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other interesting matter for the present. Let it not be thought, however, that the editorial table is overcrowded with copy waiting for the printer. We regret to say that t\vo of the most frequent contributors to these columns are engaged in ministrations with the Expeditionary Forces which leave them little leisure for composition. * * *

Assistance in the task of making a complete record of Old Boys now engaged in the world- wide military operations will bo welcomed. From news which occasionally filters through, ~ v e are able to surmise that a number of Cottonia:os, whose names are not yet on our list, are with the Colours. Information concerning them will be gratefully received.

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" And so espous'd to death, with blood he seal'd A testament of noble-ending love."

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E ""I3 new casualty list shows Death's heavy toll amoiig the flower of England's man-

hood. T h e youngest and most recently trained soldiers in our great army, are now paying with their lives t he price of their Country's honour. As the months pass by, thousands of English youths, who b u t a year ago line\^ naught of war, are daily writing their names in letters of blood upon a n immortal scroll, " a testament of noble-ending love."

TVith sorrow we note that the grim, impartial visitant, Death, has called three more of our Old Boys to join that noble brotherhood whose deeds have won undying fame, our own and their Country's affection. With pride we record their names which will not be forgotten by boys past and present, and, which when the story of this great war is told to future generations at St. Wilfrid's, \\rill become " iamiliar in their mouths as household wlords."

In offering our respectful sympathy to the parents and relatives of the departed, \+re claim a share in t h e great loss their deaths will make, not only in the domestic circle but also in the

We record our thanlts for the receipt of the larger family circle which from time to time following exchange magazines :- Tlre Usl~aw gathers rouilcl Alma Mater.

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Cain, Benjamin John (I 898). . Private 7th King's Liverpool Regiment.

Killed in the famous charge a t Festubert, on May 15th, 1915, R.I.P.

Dean, Edwin Fallows (I g I 3). Private 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers. Wounded in action at Hill 60, April 26th. Died of wounds, April zgth, 1915. R.I.P.

de Verteuil, F. J. (1889), Surgeon R.W. Serving under the Command of Admiral

. Cradoclc in the Pacific Squadron, and went down in action off Coronel. R.I.P.

NUU. I 1414.

Benjamin J. Cain was the son of the late Alderman Benjamin Cain, an old Sedgley Parker, whose death we recorded in t h e Christ- mas number of the Cotioninn. H e came to St. IVilfrid's with his brother in 1895 and follo\ved the Modern Course until he left four years later. Always an unassuming boy he was none the less staunch and loyal, and he left many friends behind when he departed from Cotton. By profession he was a.marine engineer, and sailed in that capacity with the Nelson, Booth and .Court Lines. A few weeks after his father's death he gave up his position as chief engineer to enlist as.a private in the 7th Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment. On the testimony of his comrades-in-arms, we lcnow that h e stood the hardships of the military training, and, later on of the trenches, lilce an old campaigner. The following extract from a. letter to his brother, written just three weeks before his death, is typical of the British soldier's sang. froid.

(( .N. France,

" Tuesda.~, April 27th, '15. " A few lines to let you know I a m in the

pink and in the same billets as when last I wrote (empty houses). IVe have not been in the trenches for firing purposes since Wednesday last, but are -engaged in repairing damaged trenches. For most of th.is work we have to get on top of the trenches in the open;

TONIAN.

consequently it is-nearly all night5~76r ), If we k*: { are spotted, we are treated to,. a. dcse of

shrapnel ; but so far we haqe?l;r+t been so : honoured. Of course, theze ??re a*:-:ry bullets

flying round; but then yo.?p l,*se every- ,' . where. Tliey make a F; I + - , ' sz~lding a

shower of bullets down thi: 1 , :it intervals just when it is getting dusk it: is rather

t z;* amusing to watch the mencgl,: :,$.ing, gut of the road. The majority of?&$ bfillets are too high so we are pretty sJ$.?It. . d .-,-+ very different fighting from what p>ofi~&:a-t home think. During the day (in the %G$ig line I am speaking of - - (de1eteqB-y. Censor) - . He watches thro' a peris20'Pe, and, *if he sees, anything, he lets fly. PeriiiTaps from sunrise to sunset we never fifie .;;-pihot. Of course you have mortars, shells.-aGd other curios to look out for; but if a gp$f watch is kept you have a good chance of,,\vinning through - . (Censor) -:. You wait for a flash and then let go at the spot you think it came from. You watch from over the trench and are fairly safe, but it does not do to fire too often from the same position or it is marlced."

Me was as gentle as,he was fearless, and, as might be surmised, a general favourite with his comrades-in-arms. Private IV. Gallantry of the same Company writes :-

"All our platoon felt his loss very .much. Everyone lilced Ben. I le had a nice word for everyone, was a splendid soldier, and died a soldier's death. I-Ie had covered half the distance to the German trenches, when he was shot through the head, and died 'instantly. He was every inch a gentleman and fright- ened of nothing. I would have gone anywhere with him. IVe were always together when we were in the trenches. Ben died a soldier's . . and a hero's death. . . ."

A- A complete description of the desperate engagement during which Benj-amin Cain was

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killed is given in a letter to his brother from the Company Quarter-Master :-

I' 16/6/15, " No. 853, D Company,

" 7th Icing's L'pool Regt., " France. C/o. G.P.O.

" DEAR MR. CAIN,

" Private Gallantry brought a letter to me from you, asking about Private B. Cain, and he asks me to send you all the information I can in reference to Ben's death. But before I proceed I must offer you my deepest sympathy.

" I t was on a Saturday night of the 15th of May when we entered the firing line, and at 11-30 p.m. A and B Companies were ordered to attack the German trench, which was som'e 450 yards away ; so, under cover of darkness, the two companies with bayonets fixed, rushed over the parapet and across, and succeeded in getting into the German trench. C and D Companies lay in support, and at 7 a.m. on the Sunday morning \yere ordered to attack. I t was thought that our other two companies were in need of support. We could not get any messages from them. Five mes- sengers were sent back but not one of them arrived ; and as for signals, if one had been put up it would only have been an object lor a shell; so although we knew, when we got the order that it meant almost certain death, not one flinched. Number 15 Platoon was ordered over first, and no sooner did we show ourselves than they opened a murderous fire, both maxim and shell. I did not see Ben l;illed, but one of my platoon, who was close by him said he was liilled instantly. We advanced about a hundred yards and lay down

would have been missed. M y officer was killed, t\vo N . c . 0 . ' ~ 1;illed and two other N.C.O.'s wounded out of my platoon. Those who could get back did so, but those who \yere badly wounded got into shell holes and stayed there until dark, when they crawled in. Others who could not crawl i n we went out and carried in at a risk to our own lives, but we did not think of t ha t ; w e thought of the agony of our comrades. I got a few of the ltilled in and buried them behind our firing line, but I am very sorry t o say I could not find Ben, for the ground was thick with dead, some who had been ltilled from the previous Sunday in the attack \vhich failed. I t was no easy task turning over bodies to see if they -

were our own men, for in some places they lay four and five deep on t o p of each other.

