STAS, ET IN /ETERNUM STES, AQUILINA DOMUS.

EASTER TERM, 1916.

AEDITORIAL.

GREAT effort has been made to have the Magazineissued at an earlier date this term, and it is hoped this

number will be issued very soon after the term ends. Veryunusual circumstances favoured us, and yet the earlierpreparation has been very difficult, so much so indeed thatit almost takes away any hope of early issues in ordinaryterms.

THE WAR.

OUR illustrations this term are photographs of MajorS. M. Tahourdin, Lieut. Austin Murray, and Lieut.

W. W. Nicholas. Tahourdin and Murray are familiar

names at Eagle House. There have been four Tahourdinshere. Three were brothers — W. Le Bas Tahourdin, S. M.Tahourdin, and V. R. Tahourdin, whose names are alwaysbefore us, two on the Scholarship Lists and the last onthe Gymnasium Board. The fourth Tahourdin was theircousin, Philip, who was here not long ago and went on toRugby, the R.M.C., and the Indian Army (47th Sikhs).

Austin Murray is one of the great names of EagleHouse in Mr. Lockhart's first years here, and will befor ever associated in many minds with the splendidband of boys who contributed so much to the efforts andsuccesses of those days :— Phil Broadmead and HaroldHilliard ; Austin Murray and Charles Stanuell ; Rob andNorman Lockhart, John Bradshaw and Nicholas, tomention only the most prominent.

Murray's aunt was married to Walter Malan, I.C.S.,(O.E.H., Winchester and Oxford), and his cousin, P. Talbotis now at the School, so his connection with Eagle Housewas close and intimate.

The end of Term was saddened by more sorrowfulnews when the Headmaster was informed on the 4th ofApril that still another of those leaders who, in Mr. Lock-hart's earlier years here, helped him so much to build upthe School. It was but a few days before that the writerput the name of W. W. Nicholas down in the list of ourgreat names, .when writing of Murray, and now he too hasmade the great sacrifice — " Killed in action somewhere inFrance."

PRO PATRIA.AUSTIN MURRAY, the eldest son of the Rev. F. A. Murray,

Vicar of Chigwell, Essex, was born on Jan. 4th, 1895.He was educated at Eagle House from Jan., 1904, toDec., 1908, and gained a Scholarship at Haileyburyfor Classics. He won an open Scholarship for Historyat Jesus College, Cambridge, and would have gone

AUSTIN MURRAY.

Lieut., 11th Bait. Essex Regiment.

Wounded and Missing at Loos, September 26th, 1915.

into residence in October, 1914, but at the outbreakof the War he offered his services to his Country, andwas given a Commission in the Essex Regiment.During his year's training he was promoted to the rankof Lieutenant, and his Battalion went out to Francein the Autumn of 1915, with the 24th Division.

They were sent up as reinforcements at the Battleof Loos on 26th Sept. Austin Murray went throughmost of that terrible day's work unhurt, but at lasthe was severely wounded on the chest. One of hismen drew him into a ditch by the La Bassee Road,alive but unconscious. That man was asphyxiated bygas, and remembers no more: no more has ever beenheard of Austin Murray from that time. Every efforthas been made, every source of information searched,without result. Hope seems to exist no more, andanother name has been added to the list of thosewhose fate is wrapped in obscurity.

Austin Murray was one of our very best in everyway: strong and solid in character, in body and inmind. A Scot by descent, he had the powerfulphysique, the solid mental power, and the gravesteadiness of his race. He was a great arguer andreasoner, so much so that as a boy here he was oftencalled the Lord Chancellor, and his "open Scholarshipat Cambridge was proof of his sound ability. Incharacter he was above all things reliable and trust-worthy, with a high standard. In physique he was astalwart, and excelled in the school games. He wasa resolute bat, a steady bowler, and a plucky fielder.A great point-blank catch of his at mid-on lives in thememory as one of the three best catches I ever sawmade by a small boy.* But it was most of all in* The others were, a great catch by W. R. Shirley at deep square

leg, and, best of all, a wonderful catch low down at point by JohnBradshaw from a hard cut by Grenville Grey of Wixenford—another finefellow who, we fear, has fallen in his County's service.

Rugby football that Murray shone: all the "per-fervidum ingenium Scotorum " rose in him there, andmade him a player of the highest promise. He was aforward of the finest type. At Haileybury they madehim, and long kept him, a full back ; but in his lastyear he got his place forward in a strong team reputedto have the best pack of all the Public Schools.

Among the fine forwards the writer has seenduring thirty years of constant coaching fivet standout like peaks in a great range as forwards who,given the opportunity, would rise to the highesthonours in the game. Murray was not the least ofthese, and the Scottish Rugby Union were long agoadvised to look out for him when he got to the Uni-versity. Here we remember him for many things ;his leadership, his great play in our matches (perhapsspecial mention may be made of the victory at Osbornein his captainccy), his acting — he gave a great perform-ance with Norman Lockhart in " La Grammaire " —but above all, his personality. Our deepest sympathiesgo to his sorrowing parents. When he was so muchto us, what must he have been to them.

