THE
" MANHOOD, LEAKNING, GENTLENESS."
No. 564.
JUNE, 191S.
Vol. LVIH.
EDITORIAL.
THE cryptic sentence, with which our last Editorial
concluded, was made mysterious by an tsncorrected
proof. It should have read "We still await the
Register.'" Now, the Register has come and has
exceeded all our expectations of it.
We have said a good deal ahout it in another place.
Here we will only say that, for reasons we have there
set forth, we consider its appearance to be an event
of great importance in the history of the School,
We shall best shew our appreciation of the labour
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spent on this great work by getting the first edition
sold out as soon as possible.
Amid the clash of great events, Lady Day saw the
quielftermination of the longest connection any human
being has had with Hurst. On that day Mr. Thomas
Davey, ceased to be the College gardener, after serving in that capacity for fifty-6ig'ht years. In actual
length of service he exceeded Mr. William Pratt (who
came in 1850 and died in April, 1908) by some three
months. But he was here before the College.
He was born in a cottage which stood on the site of
the Headmaster's house and lived there for the first
nineteen years of his life, leaving it only when the
College rose above it in- 1853. Three years later he
came back to take charge of the College lawns and the
College pigs. ,He has planted nearly every tree on the
estate except the oaks. He knows the Latin name
of every one,and he has his own ideas of what a shrubbery should look like.
He had hoped to complete sixty years of service
with the School. But this year' General Janvier' and
'General Fevrier' brought bronchitis to bear on his
depleted forces and he relinquished the work to which
he felt he could no longer do justice. May he long live
to enjoy the pension he has earned so well.
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His departure nearly coincided with the collapse of
a College institution. The piggery was left vocally
disconsolate. For some time no one could be found
fond enough of pigs to feed and instruct them in the
way they should grow. But, after a little hesitation,
vigorous hands drove the large and portly herd to
market and now the pound is filled with little pigs
that knew not Thomas.
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Now, there is no one in the School who has been ia
it for more than twenty years and the break with the
first generation is complete. This means that unless
we make a prompt and vigorous efiort we shall lose
touch with many of our primeval traditions.
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The invaluable introduction to the .Register tells us
of many things, but leaves unsatisfied much desire for
knowledge. For instance, the month of May is associated at Hurst with two functions—one now extinct
the other happily still with us. We hear murmurs of
the past glories of '' Port Latin " Day. When did those
glories arif.e and what was done on that occasion ?
When did they cease, and why 1
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Then Ascension Day brings with it the climb
of Wolskmbury, the " Hymnus Eucharisticus," the
half-crowns for the few, the scramble for the many
We only know that these great things were done
before the Johnian began in 1858. But how did they
begin? And why1?
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We have heard them praised for the sake of the
healthy exercise involved, for the sake of the tuck
consumed, for the sake of the view of Sussex in all the
glory of the Spring. But we have never heard them
praised for the sake of the hymn ! And this is a pity.
We should like to know more about it, and whether
there is any connection between these things and the
May morning rite on Magdalen Tower.
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In like manner long years before we came here, we
saw the Boar's Head carried into the Hall of Queen's
and heard his carol. But we never expected to meet it
here again. Surely some historian of the future will
ask for the link that binds us with these things.
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A few days ago, Mr. J. Fleming Stark of Bromborough,
near Birkenhead, received from his bookseller a parcel
of books wrapped up in an old newspaper. The paper
was an Illustrated London News of June 25th, 1853, and
contained a full account of the opening of Hurstpierpoint College on the previous Tuesday. Mr. Stark was
kind enough and thoughtful enough, although a
perfect stranger, to send the paper to us ; &nd it is of
extreme interest.
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For, although the account of the proceedings is
practically the same as that in the Register, it is
accompanied by a wood-cut of the buildings, as they
appeared on the day of opening. The College is seen
from the south-west, standing up quite gaunt and
bare, without a single tree beyond the oaks. We are
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having the picture photographed and enlarged, and
propose to put it in a prominent position. How happy
we should be if we could get similar pictures of the
buildings at different periods of their history.
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Since February, there have been but two wet days.
The first was Sports Day, the second Ascension Day.
Thus, our two School functions have been completely
damped. In other years this would have been merely
a cause for annoyance. This year it has a meaning.
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Just now, England is not for functions or enjoyment.
The very sight of the waking beauty of the Spring
brings other thoughts than those of pleasure. This
fair land of ours was won for us long years ago, by men
who fought for it and died to keep it. Its very
greenness is being saved for us to-day, by men who
fight and die—while we can only laugh and play. Even
as we gaze on the " dim blue goodness of the Weald " a
vision rises of the ruined homes and blackened fields
of Flanders, less than a hundred miles away. And as
we think of all that horror, we say to ourselves "That—
but for the grace of God—is Sussex."
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There are no comments on the war in these notes.
Shortly after the last Johnian appeared the Editor was
accused of trying to impose his views on German music
on those who read the Johnian. As such an intention
had been expressly disavowed the charge seemed
rather wild ; but it has been thought better not to run
any risk of further misapprehension.
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EVEN before Hurst was Hurst its first Headmaster
began to make a Register. There is in our hands a
portly volume, bound in green vellum, in which Dr.
Lowe inscribed with care and pride, and in the Latin
of the day, the names of his earliest pupils. You may
guess how complete he meant the record to be, when
you read the first three entries. They run as follows :—
1. Qeorgius Waltham Butler de Shoreham. natus die
11° Octobris, Anno Domini 1835.
2. Jacobus Eldridge de Hursley, in Agro Belgarum
(Hampshire), natus die IV° Junii, Anno Domini 1834,
mense martii anno 1849, Shorehamiae admissus.
3. Franciscus Williams apud Londinates natus
(Cirencestriae vero nutritus) in festo, S. Sylvestri A.D.
1829, Shorehamiae admissus mense August! an : sal :
1849.
Here is no mere stereotyped form. Notice the care
for an unlettered posterity that might not know how
to translate Ager Belgarum. Notice the versatility in
the method of dating, and try to guess at once at the
meaning of an : sal : It is clear that the young
Headmaster had no conception of the hurry and rush
•which beset the lives of those who manage a school.
But soon it must have dawned on him, for the entries
rapidly become more brief and businesslike. After
'No. 10, Shorehamiae is replaced by Hurstpierpoint, and
thenceforth no note of place is necessary. Separate
dates of admission are soon replaced by the formula
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" e.d.a.!'(eode:mdieadmissus). After No. 952 "admissus
Prid : Kal : Sext : anno 1861 " (observe the more
classical form) a gap occurs. The list is resumed with
No. 987, and carried on for half a year longer but ends
in February, 1862, with No. 1,023.
