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No. CCXXXVI. NOVEMBER, 1905.

EDITORIAL.

VOL. XXIII.

itHERE is little worthy of observation in the events of~ the past six weeks, but there are nevertheless one or

two subjects which call for rather more attentionthan a brief paragraph under the heading of School News;and these we would deal with now.

The Pageant Presentation Meeting, which doubtlessmost of our readers either attended in person or have heardof from their friends, was the means not only of affordingus the pleasure of meeting Mr. Parker again, but also ofsettling two important questions which had long beenmatters of contention: firstly, the expenditure of the Pageantfunds, and secondly, the advisability of a future perform­ance. It was unanimously decided to hold another celebra­tion in the summer of 1908, and our old Master generouslyoffered to lay his services entirely at our disposal throughout

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the whole of that season. He intended this next perform­ance to be a greater success even than the last; we wouldhave learnt from experience our faults and failings, andwould thus be enabled to avoid their repetition.

We hear that Warwick, Bury St. Edmunds, and manyother towns are about to follow our lead in the production ofa local folk-play: we accord them all our heartiest goodwishes for an unqualified success.

News also comes to us as we go to press that 1\11'.Jocelyn Ffooks has very kindly presented to the SchoolLibrary several of the shields which he painted for thePageant; they will be of considerable interest to us by theirvery association. They comprise the various Sees whichwere originally included in the larger See of Sherborne.These hang on the side walls; on the north wall are· theSchool Arms with the Rebus of Abbot Bradford, the greatrestorer of the Abbey Choir, and on either side the arms ofthe ancient Abbey of Cerne.

It is with sincere regret that we chronicle the loss of1\11'. Bevan, who left us at the end of last term; we greatlymiss his kindly energy in all branches of School recreation,and especially in the Gymnasium; we hear, however, thatin this department Mr. Carey is still keeping people up tothe mark, despite his additional coaching labours, and to]\fr. Bensly, who has succeeded as School House Tutor, weextend a hand of cordial welcome, wishing him every happi­ness amongst us.

We rejoice to see increasing vivacity in that muchmaligned body, the School Corps; three masters have joined

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its ranks this term, and it has been considerably enlivenedby the organization of a section of signallers.

There is one thing, howbeit, in which we have no causefor self-satisfaction, and this is the cheering at SchoolMatches. The lack of keenness and interest that atpresent prevails amongst the non-players, with a fewexceptions, is absolutely disgraceful. Half of those who doraise their voices at all during the game do so in the evidentendeavour to attract attention to themselves and without theleast attempt to encourage the players. This has not alwaysbeen so; we ourselves can remember the time when thewhole field used to ring with hearty applause. We all prideourselves on our tenacity to old customs; let us then wakeup and show more enthusiasm.

CANADIAN LETTER.

Since I left the old School in r870, I have visited nearlyevery part of the world, and everywhere I have met 'old boys.'In New Zealand in r878 I met Aurelius Smith, an old boy ofyears and years ago, even before my time. He was holding,and :I believe still holds an important post in the Governmentof the colony. In 1879, or it may have been 1880, there cameout to New Zealand on a tour of the world, a young Scotch­man and his 'bear leader' as travelling tutors are called,Edward \Vallington, who was in the School XI. under Gamein the late sixties.

\Vallington stayed out in Australia and became privateSecretary to Lord Carrington, when he was Governor of NewSouth \Vales; afterwards \Vallington was Secretary to theMelbourne Club, and again afterwards to the Governor Generalof the Commonwealth. Two things combined in hIS favour­his prowess as a cricketer and his good manners. He was adiplomatist of the first water. During his regime no one went

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away in a bad temper from Government House, and the Clubwas declared by visitors to be the best in the world, which itprobably is. In this remote part of the world there are two orthree old Shirburnians. VV. H. Bullock vVebster is the chiefof the Provincial Police, and a first class man he is. R. H Leyis in the Assay Office of the Hall Mines, an important miningcompany. J. C. Campbell Johnston, a mining engineer of somerepute, is also well known in this province. As for myself, Ihave been connected with several papers in the province, andstill depend on my pen for a living. As most of your readersare just about to jump off the shore of youth and dependenceand cast themselves into the deep pool of the world with itsunknown currents and whirlpools and hidden rocks I think adescription of this country with its chances of success may beworth reading.

To begin with, British Columbia is all that part of Canadalying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean andbetween the 49 degrees and 60 degrees parallels of latitude.

When I was at school, unfortunately we were not taughtmuch about parallels of latitude and the words brought nomeaning to us, but I strongly advise all boys to make them­selves acquainted with these and other terms in u~e in thescience of geography; as knowledge of that kind is alwaysuseful, and particularly so in a new country. British Columbiais a land of mountains and rivers and lakes, the ideal country ofadventure from a boy's point of view, the sport to be obtainedboth with rod and gun is about the best in the world, and it isstill a country where a man with little or no capital can make aliving. At this place from which I write. the little town ofNelson, there are more opportunities than in most places. Theplace is beautifully situated on Kootenay Lake, on which is amagnificent rowing course, and consequently there is a goodboat club and nearly everybody owns a boat of some sort frommotor launches to canoes. The land along the shores of thelake is very fertile and grows the best fruit in America, whichis saying a good deal. The cultivation of fruit is not difficultand requires very little capital. From £200 up a man couldstart and make a good living from the first. Land is at presentfairly cheap and the market for fruit insatiable. This marketis on the great plains on the east side of the Rockies, rightaway as far east as \iVinnipeg. On these prairies the finestwheat in the world is grown, but they cannot produce fruit ofany kind there. Nelson is connected with the plains by the

