£be Mack anb IRebVOL.3 MARCH. 1914 No. 19

Statt of tbe /lRac?a3ine

Editor - R. V. Hakvey, M.A.

Committer :

Mr. C. H. Collisson R. H. Finlayson R. B. Waldon

CONTENTS OF No. 19

PageEditorial 1

School Notes 2

Christmas Plays 3

Boxing Tournament 5

Old Boys' Column 6

PageFootball Notes 7

Matters Military 11

Notes from the Butts 12

Valete, Comites ! 14

Is Flying Dangerous ? 15

. EDITORIALAs usual, we begin our record of 1914 with a review of

the doings of the past year.

Honours, 1913.

Royal Military College: E. D. Townesend, 9th place; J.

G. Tatlow, 30th place.

McGill Matriculation: Challoner, Tatlow, Drewry, Wal-don, Watt, Wallis, Dawson, Palmer, (compared with four

last year).

Games, 1913.

Cricket— (Capt., J. G. Tatlow) : School XL won 6, lost 6;School and Masters won 1, lost 2. Batting, Tatlow; Bowling,Finlayson ; Fielding, Winch. Clayton Cup, Fireflies XL,(Capt., H. W. Dobbie). '

Football— (Capt., C. Kilpatrick) : 1st XV. won 3, lost 5,

drew 1; 2nd XjV., won 1, lost 1. House matches: WestHouse won 2, drawn 1. Galer Cup won by Internationals,

(Capt., A. G. Woodward).Hockey— (Capt., R. H. Finlayson) : Won o, lost 2. Bar-

nacle Cup won by "A" team, (Capt., R. B. Waldon).

Shooting— (Capt., P. R. M. Wallis) : Inter-School Shield,

1st place in Canada; C.R.L. Series (Woods Cup), 3rd .place

in Canada; Imperial Challenge Shield (Miniature), 51st placein the Empire ; C.R.L. Miniature Series, 9th place in Canada

;

Tolmie Shield won by Cowichan team (Waldon) ; Section

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Cup won by No. 2 section "B" company ( Colour-Sergt. Per-rie) ; Finlayson Shield won by Rangers team (\\

T

allis).

Individual Championships, 1913.

Head of the School, J. G. Tatlow ; Athletics, (Senior), P.

R. M. YVallis ; (Junior), R. Hedley; Boxing', C. Kilpatrick;Gymnasium, A. McCrea ; Tennis, L. Brown; Shooting, P. R.M. Wallis.

SCHOOL NOTES.

The following boys joined us this term : ,

Boarders—C. C. S. Montgomery, (VI.), from Ridley College;C. E. de Berigny, (IV.), from Yokohama;F. K. Ellissen (IV.), from Malvern College;D. G. Lougheed, (I.);

G. T. Jamieson, (I. ) ;

P. Kerfoot ii, (I.);

L. Haggle iii, (I.);

G. Smith i ;

J. D. Cross, (I.);

J. D. Ferguson, (I.);

A. B. Clemons, (I.).

Chapel Notes.

Morning chapel was instituted this term at 9.15 a.m. daily,

except Saturday and Sunday. It consists of a hymn, the Con-fession, the Lord's Prayer, a Lesson, and three Collects. Theboarders have now definite seats assigned to them for all ser-

vices, and the day-boys come in after service, if required, to

hear notices read, and sit at the hack.

On Ash Wednesday a special service was held, which wasattended by the day-boys as well as the boarders.

We have to thank the following for preaching at our Sun-day evening services during this term :

3rd Sunday after Epiphany, The Lord Bishop of Columbia.Text, Acts ix., 6.

1st Sunday in Lent, Rev. M. F. Hilton. Text, Pro v. xxx., 27.

2nd Sunday in Lent, Rev. H. A. Collison. Text, Mark viii, 383rd Sunday in Lent, Hon. and Rev. T. R. Heneage. Text, II.

Peter i, 4.

