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L . .\, T ime we had something to ia). We raised the editorialpen, confiden that though the ink might run dry, the well of inspiration might ·till rely on tht: mundane for those

ec,ta,ies of wit that our n,aders demand from us. But no , i• j· a timid hand tha �tretches for the pen, and the brow of Olympu · is fraught with the clouds of uncertainty. � Tever before did we realise with full appreciation the difficul ies of he wireless commentators who must continuously occupy the microphone with verbiage for the relcntk.-s ear. of unse·n critics. We migh ;ay a few words about the )Iagazine Crusade ; of the exhorta­tions hat have been made to the School to introduce the )Iagazine to a wider circle of readers; of the unappreciated and unknown editorial labour· on the night of the .'chool Exhibition, when we end avoured to sell the )Iagazine, and indeed, succeeded; of be po er- and slogan· tha were ·een and heard. Bu perhaps the opportunity i · not quite m � . And :o we cast about for theme· worthier of our muse. But now the c.-anker of idleness sets in · what inspiration we had ha ebbed away and our fevered effort: clutch 1�adly, riotou ly at half-forgott�n cadence and tone:penned 111 oth�r Editorial,. Our memory o-rapples "-ith these phrases of g mus, these ec·tatic unions of wit, erudition and tact, searches for the true gold and the seam whence we mightdraw our own them�s. But either it i. not here or el5e our reader: would find us ou . Either fate i hard ; uneasy lie· thehead that wear- even the Editorial crown, worn and batteredfrom the hroc of gE-ul'rations. But ·top ! We look up ; wglance at the page, and find it fill d.

A s range awe steal over us. Was thi · our·? \\"a it ��\_h_and that drew_ acros� pap r tbi · in pir d ma · of prose

am we a.k the high ones of Olympu •. For we have suddenly re;nember ·d that we are Olvmpus. Th editorial confidence lrel urns; our shoulders are squared ; again we go forth to face

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CH.\.T u. � THE CURRWUR.

M E)fBER' of the port. and Arts Club saw on • londay, January 31:t, a display of film· through the courte·y oi )!essrs. Cadbury':- Ltd. Thc- programme pleased he ta te of all, being concerned with ·hocola e. The Upper School were very in �n:st<:d tu hear during tht term Canon , oulby of the Cath ·dral de. canting some of the beauty and wonder of the building that i · growing up on the ;\'fou11t. This term saw the beginning of a l\fagazine Crusade. The School ha been encouraged to increase the sale of the 1Iagazine. Posters have appeared on the Iron ,ates. Thcr was a stall_ a he Hobby how. • Iay we take this opportunity of �mug

everyone to carry on the good work by every mean ava_ilabl�. The result of the Form competition in the sale of }Iagaz1rte5 is -till open ; the leading Form· will be a11otted space in the Maga­zine for their o,"11 u e. All original contribution!' too are earne:i ly requested.

We offer our congratulations to Mr. :Moy on the occa_ion of his marriage.

Our congratulations al , to four members of the upper

Cla ·sical 'i>..-th on examination ucc sse�. C. Leak won an Open

Scholar ·hip at Corpus Chri ·t1 Coll g,. O.·ford ; G. R. Holme� a� Open , holarship at Magda] n College ; H. K. Burns a Bu:� :cholar5hip at Re:ble College ; and R. J. Hammer an Exhibition at 't. Peter' Hall.

It may be interesting to r ·cord that Arthur Askey, �o;;: as the resident coruedian of the B.B.C., is a� Old. Boy �nter·chool, and was actually c;tarted on hi: career 10 a p1errot ainment, givt n !;0111<.' y ar. agn a part of a Hobby :how.

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We congratulatl \fr. Ra�li11son ,h,) ha had an ngraving accepted by the Royal Acad my and 1r. Wedgwood, hi prc:­dece:.;or a art master, on the ace ptance ,Jf an tching .

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"Sir Jobn tn '.JLo"e ·· Presented by the Liverpool Institute Choral and Orchestral Society, David Lewis Theatre, April 5th and 6th.

THI opera received a somewhat unfav, urable revie\, inthe Liverpool paper·. ndoub•e<lly he work wa exceedingly difficult. a. those who have had experience of he rehearsals will te ;tify. But thi: is 111 t the fir. time ha. he School has been courageous enough o at empt he work· of Dr. raughan William·. c,rtainly o th more or less untutored ear, both he singing and h orche tral mu ·i were perfectlv satis­

factory. But then it might be bett<>r to ka,·e technical c�itici m of the mu ·ic to those who are qualifir<l to :<.peak, and to urn in tead to the acting. It is an interesting �roblem whether .'hakespeare's play can be se uc e: ·fully to mu:1c. The vtrv na uralne of manner and diction of the com dy, and much. too: of the wit of quick repartee and verbal p�n�ng. n�u · b' lo:-. in inging. or at any rate changed m form. If 1 1. d c1ded to ke p clo Jy to ::ihake peare'· play, ·hen th� actor· have the iuitial disadvantagl" of uniting the e.·actempha 1 of word and tone· wi h the ·pirit of the music. T co�vey so much of :bakespeare' meaning as i - uece_sary. in �ison with the Orchc tra, withou lo. ing the _parkle. is decidedlv difficult. everth ·le� . in inrliYidual i n tance_, the ca ·t wa·_ remarkably succe. ·fol. \Ve '!he Prologu yi·rhap i. s iltc<l, but none the le. - impre.:,h-".f liked Q�een l<..hzabeth -for u h wa - one of the highligh s �hthe evenmg. By .'ttn II all wa ·g it! "ith a swing. J.lr .

hi f�rut, w�o ha. add d o h r admit cl prmn! a_ a ,ino- r a A!ne eputat1on :'l: an actn:s'-. nh::1 11 � �I bi th by her portra::i.l ofNr :age. �11 tre«s Pag (Euuly h,·.m.) and .Ii<,tr F rd

5· olland) wer • excdlen . l nd rt h ir can: h _ fern· \ 'iv :� Jo life._ or mu:t Mi tr • ui kly (Eileen Ford beHo:la;d, fo; if anyone d sen·{'(! rn ntH n it \Ht. ,h . fault . pointed out, she was too pr tt · fo the part, bu15 surely on th• right .ide. woui11��ng the �nen,. Falstaff 11at.1r, U: tnk than the hard to 11nagml' a bet t r, 'ir J olm, ,1 a excess of pbort;ayal of Ed,rnrd • ! 1gn . I hot h h 're wa nfioonl•ry. he , ·a. ful u put• m , , er

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the desired ffcct. .'�ond, perhaJ�li,. 'omc� H. \'ouug a Ford.His p�rt offer�d the solitary potc1�t1ahty of tragedy, a1:1d he gave it an 1mpre 1ve manner. C•Jm·eymg at oncl' the tragic and the comic yiJlain. Hi� i;inging height ·11t:d rather than ob cured the effect. E. H .. \ bcroft. J. B . .'haw, and J. H. J. Bowen made grand '\Ya ·hbu klers, though the two ol_der men made the third look somewhat youthful. )fr. Jone. will not be offended if he i told that a 'lender he was a mo. t realistic fool, for only the wi-:e can do it. G .• llen was a perfect ompanion.

•. Crone enter ·d w ,JI into the ..;pirit of his part a Fen on, he hero of the :uh-plot. Dr. Cains (H. Lowe) :howed the proper

Gallic fire, conveying well the Elizabethan mockery of the French­man. and Rugby (F. Blower) rolled his eye: with great skill. We did not see a · much of , 'ir Hugh Evans (H. Jon s) a we might ha\·e hoped. but wha there was, wa:- of the right temper. E.W. Hicks, a Mine Host, again rec ives our admiration for the manner in which he took one of those subsidiary parts on which depend the ·mooth mnning of the play. ,'hallow (W. C. Davies) and the other· made the most of their opportunities. The chorus nm ·t naturally consi ·t of individuals, rath1:r than be one entity, and though some could have done with more rehearsal, on the whole the effect wa · exemplary.

)Ir. Young again took on the task of producer and con· ductor. The sole point we an make in the way of general criticism that would be worth mention is that the last .cene, e:-pecially during the abdul-tion!', wa: rather weak. The wh ole company apparen ly halt d whil • fir ·t one and then he other openly carried off \\·ha wa. too obviou,ly a boy.

�onsidering the clifficulti ·· and the work invol;'.ed,. the PT?·duct10n wa - a :;ucc ss, and 1k rvecl fuller hou:cs. 1r ]olm 1.11

Lo1:e" was worthy of wha has become the tradition of th1<

energe ic , ciety.

[Tl111sfar our Dramatic Critic; ,cc JzavtJ rrwived thefolloui11g/rom another of our correspondents. -Eu.)

Dr. \ auahan \Villiams' " SIR JOH · r. · Lov£ " proved to beI

. ., f · tt ck it even rea opera, and or so young au amah:ur society to a a • k

after the striking :ucce of J, -;t year \\ ith a much slighter wor · Pquired consid rahll· courag . p rhap · not all the orcJiestr�nor all of the very large ca t · h.:id. 1:Yen so late as the sect public performance, quite IC', Jiscd the magnitude of the un t�� taking or the need of unrC"mitting common effort .. Thu�d otChorus ·ana rna2:nificcntlv wn times · and the stnogs di n

od " � . • tbWO"m:iformly rise to th very high . tan,lard set them by e ·rablr wmd. If the band, a:; a \\ 111 l . coul<l have heard how adrw ·

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the,· brought off much of the 11 lightful humour and nking beautv of he writing provid ·cl for them hey rnuld, ,,e fc J. ire, be kindled to a much . tronger de. ire to mak themselve. in•ri a team: the same i true of th Chorus, which appeared o have he making., but no the confidence born of unflagging unit d

effort, of that very important corps upon which so much of th ·ncce of opera ckptnd .

Those of u · who took the opportuni•y of hearing more than one performan ·e brought away with u. a conviction of · heexcellence of " :rn JOH.· T. · Lon-: " con:idered a-; a delightfulrendering of the pirit of :hake pcarian romantic comedy. \\'e ,hould not haw don • so had not . 1r. Young i n�pi red hi .. ca te and his orchestra • achi ·v · a very high measure of ·ucce in ca ching and pa·. ing on to u. the . pirit of \'aughan \\.illiam . Of individual it 111. in which he com po. er's geniu • wa exercised at its happit•sl, the Falstaff :-olo" () tha joy !>O :;oon hould waste," appeared to us ton cei\·e an ideal rendering. and the very beau i· ful trio" \"rai <lieu d 'amour " n:ceived at 11:ast one very beautiful pnformance. The occasinn a a whole has. we find in �etrospect. left many such happy memori<·. . The :--Choo! has reason to be deeply grateful to ::-irr. Young and o !I who worked with him. and to congratula e him and them withrmt re:-eTYe on a ,. ry fine achievement.

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U::be 1€Jbibition of u'tnorn.

IT i :,e\'eral \' ·ar- :im:, tht. ')Cho, I la,-t held a Hobby how ;

probably only the .'··nior member: of the .'cbool \\"iii remem­h1:r it ; bu i · must b manY more vear · :ince ::mch a ·ucce;; ·fut

,how a· this year\, \\"as held.· Th r� w2. no lack of entrie: in any cla ... the li ·t of lectur . and demonstration a-;sumcd im­pre�,ive proportions, and the lntt r-Hou ·e Drama·ic Competi,ion produced :ome r ·ally good acting. The same, howeYer. can . arcely be ·aid of the House Choir . 'l'\\"o ne,· r li\·ed to see the hgh of day, a third <>ught 11 ·y r to hav dc,ue so. nd Tate House alone �merged triumphant with a really well-trained Choir. .Vt�r Dr. \\ allace had gi,·en them the final polish. the:ir attack wa excelle�t a'_ld they made their point!'- well, e:-pc i lly in the moreta

1mat1c pitce, " Tl1e Goslim�s." rt all\1:hing the t nor: ,\· re ait e too pronounced

d . The plays cannot be giv•n the detailed c:omn11:nt hat thl'y N·rve, but it mu t at lea ·t be �aid that in all the acting ",1:­good. 'l'he plot of Ow •n';, plav ".4 Co/lcctio11 Jrill be. .llade."

:1;1a · somewhat ordinan· and ol)�·ious but it was v rv enJ· ovable.1e 1 • · · · · · d c. crgyman. cspecialh \\ a r · well taken b,· B. .\. \\.1 lh:-. an h. :. Yelly dt:st n·1-s

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THE EXHIBITION OF \\TORK.

part of the hu band a_t uch . hort n?tice.. D. �- Vance wa probably the b0st·l�ok111g of all the girls (i.e., h?) .. of course) ;hi acting lack - nothmg but closer command over lu · big momen .

Philip Holt's play" The v!an 1'11 lhe Bo711lcr Hat," wa a dark hor-e. It wa · o ·ubtle that the full point <:scaped even the adjudicator· ; whereupon tht· indefatigable producer·" adapted" it and even prefixed a prologue, so that there should be no nustake. The result, a time., re ·t·mbled a brawl mqre closely than a play, but it wa· well done, and apparently most acceptable to the audience. . . . . .. . .

Tate Hou e w, n the c,>mp.c:t1tlo11. 1u:tly, with Five Birds

in a Cat!e," \\'hich wa. awarded second plac • some years ago. The giFl- (A. ,. Parker) was ra her to� r�gid, an? far t� apt to put her hands in he� pocket� ; but . h1.-, mexp::n,enc1: \';11 be no handicap, if he continues this prorm -�. I. R: , tewart s acce.ntand manner as Bert were fl.awles -his ex pen ·nee enabled him to get across his parts better than mo·t. , '. Samuels" deare�" in a fascinating way and looked the part thoroughly. 1he monocle was an inspiration. The Duches:-; (J. �all) �vas con­vincingly feminine and alive, though too alert with his l�an� , and 'Orace (H. Hargre�ve ) ·eemed. to h�v · s�..:nt all lu� l'.f�leaning against somethmg and saymg, Don l k11ow, lad). '' Ca,i't be dmttJ, lady." We hope he hasn't but haw our doubt�.

But one alwa):S keep· tht: <lain iest m�rsel ,to the last.: and here i i . Th performanc bY the J untor chool of _Th, Ladv of hal-0tt " was not far short of mirnculous. The rnnou, part· blended evenly ; there wa,; no hc:ita ion even whe�1 t)�e air wa. hidden among a difficult seri s < f runs-and the p1am.

· J · but mo:;t never gave anv wave of the hand to bnng t 1em m-difficult ta k o-f all in :uch a large choir. the word· were clearly t:nunciated. The •wo soloi,ts, R. Thornley and D. Creswell wereexc�llent and ne\'t:r faltered. · ·'dedPriz.e-. in the Individual .'ections were allotted to or dt\1

k b\· the following: H .. \. Ca ·hin, A. G. ;\fackinnon, '. · · B akc ·· ·

I r\ G Par ·erman. J. ,'t. C. Ruthn·n. G. R. Emmett .. \. I. Henc er, • · · : . 'amuel. . H. Hargrea \' .. J. Hall. I. R. : ·�e\\'art.

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:3 Owen .1 Philip I Tate i

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WE learn that L. D. Barnett (' , ) has retired from hi.

position a Ke ·p r of Egyptian record· at the British )Iuseum.

R. G. Baxter ('19) has been appointed Borough Engineer at : nthend-on-: 'a. Since he left Cambridge, llir. Baxter ha: speciali�d in seasidl town , ha\•ing worked at 'outhport,' !ford (!), and Brighton.

Congratulation· to R. E. Williams (' l ") and \\". C. r 1cale('23) ou their re ·pectiw marriag • •.

We hear from A E. Ewart of the exi.tence of an original School Song written in English. The music was compo eel by Alfred Bro\\'n Ewart and he words bY Mr. Ewart's brother. It wa · publi,hed in the early nineties. · We think a verse \\'Orthquotation :-

In ancient lime:; a tal<• was told­Pull all together !

.-\s dying lay a father old Pull all togc.:thcr ! TILi:; qni\'crful, my son�. I ask To break, it is no easy task, l'nlcss you cau your weaknc. · ma ·k Pull all together !

R. Coop·. 11.D. ('U) has been elected F.R.C.P., HouoraryPhy:ician at thr Royal Infirmary. E. G. Watkins ('02). whom we revealed in our la ·t i ue as a writer of thriller., drafted .Miss Ellen Wilkinson's Hire PurchaseBill, \\'hicb ha, just r ·c •ived it· third reading in the House ofCommon . Henry Ravenscroft ha: s 'nt us a cheque for one pound. par! of which h • suggests should be u:ed to cleli\·er complimentarycopies of he )Iagazine to Old Uoy: in the hope that they migh be attracted to subscribe. W welcome with o-ratilude hi�asi;i tance .. and tru. t that the intere:;t displayed by Old Boy. inthe nlagazme las1. term will be continued and ex-panded in futurl'. One letter from an Old Boy we de ·ire to publish in full :-

� T. }L\RK'S \'JCARACe,

ST. l'IIARK ST10,:i;r,

HcLL. �-DTo the Editor Liverpool I11st,ti1tc Jl,Jagatme . !!AR SIR b 1 aui �cry inlcrcstcd iu your nrcular lcttrr which carries mv mind ack ' •

J lllruiy years. I fir�t made my :icquaintancc with the School ,111 1-ruary J.lth, I H4. aud I well reu"1embcr standing at lh door of the cad,�nstcr's Room look.iug dowu tllc pa !\:lgc towards the cla s room � wb_tch i\lr. E. 13. Ewart taught rh mi tr\', ncljoiuing whirh was thecrnical Laboratory.

c LJ l BOY ' SECTIO. �. . • th Re,·. J ohn &phton. and I \\'as asked lo prove the fhc Head "a. � k T Proposition -Vi. viz. : that the :;quare of the Theorem of Eucli�l.ht 00 1 d triangle is ·qua! tr, thi! total of the squares hyp?tcn�s�,.of .n

rl ;ft;f �he great Pythagoras. 1 !nanag � to, do it on tts. Md �·. call aiucd a good position m the. C?mn:1erc-1al Sch no!. succcs.,full) .. and: so a ·r the various teachers arc vivid with me to-day.Th� e�penencc� �� ld cuough now t, tell of the varied ways in which I am atrmd I am 110

? c hnd a sorrv time. Most had nick-names. tl�ey wt:rc trcat�d_. �� . book \vc fo{iud that the name H11ggi1_1s was \\ b •n 111 the ph} ".:?�ap ) d tli� cl·i • we ·ited him a� an authont,· for · d · rC.JUlilg roun � ' • ·' . .· u1e11t1�ne •. l1l , . 1 h, was not responsible. The geologi<'al spec1111cns many ideas for "h.ic 1 ere eath- increast:d before they reached th· that were passed along '1�· grc clas.� room the quietest tim I rememb, rb . 011 th ba,·k row u ou ·11 · .. · · · 1 bo · 0� � 1 d .. J . Cloches de Corncv1 · on a musirn x was when a boy P aye . ,..-s d d ·k in id· oue of the old-fash.io�e h s. ·'th M� J T Lewi, who. 'd 1,. a.1n· tnck owever, \\I • •· · · \\ e di not P .' ;1\'· ii{ the .��ming to repeat onr Eudid. _\\. ,�c'.,made us get up ea . . .. rc·i,m )!any were our difficult1es. till rather afrnid of .Mr. Bulmer "u� b•, 11;ea;15• of a Ot'hrnnc Scholarship Iwe :;trug.i:led on. F,vcutua ) , } reaclll'<l t�ie llil!h �chool._ s 1lr ames Burton. One cla�·. a few years One of the )fasters wa · 1 H d Ro·ul Ccmct�rv when there ago I was taking a ftutCrnl. at OU\ re�t��s i aft,:r\\'ard.: taugl1l i:l th, en ·cd through the gate� lus l��r� the Preparatory ilcpartment of the :.; ·.hoot ancll o�c �:. ·� 'i'��;·itt who is now ordained and wa� my prch· High �c�oo �, as . . 'b cu here ncarh· 17 year,-. It l. a roug <ltcc,·",r m tlus benefice. I ha, e. � n t inanv· otltcr. the works of la k in .Ln indu�trial area. contaunng am! g B . . . d Starch. Tu our )[ �,�. Reckitt & !-ion. Ltd. notc1d .f�ra:tir:tc r�� �a�� itrcet i·nitari:m dty the Rev. Arnold l.c,\l. _hast i_c

. . Humbleton Vicarage is Rev. Church-and, not mauy nuldes :''h' at�l . a\ ·o old scholars of former day:1.\\' _ · Fraser I ha,·c chalk wit icsc

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.. Fort ear� on" ·il \\"ben we formnly sanl,( together the son<>. about_ . 1 . ·u{d yuow I realizes..·emcd a long time ahead. Hut more ha,�t��s�� ·h.;vc 'these preciousall it says ·1bout our enfeebled pow ·rs. , 1 , "� llll'lllorics. 1 1 l l graphs. I can I can draw ou of my. bc,ttom drawer the 0,'. P1101 ?dM)". and. all· · · i I t c·,surc t.uc o c l '" ·' • think uf the op1mrtumtte� m1sscc · r • ·t· l•tc othrrs to · ·

i · to t rv to s mm " I ,·an hope to <lo iu my remammg y,·ars s ·, rin our own greatnHk,' !(<>ocl use of their diancc. allll powers, rc1ucmlhc {' t for tbc good m�tto'thal we arc not born to lh c £or our scl\'CS a ouc u of the whole world With all good wisht'S, I am, yours �mccr ·ly Enw.\RD JO!l1' Ct.AJIK .

