The B riggew sian
March , 1953. .. Is It not strange that a little child should be heir to the whole world? " Youth has risen immeasurable heights In ·the estimation ot the community. At one time they were regarded as an unwanted collection ot mere creatures, to be abandoned or sold at the whim ot par ents or masters; now they hav e become ot priceless value to man, and educated young men are looked upon as the nower and promise of the world: in their capacities ltes the tuture ot the world. ' Th1s accounts for the great position which education occupies to-day. Higher education especially is regarded as one ot the essential guarantees to peace and freedom. It has been sald that education is what remains after you hav e torgotten all you have learned, and It Is Indeed true that examinations are not the end or education ; they are necessary to give us a qua1ltl cation tor occupations In lite. The real aim ot education Is to mould a basis upon which every Individual can develop a culture, which wlU enr ich civilisation. History, English, languages and science all contribute to this fund amental basis History gives us a broad outlook In perspective, helps to endow us with the Invaluable taculty of unbias ed and detached judgment, shows Us a' moral example and enables us to interpret our own world in relation to past ones. English exercises us in the art ot seir expression and enables us to appreciate the literary works of great dramatists, poets and novelists. Languages not only give us th e abHlty to speak the tongue ot other countries but also Imbue in us an understanding ot the people ot other countries and impress us with an even better understanding ot our language. FInally SCience, in all Its branches, gives us an elementary understanding of the workings ot the UnIverse and an accurate perception ot racts , although we must always be on our guard against :ta dogmatism and scepticism. With such a toundatlon as this on which to build, young men go out into the world to speclallse In their particular vocatlom . 38 Th e Brig gensian Edu cation has a profo und and lasting errect on the kind of societ y that Is produced, and it Is being pointed out more and more th at young people at a fairly .advanced stage, wha.tever their special interests, h istory, English, languages or science, must be given the chance of coming up against the questions of politics and mor al behaviour, and by dtscuss lon given the opportunity of forming judgments about them, so that they can go forth Into t hll; difficult world with a 'good training in "democratic citizenship. "
Every young man with a university training IS not destined to national leadership, but it is from the ranks of such flne and upright men as these that the nation's leaders wlll be drawn, who wlll emulate the outstanding example of our former leaders and continue the wonderful heritage whic h they have handed down. ThIs country has not been famous for Its great all powerful leaders. but if genius has been rare. talent has never been lacking and we all look forward to either " the personality of a Chatham, the eloquence of a Pltt, the wit of a Canning, the gUtter of a Disraeli, the grand manner of a Gladstone or the transcendent effulgence of a Wlnston Church1l1 ." " You shall know th e t ruth, and the t ruth shall make you free. " ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following magazines , with apologies for any accidental omissions : The Humberst onlan. The Oanlan. Th e De Astont an .
SCHOOL LISTS - SPRING TERM, 1953-. The Sch ool Officials for t his te rm have been : Saptain of School: P. J . P. Wade. Prefects: P. J . P. Wad e, H. K. Stothard, D. H. Thomp,son, J . s enars, J . Markham, C. J . Wi'ndass, W. Rlckatson, M. McKay, S. Douee, G. Henthorn. H. Mars·hall, C. Redpath, R. F. WIlson. B. L. Taylor, N. Russell. Football Captain: S. H. Douce. Football Vice- Captain: J. Markham . Cross-Country 'Captain: J . S. Scarborough. Cross-Count ry Vice-Capliain: R. F. Wllson . '. Tb" Brlgg"nsia:ii": D. H. Thompson ( EdljorJ,·R J . P. Wade, D. Bains, Mr. Rlchards. The Brigg ensian 39
House Captain and M'asters: Ancholmc: G.Henthorn (House Captain ), J . ThoIDpson ( football ), B. Taylor ( cross-count ry ), Mr. Henthorn. Nelthorpe : J. Sellers ( House Cap tatn ), S. H. Douce ( foot ball), J . Woodhead ( cross-coun try ), Mr. Morris. School : P. Wade ( House Captain ), W. Rickat. on ( football ), R. F. WUson ( cross-country), the Headmaster . Sheffield : B. A. WUson ( House Captain and football ), J . S. Scarborough (cross-country J, Mr. Piml ott. Yarb orou gh : J. Markham ( House Capt ain and football ), M. Parkinson ( cross-country ), Mr. Knight . Sports Committee : House Masters and Captains, Mr. Watts ( secretary ). 'I'h e Library : Mr. Hent horn, D. H. Thompson, D. Leaning ( llbrarlan ) and assistant librarians. 2nd Brigg Scout 'I'roup : Mr. J arvis ( G.S.M. J, Mr. Paisley ( S.M. ), G. Hent horn ( Troup Leader ), Music Society : Th e Headm aste r ( Prestdcnt J, Mr. Knight ( Treasurer ), Mr. Rlch ards ( Secret ary) , Mr. Pratt, Mr. Morris, Mr. Henthorn, Mr. Thumwood, Mr. Watts, Mr. Pimlott, Mr. Romans, Athletics 'Club: P. Wade ( Ch airman J, H K. Stothard ( Vlce Chairman), M. S. C. McKl\Y (Secret ary),H. Marshall ( Treasurer ), Mr. Bell, Mr. Morris, Mr. Barker. Philosophical Society : D. H. Thompson ( Secretary ), Mr. Butt er worth. Chess Club:D. Bains and E. Nobbs ( Jo int Secret aries ), Mr . Butterworth. Scientific 8'ociety : J. Sella rs ( Secretary), Mr. T'humwood.
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We con gratulat e Mr. an d Mrs. Barker on the birth of a dau ghter. The School First XI won all t heir match es. The collection in Sch ool in aid of the FloOd Distress Fund amounted to £ 30. The Barnddo Box Opening realised £ 11 ss, Bd. A 40 Th e Briggensian
Visits during the term were mad e to: Thorne Colliery on February 23rd, Appleby-Frodingham Steelworks on February 25th and March 4th , th e Focus on Cricket Demonstration at scun thorpe on February 25th, 'I'he Shakespeare MemorIal Theatre at Strat ford on March 25th, Mrs. Offenburg, a Commonwealth Lecturer, talked to th e Lower School about Australia on Marc h 3rd, The In ter- Schools Cross -Country was run at Scunthorpe on March 25th, The Fairhurst Trio gave a delightful conc ert in School on J anuary 29th. Norma Proct er gave a song recit al on March 13th. Th e. n ew Sixth Form was taken Into use on February 5th. Th e new Library was opened on February 16th . The n ewly elected GovernIng Body met on February lOth for t he first time. Colon el O. S. Nelth orpe was elected Chairman and Col. J . G.T. Eccles Vice-Ch airman. Col. O. S. Nelthorpe, the Chairman of t he Governors. h as presented a number of books and £ 10 to th e new library. We ha ve welcomed this term Mr. J. Hampson and Mr. G. Apple yard from Hull University Col lege for t heir t each ing practice.
Next Term's Dates . Term begins, April 21st. Parents' Evening , April 27th. Sports Day Satu rday, May 16th. Int er-Schools Athletics Meet ing at Scun thorpe, May 20th Whitsuntide Holida y May 22nd, 23rd, 25th. 26th. Coronation Holiday June 1st, 2nd, 3rd. G.C.E. Advanced Level begins June 9th. Dedication of Robert Grosset est e Memorial in Lincoln Cathedr al J une 27th. G.C.E. Ordinary Level begins July 6th. Term ends J uly 24th. Aut umn ter m begins September 15th.
L. Va. VALETE REDHEAD B oO Addres s : West End, Hlbalcstow, Brlgg. L. Vb. JOHNSON C.. Add ress : Darwin St reet, Klrton Llndsey. TAYLOR A., Address : Roxton Farm, Immtngham, TUPLIN E. J. R.. Address : Worlaby, Brigg. WmDSOR T. T., Address : Turner Street, Klrton-Lindsey. IDh. NORMAN E., Address: 2 W.O., M.Q.. R.A.F. Kirt on-Lindsey. LINCOLN B., Address : Cambridge ( det ails n ot known ). Th e Briggensian
I am very proud now In being able to record that the School 1st XI has maintained its unbeaten record and won every match. This was due to a very good spirit in the team and to the excellent training made possible by the masters. Our last match of the se ason was a very hard one and at one stage of the gam e it look ed as though we were going to be beaten. The whole team however pulled together and once more emerged victor ious.
In the fight tor the House Cup, Nelthorp e House were placed first and School House second. S. H. DOUCE.
