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A trivial Grammar School text. but yet worthy a wiseman's consideration....-Bacon·s Essay on Boldness.

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SHIRBURNIAN.

No. CLXXXXVUI. JUNE, 1899.

THE MAGH MELA.

VOL. XIX.

dz. EEING a complaint a short time ago in the ShirburnianCP about the lack of contributions made to it by fellows,I thought I would write a short account of my ex­

periences of the great Hindu festival of the Magh Mela,which may interest some.

As ever'yone knows, the Ganges, called "mother" bythem, is held sacred by the Hindus, and a journey for thepurpose of bathing in that river, though made at infinitelyless expense and trouble, of course, is for them the same as apilgrimage to Mecca is to Mussulmans. The most sacredspot on the river is Benares, but there are other placesalmost as much so. Not the least among these is the junc­tion of the Jumna with the Ganges ~t Allahabad, and herepilgrims flock from all parts of India, especially at certainseaSOl1S of the year, to perform their devotions. The MaghMela, or bathing festival, lasts about six weeks from thesecond week in January to the end of February. Every tenyears the festival is observed with extra pomp, and thoseheld midway between two of such are nearly as well attended.On these occasions, that is every five years, there are the

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famous processions of faqirs, and of elephants. The wordfaqir, however, used in this sense is a misnomer, for strictlyspeaking the word means a "beggar" simply, and when itis used in the meaning of a holy man (the holiness, by theway, varying directly as the square root of the filth about hisperson), it only applies to a Mussulman of that profession.Unluckily this year was one of less account, and the attend­ance was made still smaller by reason of the plague pre­cautions obtaining on the Bombay side. Notwithstandinghowever, there was a crowd of nearly a million souls presenton the principal day.

During the festival a large fair is held in the bed of theGanges, which at that time of the year is very low. Thesite of this fair is never the same two years following, for thecurrent of this river is continually changing, thus alteringthe shape and position of the bed. For example, four yearsago it was at a spot more than two miles from the position itoccupies this year. On the occasion of the fair a mushroomtown springs up possessing its own water works, police station,and post office. A force of nearly 150 police, and chankidars,or watchmen, are always on the spot to preserve order underthe Allahabad city inspector and several subordinate officers.A European officer is also there for some part of the day, incase there should be disturbance; though, publish it not inGath, as he is generally, in the words of Kipling "a babasahib, whose mother's' milk is scarce dry upon his beardlesslip," and ignorant of the Code of Criminal Procedure, it ishard to tell what course he would take in such a case. How­ever any disturbance of the peace is rare, for Hindus havelittle of the fierce fanaticism always connected with the wordMussulman. Great precautions are taken however, and 011

the chief day of the festival you may see at the police outpost,

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a large heap of" lathis, " the national walking-stick, so to speak,comprised of those taken from all but the most respectable ofthe pilgrims.

It is now time to go more into the details of the fair, andfor this purpose we leave Allahabad about 6.30 on the morningof February 10th, the day of the new moon and consequentlythe chief day of the festival. We soon get enveloped in thehuge crowd wending its way riverwards, and it is no easymatter driving through natives. However everything has anend, and after a journey of about two miles we arrive at thepolice outpost. Here the trap has to be left, for directly infront of us is the steep descent into the river bed, this descent,called the Bund, marking the boundary of the river in therainy season. We send for an elephant and soon the "hugeearth-shaking beast" arrives. Upon the Mahout's commandto "bailh," he comes down on his knees, and we mount hisback, using his tail which he kindly lends for such purpose.We then proceed on our way. Frequent are the scowlsgiven us by zealous Hindus at seeing the sahib-log on theirsacred Hathi. It is very curious to see the reverence inwhich they hold the elephant, I saw one man catch hold ofhis tail. and with his eyes uplifted to the sky, mutter aprayer.

The first sight that meets your eye is a faqir with botharms held up in the air, and withered almost completely awayfrom being years in that position. His finger nails havegrown right through the palms and show about an inch longon the other side. He has an attendant to feed him, and lighthis huqah when neccessary. All along the right hand sideof the way there is a line of beggars of both sexes, and all ages,

each with a dirty piece of cloth before him. Now and then

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you see some charitably disposed person passing along theline, and dropping a little rice, or other grain, in front of

• each. One of these beggars is exceedingly amusing. He issitting tailor fashion with the palms of his hands flat on theground, and in this position, hardly staying a moment thewhole day, he rocks to and fro, chanting the formula" Ram,ram, dediye, Setaram dediye"-an appeal to his gods forfood. He was the only one I saw smiling, and that he wasalways doing, although stone blind.

We now take a sharp turn to the right and have a viewof the fair proper. It is in the form of one main street,about 50 yards wide and a mile in length, leading direct tothe bathing place. On each side of the street are temporarybooths made of straw, packed close together and displayingevery kind of goods, useful and otherwise :-Benares brass­ware, cashmir work, coral, sweetmeats, sandal-wood articles,and other things too numerous to mention. Behind theshops are crowds of huts occupied by pilgrims who maychoose to spend a night or more there. Far in the distanceat the bank of the river you can see a mass of gaily-colouredflags erected by the well-to-do. Interspersed are the shrinesof the various gods and goddesses with worshippers crowdinground them. Here and there, at intervals of about ahundred yards, is a fat Paudit, the most learned caste ofHindus, seated on a platform and shaded by a huge umbrellafrom the rays of the sun. He is translating, in a verymonotonous voice, from the works of ancient Sanskritauthors into modern Hindi, and commenting thereon. Hisaudience is very attentive, but there is a preponderance ofthe female sex. About half-way towards the edge of thewater we pass the police station and lock-up. This latter isa very flimsily made structure, and a prisoner could easily

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break out and be lost in the crowd which is ever seethinground. Close by there is a break in the line of booths, andhere you see fakirdom in all its nakedness (literally). Thecommon herd congregate together in small groups andsmoke their huqahs in silent contempt of the crowd. Thosewho have special methods of showing their holiness keepapart, each with his circle of admirers round him. Besidesseveral with one or both arms withered, some are recliningon beds of spikes. These latter are neither sharp nor farapart, but they must form anything but a pleasant couch.Another description are those who stand on one leg andhold the opposite arm in the air for six hours a day, inperiods of two hours each. They always keep their facestowards the sun, and consequently gradually describe an arcof a circle with one foot. These, strange to say, are all veryclean-perhaps that accounts for the fact that very fewpeople are watching them. Near by is an enclosure thicklystrewn with hair, cut and shaved from greasy Brahminspreparatory to bathing.

Still proceeding through the crowd we reach the brinkof the water. Just here there is a sharp descent, so a goodview may be obtained of the bathing ,vhich takes place atthe immediate junction of the two rivers. The actual spaceat the disposal of the bathers is very limited; it is onlyabout a couple of hundred yards wide er am speaking ofthis year, of course), nor can a person go out further thanabout thirty yards, for beyond that it is very deep... Toprevent accidents a cordon of boats have been anchored toshow at what distance the ablutions may be performed withsafety. Inside this space scarcely any water at all can beseen, only a seething maSS of brown bodies. Here andthere a1;e men selling flowers to be thrown into the water as

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offeringf'. A constant stream of people toil up and downthe hank. Now and then the crowd divides to allow apalanquin to pass through, inside which is some woman whowishes to shield herself from vulgar eyes. There is a sort oftent erected in the river for the use of such. When the pilgrimshave performed their bathing, the poorer among them drythemselves as best they can amid the crowd. All who makeany pretence of h3ing well-to-do have previonsly set uptheir household gods on wooden platforms in a special placeset apart for them, each with his family flag waving ahove.The time when the crowd is greatest is from 5 a.m. until 11.By one o'clock nearly everyone has disappeared.

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

The annual Races took place last term on VI/eunesdayandThursday, the 5th and 6th of April. As was the case last yearthe weather proved unfavourable on the two afternoons, when,if at no other time, properly conducted elements should showthemselves propitious for the matter in hand. For all that agreat deal of enjoyment was got out of the first day. Theattendance was a large one, the band discoursed popular music,and the racing, in spite of the cold wind, which was qUiteagainst fast running, was good and full of interest. On thesecor.d day the rain came down with the opening event, but,most fortunately, not to an extent to necessitate the postpone­ment of the Sports.

