SCHOOL CALENDAR.

19 10•

Oct. 3· Holiday.

5. 1St and 2nd XL's v. Commercial Travellers' 1St

and 2nd XL's, both at Harrow.

8. 1St XI. v Old Lyonians ~'.C., at home.

12. 1St XI. v. Amersham Grammar School 1St Xl.,

at Amersham. 2nd XI. v. Victoria Hall, away.

IS. 1St and 2nd Xl.·s v. Headstone St. George's 1St

and 2nd Xl.'s 1St XI. at home, 2nd XI.away.

19. League I\Iatch. Harrow v. Greenhill.

22. 2nd XI. v. Uxblidge COlInty 1St Xl., at Harrow.

26. 1st anct 2nct XI.'s v. Ealing Grammar Schoo],

1St Xl. at home, 2nd XI. away.

29. 1St XI. v. Harro" Baptists, away; 2nd XI. v.

Victoria Hall School I st XI. at home.

Pdnterl for the Erlitor at the ,. Gazette" Office. Hi~h ~treEt. H?rrow

OCTOBER, 1910.

EDITOR

SUB-EDITORS

F. SWAIN60N.

PARKER AND HEAL.

VOL. XXI. No. 166. PRICE TWOPENCE.

SCHOOL NOTES.

WE should like at uhe beginning of the ne.w Tenn. to congratu­late the boys who successfully passed the Matriculatioo-Austin,Chatham, Kipping, and ,Stillman, and our two JUI1~or LocalCandidates, Crundall and Higgins, on their Sliccess. If thenell' SIXth are to pass their searching- examination in I9II the\'must begin to work no\\". "A word to the wise is suffi<.:i.ent."

* * * *JAMES O'BRIEN ca.rried off the folJo''''illgj events at the March­Iwood Camp: 1St Prize Long JU111P, 2nd Prize High Jllmp(4ft, loin.), 4th pla.ce in the Marathon. Besides these successeshe gained the 3rdi place for Cha.lIenge CUlp.

* * * *OF the boys who left last term J. O'Brien, the Captain of theSchool, was a good athlete, both in cricket and in football, as wasalso Chatham, who wound up his School career most satisfactorilyhy passing the Matriculation. Stillman, toOl, besides his CivilService Examination success, pas~ec1, the Matrioulatio'l1, InSquibb we shall mis a constant "Lyonian" contributor, andin Coppil1g, W. S. Smith, Lamb and Viccajee the School loses first­rate sportsmen and good fellows into the bargain. Barrett, webelieve, is to be an engineer, and Betts, is in Germany. Hewrites learneelly to his friends 0'l1 blac.k bread. To each andto all of these Lyonians we wish proopewus business careers.

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APPOINTMENTS.

A LYONIAN ACHIEVEMENT.

Footba.ll: Captain 1st XI., A. Ashford:; Vice-Captain 1stXI., S. Mellor; Secretary, C. C. Austin.

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Schiller's "William Tell," Moliere's "Le Medecin MalgreLui," and Geo'rge Coleman's "Heir at Law."

In the German play Austin and O'Brien ent red into thespirit orf the play witb zest; the former was very clear anddistHlct, the latter accomplished the difficult task of removingtbe apple \\"ith cbaracteristic ease. O'Brien, Austin, and. teams \\"ere very good in the French play.

Parker as the "Heir at Law's" son "\\"as quite the thing,you know." Tbe difficult part of Peter Pangloss \yas wellacted by Densham, while O'Brien was quite at horne in thecomic part of Lord Duberly. Forms III. and IV. sang twopart-songs, under Mr. BlomiieId',s conducting, and to sa} theysang as sweetly as Emmer School choil~s is but to echo the;tjJplause of lI1e audience and to give high praise.

The prizes were distrilmted by Dr. Walter Leaf, Chairmanof the Gm'ernors, and on the platform were ML J. E. Lilley,Mr. G. H. Hallam, Mr. F. Greenhill, and the Headmaster.

Mr. Young. in giving his report on the year's work, men­tioned the uncertainty of the School's future. Within the nexttwelve months there would undoubtedly be certain changes inthe educationa.l equipment of the town, and those changes,sooner o,r later, must result in some re-arrangement of the("ba.racter a.nd organisation of the Lower School of John Lynn.Tuming to the brigbt present and immediate past he '\"as afraidtbat t.hat afternoon he had' not a yerT long list to read them ofsuocesses achieved In' the School outside the School, but therewere a, fell'. Miller: ill September last, won an open scholar­sbip at the hnsbury Technical College, and had since beenawarded three first prizes for plws.ics., matbema tics, andmachine dril.\l"ing.

In the Cjyil Service Examination, Stillman. was 23rd andSquibb 81St out of over 800 candidates. In the Oxford JuniorLocal Examination Woodman passed, and Chatbam obtainedsecond cia s honours, although the School's curriculum did not£-it this examination's s,yllabus.

