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'OL. XLVIII.] MAY, 1920. [No, 352. n m THE MANCHESTER GRAMMAR 5CHGDL MAGAZINE) 4 M 4 OFFICIAL ORGAN OFTrlE OlD MANCUNIANS ASSOCIATION 1 PRINCIPAL CONTENTS: Occasional Notes. i> O.M.A. Notes and O.M. Chronicle. Sonnet. The Easter Concert. \ Societies, Sports, etc. PUBLISHEA D dYJ GAIT 6CO.,LTD. JOHN DALTON JT M ANCHEJTE©R PCINTEDDY M RAWJOM 6CO; 16 NEW BROWrt ST MArtCHEiTER Annual Subscription to the O.M.A. (inclusive of this Magazine), 5/- The Ulula Magazine—Advertisements. Tailoring for School, for the Holidays, For the Officers' Training Corps, For Evening Dress. ^CTCTE have always in stock a choice range of materials, specially suit- able for Gentlemen's Younger Sons. The designs and colorings are in all cases quiet and tasteful, the wearing qualities are of the best, and our charges are as low as is compatible with thoroughly sound workmanship. BOYDELL BROS., Civil, Military, and Clerical Tailors, 83 to 89, Market St., Manchester Postal Address : P.O. 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FLANNEL TROUSERS :: :: Grey or White. :: :: 62, Deansaate, Manchester. U LULA. No. 352. MAY. 1920. Occasional Notes. Whitsuntide Holidays begin Thursday, May 20. School Re-opens Tuesday, June 8. % The preacher at the Founder's Day.Service on May 20th will be the Dean of Manchester, the.Very Rev. J. G. McCormick. We look to the weather to compensate us at Whitsuntide for the dingy, damp, and dismal days at E aster. More rain in April than for sixty-five years, they say ! We had brought to our notice recently the Easter Double Number of—shall we say a rival? It was the Atticonian, the magazine of 4A, and we felt distinct envy at the abundance of original contributions. We congratulate the editors on their interesting enterprise. We have received the following couplet. It seems to refer to the Old Boys' Race, in which Flowers was first, and Standing second : Vere novo fas est adipisci praemia Flores : Qua3 Stanti in cursu spe.s capienda fuit? The takings at the performance of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme last term came to £6 4s. 6cl., which sum goes to the Central Europe Relief Fund. The result of the first week's collection for the " Save the Children " Fund was £6 12s. 3d. We hope to publish the complete total in our next number. 58 O.M.A. NOTES AND O.M. CHRONICLE. With regard to> the honours awarded to Messrs. Gibson, Myers, and Stephen, which we record in our O.M. Chronicle, Mr. "Francis Jones writes: "These three chemists, working separately but simultaneously, succeeded in finding a rapid and simple method for preparing mustard gas, and one that was at once tried on the large scale with success. Their process enabled us to make as much mustard gas in a day as the Germans could make in a month, and this helped largely in bringing the war to an end." An account of Mr. Gibson's work appeared in the last number of the Chemical Society's Journal. We offer our deep sympathy te> Mr. Parrott and Mrs. Nicholson and her husband on the death of Mrs. Parrott. We are glad to hear that Mr. Jones is recovering from the effects of an explosion which injured his leg. We acknowledge the'receipt of the following magazines:— The Hulmeian, The Student (2), The Liverpool College Maga- zine, The Serpent, The Keighlian (2), The Fullerian, Lindisfarne. Contributions, other than those relating to the O.M.A., will be received by Mr. A. S. Warman at the School. O.M.A. Notes and O.M. Chronicle. The Broadhurst Memorial Fund will be closed in July, when we hope to publish the names of subscribers and the total con- tributed. Anyone who wishes to send a contribution should send it to Mr. Warman, at the School. We congratulate Capt. D. Wilson, R.E., on his recent election to be Chairman of the Manufacturers' Committee of the Ship and Boatbuilders' Association. During the War, Capt. O.M.A. NOTES AND O.M. CHRONICLE. Wilson had charge of all marine motor work at Richborough, in, Kent (the mystery port), and since demobilisation has held the position of manager of the Marine Department of Messrs. Petters, Ltd. and Messrs. Vickers-Petters, Ltd. Sergt. H. Etchells, P.S. Batt. R.F. (previously mentioned in despatches), has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. A/Capt. N. C. Huddleston has