SPENCER MAXWELL TAHOURDIN, (E.H. 18 — ), Major,1 2th Cavalry, Indian Army, died on February 8th inMesopotamia, having been wounded in action theprevious day. He was the eldest of the three sons ofthe Rev. Richard Tahourdin, Hon. Chaplain to theKing, of 62, Evelyn Gardens, S.W., who died a yearago, and of Mrs. Richard Tahourdin, of 41, Queen'sGate Gardens, S.W. Born at the Cloisters, Windsor,in 1875, he was educated, first at Eagle House School,Sandhurst (Mr. Malan's), and then at Malvern, where+ The other four are A. Frew (Edinburgh University and Scotland),

H. S. Sharp (Rugby and Oxford), R. M. M. Lockhart (Marlborough andR.M.C.), and Vernon Whittalt of the present Rugby XV.

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SPENCER MAXWELL TAHOURDIN.

Major, 12th Cavalry, Indian Army.

Died of Wounds in Mesopotamia, February 8th, 1916.

he gained a Scholarship, and whence he passed intothe Royal Military College. He passed out of Sand-hurst at the head of the candidates for the IndianArmy in the summer of 1895, obtaining his first com-mission, unattached, in August of that year, andjoining the Indian Staff Corps at the end of 1896. Heserved the whole of his 20 years in India with the1 2th Cavalry, with two short breaks — the first whenhe was employed from January /th, 1904, to August,1906, with the King's African Rifles, and the secondwhen he was employed for a period as adviser to ayoung native rajah. Major Tahourdin's brother,Captain V. R. Tahourdin, Cheshire Regiment, hasbeen a prisoner of war in Germany since the battleof Mons, and his other brother was in the Indian CivilService, but died after only two years' service.

A Memorial Service was held at St. Paul's,Knightsbridge, by the Rev. Canon Sheppard, D.D.Besides the family, Cols. Carleton, Lynch and Myers,Lady Duckworth and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid werepresent. Bugles and Drums of the 5th GrenadierGuards sounded the Last Post.

WALTER WYNNE NICHOLAS, son of Rev. T. F. Nicholas,British Chaplain in Gambia, was born on Sept. i5th,1895. He came to Eagle House in Sept. 1905, andleft for Dover College in April, 1910. He was verysmall in size, but his spirit was great. He was as" hard as nails," and his pluck and keenness made hima prince of tacklers. He was five years in our XV.,and won the Gymnastic Cup. What was felt abouthim is shown in the words of this Magazine when heleft us : — " they will all be missed in many ways, andnone more than our great little man, who has been inthe heart of everything in these last four years : inall the learning of the " Rugger " game, and in all the

great matches with Wells House, The Dragons, andOsborne : well could he say " Magna pars fui," thoughthe magna would not be in the stature sense. Thosewho saw his great tackling of Forgas (Wells House)and at Osborne are not likely to forget it. Well mightMr. North say after the Farnborough match ' if wehad had Nicholas, we'd have beaten you.' "

At Dover College he did well, and of course gothis XV. cap. When the war broke out he got acommission from the School, and joined the 7th Batt.Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and after histraining was sent out in the B.E.F. across the Channeland has given his life in the service of his Country.While at Dover he came to see us several times but notsince he wore the King's Uniform. He was near hereon short leave last Christmastide but he felt he couldnot come over so soon after the death of NormanLockhart, whom he had known so well and with whomhe had fought in so many a well fought match. Nowhe too has fallen in action, killed instantaneously on2Qth March in a very hard fighting corner. HisColonel writes that he was very popular, always cheeryand bright and a very good officer. We can wellbelieve it, and many of us who knew him here andsome we fancy who only saw him play, will deeplyregret that such a brave spirit has passed from thebattle-field of life.

Lieut. R. M. M. Lockhart, 5 1st Sikhs F.F., had a narrowescape in the battle at Sheik Saat. He was M.G.officer in the Advance Brigade of the Relieving Forceand got up to look through his binoculars when hewas at once hit by three or four bullets. Fortunatelythe worst were flesh wounds in the thigh, and, after.some seven weeks in hospital, he returned to duty withhis Regiment about the end of February.

WALTER WYNNE NICHOLAS.

Lieut., 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Killed in Action, March 29th, 1916.

Lieut. Dick Lacy, 4th Hampshires, is away there shut upin Kut-el-Amara. In the same regiment is Lieut.Godfrey Elton, whom some may remember as writingcritiques of our plays for the E.H.M. The last newsfrom the 4th Hampshires was good and full of cheeryconfidence.

Hal Hilliard (E.H., 1904—1907), Lieut in ist Berks, hasbeen home on leave from the front after about a year'sactive service. He came to see us on 25th of March,and brought his fiancee, P. Broadmead's sister. Ourheartiest congratulations to this " E.H." engagement.

Jack Van der Byl (E.H. 1907-1910) who was here in thesame week as Hilliard, has got leave after a long spellat the Dardanelles. He was at the great landing of theimmortal 2gth Division at Helles and was, we suppose,one of those Midshipmen who did such admirable workin these landings. He certainly looks in splendid trimafter his long service.

Bobbie Reid, (E.H. 1909-1911) R. Berks, left for the B.E.F.on Monday, March 2Oth. We are sorry to hear BobbieReid's brother Jack has been wounded with the lossof one of his legs.

