THE SHIRBURNI,AN·

SHERBORNE : AT THE ABBEY PRESS VOL. XL. No. 32 SUMMER 1948

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SUMMER 1948. VOL. XL. No. 32. CONTENTS Cairn Gorm Expedition, Easter 1948 Frontispiece 1 Broads Expedition, Easter 1948 Frontispiece 2 Editorial 1441 School News 1442 Events Commemoration 1948 1442 Julius Caesar 1443 The Guinea Pig 1444 The Abbey Fair 1445 New Venture Cairn Gorms Expedition, April 1948 1446 Snowdon Expedition 1447 Broadly Speaking 1448 Music Brahm's Requiem 1449 Organ Recital ... 1449 Subscription Concerts 1450 Art Exhibition 1451 Societies The Duffers 1452 The Alchemists 1452 The Interpretes 1452 Les Polyglottes ... 1453 The Wildman Society 1453 The Ornithological Society 1453 Entomologists ... 1454 Music Club 1454 The Model Aircraft Society 1454 Golf ... 1454 Literary Prize Poem-D. J.M. Cornwell 1455. Christopher Warren-First Prize 1456 Concerto 1457 European Holiday 1458 Insomnia 1459 "Arepo?" 1460 The Lilies 1461 Into the Past 1462 Fathers' Match ... 1462 The Open Road 1463 Colour Bar 1464 Julius Caesar Plate 3 " The Guinea Pig " ... Plate 4 Correspondence 1465 Balliol Players, " The Frog " 1466 . Sherbome House Letter 1466 Games Hockey 1467 Retrospect 1469 Public School Hockey 1469 Public School Seven-a-Side 1470 Cricket 1470 Boxing 1478 Tennis 1479 Commemoration P.T. and Gym Display 1479 · Fives and Squash 1480 Shooting 1481 Prizes 1482 O.S. News 1483 Valete 1484 THE S 1-1 IRB UR NIAN

No. 32 SUMMER, 1948 VoL. XL

EDITORIAL

The outstanding feature of the Headmaster's report to the parents at Commemoration was the policy of change, cautious and well-chosen it may be, but none the less of change. Indeed, this term will be remembered for certain new enterprises Which were, on the whole, remarkably successful. !The Guinea Pig was a strange invasion on School routine, and yet, mainly through the good offices of their Public Relations department, they stole the hearts of the most confirmed conservatives: the Abbey Fair was, in part, a revival of a pre-war custom, but it was still a novelty to us, and, but for disappointing weather, we thoroughly enjoyed it. But these events, exciting as they were, can scarcely be described as changes. Of more importance were the experiments of the A.C.T. period and the New Venture, both of which have met with a certain amount of unmerited criticism. The objection to the first is purely animal; we have to wait a quarter of an hour longer for our lunch, and we cannot persuade our stomachs to rearrange them­ selves. The disparagement of the New Venture is more serious; the brilliantly "enlightened" critics, who, finding novelty incongruous, try to ridicule every novel enterprise, have sought to score off its initial misfortune. To them we reply that we may not have traditions as old or as individual as other schools, but they are well established. Change can come upon us, but, provided that no great tradition is lost, that change need not be evil. The endless daily repetition of the School Prayer was a pointless tradition, and the change was good when it was relegated to Sundays only : now it is at least on a footing with the other occasional prayers and makes a much fairer claim to our attention. There is, however, one change we should like to deprecate. Recently the seniors have seemed to get less and less leisure : no time to themselves. If they are not playing games, they are rushing to society meetings. This is even more true of the prefects, who have to organise and supervise games. Surely some­ thing must be done to give them time to pursue their hobbies : to bird-watch, to listen to music or-more important than any game-to read. A school should outwardly adapt itself to the age which it serves. This one believes in freedom of expression, individuality, herd psychology, etc. These things do not matter much compared with Sherbome itself, mere theories as they are, but if they can somehow be reconciled to our traditions, surely our "enlightened " critics are rather reactionary, rather absurd to condemn and discourage such change. The New Venture represents much of what is best in these theories, initiative and enterprise; why then pass it over with a careless jest, a mere wave of the hand, and a casual expression of" I told you so " ! * * * 1442 THE SHIRBURNIAN SCHOOL NEWS

SCHOOL OFFICERS Head of the School J. F. CRAWFORD (d). School Prefects ... C. L. BERRISFORD (a). M. W. PAILTHORPE (h). G. E. HUMPHRIES (b). J. M. MAYBURY (d). J. G. McGOWAN (c). J. R. SANDFORD (c). R. BACON (f). M. s. CLARKE-JERVOISE (/). R. M. SKINNER (g). R. W. RENTOUL (g). B. S. DUNN (h). P. D. R. CARLILL (h). Editors of The Shirburnian C. L. BERRISFORD (a). J. F. CRAWFORD (d). G. H. HALLSMITH (b). Captain of Cricket M. W. PAILTHORPE (h). Swimming M. s. CLARKE-JERVOISE (/). Shooting J. R. SANDFORD (c). Sports R. M. SKINNER (g). Gym M. D. TOVEY (d). Tennis J. P. WIMBUSH (a). Fives and Squash F. W. BATSTONE (a). Prefect in Charge of the Survey J. G. McGOWAN (c). Chapel Prefect G. E. HUMPHRIES (b).

We congratulate: MR. BARLOW on his appoinunent as Warden of Glenalmond : we wish him every success in his new job. MR. WALFORD on his selection to represent England at Hockey in the Olympic games. B. M. HAWKES on winning a scholarship to St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. J. C. BELFRAGE on winning a choral exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge·. We are also very sorry to be losing MR. ATTHILL and MR. HOLT at the end of this term. Our best wishes go with them. EVENTS COMMEMORATION 1948 The School reckons. itself extremely lucky this Commem. ; in spite of the masses of dark cloud which seemed to bear down on every function and the rain that divided event from event, not one single item on the programme had to be cancelled because of the weather. Friday afternoon was cold and theatened rain throughout the two hours of spectacle with which the School entertained its parents, yet all went well. The Drill Squad was on a level with, and probably exceeded, the high standard set last year, and more than justified the disappearance of the Marines from the Programme. If our drill lacks a little of the verve of the King's Squad, no one has, so far, dropped his rifle. The Band was as good as ever, but one wishes they would march as well as they play : the Gym Squad seemed to excel themselves and the novel Bren Squad were nothing if not military, providing an amusing diversion after what is, to parents, the tense excitement of watching a "flying angel." The Mass P.T. was no worse. than last year, and the ensemble effect is, no doubt, neglected in admiring the amazing con­ tortions of the Only Child, THE SHIRBURNIAN 1443

Saturday was a distinct success : after a moving service in- the Abbey, with a short address by the Bishop of Sherborne, those who could elbowed their way into the Prize Giving. The Head of the School started with a witty prologue written by D. J. Cornwell and was followed by the two Barnes' Elocutionists and the Prize Poet, a memorable occasion as being the first on which the winning poem has been written in Free Verse. But the climax of the morning, indeed of Commem. itself, came in the speech of Sir Norman Birkett, K.C., in which he spoke of the meaning of tradition. We cannot do justice to such eloquence, indeed we would not presume to criticise it, but it was a speech such as remains for ever in the memories of those who heard it. The O.S. Cricket Match resulted in a draw in their favour. There were a certain number of exhibitions, of Art, the Survey, the New Venture, Aeromodelling and Photography; though we felt that the latter was unwanted. If that was the best show of photographs that the School can produce, it were better not to exhibit them. But no record of Commein. would be complete without a mention of Julius Caesar, a production which seemed out standing even when compared with the usually high standard of School plays. In particular the clarity oft he diction and the ease with which the play was executed were generally praised : our thanks to those to whom we owe such entertainment.

JULIUS CAESAR Julius Caesar is fundamentally a political play in the sense that it revolves around a theme central to all civilized communities, the disposal of a dictatorial government by honest idealism, and the aftermath to which that honest idealism is submitted through the means which it has adopted to secure its end. But the problem is also intensely personal. By murdering Caesar Brutus does an evil deed that good may come of it, but good no more comes of evil than roses grow on thistles, and it is this which Brutus slowly but steadily appreciates. The production of this play will therefore be successful as long as the characters are inter­ related to the problem which Shakespeare is seeking to resolve. Ifwe leave the performance feeling that we have witnessed a play, which is both from the standpoint of staging and acting, a dramatic unity, we may be well-satisfied. And let us say at once that the Commemoration production fulfilled these conditions with remarkable success and reflected the greatest possible credit on all concerned. There were,r of course, certain minor blemishes. Some of the characters, especially in the Thursday performance, spoke too fast, and in some cases good lines were lost through looseness of diction. Timidity of gesture is a further criticism which one can usually level at amateur productions. At times the actors failed to submerge their own personalities in the growing tension of the play, and this was particularly noticeable during the late-night visit of the conspirators to Brutus. The significance of Lucius was not made as apparent as it should have been, and the part of the soothsayer, clearly played as it was by D. J.M. Cornwell, did not convey the quality of mystery and tension which Shakespeare surely intended that it should. But this is mere carping, and it should be stated in fairness that many of these points had ceased to be obvious by the Saturday performance. The play had the advantage of an exquisite background, made the more attractive by the flood-lighting which enhanced both the beauty of the stone and the dramatic effectiveness of the production. But naturally the play depended for its success on the actors rather than on its setting. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, like that of Plutarch, is a wooden creation whose personality is partly imposed on the audience by the skilful repetition of his name; it recurs seven times in twenty-four lines. G. E. Humphries as Caesar portrayed this middle-aged dictator with impassive and even imperial dignity. His death was especially realistic, and his final appearance in spectral form was made the more effective by the prevailing half-light. J. D. Waite as Brutus had to bear the burden of a very long part. Brutus does not at first impress, for there is an up­ rightness of character, even a puritanical complacency, about him which makes him less interesting than the passionate Cassius. But his character slowly develops and, if he lacks the quality of a great leader, by the end of the play we are without any doubt that he is the " noblest Roman of them all." This is most apparent after the quarrel with Cassius, made so effective by the simple device of withholding our knowledge of his wife, Portia's death. Waite's performance at first may have left the impression of being stiff and a trifle monotonous, but as Brutus developed, so Waite seemed to bear his part with greater confidence, and he left us at the last assured of Brutus' moral integrity. This proved an interesting and able interpretation of what Granville Barker has called the "spiritual problem of the virtuous murderer." 1444 THE SHIRBURNIAN

G. H. Hallsmith as Cassius and C. Berrisford as Mark Antony were both outstanding. If Hallsmith, at l~ast physically, lacked the "lean and hungry look" on which Caesar commented, his interpretation of Cassius emphasised the truth of Caesar's other judgment : "Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves . . . " Cassius indeed portrays the " tragedy of unbalanced brilliance." He is a complex of inconsistencies, passionate, reckless, vital, brave, impulsive and yet nervous and self-conscious. Hallsmith gave a notable performance, enhanced by beautifully clear diction. Berrisford lacked Antony's more raffish and oppor­ tunist side, but in deliberate, sensitive tones, he held the stage, and as soon as the murder had taken place dwarfed the conspirators with his command of the situation. Like Cassius, Antony is a complex character, callous and yet sensitive ; Berrisford's interpretation presented his nobler side to us. His funeral oration, with its blend of irony, anger and opportunism, was a distinguished and impressive performance. The minor characters of the play were all well portrayed. Mrs. King as Calpurnia, Caesar's timid wife, and Miss Mary Maxwell, as Portia, acted sympathetically. Casca (R. M. Cooke), Decius Brutus (H.B. Milne) and Metellus Cimber (A. Colquhoun) all deserve commendation. If the crowd had been more numerous it might have been even more effective, but it shouted, moved (perhaps with too rugger-like vitality) and grumbled realistically. A word might be said in praise of the inimitable J. L. Thornton as the cobbler. · It is impossible to mention all the outstanding scenes, but the eye was drawn and the mind moved by the growth of the tension immediately preceding Caesar's murder, by the quarrel between Brutus and Cassius, and by the clash of arms between the armies of Octavius (played by H. H. B. Murray-Hudson) and the republicans. Finally mention may be made of the scene in which the Roman mob seized the dandified poet, Cinna, entertainingly acted by B. S. Gael. This scene is often omitted from productions, but it is a logical sequel to what has gone before. In part light relief, as it was played here, it has its serious side as the first violent manifestation of the mischief set afoot by Antony's speech. All told the production was quite excellent and reflects the greatest credit on Mr. John Melvin, who will, we hope, provide us with an equally memorable play next Commemoration. He was assisted by an able band of technicians, headed by Mr. G. J.B. Watkins as stage-manager. V.G.

THE GUINEA PIG " With the last studio shot safely in the can on Thursday, The Guinea Pig unit, under director Roy Boulting, packed up and left for location scenes at a distinguished West Country public school." Such was the press report which heralded the appearance in Sherborne of an entire film unit complete with cameras, arc lamps, reflectors, generators, microphones, recording apparatus and, most interesting of all, personnel. These last would fill a whole volume with character sketches ; never before have such "types "-I am sorry, it is the only word-invaded these scholastic precincts. But so amiable and helpful were they, that by the end of their visit even the most staid "movie "-loather could not resist the affectionate nickname. It was with some interest, during the first few days, that I watched the School divide itself.into three distinct factions: the confirmed film-fans-I am afraid I cannot describe their behaviour because they left so little of themselves visible behind their enormous autograph books ; the snobs, who disdained even to mention the word cinema (pronounced kinema, anyway); and the ordinary chap-a group far more numerous than the others, I am glad to say-who was interested without being thrilled and friendly without being superior. There is always something slightly exciting about meeting in the flesh people whose names are pasted up all over the Underground and who even appear occasionally in bright capitals on the local cinema hoardings. And when these two dimensional black-and-white figures become solid friendly technicolour we get a slight kick from the reflected glory. Form I say : " Gosh ! D'you know what ? I've just met Richard Attenborough. Jolly nice he was, too ! No ! honestly I did ! " while the Classical sixth: "Met Attenborough just now. Yes, that film star bloke. Seems quite a nice type." But it is all the same emotion basically; there is something to put in next week's letter. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1445

There is one person I should like to mention here, because in his way he created quite as much stir as any of the living stars. I refer to King Henry VIII, who appeared one morning in the Abbey Close : a magnificent piece of work modelled in plaster, standing nearly six feet high and weighing two and a half hundredweight-any one of his wives would have been proud of him ! I shall not attempt to describe the various scenes which were taken during the ten days of bright sun­ shine which marked the visit. Several members of the School were called in at one stage or another to appear in yellow caps and ties (most irregular and a little infra dig.) before the camera. One or two masters were also prevailed upon to walk up and down the chapel steps under Mr. Boulting's rigid supervision. Let those who may see this film in future months not imagine that the jovial schoolboys before them spent five minutes in a cinematographic paradise watching two film stars box. The preparation was often long, and tedious Saints bury was not taken in a day ! However, refreshments were always provided free of charge and the budding film star usually dismissed replete and satisfied. There was a sporting event which deserves a little mention : A cricket match. The School House Agriculturalists, a team well known in the Sherborne neighbourhood, issued a challenge. The resulting game has already reached the national press from which I take the following account : "Winning the toss the film team put their hosts in to bat and the school side amassed 81 for three wickets before declaring. As each wicket fell the Guinea Pig fielders celebrated by standing on their heads, a custom always indulged in by the Agriculturalists and, apart from the gymnastic feats of Director Roy Boulting, who might easily have qualified for Presidency there and then, one which might easily be left to the school team. " When the Guinea Pigs batted wickets fell quickly, not so much by the skill of the school bowlers but rather through a seemingly determined effort by Bernard Miles to run his own side out. It was, how­ ever, Bernard Miles, with the able assistance of photographer Reg Davis, sound recordist Jim Whiting and assistant director J. Hancock who won an exciting game with five minutes to spare. The Guinea Pigs finished with 94 on the board and seven wickets down, three of which, it is alleged, were due to "sabotage" by Bernard Miles." That is how it was ! Ten days of interest and amusement during which the skirts of the local belles grew longer by inches at a time and the photographic dark room filled with portraits ready to be signed. And now, as I thank the whole unit for being so kind and helpful to all us tiresome schoolboys, I hear a distant cry, which has so often meant a well-earned rest : " Right, gentlemen. Cut it ! "

THE ABBEY FAIR On Wednesday June 9th a fair was held in the courts in order to raise money for the Bishop's Appeal Fl.ind and the Yeatman Hospital. It was opened by General Sir Richard McCreery who inspected the Guard of Honour provided by the J.T.C. The weather was on the whole kind, and few seemed to be put out by the light showers of rain which fell during the afternoon. It would be a very long list if I were to mention all those who kept stalls, conducted side shows and helped to make the fair a success. It would be even longer if I named those who gave the fair its initial impetus and helped in its organisation. Let it suffice to say that there were few households in Sherborne who did not in some way help to make the large crowd, which collected in the Courts, contribute about £950 to the Bishop's Appeal Fund. The School played a large part in the fair for, although their profits were small compared to those of the ladies who held stalls, they were the foundation of the extravagant atmosphere which was so essential to the success of the day. They set up some 27 shows and convinced the meanest that a game of chance was a game of skill. The fair also revealed some remarkable auctioneering talent which enabled the Abbey House Jumble Sale to realize nearly £50.