Why it ended there we cannot tell. Perhaps, the
fact that mere than fifty boys entered in February,
1862, may have something to do with it. Perhaps, also
the fact that the Johnian (which started in May, 1858),
was already firmly on its legs suggested a leso laborious
method of keeping the lists. Clearly the Headmaster
of a school of 250 boys has enough to do without
discharging the duties of its registrar.
Yet we cannot help regretting that the work was
not entrusted to some minor official ; for as things
have been, the work thrown on the compiler of these
lists, now happily completed and sumptuously printed
has been stupendous.
After the suspension of entries in Dr. Lowe's Green
Book, no one seems to have troubled about the
Register for nearly thirty years. Then somewhere
about 1890 the Rev. H. S. Milner began an alphabetical
list giving only the names of boys and their dates of
entry. He completed two small M.S. volumes dealing
respectively with entries from 1849 to 1861 and from
1862 to 1875. At his departure from Hurst in 1894, heleft a third volume incomplete. This was carried on
by the Rev. H. Woolsey till 1903, when a fourth
volume was begun and kept going till 1909 by the
Rov. F. C. Haines.
Mr. Haines did more than this. He began a chrono-
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logical list and worked at it EO assiduously chat, when
the work was finally and thoroughly taken in hand,
his list was the foundation on which the present
goodly edifice has been raised.
When the present Headmaster came to the School in
1902, he found the greatest difficulty in getting access
•to the records preserved in the Secretary's office ;
they were regarded as the property of the Chapter
rather than of the School, and researches into them
met with a good deal of obstruction. However, something was done to get together materials for a
register, and the difficulties finally disappeared about
1910. At the O.J. dinner in January, 1911, the
Headmaster suggested that the compilation and
printing of a Register was a worthy object for the O.J.
club to aim at, and his suggestion was at once warmly
taken up. A Sub-Committee consisting of the Rev.
H. Woolsey, Messrs. R. A. Bennett, W. E. Skinner and
H. L. Johnson was appointed to deal with the matter,
and the task of compilation was entrusted to the
last-named.
Mr. Johnson has completed his work in just under
four years : and when it is remembered that he could
only apply to the task the leisure hours of a strenuous
business life, the magnitude of his labours alone makes
a very strong claim on the gratitude of all Hurst
Johnians. He would not thank us for app. ying congratulatory adjectives to his work. It is good work,
well and thoroughly done. There is a consistency
about it which is worthy of all praise. It is carefully
compiled, but not meanly presented. Its outside is as
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good as its inside. Its printing is as satisfactory as
its accuracy.
And it is modest. It realizes that the time for
writing the history of Hurst is not yet. Its introductory sketch leaves us asking questions, and attempts
no criticisms. Those are for later generations who
can fairly undertake to decide questions the mere
raising of which at the present time would produce a
crop of conflicting champions.
But the claim is made that no trouble has been
spared to exhaust every available source of information. And we shall thoroughly endorse this claim
when we consider the method imposed on the Editor
by the diverse and fragmentary material at his
command. The one connecting thread was the chronological list of entries compiled by the Rev. F. C.
Haines. This then was the main source, and it was
supplemented and in some cases corrected by the
following.
(a) Dr. Lowe's Green Book.
(1) The Alphabetical lists begun by the Rev. H. S.
Milner, and continued by the Rev. H. Woolsey and
the Rev. F. C. Haines.
(c) The Hurst Johnian. (The Editor's note on this
source is—" very unsatisfactory and incomplete until
the Rev. H. Woolsey became Editor.")
(d) Kalendars (" incomplete, inasmuch as a boy
entering in January and leaving before December of
the same year would not appear at all.")
(e) The account books of Mr. W. Pratt, which are
hard to use because boys' initials are omitted.
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The list so amended was then transferred to cards
(think of five thousand cards !) and these were placed
in alphabetical order while biographical details were
collected. This involved the reading through of every
single Johnian and the extraction therefrom of every
scrap of personal news : also the writing of countless
letters which met with very inadequate response. At
last the cards were re-arranged in chronological order
and numbered. The making of the Index followed
and then the struggle with the proofs.
Such a recital would disarm the most captious of
critics. But the work stands on its own merits. We have
already alluded to the excellence of its technique. For
a first edition its accuracy is remarkable. If, compared
with some other registers we have seen, the records
seem a trifle thin the critic should remember all those
•unanswered letters, all those fruitless appeals. Also he
should observe that a complete set of lists of school
representatives is provided at the beginning of the
book, and to have mentioned each individual's school
distinctions in the body of the work would have been
simply to duplicate information already given.
It may be possible in future editions to indicate a
boy's dormitory and also the limits of his attainments
in school. Thus " A. Smith" would appear as
" A. Smith, Chevron, Lower II—VI," and we think it
possible that the dormitory part of it might be
made retrospective. We ourselves are always faintly
thrilled, as by stories of the Dodo or the Great Auk,
when we hear of the " Crescent " or the "Blue Shield."
Again, we are sure that ardent cricketers would like
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a list of centuries compiled for the School. One such
big score by F. F. J. Greenfield is mentioned in the
introduction, but surely R.B. Neill's 136 not out against
Lancing in 1907 is worthy of permanent record among
the School annals, and there must be many another
great score of which we have never heard.
It would be interesting to have a list of O. J. dinners
with the names of the Chairmen ; also a list of famous
preachers who have graced the Chapel. Other
suggestions will without doubt occur ; ours have been
made with the conviction that the sincerest compliment that can be paid to Mr. Johnson's great work is
to treat it as if it had surmounted only ordinary
difficulties and had taken up all his time.
The facts are very different. But he may rest
content with the knowledge that he has been doing
pioneer work through very arid country, and has
made therein a road along which future generations
will move with ease and safety.
To us he seerns to have provided the School not
only with a,n ornament but with a safeguard. We
always feel rather uneasy about the stability of an
institution which has no history. It is good to have
one's traditions ; it is better to have them down in
black and white that all may see their origin. It is an
incentive to future generations to have before their
eyes records which they may hope to enrich with
their own exploits.
For providing us with this link with the past and
inspiration for the future, we tender to Mr. Johnson
and his helpers our most sincere and grateful thanks.
AFTER NINE MONTHS OF WAR.
LAST August the British Empire went to war. It did
a thing which was totally opposed to all its principles—
and it was intensely pleased with itself ahout it. Its
statesmen laboured mightily and successfully to shew
the world that, although hardly anything would have
drawn them into war, yet that one thing had been
supplied, and that therefore they had had no choice.
And the nation backed them up. " We didn't want to
fight, but the Germans made ns fight" was the
prevailing cry, and most of us were so grateful to the
Germans for having done it that we hardly disliked
them at all. The Liberal hated a German far less than
he hated a Tory; the trade-unionist felt more friendly
towards him than towards his own employer.
Germans were to be the " corpus vile " on whom we
were to demonstrate our faithfulness to treaties; and
incidentally they were to relieve us of Home Rule, the
Welsh Church Bill, the Suffragettes, and similar
nuisances.
