THE rEWlNGTONIAN

.-\'I·:\\' I NC)TON COLLEGE. ='T:\):'.\I OJ{ I·:. S VD::\EY.

" 1Ue1uo1' pue1'ttae." Hor.

No. LX. l [MARCH, 1899.

NE\VING'rON COLLEGE SPEECH DAY.

PRE.'\ENTATTO~ TO Tlll> HEAD MASTER.

TaE miiin hall of Newington College. Sta.nmore, presented an animated 1~ppellrance on December 14th, the O<'Casion being the Aumml Speech Df~y. The hall was gaily decorated mid ndorned with artistio skill, while the seu.ting capacity was taxed to the utmost. The Ilon. E. Webb, 1\1. L.C., occupied the ch1lir1 tln<I among those who ocoupi~d seats on the platform wt!re the President of the College (the Rev. J. 1'~. Moulton). the Hei\d ~luater (Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc.), the Rev. E. J. Roehl (Pt'esidcnt 0£ Wesleyan Confel'euce), the Rev. IV. II. Rogers, the Rev. S. Wilkinso11, the Rev. Dr. Sellars, the Rev. U .. J. Prescott, the Rev. B. .J. Meek, the Rev. R. BE1vin, the Rev. W. Alleu, the Rev. Warlow Diwies, :M.A .• the Rev. Dr. Rrown, Dr. O'Reilly, Mr. W . . K V. Robson, B.A., Mr. S. \V. Moon', l\1.1,.A., Mr. J. Forsyth, Mr. P. Miller, Mr. W. Parker, Mr. R. llucker, J.P., and many others.

'l'be proceeclings opened wit.le an introductory prayer offered by the Rev. S. 'Vilkinson, after which the company were favoured with a ren­clition of "~oliloquics from ~l acheth," by Mr. L. H. Allen.

The Presid('nt of the College then presented a short repo1·t in the form of a.n acl<lre•s, in which he pointed out that the year just crosed hi\cl not bnitc come np to former OUC$ Ill several respects. The drought, sickness, 1nuJ other causes had 1nilitated against the progress desired, yet they hacl much cause fo1· th<1okfulnes~, for in both the ecluoational branches and sports al;ku the College hurl. h1.1ld its own. The cricket and football teams had sulfere.l ''ery mnd1 by t,he retirement from college life of many of the old pupils, yet those who filled their place~ had done rema.rk1•bly well. He could uot help but notice that just when the pupils were beginning to get, 11.S it were, the marrow of the boues of the college tl'aining, to fit them to fill their pl1~ces it1 the world, their parents thought it time that they went to work, a.ml beuce their college training was cut short at the 1•ery periocl that it would be of most service to them in aftet· life. Re thought such a conrse wit• an m1wise one on tbe part of parents, and could not be too strongly condemned. Duriug the year the College had lost the se1·vices of Mr. 'rhomas H enry Newing, one of the staff of masters. It was a loss they all rcgretterl. But, worse than that, tht!y were about to lose the ser.

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vices of theh· Rend ~faster, Mr. LucM. He felt confident th11t it would he a. long time before they were a.hie to secure the services of one who coulrl grasp, a.s Mr'. Lucns had done in the fullest sense, the importance or his high office. In parting with their friend-nm! he used the term advisedly-they could only wish him every prosperity i11 his new sphere of life. Yet, althou!(h Mr. Lucas was lerwini.i lhem, Newington Collci.:e would go a.head. It had not grown up in a night; it hatl a long iuul prosperous record among the educational establishments of the colony, and he predicted a still brighter future in store. I Appia.use.)

A violin quintet, Gounod's "Me1litation," was then nicely ren<lere.J by Messra. Moffat, Merlcrllf, Millican, Crowther, ancl Archibald; also a recitation by Mr. Allen.

Mr. Lucaa, the Head Master, then presented the Annual Report of the College for the year, which was to the effect that the year lmd been one of exceptional difficulty. In the first place, it had been a most extrn­ordinary year from the prevalence of all sorts of opitlcmic diseases. While the boat·ders had been 1·ema.rkR.bly free from attack, the day pupils s11fferecl Reverely; and whether the pa.rticular attacks were mild or serious, the infections nature of the complaint rendered a. considerable break in the school work necessary. Several of the boys had lost ground from thi• cause. And, secondly, they were singularly unfortunute when, at the very threshold of the year, they lost within a fortnight three expericncccl masters &ta time when it was impossible to prnpcrly replace them. One of them was Mr. Ncwing, the beRt teacher amongst th1<m. 'l'heir difficulties therefore had not been slight. The work had contin11erl on lines now well established at Newi11gton. The results of their fi1ml ex11minations hacl l1ern ot1 the whole, better than the staff had ventured to hope for, aud ehowecl that the maJ!ters ha.cl been making hea.rlway with, i11 some cases, very back· ward form5. The number of Junior passes \\QR below the> average. Twelve boys passed. Glasgow, Waring, and Kelynack obtained rmitricuJa. tion p&Sses. ·waring did best, winnin¥ first.cluss in l•:nglit>h, Latin, l\lgebra and geometry, and he was prox. a.cc. ror the medal in Jt~nglisb. Rix boys stood for the Senior. They all passed-three in sc,•cn subjects, two in eight, and the other (Davies) in nine. Collis <llHI L1Lrcombe took ma.tricnla· tion passes; Smith and Davis matriculution a111l engineering passes. They won 15 first-classes amongst them. The report pointed out the vahie of the Senior wo1·k. The Junior was boys' work, the l:leuior men's work. A student who had acquitterl himself well i11 that cx11111ination coultl hardly fa.ii to be a ceutre of light in the community. He had pro•1etl thtLt he possessed meuta.1 capacity, and that he had formed goocl meula.I habits. Ho should be a.' valua.ble citizen. And one who g1Lins his first-class in any sub­ject in the Senior, and who l'Ontinues his studies !\t thu University or other recognised centre, bids fu.ir Lo be a first-class proficient in that subject. l\fucb crerlit was due to the institution which formed the early training ground of a first-class Historian, a. first.clllHS Rcholar in Latin, one in French, three in English, two all.round first-class :\lathematicians, an1l two first-class Geologists. Ancl tha.t was thei1· present record. Of ~pecial honours the College has had a share. Warlow D1wieij gained the med11l in Geology; W. Smith prox. acc. for the Barker Schohlrship and Horner Exhibition in Mathcm1\tics u.t the ho11. 111ntriouli1tion. Smith was consis­tently high up in the fi1·st·class in a.ll foul" Mn.tliemn.tical subjc•:ts. That wha.t the report pointed out of the high stanclarcl H.lld seccl of promise in the Senior was not without foundation• was shown by the after career of some of those who not so \•cry long ago were the he mes of the Senior at the College peech Days. During the year H. ll. <Jurlcwis, who clid well iu Mathematics in 1893, Imel been n.ppointed H.n assista.nt to the Government