• • • 1446 THE SHIRBURNIAN NEW VENTURE CAIRN GORMS EXPEDITION, APRIL 1948 Dr. Wright's party. 1. Dr. Wright 2. Wimbush 3. Crook Humphries Dickson Payne Clarke-J ervoise Brummitt Topliss There were four tents, one being used as a base-camp. Mr. Stephenson's party. 1. Mr. Stephenson 2. Hayes 3. Sugden 4. Fayle Samler Serby Reynolds Poole Brand During the evening of Thursday, April 1st, most of the party arrived at Dickson's house in Edinburgh. We had hitch-hiked up and those of us who came from London had done the journey in two days. Much of my own second day was spent shifting furniture in the Northumberland fells at a cottage belonging to a little white-bearded Highland lady, for which the driver and myself received a substantial tip. We left early next morning and caught the train for Aviemore from the Haymarket. Brand, who had travelled all night, slept on the floor of a crowded compartment, while the rest of us had lunch of dry door­ steps of bread. As the train entered the mountains we saw there was snow down to 2200 feet, which made us wonder what the much higher Cairngorms would be like. We arrived at Aviemore, repacked our kit and burnt the debris. Each pack now weighed about 65 lb.; saucepans and paraffin-tins dangled from straps; loaves of bread were heaped on top. Wondering if this could be called a holiday we set off up the road to the woods. The first night was the worst. It was a beautiful spot, by a stream and in a small clearing, but the ground was bumpy and we were not yet used to the cold. We gave it up at six o'clock and made breakfast. We burnt the porridge and the milk froze when the saucepan was left on the ground. It was a beautiful morning. The sun shone on the heather and the river lit up and sparkled. The trees were a deep green. Above rose the mountains, with snow down to a low level and the tops often in cloud. To the right was Braeriach (4248 feet) with its three great corries. To the left was the Caimgorm itself at 4084 feet. Cutting right up through the middle was the Lairig Glen, a deep pass with cliffs rising up on either side. We left one of the U.S. Army tents in the Lairig as a base and, taking two days' food, came out S.W. to Lochan Odhar underneath Braeriach. We pitched camp and climbed to 3700 feet on Cairn Gorm through snow showers. We returned to camp and had supper, which was cold as we had only brought one primus up from the base. It was our first night on snow. The snow was soft and therefore comfortable. But we suffered from condensation because we sealed the tent to keep the wind out. The wind rose to gale force and the tent flapped all night. But we were tired and slept. Next day we climbed Braeriach, the third highest in Britain. We left a tent at 2900 feet and went up Cairn Beanaidh. The surface was either ice or deep snow. Ice was better for going up ; deep snow for going down. The view from the top was magnificent : Cairn Toul rose a mile to the South ; Ben Macdhui, the highest of the group, rose up the other side of the Lairig ; for twenty miles around we could see mountains, some with snow and some without, and to the North the Moray Firth. The three of us in Dr. Wright's tent camped that night at 2900 feet. Ptarmigan were calling as we went to sleep, and it was snowing hard when we woke up. We rejoined the others by Lochan Odhar, collected more food from the base and went to the Pools of Dee at the top of the Lairig. That night Dr. Wright, Clarke-Jervoise and myself climbed Ben Macdhui. Half-way up we saw the mountain's legendary eagle. We entered cloud at 3000 feet and as the visibility closed down to 20 feet we never found the cairn. We followed our tracks in the snow coming down. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1447

All of us climbed Ben Macdhui next morning by a different route that was shorter but steeper. There was a biting wind which lifted the clouds for ten minutes while we were on the top, but we did not wait long and came down again for lunch. After lunch Dr. Wright and I walked down Glen Dee to the bothy below Devil's Point, and climbed Cairn a Nihaim on the way back. It was snowing for the last three miles. We reached camp at 8 o'clock and fell asleep after eating for two hours. The next day was Wednesday. We returned to the base-camp and as we were collecting the kit and having lunch it poured with rain. Rain is not so pleasant as snow ; but it soon stopped. We slept that night by a stream to the North of Cairn Gorm. We pitched our tent on a slope, the disadvantages of which we discovered during the night. But we were no longer on snow and so could dry our clothes ; Crook had to do this especially as he fell in a pool while crossing the stream. We had been out a week by the Friday. We climbed Cairn Gorm in the morning, but, as there was a strong wind, the temperature was 32°, and we were in most most of the time, it was rather dull. We came straight down to Loch Morlich. On the way we noticed some bicycles left by the track and it was odd to see a sign of civilisation. At Loch Morlich we worked out the rubbish, jettisoned food no longer wanted and hung out the rest of the clothes to dry on lines. We had a ceremonial shave, with cold water and in semi-darkness, but the din was allowed to remain. In the evening the sky looked dark and blustery and the Cairn Gorm was still in cloud. We returned to Aviemore next morning and reached Edinburgh that night. We travelled all the way down to London in the same lorries, spending the last night in a Luton lorry-park with no food left .. We finally paned on the Underground. I cannot here generalise about the trip further than to say that if one of the aims of the New Venture is to make you want to return independently it was the greatest success, only next time it will be in mid­ winter.

SNOWDON EXPEDITION The smallest of the three maiden expeditions took to the mountains-but did not flee there, for the car carrying Dr. Cundy, J. R. Sandford, and R. C. Cleveland sprang a leak and landed us in Gloucester for two hours before we could make our way to Malpas, in Cheshire, for the night. We crossed the border next morning, and wound our way through the land of" Li's " and up to the mountains of Snowdonia. We were greeted by a heavy cloud burst, which made it impossible to steer our way down the twisting bumpy old main road to the cottage-Maes Caradoc. The rest of the day, and most of next, was spent in straightening out our somewhat primitive residence, and provisioning the larder from Bethesda, the local village, before fetching F. Sopwith from Bangor. April 3rd was a bright sunny day, and we were able to see the snow-white mountain ranges around us with their crystal-like peaks against the blue sky. We set off along the valley, up the pass to Llyn Ogwen. From there we struck up past the famous Idwal slabs and Llyn Idwal to the gaping cavern of the Devil's Kitchen, which is formed by the splitting of the circular rock stratas on each side. We took the left route up round the crag, as the snow rendered it too dangerous to attempt the steep ledges on the right. On the top of Mount Garn (3104) the snow was deep and crisp and we had a magnificent view for miles around. We could see Anglesey, Abersoch, the Camedds, Ivyfan, and the Clyden, and in the centre of the picture the massive structure of Snowdon itself, We followed the precipitous edge to Foel Goch (2726) and from there we slid, tumbled and ran down hundreds of feet of snow to the cottage below, where we found R. G. Chavasse awaiting us. Our next ascent was Ivyfan (3010) the sheer pointed mountain which rises from the South border of Llyn Ogwen. We attempted the steep and very rugged south ridge, which led us at length to the summit. Below us stretched the smooth glacid valleys to Bangor and Capel Curig whilst the rolling Carnedds formed a vivid contrast to the jagged Glyders to our left. We were interested to see Adam and Eve up there as these stones are often mistaken for people. 1448 THE SHIRBURNIAN

Unfortunately the clouds were down on Tuesday and we were forced to keep to the low ground. So we walked to Capel Curig along the (very) old road. The Snowdon group were all in cloud but they formed a most impressive background to the valley. And then came our most adventurous day-up the Glyders. The weather was theatening and the clouds low, but we decided to climb the north ridge. The wind blew across us, at hurricane force making it hard to crawl over the exposed pinnacles of the ridge. The clouds descended and the hail came, more and more of it. With difficulty we ploughed through the snow and storm, striking Glyder Fach (3262) and the Castle of the Winds. As the clouds thickened we found it more and more difficult to find our way, but at length we struck the wind swept summit of Glyder Fawr (3279). Once there, our thoughts were of home, so we retraced our path to the precipitous Northern edge, where we hoped to find the ridge down. But it was in vain. We tracked and retracked our steps-the compass and map were useless, and we were frozen and soaked through. The only alternative was the long route to the West which we eventually found. This led us to the Devil's Kitchen and from there we could just make out the valley below for the first time. We arrived home satisfied but moist. During our last day we toured the lowland, visiting Bangor, the Menai Bridge, and Caernarvon, before preparing for our departure on the following day when, by various vehicles, everyone managed to reach his destination.

BROADLY SPEAKING T'is dawn ! A Naval shout from the Admiral, in blue short and green pyjamas, raises the Cabin-boy's head from the pillow, but it is dropped to rest again. Only the burning smell of bacon in the galley finally causes him to get out of bed, and place an unnecessary foot on the self-sacrificing and slumbering figure on the floor. The Ship's Cat goes for his constitutional up the mast. Breakfast having been eaten, and the washing-up washed up, while the galley has been put away in its locker, the Ship's Company hoists the colours to the stirring, though cracked, notes of the Carmen, with the crew presenting mops. In spite of the wind whistling through the rigging, we hoist the sails, and we are off. But, owing to a lapse of wind, we are on again. We quant-as sailors like ourselves call punting-off the bank, and are free, free as the birds, the air, or perchance the Communists. We lie on the deck, wrapped in sunlight, the mast swaying upwards like a steeple, the wind, which drives our straining boat, just stroking as, the water slipping softly, the boom swinging over our heads to the helmsman's cheerful and unnecessary" lee-o." "We" is, in fact, a euphemism for " I " ; there is not room enough for two people on the deck, which is really the roof of the cabin. We suddenly realize that it must be lunch-time, for the" Mayfloat" have just finished breakfast. So we drink our lunch on the move. Just as we finish washing our meal down, the wind, or our direction, changes, and we have to quant up into the wind. Two of us man the tow-rope, and one more the dinghy, nosing the boat from the rear, and we stroll along the bank, in step to " The Little Dutch Boy," the only tune we know. We aim to reach the night's mooring-place in time for a late tea. About the hour of an early breakfast we come to rest by the other two boats, who are navigated by novices, and, having spent an hour shaping the ship, we thankfully rest out blistered hands and be-thorned feet, as the Admiral cooks our supper for us .. We eat it, and visit, by land or water, the other two boats, who are gambling or talking, and do not want us. So we visit the local pub. We make our beds, in extreme discomfort, drink our final coffee, and retire, intending to collect our thoughts for our article to The Shirburnian. We expect to recall ramming the bank on the first day, shooting the bridges at Potter Higham, the whipping cold or virile sun, mopping the decks for unwelcome visitors to tread on, Culinary Commodore May and Petty Officers Bruce and Melvin, the new jokes we hear and the old ones we tell, the social evenings in the " Sheenwater," which has a wireless, and the boom of the bittern which haunts us by night, and is though by some to be the Admiral. But we cannot order all these memories, for morning comes too fast. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1449

MUSIC

BRAHM'S REQUIEM. A performance of The German Requiem by Brahms was given by the School Musical Society and the Girls' School Musical Society with orchestra and soloists in the Abbey on May 28th. Mr. Le~ghton conducted. Bach's Whitsun Cantata (" God so loved the world ") opened the programme. This was by far the most ambitious programme the Musical Society has yet undertaken. Handel's Messiah is regularly performed by amateur choral societies throughout the country, but the great Requiem is usually reserved for the large professional choirs under distinguished visiting conductors. Indeed those who have recently heard magnificent broadcast performances under the batons of such great musicians as Furtwangler or Victor de Sabata may be forgiven for wondering that any amateur society could be so audacious as to attempt such Teutonic splendour. And let us admit that the performance was not entirely satisfactory. The fault lies in the actual vocal make-up of the choir, which seems to be composed not of those with the best voices but of those who think they've got the best voices. Of the four groups, the trebles seem to be the most reliable although their volume is much too small. Altos are difficult to obtain and have a difficult job when you have found them ; they do their inconspicuous best. But the tenors-it is surely time the School produced a tenor who could both read music and had a clear and strong enough voice to guide his raucous brethren into the paths of harmony. The lower regions suffer from severe over­ population and lack of musicianship, although there are some good voices there. Perhaps their ranks will thin to bring them into line with the other voices. But we can hear all this on most days of the week, and it is a physical failing which will soon put itself right. Of course the singing showed these blemishes, but they were well concealed and nearly eradicated by the obvious enthusiasm put into the task. Every performer was giving all he had got ; and here let me insert a word of praise for the conductor who took an immense amount of trouble to rehearse the whole work thoroughly and who coached his choir and kept them together throughout. Perhaps I have been a little too critical, but that does not matter. What really counts is that everyone who sang or listened enjoyed it, and that we got at least a glimpse of the artistic genius of Brahms. It was a great achievement to be able to get the entire Requiem performed at all. The programme opened with a Bach Cantata. This was obviously less well rehearsed and neither chorus nor soloists seemed very happy in a rather antiquated piece of music.

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ORGAN RECITAL On June 10th Henry Ley gave a recital on the chapel organ in connection with the Abbey Fair. His programme consisted chiefly of better-known works, such as Bach's Toccnata and Fugue in B minor, Walford Davies' Solemn Melody, and even the hackneyed Trumpet Voluntary; but he played them all with this difference : his fingers may have been a trifle stiff, he may have had to pause to find the stop he wanted, but-no higher praise than this-he made that organ sound as it has never done before, like a musical instrument.

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SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS LOUIS KENTNER The first of a series of Subscription Concerts was given in the Big Schoolroom on Sunday, June 13th. This was something of an occasion from more than one point of view : for it was also the first public appearance of the new Steinway Concert Grand recently purchased by the School. Mr. Louis Kentner was the soloist. His programme was most suitably chosen to include a Beethoven Sonata (in C major, Op. 2, No. 3) and works by the three nineteenth century romantic composers who were responsible for the rapid advances in piano technique : Brahms, Liszt and Chopin. If Mr. .Kentner's approach to Beethoven is romantic rather than formal, he was never so free as to destroy the precise character of the music and the Sonata stood out as the most profound item on the programme. In fact the change from it to the two gay Rhapsodies of Brahms tended to make the latter seem a very superficial composer, which he was far from being. The first part of the recital ended with a brilliant example of Liszt's complex writing : the Fantasia quasi Sonata Apres une Lecture de Dante. Here the soloist's fine masculine technique carried him through a work of great technical difficulty and made this the most satisfactory performance of the evening. The second part was devoted to works by Chopin. Chopin's music, like himself, is slightly effeminate and should be treated with a little more delicacy than it received on this occasion, although the final Polonaise in A flat major was magnificent. The recital was very well received by an enthusiastic audience, who insisted on having four encores, the most interesting of which was a Nocturne by John Field. If this sets a standard for future concerts in the series, subscribers are indeed in for some enjoyable Sunday evenings.

THE TUDOR SINGERS, Conductor : Harry Stubbs. The second concert was given in the Big Schoolroom on Sunday June 27th by the Tudor Singers. Their visit was most interesting because for some years the whole School has been forced to listen to glees sung indifferently by their House representatives with the inevitable result that this form of entertainment was regarded as a boring time waster. This impression was soon dispelled by some _exquisite singing in the first group of Elizabethan part-songs ; and having once claimed the attention of a sceptical audience, the performers carried all before them, putting real life and zest into what might easily become depressing antiquities. Their achievement is all the more commendable when we remember that these part-songs were written primarily for the entertainment of the performers and that the audience, like spectators at a cricket match, are quite immaterial. · A group of Elizabethan madrigals was followed by two religious songs, and the first half of the concert ended with some part songs by early Italian composers. After the interval came two most interesting pieces by Delius, the first of which was a setting of some prose " On Craigh Ddhu," which was described in the programme as " an imaginative impression of nature through harmonic colour, almost entirely devoid of any melodic contour and rhythmical cohesion." I still think Delius needs an orchestra as well, but he undoubtedly obtained some unusual effects in this piece. The programme finished with some arrangements of well known English folk songs. This concert undoubtedly gave us a new outlook on unaccompanied singing. It is not the sort of music one could wish to hear often, but once in a while it provides a stimulating change.

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ART EXHIBITION During the week:.end of Commem. there hung in the cloisters an musing poster, which showed a tall, skinny man, a rotund matron and "a little scrubbed boy " gazing in profile and descending order of magni­ tude at a picture. The implication that most ages and tastes would be catered for in the Exhibition was apparent as soon as visitors reached the corridor outside the Art School and took a glance inside. Here was a wide and stimulating range of medium and talent ; here also-and even more important-was that sense of joyful experiment and excited discovery which makes a collection of the work of amateurs so much more entertaining than a display of accomplished mediocrity. It must be admitted at once that except in the group of oil paintings the general level of skill was not as high as last year ; yet the artistic vitality of the School is clearly abundant and if Mrs. Gervis, as ringmaster, has no outstanding individual performers in her troupe, she has put them through their paces with all her accustomed perception and zest. The most distinguished contributions came from Kirkbride, whose oils revealed him as a votary of Cezanne. A painting of white, green-roofed buildings seen through a group of almost Provencal trees, and another of brightly-painted boats in a blue-green Cornish cove showed that he can construct broadly and solidly in colour. Jonzen regards landscape with a severer eye, and though he uses his brush vigorously there is a certain grimness in the tones which pervade his uncompromising curves and ruthless straight lines. There was plenty of light and atmosphere in Cooke's glimpse of the Courts through the trees on the VI Form green and some warm, glowing colour in Gervis's study of a shipyard. Among the water-colourists Duffett again showed that he can handle colour sensitively, but he has yet to learn how to construct a picture ; his compositions seem too lanky-as if they have outgrown their strength. Paget-Tomlinson's study of shipping against a background of cranes and chimneys-in a quiet scheme ofgreys and browns, enlivened with washes of rich boyle-green and accents of scarlet-is a promising piece of work, boldly and freely executed. Other good water-colours were Eberlie's charming group of children examining a fishing-net, another group, by Tovey, of boys and a girl looking at a model ship, their figures decoratively set against an upper window, and Heal's gaily-coloured, well-ordered studies of builders at work. The black-and-white section, hung mainly in the corridor, consisted of portraits, book-illustrations, studies of landscape and architecture, sketches of animals, lino-cuts and dry-point engravings. Rogers showed himself, in a view of the Courts and in an evocation of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, to be an accom­ plished penman, with a fastidious sense of line; at the opposite extreme Jonzen, handling a soft pencil in a very free, " calligraphic " style, produced some stimulating landscapes. Giffard's and Hamilton-Fletcher's pen-work is delicate, if still a little wiry ; Perkins' sketches of horses had plenty of grace and movement ; and there were two vivacious studies in pen and wash by Kirkbride and Heal : the first of the " shooting " ofa scene in" The Guinea Pig," and the second of the Courts at the height of the Abbey Fair. The poster section was again full of lively work; but, as last year, in nearly every example lettering and design seemed to pull against, rather than reinforce, each other. To borrow a phrase of Bottom's, none of these posters "grew to a point." A special word of praise must go to the group of scarecrows, whose portraits in poster-colours by boys in the lower forms of the School lent to one comer of the room the gaiety of a pantomime. Here indeed was testimony to Mrs. Gervis' skill and infectious enthusiasm as a teacher. One of these macabre, doll-like creatures, gowned in New Look purple and poised as if for flight against a receding coastline, was a striking reminder, with the air of supercilious renunciation, of Lord Byron shaking the dust of England from his shoes in Max Beerbohm's cartoon. Spanning the Art School was a row of very jolly signs painted for the stalls at the Abbey Fair: cakes, garden produce, toys, games, books, buttonholes, baskets, gifts of all sorts were depicted-the painted answers to the question " What d'ye lack ? " Visitors as they left the Exhibition and looked back at this gay chain could take it as an emblem, f

O.D.H. 1452 THE SHIRBURNIAN SOCIETIES THE DUFFERS At the last meeting oflast term we heard T. R. Hearn read a paper on" Conversation." This was well in keeping with the high standards that a society such as ours should demand, and we enjoyed it immensely. Written with a ready sense of humour and a cunning command of phrase, it contained also much substance to provoke serious thought, and stimulated the society to a lively discussion at its finish. Nor did the writer, in his enthusiasm, trespass beyond the forty-five minute limit, a precedent which others would do well to observe. This term we have held our birthday celebrations. We started therefore with a paper by Mr. F. W. King on his father, "H.R.K." who founded both the Duffers and the Old Shirburnian Society. The author set out to give us a biography, but he mixed his facts pleasantly with personal reminiscences, illus­ trating his talk freely from his father's diaries. He left us some unforgettable pictures of his father, reciting Paradise Lost to the astonished mountain sheep of the Lake District, or, as a young man, describing his eleventh hour despair before taking Mods. Mr. King ended with the conclusion to which all Dons who have recently spoken to us have always returned : that education is not merely in facts but in living. On 6th of June, Mr. C. Day Lewis, O.S., read us a paper on " The Duffers." Mr. Day Lewis first described H. R. King(" Mr. Crusoe") and the Society as he had known them; but his paper will best be remembered for the ideals which he suggested that we should strive to uphold. It is good for any body of men to reaffirm, from time to time the purpose for which they meet. Mr. Day-Lewis reminded us of tolerance, style, a disregard of the controversial and of genial ambiance, which have always been the key­ notes of the Duffers. He finished by asserting the importance of the arts, that they are the concern of the Good Man and essential to every age. His paper was remarkable because he showed how enjoyable is good writing not only by logic but by his own example. On Sunday, 13th of June, the Alchemists very kindly gave us a birthday tea-party and then invited us along to hear Mr. R. J. L. Kingsford describe "The Making of a Book." We much appreciated their hospitality and sincerely hope that such mutual goodwill may continue, and that the time will come when we will be able to repay their generosity on a similar occasion. J. F. CRAWFORD, Hon. Secretary. THE ALCHEMISTS Sunday, June 13th, marked a new venture in the history of the" Alchemists." On that day we were hosts to " The Duffers " on the occasion of the latter society's SOth birthday. The meeting began with an Informal Tea-Party given by our Chairman (L. S. May, Esq.) in the Oak Room of School House, to which we were especially pleased to welcome the wife of our President and the other ladies of the Staff who are hostesses to" The Duffers." The tea concluded when the present Chairman of" The Duffers" (R. S. Thompson, Esq.) cut the Birthday Cake and distributed it. We then moved to the School House Drawing-Room, where R. J. L. Kingsford, Esq., read a paper on " The Making of a Book" (respectable type !) to the combined societies. The paper was well-fitted to the occasion, being of equal interest to the upholders of the Arts, and those of Science, and our thanks are due to Mr. Kingsford for giving up his time to deliver such an excellent paper. After a discussion on the subject of the paper, Mr. Thompson thanked Mr. May for giving" The Duffers "-and the "~chemists "-such an excellent afternoon. It was on Mr. M~y's shoulders that the whole burden of preparation and organisation fell. It is hoped to hold one more meeting this term. R. W. RENTOUL, Hon. Secretary. THE INTERPRETES Since we had not read a Latin author for some time, though deterred by the prospects of half a term's monotonous reading of Latin poetry, we turned not too hopefully to Catullus. His poems however proved excellent reading and were mutually enjoyed. They were enough, I think, to banish the abhorrence of Latin lately held by the Society. We are now reading The Wasps of Aristophanes and hope to finish it this term. The standard of reading has been generally good ; punctual attendance notably absent. M. T. HARRISON, · Interpres Maximus. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1453

