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ITbc Iberefor&ian. N.S. No. XXXVII. JULY, 1901. PRICE SIXPENCE. H.C.S. CALENDAE. MIDSUMMEE TEEM, 1901. Thursday, April 25th. -School Re-opens. Friday, ,, 26th. -School Service. Wednesday, May 15th. -Confirmation. Thursday, ,, 16th. -Ascension Day. Half Holiday. Friday, „ 24th. -King's Birthday. Half Holiday. Monday, „ 27th. -Whit Monday. Whole Holiday. Tuesday, June 4th.- -Merit Half Holiday. Friday, July 5th.- -The Dean's Holiday. Thursday, llth. -Merit Half Holiday. Monday, 15th. -Oxford Local Begins. Thursday, 18th. -0. and 0. Board Begins. n School Examination Begins. Monday, 29th. -Past v. Present Cricket Match. Tuesday, 30th. -Speech Day, 10—12-30 a.m. 11 School Breaks up. THE HEREFOEDIAN. SCHOOL NOTES. The following left at Easter:—Boarders: A. G. Travis (V.), W. E. Bogers (III). Day Boys: A. G. Hatton (IV.), C. E. Tudor (III). * ^ * There are five new Boarders, three Day boys and one Chorister, viz. :—Boarders: L. D. Machen (III), S. P. B. Lane, J. B. Blaxland, B. L. Price, and T. B. Worthing (I). Day Boys : N. H. Matthews, H. J. C. Smith, and M. N. Burder (I). Chorister : E. H. Smith. From the Preparatory School, Matthews and Lane have gone to the Upper School, and the new boys are B. F Palethorpe (Boarder), C. Hattoii, and J. B. Bettington (Day boys). * * * The usual School services were held at the end of last term and at the opening of this term, the Headmaster preaching. The offertories for the School Mission (U.M.C.A.) are, we regret to say, less than they used to be, and we fear the School will not fulfil its earlier promise unless additional interest is aroused. * ;;. * We congratulate S. H. Grimes on his election to the Marsden Exhibition of £30 a year at Jesus College, Cambridge. The School Sholarships have been awarded as follows :— Philpottine Scholarships— Senior : W. T. Turner (Harrow House School, Bognor). Junior: T. Bagg (The Preparatory School). House Scholarships: LI. Gorton (Lancaster Grammar School) and W. T. Turner. :!' <!> * A. H. Collins (B.N.C.) was placed in the Second Class in Classical Honour Moderations at Oxford. At Cambridge L. H. Corban (Clare College) was placed first and B. le B. Janvrin (St. John's) ninth in order of merit in the First Class in the Theological Special, the former thus occupying the position held by his brother last year. C. E. Sidebotham (St. John's) was allowed the General on the results of the Classical Tripos. THE HEBEFOBDIAN. Mr. F. M. F. Roberts has succeeded Mr. Pittard as First form Master. We would offer him a hearty welcome, and also congratulations upon his marriage with Miss Ireland, which took place at Much Birch on June 26th. It is with the greatest regret that we have to announce that Mr. Jones has decided to leave us at the end of this term to take up Preparatory School work at Farncombe, near Godalming For practically eleven years he has filled the post of First Mathematical and Second Form Master, while he has also taken charge of the books, and acted as Treasurer of the Games Club. In the old Rugby days he played for the Fifteen, and still assists the Cricket Eleven, but above all he has been mainly responsible for our success on the river, where he has worked ungrudgingly and untiringly as coach of the School crews for the Regatta and Boat races. In the name of the School we thank him most sincerely for the work he has done here, and wish him every success in his new venture. Mr. F. F. Fison, of St. John's College, Oxford, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Jones, and there will probably be an additional Master on the staff next term. What was formerly the Lodge has now been converted downstairs into lavatories and changing rooms, upstairs into class rooms, and the porter now occupies the cottage at the entrance to the Cricket ground. A distinct improvement has also been made at Wyeside by enclosing with railings a space in front of the Pavilion. The enclosure and Pavilion are now on match days "sacred ground" for the Elevens playing and Colours. At a School Confirmation held in the Ladye Chapel on May 15th, 14 candidates were presented and confirmed by the Bishop of Hereford—an unusually large number compared with recent years. # Playing for the Colts against the Herefordshire Club and Ground R. W. Woods, our cricket captain, showed far and away the best batting form of the afternoon, making 41, the highest score on either side, and also brought off a brilliant catch in the deep field. THE HBEEPOEDIAN. A photograph of " The Interval at H.C.S.," by J. H. W. Jones, was among the highly