ses me, " From Scerning he was removed to the King's School, then under the strict rule of Dr. Talbot, where he probably studied more dilige ntl y, for in 1748 he went up to Ca mbridge with a Perse Scholarship at Gonville and Caius. To judge from his subsequen t career he must have read widely at this time, but he preferred the notoriety of the colfee-house loiterer to the quieter disti nction of a degree. [n 1751 his name was removed from the books of his college after a more than usually insolent breach of regulations, and he left the University without graduating. From these years survived his classic retort to the Principal who complained that whenever he came to his window he saw Thurlow idling in the court: "Sir, whenever I come into the court I see you idling at the window," The follow ing years were spent in a solicitor 's office in Holborn where he shared some not too onerous duties with William Cowper. They spent most of their time at the home of Cowper 's cousins in Southampton Row, where, the poet says, they were" constan tly employed in giggling and making others giggle, instead of studying the law." As at Cambrid ge, Thurlow alfected indolence. Vet he must ha ve found time for his legal studies, for after being called to the Bar in 1754 his advancement was rapid . He became a K.C, in 1761 and after holding a number of offices in the Inner Temple he was appointed Solicitor-General in 1770 and Attorney-General in 1771. Meanwhile his politica l career had begun and since 1765 he had sat in the Commons for Tamworth. ]n the court-room or at Westminster Thurlow's manner was the sa me. His majestic appeara nce, sonorous voice, and truculent attitude co mbined to lend to hi s judicial and political arguments a force which they seldom retain in print. His self-confidence was unassailable and his orations were deli vered so resoundingly and with SUcl1 an air of authority that few ventured to contradict him. Fox said of him : " No man was ever so wise as Thurlow looks." In politics he had no clearly defined principles beyond a steady defence of the royal prerogative. But this served him well in the dispute with tbe American colonists, whom he in va ria bly described as traitors and rebels. It was probably his defence of the roya l policy on this question that procured his appointment as Lord Chancellor in 1778, a position which he continued to hold, with one brief inter va l, for fourteen years. At the same time he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow of Ashfield. His appointment was not unpopular and even Horace Walpole admitted that he had abilities. His vigorous persona lity rapidly obtained for him an ascendancy over the Lords. In this he was helped by the folly of the Opposition leaders, who taunted him with his mean origin. His reply attained true dignity in its defence of his profession , and in his haughtiest manner he concluded by claiming to be " as respectable and res pected as the proudest peer I now look down upon." While he was Lord Chancellor he took a leading part in a ll the great political issues. Even when out of office in 1783 he ad vised George III a nd did as much as any single man to cause the downfall of the Fox-North Coalition, and indirectly his own restoration to the Woolsack. During his second tenure of the Great Seal, from 1784-1792, Thurlow was repeated ly at variance with his political

THE chief, the yo un ger Pitt

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His inability 10 w k '

Regen.c?, Bill led him "into intrigue with

t~~ P~"il,~~:

.h . . or ~~le;Jtt '~ ques ti ons s~lch as th e

~gS~~~I~han~~llJ,?~~~t fn~~l~:~r~~~'~~r~l~;~n~~~~:. III ch~os~ b~;we:~e;~JI~'la~l~d I~t~u,~6:~ jUdg~~ ~~~ ~~e:~~~I~r~'i~f a P~l i.tica l for his learning as for his

C hancellor, takin g an energe tic, if not al ways well-

CO~~i~~~I~,~ef~~'en~i~ ~11~1:fe~J' h~ ~a~hl1ot ~islill guished

so much

Cree vey'S story that wh en dri ving to the courts Thu' _, U er~ IS no reaso n to accept ~'eadin g throu gh the material prepared by his" devil ,,' ow ~as a ways t?O ~ n g rossed in

judge he was brusque and sh',r -ton u d I to ac nowledge 11I ~ fnend s. As a by his impa rtia lity while pre;ict1ng o~e~ th~etpr~lo~Og~~ ~p~,eld ~,e traditIOns of justice Warren Hastings. n YlO IctJ ve IInpeachmcnt of After his retirement he li ved in Dulwich a nd ' . ' , re.turning to the HOllse of Lord s, where he w~ s srl' ~al,l~~ s "Y~te~'lng-places, occa sionall y w,th the deference he had been accustomed to wh~n h~"~O~I;h ' ~hect, but ,not perhaps the full-bottomed wIg. Du ... ng these last ,. I . ' . . e. ancellol s robes a nd cJassica l literature, wh ich had never been y~;~~ II ,e leb'IVe? ~I S Illter.est In En&lish u!,d johnson, Cowper and Cr',bbe pro ves H d' d . YSs u meb,ge , as hIS connectIon wIth Temple Church. ( . e Ie 111 eptell1 er, 1806 and is buried in the him Wt~I~~e li ved Thurlow enjoyed a greate r fame tha n posterity ha s been able to allow com'plexion, feattJres, forbiddin g a~e~ by no company, but hi t hard 'a nd shrewdly. YHisl ln~~~~ie~~n~~r~~~I~I~a l~sts, he was .h ' IS ame, rested c Ie y on the bluntness of his speech rich I I d

~~~;:a~~;~n~~t~~\Si;~I~. ~~~~'~~~'\~d~aube, ~~.I;;~

dar~ an~

i~~~~~~o'be~g~n;itn~iSb~~n;~te e~~~,I;~t!,e~rf~~~"c;'f~i~~ I~~t cOd~hl~tlb~ ge~I~I~n::~~e g~l~~'O~~

walklllg on the fro nt al B . ht B' I a es escape IS lebukes, Once when Thurlow at his next service:l~ ndo ~~ce/~e~~h~~~~I!~r~x pr~s~ed the hope t!,at he wo{,ld see you talk non sense enough in the House of Lord s ' b't th 1 "I be damned If yo u d? : I hear and I'll be dam ned if I go to hear ou where ' ,u " ele can an~ do contradICt YOu,survive show his vitupera ti ve 'rol~e rath Itf?n \ . !hose spe~llnens of his talk that thought highly of him and said o n one occ'l: rOI .MI~ , IS leputed Wil. Yet Dr. Joh nso n England but Lord Thurlow, When 1 a m'to ," t I wÂ°lu ld P l repare m~sel ffor no man in before" Thurl 'h < Ilee W I t i1 llIn wou ld wish to know a da is no Boswell to ~~O~~sir.el aps one of those whose brilliance fades quickly because'ther~ TENTERD EN Charles Abbott first Baron Tenterd b C ncar the Christ Chu~ch Gat . en, was ,? rn at anterbury in 1762 in a house described by a biographer' a~' ,, ~I~:ra~g~r ~~~ a hHlrdresser and wigl~laker and the boy is ll him a pewter basin , a case of razo rs, a n~ ~ tj~ai~~00:~~. rb aner ~ IS father ca rryin~ for School when quite you ng a nd th H d 'ag. . e entered the KlI1 g's his ability. Unlike Thu rlow he ewase~ nn1~!~er' Dr. OSnllll.1d Bea~vojr, quickly discerned authori ty, level-headed and p~'udent< He ac .~ch~olboy, IIl?UStfl OU.S, .quick, obedient to of Latin verses, was made Captain ~f the Scl~u~le~~~n WI e~t~epltlO~al SkIp In the composition Corpus Ch risti, Oxford where he gained a sChol I ' t ' \ e the trustees went to his diligence was un a b~ted' he was awal~ded ars IIp on t ~ ollndatlOn. At Oxford and for English composition 'and took his ' B,A . i~hf7~ha ncellor s medals for Latin. ve rse For a short time he held a fellowship ' h' II' b . his application and lucid reasoning wo uld s~:'ve'~ i~ utlt 1111 1787 was persuaded that tn le awan d was ad mItted 1I1tO

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the Middle Temple, For several years he practised as a special pleader, but shortly after his marriage in 1785 to a Miss Lamotte he decided to go to the Bar. In his own words he took " the leap into that turgid strea m of forensic practice in which so many sink , while a few- rari nantes in gurgite vasto- are successfully carried along to riches and honour. " Alth ough he was completely ignorant of the arts of advocacy and never happy whi le pleadin g, his knowledge of the law and strong co mmon-sense rapid ly secured for him a practice worth eight thousa nd pounds a yea r. Mea nwhile, on the advice of Lord Eldon, he had published in 1802 a work on mercantile law which ran to twel ve ed itions and was long the standard work on the subject. Some of its success was due to its being better written and arranged than most co ntemporary law books, wh ich we re mere collections of cases. For so me yea rs he refused ad va ncement on the plea of ill-healt h. In 18 16 he acce pted a pui sne judgeship in the Common Pleas, and was ra ised a few months later to the King's Bench. In 18 18 Eldon obtai ned his appointment as Lord Chief justice. He held the office for fourteen years a nd his judgements a re notable for their clarity and their avo idance of quibble a nd sophistry. He presided over several State tria ls, including that of the CalO St reet Co nspirators and that of Cobbett for libel. His judge ments in libel suits have played a considera ble part in the formation of our present law. In 1827 he was raised to the peerage and took his title from the village of Tenterden, He made little use of his seat in the House of Lords except when legislation affecting judicial business was being debated; some of this legislation, for the improvement of the common law, was his own work, When he did express an opinion on political matters it was st rongly Tory. He opposed both Catholic Emancipation a nd the Reform Act of 1832. After man y years of ill-health he died in 1832, and his last words, typical of his single-minded devotion to the law, were the court phrase, " Gentlemen, you are all dismissed." Tenterd en left no deep impression behind him, although his closest fr iends mourned him sincerely. H e had neither eloquence nor forcefulness of character, and he kept out of the dangers and splendours of politics, The sa nity of his work as a judge is still his best memorial , and his personal uprightness at a time when intrigue, jobbing and connexion still counted as much as talent a nd industry, A,M ,

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BY JOHN MASEFIELD On Tuesday, March 23rd the School was invited by St. Edmund's to a special performance of John Masefield's play" Good Friday, " We are especially grateful to them as they put this performance on for our benefit. The performance started at 8 0 'clock with " The Angelus " and " The Kyries. " Then followed the play, Throughout the play the lighting effects were nigh perfect and added charm to an already excellent production, The costumes were very good and not overdone. A. S. Forder as Pontius Pilate at times lacked conviction, but on the whole he made a good im pression, The most perfect performance was that given by Mr. Balmforth as the madman . Not merely was his make- up perfect, but he seemed to be living the part, a point which was perhaps rather lacking in the other characters. The acoustics were good and on ly very few lines were lost, sometimes through excessive thunder or by prolonged munnurings from the rabble, Of the other characters, R, M, Owtra m as Procula , J, N, Humphreys as Longinus, A, B, Dunn as the Chief Jew, and J, D, T, Minster as the Sen try, deserve especial mention. The evening finished with the Lord's Prayer a nd the " G loria in Excelsis," We should like to thank St. Edmund's for inviting us to such a fine performance, which we much appreciated.

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"THE ZEAL OF THY HOUSE" Th,~se who had the privilege of witnessing the Canterbury Play "The Zeal of Thy House, by MIss Dorothy Sayers, wlil not soon forget It. It centred round William of Sens, who is chosen out of thre~ picked architects to reb~ild the Choir of Canterbury, wh ,ch had been destroyed by fire In 1174. In a nutshell, Wliham IS a wonderful a rchitect but a ma n of loose mo ra ls, a nd his philandering with the Lady Ursula gives grave offenc~ to the stncter members of the Chapter. A monk and a workman are both detailed to exam ine a rope, and beca use the one is too shocked and the other too amused to do his work properly, the rope breaks at a critical moment a nd hurls William to the ground injuring his spine and rendering him a hopeless invalid. As such he is led to think of th~ sins of his past life, and to confess them and receive absolution from the Prior. But as he sleeps he has a vision of angels, and Michael holds his sword with its edge towards him to sign ify that he is guilty of a still greater sin that has not been confessed. In a very striking Scene William is led to See that this sin is Pride, "the eldest sin of all," which suggests to him that he is indispensable for the work . So it flashes upo n him at last that the work is everything and he nothing, a nd that though he fail it will go on. So he cries: ........ for that love's sake Smite only me and spare my handiwork ... .. . Let me lie deep in hell, Death gnaw upon me, purge my bones with fire, But let my work, all that was good in me, All that was God, stand up and li ve and grow. And his last petition is : " .. .... that I After a thousand years of hell, may catch One glimpse, one only, of the Church of Christ, The perfect work, finished, though not by me. " With this the fight against selfishness and pride is won, and Willia m cheerfully lays down his task to be entrusted to the hands of another architect. Miss Sayers has constructed her play on sound artistic lines. There are lighter touches, as for instance the monk who cannot keep his eyes open at the Chapter Meeting, and the little cherub who suddenly steps forward to ask an awkward question, and is promptly rebuked by the shocked archa ngels for questioning the ways of Providence. But the general atmosphere was one of solemn dignity, enhanced by the very effective archangels and the music of the Latin hymns and litanies. The Chapter House was not an ideal theatre, but the acting a nd production left very little scope for criticism. One left with the impression that Miss Sayers had written a play that was not only eminently suitable for the occasion , but was also packed with good thin gs, displaying not a rew touches of sound a nd even profound philosophy. It will be interesting to see whether the play will bear transplanting from its native soil of Canterbu ry, as .. Murder in the Cathedral" so pre-eminently did. H. C.O.L.

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It was a brave enterprise that made Miss Dor'?thy Sayer~ tempo~arily abandon the role of successful detective novelist to write an hlstoncal play WIth a rehg":>us background. [n view of the SucceSs of this play, facet ious remarks a bout Lord Peter Wlm se~ are out of place; in any case, enough have alr7ady been made by the press and pubhc to make that distinguished gentleman turn In hIS temporary grave. lt is said that in " The Zea l of Thy House" Miss Sayers does not fo llow very closely the historical facts of the life of Wi lliam of Sens, the bUIlder of the Cathedral ; but If she has obliterated one William, she has created another, no less real. If the church he bu lit was sublime, he at least, as depicted here, was hU,man. He loved-and loved slOcerely, if illegitimately; he worked- and was proud of h,s work; he had a S?'lSe ,?f humou rbut not a sense of his faults.

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but we like hlln ; he .was

that curi ously engaging being, a likeable rogue. For hIS lov7 he .was looked askance at by men; for his pride he was punished by God. But shll hIS pnde remained. Then In the night, as he lay cri ppled by the avenging angel" !here ca me to hun the fo ur angels th~\ we see and he sees not; and he learns the truthOh now, now I begin to see...... . There are moments in the play which stand fas t in the memory: Willia,:" drean:ing of his arches- " living fountain s. of stone"; the child in the cro~d .wa tch~?g WIlhan~ being hoisted up in the cradle to JOspe~~ the m~so nry-the chIld shneklng :, Oh look . look at the angel, the terrible angel ; Wilham, crying 10 despaIr: . ,~o uld God, being God, do this? " and Michael replying: .. Christ, being ma n, dId thIS ; Wlllial~ : repenting: .. Oh, I have sinned ...... wipe out my name fr?m men, but not my work. Among the actors, first praise must go to Harcou.rt WIlhams, .upon whom feU the burden not only of producing a play with a cast c.ontam1Og profeSSIOnals and .amateurs, but also of playing the chief part. Always-even In the last scenes where he hes alm.ost motionless on a couch- does he dominate the stage. Moreover, we get to know hIm, and to like him in the character of William of Sens. Vera Coburn Findlay made an admirable Lady Ursula- the astute widow, so like William in many respects, although her good qualities were not so good, her bad ones not so bad. This is a subtler cont rast than direct OppOSItes, and one far more dIfficult to play , Vera F indlay played it with fine perception . . From the rest ?f the cast Ant~ony Quay le as the Archangel Michael stand s out ; hIS vOIce was a JOY to Itsten to, and he alone of the four archangels appeared more than . mortal. But if the others were a tnfle mortal, they deserve high praise for standtog motIOnless almost througho ut the two hours of the play, wea ring their cumbersome, and doubtless heavy, wmgs. . . . As for the others, if individ ual praise must be given, it must go to Phllltp Hollingworth as the Prior; to Thomas M orga n as Brother Gervase;. and to Charles Elam as the honest Hubert. With the notable exception of the scene to whIch Wtllta m falls f~om the cradle the crowd scenes seemed a little unpolished. The snatches of conversallon one heard' were delightfu l, but they seemed rather stray remar ks than snatches. On the whole, this is a fine play, finely acted. We understand it is to be produced in London; we wish it and its author aU the success they deserve. This year the music for the Festival was provided by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, whIch gave a n Orchestral Concert lU the Cathedral and two Serenades in the Cloisters; and by the Band of the Royal Mannes, Chatham Division, wit h Miss Astra Desmond as the solOIst. R.J.H.

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LECTURES BY LORD NORTHBOURNE - MR. WALTER DE LA MARE MR. ARTHUR MEE- MISS IR ENE VANBRUGH-MR. MAURICE COLBOURNE The Editors hope it;s understood that these accoulIIs are merely attempts to give all accurate impression of the views expressed by ollr various visitors- views which are flot Ileces~;arily ;11 concord with opinions commonly held ;1/ the Sehoo/.

On Friday, Ma rch 19th, the School heard from Lord Northbourne a most interesting and instructive lectu re, " What Money is and does."

He drew a simple outline of the

present banking and monetary system, beginning with the use of goldsm iths I strong rooms

as ban ks and the issue of their writs as bank notes.

Notes were issued up to ten times

the amount of gold in stock, but when, owing to the collapses of private bank s on account

of the passing of this safety margin, private banks :-vere forbidden to issue notes, the right passed to the Bank of Engla nd alone. The credit system has now succeeded the note system among private banks, but as it is the cause of the regular succession of boom and slump it is an unstable one, and one that must ultimately go. On Friday, May 21st, Mr. Walter de la Mare spoke to the School on "The Craftsmanship of Poetry." In the course of a long and interesting talk he illustrated his points by the free use of well-chosen examples, and it is difficult in a short space to bring them home with the clarity I should like. Mr. de la Mare began by emphasising the fact that speech was an acquired faculty. The growing child has to learn the meaning of words and how to combine words in speech, then how to read both letters and words, and finally he must master the art of expression, a process which the practice of a lifetime does not bring to perfection. A fine poem most clearly reveals this mastery of words, and it is instructive to examine what goes to make up a good poem. A poem may be defined as the rhythmical creation of beauty. The material used is words, each one a sequence of delicate positions of the vocal organs. It is almost impossible to say why anything gives us pleasure, but we may ascribe the delight of man in talk to the muscular patterns in volved in the formation of words. For man seems to possess an instinctive capacity to discover pattern and design, and a never-ending delight 10 It.

Mr. de la Mare likened speech to Morse code, a series of longs and shorts, a succession of accents. To describe this quality he coined the word" tumty-tumtyness." A further development in the giving of variety to speech was the emphasis of some monosyllables 10

the sentence or line of verse, giving them an artificial accent.

Monotony was also avoided

by variation in the rhythm of the verse, by devices such as alliteration, and finally by rhyme. Rhyme unifies the poem by binding lines together, it often has a vitalising effect on what would otherwise be commonplace or dull, and it gives a peculiar delight because of its symmetry and pattern. Mr. de la Mare then dealt with the origin of words, and discussed the reason why some words were ugly or pretty of themselves, quite apart from their meaning. So he came to the final method used in the building up of a fine poem, the use of inflection and

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intonation ; irony and the subtlest ty~es of humour depended on the intonation of the words, which in reading must be supphed from the context. To sum up, a good poem IS an example of superb and comp lex crafts.man shlp:. It m~s t have m~tre and stress, It 1U5t be freed from monoton y by the devices mentioned, I t mu st ~ehght both ear and :~ind in an attempt to express the poet's innermost thoughts and feehngs.

We must thank Mr. de la Mare very much for this most. !nteresting. t~lk, and hope that we shall never be guilty of so perfect a tongue-twister as the alumll1lUm-bottomed one, mum."

On May 23rd, Mr. Maurice Colbourne talked to the School on .. Kingship and Money." He began by stressing the importance of telhng yo ung men and women exactly what difficu lties the world had to face. Man could no:v produce 111 plenty e~ery matenal he desired but this plenty is not given to hlln. The hnk between productIOn and consumpti on ~as finance, and the present econ<:)Inic d!fficulties were due purely to the fact that money has become a commodity dealt 111 for ItS own sake. Mr. Co lbourne traced to us the growth of banking, from the goldsmiths of the sixteenth and seventeenth centunes who stored gold money, then began to issu.e notes for this money, and who finally became so powerful that they dictated foreign pohc~ to the Government. The formatIOn of the Bank of England was merely the rationalisatIOn of thiS situatIOn.

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To-day the world is caught up in the net of the banks; many.of the world's finest thinkers have declared it. We must think for ourse.lves 111 the solutlO~ of the difficulty , we must above all believe that money IS a costless thll1g; we must reahse that there IS no such thin g as over-production as long as onc pers?n remams un sattsfie~-that underconsumption is the word. W~ must find a,:d orgamse a modern economic system to fit in with this modern era of unhnuted productIOn. We thank Mr. Colbourne very much for his vigorous and witty lecture, and we hope that at some future date we shall hear him again .

On Thursday, May 27th, the School welcomed yet another famous figure; :~is tIme it was Miss Irene Van brugh, than whom few are more. fitted to l?;lve a lecture on . Acting as a Profession. " She dealt at large with the conditions of hfe 111 the profesSIOn and talked for a short while on many of the points likely to interest those of the School who are thinking of training to be professional actors. ' She d ealt perhaps a httle too shortl y with the financial side of the question- hard work, she said, would earn anyone a sufficient salary, while genius might earn a fortune. She referred to her own apprenticeship 111 the theatre to the character studies of her youth, and her II1dlgnatlOn at the age of twenty on bei~g asked to playa woman of forty. Miss Vanbrugh spoke at some length on the technique of acting, the art of listening or of entering.a room or any of the hundred and one little actions that look so easy and are 111 fact so difficult. The" lecture" Âˇwas read throughout, but gained in beauty of expression for that; and its delivery naturally lost none of its effect at the hands of so accomplished a player. 157

THE CANTU A R IAN " THE E NG LISH SPIRIT " Reprin ted from Mr. Mee's typescrip t of his ta lk to the Schoo l.

" .. ',' .. Life lIsed to be like a r~ck ; now it is li ke a vo lca no. We had lo ng yea rs In these days we have long years of storm with now a nd then a n interva l of ca lm . There is not a country in the world which feels safe. Ours IS tbe last great throne that has not tumbled down, and the last of the wo rl d 's great empires. The peoples of the ea rth ha ve lost their freedom. They walk afra id, a nd whisper lest a spy should hea r. T he world that was safe has broken to pieces . . . . . . of calm wit h storm s now and then ;

Napoleo ns, settjl~ g ~ h e m selves up as gods among me ~ J have made the world a da ngerous place for everybody In ,I t-:-a ~ea sa n t who rose t<? be Dictator oYer 160 millions, a paperhanger master of 66 milli ons 111 a co un try not hiS own, a blacksmi th's son the master of Tta ly. These ...... ha ve made a new god of the State, the Sta te which every ma n must serve, or peri sh . .... . The great idea of the modern world has been that the li fe of a ma n is supreme and that the State is his creatio n, but the Dictator will not ha ve it so. . . . .. T he Dictator will say to you that man was made for the State ; but English liberty says to you that the State was made for man .. ... . The greatest thing in the wo rld is huma n life, a nd the greatest thing in the hum an world is character and personality. (

.. . ... The,earth wa ~ once master of man, and man is lea rn ing to become master of the ea rth. He IS not gom& to be beaten by the thi ngs he makes. We must grow up optllmsts, a nd we must chens h English li berty, so that men ma y be free to let their minds wo rk in the world as they will . . . : .. . (The great fi gures of England--:-Tynda le a nd Cha ucer a nd Shakespeare, Ra leigh and Mil to n, B unya n, Cromwell- were as dlfferent as could be in their li ves and characters ' but all had fou ght fo r one end, fo r the liberty of the spirit.) , Wha t is it that yo u must keep in your heart a nd mind a nd soul if you wo uld be English to the core? It is, to begin wi th, a n unshakable fai th in the Fatherhood of God a nd the Brothe rhood of Ma n, the belief that God is behi nd the world, and that, in spite of all that IS da rk a nd th reatenJl1g a bout us, the whole movement ofth~ world is toward something bellel, somethmg no.blel and no bler yet. The falt h of a n Enghshman IS that there is some great futu re fo r mank md, a nd he does not believe tbat me n are marching thro ugh the centllnes to a gra ve d.lIst and ashes: He remembers how slow progress has been, and he knows tha t n othll1g IS more certa m tha n that t he wo rld moves on to better things. He kn ows that It took far longer to a bolish slavery 111 E ngland tha n the League of. Nations has had to a bohsh wa r throughout the wo rld . He knows that visions fade and d reams a re broken, but he goes on drea mmg and he knows that in the end his dreams come true. T he Enghshman IS the eternal optimist.

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in common. We are not fo r ever beating drums a nd blowing trum pets through the wo rld and bidding men shar pen their swo rds. If we are proud of Drake fo r sweeping tyra nts off the seas, we are prouder still of him for fi nishing his ga me of bowls before he beat the Spa nia rds, just as we like that cricketer on the village gree n the other day who went on batting when they told him his house was on fire, not bothering over much, as he said, because he knew his wi fe was out, and just as we li ke the memory of that great ad mira l who saved his sin kin g shi p and his crew by pulling off his wig and stoppi ng a leak with it. ... . . . All these thi ngs so noble and so vita l to us the destroyers of freedo m wo uld dr ive out of the wo rld, but we are free to spread them everywhere. T hey are of the English spirit that we must kee p al ive in the world at whatever cost may be, for upo n it depends the future of mankind. These days with the shadow of wa r above us a ll will pass. We a re seeing the end of the greatest evil the wo rld has ever kn own. Do not let us be cast dow n because the last fi ght with ba rba rism is the hard est of all ; let us be glad that we are a li ve to strike a blow . .. . . . Be sure that great events are always in tbe making; never a day but some seed is sown that will bear unexpected fruit. T his seed of great events, how wo nde rfu l it is ! The old monk Me ndel growin g peas in a monastery garden- who could have seen that he was forging a weapo n to drive back insa ni ty and build up a healthier race? A young docto r in India exami ning gnats until he fell asleep- wbat daring pro phet could have seen the Pa nama Cana l in that? An old ma n bending for hours over a fl ower on his Kent hilltop- who that saw him could have drea med of the glori ous conception of the Uni verse that Darw in was building up for ma nkind ? Pasteur porin g over his tubes and his microscope- who knew that tbe beginning of the end of disease was there ?

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What is the use of it? somebody asked Michael Faraday. Madame, sa id Faraday, what is the use of a new-born child ? Be sure there is some use for everything new, and there were never so many new things as now, when chemists a re making every day substances that have never been in the world befo re. So, through generation after generation, men have give n their li ves for Engla nd. This is yo ur generation, a nd what is it that England ex pects of yo u ? Yo ur da y is the day of the last great fight fo r Li berty and Peace. The bitterest years ma nkind has kn own are behind us ; the most hopeful yea rs in hu ma n histo ry are in front of you. It is not possible to stand in this historic place, this heart and soul of Chaucer 's E ngland, Shakespeare 's Engla nd, to sta nd in this town to which Francis of Assisi sent his nine poor men, and no t be moved by the thought of the future that lies before you boys of King's. Here England has been at her noblest a nd best. Here her old men have dreamed drea ms and her yo un g men have seen visions. Here, in this oldest school in England, the spirit of our race has been nourished a nd strengthened fo r 1,300 yea rs. The seed has been sown a nd the harvest has been reaped and a hundred genera ti ons of King's boys have gone out into the wo rld to give their lives for E ngla nd. This is yo ur generation, and what is it that England expects of you? She expects of yo u that you will keep alive, burning li ke a fire, the li berty she has built up fo r yo u at so great a price, that you will keep her na me bright like shining gold , and that, whatever happens in the years to come, yo u King 's boys will quit you li ke men, and be worth y of the fl ag that made you free."

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AN XVIIITH CENTURY WATER COLOUR DRAWING OF THE SCHOOL A South African , temporarily in England, wrote to me recently from Surrey asking whether I would be interested in a picture of the Kin g's School which had been for some time in the possession of his family. On receiving the picture, J found that it was a watercolour drawing of the Mint Yard. On the back it is inscribed : " The King's School Canterbury, from Mr. Gostling's Chamber Window, February 8th, 1777." And bela"; in another but contemporary hand there is written : ., An original by Francis Grose Esqr." Co mparison has proved that this drawing is none other than the original from which is taken the plate entitled" The King 's School " that forms one of the illustrations to the second edition of Gostling's " A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury" (ed . 1777, facin g p. 163). This plate is reproduced in the Hi s tor~ of the King 's School by Woodruff and Cape (facmg p. 152) where It IS given the approxImate date, circa 1770. As the owner of the drawing was willing to part with it, I have been fortunate enough to acquire one of the oldest known water-col our drawings of the School. It appears from the advertisement with which Miss H ester Gostl in g prefaced the second edition of her father 's book that this new issue of it was embellished by several new copper-plate engravings, and that the addition of these plates had been made possible by the ge nerosi ty of many friends, among whom FrancIs Grose IS mentioned as havlOg made him self responsible for five. But it is now clea r that Miss Hester's obligations to Francis Grose did not rest there, for, when studied in connexion with the water-colour drawing of the Mint Yard, the plates with which the second edition was embellished are clearl y discovered all to have been engraved by R . Godfrey from water-colour drawings by the same hand· but where Francis Grose's other originals may now be, 1 do not know. ' Born in 1731 , Francis Grose, the author of this very interesting pictorial record of the old School, was an antiquary and draughts man of some note. He ma y be described as a sort of antiquarian Falstaff. "He was immensely corpulent, full of good humour and good nature, and an inimitable boon companion." (D.N .B.). He married Ca therine daughter of Mr. Jordan of Ca nterbury, a nd died in 179 1 in Dublin, of an apoplectic fit after dinner. Two Jordans, Bas il and Richard, aged 13 and II respectively, were admitted King 's Scholars in 1753; possibly they were Catherine's brothers. William Gostling was an O.K.S. and a Minor Canon of Canterbury. Being a zea lous antiquary he was probably a friend of the much youn ger Grose. He died in hi s house in the Mint Yard in 1777, at the age of 82, while the second ed ition of his book was in the press. • F.J.S.

A NOTE ON THE LEE PRIORY · PRIVATE PRESS, NEAR CANTERBURY (1813-1823) The Lee Priory Press was found ed by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, Bart., F.S.A., O.K.S., in the year 18 13, and during the ten years of its existence some fifty volumes, and a similar number of leaves and pamphlets, were issued from the Press under the editorial direction of Sir Egerton Brydges. Man y of the volumes and pamphlets printed were his own writings. Si r Egerton mentions in his autobiography that he was fond of bibliography from the age of thirteen and began at school to collect editions of Horace, and that his love of books was a passion, and a fever.

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In 18 13 he was approached by John Johnson and John Warwick, printers, to allow them to set up a private press at Lee Priory. He appears to have reluctantl y consen ted,but stipulated that he would have nothing to do with the fin a ncial side of the undertaking. Thev must rely on such profit as they cou ld get, a nd he would gratuitously furn ish them with co py. As a bibliographer, Sir Egerton's ambit ion was to re-print man y of the rare tracts, and es pecially the poetry of the Elizabethan age. It was fittin g that thc first work printed at the Press was The Syl )lan Wanderer, consisting of a series of mo ral , sentimen t,li and critical essays, by Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J. , 18 13. The typography is excellent a nd each page is set up within a thin black border, and many pages are embellished with delica te wood engravi ngs, and printers' devices. Like most of the works from the Press, the ed ition was limi ted to Olle hundred copies . The Syll'an Wallderer was fo llowed by Greene's Groat's worth of lViI , Sir Walter Raleigh's Poems, Drayton 's Nymphidia, and ma ny others that wou ld take up too much space to quote. A co mplete li st will be found in Lowndcs' Bibliographer's Manual. The works of the Press are extremely rare, and reali se hi gh prices on their appearance in the sa le-room.

Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges was born at Wootton, near Canterbury, on November 30th,1762. He was educated at King 's School, Canterbury (1775-80) and subsequently at Queens' College, Cambridge. H e was entered at the Inner Temple, ca lled to the Bar in 1787, but never practised . Brydges represented Maidstone from 18 12- 18. The latter part of his life from 181 8 until the time of his death at Ge!,eva in September, 1837 he lived entirely abroad. Most of hiS i1terary work of thiS peflod was pnnted at Geneva. He published in 1834 The Autobiography, Times, Opinions and Contemporaries oj Sir Egerton Brydges, Barl. 2 Volumes. M. T. MEAD.

LOOKING BACK FIFTY YEARS FROM THE CANTUA RIAN OF JUN E, 1887

Most sensible people, we are well aware, are disgusted by this time not so much with the Jubilee itself as with the way in which it is cram med down our throats by subscriptionhunters advertisers, and those armies of faddists who make it the excuse for airing a ll their ridiculous hobbies. But it is a fortunate thing if one can break throu gh the outside crust of peacocks and humbug, as Aristophanes would say, and recognise that in the Jubilee there is something greater and more spiritual than the feeding of old people with beef and pudding, or the roasting of oxen whole. We believe that this kernel of spirituality was well illustrated by the unique service held in the Cathedral on June 19th and attended by all the schools of Canterbury. The idea of this service, of which Her Majesty has been pleased to express Her Gracious approval, was due to Mr. Field ..... .

The a ll-important subject of cricket next claims our attention. As yet we ha ve lost onl y two or three matches by our sca ndalous .fielding, but if the eleven do not improve in this respect we stand a good chance of haVIng the most unsuccessful seaso n of recent yea rs. An ything more deplorable than the way in which the Dover match was thrown away, it would be difficult to imagine.

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ORIGINAL DUSK The tree-tops whisper In the cool night breeze; The blackbird's vesper Trills where no man sees.

O'er all there hangs The scent of dusk, and dew. But wait, and peace

wi ll come to you. B.E.E.M. THE DREAM Her face was dark and harsh; I knew at once she was a murderess; and still I stood transfi xed by that most awful gaze. And then- and then she spoke. God! what a sound- a voice you could not call a voice, a croak, a wh isper;

'twas the most unearthly

thing [ yet ha ve heard ; and yet I knew ' twas earthly- it was Man.

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whole of human sin- not one, but every sin, embodied in that woman.

I tried to pray-

my knees bent not.

I tried to speak, but no sound came.

And then at last my legs were

freed, ] ran and glanced behind; there she was, her face more cruel than ever, in her

hand a knife; my knees sank down in thick black mud;

r stumbled,

fell , I struggled,

rose again; my legs were lead, my brain was fire; [ cou ld not fun- once more I fell.

I knew it was the end, for on she came. Her tongue was forked, and in her eyes was naught but Hell itself. I turned and faced about. She gazed at me; I felt the sea ring heat of her foul breath. I raised my hand and struck that woman. With a cry she disappeared. I knew the trtlth- O Life, 0 Death- l knew the creature was-myself. I prayed. PILGRIMAGE The pebbly dross abounds Along the wasted, winding way. Sharp are the thorny weeds And spiny stinging plants, And where it leads to Who can say? I have trod this path Since first I ever trod, And still chill deserts

RAJAH.

Lie on either side,

Bleak, dry, illimitably wide, And I- unshod. No star, outposting From the firmament Is lonelier than I ; I walk that stony track And cannot guess its end U oder the barren sky.

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"SET NOT FIRE TO THE BRUSHWOOD" We dwell in a net-work of wires; Where stars stutter and the moon

Ts dumb ; where laughter, love, And battles Babel make And beauty with a vacant face

Mouths fa lse phrases; Where the relayed stage Resembles most reality. Search not th e intricate net; The ci rcuit is correct;

There is no technical hitch; With perfect reception we hear Our own cacophonous shorting From studios, booths, on boards,

With censored platitudes Or smug reminiscences,

Backing the head-hung hack, Patching the worn-out past,

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Oh, give us, give us youth, That we may hear that broad Orchestral infinite; Or make youth deaf, That they may never know The fragile valve and record Or that old swan song; Or let them build, self-willed, An aerial to the skies And thence receive new speech From a world that is and is not_ C.

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(FROM OVID) Oft-times I tried to drown my woes, With wine to chase away my cares;

But grief I turned not into joyThe very wine I turned to tears_ RAJAH

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Darkly the eveni ng cumbers the green leaves Which fret, and seek to clutch the rustling wind . The sober clouds roof all the heavens in, And quite obscure the sunset's pageantry. The grey fl int wa ll is cold . A distant thrush warbles a plaintive notc, Awaits the echo, warbles it again And then is hushed . It is a time for thinkingThinking those old sad thoughts Of joys a nd friendships faded and forgot, Almost forgot ! Now all the haunting memories of the past Throng like discoloured ghosts across my brain. So fair they were before, and now so fra il. Away, thin ghosts!

Do no more trespass here.

r will not see you. I wi ll r ha ve now other fr iends.

not be sad.

Ah, dare you moan , . They are not friend s as we were once yo ur friend s.

They are the feeble ghosts, and we are real, While you do but a ppear The shrunken semblance of your fo rmer self, Si lting the re all alone at even fa ll And sighing sadly in the gathering night. You muse on bygone times. What times those were ! Do you remember, friend? " Ah, thank God fo r that raucous shrilling bell ! Thank God for that discordant gramophone! Flee, foolish spectres, down the corridors. T hank God the time for thought is past again. STICKLBBACK

THE SWORD OF EQUITY (JUNIOR WALPOLB PRIze) He shut the gate of " Man Repos " beh ind him and climbed into his small Austin after his fifth vain attempt to sell a vacuum-cleaner on the H.P. system. H e was making his ro unds in one of those sleepy old towns that boast but two glo ries, a bishop a nd .a cathedrai,-if a bishop with nicotine stains on his lips and a temper like fu lminate of mercury may be called a glory. He was growing tired of undoing vacu um-cleaners so

that a woman could poke about inside, exam ine the nuts and bolts with scru pulo us carc,

talk for ten minutes abo ut her next-door-neighbour 's wireless and its behaviour at three a 'clock in the morning and at last say she didn't want the vacu um-cleaner. So he drove

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to tbe cathedral. An angular female with pince-nez and a shrill voice was saying : "Now this stone which you see before yo u, this very stone was ...... " as he entered the Southwes t doorway.

He wandered up the na ve, looked at the choir, and then, remembering

one ought to pray on entering a church, he knelt down in one of the stalls. However, the a ngular creature of the shrill voice creaked into the choir and sta rted off on the rigmarole peculiar to people showi ng visitors round cathedrals. He escaped to the crypt and wandered around there. Then he stopped suddenl y as he saw the altar- the only thing that began to approach beauty in the whole cathedral. It was singularly lovely- particularly the crucifix. It was composed of the usual altar-table on whicb rested a beautiful and very delicately carved figure of Christ on the Cross. On either side was an angel kneeling and holding a sword pointing upwards. There was so me writing on tbe swords which he couldn't read unless he went right up to the altar, but round tbe altar stretched the usual cord to stop him. The angel on the left held the Sword of Mercy, the angel on the rigbt the Sword of Equity; a nd Mercy a nd Equity were inscribed on the swords. He gazed for a long time and then, suddenl y remembering that it had been late when he came into the cathedral, he looked at his watcb- five to seven, it said; locking-up was at seven 0 'clock. However, he must look round the rest of the crypt. He did and went back to the entrance-the door was locked. He knocked to attract attentionthe ecbo of bis knock a nswered him. He knocked again. The sa me echo. Then suddenly fear came upon him- the horri ble fear of a tbing whicb all of us experience wbile yo ung- the fear of being left alone in a dark and deserted place. He began bammering on the door and then, succumbing to stark terror, he screamed and kicked wildly at the door a nd ha mmered so that his knuckles bled. Sweat streamed from his forebead , his wbole body quivered with a fea r that almost snapped his brain. Then, exhausted, be sank to tbe fl oor. After a wbile he regained a certain amount of control and began to calm down. He got up and looked around bim and gave a convulsive shudder of fear as he looked into the blackness of tbe crypt. Dim, vague outlines of pillars, queer shadowy si lhouettes of a lectern and a pulpit, tbe faint, dark form of the cryp t harmonium. Then he tried to summon up a fal se courage by saying there were no sucb things as ghosts anyhow. Yet he glanced furti vely around him- the unca nny stillness seemed to be the lull before Hell poured forth blood and fire-and grisly skeletons. Hell it was, although Hell did not enter the crypt. The steeple of the centre tower was struck by lightning five minutes later. There was a crashing roar of thunder which sbook the cathedral to its foundation s and the storm began. Lightning conductors alone saved the building and its steeple, but they did not save the commercial traveller who was locked in the crypt. A tbunder-storm was the last trial his brain could undergo. His reason snapped . Gripped even in madness by the fear of Hell at his heels, he cbarged about screaming, hitting everytbing he saw, biting his fingers in a frenzy of mad fear, burling himself at pillars as though tbey were eternal demons. Then in a particularly brilliant flash of lightning he saw the lovely crucifix standing there, with the figure of Christ looking down on him. With a scream of mad, bestial rage he flung himself at the altar, tripped over tbe cord surrounding it, fell witb a crash on to the Holy Table, sbuddered and lay still. A cleaner found him next morning clasping the Cross with a grip which could not be loosened, his head on top of one of the angels, the Sword of Equity piercing bis right eye, and a thin trickle of blood oozing on to the floor. T, BUCKLAND

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We ha ve to thank Mr. H elmore for his gift of books, which included a much needed edition of " The Times History of the Wa r. " The past few weeks ha ve been a period of quiescence in Library affairs; the holidays, however, WIll see the re moval of th e books to thelf new station in the Schoolroom. We lea vc the old Parry Library building with few regrets.

SOM E BOOKS . The English Heritage, by Rex Welldo n F inn (Heinema nn, 7/6, "Right " Book C lub c ho Ice). The E nglish Heritage is a historica l boo k deali ng with the history and glory of England. 11 IS not a gUIde-boo k but mo re sO,--a n aId to a gUId e-book. It is not a textbook bu t yet it is filII o f facts, plea,a ntly a nd cleverl y cited . In his preface Mr. Finn sa ys, with reference to th e perso n wh o travels a nd likes to see his own la nd: " [ still fee l th a t the 'p leas ure of his day's outin g wo uld ha ve been enh a nced if he had known no t ? nl y ,what th ese la ndma rk s a re, ~ut al so how they came into being, their place i~ Engli sh hIsto ry, a nd th e reaso n for th eir prese nt existe nce. " It is to ex plain these things and to ~I ve add ed e njoyment to the E nglishm a n who tra vels in his own land tha t M r. Finn has written this boo k. " The o bject of this book," he writes, " is to correlate the He does not write somew hat skeletonic facts se rved up by a n educa tional curriculum." for the scholar and for the historian but for ordinary peop le like you or me. He starts from th e earli est times with th e coming of th e Celts, and with the Phrenicia ns and Neolithic Ma n.. H e th e n tak es us fro m th e Celts to the Ro mans and the Anglo-Saxons. The lll VaSlO1l of l~l e Vikings next occupies h[111, and so to th e ad ve~t of Willia m the Conqueror, whose date IS well-kn ow n to a ll ; we pass thro ugh the MIddle Ages to the Industri al Revo lutio n, a nd there Mr. Finn leaves us, because, so he a rgues, whe n the" first street o f 'bac k-l a -bac k ' ho uses makes its a ppea ra nce" mode rn Engla nd has arri ved a nd modern hi story is too intricate to allow of di sposal in a chapter or two. The English Heritage does not touc h on Scotl a nd , Wales o r Ireland, but th a t is because of lack of space a nd because it would be unfair to devote only a chapter here and there to th em. Mr. Finn 's boo k is well-written a nd is delightfully free from that text-book peda ntry t ha t is so commo n in boo ks of this type. It is well illustrated, mainly with pictures arch(cologlcal and archI tectural, as IS fittm g; for he dwells very largely on the arc hitec tural side of ou r English heritage. . The Empire in the World, by Sir A rthur Willert, K.B.E., B. K. Long a nd H. V. Hodson. E dIted by E . Tho mas Coo k (Oxfo rd Univers ity Press, 10/6). Sir Arthur Willert sta rts with a brief accoun t of the present wo rld situation. After mentlOnm g the faIlure of the League to remedy the defects of th e Treaty of Versailles he passes quickl y over the Great Depressio n a nd the challenge from Italy, G ermany and J a pa n. Mr. H od so n, in a n even briefer account of the eco nomic situation becomes ra ther e nta ngled in the threads of economic policy. But he certainly clears ' up the rela tions between hom e agric ultural policy and th e claims of Dominion producers, and clarifies other Iss ues. . 66

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I n dealin g with th e Co nstituti o nal pro ble m, Mr. Lo ng uph o lds wha t he ca lls" The Practical Do min ion View" aga inst Professo r Ber ri edale Keith 's theories. The boo k e nds wi th a sectio n by Sir Arthur Wille rt o n fo reign relatio ns. He desc ri bes full y the policy of the Briti sh Govern me nt, he re a nd there sugges tin g that a noth er co urse mi ght have been more successful , more di gnified o r mo re co nsistent. On the wh o le, this is an admira ble boo k. ; a boo k whi ch deals full y wi th th e details un der di scussion at the Imperi a l Co nfere nce, bu t whi ch is inclined to lea ve certain of the Dominio ns o ut of the limelight.

Our Great Public Schools, by F. A. M. We bster (Ward, Lock, 10/6). This book is designed to provide a n ex ha ustive account of th e history, traditions a nd ga mes of thirty-six " represe nta ti ve" public sc ho ols. The selectio n of schools is bound to ca use di ssatisfaction in some places; there a re odd omi ssio ns a mon gst E nglish schools,- no ta bly Uppingham,- and there a re no Sco tt ish schools at a ll. As fa r as I can judge- for I ca n onl y claim a fairly detailed knowl edge of three o f the schools in this book , and a c urso ry acq uain tance with a few o th ers- Captain Webs te r 'S notes on ea rly histo ry are acc urate a nd pleasa ntl y writte n ; but it is odd, I think, tha t he should ha ve devo ted a fair meas ure of space to the visits of Victori a n cele brities to this school or th a t, and said practicall y nothing of the post-War " boo m " a nd "slump " periods. Much o f what Captain We bster has to sa y a bo ut the vario us customs of d ifferent schools is amusing a nd qu aintly inte restin g; much is equa lly dull a nd unim porta nt,- soft colla rs or " butterflies, " to flog, as under Macaulay a t Repto n, o r no t to flog qui te so viciously and frequ ently,- these are surely the con tro versies of the past? .. Tom Brown 's Schooldays," fo r bette r or fo r worse, a re as dead as Dea n Fa rra r 's Eric. Ma ny of the sportin g notes a re very good , bu t sometimes degenera te into ra ther tedious ca talogues, arbitrarily incomplete. For example, thou gh he mentions so me of the fin es t of the Kin g's Scho ol 's great " ru gger " players, th ere is not a wo rd of the more a musing by- paths, of Digby- Watso n, say, who was several times a reserve for Sco tland before playing three times for Engla nd. Captain We bster has, I fear, a llowed his own speciality, a t hletics, to run away with him: in th e accounts of Shrewsbury a nd Ru gby, admittedly the" pa rents" of public school running, he has sp ent page UpOil page describing the mi nu test details of their a t hletic history, to the detriment of muc h that is at least as valua ble. My one seriou s co mplaint, however, is that in aU the accounts the really grea t men ha ve received some ca valier treatment. Perh a ps th ese two extracts speak for t he mselves: " Ki t M a rlo we, the poet a nd dra ma tist, was entered as a King's Schola r in 1579. D espite his und oubted genius, his career a t school was undistinguished a nd he met his e nd in a tavern bra wl at Deptford in 1593. " Or " amon g the alumni of Shrewsbury have been Sir Philip Sidney, already me ntioned, Ambrose Philips, who was Pope's ' namby-pamby,' the Ma rquis of H alifax, Judge Jeffreys, Sir Samuel Butte r (sic), the a uthor of Erewholl, Cha rles Darwin, Stanley Wey ma n, th e well-known wri ter of historical ro ma nces, a nd Lord Rochdale, formerly Preside nt of the British Olympic Associa tion." T he photographs are dull and conve ntiona l, and indifferently rep roduced.

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Among Ihe Fail/!(u/, by Da hris Martin (Michael Joseph, 12/6). This book is the work of a really sensitive person- someone who tries to understand one thing before passing to ano ther- who does not flit, like many modern wr iters of tra vel-books. idly and superficia ll y from point to point, or place to place. Miss Ma rlin went to Tunis, and became a n accepted member- in so far as is possible for a non-Arab- of the community of Kairouan . This she did without mak ing that most fata l of all mistakes- " goi ng nati ve" ; no r did she buy her way to favour. There is charm a nd an indefinable quality of understa nding in her acco unt of years spent in this Holy City of Islam.

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The I:.(lito/,j' iI/vile 'he co-opera/ioll of Q,K.S. ill strellgthening these items ill " THE CANT UA RI AN," which are of particular ill/ eres! to O.K.S. Th ey COIIltO! themselves obtain milch of the necessary materials {Ind there/ore remind subscribers lhal items of news, letterj', and ollicr original cOlJlribllliOlls are always welcome.

Sir H ugh Walpole was knighted in the Coronation Honours. H. E. Butcher, from Parramalta, writes to say how much he enjoyed visiting the School a nd how im pressed he was with the kind ness shown to hi m by everyo ne. H. R. Horsley has been ord ained deacon, and also W. M. F. Scott. Both were ordained in the Cathedral. It is with much regret that we hear orihe death of R. M. Osborne on March 2nd, 1935. We apologise for omitting in

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la st term 's Canluarian th e item about " welcoming

We congra tulate F.Âˇ G. Runda ll on obtaining a Second Class Honours B.Sc., and also his A.R.e.S . R. G. W. Saw writes to say tha t he has resolved that when a legacy falls to him he intends to beco me a li fe member of the O.K.S. Association. He is in Germany and at

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playing in th e Ca mbrid ge Freshmen 's match.

M. K. Wardle, D.S. O. , M. e., is promoted Lieut.-Colonel, Ma y 8th, 1937. G. R. C. Hyde-Smith is now in South Africa a nd has met many O.K.S. there. A. E. e. Bredin is now with the 1st Bn . The Dorsetshire Regiment in the Landi Kota l Brigade, N.W.F. of India. H . E. N. Bredi n, 2nd Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles at Catterick, is now the Champion Bayonet Fencer of the No rth ern Command a nd as such is going to compete at Olympia. W. Rut ley Mowll ( 1889- 1892) has been elected Chairman of the Associated Provincial Law Societies fo r 1937.

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L. F. Paris (1 898- 1903) has been elected Vice-Chairman of the above and is also Vice-President of the Hampshire Incorporated La w Society. The Rev. e. M. Ri cketts has been appointed Ca non Residentiary of the Ca thedral, and Ca non Missioner of the Diocese of Gloucester. The new address of R. H. Osborne, Treasurer of the O.K.S. Association, is :_ 81 East Sheen Ave nue, East Sheen, S.W.14. R. Breffi lt (191 4- 1919) has been appoin ted Chief Consta ble of Sussex . â&#x20AC;˘ 68

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It was with much regret that we heard of the death in March, 1935 of Robert Long, O.K.S. Rev. N . V. Halward, M.C. (1913-16) has been awarded the Silver Wolf, and A. W. Rigden, M.e. has been awarded the Silver Acorn by the Boy Scouts' Association in recognition of their services.

G. E. Janson-Smith has been appointed Master of Rural Studies to the Sudan Government.

The O.K.S. Dinner will be held at the Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, W.e.2, on Friday, January 14th, 1938. We have been pleased to welcome the following O.K.S. to lhe School lately:H. D. Townend, D. H. Cowie, e. B. Jerram, Mr. E. R., with Mrs. and Miss Crouch (from Parramatta), B. E. Money, P. C. V. Lawless T. L. Salzman, W. Maycock, ~. Maycock, A. B. Emden, H. H. Hayes, . . en ID S, T. D. Nettleton, J. D. Nettleton, C. B. Pratt, E. H. Moline, G. B. Pratt, L. H. Scorer, R. P. Atherton, J. B. Sidebotham, J. H. Battiscombe, T. G. Cannon, A. H. E. Mosse.

OXFORD LETTER Dear School, Everyone knows what the Oxford Groups are-an easy exam for becoming a B.A. But there was also a "movement" of that name which was recently brought into the public eye by being attacked by Miss Rawlings, famous for playing Lady Macbeth in the O.U.D .S. production of "Macbeth. " She sa id that her mother had written that the Japanese knew that three things should be secret- burdens, love and a man 's soul. Never mind about the two latter- we are children yet. But burdens ..... . We have often thought that much that is most precious in Oxford was also to be found in Canterbury. A view of the better public schools only strengthens the O.K.S. in affection for the Precincts. In Oxford there are ga rdens whose secrecy even the guide-books, even the guides, do not violate. " How do you make your turf like that?" "Oh! we just plants the grass and weeds it and rolls it and leaves it for a couple of hundred years and goes on rolling it." There is a garden in Worcester College that has a lake with shallow depths like Orrefors glass. And there is one in the Queens' College that is like the Sixth Form garden, strangely brooded over by an Imperial eagle, which, please God, will never shame the quiet dons into casting an eye to the sun. But we never find one like the Top Fire garden. When is the School going to perform " Romeo and Juliet" in the Baptistry garden?; Juliet could bave a splendid balcony, if rather a small casement. There is a tower there, too, but it has an eremite owl, misanthropic anchorite, in it, who hasn't been disturbed since we left, perhaps. There was something else rather important we had to say, two things. One was that we won ' t send you O.K.S. Letters if you print lines of " Lucretius" as prose; live up to the traditions of Theodore of Tarsus, please, Schol: Reg: Cantuar: . And the other was- best love from the chaps to the chaps, and vice versa, we hope. Terry, whom you all know, is twenty-two by now, and, unlike his predecessor in Trinity College, needs no " apologia pro vita sua," we hope. Derrick has nearly worn out his O.K.S. tie in Exeter

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College. Dodd is in that college too, and Miles, .on the. other hand, is in St. Ed mund Hall . So is Quentin. At six 0 'clock on May mornmg Semor smgs at the top of Magdalen Tower ; [and how it rocks when they toll the bell, peal th ~ bell, rather) . And we dance, onc and all. Iremonger is in Oriel after twelve Âˇor by appoilltment and sends spec,"1 kmd nlessages. He has a ripping new yacht called AIIIl/e l.ouise. We are ~ II maki1.1g a valiant bid to burn our ca ke on both sides, a nd cook our wIld goose and chase It, and stIli, we trust, lelling the School down with colours fl ying. . . . .. [I hear the pips, so my three minutes must be up.) Bless you all. O.K.S. OXON.

INDIAN LETTER Dear School, G. C. Strahan (Lieut.-Colonel)- alias Bunny Strahan- has sent me, in response to my recent S.O.S. , a rare good letter. 1 should like to quote it all- as a s~ mple for OUr less musica l " Kamarads" to ImItate: bllt It IS a bIt lengthy. He relInquIshed hIs command of the 1/6th Gurkhas last March. You will have noticed recently how ~o bly the 6th ha ve been distinguishing themselves on the FrontIer. From my own expertence, the G. 's are noble and jolly fellows: a nd I wish we had more of our chapS among them. Anyhow, it must have been a wrench fo r G.C.S. to leave them: but, to hIs vast pleasure, he was appointed Recruiting Officer in Nepal for the Gurkha ba ttahons gene~a lly. He has his winter H.Q. at Kunaghat for West Nepal, and hIs summer H.Q. at Darjlhng for East Nepal. His work calls him at times to the sacred and forbidden ca pital, Khatmandu- to see the .\<.ing of Nepa l and his Prime Minister. Perhaps he is the only O.K.S . to have been there (though A. D . Molon y may ha ve had tbat honour). Straban adds: " I had hardly been here (Da rjiling) a week before I was invited to form one of a milita ry cricketing side (at 7,000 ft. alt.) by a trusting officer who had heard (so he said) that [ was once an enthusiast. Seeing that 1 had played my last match in October, 1921, I felt highly honoured and it amused me to find myself (at 50) numbered among the " nOI1benders " and an endeavour made to secrete me in the field. But I found that I cou ld " bend '" not too painfully. I made a masterly single in the first innings and was then bowled ' by a break-back; a nd I survived lIndefeated for 12 in the second innings in our struggle to avoid defeat which we managed to do. And my wandertng thoughts harked back Âˇto halcyon days of 1903-6 when 1 was not so stiff and the sward was greener on the dear old St. Lawrence ground. How can one ever forget them ?- This is all very much talking about oneself, but yo u asked for it a nd have.got it ! ! " You chaps might well look up G.C.S.'s records in the old Cantuarians- and imitate them. I am still (June 12th) hoping for more effusions from others, but the fellows-no doubt:are still hard at work writing them : I expect they'll have to go !Ilto the AppendIX. Meantime, I have picked up a few odd notes, which 1 venture to incorporate. (I) At times I see G. C. Covell's name in connection with the salvation ofindia from the Anopheles; but 1 don't know if he is sti ll out here. (2) I know at least three survIvors of the old 1890 crew who will be glad to learn about A. H. Barlee. (These survIvo rs are W.R.M., G.L-W. and A.F.C.C.L.) In a big golf tournament up at Mahableshwar last month I was defeated- at the 19th- by a Justice K . Barlee of the Bombay Higb Court. '1"

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On our return from the fray to the Clu b, we found that he had been knighted- after his victo ry over me (please note). He has told me about hIS bIg brother, A.H.B. From 1898 to 191 4, the Rev. A. H.B. worked in East London, and became Vicar of St. MaryÂˇsin-the-East. After this he did fi ve yea rs in Queensla nd. From 1920-27 he wo.rked III Birm ingham: and from 1927 up to date he has been In the Barbados.

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.. Barlee- Barbados .. wi ll get him on the 'phone. (3) At M 'wa r, a lad y was seated at a table next to mine durin g Apri l. She turned out to be the better-half of a n O.K.S.- to WIt A. G. Wells, I.C.S. A.G .W. was at K.S.C. from 19 14-19; and went to Worcester College, Oxon. for three years . He came O\lt to India in 1927, was posted to be Assistant Collecto r at Belga um on the Bo m ba~ SIde. In 1932 he joined the judicial, and was posted to Aden 111 1934- and beca me Dlstrtct and Sessions Jud ge at Sholapur in February, 1936. Owing to a domestic berea ve ment he had to cancel his intended holiday at M 'wa r and hasten to Ca nterbury: hence 1 missed mee ting him. I may add that Mrs. A. G .W. is the ri ght sort- i.e. keen on K.S.C. (4) I met up there a Rev. F. M. McKeown, who is head of a big school at Pa nchga ni ( 12 miles from M 'war), who used to be a master at K.S ., Parramatta: a nd may be properly rega rded as one of us: thou gh it was, 1 think, 1911 A.D . when he left. (5) The Bishop of Bombay also ca me to M 'war for a few days. His hobby is butterflyology- he has no use for the lovely but despised moth. Last year, he told me, he had visited the Natura l HIstory Museum (S .K.) wIth a bug or two, aÂˇnd had found one Evans there stud ying the Skippers. "W.H. ?" cried I, like the Vicar of Wa kefield. " The same," replied he. " Him with the kink in the S. W. corner of his face?" "Even so." Well, W.H.E., in mem o c. 1890, here 's to you, and man y of them. I II1formed HIS Lordship of a decent butterfl y on the wa ll of our sta irca ~e, which H.Lp. was not long 111 bottling. It turned O\lt to be a SkIpper, and was not defi l1ltely IdenlIfiable from the gradus. Should it reach you (W.H.E.), na me it " Atella Aclandi ": .. Smithi .. sounds, [ regret to say, too unromantic.

1 visited a book shop in Bombay to find suspended on a pillar a rea ll~ excellent Cathedral s h OWing In the distance. It was paInted from InSIde AlgIe Latter s garden, and couldn t ha ve been better done. The Photographic Society might well note the spot. I need hardly add that J secured this admirable memento of old days. (6)

pa inting of Ollf Nor,man Arch~ay? wIth ~h e West ,towers of the

(7) G. C. Strahan tells me of his brother, K.C.S. (1 894-99), who. is now in his last year as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Kenya Colony RaIlways at NaIrobI. He IIltends to tryout a small estate which he has bought out there, a~yhow for some three years. G.C.S. also mentions T. S. Emery of the 1/ 15th Punjabls, now at PlI1dl ; a nd W. E. Dean of an F.F. Regiment (I ca n't get hold of the Army List just now). But I tru~t these. two at least wi ll let me know morc about themselves and other O.K.8. Hewlc k IS, 1 believe, still at A.H.Q. 1 hope he'll rise to the occasion also.

Omnia bona ae fausta sint.

June 12th, 1937.

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THE SOCIETIES The Editors !tope it is ullderstood Iltal these accolillts are merely a/tempts to give all accllrate impression of lite I'iews expres.\ wl by 0111' various visitors- views which are 1/01 lIecessarily ill concord witlt opilliol/s commollly held ill tlte School.

THE WALPOLE SOCIETY

Presidem : J. H. CORNER, ESQ. Vice-President: R. P. TONG, ESQ. Hon. Secretary: M. N. We were proud to welcome

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founder, Sir Hugh Walpole, this term, when he came

down to give his first ta lk to the Society on June 16th.

He refused to give his lecture a

titl e, but produced one of his stimulating demonstrations of novel-writing.

Within forty

minutes he had outlined two ingenious novels, One stra ightforward and the other deliberately symbolical, both entitled" The Coa l Scuttle. " The enthusiasm displayed by his listeners over this sort of literary composition prompted him to offer two pri zes to members for

their attempts at similar work . By the end of the evening the plan s had become ambitious, and if all goes well Sir Hugh will be entertain ing the Society at his London flat in the Christmas Term . We are all pledged to bring our efforts, which will be read after dinner; the prizes will be awarded on the spot. Such a stimulus we have rarely had in recent years! Earlier in the term A. M . Langlands read a paper on .. The Education of the Poor in the Eighteenth Century," a subject on which he seemed something of an authority. Life in the schools was described with its horrors and chastisements, and the list of qualifications that the eighteenth century master boasted left us wondering about the good old days. When we met for the second time the President gave us an impromptu ta lk on " Modern Germany." He managed in one brief hour to talk of the country itself, its people, customs, ach ievements and, most interesting of ail, the recent experiment in Nationa l Socialism. He explained the aims of present-day Germany, and how far their outlook had been influenced by the Great War and her post-war humiliation. The talk was illustrated by an admirable collection of pictures produced by an alert propaganda department in Berlin! Our three other meetings were devoted to a reading of " King John." THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

President: F. L. KIDD, ESQ. Vice-President: J. H. CORNER, EsQ. Hon. Secretary: H. P.

WORTHAM

At the beginning of the term the Dark Room was moved to No. 6 The Precincts, where the basement provided an excellent room. The Annual Outing took place on Sunday, July 4th. Twenty members cycled to Beltinge, where they were met by the President a nd Mr. Groves, who brought an excellent tea . Although the day was rather cold and dull, a few good photographs were taken. Much good work has been done by members and some excellent results have been obtained during the term.

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THE TENTERDEN SOCIETY President: THE VERY REv. THE D EAN OF CANTE RB URY Vice-President: CANON F . J. SHIRLEY Hon. Secretary : P. TOWNSEND On June 12th, Commander Tapprell Dorling (" TafTrail ") talked to the Society on ,. Modern Germany," a nd ou tlined his recent experiences in Berlin a nd elsewhere. After commenting on the" unfairness" of the Versailles Treaty, he drew a vivid picture of the war-mindedness of yo un g Germany, a nd of the essentiall y military character of the yo uth mo vements there. Com ma nder Dorling, while condemning the present regime in Germa ny, which, with its ruthless concentration ca mps, its suppression of culture, and its steady preparation for war, crushed all individua lism out of the nation, felt that Germany had sufTered at the ha nds of the Allies more than her transgression warranted or wisdom dicta ted. He ended, however, with a note of optim ism- Germany was not yet ready for war; he gave us three years of peace! On July 2nd, Mr. W. Spens, Conserva ti ve M.P. for Ashford, talked on the economic problems of to-day. Chiefl y he spoke on the results of the Wa r and the adoption of manufactu ri ng by non-ma nufact uring countries, the natu ra l outcome of the interchange of gold after 191 8. Facility of communication had further disturbed the economic equilibrium, for it necessitated quick thinking and action in pol itical spheres- of which politicians had apparently had little previous experience! Despite the ease of communications, however, in these unsettled times mercha nts a re terrified of entering into far-away contracts- in the franc crisis they lost great sums as a result of the devaluation of the pou ~d -and the resu ltant bad distribution of gold probably precludes a widespread return to t~ gold standard. Till no w, he sa id, these questions ha ve been treated in an opportunist ma nner, hy trade agreement and other ephemeral understandings. Mr. Spens held that the socialistic solution of abandoning trade barriers was impracticable, chiefly on account of the cheap labour of the East, and its widespread production; secondl y, because of the efTect of Socia list doctrines (as in the present French crisis) on the public mind, and, in the case of E ngla nd 's trade agreements, on her customers. He pointed out that a defensive pol icy is necessary at this time, particularly as economic turmoil anywhere inevitably reacts on England. We have to thank Commander Tapprell Dorling and Mr. W. Spens for two very interesting talks. On July 14th, A. Lennox-Boyd, Esq. , Conserva ti ve M.P. for Bedford, spoke on present day afTairs and Imperial relations. He stressed the essential uni ty of the Empire and the ultimate dependence of the Colonies on the Mother Country, and claimed that the Commonwealth was a more effective element for peace than the League of Nation s to-day.

THE CHOIR The Summer Term offers little opportunity for the Choir to do more than routine work. But as so often ha ppens this kind of work has don e much to make the Choir into a real unit, since with more practice at singing together greater attention can be paid to expression and interpretation. It is the ar ri val at this standard which usuall y signifies the beginning of real enjoyment in singing, when the notes of every chan t cease to be obstacles which only the rough edge of the Choirmaster's ton gue seems a ble to break down. We sent a party of twenty to help in the Service of Arts and Crafts which opened the Festival. It was interesting music, particularly the Vaughan Williams" Te Deum, " a double choir work, which was divided between St. Edmund 's School Choir and ourselves. '73

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Some progress has been made w· t/ tl S I I C I, ' ~ l eo ? 100 /la llt- book , and we have added s ~rm will r emain as keen as t~:~ ~~~ :,~:' t~';\ Irlg ,\l y th ose wh o will still be here· ~~:~ 101T ~hl ch will go ri ght a head from the ; tart s o u ose no lIme In ge ttin g toget her a a definite conlribulio n 10 th e life of the SCh'ooi ~. ~ melblber of th e Cho ir a boy ma kes r~cognJ se, and dUring thi s year it has been gratifi glCt plI lChOPln lOn IS perhaps slow to s Own toward s choir work. In 0 see t e keenness which has been descants and an anth em o r tw

. Finally, th e Cho ir is mo re th a n gra teful t M II1valuable ass istan ce, and no less to A J Ph ·W 0 I \ Ave ry and Mr. Corn er for their ..

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CHAPEL NOTES Jul y. 13th was th e fi rs t anni ve rsa ry of Ih

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~xa~11~HltlOn s the commemoration was limited t~ s e !~ft.lOn o~ the Memorial.

Owing to

t re~ terms ,n ow the Holy Eucharist has b peCld "ltentl~n ~ a t the Daily Eucharist. The~f Jad y servIces seem to be meetin g a rea le~~e~eleb~' ted II1slde th e School buildings. ena e ~hose III In Hospital to receive their COll1mlll;i~~ s on at lea st two occasions have D unng th e first half of th · h ~ . . School services :_ e yea r t e allowing Special Collec ti ons were mad e at the 01

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Alms, a mounting to £5 or £6 a term,

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.The School services Owe a grea t d bt h . to have a surpliced choir T o ~a . .to t . e choll·. For some time it ha s been Our In th e neig hbo urh ood of £75 II; a .' "t thlOug h such a change wo uld cost somewher If t~~' ;;;,ape~eaf :Ihe ~hapel Fund ca n hardl y ex pect t~ ha ve a greater ba lan ce than cassocks a nd surplices musl be met by Some s o. I,e c, 0,,· a re to be fulfilled th e cost of wo ul~ Ilkc to hclp us increase th e d i ' pec~ a _ ~l~dn s . If th ere are a ny O.K.S. w ho su rhll~ed (Scho la rs) and partly not-~~~,td o;h~~ ' s~~,;,ce~-al present th e choir is partly suc h o na tlons fro m th em a nd fro m th ose still in th ~ ho nalllOn to Ihe Chapla in ?- or III t e Memonal Chapel. e c 0 0 may be placed in the box II wo uld help in compiling E b ··d I .. wo uld info rm the Chaplain of th~'fa~i~tele~~~I~e~~~~1Sb'fr" ny 0 .K.S. w ho is to be ordained ( Clore t1l C o rdinatIOn.

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O.T,C, An Annua l Inspectio n and two R I G be a remarkable record for an 0 T C o~~·t u~~s of Hono~r in less than a month must A rmoury, an increase of th bJ"· h· . I . en to tillS IS added Ihe mov t clear that this term has beenee~~~~ti~n~'I~n~c~~~ !~rel~or~ation of a Signal PI:to~n~ ~e~ Our establishment ha b . e orps. ment of 2/ Lieut G W ~ een ;,ncreased by 30 to a to ta l strength of 180 and the .

