Vol. III. APRIL, 1901. No. 8.

BRISBANE

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

MAGAZIN E.

Urisban :()'T IDGI: I lNTIN(; ('()., ITI , 98 (,)l;l.l:N STlIi:r.

1901.

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Sehool nstitutions.

' ."Srwol C(nvniittc

HoN. TREASURER ... ... ... I . T. I'. jO SI)ELEGATES To ,).C.A. M SSRS. T. JE. n. S, (. ( ; uSS, .. (:O, A\

SCRICKET CAPTAIN II. I'F\'i' FOOTBAri.. CAl.PTAIN (. \\'. ROE

, COMMIrTTE'rE C . rJ. .DiN,. E. T. CAMI'HI. I., (z. (HAH\AM

, (Other Captains.

2NU CRICKET CAPTAIN . ... S. M.ATI\

S3RD ,, .. ... . S1sI , \

4TH ., ... C. KH S.

2NI> IOOTHAI.I. CAPTAIN ... N El.I . I,

S3RD ,, ,, . . \ KI S.

4TH ,, ,, ... .. ..... L I . il

Librarians.

E. T. C ,\,iPHI: I,. Bl'RESS

.l.(;i.S. M.llagazine.

S*' EDITOR .. E. T. C(.AMPII i

SMANAGER .... ... MR. T. J. K. CARSOS

j Cadet Corps.

MAJOR ... ...... .. MR. R. H o. RoCAPTAIN. . . .. ... .. MR. (;. GR(OSS

i LLEL'TENANTS C. \\. R OE, J. I). O()'HAGAN, G. (RAHAt1.

C (. N. N.MI.ES.

; COI.OUR -SRGEANTS ... . .. L. \\II.IAMS, C. L i

SERGFANTS ... I'. l'TL.ER, J. A. CAMPHEI.I., I). MACANSI,

., IH. . \V'II.SON, H. CRovis, E. H l',.i L. E. ()SHORN, J. S. ROBERTSON

CORPORALS P. JJ.URI, H. MI'RRA, H. A. HVI.r1., C. BERNAYS,J. 1). LAVARACK, C. PENNEFATHER. A. A . .r'o.P. McCoR.

LANCE-CORPORALS R. MARTIN, T. MARTIN, C. S. MCDONAI.D,(i. R. C~uAOND, E. GRIENvIEI.D

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* MAGAZIN. -

Published I hrvc I tints a Year.

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sul.criptions. Is. ld per annum. ,r Is 9 d. posted, are payable to the HusinessManager, T. J. K. ( AHSoS. lo,\s (;iammar School

'I i1i lEditor \ill \\elc,me cintrilbiutions or corresps ndence fotim present ,r pastmemlbers of the School.

,uliscrili ers are reliiestled to inform the iHusiness .aiin.ier ,(t any change ofAddlress.

Cdi/orial.

S INCE our la.st isuc, a chlunge ha, been effected in the editoralstaff. S. Wilson, the late editor. having left school. Our readerswi'l notice that the articles in this issue are. for the most part,

,ry concise. This is owing to the large amount of news we havere'eived. and the limited space at our d isposal.

In January last we, with the world in general, passed through aseason of sorrow occasioned by the loss of our beloved Sovereign.Queen Victoria. At the services held in Her memory in the variousc'hurches on February 2rid, our school was represented bh a squad of('adets under Captain C(ross.

We have welcomed Mr. Roe back from liis lengthy but well-earnedholiday, and the articles re'ating to this (\wnt should he found veryinteresting. Since his return. \I:. Ko, has. on various occ'asions,spoken of his experiences in England. (Of most importance to us asa school, however, was his statem,.nt wihen int, ri\' wi d bi a represent-ative of the " C'ourier.' On that oc;ision he stated that. on the whole,the Australian Schools were quite upl to ti'e standard of th FEnglishSchools. This statement was further si rtengthened i) the success ofClaude Roe at the Oxford University. wh :: lhe won the Balliol Col-

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lege Scholarship for Matllhematic, one of the muost uoveted prises atthe University.

With regard to our Scholluol Work, Mr. Roe thinks that steadyprogress is being made ii all the dept.larluents.

A . very) interstmg letttr will be tound in this issue from iRol3uldrcwod, the great Australian wrttr, author of ' Robbery Under

Arms,' " Squatters Dream, etcr., and our readei s are advised to takeparicular notice of it.

The sporting items are numerous, ow,\ing to the amount of cricketnews. The cricket teams have, on the whole, had a very successfulseason, but the football teams ar determined to do better.

We again remind the past and present boys that we will gladlywelcomne contributions fromn them, it the wil onl) send theII along.

N the absencte ot Mr. Ro.. \ ho was .n his well-earned holiday, Mr.

Bouslield, the Acting Head, Master. presented hs report for they)ear 1poo. Int it he statl th th thel average daili) attendance for

the )year was 215 " r 94 pr' cent. ol the niimber oin the roll. ThisaVerage was about th same s t a ,hat o 1899. I'he number of boardershad increased Ircm ll8 ti c, 29. ('lauetI KRoes successes in the Seniorfor 1899, and at Oxlord w~cr. mntmionel . the former has already beenreported. In the Senior Ior i9 oo the. li\te candidlates who entered

, n.were uctce'rssful, with an a\,rage of nline subjects each. J. G. Aver)y* brought credit to himsell aitn, the School by winning the lirst exhibi

tion, and also the Major Sc'hcclarshil at Ormon College. For theJunior 21 out of Jo candilate~ iassed, with ai aaverager of 5.95 sub-jects teach. I1'. '. Calow secure.l thet ( ;t rman Medlal. Mr. Bousie'dtxplainelt that the reason of our ill-succress ;as compared with theSenior lExamii. was that the time was fr too .sit rt to l)rel)are for amexami. in which the stanclarl Ias so, hgh andt the competition so,great. Iuring last year 13 bos entered foi the ('ivil Service Exam..and onl c, e failed, while one qualilied for entrane to the Pcst()flice. ('. Davis entered tor the l.aw Exami. and, headed the list.The ('alets have inc'reasel from 90 to 5o. alnd were unler Captain(;.ross' omnimanc during the. absentce f l Major Re,.. Turning to, thesec ial lilte of the Schol. Mr. Hcuistil said that he lid not remembertI har en een such activit in ('rickt amtd Foo Icall. Arch. Denni.;was. mentionedl as having Iben selectee I as full-l, cak to, the Inter

colonial Football 'I'eam. which visite S\clIney last Jul. The Cricketand 'I'Teniinis teams also came in fur their share ,f praise. In conclusion, Mr. Housfieli thankedl his ,cileagues for their suppl,,rt durin.his six months' office as Head Master. Aftlter a short speech by Hi.

sxce'llenie\ thIe Governr. anl nIcth er by Sir SamutIl Griffith, the pr,ceedings terminated.

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SI MII(k AM) Jli\l)R EXAMS.

'The Senior took place in Novembtr last 1-i\c, bo\ entered frowi1 lt Schot l . all ,of w\ hom \ere su'C,.si ul . J . ; A, rv se4tlurei theist. l h t. hi"io. The I ,llowing i a lisT ,f the. n.im.li s ot tlh candiidateswitth tlir passes :--

J. I ;. Atr (NI) 4 A s. 4 H' . 2 (A. L(. Dailson (NI) 2 A'., 4 Ifs. 4 ( ".(.. ". Mal c )ona1lel- 2 A s. ,3 hi. I I'..1. \. Parker (.I'--: A s. 4 I\,. 4 (" .C. Sa(stnrl (.I) -. I,,s, 7 ("s.

.I1 ATRI L'.A It)\ HO\ liRS..Ilatii. .i.d (t'.is -A--\w ry. Parker " , i (d 'l. Ns Mero ii. hna.d.

(ireek, 211n1 t'lass--Avery. MJ'iDalI ; 3r 1 Cla.s-P'arke.r.lren4T h. -t (' lass- -Ai r, . M D. uiinal : 2.1i l (',.ss--l';Irker.Mat limati's. iil C('lass-l)a\ielsni.J. (. Aerr\ alsi nbtainedI the Miajii, r S' hlarship at < )rmniid

( "llege.In tleh Jtnior. ht.li l in Jiln last. 21 I.1iilir ,tLs ,i1 ol 3o Wtre

su ccessiul. ''he1t- Iollowing are t he naies <1 tli sui ''t .ssl ul 'andi-,lates :---

Bal. Hutler. Calow. J. . ('aminj tell. CrIts. (1halsmitli. Graham.

