The Lion Vol. VI. No. 3. December, 1922. New Series

PRICE'S SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

EDITORIAL.

Since our last issue there has come into operation
a fresh scheme for the management of THE LION
namely, a committee of six good men and true,
who shall decide what material shall be inserted
in our columns, and what shall not. This is a
step further in a policy which, it is hoped,
finally result in the magazine being managed
wholly by the boys of the School.

The names of the present committee are :—

L. Archell.G. R. Rogers.
W. Collihole.L. Sheppard.
V. Poelchau.J. H. Sinclair.

The magazine now has a firm financial footing,
and if the present issue meets with the same backing
as the last, it is proposed to reduce the price
of the next. Our thanks are due to the Old Boys
for the splendid way in which they have rallied
to the help of THE LION.

The suggestion has been made that the magazine
should contain illustrations. We agree that it
should ; we should like to see our pages enlivened
by photos of teams and sporting events, by cartoons
ana caricatures. There is only one objection,
but that, unfortunately, is at present insurmountable ;
namely, that it would lengthen the printer’s
bill so much that THE LION would soon go bankrupt.

We would gladly welcome any further suggestions
for the improvement of the magazine.

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of
the Aldershot County School Magazine, No. 3.

The new House, whose name is Blackbrook,
is composed of the majority of the new boys who
arrived this term ; altogether, its members number
less than twenty, and only two of them are higher
in the School than Form III.A. Consequently,
it is starting right at the foot of the ladder; all
the more credit when it reaches the top !

To Blackbrook. House, Welcome !

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CRICKET, 1922.

The report of the following games was not
available when the last number of the magazine
went to print :—

July 1.—The School, 63; The Headmaster’s
Eleven, 63.

July 22.—The Past, 90 ; The Present, 120 for 9
(declared).

July 26.—The School, 157 for 6; Fareham
Banks, 99.

Sinclair made 63, and obtained 6 wickets for
35. Mr. Gale 27 not out; B. R. Scott, 16; Mr.
Bradly 2 for 24.

The season was an extremely successful one,
for out of eleven games, we won nine, and drew
two

Averages —Batting :Sturgess 38.4.
Sinclair 18.8.
BowlingSinclair 42 at 3.7.
Henry 26 at 8.1.

BANG !!

The boy stood in the dining-hall,
‘Whence all but he had fled,
His waistcoat all unbutton’d,
(He'd filled himself with bread).
“Oh ! one more cup of tea ! ” he cried,
He spoke in accents wild,
“Oh! one more crust, before I bust.”
(He was a vulgar child.)

There came a noise of thunder’s sound,
The boy, oh ! where was he ?
Ask of the maid who swept around
Those fragments strewn at tea.
M.G. (IILA).

FOOTBALL, 1922.

(Captain—J. H. SINCLAIR.)
Fixture and Results (to date).

First ELEVEN.—Played 8, Won 7, Lost 1.

Oct. 4. St. John’s …H 4-2Wagstaffe, Bussey,
Stevenson 2.
Oct. 7. St. Helen’sH 2-1Stevenson,
Wellborne.
Oct. 14. Fareham BanksH 6-3Stevenson 2,
Bussey 2,
Wagstaffe 2
Oct. 18. Mile End HouseH 6-0Stevenson 3,
Bussey, Goodall,
Wellborne.

Oct. 21. A Midhurst G. S. A 0—2
Oct. 28. Portsmouth G. S. A 2—1 Bussey,
McNeil
Nov. 1. St. Helen's …A (Scratched)
Nov. 8. Gosport Tech. S.A 2—1 Stevenson,
Goodall.
Nov. 18. Itchen School …H 4—1 Stevenson,
Wellborne,
McNeil,
Cummins.

SECOND ELEVEN (to date).—Played 5, Won 5.

Oct. 4. St.Johns II … H 4—0 Ross i 2 Radford,
Clark.

Oct. 7. St. Helen’s II … H 5—1 Ross, i, McNeil
2, Radford,
Tee.