* In view of recent events, it should be stated that this
lecture was written in the first wee.k of May, and read to the
Debating Society on May 16th.
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Of course there were deeper feelings involved.
Some had watched the slow swelling of poisonous hate
against England and were honestly thankful to see it
at length discharge its venom. Some had grieved over
the increasing futility of the Mother of Parliaments
and welcomed the coming of a time when deeds would
count for more than words. Some saw in war a rough
medicine for the follies of society and the domination
of games ; while some on the other hand looked on it
as the negation of Christianity and shuddered at
its approaching train of suffering and sorrow. But
all, whether satisfied or distressed, were confident.
They had no doubt about the final result. Reverses
and disappointments were bound to happen till we
got into our stride, but when ones that had come to
pass, the end was sure.
In the eyes of the average man the German Emperor
was a slightly insane potentate who had been driven
into war by the military faction at his Court. There
seemed to be a sort of notion that the blundering
incapacity of German diplomacy would be repeated
when it came to fighting. Men had been so long
accustomed to laugh at the ' Mailed Fist " and the
" Knight in Shining Armour," that they forgot the
millions who were being stirred to frenzy by talk which
seemed to us mere bombast.
Yet at first this confidence seemed more than
justified. The Germans made their spring—and
failed. Vast numbers and perfect discipline could not
break the steadfast line that fell back from Mons to
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Meaux. The battle of the Marne showed that the
British soldier was as strong in attack as he had
proved himself to be in defence. The second effort—
the rush to Calais—had been checked at Ypres, arid
men said " If the picked troops of the greatest army
in the world have been baulked in their fiercest spring,
how much easier will it be to deal with the new and
untried troops that are taking the place of the
slaughtered thousands." We were told, moreover, that
an exact sequence of dates had been planned by the
German General Staff and that when this sequence
had been disarranged, the plans would come to nought.
Again, this was to be a " programme" war, and, as we
had upset the programme, little remained but to
polish off the programme makers. And that we should
do as soon as our new armies came upon the scene.
Well, that was in November, when I last addressed
you. You may remember that I did not share the
confidence which was so freely expressed on every
side. If I may quote myself I would remind you
that I ended my discourse with these words,
"Germany has thrown away her spiritual cargo, to
take on board a material one. It is very certain
that she has more of this—greater strength, greater
riches, even greater cleverness—than we had imagined.
If she has over-rated her strength we hs.ve sadly
under-rated it" . . . . and again "Final defeat is unthinkable but I am not sure that we haven't got to
get much nearer to it than we are at present."
I think we are, or have been very recently, nearer to
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defeat than we were in November. Germany has
stood the test of the winter better than we have. She
has not heen dismayed by the failure of her first or
second programme. She is well on the way with a
third, and the " War of Attrition," which Mr. Belloc so
constantly proclaims, is suiting her better than it is
suiting us. She is not going to crack or to turn tail.
She is not going to be impeded by scruples. She is out
to win, if not in three months, then in three years.
And her chances of winning must be examined with
care and not; discounted by false hopes. Germany is
doing so well as she is against Britain, to say nothing
of France and Russia, because the German Empire is
fighting with all its might—not against the British
Empire but against an army or armies which represent
the British Empire.
Germany does not believe in representative institutions. She concedes them contemptuously to those of
her subjects who like to play with them, but when she
is in earnesti she pays no more heed to them than she
does to scraps of paper.
We, on the contrary are too fond of representative
institutions. We send men to represent us in Parliament ; and that is good. But we send men to represent
us in our wars; and that is bad. The man who
devised a plan, whereby one man might talk for athousand, deserves our eternal gratitude; for, while it
is bad enough to listen to the views of six hundred and
seventy talkers, it would be intolerable to be within
earshot of a million. But the man who thinks it
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possible for one man to fight for even ten men is condemning the other nine to a mean and paltry view of
life. The proper person for a man to fight for is a
woman ! And those who are willing to let others fight
for them are women !
Now Germany with all her faults has always realized
this. Ever since, under Bismarck's guidancfs,"she turned
from a dreamy philosophy to a politic of blood and iron,
she has shirked no sacrifice to gain her ends. She has
wilfully cut herself oft" from distant ideals to make
herself more efficient in the present. Her men do riot
ask other men to fight for them. They go themselves.
In peace time they submit to a discipline so revolting
that it crushes out all independence and leaves them
the machine-like instruments of another's will. And
they submit because they believe that in this way only
can they realise their dream of "Deutschland fiber
alles." Their industries play into the hands of their
Government, and receive in return substantial assistance from it. Their towns are no mere assemblies of
people living near each other for convenience, but
living, active organizations imposing their will upon
their citizens and taking a practical interest in their
careers. Everything is organized with a view to its
complete employment in times of need. The Germans
pay a heavy price ; but they do get the efficiency they
aim at.
Compared with that of the British Empire the
energy of the German Empire is like water in a pipe
compared with water in a pond. The water in the
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pond is open to the fresh air ; it is sweeter and I am
sure it is deeper; but the water in the pipe can be
discharged in any given direction at the will of the
engineer.
Are we to praise the Germans for this 1 I think we
had better leave such words as praise and blame,
admiration and indignation, alone at present. Our
feelings simply do not matter. But there are certain
facts to be accounted for. We must try and understand why things are going as they are. If there
is anything to learn we must learn it. But in me
at least, tha German of to-day evokes no emotions at
all. He is alien, and all he does and says simply
emphasizes the fact that he looks on life with different
eyes to mine.
For I am of a race which has always made sacrifices
in the opposite direction. No one would come to
England for typical examples of neatness or order.
No one would choose an English town as a place where
people sacrificed their own ideas of taste and fitness
for the good of the whole body. The Englishman will
give up beauty in his towns and efficiency in his public
works, for the sake of his independence. What be
demands of life is freedom to express himself in the
way he thinks best. English houses are far more
comfortable than German houses ; but English towns,
with a few exceptions, are poor, mean things beside
any great town on the Continent.
Now thisdemand of the Englishman that he shall live
the life that he likes best, has shaped all his recent his-
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tory. The encircling sea has saved him from the necessity
of fighting and at same time the width of his dominions
across the oceans has provided occupation in plenty for
all the more adventurous spirits. The rest have sat at
home and grown rich. Eightly or wrongly the men
who stayed at home have decided that a man can be
better employed than in learning to fight. They
have decided that the way to keep England on
the pinnacle of greatness, won for her by her
warrior children, is to employ a small part of the
nation to protect the rest. The inevitable result has
been that the fighting spirit innate in every Englishman has spent itself, where it can, in games, and where
it can't, in social strife—in fact, in one of the; innocent
or vicious forms of war without bodily pain or
bloodshed. An extraordinary further consequence, is
that the man who stays at home, and is protected, has
come to despise the man who protects him and risks his
life for him. A year ago nearly half the nation was
running after orators who (knowing, as they have
since told us, the danger we were in from Germany),
asked us to look on the army as the enemy of the
people. Surely we are a strange people, and choose
strange men to guide us. Small wonder that an alien
enemy should think us ripe for slaughter.