L. E. Whitehouse (E.H. 1910-1912) is still serving underAdmiral de Rcebeck, with whom he served all throughthe Dardanelles expedition.

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SCHOOL NOTES.

ERM began on Wednesday, January igth, when thefollowing new boys joined the School:—

J. B. McCall. Philip Garnett.Charles Elderton. W. Deane Pollock.

Nigel Hogg.

These five filled the places of the five who left atChristmas and kept our numbers at 56, Dauncey being stillunable to return.

We started minus a master, Mr. J. C. Miller resigningowing to ill-health, and his successor, Mr. O. Shepherd, B.A.(Hons.), Queen's College, Cambridge, could not join atonce because of influenza.

The most notable thing about the term has been theunparalleled weather.

At first it was very mild, yet on Wednesday, Feb. Qth,the frost was so hard we had to postpone the Dragonsmatch. On February 23rd the change began with a fallof snow, and from that date onwards there has only beenone thing consistent about the weather, namely that it issure to be bad. Snow-storm, sleet-storms, and above allrain-storms have followed day by day. Our fields whichwe used to think so very dry have been saturated—forsixteen days we did not play on the big field, and NewField was unplayable often. The skating pond reacheda record height at Christmas, but that record was soon leftfar behind.

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. Despite some glorious snow fights the weather wasmost depressing, and we got thoroughly tired of dayswhen we could not play, and the repeated postponement

of matches. Boots and stockings were wet through dayafter day, and those responsible for drying them musthave taken weeks off their life.

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The state of our playing fields has really caused muchanxiety. They used to recover so quickly after rain thatthis trouble is difficult to explain. The rain has of coursebeen unprecedented, but most of the field does dry upvery well, yet the East Side will not dry rapidly like therest.

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We had Common Entrance Exams, on March 2Oth,when E. Whittall passed into Rugby and W. Buck intoWellington. Stephenson passed so well into Wellingtonat Christmas that they did not wish him to sit the Exam,again. These three will be a great loss to us, especiallyin games. They were the mainstays of our XV., and ofWhittall and Stephenson great things were expected thisyear in Cricket. We hope they will be as successful andas happy in their Public Schools as they have been here.

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As Wellingtonians are not allowed out visiting thisterm we have seen nothing of them, but D. H. Yatman,(R.M.C.), and John Widdicombe (who is waiting to go toR.M.C), have been frequent visitors. We have also hadvisits from H. Hilliard, Mr. H. W. Arden, J. Van der Byl,Mr. Arnold Jones, L. Forsyth, and D. H. Welch.

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On Sunday, January 2Qth, the Rev. St. J. B. WynneWillson, Headmaster of Marlborough, preached in ourChapel. His subject was " Easy-going ways " (rathumia),and the need of taking life seriously. Mr. Wynne Willsonhas been headmaster to so many O.E.H. boys that we,an dthey also no doubt, have heard with great regret that

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he is to sever his connection with Marlborough in orderto become Dean of Bristol.

Our field-days went on as usual until Bambridge wascalled up with his Group. Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Shepherdthen began to continue them, but the wretched weathersoon closured all such expeditions.

@> ® ' ®A number of boys this term have been enthusiastic

woodmen, and have done much useful work and got bothexcellent exercise and valuable experience.

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of Scholarships, the other our Head Prefects, have beenerected in Big School. These are the gift of Major andMrs. C. R. Bradshaw, presented as a visible sign of theirgratitude to Eagle House. Their two sons, John andFred were here, one or both, from September, 1905, toJuly, 1914.

@> ® ©Although it was decided not to hold the usual School

Sports this year, we had Athletic Contests on Saturday,April ist. We had a perfect day for these events, ofwhich a full account will be found below.

® ® ®>A new arrangement is made in this number, by which

a School Order for the past term is combined with thetable of ages and measures. This will be found at theend of the Magazine.

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Term ended on Wednesday, April 5th, and the nextterm begins on Thursday, May 4th. These dates willunexpectedly clash with those of Wellington College, whichare usually on Tuesday and Friday. Parents would there-

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fore be wise to send boys, wherever possible, by theCamberley train leaving Waterloo at 4.10. This is thebest train, at any rate. It is very important that Mr.Lockhart should know how many boys are to be met. Forthis purpose post-cards are supplied: these should beposted so as to reach Eagle House at least one day before-hand. Each boy is responsible for seeing that his cardis posted.

OLD BOYS' COLUMN.

OUR congratulations to George N. C. Stopford,(E.H., 1904—1906), son of Hon. George Stopford of

Coolnagloose, Inch, Co. Wexford, 3rd Batt, Royal IrishRegt, on his marriage to Mary Georgina, daughter of thelate Canon Newland, of Buncrana, Co. Donegal.

Many old Boys will be heard of in the War News.

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]. Rose Troup was at Eagle House from May, 1900, toJuly ,1903; at Harrow, 1903—8; and then went toNew College, Oxford. He was once a subscriber tothis Magazine, but some years ago the Magazineswere returned, and all efforts to find his address failed.On March ist the following Verses appeared in theWestminster, and we should very much like to knowif the writer is our Old Eagle House boy.

" THE WOODEN CROSS."Of all the many honours England givesTo those who fight for her, one stands apart;He who receives it dies, yet ever lives

In England's heart.

