No. 58. Vol. 15. JUNE, 1935. PRICE TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. Entered at Stationers' Hail ROBERT MORLEY & Co., LIMITED. Makers of the Visual Pianos. This Instrument is especially made for the small modern Music Room. Has a particularly full and pure quality tone and is 7J-Octave. Made in all woods to match existing furniture. NETT CASH 38 GUINEAS. Or by Quarterly and Monthly Payments as desired. 123, HIGH STREET, LEWISHAM. Phone : Lee Green 5444 (3 lines). 103, HIGH STREET, 4, RED LION STREET, BROMLEY. RICHMOND. Phone : Ravensbourne 4567 (3 lines). Phone : Richmond I86« (2 lines). O.C. RUGBY. 1st XV, 1934-5. Standing (left to right).—S. P. BURGESS, F. E. MAYES, N. T. MORLEY, D. B. COFFER, J. IS. WEBB, F. J. STONE, W. R. JEFFERY, Ty. A. CAWTE, L. J. SMITH. Sitting (left to right).—K. B. ASHDOWN, W. B. GODDEN. W. A. HASVEY, J. B. PARKIN (Capt.), A. S. WELLS, R. A. HARVEY, R. S. REED. On Ground.—J. D. SWANSON, D. EDEY. Frontispiece. Ube Co If elan, Being tbe Chronicle of tbe of Colfe's Grammar School, lewisbam. 3une, 1035. Ipttnted bs King 8. Jattett, TLW,, TWollanO St., lonOon, S.B.I Contents. PAGE EDITORIAL NOTES 59 LETTER FROM THE HEADMASTER 65 NOTES FROM THE SCHOOL 66 OLD COLFEIANS' CLUB 72 Officers, fixtures 72 Annual Dinner ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 Annual and Council Meetings 74 The Colfe Players 75 Jubilee Week 78 Entertainments Committee 79 Correspondence 81 THIRTY YEARS AGO 82 IN PIAM MEMORIAM : Sir John Gilbert; Frank E. Lander; Dr. John Gay ... 83-86 (and others) LETTERS FROM "INPOSTS" ... 87 ATHLETICS. OLD COLFEIANS' SPORTS SECTIONS : Rugby 89 Association 95 Tennis, Badminton ... ... ... ... ... 101 Bowls 103 Cricket 105 AN O.C.'s NIGHTMARE. By L. Jones 105 ALUMNI COLFENSES .. 108 LITERARY NOTES 109 OUTPOSTS' LETTERS 110 America ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 110 Africa 113 New Zealand 113 Jllusttatione. Rugby 1st XV., 1934-35 Frontispiece Frank Eaton Lander Facing page 85 Association 2nd and 4th Teams Facing page 97 Colfefan. Hon. Editor.—F. E. BENNETT, M.A., 18, Stone Rd., Bromley, Kent, and at the School. Hon. Treasurer.—R. W. CREECH, B.A., 18, Stone Rd., Bromley, Kent, and at the School. Hon. Secretary.—N. A. JONES, 43, Strathaven Rd., S.E.12. fi&itorial flotes. FFICIALLY, the Magazine, at the time of writing, is without an Honorary Assistant Editor, and an Honorary Organising Secretary, as no names for O these posts were put forward for election at the General Meeting. Messrs. D. Edey, 22, Gourock Road, S.E.9, and L. Jones, 39, Wellmeadow Road, S.E.13, have kindly volunteered to help in the distribution of this issue. We apologise, herewith, for any delay, hoping, how- ever, there will be little. Please note that the Hons. Editor, Treasurer, and Secretary, have all changed their addresses. * * * * A Committee of past and present members of the School has been formed to invite subscriptions to commemorate the work of Mr. F. E. Lander for the boys of the School and Old Boys. It is proposed that this should take the form of a Clock Tower on the Old Boys' Pavilion, a statue symbolizing the joy and thankfulness of youth, to stand over the Monk's Seat in the vestibule at the School, and a Loan Fund to assist boys at the outset of their career. Boys, Old Boys, parents and friends are invited to send subscriptions (limited in the case of boys to 2/6) either to :—Mr. W. S. Phillips, 55, Eltham Road, S.E.12, or to the Headmaster, Colfe's Grammar School, S.E.13. Cheques should be made payable to the Lander Memorial Fund. The members representing Old Boys on the Committee are C. E. Long, W. A. Pattinson, W. S. Phillips. * * * * We record with pleasure the appearance in the Calendar of two new Sections, viz. :—The Bowls Club and the Evening Harriers. The Hon. Secretary of the Bowls Club is G. Ramsey Short, 81, Burnt Ash Road, S.E.12. The Hon. Secretary of the Evening Athletic Meetings is D. E. Reynolds, 16, Mayhill Road, S.E.7. The Bowls Club is holding a Supper in October, which definitely ranks it with the older-established sections of the O.C. Club. Our one experience of the game is humiliating to recall. Commandeered to fill a gap in a match team we called the " wood " a " ball," the " rink " a " pitch," and, noting the frowns of those around, thought it better to " iack " up and " skip " ! * * * * Since the spacious times of good Queen Bess, only three sovereigns have seen Jubilee years. Silver iubilees were apparently not recognised. George Ill's " silver " jubilee 60 Gbe Coltetan was in 1786, and he celebrated his Jubilee (proper) on entering the 50th year of his reign in 1809. Queen Victoria's jubilees, on our reckoning, would be 1862, 