" Ben was in my platoon, and I can assure you that he was every inch a soldier. H e had come out to fight, and let it b e a con- solation to you to know that h e died a glorious death with his face towards the enemy. No one could be more sorry than I was, t o miss him out of the ranks. I t was a sad day for us, for I had only nine left o u t of my platoon, the others being Idled or wounded.

" TVe had an opporunity of avenging our brave comrades on the Monday morizing, for our artillery opened a murderous fire on the part of the trench that was still held b y the Germans, and in a short time, much to our surprise, we could see white flags being \vaved above the trench. W e thought it \\?as oilly one of their old tricks to g e t us to g o over, but we did not need to do so, for they came of themselves \!raving white flags, ancl holding their hands up. . . . . ."

to wait for the other platoons to come over; but they suffered the same fate as ourselves, Thus ended the brief career of a son whose

and it uras not until the last platoon was about loss St. IVilfrid's justly mourns, and of whom

to get over that the order came to retire. she is justly proud Benjamin Cain was liilled,

I-Iad we got up again, I feel sure, not one six months to the clay, of his enlisting to fight

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for his country. Be it said of him and his com- shall have to put 'up with that until the warmer panions in death, as i t was said of their fore- weather comes. We are quite happy and bears centuries. ago : contented."

"And those that leave their valiant bones in (( March 2 I st. France, " We are having a rest now after being

Dying lilce men . . . . in the trenches twelve days, and we have been .. -

'They shall be fam'd ; for there the sun enjoying ourselves very much during our rest, . shall greet them, which has consisted in sleeping, eating, drill

And draw their hO1lours to and football, We have also had hot baths heaven." R. I. P. and at present I am feeling fit for anything."

Q * * Five weelts of anxious dread passed by,

before the sphinx-like silence of the War Office was broken with the comparatively joyful message,. fhat Private E. F. Dean was severely wounded on ~ ~ r i l 26th and had been removed to the 35th Field Ambulance. The hape. tliat ran so high,. waned gradually and was finally extinguished, ' by the gravely courtequi, but . extremely brief note from General Head- Quarters, stating tha t he had died from -his wounds three days later, and had been buiied bjr Rev. Lowry Corry in the cemetery. at. Haze- brouck on April 29th.

Edwin Dean was a very popular. boy. at Cotton. His manliness, cheerful disposition and public spirit were irresistibly attractive and almost infectious. His characteristic brightness and geniality were ever at enmity with the morose and gloomy. H e was never dull, for that blessed faculty for making the best of what- ever happened seemed ever at his command. A first-rate illustration of this is given in his cheery letters from the fighting .line, excerpts from which we are able t o give.

"March ~ ~ t h , 1915. " W e evjoyed 0" tyrn in the trenches very

much after the first night. We were rather nervous a t first, especially when we heard the first bullets whiz past, and you would have l a ~ ~ g h e d t o see u s duclc our heads. We soon got quite used t o that, and now we take no notice.

" It is very cold in the trenches, especially to the feet, on account of the mud; but we

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He held a prominent place in the school as an athlete, and was a star in our cricket firma- ment. In 191 I he captained the Cricket Eleven, and his enthusiasm and good judgment proved' him & capable leader. The end of fhat 'season saw him head the bowling, averages' with . a total of 125 wickets. Although he will be rememhered' best as a demon bowler, he did valiant service, on occasion, with the bat. Once lie completely changed the aspect of a game which was going-badly for us, and' by lusty hit- ting amassed forty runs in quicli time and

'stopped' the rot. o n the football field he was a reliable centre-

half, and played with the keenness and grit . . which characterise a good sportsman.

Twice, after his departure from Cotton, he brdught a fobtball team to oppose the College .in those enjoyable friendly . contests, and -altli6ugh his side suffered defeat,. it was certainly not through any fault of the captain.

The many expressions of regret and tokens of esteem which have been paid to his memory, witness to the high opinion in which he was held by the townspeople of Cheadle.

While lamenting his loss, we, his fellow Cottonians, have the consolation of knowing that he died in a manner worthy of his life ; that the saciifice he made for his country leaves an -

indelible fame behind, and securks for him the proud and grateful remembrance of Alma Mater.

We offer our respectful sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Fallows Dean on the great loss of their only son. R.I.P.

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BENJAMIN J. C A I N , 7th King's Live~*pool Regiment.

Killed at Festubert. May 15th. 1915.

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V I A CRUCIS. 0, Son of Mary, Who to John's sure lteeping Thy broken-hearted mother didst consign,

-- Be aidant with some heavenly anodyne

A S O N N E T SEQUENCE. T o other eyes that are so full of weeping. And to the brave whose valiant steel flashed -

leaping, Who spilt their veins as lesser men spill wine-

I. Knowing full \veil that England's cause was ER stony gaze is fixed upon a hill Thine- H T h a t t a k e s the sunset. June's first Give golden harvest of untimely reaping.

p a s s i o n a t e rose They shall not tread these cloistered halls again ; Breaks at her fee t its heart, where ebbs and Yet their fair names each boyish heart will -

flows treasure, A grey-green tide of grass that doth fulfil Speaking them proudly :-Dean and White and T h e scented wind's least whisper. Babbling still cain Of the salt sea's embraces, Churnet goes And' others who shall yet their good swords O n his bright venture,-yet her eyes are those measure; Of one wi th w h o m some grief hath had its will. Eternal Peace enfold all these, whose pleasure 1

I t was in thy defence to suffer Pain! 1q 1,y E'en though she claspeth on her.mai'den ltnee T h e baby God, h e r trancCd features show She ha th sore p resage of the bitter loss T h a t d a r k e n e d o n e small house in Galilee: F o r blaclc against the crimson afterglow There riseth g a u n t the menace of the Cross.