been appointed Assistant Kreis " Officer to the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission. Mr. P. M. Oliver and Dr. T. A. Goodfellow have been awarded the C.B.E. Messrs. C. S. Gibson and J. Macdonald have been awarded the O.B.E. Dr. J. E. Myers and Mr. H. Stephen, whose researches on " Mustard Gas " led to our making the gas in far larger quantities than the enemy, have also been awarded the O.B.E. J. Wilson and E. Brabin have passed the Final Exam, of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. T. Scott has won the Milnes Marshall Gold Medal and Ward Challenge Cup for Gymnastics at Manchester University. H. V. Styler (Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford) was honourably mentioned for the Junior Mathematical Scholar- ship. E. A. Levy has won second prize men's Fencing Competition, Manchester University. 60 O.M.A. NOTES AND O.M. CHRONICLE. Mr. Henry Stephen has been approved for the degree of D.Sc. at Manchester University. N. L. Edwards has won the Senior Piatt Exhibition at Man- chester University. L. Marks has won the Geo. Hadfield prize and Stephen Heelis Gold Medal in the Solicitors' Final Examination. Capt. B. Pollard, Loyal N. Lanes. Regiment, has been awarded M.B.E., and is now in charge of a hospital camp in Ireland. Mr. S. T. McCabe rowed stroke in a winning four in an Agecroft Rowing Club race. G. V. Ashcroft, after winning distinction in Anatomy, Physiology (for which he won the Sidney Kershaw Exhibition), and Pathology, in his M.B. exams., has won a medal in his Final. H. Waterhouse, St. John's College, Cambridge, won the second place in Throwing the Weight v. Oxford. Mr. A- A. Funduklian had an article in the Manchester Guardian on "Constantinople," on March 25th. Mr. H. Brighouse has just produced a new play entitled " Other Times," and a new novel, " The Marbeck Inn." N.B.—Will members please note that subscriptions should be paid to Mr. FRED ETCHELLS, Assistant Secretary, at the School, and that changes of address should be notified (also to Mr. E!TCHELLS) without delay. OBITUARY. 6l Obituary. EGERTON W. RACE, 1895-1920. He was the younger and only surviving' son of the late Dr. Race, of Patricroft. He was never strong; before he entered the School, he had spent over six months in bed. It may seem strange that the years he spent at the School were, on the whole, the healthiest of his short life. He was on the Science side, passed his Matriculation, and was in the Sixth and a Prefect when he left in 1912, winning his First Cricket Colours in that year. Immediately after leaving his health broke down, and it became clear that he must seek some outdoor occupation. Accordingly, after a long spell in a North Wales sanatorium, he entered the Agricultural College at Holmes Chapel. At the end of his first year war broke out, and he took duty as tutor at Mr. Swan's School, Windermere, where he was getting on most happily, when he had to come home suddenly for an operation. That was in July, 1915. The rest of his life he spent in bed, suffering much pain but never bating a jot of heart or hope, never taking side against his suffering, nor letting weariness overcloud the genial climate of his soul. Whilst on his back he wrote various short articles and reviews, mostly in the City News ; he read widely, always enjoyed a game of chess, and did a little painting by way of recreation. But it was a long wearing time, and sometimes he would say, " I wish there was no to-morrow." At the end the pain lifted and there was calm. " I shall be happy in the morning." I.ike a storm-tost mariner at sea he greeted from afar the land of rest. CAPT. L. T. O'SHEA. We regret to record the death, at Sheffield, of Capt. Lucius Trant O'Shea (O.M.). He was a prominent member of the Science Sixth in Mr. Jones's early days, and left in 1875 ; he then went to Owens College, and in 1880 was appointed Professor of Applied Chemistry at Sheffield, where he made a special study of fuels, the carbonisation of coal, and the prevention of explo- sions in coal mines. He was Hon. Secretary of the Institute of Mining Engineers, a member of the Society of Chemical Industry, and a Fellow of the Chemical Society. During the Boer War he was in command of a detachment of the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment, R.E.