Oct. 18. Mile End House H 4—0 Ross, i, McNeil
3

Oct. 28. Portsm’th G.S.IIH 5-1 Ross, i, Radford,
Tee, Clark.

Nov. 8. Gosport Tech II.A 15—4 Ross, i, 7,
Budden 4,
Tee 2, Wagstaffe
3.

THIRD ELEVEN (to date).—Played 4, Won 2,
Drawn 2.

Review. —With the various teams winning
most of their matches, it is futile to look for any
important faults. The following points should be
observed, however. In the smaller elevens,
players should do their utmost to keep their places.
In the first and second elevens, half-backs should
remember they have more work to do than anybody
else on the field, must attack as well as
defend ; and, above all, should never forget to
pass low.

Criticism of the First Eleven :—

SINCLAIR (Captain, goal-keeper).——Does his job
well, and is much safer than last year. Anticipates
shots, and clears very effectively.

STURGESS (right back). —Another veteran from
last ; works hard, kicks hard, and tackles
hard, and generally demoralizes the opposing
forwards,

Ross ii. (left-back).—Has developed from a
mediocre goal-keeper into a sound back. Is a
hard kicker, but requires a little more speed in
turning, and does not use his weight to the best
advantage.

POELCHAU (right-half).—Ts heavy and clumsy and
lacks speed in twisting and turning, but “takes
some beating.” Should learn to cultivate the
low pass.

WELLBORNE (centre-half).—Last year played inside
left, but, with his stamina and energy, serves
the team much better in his present position,,
where he is able to keep the whole side together.

BUCKLEY (left-half).—Plays steadily and conscientiously,
and passes well to his forwards at
times, but is inclined to be slow.

CUMMINS (outside-right).—A light but speedy
winger, who knows his job best of all the
forwards. Has plenty of dash, which, however,
is still wanting in

BUSSEY (inside-right), and this is his chief fault.
He should remember, “when in doubt, go
forward.”

Ross i. (centre-forward). —Must develop a harder
kick at goal, more aggressiveness, and should
try foraging for the ball instead of waiting for it.

MCNEIL (inside-left).—Is new to soccer, but has
the requisite dash for a forward, which alone
carries him through at times. Must develop
ball-control, and co-operate more with the other
forwards.

JONES (outside-left) should develop better control
of the ball while dribbling, and train his left
foot for the lob into the centre. Would do well
to imitate the tactics of the opposite winger.

NOTE.—Soon after the Midhurst match, in
which the School was beaten chiefly through the
lack of aggressiveness of the forwards, the team
was supplied with a new centre, and left wing,
namely Ross, i., McNeil, and Jones. The following
have played in the Eleven in several matches :—

STEVENSON (centre-forward). —Can shoot well when
not hard pressed. Lacks the ability to begin
movements; should keep passes low and
accurate ; should learn ball-control ; and above
all, should learn to keep his feet.

GOODALL (inside left).—A clever dribbler, but often
unable to finish movements through lack of
aggressiveness.

WAGSTAFFE (outside-left).—Can get his centre in
at times, but is too easily pushed off the ball
to be effective.

HORNER (right-back) understands his job well.

CLARKE, i. (right-back) is clever in controlling the
ball, but should develop a harder kick.

A FEW OF THE WORST.

Perhaps we may be excused if we insert just
a small number of the “ howlers ” which have been
perpetrated within the School walls during the
past year ; in order to show that a high standard of
originality is still maintained. Anyhow, here
goes i—

A popular personality of the upper school,
when asked, © What is tradition? ” replied, “ The
handing down of costumes from one generation to
another.” When he appears one day in his father’s
trousers, cut down, we shall know that * tradition
is beginning to come into force.

We have heard of the horrors of the Spanish
Inquisition, but have read of nothing so frightful
as the following, from IV.A, :— The Spaniards
used to wipe the English sailors with long pieces
of leather.”