LES POLYGLOTTES Last term, after reading Corneille's "Le Menteur," we embarked on "Minna von Barnhelm" by Lessing. The reading of this play lasted five out of the remaining six weeks of the term. The standard of reading was higher than usual, partly owing to the fact that most of the members were already acquainted with the work, and partly because the society seems at the moment to be more at home with German plays than French. At the last meeting of the term a paper was read on the well-worn but ever fascinating subject of a comparison between Corneille and Racine. It had been hoped to include in the same meeting a second paper on George Sand, but the first paper exceeded in length the expectations of the reader ; accordingly C. J. Chataway's paper on George Sand was scheduled for the first meeting of this term. He had read widely on the subject of her life and works, and succeeded in persuading the society that they had perhaps neglected her less well known works unjustly. The next two meetings were occupied in reading Musset's "Fantasio," but the wistful whimsicality of this play was not brought out in the rather heavy-handed interpretation which it is kindest to attribute to the hot weather. We have now almost finished "Gotz von Berlichingen," the reading of which has afforded us more amusement than Goethe intended the play to produce; but twenty-two scene changes in one act, and seventy-three speaking parts at least prohibit boredom and sleep ! M. c. LLEWELLIN, Hon. Secretary. THE WILDMAN SOCIETY On Saturday, May 29th, the Wildman Society met for the first time in a Summer Term. It was hoped that we should meet in the garden of Greenhill House but Thor ordained otherwise and we moved to the Lower Library. Many members brought guests who joined readily with the Society in discussing several important issues. The technique of Snap Debates was new to most of the members, but its success was soon made manifest. The names of speakers to introduce the motions were drawn from a hat and in their brief propos­ ing and opposing speeches, controversial issues were soon disclosed. The house was not slow to bring these to the surface. The Society endorsed, with a slight majority, the views of the House of Commons upon Capital Punishment, decisively declared that it was indifferent to the menace of International Cricket and remained unperturbed by the national ownership of the B.B.C. These topics were hotly debated, but the Society became even more eloquent over the question of whether the House would like to spend a holiday at Butlin's. It was decided by a crashing majority that it did not. It must however be recorded that this vote was cast not so much upon the desirability of spending a holiday at Butlin's but rather upon the general excellence of that institution. Unfortunately there was not sufficient time to debate the last motion arranged for the evening, "This House would welcome a more colourful costume for men." The Society will meet again on July 10th when H. Howard Baker, Esq., supported by J. J.M. Bond will propose the motion " This House believes that Athleticism still plays too great a part in English Public School Life." They will be opposed by R. M. Barlow, Esq., and R. W. Dawnay. J. G. McGOWAN, Hon. Secretary. THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Society has been primarily concerned with field work this term. In collaboration with the British Trust for Ornithology a group of keen and competent ornithologists have ringed over one hundred and forty birds, a satisfactory achievement when compared with last year's total of approximately eighty. · During last winter the society undertook a census of wildfowl on Sherborne Lake. The results are now being analysed and some interesting relationships between duck numbers and weather conditions are apparent. The report will be completed shortly. Some hide construction and photography are now in progress, but no results are as yet available. Next term the society hopes to enjoy a number of lectures on various aspects of bird life and also to continue the Wildfowl census on the lake. J. H. CROOK, Hon; Secretary. 1454 THE SHIRBURNIAN ENTOMOLOGISTS The society was formed at the end of the Easter Term under the guidance of Mr. Holt who has been very helpful to all, being an expert on country life around Sherbome. He has very kindly conducted several expeditions on Saturday afternoon on bicycles to some of the best butterfly habitats. These expeditions have had a large attendance, and have been most successful, the weather being fine for all of them. Great interest has been taken in breeding Lepidoptera, the most outstanding example being the breeding of Puss Moths from the egg, and happets from the larva. By far the most rare butterfly seen this term was a Camberwell Beauty. The Society has therefore had a successful and enjoyable beginning, but I am sure that its members will be very sorry that Mr. Holt is leaving, and are most grateful for his invaluable help. P. C. SIMMS, Hon. Secretary. MUSIC CLUB This being the term[of sun and the swimming bath the club's activities have been limited to the use of the upper room in the Music School. An organ recital has been arranged, but was cancelled owing to quarantine, and a Member's concert was considered a doubtful proposition as many performers had examinations and were already preparing for the school concert at the end of term. Next term, however, we hope to meet fewer obstructions and resume our activities in full. C. B. ZEALLEY, Hon. Secretary.

THE MODEL AIRCRAFT SOCIETY At the end of the first year of our existence, we may look back at our progress with rather mixed feelings. The Club possesses the two essentials for success, an abundance of enthusiasm, and temporarily at least, a clubroom. But the standard of flying is still lamentably low. Crashes, rather than good flights, are the rule, and the flying of petrol models without flight timers, a practice strongly condemned by the con­ trolling body of Aeromodelling, the S.M.A.E., as being both dangerous to the public, as well as expensive to the owner, is being all too frequently indulged in. There are signs however that an improvement is on the way; members are acquiring more skill in trimming their models, J. and P. Hallam, Spreadbury P., and Trernlett being outstanding, and on one never to be forgotten day, we flew for a whole afternoon in a strong breeze, and returned with all our models in one piece. Membership is growing rapidly, and many who joined the club as virtual beginners are acquiring experience. A very healthy sign in a society which depends for its existence on the interests of boys rather than masters, is the number of Junior members, though this does not make for immediate results. G. N. WAYLEN, Hon. Secretary. GOLF EASTER TERM. On Sunday, February 8th there was a Bogey Competition. It was won by J. Bacon (36) and G. C. Penman (25). who returned scores of 5 down in conditions that were far from ideal. The fairways were already rain sodden and frequent showers caused many competitiors to tear up their cards and go home. The climax of the term's golf came on Good Friday, when we played a foursomes match against the masters. After a tense and savage match the top pair allowed victory to slip through their fingers, and the masters won by 3! matches to 2!.

SUMMER TERM. So far this term there has been only one competition-a Stapleford Bogey, held on Sunday, 30th May. There is in progress, however, a knock out Match Play Competition for a prize offered by the O.SS., and a Flag Foursome is planned for the beginning of July. J. R. INSALL, Hon. Secretary. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1455 LITERARY

PRIZE POEM: THE DREAM OF THE DESERTED ISLAND by D. J. M. CORNWELL PART I A tale must linger in this twilight, Indeed my father Pan, shall this be ever so ? Where naked Pan distirbs the reeds Pan, Pan, we loved you once but you were old and And lonely searches in the silence not so broken, through marshes bathed in sultry moonlight. You were kind but not so human. You? Our Father, brother, friend? The wandering doe laps water at the bank, Old, old Pan ? Lord of the woods and vales Sour water, one like wine, wine dear and Of the Island? radiant, Pan, Pan, my Father Pan, shall this be ever so? Wine cool like the far away babble of streams in Shall the doe no longer lap the waters of your the calm tense of a summer evening, pool, Wine like a puff of warm wind:in the East. The deer no longer hear and love the music that As soft as the breath of a doe. you played? Sweet, sweet Pan, old but firm you were Pan once laughed here, played his music, And now a sorry thing. Happy, simple, glad, Now he wanders like an old Bull, whither knows 0 forgive me, Father Pan, I mean no harm, he not, But whence is fled the courage of·your former Lumbering, pensive sad. self? The Pan we loved and heard ? Once acacia, honeysuckle, foxgloves, 0 Father, Father Pan, you cannot do this thing ! Grew in fragrant, misty glades, Call back the deer, the badger and the frog And now the marsh has swallowed them, That croaked so stupidly from the reeds ! Plucked them from life to the sodden mire, Let the doe once more graze among the honey­ Wherein all things must go. suckle Poor, poor, unwanted, old, neglected Pan ! And the freesia that nod their perfumed petals at Is they sight so faded ? Am I so strange ? you naked feet- Pfay a tune for me Pan-poor old Pan Call them ! Call them father Pan ! These things Play us a tune ! 0 Pan, Pan ! Why is this thing shall not be so. so? You cannot pluck these things away, you cannot Is it all past and gone ? let them go! Shall no more the whispering willows wave their For me, for me, my Father, bring back the wands? music in the twilight, Shall no more thy music sing through the Island Play me a tune in the whispering wind, woods? In the whispering, wandering, wavering wind And the butterflies flit and glide like fireflies in Like the orchids by the bank of the stream, the twilight ? Elusive, sweet, enchanting, like the perfume of And the cricket chirp as it blessed the morning the lilacs, air? Haunting old unreal, as only I and you, my And Pan, my father, will you never blow Father, know. Another note of wonder from your pipes ? The sodden marsh tried to echo his footstep, Shall the woods ne'er hear thy beauteous notes Tried in the thickening twilight, abound As Pan turned his heavy, naked, shoulders Like orchids on the bank ? And, weeping, lumbered away.

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PART II Old Father Pan is gone, lumbered into the gloom, The trees were silent now, unheeding to the Entwined brambles thrive where honeysuckle gentle breeze bloomed, Which oftimes kissed their bark, And leaves and marsh are where the bumble-bee And ever and anon the music sang once roamed. Like nectar lying on a satyr's tongue. But now the marsh has swallowed them, Never more, old Father, never more Plucked them from life to the sodden mire, Shall the dusk be heavy with lilacs, Wherein all things must go. Never more my Father, never more. The water laps at sullied banks The Island is deserted now ; Where once the dripping water-rat abode, and The early bluebells now no longer pierce dried his silken fur beneath the warm sun, The sumptuous green of cool, untrodden grass ; The early snowdrops are unseen, if ever grow, But never more. And now the hawthorn swallows every glade, No longer shall I hear the busy music of the And Father Pan no longer music makes field-mice Beneath the friendly Cyprus' cooling shade ; Scuttling in the grass. And who would guess, when once he saw the Mourn for Pan, my brothers, mourn for Father Beauty of the Island Pan. That ever Father Pan must fade ? Of an afternoon he sat upon his favourite stump, Fled is the happiness of former nymphs, His pipes upon his lips, Fled all but sorrow and the marsh, And played his music to the birds, The bramble and the hawthorn. The turtledove and swallow, Fled the tulip and the lilac, The sweetest music Nature ever made. ·Fled the perfume of the freesia, five times Sweeter far than memories, more delicate Sweeter far than thought upon a Summer's eve, Than the opiate strains of incense in the Sweeter far than Sunrise on the snowy peaks of little chapel among the Spanish hills, distant alps Five times more lovely than the sea-air Which pour their rosy light upon the wakening Which embalms the glowing sands of day; Southern Isles ; Meandering, wonderful, delicate, For this was Pan's own Island. So fine and clear, so full of Pan's own dreams of Once acacia, honeysuckle, foxgloves long ago! Grew in fragrant, misty glades, Unheard by mortal man, too tender far And now the marsh has swallowed them, For mortal ear, too soft and sweet by far. Plucked them from life to the sodden mire, the flowers in the grove where Pan once played. Wherein all things must go. Would spread their velvet petals in their love ; The deer, the rabbits and the hedgehog Would come from o'er the Island to hear their father, Pan.

CHRISTOPHER WARREN-FIRST PRIZE Beyond the wood where grey oaks strain to wind, Are our familiar hills thus mystic from The moor swings upward to the chill sharp dawn. That far-off world ? Is all its magic thrill Below, the plain lags eastwards, blind with haze But bred of strangeness and the long, grey To where a sea of mist swirls round the feet miles? Of distant hills hung wind-blue in the grey. J. H. G. TERRY. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1457

CONCERTO I looked around the third class compartment in which I had huddled for just over an hour. At Preston, I had managed, in the scramble for places, to secure the corner seat, but I sat with my back to the engine. The people opposite, who had boarded the train at Preston, were all nodding sleepily. All the time I had merely watched them, and the confusion of fields and industry slipping past. Now, everything outside was obscured by the pall of a rainy night. The other occupants were all poorly dressed. They had the dark, deeply-lined skins and wrinkled features of people living in an industrial area. They welcomed the rest afforded by the train journey, and sat in stiff, unnatural recumbency. My own clothing was thin, and in many places showed signs of hard usage. But all these thoughts were blotted out of my mind by a strange feeling of elation which I had felt for many days. Somewhere on the rack above was a small black case, the contents of which, I hoped, were destined to earn fortune, and perhaps even fame. The case was full of manuscripts-music which had taken many years to complete. But " Concerto " was now prepared for its final trials-publication and performance. A girl, who sat next to me, after looking many times at the" No Smoking" notices, had left her seat and stood instead in the corridor, smoking a cigarette. A hacking cough which had for the most part of the journeyed disturbed us, had at last subsided, only to be replaced by a low, nasal snore. My eyes saw these things, but my brain translated them into music; the music, rather naturally, was that of" Concerto." The opening bars were slow, and expressed a moving sense of sympathy. The solo piano seemed to ripple iiJ. unsung antiphony with the orchestra. The train stopped, and I could hear the patter of rain on the sloping roof. Odd lights winked from behind the rain-drop covered ~dows, and an occasional porter walked past. But somehow the compart­ ment seemed isolated from everything, and appeared to take the part of the invisible spectator. The coach clattered over the points, and gathered speed as it left the undefinable features and shadows of Crewe. The second movement of the concerto started as the tram reached the outskirts of the town. The peculiar melody which predominated throughout the work was still outstanding. But the original timing was lost ; the pace had enlivened the melody, which imagination transcribed as something thrilling and frighten­ ing, but with an ominous theme. The movement reached its climax ; with a high, echoing clash it closed, Very suddenly, I realized I was sweating freely. Synchronized with the music, the maroon-coloured communication chord distinctly jerked. It was quite sudden and unexpected, and I stood up quickly. The sleeping travellers took no notice, however, as I picked my way to the corridor over the sprawling legs. The girl who had been smoking outside had dis­ appeared, and I was alone. The cooler air of the corridor roused me from the lethargy I had fallen into, and I started to walk towards the end of the train. Once more the music broke through my thoughts. It was heavy and ponderous, as ifindoubtand in bewilderment. The delicate traceries of the main theme had disappeared, but the melody remained, changed again in tempo to conform with the movement. The brakes were straining hard beneath the coach, and I sensed that the train was slowing down rapidly. I had been so enthralled by the music that I had not noticed myself crossing into a luggage van. But the door slammed violently, and I was left in darkness. I started to walk back to the door, but tripped and fell heavily over a case. I lay for a moment quite stunned, unable to regain my feet. The final movement started ; all the other movements were as nothing when compared with this, a magnificent flood of music which crashed alarmingly, leading up to something immense. The climax was reached in a discordant top note, which echoed horror and shock. The van lurched and bumped; the luggage and my body were flung around the black interior. With a rending crash which shattered into my ears, I felt myself carried up in sickening movements. As the top note of the concerto died, so there was a blinding flash, and then blackness. Concerto to Death?

K. C. RIDDLE, 1458 THE SHIRBURNIAN

EUROPEAN HOLIDAY To travel by Viking is the last word in luxury. You sit in a comfortable armchair, with rubber pads to absorb all vibration. An excellent window lets you see all the sights-none of your tiny Dakota portholes ! Most of the journey is spent in eatmg the very good food brought round by the steward, all included in the cost of the ticket. Then-greatest of all luxuries-real hot water to wash your hands. We had cloud over the North sea ; it broke over the Ardennes, and we had a marvellous view of snow-clad mountains through crystal-clear air. The pilot said we could see for about 60 miles. Then more cloud, and more, till we were sailing over alarming cloud mountains, with deep shadowy cloud valleys in between. Wordsworth said" I wandered lonely as a cloud '-these clouds were not lonely at all. They looked more like Atlantic breakers massing to make a furious onslaught on some rocky foreland. Through a break we saw the wide straight line of the Danube, with a big town along one bank, and then the one miserable solitary landing strip which is the Vienna airport. I breathed a sigh of regret that our flight was over. The road into Vienna is surprising ; for about two miles you pass the largest cemetery I have ever seen. I felt that burying people, and selling flowers to their relations, must surely be the most important local industry. The city itself showed little war damage, but the lovely Opera House was in ruins. Outside my hotel door a woman with only one leg was begging. I wondered if the other leg had been blown off by one of our bombs, so I gave her the big packet of sandwiches I had brought for the flight, but had not needed. I was stiff after sitting for so long, so, after leaving my luggage, I came out again to see the sights. There was my beggar woman, sitting on the pavement hungrily wolfing the sandwiches. Her cructhes were by her side, and two legs were showing ! Russians were everywhere. Outside the Imperial Hotel a smart sentry was on guard, and in the streets you saw them marching with fixed bayonets, and still in fours. Their top boots shone, their equip­ ment looked well cared for, and I thought their discipline seemed very good indeed, a great contrast from the slovely looking Russians I had seen in Berlin last summer. Their War Memorial is one of the loveliest I have seen. It is a curve of slender delicate arches, about 60 yards in length ; in the centre is a fine pillar with a figure of a Russian soldier on the top holding a golden shield. In the April sunshine, with the lovely. green of the trees behind the arches, and the light flashing from the golden shield, I thought it delightful ; but I doubt if it will last long, once the Russians have gone. "Are we popular here ? " I asked my guide : " About as popular as a pork pie in a synagogue ; still they don't want us or the Americans to go before the Russians do." Four days of hard work-lectures, journeys, and meals in most friendly Army messes-then an all night train journey to Graz. This is a very large town, set in a dead-flat plain between tree-covered moun­ tains. In the middle is an isolated hill, with a lift to take you to the top. Graz has a University with a good Medical school. There they showed me the research work they are doing on Tuberculosis and Marlaria, using dozens of mice and guinea pigs. I also saw over the broadcasting studios. Then on to Klagenfurt, with G.H.Q. and all the Brass Hats, and the most enchanting lakes and houses. The lakes are long and thin, like Windermere, and flanked by mountains : but the houses ! Each cottage was a gem, straight out of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The roofs are absurdly big, so thatthesnowwillfallaway from the walls; and, also because of snow, the ground floor seems to be used for stores and poultry, and the family live on the first floor. Of all the countries I have seen Austria is quite the most enchanting. The people have a real genius for the artistic and the picturesque. The women wear dull clothes, but the men go to the other extreme. I felt quite conspicuous in an ordinary English suit. Then another all-night train journey in a comfortable sleeper, into Italy. A single track line winds through a very narrow pass in the mountains. It is rather like Cheddar Gorge, except that the rocks go straight up for thousands of feet instead of hundreds, that there is snow everywhere, and that the gap between the rocks is shared by a road, a river, and your railway. The road and the line keep dodging in and out of tunnels, and crossing the river by horribly flimsy bridges. We went over most of them at barely a walking pace. Then down and down to the long flat Italian plains, and on till we entered the Free Territory of Trieste, THE SHIRBURNIAN 1459

