r HE r EWINGTONIAN

NEWINGTON COLLEGE, STANMORE, SYDNEY.

" l'lle1nor puertlre." Hor.

No. LVll. l [JUNE, 1898.

OLD BOYS' C'OLU~IN.

IT is with much plea.sure tha.t we ha.ve to congratulate the following O. K's. in their marria~es :-1\lr. Thos. D. Palmer, of Bathurst; Mr. N. n. Bull; Mr. Claude \\ebb, of Springfield Station, Byng; an<l Mr. Reginald P.ryant.

Di. A. S. Vallo.ck has gone to Rowral to vmctice his profession.

Mr. S. A. Ray has resigned his position in the Bank of N.S.'A'., and gone into business at Hillgrove.

Mr. Percy A. :\fords was in Sydney recently on a visit, and greatly regretted that the shortness of his stay prevented him from seeing a number of old school friends. l\Jr. l\lorris is a memher of the firm of Bentley & Co., of Levuka., a well-known Fiji house.

We are glad to uotice the honour clone to Mr. P. W. Rygate, 13.E., A.l>l.I.U.E., who was lately elected President of the Sydney University Engineering !:iociety. l>lr. Rygate occnpied a. lea.ding position at New­ington, and it is evident that in his profession of Engineer and Surveyot·, he has the confidence of an important section of the community. Mr. \Y. R. Beaver, another representative of Newingtou, was appointed Secretary of the 8ociety of which Mr. Rygate is President.

Mr. F. Tout has purchased a solicitor's practice at Burrowa, and will start there shortly.

A partnership has been former! by three O.N. solicitors-Messrs. J. C. Kershaw, E. C. H. Matthews and F. G. Lane, who has just been admitted. Mr. }la.tthews will represent the firm at Wentworth, while Messrs. Kershaw a.ml Lane have their office in Sydney.

\Ve arc i:lad to notice that Mr. David Hunter, an O.N., who is now ii

<livinity student, has not forgotten his football. He makes an efficient referee, and like another O.N. divinity sturlent, ~fr. ('harles Brown, is an energetic barracker for the College team in their matches.

TnE NEWTSGTO"SIA:S.

Mr. W. IT. 8ten~ns has returned to Hy<lncy after <1 lengthy 'i~it to Europe, and is uow in busincRs in Post Olficc Chamhers as a ~tock atHl share broker.

One of the Country members, who attended the Union's dinnt·1-. was .Mr. Jas. Wil~on, of Berry. .Mr. \\'ilwn went to England "hit the Mounted Rifles for the Jubilee festivities, after which he spent consicler­able time in travelling.

Mr. M. A. Vennard, who was well known at Ncwington when the Bicycle Club was in existence, is up on Callandoon Station, near C:ooncli­windi, Queenslanrl.

J\Jr. W. Glasson has bought a large cattle station, "C'oomrith, '' in the Dalby district, Queensland.

Mr. Ernest Brunker, of \Vest ~la.itlan<l, son of the Colonial 8ecretary, was lately presented by the Government of New South \\"ales" ith a hand. some army revolver in recognition of his plucky conduct in saving the life of a wounded constable, by grappling with and tli~arming a violent prisoner. The account of the incident, which appeared in the '• ~foitla.ncl Mercury," shows that Mr. Brunker's 1Lction was a very courageous one, as he stood in clanger of losing his life through it.

Mr. E. A. Bardsley, who has been studying medicine at Sydney Uni­versity, left for Edinburgh recently to continue his studies on the ill-fnted s s. " China."

Mr. Ambrose Freeman is in Western Australia, at the gold ficlils, and we hear is doing well.

OLD BOYS' DINNER.

Tm; Old Boys' Dinner at Quong Tart's on April 29th was a most unqualified success. There wes the largest a~teml:mce we have yet Imel at 11. re-union, there being some !JO memhers present. As it may be of interest to l\ny olrl boys who were not there, we give the names of those present.

Messrs. A. H. S. Lucas, :\I.A., B.Sc., J. J. Fletcher, :\!.A., B.Sc., J . Har. per, T. "'-Garrett, A. G. Golledge, Dr. A. ~Ioore, :\1essr~. Harold Fletcher, Cecil Da-ries, J. \V. Rygate, Chas. Smith, Dr. F. J. :Saw kins, :\fe~srs. Jas. Warden, R. Corbett, H. L. Mann, F. E. Wl\llace, \\'. L. <.:urnow, Hy. Wol· stenholme, H. R. Curlewis, P. K Tighe, Dr. Binney,l\Iessrs. "-_A. Golledge, \\'. Sands, N. Hopson, T. E. Tillock, ,J. 0. Miller, Etic Bowden, J. H. Drnce, C. Corbett, R. Calclwcll, H. Ross, Norman Grogi:, H. Wa1l1liflgton, C. Robertson, !'-\. B. Druce, W. A. Parker, A. C. Gill, II. A. Phillips, Rid. Abbott, H. 0. Sutton, \\'. E. Y. Robson, Chas. Cow<lrey, T. R. B .. vin, E. O. Litchfield, A .. J. Phillips, ,J. \Y. ~1iller, J.C. Kerdhaw, W. 8hortlanil, J. A. Somerville, F. G. Laue, Aubrey Kelynack, K C. H. :\la.tthcws, \\. H. Dansey, Dr. Dey, l\lessrs. II. Rpence, C. A. !:)hortlancl, R. Cowliahaw, V. Moulton, G. P. Brown, .Ja.s. \Vilson, \Y. A. Freeman, (;eo. 1:'mith, .Jnr., A. E. Abbott, 8. Doust, A. Fletcher, R. C. ~Hiler, H. Cowli•hnw, ,J. :\lcClerie, A. Freeman, C' R. Wiley, \\'. Howarth, K Hicks, X. J,·lfrey, R. N. Rob~on, R. :N'. Shcritlan, A. B. Curlcwis, Lc,lic )foorc, R. E. \Yoolnough, A. E. Cal1lwell, 8t .• J. Damey, 0. Jfarlwr, \\'. \Yi!Hnn, A .. J. Petersen, A. Crowley, S. J. <.'hannon, '~·Hicks, A. ~lorga.n.