To come to the racing, it may at once be said that it wasquite up to the average. The course was all against any veryfast times being done, but Gamier might have improved on hislast year's record for the Hurdles, had he not contented himselfwith making a very easy finish of the race, and Lacey estab·lished a new record for the Junior Hurdles. Gamier, as a

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hurdler, is quite above the average, and we expect to heargreat things of him at Oxford in this line. He was unfortunateenough to fall, while leading, in the Public Schools' HurdleRace last term, but still managed to secure second place.The best of the Juniors was Horsfall. He ought to have donea very good time in the Quarter Mile, after last year's perform­ance, but he was never pressed during the race and finished athis ease. Thro\ving the Cricket Ball was, as last year, verypoor. " It is a lost art," was the remark of one who has beenpresent at the Sports for over thirty years. No one took a longenough run before throwing. According to the authorities atleast twenty yards ought to be taken. The Jumping was onlymoderate, but compared favourably with that of last year.But for a bad take off, Hawley-Edwards (who failed this yearin the high jump) might have beaten Crawford's record for theBroad Jump. It was very evident that there had been very littleattention given to this department in practice. In Putting theWeight, Stanger-Leathes brought the record up to 33ft. 7!ins.

The Challenge Cup for the greatest number of first prizeswas won by Gamier, and the House Challenge Cup went, aslast year, to the School House. The Prizes were presented inthe Big Schoolroom by Mrs. George Gordon.

The following were the officials :-Judges, Mr. T. \V.Wilson and Mr. C. H. Hodgson; Starter, The Rev. VI. \V.Poole-Hughes; Referee, The Rev. H. Dunkin; Time Keepers,Mr. H. R. King and Mr. T. A. Bell; Stewards, Mr. G. M.Carey, L. G. Sunderland, C. F. Stanger-Leathes, C. C.Cunningham, F. W. Kemp, J. G. Jeudwine, P. Eglington,C. A. Radford, E. VV. King-, J. F. \Vindsor, A. D. \Vood,R. IVI. A. Whitaker and G. Leigh-Clare; Captain of the Games,L. G. Sunderland.

FIRST DAY.

Tlte Quarter-mile (open). The opening event provided agood race, as the running in the preliminary heats had fore­shadowed. Sunderland led from the start. with the rest closebehind him until the first turn, when Gamier and Fletcherdrew away and the three mentioned ran in that order for halfthe distance. Gamier then came gradually up and, running­well within himself, caught Sunderland ten yards from homeand won very comfortably. Fletcher meanwhile looked likeovertaking Sunderland, but the latter, who was in evident

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distress, stuck pluckily to it and managed to stave him off bya few yards for second place. The time was fairly good,c::msidering the wind, and might easily have been better hadGamier not slowed down when nearing the post.

1st (10) G. R. Gamier (a). 2nd (5) L. G. Sunderland (a).3rd (2) S. E. Fletcher (a).

Time, 57 secs. (Sherbome Record, 1881, R. P. Ellis, 52~ secs.)

The Half-mile (under 16). There was a . large field oftwenty-four starters for this race. Horsfall on the outside wentoff quickly to get the inside station, and then let Kidner passhim. The pace became slow and HorsfaIl again went to thefront and led at the end of the first lap by ten ya!"ds. Kidnernow fell back and was caught by Stutfield and Loughnan.The latter then ran well up to Stutfield and making a capitalrace of it for second place was only beaten by a few yards.Meanwhile Horsfall keeping thirty yards ahead of the otherswon very easily in what was only moderate time.

1st (6) L. G. Horsfall (a). 2nd (3) J. Stutfield (d).

Time, 2-26~ (Junior Record, 1896, J. H. Cross, 2 mins.18 secs.)

High Jllmp (open). This was an uninteresting performance.Fletcher took all his jumps well, but without much apparenteffort and could not get higher than just over 5 feet. Wood,after several attempts, managed to clear 4 ft. 11i ins. Hawley­Edwards did not come up to the promise of last year...

1st (8) S. E. Fletcher (a). 2nd (4) A. D. Wood.

Height, 5 ft. i ins.

(Sherbomc Record, 1890, E. D. Swanwick, 5 ft. 6t ins.)

High Jump (under 16). The jumping was fair and a greatimprovement on last year.

1st, (6) D. L. Cameron (b). 2nd, (3) N. P. Goodwin (d).

Height 4 ft. 8 ins.

(Junior Record, 1887, H. R. Bond, 4 ft. Ut ins.)

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Throwing the Cricket Ball (open). The throwing was farfrom good. Pothecary failed to come up to his form of lastyear and only threw 83 yards.

(1st, 8) C. F. Stanger-Leathes (b). 2nd, (4) W. F. Pothecary (a).

Distance 86 yards.

(Sherborne Record, 1872, W. H. Game, 116 yds. 1t ins.)

220 yards (under 14) Williams and Davies went aheadsoon after the start, but were quickly overtaken by Judkins,who led to the turn. .Coming into the straight Davies resumedthe lead, but could not get further away than three yards fromJudkins, who stuck to him to the finish. Williams came upwith a rush within the last few yards but just failed to run intosecond place. The time was not so good as that of last year,which now ranks as the Junior Record for this race.

1st (4) O. H. Davies (f). 2nd (2) B. Judkins (a).

Time 30g secs. (Junior Record, 1898, D. Upjohn, 28~ secs.)

. Half-mile Handicap. Theconduding event of the firstday's racing brought out the usual large number of competitors.After a somewhat scrambling start, Rawes and Robinson, fromthe same mark, drew away from the rest of the field and ob­tained a commanding lead. There was a big crush at theturn at the end of the first lap, and many fell out. M'Cullaghjoined the two leaders until entering the straight, when hefell back and left Rawes and Robinson to fight it out. Thelatter made a capital race of it right up to the finish, but failedby two or three yards to overtake the winner. Loughnancame in some way behind.

1st, A. Rawes (a) 90 yds. 2nd, E. Robinson (a) 90 yds.3rd, C. P. Loughnan (b) 100 yds. Time, 2 millS. 10 seC3.

SECOND DAY.

The rain, 'which had been threatening all the morning, setin for the afternoon, as the racing commenced with the finalheat of the-

100 yards (Preparatory School). As was evident from the

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heats on the preceeding day, this found an easy winner III

Brown, who won by ten yards.

1st, B. W. Brown. 2nd,]. H. Young.

Eroad Jump (open). Of the five competitors, Hawley­Edwards was the only one that showed any approach to goodjumping form. He won at 18 ft. 4t in., and at his final jumpwould have got near to 20 ft., but for a take off of nearly twofeet short. Browning and Whitaker tied at 17 ft. 9t in.for second place, and on jumping it off, the latter reached18 ft. 7 in.

1st (8) S. F. Hawley-Edwards (a). 2nd (4) R. M. A.. Whitaker (d). Distance 18 ft. lOt in ..

(Sherborne Record, 1897, A. ]. Crawford, 19 ft. 9 in.)

100 yards (open). This was a good race to watch. Froma capital start, all came away beautifully together in a row.About half-way Sunderland and Garnier showed aheadtogether, and ten yards from home the former, making hiseffort, got in front and beat Garnier by a bare yard. Chatteriswas very close up for third place.

1st (10) L. G. Sunderland (a). 2nd (5) G. R. Garnier (a).

Time, 11 secs.

(Sherborne Record, 1878, L. vVatkins, le; secs.)

Putting the Wtiglzt (open). As was fully expected, thisproved an easy win for Stanger-Leathes, who improved on hislast year's distance. Cunningham only just failed to reach 30feet.

1st (8) C. F. Stanger-Leathes(b). 2nd (4) C. C. Cunningham (f).

Distance 33ft. 7~ in. (Previous Sherborne Record, 1898,C. F. Stanger-Leathes, 30 ft. 6 ins.)

School Servants' Race (220 yards). The School Houserepresentative maintained the lead of his handicap to thefinish and won easily.

1st, Matthews. 2nd, lames.

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Quartel'-mile (under 16). Horsfall, last year's winner, wentaway from the start, followed by Nicholls and Kidner. Half­way rQund he increased his lead and ran out an easy winner byabout twelve yards. There was a capital race for second placebetween Nicholls and Stutfield. The latter ran very stronglywithin the last few yards and was only beaten by a few feet.The time would have been very good had Horsfall been at allpressed,or had he exerted himself towards the finish.

1st (6) L. G. Horsfall (a). 2nd (3) F. L. Nicholls (a).

Time, 60~. (Junior Record, 1881, C. Perch, 55D

Throwing the Cricket Ball (under 16). The throwing wasvery moderate.

1st (5) W. E. Kidner (d). 2nd (3) E. R. Lewis (b)

Distance, 66yds. 2ft. 3in.

Junior Record, 1881, H. P. Pritchard, 96yds. 7in.

Hurdle Race, 120 yards, 10 flights (under 16). Bamford gotthe best of the start, but was soon overtaken by Lacey, whowon easily by four yards. The.winner jumped in most promis­ing style and would have done a good time had he been at allpressed.

1st (6) C. D. Lacey (a). 2nd (3) R. Bamford.

Time 19~ secs.Previous Junior Record, 1893, O. M. Dyke, 19~ secs.

Hurdle Race, 120 yards, 10 fligltts (open). Gamier andHawley-Edwards kept together for the first three hurdles, whenthe former went away and clearing his hurdles in very goodstyle, won easily by about five yards. He might with ~ase

have beaten his record of last year, 17 secs., but was evidentlysaving himself for the 220 yards.

