The B riggew sian

March , 1953.

.. Is It not strange that a little child should be heir to thewhole world? "

Youth has risen immeasurable heights In ·the estimation otthe community. At one time they were regarded as an unwantedcollection ot mere creatures, to be abandoned or sold at thewhim ot par ents or masters ; now they hav e become ot pricelessvalue to man, and educated young men are looked upon as thenower and promise of the world : in their capacities ltes thetuture ot the world. '

Th1s accounts for the great posit ion which education occupiesto-day. Higher educat ion especially is regarded as one ot theessent ial guarantees to peace and fre edom. It has been saldthat education is what remains after you hav e torgotten allyou have learned, and It Is Indeed true that examinations arenot the end or education ; they are necessary to give us a qua1ltl­cation tor occupations In lite. The rea l aim ot education Is tomould a basis upon which every Individual can develop a culture,which wlU enr ich civilisation. History, English, languages andscience all contribute to this fund amental basis History givesus a broad outlook In perspective, helps to endow us with theInvaluable taculty of unb ias ed and detached judgment, shows Usa' moral example and enables us to interpret our own world inrelation to past ones. English exercises us in the art ot seirexpression and enables us to appreciate the literary works of greatdramatists, poets and novelists . Languages not only give us th eabHlty to speak the tongue ot other countries but also Imbuein us an understanding ot the people ot other countries and impressus with an even better understanding ot our language. FInallySCience, in all Its branches, gives us an elementary understandingof the workings ot the UnIverse and an accurate perception ot racts ,although we must always be on our guard against :ta dogmatismand scepticism. With such a toundatlon as this on which to build,young men go out into the world to speclallse In their particularvocatlom .

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Edu cation has a profo un d an d lasting errect on the kindof societ y that Is produced, and it Is being pointed out more andmore th at young people at a fairly .advanced stage, wha.tevertheir special in terest s, h istory , English, languages or science,must be given the chance of coming up against the quest ionsof politics and mor al behaviour, a nd by dtscuss lon given theopportunity of forming judgments about them, so that they cango forth In to t hll; difficult wor ld with a 'good training in"democratic citi zenship. "

Every young man with a university training IS not destinedto national leadership, but it is from the ranks of such flne andupright men as these that the nation 's leaders wlll be drawn,who wlll emula te the outstanding example of our former leadersa nd continue the wonderful heritage whic h they have handeddown. Th Is country h as not been famous for Its great all­powerful leaders. but if genius has been rare. talent has neverbeen lacking and we all look forward to either " the personalityof a Chatham, the eloquence of a Plt t , the wit of a Canning, thegUtter of a Disraeli , the grand manner of a Gladstone or thetranscendent effulgence of a Wlnston Church1l1."

" You shall know th e t ruth, and the t ruth shall make youfree. "

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the followingmagazines , with apologies for any accidental omissions :­

The Humberstonlan.

The Oanlan.Th e De Astont an .

SCHOOL LISTS - SPRING TERM, 1953-.

The Sch ool Officials for t his te rm have been :­Saptain of School : P. J . P. Wade.Prefects : P. J . P. Wad e, H. K. Stothard , D. H. Thomp,son, J . s enars,

J . Markham, C. J . Wi'ndass , W. Rlckatson, M. McKay, S. Douee,G. Henthorn. H. Mars·hall, C. Redpath, R. F. WIlson. B. L.Taylor, N. Russell.

Footbal l Captain : S. H. Douce.Football Vice- Captain : J. Markham .

Cross-Country 'Captain: J . S. Scarborough.Cross-Count ry Vice-Capliain : R. F. Wllson .

'. Tb" Brlgg"nsia:ii" : D. H. Thompson ( EdljorJ ,·R J . P. Wade,D. Bains, Mr. Rlchards.

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House Capta in and M'asters:Ancholmc: G. Henthorn (House Captain ) , J . ThoIDpson

( football ) , B. Taylor ( cross-count ry ), Mr. Henthorn.Nelthorpe : J . Sellers ( House Cap tatn ) , S. H. Douce ( foot ­

ball) , J . Woodhead ( cross-coun try ) , Mr. Morris.School : P. Wade ( House Captain ), W. Rickat. on ( football ) ,

R. F . WUson ( cross-country) , the Headmaster .Sheffield : B. A. WUson ( House Captain and football ) ,

J . S. Scarborough (cross-country J, Mr. Piml ott.Yarb orou gh : J. Markham ( House Capt ain and football ) , M.

Parkinson ( cross-country ) , Mr. Knight .Sports Committee : House Masters and Captains, Mr. Watts

( secretary ).'I' h e Library : Mr. Hent horn, D. H. Thompson, D. Leaning

( llbrarlan ) and assistant librar ians.2nd Brigg Scout 'I'roup : Mr. J arvis ( G.S.M. J, Mr. Paisley ( S.M. ),

G. Hent horn ( Troup Leader ),Music Society : Th e Headm aste r ( Prestdcnt J, Mr. Knight

( Treasurer ) , Mr. Rlch ards ( Secret ary) , Mr. Pratt, Mr.Morris, Mr. Hen thorn, Mr. Thumwood, Mr. Watts, Mr.Pimlott , Mr. Romans,

Athlet ics 'Club: P. Wade ( Ch airman J, H K. Stothard ( Vlce­Chairman) , M. S. C. McKl\Y (Secret ary) , H. Marshall( Treasurer ), Mr. Bell , Mr. Morris, Mr . Barker .

Philosophical Society : D. H. Thompson ( Secretary ), Mr. Bu t t er­worth.

Chess Club: D. Bains and E. Nobbs ( Jo int Secret aries ) , Mr .Bu tterworth.

Scientific 8'ociety : J. Sella rs ( Secretary) , Mr. T'humwood.

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We con gratulat e Mr. an d Mrs. Barker on the birth of adau ghter.

The School First XI won all t heir match es.The collect ion in Sch ool in aid of the FloOd Distress Fund

amounted to £ 30.The Barnddo Box Opening realised £ 11 ss, Bd.

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Visits during the term were mad e to: Thorne Colliery onFebruary 23rd, Appleby- Frodingham Steelworks on February 25thand March 4th , th e Focus on Cricket Demonstration at scun­thorpe on February 25th, 'I'he Shakespeare MemorIal Theatre atStrat ford on March 25th,

Mrs. Offenburg, a Commonwealth Lecturer, talked to th eLower School about Austra lia on Marc h 3rd,

The In ter- Schools Cross -Country was run at Scunthorpe onMarch 25th,

The Fa irhurst Trio gave a delightful conc ert in School onJ anuary 29th.

Norma Proct er gave a song recit al on March 13th.Th e. n ew Sixth Form was taken Into use on February 5th .Th e new Library was opened on February 16th .The n ewly elected GovernIng Body met on February lOth

for t he first time. Colon el O. S. Nelth orpe was elected Chairmanand Col. J . G. T. Eccles Vice-Ch airman.

Col. O. S. Nelthorpe, the Chairman of t he Governors. h aspresented a number of books and £ 10 to th e new library.

We ha ve welcomed this term Mr. J. Hampson and Mr. G.Apple yard from Hull Universi ty Col lege for t heir t each ingpracti ce.

Next Term's Dates .Term begins , April 21st.Parents' Evening , April 27th.Sports Day Satu rday, May 16th.Int er-Schools Athletics Meet ing at Scun thorpe, May 20thWhitsuntide Holida y May 22nd, 23rd, 25th. 26th.Coronation Holiday June 1st , 2nd, 3rd.G.C.E. Advanced Level begins June 9th .Dedication of Robert Grosset est e Memorial in Lincoln

Cathedr al J une 27th .G.C.E. Ordinary Level begins July 6th.Term ends J uly 24th.Aut umn ter m begins September 15th.

L. Va. VALETE

REDHEAD BoO Addres s : West End, Hlbalc stow, Brlgg.L. Vb.JOHNSON C.. Add ress : Darwin St reet, Klrton Llndsey.TAYLOR A., Address : Roxton Farm, Immtngham,TUPLIN E. J . R.. Address : Worlaby, Brigg.WmDSOR T. T., Address : Turner Street, Klr ton-L indsey.IDh.NORMAN E., Address: 2 W.O., M.Q.. R.A.F. Kirt on-Lindsey.LINCOLN B., Address : Cambridge ( det ails n ot kn own ).

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I am very proud now In being able to record th at the School1st XI has maintained its unbeaten record and won every match.This was due to a very good spirit in the team and to theexcellent training made possible by th e masters.

Our last match of the se ason was a very hard one and atone stage of the gam e it look ed as though we were going to bebeaten. The whole t eam however pu lled together a nd oncemore emerged victor ious.

In the fight tor the House Cup, Nelthorp e House were placedfirst and School House secon d.

S. H. DOUCE.

Wilson B. A. ( Goalkeeper). WlIson Is a very experien cedplayer, h aving played In th e 1st XI for four seasons. Th1.s yearhe has played very well and only eightee n goals were sco redagains t us. On many occasions hi s sense of position and antici­pation frustrate d dangerous r aid s on the goal. He developeda good 'understandmg with th e delence wh ich inspired confidenceIn th e team.

Woodh ead J . E. (r igh t back ). Woodhead Is a comparativelynew member of the team, but he has p layed soundly and con­ststen t .l y th roughout the season.