Tub 1-. i,;11 I:sGTONIAN.

Apologies were received from :-Rev. J. K :lloulton, :llessrs. S. \\ . .\loore, :11. J,.A., W. II. n. l'idclington, M.L.A., ,J. H. Marks (Berrigan), H. P. Moore,\\'. U. Rigg, Rev. F. V. Pratt, .\I.A. (K1\toomh11), .l\lessrs. :i.;. \\'. Warren, A. P. Fletcher, Leslie ~I. Oak~. Arthur DM·ics, R. \\'. \\'ebb ('J'amna), Jas. B. Palmer (B1\thurst), Arthut· Kielman, lk l'urbcr, .Mr. Thos. Hicks, Dr. G. H. Abhott, Me.<srs. Ashton Gregg, \\'.!).Dunn, Percy Hardy, Dr. W. \\'. J. O'Reilly, :llr. Horner li'lectchcr, Dr. H. L. ~aitland, )Jr. S. A. Ray (Hillgro\'O).

After n very good clinncr, at which .\h. A. H. K Lucas presided, thl' procl·cdings took the genial fonn of a smoke couccrt. To the toast of the Union Mr. T. W. Uarrctt, !\lr. Cecil Dadcs, and .\Jr. llaq>er spoke. "The Hchool " was proposed by .l\I r. ,) . ,J. Fletcher in a. mo"t graceful and hnmorous speech, t\nd reHponclcd to very happily by .\lr. Lucas •md :\1r. \V. K V. Robson. During the evening a prcl:!cutation was macle to :\lr. Luc11l:! by his old sixth fonn hoys. )h. \\'oolnough, in making this presen­tation, made 11 speech which showccl the high esteem in which :IIr. Lucas is held by the boys who ha.\'c Imel the adnwtage of bdng under hiru.

Song~ were contributed by :\tes,ro. Hopson, Ualclwcll, F. E. \Yallnce, ancl H. Koss; and a violin solo by :llr. C. Smith, Mr. Howarth acting a.s a mo't cllicient accompanist. The company broke up about JO o·clock after cme of the best evenings "c h•we spent in connection with the Union.

DEATHS.

LAYIGI\~: I<:RXEST s1mrsrnH, B.,\. It i~ with grc;Lt rcl(rct tlrnl we ha.ve to chronic!<' the recent

death of 1\lr. L. E. Hl•risicr, B.A., of Bourk<', Solicitor. He wu..~ o.t Newiugton ciescrn•clly popular, hoth a.' a stnclent and as l1. sportsman, a.nil will, he '"'gr<,tte<l by 1i large circle of friends amongst the 0. N·s.

He served his articles in Duhho and commencccl practice in Hourke about 4 years ago, 1md wa.s meeting with considerable succe~•. His death occun·ecl 1i few months ttgo, at Bourke, from fc,·er. He was to hn\'C hccn mnrriccl ~hortly before his clcnth.

ALFRED ,JA:\rnH L0''ELL YffERf.;, B.,\.

:\lr. Vh-crs was at Kc\\ington some years ago. His brother \\'illi111n's sad cleath may, perhaps, be reme111ber·ccl. Jn 1894 or 18!!;;, he took his B.A. clt•f!rec at the 'Var~ity. Whc.m at N'ew­ington he used ~o sutfor from palpit:Ltiou of the hetirt, tm<l shortly ,fter leaving tlw University hi~ heart ugain became affcclecl, anti he clicd <L few wl·ckl'I ago. Uc was the u.uthor of 01u• 01· t\\'O mu,iCid corupo•ition•. Hi~ cle•th will he lamented I hy ,.ii tho,e who knc;\ him. -I

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THE RUNNING OF DUMPLING (Oonti1111ed).

Being an ac(ount of the mighty deeds of B1dke, Leisurle and D11111pli11u.

OF TITE COMRADE!'\ OF DUMPLING.

Now there a.bode in the land of Tilba. many stout heroes, firm of limb and keen of eye, ever ready to do manful battle. Warriors in sooth were they, yet of all none save two might vie with a.11.vo.liant Dumpling, which two were Light Buike and Leisurl~.

Huge of girth wa.s Buike, anrl of weight ponderous, so that none but the hardiest steed might upbear him and sink not with broken back to earth. Ever instant was he in aid, and a many men had he slain with but the stamp of a foot.

Leisurle, too, was of fair fa.me, yet never was it dear to his heart to move in haste. Rather would he lag with tardy step, seeming in truth desirous of yet a. little more of slumber. Nevertheless in the fray he was always to the forefront, spreading bloody death around with wide-sweep­ing stroke, deadly in the encountering thereof.

On this account were thPse twain held iu much love of Dumpling, so that of all the Tilban warriors them chiefest besought he to make journey with him on his noble errand. Right glad were they to bear the dauntless stripling brave company. 'Yhereforc it fell out that when dark-dispelling dawn girt her anew in reddening robe, e'en then they, godlike three, armed each one with a goorlly suit of mail and a thrice-tempered blade, hiecl them to fare beyonds the bounds of Tilba. in diligent search of the nnshapen land which bordereth on the boundless sea.

