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The School was shocked to learn of the death of AlbertDonald Maisey, only a day or so after first hearing from theHead in assembly of his serious illness. Donald Maisey, bornon August 8th, 1917, entered this School in January, 1929,and left at Christmas, 1933. He was one of the most brilliantboys the School has ever had. He matriculated with honours,and with distinction in every subject in which he wasexamined. He was a loyal and enthusiastic member of hisHouse and of the School, and took a keen interest andactive part in many School activities. He was a cleveractor. vVith the boys and the Staff he was always verypopular, nnd always had their esteem nnd affection. Hedied on March 14th, 1935. We offer our deepest sympathyto his parents in their great ilncJ sad loss.

LOWER SCHOOL OF JOHN LYON.

Head of School: B. E. CRESSWELL.

Deputy Head: D. W. BRIGGS.

Monitors:B. E. CRESSWELL, D. W. BRIGGS, C. PATTINSON-KNIGHT, P. L. HANCOX,

J. D. DAUNCEY, D. F. DAVIDSON, R. GUDGIN, H. N. HUNT.

School Pianist: B. E. CRESSWELL"

House Captains:North: B. E. CRESSWELL. East: C. PATTINSON-KNIGHT.

South: P. L. HANCOX. 'Vest: P. S. WHEATLEY.

Football Captain: L. E. J. REYNOLDS.

Vice-Captain: P. L. HANCOX.

Football 1st XI Colours:L. REYNOLDS,' D;' RACKHAM, P. L. HANCOX, R. POTTS, D. W. BRIGGS,

J. POLLOCK, E. A. FILLMORE, D. R. MACKIE,

Cricket Captain: P. L. HANCOx'.

Vice-Captain: D. RACKHAM.

Cricket 1st XI Colours:P. L. HANCOX, D. RACKHAM, R. POTTS., W. SPEAR, D. W. BRIGGS,

E. W. OSBORNE, D. R. MACKIE, E. A. FILLMORE.

Cadet Corps: R.S.-M. B. E. CRESSWELL.

C.S.-M, D. W. BRIGGS, B COMPANY.

C.S.-lVI. P. S. WHEATLEY, C COMPANY.

Assistan,t Magazine Editor: D. A. POND..

Lib,rarian: C. PATTINSON-KNIGHT.

Assistant Librarian: R. W. A.sHBY.

Boxing Club Han. Sec. : C. PATTINSON-KNIGHT.

Boxing Colou'rs :P. WHEATLEY, R. SHERET, D. FAIRBAIRN, J. HIGGINS;

C. PATTINSON-KNIGHT, P. A. PHILLIPS, D. WICKENDEN,

A. G. NOBLE, J. COWPER.

Senior Athletic Champion: R. M. SWAN.

Middle Athletic Champion: P. L. HANCOX.

Junior Athletic Champion: E. A. FAIRBURN.

Senior Swimming Champion: A. G. AKERMAN.

Junior S7vimming Champion: K. J. DODWELL.

ATHLETICS.

Captain: P. L. HANCOX.

Colours: P. L. HANCOX, B. E. CRESSWELL, D. G. TANSLEY.

SWIMMING.

Captain: A. G. AKERMAN.

Colours: A. G. AKERMAN, V. JOHNSON, D. WILLIAMS.

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D. A. COWTAN.

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Sebool 1l0fU.Term ends on April 11th, and the summer term begins

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"the early weeks of March. One Saturday, when the" ground \\'as already covered with snow, rI number of Our" boys played for above two hours in a snow-storm. It was" rare fun. Every time you fell, you got a cold bath, and rose" both damper and dirtier. The ball was as heavy as lead," and generally covered with a soft white envelope of snow," which was scattered in the form of tiny snow clouds every" time it came in contact with a boot. Running was difficult,"slipping down WrlS easy, and hearty laughing often" supplied the place of scientific footbrlll."

We hope present ramblers and footballers arc dulyinterested.

Credit marks have been rlwarded to: fbnbury, Black­well, K. C'h:'lmbers, Cole, Foster, I-Tomer, {mrie, JPrlttinson-Knight, Redding, Sage, Tames.

" APRIL.

, \lVhen proud pied April, dressed in all his trim,Hath put- a spirit of youth in everything.'

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News is just to hand that the Lady \lVest team hrls beensucces:;ful in the Eastern Command rOllnd, Congratulations.

Here is an extract from" The Lyonian " of April, 1890.It is the first part of the analogue of our present" SchoolNotes. "

[<'ull p:lrticulrlrs of a new School club-a Pedestrirln Club" -will be found in Our columns. We are expecting some" very merry excusions round and about Harrow. We sh811" grow better acquainted with the neighbourhood than we" are at present, 8nd it is very likely that in our many" rambles, we shall glean much interesting information rlbout" wayside plants and Aowers, the origin and nature of the" stones and sandhills, and many curious and amusing" historical rind scientific facts.

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The great event of the term has yet to be noticed-theopening of tbe latest School building. For the first few weeksof the term \\'ork was still proceeding on the interior; thisled to some dislocation and much eager interest in what \\-asgoing on; we believe some Sixth-formers made their firstelementary acquaintance with colloquial Italian while theparquet Aoors were being laid. The last rites of completionare now nearly over. Everyone is delighted with the newuuilding: its splendid rooms and the advantages it gives.

On what may be called the social side of School lifet\\O very enjoyable matters should be referred to : the visit ofthe Staff and boys to [<'riern Barnet to see a performancethere of the play to be produced at the end of term; rind thatnew but very popular event which has now had its secondbirthday, the Staff v. School football match. This time theSchool had their revenge for last year by beating the Staff,(Iftel' a good and well-fought game, by two goals to one,

Producers, players, stage workers, electricians,musicians, etc. of the School rlre now all very busy preparingfor the end of term play.

As, day by day, we see the first aid work carried on ;ItSchool by the Ambulance Section, we realize what a veryuseful service this is in School life.

It will be seen from the various reports that the termhas been an active one, and \\'e should like to congratulateeveryone concerned. In particular, as we carry our mindsback over the term's \\'ork, we remember: the hard work ofboys in the Corps preparing (under Lieut, Harrison) for Cer­tificate A, and the cadets representing the Corps in the Lady'Vest competition; the splendid work of the Under 12 Eleven;the hard training of the boys taking part in swimmingmatches; and the lectures arranged by the Scientific Society.

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'vVe wish all boys, parents, and friends of the School ;t

h~,pPY Easter holiday.

6~nual S'bool and matriculationExaminations, 1934.

The Corps manages to carryon with shooting, signalling,ambulance, preparation [or Certificate A, band \\'ork, etc.,and still train special teams. This is splendid work.

E. W. Osborne, General School.

i\L A. Parker, General School and fllatriculation,Distinctions in Latin and Chemistry.

E. Parrish, General School.

C. Pattinson-Knight, Additional subject; Economics(Matriculation, June).

D. A. Pond, General School (Honours) and rViatricula­tion, Distinctions in Latin, French, Mathematics, Physics andChemistry.