~~~:~ ~i~d~~~~a~~s t~~o~~~~_~~~:::~~e~ig~~lstl~lait~~a~u~~!e b~~~eth~;d~ a~t:~£~ffi~~~: whICh has proved very successful.

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The Armoury is now in the room beneath the Old Library. In spite of some misgi vi ngs at tb e start, th e new accommodation has proved most satisfa ctory, and it has the great advantage of keeping everything in place. On the occasion of His Coronation , H.M. Kin g Geo rge VI assumed th e ra nk of Colonel-in-Chief of the O.T.C.- an ind icati o n which sho uld not pass unnoticed of the value of the work done by th e Corps. The three represenlati ves we were a llowed at the Coronation Celebrations had excellent places opposite Buckingham Palace. The Annual Inspection was carried out by Lieut.- Colonel M. M. Parry-Jones, M.C., Commanding 2nd Battalion, The Ro yal Fusiliers, the unit to which we are affiliated for Field Training. Although th e official report has not yet bee n received, we can say that Co lonel Parry-Jones in his address congratulaied the continge nt on its turn-o ut and on the precision of th e ceremonia l drill. He commented too on the physique of tbose on parad e. On June 24th, the contingent furni shed a Guard of Honour for H.R.H, the Princess Royal on her visit to the Preci ncts. Her R oyal Highness, whilst inspectin g the Guard , spoke to one or two cadets, and later co mplimented th e unit

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At the openin g of the Kent and Ca nterbury Hospital on Jul y 14th by H.R.H . the Duke of Kent, who was accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, o ne hundred members of the contingent paraded with th e Band. After the Roya l Salute, the Duke inspected the contingent. He asked a number of qu estions of several boys. and showed considerable interest in the School and the way in which Corps Training was fitted in. Fifteen Certificates " A" were obtained at the March Examination, and the following promotions were made :L/Sgt. Henshaw to be Sergeant. Cpls. Graham i and Whalley i to be Lance-Sergeants. L/Cpls. Alexa nder, Brown, Kin g, Trvine, Young, Meek, Nash, Pratt, Spencer, Steinman, Carter and Scott to be Corpora ls. C adets Bennett,

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Sidebotham, Strallen, Wa tts, Wayland a nd Wo rth a m to be Lance-Corporals. All from May 1st . . Cpl. Pra tt to be Lance-Sergeant and appointed Drum-Major, as from June 21st. Early in th e term a Field Day was held with St. Edmund's School. As we were defending a well-nigh impregnable position the res ult was a foregone conclusion, but we learned a good deal about the use of smoke, the Wi thdrawa l and the Ad vance Guard, A Machine Gun Demonstration organised by The Royal Fusiliers for Cranbroo k School a nd ou rselves was carried o ut at Shorncliffe 011 July 5th. The party, which was fifty stron g, was conveyed to Shorncliffe by five of the new platoon trucks, and on a rriva l had an excellent tea in barracks. The Demo nstratio n was very well arran ged, too well in fact, for a concealed gun sited by Colonel Parry-Jones himself, eluded even his professional eye, and like the rest of us he became palpably a dead man. The whole expedition was most enjoyable and the contingent is very deeply indebted to The Royal Fusiliers, es pecially to Lieut.-Colonel Parry-Jones and his Adjutant, Captain R. W. Vaughan, who was responsible for all the arrangements. '75

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The amaz ing improvement and development of the Band has been a pleasant feature of th e tenn. Three people have born e the brunt of the work. The Rev. e. M . Barker has most genero usly come twice a week to take the buglers; Drum-Major Swann of The Roya l West Kent Regiment has helped with the drill and the drums; and Drum-Major Pratt has done everything possible to maintain a keen spirit in his Band. We are very gratefu l indeed to a ll three and to those who have given them thei r support. We hope that Pratt, equipped with his new staff, felt justly proud of the Ba nd as they marched the contin gent to the Hos pital Ceremony past the ears and eyes of many critics.

It wou ld be a miss to end these notes without acknowledging th e debt the Corps owes to the va rious Reg ular officers who help us so readil y. Mr. Cra ig of The Buffs has been of invaluable assistance during th e year, and it is fortun ate in emergencies to be able to

fall back o n Capta in Andrews and hi s stores at The Buffs Depot. The Signallers have been he lped at every turn by the officers of the 4th Di visio nal Signals, and we take this opportun ity of thanking them. On July 12th, Ca ptain Rey nolds was presented with a canteen of sil ver cutlery from past and present members of the contingent, in recognition of hi s fourteen years' service which ended last January. He wou ld like, through The Cantt/arian, to broadcast hi s thanks to a ll th e O.K.S. who co ntributed to this tes timonial. We are so rry they were not able to hear him use up what he ca lled his

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still, it may have saved their blushes. Camp numbers are up to establishment, a nd we arc looking forward to an excellent week of training and other activities at Tweseldown. INSPECT ION REPORT ON TH E CONTINGENT RY Ll EUT.-COLONEL M. M . PARRY-JO NES, M.e., CO MMANDI NG 2ND BN. THE ROYAL FUS ILIE RS DRILL- The drill was good. command were good. W eA PoN TRAIN I NG-

Every ma n was obvio usly doing his best.

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Th e battle fo rmations, very fair.

A good sys tem in te lligently car ri ed out.

TACTICAL TRAI NING- Fire direction and control good. A sma ll ad vanced gua rd problem set by the Inspectin g Officer o n th e spot was ca rri ed out ve ry well. The Commander gave clea r and concise orders, hav ing very ra pidly decided what to do. Leadership good. Great keenness was shown hy all ranks throughout th e exercise. T ECHNICA L TR AINING-T he newly-formed Signal Platoo n has made very good progress and are being well taught. is shown.

Small signa l schemes are ca rri ed out and great keenness

DISCII'Ll NE-The discipline is good . All ra nks are keen.

The non-co mmissioned officers o bvio usly take hold.

TuRN-OUT-The turn- o ut and clothin g was good. This equally app lies to the Band. SeRGEANT-INSTRUCTORs- Staff Sergeant-Major Instructor J. Ma rshall is obviously a keen and energet ic non-co mmissioned officer, who succeeds in producing good results.

ARMS AND EQU IPM ENT-Clea n and well kept. A good armoury wit h sa tisfactory means of securi ty. GENERAL- A good, keen contin gent, ably commanded and instructed.

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SCO UTS This term a nllm ber of week-end ca mps have been held at Westbcre and almost everyone ha s had an opportu nity of camping. At Easter the '" hike" in Wales wen t very well , and th ough we had onc or two wet days, we had a pleasa nt time at Li anteris, C ue

ldafydd and Rowen Bridge. by eighteen boys.

The tour in Finland comes off in August and will be made

This term much outdoor work has been carried out and we ha ve been active on two occasions in public, one at the fetc for the Scout A ssociation Fund, when we looked after

side-shows and gave a model bridge-bui lding demonstrat ion, and the other at the visit of the Duke of Kent , when some acted as runners and the others as part of the Scout representati on party. Our smart turn-out was favourably commented upon .

This (erm G.S.M. Kidd relinqu ishes his post and ha nds over to A.S.M. Paynter wit h the hope that the troop will cont inue to flourish in every way.

THE REMINISCENCES OF THE REV. GEORGE GILBERT, M.A. , O.K.S ., CANON OF LINCOLN' With the permission of the Dean a nd Chapter it is proposed to publish the Remini scences of George Gilbert in termly insta lments in The Cantu(lriall. The Reminiscences are contai ned in a small MS. book in the Ca thedral Library and are of very considerable interest to members of the Kin g's School and of the Cathedral. Reference to this MS. work is found in the official History of the School,t and deta ils of Gi lbert's life are summarised in Sidebotham's Memorials (1 865). The Rev. George Gilbert, M .A., was born 26th December, 1796. He was admitted a Kin g's Schola r in 1808, durin g the Headmas tership of Dr. Naylor (1785- 18l 6). In 18 15 he went to Corpus C hristi College, Cambridge, where he was a Parker Scholar, Mawso n Scholar and College Prize man ; he graduated B.A. , 1819, M.A., 1822. H e was ord ai ned deacon at Peterborough in 1820, and priest at Lincoln in 1822, becoming Vicar of Systo n, near Grantham. in 1830, and in 1862 Prebendary of Lincoln . For thirty Years (1820- 1850) he was also Second Master of the Grammar School at Grantham. H e was the fi rst Scholar admitted by Dean Andrewes (Dea n 1809- 1825). Gilbert was a fri end of Charles Eaton Plater, anot her King's Scholar, fifteen months younger tha n himself. Plater's father was Vicar of Whitstable and Seasalter, and G il bert records visitin g him for one Easter holiday with Charles. Of the son, C harles Eaton Plater, Sidebotha m states (Memorials, p. 11 2): " He was the founder of Marlborough College in conjunction with the present Dea n of Ma nchester, which brought him frequently into public notice, a nd he continued to be an active member of the Council till his death, which occurred in 1854." The Reminiscences seem to have been written from 1864 to 1873, in response to a request preferred by a "sma ll number of judici ous persons," who fea red that much of the past would be forgotten unless G ilbert, "a storehouse of such lore," committed his recollections to writin g. Present-day members of the School and O.K.S. will be exceedingly glad-as these insta lments appear- that the good man acceded to this request. ÂˇEditor 's Note.-As far as possible, Gilbert's spelling and punctuation have been retained. jWoodrun- & Cape, t908. 177

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SI. Augusline's, AprU, 24th. My dear Sir, "I was dinin g the other night at Harbledown-with a sma ll number of judicious persons, And our conversation turned on the old state of things with reference to the Archbishops and the Chu rch in Canterbury, Mr. Starrt mentioned some of the points which r have heard you descnbe m?re fully, And we expressed ou r regret that all that would be forgotten as undoubtedly It would before many years, I mentioned that I had asked you to write down your recollections as yo u were a storehouse of such lore but that I was afraid you did not intend to do so, George Pearson suggested that you ';'ight give a l~cture In St. George's Hall to the Church of England young mens ' association on the Subject. Whether those times are distant enough to be lectured upon I think is doubtful. :But I mentIOn t~ you what was suggested. I do ventu re however again to name my former Idea, I am qUIte sure that a M,S, of th is kind would be interesting in time to come, It need not be a form al treatise. Your recollections might be put down as they occurred to you . And the M.S .. might be placed in the Cathedral Library, or ours. It would stand a better chance If In ours, as we have not a number of them among wh ich it might be overlooked as in the case of the Cathedral. And having once more brought the case before you I will say no more. " Believe me to be yours very sincerely, EDWARD R. ORGER. t The suggestions of Mr. Orger shall be considered and St. Augustine 's is the place for such a M.S.

G.G. DR. WELFfTT

William Welfitt, D .O. was for 47 years Prebendary of Canterbury, being the successor of Dr. Sutton. He was son of a Mr. Welfi tt of York who had been steward to Lady IrVIne and descended from an a ncient family at Wold Newton in Lincolnshire. He was educated at the Grammar School at Patrington in Yorkshire under Rev. Mr. Noble. He was a member of University College Oxford, and contemporary with Sir William Scott (Lord Stowell), Baron Norton, Mr. Crolmeley of Easton and other eminent men of their standing. He held two livings, Hastingleigh and Tyshurst with his Canonry. F letcher Norton, when Speaker, appointed him Chaplain of the House of Commons. Hence hiS c1~lm for one of the Royal Stalls. Dr. Fiennes (afterwards Dr. F iennes Clinton) bad also clauns. Dr. W. was fearful lest he should in consequence of Dr. F's. claims lose hlS chance. So hearing that Dr. Sutton was dangerously ill, he wrote two letters one addressed to himself, the other to Lord North, which last announced the vacancy by O~. S's death and asked for the Stall, as the other informed him of Dr. S's decease. He took these letters to Mr. Ruby, a medical man at Grantbam who attended the Sutton Family, and after gIVIng hun a handsome fee, begged him to post these letters as soon as the Dr. was dead. Whether Mr. Ruby neglected to do so immediately, or that Mr. Welfitt was tEdward Orger was Subwarden of Sl. Augustine's College (1866Âˇ1 880). )Auditor and Chapter Clerk (1803-1 840).

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frol11 home when his letter was deliv.ered I. know not ; but he did not get the ne~s till three days after Dr. S's death. He Immediately saddled IllS horse and rode 80 miles to London without halting and saw Lord North and secured the Stall. He aftel wards regretted this; for shortly after one of the Stalls at Westmmster became vacan t, which waS more valuable, and it fell to Dr .. Flennes, whereas had Dr. F, obtamed Ca ntel bury, O. W would have obtained Westminster. Telling thIS tale one day, when Rev. Allen Fi~l din'g, Vicar of St. Stephen's, was present, he added,." and do. you not think that after such a day's labour of 80 miles I deserved a Sta ll ? Mr. Fleldtng qUietly observed, " I'm sure your horse did." Revd . A. Fielding was Master of Eastbridge Ho spi t~1 Vicar ofS: Stephen's Hackington and Rector of Blean. Under the new la w of Pluralities these II vmgs could not be hel,d togethe r. It is doubtful whether they cou ld form erly; for I have a ~,otlOn that S. Stephen S was endowed with the Rectonal Tythes cond ltlOn~ lI ~ that the V,ca, held no othel benefice. Mr. F. was a dignified man, ~Ith a clear dlStl~.ct utterance ; but so. slow m hIS pronunCiatIOn that he was called the mmuteÂˇGun. One day coming out of the Cat~~dral t:?r. Welfitt asked t:'!r. Minor Canon M~~riott, if he li ked his (the Dr 's.) sermon? Yes, ~~a~ ,a good Ol~~ rephed MalllOtt." ~o,~ do not recollect hearing me preach It before ? , I do. not, rep hed Ma~nott. No. . said the Dr. "You were not then _born! for tis s l xty-f~ur years t~ I S v~ry day slIlce 1 preached it last." To explain this, I would say, that the Dr s. eyes waxln& dim, he looked out a sermon preached by him when a Curate 111 Yorkshire and wntten In a bold hand, and preached it. He had not done so before at Canterbury. Dr. W. used to reSIde 9 months every year in the Oaks at Canterbury and go II1to the north of England for the other three months. Latterly he went to an Estate he had purchased at Pllham near Gainsboro's as a shooting box for his only son. He usually took the office of Treasurer and sat in his own stall as 3rd. Prebendary next to the Vice Dean. Latterly He took the ~ffice of Vice Dean for several years. He attended divine Service twice daily and when be ceased to go to Pilham, a year or two before hIS death, he m one year was only once absent from divine Service. The wo rd Welfit is, 1 think of German origin ,and the same name '!~ Guelph. To illustrate this-I extract a paragraph from Butler s German EmpIre. All Italy and Germany were divided between the adherents of the popes and the adherents of tbe Emperors At the time when these contests first commenced, tbe Guelphs of Altorf in Saxony were among' the most illustrious families in German~. In several ,battles, in which a prince of that house commanded the Saxon and Bavanan troops agamst the Emperor Conrad the third, the Son of Fredenck duke of Suab.ra, Guelph was the word of war with the former, and WCJbhngen, the place where PI edcllck

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of war with the latter. Insensibly these words were used to denommate opp~S1tepartles ; and by degrees all persons opposed to tbe em"eror were called Welfts (Wei fits by InsertIon of i) and all his adherents were called Welbhn-gemtes. These appellatIOns continued to be used in the contests between the popes and emperors, but tbe ItalIans softened tbem into Guelphs and Ghibellines." O. W. once shewed me his school bills, The charge for Board etc. was ÂŁ15 per ann, with Mr. Noble of Patrington. He certainly was an excellent Latin scholar and had Horace and Juvenal at his fingers ends. . "The cha nge is but sli ght , at:ld show~ h,ow n;.lIch may bea.~complished by thet~.crealtcration of a Ictter in rcmoving vu lgar and sordJd assOCJatlOos. (Burton- The Scot Abroad . )

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His first cure was in Leicestershire on the borders of Lincolnshire. His stipend £30 per a nn. " I give my Curate at Hastingleigh £ 100 (said he) tho ' £80 is the legal sum. We must li ve a nd let li ve. Yet £30 was not amiss 60 years ago. I was to board and lodge at the Fa rmer's who held the Glebe. Wha t a m r to pay, said [, to the Farmer 's wife? The other gents, qu oth she, paid £ 15 per a nn : but we gained nothing by them, rather lost. Would you give us a nother pound ?" " ['II give you £ 18 " said I. The old woman was highly pleased, a nd as I had my gun and often brought home ha res or rabbits, and moreover spent many days at Easton 0 1' with Baron Norton or at Denton, the sum was sufficient and the wo rth y peo ple deeply regretted my remo val. Yes r paid £ 18 for boa rd and lodging a nd had £ 12 for clothes a nd pocket money. [had of course, oth er means.

Yet a single man might ha ve managed then on th e £30 as well as now on

£ IOO- perh aps better.

Dr. Wales by was the next Prebendary in seniority to Dr. Welfit, but died several yea rs before him. He had been a Norfolk Fellow of Benet Coil. Cambridge and Rector of Lambourne in Essex. At Rome he met Prince William of Gloucester, and the Prince's Tutor dyin g there, he became his tra velling Compa nion. Hence his preferment to the Stall a t Ca nterbury. He was born a t No rwich. When the Kin g's Scholars applied to him for his fine at footba ll, he used to say bring me a Latin Epigram on the Ba ll, and you shall have my fine.

So he escaped, for we none of us cared to write th e Epigram .

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wrote some Hexa meter Verses descriptive of the Ga me, which Mr. Naylor approved of, but I did not send them to the Doctor. H e obtained the 21 thousa nd pounds in the fund s of Betty Bolaine,' to whom he said he was rela ted. T he public disbelieved the relationship. Of COurse it was provea ble, or otherwise. My Mother always considered that their countenances were greatly alike, tho' their dispositions were dissimilar. She was a miser and perhaps worse. He was generous, and spent the savings of th e old lad y a nd his own income in a princely manner.

H e took half the garden awa y from the Six preacher 's house in the dark entry and added it to his own. This gave him entrance to the Cloisters, and also the vault under a yard a nd garden adjoining the sermon hOllse and leading to the Cloister wall in which there was a n aperture to admit light. Most Canterbury folk have heard of Nell Cook and who has not read of her fate in the lngoldsby Legends? It happened that a Gentleman a nd his newly married wife visited Canterbu ry and were wa lking thro' the Cloisters a ttended by the Vestry-ma n who had the keys. The gentle-ma n had been telling his Lady the tale of Nell Cook, at which she was much surprised. When they arri ved at the Aperture a bove mentioned, the Gentleman observed perhaps we sha ll see Nell, if we climb up and peep into that Orifice, tho' it be distant from Ihe Entry. So the Ge ntlema n mounted on the Podium and held up the lad y in ord er that she might peep in. At the very moment when her face reached the opening, a large red hand issued therefrom and met her face. She screamed and started, and by starting caused her husband to ra il from the Podium and in his fall to knock down the old Vestry ma n sta nding below. There the three in some terror were prostra ted. At the same time screams came from the Intedor and a mighty rustling of garments was heard . When the Trio recovered from tbeir consterna tion they quickly retreated a lmost if not quite inclined to believe that Nell y Cook had rea ppeared to upbraid them for talking about her and her deeds. The matter remained a Mystery for sometime. It probably always was so to the Gentleman a nd his wife. But the Vesturer calling at Dr. Wales by 's, . .. Miser, " died in 1805, and buried in St. Mary Magdalene. She bequeathed most of her fortune to Dr. Walesby, though she spa red £ 100 for the Hospital. Her" Life an d History" by Elizabeth Burgess , ran to two editions, but does not appear to be either edifying or of interest. 180

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a few months after was told by the Cook and Housemaid there, that one evening in the past Summer they had been greatly alarmed by the G host of a deceased fellow serva nt. That serva nt had been buried in the Cloister Grou nd and they wishing to look at her grave had proceeded down the passage of the Vault and just as the cook had mounted on a pi le of firewood and was stretching out her hand to seize the lower part of th e Apertu re to raise

herself sufficiently high to look thro' and see the grave, supposed to be opposite, that the Head of a female in White a ppeared at the opening and uttered a cry. This they supposed to be the Ghost of the departed, and terrified they screamed scra mbled down from the wood and fled.

So both parties were alarmed, and this simple occurrance beca me a

wonder and mystery to both . The old Vest ryman never saw the Gentlema n aga in to ex plain it, and the two servants when told doubted his ex planation. Many a tale of supernatural appearances wou ld probably admi t of as easy a solution, if fully in vestigated. ARCH DEACON LYNCH AND EARL NELSON

Dr. Lynch succeeded Dr. Palmer in his Prebend. This was an arrangement between the parties. Dr. L. held 2 famil y li vings. The Archbishop offered him Adisham wi th Staple (in the north chancel of the Church of this latter cure, the Lynch fam il y are buried). He co uld not hold them with his other livings. So he a rra nged that Dr. Palmer should resign his sta ll, a nd that his son should be presen ted to Ad isham cum Staple, Dr. L. ha ving sufficient in terest with the Government to secure for himself the reversion of the Prebend . Dr. Palmer li ved in Grantham and his Son took the livings and held them many yea rs. He was of a penurious disposition and amassed a large property by dint of saving. This property abo ut ÂŁ 100,000 came to the child ren of his brother Richard who was Lady Ca mpden 's Lecturer at Grant ham and died early leaving many children . Dr. Nelson succeeded Archdeaco n Lynch. He was a rough man, fttted to be a country sq uire. He was very kind to G.O. in after life. He held office as Vice Dean for three years. The enthronement of Archbishop Manners Sutton took place durin g one of these years-I think 1805-Dr. Nelson was proxy for the Archbishop clect. Dr. Welfitt was proxy for Archdeacon Ratcliffe, and Dr. Wales by and Minor Ca non Freeman represented the Dean and Chapter. It was a n affair of proxies altoget her, and a badly ar ranged ceremonial. Dr. N . wrote an account of it and deposited it in the Treasury. The patriarchal Chair then stood in Becket's C rown. The Members of the Choir proceeded by the South and North aisles to that spot, from which the Congregation were excluded. Many rushed up to the a ltar a nd gazed tl11"o ' the window in the Screen (see Nash 's print), and kept their places there when the procession hav ing returned the service was resumed. It was altogether a scene of great confusion. Dr. N. of course took deep interest in his brother the Admiral 's proceedings. For some days before the Battle of Trafalgar he went regularly a bout 8 o'clock to Bristow's reading Room on the Parade to ga in the ea rliest information. At last the news of the Victory over the French and Spanish Fleets arrived and also of Lord Nelson 's death . Mr. Bristow, (who was, I think then Mayor of Canterbury) with great tact ca me to the Church Yard to meet Dr. N. a nd prevent his discoverin g the intelligence in a public news-room. They met on the Church pavement (see Buckler's print.) J was present. Mr. B. gave the news. The Dr. seemed much affected and shed tears, and turned back to his house, applying his whi te handkerchief to his eyes. [n a few hours came the news etc. directly from Government.

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Lady Hamilton occasionally visited Dr. and Mrs. Nelson in the Brick Walk. t M iss used to visit her. It was not easy to get lad ies to visit with her. However Mrs. Bndges- mother of Sir Egerton' a nd Sir John- had no sc~uples. The doctor procured 2 or 3 ~ott.l e.s of Champagne, then a, rare. and expensIve wille for a dinner party during Lady H s VIS It. These were used dur lllg dlllner qUIck ly, but when her Ladyship cha llcnged some gentlemen 111 a glass of Champagne, there was none forthcoming. This was an untoward incident. Lady H . and Madame Bianchi sa ng an anthem in the Choir one day after service a few persons being present, G .G . among them. The anthem was Kent's" My song shall be. of mercy and judgment." The singing was very fine, for the compass of Lady H's N~lson

Y?ICe was . surprizing.

Dea n Powis was present near the entra nce of the presbytery.

Shall I srn g an anthem fo r the benefit of the County Hospital, Mr. Dean" shouted her Ladyship. The Dea n a ffecting deo fn ess retu rn ed no answer ; a nd 'her Ladys hip understood him. . Dr. Thomas Coombe was m ini s t~r of Curzon Street C hapel London and a Prebendary of Ca nterbury. He had been a MISsIOna ry Clergyman 111 New England and Comm issa ry to the Bishop of London . He suffered ~reatly in the rebellion and fled to England. He was rewarded WIth a stall . He onl y reSIded one 1110nth and preached 4 times. He was the most eloquent of all the Ca nons and the Choir was filled to excess when he preached He wore a magnificent wig. and was a most stately person. He generall y preached on th~ errors of the day a nd agamst the tenets of d,ssenters. Vet all the dissenters fl ocked to hear him. He succeeded Dr. Luxmore, who was made Dean of Gloucester and successively Bishop of Hereford a nd S. Asa ph. Mindful of his brethren at Canterbury Dean Luxmore used to send a present of potted Lampreys from Gloucester for the audit dinners. I saw a letter from him to Dean Powis. 11 deprecated in earnest terms the removal of the two turrets from the Great Gate of the Church Vard. It was una va iling. The true hIstory of their remova l is this. My Father was one day in the Ban k of Simmons! a nd Gipps' at the corner of S. Margaret's Street. Alderman Simmons and Jesse Whi te3 were present. The exact time of da y was as ked by the Alderman who said If those d- - turrets of the Cathedra l ga te were away, we sh 'd see the Church Clock from the Ban k door! Ca n' t you pu ll them do~n Jesse? It shall be done, replied Jesse: a nd it was done. They were reported to be msecure and too heavy for the gate! that solid mass: and Jesse's words we re believed and down they came ! My Father was sometimes deaf and was busy with some money transactions, so these parties spoke freely before him. t B~i ck Wa lk is .t hat pa,rt fro!TI the Da rk EntrY.to Mei ste r <!mers : ,i.e. through the ru in s of the Mon;:tst lc Infi rmary mto which bnck houses were built probably In the middle of the sixteenth cen tury remaming till demolished in mid-nineteenth cent ury. ' ÂˇSi r Samuel Egerton Brydges, F.S.A., M.P., born 1762; K.S. 1775- 1780. M.P. for Maidstone 18 12- 18 18. (See D.N.B. and note on Lee Priory Press). . lAtderman James Simmons, M.P., was a K.S. under Dr. Beavoir; he laid out the Dane John at IllS own ex pense; born 174 1, died 1807. . .2'fhe Gipps .were a well-k nown Ca nterbury fam ily, severa l of whom were K.S. The most no ted IS Sir Geor$e GlppS (179 1- 1847), who served through the Peninsu lar War, and became Governor of N .S.W. Gippsland is named after him . :'Jessc While, admitted a King's Scholar, 1766. He was Cathedral Surveyor.

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D an and Chapters generally have had some Charlatan Surveyor or Steward who 1 d th:'n by the n~se ! Jesse put up the wooden pinacles to the na ve of the Cathedral :nd the wooden gable to South East Trancept. The plea was economy. Vet wood was then as dear as stone. He was a man clever as a survexor and a man of substa n.ce 111 body and in pocket. He had a flirtation wit h Mrs. F., who rn her old age (and she hved to 92) was esteemed a model of propnety. When I was a boy at the Kin g's School, the Schola rs wo re purple stuff .gow ns, like. a 's of arts We did not wear them consta ntl y, but only when at tend mg church III t mas 'd Dr . Birt! L te andr on Âˇ the speech days and when t he A rc hb'IS hop was . 111 resl ence. , to fl:rt;r Dean And rews' who had been of Westminster school, introduced the black cloth gow n and breeches and ca ps, wishing to adopt the Westmll1ster habIts and customs. Of my masters Christopher Naylor3 and John FrancIS,' 1 can say that 1 leveled and ~ ed the fo rmed a nd loved the latter. Naylor was a good scholar and apt at latll1 earfi ation Thi~ he ta ught me admirably. He could not teach me greek Metres, whIch rer~~~~d to ' understand and had never read Porson's preface to Hecuba .. H e was very di nified in appearance. Francis grounded me admirably 111 Latm . HIS method w,:s g lIent and under him I acquired a knowled ge of LIll y's G ram mar. He had much WIt ex~t" hun;or and often said odd thin gs. There is a passage about Lucian which (1 do not ~~col1ect it perfectly) expresses his character as a Teacher. " Seria nugis ita miscuit ut animos juvenum mirifice allexerit." "Sic titillat allusionibus, sic seria nugis, nugas seriis miscet, ut nulla comedia cum huius verbis conferri debeat. " " There was" as an old Etonian sa id of Dr. Goodall Master and afterwards Provost of Eton " a plea~ant joyousness in him. " . In my early days The D ean a nd Canons entered the Choir, except when the Archbishop was resent, by the West door. The dean led the way a nd entered hIS stall fi rst the canons on ~s side passed round to theIr .seats by the south entrance of the Stalls .. The canon 0 11 the V. Dean's side entered JUnIores pnores, the V. Dea n and sel110r w~ ltlll g. for them . No canon in leaving his stall passed the Dean. Ea~h went o.ut to pu lpit 01 altar the other way. Not so on the V. Dean 's side, whose seat rrses on hInges that he ma y be passed. The Junior Canon, unless preacher, usual took the anti-com munion office on Sundays with a Minor Canon. But I observed that when we had a New Canon, Dr. Welfrt generall y went to the altar. His object was to shew the newcomer that It was ~eedful to tUi n and bow reverently "versus statium Deca.ni " as the Statutes say. Why IS thIS done. It IS as it were to ask the Superior's permission and biesslllg, given by the return bow,. befo ~e proceeding to the office. When the Archbishop preached on the Sunday dunng hIS Visitation (for he visited the Chapter on Saturday, spent Sunday at the . Deanry, and visited the Clergy of two Dea nries on Monday a nd Tuesday) the Dean and V,ce Dean took the anti-communi on office and then conducted the ArchbIshop to the pulpIt. There was bad custom for the Celebrants to leave the altar a nd proceed to theIr stalls etc. as soon ~s they had co mmenced the Nicene Creed: (Dean Andrews rntroduced the unrub"cal psalm after creed and before sermon now dlsco~l!nued). On the occaSIon of Alchblshop Manners-Sutton 's visitation The Dean and Vice Dean came down and stood bowlI1g IHeadmaster 1816-1832.

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o~p~s ite the Throne ready to conduct the Archbishop to th e pUlpit. The verger opened ~ e 100r. But the ArchbIsho p took no no ti ce but kept his eyes fixed on his Prayer book t t 1e end of the Creed, he looked UP. acknowledged their salutat io n and ca me forth and proceeded wIth them to the pulpit, wh ich was fixed where the organist's seat now is ' d ~re~ched from S. Matthew, ch. i. la tter part of 2 1 verse. The sermon embraced the topi~ on esdslon and JlS HIstory. Now in 1863 it would be thought very popish by ignora nt pI eten ers to knowledge. '

So.on~fter this J had a converslaio n with Dean Andrews in which he mentioned his ?fterm~~atl~n to f ,orrect this mode of leaving th e altar before the end of the Creed For,

sa Id he, . I never felt a rebuk e so keenly in my life.

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The Dea n and Canons usua ll y ente red at west door of th e Choir preceded b th The Minor Canons and lay-c lerks ca me in ad libitum. At the su e;( e

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was cx~ell en t. But when I was present in 1863 at di vine service the erfection ff thle ProcessIon see":red marred by the introduction of seats in the Centrd! avenue WIS 1 they. co uld be dIspensed wIth . The Choir sho uld have new stall-seats in kee in' WIth the bUIld ing a nd the block for the Mino r Ca no ns a nd Choir shou ld be placed ra~he~ ~earei the East end . Perh aps the statutes sho uld be amended a nd the clergy placed nearer t 1e a tar and the Cholf 111 the space near the Tra ncepts. This may be doubtful but as to p laCll1g the Cholf one block hi gher there ca n be no do ubt. '

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" In the Ca thedral al'!l0st all da y. Bishop of Oxford (Bagot) celebrant. The processÂĽ"n of Dean a nd Cholf good for us, but pa inful by contras t with what I had lately seen. he people a ll were sIlting durlJ1 g the LItan y. No town so beautiful as this No ~h~rch sO dsplendld. as Ca nterbury Ca th edra l. If we had but th e catholic spirit ~f the IS ops a n Clergy 111 BelgIum, noth lJ1g 111 the wor ld co uld co me up to us.

.. When I. cam~ bac,k to Canterbury Cathedra l it struck me as infi nitely su eriar to an fO lelgn chul ch (111 spIte of all protesta nt associations) that I had seen The altar wa~ covered WIth gold cand lesticks, chalices etc., and looked chaste and splendid." ' [From The Remembrancer for Sep. 1842.

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m lelr carnages lor that purpose. Then a line of Carriages was formed containi n ~he Dean a nd Chapter and clergy of th e. city and Cathed ral and the carriages of one o~ wo country gentry among whIch the equIpage of Sir John Fagge Bt., with fo ur greys was IB~

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conspicuous. The Archbishop's carriage drawn by 6 black ho rses ca me last but one. In th e last were his chapla in s etc. They all alighted at the Guildhall and occupied about an hou r at the collati on of Fru its and cakes and wine. Thence the Archbishop proceeded to the Deanry accompanied by a Suffragan Bishop, and held a levee of the Clergy. The space in the Guildha ll below the magist rates' seats was railed in quite down the Hall a nd the Banquet spread in that space, chairs being placed around. In the ga llery over the doo r sat the ladies of the Corporat ion an d their Friends to view the pagea nt, an d to join in the repast after the Arch bishop's departure. The public we re admitted and allowed to pass round beyond the rail and Mag istrate's seats and ou t of a side door, during the early part of the day. The decorations of the table were ve ry hand so me and the Hall was adorned with fl owers and eve rgree ns etc.

On Saturday was" the singing up and visitation of Chapter and their dinner. " On Sunday the Co unty Gentlemen came in to morn ing se rvice and afterwards dined at a bout 2. 30 at th e Dea nry. At 5 o'clock the even-song took place. (That was the usual Hour at Ca th edral in order to accol11odate Minor Canons who had Churches in the Town .) After service the Gentry stood in two lines at entrance of Deanry and the Archbishop and his train passed thro' to the Ho use. As His Grace passed the Gent ry made their bow of leave etc. etc. and depa rted. While th e Archbishop visited and entertained his clergy on 2 o r 3 fo llowing days the suffraga n Bishop in attenda nce held confirmat ions, at wh ich the Arc hbishop sometimes aided. On so me occasions the Candidates were ranged down the choir in 4 rows, 2 rows o n each side and the Archbishop passed down one side confi rmin g, the assistant Bishop on the other. This was the case a t my confi rm ation. We, King Scholars, knelt at the upper end in our purple gowns.