LIYF.RPOOL 1 --inm ITY. E .. A II .. ,\TIO. - • ·ccESSES.

Edward Forbes Exhibition-A. h lick. Faculty of 1edicine :

lk rc1.c of ).I.B. l'h.B - I t Examination :-r·. J,,. Kncl, n ; l' C • taim.1)1pl•>111a in l'11hlic H ,llth -Pa l :-

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chool of Dental Surgery :-Degree of B.D .. , lst Examination :-

Part B (General Biology)-]. . Bywell. Licence in Dental Surgery. Pre-registration Examination:­R. . Prysor-Jones (Physic;;). Degree of B.D.S. Second Examination. Part A:­G. Bate.

Faculty of Arts :-Diploma in Architecture-4th Examination

R. H. Browning.

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ALFRED HOLT.-Only towards the end of Ja,;t t<'rrn did heHouse seem to find its feet, but this term the improve­ment ba been maintaint'd and our clfort · have met withsome succe . We have ,yon the Boring Competition and baweamed more point for football thi term than any other Hou-.e.In the Hor fall Cup it�lf, both Seniors and J unic r: reached theinter-terminal final, although in both matche. we were defea ooby Philip Holt. Finally, we h ar ily congratula e R. J. Parkin­son on winning the J w1ior :teeplecha�·- Our cricketing talent1 , however, rather an unknown quantity and it is with mix<..-dfeeling · that we look fonYard to the • 'ummer term. D. _�ODE,·.

Owen.-Thi · term the report is much more encouraging, a.the House had other things 10 do besicll'� play football. \Vemust congratulate the Fi\'es tC'am on wim1ing th Shidd and al� the Che.s team on their success in \\'inning the tl'rminal kagu<:.Our chances of carrying off the Chess Trophy seem bright. Thanks mainh- to the efforts of R. A. \\'illis, w' �ucceeckd insecuring second place in the Hous · Play Competition. In thl'ste_erlechase, the results hav"' not been pubfo;hecl to the time of wntmg, but it :;eems that w will b • a clo:t· St.cond, if not fir5t.. . � ext term, we have the , ports and t•ricket. In the 'enior div1.:1on the pro. pects are bright, but I would appeal to . theJ�1or to pull their w1:ight in the House a· tlwy can by a ht lel!Dited effort. A. RODERTSO. •.

�hil_ip Holt.-'l'he Hou:e ha - again had a _sue . ssful t_ rm.Our' Dior and Junior , 'occer teams w<:re victonott'- m the final· � the Ror:;faU and \\'hikhousc Cup.. The Gym. team bratate by half a mark ; they arc to be congratulated. Thoma mu also hav(' our warmc.-t thank!; for bis untiri11g work with

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he Running team : he folly merited his succe · in the teeple­cbase.

Our showing in the Boxing Competition and Hobby 'how was creditable. We thank all those who helped to place Philip :;econd to Tate in the latter. We congratulate Tate on their fine performance. . .

This term we have the ports and w1mnung. Every mem­ber of the House mm t put his back into it, if we are to maintain the excellent tandard of the past two terms. Above all, team­work will tell ; and I feel ·ure the House will respond as it ha done in the past. J. W. MCBURNEY.

Tate.-Thi term the Hobby , how was held-the greate t

opportwiitv for team work which th 'chool year offer . Almostever, member of the Hou played his part by entering exhibitsin o�e or more of the various sections, and of our ultimate triumph e\'erybody in the Hou e may feel justly proud. We feel that in the light of this great achievement _Tate may be congratula�ed on po sessing that indefinable something kn�wn as tea1:1 spmt.

i ext term we shall have an opportwi1ty of proving that this wa no mere fla h in the pan, for the 'ports offer another occa ion on which concerted effort \vill triumph over individual brilliance. We hope that a large entry, backed up by some serious training �;11 mean another victory for Tate.

We mu not forget to congratulate our Gym. team which wa only defeated by a fraction of a mark ; our Junior, teeple­cha ers who were fir· in their section ; our Junior fives player·;and our football team, which did very well throughout the term, but uffered through injuries and depleted teams in the Cup matches.

Finally we offer our best thanks to. Ir. Wormald, Mr. Roberts,and .lr. Weitman for the advice and help which they have alway been most ready to give. To them we must attribute a large

measure of our succe.s. I. R. STEWART.

'11.iterar\? an� JDebattn(l $octetl).A MEET 1.NG ot h"' s, ·fr ,. ,. , h Id in the Boardroom on Tuesday.

Janu ry 25th. 193�. , ·i.h :.lr . .',!ourc in tac chair. 1 was After the rcadini: of the previ•ms m ·ctiug's minutes, �- Brc,r ey dlble unsuccessful in pal!:>ing a pcdautic motion on lhe subJCCt O a::ssrul.,;auction. Hiss com) attempt tr, secttr, an Iteration was rnor� sue�. i.<lm H. Kushner foiled to defon<l him elf against the secretory 5 er: 1

1 h�md then J. G. Vickers prot kd at the omission of any rcpor po°rt topc ch at tile previou mec in�. It wa agreed to draft out 11 re . ed.

npp r a nn nddendn to th minutes. 'fhe minutes were theu sign

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After a short discussion tht n:imutcs �or • 'ovember 16th were signed according to a scheme of alteration. ratifi d by the secretaries and the sub-committee.

E. C: Colvi!-le was t)ien c,all�d upou to prop?.sc that " • "ational happi· nc:;., is mconsIStent with • :it1onal Greatness. He said that national happiness was national calm. national greatness meant tlte production of men of_genius. Athen '_ greatness meant misery to its people. as did Ciceroruan Rome and �hzabethan England. Greatness was invariably followed by downfall ; 1t was the subs,·quent period of consolidation that brought happiness. R. J: Hammer, in opposition, drew examples £rom Greece and Rome and said that only a contented England could have becu able to defeat the Armada. The British love for the amateur led _both to our national grea_tne: · an_rl to our national happiness. Xa!ional grea�ncss could only anse from n�temal happiness. Capitalism could not bnng greatne ·s. Further national happiness and national grcntne could not be separated.

C. �eak, sec?nding_.

spok • of such small and happy countries as Estbou1a and L1thuama. Cauada and New Zealand too were happy, but by no me�ns _gr�at. As a contrast he mentioned Japan and praised the lot of the ms1gnificant country. It was paradoxical that the happy sbould, envy _the weat. E. S. Kelly asserted for the opposition, that small States lived 111 fear and poverty. Progress was necessary to happi· nc. ·. The Indiau principalities were most unhappy. Art could only flounsh under tile patronage of a great nation. Happiness and greatne ';\'ere bound up together, and a great nation mnst confer happiness on it people to continue strong. In public debate. U. B. H. Barucll affirmed that a great nation must ba,·e many enemie . His fourU1 lecture of U1c season on Modem Ger­many endeavoured to prove that countries trying to be great could not be happy._ A._ Packter opposed the motion but attributed the greatest :id,·nnces 10 s ·1ence to a period of decadence. H. Kushner declared that he could not make up his min<l. The small B:iltic tat - were both weak and_ �vretched, b�t. too. many great nations were unhappy. Finally decidmi; that natmnal happine:s as such could not exist at all, be urged the Society to compromise by ab. taiu.i.ng from voting. H. Hargreavei; blamed ;>,apoleon for the unhappiness of France and said that while �n!(land had bee_n great . he had known uo hap,piness. The voice of He R

. Eve, abusmg both Communism nnd Fascism, was next lie:ird. modestly declared tliat England w1i,.. only happy because she was not. great. R. Brcarlt:y shot to his fcC't to point out two periods of nriooal greatness. The up-grade was one of unhappiness, the period O re. t brought <:on tent. H..- mention cl 'ibclius to prove his poiut, and ��d.tbe motion. A. Grabman managed (mirabile dic/11) to introduce ma 1.a mto !be debate. This was n great and happy country, but wan� s�aU Stat w re :ilso happy. 'ince he believed that bappln · sdrew nt1r_cl� a l?ersonal motiou he nbstained from voting. H. K. Burn '.>oth 3• distinction between mt>ntal and material gr atue · , aud said thatthat �,ere ncc�ssary to happin · . J. G. Vickers. on the other hand, :mid0t,n°!ercial pro perity wai sufficient. Hc!a·�\bSaundc:rs �oint.-d out that th· ,·ital vord was" inconsistent."hap· i� . at the mo�10n assumed that national happiness did cxi�t. Tliisnati�n:iss was consistent with uatiouul pro!>pcrity. and thcrdorc withbe was t gl�tness. S. Lipton said that the opposer did not know whatAmerica a

dg about. and E. "'ootton, in n maiden speech, d ·1101mcedI<trruish an . bctrayL"<l th · alarming inllucncc of tb.c films. R. W. R. m, ny e cu�icd t� · security of strong nations, anrl S. Somuels. withxamp es. suid that all periorls of hnpplnc coincided with period

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of greatness for on� was lhc onkomc of the other. D. Ellwand bein re:;tricted to one mumte, !>pok · of football pool to prnn: that any greatnation could soon become a happy on •.

The opposer. �umming up, urged thal Engl.,ud was free, happy and

reat, as all three w·erc bound together. In r,·ply. E C. Colville sa.id that the responsibilitie.- ntailcd by gr�alu,•ss nude national happiness impossible.

The motion was lost by 1 2 , otes to 17 .

A meeting of the So<'iety was held in the Boardroom on Tucsd-v,February . th, 193. , at 7-0 p.m. , with Mr. Hicks in the chair.

After the reading of the minute . E. S. Kelly was appointed aetine· �ecretary in the ab ence of J . \Y . f.aundcrs. U. B. H . Bamch objected in

vain to the descriptiou of his speech, :ind R. Brearley, although being able o delete the term " �mug " as appli<'d to himself, had to submit to the decision that his facial contortions w ·re suggestive of mugness. E. \\·ootton and J . G. \'ickers were 1mabl · to secure alterations iu the minute - . which w rn then ·igned. Committ,· · members absent were I. R. tewart . H. K. Burns and E. \\" . 1lills.

In the absenl·e of tlll! J,.H.P.I.C . . J . \\· . ).It-Burney was elected to fillthis office after the l\linister of the Atmosphere hacl stood down. Aiteran enquiry about the iragazi.J1c and the minutt·s by H. Kushner, timefor private busiue · elapsed.

::;. Samuels was then called upou to propos,· that " This House isproud of the fact that Bngland i� :L fre · country . · ' England had free,,pecch, free thought and a free pre�s. The Government was a free oue, and criticism was indt d. The Engli�h wcrl privileged to mete out their own justice. He urged the ,;odcty to support him by reason o.f Reason(sec) for, be said, the motion was ,·ital to all R. J . Hammer, m oppos· iuon, declared that the Engli ·h mode of go,· ·ruml'nt secured only anapproi.."imation of th pcopl<.>'s will )lor over while the Englishman

la,·cd i n factory or offict: he could not l,e called free. Employer· could ·uppress the people . He spoke. too. of the tormenting of school teachersand the swindliu� oi widows. There was no odal •quality. and thouib

comparath-ely Ire . England was not free from the absolute ,tandpaint

E. )1. Fclga e, �econiling, said that our government had greater liber.ty than anv before He commC"ndcd the· hard labour of members of P3rlia­m�ut (sic) The ·I ·mcnl of ran rol di tingui�llcd liberty front licence. J . G. \'icker�. for tlw nppo ition, deplored tile unequal divdous of the

c.kctoratc The method of ju t i( e meant jud�ing by people unfit to Judge

There wa: a gr ,ll social gap than in .my oth r country. and graft wasrife .

n . \' . mlcr,;on III pPhlic ,kh,1t . l'on1111en1l 11 Eni;:land's frec<!0m innrt, and the valour of her solrli rs. <I pit< the lack uf couscnpuon.Th I I H Ku�hncr 1lisdainfu)h· alll''Hl'l<c,I thnt even if England were

free he eoul<! no he r•o•ul 01- th fa�t In an� ca · th · people_ hada:� power l ' II llougb y c•1'11)> re d Lni.:l .r,l with othe r ('OIUltncs, . d plor the prn<'li< "' t< rt ,,r th 1. •ml incnt \\"ith O)ympLaP

111, gn:mimi � R Bn, rI · a• I th I 'H 11 1 \ 1111 liherty was anarchy \\\· houl,l Ix pr<>u l h. t , \ r ,., l fret . · hts A. C�rabman. M n Communi,;t ai<l there wa5 no equality of ng ·,t in Englnml. and condemn d th r 'triction pln,·ed upon �o�wum�t demonstration� hcc:ms · of Fa,;cisl disorders. I le urged the SOCl��·�e­to vot, at. all, but ,·c:rt inl not f r th<.> motion . T : . B . . H .. �ant� �the fullr avo1<kd . k< ming. J I , it: th t <l • pitc c ·rtam JDJU�ll�� . to 1.eople could 1orcc h i r ,� ill W shoulcl i,c proud of our nbi 1 \, r •m· m oursclv . l l ur • d uppor of th motion. The nci-t .,p<'a c ·

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A . . Carr, said that th\. moti�,u was conservath·e eye-wash to make u bcbe�e tha� we were f!ee. I he people c<_mld certainly express its will,but 1t nchic.vcd notlun�. Prop�ganda Ill an indirect way told thepeople what 1t sbonld ask for. \\ were only free so long a we dill wh t we were told.

J:I· Silver said_ that Engl�nd wa a free country and supported the motion and E. \\ ootton aganf, under the plausible influenc. of the film produ�':f· gave his sup_port. lhen :tl· ): Hammer arose to reply for the oppos1hon , . Conde_mnrn� . . mall maiont1es he declared that the English were not satisfied_ w�th tll ·1r pr ·.sent freedom. The unemployed e peciallv were not !ree. S . . amuels " as then l'alled upon to conclude the debate. The Eugli5lunan, be .werr�d. was f:ee. He was free to spend, think aud ,peak � be liked . . Refemng to tl�1s anarchy bu ·iness he concluded with quotation from I.mcoln and Patnck Henry. The motion on being ut to the vote was lo ·t by 12 vote· to J 4. p

A meeting of the Society was held iu the Boardroom on Tue.'id · February .!2nd, with Mr. Hicks in the chair. a)· . Xo .:;oouer had t!'te dcput:y-secretary finbhed his reading of tbeminutes for the pr�v1ous m ·ctiog, than R. Brearley vainly attempted to secure an alterat10n rn th · rl·port of his speech. A. Carr gave a short haraugue upon A. (�ral 11nan's metho� of voting. but all to no pttrpose.

H. Kushner, theu tried to secure the insertion of " (sic) " but his m t · wa · . l_ost. H. _8i!ver ,�·as al�o unsu�ccssful in attempting to ha�:°�question mark lllsertcd m A. C ,rabman s speech Then R B J the f ·e d f I t · . rear ey agam -. .. n n . . o o?. causes . ·arose t? protest against the ten:ns " sickly gnn and • leer _ as applied to ll1msclf. H • failed eveu to ·eeure a seconder. 1he nunutes were then signed . In the absence of L.H.P. I C. , a!ter � u�ber of mcmb�rs had declined lo st:utd for this office, R. \\'. R. �emush II as. elected without opposition . Committee members absent ,.ere J . G. Vickers and I. R. tewart. f A1• _Gr,ib°'.an was theu called upon to propose lllat " There is no placeor c nvalry JD everyda , Hf " R f · d · t t . . } e. c usw to etinc chi \•alry he was cou-en to pomt out its connection with the fair sex He asserted that the� was neLther time nor · · tifi t' f · · proceeded . JU ca 1011 or chivalry in e\·eryday life. H" m· _ d th lo a long discourse upon chivalry in tramcars, and fiually di . rle� . e entire problem with a significant sniff. He concluded by r��i:: that the emau�patio� of women made chivalry unnecessary. .�·WC.a n��naim<lers, compluuentmg the _Proposer on !tis lack of arguments. therA ber of quotation� on the :.ubJect of original chivalry Whereas ' was 110 louger ne :d f th Id t f . . · . . protection of . l' or e o. ype o cl11 valry. we still behc1·cd m. gainst . h the, d1 tre. -ed. �luvalry meaut the protection of right He dec1i'� :h· 1 �rther th(' lm·alrous man was u hr:istian geutJemau to-dav e d ,,t, ID fac,· of the hrreat amo1mt of sclfishn -,. in the worldnee� au the ruthlessne s of modern bnsinc. . chivalry wa · verythe daii,,;}?0Uf� to-day .. Sir Galahad had become Robert Taylor, and

Ii · U1 < 1strc s, Gm�l'r Rogers. · Ku hner second· th · plus h . : · , . mg e motion , defined cbi\·alry a,- courtc.-yclaimed�cns} · Chivalry wa com·entiouul and reactionary. Hechivalry. � support of Burke, ,111d was proud of England's lack ofasserted th t Ji' H,'1:11mer then arose to second Uic opposition . He Soaring loftt t te chivalry was sdfl,•s!\11css, and led to a full ·r life lost and desclnf Jhe clouds of divine love nnrl higher ideal·. he bccnmt1nnnuers he d le once. more to tltc m1111,la11c tramc:1r. D!!fending good

s. Sa� el ec nred clurnlry to he a triumph of humanity over bcstinlity iuotfon h/ 1 1 waJ tl.J� first to ·peak iu public debate. In support of the < e ne cluvnlry ns snobbishnc,,_, und pride. (t opposed the

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inter ·ts of the workers. Th· reallim that followed the Renaissance had shattered the power of hivalry. D. Ellw.1nd. opposing the motion' :aid that hh·alry bred gentlemen. Th English were courteous. just � they were honest. It was not chivalry but the � ·chnique of. �hivalry that had changed. The roads g:l\'e a�pl� opportu1:1ty for pr�cb:1ag chivalry. H. 'ilver, quoting the Oxford D1cbonary, said that chwalry meant an act of (k)nightly gallantry. He supported lhe motion . T. R. E\·e, in piping tone, claimed that lack of chfralry did not n cessarily mean that there wa no place for it. Opposing the motion bl· gave place to R. W. R. Kerrni b. who, <'Xprc. sing his dislike for virago and Amazons, claimed the support of th B . B .C. in condemning chivalry.