The following boys have 'been prepared for confirmationby Mr. Willis; seven were confirmed at St. Mary's, Oak Bay,011 March 26th: R. II. Hedley, C. W. Husband, R. A. Leslie,

A. P. Musgrave, G. G. T. Richardson, C. T. Thomas, K. Wins-low; II. Ridgway-Wilson will be confirmed at St. John's.

Victoria, on Sunday next, and the remainder in Vancouver bythe Bishop of New Westminster, namely, J. I), de Pencier, J.

C. de Pencier, L. Creerv and W. B. Creery.

H. Mclnnes .and H. Winch were awarded their Prefect's

caps this term. The new monitor is J. Xichol.

THE CHRISTMAS PLAYS.

At the end of the Christmas term the usual School Play

was given, and turned out to be the most successful undertak-

ing in everv wav that has ever been seen of this sort at the

University School.

Two plays were put on, and a new departure was tried, in

that one of the masters took a prominent part in each of the

plays, instead of the cast being limited to boys, and as this

gentleman is an old hand at the game, his inclusion helpedmatters considerably.

The first play was a short serio-comedy adapted by Mr.Collisson from W. W. Jacobs' short story, "The Ghost of

Jerry Bundler." It was written for seven characters, andre-christened with the blood-curdling title, "The HauntedInn," or "Brimstone Barrier." So many of our readers sawthe play that it is unnecessary to give the plot in detail. Noone had what could be called a "fat" part. Henderson, as anold English butler, was very good indeed, and Husband actedthe part of a 'gouty and funky old man in his usual realistic

way. Finlayson, assisted by a huge false beard, took the partof the innocent doctor with the huge revolver. Both he andhis weapon went off" all right. Sizer was excellent in the part

of an American with a tendency to boast, and we predict a

great future for him in the school theatrical world, if he canget a part to suit him. Snyder had a very small part, but wasquite good. Mr. Collisson played the part of the practical

joker, a part which he has taken many times before, and at

which he was very successful, and his acting in the deathscene was specially commendable. He wore no disguise

except a small moustache.

It would be wrong to write this account without mention-ing the bumper audience before which the plays were per-

formed. The gymnasium, full of chairs right up to the foot-

lights, and the grand stand erected behind them for the boys,were crowded to the utmost. Many people had to standthrough the evening, and a late start was necessary owing to

the sudden influx of visitors.

After a short interval, which Mr. Sparks enlivened with a

couple of songs, the piece de resistance was started. This

was a short comedy called "The Conversion of Nat Sturge,"

which was originally played at His Majesty's Theatre, Lon-don. The part of the Bishop who interrupts the burglar in

his episcopal study was taken by Finlayson, clad in a dressing-

gown. It is hard to praise the latter too much for his acting, for

he was what the boys called "great," and seemed to hit exactly

the happy .medium required by his part between the comic andMie serious. It is a pity that a slight slip by Mr. Collisson in

the dialogue should have caused the omission of a number of

lines, but no one except the actors knew that anything hadgone wrong. As the bishop's ugly daughter, it would be rudeto say that Waldon was almost natural. He was very lady-

like, but hardly ugly enough. However, these two succeededin keeping the audience in roars of laughter with the clever

conversation which is the making of the play. It was a greatpity that L. Creery, the burglar's assistant, should have hadsuch a small part, for both the audience and the Press, whowere loud in their praise of the plays, seemed to think that

his acting was not far short of the professional standard . Wehope that in some future play he will find some bigger part

to suit him. Mr. Collisson played the part of Nat Sturge in

a way that any burglar might have envied. His facial expres-sion was as funny as his words, in fact, a small girl in the

front row nearly had hysterics with delight. The scenerywas by far the best that has ever been seen at the school, for

which thanks are due to the Sergeant, and also for his great

help as scene-shifter. His drop-curtain design will be a

permanent addition to our proscenium.

