THE

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1947-1948.

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1820 " STAT ET IN AETERNUM STES AQUILINA DOMUS " 1948

Editorial.In January, 1939, Mr. A. G. Wootton, who joined the

Staff the previous term, and his brother, Mr. P. Wootton,assumed the joint headmastership of Eagle House, on the re-tirement of Mr. J. D. Parmiter. In January, 1948, the formerretired on medical advice and he and his wife, who was incharge of the teaching of Music in the School from 1939 andwhom he married in 1940, are at present living at Worthingwith their children.

Such is a bald statement of the outstanding event of theyear ; it is not for the writer to do more than place on recordthe many expressions of regret that have reached him inconnection with the retirement of his brother and of his sister-in-law. In any case it has been the desire of Tony and EdieWootton that their departure should be accompanied by theleast possible dislocation to the lives and progress of the boysat present in the School, such as might be caused by a reminderof the debt which they owe to these two friends.

It is not for nothing that Eagle House has survived thechanges and vicissitudes of the last 128 years and that it is thethird oldest preparatory School in the country. For there havebeen other changes in the set-up here. At the end of the LentTerm Miss M. E. Dobinson, known as Matron to severalgenerations of Eagle House boys, retired. Matron came toEagle House several years before the present Headmaster andwas in fact the Senior member of the Staff next to Hill and Mr.Thorp. Seldom can a Matron have had the welfare of herboys, in all its aspects, closer to her heart or shown a greaterinterest in all their doings. At the same time Mr. E. R. H.Chambers, who had been responsible for the teaching ofMathematics in the School for the previous three years, left usin order to read for a degree at London University. At theend of this Summer Term Mrs. Berry is leaving us with a viewto joining an establishment in which she will have a proprietaryinterest. The recent change in regime has been responsiblefor the presence here for one term each of Mr. F. H. Sharpiesin the Lent Term and Mr. M. J. M. Clarke in the SummerTerm. Though their time here was so short they were bothhere long enough to form friendships which will not soon beforgotten and for us to regret that they could not remainhere permanently. We also have to say good-bye to Miss M.Edgedale who as Secretary here for the last two terms has had

among other things, to cope with the drudgery of P.A.Y.E.and National Health Insurance. To all these late membersof the Staff we offer our sincerest thanks for all that they havedone and our very best wishes for the future.

At the same time we extend a warm welcome to the newmembers of the Staff. In the Autumn Term we were joined orrather re-joined by Mr. W. T. H. Rutter who taught here forfour terms from January, 1928, on coming down from B.N.C.In January Miss S. Bayley took over the charge of the boys'health from Miss J. Merritt, who, much to the regret of us all,had had to leave to look after her mother. Miss Bayley has nowtaken charge "upstairs" from Miss Dobinson. Mr. G. N.Avery, an experienced teacher of Mathematics, came in theSummer Term and we confidently hope that he will succeed inraising the standard in the School of this vital subject. By thetime these words are in print we shall also have welcomed in ourmidst Mr. P. Lund, late Scholar of Oriel, who will be in chargeof the teaching of Music in the School and of History to the' topforms, besides giving the boys the benefit of his not incon-siderable athletic qualifications.

Whereas it is inevitable that so many and great changesshould be to some extent unsettling, it is gratifying to be ableto report that life has gone on here quite normally, that thehealth and happiness of the boys has in no way been impairedand that the general spirit and tone of the School has neverbeen better. For this satisfactory state of affairs we have tothank all branches of our Staff, in whatever direction theirduties lie, for their guidance and devotion, the Head Boys andPrefects for the example which they have set and the dutieswhich they have so willingly undertaken, and the boys ingeneral for their efforts and co-operation. Another factorwhich will, we feel sure, assist us to reach the standards we setourselves is the recent alteration made to the regulations forthe Victory Cup, whereby each boy is faced with the prospect ofa reward to himself individually and to his Section collectivelyin return for his own good behaviour, and his own efforts inevery branch of School life; the essence of the competitionbeing that boys shall have a positive goal for themselves andan appreciation of the anti-social effect of any misbehaviouror lack of effort on their part.

The standard of games has improved throughout theschool and the record of our teams in matches shows improve-ment, whilst our Old Boys have been distinguishing themselves

at their Public Schools : it is, for example, interesting to notethat Eagle House provided the Captains of three of theWellington College cricket XI's, the ist XI, the Junior ColtsXI, and the Yearlings XI.

The standard of work too has improved — to a certainextent — but here there is more room for improvement. Tobe quite candid we are dissatisfied with the standard of workwhich exists at the moment and we propose to strive by mightand main to secure a return to the level of a few years ago,when we expected to win a couple of Scholarships each yearand when we expected Common Entrance candidates not onlyto be free from anixety about the outcome of their exam., butalso to be placed high up on the list. This of course will taketime but with patience and perseverance it will and shall bedone. Steps have been taken to improve the standard ofGeneral Knowledge in the School by the institution of a newsystem, by which all boys are given a number of questions eachfortnight, the answers to which they are expected todiscover in their own time.

The School Year opened in the Michaelmas Term with aperiod of unparalleled drought. Fortunately the springynature of the turf on the lower field enabled us to play Ruggerat a time when the majority of schools were held up by hardgrounds. In fact we were able to place this pitch at the dis-posal of Wellington College who played regular practice gamesof various grades. This term saw in use the new sound-filmprojector, so kindly given to the School by Old Boys inmemory of their comrades who fell in the Second World War.The machine was purchased for us and operated by Mr.Watson, except for the period when he was regrettably in-disposed by the removal of his appendix. Our policy has beento show instructional films on alternate Wednesdays andentertainment films on alternate Saturdays. Guy FawkesDay was celebrated with half-an-hour's fireworks and asuperb bonfire erected and ignited by Lambourn. The wholeholiday on the occasion of the Royal Wedding on November20th was occupied by periods of free-time, listening to thebroadcast of the ceremony, Treasure Hunts, and SectionRugger matches.

The Lent Term passed off without any epidemic and wasnotable for two events not hitherto regularly included in ourCalendar but both of which we sincerely hope will be repeated.On the first Saturday of the term the Staff College Hounds

met at the School and the boys were able to witness literallyon their own doorstep this very pleasant feature of the Englishscene. On the last Sunday but one of the term, N. F. le H.Guiton brought over a hockey team composed of Old Boysfrom Wellington which drew with a team consisting of membersof the Staff and Old Boys from the R.M.A.S.

The Summer Term, which started and ended in gloriousweather — which was conspicuous by its absence in theintervening two months — was a successful and happy term.On June 3rd Mrs. Paul Wootton gave birth to a son in theschool; this is, we believe, the first occasion on which a babyhas been born at Eagle House, Sandhurst. The keenness forcricket, stimulated by the visit of the Australians who wereseen by many boys in person and by nearly all the boys onMr. Watson's television set, was greater than ever. This leftless time than usual for other out-of-door activities, thoughsome boys spent a considerable time early on in the term inseeing how many birds' nests could be found in the grounds,whilst Tennis, gardening, and boat-sailing had their devotees.In spite of a considerable interval of cold weather when theSwimming Bath was out of use, 14 boys out of 24 non-swimmershad passed their length by the end of the Summer Term.Perhaps the high-lights of an extremely enjoyable cricketseason were the defeat of the B.O.A.R. touring side by ascratch side, captained by Major-General A. J. H. Cassels,on the last Sunday but one of the term, and the visit of SirPelham Warner, who watched the boys playing for a shorttime and subsequently had a long conversation with the" Colours." Another distinguished visitor, on the occasion ofthe Fathers' match which coincided with the WellingtonSpeech Day, was Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck.