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Bestowed on all alike, bondman or free,This great last tribute England pays her sons;There " Killed in action," clear for all to see

The legend runs.

A rude cut emblem for the noble dead,A silent witness to her army's loss,England sets up above each warrior's head

The Wooden Cross.

J. M. ROSE-TROUP.

(Captain," The Queen's.")Halle a/ Saale, Jan. 18: 1916.

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WELLINGTON.Jack Girling has left and is training with the (Reserve)

3rd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. R. Griffin hasbeen up for Smalls at Oxford, and has left Wellington towait for a commission.

C. Griffin (Lynedoch) is now in the MathematicalSixth, and last term gained the prize in the Form below.L. Montalto (Lynedoch) is in Lower Second. F. Bradshaw,Middle Third (Combermere), played for his Dormitoryand XV., represented them in the Gym. Competition, andhas joined the Corps Band as flutist. D. Boileau, Shell,(Orange), has played for his 2nd Dormitory XV.—andplayed remarkably well, as a spectator informed us. H.Pollard is in Middle IV. He played sometimes for hisDormitory 2nd XV. and in all their Under 16 matches.(Not bad seeing he was in our 2nd XV.)

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RUGBY.Vernon Whittall (Hawkesworth's) has passed as an

Interpreter in French, German, Greek and Turkish. Hewill have (or has) a Sec.-Lieutenant's Commission. We

fear this means that he is leaving Rugby. All the otherO.E.H.s have had Rose-rash. This, luckily, did not cutStapledon out of the Athletic Contests, in which he didremarkably well. Liddell and J. Pattinson are showinggood promise in football, and Inglis and Liddell in Cricket.Lloyd has not been able to play football since his accident:a great pity for such a fine player. Warren is expectedto do well in shooting.

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L. E. Dunnett is in Upper Sixth, F. L. Ingall inRemove B., and H. Pain in Remove C.

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CHELTENHAM.We heard—too late for last number of E.H.M.— that

George Palmer got a prize. Congratulations—but we areafraid G.P. is trying for the place of proud pre-eminencewhere stand the one or two boys who have never writtenus since they left.

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MARLBOROUGH.E. K. M. Paul is House-Captain of Fleur-de-Lys

(Sandford's), and is in Form VI. He has played for theSchool at Hockey. R. Meyrick is also in Form VI.Holmes, now in Mod. V., has got his Hockey colours forhis House (Preshute). In the same House, R. Lockhart(Mod. Upper I.), C. A. Fisher (Mod. V.2.), and Davidson(Mod. Upper Shell), all played on Lower, i.e., for HouseSecond. In the Rugger at the beginning of term Lockhartwas chosen to lead the squash in the Under 16 trial game,but an injury stopped his play. Tudor-Hart is still in theClassical Shell, but Knight passed into the Remove, andhas risen to the top of it. Bulcock is in Upper IVA.,and R. Fisher in Upper IVB. R. Wilson passed into the

Upper III. Like Bulcock and Tudor-Hart, he played " onThird." Several of the above have been in " Sicker," andR. Fisher a good deal there. A Fisher, R. Lockhart andT. Sale all got promotions this term. R. Lockhart washighly commended in Competition for Piano-playing.

WINCHESTER.

J. Pennycuick is our only remaining Wykehamist. Heis in Sixth Book, Senior Div., and a House Prefect. W. G.Mills has joined His Majesty's Forces.

LENT TERM FOOTBALL.

THE playing of " Rugger " as a Lent Term game by anumber of " Soccer" Schools has given a new

character to our Lent Term. Formerly one match or sowas all we could find, but nowadays we have quite aheavy card, in fact it is difficult to find dates for all thegames in view. This year no less than ten matches werein prospect, viz., Dragons and Wells House, one each, anddouble fixtures with Lambrook, Cordwalles, Farnboroughand Marlborough House, making in all ten matches. TheSpring Term, however, is the term of ailments, and thesedeprived us of four matches, viz., those with Wells House,Lambrook (2), and Marlborough House. Another enemywas the weather, which caused so many postponementsthat only the greatest persistence brought off the Cord-walles matches, while the return with Farnborough fellthrough.

Of course these matches are not all for our first XV.A school that only plays " Rugger " in the Spring Termcan hardly hold its own with a " Rugger " School, and onthe whole we think that a team half first, half second, that

is one of the sides in our First Game, is the best XV. forsuch opponents. In some cases we can even play our 2ndXV. but it was a mistake to try that against Farnborough,and spoiled the match. As we lost five good players atChristmas our 2nd XV. was much weakened, and weplayed the " old Second" v. Mr. Jones' boys. Our firstwas not so much weakened, as three of the 2nd madeexcellent substitutes, viz., Pantin, Whitehouse and Garratt.Dalrymple should have completed the side, but he fell offinstead of improving, but a new boy, McCall, showedform quite good enough for a place. The loss of playerslike Boileau and R. Wilson was hardly replaced, yet webeat the Dragons by far more than in the first match. Theexplanation is not so difficult as it might appear. The factis, we played much below our best form at Oxford. E.Whittall, our captain, was a tower of strength to the side,and M. Earnshaw, Stephenson and Buck were the creamof the backs. We lose all these, as well as Whitehouse,Pollock and Moore, also very valuable players. Earnshaw'srunning, Stephenson's skill and Buck's cleverness were thegreatest strength in our attack. Kirwan and Pantin havegreat merits. Pantin is a grand tackier, a good kick, andruns for all he is worth; Kirwan is an admirable fielderand kick, and the general vigour of his play is of greatvalue; but both have the same weak spots. They bothforget to pass, and when they do remember they don't doit well. Luckily these are faults that can be remedied bytaking a little pains. If they will take the trouble to learnto pass well, they will be an excellent pair of " threes." InC. Faithfull, O. Whittall, McCall and Welch we had fourvery good forwards.