One of the most striking features of the play was the

lighting effect produced by the School Electrician, W. Reb-'beck. His flickering fire was most realistic, and the moonand other changes of light were excellently arranged. Mr.

Thomas, as usual, acted as prompter, though luckily he did

not have much to do. Mr. Collisson acted as stage manager,

and devoted a great deal of valuable time to making the plays

a success.

A great impression was made on the audience at the end,

when the whole school rose and sang the School Song, which,

with the National Anthem, brought a most successful evening

to a conclusion.

The greatest credit is due to all concerned, not only to the

actors for their hard work in rehearsing, but to the assistants,

down to Byrn i, the messenger, who all worked hard to makeit a success. Mr. Collisson was, of course, the principal

mover of the whole scheme, and his experience and help wereinvaluable and appreciated by all.

THE BOXING TOURNAMENT.The preliminary bout of this, our fourth annual Boxing

Tournament, took place on November 27th, and the finals on

December 5th. There were 23 entries.

Mr. Mclntyre kindly refereed, and Messrs. Bolton andManning acted as judges.

The prizes this year took the form of solid and handsomemedals, the champion of "A" class receiving a silver medal,

and the rest bronze medals of different sizes.

"A" Class.—In the preliminary rounds Kilpatrick defeated

Tolmie and Schofield beat Holden. Neither of the winners

had much trouble in getting through this round, but Kilpat-

rick's form was so evidently superior to the others that the

final and the championship went to him by default. It was a

great pity that no opportunity was afforded us of seeing Kil-

patrick's much improved foot-work and straight, clean hitting,

for he has improved wonderfully in these respects since the

beo'innino- of the season.

"B" Class.—Henderson beat Dobbie in the first round, but

was defeated by Chambers in the final. The continual clinch-

ing in this round quite spoilt the bout from the spectator's

point of view. Henderson showed little form, apparently

being puzzled by his opponent's tactics, 'but he has a 'good

punch and can stand plenty of punishment. His footwork,however, can improve considerably.

"C" Class.—There were some very good bouts in this class.

L. Creery went four rounds before getting a decision overMackenzie i, while Bayne put up a good but unsuccessfulfight against John de Pencier. Winslow had no trouble in

defeating Richardson i, but was himself beaten 'by Duke i. Inthe bout between Creery and de Pencier the latter won, butCreery fought very pluckily. Duke not being well enough to

box the final round, the medal and championship went to

de Pencier. He will make a good boxer, having all the requi-

sites, but he should learn not to "advertise" his blows bydrawing bis arm too far back, and should pay more attention

to his body guard.

"D" Class.—Buscombe vs. Williams ii was very one-sided,

the former getting the decision after one round. Annance hadto go four rounds to beat Falk, but was outpointed by Bus-combe in the final.

Annance and Buscombe 'both favour the whirlwind method,and there is a considerable likeness in their styles. They are

very quick, both with glove and foot, and their hitting is

straight and hard. Annance leaves far too many openings,and makes a mistake in trying to rush a heavier man.

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"E" Class.—The junior rounds were decidedly good.

Heggie i beat Byrn i, and Angell beat both the Heggies andwon the medal, but had to fight an extra round to beat Heggie i

in the final. These two showed considerable science, but

the hitting of Heggie was much harder and better directed,

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of Angell's punches failed to find a mark. Thereseem to be many good juniors coming on, who are learning

the game early and well.

After the presentation of the medals by Mr. Harvey, the

competitors presented Mr. Mclntyre with a handsome set of

carvers as a mark of their appreciation of the assistance hehad given them during- the term and at the tournament.

It was a pity that three of last year's winners, Winch, Nicholand Devine, were prevented from taking part in this competi-tion by minor injuries.

It is noteworthy that this is the first tournament that

Winch has missed, while Henderson has taken part in everytournament since 1910.

OLD BOYS' COLUMN.

The organization of an Old Boys' Union is now beingworked out, and details will be forthcoming shortly.