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Astronomer in Perth; E. \Varren, the' clux in 1893, ha.cl become the lecturer in Physics at theTeclrnical College; W. G. \Voolnougb, the dux in 1894, a medallist in Geometry and Geology, had been appointed lecturer in Geology at the University, under Professor David ; and G. Harker, the Dux iu 1895, mednllist iu Chemistry and in EnRlish, had been appointed a. demonstrator in the University laboratory m11lc1· Profei!sor Liversidge. Amongst otbe1· doin~s of the College during the year R. L. Taylor came out twelfth in the Public Sen'ice Examine.tion in .June, and F. Cull was successful a.t the practical exa.miuatiou of the Sydney College of ~lusic. To turn to the corpus sannm. ln football the College played nine matches ttnd won five ; in cricket, ten matches and won five. It was most inspirit­ing to mark how each batch of boys, some of lhem young and small, had risen to Lhe occasion when it had come to its turu to uphold the honour of the school. Ouly one of the last ye1u·'s football team was left at the beginning of this year's season ; but the boys stood up to the veterans without fiiucbing, 11.nd played ha.rcl to the encl of the game. The Cadet Corps \\O.S in a healthy couclition, and won the respt>ct of such judges as the Parrnmatta Lancers ou the occasion of the College Military Ftitc. The ahootiug of the Corps was so goocl that the boys brought home with them the Schools' Cho.llengc Shielcl a.s ti result of their pluck and skill at Raud­wick. Rports were held on thoit· own grouu<ls as usual. Hope was expre8Sed thiit it should not he thonght that the Teaching Rta.ff over­estima.tecl the importance of organised sports. They Ct:rtainly di<l all they could to develop in ea.eh boy I\ body whicb shouhl be healthy, muscular, an<l vigorous cDougb to respond to the demands of the struggle for existence.

The President of the Conference said he was glad to see in the chair an old o.url esteemed friend of the \Y esleyan Church an cl Newington l'ol­lege. Mr. Webb was the father a.nrl grautlfother of se\•eral nf thu pupils of the College who had distinguishcrl themselves. 1'hey were all delightecl to see amongst them tbtit day their worthy President, tbe Rev. l\lr . .Moulton, in reuewc•l health nnrl streugth. 'Phey likewise regretted losing their esteemed headmaster, :\I r. Lucas. He hail proved himself a hero a.mong the boys in exerting a moral influence over them. :\Jr. Lucas ha.cl likewise raised the ccluca.tiono.I strmda.rd of the College, and hacl imparterl into its workings a grand moral tone. His association with the Council, the Presi1lent, u.ncl Teaching ~t11ff had been of a most plea~ant nature. They parted with him with regret, hut rejoiced tlrn.t ho was leaving behind him such gno<l influence. The President then arlrlresse1l a few words of encouragement to the boys .

.Mr. Moore (President of the Old Boys' Union) said he was there to say a word as reprcscnta.tive of the Old Boys of the College. Every College was po&sesscrl of such a. Union, and wisely so too, but he knew of none where the attud1ment was so stronj:! to tbe a.lmu. mater as was the cnsc .. t Newiugton ('nllegc. (Appliiuse.) In 1863 thl' College was founded on the then beautiful groun1ls fronting the Po.rramatta. River that to somo of those present was known as the nlrl ga.ol, but to the earlier pupils M dear old Newiui;:tnu. Tho object of the Uninn was to keep in touch with the past life ond present workings of the College. He paid " high tribute of praise to the kin<lncsa always extended tn Old Boys by the President and Teach­ing Staff, also by Mrs. Moulton aud the Hou~e Htaff. It was always a. ple11sure for the111 to come to the College. On heha.lf of the Old Boys Union he desired to express the regret they felt at the loss that the College would snatain hy the re1noval from its head master11bip of the services of Mr. Lucas. Yet it must not be forgotten thnt uo man was indispcnijable Men may come anti men may go, but they all felt the great educationnl

work long esta.blishc•l llt Newingtou College wonlcJ. continue, increasing in importance as it progressccl in the march of time. Re conveyed to thl· present boys the warmest congt·i.tulations of the Old Boys on their succea~ of winning the Schools' Shield. (Applause.)

F. G. Phillips, one of the senior boys, then stepped on to the platform, and amid much applause read the following address :-"To A. H. 8. Lucas, Rsq., M.A., R.8c. Prom the stu<lcuts of Newiugton College. Dear Hir,-\Ye cannot allow your clepnrtnre from Newiogton, after six years ~pent in its service as heaclma.ster, to pa"s unnoticed. \Ye are deeply i111lehted to you for the ungrudging way in which ynu have clc\•ote<l your E'mioent gifts and attainments to our advancement in knowledge. But we feel that, in losing you, we lose uot only an instrnctor but a friend. Yon have ta.ken an interest 1\like in our work und our ph\y ; in our life 011tsid1~ 1Lml in!<hle the College. \\' c 11.re glad that your services will not be lost to New Houth Wales, and we <lo not doubt tlmt you will gather around yon other scholars who will ho your attached friemlR ; hut none who will hol1l you i11 more affectionate remembmnce than thoHe now bidding you u reluctt•nt farewell. We wish for yourself, :\Jrs. Luca~, and family en•ry goo<l gift our HeavPnly Father can bestow. In asking you to accept 1\ slight memento, we a.re a.ware that yom· conc<·rn for ns has ever been, not merely the impart .. tion of kMwledge, but the 1le\'l.•lopment of what ia high· est nn1l best in nmnhootl. \\'e trust that, by <:od's hle8Ring, your effortll may hear lasting fruit: tuHl tha.t when lhiR I.ow1•r Hchool of Time is 1lis· mis~ctl, WI' may in the Upper !'lcho!ll of l•~ternity nwet together face to face with the Grct\t Uea1l1111111ter. We remain, with <"·e1·y seutiment of re~pel·t and affection, Th11 HtudentA. Ne,t'inglon ('ollt•gt\ 1'tan111ore, New 8011th Wales, December 14, 18H8."

Phillips then presented Mr. Lucas with t• cheque for a suh­stuntial sum, requesting him, on behalf of the hoys, to pu1chase something fo1· himself M a memento of his connection with the school.

Mr. Lucas, on rising ttl respond, was t-00 overcome to speak. He Wllll

greeted with quite a.n O\•ation. The boys roRe and cheered lustily, while the senior portion of the audience likewise warmlv showed their 1lppr~l'ill· tiou antl respect by loucl applause. Feeling himself m11lhlc for the oct•asion l\Tr. Lucas, at the suggestion of the President, replier! li1ter in the ufter· noon, and wurmly thanked all coonectecl with the College for the kimlne•s a.t all times shown to him during the six yea.rs he had fillt:d the position of headmaster.

The Chairman then, after addressing a few words of counsel nntl advice t-0 the students and also congratulating the Comicil and Tenching Staff on the splendid appearance of the grounds and s1m·ot1u<ling.i of the College, presented the prizes won during the yeilr.

A vote of thanks to the Ch1\irman, moved by the Rev. Dr. ~ellor8 111111

seconded by ~h. W. KV. Robson, B.A., was 011rricd with enthusiasm.

The proceedings concluded with cheers £or the President, the Jlc111l­master. the Council, and the Ludies, and the company joining in singing the National Anthem.

'l'he following is the list of the awards :-

Form 1.-T. Millner, Dux, History, Ueography, Arithmetic (F.L.~.): R. Wilson, English ; F. Taylor, La.tin ; II. :\lulligau, 'Writing uu1l Drawing; S. Clipsham, Arithmetic ('!<":. L.S.) ; G. J o.ubcrt, .Monthly Arith· metic (1".L.S.); C. Millic1m, ~Jonthly Latin.

Form lfa-H. D. O'Reilly, Dux, History 1111•! <:cogrnphy; L. Roger~, Eni;(lish, ~lonthly ,\rithmetic (C.J,.R); L Dt•',:, Latin. ;\lonthly Latin; F. Hoschy, French; K T1itafn, \IMhematic" (ll. L.s. ); T. 8chenk, Monthly Al'ithmctic (KL.Kl

.l!'orm II 1. H .. Tone~, Dux, l•'rench, ;\Jathetn11t icn (C. L.S.) ; (). l'1u·ker, L11tin; J. Cock8, gn1dish; L. Dey, History and Ceogra.phy; l'. Larke, ~lonthly Latin; F. Cull, Monthly AriLhmctic (D. [,.S. ), Mu8ic.