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The singing up as it was called was the grandest ceremonial as the entrance of the Archbishop into the city was the gran dest day for the Church in t~ose times. That ceremonia l is now, I believe, conducted with great order, but it was far surpassed by the processional entrance of the A rchbishop and Clergy at the Jubi lee of S.P. G . in 185 1 when entering fro m the C loister into the Martyrdom and then ce under the gra nd fl ight of steps the Procession proceeded down th e South Ai sle of the Na ve and u p th e centre to the Choir. The dissenters used to speak of this Procession and singing as blasp hemo us, saying that the Psalm used was" Lift up yo ur Heads etc. ", But that was not the Psalm. The dissenters were glad of a sly hit at th e Church. They were no t very powerful at end of last and beginning of the present Century in Ca nterbury. They were Arians a nd Socinians as well as Presbyteri ans and Lady Huntingdon's Connectio n. The Arian Chapel in Black Friars has now become the property of U ni ta ria n Bapt ists. The Presbyterian with its new frontage in Guildhall Street, is now the property of [ndependants, some of whom were and perhaps are ba ptists. The Minister maintained silence on Baptism in the Pulpit, and so they lived in peace. Befo re this Guildhall Street was formed by removal of Lion Inn in High Street and of some Ho uses in Sun Street, the Independent Meeting was entered fro m dancing School Yard, in which th ere was a cu rious wooden House (Sir T homas Moore's some said) behind Mrs. Baker's Theatre. Many Houses in the Precincts have been removed. There were 4 Houses said to belong to 4 of the Six preachers. [know not which were the Houses of the other two. One of the 4 stood in Mint ya rd between the Head Master's House a nd the Organist 's. This was called the Soup House, because a copper was therein erected and it was used as a soup kitchen for the poor. Another was the House in dark entry now used as a IBS

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singing School. The third was in Church Yard between Mrs. Bridges's House and Mr Medcalfe's. The fourth consisted of the Rooms over the Cat hed ral Gate. In the mini yard lived the Gosling' Family on the Eastern side. In the Green court Mr. Poster the organist and his dau ghters who kept a boarding school resided next to the Dea n's Brewhouse toward s the ga te.

Where a Minor Ca non now li ves , on the other side of Brew House

lived the Misses Jenk in, two deformed o ld ladies who wore hi gh-heeled shoes. There were 5 of these but one Miss Susan died ea rl y deranged . So only four were generall y known two crooked, two perpendicular.

The two last married, th e one to Revd . Mr. Na irne'

Rector of Kin gston, the other to a Mr. Migsall of Watling Street. An ancestor of their~ introduced th e culture of Hops into Kent. So it beca me a custom of their family when any member deceased, to fill up the Coffi~ with Hops instead of sawd ust, They used to boast of their descent from Queen Catha nne Parr. So I suppose they credited the story that a daughter of hers by her last husba nd really surv ived to years of maturity. In the corner beyond in a HOllse belonging to the Dean lived their cousin Miss Bloomer whose father was a Ca non . ' The range of Minor Canonical Houses on the opposite side of the Green Court and the Prebendal House have been removed ve ry lately. Very beautiful does the Cathedral look thro ' the ruins. Tho' tis clear that that side of the Cathedral was never intended to be exposed to view. . It is not finished like the s,?uthern side. The conventual buildings were attached to It as 111 the case of male Benedictine Monasteries, tho' the south side was usually preferred for such purpose. The dormitories etc. on the north must ha ve been very damp and productive, methinks, of Rheumatic affections in the Monks. There were two houses in the passage up the steps leading to the North Door of the Cathedral. One was the House of the Senior Vestryman, the other a private dwelling. The former was remo ved about 100 years ago a~d the spa~e became a garden for one of the MlIlor Canons. The latter which was a cunous erectlOn of three stories to its back and two to its front sides, ~nd having an entrance to the Cloisters was occupied by Mrs. Duncombe, daughter of Highmore the Pamter, and the cleve of Richardso n, in whose correspondence may be found many of her letters. She and her daughter resided there many years after her husband's t death. He was one of the Translators of Horace and wrote a History of the Cathedral, and of Eastbridge Hospital. He aided in th e establishment of the Gentleman's magazine and wrote poetry as well as sermons. He had living of Herne and S. Andrews and S. Mary Bredman . The family are buried in the last named church. The Duncombe's were an Hertfordshire family and Mr. Whitbread had their estate. There were so me good paintings in a long Gallery and one of Evelina by Highmore, sold to Mr. Milies of Nacklllgton. MIs D. was excentric, and walked round and round the Cloisters reading novels and the light publications of the day. She wrote some trifling novelets. She was celebrated for her beautiful hand and arm and for her partiality for cats. "To offer a cat at the shrine of a Duncombe" is a line from a set of verses on the celebrities of Canterbury in 1789 or 1790. She sold the House to the Chapter and it was pulled down. The King's scholars passed by the House to Church.

----------------Âˇ Rev. William Gost! in g,. M.A., O;K.S., Minor Canon; his Walk ill and about Canterbury is wellBorn 1695; ~Ied In the MlIlt Y~r~ 1777. The present Headmaster has recen tly acquired an ongmal coloured picture of K.S . containin g on the back a statement in con temporary writing: â&#x20AC;˘. The King 's School as seen from Mr. Gostling's house in the Mint Yard 1777. " tFor John Duncome see D.N.B. He died in 1786. know~ ..

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In the nort h west corner of the Cathedral, or as it was generally called the Church Yard, stood the famous House and Shop inhabited by Peruke Makers and Barbers in wh ich a Marchioness of Salisbury and a Chief Justice" were born. The successor of Abbot in this House and shop was Welby grandfather of Mr. Welby of S. Mildred's sometime Sheriff of Can terbury. His successor was Johnston who moved into Burgate, where the House was pulled down. The next House approached by a passage was that of the Reverend Joshua Dix, a Minor Canon and a wo rth y man himself, a nd the Father of a worthy fami ly of whom six on ly lived to years of matu rity viz Joshua,l Vicar of Faversham Edward' a Captain in Roya l Navy, Charles a Merch a~t in London, and 3 daughters Mary; Frances and Helen. Frances was the first child baptized In the Cathedral Font after its removal from the nave to the " Baptistry." T he next House was that of Mrs.K~atchbull afterwards occupied by the Misses Sayer a nd their sister Mrs. G regory. Then came 'a row of ancient Houses, Emery 's, Sayers, Langleys, Gil berts, Simmions and the Porter 's Lodge. On the opposite side projecting so as to include a buttress of the Gate was Sladden's a Grocer, then Mrs. Preston's then l.Jr. Saffery's music master and afterwards of his brother a pnnter. Th iS last was a modern House. Then Simmons confectioner and Vestryman occupied two Houses in the Corner and then came the mansion of Mrs Bridges. Mrs. Welby of Stour Street has a picture of 'he Fai,. in which these Houses ali appear above the Stalls. Jack and Joan 's Fair at Michaelmas lasted 3 market Days. The Stalls were placed on each side the pavement as represented in Buckler 's view. And shows etc. etc. were placed under the walls of the Cathedral. It was abolished by Dean A ndrewes in spite of the Remonstrances of the Tradesmen near the Gate and removed to the Cattle Market It caused much interruption during service in the Cathedra l by the entra nce and exit of the Country people who would enter and remain a few minutes and then walk out. The noise too was inconvenient. Most of the ancient Houses were removed about 1808 with exception of the Porter's and those at present existing erected. " Tho' I have .come down to the Tradesmen in the Church Yard (a mong whom Mr. Emery was conspicuous for hiS extraordmary likeness to George the Third,) I have written enough a bout others to shew that in addition to the Prebendal a nd other clerical Families there was a fa ir cit'd e of gentlefolks in the Precincts. Some who lived in other prebendal houses such as Major Scott, Mrs. Blair, Mrs. Angler etc. I have not mentioned . Of the state of Society we should learn something if we could read a MS. contain ing an account of a visit to the Deanery by a neice of Dean Powis ea rly in this Century:. The late Mrs. Cooper Wife of the Rector of Great Dalby, Lelcestershue, the Dean's great neice told me that she had it, and offered me the perusal, if I wo uld pay a visit to the Recto'ry which I neglected to do. My dear Mother's society was much sought after by most of the ladies above mentioned with whom she used to take tea etc. a nd discuss literary topics. I could jot down many anecdotes about them but they would not be of interest except to those persons who recollect somewhat a bout them . I might ha ve said that the old houses in .Âˇ The Register of Admissions to K.S: gives Cha rles Abbott, son of John Abbott, Barber, of the Abbott remalllcd at School 1111 1781, proceedmg to c.c.c., Oxford. He became Lord Chief Justice. lAdm itted K.S. 1788 . M.A., .B.D. , New College. Headmaster of Faversham O.S. and Vicar of Faversham (l776- J832). 2Admittecl K.S. 1788; saw much service in the Roya l Navy j Captain R.N. ; declined a Knighthood (J 778- (837). PrecJ~cts of Canterb~l ry Cathedral; .adm.ltted Scholar 1772; the Scho larship ended in 1777;

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the Church Ya rd were of a Quaint Character, with pointed Gables, and bow. windows, and some with additional rooms added to older parts of the buIldIng, exhi bitIng a very picturesque appearance. The inmates were simple fo lk, generally well instructed, and orderl y pious quiet unobtrusive members of the Church. Mr. and Mrs. Longley.alone were dissenters of the Arian Class. He told me that when he was first overseer he did not collect any rate, but went to the Treasu re~ for sufficient money to pay the weekly allowances to those who were chargeable on the pansh. In the Statute of the Cathedral (34) De celebratione Divinorum, we read ': Singuli vero (cujuscunque fuerit gra~ ~s aut ?rdi,nis) in ingressu chori, ~ ivi nam ~aJestatem devota mente adorantes humillter se tnchnabat vers us altare et deln converSI, Deeano quoque debit~m reverenti3l!l ~x hi bebu n t. Qu~dsi c.on.t~ge ri~ al iq ~em ex. q~acun~ue causa de loco 10 locum transire 10 ?ho!'o, reverenham. s lmlht~r I~ med lO. chon, tdm vels~ls altare quam versus sta llul11 Decant (Sl praesens fuent) exhlbeblt turn 111 eund o turn 10 redeunto toties quoties " .

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In obedience to th is Statute the clergy moving towards the altar etc. always have bowed towards the Dean's sta ll. There was a Minor Canon (named Taswell) who dislIked thiS and refused to observe the rule. Whereupon he was threatened with , d~prIvatJon . So being obliged to conform he always bowed do.wn to the ground In a very rIdiculous ,,:,?nner, and whenever he met the Dean or a Cano n In the street, he did the same, saYlOg good day my wo rthy master. " The chapter finding him (as a wag) very troublesome, gave him the good livi ng of Aylsham 10 Norfolk, and thus were qUI t of him. After he had accepted the living and before he left Canterbury, h e m~,t Miss Hester Gosling, one of that clever Mint Yard family, on her way to ServICe. . What gOI~p to the Puppet Shew, MISS Hester? " said he. .. No Sir," replIed MISS Gosling, that Exhibi tIOn has ceased, Punch is ordered into Norfolk. " (To be Continued.)

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On Thursday, May 6th, the School beat Mr. Olsson's XI by 4 runs. F. E. H. Lovelace was the most successful batsman for our opponents, scoring 28 out of a tota l of only 97. The School, too, collapsed, and the score was once 18 for 5. Wauton, Sargisson and Dean , however, brought about a recovery and the School eventuall y won by 4 runs after an exciting finish. A. M. OLSSON'S XI

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On Saturday. May 8th, the School played St. Lawrence C.C. at home. N. A. Taylor and T. Nash were the most successful batsmen for our opponents, whose score totalled 118. The School fielding was very good throughout and one catch by Donaldson was nothirg short of brilliant. Hurford, Sargisson and Dean were the most successful School bowlers, Hurford taking 5 wickets for 31. The School again collapsed in the batting, but Wauton (29) and Tilton (21 not out) brought about a recovery and the School were very much in a winning position when stumps were drawn.

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ST. LAWRENCE C.C. W. Stephen-Jones, c Goudge, b Hurford......... 14 R. F. G. Hews, b Hurford............................ 3 N. A. Taylor, c Dean, b Sargisson....... .. ... ...... 32 R. Kemp, c Donaldson, b Hurford.. .... 10 O. P. Hollingworth, b Hurford....... ....... ....... 0 G. H. R. Husband, c Goudge, b Hurford........ 3 G. R. Brand, c Lovelace, b Tilton........... ....... 2 D. J. Sinnott, b Sargisson......................... ..... . 0 T. Nash, b Dean................ ..... .......... .......... 32 Capt. C. H. Borthwick, not ouL.. .. .......... ....... 6 Col. A. O. ffren chwJones, c Goudge, b Dean..... 4 Extras (9 b, I I·b, 2 n·b)....................... ... 12

KING'S SCHOOL A. M. Durnford, c Kemp, b Stephen-Jones.... 3 D. L. Hurford , run out............................... 5 R. A. Armstrong, c Borthwick, b Nash. ........ 6 T. N. Donaldson, Ibw (n), b Stephen-Jones... 4 J. B. Goudgc, c Hews, b Nash....... ............ .. 10 C. H. B. Wauton, b Kemp............... .... ...... 29

Total... ..................... .. ................. 11 8

Total (6 wkts.)......... .• ..... ...... .•..... 99

Armstrong ........................... Hurford ... ...................... Donaldson ......... ...... ............. Sargisson ............... .. ........... Tilton ................. .......... .. ... Dean ................... ....... .... .....

6 14

I 2 I 4 I 0

9 4 2·5

W. M. Tilton , not o ut ............................ ,"

A. H. Lovelace, not out...... ... .. ...................

H. M. Sargi sson }

A. M. Dean Did not bat O. A. Leman Extras (I I b)... ................ . ............... ...

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16 31 20 19 12 8

0 5 0 2 I 2

Stephen-Jones ........ ...... ....... 7 Hollingworth ............. .. ...... 8 Nash ............... . .. .. . .. .•...... 10 Taylor............. ..... .. ...•...... 3 Brand ........... ... .......... ..... 2 Kemp .......... .......... .......... 2

3 3 I 0 0 0

2 0 2 0 0 I

35 13 7

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTEIlBURY v M.C.C. On Saturday, May 22nd, the School played the M.C.C. and lost by 161 runs. T he M.C.C. batted first and declared at 213 for 8. Archer, Whitcombe and Tegner were the most successful batsmen although their batting was very consistent throughout. Hurford took 3 for 44 and Tilton 3 for 45, but the other School bowlers did not bowl so well as usual. When the School went in, they collapsed before the bowling of Young and Powell, the former actually taking 3 for O. Play was frequently interrupted by rain, but in spite of this, and the rather deplorable batting of the School, the match was most enjoyable. M.C.C. R. G . Musson, b Donaldson............... .. G. F. H. Archer, st Leman, b Tilton................. P. H. Whitcombe, c Lovelace, b Hurford.... ...... A. M. Olsson, Ibw, b Tilton. ...... ................. .. ..

R. A. P. Woodbridge, b Hurford............. ....... F. M .. S. Tegner, st Leman, b Collier.............. W. A. R. Gorman, c Durnford, b Hurford.. ... . J. Douglas, b Tilton..... ............................. .... J. G. Jenkins, not out.................. .................. - . Powell 1Did not bat - . Young f Extras (14 b, 2 1-b, I w)..... ....................

KING'S SCHOOL 21 31 31 0

I 43 22

21 26

Total (8 wkts.) ................ ......•........ 213

R. A. Armstrong, c and b Powell...... ..... ...... W. M. Tilton, c Musson, b Powell................. J. B. Goudge, run ouL.............. ..... ... .. .......

A. H. Lovelace, b Gorman........................... D . L. Hurford, Ibw, b Powell...................... C. H. B. Wauton, b Gorman.... .... .... ... ..... .. T. N. Donaldson, Ibw, b young.................... A. M. Durnford, c Jenkins, b young............. A. M. Dean, c and b young........................ G. A. Leman, c Musson, b Woodbridge......... J. H. Collier, not out.................. ..... Extras ( II b, I I·b).............................. ..

7 2

8 3 2 9 3 6 0 0

0 12

Tot.I.......................................... 52

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o Armstrong .... "..................... 6 Hurford .. ............................. 14

Collier............................... 9 Donaldson................. .. ........ . 8

M 2 2

2 2

Tilton ..... ............. •..... ........ 13· 1 0 Dean..... ... .. ....................... 2 0

w 0

52 29

I I

Gorman .............. . ............ 13 PowelL ................. " ... . ...... 12 young............. ................ 1·3 Woodbridge ............ _,. .. ..... I

9 I I 1

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v M ERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL

On Wednesday, May 26th, the School lost to Merchant Taylors' by 139 runs. Merchant Taylors' batted first and Roper and Kettle put on 131 for the first wicket, both batsmen passing the fifties. The rcsl we re less successful a nd at 202 for 7 Merchant Taylors' declared. Hurford (4 for 67) was the most successful bowler. The School went in to bat a nd aga in collapsed, the only batsmen even to reach double fi gures being Wauton and Tilton. The batting was very weak and most of the batsmen got themselves out by playing half-hearted strokes. MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL A. Roper, b Hurford ..................... ... , ..... ,,,... K. B. Kettle, c Lovelace. b Tilton................ ... H. Harold, c Durnford, b Tilton ......... .... ,........ J. L Hart, b Dean.................................. .....

76 52 24 13

N. A. H. Stafford, b Hurford... ....... ........ .. ... 1·1. G. L. Lawson, b Hurford............. ... .......... L. M, Wenyon, b Hurford....................... ..... N. H. Lester, not OUt.................................... C. A. W. Weston

Extras (15 b, I I-b)..................................

r. c. M. Maxwell N. P. Wood

6 0 0

rDid not bat

KINO'S SCHOOL R. A . Armstrong, cLawson, b Stafford......... W. M. Tilton, b Maxwell. ........ .................... J. B. Goudge, run OUt................................. D. L. Hurford, lbw, b Wood........................ . A. H. Lovelace, b MaxwelL ................ .. ..... C. H. "B. Wauton, cLawson, b MaxwelL...... T. N . Donaldson, c Lester, b Maxwell........... A. M. Durnford, c Harold, b Maxwell.......... A. M. Dean, run out.................................. G. A. Leman, not out.. ............................ .. . J. H. Collier, lbw, b Wenyon......................

Extras (3 b)........... .. .................... ......

Total (7 wkts. dec.) ............... ........... 202

I 12 I 5 3

14 2 9 4 9

Total........................ ... ............... 63

BOWL1NO ANALYSIS

Armstrong........................... 14 Hurford ..... ............ .............. 25 Ti lton..................... ........... 12·4 Donaldson............................ 6 Collier.. .. ........................... 3 Durnford ...................... :...... 2 Dean....................... .... .. ...... 4

4 5 3 4 0 0 1

0 4 2 0 0 0 1

33 9

12 15 11

o Wood ............. ........ ......... 12 Stafford.. ......................... 4

Maxwell .............. .... ... ....... 13 Lester.............................. 5 Wenyon................... .......... 0·5

4 0

3 3 0

14 9

30 6 I

w I

I 5 0 I

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTeRDURY v FREE FORESTERS On Wednesday, June 2nd, the School lost to the Free Foresters by I wicket and 223

runs. T he School batted first, but were agai n dismissed cheaply. T ilton (17) a nd Hurford (23) were the only batsmen who looked confident against a good attack. Barclay took 7 wickets for IS, but this was also in no little way due to the weakness of the School batting. The Free Foresters then batted brightly and scored 305 for 9, passi ng the School score for the loss of only one wicket. C. P. Johnstone, a n old Ca mbridge Blue, scored a ve ry bright 66 and G. F . H. Archer a good 60. Armstrong took 4 for 58 and Sargisson 3 for 51, but the School bowling as a whole was mercilessly fl ogged by a good batting side. The School fielding was good right up to the end.

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KINO'S SCHOOL W M Tilton lbw b Johnstone........... 17 C . H ·s Wa~ton 'b Scott .................... ·.......... 5 R'. A: A'rmstrong: eSco tt, b Barclay............... 6 D. L. Hurford, b Barclay.................... ·.. 23 A M Durnford b Barclay .. .................. · .... ·.. 10 J.' B. Goudge, c Man, b Scott.. ............ ·.. .. ...... 6 T. N. Dona ldson, c Man, b Barclay............... 6 A. H. Lovelace, b Barclay... .......... .............. 0 D. O. Carter, b Barclay................ ·.. 0 G. A. Leman, eScott, b Barclay .......... .. .... · .. · 0 o H. M. Sargisson, not out. ........ ... .. ·.. · Extras (3 b, 3 I·b, 2 n·b) ............... ····.. 8

Scott .. Bovill ........ ... Barclay ......... Johnstone .. ....... .......... .. .... ....... Chitty ......... Carbery ............ ······

(

I' r f

fr I rr ( I

6 3 9 13·2 6 2 7 1 3 I 2

Extras (24 b, 4 1·b, 4 n·b)... ...... .......

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14 19 15 14 8

32 305

Total (9 wkts.) ........... ·

2 0 7 I 0 0

........ .... .. Armstrong ...... Hurford ........ ....... Donaldson .................. ... ·· Sargisson ... ......... . ..... •... .... ........... Tilton ... Goudge ............ ..•............. carter .. ....... ... ......... .... ...

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTBR BURY

16 9 12 9 3 7

2 0 4 0 I

0 0

58 54 35 51 17 38 14

4 0 0 3 0 1 I

EASTBOURNe COLLEGE

Thde On T ues ay, u . ' dW n tit on 56 for the first wicket. Later, Townsen School batted first al~ T~to~ an t~~!?leJ'194 for 9 when we declared, leaving Eastbourne and Durnford hIt we. an It ~ s~o rgee t the run s Five of their wickets were down for 22, just over two hour~ III w ~IC 1 0. k d ~ them awa from the danger zo ne and at but then Horton, atded wtth a l~tlle1 ~u~o; 8 r~ickets Fa; the School, Sargisson was the the close. of pia Y they khad s5c~re 19 The School fi~lding, except for the sli ps, was good I ta 109 outstanding bower, or . a nd consistent. d

66 Lt.-Col. Battesby, b Armstrong .. ............. · .. · 3 C. M. M. Man, c Hurford, b Armstrong....... 28 G. F. H. Archer, b Carter.......................... 60 Major Carbery, c Hurford, b Armstrong........ 21 Capt. MacNab, c Armstrong, b Sargisson...... 25 Capt. Bovill, b Sargisson....... ....... ..... ...... 4 J. F. Conolly, c and b Sargisson.... 29 H. E. Scott, c Ca rter, b Goudge ............. · 29 Major Chitty, not ouL....... .. ...... 5 3 Major Lewis Barclay, not out...

Total. .................... ···· ··· .. ····· ·

FREE FORESTERS C. P. Johnstone, c Donaldson, b Armstrong

J ne 15tb the School drew favourably with Eastbo urne College.

KING'S SC HOOL W. M. Tilton, c Roll , b Collet. .. ................... ·.. C. H . B. Wauton, c P. F . Hepburn. b Collet.... R . A. Armstrong, b Collet. ........... · .... ·.. p Townsend, Ibw, b Empson ........ . A. M. Durnford, cRoll, b Williams........ . J. B. Goudge, Ibw (n), b H e~~urn ............. A. H. Lovelace, c wkt., b Gu·lmg.. .............. D. G. Ca rter, Ibw, b Collet.. ............ · ...... ·.. H. M. Sa.-gisson, c Williams, b Collet......... . T. N. Donaldson, not oul. ........... · .......... · .... · G. A. Leman, did not bat

EASTBOURNE CO LLEGE 27 18 9 23 20 18 13

Total (9 wkts. dec.) .... ........ ······

194

I 66

P F Hepbu rn b Sargisson ....... .......... ·...... I~ . Gi rling: c Townsend, b Sargisson....... D. P. Hepburn , b Sa rgisson................... ·.... M. A. Gi rl ing, b Armstrong ..................... ·.. B. I. S. Gourlay, Ibw, b Sargisson .... .. ... ........ · D . M. Ma n, b Donaldson ....................... ·.... D. A. Williams, not out. ..................... · .... ·.. L. D. Empson, not oul. .......................... ·.... H. J. D. Collet, did not bat

0 0 7

14 II 9

Extras (27 b, 4 I·b. I n·b) ........... ···· ... .

H. K. Roll, b Sargisson........ ... ............ P. C . Horton, c Wauton, b Tilton ... .. ............ ·

Ext ras

I II It 7 0

b, 2 1·b, 2 n-b. 2 w) .............. ..·· 14 Total (8 wkts.) .... .... ... ...... ........ . .. 118

193

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BOWLlNO ANALYSIS W R

Williams ....... . .. . ........ .. ........ 19

5 5 2 0 0

39 40 36 24 23

Collet............. ... ..... ... .. .... .... 19 M. A . Giding ................. .. ... !3 Empson ......... ........ ... ..... ..... 10 P. F . Hepburn................. . ... 4

I 5

Armstrong ............ .... ... ...... 13 Sargisson .... , ...... , ... ..... . , .... 19

Tilton ..... .. ............ .. •... ..... Donaldson ...................... ... .

39 19 14 32

5 7

12 2 2

w I

5 I I

v COMMANDBR EVANS' XI The School beat Commander Evans' XI on Saturday, June 19th. The School lost the toss and were sent out to field. Against a weak side, Armstrong took 8 for 48 and our opponents totalled only 90. The Scbool passed this total for only five wickets down and went on to score 145 for 8; tbe bowling of our opponents was very weak and tbe School thrived on it. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTBRBURY '

COMDR. EVANS' Xl T. Bruce, c Dona ldson, b Armstrong... W. Smith, c Leman, b Armstrong ... "" G. S. Homewood, c Wallton, b Armstrong ..... .. D. HarraH, b Hurrord........... ... .... ....... ......... J. Hacking, Ibw, b Armstrong.............. ........... P. Wilson, c Hurford, b Armstrong........ G. Bates, c Wauton, b Armstrong....... . J. Corben, c and b Armstrong....... ........ P. O'Shea, b Armstrong........... G. Reeves, not out................ R. Evans, b Tillon.. ..... ............. .....

Extras (I b) .. ...... ................................ 'fotal. ........ ......... .... ......... .

KING'S SCHOOL W. M. Tilton. Ibw, b Bates.... .... .... ....... . 19 C. H. B. Wauton, b Hacking....... .......... 5 R. A. Armstrong, c Eva ns, b Wilson............. 37 D. L. Hurford, b Hacking................. ..... .. .. 5 P. Towsend, b Hack ing........................... .. ... 2 1.. B. Goudge, c Bates, b Evans................... . 27 A. M. Durnford, b Hack ing............... 0 A. H. Lovelace, not oU!.............................. 22 T. N. Donaldson, b Homewood................... 3 D. O. Carter, not out..................... 16 G. A. Leman, did not bat Extras (2 b. I nob, 6 w).. .. ................ .. ... 9

Total (8 wkts.)............................. 145

4[ 4 18 0 18 4 I 0

3 0

r I'

r I I

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Armstrong ........ .... .............. Hurford......... .... .............. .... Donaldson......................... ... Tilton.. .................. ............

14 13 4 4,]

2 3 I 2

48 28 7 6

8 I 0

Bruce....... ....................... 7 Hacking....... .... ................ 15 Bates................................. 8 Wilson.............. .... .... ........ 4 Homewood....... .......... .. ...... 3 O·Shea.... ......... .............. . I Evans....................... ......... 2 Reeves ................ ,... ..........

33 36 16 10 16 9

3 1 I 0 0 0 0

w 0

I I

I 0 I 0

v DOVER COLLEGB On Tuesday, June 22nd, the School lost to Dover College by 62 runs. After a certain amount of discussion over the toss in whicb the Dover captain made a mistake in his call, the Scbool went out to field and soon disposed of tbe College for 125, Dawes i being the only batsman to stand up to a good attack. Donaldson with 5 for 44 was tbe most successful bowler. On going in to bat, however, the School soon collapsed and were out for 63, only Hurford (25) and Tilton (15) offering resistance to a good attack. The day was dull and the cricket seemed to suffer accordingly. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

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CANTUARIAN KING'S SCHOOL

DOVER COLLEGE G C W Harland b Tilton, ............... ··· .. ····· 1 A: D~wds ii, c ca;ter, b Tilton ............ ......... ·· 53 P S Field b Hurford .................... · .. ·.... 220 W. R. Bar~ett, c Townsend, b Donaldson .. . E. B. Dawes i, Ibw, b Donaldson ............ ..... ··· N. C. F. Blcy, c Leman, b DC?naldson ............ . A. G. Burton, c Goudge, b TIlton.......... ........ 4 1. J. G. McCrae, not OUt.. ..................... ··· .. ··.. 14 J. F. Gordon, b Hurford .................. ..... ··· .. ·· 1 A. March, b Donaldson ...................... .... ·· .. ··· 2 D. R. Mott, b Donaldson........ ..... ..... .. .. ....... 0 Extras .... .......... ... , ........ ................ ..... . , 7

C. H. B. Wallton, b March.... ....... ...............

w . M. Tilton, b Mott .. .............. ······

P. Townsend, b March ..... ................. ·.. .. .

D. O. Carter, cHarland, b March...... .......... 8 D. L. Hurford, c Dawes i, b Bley ................ · 25 J. B. Goudge, b MotL ............. .. ............... · 0 A. M. Durnford run out.. ........... .... ·····.····· 0 J . Corben. c Field. b Mott ......................... · 7 A, H. Lovelace, b Mott. ........................ · .. ··· 0 T. N. Donaldson, Ibw, b Bley .................. ··.· 0 G. A . Leman, not out.. ................... .... · .. ·· .. · 1 Extras.............. ............... ..... ............. 6

TotaL........ ... .............................

TotaL ......... .......... ........... ............ 125 BOWLING ANALYSIS

o Hurford .............................. . 16 Tilton ........ ..... ..... ···· .... · .. ··· 22 Donaldson ..... " ..... ....... ....... " II

20 54 44

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

21 24 12

March ............................... II !3Iey.............................. .. .. 5

Mott ............................... 16

3 2

K.C.S ., WIMBLEDON

On Saturday, June 26th, the School played K.C.S., Wimbled~n away and lost by 6 . k ts The School batted first and scored 159. Wauton dommated the early plaY d sc~:i~: 63 out of the 87 scored for the first 6 wickets. Later, Dona~dsonb L~vdlacellafur Sargissodn hit wkell t06b~ing4t8he tWothaelntoKaCreSP~~~~I~nn~om~:r th~~i~ni~~s ~:: dot~fnated W,mble on ta lUg .or. . . . 'k b t f tl a lorio~s 95 from Dickinson's bat. Sargisson bowled well to ta e t Tee au a 1e ~tur ;ickets that fell. The School were beaten by a better side and one partICularly strong in batting.

0 I 22 8 25 22 0 11

K.C.S., WIMBLEDON L. A. Murray, b Sargisson" .... " .... " ... .. ~" .. ·· 37 M. R. S. Downham, c Lovelace, b Sarglsson 18 P. J. Dickinson, c Leman, b Armstrong......... 95 S. G. Leete, b Sargisson......................... ...... 19 E. Dann, not oU!. .................. , ..... ,· ·· · ... ··· .. ·· 5 F. H. Carruthers B. T. Turner J. Allen Did not bat l K. Murray R. B. M. King J. D. Allaire o Extras ........... , ... ........... ... ··········· ·······

Tota!... .. ................. ....... ..... .......... 159

Total (4 wkts.) ...................... · ...... 176

KING'S SCHOOL W. M. TIlton, c King, b Murrl,ly ....... ". ....... . C. H. B. Wauton, Ibw, b Dlckmson ........... . . . R. A, Armstrong, b Downham ..... "................. D L Hurford b Downham, ....................... ··· J 'C~rben run' out., ....... : .............. ···· .. · .. ·· .. · B. Goudge, st King, b Downham............ ... .. A, H. Lovelace, c Leete, b Downham............. D. G, Carter, st King, b Downham ... "............. T. N . Donaldson, not out.. ........... ....... ·· .. ·· .. · H. M. Sargisson, c Turner, b Downham.. ...... .. G . A. Leman, Ibw, b Dickinson ........"........ .. .. Extras., ..... .................... .. ................ ....

3 4

BOWLING ANALYSIS

Armstrong... .. ......... ..... Hurford.... .. Sargisson....... .............. .. Tilton.............................. Donaldson ..................... .. .. ,

Downham, 6 for 48

'95

a 14 10 \4·4 6 3

43 32 63 20

3 I 2

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• THE CANTUARIAN KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

On Tuesday, June 29th, the School drew with St. Edmund 's. St. Edmund's batted first a nd, except for a patient innings of 103 not out by Baylis, could not cope with the School bowling. They declared at 219 for 9, leaving the School only one and three-quarters

hours in which to ma ke the runs.

It soon became evident that this was impossible and

stumps were drawn at I JO for 7. Durnford a nd Ti lton batted well for 21 each, and Sargisson and Armstrong both bowled well throughout the St. Edmund's innings. ST. EDMUND'S KtNG 'S SCHOOL E. B. Merchant, Ibw, b Armstrong........ "....... 5 W. M . Tilton, Ibw, b Screeton.... ................... 21 P. N. Screeton, b Armstrong............... .......... 9 C. H. B. Wauton, c and b Minter................. 8 L. S. D. Forder, b Hurford ......... ,............. ...... I I R. A. Armstrong, Ibw, b Screeton...... ...... .... 2 G. P. Baylis, not ouL. ................................... 103 D. L. Hurford, b Pinhey.................. ........ ... 7 G. Minter, c Hurford, b Armstrong.......... ....... 28 J. Corben, b Pinhey........ .................... ...... 17 C. Treen, Ibw, b Sargisson,,,......................... 7 J. B. Goudge, not out................................ 14 A. D . Walden-Jones, b Sargisson.................... 0 A. M. Durnford, Ibw, b Walden-Jones.......... 21 J. McGregor, c Carter, b Armstrong........... ...... 0 D. G. Carter, c Merchant, b Walden-Jones.... 4 M. R. Davies, Ibw, b Sargisson..................... 4 T. N. Donaldson, not out........................... 0 R. D. Pinhey, c Donaldson, b Tilton .. ,............. 28 H. M. Sargisson } D'd tb t G. A. Leman 1 no a M. R. Lidgey, not out............................... .. . 4 Extras................................................. 22 Extras................ ............ ................ ... 16 Total (9 wkts. dec.) .............................. 219

Armstrong ........................... Sargisson ............................ Hurford ......... ..................... Tilton..... . .. ........ ....... .....

BOWLING ANALYSIS

W '

22 14 16

53 34

4 3 I t

Total (7 wkts.) .................................. 110

6 3

Screeton................. ....... .... 16 Walden-Jones...................... 3 Pinhey.......... ............. .... .. 9

5 I 2

•

20 4 33

2 2 2

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE, RAMSGATE On Saturday, July 3rd, the School played St. Lawrence away and lost by 3 wickets. The School batted first and Wauton and Tilton put on 59 for the first wicket, but this sta ndard was not kept up and the whole side was out for 168. Wauton (39), Tilton (32) and Sargisson (30 not out) were the most successful batsmen for the SchooL When St. Lawrence went in to bat, the School's prospects looked bright when 6 wickets fell for 110, but P. R . Bridge, by hard hitting, and a little luck, which he well deserved, won the match for our opponents with a very good 68 not out. Donaldson was the most successful bowler, taking 4 for 26, but the fielding was not of a high standard and several chances were not taken. KING'S SCHOOL ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE W. M. Tilton.lbw, b James... ....................... 32 J. N. Dixon, c Leman, b Sargisson........ .. ...... 36 C. H, B. Wauton. Ibw. b James... ............ ....... . 39 R. Q. Drayson, b Sargisson.......................... 15 R. A. Armstrong. c Dixon. b James............... 2 J . Rishbeth, b Donaldson............................ 4 D. L. Hurford. b Larsen............................. .. 2 G. F. Colley, b Donaldson.......................... 5 P. Townsend. c Rishbeth. b Larsen.................. 0 P. J. Fawkncr-Corbett,lbw. b Dona ldson... .... 6 J. Corben, b James..... .................................. 6 T. C. Larsen. b Donaldson........................... 17 J . .B. Goudge, c and b Drayson..................... 11 P. R. Bridge. not out................................... 68 D. G. Carter. run out................. ................... 18 ~. ~i;~~j, cn~u~~~~.~:..~.~~~~~~~~.~:~::~ .. :~:: ~ H. M. Sargisson. not OUt................................ 30 T. N. Donaldson. run out.............................. 6 R. A. Child }D'd t b t P. H. James 1 no a G. A. ~man. b Colley.................................. 0 Extras ............ .. .......... ........ ........ ,.... ,.. . 22 Extras............. .................. ... ... .. ........ 20

Tota!... .... ..................................... 168

Total (7 wkts.) .................... ......... 178

• THE CANTU ARIAN BOWL1NO ANALYSIS

James............... .................. 18 to

5 2

57 16

Larsen ....... ..... ·.. ·· .. · .. ·.... ····

w 4

, SCHOOL CANTERBURY KING S ,

Donaldson ................... ...... 11 Sargisson....... ... ..... 1~ Wauton ....... ······•·············

31 5

SANDHURST WANDERERS 25 We S dhurst Wanderers by runs. On Tuesday, July 6th, the Scho~lltbea~;d ea 2~n not out from Donaldson , the Sch~ol V

fir~~:dn~ ir.an~~~n t~~ ~~~h~rs~nWande~~s ;~~: AI~ld?n~ai~ }~~n~C~f~~eb~ic~~~

battfd a ~~~ ;itll early success, Ardmshtron& tkaekt"~a~ ~~~y r~gged indeed . The game was played d b t that beh tn t e WIC was goo, ~ "t ' nd it was most enjoyable. in a very goo Spirt a SANDHURST WANDERERS KING'S SCHOOL o A. M. Champion, c Leman. b Armstrong ... . 25 C. R. Tuff. b Armstrong ............ ·.. ·...... ·.... ·· 4 W. M. Tilton. c Grimston. b yeats ........... ·· 14 C H . B. Wauton, b Tuff............................. . 8 K. P. G. Harbord. b Hurford .......... · ...... ·· .. t2 8 R' A. Armstrong, c Weston. b Tuff........... · .. · .. L. L. Gordon. b Armstrong ....................... .. 15 t D' L Hurford b yeats .......... · .. · .. · .... · .. ··· ·· .... · H Yeats, c Leman, b Hurford ........... ·.. · .. · .. .. 10 o G~ S. Grimston. c Donaldson, b Armstrong ... T~wnsend. byeats .. ...... ········· .. ······ .. ······· 21 10 T N. Donaldson. not out.. ..... · .... · .... ·· .. · .. · .. .. b Armstrong......... ·.. ·· .. ·.... · .. · .... ·· o J.M Weston, 8 · I MacGregor b yeats ...... ..... . R Crosse not out.. .... · .. · .. · .... · .. · ......... . A H. Love ace. c • . 16 · d Champion b Gnmston .......... .. 3 Y.·G.·T. God·ley. st Leman, b Tilton ............ · J. B. Gou get c ' . r c Grimston. b Harbord .......... .. .. t9 A J C Gardiner b Hurford .......... · ...... .. 5 o D · G . ca r te. • G' t R~ L. McGregor. 'b Armstrong ..... .. ·.. ····· .... · 21 H M SarglsS on • c Weston 'b. nms on .......... · t . ' Harbord b Gnmston ............ .. Extras ......... ····· ......... ...... ............. ... .. 12 G. A. Leman. c • t8 Extras .......... . ·························· ············ 103 Total. ...... ..... ·.. ·.. · .. · .. ·.... ·.... ·.. ·.. .. 128 Total. .... ,.. ,··· .. ······························

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CRICKET CHARACTERS R. A. ARMSTRONG (Captain)-Had a rath .~ overcome a tendency to feel for a ball ~o·unsatls actory. seas?n, and was unable to or two days when he bowled vel' well mg away o~tstde hIS off stump. Had One place his field to the best advan[.ge. . As captatll, dId faIrly well, but did not always

D. L. HURFORD- Bore the brunt of the bowlin b d'd hoped. He must try to get more " devil PI ;r\h I no~ take as many wickets as we useful innings, and could as a rule be relied oOn to fieic!\ et. I Pla~ed one or two very een y an well. C. H . B. WAUTON-A forcing left-hand b t l fielding and throwing need to be im r~ved 10 u ~ually made runs. Both his ground he mIght become a very useful forcitg bat. ' With male concentratIOn and restraint, W. M. TILTON- A very steady bat who must learn t d Io . on the leg. A useful change bowler who usual?y kvet hl~ stroke play, particularly Rather slow and untidy in the field. ' ep e atsmen on the defen sive.

H. M. SARGISSON-On occasions he bowled vel' II . Inchned to be clumsy in the field a d t y we , notably agamst Eastbourne h ' n mus Improve hIS throwing h' h ' f ' w'ld WI I. len e learns to watch the ball and swing st . ht I ' w IC tS 0 ten ralg , le may make runs. T N D h . . ONALDSON- A keen player who improved ~nd Pflayed several useful innings, but is alwavs t~cli:eJe~°n':are~t o~. kTowards the use ul change bowler, and a keen field. e IS s 1'0 es too early. D. G. CARTER-Will do quite well as a bat when h . out play ing the right stroke in a half-hearted e ;ams more conlld,:nce. Often .get. towards the end of the season. The best field in th~Y~id2ayed sevelal good lllntngs

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A. M. DURNFoRD- Played in most matches, but did not come up to the promise of last season. He seemed to have lost the confidence which got him quite a lot of runs last year. Fielding not a strong point. J. B. GOUDGE- A styli ish bat who did not have very much luck, but should do well next yea r. He must check a tendency to overswing. Quite a good field. A. H. LOVELACE- A promising bat who often spoilt his inn ings by carelessness. Usua lly a good field . G,' A. LEMAN- Kept wicket to the best of his abili ty, so metimes quite well, and must not be discouraged by a rather unsatisfactory season. With more practice shollid do quite well. As a bat on occasions kept his end up well. J. CORBEN- Played in a number of matches, but did not come up to expectations. Inclined to rlln away from fast bowling. Clu msy and rather lethargic in the field . P. TOWNSEND- Played in a number of matches, but never managed to make many runs. Rather a poor field. 2ND XI MATCRES Played 4

Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 2

In the side's first match, against Broadstairs and St. Peter's C.C., good bowling by Nash and Collier got our opponents out for 140, but, with only a short time to get runs, the match was left drawn, Townsend being undefeated with 39. Dover College provided a thrilling finish. The School made 128, and Dover passed our total with one wicket in band after extra time. The match against St. Edmund's, played on a cold, dull day, was won . Our opponents scored 140, but this total was passed in an unfinished third wicket stand of 125. Townsend made 103 not out in under 45 minutes, drivin g powerfully. The match against St. Lawrence was lost, in spite of dismissing the other side for 77.

COLTS' XI The Colts had quite a successfu l season, winning two matches, drawing one, and losing one. Parsons batted well and Brett and Beeston both bowled very well indeed. All are very young and should be good next year. Of the older members of the side, Barry, Collier and Marshall all did well. The following played for the Colts during the season :- A. P. Barry, J. H. Collier, J. Corben, G . L. Clarke, H. D. Bell, J. G. M. Price, B. E. E. Marshall, J. S. Brett, A. D. Parsons, L. H . Stevenson, W. R. H. Beeston, A. N. E. White. RESULTS v ST. PAULS- St. Paul's 119 for 4 declared (Beeston 3 for 20), The School 78 for 7 (Parsons 37). v DOVER COLLEGE-The School 104 for 8 declared (Collier 32, Price 17), Dover College 50 (Prett 4 for 13, Barry 4 for 26). v ST. EDMUNO'S-St. Edmund's 37, The School 69. v ST. LAWRENCE, RAMSGATE- St. Lawrence 72 (Collier 5 for 13), The School 54 (Bulford 5 for 16). 199

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ROWING LIST OF FIXTURES, 1937 1ST I V Opponents Course Result Lengths Time Date 6-19 Fordwich Won 3* Sat May 29 Tonbridge School Fordwich Won 3· 6-9 Fri June 11 Eastbourne College 7--4 Fordwich Won 3· Sat Ju ne 12 Medway Rowing Club Marlow Sat June 19 Marlow Regatta Public Schools Challenge Cup- Won 1st round v King's, Wores., 2,. lengths, in 5 mins. 19 sees. ; Lost in Semi-final v Monmouth by I length ; Lost y Winchester by 3 lengths, in 5 mins. 20 sees. Richmond Lost 5- 35 Sat June 26 Hailcybury College Sat July 24 O.K.s.

Sat May 29 Tonbridge School Fri June t I Eastbourne College Sat June 12 Medway Rowing Club Sat June 26 Hailey bury College Sat July 24 O.K.S.

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1ST IV RACES KING 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 1ST IV v TONDRIDGE SCHOOL 1ST IV

Thi s race was rowed at Ford wich on Saturday, May 29th. The conditions were almost perfect, with a slight breeze blowing up-stream. The School went off at the start striking 36 to Tonbridge's 40. At Ihe tree the School were a bout a length-and-a-half up. They continued to gai n steadily all the way ro und the corners until their bows were level wit h Tonbridge 's rudder at the beginning of the straight. The stroke was let down to a light paddle a nd taken up slightly towards the fin ish, the School winning by 3 lengths in 6 mins. 19! secs. The following represented the School :-G. N . B. Pletts (bow); R. S. Whalley; R. E. Jackson; D. V. Alexander (stroke) ; G. A. Osborn (cox). KING'S SCHOOL, CANTER BURY 1ST IV v EASTBOURNE COLLEGE 1ST IV

Rowed at Fordwich on Friday, June 11th. Cond itions for this race were good, as there was hardly any wind and very little stream. The School started off well, stri ki ng 40, and managed to gain a length immediately. After the tree, the stroke dropped to a stead y 36; round the corners the School went up another length, but the Eastbourne crew, rowing at front station, managed to keep this distance until the last 40 strokes, when

the School raised the rate of stri king to 38 and won by the full 3 lengths in 6 mins. 9 secs. Considering that the crew had had to be re-arranged owing to an accident to stroke's ha nd after the Tonbridge race, the School did very well to win so easi ly. The fo llowing represented the School :- J. H. P. Gibb (bow) ; R. S. Whalley; R. E. Jackson; G. N. B. Pletts (stroke) ; G . A. Osborn (cox).

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IV v M EDWAY ROWING CLUB Rowed at Fo rd wich on Saturday, June 12th . After a bad sta rt, the School settled dow n to a steady 32 and had ca ught up the Medway crew by the end of the second corner. When the stroke was let down, the School crew we nt rather to pieces and seemed to feel the stra in of the previous day's race, but in spite of this their opponents did not draw away and the School paddled home to win by 3 lengths in the poor time of 7 mins. 4 sees. K ING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 1ST

T he followi ng represented the School :- J. H. P. G ibb (bolV); Jackson ; G . N . B. Pletts (stroke); G . A. Osborn (cox).

R. S. Wha lley; R . E.

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY" H AILEY Il UR Y COLLEGE 1ST IV T his race was rowed at Richmond on Saturday, June 26th. T he School won the toss a nd chose the Midd lesex sta tion. T he School did a poor start and dro pped th ree-qua rters of a length immediately. Row ing a slower stroke, the School managed to hold the heavier Ha ileybury crew at this dista nce. A ding-dong struggle ensued over the rest of the course

and the School did not manage to make any im pression on their opponents.

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Haileybury managed to gain an add itional quarter of a length and won an exceptionally hard race.

Conditi ons did not favou r ei ther crew, as they had to row aga inst the stream

owi ng to the lateness of the race. Our tha nks are due to the U.C.S. Boat Clu b, who very kindly provided us with the necessa ry accommod ati on and boa ts.

The following represented the School :-G. N. B. Pletts (bolV); R. S. Whalley; R. E. Jackso n ; D. V. Alexander (stroke) ; G. A. Osborn (cox). MA RLOW REGATTA In the fi rst ro und the School was draw n aga inst King's, Worcester. T he race was rowed in the rain on the cvening of Friday, June 18th , a nd the School wo n by 2t lengt hs. After a poor start, the School settled down to a steady 32 and gradua ll y drew away until they were about two lengths up. At the half- way mark the stroke was lowered and the School still kept their dista nce until the fini sh, when they we nt up a n addi tional half-length in the sprint a nd won comfortab ly in 5 mins. 19 sees. In the semi-final, the School met Winchester a nd Mo nmouth, their opponents in last yea r 's fi nal. After a start which can onl y be desc ri bed as para lytic, in which the School lost so me very valua ble strokes, they settled down to a hard race at a high rate of striki ng. T hcy caught up a nd drew away from Mon mouth but could make no im pression on Winchester, who wo n by 3 lengths in 5 mins. 20 sees. Winchester went on to win the fina ls fa irly comforta bly fro m Tonbridge later in the day. It was pleasant to see many O.K.S. at Ma rl ow representing their va rious clubs. F. G. Runda ll, the H a n. Secretary, a nd C. N. L. Minister were rowing for I mperial College (Lo ndon University) "A" and " 8 " crews, whi lst G . E. Heish, who will be H a n. Secretary next season, was cox ing their 1st VIlI. T. Biron was rowing fo r Lensbury R .C., a nd A. H . Dawson coxed the National Provincia l Bank crew. W. A. C. Baker and D . H. Austen coxed the Corpus Christi a nd R.M.C., Sandhurst boats respectively. We were sorry not to see A. J. Ba rratt, who rowed so successfully las t year for the London R. C. G rand Eight and went on to represent Bri ta in in the Coxless Fo ul'S a t tbe Olympic Ga mes. 20 1

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1ST IV CHARACTERS

Bow (II SI. I Ib.)- G . N. B. PurrTs. T, vo (/ 2 st. Ib.)- R. S. WHALLey . did a great deal of work.

A useful oar who a lways rowed well. d d·1 h . mprove stea I y t loughout the season, and a lways

Three (II st. 8 Ibs.)- R. E. JACKSON A II whole boat. . rea y strong oar who was the mainstay of the

Stroke (12 sl. Ib.)- D. V. ALexANDER (C t·) A h . sense of rhythm. The Club has appre~~t~~n I;is wo 'k'd-wcorklnl1 stroke wit h a rea l r as aptaln of Boats for two very successful season s. Cox (7 st. 6 Ibs.)- G. A. OSBORN. A

n ex perienced cox who did much to aid the crew.

2ND IV RA CES . KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 2ND IV I' TON BRIDGE SCHOOL 2ND IV ThIS lace was rowed at Fordwich . .~ t d· . wen t up on the start, but Tonbridge dnr~:' a~~ea~o n l!Jons. The School, at back station, to lead by o ne length at the stra ight The School rowed well but the Tonbrid e IV won fairl y easily by t';'o lengths in the ggOod ~r~~ v~rJ good seco nd crew a nd eventually 1st IV tulle by 25 secs. The School rowed well to bmllls6· 6 secs., thus beating their . 0 a ou t mlOs. 13 sees, C bThe follOWing represented the School .- J H Gibb (b . ) or en; J . H. Clark (stroke); J. C. Baker (~ox):· ow ; W. C. Young; R.

