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ST. BEDE'S MAGAZINE. VOL. V.-No. 13. AUTUMN, 1942. PRICE 6d.

CONTENTS.

271 From the Universities ... 274 Music Notes 279 Elocution ... 280 Speech Day 281 Awards ... 282 Examination Results 283 Thanks 284 R.I.P. 285

SCHOOL NOTES.

We approach you once again, boys and old boys, parents and friends, with another issue of our School Magazine. We give you a chronicle of our affairs, which are your affairs, and bring you :news of as many as possible of the wide and varied activities of the boys and young men whom we try to teach and preserve here and of the men who have left us to teach and preserve the world. Time sweeps on with tremendous speed in these strenuous days. The boy of to-day returns to visit us, a man on the morrow. It is the task of St. Bede's, and every school, to fit him for his garments.

* * * * * Very early in the scholastic year the

Lord Abbot of Douai, the Right Rev. Ignatius Sylvester Mooney, M.A., paid us a brief visit. Weare proud to have this contact with Douai with its long glorious history as one of our oldest public schools.

* * * * * A printing press, installed in a small room

off the library, while providing training in the craft also ,renders useful service. Even invitation cards for such an important event as Speech Day were produced from our atelier with a dignity and finish worthy of the occasion

* * * * * Speech Day was a happy if lengthy

event. Amongst those who honoured us with their presence were: The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bradford, Alderman and

Mrs. Illingworth, J.P.; Rev. Brother Baptist, Headmaster of De La Salle College, Sheffield, Mr. John E. Fattorini, Esq" KC.S.G., chairman of the Board of Governors; Alderman Mrs. Chambers, J.P,; and Alderman T, 1. Clough, Chairman of the Education Committee.

* * * * * A cheque of ten guineas was presented

to the Lord Mayor for the Aurora Fund. A short concert, followed by tea, concluded the pro-ceedings,

* * * * * The feast of the Immaculate Conception

was celebrated in the traditional style of the school. In the morning we had Solemn High Mass with a short sermon on the feast.

* * * * * At dinner there were present as guests the Reverend Fathers from Myddleton Lodge, and the staff. The speeches were worthy of the occasion, one by M. Sullivan deserving special mention. In the afternoon we had a French concert with many songs and plays. A happy, full day. such as many old boys in the services wilI visualise, was brought to a close with Solemn Benediction.

* * * * * "The "Academy" period (last lesson

every Friday) has now established itself as an interesting part of the School curriculum. Its main objects are to teach the boys

, correct speech and deportment, while helping to eradicate shyness and gaucherie,

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All Forms have had their turn either as a whole or in competition with other Forms. Among the many items during the year we quote a few examples: Shakesperian recitals, readings of modern poetry, brains trust, plays in English and French, lantern Jecture on Shakespeare. The orchestra, too, has always done its share.

* * * * * The medical inspection showed that the

health of the School has not been in any way impaired by the stress of our black~ out or changes in diet. All the same, parents would be well advised to have their children immunised as the Government advises.

* * * * * The Christmas term ended with the usual

hectic time, examinations, Form magazines, reports, readings up, Christmas carols.

* * * * * Early in January, the Rev. gr. Stanley,

of the White Fathers, gave as an i:riterest~ jng talk on th'e missions in Uganda of vvhich he had a first~hand knowledge, having spent some time there himself. We take a special interest in the White Fathers as we have some old boys amongst them, We wish their work every blessing.

*,~**"", We had the blessing and distribution of

the candles on the feast of the Purification. This is one. of the most time~honoured festivals in the annals of the Church.

* * * * * Another ancient festival, especially in

the history of Bradford, is the feast of St. Blaise, one of our House patrons. After Solemn High Mass we had the bleSSing of the throats. Later, the masters were the guests of the boys to school dinner which proved the usual enjoyable social function.

* * * * * Tea parties as of yore. No long buns

"tis true, very few dainty cakes (nowadays people with a penchant for ignorinH their own language call them gateaux), and home early-" thanks" to the black~out. But this does not dim their fast, furious fun. Speeches ad infinitum, murdering plays and plays murdered, songs, games, musical instruments, jokes, much laughter of varying timbre from the shrill piping of Forms One to the stiff bourdon of the gods of the Sixth. Chestnuts that you old boys told twenty years ago still evoke hilarious laughterv..;hile they are still seemingly misunderstood by the masters.

At the moment when the Philippines were looming large in the news we had an interesting lantern lecture on these islands by the Rev. Fr. Knight, of the Mill Hill Fathers, who had spent twenty years there. We would like to live there when condi~ tions return to normal. We thank our visitor for his lecture and hope he will be able to return soon to the scene of his labours.

* * * * * The Reverend Fathers Bernard Keegan,

Frank Smith and Edward Woodhouse, recently ordained Old Boys, said Mass at the School. Later, they visited the classes to give us the special blessing of newly~ ord?ined priests. We wish them a rich harvest in their life's work.

** * * * After a brief and snow~filled mid~term

we began another Lent in the right spirit with the blessing and distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday. \Ve ended Lent by a short retreat given by Rev. Fr. Brendon, O.P. Towards the end of the retreat he and several priests from the various parishes helped in the work of the confessional; for which we gratefully express our thanks.

* * * * * On \A/ednesday morning the whole

School received Holy Communion. So we began our holidays in a Christian frame of mind.

* * * * * Histrionically, artistically, mUSically,

the School Play was a great success with well attended, appreciative audiences bring~ ing in a record sum of £orty~eight pounds. The "Lost City" was found again and presumably is now buried in the sand of oblivion for another cycle.

* * * * * While thanking all who helped, the

actors, the orchestra, the young ladies who helped in the make up, we feel it is only fair to give a special word of congratulation to Mr. Boylan, who bore t'he brunt of the work and responsibility on his shoulders.

* * * * * Our congratulations to Matthew Rock,

who at the age of seventeen was ;chosen for the Oriental Scholarship. In his School Certificate in 1940 he obtained six distinc~ tions, then took his Higher School in a

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year and was in the throes of the Oxford Scholarship when he was called for an interview. He also did his share in athletics, football and cricket. Good luck to him!

* * * * * Believe it or not, we had a perfect day

for the school sports. The attendance was fair. There was some good running and jumping. Upper Four won the Relay after a fine sprint. . The prizes were gracefully distributed by Mrs. J. Brogan.

* * * * * We offer our deepest sympathy to the

bereaved parents and ,relatives of Master Carlos Carette, who died after a brief and sudden illness. First in his Form, Carlos was a bright, happy, pleasant boy, very popular with his class~mates. ,

* ** * * The School Choir, assisted by his Form,

sang his Requiem and attended his funeral at Keighley. May he rest in peace.

* * * * * The grounds, as is usual at such a season

of the year, looked their best during the procession in honour of the Sacred Heart, which ended a day's adoration. The massive clumps of rhododendron in bloom were resplendent in the lovely sunshine. The Scouts in uniform, lining the route, added to the effect.

* * * * 'lI' The practical psychology of a certain

section of the human race is expressed in the simple, plain words, " Feed the brute." Thanks to' our digging for victory we have been able this year to feed ( them?) at a very cheap rate· We hope this year's crop will be as abundant. But weeds grow apace in spite of regular rota for gardening -a practical proof of man's first lesson"In the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread."

* * * * * We have had visits during the year from'

Polish officers, Polish scouts, Free French soldiers and sailors, many of whom .in a very short space of time have had hair~ raising experiences. They are a fine type of men. Few people realise the amount of

mental anguish they suffer: some of them have had no word. of their families for ovet two years.

* * * * * Some of the boys are scarcely aware that

there is a beautiful swimming bath in the school. It is one of the amazing experiences of teachers' lives to find that Jlhe more that is done for some people the less they appreciate it and the more they expect.

* ** * * Our War Savings Certificates keep

steadily, if slowly,mO'unting ; we have now reached the respectable sum of £4,800.

* * * * * In union with all Catholics of the

diocese, we offer our respects and congratu~ lations to his Lordship the Rt. Rev. John Henry Poskin, Bishop of Leeds, on the happy ocasion of his jubilee, 15th July, the twenty~fifth anniversary of his being raised to the sacred priesthood. May he guide us for many years.

* * * * * As the war drags on, the longer grows

our list of killed, missing, wounded and prisonNs in each branch of the service. To the anxious families of these, espe<;:ially to the families of those who have m'ade the great sacrifice, we offer our sincerest sympathies.

* * * * * Indeed, the main object of this issue of

the magazine is to try to get in touch with as many Old Boys as possible in the services, far and near, on land, on sea, in the air. We hope a copy of this magazine' will reach them, that its perusal will afford them a little relaxation, a little solace, reviving memories ever green with the hope that all will soon be well again in this w:eary world, thanks to their efforts. We see so many Old Boys (our present pupils toO') in uniform at the school. They are always most welcome. Some, we know are a little shy of entering this palatial bUilding. This is a mistake and a disappointment to us Weare pleased to see each and everyone.

* * * * * Surely few will understand as, well as

those Old Boys in the sands of the' desert, in the perils of the sea, in the wide spaces of the air, the meaning of the words of Qur School Motto, "Ora et Labora."


FROM THE CLASS-ROOMS.

FORM VI.

Alienum sed semper idem.

In many respects' this year has been a very changed Form Six. The fact that we are now under a new master and that we are greatly increased in number has been sufficient to alter our aspect considerably.

Our scholastic activities have been much increased. Scholarships for the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Leeds have been attempted, while in addition to usual academic examinations we have entered for two Religious Certificates.

Neither have our sports activities slackened. We must congratulate P. Brear (Sc.) . on winning the senior Victor Ludorum. The Form, as a whole, has done well in winning the football cup and in gaining, despite a lengthy handicap. second place in the relay race. As usual, the First and Second School Football' and Cricket Teams have been drawn largely from the Form.

We are very pleased ·to welcome back G. Frankland, now fully recovered from his severe illness.

We regret that we have lost M. Rock, who has left us in order to study Oriental languages. To him we wish the very best of luck.

It would appear, then, that the Form is really changed only in that it has lost Fr. Molony and all that he meant to us. . We hope to carryon under our new leader, to keep the· old traditions and 0 even create new O:les.

UPPER FIVE.

It seems such a long time since we expressed ourselves in print that we hardly know how to start. At the present moment, examination week, our heads are so full of a mixed mass of learning that we are afraid our style may have gone to pieces.

Perhaps we had better try in verse. It can't be any verse than out prose; at least there will be rhyme if not reason.

The year is done, our work complete, We've swatted night and day.

We're turning off the mental heat; N ow is our time to play.

Now Latin's dead, and French is free, No chemical formulae

Will craze us alphabeticallyWe're out to get some play.

OUf history now can make itself, And Maths can run away.

Our English we'll put on the shelf:Let's all go out to play.

Of Physics, too, we've had enough. We'll purge it all away.

This rhyming, too, is sorry stuffSo off we go-to play.

Turning from the ridiculous to the sublime, let us mention a little of a really solid record. We have eight Prefects, seven members of the senior cricket elevens, eight in the Air Training Corps, and seven Scouts.

Thifty~three (that is our total) have just sat fOf the School Certificate: we are hoping for a hundred per cent. success.

Our collections have been splendid (let us thank Sweeney for that) , our Altar always decent (thanks to Muff), our studies thoroug h (thank goodness).

Now we bid farewell to those who are leaving us this year. We 'wish them all God~speed and all good fortune ;-

B. Butler, B. Holland, S. Kerrigan, J. Love, T. McLoughlin, D. Monaghan, P. Monaghan, L. Muff, B. O'Connor, F. Ryan, E. Scurrah,. P. Simpson, B. Sweeney, S. Sullivan, J. Walsh, D. Whitaker, T. Wynn.