H e r eyes are b r i m m e d with sorrow, and the grey w i l d wings o f P a i n are beating in the slty. She d o t h . n o t mark the busy world go b y ; H e r thoughts are of some happier yesterday. But -when she. h e a r s the children at their play Dumb yea rn ing brealis into a bitter cry F o r one t h a t shall not come before she die And call h e r M o t h e r in the old sweet way.

Across blue l e a g u e s of sea her heart takes flight, A homing b i rd , to tha t far Calvary .

Where the l o u d g u n s shall never break his rest. T h e alien tur f u p o n him lieth light; No need h a t h it o f grief's white strewing,-he Wears War's red roses on his gallant breast.

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Battn. South Wales Borderers. Bickerdilte, Robert' ( I 9 I 4).-and., Lieut. I 3th

Battn. West Yorlts. Bland, Ralph -(1902).-Lce.-Sergt. 6th Battn.

Welsh Regt., B.E.F. Craven, Rev. George (~goa).-Chaplain, B.E.F. Conolly, Louis (1903).-Lieut. R.E.A. Drinkwater, R~G. F . H. (1go3).-Chaplain B.E.F. Forsyth, John (1g05).-Cameronians, B.E.F.

(wounded). Gore, William (I 8g8).-Sergt., 5th Lancers,

B.E.F. Gosling, Rev. S. J. (~goz).--Chaplain, B.E.F. Lowry, Rev. Thomas (I 897).-Chaplain, B.E.F. McClafferty, James (191 I).-Pte. -Lanarkshire

Yeomanry. McKnight, inc cent.-~te. New Zealand Con-

tingent in the Dardanelles. McDonnell, W. J. (1904).-Pte. Australian

Contingent.

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Mather, Philip (1906).-Sergt. A.S.C., B.E.F. Moore, Franlt J.-Pte. Volunteer Rifles. FROM THE FIGHTING LINE. Murphy, J. (I~IO).-Cpl. 3rd Battn. 5th North --

Staffs. Nourse, John (1907).-L.-Cpl. 6th South Staffs. lire publish the following ex t rac ts f r o m Pippet, O~wald.-~te. ~ 3 r d Battn. letters received from Old Wilfridians n o w ill

Fusiliers. sandy, 1 v i l l i ~ ~ . - ~ 6 t h ~ ~ t t ~ ~ . 3rd ~ ~ i ~ ~ d ~ France, feeling assured that they will be o f m o r e

Canadian Scottish, B.E.F. than passing interest to all our readers.

Scanlon, Bart (1914).-Pte. Cameron High- Rev. On May 3°th landers. writes :-

Teebay, George C. (1911)-Bombardier 173rd Battery R.F.A.

'\;lralsh, Francis (~gcg).-Pte. i\/Ianchester Regt. Serving in Egypt.

Weston, James R. (1908).-2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Willts, I-Iarold (1g07).-Pte. Sherwood Foresters.

+ + + T. I I . Cox (1912) has been appointed to a

Second-Lieutenancy in 6th Battn. IVorcestzr Regiment.

Gerald G. Green ( I ~ I O ) , who accompanied the Expeditionary Force as a private in the Civil Service Rifles, has received a commission, and is now a Second-Lieutenant in the Dorset Regiment.

iC + + In the allied armies of France and Belgium

there are several of our Old Boys. IVe have not been able to discover in what part of the line they are serving. Those with the French Colours are :-

Bigourdau, Roger (1902-3). de Raimbourville, Robert (1901-3). de Raimbourville, Bernard (1902-3). Moores, Georges. Renault, Olivier (191 5).-5 I Artillery. Thierry, Andrk (1902-3). Valin, Jean (1901-3).

It is curious to note how cosmopolita~~ Wil- fridians are, for in addition to Leopold Deward, who is a Belgian, Thomas S. Mahoney (1906) has written to say that he is now a Sergeant in the little army of Belgium, and has been through the whole of the severe hghting from August 4th, 1914, the time 11e joined.

" 84th Field' Ambulance, 28th Div is ion , will be my address for some time t o c o m e now, though it by no means represents a s t a t i o n a r y spot on the map. '\fire are, at p resent , in a field by a farm (in which I say M a s s ) s o m e miles from any town, and we hea r t h e g u n s all day and all night, but not near e n o u g h t o matter. IVe are ~vithin range, of course , b u t nothing comes our way, not even the wounded . The doctors go up to an advanced station t o attend the wounded, and send them s o m e w h e r e else ; I am going with them to-night. I shal l be able to tell you more about t h e \vorlt later on (I have only just got here) , b u t i t loolts lilce being pretty warm. The o n l y \vork I have done so far was at a sma l l t o w n on my way here, where I found qui te b y chance a lot of gassed men just brought into a church. I spent two hours there and hea rd m a n y con- fessions, and also yesterday w h e n I wallced to a village near by, and stopped all morning and afternoon looking out Catholics in the several little hospitals, as well as t h e A.S.C. and R.A.M.C. men, who don't g e t much chance of the Sacraments. I a r r a n g e d for them all to go to Communion at t h e village church this morning. All the F r e n c h priests I have met have been overflowing with kind- ness. There is only one R.C. Chap la in i n t he 28th Division, so I have a large congregat ion if I could only get at them; b u t it is some- thing like being a missionary wi th half a Continent to look after. T h e m e n are very glad to see a priest and many of t h e m are

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regular saints. There are a few Catholics in t he ambu lance , one office^ also, but I have not come across them yet. I am sorry that this letter is so illegible, but it is the best I can manage, writing on the grass."

" 17th April, 1915.

. !I . . . . This brigade has a portion of the line n o w and lias been in action for nearly two months:. O u r headquarters are in a farm and its outb-uildings, all of which have so far escaped shell fire, although the village on our left and the majority d neighbopring farms have all been shelled frequently. The firing line is a b o u t .a mi1e;and-a-half from here, but hidden f r o m yiew by a small hill. A t night the s k y is alivk- with flares which the Germans have a m a n i a f o r sending up. Several of our batteries are close to us, and on arrival here, the first f e w rounds that were fired seemed rather t e r r i f y i n g ; but now I' have become accustomed to it, i t has much the same effect a s mart ial m u s i c when one first enlists!

" O u r aeroplanes are humming o'verhea-d nearly all day, and occasionally a bold German comes across,. b u t always to beat a hasty retreat. It is rea l ly wonderful to see. our men when the G e r m a n shells are bursting :all

' around t h e m ! T h e y seem to have charmed lives a n d all the shelling in the world does not seem to w&sy them in the slightest.