The great event of the year, of couIse, for the School wasthe London Matriculation. Three years ago, wben he rea.rlout a list of eleven successes, he remarked that it was ven'unlikely tbat that l\'QuId ever be repeated. He also pointe;lout tha.t tbeir proportionate share for the number of bOl's intbe School was about four. Last year they gainerl seven-. butthe present year they had merely kept their enc! lhp "'ith four,Austin, Sti Ilman, Kipping, and Chatham. On tbe acll'ice oftbe lll~pectors of London University, and with the sanction ofthe Chief Illspecto,r of that district of the Board of Education,they projJosed to make a certain re-arrangement in the School

Squibb.r 30 5

350

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Stillman.238333256188300

302310

400

400

400

400

Maxin1um.400

400400

200

Handwriting and OrthographyArithm.etic .. , .English CQ<l11Jposition .Copying M.S .French .German .Mathemahcs .Geography .

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SPEECH DAY.

IN the recent Boy Clerks' Examination of .the Civil Service bothour candjdates did remarkably well. StIllman w~ 23rd, an.dSquibb 8ISt out of 800 candidates. The followll1g are thenmarks :-

TI-lE annual Prize Distribution was held Gin Friday, 29th July,at the Public Hall, the number of parents and friends presentbeing greater than usual. .

The first part of the programme conSIsted of selections fron)

VALETE.B Betto, Chatham, COl)l)inb", O'Brien, Rust, Squibb,arretc, " JStillman, Green, Harris, Joiner, Lamb, .Lion, Beaumont, anes,Mayes, Smith, Viccajee, Wood, Harnson, Heath.

SALVETE.Aggleton, Ba.rendt, Barrett, B~rry, Blake,. Chath:;lJn, Cor>',Dawson, De Saxe, Drage, Dunlull (J.), Elhs" ~oldlllg, .Ha~ml­

ton, Hall (B.), Hall (E.), Jeffry, Johnson, Km~, Knkonan,Massey, Mellor, Moon, Prince,. Rowe, Stonebll.dge, Symes,Tigar, Varcoe, Vemon, Woodbndge.

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in order to deal with the Ma,triculation candidates. At presentthe bo~- prolnoted from the Fifth Form was very often littlemore than fourteen years of age, and he wa,s expected in oneyear to do \york which was done by the average candidatethroughout the country at the a-ge of seventeen. It was, thereforeproposed to call the present Fifth Form the Lower Fifth, onleaving: which a, boy \YOuld be promoted to the Sixth Forn1 asat present, or the Upper Fifth. If the boy soooc1 any reason­able chance of getting through in one year, he would be placedin the Sixth; if not, he ,wulc1 go illi the Upper Fifth. It wasonly fair to sa,y that as the Sixth F011m \wuld become purelya Mat:riculation Form, in future, probably no one would g0into that Form unless he ,rere able to achieve result-s for whichthe Form would henceforth be intended" Tbis would bringabout far better resu It-5, and, what is mOJ:e, would relieve someolf their young boys from ,,-hat was really a very severe strainat t~e af\"e ?f fourteen. To endeavoll!r to get through the<:xamll1at~on ll1 one yea,r, unles.s the boy was giftedi with excep­tIOnally mtellectll'al po,vers and physical strength, was fartoo much for him. As a result of the change, he felt oon­vinced tha,t in the results he would read out next summer they,rouldl find more than fou.r successes; that W3.5 to sa\", therewould be more than they had a legitimate right to expect, butnOil: mor~ than th: ~ch?ol had. the ambition of securing.

Turmng to dlstmctlons gamed by Old Lyonians, the mostnotable, perhaps, was that credited to Duncan, who, enteringthe ~chool on a, ~cho.\a,r,ship irom Greenhill ten years ago,had Just been appoll1ted to an Assistant Mastership at Lorettoh~l.Ving in the meantime annexed most of the diplomas of th~musica.l \rodd.

The Old Lyonians Football Club had not sustained a defeatduaing the season, al1Jd had won the Middlesex County Cup.

Mr. Young then referred to the I s of Mr. Pa.rkhouse, theone da,rk shadow that had fallen o,ver the S.cho I during thepast twelve months,. a,lmost the oldes,t Lyonian they possessed,and the repmsentatlve of the Old Boys on the Committee ofManagement from the time they were allowed to 1110mina:te amember, up to the da,te ?f h:is death. Through the manyyears of a long' and bus,y hfe he was known to all who cameinto oontact with him as typical of all. that ,,'as hest in theirnati(:maI chara,cter, hon~t, straightforward as the day, a, manof hIS word, of unfaltenng loyalty to his native vi llage, his oldSchool, and to the great CompanY 0'£ which he was such adi:5tinguished and: nohle ,servant. •Time ha.d perhaps dulledslIghtly the keen edge of that grief which some of them feltwhen news of his death was first brought to them, and they

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69----------------------were enabled to put aside that feeling of loss aml darkness, andbe glad that they knew and worked with one so manly, loyal,and chivalrous. They welcomed as the late Mr. Parkho'l16e'ssuccessor to the Committee of Management Mr. Greenhill,another 0 ld Boy. ML Young CIOnJCl uded by paying a warmtril.JUte to the staff, and also to the body of Governor.