Concerning the approach to the dragon's den, thus spu.ke the traseller of whom this tale hath earlier told :-

"South shalt thou fare, lor<l, from Tilba, even as far as the lanll of the people of the Harbour, a wise folk which dwelleth in a. laud flowing with milk ancl honey. They are withal kindly disposed, and will offer thee uo hurt. Thence tum thou towards the setting of the sun, and falter not till thou dost face the smoking den. Auel for many a league thou canst make way adowu a road, e'en that which the fire-spouting monster hath caused in his frequent rushings forth to lay waste the fields ancl seir.e helplesi, prey. Be of good courage, lord, for he will surely, in a day, ravage the land of Tilba if thou slay him not; and verily, if thy skill avail not, the land of Tilba is fordone."

OF TJIE RUNl"ING OF D UMPLING.

It may not be to set forth in lengthy tale the weird journeying of Dumpling and his doughty comrades in arms toward the cave of the dragon and the unsbapen laud ; of how they encountered the bright Spirit of the Woods, which sang unto them in witching wise, e'en as did sea.­green Circe unto Ulysses of many devices; of how she waved unto them with a cha.rmecl cloth of wondrous fine fabric, the like whereof never hath mortal mu.n since gazed on ; yea, and this even until they dipped beneath the hill-tops, that with gla<l-ome heart they might hasten on their que~t ; of how Dumpling climb a lofty mount for the succour of a fair maicl prisoned in the moated keep of a dread ogre; of how he smote swiftly with Dragon's-Bane, and clave the giant's skull in twain, and thereafter became er.amo11red of the damsel, and plighted his troth to her, weclding

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her in the aftertimc with loud acclaim of the people ; of how they were filled with gre .. t amaze at the strauge folk which (I welt in lands rich of pasture ; yl!a, too, and of how they did partake of tl new meat, s" eet to the ta~lc, even of the herring, whereon in goo1l sooth they fattened, and <li<l fcast;.from noontide till the milking of the kine, for while aught remained Dumpling cra.\'ed yet a little more; of how Dumpling's brain was ill-wrought on even of the poisonous potion brewed from the e\•il hcrh of the hop, so that he \miked with a. step all a~tray, and was fain to rest him for a space till that the heart-breaking weariness in his limbs might begone; neither of the search for the Fountain of Youth, which lieth in the Lancl of the Falling of Waters. These thing8 may ye hea.r from the bards of houey tongue, wherefore of naught but of the running of Dum­pling shall I concern me.

Deep in the bowels of a peak of exceeding great height lay the lair of the fire-breathing monster, and therein hung a thick darkness, so that no mau might see before him even for the length of his arm. Whiles au awful sound, as of a thunder's rumble, did affright those dwelling even afar off, which waxed yet louder and louder into a. roaring, whereat the ground beneath was all a.tremble, e'en then it was that the dragon burst from the mountain's belly, vomiting fire and smoke of evil odour, o'er­clouding the fields with its fumes of dea.th. None, too, might venture within the murky den, for that hellidh Yo.pours clogged the brain and loosed the limbs of him who breathed them, so that he fell never more to rise.

Now wheu as they three were come thereto, with many prayers were they besought of the folk a.nigh thl\t they might flee while yet the dragon lay on sleep. 1!'or though they made great dole beca.u8c of the despoiling of their crops, yet w1\S Dumpling held in much regard of them, wherefore they would not that he shoulcl make essay of a quest so perilous. Yet not thus was the heart of Dumpling a.dread; nay, for speaking unto them with comfortable words, he wns yet more minded for the encounter.

Therewith he heM lengthy commune with his manly spirit whether he ehould straightwa.y advl\nce, or bide for a season that he might lea.rn more certainly concerning the ha.bits of the strange monster. Yea, and even thus be purposed, to make swift charge into the darkness, and there beard the fearsome foe. Wherefore that he might be helped be bade his comrades bare their blades and follow.

In this wise then bare they aid one to other, ready for whatever should betide. Ay, and as they made essay, from out the darkness issued a dolorous moad, as of a man sore wounded. Moreover, in sooth there appeared within all sudden a. glow of hellish fire, whereat the eyes of Dumpling were well-nigh stricken with a blindness.

Ay, then was it thnt dauntless Dumpling reared his helmed head and lifted loud his voice in song of battle, and the while Buike and LeisurW sang defiance, and the song of Buike wa&. a.~ the roaring of many wu.ters, and as his mighty chest heaved, earth shook and rocks were all a.rent.

Thereat in trnth a thing of strange omen came to pass ; yea, for as their war-song rolled aloft the gods made wondrous answer, filling the heavens with flashes of darting fire and peals of bursting thunder ; the which of a surety did hap in a clear sky.

All an-heartened were the heroes to think that thus the gods kept ward 11bove, wherefore all gladsome passed they into the depths of black-

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ness. And all the ground therein was strewn with dead men's bones, which 'Vere an hindrance to their feet as they charged. Neverthele~s, small heed paid they, hnt <lid ad\•auce nearer and yet nei\rcr towards the hellish flame.

But while yet they made wny a<lown the <len, a great desire to sleep C<\me over Dumpling, so that he was fain to rest him fot· a space. l•'or in tl'Uth the v\poms stole about him clogging his brain and making sluggish his limbij. Thereat a mighty fem· smote ;it the heart of Dumpling lest hu ~hould fall all powerless to be the dragon's prey. And thus was he minded that he shoukl rnn the fleeter an&. rid him withal of the vapour whereof he wa& much adreacl.

Even now Dumpling is but the distance of a spear's throw from the foul sheen, wherein his rich alight blade shineth all aweful to behold. Even now the dragon's heated breath doth smite his face, riving his skin and weakening his limbs. N;;theless the swonl whirls high a.nd leaps a.down, a.y, a.n<i sunders the monster's mighty skull. Yet again doth he smite and again Dragon's Bane all dripping blood is buried deep in the cloven brain. Not yet hath Dumpling prevailed for from the creature's mouth issucth black smoke, dimiuing the heroe's eyes ancl chocking his breath. Thrice leapt the beast in mortal pain, and thrice the three fell back a.dread.