commended reproduced in the " Public Schools Magazine" for April. * * * In connection with the C.M.8. Anniversary Meetings held in Hereford, the Eev. C. D. Snell visited the School on June 10th, and gave a short lecture in the Large Schoolroom on Missionary work, more especially in connection with India. Mr. Snell is specially devoting his time to the advancement of interest in Missionary work among the Public School boys of England, and we think his visit was appreciated. * * * The successes of A. H. Collins and S. H. Grimes, and the King's birthday have been occasions for half-holidays this term. The usual Whit-Monday holiday was enjoyably spent on the river by almost all. The day was a glorious one. Our immunity from epidemics for more than three years has been followed by a somewhat unhappy experience this term. At first some cases of whooping cough, mostly affecting junior boys (though the Sixth was not spared), reminded us that we were mortal, and this was followed by an annoying, though fortunately very innocuous outbreak of measles, which promises to be with us to the end of the term, and will probably put a stop to our Midsummer festivities. * * * In connection with the School Mission, Dr. Howard, U.M.C.A., at present at home on furlough, gave a most interesting address in the Schoolroom on Monday, July 8th. This was followed by a collection amounting to £1 3s. 4d. * J. N. Skittery (Keble) was placed in the Third Class in Theology Finals at Oxford. THE HEBEFOKDIAN. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The following changes in the House Competition Rules were approved by the School Committee :— (i) That both Senior and Junior matches should be decided on two innings. (ii) That Colours should take part in the matches, and that when the number of Day boy and Boarder Colours are not the same, all the minority and the same number of the majority should play. (iii) That each match be played from day to day, being resumed from the point at which it was left on the preceding day. It was further resolved— (i) That a bat be given as a prize for the best bowling average. (ii) That second innings should count in the averages if played to win or save a match. At a meeting held on Wednesday, June 19th, it was resolved— (i) That special efforts he made to present a repre- sentative testimonial to Mr. Jones. (ii) That Past and Present Herefordians should be asked to subscribe to a common fund. (iii) That it be left in the hands of the Headmaster, the Hon. Sec. of the O.H. Club, and the School Captain to communicate with past members of the School inviting subscriptions. CEICKET COMMITTEE. 2nd XI. Colours have been awarded G. H. E. Thursfield for his bowling in the Lucton match, and A. H. Watts as an occasional player for the 1st XI. Owing to the fact that all 2nd XI. matches had to be scratched, it was also decided to award colours on form shown in the Senior House matches. The recipients so far are E. W. Davies, T. B. G. Vale, and J. P. Treloar. THE HEKEFOEDIAN. A TEIP TO BEAUVAIS. We had left Arniens, its exquisite Cathedral, its bad inns, and worse weather behind. We climbed the first hill that led to Beauvais, our destination, which must be some forty miles away. The road throughout is pleasant to the wheeled traveller ; on each side he may note the trees that fringe the road sides for many miles and do their best to shade the way —a poor best—for the Frenchman seems to think it necessary to shear away the branches almost to the very top. It is difficult to imagine a more enjoyable ride, for no part of the road is uninteresting, and the system of finger posts is about as good as it could well be. A great feature is to be found in the crucifixes that catch the eyo at nearly every kilometre, some of wood and some of iron, but further south as on the road from Beauvais to Paris they seemed to become more rare. Our first stoppage was brought about through the cravings of our appetites ; it was at Conty, a town slightly off the main road, vvith a good inn, good omelettes, and above all a fine Flamboyant Church, with devils closely rivalling those of N6tre Dame in Paris. But this was but a short stage on our journey; we had to push on over roads equally pretty, until we experienced the rough cobblestones of Beauvais somewhat late in the afternoon. There the Grand Hotel de France et d'Angleterre took our fancy with its label of " English spoken," a legend attractive to the young traveller's eye, so we entered the courtyard, bowed politely to all around, and at last found the lady upon whom all the honour of the house rested.