After the prizes had been given away, Dr. Leaf addressedthe audience. He said that those present that aftem:ocn mightlook upon, their attendance in part as a discharge of a, nationalduty. He emphasised the fact that bo~s, by putting forthevery possible endeavour at School, were doil1lg their diuty ascitizens and as men. ALso they should strive to g,et a brondview of matters which were of import to the nation at large,and so prepare themselves fm the pa,rt they \rould be calledupon to play in years to come. He would say to all somethingof the nature of the advice addressed boy the Spartan moth.er toher son, "Y,ou, have inherited, England, and it is your businessto ma.ke the life of England better, leaving yom OClJuntry better[nan yOiL! found it." With regard to the School's future hehoped they would beli Vel in the earnestness of the Governors'desires to bring about a solution satisfactory to everyone. Hethanked Mr, Young and his staff for their untiring work onbehalf of the School.

In proposing the vote of thanks to Dr. Leaf, Mr. Lilleyhoped thaL \rhen any proposal was put farward it would bea,ccepted in a proper slpirit, even if it did not comnlend itselfto a,ll. He wa,s sure that the value put upon the old associ­ations of John Lyon's foundation was so very high in the viewof the inhabitants of Harrow that their continuation with theperpetua.tion of the honoured name of John Lyon was assured.

Mr. G. H. Hallam seconded the vote of thanks, holdingout as an example to the boys the brilliant life of Dr. Leaf.

PRIZE LIST.Form VI. (Awarded on the results of the :Matriculation

Examination of London university).-Dr. Leaf's Prize-HeadBoy, Stillman; Mr. 'Williams' Prize for Enp;Jish, Kipping;French and German, Stillman; Science, Austin; Mathema.tics,Chatham..

Formi V."-;Hea.dJ Bo~, Flilll1J; English, Flinn; History andGeography, Crunda.ll and Flinn equal (Prize to' Crunda.Il);French and German, Thorp; Science, Mellm; Ma.thematics,Green.

Form IV.-Head Boy, Heal; English, Heal (passed toMayes) ; History and Geography, Wood; Science, Heal; FrenchaIlc:\1 Gemlan, Heal (passed' to Asher); Mathematics, Heal(passed to W. S. Smith).

ANNUAL SPORTS.

WE Il'ere ~avo'Ul"ed Irith really fine Il'eather, from an arhleticPOll1t of VIeII' , for our anJlual spmt.5 meeting, on Wedncsdal.July 27th, and a he~lvy progmmme of thirty-three events \\·;sconel uded at the time: adnc"rtised.

The track \ms in excellent condition, and there wa.s apretty good attendance, though I have seen better in previousyears.

Taken as a. whole the performances were good. We hadno stars, as Hlt~hcock or Bo~vden, for, excepting Mellor, per­ha,ps, there W::IS lIttle to choose betll'een the senior compditors,Irho were abo~e the average.

No records fell, though O'Brien's [mm in the preliminaryheats threat~l1ed the HIgh. Jump. He would undoubtedly havecaptured thIS had he not oeen tired, when the: event ca,l11Ie OIL

Mellor took the cha1Tlpionsbip cup, a very popubr vidolfl' ,and one well deserved. He obtained premier honours in U~eLong Jump, and the Hurdles; seconds in the' 100 Yards, and

Form IlL-Head Boy, Luxton j English, Luxton: Historyand Geography, ~. M. Roberts j French, Chapman; Science,~hort; MathematICs,. Luxton and ~lliot equal (Prize to Elliot).

Gregg MathematIcal ScholarshIp (value about £5. tenablefor I year), Tigal'.

Matriculation Certificates London niversit\' <rained inJ~u!), 1909: T. L. Bartlett, H.'. A. Smith, H. ~. i.'ry~r, c. F.F hnn, P. H. Guterbock, H. L. Smith, C. H. Barrett.

Oxf rd Local Certificates.-Cha,tham (2nd Class Honours),'vVoo(] man.

Monitors' Prizes.-O'Brien, Chatham, Ashford, Rurett.Cricket Prizes.. -Bat for best bowlin<r avera<re (presented III

F. Greenhill, Esq.), Jas. O'Brien.; Bat f~'r best bbowling averag~(presented oy W. Haywood, Esq.), Copping,

Lea,ving .Sc:h~,larships.--H. 1\. Fryer (£30 per alillum, ten­able at UmversJty College, London); T. Bartlett (£10 perannum, tenable ::It King's Co]]ege, London); E. F. Chatham(£ 10 per annum, tenable at Kino"S Colleo·e London).

P'B CJ b b ,'-.1 e ub.-School Challenge Cup and Mell1al, J, O'Brien;

~ledal (open to first ye~u c01Tlpetition for q1,allenge Cup), A.C. ~ayle'Y; Medal for Begmne:rs in Forms III. and IV., D. A.D~~les; Do:negal .Badge . (presented by the N.R.A.), Jas.o ,Br~en j RIBeman'S CertIficates (gra.nted by N. R.A.), Jas.o Bnen, A. J. Wood, A. Jones.

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Quarter Mile; and third plaoe in the Cricket Ball. A good all­wund performance, and so say all of us.

The team race was keenly contested, and, this popular itemhas evidently come to stay.

The Invita,tion Race produced some fine heats-the firstresulting in a dead head for second placce between Read ofSouthall, and Cook of Acton.

Among the Juniors the most successful were G. Fryer andV. Dunhill, the former winning the Quarller Mile, and thelatter the 100 Yards, both in fine style. Fryer also did wellin the High Jump, a. Did also George Mellor, and I think Ican see a. record going when these two become seniors. Weshould have liked to see more rW1lning in the Old Boys' Ra.ce.Stevens Iron easily-never being extended.