Trieste is incredible. It is a very fine town. Most of the buildings were put up by the Austrians in the 1890's, and are about 9 storeys high, very well built of excellent stone, and all so alike that you get lost every time you go out. Mixed in with these handsome stone buildings are hideous redbrick blocks of flats about 14 storeys high, built in the 1930's, looking straight out of an American film; also Roman remains. From my window I looked out on a lovely Roman amphitheatre. It seemed a mixture of Queen Victoria, Holly­ wood, and Julius Caesar. The harbour is first class, and some of the buildings there are most imposing. It was the night of the Italian elections when I arrived. Tieste is 90% Italian, but they remember how recently and thoroughly they turned out the Austrian's, and Tito's territory begins 3 miles from the centre of the town. Excitement was running high. In Austria the police wear musical-comedy uniforms, and some carry absurd little swords ; but in Trieste they are the smartest and toughest-looking men I have seen. They are trained by British officers, carry revolvers, and have the reputation of being first class shots. I saw one free fight going on, so went to see what was happening. As I got there, a police car arrived. Police jumped out, dived into the crowd, then out again holding a tough-looking woman, and were away again, all in a few seconds. It was a smart piece of work. But the shops, and the markets ! Masses of eggs, great slices of bacon, whole hams ; shop windows full of every kind of wine at very low prices ; and shoes, clothes, silks and dazzling displays of those female under garments that we are supposed to see in shops, but not elsewhere. Streets full of big cars and brand new English motorcycles (Matchless, and Triumphs with rear wheel springing). There seemed to be no rationing of petrol, or of anything else. I believe that, apart from wines, prices are very high, and that life is hard for the poorer people : but I could not find out much, as all I could take was £5 in " Bafs". I soon discovered that this money can only be spent in Army hotels and canteens. Every cafe seemed full of Amican soldiers, drinking wine. An American corporal gets the same pay as an English Captain, and can spend all of it. Our fellows only get part of their pay, and that in Bafs ; so they go to the excellent Naafi for a beer or an occasional dance. Trieste is lovely in the Spring. In the Summer it gets very hot, being shut in by barren hills. In the winter, icy blasts blow down from those hills with such violence that barriers are put at every street corner to prevent people from being blown under the cars. Our fellows there are not having a soft time. Training is continuous, and discipline strict, for Trieste is one of Europe's danger spots ; but I was sad to leave its sunshine. I came back to Austria by car. At Udine I found the grave of Gen. de Winton, an O.S. friend of mine, who was murdered by an Italian woman. It was one of 400 in the well-kept British cemetery there. Then a marvellous drive through the mountains, a drive which would have been hair-raising if my M.T. driver had not been so good ; another all-night train journey to Vienna, and a smooth flight home. The trip was quite hard work ; I did 28 lectures and a lot of travelling, including four nights in trains ; but my Army hosts were so efficient and considerate, that I enjoyed every minute of it. As I arrived at the Victoria airport, I realised that no longer would my papers be marked with the subtle compliment" V.I.P.", but that I was now, once more, a Very Unimportant Person. A.J.P.A.

INSOMNIA Oh, tear me away from this material goal, As the mainsa'l splits, and the halyard's away; To Ballard Down, where the Pipit sings, To the tango breeze on Aldhelm's head, To the harbour mouth in the teeth of a gale The heathery bliss of Egdon gloom ; The wind in the west, and the tide running out, Or the hazel covert, and the paths that lead As we bring her round from the starboard tack To the pheasant's nest, and the dog-rose bloom. With the keel through sand, and the bow through Oh, give me the scent of the salt sea air ; spray, Break away, my soul, break away if you dare. The hideous jibe and the deafening crack, J. P. OAKLEY. 1460 THE SHIRBURNIAN

"AREPO ? " The "peace of the afternoon was broken only by the singing of Mother Nature and the humming of the cheese in the larder. The under-gardener was busy blowing pea-trenches with dynamite when I was suddenly awoken by my wrist watch striking four. I got up, went into the house to wake the family for tea, and rang the gong for nine minutes : and then I rang the police. Nothing happened because I dialed the last " 9 " first. I put down the phone, and my mind was moving swiftly to meet the emergency, when it was stopped by someone in the doorway. -"Glad to see you" she said. -"Why?" -"I'm not, but I don't mind lying if it gets me somewhere; where's the family?" -" If you go into the back room you wont find them there.?' -" What makes you so sure of that ? " -"There is no backroom-anyway they're out in the garden. We ran through the back door only to find my wife tearing up the lawn with the perambulator, Grandma burying holes in the flower bed and Grandpa playing with Plasma the blood-hound. Everyone was delighted to see us except Junior, the baby, who was gnashing his teeth. Grandpa looked up at the sun: -"Gad, look at the time, ten past five; let's go and have some tea." We assembled the table and sat around waiting for the tea to arrive until somebody decided to go and make it. We whet our appetites with the sandwich and ourselves with the tea, as the cups kept on slipping off the table legs. (Junior was still showing his disapproval by gnashing his teeth so we took them away). Nobody said anything until the conversation was broken by Plasma who came blundering in and fell over a bottle on the floor. My wife looked at me severely : " George, you've been drinking too much. This house is full of empty bottles." " Empty bottles ? " " Yes, you must have bought them." " Dont be so stupid, I've never bought an empty bottle in my life," I said, taking another stab at my meat ball, and changing the subject. -" I don't mind having iron in my meat ball, but I draw the line at stainless steel ! " My wife glowered and Grandpa sprang up and put his head through the window. -"Gad, look at the time, ten past five. We must fetch somebody to look after the baby." Acting on Grandpa's suggestion we rushed off in several directions but it was I who finally found the gardener. The hunt over, the excitement was gradually subsiding when I noticed that our visitor was still with us. I somehow felt she was being neglected so I asked her if she would care to come to the opera with us. -" Well," she stammered, " I should love to, but I have .nothing suitable to wear." -"Oh, that's alright," I said. -"By the way who are you?" -"Oh, never mind that: just call me Clarabelle." Our relationship thus secured, I went downstairs to dress. As I reached the hall, Grandpa came out of his room. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1461

-"How do I look?" he asked absently. -"Well, Grandpa, you look fine, but don't you think that your trousers are a bit tight round the armpits ? If you'll excuse me, I'll just go and take my shirt off the boil ; it'll need every bit of two hours to dry." At last we were ready and Grandpa went round to the garage to start up" Daisy "-some days he goes and some days he doesn't. We climbed in and set off down the road at a phenomenal speed passing cars as if they were parked on the kerb.* If everyone drove like Grandpa there would only be two kinds of pedestrian-the quick and the dead ! Nothing stopped Grandpa; not even the traffic lights because he was colourblind. His motto was "Safety First" because if he wasn't first he wasn't safe. On arrival at the theatre an ex-king of Ruritania let down the back of the lorry so we could get out, and we made our way to our box. We found it was full of people but we managed to throw both of them out and sit down. The performance was about to begin when the lights suddenly dimmed. It was ten minutes before they mended the fuses with the string of the first violin. The lights restored the orchestra played the overture which was the midnight version of" Dance of the Hours." It was in two parts : the first consisted of twenty nine bars rest, and the second was exactly the same. As the curtain rises, night is falling, and the stage is in pitch darkness. We could just make out the chorus leaving as the herione trips onto the stage carrying a hurricane lamp. Picking herself up, she looses her bearings and recites the Prologue to the back of the stage, during the course of which she retires. With difficulty the orchestra eased her out of the euphonium and put her back on the stage. As the second act opens we see the tenor. He's a long tall fellow and enters left in single file. He sings a love song and goes behind a tree. Drosophilla, the herione, is lowered from the flies and she too goes behind a tree-and they wait there for twenty minutes ! The chorus comes in and goes out again for no apparent reason : the only person who knows why is Mozart, and he's dead. Mean while the villain is amusing himself by chopping down the trees. The last act is very short. The angry father falls out of one of the trees and suggests that Drosophilla should die. She agrees : -" I must die, I must die," she screams, and she dies. (She then slips on a pair of mittens because she has had frozen hands for the whole season). The hero sets his teeth, draws his .45, and lights a cigarette. As the show ends the villain is still chopping down the trees. During the performance the curtain rose and fell at intervals, and at the end, tlie orchestra played the overture for the benefit of those who came in late. · J. R. SANDFORD. J. N. !NSALL. (*) They were parked on the kerb !

THE LILIES Solomon in all his glory was not like to one of these, Rustling on the rippling water, Dancing in the pleasant breeze, Glorious in their white and yellow, Wondrous in their golden prime, Lilies like this bloomed in Eden, Put to shame the words of rhyme.

D. BETHELL. 1462 THE SHIRBURNIAN

INTO THE PAST It might seem interesting to publish some MSS. and fragments discovered in the Bodleian and else­ where recently, since some of them have local interest. They seem to differ in date considerably ; this is one of the late 14th century, we believe :- " ....•.•• Keepe ye home-fyres bornying, Shynnewelle is retornying, No moure coale, No moure doale, Courpses in ye mornyng ...... "

Another, found paved into the back of an autographed first edition of Herodotus, reads (in the revised translation):- " ...... There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, Who had so many children that she didn't know what to do ; She wrote them out forms at ten thousand a day, Gave them hats and brief-cases and sent them away . . . . ; . . . "

Yet another, in a cutting from" Ye Tymes (Litterarie sectioune)," reads:- " ...... • Boadicea, Brave old deare, Down with ye Communystes, \Vot, no feare ? • ...... "

This next has distinct local interest, and is of a later date :- " ...... Ye smalle populatioune of Scirburn Eke found it a tryfle disturburn, That though it seemes roural And Agrycultoural, Ye councile of Scirburn is urburn ...... "

I should like before I close this treatise to add one more interesting example; this one is Welsh, and the word marked with an asterisk (*) is best given here in the Welsh. th~ word in Welsh reads" Attleewhatefferlookyoubach" :- " ...... * ...'s government sat on a wall,* .. .'s government had a great fall, Nobody living remembers the like, of* .. .'s government facing a strike ... "

A. B. KING-SMITH.

FATHERS' MATCH So this was the moment for which he had been waiting ever since the list had gone up yesterday morning Sellars ma. had just been clean-bowled by Crab Campbell's father, and David was next man in ! How he had lived this moment over and over again during the morning's lessons-and here at last it really was I Very slowly he got to his feet, for this was no time to hurry. He turned to kiss his mother. "Good luck, darling, make a century," she murmured, and he caught his breath as he picked up his bat. Make a century ! _ Ifhe did the Head and Mr. Ronald would have to give him his colours--they couldn't very well do anything else ! But David was a realist ; he wasn't going to let his imagination run away with him : he knew very well the odds against his making a century, but all the same .... As he started the long walk out to the wickets his mother watched him-a determined little figure under a monstrous peaked cap. It was funny, she was thinking, how even when one's children were getting quite old one felt like mothering them at times when they stood quite alone. But David, as he THE SHIRBURNIAN 1463 walked out, was blissfully unaware of these maternal sentiments, intent only on asking Sellars ma. what the bowling was like. "Play yourself in carefully and you'll be all right " replied Sellars in answer to this question. Sellars was vice-captain of the eleven and going to Eton next term, so David determined to follow the advice of such an august personage, He tried to appear unconcerned as he slipped on his sausage­ fingered gloves. None of the fathers except Daddy could know that this was the first match he had played in. There was Daddy, fielding at slips, his broad comfortable face spread in a cheery grin. That made David feel better-the knowledge that Daddy was near him. He had learnt a lot about cricket from Mr. Ronald and the chaps at school, but he owed all his real knowledge to Daddy. Back in the garden at home, with the lawn roller as a wicket, he had been taught the essence of the game. But here he was, at the stumps. He stepped up to the crease and held out his bat for Mr. Ronald to give him guard. " A shade towards you-covers the two-four balls to come " said Mr. Ronald. "Thank' sir," murmured David huskily. Then, having made his mark, he glanced around him in the true cricketer's style, mentally deciding which balls he would send soaring over square-leg's head and which ones he would cut deftly between the covers. He considered patting the ground in front of the crease as he had seen Denis Compton do at Lords, but since he was not certain whether to use the back or the face of the bat, he decided against it. Now ! Very slowly and deliberately he took up his stance. Feet slightly apart-left elbow well forward, as Mr. lfonald had shown him-and both wrists loose. He heard Daddy whispering behind him, " Steady, old boy " and he smiled gratefully. Good old Daddy, David thought to himself, he always knew what to say at the right time. Crab Campbell's father was walking back now : a thin sallow-faced chartered-accountant, he did not look the sort of person likely to take pity on anyone.. As he turned to start his run, the bulbous eyes, which had earned in his son a very apt nickname, roved round the field. David could just see Mummy's pink hat-she was craning forward in her chair. The rest of the parents had quietened down, and Crab's father was starting his run. On he came, spectacles joggling on his nose, skinny arms weaving sweet nothings in the air-and he bowled. It was a well pitched-up ball on David's off stump, dropping slowly. How often had he played just such a ball as this in the nets, and on the lawn at home. He knew exactly what to do. Lifting his bat straight behind him, he stepped well out to it with his left leg, at the same time bringing his bat down to cover the pitch. But it was a good ball, an unusual thing for Mr. Campbell, and did not do at all as David had expected. Turning sharply off the ground, it slipped behind his bat and smacked up against his right pad. "Haaaaat," yelled Crab Campbell's father in a cracked tenor screech. For one clear second David was aware of little things happening around him-Mummy, half standing up, her pink hat slightly askew, Daddy swearing shortly but very colourfully behind him, a swallow sweeping past his head, the sun emerging from a cloud-and then very slowly the umpire raised his right hand. C. H. GALLOP.

THE OPEN ROAD It was a happy time. There was just Punch, the dog and I. I had never known before what grand companions dumb animals could be. Punch was the horse which pulled my caravan, and he was always a willing worker. The weather was fine, the air was always fu!l of lovely scents for me, and exciting ones for the dog, and the caravan was cool and homely. It was a joy to see the dog dashing through hedges in pursuit of rabbits, a sniffing excitedly at the side of the road. Perhaps the one thing that disturbed this peaceful atmosphere were the flies, which were a torment to Punch. But we jogged along at a slow and easy pace, never hurrying ourselves, but taking in every detail of our surroundings as we went. I had no companions with me except my two animals, but I was never lonely, and there was always something to see or hear. On the third day after we started we reached a small village on the edge of a large forest. On the far side we could see the road climbing a slope, and then disappearing beneath the trees. There was a quaint little inn in the village called the " Trusty Servant," where I stopped for a drink. I had a chat with a good­ natured. landlord about the countryside, the weather, and all the other things that the country-bred talk about. It was late afternoon when we finished talking, so I moved off into the forest, where I planned to 1464 THE SHIRBURNIAN stop for the night. I woke early in the morning at about five o'clock, and found the sun just corning up. When I was fully awake I could hear the songs of hundreds of birds blended into one great chorus. And then I knew that I had heard the dawn chorus, a thing which I had often wanted to experience. It was a great thrill and I was very pleased. I moved off very early that morning, feeling on top of the world. But the most wonderful sight that I ever saw occurred one evening, about two hours before sundown. I was driving the caravan up a rather steep hill, at the top of which I expected to see downs stretching away from me. But what I did see was very different. Below me, stretching from north to south, was a steep­ sided, well-wooded valley, in which several farm houses nestled, a spiral of blue smoke corning from the chimney of one, and a silvery stream flowing through the valley's bottom. To m.y left the valley opened out into a plain, with its patchwork of ploughed and green fields. But on the other side of the valley and to the right, stretched hills which seemed to mount higher and higher as far as the eye could see. And behind that was the crimson sky. I was tranfixed, and could only stare. Upon looking at the plain I was reminded of a poem I once heard :- Glory be to God for dappled things- For skies of couple-colour as a brindled cow ; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim ; Fresh fire coal chestnut falls ; finches' wings ; Landscape plotted and pieced-!old, fallow, and plough ; And all trades, tlzeir gear and tackle and trim. The sight was enough to fix anyone to the spot, in its dazzling beauty past change, and everything in it, original, space, strange and beautiful. I saw many beautiful sights like this, but none so amazingly lovely. The things I saw on that holiday, and the sounds I heard, would fill a vast volume, but I have never enjoyed a holiday more. I felt entirely free, jogging along to the sound of horse's hooves, and the creaking of shaft and harness. It was a holiday in which you felt that you had to see all the lovely sights of nature, and hear all her sounds, and what better way than by going along the" Open Road." Why don't you try it some day ? G. D. MEGGESON.

COLOUR BAR Ebony, black delight, Shining star, blind white glare of shadowed sand, marble masters of our race, moonless night, wise as the rivers are, wind-fanned, straight as the poplar tree, as the touch of a queen, beautiful in form and face, this smooth soft sun-skin, white as snow, this sable sheen. we have held one secret you will never know. We came from jungle strand lazy tropic land We have felt the spell of dance and song, of the blue's jagged beat where wild blue breakers roar of dusky feet deep sarabands the whole day long tapping twelve to the bar, on a ripe-peach-golden shore. mood indigo, the magic of Basin Street, most strange, bizarre . . . • Thoughtless God-head made this black torso For when I die to be naked and Gabriel's muted trumpet fills the sky, beside the rich-clothed white. to bask in beds of cloud He chequered the embryo I will not choose for his delight. but sing out loud and dance for ever to my own sweet blues.

C. H. GALLOP. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1465 CORRESPONDENCE

PRIZE POEM To the Editors of "The Shirburnian". DEAR SIRS, We feel it is a tragedy that we should be censured for writing free verse for the prize poem competition, and that in future, without exception, only poems in the conventional forms of rhyme and metre ought to be entered. Poetry is an expression of thoughts that cannot always be contained by feet and regularity, and it is an injustice to a poet to force his hand, and demand that he write in a traditional style. The future poets of Sherborne should be allowed and encouraged to express themselves in the form that their thoughts demand, and remain unfettered by the necessity of subjecting them to a style that is both incongruous with, and unsuited for, modern ideas. We are your humble servants, D. J.M. CORNWELL J.P. OAKLEY J. M. GELSTHORPE G. H. HALLSMITH W. S. BLACKSHAW C. P. ANGWIN. DISPLACED PERSONS To the Editors of "The Shirburnian". DEAR SIRS, Concerning the Chapel seating, might I make a small suggestion? Sitting alongside the "Hen-coop", I have made a habit of making a rough count of the visitors at the Evening services for the past two terms and this present one; in the winter term, the average number was about eight, and the following term produced much the same result; these figures apply, of course, only to ordinary Sundays; this term, there are generally a dozen visitors. Might I suggest that some of the unfortunates crowded here and there on chairs be allowed to occupy some of these vacant seats? Yours, etc., A. B. KING SMITH. We wholeheartedly agree with you, but wish to poillt out that, unless the chairs 011 which the unfortunates sit are removed by them at t!ze end of Evening Chapel, they get left around at the back to clutter up the gangway during the fallowing week.