Rickatson W. (Idt back) . Rickatson is a solid. sound playerwho is strong in th e tackle. He is vigorous and robust and hasalways played with the wlll to win . A gOOd team man.

Deuce S. H. (right half an d capta-in ). Douce has been anexcellent captain, combining skill and knowledge of the gam ewith an enthusiasm. keenness and determination that haveproved mrecttous. The spirit of th e team and the wlll to winh ave owed much to his person al example.

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Scarborough J . S. (centre b ait). Scarborough Is anothern ew member to the team, but he has played exeeptlonall y well.Although h e does not appear to move very fast he has th e knackof bein g In the righ t place at the right momen t and is alwaysIn the thick of the fight. He is very good In t h e air a n d is aclean, unruffled type of player.

Windass C. J. (left [bait). Windass is a good, soun d, con­structional player, strong in t h e tackle an d in the air. He h asworked very h ard an d h as combined very well with the others onthe left wing .

Marltham· J . H. (r ight win g) . Markham is a player withplenty of. d ash and fire and h e has paved the way to many ofvur goals. .

IIhomps()u J. E. (insIde rfgiht. ), Thompson is a hard work­ing forward who never gives up th e st ruggle. He has scorednine goals ' for the team. A' good perfo rman ce.

Setlars J . W. (cen tre fo rward). Sellars is t h e chief goal­scorer.of. our team, scor ing . twenty. goals in t he eleven matches,He is a robust, bustl in g pla yer who h as' always worked veryh ard.

WilIey R. ( ins ide left ). Willey is the sch emer of the for­ward line. He is very robust an d wh en on the rampage n othingcan stop htrn.' . He has scored eleven goals and always possessedthe wil] to win .

. ~. ... , .. . .Ward J . F. ( lef t wing) . Ward is our elusive left wmger who

.nas proY..edJ ,o be the cause of mere.than one t eam's downfall, Heis very 'l ast ,an d tricky ' and has work ed very well ,with Wllley andwtndasson. the left wing. ' ' , . .

This h as- been -t h e Ist Eleven 's r most successfu l season formany years . This is more notab le when it Is r ea lised ~ that

several of the schools play ed are m uch larger than ours. Con ­gratulations are du e -to every member of th e side ; they h avewelded 'togeth er as a very st ron g comb 'n at.on an d t h eir successh as been due to t his rather than to t he outstand!ng perform anceof a.ny sing le player . Good leadership, good backing-u p,enthus iasm, determina tion and an excellent team sptnit havebeen th e"keynot es of th eIr success.

Although th e '2nd XI h ave not h ad the same measure ofsuccess. they h ave had a good season with t h eir moments oft ri umph an d of fail ure. There are players full of promise an dsome who , In other years , would h ave foun d a regular place inthe fir st team.

S.G.J .

FOOTBALL 1st XI, 1952- 53

Standing : R. w inev. J . S. Scarborough, B. A. w uscn, W. R icka ts on , C. J . Windnss . J . w oodhead.Seated : J . F. Ward, J . E. Thomp son S. H . D euce (captain ), J . M arkham . J . sennrs.

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AT HLETICS CLUB.

On the 22nd January Brigg Grammar School Athletic s Clubwas formed. Its aims are to encourage the practice of athlet icsIn the School and to improve th e knowledge of ath letics by visualaids. lectures and demonstrations.

Mr . C. T . Wh ite ( Tom Wh ite J. the Northern Coun ti es halfmtte champion and a member of the British Olympic team , h asgiven the club two extremely useful lectures this term. Hesuggested training sch edules for sprinters and middl e distancerunn ers. Mr. Whi te has promised to give th e club a practicaldemonstra tion on Thursday, March 19th.

Two very useful and instructive sound films were shownthis te rm to an audien ce of fifty boys . On e dealt with hurdlingand the other with the " Western Roll " style of high jump.Mr. Bell ha s acquired film s dealing with sprtn tmg, hurdling, highjump, putting the shot, throwin g the javelin and throwing thediscus. They are films of th e world's best performers - for theyare all Olympic cha mpions , and they should prove to be veryhelpful , especially t he films dea ling with di scus and javelin ,since th ese two events are to b e intr oduced in to our own sch oolathlet ics th ls year.

As these new events have been introduced. I do make a pleafor th e equipment to be used wit h respect . It is dangerousequipme nt and some sligh t fooling and carelessness may do aboy some serious injury. It is up to you!

Finally I should like to thank Mr. Bell who initiated theAthletics Club and who has worked so VEry hard for it in its firstt er m. M. S. C. McKa y. Secr etary.

THE CR OSS-COUNTRY RACE

Conditions could hardly have been better for the race thisyear: the day was mild and calm. and the course was hard anddry. In terest was centred on two runners in the junior race,O'Boyle and Ta ta m , who had both don e very good times duringtrain ing. O'Boyle was first out of th e gate in a fast start andTat am was lying well back bu t soon took the lead from O'Boyle,Whitehead and Rowley. O'Boyle very wisely allowed Tatam to

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set the pace, running at his shoulder the whole way . In Wrawbythe two leaders were some sixty yards ahea d of Whitehead,Rowley and ThomP6on and It was obvious that no-one WM goingto offer any serious challenge to these two, Tatam was lookin gthe fresher but O'Boyle's style was smoothe r. In the first ba tchof the main body of runners Sheffield House wer e prominen tand they were packing well. ThIs packing split the SchoolHouse block an d was the deciding factor which gave Shemeldth e victory by a very narrow margin. The general positionchanged very Iit tl e over the last mlle-and-a-half. The twoleaders steadily drew away and It WM obvious that the last effor tWM to be decisive and It WM sheer determination that gaveO'Boyle the victory by a few yards, In t h e very good time of22 mins. 38.8 secs. There was no outs tanding performance byany third-former this year, apart fro m J. Dobson (Schoo l),placed fifteen th in the race and fourth In his own House, bu tmany gained standards and Shem eld h ave some very promisin gyoungsters.

No-one who had followe d t he training of the senio rs closelywould have dared to venture a forecast on individual perform­ances, but it was obvious that School House were againunbeatable. In fact they brough t off the remarkable feat ofhaving no less than eigh t in the first eleven h ome, and a totalof only 54 points.

In spite of the excellent con ditions, one felt that If Marrlsh ad twice failed to break Coulthurst's record, n o-one would doso to -day , although Parklnson has been running better than everIn training and McLauchlan, winner of last year's jun ior racein record time, was running as lightly and as easily as ever. R.F. Wilson WM running so strongly and H. Scarborough seem edin such better form than he has been for a couple of years, andPl eroni h as shown such determination and Improvemen t (wh ata st ride for a runner 01 his Inches J) , that this promised to bethe most keenly contested race for many years.

And so i t was. Firs t out of the gate came Parkinson, wi thMcLa uchlan, Pier onl, Wad e, Wllson and the rest 01 the Sch oolHous e pack well up . Wilson took the lead along St. Heleri's, WithMcLauchlan runn ing easily at his should er. When at Wrawbythere was no sign of Parklnson in th e firs t bunch of runn ers , itwas obvious th at someth ing had gone wrong; this was confir medby a passing runner's cryptic remark, .. Parky's 'ad i t ." It wasunfortun ate th at an att ack of cramp after the first mile had puthim out of the race and so it is s till a matte r for conjecture asto whether he would have beaten McLauchlan. Th e race settleddown to a du el between McLaucWan and Wllson lor lIrst place,an d School House efforts to keep everybody else out 01 t he racealtogethe r. McLauchl an allowed Wllson to set t he pace over thefirst hall 01 the course and wh en h e took the lead, Wilson hung

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Junior170237145129224

Anch olmeNelthorpeSchoolShellleld ...Yarborough

on and was beaten by only a few yards . McLauchlan's victoryIn the record time of 26 mms, 3.2 secs . on his first appearanceIn the senior race Is a performance hardly llkely to be equalledfor man y years, if at ail, an d his grat itude should go to his team­mate an d captain, R. F . Wllson, for pacing him and pushing himso courageously. Anoth er outs tanding performance was that otPleroni, who gav e an unequalled d1.splay of sheer u guts " inworking his way up to thir d position and hanging on dogg edlyto the end.

Th e s tan dard of running was high and once again the val ueof systematic pre paration was evident . School , Shellleld andAncholme Houses all showed a high st anda rd of traini ng and ItIs to be regretted that lack of opportunity for training Is sucha serious draw-back to Nelthorpe and Yarborough Houses.

ResultsJunior : Ist-O'Boyle, K. , Ancholm e.

2nd-Tatam, A" Shellleld .3rd-Whl te he ad, M" Sh ellleld .

Time : 22 mlns. 38.8 secs.Senior: Ist-McLauchl an, J ., School.

2nd-Wilson , R. F ., School.3rd- Pleroni, L. F ., An cholme.

Time: 26 mlns. 3.2 secs . (Record>'House Pc ints Total

Points Senior Points Poin ts Positions3 180 3 6 31 355 1 2 54 54 5 9 1=5 137 4 9 1=2 280 2 4 4

HOUSE NOTESANCHOLME.