So far as Vancouver is concerned, enquiries should beaddressed to Mr. H. R. Wade, 1439 Pender Street W., Van-couver.

Duncan Bell-Irving (1911), is now one of the senior boysof Loretto School. He has developed a decided talent for

boxing, and lately went five rounds without a decision againstthe light-weight champion of Scotland.

J. E. Mathews (Prefect 1910), has taken a commission as

Lieutenant in the Victoria detachment of the Corps of Guides.

G. E. Ambery (Prefect 191 1), is studying French andplaying golf in the South of France.

Beaufin Irving (1907), and Dick Wallis (Prefect 1913),are subalterns in the newly-formed 50th Regiment High-landers in Victoria.

Robin Watt (1913), is a Lance-Corporal in the BrightonCollege O.T.C. He has just taken his examination for Cer-tificate "A."

Kenneth Macdonald (1912), has joined the 50th High-landers.

Norman Lockyer (1910), is working at the Bliss Electrical

College at Washington, D.C.

CITY INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE.Our team this year, though they 'worked very hard under

their energetic captain, C. Kilpatrick, were decidedly out-

weighted in this competition, where they had to play against

the second teams of all the city clubs, and even in the case of

the High School, we were handicapped by the fact that they

were allowed to include players from the McGill College. Thesummary of the season shows: Won, 2, lost 5, drawn 1. TheHigh School were the winners of the Intermediate Cham-pionship again this year.

Matches.

Oct. 31st. vs. High School. (Home). Lost, 20 to 3.

Our try was scored by Snyder. R. Wallis played for the

High School, and scored three tries.

Nov. 8th. vs. Law Students. (Home). Drawn, 3 to 3.

Diobbie scored for us with a penalty goal. Bagshawe and W.Taylor played on our opponents' team.

Dec. 13th. vs. Wanderers. (Home). Won, 24 to 3.

Tries for us by Kilpatrick, Wroodward, Dobbie and Ramsay.

Dec. 6th. vs. James Bay. (Home). Lost, 3 to o.

Jan. 24th. vs. James Bay. (Home). Lost, 6 to 3. Ourtry was scored by Kilpatrick. This match was played in a

heavy snowstorm, with two inches of snow on the ground.Feb. 4th. vs. High School. (Away). Lost, 22 to o.

Feb. 14th. vs. Wanderers. (Away). Lost, 3 to o.

Feb. 2 1 st. vs. Law Students. (i\way). Won, 20 to o.

Our tries were scored by van Valkenburg (2), Henderson (2),

Kilpatrick (1), Corsan (1). Kilpatrick converted one try.

Other Matches.

Feb. 28th. vs. Lang-ara School, Vancouver. (Home).Won, 60 to o. The Langara boys, though outclassed from the

start, played a clean and plucky game right through to the

finish. This is the largest score the school team has ever

piled up. Tries for us were scored by Woodward (4), vanValkenburg- (4), Finlayson (3), Winch (2), Stanley, Kilpat-

rick and Chambers, 1 each. The team was as follows : Full-

back, Frampton ; three-quarter backs, van Valkenburg,Winch, Woodward, Finlayson; half backs, Stanley and de

Pencier ; forwards, Kilpatrick (Capt.), Schofield, Henderson,Chambers, Thomas, Hodson, Corsan, Sizer. Dobbie wasabsent, having hurt 'his foot.

First team colours have been awarded to Finlayson, Cham-bers, van Valkenburg, Thomas, Henderson, de Pencier, Stan-

ley, Frampton, Winch, Sizer and Wins-low. -

Colours were awarded last term to Schofield, Inverarity

and Dobbie.

Second XV. Matches.

March 10th. vs. High School 2nd. (Home). Won, 6 to

o. Tries were scored for us by C. Holms and W. Mackenzie.Both scores were made early in the first half.

March 13th. vs. High School 2nd. (Away). Lost, 13

to 3.