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Canadian Pacific Railway and is the nearest fruit growingpoint. At Nelson new corners (che-chakos) as they are calledby the Indians do not find themselves so far off. It is onlytwelve days from London and the journey is made withoutdifficulty, crossing the Atlantic to Montreal and thence by theCanadian Pacific Railway direct to Nelson. Besides fruitraising there are many other occupations which a strong andwilling man may embrace, and in this free and wild west nowork of any kind is derogatory. It does not matter a pin whata man does as long as it is honest work. Wages in this districtare yery high. The lowest for ordinary labourers is 2 dollars50 cents (IO/-) a day, while skilled labourers such for instanceas bricklayers get 6 dollars (24/-) a day. The climate is splendid;the thermometer seldom goes to zero in winter, and rarelyexceeds 90 degrees in summer. There is plenty of amusements,there being clubs of all kinds; rowing-, cricket, football, base­ball, hockey, lacrosse and tennis. The lake is full of fishrunning up to 20-lbs., and in the hills are deer, cariboo and bear.In a little valley only a mile or two away last year, some youngmen, clerks in banks, went out on Sunday after bear and gotfour in the day. The town is picturesque and healthy, andmuch more civilised than places of 20,000 and more people athome. Electric lights are everywhere, and there are tramwaysrun by electricity. I would advise intending settlers to bring aslittle as possible with them. Everything requisite and suitedto the country can be obtained here at reasonable prices.Above all avoid the so called Colonial outfitter in London,whose 'outfits' are expensive and absolutely useless. I shallbe glad to give any information about this country that may beasked for, and will reply to any letters that may be sent to me.

CHARLES ST. BARBE.

QUEENSLAND.

To the Editor of' The Shirbztrlzian.'Dear :Mr. Editor,

I have been reading the account of the Sherborne Pageantin home papers, and have Bennett's Illustrated Souvenir beforeme. It's just about 40 years ago this month that I went. toSherborne in Mr. Harper's time, but the memory of the happiestyears of my life, which I spent there, is quite as vivid as if it

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was only a year or two ago that I left. I have only been inEngland once since 1873, and that is now )2 years ago, but Itook care to put in ten days at the old school, where I still foundone or two old friends among the Masters. If I go to Englandagain I shall certainly repeat the visit, but I should hardlyexpect to find any old acquaintance there after so many yearsabsence.

Old Shirburnians have a sort of propensity for turning upall over the world. There are a good many scattered aboutin Australia and four or five that I know of in Queensland.Our Government entymologist in Brisbane, H. Tryon, is an oldSherborne boy of my own time. Some years ago I spotted aportmanteau in Rockhampton bearing the well known Londonand South vVestern Railway label to Sherborne. I hunted theowner up and found him to be a clergyman just out fromhome, and afterwards Archdeacon Tester.

Australia is a land of enormous possibilities and will probablybe a great country in another century. At present we aresuffering from an extreme labour party government with intenselysocialistic ideas, and until their views become modified andthey recognise that socialism won't make the millenium theyhave been led to believe it will, it will have little or noattractions for intending imigrants from England. Here, inQueensland, we have millions of acres of pastural land, manythousands of rich agricultural land, while in minerals we havenearly everything represented. Gold is found in plenty atMount Morgan, Charter Towers, Gympii Etheridge and otherplaces. The first named mine has turned out in the pastnineteen years 2,881,265 ounces of gold worth over £4 per ounceand has paid in dividends £605'29,166 13s. 4d.

Then we have copper in enormously rich lodes, the oreoften giving from 30 to 70 per cent. \Ve have also tin, iron inabundance, but not yet being worked to any extent, silver, lead,bismuth and wolfram; opal and sapphires, and other preciousstones, and, lastly, what will probably be one of the greatest ofthe Australian industries, coal, both bituminous and anthracite,the latter of first rate quality and in quantities nearly, if notquite, equal to that in Pennsylvania, though as yet the industry isonly in its infancy.

We have an area of 668,500 square miles, while the totalpopulation is only about 572,000.

About 215,910,480 acres are devoted to grazing, the lateststock returns giving cattle 2,700,000 and sheep 8,4°0,000.

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A squatter's life, in good seasons, is one ofthe most enjoyablethat can be imagined. His station or run is often as large as agood size English county and he is pretty well' monarch of allhe surveys: He always rides a good horse and has numbers ofthem, drives his pair, unicorn, or four in hand, and .::an alwaysfill up any spare time with shooting, fishing or hunting andvisiting his neighbours, the nearest of whom will very possiblybe 30 or 40 miles away.

A miner's life is perhaps the most exciting of any, especiallyon an alluvial gold field, where, at any moment, nuggets worthhundred of pounds may be unearthed, though I am bound to saythere must be seven or eight unlucky miners to one who makeshis fortune. I remember a friend who in 188+ scraped together[1,000 and put the whole into the Mount Morgan Mine and fiveyears afterwards sold out for [136,000, and he was far from beingone of the biggest holders in that mine. On the other hand Ihave known scores who were ruined by buying in before a fall inprices.

We have plenty of most interesting wild animals includingdingoes, (or wild dogs-more like a jackal than a dog),kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials, the former beingoften 6-ft. and sumetimes even 7-ft. high while the smallestmarsupials are no bigger that a mou,:e. Then we have flyingfoxes (like a very large bat) flying squirrels, wombats, oppossumsnative cats, and porcupines.

In birds, we have representatives of nearly every tribe fromthe emu to the little bush birds about the size of humming birds-and as for game, bustards, scrub turkeys and ,,,ild fowl, ducks,teal, wideeon, black swans, numbers of varieties of pigeons andquail, besides lots of other varieties of edible birds. Fishing isnot to be compared to that in cooler climates, though there isvery good sea fishing to be had on the coast, and in some of therivers the barra-mundi, perch and garfish, freshwater mullet,kingfish and the Australian salmon afford excellent sport.