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 2ND IV v EASTDOURNE COLLEGE 2ND IV The School, wIth Wayland at bow instea d ofG· bb ~ owlngd well toge ther, they went ri ght up from the 'sta'r~~~'/r~htoss tandfcho~e. back station. ~ e ra e a stnklng had to be roppe to 25. Here the time beca me ver r aw~y one lenllth before the School go t to ethera: g: d and East bourn e were a ble to draw agall1, Just faIlin g to win by the full three ~ength g ITn · At the hnlSh, the School we nt up he time was 6 mln s. 29 sees s. The following represented the Sch I· J S . R . Corben ; J. H. Clark; J. C. Baker (co~). .- . . Wayla nd (bow); W. C. Young; . KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v MEDWAY R.C. 2ND IV T his race was rowed at Fordwich . ~ School got a good sta rt gainin I t I ag~ ln st a ast stream a nd a strong headwind The parative heaviness of th~ Medw~ cr:;g hs; but this was SOon lost owing to th~ comand . the fa ct that the East bourn; race h~~e tf~lure 10f the School to hold out the finish leading by one length halfw., u I . a en p ace the day before. Medway were a lenl~h but not being able t~ yc/ofe \,~:~~a~ghtJ'e~ore t~ CSchool spurted, going up half slow t1me of 7 mins. I sec. . e way . . won by half a length in the The following represented the School .- J S W R . C orben; J. H. Clark; J. C. Baker (cox). · . . ayland (bow); W. C. Young; 202

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KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v HAILEYBURY 2ND IV This exciting race was rowed at Richmond aga inst a fa st stream. The School did an excellent start, showing half a length up in the first minute. This lead, however, was grad ua ll y lost a nd Âˇ Hai ley bury, rowing a slightl y fa ster stroke, led by half a length at the three-quarters mark. Here the School spurted a nd after a great struggle managed to gain a lead of half a length, which they held until the fini sh. The boat rowed well in spite of the new order.

The following represented the School :- J. H. Gibb (bow); J. S. Way la nd ; R. Corben ; W. C. Young (stroke) ; J. C. Baker (cox).

THE SPORTS The Sports were held on Birley's on Frid ay a nd Saturday, Ma rch 19th and 20th, in excellent weather, whic h was only marred by rain towards the end of the first day. As a res ult of the standards, Walpole House started with 44 points, School House with 34, Meister Omers with 30, Grange with 29, a nd Marlowe with 6. As it had been rai ning al most ceaselessly for a fortni ght before the Sports, no one was rea ll y fi t, a nd no outsta ndin g performances were produced. The age limit for all Junior events had been changed to 16 instead of 16k and 15. J. H. Clark again wo n the 440 yards a nd half- mile, a nd aga in W. C. Young won the mile in very good time; Wilkinson won the hurdles a nd high jump. Of the Under 16 events, Heathcoat won the half-mile a nd high jump, Langla nds the 440 yard s, and Steele just beat Macdo ugall over the straight 220 in excellent time. The most exciting race was the House relay, which Walpole House just won from Meister Omers, with the Grange close up. Walp ole House wo n the Sports with a total of 11 8 points a nd received the Athletic Cup, which Mr. Young very kind ly presented. The G ran ge were second with 110, Meister Omers third with 109, School House fourth with 73, a nd then Marlowe wi th 12.

FIRST DAY 1. HURDLES (UNDER 16) (2 fl. 9 in.). 1st, B. H . Brackenbury; 2nd, C. J. Mackenzie-Kennedy ; 3rd, A. H. Lovelace. Time: 20t secs. This was a good race between Brackenbury and Mackenzie-Kennedy, the former rely ing on speed more than style. 2. PUTTING THE WEIGHT.- I st, A. M. Durnford; 2nd, D. A. Wilkinson ; 3rd, D. V. Alexander. Distance: 32 fl. 5 ins. Durnford won this mainl y by sheer strength, but there was not much to choose between the first three. 3. HALF-MILE (U NDER 16).- lst, L. J. Heathcoat; 2nd, A. M. Langlands; 3rd, W. V. Graham. Time: 2 mins. 25t secs. Heathcoat got well away at the start, but only just won, owing to a very strong challenge from Langlands . 4. LONG JUMP (UNDER 16).- lst, J. K. Purvis; 2nd, J. M. Norris; 3rd, A. P. Barry. Length: 16 ft. 7! ins. Purvis and Norris jumped very equally, but the latter had great difficulty in bitting the take-off board. Witb practice they co uld both do much better. 20 3

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SECOND DAY I. 100 YARDS (Ol'EN) - 1st H M S ' M. M . MaUorie. Time: li t sees: . . arglsson; 2nd, P. N. Macdougall; 3rd, This was a close race, but the time was disa ppointing. 2. ONE MILE (OPEN) - 1st W C Y ' . 2 d L Wortham ; 4th, A. B. Hoa:Wils~n . Ti';'e: ~u,~fn's . . ;ecs: J . Heathcoat; 3rd, H. P. Young won very easrly rn exceUent time. The others were rather short f t ' . ) (3 f 3' 0 rarnmg. 3 HURDLES (0 R. W: Grindal. Tim~E.N 17t s~cs. rns.).- Ist, D. A. Wilkinson; 2nd, G . WiUsdon; 3rd,

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. 2 d H . 4. 220 YARDS (OPEN) - 1st J B G" Time: 25 secs. " . . IIgson, n, . M. SargIssOn; 3rd, J. H . Gibb. This event was run strai ght and th . Grigson just winning in surprisi~~ly gOo~r~i~!~ a very close finIsh between the first three,

K\ur~~. Y;i':s: (Xj!~~~.16).- l st, P. N. Macdougall ; 2nd, H. R. Steele; 3rd, rathe~~sdrs~c;pgrl~8~~et1m~~other close finish between Steele and Macdougall, though in

6. LONG JUMP (OPEN) - 1st G W'll d . 2 d H . Henshaw. Length: 17 ft. Hi in. ' . I S on , n, . M. Sarglsson; 3rd, K. R. There was very little to choose b t W·U d . on form, and the sta ndard of jumpin; ;=~nver; I~:.n and Sarglsson, neither of whom was 7. HIGH JUMP (OPEN) - 1st D A W'lk' Lucas. H eight: 5 ft. 3 ins. . '" I rnson; 2nd, D. L. Hurford ; 3rd, P. F. Wilkinson was using the Eastern c t ff t I I very high, a ll the first tb ree clea rin g 5 ft. u -0 s yea most perfectly. The standard was

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9. 440 YARDS (UNDER 16).- l st, A. M. Langlands; 2nd, A. P. Barry ; 3rd, M. C. Karop. Time: 60! secs. A very easy win for Langlands, who was unfortunately not pressed to a faster time. 10. HOUSE RELAY (4 X 220 yards).- Ist, Walpole House; 2nd, Meister Omers; 3rd, The Grange; 4th, School House. Time: I min. 46 secs. Tremendous excitement was produced over this last event, as Walpole. Meister Omers and the Grange were all within a few points of each other. Carter ran excellentl y for Walpole, to give Wilkinso n a lead in the last 220 ya rds, which he just held, in spite of a strong cha llenge from Steele of Meister Omers.

ATHLETICS KING ' S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v EASTBOURNE COLLEGE This meeting took place on March 23rd on the Eastbourne ground in fine weather. The track, though inclined to be heavy, was far drier than ours had been for weeks. The match was in two parts, Senior and Junior (Under 16), both of which Eastbourne won, the Senior 44-20, a nd the Junior 27- 15, the scorin g being 5 points for a first and 2 for a second . The outstanding performances were a record weight-put by D. A. Williams of Eastbourne, and the equalling of a record in the 120 ya rds hurd les by L. D. Empson of Eastbourne. W. C. Young ,\Ion the mile very easily in just over 5 mins., a nd J. H. Clark the half-mile and 100 yards, and D. A. Wilkinson was an excellent second in the hurdles. For the Juniors, L. J. Heathcoat won the half-mile easily in very good time. l. PUTnNG THE WElGHT.- l st, D. A. Williams (Eastbourne); 2nd, W. P. Bird (Eastbourne). Distance: 38 ft. 4t ins. 2. 100 YARDS (UNDER 16).- lst, J. P. Scott (Eastbourne); 2nd, P. N. Macdougall (K.S.C.). Time : lI t secs. 3. 100 YARDS.-Ist, J. H. Clark (K.S .C.); 2nd, J. M. Grant (Eastbourne). Time: lO t secs. 4. ONE MlLE.- 1st, W. C. Young (K.S.C.); 2nd, J. P. Silver (Eastbourne). Time: 5 mins. It secs. 5. 120 YARDS HURDLES (3 ft. 3 ins.).- Ist, L. D. Empson (Eastbourne); 2nd, D. A. Wilkinson (K.S.C.). Time: 16t secs. 6. 120 YARDS HURDLES (U NDER 16).- lst, O. A. Swain (Eastbourne) ; 2nd, B. H . Brackenbury (K.S.C.). Time: 20 secs. 7. HIGH JUMP (UNDER 16).- l st, J. M. Dunlop (Eastbourne); 2nd, L. J. Heathcoat (K.S.C.). Height: 4 ft. II ti ns. 8. LONG JUMP.- l st, D. A. Williams (Eastbourne) ; 2nd, R. N. Williams (Eastbourne). Distallce : 18 ft. 8f ins. 9. 440 YARDS.- Ist, J. M. Grant (Eastbourne); 2nd, J. H. Clark (K.S.C.) . Time : 55 ~ secs. 10. 440 YARDS (UNDER 16).- lst, J. P. Scott (Eastbourne) ; 2nd, A. M. Langlands (K.S.C.). Time: 59t sees.

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II. LONG JUMP (UNDER 16).- l st, J. C. Trigg (Eastbourne); 2nd, J. M. Norris (KS .C.). Distance,' 16 ft. 8f ins. 12. HIGH JUMJ>.- Ist, L. D. Empson (Eastbourne); 2nd, D. A. Wilkinson (K.S. C.) and J. M. Grant (Eastbourne). Height,' 5 ft. 2t ins. 13. HALF-MILE (UNDER 16).- lst, L. J. Heathcoat (K.S.C.); (K.S.C.). Time,' 2 mins. 20j! sees.

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FIVES KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERB URY v THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS On Sunday, March 21st, the Canterbury Pilgrims, represented by R. H. Gower, T. E. Sampson, R. P. Tong and W. A. R. Gorman, beat the School by 90 points to 52. In the first game of the first pair match there was a series of " lets" which seemed to have a demoralising effect on the School, for many good shots were spoilt by baulks. The School eventually lost by 9- 15, 10- 15, 13- 15. The School were" stale " and had they played on their" Eastbourne " form wpuld undoubtably ha ve won. The second pair found Mr. Tong and Mr. Gorman far too strong for them and were unable to cope with Mr. Gorman's hard hitting and Mr. Tong 's almost incredible way of retrieving everything. They lost by 7- 15, 8-15, 5-15. The following represented the School :- IST PAIR-C. H. B. Wauton and H. P. Wortham . 2ND PAIR-M. C. A. Spencer and W. C. Young.

FENCING On Wednesday, March 17th, an assault-at-arms was held against R.M.A., WOOlwich, at Woolwich. This was easily the best match of the season, the School losing by 12 fights to 13. The following represented the School :-G. N. B. Pletts, T. G. YearwOOd, R. F. W. Grindal, K R . M. Sandford, R. Corben. After this match, R. Corben was awarded his Colours. In the Easter holidays the School entered a team of six for the Public Schools Championship in Sabre and Foil. G. N . B. Pletts and T. G. Yearwood reached the semifinals; R. F. W. Grindal and K . R. M. Sandford were knocked-out in the previous round. This was a very creditable effort for only once before has anyone in the School reached the semi-finals. The School had entered for the first time for the Sabre Championships, and Corben managed to get through the first round. PROSPECT With five Old Colours, there are prospects of a good season. The" Gym." has been enlarged, and there will be much more room to fence in. Sergeant Osbourne will be with us again as coach, and it is hoped there will be as many members as last year. '06

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TENNIS This year we have been lucky; at the beginn ing of term we had three very good .courtS on the Green Cou rt and since the middle of June we ha ve enjoyed the three new hard courts behind the Grange. The customary competitions have had to be scratched and it is doubtful if we shall be able to have House Matches, bllt we ha ve played and beaten the Masters. The standard has been as high as usual, and there are Illan y morc good, though not brilliant, players now than in any season for the last fi ve years.

If we could get a professiona l to

coach us for a fortnight or so we could produce a very formidable team indeed. Amongst the you nger players there appears to be so me amount of talent and certainly plenty of keenness. THE SCHOOL v THE MASTERS On Sunday, Ju ly 5th, the School played the Masters on the new hard courts, which were rather sticky, and won by 6 matches to 3. There was a strong wind blowing which made fast accurate play difficult. Both the School first and second pairs were unbeaten, conceding only one set each, in both cases to Mr. Bennett and Mr. Michell. The third pair played well and were unlucky to lose their first match agai nst Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Avery. Mr. Egerton-Jones and Mr. Harri s were very steady, but were unused to the softness of the court.

Results-Âˇ 1ST PAIR- C. H . B. Wauton and J. Y. C. Thomson beat Mr. Egerton-Jones and Mr. Harris 10-8, 6- 0, beat Mr. Bennett and Mr. Michell 4- 6, 6- 2, 6- 3, beat Mr. Reynolds and M r. A very 6-0, 6- 2. 2ND PAIR- D. S. Hearne and K. R. Henshaw beat Mr. Ben nett and Mr. Michell 3- 6,6- 2,9- 7, beat Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Avery 6- 2, 6-3, beat Mr. Egerton-Jo nes and Mr. Harris 6-3, 6-4. 31<D PAIR- P. F. Lucas and J. C. Gouldsbury lost to Mr. Bennett and Mr. Michell 2- 6, 3- 6, lost to Mr. Egerton-Jones and Mr. Harris 6- 3, 4-6, 4- 6, lost to Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Avery 6- 1, 4-6, 4-6.

P.T. The following will represent the School in the P.T. Competition to be held at camp this yea r :-Instructor-C. H. B. Wauton ; J. H. Clark, N. C. Kin g, T. G. Yearwood, G. M. Scott, W. C. Young, G. N . B. Pletts, J. H . Gibb, J. M. B. Pratt, D. F. L. Evans, J. A. Young, B. W. Fearon, D. B. Young, D . G. Carter, M. C. A. Spencer, O. Brown, B. H. Brackenbury; Reserves- J. C. Gouldsbury, A. M. Langlands. There is to be no horse-work, nor ground-work in the competition this year. The squads are to be judged entirely on their performances in the exercises.

RUGGER PROSPECT There is hope of a successful season this coming winter, with seven Old Colours left,four forwards and three outsides,- as well as a few people who also played for the XV during last season. We have, too, several promising last yea r's Colts, who are likely to be useful in the bUilding of a strong side.

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CORRESPONDENCE POINTS FROM LETTERS " 0 Utinam " writes co mplainin g of th e sad fate of the School House bell, and begs

that it may be restored to its proud place and im portant work.

Canon C. E. Woodruff, O.K.S. wr ites to point out a number of misprints in the extract from Stone's Ch ro nicle, supplied by him and printed in o ur last number. We much regret these mistakes, and that our tran slation was not absolutely accurate; but we are slire our readers, and Canoo Woodruff, will forgive us. Last term was somewhat dis~ turbed, The Cantuarian was produced in a great hurry, and the Latin was not easy to read

in the copy at our disposal. The corrections are as follows :For Dublin read Dublnen '. For Worsetye read Worsetyr. For Marixallus read Mariscallus. For Matri read Matriface ( = MaloÂˇavers). For Suy read Say. A more correct translation of the four last lines wou ld be : The Lord Marquis Montagu, the Lord Earl of Essex, the Lord Earl of Worcester, marshall of England, the Lord Scales, the Lord Maltravers, the Lord Cromwell, the Lord Cobham, the Lord Abergavenny, and the Lord Saye (de Sele).

Mr. Latter writes to point out a mistake in last term's Canluarian. The " Greencourt Gateway " was erroneo Usly ca lled The" Lattergate. " We apologise to Mr. Latter for this mistake. Letter to the Headmaster from the Headmaster of the Humboldt-Oberrealschule, Essen, Germany.

Dear Sir, It is with the greatest pleasure that [ heard from Dr. Kalweit how kindly yo u received our boys and made th em enjoy their stay at Canterbury. Allow me to send YOll my heartiest thanks for a ll the trouble you ha ve taken on their behalf, and to ex press ollr se ntiments of profound gratitude to a ll th ose who deserved so well for their yo ung guests. .I a m glad to inform you that all returned in good hea lth, quite overwhelmed by so man y proofs of sympathy and generous hospitality. So much kindness wi ll never be forgotten, it will make an excell ent impression here in Germ any, and contribute to promote the mutua l

understanding between our nations. We hope that, in return, English boys, and especially boys from your school, wi ll soon come to Germany, a nd see Essen, and we shall be pleased to do everything we can do

to make them feel comfo rtable, and to show in th is way how deeply we feel obliged to our E nglish hosts. YOlll'S

very sincerely, DR. SCH MEDING.

To the Editors of " Dear Sirs,

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The following announcement appeared in the Perso nal Column of The Daily Telegraph the other day :-" O.K.S.- Dpn 't forget th e monthly Supper at Gatti 's next Wednesday." 008

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T his was the laudable effort of a n indi vidual to remind O.K.S. of this oppo rt unity of meeting- a nd it brought but o ne who had not attended a Supper before. But only so me o f us ta ke The Daily Telegraph, and few of th ese turn to the Persona l Column : we ask you, therefore, to spa re space for thi s lctter and for a reminder in each of your numbers

of the month ly Supper. T hese meetin gs mean a pleasa nt eve ning fo r those who allend t hem, but they sho uld mean more. That th e School has been throu gh grea t diffi culties is com mo n kn ow ledge: that many of them ha ve been resolved should be equa ll y well-known. Cha nges there must be- criticism is inevitab le. At the O . K.S. Dinner in 1935 the Headmaster trul y said: "The School is yo urs-we who are there merely serve it fo r a time. " If those who are aloof and critical ava iled themselves of t he o pportun ity to meet and tal k to others who are perhaps more closely in to uch with things as they arc, if those many, of whatever age, to who m the School mu st still Illean much, wou ld make their effo rt , t hen surely the Association must become mo re vita l in the se rvice of its membe rs and of th e Schoo l wh ich

is its own. Yo urs faithfull y,

CY RIL W . B ARBER. E. J . H ODGSON. A . L. M IZEN .

July, 1937.

BRI AN PR ATT. SEYMOUR. A. YOUNG .

To the Editors of " TH E CANTUARI AN." D ea l' Si rs, On beha lf of the Boa t Club as a who le, and the 1st a nd 2nd IV 's in particu la r, r wo uld li ke to take this opport uni ty of ex pressing my ap preciation and gratitude for all th at bot h Mr. H arris and Mr. Corner have done for us. They have both sacrificed a great deal of their time not only in their enthusiastic coaching of the 1st and 2nd boats, but also in coachin g other members of th e Boat Club a nd teachin g beginners the elements of rowing. I am sure that every member of the Boat Club ap preciates th e very generou s help that they both ha ve given us, a nd I therefo re feel certain r am fu lfill ing the general wish of the Boat Club in now statin g ou r grat itude. I am, Sir, yours, etc.,

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ALEXANDE R,

Captain of BoafS.

T H E CANTUA RIA N."

Dear Sirs, Would it not be possible to form a Gra mop ho ne Society nex t term to enable members of the School to increase their knowledge of t he class ics. There must be many peo ple who would like to listen to more classica l music but ca nnot afford to bu y the records for

themselves; if only by helping th ese perso ns, t he Society would be doin g an ex tremely val uable work. T here are many gramophone libraries in London from which records ca n be hired for an absurdl y small fee, and many adequate gram ophones ex ist in va ri ous parts of th e

School.

Even if the G.P.C. would not a ll ow a ny mo ney to help the Society, I a m sure

that members would not refu se a small termin al subscription.

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li mited to those who are really kee n a nd [ feel sure t hat such a Society wo uld d o mucb to increase that interes t in good music which at the moment is so patently lacki ng.

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THE CANTUARIAN. "

Sirs, Facing page 240 of Mess rs: Woodruff and Cape's admirable Histo ry of the King 's School there IS a picture, subscribed" The procession to the Cathedral."

The in~eres t of this picturesque and familiar scene is enhanced when we notice a gOfal-post elected on the Green COllrt, presumabl y to affo rd kick ing pract ice to membe rs o the Fifteens dUring their briefer spells of leisure.

Might not this sensible practice be advantageously revived next term? . In

Incidentally th e railings, in the foreground of the photo to whic h 1 allude were rem oved

the first yea r of Mr. Rirley's reign.

Yours faithfully, ,\ fI~/O~,,":(/Jo<;

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Dear Sirs, We have all been very gra tefu l for the swimming bath this year; but would it not

be p<;,ssible to have a mirror there, so that aftcr bathing people might feel less embarrassed

walkIng through the streets with rufP.ed hair?

Yours hopefully, KEEN BATHER.

30th April, 1937.

The Headmaster, King's School, Canterbury.

Dear Headmaster, It was with very great pleasure that I received from the hands of Mr. Martin the manager ?f o ur Old Boys' team, who visited :fou last year, the flag which you and your school plesented to them . . Though the relatIOnship be tween our respective Schools is only a sentimenta l one, ,sentlJ:nent plays an important part in life, and we here place great

value upon our connectIOn With you.

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the flag on Sunday last, a day wh ich was celebrated throughout Austra lia

as ~nza~ Day .. This day. IS <?~served With great reverence in Australia as the anniversary of the fil st landmg at Galhpoh m the War. We held commemorative services at the School and after Matms the whole School was paraded round the Rag-staff and your flag was handed over to me and hOIsted t.o the ma st-head . together with the Union Jack by the School Captalil. We mtend that It shall be flown m future on all great occasions. Please accept from myself and the School our very grateful thanks to you and your School.

Believe me, Yours very truly, C.

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To the Editors oJ" Dear Sirs,

THE CANTUARIAN."

Tf I may be forgiven for resurrecting the old controversy about the School motto, I suggest that our real motto is " Tn gloriam Dei et Reipublicae commodum." This appears 00 a Speech Day programme of 1859 beneath the School badge; after the motto in brackets is "(Stat: Eccles: Cath :)." All that the originator of our present " Age dum agis " cou ld say in favour of it was that it rem inded him, when a boy, of a Gallic chieftain's name. Tn these days of scientific study this Classical joke is doubtless not grasped by the many; in any case, it does not seem a particularly convincing qualification for a school motto.

Yours, etc., NONNE OMNES AGUNT DUM AGUNT?

To the Editors oj "

THE CANTUAR I AN."

Dear Sirs, Now that the School has been given another piece of grass, which can only be used for purely ornamental purposes, perhaps somebody definite might be given the pri vilege of walking across it. To th is end may I suggest that it be made a privilege exclusive to First Colours onlyÂˇ These very deserving members of the School have no privilege which they alone can use without finding that Sixth Formers and House Monitors can use it too; and so perhaps the opportunity might be taken of givin g them something of their very own. Yours hopefully, MINT GREEN.

[We print this very remarkable letter as we received it. Cant. ) To the Editors of "

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THE CANTUARIAN . "

Dear Sir, In years gone by a full pot of ink was conveniently placed in the Parry Library for the

use of its hardworking occupants.

Durmg the course of thiS term, however,

has been

necessary to make one's way either to study or hall in the hopes of procuring there that which is lacking in the Library. Could this be rectified?

Yours, etc., QU INK .

[We daresay.-Eds. Cant.)

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CONTEMPORARIES

The Hon. Secretary begs to acknowledge receipt of the following, with apologies

for an accidental mistakes or omissions ;The Amplelorth Joul"llal, The Ardingley Annals, The Artists' Rifles Gazette (2), The Barrol'ian The Berkhamstedian, The Blue, The Blundellmn (2), The Cranbrookwl/, The Cranieighan, The Delta Collegiate Lampadian (Hamilton, Ontario), The Dovorian, The Eastbournian The Eleal1, The Elizabethan, The E.S.P.A. Quarterly, The E..S.P.c. Rev/elV, The Felstedia~, The Glenalll10nd Chronic/e, The Haileyburian (2), The Hermes, The Hiltonian 211

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(Natal), The Hurstjohnian, The IpslVich School Magazine, The Johnian , The King's School Chesler, Magazine, The King 's School Magazine, The Lancing College Magazine, The LalVrentian, The L ey's Forlnightly (4), The Maml'oodian, The Marlburiall (3), The Melear (2), The Middlesex Hospilal Journal, The Olavian, The Ousel, The Oulsider (California) (2), The Peterite, The Plumtree School Magazine, The Prince EdlVard School Magazine, The Radlein, The Reading School Magazine, The Roffens ian, The Shirburnian, The St. Bee's School Magazine, The SI. Edmund's School Chronic/e, The SI. EdlVard's School Chronic/e, The St. EdlVard's School Magazine, The Sloneyhursl, The Storl(ordian, The Sulton Valence School Magazine. e. H. B. WAUTON, H OIl. Secretary, "T HE CANTUAR IAN . "

CALENDAR April 27. May I. 2. 6. 8. 9. II. 12.

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Term starts. SS. PHILIP AND JAMES. "The Coronation Ceremonies," J. H. Mowll , Esq., O.K.S. ROGATION SU NDAY. Preacher,' The Rev. Claude Jenkin s, D.O., Ca non of Christ Church , Oxford. ASCENSION DAY. 1st Xl v St. Lawrence e.c. (Home). SUNDA Y AFTER ASCENSION.

Coronation Exeat begins. Coronation Day.

Coronation Exeat ends.

15. Annual Visit of Canterbury Club, Bermondsey. 16. WHIT SUNDAY. Preacher,' The Rev. e. G. Stapley, B.D., Subwarden of St. Augustine 's College, Canterbury. 21. Lecture, Walter de la Mare, Esq. 22. 1st XI v M .e.C. (Home) . 23. TRI NITY SUNDAY. Preacher,' The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Willochra. "Two Powers: Kingship and Money," Maurice Colbourne, Esq. 26. 1st Xl v Merchant Taylors' School (Home). 27 . " Acting as a l>rofession," Miss Irene Vanbrugh. 29. 1st IV v Tonbridge School (Home). 30. 1ST SUNDAY AFTER TRI NITY. Preacher,' The Rev. P. B. Clayton, M.A., F.S.A ., M.C., e.H., ofToc H . June 2. 1st Xl v F ree Foresters (Home). 5. 1st IV v Eastbourne College (Home). 6. li ND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher ,' The Rev. Dr. Norman Sykes, Professor of London University. " Modern Germany," Captain Taprell Darling, D.S .O., R.N. (" Taffrail "). 9. Six Form Lecture, Professor W. Emery Barnes, D. D. II. ST. BARNABAS, A. AND M. J 3. 1I1RD SUNDAY AFTER TRI NITY. Preacher,' The Chaplain. 14. Friends' Festiva l Play: " The Zeal of Thy House," by Dorothy Sayers, in the Chapter House. 15. 1st X I v Eastl:iourne College (Home). Festival Lecture: "Writing Novels and Li ving Them, ' : Sir Hugh Walpole, O.B.E., O.K .S., in the Chapter HOllse.

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16. Sixth Form Lecture, Professor W. Emery Barnes, D. D. Coronat ion Laud and Praise in the Cathedra l. Lecture to Walpole Society, Sir Hugh Walpole, O.B. E.,O.K.S. 17. 1st XI v St. La wrence Thursday C.C. (Away). Festival Orchestral Concert in the Cathedral- London Symphony Orchestra a nd Festival Choir ; COllduclor,' Sir Adrian Boult. 19. Marlow Regatta. Serenade in the C loisters, London Symphony Orchestra. 20. IVTH SUNDAY AFTER TRI NITY. Preacher,' The Rev. H. Balmforth, M.A., Headmaster of St. Edm und 's School, Ca nterbury. 22. 1st X I " Dover College (Home). 23. Sixth Fo rm Lecture, Professor W. Emery Barnes, D.O. Lecture by Arthur Mee, Esq., Ed itor of The Childrell's Newspaper. 24. S. JOHN BAPTIST. Annual Inspection of O.T.C. 26. 1st XI " K.e.S., Wimbledon (Away); 1st IV " Hai leybu ry College, at Richmond. 27 . VTH SUNDAY AnER TR INITY. Red Cross Service. Visit of H.R.H. The Princess Ro ya l. Preacher The Headmaster. 29. S. PETER, A. AND M. 1st XI " St. Edmund's School, Canterbu ry (Home). 30. Sixth Form Lecture, Professo r W. Emery Barnes, 0,0. July 3. 1st X I I'S t. Lawrence College, Ramsgate (Away). 4. VITH SUNDAY AnS R TRI NITY. Preacher,' The Ven. the Archdeacon of Maid stone. 6. 1st XI "Sa ndhurs! Wanderers C.e. ( Home). 7. 1st X I v Royal Marines, Deal (Away). II. VllTH SUNDAY AnER TRINITY. Preacher,' The Chaplain. 12. Higher and School Certifica te Examinations begin. 14. Visit ofT.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Kent. 18. VIII,.,., SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher,' The Rev. J. C. Nank ivell, Secretary, Isle of Dogs Housing Association. 22. ST. MARY MAGDA LENE. 23. 1st X I v Band of Brothers (Home). 24. ST. JAMES, A. AND M. 1st XI v O.K.S. (Home); 1st IV I' O.K.S. (Home). Pianoforte Recital, M iss Ruth Spooner.

25 . IXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRI NITY . Preacher,' The Headmaster. 26. SPEECH DAY. Commemoration Service. Preacher : The Very Rev. the Provost of Bradford, O.K.S. Speeches in the Chapter House a nd Di stribution of Prizes.

27. Sept. 2 1.

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EDITORIAL Busy as beavers the builders are building. The Classrooms are finished, and inside the mere roofless walls of No. 27 the unseen bricks are piling up. Many more bricks must be piled before the Dining Hall is ready, but over in the Mint Yard the rival Parry-building squad seems nearer to its goal, for there ga unt red girders sit astride the' new, yet fami liar, flint and flagstone walls. It is not lon g since the smallest and least significant objects abo ut the

School were invested with a strange odour of sanctity. The same air of unassailable aloofness which we can see in Bell Harry Tower seemed to permeate everything down to the most dejected, knife-hacked desks and lockers. They appea red somehow bound up with the spirit of the School which wo uld be injured by their removal. We cannot define the spirit of the School, because, being abstract, it suggests something differen t to every individual, but we have learned that it is only slightly connected with material objects. We have learned that outward chan ge and expansion are unable to affect it, and no longer, as once, does anything new fill us with foreboding, but rather attracts our interest and appreciation. We have not lost our respect for antiquity, but we have ceased to regard enterprise as totally incompatible with tradition. 21 5

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Captain of the School : A. M . DURNFORD W. e. YOUNG of School House " . M . C. A. SPENCER of the Grange K. T. GRAHAM of Walpole House A. M. DURNFORD of Meister Omers Q. BROWN of Marlowe House MONITORS-

A. M. DURNFORD, W. e. YOUNG, M. e. A. SPENCER, R . J. HOLDEN, Q. BROWN, P. TOWNSEND, K. T. G RAHAM, H. P. WORTHAM, P. M. CHETWYND-PALMER

School House:

HOUSE PREFECTSW. N. HAYES, R. E . JACKSON, P. F. LUCAS, T. G. YEARWOOD J. H. P. GIBD, T. STAPLETON

The Grange ". Walpole House: D. G. CARTER, D. L. HURFORD, G. M. SCOTT, D. A. WILKI NSON, J . A. YOUNG Meister Omers: M. B. CREED R. F. W. GRINDAL, N. C. KING, , J. M. B. PRATT, R. CORDEN ". T. N. DONALDSON, A. J. PHILLIPS Ma rlowe House K. T. GRAHAM Captain of Football P. F. LUCAS Captain of Boxing ". G. N. B. PLETTS Captain of Fencing" . H. P. WORTHAM Captain of F ives EDITORS

"THE C ANTUARIAN " -

A. M. DURNFORD, R . J. HOLDEN (Holl . Sec .), P. TOWNSEND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEEChairman:

THE HEADMASTER

HOI/. Secre/my.' W. A. R. GORMAN, EsQ. HOIl. Treasurer.' R. GROVES, EsQ. M OLSSON ESQ. R. P. TONG, ESQ., P. L. SHBRWOOD, EsQ., . " G . J . B. H AR RIS, EsQ"A. A M DURNFORD, W. C. YOUNG, M . C. A. SPENCER, Q. BROWN, K. T. RAHAM, H'. P.Â· WORTHAM , P. F. LUCAS, G. N. B. PLETTS, R. E . JACKSON, D. A. WILKINSON 216

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES J . H. CLARK.- Entered School, Sept. , '32 ; Junior Scholarship ; Grange H ouse Prefect, Sept., '35; 1st XV, '35; P.T. Colours, '35, '36, '37 ; School Monitor, '36 ; Captain of the Gra nge, Ja n., '36; Captain of the School , Sept., '36 ; Sgt., O.T. e., Sept., '36; Upper Sixth, '35; Vice-Captain Ru gger, '36; 2nd IV, '36, ' 37 ; Captain Athletics, '36, '37; Boxing Colours, '37; Vice-President Marlowe and Debating Societies, Sept., '36; Editor of The Cal/tl/arian, Sept., '36. B. e. VICKERY.- Entered School, Sept. , '32; Junior and Entrance Scholarships, '32; Senior Scholars hi p, '34; Upper Sixth, '34; School Certificate, '33; Hi gher Certificate, '35, '36, '37; 2nd X I Cricket, '36, '37 ; Sgt., O.T.e. , Sept., '36. D. G . GLENNIB.- Entered School, Sept. , '32; Junio r and Entrance Schola rships; Sen ior Schola rshi p, '34: G range House Prefect, Sept., '35; School Monitor, Sept., '36; Hon. Sec. Harvey and Wireless Societies, '35; Upper Sixth, Sept. , '35; Sgl., O.T.C., Sept. , '36. R. A. ARMSTRONG.- Entered School, Sept. , '32; Junior Scholars hip ; Walpole House House Prefect, Sept. , '35; School Monitor, Sept., '36; Upper Sixth, Sept., '35; C.Q.M.S ., O.T.C., Sept. , '36; 2nd XI C ricket, '34; 1st XI Cricket, '3 5, ' 36, '37 ; Captain Cricket, '37; 2nd XI Hockey, '35, '36, '37; 1st XV, '34, '35, '36; Captain Rugger, '36. C. H. B. WAUToN.- Entered School, Sept., '32; Milner Scholarship ; School House House Prefect, July, '36 ; School Monitor, Sept., '36; Captain of School House, Sept., '36; Fives Colours, '36, '37 ; Captain of Fives, '37; P.T. Colours, '35, '36, '37; Captain , of P.T., '37; Captain of Tennis, '36, '37; 2nd XV, '35, '36; 1st XI Cricket, '36, '37; 1st XI Hockey, '37; Upper Sixth, '35; Sgt., O.T.C., Sept., '36; Higher Certificate, Ju ly, '36; Hon. Sec. The Can tuarian, '3 6. K. R. HENSHAw.- Entered School, Sept., '32; Greaves Scholar; School Monitor, Jan., '37; Captain of Marlowe House, Sept., '36; Higher Certificate, Ju ly, '36; Sgt. , O.T.C., May, '37; 2nd Xl Cricket, '35, '36, '37; 1st XI Hockey, '35, '36, '37 ; Captain of Hockey, '37; Upper Sixth, Sept., '35. D. V. ALEXANDER.- E ntered School, Sept., '33; Juni or and Entrance Scholarships ; School House House Prefect, Sept., '36 ; Upper Sixth, Sept., '35; 2nd IV, '35 ; 1st IV, '36, '37; Captain of Boa ts, '36, '37 ; 2nd XV, '36; Cpl., O.T.e., May, '37. D. S. HEARNB.-Entered School, Sept., '32; School House House Prefect, Sept., '36; Upper Sixth, Sept., '36; 2nd XV, '35, '36 ; 2nd XI Hockey, '36, '37; 2nd XI Cricket, '36, '37; L/Cpl., O.T.C., July, ' 37. R. S. WHALLEY.-Entered School, Sept., '32; Junior Scholarship ; School House House Prefect, Sept., '36 ; Upper Sixth, Sept., '36; L/Sgt., O.T.C., May, '37; 1st IV, '37. F. B. B. WooDs.-Entered School, Sept. , '32; School House House Prefect, Sept., '36; L/Cpl., O.T .C., Sept., '35 ; Upper Sixth, Sept., '36. J. W. BLACKMORE.-Entered School, Sept., '35 ; Walpole House House Prefect, Sept., '35. A. E. M. STEVENsoN.-Entered School, Sept. , '35; Wa lpole House House Prefect, Sept., '36; 2nd XV, '36; 1st XI Hockey, '36, '37; Vice-Captain of Hockey, '37. P. STEINMANN.-Entered School, Sept., '35; 1st XV, '36; Cpl. , O.T.C., May, '37. 21 7

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VALETE G. E. M. Burton, D. S. Carroll, R. A. S. Jenkins, P . T. Jones, A. G. H. Lindsell, R. A. Peyer, B. G. Walsh, D. K. Welldon.

SALVETE R. E. Austc n, J. 1-1. Breese, J. J. Brown, B. C . Colso n, R. N . Davis, N. 1-1 . Dray, D. A. Fos tc r, I. V. Ga mo n, S. E. G legg, N. G. F. G ra ha m, A. J. Grey, W. D. Gu lloc h, W. D. I-I a tt o n, D. R. I-lill , D. H. Hodkin , P. C. H. Hohner, R. A. Izard, C. King, G. F. E. C. Lci gh, C. W. A. Lovatt, C. A. MacDo uga ll , G. P. Morris, P. H . Morr is, .I. D. Moss, E. W. Oxsprin g, J. 1-1 . Powell , A. A. Randall , J. E. Ro bin so n, M. P. Robin so n, T . C. Sidney, W. L. Smith , P. 1-1. Smi th, M. S. Spark, M. W. Swinhoe-Phelan, J. P. Ta ylor, B. Tilton, D. W. M. Titterington , R. J . Turk , M. Walsh, P. M. Weatherhead, P. T. Whish, G. A. J . Wood.

MEMORIAM

H UGH RI C HARD LAWRIE SHEPPARD ( 1880- 1937) IL is ha rd to write, as I have been asked to write, on ly a few lines about a man whom o ne has known intimately and loved a nd ad mired for more than twenty years. This I kn ow, that a mong th e most treasured possessions in my library is a book of his which he gave me with the inscription " with the love, gratitude and respect of Dick (the Author). " Was iL his broad mind edness? Was it his se nsitive ness to a ll fo rm s of suffering? Was it his co urage? Was it his bubbling sense of hum our which got him so delightfully o ut of a ll so rts of diffi cult positio ns? Was it his capacity for friendship ?- which ga ined him such a host of friends. No doubt all thesc co ntributed to the love men bore him . !lut mos t of a ll he was loved a nd res pected because he was one who believed, a nd li ved as if he believed , that God is just this- the Spiri t of Love, and that the faithful following of J esus C hri st is the hi ghest task that a man or a nation ca n und ertake. It is good to kn ow that his body lies here in Canterbury, in th c C lo ister-gart h that he loved so well. F. DE W. L. R. J. BLA CK

It was with the deepest regret that we learnt of the dea th of R. J . Blac k, who was killed in a cycling accident during the summer hol idays. He came to the School in September, 1936; in spite of the fact that he had been here only a year, he had already boxed for the School, and showed great promise in all ga mes. Natura lly, few of us knew him we ll ; but those who did full y real ise what the School has lost by hi s death. HAMILTON BALY We arc sorry to hea r of the death of M r. H am ilton Baly, who was 3 n assista nt mastcr for ten yea rs. He died on September 28th, aged 62, a t his home in G reenco urt, Alta, Ca nada.

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FIELD

MEMORIAL

T homas Field ' was a King 's Schola r from 1867- 1873 and Headma ste r of Kin g 's School from 1886- 1896. The School owes a heavy debt to him. It is proposed by the Gov~rno r~ that ,? ~hon~a~ , Field ,M.cmo rial Pa vilion s h~ 1I be erected on St. Stephen 's Playmg-Flelds ( .Blrley s ). This would supply. what IS a ve ry serio us deficiency. It IS felt that the PavIiIOn must be a wo rthy memorial In Itself. (In the Pav ili o n it is intended to fix a ll the photograph s of tea ms, as far back as we have them a nd a thl e ti c boards 'lI1d tro phies; so the Pa vilio n will beco me a n e pitome of the Scho'ol 's achi evements in < a ll branches of Sport.) T he cos t wi ll probabl y. be so me £2,000, towards whi c h the re is a legacy of Dr. Field's of £ i ,OOO and O .K .S. subSCri ptio ns amo un tin g to £70. Will all those O.K.S. IVho COli possibl" do so help tillS M emorial Fund? Is It too mu c h to hope that th e furth e r £1 000 will be provided by O .K.S. in tribute to this great ma n ? ' We haye ~ Iready beg un a ll necessa ry pre lill1i~lar i es;. we hope the Pa vi lio n ma y be up by the beglnnmg of the Summer Term. The cn cket wIiI be severe ly handi capped if for anot he r seaso n there is no acco mmodatio n fo r visiting teams. ' Do natio ns should be se nt to the Headm aster. *(A rcvjew of his recently-published biography appears later in this number.- &Is.)

LOOKING

BACK

YEARS

F ROM THE CANTUA RfAN OF OCTOB E R, 1887 (Comments ill italics by Eds., December, 1937). FROM THE ,. EDITOR IAL ' ' -

. ", It is needless to ex pla in what a difficulty the re is in suppl ying

fillin g quantit y or

Ed ItOrIal. How it is that that feeb le excrescence fI:o m th e body of the magaz ine has no t long ago ceased to eXist, might pu zzle ~r . Darwl11 If he co uld know of it. Surely it is a surviva l of the yer~ ul'!fittest. 9r can It b~ that that gre.at. ma n 's ru les after a ll are ri ght, and that the EditOrIa l IS only, hke t he rudi ments of a ta ll 111 the hum a n skeleto n an insta nce of a ' thing rema ining after its reaso nable uses are no more'! " SCHOOL NEWS " •• The Gymnasium is now wa rmed by hot wate r pipes which also see m to come in useful fo r drying football attire." ' F ROM • •

[N.B.- The Gymnasium is now warmed by thermostatically controlled electric IJliles . allY games clothes found on them will be .. pressed."]

". A figure of a guard ia n angel a nd child has been placed upon a bracke t in the Lower Dornutory [Lower House, School House). it was originall y intended for the Cath edra l but was found to be too la rge for th e niche it was meant to fill." '

[This, of course, is still ill the LOlller House.]

TH E CANtUAR I AN FROM THE "CORRESPONDENCE " -

" Sirs,- J think it would be a good tbing to ha ve some one to coacb the Football XV, as it is obvious to anyone who looks on at our matches that a great deal is lost especially in the scrimmage from want of an organi sed method .

I remain , Yours. etc., A

S PECTATOR.

[This has IIOIV beell allellded 10.)

" Dear Sirs,-I should like to ask on what principle that Society, ca lled the Debating It seems to me as though it was regulated by the amount of work the VI Form have, who follow their own sweet fancies. Could not one be held regularly every three week s, if a fortn ight is too often , so that we mi ght be able to kn owwhen to expect one?

Society, goes on.

Yours, etc., UPPER SCHOOL.

[ Cal/ it be Ihal Ol/ce a term is too much ?]

SCHOOL NEWS Co ngratulation s to the fo llowing o n being appointed School Monitors :- W. C. Young, M. C. A. Spencer, R. J. Holden, Q. Brown, P .. Townsend, K. T. G raham, H. P. Wortham, P. M. Chetwynd-Pa lmer. And to the following on being appointed House Prefects :- W. N. Hayes, R. E. Jackson, P. F. Lucas, T. G. Yearwood, D. G. Carter, R. COI'ben, T. N. Donaldson. And to the following on bein g awarded their Rugger Colours after the Eastbourne match:. 1st XV- M . C. A. Spencer. 2nd XV- To A. Watts, A. H. Lovelace, N. C. King, R. N. Donaldson . . And to the following on bein g awarded their Fencing Colours after the Easttio urne assa ult-at-arms :- J. C. Gouldsbury, J. M. B. Pratt. J. H. Clark was awarded a Scholarship (in additio n to his Kitchener Scholarship) on the result of the En trance Exam ination to the R.M.A., Woolwich. We hope that this term 's Scholarship and Service cand idates will ec~ipse last year's good record, and we wish th em the best of luck.

(Som e of them aWait the results : so me are even now at

Oxford or Ca mbridge.) It is going to be difficult, too, to exceed last term 's 77 School Cert ificates,

LIN ACRE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDED AT K ING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

(From " The Times " of September 201h) The Counci l of the Royal College of Physicians has decided to establish a Linacre Memo rial Scholarship at the King 's School, Canterbury. The scholarship is to be awarded to prom ising boys who purpose to study medicine at Oxford, Cambridge, or London; and its esta blishment commemorates the connexlon between the Royal College and Canterbury in the person of Thomas Linacre, the fo under of the Royal College of Physicians. 220

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THE CAN TUARIAN . Linacre was born about 1460, apparently at Canterbury. At Canterbury he received Ius first educatIOn, probably at the School of the Archbishop- to be renamed the King's School m the. next century; while hiS later education was certainly undertaken by William Selling, PrIOI, o~ th~ monastery,

Beyo nd ques tiO~ master and pupil met in an ancient

house sull eXlstll1g m the Green Court, and formmg part of the premises of the King 's School. In thi s ~~cient s~ho ol-a t one time so renowned for its classica l education and with its, lo~ g tradItIOn of literature, from M~r1owe to Walter Pater- some of the most famous SCientific men of b~-go n e ~ays ha~e,recelved their education ; for W illiam Harvey, perhaps

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English medlc1l1e, was a boy at the King 's School fro m 1588 to 1594,

and John T,r~descant the younger, naturalist, tra ve ller, royal garden er to Charles 1, and

probable ong1l1ator of the Ashmolean Museum, came there to school in 1620. THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY (From" The Times" of November 16th) The Leathersellers 'Company has established a LEATHERSELLERS' EXHIBITION of ÂŁ50 a ~ea r at the King 's School, Canterbury, for boys proceeding to a university or place of l11ghel educatIon . The foundmg of this exhibiti on reca lls the connex ion between the company and the ~ch?ol which began witb the benefactions of Abra ha m Colfe. Colfe was educated at the Kmg s School (c. 1592) and was vicar of Lewisham from 1610 to 1657. He not only refounded the Grammar Scbool of Lewisham, but also by his will, dated 1656, founded exhibitIOns for the pupllsat Canterbury. The trust fu nd was administered by tbe Leathersellers, but dunng the eighteenth century, the estate proving insufficient, tbe company for many years supplted the defiCiency out of their own corporate funds. WILLIAM JANSON POTTS SCHOLARSHIP The William Jansol~ Potts Memorial Scholarship of a nominal value of ÂŁ50 p.a. will shortly rail vacant This Scholarship was establIshed m 1919 as a Memorial to William Janson Potts, who entered the School in 1910, was elected a King 's Scholar in 1911 and was Captalll . of the School 1914-15. He obtained a Commission in the R.F.A. in 1915, and transfelled to the R.F .C. a year later. He gamed the M .C., and was killed in action 11l France 11l September, 1917, aged 21. The following is a n extract from the Scholarship Trust Deed :" T he Scholarship shall be awarded from time to time to the son of gentlepeople in reduce? or straitened cu'cul!lstances who are ,consequently unable to give their son the

educatIOn he would otherWise have been entItled to expect having regard to his social posItIon and that of his parents or parent, and it should preferably be awarded to a youth who has lost his father. Such youth should in every case be !3 years of age a nd not over 14t years of age." . The Schola r~hip may be held, with the Trustees' approval, until a boy is 19 years of age. To be eligible for norrunatlOn to the Scholarship a boy must pass the Common Entrance ExarrunatlOn. . A son of an O.K.S. will nat urally have a preference for this Scholarship, and applicatIons should be sent to the Headmaster as soon as possible. 221

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" MOVIETONE NEWS" The School was visited during the term by " Movielonc News," whose cameramen took a se ri es of .. sho ts" of the School's li fe- Scholars a nd a procession of the cast of the Play in the Cloisters, the Mint Yard during" brea k," and so forth. The film , which lasted so me minutes, was afte rward s shown during a week '5 prog ramme at th e Mo vietone Theat re in Shaftes bury Avenue. We understa nd that the photograp hy was excellent and th e co mm entary ve ry good indeed. •• Movieto ne News" have ve ry kindl y promised us th e reel for projection in o ur own cinema ; and we take t he opportunity to thank them

warmly.

THE LlBRARY AND TH E PARRY HALL" The Libra ry is virtua ll y fil1ished~e nough to be in use- and is a fine room. To left and right as yo u e nle r the Library are an gle- bays, two on each side; the walls are lined with shelves, some six feet hi gh, so me up to window-level. Down th e ce ntre run two long ta bles wi th glass tops, for manusc ripts; in eac h a lcove is a fom-foot oa k tabl e to matc h the o th e r furnish ings. The re a re large rush-seated oak armcha irs, a nd two eight-foo t oak tabl es will co me shortl y. The wide fire-place, where a log- fire is La burn, is Tudorstyle; a nd the beams of t he roof are picked out, Tud or fas hion, with red and white:t The Parry Hall wi ll be read y for use nex t term. (In ou r nex t iss ue we will publ ish an artist 's view of the architects' exte rior.) At thi s mome nt we can hea r the workmen's ha mmers on the roof of th e extension up to the Fives Co urt, and th e new Labo ratories below are hummin g with scientific industry. At the Ga teway-end wi ll be a stage, with a commun icating door to the Biology" La b.," whi ch wi ll so metimes serve as a dressi ngroom. The Masters' desks and th e oak beading with the nam es ca rved on it ha ve been moved here, with the c haiIs, from t he old Schoolroom; and at th e e nd or the Hall wi ll be erec ted the organ from St. John 's C hape l. In this H a ll wi ll be amp le roo m for Schoo l Pra ye rs, Assembl ies, Lectures, House C oncert s and so rorth : large fu nc ti ons, such as Speec hes, the Co ncert and t he Pla y, will still , of co urse, be give n in th e C hapter House.

o)lThe Headmaster consulted Sen io r members of the School. As it result is has been decided to ca ll the o ld Schoo!room " the Li brary" (which it now is), and the old PmTY Library tllc Parry Ha ll (which will bc rCitdy for next term). In th is number of 11,e Calltufll'ifll1, therefo re, we usc th roughou t the new names, which were adopted of necessity, and in which the name of Parry has been right ly preserved. We have litt lc doubt that o n the li ps of th" many" the Parry Hall " will rema in " the I>arry " !- £ds. ] t We arc indebted to Mr. W. P. Blore for an in terest ing piece of info rmati on : " Du ri ng the vacancy of the See a ft er the death of Abp. Boniface (d. 1270) the Co url of Canterbury held its sitt ings at C<t ntcrbury, and not in the Ch urch of the Blessed Mary of the Arches in London (l3ow Chu rch), wh ich W,IS the usua l pl ace. At Canterbu ry the COllrt seems to have S~II either in the Cathed ral or ill youI' Hilt Schoo/room, which has 11011' hecollle the Librmy. Here arc three quotat ions from Rolls of the Courl of Canterbury : Acta lam in ecdcs in Chri sti Cant' quam in aula hospitum prioratlls loci ejusdem. (£.S. Roll lB.) Acta in magna aul a juxta porlas in priorat u ccclesic Chr isti Cant'. (E.S. Rol l 2 1.) In aula j uxta portam prior-atus ecclesie Christi Cant ' . (E.S. RoU 2!)." 222

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'I PhotQ : II. P. !Vor/hfll/l (M eisler Omers)

SIR

JOHN BOYS' HO USE (now the School Shop)

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PRIOR SELLlNGEGATE* Th ere is reprinted la ter in this iss ue an art icle from

Sellingegate.

