Kent College magazine CANTERBURY. No. 114. Ju l y , 1928. EDITORIAL. O n c e m ore w e must take off our mental coat and roll up our intellectual sleeves for a tussle with wisdom in contradiction to the text “ The Night cometh when no man can work.” We have chosen night because for the last few days the thermometer has registered blood heat or something higher during the day, thereby stifling those greater thoughts which are usually expressed in our own inimitable manner in the columns of The Rampant. One thought only has been uppermost in our minds, of how to keep cool. After several unsuccessful attempts we have found what seems to be the best expedient in these tropical times. It consists of sitting by the recently excavated swimming bath and bringing the powers of auto-suggestion into play. The tocsin has clanged and now the Cambridge Examinations are in progress. Some may find the desks in the schoolroom uncomfortably hard during a two hours’ paper, while others might be too busily engaged in -"-nswering questions to give any matter of physical dis­ comfort a single thought. These latter will doubtless go on vacation with a sense of content— the true charm of a well-earned holiday. Paradoxical as it may appear, examinations are really .ntertaining and enjoyable if the entrant is fully prepared and has no occasion for spending the time allotted for answering questions in a vain attempt to bluff the examiner with magnificent flights of meaningless rhetoric, 2 SCHOOI, MAGAZINE. In sport we have had a very successful season, and the record of matches played during the term is a wonderful testimony of the excellent standard of cricket played at K.C. Of that record we are justly proud, for sport is one of the two great foundations on which youthful education is built, and play is a preparation for the sterner realities of life. In play we make our human consciousness aware of the Great Truths. There is a pretty story about Cricket which might make good material for any parson desirous of preaching a topical sermon— “ In the old, exciting, illiterate days of the Middle Ages, when the Devil in person lurked under every bush on the hillside, and lay in wait at the street corners, where the pubs are now, there lived a pious Abbot on whose soul the flaunting wickedness of Youth was a grievous sore. So the good man sat him down, and pondered how he might circumvent the Devil, who is always at his best in Summer, and after much thought he hit on a plan. H e Would have a play performed each year before the Monastery gate, something to symbolise fresh manliness, which should, by its mere outward show, attract and interest the young men. He was wise in his generation, the old Abbot. This is how the play was played. He set up three short stakes together, to represent the three Virtues Truth, Justice and Honour which a Man must guard unshaken. At these the Devil— diabolus, the googly- bowler, hurled a lump of brimstone, which the Man must ward off from his Virtues with a short club of willow wood. And when the brimstone new wide, the Man would run across the sward and snap his fingers in the Devil’s face; but he must needs be wary, for the Imps of Satan stood all round about to dash the Virtues to the ground, should he exult without due cause. Did that happen, the Man laid down his club and another took his place, for the Virtues are handed 011 as a precious trust from man to man : and whoso defied the Devil oftenest was held victor, DO YOU KNOW ? . 3 The Abbot’s name is long since forgotten, but thus it was, and the play was called 1 Cryket,’ i.e., Crooked, all on account of the Evil One....................” We have quoted this story as an example of -the significance underlying recreation. Doubtless stories can be told concerning other ganfes, such as Classroom Cricket as played by Five A, where it would appear his Satanic majesty is the umpire. And golf, too, must have originated from the fertile mind of the Aberdonian, because the whole idea of the game is to get round the course as economically as possible ! We invite our readers who are willing to contribute to The Rampant but find “ copy ” hard to produce, to send in an account of the probable origin of Soccer— something topical for next term! In the meantime we shall consider the ways and means by which some material recognition can be made for the best attempt sent in. o ------- DO YOU KNOW ? 1. The height of (a) St. Thomas’ Hill; (b) T h e W ater T o w e r; (c) Tomkins (O.B.) ? 