P. C. Ruffle, General School and Matriculation, Distinc­tions in History and Latin.

A. G. Stewart, General School (Honours) and Matricula­tion, Distinctions in Latin, French and lVrathematics.

E. L. Temple, General School and Matriculation,Distinction in Chemistry.

R. D. Upson, General School and Matriculation,Distinctions in Latin and Chemistry.

I3. Jeeves, Matriculation (June).

'-. S. 'iiValton, General School and Matriculation.

SPECiAL CREDiT IN ORAL FREKCH.

Da uncey, Grimes, Parker, Pond, RuB-Ie, Stewarl,Temple.

Three interesting excursions have been made this termhy parties mainly of Form IVA boys.

Two visits have been made to the Imperial Institutewhere lectures, ,,-ell illustrated by lantern slides, on Canadaand South Africa, were enjoyed. In each case the lecturewas followed by short films illustrating some importantfeatures of the activities of these lands, such as fruit growingin South Africa and wheat production in Canada.

Once again a visit to the British Industries Fair has beenmade ~nd once again .it has been a popular and enjoyableexcursIOn. If one may Judge by the amount of free literaturecollected by the party, this year's visit was also a mos1­instructive one.

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R. 'vV. Ashby, General School and Matriculation, Dis­tinctions in Latin and French.

D. 'iiV. Briggs, General School and Matriculation, Dis­ti nction in Geography.

B. J. Coltman, General School and Matriculation,Distinctions in Latin and Chemistry.

B. E. Cresswell, Additional subject; Physics.

J. D. Dauncey, General School and Matriculation,Distinction in GeogTaphy.

D. F. Davidson, General School and Matriculation.

A. B. Dunger, General School, Distinction in Mathe­matics.

D. F. Fairbairn, General School.

C. K. Fox, General School and Matriculation, Distinc­tion in 1\ [athematics.

J. A. Goodman, General School and Matriculation,Distinctions in Mathematics and Chemistry.

J. H. Grimes, General School.

R. Gudgin, General School and Matriculation, Distinc-tion in Mathematics.

P. L. Hancox, General School.

H. N. Hunt, Additional subject; Distinction in Physics.

D. T. Hurlstone, General School.

D. 'iV. King, General School and MatTiculation,Distinctions in Geography and Chemistry.

A. A. S. Moore, General Sr:hool, Distinction :nChemistry.

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The term has not been a very busy one for the membersof the Scientific Society. There have been one vi.sit and t\VOlectures. The visit was to the Jantzen Bathing CostumeFactory, the first textile factory of any type that the Societyhas had a chance of going over. The first lecture was givenby G. L. Jannings, Esq., on smoke abatement, before anaudience of over sixty boys who all thoroughly enjoyed it.The second was a lantern lecture on the " Story of theLondon Omnibus," given by the secretary to an audience ofseventy in the new physics laboratory. The slides, kindlylent by the London Passenger Transport Board, were ofexceptional interest.

A number of visits which should have taken place thisterm have been carried forward to next term, including thoseto the vVealdstone Glass-works and the" Star" newspaperoffices. C. p}\TTINSON-KNIGHT, lion. .s ec reta ry.

Victoria and Jllbtrt mus¢um.On \Vednesday, February 20th and March 6th, parties

from Form IA went to look at tile various exhibits of handi­crafts of all ages and countries housed in this Museum.\l\1hile the time at our disposal only made it possible to seeintelligently a small part of the exhibits, special interest wasexpressed by many in the collection of brass and other metalobjects, the Japanese \\'ork in metal and lacqucr, and tht:t ollection of ancient musical instruments. The rooms arrangedin different styles of " period" furniture and the Great Bedof \IVare also came in for close inspection.

I t is hoped that further excur"ions to the Museum may be,;upported with equal keenness.

Stamp Club.A small but keen nucleus has been formed for a Stamp

Club in Forms I and Il, and collectors of foreign coins havealso been able to meet in IA on Mondays to compare andexchange specimens. Many stamps and coins have been ofconsiderable interest and some value, and those attendinghave frequently been able to enrich their own collections andthose of others by judicious excl!ange.

Before term ends a party of seventy (with Mr. Kearsey)\I'i Il have been to see " The l\Ierry \ Vi ves of \!\Tindsor " atHa rrO\l' School. \1\1e also hope to arrange for a party to sec., Henry IV " (part two) at the Old Vic, so that boys whocan join both parties, and act also on a strong recommenda­tion to see" Henry IV " (part one) at His Majesty's Theatre(\I'here :'Ilr. George Robey is making history as Falstaff) willhave taken advantage of this unusual opportunity of seeingall the three plays in which Falstaff occurs. A few minutes'reading of the scenes in " Henry V " relating to Sir John'sdeath would thus complete for those boys the life and deathof Sir John Falstaff, the most richly humorous character indrama tic literature.

CbUdnn's Concuts.A party of boys from various [arms went to tlVO of the

series o[ concerts at Central Hall. The first, on February 3rd,\I'as conducted by Dr. Cyril Rootham. The choir of Sl.John'S College, Cambridge, sang part songs, unaccompanied,of the I +th, 17th and 20th centuries, and the orchestra playedHandel's Concerto in l' :'Ibjor for Organ and Strings (with.-\rnold Goldsborough at the organ) and the conductor's:'I/[jniature Suite for Strings and Piano.

The second concert, on :'Ilarch 23rd, \I'as conducted bvDr. .\Iaicolm, Sargent. He explained the history, themes an~1

form of the Items played, including' "God Save the King."Beethovcn, Vivaldi, Debussy, Delius, and Brahms \\'ererepresented, At the end :'1[1'. Robert i\layer spoke o[ the fineprogress \\'hich the Cilildren's Concerts had made since theirinception in J923, and thanked all those \\'ho had contributedto their success and gro\\,th, \\'ith particular reference to Dr.:'IIalcolm Sargent.

mr. Cowtan's C~ctur¢=R~cUal.

. On L:,-iclay, 22nd ]\larch, i\[r. COlt'tan gave anothnplano I'l~Cltal. He planned his pmgramme chronologicallyIrom the 17th to the 20th centuries to illustrate the evolutionnf music. The eleg'ance of the a"'e of Louis XIV was shown~. _ b

by COl/penn's." Seeur l\lonique," the grandeur and pomp01 Handel by hIS set of variations on a theme which \I'as later

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Cowtan playedand Debussy's

and erroneously called" The Harmonious Blacksmith." Oneof J. S. Bach's preludes from the English Suites completedthe 18th century illustrations

Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Balakirew werechosen to represent the 19th century Romantic Movement,while John] rei and' s " Ragamuffin" and George Gershwin's" Rhapsody in Blue' indicated some of the tendencies ofmodern music.

'tYhen enthusiastically encored Mr.excerpts from Schumann's "Carnaval"" Children's Corner."