Then spake the dragon his dying rede: " \Vho art thou of men thus despoiling me of my treasure an.! smitiug me to the death? Verily thou art Dumpling, for of old did the seer Antiquus utter prophecy concerning thy coming. Yea, with all heat·t would I bin cl on thy hell-shorn, yet that may not be for that Odin's raven sitteth on thy brow. I am near unto death, and withal grow fey, and I tell thee that thou too in time to come shall perish by the sword. Now, get thee gone, braggart, else e'en in despite of Otlin will I work thee grevious hurt."

And Dumpling made answer: " Deeds not wo1·ds. l~ven now thy life is ebbing fast. Yea., by Thor's hammer I have worked thy bane by mine own unhelpen merit whereby I may be ever in meu's eyes for glory. Of a truth Dumpling ia my name tha.t thou may'st know the ancient seer Antiqiuus spake sooth. Now creature of Loki clie."

And never more moan made the dragon, for he shuddered thrice a.nd fell on death when Dumpling scarce had ended.

And now victorious Dumpling essayed to drag forth the foe that lay in the arms of death. Cheat was his straining and struggling, yet not a whit might he bestir him. Of no avail strove Leisurlu, yet with scarce an effort did Buike graRp it, and withal drag it forth.

Thereon they sang all three the hymn of victory and sacrificed much oxen to the deathless gods, while all the folk about gazed in much wonder· ment, for that all unhelpen they had dared the unseen terror and vanquistied the fircy foe.

Herewith cndeth the chronicle of the Running of Dumpling, whereof the Minnesinger Warlowe telleth in soug so sweet. And it may hap at a time that I tell of the sojourn of the dauntless three iu tbe bare Unshapen Land, with the strange folk hight Panophagi, am! of the strang aclventures that there befel them.

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TENNYSON FOR BOYS.

N0 poet should have more influence l)U schoolboys tl1'm Tennyson. He teaches them to see, to use their mental eyes in a. way no other

llocs, while ho trains their ears to listen to the "arious tones of nature's lllUbie, from the voice of " the league-long roller thundering on the reef" to the sound of " the poplar with its noise of falling showers."

lloys unconsciously learn to love outward nature as the source of conscious plcasl1rablc emotion, and tl1cir next step is to learn how to make stories for themselves, to bother little about "the lmrthen and the mystery of all this unintelligible world," and, percha.nee, in days to come, we who wait shall find that a. gleam of sunlight on a. wattle-tree in spring-time has given birth to a. fairer story than the golrlcn fruit of the Hesperides.

But boys have reaSl)Jl t~ bless Tennyson for the allegory that takes away from the charm of the lclylls of the King, and Gareth anrl Lynette, which they have just studied, has its spring-tide freshness marred by the allegory, that, "like a woundoo snake drngs its slow. length along" from b~ginning to end of the Idyll.

ln response to mauy requests a valued contributor furnishes us with an explanation of the most dif£cult passage in the poem :-

LINE 249-253. Parwphra.se.

".My son, however strange the city appeared, you shQu)d have had faith that if you pressecl on you would find reality behind the fleeting '~ppearance. For listen : I have seen a real ship, sailing on the ocean, look as if it wore hanging upside down in the sky : I have seen solid turrets apparently topsy-turvy in the air. I am telling you the truth ; such phenomena do occur. But if you rlo not believe me, because they seem so strange, it is of no use for me to tell you the plain truth about this city and its vague, floating appearance. You would not believe me: you, in your foolish ignomnce, would prefer to believe some wild story about tbe city having been built by Fairies. Well, I will humour you. And what I tell you will be quite as true as the account you have ju~t given of yourself. This city wa.s built by Fairies, son," &c.

LtNE 254- 274. Explanation.

This passage is very obscure. It is difficult to carry a consistent interpretation throughout it. The best explanation seems to be the following:-

'l'he City is Religion ; anrl the Gateway represents the entrance to it. The Lady of the Lake (the spiritual principle behind all that exists) and Lhe various symbols of religion about her, would thus naturally appear at the portal ; denoting that the gateway lee! to spiritual matters. The Fairy King and Fairy Queens mentioned in lines 253, ?..54, would then denote the old mythologies, whose birth-place was the F:ast, the land of the Rising Sun. Each of these mythologies contains a touch of truth, i.e., of that harmqny of appearance with reality, which is the very essence of art, or as the Greeks called it, m11;,ic. 'l'hese touches of truth are denoted by the harps, or rather by the music proceeding from the harps. The buildings forming the city, the structures built by this music, are the conventionalities ancl sensuous ccremouies which form so large a part of every religion, which accompany every creed. However, being conven­tionaliLies, they are constantly changing; dying oul and being replaced by

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11ew ones. Only reality, this spirit in which each formal religion shares, remains fixe<l aud eternal. '!'his spirit of reality is the Ki119. He <lcnotes that

" One God that ever Ii ves aud love~ : One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves."

Some people, however, though professing religion, have all their attention taken up by the conventional cere111011ie.~ of religion; and arc unable to see the real spirit of the religion in which they daily repeat their faith. 8uch

"Holcl the King a shadow, and the city real."

Again, whoever seriously devotes himself to religion; whoever enters a religious life, must be prepared to be entirely guided by religious influence, to "become a thrall to the King's enchantments." He must vow to aim at Perfection; he must make promises which it is imp0811ible !orimortal weak­ness to keep, but not to make which would speedily bring about his moral degradation. "Be thou perfect," says the Commandment. Obedience is impo~sible ; yet by keeping this ideal before us we rise infinitely higher than we should if we aimed a.t possible but lower achievements. " Hitch your waggon to a star" cries Emerson.

Let us fear to take these vows ; let us dismiss all thoughts of religion from our minds, and we sink to the level of the human beasts around us ; become mere " cattle of the field."