Higlett. Hisck. Jackson. J. S.. Jons. A. E.. Kingslbur.. S.. lMcNab.

nMarks. Mils. C. N( ... Morhous. W'ils.,n. P. \.. I \ilet . . .. Par-sns. Smith. J. .. T''ait.

()f these J. S. Ja,'ksnii was the misti st ti esstul can lidlates. He

,btainedl A's in History. Arithmetic. ;eometr Hs in ( Geography.

English. German. Latin, Greek.1. F. (.'alow secured the ;German Medal, Ihle 'uoly med al awarded

to (q u'eenslaril.

Departure of Mr. Flint.At the end of last year Mr. Flint was aippointed Headi Master at

Ipswich Grammar School. in the place o1 Mr. C('ameron. who huid

resigned. From Mlidlwinter to Christmas he was here. and short

though the time was. he gained many friendls. We hope to see him

again when the I.G(;.S. boys ome down for cri'ket at the end of

April. and lhe is sure to reCteive ; hearty welco'me. We al W ish him

t.verv suc'cess in his new sphere.

Mr. Roe's Return.On February 2nd Mr. Roet returned to Brisbane after a holiday

of nearly eight months. He was met at the Roma Street Station by

a number of )Old Bos. who gave him a hearty welcome home. On

the 4 th February he'resumed his duties at the School. and delivered

his quarterly address. He then stated that luring his trip ht had

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visited many of the old English schools. The most noticeable featurein the great schools was the great respect that the students showedtowards their masters, and the many little courtesies they paid them.At the same time Mr. Roe pointed out that he dlid not wish to implthat the Queensland boys were behindhand in this respect. ()n thecontrary, there was no more goodness of heart and earnest neso otspirit than was to be Ifoundl in the boys of Queenslandl.

Referring to the lifticulties under which we work here, in thmatter of linances, as compared with the English schools, Mr. Roequoted two noticeable examples. At Marlborough a large library anda science-room had been built and fitted w ith all the latest con-\'eniences at the cost of £6,ooo. On inquiry it wa.s found that thissum had been subscribed by the Old Boys. Again, at Eton, a levelpiece of country. ioo acres in extent, had been purch-ased by the oldiboys for 20o.ooo. Mr. Roe expressed a hope that some of the (OliHoys here might follow such a good example, although they coulI not,e expected to subscribe so large a sum.

Smote CoAeert to Weleome Ilr. Roe.RET L'R O F MR. ROE.

WEL'OME BY LD.1 HBOVS.

GRETI' N(; TO RETURN ED ( )OLDIERS.

The members of the Grammar School Old Boys Association gavea smoke concert at their club rooms on Saturday night, 9 th Februar.as a welcome to Mr. R. H. Roe. head master of the Grammar School.on his return from his European tour, and also to those of the OldBoys in the various Queensland contingents who have returned fromservice in South Africa. Among the guests were Mr. Roe, MajorV. ('. M. Sellheim, Corporal F. O'Mahoney, and Privates Marley andDrew, and Private J. Grant, who is leaving with the fifth contingent.The president of the association (Mr. F'. S. N. Houstield) occupiedthe chair, and there were over too members present. One of theapartments had been arrangedl as a concert room. while the billiard-room was usedl as a lounge room. An entertaining programme hadbeen arranged. the contributors being all members of the association.Mr. D. Stewart plated the oplening overture, and acted as accom-panist throughout the evening. Songs were rendered by the followingmembers : Messrs. P. T. O'Shea (" On the Road to Mahdalay "' and" Pals'). R. Armour (" 'ieoman's Wedding" and "Thy Sntinel amI "). C. A. Flint (two tenor solos), Graham (" Simon the Cellarer" and" Off to Philadelphia "), and Fletcher. The comic element was supplied by Messrs. A. (;. Campbell (" Happened to be There."'' " M'Sor

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ley s Twins," and " By the Sad Sea Waves "). andl A. J. l'a\ *' licnuits,and German and Irish dialect impersonations). Mr. J. Love gav, tworecitations.

Refreshments were partaken of about 9 clochk, the c'ateringbeing in the efficient hands of Mrs. Young. of the Ascot Tea Rmnis.The health of the King waIs hotoured, an I a verse of the NationalAnthem was sung.

The Chairman, in proposing Mr. Roe's health, said that in someways he wa.s as good a person as any to uncertake the du. becauseduring Mr. Roe s absence he had a little experience of the hard workthat gentleman had done. After six months of it, he (the chairman)was extremely gial to get six weeks' holiday. So that after 24 yearsof it he thought Mr. Roe fully deserved six months' holiday.(Laughter.) He had learned while acting for .\Ir. roe how very muchthe character of a school depended upon the head of it. (Hear, hear.)When he saw the multifarious ways the head could go wrong or right,he felt that a great deal more than before, and he also saw plainerthan ever what they so often heard about, the magnetism of numbers.When Mr. Roe came to Brisbane he (the chairman) believed it wasrather an isolated place, and there would he a great temptation incourse of years to tall out of touch with other places and fall behindin a profession which he might be allowed to sa\ made constant de-mands upon people's energies, and which required to be kept up to themark as much as any profession in the world, but Mr. Roe had said thathe saw no reason to be ashamed of the school in comparing it with whathe saw at home after a long absence. Though he did not mean tocompiment himself in so saying, yet that was the highest complimenthe could have paid himself. He could pay Mr. Roe another compli-ment. having served under him for thirteen years-many of the stafffor a great deal longer-they could sincerely say they were glad to seehim back. (Hear, hear.) He asked them to drink the health of thefounder of the association and the head master of the school withmusical honours.

Mr. Roe. on rising to respond, was greeted with much applause.He said that the scene that evening reminded him very forcibly ofthe scene on the Lucinda when the\ sent him off. It equalled it inits heartiness, and aroused the feeling he had then, that it was a greatdea; more than he deserved. It made him extremely grateful to themand i'ade him feel indeed that he had come home. He had beencoming "home" everywhere the last six months. Everybody wel-comed him in England as having come home after 24 years absenceand their reception made him feel that he had really come home. Ifhe had t, go t(. the !aw 'ourts to decide what country he wasdomiciled in--(laughter)--he had not the slightest doubts that the lawcourts in England would decide he was domiciled there. because hewas horn there. his character was moulled there, and the first 25years of his life spent there. No dout the Xustralian courts woulddecide equally that his home was here. because the greater part ofhis working life had been spent here. and because the warmth of his.

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rtcepjtiion. lboti going an l coming. ia l surpass,. aniything he had met\ ,th. however hear;\ his triends \et.ri. in thle tlI ,untiry. They hadmiade him feel his real home, ant, her hltopd~l his luture work wouldbe timoingst them. 'l'lThey gave himn a r\er handsome present. Hetook that I ag a;lld its contents with him ab,,ut Eur opq. and it hail beento hili w\\hat it \\a. suggestel it woulI be, a source ol much comlfortand 1 the greatest pleasure on nany occasins. ('lnstialln! wheni hewas thinking he would like to do this or that. but i w\\as a little tooextravagant. he aIways said, I have got the sov\reigns t,. spndl -(laughter)-and always went andi took his pleasures with his s, in i theheartiest wa\;. (Hear. hear.) ie was also able to gct his son the\er\ bestt a'tac'hing to It- obtained in ()xloral \\ithou regard to ex-

pens. so that he. could meet his opplonefnts on equal terms. anti itwas the knowledge that he had the sovereigns at his back whichenabled him to do it with a clear conscience. -iHe discharged theobigation toj spend it all, but he had brought back the lig.(Laughter.) He would continue to use it as a mem,'nto of their g..ne-rositv antl the kindness of heart which prmuptelt it. He hadl been alittle afraid \ hethe hlie was di.ing the riglit thiing in taking it. butthe kindness with which it was offered co'n\incedt, hiini hle was. right.a;nd that he t't coul ac'tpl)t the present ant use it without losing castein any way in their eyes. He hatd often th;iught a ,bout the o1ld scho l.and was alwa'ys gladt to hear people say ab)it ('laude, referring to