1st (10) G. R. Gamier (a). 2nd (5) S. F. Hawley-Edwards (a).

Time, 17~ secs.

(Sherbome Record, 1898, G. R. Garnier 17 secs.)

Flat Race, 100.1'ards (under 15). This was a capital race.The six runners left in after the preliminary heats ran together

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in a row all the way down the course, and kept the same evenline right up to the tape. There could not have been muchmore than a yard between the lot of them. The decision wasgiven in favour of Marsh by a foot, with Kidner second byinches. The time was not good, but this was due to the wetand heavy ground.

1st (6) C. Marsh (a). 2nd (3) W. E. Kidner (d).Time 13 secs.

(Juni~r Records, 1878, J. Buchanan, 1896 H. De Pass, 11; secs.)

220 .1Jards (open). The course was unfortunately rathertoo n'arrowly marked off this year for the number of thecompetitors. Sunderland and Gamier seemed to get the bestof the start and kept the advantage, the wholeway. The formerfollowed up his success in the shorter race against the samerunner and won by three yards. Whitaker and Hawley­Edwards ran up hard within the last ten yards and made agood finish Of a good race. '

1st (8) L. G. Sunderland (a). 2nd (4) G. 'R. Gamier (a).

Time, 24 secs. (Sherbome Record, 1896. A J. Crawford, 23; secs.)

The racing concluded with the Consolation Races, whichresulted as follows :- '

Consolation Race (open).

1st, S. W. Lambert (c). 2nd, T. B. Chatteris (c).

Consolation Race (under 15).

1st, C. A. Gordon (a). 2nd, P. Smith (f).

Challenge Cup for greatest number of First Prizes, won byG.R.G~ni~~). '

House Challenge' Cup for greatest number of marks inSports, won by School House (L. G. Sunderland).

Challenge Cup for Senior Steeplechase, won by J. G.J eudwine (t).

Challenge Cup for Junior Steeplechase, wOn by C. R.Blyth (e).

House Challenge Cup for Point-ta-Point Steeplechase,won by Hodgson's (J. G. Jeudwine).

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House Challenge Cup for Football, won by Blanch's (C. F.Stanger-Leathes, Capt.) . .,.,

House Challenge Cup for Junior XV., won by School-house,(C. G. Bond, Capt,)

House Challenge Cup for Drop and Place Kicking, won byBlanch's (C. F. Stanger-Leathes, Capt.)

House Challenge Cup for Cricket, won by Hodgson's (H.C. Pinckney, Capt.)

House Challenge Cup for Junior XL, won by School-house(E. G. Hunt Capt.)

Challenge Belt for best Bowling Average, won by A. D.Wood.

Challenge Cup for best Batting Average, won by C. F.Stanger-Leathes Capt. (b).

Prize for best Fielding, won by H. V. Fletcher (f\House Challenge Cup for Fives, won by School-house (F.

W. Kemp and D. Bond).Challenge Cup for Fives (to be decided this term).Senior Double-Handed Fives, won by J. G. Jeudwine (f)

and F. W. Kemp (a). .Senior Single-Handed Fives (to be decided this term).Junior Double-Handed Fives, won by E. M. Battersby (b)

and P. Smith (f).Junior Single-Handed Fives, won by E. M. Battersby (b).Challenge Cup for House Gymnasium Competition, won by

Hodgson's (C. C. Cunningham, Capt.)Prize for Open Gymnasium, won by G. L. Leigh-Clare (c).Challenge Cup for Mile Race, won by J. F. Windsor (c).Challenge Cup for Quarter-Mile Race, won by G. R.

Gamier (a).Challenge Cup for Junior Quarter-Mile Race, won by L. G.

Horsfall (a).Rifle Corps Cup for Section Drill, won by Section 4(Sergt.

Cunningham) (j).Rifle Corps Cup for Firing Exercise, won by Section 3

(Corporal Brewster) (d).Rifle Corps Cup for Section Shooting, won by Section 2

Sergt. King (a).Rifle Corps Cup for Best Marksman, ,van by Private

Dickson (a).Challenge Cup for Open Swimming,won byW. A.Turner (b).Challenge Cup for Junior Swimming, won by W. W. P

Falconer (a) and D. Upjohn (c).

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The following are the marks for the H ouse ChallengeCup, the School House dividing by 2.

WINNER.

G. R. Garnier ••L. G. Sunderland ..S. F. Hawley-Edwards

"L. G. Horsfall .•S. E. Fletcher ..

·C. D. Lacey •.·C. Marsh .•W. F. Pothecary ..

"F. L. NicholIs ..·B. Judkins ""G. W. FarwelI .• .. I

5 1010 5

62

6

3

10

5

68

8

48

2

4

6

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... C. F. Stanger-Leathes .. .. 8 8 16=s "D. L. Cameron 6 6 25~

.. .. ..tl:l ·E. R. Lewis .. .. .. 3 3

----- -----------ui J. F. Windsor .. .. .. 2 10 12

' ..<:> ·C. R. Blyth .. .. .. 6 6 ~3-'2

§; P. Eglington .. .. .. 5 5

-- -- - --- -------... J. G. Jeudwine .. .. 10 5 15'" ..

<:>C. C. Cunningham 4

~.. .. 4 23

'" ·0. H. Davies 4 4:J:: .. .. ..- -- - - - -- - - - ----

.ui ·'V. E. Kidner .. .. " 3 3 6 12~ R. M. A. Whitaker .. .. 4 4~

22·N. P. Goodwin .. " .. 3 3

§; "J. Stutfie1d .. " .. 3 3- - - - - ---.- - - ----

...~ A. D. Wood

~ ·R. Bamfordq

• Denotes a Junior.

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All Old Shirburnians will have heard with thedeepest regret of the death of Henry T. Twynam.During the last twenty years he had taken a part in everymovement connected with Sherborne. But perhaps hisshare in establishing the O.S. Dinner was the greatestwork he accomplished for the School he always regardedwith the warm affection of a true son. His labour ingetting together addresses in preparation for the firstdinner held in r880 was enormous, and to that he gavehis spare time for months with loyal and unstinted hand.

Henry Twynam joined the School in 1865 at the ageof 13. There are some who will recall the frank attractiveboy in the Fifth Form, always as pleasant as he wasbl..meless in all the relations of School life. He had thegood fortune to become prominent in cricket and footballduring the great reign of A. F. E. Forman, a strong andfearless Captain who allowed no one to touch the sceptre.Under that rule he quickly came to the front in bothgames, and those who can look back so far will agreethat he could have become as famous in the one as heeventually did in the other. Of the stalwart and hand­some Fifteen of his last year (1869-1870), to which heand 'vV. H. Game were towers of strength, it is sad, andperhaps strange, to have to relate that four have joinedthe great majority, among them Charles F. Cameron,whose sons are now in the School.

Little need be said here of the distinctions won onthe Football field by the subject of this notice afterleaving School. It will be enough to place on recordthat in International Matches he played for Englandagainst Ireland five times, against \Vales twice, againstScotland once. But it is of the Sherborne boy we thinkin this place, and on this page all his old Masters andSchool-fellows and friends desire to join together inoffering to his memory a tribute of affectionate regard.

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CRICKET.

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SCHOOL v. T. W. WILSON, Esg's XI.

This, the first match of the season, was played on May16th, and unfortunately resulted in a draw. The weather waswretched and considerably interfered with play. No start wasmade till nearly half-past twelve, when Whinney and Turnerproceeded to the wickets, to face the bowling of Rickman and\Vood. Rickman in his first over sent back Turner, butWhinney and Smith made a long stand and were not out atthe luncheon interval. Rain again fell and as the pitchappeared hopeless, the wickets were finally brought up nearthe pavilion and the game was re-started about 3.15. Whinneyand Smith continued to score freely, but at length Rickmandismissed the latter for a good 42, the partnership havingrealised 102 runs. Captain Phipps-Hornby then came in butwas soon caught by Wilson oJf Rickman's bowling, the samebowler also dismissing- Elton In his next over. Pinckney thencame in, but soon after the innings was declared closed, thescore being 136 for four wickets. \Vhinney was not out for anexcellent 61.

Shortly after five Stanger-Leathes and Kemp went in, theformer at once commenced to punish the bowling. Kempplayed carefully but at length was caught off Smith. Eglingtonthen came in, and with Stang-er-Leathes carried the score to131 without further loss, both playing excellently. Stumpswere then drawn.

Score and analysis :-

T. W. \VILSON, Esq's XI.H. F. Whinney, not out 61F. B. Turner, b Rickman 2

D. Smith, b Rickman 42Capt. Phipps-Hornby, c WiIson b Rickman 9W. Elton, b Rickman 5H. C. Pinckney, not out 2

D. F. Mason )J. A. FfooksG. M. Carey did not bat.T. W. WilsonC. H. Hodgson

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*4 wickets. Innings declared closed.