Wilson B. A. ( Goalkeeper). WlIson Is a very experienced player, having played In the 1st XI for four seasons. Th1.s year he has played very well and only eighteen goals were sco red against us. On many occasions hi s sense of position and antici pation frustrate d dangerous r aids on the goal. He developed a good 'understandmg with the delence wh ich inspired confidence In the team.
Woodhead J . E. (righ t back ). Woodhead Is a comparatively new member of the team, but he has p layed soundly and con ststent .l y th roughout the season. Rickatson W. (Idt back). Rickatson is a solid. sound player who is strong in th e tackle. He is vigorous and robust and has always played with the wlll to win . A gOO d team man.
Deuce S. H. (right half an d capta-in ). Douce has been an excellent captain, combining skill and knowledge of the gam e with an enthusiasm. keenness and determination that have proved mrecttous. The spirit of the team and the wlll to win h ave owed much to his person al example. Th e Brig gcnsion:
Scarborough J . S. (centre b ait). Scarborough Is another n ew member to the team, but he has played exeeptlonall y well. Although h e does not appear to move very fast he has th e knack of bein g In the righ t place at the right momen t and is always In the thick of the fight.He is very good In t h e air a n d is a clean, unruffled type of player. Windass C. J. (left [bait). Windass is a good, soun d, con structional player, strong in t h e tackle an d in the air. He h as worked very h ard an d h as combined very well with the others on the left wing . Marltham· J . H. (right win g) . Markham is a player with plenty of. d ash and fire and h e has paved the way to many of vur goals. . IIhomps()u J. E. (insIde rfgiht. ), Thompson is a hard work ing forward who never gives up th e struggle. He has scored nine goals ' for the team. A' good perfo rman ce. Setlars J . W. (cen tre forwar d). Sellars is t h e chief goal scorer.of. our team, scoring . twenty. goals in t he eleven matches, He is a robust, bustlin g pla yer who h as' always worked very h ard. WilIey R.( inside left ). Willey is the sch emer of the for ward line. He is very robust an d wh en on the rampage n othing can stop htrn.'. He has scored eleven goals and always possessed the wil] to win . . ~ . ... , .. . . Ward J . F. ( lef t wing). Ward is our elusive left wmger who .nas proY..edJ ,o be the cause of mere.than one t eam's downfall, He is very 'l ast ,an d tricky 'and has work ed very well ,with Wllley and wtndasson. the left wing. ' ' , ..
This h as- been -t h e Ist Eleven 's r most successfu l season for many years . This is more notab le when it Is r ealised ~ th at several of the schools play ed are m uch larger than ours.Con gratulations are du e -to every member of th e side; they h ave welded 'togeth er as a very st ron g comb 'n at.on an d t h eir success h as been due to t his rather than to t he outstand!ng perform ance of a.ny sing le player. Good leadership, good backing-u p, enthusiasm, determina tion and an excellent team sptnit have been th e"keynotes of th eIr success. Although th e '2nd XI h ave not h ad the same measure of success. they h ave had a good season with t h eir moments of tri umph an d of fail ure. There are players full of promise an d some who , In other years , would h ave foun d a regular place in the first team. S.G.J . FOOTBALL 1st XI, 1952- 53
Standing : R. w inev. J . S. Scarborough, B. A. w uscn, W. R icka tson , C. J . Windnss. J . w oodhead. Seated : J . F. Ward, J . E. Th omp son S. H . D euce (captain ), J . M arkh am . J . sennrs. . ~r he ..Brig ge nsian: 43
AT HLETICS CLUB. On the 22nd January Brigg Grammar School Athletic s Club was formed. Its aims are to encourage the practice of athletics In the School and to improve th e knowledge of ath letics by visual aids. lectures and demonstrations. Mr . C. T. Wh ite ( Tom Wh ite J. the Northern Coun ti es half mtte champion and a member of the British Olympic team , has given the club two extremely useful lectures this term. He suggested training sch edules for sprinters and middl e distance runn ers. Mr. White has promised to give th e club a practical demonstra tion on Thursday, March 19th. Two very useful and instructive sound films were shown this te rm to an audien ce of fifty boys. On e dealt with hurdling and the other with the " Western Roll " style of high jump. Mr. Bell has acquired film s dealing with sprtn tmg, hurdling, high jump, putting the shot, throwin g the javelin and throwing the discus. They are films of th e world's best performers - for they are all Olympic cha mpions, and they should prove to be very helpful, especially t he films dea ling with discus and javelin , since th ese two events are to be intr oduced into our own sch ool athlet ics thls year. As these new events have been introduced. I do make a plea for th e equipment to be used wit h respect . It is dangerous equipme nt and some sligh t fooling and carelessness may do a boy some serious injury. It is up to you! Finally I should like to thank Mr. Bell who initiated the Athletics Club and who has worked so VEry hard for it in its first t er m. M. S. C. McKa y. Secretary.
THE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE Conditions could hardly have been better for the race this year: the day was mild and calm. and the course was hard and dry. Interest was centred on two runners in the junior race, O'Boyle and Ta ta m , who had both don e very good times during train ing. O'Boyle was first out of th e gate in a fast start and Tat am was lying well back but soon took the lead from O'Boyle, Whitehead and Rowley. O'Boyle very wisely allowed Tatam to 44 The Briggensian set the pace, running at his shoulder the whole way. In Wrawby the two leaders were some sixty yards ahea d of Whitehead, Rowley and ThomP6on and It was obvious that no-one WM going to offer any serious challenge to these two, Tatam was lookin g the fresher but O'Boyle's style was smoothe r. In the first ba tch of the main body of runners Sheffield House wer e prominen t and they were packing well. ThIs packing split the School House block an d was the deciding factor which gave Shemeld th e victory by a very narrow margin. The general position changed very Iittle over the last mlle-and-a-half. The two leaders steadily drew away and It WM obvious that the last effort WM to be decisive and It WM sheer determination that gave O'Boyle the victory by a few yards, In t h e very good time of 22 mins. 38.8 secs. There was no outstanding performance by any third-former this year, apart fro m J. Dobson (School), placed fifteenth in the race and fourth In his own House, bu t many gained standards and Shem eld h ave some very promisin g youngsters. No-one who had followe d t he training of the seniors closely would have dared to venture a forecast on individual perform ances, but it was obvious that School House were again unbeatable. In fact they brough t off the remarkable feat of having no less than eigh t in the first eleven h ome, and a total of only 54 points. In spite of the excellent con ditions, one felt that If Marrls h ad twice failed to break Coulthurst's record, n o-one would do so to-day, although Parklnson has been running better than ever In training and McLauchlan, winner of last year's jun ior race in record time, was running as lightly and as easily as ever. R. F. Wilson WM running so strongly and H. Scarborough seem ed in such better form than he has been for a couple of years, and Pl eroni h as shown such determination and Improvemen t (wh at a stride for a runner 01 his Inches J) , that this promised to be the most keenly contested race for many years. And so i t was. Firs t out of the gate came Parkinson, with McLauchlan, Pier onl, Wad e, Wllson and the rest 01 the Sch ool House pack well up . Wilson took the lead along St. Heleri's, With McLauchlan runn ing easily at his should er. When at Wrawby there was no sign of Parklnson in th e first bunch of runn ers, it was obvious th at someth ing had gone wrong; this was confir med by a passing runner's cryptic remark, .. Parky's 'ad it ." It was unfortun ate th at an att ack of cramp after the first mile had put him out of the race and so it is s till a matte r for conjecture as to whether he would have beaten McLauchlan. Th e race settled down to a du el between McLaucWan and Wllson lor lIrst place, an d School House efforts to keep everybody else out 01 t he race altogether. McLauchl an allowed Wllson to set t he pace over the first hall 01 the course and wh en h e took the lead, Wilson hung The Briggensi4n 45 on and was beaten by only a few yards. McLauchlan's victory In the record time of 26 mms, 3.2 secs. on his first appearance In the senior race Is a performance hardly llkely to be equalled for man y years, if at ail, and his gratitude should go to his team mate and captain, R. F. Wllson, for pacing him and pushing him so courageously. Anoth er outs tanding performance was that ot Pleroni, who gav e an unequalled d1.splay of sheer u guts " in working his way up to thir d position and hanging on dogg edly to the end. The standard of running was high and once again the value of systematic pre paration was evident. School , Shellleld and Ancholme Houses all showed a high standa rd of traini ng and It Is to be regretted that lack of opportunity for training Is such a serious draw-back to Nelthorpe and Yarborough Houses. Results Junior : Ist-O'Boyle, K. , Ancholm e. 2nd-Tatam, A" Shellleld. 