R. Brearley, failing to rlrnw the chairm,m to a clefinitioa of chivalry,·uggested that it was super-politen ·:s. Chivalry was necei;sary, for women were physically inferior to men . A. Carr could find no connec­tion between court sy and hypocrisy. He said that M:lf-sacrificc was necessary for chivalry, and all should bt, chivalrous on occasion. C Leak then arose to protest against the " side-tracking ·• of the motion bv the opposition whos conception of l'hivalry was wholly allegorical and foreign to the modern capitalist world. The ch.i\'alrous man was oftf'o left " holdin, the baby." ::'lfale superiority was an exploded myth. and abnegation of elf was impossible to-day. E. '. Kelly declared that courtesy, by derivatiou, meant courting of favour. whereas cb.i,•al�·. to-day. meant co-operation .

J . \\·. Saw1ders was then called upon o sum up for the opposition . Chi\'alry. he said. changed with the t imes, :l.Ud i\Ir. F.deu's resignation wa · a good example of modern chivalry. Sc�rning " hccl-clickini; hand· kissers." he asserted that chi\-alry gave nsc to sportsmanship. 111

reply A. (;rabm:i.n attributed chivalry to the Feudal ".'-J.:C. . �e d_eliucd chivalry as horse-·ease. and adroitly managed to bnn� in political I UtcS

Socialism meant equality, not he i11 f ·riority of any da He cho: · Tolstoi as his example

Before the \'oting. the chairman told an amu�ing story of two nvals in an election . \\'hen one remarked " :\{av the best m:m win ! " the other not to be out-done in courtcs,· . a.id . · . . Oh, r hopll not ! "

The motion was lost by votes· to 13 . A meeting of he Sodcl\· was held in the Boardroom on Tuesday

)-[arch th. 1 03 , at 7-0 p. 111 . wi h )Ir. Hick,, in the l'iinir. After th,· reading of th previous we,·k'b minute. , the first speake'.

wa, (mirab1fr dirl11) R Rrearlcy but h ·011ld find no seconder C. Leak ". · able to :ecurc an .1lteratio;1 'on T R. E\·c · · behalf. who was than able

to securt= a further ,leletinn in hi, own intcresl. H. Hargrea".es,

R. Hrearlev. and A Carr, wcr all nnsuc essfnl in attempting

to •cure n. nujorit,· for their am<.'ndment The minutes were then si�1cd Commit ce ' mcmb(:r. absent w(·re H K Burn . . A. Grnbmnn.

R J Hammer ancl E ' Kelly R. \\' I.{ rrui,;h, then. attempted)� pa s a n> ,. of ,·en�urc upon the 1ini er of A tmosphcr ·. but tl.J� �queni:e oi the L Il_I' 1 C the ,;c r taric . • md E :.1. Fclg�tc's impassio�bec1uo1,,,y on the · • one l,onquct of m,:llo\\ ed mustme that m_ade Jtwosphcrl' of he Bo:mlroom. st"<; 1r d he fai lure of the motion

p . A C�r ·n.� th n ,·aJh,.J upon to _rrn!!o•c _tliat ' Freedom of the

e�:, 1s c <:'Ubal o h welfar' of .1 11 ,t•< n . 1 he newspapers, h� ass were the mnin prV<lnc.-t •>f th P1 • nr thcs prm,irlc t!Je l'as1est wca�.'

of kecpin abreast with th time� in r . for cri ique� arc rarey m;;1 •:vliag Of • he.- news pap, r;i' fr a 11r1 th p11li ic:il side was £° 1

1�er� l !n ,ort3JI c I 11 pr - r tri ed ronutrws, y><-,li ic . often harm � :ghl t ,r •cl on the C'<mntr. Th ft d m 11£ th, pr ,; madt· �or free b

O Jul<

,nd a ,·ritiral 111i11rl J I , ior h oppo it ion s.-ud that n "°

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freedom in war time was d ,ng rou:i. tt.:c bad in mind th patriotic andbenevolent censor. He proc�eded to d1scu. banned books mi:;leadingadvertisement and " phoney " financi rs. The world, t�-day. evenfor democracy to flourish, needed ceosorshjp.

D. Ellwa.nd. seconding the proposition, a:-st'Tted that suppr ionof facts, as in tbe last war, l<·d to vicious rumour . Ordinary news wa necessary . . Legal case reports wer valuable to tht= community. because any oue might be called upon to fulfil the office of juryman . A liberal education, and n�t censor hip, woul.d.impro\ • the ·taudartl of the nation} taste. �- W. 1;ms .. for the .oppos1tion , looked for specific cases where censorship was JU�t1fied. Div ·rgent explanations of facts were stupid. �er happy na�on:. su� as England and Germany, had no free pre .

First to.speak 10 public debate was E. �I Felgate, who pointf'ci out that the punted page was ev ·n more powerful than the public speaker. Freedom of the press pn·vent ·d a st�rcotyp ·d n ational mentality But t f 1t was to be freedom. and not heenc , a beneficial censorship wa.� needed. Th next SJ;leaker, hm':'ever, JI V. ,Anderson, asserted that only the Sports page earned any weight. R. \\ . Kcrruish condemned new . pap�r advertisem ·nt�. and declared that as regards politics it is best to be 1gnorn11t and blissful . E. Wootton, also advocating a beneficial censor, declared that a nation should know all about itself. H. Har­greaves prayed for a strict censorsl�ip against immorality and the Ii.kc. but fear!'d. any !orm of bad censorship. J . W. Saunder was snrprised ,Lt the worship of ideals. such as a moderate censor hip. Censorship would oever be moderate, bnt Fascis in tendency. He t11erefore appealed to all to champion liberty. S. Samuels, on the other hand, declared that law case caused _a morbid ment�lity, and the political influence of the press was the mam cat�se of .war m a sensation-·eeking race.

H Kushner, �uncling his :yllables with sen ·uous susurration. said that_ the press satisfies the tast · of silly sob-sisters saturated in silly sentiment, deplored th,· bad advice that newspapers give to the Pools' :vestor. E. �· Colville, indignantly declared that the ordinary man � not sensational , and pleaded with the Sode y to upport the motion Pr°wtmg to Caesar, R. I. Taylor . . aid that the press was not the cause O war. P. H. Doughty a ·serted that censor h.ip made control of the fovernment . imp��ible. 1 ·. B. H . .Baruch then arose to condcnu1 the cx:ise reasonmg of the Society. Ev<'n Pinto, h said, failed to set up the ��15:ocracy of the intellig ·otsia. C. J,eak. in defence of liberty. »a.id b� 1�

government must b abl · to fa<'c criticism . He too appealed on t

a odf democra<.'y. \\' . R. IJtmd, in a maiden spccd1 said that at anv ra c to- a)'., censor:hip was nece.·sary.

· ' ' · J · G. Vickers then arose to sum up the case for the opposition He repeated. his original argument . and mocked the idea of a ben�fidal censorship A c · 1 in · · arr: w rep y, conrlemned the supremacy of one man

Th:��t�fher ·.. A little knowled�e. he Mid, was a dangerous thin Tb

odo:i..., of to-day arc the ortbodo.· ie. of to-morrow. c mot1011 was carrit·d by I Ii ·ot!'s to !I

:\!nr�h �;et;g of the , Society �vas held in U1c llo:trdroom on Tuc,.,,lay,

T h 11 • at 7-0 o dock, with Ir llnwn i11 the chair

A vo�/ 1 surpri of all, the minutt-. "' ·re pass ,d without nlteratiou .

Passed bo thanks to. tl)e ,t·crctarics. in spitt· of some opposition, wa.

of two 6ld �g ma}onty. Audible Mnction was h-iven to the pre�, nn·ltlt!l!Jhc b

oys C. H. Tlrnrm,· and J • '· Bywcll. The committ � bonou/of sent \''.� J . G. Vick rs. The proposal to hold a banquet inR. Br arle

th� rctirmg chairman, fr. Hick�. wa, pn.<c<ed, :md-althoughY rnnstantly murmured , f . nft drink. nncl lirenccd prt>mi ·e

90 LITERARY A D DEBATI1 'G SO 'IE'l'Y. and P. H. Doughty tried to postpone it until next term-a provisionaldate was fixed. and further arrangements left to the committee. . Leak wa. then called 11pou to propose that " Private Monopoliesarc public c,•ils." He denounced mo.uopolic. in that .they could onlyhenefit the few, and destroyed compchhon, the best poiut of capitalis,n. In the past they had been illeg�l: hut to-.d�y th�y took many �orms. He u ed as his example the elcctnc1ty aclmm1stration of a certain Southern town that had been mis-mauaged nuder n group of monopolist , but which had recovered when the citizens lhemsdvcs nssnmed control. apitalism, he said. had led to the present soda! and political chaos. The whole system of pri"ate property was au unjustifiabl · monopoly. He appealed to the Society to vote for So<'ialism. E. \\'. :Mills. for lhc oppo itiou, blamed the theorising of the proposer. He decl,lred that monopolies destroyed the abuses of ·ompetition, and le<! lo standardization. Pro­duction co·ts were lowered. and waste was prevented . :Monopolies, be a·serted to be the b<!gi1u1ing of a new era. We could uot go back. J. W. aunders. seconding tbc proposer, dedar d that monopolists could name their own prices Governments had lx•en unable to reducesurplus profits. Of the two alternatives tc, private monopolies be saidthat individual trading had been nnsuccessful, and arl vocated State control. He used the war-time munition ramp as his xample. To-day the whole system was to blame. S. Samuels, for the opposer. said that the purpose of monopolies was to furnish the public with a better article. They led to standardization and increased trade. They led to State control, and had the backing of Trade Unions. It was necessary for monopolists to have the same interests as the State. Monopolies were the only protection for the mall traders against cut-prices, and the · Co-operatiYe tores. The first speaker in public debate was P.H. Doughty, wlio blamed the large concern for inferior goocb. and the failure of the small shops.A. J. }!. Craig then chirped up. He said that compet!tion was nec�y for impro\·cment. H. Hargreaves blamed monopolies for the rw.n of Spain. E. C. Colville next occupied the fioor. He said that the 1. ·ue lay between private and public monopolies. He favoured th� former because men dc:;erved the rewards of their brain. nnd enterpnsc. }fr. J .• '. Bywell, sairl that monopolists only paid good wages by keepingup the prices. H. Kushner poke for public monopolies. He .blamed mass production for inferior �oods and unemployment. He dewed that Trade Unions supportccl private monopolies. R. Brearle): declared that the h.igh prices of the monopoli ·ts only led to fat rl.1v1cle�d. for the bareholders Re then sat down to gi\•e full play to U1e casmstry �f �it

G H. Th rme. The • tnte, he said, was for the good of the maionty. \\'c often hear of the romantic rise of a capitalist, but forget tlie work�n;. Our ai1n must be financ-ial equality. and the end of private mo_uopolies. B. \'. Anderson said that prh'ate monopolies brought pl·a.c:e m 1ndus�ry. ln his best parsonic mannc-r R. J. Hammer rontr-ibuted ltis now f� /r

denunciations of vice, !ll."ury and cxtra,·agauce. He plead iJ:�·conomic liberty, and blamed monopolies for the ruin of the Yorks He woolkn trade. He rucntiou •d the attempt to comer pepper. ,leplored the fact that :Eddie antors had !\Cl mnch n10ney to wast� be Summing up for the opposition. E. \\". :\fills said that there �ou rtner no practicable alternative o pri,·"te monopolies, and repeated bis f� In argument . finally as.serling man's claim to the fruits of h!s ?w� � 0: Jn r ply, C. Leak said that capitalbm wa not a phila11throp1c mstitu �d �ner or lat •r the State must take over. Socialism was necessary ,.LI men were equal Tb, final aim wru int rnationalism The motion wa carried by :?:l vot s to •

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Th� accounts of �c fock Trial and. Banquet are unavoidably held over till .the next edition. Both-: e�pecia�ly the latter. given in honour of )ir. Hicks, who has announced hi mtent1on of retiring from the chair­were extremely succe ful. S. S.\Mt:ELS } Hon J · \\'. , A UN'DERS Secs.

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@n 'trulrlting Brticle.s.

EYE are_ queer things ; the:,. see�1 to be able to do anything­at lea t, so our modern noveh ·ts seem to think who make them drop to the ground and perform many other won­drous feats. But I do not mind gymnastic eyes ; I am alwav · afrai� of eyes that have meaning. The maniac' eyes ha�e meanrng, but th y lack that which i most dreadful of all­purp.ose. Our Editor's ey ·s are far worse than those of the mama� .. because tlw.y possess this fearful quality of purpose. Now, 1f 1t were an a1mle ·s purpose, they would not bring such d�ead t� my �oul.; �ut, for from it, they display an unbending "111, which, VJewmg its goal. goes for it unflinchinglv. 1. always try to avoid thes eyes, because the hard school of expenence has taught me what this purpose is. But, howeYer much I cringe before their gleam and flee before their onslaught �read eme i alway· ov�rtakes me, and I hear the awful word '. Rememb�r ! I want an article from you for the :Magazine." Argumen! 1s absolutely us •le·· against a man who ha eyes with purpose like ?ur Ed.it?r. He alway: ge s his point, and I often hold the. l1;1rkm� opm10n that ,uch a man would be an as,;et in the adnurustra ion of public affair�-Y?u can see, bu ·fore, that once he dread order i: given. there 1 o alt<:mative to its being fulfilled, and-what is �till :;orse-the ord�r is deuc cl awkward to fulfil. It i bad enough,I one has to wnte an articl • from free will · it is infinite!)' u'orseto be I · ' d pressec into writing one. The greatest difficulty i · un-i:rbtedly. th� mode of attack. ne needs a little inspiration tl 0�. beguuun_g, and. of cour�. if one i to follow the order:- of ie mg. to :\hcl-. one mu t have a beginning to begin at . ther I think that our logic i; so far waterproof, and we must,of efore, look �o the .beginning. • 'o"'. there are several modes .attack. It 1s poss1bl • to read a little of Keats and then wnte an rt. l ful trut a IC e, l of. arti tic voluptuonsness and. beautco�s cent �nother means 1s tn turn to some of the samts of thisBut ury • I sho�ld.suggest ,. K. Chesterton and P. G. \.\'odehouse.ma • though th.is 1s a pleasant m�ans of inspiration, it prc�1:nt ·t kny traps for thl· unwary on . The present writer ha, oftena en up on<> of these "i;1 pir'cl " writings, and naturally ha:

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allowed all memory of the prnpo ed artich: to pass into oblivion being engro ,;ed in the d light· that lie beyond the " magic case'. ment . " After the delight, how ·ver. cold, unfeeling di illusion­meo follow·. and r�membrancc of the article once more fills the mind with fear. We still have to �gin. Take up the pen therefore; then fall aslet:p ; wake up ; write ; hope for the best i

Once started, you can run on readily, dwelling upon sweet, insignificant nothing ·-sometimes you can write boring stuff, ju t o pay the Editor out ! Or again, if you are so minded you may be able to bring :en ·e into your articles, but this is an exceedingly difficult path to attain-nor is it altogether desirable. Moreover, you should always remember that th whole purpose of writing articles i · t produce nonsense in the best and most meaningless way. When, however. your article has reached saturation point, once again it i · necessary to take the advice of the King and find a means of ending the composition. Here we do not confront as great a difficulty as we do in starting, for \\'e have the option of ending abruptly with the subtle aim of mystifying the reader. gain, you can round off your writing with an eloquent appeal which will in all probability remain unread. Of course, it i reallv immaterial how you do end-or begin even-for articles in magazines are not usually read. 'they are merely written to suit the whim of th per i tent and obstinate Editor.

The Editorial eye., after peru ·ing this littl the·is, will look at me in a diff rent way. A differ ·nt purpose will, I hope, gleam

hrough them. It i-. my 'arne:-t hope that I have taught the Edi or a le son-bu�. unfortunat •Iv, Editor. are not taught

lessons, and I shall not escape. ·

R. J. HAM.MER.

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THI.' la. t term ha be<:11, fo1 he Corps. on · of unusual interest.

The fir:t Fidtl l >a. of the tern wa,; held at }\\tear. wheu the Compau · took up .i. po<at ion at right-angles to the

lin of the beach · • \unbn I and II pl:itooll' were the front-

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line. �efence� with n�mber III lying in_ reserve, giving depth to thpo 1hon. 1he_ contmg:ent �ms a umt of a larger force holding Hightown agamst an 11nag111ary enemy. The scheme wa� pro­posed mainly for the ben fit of the Certificate " A " candidate who, being in command of sections made many mistakes b; which they profitc-d in the critici m held later. · Sec ion com'­mauders po ted sent�ie ·, dre�v up_ range-�ard.-, and sent me sage: back to platoon H.Q. s; but m spite of ht efficiency, the section in the main. occupied positions which covered a verv ·mall field of fire.. The pla oons, too, were space� out much t� far apart, so far _mdeed, that an enemy could qwte easily have surrounded and �'1ped out any on� of 1:,hc platoons withou the other having any idea of what was gomg on. In country so broken up as Altcar, the platoons should have been situated closer together than they would have been if they had been posted on the level ground by the canteen, say. The main principles of depth, mutual support, all round d fence, and continuou inter-communication however, were attempted.

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. �n the af�e�noon_ the conlin�ent carried out a defence against imagmary ra1dmg aircraft, which attacked suddenly while the company wa� marching along in battle formation. Captain Ledger explamed methods of concealment against enemy air­craft, and �he me�bods of protection, available to troops on the n�arch, aga1.11sl po1sonou vapour and bli ter gase. used bY such aircraft.

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}he 19 certificate " A " candidates, who were instructed by an - -�.0. from �he �g's R ·giment Depot at 'eafortb, took the Practi_cal cxanunat10�1 on the th of February, J passing. Captain Jones and L1 ·u enant Bateson of the King' - Regiment ga\'e. a number of lectures 011 tactic an_d organisation to the candidates who. took the theoretical examination on th 'th of �larch.

J_ust befor · t.he final Cert. " A " examination, the canting •nt expenenced a Rout· )larch to Thurstaston · for the recruit i• wa · a. rather w1plea�nt experi nee, but one �,·hich i ven· nece . -a�y Ill the training of th· P.B.l. On both Field Dws wenio,·cd fine -. th d d

' --. w a l"r an para ed almost a full company.

h rhe annual Corps 'oirec was held on the 17th of 1\1 rch 11· en · · . • ·an

a? energetic but me. ·pen nCl'cl ·et of entertainers :unu:cdCo

a�dL�nc .

of .about ninctr pa:t_ a1:d present member. of the

th rp.: !he Hl ad1�1a ·t r, \ 1cc-Pnnc1pal and other member· of

e taft were agam wclcom · vhtors. Incidentalh·. we must congratulat · Lan ·-C,,rporals Gleclsdale ·ind Ta\'lor on theiruperb r d · • ·

p en enng of the " Come to the cook-house door boy ! '

tra· . latoon commander::; ar�' urged to compl te their w •ap n ming and arms-drill syJlabu. a :oon as possible, since wt.· .ir'

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O be in�pectcd by Brigadier-General L�tham on the 31 t of :\IaY. The .·enior � ·.c.O.'s, too. ar · reminded that they mu­shoot their course at Grc�nbank at l ast OllC' every term.

There is still room in thl? band for a number of buglers, and anY wi_hing to take up thi profes:-ion ·bould : ·e L/.'gt. Rumjahn ab�ut it. amp tbi: year i: at tren ·all, Yor� ·, and we are allotted 49 for our contingent ; names mu t be given to Cap ain Ledger early.