his work andl the way he settledl down in his !ite., that it must he agood school. 'I'hev were struck with some of his characteristics.which he thuiglht were striking charac'ter sti s oif Australians-theirindependence ,o1 thought and freedom from anxiety as to whetherthey \wre rtdo ing thte "correct " thing, whether they had the right" form. wiii h was the great bugbear tof other sc'hool bhys. TheAustralian, when he went home. generally asked hIimself whether hewas ldoing the sensilble thing--what a rational man should tl-and didnot care whether he met with everbod 's approv\a'. pr\ovided he wasnot making a fool of himself. There was an inldependence of thoughtabout the young Australian. often a little troucle in a school(laughter).- -but which helped him to bring out the characteristicswhich made Australians retspectedl everywhere. He foulnd it was agreat dlistinction to bie an Australian, and aways Iposedl as one, andgot very hearty greetings in c onsequence. People recognised theindepenldence of spirit which the conditions of our lives helpedl todevelop, and which he hoped would always be I)rominent c'harac'ter-istics. He hadl receivedl newspaper cuitings which showed him thatmany grammar schools in Queensland were suffering storm and stress-- (laughter)-hut he was very delightedl to, find their dear o!dl schoolwas sailing on in smooth waters under the able guidance of Mr.Roustield. (Applause). He was delighted to hear the many morekindly things said about it than he recalled at any other period.They were always he!il up as the possessors of virtues, which he knewthey possessed but which nobody\ previously seemed inclined toacknowledge. (Laughter). Mr. BRnsfield must have been extremely

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E r t 1'ts t t ( ;r 1ntlttt, .1 i,+ h,,, . l t ', ., H,'.

ju lifi U .<. a lli hI ha d t s ),,tO 01 .r k ln iix abl ou t tl . r,. ai., ,n, b ,.ttw .,.:

himself a uni tht thtr maister,. Wlh. tht, ibu! I,'t. t wi ,rk h,.ihought lhw\ hall alays v.bet1 w , rmn frit't,. anti 'ertaili, the \\;stht.\ hadl w rkted for iim to, ,'nla ,I, him t,, g,, ;LttL witl anw t'.,

m a, h th e f eetling., ot fri .n dlh il, b et,, .,. th em ,h.,.l r . ,,,

mtire lasting than before. !|I' .i, gli. t, ..,,. tlit thi

t,, Ib " built on a firm foundlai,in. whli,'l h,. lh,,,,', wuibt ,.le ,

it t groW m it a large. ig,,rt l... il l s i ll l lt iiti, ill. I \\, Mur,

the tll,,rtiinity thetrhwl ta k akeni alaniitag' of t,, .. it tht' gti niill

the'\ uilt towarti itm, thi iht ;; ,gl to till him \with feelings tif

m v. Shulo t I,, tht grt.aIttst ilni'titrg, ii llt 1 hill to, trt illlrti ti

his lt-sti t; further the work ',I zh,~ h .,el1. ,ant th. frienlslipi, lwhi,'hexisteu . ant whh'h (ught t, .xist mnir linlt till. lt.tw''.,n thr ,bib 's ai, thi. s'hot l. H thank., thtn sint','r.lh f,,r their w,.l,.tml,.(Appllau.se).

"'he Chiairmuan. in iroposii the ht'alth th. ,tIt1 hIl . wh, hat,reiurned fronl Ilit' uuar. regrett' I1 li ilaul a !iti il il et tf ( 'lt;lill(f;r 5s. Wt ho n l1 jterhap ins)iret o int I Ihtlll willi in r Iiri nt illi1

Smilitar, dis,'iplili. .Ir. Rt, h:lI tilI them that h. founl ii wa,a litiil'thn tt i' known a~ in .-liNItri'il. aill ihe g1t'nthit'll wiiot,health he wa,. iroptsing were tt a grtMt .\It'llit respn nsillt, ft',r thiL.

(Hlear. hear). He woul not .it niit'l'h aiollit their t.\l'it.. whi,'hthe h1 h ill f' dlOwe! with gre.t int'rest ali10 rntiltliialnl, ias Viihurand modesty alwa s went ttigel lit'r i. int'ii lent aiotll whit'h lil ithad bern si d I t Witt li ra ilrtve! tha1t I h' .-Ainirlii tt'r' no i t.w1

, r.s.was thr defent'e t" the ''am ii at I' lli.. River, when +<nt' if litstwhise health they were drinking were present.

The toast was given with musit'al hontiours.

Major Sellheim briefly retiiriit'ti ihank. tij tli annr in wlhit'lIthe toasi had been honoured.

( orptra l ()'iMa hrnev sa i that .I r. it' hail stated th1:it theUStriliains at home wt'rt'i ot'd It- indilptint lent''t if' atio'tit in, alirt in thi

fie!d that was htilw he\ hai! .ainet! lht, r git ,! namllt'. If t 'tit tinpatr l the Australian 1itI nti aidher. sir t!l ' t, ontit t'iifret if' he thitghtthat hy div'erging a little he t'coul! gain more infrmatin. ' "'mnimwas satistied tt, t ilist .15 he0 ia- t d,!. :ilI ni L nit tt'. t1It rt'rrel ,d tt

the expiansiofl of mind that w iahitrin iin g tit th." war aill,

meeting with people from all i,'t! ,t t ilt' , I.

.ft.rs. Mar ev anlt Iallw-\ also rt'.spt nded.Duiiring the evelling tht' ('ha: rina ref" rr !t t+i h, int onenie , -t

of the plresent rotom tir tht' pilirpt,-t' if the .Assoi'ia'ion. and statedthat it had been the,'ided b\ iht' ' ,i''il to r.' omni'nl that a t'hangehe mlade, and that the er ft i a i .a , iht til r'.ti st's liteIy occupiedby the lirisi tane lelh'\'h. ("lul i ih.. lrih l Periianni't Ibiilding.Adelaide Stretet. lie ac',t'l Th niit'iers tinain tti at l'y aoptedthe rectimmendatiorn of th. ,',uo'ni i ,n the mrinn of Mr J T. Woier-k. se .onded b. Mr. i'. F. Crahni.

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Later in the the evening the President said he thought it was aitting occasion for them to wish good luck to one of the boys ol the

school who was present, Mr. J. Grant, who was going to South Africawith the fifth contigent, and he would call upon them to drink hishealth.

Mr. Grant, in responding, said he would do all he could not tolisgrace the old school, and he hoped to return safe an(l meet thtem

all again.During the evening Mr. Heussler read a letter fro.n Lieutenant

H. Harris, who stated he was in command of the remnant of the secondcontingent, 75 strong, and sent his good wishes to the Association.

T 'he gathering broke up about i o'clock.

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eriekst.T HIS season has seen four teams in the lield aga.n, so that there

has been a good chance for all the )boys to p)la) in one o thet teamrs.

THE FIRSTS.As usual, we played B Grade electoral cricket, and on the wnole

we have had a very successful season. Under the able guidance ofour captain, H. Frew, the team has displayed greater vigour thanusual, both at practice and in matches. The season opened dlis-astrously for us, as we were beaten by 107 runs on the first inningsby Woolloongabba. Since then, however, much better form ha. beetndisplayed. The fielding of the team, on the whole ha., been good,though on one or two occasions it was very poor.

The most remarkable feature of the season has beenl tihe tin,. formshown b\ E. In ring, both with the bat and ball. He has pro eil him-self to le by far the most consistent batsman in the team, and isregardtd by many as the most promising junior cricketer in Brisbane.His best efforts for the School were his 76 against Ipswich (;rammarSchool, and 64 not out against Woolloongabba B.

'. Joice and H. Frew have at times shown \ery good cform. theielding of the former being very brilliant, especial . his one hand

catches. Frew has greatly improved since the season started. andnow shows signs of becoming a very good batsman. His 55 againstManrborough Grammar School was a fine bit of play. and was his besteffort for the School. The following are the results of ihe matches todate (limited sl)pace makes brief accounts necessary: -

October i3th and 2oth.-Brisbane Grammar School v. Woo'loon-gabba.--'l'his match was played on the School turf. and was won byWoolloongabba i 10o7 runs on the ist innings. Scores: HrisbaneGrammar School first innings. 84 (E. Irving. 48 not out): secondinnings. 2 for 89 (E. Irving. 36 not out. J. A. ('amphetll. 28 not out).