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SHERBORNE SCHOOL.C. F. Stanger-Leathes, not ontF. W. Kemp, C sub. b SmithP. Eglington, not outH. M. GreenhilIP. H. WilsonJ. A. LushR. B. RickmanA. D. Wood\V. F. PothecaryE. W. KingG. Birks

Extras

Total, I wicket

5

131

75

BOWLING ANALYSIS.T. W. WILSOX, Esg's XI.

Overs Mdns. Runs Wkts.Rickman 22 9 40 4\Vood 17 I 54 0

Stanger-Leathes 3 0 18 0

Birks 4 2 6 0

SHERBoRNn SCHOOL.Phipps-Hornby .. 5 0 22 0

D. Smith II I 41 I\Vhinney 3 0 IS 0Hodgson 8 I 19 0

\Vilson 5 0 29 0

----SCHOOL v. DOWNTON A.C.C.

This match was played on the School ground on June 1st,in splendid weather. Downton \von the toss, and Cadman andOrr went to the wickets. A good start was made, both bats­men hitting the bowling with considerable freedom. After aprolonged stand Cadman was caught off Rickman, with thescore at 83, to which he had contributed 34-. Yarboroughcame in, but in his next over Rickman dismissed both himand Orr. Maude came in and began to hit freely, but Heskettand Benson did not give much trouble: Shakely then hithard for 25, and the last wicket put on 25 runs. The inningsclosed for 205, Maude carrying out his bat for 54. Rickmanbowled excellently, taking 9 wickets for 70.

Stanger-Leathes and Kemp began batting for the Schoolagainst the bJwling of Cadman and Butler, and a long standwas made. Runs came freely, both batsmen playing thebowling with great confidence. At last, after several changesof bowling had been tried, Stanger-Leathes was caught and

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bowled by Maude with 97 to his credit. The score then stoodat 162. Eglington joined Kemp and the score was carried to213 before Kemp was bowled for 68. As it was now close ontime, stumps were drawn, leaving us victorious by 8 wickets.Stanger-Leathes had very hard luck in not reaching the century.

Score and analysis:-

DOWNTON A.C.C.

T. H. Cadman, c Birks b Rickman 34D. vv. Orr, c Gamier b Rickman 52O. F. C. Yarborough, b Rickman I

H. W. Maude, not out 54W. Heskett, b Rickman 0

J. I. Benson, b \Vood I

A. C. Shakely b Rickman 25H. \V. Boddington, b Rickman 0

Butler, c Gamier b Rickman 3H. R Board, b Rickman 6A. P. Phillips, b Rickman 9

Extras 20

Total 205SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

C. F. Stanger-Leathes, c & b Maude 97F. \V. Kemp, b Benson 68P. Eglington, not out .. 30

~'. ~.<&a:e~~~ill 1P. H. WilsonJ. A Lush 'd bR. B. Rickman dl not at.A. D. WoodE. W. KingG. Birks

Extras 18

Total, 2 wickets 213

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

DOWNTON A.C.C.

avers Mdns. Runs Wkts.Rickman .. 29. 1 7 70 9Wood 18 5 50 I

Birks 16 3 53 0

Greenhill 5 0 13 0

Rickman bowled one no-ball.

SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

Cadman 17 58 0

Butler 17 3 45 0Benson 7 I 34 I

Heskett 5 0 26 0l\iaude II ° 4° I

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SCHOOL v. INCOGNIT!,

77

This Match was played on June 5th and 6th. Stanger­Leathes won the toss and at two o'clock proceeded to thewickets with Kemp. Bennett and Schwarz began the bowling,and in his first over the former bowled Kemp, when only one

run had been score,d. Eglington then joined Stanger-Leathesand a long stand was made. Both batsmen hit freely, especi­ally Stanger-Leathes. At length Captain Trevor went onwith lobs, and off his fourth ball Eglington was easily caughtat mid-on. Gamier came in and stayed for some time, butwith the score at 123 was clean bowled by a yorkerfrom Horton.Greenhill then came in and a great stand ensued. Runs camefreely and the score was carried to 217, before Stanger-Leatheswas caught at the wicket off Bett. He had played a grand

innings of 127. His hits included a five and eleven fours.\Vilson joined Greenhill and another long stand was made,until Greenhill was dismissed for a well played 87, including asix, a five, and eight fours. Lush was soon out and shortlyafterwards \Vilson was run out for a careful 36. A little laterCaptain Trevor sent back Rickman by a splendid catch oft hisown bowling, and stumps were then drawn for the day. Thenext day Wood hit hard for his 32 and the tenth wicket fellwith the score at 352.

Dr. Conan Doyle and Horton opened the innings of theIncogniti. \Vith the score at 9 Conan Doyle was run outowing to a smart field by Gamier, and when only 6 more hadbeen added, Horton was bowled by Wood. Bemers andChapman remained together for some time, until Bemers wassent back by Rickman for a useful 35. Schwarz then came inand a tremendous stand was made. The score was carried to180 before Schwarz was bowled by Greenhill for 55. Voules

and Smith were soon out, but Bett and Chapman carried the

score to 279 without further loss, when stumps were drawn.

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Score and analysis :-

SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

C. F. Stanger-Leathes C Voules, b Bett .. 127F. W. Kemp, b Bennett . . 0

P. Eglington c Schwarz, b Trevor 26G. R. Garnierb Horton 18H. M. Greenhlll, C Berners b Chapman . • 87P. H. Wilson run out 36J. A. Lush, c Conan Doyle b Chapman •• 3R. B. Rickman, c & b Trevor .. .• 0

A. D. Wood, c Voules b Horton 32E. W. King, b Borton tG. Birks, not out 5

Extras 12

Total 352

INCOGNITI.

Dr. Conan Doyle, run out 7T. Borton, b Wood 3J. A. Berners, b Rickman 35J. Chapman, not out .. 120R. O. Schwarz, b Greenhill 55A. B. Voules, c Rickman b Birks 12J. H. Smith, b Birks • • 0

T. C. Bett, not out 29F. H. Grant }B. F. Bennett did not bat.Captain Trevor

Extras 18

Total 6 wkts. 279

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

[JUNE,

SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

Overs Mdns. RunsB. F. Bennett 13 I 40

R. O. Schwarz 30 10 87Dr. Conan Doyle 24 6 72J. Chapman 13 7 ISCapt. Trevor 18 2 59T. Horton' 8.1 0 24T. C. Belt 12 2 31

F. H. Grant 3 I. II

Chapman bowled a wide and Schwarz two no-balls.

INCOGNITI.

Wkts.I

oo2

2

3I

o

R. B. Rickman 24 2A. D. Wood 31 4G. Birks •• 14 2C. F. Stanger-Leathes 2 0

H. M. Greenhill 12 I

Rickman bowled one no-ball,

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SCHOOL v. REV. E. J. NELSON'S XI.

This match was played on June 13th and resulted in aneasy win for the School by four wickets and 236 runs. TheSchool won the toss and went in first. When the score wasat three, Stanger-Leathes was bowled by Leveson-Gower.Eglington then joined Kemp and a tremendous stand ensued,Kemp playing very carefully and steadily, while Eglingtonplaced the balls beautifully all round the wickets and scoredat a great rate. When the stand had produced 163 runsKemp was caught: Gamier then joined Eglington, andanother long stand f<mowed. At length when the score was at222. Eglington was out l.b.w. for a magnificent 176; hisinnings was played in a very free and yet at the same timeperfectly safe manner; his strokes all round the wicket wereexcellent and his leg stroke was particularly noticeable and allthe time he seemed thoroughly to enjoy the bowling; hisinp.ings was practically faultless: after this Wilson made 38and Lush played a very good innings of 50 not out whenStanger-Leathes declared the innings closed; the totalstood at 329 for 6 wickets; the batting of the School wasexcellent all through.

Luard and Boyd opened the innings for our opponents butfailed to score. The first wicket went down· for 0 runs; thesecond followed soon afterwards for 4, and the third for 10;a small stand then ensued and Keymer made 23, and anothersmall stand after the fall of the 6th wicket, \vhile Raikes made25. The remaining wickets did not add many runs, and theinnings closed for 93, ending in an easy victory for the School.Birks obtained 4 wicketsfor 13 runs.