" Like m o s t people I shall be ,glad when it is. all over . I sleep on straw in a barn (you may say,. ' lucli-y m a n ! ') ; eat not exactly in a civilized way, no'tables, chairs, &c. ; in fact 'this js a n experience. No. cameras are -alloyed to -us he re , o; I could send yo; 'some

. . . interesting snaps.

" .G. VIVIAN; BEESLEY, - " Headquar t e r s 143rd Infantry Battn.,

" 48th . (S. Mid.) Division, , -

." Brit ish Expeditionary Force?'

" D Battery, " 65 th Brigade,, R.F.A., .

" 12th Division, l r June 14th, rgIg.

" I have been over here nearly three weeks and am enjoying myself very much. Tire brought our battery into action almost as soon as we got to the firing line and now fire a few rounds each day to let the Germans Itnow we are here. They fire many more rounds than we do ; but one is bound to get used to them, since one sees little peasant children waiting in the field where the shells are pitching and then make a rush to dig out the fuses. These are of solid brass, and the children sell them for a franc or two each. They treat the shells just as if they were pennies thrown to them.

"Observing the battery fire is . very interesting. W e take it in turns to do this for four hours each: The observer climbs up a tall tree or into a house where he can see the German lines, and directs the fire. Yesterday evening I was trying to blow up a house with Iyddite shells, and I believe it must have been an important spot as the Germans let me have a shell slap into my observing station; but I am still alive! -Our B. Com. is going to take it on. to-night; but he has been wise a n d has changed his ,obseivation station.

" HAROLD S. FETHERSTONHAUGH."

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E offer our hearty congratulations t o W Revv S. J. Gosling. Thomas Lbwry, I George Craven and Harold Drinkwater, on their appointments to Chaplaincies witli the Expeditionary Force in F~ance . 'Father Goslhg is at present attached to the Stationary. I-Iospital , at Boulogne, and the others are with-tlie^Field Ambulances near .the' firin-g line. . '

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The following is an extract from a letter W e offer our congratulatioi~s to Mr. Vivian written by Father Gosling, giving an impression Beesley o n his marriage with Miss Mabel Gold- of the journey to L e I-Iavre :- smith, of Knowle, Birmingham. The ceremony

toolc place o n March zoth, immediately previous " Grand I-Iotel Moderile, to the bridegroom's departure for France, with

L e I-Iavre, the Royal TVarwiclts, in which regiment he is " May 27th, 1915. serving as a private. W e add our earnest wishes

that his return may be happy and not long "We got to Southampto11 about 4 p.m., delayed. * x *

and after we had recaptured our baggage (which had got into the wrong train) and On Saturday, May zgth, Revv. Oswald

reported ourselves to various Commandants Calderbanl:, E. Logan and T. Russell were

it was about 5-30 and we had to be aboard ordained priests, at St. Werburgh's, Birlienhead,

by 6 o'clock. Dinner was served to the by the Bishop of Shrewbury. The reverend

afficers ,, and at s - ~ ~ we started gentlemen left St. 1VilfridJs six years ago to

escorted by t147o destroyers. study divinity a t St. Cuthbert's, Usha\v. To them we send our congratulations and wish them

"We slept (save the marli!) on deck, every happiness and success in their missionary wrapped up in our valises, as best we could. careers.

"Personally I got quite comfortable (it * * 8

was a grand night) and would have slept well, Mr. Gerald G. Green, writes under date but every time I was just dozing off, there April 29th from Wylre Regis to tell us of his came a piercing shriek: and an officer's ~vhistle return from France, in order to take up his or bell from the look-out. At first olie seemed commission as Second-Lieutenant in the Dorset to expect someone to sing out 'torpedo on Regiment. " I went over with my old regiment, the starboard bow,' but after one or two straight up to the extreme right of the British alarms one merely lay and wished for silence. position. W e had a fairly rough time ; but I dl

((we arrived here about a.m., but dicl managed to escape all injury, in spite of the I

llot disembark until after brealifast, served at Huns' efforts round about L a BassCe, in that i

5-30! ~t was a grand sight ---- (cellsor. awful brickfield ! When I had been out a month

from the upper deck. 147~ reported, of course or more, 1 was given a ~ 0 m m i ~ ~ i 0 l l and sent

-that is what life is here, constantly report- home to join llew regiment."

ing-but there was nothing doing, so we have We congratulate Mr. Green and also Mr. T. to stay here until sent for, which may be to- Cox on their appointments. morrow or may be next week-reporting, of * X- X-

course, every morning. Evidence is n o t wanting to prove that the " Le I-Iavre is most peculiar, an English martial spirit is being revived among the older

invasion of a French to~vn; soldiers\ every- sons of St. Wilfirid's, that they together with where, but our men greatly outnumber theirs. the younger generation do not shrinlc from This hotel is quite near headjuarters and is facing the importu~lities of drill instructors! full of officers, mostly young men passing Mr. TVilliam 13. EIanrick, \vho came to Cotton through 011 the way to the front. One effect from Sedgley Park in 1873, has joined the of getting out is that one ceases to have any Surrey National Guard. Both Mr. Hanrick's interest in the war bulletins." soils are officers in the new army.

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Revv. 141. Perry, %. Twiney, IV. Bebbington, 0 . Joyce and Bernard Manion re'ceived the Sz~bdiaco~zate on Sunday, June 27th. T h e first four named were ordained Deacons on the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul two days later. Both ceremonies were performed by His Grace the Archbishop of Birmingham, in the College Chapel at 0scott. We offer them our hearty congratulations.

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News has just come that S. Baron and P. IVaIshe have talten a'very good mark in their respective Examinations at . the . Gregorian University, Rome ; and we seize the .opportunity of offering to them our heartiest congratulations.

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We offer our symp&hy to Rev. F. J. Sandy, of Oscott College, on his unfortunate motor cycle accident, and are glad to hear tha t h e is malting a sure if slow recovery.

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S. WILFRID'S &'BARKERS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING.

H E decision to hold the meeting as usual T this year, was more than justified b y the number of guests who took advantage of the extraordinary weather. to pay their annual visit to Alma. Mater. I t would have been impossible to select better conditions'for the meeting than prevailed this year, and the din of warfare was almost drowned in the noisy laughter of the large assembly.