\Vell I've spun this letter out to an unconscionable length.Should you care for a few colonial bush yarns send along aShil'bzll'1lian or two, and I will gladly reciprocate; and no,,,,wishing all success and prosperity to the dear old school whichI hope I may see once again before I die,

I remain, Mr. Editor,Yours sincerely,

21St August, 1905, WM. BROmIE.Rockhampton, Queensland.

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FOOTBALL.

[NOVEMBER,

SCHOOL v. CASTLE CARY.

This match, the first of the season, resulted in an easy winfor the School by 3 goals and 3 tries to a try. The Schoolkicked off with the wind, towards the National Schools, andwere almost immediatelv awarded a free kick but not muchground was gained_ The visitors then rushed the ball pasthalf-way, but Hope relieved with a good kick into touch, andthen from the line out the School three-quarters obtained theball and after some excellent passing Cole scored the first try.The kick failed, 3-0. After this the School for a time had it alltheir own way, Carey, Scott and James each scoring in quicksuccession. Rawlins converted two of the tries, 16-0. Thevisitors now began to press for a while but the School grovelheaded by Scott and May soon brought the ball back into theCastle Cary twenty-five, and Cole picking up scored betweenthe posts. Rawlins converted,21-0. After this half-time wascalled.

On resuming, the School again pressed hard and Careymade a good run, but was not backed up. The School werenow awarded a free kick, James' shot at goal failed. Soon afterthis Shaw picked up and scrambled over, the try was not con­verted, 24-0. From this point the School fell to pieces, and thevisitors after a good run by their half-back scored far out. Thekick was a failure, 24-3. Castle Cary continued to press tilltime was called, but they did not score again.

As regards individual play, Scott and May were the mostprominent forwards, but it was also quite evident that Shawand Parry-Jones did their share of work in the scrums. As apack they played well in the first half, giving the halves severalgood opportunities, one or two of which Cole turned to goodaccount; but in the second half they fell badly to pieces; theylost the ball; they failed to tackle keenly, and there was novestige of combination to be seen. As regards the three-quarterline, Carey tackled very well indeed, and Rawlins' passing wasclear and accurate, though perhaps both the centres kept theball rather too long to give their wings much chance of getting­away. At back, Hope's fielding and kicking was quite goodand it is to be hoped that he will turn out a really good backbefore the end of the season.

Team: Hope (back); Morrison, C. O'D. Carey, E. F.Rawlins, J. F. Hodges (three-quarters); G. L. Cole, C. E. Ley,

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(halves); H. S. Scott, O. Parry-Jones, W. E. Shaw, C. A. Brown,C. N. James, H. G. May, VV. G. \Valter, E. C. Crichton(forwards).

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SCHOOL v. G. M. CAREY. ESQ.'lI XV.

Scott kicked offfor the School towards the National Schools.After a series of grovels and line-outs at half-way Ross made abrilliant run for the scratch team, but Hope relieved with a welljudged kick. Daniel now made a fine dribble but Davis soonbrought the ball back and after some good passing by thescratch three-quarters, Ross attempted a drop goal but failed.Then after some even play Kirk, the old Oxonian, scored afterfollowing up hard. Ross failed with the kick, 0-3. From thedrop out Ross made a good run which brought the ball into theSchool twenty-five, and G. M. Carey scored from the line out.Powys converted, 0-8. The School grovel now made somegood rushes and pressed hard till half-time.

On resuming, Hodges made a good run and gained groundbut the scratch grovel headed by G. M. Carey and Kirk broughtthe ball back into the School twenty-five. Hope now relievedwith a good kick into touch, but Powys soon dribbled back,and was just prevented from scoring, Rawlins saving by agood kick. From the line-out the scratch three-quartersobtained the ball and Thompson scored far out. The try wasunconverted, a-I!. Kirk after this scored twice in quicksuccession, after which he had to retire with a strained knee,both kicks were failures, 0-17. The School now began to pressand Bashal scored between the posts after a good run. Jamesconverted, 5-17. From the kick off Macall scored far out, aftera combined run of Ross and Davis; the kick was again afailure, 5-20. Just before time the scratch team were awardeda free kick. and Gibson converted, 5-23' Teams:-

School. Hope (back); Carrington, C. O'D. Carey, E. F.Rawlins, J. F. Hodges (three-quarters); C. E. Ley, Bashall(halves); H. S. Scott, \V. E. Shaw, Brown, May, James, Daniel,vValter, Crichton (forwards).

G. M. Carey, Esq:s xv. Hornidge (back); Palmer,Macall, Ross, Tompson (three-quarters); Davis, Douglas(halves); G. M. Carey, E. F. Kirk, W.J. Bensly, L. C.Powys,Gibson, Low, Bennett, A. N. Other.

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SCHOOL v. SIDMOUTH.

This match, after a very even and exciting game, ended ina win for the visitors. The School were assisted by G. M.Carey, H. E. Davis and \V. J. Bensly. Sidmouth kicked offfrom the National School end, and after the usual returns playsettled down in the School twenty-five. The School grovelheaded by G. M. Carey, now made a rush, Davis gained groundby a good run but was brought down on the line. The visitorsnow pressed hard, but Hodges relieved with a good run, andafter a grovel, Rawlins made a good attempt at a drop goal.The Sidmouth three-quarters now made a fine run and got overour line, but failed to touch down. Here the visitors' captainretired with an injured knee. Sidmouth kept up the attack tillhalf-time was called.

. On resuming, the visitors again took up the attack, butDavis relieved the pressure with a good kick into touch. Afterthis the Sidmouth three-quarters broke away, Bull saving well,but after a grovel on the line Sidmouth scored. The kickfailed, 0"3- Soon after this the visitors again got over. Thekick again failed, 0-6. The School now took up the attack, andDavis made a fine run, but was brought down on their line.The School kept up the pressure till time was called, the grovelplaying very well.