Score and analysis :-

SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

C. F. Stanger-Leathes, b Leveson-GowerF. \V. Kemp, C Lutyens b Leveson-GowerP. Eglington, lbw b KeymerG. R. Gamier, b StanningH. M. Greenhill, b KeymerP. H. Wilson, c Lutyens b BriggsJ. A. Lush. not out ., •.R. B. Rickman, not outA. D. WOOd,}G. W. May, did not batG. Birks,

Extras

Total, 6 wickets

326

176Il

2

385°9

32!}

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REV. E. J, NELSON'S XI.Rev. E. P. Luard, c May b WoodRev. W. G. Boyd, b Rickman ..Rev. 'V. E. Lutyens, b RickmanRev. E R. 'Valker, run outRev. B. Keymer, b RickmanRev. C. D. Scofield, b BirksRev. G. Briggs, b'VoodRev. G. B. Raikes, c & b Dirks ...Rev, F. Leveson-Gower, not outRev. J. Stanning, b DirksRev. F. 1\1. Wailington b Birks

Extras

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

SHERBORXE SCHOOL.

avers. Mdns, Runs.

[Jmm,

oI

45

29II

I

25la

3o4

93

Wkts.

Rev. G. B. Raikes 17 4 54 0

Rev. F. Leveson-Gower '17 4 62 2Rev. W, G. Boyd 16 I 58 0Rev, B. Keymer II I 39 2

Rev. J. Stanning 13 5 24 IRev. \V. E. Lutyens 3 I 14 0Rev. E. R. \Valker 8 0 34 0

Rev. C. E. Briggs 7 2 25 ILeveson-Gower bowled one no ball.

R. B. RickmanA. D. WoodG. Birks

REV, E. J. NELSON'S XI.

15 416 37.3 I

393613

32

4

O. S. TRIENNIAL DINNER.

The Triennial Dinner was held at the Caf€: Monico,L")ndon, on vVednesday Evening, April 12th, and was remark­ably successful. There \vere 116 present, the younger gener­ation being hardly so well represented as the older. ColonelHammond, V.C. presided with military dignity, and theArchbishop of Canterbury not only did us the honour ofattending, but made the speech of the evening-an excellentspeech full of humour and enthusiasm, Cl. speech moreovercalculated to make his hearers on the best terms with them­selves, his Grace declaring that boy"> were the most interestingthing in creation, and that men at a dinner like that exactlyresembled a company of boys.

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The place of dining was new and the dinner differed frommost Old Boy's dinners in having the toast list and speeches cutdown to a very moderate size: in other respects there was no newfeature. The Cafe Monico gave much satisfaction, and we mustonce for all express our gratitude to Mr. T. C. Rogerson forhaving undertaken and carried to so successful a conclusionthe very considerable labours of secretary for the dinner. Nota smgle growl could be heard-a very remarkable fact in a largemeeting of Londoners-indeed there was much wonder ex­presssed as to why these dinners are not annual i.1stead oftriennial, such was the glow of general satisfaction whichsuffused the assembly.

It was interesting to note that the Carmen went capitally;the old tentative method of dealing with it seems to havedisappeared. "Olim Fuit" is as familiar now to most Old Boysas God save the Queen. One other musical effect we owe toMr. W. H. P. Price, who woke sweet wonder in our eyes byhis charming singing of the well-known "I'll sing theesongs etc."

The dinner was of course a dinner of O.SS., not of mem­bers of the O.S. Society only, but 8S out of the II6 guestswere members of the O.S. Society and all but some dozen weremembers before the evening closed, the secretary's attentionbeing entirely taken up with swearing in new members whenthe speeches were over.

Enough has been said of the speech of the venerable Arch­bishop-the eager, grey, but boy-hearted chieftain. Thechairman was brief and military. 1\1r. Forrester, who spokeas the oldest O.S. present, was rather inaudible; the Head­master was suffering from indisposition and, as he himselfadmitted, ,,;as present against doctor's orders; under. thesedifficult circumstances he spoke admirably, and Mr. T. R.Buchanan, M.P., proposed the Governors in a capital speech.\Vhat ho\vever makes a dinner or any public function a successor not is after all a sensation of "go" and animation inthe proceedings. This happy state of things prevailed at theO.S. Dinner and so there seems nothing more to say except togive some report of the actual speeches and a list of the guestspresent.

The Chairman proposed the toast of "Her l\Iajesty theQueen," which was drunk with enthusiasm.

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The Chairman said the next toast he had to propose, andwhich he proposed with great pleasure, was that of "TheSchool." He was rather astonished to find himself in thisposition. He would like to have been backed up withmore Army men and then he should have felt more athome. There were present men at the bar, in the medicalprofession, and in the Church who could no doubt speak a gooddeal better than he. There was no other military man to standagainst him. (Laughter.) Brevity, however, was a greatthing and he was going to be brief. He had been in India agood many years, only occasionally returning to this countryon furlough, and therefore had not much opportunity of meetingOld Shirburnians; but he was delighted to be present thatnight. He took the deepest interest in all that was going on inthe school as far as he could. He had met one Old Shir­burnian-Mr. Upcott-near the Khyber Pass. Thesuccess of the school was very marked under their presentHead-Master. (Hear, Hear.) He had no doubt that as wellas scholars he would turn out some military men. He hopedthat everybody present belonged or would belong to the OldShirburnian Society, the details of which he was going to leaveto the Head-Master to speak about. He asked them, inconclusion, to stand up and drink continued success to theSchool, coupled with the name of the Head-Master, Mr.Westcott, and the other masters with him. The toast wasdrunk with musical honours.

The Head-Master, in responding, said there were four verygood reasons why he did not wish to make a speech. Firstthe term was only just over, and he felt what he called"End-of-termy." Sherborne had supplied a good many Head­Masters, and in the county of Kent three out of four of theHead-Masters were Old Shirburnians, the Rev. C. C. Tancockat Tonbridge, the Rev. A. 'vV. Upcott at St. Edmund's,Canterbury, and the Rev. A. J. Galpin at the King's School,Canterbury. The Channel Islands were unanimous in choosir:.gOld Shirburnians as Head-Masters. The other day Tonbridgehad selected as their Head-Master Mr. Tancock, and it hadbeen whispered that, failing him, they would have found anexcellent substitute in his friend Mr. H. H. House. Anotherreason for his 1:leing unwilling to speak was he had just risenfrom a bed of ~icJmess. Only at one o'clock that day hisdoctor had said he must not come down, but as there seemed alack of confidence in his tone he said he should go. (Cheers.)The third reason was, why should he stand up to thank themfor drinking the health of the School? Of course all Shir-

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burnians would do so, and to thank them seemed superfluous.The fourth reason was that the secretary of the Old Shir­burnian Society was present here to enter all the names of allO.S., who would, therefore, receive term by term thosedelightful letters which told them everything that was goingon in Sherborne, and left him nothing to say. He would, how­ever, say a few words as to the structure of the school, theintellectual life of the school, and the athletic life of theschool. When he came to Sherborne in the year 1892, therewere three things that struck him very much as wanting to bedone. They all remembered the schoolroom. That school­room was described by a Scotch parent in the delightfulnorthern accent, as a "nicely-proportioned room but poorlyfurnished" ; and he was pleased to say that since that time thefurnishing of that room had been completed. It had now gotoak panelling, a beautiful green ceiling, a floor of oak, and theorgan had been completed; so that the room was as perfect ast}ley could make it. A very great amount of the credit of thatwas due to the secretary of the O.S. Society, Mr. H. R. King.(Cheers.) The \vest window of the chapel had also been re­novated, and was now filled with stained glass in memory ofhis great predecessor, Dr. Harper. (Cheers.) They had puta new organ in the chapel-the old organ was only secondhand at the best. The cost of the new organ had been alto­gether about £500, and if anyone present would like to con­tribute he should be very happy to receive modest subscriptions.(Cheers.) Some had subscribed handsomely, but there werestill a few more pounds to pay. (Laughter.) \Vith referenceto the intellectual life of the school they had during the last fewyears gained one or two scholarships but their greatest distinctionshad been in the military way. (Hear, hear.) In last year theyhad one for \Voolwich, two for Sandhurst, one for the IndianPolice Service, and a little boy for the Britannia, as well as thefirst out of \Voolwich. Therefore they had not done at allbadly, and if anyone had sons for the Army, let them be sentto Sherborne and they would be trained there as well as any­where. (Cheers.) \Vith reference to athletics-at cricket theyhad not won quite so many matches as they would have liked.In football they had been more successful. They had playedagainst St. Paul's and also against Tonbridge and they hopedto continue to play againstTonbridge now i\Ir.Tancock had gonethere. Their numbers were not so large, but they made a verygood fight. They were one to the good as regards St.Paul's, but as regards Tonbridge they were one to thebad, but they hoped to wipe that out next year. (Cheers).He had been seven years at Sherborne, and seven happy