3rd-Whlte he ad,M" Sh ellleld. Time : 22 mlns. 38.8 secs. Senior: Ist-McLauchl an, J ., School. 2nd-Wilson, R. F ., School. 3rd- Pleroni, L. F ., An cholme. Time: 26 mlns. 3.2 secs.(Record>' House Pc ints Total Junior Points Senior Points Poin ts Positions Anch olme 170 3 180 3 6 3 Nelthorpe 237 1 355 1 2 5 School 145 4 54 5 9 1= Shellleld ... 129 5 137 4 9 1= Yarborough 224 2 280 2 4 4 HOUSE NOTES ANCHOLME. The last footb all match of the season was against the Nelthorpes, who beat us 8-2. The game was played In thick fog which ham pered play considerably, so that we llke to th ink that without the fog we might have done better . The position of fifth in the House competition shows that our football has really reached rock bottom. Let us hope that n ext season sees the House back at the top of the UBt. Training for cross-country is In full swing, and the standard of the House's running, as a whole, is Improving. As. the SChool exams are being held at the end, of the term', instead of In the middle as usual , the excuse or swotting is now invalid, and a greater proportion of the House turns out to t rain. Although we shall miss last year 's Winner , Peter Hall, we should gain more standard pomts, whlle In the junio r race, O'Boyle is expected to hold hi, own wlth the leaders. 46 The Briggensian
Next term th ere will be only four weeks training before Sports Day, and all Anchors must be prepared to turn out regularly after school. This year th e jav elin and the discus are being introduced in division "A", opening up possi biliti es for those whose runn ing and jumping capabilities hand icap th em in other events. But the House Captains, who are expected to enter for all eve nts, will now have two more to add to th eir labours; and as even House Captains are human, th ey w1l1 be glad wh en some new system of entering events is evolved. Swimming prospects are qui te br ight. We still have last year's captain , J. E. Thompson. and also las.t year's Junior Water man, D. Parker, and with the House pullln g its weight, we shall improve upon last year's performance. G. HENTHORN. NELTHORPE. 'I'h is term we fini shed ou r football matches in gr and style, for both our team s were undefeated. The 1st XI, whos e forwards averaged seven goa ls a match, won all four games, whUst the Under XIV won three and drew th e other on e. Everyone th ought that the match With School House Ist XI was going to be a te rrific struggle. but the better football played by our team soon showed tha t they were going to win rather easily. Th e h igh lig hts of th is game were the left wing play of John Ward and Raiph Wllley, the heroic goa lkeeping by Sergeant, and the plu cky display by Cowlin g, who came into the team at the last minute as one member of the team was injured. We went out to play Anch olme House, knowing that we had won th e cup and 30 were determined to show th e Anchors our capabilities. But good football was out of the quest ion as the pitch was covered wit h thick fog. Nevertheless the 1st XI saw the goal at least eigh t tImes, for they scored eight goals. It is a few years sin ce Nelthorpe House secured the Football Cup and to th e various members of our two elevens we extend our heartIest congratulations . Cross-coun try is on us again and as I write these notes train ing is in its final sta ges. This year the House train ing has had to be don e in the games and P.T. periods. In previous years it was possible for th e whole House to tra in on Wednesday after noons, but th is year we have been unable to do th is because we could not make th e necessary travelling arrangements. We expect J. England to do very well in th e Jun ior race. We have no outstanding Seniors in the House, but if th e House packs well we should do better than last year. As soon as cross-country is over, training for athl etics, to be held next term, will begin. I make an appeal to all members of t he House to train hard so that they will collect as many points as possible. I know that we can do bet ter than we did last year. Fin all y, I ask every member to ret urn from the holidays determlned to do well In the athl etics. crIcket and swimming, to make us Cock House, J . W. SELLARS. The Brigg ensian
SCHOOL We ended last te rm in second position in t he football competition ; we did have hopes of first place, but came uns tuck in the vital 1st XI match agains t Nelthorpes, losing &-2. How ever we are quite satisfied, as it is an improvement on our position last year. Mr. Watts has continued to give up his time on Friday nights to enthusiastic woodworkers and I aga in take t h is opportunity to thank him. Members of the Scout troop in t he House have been preoccu pied in scrubbing out and cleaning the ne w Scout hut which was erected at the begi nni ng of the term. Films were con tinued on Saturday nights again, up to Half te rm, and were enjoyed by all. We h ave h ad all kinds of films rangin g from t hrillers, on e of wh ich had the ominous t itle, " The Killers," to documentaries and comedies, the last one being .. HoUday Camp." R. F. wuson Is to be congratula ted on being appointed Vice cap tain (Jt School cross-country and has subsequently taken over captaincy in th e House. We hope to have one or two representa tives in the School team for the inter-school cross-co untry race at Scunthorpe. In the House comp etition our hopes are again hlg h , We have a strong senior team, sev en of last year's first eigh t men are still in the House and much depends on our Juni ors whether we can improve on last year's performance and wIn th e cup outright. It h as been a sho rt ter m, but there h as been t he usu al activity. The last week will see t h e strange sigh t of boys conscientiously getting down to swotting in prep. as School exams . have been arranged for the end of term. P. J . P. WADE.
SHEFFIELD Now that t he Easter Term is dr awin g to Its close, our thoughts are once again centred upon th e ann ual cross-country race and we must congratulate J. S. Scarborough on hIs appoint ment as School cross-country captain. Although travelling facilit ies h ave prevented US from train ing as a House, we have been ab le to overcome t he dlftlculty by tralnlng the juniors In small groups under the guidance of senior members. As usual, the Juniors are proving to be very keen and there are several of who m the House has hi gh h opes. In the Senior event we are depending upon the capabll!ties of the Scarborough brothers once again, but we are hoping that there is hidden talent stll! to be found In the House. I am confi dent that If the whole House will respond by giving J . S. Scarbo rough their Whole hearted and loyal support we can make good the ground we lost In football. . 48 The Brig gensian The results Of our mat ch es played at the end of last term and the beglnn tng of this one were rather disappolntlng . The senior eleven managed to overco me Ancholme House by a margin of 5- 2, and to draw With School House 2- 2, but lost to Nelthorpe House 5-2 and to Yarborough House 3-2 af ter some keenly conteste d duels. The Junior team did not do at all well, gaining only two potnts, but In aII matc hes they endeavoured to play foot baII whi ch wl lI pay ric h dividends In the near fut ure. We finished the season in fourth place only one point better off than Ancholme. When the cross-country race Is over we must make a deter mined effo rt under the captaincy of th e School's athleti c vice captain to regain the ch er ished athletics cup and, as there will be very Ilttle time before the actual heats begin, it Is advisable that all members should make use of school faellltles In the holidays or do their train ing at home. Th e fac t that we came fou rth in the footba ll table does not discourage us-it simply means that we should train harder for athl etics, more must learn to swim and we mus t practise harder for cricket. I know that we have talent in Sheffield House and to regain that coveted prize, the Cock House Cup, it must be exploited to the full Work hard, play hard and we will be rewarded! B. A. WILSON.