Salvete.

Michaelmas, 1947 J. B. L. Underwood, R. J. M. Gainher,P. L. C. Dredge, W. I. C. Dobbie, M. Whitfeld, C. H. Whittall,J. R. H. French, W. D. Robertson, M. Mayo.

Lent, 1948. A. B. M. Campbell, W. H. Campbell, D. M.I.indsey-Renton.

Summer, 1948. H. C. Fitzwilliams, S. P. Smiles, P. M. F.French, J. A. Huntley, M. J. Worrall, R. Peat,

Valete.Michaelmas, 1947. M. I. Baillie (Wellington), S. C.

Thompson (Wellington), J. D. T. Faithfull (Wellington), J. A.Standen (Canford). R. H. G. Bonnett (Bradfield), M. D. A.Newell (abroad).

Lent, 1948. A. E. Buxton (Eton), P. E. L. Finch (Brad-field), J. R. T. Mayo, M. Mayo.

Summer, 1948. R. C. Paul (Rugby), E. M. Nelson (Rugby,Jan., 1949), G. D. K. Green (St. Edwards', Oxford), J. R.Pilcher (Sherborne), R. H. Peat (Eton), C. J. S. Palmer(Cheltenham).

FINAL ORDER SUMMER, 1948.Form Ib.

1 Paul, R. S.2 Oborne, D.3 Peat, R. H.4 Bradshaw.5 Ling-6 Campbell, A.7 Oakley.8 Palmer.9 Rathbone.10 Hart.

11 Cropper.12 Fraser.

Form III.1 Whittall, J.2 Underwood.3 Maby.4 Bols.5 Harvey, D.6 Tovey.7 Campbell, J.8 Payne.9 Faithfull.

10 Oborne, M.

Form IV. Form V.1 Gainher. i Smiles.2 Dredge. 2 Loder-Symonds.3 Whitfeld, M. 3 Campbell, H.4 Snyder. 4 Huntley.

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Form la.Robertson-Glasgow.Paul, R. C.Waldock.Macnutt.Sargant.Love.Boyd.Kirkman.Nelson.Green.Burton.Pilcher.

Form II.Keightley.Reeve.Small wood.Harvey, J.Macpherson.Whitfeld, D.Cope.Walton.

5 Dobbie.6 French, R.7 Whittall, C.8 Robertson.9 Gregory-Smith.

10 Stephenson.11 Fitzwilliams.

5 Lindsey-Renton.6 Peat, R.7 Worrall.8 French, P.

HEAD BOYS.

Michaelmas. J. A. Standen.Lent. A. E. Buxton.Summer. R. H. Peat.

PREFECTS.

J. A. Standen, A. E. Buxton, R. H. Peat, J. D. T. Faithfull,R. C. Paul, A. W. A. Boyd, R. F. Robertson-Glasgow, R. P. S.Macnutt.

CUPS, ETC.

Bmdennel-Bruce Cups (for general efficiency) : (Senior)R. H. Peat. (Junior) D. B. Harvey.

Rugger Cups. J. A. Standen (forwards), J. D. T. Faithfull(outsides), J. A. Standen (kicking).

Cricket Cup : J. R. W. Bradshaw.Fielding Cup : M. Cope.Shooting Cup : R. H. Peat (all three terms).Section P. T. Cup : PoUock (all three terms).Music Prize : E. M. Nelson.Art Prizes : A. B. M. Campbell (Seniors). D. G. Maby

(Middles). J. R. H. French (Juniors).Hockey Cup : B. D. S. Burton.Swimming Cup : R. S. Paul and G. D. K. Green.Tennis Cup : B. D. S. Burton.Victor Ludorum: R. S. Paul (Seniors). M. A. F. Reeve

(Middles). D. G. Maby (Juniors),Section Sports Cup : Pearson.Victory Cup: Butler (Michaelmas). Pollock (Lent).

Cobbe (Summer).

Chapel.Choir : A. J. Oakley, J. J. Love, E. P. Cropper, G. D. K.

Green, T. I. Macpherson, D. M. Oborne, J. D. T. Faithfull,R. P. S. Macnutt, P. T. Keightley, R. S. Paul, P. R. Waldock,R. C. Paul, A. W. A. Boyd, R. H. Peat, J. E. Sargant, J. R.Pilcher, E. M. Nelson, M. I. Baillie.

Chapel Clerks : E. M. Nelson, J. R. Pilcher, J. E. Sargant,R. P. S. Macnutt.

The following have read the week-day morning Lessons :J. D. T. Faithfull, R. H. Peat, J. E. Sargant, E. M. Nelson.

The following have very kindly come over to talk to us inChapel: Rev. M. M. Hodgins, Rev. R. C. Rudgard (Rector ofEversley), Rev. R. J. B. Eddison, Rev. H. P. H. Austen,K. P. Stewart, Esq. (of Dr. Barnardo's), The Warden of St.Edward's, Oxford, Rev. G. W. Battersby (Chaplain toR.M.A.S.), Rev. F. J. Wootton.

Collections have been in aid of: Great Ormond StreetHospital for Sick Children, Earl Haig's Poppy Fund, UnitedNations' Appeal for Children, British Empire Leprosy ReliefAssociation, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, British Empire Nurses'War Memorial Fund.

Since the departure of Mrs. A. G. Wootton, Mr. J. R.Watson has been Choirmaster; and we have been lucky inhaving the services of Mrs. Briar of Sandhurst to play theorgan on Sundays. The standard of singing both by the Choirand congregation has maintained a high standard.

On Monday, July 26th, 1948, the infant son of Mr. andMrs. P. Wootton was christened Timothy Paul by Rev. W. D.Dinnis in the presence of the boys, the Staff, and of manyrelations.

Christmas Entertainment.THE PIED PIPER

Pied Piper .. .. .. .. B. C. T. FaithfullMayor .. .. D. B. HarveyCouncillor .. .. .. .. R. F. Loder-Symondsist Man .. . . . . .. C. H. Whittall2nd Man J. R. H. FrenchWoman J. P. CampbellCripple Boy .. .. J. R. G. StephensonCrowd C. J. Walton, D. A. Payne, D. G. Maby,

M. D. A. Newell, J. B. L. Underwood,M. E. Mayo.

Scene I In the Market Place.

Scene II Outside the Town Hall.

Scene III The Same.

A FABLE OF BAGHDADby L. duGarde Peach.

Chorus .. .. .. R. F. Robertson-GlasgowAbdul, a cobbler .. .. .. C .J .S . PalmerAhmet, a mischievous boy .. .. T. I. MacphersonThe Caliph P. T. KeightleyAli, a pompous merchant .. .. S. C. ThompsonGiafar, his Grand Vizier .. .. J. H. KirkmanSuliman, an attendant .. .. .. M. A. F. ReeveMesrour, the Caliph's executioner .. J- A. Standen

Scene I Inside Abdul's house.

Scene II Outside the house.

Scene III Same as Scene I.

ICI MALHEUR-SUR-TOURBEpar Marc Ceppi.

M. Exaspere, regisseur en chef .. A. W. A. BoydM. Immuable, sous regisseur .. .. R. C. PaulM. Vocifere, speaker .. .. .. R. S. PaulM. Papaver, leader du quintette perigourdin A. E. BuxtonMme. Gallinace, leader du quintette roubaisien G. D. K. GreenMembres du quintette roubaisien A. J. Oakley, J. J. Love,

E. P. Cropper, D. M. Oborne.Membres du quintette perigourdin R. C. Ling, G. R. Hart,

R. P. S. Macnutt, P. R. WaldockL'action se passe dans le studio de la nouvelle station

emettrice de Malheur-sur-Tourbe. C'est le jour d'inaugurationde la station. On inaugure a 5h. precises. Sans doute le mondeentier attend 1'heure fatidique.