In the Second we had some fair players, but no oneof eminent merit. Bols is plucky and keen; Hogg hasskill and pace; Ingall has many good qualities, but does notturn them to the best account; J. Earnshaw is promisingand Conran fast, but the forwards were disappointingly dull.

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EAGLE HOUSE v. THE DRAGONS (Return).At Home. Saturday, Feb. i2th, 1916. Won 36—o.

We had a glorious day for this match and luckily allsprains and colds were sufficiently cured to play our fullside, except McCall or Daliymple. The vacant place wasgiven to J. B. Nicholson, the colds of Campbell and Soamesrelieving us of a decision as to their merits.

For once we discarded our usual feeble start, andwent off at full steam into our opponents' territory. Twowild passes by Portman nearly let us down, but we soonassumed the upper hand and maintained it throughout,although the visitors offered a stout resistance and madesome bold raids on our lines. Whittall, our captain, wasthe outstanding player: he shone in every department ofthe game, and his huge punts were invaluable to us. Ifwe had had to play without him it would have made abig difference to our position. Next to Whittall were Buckand Stephenson. The latter played an excellent, soundgame all through, and his passing and taking of passeshad a great deal to do with our Three-quarters' success.Buck was very smart indeed, and the way he took thepasses with which he was sometimes bombarded was quitebrilliant. Portman was variable: he did a lot of goodthings, but was erratic with his passes. Our right wing,Kirwan and Pantin, are rather slow for three-quarters, butdespite that Pantin ought to have been sent in once ortwice if Kirwan could time his passes a little better. Apartfrom this they did well. Pantin is always a resolute, hardplayer with a good defence. Kirwan gave one of his bestdisplays: he tackled well, and when he found he couldnot put Paritin in, he cleverly cut through himself andscored two tries in this way. Earnshaw put in some greatruns, scoring three tries: he also defended well at times.Undoubtedly our left wing with Stephenson's sound playand Earnshaw's powerful running, is a strong combination,but Earnshaw has a bad habit of trying to dodge before

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he has any pace up, and never succeeds, though he dodgessplendidly when he is moving fast. Garratt did well atfull-back: he had one very good save, and one excellentrecovery from a difficult situation.

The forwards were good as a pack and shoved hard,got the ball and heeled well, although they seemed a bitdone at the end of the first half. Next to E. Whittall, weshould commend Faithfull, and then Whitehouse and O.Whittall. Our place-kicking was rather poor, both Kirwanand Whittall being off colour. In all we scored nine tries,Kirwan three, Earnshaw three, E. Whittall two, andStephenson one; Kirwan kicked a penalty goal. Whittall'stwo tries were in the first half, and Kirwan and Earnshawhad one each. With the penalty we had 17 points at halftime. Potts, the Dragons' scrum-half, put up a veryvigorous defence.

We had quite a number of spectators. Our bestthanks are due to the Rev. T. Lemmey, of WellingtonCollege, for his kindness in coming to referee.

Our XV.—R. Garratt: M. Earnshaw, G. Stephenson,R. Kirwan and D. Pantin: W. Buck and G. Portman: E.Whittall (captain), C. Faithfull, O. Whitehouse, O. Whittall,G. Welch, C. Pollock, F. Moore and J. B. Nicholson.

EAGLE HOUSE "A" v. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.

This match was played on Feb. iQth, at Reading.

We won the toss and took advantage of the slope.From the very outset we pressed and shewed decidedlysuperior skill, which resulted in our team establishing acommanding lead, the score at half-time reading 24 pointsto nil, in our favour. The scorers were Pantin 2, Hogg 2,Kirwan and Garratt I each. Kirwan converted three ofthe tries.

As the score shows, our team was not extended, whilethe halves had no opposition, and consequently our "threes"

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were always attacking. J. Earnshaw rarely made a mistakeand fed his centres well. The forwards were not too welltogether, nor did they keep their eyes on the ball in theloose. After the interval Kirwan went full-back so as togive Bols an opportunity to gain experience in the three-quarter line. This re-arrangement of the team and thefact that we played uphill made the game more even. Inthis half we scored three times to our opponents' one.Tries were obtained for us by Ingall, Garratt and Bols.However, none were converted. The final score was33 points to 3.

It is hard to pick out any one for special praise, asall played well. The pick of the backs were Kirwan, J.Earnshaw and Pantin; and of the forwards, McCall andKelly.

Our XV.—Kirwan: Garratt, Hogg, Pantin and Bols:Ingall and J. Earnshaw: McCall, J. B. Nicholson, T.Soames, Dalrymple, Girling, Kelly, Parker and W. Faithfull.