House Matches.

Nov. 1 2th". West House won by 3 to o. Kilpatrick scored

the winning try.

Dec. 3rd. West House won by 10 to o. Woodwardscored two tries, which were converted by Kilpatrick andDobbie.

Feb. 18th. Drawn match, 3 to 3. Try, East House, Jar-

vis ; West House, Stanley.

Galer Cup League Matches

Nov. 4th. Victorians beat Waratahs, 11 to 8; Interna-

tionals beat All-Blacks, 5 to 3.

Nov. 14th. All-Blacks beat Waratahs, 9 to 3 ; Interna-

tionals beat Victorians, 11 to 5.

Feb. 21st. Internationals beat Waratahs, 17 to o; Vic-

torians .beat All-Blacks, 6 to 3.

Feb. 27th. Internationals beat Victorians, 8. to 5 ; Wara-tahs beat All-Blacks, 3 to o.

Summary.

Internationals (Capt., Woodward), won 4, lost o. Points, 8.

Victorians (Capt., Kilpatrick), won 2, lost 2. Points, 4.

All-Blacks (Capt., Schofield), won 1, lost 3. Points, 2.

Waratahs (Capt., Finlayson), won 1, lost 3. Points, 2.

The Galer Cup thus is won by the Internationals, underCapt. Woodward. His team was made up as follows: Wood-ward (Capt.), Dobbie, Waldon, Duke, Balcom, Thomas, Gar-

rard, Hodson, May, Hall, Wallic'h, Ferrie, Peers i.

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FOOTBALL CHARACTERS.Kilpatrick (Captain).—A splendid forward. Shines par-

ticularly in the loose and in line-outs. Must remember that

forward is his place, and that he must not try playing behind

his scrum. He has made a clever, conscientious and hard-

working captain, and through his efforts the team has really

learnt o-ood football.

Finlayson.—A dashing three-quarter ; knows how to take

difficult passes at full speed. He must learn to run with his

(head up, and never to run across his own inside. He is

always dangerous near the line.

Dobbie.—A very clever three-quarter ; makes excellent

openings and has a fine swerve. Should make a splendid

inside in time.

Woodward i.—An excellent inside three-quarter; fields

and tackles well, and takes nasty passes very cleverly. Healways kicks at the right moment, and never neglects his

outside. There is a great future in store for him.

Van Valkenburg.—A strong wing three-quarter ; hasplenty of pace and is very plucky. He must learn to pick up,

and not take loose kicks at the ball, and also when to kick andwhen to run.

Stanley.—A clever scrum half, though at times too clever.

Gets the ball away very quickly when he passes, but is for themost part too selfish.

De Pencier i.—A very plucky stand-off half; his defenceis fearless and thorough, but his attack is weak. This is themost difficult position on the field, and for his first year, his

work has been very promising.

iFrampton i.—A reliable full-back ; tackles well ; kickssplendidly, finding touch nearly every time. Must learn to

stop rushes with his body instead of his feet.

Schofield.—A solid bard-working forward in the scrum,but is too slow in supporting his other forwards. He has yet

to learn that a forward has no time to rest.

Chambers.—A hard-working forward ; is always on the

ball. Must learn to put the ball at his feet and dribble,

instead of loose kicks for touch. Shines in the loose as hedoes in the tight.

Henderson.—A clever forward ; is always working. Veryneat with his feet, and does more than his work in the scrum.Follows up well, and promises to make an excellent forward.

Thomas.—A strong "hustling" forward. Uses his weightat the right time, but must learn always to keep his eye onthe ball.

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Sizer.—Has greatly improved as a forward, and is one of

the fastest. Follows up well, and uses his feet.

Hodson.—A good forward. Though small, he makes upfor it in dash and pluck. He is fast, and a good tackle, and is

really clever with his feet.