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',ooiloongabba, first innings 191 (T. Henderson ()i nIot ,out. ;. Sco,,tt32. Woodward 26). Howling for Schools: E. Irving 5 lor , ,.', liand-marsh 4 for 70. Graham i for 18. For Woolloongabba : IFoser lfor.I6. Woodward 3 for 23, Beardl for 29. Scott I for 6.

October 27th and November 3rd.- --Brisbane (rammar School v.I'oowong.-'layed on T''oowng Sports Ground. andl won by JlrsbaneGrammar School lIv 6 wic'kets and 3 runs. Scores: I'oowong, firstinnings 97 (Harden 5 o . (,. Armstrong 16); secaond innings 103 ((;.Armstrong 33, Strickland 21. Harden 15). Brisbane (;ranmm.lr School,tirst innings 91 (I:. Ir\ing 45. Sap)sf lord 11); seca'nd innings 4 for 112('. Joice 58 not out. (;. Graham 19 not out. E. Ir\ing 14). Howling

iolr Brisane (;rammar School: Hind lmarsh 7 for 41. Joice 5 for 53.Irving 4 for 78. Martin for 21 For 'Ioowong: Darlev 6 for 352.I:. Armstrong 6 for 64. Har len I or 2I. In this match Hlardlen hitfine ca'onsecultive tourtrs. whi:t' Joice hit two fi\n.rs aindl five fourers.

,ind scored at a tremendous rate.November loth and 17th.-Brisbane Grammar School :'. Valley.

-Plaved on the Turf andI won by Brisbane (Grammar School bIy to\ ickets. Scores: Brisbane (Grammar School. ist innings 108 (E.Irving 28. H. Frew 33 not out. Hin lmarsh 16. ('. Pennefather Io>;2n1 innings o for 61 (M. V. Parker 34 not out. E. Irving 26 not out).

Valley, Ist innings 98 (Newell 40. Smith II. Ieardmore 10o) 2ndinnings 70 (Newell 18. Beardmore io). Bowling for Valley : Eves3 for 57. Hearalmore 2 for 14. Fagan 2 for 16. Fo,r Brisbane G;rammarSchool : (;raham 4 flor 19. Joice 5 Ir 26. Parker 2 flor 14. HindI-marsh 2 for 28. Irving 2 for 64.

Novemiber 24 th and Decemrnlber st.-Bris)bane (;ramtmar Schoolr,:. North Blrisbane.-Plaved ,on the Turf. andl wonl b\ North Brisbanebv 136 runs. The wretched tieldling aof the Sclhool team was entirelyresponsible for our defeat. Scores: North Brisbane. iss innings 25(('arev 25. Massey 17,. reer 16. Mathewson i5. Greal 10o notout): 2nd innings 15o (Stac'k 33 not out. Mathewson 26. ('are\ 20zo.

Carter 15). Brisbane G(;rammar School,. 1st innings 71 (J. A. ('amp-el'. ,q. O. Oxlev 12. . Campbell 10): 2nd innings 68 ((;. Graham

28. F. Irving 1o). Bowling for Brisbane Grammar S,'chool : Fr,.n 8 for. (;Graham 4 for 40. Oleyv for 7. Parker 2 for 38. Irving I for 57.

Flor North Brisbane: .Masse\ 6 for 19. Jacobs 5 fir 40. Sta;ck 4 for25. Bestman 4 for 35.

Februar' 9 th and ,6th. -lrishane (Gammar School . Valley.-

Pla\ed in the (;ardens. and won Iv\ Brisbane Grammar Sc'hool hb aninings and 8 runs. Scores: Valley. Ist innings 36 (Fagan 15. Mailin

S4): 2nd ;nnigs 1o6 (Martin 39. M'cMaster 7. Hatton t4. Maher i ).

Brisbane (;rammar School. ist innings 150 (H. Fr\w 36. IC-. Campbell

30. 0. Olev 25. F. Irving 2 . ('. Pennefather 14. ('. Joice 10). Bow-ling for Brisbane Grammar School: Joice 8 for 35. Ir\ing 4 for 52.Graham 2 for 4. Flrew 2 for 9. Oxlev 2 for 14. Hindmarsh I for 20.For Valley: Beara more 7 for 38. Fagan 2 for 22. Newell t for 41.

February 23rd and Marc'h 2nd.-Brishane Grammar School v.Wooll ongaba.-layel on School Tur". and won by Brisbane

1s Brisbane Crammar School Malga:ine.

Grmumar Schoold I 59 on sit innings. Sc'res: Brisbane GraInuarSchool. Ist innings 131 (H. l'rew 32, E. Caimpbeill 20. M. Parker 23,C. Salpsl)rl 14. . Irving 0o); 2ndl inning. 3 tlr 1 2 (E. Irving 64n t ut. ('. SapslorlI 19. ('. Joi.e 1 not out). Woolloongabbla. istinnings 72 (Wielent 21 not out. Woodward i6. Jarritt 13. Nicklin Ii

Bowling for School : I. Irving 8 for 31. Joit 2 for 24. For Wul' oo;galbba : Walker 4 r fr 40, W ioodward 3 for 40. Nic'klini 3 ftor 60o. Kaanagh 1 for 15, Hendlerson i for i1. Irvings innings was a ver hinrone indeedl , lut marred by a couple of chances.

Mlarch 9th and i6th.-Brisbane Grammar School 7'. l'Towong.-'Plaedl at "')\4Toowong Slpo irts Ground, andI resulted ill a \win for 'To1wonicg

by 6 w\ickets anld 3 runs. Scores: Brisbane (ralnllar School, is'innings 43 (H. "rl'r\\ to. E. Irving I1); 2nd innings closed4. 4 for140 (1'. Irving 56 lii, out. Joice 20, 1'.. ('aml)IeIll 17. J. ('ampbell 10not ou4LIt) '1Too\\oing, Ist innings 98 (J. I),arie 22. . Armstrong 24.Horn Io. Swain 13): 2nl innings 4 I,. 83 (H. Mididleton 48. J. Darle\23 not out). Howling for Toowong : E. Armstrong 5 tor 63,. D)art'\ 2 toi

47. ('. Ilrenaii 6 fotr 30o. Middleton li lr 20. I'or Schlool : Joic. 3 I',;i5o. Ir\ing 5 tor 55. Graham 2 for 13. I'r\\ 2 tor 25.

Resiult 4 C('up matches :-l'la\ 7 : \~vni 4 :; l-t ;.

SCHO I.l MATICH-IS.

BRISBAN\I; (RAMMARi S('H( II. !. .. ARli( i<( )(;H(.AMIIARI S'CHIOOI.

Ihe Maryborough bo arrive heire a;lut 6 p.m. on Novemblller28th under the ca.re of Mr. Thomson, the head master, and were metb\ the members of" the Ilrsbani tlam and several of the masters.Both teams then went to the schn4' tor tea. alfter which a tram-rideround the principal routes took place andl was nlmuch appreciated. Onthe 29 th the Maryborough t am jlurnut:leyed toL Iswic'h and defeated .eIpswich Grammar School boys. F. (;ibson making the fine score of102 runs. On the 301h tht'e I:tch against us t, ook pla'ce. Ibut owingto an unfortunate mistake in on, o1 the scoring Ibooks, it was impllls-sible to arrive at ;i delinit dec 'ision : ac'crd ngl\ the match wasdeclared a draw. I.. (ibson was again in line form. and his 48 was avery line display, Ithough marred by an easy chance when only 1v o.H. Hart and W. llirsliorough iwere th, pic'k olf the reimainder. ''Thevisitors' innings c'losedt I'or 129 runs. lrisblane then batited andl alsscolred 129 runs. l'rew playel a very tine innings for 55. and didnot give the slightest c'h:ance. In a templt :ng a short run he wasunfortunately run out. He wentl in at a very critic'al point in thegame. 3 wickets Ibeing down tor 4 runs. andl his play in su'ch an uphil'game is therenforet the illre pra isewo. rthy. Graham made 3 c4nsecu-tive hits out 4of the ground. but in attempting a fourth was caught atlong-on. Sapsford playel \a ver nice innings for 21. Praise, too,, isdue to Hindlmarsh. who ma:ile the las' stroke of the innings. for hislucky I. being missedI no less than five times. Appendedl are thescores:-

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MAK\ HOKOt'(iIj (sHAMMAI. SCilnt .