Form, Lower ~lo.lern. -11 \Yeirick, Dux, History a.ncl U1>ography; C. Cowan, English; ,J. Tully, Bookkeeping, i-\horthancl.

]form III.-\\'. J. 'ft1ylor, Dux, Latin, .l!'rench; O. Parker, J<:nglish; R Thomson, History and Heography ; A. E. Rca.<l, Monthly Latin.

C.l\l.-H. Hawken, Dux; A. Trollope, Buglish, History and Ueo· gra.pby : C. Akdc1ilf, Bookkeeping; D. ~Ieclcmf, Specit1l Prize for \\'ritiug; C. Crowther, Monthly Arithmetic (D. U.S.)

J.}1.-A. ~!cVica.r, Dux, History a.ncl C:eography; S. ;\father, J<:n~lish, ~lusic; Har. \Vhitney, Science; R. \Yt>bb, Drawing; II. Priestley, ;\la.thc­ml\tics \8.L.S.), :\Ionthly Arithmetic (B.L.S.); R. Fry, ~Ionthly Arith­metic (A.L.S.); C. Doughty, Music (Miss Fletcher'~ pril\e).

·Form IV. I. CJ • .M11cku.y, Dux, Clnssics, ~h\them11tics (13.U.H.); H. G. Beale, gngli~h; C. \\'ebb, French, ~1ilthe111ntics (A.t.8.}; F. C. Davies, History and Geography, Hpccial Drawing; G. Dunlop, ~lonthly La.tin.

Form V.-P. H. l:'togeN, Dn>., l<'rnncb ; \\'. 13. Clipsbam, C'h1soic> ; TI. \\"inn, English; C. \\'ebh, Hii.tory and Ueogmphy; W. A. Pn·scott, :\la.thematics (C.U.S.}, Monthly Arithmetic (C.L'.8.); \\'.Gordon, \lonthly Arithmetic (B. U.R)

Form VI. II. W. DnvicR, Dux, .;;cicnce, Monthly Arithmetic (A.U.~.}; I.. Allen, Cll\~sics, J~nglish; Lt. (;. Phillips, l•'rcnch; W. Smith, ;\Ju.the­matics (A.U.8.)

House Prize. -K Tat11fu. ;\Jeduli;.-H. \\'. Davie~, C :cology ;\ledal t111d best l'a.ss lfonior P11hlic

Ex11mi11ntio11, IM!lS, pr1<sentc1l hy Mr. J. Hanly; ll. \\'a.ring, best Pass in .) unior Public l~xamina.tion.

Wi.gram-A lien Scbolarship~.-H. \Y. Davies, E. R. Larcombc, \\". i;mi.th.

8chofield Scholarship.-H. W. Davies.

Junior. :.Jatricnlation Pas,cs: H. \\'aring, K Kclynack, C. GltlSJ.{O\\'. l'tlSSes: \\'. \\'ibon, f:. W. W1ulc, It". Orton, C. :\lcdcalf, H. 1.. ;\le( 'ulloch, C. Ha.rri~, K Cluurnon, A Cnmpbell, 8 . .Morris. l'rox. A.cc., J•;uglish Meda.I: H. Waring.

Public Service gxa.mimtliou.-R. L. l'a.ylor.

Seuior.-M11tl'ioulu.tion 111111 l•:nglish Passes: \\'. ~mith 1111cl H. \\'u.r­low Ua\'ies :.1i1triculu.tiou l'11a~cs: g_ H. Collis, K R Larcombe. l'asses: F. (;. Phillips, \\". L. T. Roseby.

No boy pnsscrl iu Jess than sel'Cll subject~ : tdl obtained first ch1sses, viz.: History,. Ro~eby; l'rcnch, Phillips; Liitin, La.rcombc; J•;nglish, \\'arlow Davie~; Algebrn, i'rnith, \Ynrlow Diwies; Geometr), Smith \\'l\rlow Da.vics; Trigonometry, Smith; Geology, \\'llrlow Davies, Phillips'.

Medal in Geology.-\\'arlow Vu.vies.

Prox . .Acc. for :.rathem,1ticij, S.;hola1·ship aud ~xhibition.-\\'. ::>nuth.

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~ports Competition Awe.rds. -- Norman Bnrker, first Se.ck Re.ce; l". Wnllace, fir~t220 \"1Lrds m11ler l-1, A. ,J. Trollope, High Jump; 8. Ula, Kicking Football; S .• Jones. lir~t lUO Yards u11<ler H; G. Ballinger, second 100 Yards under 14; Buchanan, Sydney Grammar School, first All Schools' Flat R11.ce ; 8. Douet, firijt Old Boys' Raco ; Lhocst, first Bicycle Race; Otohoumn, first C111let Race; Fry, "'hcclbarrow Race; R. Uarker, second Ob~tacle Rllce; C. Trollope, third Obstacle Race; T. ~lillner, first 75 Vanis untler 12, first 150 Ya.r<lti under 12; F. Phillips, Hatting A1·erage a.ml Aggre!ja.te; ;\IcYicar, Sih·er Shield Rifle Team; A. Shaw, Silver Shield Rifle Team; Ornham, Silver Shield Rifle Team; L. Wilson, Silver Shield Hille Team.

~'orm Cup, Fifth Form.-C.:. White, secoml 75 Yards under 12, ~ecornl 150 Yards under 12; 0. Parhr, first 120 Yarcls under 16, ~ecornl 440 Yards under JG ; C.:ha.11non, ~Iedal Hi tie Tea.m; N. Brnwn, ~ledal Rifle Team, Trophy for Shooting; N. Baker, second i.-,o Yanls, second 120 Yards muler 16, li1·,t ·HO Ynrds under 16; 1''. \Vall, lir11t 100 \'ards Champion­bhip, lil'~t :2:20Y1mls Championship, first •40 Yartls H1rn1lil-ap; A. Moffatt, first l:!O \"al'dt! Hurdles, Trophy Highcgt Hcorc in 8hil'id, Honour Cap, Hillo ~le1lal; Mackay, fir•t l<:).(q·in.8poon Hace, lirsl Oh~tadc Race, Riilc Hhooting, Aggregate Trophy Rille Team Shieh! ; \\'. \\"ilson, Rifle Shoot· ing Trophy, third io Ag!(regate 'Rifle Team .Shicl1l, Honour C.:1\p; 0. All· sopp, tir11t 150 Yards Flat Rncc, first Long Jump, Whcell>i\rrow, Rifle Team 8hield ; A. Brown, first Throwing Cricket Ball, ~ccon<l All Schools liace, first .Mile Race, College Cup, Bowling Average, Honour <'"P·

OUR ILLU8TRATION8.

WF. girn in thi~ number portraits of four hoys who hn,•e just linishccl their e1U"cers at Xewinii;t• 11, \\'. " ' ilson, I~. (l, l'hilli11~, H. \V. D.wie~, 111111 \\'. ~mith. They l'cprescnt the ,·ariom siclc• of school lift', and we are glad to take this opportunity to wish then1 farewell, and thank them for "their luynlty to the school.