The Headmaster called for a warm vote of thanks toMr. Cowtan for his care, talent, and skill 111 presenting thedevelopment of keyboard music.

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partp to h Damltt."On the 5th of March, a Tuesday, a party of boys went

to see a production of " Hamlet." 1t was at the ., NewTheatre," with the noted actor John Gielgud in the title part.vVe left the School at 6.30 p.m. and taking- the train at SouthHarrow travelled to Leicester Square, arriving there at about7.15. \Ve made a false start, going up the wrong road, but,perceiving- our error, we returned and found the theatre.Here NIr. Thomas, who was in charge, disappeared. We hadgreat fears for his safety, until he returned with sweets forthe whole party. Finding our seats, we took possession ofthem and immediately made arrangements to receive icesat the interval, at a reduced rate. So you see we had startedwell.

The production of this play of Shakespeare's was exceed­ingly well done and Gielgud surpassed himself. In the firstscene the" ghost " effects were quite eery. The scene inwhich Polonious figured removed the tension of the audience;a humorous scene such as this doing it admirably. For thedifferent scenes the middle section of the stage revolved,giving a change of scene easily and effectively. At the intervalmany of our party went outside to stretch their legs. Theseats gave a clear view on to the stage, but sloped forward.The last half was as good as the first, if not better. Thefinish was spectacular and well stageel. The actors wererecalled several times before the audience was satisfied.

Coming home, I missed the last bus and so had to walkthree miles. Apart from this T enjoyed the evening very mueh,and so 1 think did everyone else. Ross, Form VB.

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Since the last issue of "The Lyonian " the debatingsocieties haye had two momentous meetings.

The first was a debate on the position of the classics(i.e. Latin and Greek language and literature) in moderneducation. Dr, Ewbank championed the classics, :\Ir. Kearse)'opposed. Dr, Ewbank defined education (as adjustment tolife, to one's self and to society); dealt \\'ith the merits anddemerits of translations; referred to the achievements of theaneient world in science and eng'ineering; spoke of the valueof a study of Roman history; and dealt with poetry as aneducation in sympathy. Together with a gTeat deal more ofinteresting argument, he poured seorn on the idea of" dead " ]a nguages.

Mr. Kearsey attacked the basic idea of the importanceof Greek and Roman affairs in human history as a falseassumption, and an aecident of history perpetuated by thepo\\'er of the Roman Catholic Church, by \.vhich Latinremained a spoken language in mediaeval times. The historyof Egypt, or China, he said might as easily be argued to beessential to an education in the history of religion andcivilization. He referred to the" vernaculars "-English,French, German--and to the natural enthusiasm of theRenaissance for classical studies. Like Dr. Ewbank, hedeveloped many interesting arguments which it is onlypossible to summarize here.

Seconders were 'tYickenden and S. Statharn. Otherspeakers: Pond, RO\dand, Knight, Ross, Hardy, Knight(junior), Grimes, :\Ir. Cummings, 1Ir. 'Vilson. Vote: forclassical studies, 23; against, 28.

A debate on the following motion came next: Thatsports and games should be compulsory School activities.

11r. Cummings proposed the motion. He defined educa­tion as harmonious development: he quoted MuJcaster,Spenser (" The Faerie Queene "), Adams and other authori­ties in support of his definition. He referred to the valueof team g:lmes, to training- in sportsmanship, to the aestheticyalue of physical culture, to training in style and the poetryof motion. vVith regard to objections to compulsion, he saidthat true freedom comes through obedience.

l\[r. Mitchell spoke against the motion. He began by adefinition of leisure, and gave examples of the stultifying­effects of a regime that permits no leisure or liberty. H said,-he compulsion in sports and games 10\l'ers the standal of

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athletics, Stewart and Pond spoke \I'ell in seconding theirrespectiYe speakers.

In the open debate the follo\l'ing members spoke: Knig'ht(junior), Dauncey, Life, Knight, Pirie, :'\[1'. Kearsey, .\11'.\Yilson, Dr. E\\'bank. Vote: for the motion, I I; against, 37,

On music.If the \I'ord .. jazz" conjures up in your mind visions

o[ negroes clt'essed in black and \I'hite checkered suits strum­ming on banjos and blowing s\\'anel:' whistles then I am afraidyou are out of date. This happy-go-lucky type of jazz whichC8me over from .'\.mer'ica \\,ith .. Alex;lllcler's Ragtime Band"died a natura I death years ago, Jazz to-da y is not ragtimc,it is music which is the modern equivalent of the old Englishballad.

It has been said that the compositions of Duke Ellingtonclosely resemble those of Sibelius. I doubt this very muchmyself but cannot presume to be a judge on the matter as Ido not greatly admire the music of either f these two gentlc­ment. There are two very different types of jazz or dancemusic. These t\\'O classes are generally known as " commer­cial " dance music jazz and " hot" jazz. It is this lattertype \\'hich is so much abused by the casual listener. Is thereany, casua1 listener alive who has enjoyed the Ill'st hearing ofa piece of Bartok's or Bach's music?

There is, of course, nothing in the rangc of jazz \I'hichattempts to compare \\ith such masterpieces as Schubert's" Unfinished Sympthon~'," ,\s music to cl<mce to, or asmusic for a lighter mood, ho\\'eyer, there is little to compare\I'ith OUI' modern jazz. I haye often heard pcople complainthat all dance tunes sound the same to them but this is merel"because they have never taken the trouble to listen to the~lproperly; I can assure them that each " number" has asepa,rate and dist.inct melody. The most popular type of dancemusIc (commerCial) consists of ballads written in fox-trotrhythm. " Hot" music has not gained any great popularityand. I don't think .it eyer will as it needs a great deal o'fmUSical understandll1g to be fully appreciated and also givesmore pleasure to the players than to the listeners. I once readthat Venuti, the famous" hot" violinist, together with afew other instrumentalists with similar ideals, used to enterthe recording studio, sit dO\\'ll and improvise for about tcnminutes. Their efforts were recorded and some were said tobe so good that the music was taken dO\\'ll from the records

for publication. I myself possess records of this calibre andto my mind a more horrible noise could scarcely be imagined.Still, their ability as instrumentalists cannot be denied.Kreisler himself told Venuti that if he gave up jazz andpractised other compositions for a year he "'ould make one ofthe greatest \'irtuosos of the age.

The reason that some serious music to-day is not morepopular is that complete concentration is necessary to fullyappreciate such compositions. The ballad type of dancemusic on the other hand requires no such concentration, asits obvious melody and rhythm force themselves upon you.The connoisseur, however, requires something more satis­fying than mere ballad music, so he turns his attention 1:0

either " hot" music or more ambitious music of anothertype, both of which require complete concentration from thelistener. 1 have already spoken oJ the improvised type of" hot" music, of which, thank goodness, there is very littleto-day. The carefully written and arranged" hot" musicis of a very different class, there being many very beautifulcompositions. 1'\\'0 very popular examples are DukeEllington's "l\Iood Indigd" and Reginald Forsyth'S" Serenade to a \Vealthy \tVidow."