It is clear that as our grasp of the meaning of Truth aud Religion is con­stantly widening, we must be perpetually discarding old conventionalities anrl played-out formulas, and adopting new ones. Thus the process is going on for ever. It is never accomplished, never complete ; and for that very reason it is everlasting. "The city is built to music ; therefore never built at all, and therefore built for ever."

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CRICKET .MATCH-PAST AND PRESENT.

On 25th March a cricket match was played on the College wicket hetween teams representing Newington, past and present.

It will be seen, from the names given below, that the "Old Boye"

brouglot out a fairly strong team, which was considered expedient in view of the hatting performances of the present boys. Unfortuna.tely the wicket had been watered too liberally, and when the College eleven batted it was suffering a recovery. The boys, therefore, could do nothing nga.inst the bowling of Garrett, Pemell, and \Varden. Had the wicket been in good order there is little doubt the O.N. bo'll•lers' averages would have looked lcS!! satisfactory than they did.

When the Old Boys batted the wicket had recovered considerably. The College team fielded well, and there was not a prouder man in Sydney than Ula when he succeeded in stumping Mr. T. W. Garrett.

It is intended to make this match an annual fixture under the anspices of the Gniou , and we hope it will be pllssible to make such arrangements

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that the 111atch will be lookecl forward to not only by the school team, but by the whole of the boys.

The following are the scores :-

Old N cwingtonians. A. Kidman, c Phillips, b Buchanan .il ,J. Bardsley, e. Phillips, b Pountney , P. B. Colc1uhoun, retircrl :H T. Hicks, c Campbell .. . Ii P. Pemell, b Brown !l T. W. Garrett, st Ula 11 R. N. Robson, b Brown 8 A. C. Gill, c Buchanan, b Brown 8 T. Tidswell, thrown out 6 A. Warden, thrown out 6 A. E. Nott, not out 0

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Uollege. A. c .. mpbell, c Hicks, b Garrett F. Phillips, c Colquhoun, b Pernell A. Brown, c Gill, b Gu.rrett .. C. A. Buchanan, c Robson, b Warden 'l'. Mackay, c Garrett, b \Varden S. Best, e Pernell, b Garrett D. Pountney, c Kidma.n, b Pernell G. Ula, c Nott, b Garrett .K Tatafu, c Kielman, b Pernell W. Wilson, not out }1. Finir.n, b Garrett

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LAWN TENNIS.

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Ou& Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament took place at the end of i\Ia.rch, and was a success financially and otherwise.

Campbell obtained the first place in the Singles Handicap, and in the Championship Singles he was thought too formidable a competitor by his schoofmates, so that the title of Newington Tennis Champion became his without contest. He certainly ought to develop into a fine player. He is plu.ying for the \Va.hizunyah B Team in the Badge Matches.

~fr. Williamson was the runner-up in the Singles Handicap. The Doubles Handicap was won by Mackay and Fry, who made good

use of the long start conceded them, ''°cl finished their performance by beating Campbell and Tatafu in the ]'inal.

The McClelland Bros. showed promising form, while Kelynack and Prescott exhibit signs of a utural ability that should make them well· known players in the future.

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JfOOTBALL.

WB started our football season under the greatest diOiculties this year. Wt' had lost not only all but two of the lst XV. hut. 1w1trly all the second X\'. al•o, consequenlly our bi \. Y. for this year had lo bi' recruited from our thir<l team of last year, and quite raw material we hani played two matches, so far both of which we have lost. King's !lC'l1ool defeated u1 2:>-0, and Sydney Grammar School 20-0. This i8 the lint time for teu y\•ars that S. G.S. has defc.>ated our first fifteen. His \'cry pleasing to note tb!' thorough manner in which the team is working and the great improvc­lnl'Dl they arc making. With the same team after June we will have a J.(t>Od chance of winning the return matches against the abo,·e-named School!.

Another important matter in connection with football is the thorough organisation of the Lower School football. A grl•at many more boys are playing now than in former yeal'tl, and if they only stay lonl-( enough to get rnto the firat team, their previous training will bt• of g1·~11( ath'antage to the team. On Saturday, l\fay 21:!th, we had five teams in the field, ,.-hich I bcliern is a record for our School.

TUB KUIG'S BCBOOL V. NBWINGTON COLLBGB.

The first of the " claasic" Schools matches of the season was played u.t l:ltanmore on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a large number of spectators, many of whom had journeyed from Parramatta to see how the Blue-and-whites would fare, this sea.,on, in real serious work. The team1 lined out as under :-

T K.S.-Waddy. D'Arcy-Irvine, ~·. Futter, Barton, Verge, E. Body, :.\lu.nning Harrison, llossley, Blackwell, Jones, Doyle, White, Cowley, F. Body.

S.C. -Wisr, Brown, llaird. Allen, Moffatt, N. Brown, Wilson, Crowley, Cbannon, Best, Larcomt.e, 'falafn, Ula. :\lackay. Millican.