The last footb all match of the season was against theNelthorpes, who beat us 8-2. The game was play ed In thick fogwhich h am pered play considerably, so that we llke to th in k thatwit hout the fog we might have done better . The position of fifthin th e House competition sh ows that our football has reallyreached rock bottom . Let us hope that n ext season sees theHouse back at the t op of th e UBt.

Training for cross-country is In full swing, and the standardof th e House's running, as a whole, is Improving. As. the SChoolexams are being held a t the en d, of the t erm', instead of In themiddle as usual , the excuse or swotting is now invalid, and agreater proportion of th e House turns out to t rain. Althou gh weshall miss last year 's Winner , Pet er Hall, we should gain moresta ndard pomts, whlle In the junio r race, O'Boyle is expected tohold hi, own wlth the leader s.

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Next term th ere will be only four weeks training beforeSports Day , and all Anchors must be pr epared t o turn outregularly after school. This year th e jav elin and the discusare being introduced in division "A", opening up possi biliti es forthose whose runn ing and jumping capabilities hand icap th emin other event s. But the House Captains, who are expected toenter for all eve nts, will now have two more to add to th eirlabours; and as even House Captains are human, th ey w1l1 beglad wh en some new system of entering events is evolv ed.

Swimming prospects are qui te br ight. We still have lastyear's captain , J. E. Th ompson. and also las.t year's Junio r Wat er­man, D. Parker, and wit h the House pullln g its weight, we shallimprove upon last year's performance. G. HENTHORN.

NELTHORPE.'I'h is term we fini shed ou r football matches in gr an d style, for

both our team s were undefeated. The 1st XI, whos e forwardsaveraged seven goa ls a match, won all four games, whUst theUn der XIV won three and drew th e other on e. Everyone th oughttha t the match Wit h School House Ist XI was going t o be ate rrific struggle. but the bet ter football played by our t eam soonsho wed tha t they were going to win rather easily. Th e h igh­lig hts of th is game were the left wing play of John Ward andRaiph Wllley, the h eroic goa lkeeping by Sergeant, and the plu ckydisplay by Cowlin g, who came in t o the team at the last minut e asone member of the team was in jured.

We went out to play Anch olme House, knowing that we hadwon th e cup and 30 were determined to show th e Anchors ourcapabilities . But good football was out of the quest ion as thepitch was covered wit h thick fog. Nevertheless the 1st XI sawth e goal at least eigh t tImes, for they scored eight goals.

It is a few years sin ce Nelthorpe House secured the FootballCup and to th e va rious members of our two elevens we extendour heartIest congratulati ons .

Cross-coun try is on us again and as I write these notes train­ing is in its final sta ges. This year the House train ing has hadto be don e in the games and P.T. periods. In previous years itwas possible for th e whole House to tra in on Wednesday after­noons , but th is year we have been unable to do th is becausewe could not make th e necessary travelling arrangements. Weexpect J. England to do very well in th e Jun ior race. We haveno outstanding Seniors in the House, but if th e House packswell we should do better than last year.

As soon as cross-country is over, training for athl etics, to beheld next term, will begin . I make an appeal to all members oft he House to train hard so that they will coll ect as many poin tsas possible. I know that we can do bet ter than we did las t year.

Fin all y, I ask every member t o ret urn from the h olidaysdet ermlned to do well In th e athl etics. crIcket and swimming,to make us Cock House, J . W. SELLARS.

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SCHOOL

We ended last te rm in second position in t he footballcom petition ; we did have hopes of first place, but came uns tuckin the vital 1st XI match agains t Nelthorpes, losing &-2. How­ever we are quite satisfied, as it is an improvement on ourposition last year.

Mr. Watts has continued to give up his ti me on Friday nightsto enthusiastic woodworkers and I aga in take t h is opportunityto thank him. Members of the Scout troop in t he House havebeen preoccu pied in scrubbing out and cleaning the ne w Scouthut which was erected at the begi nni ng of the term.

Films were con tinued on Saturday nights again, up to Half­te rm, and were enjoyed by all. We h ave h ad all kinds of filmsrangin g from t hrillers, on e of wh ich had the ominous t itle, " TheKillers," to documentaries and comedies, the last one being.. HoUday Camp."

R. F. wuson Is to be congratula ted on being appointed Vice­cap tain (Jt School cross-country and has subsequently taken overcaptaincy in th e House. We hope to have one or two represen ta ­tives in the School team for the inter-school cross -co untry raceat Scunthorpe. In the House comp eti tion our hopes are againhlg h , We have a strong senior team, sev en of last year's firsteigh t men are still in the House and much depends on our Juni orswhether we can improve on last year's performance and wIn th ecup outr ight.

I t h as been a sho rt ter m, but there h as been t he usu alactivity. The last week will see t h e strange sigh t of boysconscientiously getting down to swotting in prep. as Schoolexams . have been arranged for the end of term.

P. J . P. WADE.

SHEFFIELD

Now that t he Easter Term is dr awin g to Its close, ourthoughts are once again centred upon th e ann ual cross- countryrace and we must congratulate J. S. Scarborough on hIs appoint­ment as School cross-country captain. Although travellingfac ilit ies h ave preven ted US from train ing as a House, we havebeen ab le to overcome t he dlftlculty by tralnlng the juniors Insmall groups under the guidance of senior members. As usual,the Juniors are proving to be very keen and there are several ofwho m the House has hi gh h opes. In the Senior event we aredepending upon the capabll!t ies of the Scarborough brothersonce a gain, but we are hoping that there is hidden talent stll!to be found In the House. I am confi dent that If the wholeHouse will respond by giving J . S. Scarbo rough their Whole­hearted and loyal support we can make good the ground we lostIn football. .

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The results Of our mat ch es play ed at the end of last termand the beglnn tng of this one were rath er disa ppolntlng . Thesenior eleven managed to overco me Ancholme House by a marginof 5- 2, and to draw With School House 2- 2, but lost to NelthorpeHouse 5-2 and to Yarborough House 3-2 af ter some keenlyconteste d duels.

The Junior team did not do at all well , gaining only twopotnts, but In aII matc hes they en deavoured to play foot baIIwhi ch wl lI pay ric h dividends In the n ear fut ure. We finish edthe season in fourth place only one point better off thanAncholme.

When the cross-country race Is over we must make a deter ­mined effo rt under the captaincy of th e School's athleti c vice­captain to regain the ch er ished athletics cup and, as there willbe very Ilttle t ime before the actual h eats begin, it Is advisablethat a ll members should make use of school faellltles In theholidays or do their train ing at home. Th e fac t that we camefou rth in the footba ll table does not discourage us-it simplymeans that we should train harder for athl etics , more must learnto swim and we mus t practise h arder for cricket. I know thatwe have talent in Sheffield House and to regain that covetedprize, the Cock House Cup, it must be exploited to the full Workhard, play har d and we will be rewarded !

B. A. WILSON.

YARBOROUGH

Despit e a poor begIn ning to the football season, In whlc)l.only one point was collected from two matches , the Yarboroughslater consIderably Impro ved their position In the football t abl eby beating the senior eleven of Ancholme House and by defeatingSh effield House by the odd goal In five on both pitch es.

At the time of writing these n otes, the cross -country racesare once more looming before us. Although we may not do aswell as last year wh en we shared the cup with School R ouse,we h ave great hopes of Parkinson winning the senio r race.

At t he beginning of n ext term come AtWetlcs, and I takethis opportun ity of askin g aII members of the House to give oftheir best in supportIng Stothard, who Is to be congrat ulated onbeing appoInted Athletics CaptaIn . En ter for as man y events asyou are able. and remember that although yOU may not be SUf­ficiently good to be placed in a particular event, you may get astandard, and It Is these st andards tha t make all the differenc ebetween our comIng firs t or las t when t he po1nts are finallyadded up on Sports Day.

J . MARKHAM.

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T·IBRARy NOTESTbis term has seen ~he conversion of Room 4 Into a 1Ibr&ry,

which WOll opened on Monday, February 16th. It Is now a vet'Ypleasant ro om, attractively turmsned wlth n ew tables and chairs,three n ew .oock cases and ~mart curtains, which have added theflnishlng touches.

The library Is open during Break. the Lunch-Hour and from3-35 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There Is always a. librarian ora.ctlng-lIbra.rian pre sen t , and sUenee Is al_ys obaerved. Thlsn ew system of procedure seems to be running quite smoothlyto-date, ·There-. is. however, .one .rule which boy., are 'ap t toforget, and that Is that books must be returned or renewedwlthln 14 da.ys of the da,te of Issue. I would Uk boyS to trY andremember thls, and the .other rules, because. whether our new.ystem Is a. success or not depends to a. large extent on them.'. Our system of class lJl.catlon Is stlll the same .... before, butwe hope ,In the near fut ure, a. more em clent system w1I1 be Inopera.t1on . This syst em , known as the " Dewey System ", la IIIedIn most public libraries and should be a great advantage to us.

For ·th e time being, only the.Blxth and Upper Ftlth Formsuse the Ilbra.ry , but we hope tI1a.t this regulatIon w1I1 be extendedsoon .and .that each form wlll be able to have a rea.dlng periodIn the library each week.

The magazines, newspapers and periodicals all bear thelibrary st amp and are not to be removed from the llbrary. Atthe moment. the current tssues are placed on on e of the tables.but we h ope t hat we shall soon have a proper newspaper rack.