HARD TENNIS COURTS To the Editors of "The Shirburnian". DEAR SIRS, I hope that the school authorities do not intend to leave the new hard tennis courts in their present unfinished state. In most respects these courts are excellent and I am sure the school in general is grateful for them, but there are three slight faults. First, on the Factory side there is an expanse of rubble which has not been surfaced and which is unfortunately exactly the same colour as most tennis balls. A load of cinders would easily remedy this. Second, the concrete trough at the base of the wire netting has already become choked with weeds, again causing "lost" balls; and thirdly, the wire netting has inexplicably faded out on the Hyle House side of the courts. Surely it would be a great mistake not to remedy these omissions which are, at present, spoiling what might be a really good job of work. Yours, etc., R. D. ACKERLEY. "AREPO?" To the Editors of "The Shirburnian". DEAR SIRS, On reading the screamingly funny article "Arepo?" published in this issue, we just screamed. We feel, however, that attention should be drawn to the title. Should not this be spelt backwards-"? Opera"? Yours, etc., J. R. SANDFORD. J. N. INSALL. CRICKET To the Editors of" The Shirburnian." DEAR SIRS, I should like to take this opportunity of publicly thanking all Masters for their generous and willing help in coaching and umpiring cricket this term, and E. J. Freeman and his Staff for working so hard and successfully to keep the grounds in good repair. Yours truly, M. W. PAILTHORPE Captain of Cricket. 1466 THE SHIRBURNIAN

BALLIOL PLAYERS " THE FROGS " Of all Aristophanes' comedies, The Frogs must be the hardest to act convincingly before a modem audience. Imagine a band of African negroes trying to amuse their countrymen by producing a skit on Shakespaere, say " Savanorola Brown." And yet the main theme of the play is just that: the contrast between the verbose, purple Aeschybus and the crafty quibbler, Euripides. The Classical Group may perhaps consider that insufficient attention was paid to the more serious aspect of the play, the beauty of the chorus so well translated by Gilbert Murray, and the subtle jibes and puns between the play-writes : but most of the audience were there to enjoy themselves, and small wonder if they preferred the Beating Scene and the occasional off-stage jokes. We could not but wonder what Aristophanes would have thought could he see his chorus of Frogs brought in in a car, or his solemn procession of initiates preceded by an athlete in a ninning vest. But when all is said and done and the professors have had their fill of wrangling just how serious or how funny Aristophanes is meant to be, we enjoyed ourselves, we had a good laugh, and we came away pleased -which is all we have a right to expect, even from the Greeks. So we thank the Balliol Players very much for corning and entertaining us for an evening, and hope that they will come again next summer with some­ thing of the same sort, and the same excellent acting .

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SHERBORNE HOUSE LETTER First and foremost I must record our sincere thanks to all those members of the School-Staff, boys and friends­ who contributed so very much to the success of the usual Whitsun visit. It was indeed a success in every respect, and 25 boys through me, send 25 big 'thank yous'. .. Since returning from Sherborne, we have had a full summer programme. Our band had the honour of taking part in the Royal Tournament at Olympia, and that has meant a great deal of extra practice. It is also the time of year for the Annual Inspection (held on 18th July at Temple Gardens) and that, too, has kept the gym squad, and indeed all Cadets, hard at it. Sherborne House nearly came to an abrupt end one night early in June, when the sack warehouse next door was gutted by fire. A somewhat exaggerated account of the assistance rendered by the Cadets to t4e firemen was given in the national press, but at one stage it did look as if a really nasty situation would develop. The superficial damage we suffered, running into some hundreds of pounds, is fortunately covered by insurance: it seems we shall never be clear of the builders and decorators. We have not been able to go to Caterham Depot so often this year for week-ends, so instead we have arranged rough-it camps near Eisley. We were delighted to have four members of the School with us on one occasion. On 27th June we held our Certificate 'A' examination in which 5/5 Cadets passed Part II and 8/9 got through Part I. We also took part in a parade at the Cenotaph in conjunction with a visiting party of French Cadets. Two more members of the School were with us this week-end and took part in the parade. T. J. G. Rogers has joined the Battalion on being released from the Army, and is posted to 'B' Company. Anthony Younghusband has been running our 'Phantom' expeditions and other O.SS who continue to work at the Club are A. Henriques, D.R. A. Mellis, E. P Hall, H J. Stockley and L. F. Baker. Summer camp is to be held at Dover and ws hope to have with us once more a few representatives of the school.

J. S. STREETER, Warden. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1467 GAMES

HOCKEY

SCHOOL v. KING'S SCHOOL, BRUTON Played at Bruton on 9th March. For the first match of the season this was a fast game, which resulted in a win for the School by 9 goals to 5. It began most encouragingly with Banks and Norris sharing in a movement which brought a goal before the Bruton defenders realised what was happening. The forwards continued to combine well so that at half-time the score was 5-1, the School looking much the stronger team, although the halves tended to hang back too far. During the second half the heat caused both sides to tire a good deal, with the School defence becoming much too slow in tackling and clearing. Thus Bruton added 4 goals. The School forwards, however, were not to be denied and scored goal for goal. The forwards, though often failing to get back far enough to collect their passes, combined well as a rule and moved quickly. Norris well deserved his 6 goals.

SCHOOL v. DOWNSIDE Played at Sherborne on 13th March. In this match the School took their chances against a slow opposition and won by 10 goals to 2. There was a great improvement in the positional play over the form against Bruton, the backs being far quicker in getting rid of the ball constructively; Wrinch in particular played very steadily and his inter­ ceptions were very good. \Vilson, too, gaining in experience at centre-half, played soundly. The wing halves, however, gave themselves much unnecessary trouble by faulty positioning. The forwards were inclined to bunch in the centre, so that the opposing centre-half could intercept most of the passes intended for them. Their own passes to one another were too often behind rather than in front. Norris again took his opportunities well in the circle, and scored 8 of the IO goals. Flory showed good stickwork, but was too slow in his movements to make the most of his chances.

SCHOOL v. BRYANSTON Played at Bryanston and lost by 7 goals to 3. This was a most disappointing result after the promising form shown previously. The side became easily rattled by the quick movements of the Bryanston forwards and brisk tackling of the halves; nor did the School forwards realise the proper answer to opposing backs who spent most of the time in their own circle. The School backs were constantly guilty of ill-judged tackling and of missing the ball altogether under pressure, while Hearn, in goal, was a model of indecision. Wilson and Skinner worked hard, but the forwards were at a disadvantage in that they were playing in a new formation, which was not a success. Bryanston fully deserved to win · though not by such a wide margin.

SHERBORNE SCHOOL v. DORSET "A" Played at Sherborne on 18th March. Dorset won by 5 goals to 2. For the first tw~nty minutes the School were very slow and failed to get going, Dorset scoring all their five goals in that period. Just before half-time Norris shot hard at goal from a short corner and Flory followed up to push the partially saved shotin to the net. In the second half the School had much more of the play, but were kept out by a steady defence untilnear the end, when after good work by the inside forwards Flory scored with a very good flick shot which gave the goalkeeper no chance. ·For the County, Currie and Yeo both scored twice and Kyrke once. The County half-back line, in which P. Curle was outstanding, was particularly strong, and Hayes and Currie formed a good right wing. For the School, Wilson, at centre-half, worked hard and successfully, and Wrinch and Lund, at back, were prominent in the second half.

SHERBORNE SCHOOL v. WEST OF ENGLAND WANDERERS Played at Sherborne on 20th March. The Wanderers won by 8 goals to 3. This was to some extent a reversal of the course of the previous game, for the School started off with great dash and led at half-time by 3 goals to I. Then the visitors reshuffled their forward line with devastating effect, Their pace and quick passing, supported by an equally quick and efficient half-back line overran the School backs and halves, while the School forwards failed to retaliate effectively. For the Wanderers, Borrett, Hann and James among the forwards, together with Young, Walford and Holmes at half, were outstanding, Borrett scoring 2 goals, Hann 3, and James 2. For the School, Wilson, at centre-half was steady and constructive, Pailthorpe at left-half and Lund at back worked hard and fairly successfully and Berrisford at outside right made the most of the few chances he received. Norris (2) and Banks scored for the School. School 1st XI: Zealley, M. J.; .D. S. Wrinch, C. M. Lund; Pralle; P. N. Wilson (Capt.), M. W. Pailthorpe; C. L. Berrisford, R. M. Skinner, J. R. Norris, Flory, D. J. G. Banks. 1468 THE SHIRBURNIAN

SCHOOL v. CANFORD Played at Sherborne on 23rd March. A most disappointing game was won by Canford by 2 goals to I. In the first half the School played well on the whole, but owing to slowness in the circle and a fine display by the Canford goalkeeper, their movements were never completed. Among the forwards Skinner again played well, this time at inside right, his positioning being very much better. Berrisford and Banks on the wings, made the most of the few opportun­ ities which came their way, for the defence generally passed almost straight up-field. Both Norris and Flory lacked sufficient thrust to take the ball through a steady defence. The School backs improved both in speed and positioning, and Pailthorpe gave Skinner some good cross passes. Wilson again got through a great deal of constructive and spoiling play. The School were perhaps unlucky to lose, for they had most of the play, Canford's first goal being the result of a cross shot which.accidentally hit Wrinch's stick dnd glanced into the goal. However, the general lack of speed and thrust by the forwards prevented their scoring goals. The only goal came from Norris after a comer.

SCHOOL v. OLD SHIRBURNIANS Played on 27th March and won by 2 goals to I. This was a lucky win, for the O.S. side pressed for most of the second half and mu st be accounted unlucky not to have scored on several occasions. Zealley played very well, but good fortune played even better. The 0.S. side lacked cohesion, for several of the side were playing in places strange to them. The same weaknesses shown in the Canford match were again very prominent, and in addition, the passing was generally foolish and ill-directed. The most likely and certainly the most charitable explanation for the poor play is that it was the last game of an unsually full programme, which reached its climax with two rounds of House matches and two School matches in the final week of term. The 0.S. 2nd XI easily beat the School 2nd XI by 5 goals to O.

RESULTS OF 2ND XI MATCHES School 4 Millfield 3 Won. School I Crewkerne 5 Lost. School 6 King's School, Bruton, 2nd XI 4 Won. School 4 Allhallows 8 Lost. School 2 Bryanston 2nd XI 4 Lost. School O Old Shirburnians 5 Lost.

COLTS School 7 Millfield Juniors 2 Won. School 5 Bryanston Colts 1 Won. School 5 Canford Colts ... 2 Won.

SENIOR HOUSE MATCHES 1st Round: Hey's 1 .Holmes's 0 Thompson's 4 School House 'A' 1 School House 'B' 2 Randolph's 0 Barlow's 2 Westlake's 0

Semi-final: Hey's 4 Barlow's 1 Thompson's 1 School House 'B' 0 Final: Thompson's 3 Hey's 2

JUNIOR HOUSE MATCHES lst Round: Barlow's 3 School House 'B' 0 Thompson's 3 Randolph's 1 Westlake's 5 School House 'A' 0 Holffies's ... 2 Hey's 0 Semi-final: Holmes's I Thompson's 0 Barlows's 2 Westlake's 1 Final; Barlow's 4 Holmes' a l THE SHIRBURNIAN 1469

RETROSPECT Two features stood out in the 1948 season, One was the lack of knowledge and experience of the game throughout the School owing to the bad weather in the previous season, which made it impossible to play more than a few games outside House Matches. The other was the fact that not a single day's play was lost, thanks to the abnormally fine and warm weather this year. Thus the valuable if short time available for practice and instruction was put to full use. This should produce a much higher standard of play next season throughout the School, provided that the weather is reason­ ably kind. There were also two notable events-the gathering together of two O.S. teams, following on the first O.S. match last year, and the visit to Oxford to take part in the first Schools Hockey Festival. The 1st XI flattered to deceive. After a good start they came down rather badly, but there were extenuating circumstances. Lack of experience, an alarming tendency to go crazy for about twenty minutes in each match, the inevitable necessity for experiment, the absence of first choices owing to University examinations, and the failure to find a reliable goalkeeper till it was almost too late-all these played their part in preventing as much success as at one time seemed likely. Wilson, the Captain, deserves much credit for his unruffled determination and for his steady play in a position entirely strange to him. Six members of the side are expected to be back next season. The 2nd XI were rather slow, clumsy, and unimaginative; but they suffered from the same disadvantages as the 1st XI. However, with more spirit and control they would have been more successful. The Colts made very encouraging progress. In the limited time available it was thought better to play· as many games as possible and stress was laid on positional play and elementary tactics rather than on the niceties of stickwork. All the matches played were won, including an unofficial one against a strong and talkative Masters' side, who were, however, handicapped by a certain tactical originality of the backs, by a crippling blow on the shin of Mr. Barlow, by considerable breathlessness of the inside forwards who were hindered rather than helped by the dashing unorthodox play of their wings, and by mockery from the touchline! Of the players seen, Bennett showed promise at back, and Day did well at centre-half, though he was inclined to be slow. The forwards were rather clumsy, but Davies, Mitchell, and Waddington all showed signs of ability. The House Matches were fought out with plenty of enthusiasm and more skill than might have been expected. Particular mention must be made of the Hey's Senior XI, who very nearly sprang a surprise in the Final

PUBLIC SCHOOL HOCKEY 0XFORD,EAsTER 1948 Hockey being the least of the School games, it was encouraging to hear that we had decided to enter a team for the new Oxford Festival. Unfortunately, two members of the 1st XI were unable to appear and I think that the rest of us were a little apprehensive about playing six games in three days in the current heat wave. The results on paper are, perhaps, a little disappointing although by no means a disgrace. But the festival was not run on competitive lines: it was designed to give young Hockey players an opportunity to practise and to enjoy themselves; and in this it undoubt­ edly succeeded. The School team was resident in Trinity College where we were joined by three other Schools; while the remainder were at Worcester College. The authorities, to whom we are very grateful, did everything they could to make us com­ fortable: with hot baths after every game and really excellent food-and, of course, the Buttery. There was plenty of time after tea to visit many of the famous buildings and, although the weather was not always conducive to sight-seeing, we now have at least a working knowledge of the local geography. Of the Hockey itself there is little to tell. Our form varied considerably from day to day, although we seemed to be at our best in a heavy rainstorm. The presence of a great many experts, who were always willing to give advice, was most helpful; and particularly I must mention Rev. C. S. W. Marcon, former captain of England, who came over one evening to answer our questions. This festival undoubtedly fulfilled the hopes of its initiators and our thanks are due to Mr. Thompson for organising our contingent so effectively, and to Mr. Walford for his advice and assistance. Let us hope that next year's visit will be just as enjoyable and a little more succeasful. Results of our games:- v. Uppingham Lost (3-4) (with ten men a-side). v. Aldenham Won (3-0) v. The Swifts Won (5-1) v. Kings, Canterbury Lost (2-5) v. The Leys Lost (1-2) v. Cranbrook Won (3-2) (Won 3: Lost 3). 1470 THE SHIRBURNIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL SEVEN-A-SIDES RICHMOND, 1948 For the third year since the war we entered a team for the Seven-a-side competition at Richmond. And for the third time we saw ourselves eclipsed by a side very little better than our own, and once more for the same very good reason: our opponents start with a bang and are playing flat out from the first whistle to the last, while we, following in what now seems to be a well-established Shirburnian tradition, begin at quarter speed and are sometimes playing quite energetically at the end of the first half, but the interval is usually our undoing and we spend the second half recovering from the rest. This year our opponents in the first round were not as strong as we were and we won a fairly easy game. But in the second game against Bryanston we were up against much tougher opposition and after our customary gentle start, we found ourselves five points down at half-time. Berrisford was frankly lucky to score near the end and with the score at five all extra time was needed. Now we were roused and the play improved to such an extent that it was not really surprising to see Wilson make the winning score two minutes later. We returned on the second day to find ourselves facing the much fancied Christ's Hospital, and here our regretable habit proved to be our undoing. Once they had scored from a lucky break-through our spirits flagged and suffice it to say that we were well beaten by a more energetic side. The weather was not as pleasant this year as it has been in the past, with periodic showers scattering the spectators. But even so, there was a vast crowd come to see what is rapidly becoming the most important sporting event in the Public School year. We all enjoyed seeing other school sides in action and meeting our contemporaries and rivals, and while the pleasure derived from playing is the most important attribute to success, it is worth remembering that that pleasure is greatly increased if you can make a good showing and that cannot be done unless you care to make the effort, right from the start. The following represented the School:-C. L. Berrisford; R. M. Skinner; P. N. Wilson (Capt.); F. M. Anderton; D. B. Gosheron, D.S. Wrinch, D. M. Turner. Reserve: D. L. Godfreey. CRICKET SCHOOL v. SHERBORNE TOWN Played on the Upper on Saturday, May 8th, and resulted in a loss for the School by 5 runs. SHERBORNE TOWN. THE SCHOOL. Freeman ct. Lewers bowled Jowett 38 Anderton l.b.w. bowled King 0 Baxendale hit wicket bowled Norris 3 Skinner run out 4 Hamblin stumped bowled Norris 7 Turner I.b.w. bowled Bloomfield 4 Wingfield Digby ct. Skinner bowled Jowett 13 Wrinch bowled Bloomfield 12 King l.b.w. bowled Jowett 14 Day ct. Hamblin bowled King 4 Oxford ct. Turner bowled Jowett 0 M. W. Pailthorpe bowled King 26 Mason hit wicket bowled Norris 0 Dawnay bowled King 7 Rogers bowled Jowett 4 Vaughan bowled King 16 Currie bowled Norris 0 Norris run out 1 Bloomfield not out 0 Jowett not out 3 Thomas run out 0 Lewers l.b.w. bowled King ... 0 Extras (Byes 7, Leg byes 5) 12 Extras (Byes 4, Leg byes 4, Wides 1) 9 Total 91 Total 86 Bowling: Turner 7-2-9-0; Wrinch 3-0-8-0; Jowett Bowling: King 16.3-5-26-6; Bloomfield 9-2-22-2; Currie 11-4-21-5; Norris 7.3-3-16-4; Anderton 3-0-13-0; 3-1-12-0; Thomas 10-2-17-0. Dawnay 3-0-12-0. SCHOOL v. UNITED SERVICES, PORTLAND Played on the Upper on Saturday, May 15th, and resulted in a win for the School by 68 runs. THE SCHOOL. UNITED SERVICES, PORTLAND. Anda-ton bowled Yeo ... 13 Street bowled Turner .. . 0 Skinner stumped Wilson 57 Mason bowled Jowett .. . 22 Turner l.b.w.Street 20 Wilson bowled Turner 2 Wrinch run out 35 Forsythe bowled Norris 9 M. W. Pailthorpe bowled Clarabut 27 Clarabut bowled Anderton 29 Vaughan not out 3 Hughes bowled Jowett 0 Yeo ct. Jowett bowled Norris 3 Ashmore l.b.w. Turner 22 Ponsonby bowled Turner ...... 7 Seaburne-May ct. Pailthorpe bowled Norris 5 Extras: (Byes 6, Leg byes 4, No balls 6) 16 Fallwell not out 0 Extras (Byes 3, Leg byes 2) 5 Total (5 wickets declared) 171 Total 104 Bowling: Seaburne-May 11-2-27-0; Clarabut 7.2-0-23-1; Yeo 9-2-37-1; Street 5-0-31-1; Hughes 4-1-10-0; Bowling: Turner 6-1-12-4; Wrinch 3-0-4-0; Jowett Forsythe 6-1-14-0; Wilson 3-0-9-1. 12-1-44-2; Norris 7,2-0-22-3; Anderton 3-0-17-1. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1471

SCHOOL v. FREE FORESTERS Played on the Upper on Saturday, May 22nd, and resulted in a win for the School by 80 runs. THE SCHOOL. FREE FORESTERS. Skinner ct. King bowled Hubbard 1 M. S. Glennie bowled Jowett 21 Anderton bowled King 0 c: Hawker l,b,w, bowled Jowett ... 19 Turner bowled King 22 Capt. J. Ellerton bowled Jowett 11 Wrinch ct. Glennie bowled King 1 M. Daly bowled Jowett 4 M. W. Pailthorpe ct. Watson bowled King 60 F. King bowled Jowett 0 Day l.b.w. bowled King 38 Topliss ct. Turner bowled Jowett 7 Vaughan l.b.w. bowled Turner ... 20 J. R. Watson ct. Chavasse bowled Jowett 24 Dawnay bowled Hubbard 6 R. Eglington ct. Chavasse bowled Turner 11 Chavasse stumped bowled Turner 8 J.C. Hubbard bowled Jowett 4 Norris not out 18 P. Turner not out 0 Jowett bowled King 15 Brig. H.J. Lucas bowled Norris 5 Extras (Byes 14, Wides 6, Leg byes 1) 21 Extras (Byes 18, Leg byes 6) 24 Total 210 Total 130 Bowling: F. King 19.1-6-34-6; J.C. Hubbard 19-2-66-2; Bowling: Turner 9-2-22-1; Wrinch 8-3-17-0; Vaughan Brig. Lucas 16-4-39-0; P. Turner 7-1-42-2; 2-0-8-0; Jowett 16-7-24-8; Norris 7-2-18-1; J. R. Watson 4-0-14-0. Anderton 2-0-16-0

SCHOOL v. SOMERSET STRAGGLERS Played on the Upper on Tuesday, May 25th, and resulted in a win for the School by 69 runs.