Finally, we wish our last C . .'.l\I., J. R. Win.tanley, all the best in bi new vocation. J. Goun, C.: .. I.

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"{tbe Si�tb Jf orm Science Societ\?.

A' the number of lectures and vi. its had been considerably

reduced from that of the previous term, the Society did not enjoy such an obviously successful term. Those 1rho

attended the lectures and the solitary vi. it. however, derived considerable knowledge and njoyment, and we are pleased to note, in thi connection, that the Cla ·sical forms are at last taking an interest in the , ociety.

The first meeting of the term wa held ou Thursday:, J�nu­an· 27th, when .lt. J. Weitman deliwred a paper on , me intere ting p ychic phenom na." His audience nu�bered 42. a record for the .'ociety. Although some had come Ill th� h�pe

of seeing demonstrations, • lr. \Veltman d ·dined to comnut hun-lf o a empting hem. .

After quoting l\fax Weber, Profe,:,:or Cr_o�ks, Dr. Tischler,Dr. K.oorin and Dr. Buchanan. and xpla101ng why he pre-

' .. di " "',[r ferred the term " interm •diary " rather than me tlll�, : ·

\\'el man dealt with variou · :,uh-division· of P:,ychic apphcat1on. He mentioned the case of peopl , n whom erue ics, carefull_y wrapped up, when handled, produced immediat� and drastic effec :. )fat rial manife:ta ions brought the d1�course to aclo�. Mr. \Y('\tman admitting in con lu:-ion that there wa!:- � po:-ibility of material explanation for ..;ome or all of the man) phenomena. sd · The cietv's onl\' vi:it during the t rm was on \\'edne a).

farch 2nd, o- th� Clarence Dock Power Station. The selec� few who attended thoroughly enjoy ·d thi \.,j,,it, and, contrar\o old-e ·tablLhul cw,tom. the cretarY ,,·as in no danger O

being electrocuted. . r n 1:riday, ).larch 11th, 1Ir. F. \\. Reece delivered a ��fe

on ·· lutelligence Te ting." lt rn plea,in� to note \ �f attendance from the CJa .. sical , ixth, and, 1f the num er

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quetions asked is indicative of the amount of knowledge a imil­ated, then the Classicist preS(nt gained considerably. ..\fter tracing the history of _the new, type_ of �est, �Ir. Reece dealt "ith the need for reform m the Exammatton , ystem. He pointed out that Intelligence Tl'sts enabled people to find their mo. t uited vocation, in a manner impo:!';ible under ht: old y tem.

On Friday, April th, ,rr. F. R. Howell, a former �cretarY of the 'ociety, gave a lecture on " :trowger Automatic Tele­phone Equipment." The ·nbject is of topical intere t, a an automatic exchange will shortly be op rating in Liverpool. The lectiue was not well attended, but those who ,vere there heard a very interesting lecture. Fnfortuna ely, the demonstrationc; had to be curtail d, owing to difficultie: with the upply from the

hool mains. For next term it is hoped to arrange visi to the Lan­

ca hire 'tee! Corporation's Work at lrlam, and Me rs. Brother­ton'· Ammonia and Tar Distilling Plant at Litherland. The activities of the Society ,vill be restricted owing to the system proved obsolete by Mr. R ece, but still con::.idered indispensable by the powers that be.

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w. A. MITCHELL } H s A. GRABMAN on. ecs.

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n�eb '1batr.

"Arct· 'TA': 9,reat_-gra.nduncle was Ed,\ard' grandfather,you know, said Ethel cheerfully.

"That's all very well," growled another voice. " Bu where on earth doe · Einst in come in ? "

"Dean Inge would say • . " a ·-..erted another. '_' It ju t wa ·n't English," came from the comer, " and I

le him kno� it." Arthur gazed into the tire. What was the: word?

Oxymoron? Or was it ? \\'hY must evervone chatter likema&pies? Still, he should haw· known what ·to expect. The·• affau alway: degtnerated into small talk. .\nd then some onewould tell a yarn whic.h a child could see through. Yes, he wa. ?ht. The man with the n·d hair had entic d attention.,ooked the �ib in l'Ven· in ·h-middlc-aged, ven· features. :eady eye. and square. \'oice was strange though ; not at all t��ue; it was mild, exprcs...;ivt', even musical. But then 'di

�e army m n were oft ·n surprisingly even-temperc<l. ArthurI Y 11:ond ·red whethl·r it would b� worth while strilcing up anacquatntant'<' Pl•rhaps the frllow play d golf, and after all

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one did have to do . omething on the .'unday aftlmoou.- Never met him before, though. )lust find out who brought him along.

" Africa'· cruel," he wa · :a� ing, " it can unhinge the mind. It can make a brave man a coward, and c:v n a coward a brave man. _ -0w tak homicides. for im,tance. • ow the only mur­derer I ever 'knew . . . . you're sure I'm not boring you?"

Arthur smiled. 'ame time-honoured technique. " \\.ell, he only murder ·r I ·ver kn<:,,· was an utter coward.

But the African un gave him courage, co?l, not foolhf :?Y· Hewa - ruthle ·lv courageou . Would you like to hear .

Arthur f�und himself nodding. "Well. if I may tell the tory in my own way. . . . .

It was in Ka.ongo, some thirty y ars ago. �t's up the_ Congo, you know, and as tropical as you could w1�h. othing but :,tench and du t tbr e parts of the year, and m the ,�et season all heaven and earth are waterlogged. W were stationed _out there ; I was in charge of a contingent sent to help the Belgians with a native in ·urrection. We had been there a few days, a�d had had enough. All of us would have welcomed the opp_orturuty to get away from routine, even at the cost of_ a tussle w1th Thro Jan. He'· the native leader who was cau ·mg all tl!e trou�17. Well I wa glad-but surprised, mind you-to receive a v1 �t from' a man whom I'd not ·een ·incc w' left school. Hayes, h_is name wa , little man, with all the marks of _five years or so in

the Congo on him. He was an engineer, I bd1ev , at the Falls of the Comani. \Vhite men are pretty rar out there, so we were glad to see Haye·. I never liked him much ; we were neveJ friend . He wa · quick-tempered, but � cowa�d. and we

!!t1 one or two tu: ·le:;. Bu we fell to talking easily enough; f he invited me to look ov r his place in the hills.. It wasn t ar,·"' I agreed to go. Auvthing wa bett ·r than routme. "" '

h1 quay" We arrived toward · ev ·ning. He took me over hi b galow On oneand warehou:-e, and then we went up to s un

b 'It in aside was the river, all around the f_ore:t. It �a

te world.cl aring and seemed tom· the most solitary plac tn al�-� 't seemHave must have led a lonelv life out ther . Y ·t he 1 n_ O care. . · be said, when �,· wer talking after supper .- .

'd I h ve no choice. " • It'· couvenient to live alone. Bes1 es a h·tes.' The blacks aren't bad companions. Better than some

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e of " He looked at me and I ·vas alarmt'd. The atmo ·p err . • , . .fi bl One o U) the place made me very un asy, and 1usll a Y so. was never to see daylight again. · · · . , 1 e con·" ' I have con ickrabl · power over the natives, 1

inued: . . , , ? , I asked. " Do you kno,, anything about th1� Ihm Jan·

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" • He is a fine man. H<.! ha lcgi • imatc grounds for revol 00. These Belgian-. ar" bad g ,vernors ! "

·• He looked a hi. \\'at:h. I no iced he wa drinking verytit le. He star ·d at me aga111. There wa · a long .:ilence. ''' I think it's time for me to tell you exactly why I brought ,·ou out here. You se •. .,' he went on before I could speak, ' In five minutes from now, you and I and Thm Jan will have a little conversati n.' "' Tbrn Jan? ' "Almo ·t absen ly, h • went on, ' I don't uppose you know much about the habit' of the I lungi people?' " ' The Ilungi ? ' "' Thm Jan'· followers. Their habi · are very peculiar. For in ·tanc , they have in their :acred writings the revelation of their prophet that a champion shall come to lead them against the white conqueror, when the Comani shall burst it· bank and a white man shall be sacrificed on th altars of their god.' "He halted, and went on de:liberatelv. " ' Now ·ince the coming of the white. man the Comani ha� been bounded by concr t • dam:. But owing to an unfortunate accident, quit unforeseen. of cour·e. during the heavy rain:hree months ago, he riv 'r burst through the concrete. The;lungi looked about for their champion. They found him infhm Jan. Thev now Look for a white man to fulfil the lastcondition. Thm Jan is coming here in about half a minute forhi: sacrifice.' " H_ looked at me again and I kn ·w he was ou of hi:-enses. " ' Or to put i mor · t\.'rseh·, mv friend. vou have about twohour: o )ive. You see, the Ih;ngi have another peculiar habit­of all white men theY hat· most those with red hair.' " The man \\'ith the r d hair pau:-ed and looked at hi: audience.Arthur ·miled inclulgenth. .. Well. sir now ;ureh \'OU will tell us how you escapedfrom the ... ;nain ? . The other smikd fainth·.

. · You havt• struck up<;n 011 of two po.:-ible hypotheses.young m�n. I ha,·e said tha 011 of the two in the bungalo\\ lhat ev ·mng nc,·er Sa\\ <iaYliaht ,ui:ain. I have told vou that amud · ,., th r er took place. I must theref m: be either the murderer ore murdered."

Arthur uoddtd. red

.. I'm very sorry to di,appoint ·ou," ,,.aiJ the 111a11 ,dth the. hair. And h · vani:;JwJ .\•HI wher h • ha<l :;at wa ... ,·mp VOid.

!} L.s ·.1 · .• 'l TE�.

'JL. "A. 'Ul. 1ROt(0.

ONCE more we hope to refut the pessimism that antagoni es

any strengthening in the hold the League has over national policy. To say the League is dead is perhaps to put the

wish before the though ; for the independ ,nt observer mus believe that, although th machinery of tht: League ha failed. our Government have gone too far to de�ert a policy of colle ti,·e security and that their sole cour:e in the present crisis i to im­prove the system or even recrea e it . .-\lthough lr. Eden ha<

resigned, and the Government will not ha,·e hi: contribution towards the trengthenin_g of respect for intnnational obligation:, he L ... -x. is still a force o be c,m:-icler 'cl in the final e timate.

If Mr. Chamberlain succcccl. in his policy towards a Rurope:rn appeasemen , he will havl' a splenditl opportunity to reform he League, and will have past errors to help him. It i · the duty

of every member of the L., '.l". to maintain :;trong support . and to as�i ·t oward'- the educa ion of public c,pinion for the fu ure; and it i,- he duty of \'ery 11011-membl'r o join.

\\'e have had a ·uc ssful term in the School Branch. :amuel and E . .'. Kdly ,;ucce ding in winning for us the Ia_st

debate. "·hen ,u opp< cl he motion that ·· Colonies are e.:entllli to Creal Po1 •as." J. \\', .'anncl r.., and : . !-iamueb were placed

fi.r,;t and se ond in our own Speech Competition, the former going on to "in the Intl·r·.'choob Competition. It was a P1 Ythat more did not ems. the ,1 Lt··r t,1 hear l>r. Olaf Stapledon at\\"allasey High , 'chool his :ummarv of the world position wa.:invaluable. But on the , fo11c th· enthusiasm displayed hasbeen most encouraging. :.lr. l'c1 ··r · again receive� our thanksfor hi,- invaluable o:t•rvi� ·.

It i: not plea�ant to rc:1111 11 m mh ,r of the annual torment

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of he Treasurer. Th r are many members who have taken major part· in Branch act1v1t1Cf who have not paid their sub­,criptions.. .. ·ow, what ab?ut it? Our figures of paid-up membership are air ·a�y sal1 factory-let u make them reaUv o-ood. It depends ent_uely on the personal hone ty of member�.

. La t of all, a remmdt:r about. Pa_x. This excellent magazine will be on sale toward· the begmnmg of the term. �Iember. of the School have written articles for publication · there are the prize-winning spee?1<:s, contributions in verse, �nd, we hope,one cartoon; It will? well wo:th the money. The School ha alr�ady a big reputa 1011 for selling the highe t numbers of Pax.Thi term let u · set up a record sale .

J. W. .-\ '.iDERS, Hon. Sec.L. .U. CADETS.

On February 15th, Saw1ders spoke on the po ition in 'pain and all that it involved for Europe and for ourselves . The I_n ·urgents were failing to take Teruel at the time and it seemed l�kely that the Government might win. Question time was lively and rather heated, the majority favoured the Government and a smaller majority expressed themselve a willing to fight for the Government. . On_ March 15th, �te_wart addressed an unusually large meet­ing (ow1:°g to the Austnan coup) on Germany's former colonie ·. He ou lt�e.d the _ tory of Germany's not very uccessful attempt at colorusmg smce 1 84-how many Germans went out as se tier· and how few remained; he went on to say how much development had taken place under the Briti ·h :Mandate from the League. at Britain's expense. .'tewart mentioned rather inferior �old 1�1111e ·, and f�om that moment a strange cupidity manifested itself lll the meeting and on the face· of quite young boys. uch ;,"m�rk· a " Tf'e can do with the gold," " TVe won, didn't we?"

W�ll they.refund the money we pent on railways?" were heard.

It �a� decided by an overwhelming majority that we keep the Colom es.

_We are deeply grateful to aunder and tewart for their contmual help and inkrcst.

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Scout 1Rotes.

AT the Patrol Leader., ?II "ting at the beginning of la -t term the decision wa: made (and later confirmed by the whok

·h Id Troop) that all fiw Patrols, and not, as u·ual, only one,

co ou �nter for the Behn c._,!our Campina Competition : as thismpetition is based on Tenderfoot and Second Class work, th

100 C.\:\lER.\ .\. 'll FIELD IXH. rl'glllar meding �u.ring the firsl part of the t�r� were d vo ed lo a thorough rens1on, and also to Badge tra111mg, each patrol choosing one badge to tudy. In addition. classes were held for the Basket )lakers', Handyman's and Ambulance Badge<-for �e latter, we are greatly indebted to 1Ir. Barnard's . u tained interest.

For the few weeks prec�ding the chool Opera.many voluu­tee�s. frol:1 the �roop combmed a good turn with " handyman" trau11ng m belprng to make scenery and props, for it.

The one Field Day held took place in the first half of the term at Childwall Wood . Mo·t of the morning was taken up ,,ith cooking for second-clas.5, first-cla ·s and cook'· badge tests. Afterwards the .)1. laid a long and intrica e track wi h green and blue marble . Near each of the blue marbles was hidden a se of five playing cards of which each patrol had to collect the sequence allotted to it. The five patrols started at different places on the trail, and point· were allotted both for the number of marble . seen �y each patrol and for the number of playingcard obtained. The hard-contested prize of chocolate was won by the Kingfi her Patrol.

The remaining time was spent in first- and second-cla s work, and at four o'clock the Troop was dismi ,.ed after a ,·ery ·uccessful Field Day. Tb· Troop is to be congratula ed ou itsfull turn-out-". pecially . ince the field day took place on a half· holiday. l'. BAR 'CH (P.L.)

T. CORLETT (P.L.)_,.

U 'FOR'.f. •. �.-\'!ELY, owmg to 'c.hool funct10ns, the numh<:r

of Vt ·its la t term was r clu('(:d con ·iderably, but those• tha were carried out co.n de cribed a very succe ·,;ful.

. 1he fin,t visit of the term a made o the factor)' of �e. r ·raw�n:,;, wher · we saw th m,11111tal'turc> and bottling of many

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different types of mineral waters. After our guide had thorough! v explained th proces::; ·s in valved, the " thirsty glances" of the younger members of the party had the desired effect and con· sequenUy it was some time before we reluctantly made our departure. . . Another excur ton which proved very popular was that made O the Old wan work· of :'.\Iessrs. Goodlass \Vall. Here we were hown very stage in the manufacture of paints and enamels

from the raw material.. We were struck by the complexi y of the manufacturing methods and the care taken by the makers to en ure uniformity in their producL. We were all rather a_�azed to learn that Messrs. Goodl� Wall export large quan· tities of dry-colour annuall:-,. to Afnca for use as " war-paint" by the negroe . Wh n the long and sometimes precarious tour of the works came to a close, we were all agreeably ·urprised to find that tea had been supplied for us, thus providing a fitting ending to a most interesting visit.

A very enjoyabl vi it to Me · r . Jacob' Aintree Biscui Factory marked the end of last term's activities. The two visits, plann d for the end of last term, which were postponed will be included in next term's programme. '

Also next ter� it is hope� to hold the Club's annual outing, suggestL?°s a: to I ts nature \\"Ill be gladly received by Mr. Elliot or the Secretaries. A. . BRIDGE, Hon. ec.

Photographic Section. _It_ t�light have been expected that the approach of the School

Exh.ib1tton would rouse the photographers of the School from their tate of lethargy-and so it did. But it was far from :-timulating them all to activity. Except for a f..:w of the more hardy veteran , hey merely turned ov ·r in their .lctp, wade a f eble uggestion o! a �und, and were lost again in the depth of forgetfulne ·s.'lhe list of names .ubmitted by avow d would-be exhibitors wa: mo t _Promising, but, in spite of the time l'.pent by :Mr. , tell in�eaching the practical side of the art, and the mor' theoretical mformation offered by l\Ir. Barnard to wllomsoever wanted it, the number of tho · who carried out their promise was lament­�v�y s�1all. . �everthel . : we fully appreciate the effort of thoseC t

did e�b1t_. and, in particular, ,,. , mu rt congratulate H .•. as n on wmnmg the first prize in our section. fi Next term we wiU have no Exhibition to spur us on but thene th

r �eather will be here-at lea:;t we hope so-and th camera· rt hibernate will b re ·ued from their hiding-place once mor . ose who have not as yct att •mpted to develop their own film -�r mak� their o�n print., or who, having attempted, have be 11 sappomted, m1ght not the fact that next term we will haYc

10� ELEPHAl ''I'll i\L

for the use of the 'ociety two booklets, one on " The Perfect Negative " and the other on " Print Perfection." Other book· we hope to add to these in the course of time if they prove useful and suggestion will be w learned. Owing to the prevalence of cricket �ext term! we do !1ot propose to hold regular meetings of he oc1ety, but, 1f there ts any demand for them such as for the

purpose of distributing book· and magazines, meetings will be held, possibly in the dinner-hour.

Finally we mu ·t offer our thank· to Mr. :tell and �lr. Barnard for all they have done for the Society during the term and especially in connection with the Exhibition. We hope that he interest they show in our activities will be still more appre·

ciated ne:i..-t term. A. CARR.

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Jelepbantium.

IT was five past twelve on the morning of the third of July,

1939, when the elephant turned the corner and entered Bold treet. In front of him walked five policemen ; vainly

calling upon him to stop, and vainly exhorting the crowd to keep back.

::\oiotori t furious!\' backed tht•ir car·, and tried to tum them. Klaxons blared'. driv rs cursed at pedestrians, pedestrians cur ed at drivers, and cYclist" cur!-cd everybodv. 'hopkeepers hurriedly ejected their c�:.tom •r ... , and lock�d the door of their shops. Assi.tant!:- peeped from behind counter . Wo�en rnshed wildly away from the beast. Men followed them trymg to look dignified in their has e, and only looking ridiculous. Children cheered and houted fearle:slv.

The elephant noticed these di"tu;bancc · with astoni hment,but ambled along in a wry sedate and �emly manne:. The screaming of women, the p ·rpetual ,\·hist ling of the policeman, the cheering and ·houting of th chiklren produc�d. not the .ligh est petulance in him. 'l'he unaccountable stup1d1ty of the policemen in ob tructing th· free movement of hi feet bot�ered him a little, but certainly not enough to ncces.itate any VIOient disapproval on hi part. . ,

His ail idly flicking mrny flies from the end of bis back, he gazed abou him in solemn inten:ity, observing that one carhad been left behind. H • ,. ·aminc<l the outside of the carcuriou ·Iy, and tlwn turned it up.,ide down to look at the b�tt?t Immediately a door �prang 01 n, inviting attention to the inst �'l'he dcphant's fath •r had be<'n a very inquisitive elephant, an had brought up hi son on the same lines as himself, only more so.