Amongst those present were :-The Very Reverend President; Very Rev. J. B. Keating, Rev. J. M. Flynn, Rev. T. Scott, Rt. Rev. Mgr. C. J. Cronin, D.D., Rev. S. Sole, Revv., J. F. O'Leary, D.D., 0 . Wall, F: A. Hughes, R. Hughes, , W. Kinsella, IV. Buscot, A. Byrne, John Clavin, A. Mulligan, J. Seddon, Messrs. F. J. Drinkwater, B. Finney, B. Murray, J. Byatt, Junr., J. Morgan, Revv. B. J. McDonnell, F. J. Sumner, P. Noonan, Joseph Clavin, W. Bunc,e, J. Drinkwater, F. Locltett, J. Walsh,

Messrs. F. O'Dowd, M.B., W. Adsms, J. J. Moran, L. D. Leonardt, A. Smith, G. Wilson, E. Smith, C. V. Miller, Revv. A. Emery, G. Price, J. Wright, P. F. McSwiney, TV. Jones, J. Upton, D.D., M. Hamlin, T. Bedwin, Ph.D., Messrs. B. Devaney, J. Dalby, E. Swadkins, J. Lenton, 14. Evans, IV. Hughes, F. Hughes, C. Morrell, C. Danson, Revv. IV. Poulton, B. Moore, C. Fisher and C. G. McDonnell;

The cricket match between Past and' Present was played on Monday afternoon, May '24th, and aroused great excitement.. The g-ame described in another column resulted in a victory for 'the Present.

W e were pleased to welcome among the, visitors who stayed the week-end Mr. C; Danson, whose reputation as a cricketer had preceded him. Fo;tunately for us he djd not " get going,'' or there might have been a very different tale to tell.

The Meeting was held on Tuesday and' was well attended. At 2 p.m. dinner was served to the guests,, who numbered sixty-five. . Joseph Gillow, Esq., who had , accepted the Very Reverend President's invitations to. be the Society's guest on this occasion was, to the great regret of all, prevented at the last moment from attending, by his medical advisers. We have to thank Rev. J. M. Flynn, of ~urton-on- rent, for the readiness with which he consented to take Mr. Gillow's place, and propose the toast of the .day.

The President proposed the toast, "The Holy Father and the King," and it was received in the usual loyal manner, to . the singing of " 0 Roma felix," and the National Anthem. ....

Father Flynn was then called upon, and he prefaced his speech with a short apology for taking the place of so eminent a man as Mr. Gillow, and asked the Pr,esident to cdnvey to Mr. Gillow .an expression of regret that he was unable to be present on this occa-sion, 'and good wishes for a speedy return to health. The speaker. then said that although he was not a

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Parlter, having been educated at Douai, he ltnew many Parlters, and had for many years been intimate with St. Wilfrid's. At once he came to the point and said that it was for each one of the Old Boys in the Society to ask himself, what he can do for Alma Mater. Much of the success of every college depends upon the support it receives from its former pupils. That is undoubtedly the case now, and the concern of the members of St. IVilfrid's and Parlcers' Society should be the success of the College. Therefore they must see that whenever oppor- tunity offers, they must send more boys and persuade others to send them too. The spealter then coupled the name of the President with the toast, referring to the genial reception he him- self had received on this and on many other occasions.

The toast was received with acclamation, and the notes of the " Gaudeamus " reverberated from the distant hills.

military servicg as already ascertained, is nearly a hundred, and pointed out that this apparently small figure represents a good proportion of those who are free to join the Army, since this is not exclusively a lay College. The name of Rev. James Dey, who was recently mentioned in desljatches, he said, called for special mention, to which the company signified their assent by loud applause.

T h e names of the four Old Boys recently appointed temporary Chaplains to the Expe- ditionary Force were also mentioned.

T h e speaker proceeded with a tribute of praise to the school which had so distinctly encouraged amongst its pupils loyalty and the hardiness which bespealis manliness and self- sacrifice. The spirit of Sedgley Parlt, he said, was transplanted with the school, and is showing itself to-day, in the loyal devotion to a just cause which the descendants of the Parlcers are displaying. Turning to the consideration of the

In his reply, the Very Reverend Canon Hymers, after thanlting Father Flynn for under- talting the duty of speech-malcer at short notice, paid a tribute to Mr. Gillow, and the worlt he had done for the Catholic Church in England in historical research. After which he remarked that his term of office seemed no nearer com- pletion than when he began it, twelve years ago. This called forth cheers and laughter. He spolte of the successful worlt of the College during the year; of the improvements to the fabric by the instal1at:on of a heating apparatus ; and of the increase in the number of boys since the last annual meeting. What he augured a year ago, had been realised, and he hoped that a period of greater success was dawning upon St. Wilfrid's. He concluded by thanlting the guests for their hearty reception of the toast.

Rev. George Price then spolte on a topic with which all are familiar and in which Wilfridians have a particular interest, when he proposed, " Old Boys serving with the Colours." I-Ie began by saying that the number of Cottonians in

patron saint, he said, that often, while he was a member of the College Staff, he was impressed with the thought, that the life of St. Wilfrid, as depicted by his biographer, was indeed the exemplar on. which the boys of St. Wilfrid's were modelled. There was nothing emasculating in the hardy training at Sedgley Parlt, and the same spirit of manliness obtained to-day at S t . Wilfrid's. IVlzile wishing success to those Old Boys who were already in the Army he had n o hesitation in saying that they would not only d o their duty, but would do it as well, if not better than any others.

T h e toast was heartily received. T h e President then proposed " Our Guest,"

and in sentiments suitable to the occasion spolie of Father Flynn's work in the diocese and of his being in an almost unique position as the representative of the priests of the Archdiocese, chosen by themselves to administer the Diocesan Clergy Fund. H e again offered him his own and the tlzanlts of the Society.

T h e guests afterwards dispersed, and a successful meeting was brought to a close.

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COLLEGE DIARY. ation for work later on. The points he gave on the " Study Clubs " for working men were. , .