May I thank the following for the .books which they haveso kindly given to the library:-

Colon el Nelthorpe: 2 sets of "The Times " History of theWar (1914-18) (21 vols. per set); 6 vols . or "The Sphere "(1917-19); 3 copies of " Lon don Illustrated News" (Silver Jubilee,1935); 4 vols. or "The Connoisseur " (1901, 1905, 1906, 1915) ;Hamlet. PrInce of Denmark, Shakespeare ; England 0870-1914),Ensor ; History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher ; Companion to EnglishHIstory (Middles Ages ). Barnard : The Coa ching Era. V. A.Wllson ; PrInciples of Political Econ omy, Glde ; GlastonburyAbbey, A. E. Henderson ; Tlntern Abbey, A. E. Henderson ; TheBook of the 'Countryslde, F . and L. Duncan ; More Kindred of theWlld . G. D. Roberts ; A Modern Slnbad; Red Saunders, " Slnbad" ;My Mystery Ships, G. Campbell; The " Bar tlm eus OmnIbus " ;Tom ·Sawyer, M. Twain ; Treasure Island. R. L. Stevenson ; TheWorl d's Desire. Haggard a nd Lang ; Perishable Goods, D. Yates ;The F t. LIeutenant , P . Drury ; Ou t or th e Blue, " Sapper " :Roblnson Crusoe, n eroe : LIttle Ship. " Taffrall ": Jane Eyre (2vols .), C. Bronte ; German Sky. B. Newman.

The Headmaster: War of the Guns, Wade ; Navy andDefence, Chatfteld; Orleana, Darwin;· -An Autobiography. H: G.Wells '; Shakespeare-His Mind and Art, Dowden ; Macaulay's

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Essays (Vol. 1) ; The Boy's Grammar School, Davles; Shakes­peare's English Kings, Carter ; Don Qu!xote; Irvlng, Stoker ;Heart. of Midlothian, seen: The Monastery, secu: Guy Manner­Ing, Scott; Woodstock, Scott; Vanity Fair, Thackeray ; The PurpleLand, Hudson; The White Company, Doyle; .. . And Tell otTlme, .L. Krey ; Masterpieces ot French Romances, Terimce;Journey .ot a Warrior, E. Curie; Women ot the Bible, H. V.~orton ; Berlin Diary, Shlrer ; Clear Thinking, Jepson; LesM1s~rables, Hugo; Story ot the Bible, Kenyon; The Bible In basicEnglish; The Citizen and the Modem World, Fiavell.

Mr. C. Wood : TIle .Kon -Tlk1 ExpedItion, Heyerdahl.We .do appreciate these gifts.

.Books which have been added trom the School stock Include:Africa, Fltzgerald; Poems, Letters and Essays, Gray; LyriCalBallads ot 1798; SlIas Mamer, G. Ellot; Lord Jim, Conrad ;Manstleld Park, Austen ; The Moonstone, Colllns; The ThIrty­nine Steps, Buchan; A Tale of Two CIties, Dickens ; Auto­biography, Gibbons; Journal to Stella, Swltte; Dr. Johnson,Roberts.

Lastly, may I thank all the Acting-Librarians who gave theirtime, very willingly, to help In the library. They are doing agrand job ot work. D. LEANING.

CHESS CLUBThe club has not met as frequently as usual this te rm, this

being largely due to the fact that the two secretaries wereoccupied by more Important matters . Next t erm It Is expectedthat the club wm close down for the summer, but It will be openas usual In t he autumn. Membership of the club this term hasbeen exceedingly poor, and the standard ot play has been so lowthat It Is feared that next season the club will be unable toraise a team tor Inter-school matches, as many ot this year'steam will be leaving us.

Only one Inter-school match h as been played this term. Thiswas on Februar y 28th, when twelve members of t1ie club visitedScunthorpe Grammar School. An eight -board senior gameended, amidst great excit ement, In a. draw. 4-4, and the tour­board junior match also ended In a \Iraw. Negoti ations for areturn match before the end of term are In progress at the timeof writing. B~CK. ~NIGHT.

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S~OUT

This term has seen th e erection of our new headquarters

on the SChool field ; a t last we h ave a home of our own .

The task-of raising all the money (£300) to pay for it Is

'on e which needs the h elp of all members of the troop and those

who are Interested In us. We h ave planned to hold a JUII)ble

Sale. a t the end of this term, .and during the holidays every

.member of the troop will be actively earning his "Bob-a-job ",

_Alth ough some of th e " bobs" we earn go to help Imperial Head­

. quar ters ' fun ds , what Is left can be a great h elp towards our

own.needs. ~

In the Summer Term, a Garden Fete will be held, an d h ere

again , the support of all Is hoped for . I would ask assistanc e

fro m th e par en ts of all our SCouts In stocking the stalls , In Ideas

and -prizes for the competitions and In making thts, our major

e!':ort for the year, an outs tan ding su ccess.S.G.J. (G.S.M.l.

THE PHlLOSOPHICAL SOCIETYAt th e time of writing, we have h ad only one meeting t h is

term, but the date of another has been fixed , when Mr. Hampson,

of Hull Un iversity College, ,will give a talk on Ethics. In our

meeting t his t erm, Mr. But terworth gave an Introductory t alk

on Ethics, under the title ot" Reas on and Emotion ," After brlefiy

outllnlng the ethical systems of Kant and J . S. M1ll , he wen t on

to deal with the applicat ion of ethics to politi cal syst ems,

especially CommunLsm. FInally, he consi dered the relationship

between Reason 'and Emotion, and concluded that between them,

whil e complementary to each oth er , they consti t ut e the wh ole

of mental ac tlvJty.Enthusiasm for this society has som ewhat dwindle d since its

incept ion, and I would make an appeal for more widespread

support in such a stimulating pursuit ,D.H.T.

MUSIC NOTESThere Is llttle t.o report on School music t.his te rm. The

orchestr al work has cons isted of the preparation of pieces for

the annual St.rlng Week- end a t Galnsborough . ThLs year , owing

to the large numb er of entries, it has been found necessary to

separate t.he Senior meeting trom the Junior , the former being

)1old at Gainsborough an d the latter at Scunthorpe. ' This

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dlvlslOh h.... In turn, led to another Innovation, the charee otten shillings tor each pupil. This charge has become necessaryon account ot the doubling ot expenses entailed In holdlne twoseparate week-ends. The Junior Orchestra has .made goodprogress during the term, but the seaioes have, unlortnnately.been delayed by the late a.rrIval ot the mualc. However. theywill have ·the advantage ot a longer period tor practice nextnext term.

Two concerts have been given at the School this term underthe auspices ot the. Music Society.

The tlrst was given by the Falrhurst Trio on January 29th.'Ibe ensemble played Trios by Schubert and Poulenc withImpeccable preclslon.and technique. though at times the viCourot their attack seemed to result ID some harshness er tone. Inaddltlon, each 1ndlv1dual pertormer gaYe solos ot a most variedcharacter, since they Included works of no tewer than ten

.composers, ranging from TartIn1 to the present day. Theexcellence of performance, together with the variety of worachosen, -provided ua with a most enjoyable eveninC.

The second concert, held on March 13th. tool< the torm ofa song recital by Norma Procter. With the exception ot a groupof SChubert's songs. her programme consisted ot works by Britishcomposers (l.t we may Include Handel as British, since he wasnaturalized In 1726l. In the first group, Miss Procter's renderingot two of Hande!'s songs was most impressive, combining arichness ot ton e with an effortless fiexlblllty ot voice. In thegroup ot Schubert's songs It was, perhaps, her rendering ot ..DieJunge Norme " that was most outstandlne. though all tour songsshowed that MIss Proctor possesses the gUt ot creating a mood.the most, indispensable requlslte tor the interPretation ot any otSChubert's songs. Her later groups of Bonp demonstrated thatthis versatile artiste was equally at home In conveying a spiritot lightness and humour. In all, this was certainly one ot themoot enJoyable concerts ot the whole series.

OLD BRIGGENSIANS' ASSOCIATIONUnder the new Instrument ot government tor the SChool,

the Committee ot the association were InVited last Decemberto nominate an Old Boy to serve as a Foundation Governor ofth e School tor a pertod ot five years. At a Specla! CommitteeMeeting prior to the Annual Genera! Meeting on lOth January.1953. Mr. G. A. Roblnson was nominated tor the position. Mr.Roblnson has becn a member ot the Committee ot the Associationsince 1946 and was C!).alrman In 1951. Old Boys can be assuredthat their representative on the Board of Governors will serveto strengthen the already strong ties between the Associationand the School.

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18'" .IiaIIwal'7. 1953•. Dense fog descended on Brigg In the middle of thIB saturday

afternoon and persisted througho ut the evening. Nevertheless,at the Annual General Meetin g, t he usual for ty or so membersattended .

Aeeo...lL Mr. R. L. P&tchett, the Hon. Treasurer , presentedthe accounts for the year ending 30th September, 1952. Abalance In hand of £ 130 2s. 10d. was the result of the year'sworking, an increase of £ 3 2s. 10d. on the previous year, despItet he allocation of £ 20 for the Golfing Society Trophy. Full detallsof the accounts are given later In these notes- .