\tVithin the last few years a new type of composition hasbeen created which seems to srike a compromise betweenorthodox and jazz music. These compositions have been giventhe name of jazz symphonies; an example of this type ofmusic "'as played at the Queen's Hall some months ago.The most popular ,,'ork representing this type of jazz is,undoubtedly, " Rhapsody in Blue," written by Gershwin.

I do not, however, think that any type of jazz will evertake the place occupied by music of a broader type. Theset\yO distinct types of music appeal to two distinct types o.fpersons. J. R. POTTS, Form VA.

tb~ Old 8us: JI "Iklng's ;un¢ral.By R. B. G. C.

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His pals on route 29 nicknamed him early" The RoaringForty." This was many a long day before he developedthat wheeze and rattle which he would never admit was asign of old age. Even in adolescence he used to make heavy

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weather of the Jolly Butchers' Hill. He was slow but steady,as he himself admitted, and didn't everybody know it. 'Vhy,\I-hen "40" was climbing the hill you could hear him inthe next county. Jt \I-as that impertinent upstart" IS" whofirst dubbed him that. It had been his luck to follow directlybehind " 40 " up that breathless slope with a full load ona sultry day in June, and \I-hen he got back to the shed thatnight, tired but happy, and swapped yarns with the saucylittle single-decker, who took a pride in showing others herdust, he tolcl her all about it, and there and then theychristened him" Roaring Forty." The name stuck to himfrom that day, till, full of years and honours, he went out inhis final blaze of glory.

" 40" took a pride in himself. On his first dayout, when, his trial run completed, his metal \vork shiningin the sun, the flare of his painted sides seeming to fill thewhole street, he sailed gracefully out of the bus stand atVictoria, pride in his heart, he said to himself: " I'll show'em, I'll show 'em what a first class, up-to-date, surely-to­goodness London bus can do." At first his \dlOle thoughts\I-cre takcn up in observing' the new streets and ever changingscenes on his route, but that soon palled. He got to kno\l­every inch of the way, the stopping places, the irritatingtraffic jams, and those last t\yO miles of open country, wherchc oftcn had the road almost entirely to himself.

Later he took to speculating as to his passengers. Itpleased him to imagine that in all the motley cro\l-d \d10used his \yell-padded seats for their journeyings, there mightbe those II-ho would some day be famous in the lanel. He toyed\I-ith the thought that a wealthy city magnate, or famouspolitician in a luxurious limousine might one day turn andsay: " Ah, there's old' 40,' well do I remember travellingall his upper deck, in the long ago days before I made mymark.' ,

Perhaps the proudest day of " 40's" career was \I-hen,one week-end, he was suddenly warned for the vVindsorCastle route, and for three days he had a morning andevening view of the rounded granite l-owers of the King'sfamous ,stronghold, and the gorgeous trees of vVindsor GreatPark. Dramatic, too, were his experiences in the GeneralStrike, where he got through with the loss of three windo\l-sbroken, and one driver taken to hospital.

" 40" had a clean record till the fatal day thM verynearly broke even his proud spirit, and relegated him for everto 1"11e ranks of the second-raters,

His total list of casualties was two chickens on a countryroad, and one young II-oman who stepped off his footboardinto the oncoming traffic.

One hOlding \I-ct day, as he swerved majestically rounda corner \I-ith his usual deep-throated roar, a long, low,heavily built motor coach, bringing sightseers home fromNe\n11arket Races, crashed straight into poor old" 40's"exposed Ibnk. A sharp crack, a rending sound as of giganticsheets of sti fr paper being- fiercely torn across, and " 40 "

lurched Ol-cr on his side, while the offending coach mountedthe pal-cment, and all but demolished a shop window.

To the end of his days " 40 " could never think of thesubsequent scene without a spasm of horror. They rightedhim a nd towed him to the refitting shops, where he was" reconditioned," but he was never quite the same bus again.

The poor old chap, getting- rather into the sere and yellol\"nOII-, seemed always to be brooding, wondering perhaps,\dlether any act of his could have averted the terrible lossof the lives of h is passengers.

In the sheds, when the nightly tales went round, andthe buses told of their day's doings, " 40" seemed to hm-clost his old gift of repartee. He took no interest in the latestyarns, and moped by himself.

A younger generation had arisen Iyho "knew notJoseph." They put him down as a queer old stick, too dulland morose to be worth a moment's trouble. "97" and., 98 ," a pair oJ conceited and self-important young six­wheelers, seemed to go out of their \yay to cold-shoulderthc poor old fellow.

His loss of prestige, and the feeling that he was no\y aback number, began to rankle. He found himself hating themall, and II-ishing that thing-s werc finished and done \I-ith,and his poor old bones relegated to the scrap-heap \I-herethey belonged.

One day a madness seized him, and in his bitter thoughtshe enterlained the notion of getting even with these hatefulupstarts. If he could only destroy them all at one fell blowcspecially the supercilious six-wheelers, and that poisonou~IJttie Sing-Ie-decker who always treated him with such quietconten:pt! He could count his own life well lost if only hecould JI1 some way get back at them before he died. Buthow could it be worked?

He \\-as generally the last in the shed; what could he do?Run Jull tilt at the crO\I-d of them with a roar and a crash?1\0, that II-auld be of li~tle use; at the most he would damage,one, perhaps tll-O, of hIS tormentors and he could not be sureof that way of making an end of himself.

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At last came the heaven-sent chance, and there is this toold" 40's" credit, that, despite his age and reputed dullness,he saw the opportunity, and seized it.

He was backing slowly into the shed late one night. Thehateful single-decker was just inside, filling' up \\·ith petrol fora special nig'ht trip. Behind her ,,,ere" Dilly" and" Dally"as he always called them, the unpleasant six-wheeler h\"ins.There was a pool of spilt petrol on the floor. " N 0\\"," said, 40' to himself, "at last I've got 'em, the whole Jot;we'll make it a Viking"s Funeral, and all g'o up in flamestogether. "

He back-fired twice over the petrol pool, and, in a blind­ing Hash, the whole building \\'ent up in one stupendous roarof !lame.

" 40" had taken his revenge. R,B.G.C.

]I SUgbt Botb~r.

During a summer holiday hundreds of people werequeueing up for their tickets, when suddenly the slow-movingqueue stopped, and at the ticket box was an old lady whohad forgotten where she wanted to go. She knew it \\"as in\i\Tales somewhere and that it was like Ale-\"is-tok, and even­tually the clerk found it was Aberyst\\'yth. The crowd movedon only to stop again and this time an old gentleman haddropped a piece of toffee. " ::;urely," said a \'oice from theback of the queue, " he need not hunt for his sticky toffee."" But he must," said another, " because his false teeth arein it."