In this match the forwards were not well together, and therewould have been a very difierent tale to tell had not Mr. Careyheld them together as well as he did. As it was, he and Mr.Bensly did most of the work in the scrum, and the School owethe three masters a great debt of gratitude. The heeling wasnot clean, and the halves had very little opportunity of openingout the game to the three-quarters. Carey as usual defendedsplendidly, and Hodges too always brought his man down well.The Sidmouth team owe their victory to the greater pace oftheir outsides, the left wing being particularly fast. Team:-

Bull (back); Carrington, Hodges, C. O'D. Carey, E. F.Rawlins (three-quarters); Bashall, H. E. Davis (halves); G.M. Carey, W. J. Bensly, H. S. Scott, O. Parry-Jones, Vi. E.Shaw, James, ·WaIter. Crichton.

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SCHOOL v. MERTON COLLEGE. OXFORD.

This match, which was played on the upper ground onOctober 21st, was a very interesting game, firstly because it was

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a close match as regards points; and secondly because so manyold Sherborne boys came down for it; no less than threeplaying, Ross, Homfray and Bond, and VV. T. Ross on thetouch line. The School however were without the services ofboth Cole and Ley at half, while Shaw was absent fromthe pack.

As regards the game. Merton kicked off, and before theball had been in play three minutes Ross received from theirhalf and made an opening for Bond, who scored their first try.The kick failed however, and the score was three to nil. Jamesand Hodges together took the ball into Merton twenty-five, wellbacked up by Parry-Jones and Scott; a scrum ensued, and theball going down the line-alas the only time during the match-Carrington crossed their line and scored an unconverted try.After this the visiting side resumed the attack, but were keptout by some neat screw kicking by Rawlins. By now theSchool forwards were working very hard indeed, but the backsfailed to do their duty and consequently the School line wascrossed again, the try however was unconverted. Afterthis the School contrived to hold their own till half-time, thescore then being Merton 6, School 3.

On resuming, Merton again pressed and Ross scored a goodindividual try very soon, thus taking the score to 9- 3. From aline out the School three-quarters managed to get possession ofthe ball, but before it had travelled far, a pass was dropped;Carrington however picked the hall up very well from theground and ran over the line, going very fast indeed; thus theSchool reached 6 to 1Ierton 9. After this play again settleddown in the School twenty-five; however the forwards again, asindeed they had done throughout the whole game, took uponthemselves the work of the outsides, and Scott after a reallyfine dribble-taking the ball two-thirds the length of the ground-scored a good try which was again unconverted; now thescore was 9 all; however, the School were fated to lose, andRoss scored his second try just before full time, and so l\1ertonwon by 12 points to 9.

This was the first match in which the side gave any promiseof becoming a good XV. No praise is good enough for theforwards, who worked well together in the light and dribbledsplendidly in the open. The collaring of Carey and Hodgeswas good, but it was quite impossible for them to do all thework, as frequently they had two or three three-quarters to

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stop. The halves, at present somewhat inexperienced, failed tofeed their own three-quarters or stop their opposing halves, andwere completely a beaten pair. It was at this department ofthe game that the real mischief was done.

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SCHOOL v. LLANDOVERY COLLEGE.

This match was played at Cardiff on \Vednesday, October25th. The School XV, reached the ground at 1 o'clock, thegame after some delay owing to the absence of the refereestarting at 2-15. Llandovery kicked off and play settled downin Sherborne territory. The latter however worked back andCarrington, picking up, raced over with a try which Jamesconverted. For a long time after this Llandovery pressed hard,their forwards seeming to get more shove on than the Sherborneeight. Scott and James relieved with a dribble and Rawlinsgained ground by a neat screw kick. From a grovel on thehalf-way line Cole got possession and breaking right through tothe back passed to Scott who scored far out. The kick failed.Llandovery worked back but half-time found Sherborne stillpressing. On resuming the Sherborne pack settled down tobetter work and brought off several good wheels, the' shove'however still lay with the \Velsh forwards. Good kicking bythe outsides took play into the Llandovery twenty-five andfrom loose play Parry-Jones dribbled through a whole host of\Velshmen and scored a brilliant try. The effort deserved tothe full the appreciation which it received. James again failedwith the kick. After this reverse Llandovery worked back andwere only stopped from scoring by their faulty passing. Awheel by the Sherborne forwards and a run by Cole relievedthe pressure and the School in turn attacked hard. The lastten minutes of the game was more vigorous than scientific andthe ball passed from one side of the ground to the other withamazing rapidity. In a loose rush however B. Lloyd one of theLlandovery forwards kicked over the line and touched down;Thomas added the major points. Time was then called leavingSherborne victorious by 1 goal 2 tries (11 points) to 1 goal(5 points). The game was of a very even nature and foughtout vigorously on both sides. The Llandovery pack got more, shove' on than the Sherborne eight although the latter werecleverer in hooking the ball and neater in the open. Thetackling on both sides was keen, but the Sherborne outsidescombined the better although their opponents were given but

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few opportunities by their forwards of showing either paceor combination. Teams:-

Llandovery College. G. W. Parry (back); H. A. Morgan,T. W. Thomas, L. Richards, J. W. Lowis (three-quarters);W. Humphreys, W. Jones (halves); R. G. Prichard, J. Morgan,D. J. Parry, R. Lloyd, J. W. David, E. Jones, S. Dillon,J. L. Williams (forwards).

Sherborne School. P. P. Hope (back); H. B. Carrington,E. F. Rawlins, C. O'D. Carey, J. F. Hodges (three-quarters);G. L. Cole, W. H. Bashall (halves); H. S. Scott, O. Parry­Jones, 'vV. E. Shaw, C. N. James, H. G. May, Vl. G. Waiter,E. C. Crichton, S. C. Bennett (forwards).