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years they had been. What they wanted at Sherborne was moreboys. The next thing they wanted was brains. Brains theyhad to pay for-and large prices-and you put down your {60or £90 and you bought your article accordingly. (Laughter).Unfortunately they had suffered from agricultural depression,and they had not been able to afford such enormous prices assome other schools had. Some old boys had helped them in amost practical manner, and in one house six Old Boys had sub­scribed £60 a year between them, which enabled them to get twovery respectable boys. (Laughter.) Any Old Boys present wereopen to subscribe through the O.S. Society. Boys they wantedand brains they wanted-boys they would certainly get, andbrains he hoped they would be able to get. As regards theO.S. Society he thought they ought to have a separate toast.The society was now a child of three .or four years of age. Atthe end of r896 they numbered r80, the next year it was 250,and the last year he heard it was 360, and for all he knew atthe present time it might be over 400. The credit for that wasdue to two things: First, to the extraordinary loyalty whichmarked all Sherborne boys, and next to the singular energy andsingular gifts of their secretary, Mr. H. R. King. (Cheers.)He had sitting beside him Canon Lyon, a son of a formerHead-Master of Sherborne School, and he was pleased to tellthem that he provided in his will that the portrait of his father,Dr. Ralph Lyon, should be left to the school; but as he hadexplained to the Canon they were in no hurry. (Laughter andcheers.) They had amongst them that evening distinguishedsoldiers and many Head-Masters-almost more than he couldcount-and he wished to express his thanks to ColonelHammond for coming there and taking the chair-(cheers)­and next he wished to thank His Grace the Archbishop ofCanterbury for coming there that evening. Although theycould not claim the Archbishop as one of their own brotherShirburnians, still for 25 years he had been a member of theGoverning Body and it was a source of great delight to themwhen a letter came to them to say he kindly ccnsented to bere-elected. (Cheers.) He was sorry to deprive Canon Lyonof the pride of being the oldest O.S. in the room, for there waspresent Mr. R. B. FOlTester, who entered Sherborne in r834,two years before the Canon. The Head-l\Taf'ter resumed hisseat amid great cheering. Loud calls were made for Mr.Forrester, and Mr. Forrester replied. Canon Lyon said he wasvery glad to yield the honour of being the oldest O.S. boypresent to Mr. Forrester, who had just sat down, still he claimedto have entered the school premises in the year r827, more than7r years ago, and there were two governors of Shp.rborne

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School living still who rememlJered having a half-holiday onthe day he was born. (Laughter and Cheers.)

Mr. t. R. Buchanan, M.P., said the toast which he hadto propose was "The Health of the Governors." (Cheers.)He was pleased to see that that toast excited a certain amountof enthusiasm, because when he was at Sherborne was in thedays before that very excellent governing body came intoexistence; he did not think they knew of the existence of thegoverning body-(laughter)-but he did not for a momentdesire to throw any reflection upon them. He believed thatthey were a most excellent body of men, and undtr them Sher­borne attained to a very considerable point of excellence andfame, and he believed the secret of it was this that the govern­ing body believed they were the authors of all good things thatwere being done in Sherborne and the then Head-Master,Dr. Harper, who was the governing body-and a very largegoverning body to all of them-(cheers and laughter)-believed,and he fancied there was a good deal of foundation for it,that what the g')verning body did was really done by him(Dr. Harper). He believed that that was the proper andideal relation in which governing bodies should stand toHead-Masters. He believed that that was the relationin which they stood to one another at the present time,and he founded that belief upon the fact that SherborneSchool had been so full during the past years and had beenso increasing in prosperity, in vigour, and fame throughoutthe country. (Cheers.) He remembered very well that afterthe new scheme had been adopted in the year 1870 or1871, 1\1r. Harper was exceedingly proud of that schemeand of the constitution of the governing body, because hethought he had devised a model scheme and a modelgoverning body. In a governing body they ought to get a cer­tain representation of local opinion and local feeling and localpatriotism. They should also have at the head of it a man who,,-as possessed of a great knowledge of education, and greatenthusiasm for education, and, more that that, a man who oughtto be above all others in vigorous personality. Had they gothim in their chairman or not? (Cheers and loud cries of"yes.") He thought that that ,vould be their reply. Theywould have the opportunity of listening to his voice presently.\Vatch what he does from day to day, and ,veek to week in thedischarge of his manifold duties. It showed that his Grace theArchbishop was a man who did not spare himself time orlabour in any work that he undertook, and did not knew thefatigues of labour when the work in view was one that he had

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at heart. He thought that in his Grace, as the head ofthe governing body of Sherborne School, they could nothave a more vigorous personality to guide the deliberationsof the governing body and to lead them on to a further careerof prosperity which he thought was in store for them. He hadgreat pleasure in proposing the toast of "The Governors,"coupled with the name of His Grace the Archbishop of Canter­bury. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who on rising torespond was received with loud cheering, said he wasvery glad to be present at their gathering that night becausehe took a very great interest in Sherborne School, andhad done so for the last 25 years, for it was just 25 yearssince he was elected by the masters to be one of thegoverning body. Since then he had been elected by thegoverning body itself to be the chairman, and his interest hadincreased all the more, because in the first place he felt a verydeep interest in the education of the country, and because inthe next place he was exceedingly fond of schools and schoolboys. He was very glad indeed to see them all that night,but at the same time he could not deny that he should haveliked it better still if they had been all boys still at school.There it was, he thought, that human nature was on the wholeat its best. He would not go so far as his friend ProfessorJowett, the late Master of Balliol who said he liked all youngpeople better than all old people. At the same time there wasa charm about boys which was more powerful than any otherfascination he knew of, and at such gatherings as these menbecame more like boys than any other times in their lives.They were sure at such meetings to find old school fellows anda great many personal friends who still kept a sort of connec­tion with the school, and when they met together in this waythe reminiscences of the old times and the delights of school lifereturned to them, and the cares and troubles which accompaniedthem all through this world disappeared-at any rate for themoment-and they were almost as happy then as they were atschool long ago. He did not know whether Mr. Forrester wasolder or younger than he. Mr. Forrester, he understood, wentto school in the year 1834 or about that time. He himselfwent to school in the year 1833, and he 'was now 77. (Cheers.)He claimed to be older than Mr. Forrester and he claimed tobe younger than Mr. Forrester-(laughter)-because schoollife came back to him with w much charm, and it wouldbe certainly a great pleasure to him to see the school perpetu­ally prospering. (Cheers.) English schools were more and

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more appreciated by all the nations of the world. They knewthat the French authorities and the German authorities spokeof the English education in the grammar and public schools ofEngland as being on the whole the best education that theyknew. They did not make as much, perhaps, of minute detailsas Germans did, and perhaps they were not as good mathe­maticians as the French, and they (the French) did show somekind of superiority in that: but in the formation of men, in theformation of character, in that which constituted a man inthe fullest and real sense of the word, in the formation of highprinciples which impregnated the mind with noble thoughtsand with generous aims, he (his Grace) said that the educationgiven in such schools as Sherborne found no real equal in theworld, and rivalry was altogether out of the question. (Loudcheers.) Of course the teachers and authorities of the Englishschools had a very great advantage over the teachers andauthorities elsewhere in the material on which they had to work.(Cheers and laughter.) The English boy was a most delightfulboy to bring up. ~Wherever the English boy went he was, ascompared with a boy of the same average position of any othercountry, unquestionably the foremost and in the highest sensethe most intellectual. From public schools men went into thearmy-a classical education did not seem necessary to fit a manfor the army; perhaps not, but nevertheless the education thatwas given in the act of teaching gave them a Victoria Cross.(Hear, hear.) Of course every Sherborne boy did not get theVictoria Cross in the course of his life. (The Chairman:" He would if he had the chance ") But as the gallant Chair­man had reminded him he would ifhe had the chance. (Cheers.)\Vhat was it that characterised the English lad in all relations

. of life? His Grace remembered, when the Duke of \Velling­ton's despatches were published, a remarkable review in aFrench magazine which pointed out that in all the despatchesof the French generals there was a great deal said about gloryand that generals had written other despatches about theappreciation of soldiers, but the thing which rang through thedespatches of the Duke of \Vellington was always "Duty,""Duty," "Do your duty." This represented the fundamentalidea in the Englishman when he had been properly trained.His Grace ventured to say that of all the things that they oughtto aim at in the education of the young there was nothing to becompared with that formation of character which made a manlong to do the duty which lay before him. (Loud cheers.)He was much obliged for the kindness they had shown inacknowledging the toast of" The Governors." Their principalbusiness as governors was to do what they could to encourage

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and support the Head-IVJ:aster. (Hear, hear.) That was theprincipal business, and the more they did to encourage him, andthe less they interfered, the better they would be dischargingtheir duty. (Cheers.) In conclusion, he thought one thingought to be done, and that was to ask them to drink the healthof their gallant Chairman, the Victoria Cross, who was sittingwith him. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) The toast wasdrunk with musical honours.

Colonel Hammond, V.c., shortly replied.