THE FOURTH FORM AT ST. MICHAEL'S(With apologies to Will Hay).

The Master J. D. T. FaithfullThe Boy M. I. BaillieHarbottle P. E. L. Finch

CAROLSA Gallery Carol Martin ShawPast Three O'clock .. .. .. London WaitesThe Garden of Jesus Geoffrey ShawThere stood in Heaven a Linden Tree XF Century GermanThe Crown of Roses P.I. TchaikowskyThe Holly and the Ivy .. .. Rutland BoughtonStille Nacht TyroleseSussex Carol - . .. . • .. R. Vaughan WilliamsLullay My Liking Gustav HoistJoseph and the Angel .. .. R. R. TerryIn Dulci.Jubilo R. L. PearsallDing, Dong! Merrily on High French arr. Charles Wood

In addition to the above annual Christmas Entertainment,we also enjoyed another lecture-recital by Misses MargaretHaigh and Gertrude Treve, a display of Puppets by Mr. BrunoTublin, and another of his first-class conjuring shows by Mr.J. R. Watson. There were also welcome signs of a return ofthe Saturday evening variety entertainment by the boys, inthe last of which Much-Binding took the Hall in no uncertainterms!

Games.Rugger.

Matches played 10. Won 4. Lost 6.Points for 109. Against 120.

The season's results did not perhaps quite come up toexpectations, especially when one remembers that, unlikemany schools, our games were uninterrupted by the excep-tionally dry weather. The " lower " pitch which always plays" soft " was a great boon : when the rains did come we wereable to make a start on the new upper field, though theexceptionally dry Summer and Autumn left a bare patch whichwill doubtless disappear by next season.

Whereas one shudders to think what might have happenedwithout our two outstanding players, Standen (forward),Faithfull, J. (fly-half), their presence tended to make our playuneven both in games and matches and there can be no doubtthat the rest of the team, without having the excuse to leavetoo much to these two, would in point of fact have played verymuch better throughout. The fact that we also had the greatestdifficulty in finding players to fill the centre three-quarterpositions also tended to make the team unbalanced. Even-

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tually we moved Robertson-Glasgow to fly-half, a positionfor which he has not at present the experience, and put Faith-full and Ling in the centre, the latter really being far more athome on the wing, where his play was uniformly first-class.Peat ended up by running very strongly on one wing whilstReeve, on the other wing, gained experience which shouldbe of great benefit to him in the future. Baillie, in spite of lackof size and speed, did most creditably at scrum-half and threwout a good pass. Burton played his best games at full back,though we had hoped that he would solve our problems atcentre three-quarter. Of the forwards, Standen with his sizeand height was, of course, invaluable in the loose and he wasresponsible for a handsome proportion of the points scored.But even he, on occasion, did not play with sufficient fire.This lack of fire is the chief criticism to be made of the for-wards who throughout the season gained possession of the ballfar more frequently than their opponents. Forwards mustremember, however, that unless the ball is heeled reallycleanly and quickly, it is of doubtful advantage to the out-sides. Later on in the season the forwards were learning tohandle the ball better, both individually and collectively:their foot rushes did not however in the main come up to thestandard of their hand rushes.

Apart from Standen, the best all-round forward wasPaul, R. C., a very valuable member of the side. Finch suddenlyblossomed forth into a really good forward in the loose, beingvery quick on to the ball. Buxton, specialising in hooking,was always good in the tight and sometimes in the loose,whilst Boyd, apart from the limitations imposed by his pooreyesight, also did well in the loose.

The team as a whole always tried to play open, attractivefootball — indeed the Dragon School were our only opponentswho were superior in combined passing — and if these tacticsdid not always produce tries it was because our outsides didnot have the speed to press home their attacks. But whatreally prevented our good open play from paying dividendswas the fact that faulty falling by the whole side time againand again threw away the territorial advantage thus gained,and our opponents, by determined foot rushes on their partand bad falling on ours, were frequently able to turn defenceinto attack. Our tackling, too, was not as sure as we have cometo expect from our sides ; this, as has already been hinted, waspartly due to the fact that Faithfull was allowed to do at least

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three people's tackling. These are the two points which willhave to be put right if we are to win the majority of our matchesin the future.

These two important failings were not so much in evidenceon the " mixed " games and Section matches (when the olderand larger boys were absent) which gives encouragement to thehope that they will be rectified in the near future. Therewould appear to be plenty of good stuff amongst the youngermembers of the School, both in and out of the scrum, and,much as we shall miss our two stalwarts next year, we ratherexpect that their absence will make for greater evenness ofplay both in games and matches.

The Wellington Yearlings brought over a team of boys allunder 7 stone and the result was a good game between twowell-matched sides (L. o—n). Our forwards got plenty of theball but the outsides did not play very smoothly together. Inspite of the fact that Baillie had to go off the field directlyafter half-time, we succeeded in defeating Upcott 9—6 after aterrific finish, Robertson-Glasgow dropping a penalty goal —the first of such successes in three consecutive matches.Faithfull was a tower of strength, scoring a fine opportunisttry after a long run and Ling's play on the left wing was quitefirst-class throughout.

In the Dragon's match we were well and truly beaten by a sidewhich was larger and faster, man for man, outside the scrumand which was far more certain and deadly in its tackling.The score was 17 — 6 against us within a few minutes of time,but they then scored a couple of quick goals which perhapsmade the result look more one-sided than it really was. Inpoint of fact it was a fine, open game and much good ruggerwas seen from both teams. We suffered another heavy defeatin our first (away) match v. Prior's Court (L. 6 — 21). Wewere without Standen, Thompson (forward), and Baillie(scrum-half), and it was one of those days when nothing goesright: we, however, had the satisfaction of scoring the twobest tries of the match — two passing movements down theline and a couple of grand bursts by Ling. Most sides have one" bad match " during the season and we had ours when weplayed St. Pirans for the first time (away), with three of theregular members of the pack away and two of the substitutesnot feeling too fit after the journey. They defeated us by o — 12and we never seemed to warm up or to get going throughout.It was a cold day again when we defeated Leighton Park(away) 24 — 3. Conditions were difficult for rugger and

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though there was some good individual play, notably byStanden and Faithfull, the cold wind put a premium uponcombined passing movements and, for once, our forwards didnot get their share of the ball in the " tight." In the return(won 36 — 3) on our ground, we saw some splendid triesresulting from passing movements in which forwards combinedwith backs, and it was good to see Faithfull, whose playthroughout the season was so gallant and accomplished, have areal field-day. It was gratifying too that Standen played sucha large part in turning the tables on Prior's Court (14 — 5), asplendid achievement. We were much the better side on theday, and always looked the more dangerous, though ouropponent's forwards deserve great credit for the way in whichthey fought back after half-time.

For our last two matches v. St. Pirans (L. 6 —16) andv. I.S.C. (L. 8 — 16) our new " top " field was in use and it wasa pity that we were not seen to good advantage on eitheroccasion. In the first match our falling was even worse thanusual and this cost us the match: our opponents were re-peatedly off-side but our place-kickers had an off-day! In thesecond match we had to take the field without Thompson andour two centres : we did well to lead 3 — o and 8 — 3 but inspite of improved falling and tackling we were unable to keepthe lead. It was a good hard game and not an unsatisfactoryfinish to the season.