First Innings Seconml Innin.s

G ibson, J.. I E. lr\ing ......... i,> (;ibs n. J., ) Joice............ .Challands. 1.. run out...... .... , hall.,iils, J., 1 Juice... ........ 5(;G-,on, E.. c EV. C;ampbell, b irew H48 Gibson, ' , I Irtini; .............. 13Ashley, S.. c I'arker, b (;rahamn.. 4, Ashlle\. S., no out .............. t,\Varry, ... h lFre\\ ..... ......... \\arny, S., not it .............. 7Horsx>rough. \\'., run out ........ 14 Sun lries ...................... 5Watson, G., c Joice, h Ire\\...... -Brennan, F.. c E. Camplell I, Frew 'I'l Three fr............ 403Nokes, H., not out .............. 2 i. i i ( raHart, H., b Ire, ................ Sch l. ,It Innings Fre six for ,,tKnudson, C.. c and b Frew ...... (;rhal one lh 12. Ir'in' , , l .

Sundries ...................... 22- 2n11d Innin-s li(' two f ii, r inL

Total .............. 12) ne, foi IN.

IKISHASI'A G;RAMIMAkR SCHOOI..

Irving. I- , .t J. (;ibson. 1, Itrennan i IIindmarsh, A. c In1IdIn,. b Ashleh iP'arker, NM., b Ashley.......... o )sborn. N , mno out.............. i,tampbell. J. A.. b irennan...... o .mundries .............. ...... 7Sapsford, (., run out............ 21Frew, H.. run out ............ .. 55 '',otal .............. 129Joice, ('., c Hart, I, Brennan .... 7Graham, G(;.. c E. (;Gibson, Ib Brennan 13 I! *wling for Maryborough (;rammarOxley, 0.. h 1 rennan........... o chool uirennan live for i,. AshleyCampbell,. E.c J. ;ibson hIl.Gibson 4 to for 2z, E. (Gibiso one for iS.

HRISBANE (RAMIMAR SCH())I. . IP'SWI ' ( ;IAiM.MASCH( )O1.

We joiurneyedt to Ipswich <,n the 8th *f l)ec'nil,n r to, IIaI tlie(;raminnar School boys there, and were met on arri\al Iyv the Ipw'ichteam. Mr. 'I'. . Jones. honorary secretary t e th School Sports Fund.accompanied us. and acted as umpire dluring the matchl. l'la\ com-menced at to a.m. Frew, winning the toss Ior us. decilded to hat.The innings totalled 18o runs. E. Irving was in rare form. and loke Ias ii he woauld reach the century, when he was ,howled b\ lMe\er for76. His runs were obtained mostlv on the "off'" side. his cuts beingIbeautifullv executed. Joice. Sapsford andI Parker made \ery usefulscores. b)ut the remaining seven players could on'y make 8 between

them. thlere being no less than 5 " duc ks. lpswich then batted, andtotalled 148 runs. Frank Meyer played a chanceless innings 4for 76.andI like Irving. lookedI set for the centurv. when he fell a victim toHindlmarsh. George (;raham bowied splendidly. Ietter, in fact. ith,his average'would imply. Five other Ipswich players secured doublefigures. The usual "banquet " was given, and several toastsdrunk. In the second innings we had 2 wickets down for 43.E. Irving again making the useful score of 30 not out. BrisbaneGrammar School thus won by 32 runs on first innings. Appendedare the scores:-

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BKISKANF (;KAxMAK SCHOOL.

First Innings- second Innings -Parker, M. V., b Meyer........... 20 .Irving, E., not out .............. joIrving, E., b Meyer .............. 76 Osborn, N., b Brown............ 5Sapsford, C., b Atherton ........ 29 Frew, c and b Gossart............ 6Frew, H., l.b.w., b Meyer........ o Graham, not out................ oJoice, C., c and b Meyer.......... jt sundries..................... 2Graham, G., l.b.w., b Meyer...... o --Oxley, 0., b Darvall.............. 3 Two for............ 43Campbell, E., c Meyer, o Loss .vt oPennefather, C., st Bell, b Cos it 5 Howling for Ipswich GrammarHindmarsh, a., b Cossart........ o School: Ist Innings-Meyer five forOsborn. N , not out.............. o 51. Cossart three for 31, Darvall one for

sundries ...................... 5 19, Atherton one for 15.- 2nd Innings-Cossart one for 28,

Total.............. 180 Brown one for 13.

IPSWICH G(;AMMAk SCHOOl..

Bell, c Joice, b Graham.......... I Kennedy, c and b Frew...........Brown, c Sapsford, b Graham .. 15 sundres ...................... 5Bardon, c Sapeford, b Graham.... oMeyer, F., b lindmarsh.......... 76 Total .............. 148Cossart, S., c Sapsford, b Graham 2Palmer, c Parker, b Irvimg........ oDarvall, b Graham.............. o Btwliug for Brisbane GrammarGreenham, b Hindmarsh........ x12 School: Graham six for 58, HindmarshAtherton, c Parker, b Graham .. 12 two for xo, Frew one for 13, Irving oneCossart, C., not out.............. 13 for 32.

Critieisms en te first Twam.BY THE CAPTAIN, H. FREW.

E. IRVING.-Most reliable and consistent batsman in the team;good field and medium-pace bowler.

C. JolE.-Vigorous bat, but risky; excellent field and fastbowler with a good length. With Irving. bears the brunt of thebowling.

H. FREW has malde an excellent Captain. He is a very carefulbatsman and has made wonderful progress. both in batting and bowl-ing. Sure ield at point (Ed.)

C. SAPSFORD.- ery pretty baisman when set, but inclined to berisky on the off ; splendid tield.

M. PARKER.-Vigorous hat. but ur lucky ; very good tield any-where, but uncertain bowler.

J. A. CAMFBELL. Fine steady bat with good defence, but lacksvigour. Fair field.

(;. E. (;RAHAM.-Free bat, but unreliable; requires practice indefence; good field and wicket-keeper, and is a slow bowler with atremendous break.

E. T. CAMPBELL.--Hits hard and scores very quickly when hegets going. but requires more practice in defence. Best field in theteam.

0. OXLEY.--Fair hat. but very s!ow ; fair field; with practicewill make a good bowler.

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A. HINDMARSH.--Lncertain bat; energetic field, but should usehis hands more. Good left hand bowler.

C. PENNEFATHER.---(oo defence, but ought to put more weightinto his strokes; good field.

N. OsBORN.--Bats freely in practice, but uncertain in matches;good wicket-keeper.

LESLIE.-A stonewaller, but will probably open out when oller;fair field.

E. MARTIN.-Fair liel I, and will ni doubt become a goo l bowler.Batting lacks defence.

F. SISLEY.--A very promising batsman, but requires practice indefence : fair lield.

OTHER TEAMS.

2nds.-The 2nds are captained by E. Martin, but have not had agood season. They have played 6 matches, won 2, '.ost 4. The best

batsmen in the team seem to be J. Curtis and C. F'. Murray, whileMartin is by far the best bowler. His howling is very good. and hasearned him a place in two matches with the Firsts. Kelly is anc, hergood bowler, but needs more practice.

3rds.-F. Sisley captained the Thirds at the beginning of Ineseason, but he improved so much in his batting lduring the sea-on,that he was given a place in the Firsts, and has amply justitiel hispromotion. Bridgman and B:lnshard are the two best bowlers in theteam, while Carvosso is the best batsman. The teanm have hadt a fairlygood season, having a majority of wins in the matches played.

4ths.-Small though this team is. the members are very promis-ing. They have had hard luck in not being able to pray diuring partof the season through want of players, bult since the holidays the\ havebeen playing nearly every Saturday. 0. Ross captains the team. Asa batting team there is not much to choose between them. but inbowling P. Lavers holds tirst place. With practice he should developinto a good bowler as he gets older, as he keeps an excellent lengthand has a big off-break. The team have played 7 matches. won 3,lost 4.