YARBOROUGH Despite a poor begIn ning to the football season, In whlc)l. only one point was collected from two matches, the Yarboroughs later consIderably Improved their position In the football tabl e by beating the senior eleven of Ancholme House and by defeating Sheffield House by the odd goal In five on both pitches. At the time of writing these n otes, the cross -country races are once more looming before us. Although we may not do as well as last year when we shared the cup with School R ouse, we h ave great hopes of Parkinson winning the senio r race. At t he beginning of next term come AtWetlcs, and I take this opportun ity of askin g aII members of the House to give of their best in supportIng Stothard, who Is to be congrat ulated on being appoInted Athletics CaptaIn . Enter for as man y events as you are able. and remember that although yOU may not be SUf ficiently good to be placed in a particular event, you may get a standard, and It Is these st andards that make all the differenc e between our comIng firs t or last when t he po1nts are finally added up on Sports Day. J . MARKHAM. The Briggens4tn 49
T·IBRARy NOTES Tbis term has seen ~he conversion of Room 4 Into a 1Ibr&ry, which WOll opened on Monday, February 16th. It Is now a vet'Y pleasant ro om, attractively turmsned wlth n ew tables and chairs, three n ew .oock cases and ~ mart curtains, which have added the flnishlng touches. The library Is open during Break. the Lunch-Hour and from 3-35 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There Is always a. librarian or a.ctlng-lIbra.rian presen t , and sUenee Is al_ys obaerved. Thls n ew system of procedure seems to be running quite smoothly to-date, ·There-. is. however, .one .rule which boy., are 'apt to forget, and that Is that books must be returned or renewed wlthln 14 da.ys of the da,te of Issue. I would Uk boyS to trY and remember thls, and the .other rules, because. whether our new .ystem Is a. success or not depends to a. large extent on them. '. Our system of classlJl.catlon Is stlll the same .... before, but we hope ,In the near fut ure, a. more em clent system w1I1 be In opera.t1on . This syst em, known as the " Dewey System ", la IIIed In most public libraries and should be a great advantage to us. For ·th e time being, only the.Blxth and Upper Ftlth Forms use the Ilbra.ry, but we hope tI1a.t this regulatIon w1I1 be extended soon .and .that each form wlll be able to have a rea.dlng period In the library each week. The magazines, newspapers and periodicals all bear the library st amp and are not to be removed from the llbrary. At the moment. the current tssues are placed on on e of the tables. but we h ope t hat we shall soon have a proper newspaper rack. May I thank the following for the .books which they have so kindly given to the library:- Colon el Nelthorpe: 2 sets of "The Times " History of the War (1914-18) (21 vols. per set); 6 vols. or "The Sphere " (1917-19); 3 copies of " Lon don Illustrated News" (Silver Jubilee, 1935); 4 vols. or "The Connoisseur " (1901, 1905, 1906, 1915) ; Hamlet. PrInce of Denmark, Shakespeare ; England 0870-1914), Ensor; History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher; Companion to English HIstory (Middles Ages ). Barnard: The Coa ching Era. V. A. Wllson; PrInciples of Political Econ omy, Glde ; Glastonbury Abbey, A. E. Henderson; Tlntern Abbey, A. E. Henderson; The Book of the 'Countryslde, F. and L. Duncan ; More Kindred of the Wlld. G. D. Roberts; A Modern Slnbad; Red Saunders, " Slnbad" ; My Mystery Ships, G. Campbell; The " Bartlm eus OmnIbus "; Tom ·Sawyer, M. Twain ; Treasure Island. R. L. Stevenson ; The Worl d's Desire. Haggard a nd Lang; Perishable Goods, D. Yates ; The F t. LIeutenant, P. Drury; Ou t or th e Blue, " Sapper " : Roblnson Crusoe, n eroe : LIttle Ship. " Taffrall ": Jane Eyre (2 vols.), C. Bronte; German Sky. B. Newman. The Headmaster: War of the Guns, Wade; Navy and Defence, Chatfteld; Orleana, Darwin;· -An Autobiography. H: G. Wells'; Shakespeare-His Mind and Art, Dowden; Macaulay's 50 The Briggensian Essays (Vol. 1) ; The Boy's Grammar School, Davles; Shakes peare's English Kings, Carter; Don Qu!xote; Irvlng, Stoker; Heart. of Midlothian, seen: The Monastery, secu: Guy Manner Ing, Scott; Woodstock, Scott; Vanity Fair, Thackeray; The Purple Land, Hudson; The White Company, Doyle; .. . And Tell ot Tlme, .L. Krey; Masterpieces ot French Romances, Terimce; Journey .ot a Warrior, E. Curie; Women ot the Bible, H. V. ~orton ; Berlin Diary, Shlrer; Clear Thinking, Jepson; Les M1s~rables , Hugo; Story ot the Bible, Kenyon; The Bible In basic English; The Citizen and the Modem World, Fiavell. Mr. C. Wood : TIle .Kon-Tlk1 ExpedItion, Heyerdahl. We .do appreciate these gifts. .Books which have been added trom the School stock Include: Africa, Fltzgerald; Poems, Letters and Essays, Gray; LyriCal Ballads ot 1798; SlIas Mamer, G. Ellot; Lord Jim, Conrad; Manstleld Park, Austen; The Moonstone, Colllns; The ThIrty nine Steps, Buchan; A Tale of Two CIties, Dickens; Auto biography, Gibbons; Journal to Stella, Swltte; Dr. Johnson, Roberts. Lastly, may I thank all the Acting-Librarians who gave their time, very willingly, to help In the library. They are doing a grand job ot work. D. LEANING.
CHESS CLUB The club has not met as frequently as usual this te rm, this being largely due to the fact that the two secretaries were occupied by more Important matters . Next term It Is expected that the club wm close down for the summer, but It will be open as usual In t he autumn. Membership of the club this term has been exceedingly poor, and the standard ot play has been so low that It Is feared that next season the club will be unable to raise a team tor Inter-school matches, as many ot this year's team will be leaving us. Only one Inter-school match has been played this term. This was on Februar y 28th, when twelve members of t1ie club visited Scunthorpe Grammar School. An eight-board senior game ended, amidst great excitement, In a. draw. 4-4, and the tour board junior match also ended In a \Iraw. Negoti ations for a return match before the end of term are In progress at the time of writing. B~CK. ~NIGHT. •
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This te rm has seen th e e rection of our n ew headquarters on the SChool field ; a t last we have a h ome of o ur own . The task-of raising all the money (£300) to pay for i t Is 'one which needs the help of all members of the troop and those le who are Interested In us. We have planned to hold a JUII)b Sale. at the end of this term, .and during t he h olidays every ", .memb er o f the troop will be actively earning his "Bob-a-job _Although some of t he " bobs" we e arn go to help Imperial Head arters' fun ds , what Is left can be a great help to wards our . qu ~ own.needs. In the Summer Term, a Garden Fete will b e held, a nd h ere e again , the s upport o f all I s hoped for. I would ask assistanc fro m the par en ts of a ll our SCouts In stocking the stalls, In Ideas or and -prizes for the competitions and In making thts, our maj e!':ort for the year, an outs tanding su ccess. S.G.J. (G.S.M.l. THE PHlLOSOPHICAL SOCIETY At the time of writi ng, we have had o nly one me eting t h is , term, but the date of another has been fixed , when Mr. Hampson ur of Hull University College, ,will give a talk o n Ethics. In o meeting t his t erm, Mr. But terworth gave an Introductory t alk on Ethics, under t he title ot" Reas on and Emotion ," After brlefiy on outllnlng the ethical systems of Kant and J. S. M1ll , he wen t , to deal with the application of e thics to political sys tems p especially CommunLsm. FInally , he c onsi d ered the relationshi , between Reason 'and Em otion, and concluded that between them ole whil e complemen tary t o each other, they constit ut e the wh of mental ac tlvJty. its Enthusiasm for this society h as som ewhat dwin dle d since ead inception , a nd I would m ake an ap peal for more widespr support in such a stimulating p ursuit, D.H.T. MUSIC NOTES There Is llttle t.o report on S chool music t.his te rm. The for orchestr a l work h as cons ist ed of the p reparat ion of pi eces ng the annual S t.rlng Week- e nd at G alnsborou gh. ThLs year , owi to to the large numb er of entries, it has been found n ecessar y separate t.he Senior meeting trom the Junior, the former being )1old at G ainsborough a nd the l atter at Scunthorpe. ' This •
, 'he Brizgensian dlvlslOh h.... In turn, led to another Innovation, the charee ot ten shillings tor each pupil. This charge has become necessary on account ot the doubling ot expenses entailed In holdlne two separate week-ends. The Junior Orchestra has .made good progress during the term, but the seaioes have, unlortnnately. been delayed by the late a.rrIval ot the mualc. However. they will have ·the advantage ot a longer period tor practice next next term. Two concerts have been given at the School this term under the auspices ot the. Music Society. The tlrst was given by the Falrhurst Trio on January 29th. 'Ibe ensemble played Trios by Schubert and Poulenc with Impeccable preclslon.and technique. though at times the viCour ot their attack seemed to result ID some harshness er tone. In addltlon, each 1ndlv1dual pertormer gaYe solos ot a most varied character, since they Included works of no tewer than ten .composers, ranging from TartIn1 to the present day. The excellence of performance, together with the variety of wora chosen, -provided ua with a most enjoyable eveninC. The second concert, held on March 13th. tool< the torm of a song recital by Norma Procter. With the exception ot a group of SChubert's songs. her programme consisted ot works by British composers (l.t we may Include Handel as British, since he was naturalized In 1726l. In the first group, Miss Procter's rendering ot two of Hande!'s songs was most impressive, combining a richness ot tone with an effortless fiexlblllty ot voice. In the group ot Schubert's songs It was, perhaps, her rendering ot ..Die Junge Norme" that was most outstandlne. though all tour songs showed that MIss Proctor possesses the gUt ot creating a mood. the most, indispensable requlslte tor the interPretation ot any ot SChubert's songs. Her later groups of Bonp demonstrated that this versatile artiste was equally at home In conveying a spirit ot lightness and humour. In all, this was certainly one ot the moot enJoyable concerts ot the whole series.