THE SCHOOL SOMERSET STRAGGLERS Anderton bowled Wakely 4 J. N. Parsons ct & bowled Jowett 23 Blackshaw ct Rogers bowled Wakely 10 A. Salisbury bowled Jowett 4 Turner bowled Wakely 8 G. Cooks bowled Anderton 17 Wrinch bowled Luff 27 M. G. Bower bowled Jowett 21 Gillespie bowled Luff ... 18 C. Benson ct & bowled Anderton 1 M. W. Pailthorpe bowled Salisbury 4 J. R. Watson 1 b w bowled Turner 7 Skinner bowled Wakely 79 M. M. Walford not out 28 Day bowled Salisbury ... 9 R. Young bowled Turner 1 D. C. P.R. Jowett bowled Salisbury 3 J. Clepitt bowled Jowett 2 Norris ct Watson bowled Clepitt 11 A. Luff bowled Jowett 13 Chavasse not out 2 P. Wakely bowled Jowett 0 Extras (Byes 10, No balls 1, Leg byes 2) 13 Extras (Byes 1) 1 Total ... 188 Total 118 Bowling: Wakely 17 2-5-25-4; Luff 21-5-55-2; Salisbury Bowling: Turner 13-5-16-2; Wrinch 8-2-9-0; Jowett 21-1-65-3; Clepitt 9-2-17-1; Cox 1-0-4-0 16.5-1-47-6; Norris 7-1-30-0; Anderton 5-1-18-2.

SCHOOL v. DOWNSIDE Played on the Upper on Saturday, June 5th, and resulted in a win for the School by 217 runs.

THE SCHOOL. DOWNSIDE SCHOOL. Anderton bowled Doyle . 10 Privett stumped bowled Jowett ... 29 Blackshaw ct. Wylie bowled Denvir 54 Ganderson l.b.w. bowled Turner 0 R. M. Skinner l.b.w. bowled Doyle 98 Meek l.b.w. bowled Jowett 4 Wrinch bowled Doyle ... 11 Doyle ct. Wrinch bowled Nonis 1 Turner not out 56 Wylie bowled Jowett 5 M. W. Pailthorpe not out 31 Jackson l.b.w. bowled Norris 0 Cassidy bowled Norris ... 0 P. J. Denvir bowled Norris 5 Begg bowled Norris 0 Dearlove not out 1 Daly bowled Norris 0 Extras (Byes 1, Leg byes 9, Wides 3) 13 Extras (Byt:s 6, Leg byes 3, Wides 1, No balls 1) 11 Total (5 wickets declared) 273 Total 56

Bowling: Daly 18-3-51-0; Dearlove 8-1-32-0; Doyle Bowling: Turner 6-1-14-1; Wrinch 6-1-10-0; Jowett 22-4-85-3; Denvir 19-2-63-1; Privett 5-0-27-0. 9-4-10-3; Norris 5 4-0-9-6 1472 THE SHIRBURNIAN

SCHOOL 'll. DOWNSIDE SCHOOL The School won the toss, and, on a wicket which promised to get easier as time went on, decided to bat. Our opening pair got off to a slow but sure start, until a change of bowling brought on Doyle, the Downside left-arm bowler. In his first few overs he bowled very well; he dismissed Anderton with his second ball, and had Skinner in many minds · at the beginning of his innings. Skinner made a very shaky start but recovered after a time to give an excellent display of batting. During most of his innings he was ably partnered by Blackshaw who batted steadily and well up till lunch time when the score stood at 114 for 1. After lunch Blackshaw was soon caught at short extra, and Wrinch shaped very well; he appeared to be likely to make a lot of runs when he, for no reason at all, misjudged a hook and was bowled. In went Turner, full of confidence, and proceeded to score runs at a fast rate; meanwhile Skinner was approaching the century mark, when he was within two runs of it, a short ball came down and everyone was waiting for the triumphant hit, but he missed it and was l.b.w. He had batted very well and was largely responsible for the strong position in which the School now stood. Pailthorpe went in and batted steadily, while Turner played a useful innings, including two magnificent straight drives for six, and the School declared at half-past three with a score of 273 for 4. A great task confronted the Downside batsmen, and from the very beginning of their innings they seemed to be on the defensive. Indeed, the opening batsman, Privett, was the only one who showed any opposition to the bowling. The first wicket fell to Turner in his fourth over, and this was the only success with which our opening pair met; however, Jowett and Norris soon got amongst them, and by tea time the score was 40 for 3, with Privett still there. After tea Jowett and Norris continued, and wickets fell very rapidly, many of the opposition being incapable of stopping a straight ball, and by 5.20 the match was over. The School had bowled steadily, but not brilliantly, and the result was pleasing in that we had won our first school match very comfortably.

SCHOOL ti. M.C.C. Played on the Upper on Tuesday, June 8th, and resulted in a win for the M.C.C. by 70 runs. THE SCHOOL M.C.C. Anderton stumped bowled Meyer 20 H. L. Higgins ct. Chavasse bowled Skinner 2 Blackshaw ct. Taylor bowled Meyer 6 H. H. Stevenson 1.b.w. bowled Turner 2 R. M. Skinner bowled Earls-Davis 10 J.P. Parker bowled Turner ... 74 Wrinch bowled Earls-Davis 7 S. Pothecary ct. Turner bowled Jowett 40 Day ct & bowled Walford 3 E. A. Thomas ct Pailthorpe bowled Norris 3 M. W. Pailthorpe ct. Walford bowled Meyer 15 R. J. 0. Meyer ct. Jowett bowled Anderton 13 Gillespie stumped bowled Meyer 19 H. M. S. Taylor bowled Jowett 13 D. M. Turner bowled Meyer 9 C. B. Blackshaw bowled Turner ... 15 D. C. P.R. Jowett bowled Meyer 11 M. M. Walford ct. Day bowled Norris 1 Norris ct. Thomas bowled Meyer 20 H.F. Lucas ct. Chavasse bowled Jowett 23 Chavasse not out 5 M. R. G. Earls-Davis not out 0 Extras (Leg byes 1, Wides 2) 3 Extras (Byes 1, Leg byes 4, No balls 7) 12 Total 128 Total 198 Bowling: H.F. Lucas 8-1-20-0; M. Earls-Davis 18-6-31-2; Bowling: Turner 15-3-31-3; Skinner 3-0-8-1; Norris R. J. O. Meyer 16-6-29-7; M. M. Walford 3-0-5-1; 16-4-60-2; Jowett 21-1-61-3; Anderton 10-0-26-1. J. P. Parker 3-0-5-0; S. Pothecary 4-0-14-0; C. B. Blackshaw 4-0-21-0. · Pailthorpe won the toss and sent a strong M.C.C. side in to bat on an easy wicket, on which the ball turned, but turned very slowly. However, the choice was rewarded and at lunch time the School had taken 4 wickets fo1 just under 100 runs. Pothecary batted well; he is a left-hander who gave the School a lesson in choosing the balls to hit and in hitting them hard through the gaps. J. P. Parker played very steadily, though he could hardly be termed graceful. He was aided by R. J. 0. Meyer, who showed us what a grand cricketer he is. The School's bowling was steady and we did well to get them out for under 200. Day caught an illustrious member of the other side out with a brilliant catch at mid-wicket before that person had been at the wicket for long. The School's batting, however, was poor; no-one except Norris watched the ball off the pitch: all were in difficulties to the wiles ofR. J. O. Meyer, and his analysis of7 for29 was a very good performance, though he relied on the batsmen to get themselves out rather than be 'outed'. We started confidently enough till Blackshaw was caught at mid-on. Skinner enjoyed himself for a brief moment until he was unaccountably bowled by Earls-Davis. Wrinch played very well until he had a lapse of concentration when a good ball turned up. Day soon played a full toss from M. M. Walford back to be caught and bowled. Pailthorpe then went in to play what we hoped would be a Captain's innings; he hit hard while Anderton, who had played doggedly but ineffectually, kept the other end up, but he soon fell. Gillespie joined his Captain and played more attractively than anyone else, though he, too, was scraping at Meyer's bowling. Turner replaced Pailthorpe, but not for long. Jowett and Norris came together and we recalled their brave effort last year against the M.C.C. Jowett was stupid enough to employ the coup de vache against Meyer, when only 20 minutes were left for play, and the match might well have been saved. Chavasse entered and played bravely until the end came when Norris played a full toss off Meyers into mid-wicket's hands. It was an enjoyable match played in perfect cricket weather, THE SHIRBURNIAN 1473

SCHOOL v. RADLEY COLLEGE Played at Radley on Friday and Saturday, June 1 lth and 12th, and resulted in a draw. THE SCHOOL-lST INNINGS. 2ND INNINGS. F.- M. Anderton bowled Finch 65 not out 7 Blackshaw l.b.w. bowled Riley 29 l.b.w. bowled Armstrong 2 R. M. Skinner ct. Armstrong bowled Riley 2 bowled Riley ' 14 Wrinch ct. & bowled Bower 2 bowled Riley 55 Gillespie I.b.w. Bower 72 ct. & bowled Bower 53 M. W. Pailthorpe ct. Bower bowled Riley 40 ct. Riley bowled Bower 7 D. Turner bowled Riley 9 ct. Armstrong bowled Riley 12 D. Jowett bowled Bower 0 dit not bat Day ct. Riley 0 did not bat Norris l.b.w. bowled Riley 0 did not bat Chavasse not out 5 did not bat Extras (No balls 1, Byes 4, Leg byes 4) 9 Extras (Byes 4, Leg byes 1) 5 Total 233 Total (6 wickets declared) 155

Bowling: 'iorsbie 17-4-33-0; Armstrong 24-9-38-0; Bower Bowling: Sorsbie 11-2-28-0; Armstrong 10-2-24-1; 28-5-65-3; Finch 7-0-30-1; Riley 16-2-46-6; Bower 20-4-44-2; Riley 21-5-56-3. Yates 2-0-9-0.

RADLEY COLLEGE-lST INNINGS. 2ND INNINGS. D. H. Andrews bowled Skinner ... 15 ct. Chavasse bowled Skinner 1 M. J. D. Bower ct. Norris bowled Skinner 12 ct. Skinner bowled Anderton 51 H. B. L. Brierley ct. Jowett bowled Skinner 4 bowled Skinner 1 A. S. J. Riley ct. Skinner bowled Jowett 44 ct. Blackshaw bowled Anderton 29 M. J. Yates ct. Chavasse bowled Norris 3 bowled Anderton 3 D. Lloyd bowled Anderton IO bowled Turner 1 P. C. Alexander run out 2 bowled Jowett 12 A. J. Finch l.b.w. bowled Anderton 6 nor out 6 D. B. Reid run out ... 13 ct. Turner bowled Nonis 9 J. Armstrong ct. Skinner bowled Norris 18 ct. & bowled Norris I R. Sorsbie not out 14 not out 0 Extras (Byes 1, Leg byes 2, No balls 2) 5 Extras (Byes 4, Leg byes 1, No balls 1) 6 Total 145 Total (9 wickets) 120

Bowling: Turner 6.3-1-16-0; Skinner 11-2-30-3; Jowett Bowling: Turner 12-5-19-1; Skinner 8-3-21-2; Jowett 21-1-53-1; Norris 5-2-10-2; Anderton 6-0-33-2. 17-1-36-1; Norris 10-2-21-2; Anderton 7-2-17-3.

Friday morning was dark and damp and we hoped that Pailthorpe would lose the toss. But he won it and, after deliberation, decided to bat. Anderton and Blackshaw started steadily against very steady bowling. With the score at 57, however, Blackshaw was out and Skinner and Wrinch both failed. But Anderton, helped by a little luck, showed a wel­ come return to form and Gillespie also played an excellent innings. By four o'clock the score had reached 225 for 4, and an effort was then made to get runs quickly so that we could declare at tea time. Only Pailthorpe had any success, the others being incapable of forcing the pace against good length bowling; and the innings ended at 4.15. The Radley batting was unimpressive after Bower was out, caught mis-hitting a .short ball. But, unfortunately, the School bowlers chose the occasion to bowl very loosely after getting seven wickets down for seventy-four by a quarter to six; and Radley, instead of following on, made 145. Only Skinner bowled at all well, but the fielding was good with Skinner and Wrinch outstanding. On Saturday morning, Wrinch went in with Blackshaw. We hoped to get 150 by lunch time and declare then; but again the Radley bowling was admirably steady and the batsmen never really got on top. Wrinch batted extremely well and was helped by another good innings by Gillespie. By lunch time, we had only got 120 for 3, and so we batted on for half an hour afterwards, finally declaring at 2.30, leaving Radley two and a half hours to get 243. Again our bowling was rather untidy and that fact, plus a fine innings by Bower, enabled them to save the game. But there was an exciting finish, as the last man had to come in to play out five balls from Norris. This was a most interesting game and an enjoyable one, though it was disappointing that we just failed to win. The best features were the steadiness of the Radley bowling throughout, the excellence of the School's fielding, helped by the much improved form of Chavasse behind the wicket, and the all-round soundness of our batting. The worst feature was the inaccuracy of our bowling : far too many full tosses and long hops were bowled. As usual, the trip was immensely enjoyed by all. Our hosts could not have done more to make the two days really happy ones, · 1474 THE SHIRBURNIAN SCHOOL v. 0.S.S. Played on the Upper on Saturday, June 19th, and resulted in a draw. o.s.s. THE SCHOOL. D. P. T. Deshon ct. Chavasse bowled Skinner 14 F. M. Anderton stumped, bowled Arkell 34 W. M. Elderton ct. Day bowled Turner ... 90 Blackshaw stumped, bowled Arkell 41 J.M. S. Broadley ct. Turner bowled Jowett 1 D. S. Wrinch bowled Robinson 3 A. P. T. Robinson ct. Norris bowled Skinner 26 R. M. Skinner not out ... 19 L. Sherley-Price bowled Turner 37 Gillespie ct. Sherley-Price bowled Arkell 7 J. A. Tallent bowled Turner 0 M. W. Pailthorpe bowled Arkell 4 H. E. H. Newman ct. & bowled Jowett 7 Day not out 0 R. F. Parry not out 17 D. M. Turner did not bat J. S. W. Lush not out ... 9 J. R. Norris did not bat P. G. Allerton, did not bat D. C. P.R. Jowett did not bat J. N. Arkell, did not bat R. G. Chavasse did not bat Extras (Byes 4, Leg byes 1, No balls) 6 Extras (Byes 12, Leg byes 1) 13 Total (7 wickets declared) 207 Total (5 wickets) 121 Bowling: J. M. G. Broadley 16-4-37-0; J. A. Tallent Bowling: Turner 10-1-29-3; Skinner 14-4-52-2; Jowett 11-3-18-0; J. S. W. Lush 6-1-20-0; J. N. Arkell 15-4-56-2; Norris 7-0-42-0; Anderton 3-0-22-0. 12-6-18-4; A. I. T. Robinson 5-1-15-1.

SCHOOL v. CRYPTICS C.C. Played on the Upper on June 26th, and resulted in a draw. • THE SCHOOL. THE CRYPTICS F. M. Anderton, ct. Barker bowled Quiney 113 A. R. V. Barker ct. & bowled Skinner .. . 10 Blackshaw ct. Jowett (sub.) bowled Quiney 22 R. S. Thompson ct. Wrinch bowled Turner 48 R. M. Skinner bowled Holmes 17 E. J. Wimperis l.b.w. nowled Jowett 2 D. S. Wrinch not out ... 50 M. R. Ricketts bowled Norris 13 Day did not bat R. E. Moss l.b.w. bowled Turner 23 M. W. Pailthorpe did not bat J.E. Ricketts l.b.w. bowled Jowett O Gillespie did not bat C. Q. Quiney ct. Day bowled Jowett 1 D. M. Norris did not bat R. M. M. Barlow ct. Pailthorpe bowled Skinner 23 J. R. Norris did not bat P. T. Currie ct. & bowled Turner 3 D. C. P.R. Jowett did not bat H.F. W. Holmes not out 25 R. G. Chavasse did not bat A. Salisbury not out 0 Extras (Byes 13, Leg byes 1) 13 Extras (Byes 4, Leg byes 2, No balls 1) 7 Total (3 wickets declared) 215 Total (for 9 wickets) 155 Bowling: Wimperis 16-3-57-0; M. Ricketts 8-1-21-0; Bowling: Turner 12-4-23-3; Skinner 10-3-31-2; Jowett Currie 7-2-21-0; Salisbury 10-0-26-0; Quiney 17-5-45-3; Norris 11-2-40-1; Anderton 3-0-9-0. 6.3-0-35-2; Holmes 11-2-26-1; J. Ricketts 4-0-15-0. SCHOOL v. DORSET RANGERS Played on the Upper on Tuesday, June 29th, and resulted in a draw. THE SCHOOL. DORSET RANGERS, W. S. Blackshaw ct. Lancashire bowled E. J. Honey ct. Day bowled Norris 94 Harrison 2 N. Vere-Hodge bowled Jowett 137 Gilliespie ct. Vere-Hodge, bowled Wyllys 18 W. Lancashire not out 10 Vaughan l.b.w. bowled Ormiston 1 G. H. Wyllys did not bat Day ct. Vere-Hodge, bowled Harrison 27 D. A. Richardson did not bat J. R. Norris l.b.w. bowled Harrison 4 T. Jackson did not bat M. W. Pailthorpe ct. Richardson bowled Wyllys 0 J. R. Watson did not bat D. M. Turner l.b.w. bowled Harrison 52 J. S. W. Lush did not bat R. G. Chavasse stumped, bowled Lush 25 J.C. Ormiston did not bat D. C. P. R. Jowett ct. Richardson bowled M. D. Thomas did not bat Thomas ... 6 A. M. Harrison did not bat R. M. Skinner not out ... 10 D. S. Wrinch not out 2 Extras (Byes 6, No balls 1) 7 Extras (Byes 6, Leg byes 4, No balls 1) 11 Total (for 2 wickets declared) 248 Total (for 9 wickets) ... 158 Bowling: Turner 14-1-51-0; Skinner 6-0-24-0; Vaughan Bowling: Ormiston 15-5-24-1; Harrison 13-7-55-4; Lush 8-0-30-0; Norris 11.2-0-66-1; Jowett 15-1-70-1, 12-2-29-1; Wyllys 9-2-29-2; Watson 3-1-6-0; Thomas 4-2-5-1, THE SHIRBURNIAN 1475

SCHOOL v. MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE

Played on the Upper on July 3rd and resulted in a win for the School by three wickets.