And so we came to war last year full of confidence,
yet without the smallest conception of the magnitude
of the task which lay before us. The amateur, who
had always rather despised the game, took on at
a moments notice the greatest professional in the
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world, A nation, organized for nothing at all, busily
engaged in splitting itself into horizontal layers which
men call classes, and trusting to leaders who owed
nearly all their influence to their skill in pitting one
class against another, flung down the gauntlet to a
nation armed to the teeth, ready to the last button,
thirsting wi;h desire to come to grips with such feeble
foes as we "were seen to be. Can you wonder that the
Germans thought the game was theirs ? What is the
debt you owe to those quiet men who have swept the
German flag from the seas ; what do you owe to those
who held the gap on land at fearful cost till we,
unready ones, are fit to back them up. Most of the
men who bore the first assault for you, are either dead
or crippled. The others who have come to their aid
from every corner of the world, are yet unable to put
forth all their strength because we cannot give them
what they need for victory.
So far we have been pitting flesh and blood against
a vast machine. Our representative army has, I verily
believe, done all that flesh and blood can do. But our
machine still creaks at the joints. Its body is sound
enough, but some of its feet are weak; and when all is
.said, one cannot altogether trust its drivers. The
Germans themselves are doing their best to strengthen
its feet. Every bomb that falls on English soil, every
woman or child that suflers from a submarine, disabuses
more and more of our workers of the idea that the
war is only one more sensation in the daily papers.
They are slowly getting angry and when England
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is really angry, the beginning of the end is in sight.
But long before the feet are all at work, I hope
we shall have rectified the head. At present our
conduct of the war is a spectacle for men eaid angels.
When France was seen to be in peril her incapable
politicians disappeared, and men who, a few months*
before, were ready to cut each others throats began to
work in harmony. France could frame a War Government out of far more discordant elements than there are
in England. But the utmost England could achieve is
a party truce, in which one side gave and the other
took everything—in the name of patriotism. The man
who wanted to apologise to Germany for our patriots,
is still thought the best man in all the Empire to
manage his department. The civilian who said he
could give Lord Roberts lessons in strategy, is still
the best paid servant of the Crown. One almost
wonders whether it isn't the dominant idea in high
quarters to save the party in spite of the war, rather
than to save the country in spite of party. Of course,
the men who rule are doing their best, but if the
pi'esent state of affairs means anything at all, it either
means that England is out to win this war without
employing much more than half the brains contained
in parliament, or else it means that the titular heads
of departments are not the men who really manage
the affairs of the nation but are merely figureheads.
It is too much to ask of Englishmen to bury party
altogether. But they might reasonably be asked to give
it a rest for a time, and to employ, while the cou ntry is in
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danger, the best men we have. Surely the business
before us is to develop a machine that can beat the
German war machine.
A nation in arms can only
be smashed tiy the whole force of a nation in arms, not
by its representatives, however brave and loyal these
may be.
Now when you read the daily papers, .or the filterings through the Censor's sieve, you will get quite
enough information abouttheenemy's weakness and our
own strength. It is, on the whole, comforting reading.
But do you want comforting reading 1 You want most
of all accounts that can be checked by reference to a
map and devoid of adjectives. At present the information vouchsafed leaves you with an uneasy feeling
that our generals are good fighters but bad prophets.
You hear of moral ascendancy, but no corresponding
gain of land rewards it. You are left with the impression that the heroism of our men and the skill of
their commanders is always just frustrated by some
strange accident or slight miscalculation ; and this
makes you impatient, irritable, suspicious. Now tonight I have tried to set before you the other side. I
have dwelt upon the elements of our enemy's strength
and of our own weakness. I have tried to shew you that
it is not reasonable for an amateur to expect to beat a
professional at his own game till he has mastered the
rules of the game himself. Our soldiers in the field
have learnt their lesson long ago They are just as
tricky and resourceful as the men to whom they are
opposed. But the nation behind them is nothing like
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so well organized for war as the nation they are
fighting, and till they are they must be patient.
Just now patience is our greatest need. And I
suggest as a reasonable attitude a somewhat patient
curiosity. The German is now beyond the pale. Don't
get excited over him. Think of him as a low-class but
rather able football professional, Such a one will beat
you by fair means if he can; notbecausehe has any liking
for fair means, but because the reputation for fairness
is a very useful asset. But if the fair means do not
prevail, first one little low trick is tried, then another.
A wise economy is practised. Things which are shady
are punctuated by frequent appeals to the referee, and
the other side is accused of doing exactly what the
offender is doing himself.
There are two ways of meeting such'conduct. One
is to get angry and play him at his own game. The
other is to keep one's head and foil his tricks as they
develop, waiting in patient curiosity to see what he
will do next.
The latter course has the advantage of enabling us
to estimate his own hopes of success. The more
unpleasant are the tricks he plays, the more desperate
are the expedients he employs, the nearer he is getting
to the end of his tether. And so poison gases are a
symptom ; the sinking of the Lusitania is another
symptom. But they are not the last or the worst.
If you look on the German as a civilized being
you will look on his official explanations as worse than
the crimes they try to shield. Possibly we may have
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bombs droppt:d on Westminster Abbey. But you may
be quite sure that if we do, we shall have statements in
the German papers that its towers are being used
for guns and that its chapels are turned into arsenals.
The paper justification will assuredly be found.
I don't know whether, in spite of the suffering they
cause, these latest German performances are not
blessings in disguise. For they are converting Englishmen, and Englishmen are desperately hard to convert.
We heard, even after Louvain and Senlis, of a generous
peace ; we have been rebuked for using angry words.
We have been told from very high quarters that the
correctness of our own attitude is the one essential
point. I cannot see it. I cannot see myself at all in
the matter. I can only see the enemy. With him we
have tried kindness, \ve have tried fairness, we have
tried concession ; and we have been met with sneers for
our good will, with malice for our justice and with
gloatings over our supposed inability to hold what we
have got.
If we were sure that our strength were irresistible,
we could go on with our forbearance. But because we
are not sure, we fight to prove it. We need not be
afraid that we shall be anything less than just when
the fighting's done. But till it's done we are merely
the instruments for the righting of a wrong and the
punishment of a bully.
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The following names bring the number of those
serving up to 272.