ARCH I ath.-We have two more football most interesting- M matches to record in these coluqns. T h e April ~3rd.-The Feast of St. George was,

first -was with Oakamoor, to whom was the a.s usual, a whole play day, and this year we.

honour of having inflicted on us, early in the were honoured by the presence of His Lordship

season, our only defeat. The match was played Bishop of Northampton, who said the coin- -

at Oakamoor, and our determination to be mu nit^ Mass, and spent the day at the College.

revenged carried us through to overwhelming W e played football-Reds v. Whites-in the

victory. \?re left nothing to chance, and proved morning, and had the usual excursions to Alton

qur superiority in good, all round play. Every and Cheadle in the af~emoon.

man gave of his best, and, individually and May 1st and 3rd.-The Annual ~ t h l e t i c collectively, the side was little short of brilliant. Sports were held. A full account will be. found

The score was 6-1, W. IVhitehurst claiming in another column.

all our points. May 6th.-We opened the season with the .March ?fth.-The second .match was with first game of cricket, in perfect rea at her. A -

Penkbull a\?ray. A rather disconcerting wind play day was given as usual. Felix 3. '

interfGEed with the play, and in consequence the Biet found immediate form and scored a very .

football displayed was erratic. The home side good- 84. 1

May- 7th.-We were pleased ,to welcome . ' opericd the scpring but TVhitehurst equalised. In the second haif Lewis put us ahead, and Ross Second Lieutenant R. Bickerdike, who paid a

increaskd-our lead. The final score was 3-2. short visit to US while on Ieave from his \Ve were enter ta ine~ afterwards, and altogether regiment.

the trip was tery enjoyable. The, eleven in both May 13th.-Ascension Day this year will be

games was as usual:-L. Travis; A. M. Russe& memorable as being the worst from consider-

W. Shaffery; B. F. Clarke, J. 'Lewis, J. W. ations of weather, and the best as'regards the

Dunne; L. Ross, L. F. \Valshe, A. Whitehurst, success of the Choir's Ann.ual Trip to Dovedale, .

M. Mkdovern, F. Van der PO& Linesman: I n spite of the sympathy with which the- ~ e l i x J. Biet. " unfortunate " trippers were overwhelmed at

March 3 Ist.-~he ietreat this year was given starting, the most ideal weather could not have . .

by Rev. Hugh Pope, O.P. added to the success of the oGting. .

April 12th.-~fter the Easter vacation, Mr. May 20th.-Rev. S. J. Gosling paid a brief E. Smith returned in the plice of Mr. R. Bicker- visit t o the College before his departure as a dike, who left to take .up his commission as Chaplain to His Majesty's Forces. He left for Second Lieutenant in the \Vest- Yorks. W e France on the following Tuesday, taking with offer him our congratulations and best ivishes him our best wishes. The President granted a for success in his military career. Although he " half," at Father Gosling's request: . has been at St. \VilfridJs only a short time, M a y ~2nd.-The . Whitsuntide Holidays . joining,,the' Staff in September, 1914, he .won commenced. several visitors tool<. part in the the respect ofi all, and we are sorry .to lose him. cricket match on Sunday, and Mr. C: Danson

' April 16th:-~ev; Charles ~later,'S.J., gave inspired a wholesome' fear by a good not-out a ve'ry.interesting discourse on " Catholicity and innings. the War," -in which' he impressed 'upon us the - On Monday the Annual "'Past " v. " Present " necessity of reading'now, as a remote prepar- ' match began. The weather was perfect and

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the teams well matched . Father llcSwiney, " P A S T . "

captained the past, lost toss and was Mi- n'. Hughes b TYhitehurst 1 b Dunne 7 . ...............

1Ir . F . Hughes b D u n n e ...... 3 b Whitehurst ......... 0 ......... ...... . . forced to take the field Mainly due to the Re\ .. J CIavin, b D u n n e 4 b n 'hi tehurst 1

>Ir . C . Danson, b T5?hitehurst 22 b Dunne ................ O careful batting of Russell and McGovem~ the Mr . J . Morgan, b D u n n e ...... o b IYhitehurst 2 ......... present reached the respectable, but llot formid- Mr . J . Lenton, b TT7hitehurst 3 ct Russell b 15'hite-

hurst ............... 0 able total of 108 . Mr . W . 1-Iughes and Mr . F . \,Ir . B . J . D e v a n e . , Ibm c t Thornas b \X:hite-

b TX'hitchurst ............... 3 hurst ............... 5 I-I"ghes be@n the batting for the Past' It Rev . P . McSwiney, n o t o u t ... 31 ct and b Dunnc ...... 0

was a disastrous start . Mr . IV . I-Iughes was A'Ir . J . Lcmis (sub) b TTJhite- burst ........................... 0 not ou t .................. 0

clean bowled by Whitehurst for a sing1e . Rcv . . Noonan, b Tl 'hi tehurst o b T.TJhitchurst ......... 3 ......... . . ever, Mr , Danson, the next batsman, played h'Ir E S ~ v a d k i n s b W h i t e - b 1T:hitehurst 0

hurst ........................ 2 confidently, and by means of forceful cricket Ext ras .................. 6 E s t r a s ......... 2

. . obtained 22, when he was beaten and dismissed . ...... T o t a l 75 Total 26 ......... A "ro t" set in and the next three wicl<ets fell cheaply . Rut the Past found another saviour May 29th.-On this day we played

Oal<amoor a n d were easily defeated . I t must in the person of their captain, who hit out in be said, however, that we lacked the services of fearless style and was not out at the close for 31 . J . Biet and E . Arg<iello . Their places in the

Ivith a lead of 33 rulls the Present began XI . were taken b y B . Clarke and J . Lewis . I l e

+heir second innings . The bowling of Messrs . lost by eight wicliets .

Danson and i\Iorgan proved to be too good for June 3rd.-Feast of Corpus Christi . Usual whole play d a y . " R e d s " v . " Whites " match

them and the whole side ~vas out for the meagre in the morning . ~h~ R~~~ ,\.on by 44 runs . total of 28 .

" R E D S . " Excitement ran high when the Past elltered F . Biet, run o u t .................. 12 ct Shaffery b R ~ ~ ~ ~ I I 12

up011 their task of obtaining the 62 ru11s 'I' '4cG0Vern3 ct Lewis W:hitehurst .................. 1 b Russell ............... 2

......... . . necessary for victory . Not even the most Fr J'IcDonnell I b w b Russel l 12 b T\:hitehurst 5 L . 1. . Walshe, b Russe l l ...... 1 0 b Russell ............... 9

sanguine of the many the B . I.Iicltson, b UVhitehursL 0 b n7hitehurst 0 ... ......... XI . were for what followed . The J . U' . D ~ l n n e , c t Lewis b

Russell ..................... 31 b Russell ............... 1 Past were dismissed for 26, and the game ended D . Ford, ct L e w i s 13 TI'hite- ct FI'I~omas b n1hitP-

Ii~trst ........................... 12 hursl ............... 0 in a victory for the Present by 35 ' R . Ives, Ibnf b L e w i s ............ 4 b nJhitehurst ..,.,,.,, 1