AVERAGES OF FIRST TEAM IN JATTING.

I . .('oliI t N . of till.t' Highet I iti. .\verge.

'lae,. .tlt. Inning. Inot oitl. H. re.

1 Irving, E. nI 7 7, 51 41,.3'1i Joice, C. 1n 2 g' IS I IS 1

3 Parker, M. V. 7 I 34.* 1,1 4.44 Frew. H. (c) 15 I 55 208 i3 (,

5 Campbell. ET.. 9 1 3 , o I.22

6 Campbell, J. A. y 3 Z' , ,.'7 Sapsford. C. I' 14 , ., 3t I 71S Pennefather, ('. , 2 ,4 '2 6 ,,

9 Graham, G. E. ij3 1 ' 24o10 Hindmarsh. A. S , 1* 4 I,.

iI Oxley. O. G. I! o 25 49 4 4512 Osborn, J. E. N 5 2 ) II 2

i h ).. raiic (;rl'tllliNar . h.nl MlalOaHIe.

BoWLIN; AVKKAGES.

PI'li'.. NaIII . iHall.. hOver>. Mail.ii u. II'u . \Wiket . Avrge

I rahlam. (;. 1.K 41o d4 ' 11.4 2o 8 2.ice, . 85 142,. I 277 3 9.23

j i:rew. II. 35' 5' 5 '3' .4 9.354 Hinilmarsli, A. 4 no no I, 07 2, 10.355 Ir ing, I " 5 I.2 jo 52 2S 14

I.'UN l 1R TEN WVICKKI .

I ( )hle . ). 1 14 1, 2 5 I5.6a I'aikr. .. \ i6 h .1 70 5 i4.

LIBRARY.Sare pt d l ,s :i ;iiitiiilrc t tii 11% vaiiiibl«' iit!ituti has% been

Vfr e\tlc 11i \. 11\ t t', ihirin th. la.t11 rilir«. il ith . 'l't new Ibyaare rteiiinie l tll tli hIt .('e ,iii ill II 'l , take.i bIEk wilihout enteringtheir name.,. nor i,, It.alc n. Htiltut lii\ig tleir name marked of.Further .,j|inlr i1 retquc tei I froinl .ill l I,,, in I le .s'h Ml.

I T CAMPIHKLL. I

SMiwM., Sors.T HIE. annual ,, imuing .s|><rt, w.r«. hclil in the BcwruLabin

Iath ll I rila.) 8th Mirh. il' werf ver\ successful. 'I'hellnllwu r ol eFlltri. Wi; t c',iin.ilr;t il\ lower hin usu al., lilt the

tini hli% were ill iii't i'is. \tr\ lli'. The at telldan(e w as vertgrait.ying. aluti 250 ipeople bIing Ipr<sti(. Among the visitors wererepretentatives from the (, .S.A.. anl I a'most all t he metropolital cluhsIn a hliti, n tE the... R (';i\ill. .Austraila.ian lihamnlpin. favouredi the.sport. with his prc.niie., ;iand seen Il thoroughly satitiel with theItandard of swimnmillg ;t the school. A new cntest was inlulel inthe programme. \i.. a water iolo match. fr which the promoters.Mesrs. KR. H. Ro, andt K. ('arson. ,leserve gr.at thanks. The matcharoused great excitement, and it was impossible to hear anycme talkingat times for the '" harracking." The championship was again won bW. Roe. hut this tim,. Williams finished the distanc'e with him.

The officials for the <lay were :-Referee. Mr. Roe;t Timekeeper.Mr. Mason ; Starter. Mr. Jones: Judges. Messrs.essrs Bousfield. Gross.Porter. ('HolIough. and Major Sellheim. The sports started ;t 3.30p.m. with the Maiden Race. The results were as fo1l,, :

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MIAIDEN RAC;, Two lengths (i8oft.).-C. C. D). Murray. i: A.S. Htudson, 2. Eight starter. A close race throughout. and won byhalf-a-\ard. Time, 41 x/5see.

HArMPIoNsHIP, two lengths.-W. Roe, 1; L. Williams. 2. Sixstarters. Rt took the lead from the start, anl won easil with fullyfive yards in hand. Time. 39 4/5sec .

LONG DIE.--\. Amos, 121ft. 3in., I M. Patterso,. tot. II in.,s.

Fok IOws L'NIDER SIX'TrEN two lengiths.-J. H. Dalrymple, x;8. RKet ald Hulson. a tie. Time, 42 1/sstcc. A mo.st exciting race,Dalryml)lh beiig first to touch anl turn. anlI winninlg by less thanhalf-a- ar, I.

SwIMMING "EFT FOREMOsI.- - '. . Rc. I K. Smith. 2. Sixstarters, and won n Ib\ ai few inches.

HIGH D1IVE.- W RK.. 87 Iper cent.. I N. Amos,, 80 wr centllt.. 2;K. Smith and S. R ,e. 74 ler -ent., ti. Ifor thirn . Set.vn comflpetitors.'l'hree tries each.

HI'RDI.E RACE. one length.--C . ). . Murray. I ; I.. Williams,2. Four starters. Very close tinish. Time. .sec.

S\WIMMING ox HACK. one' length.--I.. Williamn. I .W . . .Four starters. 'The winners kept close throughou, 'I'ime not taken.

Hos L'NDE SIXTEEN. four lengths.-.K. Smith. I ,v2r. htehindscratch. i; HulsE,n. 13sr.. T2. lime, 1min. 5.sec.

WATR POLO MATCIi. North 7'. South lirisane.- Won I, the

Norths b\ I g,,a to nil. A mot amusing an, t.'iting ,itch.()H.l1 o$' RA'CE. fur lengths (un tr th. auspi'es ~f' the

(,.A.S.A.).--H. J. Bale. 2 t'c. hethind scratc h. I E. ('owlishaw,scratch. 2: E. liar lm,,re. S -'.. 3 ;(;.JB. I . aserc.. 4. E. Hurd,

J. Hirn. R. (;Gaile, R. HassaIll also started. A splenlid race andl ex-citing finish. barel' a l ol between first and second, . Bond was closeup for third. Time mmin. 37 1. sece.

BoYs OF TiHE VI. AND V. FORMS, tIwo length.-A walk u,'er forA.. S. R,. Tim. 52 4/5~cc.

1BoYs OF TilE I. AND UPPER MDERN, tw, lngths--I'. Green-field, m : Butler, : Palmer. 3. Time. 46 2'5set .

Bos OF TilE LOWER SCi1OO1 AND 'NDIE;R 14. one length-C.Marchant. i : Asprey. 2: W. Taylor. 3. limt. :8 r/Sse.

List of Subscribers to B.O.S. Magazine.

Miss Whish.. .. iss Rut. J. A. Austin. L. A. Bernays. (1.M.G.,F. S. . HotsieIl. ). .Butler. Joshua Bray, Frank Bray, Percy Bray,J. H. ('arson. ('Cu:pin. J. (;. Crihbl,. I). C~ormak. E. R. Crouch, S.Cameron. T. Da;rlbshire, Lieutenant C. H. Frott, W. Fortrest, N.Foster. C. B. Fox . .D. Graham. R. H. D. Grif n, H. E. S. Griffn,J. Hiron. F. J. Heusler. P. F. Hockings. R. Holmes A'Cout. T. E.

iS Brisbane Grammar School Magazine.

Jones, A. H. Jones, R. M. King. R. l.ethbridge, J. Love, E. D. Marks,C. M. Martin, B. J. Mason, A. Mackie, R. McCowan, E. McCon-nell, A. W. Nicholls, F. O'Mahony, P. J. O'Shea, G. W. Power. T. P.Power. Dr. D. E. Roth, T. W. Rabjohns. J. N. Robinson, H. Somer-set, J. Story, W. J. Scott, F. R. Sm:th, J. D. Stirrat. R. Stodart. W. AWilmington. F. E. Walsh, Geo. Waugh, W. F. Wilson, C. E. Flint, G.Gross, T. A. Dakin, J. Cowan, H. Porter. S. Kingsbur., W. Unmack.W. A. Weedon.