E1ecli... .,r Office..P.reslde!:lt: Col. O. S. Nelthorpe.Vice-Presidents : J . R. Baker, W. Balns, E. F. Brown , J . T.

DaUChtol!. J . G. T. Eccles, A. E. Knliht, H. F. 8erleant,T. N. Sumpter, E. Taylor. R. TaYlor , N. C. MattheWl, G.A. Roblnson, A. Lyon and D. GlJ&allon.

Chalrman : R. L. Patchett.Vice-Chairman: E. Urry (retiring Chairman).Hon. Secretary : W. T. Good.Hon. Treasure r and Han. Asst. Seeretary : T. R. D. O'Nelll.Hon . Auditor : G. J. Goodman.Committ ee: A. E. Knight , W. Bains, J . G. T. Eccles, T.,N. Bumpter,

A. Lyon, R. A. Blnns, R. .Ketterlngham, E. TaYlor, R.TaYlor. R. N. Coulthurst, E. W. Nlxoo, R. G. Tear, J . Bell,D. Gllgallon and the Headmaster , Chalrman, Vlce­Chalrman, Hon . Secreta!'Y and Hon. Treasurer.

' I t was unanimously agreed to present three prizes to theBchool, value one guin ea each, for presentation annually atSpeech Day for Senior Maths, Physics and Chemistry.

It was decided to eo-opt the Association's representative tothe Board of Governors on the Committee pendin g the amend­ment of the Rules that he be an ex-officio member of the Com­mitt ee. Notice of thIB amendment was duly given.

Mr. Urry reported t hat a profit of £ 5 148. Od. had beenmade on the Annual Dance. All ag reed that this was verysatisfactory and the organisers were compllme nted on theireffor ts.

The mee ting closed and was followed by the 27th ReunJonDinner, at which 111 Old Boys and their 1tllCSts sat down.

Th e fog had delayed many Old Boys an d Dinner was heldup for a short t ime. However, there were very few vacant placeswhen the meal commenced and all travellers were deserving ofcongratu lations for their efforts to reach Brigg. Mr. Daughtolltravelled from LIncoln with Mr. H. A. Wlckstead, DeputyDirector of Education for Llndsey. Another guest and principal

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speaker, The Bishop of Lincoln, left the city later and was unableto travel further than Caenby COrner , and had to return to~oln. A SCunthorpe enter tainer, comedian Syd PoII1tt, dueto arrive about 9 p.m., was also beaten by the fog.

Mr. R. L. Patchett, newly-elected Chairman of the associa­tion, deput ised for t he Bishop and proposed the toast to " TheSchool " In a most able manner. The Headmaster respondedand was abl e to report that the Football ' l st XI 'had beenundefeated. Academically, 1952 had been an outs tandin g year,With Open Exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge ; four countymajors, a number of very good sento r general certl1lcates and'33'0Id Boys were now attending Universities.

Mr. H. A. Wlckstead, Deputy-Director of Education forL1ndsey proposed the toast" The association." Mr. Wlcksteadthought Old Boys have a function similar to his own as an·oincer of an educati on authority - to start helping and stoPinterfering. He was certain that Headmasters would like to'have ' some money tucked 'away which could be used to theSChool's advantage at the -ri gh t mom ent.

Mr. E. Urry , Vice-Chairman, responded and thought It wasa wise pro vision that the Old Boys' association should have arepresentative on the new governing body.

COl. 0 .' S. Nelthorpe , President, proposed the toast to the" Guests." Replying, Supt. R. F. Knowler expressed grateful

-thanks to the members of the School Stalf, for he well knewthat they had done so much for so many.

Jack Ashley (baritone) was well rec eived and he gave extrasongs In the abs ence of his fellow artiste. The organisers wishto place on record their appreciation of the help given by Mr.Ashley.. .

Mr. Henthorn was the accompanist for the School song. andMr. G. A. Robinson carried out his usual duties of Toastmastervery efficiently.

Th e Secretary hopes that he has anticipated correctly thewisnes of those few memb ers who were unable to attend bycrediting thelr Dinner payments to the Dinner Accoun t to helpolfset the adv erse balance. For t he 1952 Dinner , the marginbetween the actual cost of the dinner and the dinner ticket was3/ - , but this year the margin was only 2/ -.

Among Old Boys and Masters present were :- W. Bains , J . R.Baker , J . Bell, R. A. Blnns, R. Bonsell, N. H. Bowcock, W. Brown,P. Bryan t , B. Carpenter , B. A. Chapman, J . H. Cheeseman , E. R.Clark, R. A. Conboy , L. C. Codd, R. Coulthurst , J . T. Dau ghton ,E: Dodd, P. Drlflll, H. East, J. G. T. Eccles , J . EdlIngton, C. EDerby,W. Fleldson, D. GUgallon, A. GUllatt , W. T. Good, R. E. Green ,P. G. Hall , P. D. Hargreaves, J . W. Harrlngton, R. HeaIey, F.Henthorn, A. J . Hili, W. G. Hogg, W. Jackson, J . C. J acques, S.G. 'J arvls, A. N. Jones, J . P. Kemp , J. E. H. K1ngdon, A. E. Knight ,A. LYon, J . C.- M. Lyon, J . Maden, N. C. Matthews, G. R. C.

McLauchlan, C. R. Met!lam; D. 'Mlddleton ; C: E. 'Moody, A: I.Morris , E. W. Nlxon, T. · R. D. O'Ne11l, R. L. Patchett, O. N.Pearson, H. Plmlott, A. C. Pleronl, P . Plant, T. F. ,Raby, J . Rands,J . Rhodes, J. 1. Rlcket t, O. A. Roblnson, J. Rose, W. C. Rowbottom,S. G. Sass , J. Sennltt, D. W. Shaw,'·A. Shucksmith, R. M. Spring,J . H. Btephenscn , L. R. Btephenson, C.' P. s tevenson, ' R. W.Stringer, L. Summers, T. N. Sumpter, E. T aylor , R. G. Tear, J . C.Thompson, H. J . Turner, E. Urry, J . A. Waters, J . R. WaJlhcad,W. Wa tts, B. W. Wat ts , J . C. White , M. WllIey, O. Wrlght, S. A.Wa t ts , T. G. Rlchards, T. H. Freeman; J . Gilbert , A. KIng, O. W.Brocklesby, S. Moore, J. Parrott, T. M. Wadsworth.

C. W. Heald has been elected President of the SCunthDrpeChamber of Trade for Coronation year. He Is a director andalso secretary of the family business In SCunthorpe and 'wasformerly an accountan t with the 'Llndsey and ' Nott lnghalWlhlreCounty Councils.

Geolfrey Turner Is now In Trinidad with Messrs. Parry andElInqulst. Civil Engineers. He Is assisting In the ereenon of acemen t works and expects to be abroad for three years.Geolfrey's elder brother, Byi'on, Is with a firm 'of PharmaceuticalCh emists In Clrencester, Olos .""

. ' Tony BaJter lBpreparlne for mIsSionary work at ClIIf College,Calver, Derbyshire. '

K. ·B.-Strawson obtalned a West Riding University ExhIbitionIn 1951 ancl Is now In his second year at Edinburgh University,stUdying m edicine.

David Polll cott has .Jus t finished his first term of a two-yearcourse at th e National Institute of . Poultry Husbandry atNewport , Shropshire.

J. K. M. Young has been transferred tram Oldham, Lancs.,and Is now working with the Ordnance Survey at MaidenheadIn Berkshire. ' .

R. H. M. Markarlan, Exeter College, Oxford, was ' awardeda 2nd Class Honours In French last J une. This year he Is takinga course for a Diploma In Educati on and spent t his term ont eachin g practice In Wyclllfe Colleg e. He writes : " The n ewVice-Chancellor here made a mistake in th e Degree ceremony .Inst ead of placing his hand on the Bible when saying , Hie Llber "he absent-mindedly put it on somebody 's head. SOme of thesupplicating Deans who expect ed to 'have only one candidatefor certain degrees had a shock when more than one appearedan d t hey h ad to put theli Latin supplication In to the plural ' asthey went along!'Marriages:

Mich ael C. Dlcklnson to Chrlstlne Joan Oxtob y on January3rd at St. Hybald's Church, SCawby.

Oeolfrey .Turner to Katharlne P . Moore 0.4 Bcunthorpe on17th June, '1952.

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127 0 071 18 6

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139 3 0

826 3 166 16 3

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ReceilJts ,104 ~ts AccolJllt fo f t he year ..,4e,d30th September, 1962.

ReceiptsBalances brought forward:

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Melilllers" SubScriptions ... ...2i% "Defence Bond Interest ...Savings Bank Interest ' .. . .:.Surplus on' Dance : Receipts ...

Outgoings : £ s. d. -Band - .. : .. . 20 0 0Buffet .. . .. ." 96 3 " 4Doorman .and GratUIties . 12 6Dl'COratloIlB ... .. " . . : .. . ' 3 O' 0

"P,ilntin&, s tationery, ,.. POitaile&' and" Telepbone .9 6 4. .. .