......... burst deserves mention for very good bo\vliag J . 18100rc, b T\:hitrhurst ...... ii b MJhitchurst 0 J . McICnight, c t I.e\vis b

in innings, and the of the ' lvas R~tssell ........................ 1 b uss sell ............... 0

keen . Appended are the scores :- C . Nicholson, no t o u t ......... 2 not ou t .................. 4 Ext ras .................. 6 Extras ......... 7

. . " PRESENT." T o t a l ......... 9'6 - Total ...... 41

I .. P . Tmvis, ct . W . Hughes " TVHI*FES." ..... b h4organ ..................... 3 ct Devancy b Danson 0 .< . 11 . Russell, b D u n n e ; O not ou t .................. 15

.I . Tl'hitrhurst, b Danson ...... 9 Ibnr b Danson ......... 7 . 'l'ravis, b D u n n e ............ 17 ct ant1 b Hicltson ... 1 . ......... ............... /\ . ;\I . Rt~ssell, run out 15 b 3Iorpun 4 B 'i\:hitchurst, c t >IcGovcrn

I: . J . Biet, ct Da~lson b b Dunne ...................... 15 b Dunne ............... 2 S\vadltins ..................... 8 b h810rgan ............... 0 IT'. Shaffcry, b H i c k s o n ...... 5 ct Fortl b I-Iickson ... 1.3

. F . R'alshe, b Danson ...... 0 b Morgan ............... 0 E . 'l'homas, b Hiclrson ......... 12 IJ Dunnc ............... 3 J . mr . Dtlnne, b Danson ...... 0 b hlorgan ............... 0 J . Lc\\~is, s t R'aIshe b HicIison 3 c t and b Hicltson ... 0 TJ'. Shaffery, ct sub b Danso~i G ct 1.enton b Danson 3 J . Camacho, c t F o r d b H i c k - 31 . ;\,Ic(.overn, ct MJ . Hughes son .............................. 0 c t and b Dunnc ...... 0

11 hIcS\viney ................ 13 IJ Danson ............... 0 . Clarltr b D u n n e ............ 2 b Hickson ............... 0 E . A . Thornas, not out ......... 14 run out .................. 0 C . Singleton, no t o u t ......... , 0 b Dunnc ............... 1 J . B . Hickson, b Danson ...... 3 b 3, Iorgan ............... 0 H . Crump, ct Hicl ison ......... 4 run out .................. 0 E . .qrgiiello, b Danson ......... 0 not out .................. 0 E . Barry, b D u n n e ............ 3 b Dunne ............... 0

......... Extras .................. 37 Extras 14 Extras 3 E s t r a s 1 .................. ......... - . - . Total ...... 108 Total ...... 28 T o t a l ......... 64 Total ...... 29

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June 12th.-College XI. v. Icingsley. This THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC proved to be a most exciting finish, and E. Argue110 must be congratulated o n malting the SPORTS. - - - ~

winning hi't. L. Travis played a sound innings. Tine fielding was excellent.

KINGSLEY. 1-1. Capewell, ct Dunne b Whi tehurs t ...... 5 C. Goodwin, ct Dunne b Whi tehurs t ......... 1 2

........................ 147. Woocl, Ibw, b Dunne 11 J. Edwards, Ibm, b Whitehurst ............... 0 F. Buttress, run out .............................. 1 T. Hall, ct Travis b Dunne ..................... 8 R. Wood, b Dunne ................................. 3

........................ J. Morton, b IVhitehurst 10 . W. Mills, ct Russell b Dunne .................. 0

A. Hathaway, ct Hiclcson b 'Urhitehurst ... 4 H. Booth, not out ................................. 1

Extras ................................. .2

T IIE marked feature of the Sports of 1915 is the keen competition with which each event

was contested. The absence of that influence, of giving up an event to a popular favourite, which often becomes an obsession in School Sports,. contributed largely towards what we have no hesitation is describing as, one of the most successful contests of recent years. There were no foregone conclusions in any event, and -

~ o t a l ................... :. 57 the results were always in the nature of a surprise. COLLEGE XI. This wis particularly the case in the Little I

.............................. F. J. Biet, b J. Hall 9 A. ~ f . Russell, ct. Hall b Buttress ......... 1; . . Bounds, of which the competitors showed. grit A Whitehurst, b Hall ........................... and determination that was surprising arid 147. Shaffery, b Hall .............................. 0' L. Travis, b C. Goodwin ........................ 15 which, we are pleased to remark, placed them '! M. RfcGovern, ct Hall b Buttress ............ 0 first on the tape. We congratulate all who took L. F. Walshe; ct Hathaway b G o o F i n ... 9 J. ~ x 7 . Dunne, s t Capewell .b Goodmin ...... 0 part on ,the exc,ellent spirit with which they

........................... E. A. 'Thomas, b Hall 1 carried out the lengthy programme. .... ...................... . J. B. Hicltson, not out : 2 .............................. . E. Arguello, run out 6 Of special events, perhaps the one which

Extras ................ ..:.. ............ 9 - evoked most interest 'was the Cross Country . Total ..................... 62 Race for the Big Bounds.. This was run on

$une ~1st.-The President's Feas t . Cricket Saturday evening, May st, the opening day of wag played.in the morning, a n d the re were walks the sports. l-he course, the same as last year, to Alton and Cheadle in t h e afternoon. The is a little over five miles There were many weather was 'ideal, and a very pleasant day was spent by all. W. DUNNE, P.M. speculations as to the. winner, when the runners

lined up, and perhaps the geJleral favourite was

To the retiring officials, a f te r t h e year's hard' last year's champion, and holder of the cross and successful work, t he House owes a n d hereby Country Trophy, W. Dunne. The victor, an acltnowledges its thanlts :- easy first, proved to be Richard Ives, who ran

T o J. W. Dunne, who has 'fulfilled t h e onerous splendidly and finished quite fresh, in 32 mins. duties of PubIic Man. "/, secs. ; while IV. Dunne, who ran second, was J.

T o J. B. Hicltson and B. F. ~ l a r l t e , who have I min. 10 secs. behind, and was closely followed responded to the many calls of the Sacristy. by L. R~~~ afid L. walshe.