A. F. Aldis—2nd Batt., 67th Punjabis.
H. St. Arnaud Agate—R.A.M.C.
A. 0, Axe—Yorkshire Sportsman's Batt.
F. N. Bosher—London Rifle Brigade.
E. A. Chard—H. A. 0.
H. V. Oorbett—South Devon Regt.
W. A. Cozens—H.A.C.
T, H. O. Crawley—4th Wureesters,
F. G. Bavies—London Irish Rifles.
G. H, L. Davies—E.F.A.
E. H. Dimmock—B.N.V.R.
W. L. Edwards—llth North Lancashires.
B. 1). Hatchett—Shropshire Yeomanry.
G, L. Holt—R.N.V.R.
G. E. Kent—3rd Hants.
N. V. Kent—A.S.C.
T. E. Lander—26th Division.
8. McLaughlin—12th Canadian Mounted Rifles.
K. Middlemiss—South Yorkshire Yeomanry.
H. S. Nicholls—9th Queen's Surrey.
Rev. L. H. Nixon—A.C., R.M.A., Woolwich
J. Pratt—R. 11. C. Sandhurst.
0. D. T. Shores—Madras Artillery.
A. L. Small—Dublin Fusiliers.
C. H. Tayler—
"W. E. Trafford—R.F.A.
Rev. J. J. Turpin—A.C.F. at Kingsbridge.
Captain M. G. B. Copeman was wounded on April
6th at S. Eloi by a hand bomb which burab near him
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and hit him in the head, the leg, and the wrist- The
two first wounds have healed but the wrist wound is
more serious and at one time it was feared that he
would lose the use of his hand. But the surgeons are
repairing a severed ligament and he hopes soon to be
all right.
Mr. H. V. Lee is drilling recruits at Cambridge.
J. Pratt passed into Sandhurst about half way up
the list and with about 100 of the other successful
candidates has been sent to Quetta for his training.
F. L. Carter has passed out of Sandhurst and now
holds a commission in the East Surrey Begt. He is
completing his training at Dover, whither also R. S.
Mayne has now gone, completely recovered from his
wound.
B. T. B. Merritt writes from Egypt where his
Regiment (4th Gurkhas) was in the thick of the Suez
Canal fight. He says the troops were much disappointed at the early cessation of hostilities. They could
have given t;he Turks much more of a drubbing if
they bad not thought that the fighting was a mere
reconaissance and that the real attack was to come
next day.
H. W. Yockney has a commission in the llth South
S tafford shires.
.T. M. Moore is in the 3rd Dorsets.
G. H. Brown in an A.S.C. car is within sound of
the guns.
C. M. Botten and A. J. Moss have gone to the
Dardanelles.
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J. B, Oxenham has a commission in the Army
Ordnance Department.
T, E. Lander has been attached to the 26th Division
of the New Army as Musketry Instructor with the
rank of Brigade Major.
W. K. Fry has been with the R.A.M.C. at the front
since August 15th. He was personally thanked by
his C.O. for his services at Neuve Chapelle. He also
had the mournful task of bringing home the body of
Lieut. W. G. C. Gladstone.
C. H. Tayler writes from Bannu to say that his
battalion is ordered to the front. Can aayone tell us
to what unit he belongs. Our latest information of
him is that he was in Burma.
D. II. Baylis has been lent to the Military from the
R.N.A.S. and is now despatch riding between Dunkirk
and the ruins of Ypres. This involves much dodging
both of shells and shell-pits.
J. P. Orr, C.S.I., who returned to Bombay in January
had a most interesting voyage. He says " We had to
wait at the mouth of the Thames all night and then
went down the Channel under an escort of torpedo
boats, patrol boats, etc. At Gibraltar wo found the
Invincible under repairs after the Falkland Islands
affair. At Malta was a large detachment of the
French fleet and on the way to Port Said we were
hailed by several warships. At Port Said we learnt
that a battle was in progress at Ismailia and guns bad
been heard all night. On the result depended
whether we should be held up, or turned back to go
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the other way round Africa or allowed to go on, and
after twenty-i'our hours suspense we were allowed to
go on, the bridge being fortified with sand-bags, and
passengers warned not to show themselves on the port
side for fear of snipers. We found trenches and wire
entanglements nearly all the way, with here Indians,
there Australians, there New Zealanders or men from
Ceylon, or Lancashire Territorials bobbing up, interchanging greetings or performing Maori war dances
for our benefit, shouting news of the previous days
battle and asking for newspapers and cigarettes. In
the evening we came upon the Hardinge with one of
her funnels knocked all out of shape and her men
looking very gloomy over the loss of her Commander
and eleven men by one shot which destroyed funnel
and bridge. Just before sunset we saw cavalry
returning across the desert from pursuit of the enemy
and further on at Toussoum, one of the narrowest
parts of the Canal, we saw burying parties out and
passed many dead Turks on the banks of the Canal or
in the little boats in which they had tried to cross.
The Hardinc/e's guns and those of a big French warship
had given them an awful time; every boat was
smashed and the rafts were in splinters. They had
got to the Canal under cover of a sand storm, but only
to be destroj ed by fire from the warships and trenches
at very close quarters. Some of the dismembered
corpses were a gruesome sight. It was very interesting
to see our scouting parties (horses and camels) out all
over the desert. At the Suez end of the Canal a whole
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army was going out in battle array, guns, cavalry,
infantry, scouts, stretcher parties and all as reserves
to an army already engaged twelve miles away just
out of sight, they looked like ants on the sand in the
distance. Other interesting objects were the P.&O. S.S.
Himalaya and other converted merchantmen painted
thecolour of thedesert, the (Swt^swre prepared for action,
the Triumph tearing up the Gulf of Suez only to be too
late for the f u n ; but I must close and get to office."
•Obituary:—
J\ N. BOSHER.
At Hurst 1907-11.
Killed in Action.
April 3rd, 1915.
E.I.P.
By a sad coincidence we announce in the same
number Bosher's enrolment in the army and his death.
He joined the London Rifle Brigade last September
and had been at the front less than two days when he
was killed by a bursting shell. We have been allowed
to see a letter in which his work was spoken of in the
highest terms and his promotion confidently predicted.
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E. LINTOTT.
it Hurst 1907-14.
Killed in Action at Ypres.
May 3rd, 1915.
R.I.P.
Lintott was our best bat last year. He wound up
his School Cricket with a fine innings of eighty-seven
against Whitgift. Less than a fortnight afterwards
war broke out and he at once joined the Public
Schools Corps; but he soon exchanged into the
London Eifle Brigade hoping thus to get to the front
more rapidly. His wish was gratified and all the
winter he had been in the trenches. To us, who knew
him as a delicate highly strung boy, the record of his
endurance seemed little short of marvellous. However,
he kept up his end so well that he was offered a
commission in his own brigade, and we had hoped to
see him home on leave. But before he came, his
battalion was flung into the breach made by the
German gas attack, and after some terrific fighting
through which he came unharmed, he was killed as he
lay asleep in a trench. The story of his end is told
by a friend in a letter to his father.