“The weapons used in the Wars of the Roses
were bows and arrows, bikes and spears,” announces
IILB. Accordingly, “ Richard IIL. at Bosworth
Field, seeing all was lost, threw away bis useless
sword, and whirling his new 1485-Model ‘Raleigh’
round his head, rushed into the fray, uttering
hoarse cries of rage and ringing his bell madly… .
After the battle, when his dead body was picked
out from beneath several tons of iron-clad bodies,
bis hands were found to be still grasping the
handle-bars of the machine, which was quite
intact, the tyres showing no signs of wear and
tear. The conqueror, Henry of Richmond, after-
wards rode home to supper on it. Buy a Raleigh ;
every machine guaranteed for 50 battles.”

“Magna Carta was leader of a lot of soldiers.
She told them not to use bad language, but they
caught her and burnt her.”

The French lesson also brings out originality,
thus

“J’ai des chevaux sur la téte.”
“Les cuisiniéres francaises sont délicieuses.”
“Au déjeuner et au diner on mange du poison.”
“Les anes sont des oiseaux domestiques.”
“Aimez-vous la campagne ? ” ** Oui, Monsieur,
j'aime le champagne.”

“THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF —-”

[We regret that, owing to so many of our em-
ployees joining up in the Sinn Fein and Free State
armies, the quality of our rhymes is not so good
as in pre-war days. The office boy is the only
composer left on the firm. —The Managers, The
Limerick Factory, Limerick, Ireland.]

I

There was a young lady of ——,

‘Who smiled as she rode on a tiger,
They returned from that ride,
With the lady —,

And a —— on the —— of the ——.

2
There was a —- lady of —,
Who ventured to tease an old lion,
Of the lady there’s some
In the lion's —— —-
And the rest is an angel in ——.

P.

[NOTE.—Some words have been deleted by the
Trish Censor, for military reasons. It is feared
that the completed poems will not be made known
to the outside world-until the Irish Stop Fighting
One Another.—ED.]

MANKIND'S PREDECESSOR IN GIBRALTAR.

One of the most interesting sights for the visitor
to Gibraltar is supplied by the monkeys. They
are said to be of an African breed, but no one seems
to know how they first came to the “ Rock.”
A very fantastic tale is that they know of a tunnel
under the Straits.

They are queer-looking mischievous fellows,
generally small. When they gather in a crowd,
under some arches, at one end of Main Street,
it is not long before a human crowd is also there.
Watching them pulling the husks off the chestnuts
thrown to them, is usually enough to make the
crowd (human) laugh aloud, at which they climb
or run away. 1 watched one once, doing this.
Someone threw him a second nut, and he promptly
dropped the one and went ‘after the other. The
mothers carry the small ones on their backs. My
father once saw a mother smack her young one
for some disobedient act.

When I came back to England, the Governor
was said to be trying to get rid of the monkeys,
on the plea that they were a nuisance ; but if he
succeeds, one of Gibraltar’s chief attractions will
disappear.
FK. (V.B)

DES GOUTES ET DES COULEURS !

“Oh ! ces Francais | Ils mangent des grenouilles
et des escargots | Manger de pareilles bétes |
Quelle abomination ” ai-je souvent entendu dire
en Angleterre.

Eh bien ! Oui, mes chers amis, nous mangeons
ces ignobles bétes, et permittez-moi de vous dire
qu’elles sont délicieuses quand c’est un “ cordon
bleu ” qui les prépare. Bien que je ne professe
pas d’étre un “ cordon bleu,” laissez moi vous donner
la recette de ces plats succulents.

Dépouillez les grenouilles, coupez les a la hauteur
des reins, gardez seulement la partie inférieure.
Pour la cuisine, il-y-a deux fagons: “a la brochette
” ou “en friture.” La premiére facon est
des plus simple et s’explique d’elle méme. Cepen-
dant faites attention que le tout soit cuit & point.

1 faudra surveiller attentivement les grenouilles

… je veux dire la cuisson. La deuxieme fagon
consiste 2 enduire les grenouilles ds pate a friture
(la partie inférieure bien entendu), et de les plonger
dans l'huile bouillante. Le gofit de la chair
ressemble 4 celui du poulet.