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Balmc'" carried forWard : .cash'in iia.i¥l ... ., .'-."Cash ~t Barclays Bank Lt4.Cash at "L1rlcoln Savin gs Bank '2;% Defence Bonds

Payments. :£ S. · d .Cost of 3 Issues of the Br lggens lan (1125 Copies ) "Dellclency on Re- union Dinner, January; i962:-

Outgoings : En tertainment 8 0 0Printing, Pos t and Phon e . !j 10 '10

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FOCUS ON CRICKETOn Wednesday , 25th of February, a School party, comprising

the remaining members of last year's cricket XI 's and othercricket enthusiasts . att ended a demonstration on the funda­mental technique and finer aspects of cricket In t he Ba ths Hallat Scunthorpe. Th e demonstration was given by the Bedsertwins and Jim Lak er , whose reputations as England cricketerscould hardly fa il to attract a large and ap preclative audience.

Eric Bedser Illustrated the fundamen tal batting st rokes ,whil e hi s brother explained what stroke should be played to eachtype of delivery . The brothers then changed places and Alec,ably supported by Jim Lak er , explained to us the basic gripsand arm act ions that are essential for etrectlve bowling.

For the last three-Quarters or an hour the three cricketerscoached four boys an d t he hints which were given were of benefitto ' us all. No doubt t he valuable advice will be revealed in t hecoming season to which we all look forward.

THREE THOUSAND FEET BELOWAlarm clocks were set eariy on Sunda y, 22nd of February,

in order to make an early start for t he Scientific Society 'S visitto Thorne Colliery . At nine o'clock we were collecting lampsand steel helmets at the pit head and having signed the for mof indemnity were taken by our guides, two mine depu ties , alongto the main sh aft. Here we flled into the lat tic ed-steel cagewhich was to convey us 3,000 teet below ground to the workings.

arr iving at the bottom of the shaft, we made rapid progresson foot along t he main tunnel, which closely resembled a t unnelin the London Underground. A narrow gauge diesel locomotivewas waiting to haul us in open carriages to the actual workings.Our guid es explained that it was contrary to accepted policyto carry out any coal cutting adjacen t to the shaft, since th elatter is a permanent constr uction and from an economic pointof view is to be preserved at all costs. As we pro gressed steadilyalong in t he tunnel, which was illuminated only by the glarefrom our helmet lamps, the heat became more int ense. Hcw­ever, the tunnel was very well ventilated and we were told e rthe complicated circulating syste m and air locks which form anetwork through the whole pit. After leaving the railway westruck off on foot at a great pace along a side gallery, which wasthick with greyish brown powder whi ch ros e in dense clouds aswe .walked. Th e dust was not entirely due to coal but also topowdered stone which h ad been put down in tentionally. Thisis an attempt to dilute the coal dust , which may be in such afinely divided state, that it could explode If suitably ignited.Our guide told us of t he periodic experiments which are carriedout to analyse the composition of the dust to ens ure that thefraction of stone dust in a mass of coal dust does not fall belowa certain safety value fixed by the Board of Tr ade.

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At last we came to the coal face : a fiat black shiny wallsome four feet thick. At' this point of our tour the tunnel wasvery low and we had to assume a. crouching posture. Here wesaw ail electric coal-cutter, which almost literally planes coalcif! the face. The coal is heaped Into trucks and taken 'In anendless .cnam of trucks to the pit bottom, We then began ourlong return tramp to .the railway and then by the diesel trl'lriwe were taken back to the shaft. At about one o'clock we madeour ascent In the cage, hot, black, tired and very ready for a,welcome pit bath. At this point many cif us refiected for awhile ; we were almost exhausted by a four-hours ' visit down a"mine, While the average underground operative works a seven­hours" sh ift.

Though very tir ing, the visit proved most absorblngly in ter­esting In that, apart from showing us some applications ofscientific principles taught at school, It gave us an opportulUtyof witnessing the human factor. which is the mainspring of allIndustry. From what we saw, it appeared obvious that thesuccess of the .industry wai dependent, not so much upon high­ievei' planning with Its r emoteness from reality, but ' on theoutlOOk and attitude of the worker at the coal-face. In con­ctusion, one of the most outstanding facts which we learned fromour tour was that for every ton of coal a collier removes, he ispaid on average three shillings and nvepence, whlle the cost ofthat same coal to the consumer Is more th an five pounds.

IRON AND STEEL

.. On two consecutive Wednesdays, following the'trlp to Thorne'Colliery, visits were made by the Scientific Society to Appleby­Frodlngham steelworks. On 'tf,e first visit, befor e golrig' roundthe works, we were given a preliminary talk on the whole processof steel manufacture, very " clearly tllustrated With workingmodels of various parts of the plant, from the digging of thelfon ore to the rolling of the tIn1shed steel sections.

After the talk we went to the very first part of the process. by 'bus. because of the Immense ar ea covered by the works.There we saw trucks loaded With ore being pulled up giantramps and being bodlly capsized, dropping their loads Intocrushers to break up the big lumps of ore Into suitable sizes forthe blast furnaces. The very tine .ore, which Is far too small-forthe furnaces, Is mixed With coke and heated strongly to formlarge lumps of. " cllnker ". 'I'hls process Is known technically as...slnterlng" and Appleby-Frodlngham were one of the firstplants to employ this method of saving the valuable part of theore Instead of wastlng,lt, as bad preViously been done. Clouds01 bro,wn"chOk!nl dust descended on us and made us appreciatethe condtttons under w.hl~h .men 'IVOr,k in. Industry, ·

Next we followed the ore to th e blast furnaces, and watchedit beln g taken up the sides of the tower-Ilke furnace to chargeit at the top. An elaborate set or automatic electric swltc hescont rolled the movements of th e trucks. Down below, under' alpfty iron roof, we saw the massive base of the furnace sur­rounded by pipes, which blas ted hot air into the burnlng cokeand Iron ore to generate tremendous heat. We were unfortunatenot to see the Iron beIDg tapped, but whi te-hot slag was beingfed off down sandy channels lnto steel t rucks. Showers of sparksnew from the dazzltng' opening from the heart of the furnacean d lit up th e sweating faces of the workmen . The last part ofthe ftrst vlsit was spent in the melting-shop , where the Iron ischanged into steel by the adding of lime, Ironoxlde and scrapsteel. On one side of the shop were the furnaces and on theother were the controls for operat ing them. Down the centre,a gigantic four-ton charger on ralls was swtnging round to piCkup a charge of lime an d steel scra p to feed the fu rnace. Thedoors of the furnace were suddenly opened and we were dazzledby' a brilliant whlteness trom the boll.lng steel. The chargerswung round and thrust its long arm right ,inside the furnace,tipping its load, withdrawing , and then thunderlng down theralls to charge another furnace.

On the second vlJiit our main object was to see the steelrolled Into shapes SUitable for use after dispatch from the works.We were taken lIrst to a sub-station, where the electricity neededto drive the rolllng mlll ls converted from A.e. to D.e. currentby rotary converters. The sub-station IWRs a vast, spotlesslyclean hall, full of gleaming machlnery, dials, swltehes; the noisewas deafening. This great structure was awarded the Festivalof Brltaln prize for the best Industrial design .

From here we passed on to the rolllng mllls. ThlJi buildingIs Indeed a great feat of engine ering because It was bullt aroundthe old mm, which was kept In continuous operation during theconstruction . From the control balcony we had a view Of allthe activities of the mill. Giant cranes llfted red-hot steellngotson to rollers, which carried them to the specially designed roils ,through which they were passed backwards and forwards untilthey were the required size and shape. Up on the controlbalcony, even behind wlndows, we could feel the heat of thered-hot ste el bars on our faces. A vast array of levers andswitches controlled the passage of the Ingots through the suc­cession of rolls until the lInal shaped steel gird er was whlJikedaway by rolle rs and sawn off tnto lengths by a circular saw.

Appleby-Frodlngham is one of the few steelworks that havea central maintenance department. where machlnery from allparts of the works !B repaired. an d It was here that we finallywent~ Several of the works' locomotives and trucss were com­pletely strIpped down and were having new bearings, connectingrods and wheels made for them on the numerous lathes. ThebUDding glare of acetylene torches and the shattering noise ofriveters were proof enough of the work which was being done.In the electrIcal department, motors were being re- wound andeven electrIc clocks repaired. In a corner of the maintenancedepartment was a section laid asIde for the t raining' ofapprentic es In the use of machlne tools.

All these visIts by the SCIentific SOCIety show us produc tsof scIentific achievement and a practical applicat ion of ourstudies In PhYsics and Chemlstry. They also gIve us a respectfor the men who operate the macntnerr: It Is the personnelwho are the most Important part of any IndUBtry and we shouldlike to thank all of them for making such an Interestlnl v1BItpossIble.

B. L . TAYLOR,W. B. S. DOBIE.

WEATHER RECORDINGMany people have often said to, me, .. What's the use of

taklnc weather recordings and putting them on a board? Noone ever reads them." What a gross error this 14! Admittedlynot as many people looltat the weather recordIngs as at; thefootball teams, for example, but dur ing last ~rm, I was surprisedat the· number of people who began to take a genuine InterestIn' the dally weather observations and the chart at· the end ofthe month.