"Our platoon left the firing trench at dawn last
Monday after a terrible cannonading and the survivors
withdrew to a second line. Your son and 'I were
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mutually glad to meet each other still sound. Hewent to sleep in a dug-out some nine feet avray from
where I lay and during the morning I was awakened
by an appalling shock to find that a howitzer shell
had fallen close by him. He was I think dozing at
the time and after receiving almost the full shock of
the shell upon his right side he moved slightly and
passed away. I give you all these details because you
will then see that from the force of the blow his death
was practically as painless as it was instantaneous.
Your son was a good and brave soldier, a comrade
and friend of mine ever since we left England together,
his invariable cheerfulness was in this campaign one
of the finest traits in a lovable character.
You will be glad to know that the force of the
shell left his face quite untouched and that when at
night I laid him out for burial and took a last farewell
his features were serene and untroubled."
CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the " Hurst Johnian."
Kooringa,
Warlingham, Surrey.
Dear Sir,—May I beg the hospitality of your
columns in order to thank the kind friends who have
written to me their congratulations on the completion
of the Register 1
They are too numerous to answer individually, so I
trust they will accept my thanks for the many kind
things they have said about my share in the book.
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We still need to sell many more copies and I sincerely hope that everyone will do their best to
persuade all and sundry to purchase a copy, and thus
relieve me of a heavy financial responsibility.
Yours faithfully,
H. L. JOHNSON
April 23rd, 191,5.
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. New Admissions.—May, 1915.
Star. G. A. Baylis.
F. Davis.
E. S. Jennings.
G. S. Jennings.
E. E. Royse.
.7. W. Tompsett.
Fleur-de-Lyg. R. A, Hardwiek,
J. E. Hedge.
D. H. P. Henderson.
H. R. Hummel.
Chevrvn. O. H. Downing.
E. A. Fisher.
A. D. Lintott.
A. E. Mason.
.Red Cross. J. A. Dickinson.
A. F. Gillis.
E. L. Hordern.
G. E. Eeeves.
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New Prefects.— M. C. Nicholson and W. H. B.
Wolsteneroft have been appointed.
2few Monitors.—C. H. C. Woollven, C. Gault.
Election.—G. A. Adams has been elected Captain of
Swimming.
Masters.—For nearly eight years Mr, Axe has
charmed us with his music, and earned our gratitude
by his whole-souled devotion to the School. It was
Jiot enough for him to be a fine organist, a delicious
pianist, and a good choir-master. The tedious work
of guiding small boys' fingers and compelling them to
practice did not absorb the whole o£ his energies.
He was indefatigable in his efforts to instil good
football into the First Eleven, and good music into
the Debating Society. He was a vigorous bowler and
a captivating pierrot. And, as always in a School, it
was what he was, rather than what he did, that made
him prized amongst us. We have rarely had a brighter
or more wholesome influence here at Hurst, nor seen
a truly artistic temperament so free from fastidiousness. From the beginning of the War he felt that his
place was among those who fought for England, and
when he had made himself efficient he felt he ought
to go. May he return in safety.
Mr. Lee also left to go to the War after doing good
service here for nearly three years.
Mr. Eeid relinquished his post as Secretary at
Easter. Unfortunately his last term was marked by
exceptional difficulties which he met with courage
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and resource until he was stricken down with the
illness which compelled his withdrawal to a hospital.
We are sorry to hear that since he left Brighton he
has had a relapse and is still far from well.
, His place as Secretary has been supplied by Mr.
E. E. Balshaw; Mr. E. JR. Thompson has charge of the
School music; and Mr. Lee's post is filled by Mr.
M. Hamil
Chapel.—Good Friday the Chaplain preached at 12 ;
the Headmaster from 2 to 3. On Easter Day the
service at the eight o'clock celebration was Tours in F.
At Matting the Te Deum and Benedictus were Parry
in D, and the Headmaster preached. The collections
amounted to £3 12s. 3d., and this was paid in to the
Chapel Completion Fund, which now amounts to
£5 3s.
The afternoon was rarely beautiful, and " Hail
festal day " rang through the Quad, like a challenge
to the powers of darkness that be abroad. In Chapel
the Choir did their best with Martin in A, but it is
only good in parts.
From henceforth the Ascension Day proceedings
will be financed by the Choir, For reasons which
commended themselves to the legal advisers of the
Chapter the original legacy of Dr. Lowe for its continuance was not accepted. But permission was
obtained to divert it to the uses of the Choir, and this
has now been done, the Choir undertaking as a moral
obligation to provide on Ascension Day half-crowns
for itself and largesse for the School. This year
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'Ascension Qay wept from morn till midnight, and
nly the beneficiaries were allowed on the hill ; the
est of the School was presented with its tuck in
lass-rooms and received with chastened joy the
benefits of an equal distribution. We are not Socialists yet.
E
Library. — The Library has received two handsome
gifts: —a fine old copy of Brotier's edition of Tacitus
in four volumes, has been given by W. G Nicholson,
Esq., and a large and well-equipped microscope by
Miss Vaughan of Wiekham Hall. Miss Vaughan has
also presented us with a pair of foils which will be
placed in the Armoury.
O.J. News. — R. S. N. Lee was ordained by the Bishop
of Bristol (for the Bishop of Hereford) at the Lent
Ordination. He is still a Master at S. Michael's
College, Tenbury.
M. L. Couchman has passed his Ordination Examination, and is to be ordained on Trinity Sunday. He
will be working as a Curate with the Rev. R. A. C.
Bevan, at Busfield.
Q. M. Aylmer, J. Aylmer, R. S. Copeman, and S. H.
Powell, all tell us that they are engaged to oe married.
" In the spring a young man's fancy
Lightly turns to thoughts of love,"
and this is as it should be, even though the shadow of
the war is over all.
N. E. D. Cartledge is at S. Bartholomew's Hospital.
M. A. Pitcher is in business in London.
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G. P. Shaw is with the Anglo-Newfoundland Company, which among other activities provides the paper
on which the Daily Mail is printed.
C. Eice Jones has been appointed President and
General Manager of the Alberta Farmers Co-operative
Elevator Co., Ltd., and will now live in Calgary.
Entertainment.— At the end of the term the Debating Society took its courage in both hands, and gave
the School what it called a " Pierrot" entertainment.
The reference to courage will be understood when we
exhibit the programme which was as follows :—
1. OVERTURE
2.
"Tell me pretty maiden."
3.
" The sun whose rays."
4.
" Willow waly."
5. RKCITATIO-T
"The Alarm."
6.
"Star of my soul."
7.
" Strange adventure." Teaman of
8.
" So go to him."
9.
" For the merriest fellows are we."
10.
" If you want to know who we are,"
and "A wandering minstrel."
11.
" Chinee sojee man."
12.
" You hold yourselflike this."
13.
" The magnet and the churn."
14. RECITATION "The Crew of the Nancy Bell."
15.
" Conceive me if you can. "
16.