At last we all got our tickets and we were rushing alongthe platform to gel into the train when a very fat lady slidon a banana skin, much to the annoyance of the old gentle­man who fell over her and lost his false teeth again. \Vhen\\'e \\'ere all settled in the train and it was 1110ving out ofthe station a lady in a corner saiJ, " Put the windo\\' do\\'naI' I shall faint." Instantly a red faced lady sitting oppositesaid, " If you put that window down thE' dl'aught will killme," so these two continued to argue, until a 1118n in theother corner said, "Keep the window up till the one issmothered, then put it down and kill the other; that willsettle one corner." At the next station nobody got out butthe door opened 8nd a suit case was f1ung in and quicklyfollowed by a very fat gentleman "'Io"ho said, " You can make1'00111 for a little m8n like me, can't you? "

So \\'e continued lo our \'3rious destinations \\'ith this\\'onderful company, SI;IIPKI:-\S, Form rIlE.

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RECRUITS.

Cad~t Corps.The following' promotions have been made since the last

issue of the" Lyonian."

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Sergt. \,yheatley to be C.S.:\I. of C Company. ,

Cpl. Sheret to be Sergt. (Ambulance).

LIcp!. Birchall to be Cpl. (Band).

LIcpl. Creegan to be Cpl.

L/cp!. Fillmore to Cpl.

L/cp!. Rowland to be Cpl. (AmbuhlllC'C).

Llcpl. Ruffle to be Cpl.

LIcpl. \iVatson to Cpl.

Cdt. Akerman to be LIcpl.

Cdt. Hopkinson to be LIcpl.

There has been a delinite improvement in recruiting thisterm. Last term there were thirteen recruits. This term therehave been seventeen-a very satisfactory effort on the partof the platoon commanders. It is hoped that they wiJl doe\-cn beller next term. Our numbers are now one hundred-and­l\\·enty.

Last term we wcre unfortunate in losing L/epls. Stathamand Pratt and Cadet vVise and during this term C. S. M. Hunt

popping' up everywhere, and there was a terrific hammeringon the front door.

But James had taken another way out. The open windowsho\I'ed which way he had gone, and the police at the doornever saw him go.

Aftenvards, when the colonel recovered, he solved themystery of the light which failed. The wire at the switch bythe door had been neatly cut.

J ames knew his \\'ay about the house.

P. SWEET.\IA:'>, Form IIlB.

mr. SamU~1 Jam~s.

The large clock in the ivy-covered tower at Hem Hallboomed 12 o'clock. Midnight! Colonel Hem shifted uneasily inhis bed, in the old oak-panelled room at the Hall. The night\\'as dark and cold; he shuddered, and getting out of bed wentto the casement. Outside, the moon \\'as shining dully onthe extensive gardens of the Hall. He thought he saw amovement in thc shrubbery, but droyc this idea out of hismind and climbed back into bed. He tried to go to sleepbut the suggestion of the movement in the shrubbery setl!is heart thumping. " It couldn't have been," he said tohimself. This uneasiness kEpt his mind alert and but forthis, this story would have had an abrupt ending.

Samuel James crept through the shnibbery, which heknew so well. He had been butler at the Hall until he hadtried to rob the colonel. He had been caught in the act and\\-as sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. He hadbeen relcased only 1\\'0 days. He did not mean to be caughtthis time and to make sure of this he would even kill thecolonel in rcyenge for his time in jail. \ Vith this thought inmind he crept to\\'ards the servants' entrance. Quietly hepicked the Jock of the door and ascended the stairs towardsthe colonel's room. He knew where the safe was, so all wouldbe easy.

The colonel reached for the revolver, which he kept ina drawer by his bed. His strained attention had heard a soundon the stairs. He pulled back the safety-catch of his revolver,and placing the telephone at his elbow, he waited for the nextmove. The door opened and a stealthy figure crept towardsthe bed. The colonel's hand shot out to the bed-side lamp,and pressed the switch and the room was flooded with light." Stay \\'here you are, James," said the colonel. He lifted thereceiver of the telephone. " Is that the police;> " he barked." Yes," came the sharp reply. " Send a van to Hem Halland be quick," snapped the colonel. " So you are out again,James," he said, in a slow deliberate voice. "But not forlong' my friend, since the police van is at the door."

" Good-bye IVIr. Samuel James, or it is Mr. Rog'ue ( "At this instant the lig-hts went out. The colonel's shot

and James' leap were instantaneous, but while the shot went\\·ide the leap landed James on the colonel.

I t was impossible to fire again for more reasons than one;the colonel's breath had been driven out of his body, and heJay helpless. But no\\' the house \\'as aroused. Lights \,"ere

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CAMP- I 935·

The site of this year's Camp is about a mile from theto,Yn of Hunstanton On the l\' orfolk coast.

Situated in the private park surrounding OldHunstanton Hall it offers plenty of scope for training pur­poses, has a good "'ater supply and is on Iy about ten minutes',,'alk from a sandy shore \,'here the bathing is very safe,

Eyery possible effort is going to be made to make theCamp enjoyable for Cadets, so that a good time is g'uaranteedto all ,yho go.

The dates and particulars ,,'ere announced early this termso that every Cadet had ample opportunity to make his O\\T,

arrangements fit in with them.

AI] Cadets are strongly urged to attend as it forms the~110St e~senti~l part of a Cadet's training and it seriouslyJeopardIzes hiS chance of promotion if hf' does not go.

SUCCESSES.

Once more we have to record the success of the LucasTooth Squad, who easily won the Competition-this is forthe fourth time in succession.

, Nine members hm'e been a" al ded the EffiCiency Starof the British ;-\ational Cadet Association. This is a recordfor anyone unit, so-congTatulations !

..\1] the Cadets who took the Practical part of CertificateA In March were successful. The results of the Theoretica]are not to hand.

B. CRESS\"FLL, R.S.:\L

SIG"\Jr\LLI\:G PLATOO\).

'Ve are glad to '!Ilnounce that the Signalling Platoon isno,,· t,,'enty-five III number.

Severa] of the younger members have "'orked ,,'ell andhave gamed promotions to B Squad, 'I'ho aim at obtainino'the Actmg Instructor Certificate. ,.,

. The transmitting apparatus is complete and the receivin!,.set IS 111 the making. By the time these \I'ords return from th~press, both sets wil] be \I'orking-. Seven candidates for theP?st Office Examination are practising frequentlv and \\.~Wish them all success, '

t :\lay r take .this opportunity of pointing out the impor-ance to younge! Signallers oJ. atlenclJng Camp in order to

gaill expenence. s-ERCT. H. ~r~STERS.

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BAND,

This term the band has not been on any outside parade,but practices have been held each \veek and good progresshas been made. 'Ve ,,'e1come five recruits this term, namely,H dIe, Creegan, :\Iarshall, "rebb and Harris, and hope thatthry will be follO\\'ed by many more next term; flute playersarc especially needed. Camp will be held at HunsLlnton thisyear and it is lo be hoped that ,,'e shall be able to take afull bane!. P. L. ITuoso:--:, Drum :\Iajor.