And now the ladies--the entries were not SIO numerous as Ihave known them to be, but there was some fine running, andMiss La,cey again annexed the firsti prize.

The officials assisting during the afternoon were Ml'. E.H. HUItt, starter; Mes,s:rs. S. Parker and W. J. Millar, com­petitors' stewards; Messrs. E. Young, E. C. Blomfield, F.Swainson, T. C. Martin, and C. F. W. Sandberg, judges;Messrs. J. H. Titchener, F. S. Conway, and Ronald A. Smith,time-keepers ; Dr. Bensley Beatty, referee; F. N. Hudson,telegraph steward; S. P. Kipping, G. G. Page, W. D. Densham,P. H,Flinn, T. E. Lion, and R. F. Simne:tt, general stewams;and Ml'. P. L. Godwin, hon. sec.

The fo.]]o~villg were the results :-Long Jump (Senior).-S. G. Mellor (ISft. 9tins .), 1; J.

O'Brien, 2; .""1.. C. Ashford, 3. (Junior): V. Dunhill (12ft.),1; G. R. Fryer, 2; H. Roberts, 3·

100 Yards Handicap (Sen~or).-Winners of heats; C. H.Barrett (Ii yds.), I; A. C. Bayley (8t), 2; T, J. Cox (6t), I;S. G. Mellor (It), 2. Final: Cox, I; Mellor, 2; Barrett, 3·Time, II sees. (Junior): V. Dunhill (3), I; M. D. Gething(2), 2; L. R. Watson (3t), 3· Time, 12 3-S8I3CS,

High Jump (Senior).-J. O'Brien (4ft. 9in.), I; A. C..-\shford, 2; E. D. Barrett, 3. (Junior): L. R. Watson (3ft.9in.. ), 1; G. R, Fryer, 2; H. G. Tickle, 3·

440 Yards Handicap (Seniorr).-C. H. Barrett (6t yds,), I;S. G, Mellor (6), 2; G, C. V. Green (26), 3. Time, s8secs.(Junior): G. R. Fryer (13 yds.), I; T, F. A. Ginever (3), 2;H. M. Roberts (14), 3. Time, 68 2-ssecs,

Egg and Spoon Race,--S. G. Mellm, I; V. Dunhill, 2 j E.H. Fryer, 3.

Thwwing Cricket Ball (Senio'r).-A. M. Vioc.ajee (77yds,.:<lft.), I j S. G. Mellor, 2 j A. C. Ash£mdt, 3· (JuniOlr): J.

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RIFLE CLUB.

WE h.ave received a long and most interest,ing le:tter from H.A. .:\eale (1899-19°5), who, finding City life uncongenial, istrying "life on the ocean wave." His, letter is headed "Barque

Ronald's flIst acquaintance with the servi'ce rifle was atBisley with the School contingent in 1907· P. L. G.

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LIFE ON A MERCHANT VESSEL.(FROM AN OLD LYOl\IAl\ AT SEA).

(H. A. NEALK.)

P. L. G.

"H.P.S. 35

35" 35

H.P.S... 105

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HIS SCOUES WliRE :-

34 1 central34 4"32 4

.. 100Total

200 yards500 "600 "

AFTER a term of hard work on the Range we may congratulateourselves on a successful iSl>ue. The School Challenge Cupwas 'I'M by James O'Brien, whose shooting has impro¥ed,,'ooderfully. Bayley was second, and the same remark appliesto him. "Bill" is a good sportsman. O'B-rien annexe;c! theDonegall B~dge, :mcl also a Rifleman's Certificate. Wood andJones a.160 obtained! the lattelf distinction. The Junior meda.1fell to D. A. Davies.. We have again to thank Ulf g()l()lc\ friendMr. J. A. Smith [Olf the very handsome gold medal he gaveas first prize in the Challenge Cu.p oompetition. We also oon­gratulate h~m (and incidentally ourselves) on Ronald Smith'ssuccess in the shoohng world. Ronald has 10'l1Ig: been one oft.he best shots in th.C\ Harrow R. c., and his success at Bisleyis a fllfther fea.ther in his cap. Shooting 3Jt Bisley fur theConan Doyle Cup, he scored 100 .out of l0S, and was 20th onthe list, winning £1.

Hearty cheers. were then given for Mrs.. Hunt, at the Head­master's call, and Mr. Hunt briefly responded, and eongratu­laLeet the School on the suc.cessful day. Cheers were also givenfor the donors of the prizes, and for the H'on. Secretary.

In oonclusion I wish to thank, on behalf of the School,the gentlemen ,,,ho so kindly undertook the st.renuous dutiesof OIfficial. To their untiring energy and zeal is d.ue the greatsuccess of th.e day, and tbe enjQiyment of all uhose who tookpart .

H. Taylor (56yd". sins.), I; T. F. A. Ginever, 2; H. G.Tickle, 3.

Mile Relay R~tce.-Harro~v: (J. O'Brien, W. S. Smith, HH. Berry, and A. C. Roberts), 1; Greenhill: (C. H. Barrett,H. F. Lamb, A. M. Viccajee, and 1'. J. Cox), 2.