F. n. PHIJ.l.lPS is the Senior l'rcfcct, and he hlUI always wielded a. large influence for .i;:ood. As a. cricketer, he is in the first·cla.~s of Public School players, and his leadership will be much mi~•ecl at the end of the yMr. His record as a schola.r is also extremely creclitllbl<'; !Lt the last senior exnmination he passed in se,•cu subject•, oht1dning first-cla.sses in French, gnglish, !Lntl Geology. Five yc!Lrs of good work for Newington in nml out ~chool. \Ye wish Phillips e\·<·ry success 11t the Unh•cl'llity which he is just entering.

" -· \\"11.so:•• ulso wol'ked well fur Ncwington. Though starting late in his school life to take interest in athletica, he sj>cedily secured a. place in each of the school tea.ms, ancl at the time of his 1 epurture was a member of the Jst XI., Captain of the lst X\·, nncl a member of the Rifle tea.m that won the ()hallcnge Khield. LiLst yciLr he pa.s$c1l the junior examination, obtaining tirst.cl!Lsses in En~lish anrl History .

H. W. DAVIES was the Dux of our school o.t the enll of 18!18, and the winner of the Schofield Scholarship. He obtained the school medal for the best pi\ss at the ~enior examiua.tiou, where he also obtained the medal for Geology. He got fh-e first-cla"8es during the sa.me examination-Arithme· tic, .Algebra, Euclid, Euglioh, ncology-a very line pcrfonuancc, nud we

heartily congmtulo.te him on the result of his hard work. As a Captain of the 2ml XL he worked hard and set a itoo•I example to his men, and we compliment him on his wcll-ct\rned pr<>motion to the l8t wicket. As u. footh!\llcr he worl<cd hurt! though ha111pcrcd hy illness. There is no doubt hut that he will worthily tl'present Newington at the Unh•ersity.

\Y. :::imTll ohtninc'l four firot-clusscs in Mathematics at the last senior examiuation in Arithmetic, Algelim, (leomctry, Tri1otonometry, ancl was proximc accessit for the nmthemu.lical scholarship. He won one of the Wigmm Allen Scholl\rships during 1808, !\IHI ho gh·cs promise of makini: matter~ warm l\mongst thooe who contend in the University fots for .\lathemo.tical honours. He h11s altiO played cricket with the 2nd XL -

UNIVERSITY NOTES.

How to write Uuh•cr~ity notes without n. Univeroily is more of a puzzle thim a pleasure. !?or the p1l~L three month~ the University h.AS been non­existent: the gr-eat an1l houourablu order of Uu1lcrgrarls is scattered over the breadth of thu 10.1111 ; the Profs., satiat,,.\ with their dire slaughter in the Dccemhcr t•xo.ms., a.re p.:ncefully li~hing, fossil·huntiug, or reading ~Iarie Corelli's la.teat; and last bnt not least, the 11rl.>1rne sertnity of our \"eoman Bedell is bein(i Wl\Sted on the gloomy solitutle:1 of the lecture· rooms. Hy the time tlus is in print, howe\·er-. long rnc. will be over, the Undergraduates dreary round of unremitting toil will have rc-commencc1l, and Profs. 1uul ex1~ms. have again become o. stl'rn reality, instead of, as at iirei.ent, the dim far-off figures in 11 mi<l-summer'l! 1hLy dream.

But if this yc11r has thus for hrought forth nothing of moment, the chronicle of 18!18 pre~ents 11 goo1lly list of succ1·"~es for Olcl Newingtoni1ms. Not only ha.vc lho brilliant fo\\ won high h..,oors, but the co111111onplt1ce nmny -those <.'On tented 111ort11ls who 1<re S!ltislicd with" going for a. p1\ss"­ho.vc almo~t 1dl come out well, an1l when the numh~rb went up in Decemh<'r hardly one O.N. 1hcw 11 hlt1nk. (This ~oun,b r .. ther niixetl; hut I waut to imt it .!clicatt•ly '" iu. not to hurt the feelings ol lhe unfortunMcs who got plucke.l.)

At the hegiuuing of IS!JS W. <:. \Vooluough was appointed De111on­atmtor iu Geology, an<l ~oon after look his Bachelor's dl'gree in 8cience with high distinction. During ::\lichaelmru; term 0. Harker ro~e to the lofty eminence of Junior Dcmoustru.tor in Vhcmislry, ilnd now tlu.ily ex· plains the my~tcries of H: SO, and the smells of H~ S to a circle of admiriug students.

Two O.N.'s have rccl!ntly joined the teaching staff of the University, and the charming <lir of conscious •lignity, mingled with the coy modesty with which they respo111i to the "respectful salutes" of Undergrad O.N.'s, goes straight to the hearts of their former schoolmo.tes.

In FirMt Year ~Jetlicinc, !':it. ,J. W. Oa.nscy got lst Class Honours in Physics, a11<l wou the Renwick Scholarship of£;)(). I have tu inform his nmncrons friernlH, however, that be h1\s uot yet rN•eived hi,~ cheque for the amount, so thuy nmy po~tponc llalb uf congri\tu lation.

Ju the wort.I of sport, Curtis an<l Edwar1ls hnve nph!'ld their reputation at 'J'euni~; ('urtb lrns ·~lso h.-ttlc1I well for tlw Undergrad Cricket Team. ,\t Football, \\'. A. ilhortlarul hill! come to be rega.rded as perha.ps the best all-round player in the colony. Another O.N., R. C. Miller, played wing thrcc-11nu.rtc1· for the Uni. A tc<Ull 1,~~t wiutcr.

:lili

I can \'<JUch for the truth of the following. It was in the l!'irst Y car Medicine l'rnctical Biology Jt:xnm., aud among the spccimcn8 l)lact"l npon the ct1.ndicl1~tcs' fahlc.i Cot· i1lc11tification was a species <•f era J. It l!ccms tlmt there nrc two distinct rnrictics of cmh, \"t•ry similar in appcaraucc, except that one i~ tailh:'s and the other possc"CS a c1rndal appcntlage. One 1rnfortun&te O.K., presse•l for time, and whoso cmh, moreover, was in a very " l"ipl.'" condition, made a htt•ty inspectiou of his apcci111cn, an1l put it down tlS the tailless variety. He gM·c in his p;ipers, 1111d, before leaving the examiuation roo111, had '~nother glance at his specimens. Then he found tho.t the crab, which had evidently died in a fright, had a. finely developeol tai! carefully tucked under its abdomen. The O.N.'s subsctpient remarks 011 the cuss~clness of that crab are held over until next issue.

Appended are the results of the December :b:xaminations in the \•arious Faculties:-

FA<TJ.TY Ol' ART><. Fi1wl Yw1·. - P•••sed: A. (J1owley,. R. Perkins, I>. \\'il8on, l>. P. Dey,

\\'. A. Fletcher (1':vcni11g Htudcnt). 8eco111l Year.-Passed: R. N. Robson, acq. for Prufcti•Or \\"ooil's J>ri1.c for

History ; and Cooper Scholarship No. l of C50 for Cln~sic8.

FAccJ,T\' ot· M.1m1C1'i.:. }'fr.,1 Year.-P11s!ctl : 8t. J. \\'. l>a11s('y (Renwick Hcholarship for (luueml

Proficiency ; .l!'irbl-cla!!s Honours iu l'hy~ics rrncl Chemistry ; Secoud-ela•s Honollrs in Biology); R. E. Woolnough (l'rox. tlCC.· P1·ofessor Haswelrs prizo for cln•~ ex11m. in Zoology ; 8econcl, cl.-.e~ Honour~ in C'heuoi~try anti Physics); H. K l"ox.