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The elephant. therefore. must not be condemned for hi in­qui ·itivene. s. . hxplorin� thl! i�terior of the car he evidently turned the wireles · . mtch. . trangely enough, in ·tead of a sonata in D fl.a , a calm voice announced that rain was to be expected during he afternoon.

New the elephant had no love of cold, English rain, and was profoundly disir · -�ed by the new:, so much so that he left the car still droning about fog on the Channel, and approached a general store further al�ng t�e �tree . He leaned again. t the door (much to the door .., agitat10n) and entered. There were many raincoats hanging up in the '-hop, and the elephant tried several on. � �one of them fitted perfectly, however. so he draped a thick blanket over his back and re-enter d the ·tree . Behind him an awe-struck a istant rose from behind an arm­chair .

A hundred feet on <:'ither side of the doorway the street wa ·deserted. Beyond that a multitude of people surged to and fro. The five policemen came out from the next doorn·ay.

Not condescending to notice them, the elephant again advanced at his steady pace, with his trunk in the air and hi:'­short tail proudly curled.

Forty yard· further 011 he came abrea-t of a shop window full of flower . T,visting his long trunk rotmd the conveniently open door, he unhooked a wreath of pink rose , and placed it precariou ly upon his head.

A mu ic hop thc·n attracted hi. attention, and, the iron door being closed, he g 'ntly strolled through the window, and sat down on a small stool facing the piano. He discovered, however, that the stool was not capable of upporting his weight, and wa obliged to sit on his haunches instead. On the piano were several pieces of music. He eyed U1em cri' ically for a moment, _and then sekc ed a composition by :Mozart, and began to play 1t. It was a mdancholy piece, and as he delicately pr_essed down tht notes with the tip of his tnmk, two tear· tnckJed down hi old, gr •y cheeks, and fell softly on to the carpet.

lowly closing the piano, he . tood up with a igh, and �arefully avoiding the jaggl'<l edge� of the window he went out �nto the street. The five policemen now became so annoyin� t�at f e felt compelled to seize one of them by the neck, and deposit himtirther down the street on his head. He now saw, by the dock above the optician's, that it �·as

hast twelve-twentyfive and nearly lunch-time. o, remembenng tho.w

far he was from home he increased his pace to an •v •n 1rt · ' · cl ou

Y miles an hour, and disnppeared round the corner m ad of blanket and pink roses . R. BARROCK.

104 FIL\! • 'OCIE'!'\'. lf1lm $octet�.

THE term has been a succe · ful one for . the Film ociety.\\'e have had ·everal inter- 'chool meetmg , and 011 every occasion the chool has been well represented. The fir t meeting of tenn wa� held on Friday, January 28th, at the Bluecoat Chamber·, when t!1e _famous Ger.man _film: " /{anieradscltaft " wa hown. ?esp1te 1t · age a,nd 1t pnmary

value as propaganda :it wa e�Joyed �y all. 'I_he acting wa impressive and the vivid scenes m the mmcs explo1tcd to th� full. The essential grimne ·s of the theme and the :�ow producti�>n of " atmo phere" gave the correct tom• 0f �r�o� ·ne. · which a film of such a nature n:qu:ired. The four d1v1 _ ion: of �he plot tended to cause some confusion, but th· sp)end1d duectJon kept he basic idea of friendship and co-op rat 1011 between workers

to the fore. On Thursday and Friday, February 1_7th and 1 th, there

was a special display of recent and outstandmg d�cumenta� �nd publicity films in the theatre of the (�as Company s new bU1lding. Large parties from the School saw what was perhaps one �f the finest collections of short film· ver assembled. After an mtro· ductorv address by the Rev. F. Heming-V_aug�an, several pro: ductions of the G.P.O. film unit under the dm·ct10n of Caval�o�th were shown. These were followed by the latest �a Publicity films featuring " 11r. Therm," and a film showu�g the earl�camera tricks which led up to the recent photographic dece�.hon in " The Invisible J,fan" and" Topper." There were also Tl!e Calendar of 1937," a film on the development of telephom� communication, and John Grier-.on's " The • make J[e11ace. The commentarv of the latkr \,·as by Professor J. B. '-'·. Haldr�ewho revealed the dangers of ·moke to prop rly and public hea .t e�pecially in the ind.ustrial ar as of Lanca hire and York �re. The film ·howed how the unscientific u 't: of coal wa-. harmtnfhealth and promoting ciYic tm ightliuess. I� view of th� �tr�controver_v over he new Films Bill, the achu v<.:ments o n a�and her proved capacity in the i-phere of the short film must no be forgotten. Thurs· The next meeting was in the Bluecoat Chamber on . t h d M: · ave an mer· day, . larch 24th, when • ks. rs. Hesket an •. otr g . The <"Sting lecture dc:mon tration on Amateur Film 1'-�kmY"Liver·fir,-t two films shown were of local interest, on the nseh

o field . - k f rt er a ,pool, and on ferry-boats ; the ne.·t were t� ·en u The lastbeing on the Lake ni ·trict and Boy Sco;-1-ts Camps. in shots, was a magazine-a misc ·llaneou · coll ct1on. of a mus g teurs..Mr. Moir gave some useful hints after the display _tffi

o a�aviews.aud descr ibed hi· methods in aking apparently di cu

11AcALISTER SOCIETY. Ju.;

'fhe final meeting of the term was on Friday, April th, at the Gas Showroom.;, and was wdl attended by the School. The sole picture shown wa that mighty epic of the screen : "The White Hell of Pitz Palu." Although fl.awle� acting per­formances wer given by Lcni Riden ·tahl and the other artistes, the tmc star of the picture was the mountain Palu ever towering in the background. The impres. ive heights of the " • ·orth Wall " dominated everything, and the fatal attraction which the ·now-capped peaks held to the climber: could be clearly appre­ciated. The ·u ·pense of the three helple�ly blocked on the mountain I dge is vividly portray d, \\ith the rigbt sense of theinevitable. The film is technically perfect, and though silent we cannot help but feel that ail sound fleet· would be hopelessly inadequate in a film which relies on its natural splendour and intrin ic qualities of faultless photography and direction for its greatness. Our meetings mu t necessarily be fewer during the summerterm, b ut by their continued support of the Film Society it wilJ be possible for members to see films of artistic and cultural value not oth<.'rn·ise available in the public cinemas. Finall)·, it is my pleasant du y again to expres our thanks to 1\lr. . V. Brown for his W1failing interest in the activities of our ociety.

' AMUELS, Hon. ec.

macBlieter $octet�.

LAST term these notes wt:re brief through lack of space ; and thi term they will be, if possible, even briefer through lack of material. We held one meeting this term, when '.\Ir. Eric Williams, of Lewis'· Ltd., lectured to a large gatheringon Iu�erior Decoration. He spoke well, from a wealth of practicalexpe�1ence, chiefly on th art of interior decoration. A secondmeeting wa to have been held, when l\Ir. Chapman would havespoken on th subject of National Parks, but the date · chosenchlashed time after time with the dates of other meetings, and it ad to be abandoned. G. R. HOLMES, Hon. �·ec.

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Errant ctolumbian.

TEE mellow tranquillity of eveniug had settled over the rooftop� of the villag of Granfort when the Errant road _Columbian shatten:d th<' illusion. He cam . do_wn t_h him in a huge, black automobile, anrl he brought lu,; wife mth · Hodges and I halted. Car. were rare enough thcr . but

106 ERR.\r .. l' COL .MBIA..�. this ·hining, purring beauty breathed of the empyrean. Hodges edged his cap off hi. forehead, as a head appeared from the car. " I'll say we're lost," mused the head. " I just don't know where we've got to."

" Well, go do something," . weetly retorted hi consort. " Indeed I will," decided he, lifting out bis frame and scanning critically the whereabouts. " .'ay-you ! " Hodge tarted. "Me, zur?"

" ure--come over here, will you? I gue·· we're lost. � ow where are we ? " Hodge grunted, somewhat urprised. " Where are you?" he murmured. "That's what I said." "Why, sur, you're here, that',:: .,,·here Y?U a_re." The wanderer smiled. He turned to ht "l\"lf . " I'll say, dear, we've struck a real piece of old England.

Grmvn from the earth. Quite 'hakespcarean." " o what? " queried impatiently his better half. "Do·ometbing, Where are we, anyway? " " ow Ii ten " said the man from the States. " Let's getthi- straight. Wbat is-the name-of this-place? "

"Oh-I see, sur. Why, this be Granfort." " That's what we want to know. \Ve are no wiser.

don't suppose Granfort is on the map, dear? " It wasn't. At this moment I intervened. " I know the country pretty well. If you'd tell me where

vou wanted to get . . ) " - "Well, we want to get to ,'tratford aid the American.

" tratford." interrupted Hodge , " why, that'll be across the river traogham way? "

"That's right." I said. . d "Well, you see, )>Ur," said Hodge·. "You take this ;0: ••

on the right till vou come to the old windmill. Then- eth, · · • h t'll be e see-vou take the lane down to \Vh1te s Farm-t a . first on the left past th mill, or maybe it's the second. fv0r way, you can't mi.-,; it. There's a beech tree a:t the come;. do:'twhen vou've got to the farm vou'll find a signpost. ',:oud uJ '• WheOVO take an'-· notic� of tha -no, vou e:o straight on. er ·tbeJ • " d down go next now? Ay-you turn off by the new roa hill, and " 1 d I'llThe American grunted. " The heart of old Eo

thg an �Uing

:ia\'. What did vour C,. K. Clwsterton say about e r <lr�mkard? .. . " Hodge� shook his head " I •lon't know, sur. railway" Look h re " I said. " I· ve got to go tu Strangham

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,tation. , o if you'll give m' a lift, I'll come with you and,how vou the way." "· ir, your as ·i · ance i truly welcome." 'o we left Granfort. The roads were waterlogged from the thunder shower

of the past night. All day, gr Y clouds had threatened a further cloudburst. And no sooner had Wt moved off than the ·torm came. Rain rushed again t the wind,creen and pounded on the roof. But our Columbian wa · made of .;temer stuff. For mo t of the time expre:-�ionlel"':-, occa.:ionally he betrayed a sardonic :mile. " I've met things like thi, in Texas," he said, " round theoil-field . "

I felt a strange, proud exhilaration. \\·as not the wanderer from the boundle�s and my:tic continent of America? He had seen the ·un of California, the plain· of the outh, the steep. of the Rockie and the skyline of the big cities. He was of the home of celluloid, of tinsel and glamour, of the great showmen. He was part of the new world, a continent of boundless hopes, dream and glories. But my exhilaration was cut short. We had turned down the hill to cross the river by the old bridge at trangham. It \Yas steep and the road was cobbled. Our brakes were on hard, and the car lurched about as we de -cended into the storm. Suddenly the .American hurriedly brought the car to an abrupt halt. A cyclist was topped on the road in front of us. He was . tanding by hi bicycle, looking in our direction. The rain drenched down hi coat, and under his hat hi: face wa soaked. He was shouting something at us, and a· we stopped we heard what he said. "You can't go no further ! " The .\merican looked out. " What's up? " "The bridge is blocked. The ri\'er'. overflowed. \\'her1: wa · it you w ·re going ? " ".'tratford road." I r1:pli1:cl. "Ah ! well you'll ha Ye to go round by the hills." . We backed round and edged up th, hill. We reachtd tlw 111am road and I found the tation. . Ther� ar · some ·xperienL-es which lea Ye an indeli�le. (mµ:e ·�ton. Thi,; wa: ont. As the 1 r in bore me back to c1Y1h�t1011. the clear recollcction came : the man from the continent of

�>undies· hopt•; the ·torm; tlw bleak. cobbled road clown th·lullside ; lhl:.' solitarv cvdi:t cir nched bY the rain ; and his words that had shatt •reel th i!l 11 ion of ci\·ilisation into which the American and I had be•n for the moment lullul. .And, after all, we had been fort-eel to turn to the h.ills. . Turn lo thl· hills . . . A:- the train pa:secl 011. the rain raged 1111abat1·cl out. icl , and now it 1ras night.

JO, PHILATEI,I .., SO 'IETY flbtlnteltc Soctet\?·

THE. School Exhibiti m. at till end of last term naturally stimulated the cnthu:1asm of most members of the Societ): and great u ·e wa · made of the library, which has proved rather inadequate to meet all the demands placed upon it. During the whole term there was s ·ldom a week in which a book was ltft in the library, and tht· demand for the amp Catalogue ha· been so gr at that member· have been allowed to keep it for only oue e,·ening at a time. The number of entries for the Stamp :ection of the Exhibi­

tion was a record, and we must thank the adjudicator, Mr. Allen­der, for pending so much of hi valuable time in as essing the marks for each individual entry. It is n teworthy that the joint prize-winners-G. R. Emmett (Alfred Holt H0use) and A. I. Bender (Owen)-and the exhibitors of" Highly Commended"entries wer all members of the Philatelic 'ociety. Although another Exhibition will probably not be held for another three y ars or so, it is well worth your while joining this Society, ifyou are a stamp-collector at all. I may add that the Society has succeeded in finding foreign correspondents for a few of itsmembers (who have been chosen by ballot), and it is likely that more will be found in the near future.

Although the Summer term u ·ually sees a gradual falling off of attendance at meetings, owing to the new arrangements for the dinner-hour, at lea ·t one meeting a week will be held during that time.

In conclusion we have to thank Mr. Folland, who though he has had to deYote a great deal of time to the Opera and theHobby Show, has still found time to preside a our weeklymeetings. H. K. BURN·

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mnetc <tlub

LAST term has been thl most sue ·ful ye for the Club.inits short history. Two meetings, one towards the begtnd ning, the other toward. the end of the week, were h�l­regularly in the dinner h<>ur. They took the form of talJ;:�,

gramophone-or personal r cital. . The first recital of th rm ·a· given by Mr·. Chapnia�i,who, in her usual delightful tyl ·. sang for us some songs oJ, chumann. Then follo, •ed Dr Wallace, who gave a m k fascinating talk on the Choral Prelude, while the third "oe11;the Polonaise b\' Chopin and ;i B ethoven Sonata were rea e· p wm <'.·cellentlv plawd by , h. lla.·t •r The next talk. on rogra

JO M sic given by Mr. Pollard, greatly in erested the audience. F�all'y ?,lr. Chapman with expert knowledge gave a talk on Bach. All these perfo�mers "e: thank _mo ·t heartily for �ener-

ly giving their serv1c(•s to the 1Iu 1c Club, ihu helpmg o �:ake it a success. We �inc�reh hope that some other time they may again give talks or r<.-c1tals.

While member of the 'taff and friends have thus willingly come forward to support the Club, the re_:,ponse from the School i self has been by no means so cncouragmg : so much so, that, owing to the lack of performers, the concert planned for the end of last term ha· had to be postponed. It i hoped, however, that the lack of support la ·t term wa · due solely to the e>..1:raordinary School activitie ·. notably the School Exhibition, and so we hope to hold the concert at the beginning of next term with he aid of the Junior Orchestra. . .. As a grand finale to the acbV1hes for the term, tbe member. of the Club w nt to Rushworth & Dreaper's on the last Monday afternoon of the term. • comprehensive inspection of musical instruments was made. The antique instruments were shown to us by Mr. Rushworth hiW:self, who, by �s clear 3:nd compre­hensive explanations, practical demonstrations an� his o·wn great love for the instruments, thoroughly roused our mterest.

Finally, we "·ish to acknowledge our great debt to Mr. C��p­mao (who last term deputised for :\Ir. Young), to whose untmngenthu iasm and persevering industry it is solely due that we have been so successful thi: last term. U. BARUCH.

<tbtee 1Rotes.

FIR T place in this record must undoubtedly be ac�orded to

what was of course the highlight of the year 10 Sch<>?!chess circles, tbe great achievement of the. first team wdefending its po·ition at the head of the Merseyside _Secondary

Schools League, and retaining the Wri�ht.Challenge �el.cl for �he second year. We feel indeed that thts 1s an occasion m whichrestraint would be out of place, and so perhaps the reader ";l1excuse our ardour. For we cannot refrain from saying that the team's achievement in winning all its matches again i someth.i ig to be proud of. We are reatiug, not following a pr�cedent. Last term's matche · were all won, three by large margrns, th last after a hard fight in which three games remained 11.11;finished at the end of play. After the adjudication by the Ltv rpool Chess Club however all three w re decided in favour of tl1e School, th; whole m0atcl.t being won by 5 games to 2. Thus la ·t term's hope and prediction lu s been fulfilled and we haw

110 CHES. l TOTE.'.

revealed our .. eh'e� true prophets (only in che· . alas!). We heartily congratulate the tea1:1 �n its succ�ss. In the past we dared to cheri ·h hopes of ,,.lllnmg the slueld only once. We have exceeded our fondest hope:. \Ve have won it twice. May the present achievements prove the inspiration and prelude to a . till more gloriou · future. The prospects are good, may the

· earn never look back !Here are last term's re·ults in detail :-

.:ruooL v. OULTO�- Feb. th. l. Leak ... 1 2. Vicker l 3. Colville l 4. Edwards I 5. Lund ... I 6. Hargreaves l 7. Jones ... !

Charnley �·wton Franklin Lappin Morton Braley Sona bend

cuoor. v. BIRl\."ENllEAO SCHOOL. Feb. 15th.

1. Leak ... l 2. Vickers I :l. Colville l 4. Edwards I 5. Lund ... l 6. Hargreaves 1 7. Hammer 1

HOOf, v. ROCK FF.RRY I. Leak ...2. \'ickers:l. Colville-1.. Edwards5. Lund ... Ii. Hargreaves 7. Jone�

7

H.S. �larch 1 1

l 1

I 1 I

7

Copnall Felling Ever all Davis ... Keeling Challen or Kyler ...

3rd. Redwood Gibbon Bouudy Hartlev Griffith Nelson !'over

�CIIOOL 1·. \\'.\LLASlc\' <; �- , !arch 24th. I. Leak 1• Baldwin 2. Vickers I Know Ison :1 Colville II Taylor 4- Edwards I off cc 5. J,und . . I Rish fj Robcrt-;on 1 • Birks i Hari(Tea ves {I Ellis

fi

• fkr adJurlkation.

\\'on 6t--r0 0 0 0 0 0 t

, Won 7---0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

Woo 7---0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0

\\"on 6-� 0 0 I

0 0 0 I

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The Club con inued to thri,·e last term, although little took place except the fir. t team matches, and there were few addition· to the roll of members. All efforts to arrange second team fixtures proved e,·en more abortive than last term's. Only one match could be secured, the .'chool defeating :Merchant Taylor's School by 6 games to 3. Full use of all available sets was made throughout the term, both in the �in1:er �our and after �chool, but few members have felt any tnchnat10n to play off their matches in the wo league . Pi:rhap: this would be too muchlike work.

The final decision of the House Competition for the Paul Limrick Trophy has had to be postponed until next term owing to the JTIOre exacting demands of other interests upon member.·' time. The chess year ther fore i by no means ended yet, and there is s ill something to look forward to. In conclusion we should like to remind members that the Club will be open for play next term as usual, aud that chess proficiency though infinitely worth whilt>, is a precarious thing, hard won and easily losl. You cannot drop chess altogether one term and expect to pick it up again at ,vill the ne rt without finding yourself seriou ly out of practice. So remember everyone, for your 0\\11 enjoyment and good, don't give up chess completely next term. C. LEAK.

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3obannes ant> mtt3i.