"Rhoda's Pagoda."
17.
"Three little maids."
18.
"The Heavy Dragoons."
Gondoliers.
Floradora.
Mikadj.
Patience.
Geiiha.
the Guard.
Patience.
Gondoliers.
Mikado.
San Toy.
Patience.
Patience.
Patienre.
San Toy.
Mikado.
Patience.
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It will be seen that out of the eighteen numbers
which made up the programme, twelve were from the
works of Gilbert and Sullivan. And it is no discredit
to the performers to say that almost without exception these numbers were presented as the works of
Sullivan and Gilbert. No one—least of all Sullivan
himself—would have maintained that in that immortal line of operas the music was as good as it could be.
But there are a great many of us who wo\ild maintain
that never before or since has music been written so
completely suited to the spirit and the latter of the
words.
So in rendering them the clear enunciation of the
words must be the first consideration, and this
demands both natural gifts and careful training.
Gilbert's workmanship—always ingenious and often
exquisite—needs for its due expression very mobile
lips and careful nursing of breath. Sullivan's music,
even when it is thinnest, asks for exact tone in its
quick passages. It is dreadfully easy to make a mess
of even the simplest number-from the Savoy operas.
Now bearing these facts in mind, the presentation
of twelve numbers from the aforesaid operas is seen
to be a formidable enterprise. That it was so great a
success as it was is due to the enthusiasm of the singers, and the valuable coaching of Mr. Axe. The great
successes of the evening were the non-Qilbertian
numbers, not because they were better known, but
because they were more within the grasp of the performers.
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Pitcher's two recitations were excellent: he indeed
approached quite nearly the standard demanded by
his themes. The President was admirable in a song
from the Geisha, and Crux did full justice to the dainty
chorus of " Bhoda," though the feebleness of the words
will always make this song a doubtful joy. Adams
made the funniest cum Pierrot turn Chinee Sojee man
we have ever seen, and we liked the forcible topical
verse. The charming trio from " Floradora " was very
nicely sung by the quaintest of Pierrettes and the
overture to the " Gondoliers " was beautifully played.
The rest was all very hard. But it was most enjoyable
to see the -way the difficulties were grappled with.
Gurney made a heroic attempt to give us the true
inwardness of " The silver churn." Crux is a good
singer who will one day be a better singer, but even
he cannot make a pure tenor song like " The Wandering Minstrel " sound effective when it is transposed down a whole tone. The Mandarins accused
the audience of thinking they were "moved by
strings," but the audience had no excuse for thinking
so. Law will probably agree with us that the true
art of the patter song is only gained by years of
practice. The Quartette from the "Yeoman" once
more proved its impregnability to amateurs.
One grudge we have against the Debating Society.
One of them asked us to " Conceive me if you can."
The School has been asking the same thing ever since,
asking it in every key with doleful howls and unmelodious whistlings till we almost sighed for rag-time.
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Lecture.—On Thursday, March 25th, Mr. W. W. Hind
Smith gave us a graphic account of the workings of
Dr. Barnardo's Homes both in England and in Canada.
We were as much astonished at the amount of good
wt>rk that is done, as we were delighted by the
evidence of the joy it brings into lives that start as it
were from scratch. It is most true that Dr. Bamardo
is as great a missionary to the public school boy of this
generation as he was to the poor boy of the last.
Sports (Seventy-second Meeting)—In the past we
have doubtless experienced most kinds of weather on
Sports day, but never, we hope, such as we had this
year.
Continuous rain on the actual day was all the more
disappointing, as during training the weather was
good and the ground gradually improving. The heats
too were run off under good conditions.
From a drizzle in the morning the rain turned to a
steady downpour in the afternoon, and before we were
half-way through the programme the North Field was
little better than a swamp. Limp flags, the ground
a lake with waterlogged umpires navigating from point
to point, was the sight presented to the spectators.
Our visitors, of whom a good number came in spite
of the rain, watched proceedings from the pavilion,
and were, we think, fairly rewarded for their courage.
For if the weather was bad, the Sports, considering
the circumstances were good. Given better conditions
the times for the various events, would certtinly have
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compared not unfavourably with those of other years.
For the Victor Ludorum there was close competition
between Thomas and Qepp the former winning by 26
points to 22, but only obtaining his decisive points in
the last event on the programme, the Mile.
In the High Jump Whitehouse equalled his last
year's jump of 4 ft. 10^ in., a fine performance on the
day. We should have liked to see what he could4have
done from a dry take-off.
There was, as usual, a fine collection of prizes. Lady
Domville kindly presided at the distribution which
this year was held in the Hall.
Our guests were kindly entertained to tea by Mrs.
Coombes in the Upper School, which for the occasion
underwent a complete transformation. Our thanks
are also due to the Matron for much help.
We wish to thank Messrs. Baker, Gillam, and King,
for allowing the Steeplechase to be run across their
fields. Messrs. Knowles and Smith acted as Umpires
under trying conditions. We are grateful to them for
their help. Finally we would express our sincere
thanks to all the kind friends who sent prizes and
subscribed to the prize fund.
(a) Star.
(6) Fleur-de-Lys.
(e) Chevron,
(d) Bed Cross.
(e) Shield.
SATUKDAY, Apart 3RD.
Steeplechase (Open).—1st, C. K. Groves (c) ; 2nd, E. A.
Lys (c) ; 3rd, 0. T. Stuart (a); 4th, 0. M. Qurney (a).
Time 13 min. 37f sees. The ground was a little heavy.
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The race resolved itself into a fine struggle between
Groves and Lys for first place, the former winning in
the end by about ten yards. Stuart followed some way
behind.
Steeplechase (Under 14).—1st, H. A. Harris (e) ; 2nd
I. B, Ingall (a); 3rd,
Good (b); 4th, W. A. Creighton (d). Time 14 min. 18 sees. This provided a good
race. Harris lasted better than Ingall who was beaten
by twenty yards.
MONDAY, APEIL STH.
Long Jump (Open).—1st, <J. M. Ghirney (a) ;2nd,C. E.
Gepp (c); 3rd, L. D. Murphy (e). Distance 18 ft. 4 in.
The competition was close, all being within eight
inches of one another, and Gurney only jumping about
an inch further than Gepp.
Long Jump (Under 15),—1st, C. C. Page (a); 2nd.
M. J. Browne (d). Distance 16 ft. '. | in. The jumping
was much better than last year, Page's winning jump
being within reasonable distance of the record, 17 f t.l in Tug-of- War (Final).—Chevron v. Star. A walk-over
for Chevron.
Half-Mile (Open).—1st, W. B. Thomas (a); 2nd, C. T.
Stuart (a) ; 3rd, L. D. Murphy (e); 4th, E. G. Groves
(c). Time 2 min. 9J sees. Thomas went away in the
second lap and finished fifteen yards in front of Stuart.