The Times. describing Pri or

In addition to housi ng the Walpole Collec ti on, this fascinating b uild ing

will contain the Stonham Collection of British BIrds- a co llectIOn probably unIque 111

Schools- and the School History Museum. We ha ve already several handsome pieces 01" seventee nth cent ury armou r- the gift of Co lo nel B. H. Mat heso n, O. K .S. ( 1904- 1908)Il'wny prints of CalHerbury. interesting documents, coins, <lnd so fo rth. But earnest request is hereby made for anything that will help to make the Museulll mo re interesting. Especiall y wou ld we like prints ~r documents rela tin g to th e School, and we shall be very

grateful indeed for any presentati o ns t hat O. K.S. feel ab le to make.

*[S;r /-Iugh '-Ya/pole's Chil1ese prims are already in the Manuscript Room at Prior Sellil1gegate: Sir Hugh lvillformally present the rest of Ms g~fl next lenH. Meanwhile Ihe School expresses ils ",arill Ihallks 10 A. W. RichardWII, O.K.S. ( I 894- 1898)'/or Ihe gil;

0/011 elchillg .. alld 10 A. H. Spiers, O.K.S. ( 1868- 187 1)/orl",0 ",aler-colours, a lilhograph alld a proof-elchillg by Charles Clarke- all 0/ paris ~I" Ihe Schoof.- alld a ",aler-colo"r by Ihe dOllar's brolher ~I" Ihe /Jlack Prince's Tamb. - Ed,Âˇ.] THE

NEW

CLASSROOMS (henceforward to be ca lled the Field Building) have been in use

throughout the term , find ha ve proved most sa ti sfac tory.

They are pleasant to work in ,

wa rm and light and com fortabl e. They fill a need long felt. When th e Dining-Ha ll (now just rising to the first floor) is fin ished, and the ga rden-quadrangle* cleared, we wi ll publish severa l photographs of the who le planned scheme- possibl y wit h photographs

or the opening ce remony nex t Summer Ter m .

â&#x20AC;˘ [ Us four sides are :- School House: Dining Hall: Field Building : City Wall .- Eels.]

THE SCHOOL SHOP The Directors of the School Shop ha ve acquired the cha rming o ld house at the corner of Palace Street, almost opposite the Mint Yard Gate, known as Sir John Boys' H Oll se.

h was built in the Dutch st.yle about 1490, and is o ne of the most in terest ing ho uses in Ca nterb ury. Ri ghtly or wron gly it is said to be imm o rta lised by Dickens as being the ho use in which Mr. Wicksteed lived . The Boys family ' is one of the oldest in Kent, a nd for cent uries members of it came to the Kin g's School. A photograph of the house appears opposite this page. T he existing School Shop adjo ining Wa lpo le House (the o ld " Parrots ") wi ll be easi ly adap ted jnto a co mplete Music School, with eight piano rOOI11S, a teaching room, and a large 1'00111 for orchestra l practices and fo r the Choral Society.

*[We are indebfe(IIO Mrs. Behrens, Ihe Beaney Library alld C. t. Meek/or IhefollolVillg

ilr/ormation :-

The Sir Johll /Joys of Ihe " House" (Ihe Recorder) (1607- 1664) is Ihe allceSlor 0/ Johll Boys, the agricullurist , of Bellshanger, who by marrying Mary Harvey introduced illio Ihe family Ihe Royal blood 0/ Charlemagne. Generations 0/ this fam ily- Mary Haney J 60 descendants- came to the School. The foul'lh SOil C!f " the agriculturist" was Ihe Rev. Richard /Joys 0/ SI. Helella. The famous Rev. Markby Jalleiro Thol"lllOIl /Joys,

left

Archdeacol/ of Bombay, who won fame at Luckll())v and elsewhere during the Mutiny, was Richard's lhird SOli. He lil'ed ./i"om 1819 10 1904. His greal-grandsoll, Samuel AnlollY Robert CaWS/Oil, (born in October) 1924) is due to enter the School shortly, alld thus to preserJIe Ihe cen turies-old connection. Mrs. (Lilian Boys Cawston) Behrens, to whom we owe some of Ihis inforrnatioll, is S. A. R. Cawstoll's aUllt.- Eds.]

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CANTUA RTA N

An increasin g num ber of O.K.S. of la le months ha ve visited the Sc hoo l a nd it is delightful to see them. We we re particularl y glad to ha ve Mr . So merset Mau!?han1 with us fDr a week-end this term. He inspected the SChDDI thDrDughl y a nd ex pressed hIs pleasure th at it was in so good a state. We arc ve ry graterul t? Mr. M au~ h an1. ror having add ed to his benefactions by presenting to the School eight cha rmi ng eighteent h century mezzotin ts, whi ch now hang in the de li ghtfu l Masters' Co mm o n at No. 23.

We hope

he will pay us another visit in the near future. There is a sound pla n o n foot to deco rat e, th e walts of th e new Dil~in ? Ha ll ~ ith

pDrtra its Df distinguished O.K .S. The CD mmlttee of the O.K.S. ASSDCla tl Dn decIded a yea r ago to. interest themselves in this prDJect, and It IS hDped that they wtll do. so.. The

Headmaster has made a beginning. In th e Roya l, Co llege ~r Ph YS ICian s IS a fi ne po r tra It o f Dr. Wi lliam Har vey; th is has been we ll copIed '" and IS ready to .han g. TI~ e re a re SD me interesting O.K.S. whDse portraits are in Ca nterbury and can easil y be cDpled, e.g.

Dea n Lynch, Dea n BDYS, GDstling the AntIquary;. but the prDJect needs to. be tack led Dn a wide scale, if the wa lls Df the Hall are to. reflect In portra iture sDmethln g Df the hl stDry Df the SchDDI. • (The front ispiece is a photogra ph of the School's copy.J

Augustus JDhn 's pDrtrait Df Sir Hugh WalpDle, hitherto. Dn IDan to. the Newcastle Art Ga llery, has been presented to. the SChDD I, and IS hung at present In the LIbrary. 'rhe Libra ry has been enriched by the gift Df the bDDk The LOlldoll Pleasure-Gardells oj'the Eighteenth Century, by Warwick WrDth, F,s.A ., O.K.S., aSSIsted by A. E. WrDth, O . K. S. This book, published in 1896, has a tta med cO I~slde ra b l e fa me, ~nd IS ~l m o~ t val ua ble acqui sition. At the .time of its publica ti o!" reviewers we re Una~ll~lOUS m t he~~ praise- one described it as •• this ha ndso me, erudI te! .and vastl y e~te r ta mm g vo lume. Warwick William WrDth, IDng Dn the sta ff Df the Bntlsh Museum In the Meda l Roo m, was a di stin gui shed numismati st, a nd an " authoflt~ o n the. hIsto ry of Londo n, es pe~Ja ll y in the eighteenth century" (Sir G. F. Hill , NumismatiC Chrolllele , VDI. XII (FD urth Se nes)).

An O.K.S. has written to t he Head master, comp la i~in g th at it is. "se rvile" fo r the Scho lars to bow to the Dea n o n Sunda y mo rnin gs. It IS not, he c l a ll~ s, a n old c ustom, fo r it was 11 0 t in ex isten ce in his day. If this is so, can a ny O.K .S. ex plalll how the custo m a rose? [111 any case, we call see nothillg .. servile" in the cuslO~n. TI!: Dea.1l i!, the head this" famUy " ; in our view il \\lOlt/d be equally true 10 de.~cn/~e as ser~lle J1?a.ny O lh~/. harmless marks of'respect alld courtesy- jar example, salullIIg m the SerVIces, rms lI1g one .~ Itat to tlte King, 01' ",'el l opening tlte door/or a lady .- Ed,. ]

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In th e su mm e r ho lidays th e fl oor of the back. studies i~ Scho,?1 H? use was take n up. Underneath was found a ru sty swo rd , ric hl y inla Id , an d With o ut Its hilt. It was sent to

the VictDria a nd Albert Museum, SDuth KensingtDn, and was prDnDunced to. be a Malaya n kris nDt Dlder than the nineteen th century. The Keeper Df the IndIan Museum expressed his interest to. know hDW it ever ca me to. Canterbury. Ca n any O.K.S. th rDw It ght Dn It ?

TH E

C ANTUARTAN

Co mm a nde r Hex t is l e~lVing th is term to be Bu rsa r at Marlboro ugh. We co ng rat ul a te him wa rml y o n th is a ppo int ment. He has bee n Bursar for two and a ha lf years he re, and has bee n, so to speak, in th e th ic k of th e vas t improvements ca rri ed o ut in that time.

Besides the bea uty Df his tin y Figures, he has given to the SChDD I much time and devDtiDn, and we sha ll miss his nautica l fi gure from t he to uc h-line.

To him and Mrs. Hex t we wish

every happiness, and will hope to see them Dften in Ca nterbury. Sister Fitzge ra ld ha s been cDmpelied to. leave the SChDDI , in Drder to. take care Df her sister, who is se ri o usly ill. We ex tend to Miss Fitzge ra ld our sy mpath y, and a lii" g ratitud e far her se rvice to th e Scbool, wit h the ho pe th at she will be a ble to visit li S from lime to ti me.

T, is hy nDW CDmmDn knDwledge that Lan gley HDuse has been fi tted as a cD mpletely up-to-dat e Sa nato rium ,- with a ll the ad va nta ges th at space and a ir can co nfe r,-Âˇa pleasant garde n, sitti ng- roo m a nd d ining- roo m, a nd large wards. This term the Surgery in th e Forrens has bee n ape n in addit io n. Next term Sister G ibso n will return to La ngley, a nd th e va ri o us H a uses will eac h co ntrol t he ir own " local surge ry. "

At langley, we are glad to. welcDme Sister BuIlDCk, who. has already prDved mDst capable and devoted . Miss BullDCk is no. strange r to. Canterbury, fDr she has been fDr SDme years a wa rd-sister Df the Kent and Ca nterbury HDs pita l. We welCD me Dn the Staff this term Mr. D. MDSS as BiDIDgy Maste r. Mr. MDSS was an Open SchDlar Df the Queens' CD liege, OxfDrd, and was placed in the First Class in the Fi nal HDnDur SChDDI Df Natural Science. He is a gDDd athlete, and was unlucky to. miss a Blue. We have a lso two. add itiDnal masters fDr the Up per SchDDI. * Mr. A. W. PIDwma n, a lso a n Oren Scholar of Queens', had a d istingui shed ca ree r in Modern Languages, and

WDn the Newd igate Prize fDr English Verse.

The Rev. F. de W. LushingtDn, SchDla r Df

Cla re Co llege, has bro ught to us immense learnin g a nd imme nse ex perience. He has bee n a mas ter at Eton , Headma ster of Elstree, Headma ster o f Dove r, and Arc hdeacon of M a lta;

he played ru gger fDr Kent, and cricket fDr the I. Z. 's and Free FDresters. We a re very glad to have them with us, a nd we hope th eir co nnectio n with the Schoo l

wi ll be IDng and prDsperDus. Am Dng Dur guests at the Play were: the Arc hbishDP Df Ca nterbury, the BishDP Df Dove r, Lo rd a.nd Lady Narthbaurne, Anne, Lad y Brocket, Lady Pea rso n, the Dean of

Ca nterbury, SI r Hugh Wa lpDle, the ArchdeacDn Df Canterbury and the HDn. Mrs. Ha rd castle, t he A rchdeaco n of Mai dstone and Mrs. Sopwith, Ca non and Mrs. C rum ,

Lady Milner, Mr. and Mrs. Russell T hDrnd ike, Lady Bennett, Lad y Ra leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Ir ving, Brigadi er an d Mrs. Wortham,

CDnfirma ti Dn wi ll take place Dn March 28th.

The Aic hbishop has again kind ly

Clg reed to co me.

*[Thc Uppe r 106 : the four .. School Cert ificate These figures

Sc hool, three Si.X Lhs and Upper Vth-all doing Ilost-School Cert ificate work- numbers Fifths " - all taking School Certifica tes-86 : the three Removes-Âˇa ll due to take Ihe next year- 54 : Ihe Lower School (IV and 111)- 29 : and the Junio r School- lOS. should speak for Ihemselves.-Eds.) 225

THE

CANTUAR TAN

Majo r R . J . No rris (O.K.S., 1904- 1911 ) asks us to draw attent ion to the spi ritualhealing work of Mil to n Abbey at Bla ndfo rd (of whi ch the Warden is the Rev. John Maillard) and o f the Prayer Healing Fellows hi p; and sugges ts that Mr. Maill a rd wo uld we lco me an y help th at might be give n. Rev. H. R. Ho rsley, O.K.S., (27 St. Paul 's Road, Thornton Heath) wo uld be very glad o f a ny o ld bo xing gloves, and so forth, for his Boys' Clu b. He add s: .. If any O.K .S. li ving in the neighbourhood wou ld like an insi ght into social service , I co uld give him an

excellent oppo rtuni ty of getting it." REMIND E R- The O.K.S. Dinner is at the Hotel Victor ia , No rthumberland Ave nu e, W. C.2, o n Friday, Jan uary 14th , 1938, at 7 p.lll. for 7.30 p.m. The Cha ir will be tak en by the Ha n. Mr. Ju stice Lu xmo o re. T he ninth Annua l General Meetin g of th e O.K .S . A ssociation will be held at th e Hotel Victoria at 6. 15 p,m. the sam e evenin g.

E. Palmer (O.K.S. , 19 13- 1916) writes giving so me va luable information wh ich H e point s out that if any member of the School intends to settle in South Africa , he would be well advised, befo re co mmitting himself to a ny particul ar job, to get in touch with a branch of the Public Schools Associa ti on of Great Britain. The O.K.S . members of the Dur ba n bra nch have frequ entl y helped we gladl y hand on to anyone who may be interested .

in the pa st, and w ill rea dil y ad vise as to South Africa n prospects.

They wi ll sometim es

a lso be able to fi nd j o bs for suitable ca ndjdates.

The .. Triangulars " (with St. Lawrence and Dover) will not tak e place this year. W e should like to make it cl ear, to O.K.S. and ot hers who may regret th e passing of thi s long-standing fi xture, that its abandonment was no doing of ours. For some co nsiderable ti me pressure has been brought to bear on us to arrange this meeting in th e Summer T erm an arran gement o bvio usly im possible for us, wit h boatin g as we ll as cri cket. It was with regret that we kept to our deci sion to declin e a summer fixture.

BACK NUMBERS

Th e H eaci mas ('er and the Editors receive frequen t reques ts for back numbers of The Call1uarian- usuall y fo r the previou s issue.

We much reg ret that th e December, 1936 and Jul y, 1937 numbers are now completely of prin t : we have only a few copies fo r record s, and have been unable to procure more by appeal. W e ha ve back numbers of most other issues, thou gh a few of these are of course unprocurable. Ollt

The Call1uariall now prints 1,350 copies a term, for d istribution roughly as foll ows :For the School 350 For O.K.S. 750 For Friends of the School, etc. 100 For Spare Co pies ... 50 For " Exchange Copies" with Contempora ries 100 As the cost of producin g The Camuarian is already over four times the receipts, the Ed it o rs do not feel justified in asking the School to "carry" a large number of spare co pies which may never be used.

Thi s term , however, we propose to print 1,400, and to establish

that figure as long as the demand co ntinues.

Pholo: II. P . lI'ortham (Mdsler Ollie,s)

PRIOR SELLINGEGATE (now the home of the Wa1l)ole Collection, the Stonham Collec tion and the History Museum)

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TH E

CAN T UA RI AN

WILLIAM

HARV E Y

From th e fo urteenth to th e sixteenth century scientific progress was hampered by th e tyranny of letters, by th e undue influence upo n lea rnin g of Ari stotl e, Pt olemy and G alen. It was left to th e so n of a K entish yeo man to break away frolll the medireval traditi o n.

William Ha rvey was born on the 1st Apr il, 1578, a t Folkestone; he came to the Kin g's School (th en known as th e Grammar School) at th e age of ten and fi ve yea rs later

we nt up to Ca ills College, Ca mbridge. After three years a t the Uni ve rsit y he took Jl is degree. Desiring to stud y medicine, he mo ved to the Uni versity of Padua, fam o us as a med ica l school, where he st ud ied under the celebra ted a na tomist Fa bricus of Aquapendente. In going to Padua for his training, he adopted a Course no t unusual a t the time, pa rtly on acco unt of the absence of scienti fic teaching in the En glish Uni versities a nd pa rtly fo r the excellence of continenta l training. At the age of 24 he received hi s Doctorate a nd , returnin g to Engla nd , was gra nted the degree of Doctor of Medicine by the Uni ve,.sit y of Ca mbrid ge . Soon after this he began to practise in Londo n. 111 the year 1605 he was elected a Fell ow of the Royal Co llege of Physician s. In 1628 Ha,.vey published his boo k o n " The Move ment of the Hea,.t a nd Bl ood . " The res ult of this publicntion was di sastrous. The theory he ad vanced was entirely different fro m tha t of Aristotle a nd Ga len ; pa tients feared to put the mselves under the ca re of one wh o was accused of being crack-brained by his envious detracto rs; and hi s practice fe ll off. He received 'great enco ura ge ment, however, fro m Charles I, who appointed Ha,. vey his physicia n, a position which he continued to hold until 1646. He had al,.eady been physician to Ja mes I a nd at th is time a lso held the post of Wa rde n of Mert on College. Har vey, by now over 70 years old, continued to lead his ac ti ve life. He was ho noured wi th a stal'ue in the Hall of the College of Physicians. As a n ackno wledge ment of this compliment he built, at his own ex pense, a Convocation Ha ll a nd a library as addition s to the College a nd contri buted books, curi osities a nd surgical instruments to the Li brary a nd Museum . The year before he died he made his estate over to the College. He died in his eightieth yea r o n the 3rd June, 1657, a nd was buried in the viI/age of Ha mpstead in Essex. A lilling tr ibute was paid by Ihe Kin g 's School 10 this ill us trio us l11 <1 n, by dedi ca ting to hi s memory a la boratory. The foundation stone was laid by the Dean of Ca nter bury on 1st July, 1905, beneath wh ic h was placed a bottle which contained coin s and ma nuscripts re la ting to the occasion. The La borato ry was opened on Nove mber 18th by the Archbishop of Ca nterbury. F.B.B.W . { G .G.

PRIOR

SELLlNGEGATE

CANTERBURY

SIR HUGH WALPOLE'S COLLECTIO N (By courtesy of ' , The Times") The Dea n and Chapter of Ca nterbury have added to the amenities of the Kin g 's School by alloca ting to it the ancient gatewa y hOllse standing in the south-east corn er of the G reen Co urt. It is onl y in recent times tha t the na me" Prior Sellingega te " has been given to the house, for to generations of Kin g's Scholars it was merely the Da,.k Entry Ga te where, acco rdin g to Ingoldsby, the ghost of Nell Cook wanders a t 9 0 'clock On Frida y nights. Yel as the hOllse was built by Pri or Sellin ge, the name is ap propria te.

I HE

CAN TUARIA N

Sellinge, whose fam il y nam e was Tilley, was ~orn in. th e pa ri sh of ~elli,~ ge, near Hythe, about th e yea r 1430. It is probable that he received hIS earJ~ edu eatlon III the sc hool of Cant e rbury- known since 1541 as the Kin g's School:--but of thIS thcre IS no dll'ect eV idence. Hc studi ed at Ca nte rbury Collcge, Oxford, proceedlllg later to Ihc Uni verSIty of Bo log na, wherc he obta incd th e Doctorate in Theology. In 1472 he was elected Prior o f the monastery, whic h he ru led wisely fo r 22 years. The monastery ,owed h1,111 mu ch- not Icas t th e clearing o f its debts. During th ese years he concerned hllnself with th e furthe r educa ti o n of Thomas Linacre, previously a boy at the schoo l, la ter to be the found er of th e Royal Co llege of Ph ys icians. In Sellinge's stud y- whi c h still exists- th e two must have often mel. Sell illge was much more than sch ~ l ar or theologia n ; he w~ s ~ l1lpl oycd by He nry VII on embassies to the Pope a nd to the Km g o f Fra nce. On the Prio r s seco nd j o urn ey to Ital y ( 1486) a s Ambassador to Rome, Llnacr~ accoJ11PaJ~Jed hJJ11 . Somner 111 hi s" Antiquitics " ( 1640) statcs that" whenever he (Selhn ge) came Into Italy, hc ga th e red IOget her all the an cient autho rs, both G rcek a nd La tll1 , a nd brought them over mto Engla nd, and into Ca nte rbury." Sellinge di ed in 1494, an d was buried in the Martyrd o m .transept of the ca thedral. His ledger sto ne, robbed of its effigy in brass, lies nea rl y oppoSI te the doo r leadm g to the cloisters. From his" obi tuary," prin ted in Wha rton's" Anglia Sacra, ", we learn 1,hat he was a good Latin an d Gree k sc hola r- " Latina quoque et Graeca lin gua appnme institurus " - a nd that am o ng other buildin g wo rk s he " bu il t a towe~' next to the PriOlÂˇ.'s Lod gi ng called La Glo ri e!. Thi s tower, whic h is now ca lled th e Prior 's stud y, h e built of stone-work from the foundat ions, a nd adorned th e IIl te n o r III co mely fa shIOn , a nd fini shed the building by giving it a leaden ro of a nd gla zed windows." At the Dissoluti on thi s tower-roo m over the gateway became the Dea n 's stud y, and it continued to be att ac hed to the Deanery until Dean Bagot in 1829 "suffered th e room over the gate to be a ttached to the house of Mr. Stratton, Minor Ca non" (Chapter Act Book (sub ann o.)). The latter house was pulled dow n- wit h ot he!'s o n the so uth Side o f the Green Co urt- a bout the middle o f the last ce ntury, at whic h lime cer tam addit io ns were made to th c Ga te ho use that it might be used for th e Maste r of th e C horiste rs .. This was its use for upwa rd s o f 70 yea rs, but now this ~ncien~ ho use- freque nted. by LliulCre and fami liar to lo ng ge ne rations of Kin g's Scho larS- IS dest l nc~ to be emplo ye~ [11 a ma nn er whic h the Icarn ed Sellinge (himself a great collecto r of ma nusc ripts) would ce rtall1ly approve. Sir Hugh Walpole has spent lo ng yea rs in amassi ng what is proba bl y a unique collectio n of manuscripts. T his collectio n- toget her with many finel y prlllted books- he had al ready bequea thed to his o ld sc hool; but, co nseque nt on the C ha pter' s sui table a llocati o n of th e Gateho use to the sc hool, he has decided to give part of his co llect io n now, a nd fro m tim e to tim e to ad d to it durin g his life. It is understood that visito rs to th e cat hedral will be afforded o pportunities of seei ng th e collection. Sir Hugh Walpo le's collec tion ran ges from ea:'y in c u.nabu-'~l, a. fourth foli o of Shakespeare a f-irst ed ition of Bandell o's T a les, beion glllg to SIr PhilIp SIdney whe n .a boy at Sh rews bu~y and inscribe~ by him, to th e man~scripts of ~cotl 's " Fo rtunes .0f.f'J I~el :: a nd " Co unt Rober t of Pa ri s," Horace Walpole s co py of S,,' Rober t Walpole s Life, wit h man y ma rginal no tes in H o race's ha nd, a big Thackeray co llect ion, including m ~ n y drawings a nd letters a nd part of the ma nuscript of " The Newcomes," the m a n~ scflpts of no ve ls by Trollope, Wh yte-M elvi lle, Wi lkie Collins, Blackm ore, an d o th er Vi ctO rian novelists, to manuscripts by Ki pling, Meredith, Stevenso n, D. H. Law re nce, H. G. Wells, Ar no ld Benn e tt, He nry J a mes, a nd many morc. There a re also a perfect co py o f th e Kelmscott C hau cer and man y beautiful exampl es o f th e Ashe nden, Dove, Go lden Cocke rel, an d other fam ous presses. 11 is hoped that th e collection wi ll be open to view in thc ea rly New Year.

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XVITTTI-I

l= ANT U A R'l A N

CEN TURY

THE

WAT E R COLOUR SCHOOL

DRAWIN G

In our last iss ue we publ ished an a rticle 0 11 th e o ldes t known wa ter-co lour drawin g o f the School ; it was dated 1777, and the o ri gina l ha d just bee n acqu ired by th e Headm as ter from Mr. R. N. Rooke. The picture was by Francis G rose, whom o ur last num ber desc ribed as "a sor t of antiqu a rian Falstaff," and appeared in the seco nd ed it io n o f Gost ling 's A J/Valk ill and about the Cily of Canterbury. In repl y to th e Headmas te r 's enq uiri es Mr. Rooke wrote fro l11 his ho me in Sou th Africa to give him such informa ti o n as he had about the picture; we publish extracts fro m his lette r :_

.. My Mo t he r, to who m the picture belo nged , had previo usly made an attempt to trace the picture's history mo re ca refull y, but th e details are ve ry vag ue. It was given by the a rtist, Francis Grose, to my Mother'S great -g randfather, whose name was Hoope r. Furthe r than that we know not hin g about what he was or a nythin g else a bout him. They must have been close fri end s, howeve r, as we a lso have a t least three copies of th e artist 's pictu res, d o ne by Ill y grea t-great-grand fat he r. They include o ne of Melrose Abbey, tI nd one o r more of o ld st reet' scenes Wi th Signboards Illuch In eVidence. From th e lllfo rlll ation we ha ve, part ly handed d ow n, and partl y ga ined with the ass istance of refe ren ce books, it ap pea rs that Fra ncis G rose was so mething of an antiquarian.

" Apparently the piclllres ha ve just been hand ed on from ge ne ra ti o n to ge nerati o n, an d o nly this plain statc me nt has sur vived about th eir o ri gin , namely that o nc was give n by the a rti st to his fri e nd Hoo per, who al so co pied a number o f hi s o th e r wo rk s."

I I

IÂˇ

BOOKS

AND

Thomas Field, D.D. , A Memoir by th e Rev. H. S. G ood ri c h, M.A., with a fo reword by the Bishop of Lo nd o n (S. P.C. K. , 7/6). Let it be said at th e o utset that this Memo ir can profitably be read by all who lo ve the K .S .C. whethe r th ey were o f Field 's ge nerati o n o r not. The aut ho r has been freely aid ed in his co mpila tion by th e re minisce nces o f th e la tc Bis hop Welldo n, by th e present Headm as ter o f C lifton , by Dr. Lytteit o n, a former Hcad mas ter o f Eton, a nd by Ca non L. H. Eva ns, now Recto r of Sma rd e n and fo r ma ny yea rs a devoted master of K .S. The book is well illustrated by pictures of Dr. Field a nd of a ll the places in which he lived and worked- Ca nte rbury, Oxford, Ha rrow, Rad ley, Nottingha m a nd South well . It is to be hoped that it will ha ve a wide sa le. Membe rs of the School and O.K.S. wi ll find copies on sale in the School Books ho p. The Me mo ir is not o nl y a co mplete reco rd o f Field 's life and wo rk , but it succcssfull y portrays the man , whic h not eve ry Memoir does. Field lives before th e reade r. The wri ter of this review had the pleasure of know ing Dr. Field in his last te n years- not perhaps well, but well enou gh to real ise he was a grea t ma n, and to wonder why he had not bee n called to hi gh office in the C hurch. The Memoir revea ls th e nature and so urce of his grea tness a nd atte mpts a n expla nat io n why neither Prem ier nor Primate eleva ted him to th e Episcopa te, o r a t leas t- as has been sugges tcd- to the Dea ne ry o f Ca nte rbury. The Memoir run s into 113 pages a nd takes Field 's ca reer in review fro m c hildh ood through sc hool and Oxford da ys to his public sc hool appointments, his experie nce as Vicar of a municipal chufc h, to the C hancello rship a nd Ca no nry of So uthwell , whe re he ended his long, c rowded and powerful days.

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THE

CANTUA R I AN

Thomas Field was bo rn in 1855 at Fo lkesto ne, t he birthplace a lso or anoth er di stingu ished 0, K.S., Dr. W illiam Ha rvey. His rather was a draper, his moth e r a wo man of deep relig ious conviction, who exercised a lasting intlu~J1 ~e ,upo n t~le boy, though she

di ed when he was sixtee n.

His paternal grandmother, I t IS JIlterest111g to know, was a

ni ece of Turner, the pa inte r.

Late r th e fam il y removed to Whitstable, and the n to

Faversham , where young Thomas went to Schoo l.

There

w~ re

so me 80 boys in the

sc hool, and though the ave rage age or th e uppe r boys was 15, Fie ld was Head Boy at the a ge or nin e. In 1867 Dr. Mitchin so n, then Headma ster or K.S.C. , was apPolllted to examine Favers ha m Sc hool ; struck w ith Field 's ab ility, he enabled him to proceed to K.S., w he re he was to become Capta in of th e School at the age of fOllrleen . In his time the G ree n Co urt was turred, and Field used to boast that he la id the last sod. Equ a ll y gifted in Mathemat ics and C la ss ics, Field was un cer ta in in w hi ch to co mpete for an Oxfo rd Sc ho la rship but was elected a Mat hema ti ca l Scholar or in 1873. At Oxrord he gain ed F-!irsts in Classica l and Mathematical Mod e ration s a nd in I , Greats." In 1877 he became a Master at Repton, but was elected Fellow of Ma gdalen in tha t December, and in 1878 he wen t as a Master to Harrow. F rom 1886 to 1896 he was H eadma ste r of K.S. C., proceed in g to Radl ey as its Warden in 1897. At Radl ey he re main ed ti ll 191 3. From 19 13- 1926 he was Vicar of St. Mary 's, Nott ing ham, and in 1926 he wen t to li ve at Southwell as Ca no n and C hancellor o r the Diocese. Such is the brief o utlin e of hi s ca ree r. H is influence was tremendous, w he ther on pup ils, colleag ues o r parishion ers, and it was the infl uence o fa pure re.li gio us spiri t, be~ett i ng its o rigin fro m hi s beloved moth er. Love of Ca nte rbu ry was a. ruling passIOn of hiS life. When he was to leave Harrow for Canterbu ry, he preached hi S las t serm o n on the tex t .. Look unto the rock w he nce ye a re hewn"; at the end o f hi s ser mon he said : ,. The debt th a t yo u owe to Ha rrow l owe elsew here." His debt to Can te rbury was neve r absen t frolll hi s mind. Almost the last time the prese nt wr ite r ever ~aw him ali ve (in Janua ry, 1935) he ta lked of this, and or the influence or Ca nterbury. He sa id he had known inti ma te ly men of a ll the large pu blic schoo ls, b ut all hiS !rfe lo ng was conscIo us tha t Ca nterb ury ha d give n him something tha t ot her ~c h oo l s did n o ~ an d CO Uld. not give .. It is imposs ib le with in the co mpass of a rev iew to go IIltO mu ch detail , but the pic tu re of Fie ld dra w n in thi s Memoir is so vivid a nd compell in g, so illustrati ve of Cant erb ury, that a ll a lumn i o f K .S. sho uld read it. It is we ll and eas il y w ritten, and abounds in hum oro us to uc hes. Yo u may he re read th a t a Fellow o f Co rpus defined go lfas co nsistin g of" putti ng litlie balls into little ho les wit h tools obviously un suited ror the p ur pose." There is Field 's report (w hen he was Exa minin g C haplain to the Bishop or So uth we ll) of t he ca ndid ate fo r the ministry: "My Lo rd Bisho P! ~o u ma y have .excel.'e nt rea so ns for o rdainin g thi s man, but si nce yo u ask me about .hl s rntell ec tu a l qualificatIOns .' am bou nd to say that I d o 110t fi nd any." Y o u ca n hear hiS g reat la ugh when lo ng ago In a H a rrow classroom he asked: " Who was bo rn at Stratford-o n-Avo n ? " a nd a shy little boy rep lied: .. P lease, Sir, t was." in 1935, F ield ex perienced a severe stroke, and in t h~ next year a so m uc h more severe o ne that he was sca rcely able to utte r a wo rd . He d ied on Ma y 20t h, the Eve or the Ascens io n and was buried at Southwell on th e fo ll owin g Sat urd ay. It is, of cou rse, wellkn ow n th~t he left benefactions to hi s o ld Schoo l " in g ratitude fo r the nurture w hic h has bee n the ins piration of a life-t ime." It is mu ch to be hoped th at the Co mmittee or th e O.K.S. Associa ti on will proceed to cOlllm issio n a n a rti st to paint th e portra it o f th is g reat and hum ble man , gifted sc.holar, e loquent preacher, lea rn ed di vine, an d pastoral sc hoolmaste r ; olle of the finest 111 the long ro ll of th e Kin g 's Sc hol ars, o ne o f tl~ e mos t devo ted of H ea dl~1a ste rs, o n ~ of th ~ m o~ t loya l or Ca nt erb ury's so ns. Ma y he rest In the peace orGod ofwlllch he wa s lnd ~ed In thiS life a ss ured, a nd may th e me mo ry of him be to us, who remalll, a n abIdIn g lIlspn a tlOn to un selfish ser vice.

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A BOOK ON MARLOWE And Morning in His Eyes, by Philip H e nd erso n ( 12/6). This is a popular biog raphy: I ca nn ot think that it will find much favo ur in the Universities, or by sllch a s Professor l3ake less. There is much, th a t ha s a lready been said e lsewhere, abOUt" Mar lowe. and a good deal of Elizabethan ,. loca l colo ur," w hich is appare ntly derived more from hi sto rica l so urces th an from the imaginatio n. But Mr. Henderso n ha s unwi sely e mbarked o n co ntrove rsy, with too few refe rences to hi s a uth orities. As he makes a good man y" slips" in sma ll matte rs- there is o nc und o ubted a nac hro ni smit is difficult to have mu ch co nfidence in hi s ge neral co nclu sions. Mr. He nderso n 's acco un t o f th e Poe t 's life is full and a dequate. He deal s wit h the exp loi ta tio n of poets by He nslowe, w ith poe ts' mean s and the price of li vin g, Ral cig h 's Sc hool of N ig ht and" the damnable opinions of C hri sto pher Ma rl ye "; and he ha s not fo rgotten the top ica l refere nces in As You Like I I. Mr. Hende rso n has dea lt we ll with th e g rowth of the stories about Marlowe's di screditabl e death. Mr. He nde rson's criticism o f the Plays is good ; but I find his e nthu siasm fo r the Jew of Malta a li ttle excessive. G.G. A TREMENDOUS PLAY AND G REAT ACT ING A CRITI CISM, BY DESMOND MA CCA RTHY, OF EUGENE O'NEILL'S PLAY " MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA "

[We publish Ihis splendid critique, by Ihe courtesy of" The NelV Slotesman and Nation," because lVefeelthat everyone who possibly can should see this play at the Westminster Theatre.] At the Westm inster Theatre is to be seen (a nd I hope for so me time) a most mo vi ng mode rn tragedy. Mourning Becomes Electra, throu gh its power a nd Miss Bea trice Lehma nn 's wo nde rru l inter pretatio n of E lectra (henceforwa rd to be ca ll ed " Vinn y" in th is pape r) is a play ca pable of stirring emotion at unus ual depth. Mr. Agate, in whom, when I d iffer from him too, I always recognise a fer vent love of th e Stage (not a co mmon trait in clever dramatic critics who usuall y co ndesce nd to it), says that he rates the evening tha t he spent in the Westmin ster Theatre among the six keenest ex per ie nces or hi s play-going life. A nd to tha t tribute, let me add , eve n at t he cost or appear in g ri d ic ulou s, a corroborative a necdote. The mornin g after I had bee n the rc, I was greeted w ith, "What 's ha ppened? Good heavens! What's happened to yo u ? Ha ve yo u been through an emotio na l upheaval?" M y an swer was rea ss uring. "No, dear me no, purely aesthetic; I went last night to Mourning becomes Electra. Let 's go toget he r to-night. " It stirred me t he seco nd time a s much. At thi s moment (the c urtai n is up) it seems foo lish to recall the play when I co uld so easily be there; but r shou ld like, and it is my duty, to persuade others to go. The s pi rit of the times is unfavoura ble to tragedy, tragi-co medy, a nd the sentiment " G rin and bear it " is, I think , the highest pitch to w hich mod ern sensibil ity easil y rises. Th is play exceeds that pitch . The geni us of Ibse n at th e c lose of hi s ca ree r was purely tra gic ; hi s t he me was spiritua l death, not regeneration. So is Eugene O'Neill's play. Nowa days people handle the stuff of traged y in th ei r own li ves practicall y; t hey shuffle it ou t of sig ht. Even the ir religion is apt to lack the note so prominent in the gospel, of d isillusion. They think optimism ak in to piety. The tra gic conception of life is too momentous for them. The essence of it is doom- a dependence on the nature of thin gs, whether the world is interpreted in a reli gious or in a pagan se nse. The eleva ti o n or

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tragedy, a nd its power to produce ex alt a ti on in li S, depends 011 that prelim inary ad mi ssion.

There is rea ll y only one tra gic the me: t he help less ness 01' ma n, whe th er he is bro ught face to fa ce with retribution , as in Greek drama and in thi s play , or whether, as in Renai ssance d rama , it is the sto ry of somc heroi c cha racter da shing himself to pi eces aga in st ci rcumstances, Lear, Othello- betrayed from within or with out , it does not matter. Bu t there is no situati on so te rrib le that it cannot be relieved by contemplating it, in a pause

of the mind, aesthet icall y.

Hence the justi ficatio n of tragedy as a form of art.

Tn tragedy

th e sense of suffe rin g is swa mped in a se nse of li fe, and imagination gets th e bettcr of the understand ing.

Mourning Becomes Electra, ns its titl e sugges ts, is a Greek tra gedy. It s theme is retri bution and acqu iescence in a doom that han gs over a famil y, as th e curse hun g over th e H ou se of Atreus. At the very end Vin ny, the last of her ra ce, pa sses into th e home of

he r fathers to live there alone with the dcad . " 0 do n ' t be afra id ," she says to o ld Seth the gard ener who pla ys the p art o f C ho rus thro ughout : " D on ' t be afra id. I ' m no t goin g the way M oth e r a nd Orin went." (Her mot her a nd her bro ther we re ho un ded to sui cide a nd by her). "Tha t 's esca ping punishment. And there's no one left to punish me. 1 'm the last M annon. I've got to puni sh myself. Li ving alone here wi th the dead is a wo rse act of j ustice than

dea th a nd priso n.. . . . . I ' ll live a lo ne with the dead . . . . . [kn ow they will see to it T live for a long time ! It ta kes the Manno ns to punish th emselves for being born. "

Readin g these last word s o f the pla y, whi ch Mi ss Le hmann deli vers wi th in tense di gnity befo re the green doors of th e pillared ho use close be hind her, yo u may co ncl ude that the theme of the p lay is, like RosmersllOlm, a .. sick conscience "-a nd so it is. T hose wo rd s are like the concluding wo rd s of Ros me r to Re becca befo re t hey throw themselves togeth er into th e mi ll-stream, where Mrs. R os mer had d row ned he rself : " There is no judge over us; therefore we must pun ish oursel ves." A nd 1 am inclined to think that apart from th e Oresteia, and th e Electra, it is to Rosmersholm M r. O'Neill is most indebted. Vinn y, li ke R ebecca W est, stru ggles in vain against remorse. both in her brother and in herself. Con science, so irra tiona l yet so a uthori ta tive, proves too strong; she yea rn s to mix herself a t last with life; she longs after she has drive n her II

brothe r (Orin-Ores tes) to mu rder her mothe r 's lover (Ca pta in Brant- Aeg isthus), a nd thro ugh Orin drive n her mothe r to suicide (Christin e Mann on who poiso ned her fat herC lyte mn es t ra), to begin life aga in, to fo rget, to be ha ppy a t last. But she ca n 't. T he past is too stro ng, too real. Eve n when she has made her muc h loved brot her take hIS life a nd she is a t last free of that poor broke n wreck, free to ma rry h is friend a nd be happy, she cann ot : , the dead co me in between.

In the end she must punish herself.

From this

point of view M oumillg Becomes Electra (misery deep as hell is the inevitab le a nd fitting doom of an Electra) is a play, and a greate r one, on th e t he me of Rosmersholm. But th ere is more in it than that. Like Jbsen 's tra gedy it raises, without answer, the ques tion, which fl accid minds ignore. What is it in the very natu re of things th at co ndemn s nature '!

In a sense Euge ne O 'Neill like I bsen is on the side of th e j oy of li fe, the nat ura l good, but, like l bsen, he is also intensely interes ted in that myster io us confl ict from which religion

a nd all idea listic philoso phy dra w their secret fo rce. T here is a curse upon the H ouse of M annon beca use the M annons have ignored the

na tural good . They are a New E nglan d fa mi ly in whom th e Calvinisti c tra d ition is sti ll alive tho ugh decaden t. T he scene is laid at the close of the America n Civil War; a nd V inn y is a fl ower of that stock.

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adoral'ioll. of. hi l~l has p.ut a moral cra mp upo n her nature, a clog upon every movement in her of Il1 stJl1ctl ve P.'I SS I ~ 11 an~ sy~npa t h y. A nd Ezra Man non ? . H e is a frigid, impos ing ty rant- whose fan atr ca l IIllaglll atIOn dou?tJess cann ot rega rd God as j ust unless he is rega rd e~ as cru el. As.a husband he ~a s JI1 s ll p~or ta b l e; a bitin g critic, den ying that his natura l Impu lses were himself, methodICa ll y and hercely making love. And he was ma rried to a weak, pas~i o n a t e, im pulsiye womal,l , who had co me to loa th e him . ( H ere let mc say how deeply MISS Laura COWJe felt thi S part; there was not a moment while she was

on th e stage when she did not o bvio usly feel he rself to be C hristin e Ma nn o n.) While Ezra M ann on and hiS so n were at the fro nt C hris tine took a lover who to concea l his woo ing, made up to Vin ny and won a love she passionately denies. V inn y discovers the intrigue betwee n Bra nt an d her mother ; unconscious j ea lollsy gives a remorseless edge to. her o~v n mi.scry ~lIld to her icy. severity towards C hristine. O ne of th e man y fi ne scenes IS one In which V inny, th reatenll1g to tell her fat her, co mpels her mother to swear

to pa rt fro m Bra nt, lind the re by turn s he r into a C lytem nes tra. Ez ra suffe rs from hear td isease; it will be so easy, so sa fe- to po iso n him, if Bra nt wi ll ge t th e d ose. Relucta nt ly he consents, for Ezra never will divorce her, and he will see th at Bra nt shall never get another ship. Agame mn on co mes home, and in a bedroom scene th e fatal dose is ad min istered. Vinn y enters; her mother faints, and Vinn y fi nds the poison. H ere ends

Act I. The creed o f the Ma nn o ns is that sin must be pun ished a nd th at it is beaut iful it sho uld be- desperate co ncern at hi s own predica ment a nd tragic exultati on a bo ut a world which ~ s g~ve rn ed by ~ mer~il ess Pf(?vidence are ~h ~ marks of the C~ lv i n i s t. T hey are embodied III VlOn y, . DUring thiS ac t M ISS L~h ~l a nn IS III every gest~re, 111 every tone, in every glance, the emb?dJlnent of ruth less. supenonty. In the next, stIll the co nstrained, terrible, prim .. vio lent .II Ule wo man, sh.e stIrs up ~er .war-broken brother to avenge their father : Brant

must di e. Appeal to hiS se nse of Justice (the sca nda l of a murd e r t rial must be avoided) fa ils, bu t she awa kes his j ea lousy. For Orin ha tes h is father, a nd passionate ly loves his mother.

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T he onl y weak scene in this terrifi c play is the scene on Brant 's ship when O rin shoo ts him. h is also the one passage wh ere Mr. Ro bert H arris, so subt ly ri ght and moving in the concl uding ac t when the furies of remorse hun t him to his death does not com e up

to the tex t. Orin's fre nzy of j ealousy ma kes hi m tell his mo the r that he fo llowed her a nd shot he r lover. She ki lls herself behi nd those Ma nnon doors whi c h hid e and betray so much, an d Orin ca nnot forgive himself.

Before C hristine disappears behind th em there

is a co nfro nta ti o n betwee n her a nd Vinn y.

For the fi rst a nd last tim e it is Vinn y who wi lts.

Befo re the blazing misery and despair in her moth er's eyes she reco ils. ÂŤ M other, what are yo u going to do? Yo u can live. " " Li ve ! " cries C hristine and from within we

hea r the shot.

Vinn y advan ces to the front o f the stage (at this mb ment the actress was

subli me in intensity) ; she whispers with clenched hands" ft isjuslice."

A nd ye t, someth ing has happened to shatter V inny as well as Orin, who is in a frenzy

of despai r.

T he two nights on which I saw th e pla y, M iss Le hm ann d id not ma rk e no ugh

th.e sig.nifica nce of that last cO ~lfrontati o n : it is profound ly important, for hencefo rth V JI~ n y ~s t~ feel. more an.d mor~ lI ke her mo ther, craving for th e forgetfulness and happi ness

of Instin cti ve Ir fe; while O rm, tor tured by re morse, ta kes 0 11 th e na ture of his ruth less father. It is d iffic ult to pe rsuade o th ers 0 11 pa per t ha t t he last act " The H a unted , " sho uld not be an a nt i-clima x after the o ther two. It is the tr ium ph ~f th e dramat ist a nd hi s interpreters th at, if anything, it proves more moving, more disturbing. H ere M iss ~ehl11a nn shows herself n.o longer rigid, but an artist in pa thetic pa ssion, and Mr. Harri s

IIlte rprets t he subtle c unl1 mg and sudden mee k colla pses of o l1e ha lf-m ad wit h the greates t

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skill . [-I e knows that Vinny wishes he was dea d ; and aga inst her JIIi/l, dri ven like her mother by her longjng for -happiness into crim e, she prevent s his fri end runnin g arter

Orin to stop him shootin g himself.

That is a wo nd erful mome nt whe n she flin gs her arms

rou nd Peter N iles, gabbling love and hope; almost (not quite) as wonderful as that when she discovers she must in the end let Peter go. Th en comes her last acqu iescence in .. fate." To-d ay it is through the conception of the subconscious, a dark irrati onal power which steers us from our birth, th at we co me nearest to sha ring the G reek co nception of fatc. Throughout M"r. O 'Neill has made masterl y lise of that awareness of unconsciOlls moti ves in his characters: V inn y 's smothered love of Brant, her envy of her mother Orin's unconscious pa ssion for his moth er and sympath y with his father. Th e prod llc tiOl~ is admirable, only here and th ere a fault. The recurrence of th at channing melody, ., Shenandoah," though twice su ng by a drunken man , should affcct us mo re as a reminder of th e beauty and sweetness of life; Orin, unseen, shou ld give a great cry from wit hin

when he find s his mother 's body . The part of Seth is a lso important a nd Mr. Abbott was c uriously good ; Seth understa nd s, like a Greek choru s, the d oo m of the I-louse of Mannon . D ESMOND MAcCAnTHY.

THE SOCIETIES THE HA R V EY SOCIETY Presidenl " R. GROVES, EsQ. Vice-Presidents:

J . R. E.

PAY NTER,

EsQ.

STANGER,

ESQ.

D. Moss, EsQ. Hon . Secretary: T.

STAPLBTON

A Co mmittee meeting was held on Friday, September 24t h a t which was accepted with deepest regret the resignation of Mr. H. Goodburn from his positi o n as a Vi ce-President ,; he had been co nnected wi th the SocIety smce 1919 a nd held the post of PreSIdent untli 1935. Mr. D. M oss was elected a Vi ce-Preside nt.

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On Tuesda y, October 5th, about th irty members of th e Society travelled by trai n to Ashford to visit the Southern Railwa y Wor kshops, where we made a tour of the wor ks. We are very gra tefu l to the Southern Railway for their cou rtesy an d to the President and Vice-Presidents for providing us with a very excellent tea. On Tuesday Octo be r 12th, the Society vIsIted Caldwell's stained glass wo rk s.

were shown every stage of the manufacture of the stained glass wi ndow, from the moulding

of the molte n lead to the assembling of t he window. We a lso saw several finished windows, a nd a number of ~Id Cathedlal windows which were being le novated . .

On Wednesday, Octo ber 20th, a pa rty. paid a visit to Messrs. Bi g~les ton's iron fou ndry, whe re we were shown the makin g of castmgs, the sa nd -blast lllg whIch polishes the m, and the fini shed castin gs being sprayed with paint. We are very grateful to Mess rs. Biggleston for giving u S such an interes ting aftern oon. 13i

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On Tuesday, November 2nd, the Society pa id a visit to the Ca nte rbury Automatic Telephone Exchan ge. The party was shown by abl e gUId es the e ntire mechan ism wh ich is set. in moti.on when, a subscri ber lifts the receiver and dials a num ber.

Afte r so interes tin g

and Instru ctive an aftern oo.l1 , th os~ who ~ave n?w seen someth.in g or th e internal work in g of the P.O. Telep hon es, WIll eertalll ly thlllk tW Ice befo re abuslllg th e Post Office ollieials on ob talllln g a wrong number.

On Tuesday, November 9th, a party pa id a visi t to Ca nter bury Gas Works whe re we we re shown th e many processes which are in volved in turnin g coa l in to gas.

'W e are

indebted to the Ca nterb ury Gas a nd Water Co mpa ny fo r a ve ry interestin g afternoon. On November 16th, we visited Messrs. H oward's paper wo rks at C hartham. M essrs. its abil ity to produce a more var ied se~ectlO ll of papers than any ot ~l e r machlllc III !hc wOl: ld ; tl~e Society will ha rdl y doubt . H ow,~rd are ve ry proud of thei r machin.cry. for

th IS after seelll!l the works. to repeat the

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T IllS was the most mte restlng outIn g of th e term and we hope

soon.

The o utin g to Holden 's Mine ral Water Wo rks had to be postponed to nex t term . The clls tom of members of the School reading papers to the Society is to be revived.

TH E MARLOW E SOCIETY Presidelll,' W. A. R. GORMAN, EsQ. Vire- PresideIlIS,' G. G. BENNETI', EsQ. ; A. M.

DUR NFORD

(ex-officio).

HOIl. Sec . : R. F. W. G RI N DAL. Several sllccessfu! l~l eetin gs ha v~ .been hel.d thi s term , including a .. gala " night when members brought anginal compOSitIOn s wh ich we re read anony mou sly, and a debalc. Eleven new members were elected at the first meetin g, bringing the numbers of the Society

to 23.

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On October 13th, Mr. J. H . Co rner, and A . M. Dea n read papers on .. Music," a nd played several exa mples of the. work of leadin g co mposers, includ ing Bac h, Schubert, Hayd n a nd Mendelssohn. Late r III th e term papers were read by the H on. Sec retary on .. D. H. Lawrence " and by Mr. A. Michell o n .. Engl ish Letter-w riters."

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story, hve essays and five poems were read, and the members agreed that the work was of

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T he" gala " ni ght, held on November 17th, was very successful ; a playlet, a sho rt a hi gh standard. On the fo llowing Wednesday a debate was held on the motion that " Democracy is the best patron of the Arts"; the motion was defeated by nine votes to four.

T he following plays have been read :- " The Simpleton of the Un expected l sles " by Shaw,_" The. Circle" by Somerset Maugham, and" C harles The King" by Maurice Colbourne. It IS hoped to read " Jun o and the Pa ycock " and " Victoria Regina" before the end of term. 235

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T H E PATE R SOCIET Y

Preside,,': R. W . F. W oorrON, ESQ. Vice-Preside",: W. A. R. GORMAN, EsQ. 1-1011 . Secrelary: R. J. H OLDBN In spi te of th e many ac ti vi ti es of the te rm , the Society ha s fl ourished . A t a business meetin g held at the beginn ing of th e term vario lls suggestions we re made for meetin gs, among them th at H controversial poin t shoul d be di scussed in fo rma ll y. Thi s suggestion was pu t into prac tice later in th e ter m, when it was di scussed w het her th e G reeks or R omans had th e grea ter sense of hum our. Thi s departu re fro m the conve nti onal meetin g proved

to be successful. T wo papers have been rea d thi s term, and we arc promi sed an other befo re th e term

ends.