THE SCHOOL. MARLBOROUGH. F. M. Anderton bowled Tyzack 3 Abell, (T. G.) bowled Skinner W. S. Blackshaw l.b.w. bowled Burnett 28 Aitken ct. Turner bowled Jowett 30 R. M. Skinner ct. Abell (J.) bowled Barnes 4 Ellwood l.b.w. bowled Jowett 15 D. S. Wrinch bowled Pinney 8 Gavill run out 5 D. I. Gillespie ct. Savill bowled Burnett . .. 29 Worlidge bowled Jowett 11 D. M. Turner ct. Abell (T.) bowled Burnett 14 Hill bowled Turner 10 M. W. Pailthorpe ct. Ellwood bowled Burnett 20 Tyzack l.b.w. bowled Jowett 0 R. K. Day l.b.w. bowled Burnett 0 Pinney not out 11 J. R. Norris ct. Barnes bowled Tyzack 3 Barnes bowled Jowett ... 2 R. G. Chavasse stumped, bowled Burnett 11 Abell (J. N.) l.b.w. bowled Turner 3 D. C. P. R. Jowett not out Burnett bowled Jowett ... 10 Extras (Byes 8, Leg byes 1, Wides 1) 10 Extras (Byes 9, Wides 1, No balls 1, Leg byes 3) 14 Total 131 Total 112

Bowling: Barnes 12-0-29-1; Tyzack 11-2-32-2; Aitken Bowling: Turner 15-2~39-2; Skinner 5-0-11-1; Norris 6-0-24-0; Pinney 11-9-7-1; Burnett 7-2-30-6. 8-3-13-0; Jowett 20.1-7-33-6; Anderton 3-1-2-0.

Marlborough batted first on a wicket that did not appear to be any more difficult than most Sherborne wickets. The first ball of the match provided a sharp chance in the gully which was not accepted and it soon began to look probable that the first partnership would not be a long one. With the total at 16 Abell was well bowled by Skinner, but in spite of some steady bowling and some rather chancy strokes, the second partnership began to establish itself. At 48, however, Ellswood was l.b.w. to Jowett, and shortly afterwards Aitken, a left-hander, who had looked dangerous though unsound, was easily caught at mid-on. Then the School had a great piece of luck which may well have turned the game; Savill, the Marlborough captain, who made 70 against us last year, was quite gratuitously run out. The rest of the Marlborough innings contained nothing worthy of comment, until the last man came in and with a curious mixture of the grotesque and the almost sublime helped to add 17 valuable runs.

The bowling was steady throughout and very few runs were given away. The ground-fielding was good and the throwing-in also; but the catching was not at all good; some six chances, four of them in the slips, were missed and this might well have cost us the match.

There appeared to be little of real menace in the opening Marlborough bowlers and yet, within half an hour, three of the School batsmen were out for 25. Anderton was bowled by a slower ball from Tyzack; Skinner, presented with a long hop, received it in the proper spirit but at the wrong time, and was caught; Wrinch, as so often, was) bowled for no reason at all when he appeared to be playing well.

This was a bad start, but Blackshaw and Gillespie took the score along at a reasonable pace and at tea-time the score was 72 for 3, and all looked well. After the interval, however, Burnett, bowling leg spiners, began to cause trouble for no very obvious reason. Blackshaw was l.b.w. to a full-pitch which he tried to hit to leg and soon afterwards Gillespie just failed to get to the pitch of a ball to which he moved well and was caught at deep mid-off. These two had done well at a crucial moment and might well have thought that they had saved the game. Turner, however-less successful though just as erratic as usual-was soon out and when Day followed almost at once seven wickets were down for 98, and it was anybody's game.

At this juncture, however, Pailthorpe recollected that the correct destination for a half-volley was the boundary and he duly desptached two in one over. These strokes-there was only one other boundary in the whole Sherbornc innings-virtually settled the issue and the match was won by three wickets.

The Marlborough bowling was ac=ate without being unduly hostile and their catching and throwing were good; but there was no real reason, for instance, why Pinney, a left-hander, should have been allowed to bowl nine maiden overs running, or why Burnett should have been allowed five very cheap wickets.

It was an interesting game and brought out clearly that the right way to deal with a small adverse score is to be aggressive. A little more of this early in the School innings would have spared our nerves even if it had spoilt the match I 1476 THE SHIRBURNIAN

SCHOOL v. BLUNDELL'S Played at Blundells and resulting in a win for the School by eight wickets. BLUNDELLS. THE SCHOOL. 1 S. D. Howard, ct. Blackshaw, bowled Turner 3 1 F. M. Anderton, ct. Maclean bowled Bedford 25 2 P. Richards, ct. Chavasse bowled Turner 13 2 W. G. Blackshaw, ct. Hallam bowled Tatton- 3 J. M. Edes bowled Turner 24 Tatton 6 4 D. J. Hollands ct. Pailthorpe bowled Jowett 2 3 R. M. Skinner ct. Edes bowled Bedford 39 5 J.P. Hallam ct. Wrinch bowled Turner 2 4 D. S. Wrinch not out ... 57 6 J.M. B. Clarke bowled Jowett 28 5 D. I. Gillespie not out ... 8 7 C. R. C. Beresford, ct. Chavasse bowled Turner 0 6 M. W. Pailthorpe did not bat 8 H. R. Bayley, ct. Chavasse bowled Norris 10 7 R. K. Day did not bat 9 M. C. P. Tatton-Tatton ct. Chavasse bolwed 8 D. M. Turner did not bat Anderton 23 9 R. G. Chavasse did nt bat 10 J. M. Be ford not out 2 10 J. R. Norris did not bat 11 A. D. W. Maclean bowled Jowett ... 0 11 D. C. P.R. Jowett did not bat Extras (Byes 1, Leg Byes 1, No Balls 6) 8 Extras (Byes 4, Leg Byes 1, No Balls 1) 6 Total (for 10 wickets) 115 Total (for 3 wickets) 141

Bowling: Turner, 19-7-33-5; Skinner, 11-4-27-0; Norris,Bowling: Beresford, 3-2-5-0; Hollands, 3-1-9-0; 10-6-16-1; Jowett, 19.4-9-18-3; Anderton, Hallam, 11-1-31-0; Tatton-Tatton, 17-1-43-1; 5-1-12-1. Betford, 12-3-22-2; Richards, 1-0-10-0; Bayly, 1-0-9-0; Noward, 1-0-6-0. Blundell's won the toss and chose to bat first on a green wicket. Unfortunately neither Turner or Skinner made any use of the new ball and liveliness in the wicket, as they bowled very inaccurately. The first hour produced forty runs for the loss of one wicket and there seemed little reason why any more wickets should fall. Then Pailthorpe made Jowett, who had not found a length with the wind, change ends and put Turner on again with the wind. At once both found a length and, in the half hour before lunch, five wickets fell for only ten runs. Jowett bowled very steadily indeed, although he could get nothing out of the wicket. Turner took a very useful wicket when he clean bowled Edes, the Blundell's captain, who was clearly a good player, though a certain defensive weakness was <:vident. After lunch the wicket played very easily indeed, but all the School slow bowlers kept the ball on the spot and runs came very slowly. Eventually Blundell"s were all out for 115. Again the School side looked impressive in the field and Chavasse kept wicket well and caught four catches. But the slip catching was once again bad. Anderton and Blackshaw opened for the School against a-steady but innocuous-looking attack. But with eighteen runs scored Blackshaw patted a ball very gently with the middle of his bat to silly mid-off. Anderton never really settled down and took a lot of passes ; he is still slow in moving back and does not get his head behind the ball in playing back. There followed a very happy partnership between Skinner and Wrinch, both of whom played well. Skinner as usual played some alarming strokes, mixed up with many good ones ; but Wrinch was never in trouble, played every ball on its merits, and made some delightful off drives. These two were still in when the Blundell's score was passed and so the School won by eight wickets. ' This was a very pleasing match from our point of view. The side showed an all-round solidity and competence, which were good to see. The only points of criticism were, as in earlier matches, the bad slip fielding and the lack of accuracy of the medium pace bowlers.

OTHER SCHOOL RESULTS 2ND XI 15.5.48 v. Westlands Aircraft C.C. Lost. 2nd XI 77; Topliss 37. Westlands Aircraft 93. 22.5.48 v. Millfield. Drawn. 2nd XI 191 for 6. Blackshaw 55; Bridges 37 not out. Millfield 167 for 2. Bower 102 not out; Pigott 41 not out. 5.6.48 v. Blundells School. Drawn. 2nd XI 166 for 6. Robertson 75 not out. Blundells 90 for 7. Smith, P. 5 for 30. 10.6.48 v. H.M.S. 'Anson'. Won. . H.M.S. 'Anson' 88. Bridges 4 for 12. 2nd XI 102 for 3. Annesley 35; Dawnay 38. 12.6.48 v. Shaftesbury Grammar School. Drawn. Shaftesbury 163. Cawley 35. 2nd XI 36 for 0. 26.6.48 v. Bruton School. Drawn. 2nd XI 151 for 8. Vaughan 46; Wilkinson 5 for 36. Bruton 96 for 5. Bordass 38, Davies 28. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1477

3RD XI 22.5.48 v. Town. Won. Sherborne Town 77. Pritchett 5 for 13. 3rd XI 104. Toms 5 for 4. 5.6.48 v. Allhallows School. Drawn. Allhallows 122. Hustwitt 4 for 38. 3rd XI 74 for 9. Taylor 4 for 19. 12.6.48 v.·Milborne Port. Lost. 3rd XI 60. Geon 4 for 8. Milborne Port 110. King 4 for 14. 17.6.48 v. Crewkerne School. Lost. 3rd XI 69. Babington 4 for 15. Crewkerne 103 for 3. Parker not out 67. 26.6.48 v. 'Western Gazette' C.C. Drawn. 3rd XI 45. Banks 33; Pearce 7 for 34. 'Western Gazette' 103 for 8. Pybus 44.

COLTS 15.5.48 v. Yeovil Art Institute. Won Yeovil Art Institute 38 Colts 125 for 3. Baxter 64. 22.5.48 v. Downside Colts. Won. Colts 143. Gillespie 37; Spurway 36; Thompson 5 for 24. Downside 68. Ortuza 25; Spurway 4 for 17. 5.6.48 v. Canford Colts. Won. Colts 110 for 9. Davis 5 for 24. Canford 53. Wright 4 for 9; Harris 4 for 13. 12.6.48 v. Taunton Colts. Won. Colts 142. Spurway 39; Hemmings 5 for 37. Taunton 83. Hemmings 38; Elliott 5 for 20. 26.6.48 v. Bruton School. Won. Colts 151 for 6. Attfield 39. Bruton 59.

JUNIOR COLTS 22.5.48 v. Downside. Lost. Junior Colts 56. Collins 6 for 24; Spink 25. Downside 59 for 6. Nicholson 24. 5.6.48 v. Canford. Won. Canford 58. Thompson, B. 5 for 20. Junior Colts 66. Budd 4 for 12. 12.6.48 v. Taunton. Lost. Taunton 121 for 6. Levis 58. Junior Colts 39. Baker 4 for 13. 26.6.48 v. Dorchester Grammar School. Won. Dorchester 73. Junior Colts 147 for 9. Robson 36; Hilliard 24; Spink 26; Rydon 24.

SCHOOL COLOURS We congratulate the following:- lST XI COLOURS 24.5.48. D. C. P.R. Jowett (regained). 27.5.48. R. M. Skinner. 7.6.48. D. M. Turner (regained). 10.6.48. F. M. Anderton (regained). 14.6.48. D. S. Wrinch, J. R. Norris, R. G. Chavasse. 27.6.48. W. S. Blackshaw. 29.6.48. R. K. Day, D. I. Gillespie.

2ND XI COLOURS 24.5.48. Wrinch (regained), Norris (regained), Skinner (regained), Day. 7.6.48. Chavasse (regained), Blackshaw (regained). 10.6.48. Gillespie. 14.6.48. Dunn (regained), Vaughan, Dawnay, Robertson, Annesley. 27.6.48. Lcwers.

COLTS CAPS 29.5.48. Gillespie. 14.6.48. Mitchell, R., Spunvay, Wright, Horn. 27.6.48. Baxter, O'Connor, Harris, Blandford-Newson, J., Attfield, Hallam.

M. W. PAILTHORPE, Gaptian of Cricket. 1478 THE SHIRBURNIAN

CHARACTERS OF THE XI. M. W. Pailthorpe. Captained the side in a sensible and tactful way and contributed a great deal to its success. As a batsman he was rather disappointing, though he often made runs when they were badly needed. D. C. P.R. Jowett. Bowled his off-spinners well and used his head. Still most disappointing as a batsman, as he finds it difficult to control his limbs. A safe catch. R. M. Skinner. A most useful all-rounder. As a batsman-liable to do anything from the brilliant to the insane; as a bowler-served the purpose of getting the shine quickly off the ball and often got a useful wicket in the process; as a fielder-excellent. D. M. Turner. Rather disappointing. His bowling is handicapped by an awkward run-up and action, but he has improved. With more self-control he will make a fine batsman. Played one or two very quick fifties. . F. M. Anderton. He improved vastly after a poor start and will make many runs in the future. A useful change bowler and a good fielder. D. S. Wrinch. Always looked a good batsman, but often disappointed because of mental lapses. A fine fielder. Used to bowl-once. J. R. Nonis. A useful left-handed bowler, but he was never quite accurate enough. As a batsman he watches the ball and plays well till he attempts to drive. Middle-aged in the field. R. G. Chavasse. Much improved as a wicket-keeper, though still a little slow and unbending at times. Almost a good batsman, though he hates to believe it. W. S. Blackshaw. His batting improved vastly once he learnt the joy of hitting the ball. When he finally gives up the stroke named after him, he will make many runs. Impossible to place in the field now that point has gone out of fashion! Bowls-in the nets. R. K. Day. A promising cricketer with a good temperament. At the moment he lacks power as a batsman and the full toss terrifies him; but he will make many runs next season. Much improved in the field. D. I. Gillespie. A most promising batsman. At the moment he is slow on his feet, but he plays straight and has the right temperament. Heavy-footed in the field.

lsT XI AVERAGES BATTING Innings Not Out Runs Highest Average Score R. M. Skinner 13 3 354 98 35.4 D. I. Gillespie 8 0 219 72 27.4 F. M. Anderton 12 1 294 113 26.7 M. W. Pailthorpe 11 2 230 60 25.6 D.S. Wrinch 13 3 252 55 25.2 D. M. Turner 10 1 206 56* 22.9 W. G. Blackshaw 10 0 201 54 20.1 R. G. Chavasse 5 3 35 25 17.5 R. K. Day 7 1 78 38 13.0 J. R. Norris 7 2 57 20 11.4 D. C. P.R. Jowett 6 1 38 15 7.6 *Not Out BOWLING Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average D. C. P.R. Jowett 201.3 44 519 44 11.8 D. M. Turner 145.3 35 314 25 12.6 J. R. Norris 112.5 25 363 23 15.8 R. M. Skinner 70 17 208 11 18.9 F. M. Anderton 50 5 185 9 20.5 BOXING The finals of the Open Boxing Competition were held in the gym. on March 22nd, after which the Headmaster presented the Certificates. The boxing was of a higher standard than usual throughout, and the skill and determination shown by almost all the boxers was noteworthy. The following won their respective weights:- Walker (c), Gwyther (c), Webbe Cf), Kukula (h), P. E. Willis-Fleming (h), J. C. Eagle (h), J. N. M. Maas (a) J. P. Callahan (c), Riddell (a), J. M. Maybury (d), Woodroffe (d). C mgratulations to the following on gaining their School Boxing Badge:- 23.3.48. W. H. Blandford-Newson. J. N. M. Maas. J. M. MAYBURY, Captain of Boxing. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1479

TENNIS If one judges by results alone, this has been a very disappointing season. Indeed, there is no gainsaying the fact that the Tennis VI has lost all the matches it has played so far, most of them by quite substantial margins. However, this does not give a completely true picture of Sherborne tennis. The actual team members are probably up to the level of previous years, and the general standard of play is undoubtedly higher throughout the School. This is to a large extent the result of the innovations made last year whereby cricketers, if not up to 1st or 2nd XI standard, were allowed to play part-time tennis when not required for House or League matches. Another very encouraging factor is the large number of tennis courts now available. Three new hard courts were completed early in the term and although they have not yet proved quite as satisfactory as had been hoped, the diffi­ culties now experienced may soon be remedied. It is most essential to have hard courts available when the weather is so unpredictable, and the days on which we can play tennis have now been effectively doubled. Besides, these hard courts, eight new grass courts have been laid out on Carey's, and although the surfaces and equipment are as yet rather primitive, both will be improved in time, and at any rate they do enable all who want to practise their tennis, to get a game. In order to stimulate interest in the game, and provide some form of incentive, an American Doubles competition is being arranged for both permanent and part-time players. A Tennis ladder has also been started for singles play and it is hoped that next year a Cup _will be awarded for some form of house competition, possibly on the lines -Of the Fives House Pairs Competition. The School team has throughout this first half of the term, tended to suffer from match nerves. The play has been generally erratic and there has been too little attacking play. We started the season with a match against a not very strong Westlands Aircraft team. We should have won this, but both sides developed the pat-ball habit, and we finally lost 4-5, although both teams won 10 sets each. For our first school match, against Downside, Bryant took Maybury's place and settled down well with Mackie. None of our pairs really attacked well, although Batstone and Hallsmith played well at times. Bryanston provided a very strong opposition, their first pair in particular, well outclassing all our team. We should have done better against Taunton who were not so outstandingly better than us. But we could only win one set off them, although many of the games were very close. Again we were not confident enough and were content to defend for most of the time. After this match G. H. Hallsrnith was awarded his colours. With this record behind us it was with some trepidation that we faced the O.S. team at Commem., and our alarm was in no way reduced on seeing two county players in our opponent's first two pairs. We, however, managed to win two matches and draw one, against the third pair, who were unlucky enough to lose Harris in the first match through straining his ankle. However, Seaton nobly took his place and we had some very close games. Suffice to say of our other matches, that we won four games only off the first pair and could do little better against the second. Our thanks are due to Mr. Roupell for again coaching us this year for two weeks. He has tried to see as many of the better players as possible without confining his attentions too losely to the Tennis VI. Mr. Gervis, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Westlake have also very generously given of their time to come and play with and coach us. Their interest and help has been most encouraging, and I am sure that constant coaching and practice is one of the secrets of a good team. Mr. Melvin has again been most helpful in his work for the school's tennis, and has devoted many afternoons to coaching and playing with us in spite of the claims of Julius Caesar. Freeman has done magnificent work on all the courts and their condition is surprisingly good, especially after the hot weather in May. However useful hard courts may be in wet weather, they are never quite the same to play on as good grass surfaces. And what of the future? The courts are there. There are masters willing to coach. The boys are keen to play. Is it too much to hope that one day they will be able to devote their time to tennis practice, if they have a chance of getting in the School team, rather than as sometimes happens now, spend the whole week before a match playing Seniors House matches and League 'A' games? Result- 15.5.48 v. Westlands Aircraft Sports Club Lost 4-5. 22.5.48 v. Downside Lost 3-5 (1 drawn). 5.6.48 v. Bryanston Lost 1-7 (1 drawn). 8.6.48 v. Taunton Lost 1-8. 19.6.48 v. o.s.s. Lost 2-6 (1 drawn). 26.6.48 v. Canford Lost 7-2. 3.7.48 v. Downside Lost 6-2 (1 drawn). J. P. WIMBUm, Captain of Tennis.

COMMEMORATION P.T. AND GYM DISPLAY The work of the Gym. Squad this year was particularly good and I was very pleased with their demonstration. Such shows are seldom perfect but their 'attack' and freedom from strain were good points and they certainly seemed to put their heart into the work. The P.T., though never of a really high standard from the technical point of view, was more effective than last year; the boys worked well on the day and Crawford showed up as a capable instructor. M.E.KW. 1480 THE SHIRBURNIAN

P.T. COMPETITION, 1948 The annual P.T. competition was held on Thursday, May 27th, and was judged by Major Butler of the Southern Command P.T. School and Captain Keen of Dauntesey's School. The work, though of a very fair standard, was technically not as good as last year; small points of detail had been missed with the result that the general effect was less co-ordinated. Barlow's showed the most uniform work and well deserved their win, but I was very pleased to see Holmes's come out top of the Senior Division. The marks were as follows:-

Order. Seniors. juniors. Total. I. Barlow's 269 261 530 2. Westlake's 265 260 525 3. Thompson's 259 253 512 4. Holmes's 270 241 511 5. Randolph's 263 242 505 6. School House 'A' 258 234 492 7. Hey's 250 241 491 8. School House 'B' 245 236 481

FIVES AND SQUASH FIVES v. MAsTERS This match was played on Friday, 19th March. The School won by 2 matches to 1, being the first victory for the School against the Masters for many years. Turner and Bridges played a very good game to beat Mr. Westlake and Mr. Thompson, Bridger's hitting with his right hand being excellent. Mr. Barlow and Major Green lost their match to Anderton and Banks after a close struggle. Dawnay and Watts, the School third pair, were the only losers, Mr. Gourlay's immense ~unning proving too much for them!

FIVES v. CANFORD Played on Tuesday, 23rd March. This match was a complete victory for the School. Canford did not win a single game and from the spectators' point of view it was a very uninteresting match. No-one on the School side played badly, nor did they get an opportunity to play really well. Thus the match ended on a note of disappointment rather than triumph. SQUASH v. BRYANSTON Played on March 20th. This was a victory~ for the School by 2 matches to 1. There were some very exciting moments and some good squash was produced by both teams. Dawnay beat his man fairly easily, although he succumbed to the all too common fault of letting up when in a winning position, and consequently he lost the third game 3-9. However, he soon put this right in the next game. Bryanston's third string was far too good for Kimball, who never looked like winning after the first game. Watts won the deciding match between the rival first strings after a very close struggle. He was 10-8 in the fifth game.

SQUASH v. CLAYESMORE Played on March 6th. Though fielding a weakened side owing to Watts' absence on a hockey match, we met with little opposition from a weak Clayesmore team which was without its normal first and second strings. We did not lose a match and none of the results remained long in doubt.

SQUASH v. DOWNSIDE Played on March 13th. This was a very close and exciting match, closer than the School's 3-0 victory would suggest. It was a sweltering day and the oven-like conditions inside the court made play very exhausting. In the first match between the second strings it seemed that Blackshaw was going to be somewhat out-played, but he remained cool and succeeded in wearing down his opponent. Kimball played well to beat his man, who was ;i very hard hitter, in four games. The final match between the first strings was more a question of stamina than skilful squash as they were very equally matched. After five very long games, Batstone emerged the victor. During the term Squash colours were awarded to Dawnay, Blackshaw and Kimball. Fives Colours were awarded to Turner, Anderton, Banks, Batstone, Watts, Dawnay and Bridges.

A. C. D. WATTS, Captain of Fives and Squash. THE SHIRBURNIAN 1481

SHOOTING To some the shooters are just names, to some a group of people who disappear on bicycles on half-holiday after­ noons, but by degrees I think the School is gradually becoming more interested in that select body of their community. For keen competition, both in miniature and open range shooting has been maintained throughout the year, involving a large majority of the School, which has led to a most enjoyable and eventful season. I think that the foundation of the success was laid in the short practice at Bisley last Easter holidays, from 21st- 24th April, when Major Green, Captain Brown, and eighteen members of the School assembled in the H.A.C. hut for a few days useful shooting. The value of this meeting lay not so much in the practice itself, which was indeed most helpful, but in the fact that the shooters really got to know and work with one another. We put in five shoots at two hundred yards, and two at five hundred, and on the Saturday morning we had a match against Mr. Webster's Veterans Team. The Old Shirburnians were as follows:- A. P. C. Webster (51*), J. Byron (56), M.A. Floyer (60), L. H. G. Handley (59), M. G. King (65), A. B. Shearer (60), J. S. Streeter (61), A. P. F. Walker (61), A. C. Younghusband (58), who totalled a score of 534 against a School score of 508. * Webster got a bull out of turn at 500 yards. A,match was also shot against Ampleforth which we won by a few points on the combined score.

(Note.-For-the Interest of previous visitors to this practice, it was the Major's opinion that the show at the Hippo­ drome was not up to its usual standard, and that Export beer is still worth 1/2d.) The miniature range postal matches of last term were highly successful and a series of brilliant scores were the result of a keen and enthusiastic VIII. We succeeded in winning fifteen, drawing one, and losing four, of the twenty inter-school matches. The season started with a fine score of 661 and in the third match we succeeded in breaking the school record of 667, with a score of 669. We equalled our own record during the last match. T. R. Hearn, the Hon. Sec., who unfortunnely has left us, headed the list of miniature range averages. The great disaster of the term was the Cou11try Life Competition, in which the VIII proved a bitter disappointment to everyone, and especially Captain Brown, who had spent so much of his time coaching us, and had such high hopes of a winning team.

During the season, which was undoubtedly highly successful, the following represented the VIII:-

J. R. Sandford (Capt.), T. R. Hearn (Hon. Sec.), R. V. Short, A. S. B. Dickson, Humphries, Wight, Attfield, Smithwick; also Tovey and McDougall. The Junior Shooting Competition was won by Abbey House with an average of 65.1875, followed closely behind by Lyon House with an average of 65.15.

It was decided that Shooting Colours must in future be regained every season, thus bringing shooting into line with other games. G. E. Humphries was appointed Hon. Sec. for the Summer Term.

We have a season of thirty-two matches on the open range, including two away matches at Blundell's and Marl­ borough, and two side-by-side matches at home against Clifton and Mr. Webster's VIII. The School VIII is taking shape from a keen enthusiastic group of competitots, and let us hope for every success in the coming Bisley events in early June. J. R. SANDFORD, Captain of Shooting.

BISLEY 1948 Although we did not bring back any trophies, our Bisley season was extremely successful. The Ashburton itself was held on Thursday, 8th July, under very tricky conditions : the light was good but varied very considerably whilst shooting, and the wind was never steady or constant in any direction. But the shooting resulted in our highest match score of the season, 492, which gave us sixth place behind a winning score of 500 by Charterhouse. G. E. Humphries scored a possible at two hundred yards which was a great achievement. Likewise, M. R. Smithwick, representing the school in the Spencer Mellish Cup, scored six bulls and a magpie which brought him third place. The Cadet Pair also secured a sixth place which was most promising. Other points of interest were that our " B " veteran Team came third in the Veteran competition and McGougan came second in a Gale and Polden revolver competition. The Secretary of the Shirburnian Veteran team, A. P. C. Webster, shot for England during the Bisley season. 1482 THE SHIREURNIAN

The School was represented in the Ashburton Shield and Cadets' Trophy by the following. 200 Score 500 Score Total J. R. Sandford (Captain) 32 31 63 G. E. Humphries (Hon. Sec.) 35 30 65 M. R. Smithwick 31 33 64 A. A. McDougall 28 30 58 J. K. Dauncey 29 32 61 R. V. Short 33 31 64 A. Pigott 30 28 58 N. Hamilton-Fletcher 30 29 59 9th Man Waving

Cadet Pair 200 Score 500 Score Total McGougiin ... 32 28 60 Angwin 33 30 63 So ended a most enjoyable and eventful season ; but I should like to take this opportunity to thank the shooters themselves for making this possible, and especially Maj. Green and Mr. Brown for all their interest and invaluable help throughout the year. My best wishes for all future success. J. R. SANDFORD (Captain of Shooting). P.S. The Open Range House Pairs Competition resulted in a tie between M. R. Smithwick and A. Pigott of Lyon House, and J. R. Sandford and R. V. Short of The Green. The Cup was (unfortunately!) awarded to Lyon House by a point lead at the longer range .

• lST XV. FIXTURES. Winter 1948. Oct. 2 v. Yeovil. Nov. 13 v. Downside. Oct. 9 v. Blackheath. Nov. 20 v. Marlborough (away). Oct. 16 v. Harlequins. Nov. 27 v. Wellington (away). Oct. 23 v. Richmond. Dec. 4 v. Clifton. Oct. 30 v. Taunton. Dec. 18 v. O.S.S. Nov. 6 v. Blundell's (away). THE SHIRBURNIAN 1483 PRIZES. ·Divinity. Lyon-Parson and Parson Prize ... C. K. CURWEN English Langmuir J. M. GELSTHORPE B. S. DUNN English Essay J.M. GELSTHORPE J.P. OAKLEY English Poem D. J.M. CORNWELL Christopher Warren J. H. G. TERRY K. C. RIDDLE Barnes Elocution R. M. COOKE G. H. HALLSMITH James Rhoades B. W. J. PERKINS History Bowen J. M. GELSTHORPE Geography Williams E.M. TATHAM Greek Marson R. HOPE SIMPSON School J. F. CRAWFORD Latin School J. F. CRAWFORD Wildman J. D. WAITE Classics Lewes ton G. W. CHEYNE German Lister G. S. P. PEACOCKE Aston Binns R. M. SEARS French Didier Bereny M. C. LLEWELLIN Aston Binns G. s. P. PEAcoCKE Fletcher D. C. P. CAREY Modern Languages Aston Binns R. N. GALLOP Mathematics Plumptre SeniorB. M. HA\VKEs Junior P. J. SPREADBURY Science Morcom W. S. L. ELLIS Ridout M. W. B. BRADBURY Music School Prize Senior C. B. ZEALLEY Junior J. c. F. SCHNADHORST Kitson Senior R. w. DAWNAY J. St. C. SIMMONS Junior c. R. p ARDOE Drawing Langmuir T. G. KIRKBRIDE School Senior C. B. }ONZEN Junior M. H. DUFFETT E. Davis Memorial Prize H. R. SAMLER 1484 THE SHIRBURNIAN O.s.- NEWS HONOURS K.C.M.G. BECKETT, W. E. (c 1910-1914), K.C. K.B.E. DE VILLIERS, H. N. (a 1915-1921). C.B. LUMLEY, D. 0., O.B.E. (d 1909-1913). D.S.O. DONKIN, P. L. (b 1927-1931), Wing-Commander. O.B.E. MOSS, R. E. (b 1922-1925), Lieut-Colonel. MULOCK, J. S. (f 1914-1917), Commander. PARSONS, F. G. A. (a 1919-1923), Lieut.-Colonel. M.B.E. HASELDEN, J. K. (f 1916-1919), Lieut.-Colonel. D.S.C. SHALLOW, K. P.~(b 1939-1943), Sub-Lieutenant. D.F.C. SAUNDERSON, J. S. (h 1923-1928), Flight Lieutenant. SMITH, J. G. (f 1930-1934), Flight Lieutenant. ORDER OF ORANGE-NASSAU (KNIGHT OFFICER). Dutch. DRAKE, H. A. N., (b 1926-1929), Major. ROYAL ORDER OF THE PHOENIX WITH SWORDS. Greek. DEIRTT, Sir T. G. (a 1916-1922), Lieut.-Colonel.

OBITUARY BATTISCOMBE, George Christopher (a 1874-1877). BUCKMAN, Percy Warner James (a 1880~1883). CAVE, George Noble (Tan. 1876-1882). CLARK-THOMAS, Robert, M.C. (Wil. 1898-1902). de WARD, Thomas Rowland (a 1918-1921). DINGLEY, Edward Alfred, M.D., J.P. (F 1870-1872). GARNIER, George Ronald (a 1894-1899). HANKEY, Basil Howard Alers, C.B.E. (a 1883-1884). HILL, Hector Humphrey (Pr. 1881-1882). JACOB, Field Marshal Sir Claud William, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G. (a 1875-1881). MARTIN, lain Stuart (a 1946-1948). MICHELL, James Edward, O.B.E. (Pr. 1878-1882). MURRAY, Hector Stuart (d 1920-1922). PETERS, John Samuel du Thon (f 1914-1917). REID, Lieut.-Colonel J.B. Reid, M.B.E. (d 1923-1928). TYACKE, Henry Donati (Tan. 1874-1876). UPJOHN, Guy Atheling (a 1892-1897). WEBB, Captain William Patrick (f 1938-1942). THE SHIRBURNIAN 1485

FIELD MARSHAL SIR CLAUD WILLIAM JACOB, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G. Jacob, Claud William (a 1875-1881) was in the Vlth and 1st XV at school and on leaving Sandhurst he was commissioned in the Worcestershire Regiment but soon obtained his transfer to the Indian Service where he was to spend so many years. He has been described as a practical, commonsense soldier, thorough in his methods and straightforward in his ways ; naturally a modest .man, his advancement was the recog­ nition of sterling character and an aptitude for command. He rose to high rank but on two occasions narrowly missed attaining even higher position, for he was seriously considered as a successor to Field Marshal Lord Haig as Commander-in-Chief in France and after the death of Lord Rawlinson he was, for a time, Commander-in-Chief in India and it was thought by many that he would be confirmed in the appointment. It did not come about and Sir William Birdwood was appointed. Jacob then came home to take up the appointment of Secretary to the Military Department of the India Office and was promoted to Field Marshal. As a young man he first saw active service in the Zhob Valley expedition in 1890 followed by the Waziristan Campaign in 1901-1902. During the next few years he formed the 106th Hazara Pioneers· and commanded them for seven years. His first real chance came at the end of 1914 when with the Murat Division he saw the end of the Battle of La Bassee. The situation was critical and when his seniors had failed Jacob stepped in and, as The Times says, by his personal example as well as his tactical grasp he went far to retrieve the situation. Later, when in command of the 11th Corps, he carried Thiepval by an "admir­ ably planned assault." He remained in command till the end of the war and proved to be the only Indian Army officer to remain in France and rise to high command there. He commanded a corps of the Rhine Army and then returned to India as Chief of the General Staff. Here drastic economy was being called for and the reconciliation of retrenchment and efficiency which was necessary was largely the result of General Jacob's advice and experience. The Field Marshal was a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and of the Star of India ; he was a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. Besides these he held many decorations which he had received from foreign Governments ; among them was the Order of St. Vladmir, Grand Officer de l'Ordre de la Couronne, with the Croix de Guerre of Belgium, Grand Officier of the Legion d'Honneur, with Croix de Guerre of France, Grand Officier de l'Ordre de Leopold and the Distinguished Service Medal of America. He was mentioned in despatches on ten occa~ions. Until advancing years made it impossible Sir Claud Jacob took a very great and active interest in the School and its concerns. He was a Governor for many years, a Vice-President of the Old Shirburnian Society and President of Sherborne House where he was a constant visitor and where, as Chairman of the Committee, he was a source of inspiration and encouragement.

T. H. KIRBY The late Mr. Kirby is affectionately remembered by many Shirburnians, both of the School and of the town, and gratefully by a considerable number of those who as boys were helped through mazes of mathe­ matics by his unselfish patience. He was a real mathematician himself, a wrangler from St. John's, Cambridge, introduced by his fellow-Can tab A. J. Sainsbury-par nobile fratrum, who came to our aid in the first World War. There could hardly have been a greater contrast between two equally generous and loyal men, Sainsbury noticeable in aspect, enthusiastic, hot-tempered-and for that reason not the perfect disciplin­ arian ; Kirby, insignificant and almost mouse-like to look at, sparing and cautious of speech, but with a spice of wit and a twinkle in his eye, quietly able to hold his own with boys or men and women. Mrs. Kirby shared his gifts of humour and kindliness, was active-as he was too-in good works and dear to many friends. After her death her husband's spirits flagged, and although he retained his mental faculties to the end, he certainly wished for the end for some time before it came. He was a devoted native of the Lake Country and enjoyed nothing more than talking of it with anyone sharing his devotion; but, though coming to Sherborne late in life and by the mere fortune of war, he made his home here and gave himself unstintingly and effectively to the service of the place. I am grateful to be allowed to pay this brief tribute to an unfailing colleague and-to the end-a congenial friend.

C. NOWELL SMITH. 1486 THE SHIRBURNIAN

IAIN STUART MARTIN "Jock" Martin died early on the morning of June 30th from the effects of a cricket accident the previous afternoon. He came to School House in January 1946 and two and a half years had seen him shed his diffidence and develop into a forthright, lively boy who never failed to view life with a touch of humour. His qualities were lovable and gained him a host of friends. He had many interests ; sailing in the holidays was his passion and next to this perhaps the game at which he received his injury. Struck on the head by a ball he was soon unconscious and could have felt little till the end. To his parents and brother our deepest sympathy is extended.

VALETE SCHOOL HOUSE J. G. WREFORD-VI (Group III B)-came 19433, House Prefect, P.T. Instructor, Sergeant in J.T.C. To Army. T. R. HEARN-VI (Group II H & E)-Upper Sixth-came 19441, House Prefect, 2nd XV' 47, Shooting VIII '47, Hon. Sec. Shooting, Marksman's Cup '47, Marksman's Silver Prize '48, Drum-major and Sergeant in J.T.C., P.T. Instructor, Trebles, Member of Duffers and Alchemists, Bowen History Prize '46, '47, School Prize Essay '47. Exhibi­ tioner of Worcester College, Oxford. N. JEE-VI (Group III B)-came 19432, House Prefect, Lance-Corporal in J.T.C. H. R. SAMLER-VI (Group III B)-came 19442, House Prefect, Leading Seaman in S.C.C., P.T. Instructor. Special Entry to Royal Navy. , D. P. MONCKTON-VI (Group II M.L.)-came 19443, Corporal in J T.C. To R.M.A., Sandhurst. 3 R. C. CLEVELAND-V (Group II M.L.)-came 1944 • A. P. BLAIR-V (Group III B)-came 1945 2•

ABBEY HOUSE A. C. D. WATTS-VI (Group II H & E)-Upper Sixth-came 19441, School Prefect, 1st XV '47, 2nd XI Hockey '48, C.S.M. in J.T.C., P.T. Instructor with Badge, Squash Badge and Fives Badge' 48, Captain of Fives and Squash '48, Gym. Squad '47, Captain of Gym. '48. To R.M.A., Sandhurst. 3 S. F. CAsSWELL-VI (Group II H & E)-came 1944 • To Millfield.

THE GREEN 1 A. J. NORTHEY-VI (Group II H & E)-came 1944 , House Prefect, 3rd XV '47, P.T. Instructor, Corporal in J.T.C. To Army. HARPER HOUSE J. C. BELFRAGE-VI (Group II H & E)-Upper Sixth-came 19433, School Prefect, 2nd XV '47, 3rd XV '46, 3rd XI Cricket '47, Boxing team '46, '47, 1st Class Gym., P.T. Instructor with Badge, Sergeant in J.T.C., Member of Duffers. Choral Exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. To Army.

ABBEYLANDS D R. HAYDON-VI (Group II H & E)-came 19442, House Prefect, Gym. Squad '47, Gym. Colours, 1st Class Gym., P.T. Instructor with Badge, Corporal in J.T.C. J. L. DE GREEF-V (Group II M.L.)-came 1945 2• To Farming.

LYON HOUSE P. N. WILSON-VI (Group III B)-came 19443, School Prefect, Head of Lyon House, 1st XV '46, Captain '47, 1st XI Hockey '47, Captain '48, 1st XI Cricket '47, P.T. Instructor, Corporal in J.T.C., Member of Duffers. To Faraday House. WESTCOTT HOUSE J. R. CHICHESTER-V (Group III B)-came 19442, House Prefect, P.T. Instructor with Badge. To Army. J. G. FRENCH-V (Group III B)-came 19443, House Prefect, P.T. Instructor, Corporal in J.T.C. To Army. 3 M. J. PEACOCK-IV C-came 1945 , To Medical Studies, NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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