OLD BRIGGENSIANS' ASSOCIATION Under the new Instrument ot government tor the SChool, the Committee ot the association were InVited last December to nominate an Old Boy to serve as a Foundation Governor of th e School tor a pertod ot five years. At a Specla! Committee Meeting prior to the Annual Genera! Meeting on lOth January. 1953. Mr. G. A. Roblnson was nominated tor the position. Mr. Roblnson has becn a member ot the Committee ot the Association since 1946 and was C!).alrman In 1951. Old Boys can be assured that their representative on the Board of Governors will serve to strengthen the already strong ties between the Association and the School. 63
/ fie _ 1181 Genellll1 IIeetIDg 8Ild 27th _ ~, 18'" .IiaIIwal'7. 1953• . Dense fog descended on Brigg In the middle of thIB saturday afternoon and persisted througho ut the evening. Nevertheless, at the Annual General Meetin g, the usual forty or so members attended. Aeeo...lL Mr. R. L. P&tchett, the Hon. Treasurer, presented the accounts for the year ending 30th September, 1952. A balance In hand of £ 130 2s. 10d. was the result of the year's working, an increase of £ 3 2s. 10d. on the previous year, despIte the allocation of £ 20 for the Golfing Society Trophy. Full detalls of the accounts are given later In these notes-. E1ecli... .,r Office.. P.reslde!:lt: Col. O. S. Nelthorpe. Vice-Presidents : J . R. Baker, W. Balns, E. F. Brown , J . T. DaUChtol!. J . G. T. Eccles, A. E. Knliht, H. F. 8erleant, T. N. Sumpter, E. Taylor. R. TaYlor , N. C. MattheWl, G. A. Roblnson, A. Lyon and D. GlJ&allon. Chalrman : R. L. Patchett. Vice-Chairman: E. Urry (retiring Chairman). Hon. Secretary: W. T. Good. Hon. Treasurer and Han. Asst. Seeretary: T. R. D. O'Nelll. Hon . Auditor: G. J. Goodman. Committee: A. E. Knight, W. Bains, J . G. T. Eccles, T.,N. Bumpter, A. Lyon, R. A. Blnns, R. .Ketterlngham, E. TaYlor, R. TaYlor. R. N. Coulthurst, E. W. Nlxoo, R. G. Tear, J. Bell, D. Gllgallon and the Headmaster , Chalrman, Vlce Chalrman, Hon. Secreta!'Y and Hon. Treasurer. ' It was unanimously agreed to present three prizes to the Bchool, value one guin ea each, for presentation annually at Speech Day for Senior Maths, Physics and Chemistry. It was decided to eo-opt the Association's representative to the Board of Governors on the Committee pendin g the amend ment of the Rules that he be an ex-officio member of the Com mittee. Notice of thIB amendment was duly given. Mr. Urry reported that a profit of £ 5 148. Od. had been made on the Annual Dance. All ag reed that this was very satisfactory and the organisers were compllme nted on their efforts. The mee ting closed and was followed by the 27th ReunJon Dinner, at which 111 Old Boys and their 1tllCSts sat down. Th e fog had delayed many Old Boys an d Dinner was held up for a short time. However, there were very few vacant places when the meal commenced and all travellers were deserving of congratu lations for their efforts to reach Brigg. Mr. Daughtoll travelled from LIncoln with Mr. H. A. Wlckstead, Deputy Director of Education for Llndsey. Another guest and principal 1;4 '1'h ~" Brin;"'.ia" "- speaker, The Bishop of Lincoln, left the city later and was unable to travel further than Caenby COrner, and had to return to ~oln . A SCunthorpe entertainer, comedian Syd PoII1tt, due to arrive about 9 p.m., was also beaten by the fog. Mr. R. L. Patchett, newly-elected Chairman of the associa tion, deputised for the Bishop and proposed the toast to " The School " In a most able manner. The Headmaster responded and was abl e to report that the Football ' lst XI 'had been undefeated. Academically, 1952 had been an outs tandin g year, With Open Exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge; four county majors, a number of very good sentor general certl1lcates and '33'0Id Boys were now attending Universities. Mr. H. A. Wlckstead, Deputy-Director of Education for L1ndsey proposed the toast" The association." Mr. Wlckstead thought Old Boys have a function similar to his own as an ·oincer of an educati on authority - to start helping and stoP interfering. He was certain that Headmasters would like to 'have ' some money tucked 'away which could be used to the SChool's advantage at the -ri ght mom ent. Mr. E. Urry, Vice-Chairman, responded and thought It was a wise pro vision that the Old Boys' association should have a representative on the new governing body. COl. 0 .' S. Nelthorpe, President, proposed the toast to the " Guests." Replying, Supt. R. F. Knowler expressed grateful -thanks to the members of the School Stalf, for he well knew that they had done so much for so many. Jack Ashley (baritone) was well received and he gave extra songs In the abs ence of his fellow artiste. The organisers wish to place on record their appreciation of the help given by Mr. Ashley.. . Mr. Henthorn was the accompanist for the School song. and Mr. G. A. Robinson carried out his usual duties of Toastmaster very efficiently. Th e Secretary hopes that he has anticipated correctly the wisnes of those few memb ers who were unable to attend by crediting thelr Dinner payments to the Dinner Accoun t to help olfset the adv erse balance. For the 1952 Dinner, the margin between the actual cost of the dinner and the dinner ticket was 3/ -, but this year the margin was only 2/ -. Among Old Boys and Masters present were :- W. Bains, J. R. Baker , J. Bell, R. A. Blnns, R. Bonsell, N. H. Bowcock, W. Brown, P. Bryan t, B. Carpenter, B. A. Chapman, J . H. Cheeseman , E. R. Clark, R. A. Conboy , L. C. Codd, R. Coulthurst , J. T. Dau ghton , E: Dodd, P. Drlflll, H. East, J. G. T. Eccles, J . EdlIngton, C. EDerby, W. Fleldson, D. GUgallon, A. GUllatt, W. T. Good, R. E. Green, P. G. Hall , P. D. Hargreaves, J . W. Harrlngton, R. HeaIey, F. Henthorn, A. J . Hili, W. G. Hogg, W. Jackson, J . C. J acques, S. G. 'J arvls, A. N. Jones, J . P. Kemp , J. E. H. K1ngdon, A. E. Knight, A. LYon, J . C.- M. Lyon, J . Maden, N. C. Matthews, G. R. C. McLauchlan, C. R. Met!lam; D. 'Mlddleton ; C: E. 'Moody, A: I. Morris, E. W. Nlxon, T. · R. D. O'Ne11l, R. L. Patchett, O. N. Pearson, H. Plmlott, A. C. Pleronl, P . Plant, T. F. ,Raby, J . Rands, J . Rhodes, J. 1. Rlckett, O. A. Roblnson, J. Rose, W.C. Rowbottom, S. G. Sass , J. Sennltt, D. W. Shaw,'·A. Shucksmith, R. M. Spring, J . H. Btephenscn, L. R. Btephenson, C.' P. s tevenson, ' R. W. Stringer, L. Summers, T. N. Sumpter, E. T aylor , R. G. Tear, J . C. Thompson, H. J . Turner, E. Urry, J . A. Waters, J . R. WaJlhcad, W.Wa tts, B. W. Wat ts , J . C. White , M. WllIey, O. Wrlght, S. A. Wa tts, T. G. Rlchards, T. H. Freeman; J . Gilbert, A. KIng, O. W. Brocklesby, S. Moore, J. Parrott, T.M. Wadsworth. C. W. Heald has been elected President of the SCunthDrpe Chamber of Trade for Coronation year. He Is a director and also secretary of the family business In SCunthorpe and 'was formerly an accountan t with the'Llndsey and' NottlnghalWlhlre County Councils. Geolfrey Turner Is now In Trinidad with Messrs. Parry and ElInqulst. Civil Engineers. He Is assisting In the ere enon of a cemen t works and expects to be abroad for three years. Geolfrey's elder brother, Byi'on, Is with a firm'of Pharmaceutical Ch emists In Clrencester, Olos ."" . ' Tony BaJter lBpreparlne for mIsSionary work at ClIIf College, Calver, Derbyshire. ' K. ·B.-Strawson obtalned a West Riding University ExhIbition In 1951 ancl Is now In his second year at Edinburgh University, stUdying m edicine. David Polllcott has .Just finished his first term of a two-year course at th e National Institute of . Poultry Husbandry at Newport , Shropshire. J. K. M. Young has been transferred tram Oldham, Lancs., and Is now working with the Ordnance Survey at Maidenhead In Berkshire. '. R. H. M. Markarlan, Exeter College, Oxford, was' awarded a 2nd Class Honours In French last J une. This year he Is taking a course for a Diploma In Education and spent t his term on t eachin g practice In Wyclllfe Colleg e. He writes : " The n ew Vice-Chancellor here made a mistake in th e Degree ceremony. Inst ead of placing his hand on the Bible when saying , Hie Llber " he absent-mindedly put it on somebody's head. SOme of the supplicating Deans who expect ed to 'have only one candidate for certain degrees had a shock when more than one appeared an d t hey h ad to put theli Latin supplication Into the plural' as they went along!' Marriages: Mich ael C. Dlcklnson to Chrlstlne Joan Oxtob y on January 3rd at St. Hybald's Church, SCawby. Oeolfrey .Turner to Katharlne P. Moore 0.4 Bcunthorpe on 17th June, '1952. ReceilJts ,104 ~ts AccolJllt fof t he year ..,4e,d 30th September, 1962. Receipts £ s. d. £ s. d . Balances brought forward: Cash lri Ha nd ...... ~ . 8 Cash a.t Bai claYs Bank, Ltd. .. .. 26 3 1 casn at "Lilicoln Savings Bank 66 16 3 2*% Defence -Bonds ...... 35 ' 0 0 127 0 0 Melilllers" SubScriptions ...... 71 18 6 2i% "Defence Bond Interest ... 17 6 Savings Bank Interest ' .. . .:. 1 11 0 Surplus on' Dance : Receipts ... 139 3 0 Outgoings : £ s. d. - Band - .. : .. . 20 0 0 Buffet ...... " 96 3 " 4 Doorman .and GratUIties . 12 6 Dl'COratloIlB ... .. " ..: ... ' 3 O' 0 "P,ilntin&, s tationery, , ..POitaile&' and" Telepbone .9 6 4 . .. . 10 0 10 " £211 . 7 10
Payments. :£ S. · d. . £ . 8 . .