On Octo ber 7th, J. B. Goud ge read a pa per o n Alcibiades, in which he ga ve a

sketch of hi s life, and at th e sa me time aroused our interest in th e character of thi s stra nge man. A week later the President read a paper on th e C retan- Mycenaea n civili sa ti on,

illust ra ted by la ntern slides of th e a rt of the peri od. A visit was pai d during the term to M aidstone, to hea r a pa per read by D r. John Bell, H igh Master of SI. Paul's School, to the K ent C lassical Association. His subj ec t was

"Petron ius a nd Socia l Life in Ita ly in the Age of Nero. " engrossing subject, a nd his ready wit de lighted us.

Dr. Bell had chosen an

A t anoth er meetin g, Ar istophanes' comedy" T he Bird s" was rea d, using Rogers' translati on.

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Presidel1l : J. H. CORNBR, EsQ. Vice-Presidell' .' R. P. T ONG, EsQ. Hall. Sec/,e',,/,y.' A . M. L ANGLAN DS Th e am bitio us plan s th at we made las t te rm , conce rnin g a vis it to Sir Hugh Wa lpole's Lond on fl at, have materiali sed and each member has tri ed to produce so me work on the

lines th at he suggested . The bes t res ults will be j ud ged by Sir Hugh Wa lpo le himself, o n Decem ber 9th, when we shall be hi s guests, and the winners wi ll receive their prizes . T ho ugh very di fferent fro m our usua l meeti ngs, a visit to the K ent a nd Ca nter bury D istrict H ospital was a ve ry welco me beginn ing to a term during w hich we have had a large nu mber of i nterestin g lectu res. At th e first official meetin g, the Pres ident read a most in te restin g essay by Phil ip G ueda lla, which explained to us the fea rful di stru st th at each coun try has fo r th e oth er.

The fo llowi ng wee k, Mr. G o rman gave us a ta lk entitled " T he Futilit y o f Poet ry." I-I e made us loo k at this a rt in a different way a nd to ld us how to enjoy the music of poe try. Shortly aft erward s, thc Vi cc- Presi den t gave a lecturc on â&#x20AC;˘. Prose" and rea d some very amu sing essays. 'l 3V

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Mr. Lushington 's discollrse on the sta rs was most in structi ve. H c pointed out th at the re is much beau ty in these fa rÂˇoff wo rl ds and an immensit y that staggers o ur imaginati on.

We were enterta ined the fo llowin g Sunday by Mr. Sherwood , who described a tr ip which he had take n in Spa in. T he vita lit y of his talk brought ho me to way, the li fe and cllstoms of th c co un try .

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T here are to be other lectures be fore the end of thi s term , but it is hoped that next term wc ourselves may prov idc more papers of ou r own.

TH E C HO IR AND C HO RAL SO CIETY T he summer holidays di d not produce so man y brok en voi ces as we expec ted, and th ere are a few of las t yea r 's trebles Icn to help th e sma ll number of "sin gin g" ncw boys. Th e regular altend ance of th e te nors and basses has made it easier for th e two upper parts to ga in confi dence, and we hope to have a rca ll y well- bal anced choir by the end of term . O ur share in the Co nce rt wi ll be modest. Th e" Fa ntasia o n C hristmas Caro ls" by Va ughan W illia ms is our only contributio n, fo r wi th the Ca rol Service fo llowin g closely it seemed un fai r to tax any fur ther vo ices w hich have not much longer to las t. Mr. Avery and Mr. Corner still continue to be mcmbers of the C hoir, and we are ve ry pleased to see Mr. Plowman and M r. Beard, w ho co mes in from St urry. W e are mos t

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two rooms 111 Poor Selhngegate. Wtth separate developIllg an d printing rOO I11S it is possible at last to acco mmodate mos t of the enthusia sts. . Earl y in the term we paid visits to the F ri ars and the R egal Cinemas to look over th e proj ecting rooms, aJ.1d we are very grateful to the managements of the two places fo r

tro u ble they took WIt h us. We were allowed to stay two ho urs at o ne of them ' while one handful of boys was busy wi th the operato r, the rest we re a llowed to si t in the back row of the circle-a popular concession ! O n Saturday, Octo ber 30th, Mr. Yates very kindly ga ve us a mos t interes ting a nd helpful lecture on " Making th e perfect nega ti ve. " H e brought with him a num ber of pictures to illustra te the talk, a nd deal t meth odicall y with all the fa ilings of the a ma teur. He to ld us, in fact, exactly what we wa nted to know ! We are grateful to him not o nl y fo r hi s entertaining talk, but for the generolls gifts th at arrived fro m him the foll owing da y.

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On November 23rd, 21 members of the Society visited the Kodak Work s at Harrow We arri ved at 2,30 p.m. and were then shown round th e work s in th ree parties. There is no space here to explain all we saw, but the whole tour wa s mos t impressive. The re are

over 3.0 acres of noor space and about 4,0.00 stalT a lways at wo rk.

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fi,rc bri gade w hich IS always on duty. H aving secn all there wa s to sec in the time , we were given an excellent tca and departed soon after.

This term for the first time we launched a scheme for the photographing of Schoo l events. Pictures of School matches fou nd a ready sale, and in spite of the low prices

we ~l ave managed to pu t aside a little money for the purchase of new apparatu s. Our C hri stmas card s too ha ve been a great success; our entire stock was sold out three weeks

before the end of term. It is hoped that such concentrated ac tivity by certain members of the Society has not kept others fro m enjoying thei r ri ghts. Perhaps we sho uld point Ollt that we have not lost our heads, and are far fro m co ntem pl ating the erection of a

professio nal studio! THE TENTERDEN SOCIETY Presidenl: D R. F. J. SWRLEY Vice-President: J. B. H ARRIS. ESQ. H OIl. Secretary : P. TOW NSEND

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Thi s term has been a very successfu l one 'in every wa y and we ha ve heard a number

of distinguished people talk ing o n their own particular subjects.

We have brought our

members up to thi rty in number, and we are closing the term's activities by send ing a part y of eight to accept Mr. A. Lennox-Boyd' s invitation of last term to visit the H ou ses of Parliament.

On November 13th, we welcomed an old frie nd of the School in Lady Milner to ta lk

a~o ut Geo rge Meredith , the prophet ofa past genera ti on.

She did not speak so much about hi s work as about his pleasant persona lity and chara cter, and the influence he wielded ~ ve l' herself and her fri end s. Even more did L ady Milner dwell on the nineteenth century 111 general ; she considered that in spite of modern idea s she and her generati on had morc

real freedo m of thoug ht a nd action tha n the yo uth of to-day. In a most delightful evening Lady Milner 's champio nship of yo uth ca me ve ry promi nen tl y to the fore. We hope to see her aga in soon, and we are very grateful for th e tim e she so kindly spen t on us.

O n Novembe r 26th, Mr. P. Sloan talked to us abou t " T wenty Years of Soviet Russin. "

Thi s was an interestin g talk dea ling principally with the purely material side

of Russian life .

Mr. Sloan began by brieny describing the course of the Revolution and

th e u.ncerta in years that followed. H e went on to speak of the improvement in agricu lture and Industry, of fam ine rel ief methods, the F i ve Year Plan s, and the rise in the standard of li vin g. It wa s a full and interesting descripti on of a great experiment. On Tuesday, No vember 30th, we heard more about Ru ssia from the Dean , who talked to us about hi s own vi sit there. He described the cond ition s under which he tra velled ; fo r thirt y shillings a day he had an interpreter compan ion , a car at his di sposal , and luxury hotel s in the big town s. H e emphasised the ease with whi ch he saw everything he wished to see, and told us how little restraint there wa s upon him in his travel s. Much of his most interesting ta l k wa s a bout the freedom of spiri t in Ru ssia ; each man 's success was an adva ntage instead of a di sadvantage to hi s feHows. There was much more about both

the delights a nd the faults of life in Soviet Russia. He closed his ta lk by a nsweri'n g a number of questiolls which threw an interesting light o n the side-lines of such a visit.

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On Saturda y, December 5th, the Society was given a ta lk by Sir Percy Sykes, O.K.S. , on " Persia and the N ea r Ea st during th e Great War."

He told us how, as a you ng

Army omcer, he had disli ked regimental routine and consequentl y had entered the Secret Service. Sir Percy then sketched the position of Persia at the beginning of th e War and told u S of the att empt s of the G Cl'lnans to win ove r the Persian s w ith th eir military mi ssion s. and or th e success ful att ack of th e T urk s on the Ru ssian s in th e north. He was sent out by the War Office with a small detachment of men to keep the count ry quiet and to safeguard the wa y to Ind.ia. H e CHl'l'i~d thi s out with g re~t s uc~ess, managing to keep both the German s and th e f urk s out of Important area s. HIS stones of wa r method s were very interestin g and the 'book on Afghani stan w hich he is writi ng wi ll, we ho pe. be a success .

T HE G RAMOPHONE SOCI ETY

Presidenl .' R. P. TONG, EsQ. Hon. Secrelary: A. M.

DEAN

This club was founded at the beginn ing of this term to help those who wished to improve thei r knowledge of cla ssi.cal mu sic. Though programmes have of necessity .been a trifle scrappy thi s term , it is hoped to rectify thi s next term, as a most excellent pnvate

collect ion is being kindl y lent to the Society. Amo ngst other works that have been played this term may be mentioned Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Moza rt's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, and pa rt of Cesar Franck's Sonata for Violin played by Yehudi Menuhin. Fina lly, we must thank Mr. Tong for giving his support to this Society and so kind ly lelling us meet in his room every Sunday, and a llowin g his excellent radiogram to be used .

THE DRAMATIC SOCIETY IN "R IC HARD IT '' O n the aftern oon of November 5th and the evening of November 6th the Dramatic Society presented us with outstandingly good performances.of Shakespeare 's " Richard II. " T he latter of these two performances was the better for being- to use an ugly but eloq uent epithet sa ncti oned by Mr. Ja mes Agate- " Saturday-nightish, " and it is to this show in particula r that the following remarks app ly. Let it be said forthwith that, witho ut even the usual reservatio ns to be made in stud ying School productions, the play was an undenied success. All credi t is due to the producer, Mr. P. L. Sherwood, and to all tbose responsible for its presentation, whilst the players ' costumes and make-up, if occasionally very slightly a nachron istic, were on the whole excellent. In a play with so long a cast it is regrettably impossible to do everyone justi ce; but a few characters demand special comment. T he honours go to D. J. R. Thorndike, who gave us a sensitive but res trained study of Richard's fascinating character, to illu minate

wbieh is tbe object of the play. Thorndike grasped the Hamlet-li ke traits of the tragically weak monarch , " spur 'd ga ll 'd and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke," a nd turned Richard's apparent faults in to qualities inseparable from his spiritual superiority to his brutal rival. Lt is precisely because Richard speaks "fondly, as a frantic man," tha t he is a poetic

creature whose incomprehensibility exasperates Bolingbroke and his ruthless men of action. His disturbing sensitiveness and his pathetically futile superi ority T ho rndike broug ht brightl y to life. He is to be congratulated on a triumph. 2 3Q

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In the chnracter of Richard 's ri vn l, D. G. Ca rter had less scope: ns a " good kin g great kin g,- and yet not grea tly good" he gave a sound if somewhat uneven performan ce:

and made an apposite foil to the rather sentimenta l monarch he overco mes.

As that " haught insulting man ," Northumberland, D. N. Wilmer was co nfident and impressive, and afforded a contrast in villainy to the Bushy sa tanicn ll y in terpreted by P. D. Stm llen.

John of Gaunt was turned by D. L Hurford into n prophet, n shade lachrymose perhaps, wa rn ing the arroga nt new generati on aga in st the consequences of it s shameful conduct.

Oth er actors who ca nnot here be give n all the COlUment they deser ve we re: G. L. Taylor, who fitted beautifully into the role of Richard 's fair queen, continuall y ., remembered the more of sorrow"; P. S. Pain e, who played the defiant Mowbray;

H. St. J . Gm n!", who tnck led vn liantiy the difficult chnmete r of the querulo us, wenk ly_ protesting Duke of York ; A. M . Langlands, who acted the loya l Bishop of Carl isle; J . S. Wa yland, who made a thorou ghl y adequate Sir Piers of Ex ton ; a nd the Headm as ter, who in th e sweetly pathetic ga rd en-scene came ga llantl y to the rescue as th e chief gardener. A daring departure fr0111 Shakespearean traditi on was the erection of a tower at the back of the Chap ter House to serve as Flin t Castle in Act II!, Scene iii. Although of course one does not anti cipate co mplete illusion in a pla y, it Inay well be doubted whet her the use of two sta ges, to reach which acto rs ha ve to ,walk throu gh the aud ience, can be included in those conventi ons we are accustomed to accept in poetic drama .

If the appea l of the first half of the piny was th nt of pagean'try, the appeal of the second half wn s that of Richnrd 's tragedy. In Act IV the entry of the King in an habit of so ber black was a bri lliant device strik ing the first genuine note of pnthos in the play. Thereafter, the in organ ic episode of the Duchess of Yo rk ha ving been wisely cut, the action wandered

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" A tittl e, little grave, an obscure grave,"

" Let's choose executors and talk of wills" . .... .

It was through the sympat hetic uttera nce of Sha kespeare's poetry that we might have wept the fire ou t " For the deposing of a ri ghtful king." . . .. " I wo uld speak especially of the great serio usness of Richard ]( himself. He spenks o f himself as if to be hi lnself was a religious alTa ir. His li vin g and dying are a ritual. And the yo un g priest of this stran ge religion perform s his part with a great purity of actin g. The famou s speeches (in spite of all the difficulties) 'get across.' You a re awa re of the secret of Shakespeare, which, 1 will dare to say, is that he takes a man as serio usly as any man can take himself: and justifies it. The climax is the Mirror Scene. Richard speaks there as much as an y tiresome member on a com mittee. And it is a ll abollt himself. And yet you are spell-bound . That looking-glass- which is Shakespeare's invention- it is not in Hollinshed 's Chroniclesums up the stud y. imagine a man in those circumstances, in that audience. do ing what

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~ur souls go with him.

The 'silent ' king, Bolingbroke, unconsciously, no doubt,

criticizes the poet kin g. Prose says to Poetry, This is all shadows, it isn ' l rea l life. It isn ' t good sense. It is what is bound to be beaten in a workaday world: . cracked in a hu ndred shi vers,' , shadows.' And King Richard answers : , Say that again. The shadow of my sorrow ! ha ! let's see : 'Tis very true, my grief lies all within ; And these external manners of laments Are merely shadows to the unseen grief, That swells with silence in the tortured soul ; There lies the substance.' The rea lity of the poet king isn 't defeated by Bolingbroke 's prose. This so ul is Tragical. There is no place for' being superior ' to it. And well done the scenes of Flint Castle and the Plashy Garden! The you ng queen and her ladies and the a ncient ga rdener rel ieve the tension, like a 'sweet' so ng. The audience welcomed the va riation of turning about to listen to Richard from the battlements a nswering an armed actor standing among themselves. And all the time there are Shakespeare's beau tiful words." . .. . " Allowing for the average age and lack of dramatic experience of the cast, it was the most wholly satisfying Shakespeare production I can remember seei ng ..... . Some of the characters were not quite experienced enough in the very di fficult art of spea kin g blank verse. They were feeling for the poetic rh ythm too much, instead of being concerned with the sense of the words; but all the speaking was delightfull y clear. All the character drawing, without exception, was perfectl y gorgeo us. Everybod y was in the part from beginning to end, and consistently so ..... . The balance and tempo and rhythm of the play were perfect. The play has a slow begi nning, which might a lmost be tedious, but actually is charged with emotion and a strong sense of th ings to come; and when later things really bega n to happen, the speeding up was most effective. The quiet passages alternated well with the more vigo rous ones, and the general pattern was very fine indeed . " (The &/itors are grateful

Calion J. M. C. Crum, Mr. A. W. Plowman and one or two other guest.\' who have colltributed to this criticism).

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This term has seen the great change-over from the old Parry building to the conve rted School room. The books are now housed in a room that is very nearl y ideal. The change is thoroughly satisfactory in every way, a nd though the work of re-housing the books was a long and difficult one, the great rush to take them out in the last week or two shows how valuable their improved situation is.

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From the German of Clisar Elaisch/en Arid so the rain sinks slowl y in, still ever shorter is the day, a nd ever stranger the sunshine ... , , . I saw on the wood's brink yesterda y, two roses shone .. , ... Give me thy hand and come ..... . we will to pluck be gone ..... . They may well be the last!

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A LIZA RD BLINKING . .... A lizard, blinking on the red brick wall , And plums arc ri pening,

While the chapel bells proclaim the passing Of each pious hour. A prayer perhaps- ' tis time indeed to pray Within the clOIsters on a burning day, When brain s are too far dro wsed with sleep to think, And only fingers mo ve to rub the beads ; Round beads, hard beads Which slip between the fingers wh ile the lips Are faintly moving in a murmured prayer" Dear Lord, Grant this apace, That I may live to learn, not learn to li ve, That I may be pious and simple, And a humble child of Christ, A man of God. "

A wind is whispering, just a breath of wind Is stirring on the branch the dark green leav.cs, While bells proclaim The passing of each hour. The coarse rud e garment stitched by pious men And sandals are the only clothes; Not often washed,- for water here is scarce, Where men drink wine, the deep, thick wine Which brings a colour to the prayer-worn cheeks . A prayer- another prayer IS meetFor weary lids a re closing fa st, and sleep Attracts; No time to think Of heresy and dan gero us thought of evil men . But pray- " Dear Lord , Forgive their sins; They know not what they do, . . " The misbego tten heathen and their millds. The frui t trees stagger with a ripening load, And grass is rippling like a wind-stirred pond; The bells,- what comfort-bells proclaim The passing of each venerable hour. The heretics are somewhere out the walls, And preach grave doctrines, Born of twisted minds ; Tis time to pray- " Dear God- " But time moves slow, another tlme for prayer,

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A cog in a grea t wh eel, Tha t wheel being pa rt of Time's elern a l clock Whi ch ticks unceas in gly? Can he be but a paw n in G od 's g rea t ga me? Or is he just a j o ke ?

Is man a god , The r ul er of all life, Wh o ca n the royal liOir ta mc, And make th e a ss hi s sla ve, Wh o sin gs fa r sweeter than th e heavenl y birds, Ca n he be au g ht but god ?

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. Dmit ri did no t real ise at fi rst h ow he had done it. He had tried every wa y yo u cou ld thm k of,- o n hiS back, on his right side, on his left side, o n his fro nt, c url ed up li ke th e shn mps he had seen on the fi shmongers) ba rrows, at full length , but all in va in . And th en S L~ dd~ lll y, at about tllr~e o'clock in the morning. it had come, and he had not wo ken up until hi S mother wok e hll11 in the morning.

He la y for SOll1e time tryin g to th in k how he had bee n lying whe n at last he had fa llen to slee p. And eventua ll y he remembe red . He ha d been lying face d ow nwa rd s with his head pillowed o n the backs of his hands. H e ha d throw n th e pi ll ow o ff the bed o n to th e 0001' 10 sheer despe ra tio n, with th e ho pe that th at, at least, mi ght he lp him to ge t to slee p ' fo r nothin g else had see med to do so. Fo r the las t wee k he had bee n takin g ~o ll1 e m edicine whi ch the doctor ha d given hil11, but It ha d done him no good . He had sti li la m a ll thro ugh th e night withou t a m inu te's sleep. He decided that it was no t ordi nary inso mni a which he had. But no w he believed th a t at last he had found an attitu de w hich wo uld induce sleep.

A nd as he th o ught about it, he decided that it was very st range th a t he shou ld so sudd enly have fa llen as leep, as soon as he had fo und th e right positio n, for he had not bee n feeling at all tired ; that was principa ll y why he had found

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exac tl y how they could, but he d iscovered later that morn ing. ,He wa s playing ~t a concert in Berlin next week,- an jnfa nt prodigy of thirteen

p l a)'~ng, amOJ.l g other Items, t.'le Elga.r 'cello cO I~ce rt o.

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tlan ce. H e had never .been Il1 a trance befo re, and he dtd not know that he was in one now; but as the sensation was so pleasa nt he did not try to prevent il. A fter a wh ile all he co uld see ~,~s a white circle of light, surro unded by a mi sty bla ckn ess. A nd he watc hed, a shl.J1lJ1 g ye l.low rope appeared across the circle of vis ion , which, arter a lime bega n to fray III th e midd le, and eventuall y it sna pped, and with it hi s trance ended. '

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But o n th e night befo re the co ncert he was restless. H e did not wa nt to go to sleep. He co uld not brll1g himse lf to d o the necessa ry things to brin g on sleep. H e wa nted to lie awake and thlll~ of to-m orrow.

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Suppo sing the nervo us stra in shou ld pro ve too much for

H e had not had anyt hin g to eat to-day and now he was feelin g wea k,

1.n a .m.ental r al1J C. Bead s of sweat were stand ing out on his fo rehead. H e th ought of ~h e. VIS IO:' he had had. H e. tho ught of the strangen ess of the fact th a I h e would fall asleep

dS II dedd, d ll ectl y he put hll1lse J( Into th e fi ght position.

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some other bodil y position whic h he had not yet di scovered, whic h wo uld produce so me kind of men tal phenomenon! H e wo uld rather not find it to-night. H e wo ul d rather wa it until after the co ncer t. But supposing he should turn into thi s positio n in hi s sleep.

T he th o ught ter ri fied him . And the n sudde nl y he th ought of [t.

Supposing he were to turn ove r a nd lie full

leng th on his back with his hand s crossed on hi s chest, as he had seen sta tues on the tombs of the great men near hi s home a t M oscow ! God! I-I e mu st not do that ; he was certa in that if he did he wo uld die. H e was now in a kind of stupor of mental agony, brought on by his highl y-st run g nerves. H e fou nd him self turnin g into that ve ry posit ion which he kn ew he mu st not turn into. But somehow he had to, just to sec what wo uld happen. rn hi s hea d San it y was ra ging a batt le with I nsanit y, and I nsanity was grHduall y winning. H e had hi s left arm up now, across hi s breas t, an d hi s ri ght arm wa s co mi ng slowly

into positio n.

Sa nit y had lost.

His right a rm was in position.

on hi s pra ctice 'cello, in the room nex t to hi s bedroom, broke. th an he could bear. Next mornin g th ey fOllnd him dead.

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Ju st then , the gut D st rin g H e heard it.

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IDL ENESS Th ere is a land far, fa r away where men and wo men live under black 111 00 ns.

the trees a re a lways gree n a nd th e bees mak e honey a ll day lo ng.

H ere

The peo ple of thi s land

eat lotus-food and drink ambrosia. " H ere are cool mosses deep, And th ro' the moss the ivies cree p, And in the strea m the long-leaved flowers weep,

A nd from the craggy ledge t he poppy ha ngs in slee p. " They bathe all mo rnin g in a co ral sea and at night th ey dream of bea ut y under a sta rry sky. In such a place anger and scorn co uld no t ex ist, but peace and quiet mu st needs reign for ever. A likeness might be drawn between thi s land an d Mount Ol ympu s, where the great Greek god s sou ght san ctuary frol11 the weary wo rld of mortal s: FaT ~hi s is a land where there is no work to be done and where men find co ntentment 111 thei r Idle n es~. But surely thi s is demi-parad ise ,> And stiLI, acrosS th e seven seas th ere lies a preciolls stone set in a sil ve r sea, ano th er

Eden men call Engla nd.

And in this rusty and dusty la nd live co unt less beings who do ne t

rejoice in their idleness.

They bathe all mornin g in a sea of grim e an d du st and all night

long they stand' under e lectric li ght standards. Their food is hard c ru sts o f bread and t hey drin k foul -smell ing liq uor. Here the sun ri ses, tarnished from dept hs or ni ght, ove r th e ci ti es, and the noise of hammerin g is hea rd , the sound of destru ctio n. " Beyond the window in the night

Is but a drab in glorious street." But Sha kespea re ca lled this demi-pa radi se. These two la nds lie far apa rt. Long ago th e rich man alone kn ew the meaning of idleness. Now we ha ve but hazy recoll ec ti ons of

tho ' . da ys, when men had to work and women to wee p. "e too

material soul s now rea lise that occupation does not grow on every tree.

Alth, gh by being id le ma n decays, o ne poor crea lure such a s I ca n neve r c ha nge th e ways of thi, great earth. They need not bear such suffering. One can always die. Let them be id le. Let them decay. T hen will co me dark ness- da rkness. W.J.M ,

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THE IMBECILE Mr. Brown, as wa s his cu stom, sa t down in the crowded tube- Inlin and l ook o ut a copy of th e E1 'ellillg Post. H e scanned t he front-page head lines wit h an expert eye, which

was a rrested by immense hea dlines, tell ing the wo rld that an imbecile had escaped from a luna ti c asylum. A lthough, perhaps, Mr. Brown had not much in common wi th escaped imbeciles, he read the col umn about thi s particular one. The man , who was

quite mad, but fortunately ha rm less, had escaped from the asyluill at Binbu ry. This interested Mr. Brown , for he li ved at Binbury; so he read all. The paper sa id nothing much, however, beyond repeating itself in d ifferent ways about three times. He turned ove r the page with a sk ill born of long prac tice, and read about all the latest abduct ions, sedu ction s, co urt scanda ls, and the' li ke. At last the train sto pped a t Binbury. Out stepped Mr. Brown on to th e platform, complete with th e paper to show to his wife. He wa lked dow n so me ste ps an d down into a subway. Co m ing o ut at the ba rri er, he gave up hi s ticket and set o ut for his ho me.

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Binbury is very new an d eminen tl y suburban, and as is often the case in these new suburbs, Mr. Brow n 's way la y across so me fie ld s. Jt was growing late and already it was dark, and M r. Brown , a nxio us to get hom e, hurried ac ross the fi elds a nd took his llslIal short c ut thro ugh BinblirY Parish C hurchya rd . H e went throu gh the gate and wa lked dow n the ga te past all the g rave-stones. A ll of a sudden he thought he heard someone moving beh in d one of the gra ve-sto nes nea l: him . He stopped, adjusted his glasses, and took a firm e r grip on his umbre lla. H ea rin g nothin g, howeve r, he wa lked 0 11 , ra the r faster th a n before. Suddenly he heard a horribl e cac kling la ugh . He stop ped dead. As if a ll th e fiends in H e ll we re at his heels, he ran for dear life down th e path, terrified o ut of his wits by the hideous sound, a nd lo nging on ly fo r home and safe ty. Then, with an eve n ghasllie r and mo re horrib le, ma niaca l la ugh than before, a white figu re sprang before Mr. Brown 's eyes, cla wing th e a ir with thin , p hosporo usRw hite hands. It was the fig ure of an old ma n, co mpletely na ked except for a pair of ridic ulou sly ragged trou sers. H is sca nty hair was glea min g grey and wh ite, a nd his ribs almost protruded through hi s ill Rl1 0uri shed body. With a fo ul scream , th is figu re advanced in capering leaps towards M r. Brown, who sto od th ere gibbe ring with sta rk terro r. He tri ed to run , but his legs fa iled him . He just stood the re, awa itin g this aw ful a ppa rit io n. The old man adva nced o n him, grinning a loathsome toothless gr in , and cack ling. Then Mr. Brown sudden ly remembered th e colu mn about the esca ped imbecile in the EI'ellilig Post . He remembered it was sta ted to be harmless. Strength flowed back in to his limbs, and, stil l d ripping cold sweat, he ad vanced o n the crea ture with the inte nti o n of orde rin g it a way. Suddenl y it sprang and thin bo ny fin ge rs clutched his th roat. He rea lised a ll too late t hat it was no lo nger harmless. The fingers dug at his neck. He gave a scream of te rror whi ch was choked into a gurgle. Then he was fo rced back on to the groun d . He looked up and saw that foul ga ping mout h, m iss hape n nose, a nd above it, two wildly sta rin g eyes whi ch froze him into lim p fri ght. T he pressu re tighte ned o n his throat. The face abo ve him beca me blurred; o ne thin g stood o ut from amon gst it- t he two gleam ing eyes. H e tr ied to breathe. He couldn ' t. His heart thumped in his breast, his head seemed as though it was fi lled with molten metal, he heaved withi n himself ..... . The Vica r of the church fo und a to rn and blood Rsta ined body with c ruel finge r Rl11 arks ro un d its throa t, whe n he ca me to tak e t he ear ly mornin g service. The paper whi ch Mrs. Brow n took eve ry mo rnin g announced that the imbecile, who had escaped from the Binbury Lun at ic Asy lum the eve nin g before, was still at la rge. CAJUS

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ANNIVERSARY PREACHER THE VERY REV. E. W. MowLL, M.A. , O.K.S., Pro vost of Bradford

SPEECHES IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE

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BY MAURI CE BARING

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GREEK SPEECH

The Stage Manager. .. G. M. Sc on The Prod ucer B. C. VICKERY Mr. Lyle, first witch J. H. CLARK Second Witch C. I. MEEK Third Witch ... P. G. BENNETT Mr. Kydd, Banquo ... R. A. ARMSTRONG Mr. Hughes, Lady Macbeth F. B. B. WOOOS M r. Thomas, Doctor C. H. B. WAUTON Mr. William Shakespeare, the Author A. M. DURNFORD Mr. Burbage, Macbeth D . G. GLENNIE Mr. Foote, Macduff M. C. A. SPENCER Stage Hand ... T. STAPLETON Time: Early in the reign of James I

THE TRIAL OF LAnES, fROM THE .. WASPS" OF AR1STOPHANES

Philocleon Bdelycleon '" Sosias } Xanthias two sla yes

G. VIVIAN-DAVIES

E. M. LOCK

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HOLDEN

... { A. G. EYRE

Labes ... Another Dog

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R. J.

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FR ENCH SPEECH FROM" LE MALADE IM AG INAIRE "

Argan Toinette, his servant Beline, his wife Angeliq ue, his daughter Cleante

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K. R.

H ENSHAW

W. C. YOUNG

F . FENN

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SEN IOR SC HOOL

Captain 's Prize (MiI Chin!iOIl) C lassical (Broughtoll) ",. : Prose (Dean Farrar) , ,Ill Prose (Horsley) ,vfathematics (Mitchinsoll) Natural Science (Mitchinson) Modern Languages (Mit chinson) Cinque Pri ze

Readi ng and Elocution (H arvey Boys) .. Music (Ryley) .. . " (Collrtlley) .. . " (Parle, Choral) .. . .. . Natural History Co llection (Headlllasler) King 's School, Parra matta, Prize History (Stanley) ... Photography (Gough) Blore Prize for the Pate r Society Blore Prize for the Harvey Society .. . Streatfield Prize for the Marlowe Society Walpole Prizes Drawing (Open) .. . " (Lower School)

J. H. Clark R. J. Holden Not award ed Not awarded D. G. Glennie B. C. Vickery P. Townsend ... P. M . Chetwynd-Palmer Senio r : F. B. B. Woods { Jun ior: D. N. Wi lmer Not awarded P. D. A. Kent A . J. Phillips P. C. J. Brunet Not awarded P. Townsend ... Senior: H. P. Wortham . {D. Brown Jul1lor: R. D. Wood D. V. Alexande r D. G. G len ni e A. G . Eyre. Senior: P. Townsend { Junior: T. Buckland D. N. Wilmer W. T. M. Burr

D ,VINITY PR IZES

Upper School (Broughlon). (Galpin) Middle School (Marshall Wi/d) (Lady Hertslel) Lower School (Elwyn)

Not awarded Not awarded N. F. Gordon-Wi lson Not awarded Not awarded

LA TI N PRIZES

R. H. Gower 1. B. Goudge A . D . Parsons ... { J. T. Weekes

Upper School Middle School

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Lower School MATHEMATICS PRIZES

(Harrison)

Upper School Middle School Lower School

D. G. G lennie P. D. Stra llen Po N. G . Know les ... { A. N. E. White ...

FRENCH PRI ZES

Upper School Middle School

A. M . Durnford G. Vivian-Davies A. D. Parsons ... { N. Scarfe

Lower School

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SCfB NCB PRI ZES (Hammonds) Uppe r School N. W. G ill Middle School (Physics) D. G all (C hemistry) A. M. Dea n (Bi o logy) K. T . Graham G REEK PRIZE R. H. Gowe r G ERMA N PRI ZE (Grea l'es ) A. M. Durn fo rd ENGLISH PR IZES (Galpin) R . PAP' . . le rcy (Epons) ... ... J. V. Collie r HISTORY PRIZE (Gordon) J . S. Da vis GEOGRAPHY PRI ZE (Gordon) J . R. B. Side bo tham After the Speeches, tea was se rved on th e G ree n Co urt and the fa llo win g progra mme of musIc was p e rfor med by a Roya l Ma n ne Ba nd fro m the Roya l Naval Schoo l o f Music by kind permission of Brigadi er R. D . H. Lo ugh, D.S .O ., O. fl .E., R.M. :_ ' Conduc/or: CA PTAIN ARTH UR PR AGNELL, M.V.O ., L.R .A.M. , A.R.C. M., R. M. (Musical Director, R.N . Schoo l of M usic) PR OGRAMM E I 2 3 4 5

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... " Ensueno Seducto r " ., The New Sulli van No.2" .. The Va lley of Po ppies"

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LECTURES

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Rosas ... Sullivan AnC/ille Friml Videriqlle A lliml Strauss Ganlle

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ENTERTAINMENTS

BY MR . W. S PO N - MR . SELWY N DRIV E R - S IR RO NALD STORRS MR . W. HIND-SMITH - SIR N ORMA N ANGE LL- MISS J EAN STE RLI NG MA C K INLAY - MJSS DOROTHY SAY E RS - C APTAI N WOLF E-MURRAY _ MR . DONALD G RA NT .

~ 11 Se~tel11be r 26th, Mr.

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Spon ga,:,c a lecture on . , London River and Tower

HilL Ml. Span had man ~ sildes of grea t mte res t, showing the To wer of Lo ndon as it was In p,a st ages, and th e shiPPing which sailed on th e Th ames. It was interes tin g to see h ~w, ~hile other craft have changed so completely, th e Th ames sailing barge is little diftcrent flOm Its predecesso r man y hundreds of years ago. Mr. Spa n co ncluded b tellin o f the sc he me for Ihe Impro vem ent of Tower Hill ; t he Sc hoo l had hea rd so n;ethin g g of this

scheme before, and was Interes ted to hear more.

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Those of us who had heard Mr. Selwyn Drive r o n hi s last visit to the Schoo l loo ked forwHrd with keenness to his entert ai nment th is term ; th ose wh o were not so fortun ate as to have heard him befo re had do ubtless been to ld of the treat that lay befo re th e m.

Nei ther of them were di sa ppointed ; it would perhaps be rash to say that Mr. Dri ver excelled his previolls perfor mance to the Schoo l- fo r there would be cynics to declare th e impossibili ty of such a feat. Nevertheless, the School ca nnot have desired to laugh any more; fol' th ere comes a tim e wh en even laughin g is painful. I f som e of us had heard a few of his jo kes befo re, what matter? F or M r. Dri ve r is such an accom plished raconteur

th a t one cou ld hea r his sto ri es told every day fo r a yea r, a nd still la ugh. he will brandish his ro lled-up news pape r ma ny a ti me before the School.

We hope th a t

W ith Sir Ron ald Storrs to speak an d Si r Hugh Walpole to introduce him , on Thursda y, Octo ber 7th , the School was assured of an instructive evening; but th e intellec tual treat

thai it ac tu a ll y received must have exceeded its hi ghest ho pes.

We ha ve heard befo re

brillia nt lectu res from brill ia nt men ; but besides all this here wa s someth ing new. T his was authoritati ve, thi s was first-hand- f rom one who had been a lea ding part icipant in the events he described. A nd Sir Ronald Sto rrs' talk was eloq uent and ye t con cise.

D uring most of th e hour for which Sir Ro nald spoke he dea lt with the proble m o f Jews an d Ara bs in Palestine. A s Mil itary and th en C ivil G ove rn or of Jeru salem it had been his business to hold the balan ce be tween the two pa rti es ; and it was thi s talent for mediati on that deprived LI S of h_is own opin ion on the merits of the ca se. H is fairn ess wa s alm ost exasperatin g. Sympathy fo r the homeless l ew- for ever lon ging and stri ving

to re turn to his na tive land- was di spelled by the th o ught of the A rab, fi ghtin g again st the weapo ns of modern fin ance and propa ga nda, to avo id being drive n fro m th e country he had occupied for centuries. And at the end, so even wa s th e ba lance, that Sir Rona ld could give no other opinion th an that there should be ever-renewed and persistent attempts to negotiate fo r a settlement ra ther than the di vision of so small a la nd.

Fo r the rest o f the lectllre Sir Ro na ld ta lked o f th e ca reer of Lawre nce of Arab ia , of whol11 he was an inti mate frjend . Th e whole ta lk was intensely absorbin g and Lh e School 's subseq uent interest is th e measure of its success . On Sunday, October 10th, a lec ture was given on , . Dr. Barnado 's H omes "

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Mr. W. Hind-S mith. The School learnt of the foundation o f th e Homes; o f their pu rpose and principles ; a nd of the grea t size to wh ich th ey have gro wn . Mr. Hind-Smith to ld of Barnado 's boys who m he had met a ll ove r the Empire, a nd o f t heir gratitude to the Home which had given the m their start in life. T he lecturer 's wit and easy- flowing style combined to make an interestin g and amll sing lecture.

It was the School 's good fo rtun e to hear Sir No rman An gell o n Sund ay, Octo ber 24th , and we much appreciated the pri vilege of listening to his talk on " Peace and War. "

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Whereve r the d octrin e o f " Might is Ri ght " is di shon o ured, the na me o f Si r Norma n Angell is hon o ured; a nd we were no t di sap poin ted ill the case prese nted by this great disciple of Peace.

A ny advocate of Peace who sets up his res t on theory has a strong case, and Sir Norman Angell made th e very utmost of it. Th e grea ter part of the lecture was devo ted LO an analysis of the obviolls injustice of placing ro rce in the han ds of the pleaders of a ca se.

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TH E CANTUAR I AN Justice could never and can never be di scovered when one of the two parties who seek it is al the mercy of the superjor force of the other. W orkin g 0 11 thi s ba sis, Sir Norman exposed the fa llacy of the theory of arming for defence, and pointed out ho w such arming is in variabl y arming to impose one's will on one's neighbour. . Th ese were the mai n tenets of Sir Norman's argument; as theories they wcrc incontestable; any weakness in the lecture was in a failure to sugges t practical remedies for pra cti ca l problems; which seemed to us unfortunate, as it is the impractical nature of Pacifi sm that is it s chief fa ili ng. Some exposition of practica l methods of findin g Peace would ha ve been welcome. This was the defect in an otherwise magnificent lecture, which

did much towards remind ing the School of the duty of a citizen to-da y. On October 31st, a so ng recital was give n by Mi ss Jean Sterling Mac Kinlay.

Great a spotlightMi ss MacKinlay gave us a

expectations we re arou sed by such preparation s as the erection of screens and

expectations which were fully rea lised in the reci ta l itself.

representati ve selection of all that is bes t in English, I rish and Scotch fo l k~ so ng, and also added, toward s the end, two F rench m edi~eva l songs, in the latter of which the School

jo ined wit h great verve. The hea rty applause at the end of each song showed that Miss Mac Kin lay 's great ta lents did not go unappreciated by the School. We were much pleased to have a piece of cultural education as a change from the po litica l talks we have had on previous Sunday even ings, and we shou ld like to thank M iss MacK inlay very much for her recital. . On Su nday, November 2 1st, Miss Dorothy Sayers gave her keenly awaited lecture

to the School on " Detective Fiction."

She opened by saying that everybody at some

time du ring their lives att empts to write a novel ; she proposed, therefo re, to dea l with

so me of the difficulties which must beset the would-be novelist, in particular him who aspires to write detective novels.

She pointed out that when the detective novel was in its infa ncy, the author had only to sa ti sfy a very small and casua l public; but to-day, si nce the novel-reading public includes scientists, lawyers, and even C hurchmen , a much higher standa rd of technica l accuracy is required. . Chief among th e technical difficulties, she said, are the int roduction of the vi llain, w hich mu st be done neither too blatantly, no r too unostentatiou sly, but in a manner lea st

likely to arouse the suspicions of the reader, and the problem of the method with which the victim shall be vic timi zed . She dwelt, with an amll sing appearance of relish, upon several methods of homicide, and seemed, on th e who le, to favou r poisoning. Oth er difficulties included the choice of a suitable moti ve, and the arrangement of the

dialogue at critical periods in the book.

She concluded her most interesting lecture by

spea kin g briefly on detect ive drama, and her play" The Bu sman's Honeymoo n." The who le lec ture was magnificent in ever y respect, and gave us one of the most amusing and interes tin g evenin gs we have had. We all hope to see her again in th e nea r future.

On Thu rsday, November 25t h, Captain Wolfe-Murra y spoke to the School on " Dee psea Fishermen." H e described the work of fishermen in the North Sea and Arctic Ocean, telling of their va ri ous hard ships and of the long hou rs duri ng w hich they have to work. H e then went 011 to say how he himsel f had spent fifteen yea rs as a doctor in th e North

Sea.

He showed the School a number of slides and photographs taken on a fi shing trawler

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. . the Arctic. He described, with the aid of these, the actual way in which dUring a triP. to, ... d utand told of the ex periences of various ships 111 the fi shlllg glounds. the trawlin g IS C<ll l ~~.. I °ended his talk by speaki ng of the work of the Roya l Nallonal SO~lCty Captalll Wo lfeF-Mlu .' Y which is doing such useful service among the fishlllg fleets of the for Deep-sea IS l ei m~n, North Sea and Atlant iC Ocean.

es~ing M d' December 6th, Mr. Dona ld Grant gave the School an ext remely interc O n O~l. ay, . f J' an" He began by descnblllg the present war In 1.oa P lecture on The ~Ise old a nd · wen·t on to show the importance in trade of the Pacific and its effects on t e wor ;'eathan half the population of the world. He spoke of the region, .whJC~ contains m~ years ag~ and of her rise unti l she becam e a first-class power. awakenlllg 0 Jap;1I.1 seven ~i l d (u an empire in China and gain terr itory,. as Germanx a!1 d Japa n has been trydn g t~ b I red how by do ing thi s Japan is challenglllg Great Bn talll , ltaSIYAa re tJJI '!{u~~ia o;'ho eh~~6 ~~I~at trad ing interests at stake in the East. He said thhat U. . . an . ' . ·t t 1"11 although he was not trylllg to excuse el

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of those who bUild them up.

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. . S ill sIre" Ilrellill Ihese ilems ill " THE CANTUARIAN,~ ' whiclt The Editors //Iv/Ie Ihe cu~o!}eltll/On 0.[ O.K . . , '1Ielll~'.lve~' ~hlaill III/Ich of lite necessary malenals a/lll .r . I .. Ie ·est loOK S Tllel' ca/lllO " . . .. I · elcome . are OJ parllcu (II //I 1 . I··'· [ ' 'S lellen,' alld MiteI' origillal COII /nhuIIOIIS are a way.s IV . .

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A. C. Moule (1887- 189 1) has been appointed to a ProfeSSOrial Fellowship, TlIllIty College, Cambridge. . W. S. Telfer (1900- 1905) has been awa rded D.O. of Cambridge. C. J. Murra y (1925- 1931) has been elected F.R.C.S. of England . . . d' ( 1894-1904) has been appointed Chief COlTI nllSSlOner, Northern prov~ce~: N~g:I~~~s; he was awarded the C.M..G. in Ol e New Yea r Ho~ou rs. . · I R·lchard.s. (1891 - 1900) was crea ted Compalllo n of the Imperial R. E. R. C . Bnns ey- . . Service Order in the CoronatIOn Honours LI St.

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W. Cowper (1875- 1883) has been awarded the M.B. E. C. W. G. Walker (1895-190 1) has been awarded the C.M.G. R. C. Jen·am (1905- 1909) was awarded the C. B.E. and F. Watson (1925- 1929) the C.M.G. in the CoronatIon Honours.

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Leslie Mitchell (1914- 1920) has relinquished his post as TeleV ISion announcel, and .. d B ··t·sh Movietonc News as a staff cOinmentatol. ha s Jome . II I . . . b B· din ( 1920- 1929), 1st Battalion, T he Dorsetshlre Regllnen!, has . een Officer 3rd Infantry Brigade, N.W. Frontier ProvlDce, A. E. C .. Ie . aPPolllted Bngade l~eUlg~nceSchool 1:ltely at Belgaum Southern 1ndia, he met Kenn edy ~7dti~~ l~!~I;e ~~~~~.y, ~I\~O ~Sstudent ;t the A.G. Scho~l, and O. H. de St. Croix, of the Burmah Shell Company.

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H. E. N. Bredin (1926- 1933), 2nd Batta lion , The Roya l Ulster Rin es, has sailed for Nathamia, North Palestine on the I.-I.T. Calffol'nia. He was Ac ting Adjutant' of the battalion when it left Ca tterick Camp. A. D. West (1908- 19 16) was appointed specia l oOicer to investigate Ihe Quetta disaster, by the Geologica l Sur vey. Lieut. -Co mdr. (Ret.) B. W. Ga lpin was promolcd Co mmander (Rel.l on August 20th , 1937. Major a nd Brevet Lieut.-Colonel E. e. Linton , R.A.M.e. (1902- 1904) was promoted to Lieut.-Colonel, October 23rd, 1937. J. S. Richardson (1927- 1931) has won the Tebbitt Memorial Prize for Clinical Research, at Bristo l Infirmary. We congratulate R. H. Gower o n playing hockey fo r Ca mbridge. We congratu late also Captain J. M. F. Ca rt wright (1918- 1922) on his nominati on to the Stall' College. The follo wing attended the O.K.S. Supper on Wednesda y, October 6th :R. A. Finn 191 4--19 18 R. G. Moon ... R. W. Marshall 1899- 1903 G . E. Varley. G. A. Young 1926- 1932 R. W. Keymer 1924- 1929 C. ' W. Ba rber .. , J. S. Young '" A. Robertson 1922- 1925 G. B. Pratt ... A . W. Maddocks 1927- 1932 A. Seymour ... R. C. A . Fisher... 19 15- 1918 J. A. Flower ... J. G. Hastings lnce.. . 19 16- 1923

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Lieut.-Colonel Bredin writes: " Any loca l O.K.S . leaving School who wan t to keep fit are reco mmended to join the Ca nterbury Athletic Clu b. The subscription is very moderate. By the courtesy of the O.e. Depot The BulTs, the e.A .C. ha ve the use of the Buffs Gym., Ex-naval Gymnastic Instructor for Gy m. and P.T" Cross-country Runn ing, etc. Appl y to Lieut.-Colonel Bred in , 28 Old Dove r Road. The Canterbu ry Ru gby Clu b

a/so, 1. beljeve, wa nts new members."

We congratulate B. S. Kent and J. V. Kent on obta in ing the M.B., B.S. , of Lond on UniverSity . We have been pleased to see at the school th is term the following O.K.S.: M. Arnold , H . E. N. Bredin, A. J. Co llings, J. H. C lark, D. r. Hill, L. F. Hake, O. B. Hake, e. M. Hepwood, A. R. A. [remonge r, N. R. S. Jolly, K. D. Knowles, P. Lawless, D. S. Lucas, W. Somerset Maugham, C. R. L. MCDowall, H. A. Mu rd och, J. D. Nettleton, T. D. Nettleton, W. T. Redma yne, A. Robertson, T. E. Rammell, P. M. Sykes, G. Travers, C. P. Wiseman, H. S. Wa lpole, P. C. Wilkinson. V. E. Palmer (O.K .S., 1913- 19 16) has written a lo ng letter to the Headmaster from Durban, where he is an Eye Specialist. He is IllOSt in teres ted in the School 's development, in spite of Some ap parentl y shameful neglect by thc Editors of The Call /uarial/, wbo fail ed to exchange Magazines with the Durban branch of the Public Schools Associatio n of G reat Britain . * He mentio ns that tbere a re two other O.K.S. in Durban- A. B. P. Johnstone (1910- 1914) and R. e. e. Nicholas (1 9 14--19 16). All are flouri shing, and meet every Friday at the Club. *[We have

trace of this request, and wonder hoH' Ion!: ago it )litiS made. We h{flle of fhis Number 0/" lYle C({mllariaf/," alld wil/ do so injuture.- Eds. ]

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. .' , will be ordained in Soulhwark Calhedral on December 19th . R. F. Ca ltwllght ca b roo k ( 1923- 1926) , who is still stationed in Egypt, IS gazetted Fl ' Officer G L S. . Y~~fSght Lieutel;a~t (Accountant Branch), Octo ber 1st. d Acting I R dd M r: T D M B to com man R A.M.e. GENERAL LIST--:-Lieul.-Colonel e. H. u , . _., . . , . ., . ._ the 1st (Eastern) General HospItal, OClobel 151 h. , ts from (eHers to the Headmaster may be of 1I1terest to O.K.S . . These two ex t lac . A H SPIERS (O.K.S ., 1868- 187 1). FlOm . . . " School were T. Field (a las ! no more), R.. L. " Among my contempOlalles at t~e W d ' IT Field and I had fun inter-changll1g Ottley, the three elder Latters, ,also C. . 00 I U . , Cards for man y yeals. I . C 1I'Istmas Illent of the School that 1 much regret my I ha ve read so much lately of the de~~I~gr a man of 84 T enjoy pretty good health, inability to get away from home. I can't get about very much.

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I told Latter, by the wa y, thai I have a very long run of Pink Books, WhlC o'sal of the School. . c . Âˇ d ISP , . S . 1868 l had preVIO usly been ,01 d 0 K S Register ummel , . ( , ' , As to my Rccor 'Osefc d ' 'M y father ~as for several years John Henry Newman s four yea rs at M,e.S., x ,o r. Churchwarden at S. Mary s. ... . You are quite right. this ...

300 is the ideal number.

. . Thrin g was a great believer In

R 'ON (0 K S 1894- 1898) . b From A. W, I CI'IARDS, . " ," m lad to hear that it can be made use of, y " Here is the etchlllg [ olTeled and I a l l " Id Plant's House" Mr. Plant belllg helping to adorn the walls of whatwas 1Il11~hi:;~f,e h~d ch~ rge of the bo~s. Tho ' his age al that time the SenIOr (very) S;~~I~~~. Cathedral dignilaries of thai pen a d- so dllTelent was great It was 1111 kCCP~gh is brother- a nd deal' Dick Sheppard. Dr Bell as Dean. taug S bool ' I send the picture just as it was found-some enthusiast of one of the many c I ' The Dover Societies must clean it up. Shoal beat St. Lawrence and Merchant Tay or s. h " I was glad to see t e e match was a real dog fight in my day, . O.K.S. MASONIC LODGE ' r 20 founder-members, and several joimngMr. Biggleslon tell s us that the:~ a e . d " by the Old Dovorian Lodge on the members, and that the Lodge WIll be sponsol e last Wednesday In Janua ry. BIRTHS b ' I t 1937 at Thorneycroft, Weaver Road, Northwich, to Kath leen Novem ,eJ s, 'l;'d Powel Gough, a son, (nee Andrews), WIfe of Edw, o 0 tobe r 19th 1937, at 67 Bfun SWlC. k Place, Have, to Norah, wife of Robert MOW~I~wll, Gre~t Walslead, Lindfleld, a daughter.