Sero1ul l'ta•'. - P11•se1l with credit : R. C. ~tiller. Foro-th Yea1·. -Pas~ed: H. Bll~by; K R. Ro~ehy; C. E. FIMhmnn.

l!'An;LT\" Ot' St1t:SCE. Fir.<t Yrnr.- Passetl: R. E. \Voolnough (l:!t•cond.clahS Honours Chemistry);

A. J. Peterson. Sero111l Year. l'1lssc•I in <leology "ith Firat Class Hono11n1: G. Harker. Tllir<l l'ccu· - Passed in Chemistry with FinJt l'las.i Honours: U. }forker.

0El'.\ltT~Jt;ST Ot' E"Gl'i t.t;JU-\l:, Ffr,,t Ynt1'. - l'as•ed : K T. Henning. Sft'Ollll r1ar. l'as•cd: R. \V, HMI ken (Hecoml l'lihs Honours Ci\'il

E11o;11ll'ering, &c.) 1'/tfrd l'ear (Mining).-Passed: \\'. R. Bc;1.,c1 (Second ('lass Honours

Civil Engineering, &c.)

M.A. l•:x.\'111'.\TIOS. Passed : A. C. Oill.

J>. \\'.

OLD H01f:i' COLUMN.

DR. E. C. HALL has resigned his position on the Resident .Medical Staff at Prince Alfred Hospital, and is now at Penrith, where he expects to remain for nine months as forum Imm., for I\ doctor of th11t town.

The following ex tract ~ken from the 8yducy Daily l'd•!Jt"fl.]>lt, of 4th Me.reh, refers to an Old Newingtoniau who left the School about four. teen years ago :-" Tht' tenants of the \\'allaloug J<:~tate (near )forp•'th) presented their landlord, Mn. WALTER Soon, with a large 8ilvcr Salver and Tea. aud Coffee Service of four pieces to match. The Salver bears the following inscription, signed by fifteen tenants : ' Presented by the tenants

F. G. PHILLIPS,

W. WILSON.

H. W. DAVIES.

W. SMITH.

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of Wallalong, a~ a token of esteem and 118 an cxrrcssion of go•>u will to Walter Cha.des Scott, I~sci-. on thP. occasion of hi~ m1<1..-i,\g~, .January, 189!1.'" The report concludes: "lllr. ::lcott i~ gre11tly respected in th" district, anti the gcnen1l public echo th" sentimentM exrrcsbc•l in the inscription on the gift.''

\Ve ha.ve much pleasure in 0Aeri11g our hearty congmtnh1tio11R to lllR. HAROf,ll Ht xT, \l..t\., 1lnx of Hchool uuu Rcholfichl Scholar in I ~.-~.i. now in char~e of (;rammu1· 8chool, Duhho, on his recent m:uTiilge. AJ,o lo :\lr. Dick \\ebb, of T11rnna.

l>B. ARTll!'R llE1'R)', who it Wll' stated in last issue hail left X1u..-1.11ri, is now pmctising in ~Ja.nly.

MR. AKTllllR l\kDo,A1,n, who was at Nowington in the eady part of the eighties, ht1s been appointed Urowu La.nil Agent and 0. P.S. •1t Cussilis.

'\Ve arc glad to note the 11ppointmeut of MR. Mu.TO:> S. Lon:, one of the earliest Newiugtoninns, to the position of Deputy Stipendiary Ma.gistrate iu Sydney. his unuerstood thnt on the expiration of tweh-e months lea.,·e of absence granted to his predecessor, Mr. Lo"e will become a. fulJ.tledge<l St\pendia.ry Magistrate.

J\1R .. C. HRllN~llON FLETCUF.R, nn O.N. of the l'tHrnmatta Rive1· dnys, an·! a nephew of the late ex-President, the Ro''· .]. H. I•'letchcr, !ms hcen nppointe1l B1litor of the Brisba,ne Oo11rier, the lcMling daily pnper in queensla.nd.

\\'e cougmtulutc ~h. \\'. K Y. Rouso::-, B.A., •I Vice.President of the 011l Boys' Union, on his election n~ }1ayor of Ashtielrl, one of the most import­ant municipalities in the Colony. }Jr. Robl!on began urnnicipa,J Jife only tih:hteen month~ 11go, anti being nntlllr :lO years of ugo, it is prol.111hle he is ahout the yonngesL }Jayor in Now 8onth \Vales. He is also 1\ member of tho;, College Council, un<l was one of the leading candidl\tes fot· the position of Uity Solicitor, now filled by a school-fellow of his.

In December last, }JR. HAUUY BouDEN, who wns a.t Newington <luring the hitter lmlf of the eighties, rcturuecl to Sydney after an absence of five years. Before lclldng Sydney, .}Jr. Bu1ltlc11 served four years with one of the leacling Architects, and during o. 1.·esideuce of three yea.rs in London, gained fut the1· experience uruler two of the most noted English Architects. On b&ing clocted Associu.tc o! the Roya.I Institute of British Architects, he received commissions uccossitaLing ''isits to (3ormaoy, Austria, l•'rance, Italy, and 8wit1.erlno<l, att<l tiou.lly in America. 'Ve understand }lr. BU<lden intent.ls following his profession in Sydney.

In January 111.st, }JR. JACK RE:>Nrt: (Fake), of l<'iji, p11.i1l 11 short visit to Sydney. lie complained, not that his old friends did not rememher him, but that they failed to identify him, which is not to be wornlered at, for when u fellow ou leaving school can only throw a shadow with the assi8ta.nce of o.n overcoat, and ro·appea.rs L4 years later still in the flesh ancl fifteen atone of it, tlrnrc is only nature (and matrimony) to blame for the difficulty montioned. }] r. Rennie lllls been successtully enga.gecl for some years pllst in sugar growing on the Rewa River. He says there a.re are se\·eral O.N. 's down in ~'iji. Mr .. Jim Cox, who, accoruing to ~Jr. Cecil Dtwics, tried to cure Ratu ,Joe of a cold with a mustard plaster after l\liss Normingtou's method failcil, is O\'ercee1· on o. suga.1· plantation, nml J\lr. ~'mnk Hill occupies a. simih11· position on one of the Colonial :Sugo.r Com­pany's places. Mr. Percy Morns !\ncl Mr. O. C\ullip nre both 1it l,e\'uka.

The t•ppointment of MR. Pt:Rcl.' S. D.\woo::< to the ollicc of City Solicitor has been so freqneu tly 1·cferred to in the cla.ily papers, tlmt most of our readers are a.lready aware of his conuection with Newington. lt

111ay not be generally knowu, however, that one of Mr. Dnwson'a pt,rlners, .\1r. (llover, is al~o an Old Boy.

DR. ROBERT DEY, who was one of the doctors at the Coast Hospital lt\st year, has been appointee! one of the Senior '&lsident doctors at Prince Alfrecl Hospital.

We regret to notice the death of :'ll R. W ~t. L!TOIUIELn, of 'finghl\, the father of a large family of 0. N' .'s We foci ijUl'C tho.t all our reader~ will sympathise deeply with the bere1wed family.