TUBSBAY, APRIL 6TH.
Cricket Ball (Open).—1st, C. E. Gepp (c); 2nd, C. T.
Stuart (a); 3rd, M. A. Pitcher (b).
Distance
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84 yds. 1 ft. £ in. Not a bad throw considering the
amount of sawdust required to throw at all.
100 Yards (Under 15).—1st, M. J. Browne (d) ; 2nd,
C. C. Page (a); 3rd, H. J. Lambert (c). Time 12f seesBrowne ran well and won fairly easily.
100 Yards (Open).—1st, W. B. Thomas (a); 2nd, C.E,
Gepp (c) ; 3rd, L. D. Murphy (e) .; 4th, M. C. Gurney (a).
Time llf sees. A good race, Thomas winning by a yard.
100 Yards {Under 13).—1st, I. B. Ingall (a); 2nd,
Good (b); 3rd,
Good (b). Time 13| sees. An easy
win for IngaLl.
•High Jump (Open).—1st, J. T. Whitehouse (c); 2nd,
C. E. Gepp (c); 3rd, W. B. Thomas (a). The ground
was in the worst imaginable condition. Whitehouse
did well to eq ual his last year's performance of 4 ft. 10 in.
under the circumstances. Gepp ran him close with
4 ft. 9 in.
Dormitory Belay Race (for teams of 8). 1st, Star .
2nd, Chevron ; 3rd, Shield ; 4th, Fleur-de-Lys. Time
4 min. 15f sees. A good race.
360 Yards Handicap (Under 14).—1st, C. E. Bates, 30
yds. ; 2nd, Good (b); D. G. Gower (b), 30 yds. ; W. R
Smart (d), 20 yds. ; K. W. Wallis (b), 25 yds. Bates
with a too liberal handicap won easily. Time 59 sees.
360 Yards Handicap (Under 16).—1st, P. Gurney (a),
18 yds.; S. M. Button (a), 20 yds.; C. B. Evans ~(b), 18
yds. Time {>2| sees.
Hurdle Race (Under 15).—-1st, C. C. Page (a); 2nd>
E. C. Holiday (d) ; 3rd, R. F. Carr (a). Time 24 sees.
A good race between the first two in spite of the ground
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being now almost under water. Holiday was unfortunate to fall at the first hurdle.
Hwrdle Race (Open).—1st, C. E. Gepp (c); 2nd, L, D.
Murphy (e). Time 208 sees. Considering the state of
the ground the time was good. A close finish. Thomas
started but fell early and did not finish.
Bottle Race,—Abandoned.
High Jump (Under 15).—1st, C. C. Page (a) ; 2nd,
E. G. Holiday (d;; 3rd, C. C. Quiney (b). 4ft. On an
almost impossible ground Page did well to clear 4 ft.
120 Yards Handicap (Over 16).—1st, M. A. Pitcher
(b), 6 yds.; 2nd, G, A. Kirk (e). 4 yds. ; 3rd, L. E. Savill
(d), 8 yds.; 4th, H. F. Davenport (e), 3 yds. Time
14J sees. Pitcher won a good race by four yards.
Quarter-Mile (Under 15).—1st, C. C. Page (a) ; 2nd,
P. H. Adams (c); 3rd, E. G. Holiday (d); 4th, S. MHutton (a). Time 714 sees.
Quarter-Mile (Open).—1st, W. B. Thomas (a); 2nd,
C, T. Stuart (a); 3rd, C. M. Gurney (a); 4th, E. G.
Groves (c). Time 644 sees. Thomas won a hard race from
Stuart, in what under the circumstances was good time,
Cricket Sail (Under 15).—1st, M. J. Browne (d) ; 2nd.
C. B. Evans (b); 3rd, P. H. Adams (c). Distance
60 yards.
200 Yards (Under 12).—1st, D. G. Gowar (b); 2nd,
P. A. Davis (a); 3rd, W. J. Lines (e). Time 35 sees.
120 Yards Handicap (for Old Hurst Jok'tians).—Not
'run.
Mile (Under 15).—1st, P. H. Adams (e) ; 2nd, E. G.
Harpur (a); 3rd, E. G. Holiday (d). Time 6 min. 9| sees.
COLLKGK ANNALS.
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A good race between Adams and Harpur, the former
lasted better but was made to go hard.
Tug-of-War (for little boys).—Not pulled.
Mile (Open).—1st, W. B. Thomas (a); 2nd, 0. T.
Stuart (a) ; 3rd, E. A. Lys (c). Time 5 min. 47J sees.
Perhaps the best race of the day. Gurney made the
pace in the first lap and dropped out later, Thomas
has better staying powers than Stuart and went away
in the last lap winning by a fair margin.
Marks for the Dormitory Challenge Cup ;—
1. Star (a)
94 marks.
2. Chevron (c)
67
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3. Shield (e)
22
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4. Fleur-de-Lys (b)
13
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5. Red Cross (d) 12
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Kalendar for Summer Term, 1915.
April 30, Fri.
Term began.
May l,.Sa.t.
SS. Philip and James.
6, Tlrars. S. John ante Portam Latinam.
13, Thurs. Ascension Day.
15, Sat.
Start of Fleur-de-lys v. Chevron
Senior Dormitory Match.
22, Sat.
Brighton Day Training College
Match, here.
23, Sun. Whitsun Day.
24, Mon. Whitsun Monday. Masters' Match.
27, Thurs. Ardingly Under 15 Match, here.
29, Sat.
Start of Star v. Chevron Senior
;
Dormitory Match.
30, Sun. Trinity Sunday.
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THE HX3EST JOHNIAN.
5, Sat.
11, Fri.
12, Sat.
16, Wed.
19, Sat.
S. Mary's Match, here.
S. Barnabas.
A. Gorham, Esq., XL, away.
M.C.C. Match, here.
City of London School Match, here.
Ardingly Under 15 Match, away.
23, Wed. O.T.C. Inspection.
24, Thurs. S. John the Baptist.
Cranleigh Match. 1st XL, here.
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2nd XL, away.
26, Sat.
Lancing Match. 1st XL, away.
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2nd XL, here.
29, Tu.
S. Peter."
July 1, Thurs. Lancing Under 15 Match, here.
3, Sat.
Whitgift Match. 1st XL here.
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2nd XL, away.
8, Thurs. 2nd XL v. Wyllies, here.
9, Fri.
Higher Certificate begins.
10, Sat.
Ardingly Match. 1st XL, away,
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2nd XL, here.
12, Mon. Start of Final Senior Dormitory
Match.
19, Mon. Oxford Locals.
25, Sun. S. James.
27, Tues. Term ends.
[Owing to much pressure on our space, we are compelled to
postpone to the next issue, several interesting letters, the list
of Uoya confirmed in Holy Week, the table showing how
dormitories gained marks in the Sports, and the Editor's
acknowledgments].