TEAMS : B. D. S. Burton, R. H. Peat*, R. C. Ling,* R. F.Robertson-Glasgow, M. A. F. Reeve, J. D. T. Faithfull,*(Captain), M. I. Baillie,* J. A. Standen,* A. E. Buxton,*S. C. Thompson,* R. C. Paul, R. S. Paul,* A. W. A.Boyd,* J. R. W. Bradshaw, P. E. L. Finch,*.

(* denotes Colours).

Hockey.If the weather in the 1947 season was just about the

worst in memory, this year it did its best to make amends andwe enjoyed a full term's play except for one week of snow.That the lack of hockey last year had left its mark on thisyear's side, however, was apparent and we were not able toproduce much of a team for the first month. Of course ouropponents were also suffering from a similar handicap, never-theless, we suffered defeat in our first two matches, 2 — 4 bySt. Neot's, and i —-13 at the hands of St. Piran's who, thisyear, had one of the strongest teams we have ever met. It is

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only fair to mention that in this match we were without Buxtonat right back and in consequence the defence was somewhatdisorganised.

After trying various players in different positions wemanaged to find the best combination and from then onwardsour fortunes took a turn for the better and we did not loseanother match. The results of the five matches played wereas follows :—

St. Neot's .. .. Away Lost 2 — 4St. Piran's .. Away Lost I —13Wellington Yearlings II Home Drawn 2 — 2Talbot House .. Home Won 3 — iSt. Neot's .. .. Home Drawn 2 — 2

St. Piran's were prevented from paying us a return visitthrough illness and we were disappointed not to have a chanceof giving them a better game on our own ground.

The most important change made was the transfer of Peatfrom right outside to inside. He supplied just that amount ofthrust which had been lacking. Although he holds his stickin an unorthodox fashion he has really good stickwork andthis, combined with a real fighting spirit, made him a reallydangerous forward. It is significant that from the time heplayed inside he never failed to score at least one good goal ineach match. With Burton at inside left and Macnutt outsidehim on the wing the forward line was stronger than it has beenfor some years. Burton, who was awarded the hockey cup, wasclearly the best hockey player in the side ; with his first-classstickwork and ability to shoot hard he should go far. Macnuttplayed a polished game on the wing, a difficult place for a prep,school boy and he managed to get the ball into the centre farmore than most left wings. Ling, who played centre-half withsome skill during the first two matches, had to move to centre-forward, where unfortunately he felt less at home. However,in Cope, who took his place at centre-half, we found an excellenthockey player with a natural gift for positioning and anticipa-tion ; fortunately he has two more seasons and should be verygood before he leaves. Our wing halves were not as strong aswe could have wished, but they improved greatly towards theend of the term, especially Robertson-Glasgow, who hits theball beautifully. At back, Buxton, who captained the sidevery well, was a reliable and cool player with an excellent eye.As is so of ten-the case with prep, school sides our goalkeeper

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had to be " created " at the last minute. All praise musttherefore go to Oborne, D. for the plucky way in which hefilled this position.

His first match against St. Piran's was a veritable" baptism of fire " as their ground was very soft and most oftheir shots entered the net neck high.

It was encouraging to note the keenness with which thewhole school practised during its free time but it should not beforgotten that a certain amount of time must be devoted tothe perhaps less attractive forms of practice, such as dribblingand stickwork in general; no amount of aimless knockingabout will produce a good command of the ball.

So much for the first eleven. But what of the prospects forthe future ? For the immediate future, next year, not so good,but in two years' time we should have a very useful team.There appears to be more talent in the lower half of the schoolthan at any other time during the past several years. Of theseyounger boys Harvey D., Faithfull, Gainher and Dredgedeserve special mention, the latter in particular as he is onlyeight and a half and has already played several times in thefirst game. It was perhaps in the Section matches that thegood play of the juniors showed up to best advantage. Therewere some excellent games with a high standard of hockeyand the frequency with which the first eleven forwards werecalmly robbed of the ball by little boys under ten augurs wellfor the future.

TEAM : A. E. Buxton* (Captain), B. D. S. Burton,* R. H.Peat,* R. P. S. Macnutt,* R. C. Ling,* M. Cope,* R. S.Paul, R. C. Paul, E. M. Nelson, D. M. Oborne, R. F.Robertson-Glasgow.

(* denotes Colours).Cricket.

The season has been a most enjoyable, and on the whole,a not unsatisfactory one — the three elevens between themwinning seven matches and losing ten. The third eleven wereunlucky in having two of their four matches cancelled owingto infection on the part of their opponents. This was the mostpromising third eleven we have had for some time and con-tained several players who should help to form a strong firsteleven in the years to come. Although its members came fromthe second game, there were three boys who played regularlyfor the second eleven. This latter eleven only failed by a onewicket decision to win as many matches as it lost. Admirably

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captained by Boyd it showed better form than has been shownby recent second elevens and there were few of its memberswho at one time or another did not play good cricket in one ormore departments of the game.

The first eleven, too, had they not gone all out for theruns in the last match when left to get 100 runs in a fewminutes over the hour, would have had an equal number ofwins and losses. They had previously gained two most meritor-ious victories against the clock and this change of heart in ourbatting was the most encouraging feature of the season'splay. If our boys have now learnt that the purpose of battingis to make runs and not merely to stay in, then they havelearnt a lesson which will assuredly lead to increased enjoy-ment of matches and a better record of results in the years tocome. We were potentially a very strong batting side, with asound opening pair and plenty of runs right down to number 9in the batting order: if all these batsmen had " come off "at the same time we should have ammassed some reallyformidable totals. As it was, it became our policy later on inthe season to put our opponents in, in the hope that our fastscoring batsmen would win against a declaration. Our bowling,which looked to be strong on paper, never came up to ex-pectations and was not penetrative enough to dismiss anyreasonable batting side in an hour and a half on our truewickets : our bowlers were too content just to sling the balldown, without using their heads to vary their pace anddirection or the placing of their field ; they were supportedby fairly good fielding.

On Sunday, July i8th, a strong scratch side defeated theB.A.O.R. Touring XI by 7 wickets. We hoped that the EagleHouse element in our side would be increased by the presenceof R. B. B. Lockhart and P. R. Ingram-Johnson but neitherof these were able to play.

SCORES:B.A.O.R. A. H. Parnaby, ct. Wort, b. Cassels, 20. S. M.

Frost, ct. and b. Chambers, 2. I. H. Freeland, ct. Horsley,b. Chambers, 14. A. J. Dickson, ct. and b. Hewan, 28. H. R.Grace, ct. Cassels, b. Hewan, 2. R. W. Forbes, b. Hewan; 5.D. R. Dalghsh, l.b.w. Cassels, 9. R. E. Osborne-Smith, notout, ii. E. H. C. Gamier, ct. Hewan, b. Cassels, 2. R. A.Henley, ct. Wort, b. Cassels, i. J. Cullen, ct. Young, b.Cassels, o. Extras, 4. Total, 98, A. J. H. Cassels took 5wickets for 31.

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EAGLE HOUSE. J. Wort, b. Osborne-Smith, 12. R. H.Horsley, ct. Forbes, b. Osborne-Smith, 14. P. B. K. Gracey,run out, 23. J. A. T. Sharp, b. Cullen, 2. G. E. Hewan, st.Forbes, b. Gamier, 49. A. J. N. Young, ct. Grace, b. Osborne-Smith, 69. I. P. Lindsey-Renton, b. Daglish, 14. M. M.Reese, l.b.w. Daglish, o. E. H. R. Chambers, st. Forbes, b.Dickinson, 3. Berry, not out, 4. A. J. H. Cassels (Capt.)did not bat. Extras, 5. Total for 9 wickets, 195.