When responding for the King's School Ohl Boys' Union at the Harbour Excursion, Mr. A. E. Roberts s1li<I that he though~ the two Unions might arr1\nge for a11nual cricket aud football matches, ''remark which met with considerable applause. ::ihortly after the formation of our Union, the idea of a cricket match with T. K.S. Union was discussed, but nothing ea.me of it. \Vo hop<· the proposal t•egarding ('l'icket will materialise. Roth sideb are able to place strong teams in the field, ancl there can he no doubt tlmt the event would become a popular one. ~Jr. Moulton stated on behalf of the ColleJ:(e, that if such !L match were played on the ~chool grounds he would sec the te1\ms were suitably entert11ined. As regards footb1Lll we a.re 11ot quite so sanguine. There are ~cvernl O.N. players of \he first rank a\'ailahle, hut many of our cha111pions ure too aldermanic ("figuratively" speaking) for such violent exercise, ancl 111a11y of those of recl'nt years 11ro not actively following tht• J(iLtne, •O that ufter ten minutes play some would be lying in picturesciue attitmles about the gronn<l feebly calling for lemons.

Readers of the .Ytwi11!]lonicm will remember that in October l.1st a Rifle .Match took place between teams of past and present boyR, when the latter wou, anrl a few weeks later carried off the " Hhielcl." l\J r. Bucha.uan holds that this happy result was in no sm1Lll measure due to the first win giving the boys heart. und he is desirous of haviui;i uccasioual nmtches between now and the next Associntiou :.leeting. With 1\ view to carryin!( out this idea, anil, if found possible, the formation of an Ol1\ Newingtoniaus' Rifle Uluh, 1\ meeting will be held 1Lt thu College on 'l'nc~<lay C\'enin!(, 2.'lth March, 'j,;l(I p. m., to which all thosL• who feel a.n interest in the proposals are invited. It would be rnry gratifying to many Old 13oys to see at tho next Associa.tion Meeting, a.a O.N. Rifle Team rept>ating the suc<lesse.~ which the School achieved iu past years agai11bt the best teams in New South Wa.les.

Mr. W. H. (.{ill, Accouuta.nt of the Commercial Bank, West ~laitlaud, has been promoted to the position of J\lunager of the branch at .Bre~11.rrina.

MOONLIOHT HARBOUR J<:XcumnoN.

O:s- 'l'hurs1li\y, 2:.?nd December, 1898, a Harbour gxcursion w11s heltl untler the auspicies of the 01<1 Newingtonians' Union. The Committee wns iu­fluen<'ed in its choice of the d1Lte by tbe ~nppoijition that 1L numbur o[ country O. N.'s woultl be in town for the Christmas holidays, and take the opportunity to attend. It unfortunately happened that most of the~o gentle­men arrived on the 23rd aml 2·Hh Deco111her, MHl aR t\ ln.rge number of city members h1L<l made arrangements to \•isit the count1·y, the u.ttemlauce wus coni;idorahly affected thereby. Notwithstantling this <louhle mii.fortuuo, the list of those present shows that the gathering was satidfactory as regards numbers, anti rcpre.qf'ntath•c. Or the Re-union it•elf the judgment was more emphatic, some going i;o for as to s&y it wus the best mcetiug ycl

Tim N~;w1NOTONI \N. 37!)

hcl<l. While we think oLher meetings, notably the dinners at Quong l'at·t's, were more successful, there is no reason to question the accuracy of a sentiment uttered by an Old Boy at the conclusion of the outing, "This sort of Lhing makes you look forward to the 11oxt re-union."

The s.s. Alrttlua left tbe foot of Kiug Street at 7.45, aml as a fairly strong breeze wus blowing, it was decided to steam slowly op Lane Co,·e and l'arramatta. Rivers. Town wu~ reached ngaiu ahout JO p. m.

It is a difficult matLcr to fllrnish tL correct list of those on hoRrd, hut the following i~ as complete as could be ascertained :-Re''· J. E. \luulton, ~fc,srs. R. A. \\'ar.len, A. c;. Gollcdge, H. H. Cnrlewis, W. E. V. Kob5on, P. \V. Rygat<.', A. H. Waterhouse, Dr. F. Sa.wkius, Dr. E. C. Hall, ~lessrs. H. B. l!'letehcr, H. \\'urldington, \V. L. Curnow, \Y. A. Parker, T. E. Till~ck, B. 001 butt, H. Wo~"t.enholm~, ~· A., Pl~illip~. R. Cal1l";c1.1, .T. R. Bav1n, N. Hopson, J. O. Miller, A. C. (,tJJ, C. (.owdery, A. J. l lnlhps, J. H. ~lnrks, ,J. A. Somerville, .J. I\'. Miller, \'. i\Joulton, H. P. ~Joore, A. E. Ahbott, \Y. H. Danse~·. H. Cowlishaw, R Cowlishinv, H. Spence, \\'. Rigg, J. C. Kershaw, '"· Curtis, F. G. Lano, C. Corbett, C. H!Lwkeu, R. B. l-iheritlan, P. Roseutlml, R C. Miller, A. 8. Abbott, '!'. R. l\liller, W. \\'ilson, D. \Vilsou, 0. Harker, L. Moore, R. E. Woolnough, E. T. Henning, H. E. i\lc('lella1H!, \\'. A. Howarth, 8. J. t.:hauuon, C. 'l'. B. Hcnuing, F. G. Pliillip~. H. Andreas, 8t. J. l>o\nsey, \Y. ('owlish1rn.

J?ollowin!l the practice which we have inv1~riably observed, invitations weie ibsnerl to representatives of three other Uni•ms, and responded to by Mesard. S. G. Boydell and A. K Roberts (King's School), J. R. Peden (Sydney Grammar School), aud G. McMahon (~t. Ignatius). These gentlf:­men "ere introduced to the gathering, a.u<l, it is sc:u·cely necessary to a.dd, received a cordial welcome. Compliment1n·y speeches in retum were made by l\lcssrs. Roberts, Peden and Mci\fobon for their respective Unions.

The progmmme consisted chiefly of music<\! items1 and thanks to the energy 1~nd good offices of Mr. R. W. Caldwell, a number of well-known Lietlert1~fel singers contrihuterl choruses. which were greatly appreciated hy the audience. Both l\lr. Hop~on and 1\11-. Ca.hlwell recei,,ed encores for their songs, and }lr. McMahou was similtwly rewn.rded for a capital recitation.

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MILITARY.

Tn~: Milito.ry pnrt of om· life ha~ been much more lli evidence than is usual during the first term of the year.

Notwithsta.nding our important cricket engagements this quarter, we ho.•·e been able to get down to the Range ou four ::latnrda.ys, and some very fair shooting was douc. A. Whiteman, a recruit, is showing very goocl form indeed, and A. K Hht•w, one of last year's tea.m, put iu a centre and six " bullies " at his first ~hooting.

One day a. week is gh•eri up to Morris·tnbe practice, which is an excellent training both for oltl and young shots, as it tra.ins the eye and ates.dies the pull. It has already made a great improvement in the recruits. who, by the encl of the yea.r, will m!Lke some of the older shot.! look to their laurels. We are pa.rticula.rly pleatied to sec dO many 11sscmblc on a. ~fonda.y for the Morris· tube practice, 1rnd to notice the kccness with which the shot.~ are watrhed. It speaks well for our cha.nee of again winning the Shield this yea.1·.

On lfridu.y the 23th instant, wa go to P1\rrt1matta to atlllck the King'~ Hehool. \ \' c luwe ,.i \•id memories of the splcntlicl tilllo we had w hl·n we la.st went up there, an<l iire lool..in!( forward to 1\ no less enjoyuble time on the 2.1th. In connection with this, Captain Buchanan would lw pleaRcd for any Olcl Boys who still ha\'C their uniforms to f.!O up with the Corps . .At·ms and ammunition will be issued to them at the College a.t 7 p. m.