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EAGLE HOUSE "A" v. CORDWALLES.Away, Won; 30—o.

After repeated postponements for snow and rain webrought off this game on March i/th, at Cordwalles. Weleft out E. Whittall, McCall, Pantin and Garratt, and didnot play our strong halves as a pair. The game was quitea good one. Although our superiority was decided,Cordwalles played up well, and their tackling was particu-larly good, especially that of Vaughan and Van Renen.We had a great advantage in the pack, where we got theball nearly every time. Our backs were thus always onthe attack. Three of them were particularly good, Earn-shaw, Buck and Stephenson, who all ran and passed ex-ceedingly well. Kirwan tried too many risky speculations;Faithfull was inclined to do the same; Portman on thewing was like a fish out of the water. Forsyth did well

*§at full-back, and the pack all gave a good display. Outtackling might have been better. At half-time the scorewas 11—o. Earnshaw had two tries, and Kirwan one.

In the second half we had the hill, and added 19 points.Earnshaw and Buck each had two good tries, and Stephen-son one. Of the eight tries, two were goaled by Kirwanand one by Moore.

Our XV.—E. Forsyth: M. Earnshaw, Stephenson,Kirwan and Portman: W. Buck and R. Nicholson: C.Faithfull (captain), Whitehouse, Moore, O. Whittall, andWelch: Pollock, Gumming and Standage.

EAGLE HOUSE 2nd XV. v. FARNBOROUGH (Away).

On Saturday, March 18th. Lost by 9 points to 44.

As we were asked to send a very weak team, we tookour 2nd XV., but it was a mistake, as the home side hadsuch an advantage in weight, height and pace that we hadnot a chance.

Our little backs played remarkebly well in attack, andtheir excellent passing excited great admiration among ourhosts and the spectators. They were, however, quite in-adequate in defence, and rarely got within touchingdistance of the Farnborough fastest three-quarter. How-ever, they got very little support from our forwards. Thelater, with the exception of McCall, showed poor form.They were sluggish, and there was no go, dash or skill intheir play. They never used their feet, they never followedup fast, and they were dreadfully slow in breaking away,and so they never were able to get across and help theirbacks by tackling. One thing they did really well; thanksto McCall, they got the ball in almost every scrummage.R. Nicholson was in excellent form, so that, although J.Earnshaw was much below his best, our "threes" got agood many chances and scored three tries, Conran two

and Bois one. Bols was the best of the " threes ": Ingaliwas disappointing.

Our XV.—Graham: Bols, Ingali (captain), Hogg,and Conran: R. Nicholson and J. Earnshaw: McCall, T.Soames, J. Nicholson, W. Faithfull, and Girling: Dalrymple,Gumming and D. Campbell.

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EAGLE HOUSE "A" v. CORDWALLES (Return).Played at Home on March 25th. Won, 21 ($G. 2T.) to nil.

For this game we chose a weaker XV. than in the firstmatch. This team was intended to be made up of probablemembers of next Season's team. Unluckily O. Whittall,Portman and McCall, were all out of action but we chosesubstitutes as nearly equal as possible, viz., Pollock,Stephen^on and Whitehouse. This made an excellentmatch for the Cordwalles team. We won but not easily,partly because Cordwalles tackled very well and partlybecause we did not play very well. Our forwards wereslow and sluggish; they did not show any dash or quicknessof wit. Pollock was the exception and played a very goodgame. Whitehouse was fair but Faithfull was far belowhis usual form. The backs were not at all sound. Theydid not pass as well as the 2nd XV. backs did againstFarnborough. Pantin was far the best of the " threes " andshowed all his usual dash and courage. Stephenson was amixture of good and bad. He took too many passes stand-ing, but sometimes he ran with a dash, and our third try wasdue to the marvellous way he caught a shocking pass fromKirwan. The latter's general energy and good kicking werevery useful but he will never be a good three-quarter untilhe learns to feed his wing and to give good passes for thatpurpose. Garratt was not a success: two excuses may bemade for him: i.e. his vis-a-vis was a good tackier andKirwan, by sticking to the ball himself gave him few or nochances. What chances he got he made little of. Our

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halves, R. Nicholson and Hogg were quite good. Theslippery state of the east side of the ground hampered ourpassing very much. Pantin and Kirwan each scored twotries and Faithful! one.

Our Fifteen was:—Ingall, Pantin, Stephenson, Kirwan, andGarratt; R. Nicholson and Hogg; Faithfull (Captain),Pollock, Welch, Whitehouse, J. B. Nicholson, Girling,Soames and Dalrymple.

SUMMARY OF MATCHES.Feb. 12—1st XV. v. Dragons Home ... Won ... 36 points to nil.

,, 19—"A" •a. Marlborough Ho Away ... Won ... 33 points to 3.Mar. 19—"A" v. Cordwalles Away ... Won ... 30points tonil.

,, 20—2nd i). Farnborough Away ... Lost... 9points to 44.,, 25—"A" a. Cordwalles Home ... Won ... 21 points to nil.

CRICKET PROSPECTS.