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THE C ANTUARIA N ENGAGEMENTS MR. G. J. FOSTER AND MISS B. K. PARKIN - TJ . , '. . James Foster, elder so n of M r. and Mrs. A. s. !:"o:t~~a~~I,',l~~elsl d nn~uNncedDot Geoffrey Canterbury and B tt K til I' k' , I l am, ew Over Road M ' 1 E P . e y a 1 een ar Ill , yo unger daughler of the late Alb '1 ' d I S.

arkin, of Ashb urnham Avenue, Nottingham.

We. congratulate Flight-Lieutenant A. Foo rd-Kelcey S . A, Sa insbury.

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MARRIAGES . HEWICK : SEAVILL - O n October 20tl C t ' J I eldest son of the late Mr. Justic~'a n~P~:.~ 01 11 . Hewlck, .!!l C DOI:setshire Regiment, Dorset, and Ethcl, only daughter of the' 1;{~w~~'lt~;' ~~1:~71 ~I~dan~ andSSwalnlage, W3l1lga ro, NgHvuawahia, New Zealand. ee l S. caVI , of PEGO: MACKENZIE,-On M' 21 1937' . . Rh odeSia, Herbert Edw~;'d, el~~sl son' tI:~eR Pres~y t~l'I~ n Church, Salisbury, S. SS urrey, to. Dorothy, on ly daughter of Mr. a nd ~~:s A d~ MMrs' Pe~g off CSoulsdon , . Rh odesia. . . . . ac ke n Zl C, 0 ahsbury,

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on Goring Dalton (1904- 1907) H, P. Gocher on March 27th ; . of Perceva l G~~;'gean ,on ovember 29th ; of the Rev, and of Admira[ Arthur John Horsley on Apri[ 7th Shdw (J.K.S" 1884-5) on June 30th; CAMBRIDGE LETTE R

Dear School,

the C~[~::SO'tÂĽhllS that a Cambridge O,K,S . letter should ever have found its wa into the best thaI has e:2t~~~II~(::bliS;;'~e ~i~ I~~:'j~e~ of T~le Catll~llIabrial/, which was jJrJbably bndge letter and w ld .' . ny W<ly su e1 y the absence 01 " Camif we did not send :u~.ucon~~f~~ti~I~~ suggest that future Ilumbers would also not suffer

is dO~~mb~~;eo~ a very slllall and a very a rtificial world ; much is said and ver little Ca mbridge [elter Y1 ~:r~~~~~ng~'~ht our~e[ves to an~ grea t extent, and the writer Yof the

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. This term as in other te s th C b 'd 0 been doing" 'Nothing mucbn!~ , It e tam fJ sge ,K,S. admlt one and all that they have pJayed . Some of us have ev~n d~nel~o~~~~nd ~ra~ i~ftl~!t.have worked, some of us have

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Poli tics a~ pacifisn1~,;sp;I~:~~el~~,oted r his cpatronage of the tbeatr~, and for' Pink Sampson and D G GI ' I ce, so 10 orpus are C. H , B, Wauton W A P games with [es" ' enllle, They are much together and though they work and 'Ia' of all evening Jr~~~h~01e enthuslHsm, they very properly do not forget the rare adva nfag~

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Lil St. John's is E. A. L. Watts, who has returned to the fo ld after a yea r in Uga nda. H e is takin g the Colonial Ad ministrati ve Service Co urse and bui lds, we are told , a pretty

Empire,

Doing the same course is J. E, Kennett (Queens '), Apart from this his life is A lso in Queens' is H. S. C larke, who is a notable hi storian, and a staunch Tory. He also plays a ve ry good ga me of rugger. R. H. Gower (Pem broke) is " Playin g the game." Apar t fro m doing a lot of wo rk, so he says, he is doing va liant things on the hockey field and has played for the University more or less bl ameless.

on several occa sions.

Of l. C. E. Sm ith (Sidney Sussex) we have hea rd very little except that he assu med a curious disguise on Ar mistice Da y and sold an unbelievab le number of poppies. Tn Downin g arc R. S. Beale, K . J. Amos and D. S. H earn e. Am os takes life seriously; Beale doesll ' t, and Hearne, we unders tand. pursues the happy medium . R . W. Edbrooke CSL Ca th arine's) lets nothin g stand in the way o f sa rtoria l en deavour. by which we mean that he wea rs some rathe r remark able clothes. His ti es arc divine, his shirts beas tl y, but, my dear, yo u should ha ve seen hi s pa nties- they were too adorable! We have met twice th is te rm , Dr. Budd having been the host in each case. W e should

like to take this opportunity to thank him for the ceaseless hospita lity wh ich he has shewn to all OX,S.

Best of luck in the O,K.S. match. Yours

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T he I sraelites complained of not having any stra w for mak ing bri cks. Thal wa s a nti ld deficiency co mpa red to mine- of having no clay to make th em with. " Wh y make them then? " you reason. M y excuse is that J ha ve been asked to do so by som e

0, K,S" so I'll try. R. T . Jenkjn is thi s time my one abettor.

marriage in December.

You know he is in th e Fores ts, and in tends

All his fo rest life so fa r (I th ink) has been in the c. p" but he is

now officiating as Con servato r at Lah ore. ft was R.T.J. who, on being asked by me to write to The Cantuarian on " Beasts tha ll have met, "sent me his proposed effu sion to vet. As his first pa ra . descri bed a K.S.C. master- who had been ve ry unpopular- as first

beast, 1 had to tone down the hi gh li ghtsconsiderab[y. But tha t gives YOll an idea of R.TJ , He takes life happily, H e alludes to lan Robertson up in Ra zmak, where the mi litary have been having their

serious and joyfu l time recently. Jasper Blunt seems to be a bout to enter the l ,A .G. 's Department, under the Western Co mmand (J.A.G. stands fo r Judge Advocate Genera[, and presumably has to know somet hing about Military Law) . F. R. Hawkes (of Railway fame) is suspected of being stationed in Lahore, If I do hea r from Robertson, Blun t and Hawkes, [ ' II add their notes in a P.S. Mea ntime, if I may muse a bit, my recent mention of W. H. Eva ns and the incl usion of W . M". Ca rter 's na me in th e Palestine CO lllmission have reminded me of the daily sight

of Sir Wm, Morris Carter and General W, H. Eva ns coming in through the Mint Yard gate, gown sleeves flyin g, books under anns, on their way from Holme H ouse to the

Dayb ugs' Hall , I wonder if W. M. Carter recalls the passing of the tennis ball over the Modern Master's head lip in the Parry, and can he yet translate "So krakte der Schiff und bleib sitzend .. ? Yes, we had our fa ir amo un t of fun in 1890- J. So long, INDlAN O,K,S ,

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On Thursday, December 2nd, a party from the School paid a visit to the Canterbury Club in Bermondsey. The party consisted of seven members o r th e Upper School

accompan ied by Mr. Lu shington, Mr. Wootton , and Mr. Paynter.

We started from Ca nterbury by the 4.9 train and spent a very enjoyable evenin g ,11 th e Club. On arriving we were given an excellent Supper of sa usages, ro lls and ca kes.

W e then took part in the usual activities of the C lub- ping-pong, billiard s, snooker, and other ind oo r occupat ions. But th e great event of th e evening was th e" six bridge fun."

Owing to lack or open co unt ry, o ur hosts can on ly tak e exe rcise by runnin g through the City in the evenings. Some of LI S accompanied them in a run right thro ugh th e hea rt of the City; over Tower Bridge, past six bridges a nd back over Westminster Bridge. th e whole distance being about 54 miles.

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o. T. C. The wo rk or the contingent has go ne o n stead il y througho ut the term. A very large squad took Certificate "A" (Practica l) and 28 out of 32 passed. The Written Pape rs were more ori ginal in character than usual, and it is hoped th at most of the candid[J(es have been able to ri se to the occasion.

Lieut. N. H . Craig of The Bu ffs has len Canterbury, and his place has been taken by Lieul. Alexander. Mr. Al exa nder has lec tured to severa l platoon s during th e term , and when he ha s been in Ca nterbury ha s shown great interest in th e contin gent. IA record number of recruits makes it appear th at we may once mOre have to ask for a rise of esta blishment.

The following appointments and pro motio ns have been made :_

ApPOINTMENTS- OFFICERS

2/ Lieut. P. L. Sherwood, General List T.A., is appointed to th e co ntingent as rrom a date to be detailed in the Londoll Gazette.

PROMOTIONS- N .C.O. 's Sgt. Chetwynd-Pa lmer to be C.Q. M. S.

L/Sgts. G raham , H o lden, Yo ung, W.C., a nd Pratt to be Sergeants.

epls. C reed, Meek, Brown, Nash, Spencer and Ca rter to be La nce~Sergea nts. L/Cpls. Risdon, Gibb, Wayland, Strallen, Wortham, Watts, Sandrord, Yearwood i, Sidebotham and Bennett to be Corpo rals.

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Like the fa rme rs, O.T.C. cadets have no good word fo r th e weather, wet or fin e. Camp is tradit iona ll y a q uagmire or a deser t. But even if we admit that Twesledow n bo rd ers on a deser t, we must co nfess ('hat it was pe rfec t weather whi c h assis ted Licut. Colo nel A. H. e. Swin to n, M.e. , and the Officers of t he Brigade of G uard s, to make the Ca mp so successful. The co ntingent was in " A" Battalion, commanded by M ajor A. C . Robertson , T he Scots Guards, a nd ha ving officers from that batta lio n as instructors. As we we re ove r o ne hundred strong, we had our ow n co mpan y with one platoo n of BOllrne mo llth G ramma r School in addi tion. A fea ture of the trainin g was the desire on th e part' of the Regular officers to see th e se nior cadet N.C. O. 's do 1110st of th e wo rk. Thi s res ulted in C.S . M. Durnfo rd co mmanding the co mpan y from time to time, a task wh ich he d id ex tre mely we ll. Space does not pe rmit o f a co mplete c hronicle of the he roic acts of the co ntin gent, but one incident must be reco rd ed . Sgl. J. H . C la r k and his platoon we re sent durin g Night Operati ons on fig htin g pat ro l. They were given a co mpass bea rin g and few of us had a ny co nfidence in th e possibili ties of their return . No t o nly did th ey return with a su rprisi ng number of priso ners, who mu ch embarrassed a n imaginary ba tta li o n headquarters, but they act ua ll y did a rri ve at the spot indica ted by th e bearing. The good judgement of this platoon has never bee n q uestioned, and th ey e njoyed a well-deserved co mpliment from the Battalion Commander. T he new drill in threes was introdu ced durin g Camp. and it was pleas ing to note t hat often the G ua rd smen were as hazy about it as we were. The detailed inspections a nd dai ly qua rte r-hour drill parades, if they we re irk so me at nrst, were regarded later as a genuine so urce of amuse ment- a fact which delighted OUI" Battalion Co mmande r, who wo uld undoubted ly have had not hing more fie rce than a smile had he known wha t " that tall Lance-Co rpora l with Certifi cate "A" next to the Sergeant-with-hi s-head- o n-o ne-side in the rear ran k of the leadin g platoon of Kin g's School, Ca nterbury" rea ll y th ought about it. In off-parade activities th e contingen t did very we ll . We wo n the Tug-of-War. and were placed first in the Ca mp P.T. Co mpetition. It was di sap pointin g to lind that in the linal rnte r-Camp Co nt es t we were just beaten by Rossa ll. The C.S. M.r. , Sgt. Wauton and th e team are to be co ng ra tu latcd o n their excellent perfo rm ance. The Band . although it did no t ga in a high place in th e competition, co mpa red ve ry favourab ly wit h oth e r sc hools, whi c h is muc h to th e c redit of Drum-Major Pratt. Mos t people seem to have enjoyed the mselves, and it is up to them to see t ha t next yea r 's attenda nce is just as big and its repor t as excellent. Our thanks are d ue to Majo r Robertso n a nd the ot he r officers of The Scots Guards for their in te rest and co-o pe rati o n, wh ich stimul ated a fri endly spirit throughout the battal io n.

SCOUTS With M r. Kidd's departure, we ha ve suffered the loss of ou r first Scoutmaster. He ab ly organised the troop since its foundat ion two yea rs ago and was respo nsible for severa l tours abroad , including one to Finla nd (ast holidays. T his term has seen the remova l of th e Scout Headquarters to a r00111 be neath the Grange, and a certain amount of wo rk has been done in fittin g out the place .

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REMJNfSCENCES OF THE REV. GEORGE G fLB ERT M.A., O.K.S, CA NON OF LfNCOLN* ' [" Gilbert's ~'Pellil1g and punctuation relailled.l

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WILLIAM C HAFY The Rev. William Chafy was a Min . C ~e lived be tween tbe Houses of M rs Brid:~s ,"~J,;!; . a~d Rec tor of Sturry and Swalecliffe y Rev. J . Metcalfe. [think Mr. Yates s ue~eeded 'Mlee~7gf '" the House lately occ upied walds Rector of Fou lmire s ucceeded Yates and MS' la y. Mr. W. M etca lfe, afterand Mr. John Metcalfe sJcceeded Mr r. pe!1Ser Succeeded Mr. W. Metcalfe the Eldest son Dr. Chafy was Master 'of~~~~~"S MI. Chdfy had 4 SOns and 4 daughters. JOhn t was a merchanl' The th"d J .y ussex College Cambndge*. The seco nd the yo ungest Edward died in inra 1 a m~ (JI lmy C hafy) stuttered and was « daft " . I . ., was very excentric, and many tales ar~ toJd of him. H e never could rec~,f{' button addressed him as Mr. Thin in c~teOples . nam~s, but takin g a nyone by th e coat La.dy Henniker, Mrs. William Be~ne7t S~ ~:i MI ~h"t-y-call-hlm. He had 5 daughters TH E REV .

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was a Canon of Sarum and 24 yea rs ~Ider t~~~Utv·flut k l n~hearted. His eldest brother tllne hOf hIS brother William's birth and baptized Ih:~:"~ d \waslllldHoly Orders at the n cure le hi S Mother. The wea l t came from his wife whose father .' was very odd in manner a nd in dress a h~l un cle ~as a ,Banker at Sherbourne. She too even when she was in full dress and gdi~g; &e red PIllCuShlOn generally hung from her side, I see her trudging down the street, in her o~J~lk so me o ld ~o~n ladles In a pool of Quadrille. tralll drawn thro' the pocket holes, and a dingy white dimity petticoat put go~n ~It one to appea r beneath it. M'r erode' on . nst l ,Y, and so as to allow a black stuff whl e at the two churches. Of him ;"a; told t~~I\.~n hf't1 ~are !O take his Sunday duties whom he loo k up behind him paintin h' d e 0 le s lep lerd s boy with pot of ruddle to the lad he said repeatedly, «'Now m g I' ~" do;n the ba~~ of hIS c.oat wh en in talking a melodlOUS kind of whine wh' I " Y ,\ ,. n1m \. me, ~ell. HIS VO ice was very peculiar when he preached for hit~selr'~~ aL~ars ex~edcthe n Sl ble muscles of the King's Scholars Stron\l. He used to say, speaking of ~m~~1f i~ ea~l~oln~ O!', ~S substitute for Six preacher term IS used by Sir Walter Scott in one of th W I was only a Lamiger. " That Mr. C hafy was Esquire Bedell at Cambridge wetl "Bavher eYpNovels. What does it mea n ?t ~ I l l S op orteous. * Rcv W 'Il ' C ._- 0 O Y . ',e K" 'n ,a gln , d', · e , a f ,'8 43· ,,( King's Scho Jilr 1788· 1796): M"'Ie - -r-S 'd' - S- -- --. ------.- --10 I, d , ro , I ney ussex, and Chaplai n

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The Rev, Jo hn Bowes Bunce'" was Vica r o f S, Dunstan 's and Master of East Bridge Hospital. Hi s fathcr i' was, I believe v. of S. Dunstan 's a lso, They we re co nn ected with Sandwich thro' the Cona nts, He used to call him self in his jocose way" Joh a nn es de arcubus." He was a kind-hearted , ge nerous ma n. He he ld C ura cy of Harbledown so me years with S. Dunstan 's. So me pleasant dinne r parties have I e nj oyed at his House. He was in easy circumstances, and genera ll y made a tour fo r two months in the Summer, a nd thus visited seyeral pa rts of the con tinent after 18 14 as previously he had wa lked tl1 ro' England Wales and Scotland. He mad e interesti ng notes of his tours: and often wrote in Maga zines and News-papers as y, S. D. He was present 50 times at th e Scho o l Feast Dinne r. He once re lated this anecdote. His fat he r had felt an interest in th e Sco tc h Episco pa l Communion , a nd had become well acquainted with Dr. Gleig, Bishop of Brechin. When he made his tour inlo Scotl and, he was to pay a short visit to Bishop Gleig who resided at Stirlin g. On arriving a t the Bishop's ho use he knocked at th e do or. Lt was opened by a fem ale, who 0 11 seeing him threw her arms around his nec k and kissed him, to hi s great surpri ze. Is this the usual sa luta tion, thought he, 0 11 entering a Scotch Bi sho p 's house? M y dear M r. Bunce, cri ed the woman, how glad am 1 to see YOll, An ex p lanation took place. Lt appeared that the woman was a nati ve of Ca nte rbury and had married a so ldie r in so me regiment whi c h was afterwards quartered at Stirling, whe re he died , She findin g he rself in d istress in a strange lan d , took ad vice as to her return with the Bisho p as being o f his reli gious p rofession : and as h is famjly needed a servant just the n the goo d woman took the place a nd there remain ed. But ho w d o yo u kn ow me, exclaimed Bunce, after her embra ce, Why ha ve no t r often seen you when you ca me to d ine wi th myo id master Alderman F riend at Canter bury? Oh Sir yo u are the first person from Ca nterbury (and the tea rs Howed from her eyes) whom 1 ha ve seen for years. Bunce told this tale very wel l. Dr. Benso n, who is buried in C ha pter Ho use, li ved in house of 1st. prebendary. J just reme mber seeing him in 1803 draw n a bou t in a bath chair. His widow a nd Miss Harriet retired to Bath. They lived to " great age. I played a ga me of whist wi th Miss H .B. at Dr. Welfitts in 1826 or 1827 . The ot her daughter Elizabeth married Mr. Wood , Vicar of He rn e, Auditor Benson, who is bu ri ed in the Ma rtyrdom, had a daughter Elizabeth, To di stin gui sh th ese ladies, we used to say of them in words of some poetica l effusio n of that day :ÂŤ Bet, the prebendal, and auditor's Betsy." Martin Be nso n of Tunbridge was so n of Dr. Benso n, So me observations were made in 1788 about th e expense of th e a udit dinn ers. So Mrs. Berkley when th e Dr. gave his d inne r as Vice Dean, to t he surprize or the other members of lhe Chapter, instead of a dinn e r of many di shes, gave th em a surloin of roa st beef, and a boil 'd ro und of Beef with pota toes a nd ca bbage. Thjs ca used the conversation no more to lurn on extravagance, Dr. B, had his father 's plate with the mitre, and arms of Cloyne e ngraven on it and a beautiful service of red and whi te c hina which had belonged to the Duke of Ormond . Few of the Ca nons had such a se rvice. Wh ite and brown edge was lhe pattern eve r in my ea rly day at Dean Po wis's, There was a se t of drago n pattern chi na for tea belonging to the C hapte r. They d ined early, return ed afterwards to Audit 1'00111 for busi ness and th ere took tea whi ch was prepared by th e Vergers in the Ves try Room . The c ustom of the gin-punch at th e final

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supper arose merel y from the wish of the members to taste such a compound, wilich they had hea rd co mmended by some members of the Catch Clu b. The 1110st famous punch was made for the Recorder 's supper on Xmas Evening. The Corporation attended the

Cathedral Service in even ing of Xmas day at S 0 'clock, with all the Children in their gowns given from Mrs. Lovejoy 's bounty, and a fin e noise those girls made with their pattens. The Blue boys lighted the Co rpo ration home to th e Recorder 's with torches.

At eight

o 'clock, slipper wa s ser ved . The Canon s were il/ viled. One Canon to ld me that in his first year he accepted the invitation, but findin g the C ompany " more merry than wise,"

he did not go a second time. Mr. Ro binson, brother of the eccentric Lord Rokeby, was Recorder. He was a lso Recorder of the C inque Port s and Stewa rd of Fordwich Or

Sa ndwich.

He lived next to

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just opposite the Saracen 's Head Inn .

hi s funera l procession to Btll'gate C hurch.

the Corpse.

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The Corporation of Canterbury precccded

The Ma yo rs of the C inque Po rts and Fordwich were pall-bea rers.

Lord Rokeby made a bet with Alderman Simmons* that the Bank of England would break. When cash-payments were suspended he claimed the bet. He kept his Own money in his Strong box. He wore hi s beard, then an extrao rdi na ry thin g, and at Elections dyed it blue and wo re blue garments. He had an enormous appetite, such as was ca lled a " wolf, " and eell meat almost raw to satisfy it. PR ECENTOR STRATrON

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Precentor Stra lton- one of the kindest of men- wrote to me about an assertion of mine that L had heard Dr. Viner, a Ca non, chant the Litany. Mr. John Metcalfe ma intained that no Dean o r Canon had ever done so; that the Usages of the Cathedral were against this, and that 1 could no t possibly have recollected Dr. Viner, who lived in the !-louse

adjoi ning the Green-Co urt gatet . Now the Dean and Canons not bei ng practised in musical intonation, did not therefore chaunt, but read the prayers on the High Festivals, the orga n always sou nding with the responses on such days. But Dr. V. who was musica l, always, when present, took the Lita ny, because he could chant it. It ha ppened that on o ne of these Festiva l Sundays, I sat in the pew, appropr iated to the Dean 's female servants. It is one of the pews below the corporation seat, nearest to the singing men's seat. The Dean 's Butier, Mr. Legassick, (who died in S. Jo hn 's H os pital in lhe Rooms over the

gate and is buried, as was his wjfe, in the cloister ground) always sat at the east end, and there was usuall y room fo r one or two persons between him and the 2 or 3 fema les. Mrs. Hutchesson often sat in one of these places. r remember seeing her there when the Te Deum was sung for Archbishop ,Manners Sutton's elect ion. She and my mother were th e on ly females present. Well! I sat next to Legassick on this aforesaid day- a stripling in petticoats. The Singers ha d been following in tb e ea rly part of the Service withou t a chant, and when Dr. Viner commenced the Litany, the boys were unprepared to follow his note. Whereupon Shrubsole the Lay-clerk, who ca lled himself the oldest member of the Catbed ra l, for he bad been a singing boy before he became a lay-clerk, immediately sho uted out- " Chan t ye dogs, and be d- - to you. " He was a sadler by trade; and

a free li vi ng and profane man. But that expression fi xed itself in my mind, as a very naughty one: and 1 repeated it to Illy parents after church. So Metca lfe co uld not gainsay so particular a n instance of the r ight of a Canon to chant or intone, if be could do so. 1 have lived to hear the Deans of Canterbury and Lincoln intone in their Cathedrals in 1861 and 1863. Âˇ At K.S. 1749-1755 ; M.P. for Canterbury ; died 1807, t" Or in Adn. Harrison 's bouse in Brick. walk. I can 't recollecl whether Dr. Storer or Dr. Viner

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Those who ha ve li ved during last 25 years ha ve o nly seen Bishops in wigs.

Several

Ca nons wore them In my early day. Dr. Coombe and Dr. Ratcliffe were the two last ,~n d ~ean Po:vis was the I~ts t wigged Dea n. Min or Ca non Freeman wO,re a wig; Naylo;' I"tted y.

BUi gess the Sen ior lay C lerk- (Sh rubso le was seco nd) who li ved to the age of

more than 90 years wore a ve ry large white un powdered wig. DR . GE R I ~ARD AN DR EWES Dean of Ca nterbury an~ Rector of St. Ja mes' Westm inster.

He was offered th e Bi shopric

of Chester but refused It when Dr. Sparke was translated to Ely. He usually resided at Canterbury from June audit till after Xmas day, a,nd the ~t h e r months of the yea r in London.

I lately (Ap. 1864) read some account of hiS preachmg as to matter and mann er

as I bel ieve in the li fe of C har les Ja mes Blomfield, Bishop of Lo nd o n. It is there stated that h e professed to preac h Paley's sermon s and t hose of o th er di vines. l know th a t he admired , a sermon by Miss Bowd ler on H oly Communion and preached it. r know also that taklllg text from Psalms" Rejoice in t he Lord ye Righ teous," instead of 4th verse of ,4t,h c,1;apter of Epistle to Philippian s " Rejoice in the L~rd al,ways and again r say R eJ~ l ce, he sOI.nCtimes preached a sermon of Langhorn e s, bnngll1g round the la st port ion on C han ty to some specia l cla im. He had not, I thin k, many discou rses and re pe at~d th em every two or three years so metimes wi th a change of text.

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For in stance ~? a di scourse o,n HoIY"Scr ipture, he wou ld , on.~ ti l11~ take text from S. John 's gospel, . Search th~ Scnptures. at another from Isaia h In wh ich are nearly sa me words. [heard 111m m~ ny ttmes between 1809 and 1822. There was no originality in his serm ons and J conSi dered them co mpi la tions, with suitable inLerpositions of hi s own to present

circumstances. . As to. manner.

He had a clear distinct voice and was energetic.

He did not as the

wl'lter of hfe of Blomfield asserts, take off his spectacles. He did not use fixed spectacles till a bout 4,Years before his death. Then he used II large sil ver pair and never moved them.. PreVIOusly he had u sed a pa ir of h a l~d spectacles, which he applied to the eyes

occasIOnal ly, and he sometimes when not putting them to the eyes waved them or struck the book with them .

He certa inl y did not keep his eyes fixed

o~ th e book but looked

round him. Sometimes, but not often , 1 have heard hi m repeat a sentence of or 6 words twice in order to give poin t to his topic. He now and then scolded too much . His wer~ the days not of into nin g but of studied read ing: and he certainl y read well. It was Impossible to listen to him either when read ing o r preaching without paying attention. H e told me that h e did not th ink that he co uld repeat his usua l collect " Prevent us Lord " or the Lord 's Prayer, un less he knew that th ey were written in the book befor~

So 1 determined never to have them in my sermon case lest I should fa ll into a like

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nervo us fancy. I ha ve been much struck with his deep devotion du ring prayers. H e generally covered hiS face wit h hIS hand 10 surplice, but yo u co ul d see that he fo llowed every word with a suppressed voice.

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." Recoll ect," said he to me o ne day in tb e Deanery Library- " tbat when you

officmte you must try to cast off all fear of man, to consider yourself in the presence of God, to recoJI~ct that yo u are I?raying to Him, not reading to men. Keep his presence before you r mlOd, do not conSIder whet her yo u a re being admired or not by the co ng:egation, then you will not be nervo us, but wi ll be supported from tbe sense that yo u are dl scharglllg you r duty. It 18 probable that the Congregation WIll be more satisfied than If 'you sou ght to please them by yo ur careful reading. Pray fro m the Heart as in the DIVIne

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He introduced a short psalm before scrl1l ~)I1. a Illist~~kc in one who w~shed to be eX:lct, and always desired to restore use of the cagle 111 the ChOJ}: and to !1ave a htany desk, ~Ol he Ised to s'ly there is sc ri ptura l author ity for suc h desk. The pnest sho uld weep between ~he arch and the alta r and say,. spa re t hy people 0 Lord" Etc.! He was most ",'XIOIIS to k~e up the weekly communion : and once when he s~w 0 1 thought ~e sa\~ that only 2 ers~ns remained and 1 was departin g (f had comm ul1lca.ted fo!' the hrst tllne. on th.e r~viou s Sunday) he made me a sign to tarry; and as all. hiS fam ily and domestics wCI,e P micants he arranged that one or two should remain every Su nday, so tha t thCIC ~~~u7dl never b~ less than th ree. We had large monthly comm un ions but the oth~r Sund~y* but slender ones. He wrote to the Mayor on the im pro~riety of the Corpo ra ti on leavll1 g the C hurch on Easter and other Festiva ls when they come III state to the Cathedra l, Without com mun ica tin g, and his letter had its effect. I was told that he left ÂŁ50 towa rd s the new altar Screen, instead of a ring to each member of the Chapter. DR. LUXMOR E Dr. Lu xm ore is mention ed before, He was created D.O. by Archbishop Moore. A list of these Lambeth Degrees is given in Gent le man's Mag. for May a nd Ap ril 1864. Dr Palmer one of th e Ca nons (who reSIgned III favor of A rchd eacon Lynch a nd thus bi'lined t he valuable livin"s of Staple and Adys ham for hi S so n the well-know n M lsel) < Ch'l degree Beforeor read the list in Gent's Mag. I had heard of the Arc hbishop ~~~f~~rin~ the degree on Mr. Lu xmore in the Vestry, and o ne of the Vergers (w ho to ld ) b 'nging a cushion fo r the Dr. to kneel on. Thus it wou ld seem so me formula was

~~:n ~~ed as i~ the Un iversities in conferring a degree. Yet Lh~ve not heard of any such

when Bishop Welby and others had such degrees. They app lied, were referred to th e Secreta ry and th en sent the Pape rs Wit h th e Sea l Manuel etc: to them. TI e ca nons by the Statutes a re obliged to 2 1 days stnc t reSidence and must attend Servic~ each day consecutively. There is an old ta le that one <;If the Canons was too late

in Church and came into his Sta~1 next to t~le Dean after service h~d commenced .. (No Ca non assed the Dean in entering or leavmg .. The Can~ns ,~ntel ed by the ?tl~el ~n~! . . P od on the Decani side). The Dean whispered to him You must b?gm ,'gam, gOlllg. IOU" you must recommence yo ur residence." The Ca non chose to misunderstand meamng . C io n " The the Dean and shouted out to the MillOI' anon, W I10 was rca.d'IIl g tlIe E x ho rtat . ' Dean say's' you must begin again'" The M"in or Canon did so, and the reSidence was saved.

This canon was Dr. Storer. MR. PVM N

Mr. Pymn was a Brewer in Canterbury.

His e~dest ~aughter married Mr. ~cudal~1 0r~

'geon the fClthe r of Dr. Scudam ore (who ma rl'led MISS Ma ry Toke and MISS Pal kCl)

~ n~llo the r' med i ~a l sons.

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in dee overty an d died in the workhouse. He co nstantly a ttended dally prayers. He to ld nie ~hat the Lay Clerks read the first lesson when t he Eagle Desk stood 111 the e ho,'" T hat Desk was re moved fo r about 60 years) But that they made so man y blundels that (II Desk was removed an d the,,' se rvices III lesso n readlll g d ispensed With. O ne of the"

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The man read" T am ' ,nd turlllng over more leaves This se~ms t9 ... 'lde-up talc, f~r we must

th~~( ~~e, pr~ceeded with .. An Ass."

to make it true, find an edition of the Old Test. III which (he . of page, and the latter wo rds at the top of a subseq uent o ne.

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My excellent frie nd, Rev. Philip Palmer, rector o f Woolsthorpe by Belvoir wriling to me ab<;)Ut a VISIt he had paId to Ca nte rbury, 10th July, 1864 (?)*, mentions Dean Alford who kllldly shewed hllll the Dea nry. " He pointed o ut the c urio us old MUlberry Iree with ItS SCiOn a nd told us you had vouched fo r the tru c fact of thc branch being blown oft' and stuck mto th e groun d when it took root a nd flouri shed. He added that De'l n Stanle carne down ~Ith. two of the Princesses and his comme nt ,? J1 th e [.rees ,was very a(l11using,~ th e o ld one leplese nted the C hurch of Rome--~ropped In all di rectiO ns- the yo un g and VlgOl OUS D,ne the Church of England . The princesses were much amused and so was Dea n Alfold. Now as to the fact about the trees . In Dean Powis's days, he was informed all:. morning by' hiS g~ rd ener that a la':ge branch had been blown off from the old tree dUlIng the prevIOu s l1l~ht, "-,hen the wind had blown boi sterously. H e directed ('h at it should. be drawn to a little di stan ce and t ha t so me loads of earth shou ld be placed o n the ex trellllty whe re It touched the ground and rath e r su nk into it. This was d one and t he ?,anch ~rc::w and flOU ri shed. It was a la rge bran ch, but form ed a sma ll tree at first. Now In 1864 It IS a fine tree. It, is ~a i~ that another tree gre~ in the A rchdea~on Llynch 's garden (now Dr. Thomas's) but that It pmed from envy and di ed. The Dea n s tree had been manured with bull oc k's blood poured mto a trench dug round It. Anothe r old saying about this tree (arising ~I:om the fact that many deans of Ca nterbury have been ad va nced to the Episcopa te) wasThe Dean Stls und er the M ulherry tree, till he turns Purple," In my early days Bishops co nstantly wore a pu rple coat ; a nd purple gloves. See Bishop C leaver in Coxs Recollecti ons of Oxford. THE BAL L AD

A ballad ca lled " pick and. Sa l at Ca nterbury Fa ir " has just been sent to me (3 Nov. 1864,) [ am told that It was wntten 50 yea rs ago. [ do not recollect ha ving seen it before thiS day. I; was obViously wntten after Dea n Andrewes had banished the Fair from the S ath edral recrns\s and th~, Ca ttle Market had beco me the place for hold ing it. The feyther and Mother speak of the fall' as held in their day in the C hurch Ya rd

" But what queer'd me, he sed, 'twas kep

But Dick a nd Sal say :-

A ll roun about the C hurch; An how dey had him up de steps, A n left him in de lurc h. "

" So den we stiver'd up de town A n foun de merry fair ; Jist a t de place da t we coom down , When fust we did git dare. But whe n they were in the Ch urch Ya rd we read :_

" But when we got ta the Ch urch Yard In hopes ta fin de fair; You can't think how we both was scared

A 'cause it was 'n dare." *The date is illegible, save th~t the last figure is certainly a "4". But Dean Alford was Dean from .1 857. to 1871 : 1864 IS therefore the only possible date in spite of the implication con tamed m "now In 1864. "- Eds. ' .'

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So we was cruelly put out; An den de head pidjector, Av some fine sh op, axt wha t we thoft About his purty pieter. Sal sed she co u 'den roightl y tell,

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I'm sure it was a hive.

r cou 'd a gin de man a smack, He thought we co u 'den tell ;

Sa often as ye kn ow we baak , A beehi ve from a peel. On being asked in explanation of these !ines, if ever I remembered a beehi ve in the Church Yard , I could only sa y No . But I co ncei ve th e interpretation to be thi s. There was a House on left hand side of the C hu rch Ya rd, next to the Regis try Offices, bui lt by the Saffery's and afterwards inhabited by a M r. Peel. He was a pio us good

man and his wife was of the Slade Family one of whom marri ed a da ughter of Bishop Law and was rector of Bolton and publi shed 6 vols. of sermons . He was a dissenter and a preacher of the sect, I think , of Selina Cou ntess of Huntin gdon. He had a factory fo r cotto n bobbins a nd e mployed seve ra l girls in winding them o n small machines. He had a milliner 's shop etc. on the ground -floor with plate glass windows- then very un-

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co mmon. I have a dim recollectio n that his sign was a " Bee-hive" and that his name . , Peil ., was underwritten. Such is my solution, quite a conjectural one. The writer of the Ballad seems to have anticipated Ten nyson in attempting local dialect. I believe that the language is in most ex pressions similar to that which rustic fo lk did use in Kent. Is not the broad (wooden) shovel with whic h bakers move th e bread in a n oven called a peel ? My Father had in hi s possession two wa lking ca nes . One, which 1 retain has a go lden top and belonged to Isaac Ba rrow. The other with ivo ry top belonged to Rev. Wm. Gosling* the a uthor of a wa lk round Ca nterbury. My Mother ga ve it to the Museum in G uildh all Street [ a lso gave to that Museu m a snuff bo x of marble set ill brass which my Father received from a Mr. Tomlin who said there was a tradition that it was formed

from a portion of the Base of Becket's shrine. J retain a sil ver ring gilt, having the sacred Monagram (LH .S,) It was dug up in a field near Blean Co mmon and sold to a Mrs. Soames, who had it gilt, and sold it to my Father. THE KING'S SCHOO L Old sc holars do not admire chan ges in the ma nagement of the School in which they were educated , yet calm reflec tion should teach them that there may be progress and

beneficia l progress in the modes of communica ting Instruction. Tho' I for one maintain the importance of a sound instruction in Greek and Latin, [ fully acknowledge the advantage of imparting to boys an acquainta nce with modern languages and teaching them Euclid and Algebra.

In my school days we could lea rn Frenc h pri vately as several d id, a nd a

master to teach writing and arithmetic attended for an hour daily.

Mathematics formed

no part of the System, tho' we cou ld find instructo rs unconnected with th e SchooL For Fre nch I so ught the aid of Monsie ur Miette, one of the Frenc h Refugee Co ngrega ti o n. ' K.s. 1706,I 7t I

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The Dean or V. Dean sa id a few words of Commendation and requested a holiday frol11 that hour till afternoon service on the next Saturday. The Schoo l Feast day was of uncertain date; but usually in September. I t was on a Thursday and we had the same hol iday and the sa me form after service th o' eight or nine old scholars and two or three fr iends of the boys or Masters attended. One speech on ly was made by the Senior boy, or if he had spoken on th e previous year, by the next in seniority. 1 prompted both Knott and Plater in 1814 and 1815, hav in g myself spoken in 18 13. T he speech was in Latin co mposed (as supposed) by the Master and was on so me such topic as "De usu c\oq ucntiae." Mr. Naylor had a collection of such speeches handed down, 1 suspect, to him and M rs. Legrand gave them to hi s successor Dr. Birt. The spea ker had 2 guineas fro l11 the School Feast Fund to purchase a book. The preacher, was, if one could be

rou nd, an old King's Scholar lately ordai ned. Tf no one was ready . the Head Master preached. Dean Horne had once preached and so Dean Andrewes was iI,d uced to preach. In 1819 Broughton preached fro m th e text " Seek that ye ma y excel to the ed ifyi ng of the Church." It was 1 believe, th e Centcnary of the Society a nd 1 d ined for the fi rst time

at the FOllntai n with the Society.

I dined again in 1822 when J was preacher; and then

man y years passed for I was abse nt till 185 1.

I managed again in 1860 to be present.

At the Centena ry Lord Tenterden was present and his son. l sat next to his son and Mr. Crotch SO il or Dr. Crotch. Lord Tenterden was so overpowered that he co uld not make a speech but amid flood s or tears cou ld on ly say" 1 thank you, J thank you, 1 am unable to speak," when his health was proposed.

I reco llect that severa l of the old schola rs,

old men, assembled berore service in the School Room among them Mr. Harvey of S. Laurence, Ma rti n Benso n of Tunb ridge, a nd Mr. Boteler of Easlry. The latter (Mr. B.) produced one of the weekly lists of Absentees kept from his school da ys. We ca lled that List "The Absenses." On second thoughts I doubt whether Broughto n p reac hed then or in1 8 18. rh eaI'd theserm o lls in l820, 1819, 181 8, 18 17, 1816,after lleft school,a nd Bisho p Broughton, Dr. Birt and Dean And rewes preached three of them. 1 reco llect Edwin Sandys, Turmi st of Minster in Sheppy, Wm. E lwyn and C. Packe being preachers. Mr. Naylor held a small li ving in Lincolnshire. I forget the name. It was

near Spil sby*. He went down and read in etc. but did not aga in visit it, being content to receive the income. His SO il Geo rge, who afterwards held H living in Essex, had an intimate fri end at the Un iversity who was patron of this living. It became vaca nt while they were undergraduates, and the Pa tron fri end presented it to George's father to hold for George' till he should be in priest's orders. Ln the interim the said Patron died, and it bei ng understood that the new Patro n would not present ,George, ir his father resigned it, Mr. Naylor did not resign but retained possession 'till his death . MRS. MILLES

There is a ca nonical residence! in the Brick walk which in my memory was the House of Dr. Williams who married a sister of Sir Wm. Fagge and excbanged for a Canonry at Winchester. H e had as successor Dr. Barton, Mr. Surtees, Dr. Ru ssell, Dr. Blakeley. T his Ho use is, I think by Gos ling, called the H onou r 's House. It has several large rooms

in it.

There has been a noble Room to which you ascended by a circular sto ne stair of

good widt h.

That room when I first knew it had been divided into a lobby, 2 bedrooms

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with Indian Ca binets large china Vases, curious ta bles and screens, a few pictures.

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upper end with its oriel had cha irs etc. and made a nice summer sitting room.

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C harles Milles a nd her sur viving daughter M iss Molly (t he ot her d ied young) resided th ere fo r 50 yea rs. She had bee n a g reat friend of Dean Potter who left her some prOperly

and was con nected with Si r Phi lip Hales's family.

Mr. Charles MjJJes was a cousin

of th eNaeki ngto n Milles's. Mrs. Mi lles left her house for 5 weeks when th e Prebendary ca me mto resIde nce a nd we nt to Tu nbndge Wells, th en th e reso rt of fash ionable people. She had a good establishment and her ca rn age but used post horses. Her livery of green

and yellow was very

co nspiCUOUS.

Mr. Su rtees after a tllne gave her notice to quit his

ho use which he then left to a Mrs. Hutchinso n.

Mrs. M. mo ved in to the house afterwards

occupied by Mr. G, Curteis in Burgate and was allowed a ga rden door in to the Precincts that house hav ing been built fO I~ Mrs. Walse by 's sister Miss B1isset. But after a time' Mrs. Milles obta ined Prebendary No rris Ho use in the Oaks where she finished her da ys; Mr. Nor ns boa rdm g WIth her when he came fo r IllS Mo nths' reSIdence. S he lived to the great age of 96 a nd cam e to the Cathed ral to the very las t. Miss Molly was exactl y 20 yea rs yo un ger, a nd li ved abo ut 10 or 12 years after her mOlher's decease. 1 recollect Mrs. M. (when above 90 and we we re drin king tea with her in Mr. Norr is ' House)- saying to my Mother- " Mrs. G il bert don 't you think that Mo lly stoops very much ? Moll y, my dear, do hold yourself up. " Molly was th en a bo ve 70 yea rs of age. I think that Mr. Deedes was her exec utor. These Milles are buried in Hern e Chu rc h. M rs. Milles was the great lady of th e Precincts next to M rs. Bridges, and had been intimate wit h dignified

Clergy a nd co unly fa milies from her yo uth. ' It was co nside red that Mr. Surtees, who did not reside except fo r a month, treated her ill in turning her out of a House in which

she had resided so lo ng. She was as upri ght as a dan, and at 78 broke her leg by slipping off the curb when enterin g the Thea tre. - AII people, clergy and la ily, frequented the Theatre in those da ys. The K ing's Scholars always bespoke a play, and begged their friends and o thers to take tickets. It was considered good fun to go round to the ladies schools to solicit tbeir patronage, especially to one old puritan lady, a Miss Drake who wore a large Turban, and dismissed the appl icants severely. A

STORY OF BELL H ARRY

The following relation told to me when a boy, made me shudder. In th e centre of th e louvre or la ntern of,' the Bell Harry Tower is a circular aperture,

closed by a wooden trap-door. (see Gos tLrn g C h. XXX lll page 233 and Ch. XXXI V page 235 .) In the Cham ber above there is, or there was, a window for drawing up ro lls of lead or other materials for repairing the higber parts of the tower or of the roof of the Cathedral. One of th e workmen in th e employ of the C hurch was deaf. He, on o ne occasion when the windla ss was to be put in operation, was stationedjn the upper chamber,

and when the work-men below bro ught in any load a nd had fastened it, they pulled the rope as a signal and he began to turn,

Mr. Simmons, ves tryman, predecessor of T homas

Wright (see Ingo ldsby Legends) was in Beckets or th e Upper C hapel, when looking westward he saw a boy ho lding the rope rise above tb e organ . T hink ing this so me boyish folly yet terrified for the co nsequences, he hastened down thro ' the Choir. He was in terror when he saw the boy nearly at the top and t hen saw him rapidly let down. H e did come d ow n in safety without fall ing, but with hands dreadfully lacerated and almost lifeless with pa in and terror. It appea red that this boy, a King's Scholar, cOIning in at the south door, which was open for the workmen who were unloading their lead and material outside, saw the ro pe pendant and taking hold of it and pulling it, the man above

began to draw him up.

The poor boy tho ught il was fun a nd thal he wo uld on ly draw

l ' H E CAN T U A R rA N him up a few yard s and then let him dow n.

However he soo n found that he was being

gradually drawn up, and so held as tightl y as he co uld When the deaf mao, at, length aw hll11 mstea d of landing hll11, he immediately in feal for the boy began to Wind th e ~o pe ba~k and to let hl111 do~n, . , Thi~ rendel:ed th e, dan ger ?ouble, H e came however down wit hout a fall. I ha ve In va m tn ed to dlscovel the boy s name,

So too 1 co uld not find ou t the name of anot her King ' s Scho lar who was locked into

th e Ca thedral, and supposed th at ,he must continue, there al,l n~ght. At th e tll11e the O rga n stoo d in the North aisle of the ChOir as may be seen In t,he pnnt In Dart. The boy ensc?nced

him self under the steps leading to the organ loft when It had grown dark.

About 90 clock

however, Dr. Buckwor th whose house opened on th e terrace by the north ?oor" belllg ~n

wa nt o f a book fro m the lib rary, entered the C hu rch by that north door WI th hIS lantel n a nd proceeded to the Library. The light as he passed cast ItS ray down the passage from

th e Library door across the Nort h Tran se pt., T he boy saw the gllln~11 er, was affrighted

a nd sc rea med o ut.

T he Doctor was sur pmed but advanced to dI scover whence th e

screa ms co uld proceed, fo.u nd the a l a l'ln~d b~y, too~ ~lim to his H ouse, gave him refreshment, afterward s noticed and patrol11 zed h1l11 thro li fe,

The Doctor Buckwo rth mentio ned above was of a Lincolnsh ire Fami ly.

He was

very friendly to Rev, Joshua'Oix when he ca me from his chaplaincy at Ne~ C?I~ege to be a Minor Canon, and made him a present of a se t of mahoga ny chHirs fo r hiS, dllllllg roo m, Hi s wife was Godmother to M iss Fanny Di x whose name of F rances was d~rJved from her,

As th e Buckworths had no children, the Dr. said Fanny wou ld be prOVIded for b y her God mother- but it was not so. By th e Bye, Fa nn y Dlx was the first chrld baptIzed In the Ca th edral Font- after its remova l from the nave into what is now called th e Baptistry. In the early time of the Penin sular wa r a r~gim ent marching from London to Ramsgate for embarkation, rested for an hour or two III the Church Yard , where refre~hments of bread and cheese and beer were give n to th em, There was a ~na n of the ,regiment who

had attempted to desert a nd was under watch. H e watched hls.o pportunrty and bo lted int o the Cathedral, a nd was th ere lost. A search was made for hIm III the late evenrng by a party of Soldiers- viz. a Sergeant and two others by lantern hght. It seemed .on co mparin g information from wOFkmen and others, tha t he had sca led the, wall leadll1 g

into the Martyrdom and passed Into the C rypt. But he was not to be thele fOllnd . ~t last he was traced into the ClOISters an d It appeared that th e d oo r mto the Archdeacon s

garden being open, he had en tered an d thence sca led the wa ll In to the Palace passage and

escaped. Now as I ha ve ment ioned that GHrden, I ma y say that about 181001' rather earli er,

it was fo un d that a great deal of sto ne work existed beneat h the surface, a nd that there was a newel staircase adjacent to th e cloister. A 11 excavatIO n ~ook place and n,umerous pilla rs of a crypt were fo und perfect, the roof and va ultin g ha vmg been broken m ... One of th ese Jesse White took for a sun-dlal , and Dr. W, propose~ to tak e ,anothel 111 to Lincoln shire but , 1 believe, did not.

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th at garden

There was

'\ row of arcades orn amental 111 the Western wa ll , the pillars of three remall1ed of a pUi pie

~ r reddish marble.

These were taken to cut lip for po rti ons of th e resto red part of th e tessalated pa vement in th e Becket Chapel. Jesse Whi te made what he thought a great discovery in the Lad y Chapel in th e Cry~t. He whi tewas hed rhe o lder part of th e C rypt, but allo wed the an cielH colour paInt to remaIn in th at Chapel.

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a nd circ ular knobs of glass of size of a large pea inse rted in the plaister of t he roof. Tbese he cau sed to be taken out a nd fixed on sheets of paste boa rd . I saw them th us. These we re sa id to be deposited in the Libra ry. It was quest ioned at the time whet her these were so me of th e jewels w hich Era smlls mentions? When t he lamps were li ghted, 11 0 do ubt these glass beads e tc. gl ittered sple ndidl y. AN

ORDIN ATION

T he fi rst or~ in at~o n whic h [ wi tn essed ~as ,in , I t hin k, the se~ond year of Archbisho p Manne rs S utton S Primacy. It was an ordinatio n by D r. Dampie r, B ishop of Roc hester. He was .at Ram sga te fo r the benefi t of his hea lth a nd asked per missio n to ho ld his Septr. Ord ination at Can terb ury. It was th o ught by sOl11e perso ns that th e A rchbishop had sugges ted thi S, 111 orde r t~ pre pare th e. way fo r ord l,na t l o ns by himself in future yea rs. It h ~ d never bee,n known tor th e Ar~ hbl s h o p to orda lll ~ t Ca nterblll'Y. Bishop Dam pier sa t III the Dea n s sta ll, th e Dean bein g abse nt. The Rite was solem nly performed tho ' the re was so me little co nfu sion in ~he maj o r part o f th e Cong rega tion withdra win g at e nd of serm on. T he next yea r A rchbishop Manners Sutl on was at Ramsgate, a nd o n th at an~ mos t subseque nt yea rs held his September ordination a t Cante rbury. The Canon in reSIdence preached. A ll the Ca ndidates a nd t he C ha pla ins were in surpli ces. The latter stood behind th e A rchbishop 's Cha ir after His G ra ce had proceeded to t he A lta r. The Cere mo nial was gran d and so lemn. 1 ca nn ot but menti on t hat t he Candidates wore surp tices. I ha ve since witnessed these elsewhere in black gowns, and so me without a gown, in their o rdin a ry d ress. One reason assigned fo r thi s at B uckde n in Bishop Pelham 's day, was that there were no spare surplices there, except two fo r those who read the Epis tle a nd Gospe l as Bisho p Tomlin had taken away so me belongi ng to the See: and a ll clergy we re sup posed to ha ve a gown and were requested to brI ng It. 1t IS very convenient for a cle rgyman to have a surplke of his own , and a ll wo uld if requested to bring t he m at the time of o rdinati o n. Most would reta in their Co llege Surpli ce.