A meeting will be held at thu College on ~fo1·ch ~8 to start 1i Resen·c Rifle Club in connection with the Old Boys' .hsociatiou.

CRICKET.

l<'lRST Er,r>n:N. AT the val'tttiou we lost Ula. went !Jack to Tonga. Cu.ptain.

\\'il~on (Yice-Cnptain), Heu.eh, and in Ft.>ht·unry In pliLce of \rilson, H11\1 ken was l'lectccl Vice

During the term we received ;i visit from )lr. 1'1. A. Noble, and had an excellent pmctice.

Up to the present we have rnet 8.G.i::i. 111111 'l'. ICH. with di~nstrous results- to oursekcs. \\'c hope for better Nuccess ngiLinst. N.H.C.K0.8., St .. Joacph's, and St. Ignatius.

The team shows a decided impro\'ement in hatting. Crowther, l•'innu, and J.loses hcing now liable to make runs at any time.

"• e were weakest in thnt clcpnrtment of thu i.:ame iu which we should be strongest, hut a.re gli1d to notice a m1Lrke1l improvem ... nt, duo to lhc fielrling praotict' indulged in 11t rncess nnd at dinner-ti1110. \Yith the opportunities the team possesses it. should never make 1\ niistt1k<' 11t tieldi11g. In the Rnglish scbo.,ls no boy is ;\!lowed in the team unles• his ficltling is first cla~s. Runs saved by goocl nel<ling arc of more importance tht\n those scored with the but, M it lets the bowlers know th'lt they ;1re being hacked up by the fieldsmen.

We met 8.t:.s. ou February l'ith, J8th, and, 1,,uti11g fir,l, they scored 37:l. Johnstone made 128 without 11 chance; U11r11~ey. lit. Onr te .. m started well with l wicket for 80, hut the last wicket fell fo1· 127. l<'ollowing 011, we did even worse, scoring only 96. A foatm·e of the gu.me was the tine fielding of McCourt. Brown obtaine<l 2 wiukets for 145; ::\lc\.icar, 2 for :31 ; Cha.nnon, I for 43; Fiua.u, 4 for 83; 11loHc~, 0 for 20.

lsl Innings. 2ucl Inniug". Phillips, h Garnsey .):! c, b 1lltlck cnzie 0 Hawken, c, b Oarnsey 5 b (farnsoy IU Mlickay, c, h Garnsey 40 h (1arn~ey ()

Brown, h J.ia.ckcnzie l c, h 1111\ckcnzic ;{7 C1owth11r, c, b ,\la.ckcm:ic H h r.111ckcnzic -I 111 uses, h G amsey 1 run out 10 ~lcViciu-, c, b Mackenzie 2 c, b .Johnslouc .. -I ~Jc( 'ourt, st .. h (raru~ey 0 h .\ltLckenzie n Fiutrn, not out 4 h 1'011cll ~

.Allen, b l11Lrnsey l not ont u <.:ha.1111011, b UILl'llSCY 7 h l'owcll 10

8uudries 4 Sundrie11 7

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\\"e plnyerl T. IC~. on lOth cmtl 1 lth March. Batting tirat, they Jost Ci wickut~ for l:lJ. !fad c1~tchi11g ou ou1· pti.t't e1mLle1l the la8t-! wickets to t~tld 120. I!'. Futter wus top with 50. At the call of time ou Friday, Ncwington had lost no wickets fol' 2:-1. R11in fell dtiriug the night, and o. couple of spots were developed. Oul' innings closed on Saturday morning for 158, Brown hitting with much ju1lgme11t 1mrl ,·igour for J6. Following on, we scort'd i!l. The Kitig's 8chool thus winning by an inning~ and 8. Brown howlt"l 8plemlidly, sending them clown for 3 hours ••g<linst •~ strong winrl, 1lnrinl( which time he bowled :l:l ovel"l!, 16 maidens. 111111 obtainer! 5 wicket.11 for 6i ; :\k"\'icar, 4 for 102 ; Clmnuon, l for 29. On the Wednesclo.y preceding this match 1''inau wlls ta.ken ill, and we were thus without his service$. 'l' K.H., 24;). .N'ewington, -.

lst fouing8. 211<1 Innings.

Phillips, b Body :l6 b Mirldleton 7 1lnckay, c, b ~liddlt:ton .. J1 h ~liddleton 2 llll\\ ken, I h \V, h Doyle• 16 e, h 111 iclcllcton I 1 Crowther, c, b Mi<ldlcton 0 st., h .i\lichlleton 8 Brown, h :\lidtlleton ;}6 c, b Riclmrcls 5 i\lcVicar, b Bo<ly l.J. ruu out 8 ~lo~cs, l b w, )Jicltlletnn 2 c, b Horly 25 Chauuou, c, h Miilrllctort . . 2 c, b ~li1l<lleton .j.

T>a vies, not out !l run out :l \\'iso, st., h Mirlrlletnn 0 c, I) i\1 id cl !..ton 0 i\lcCuurt, st., b .i\1 itltlldon l not nut l

Sundri~s .. ll H11111lriu8 6

1.}8 'ill

N~;w1:;cTo:> ('nL1.Em; Y. Cm·1tr11 oP Esc:L.\'.\ll 01tA'l\tAR Scmoor ..

These te11.111s 111et on Fri1lny nm! Si~t11rd1\y n11 the Newingtou O\•al, in con1wctio11 with the School8' Premiership, the match 1·c•s1lltiug inn win for Ncwington on the ffrsL innings. 1"ullowing a.re the scores:-

Newington College.

lst Innings.

Phillips, c Adarns, h Boydcll :\lackny, st. Kater, h Hickson Hawken, c Adams, Ii Hurtlern Brown, c Ada.ms, b Jfoycfoll Crowther, I b w, b Fisher M'Vicar, c Fisher, h Boyclell Moses, c Kater, h llorclcrn Do.vies, c Adams, h llonlern Channou, not out Allon, b Horclern :-.!'Court, c and h ITortll.'rn

Surnlrie~

Total

fi5 .. 117

)'\ 32

2 0 li 2

26 I 0

16

. 289

2utl Innings.

h FiMher not out .. b Hortlern uot out

Two for

2 II .j

42

l.J.

79

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Church of England Grammar School.

lst Iuniugs. 2nd Innings.

Fisher, II., h l\loses 0 nm out l2 Kater, b .M' \'icar ... 0 how, h Brown ... IG Ilordern, h '' 3U run out J!l Holterman, b Brown ;32 not out n Jaquc8, c Davies, b Chii11oon () uot out 7 Hickson, b Ghtrnnon 2 h Brown 7 Adam8, c 11 'Court, b Brown !l h Brnw11 6 Roy<lell, b :\loses . .. .. JS thrown out 8 Barton, c Channon, b .M'Vioai· 3.3 b Brown .. 15 \Yay, not out .. ;{ c Davies, b Brown 17 Fisher, I., c Davies, b Chnnnon 0 b 'Brown .. . 21

Sundries 17 Hnndrie~ 21

Total .. ... Ii:! Nine wirkets for 216

8F.CONH 1~1.~;n:N.

The Second Eleven is not up to the standard reached by that of last year, but much improvement has beeu made lately. They lmve won two out of the three school mu.tuhes, beating the King's School by ten wickets, and C.E.U.':l., North Shore, by eight wickets, whilst the 8.G.S. defeated them by au innings and thirty rur•s. A ~ood struggle was also made against the An~tralinn College, who had beaten nil the other second elevens easily, but who just managed to defeat us before the fall of their last wicket.