1887, 1897—Silver, Gold, Diamond, and the Silver Jubilee rejoicings for our present Sovereign are still fresh in our memories. It would be interesting to learn how the School celebrated these Jubilee years. In 1785 the Headmaster was the Rev. William Williams, and, according to Duncan's History, " no event occurred of sufficient importance to find a place in the minute books of the Governors.'' Nor is there a record of the names of the scholars of this period. In 1809 the Headmaster was the Rev. Theophilus Lane. We find recorded that in 1810 an extra remuneration of £20 per annum was paid to him, and he was appointed Chaplain to attend the two annual dinners of the Court. In the same year the Governors presented a Cup to Mr. T. Constable, an assistant master, who retired after 30 years' service. Perhaps the Jubilee spirit was working! In 1862 the Rev. G. F. Lacey was Headmaster. The Queen had entered into her long retirement from public life, following the death of her Consort, Prince Albert. Of the Jubilee celebrations of 1887 and 1897 there are many Old Boys, still with us, who could enlighten us on the subject. Bonfires, we suspect, were certainly lit. As will be recollected, on May 6th, His Gracious Majesty commanded a holiday for all schools, and a big majority of scholars " celebrated " by going to London to " see the King." On the Saturday morning the Headmaster addressed the School and pointed out there was something more than a mere pageant in the occasion; gratitude and thanks to God should be in our minds, as well as mere rejoicing and cele- brations. * * * * Mr. R. W. Sloley, M.A., who was head boy of the School in 1895, and read the address asking Dr. Bramley's acceptance of a farewell gift, lectured recently at the meeting of the West Kent Scientific Society. The subject was " The Antiquity of Surveying," and the lecturer referred to the profession of surveyors as one of the oldest, which originated in Egypt, where the cultivated land1 was subject to periodic inundation, and it became necessary to devise means of re-measuring the plots anew, each year. In ancient Egypt, he said, there existed a well-developed and organised system of land regis- tration. The earliest apparatus consisted of very simple appliances—the measuring cord or rod, levelling device and means of setting out right-angles in vertical and horizontal planes. * * * * The Rev. G. T. Bayley (O.C. 1890), Rector of All Saints', Huntingdon, has been appointed Chaplain of St. Nicolas and St. Martin's Orthoppedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey. Cbe coltetan 61 The " local personality " in the Kentish Times, February 1st, was Charles James Folkard (1892-93). We reprint a paragraph or two. " His early interest in the stage was not encouraged by his parents, but he did achieve one boyhood ambition—he became a professional conjurer ! He gave performances even before he left school, and later accepted a number of engage- ments. His father, perhaps having an eye for a more stable occupation for his son, apprenticed him to a firm of designers. His training completed, he worked as an artist for the old Illustrated Mail, and this and other freelance work attracted the attention of Lord Northcliffe, who invited him to devise a series of drawings for a new children's feature in the Daily Mail. Thus Teddy Tail, the mouse which had a new and strange adventure every day, came into being. This jolly little animal became famous, and " Teddy Tail of the Daily Mail " became one of the most popular cartoon features in the country. For close on seventeen years Mr. Folkard provided a different picture every day, until about four years ago, on account of his health, he relinquished his post. He wrote the Teddy Tail Play, which was produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on Boxing Day, 1920, and thus his early aspiration to theatrical work was realised. " Notwithstanding his busy life he has found time to take a keen and active interest in local societies, notably the Eltham Arts and Crafts Society, in which he is a member of the Committee." * * * * H. K. Cameron (1917-22) has translated a technical chemistry book from the German, which has been well reviewed in the chemical periodicals. B. Turley Lancaster, L-B. (left 1927), who gained the Holker Scholarship in 1930, was called to the Bar on January 28th, 1935. J. C. Cain (1927-34) has begun to make his mark at Oxford University. As the " acting " First player in Hamlet he was the only freshman in the O.U.D.S. production. * * * * The Rev. S. C. Thompson, B.A., B.D., A.K.C. (1913-21), was inducted to the Benefice of Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, on May 1st.