Sisters' Ra,ce.-Miss G. Lacey, I; Miss Ellen Ginever, 2;Miss K. O'Brien, 3·

120 Yards Hurdle Race (Senior).-S. G. Mellor, I; H.F. Lamb, 2; E. F. Chatham, 3. Time, 16 4-ssecs. (Junior):T. F. A. Ginever, I; M. D. Gething; 2; G. R. Fry'e1-, 3· Time,20 I-SseCS.

300 Yards Invitation Race.-R. W. Payne, Watford Gram­mar School, I; H. E. V. Skinner, Westminster City School, 2;S. R. Cunningham, London Orphan Asylum,3' Time, 37 2-5sees.

Mile Cycle Handicap.-E. F. Chatham (scratch). I; S. G.L. Copping (sc:ratch), 2; E. H. Davies (72 yds.), 3· Time,3mlins. 8 I-ssecs,.

One Mile Hancticap.-G. C. V. GrelC.-'IIl (56 yds..), I; H.Berry (40),2; A. C. Bayley (66),3' Time, smins. 21 2-5 sees.

440 Yards (Old Lyonians).-C. F. Stevens, I; C. Hughes,2. l'tme, S8secs.

440 Yards Walking.--C. H. Flinn (46 yds.), I; R. E. C.Ash.ford (29), 2; H. P. M. Tumbu.ll (27), 3. Time, Imm.5Isecs.

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100 Yards Hand'ie.a.p.-J. A. Ma.9Sey (9t yds.), I; J. DUll­hill (9!t), 2; B. F. Mellor (91), 3. Time, 12 I-ssee.s.

Sack R3Jce.-G. S. Hall, I; J. A. Massey, 2; T. Conway,3· , ,

220 Yartds.-D .., Angel (35 yds.), I; J. A. Massey (I9~), 2;J. R. Barrett (22), 3· Time, 29 3-ssecs.

Ha.lf-Mile.-J. Dunhill (52 yds.), I; R. F. Ch:1.tham (10),2; J. Moon (scratich), 3· Time, 2mins. 44 4-ssecs.

Consolation Rac:e.-D. A. G. Wittboldt (scratch), r; D.S. WiOodbridge (42), 2.

MrS:. S. W. Hunt distributed the prizes, at the conclusionof whidlJ the Headmaster proposed a hearty vote of [h:1.11k5 toher. He said some ye:1..fs ago theTe was a member of thehOLLse of Hunt capt:1.in of the John Lyon School, and a rightgood captain he was. Mr. S. VV. Hunt they all kne\\' as azea.loul> and indefatigable Chainnan of [he Harw\\' Council.There was. no doubt thaft Mrs. Hunt inspired the, Emmer capt:1.i11of the SchoOiI to deeds of high enterprise, anel stimulated theChaimlal1l of the Council ahmys to do and' say the right thingat the right time.

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Inverloaie." Longitude I75deg. w, off Junin, Chili," and thedate is May 29th, 1910; but the Old Lyonrian began "to followthe sea" in October, J909, so roo can imagine that, with Green­hithe for starting point and Chili for destination, with a voyageto Australia sandwiched between, he has had a good ta,ste ofwhat sea-faring is really like.

The mate of the "lnverlogie" has appar1ently discovered acure for sea sickness, at least in young apprentices. :-doublework when tne qualms arrive to OCc.upy the sufferers.' minds.] ust to shOll' the heterogeneous character of the thirteen seamenwe give the nationa lity of each :-Ta.sl11'anian 1,. Queenslal:der1, Yank T, British 4, Slvocles 2, Finn I, Dane I, Insh-A1l1.encanI, British I, an ex-); avy man-the worst sailor of the lot!Captain, mates, apprentices, steward, cook, carpenters makeup the ship's total to thuty.

1 quote verbatim an especial! y u.teresting portion ofH. A. N. 's letter:

"The food we get would kill any shore person. This is theweek's menu :-Mondays, Curry and rice for breakfast; soup,salt pork, and potatoes for dinl1Jer. Tuesdays, Porridge forbreakfast; SOIl1P, salt beef, and potatoes for dinner. 'Wednes­days, Hash for breakfast; soup, meat pie, and potatoes fordinner. Thursdays, Curry and rice for breakfast; soup, saltpork, and potatoes for dinner. Fric1a.ys, S~ock fish for break­fast· meat pie soup and potatoes. fm dmner. Sa,turdays,Pon:id"e for br~akfast'· saIt beef, potatoes, and soup for dinner.SU1Jlla~s, Porridge fdr- bTeakfast; soup, tinned meat .(boiledbeef), potatoes, aDd dll1'ff fo,r dinner; jam tart, and sal1dmes orsalmon for tea. Every evening for tea we have what IS leltover hom dinner hashed up. We get coffee for breakfalst andtea f~or tea, and db. loaf of bread every day. In addition weget stores every Thursday, Ilb. janlJ each, ~lb. butter, and l~sugar. The stores usually last till about Sunday, and the restof the week \ve starve. In port we get fresh meat every day­special 'ShIP" meat'--it oosts 3-id. per Ib! Keedless to say,you can hardly eat it, leather steaks, etc."

"On the voyage out we planed all the main deck. Therewere only two a-pprentices and a stowaway from the port wa,tch,and three apprentices and a stowalvay in our watch. to do t~e

who,le lot. We 30.1&01 had to tar down the rigging, paint the ship(inside), holystone, sand, and canvas the poop, sand and canvasthe teak wood, and afterwa,rds varnilsh it. "

"The wmst of it is we don't get much chance of washing,as amongst us eight a.pprentic~s we onl~ get two ga-llo~1s of Wetterevery day. This is for dru1kmg, washlI1g, and washl11g clothes

in. Three or four of us have to wash in the sam water, andclothes don't get washed."

On the voyage out "Pocket" passed the "Treasure Island"of R. L. Stevenson's HoVel, w1inha.bited by aught but wildpigs and myria.ds of birds. In their scanty leisure the crewof tne "lnverlogie" captured albatross, mollyha,wks, and Capehens.

The ship touched a.t Adelaide, Melbourne, and Newcastle,but "Pocket" was not much struck by any of them: thoughMellJo'l1rne is certainly the best, as it has been planned onmodern lines. As for ~ewcastle I quote: "The town ioself isfar from being picturesque, and reminds me of Watfo,rd. Ithas practically only one stree"!:, which seems to be busy once aI\'eek, and that on Saturday night. You can hardly move then- especially round the pubs." Being in port, however, is natlJeing idle. Work goes on 0111 board from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.. , and()onsequently sight-seeing is difficult. But there a,re ways, aswit11ess: "I used to get little 'odd jobs,' 'to do--up to the agf:llts,etc. My last odd job was whenl, I waS. sent, a,t 9.30 a.m., totake the capta.in's uoots to be mended (please don't smile: I[~lt honoured by being selected), ,md returned at 5,30 at nig:1t.~o more honoLws were conferred on me!"

Read the following as descriptive of the delights "a lifeon the ocean \Va\'e" U1 foul weather;-

"We ha,ve got a decent crowd of apprentices, and we doour best to make our miserable lives happy. There is certainlynot much ha,}Jpiness about it, as directly there is any sea, thehalf-deek (the apprentices' abode) is full of wa.ter. Comingout, we had the dam smashed in by a big sea. My bunk gottulL of wa,ter, and was for da.ys like a. bath.. I cOllLldn't sleep init for soure time. The worst of i.t is, tha-t when any clothesget wei hom salt water they never properly dry, as the saltalways remains in them. Oilskins are not much 'T()()d whenL.,ey are being continually used, :lS the water 's\reats' tl1wughthem. It 1S rotten, when lor da.ys on end, you don't know whatit is to wear aI1ything dry. I'm not looking forward to goll1ground the Horn."

"1 thought the second hurricane which struck us all Sunday,26th June, l\'Oule! a.bout finish us. All haI1ds tried to take thefo.resml in at 10.40 p.m. Only ha.lf of it was ma-de fast,al though we went up twice to the other half, but it was blowDto rib~JoDs. We only had the three lower topsails set, andthey were a.lJ blown awa,y, leaving LIS under bare po,les. Canvaswas, put up in the rigging of the jiggeT mast, and lIe had to lieto like that till the wU1d abated. Oil was poured OlVer the side

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to keep the sea down a bit. The; decks were ful1 of water allthe time, oilskins were not mllch good, for huge seas cameright over, completely burying you and soaking you rightthrough, whether you had oilskins or not. This is al1 rightafter a day or two, \rhen al1 your -cLothes a,re wet, and you turnout at your bunk (if you are lucky enough to have a bW1k dryenough to sleep in) at midnight, or 4 a.m., ,say inrt:o \\Tingingwet clothes, with beastly cold wea..ther into the bargain. Mymattress; was too wet to sleep in, and I U500J to sleep anywhere.Once four of us slept down in the fore store room with the pigs,and a,nort:her time I slept on a mat outside the second mate'sroom. For five weeks I slept in n.y bunk boards without amattress. The l'J'Oltatoes have al1 gone half roitten, and theflour has all gone bad. One day the cook was unable to getto the galley at all. In fact we are living, in style'!"

And the incidents which break the monotony of storms andhard daily labour are perhaps as follows:-

"One of the A.B.s fel1 dO~Vl1 hom the. mizzen royal ya,rd, aheighi~ of nearly 200 feet, on to the deck. His faE was brokenwhe.n about 60 feet from the deck by a rope between the back­stays. He was unconscious forr 24 hours before he died. Twoof the a.pprentices had to work, watch and watch, looking af.terhim. After he died they still had to stop in the cabin to seethat the rats d~dn't get at the body! He was buried on aSunday morning-he died on a F,rida,y. The ceremony was nota very impoSiin,g one, the service was &00011 read, and the bodydumped. Apprentices had to attend in uniform. This is thesecond member of our crowd that we've lost, as the sailmake:rwas left behind in hospital at Newcastle, practically dead,having fallen clown the main hold."

"Junin is a terrible pla,ce to look at. We a.re anchoredaway from the shore. There is a long range .af mountainsabsolutely ba,rren, withoUlt the slightest sign of vegetation, justbare sand and gravel. J unin consists of a few tin shtll1ties forthe people, who work the saltpetre mines. It lies at the footof a. mountain 2,600 feet high. The coa,Sit is like this :all theway from Cape Hom to Callao. We followed! the coast alongfor miles. The mountains near Iquique (29 miles to the south­ward of Junin) are fine to look at. You can see range beyondrange of them."