Newington won the lo•s, and elected to play towards the eastern goal; !lud School prepared lo kick off. A@ is usual on suc·h ot•casions, as soon a.a the whistle went for play to be commenced, 1i pPrfo"t bowl of banarking nrosc- principa.lly from the College supporters, who were there in force. Every school has its little whim, and this is one of Newington's . Bossley started the game, an<i Ula. having secured the ball, the supporters of the Blue-and-white trembled for a. moment with anxiety, for the Tongan centre three-quarter is a heavy man, a. dashing player and a wonderful kick. How­ever, after Wednesday's game, it hu to be said, that he bas not yet t horougbly established the fa!'t that he can kick WI wt•ll in the awful turmoil of a big fight as he can in the preliminary 'canter" of his team before the referee calls the opposing side to face one another. In the present instance be failed to return well, 1ind the ball went out shortly after near the ecuth western :C:5 flag. When things were set going again, the Collegie.ns ruehed the play at a merry pace towards " the r ising sun :" and tho shrieks and calls of their admirers became just deafening. )!;, Body sent a pass to Barton, who was tackled by Ula. just ae he was sending on a favor. A little later the School scrum-half sent the ball to Verge, and l!"utter handled next. The Collegians blocked the assault for a time, and Beet put in a neat kick behind his forwards. Barton kicked well, and the fight went back, right up to N.F.C'e. line. A great battle look place here; and as the home

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flftcon gained a little ground, and forced the assaulting party back to the 2~ flag, it appearl'd Umt t.hcre was little to choose between the teams. Of cour~e, those who were in tho habit of following "King's" knew there wus a fund of latent power in the passing tactics of their fnvorites; but as the pa .. ing Juul not commenced then. things looked fairly even, with just a •tt~picion in fovor of tbc hustling, storming asserfo·encss of the Illack and· whites. 'l'hc game here was terribly hard indeed, and those who wero strangers to the Piu•mmatta representatives might 11ave been ptirdoncd for iudulging in any belief in the power of Newington to win under fa.-orable circumstances But it was not I o be!

Wise made•~ big effort to break straight through School's defence, but °V(•rge enabled Futter to put in a most gallant reply, and D' Arey-Irvine was taking up the 1·cfrain when the whistle calleci the attacking pa1·ty to order. Best kickC'd out near the 25 flag (N.E.), and, as soon as the ball was in play ag1iin, Vergo kickt'd out further down towards the N.F.C. line. Some general work, in which things were lively, supervened. Then School got a free. The ball going out, Tatafu bounced in and kicked, but Verge got a handy mark. When the ball came to him, TJJa kicked but Barton altered matters by charging at the Collegians' line. Be dropped the ball when Ula went for him, and nothing resulted. .A. w('ak pass gave Larcombe a chance to show tl1e vnlue of following-up, and Waddy, close pressed, showed nerve, but. poor kicking power for lho time being. Newington marked, and then took the play with a whirl to tbe south-east. Best took a mark, and tbc ~chool defenders appearing at fa.nit, the rattle of things made their very goal-posts shake. Newin1?ton, however, was unable to profit by their good advantage, and slowly School rlllie.-ed the pressure. .A. few minutes later Best kicked out a1?ain near the corner, and Newington obtained a free just afterwards, and School's interest appeared to be in an awkward predicament . .Needless to say, the vault of heaven was almost rent with the lusty shouts of those Block·and·white barrackcrs. Best kicked for goal but was unsuc· cessful, and from this point the Newington flame began to pale, and the awful pandemonium of sound began to dwindle slowly. Wise and Shannon, who were making Manning and Body look to their laurels, so far as work on the wings of the scrum was concerned, got away with decent rush in general work, but a free to the School altered all that. The play was in the King's School fifty when Tafatu went for tt e oval. The Tongan wini: man, how· ever, is not yet as skilled as ho might be, and School smothered him on this occasion (aa, it may be here remarked, they did also at different other points 10 the game). The battling was going on at a great rate over on the northern side of tbe ground, rather towards School's goal, ancl it still looked as if t.bo game was gomg to be very even, with n win for those who met with the least accidents. But a change was looming. all the ea me. Manning and F. Body got to windward of their particular antagonists, and though Best kicked nicely Bossley dashed through and seemed to open the way for a possible score. Ula defending desperately rushed into the i·uck and went out. Then Futter got possession, and be and Body in a magnificent passing charge took the ball right up to the line. They lost it there, but they had been well followed up and the ground gained was not to be lost again. Verge picked up and darted over. 3- 0. Verge added the two points him· self. When things were going again Waddy again appeared weak in )be leg, though his nerve seemed all right. School wore allowed a free jusl here, and Bossley kicked, ~:. Body following thf' move with bustling tactics in the thick of things. 'fatafu made an attempt to reply, but Blackwell was on to him like a rcd·shanlr. Larcombe missed taking the oval, acd

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Newington's back had to let go. Waddy replied, but otill not too "ell. During the next few minutes Bossley, Manning and HaLrrison appeared at the head of the forwards, O\'Or on the le>p side of the ground; and slowly School seemed,, to some, to win ground. A pass here, however, was mulled, and Mackay got. a.way with full intent as towards School line; he wus stopped by a dashing School man who overhauled him from behind. Then Barton sought to retort, but Obannon protested effectively. Slowly School players were forced into the Marrickville corner. A free to School and Barton kicked well. Body got a rush on, and bis work being particularly fine, be was nearly in when be was checked; and Tata.fu, still anything but brilliant, kicked out near the 25 llag. At this stage School began passing a la mode, and from that out the result of the game was not in doubt. E. Body, Verge, Futter and Barton bandied in turn, and the Black-and-whites fell back, it taking them all their time to prevent the visilol'!! from cros~ing in. A. score appeared to be averted, only as School was penalised. In another passing move Futter shone wonderfully. It was plain to almost all the onlookers now that the defenders were shooting their bolt, whilst the School lads held the key to the game. In a little time the passing work brought the Blues-and-whites right up to Newington's line, a.ad but for a free being given to the defenders King's must have sco1·ed. In very fast work Barton was caught by the leg as be was taking pa.rt in attacking work, and the ball went out at the 25 flag. Someone on the other side broke a rule, and School got the benefit of a free. Barton tried for a goal, but failed. N.F.C. forced. Afte1· Manning bad been noticed in fine forward work, E. Body sent, by Verge, a pass to Futter, who lost. The attack was so hot that the defenders were glad to force again. Then the K.S. scrum· half started ,.Jong more passing, and one of the most brilliant attacking moves possible to be imagined resulted in F. Body going in with wet sails. Barton took the kick, but the ball did not go over. 8-0. Then the referee, Mr. C. E. Morgan, called a bait.