FOCUS ON CRICKET On Wednesday, 25th of February, a School party, comprising the remaining members of last year's cricket XI 's and other cricket enthusiasts. att ended a demonstration on the funda mental technique and finer aspects of cricket In the Ba ths Hall at Scunthorpe. Th e demonstration was given by the Bedser twins and Jim Lak er, whose reputations as England cricketers could hardly fail to attract a large and ap preclative audience. Eric Bedser Illustrated the fundamental batting strokes, while his brother explained what stroke should be played to each type of delivery. The brothers then changed places and Alec, ably supported by Jim Lak er, explained to us the basic grips and arm actions that are essential for etrectlve bowling. For the last three-Quarters or an hour the three cricketers coached four boys an d the hints which were given were of benefit to ' us all. No doubt the valuable advice will be revealed in the coming season to which we all look forward. THREE THOUSAND FEET BELOW Alarm clocks were set eariy on Sunday, 22nd of February, in order to make an early start for the Scientific Society 'S visit to Thorne Colliery. At nine o'clock we were collecting lamps and steel helmets at the pit head and having signed the form of indemnity were taken by our guides, two mine depu ties , along to the main sh aft. Here we flled into the lattic ed-steel cage which was to convey us 3,000 teet below ground to the workings. arriving at the bottom of the shaft, we made rapid progress on foot along the main tunnel, which closely resembled a tunnel in the London Underground. A narrow gauge diesel locomotive was waiting to haul us in open carriages to the actual workings. Our guid es explained that it was contrary to accepted policy to carry out any coal cutting adjacent to the shaft, since th e latter is a permanent constr uction and from an economic point of view is to be preserved at all costs. As we progressed steadily along in the tunnel, which was illuminated only by the glare from our helmet lamps, the heat became more int ense. Hcw ever, the tunnel was very well ventilated and we were told er the complicated circulating syste m and air locks which form a network through the whole pit. After leaving the railway we struck off on foot at a great pace along a side gallery, which was thick with greyish brown powder whi ch rose in dense clouds as we .walked. Th e dust was not entirely due to coal but also to powdered stone which h ad been put down intentionally. This is an attempt to dilute the coal dust, which may be in such a finely divided state, that it could explode If suitably ignited. Our guide told us of the periodic experiments which are carried out to analyse the composition of the dust to ens ure that the fraction of stone dust in a mass of coal dust does not fall below a certain safety value fixed by the Board of Tr ade.
• T,he. Briggensian At last we came to the coal face : a fiat black shiny wall some four feet thick. At' this point of our tour the tunnel was very low and we had to assume a. crouching posture. Here we saw ail electric coal-cutter, which almost literally planes coal cif! the face. The coal is heaped Into trucks and taken 'In an endless .cnam of trucks to the pit bottom, We then began our long return tramp to .the railway and then by the diesel trl'lri we were taken back to the shaft. At about one o'clock we made our ascent In the cage, hot, black, tired and very ready for a ,welcome pit bath. At this point many cif us refiected for a while; we were almost exhausted by a four-hours' visit down a "mine, While the average underground operative works a seven hours" sh ift. Though very tiring, the visit proved most absorblngly in ter esting In that, apart from showing us some applications of scientific principles taught at school, It gave us an opportulUty of witnessing the human factor. which is the mainspring of all Industry. From what we saw, it appeared obvious that the success of the .industry wai dependent, not so much upon high ievei' planning with Its r emoteness from reality, but ' on the outlOOk and attitude of the worker at the coal-face. In con ctusion, one of the most outstanding facts which we learned from our tour was that for every ton of coal a collier removes, he is paid on average three shillings and nvepence, whlle the cost of that same coal to the consumer Is more th an five pounds.
IRON AND STEEL .. On two consecutive Wednesdays, following the'trlp to Thorne 'Colliery, visits were made by the Scientific Society to Appleby Frodlngham steelworks. On 'tf,e first visit, befor e golrig' round the works, we were given a preliminary talk on the whole process of steel manufacture, very " clearly tllustrated With working models of various parts of the plant, from the digging of the lfon ore to the rolling of the tIn1shed steel sections. After the talk we went to the very first part of the process . by 'bus. because of the Immense ar ea covered by the works. There we saw trucks loaded With ore being pulled up giant ramps and being bodlly capsized, dropping their loads Into crushers to break up the big lumps of ore Into suitable sizes for the blast furnaces. The very tine.ore, which Is far too small-for the furnaces, Is mixed With coke and heated strongly to form large lumps of. " cllnker ". 'I'hls process Is known technically as ...slnterlng" and Appleby-Frodlngham were one of the first plants to employ this method of saving the valuable part of the ore Instead of wastlng,lt, as bad preViously been done. Clouds 01 bro,wn"chOk!nl dust descended on us and made us appreciate the condtttons under w.hl~h .men 'IVOr,k in. Industry, · Next we followed the ore to th e blast furnaces, and watched it belng taken up the sides of the tower-Ilke furnace to charge it at the top. An elaborate set or automatic electric swltc hes controlled the movements of th e trucks. Down below, under' a lpfty iron roof, we saw the massive base of the furnace sur rounded by pipes, which blas ted hot air into the burnlng coke and Iron ore to generate tremendous heat. We were unfortunate not to see the Iron beIDg tapped, but whi te-hot slag was being fed off down sandy channels lnto steel trucks. Showers of sparks new from the dazzltng' opening from the heart of the furnace an d lit up th e sweating faces of the workmen . The last part of the ftrst vlsit was spent in the melting-shop, where the Iron is changed into steel by the adding of lime, Ironoxlde and scrap steel. On one side of the shop were the furnaces and on the other were the controls for operating them. Down the centre, a gigantic four-ton charger on ralls was swtnging round to piCk up a charge of lime an d steel scra p to feed the furnace. The doors of the furnace were suddenly opened and we were dazzled by' a brilliant whlteness trom the boll.lng steel. The charger swung round and thrust its long arm right ,inside the furnace, tipping its load, withdrawing , and then thunderlng down the ralls to charge another furnace.
On the second vlJiit our main object was to see the steel rolled Into shapes SUitable for use after dispatch from the works. We were taken lIrst to a sub-station, where the electricity needed to drive the rolllng mlll ls converted from A.e. to D.e. current by rotary converters. The sub-station IWRs a vast, spotlessly clean hall, full of gleaming machlnery, dials, swltehes; the noise was deafening. This great structure was awarded the Festival of Brltaln prize for the best Industrial design .