IST XI MATCHES.HOUSE85 for 9

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112 for 7dec.

53

61

82 for 8

98

121 for 6

100 for5

2486 for 5

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OPPONENTS GroundGreat Ballard 83 AwayLing 6 for 16. Nelson 26.Woodcote House 69 AwayLing 21 not. Macnutt

4 for 8.Wellington Yearlings Home

A 59 for 5Bradshaw 48 not.Burton 28.The Fathers Home

106 for 4 dec.Dragon School A, Home

130 for 7.St. Piran's, 121 for 5 Away

dec. R.-Glasgow 27,Ling 4 for 20.

Woodcote House, 69 for Home9. R.-Glasgow 5 for 10.

St. Piran's, 116 for 8 Homedec. Bradshaw 37.Macnutt 20. Ling 27not. Bradshaw 5 for16

Wellington Yearlings A Home81. Bradshaw 31.

Ludgrove 107 AwayGreat Ballard 85 HomeMacnutt 35. Ling 29 not.Heatherdown 100 for 8 Home

dec.

ResultWon by I wkt.

Lost by 6 wkts.

Drawn

Lost by 53 runs

Lost by 5 wkts.

Drawn

Drawn

Won by 4 wkts.

Won by 6 wkts.

Lost by 83 runsWon by 5 wkts.

Lost by 33 runs

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CHARACTERS OF THE ELEVEN.

R. P. S. MACNUTT (Captain)* He is a neat and stylishbatsman who struck a bad patch with the advent of the slowwickets in June from which he never really recovered. Auseful change bowler in spite of a tendency to bowl on the legand a smart field near the wicket ; he handles his bowlingsensibly, though he has not learnt to alter his field to suit thestate of the game. He is clearly a cricketer of considerablepromise.

B. D. S. BURTON.* He had a disappointing season as abatsman, due entirely to his refusal to get his foot over theball both when playing forward and when playing back. Hecan be a pleasing batsman to watch and he is always smartand alert in the field.

R. C. LING.* A stout-hearted all-round cricketer, he wasthe most reliable bowler on the side and made several veryuseful contributions with the bat, especially when runs werewanted. A safe field, he should become a really good playerif he can receive the benefit of professional coaching.

R. F. ROBERTSON-GLASGOW.* Another useful all-rounder.An effective if rather ungainly batsman, his chief merit as abowler is his ability to flight the ball and to vary his pace : abowler of his pace should learn to spin the ball. He is a mag-nificent thrower of the ball and a safe field.

J. R. W. BRADSHAW.* He has the makings of a finecricketer. With his sound and watchful defence and hisability to punish the loose ball, he was the most prolific run-getter on the side. His slow left-arm bowling also showsconsiderable promise. He was curiously ineffective as a slip-fieldsman this year.

R. H. PEAT.* A fast-medium bowler of possibilities, hecontrived to become less erratic as the season wore on: hewould have had greater success with faster wickets and moresupport from his field. Hitting the ball very hard he madesome useful scores with his left-handed batting, though he istotally devoid of defence at the moment. Good in the field.

R. C. PAUL. He bats with a straight bat and watches theball well, but he has few strokes at present. Rather slow anduncertain in the field.

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J. J. LOVE. A much improved player, he too, employsa straight bat and watches the ball well: he should score moreruns when he grows stronger. Slow in the field and a poorthrow at the moment.

J. E. SARGANT. A great trier. Though his wicket-keepingimproved as the season progressed, he has not really the abilityto give his bowlers proper support. A painstaking, thoughsomewhat strokeless batsman.

M. COPE. A fine all-round fieldsman, his left-arm mediumbowling improved as the season advanced and should bevaluable to the side next year. He should take his battingmore seriously.

E. M. NELSON. Apart from a certain natural sense oftiming, he has not a great deal of talent as a batsman : hemust cultivate far greater concentration if he is to do anygood. Very slow but safe in the field.

* denotes Colours.

Athletics.The Sports, which this year took place on Wednesday,

July 28th, the last day of the Summer Term, were contestedin brilliant weather — in fact, the hottest July day for 78years at Kew. Over 150 visitors saw some spirited runningand jumping and a very keen contest for the Simmond'sSection Cup, the result of which was only decided by thepenultimate event. We were glad to see success come the wayof Pearson Section as they have not won any of the variousSection competitions since the four Sections received theirpresent names. They owed their success to the prowess of agood team of " middle " competitors of whom Reeve won fourevents and to the individual triumph of Maby in the " Juniors "who won five events and came second in the sixth : it will beinteresting to see whether he ever approaches the class of hisuncle, the late Bevill Rudd, of Olympic fame. Pollock owedsecond place largely to the efforts of Victor Ludorum, R. S.Paul, whose best performance was to run the half-mile in 2minutes 36 seconds, though, but for a couple of " no-jumps,"he would assuredly have achieved a splendid result in theLong Jump. Of Cobbe Section, Peat R. H. won the mostpoints, his success in the 100 yards and furlong gaining himsecond place in the senior Victor Ludorum Cup. Mention must

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also be made of Robertson-Glasgow's throw of 71 yards in theSenior Cricket Ball, a fine achievement for one weighing only6 stone.

In view of the fact that nearly all the boys were returninghome after the Sports and that some of them had far to go, afew more events than usual were decided before the day andthe Visitors', O.E.H., and Fathers' races (I. P. Lindsey-Renton achieving an unusual "double" in the latter tworaces) were sandwiched in between the last of the seriousevents and the giving away of prizes, kindly performed byMrs. J. H. Townsend.

O.E.H. Section.NOTICE.

The Annual O.E.H. Dinner has provisionally been arrangedfor Friday, April 8th. Confirmation and details as to place,etc., will be sent in due course, but Old Boys are asked to makea note of this date in their diaries.

O.E.H. DINNER.

The O.E.H. dinner which took place on April 2nd at theCriterion Restaurant, was a great success again this year.Half a dozen more Old Boys attended than did last year andwe sincerely hope that this increase will be maintained anually.Sir Kenneth Murchison was in the Chair. Apart from theformal toasts, the health of Mr. Bruce Lockhart was drunkat the instigation of five of his Head Boys who were present.It is typical of the devotion to the School of his family thatGeneral Sir Rob Lockhart should have thought of sending atelegram of good wishes.

Mr. Bruce Lockhart has now left his nursing home inBlackwater in order to be more accessible to his family inLondon. His address is 82, Inverness Terrace, Bayswater,W.2. His Old Boys will not need telling with what enormousinterest and appreciation he would receive any communicationfrom them.

There was an informal reunion of the younger generationof Old Boys at the School on Sunday, March 2ist, when N. F.le H. Guiton brought over a side of Old Boys from Wellingtonto play at Hockey a team composed of the Staff stronglyreinforced by Old Boys from R.M.A.S. After an extremelyfluctuating game the younger side managed to force a draw.

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Afterwards both teams took tea in the Hall; altogether itwas a most happy occasion which we most sincerely hope willbe repeated regularly in years to come.