THERE i honour, i t is said, even-or perhap e pecially­among thieve·. Johannes and )litzi had long been com­

panions in the gentle art ; th coalition had been formedon the ostensible prete}..1; that two heads are better than one,and for the more immediate reason that Mitzi, being ·mall and,light, with strength of mind rather than of body, could not�ove a certain laddt·r to it. appointed position ; and it had <:X>n·h�ued as being of advantage to both. Mitzi planned the vanou..:"Jobs," while Johann s did all the hard work and received aportion of such bootv as he could nevt•r have won OD his own. . Of the two, i t must be admitted tha J obannes was thegamer_ by this partnc.:rship. His dutie · gre\\" le.:s and Jes onerou.:, for_ Mitzi had found hi· metier and wa. ·peciali..ing on workwhich suited him. Th · situation was becoming strained ; )!itzihad never thought highly of Johannes except as a beast of burden.and now he was sL1perfluous even in that capacity. . .h The crash. came suddenly, as crashes us�ally ?O: 11tz1b:ard of a delightfully easy and delightfully nch victim. :indgan at once to lay hi,; plans. Then he thought of the tlurly

l l:! BOXL ·c .. ·oTE..:.per cent. \\htch had been J ohanncs' share from the first. Heknew the approximate wealth of t�e pl�cc a�d therefore couldnot be cheated as usual. Forgettmg, m his excitement thecustomary e::,,.-pletive ·, Mitzi went straight to the poin . J oh�nnes must go.

And go he nearly did. i\rriving at a false rendezvous hewa. attacked by five polic men, and would have been capturedhad there been another five to mak • the odds more equal. Hi·mighty brain ponden·d re\.·enge, and at once-or nearly so­thought of Mitzi'· tore. Th two had never been so friendly asto have a common trea ure chest, but th y had sworn not towatch each other when they went to their own caches. Johanne.had therefore been compelled to use binoculars before he couldsee )Iitzi pace out fifty-·ix steps from an old oak over perfectlymooth and scarless ground.

He communicated this long-cherished information to thepolice, in return for his own safety. Truly a good bargain, for:Mitzi was dangerous, and Johannes was very small game. Butthe police scented a hoax, and it took all Johannes' pleading-inthe end he came near to tears-to make them believe him,especially ince the way was by no means short. t last theywent. From the oak one after another took fifty- ix paces.The ground itself, rough but featureless, gave no help. Theydug-and dug-Johannes i now serving three months 'imprisonment forcontempt in one form or another. He sits stupefied at the tur_nof events, but were he cleverer he ·would be tearing his hair

because he had not een that policemen, having large feet, mustneeds step further than the dapper, almost tiny, Mitzi. .... . ...

:n3o�tng 1Aotee.

THE end of the Ea tu h:rm brought with it the.end� t�:boxing season, Hl�i-J . We have now to wait unti t

a! Chri ·tmas term b ·fore we can begin again. As uCsu '•· om·at the end llf the season ther was the House BoxU1g th petition, and the match with Quarry Bank. Here are eresults:-

14th in theInt�r-House Boxing Competition.-ilarch . . • . t gynmru mm. 1st, Alfred 48 point·; 2nd, Phihp 45 porns ;:Jnl. Tate 4!3} point . 4th, Owen 17 points.

BO. ·r. ·c . ·oTE:.

:1,ratoue, C. (A) bc:i.t Miller, H. (P) Price, B. E. (P) .. Haugh, A. L. (A) Gordon, G A. (..1.) .. Pink, C. (A) Coop, H. (A) .. Parry, J. S. (T)Kirkham, 8. (P) .. Draper, C. (T) Morri . J. A. (o) .. Blackman, S. A. (T) Hepburn, \\'. E. (T) .. Hughes, K. (P) Drummond. R. O. (T) .. Rose, �1. H. (o) Adam�. W. H. (A) .. Rawlinson, K. (T) Beastall, K. (P) .. Sharrock, R. . (T) The fighting was hard and clean, and provided an exciting e\'ening. The fight between Vickers, J. G. (o) and Taylor, R I. (T) was scratched owing to a misunderstanding.

11 :3

School v. Quarry Bank, at Quarry Bank. April 12th.hool won, winning 10 fight· to Quarry Bank's 4. !NSTITUTg. QUARRY IlA:-;K,

Malone, C. beat Pierpoint Gordon, G. A. .. Holliday Pink, G. .. Kirkwood Kirkham. S. .. Thomson llorris, J. A. .. Shore Coop, H. .. Evan· Adams, \\'. H. .. Rudge Leak .. Snow Hughe·. K. .. Graham Sharrock, R. .. Price Kaufman, D. lost to Baker Parry, J. S. .. Hollway Price, B. E. .. Forster Beastall, K. .. ,'tainthorpe irost of the fights were very close, and Quarry Bank put up a hard resistance, but the In ·titute lad fought very well indeed, and thoroughly deserved their victory .

b It remain now to thank 11r. Bowen and 1Ir. Pincher for all;. e help they have given. �Ir. Bowen has given up much of hisime to attend on Monday evening , and he worked untiringly� the end of the season in order to arrange the competition .e has been helped throughout the season by .lr. Pincher whoattend d · ' e regularly on Friday nights. \Ve thank them both.

Thanks no les · are due to Mr. :JkEvo\' the instructor. Hi ��cellent c�aching and never-failing advice have been appr datedsea:· W1�h �he help of these people, ,,·e have had a very goodn, and it 1s hoped that nc.·t season will be just as successful.Half colours were awarded to :-; Kirkham and full colour·re-aw d l '·. ' ar ec to K. Beastall. K. BEASTALL.

114 Fl\'ES . "OTES.

lf ives motes.

THE beginning of thl' term_. as i: usual in January, was marked

by a cli;;tinct lack of interest on the part of the School. Thi· was partly due to the bortne · · of the day and

partly to the reluctance .of _thl' School, especially �he .' nior , to face ilie weather. But pnng came at last and with 1t the loug­awaited boom. The Fifths and Remove�. however, ill show a dispirited attitude towards the game .. In a few year ' time thechool team \\'ill be chosen from thetr number and upon them

will depend its standard. Last term I complained about the �1£ ·bn ss of players who

booked courts and did not u e them. Thi· time i is gloves!A meeting was actually he�d in � -hich all who . played Fives were asked to return gloves 11nmcdiatcly af er then game. The request was adhered to for a few days only. with the result that in the last School match a member of the team had to use an old withered pair. No even th� Scho?l. team bas the right to retain gloves. The use of gloves 1s a pnv1lege and should not be abused.

, ,. 1 d By far the most interesting ev nt was the Fives m� es an Doubles ompetition. It is well on its way to compleho�,.and we hope that it will not suffer the sam. f�te as other co�petitions. The House games were concluded this, term, !eavmg �"e:1 champions after a replay with Tate, and 'I ate J umor ch�mp1on .. The two succe · ful Houses will be the first to have hen names on the new Fives 'hiclds. The School eam ha played fire ma che thi: t rm, and the si:-.."th was abandoned owing _to \'.·et \Yeather. Thev are now beginning to show more combma ion in the double � but arc still weak in their single:,;.

Tbe nece · ·ity for an e. tabli ·ht·d code of mles ba long bee� apparent, and after some effort we bave procured a b�o� 0

rule in concordance with thos of the Rugby Fiws A�!�tita Bv the time these note are :in print we shall have d1stn u e copies to memb r of the '"chool. h ,· Last of all it is my pl a ant duty to thank :Mr. Doug

it for hi untirina help toward� the bettenm·nt of the game. am

i. he who ha.; hccn most re po ·ibl · for the succes. of the te chool Match Results. 142_16! Feb. 16 v. Hulme Hall . . . · · · Lost

135-128 ''"- 5 J · b. Won . J.,.,..r. v. ,10 1an. . . . · · · · · · ]71-265 1 lar. 19 v. Wallas\')' (;ram111<Lr School · · · Lost 936_z75Apl. 6 v. \Valla ,· (�ram mar School · · · Lost i 7 -108·\pril 13 v Oxford Univ ·rsitv Old Bov:; . .. Won ,, p · · · · d \'arey ,u. ·•Full colours have heen awarded to Kushner an . and half-coloms o Taylor, R. I. and Varey, J. k. Ku.f!;\£R.

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a;pmnaeium "flotee

THE House Gymnasium Co1�1p1 titian took place on Thursday,

April 7th, and wa pre 1ded ov r by the \'ice-Principal; Mr. Halton acted as judge. This year, owing to he

reduction in the number of Hou. ·, the number of competitors wa reduced but this was made up for by the keenness and bigb tandard of th House teams. The practice· were well attended,

Tate House ·pecially are to be commended on their attendance. The Contest for the " House Cup" was mainly between

Philip Holt and Tale. Although the four Houses were equally aood in the .'wl"clish Ex,,.rci · · ·, only the above House possessed "old hands." It was thu th • marks gained by individuals which decided the result.

The final marks for the Hou e Cup were as follows :-1. Pl1ilip Holt 246

:.?. Tate 244! :3. Owen 2:H-4. Alfred J 2,1-

.'tyle and skill in the individual work were ·naturally more in evidence in the "old hands," but the new-comer ·bowed much promise and should do well next year.

The award· for the Individual Championship were:-l. · C. Billington Tate . . . .J-2 2. R. S. Sharrock Tate... 3 3. J. W. �Icllurncy Philip Holt 37-;t -1,. K. Bcastall Philip Holt 37 The high •.st possible mark was H.

An amu ·ing and \\·elcome interval wa: afforded by boys from 3� and 3b in the nature of gymnastic games; later in the evening \ork_House Boys' Club ga,·e a Yery good display of elementaryexercises. The enthusiasm and promise of the Junior boy­reflects much credit on their trainer, ?.Ir. 'tell. . We thank 1Ir. Halton for hi· able services in the adjudica· ion .. We ho� to have the pleasure of his presence on futureoccasion·. Our thanks are also due to E. C. Cohille for bis work at the piano. Finally all the competitor· extend their ·incere thanks _to ?llr. , tell for the intC'rc,t and patience which he ha· hown m once more training the House team·. Full colour. have been awarded to G. C. Billington.

Half coloms have: been re-awardl'd to J. ,v. }IcBurney and awarded to R. 8. Sharrock and K. Beastall. It is hoped that new competitors will come forward next year; Senior members of tht.• School are permitted to attend

�? �Jractie• �nd Junior boy:c. who wish to attend should see _ th ir. use Capta1U. In tht.•se day: \\'hen physical fitness 1� an 1�portant factor in all walks of life boy· would be \\i:e to takea vantage of this valuable opport;mit)· at . chool.G. c. Bll .. LI. ·GTO. '.

ll HOCKJ�Y. 1!137-:l.·.

boclte\?, 1937.,.39

0-� E agaiu we have L ·>111e to the end of another season,

quite a ucce · ful one, but not :o <;uc ·e:-.Jttl a one would like to expect.

We are more fortunate than those who played hockey during it introduction to the .'chool nine seasons ago, in having better facilitie� for playing, but why have w not more playing the game to-day, with that kecnn�ss shown in previo� . years? I especially ask everyone t<> do th �u v<'ry be, by recrwtmg new players for ne}..1: season.

Out of nine matches play ·d, the ele,·en has won 4, lost 3, and drawn 2, coring 24 goals against HI.

The School d fence ha;; had quit a good ·eason; Edward, in goal, has played som . good ga1�e> but wants more C:!,.'])eri· ence he ha filled a very difficult position very successfully. The most improved person in the S hool t,am is Billington, who has filled the centre-half berth very w<.>11, and i:; a dogged defender. Our full-backs, Stone and Culshaw, have had a _good seaS?n, and have made up for the appar nt weaknesses m our wrng-half po itions. Carr, at left-half-back has played _a very courageou game all season, and should . strengthen � · game by mor� experience ne>,.'1: season ; our nght-half position ha had man) candidate , and was the weakest spot in the team. As for the forward the> have done all that was e ·pected of them.

We are indebted to the ·orthern Hockey Club fo.r the invitation the\" extt:-nded to u · o play in the Christmas holidays, and also to \'\·e:t Derby H.C. \,·ho invikd �e,·eral of our team to play in their 3rd .rI occa'-ionall\".

We are ,·en· grateful to )Ir. (�. l >. Roberts. who ha: pen

hours umpiring· our games. and building �1p a -.ide wh1ch1 �gradually improved. through the careful ad,•1cc he has o thot g fullv <>iven u ·. · "'- • · h heFinalh our thank are due to \\ a�::. for the good pitc

. P. u. Rll:\IJAII�·prepare .

Hock v <:olour · have been awar<led to the following:­Full. ·P. l:. Rumjalm, E. J. Ru111jah11 (re-awarded), E.

• [ayhC\\ <_;. W. Culsba\ ·, C. C. Billington.Half. A. Stone, C. P. B. :\[,,!:neau.·. H. K. Burns.

R1,:: l'J,TS . St"lloOt, v. ll11tKE:sli£,V) S..:,mur.. Home

Edwards . $ton , Holw,,s ; J ohu · ,11. Billinglou .. carr lolyu 'aux, Rutujahn, E J .. Rumjnhn I'. 1 .. Fl:1111gan

S,·orer< : Rumjahn, P. J , R1,m1a 11. P 1·.

Lost 6-�a urn,.

CROSS-Co1 ·� ''l'R \' R .N 'I 'G • ·oTES. I Ii

SCHOOL v. CUESTER cor.r.F<,E Away. Lo!, 4 'I Edwards ; Stone, Culsba,, ; lolyneaux. Billington, Dirr . Burn , J�huson, Rumjahn, E J. Rumjahn P. t'., Flanigan. Scorers : Rumjalm, P. l' (:!), Rurnjahn. J. J.

"CROOL v. COLLECL\TE. Home. \Von • · Edwards; ."tone, Cul haw; Holmes. Rillington, Carr, Johnson. Molyneaux, Rumjahn, E. J .. Rnmj .,Jin, P. • .. Flanigan.

Scorer : Rumjalm, P. lT (:$). Rum;ahn, E. J (2), Molyneau.x. ScnooL v. WEST DERB • ' A " Home. Won 3-1

Edwards ; tone, Culshaw ; Johnson, Billing on, Carr; Rumjabn, R. Y., ;\ilolyneaux. Rumjahn, E. J . Rumjahn. P. ·., FlaniganScorers: Rumjabn, E. J. (2). Rumjahn. P. r.

.... . ...

<trosa .. (!ountl·\? 1Running 1Aotes.

GLORIOl'S summer dars are with us once again, and nowthat the rigours of th<' weather are no longer to be tested, cross-country running, like all good thing . mu come to

an end. In the im·igorating sharpness of ,,inter, we bounded along in the wind and rain. with free, ungirt spirits. • ·O\\', in the warmth of the "-un. we are tamed into refinement.

The performanc s of the chool team during the past term have ·urpassed our gr a e 't e�l)ectations, and a fine mea ·ure of ·ucces· ha: been achi •ved. The Liverpool Daily Post described one of our vic�ories as" fine p. eking by a speedy Ins itu e team,'" and thi ha· been charact ristic f all the team'· Yictorie.. All except one of the tnm' · rnatche: have b en won. bringing �he season's to al o 6 wins Lgainst 4 defea !>.

The team i'-' indebted o the perseYerance of F. \\'. �Iyer:-­cough, a· :ecre ary. for the increased number of fixture: thi: season, and whok.·heartcd enthu::.ia:m has enabled the tt:1111 to carry out these fixtures "ith credit. To thi · Year' �huolteam let me sav." II ell d0ti,· ! " • ·ext -;eason, \\; h most t thi year'· team :ta:);ng on at .�chool, he running team can f, ce th�·future with confidence. Full colour;; have bt.-en awarded to A. \\'. C. Thoma,; E. :--.

Kelly, and ] . F. Chamock; an,! half-colours to F. \\'. Myer cough, H. A .. \pplcton, B Dm\11.", AR. BrO\rn. and G. H. Town end. .'cno?'· v. CtrnSTlill Co1,t1>c1,: Home:. Saturday, J auuary :!.:11(1 �chool : (2) A. W C. Tho1ua�: (4) J. F Charuock . (5) I' \

.�yerseough ; (i) E. : . Kdh·. ( ) H \ \ppleton (!l) l; II. lownend l'hcstcr CollcRe I :1. 11, 11, I �l. Result : \\',,n ;1:; -':!

11 CHOOL v Qt•.\RR\.' Il.\.'K H.$ Home . Saturday, February 12th (Over a 4 n1ilc ,·oursc Time· ·:!2 mm·.)

:,;chool: (:!) A. \\". \. .• Tl�om�� ;_ (:3) J. f· .cl�arnock; (4) F. \\'. )Iver cough; (5) (,. K \\ Jlhams. (1) b. S. Kdly; (LO) H. A. Appleton. Qunrry Bank H.:-.. : 1, 6, ·, 9, l �. 15. Result-Won 31-53 :cHOOL v. 'VARSITY Jl. .\W�}, , . \\'edne. tlay, February 16th(Over a 5 mile course. l1me-:!!li 1mn:..)

School: (1) A.\\' C. Thomas (:3) J. F. Chamock: (4) E :. Kelly, (5) H. A. Appleton; (ti) l'. \\'. )1yerscough. 'Var-ity II· 2, 7, !I, JO, 14. Result \\'ou 19-42

SCHOOL v. '.F.X Home. . . Wednesday, February 23rd (O,·er a 4 mile course. Tinic--:!3 1n111s) School . (I) A. \\'. C. Thomas: (4) F. \\'. }Iyerscough; (5) E. :. Kelly; :6) r.. K. Williams; (i) H. A \ppleton. (!J) B Downs S.F.X. : 2. 3, . l:l, L3, 14. R ·suit \\'on 32-52 .'CHOOL v. Ot•LTO:- H S. Away. \\'1.'dnesday, :'.!arch 2nd School: (I) A. W. C. Thomas; (2) H. \. Appletou; (3) F. \\'. Myerscoul.{h ; (5) E. S. Kelly : (Ii) B. Downs; (i) A. R. Brown Culton H., . : 4, 9, 111. l 1 12, 1:3 Result : \\'on 2 59

ScuOOL v. 0RMSKlRK G.h. Home. Saturday, ::IIarch 5th (Over a 4 mile course. Time-:l2 mius.) chool : (l) E. S. Kelly (2) F. \\'. )Iyerscough : (4) J. F. Charoock; (5 ) B. Downs; (6) G. H. Townenrl; (i} H. A .. \ppleton. Ormsk.irk G.S.: 3, . 10, 11, 12, 13. Re·ult. \\'on :!5-57

The School had to send a weakened side to ::l[auchester for a four­comered fixture with :\Ianchester G.S., Blackpool C.S, and K1rl..halll G.S. The team did not run very well in this fixture and ti.nished fourth , ·evertheless, the nUUJers enjoyed their Yi:it and we are grateful to

:\lanchester G.S. for their hospitality in inviting us to lunch. S 3, RESULT: I. :\lauchc,ter G. . 6 2. Blackpool G.S. !lO 3. Kirkham c.::, ....

4. Liverpool Institute 10' School: (10) .\. \\'. . Thomas; (11) J. F. Charnock: (l ) H. A.

Appleton (::!!) F. \\'. :\{ycr�cough , (23) G. H. 'J'ownend; (25) A. R. Brown.