From here we passed on to the rolllng mllls. ThlJi building Is Indeed a great feat of engine ering because It was bullt around the old mm, which was kept In continuous operation during the construction . From the control balcony we had a view Of all the activities of the mill. Giant cranes llfted red-hot steellngots on to rollers, which carried them to the specially designed roils, through which they were passed backwards and forwards until they were the required size and shape. Up on the control balcony, even behind wlndows, we could feel the heat of the red-hot steel bars on our faces. A vast array of levers and switches controlled the passage of the Ingots through the suc cession of rolls until the lInal shaped steel gird er was whlJiked away by rolle rs and sawn off tnto lengths by a circular saw. Appleby-Frodlngham is one of the few steelworks that have a central maintenance department. where machlnery from all parts of the works !B repaired. an d It was here that we finally went~ Several of the works' locomotives and trucss were com pletely strIpped down and were having new bearings, connecting rods and wheels made for them on the numerous lathes. The bUDding glare of acetylene torches and the shattering noise of riveters were proof enough of the work which was being done. In the electrIcal department, motors were being re-wound and even electrIc clocks repaired. In a corner of the maintenance department was a section laid asIde for the t raining' of apprentic es In the use of machlne tools. All these visIts by the SCIentific SOCIety show us produc ts of scIentific achievement and a practical application of our studies In PhYsics and Chemlstry. They also gIve us a respect for the men who operate the macntnerr: It Is the personnel who are the most Important part of any IndUBtry and we should like to thank all of them for making such an Interestlnl v1BIt possIble. B. L . TAYLOR, W. B. S. DOBIE.
WEATHER RECORDING Many people have often said to, me, .. What's the use of taklnc weather recordings and putting them on a board? No one ever reads them." What a gross error this 14! Admittedly not as many people looltat the weather recordIngs as at; the football teams, for example, but dur ing last ~rm, I was surprised at the· number of people who began to take a genuine Interest In' the dally weather observations and the chart at· the end of the month. While the new buildings have been going up. we have been un ..ble to take our usual recordings, but next term we arc startIng again , fuU of vigour. 'The arrangement will be slightly dltferent from the past. Each day we shall record :- (1) Maximum and minimum temp eratures for the past twenty-four hours (This usually .arouses most Interest because boys want to know what the lowest temperature has .been In the wInter, and what has been the highest In summer !l ( 2) The actual temperature at the tIme of recordIn g, and also the temperature of a thermometer surrounded by damp muslin. From these "wet" and .tdry" readings we ealculate the ..mount of water vapour In the aIr. (3) The WInd direction and force (estimated according to Beaufort's Scale) and also the appropriate symbol from the same scale. .H) . The amount of clo\ld (Accurate ",esswork Is again required here !) Th. ·Briz ,.. n.ian ~I (5) AmoWlt ot rain In the past 24 hours, (6) The pressure (In Inches). . (7): The state ot the ground (represented by a number trom the Meteorological omce code). All the .ymbol. we use are. as laid down by the. 14<\ooor ologlcal Office. and this term we have. started to J)OSt ()O our board a copy of their daily weather chart tor England. on which you will be able to see the same symbols. This W!ll .mak e our "tacts .and figures " more interesting. because we are able to compare them with others throughout the country. Are you Interested In knowing what the weather W!ll be 1ll After several mtnutes'. concentrated r thought" the" 'other suggests opening the second halt of the door, and In a ,'short space or time our two heroes mak e their entry Into the yard, This Is the signal for a riot" A.seethlng mob of juniors clamo urs round the bun-sellers. Grimy hands seize buns, and others throw down varying ·amoun ts of money, while raucous voices shatter the ear-drums In their demands for chan ge, amidst all ' this, l1ke The Queen Mary In a crowd of tu gs, one of those supe rior beings-e-a prefect-nonchalantly elbows his way to the front, pausing only to deal out some' Unes to some unfortunate youth who 'has not noticed to w!lom he had been referring when . he had atred .hts opinio n of people who will not wait their, turn, but must needs push their way to the fron t of the .crow.d. Jiavlng established himself In position, the Superior Being.now carefully -tests -each remaining bun with ·hIs finger, selects the one which most appeals to him. .puts down a half-crown and requests two-and-fourpence-halfpenny change. The Superior Bein g .takes himself olf, and the riot continues. In next to no time the last bun has been sold and the two survivors betake themselves, the empty tr ay, and.the day's taklngs to a vacant classroom. Here, two pockets -full of coins of various denominations are emptied on to the table, except for a ' halfpenny, which 'rolls first on to the floor, and then through a l~r g e crack therein. Seven mlnut~s later. by means of great dilig ence, a pencil and a ruler, it has been recovered . Th e counting of the day's takings now proceeds, albeit at a rather slow rate of progress. After the third' coun t. on e Is heard to pronounc e to the Incredulous other: .. Exactly .eieven and tenpence-hal!penny ! .. Even now Our tW ;J heroes are wondering how this exactly accu rate result was obtained., . D. BArNS. 'tERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA Australia Is a land of azure blue skies. awe inspiring desert, V9.St tracts of scorching desert and homely farmsteads nestling snugly In tlny valleys, Its large size Is determined by the fact that it Is thirty-two times the size of the United Kingdom although only eight million people Inhabit this tremendous Continent. One quarter of th ese people, tall muscular men with the sun at the back of th eir eyes, li ve in Sydney-alone, while the remain Ing six million are scattered about the country sometimes Ilvlng more than three hundr ed miles apart. Most of the large town s in Australia are situated near the coast because of the country's 'one great problem-lack of wat er. In -deed , the .scarcttv of water Is so great that a farmer may be fin ed for not storing UP grain against the drou ght. The crisp dry crackle of burning grass, \ '83 thearoma of smoke which scents the air "with i';- dlill foreliodlng and the bright yellow flame wh ich darts mallclous!y froIn cover make the Australlan grit "his teeth and swear to defeat yet another cause for disaster, that devUlsh Imp, fire. With the fire, drought comes. Th e days are long and scorching, the merciless sun beats down from a blazing blue sky and the clouds look, oh so much like rain, and yet rain .never comes. A listless haze hangs lazily in the air and minute partfeles of dust stick to a man'. tongue until he Is screaming inwardly for water and more water. The animals' eyes, normally so docile and friendly become blazing orbs of fever until at last tbey sink h eavily down with a great sigh for the las t time. Then at last water! It pours down the size of two-shilling pieces ncrmally about two o'clock in the morning, The ranchers and their fa mllles rush outside to smell the new, fresh , crisp smell of wet grass which ormgs lfapplness to every home. When they go indoors again a pot of tea Is . bre~ed immediately to celebrate the coming of rain. " Australlan houses are not a bit Ilke ours. They have a large verandah an d corrugated iron roofs which are painted In bright colours and serve to catch rain and lead It to water tanks. Most of the houses are built of woad and are very easily destroyed by a pest known as the white "ant whose home Is a large structure which Is unbreakable by a sledge hammer. According to a theory the queen ant is the heart Of the community and when she dies the whole stru cture topples over. When this happens the Australians use the substance to make excellent tenms courts ! The Aborigines are the real n atives of "Australla and are honourable. trusty, good-humoured people who make excellent drovers , They have many old fas hione d tribal laws which no man can understand. Their main weapon Is the boomerang which no man except an Aborigine can throw. The Aborigines have very funny ways of describing and When one Aborigine was asked to describe a bald, fa t man, he said, with appropriate gestures, .. M issy , him got small racecourse, big plain." The Abor.gtnes have chan ged llttle since the conquest and still build their houses of twigs and mud! The rabbits are so numerous in Australia that they are in jected with a virus which sprea ds rapidly and kills many rab bits. Rabbits are a very dangerous pest, especially in ttmec of drought. because they destroy all crops and eat all the pastures away. Before th e drought rabbits sweep forward look Ing like a moving carpe t. When they reach a 'fence all the bodies of the small rabbits are squas hed 'up to the fence to make a kind of runway for the rest of th e' .. movin g carpet." Th. Brigg.n...... There are no re.,Jly dangerous snakes In Australia although quite a few arepoisonous, and they have been known to swallow a whole calf. Worms, distant cousins of snakes , grow to twenty feet long in Australia. The tall, sun-tanned Australians are great sportsmen. They delight In swlmmlng In the heavy buoyant seas inviting the vile fallllS of a hungry shark. They are also great cricketers, although· Australia is not only a land of sheep and cricket ! LOWER 4A. UNKNOWN IDENTITY. There was a. boy named Cecl! Kewl, A member of a Grammar SChool, A pupil mad on Chemistry, (His hero was Van Hevery), Because of this, he, as a rule, Went by the name of " Moley-Kewl." 