LIST OF a.ss. PRESENT:-

1834 R. B. Forrester 1874 C. A. Spencer Garland1836 Rev. Canon \V. H. Lyon 1875 E. H. Hensley1845 G. S. Criswick 1876 C. F. Venn1852 Col. A. G. Hammond. V.C. 1871 T. D. Aldous1852 R Babing-ton H. T Flower-Ellis

G. A. R. Fitz-Gerald V. Harper1856 J. C. Pearse W. D. Wildman1857 H. Hamer 1878 J. S. G. Grenfell1858 J. E. Falconer H. H. House1860 T. R. Buchanan, M.P. 1879 G. F. Adamson

C Chatteris A. G. Aldous1861 \V. C. Perry T. Flower-Ellis1862 A. K. Carlyon Rev. H. C. Hill1864 W. R. Millar N. P. Jaffery

Rev. C. C. Tancock H. J. Mongan1865 M. T. Gray 1880 L. \V. Bennett11>66 F. G. Adams W. Bligh, M.D.

R. D. Hancock J. Rhoades1867 J. F. Hall D. White

Rev. J. E. W. Honnywill 1881 F. C. Bree-FrinkG. E. Twynam A. Devitt

1868 F. S. Jackson H. F. DevittC. E. Pothecary H. P. C. KellandF. Willcocks, M.D. W. H. P. Price

186g T. R. Attwater 1882 A. C. BroadbentRev. J. Blanch .r. H. Bryant, M.D.P. \V. Chandler R. RarrisonE. H. Tamplin C. D. NelsonCapt. H. M. Twynarn S. \VoolmerRev. A. W. Upcott 1883 R. V. K Applin

1870 C. S. Whitehead A. F, Hardy1871 T- E. Aldous H. R. King

·\V. Collier. l\1.D. J. W. T. ManuelF. F. Schacht 1884 C. S. Baring-Gould

1872 R. M. Merriman L. S. RichardsT, W. Wilson E. C, Rogerson

1873 L. N. Parker T. C. RogersonG. T. Petherick F. Rorner

1874 The Archbishop of Canter- W. G. Turnbullbury. 1885 N. A. Leslie

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1885 R. L. Leigh-Clare 1889 C. H. WiganH. W. Nelson 1890 A. J. CrawfordH. D. Puckle 1891 H. AdamsonA. L. \V. Valentine A. B. Chatteris

1886 H. P. S. Devitt A. H. GalpinRev. A. Eglington 1892 T. A. BellS. 1. Galpin Rev. W. \V. Poole-HughesC. H. Wybergh C. L. M. Saunders

1887 Rev. \V. E. Lutyens Rev. F. B. \VestcottA. W. F. Rutty H. F. WhinneyJ. B. Simpson O. S. WiganJ. E. Stevens 1893 P. H. DevittG. T. Whiteley T. Falconer

1888 F. E. Everington F. W. Sapper.E. J. Gwyther G. A. TozerH. J. Hunt 1894 E. A. FalconerA. F. Ranking H. V. Fletcher

1889 J. F. Cunningham R. HovilW.Game

NOTE.-The above report of the speeches only representsapparently the amount of what the shorthand writer coulddecipher of his notes after dining well at the expense ofthe O.S. Society. Old Boys will kindly make allowances.

MUSICAL SOCIETY.

The Easter Concert was in every way creditable to theSchool. Spohr's Last Judgment is very popular with audiencesin this country and has the great advantage of not making toomuch demand on the patience of an easily tired generation, butthe satisfaction which the oratorio gave on the 10th of Aprilwas largely due to the excellence of the solo singers, and to thedownright hard work of choir and conductor. Let these havetheir praise and not the composer only.

Mr. Barrett again delighted us with his flute playing and,as the newspapers say, he was" evidently moved by the warmthof his reception." The aid he gave to the orchestra \vas almostas marked as his solo performance.

\V. H. P. Price sang the tenor solos for the second timeat these concerts. His voice is agreeable and sympathetic, and

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he was particularly good in " Blessing, Honour," and good inall the solo music, not quite so unerring in the quartetts.

O. S. \Vigan sang the bass solos; he has a light voice ofvery pleasant quality, and was good both in solos and concertedmusic, but best in "Thus saith the Lord." Of the boys' voicesEverington sang with most expression, notwithstanding huski­ness; Abbott's voice is clear and telling, but he seemed rathernervous and wouldn't face his audience; Ley, on the otherhand, faced his audience manfully and sang with confidence.His low notes should not be forced.

The wind instruments were fitted in and with great judg­ment by the organ. \iVe append a few extracts from the notesof a competent critic who was in the room :-

No. 1. Chorus and Solo. Praise His awful Name.Opening timid and ragged, but soon steadied down, the treblelead" Worship and adore Him" being each time beautifullysung.

No. 4. Tone smooth and well-sustained; perfectly in tone.

No. la. One of the best sung numbers, perhaps the best,both solo and chorus being capital. Basses occasionally toovigorous and consequently rough. Boy-basses must not sing tooIOlld.

No. I r. Flute obligato very telling and useful; the cleartones blended well with the organ. -

No. 12. Sung with considerable taste, quartett blendedwell; expression good. Swell reeds on the organ sometimestoo loud.

No. 16. Simple broad phrase very satisfying after thecloying chromatic harmonies.

No. 18. Plenty of vigour shown;- fierce emphasis throwninto the accents; the weird setting of "The graves give uptheir dead" was not so good; the tone should have been morehushed; the manufactured tenors were sometimes unpleasantlyprominent.

No. 19. Quartett except for tenor oversights admirable;pitch perfectly preserved; taken a little too fast. -

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In the last number we· got the full tone of the trebles forthe first time; soloists could let themselves go and this gavethe rest confidence. Difficult passages were attacked withconfidence and conquered, and there was good broad singingin the Fugue" Thine is the Kingdom."

"But," says our wise man, "praise is to be given to thegeneral performance," and having said that this broad remarkapplies also to the Band and to the new School Song, let ussimply now append the Programme:-

THE LAST JUDGMENT.

ORATORIO BY LOUIS SPOHR.

(The Solos sung by EYerington, French, Ley, Abbott, Mr. O. Wigan

0.5., and Mr. W. H. Penderel Price, 0.5.)

PART 1.

1.

2.

3·f·5·6.

7·8.

9·

CHORUS AND SOLO

AIR AND RECIT.

AIR AND CHORUS

RECIT••• ,

SOLO AND CHORUS

RECIT....

SOLO AND CHORUS

RECIT....

QUARTETT AND CHORUS

Praise his awful name.... Come up hither.Holy, Holy, Holy.

Behold the Lamb that was slain.... All glory to the Lamb.

And every creature.... Blessing, honour, glory.

And la! a mighty host.Lord God of Heaven.

PART n.1. AIR

2. DUET

3. CHORUS

f. AIR5. CHORUS

6. QUARTETT AND CHORUS

7. RECIT••••

8. CHORUS

Thus saith the Lord....Forsake me not.

If with your whole hearts.Jehovah now cometh.

Destroyed is Babylon.Blest are the departed.

I saw a new Heaven.

Great and wonderful.

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FLUTE SOLOS ...

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The Surprise

a. Andante.b. Minuetto e Trio.

a. " Andalouse "b. "Tarantella"

Mr. W. L. Barrett.

DUNE,

Haydn.

Fessard.Barrett.

SCHOOL SONG (first time) The Sports {J.R.F.F.B.G.T.

MARCH Cornelius ...

CARMEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEK.

Mendelssonn.

Instructor o} the OrchestraAt the PianoOrganist ..Conductor

Mr. Regan.Carey, ma.

Mr. Thorne.Mr. Hodgson.

GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY.

Virgil. Translated into English Prose, in 2 vols; London, printedby John Davidson, 1743. The first vo!. only.

Ca;sar Commmtaries, Clemmt Edwards; London, printed by RogerDaniell, 1655~

Both these interesting old books are the gift of Dr.vVilliam Hammond, of Liskeard, 0.5. The Ca;sar formerlybelonged to the Rev. John Parsons, 0.5., Fellow of vVorcesterCollege, Oxford, and Vicar of Sherborne, 1830-1854, and aGovernor of Sherborne School.

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BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY.

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SECTION A.Sherborne School Songs with Mttsic; Weekes 9" 00., 1897.

Oartularium Saxonicum; Birch, London, 1885-1893.

SECTION D.Winchester Oollege; Leach, LondolJ, 1899.

SECTION H.Windows, a Book about stained Glass; Day, London, 1897.Old English Plate; Cripps, London, 1899.

SECTION M.Buds and Stipules; Lubbock, London, 1899. Intemational

Scientific Series.

OXFORD LETTER.

Dear Mr. Editor,Since I am unable to record any very noteworthy feats

of Shirburnians either on the river or in the cricket field, Iintend to set before you a rough sketch of a summer term atOxford.

During the weeks which preceded the May races the riverwas a gay,spectacle of energy; but now that the excitement of" Eights' week" is over, the term passes quietly on to the finalculmination of Commem. in the brightest and best summer,veather. \Vith the hot days has come a universal spirit oflaxity peculiarly exasperating to those unfortunates who havestill to spend six hours a day in the Schools.