In the second spell the game was not so even, even as in the first. The home team seemed to have realised that having done their very gallant best in the early forty minutes, and without any encouraging results, there was little to hope for iii the way of winning points, and though individuale put in any a.mount of dash, the combination among the fifteen as a whole got a trifte demoralised. After battering tit the Black-and-whites' defences for some timo, School succeeded in getting the former right back, and then Barton made a fine charge, and when the outpost gained bad been properly occupied, the passing idea was again developed for all it was worth, and E. Body sent the centre-three-quarter in, in a comparatively easy run. 11- 0. Bossley put the ball over. 13- 0. The play was a.t the other end of the ground five minutes later, when E. Body sent bis brother (who bad jmt previously beeu noticed to be limping) a pass. The wing-forward was off before Newington had time to note the danger to their interests, and running nearly the whole length of the ground he scored. 16-0. Again five minutes' play, and the passing initiated by E. B1dy and Verge gave F. Futter a good opening, and he dashed through, out.witting the defending back. 16-0. Bossley, who was taking the placa kicks, did not seem to bother loo much about pa.ins ; Barton, when he had the place, appeared Lo go to the other extreme. For a time there appeared Lo be a lull. School were satisfied ; and they even allowed N ewington to get right into their quarters once or twice. Then they drove the play back, and Tatafu took refuge in a. force. So soon as things were moving again, School pressed forward, and Doyle, following on well, picked up smartly in Newington's

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1 went.y-five (ns the ball bounced off another player) nnd got over. 22- 0, Futter got another try just before the call of time, beating the defending baC'ks with fair ease. '.l.'hus 'f.K.S. won by 25 points to nil.

The game proved that there is a good deal of disparity between the teams. '.l'his is explained in the fact thnt a very large number of Newington players a.re new men to senior School work. The N.C. forwards were a fairly heavy, and certainly energetic and plucky lot, but they could not get the ball like School ; and the backs bad evidently never been trained to checkmate such bctics as the School passing meant. And yet that is surprising, for it is that game that wins for SC'hool every time the latter do win. Ma.cli.ay and Best were among the more successful of the Collegians, the latter's kicking helping his side a lot. Ula would make an attractive feature, probably, in a winning game; but it is in such a game as Wed­nesday's that the best material is thoroughly tested. Obannon, Larcombe. Wise and Baird and other men of the pack did a very fair share of hard work; and for thefr sakes it seemed a pity that both teams C'ould uot win. Y erge played o. really taking game for 8chool. E. Body was very cool and resourceful behind the scrum. F. Futter was just F. Futter. Barton on BE!veral occasions rose to the occ!l.l!ion •uperbly, and 'F. Body was brilliant to a degree. The play of :Qiackwell prover.l that be bad his soul in the game. Jones was a good key·s~ne for the front division, and be was ably sup­ported. Manning did extremely well for a comparative novice; and Harrison worked enthusiastically.

At the conclusion of the game the usual cheers were girnn for enrh side.

NBWINGTGN CGLLEGB Y. SYDNEY GRAlL\lAR SCJ!GOL.

On Wednesday, l\foy 25tb, we played Sydney Grammar School at the Agricultural Ground, and suffei·ed the firat defeat at their bands for 1en years. Their forwards, who were a very even lot, played a splendid game, and were well backed up by their back division, of whom Lindesay and Brown were the best; Bai1·d, l\fofl'utt, Wilson and K. Brown were foe best of 01;r forwards; and Best show prominently among our back division.

The second team of the S.G.S., who are a fast and heavy team, defeated our second leo.m, which is very l'gbt this year, by 3!) -0, and tht>ir t hil·d fifteen defeated us by 35- 0.

NBWINGTON COLLEGE Y. ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE.

The football match with St. Tgnatius was won by Newington, after a a good game, by !) points to nil.

BCBOOI,S' PRBMIBRSHil'.

Ncwington College defeated St. Joseph's College on Saturday, June 4th, in the schools' premiership competition, by G points to 3. The game was very e'•enly contested during the first half, and neither side scored. St. J oseph's opening I be second half with a strong rush, and a.fter a hard attack on the Newington liue, scored. No goal resulted. The Newington ferwa.rds brought the ball into neutral ground, and a strong run by Brown wiis stopped by Kennu. in the St. Joseph's twenty-five. Moffat, Channon,

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uncl Wilson curried the bull on, snd ll'e ln•t-numed •1•orl'cl. Ilt'<t mado a poor nttempt nt go:il. Xewington kept up tlw nttac·k, }foffntf, lk.t, nm! Ub doing itood work. The kicking of the ~I. JMeph'< bnck diddi<>n took the btill to httlf·Wt\y, whore Brown got possc:1siou, uncl nftt'l' ii fitw run sco1·1•1l t ht• •el'oncl try for "'-l•winglon.

HJ.:<'ONI> I•'nT&E!\.

The second fifteen are rather lighter this year thirn us1ml, 1\11<1 owing to the fact tha.t the first fifteen hn,·c m1\<lc many <lcin1\luls cm them to fill up ga.p~. wc;\ker than they htwe heel) for many ye,.rs. They are improvin~ steadily, tuHl if they follow the excellent t•xampl!• of their caph\in, (', \Vcbb, who says little and works lmrd, their efforts will be nowned with •uccess. In rega.r<I to those who clo not turn up to play when picke<I, Wl'

cnn only say that he who does not know his duty to his bchool, will not be allowed to represent his school.

April 2ith.-8cots College, at Scots C'ollege. Won by Scots College, li-0.

:\la.y Hh.-King's School, at Xewington College. \\'on hy The King'll School, 17-0.

May 7tt.-Match cried off with H.A.C.