Winslow.—A hard-working forward. Worries his man,though very often at the wrong time. He must learn to keephis eye on the ball, as at present lie puts a great deal of energyin the wrong direction.

Winch.—A plucky three-quarter, though new to that posi-

tion. An excellent tackle, and his kicking is always good.

The team must not be judged by the results of the gamesplayed, as it is only fair to them to say that they have neverplayed against their own weight. They are a clever team,though light, and play really good football. Too much praise

cannot be given to Kilpatrick for the sportsmanlike way hehas led his men, and to the team in general for accomplishingthat difficult task—losing well.

F. A. SPARKS.

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MATTERS MILITARY}

The only changes in the officers of the Battalion this termhave been made by the promotion of Colour-Sergeant A. Fer-

rie and Sergeant C. Frampton to Half-company Leaders.

The Band has been thoroughly reorganized, and B. Sizer

has been promoted to Band-Sergeant. The general result hasbeen a great improvement, especially among the buglers, all

of whom can now take their turn at the weekly orderly duties.

The Battalion Scouts, under Lieut. Henderson, have donea good deal of useful work. They are now supplied with field

message books and one-inch maps of the district. Theircourse has included Semaphore, Map-reading, Message-writ-ing-, Ground-scouting, and a little night work.

All cadets in British Columbia will, we are sure, feel that

in the departure of Major A. B. Snow, who has been appointedOrganizer and Inspector of Cadets for Divisional Area No. 6,

i.e., the Maritime Provinces, we have lost a valued friend.

Major Snow left on March nth for Fredericton, N.B., wherewe wish him an equal measure of success. His place herehas been filled toy Major W. H. Belson, of the 16th LightHorse, to whom we offer a very hearty welcome.

On Friday evening, March 20th, the 88th Fusiliers werecarrying out some practice in Night Outposts, and asked ourcadets to come out and act as an enemy, so as to make it moreinteresting. Accordingly, Mr. Collisson assembled some 40volunteers at 9 p.m., and they marched off under CaptainWaldon over the fields towards Smith's Hill. The scouts

went ahead and soon brought back word that there were sen-

tries on the banks of the stream towards Gosworth Road. Ourmain body drove these back, and made a feint on the Fusiliers'

left, where Lieut. Macdowall held his ground with a smallpiquet against a section of cadets. Then the cadets withdrewand made their main attack on the Fusiliers' centre. HereLieut. Bromley was nearly overpowered, but Capt. Byng Hallcame up with the supports from Burton Avenue. However,

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the cadets claim that he crossed a lighted street under veryheavy fire. No decision was given, as the Cease Fire soundedat 10 o'clock. Several on both sides fell into the creek, and a

fusilier lost his cap in the raging torrent. The cadets kept

their formations in the dark very well indeed.

Cadet Camp this year will be held from July 6th to nthinclusive. In order to meet the wishes and convenience of

other corps, the School has decided that if all cadets will

attend camp who are not absolutely prevented by urgentreasons, the break-up will be four days earlier, namely July4th, instead of July 8th, as usual. Thus the cadets will get

home only three days later than the regular date. A veryspecial reason for our attending camp this year in full strength

is that last Summer we won the championship for being the

most efficient corps in B.C., and it is surely incumbent on us

to come out and show ourselves. The site of the camp hasnot yet been announced. It is expected that fully 1,000 cadets

will attend, and that most, if not all, of these will be in uni-

form.

A series of lectures on First Aid in the Field, by Dr. A. F.

Hudson, has been started. The first two lectures, on March13 and 20, were well attended and much interest shown.

NOTES FROM THE BUTTSMiniature Shooting

The improvement which we foretold last term has beenwell maintained, and there has never been more keenness dis-

played than there has been shown this Winter.The C.R.L. matches are, of course, the greatest criterion

of our success, and the figures speak for themselves. Lastyear's average was 85.6; this year we have risen to 92.9.