Quant aux escargots on les fait jeGner pendant
deux ou trois semaines, puis, on les lave plusieurs
fois bien soigneusement dans de l'eau salée et
vinaigrée. Ensuite on les cuit 2 l'eau bouillante,
et, opération terminée, on remplit les coquilles
avec une pate faite de beurre, de persil et d’ail
hachés minutieusement quinze minutes de cuisson
dans un four et vous avez un plat savourcux.

Je le devine | Vous n’étes pas persuadés, mais
en revanche, permettez moi quelques remarques.

Beaucoup de Francais (surtout a la compagne)
boivent le thé comme médicament et feraient la
grimace si on leur présentait comme dessert ”
un “suet pudding.” J'ajouterais méme que
quelques-uns ne voudraient pas toucher a votre
fameux * Christmas pudding.”

On gobe des huitres toutes vivantes, toutes
crues (en Angleterre avant la soupe, en France
apres), on les déclare délicieuses dans l'un et
T'autre pays !

Les escargots et les huitres sont de la famille
des mollusques, avec cette différence, que les
escargots sont supéricurs aux huitres, qui, elles,
ne sont que des mollusques acéphales.

… “Des gotts et des couleurs, il ne faut pas
discuter,” dit un proverbe populaire.

GL.

“ HIP, HIP, HURRAH.”

Does anyone know the origin of this cry ? The
following has been suggested : Peter the Hermit,
who traversed Europe exciting the anger of all
Christians against the infidel, had a banner which
bore the letters H.E.P., the initials of the sentence,
“ Hierosoluma est Perdita.”

Hurrah was an old Slavonic war-cry. People
who did not understand Latin became accustomed,
when they saw a Jew in the streets of a city, to
pursue him with the cry, “ Hep, Hep, Hurrah,”
from which we get “ Hip, Hip, Hurrah,”

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.

(Continued from last term.)

Two hundred years ago, just as is still the custom,
the Headmaster of Price’s School was appointed
by the governors of the trust and the Vicar of
Fareham ; and I think it may amuse my readers
if I give two examples cf the report of the governors
on their choice of a new Head.

(Extract from an old document, dated 1724.)

After a good deal of what appears to the un-legal
mind, unnecessary talk: we find the following,
written in beautiful old copper-plate :—"* Now know
all Men these Presents that we the present
Minister of Fareham whose Hands and seals are
hereunto set by Virtue of the Power to us given
by the said last Will and Testament of the said
William Price (at the request of John Barnard of
Fareham aforesaid who to the best of our knowledge
and belief is a person of a sober Life and Conversation
and fitly qualified for the purposes
hereinafter mentioned) Have therefore nominated
Constituted Appointed put and deputed And by
these Presents do Nominate Constitute Appoint
put and depute the said John Barnard School
Master or Teacher of the Said School and the
children therein to be taught and instructed
according to the said last Will and Testament in
the Room of Henry Stanton late School Master
or Teacher deceased Giving and hereby Granting
unto the said John Barnard the yearly salary or
Payment given by ‘the said Will to the School
Master or Teacher given or allowed And we do
hereby humbly request the Right Reverend
Father in God Benjamin Lord Bishop of Winchester
to grant unto the said John Barnard
his Licence for the better and more effectual
Authorizing him to be School Master or Teacher
of the said School as aforesaid In witness whereof
we hereunto set our hands and seals the eleventh
day of February in the Twenty second year of the
Reign of his Majesty King George the Second over
Great Britain and in the year of our Lord 1748.

Scaled and delivered by the Revd. Mr. Thos.
Appleford Woolls Minister and by Sir William
Gardiner Bart. and Mr. Danl. Lavington Church
Warden in the presence of

JOHN AUBREY.
RICHARD BARQUS
THOS. APPLEFORD WOOLS, Vicar.
WILL GARDINER.
DANL. LAVINGTON.
(This is copied exactly from the old Document,
punctuation and all complete.)