:\lay l lth.-Scots College, ;1t Xewington College. Scota College won 1:~-10.

Ma.y l.J.th.-'l'hc King's H..:hool, at The King's Hchool. The King's School won 70-0 .

.:\la.y 2.)th.-Sydney Grammar School, at Agricultural 010un11. Sydney Gmmmar School won ;~!)-0.

June lst.-C'hurch of Engh\1Hl Grammar Sch~I. tit Ncwhigton College. Xcwini;ton College won 40- 0.

June 1th.-St. Ignatius, at St. Ignatius. St. Ignatius won 17-fl. Only 10 men of Newington College.

TntRD ,\ND J<'ouBTH lfnrKY.:-:s. The 3rcl and ·llh t cam' h1\ve pr•wtised conei~tcntly M:d t rniuecl well

Tht• per•onnel hns chnnged too much to ensun• combined piny, tho•111h this want of permaoenc.v hn• been due uol so much to irregularity in playing of the memb1•rs them-.•lveo as to changes in tht• teums above them. The chief defect at present. uotict•11ble is 11 l11ck of c·ombination nncl :m over· ~upply of s!'lliohne•~ ; and thoug-h it may bu 'air! I h1•st• defects are common to moot young teams, yet th!' tl'lltn below. the :ith, shows beltt•r form in thi8 respect. Another f1mlt whiC'h i:<, however, being remedied in t•\'<'ry mnteh is 11 certain slowneso in the following up of the forwards. On the other luwd, most members o[ the tenm 1u·e wl'll 11p in the rules and 1\re quick to pirk up point~ about the gn,me .

.Amon.r the forw&)'(h of thr 3rd team Fairbairn and Bunes givr promi'<' of clt•veloping into goDcl win~s-the laltl'r, ~~P<'C'ially. C'ouC'h nncl Jhnies urr guocl hurd worker,, though lho latter must ll'nrn ton«• hi• hencl

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more. Among tlw ba!'h, Connolly 1mcl Nor. Bnrhr 1trc n1o~l u•cful now t hnt J ohnstonP ha• heen promoted to l he second tcnm.

\Vit.h regnrcl t-0 the ·ith team, Wnllnl'e nod Pmlt nmong the b:wk~ hnH do11e vl•ry fairly well, und the forwards, W1ltohiro nnd T.ttlu, ar<·, Jll'rlmp~. the beet. The Results of the matche~ luive been as follow~:-

THIRD FIFTEE:>.

Newingt-011 College v. J<;nmore. Lost 21 - O. Ncwi11gton College v. Parcombc. Unfini~hctl.

Newiugton College v. '!'he King !:>chool lll. Lost J;; G. Newington College v. 8ydney Oramnrn.r School III. Lost :3.3--0. Newiugton College v. C)iurch of l~nglancl Ora.mmnr School III. \Yon

14-0. Ncwingt-0u College, .. Dulwich Iiill Grammur8chool. Draw, uoscore.

F'OURTI! Fil'TEE:-;.

Ncwington College v. The King's Hchool IV. Lost 5-0. Newiugton College\'. Dulwich Hill (;nimmar School. Lost :J - 0. Newingt-0n College'" 1-iyclney Grnmmar School L.8.2. Lost :~ - 0.

The account of the :Fifth and Sixth Tenms has been nnn'l'oidably held over through lack of spnce, and the Editor apologises to the younge•t of the readers of this mag11zine for this unfortunate incident.

OCCASIONAL NOTE~t

We have to ron~r11tul11tt' AsnrKY CA11PDBl.L on hi• fine performan<'~ at the end of Inst <'rickrt sc~nson. To make top~core in hi" fir~t •enior match is an honour that. rarely foils to a c·olt.

' Ve hope lo see PmLT.lPB distinguishing hi1melf in •imil11r fa•hion ILL no distant date.

We are glnd to know tbnt, Yr. ~Kwrn~ htts left the ho~pital, nncl look forward to hi~ I'd um ufll'r June, rr•fored to his forme1· het1lt h.

C'ORRESI'ONDEXCK

(To i/1P F:dito>' of 11te Se1,.i11ytoma11.)

Dear &ir. \Youlcl you kindly gmnt me 11 small space in j our p:iper to ~ny a few worils on the subject of badges for our hats. I think it rather a slight on a large public school such as Newington that we ba,·e not a clistinct emblem or sign so that wt> can be recogni•crl outside our play­grouncl. Going to cricket or football makhes at other schools, unlcs~ we r.ppcar in uniform (which is very s1•ldom) nobocly knows who we are, or

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where we come from. Now each boy, with any respect for his scbool, likeR to have its colours a.bout him, and to show the public that he belongs to " Newingtou" ; and so be should, I think, he encouraged to wear them. The other schools have. Why not Newir.gton? I am not in position to ~ta.te what would be a suitable badge, but will leave that to the authorities. Hoping this long-felt want will be attended to. Thanking you for your gt>nerosity.

I remain, Your~, &c.,

('/'he Erlitor of the Nell'i11ff/011ict11.)

Dear Sir.-Lastlear in 'J'lu .Vewillytoniw1 there wa.s a letter re a badge being obtaine for the College. Since, nothing has been done to obtain one. I am now writing in the hope that the matter will be con· sidered. At present the Newington College students cannot be distin. guishecl from any other clnb which chooses to have black and white for ita colours. Other schools have badges, and why should not we ? It is only within the last year tlmt The King's School have obtained a very pretty badge indeed. Myself, I beg to suggest a rising worked in golrl or silver thread on a hlack hrlt band, an<l ha,•ing the initi11ls X.C.~. (N~win~ton Collegt>, Stanmore) underneath in blue or some such colour. Hoping that th<' matter will be ta.ken up by both master" 1111<1 lmys.

I remain, Dear :'llr. l~ditor, Yours very truly,

"BOARD~:R."

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