This season the C.R.L. made a new rule, that the strength

of the teams should vary from 8 to 12 (instead of 10), in pro-

portion to the numbers in the corps. The consequence is

that we have to find a team of 12 now.

Surnmary of Matches Fired.

Score Average1st match—December 9th .. 1,121 .... 93.42nd match—January 27th . . . 1,099 • • • • 9 l -7

3rd match—February 17th .. 1,119 .... 93.2

4th match—March 3rd L I23 • • • • 93-5Grand aggregate, 4,462 Average for the series, 92.95

The following boys have made five-shot possibles duringthe season : Greig, Holmes, Winch, Cuthbert, Williams.Greig has made a ten-shot possible in a practice.

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The team, with aggregates, is as follows (highest possible,400): Greig, 372; Wallich, 372; Riley, 371; Bfouse, 370;Holmes, 368; Garrard, 368; Woodward i, 363; Kilpatrick,

355; Dobbie, 351. The last three men only fired in three outof the four matches, namely, Williams, 282; Waldon, 274;Finlayson, 274.

The tie between Greig and Wallich for the silver medalwas shot off a few days after the last match, and resulted in awin for Greig.

The medal presented by Lieut. F. Richardson for theyoungest cadet to make the team was won by I. Bronse.

The gold button was won by Inverarity, the silver buttonby Dobbie, and the bronze 'button by Tolmie.

The bronze medals for the best six scores in practicesthrough the season were awarded as follows

:

Seniors H. W. Dobbie 278Bigside A. Williams 282Littleside J. C. de Pencier 215Big Juniors A. Beasley 249 on large targetLittle Juniors. . . . L. Hinton 254 on large target

Silver cup, presented by Lieut. R. Wallis, for the bestaggregate in practices for the season, won by R. B. Waldon.

Silver cup, presented by Mr. T. G. Thomas, for the best six

practice scores in the school, won by A. Williams.

Silver cup, presented by Mr. Sidney Williams, for bestshot of the Juniors, won by L. Hinton.

Summary of Other Matches Shot.

November 29th. vs. Civilians R.A. 6 a side. Civilians,

554; School, 540. Inverarity scored 96.

December 4th. vs. Civilians. Return match on theirrange. Civilians, 578 ; School, 550.

January 17th. vs. 50th Highlanders. 9 a side. High-landers, 832; School, 813. High man was Williams, with a

score of 98.

January 20th. vs. the Masters. 3 a side. School, 2/2;Masters, 267. High man. Winch, 92.

February 7th. vs. Mr. Thomas's team. 6 a side. Mr.Thomas's team, 560; School, 549.

February 18th. vs. City Schools (junior match). 10 aside. University Juniors, 654; City Schools, 491.

March 6th. Triangular match. 6 a side. School, 504;5th Regt. C.G.A., 563; Civilians, 559. The two clubs did notsend up their best teams. Greig scored 96.

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Open Range Shooting.

Prospects for this season look very bright. Many moreboys will have rifles of their own, and the school rifles are

being overhauled, and will be fitted with new sights and newbarrels if required.

At a meeting held early in March, R. B. Waldon waselected Captain of the rifle team, and R. H. Finlayson Secre-

tary and Vice-Captain.

Lient. Richardson has very kindly expressed his willing-

ness to assist in coaching the team again this year.

Practice began on March 21st in very fine weather. 200

yards was the only distance fired, and the best score was 30,

made by Woodward ii.

On March 28 we fired at two ranges in windy weather.

Best scores were : Falk, 61 ; Cnthbert and Garrard, 60.