L ORD TENTEROEN

Lo rd Tenterd en (Chi ef Justice) was born in th e House near West entra nce of th e Cath edral and was edu cated at th e K in g's School. O ne o f hi s school fellows, (M r. Strou ts of S. D un stan 's) to ld me that he was ca lled by th e nick- name of " Seedy C uc umber " from a li king he had fo r that vegeta ble. He was prese nt wi th his so n at School Feast Dinner in 1819. He must have felt what G ibbo n says of Pope Urban 2d . H e" had illustrated his famil y a nd pro vince ; nor is there perhaps a more exqui site gratificatio n th an to revisit, in a cos pic uous dignity, the hum ble and laborious sce nes of Our ÂˇYouth . " S PUR MONEY

1 observe in No tes and QuerIes remarks tha l the weclIlIlg of spurs tn a belfrey gave occasion to a forfeit o r fin e; and so in some Cathed ral s. This was the case at Canterb ury. The sin gin g boys invariabl y claimed a fo rfeit frolll e very perso n w ho entered tbe Cathedral in spurs; when refused , J suspect tb ey proved very tro ubleso me to the Visitors. " Now boys," 1 have hea rd Dr. We lfitt say, " there is a man in sp urs down in the body, after him and claim your forfe it. " ,

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A T RIP INTO AFGHAN fSTAN At a cas ual glance at t he peasa nt lype, villages, ba zaars, vege ta tio n, a nd the la rge stre tches of dri ed up co untrys ide, Afg hanistan in A ugust doesn ' t loo k much d ityerent fr~)Ill India. We left La ndi Kota l o n Monda y, 2nd A ugust, abo ut 10. 30 a.I11., alter load in g ou r ca r a lnios t to capacit y, and weyc c uriou s a t o.ur first gl in1pse ?f the ~ ~g l lH n co untry afte r passin g th e bo rder. We studI ed the I1l ounta Jl1 OUS .features wI.th a m Ilitary eye, a nd looked back to recogn ise so me of th e bett e r k nown POlIltS up w hic h we. had scra mbled in o ur own tra inin g areas. It was not so easy. But we soon had to thlllk mo re a bo ut the co untry over whic h Oll r troops fo ught in 1919. We we re provided with ma ps and books 011 th e subjec t, and whil e Olir pass.rlOrts w~ re bein g dealt wi th at Loe Da kka we picked ou t the Khurd K hyber Pass and t he neighbOUrin g hi lls, a nd recon struc ted th e two successful a m bushes carn ed out by o ur fo rce under Gene ral Skeen . Loe Da k ka is on th e banks of th e Kabu l Ri ver fro m which the road to Kabu l does no t wa nd er very fa r exce pt whe n foll owin g the co urse of so me of its tributari es. Beyond the Khurd Kh yber Pass the road lead s through th e lo ng stretc h of the l a lalabad Pla in. ft is sand y, stony, a nd was very dry and ul1Interestln g so that we were a nxio us to get o n, partic ularly .as 11II~ c h was a l ~'ead~ overd ue and there see med to be .no nea r prospect of a s h a~ y spot 1Il W h lC~ to eat It. The re were, a t last, so me trees w hIC h an swered our purpose Ju st before reachlll g Jalala bad. Ja la labad was di sappointin g. Being one of the bette r known towns, a nd of histo rica l inte rest, we may ha ve been justiHed in .expec ti~ g to see a .li ttle more than a wa lled trIbal village on a muc h larger scale, fo r that IS p rac tI call y ~ ha~ It amo unts tc;>.. The re a re a few modern bu ild ings a mile or tlVO west of th e town whic h ,"c lude the Bri tish Co nsulate a nd Habibulla's tomb but the rema in in g places a re of mud o r sun -dned bri c ks, J11 cludJ11 g a bazaar which is under constru ction. The tow n is chi eft y famo us for its successful defence by Gene ral Sale's Briga de in 184 1. It was a lso from Nika ia, near Jal a labad, that A lexander th e G rea t 's ri gl.lt flan~ guard sta rted on its march to India via the Ka bul Ri ve r va lley. Alexan de r hImself In vad ed 'Indi a from still furth e r nor th . T he road to N iml u is poor and a n awkward nullah c rossin g is ofte n impassa ble in winte r. T he Nimla va lley is we ll c ulti va ted a nd t he green o f th e usual crops o f ho t wea ther vegetables was a relief in a n otherwise dried up country. N imla was used as a hal f-way hou se by th e Moghuls d uring the ir marc hes between Kabu l a nd Pes ha war. There is a fin e tree ga rden whi ch th e ha lf-hearte.d atte I~1p.ts of the local ga rd ene rs to im prove wit h flowe rs .have not spoil!. TI.le ga rden IS of slln ila r co nstruction in some ways to that of the TaJ at Agra a nd IS believed to ha ve ~een made by Emperor Shah Jehan . We sto pped the night in the Governm ent res t-hou se ," the gard en. Tea , grapes, bedd ing and a welco me mosqU Ito net \ve re suppli ed but th e food ava il ~b l e was mostl y of the tinned va rie ty with w h~ c h we we re al ready we! l-stocked . W.e I.lotI c.ed tha t most of the furni shin gs and suppl ies 111 th e rest-ho use came from Great Brrta lJ1 WI th the exceptio n of Germ an o il lal,llps and writ ing m~teri a l s, fnd ian d ur ries and towe ls, Japa nese cu rta ins, Czec ho-SlovaklCln c ut lery a nd RU SSIan ma tches, Ga ndam ak where the re mnants of Genera l Elp hinstone 's force mad e th ei r last sta nd in 1841 , and where the T reaty of 1879 was signed, was most inco nspic ll o us. It is about nine miles west of N imla. "15

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begin s to

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about eight miles it does not run straight fo r more than about a 100 yards. At the top of the JagdaJak Pa ss (6,200 fee!) we w ere ab le to get a good view of the H i ndu Ku sh to the north a nd th e Sated Koh to the so uth.

A new road is under construction runn ing due east from Kabu l to Ialalabad via the !--ataband Pa ss . It follows the tra ck Ll sed by Lord Robert s for his line of co mmunication I II 1880. The track is still largely used by caravans and mi grating powindah s.

Our road was throug h the Tezin valley (which was co loured for miles with wild calmint) and the Haft Kota l Pa ss (8,200 feet). The Haft has steep gradient s, so me difficult hai rpin berads and a powdenng road surface. _In seven mil es It ri ses 2,000 feet so that th e wise driver looks to hi s ra diato r in th e Tezin valley before approaching the Haft. Tn the wint er or afte r heavy rain this part of th e road is often impassa ble but there are rest-hollses near-by which can be used by stranded trave llers . . ft was at the so uthern end of the Tezin va lley that Genera l Pollock defeated the Afghans III his ave nging march to Kabul In 1842. About 20 miles before Kabul we entered the K hurd Kabu l defile. It was in th is a rea that in 1841 our retreatin g fo rces unde r Genera l Elphinstone lost between the 8th a nd 10th January, 4,000 fight ing troops a nd 8,000 followers out of 4,500 troops and 12,000

foll ow~rs. The defile is less than a mile long, but the sides are treacherously steep in places and h,l gh up man y crags and crannies offer excellent cove r for those lying in ambush

and dislodged boulders wou ld have terrifying efTect falling amon g formed bodies of me,; In the road below. Kabu l is bounded on the west by some low hi lls and the Chardeh plain- the scene of one of Lo rd Roberts' actions in 1879. The majo rity of the buildings are of mud or sun-dried bricks but modern bazaars and more important residences are bu il t of stone or

concrete. A little above the town on the south is the ancient pa lace and fort ress of the Emirs of Kabul, the Bala Hissa r. It is sti ll in good condition as far as one co uld judge outside alt hough the so uth part was partiall y destroyed by Roberts in 1879. A white pi llar in the m iddle of the road entering the town commemorates the capture

of Kabul by King Nad ir Shah from Bachai-i-Saqao in October, 1929. The British Legation is in pleasant grounds four miles out of Kabul. It was between the fire of the opposing fo rces of Amanullah and Bacha i-i-Saqao in 1929 so that children had to be collected and kept unde r the Legation bi lliard table for safety. Of modern English construction, it stands out as one of the best bu ildings and boasts of up-to-date convenien ces in a land where such things are almost unknown, Ka~u l does a large trade in loca lly-made carpets wi th the resu lt that car pets from Persia

are heavIly ta xed. The re is a lso some demand fo r the Afghan lapis lazul i. It is of deeper and more attractive blue than other kinds and is less mottled . Also, quantities of fruit are grown around Kabul. We found few cars or lo rries on the road s but a part of an o rder for twenty C hev ro let sa loon cars pa ssed us from Peshawar on our return journey, The tonga is used a lot in and near Kabul. Oth erwi se an y type of conveyance is rarel y seen. I n one d istrict we saw

cows sadd led fo r rid ing. Three mi les from Kabu l, at Dar- ul-Aman , th e uncompleted pa lace of Amanullah and his Government secretariat (now used as a uni versity) stand in a more modern settin g

of recently made wide roads bordered by trees, and we ll -attended ga rden s. the palace will be completed if fund s beco me a va ilable .

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Nine miles wes t beneath the Paghm<ln ran ge, a spur or the H indu Kush, is th e CO I11 ~ pa ratively cool vi llage of Pugh man, which is lI sed as a ho t weath er retreat by th e higher offic ials, We were ab le to visi t t}le ground s or th e Kin!? 's and, Qu.ee ~l 's hou ses . there a~d take more than a pass ing interest 111 the abundance orfnllt growing !I1lts most sUitabl e so il ,

The who le of the district has a good suppl y of water Row ing natura ll y from the hill s as we ll as pipe wa ter. The du sty roads were spla shed with water from roadside channel s with scoops on s i x~foot sti cks every morning and evening. Kabul is about 5,800 feet above sea level. The te mperatu re va ri es from a little below zero to nearly 100. Thcre are several ma rshes in th e vicinit y wh ich give good shooting in season , It has a Government hote l.

We pa id a visit to Lord Roberts' ba tt lefie ld a t Charasia , 11 miles so uth of Kabul. It was here that Roberts, advancing over the Peiwar Kotal , defeated the Afghans and en tered Kabul in 1879.

A fter two days at the A fghan ca pital we moved out t~ Bamian. The road. took us due north and parall el to the Paghman ra n g~ for a bou t,30 mil es thr~:Hl g h the Koh-t-l?aman before once aga in turning west, at C ha l'lk a r, enterin g ,th e fe rtile and well-culttvated

G ho r bund va lley (which is bounded o n th e north by the HlI1du Kush range), th en throu~h the Shibar Pass (9,800 feet) to the Bamlan valley.. The tIme recognised fo r takll1g th iS tl'lP of 145 miles is 10 hours. In the valleys the la nd IS cultIvated each Side of the road, and the

ro ughl y made culverts over the conn ecti ng w~ter chann els chec~ed the spe~d o~ the ca r In

places eve ry 200 or 300 yards.

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mil es st retch of valleys except gral ll and ex tenSive crops of sma ll broad beans. A bright blue flower of the cornflower fam it y occasionally added patches of co lour. M asses of

wi ld pink gy psoph ili s had already gone to seed. Ba mian (8,320 feet) is of great a rchreo logicai interest., J~ is an ~nc i.e nt city of caves cut out of the rocky cli ff. S.ome tw~lve thousand caves eX.1st 111 the d l s~l'lct and a ~ew a~'e still occ upied. Many a re hi ghly fin ished and adorned With c~rved fr ~ ez~s, espeCIall y 111 the cha mbers which were doubtless lIsed as temples , Some remall1s of pamtll1gs on the wa ll s are still to be seen, but most of the m have been obl ite rated by smok e from fires mad e by the inhabita nts. The city dates from 100 A.D. and was on the ancient trade route from Ba lkh and Cen tral Asia to India ,

Th ree fi gures are carved in ni ches in the clifTs, 173, 120 and 3 1 feet high respectively.

They have been badl y treated bec~luse the upper part of the faces have been remo ved and

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Lesser dalllage

was don e by Bachai-i-Saqao with rifle fire in 1929. In th e two largest fi gures it is possibl e to enter passages ~Uld Ch ~lI~l~e rS in the feet and climb unti l one co mes out on lop of the head, Th e crumb li ng con ditIOn of th e passages ' does not now per mit this being don e with saf~ ty so ~e had to becontent,with goi ng lip the

cl ifT side until level with th e shoulders of the hi ghest fi gu re and then enterll1g dark and now pro pped-up passages, eventua ll y find in g ourselves standin g on the eight yards wi~e patch of head. Painted groups in the arch above the head a nd on th e ,wa lls ,of the l1Iche ,are still in fairl y good co ndition, There a r~ several books w ritten ~n t~IS subj ect, bo~h anc ient an d modern , by English, F rench, Ch lllese and oth er a ut l,10 I'1 t~t1 :,e arc hre.ologlsts, ~he

most reliable authority states that the figures are of Buddhist ol"lgm- certa ,nly Buddh ism flo uri shed here before th e advent of Mohammedanism,

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T he a ncient Mo ham meda n rock city of Shahr-i-Gholgho la, o n t he so uth side of th e va lley, was dest royed- li ke so ma ny others- by Gengh is Kh a n in 1222 . A G ove rn ment' hotel in the d istri ct beca me o ur headquarters for two days. Loca l chicken, eggs and A fgha n bread augmented Oll r store of tinn ed food, (l nd water, which we loo k the preca ution to boil , cam e fro m the nca rby st ream . The controller of Bamian was a most afra ble co mpan ion and an a uthoritative guide to the caves and figures of the di stric t. O n slich occasions he d ressed in Euro pea n clothes. Over cups of green tca we were to ld inleres tin g histo rica l facts. H e had learn t a litt le French from the French archreoiog ica l ex ped itio n ope rati ng in th e vici nity. O n the other ha nd our ever~s m i lin g hotel host conversed in a tan talising mixtu re of F rench. Persian and U rdu , throwin g in an occasiona l wo rd of Englis h. O ur nex t visil was to Band- i-A mi r, a furth er 45 mi les wes l. O n the way we met a carava n of powinders, presumably migrating fro l11 the now cold mOllntains to the wa rmer w inter of Central lndia- three o r four months' journey! T here were we ll-laden ca mels, po nies and donkeys. O ne ca mel was a proud (aren 't they all proud ?) ca rrier of a babe which was in an extra large outsize coloured handkerchief secured hammock fas hion fro m

the side of tbe saddle. A n aged co uple nearer 80 than 70, feeb le a nd wrinkled, were a llowed to ride astride do n keys. Some chi ckens and small chi ldre n we re pe rc hed co ntentedl y on ca mels. Othe rwise a ll had to wa lk. In the rea r a herd of shcep a nd goats was co ntro lled by th ree stro ng, hea lthy yo un g wo men wit h the .sheep-dog-like help of th e childre n of the party between th e ages of about fi ve and eight. Wh en we returned a few hours later we found th em camped co nte ntedly, look ing as if they had se tt led there leas t two or three days.

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was good . Nex t, Band- i-A mir. In the mi dst o f dry, sa nd y-colou red mo untains, un distur bed by Nature or ma n so that the surface of th c wate r lay like a hi ghly polished , deep-colo ured emerald, we re glorio us moun tain lakes. At one end , th e lake basin was 60 feet above th e gro und level. At the ot her, t he hills rosc 600 to 900 feet above the level of t he wate r. Two miles of irregular expanses of softly glea ming emera ld varying in w idth without tho ught of mathematica l reaso n fro m 600 ya rds to 20 yards. T he lakes are approxim[l tely

10,000 feet above sea level a nd we ll wo rt h th e vis it. F rom th e ho te l at Ba mi a n a sho rt ca r tr ip ena bled us to fis h near the junction o f the Bam ian and F uladi st reams,

A few trout and chush gave us an afternoon 's amu sement.

We were not equi pped fo r fis hing. We accepted the a ngle r 's experi e nces as related at the Lega t io n at K ab ul as a c ha lle nge to o ur ab ility to im provise with the ri ghtl y ab used bent pin . But th e local shika ri produced fo r us two ro ugh eight foot sticks co m ple te with a sim ilar length of string and a real hoo k. Gra nd ! But after landin g four trout, one hook was taken an d a frui tless sea rch for pin s threa tened to cast a li tt le gloo m on the outing. A wa nderin g wire paper-fastener ca me to light, however, was halved, a nd fashioned in to

a hoo k, a nd was n 't lo ng in la nd in g five mo re fis h. T he d river t ho ug ht he might jusL as we ll join in t he spo rt, so attached t be ot he r half of theÂˇ usefu l fastener to a length of cop pe r wi re fro m his too l box a nd pro mp tly proceeded to deprive the strea m of yet a noL her fool of a fis h. Nex t mo rn ing's breakfast was early b ut tasty. 1n the cooler mo nths fo ur pound and five pound trou t are not unco mmon.

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We had hoped to get nearer to t he no rther n border bu t t he t hne ava ila ble was not

sufficie nt. A lso, we had not pressed to get the ,renn lsslOn which It IS adVisa ble to obt~ 1I1 to go north of the Hindu Ku sh. O n th e return Journey, however, we went about ten n~ !1 es along th e G rea t Nort h Roa d toward s the R~ ss i a n b order before tu rn ing back. T he h ~l g ht

a nd ruggedn ess o f th e go rges a nd defiles whi c h c ut th ro ugh th e wes te rn s lo pes of the H indu

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own bord er tr ibes- in fact, the terr itory of M ohmand s and Shi nwa r.l s s tre~ches as fa r

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west as l a la labad . Kab ul itself is bi-lingual, bot h Pushtu a nd Pe rsian belllg spo ke n. Wes t of Ka bu l a nd to th e no rth , Pushtu is und e rstood less a nd less until b eyo nd the Ko h-IBaba the in habi tant s are more of a T urkoman type and speak P~rs l a n . H ere chapll s or sa nd a ls a re ha rdly eve r met with, boots a nd puttees (of a sort) being wo rn . .In Ka bul it was no ticeable th at wome n were rarely seen and those that we re ~en t heavil y veiled. Nea rl y all the male inhabi tant s of any age.at all wor.e bear,ds and certall1 ly appeared to be of good physique, Th ere we re man y raCia l types, Incl udlllg those from I ra n and across

the Ox us. M oving seven of o ur len da ys slowly in a car over poor road s .i ~ no rest cure, but ~e Genera ll y, we fo und th at. Bl'ltlsh goods ar~ more 111 use th an th ose of oth er countries and that there is oll ly o ne RU SS ian petrol depot 111 K abul , among many of Brit ish origin . O ur mi leage, excl udi ng the G rea t No rth R oa d and loca l tri ps, was :-

saw a lot of th e country and it s ways.

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I lefL Lo nd o n durin g th e mid d le of August, to trave l o n a n Ha lia n liner fro m Ge noa .. . Wh en we arrived at Na ples it was 10.30 a. m.; and we remained there till 5,30 p ..m.

We shou ld have left at 2 p. m. but had to ta ke o n suppli es for Shan ghai, as we are to pick lip It.al ian troops at Massowa h fo r Shanghai. A t Naples I went on shore after fil li ng up an enorm o us form and s h~wi n g passport and ticket. I we nt with a Scots m~ n a n ~ a Germ an who could spea k italian. A fter much argument he persuaded a ma n WIth a lI ap

to d ri ve' us ro und Na ples fo r a n ho ur fo r 10 lire.

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wheels. The real beauty of Naples is the lown in Ihe ba y of Naples seen a s you approac h from Ihe ship. We passed on both sides of the Isle of Capri , on one side goin g in and on Ihe other goin g out. The isla nd looked wo nd e rful wil h Ih e s un settin g just behind it.

it is an education in itself, tra velling on this boat, as I have never seen such a cosmopolitan coll ection of people. There are ve ry few En glish, bUI for al l thai Engl ish

is spoken more than anyt hing else, except perhaps Italian. I ha ve come across Germans talkin g to Chinese, Ita lians to Germans a nd Indian s, .I ndians to Ch inese a nd Ger ma ns and in every case th e conversation is held in En gli sh.

Engl ish and not French see ll1 ~

to be the lnternatio nal language, as I ha ve heard little of the latt er. I have hard ly come across anyone who cannot speak English. Everything on the boat is written up in I talia n a nd English, including the menus, on which no French appea rs. There a re a number of people bound for Shanghai but they doubl whelher they will be a ll owed to go further tha n Hon g K o ng .... . . The fronti er mail train left Bo mba y a19.30 p.m. and I go t a berth in the through carriage to Kalka. The berth consisted of a poorly uphol ste red seat , on wh ich I la id out my bedding wh ich 1 had in a ho ld-a ll, and I had a very good nighl 's sleep on eac h of the two ni g hts

in the train. On the journey we had th ree heavy falls of rain which helped to get rid of the dust wh ich in a ny case is bad enough. The stations are very open and lacking in wa iting rOOI11S, etc. They ra rely brought the whole train into the platform, and as I was in t he end coach we nearly always got ou t on to. the line. Whenever it stopped everyone gal Ollt as a matter of co urse and wa nd e red abollt t he linc, and w he n we wa nt ed to go to the din ing car we walked a long the line and platform to it at one stop a nd came back aL a Jater one. J nearly got left beh ind at Delhi, as l was some way from my coach when they blew a whistle to go and I event ua lly got in when t he tra in was moving.

At Kalka J was met by a ca r. T he drive up to Sa nawar was wo nderfu l, the road going in a nd o ut and round the mounta ins, just li ke the railway o n the Sl. Got ha rd. The hills round here (Sanawar) arc indescribably beau ti fu l, and the air much rareified. as we are 6,000 feet up, and there a re wonderfu l views of Simla (60 miles away) and the Himalayas.

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Thi s match wa s played on Bl orc 's Piece 011 October 2nd and resulted in a w ill for the

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by 17 points to nil. Th is was the first match of th e seaso ll and it took some lime

for the School to sell Ie down.

The game started with a number of forward ru shes, and

the first try of the season was sco red by Spencer, who fell on th e ball after one of them. Durnford followed thi s lip by sco rin g under identica l circu mstances. Lat er on in the

first hair a pena lty was kicked by Hurrord, bringing the Score up to 9- 0. Th e School played downhill in the second half and it could be seen thai the pa ce was

telling on the opposit ion ; two more tries we re sco red from forward ru shes by Spencer and Youn g, both of which we re converted by Hurford. Th e game fini shed with no furth er score.

The rOllowin g rep resented Ihe School :- Q. Brown ; D. L. Hurrord, D. G. Carter P. D. V. Strallen , D. F. L. Evans; G. Willsdo n, R. F. W. Gri ndal ; K. T. G raham , W. C: Young, A. M. Durnro rd , 1-1. P. Wortham, M. C. A. Spencer, A. M. Dean, T. A. Watts, J. M. B. Pratt. K ING'S SCHOOL , CANTERB URY I

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Thi s match was played on Bl a re's all October 9th, and resulted in a win for th e C lub

by th ree tries to one goa l. The School pressed rrom the kick-off, and afte r a bo ut eigh t minutes' play, Hurrord cut thro ug h, on ly to be tackled on th e line. The Park th en took the ball up th e field and sco red twice in quick succession, neither try being conve rted . A penalty kick nea r the touch-l ine wa s th en awarded to the School, wh ich wa s mi ssed by the narrowest of margins. Rosslyn Park scored anoth er uncon verted try to

bring the sco re to 9- 0 in the first hair.

I n the second half, the Schoo l rallied , and after a shor t tim e Hurford cut through to

score between the posts, and was successrul with the kick.

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the Park "25" most or the second half, but were unable to score.

The following represented the Schoo l :- 0. G. Ca rter ; D. F. L. Eva ns, P. D. V. Strallen, D. L. Hurrord, D. A. Wil kinson ; M. N. Lumb, G. B. Go ud ge; K. T. Gra ham, W. C. Young, A. M. Durnford, H. P. Wortham , M . C. A. Spencer, A . M. Dean , T. A. Walts, N. C. Kin g. K ING'S S CHOOL, CANTERB U RY )I BLAC KHEAT H " A " On Saturday, October 16th, the School played Black heat h " A " on Blore's. It was idea l rugger weather and th e thickness of the grass atoned for any hardness of the ground.

The School pack had now played toget her ror three weeks and had settled down. Unrortunately the three-quarter line was still in an experim ental stage. Throughout the game tbe packs played hard and fast, the School rorward-rushes pro ving very effective . Blackheath possessed a very efficient three-quarter line and in their two insides, two exceptionally rast runners. In this the School could not hold their Own a nd Blackheath scored many tries tbrough long individua l run s.

Blackheath wo n 29- 6, having scored 4 goals (20) and 3 tries (9).

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commendable, if by mi stakes of the visitors, fo r Hurford kicked two magnifice nt pena lties. Th e School pack had a good and keen game and the three-qua rter line mu st have ga ined any amount of experience from the Blackheath tac tics.

The fo llowing represented the School :- 0. G. Ca rter, D. F. L. Eva ns, D. L. Hurford , P. D. Strallen, A. H. Lovelace, M. Lumb, J. B. Goudge, K. T. Graham, W. C. Young, A. M. Durnford, 1-1. P. Wortham, M. C. A. Spencer, A. M. Dean, T. A. Watts, N. C. King.

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K, NO 'S SC HOOL , CANTER BURY I' R.M.A ., WOOLW ICH The School pla yed the R.M. A. at Woo lwic h on Wedn esday, October 20th , and lost 3-- 19. Owing to the ext remely hard nature of the ground , th e ga me o pened very fast, a nd after abou t ten minutes the Sho p we nt ove r to sco re an un co nver ted try. The Schoo l iml11ediately rallied and pressed hard for several minutes culmin a tin g in a penalt y kick being given aga inst the Shop for offside. Hurford kick ed an excellent goal, thus levell ing the scores . Before half-time the R.M.A. , who were heeling very quick ly in the tight and in the loose, we nL over to sco re a noth er try, whic h was co nverted, and at half-t ime th e score stood at 8- 3. Play remained equal fo r so me tim e after th e inte rval, but about a quarter of an hour from th e e nd th e superior size a nd stamina of Q lIr o ppo ne nts manifes ted itself, and the Shop sco red two more tries a nd anoth e r goal , leavin g the fi nal score at 3- 19. The fo llowing represen ted th e Sc hool :- Q. Brown , A. H. Lovelace, D . l.. Hurford, D. G. Ca rte l', M. M. Maliorie, M. Lumb, J. B. Go ud ge, K. T. Graham , W. C. Youn g, A. M. Durnford, H . P. Wortham, M. C. A. Spencer, N. C. Kin g, M. B. Creed, 1. S. Wa yland.

KI NG'S SC HOOL., CANTERB URY l' MER CH ANT T AYLOR 'S SCI-IOOL

Played on Blore's Piece o n Wednesday, October 27th ; a win for the Scho o l by I goa l a nd 2 tr ies to I try (1 1- 3). Fortunately th e ground was sticky as the res ult of rain th e night before; and takin g adva nta ge of thi s, th e Schoo l dominated the pla y fro m th e star t. After about twe nt y mi nutes, Wilkin son , at stand-ofT ha lf, c ut through and sco red be tween th e posts. Th is try was co nverted by Hurford. At the beginnin g of the seco nd half the visiting team pressed hard , but the School, by a se ri es of forward-ru shes, took th e ga me into th e o pponent's twenty-five; and Brown at win g- th ree-quarter ma na ged to score nea r t he corner flag after a quick heel from a loose serum. T owa rd s th e end of th e game, th e School co ntinued to press and one more try was sco red from a for wa rd -ru sh. The follow ing represented the School :- 0. G. Ca rte r, 1. H. P. Gibb, D. L. Hurfo rd . A. H. Lovelace, Q. Brown, D. A. Wilkin so n, R. F. W. Gr inda l. K. T. G raha m, W. C. Yo un g, A . M. Durnford , H. P. Wortham , M. C. A. Spe nce r, A. M. Dean, T. A. Watts, T. N . Dona ldson. v ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE, R AMSGATE Th is matc h was pla yed at Ramsgate on Saturday, Octo be r 30th, and res ulted in a win for the Schoo l by 2 1 points to nil. The match was played o n extremely hard ground and t.here was a strong cross-wind. The Schoo l pressed from the sta rt and it was no t until abou t twenty minutes after the sta rt that Hurfo rd kicked two good pena lty goals one after the othe r. Afte r a quic k heel, Wilkin son cut throu gh and sco red, th e ki ck fa ilin g. Thu s the sco re a t half- time was 9- 0 to the Schoo l. SOOI1 after the res tart, Brown scored two tries in qu ick succession on the blind side. Neither was co nverted. St. Lawre nce th en mad e one or two 'g ood move me nts, but our defence was sure and they failed to score. Afte r a forward ru sh, Young tOllched the ba ll down, and aga in the kick fa iled. Five minutes before the end, Carter, j o ining in a three-qua rter move ment, scored near the corne r flag. lea ving the score 2 1- 0 in o ur favo ur. Alt hough the School did not play up to form , they d id well to win comfortably und e r. the .difficult weath er co ndition s. KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANT ERB URY

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The foll owing rep resented the School :- D. G. Ca rte r, J. H. P. G ib b, D. L. HUi fo rd, A. H. Lovelace, Q. Brown, D. A. Wilkinson, R. F. W. G rindal , K. T. G ra ham, W C. Youn g, A. M. Durn fo rd , H. P. Wo rtham , M. C. A. Spe ncer, T. A. Watts, T . N. Do na ld son, R. J. Holden. KI NG'S SC HOOL, CANT ERB URY

EAST BOU RNE COL LEGE

O n Saturda y, Nove mber 6th, the School met Eastbo urne o n Bl a re's und er idea l pla yin g conditi ons.

Th e School were beate n by a side with faster and mo re ex perienced

backs by 5 tri es ( 15 points) to 2 pena lt y goa ls (6 points). The o pposing scrum was ve ry much the heavier, and owing to th e absence of th e Schoo l hooker, the Eastbourne back di vision was kept very bu sy. Following so me good passing movement s led by H epburn ,

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Kin g and W orth am, and also to Ca rter, who pla yed a magnificent gam e at full-bac k.

The fo llowing represented the School :- D. G . Ca rter, J . H. P. Gi bb, D. L. Hurfo rd , A. H. Lo velace, Q. Brown, D. A. Wilkin son, R . F . W. G rind a l, K. T. G raha m, W. C. Yo un g, A. M. Durnfo rd, H . P. Wo rtha m, M. C. A. Spencer, T. A. Watts, T. N . Do naldso n, N. C. Kin g.

K ING'S SCHOOL, CANT ERBURY I' KI NG'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, WIMBLEDON

Thi s match was played o n Bla re's Piece o n Nove mber 17th , a nd res ulted in a win fo r the School by 13 points (2 goa ls, I try) to nil. The School played downhill in the firs t ha lf, o n a wet pitch, a nd in a fin e dri zzle. The School fo rwa rds do mina ted their o ppo nents fro m the sta rt, but the three-quarters failed to hold the sli ppery ball , and many chances of scorin g we re lost. However, after a quick heel, Wilkinson cut through and scored between the posts. This was co nverted by Hurfo rd . The score was 5- 0 a t half- time.

In the seco nd half, th e forwa rd s pressed more stron gly, and after a forward ru sh,

Graha m scored the second lry, whic h was no t conver ted. The game continued uneventfull y unt il after a good three-qua rter move ment, Hurfo rd scored and converted a try, brin ging the score to 13-0, before" no-side. "

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a nd the School o ught to have scored mOre than they did. The following represented the School :- D. G. Ca rter ; G. Willsdo n, D. L. Hurfo rd , A. H. Lovelace, Q. Brown ; D. A. Wilkinson, R. F. W. G rin da l ; K. T. G raha m, W. C. Yo un g, A. M. Durnfo rd , H. P. Wo rtham, M. C. A. Spencer, A. M. Dea n, T. A. Watts, T. N . D o naldson. K I NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERB URY

SUT1"ON V A LENCE S CH OO L

T his match was pl ayed at Sutton Va lence on Saturd ay, November 27 th , a nd resul ted

in a win fo r the School by 34 points to 6. The School sta rt ed off rather slowly a nd lost severa l good openings. Aft er a bo ut fifteen minutes' play, Hurfo rd sco red the first try fro m a line o ut , and kicked the goa l. The School then settled down a nd Wilkinso n cut throu gh cleverl y to seore almost between the posts. Hurfo rd con vert ed the try. The School lost much of the g ro und they ga ined by bein g off-side, and Sulto n Va lence scored

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In the second half, the Schoo l played better and tries were scored by Willsdon, Spencer (2). Yo ung ( I) a nd Brow n (I), two of which were conve rted by Hurford. T he fo llowing represented the Schoo l :- D. G. Ca rte r, Q. Brow n, D. L. Hurford, A. H. Lovelace, G. Will sdo n, D. A. Wi lk inso n, R. F. W. Grinda l, K. T . G rah am, W. C. Yo un g, A. M. Durnford, H. P. Worth a m, M. C. A. Spencer, A. M. Dea n, T. A. Wat ts, R. N. Do na ldso n. K ING'S SCHOOL, CANTERB URY I' FE LST ED

This match was played at Felsted on Tuesday, November 30th ; the ho me side wo n by I I poin ts to nil, after a gam e which was ve ry much more even than mi ght be judged

fro m the score. Ind eed, fo r the g reater pa rt of the ga me it was the School which was pressing. Felsted kicked off, and the School fo rwa rds qui ckly carried the ba ll into their opponents' "25" an d ca me nca r to sco rin g severa l times . Eventuall y, however, th e School forwards heeled th e ba ll fro m a loose scrum ; in the ensuing three-quarte r movement, a pass we nt w ide; thi s gave Felsted their chance, and picking th e ba ll up neatly,

the Felsted inside- left got away. Altho ugh he had a good sta rt fro m the School threeq ua rte rs, who had to turn , it seemed a t first that he would be ca ught; but he outra n hi s pursuers, a nd scored a fi ne try between the posts. T he try was co nve rt ed . T he School then pressed with redo ubled strengt h, but the Felsted defence proved in vulnera ble. T here was no fur ther score before hal f- time.

After the kick-off fo r the seco nd ha lf, the home side bega n pressi ng with some good three-quarter movements. Shortly afterwa rd s, a penalty was give n aga inst the Schoo l. and a goal was kicked . Fel sted con tinued to press, and w hen about twe nt y minutes re mained, a fi ne three-quart er movement resulted in a try; the kick was not successful.

After th is the School ra ll ied, a nd the rest of the ga me was played inside the Felsted ha lf. It seemed that the School wo uld score a t a ny mo ment, but the Felsted defence o nce aga in showed its strength , and the gam e ended w ithout further score.

The following represented the School :- D. G. Carter ; D. A. Wilk inso n, D. L. Hurfo rd, D. F. L. Eva ns, Q. Brown ; G. Will sdon, R. F. W. Grind al : K. T. G ra ha m, W. C. Yo ung, A. M. Durnfo rd , H. P. Wo rth a m, M. C. A. Spencer, A. M. Dean , T . A. Wa tts, R. N. Donaldson.

R ETROS PECT Wi th seven Old Colo urs- fo ur of them fo rwards a nd th ree outsides- the prospects for the seaso n we re bright. O n the whole the season has undoubtedl y been a good one, although not up to anticipa ti o ns. I n three of the School matches in which we we re successfu l- aga inst St. Lawrence, agai nst K .C .S. , W imbledon, and aga inst Sutto n V alence- the School hard ly ca me up to expectations. Possibly the matches in which we most distin gu ished ou rselves were those against R osslyn Pa rk and M erchant Taylor's; and we were by no means disgraced agai nst a fi ne Eastbourne side.

T he st rength of the side has lai n in a ve ry good pack- fas t and ha rd -workin g, we ll led by G raham, and distin guis hed by th e fi ne play of Spencer at wing fo rwa rd . Th e th reequar ters have lacked th rust and dash, and have too repeated ly let down the good wo rk of the forwa rd s. The shifting of Ca rter to back earl y in the season proved a tremend ous

suooess ; he played man y great ga mes fo r the School. Attogether it has been a seaso n of grecll hopes, and co nsidera ble success, wi th o ut achieving all tha t we had w ished.

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SCHOOL HOUSE I' GRANGE This was a hard ga me in which Iwo stron g packs were opposed to each other without eit her side ha ving much sco rin g power.

Pletts, ho wever, managed to score a rather lucky

Iry five minutes from Ihe end for Schoo l Ho use to win by 3 poinlS to nil. WALPOLE HOUSE

M AR LOWE HOUSE

Wa lpole was very much the better side, particula rly in the th ree-quarters.

Although

the Marlowe defence wo rk ed hard, they were unable to prevent the Walpole backs scoring

frequently, in the majority of cases throu gh Hurford.

The score was 33- 0.

THE FINAL OF THE HOUS E MAT CHES SCHOOL HOUSE v WA LPOLE Thi s match was played on Blare 's Piece on Satu rday, Dece mber 4th , Wa lpole winn ing by a pena lty goa l and a try to nil. The ground was very wet after heavy rain , which

ha ndicapped the Wa lpole three-quarters. Wa lpole won the toss and kicked off. The School House forwards at o nce took the ball into their opponents' ha lf and held it there for the first quarter of th e ga me, du ring which Purvi s was un lucky not to sco re two penalty

goa ls for School Ho use. Walpole then forced the ball into the School House half, where it remained till haJf-time. The rest of the game co nsisted of a grim defence by Schoo l House against their o pponents' superior three-qua rters. After ten minutes' hard play, Hurford scored for Walpole by a penalty kick , which made the score 3- 0. School House reta liated with fo rwa rd rushes but towards the end of the game, Hurford evaded the School House defence and scored in the co rner.

T he try was not co nverted .

School House, who were playing

the " Welsh c up defence," we re successful in keepi ng off the Wa lpole attacks dur ing the remainder of the ga me. Walpole deserved their victory, thou gh their greatly superior backs fell rather often inlo a sim ple trap, a nd their fO I'wards allowed the School I-l ouse pack

use the touch- lines co ntinuall y.

HALL MATCHES School House } Marlowe 13- 6} Marlowe Walpole Walpole 25- 0} . Meister Omers} Gr,tnge 3- 0 Grange Grange 11- 8 , SENIOR AND JUNIOR LEAGUES The School ga mes have been run on a league system thi s term , and much more interest ha s co nsequently been sho wn. Each House ran a Senior and a Junior L eague, the former playing every other Senior League four times, the Jun iors playing each other twice. Three points were given for a win in the Senior League, and two for a draw; in the Junior League it was two for a win, and one for a draw. The sys tem gave interest to every game, and rugger this term ha s been more enj oyable than in the past. The games are not yet finished but it wi ll be seen that th e Grange is already assured of victory .

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HOCKEY PROSPECT The prospects of the hockey team for their all too short season appear to be quite bright. It is true that there are only two Colours remaining from last year, Page and Grindal, who formed the right wing of last year 's forward line, but there is a number of people who have had considerable experience of first eleven hockey. Of a number of probable forward s, Lovelace and Townsend seem the most likely to gain places. In the defence there would

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appear to be less ta lent to draw upon. Hooper last year showed promise in the goal , and Mallor ie, Brown , Dona ldson and Dean should find places in the defence. We are lucky to have one or two very promising ne wcomers, who, if they can live up to the reputation s wh ich have come here with them, should come very near winning a place in

the eleven.

FIVES

CL UB

Increasing keenness has been shown throughout the term. There are now about one hundred members of the Clu b, many of whom play regularly. Next term there are over ten matches, including fixtures with tbe Rugby Fives Association, the Jesters, Guy 's and Bart's Hospitals, Sutton Va lence and Eastbourne. The Parrots ' fives court bas been repaired and it is hoped that by next term the two courts will be available. We are very grateful to Mr. Tong for tbe great interest be bas shown in tbe club tbis term.

BOXING

CLUB

The membership this te rm has been the largest for a great many years, but in spite of this the attendances have not been very large. Tbe Club took a long time to settle down, chiefly owing to the School Play, and the Certificate " A" Examinations. However, once these were finished, tbe attendances were better than usual. Matches arranged witb Cranleigh and Dover had to be scratched, owing to an excessive number of our team being out of School. The House Boxing Competition has been started; there is a Junior and a Senior Class. An account of this will appear in next term's Cantuariall. It is hoped that in future all inter-school matches will be held in the Lent Term, and

tbat the whole of the Micbaelmas Term may be had for coacbing by Houses, and tbe Inter-House Competition. This will enable a fair idea of a possible team to be formed in the Michaelmas Term, which can get into training at the beginning of the Lent Term, instead of wasting time for two or three weeks. It is hoped that matches will be held with Eastbourne and Dover, and possibly there will be aile or two others.

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The Cl ub has had , on the whole. a sliccessful lerm , winning two out of three assau lts. The three fixtures were agai nst the R.A.F. at Manston, Wye College, and Eastbo urne College.

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In the fi rst assa ult, again st Manston, the School won by 21- 11 fi ghts. The team consisted of foils and sa bres, as in all other matches this term, and the foi lis ts won by a sufficient margin to allow for the losses in sabre. The next assa ult was against Wye College. The foili sts wo n well, but the sa bres lost what the foils had gained, and the School lost by 2 fights, the score being 17- 15. Tlle last and most important match of the term was against Eastbo urne College. The foil s sbowed a high sta nda rd of fen cing and wo n by 11 - 5; although the sabres lost 4- 5, th ey showed a marked improvement, probably due to the experience gai ned in former

assau lts th is term. The School won this assault by 16- 10 fights. As a result of this match, J. M. B. Pra tt and J . C. Go uldsbury we re awarded thei r Fencing Colo urs. The followin g have represented the School :- G. N. B. Pletts, T. G. Yearwood , R. F. W. Grindal, K. R. M. Sandford, R. COI'ben, J. M. B. Pratt, J. C. Gouldsbury, J . S. Wayland.

SWIMMING The swimming season this year has been made morc enjoya ble by the possession of Our own baths. These are situa ted on the north side of Blore's a nd were in use from the first week of June. Their dimensions are 100 feet by 36 feet and slope from 3-6 inches to a maximum depth of 9 feet, with a modern di ving pit. Di ving boards ha ve been erected in accordance with tbe latest recom mendations of the Amateur Diving Association a nd have proved a great stimulus to diving in the School.

The usual training in Life-Saving has been carried out with success. awards bave been made by the Royal Life-Saving Society :_

The followin g

AWARD OF M ERIT (SILVER M EDALLlON)- B. W. Fearon, D. H. Freeland, C. J. C. Mackenzie-Kennedy, J . P. Sampson, H. G . Yearwood.

INTERMEDIATE AND BRONZE MEDALS- S. L. Anderson, G . B. Armstrong, P. T. Ballantyne, Q. Brown, R. N. Capel-Smith, J . M. Cremer, P. Dowman, L. Edwards, D. M. D. Evans, W. R. Fischl, R. A. W. Grove, W. T. Hinds, A. J. B. Hughes, L. A. Kenny, G. A. Lomas, G. Lumb, D. S. Madge, K. S. Madge, G. H. Powell, J. K. Purvis, R. H . Rothery, N. Scarfe, p. T. Simms, p. Starnes, H. R. R. Steele, M. C. TrousdelJ, N. R. Vernede, J. R. G. Walters, R. D . Wood. BAR TO BRONZE- R. M. G. La yla nd. INTERMEDIATE- D. Lampard. F tRST CLASS INSTRUcrOR-J. R. E. Paynter, Esq.

We are very gra teful to Mr. Gorman, Mr. Avery and Mr. Paynter for their great help in the swjmnting and to Spencer for orga nising and running off the swi mming heats d uring thc term.

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SWIMMI NG S PORTS The swimming sports were held this year on the last Sunday of the Summer Te rm in so mewhat unsettled weather.

W e were, however, fortunate in bei ng able to welcome

a large number of visitors whose visit was made possible by the chan ge in the date of the event. Mr. Justice Luxmoore, O . K.S ., performed the officia l openi ng of the baths.

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course of his witty speech, he said that in his day a swimming bath wo uld have been considered an unnecessary luxury. H e concluded hi s speech with an amu si ng anecdot e;

he then declared the baths open. I.

100 YARDS, UNDeR 16, FREE STYLE 1st, A . H. Lo ve lace (M .); 2nd , Lova tt (S. H.) ; 3rd , Trousdell (M.O.) . Time: I min . 13 sees.

100 YARDS, OPEN, FREE STYLE 1st, Fearon (G.) ; 2nd , Gibb (G.); 3rd, Freeland (G.).

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Time ." I min. 17!; sees .

PLUNGE, UNDER 16 1st, P. L. Lovelace (M.); 2nd , Lova tt (S.H.) ; 3rd, C remer (S.H.). 47 ft. 9t ins. (record) HOUSE MEDLEY ' RELAY (4 X 100 ft.) 1st, Grange ; 2nd , M eister Omers ; 3rd , School H o use.

Time.' I min. 30 sees-

(reco rd) 5.

25 YARDS, UNDER IS, FREE STYLE 1st, Tro usdell ( M.O.) ; 2nd , Pur vis (S . H.),a nd D. S. Madge (G.).

Tillie: 17 sees.

PLUNGE, OPBN

1st, Alexander (S.H .) ; 2nd, Watts (G.); 3rd , M. N. Llimb (W.). 54 ft. 2 ins. (record) 7. '1

Length :

50 YARDS, UNDER 16, BREAST STROKE 1st, Lovatt (S.H.); 2nd, Barry (M.O.); 3rd , Lock (M.O.).

Lengt!l:

Time: 44 sees .

L IFE-SAVING 1st, M. N. Lumb (W .); 2nd , Layland (G.); 3rd , Q. Brow n (M .). Time: 23 sees. (record)

H IGH DIVE

1st, Lewis (M.O.); 2nd, Eva ns (G.) ; 3rd , Spencer (G .) 10.

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50 YAROS, OPEN, BREAST STROKE 1st, T . G. Yearwood (S.H.); 2nd, Fearon (G.) ; 3rd, Steele (M.O.). 40i sees. HOUSE RELAY 1st, Grange ; 2nd , Schoo! H ouse;

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3rd , Meister Omers.

Tillie:

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SURFACE DIVING

1st, Steele (M.O.) ; 2nd, Wortham (M.O.); 3rd, Lampard (G .) 13.

50 YARDS , OPEN, BACK STROKE

1st, T. G. Yearwood (S.H.); 2nd G 'bb (G) , I . ; 3rd, A. H. Lovelace (M .). Time.' 37k secs. (record) 14.

SPRI NGBOARD D,VE

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O .K.S. RELAY

1st, T. G. Yearwood (S.H.); 2nd, Spencer (G.) and Alexander (S.H.) 1st, School; 2nd, O.K.S. Winning Team.' Fearon A H Lovelace GI'bb T G Y (0 . ' . . " '" ea rwood Races h~~~gt~O b~h~e~~!~d.)ce in length the records of the House Relays and Life-Saving TABLE OF POINTS ' II

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CO RRESPONDENCE A correspondent writes :Dean Faculty Medicine, Cantabury. Dear Sir, Please be good enough to send me the calendar and prospectus of the University, together with the necessa ry application form s to yo ur school for the session commencing October 1937. [Call it be that lVe have in " Cantabury .. a potential rival to Oxford or Cambridge ?) To the Editors of " THE CANTUARIAN ." Dea r Sirs, I'm afraid there's hardly a sou l left whom I remember, but at any rate, I thought I 'd write. I like the new CantuQr;an very much, the cover and the photos; it 's so much fresher in every way from the rather dingy product of the past! Yours. etc.,

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Officers ' Mess, Poona Horse. our space, we are unable to print the poem

[We regret that owing to grea t pressure 011 enclosed in this letter.- Eds. ) To the Editors of " THE CANTUA RI AN ... Dear Sirs, It is said that the public school boy is cast upon the world with two dead languages and the old school tie. Must this lamentable state of affairs continue? Let the boy of the future be thrown into the world with , of course, these excellent institutions, and at least one of the social graces. So could not a Bridge Club be formed whereby the unfortunate boy, of whose education the most importa nt part has been neglected, may remedy part of this deficiency? For bridge is an excellent mind trainer as well as a social asset. Yours, etc., ONE OF THE UNEDUCATED.

[There is hardly time, we think,Jor this otherwise admirable recreation . We doubt, too , whether there 1V0uid be any very general approval for this scheme.- Eds. ] To the Editors oJ" THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs, On behalf of the Rugger Club and the 1st and 2nd XV's, I would like to take this opportunity of expressing my great appreciation of all Mr. luckes and Mr. Gorman have done for the XV's this term; and to Mr. Sherwood and Mr. Tong for their great interest in, and coaching of the two Colts' XV's. Lastly I would like to thank all those masters who have helped so greatl y with most enthusiastic coachin g to make the new League System the success it has proved itself to be. I feel certain I am fulfilling the general wish of the Ruggel' Club in now stating our gra titude. I wish also to thank the Staff, who ha ve presented a Cup fo r the House with the best record in " the Leagues. " I am, Sirs, yours, etc., K. T . GRAHAM,

Captain of Rugger. 293

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"TH E BRTTISH SPO RTS L ETTE R " 2 Cop t hall Buildings, London, E .C .2. December, 1937. D ear Sirs, r sho uld be gra teful if yo u cou ld bring to the notice of yo u r readers my new pu blica li o n, The British Sports Lefler, th e fi rst nu mber of whi c h a ppea red o n Dece mber 1st. Tn The Br itish SpO/'lS L eifer L wi ll ai m to give my subscribers, week cl ear and detailed pic tu re of gam es at ho me.

by week , a top ical,

Secondl y, the re will be a wide selec ti on of Res ults so tha i th ey may fo llow reg u!arl y th e activities of their parti cular U ni ve rsities, Schools and C lu bs .

Third ly, there will be a wee kly- revised lisl o f Comi ng Eve nts-Âˇdesigned primarily 10 assist subscribers in fi xing th eir Leaves. F ourthly, a Book Section will keep subscribe rs in for med of the publicati o n of a ll new sporting boo ks, with a " potted " review of each. T he subscri ptio n wi ll be one guin ea a yea r. I shall be pleased to send a speci me n letter to an yone who may be in terested , on a pplica ti o n to me at the a bove address. T ha nking yo u, Sirs, fo r a llowing me a littl e of yo ur va lua ble space, 1 am , You rs very tr ul y, E . W. SWANTON.

[Mr . E. W. Swanton has been /01' ten years a member 0/ the Staff 0/ "The Evening Standard." He is Cricket and R ugby Football correspondent 10 Ihal paper. H e is a regular cOlltribulor 10 ' " The fllustrafed Sporling and Dramatic News" alld author of the series of Public School Sporting his/Dries, which now includes nearly eighty schools. f Ie will be known to many listeners abroad for his regular broadcasts on Sport at home. He has practised, at one lime or another, all the games he writes ahout: he is a f irs tclass cricketer, having played last summer for Middlesex. - Eds. J

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Recita l : Miss Jean Sl irling MacK inl ay.

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J 8. S. LUKE, E. 20. 1st XV I' R.M .A., Woolwich (A wa y). 24. XX II ND SUNDAY AFTE R TRINITY. Preacher,' The Rt. Rev. Bis hop H. C rony, D .O., Vica r of Sl. Pan cras. .. Peace and W ar," Si r Norman A ngell, holder of Nobel Peace Prize, 1933. 27. 1st XV I' M ercha nt Taylo rs' Schoo l (Ho me) . 29. SS . SIMON AN D J UOE, AA.MM . 30 . lSI XV I' SI. Lawre nce Co llege, Ra msgate (Away) . 3 1. XX lU RD SUN DAY AFTER TR INITY . Preacher: Th e V en. th e A rchd eacon or

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School Perfo rma nce of , . Richa rd II. " Afternoo n Performance o f " Ric hard II." 1st X V I' Eastbo urn e Collcge (Home). Eve nin g Pe rfo r ma nce of" Ri c hard 11. " XX I VTH SUN DAY AFTER TR IN ITY. Preacher,' The Rt. Rev. A. M. Gc lslh o rpc (O.K .S.), Assistan l Bisho p o n Ihe Niger. C inema. C ertifica te " A " Exa mination .

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Sayers. 25. Pholographic SocielY visit to K odak Wo rk s, H arrow. ., D eep-sea F ishermen," Captain D. K . Wolfe-Mu rray. 27. 1st XV I' Sutto n Vale nce School (Awa y) . 28 . ADVENT SUN DAY. Preacher : The Rev. F . de W. Lu shi nglo n, for mcrly Head master o f Dove r Co llege. 30 . S. A NDREW, A .M . 1st XV I' Felsled School (A wa y). Dec. I. Fencing l' Eas tbo urne College (Ho me). 4. F inal of H o use Ma lc hes. 5. llND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Preacher,' The Ven. Ihe Arc hdeaco n of Ma idslone. 6. " The Rise o f Japa n," Do na ld Gra nl, Esq. I I. 1st XV v Dover College (Home). 12. lURD SUN DAY I N A DVENT. Preacher: T he Rev. J. M . C . C rum , Ca non or Ca nterbury . 18. lst XV " O .K .S. (H o me) . Schoo l Co ncert. 19. IYTH SUN DAY IN ADVENT. Preacher : T he H eadmaster. C inema. 20 . Carol Service. Ho use Suppers. 2 1. S. THOMAS, A .M . Term ends.