A T this time we have usually some cheery signs thatremind us of the summer but as we write winter still

reigns. We have lost or are losing the majority of lastseason's Eleven:—Stapledon, Boileau, Simpson, Fisher,Wilson, Knight, Whittall, Stephenson and Bulcock. Thuswe are left with only two old colours, Kirwan and Portman.Our Second Eleven last year was not strong and does notcheer us with many rising stars except Hogg. Standagewas the next most promising. Fortunately all these fourare bowlers so that department should be fairly good.C. Faithfull is worth his place for his running alone. Hiswicket-keeping should also be valuable and if he will onlydo what he is told and give up playing French cricket he-might make a useful bat. Of the others Kelly andEarnshaw seem the most likely, but it is quite clear that anEleven will have to be made, and any boy who will tryperseveringly to improve his game will have an excellentchance of playing in the First Eleven. It will be interestingto see who among us have the perseverance and determin-

ation required to win a place. We think we know one whowill have a good try. In the Junior Game R. Nicholson andJ.Cassels showed considerable promise and should be in theSecond or perhaps even in the First. It is obvious that weshall have to make very great efforts in every departmentof the game if our Eleven is to approach the standard ofpast years. One thing we can always make good, and thatis the fielding; with good fielding our bowling should bestrong, but we must get some batsmen to make runs for us.

CRICKET FIXTURES FOR 1916.Sat. 3rd June Windlesham Home.Wed. 7th June The Towers Away.Sat. 10th June St. Neots Away.Wed. 14th June Bigshotte Rayles Away.Sat. 17th June Wixenford Away.*Sat. 24th June Farnborough Home.*Wed. 28th June The Towers Home.Sat. 1st July Bigshotte Rayles Home.Sat. 8th July Windlesham Away.Wed. 12th July St. Neots Home.Sat. 15th July Wixenford Home.*Sat. 22nd July Farnborough Away.*

* On these dates the 2nd XI.s meet on the other ground.

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

'T'HIS year there is a universal feeling here as in otherI schools that the usual fuction of school sports, with

their heavy outlay on prizes and expenses is not desirable.We shall therefore have no " School Sports " this year, butMr. and Mrs. Lockhart will be very glad if parents whowish to come down to see their boys would come on oneof the three match days about the middle of term, namelyJune 24th, June 28th or July 1st.

Although the School Sports will not be held this year,it was obviously advisable that the training afforded byathletic practice and contests should not be lost. We there-fore held the Contests on Saturday, April ist, in absolutelyideal weather. Despite the fact that there were no prizesbeyond mention in the Magazine, the keenness was, if

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possible, greater than usual, and many of the contests wereof the closest description, especially in the racing (M. Earn-shaw beat' E. Whittall (200 yards) by half-a-yard; Youngbeat R. Buck (Sprint) by a few inches, and Conran did thesame to Bols—nearly every race, in fact, had a close fightin it).

There were five groups according to age, "A" beingthe Open, and "E" the youngest, i.e., under 10. For eachage there were five events, two Races, two Jumps, andThrowing the Cricket Ball. A Half Mile open to theSchool made a total of 26 Events. The Senior Eventsdid not this year, as" of ten, fall to one Champion. M. Earn-shaw won the 200 and the Sprint; E. Whittall the LongJump and the Cricket Ball—the latter with a fine throwof 75 yards against the breeze. C. Faithfull won the HighJump and the Half Mile. In the latter race, instead ofseveral laps on the field, we arranged one course all roundthe fields and pond.

The hero of the day was undoubtedly R. Garratt.Though under 12, he was not only first in all the Eventsfor the Under I2| Group, but in both the Jumps he beatthe performances of both the higher Groups, "A" and "B."We think a 4 ft. 2 in. High Jump is about a record for aboy under twelve years of age.

Our practising was very much handicapped by theunfavourable weather: there was either rain or snow, orthe ground was too wet therefrom, so that very few dayswere left for practices. This was most injurious to theJumping, especially the Long Jump, for which the pit couldnot be got dry enough.

FOOTBALL KICKING COMPETITION.

was held on March 2Qth and 30th, in three1 Sections—First XV., Second XV., and The Rest.

The long Place Kicking was not good, and much of theTouch Finding was disappointing. Moore, Ingall and

Parker, however, each kicked two out of three far outplaces. The Best Scorers were:—

ist XV.Easy Drop Long Touch Long

Places. Goal. Drop. Point. Places. Total

1. Whittall, E 4 ... 5 ... 3 ... 3 ... 0 152. Moore, F 6 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 4 113. Portman, G 2 ... 6 ... 0 ... 2 ... 0 104 Kirwan, R 3 ... 4 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 9

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TCONTRIBUTIONS TO WAR FUNDS.

HE Subscriptions and Offertories of the Term havebeen as follows:—

£ s. d.Mar. 5—Given 10 5 5

„ 2 6 — „ 7 0 0

Total £17 S 5

£ s. dFor Cadet at Watt Naval School,

Elmham 7 10 oTo Serbian Relief Fund 2 1 5 5To Public Schools Hospitals ... 7 o o

Total £17 5 5

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CHAPEL.

ERMONS have been given on the following subjects:" Hardiness," " Easy-going Ways " (by the Rev. the

Headmaster of Marlborough), " Ploughing the Field,"" Self-Mastery," " Guarding the Heart," " Temptation," " AChristian Gentleman," " Moral Courage," " Youth."