While the new buildings have been going up. we have beenun ..ble to take our usual recordings, but next term we arcstartIng again , fuU of vigour. 'The arrangement will be slightlydltferent from the past . Each day we shall record :-

(1) Maximum and minimum temp eratures for the pasttwenty-four hours (This usually .arouses most Interest becauseboys want to know what the lowest temperature has .been Inthe wInter , and what has been the highest In summer !l

(2) The actual temperature at the tIme of recordIn g, andalso the temperature of a thermometer surrounded by dampmuslin. From these "wet" and .tdry" readings we ealculatethe ..mount of water vapour In the aIr .

(3) The WInd direction and force (estimated according toBeaufort's Scale) and also the appropriate symbol from thesame scale.

.H) . The amount of clo\ld (Accurate ",esswork Is againrequired here !)

Th. ·Briz ,.. n. ian ~I

(5) AmoWlt ot rain In the past 24 hours,(6) The pressure (In Inches).

. (7): The state ot the ground (represented by a numbertrom the Meteorological omce code).

All the .ymbol. we use are. as laid down by the. 14<\ooor­ologlcal Office. and this term we have. started to J)OSt ()O ourboard a copy of their daily weather chart tor England. on whichyou will be able to see the same symbols. This W!ll .mak e our"tacts .and figures " more interesting. because we are able tocompare them with others throughout the country.

Are you Interested In knowing what the weather W!ll be 1ll<eIn the next twenty- tour h ours, when you want to go out ? Well.·the answer wlll be here. Ju.st look at our chart from theMeteorological Oillceand U won·t be far wrong. If You do th!sseveral tim es. I guarantee that yotl:ll soon take an Interest Inour recordings, too. One day. you may be thankful you learntsomething about weather recording. D. LEANING.

THE BUN-SELLERSAt 10-50 each morning. two ot the lesser llghts ot the

celebrated Sixth Interrupt their long-suffering master. who -Isdoubtless In the midst ot dellverlng a wondertul piece ot rhetoricon Shakespeare. The War. ot the Roses or a lUte subject. In orderdltIl.dently to ask It they may "go and .ell buns." The masterl lares wrathtully and pours forth a tirade upon people whochoose such an Inopportune moment to minister to the voraciousappetites ot the lower school.

Four mlnutea later our two heroes creep out ot their room,with dire threats ringing In their ears as to what wlll happen tothe next unlucky wight .who makes the same request to that'particular master. They dash down the corridor. hurl open thetront door, and. turning up their collars against the pouring rain,dash across the road-a howl ot brakes and a volley ot cursesonly serve to speed their progress.

The proprietor of the tuckshop beams as his two appren ticesalesmen enter the shop. " You're a bit late to-day. boys," hecheerf ully remarks, " there'. one short to-day so YOU'll have onlyeleven and tenpence-halrpenn y worth !" They .groan at thethough t ot haVIng to conclude their dut ies by performingintricate mathematical operations within the brain to render thecorrect amount. Once more they dash across the road, one ofthem this tim e staggering under the weight ot a mammoth trayof objects, ' about the size and shape of a cricket-ball. which arefiattered with the name of " buns ." Then. amid loud cries otencourageme nt , he is required to concentrate his not incons ider­able mathematical prowess on the Intriguing problem ot makinga wooden tray three feet In width (buns. for the carriage of) passthrough a doorway two feet In width (goods, and schoolmasters,for the passage of) .

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Aft er several mtnutes' . concentrated r thought" the" 'othersuggests opening the second halt of the door, and In a , 'shor tspace or time our two heroes mak e their entry Into the yard,This Is t he signal for a r iot" A.seethlng mob of juniors clamo ursround the bun-sellers. Grimy hands seize buns, and othersthrow down varying ·amoun ts of money, while raucous voicesshat ter the ear-drums In the ir demands for chan ge, amidst all

' this, l1ke The Queen Mary In a crowd of tu gs, one of thosesupe rior beings-e-a prefect-nonchalantly elbows his way to thefront, pausing only to deal out some' Unes to some unfortunateyouth who 'has not noticed to w!lom he had been referring when

. he had atred .hts opinio n of people who will not wait the ir, turn,but must needs push their way to t he fron t of the .crow.d. Jiavlngestablished himself In position, the Superior Being .now carefully

-tests -each remaining bun with ·hIs finger , selects the one whichmost appeals to him. .puts down a half-crown and requeststwo-and-fourpence-halfpenny change. The Superior Bein g .takeshimself olf, and the riot con tinues. In next to no time the las tbun has been sold and t he two survivors betake themselves, theempty tr ay, and .the day's taklngs to a vacant classroom. Here ,two pockets -full of coins of various denominations are emptiedon to the table, except for a ' halfpenny, which 'rolls firs t on tothe floor, and then through a l~rge crack th erein. Seven mlnut~s

later. by means of great dilig ence, a pencil and a ruler, it hasbeen recovered . Th e counting of the day's takings now proceeds ,albeit at a rather slow ra te of progress. After the third' coun t .on e Is heard to pronounc e to the Incredulous othe r: .. Exactly

.eieven and tenpence-hal!penny ! ..

Even now Our tW;J heroes are wondering how this exactlyaccu rate result was obtained., . D. BArNS.

'tERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA

Australia Is a land of azure blue skies. awe inspiring desert,V9.St tracts of scorching desert and homely farmsteads nestlingsnugly In tlny valleys, Its large size Is determined by the factthat it Is thirty-two times the size of the Uni ted Kingdomalthough only eigh t mill ion people Inhabi t this tremendousContinent.

One quarter of th ese people, ta ll muscular men with the sunat the back of th eir eyes, li ve in Sydney-alone, while the remain­Ing six mill ion are scattered about the country sometimes Ilvlngmore than three hundr ed miles apart. Most of the large town sin Australia are situated near the coast because of the country's'one great problem-lack of wat er. In-deed , the .scarct tv of waterIs so great that a farmer may be fin ed for not stor ing UP grainagainst the drou ght . The crisp dry crackle of burning grass,

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thearoma of smoke which scen ts the air "with i';- dlill foreliodlngand the bright yellow flame wh ich dar t s mallclous!y froIn covermake the Australlan grit "h is t eeth and swear to defeat yetanother cause for disaster , that devUlsh Imp, fire .

With t he fir e, drought comes. Th e days are long andscorching, the merciless sun beats down from a blazing bluesky and the clouds look, oh so much like rain, and yet rain.never comes. A listless haze hangs lazily in the air and minutepart feles of dust stick to a man'. tongue until he Is screaminginwardly for water and more water. The animals' eyes, normallyso docile and friendly become blazing orbs of fever until at lasttbey sink h eavily down with a great sigh for the las t time.

Then at last water! It pours down the size of two-shillingpieces ncrmally about two o'clock in the morning, The ranchersand their fa mllles rush outside to smell the new, fresh , crispsmell of wet grass which ormgs lfapplness to every home. Whenthey go indoors again a pot of t ea Is .bre~ed immediately tocelebrate the coming of rain. "

Australlan houses are not a bit Ilke ours. They have a largeveranda h an d corrugated iron roofs which are painted In brigh tcolours and serve to catch rain and lead It to water tanks. Mostof the houses are built of woad and are very easily destroyedby a pest known as the white "ant whose home Is a large structurewhich Is unbreakable by a sledge hammer. According to a theorythe queen ant is the heart Of the community and when she diesthe whole st ru cture topples over. When this happens theAustralians use the substance to make excellent tenms courts !

The Aborigines are the real n atives of "Aust ralla and arehonourable. t rusty, good-h umoured people who make excellentdrovers , They have many old fas hione d tribal laws which noman can understand. Their main weapon Is the boomerangwhich no man except an Aborigine can throw. The Aborigineshave very funny ways of describing and When one Aboriginewas asked to descr ibe a bald, fa t man, he said, with appropriategestures, .. M issy , him got small racecourse, big plain." TheAbor.gtnes have chan ged llttle since the conquest and still buildtheir houses of twigs and mud!

The rabbits are so numerous in Australia that they arein jected with a virus which sprea ds rapidly and kills manyrab bits . Rabbits are a very dangerous pest, especially in ttmecof drought. because they destroy all crops and eat all thepastures away. Before th e drought rabbit s sweep forward look­Ing like a moving carpe t. When they reach a 'fence all thebodies of the small rabbits are squas hed 'up to the fence to makea kind of runway for the rest of th e' .. movin g carpet."

Th. Brigg.n......

There are no re.,Jly dangerous snakes In Australia althoughquite a few arepoisonous, and they have been known to swallowa whole calf. Worms, distant cousins of sn akes , grow to twentyfeet long in Australia.

The tall, sun-tanned Australians are great sportsmen. Theydelight In swlmmlng In the heavy buoyant seas inviting the vilefallllS of a hungry shark. They are also great cricketers,although· Australia is not only a land of sheep and cricket !

LOWER 4A.

UNKNOWN IDENTITY.