We reprint a photograph of this year's dinner, and itmay interest our readers to see how many of their contem-poraries they can identify with the help of this list of those whowere present:—Sir Kenneth Murchison (1883), (in the Chair),W. D. Milliken (1887), G. M. Boustead (1898), G. Healey(1899), J. R. W. Bradshaw (1905), C. D. G. Welch (1912),R. A. G. Nicholson (1913), H. H. W'. Pollard (1913), A. J. H.Cassels (1914), G. T. Widdicombe (1914), P. S. Palmer (1915),A. R. E. Pollard (1915), U. H. Huntington (1916), K. S.Finn (1918), R. B. Kirwan (1918), G. W. Whittall (1918),St. V. E. D. Pollard (1919), R. S. Meredith (1920), D. W. R.Moriarty (1920), I. P. Lindsey-Renton (1922), J. M. B. Lock-hart (1922), J. L. Gardner (1925), R. B. B. Lockhart (1925),H. I. E. R. C. Stewart (1927), A. E. P. Lee (1931), J. S. Harris(1932), J. A. Yates (1932), R. B. Malcolm (1934), M. J. Ponting(1935), J- C. Stafford (1935), W. D. Arbuthnott (1936),C. J. M. Downes (1936), G. C. Phipps (1936), P. R. Buckley(1937). J- R- Watson, P. Wootton.

OBITUARY.We very much regret having to report the death of the

following two Old Boys which occurred in the course of thelast year:

CANON JOHN FRANCIS CLAYTON, M.C., died in a nursinghome at Norwich on August 27th, 1947, at the age of 64.At Eagle House from 1892 -1895, he continued his educationat Marlborough and Keble College, Oxford, where he graduatedwith a second class in Literae Humaniores in 1906. Trainedfor the priesthood at Ely Theological College, he was ordainedin 1908 and held curacies successively at Sudbury, Suffolk,and Bristol. From 1916 to 1919 he was a Chaplain to theForces and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. Afterdemobilisation he spent some time as tutor at the OrdinationTest School at Knutsford and in 1921 was appointed domesticchaplain to the Bishop of Durham. Five years later he movedto Salisbury as diocesan chaplain to the Bishop and whilethere lectured at the Theological Colleges at Salisbury andWarminster. Warden of St. Nicholas Hall in Bristol Uni-versity from 1929 to 1933, he was for the latter two years ofhis period of office Reader at the Temple Church in London,and he retained the position until 1940, having been appointed

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a Prebendary of Hereford in 1937. From 1935 to 1939 helectured at Ripon Hall, Oxford, and he acted for a number ofyears as examining chaplain to the Bishops of Winchester,Hereford and Norwich. He had been Select Preacher atCambridge in 1938.

No one who knew the late Canon Clayton could doubt hisunusual capacity, both physical and mental. Two out of thethree canonries at Norwhich are in the gift of the Lord Chan-cellor, and he was chosen to fill one of these posts by ViscountCaldecote. It was characteristic that he would not accept tillhe was sure of a warm welcome by the Dean and the othercanons. Seven strenuous years awaited him. He faithfullyperformed his canonical duties, whether technically " inresidence " or not. The ancient statutes prescribe " that theDean and all the Prebendarie be sedulous in preaching theWord of God, in season and out of season, both in the countryand especially in this Cathedral Church." No man has everfulfilled this obligation more than Canon Clayton. Very manychurches in the diocese were visited, especially if by that meansthe incumbent could get a holiday. Again and again five orsix services were taken in one day, and on at least two occasionsseven, all, or nearly all, requiring a sermon. Bicycling betweenthe different churches was the normal thing, and the constantwarnings of his friends were of no avail. When on holiday atRoss it was all the same, as many Hereford incumbents couldtestify. Latterly his teaching and examining work increasedrather than diminished. He was really worn out, and hisstrength did not long survive a serious operation. He was aman much beloved.

ARTHUR MAURICE WISEMAN, C.M.G., M.C., Senior TradeCommissioner for the United Kingdom in Canada, died atMontreal on April 6th, 1948, at the age of 54. At Eagle Housefrom 1903 to 1907, he went on to Charterhouse and NewCollege, Oxford. His career at Oxford was interrupted by the1914 -18 war, when he enlisted in the igth Royal Fusiliers.Later he was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade and wasawarded the M.C., but was severely wounded and dischargedfrom the Army. In 1918 he joined the Department of Over-seas Trade, and two years later was sent to Montreal asassistant to the senior trade commissioner there, and spentalmost all the remainder of his career in Canada. Appointeddeputy trade commissioner at Winnipeg in 1923, he moved toToronto as trade commissioner five years later. He was at theImperial Defence College in 1935, and three years later was

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promoted to the post he held at the time of his death. Createda C.M.G. in 1941, the post of Economic Adviser to the BritishHigh Commissioner in Canada was added to his other res-ponsibilities in 1944. He was unmarried.

O.E.H. News.VICE-ADMIRAL SIR D. B. FISHER (1900), a former Fourth

Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport, has been placedon the retired list. Vice-Admiral Fisher commanded H.M.S.Warspite during a vital phase in the war in the Mediterranean.He was at Hong Kong when the Japanese forces surrenderedthe Colony.

P. M. BROADMEAD (1904), was appointed Envoy Extra-ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Damascus lastDecember.

L. C. L. GRIFFIN (1908), I.C.S., was created a KnightBachelor in the New Year's Honours.

The following two Old Boys were nominated Sheriffsof England last November :—

SIR H. D. IMBERT-TERRY (1894) for Devon and Lx.-CoL.D. E. PRIDEAUX-BRUNE (1899) for Dorset.

J. PENNYCUICK (1910) has been appointed to the rank ofKing's Counsel.

A race took place between London and Thames RowingClubs from Mortlake to Putney, early in the year. A cup hasbeen presented for this race by G. M. BOUSTEAD (1898). Mr.Boustead is an honorary life member of Thames R.C. and hisfather, J. M. BOUSTEAD (1864), rowed three times for Oxford,including the celebrated dead heat of 1877.

A. H. J. KNIGHT (1914), Fellow and Lecturer of TrinityCollege, Cambridge, has been elected to a Leverhulme Re-search Fellowship to study some aspects of the Germannational character and factors that have helped to produce it.

G. T. H. CRAWFORD (1936) has won a research scholar-ship in Physics, at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

H. S. ARBUTHNOTT (1938) has won a scholarship to Caius,Cambridge.

MAJOR-GENERAL A. J. H. CASSELS (1914) has beenrepresenting the Army regularly at cricket, and also played inthe Army Golf and Racquets Championships.

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Intake I. at R.M.A., Sandhurst (1947) included J. D.OBORNE, G. C. PHIPPS (Rugger XV Colours), M. J. PONTING(Capt. Athletics, Golf Colours), and W. D. ARBUTHNOTT.They have since been joined by others, including D. M. E.ANSON who has already played for the XV.

At Wellington our Old Boys have distinguished them-selves in various branches of school life, F. McN. NOAD, P. R.INGRAM-JOHNSON and N. F. LE H. GUITON all being CollegePrefects in the Summer Term. Noad and J. M. Lubbockreceived prizes for music on Speech Day, whilst Ingram-Johnson and W. R. D. Anderson were the two halves in theXV. Ingram-Johnson captained the XI at cricket, R. M. B.Shelton the Junior Colts and J. D. T. FaithfuU the Yearlings.J. D. G. Nicholson and A. J. E. Albrecht represented theSchool at cross-country running and swimming respectively,whilst C. R. Huxtable passed top in a Certificate A examination.

At Sherborne, M. D. Tovey, who was Captain of Gym.,was Secretary of their new Ornithological Society and assistedin taking some fine photographs of the Common Buzzard.D. C. P. Carey won a French prize.

When workmen were erecting a fire-escape from Bucklerdormitory they had occasion to remove a ventilator in thewall, revealing the following articles:—

Letters to Bertram Denison, J. B. Lowther, G. W.Carte, C. W. Turner, C. A. W. Hawker, and letters to Mrs.Malan from Mrs. Boustead and Mrs. Denison, bearing datesbetween 1895 and 1899. Other items included cartons orwrappers labelled:—Chivers Table Jelly, Cadbury's BestAssorted Chocolate, Calf's Foot Jelly, Paste, Potted Meat(with Admiral Sir A. M. Peter's name on it!). There were alsoStrand Magazine, 1895, R.M.C. Sports' Card, 1896. We leavereaders to draw their own conclusions and to make their owncomments!