T o J. Lewis and A. Russell, Librarians. Philip Palmer won, easily in the Little T o T. Fitzgerald and L. Travis, f o r the care-. Bounds, and gave evidence of a stamina far in

ful. discharge of the duties of t h e Games excess of his size. Room -Men. The. Jumps, though perhaps not so remark-

TO M. McGovern for undertaking the manage- ably good, were better than ,last year's 'events, ment of the Tenriis. .

T o C. Nicholson and C. Singleton for ,the and Ernesto' Argue110 may be congratulated in

punctilious performance of their duties as beating the competitors of both years in height and distance. Frog Shop Men.

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The result of the competition for the Gordon- The Committee b e g t o acknowledge the I-Iensler Challenge Cup was very satisfactory, follo\ving amounts contributed towards the and the winner, IT. Shaffery, placed the issue prizes, and to thanli those gentlemen who gave beyond all doubt, by a substantial lead in points. them.

...... ......... Ri. Shaffery 20 pts. Mr. Dunne 9 pts. Rev. S. J. Gosling, £1 IS. ; T. Gordon- B. Whitehurst ... 13 ,, R. Ives ............ 6 ,, T. Fitzgerald ... 11 ,, L. W'alshe ...... 5 ,, 1-Iensler, £1 IS. and a Gold Medal ; Rev. 147. E.

.......... ...... E. Arguello 11 ,, I,. Ross 5 ,, t\. Russell 10 ,, D. Ford 2 ,, Jones, £ I IS. ; IV. I-Iughes, Esq., £1 10s. ; .......... ...... The points were allotted as under :- Anonymous, £I ; Rev. IV. Poulton, ro/- ; Rev.

Ist and 3rd 4th F. Stanbridge, 101-. ...... For the Sprints, Half-mile, and Mile 5 3 2 -

Cross Country ....................................... 6 4 3 2 The Committee also desire t o thank Rev. For the Jumps, Putting Weight and Throw- J. Upton, D.D., Rev. F. A. Hughes and Rev.

.............................. ing Cricliet Ball 4 2 1 - C. G. McDonnell for their services in the field A word about the freak events; they were

both amusing and eagerly contested, and the as Timekeeper, Starter and Judge.

winners of the Obstacle Race in Big and Little -- Bounds deserve great commendation for their perseverance. STUDY NOTES.

The results are as follows :- 100 Yards Scratch Race, B.B. Special Prize, presented by

Rev. I.\'. E. Jones :-1 B. m'hitehurst, 2 T. Fitz- U R thanks must be once more offered to gerald, 3 L. Ross. 10 4-5 secs.

100 Yards Scratch Race, L.B. :-I' H . Crump, 2 J. 0 Father I T Jones a n d Mr. J. Dalby, who

LIeweilyn, 3 C. Shiner. 13 1-5 secs. have repeated their kindness of former years by 120 Yards, B.B. :-I B. Whitehurst, 2 W. Shaffery, 3 D giving a guinea each for t he best essays in

Ford. 13 4-5 secs. 120 Yards, L.B. :-1 F. Davis, 2 H. Crump, 3 H. Perry.

Upper and Lower Studies, a n d to Father 17 secs. Poulton and Father Stanbridge for presenting

Quarter-Mile, B.B. :-I 15'. Shaffery, 2 T. Fitzgerald, 3 A. a guinea half-a-guinea respectively for Russell. 60 secs.

220 Yards, L.B. :-I 17. Davis, 2 A. de Goitia, 3 G. improvemellt premiums. J. Lewis has again Loughnan. 29 4-5 secs.

Half-Mile, B.B. :-1 T. Fitzgerald, 2 W. Shaffery, 3 A. been successful in gaining the first place, though

Russell. 2 min. 22 secs. he has found a close competitor in IV. Dunne. Half-Mile, L.B. :-1 P. Palmer, 2 A. de Goitia, 3 L. Tighe. The second guinea has been won by C. EIowell

2 min. 40 3-5 secs. Mile Open Handicap:-1 1.V. Dunnc, 2 L. Walshe, 3 W. and B. 'V. Eccles and J. Cregg

Shaffery. 5 min. 38 secs. deserve praise for composition of high standard. Cross Country, B.B. (Course about 5 miles). Silver Salver,

presented by G. Gosling Plant, Esq. (QJinner to hold The prizes for music llave been awarded to it for one pear) :-I R. Ives, 2 W. Dunne, 3 L. Ross, E. Broadley and B. Hickson. T h e s e are the 4 L. Walshe. 32 min. 3-5 sec.

Cross Country, L.B. (old course):--1 P. palmer, 2 L. " Lodwidge " Prizes. Tighe, 3 R. Smith, 4 G. Barry. 10 min. 32 1-5 secs. The " Mathematics " Prizes have fallen to

High Jump, B.B. :-I E. Arguello. Height 4 ft. 104 ins. B. I-Iicltson alld I-. R ~ ~ ~ , E. ~ h ~ ~ ~ ~ , E. B ~ ~ ~ ~ , High Jump, L.B. :-I F . Singleton. Height 4 ft. Long Jump, B.B. :--I E. Argiiello. Length 18 it . and B. Wrighton, in their respective divisions. Long Jump, L.B. :-1 G. I>oughnan. Length 11 ft. 11 ins. Throwing the Criclcet Ball, B.B. :-1 A. Russell. Distance

The prizes for " Religious Knowledge " have 81 yds. 23 ft. been carried off by Mr. Dunne, B. Griffin,, and

'Throwing the Cricket Ball, L.B. :-1 0. Potter. Distance B. Wrighton. The rnargill of victory is very 56 yds. 8 ins.

Putting the Weight :-1 W. Shaffery. Distance 33 ft. 1 in. narrow. Sack Race, B.B. :--I C. Howison, D. Ford and M. Byrnr. His Lordship the Bishop of Northampton Saclc Race, L.B. :-1 C. Howell, 2 A. cle Goitia, 3 J. has l<indly consented to distribute the prizes on

Llewellyn. Obstacle Race, B.B. :-I J . A,IcRnight, 2 A,[. Byrnc, 3 A. Thursday, July 15th. 011 this d a y the Local

Thornton. Examinations begin, and we have every reason 0l)stacle Race, L.B.:-1 1'. Palmer, 2 C. Hornell, 3 B.

Potter. to hope that our success will b e a s solid, if not Consolation Racc, B.B. (440 yards):-1 E. Barry, 2 F. as brilliant, as ill former years.

Van der Poel, 3 C. Nicholson. Consolation Race, L.B. (220 yards) :-1 147. Coomcr, 2 J . JOSEPH UPTON.

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