Referee: E. Gwyn Nicholls, Esq.

SCHOOL NEWS.

On Friday, October 20th, there was an extra half-holidayin memory of the Nelson Centenary, and the School wereallowed to attend a performance in the Fair Field of animatedphotographs, including some excellent pictures of the Pageant.

On October 21st the whole School assembled in the SchoolRoom at 12 o'clock to commemorate the centenary of the Battleof Trafalgar; the Headmaster gave an address on the life ofNelson, and appropriate recitations were given by C. King andthe Rev. H. Dunkin, after which 1\1r. Hodgson sang' TheDeath of Nelson '; the Last Post and the Reveille were soundedby the Corps Buglers.

On Tuesday, October 24th, a dinner was given in theSchool Gymnasium to Mr. Louis N. Parker at 7 o'clock, whichwas followed by the presentation in the Digby Assembly Roomsof two magnificent volumes, containing a collection of photo­graphs of the Pageant, together with an illuminated addressand the signatures of the performers. After the presentationthe School Choir sang a rousing song, entitled' L.N.P.' com­posed by the Headmaster and set to music by r-Ir. Tester.

The following have been made School prefects:- J. R.WaIters, E. Rawlins, H. G. May, G. L. Cole.

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The following have been presented with their colours:­1St XV. C. N. James2nd XV. E. G. Crichton, P. P. Hope, \V. H. Bashall,

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The following left last term :-A. H. Ross (a), Head ofSchool and Captain of Games; G. C. Lunt (a), VI., 2nd XI. ;J. Knox (I), VI., XV., 2nd XI.; H. G. Stewart (a), VI.; E. F.Bond (a), Vr., XV., XI.; R. W. Jesson (d), Vr., XL, 2nd XV.;W. A. Wells (b), VI.; J. N. Bertram (I), VI., 2nd XV.; J. V.Druitt (b) VI.; E. C. Henderson (b), VI.; J. W. Pigeon (f),VI.; A. R N. Macgillycuddy (b), XV.; G. C. Catt (a), XV.;R. M. Ward (a), XI.; L. Bartlett (c) 2nd XV.

a.s. NEWS.

CLERICAL ApPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. F. E. \Varner to be Vicar of S. Barnabas',Birmingham.

The Rev. E. Drewe to be Rural Dean of Trigg Major.

The Rev. \V. A. Newman to be Rector of Upper Hardres,Canterbury.

The Rev. \V. G. Boyd, M.A., to be resident chaplain tothe Archbishop of Canterbury.

MILITARY ApPOINTMENTS.

Colonel C. A. B. Donne from commanding 36th Regi­mental District to be in charge of Infantry Brigade.

Captain F. C. C. Ensor, RA., to be an Instructor inGuernsey.

Major C. R. Buckle, R.G.A., to be Armament Major atGibraltar.

H. G. Lee-Warner to be Lieutenant, RH. and R.F.A.C. G. Bond to be Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment.

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LITERARY.

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Sir Godfrey Lagden contributes an article on the' NativeQuestion in South Africa,' in the new work entitled 'TheEmpire and the Century' (Murray).

J. J. Cotton, C.S., has published' Inscriptions on Tombsor Monuments in Madras, of Historical or ArchaeologicalInterest.'

'The New Rambler,' 'From Desk to Platform,' and• Essays and Addresses' by Sir Lewis Morris will shortly bepublished (Longman).

The S.P.C.K. have re-published' Lent Legends,' 'Storiesof the Crusades,' and other works of the late Rev. J. M.Neale, D.D.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Dr. Collier has been elected a Vice-President of the BritishMedical Association.

The degree of Inceptor in Arts has been conferred on H.\V. V. Temperley, Peterhouse.

A. S. Coffin passed 9th into the KM.C. Sandhurst.

Sidney Turner passed 9th in the Civil Service Examinationsand has been appointed to the India Office, H.C.S.

A. H. Todd has gained an Entrance Scholarship at Guy'sHospital l\Iedical School.

Mr. Louis N. Parker has been elected Master of thePageant to be held at \Varwick next year, on the lines of theSherborne Pageant.

L. VV. Mylrea has taken his B.A. degree.

F. W. Kemp is house surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary,Oxford.

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The following have been playing football at Oxford:

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A. H. Ross.For Merton College J. Homfray.

E. F. G. Bond.For Brazenose College-J. H. Knox.For Oxford A. v. Marlborough-A. H. Ross.

MARRIAGES.

APLIN-OLDHAM. On the 3rd October, at Gt. Bealings,by the Rev. Howard Beech, Rector of the parish, assisted bythe Rev. Arthur Maude, Rector of Burgh, Lt.-Col. P. J.Hanham Aplin, D.S.O., to Mary Bertha, daughter of Brigade­Surgeon C. F. Oldham, of The Lodge, Gt. Bealings.

SMITH-BALTHASAR. On the 7th inst., at St. Paul's Church,Avenue-road, N.\V., by the Archdeacon of Trinidad, uncle ofthe bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. Herbert Bury, M.A.,Vicar of the parish, F. Stanley Smith, of Bridgetown, Barbados,eldest son of Fredk. B. Smith, Esq., Provost-Marshal ofBarbados, to Olga, youngest daughter of Otto and FannyBalthasar, of 72, Goldhurst-terrace, South Hampstead.

KNOBEL-OMMANNEY. On the 11th October, at St. Mary'sChurch, North Mymms, Herts, by the Rev. R. du Faur Bryans,assisted by the Rev. G. Staunton Batty, vicar of the parish,and the Rev. H. Kendal, William Bernard Knobel, M.A., M.D.(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of Imperial Lodge, Malvern,younger son of E. B. Knobel, F.R.A.5., of 32, Tavistock­square, vV.C., to Gladys Maude, only daughter of CharlesHenry Ommanney, C.M.G., of Abdale, Hatfield, Herts.