.\:\1 BULA NCE SECTlOl\'.

There is nothing startling' to record about the activitiesof the Section this term, Its members are as efficient as everin rendering first-aid, and show the keenest interest in thestretcher-drill, which is done, together with bandaging prac­tice, every Thursday evening. New recruits to the Sectionare as follows: Cadets Axten, Higgins, Taylor, Hill and"Villmott, The follo,,'ing' promotions have been made: Cpl.Sheret to be Sergeant, Cadets Rowland and Akerman to beL/cp!s.

This term, to OUl- great regret, we are losing our senior"\J.C.O., Sergeant Sheret. He was one of the first membersof the Section and all the time he ,,'as in it he sho\yed thekeenest interest and most remarkable proficiency, His kno\\'­ledge of bandaging desen'es special mention, and thisknowledge he imparted in a \'ery able fashion to othermembers of the Section. "'e all wish him the greatest successin his ne,,' sphere in life, "'.F.C.

~b~ GymnaSium DiSI'lay..\t the end of last term the second annual display by

the gymnasium clas.s was given. Mr. 'iVilliams had againprepared a very attractive programme, which was soarranged that each boy of the gymnasium class took partaccol-ding to his skill and experience.

The programme opened with Swedish drill by the wholeclass, followed by dorsal exercises on the benches, and teamgames. Then came the graduated work on the ropes andwall bars and vaulting. A high standard of performancewas reached in every department and :.111 the work was done\"ilh very pleasing finish and polish.

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A new feature was introduced this year in the formof a display of ju-jutsu or methods of self-defence. Thisitem, which was well received by the <Iudience, adequatelyillustrated the value and effectivcness of this training.

Thc judges a\l'arded the following merit medals forindividual performances :_

Seniors: Becker, Collins (S,), ilIasters, Prebble, .\i\!alton,'i'ickenden,

Intermediate: Boyd, Payne,Junior: Burton.

GYl\INASlUl\I CLASSES.

As the result of the gymnasium display held at the endof last year, medals \I'ere awarded to iVaJ,ton, Masters,Prebble, Collins, 'i\1ickenden, Boyd, Becker, Payne andBurton.

The classes have made good progress this term and arekeeping up the comparatilely high standard attained lastyear. The juniors have been doing many gro\I'ing exerciseson the InIlI bars and the seniors have made good progresson the box and mpes. H. l\IASTERS.

~b~ Cbus Club.

The Club has held its meetings on Tuesday evenings.The chief interest has been the Chess Tournament. This hasbeen \I'on by Cheetham, Il'ho \\'on all his games. iVoollamIl'as runner-up.

Boxing.INTER-HOUSE BOXING CONTEST.

1\n Inter-House Boxing Contest \I'as held at the endof last term on December 12th, in the School Hall. A largecrowd of parents, friends, and boys of the School witnessedthe bouts. It \I'as the best audience that \I'e have had formany years at a Boxing Tournament.

b f . I fi 'I ts 'lllcludino' thoseThere were anum er 0' vel y c ose g 1 . , 0

bet\l'een iVickcnclen and :\I"ager, Higgins and Noble, andi Vheatley and CO\lper.

Results :-

Lacey beat Atkins.

Young bent Anderson.

Cortis beat Hope.

iVickenden beat Mager.

Bryant beat Upson.

Bel'gl beat Shuttleworth.

Phillips beat Sweetm<ln.

Noble be<lt Higgins.

Newton beat Herbert.

Hopkinson beat Corle

Pattinson-Knight beat Pollock,

Fairburn beat Pratt.

ii'heatley beat Cowper.

House Posi tions.

I st-East House.

2nd-vVest House.

:Fd-Nortb House.

4th-iNest House.

FRIENDLY :\lr\TCH ,nTH ,ASKE'S

HABERDASHERS' SCHOOL.

O Fridav l\Iarch 8th the School boxing team accom­n ", b d I 'panied by thirty supporters \I'ent to Aske's I:Ia er <lS leI'S

School by coach, to meet that Seho.ol III a friendly match.\Ve lost by nine points to six, mainly as a result of theinexperience of our junior boxers~ who, h~wever, Pl:t uP. aspit'ited show,. Drabble, _Lacey, Cam~be~1 dnd ~\ndel s~n In

• 'j'" lar boxlIl o ' well. 1 he School vlclolles, I\-blch weI e al\p,ll.leu o. , , .... p,'.I t \\'el'e o'allled b)' P]lt1hIJS Fall ball n, attlnson-c ear-cu , 0" .

l(nio-ht and "Theatley. Fairburn received n \I'311~-over, an.<1:\TobIe and Cowper dre\l'. The latter l\I'O \I'ere 3\1'arded then'boxing' Colours.

C. PATTI:-ISOx-KNIGHT, Boxing Captain.

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Swhnlhlng.THE SCHOOL v. MARYLERONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

The swimming match against :\ fary lebone GrammarScbool took place, at TVfarylebone, on l\Iarch nnd, startingat 4.15, Tbe baths were llnusualh' sm:J11, but this, I 1hink,was a sligbt advantage. '

Akerman (swimming captain) put up a very good sho\\',and started off by an easy victory, in tbe three lengths,followed closely by \Villiams, il'110 came in second, \Ve alsoiI'on the t\\'O lengths under 15, Johnson first and Pbilpottsecond. Dodi\'ell \,von the one length under T4 for us; anclHiggins the one leng,th undel' ]3. Akerman and vVilliams(first and second respectively) easily won the breast stroke.

Tbis, of course, was a very gooe! stal't, i\'inning the firstfive events. After this, ho\\'ever, we lost the senior ancljunior team races, the plunge and the senior dive. Then in~

\Von the junior dive, owing largely to Banting, who putup a very fine performance.

This concluded the programrne, which resulted in awin for the School by five points. The School 61 points,Marylebone Grammar School 56 points.

The whole team did their best ancl deserved to \Vin-~Congratulations! D. BLUE~rEX[),\L, Form JV13.

tb~ pal'H Cbas~.

The annual paper chase was run olI on the 20th :;\Iarc11in glorious weatber, from Sudbury. The competitors, 4] in~lumber, hac! to run a four--mile course of varying' country,[he hares, Mr. vV. F. Cummings, Mr. A. 1\1. -"Iitchell, P,Hancox and B. N, Russell, set off at 2, 41 p. m. l\Ieam\'hilcthe bounds lined up in groups of (I) 14 years to IS, (2)15-16, (3) over 16 years of age.

Number 1 group set off five minutes after the hares andthe other groups at intervals of two minutes each. At ap~roxi­mately 3 p.m. and slightly over half \i'ay, the order ofappeara~ce of the hounds was (I) Fairburn, (2) Banting,(3) Parrrsb, (4) Onions, and (5) Becker.