(Extract from the Minute-book of the Clerk to
the Governors, 1907) :-—

“The Governors interviewed the 5 selected
Candidates for the Headmastership of the New
School, and ultimately it was resolved that Mr.
S. R. N. Bradly, Assistant Master of the Modern
School, Bedford, be appointed Head Master of
Price’s School as from Jan. next-——Subject to his
acceptance of the post.”

J. Ec TARBAT.
24 October, 1907.

Not quite so long-winded or perhaps so dignified,
but after all it meant much the same thing.

But we have jumped some 70 odd years ; let
us go back,

All this time from 1721 to 1845, when the new
buildings were erected, the little school had been
going quietly on teaching 30 poor children dressed
in “blew cloath ” to read their Bibles and do
simple sums. Talking of cloth, tailoring in those
days must have been a much less costly trade than
it is now. I have beside me an old account book
with an entry, ““ Paid Kneller for 10 coats £2 10s.
—1821.”

About the year 1857 some of the land bequeathed
in the will, which was situated round and about
Elson and Hardway, was wanted by Government
for the Ordnance Department and the Admiralty,
and it was sold to them at a high price, which
greatly increased the capital of Price’s Charity
(small plots of land round Hardway have continually
been sold right up to the present time)
and in consequence the yearly income was a great
deal more than was needed for the maintenance
of so small a school. In 1853 the Rev. W. S.
Dumergue became Vicar of the Parish, in the place
of the Rev. Wyndham C. Madden, and now began
a series of disagreements between: the Trustees,
led by Vicar Dumergue, and the Charity
Commissioners, as to how the trust money should
best be expended, which lasted for 28 years. In
1859 a request was made that grants might be
paid from the charity to the National C. of E.
Schools, to Fontley School, and the Sunday Schools.
This request was refused, excepting in the case
of Fontley, who were granted £30 per annum,

In 1866-67 a covered passage was added to the
School buildings, and the Master's garden was
converted into a playground for the boys.

(To be continued.)

THE GAMES WE PLAY.

FOOTBALL.

The usual receipt for a game of football is the
following :—*Take an inflated bladder in a leather
overcoat, and mix it slowly with twenty-two
young men in white tights ; add a few bare legs,
some thorough-bred kicks, a coroner’s inquest,
and serve cold on a stretcher.” The game consists
in kicking, in a large field, a hollow ball of the size
of a big turnip or a small balloon. By-and-bye,
somebody comes up who wants to kick the ball
too. You run to and fro with him in the field,
and finally you fall down each with a piece of the
ball. Then two of the players come and sit down

on your head, to prevent you from getting up
again too quickly, while a third sits down upon the
other two. The next moment, you discover that
the round substance you are holding under your
arm is not the ball, but another player’s head, and
he realises at the same moment, that he has grasped
your porpoise-hide boots instead of the ball,
Doctors always say that football is a healthy,
invigorating game, entirely free from danger.
ENO.

CORPS NOTES.

This term we have two events to chronicle in the
progress of the Corps, namely the annual inspection,
and the result of the shooting competition for the
King’s Shield,

It looked at first as if the inspection would be a
most disastrous affair, for during the preliminary
drill which took place earlier, in the afternoon,
everything that could possibly go wrong did so,
but fortunately people pulled themselves together,
and when the inspecting officer came along the drill
was carried out with no serious mistakes. The
report expresses satisfaction with the work of the
Corps, but points out the deplorable fact that our
numbers are, I believe, the lowest in the district.

The result of the shooting competition was
rather better than we had expected. The number
of teams entered was 38, and we were placed
twelfth on the list, with a total score of 666, the
winning score being 940, and the lowest score 122.
Our worst score was in the second practice, firing
from behind cover, while we did best in the rapid.
Of course we don’t intend to be satisfied with
twelfth place, but it is a very satisfactory result
considering the small amount of practice we had
been able to get, and no doubt we shall do better
another time. Of course other teams will do better
t00, so we must not let any opportunity slip.