YATES-JORY. On the 23rd October, at the parish church,St. Peter Port, Guernsey, by the Rev. Henry Clark, M.A.,John Yates, younger son of the late Francis Yates and Mrs.Yates, of 'Aysgarth,' Surbiton, to Emily Amine, eldestdaughter of R. Vivyan Jory, of' Cader Idris,' Guernsey.

BERENS-BLACKWOOD. On the 27th inst., at St. MaryAbbotts, Kensington, by the Rev. George Berens, Vicar ofSt. Andrew's, Bethnal-green, brother of the bridegroom, Cecil,third surviving son of Richard B. Berens, Esq., J.P., D.L., ofKevington, near St. Mary Cray, Kent, to Mildred Turnour,only daughter of James Blackwood, Esq., late of Hamecroft,Faots Cray, Kent.

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DR. PHILIP HENRY MILES, well knownas an ophthalmic specialist, died on Friday athis residence, the Old Parsonage, Gresford,Denbighshire. He came of a Dorset family;and, obtaining his degree of M.B. in 1867, andM.D. at Edinbuq~h in 1870, in 1884 he gainedat Paris the distinction of being prize medallistof the International Society for the Ameliora­tion of the Condition of the Blind, and in 1887he was prize medallist of the Parisian societyfor the protection of infant life in ocular sur­gery. His name is identified with the modifica­tion of an artificial vitreous-a small ball usedafter removal of the eyeball for filling up thesocket-and he was author of numeroustreatises in medical journals. Though latterlyliving in partial retirement he practiced asconsulting oculist in Chester, and was presidentof the Medical Society of the City. He wasalso honorary consulting oculist to WrexhamInfirmary. Outside professional work hishobby was gardening, and being noted asa cultivator of herbaceous flowers his beautifulgardens were frequently visited by botanists.He was in his 63rd year.

JOHN LOUCH, ESQ., Solicitor, at his resi­dence, Langport, Somerset, in his 80th year.

FREDERICK GEORGE SLESSOR, M. Inst.C.E., son of the late Major General Slessor, ofSidmouth, Devon, at his residence Easterlands,\Vellington, Somerset, on the 15th October.

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PREPARATORY NEWS.

[NoVE~fBER,

Taking into consideration that all but two of the old colourshad left, the cricket season was quite successful.

Out of four matches, three were drawn. Young headedthe batting averages, and Carey, who made an excellentcaptain, the bowling.

The Results were as follows:June 27th v. The Rev. C. O. Bevan's XI. \Von by I run.July 6th v. King's School, Bruton (under 14)' Won by

33 runs.July 13th v. Cleveland H()use, \Veymouth. Lost by 72 runs.July 15th v. Connaught House, \Veymouth. \Von by IQ runs.

Two or three Natural History Excursions were made, andwere very much enjoyed, the weather being invariably favour­able. In the course of the term some very fair collections ofbutterflies and flowers were made.

The Football fixtures for this term are as follows:Saturday, Oct. 28th v. The Rev. W. J. Bensly's XV.Saturday, Nov. IIth v. The Rev. E. I. A. Phillips' XV.Wednesday, Nov. 29th v. G. M. Carey Esq's. XV.

THE CONCERT.

Our usual correspondent having failed us, we have beencompelled to fall back upon less experienced talent for thisaccount.

The programme opened with Mozart's Overture to 'IlSeraglio,' pleasant if not sublime; which was followed bySpohr's 'God, Thou art great.'

Our opening chorus with its characteristic chromatic treat­ment adequately led up to the soprano solo accompanied bychorus. Warner appeared for the last time as treble soloist,though the fact was by no means painfully obvious. Onevoluptuous duet just lacked perfection, but the choral fugue wasrolled out with the needful fury.

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Haydn's military symphony led up to the annual perform­ance of the Valete. Mr. Barrett gave us two very enjoyableflute solos, and then followed-what has probably never beensung before at the end-of-term concert-The CommemorationSong. There had been no Commemoration concert owing tothe Pageant, and it was rightly considered undesirable to omitthe best of School-songs. The Choir fully justified its insertioninto the programme. 'The Golden Vanity' was well sung byMr. Marsh, O.S. The performance of' Fons Limpidus' withorgan accompaniment brought out its beauties in a way thathad been impossible in the open air. vVe hope to hear itseveral times more. The splendid swing of Schubert's MarchMilitaire ensured the applause that it deserved. The patheticstrains of 'God speed' were followed by Auld Lang Syne, inwhich the solos were tall en by Ross, Bond, Bartleet and Knox;and the Carmen and the National Anthem brought to its closea very enjoyable concert.

Il Seraglio Mozart

God, Thou art great Spohr

The ]\1ihtary Haydn

The Valete F·H.F.P.B.C.T.

{(a) Serenade ... Stainer(b) Allegretto... Codard

Mr. W. L. Barrett.

Commemoration Song F·R.L.N.P.

The Lowland Sea ... E. BrallscomeMr. C. G. Marsh, O.S.

.. .Fons Limpidus ... JJ.R.!F.C.S.C•

...March illilitaire... Sclmbert

Auld Lang Syne {f.R.L.N.P.

CARMEN.

Flute Solo

Symphony

The programme was as follows :-

Overture

Song

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SOPHISTS.