A. Sha.w manages his eleven very well and it should do creciit to him in the immediate future.

The bowlers- \\'. Millican, Allsopp, Barnes, Reclgra.ve - nre a promis­ing quartette, as they are now beginning to recognise the value of a little he1tClwo1·k in bowling.

Laury, Parker, Pre~cott, will make goorl batsmen with another seilsou's practice, hut it is harcl to nndersta.111\ why Millic11.11 and Wise c .. unot get more 1·uns as their styles are snitahle for turf wickets.

Tye fields well, but N. lirown is a clisappointment, as he has great natural ability, both as a batsman and as a bowler, but marrec1 by irrePponsiulc ca.rel('~sness.

I shoulcl like to point out thst if the lst eleven Cllnld ma.ke arrange. menls to pla.y on outside wickets 11.ho11t h1df-a .. lozen times dnl'ing the yenr, leaving the oval l\\'1\ihlble for the second '""l third ele\·ens on cert..in 8atunla.ys, it would not 011ly m1Lke the first eleven n1ore confident in their skill, after making scores on foreign wickets, but Cnlible the second a.1111 thirtl elevens to show exactly whr\t they can do, aucl what players should be imme1liately transferred to •he first wicket.

The members of the seconrl wicket a.re :- A. Sha.w (Capttiin), Allsopp (Vice-Captain), W. Millican, L1\llry, R1trnes, Prescott, 1'ye, L. Wilson, Thomp~rrn, Wise, Reclgra.\•e, N. Brown, Hicks, Parker.

Much interest attaches to the returu nmtch with the 8.U.S. on our ground on Wednesday, the 22od MMch.

TmRn E1,EY1':1".

Neurly tdl the members arc new to the team, but 1111dc1· their energetic Co.pt.a.in, Mather, they practise regula.rly, and 1.1re making he01dwa.y. It caunot be said that they hM·e been particularly successful np to date-in fact the team iH below the usm\l sta.ndarcl, and the " blob " seems to be the popular score nt present. Yet the team is not without its records-4 wickets in 4 balls by Nobbs, 5 wickets for 5 runs by Moses, 6 successive wickets for 0 runs nre recorc!R worthy of mention. It must be admitted tha.t some of the boys give promise of doing much better things. Moses, Hicks, Withers, Brasnett, ~hiteman, as batl!111e11 ; Moses, ,\IcLachlu.n, Nohhs, ancl Brasnett, as bowlers; and Mather, behind the wicket, together with his leg hitting, and, above all, his admirahle perse\'era.nce. All these may in time, with t'l\reful prl\ctice, reitch the highest grade i11

school cricket and become members of the J<' irst XI.

FouRT1c J!;LKvi::is.

NEWl'<OTON C.:01.r,i,:nE \'. s.n. ~. Lo\\~;], Rc·11001. H.

Lo~t. ~cores :-S.O.R., 13.3 ; N.r., 3 for 53.

NEWI~GTOS Cni,1.cn1; v. s.n.R. Lei\\ ~;Jt Hc111101, II. Lo~t. 8co1·es :-S.0.8., 9 fnr 56; N.C .. 5~. In this 111ntch ~fcL1\chltm

took i>ll the wickets of S.<l.S. th•~t fell, for 17 runs.

NEwJNl:ToN Co1,1,~:m1 ' " Pwn:Rsu.u1 01t.\M 11 ,1 i< 1'<"11001 ••

Lo~l. Scores :-1'.0.K., (j for .;s; N.G., 43.

FH"l'll E1,EVB!\. The fifth team played two ma.tches this term agilinst the S.O.S.

Lower School Thirds, nnd were beaten in both ml\tches. F. Wallace aucl 8. La.ury hn1·e shewn hest form with the bat, 1~nd £Tonlt, 8. Laury, ann }<', (). l>nvies with the bnll. The te1rn1 is showing i 111proveme11t, but nre sa.clly handicapped by the ncecl of 11 wicket keeper. The two pla.yers, Gale l\ncl C. A. White, who occnpierl this impo1·ttrnt position h\st year, hav-e gone into the fourth elev-en, 1111cl we h1we not yet found anyone Cl\pl\hle enough in this llcpiu·tmeut of the game.

SIXTH l•:LE\'Eli.

The sixth te1~m played one nmtch against S.G.S. Lower ')chool Fourths, an<l <lefea.terl them bv 6 wickets uncl :m run•. This result was du<' to the Rple1111i<l bowling of N. (;ill u.ncl the battin11 ot :\rchih1\lrl (:H not out), ,Jones (31 not out), i>U<l Wyncss (l:l). The two llQt outs made•~ splentlill staml for the tif~b wicket, putting on 1\bout ."itl rnns. The lidding tlil! played hy the tc.>am wa~ 1\hove th" 11\•crng<'.

OCCASlON'AL Non;H,

Ont present HeMlmastcr, 'I<:. \\'. l'oR'<\\'ALL, EsQ., B .. \., Oxfortl , has ha.cl t\ great cleal of experience t\S 11 teacher both in Eu!-(lnucl anti Austrnlia. He received his education at 'Bath College, from theuce JJ1·occc11iug to Keble

Colleg<', Oxford, where h<' ohtaincd a ('la~sicnl 8cholarship. He com· mencetl his career as a teacher !lt LlanrwRt <:mmmt•r School in Wales, o.nrl for the h•st eight years ht\S been teaching in Austmlia, principally in l)ueenslan(l, l\llll latterly at All H1tiots' C'ollegc, Bathurst.

The Ho1L1·clers' Satur(hLy gveuing Concerts •u·e ugaiu in full swing, ttnd it is a noticeable fact that the tlay hoys are beginning to discover what they can do. A. Hhaw Hhows distinct tu.lent, tUHI \\'O Lrust that he may long continue to add to the gaiety of school-life.

\\' e have to cougratulilte ~kCn,t.ocn, FltEE,J.\-:, ancl 0HT0'1 011 their success in passing the recent .\fatriculi•tion gxam.

\Ye regret to note the fact that :lfr. T. H. N'lwing lrns not yet recovered from his illness. \Ve tender him onr sympathy, 1\1111 l\SSure him that ho will be loug remembered a.t Newiabrton .

.... C 'ORH l<i8PONDENC'R

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I beg to suggest Limt u. notice-hoard be erectecl in~idu the nouee, .a.y iu the rlt•y·t·oom or h1•ll, or some .1th&r suitalile phice, autl that libts of the match<'~ of the rlilferent ten ms for the ll'hnlc crkket 01· foot btlll ~ea.son, and the grounds on \\'hh:h they l\l'O to he playccl, be posted up hy the VRrious SecretMit•s. The tlmwini.: fnr the form 1111itches n1i~ht ttbo he ~et up. Both The King's School an(I i\t. Ignatius' hll1·e notke·hrn•rds of thi!l kine! within rloor", 1•ml thu~ the different playe1s know ex'l.ctly when they will be enga~•·cl. Now that the football season ix rlliout to commc>nce, a board could easily be e1ectetl during the Eu.ster varntiou, and l:IO ht• retuly at the eommenceinent of the new t1•r111. I o.m sure 11 hoard of thia dt'soription would he 11 great colll•enienc<:, especially to the Boar1lers, who could tbcu make their nppointn1cnts with frien<ls, so r\l! not to cl11sh with 11111kh~•. H<>pin~ th:\t some ntt<'ntion will l>e given to the mtLtlct· hy hoth mu~te1·s l\O<I hoy~.

Believe me, Detir Hir,

18th :llan·h, 18!l!l YourM very truly.

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