"There is a long swell running all the time, and as there is noharbour or bay, you are just in the open sea. You might aswell be anchored off Beachy Head lsay, only, ofcoUTse, youget no gales here, as you are in the Tropics. There are plentyof sea lions, and birds by the hundred."

"We are stopping here for about four months., as we haveover 4,000 tons of coal to shovel out, and only eighteen ofus to do it-bagging it and working the winches."

The conclusion of our old friend "Pocket's" letter is ofvery particular interest to Sixth Form boys. He says, "Ple.aseremember me to Mr. Butt and Mr. Godwin. Doubtless thefonner will be pleased to hear that all the Logs., PlaneTrigonometry, and advanced Mathematics generally are comingin jolly useful in navigation. ' Ho~v I used to struggle withthem in thei old SiJOth Form wom I"

I wi:;h I could get a few more lett~ms of this description foreaCh "Lyonian" issue.

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BATTING AVERAGES.SEASON 1910.

most in notName. innings. runs. innings. out. average.

*O'Brien, Jas... , IS 173 37* 2 13'3*Ashford ... 15 155 4E 0 lO'n·Chatham IS 154 46 c 10'2*Berry 6 40 13- 2 10·Mellor 13 119 44 0 9. 1·Lamb 10 75 20· 1 8'3·Smith 15 115 21 I 7"6·Copping ,.. 15 1°7 29 ° 7"1-Cox 14 92 2 I ° 66-Roberts, H. 9 32 IS· 3 5"3*Page, G. G, 8 17 9 4 4'2

R. E. C. Ashford 6 39 25 0 6'SAustin 8 30 13· I %.8Viccajee ,., S 7 4* % 2'3

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Name. overs. mdns, funs. wkh. avge.·Copping 12 J'2 24 29 1 S6 S'2*Ashford ISS' I 32 424 66 6'4·O'Brien 38 9 13 1 29 6·S*Page 24'4 3 101 13 7·7

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WE have the pleasant duty of ohI'oniding this month themarriage of Mr. Homc:e Dive (1890-1893) to Miss FlorencePartington, of Mr. C. J. Shea,r\,oc:k (1896-1899) to Miss Mabe,1

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Ra.wlings, o~ Leamin.gton, and of Mr. P·ercy Gumey (1898­1900) to MlS.S Han-let Colpus, of Portsmouth. Mr. Dive'sname is il~ th~ Honours List of the School as holder of a LyonScholarshIp ill 1892, and Mr. Shearlock was, in his schooldays, one of the best of OUT all-round athletes at a time whenthe ~chooI was very strang in good .sportsmen. Mr. Gurney,I belIeve, left us when he was in the "Fou:rth Fmm, but he W:lS

a. good supporter of all Lyonlian funds during his school days.To ea.ch of these Old Lyonians we wish a lom.<Y and happymarried life. to

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c. S. Duncan (1898-19°3) has accepted an Assist·antMastership at .Loretto School. This school is one of the greatPu!.>lic Schools of Scotland, and corresponds to the Etonian orHarrovian standard in England. Weare mOTe than pleasedat the Old' Lyonian's appointment, and offer him on behalf ofall his old school-fellows and masters the very best wishes fmhis suc.cess in "the land of his fathers." We harpe C. S. D.had cultivated a love for the pipes before he departed North:it will be sal much less to leam: but in the speech of the High­'ands, "It's you that hae the mus-ie, Stewart"!

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c. W. Aggleton ([9°0--19°8) has heen appointed a JuniorMaster at King EdIVaI'd VII's School at Stourbridge. He tellsus he. joi.ned the Essex Yeomanry in 1909, an.d has [Ja 'sed theexanunatIon for promotion to the rank of corporal. Goodluck C. W. A.

c.. H: Powell (J903-1907) has passed. the Prelll11inaryEXamtnatlon of the Institute of Bankers, held 1:1 t April. Hehas. one more edLJ.catio~lal lest to smllloUIlt before he ga..ins thecertIficate of the Instltute. He has our best wishes in thisalJtempt, iU:d our congratulations on the s.uccess which has justa.ttended hIm.

'We were all debghted to hear that Donald Higgins (1897­1905), one of the mo t parpubr of Lyonia.n6 in his day, andcertainly the finest half-back who ever donned the red and blueSchool colours, had pased the qualifyina exanlination of thePhamlaceutical Society, and is now duly authorised to addM.P.S. to his name.· .We believe he is hent on taking stillhIgher professlonaJ qualIficatIOns, and so the Old Boys' footballclL:b WIll IlJOt lose, just yet, his services. Once again congratu­lations.

We now have tIO chronicle the rema.rkable success of H.~. Fryer (19°3-19°9) who goes on "conquerino- and to con-

" .. bquer across the hazardous examtnatJon field. He has passedthe Inter Arts Examination of the London l.J'niversit\'. Hegained the 1st Prize for ,German in University College. and,mo·re than that, he has gained the Scholars.hip of £50 forGerman given in connection "'ith the Inter Arts Examination.1'11'. YOllIng CIOnsiders the Ltst the high water mark of educationalachievement attained by any Lyonian during the term of hishe:!flll1astership. We offer H. N. F. our very heartiest con­gra.tulations on his most brilliant successes.