'Twas Moley's custom, during break, To creep into the lab. and make Strange mixtures up , and gasses too, . And substances, entirely new! One rainy day it came to pass That Moley found a strange new gas . Soon he had tested through and through , For every gas he thought he knew And still' he couldn't find Its name. - He wasn't beaten all the same. He added acids, bottles full, And soon poor Moley had to pull His handkerchief out of his coat Tp give protection to his t hroat. The fumes were orange, green and black Indeed the y knocked the scholar back ! He reached to turn the bunsen off Alas! he gave a violent cough ! - His apparat us, on t he brink Of boiling, crashed Into the sink . And acids flowed along the ncor. The tummg liquid reached the door And vapour rose up more and mere And con densed in the corridor. The roaring bunsen fiames leapt higher Ind eed there seemed to be a fire- For soon the ftames were thick enough! Then Moley with his blazer-cut! Caught an extended test-tube rllck And " Klpp's " equipment at t he back And then what happened ?-You can guess The lab. was filled wit h H2S ! 'Mid fumes and fiam es and broken glass Poor Moley tried to save his gas. All was comparatively placid But then t he bunsens met the acid ! The shinin g p ile of broken glass Was now a red hot tangled mass And t hen confusion reached Its peak. Before the boy had chance to speak, The glass and acid, bench and all Rose with a bang and hit the wall And Moley felt a dizzy feellng AB he was carried to the ceUlng. When break had ended and the boys Were coming In, with lots of noise, Some reached the lab. and filed inside: They stood like statues-goggle-eyed; The master also came In sight And all the scholars shook with !right " Good heavens ! What's 'been go1Dg on? Where have the two back benches gone? " The master spluttered, as the smell Began alfectJng them as well ! And then as temperatures rose higher They all decided to rettre After holding Iong disCussions They pu t It down to be the Russians, For though they searched throughout the SChool They found no sign of Cecll Rew!. So if it ever comes to pass Yeu come across an unknown gas Be careful ! Or you soon will find You' ve left the world of men behlhd'! .J A. TRACEY. WHAT THEY SAID OF BRIGG .. Glamford, a small mercate town, which the common people. by the same bridge, so commonly calJ Brlgg that the true nam e 15 almost forgotten."--Camden, at the end of the sixteenth century. , ~ " Famous for Its plantations of Ilcorlce."-John Evelyn, 1654. " Brl gg Is a pretty large towll /'~Abrah1ml'd.,.la Pryme, -169'1. " This Brlgg Is a pretty town."-A traveller In 1704. . " A nois y, turbulent town."-John Wesley , 1772. "A dellghtfully- pretty town."-WUllam· Cobbett, 1830. The Brig g ensiar: THE PLAYS Th's term, two plays have been performed by enthusiastic members 01 the Upper Nb an d Lower Va. The first . a Fr ench play. gave us a characteristic picture of a lively Frer.ch restauran t. while the second, an adventure of scouts and pirates, appealed more to the lower school. The French play, produc ed , by Mr. Morris, was excellent. Our attention was especially attr acted by the scenery, which showed the hard work put In by Mr. Peck; It added greatly to the atmosphere of the play. Reynolds admirably portrayed a stout and explosive" cner de la cuisine," who noti ceably spent more thne In the restaurant than In attending to his duties in the kitchen. E!eln g short of labour, this " chef " engaged his son as a walter-a misch ievous wretch who caused many' awkward situations and pr edicaments whereby he unwittingly lowered his father's reputation. The par t was realistically played by En gland. Also outstanding in the cast were Gllgallon, an irate business man; who protested profusely at havin g his dinner spilt all over his clothes by the new and incompetent waiter. and Collin gham who. as a member or the Association which was having its reunion dinner in the restaurant, amused the audience by a recitation ably given in the manner of an ardent French poet . . The play, after numerous stormy incidents ended happily, the son being forglve n· for his tricks ' on the customers and .hls father's reputation being restored. T1\e secon d play did not reach the heights of its predecessor. Th e employment of different casts for each performance h ad probably led to under-rehearsing. Th e Pirate crew did not show enough fire and 'anger and on the whole lailed to give the impression of fearless buccaneers. Nevertheless, Kitwood, who played the part or the pirate captain at the second performan ce displayed promtsmg talent, and Dodd and Chudley, as the two young scout heroes, showed that they were by no means lacking In acting abl1lty. On the whole, these two plays revealed the w11l1ngness 01 some of the younger members of the School to devote mu ch or the ir 'spare time to the admirable pursuit 01 drama. We must add our appreciation of the way that during the Interval between the ' ploys, members of 3a, ably acc ompanied on the piano by C.' W. Chambers, also In his 1list year at school, taught us how to dance the horn-pipe one easy lesson . ... In . ." . D.H,T. and P,.r.P,W, .'. ~ ' . 1'he Briggensian: CANADIAN SCHOOLS Perhaps the mention' of .. school " and .. Canada " creates in your minds a ptcture of a small log-cabin, hidden among tall trees, with a dellghtfUlly calm lake nearby; perhaps you have a mental picture of a great city of sky-scrapers and fast-moving cars where the school appears to be almost like a factory, a hard, precise block of glass and concrete. Whichever of these views you choose, you would not be far from the truth. A great con trast.You may ask .? Canada In!'lanliof contrasts, between the hot, urgent haste of the town and the peaceful, unspolled rusticity of the country, between the mountalns and the pralrtes, between the big schools of the city and small schools in the village. There ls an .air of romantic seclusion about th~ Canadian village school. The road through the forest may be no more than' a -·bull-dozed track ollering no promise of a destination. Betwe en the trees flashes of light reflected from a lake or a river mingl e wlth th e moving shadows of leaves. Without warning, almost, th e village appears reund, -a- corner, Si cluster of small houses which seem to press back the trees In order to let tile' road widen , Among these houses the village school stands In a small square of Playground.' The peaceful scene, which moves one to let imagination mingle with fantasy, Is qutte sumclent to refu se admittance to the mor e realistic thoughts which lnslst that, beautifui as the villa ge ap pears in summer, the winter must Inexorably cut the people oil from the outsIde world, and mak e the school into an isolated place of learning. It is, then , to the towns .that we must turn to find tile constant, insistent surge of life, and to flnd the big schools. We who are used to thinking of tradition stretching into past cen turies. linking the scholars of to-day wtth the scholars of three h undred years ago, have taken for granted our ancient Grammar SChools, In Canada, the secondary schools have no suon tradition. They are new, and fllled with an urge to be modern, That In itself we would not find particularly strange. Have we: not - our own modern, up- to-date schools? Yet our first day at a Canad ian school might well cause us some surprise. We have grown accustomed to seeIng boys wear school caps and blazers. We feel a justifiable pride in catryIng the school crest or coat-of-arms on tlie pocket of . our blazer. 'Yet such 1:3 not the tradition in Canada. There Is no gasp of surprise In a Canadian class-room when a boy walks .m wearing a sllIL ahlrt decorated with bright, coloured flOwers, and wearing blue jeans Instead' of trousers. None of the puplls is perturbed by 'the girls who manage to add to their natural beauty by artlftclal means; , There Is an atmosphere of freedom and indivIduality which we may either adrillre o r dislike. 'Fhe Brig geflsiafl Canadlan school-girls may be an attractive addltlon to the class-room: they ~e a necessary decoration on the sports t1eld. I For the Canadian spectator halt the glamour of his school team would be lost If they lack their cheer-leaders. These brlghtly dreased girls. usually wearing the 'school colours. perform their amusing gymnastics on the touch-line. exhorting the spectators to cheer their own team to victory. In spite of the colour. and apparent attraetlven~ of school lite In Canada, It Is hard to break away from .. mellow English Grammar school. Perhaps some canadian schoolboys may have cars which they decorate gaily. but one wonders If they have ever known the pleasures of a qulet, cycle ride through country lanes. Yet Canada Is .. new country, rising In power and Im Portance, and Its schools retlect the desire ot the nation to proiress and to prosper. J. B:AMPSON. POSTSCRIPT TO HUMOUR Peter so often lost his temper with his small brother that his mother had warned 'him always to count fifty when he felt his temper rising. One day. hearing sounds of a sculIle, she ran to the play room and tound Peter sitting on his brother's head. "What have I told you to do when you are bad tempered '" she cried. "I am counting," said Peter, "and 'I'm sitting on hlm to make sure he's here when I get to tiny." Sandy and Jock were spending a day In London, sight-seeing. Feeling hungry they stopped at the door of a restaurant to Inspect the menu. It said: Luncheon, 12 noon to 3 p.m., 2/8. SaJ:dy said: " Hey mono what a cha nce ! 'I'hree hours eolld feeding an' all for half .. croon. Come on In ! " . The angry dlner looked up trom his dinner, as the waiter ·brought his bUl, and said:" Waiter, this colIee Is nothing but mud." .The waiter answered: "I'm not surprised, the boss saYll It was -ground only UUS morning." P. L. ANDREW. Caldleotts, Printer•. Brlllll and Galnsborouih.