The Te Deums have been R. Smart in D., and Dykesin F. We have had Mrs. Goodeve's War Litany sungonce a week.

SCHOOL OFFICERS

OF THE TERM.

E. Whittall, First Prefect and Captain of " B."C. K. Faithfull, Prefect and Captain of " A."

G. Portaian, Prefect and Captain of " C."

F. Moore, Prefect and Second in " C."

Sub-Prefects: G. Stephenson, C. Pollock and M. Earnshaw.

Junior Captains: Pantin (G), W. Faithfull (H), Graham (J),P. Kirwan (D\ Cassels (E), Appleton (F).

Librarians: Moore and Welch.

Assistants : Gumming, R. Nicholson and Pantin.Chapel Clerks: Kelly and R. Kirwan.

Tabellarius: W. S. Buck.

Curators of Workshop: Stephenson and M. Earnshaw.

END OF TERM.

THE PRIZE GIVING.

In Big School, the Headmaster, after reviewing theevents of the Term, read out the results of the combined

system of Marks. These showed that the Form Prizeswere won as follows : —

I. & IIA.—E. Whittall. III.— R. Garratt.

.IIB.—H. Girling. IV.— P. Kirwan.lie.— W. Buck. V.— C. H. M. Appleton.

THE BREAK UP SING SONG.

In the Oak Hall at J p.m. on Tuesday, April 4th.

PROGRAMME.

1. The School Song Carmen Aquilinum2. School Song Only a Dream ...3. Tragedy The Vendetta ... Perpetrated and acted by

G. B. Portman and Star Co.4. Song The Arethusa Edwards.5. Dialogue Two Wounded Soldiers Welch and Girling.6. Song Cadets' Song Pantin.

7. Pianoforte Solo Rupert Lockhart.8. Song " Out on the Deep " Mr. Lockhart.

9. Recitation..." Prince " (A Story of the American War)...Mr. Heaton.

10. Comic Song..." What d'yer want to talk about it for?"...Mr. Wright.11. The Vive La Mr. Grant.

12. The Marseillaise.13. The Russian National Anthem.14. Rule Britannia.15. God Save The King.16. Auld Lang Syne.

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SCHOOL ORDER, LENT TERM, 1916.

(WITH AGES AND MEASUREMENTS.)

This Order is the combined result of Examination andForm Marks.

PREFECTS.— E. Whittall, C. K. T. Faithfull, G. B. Portman,F. I. H. Moore. SUB-PREFECTS. — G. N. Stephenson,H. M. Earnshaw, and A. C. Pollock.

ORDER.JANUARY, 1916.

Height. Weight,ft. ins. st. Ibs. Chest. ft

Form I. & HA.1 E. Whittall ... 5 4 7 92 A. C. Pollock ... 4 llf 5 8}3 J. B. Nicholson 5 1 6 044 H. M. Earnshaw 5 14 7 245 T. E. D. Kelly ... 5 1J 6 046 G. N. Stephenson 5 Of 5 1147 G. B. Portman... 5 04 6 3 ,8 F. I.H. Moore ... 5 2} 6 99 R. C. H. Kirwan 5 Of 6 3

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Form III.1 R. L. Garratt ...2 E.G. Bols3 K. W. Graham...4 W. M. Faithful!5 C. D. Wilson ...6 J. A. Earnshaw ...7 D. C. K.. Young8 R. Buck9 J. R. B. Neilson

10 T. Soames11 N.D.Campbell ...12 J. B. McCall ...

Form IV.1 P. L. Kirwan ...2 A. J. H. Cassels3 P. S. Palmer ...4 W. R.A.Edwards5 D. Conran6 P. G. M. Talbot7 W. P. G. Taylor8 R. A. Campbell9 D. Pollock

10 P. M. Garnett ...11 C. Elderton

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Form V.1 C.H.M.Appleton2 A. R. E. Pollock3 T.Widdicombe ...4 D. M. Gamon ...5 N. Hogg6 J. L. Jones7 C. A. R. Thomas8 J. W. Heale ...9 B. Hewetson ...

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N.B.—Owing to the War, the measurements given for April could notbe taken by the same person as those for January.

THE EAGLE HOUSE MAGAZINE.

This is the first number for 1916. The Annual Sub-scription is 2/6, post free.

The Editor thanks the following Subscribers for sub-scriptions for 1916.

Capt. Murray Robertson (also for 1917), 2nd LancashireFusiliers, B.E.F.

Arnold Jones, Esq., Marlborough House, Reading.Rev. C. H. Richards, Great Elm Vicarage, Frome. (Also

for 1915.)J. L. T. Widdicornbe, R.M.C., Camberley.Mrs. Forsyth, 8, Harcourt House, Cavendish Square, W.R. Stapledon, Knapp, East Anstey, Devon.C. J. Seed, Esq., 24, Park View, Halifax.D. H. Yatman, Esq., Woodside, Crowthorne, Berks.Mrs. Wood, The Vicarage, Whitchurch, Bucks.Rev. F. A. Murray, The Vicarage, Chigwell, Essex. (Also

for all past years since 1908).W. de M. Malan, Esq., I.C.S., Jullundur, India. (For 8

years.)