[NOVEMBER,

OppositionC. KingC. A. Brown

The Sophists began the Christmas term 1905 with very fewmembers left, as the exodus at the end of the preceding term hadbeen large. It was obvious that the former enthusiasm neededre-awakening, and as the result of a consultation between thePresident, H. P. Thompson, Esq., and prominent members, acode of rules was drawn up, a summary of which is here given.A house-secretary was to be appointed by the members in eachhouse, to urge them to attend meetings, and to serve as a meansof communication between them and the Committee, a bodyformed of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, House­Secretaries and Treasurer. All the upper school were invitedto join, either as debating members or full members, pledgingthemselves to no promises as regards attendance, speaking, etc.Only Sophists thus enrolled were to be admitted to debates,which would out-number readings. A tentative rule was alsoadded to the scheme, imposing an entrance subscription of 6d.,to defray the expense of printing membership cards and listsof rules.

A d~bate was held on October 18th which was precededby an exposition of the proposed constitutional reforms, by thePresident, the question of the subscription being put forwardtentatively. A majority voted for a 6d. entrance fee; and allthe other proposals were carried unanimously.

The House then turned to public business, in the Torm of amotion that 'this house condemns the methods of modernjournalism.' The following spoke:

PropositionF. V. MerrimanJ. Lee-Warner

G. GroveJ. R. DuvallW. E. Kidner

J. R. WaItersK. Hunnybun

The opposer and proposer spoke again, and the motion onbeing put to the vote was supported by 20 votes, opposed by 18.This is the closest voting on record in the history of the club.

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FIELD SOCIETY.

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All naturalists, past and present, will be interested to knowthat the Museum has just been enriched by two gifts of Indianbutterflies; the one presented by J. A. McEnery, R.E., O.S.,the other by H. T. Pinhey, Esq., of the Indian P.W.D. Theformer, in which the species were not named, has been absorbedinto the second, which Mr. Pinhey has most kindly arrangedand named, making a really beautiful and valuable collection,for which the best thanks of the School are due to him. Hehas also written some notes thereon, of which the following isan extract.

, This is a small collection of the more ordinary butterfliesof India, including Assam, Sikkim, Burma, and even Afghanistanand Beloochistan':"-brought home at different times, some as farback as 1887. I do not mean to say they are all quite common.Some, especially of the Papilionidre or Swallow.tails, are verygood indeed. Papilio Evan is certainly very valuable; so areImperialis, and Gyas. There are about 336 varieties-a smallnumber compared with the known number, about 1600. Butthis large number includes all the Lycaenidae (Blues), andHesperidae (Skippers), which I have hardly taken up at all yet.

I should like to draw attention to one of the most interestingthings connected with the study of this branch of Entomologyin India, that is the subject of mimicry among butterflies.This is supposed to be a device by which nature prevents theextinction of species, which would be in some cases caused bybirds, or certain reptiles. The most obvious example of this isthe Hypoliminas Chrysippus. It will be seen that the femaleof this insect mimics almost exactly in colour and markings theDanais Salutura Chrysippus. This latter insect exudes apoisonous liquid, which makes it objectiollable to birds. Pleaseobserve what a very different gentleman the male Hypo is fromthe male Dan.

I would only add that this collection is of no mercantilevalue, and that the butterflies shown on paper are not simplypictures, but wax impressiolls of the wings themselves.'

Our Museum now possesses two good things in theEntomological line:

(I) The' Boyd' Collection of English Butterflies and l\loths.(2) The' Pil1hey' Collection of Indian Butterflies.

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The cabinet representing the efforts of local collectors is byno means in a flourishing condition, and leaves plenty of scopefor the Field Society's proper work.

T.W.W.

CORPS NOTES.

The Cup competitions took place on July 29th, and werejudged by Captain Baxter, 1st V.B. Dorset Regiment, with thefollowing results.

DRILL CUP.1St. No.l Section. A. Company (Col. Sergt. Ross) School House.2nd. NO.4Section. B. Company (Sergt. Drewe) vVildman's.

M USKETRY CUP.I st. No. 4 Section. B. Company (Sergt. Drewe) \Vildman's.2nd. No. I Section. A. Company (Col. Sergt. Ross) School House.

The House shooting challenge cup was won by Dunkin's(Corporal Bartleet); and the Marksman's Cup by CorporalRichmond.

The order of Sections this term is as follows:

A. CO~IPANY.

No. I School House-Corporal Lucas:2 School House-Sergeant Rebbeck3 School House-Corporal James4 Dunkin's-Corporal Hornidge

B. COMPANY.No. I King's-Corporal Parry-Jones

2 Bell's-Corporal May3 King's, Bell's,Wildman's-Corporal Richmond4 \Vildman's-Sergeant Drewe

\Ve welcome :Messrs. Davis, Bensly, Thompson and Palmerinto the Corps. We feel sure that their advent will help tosmarten up the Corps.

A section of signallers has been started; we hope they willsoon be efficient, as they will be very useful on field days andsham fights.

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Corporal H. F. Plant is in charge of the band which isvery good this term.

We fear the Shooting VIII. did not have a very successfulyear, although they were much higher up than usual at Bisley.But if more enthusiasm was shown by members of the corpsno doubt the School would have a chance of a better VIII., asit is there is absolutely no keenness shown whatever. Couldnot something be done by the Authorities to help the VIII.next year? Surely shooting is of some importance.

On Wednesday, September 28th, a sham fight was heldbetween Poyntington and Oborne. A fight which was notablefor the lack of spirit and keenness shown by A. Company. A.Company under Lieut. Dunkin were intended to hold a ridgealong the Downs and to prevent B. Company from breakingthrough. But owing to a mistake, B. Company under Lieut.Adamson arrived first, and consequently A. Company had noposition to occupy, and so gave up, and did nothing exceptchase scouts. At any rate one thing was learnt from it-thatin actual warfare one cannot always have the result arrangedbeforehand.

CAMP.