Subscribers in the School.-J. G. Avery. Beale, Brand, Carvosso,A. C'. Davidson, H. Frew, P. M. Forrest. M. Hertzberg, C. Macgregor,C. F. Murray. E. S. Martin. Parker. J. Pennefather, R. Plant. WPoulsen. C. W. Roe. Sapsford, Thelander, P. J. L're. I.. Williams.Winship.

(Any Subscriber wh< se name is omitted from the above list pletasnotify the Manager.)

Exchanges.T'I'he Editor wishes to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of

the following magazines:-" Torch Bearer' (Sydney C.E.G.S.);" Sydneian " (S.G.S.); "Wesley College Chronicle," "King's SchoolMagazine.' Lux. " Newingtonian,' " Townsville Grammar SchoolMagazine."

Sehsol Nores.

"Johnny" Avery and "Tib " Sapsford have both left for theSouth. the former going to Ormond College. the latter to Sydney.

2 while "Monty" Parker has gone to Gympie. to impart his knowledgeI to the young of that city of gold.In the Cadets' exam. for non-commissioned officers H. Crofts

secured 92 per cent., qualifying for sergeant. The average of percents. in the exam. was very high, which speaks volumes for thestandard of efficiency among (Air young so!diers.

The School has reason to be proud of possessing a youngcricketer like Ernie Irving, who has proved himself to be one of thebest batsmen playing in a lower grade than senior cricket in Brisbane.

It was very pleasing to see Herb. Bale and Eric Cowlishaw. whohave just left school, gain first and second places respectively in theOld Boys' Race at the Swimming Sports.

There are seven boys in the Upper Sixth Form at present whoare studying for this year's Senior, and all should give a good accountof themselves.

The Civil Service Class numbers 12. all of whom are going in forthe " next" exam.. whenever that may be : there has not been an examfor nearly 12 months.

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The annual Essay Competition promoted by the Society for Pre-vention of Cruelty will take place shortly. It will be rememberedthat the tirst and second places in the competition last year weregained by S. Kingsbury and P. Calow, so it is to be hoped that aneffort will be made to bring the prizes to our school again.

We wish success to the boys who are going in for the Junior thisyear, which exanm. takes place as usual in June.

The Hospital Sports are to be held on Saturday, June 22nd, andthe programme this year will again include the All-School Champion-ship Races. Grammar School boys. train hard to wrest the cham-pionship shield from the Nudgee College boys.

1 HO UGH at present it is impossible to give any definite informationabout the personnel ot the team, we are in a position to statethat there will be many changes. The team has suffered

greatly by the loss of P. Forrest, Arch. Dennis, H. Appleton, andGeorge MacDonald, and their places will be very hard to till. EitherRoy Murray or Curtis will take full-back in place of Forrest, whileGeorge Graham will perhaps be brought from forward to wing threequarter. Henry, a new man, will most likely play forward; otherwisethe team will have little or no change in it.

W. Roe will be captain this year, and it is safe to predict that hewill make a good captain, and the team should make good progressunder him.

The team, taken as a whole, will be about the same weight as lastyear. but all the players are fast runners, and mstly good tacklers, andwill doubtless render a good account of themselves during the comingseason.

JIutins.E. (. Marks has passed the entrance examination to Trinity Col-

lege. Dublin University, also the Junior Freshman's examination.H. Lethbridge and H. Marsh stayed a couple of nights at the

house as Mrs. Roe's guests on their way to Sydney to resume theirmedical studi .

C. F. G. Webster and J. F. MacDonald took the;r medical degreesat the end of last year. in Melbourne. the former gaining ist classhonours in Surgery, and 2nd class honours in Medicine; and thelatter 3rd class honours in Medicine.

Dr. Webster is now on the residential staff of the MelbourneHospital. and Dr. MacDonald. after a very interesting trip on tne

2< BrHIsbic (;riamlita .S'/,,,w ./a gt:/Ic.

,able steamer '" Sherard ()sborne. has settled dovwn for a time at('olmslie as plague doctor.

I)r. Row, another Old Ho! . is going with the sixth contingent asmedlical officer.

Mr. ('. Mul'ens, nephew ,of Mr. Roe, who paid Brisbainn a visit in1896. has Ibeen granted the V.'. for conspicuous gallantry in SouthAfrica. on the occasion of the relief of Mafeking.

Mr. Roe, while in Englan,. met several Old Boys. Russell Grantwas at Oxford.

Thc two lig trees near the house have been labelled with thenames of their princely planters--the late Prince Edward, and PrinceGeorge. Duke of York.

The engagement is announced of Mr. G. W. Power. M.A.. L.L.M..and Miss Josie Kennedy. daughter of Mr. Kennedy, of KangarooPoint. Mr. Power's name figures most prominently in the medal casein the hall.

('laude RoK has been successful on the river as well as iln theexiiiinati on room at ()xford. He is the only freshman in the first'orlpidl of Hallio! ('llege" and in thle Morrison fours his crew w;i'just beaten in the finals.

The names of all the School Medallists and of the Captains. bothof cricket and footbal!. are to lhe written up on the walls of the Vithform room.

Jiu CadetsAt present there ar. on the rolls 149 cadets, as against 143 at the

corresponding ldate f last year. Though the increase has not beenvery marked, nevertheless. it is sufficient to show that the martialspirit aroused by the Hoer war has not yet died out.

Early in December ('aptain Gross proceededl with the year's class-tiring. and tini.shed it before the holidays. The marksmen of last yearwere to receive their badges at the School Prize Distribution. butowing to the inability to obtain the badges, the presentation had to bedeferred.

The public of Brisbane has. during the month of January. had anopportunity of seeing to advantage the manly forms of our cadets, fordetachments under Captain Gross took part in the Cnommonwealthand Imperial Troops' Processions, and attended the Queen's MemorialService.

An examination of the nominees for admission as non-commis-sionIed officers took place last Wedenslay. The results appear onthe second page of this Magazine.

rshadlt' i;imnlia .i ,he/rl .lA,. /-lit,. -t

Tnis.

The match betwten tilli iil ltane (;rainali. S ,chool and Gaitton,Agricultural College is to tike place 'i 271 tii April. The followingis the Brisbane team :-C. W. Roe .iI A. S. ,e.. l)\l.\ ail ITrina\,,.()'Sullivan and Butler.

Old Boys Assoeiation.

I'he last few nmointh ha\te bteen ve\r\ I .\ (ilil.es for our ,titicialowing to our changing rooms. Our new rooi.s in Adelaide Street artbeing set in ship-shape order. ine \er\ noticeable feature is thesmall roll up of members . but as the idea 'if getting ai se 'cond Iilliard Itable in the near future is under serio . ('nsidiIeratiion we llhope h;mlallny ilmembers whol now igo elsewhere lor a gaile will islhtr'al liillltheir wa\ to the A.ss'ocialiion Ron ii.s. We lia\e hiail a couple if ver\enjo)yable smoke concerts lately, at \ hic.hi ilh. attenlance ias belnl alittle better than formerlv. I iur Aniial l.iin'e ill Ie hilt on 3rdMay. in our owil rlllooms. when we h1 p ii hal\. i \.rV gidI roll ulpboth oi memnbers and friends. Tn con' iil .. I \oiil lik t reitililill those whose ?ub.s. .e. in aLrr ars hl il ri p'sei, \.tr nds Oil

Julk 15th. and the Treasurer woull ib, \er\ gl,,l .I re .cei\, .. ;nli

Letter from a Celebrated Alihor

The following interesting letii.r liia lI,In rtecei\td l om 11'i

holtirew.ood, author of " llber\ ii hir .Arin. I, .l.ju , iL)ream," etc., in answer to. nte sent i \ iu :

Mellurniie Club.3tili April, 1900oo

To the Editor of tile " lrisbaite ( a.lllillir clin gaiiiir '

DEAR SIR.-lln answering \,tir .'r\ reasnaiilile and natunra

inqiir-very proper andl indeed i ireitiiabl, at \< ur time of litfe-I

feel a tlistinct sense of resl)onsii iliti l,,\\ir' \iirsll and such schiolI

fellows as maI attach weight to imI .illi, It \" it ycung fellows

would only see it, the milre. .r l<4s I'io-.ic prl,1.-iin to which vour

larents or guardians destiniie you, wil i il'toidl ir in .1. - lid satisfaction

and real pleasure. than the so .- calllt Irilliiii ii , ' ,s of successftii

writers. How few are the authir in il. | r.,iit ,I who have mad.