Hovvever at the finish places had changed slightly andthe order of appearance then was:-

Competitor. Time for complete course.

(I) Parrish 4° 1111l1. 5 sees.(2) Fairbum +0 ml n. 3° sees.(J) Banting -+0 mll1. 40 sees.(4) Cressi\ell +0 mll1. 42 secs.(5) Fain\'eather 4 1 ml11. 32 secs.

.\ l'cw hounds took the iHong trail again this year, butlllost of them foune! the right trail. \Ve must congratulate['an-ish on almost catching up the hares, and all tbe otherJlounds on putting up such good times considering tbe heatof the afternoon,

D, BLUI·:"lEX]),\L. E, YOl';\G,Form IVB,

~b~ Cross Countrv.The cross-countrv race was run at Suclbury on \iVednes­

da\', March 27th, at '2,30. The weather was v'ery warm fort h~ ti me of year, but nevertheless the race was run inextremely good tilllc; Cresswell winning th race in 2<) mins.10 sees" closely fol1()\\'ecl b: Parrish, \\'ho came in twoseconds late",

The surprise of the afternoon came when Ball came inrourth, He I:an an extremely good race and covered the('OUl·se in 2<) mins. --10 sees.

There \\'ere 9 competitors ill North and South HouseallCl ]3 and 1 j competitors in East and \Vest House respec­tively.

The first six positions \\'ere as follows :-

(1) Cress\yell 29 mll1s. 10 sees.(2) Parrish 29 mlllS. 12 sees.(3) Potts 29 mrns. 30 sees.(4) Ball 29 mll1s. 40 sees.(5) Fairweather 30 mll1s. 5 sees.(6) Lucas 30 m1l1s. 15 sees,

The flna] House positions were :-First, East, 61 points;second, North, 62 points; third, South, 68 points; fourth,\Vest, 130 points. BLoEMENDAL, Form IVB.

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NORTH HOUSE.

It is our pleasure to welcome into North House all new

boys who have joined us this term and we hope that they \villuphold the House in both work and sport as their predeces­SOI'S have done.

\Ve \I"ere unfortunate in losing Brian Dunger, a HousePrefect, this term. I am sure \\"e all wish him every possiblesuccess in his future career.

I n sport this term North House has not attained the highstandard that is usually expected of it. Although the Housecame out best in the paper-chase it only came second inthe cross-country race, losing to East House by a marginof one point. Bal], who came fourth, ran extremely well anddisplayed remarkable effort and determination. North Househave \\'on t\\·o House :\'latches this term.

The Gurney Shield Inter-House Competition will takeplace next term. Remember that better shooting and a largernumber of recruits would have improved last year's result".If everybody does his level best we stand a good chance oCbecoming No. [ Platoon. vVe hope that all junior boys willseriously consider joining the Cadet Corps and so help thePlatoon to \\·in the Competition.

Particulars of the Cadet Camp \,"ill be found under theCorps Notes. It is up to every Cadet in North House Platoonto do his best to attend and to see that his House is wellrepresen ted.

\iVe extend our hearty congrat.ulations to R. \iV. l\shby,D. \V. Briggs, B. J. Coltman, J. Dauncey, and D.Davidson, who have obtained their :\[atriculation certificates;to Davidson and Dauncey, 'xho have been made School:\[onitors; to Ashby and Dunger, \\·ho have been made HousePrefects; 1.0 i\kerman, Bircha]], and Creegan, who havereceived promotions in the Cadet Corps; and to Akerman andDodwell, who have received their 2nd Eleven Footba]lColours.

I am glad to see that North House Boys are being wellrepresented in School acti\'ities; besides [ootball, in the recentboxing and swimming mat.ches against other schools manyNorth House bo)'s have done credit to the School,

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1 would strongly urge all members of the House tosupport School activities next term by training vigorously forthe Athletic Sports, Cricket, Boxing and SII"imming Sports,and by supporting' their House Teams. Hcgain for NorthHouse its former position o[ Cock House.

H. E. CRESSWELL, Caplail/.

SOUTH HOUSE.

Although the numbers in the House are incrcasing, thcsupport which wc are receiving in gamcs and the Corps isstill small. Every member of the House must play his partand this applies particularly to thc juniors, upon whom weshall rely for our House teams in the future.

The Gurney Shield Competition will be held next tc["mand recruits are badly needed to maintain the strength of theHouse Platoon.

Fox, Goodman, Houchen and Hunt (Snr.) have left usamI wc wish them every success in their future careers. 1[]the Christmas examination, Goodman, Gudgin and Foxmatriculated and Fairbairn, Grimes, Hurlstone and Hancoxgained General School Certificates.

The following are to be congratulated on their varioussuccesses: Fillmore, who has gained his School footballColours, passed the practical part of Certificate A andtogether with Hopkinson, has received promotion in theCorps; Gudgin and Hunt (N.), who have become Schoolmonitors; Fairbairn and Hurlstone, who have been madeHouse Prefects.

Finally we welcome to the House all the new boys whohave come to us this term, and to the House Platoon,Haynes, Gray and Hill.

EAST HOUSE.

[t was with the deepest regret that we learnt of the deathor Donald Maisey. Only those who had the pleasure ofworking and playing with him can realize the energy and""ood spirit that he put into everything he did. There was~ot a single activity of the House that" Don" did not takepart in; few boys indeed have ever devoted their efforts tosuch an extent on behalf of the School and House.

The term has seen many successes for East House.Thanks mainly to the fine running of Parrish, Potts, Lucasand Prebble, we won the Inter-House cross-country race

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for tbe first time. East also won tbe senior football champion­ship without losing .a match, winning- all three games thisterm by large margll1S. \<\Te came first in the Jnter-Houseboxing tournament at the end o[ last term, but this doesnot count for House points, \\'hich depend on the results ofthe tournament to be held next term.

. "X ext term there \\"ill be the cricket championship, for\\"hlch our pr?spects are yery bright, East having' 'Hll1 the:Massey Cup Jor the last t\yO years; and "'e still have all the:members of last season's team. Then there will be the athleticsp~rt.s, for \,"hich all our competitors should already be intrammg. \<\Te must improve on last year's position' this isa sport in which our large percentage of juniors shou'ld proveto be an asset. Stick to it, YOU swimmers; last summer theteam did well to come third," East must be first this time.

Congratulations to L. Parrish on his fine success in thcpaper chase, and to Reynolds, Pond and Ruffle on beingmade House Prefects. "\lVe were very sorry to Jose Russell,our platoon commander, and we wish him the best of luck

Remember, all of you, East House is and must remall1Cock House. C. PATTl1>iSON-K1\IGHT, Captain.

WEST HOUSE.

Last term the House lost three very \'aluable member:"L. Vaux, S. Statham and I~. \lVise, the last t\\ a being HousePrerects. Jn the middle of this term we lost \lValton ourHouse Captain, and before he left he was awarded a S~hoolNlonitor's badge for his keen \I"ork and interest in the School.