LOWER FIVE. Letter by' Letter.

Dear Mr. Editor, I do hope you will find space for this

very important letter. 'know space is at a premium, but you cannot afford to omit anything of this letter in the interests of your readers.

Circumstances outside my control necessitate breaking off my association of five years' standing with your paper. Yesit is a disaster; you will find it very hard to replace the sparkle and sweet reasonable~


ness of this column. I hope your sales do not flop entirely.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Farewell, all ye books, tried and worn companions of the last five years. Especially, dear little Geometry, farewell. Your back is broken with my hard work. We have been together, though not always on the same plane. May our paths run parallel and meet'--at infinity. .

And my French Grammar-you have been ever present in the past. May our acquaintance in the future be imperfect.

I hear the knell of passing term. School year 1942 jOins its companions of the past five years and leaves the world to me.

I go, I do not come back-and yet, dulce est revisere anti quos nidos.

LOWER FIFTH COLUMNIST.

UPPER FOUR.

The Rising Sons. As a rule the classroom is not very

inspmng. In point of fact, to be quite frank, it is rather dull and monotonous. But on Fridays we welcome a touch of colour and give a salute to our airmen of to,-morrow, to a Sergeant (or is he a Cooke?) to a Corporal (one of the Buffs), to a private (though no cricketer). To all of them, our best wishes. Sic itur ad astra. Khaki, too, is represented by one of our number.

With this preamble we pass on to the most important feature of school life, namely the studies. Here it is possible to report good and steady progress. The first boy, Lyons, is to be congratulated. on keeping his place at the head of the Form. He represents a good firm. At the same time under this heading we must not fail to chronicle a deep disappointment. For the recent Elocution Contest we entered a first~class team conSisting of Messrs. Rogan, Buffham and Sandford and had high hopes of securing the first place. Dis aliter visum est.

Football is a thing of the past, but it must be put on record that we reached the semi~ final in the Football Competition only to be beaten by the bearded Sixth Form-a victory of brawn over brains clearly. Quickly we pass on to cricket and here we find ourselves represented in both the

first and the second elevens. When we come to the School Sports, we feel at home. It will be enough to give a word of praise to Moran, in whose reflected glory as

c Middles Victor Ludorum we bask, and equally to congratulate our stalwarts, Rogan, Halloran, Cooke and Moran, who did us the honour of winning the Shield in the Relay Race. All honour to their namest

Is there anything else ? Yes-and that a matter on which we feel deeply. Now is the time to thank Gatt for his untiring persistence in the matter of collecting money for .various good objects. Whether it be the A.P.F. or the" Frobisher," the Bishop's Fund or the Leper GUild, nothing comes amiss. We have evidently been entertain~ ing a great financier unawares.

And now it remains to thank all those who have helped with the Salvage Campaign. It ist'emarkable how manv copies of the "Universe" have come our way. But after all is not the Church Universal?

Finally, report has it that Brady is about to .leave us. He has our parting good wishes for his welfare. And now may we say, " Au revoir."

P .S.-The Editor (tongue in cheek) has just asked if we have forgotten anything. As a matter of fact, we have. We have omitted to say a word about the Orchestra, but at least one of our number is quite capable of blowing his own trumpet. We'll leave it to him.

LOWER FOUR.

Mira, Sed Acta, Loquor. We don't belong to the upper ten,"

Nor yet to " Lower Five" ; We are the sparks of Lower Four

Who live, though not "alive." Our absentees are not so rare,

And homework's still undone, But we have sweated, too, at times,

While masters ". slogged" for fun. On fields of sport we've done our bit,

Yet had a Waterloo. In " academy:' we love to shine,

We had one " famous" do. The " Frobisher" we'll man one day,

For we are pirates bold, Such" wicket" deeds we all have done,

Though some are best untold. .

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At times we're apt to make things hum, And buzz like the busy bee,

We never lag or drone behind In school activity. So sing once more before we go,

On holidays carefree, Long live, long~legged Lower Four,

And long live liberty.

UPPER THREE Speaking F1r'ankly.

First of all we must put on record our sympathy with P. Helliwell on his very protraCted illness and our earnest hopes that he will be able to rejoin his ,old companions next term. Although he has been away for such a long time, he is not forgot'ten by his class fellows.

Next we have to welcome to our company a new boy who has come to us from Pudsey Grammar School, M. Roberts. He has already proved himself a stalwart among stalwarts.

In the recent elocution contest (in which all Forms from Upper Fourth downwards took part) we were adjudged the winners. In view of the high standard set, .we think this is something of an achievement. We were represented by Donnelly, Fee, and Routledge.

The whole Form showed their sympathy with A. Taylor, who lost his brother in such a sudden and tragic way. We had a Mass said for the. repose of his souL . The reflection that this is the last term we shall all be together as a Form is saddening. Dunn, Fee, Galvin, Newman and Inglehearne are to be promoted to Form V. so that they may be able to"sit for the School Certificate Examination. Their departure will leave us sadly diminished in physical prowess and mental acumen.

MIDDLE THREE. I'll Talk Be'side You.

There are some differences of opinion amongst members of the staff as to our work, some not altogether unfavourable, for we have a friend or two in the enemies' camp who present glowing accounts, more or less deserved, of our prowess. Weare in the unfortunate position of being next door to the Headmaster's room and so are

constantly at war with the authorities and get quite accustomed to staying in. This does not fit in with the officially approved policy of being" good neighbours." We are very good at "speaking." Why stop us from practising? We swim, we garden, we support A.P.F., we play cricket, we are nearly all Scouts, we collect things for the " Frobisher," we dramatise.most excellently, we would all be in the A.T.C. if we could. What then is wrong with us? Work? What's work? A poisonous weed?

LOWER THREE.

All the W orId's a Stage. Though commonly regarded as a lot of

slackers from the point of view of work, still we have won distinction in the theatrical sphere. Our play this term, "Appearances are Deceptive," was pro~ duced by E. Glennon and compered by E. Parkin. It proved a great success and produced much laughter by its novelty and bright entertainment. As a result of the wide applause given to the play, we have decided to form an "Amateur Dramatic Society," with E. Glennon as producer.

Do not think, however, that we are talented only as actors; we have our musicians, too: D. McCaffery, distinguished accordion player, and E. Glennon, A. Bottomley, T. Flanagan and J. Unsworth, violinists.

Weare keen sportsmen and are becoming more useful every day. We enjoy our games and have done our fair share of gardening. Two members of our Form, S. Lamb and K. Ward, play for the Junior Cricket XI., and we have a good cricket team.

We are responsible for the foundation of the" H.M.S. Frobisher Fund," to which we have all generously subscribed, and in particular, B. Murray.

Congratulations to B. Steel. who won the Juvenile All England Modern Ballroom Dancing Competition, at the Spanish Hall Winter Gardens, Blackpool. on 16th June. He also came first' at a former competition held at the Masonic Ballroom. Bradford. Also to D, Walker, who came third in the same competition.


UPPER TWO.

" Snippets:'

As a war economy, we do not intend' to use whole sentences entailing capitals, etc., but only barely necessary words gleaned from the latest dispatches.

Weare just finishing our second year at . . . various events come back into our minds ... we had a very enjoyable tea~party ... much appreciated . . . we lost the football cup as usual . . . as far as cricket goes we have not played any proper matches .. '. so we have not been beaten ... the Form enjoys garden~ ing as it often gets them out of a sticky situation ... a new boy ... his name is spelled double u, double 0, double 1, e, double t . . . a Fr-- play ... supplied exquisite grace and feminine charm of Little R-- R-- Hood ... Jean Jules. P.E.C was the grandmother ... the wolf also well played,.. one of best characters ... eight went to camp ... jolly good time . . . spite of weather , .. made remarkable improvement in swimming ... supplied V-- Ludorum in Ly--c . . . fifth in relay . . . elocution . . . not in first three . . . aster says we are at ' ox ' stage in pursuit of --ford accent .•. many things have happened since last magazine, . . . it has been pleasant term. (N .B. Dashes required to prevent the leakage of important information.)

AU REVOIR.

MIDDLE TWO.

So To Speak.

Our first duty in these notes is a sad one, for we have to record the death during the term of Carlos Carette. Although he had not yet quite mastered the English tongue, Carlos had come out at the head of the Form at the last examination and showed great promise for the future. It was, however, God's will that he should be taken from us after a very brief illness. His classmates assisted at the singing of the requiem at St. Anne's Church, Keighley, the service being a beautiful and moving one. We ask you all to remember him in your prayers. R.I.P.

The term has been full of incident, what with swimming, cricket, sports, elocution contests, gardening and, of course, a lesson or two in the more academic branches of education.

By our feverish and sustained efforts, we have helped greatly to beautify the garden; by magnificent team work we managed to come fourth in the school relay race, being easily the best of the junior forms; by assiduous practice we have progressed appreciably towards the goal of one hundred per cent. swimmers; by our moral support and encouragement, Sugden once again shone at the school sports, only failing to gain the Victor Ludorum medal because he had won it last year; by our sporting enthusiasm, we gave the winners of t.he elocution contest something to fight agamst; by our prowess at cricket we have established in the breasts of all forms the ambition to beat Middle Two.

Would you have more? Weare one hundred per cent. members of the A.P.F.

. Weare keen supporters of the ' Frobisher' fund and magazine collection. Our class~ room is· .

(Sorry, you'll have to tell us the rest in the next magazine. There's a war on! -Editor.)

LOWER TWO.

We look back over a varied, not to say hectic year of assorted events. In spite of the occasional distraction caused by class work, homework, exams and masters, we have managed to extract quite a profitable and enjoyable measure of benefit from our activities.

Our playwright, F. Thompson, produced a thriller with the unusual title of " Murder Mystery" which caused our flesh to CrE:ep at the Form party.

Nearly 100% of us can swim now, and. what a joy it is to plunge into the Lucid waters after a gruelling day in thegar.den!

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We were all excited to go into the "death chamber" to test our gas~masks. We nearly succeeded in bribing the police~ man in charge to ask the masters to step inside and then turn on a real "stinger," to let us see the Staff crying for a change.

MIDDLE ONE.

Cryptic,

Florrie~at~Middle~one~ear. No, gentle reader, this is not the name of the big Redskin chief's {air daughter. It is the

. new phonetic Latin which we have invented Our feats in music and elO'cution are, of ourselves. We will leave you in suspense

course, well known; we just want to for a moment wh:i1st we discourse for a mention our 1 sl: Prize in music on St. while on our other achievements. We Cecilia's Day and our 2nd Prize in elocution have a noted writer for the newspapers in in the speaking test. our . Form whose work has circulated

In Bdef: Tommy Kenny is our star jumper. Billy Elliott is our .champiO'n swimmer. Peter Rigby is our expert poultry~keeper. Bernard Brennan is our specialist in model aeroplanes. Chris McEvoy is our best turnip~sower.

Au revoir et a bient6t !

UPPER ONE.

What's in a Name?

Noticing, the other day, how frequently a person's name appears i11~adapted to his physical and mental characteristics, we made a rapid survey of the Form to see if this were really true.

Immediately we thought of SHORTER. the tallest boy, and wondered, toO', who was more unhurried than HASTE. For calm~ ness, at least equal to that of the proverbial mill pond, surely BOYLE is renowned, and does anyone, bear less resemblance to a mummy than PICKLES? Is HAW, then, really half a well~knO'wn broadcaster, and does FISHER truly ply a rod ?

From what town does our only IMPORT come-from LYNN or PEEL? Are GARTHwaite, MEEDS and HardACRE really keen on farming, and would you call ROWAN "a poem lovely as a tree"?

And who always fails to close the class~ room door? Why! f>veryone knows-it's SHUTT.

throughO'ut Ilkley and its outskirts. Hargreaves has achieved fame by his poem "Salvage."

Also the entire Form is bristling with Speaights, Bayntons, Gary Coopers and Enochs. We have produced one play and are preparing a second. Our first effort was "The Master's Plight," an original play about Stephen Collins Forster, the noted American Song composer, and we gave this to the whole school on the Feast of 'St. Cecilia. We had more boys than any other FO'rm in the School Play, and some say that was why it broke all records. Our last effort is a biblical play, " St. Paul and the Gaoler," which we hope to produce in our last days as Middle One.

At the sports we did well, of course. But, dear reader, we have kept you waiting long enough for the meaning of our opening burst. To put it into understandable Latin? It is "Floreat Middleoneia " and it means " Up, Middle One."

LOWER ONE.

By Way of Contrast.

Dear Mr. Editor,

Unlike most other Forms who take advantage of your "Form Notes Pages" to advertize and boost themselves, we of Lower One havf> decided to speak the truth this time and tell you and all who are inte,rested in us a few plain truths about ourselves. If such unusual behaviour or such unusual candour does nothing else than prevent Masters who may have the misfortune to take us next year from form~ ing " great expectations" of us, it will have accomplished much.

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First, then, we are a very average lot all round, some' of us very much below the average. We haven't shone in studies, games, sports or any particular activity. We sometimes look meek. pliable, obedient and even ~ bright, but these are only apearances and dO' not last. Our exams " showed us up" a few times Cl.nd we are faCing the ordeal next week with a certain amount of calm composure.

At cricket we can't bat, we can't bowl. we can't stump, we can't field, but still' we play ,the game.

If left to ourselves we can't be relied on to behave with decorum. We are noisy,

,irritating and rathe·r lazy. It caused a tempO'rary excitement in our Form and a great deal of pleasure when Mullarky, Pitaluga and Russell. passed the County Minor Scholarship. For a time it revived a certain amount of ambition in some of us, but we qUickly withdrew to our usual state of lethargy. We congratulate them; nevertheless.'

Having made our humble confession, we beg to close by assuring you, Mr. Editor, and everyone who has interest in us, that we are far from hopeless. It may be that our great qualities, which are so far hidden, will shine and enlighten Dthers 'at St. Eede's

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. HOUSE NOTES.

ST. ALBAN'S. ST. BLAISE.

House~Master Captain Vice~Captain Recorder • Sports Captain

Mr. J. Creedon Wm. Hayes

B. Rhodes M. Peyton

Wm. FDrrester

We must begin by welcoming to the .House Mr. T. Brogan and by taking this

opportunity of expressing our' gratitude to all the masters who have St, Alban's as their special care.

The House has distinguished itself in, studies this year-taking the first place almost every week. This. diligence has already this' vear been rewarded by tw,O' . half~holidays and a third will no doubt be granted to us on the first day of the Autumn Term.

We were beaten into third place in the Inter~House Sports, but our name for sports was retained by the fODtball teams. The Juniors WDn t<heir cup and·the Middles and SeniDrs both took second places.

One cup yet. remains to be awardedthe new swimming cup .. In the last few years 'we . have had no opportunity to see hO'w St. Alban's is shaping at swimming, but we trust that the first< name to be inscribed on the new cup wi1l be that of our House. . .

W.N.H. (VI.)

House Master House Captain Vice~Captain Sports Captain RecO'rder

Mr; H. Robinson· B. McShee

G.Frankland P. A. Monaghan

C K. Barry

For the past year the familiar phrase, " Last-St. Blaise," has been the usual announcement, with very few exceptions, on Monday mornings,

We can hardly say, "Well done 1'" On the foO'tball field. we held our own

in the Junior, Middle and Senior games, ,whilst in the Inter~House Sports we had to be' cDntent with fourth place.' The School cricket and football teams contained many representatives Df the House.

The House 'most warmly congratulates M. Rock--our late House Captain-on Winning an Oriental S~holarship to London University. We were sorry to 100se him.' but wish him every success.

To all members who are leaving, we wish GodSPeed; from all those whO' remC!jn, a better effort is expected next year.

.' ··G.F. (VI.)

ST. House Master House Captain Vice~Captain Sports Captain' Recorder

CHAD'S. " Mr. J. c. Evans

. F. Brear J. 0: Albrow .... ~ ~P. Brear

D. f;Routledge


in the scholastic sphere we are unable: to report great progress. This weekly recurrence of the phrase "3rd, St. Chad's" is due rather to individual care1esness than to the efforts of the House as a whole. As usual, however, any complaints in this sphere are ef£aced by our sporting achievements.

. In the Inter~House football competitions, both the Seniors and the Middles carried off their respective cups. To the Juniors we offer our sympathies for their failure to make this a trio and the conventional "better luck next time." On Sports Day, St. Chad's easily defeated the other Houses, being more than 30 points ahead of the second. It would be invidious to single out any individuals for praise. We there~ fore offer to all St. Chad's competitors our heartiest thanks and congratulations.

In the swimming gala \we have every confidence of repeating our Sports Day performance, and thus rounding off a solid year's work which, as can be seen, has not been void of success.

D.F.R. (VI Arts.)

.. PREFECTS'

Again we reach the end of a School Year, leaving behind us yet another successful term of office to add to the traditions of our predecessors. The Prefects have quietly carried out their appointed duties, ably assisting the Staff in the smooth running of the School and taking their due part in School activities.

This year also marks a big change in the management of the Prefects. Until his <retirement, we had the support and ever-willing co-operation of Fr. Molony and were rather uneasy when he left. But our fears were groundless. Mr. Branigan has stepped into the breach with enthusiasm, energy and staunch support of our activities. With such able assistance, the future prefects should have no fear regard~ ing their duties and privileges.

During the year we lost three of our members: J. Fitzpatrick and D. Burgin in December, and M. Rock. who left to study

ST. DUNSTAN'S.

House~Master Captain Vice~Captain Recorder Sports Captain

Mr. G. Wilson D. Glenn F. Myers

B. Manogue T. Barlow

It would be untrue to say that we are quite satisfied with the progress of the House this term Very seldom have we topped the lists on Monday morning, and there have been times when we came in last.. But, on the whole, we have been placed secon<;l more often than third. What a change from the days when week by week we heard our place given as first each time! The reason is not far to seek. It is not the boys at the top of the School who have let us down, but some irrespon~ sible Juniors who have failed to realize their responsibilities as members of St. Dunstan's. Our bad luck even followed us into the realm of sports, and we have once to record the melancholy fact that we reached only second place in the School Sports. Wellbetter luck next time!

D.G. (VI.)

NOTES.

Japanese on an Oriental Scholarship at Easter We wish them the best of success in their respective careers.

Following is a list of Prefects and their duties :-

G. R, Louis, Captain; B. McShee, ViceCaptain, Sports Secretary, St. Blaise House Captain; M. Sullivan, Sacristan, Secretary; W. Hayes, Dance Secretary, St. Alban House Captain; F. Brear, Ball~room, St. Chad House Captain; B. Rhodes and M. Peyton, Corridor Duties; W. Forrester, Ballroom, House Committee;D. Albrow, Gymnasium; G. Frankland, Notice Board; D. Routledge, Sacristan, Gymnasium; D. Glenn, House Committee, St. Dunstan House Captain; .K. Barry, Corridor Duties; P. Waite, House Committee; p. Brear, Gymnasium; F. Myers, Tennis Rota; L. Muff, Sacristan; A. Monaghan, Cycles; G. Rock, S. Sullivan, B. O'Connor, J. Love, C. Manogue and T. McLoughlin, Corridor Duties.


IN THE PLAYING FIELDS.

CRICKET. First Eleven

Up to date, on account of rained~off and cancelled matches, we have played only seven games, and in those our recO'rd has not been as successful as in previous years~

We started the season O'n May 13th with an evening match against Salt's, who scored 128 for 8 (Rock 3 for 24, McSh~e 2 for 4). Though we did not reach this score, we put up a good show and _ scored 93 for 9 (McLoughlin 25, McShee 23, Albrow 13 not out).

Gta'nge were O'ur next opponents, in a home match, where we showed much poorer form, being dismissed for 48. Gr"ange passed our total for the loss of 5 wickets (Barry 2 for 9).

A still heavier defeat befell us at CarltO'n on June 6th. Here the batting collapsed, and we were dismissed for 33, which meagre~lookingtotal would have looked even more rn'eagre but for a nne display of hitting by Barry (18 not out).

Rain scppped matches at Belle Vue and Grange-at the former we played for an hour in ,a downpour-but 'between these Saturdays we played St. Michael's at home. Even here we were unableo-to finish_ owing to a late start. After we had scored 85 for 9 (Erankland 20, HallO'ran 26 lnot out), the College played time out with 31 for 7 (Barry 5 for 14). . This mor.al victory preceded our first real victory, which we scored over Carlton, a team previously unbeaten. Against them we made 82 (Frankland '30, AlbrO'w. 17 !Il0~ out), and dismissed them for 76,. the last wicket falling in the last over with 3 balls to go. Three wickets apiece fell to Brear (for 23), McLoughlin (for 20) and McShee (for 8).

. Against Belle Vue, on July 18th, we had ca vleasjmt game. Belle Vue scored 62 (McLoughlin 4 fO'r 15 andP. Brear 4, for 25, including the "hat trick"). We won a close match by one, wicket, the last pair bringing the total to 63 (Halloran, 26 not out).

Ina return game Belle Vue reversed the verdict, scoring 87 (McShee 4 for 29 and Brown 3 for 7). We managed only 52 (Rock 30 not out).

Team from :-D. Albrow, K. Barry, T. Brear, Brown, W. Forrester, G. Frankland, D. Glenn, J. Halloran, B. McShee (Capt.), T. McLoughlin, P. Monaghan, G. Rock, E. Rogan. Also played:- F. Brear, P. Walsh.

B. MeS. (VI.)

Second Eleven

This has been rather a disappointing season for cricket. Football fixtUres were carried O'ver well into the cricket season and prevented the starting of cricket. When eVE;ntually we did begin the season, we did s.o without much practice and lost our first two matches. The first, against Grange, we lost by three runs, though Barrett toO'k 3 wickets for 2 runs, and the second, against Carlton, by about seventy runs.

Rain then interfered, and many matthes have had to be cancelled. The n.ext match was against Cailton at Odsal. and we won by a wicket and a few runs (Barrett 33). Leedal's stumping vias outstanding.

Alt40ugh we have nO't had much chance of showing our merit, good team spirit is in evidence all round, and there is much promis~ of a good first team next year.

On Saturday, July 18th, we ran up against a powerful stO're by Belle Vue of 104. St. Bede~s replied gallantly and nearly pulled off the match. Fighting against time we managed to score 93 before the last mim was out.. Of these King scored 24, Love 14, Barrett, 12.

The team was chol'<:n from the following: F. Brear (Capt.), Myers, Barrett, Love, ( Barlow, Fair, Rogan, P. Leedal,. Sandford, Bowden, Laycock, Moran, Booth and King.

F.B. (VI.)

SWIMMING NOTES

The Junior and Middle classe~ can provide an abundance, of competitors for school galas, but the Senior classes very few-a fact which calls for rather disturb~ ing reflections. No school. has better opporfimities for practising swimming .. All the Juniors, or practically all, learn, to

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sWim well in the first twO' years they are at scheel, and a large prepertion lose interest. The conclusien seems to' be that the eppertunity is tee geed, that the presence of a swimming bath in the scheel brings a familiarity with water fellewed by a centempt. The attendance at swimming lessens during the winter was sO' disappeinting that drastic measures have had to' be taken against the" fair weather" swimmers. It is to' be heped that these measures will effect an improvement next seasen.

There has been a large increase in the number ef Sceut swimmers, and the number ef badges fer swimmers and rescuers sheuld be very high. A great deal ef interest has been displayed in life~saving. But the standard ef speed is lew, the diving peer, and general interest in swimming mest disappeinting.

The recent test fer swimming certificates bears eut these ebservations, and the fact that net a Single bey was fast eneugh to' get his free pass renewed is preef eneugh that the Seniers have lest interest in speed.

SWIMMING GALA. FREE FINAL

Junior-I, P. Hopkins (St. Dunstan's), 3; 2, P. Sowden (St. Dunstan's), 2 3, W. Elliott (St. Chad's), 1.

Middle-I, Brimacombe (St. Chad's), 3; 2, Gott (St. Alban's), 2; 3, Owens (St. Chad's), 1.

Senior-I, P. Brear (St. Chad's), 3; 2, M. Bell .(St. Alban's), 2; 3, B. Kay (St. Blaise), l.

BACK FINAL Junior-I, C. Toalster (St. Chad's), 3; 2, P.

Unsworth (St. Dunstan's), 2; 3, P. Rigby (St. Chad's), l.

Middle-I, Gott (St. Alban's), 3; 2, Sandford (St. Blaise), 2; 3, Brimacombe (St. Chad's), l.

Senior-I, Simpson (St. Blaise), 3; 2, Myers (St. Dunstan's), '2; 3, F. Brear (St. Chad's). 1. '.

BREAST FINAL Junior-I, P. Unsworth (St. Dunstan's)' 3; 2, P.

Hopkins (St. Dunstan's), 2; 3, F. Thompson (St. Blaise), 1. .

Middle-I, Bowden (St Blaise), 3; 2, Higgins (St. Dunstan's), 2; 3, Laycock (St. Dunstan's), l.

Senior-I, F. Brear (St. Chad's), 3; 2, P. Brear (St. Chad's), 2; 3, B. Kay (St. Blaise), l.

RELAY Junior-I, St. Dunstan's; 2, St. Chad's; 3, St. Blaise. Middle-I, St. Blaise; 2, St. Chad's; 3, St. Dunstan's. Senior-I, St. Chad's; 2, St. Dunstan's; 3, St.

Alban's.

DIVE FINAL Junior-I, Sowden (St. Dunstan's), 3; 2, McEvoy

(St. Blaise), 2; 3, ,Unsworth (St. Dunstan's), l. Middle-I, Brimacombe (St. Chad's), 3; 2, Barnett

(St. Blaise), 2; 3, McPherson (St. Dunstan's), l. Senior-I, Kay (St. Blaise), 3; 2, Brimacombe (St.

Chad's), 2; 3, Simpson (St. Blaise), 1.

I-St. Chad's 2-St. Dunstan's 3-St. Blaise 4-St. Alban's

RESULTS Total 31 Points Total 28 Points Total 23 Points

_ Total 8 Poiuts

-+ -+ -+ SCHOOL SPORTS, 1942.

ST. BEDE'S SPORTS, SATURDAY, 22nd JUNE, 1942. (Houses are indicated by letter after the name ef cempetiter).

880 YARDS 100 YARDS

Junior-I, G. Sugden (A), lit sees.; 2, T. Lyons (D); 3, J. E. Shorter (C).

Middle-I, J. Halloran (C), 12 sees., 2, H. Moran (D); 3, R. Woollett (C).

Senior-I, G. Rock (C), 11 secs.; 2, F. Drear (C); 3, W. Forrester (A).

'220 YARDS Junior-I, G. Sugden (A), 26 sees.; 2, T. Lyons (D);

3, T. Bottomley (A). Middle-I, J. Halloran (C), 257\ secs.; 2, H. Moran

(D); 3, E. Boland (C). Senior-I, G. Rock (C), 24~: sees.; 2, F. Brear (C);

3, E. Rogan (A). 440. YARDS

Junior-I, T. Lyons (D), 62 sees.; 2, H. Hannan (A); W. Elliott (C).

Middle-I, E. Boland (C), 61 sees.; 2, G. Booth (D); 3, J. Bateson (C). .

Senior-I, P. Brear (C), 521 secs.; 2, F. Brear (C); 3, G. Rock (C) ..

Junior-'-I, A. Taylor (Bl. 2 mins. 27* sees.; 2, T. Cartledge (A); 3, W. Elliott (C).

Middle-I, R. Eyckens (C), 2 mins. 22 sees.; 2, A Bowden (B); 3, H. Moran (D).

ONE MILE Senior-I, P. Brear(C), 4 mins. 41 secs.; 2, J.

Walsh (B); 3, D. Glenn (D).

440 YARDS HANDICAP All ages-I, T. Cartledge (A); 2, B. Sharp (C); 3,

T. Kenny (B). HIGH JUMP

Junior-I, T. Kenny (B), 3 ft. 9t ins.; 2, J. E. Shorter.(C), 3 ft. 9 ins.; 3, P. Whitford (C), 3 ft. 7t ins.

Middle-I, A. Bowden (B), 4 ft. 4t ins.; 2, R. Eyekens (C), 4 ft. 3 ins.. .

Senior-I, P. Brear (C), 4 ft. lot ins.; 2, W. Forrester (A), 4 ft. 10 ins.; 3, JIll. Sullivan (D), 4 ft. 9 ins,


LONG JUMP JUNIOR SPORTS CUP Form Upper II., 25 points! Junior-I, G. Sugden (A), IS ft. I in.; 2, 1': Lyons

(D); 3, W._Elliott (C). Middle-I,R. Moran (D), 16 ft. 9 ins.; 2, R. VICTORES LUDORUM

Eyckens (C); 3, R.Woollett (C). Senior-I-, P. Brear (C), 17 pts.; 2, G. Rock, 8 pts. Senior-I; P. Brear (C), 17 ft. 7 ins.; 2,_~. Forrester Middle-I; H. Moran (D), 12 pts.; 2, J. Halloran

. (A); 3, M. Sullivan (D). (C),. 8 pts. THROWING CRICKET BALL . -~ Junior-I, G. Sugden (A), 14 pts.; 2, T. Lyons (D),

Junior-I, G. Sugden (Al; 2, T. Lyons(D); 3, P., 13pts. . . Swithenbank (B). - SPORTS CUP

Middle-I, B. Rattigan (B); 2, H. Moran (D); 3, I, St. Chad's, 69 pts. 3, St. Alban's, 38 pts. E. Stoyles (D). - 2, St. Dunstan's, 41 pts. 4, St. Blaise', 26 pts.

Senior-I, F. Myers (D); 2, B. McShee (B); 2, K. Barry (B). '

INTER-FORM RELAY SHIELD I,. Upper IV. 2, VI. 3, Upper V. 4, Middle II.

o INTER-HOUSE FOOTBALL CUP' Senior-St. Chad's. Captain-Po Brear. Middle-St. Chitd' s. Ca ptain..c... J. Halloran. Junior-St. Alban's.' Capt.-G., .Sugden.

INTER-FORM FOOTBALL CUP . Form VI. _E. McShee (Capt.)

CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN I, Anne Forrester; 2, Patricia Bottomley;

3, Peggy Howcroft.

BOYS SEVEN TO TEN I, Bernard Hopk;ins; 2, Stephen Williams;

3, Colin Wilkinson. .

LADIES 1, Pat Johnson; 2, Claire McShee; 3, Maureen Kenny . .,

WITH THE PAJ"ROLS. What have we to record in

our Scout Notes? Two or three outstanding events·:-

Father John, Francis, c.P., has come to help with the Junior

,Troop as A.S.M. Mr. G. Dennison has r,eturned

from the army and is again . A.S.M. of the Senior Troop during the absenc~ of Mr.

"SE PREPARI:O''' W .. Hanney:

Our two Rovers, Peter McWeeny and Sydney Fenton, are carrying on magnifi~' cently with the, work of, the troop.

Frank Brear' has done splendidly as Senior P.L. in keeping tli'eSenior Tro'op in being.

Dennis Higgins and Billy Gott have been Trojans in their work for the Junior troop.

We have again a King's Scout-Anthony Nugent. Many congratulations on the well~deserved honour.

There has been a wave of enthusiasm for badges. The following are among those gained:- _

Swimmer, 18; Rescuer, 15; Fireman, 9; Electrician, 3; Cyclist, 6; Ambulance, 8;

Athlete. 6; Cook, 11; Signaller', 2; Reader, 1. Congratulations 1

-The average attendance of the Junior Troop is over 60.

The average - attendance of the Senior is about 40.

Over 100' were present at the Whitsuntide camp.

Sunday, July 5th, saw a visit to the school of His Lordship the Bishop of Leeds and Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Scout. Troops attended from Halifax, Harrogate, Leeds and Barnoldswick. Both gave inspiring addresses to the Scouts. The week~end camp was sparsely attended.

PaRer salvage has, fallen off badly. The summer camp was held at Knares~

borough for ,the fortnight beginning July 30t~. '

Camp Diary. KnaresbOl'ough.

Whitsuntide, 1942.

Friday.-We arrived after a long- journey and marched through the town (accom~ panied by one drum) to Thistle Hill Farm. A. salute was given to Mr'. and Mrs. ScHmon, and then we began work. Camp' was up very quickty;) supper was seryed and we went to bed,

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Saturday.-On this, day we began to arrange A.Q.M., A.S.M., etc. We had our leave out, and all were eager to explore the town. Tuck was served, or sold, consisting of chocolate rolls, buns, parkins and biscuits. '

, Sunday .-On Whit Sunday the morning went as usual, but there was no leave out because of the parade in the evening. Father John Francis arrived. The parade went well, but it was disappointing that no salute was given at the blessing. There was leave afterwards to visit the town.

Monday.-Mass, which a large number of visitors attended, was celebrated at St. Robert's Cave, and we marched home across the fields. The rain poured down later, but dinner was served out in good time. The evening was marked by a great fight, free to all, between the Senior and Junior troops.

Tuesday ,-The day was rather fine, and many boys took the opportunity to visit ..

JUNIOR For our Junior School Play, last March,

we revived an old thriller of our own, " The Lost City." The play affords plenty of scope for a rich variety of scenic effects, ranging from the laboratory of a professor, through the engine~room of a submarine, to the mazes of a buried Egyptian temple. The characters also cover a wide field. Perky schoolboys meet Egyptian mummies, and resuscitated soldiers of a bygone dynasty add colour and panoply to the setting.

The producer and scenic;: designer took advantage of the opportunity. The costumes were rich and varied, the back~ cloths very effective. A submarine land~ scape (now, is that possible?) provided another chance for some clever stagework and hg~ting effec~.

Thrills and humour were nicely blended in the plot, and the characters threw them~ selves with real zest into their parts. The Professor was professional, the schoolboys boyish, the mummies most mummified. The Egyptian count was really Tutankamenish -and the villain finally took the Count.

Would you like to know the story? \Vell, come to the next revival.

the fair at Starbeck or the sights at Harrogate.

Wednesday.-This was a great day for the camp, for we went on the punts. The time was from 1O~30 to 1 o'clock. Many Scouts shot . the rapids; many failed and walked the easiest way round the island. Eleven, in all, fell in, and each boat had its own experiences in the use of the punt pole,

Thursday.-To~day, presents were bought and arrangements were made for striking camp. In the evening we were honoured by the visit of a troop of Girl Guides.

Friday.-We rose early and prepared for striking camp. Camp was struck about 11 ~30 on the last notes ~f the salute. Dinner was soon over and we were ready for the start. We caught a train to Harrogate and spent two hours there. Then we caught the train to Leeds, and so to Bradford.

T .

PLAY Music for the songs, dances, intervals

and atmosphere was played exceptionally well by the School Orchestra.

Great credit is due to all who took part in what proved a fine success as entertain~ ment and a record in receipts.

Programme.

Act I. Scene I-Professor's Laboratory. Scene 2-Submarine Interior. Scene 3-Under~sea Voyage.

Act II. Scene I-Outer Cave of Lost City. Scene 2-Royal Court.

Characters: King Omen, R. Kenefick; TUN, F. Nero;

Mutt, C. Lynch; Putt, E. Glennon; Glutt, D. Dryden; Sutt, P. Oughtibridge; Rutt, B. Gallagher; Lone Mummy, W. McPherson; Professor Scatterbury, A. Keogh; Count Serge, F. Haste; Catsbody, M. Mullany; Tom, J. Bottomley; Jrm, P. Heaton; Jack, M. Quinn; Frank, B. Finnigan; Tony, D. O'Toole; Harry, P. Rigby; King Neptune, P. Connor; Three Jolly Tars, J. Palframan, A. Clarke, Hintze. Mummy dancers and sailor dancers.

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OLD BOYS' CORNER. Further inroads have been made on our

already much~depleted executive committee since the last issue. Mr. Ward, our Secretary, whose good work in maintaining the organisation through a difficult period is known to all, departed first. Then Mr. Watkinson, Treasurer, also joined the armed forces after a successful term of office. Mr. Elgie transferred to the latter's post and Mr. Grimshaw took over the duties of Secretary. Mr. Richards and Mr. Killeen continue as President and Vice~ President respectively, the committee being completed by Messrs. Laude, Fenlon and Dennison.

Despite these losses, as many social activities as possible are being arranged. A very extensive dance programme has been planned, and all who have attended in the past cannot deny the success, social and financial, of them alL

Another item was the Annual General Reunion and Supper, at which there were over one hundred members and guests, a good time being had by all. The same thing cannot be said of the Retreat, which had to be cancelled at the last minute owing to the fact that so few replies to the notice were· received.

The committee is often faced with the difficulty, when arranging functions, of not; knowing the number of Old Boys who are still in the vicinity of the school. The Secretary would like all Old Boys so placed to let him know and send in any suggestions for future events. Assistance in organisd~ tion and runni'ng would be welcome.

The following is a list of dances arrans:red up to Christmas: August 29th, September 12th and 26th, October 10th and 24th, November 21 st, December 5th, 19th and 26th.

R.G.

NEWS OF OLD BOYS.

The number of our boys in the forces increases day by day. We give what news we can, without infringing security regula~ tions. For any mistakes or omissions we offer sincere apologies. Any further newS is always welcome to ~s and we can assure all our readers that· such news is of real interest to all Old Boys, many of whom write in thanks and appreciation for these notes in St. Bede's Magazine.

Brian Anslow' (Corporal) is stationed at Gibraltar.

Jack Abberton (R.A.F., Pilot Officer) captained a Stirling. We regret to report his death. May he rest in peace.

Bernard Abberton is in Libya. Letters are now coming through from John

Aherne ( Corporal) taken prisoner in Norway. He is in a prison camp in Poland and engaged on farm work.

Maurice Barlow and Maurice Bower are both training for pilots in the R.A.F.

Edward Brady, R.N., is at present stationed abroad. He has now been 2! years afloat, touching South and West Africa, Norway and the U.S.A.

Vincent Broadbent is in the R.A.F. and Francis Bamford in the Navy.

Willie Benson is in a Balloon Barrage unit along with 1. Kearns. Sam Benson is serving in the Army, and Alfred Benson in the' Merchant Service.

Billy Barren and Leonard Burgon are in Signals, the former on the East Coast. and the latter in North Scotland.

Leo Brooks (R.E.) is out in the Middle East.

Harry Byrne, serving as telegraphist in the Royal Navy, is on a special course.

Fred BiJ (ry, R.A.F., is in Rhodesia. We regret to report the death on active

service, of Tom Barry, Royal Navy. May he rest in peace.

Tony Brennan (2nd Lt., R.A.) has been ser11ing with an Anti~Aircraft unit in Malta since the outbreak of the war, and has taken a part in r,epelling the recent heavy raids.

Harry Bottomley has reached Africa safely. In a letter he vividly describes life near the Equator, among smiling bla.cks, where pineapples and bananas grow by the way~ side, amidst leopards, black mambas, crocodiles and monkeys.

Lawrence Booth (R.A.M.C.) is attached to a hospital in Durham.

Brian Barry (R.A.F. Sgt.) is now a Link trainer instructor.

John Bolger (R.A.) paid us a visit, ane described his work at a naval port.

Edmund Bauckham is now a captain in the Middle East. He states that letters to him had gone astray whilst he was being chased round the Cretan mountains, and that the familiar green cover of the magazine was a refreshing sight in the arid wastes where he is now stationed.

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Donald Bailey is serving O'n H.M.S. Illustrious, and his brother Basil on H.M.S. Daffodil. We miss their breezy, carefree air at the dances.

Fred Barry, R.A.F., is training in Africa. John Braine has left Bingley Library for the

Royal Navy. Walter Carrol writes from the land of the

Nile, which, he thinks, has had its day, and is living on its ancient name and histO'ry. He met Billy Smith, who, as boisterous as ever, was furnished with more stories after his experiences in the Sudan. He also bumped into L. Robin~' son, R.A.F.

Raymond Crolla helped to escort the Russian Delegates ~back to Murmansk. He had an interesting tale to tell when he visited us with his brother, V. Crolla, R.A.F., who lives a more staid life in the Hebrides.

Bernard Colehan (R.A., A.A.) writes that he has been recommended for a commis~ sion.

Jimmie Coope and Lawrie Kearns were present at the Garden Party Dance, 100'king very fit and stalwart.

Jack CIO'ugh, a radio operator in the Royal Tank Corps, has safely arrived out East.

Leslie Cheney (R.E.) has damaged his shoulder in a football match.

A. F. Coyle (Gunner, R.A.) is back with his unit after convalescins:r in a hospital in Surrey.

John Canning and James Connor are in the South training for the R.A.F.

J O'e Connor (Signals) is on service in the Middle East; so' is Maurice Conroy.

Frank Cairns is with the Leicester Regi~ ment, and James Cairns is in the R.A.F. as a wireless operator.

John Carter is in the R.A.F. S~a Rescue Service.

John Conlon is in the R.A.S.C., and James Conlon, who was transferred from the R.A.F., is nO'w a Sergeant in the Army.

Herbert Coulter was present ,at the School Sports. He has been invalided out of the Army, after being seriously injured by a bomb explosion. He was serving in the Middle East.

Congratulations to Ernest DuckwO'rth on his recent marriage. He is serving in the Army with his brothers Vincent and Bernard.

Also congratulations to H. T. Delaney, R.A.F., for the same reason.

John Dobson (R.A.F., Sgt, PilO't) is a prisoner of war in Stalag VIII. B.

George Doyle (R.A.F., Corporal and P.T. Instructor) has been posted overseas.

Paul Dennison (R.N.), O'n a destroyer, took part jn the action against the Scharnhorst in the Channel.

We have had visits from A. Dimuante.s (R.A.F.) and Norman Daly (R.A.F.).

Eric Dalingwater is probably in Madagas~ car.

John . Dolan is training with the Royal ArmO'ured Corps.

Thomas Emblem has gained a commission in the R.N.V.R., and is stationed at Gibraltar. He recaUs in a letter the peClceful days in the Old Hall, when Mr. Mclslen read out the list of names, includ~ ing his own, and wonders where they are now.

Fred Fretwell,. Sgt., who received the Militaq' Medal for gallant conduct in FrancE"., has been seriously wO'unded. Prayers are asked for his recovery.

Gerald Fenlon has been transferred overseas.

Jack Flanagan (R.A.F.) is stationed in the Border country, and Desmond Flanagan (R.A.F.) in the South.

Kieran Flaherty (R.A.F., Sgt. Pilot) who was on service in the Middle East, paid us an unexpected visit. He told us of the pleasant times he had spent with Walter Carroll, Gerald Thornton and Lawrence Robinson after ferrying a 'plane to Egypt. He had some interesting snaps, e.g., G. ThorntO'n on parade when in~ spected by the Duke of Gloucester. He had also met Willie Hirst on .his way to the East.

We have just heard that Jack Flaherty (Army) is a prisoner. We wish him every comfort.

George Gargon (R.E.) writes to tell of his safe arrival in Iceland after a spell O'f leave. He looked very fit on his visit to school, when, as he says, he was pleased to have the experience of looking . a master straight in the eye.

Jim Gallagher (R.A.F.) is working at Head~ quarters, Middle East. He is billeted in a hotel. with. good' foO'd, and sheet;; to sleep in. On his way out he met Paddy Shepherd (Lt., R.E.), L. Kane, and David Geaney.

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H. Gallagher is in a Searchlight Unit. Bernard Gilroy (RN.), who paid us a visit

whilst training, is now serving on a corvette.

D. Glenton is a regular patron of our dances when on leave.

Michael GUilfoyle (R.AF.) told us that his brother John was serving in the Middle East. David Geaney is also there.

Dr. Vincent Geoghegan (Squadron Leader, R.AF.), after service in Africa, is on his way home.

Kevin Geoghegan (Lt.) has recently been in action in the Middle East.

Joseph Gale (RAF.) is training in Canada, whilst Leonard Grogan (RAF.) has just recently been on embarkation leave.

Laurie Geoghegan and his brother Wilfred have been accepted for the Intelligence Corps. "

Harry Hayes (RA.F., Sgt.) looked very fit on a recent visit, in spite of dangerous night~fighter work. His brother Frank (R.AF., Sgt.) is still stationed in Scotland.

Philip, Desmond and Terence Harney are all training with the RA in England. We see Ph'ilip enjoying our dances when on leave.

Dr. Gerald Henry has been invalided out of the army, and is now in private practice. His brother Kevin is serving at sea, whilst Denis is in the Army.

Neville Heptonstall (R.A.F., Corporal) is stationed in N.E. Scotland.

Dr. Joseph Henry (Lt., R.A.M.C.) is attached to an Artillery Survey Regi~ ment, in which most of the officers are Cambridge University Wranglers. He. is also attending Italian prisoners of war.

Robert Hogan is serving in an Aircraf{ Carrier

With regret we say that Thomas Holroyd (Lieut.) is reported missing from Singapore.

Andre Honore (RAF., Sgt. Pilot) paid us . a visit after completing his training in

Rhodesia. Jack Honore is a Flight Mechanic, RAF. Gerald Horkin (R.A.F., Sgt. Pilot), after

training in Texas, did some gruelling work in a Spitfire with Fighter Command, South Coast. He will now have a respite whilst sailing overseas.

J. Hutton, who sustained a fractured leg, has been inv<tlided out of the RA.F,

John Halstead (RAF. ) visited us, and looked down on us from his height of 6ft. 3in.

Jesse Holmes and B. Holroyd are also in the RA.F.

Horace Jackson (RAF., Pilot Officer) is still on Education duties on the East Coast. His brother Walter is a wireless operator in' the RA.F.

Neil Juckes is in the Dental Corps, and Kevin Juckes in the R.A.F., 1!raining to be a membeT of an air~crew.

Harry Johnson is Flight Sgt., RAF.; Herbert Johnson (RAF.) is training in Scotland, whilst Jack Johnson (RA.F.) is training in Africa.

Charlie Kreling was present at the School Sports. He has been invalided out of the Army. '

J. W. KiBeen (Major, RAS.C.) paid a visit to the school, unfortunately during the holidays. He is stationed in Northern Ireland.

M'1urice and Stephen Kennedy are in the R.A.F., the latter a Flight Lieutenant in the Administrative Branch.

Thomas Kelly, who went to India after the last war, {s now a Major in the Indian Army on Headquarters Staff,

Willie Kinally is il bandsman in the East Yorks. ~

John Le Grove (R.AF.), in an interesting letter from South Africa, tells of the warm hospitality tendered by all to him and George Whitford. The R.C. padre, Colonel McGarrity, was formerly a parish priest in Los Angeles, and was personally acquainted with many of the famous film stars.

Jack Langtry, who is a Garrison Engineer in the RE.'s, writes of the heavy work involved by the manifold undertakings; as he say, "Leaving the office in the evening seems like dodging the column."

Frank ·Louis (RA.) is in training in East Anglia. .

Frank Levery is in the RAF., and L. Lawrence is out in the Middle East.

Julian Lago is on service in the Middle East.

Kenneth Liddle is training as observer in the R.A.F.

Dr. Tony Markey (Capt., R.A.M.C.), we regret to say, lost his futher recently.

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Eric Markey (R.AF., Sgt.) on visits has given us accounts of his work as observer-gunner on Coastal Patrol, Sea Rescue Service.

E. McKenzie (RA) is on service with an AA battery on the East Coast. He is a member of the Regimental Soccer team, and plays centre to Airlie, the Scottish International of Celtic, a fellow R.C, and good paL

'ohn McKenzie is serving with an Armoured Division in the Middle East.

J. Manley (RAF.) finds his work in the Air Sea Rescue Service very thrilling.

Louis McAndrew (E. Yorks) looks very fit at a recent dance.

Joe McEvoy (Lt .. Fleet Air Arm) has now recovered from the injuries he sustained in a crash-landing.

Neil McGowan is in the Middle East. where he met Bernard Quinn.

Maurice McEvoy (RA.F.) is now training in. Manitoba. Canada. After an enjoyable sail across the Pond. he found Canada much different. mainly due to the lack of black-out and unlimited, variety of food in restaurants.

John Melody paid us a visit on the feast of, St. Blaize.

Peter McKay (Sgt.. Army Education Corps) looked very fit when recently present at an Old Boys' dance.

William Mulligan (R'.A. AA) has been in action with success against raiders.

Frank Montgomery has gained a commission,

Bernard Moore (RA) recently called in to see fellow Bedesmen at Simmaries.

Charlie F. Moran is in the Royal Corps of Signallers. Congratulations on (recent) marriage.

Vincent' Muff (Sgt.. RE.) is at present chief clerk in the Orderly Room of an O.CT.U. His brother Gordon (R.A.F.) is carrying on with the dangerous work of bomb disposal.

J ames Morley (Coldstreams) and John Mullarkey towered above all others at a recent dance.

Dan Mullarkey (R.AF.) is stationed in the Midlands.

Hugh McLindon is serving on H.M.S. , Vernon. Jack Muff (RAF. Air-gunIler) we regret

to report, had two fingers shot off in a raid.

Dick Myers (RA.O.C) has gone overseas. Denis McLoughlin (R.N.) is serving on a

motor torpedo boat. Cables have been received announcing the

safe arrival of Austin Nilen. R.N .. out East.

Joseph Nolan, Bombardier. is now in India. His brother, John William Nolan, is in the Ordnance Corps.

Joe Nolan (R.AF.) has artived home from Egypt.

Peter Nugent (RAF.) looked very fit at a recent dance in spite of two spells in hospitaL He has taken part in air raids over Germany.

Abraham O'Neill (RAO.C) has been entertained by Harry Palfreeman at Braintree. and hopes to come across another Bedesman near his next station.

Roland Oliver (R.AF.) is serving in Palestine.

Ernest Owens (RA. AA) recently visited the school with his family. He is stationed on the East Coast. and is as cheerful as ever.

T. O'Hara is stai'ioned in the Orkneys. and Vincent O'Donnell is in China.

A letter from George Pashley. CQ.M .. states that he himself. now a 'crock: is busy preparing men for overseas drafts.

Francis Preston (RA.F.). after training in Canada and Florida has passed out as an observer.

With pleasure we report that word has been received that Denis Palfreeman (up to March 28th) was safe and well in an internment camp.

Louis Phelan (R.A.F.) is stationed in the South, and G. Payne is training for the Navy.

. Terence Price is in South Africa training as an air-gunner.

Bernard Quinn (Corporal. Signals). after experiencing the hazards of Greece and Crete, is now serving in the East. His vounger Brother. Brian Quinn. is serving as radiographer in the R.A.F. and look-ing forward to his third stripe. '

Gordon Quinn. after training in South Africa. has passed out as· Sgt. Pilot.

Dr. A Reeves (Lt.. R.A.M.C). after 18 months' hard work at a General Hospital in West Africa. returned to England last December. He found the rig ours of last winter a striking contrast to the heat of the tropiCS. .


His brother. Joe Reeves. has gained the honour of a Commission as Sub~Lieuten~ ant in the RN.V.R He visited school the other day. looki~g very smart in his uniform.

Bernard Reeves is a Flying Officer in the Accountancy branch of the RA.F. Their oldest brother. John. is now in the Army. finding the routine strange after many years in business.

Frank Rush (RAP.C.) has visited school and dances. He is now working in South Lancashire. along with John Wild and John Walsh.

Joe Routledge. who finished his course at Simmaries last year. has Deen transferred from the RAF. to the Army.

John Routledge is stationed in Ireland. Bernard Ryder (RN.) writes from a Naval

School. Denis Rowan is in the RA.F. training for

a Pilot. Richard Rigby (Army Dental Corps) is

now in the Middle East. Jimmy Snee (Lt.) sends his best wishes to

the Association from the Middle East. He tells of the' wonderful reception given by the people of Cape Town to the convoy.

Kenneth Spencer (R.N.) is on convoy duty in a destroyer on the northern route. Recently he had a narrow escape from being swept overboard durinq a rough sea.,

Leslie Scott is training for a Pilot (RA.F.) and Joseph Schofield as an Air~gU'nner.

Louis Shepherd (Royal Marines) has now been joined by his brother. Peter.

Bernard Shepherd (Lt .. R.E.) has recently been in hospital after a motor smash in Iran.

George Sweeney. looking very fit after cruising in the South Seas. is now taking a special course. 'Of his brothers. Austin is in the Navy. and Basil has gained a commission in the army.

Louis Scully ( RAF.) is in South Africa. Brian Saunders (RAF.) in the Middle East.

Stanley Smith was wounded on the Burma Frontier and is now in hospital in India.

Bill Smith is on a corvette. John Stoyles is a Sergeant Major in a

Searchlight unit. Pef'er Sullivan has at last gained his wish

and has been released by Rolls Royce to train as Pilot Officer. He has now com~

pleted the first part of his training. and is awaiting transference overseas for the completion. His brother. Joe. is training in Scotland with the RE.'s.

Alan Snee. present at a recent dance. reported that he himself is in training in the Midlands with the R.AO.C.. and his brother John is in the R.AP.C.

An interesting air~graph has been received from Paddy Shepherd: " Good voyageone or two incidents but nothing serious. Very busy-7 day week-but get to church. Expensive living-two ancient picture houses-look like Bankfoot tramshed. Millions of flies and plenty of camels. bullocks. goats. scorpions and frogs."

Bernard Smith has given us vivid accounts of experiences in Kuala Lumpur. Singa~ pore and Java. He was fortunate enough to reach Australia after days of wildly varied excitement.

Leo Taine (RA.F.) paid a visit to inform us that he has passed out as a Wireless Operator. and Fred Tetlow (RAF.) with news of his half~brother (J. Aherne).

Donald Tansey (RAM.C.) writes from the South of his experiences as a motor driver.

Harold Taylor (Lt.. RE.) had a respite from the icy blasts (or scorching winds) of Irak. when taking a course in Egypt. He was entertained royally by an Egyptian family. one of whose daughters is a student at Leeds University. He is now back with his unit.

His brother. Ben Taylor (Lt.). is in train~ ing at a South Coast town.

'John Taylor. in training. met his class~mate. Frank Montgomery.

We regret to state that Donald Turnbull is missing from the Middle East.

Jack White (RN.) is on convoy duty in· a corvette.

Michael White. we hear. has been invalided out of the Army.

Edmund Wain. according to reports. forms part of the crew of a bomber in action over Germany.

Willie McWeeney has now passed his examinations in the Royal Corps of Signallers.


Joe Wilkinson (R.A.F.) attended the Sports and dance. His elder brother, Jack, is a Lieutenant. He sends a letter from the Pyramids. After a four months' severe course in the O.C.T.U., Middle East, he gained a good pass.

'Arthur Watkinson, late treasurer, was a welcome visitor. He is training as an Observer, R.A.F.

Edward Whelan (Army Reconnaissance Corps) has paid visits to give his experiences, and report that his brother Austin (Armoured Corps) is in Africa.

Jack Wild (RA.F., Sgt. Pilot) is still in Canada as Pilot Instructor. He has visited Vancouyer and enjoyed holidays in the Rockies.

Joe Wood (RA.S.C.) paid us a welcome visit. His brother Alfred is in the Civil Service; and J ames serving in the Middle East.

Tom Ward (R.A.F.) recently had the mis~ fortune to lose his father. We express to him our sympathy.

Sammy Wood has paid a few visits to the school. He seems cheerful and contented under Army life.

Tim Woodhouse, training for a Signaller in the RN., has just passed his decoding exams.

George Whitford (RA.F.) is in South Africa, as instructor in instrument repair~ ing. On the way out he met Kenneth Holden.

Arthur Walton (R,A.F.) is sailing over~ seas, whilst his brother Edward (RN.), shipmate of G. Sweeney, is taking a course.

George Walker, in training at a sea~coast town, met Mr. Evans, and discussed old tim.es.

J . Walker has finished his training for a Pilot in Canada.

Frank Walker (R.A.S.C.) is in Northern Ireland.

Martin Walsh (R.A.P. C. ) is fortunately billeted at home. Congratulations on his marriage.

Edward Walsh was wounded early in 1942 a( Tobruk, but now' has rejoined his unit.

Terence Walsh paid a visit and described life at Catterick.

Kevin Walsh is a Wireless Mechanic (R.A.F.) and Bernard Waichunas is a Wireless Operator Instructor,

Jack Ward has been transferred to the Fleet Air Arm, and has just finished a course in Accountancy. He is now waiting posting to a station or aircraft carrier; He met G. Sweeney and E. Walton at early Mass in a congregation of seven.

John Wiehl recently paid us a visit, and gave account of his experiences in the' Royal Scots.

Francis Wright has gone overseas. Of the Old Boy Chaplains, Father Michael

Thorpe is stationed in Irak, where he finds that work and travel make the days go quickly.

Father Gaffney is still in Iceland; Father G. Palframan, Father E. Ward, Father H. Drumm, Father R Ellison, Father B. Benson are stationed on the Home Front.

Father P. Byrne is in Bodwin,' Cornwall, acting as Chaplain ,to a naval unit.

Gerald Dennison has been invalided out of the army, and is in practice as solicitor in Cleckheaton. He is giving much appreciated help to Mgr. Tiridall with the Scouts, and has been co~opted a member of the Old Boys' Executive.

Thomas Grogan, Joseph Tetley, William Cooper, and Leo Routledge have com~ pleted their training at Simmaries. As they have enrolled in the RA,F., they are awaiting calling~up papers.

Rex Grimshaw has had a successful year at Leeds University, and has been awarded an, Ackroyd Scholarship for excellent work. He is at preserlt Secretary to the Association, and doing good work in the arrangement and running of the dances.

Bernard Smith is now safe in Australia, after escaping from Singapore. Con\Fatu~ lations on his marriage. His brother Tom is busily engaged in research work in the South.

Dr. Bernard Pepper joined us at school dinner recently. He is at present House Physician ip the hospital at Basingstoke.

Congratulations to Dr. Henry Brooks on gaining his M.B., Ch.B., at Leeds University Medical School.

Also to Alec Smith on gaining the diploma M.P.S.

Congratulations to Edward Metcalfe, Tom Tynan, and John White on their marriages. The latter is carrying on with his work in the Forestry Depart~ ment.


Joe Wynne has been appointed Grand Knight at Grimsby. Congratulations.

Edward Byrne has been invalided out of the Police Force; his youngest brother is a student at St. Edmund's, Ware.

Michael Warner (of Sheffield) for many years has been bed~ridden, but in spite of almost complete paralysis has always maintained a cheerful disposition. He has fought against boredom by means of his intellectual activities. He is now keenly performing the only war work possible for him, namely knitting.

Our Old Boys studying for the priesthood are regular correspondents. The Ushaw

. students have their own niche in the Magazine, and can speak for themselves.

Of others, William Brooks, at Grange with the Holy Ghost Fathers, is doing good work as Master of Games. He has been busy introducing the House system, and modelling it on the St. Bede's pattern.

Alec Cavanagh is with the Salesian Fathers. He is at present in the middle of the three years' teaching which all students do afte.r Philosophy.

Brian Coogan and Brendan Sullivan, study> ing at Burn Hall (St. Joseph's Foreign Missionary SOciety) have received the tonsure.

FROM THE UNIVERSITIES. USHAW NOTES

By diligent research have discovered the fact that somewhere in the college there are twelve Bedesmen. There may be more, but so far they have eluded me. Twelve sounds a very satisfying number, but for all that we're unrepresented in many parts of the college. We lost our only deacons on Low Sunday when they received ordination at Leeds. Father Smith has since been appointed to Sheffield and Fr. Woodhouse to Barnsley.

Of the twelve, seven were very easy to discover. They are very conveniently lumped together in the one school. Messrs. Rafferty and Tomblin are old hands, and the other four, Messrs. Corrigan, May, Moverley and Roche, are just ending their first year and will .soon be free from the stigma of being . new cads.' They have all settled down extremely well. Public exams seem to be engaging all their atten~ ·tion at the moment.

The remaining five are spread out over the six years covering Divinity and Philosophy. Maybe it is only a sprinkling -if we dare, we'd say a leavening-but still we're just enough to make our presence felt. Next year G. Moverley and A Hinchliffe will join J. Lyons and B. Doyle in Divinity. Our only philosopher will be F. Pepper.

Under the Clock (Leeds University.)

B.D.

An occasional morning coffee in the Union provides a rare opportunity for our

Old Boys at Leeds to get. together for a chat about old schoolfellows and their activities in various parts of the world. If any impression that University life is all coffee and skittles has been conjured up, let us hastily dispel it. Our khaki~clad Arts representative, K. Moore, will add any necessary emphasis to this. The intervals between his O.T.C. route marches are filled in by Commando exercises. R. Grimshaw, Science Department, is a Civil Defence worker, while K. Dunn, at the Dental Hospital, fills in much time at the First Aid Post. In fact, the whole University is conscious of the Government gesture in permitting a certain amount of academic work to be completed before military service. Every sinew is strained to justify this position.

Since the last .. Under the Clock," J. Gallagher has postponed his studies here and is now serving overseas. We wish him good luck.

Rag Week was the ghost of a reminder of former social life. Indeed, the discovery that greatly subdued action could produce increased results was rather startling. A further possible post~war aim!

KD.

SIMMARIES

Despite the inevitable Certificates. Summer Term is the pleasantest of the year's sessions. Rock, the sole junior Bedesman, obtained his colours for athletics when the team won the Inter~ College Meeting for the eleventh successive year.

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Of the four second~year men, fleetIng glimpses only were had of Routledge, who seemed to pass a Jekyll and Hyde existence between Woodwork~room and the Temple of Billiards. When Cooper was not indulging in his favourite pastime of creating a cacophony of brassy sound, he could be seen bowling 'em out on the cricket~field. The writer occasionally dragged himself

away from Geographical Committees to watch Grogan reading proofs in the strict1y~ private ' Mag' Room.

So it's goodbye to Walpole's" Castle of Otranto," to Gothic tower and arch, dream~ like as the castle of a romantic vision. VISIOn. Now me must welcome the sterner reality of martial pursuits. .

J.S.T.

MARRIAGES.

Bernard Smith to Ida Althaea Booth, at St. Patrick's, Sydney, Australia. Nuptial Mass.

Patrick Ganly Killeen to Bina Kiely at St. Joseph's. Nuptial Mass.

Leonard Gillen to Vera. Holden at St. Mary's.

Eric Metcalfe to Marie McDermott, at St. Joseph's.

Bernard Berry to Margaret Snee, at St. Mary's. Nuptial Mass. "

Thomas Burns to Peggy O'Connor, at Middlesbrough. Nuptial Mass.

Henry Hayes to Kathleen May Bell, at St. Peter's.

Bernard Caulfield to Lilian Mason, at St. Ann's, Keighley, Nuptial Mass.

MUSIC

Whatever the reason is we know not, but the orchestra has increased and prospered more since the war began than for some years before. Boys have been waiting in queues to take lessons on some instrument or other. We have fourteen violinists at present and that is a larger number than ever bdore. Of course we have felt the double loss of two most important instruments-the double bass and the clarinet. Lamb, who played the former, left us a few months ago and Mr. Waite has been compelled to . leave our ranks on account of i11~health and thus has terminated a fine record of fourteen years' service with the school orchestra,

Of our musical activities we have three that are noteworthy enough to record, first we took a good share in the music of our school play" The Lost City," and fully

Edward Cheshire to Borise Duggan at St. Joseph's.

Denis McCarthy to Sally Kirby, at ~t. Patrick's, Huddersfield. Nuptial Mass.

Philip' Mead to Vera Middleborought, at St. Joseph's. .

~Kevin Emblem to Kitty Malloy, in London. John White to Kitty Grantham, at

Cambridge. Nuptial Mass. Martin Walsh to Kathleen Wild at St.

Joseph's. Eric Starr to Mary Kettlewell, at St.

Joseph's. Harr,y Delaney to Mary Kennedy, at St.

Joseph's.

NOTES,

enjoyed it ourselves and earned the tribute of "the best performance ever."

N ext, a most pleasing event took place on the visit of some Polish officers who came to dinner and afterwards to hear the orchestra. Having been. advised a short time before, we held a hurried consultation and, one member of the orchestra producing the Polish National Anthem, we all gathered round the piano. When the gallant officers arrived they were delighted to hear the strains of their own country's music.

Lastly, we must record that we gave the longest programme we have yet given any~ where to fill in a pleasant hour at the Annual Conference of the Knights of St. Columba. W ereceived many congratula~ tions, for which we all feel very proud and grateful. B.


ELOCUTION. A Renovation.

Friday, July 26th, saw the revival of an Elocution Contest in the School after a lapse of many years. The contest took the shape of an Inter~Form competition embracing the Fourth, Third and Second Forms. Each Form presented a team of three competitors to do battle in the name of the class, and each three represented a phase or _ distinct department of English literature. The result may be said to have been highly satisfactory.

Where all the forms showed both great performance and still greater promise, it is invidious to particularize, but we cannot fail to put on record our admiration of the masterly rendering of passages from Shakespeare given by both Upper and Lower Fourth. To our mind there was little to choose between them. The speech of all was clear and unspoiled by local peculiarities of pronunciation of the vowels. Any soft of appreciation was conspicuous by its absence, and as all the selections were of a serious nature, there was a marked degree of dignity and reserve unmarred by an excessive use of gestur"e. To any enterprising producer of the near future of any of Shakespeare's tragedies we would like to recommend Rogan and Buffham, while for a part in some historical play we would suggest Howcroft for a leading role. But perhaps Shakespeare is out of fashion.

'The most difficult task was that essayed by Middle Three, each of whose exponents gave an excellent interpretation of the sonnet as written by Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth. The writer would like to express his own view that, taking into account the difficult form of ,the sonnet, the performance of Middle Three was above reproach and failed to meet with that appreciation which it well deserved. If a choice is to be made, perhaps the first place should be accorded to Haste-and yet it is very hard to decide.

Upper Three represented our old friends -the poets of the last war. Their theme is simple and familiar and made an appeal to an audience more attuned to recent poetry. Upper Three were adjudged the winners.

The runners up were Lower Two, who with fresh, clear voices and complete lack of stage fright and inspired chiefly by the words of R. L. Stevenson, gave of their best-and a good best it was.

For the third place we go back to Shakespeare and the Lower Fourth. To all we offer our congratulations on a splendid effort, crowned with success.

CANDID CRITIC.

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SPEECH DAY

Our Annual Speech Day was held in the School Hall on November 6th, 1941, in the preSence of the Lord Mayor, representa~ tives of the City Council and members of the Board of Governors. The address was given by Brother Baptist, Headmaster of

. De La Salle College, Sheffield. The Chair~ man was J. E. Fattorini, Esq., KC.S.G. The proceedings were interspersed with musical and dramatic items by various sections of the junior and senior sides of the school,

In the.course of his Report, the Head~ master (Mgr. C. Tindall, M.A.) con~ gratulated the School on the examination results and the Old Boys on many successes. He brought to our notice the many wide and varied activities of the school. The report is printed elsewhere in this issue.

In his address, Brother Baptist emphasized the educational difficulties of our times, stressing the need for full freedom of religiOUS education and

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opportunity for all. Alderman T. I. The School Song, "Baeda," terminated Clough, who gave the vote of thanks, was the formal proceedings, and light re£resh~ able to quote Bradford with full justice, as ments in the dining~room for our guests an example of enlightened educational brought the afternoon to a pleasant policy. conclusion.

The Lord Mayor, Alderman W. Illingworth, J.P., in a little talk that appealed to the boys, pointed out the meaning of citizenship and the value of civic pride. Alderman Mrs. Chambers, J.P., inspired the audience with a witty and stimulating speech in her vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress.

After the distribution of prizes and certificates, graciously performed by the Lady Mayoress, a vote of thanks to the Chairman was given by the School Captain, G. Louis. Our Chairman must now be very accustomed to our votes of thanks, but they are all sincere and the debt of gratitude increases with the years.

SONNET.

To Boys Leaving School.

Now at last the longed for day is here; Life beckons joyously with lifted hand. Come, bravely with your fellows take your

stand; No longer shall you live your days in fear

Of pedagogic frown; no longer hear The constant voice of fearful reprimand. Yours henceforth not to obey but to

command,

PROGRAMME. 1 Selection:" Rose." School Orchestra. 2 Songs:" Bells of St. Michael's," " Loch

Lomond." Junior Choir. 3 Selection: " Tales of Hoffman."

School Orchestra. 4 Scen,e from "Julius Caesar." Quarrel

between Brutus and Cassius. Brutus: S. Sullivan. Cassius: B. O'Connor.

S French Song: "The Cuckoo." Form Upper II.

6 Scene from French play. A gentleman takes lessons in vowel sounds prepara~, tory to approaching his inamorata. M. Sullivan. 1. Muff.

7 School Song: "Baeda." The School.

BRADFORD.

My woollen Bradford, sickly grey with grime!

We love you, ,not for bUildings dark with smoke;

Nor for your sultry mills which cough and choke

In heavy air; unsuitable for rhyme Are clanging trams which on their stream~

ing lines Splash the wet mornings; melancholy

crowd Of people rushing to and from the shroud

of earth, from year to Of k wor s-or motors' rages-f1y~wheels' To walk, the lords whines.

frowning heights to 'But, hilly Bradford, you have yet a field, year.

But do not shrink the force;

None butthe men who strive shall win the game.

A park, a wood, where we may love you still ;

Green velvet turf, where bowls may chock and roll.

New lords, new loyalties allegiance claim. We hear your children laughing and we

Each goal attained is but a starting place yield '

The order still is to the swift the race.

For new endeavour; the struggle's still the Our love for that. Their voices, soft or C! 111 shrill,

Express to us an inner depth of soul. C. W.H. (VL)

same.

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AWARDS.

Higher School Certificate, 1941. Arts.

John B. McShee, Joseph K. Moore, l'vIatthew Rock, ~lichael Sullivan.

Science.

Paul BcLiley.

Subsidiary. • Arts.

~Jaurice Peyton, Bernard Rhoues.

Science.

Francis Brear. Prize awardee! by the O.B.A. for best result in H.S.

Certificate:-1940, F. Whitaker. 1941, J. B. McShee.

School Certificate, 1941. Distinctions shown by

letters:-English Language e, English Literature 'E,

HistOl'Y H, Geography G, Scripture S, French F,

Latin L, Mathematics M, Physics p, Chemistry C,

Art A.

John Albrow, Henry Baldwin, Kevin Barry, Peter

Brear, 'William Brook, Bernard Brown (M, P);

James Clark, Robert Coburn, Terence Corrigan,

Edmund Cullingford, Joseph Fitzpatrick, William

Forrester (E); George Franklanu (E, S); Maurice

Gallagher (F); Dennis Glenn, Michael Groves (A);

Charles Henry, Ernest Hudson, Bernard Kay (e);

Joseph Keenan, John Love, Peter McDonough,

Leonard May. (H, G, S); Henry Metcalfe, Patrick

lVlonaghan, Cyril Moverley (e, E, H; G, S, M);

Francis Myers (H, M, C); Thomas Roche, J. Rock

(e, E); Desmond Routledge, Denis Sullivan (C);

Walter Walsh, Peter Waite (L, C).

Prizes given by the Chairman of the Governors anu

the Staff for the be_st result in the School Certificate:

1940. 1.-M. Rock.

1941. I.-C. Moverley.

2.-M. Peyton.

2.-G. Frankland.

Catholic Social Guild Certificates, 1941.

1st class-John Grogan. 2nu class-Paul Bailey,

Bernard Rhodes, Matthew Rock, Michael Sullivan.

3ru class-Francis Brear, \Villiam Hayes, Maurice

Peyton.

Prizes awanleu by Knights of St. Columba, for best

results :-

1940. I.-B McShee.

1941. 1.-J. Grogan.

2.-J. Grogan.

2.-lVl. Rock.

Higher Religious Certificate, 1941.

Creuit-Paul Bailey. Pass-Francis Brear, John Grogan, George Louis, Bernard McShee, Matthew Rock, Michael Sullivan.

Prizes awarded for Highest Marks in 1940-41 :-

the Form.

UIV. Brendan O'Connor.MII. Daviu Calvert. John MOl'an. Bernard Gallagher. Harry Hannan. Carlos Carette.

LIV. John Thorpe. LII. UIII. Peter Markey. UI. MIlL Francis Willey MI. UII. John Dunn. LI. P~ize for Handwriting and General Neatness given by the Heaumaster :-J. Leeual.

Swimming Certificates.

1st class-M. Bell, A. Bottomley, G. Bottomley, T. Bottomley, F. Brear, G. Barnett, VV. Cannon, E. Cockburn, R. Eyckens, W. Gott, M. Groves, C. Henry, vv. Henry, B. Heptonstall, D. Higgins, F. Huntington, W. Kelly, D. Laycock, P. Malone, B. Manogue, D. McCaffery, S. Metcalfe, C. Moverley, B. Netherwood, H. Pickles, D. Routleuge, E. ~andford, N. Ryan, P. Simpson, P. Sowden, G. Tolan, P. Unsworth, B. \Vibuen,

2nd class-G8 Certificates. 3rd class-133 Certificates.

Ordinations.

1938-39. 1939-40. 1940-41. C. Roddy T. AbGerton B. Jackson

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G. Stancliffe J. Abberton J. Knox Dom P. Byrne, C.RL. J. Mitchell C. Shepherd, C.SS.R J. TelfOl'u

\V. Cavanagh

Old Boys' Successes.

1938-39.

H. Taylor, B.Sc., Hons. Lonu. A. Markey, M.B., Ch.B., Lond. G. Dennison, Final, Law Society.

1939-40.

P. Sullivan, B.Sc., Hons. Lond. K. Rhodes. A.I.C.

1940-41.

D. Pepper, D.Se., Cambridge. B. Pepper, M.RC.S., L.RC.P. T. Walsh, M.A., Leeds. B. Quinn, Final Diploma in Radiography.

War Service Decorations.

Capt. J. Reynolds, RA.lVI.C., Military Cross. Sgt. F. Fretwell, Military MedaL


EXAMINATION RESULTS.

AUTUMN, 1941.

Form Order. Relig. Doc!. English Subjs. Languages, Mathematics. At I.

VV. 1 O'Connor O'Connor O'Connor O'Connor 'Waldron 2 Markey \Vynn ]'darkey Markey O'Connor

·LV. 1 Leedal, J. Henry, J. Leedal, P. Denning LeedaT, J. 2 Henry, J. Leeda.l, p. Leedal, J. Henry, J. Henry, J.

Cahill VIV. 1 Brimacombe Hutchinson Halloran Drury Lyons Cooper

2 Lyons Halloran Hutchinson Brimacomuc Brimacombe Hutton LIV. 1 Scully Scully Scully Scully Scully Pickering

2 Rice Tolan Callaghan Rice Bolla.n.d McDonagh VIII. 1 Galvin Newman NCvVluan Newman Ga.lvin Dunn

2 Wild Dunn Wild Galvin Cash Wild MIll. 1 Hudson Nailon Heaton Bimson Hudson Sykes

2 Monaghan Dunn Bimson Hudson Dunn l\Jollaghan LIII. 1 Corrigan Hill Moran Moran Corrigan Butler

Moran Lamb Mole Manley Sharman Sugden VII. 1 Waldron Dolan vValdron vValdron Waldron \Yaldron

2 Scanlon Gallagher Scanlon Gallagher Shutrick Morgan 'II fl 1 Downes Bottomley Walsh Walsh Downes Gray

2 Walsh Davies Dcwios Carotte, C. Colgan Vnsworth LIl. 1 Bowden McEvoy Bowden Bowden Bowden Owen

2 Higgins Bowden Stoyles Blackburn I-Eggins Bowden VI. 1 Brady Haste Boyles Jones Brady Meeds

2 Boyle Pickles Brady Haste Anderson Boyle MI. 1 Jardine Hargreaves Jardine Hargreaves I-Iargrea ves Nicholson

2 Hargreaves Bradley O'Toole Jardine Jardine Gray O'Toole

LI. 1 Walsh \Valsh 'Valsh Walsh Walsh Irviug 2 Irving l'IIullarky Irving Mullarky Russell Hudson

SPRING, 1942.

Form Order. Relig. Dod. English Sllbjs Languages, MaiheI'natics. Art.

VV. 1 O'Connor O'Connor O'Connor O'Connor Lynch 2 Markey 'Waldron Markey Markey Waldron

Barry LV. 1 Henry, J. Nugent Henry, J. Denning Leedal, P Lever

2 Leedal, P. Cahill Nugent Henry, J. Henry, J. Brmvn VIVo 1 Lyons Hutchinson Hutchinson Lyons Lyons Lyons

2 Halloran' Charlton Halloran Halloran Halloran Cooper LIV. 1 Scully Scully Eyckens Scully Bolland Metcalfe

2 Eyckens Pickles Scully Eyckens Eyckens Scully UIII. 1 Newman Newman Newman Newman Galvin Priestland

2 Galvin Wild Galvin Wild Wild Dunn

MIl!. 1 Monaghan Monaghan Heaton Bimson JliIonaghan Haste 2 Haste Haste Haste Monaghan Moran Stowell .

-Nailon LIII. Moran Butler Moran JliIoran Dunn Manley

2 Corrigan Dilger Corrigan Manley ':orrigan Vnsworth

VII. I \Valdron Dolan Waldron 'Yaldron \Valdron \Valc1roll

2 Toalster Vlaldron Toalster Toalster Dolan Wright, B.

MIl. I Carette, C. Davies Walsh Lead beater Carette, C. Hopkinson

2 Walsh Walsh Bottomley Carette, C. Hammond Gray

LII. I Bowden Bowden Bowden Bowden Higgins Thompson, F. 2 Higgins vVaite Thompson, D. Thompson, D. Kenny Kenny

Elliott VI. 1 Brady Shorter Brady Brady Wilson Boyle

2 Boyle Anderson Boyle Anderson Bradv Brady

MI. 1 Hargreaves Jardine Jardine Hargreaves Hargreaves O'Toole

2 Jardine Bradley Hargreaves J ardille O'Toole Jardine

LI. I Walsh Walsh Walsh Walsh Walsh Bailey

2 Mullarky Irvine Mullarky Mullarky Wilson Baines


PUBLIC EXAMINATION RESULTS. JULY, 1942.

Distinctions shmyn by letters :-English Language e, English Literature E, History H, Geography G, Scripture S, French F, Latin L, Mathematics M, Physics P, Chemistry C, Art A.

Higher School Certificate. Arts.-Hayes, Wm., 1\1cSchee, B (L), Peyton, lVI.,

Rhodes, B. (H), Sullivan, IVI. Bradford City Scholarship: McShee, B.

Science.-Brear, F., Brown, B., Louis, G.

Subsidiary Arts.-Albrow, D., Barry, K., Kay, B., Routledge, D.

Science.-Bald,,·in, H., Brear, P., Forrester, \Vm., Frankland, G., Myers, F., Sullivan, D., 'Waite, P.

THANKS During the past year there have been

many gifts to St. Bede's, for whIch we owe our grateful thanks. Those responsible for the Library are grateful for many books, and are encouraged to ask for more. We are dearing out much dead matter for sal~ vage; when our readers are doing likewise with their shelves, would they save some of their more useful and educational material for us?

New pictures in the dining~room have added to its appearance. A very valuable collection of birds' eggs and nests (the Hatton collection) and a. collection of. moths and butterflies from Mr. E. J. Fattorini have already aroused keen interest amongst many of our boys.

SCIENCE MUSEUM. '. We acknowledge the following gifts for

the museum :-Antony Haw, Upper 1., Dynamo. Martin Quinn, Upper I., X~ray photographs

sent by his brother Brian. Stanley Briggs, Upper 1., Electric Clock. Desmond Brady, Upper t, Wireless Parts. John Garthwaite, Upper I., Magneto. Gilbert Pearson, Upper t, Motor Valve. Laurence Durkin, Upper I., Carburetter.

School Certificate.

Barry, J. (H), Brown, H., Butler, D., Byrne,

T., Dobson, N., Fair, J., Henry, J. (P),

Holland, B., Kerrigan, S., Leeg.al, P., Leedal,

J., Love, J., Lynch, T. (e, M, C), Manogue, B.,

Markey, P. (e, E, F, L, M, P, C), McLoughlin;

T., Monaghan, D., Monaghan, P., Muff, L. (e),

Nugent, A., O'Connor, B. (e, E, H, G, S, F,

L, M), Rock, G., Ryan, :F., Scurrah, E.,

Simpson P., SulliYan, S., Suter, F., Sweeney,

B., Thorpe, J., Waldron, J. (M), Walsh, J., 'Whelan, P:, 'Whittaker, D., 'Wilkinson; K.,

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