The lecture-room forms a most delightful study of humanfrailty, and an irresistible subject for a sketch. One picture inparticular is drawn vividly on my memory (as well as in mynote book). Scene, the hall of Queen's College: the orationsof Cicero-ill betide him-are being sluwly and learnedly dis­cussed by a perspiring professor at the end of the room. Sixgentlemen are seated (?) at a far off table: they are best de­scribed in the words of Vergil.-

"Lenibant curas, et corda oblita laborum."

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Three of them, scholars, are prone upon the table, armsextended, and all symptoms of life vanished: the next tworepose gracefully against the wall behind, heads resting oneagainst the other, eyes shut, mouths open, while with fans ofblotting paper in their hands they feebly waft their feveredbrows. No. 6 isonlyjust visible: the top of his head appears overthe edge of the table, while from his locality comes an ever in­creasing resonance blending harmoniously with the drowsyvoice at the far end of the room. So much for the Lecture­room: I believe that sketch to be fairly typical of what is to beseen ::laily during the last fortnight of the summer term.

The river is indeed still crowded with boats, but the Pairsand Sculls attract little attention compared with that whichattaches to the Eights.

The Australian match is a great event in Oxford, and wasfavoured this year with exceptionally fine weather. Consideringthat the Colonials have since had all the best of it with arepresentative English team, the 'Varsity has good reason tocongratulate itself on the result of the match. Champain, thecaptain, was the first man in England this year to score a cen­tury against the Australians.

A noteworthy feature in the University this term is theextremely" decollete" appearance of its members at all timesand in all places: the broad-brimmed hats, many colouredcoats, and shirts open at the neck, together with the fact that" darkies" are numerous, combine to give the "High" quitean oriental appearance. Not less noteworthy is the prevalenceof the fair sex in Oxford at this time, who coming up originallyfor Eights' week are quickly fascinated, and to the infiniteannoyance of the authorities, prolong their visit to Commemora­tion.

The examination in Holy Scripture, vulgarly called"Divers," is shortly to be held and the river is chosen out asthe best place for acquiring the necessary knowledge. Thefollowing is the regular sight :-A canoe is drawn up under ashady bank of the Chenvell, wherein at either end is seated aman; while one reads the English text at a rapid rate the otherperuses the Greek: to float down mid stream at this time ismost instructive, at every corner one's ears being greeted withsome new text: it is needless to add that the examination inHoly Scripture is a fruitful source of income to the Universitycoffers, a guinea being charged at each attempt to get through.

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In the recent moderations list, T. E. Hulbert and A. Lee­Wamer were placed in the third class, not the first good menwho have unselfishly left the highest honours for others. F.W. T. Waithman is to be congratulated on having broken hisspell of bad luck in the Schools. It has come to our ears thatanother Shirbumian did yeoman service to his college on thetow-path during Eights by summarily submerging in the watera certain son of Belial who ventured to insult the captain ofhis boat; this however is only hearsay.

The only matter now left is to ask that next time yourCambndge correspondent takes upon him to record the doingsof his brothers at Oxford he will be a little more careful of facts:the inaccuracies in his last letter, where it touched upon Oxfordaffairs, were considerable.

OXONIENSIS.

SCHOOL NEWS.

G. R. Gamier (a) was second III the Hurdles at thePublic School Sports last term. He was unfortunate enoughto fall while leading or the result might have been different.

W. A. Wordsworth (a) has been made a Prefect this term.

The Open Gymnasium Competition last term was wonby G. L. Leigh-Clare (c), and the House Gymnasium Cupwas won by Hodgson's.

The Annual Commemoration will be held on \Vednesday,June 28th. Scenes are to be performed from" A MidsummerNight's Dream" and" Aristophanes' Ranae." There will bethe usual Concert in the evening.

The Games Committep- has been constituted as follows :­C. F. Stanger-Leathes (b), L. G. Sunderland ('1), P. Eglington(c), F. W. Kemp (11), H. 1'11. Greenhill (d), G. R. Gamier (a),A. D. Wood, R. B. Rickman (f), G. L. Leigh-Clare (c).

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The House Matches have been drawn as follows:­

Seniors.

Schoolhouse(A-K) v. Dayboys.Wildman's v. Hodgson's

·Wilson's v. Schoolhouse (L-Z).Blanch's a bye.

Juniors.Schoolhouse (A-K) v. Hodgson'sBlanch's v. Schoolhouse (L-Z).

Wildman's v. Dayboys.Wilson's a bye.

The following is the list of matches for the term :-

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May 16thJune 1st .

" 5th & 6th .." 13th" 16th & 17th" 23rd &24th" 27th" 30th & July 1st

July 7th & 8th" 12th" 15th

T. W. Wilson, Esq's. XI.Downton A.C.C.Incogniti.Rev. E. J. Nelson's XI.St. Paul's School.a.s.s.Bruton Nomads.M.C.C.Bradfield College.South Wilts.Sherborne C.C.

All the above matches will be played on the SchoolGround except that against St. Paul's School.

a.s. NEWS.

The following have been playing cricket :­

W. Trask, for Somerset.A. H. Delme-Radcliffe, for Hampshire.A. B. Crosby, for the Incogniti.E. A. Nepean, for the M.C.C.H. F. vVhinney, for Hampstead.J. E. Stevens, for Blackheath.

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Yours truly,

H. E. Stanger-Leathes, for St.Bartholomew's Hospital.C, Martin, for Worcester College Oxford.A. C. TemperIey,}", Q 'c 11 C b'dM S D I lor ueen s 0 ege am n ge.. , oug as,

\V. E. Lutyens won the 1,000 yards Strangers' Handicapat Stamford Bridge, from scratch, in 2 min. 17~ secs" or only2~ secs. slower than his own Amateur best on record of 2 min.14~ sec. on the same track last year.

At the RM.C. Sandhurst Sports, RT. McEnery on thefirst day won the Two Mile race 10 min. 40 sec.-a verycreditable time as a strong wind was blowing. On the secondday he also won the Mile in 4 min, 58~ sec. He drew out inthe fourth round a:ld won by 10 yards.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Dear Mr, Editor,·Would it not be possible to have a fife and drum band instead of; or as

well as, a bugle band in the Corps? It would sound far better if it werepossible.

Yours truly,ONE WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER.

Dear Mr. Editor,Could not something be done to make the position of the unfortunate

non-choral members of the School in the gallery a little less unbearable atour Concerts? Being packed like sardines in a tin is not calculated toincline the mirid to the M use.

Yours truly,ONE OF THE .. SARDINES,"

Dear Mr. Editor,May I enquire what is the use of a day off cricket if we do not get it ?

It was given out at the beginning of the term that 'Vednesday was to be afree day to do what we liked on, but as yet we have only had one 'Vednes­day off. Hoping to see this remedied.

OVER-BOLD.

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Dear Mr. Editor,Why is it not possible for any others than those who are in the Ist XI.

nets to be coached? It is true there are now two nets for promising youngcolts; but those who are in the 2nd XI. nets, I have it on very good author­ity, have not received any coaching at all except perhaps for a short timeon the first two days of the season, much less the House nets. Surely thisis not the way to improve the Cricket of the School; the colts' nets arevery good things, but if no one inspects the House nets, how is the talent ofthese who are younger still to be discovered? There are, I am sure, manyin the 2nd XI. nets who would be only too glad of a little coaching, andwho at present go on without any improvement, due mainly to the entirelack of care taken with them. Hoping that this will not long remain so.

Yours truly,ENTHUSIAST.

Dear Sir,Wha.t nonsense it is to apply the term" sleepy" to Sherborne! Have

we not our peals of bells at 5 a.m., our large bells summoning people to servicewith clamorous insistence, our small bells, our hurdy-gurdy men twiceweekly to minister to the wants of a truly musical public, our criers ofmackerel, our street boys with their peculiar cat-calls and their games inwhich 'the chief ingredient is shouting, our Salvation Army singers, ourmethod of destroying false quantities by public explosion, our Cadet Corpsband practices, our grand final performances of open air singing when thepublic houses close at II p.m.? Sherborne has a thousand merits, but inthis respect, it doesn't suit, Sir, at all the drowsy longings of

Your obedient Servant,SOMNOLENT.

The Editor acknowledges with thanks the receipt of thefollowing Magazines :-Alleynian, Bathonian, Bhmdellian,Bradfield College Chronicle, CartJwsian, Cheltonian, City of LondonSchool M agazille, Cliftonian, .Droghedean, F elstedian, Haileybllrian,HlIrst johnilm, Marcian, Marlhllrian, La Martiniere Chronicle,St. Michael's Chronicle, Radleian, Reptonian, Tonbridgian,Well{ngtonian, Wycombe A bbey Gazette.

(a.) Schoolhouse, (b.) Blanch's, (c.) Wilson's, (d.) Wildman's,(f) Hodgson's,

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