Junior Running.-The Junior running team has taken pa_rt in �w: more fixtur�s but not with the succ= ·xpeetcd. There is a_sh gto ' · h b ·bo \\'I standard of running amongst our Junior . but t ose OY_S " d efr in represent the School niu�t consider the honour worth while, 31� \ :m from getting \Yeduc,<day;;. Illness has also weakened our Jumor e · \\. d d )' :,larch 2nd $cllOOL JUN!-. v. Our.To.· II.:-.. Ju. ·s. Away. c ues a • mnish. School : (3) X. A. Hamling: (4) R. J. Parkinson ; , {,) A. P. �o

(!l) \\'. H. 1:ox; (IO) f>. R. Buckley; (11) E. R�g;ns (45-33Oulton II S · J ·• �, O 7 1 ·> Result . ,os . . . . ... . ' ' , -·

h Saturday. }larch 261 SCHOOL JtJ1'$. V QU.\l(lff B.\NK 11.S. JUNS. School: (2) C. K. \\'illinms; (:3) R J ling ; (1 1) l'. R dl' ( ,rnchy ; (I:?) Fox Quarry B:mk H.S l. 5. U, i, :-;, !I

, A }Iom· Parkinson: (4) :--. · H \ P. Comnish: (J3} \V. Result . Lost 15 .;Jti

.\ �$0CIATIO •• FO >THALL. l l!J

BOUSE RUNNING. . . • Good packs have s�t o� fr'?m f·lc_tcl!cr s I·arm c'.1ch week, and whil$t the numb r of Seniors 1s still dis.,ppomtiug, the J umors continue to turn out in good uumb<-r,;. Ther · ar som fine runners amongst these Junior llll<l I would urge them, a they g ·t older. to continue their enthu iasm for the sport and aspire o _a !)lace in the �ch?Ol team. Philip Holt arc to be- congratulated on wmmng both the Scmor and J u.nior competi­tion.� and upon their large turn-out� nf J nnior . The result of he competitions arc as follows ·-• U:-IJORS : I. Philip. JU. "lOkS : I. Philip.2. Owen. 2. Owen. :3. { Alfred. 3. Tate. Tate. �- Alfred.The Steep! chase took place on .:aturday, April 9th, O\'Cr cours.t� of:; mile:; (Junior) and U mile· (Senior) from the L.B .•. Ground. Allerton, in beautiful weather. The course: cro :sed Okell' · Farm. and we ar • gr,. eful to 1Ir. Robertson for pcr­mi ion lo use tbi, land, which made 1h1: comscs w much more intrresting. \V · congratulate .\. \Y. C. Thomas on winning the ' nior rac and G. \V. Da,·ie)- and R. J. Parkinson on running to a dead heal for first place in the Junior race. The Steeplechase results were :is follows :-Seniors: (l) ,\. \\'. C. Thomas (r) ; (:l) E :-. Kelly (o); (3) H. :\. Appleton (r) House Results : (1) Philip; (:!) Owen . {3) Alfred . (4) Tate Juniors : ( I) C. \\'. Da\·ies (r) and R. J. Parkinson (A) (3) C. Draper (T) House Results · l Tate ; (:?) Philip ; 13) Allred: (4 Owen. Our thanks are du· to hose member· of the 'tafi and School who acted a: marker-: and in particular to :.Ir. Folland for bi. marking of the course and to :.\Ir. Jone- and )lr. Wormald for their untiring work both at the time of the teeplechase and lhroughou the running ·eason when their \\'Ork with the 'chool 'eam and the House running i · greatly appreciated.

E. S. KELLY. .,. .,. .,.

:association jf ootbnll. WI.<; began the term with higl lwp · which, however did 111 come to fruition. .\fter the fir· game with the Col· legiak, Walker had to lca\·e the kam in order to ban' au operation, and after onlv one mon' game , . tewart was unfor·��nately injured in a House· match. His injnry seeme� minor_ atf st, but turned out to be se1 iou enough to prevent !um playmgor_ the res( of the term. 'l'h1 · culmination came in the vital'hield 'Match with King\ :-,chool. Che;;kr, in \\·hich Hepburn wa,;unable t9 play. The change$ thus nec"�!-itated, seriou +y weak·

l�O A�SUU.\Tit - • FOOTU.\LL.

encd the combiuative powers of the team. This was cspeciallr evident in th• Che ter game, in which we \\'crt! overwhelmed being fortunate in only having three goal· scored against us.

The defence, a· a whole, has been r asonably steady, the majority of the work being done by the half-back , among whom Hepburn, in particular, stood out. The full backs were apt to be uncertain, Green ·eeming a little nervous in a fresh p osition.

.Among the fon ards, the work has been done mainly bv Raby and Hughe . Gregory only reached bis true form towards the end of the season when the light ball ·eemed to suit him.

Once again we thank Wass and Edwin who have prepared u xcellent pit he·, and 1,Ir. Moy for hi help and encourage-ment. . . ROBERTSO::-..

The 1st XI has generally been omposed a follow : )lu,-ke t; anderson, Green ; \'\'eedon, Robertson, Hepburn; Gregory, Cohen, Raby, Hughes, K., Emmet .

Results for the Spring Term. v. Liverpool Collegiate Schoolv. Alsop High 'choolv. Quarry Bank cboolv. Warrington Grammar • choolv. • t. Francis Xavier·v. Pre ·cot Grammar hool (.'hield}v. King's , chool. Che ·ter ...v. Uniwcity 3rd XI11. Warrington Grammar Schoolv. Bootle Secondary Schoolv. Manche ·ter Grammar School ...v. An Old Boys' XI

(h) (a) (a) (h) (a) {h) (a) (a) (a) (h) (h) (h)

2-24-33-48-13--2HI 0-32-34-14-12-36-2

The goals were scored as follows : Rabv 32, Hughes, K, 11, Emmett 7 Gregory 4 ; Robertson, Hepbu;n, 2 each ; .'tewart, Weedon, Walker, Ferguson, Fisher and Tyrer l each.

1st XI 2nd XI Juniors

P. \V. D. L. For Hl 12 1 i 66 15 6 1 27 12 :! ;3 i 17

Agst. 37 33 25

SENIOR SHIELD-1st ROUND. -0 �HOOL v l'RESCOT GRAM�Llk �C'UOOL. Al C.reenbauk. won 6 t. . The School team, at full ·t r ngth xc:cpt for the absence of tewarn: hued up as lo!low:1 · Muskett,; , anderson, Gr en ; Weedon, Robcrtso Hepburn ; Gr gory, \\"nlkcr, Raby, Hughes, K., Emmett. 11 Robertson won th· to , nnd the School kicked up the slope. tJhopes that the School may hav • hud of an :i.w victory were soon. cru wing for Pr ot were the first to settle down, anu ·neat work on the right

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harassed the · · 1001 defence consid rably Once Gre= head d off h goal-line with Muskett bc3:t ·n, and for som,· time th,,re w. a " kick It mywberc" pirit in the School goalmouth Occ ional bur t by the hoOlC forwards were unrewarded anri play wa scrappy and unscientific After about :!O minutes, the School �ot th ·ir fir t goal. a cleverly placed iJ!ot by Rnby. Encouraged by this learl, the School play improved considerably, nod two forth •r goals were· added. Raby scored a simil r 1,o0al to bi· first, an<l \\'alker, almost on the touch-line, wa as surprised ns a11voue to see his intended l'cntrc curl round the po t. Half-time came "with the score 3 -0.

We had not been as sup<:rior as the cure might suggc . for Prcscot had had their fair share of th.c play \'(•t we might have bad more goals if we had not thrown away our chances. Emmett. for in tanc , w blazing away on the left wing without apparent aim or purpose. when 1,ith n little care, he might ban :acor ,cl m<,re than once.

till three clear goals leacl at half- ime, and the ad,·antag of the slope to come was not a bad state of affair� and the School team re­started full of confidence But we could not scor :my goals. The defence bad little to do cxc p ply the attack with chances, of which our forwards made little use. Pr ,col did break away on occasions, but Robertson and Saudcrson ;ilway · sent them away empty-handed. Play became scrappier and e1·entually the : hool added two more goal through Hepburn and Raby. The 611;11 score was 5-0 for the school. T he form of the team was f.ir from encour. ging . The defence w adequate but hardly inspired confidence. Rob ·rtson wa: a tower of st�et:gth. at centre-half and w. w ll supported by Hepburn, who wa. brilliant III defence and attack. The fonrnrd w ·re poor. They re,·eaied little combination and threw away m, ny chances. The whole team seemed below tandard and will need to improve if it i� to go much further in the hield.

CRITIQ{.E. A. ROBERTSON (Lef�-back) -Captain -He possessc. a s rong kick and heads wcll but 1s rather clum ·v at times. \\"as uncertain at c ntre­half but played better after becoming ,1ccu.stowed to that po�tion. I. R. STF.W.�RT (Cen.tre-half)-Vic •-l:aptaiu.-V<·ry good at dealing wi h a ball m t he air. He i inclined to dribble close to th · goal nd must learn to kick with bis left foot. G. R. �ADY (Centre-fonvard).-Aftcr a poor st 1rt he impron-d in the hSpnng term. , hoots well witlt hi� right foot but to be reallv good e must practise witlt his left. K. �UCHES (Inside-left).-A hard worker who h,15 proYided many goal thor Rafby. Inclined to hold on to the ball too long and to talk toe re eree too much. R. � WE��ON (Rigbt

,-haU).-A good wing-h If with a strong kick 5 positional play ts good and he pro\'ide his wingman with man\'

�� \V. G. liEPBUR (L f h eithe £ N e t- all).-A born footballer with • str ng kick in li T. M�s oot. H,ead well aud is the :;tarting point of many ttacks.

seaso KETT _(Goal-k<."Cper).-He ha had a mod r, t ly uccc sful'f. R. SA n. lnclme� to be ratit r :.low off the mark t times.

stm.;'�ERS�:-i. (Right �ack).-Hc found it h r<l to cttlc dov.-u in too g P0�1t10�1 bnt unproved a;; the �c�u progre. scd. Dribbles

a T C much m his owu penalty ar•':t · · RE!lN (L f �· · tun ' e t Back).-A keen pl,wcr with a tr ng clearan c som . bis �i::-:!.��rtain in direction. lndinc<l to lie too far back �d ri ".,-an too much room.

RUG BY FOOTBALL. G. E. GRECORY (Out..,idc Right).-He has had a moderate .eac;on on the whole, but played wdl toward the end when the ball was light

He must remember that a corner put :mywhcrc iu play is far bcttc�thau put outside and wasted. G. Com:.· (In ide Right).-H<' dribbles well but his shooting is ratherweak and hesitant. He combine.! well with Hughes. R. E. \\"AT.KER (In.ide Right).-Vcry promising with all the ingredients of a very good player. Has a trong shot and must uot hesitate to use it. G. R. El,n.JF.TT (Out. ide Lcft).-A strong and willing winger. He is very speedy and attempts to shoot and cn1tr far too fa�t with conse­quent lack of direction. Restraint is necessary.

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�ugb\? football.

THE Rugby X\' began this term full of confidence, ,,ith a

match again. t , t. 1Iary's College, Crosby. The match was played on our own ground, and although we were

defeated by 14 points to 3, our performance against such redoubtable opponents ,-..as distinctly encouraging. Our early promise, however, was not fnlfilled and perhaps as a re ult of a severe defeat at the hands of the Colkgiate , 'chool, our confidence �lmdy evaporated. Although \\'C played close and enjoyablegames against :'outhport and St. Helen:-, our only successes were a ,vin against the Old Boy:- and a <lr, wn game against Oldershaw. Towar ls the end of the rm a .�chool XV played an O.T.C. XV and after a hard but rather scrappy game the School won by 12 points to 3.

The principal fault of th team s ill lie:- iu it. inabili Y tocombine but hi i.- unarnidabh::. considering the fact that some members only ·tarted to pla.- Rugby this - ason. On the whole the team, especially som · of the fonrnrds, \\"Orked hard anddeserved more <;uccc� ban it obtain cl.

Once again onr thanks ar, due to Mr. Halton \\"ho ha: takencharge of th€ J nnior , and to • Ir. Chapman and llh. Bow_en forrefereeing nncl coaching. For ·et anothl'r sea ·on, Ed\\m ha,kept th(' pitch in spkndid condition and ,,. • tlrnnk him also. B:above all we are indebted to '\lr. Pollard who has spen mu

ime and energy in achi1g 1}1° _·y, and to ,,horn alone,is�u�any s \CCC"-. which \'.'C lllJ.." haYC .ichie\'ccl. D. :NOD ..

RE::>l'LT "CHOOL v. ST M.\R "S COLLEGll " A " XV.. t;.

Pla�:ed at • ler.scy Road, January I !lth. . l,o�t 3-���; Beas tall. K. ; Mc Burn, y. Wootton, • 'otkll, Bnd_gi, : Briggs, B Haw­Heslop, Bea. tall, D., Bourns, Coult, Thompson, Gray, Hartley.

mer. Try · Bricl�c . od a For the. fir t m 1td1 of th t nn the • chool showed a \'igour a

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pawcr of co-operation which had bccu. sadly_ lacking a the end of thepm•iou. term. A�auist_ a well-combme_d lin�. of three-quarters thewhole team pull d 1�s we1g�t aud s!towcd its ab�ty to tack.le effectively,while the forwards m parbcula! displayed promise, and it was only bv trenuous efforts that the qmck movements of our opponents werebrought to uo effect. Bridge scored a fine try which was uncom·erted and at the interval the scar stood equal at 3 point each. Iu t.hc second half the weakness of our halves proved our undoing, and. in spite of the excclleu_t tackli�g and touch kicking of K. Beastall, who throughout gaveJ magnificent display at full back, our opponents succeeded in crossini:­our line three tim ·;;, one try being converted. Although the Schoollo5t by a points to 3, th· team had shown powers which gave hopes forbetter result· in subsequent matches .

SCHOOL v. COLLEGIATE SCHOOT4 lst XV. Ployed at Holly Lodg . February 2nd Lost 0-39 pts Bcastall. K. ; McBurney, Wootton, Noden. Bridge : Briggs.Barnch; Heslop, B�astall, D.. Evans. Gould, Thompson, Hartley Felgate, Hammer. SCHOOL 11. KI "G GEORGE V SCHOOL, SOUTHPORT," A" X\. Played at Mersey Road, February. 12th. Lost 5-20 pts.

Benstall. K.; McBurney, \\ cotton, "eden, Bridge; Briggs Hammer,: Gould: Beastall, D., Hartley, Bourns, E,·ans, Heslop, Felgate:Cr3y. 1ry: Bridge. Goa.I : Noden. SCHOOL 11. A, OLD BOYS' XV. Played at Mersey Road, F ·bruary 19th Won 17-9 pt,s

Goul:\icBumey: Hartley, \\'ootton. :>:oden, Bridge; Briggs, Hammer .�· .B.c'.'5ta�. D .. ;hompson, �oums. Heslop, Gray, Parkin, E\·ans 1ne · Bnd�e (:.), Hartley, fhompson, Wootton. Goal Noden.

P SCHOOL v OULTO .. SCHOOL 1 ·t XV. lay;! at Long Lane, March jnd. Lost 0-l pts mer. �st�U, K.: Mc Burney, Wootton, • odeu, Bridge: Brigg . Ham­Crn/ es op, Beastall, D., Evans, Gould, Thompson, Hartley, Parkin.

CHOOL v. WEST PARK " A " XV. Play��/�hi t. Helens, h!arch 6th. Lost J J-13 pts. T . s match the team was tmchangetl. T� · Hartley. c;oals : Noden (:J) penalties (2). it prov�g:X�:

11:as played_in brilli_ant !!Unshine, but in spite of the heat,

form with h' it a:nd_ en1oyable 111 ·very re pect. 'oden wa. in great the game he\: goal-kicking, and within a few minutes of the beginning of011 to its lead �dcd a penalty goal from a difficult angle. The, chool heldPark went aht:� �-��t of the fir. t half, but just before the inten·al We,;thard and iuainlv" 1 a convt·rted try. ln the second half, Park pr sscdlrits of wh" h · through slackness on our right wing lhey added two of the gllmc icandne was converted. Our forwards then took command slant menade t under the ·ncrgetic leader�hip of Hartley proved a con­:soou aftcn,•ard·otHJT opponents. Xocleu landed another penalty goal and following u fo 5 artley scored a trv fro111 a scrum on the Park lineI rwarcl r sh d - · uU of Incident b u · • o ,·n converted. The last ten minut�-s w ·n· Ilic seorc rem : ·dul the �chool was unable to gain the mlLstcr • andamc 13 pomts to I l in \\" •,-t !'ark's favour.

124 RlTC�BY F )OTB:\LL. "CHOOI, v. OLDERSH,\\\" " A " .'V

Played at \\"alias ·y. March 16th. Draw �9 pu Beastall, K.: McBurncy, Wootton, • 'odeu. Bridge: Briggs Baruch; He.lop. Beastall, D., E,·an .. Could. Bourns. Hartley, Parkin: ray. Tri·,;: Bridge (:!), McBurncy. SCHOOl, v. Rl:ABON XV. Played at Ruabon. lfarch 23rd. . • �st 9-39 pts.Bcastal1, K.; �cBurney. \\ ootton. Noden, Bridge: Briggs HalllJJler : He. lop, Beastall. D.. Evans, Gould, Thompson, Hartley'. Parkin, Gray. Tries: kBurney (I). Gould (1). Goal: 1cBumey (!) (penalty).

CRITIQ 'E. K. BEASTALL (Full-Back).-A brilliant tackle and a safe catch.. His consistently good play has saved the :--chool line on many occasions.J. W. MCBURNEY (Right Wing 1'hreequarter).-Runs well occasionally and has a good know! dge of the gam •. His tackliug however i, still weak and his comment: far too numerous. E. WoOTTO:S (Right Centre Threcquart ·r). -A good tackle but is apt to drop ltis passes. He shouhl make a very good player next season. A. C. BRJDCE (Left Wing Threequarter).- -The strongest _ru_nner_ in !heteam. He is fast, and a good lackle but should use his 1magwat1oua little more. J. G. BRYGCS (Fly Half).-Handlcs ,�·ell but. should team to l.::ic:\

judiciously. Too often h1: allows l11s opposite man to slip throug�. R. J. HAMMER (Scrum Half).-A good ta�klc b�1t is !ncxpe:ienced at thi,

po::.ition. and so lacks an understanding with his outside �alf. Has been greatly handic.ippcd however by the clumsy heelwg of the forwards. U. B. H. IlARVCII (Scruw Half).-Has played consistent)y well: he isnry energetic but should curb his desir> to nm back mto the pack. \\". E. HESLOP (Forward) -Oue of the best fo�war�s in the team. Hework untiringly and applies his weight mtell1gentl}'.. . D. BEASTALI, (Hooker). -A good nJJ.round forwnrd md with expeneace

should make an excellent hooker. d th ·. EVANS (Fonvard). A k�en nnd ncrgctic player but �hould stu Y e

game more clorely. · bas L. E. Tnm1rso. · (Forward) -t\ big powerful fon,·arcl whose bei�b\er

. been ,·cry useful in the line-outs. Hi� robust tackling 1• ' l .-ffe1:th-e, but he is inclined to be off- ·idc. . Having GrH,LD (Forward).-Thc wo t improved player m the team. ellable only begun to piny Rugby this season he i$ now a steady and r thefonvard ; his exampl of tackling low might well bl· followed by other forward · ne<t I'. CRAY (Forward). -Shows promi�t· .md hould be a great success · season at wing forwanl. . , well 1U1d c�. l) l'ARIO:-" (Fon,•ard) -1':u:ks low all(! hwds well. 1 ackles 1.· goocl in the loose dc5pik hi, J;u·k of experience. . c wor!.: G. \\" H H.,RTU'.V (Fon\'atd). :\noth,·r pow,·rfol forward �,bo!nd bas in the loose has l>c,·n invaluabl . Ha'i led tile pack ;';U to the ,;et hem n fin,• <-xampl< hut h" must learn no\ to ho on ball. taiu a11d IL . 'cmE:-: (Captain) Ha..-; proved hi1usrlf an i,xc�llcnt capd• er�tie5· hru· alway, kq, t·hc, rful ·111 in the greatest trials aod a v d b11-•His own pby has i:npron<l 1:onhl<lcrnbly ,luring the year. an been an e:,,:, mph! o the· r<:!'t of th,· back�.