There was a. boy named Cecl! Kewl,A member of a Grammar SChool,A pupil mad on Chemistry,(His h ero was Van Hevery) ,Because of this, he, as a rule,Went by the name of " Moley-Kewl."'Twas Moley's custom, during break,To creep into the lab. an d makeStrange mixtures up , and gasses too , .And substances, entirely new!One rainy day it came to passThat Moley found a strange new gas .Soon he had tested through and through ,For every gas he thought he knewAnd still ' he couldn't find Its name.- He wasn't beaten all the same.He added acids, bottles full,And soon poor Moley had to pullHis handkerchief out of his coatTp give protection to his t hroat.The fumes were orange, green and blackIndeed the y knocked the scholar back !He reached to turn the bunsen offAlas! he gave a violent cough !- His apparat us , on t he brinkOf boiling, cr ash ed Into the sink

. And acids flowed along the ncor.The tummg liquid reached the doorAnd vapour rose up more and mereAnd con densed in the cor ridor.The roaring bunsen fiames leapt high erInd eed there seemed to be a fire-For soon the ftames were thick enough!Then Moley with his blazer-cut!Caught an extended test-tube rllck

And " Klpp' s " equipment at t he backAnd then what happened ?-You can guessThe lab. was filled wit h H2S !'Mid fumes an d fiam es and broken glassPoor Moley tried to save h is gas.All was comparatively placidBut then t he bunsens met the acid !The shinin g p ile of broken glassWas now a red h ot tangled massAnd t hen confusion reached Its peak.Before the boy had chance to speak,The gla ss and ac id, bench and allRose with a bang and hit the wallAnd Moley felt a dizzy feellngAB he was carried to the ceUlng.When break had ended and the boysWere coming In , with lots of noise,Some reached the lab. and filed inside:They stood like statues-goggle-eyed;The master also came In sightAnd all the scholars shook with !right" Good heavens ! What's 'been go1Dg on?Where have the two back benches gone? "The master spluttered, as the smellBegan alfectJng them as well !And then as temperatures rose higherThey all dec ided to rettreAfter holding Ion g disCussionsThey pu t It down to be the Russians,For though they searched throughout the SChoolThey found no sign of Cecll Rew!.So if it ever comes to passYeu come across an unknown gasBe careful ! Or you soon will findYou' ve left th e world of men behlhd'!

.J A. TRACEY.

WHAT THEY SAID OF BRIGG

.. Glamford, a small mercate town, which the commonpeople. by the same bridge, so commonly calJ Brlgg that thetrue nam e 15 almost forgotten."--Camden, at the end of thesixt eenth century. , ~

" Famous for Its plantations of Ilcorlce."-John Evelyn, 1654." Brl gg Is a pretty large towll/'~Abrah1ml'd.,.la Pryme, -169'1." This Brlgg Is a pretty town."-A traveller In 1704. ." A nois y, turbulent town."-John Wesley , 1772."A dellghtfully- pretty town."-WUllam· Cobbett, 1830.

The Brig gensiar:

THE PLAYS

Th's term, two plays have been performed by en th usiasticmembers 01 the Upper Nb an d Lower Va. The first . a Fr enchplay. gave us a charac teristic picture of a lively Frer.chrestauran t. while the second, an adventure of scouts and pirates,appealed more to the lower school.

The French play, produc ed , by Mr. Morr is, was excellent.Our attention was especially attr acted by the scenery, whichshowed the hard work put In by Mr. Peck; It added greatlyto the atmosphere of the play. Reynolds admirably por trayeda stout and explosive" cner de la cuisine," who noti ceably spen tmore thne In the restauran t than In attending to his duties inthe kitchen . E!eln g short of labour, this " chef " engaged hisson as a walter-a misch ievous wretch who caused man y 'awkward situations and pr edicaments whereby he unwittinglylowered h is father's reputation. The par t was realistically playedby En gland. Also outstanding in the cast were Gllgallon, anirate business man; who protested profusely at havin g his dinnerspil t all over his clothes by the new and incompetent waiter.and Collin gham who. as a member or the Association whichwas having its reunion dinner in the restaurant, amused th eaudience by a recitation ably given in the manner of an ardentFrench poet . . The play, after numerous stormy incidents endedhappily, the son being forglve n· for h is t ricks ' on the customersand .hls father's reputa tion being restored.

T1\e secon d play did not reach the heights of its predecessor.Th e employment of different casts for each performance h adprobably led to under-rehearsing. Th e Pirate crew did not showenough fire and 'anger and on the whole lailed to give theimpression of fearless buccaneers. Neverth eless, Kitwood, whoplayed the part or the pira te captain at t he second performan cedisplayed promtsmg talent, and Dodd and Chudley, as t he twoyoung scout heroes, showed that they were by no means lackingIn acting abl1lty.

On the whole, these two plays revealed the w11l1ngness 01some of the younger members of the School to devote mu ch orthe ir 'spare time to the admirable pursuit 01 drama. We mustadd our appreciation of the way that during the Interval betweenthe ' ploys, members of 3a, ably acc ompanied on the piano byC.' W. Chambers, also In his 1list year at school, taught us how todance the horn-pipe In one easy lesson .... . . " .

.'. ~' .D.H,T. and P,.r.P,W,

1'he Briggensian:

CANADIAN SCHOOLSPerhaps the mention' of .. school " and .. Canada " creates in

your minds a ptcture of a small log-cabin, hidden among talltrees, with a dellghtfUlly calm lake nearby ; perhaps you have amental picture of a great city of sky-scrapers and fast-movingcars where the sch ool appears to be almost like a factory, a hard,precise block of glass and concrete. Whichever of these viewsyou choose, you would not be far from the truth. A great con­trast.You may ask .? Canada In!'lanli of contrasts, between thehot, urgent haste of the town and the peaceful, unspolledrusticity of the country, between the mountalns and the pralrtes,between the big schools of the city and small schools in thevillage.

There ls an .air of romantic seclusion about th~ Canadianvillage school. The road through the fores t may be no morethan ' a -·bull-dozed track ollering no promise of a destination.Betwe en the trees flashes of light reflected from a lake or a rivermingl e wlth th e moving shadows of leaves. Without warning,almost, th e village appears reund, -a- corner, Si cluster of smallho uses which seem to press back the trees In order to let tile'road widen , Among these houses the village school stands Ina small square of Playground.' The peaceful scene, which movesone to let imagination mingle with fantasy, Is qutte sumclent torefu se admittance t o the mor e realistic thoughts which lnslstthat, beautifui as the villa ge ap pears in summer, the wintermust Inexorably cut the people oil from the outsIde world, andmak e the school into an isolated place of learning.

It is, then , to the towns .that we must turn to find tileconstant, insistent surge of life, and to flnd the big schools. Wewho are used to thinking of tradition stretching into pastcen turies. linking the scholars of to-day wtth the scholars ofthree h undred years ago, have taken for granted our ancientGrammar SChools, In Canada, the secon dary schools have nosuon tradition. They a re n ew, a nd fllled wit h an urge to bemodern, Th at In itself we would not find particularly strange.Have we: not - our own modern, up- to -date schools? Yet ourfirst day at a Canad ian school might well cause us some surprise.

We h ave grown accustomed to seeIng boys wear school capsan d blazers. We feel a justifiable pride in catryIng the schoolcrest or coat-of-arms on tlie pocket of . our blazer. 'Yet such 1:3not the tradition in Canada. There Is no gasp of surprise Ina Canadian class-room when a boy walks .m wearing a sllIL ahlrtdecorated with bright, coloured flOwers, and wearing blue jeansInstead' of trousers. None of the puplls is perturbed by 'th egirls wh o manage to add to their natural beauty by artlftclalmeans; , Th ere Is an atmosph ere of freedom and indivIdualitywhich we may either adrillre o r dislike.

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'Fhe Brig geflsiafl

Canadlan school-girls may be an attractive addl tlon to theclass-room: they ~e a necessary decoration on the sports t1eld.For the Canadian spectator halt the glamour of his school teamwould be lost If they lack their cheer-leaders. These brlghtly­dreased girls. usually wearing the 'school colours. perform theiramusing gymnastics on the touch-line. exhorting the spectatorsto cheer their own team to victory.

In spite of the colour. and apparent attraetlven~of school ­lite In Canada, It Is hard to break away from .. mellow EnglishGrammar school. Perhaps some canadian schoolboys may havecars which they decorate gaily. but one wonders If they haveever known the pleasures of a qulet, cycle ride through countrylanes. Yet Canada Is .. new country, rising In power and Im­Portance, and Its schools retlect the desire ot the nation toproiress and to prosper.

J. B:AMPSON.

POSTSCRIPT TO HUMOUR

Peter so often lost his temper with his small brother thathis mother had warned 'him always to count fifty when he felthis temper rising.

One day. hea ring sounds of a sculIle, she ran to the play­room and tound Peter sitting on his brother's head.

"What have I told you to do when you are bad tempered '"she cried.

"I am counting," said Peter, "and 'I'm sitting on hlm tomake sure he's here when I get to tiny."

Sandy and Jock were spending a day In London, sight-seeing.Feeling hungry they stopped at the door of a restauran t toInspect the menu. It said :

Luncheon, 12 noon to 3 p.m., 2/8.SaJ:dy said: " Hey mono what a cha nce ! 'I'hree hours eolld

feeding an' all for half .. croon. Come on In ! "

. The angry dlner looked up trom his dinner, as the waiter·brought his bUl, and said: " Waiter, this colIee Is nothing butmud."

.The waiter answered: "I'm not surprised, the boss saYll Itwas -ground only UUS morning."

P. L. ANDREW.

Caldleotts , Printer•. Brlllll and Galnsborouih.