\Ve have to congratulate \1I,T. Spear, P. \lVillies, D.Sutton, J. \lVilson, R. Sheret and L. Sullivan Jar receivin'"their 2nd XI Football Colours. ",

This term we welcome Sims, Seddon and \lVillmoll tu'vVest Hous~ Platoon. Unfortunately the shooting has beenneglected thiS term and the platoon will have to work hardt.o better their position in the coming" Gurney Shield Int.er­House Competition.

1. \lVatson put up the best show for the House in thepaper-chase and cross-country run, coming third and seventhrespectively.

A. Stewart and E. Temple \I"ere awarded their HousePrefects badges this term Jar their zealous work in t.he House.

P. S. WHEATLEY, Captain.

mastus uusus Scbool.Apparently the .\Iasters \\'ere anxious to pl"Oye for a

second time their superiority on the [ootball field. Theychalleng-ed the School to a match, and it \\"as playeJ oneTuesday afternoon at the end of the term. There \I"<\S a largeattendance of excited spectators, some or \\·hom \\-ere disposedto back the !\[asters-presumably because the~' consideredthe lalter needed some encouragement (but there \\"as arumour, expressing a vain hope, that by such diplomaticbacking homework might be excused).

The game was as interesting as ever. The Mastersscored lirst and held the School at bay for some time; buteventually the School team broke through, and ultimatelyand deservedly won 2-].

The Masters are to be congratulated on their spiritin playing, for as they know, dignity is hard to maintainwhile playing" football.

The fixture is a popular addition to our annual events.

J.O.O.

football.The 1St ~J lost only one Colour, Vaux, last term, and

so have been a much stronger team than is usual ill theSpring Term. Tbe fact that many of the present team \,"illbe with us for part of next season augurs \\'ell for the coming'Christmas term. The effect of having practically the sameteam for the whole football season has been to improve theteam work, which in some games has been distinctlyprumising. The Staff will be hard put to it to maintain theirunbeat.en record when they play the J st XI later in the term.

Thanks are due to the following members of the Stafffor refereeing, coaching and general encouragement :-

1St XL-\lV. \lVilson, Esq., D. Cowtan, Esq., f\. M.Mitchell, Esq.

2nd XL-A. F. C. Paine, Esq., G. H. Fairs, Esq.

3rd Xl.-\lV. C. \!\Torman, Esq., J. Walker, Esq.

Under q XI.-\V. F. Cummings, Esq.

Under 12 Xl.-B. W. Harrison, Esq.

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Numerous boys volunteered at the beginning of termto perform various duties in connection with football, suchas those of linesmen, firelighters 'Illd tea-makers. J\ II han:carried out their duties admirabh' and I should like to expresson behalf of the footballers, apP;'eciation for the considerablehelp they ha\'C given. A.M.YI.

FIRST ELEVEN.

The team, \\'hich has been subject to alteration, is asfollo\\'s: *Pollock; *Reynolds, 'I.'Potts; 'I.'Fillmore, *H,I ncox,'X'Briggs; 'i'Spear, 'i'Sutton, *Mackie, *Rackham, -j-\Natson.

'Ie Denotes J st Xl Colours. 'j' Denotes 2nd XI Colours.

The following boys have also played: \Nillies, vVilson,and Sullivan.

The chief goal-scorers have been: :'I1ackie (8), Re\'llOlds(4), \,yatson (3), Rackham (2), Spear (I).

The record is as follows :-Goals

P. W. L. D. F. A.

Home 4 3 a 15 7Away 2 a 4 7

Total 6 3 2 19 14

The following matches have been played :-

SCHOOL a V. \IVE~lBLEY COUNTY SCHOOL +This match was played at Sudbury on January 26th,

This \\'as our first match and the team had not yet settleddown. The play was hampered a gTeat deal by the excep­tionally strong wind blowing, ;\nd towards theencl of thegame there \\'as a slight snow storm.

SCHOOL 9 \'. S ..\L\'.\TORIAN COLLEGE r.

The School fielded a very \\'eak team consisting of halfthe 2nd XI and half the J st X l. The match was played at theHarral" Recreation Ground. For the School: Mackie (4),Reynolds (3), \!\fatson (I).

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SCHOOL -t v. EALI:-.lG PRIORY SCHOOL 2.

Throughout this match the defence played very \vell.But the fonyards missed several chances. The outstand1l1g'player among them was \Vatson, who started several goodmovements. For the School, :\·lackie scored two, and Rackham<tnd vVatson one each.

SCHOOL 2 V. OLD LYONIANS III 2.

This match was, by far, the best of the season. Thematch was played on the Old Boys', st X [ pitch and a greatnumber of spectators turned up from the School. The Schoolkicked off and the game proceeded very vigorously. The firsto'oal of the match was scored by the Old Boys, but shortly~fter, Mackie, amid a great uproar, scored twice in quicksuccession. And at half-time the School led by two goals 10

one. Unfortunately, early in the second half, Mackie wasinjured, sufficiently to render him practically useless. r~hen

the Old Boys scored their second goal, and at the final whIstlethe honours were even. The whole team played extremelywell, specially Pollock in goal. Watson was instru~ental inthe scoring of one of the School goals. After thiS matchMackie and Fillmore received their 1St XI Colours and Spearand Sutton their 2nd XI Colours.

SCHOOL 2. V. KINGSBURY COUNTY SCHOOL o.

This was a fairly even game, the School being weakenedby the absence of Briggs and Mackie. There was no score inthe first half, but early in the second half Reynolds scored,and this goal was closely followed by one from Spear.

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The opposing team had superior forwards and had mostof the play. In the second half the School team \\'asrearranged slightly. Rackham and '\'atson scored one eachfor the School. L. REYNOLDS, Cap/nin.

SECOND ELEVEN.

Apart [rom a lapse in the first match the 2nd XI haveenjoyed, in company with most of our elevens, quite a suc­cessful term. The regular team has been :-

Cresswell; *Cowper (Capl.), ,r.\,yalton; Dauncey,*vVheatley, *Akerman; Elliott, Simcock, Sheret, vVillies,podwell,

The under 14 team, captained by S. Collins, have playedmany good games this season. This team is the most difficultto choose as there are fortunately many more than elevenuseful footballers qualified and anxious to gain a place inthe side. D. YV. Brigg's has been most helpFul in sorting outthe available material. .

A yd X I has been revived this season and has so farjustified its existence as to have the best record of our Seniorteams. Larg'ely recruited from last season's Junior Team itcontains many promising footballers. P. L. Hudson has madean excellent Captain.

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The uncleI' J 2 team in Mr. Harrison's charg'e have anunbeaten record this term and hnve scored .13 goals whileconceding only 9 in six matches. There are many of the St:ll{who consider that the best football in the School is played bythe under 12 team. Special mention must be made of theCaptain and centre-forward Lacey, who has scored 30 gO:lls

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Kingsbury County School .

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