1 , ·I\'ER. Tn· LET'! ER.'.

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CLOUD Ct.:c:rrno Tow:-..To the Editor, Liverpool Institute ,\Jagazine. April, 193 .

DE.\R .'IR, You ask u to tell of our deed· at Oxford, and you have had to beg� long a�d earnestly tha you have ample proof that we do not like talking about ourseh'e . But since you compel u to � t off our English reser\'c we :hall bare our soul to thecuno�, and blame you if it :eem exhibitionism. hr t and foR mo· come: our man of weight, he redoubt­�f le Mr. Anker:, who has had a .\' ry .;ucc�. ful erm a_ Presidentthe Je us J .. R. He find t1111e to tlnnk of manY thing_-ofwork, good:- ori :, marriage and the irresponsibilitY of \\'elshmeo But f ·t · h - ·or ones t e palm go . 0 :\Ir. Page who tell· in a . tYle hehas made_ hi' 0\\'11, talt•s which seem to owe their origin O arrtnersh1p of �eachcombe:r anti Ronald Frankau. \\'e wLhmn both luck m School - in June . h� t�Ir. �ea· on, 0�1r moral guide. ha: left us to convert tha

1en � L�ncashire. Our be:t ,,i.;l1e� g with him.

hi. ,�r Curtis as. ures us that he j._ -.till losing m.:iaht. Perh. p e,.1.1:b.t'cs aref as unbalanced a. hi.., mind for he contri\·e:; to win.u1 I l(JlS h' b"J �ne a · or 15 P t osophy. �Ir. Litt! . howc\'er, run in "oth· .- ever, unmoved by the bu. tie and clamour o f Gn·at,··' mg S<'c m · bl di w · • • s a ' to ·turb 111 calm ·o whY not a:k him on\ the next letter, ".\Ir. Editor ? �c .ir. Leathcr and Mr. Hnpwo< cl "a.;tcd ,·aln, bl 1mc· c nunng thcmselv , · �, d. · l\I · , envv 011 ti ls • c con s 111 otk ratl()ns. • ·o, fr e tr 1mworid un 1' ?0e ha11d and L'Om on the othi:r tht:, c:u1 ac.e tht took hin�vorned. Th ·y both ha\'e othl'r in er1:st. :· �Ir L ·ath 1 ': ar afield on a dangc rr us a111e. He ha - air d,

126 L .IYERSI'l'Y LETTER '. play d hree away _matdws i1� the distan , 'ou h, and we feel that a _home fb,ture llll�ht. · e lnm bo"·k<l out neck a�d crop, but with thoughts of • pnng, tra-1:i.-la, he refuse to listen to our friendlr advice. Mr. Hopwood deprecaks the hint· which former writers of thi: letter have made about hi conduct.Freshmen believe the scandal and a,k hi advice, for they seem a eager to lose their good names as he is to re ain hi .

Mr. Tharmc alway: l'm • worried and wi h good cause he assure· u_. He is comp1ring a serie. of st>rmon which h� wants o .ee become an integral part of the marriage service but hi co-authore�: delay!> publication by falling a vie im t� trange diseases, jaundic and leprosy, or so a cryptic message

of her. led the poor author to und 'r ·tand. 1Ir. Ilfartin, how· ever, i always cheerful and hearty ; he row:, Mr. Editor, and tha i explanation enough ; in fact he stroked a College crew in Jaggers. l\llr. Ion. oo, has pkasant recollection: of Jagger�. for the rowing men of his coll g· destroyed an armchair of his which they disliked a. much as hl!, and ;\Ir. Ion now occupies a throne when he holds thos� select bridge parties to which weare never invited.

:Mr. Hughes i · an ardent m •mber of l wo ,'ocieties, his CollegeDramatic ociety and the \V •lsh ; the first through heroine wor-hip, the secoud that he may hav • someone to whom to croon

his Welsh song·. Last of all. to ke p the party clean, comes our pillar of perfect sobriety : '.Ir. Hawthorn remain untouched by anv breath of scandal. His \'irtuc would not intere · you, '.\Ir. Editor ; we can only put it on record.

And now, :i\Ir. Edi or, vou have the fact·. carefully selected. We can only hope that 1Iessrs. Leak, Holmes and Barnes �vhom we congratulate on their achievement:. \\·ill provide you in the future with a more in ere ·ting story.

Your. sincerely, J. I. KNOXUCLA\'E.

TnE l'. ·ro, ·. C.\MBRIDGE.

The Editor Liverpool In. tit11tc .\! agazine. DEAR 'IR, b Human natun: doc:, nul chauge in a <la), and so we are nn:

the same as you found us last term. V./e might, as other�. 01try to hide this bald fact behind a rather rickety screen of cla��d quotations and allu ·10ns to Julius Caesar, or other depa ch heroes. This, we feel, would be ta.·ing your readers too uJU ' and so to om chronic:le.

TJ�.IVER '!TY LETTER·. 1.,­_, Mr. Peters has not been in hospital thi term. He still con­

trives to keep S?m' life !n our .'ocie '"•. although a deep " eco­nomic" depression ·till lmg rs above his head. Doubtless this will depart in June. �con<_>mic make· us think of Ir. Campbell, who declares that he I going to call a m ·eting of his creditor . At times he ries to make both ends meet in more wavs than one. He and Mr. Peter� should see 1 ·s of each other. ·

We seldom see )Ir. Patterson, and when we do he i. never any differ.en to _the t.im� before. .we have given up hope. l',lr. Corlett still re ams h1 piety and nghtly frowns at the going. on of certain member·. He i · our hope and pride.

A for )Ir. Collett, well, he even believes . Ir. Campbell and pa�·s cash for thing� he ha never seen. Mr. McCloy rowed in the Lent and seemed o enjoy it. He i· ju tifiably bored at the re-ha:h of political views, with which )Ir. Campbell and :\Ir. Peters regale Mr. Wallace whenever thev see him. pp�ren_tly they wic;h to _convert him to something or other_.

\�e t�mk 1t all has something to do with :\Ir. Campbell learning parush. l\Ir. Wallace, by the way, is still under the �ann of hi� fire; love, figures. He still thinks, however, that there 1 • safety 111 number·. �Ve �aunot say very much of 11r. Scarisbrick ; for, as pro­phesied m our last letter, he ha vanished into thin air. In o her_ w_ord , we ha\·e neither seen nor beard of him thi · term.And 1t 1 • on this notl! of my tery, ir, that we conclude.

THE C.·10.-, LIVERPOOI.,

, , Beller late tha11 never, 193 loD he Edi or, Lit1erpool Institute . I at:azine. EAR, DEAR, :\fR. EDITOR ! h . T�t and tut ! Though full well we know our la ·t epi tie oBat een penned on The-:\Iorning-.\Jter-The- ·ew-Year' -E\·c·d:- o�e. �nd accu tamed as \\' are to libellous ;nd unrep atable·ha. knption · of our stvl of hand· ,riting tbi, enormitv ha·en uc� . . . - -pe ·' �v n until we thus carlv shc:l hese literary tears-r your flattering reqtwst For · Sir , ·here 'i\"e had imamnedourselves to h . . • • . <>·

of tooth t )ave wntte� :\>IR. _r..L\c.:n: .. E (faintly redolent p rhap reekin trs e we read, 1f :10 on ls . did_. .:\IR. )ltJLE.· (definitdy insult\ t

t�e. stab�e). \ et our plamt 1s not of so personal au is ·u�h u O its effect upon oth r ·. For. if cYer there W<l'-, or' a mau, surely he had f riends-:iu<l what f th worry

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brought upon them by. hi senile app arance in our midst? Please tend�r our apologi s to them, and to .MRS. 1ktE. (if ex­ant ; we a· ure them that he le3:d !10 double )ife. )Io,·ing, in this wise, the hd1tonal Board 1� �esounding manner*, and now having pau�d t�u ·-·for th� ;5t1fhng of thi· ribald laughter, wc hasten to chronicle the do10: o! our lads. But fir:t. looking to th future. \\' · foresee a bnght career

for :\Ir. 'Bender-quoth Gipsy Liadinkso-and for the other four Liobian · on Guild 'ouncil ne.·t ye3:r. )l_r. Ben�er ha

talked his way in, )lr. Cha.;. Jon s has sm1l d lus way m-but how has )Ir. \Vhcllan done it ? . ,?ow, in the dark pas of last term, . lrangely the darkes . \\ette t and windiest shines back supr ·me Panto Day. [t is only of those we recognised that we can speak, _an1 luckily it �\'as a very dark day. \Ve had, at least_. two L1ob1ans.3t the head of affairs-llr. Bean, Head of Gwld and �Ir. \\ hellan, Head of the Biologi ·t's Dragon. )1r. Bone has stag<::-rnanaged the Chem. Soc.'s entertainment!- ; it speaks V<'r)' well for the Society that their shows were a success. Mr. Co_rl�tt app�ared on Panto Day looking disarming and most reahst1cally Simple in a beautifullv cut ·mock done in a to<>-too-eggy :;bade of sack· cloth (or some. such). This we know to have ?een a mer� ha_m, for Mr. Corlett has . inCl: spent som · weeks 111 Port En� with "Mr. Whellan--ostensibly studying s a-lif • and att�mpting _to verify this rumour that here are still a many fish 10 the Insh Sea as ever came out of it. :om<: fish s 'l'm, however, t� ba,·e strayed in o the night-life of th· I ·le of l\Ian. Otben�·1se we defv even 1 lr. Corlett to explain thi ·· Dutch Cafe " affair.

· \\"e hav<.. seen nothing of l\Ir. , 'aim who, by th� way_ has passed one of these exam. things, the results of which, like a rash come ou _ uddenJy in the mo. t unex:p .c ed places-and, ·peaking of rashe ·, Mr. Keidan has co�e _all ove_r Red-<)r �rhaps

pink-as a leading member of the , ociah t oc,ety. Mr. �\ aug�.oo. was one of the great wuecognised ; he. �et it be wbisperfr � has a secret vice-tandem-riding-and who 1s tha other ha ·

All the Engineers were hard at work, for once, on Panto Dav. 11R .. 1Ac1,E:E was in great form a an old, panish custo11Jl-;· · l · M :Mac ese but surely the weather \\"a not all those t ungs. 1 r. . d. Ir. Robson blacked hi· face v r:> thoroughly for the occasion a� in thus " going native " ju tifiecl our previous _state11;1�nt thtifan!i · a very d�rk . horse 1\lr. Robert blackmailed Lt� erp�d the·ery enthustasbcally as an xpcc xily ugly school-g1rl, h )fr.ch?i�e of a "date" with two tr, m-1?1·1rcl� and � du_s���:�-but\\'tlhamson, too. \\as wornt cl b ngh·\\lllds-111 lm, ki

*W deny all 1e pon tbilit;-Ens.

PR.EF1'.C'f' ' LETTER. I �!J endured until th afternoon ,,b n he lost bis d1g111ty tr fr -quentlY to con inuc. . fr. � ·ich<Jl,;on 'cut ' lee ure v r; n•Jbl. in order to complete tht: En inc r ·• lorry and consequent!; had a free ride arOlmd the Cit:.

, ·ow, having •xhaustecl our stock of fraora1 t (?) mc:morie , a word in parting, Mr. Edit 1r, pl ase-no more of his -EX complex and, for our sake at lea ·t, don't read " flat.te;1ing " for " fla tering " in that fir flood vf expostulation. Furth r, i will be of no avail for you to attempt ar.y reply to hese a·tack for the piri of Lio,.phinx now transmigrates-and som r, her mug burble-. .

DEA.R IR,

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Yours thankfully, LIO. Pm,·:x.

1Pref ecte · '.lletter. THE P.R.,

April, 193 . I ,.,a in a light-hearted �pirit that I first accepted the ask of writing the Prefects' Letter but the pro pect became in time so onerous that I now commence: 011 he last daY of the holidaY •. However there ha. b-.>en a wealth of happenings in the P.R.· tosomewhat lighten my task. Looking back on the term, the event which stands out i · • he Exhibition. A· he fateful day approached, daily lamentation could be heard concerning lack of tenors, altos, and revilingthose actor who apparently intended to give an impromptuperformance. And a last, the P.R. wa littered with an a ·sort­ment. of articles which would have done justice to a pa\\"11 ·hop.Hurncane lamp::, top hats. wig , dres es. etc., hardly added to beu ually tidy appearanc, of the P.R.

bl .\Ir. 'a,�ue) ·, at la t, came out in hi true colour as aoated �P• ah ·t of rather doubtful intelligence. He also:p�ared m a ne\v light as a ba · pr fundo of promi . Hentinue" to organise a madl:, a· e\'cr and posse es att cl! case of great sentimental value. Coc

/1r. · tewart has shown himself the; pos ssor of a marv II u �iey accent. However his char, ct r to he cac;ual ob · r remain · • t k 5 as irreproachnble a· ever. \ 'e must therefor a k him ?�eep a restraining hand on +h adi,·itie- of his fri cl, • r.arou�� He seems _to occupy his tirn · by hurling Ru b) b, 1was h or else chewmg hi· pen in a . t.1te of pret�nded \\Ork H in a' f ow�ver, actually Sl'en to r ac• f, ur pag1.:. of, 'paui. b kortnigbt. .\nothcr of our Rugb_ 11 bu:sia:· · 1 Ir. ul

l :10 honest a ever. His i:nain int re t seem� to be to maim a manv fellow player· as possible 0�1 the _ Rugby field and lie add· to our amusement by demon. tra mg his methods on 11r. 'amuel·.

1 Ir. \'icker ·, during hi: ·pasmodic appearances from retire­ment, play- che: and al:o attempts manfully t.o beat l\.lr. Kellv at table-tenni:. :Mr. Kelly, who must have rw1 before, was ve�· ·coroful after the :teeplecha ·e. when the P.R. :-lightly resembled Chelsea Hospital wi lh it· coll 'ction of fellow- ·ufferers moaning in angui h every time they hobbled down the tairs. This wa due to our having become painfully acquainted \Yith l\.Ir. Robert­son's vast e tates in Halewood. There was a suggestion tha if he drained hi: ditch. he would make a fortune from the pumps left therein. )Ir. Burns was peculiar enough before but since the ad vent of news from Oxford, thl:re ha been no holding him. He wander- around. emitting nonsensical remarks and arousing general suspicion as to his sanity. Mr. 1kBurney and 1Ir. Hammer can play Rugby and Ir. Carr can imitate a cow. but they both seem rather inclined to slack in room 30a.

· Comments about the strong and silent l\.Ir. Saunders arecntireh· futile since he is the ultimat' arbiter of what shall be left in. this letter and what shall not.

So, I close with a sigh of relief, A PREFECT.

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To the Editor, Liverpool Institute Magazine.l>F.A.R. 'IR,

All who ar intere ted in athletics in the 'chool \\'ill agree

that the pa t two terms have sent a tlood of fresh and \'igorou,n rgy through the porting Jif of the , 'chool. The new House­y. tcm ha put all branches of inter-House activity-<:ross-country

running. soccer. fives, et .--0n a more :,;table basis. There �re no long r aimle� ma ches played now and then to encourage mte_r·House . pirit but thi piiit 1 w JI kind! <I and increa es 111str ngth " c:k by \ ·e1 k. Th House,, arc. now much larger an_di is 110\V le · difficult than i has b�cn hitherto for athl_etic�pa.ins to turn out. full team_. There i�. however. one seriousobs acl to this nd- h , tem f \VC'dnesda,· afternoon deten·tions. Bo;s who habitually g t " \Y ilncs<lays," though their

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fJenc1 ·s may b triYial, ar " gated " for weeks on end. Thi ll'Oulcl be an evil even had they committed really criminal off enc:\·it is, boy: ar •. gated fo� the _small�st offences committed quite unconsciously w1 hout wilful 1ntent1on.

. .\.: a result, . p >rts-e,1.ptaii:s cannot he certain of their team. until the encl of morning school 011 Tuesday:,;, when it is almo:t too late to find sub::;titutl: . The latt r c\'il is of course greath· rdicved sine the " \'\\ dnesday-list " ha been closed at 12-311 on Tuesday,;-bu to balance the relid afforded bY the late ·t s,·:tem here is he ne,\· nightmare of half-hour \\'ednesdav.::,. )[asters an· finding this more convenient and effective than Order }lark:. They forget, however, that a half-hour Wednes­day penalis ·s th boy quite a· much as would an hour or two hotir·, and not. the victim alone but the ports-captains too, and perhap. a whole t am al$(). The los· of one of its best men mav lose a t_eam a match, or even a HouSP. trophy. The older method by which Ord r Marks accumulated to earn a " \\'ednesdav " ,ras far less damaging lo athletics, though perhaps less effecti{·c bt�t. surely no more serious penalty is merited by some of th�tm-ial offences for which " \Vednesdays " are now given.

.\ far mor� beneficial method of punishing real offender: �1·ould be a rc,·1val of th - obsolete system of deten ion at 4-10 111 full_ school-daF. Lates used to be punished by a half-hour dctent1_on after school hours on Mondays, Tuesday_, Thur::day,, and Fnda�·s. The pr�· nt method i · both ingenious and effective, but ':hat I th ·re to hind r the u:e of the old method for offenders 11·�0 m clas: hav� earned more than a mere Order Mark. Cer­amly there are difficulties. A detention a�er school can rarely exceed half-an-hour, but. a dete11tio11 hanging over a boY for � whole week · Id · h f h , , as I won m t e case o an offence meriting a two-\\�ur· deten ion, might b more effective than the lo .. of on d

e n�sday afternoon ; whereas bovs de:-.en·ina ooh· a half-hour e en ion Id be bl . o .

. wou a e o get their puni hment over mon: q�ickly and would f el their trim le s than he more seriou,r l�

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dd<:r,.,, �s does n<,t happen wh 11 all < like han� their half

10 1 a) ruined for them. . 'fht- dlect of such a revision of the penal system ,,·ould b to���u ffi. · · all b ·, 1 t c1e_nrr of all br:lnchc · of school athletics, and allowIi, O),., the C<:rtamly of enjoYing the two half-holidavs to ,1·hich

\<' whole sehool days l'11titf• tlH•111. Your·, etc.,

132 .EDITORIAL � ·onu,::.

To the Editor Lit•erpool In titute Jlaga::ine. IR.

Of late. you have been p .-tcred w�th let�ers of negligiblecontents. wi:itt_en by people of �If-cone r"'.e? w1t, wi h the pur­pose of mflictmg their non en_ ical and tnflmg complaints uponyour unfortunate reader·. Thi: letter, I as ·c:rt, has been written in a serious vein. Hitherto, my inward reserve has preven ed me from writing in epistolary form. But circum ·tance of the moserious consequences compel me to burst forth from nt\' blushin re irement.

The fact is, sir, the tuck,hop sy-tem i · hopele ·sly deficient. When I fir t came to the chool and wanted to relish the culinary qualities of the tuckshop, I had to take my place at the end of a long queue and await my tum to be served. But now, fo quos ego ! a howling pack of cubs clu tering around the cow1ter wi b carniverou clamours for cakes, chocolat . and uon-alcoholics. But this is not all ! s if training for the A.R.P. t hey quirt the contents of their beverages with aim which is 111.iserablY erratic. I have often received lemonade full in the eye, and what is worse (for I hate the stuff !) in the mouth. But the matter does not end there ! This same howling pack, struggling near the lemonade counter, disturb the drinkers of coffe •. �ot even the most

brilliant swerve can 1:::,...-tricate them far from the madding crowd, "-ithout their cup· being emptied.

I have no remedy. If I did. it would not be heeded; and so l am merely lodging th.i · complaint with the hope tha step will be taken to the satisfac ion of,

Yours truly,

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H. Ku. H:--"ER.

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