;anything more than a decent li\inlg A. I. ' 13' i-1 'hose who hav.

made them by the pen. ma\ h e con.,',l. if :intI 41 II. fingers of one

hand, without any great knowledge of ariihmletic ; whereas, in the

22 Brsbante Grammar aicl/l MAlagu.llt.

learned prolCueions--law, physic, and di~inity -b) II mrcanli plrsuits,civil engineering, lmetallurg), noL t' menItion agriculttue and pastoral

illvestllcts-aVeragc intelligence land indisti ma) saltel) be reiedlO l lo sCUei a cUlupeteli e, II 1Li a olrtllullt, and \Williai, t it' . COlll-tort, pedac, and rasolit"ib icliurte-a .i" MNUj pr.our ii tlic ceeitialsof happiness to that ut the iman who ul. I,,1 inus bread and I lepenison the tickle lavour o til. publE<. In tlue ir p.ace, I leei muchinclined to ,ay, don t troutble youi .ias, inuh l.s ' iwrry abunt thematter. o\ur business--)uur plian dlut) at prseil--is to \work atyour studies, diligently and carnmei ti, iitIutnI much tliought for thefuture. Certainly without ' worry, a (isatgrecab.. andl indet' danger-ous-somietimnes fatal comnplaint, to which inithlEi age is prone, butwhich should rarely be .sullered to a.sail Ule goldeIt hours ol youth.

At the same time there is nothing lo hindii i ,'u iroin tr)ing, byall means within your reac-h --aiid while \OIl art a;l slool mulich is inyour power-to acqurec the itabit 'A wriling easily. an tffe<ti\f literatstyle, and the power ol describinig altactuely such scenes, incidents,characters, and adventures a Ina\l come in your way. 1' acquire apolished and at the sane tnie. \igriu. .st ice. tiudy caretully suchwriters as Macauiay, S)ine\ niihl, iSw.lt. Gibbonl. Juhi Richard(;reen (Short Histor) of Eiglan l. .\lAmong th,. nov.lists, Dickens.Thackera), Le\ter, ilu.wer LIii, \\Valw:r .,co . (thatiiis Lamlb (E.s-sayist). Charles and Henry King.le . RIcri I i.ouis Sic'\velsloin, withany others whose st)e is coC,.,.soh ci good. F'romn aumong, thee, notmoulding your style upon any ole ,1 them, for copying is a sign oftweakness and want of originalit), you mlia) compose a good and effec-tive style, without which, as the vehlclE of expression, you can do butlittle.

A habit of observation should be cultivated. What is called" local colour" adds to the weight an'I importance andi attractivenessof descriptions. E\er\ detail ol climiate. soil. plant. and animal lifeshould be studicd,. though it is by no tm .ans :ncessary to reproduce it.Hut such thorough acquaintance with tlie Ilun lation, so to speak, wilbe found valuable in the constructionl ol ,your work. lDialect also is animportant branch ot pIr.laration. VWhatevr ,irE of people you intr-duce must be ldescribi d . speaking ;n a iattural manner and accrdingto the idiom of their cass 'his kllno wlege ,an h.ird ly e acquiredt'ceplt by actual e.\perient l c.

lDramatic incidit. ith. i.., the oc' urren' of ituations, tragicalor otherwise. such a. appeal strongl to the. emotions -yet which are,if not actual facts,. till ,suh'l a., may hal'e happiintid or which wouldnot lI impfrolale,. ,(lnli'E:;tg the atlor and th, cirumstanes. SirWailter Scott is tile greal mI-,ir of <lram;lli, ,ittlation in thalt department. altogethEr iniqiu.il''l. The comic, tragir pathetie gift as illus-trated hb D)i'ken innl I.e\.r. chitefl fromi aiiintg imaterials lrawnfrom the lower r;anks ol lift. is hardly 'o he e\ce!leil. Thackera is amaster of polished yet poigulint satire of the cy iicial. yet manly anddignified in tone andi manner.

I would strongly r.eco',mmend thlie purchas., of Sir Walter Besant'sexcellent work (published by John Burleigh, London, 1899), the "Pen

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and the Book." All the arguments for and against the literary life arefairly stated. He rather inclines to taki a favourable view of the profession of literature-in tlie prtesent Ila. He betlive that the readingclasses of the populations of I:ngikh-lspeaking nations have been im-mensely increase withi;n the I;,tte.r part ol t lit h911 century. thereboffering increased openings for faiirlv capable writers, with, of course.,profitable occupation in proportion. But he warns-wams as fol-lows:-

"Let me warn young people against giving up their line of life-humble perhaps, but safe--in order to attempt the literary life. forwhich they do not possess the necessary qualitieations. What theirqualifications are we will presently inquire. Without them the writermust be content to take the lowest p': ice: to do the humblest jobs;to count himself happy,. if he can find a post as compiler of indexes orcorrector of proofs: to lead a life of dependence,. which in itself neednot be a bad thing, and of humiliation and failure. 'l'h , ,ld miseriesare mostly gone. hbut there arc many hit'er disillusions in the presentday ; and I think for the vouing writer, just in proponrin to the glowand glory of his hopes. so is the agony anil slhame of his disappoint-ment and failhre."--(See page 25 of the " Pen and the Book.")

However. Sir Walter Besant goes on to, present a more encourag-

ing outlook. Whereas in the Australian colonies. sixtv years ago. therewere practically no readers. now there re e al these people. of whommore than half are decentl\ educated antI read hooks. In fifty years'time, unless some check, some overwhelming national disaster. happensto this countnry or the United States. or to, our colonies, the populationof the English-speaking race wilP be men 'han doubled. There willbe at least 2o millions-all of them. on an average, far better edu-cated than at the present moment, and all readers of books. Tmaginemore or less. if you can. the position of a: writer, who has won theheart of only a tenth part of those peop'e. Imagine his power for

good or for evil! "T rune long nm the taste of the people is sound

and wholesome. So long as they read Scott and Macaulay. andDickens and Marrvatt. one may trust the t:aste of the people. A badwriter may win an audience for :t while. b'hi he cannot keep his hold."For my own part. I cannot remember a single instance in 'iterarv hi%-tory of the survival of a hbad writer.

Sir Walter Besant considlers "The lit.,rarv lifte. in spite of manydangers and drawhacks. by far the happ;est l;fe. which the ,ord haRpermitted mortal man to enjoy But withnout : reasonable measure of

success it must be a disappointed and a miser:ihl. life." Therefore. Tshruld be very sorry indeed if hv any wordl ,,f mine any young manshould be persuaded to exchange hs c,.,rtan work. whatever it is. foran uncertain plunge into literature

Apologising for i' del:iv in :!nwerinwn vonr letter suitahly, but

excusing it on the scorl of mv narr',w,,d Is'cr, 'Itelyv. T conclude with

my good wishes to all of my vo,n 'riends who have literary tastes,

and who desire to write, hut let them never forget the old saying,"Literature is a good crutch. hilt n hl staff." Most r 'n have

found it so.-Very faithfully yours.T. A. BROWNE.

BRISBRNE

3rammnar 5chool Uaga3ine.

CONTENTS OF No. 8, Vol. III.

Page.

School Institutions ....... ... ... 2

Editorial ... ........... . 3Prize D)ay ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 4

Neior andl Junior l xamiiations ......... 5

M r. Roe's Return ... ... ... . . 5

smoke Concert to \\'cl, ,ne Mr. Roe .. ...... 6

Cricket ... ... ... ... ... . ... 1o

i nter-School Matche' ... ... ... ... I2

Criticism , onl ,st Eleven: ... ... ... 14econd, Third. and Fourth Elevens ... .. ... 15

Cricket Averages.. ... . . 15, 6

Lirary . .. .... 6

Swimming Sports .. .. .. ,

List of SuibscriH er, .. ... .. . 17

l'xchangel s .. .. '

School Note .... .. ... 18

Jottings ... ... ... ... ... .. .. 19

'oot l il ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ic

Cadets ............. ... ... ... 20

Ten is ... ... ... ... .. .. ... 21

()Old Ioys' Association ... ... ... ... . 2I

Letter from Rolf Boldre\\ood . ... ... .. 2I