Points From Letters.R. H. EASTON (1935) : " Smee is in Khartoum at the

moment where, as far as I can make out, he is doing verylittle. I gather he managed to find his way out of some troublewith a native P.C. who wanted to run him in for having nolights on his bike. He has also been playing hockey.

I have had a very pleasant second term. I just misseda boxing blue by the skin of my teeth. However I haveprobably got another chance. I have also been playing hockey,though I now play left back — and very violent I am, too."

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R. C. KEIGHTLEY (Marlborough) : " I have managed tobe ' promoted onto Upper.' This is the equivalent of gettingone's Colours on house ist XI.

There was a Colt match last Saturday v. St. Edward's,Oxford. We lost. I scored 18 and went in first, and keptwicket.

We had Class Firing yesterday. I got 71 out of 80. Thismeans I am a first-class shot and have a rifle and star sewnon my Corps uniform sleeve.

My average this year is 14, with a total of 234 runs."

A. L. TYSON (1939) : " I have just finished my thirdterm here, and take classical mods, next March as does RichardEaston, who is now at Oriel; we often sit together at lectures.

John is now a subaltern in the Argylls, and finds himselfat Singapore at the moment. He hopes to be up at Magdalenwith me in October of next year."

R. D. CLIFT (St. Edward's, Oxford) : " I am getting onall right here and I am in the Lower Classical VI, of all places ;I expect I shall transfer to the History VI next year.

I am stroking our House Junior IV in boating ; we haveabout four weeks of practice left yet but at present we are notvery brilliant!

Ashford is getting on very well, being 2nd VIII cox. andin the Science VI."

MRS. SHEPPARD : " I thought that possibly you mightbe interested to know that David has now passed out of Dart-mouth and is now in the training cruiser Devonshire which hejoined last Wednesday. He did well at College and passed outwith a 2nd class Certificate, which give him two monthsseniority.

He joined H.M.S. Devonshire last Wednesday — and Iimagine they have by now started on their Summer course,bound for the North of Scotland and then on to Norway andthe Baltic. The King of Norway is to visit the ship in Osloand unveil a plaque on board. It is a very hard and busylife — but he is very happy and looking forward to going tosea.

Robin is very well and happy at St. Edward's — anddoing well in his work. He passed into the form fourth frombottom of the school and has got a move up this term,"

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J. L. CHURCHILL (1929), H.M.S. Anson : " Things downhere are very humdrum. I fear that the Service in peace-timedepends too much on politics — they allow us so very littleoil fuel, so we just sit here. Running the ship is not easy, asour complement is sadly depleted — however we manage tostruggle along somehow."

G. M. CLIFT (1936) : " As regards my movements in theMediterranean, your recce service seems to have had themtaped, what with letters from Easton and Dick and all. I met,as you know, Buckley and Easton (both of them recognisedme first, I am afraid). As soon as I read in the last (?) magazinethat Hibbert was in the ' St. James ' I rang up that ship,she being only half a mile away in Devonport Dockyard, butHibbert had already been drafted away somewhere else.

I got back from the Med. in April, 1947, and resumedwork at Keyham, and am now an Acting Lieut. (E).

I have had some very pleasant leaves, spent on theBroads, and off the Cornish south coast in boats and in Scot-land and Wales on a bike.

Lately I have become very interested in castles, and thatwas one reason that I went, last April, to Wales, as there aremany castles there. Trying to fit castles in with history, too,makes me wish I'd paid more attention to Mr. Thorp at E.H.—andMr.Tait!"

G. B. DE WILTON (1936) : " As you will see, I am nowliving in ' The Emerald Isle' after an enormous upheavalfrom St. Neots.

I am now out of the Army. I was demobbed on June 3rdand am still on leave. However that finished on the 3oth,after which I am liable to ' direction.' I would have liked tostay on as a regular since I was lucky enough to be in a HorseArtillery Regiment, but I was the wrong age for a regularcommission and had to abandon the idea. Now the greatplan is to read law at Cambridge — if I can get in."

M. HIBBERT : " Since the dissolution of the Home Fleetlast November, I have been in this ship, The Striker. She is anL.S.T. (Landing Ship Tank), you will no doubt have seenphotographs of this type of vessel. They are flat-bottomed,displace about 4,000 tons, and have doors in the bows whichallow tanks, lorries, etc. to be driven into the ship. In ap-pearance they are extremely ugly, but they are none the lessuseful for evacuating troops and equipment from the variousBritish spheres of interest which our Labour Government solove to throw away. Our next job will be Palestine ; we have

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been to Haifa once already, but only for 3 hours, which wasquite long enough. I was very sorry to leave the St. Jameswhich was, I think, the best ship I have served in.

At the moment, however, I am enjoying myself vastly inGibraltar, where we have been refitting for about 6 weeks now.Unfortunately our stay is almost at an end. Gib. is like asurviving pocket of pre-war England; there is plenty ofeverything, and everybody is very gay and social. Thereseems to be an extraordinarily pleasant crowd of Englishpeople out here, much more so than in Malta. I have beenplaying a lot of squash and going to a lot of parties.

My job is the same as that I had on board St. James, i.e.,I deal with official correspondence and returns, and I handleall the money. I have a small office, and a ' writer ' rating tohelp me. This job is normally carried out by an officer of thePaymaster branch, but in small ships no Paymasters arecarried, and an executive officer has to do it. I have varioussubsidiary jobs, but that is my main one, though of course Ihave the usual officer of the watch duties at sea. In St. JamesI was also 2nd Gunnery Officer, which involved spotting thefall of shot and giving the necessary corrections to hit thetarget, but we have no guns here, apart from a few Oerlikons."

MRS. THOMPSON : " Peter met Kelsey on the ' Mauri-, tius ' which he just joined in the Med. before going on to H.M.S.Phoebe where he now is."

R. 0. D. THRUPP (1937) : " I have now been in the Armysince last October serving my time. I shall never really likethe Army being like the cat ' one who walks by himself'!However, I am managing to get some amusement — therereally are some queer types in the forces! I shall be comingdown to Aldershot for a basic O.C.T.U. course very shortly andas the R.A.C. O.C.T.U. is also transferring thence fromBovington I shall probably get a chance to come over to E.H.this Summer. It will be nice to revive old memories. I raninto Smee last Summer — he was playing for an O.C.T.U.team against our local village. I did not have the pleasure ofstumping him as he was clean bowled in his first over. Hisbowling action was the same — however much faster. Bythe time I went in to bat he had been taken off. Findlay wasup here for a bit before going to Sandhurst and we managedto say hallo."

S. M. EASTON (1936) : " I have done quite a lot of wander-ing since I wrote last many months ago. When I arrived atPort Said on Deoember i6th the Army for once showed a little

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tact and sent me over to Athens by mistake. For the firstfew weeks there I had a grand time becoming a real' tripper 'and doing the Acropolis and all the other ancient Greek efforts.