VALETE, COMITES!No. 59. Duncan Inverarity came in September, 1907, and

was here four terms, leaving at Christmas, 1908. In that termhe played football on our Junior team. He returned in Jan-uary, 1912, and left last Christmas to join the Royal North-West Mounted Police, with whom he is at present stationed at

Regina. He was in the Modern Fifth form, and won the

Hasell Drawing Prize in 1912. He was for two seasons onthe first hockey team, and was a useful forward on the first

Rugby football team last term. In the Cadet Corps he hadbeen a Lieutenant since the Summer term of 1913. He was a

member of the miniature rifle team of 1912-13 and also on the

Imperial Challenge Shield team. This season he made, andstill holds the record for a score of 99 out of 100 made in a

match, though one 100 has since been made in practice. Hewas on the first rifle team for open range shooting last year,

and was one of the four who won for us the Inter-School

Shield. His best scores were 66, 65 and 63. He was a Prefect

in his last term.

No. 218. W. H. Ramsay came in September, 1910, andworked his way up to the Modern Sixth. He was a Monitorin the Christmas term of 1912. He played for two seasonson the first Rugby team, and was on the first hockey XI.in 191 3, as well as a member of the team which won Mrs.Barnacle's Cup. He was a useful member of the Cadet CorpsBand.

No. 332. Dennis Townesend only came in January, 1912,

but his five terms have been more than usually distinguished.

He was in the Sixth, and won the French Prize in 1912 andpassed ninth into the R.M.C. in 191 3, where he now is. He

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was a Prefect for his last three terms. Hockey and football

were his strong points, but he was a very fair shot as well, andwon a place on the miniature- team of [912-13. Me was a

Lieutenant in the Cadet Corps. While still at school he hadthe honour of having an original article accepted and pub-lished by the English periodical "Flight." At Easter, 1912, hetook part in one of the school .plays with considerable success.

We owe him an apology for not printing his Valete in the last

number.

IS FLYING DANGEROUS?By A. F. Hudson.

"Do you mean to say that you 'have been flying for twoand a half years, and are still alive? Then think yourself

jolly lucky, and don't fly again !"

I have had this said to me many a time. This view is nodoubt still held by many people. But why? When we cometo examine the figures connected with fatal accidents to air-

men, we find that in France alone, for every such accident,

92,000 miles are flown in safety. These figures should con-vince every sane and liberal-minded person that flying is notso 'dangerous after all. Yet whenever an aviator is killed,

what an outcry is raised ! The reason is simply because the

press makes as much as possible out of sensational accidents,

whereas long flights have become such a daily occurrence that

no notice is taken of them. Thus the public does not get a

fair view of both sides of the question.

Aviators themselves do not pay much attention to theseoutcries. The reason is obvious, for if they thought it wastoo dangerous, they would not fly. As a matter of fact, until

you have actually flown, it is not easy to realize the stability

of a weM-designed machine, or to grasp the fact that a machinelosing- its equilibrium and falling earthward may regain its

balance before there is any danger of striking the ground.

Here is a personal experience which illustrates this point.

I was flying one day with Lieutenant Watkins. We wereabout 2,000 feet up, when we struck an "air-pocket," as it is

called—a sort of hole or empty space in the air. The machinenaturally began to fall, but the pilot at once pushed the lever

forward. This made the machine dive forward, instead of

falling flat, and it immediately regained its equilibrium, owingto its forward movement. Had he not made the machine dive,

it would have lost its speed and fallen like a stone, probablynever to regain its balance. So you see that in the hands of

a competent and cool-headed pilot, a machine is almost as

safe in the air as a motor-car is on the road.

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Where risk does lie is in flying low on a windy day. For,

should a gust catch you unawares, your machine at once dives

or side-slips, and is wrecked before you have a chance to

regain your balance. Nowadays, when long-distance flights

are made, an altitude of at least 1,000 feet is maintained. Thusthere is ample room to regain your balance should anything

go wrong. Again, should your engine stop, you have plenty

of time, when planing down, to select a landing-place, for a

well-designed machine will move forward 6,000 feet for every

1,000 feet that it descends.

From the foregoing facts it may reasonably be deducedthat the fact that an airman flies many thousands of miles

without mishap does not mean that he is to be considered

exceptionally lucky, but rather that he is a careful and efficient

pilot.