****T. Bartlett (1904-1908) has gail1ed the Diploma in Ancient

History, London University. We were aU pleased to. hearthis-one of his old masters especially so'.

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Mr. Walter Bentley (1886-189°) tJook the first and thesecond prize at the Rose Show in open competition againstprafes ional gro\\-ers. "Wallah" has broken out into newground.. We all kne\" of him as one of the very finest ~oot­

bailers that Mllldlesex ever produced, but as a raGe gwwerwe knew him not. Anyhow, to use a hackneyed strophe­appropria.te enough in this instance though-may it be "rosesroses all the way" of the same sort!

* * * *Like Fryer, though in another field of the univen;:e of know-

ledge, W. J. Millar (19°4-19°8) is sweeping all before him.In the final lists of the midsummer tenns he was First inPhysics and in Mathema.tiC's and in Machine Dra,wil1g at Fins­bury Technical College. "Stands Scotland where it did?" "Itdoth my Lo-ra.!"

We have received a letter frlOm Mr. C. E. Cope, a. Lyon.ianduring the time of Mr. Williams, when our present Headwas the Science Master, and the late Mr. Charles. Gregg wasthe Mathematical Master. Mr. Cope had l1iOt heard of Mr.Gregg's deathr-eighteen years ago. He wished to kno~v ifthere was an Old Boys' Society in existenoe, but we have toconfess t.here is not-though the Old Boys' Football Club hytheir social activity in Harrow during the ,,·in.ter months cer­tainly ta.kes. the place of a prorpedy constituted society. Thisnumber will convince Mr. Cope that the "Lyonian" is still agoing concern. He says "I still cherish several of the oldnumbers-, including the first publication and the reading of thesame bri11lgs bacik vividly the days of long ago." Mr. Copehas been many yems in Canada, so no wonder he has losttouch lVith the ,old School. We were glad to hear from him.

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P. R. Rayner (1900-19°8). COllnty Council Scbolarsbip atthe Goldsmith's College. Board of EducationScholarsbip of £25 pel' ann.-(November, 1909.)

G. C. Oglesby (1895-1899). :\Iember of PharmaceUlicalSuciety.-(November, 1909.)

C. S. Duncan (1898-ly03). Licentiate uf Ru) al Academyof ;\Iusic.-(]anuar)', 19iO.) Assistant i\lastersbipat Loretto (OCl. 1910).

A. C. Rackbam (1898-19°1). Diploma of Associate ofthe Guildhall School of 1\Iusic.-(January, 1910).Licentiate of H.ol al Acaaemy of Music.

W. J. Sherlock (19°0-'19°2). Jiirst Class, IntermediateExamination for Licentiate of Tbeology, DurhamUniversit),.-( larcb, 1910.)

\V. H. Plumer (1902 - 1906). Second Division Civil ServiceExamination. 100th place out of 1,565 candldates.­(1\Iay,19 1O .)

P. C. Woodhall (1893-19°0) Final Examination of theAssociation of Municipal and CO~lI1ty Engineers.­Uune, 19 10).

K. Waite (1902- 1904) Second 1\Iate's Certificate.-(june,

19 10). -" .A. Akin-Higrrins (1895-19°0). Fmal ExamlllatlOn of the

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (1\1 .R.C. \' .S.)-(july, 1910.)

H. N. Fryer (19°3-19°9) Inter.. Arts Exam. LondonUniversity. First Prize In German UrllversltyCollerre. £50 Scholarship London Unil·ersity.

D. Akin-Higgins (1897-19°5) Diploma Examination ofPharmaceutical Examination, 1\1. P.S.

T. Bartlett (19°4-19°9) Diploma Examination in AncientHistorv London University.

"V. Bentle\', Fi;s't and Second Prizes at Rose Show in OpenCompetition against Professionals. .

W. J. 1\1 illar (1904- 1908), First in Physics, 1\1 athemalIcsann Machine Drawing, Finsbury Technical College.-(Oct., 1910)

.. This list records the successes bel\l'een one Speech..Day and the next.

HONOURS LIST.

"Successes 1899-1911I. London 1\Iatriculation. AUSlin, ChatlIam, Kipping,

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2. Oxford Local (Junior). Crundall (rbird Class Honours),Higgins

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Mr. Gilbert Copping (1899-19°1) was married to MissNorl!1an, of Wealdstone, on July 23rd, laslt. Mr. Copping wasone of the best of Lyonians at School, and has alwa,ys heen a,most loyal and staullch supporter of the football club. Heoccupied a seaJ on the Selection Committee and often refereedthe ma,tches. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Copping a long andhappy married life.

* * * *Mr. A. H. W. Beatty (1901-1902), son of Dr. Bensley

Bea,tty, competed with much success at the Wa,rison A.A.Sports, held at Ea,stcote. He cleared 4ft. loin. in the highjump, and secm"oo the first prize: he also was pbceo secondin the sack ra,ce, and with h~si partner \Vlas second in thethree.. legged race. Congra tulatiO'l1S1 !

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o them who~e bellows wake the wild white horses of the sea,Whose hammer maketh straight and grim the path to victory,o let this weakling in thy terrible fierae for.ge be laid,And in thy thundering anvil smithied out, a kingly blade!

On Monday, October 3rd, there will be awhole holiday to commemorate the successof H. N. Fryer at London University.