After about a month of this, however, things began to geta bit expensive thanks to inflation and the black market (thedrachma went up twice while-1 was there, being 27,000 to thepound when I left), and besides they were beginning to handme out any unpleasant odd job that was going ; I had to beprosecuting officer on two courts martial and was twice on anaudit board besides other things. I therefore went up toG.H.Q. and asked if I might go on to Khartoum now. Theywere quite willing so I got on my third boat in as many monthsback to Port Said. A train down to Suez, another boat to PortSudan and a 36 hour train journey spent for the most part inplaying bridge saw me in Khartoum. The C.O. here is a keengardener so there is a large bed of very long and very biggladioli in front of my bedroom window with the Blue Niledoing its stuff just beyond. It is infernally hot here at themoment but those in the know gaily say that it will get muchhotter in about a month or two.

I am due to go up to Gabeth at the end of March ; it is ahill fort about 60 miles inland from Port Sudan where we watchcoast lines and frontiers for any trouble. I hope to be demobbedin about June or July ready for a short holiday before going upto Oriel in October! "

C. D. G. WELCH (1912) : " I was at E.H. under R. B.-L.1912-16, before going on to Rugby where I shared a study withT. E. D. Kelly. We also had in our house Dick Stapledon,R. C. H. Kirwan, Dudley Hogg and Jim Cassels. I haven'tseen the latter since I ran across him in India in 1930, when Iwas in the R.A.F. I rejoined the Service in August, 1939, andspent an unobtrusive war in this country till I was demobbedin August, 1945.

I was interested to note that you had heard from A. G.Malan, a contemporary of my father's at E.H. Incidentally Ihad the doubtful pleasure of blowing the organ prior to W. T.Faithfull."

GENERAL SIR ROB LOCKHART (1906) : " I've seen myfather three or four times. He's in surprisingly good fettle. Imissed his gotb. birthday (i2th February) by 6 days, thanks tomy boat being delayed 9 days by a dock-strike in Bombay.

I had a most interesting, though hectically strenuous,last six months in India. Governor of the North-West FrontierProvince mid-June to mid-August dealing with the referendum

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there, C-in-C Indian Army mid-August to 3ist December,starting off a new organisation from scratch and dealing withthe troubles in the Punjab, Delhi, Kathiawar and Kashmir.

I saw Nigel Hogg just before I left. He seemed to beflourishing.

P.S.—I was promoted full General last September."

MRS. BROWNLOW : " Neville ended up his school life atSt. Lawrence's College, Ramsgate, which was a great success.He went with 40 Maiden Erlegh boys to join up with theCollege after its return to Ramsgate. Now he is just 17 andhas given up schooling and has become under-cowman on alocal farm. He is in seventh heaven in spite of rising at 5.30a.m. He has always wished to be a farmer—one day I hope hewill own land. He played hockey and rugger for his house andgot his Bronze medal for swimming and life saving."

H. I. E. R. C. STEWART (1927) : " As you will see frommy address I am home — I have left the Army and am nowworking in the City. My brother William is also on his wayhome, but will be going out to join my parents in Rhodesiaquite shortly."

C. G. CARTER (1892) : " I should very much appreciatenews of the Malan family. I have completely lost touch formany years, but after leaving Wellington I had the greatfortune to be able to call them FRIENDS. Alas being of awandering nature I was abroad and all over the place and sowe lost touch with one another. I remember Jack best, and Ibelieve he was a bit of a lad! Christine I heard of at times, andunfortunately just missed her on one occasion when I went toO.W. day.

Charlie was so far as I remember one of the clever variety,but a very good fellow, like all the family. I must have leftin 1894 or early 1895, so my memory is a bit vague aboutthings. I do well remember a master called Frost (?) who fellon bad times in later years.

P.S.—I am Secretary of the Jockey Club of South Africa(Eastern Province Branch). A nice job for an old man, butsome of those connected are the biggest rogues working."

J. M. B. BUCHANAN (Winchester) : " I am very gladMacnutt is coming here ; I saw him when he came down, butdidn't have a chance to speak to him much. When Mr. Hamp-ton heard that he was keen on cricket, he said that Macnuttwouldn't be much good unless he made more runs than Iusually make! I have been doing School Certificate this term,

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as I missed it in the Summer, because the whole house wenthome a month early, as three men got infantile paralysis(they are quite all right now). I have got one more paper to do— Latin II, which is two bits of L-E, and some general ques-tions, so there is not much preparation I can do for it. I amdoing ' Modern Languages' now — I started to specialisethis term, and so I now do only i hour of Latin per week. Mr.Hampton has been giving me sentences to do every week tokeep my eye in for the exam. German and French I do 5hours a week each, but have only done one term of German.I have also done Certificate A, Pt. i this term, which entailed5 parades a week. However, I passed all right, and am doingPt. 2 in the Summer. About the middle of the term I rowedfor the house Middle IV, but we did not have any luck. Wedid win however the Junior House Competition of Win.Coll. Football. I was playing in the ' hot ' (Scrum). There wasa visit to Oxford on one of the leave-out days, and I went on it.We saw round several of the colleges, including New College,which we saw in some detail. An old Wykehamist there gotthe Warden to show us round his house, and also the Muni-ment room, which was very interesting. On Friday one of themasters showed some of us round the chantries in the cathedral,and a fortnight ago, a party of us went all round Eastleighengine works, and saw how the engines were made, as well asseeing a lot of the new ones in for repair. To-morrow nightI am going to a concert in the Guild-hall, as I shall not haveany more work to do."

R. T. G. GABRIEL (1942) : " I'm working at a Branch ofmy father's firm (timber), learning the trade.

I left Charterhouse two terms ago, having enjoyed myselfvery much."

T. D. TOSSWILL (1925) : " I am now demobilised, andhave come back to Rugby to teach. After seven years soldieringit hasn't been easy — but I'm more or less in the groove againnow! "

P. D. STANDEN (Canford) : " This term started withhardly any rugger at all because of the hard ground and one ortwo boys were taken off to hospital. I was Captain of theHouse Colts but we got knocked out by another house, and Iam a member of the House XV playing left front row (we wonthe first round and have two more to play ; if we win, we're' cock house ' and have a photo of the house XV).

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I am also a member of the School Colts. This week I amboxing, ten and a half to eleven stone weights for the Housein the juniors and I keep shivering at the thought of it."

P. R. H. WRIGHT (Marlborough) : " Richard Keightleyhas now come up into House and gives the impression ofenjoying it immensely, as I hope he does. When are yousupplying Marlborough with one more Eagle House boy ? Iam now in the Classical Upper Fifth and Lower Sixth. Work ispretty strenuous and exhaustive, though enjoyable. I enteredfor the Senior Scholarship last week but I am afraid with nosuccess! All three Classical Scholarships were given to boys inthe Upper VI. The B.B.C. came down here two Sundays agoand took a recording of our Evensong ; the choir started bysinging ' Lead me, Lord,' which returned pleasant memoriesof singing the alto for it at Eagle House."

A. E. P. LEE (1931) : " Since I came over to see you lastJuly I have got firmly established into the stationery trade.I am working in a small firm in Baker Street, London, andfinding it all most interesting. As with everything, I amstarting at the bottom and fully intend to learn all about thebusiness. The disappointments of my failing Matric. and beingturned down for Ordination have been forgotten. I am nowfully prepared to start on the job and to continue in the tradeto which I am now attached.

I am trying to learn the different types of paper as wellas being a stock-keeper, believe me, there is a great deal tolearn."

W. MALAN (1881) : " It is very sad that A. G. Malanshould have had this last breakdown, after being perfectlywell during the year, and enjoying music in Exmouth, wherehis 'cello was most useful. I doubt if he will ever get betternow, as he is over 70. It is a tragedy. He has had severalearlier breakdowns."

Notice.Will all Old Boys please be sure to notify us of any change

of address, especially those leaving school, university orRfM.A.S,

BUDD * GILLATT.Printers,

North Street,St. Leonards-on-Sta.