2. T h e density of (i) W a te r; (2) F iv e A ? 3. The fallacy about wise men coming from the East? 4. The difference between (1) fresh eggs; (2) new laid eg8s; (3) Finn’s eggs; (4) The Yellow Peril? 5. How to eat cherries without expectorating the stones ? 6. The length of a piece of string and if so why ? 7. The significance of the contractor’s material beside the swimming bath (including the two bathing huts) ? 8. Who counted Herbert’s 1,000 runs for him? 9. The resisting power of lamp-posts in Folkestone? 10, The difference between la pousse and a Tom Cat? 4 SCHOOL MAGAZINE. HOUSE NOTES. The Red House. House Master: Mr. M acGillivray. House Captain: E. Blackshaw. C ongratulations to Blackshaw on being elected Cricket Captain for the present term. He has had the satisfaction of leading the First XI through a very successful season, at the same time figuring largely in the victories gained. Even great cricketers, how­ ever, are not infallible, and on occasions they make unpar­ donable mistakes. In the House match with the White’s, Blackshaw’s cheap and— from the spectator’s point of vierv— ludicrous dismissal must be regarded as “ an untoward event,” which, with reasonable care, could easily have been avoided. It is another illustration of the truth that even outside the first eleven there are people who have the ability to field a ball and deliver it promptly to the wicket-keeper for appropriate action. The hero of the game was Roger, whose pluck and determination, combined with natural gifts of leadership, did much to wipe out our early reverses. Only sheer bad luck prevented him from pulling off the victory in favour of the Reds, and out of a total of 158 he scored 59 runs. The Whites made 165. W e congratulate Roger heartily on his performance ! * * * * The House is to be congratulated as a whole 011 the magnificent lead taken in entering for the Athletic Sports and on the large number of successes obtained in the various events, 5 Whatever system will be adopted for determining the total number of points gained by each House, it is pretty certain that the Reds will secure the first place. The positions gained were as follows : 100 yards, S en ior.— 3, Scrivener. 100 yards, Intermediate.— 1, Souter; 2, Roger; 3, Stevens. 100 yards, Junior.— 3, Court i. 100 yards, under 12.— 2, Wall; 3, Deakin. 220 yards, In term ediate.— 1, S o u ter; 2, S teven s; 3, R oger. 220 yards, Junior.— 3, E vans. Quarter-mile, Senior.— 2, Goodwin; 3, Austin. Putting the Weight-— 2, Scrivener. Throwing the Cricket Ball, Senior.— 1, Blackshaw; 2, Palm er. Throwing the Cricket Ball, Intermediate.— 1, Roger; 3, P otts i. Throwing the Cricket Ball, Junior.— 2, Evans. High Jump, Senior.— 2, Blackshaw. High Jump, Intermediate.— 2, Souter; 3, Potts. High Jump, Junior.— 1, Evans. Long Jump, Senior.— 2, Blackshaw; 3, Scrivener. Long Jump, Intermediate.— 2, Roger; 3, Souter. Mile, Senior.— 1, South am. Half-mile, Senior.—-2, Blackshaw. Half-mile, Intermediate.— 2, Potts. 80 yards, under 12.— 1, Plunkett; 2, Crisfield. Iigg-and-Spoon Race.-—1, Deakin ; 3, Pimm. Relay Race, Senior.— 2, Red House. Relay Race, Intermediate.— 1, Red House. The events gained by each House are : — R e d . W h i t e . B e u e . 36 ... 23 ... 20 * * * * Salvete. The following boys entered at the beginning of term ; Booth, Holmes, Crisfield. 6 SCHOOL, MAGAZINE. Stop Press. Since writing the above notes, the House points in con­ nection with the Athletic Sports have been made up, and the order is : — 1.—Red ... 105 2.— W h it e .............................. 75 3.— B lue .............................. 70 Red Majority ... 30 [Red Gains (on last year) !] o ---- The White House. House Master: Mr. Richards. House Captain: H . G . C . H u b b le . Valete. The following boys left at the end of last term : — V I — J. P e a r c e . Prefect; Camb. School Certificate, with Hons, and Matriculation 1926; London Inter­ mediate B.Sc., 1927. “ Deakes,” Cuckfield, Sussex. G . W . E . G i l b e r t - Prefect; Camb. School Certifi­ cate with Matriculation, 1927; 2nd XI Foot­ ball Colours. Chestnut Cottage, Colonel’s Lane, Boughton, near Faversham. V b — E . V . A s h b y . 2nd XI Hockey Colours. 8, Clarence Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. I V a — S. E. G a y w o o d . 24, Beaconsfield Road, Canterbury. J. K . E d m o n d s. 28, Holroyd Road, Putney, S.W.15. II— R . F . M a n n . “ Wroxham,” Queen’s Road, Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent.