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EDITORIAL.

HE follo\ving is an extract fro111 an article T on " Schools." in the Catholic Encyclo- p ~ d i a (Vol. XIII.), written by Rev. Michael Maher, S. J., Litt.D., h/I.A. (Lond.) :-

"Just, however, when tlze coillplete ex- tinction of Catholicisnl seemed at hand, the revival began. By the middle of the eighteentll century the persecution conlinenced to abate. The old fear of the Church had \vaned. Toler- ation for otl~er forms of dissent had been grow- ing. About I750 Catholics began to breathe a little illore freely. One evide~lce of this was the starting of a school at Sedglcy Parli, near Wolverhampton, by Bishop Challenor in I 762. Yet so great \\.as the timidity of the Catholic gentry at the time that a deputation of theill waited on the bishop to dissuade him from so daring a measure-fortunately in vain. Witllin six years the nuillbers ol the school rose to a hundred boarders, and for a century it was the chief centre where the Midland clergy received tlleir early education."

As a matter of fact Father Maher has placed the foundation of Sedgley Park a year previous to the actual date, so that it is next year, and not this, wh'ich illarlis the passage of 150 years in the history of the oldest post-Reformation Catl~olic College. No vast powers of inlagination are required to realize the significance o l this foundation, or to clehiie the place of Sedgley Park in the history of the ' Second Spring.' Begun by the great Clzalloner, contin~~ecl and fostered by the greater Milner, she supplied the arnly which, under these and later leaders, has marched successfully through illany clifficulties,

overcoille many obstacles ancl included in her ranlis a host of gallant heroes, unsung martyrs, ~~.nlaurelled victors. It is obvious that such a jubilee illust have an interest wider even than the circle of the school's immediate sons. Her present representatives have realized this and they are bent 011 doing everything in their power to make the celebrations worthy of her present position and her glorious past.

I t has been decided to keep the Jubilee during the IVhitsuntide holidays. I-Iis Grace the Archbishop of ~irmingharn has intiillated his illtention of being present, and it is hoped that all the Suffragan Bishops of the Arch- diocese of Birmingham will be able to accept invitations, as nre!l as the Bishops of North- aillpton and Lamus. The Jubilee banquet will t a l e place on \fillzit-Tuesday ; dramatic enter- tainillents will be given each evening, and, in addition to the cricket nlatch between the Past and the Present, other means of entertaining our guests are now under consideration.

Turning to matters \vhich illore nearly con- cern us, we have pleasure in announciizg to our readers that \\re have arranged for the issue next summer of a Jubilee Double Number of the Coltorzia7z. The Right Rev. Monsignor Bernard Ward, President of St. Edmund's Col- lege, has consented to write an article on the early history of Sedgley Park. I t is with a feeling of self-congratulation as well as with a deep sense of gratitude to the writer, that we nlake this anno~~ncement, not only on account of the eminence of Monsignor \Yard as litterateur and historian, but also because of the great com- plinlent thus paid by St. Edmund's to her sister-college in the Midlands, and it encourages us to appeal with even greater conhdence to our

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readers for their assistance in another work which we hope to lnake an outstanding feature of the double number, viz. : a symposium of reminiscent pea-sketches and personal impres- sions of Sedgley Parli and St. Wilfrid's College in illore recent years.

W e beg to acltnowledge with thanlcs the receipt of the following exchange ~nagazines :- E r i l l l l ~ / ~ ( d i ~ / l , St. Pa~icras Colleg'c Chl.olricle, I~carr~~rorrt Review, Lisborzin~z, Rntcl i f la~z, Oscotimi, Georgiarr, Ston~~liz~l-st Alngazi.lze, Uslzaw Alclgnzine, Bmtln, Ai~zplefor.tlz Jozcnznl and Mozcnlainaer., together with the Annals of tlze Propngntio~z of tlze Fnilh and the .U~ziverse.

OLD BOYS' CORNER.

E regret to record the death at St. Mary's, W Wamick, of Rev. Alfred Hall, on Qctober ~ S t h , a t the age of 62. Father Hall

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From Rome comes the news that at the same time that Rev. R. O'Reilly obtained his D.D. degree, Rev. Sylvester Baroil ('04) became a D.Ph., and to both these gentlemen we offer our congratulations. We hope soon to be:able to welcome Dr. OJReilly to his Alma Mater, as lie has already talcen vp his duties on the English mission.

* * * Other foreign corresponde~lts include Octavus

McMahon ('02), who sends all good wishes and remembrances to all friends from West Bridge- water, Pa., and Mr. Sydney F . Clay, for several years music-master at the College, v~ho has been touring in America as accon~panist to Mr. John McCormacl;, the famous tenor, and now writes from Aucliland, New Zealand.

* * * Revs. T. E. Bird, R. Iles, and B. Coleman

received the diaconate in Rome on the Feast . of All Saints at the hands of Bishop Casartelli. A d m u l t o s arznos!

was for some years at Sedgley Parli and was * * * ordained July 25,th, 1877. Several missions in On September 30th~ James J. Morgan ('gS), the. had the great benefits British Vice-Consul at Salonil;a, paid us a visit. of his kindly nature and untiring zeal, notably T o those who heard Mr. h40rganJs account Stafford, BlZLcltmore Purl;, Eccleshall, and War-

of the j,,.ibery, corruption, disorganisation and wick, where he spent the last ten years of his general policy of muddle ~vhich characterize life. R.I.P. Turkish misrule, the recent dkddcde in the

W e have recently received a letter from P. T Coolicaii ( I ~ o o ) , now in Ottawa, in the course of which he says :-" On returning to head- quarters last week I found awaiting me two numbers of ,the Cottonin~z. I t is a great pleasure to read the scores and doings of the cricket and football elevens. T o me both games are only a remembrance. Football I have played three or four times. On one occasion on the prairie I ran into a match between a team of full- blooded Indians against the Half-breeds. The full-bloods were a man short and so gathered me in! Ye gods! you should have seen us. I t was not a game, it was a pow-wow ! "

Balltans did not come as a surprise. This column is perhaps scarcely the place ,for retailing some of Mr. Morgan's stories, much as we should lilte to do so. I-Ie has promised to incorporate a few in an article for these pages; it is not this , ,

fact, however, which deters us, for his stock I

seems to be illimitable, but because we are utterly unable to reproduce that atmosphere of " . Oriental fatalism which he conveys with such inimitable humour. But we may be permitted . l one story as illustrative of the wide range of his professional duties. A Turli who had spent most of his life in England was sent bacli to his native heath by the unsympathetic giaour. I-Ie appealed to Mr. Morgan, then Collsul at I

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Monastii-, alleging as excuse the clifficulty he inas holidays. The Birmingham dinner, which found in following hi's professioil in Albania. was such a pronouncecl success l a s t year, will 011 inquiry he turned out to be a cricket pro- again be held at the Iillperial I-Iotel, Birming- fessional! IVe forget whether it was this man ham, on Wednesday, January Sth, a t 7-30 p.m. or another who addressed Mr. Morgan in the The Archbishop of Birillinghain a n d the Bishop- well-meant but rather doubtful-sounding phrase, Auxiliary, Dr. McIntyre, h a v e accepted invit- " i\/lost piti'ful Majesty." ations to be present, and t h e Bishop of North-

% * + ampton writes to say that h e hopes to be able

The Editor feels tllat he call allllost \&~ith to attend. All illquiries for ticliets or inforination

the Daily Mail for the llulllber alld importance should be addressed to Rev. M. I-Ia111lii1, St. of his correspondents at the front.' He has Peter's Place, Broad Street, Bii-ininghain. Fo r received the following from Rev. P. GabaldaJ the Londoll dinner illquiries should be sent to now in Constantinople. " Rumours about a Rev. J. G. Storey, 22 G e ~ l - g e Street, h k n -

possible slaughter of Cllristians have been for chester Square, Mr. T h e d inner is fixed for a long tilne afloat. ICurds have the Shiel<- Monday, Jan. 13th~ at the H o l b o r n ~ e s t a u r a n t ,

ul-Islam for perillission to bleed a few of them. at 7 O'clOclc-

No one can linow what will happen, especially if the defeated arnly comes back through Con- A HISTORY OF ST. WILFRID'S stantinople. For the hrst time since I 872 foreign COLLEGE.

in the Bosphorus. (Conrpiled f~o111 the LLA?llznls nrzd f ~ o n r fiape~s in t h e possessiorr of the

I t is rather doubtful whether a few men-of-\var Very Rcu. P~csidcrrf.)

can keep back the infuriated mob. We are ready lor the worst if Ferdinand insists on com- IV. ing to Constantinople and on being crownecl in R. Rudyard ICipling in tile of his fantasies the Ayia Sophia. In case of emergency we M entitled '. The Spirit of the Ship," has are armed. Everyone has a revolver and 150 told us the story of a vessel on her maiden bullets. I daresay that will be quite enough for voyage, in the strain alld stress of the a lark. I wish I had learnt to shoot rabbits at fLlrious battle with the waves, each nut alld bolt St. Wilfrid's." and rivet, every iron stanchion a n d every wooden

% * * bean1 becomes articulate. A perfect babel of IhTe beg offer Our relllollstrance goes up, every s t a y and support

good wishes to Francis Jeffs, B.Sc., Land ('g1)9 shrielcing with the torture of the raclc, on the occasion of his marriage, which is to take bolt and nut grincling and g roan ing in the new place at Canterbury belore Christmas. and unaccustoined travail. O n l y when the

9 % IC voyage is nearly hnished does the good ship Just as \\re go to press we receive that find herself, the discordant voices die down and

+ Rev. \V. E . Bunce is to be ordained priest on olle single voice elnerges from the turmoil-the December 8th at Oscott, and that Rev. P. F. .,ice of the " spirit of the ship." McSwiney will receive the diaconate at the same It is needless to continue the allegory. Such time. To both these gentlelllen we tender our an evolution awaits every cornillunity if it must heartiest congratulations. live ; through soille such phase every congre-

3c ~k ++ gation of inen for a definite end has passed, if IVe beg to draw our readers' attention to the it has a corporate history ;- a n d St. IVilfrid's

Old Boys' dii~ilers to be held during the Christ- College is no exception. T rue , as a Catholic

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College, she had a history of over a hundred years before taking up her abode at Cotton I-Iall ; the traditions of her governnlent were continued, the spirit of her sons was the same, but these factors would rather delay than accelerate her new growth. An entirely new foundation might have sprung into perfect being in a very short time, bu t an old institution, with manners and customs grown hoary with the passage of a century of years had to be acclim- atised. During t h e seventies and early eighties this metamorphosis was talting place,-and not without discordant voices,-but in the later eighties and under t h e fostering care of Dr. Hawlcsford, the College ' found herself ' and spolce with one voice.

Surely it is not a perfervid imagination which reads this meaning even into the dry and un- exciting pages of t h e college annals. It is true these annals contain chronicles rather than a history; there is n o psychology, no subtle analysis, no searching after the mysteries of cause and effect, but a bald recital of facts. Nor does the present writer aspire to the honour of painting in these half-tones of elusive memory. T h e actors i n these scenes are, many of them, still with us ; for them he writes a crude unvarnished tale, so that they may weave about his narrative t h e many-tinted gossamer threads of fond associations. Nevertheless it is to these same men and t o their conversation that this idea of a n e w birth owes its origin. It is difficult to define t h e reasons which prompt to such a judgment; b u t if you would under- stand the change, listen t o the reminiscences of the boys of the eighties, t h e spirit of detachment has given place t o an espr i t de corps,--no longer If they" and "their," b u t "we" and "our,"- the individual has sunk himself to be permeated

Dr. Hawksford. I t is a matter of time rather than of men. But who can doubt who knew the Doctor that his hand safely guided the new spirit and gave it the impress of his own sturdy Christian ~nanliness ?

This new development was not confined to the purely ethical and patriotic side of college life. It had its necessary counterpart in the improved well-being of the boys, in better food, in greater facilities for recreation, in .a wider outlook generally on the things which have tg do with the education of boys whether in ,their studies proper or in thei.r games. Means were talten to link. up the studies with the general education of the kingdom, and the criterion of public examinations was invoked to- test their standard of comparative efficiency. Nor did the material fabric of the house remain neglected. I t was decided to build a new wing,-perhaps the aost significant improvement of all, because the necessity of building alike evinces the zeal of the reformer and- emphasizes the success of the prior improvements.

': March 2oth, 1886. The contract for the new wing was signed by the President and Mi-. Fielding of A1ton.-March 29th. The new wing was commenced, and repairs to the steeple were begun at the same time." -

On March I ~ t h a Committee ~ e e t j n ~ of the ' '

Parkers' and Wilfridian Society was held at the College. Fr. Ireland was appointed secretary, and 67 new members were enrolled. This would appear to'be a record number .for one year.

" April 1~0th. Rev. J. Piris left St. TJilfrid's and returned to the misiion sf Dudley.

"May 6th. The feast of St. John at the Latin Gate was established as the President's feast by Canon Hawkesford.

with the spirit of t h e school that he may gain a " May 8th. Fr. Dobell came to take Fr..

higher and. a better individuality, measured not Piris' place on the staff, having been-. just

by his proper idiocyncrasies but by his power ordained at the Seminary. Fr ~ o b e l l had been . for good. previously a lay master at St: TVilfrid's."

I t would be unjust to the memory of many The month of May was marlced 'by two good and devoted men t o ascribe all this to events which were received by the college with

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very different feelings of \velcome. The first ilarrowly averted with the fire\\rorlis, though this was a visit fro111 Bishop Knight, of Shrebvsbury, did not occur at t h e bonfire but a t a preliiniilary who stayed from the 25th till the 28th. The practice in t h e cricket field. Rockets are very second was an outbreak of measles, but as oilly beautiful and com.paratively harillless thillgs 1 5 boys were affected orrt of a total of I 10 the when soaring in t h e air, but when shooting along siclcness was not as serious as it might have the ground be tween one's legs they are apt to been. be discoilcerting t o the nervous. But in spite

The repairs to the steeple, which cost £138, of these ~0~trctc77zjhs-or perhaps partly because were finished before the end of the term, and of them, such i s human nature-the celebrations the school reopefled on August 30th with I 17 were a great success, and it was very late \\.he11 boys. The following day the annual ineetii~g the returning processioil of tired but happy boys of the Parkers' Society took place, fifty members reached the College, where hot coffee, hot beer, being present. calies and b u n s were served, " and so to bed,"

" Nov. zznd. 'St. CecilyJs Day,' celebrated as Samuel P e p y s would say. by the perforinance of the operetta, " Blue- " By t h e elid of July the new \ving \.\.as beard." finished : it contains two playroolns in the base-

The following year 1887 was illelnorable as ment, a splendid refectory 70-ft. long, 28-ft. being the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. wide, and 20-ft. high on the first floor; three Of late years we have become almost satiated private rooms a n d a large class-room on the with the days of natioilal rejoicing, but the first second floor, a n d a fine dormitory capable of jubilee was a l~ovelty and right royally did the holding 2 5 o n the third floor, besides two college keep it. For weeks beforehand there small master's rooins on the staircase. i\4r. Peter uias an atmosphere of unrest in the school, Shaw was practically Architect and C.lerl\r of the accounted for by the unwonted liberty given to \Vorks ; Mr. John Fielding, of Alton, builder. all alld sundry to explore the estate in search I t was built of stone froin our onln quarry by of fuel for the great bonfire. The whole school the schoolhouse. See printed leter of the Right forlned itself into a vast arllly of "hewers of Rev. IV'. B. Ullathorne, Bishop of Birmingham. \vood and drawlers o f " - timber. The he\+rers T h a t letter was one of the last acts of his long \+rere the bigger boys, who were armed with episcopate a s h e sent notice of his resigaatioi~ axes for the purpose ; to the rest was allotted of the See of Birmingham on August ~oth ." I11 the tasli of conveying the slaughtered and dis- view of this las t statement it may be of iil teres~ l~lelllbered trees to the hill west of the College to reproduce this letter. I t is datecl " Stol~c, near Whiston Heath, where an immense pile July aznd, I 887," and rtiils as follows :-- was got together for the Jubilee Day, June ~ 1 s t . " My dear Dr. I-Ia\vksford,-I coilgratulatc During the earlier part of the day a grand YOU on t h e completioi~ of the New Wing of St. dinner was served in the College Refectory, Wilfrid's College a t Cotton. JVell arranged ant1 followed by dessert and loyal speeches. Then solidly built, i t gives a more extended accoln- towards night a procession was formed and inodation fo r the admissioil of an incl-eascrl lllarclled to the scene of the bonfire. This latter nuinber of pupils. O n e of the advantages of llad been thoroughly saturated with several St. Wilfrid's is its beautiful position, \\lhicll is barrels of tar, kindly give11 by Mr. Bolton of not exceeded in any other part of England; oal<amoor. The consequence was that Father but i ts greatest advantage is in that staff of (then Mr.) Hamlin, who had volunteered to light teachers \\rho devote tl~emselves to the tl-ai13illg it froin the top, was nearly iinmolatecl on the of youth froin the highest motives. As the altar of loyalty. In like maniler a tragedy was oldest Catholic College in England, devoted to

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the middle classes, provided as i t is with every celebrate the 50th ai~niversar~ of the Society . modern apparatus, I earnestly recomnlend its and the 125th year since the foulldjtion of interests to the care of the Rev. Clergy of the Sedgley Park. Bishop Ilsley was present and Diocese, of which it is one of the rnost impor- about 70 members; the day passed off very tant institutions. pleasantly.

" I pray God to bless you and your zealous " Noveinber aznd. Kept the feast if st. ~ co-operators, and remain, my dear Dr. Hawlrs- Cec i l~ Revs. J. Ullathorne, W Morris,. J. ford, Flynn and T. Scott present. Concert,-"cantata

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" Your devoted and affectionate servant of St. Cecil'ia" and other music very creditably

in Christ, done. Mr.. Bolton and family, Dr. Hall ahd @ WILLIAM BERNARD, several other guests. Mr. Bolton made a speech

" Bishop of Birmingham." expressing his gratification at being present. - i

At the reopening of the school o n Aug. 29th The Cantata was Van BreeJs ' ( s t Cecilia's 1, two new lay-masters joined the Staff, Mr. Day." The soprano was Master B. Ward; i

~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ i ~ ~ and m. ~ ~ 1 1 , who came from the tenor) Rev. lv- Buscot; conductor, Rev. M.

' Erdington, Grammar School, which h a d just Hamlin; but perhaps most. interest attaches to closed. Rev. waiter the place of the fact that Master James Tate was the accom-

Rev.'A. Brom'ley Crane on October 1st. panist. Mr. Tate afterwards took up nl.usid as

;(( Sepfeinber ist. ~~~~i~~ of the ~ ~ ~ b ~ i ~ t ~ d a profession, and for some years conducted the

Parlcers ,and Wilfridians; also formal opening of the Opera company.

of the'new wing; about 60 members present. Only last July he had the honour of appkaring i. i

Tee 'boys dined with the members in the new before H.M. the Icing, together with Miss Clarice Mayne, with whom he had collaborated

refectory." The walls of the refectory were for some time and whom he married 1ast.year.

adorned with p'ortraits in oils of the past Presi- I

denti of Sedgley ParkJ and at this meeting ef On 'jrd, 1 ~ ~ 9 , Rev. W. Buscot was I

the St. Wilfria's'and ParltersJ Society t h e mein- ordained priest in the College Chapel by the ,,~

hers gave the large statue$f St, Wilfrid Bishop of and the day

the end of the opposite the Mr. J- V- I-Iall, the professor of science, k i t to

The statue was received. and put into positi;n enter upon his studies for the medical profession,

on OctobQ 15th. T h e artist was Mr. Ivall, of and succeeded Mr. 'E. Ray, for- . .

Cheltknham, and the' cost £20. merly professor at St. Edmund's College, Ware.

~ u ; i n ~ Ehk spi-ing of 1888 the students At ~nidsummer of the same year.the Bishop

would appear to have been in luck, three extra of Birmingham closed Oscott College as a lay

play-days,falliag in this term, viz., one each for college. This change caused an alteration in . the Pope's Jbbilee, thk enthronisation of Dr . the Staff at Cotton. Rev. W. Buscot was

Ilsley, the new Bishop of Bii-nlingham, and t h e succeeded as Prefect. of Discipline by Rev. 1;V.

first celebration of the feast of the English Ireland, who still, remained Vice-President ;

Martyrs bn May 4th. At the end of t h e Rev. J. Caswell, formerly Vice-president at

scholastic year Rev. J. B Iieating resigned Oscott, became Prefect of Studies in his pl'ace.

thk prefectship. I-Ie was succe&ded'by the Sub- A pathetic little incident shall ,close these * i Prefect, Rev. ' W. Buscot, and Mr. Hamlin, t h e extracts :--

music-master, became Sub-prefect. Mr. ~ 6 r r a l . l " Oct. I rth. . Sable, the College dog, d i e i calne 'as assistj& lnusic-l~laster to Mr.' I-Iam]in. quite suddenly from heaft colnplhint Whtn ivalk-

" sept. 4th: The General Meeting of the ing out to-day with the P~esident.". . ,

' Associated Parkers' and lVilfridiansJ Society t o (To be continued.) . ' . . .

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HORACE. Death taltes the poor man t o h is rest , At length from labour freed ;

Carm. II., r8. But Tantalus must ever want- There is no rest for greed.

0 ivory adorns my house, W.D. -- N No gilded ceiling gleams,

No marbles brought from Africa A Support 1-1~meitian beams.

No palaces of Attalus IE-Iave I inherited,

No high-born maidens spin for me Laconia's purple thread.

An honest heart, a kindly wit Are m i ~ e ; and though I'm poor,

The rich mar. seeks my company, For gods and men are sure.

I covet ii~uglit . My Sabine farm Suffices for my needs.

Moons only way to wane again, And day tc day succeeds.

Yet you must build your marble halls, With one foot ili the grave;

You give na thought to death, but build By Baiae's sounding wave.

And Baiae's shore suffices 'not T o gratify your greed,

T o give you room the shores advance, The very seas recede.

Nay, inore than this ; your neighbour's lands, And your own clients too,

With avarice insatiate Are wrenched away by you.

Your greed drives out the labourer From his ancestral cot,

And husband, wife, and child must lino\v The wanderer's weary lot.

Yet no more certain dwelling-place, When comes the destined day,

Than that of greedy death awaits Your many-inillioned clay.

For rich and poor alilte must draw On earth their latest breath.

Unbribeable Prometheus found The messenger of death.

DREAM OF COLLEGE DAYS.

DREAM may be described as a train of A thoughts and fancies dur ing sleep. Well, I had a dream-" which was n o t all a dreanl "- one New Year's Eve.

I was seated before a glowing fire, watching the red embers, and as I gazed i n t o the burning heap I fell to musing on the cherished nle~nories of my vanished youth. .The c lose of the old year is peculiarly the season " when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts t o t h e mind " : for then, illore so than at any o t h e r time, we are prompted to reflect upon t h e swiftly passing years-years the very rapidity o f whose flight only serves to lnalie denser t h e inist in which our college days-the halycon-days of life-are shrouded.

Outside the north \\rind w a s blowing in fitful gusts against the window, a n d t h e falling snow was quickly transformil~g t h e otherwise sordid landscape into a "white city." I drew up my chair nearer to the craclcling blaze, and soon yielding to the soporific influence of the snug situation, I fell asleep a n d dreamed of college days at Cotton I-Iall.

It is " C.B." day. T h e cloister is redolent of fresh paint, and the library loolts spick and span in its new garb. Boys, b a c k from l z ~ m e , are qreeting each other with a hearty, "Well, old fellow, how are you?" A f t e r shaking hands ! with old chums, I make illy way to the Little i Bounds where disconsolate sits podgy IV-- on I

a tub, looking the very picture of misery, and weeping lilie Marius o n t h e ruins of Carthage. " Cheer up, old chap," I s a y , soothingly, "only four months to G.H.! " B u t my syi~lpathy is

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lost upon him, 'fbr his tears only flow'the faster. For a moment the mind is blank, then the T h e day erids a n d I am beneath the sheets illlagination flashes 012 my lllental screen an-

, . in a bed tha t solnehow doesn't fit-a lumpy, other \winter's picture. I t is a February moini~lg unquilted bed-which would have suited a and we are off for a skate on the ice. Dowll spartan. However , once alone, I think of the valley and on to the frozen pond we go. (( Home, sweet Home ," until illy eyes grow misty The rhododendrons are white with their fleecy and I sink unconscious into the arms of Mor- load and the ice is carpeted with freshly falleh pheus. snow. The sltates are soon adjusted and the

" T h e friend of .woe,-tired Nature's sweet lucliy sporters glide hither and' thither, some - restorer." performing mystic e.irolutions, others atteinpting

~~d no,+ dhafige eomts o'er the spifit of lllY the ' inner edge ' or '.outer edge ' ; while many

dream." - It is. a ba!f-holidiy.and I aln chosen .for indulge in the exhilarating gallle of hockey: E

one of the full baclts a t footb811. The s\\rard is But, alas! I having no skates, must, ~erforce,, f frb~t-bound a n d - t h e t rees look fanta~tic in their be content, in ColnpanY with less fortunate i

al.ctic 'triialnings. H O \ ~ the blood tillgles in ~~easure-seekers, " to keep the pot a-bi'ling " on

ofie's Se-fis ! - .Hdw the breath hangs upon the the slide. Oh ! what wouldn't I give for a pair

.lieen Yaig ! T h e p;layers are qwickly in their of skates ? Hal10 ! there is a hissing, craclting ,

appoihted ~ l a c e s , and, a t . a ' given signal, the sound ; the ice at the end of the ~ o n d has givsll garnewbegins:. Now -on the one side, the11 on and Peter has gone under. There is a . .: the other, soaridg a lo f t or skimining across the rush to the bank. f o r safety; but I inake for the ,

.suyface of t he adamant-ine ground, the ball is danger zone, just in time .to see the poor fellow . .

.l<ept in motion. " bT0.w for it, boys," cries the emerging froin th.: water like a dripping spaniel.

f&f-hailed. forwjrd \vhoV has - got possession, lvlindful of the old sayiilg, " carpe diem," I crjr

" we'll wrin ! " " IVill you, though? " I muttel; out eagerly, " After you with . the ~. skates, . Peter ! " fairly put on my m e t t l e by such braggadocio and the good chap removes his sltates without -a&cJ edger 'for 'the .fray. ' Onward he comes apace a murmur, hands me the much-coveted- articles, .and per-bsly @ear. In an instant .I have darted then hurries on to " Mother. Grump." Fine -fowards 'him 'like a h o u n d let loose from the fellow, that! made of the . stuff .that goes tp . . . -leash. We meet in. m o r t a l combat, and lo ! the fashion saints ! Oh ! what 'a glorious time.!-but fairhaired youth is. measur ing his length upon of a sudden the bright +ision fades, and I find the battlefield, and the ball is swinging - high myself standing before an ?.peil window in the: across to the forwards of my side. I t was a dormitory, in night-attire. I am on the sick list.. good pass. T h e ball is deftly centred and a. I t is the Golden Jubilee of Queen \Tictoria, goal-scbred amid exultant cheers. But there is and the boys are ~lial.;ii;~ their ' Gay to the a shake of the lraleidoscope -and the scene woods, towards 'thk hill where a bonfire is t o . changes. , ; signalise the occaiiok. I t had been an .ideal

T h e class is in the 'l'ibrary gathered. about a day. All day long"-the -sun had shone, iir an .

blacl;boaid for a L a t i n lesspn. " Next," says a~most cloudless ' sky, ' illuminating the valley,

the Doctor, " tr-nslate age puod agis." and gilding the pine: trees that crown the llills My heart Auttel-s for a moment , then I bluft out above it. And as the- day' had ,mraned, - the

tlie rend&ring, smothered .lacghter, ' " Do westering sun ,h,ad dipped down. slowly .below

\what you do. 'do." " L o t bf does abobt it," the horizon, in a sea o f illol.ten gold, shooting relllarks the Doctor, " g i v e h im half." I-Ialf out great shafts.of flame and flooding the seene

mark, clear reader, for s u c h a neat traaslatioli! with a transcendant g l ~ r y . - B.~it .now twi!ight is Proh Pudor ! drawing its thin veil'over the face of nature, 1

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and the sky lines a re changing to a steely grey; \\rhile above, the archi ' l~g heavens are becoming yellow. The air is gro~ving chill. All is solemn stillness, brolien only a t intervals by the far- distant voices of the boys, who, as they 137a.lli along in processional order, are holding aloft their torchlights that call be seen gleaming, .in sinuous fashion, among the trees ; and, as night settles over the scene, the pines stand out weird and sombre against the dying light. A h ! now a ringing cheer falls faintly on my ear-blacli clouds of smoke intermillgling with tongues of fire leap upward to the sky, and as the bonfire blazes, there is borne t o me upon the breeze, the strains of t he national anthem, " God save the Queen." With a shiver 1 creep back to bed and leave the now almost Cimmerian dark- ness to spread itself, like a pall, over the land.

of his wrath. " Nice thing this , s i rs ! What do you mean by i t? " he asks, brusquely . " 14lha.t have you to say for yousselves? H o w could you allow--J' " Please, sir ! " I s tammer out,

\?re- " " No excuse, two h u n d r e d Greek liiles both of you ; and mind, n o holidays till Y O L I ' V ~ learnt every \\lord." A n d so , like injured martyrs, we slink out of the room a n d set about our task of two hundred Greeli l ines for doing " ~uff i7zg .~~ Just my luck ! Oh ! for a dezrs E X

mach ijza !

The scene shifts once 1nor.z. It is close upon the holidays and the whole Hous-e is assembled for the best of all operettas, " T h e Caliph 01 Bagdad." The curtain rings u p amid thunders of applause. Wondering eyes behold a scene a s enchanting, to us boys, as a n y ever \\~itnesscd by the frequenters of Dru ry L a n e . J4Jhat a blaze of glory! The richly-covered couch, the Yet, again, the view dissolves. Jarrett and Caliph, attired in princely robes, beje\\relled

I are sulllmoned to the Doctor's room. Timidly turban and flashing scimitar ; the gorgeous state

we knocli at his door. " Coin.: in," calls the room-make up a vision fit f o r the gods! Doctor, impatiently ; and we two gz~iltless cul- prits stand up011 our trial. W e 1;now full \veil Listen! how grandly the play opens with the

what to expect : words of Abon I-Iasson sung ore rotzilzda. "Upon my word, it is absurd, \?rhoever heard of such

" had boding learnt to cruel villany." How sweetly the treble warbles ! trace,

What liquid notes! I low fu l l of patllos the The day's disasters in his morning face." duet, " Dearest master, be n o t do\vllhearted " ; Dear reader, to be confidential, what had and the rapture of it all when we hea r :

happened was this. The stage was set up ill Fortune at last has smiled o n lily way, the library, and r h e n the boys had gone to bed, Gilding illy future with brightest ray ! some dare-devil-dicks stole do\trn froin their A smile flits over the face of the cubicles to give " a turn " for the alllusemerlt Fortune at last ! he murmurs, " at last n

of the privileged class. Now just as the But the spell \"as brolien. A falling cinder was at its height, there suddenly appeared wolte me froln my pleasallt reverie. Once more the scene-like cat alnong the the past was hidden in the mist of bygone years, prefect grim. Disinay was visible on every face. and I sighed, Most of the privileged fellows-the hypocrites! -had Grcek books before them ; but not SO " Eheu fugaces labuntur anlli !

Jarrett and I, for we were honourable men. 0, cold air rang out the lnidllight

So we are arraigned before the awful judge. chimes, announcing the e n d of t h e old year and

I l o v ~ he glares at us! I l is spectacles shine out heralding the new. I s a n k t o my knees. in the firelight like two acetylene lamps. Then GIN. M, R. he pours out on our unfortunate heads fhe vials

THE CBTTONIAN.

HE first deba te of the present session tooli T place o n Sunday , October 27th) the Very Rev. President bei 'ng in the chair.

MMr. Kelly proposed " That the House of Lords ought t o b e abolished." He gave a brief rCsumC of t h e events which have brought this qukstion into the forefront of political contro- versy. T h e power of t h e Lords was an anomaly and an insult t o t h e intelligence of the nation. So long as they w e r e quiet, people did not mind, but, their lately renewed and mischievous adtivity had brought sharply before the nation the many and great objections to their existence as a legislative body. These objections were as. follow :-The H o u s e of Lords is constantly thwarting .the considered judgment of the people ; essentially a hereditary chamber, it is the only one of i t s kind in Europe; it has always been on the s ide of the landlords against the masses, notably in Irish legislation; it is merely the instrument of one political party in the sfate ; a peerage is n o longer the reward of merit b u t has become a commodity to be bought. Finally, although perhaps the English people will " al'wajrs. love a lord," signs are not wanting that tliey are gett ing tired of thein as legis- - lators.

Mr. Scanlon, opposing, traced the history of the constitution and contended that a Con- stitution withqut the U p p e r House would be as unrepresentative and as biased as a Constitution without the Lower House. He maintained that the. claims of the House of Lords were justified in .its members. There are the Lords Spiritual, the only guardians of Christian religion in an otherwise secular state. O f the Lords Temporal, many are distinguished a s soldiers or colonial governors, others are m e n of wealth and large estates who serve ' to impose the necessary restraint -on the too.-wild schemes of the Com- mons, and, being independent, are instrumental in checking the evils of the party system.

Mr. l l . Mann, in support of the motion, saw in 'all the present turmoil the aq&ening o;f .$he true democracy, for democracy was begi'nnifig

.

to realize that it was unjust that the final. c&rt of appeal in legislative matters should be com- posed of landlords, capitalists and some repre< sentatives of the Established Church.' T& tendency of modern government i s to centre;in one chamber, and all the horrors that are.pre.- dicted under a single ~harnber',~over-nment 'are

. . . iinpossible among an essentially coriservative nation such as the 'English.'

Mr. Blalie denied that the House of Lords stood condemned even if proved undemocratic, and he further conteided.that the proper theory of government demanded a .motive force which should come direct from the peop~k, a,nd restraining force which should not Ix .directly responsible to the people. That r e s t r a ~ ~ force was best obtained by the existence of a hereditary House of Lords, whose members had time and opportunity for independent study and unbiased judgment.

Mr. llylie, taking up the last point, said that such an argument assumed that these. hereditary ~ o r d s tooli advantage of these opportunities. Besides, time and. opportunities for higher education are not nowadays restricted to the peerage.

Mr. llalshe challenged the statement that the, welfare of the .country and the interests of the peo,ple could not be endangered so long as we had a popularly-elected government.

Mr. Duffy said the Lords had been accused of being anti-Catholic, but only a few years ago they had been the means of saving our sch,ools , for us. . ,

Mr. Mo.ore failed to see why a great general should necessarily . make a statesman, and ,

instanced as examples to the contrary, Marl- borough and Wellington. '

Mr. Bell and Mr. Lewis alsb spdke. On the .

question being put, g voted for the motion and I I against.

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Sunday, Noveinber 17th.-The Rev. Pre- of barracli life, claiined that the e v i l w o u l d fect was in the 'chair. The lnotioil before the dimil~ish under c6inpulsory service b e c a u s e t h e house was, " That some system of Colnpulsory barracks would be filled by a ll luch h i g h e r Military Service ulas a national necessity." class of men than obtains under the present

Mr. Cummings, in submitting the motion, system. If a country is worth l iving in it is said that in the course of Britain's history 110 \~ol-tll fighting for, hence the duty o f na t iona l century had \vitnessecl so extraordinary a defence becomes an essential part of the c reed development of national progress and prosperity of democracy. The Territorial A r n l y , as w e as the last. The population had increased, the have it now, untrained and badly a r m e d , i n s t ead area of the Empire had increased, the imports of being a safeguard is a national danger. and exports had increased, the tonnage of the Mr. Avery propounded a c l i le~nma f o r t h e inerchant service had increased, but, strange to supporters of a citizen army. Owing to her say, the British people had been content with insular position England could easi ly be s ta rved allnost the saine forces \vith \vhich their fore- out if the Navy were defeated. Hence , with a fathers guarded an inheritance much less valu- victorious Navy, there would b e no fear of

able. The Boer War proved to US that n7e invasioll ; \\:ith a defeated Navy there lvould b e lacked a reserve of trained men, and although 110 llecessity for the enemy to invade . In both we are at peace nom, that peace, to be lasting, cases the citizen ,army was useless. The speake r must be an arlned peace. The spealier pro- again urged the demoralizing effects of ba r r ack ceeded to define several liil~cls of coillpulsory li,fe, and lllailltailled that a conscript a r l n y \vould service and advocated that form proposed by have an illjurious effect 011 the Navy . the National Service League. The creation of Mr. Warner colllbatted the statelllent that the Territorial Army proves the ilecessity of a the trailling of the Territorial Arllly \\,as insuffi- defensive force ; its inadequateness is pro\~ed cient. During the Boer T&Tar thousands of by the fact that its proilloters canllot get it Up volunteers went out did splendid service to its full comp~einent of men. 111 collclusioll, n,ith much less training, the speaker urged the duty of every citizen to n4, ]\tan, ,,id it \%{as true that we were defend the Einpire as the natural corollary to losillg in physique. ol1 the colltrary, the direct his rights of citizenship. opposite was the case.

Mr. Wylie, opposing, described the motioll Mr. Scanloll \varnecl the H o u s e of t h e great as " an aggressive and violent policy," and \\lent danger to the llatioll of a large a r m y of ull~villing on to enumerate the evil effects that ~vould soldiers. IVhat \\:as the use in t i m e of war of ri

accrue both to the individual and the nation huge force of men \\rho had no s tonlach for the from such a retrograde step. He contended fight? that voluntary enlistlnent \vas capable of pro- Both 1Mr. Gould and Mr. D u f f y toolc excep- viding a sufficiently large army; and even if tioll t~ Mr. Wylie's statenlent t ha t collscripts not, the ariny could always be increased by " are the scum of the earth." Conscription giving higher pay to the soldiers, ancl 114th the means universal service and we canno t be " all voluntary systein there \vas 110. clisorganisatio~~ SCU1n,"

of industry. Mr. Kelly said that the proposers of the Mr. Moore pointed out that there could be motion \yere il-: danger of g lor i fy ing inere num-

little danger of disorganisatiol~ of inclustry, since bers. It was not numerical s t r e n g t h b u t valour our foremost coll~inercial competitor has the that triumphed, as viitness the present Balkan biggest conscript army 'in the world, and in \\Tar, the Russo-Japiaese war , and o u r own Sikh answer to the charge of the demoralizing effect war.

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iMr B l a l i e demurred to the statement that t h t E n g l i s h character Jvas averse to conscription.

:Mr. Bllgh pointed out that the first speaker was iv rong in saying that conscription only applied to S p a i n and Portugal. ; O n the ques t ion being put the motion was carried by the small majority of one vote.

B. C. SCANLON, Secretary.

PLAYDAYS ,AND .H:OLIDAYS.

rail from Stafford to TVolverhampton, and wallced from the railway station to the Park. My first view of the place, which was to be my home for nearly six years, was frc,m the top of a five-barred gate. I-Iere I had a full view of the " I-Iigh I-Iouse " at the end of the avenue of elm trees.

We reached the Parlc too late for the boys' dinner, and I had the honour of dining with my uncle in the " little " parlour. ' I t happhed that ne'ither the President (the Rev. Joseph ~bwdon) nor the Vice-President (the Rev. Henry Smith)

. - ~+as: at home. When, in the :course of the T sedgley P a r k , in my time, there was a dinner, the usual application Tor a " playday "-

dist inct ion made between playdays and in' honour .of the new 'boy-was made, .the holidays ; I d o npt know whether the same dis- superiors declined the responsibility -and aslced tinction ob ta ins at St . JVilfrid's. The distinct-ion n3.y uncle to take it. I imagine he Ivas nothing was this: . h o l i d a y s were at h4idsummer and loth, fbr he had no hesitation in giving the Christmas-the vacations in fact-playdays playday " ; and here I may state who the were recreation -times apart froin the statutory superiors were with whom I had my first meal (shall I call t h e m ?) Tuesday and Thursday. at the Parlc. They were :-Messrs. Charles Dr. Bowdon w a s 'very liberal in granting the Daniel, John (?) Haynes, - Billington, George extra " playdays." W e called them " playdays " Arnold, Joseph Butt, -Archibald and Dominic whether t h e y w e r e for the whole day or only Myatt. the afternoon. On a Monday, a Wednesday or Whilst 011 the subject of playdays, may I be a Friday, immed ia t e ly after the b.oysJ dinner, pardoned for referring to an experience I 'had the cry, " G o for a playday," was raised,, and subsequently. I had been one of the depu- in due course a deputat ion of some six or eight tation aslting for a playday. ' . ~ r . Bowdon, who boys \vent u p t o the " big " or " little " pa;lour, was presiding at the dinner table, had just according t o w h e r e t h e president was dining. received a report from one of my masters to There was very little delay, as a rule, and if the the effect that I was idle in school. He toolc boon was g ran ted . the fact was promptly made the'opportunity of my aslcing for a ''playday 1'

kno\vn by frant ic shou t s . to give me a severe snubbing, and emphatically Generally, t h e " playday " was spent in a declined to grant our request. ' I was extremely

visit t o Penn Common , where the boys enjoyed chagrined at the i-ebuff so publicly given me, and themselves, e a c h in h i s own way. Occasionally declared that I would never again expose myself there'was wha t was ca l led " a long walk." Then to such a humiliation. That was. the last time the boys were t aken to places of interest in the I would be one of a deputation. That I had neighbourhood, a favouri te visit being to the said this was reported to Dr. Bowdon, who deter- " big. furnace," where i ron was being smelted mined to try conclusions with me. The next a1.l: day long. deputation was curtly dismissed with a refusal,

Well do I r emember my first "playday." I t the next met with the same fate ; and this went was JVednesday, O c t o b e r 8th, 1840. My uncle, on for some weeks. ' A t length there came a the Rev. T. L. Green, an old Parlter (1810)~ had delightfully fine day when the boys felt it would brought me from Tixal l . W e had travelled by be a shanle to be confined in school.'. The usual

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deputation of big boys met with nrlzat had be- come the usual fate; a forlorn hope o'f' little boys-sometimes Dr. Bo\vclon could not resist the little fello\vs-succeeded no better. The boys in the " bouilds " became desperate. Some- one had told tlzem that until I went there would be no " playday." They surrounded and mob- bed me, finally carrying me up bodily to the parlour door. They l i n ~ ~ l i e d , and \vhen it was opened they left me standing by myself. Dr. Bo\vdon loolied at me, and aslied \\illat I wanted. I said, " &lay we have a ' playday ' ? He answvered but one word, "Yes." The boys at the door could not restrain their joy. They cheered as loudly as they could, and their cheers \vere'heard in the " bounds." There was joyful excitenlent. I was jostled clo\vn to the play- room, where the boys seized me, and I was cai'ried, shoulder high, round the "bounds," receiving acclainations when I deserved re- proaches for my prolonged obstinacy. That night Dr. Bowdon sent for me, and the only reference he made to the ii~cident was: ' ( I thought you would be tired first! "

COLLEGE DIARY.

A LTI-IOUGFI it is a far cry to last July \\re il~ust for the sake of coinpleteness record

seine of the leading events \\rhiclz occurred at the end of the suizlmer term, and we take up our tale where we left it in the last number.

July 3rd.-Return match with Oaliamoor on their ground. Things went very badly for us Croin the start. Fr. I-Iughes \vas caught at very deep point and Rucllllan bowled before 10 \\.as up. Fr. Gosling stayed seine time, but no one batted convincingly. Not even tlze ilzost entlzusiastic collegian thought 59 a winning score, but with four good \~icliets down for 37 Fortulle was favourillg us ; but at that point Fr. Gosling had to seek the doctor's aid with a &maged hand. That was the turning point.

H e came back in time to see his substitute m i s s Awty, but by then all interest in the inatch had vanished, and the College bowling \x7as thoroughly demoralised. Scores :-

COI,I,EGE XI. ICev. I:. i\. I-Iughes c Bollon b Swin-

so11 .......................................... 4 ..................... J . J. h,Ioraii b Siliith 0

............ .\I. A. Rudnian b Swinson 4 P. Moorc c James b S~nitll ............ 7 Rcv. S. J. Gosliiig c Smith b \\'allicr 23 G. I. Bell b i\lcocli ........................ 9

...... 0. Drinlinlater c 'Irates b A\\~ty 4 I>. A. I<elly b A~vty ..................... 0 J . Eligh, run out ........................ 1 I\'. D~innc, not out ........................ 1 I\?. 1:orbes Lcc b S\\.inson ............ 0

Extras ..................... G - ............... Total 59

OAKt\kIOOR. ...... 1:. Wallic~. s t Rutlman b Bligh 34

............... J. :\lcocli c Bell b Dunne 2 ......... A. Pattinso11 c Bell b Dunnc 4

........................ \I7. James b Uligh 6 ...... (;. i\tliitls c Forbes Lcc b Eligli 3

7'. Smith b Dunnc ........................ 6% J . J . A\\rLy, iiot O L I ~ ..................... GI 11. !\. Bolton, not out .................. 1.3

Extras ..................... e i

Total (for G ) .... 180 J. I\'. (;rca\.c,s, (;. Swinson, J. yates rlitl not bat.

July 6th.-v. Caldon Lo\ve. An uninterest- ing game ended in a \vin for the College b y 5 runs, Fr. Iiughes and 0. Drinkxvater both maliing 17, the latter being not out.

July 10th.-A nunlber of visitors attel~decl the Prize Distribution to illeet the R i g h t Rev. Dr. McIntyre, who gave out the prizes and addressed the students after\vards ; a notice o l his speech will be fouilcl in the S t u d y Notes; here \\re beg to thai~li his Lordsl~ip f o r presiding

at our Distribution, for it n7as o n e of his first public acts after his elevation to t h e Episcopacy. The visitors included Very Rev. Cano l l I<eating, the Revs. M. O'Rourlie, A. Mulligan, I;. Clayton, Ph.D., TY. P. TVeIls, B. S. Moore, C. E. Evans,

B.A. and Mr. P. Locl\vidge. The choir sallg Stadler's " Ecce Sacerdos" in h o n o u r of the ae\v Bishop.

July 13th.-Our l.ast lllatch o f the seas011 was played away fro111 hollle v. U t t o x e t e r Town, and proved to be an exciting f inish to a fairly

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successful season. The opposing teain batted first and were disinissed for 60 runs, Fr. Hughes and IV. Forbes Lee sharing the bowling honours. The College made a very poor start, the first tu7o nricliets falling for three runs. P. Moore then hit out in splendid style, passiizg his 50 and won us the match. Scores :-

UTTOXETER ~ 0 1 ~ 7 ~ . A. Ford b Fr. Hughes .................. 0 (;. Martin c Drinlcwater b F . I-Iughes 13 IY. Prince b Dunnc ...................... 10 C. E. Cox c Forbes Lee b Fr. I-Iughes 0 1;. Smith b Fr. Huplles ................ 8 - S. Blare b Forbes Lec .................. 13

........................ H. Bro\\~n b Bligli 4 A. A. IXTeston b Forbes Lee ............ 11 n:. Horobin b Bell ........................ 1 1'. Bond, not out ........................... 2 A. Chatfield b Forbes Lee ............ 0

Extras ..................... 3 - , . .................. Iota1 60

COLLEGE XI. ...... Rev. F . A . Hughes c and b Cox 1

E. 0. Drinlcwater st Brown b Prince 10 ............... B. I . Bell c Brown b Cox 2

..................... P. hioore b Horobi~i 56 .................. >I, A. Rudman b Ford 1

......... J. McClafferty c and b Pri~lce 0 ........................ J. Bligli b Priricc 0

R. Po\vnall, run out ..................... 1 \\I. J . Dunnc, not out .................. 10

............... I\'. P . Cummiiigs b Ford 1 ... 117. Forbes Lee c Cos b Horobin 5

Extras ..................... 3

............... Total 90

Our season's fixture list coinprised 13 matches altogether, but of these three had per- force to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. Of tlze reinainder we won 6, lost 3, and one was left drawn. B. I. Bell, who cap- tained the team, also won the bat for the best average, his figures being: 37 innings, I not out, highest score 48, total runs 508, average -

14.1 I . IV. J. Dunlze secured the prize presented by Mr. IV. J. Chard for the best bowling urith an average of 5.18 for 66 wickets. W. Forbes Lee captured 105 wicliets and J. Bligh 96, for 7'17 and 7.53 respectively. To M. A. Rudinan was awarded Fr. LillisJ prize for fielding for his consistently good worli behind the stumps. The Tennis Tournament, despite the fact that it was constalltly interfered with by rain, proved

a great success and was won by IV. F. Mann, who beat E. 0. Drinliurater in the final. A. Icendall inacle a plucliy fight and ought later to develope into a good player.

July I 5 th.-The Oxford Exaininations began and Rev. Sir D. 0 . I-Iunter-Blair, O.S.B., again presided.

July 18th.-The annual dinner to the Officials of the House was given this evening by the Prefect. Rev. I-Iarold Sugden, who was on a short visit to the College, was present, together with Rev. I?. A. Hughes and Mr. J. J. Moran.

July 20th.-The Suininer Holidays com- menced-appropriately enough in pouring rain.

Sept. I 6th.--The school reassembled. There were 20 new boys. On the following day the election of tlze Public &'Ian tool< place, and resulted in the appointment of Bernard I. Bell by a unaniinous vote of the I-Iouse. The other offices were filled as follows :--Edward IValshe and Herbert \&Tilliains, Sacristans. IV. P. Cum- n~ings and Martin Duffy, Librarians. 141. F. Mann and IV. IVarner, Gaines ~ b o i n men, and P. Moore and R. Blalie in the Prog Shop. It may be convenient to mention here that later elections resulted in P. Moore and J. Lewis being chosen to assist the Prefect and the P.M. in selecting the football teams. 13. C. Scaizlon is Secretary of the Debating Society, and L. A. Kelly has charge of the music.

Sept. 19th.-Ferias were granted to all who had been successful in the public examinations, and on the afternoon followiizg a 'half ' was given for the new Public Man.

Sept. ~1st.-IVe had the pleasure of welcom- ing George Teebay, I-lenry Coles\vorthy and A. A. Thompson, of the class of 191 I , who spent the \veeliend at the College. On the 24th, Rev. Alphonsus Hyiners, O.P., brother of the President and an old Parker, caine and stayed a week with us.

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Sept. 28th.-I47e began our programme of spread of Catholicity due to the apostolic zeal out-matches rather earlier this year, and in of our devoted missionaries. It was gratifying view of more recent happenings we are inclined too to learn from Father Ross that there is only to think a little too early. Our opponents were one other Catholic College in England that Lightwood No~nads and the College was repre- does more for the Propagation of the Faith by sented by the following :-Fr. Gosling, goal; means of voluntary subscriptions than St. Wil- B. I. Bell and l[. Duffy, backs; IIV. Mann, Dr. fridJs. - Upton, and J. Lewis, half-backs; IV. Cum- Sept. 30th.-Father Ross left by the after- mings, J. Bligh, P. Moore, Fr. Hughes and E. noon train .and the same evening Mr. Jame* J. Walshe, forwa~ds. A strong wind was blowing Morgan, British Vice-Consul at Salonilta, arrived down the field and from the start the Nomads on a two days' visit. The rumours of the out- showed themselves the superior team. A f t e ~ 15 break of hostilities in the Balltans gave an minutesJ play the visitors scored their first goal, added interest to Mr. Morgan's arrival, but his and thence to half-time they seemed to be able great modesty prevented him acceding to our to find the net whenever they chose. IVe crossed request for an impromptu lecture on the sub- over 5 goals to the bad. In the second half ject, which was scarcely surprising considering the play was more even but our forwards seemed that he had come for a few days' quiet holiday. quite incapable of shooting ; Moore did get one Like the old rustic in the story, " we are not through but the Nomads got two as the result greedy but we like a lot." However he per- I

of some clever rushes. IVe were soundly suaded the President to give us the hours off !,

trounced to the tune of 7 goals to I. We have on Tuesday afternoon in his honour. ? already suggested an excuse, but the reason Oct. 5th.-College v. Mr. T. Smith's XI. undoubtedly was that from goalkeeper to Fr. Gosling, goal ; B. Bell and M. Duffy, backs ; centre-forward we played badly. The backs 1. Bligh, J. Lewis and IV. Mann, half-backs; were slow and flurried, the halves uncertain, and IIV. Cummings, L. Kelly, P. Moore, Fr. Hughes the foiu~ards innocuous. Certainly Bligh and and E. TValshe, forwards. This was ' a most Cuillmings worked hard, but to no purpose, enjoyable game, not -only on account of the whereas the other three did not even work. play, but also because the opposing team was '

Perhaps the most scathing criticis111 was passed composed mainly of members of the Oaltamoor quite unconsciously by one of the visitors, who cricket club. We beat them, but not with the said, " I see you have lost that centre-forward ease they beat us at cricket; in fact the form who played so remarltably well last year." of the XI. was not much better than in t,he first Alas ! he was there. match, with one or two,notable exceptions, viz. : I

Sep. 29th.-Rev. F. E. Ross preached at the J. Lewis, J. Bligh and M. Duffy, who all played High Mass on the Propagation -of the Faith, very well. Result: College 5 , Mr. Smith's XI. 3. and again in the evening to the congregation -PI Oct. 10.-Rev. J. C. Bredin arrived on a after Benediction. After supper he delivered a short visit to the College on Wednesday the gth, most interesting illustrated lecture in the and the followi~lg evening he was .persuaded library on " Catholicity in modern China." Both to give us a piano recital in the Library after the slides and the narrative served to give us supper. Fr. Bredin made this entertainment a a much more sanguine impression of the state huge success. Lovers of music knew before- of Christianity in China than one is generally hind that they could expect a musical feast, led to believe; and the pictures of Chinese but Fr. Bredin recognised that not all boys can priests and nuns in particular formed a very worship with the same devotion at the shrines direct and convincing argument for the great of the classical masters. Within a few minutes

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he had captivated-and convulsed-his audience by his inastery of the piano. He began with an excruciating rendering of the horrors of the lodging-house piano, which made one wonder if lle had passed his morning in the neighbourhood of our music-rooms. This was followed by an imitation of a village orchestra in nrhich the violin is flat on the top notes and the 'cello sharp on the bottom notes-a musical night- mare. But the most amusing item was un- doubtedly the genesis of the three-verse popular song anent the sentilnental sailor lad-the swinging tune of the first verse, the minor chords to denote the angry sea in the second, and the triumphant crash and rattle which welcolnes hiin back to the harbour bar in the third verse were received with shouts of delighted applause. Nor was that all. We followed that song in its career as a piano piece (with .i.ariations), as a stirring march, and as a popular waltz until it reached the pinnacle of fame, the barrel-organ. Then having thoroughly harrowed our musical nerves, Fr. Bredin proceeded to soothe them by some wonderful playing. It is iinpossible to describe the significance Fr. Bredin imparted to the difference between the old and the new style of music by playing a piece by Glucli followed by one of Liszt's rhapsodies. By special request he concluded a delightful even- ing by giving us that inarvellous work, Rach- maninoff's Prelude.

Oct. I 1th.-Fr. Bredin again entertained the house, this time by an illustrated lecture on " Egyptian Ilieroglyphics." The first part of the lecture consisted of a short history of the

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worl< of Young and Chainpollioll in deciphering the hieroglyphics by the aid of the tri-lingual Rosetta Stone ; then the lecturer showed us on a blacliboard some of the easier \vords and proper names. Afterwards photographs of ancient hieroglyphic inscriptions were thrown on the screen and were read out wherever decipherable. It was a most interesting lecture and opened up the possibilities of a most enthralling subject whether for serious study or as an intellectual hobby.

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Oct. I 2th.-St. Wilfrid's Day. High Mass was sung at half-past nine by Rev. J. C. Bredin, assisted by Frs. Gosling and Sumner. The President was the recipient of nuinerous expres- sions of good wishes and congratulations, among them being telegrams froin students at: Ushaw and Oscott.

The first Red v. White nlatch was played in the morning. T h e 14jhites scored very early in the game and one had visions of that Red route which has been prophesied so often and has never eventuated. Soine day perhaps the ' teal12 of all the talent ' will strike its collective form and there will b e a busy day for the Red goal- keeper; but it is not yet. In this game the Reds played u p well and Bligh and Rees scorecl, the final result being Reds 2, Whites I . The teains were :-Reds : Fr. Gosling, 147. Cuinmings and TV. Shaffery ; B. Hayward, J. Len.is and I-. 14rylie ; S. Willtinson, J. Bligh, Fr. I-Iughes, R. Blalie and G. Rees. I lhi tes : 741. FIand ; B. Bell and ill. Duffy ; A. Russell, Dr. Upton and MI. Mann ; L. Kelly, R. Whitehurst, P. Moore, Mr. Warner a n d E. IValshe. After supper a coricert was given in the library, of \\rhich we give the prograrnme :- I Piano Duet ... 'I Spanish Dance " . . . ~l.fus/~o~osl:i

Very Rex-. Canon HTAfERS, B. I-IICI<S().\'. 2 Song ... .. . " I-lush me to dreams " ... I<. Rirssell

P. EMERY. ; Duet ... ... .' The happy Hunter " ... I<lrcheta

C. HOIYISON, J. PO\\'EIAI.. 4 Song ... . . . " Autunln Song " . . . AI~~rr~l~lssohtt

F. EDWARDS. j Glee .. . . . " Strange Adventure " .. . Sullivclrt

T I l E CHOIR. 6 Piano S o l o . . . " Si J'etais Roi " ... ,.. Adnltt

L. 1CELI.Y. 7 Song .. . " Where do Fairies hide " . . . , , Bishop

J . POIVELL. 4 Song . . . . . . " Bonnie Dundee " ..

E. BROADLEY. 9 Chorus " 'The Curfew's Solemn Sound " ..I 1 /zero,,cI

TI-IE CHOIR.

Oct. 26th.-We were due to play Mr. Moore's XI. f rom Burton. About three olclocIi first motor c a r arrived, bringing six of the players,

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including Rev. C. R/IcDonnell ; b u t the other car never put in an appearance as it got stranded af Tutbury. We regret the mishap, but "'tis an ill wind-." I t rained in torrents all after- noon, and even if the full tea111 h a d c&e, play would have been impossible. A s it was the advance guard had tea and started back on their wet and cold journey.

Oct. 27th.-The first debate si the session took: place. A full report will be found else- where.

Nov. 1st.-High Mass was sung b y Fr. .Gos- ling. To-day we took advantage of the Aew legislation abrogating the law of abstinence for holidays of obligation wliich fall o n a Friday,- a most welcome reforin.

The second Red v. White match was played. The teams were the same as last t ime except that J. Richards displaced W. Warner in the Wliite fo;ward line. The game was very fast from the start and bobh goals h a d narrow escapes, but as before the White forwards lacked the dash and klan which characterised t h e Reds. af ter beating the White backs Fr. Hughes pulled in the ball which struclc the underside of the crossbar and rebounded into t h e net. Before half-time J. Bligh scored a second goal. Shaffery unfortunately turned a centre. from Richards into his own goal a n d thus reduced the lead. In the second half t h e play was confined to the Whites' half, but owing: to Dr. Upton's defence 'several good rushes were stopped. Fr. Hu,ghes, however, scor&I again, and the whistle went whh'the Reds leading by 3 goals to. I. In the second club the Whites won by 5 g ~ i l ~ to 3,-light on the horizon !

Nov. 2nd.-v. Leek St. Luke's. Up t o now the display 'of the XI. had not .been convincing, but i n this match the College team jumped into their best foim (there were no ~ n a s t e r s ' p l a ~ i n ~ ) . Only indifferent shooting saved the visitors from a record beating. Fromm start to finish the Col lege forwards ,were all over the opposing team, and W. Hand, who was making his first appearance ,in goal for the premier XI., had

only one shot to stop. The final score was College 6, Leek o.

Nov. 3rd.-A scratch concert was given by the first two classes. As was very neatly said by the Chairman, " Though the music was not of the highest standard, it was greatly appre- ciated by those it was intended to please." After that it would be unwise to .publish the programme.

Nov. 9th.-v. Stoke Rangers. . The XI.' was the same as against Mr. Sniith's XI. exc.ept that Dr. Upton and B. Whitehurst took the places of J.. Bligh and Mr. Mann, both temporarily in- capacitated. The visitors brought s strong team, but were one man short, so W. Shaffery completed their eleven. After about ten minutes play some good combination between Fr. Hughes and Moore resulted in the former scoring with a fast ground shot. No. sooner was the ball in. play than .the forwards were again attacking strongly and this time Moore crowned their efforts by means of a very good shot. 'Before the interval, however, Stoke got on terms, though somewhat luckily. A hard shot from the right was deflected b y the goal- keeper,-,but it .hit the opposite goal-post and rolled into the net. Their second goal was the outcome of a shot which was going straight to the Iteeper, but unfortunately Bell got his foot to it and turned it into the -far corner. But in justice to the opposition be it said they deserved them on the play; once they hit .the upright and once the crossbar, and on both occasions the goalkeeper was yards out. The second half was all in our favour and Dr. .Upton was seen at his best. Moore scored two good goals and was well assisted by the other forwards, Walshe especially centreing well. The final score was, College 4, Stoke Rangers 2.

Nov. I 1th.-The Rev. J: J. TValsh @ve an illustrated lecture descriptive of. a holiday among the Alps. Father Walsh in his lecture followed the itinerary that he had. several times taken on foot. Starting from the Austrian frontier a t Trafoi we passed under his guidance ,across

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the Stelvio Pass, thence into Italy and once inore over another pass-the Bernina Pass- into Switzerland. The inost dramatic part of the lecture was reached when we \?rere intro- duced to a view of the fanlous Matterhorn and Fr. MIalsh read froin Mr. Whyinper's b001i the account of the terrible tragedy that o\~ertooli the party in the descent froin the first conquest of that faillous height. The lecture was a great pleasure, but it uras more than that, for Fr. JValsh from the abundance of his store gave 11s many touring tips,-notably the \vonderfully sustaining properties cf cold tea and a delightful piece of worldly wisdom which is worth reinem- bering. " \Vhen," he said, " unable to speak the language you are confronted by a voluble native you are apt to feel-and look-a fool. The best thing to do is to talk loudly in English ~ and the boot is on the other leg."

No,. 14th -v. Oakainoor United. College XI. : TV. Hand ; B. Bell and 14. Duffy ; IV. Cummings, J. Le\\~is and L. Wylie ; L. Kelly, B. Whitehurst, P. Moore, M. McGovern and E. TValshe. This match was very lieel~ly contested and provided some excellent football until near

I ' 1 , the end when the opposing team obviously

began to feel the effects of the pace at which they started. I t was very gratifying, too, to note the excellent form displayed by B. White- hurst and M. McGovern in the for\vard line. Whitehurst had played in the first XI. before, but 14cGovern \vas inaking his first appearance, and a very good one it was. H e caine into the picture at once by scoring our first goal after a

Nov. 17th.-At a meeting of the debating society t h e question of universal inilitary service was discussed.

Nov. 2 r st.-O\ving to the fact that St. Cecilia's falls this year on a Friday we liept the celebration on the previous day. Mass \\as sung by the Vice-President. From climatic considerations the change of date was unfor- tunate, a s one of the Scotchiest of Scotch mists inarred the whole day, whereas the follo\ving d a y was beautifully line. However, it did not prevent us playing football in the morning, nor, we a r e glad to say, keep a\vay any of our visitors, anlong whom were V. Rev. Canoil ICeating, Rev.\.. A. Mulligan, \V. P. Wells, T. Bedwin, Ph.D., and C. G. McDonnell. In the evening we had a ' Gounod ' Concert, \vhich was most successful, the audience insisting on an encore froin Dr. Upton and J. Powell, an honour which also fell to the choir for their very spirited rendering of the " Soldiers' Chorus." The full progranline is appended. I P iano Duet ... Faust Fantasia ... ... S. Sirtilh

Canon HYMERS and U. HICIiSON. 3 S o n g ... " Even Bravest 1-leart " ... Gontl~tl

Rev. 1:. I-IU(;NES. 3 Chorus . . . ... " Light as Air " .. . ... Gorr~tnd

T H E CROIR. 4 Song ... " When all was young" ... (;oirtto~l

F. ED\VARDS. j S o n g ... ... "I<ingofThule" .. . Go~rrtud

I-. 1ar2r-y. 6 Chorus ... " Come, Old Con~rade" ... (;o~ct~o~l

1'1-IE CI-IOIR. 7 S o n g ... ... "'fhe Flower Song" . . . (;orrilod

J. POWELL. splendid shot by his fello\v-recruit-a most auspicious beginning. Although Hand had played before he had not been tested, and so his appearance was of the nature of a first performance. I-Ie saves well but has not yet mastered the art of getting the ball away cleanly. This, of course, \vill coine \vith the experience which practice gives, and when he has it he will be able to prevent such goals as Oakamoor scored. The result was a victory for us by 4 goals to 2.

S Song ... "All hail, thou dtvelling" ... Gozlitod Rev. Dr. UPTON.

9 Chorus ... " The Soldiers' Chorus " ... Gorcito~l TI-IE CROIR.

Nov. 2znd.-The distribution by the Presi- dent of the certificates gained at the public examinations last suinlner took place in the S tudy Hall.

Nov. ~3rd.-1.. Mr. T . Smith's XI. The College were represented by Fr. Gosling ; B. Bell and M. Duffy ; J. Bligh, Dr. Upton and

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\4T.''Cunimin&s ; L. ICelly, J. Lewis, P. Moore, Fr. Hughes and E. Jialshe. Our side opened very poorly, the wing halves were weal< and very shalzy; then to add to our nlislortunes Dr. Upt611,inet with a slight accident which for sonie time curbkd his energies. Mr. Smith's team opened with a dash which afterwards they never approached, but it brought them a goal very early in the match. Then, apparently quite suddenly, the halves steadied and settled down, the forwards began to move with purpose a n d cohesion and thence onwards there was only one team in the eye. I t is not perhaps very wonderful that in all our matches we should finish much better than our opponents, but i t i s extraordinary how weak we start. I t seems as though we needed the sti~nulus of an in i t id reverse. But in this match there was no doubt about our finishing powers. In the second half our backs were practising'long jumping to keep themselves warm! The visitors had a couple of likely chances but they allowed theinselves to ,be dispossessed in the most leisurely style. The final score was : College 7, Mr. Smith's XI. 2.

So far. we have played 6 matches, won 5 and lost I . Goals for 27, goals against I 6. O n e match was abondoned.

\ The Librarians have undertaken the colossal task of recataloguing the Boys' Library. They commenced their worl; by cominitting to t h e flames several baskets full of boolis and then proceeded to restore order out of the remaining chaos. There are Inany calls on a student's time nowadays, the more so as he gets td the top of the house, y i t k apart from his studies, con- sequently this undertaking is a protracted business;but it is gradually nearing a successful completioi~. It is to be hoped that future Librarians will see that the revised catalogue is kept up-to-date, and will not allow, as has been done in the past, a whole decade of inattention to plunge the library into almost inextricable confusion. The Boys' Billiard Room -has also

1-eceived attention, the billiard table having been re-covered at the beginning of the term.

I t is not quite a year since the Very Rev. President at the Cottonian dinner in Birming- ham delivered the nov7 fanlous " Cinderella speech." A hasty review of the improvements in the house during the ensuing time provides an eloquent proof of the efficacy of the spoken o r . The Refectory, the Library and the Masters' Common-Room have all been reno- vated and're-decorated, not to mention numerous special' prizes recorded in the Study Notes, and on st.' lVilfrid 's day. the President was the recipient of cheque for LIOO from a lady in appreciation of the advantages and many kind- nesses received by her t137o sons during their sojourn at St. lVilfridJs. A comprehensive s&eme of repainting and decorating will be put in hand during the Christmas vacations in readi- ness for the Jubilee celebrations next year.

lVe have also received for the Church a very beautiful new white chasuble from the Rev. Mother Prioress of Atherstone; and a pair of white side-curtalns for the Altar from an anony- mous donor.

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H E Distribution of Prizes took place on T Wednesday. July 10th. The Right Rev. J: htcIntyre, Bishop of Lamus and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham kindly consented to pre- side, and there were also present the Very Rev. J. 13. Iceating, the Rev.v. F. J. Clayton, Ph.D., A. Mulligan, lV. P. Wells, B. Moore, C. Evans, B.A., Mr. P. Lodwidge, and the College Staff.

The Choir welcomed the Bishop with a spirited rendering of Stadler's ' Ecce Sacerdos Magnus,' hter which a contest for the Elocution Prize ensued, in which T. Cox proved an easy victor. The Rev. J. Upton, D.D., Prefect of Studies, in offering to his 'Lordship a cordial welcome on behalf of the Staff and students,

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expressed his great satisfaction that they would advice they had just heard would bear ample have the opportunity of listening to one \vho was fruit in the near future. He was glad to see so thoroughly acquainted with their difficulties the visitors, for he knew they were s t a u n c h and needs. The year's \vorl< had been good in the friends of the College, and he hoped t h e y would main, though there seemed to be a tendency in ' infect' others with their enthusiasm for its sorne to lose heart too early in Mathematics, welfare. Ilis Lordship, when consenting to be and English required \\rider reading than was present, had made one condition-that the boys given to it. After the usual vote of thanlis had should have a holiday-and he gladly accepted been offered to the Staff, and had been enthus- it. (Cheers.) iastically endorsed by the students, the prizes were distributsd by the Bishop. PRIZE LIST.

I-Iis Lordship then addressed the boys, and in the course of his relllarlis said that those who had received prizes were not necessarily superior to the others. H e would congratulate them : they had felt the pleasure of success, and he hoped that it \vould stimulate them to aim at success in the wider field and more difficult struggle of life. There were those who had not gained prizes, though they had \~ol-lied honestly and diligently. If a boy had not carried off a material prize, that did not prove he had not carnecl a prize of far higher value in the invisible sphere of 11101-a1 merit. The Bishop exhorted the boys to talie a keen interest in their work. ' If the \~or l i go against the grain, nlake the grain go with the worlc. If you shirli the work which is your duty now, you \\?ill shirk your

FORM PRIZES :-J. AtIcCann, E. n';~lshc, I;. Hay\\ ,arcl . I-I. O'Co~inell, \Iy. Shaffcry, C. Honrison, J. Po\\-ell .

I.A?'IN :-J. McCann, E. \.\'alslie, B. FI:~!~wat-cl, 157. D u r i n r , \\:. Shaffcry, C . Ho\\~ison.

I'RENCH :-J. McCann, \Y. Cummings, 6. Ha>-\\-arcl, I,. Ross, n'. Sliaffcrjr, C. Ho\r~ison.

EN(;I,ISN T,ITERA'I'URE :-Aft. DuNy, T. Cox, J. Le\\.is, i\. O'Leary, C. Mowison.

' Il[PRO\'E>IEX'S ' PRIZES :-13. Scanlon, H. 11-illiams. \Y. Dunncs, I,. Travis, R. S. Fcthrrstonhaugh.

REI,I(;IOCS I<SO\YI,ED(;E :--Division I . (Socict?-'s I'rizc, 82), J . 5IcC;lnn; Division IT. (Society's P r i z r , 81 IOs.), T. Cox; Division 111. (Socicty's Prize, 8 1 ) , 31. Mc(;ovrrn.

lI!\'l'HEh,IA'SICS :-Division I. (Society's Prize, 2 2 1 , 0. Drinl;w;~Ler; Division 11. (Society's Prize, 21 10s.) ; J . Aver?; Division 111. (Socict)~'~ Prize, 211, A. l \ l a n n ; Division I\-. (Society's Prize, &I), I.. Travis.

duty through life. If you hate any particular I<S(;LISH ESSi\Y :--Mr. F. J . Dalby's Prize ( g 1 IS.), B. Sca~ilon (Upper School); Rev. \\'. E. J o n e s ' Prize study, that is the subject on \\lhich to concen- (£1 IS.), A. OII,eary (I.o\vcr school).

trate your energy.' (;REEI< C;RI\~I~I!\R :-Rev. R. lIoore's Prize (8 1 IS.), E.

Let theill aim at accuracy of thought, clear- \Y"lshe.

ness of view, lleatlless of \voi-li, if they would E ~ ~ o C ~ ' ~ I ~ N PRIZE:-T. Cox.

benefit by the splendid opportunities they sIr:sIC (' ~~odwitlge Prizes '):-Organ, Prize 21 IS., 1-. I<elly; Pianoforle, Prize 81, B. I-Iayn~ard.

enjoyed. His Lordship, finally, congratulated the Professors on the outcoille of their labours, and hoped the results in the ' Oxford Locals ' \vould be excellent.

The Very Rev. President, Canon Ilymers, in thanking his Lordship, expressed his delight at the promotion of Bishop McIntyre, and referred to the fact that St. JVilfrid's could claim him in some measure, since he had been a boy a t Sedgley Parli. I-Ie hoped that the excellent

The results of the July Exail~inations were very gratifying. We sent in 44 boys, of w h o m 33 passed, 12 securing Honours. The S e n i o r Classes were by far the best, J. McCann and E. JValshe deserve special praise for gaining First Class I-Ionours-the latter's success is the inore re inar l~~ble in that he had to m a k e up for time lost through illness. Moreover, this was his first: entrance for the Examination. T h e r e

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were 13 e n t r i e s for the Senior ~xam.--9 passed, of whom' 7 were in Honours.

B. H a y w a r d , in the Juniors, is to be highly c o i n m e n d e d for gaining distinction in Latin and Greelc.

A full l i s t is adjoined :-

OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. S E N I O R .

J. McCann, - E. TValshe, I 1st Class Honours

B. Bell , TAT. Cummings, B. Gould.

M. Duffy, A. L. ~ i e l ~ y , j pass

Bell , D u f f j - , Gould, Icelly, hlccann, Rudrnan', VValshe also g a i n e d Responsions, and McCann gained - d i s t i n c t i o n in Greek.

J U N I O R .

I 2nd Class Honours

I l a y \ v a r d a l s o gained distinction in Latin and Greek.

J. Avery , W. W a r n e r , 1 3rd ,, H. lT7illiams, 1-L B l a k e , ,

P R E L I ' M I N A R Y . F. R o g e r s , H. E v a n s , R. Fethers tonhaugh, C. H a s k e w , I Pass , . M. M c G o v c r ~ i , A.. 0 ' L e a r y , . . TV. S h a f f c r y , . .

TV. Diinne, J. H a l l , J. B. Hickson, A. R.fann, H. O'Connell, G. R e e s , L. R o s s , A. Russe l l , w. C o x .

The f o l l o \ v i n g . w e r e successful in the Music Esamin- ation h e l d by the Incorporated Society of Musicians :-

L. K e l l y , O r g a n (Grade V.-Higher Acl\lanced). . B. H a y x v a r d and J. Hall,. Pianoforte (tirade 11.).

I ' t h i n k this may be called a very satisfactory list, if we consider our numbers ; and I hope that the Examinations of I 9 1 3 will prove even more success fu l , as the result of a magnificent

Pass

' Jubilee ' effort. I-Ieartiest congratulations to the boys whose names appear above, and to their Form Masters. It would seem that the good wishes of Bishop IIcIntyre have been in great measure realized.

* * * You will be glad to hear that the Rev. 147. P.

lrells has offered a prize of one guinea for the best paper in ' Free French Composition.' The Rev.v. W. Jones and B. Moore have each again promised one guinea each, the former for ' English Essay ' (Lower School), the latter for

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' Greek Grammar'; and Mr. F . J. Dalby has repeated his kindness of last year in giving a prize of one guinea for ' English Essay ' (Upper School). Our sincere thanks are due to all these gentlemen for their generous interest in the studies

In c,onclusion I would like to remind you of the letter of Fr. J. Rickaby, S.J., in which he insisted so strongly on the vital importance of a copious vocabulary in the study of Greek and Latin. There is no prospect of becoming familiar with 'the beauties of the classics if you rest content with the slender store of words that is sufficient to carry you through your text- books. At present, all that is required for great and immediate advance is a resolute effort, which you alone can make, to acquire as. rich a stock of words as .possible.

JOSEPH UPTON.

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