At the end of last term the Corps attended the annual campat Aldershot. \Ve marched into camp 63 strong, 3 Officers and60 Non-commissioned officers and men, on Tuesday afternoon,August 1st.

\Vednesday morning was taken up by a battalion drill; wewere in No. 2 battalion under Major Hoare, with Rugby,Haileybury, Epsom, Eastbourne, Lancing, Ley's and Brighton.Sergeant Major Wood acted as Battalion Sergeant Major.In the afternoon we were shown round some fortifications andearthworks which were very interesting.

Thursday morning was wet, and so there was no earlyparade; but it cleared up later on, and we went for a shortroute march, and in the evening Sherborne mounted guard.

On Friday we had a Field Day, which took place at theFox Hills. \Ve marched out at 8 o'clock, and did not arriveback in camp till 3 o'clock, and after that we practiced for themarch past on Sunday.

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On Saturday, we, No. 2 Battalion, had to defend a convoywhich was coming from Beacon Hill to Fleet; after our out­posts had been driven back, the fight ended in a general assaulton Tweseldown Hill which we, Sherborne Company weredefending. The attack ended in a terrific thunderstorm-hailand rain. We managed to get back to camp before the nextstorm came, but it rained all the afternoon.

On Sunday morning we attended church parade, when thesermon was preached by the Chaplain-General to the Forces;a ceremony which was rather interrupted by a bugle bandstriking up close by. After parade, General Sir John Frenchinspected the camp and watched us march past; we hear thatSherborne performed very creditably and were considered tohave marched past the best.

On Monday we had a short sham fight in the morning whenBrigadier-General F. Lloyd, C.B., D.S.O., acted as umpire.In the afternoon, Lord Roberts inspected our line, and after­wards spoke a few words to the Brigade. \Vhen this was overwe marched past and then returner! into camp.

Tuesday was devoted to a Divisional Field Day. Wemarched out to Pondtail Bridge, and gradually worked our wayback to camp, through Pyestock Wood and across Dove Hill.The fight ended just at the right time, as our company was verynearly cut off by the Guards. In the afternoon we practicedmanceuvres for savage warfare, forming and moving in a square;some excitement was caused by the charge of a body of cyclistswho broke through our ranks.

On \Vednesday, we were roused at 4 a.m. to return stores,and we broke up camp at 9 a.m., thus bringing to an end avery pleasant and instructive camp, and everything passed offagreeably in spite of the rain. Another year we hope the tentcompetition will be renewed as there was a tendency tountidiness and slackness in the tents and lines.

LIBRARY NOTES.

B·38e

BOOKS GIVEN TO THE LIBRARY.

History of the English Bible; Bishop \Vestcott; 3rdedition, edited by Aldis Wright, Pitt Press 1905.Gift of the Headmaster.

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E. 237 Playground of Europe; Leslie Stephen, London 1899.Gift of G. C. L. Lunt, Esq., O.S.

H. 562 Dorset Church Plate; Nightingale, London 1889.Gift of J. B. Carrington, Esq.

K. 188 The five Nations; Rudyard Kipling, London 1903.Gift of G. C. L. Lunt, Esq., O.S.

BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY.

A. 194 Weymouth; Catalogue of Charters &c; Moule, Wey­mouth 1883.

A. 195 Dorset Mints; Warne, Bournemouth 1872.A. 196 Ancient \Viltshire j Sir R. Colt Hoare, I8ro.

This copy of Sir H.. C. Hoare's famous work is in splendidcondition, and contains his autograph.D. 372 The Great Boer \Var; Conan Doyle, London 1900.D. 373 Political History of England; Variorum, Editors

Hnnt and Poole, London 1905.This History, when complete, will consist of twelve

volumes. Volumes ii. and x. are already published.H. 563 Archaeology and False Antiquities; Munro, London,

190 5. .H. 564 Catalogue of Pictures in Sherborne Castle; Louisa

M. Portman, n.d.K. 189 Poetical Works by Sir Lewis Morris, O.S. London

190 4.1'1.261 Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and \Vest Somerset; De

la Beche, London 1839.The English Dialect Dictionary is now complete.Three more volumes of Justin McCarthy's' History of our

own Times' have just been added to D. 149.

SKETCH COMPETITION.SU~BfER VACATION, 1905.

CONDITIONS-' A Prize is offered for the best Sketch; the selec­tion of subject and material is wholly free.'

Six sketches were given in to Mr. Hudson.

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The prize was awarded to Brown ma. for an excellent penand ink drawing of the interior of the School Chapel, viewedfrom the west end. The perspective is good and the values inlight and shade are well kept. The subject is a difficult one,but the result is very satisfactory and successful and will remainan interesting souvenir to the artist.

Bennett mi. is cornmended for a water colour sketch takenat Bude, Cornwall. It is a very careful piece of work andpromises well for the author's future success.

The other boys who sent in sketches :-Bell, The MillHouse, Brockenhurst (water colour); Powys, A Mill (pencil) ;Sanders ma., Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour (pen and ink);Young, On the Canal, Rickmansworth (pencil).

CONTEMPORARIES.

\Ve acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following:St. Andrew's (ollege Magazim, Carthusian (2), Compostellan,City of London Magazine, Cliftonian, Dovorian, Lorettonian (4),Marlbzwnian (3), Malvernian, Mill Hill, 0llsel, St Michael's CollegeMagazine, Tonbridgian, Wellingtoniazz.

If there be any others that we have failed to 'lcknowledge,we beg them to accept our sincere apologies.

School House (a); \~'ildman's (b); Dunkin's (c);Bell's (d); King's (f).

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SCHOOL NEWS

O.S. NEWS

OBITUARY ­

PREPARATORY NEWS

THE CONCERT

SOPHISTS

FIELD SOCIETY

CORPS NOTES

CAMP

LIBRARY NOTES

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