At the time of writing we have had one practice
with the buzzer, so it is not possible to say much
about our achievements in that direction, but still
a number of people read the groups of letters sent,
with only a few mistakes. At first the work is
bound to consist of practice in reading these letter
groups, but later on there is plenty of interesting
work to be done in learning the routine of message
work, with all the special signs and their uses.

Drill is improving, but the smallness df our
numbers makes it very difficult to do anything
more than squad drill. Recently we have at.
tempted company drill with skeleton sections, but
we want those skeletons fattened out. The number
on parade lately has been about 22, where are the
other hundred ?

J.S.

HOUSE NOTES.

BLACKBROOK HOUSE.

There is one thing upon which all Blackbrookians
can pride themselves this term—they have turned
out a team in the first term of their existence ;
a team small and light, in the main, providing
the expected “ walk-over” for teams of other
Houses ; but, nevertheless, a team which has
accepted defeat in the right spirit.—And is not
the “ right spirit,” after all, far superior to mere
goals? If a footballer does his best, and puts
every ounce into his play, fairly and squarely,
then the satisfaction arising therefrom will go
far to console him for having lost the game.

The team put up a very plucky fight against
School House II., who won 3—o; and against
Cams. I1., who won 7—I. It was very good to see
McNeil, in the last few minutes of the game, fairly
run the Cams team off their feet, dribbling the
ball right into the net. Finally on November
25th, we were beaten 11-0 by Westbury II
However, no disgrace.

In school-work, on the other hand, we have been
more successful. Here, those boys who, by doctor's
orders, are not allowed to play games, have proved
that they can keep their end up. One of them
has already headed the fortnightly order three
times, and several others are working their way up
to the top, in IIIA. Others are doing well in
IIL.B.

I should like to remind all boys in the House
that everyone can help in his own way. Next
term there will be Hockey and Steeple-chases
(one for Seniors and one for Juniors) ; and in the
Summer Term sports, cricket, and singing com-
petitions.

RAL.

CAMS HOUSE.

In the first round of the Inter-House Football
Competition, Cams played Westbury, and gained
7 points out of 8. The chief match, of course,
was between the two first elevens. Cams were
slightly the stronger team. Westbury kicked off,
but Cams were the first to attack, and on two
occasions narrowly missed scoring. Westbury
attacked occasionally, but did not give Forsyth
much trouble in goal. Cams scored once in the
first half, Jones being the scorer. The second half
was uninteresting and the play was mainly in
Westbury’s half. Cams scored twice, Jones and
Bussey being the scorers. Cams thus gained 3
points. Our second eleven did very well, when at
half-time the score was 3—0 against them, by
making a draw of 3—3. Hutchings (2) and
Houghton being the scorers for Cams. Cams
thus gained 1 point out of 2. Cams third eleven
also gained a point by winning.

On November 25th Cams gained another three
points from School House. We lost the first
eleven match 4—1, although we had several
chances of scoring. The Thirds won easily 8—0
In the Second eleven game there was no score for
the first half, the game being very evenly contested.
Towards the end Cams scored a solitary goal, and
this just saved them from losing the Cup.

H.F.S.

SCHOOL HOUSE.

J. H. Sinclair is head of the House, Poelchau
and White being house monitors. Boxing practices
have been held on several occasions and
promising form has been shown by several, notably

Ross ii, Andrews ii, Hoather and Wellborne.
It is hoped a regular class may be formed next
term. We hear that there is a chance of an instructor
being obtained ; in this case, each House
would be entitled to nominate representatives to
join the class. The House Matches provided a
very close contest ; last year we lost by half-a-
point, but this time we tie with Cams on points,
and but for a mishap in the last minute, when our
goal-keeper in the second eleven fumbled, we should
have been in front. The first eleven won both
its matches, the second won against Blackbrook,
but lost the other two ; while the third eleven was
heavily defeated in both games.

WESTBURY HOUSE.

True to our traditions, which I hope will soon
be broken, we once more achieved the third place
in the Inter-House Football Competition, scoring
4 points against 10 each for Cams and School
House. It is not an inspiring state of affairs,
and I do hope we shall soon see a change for the
better. Our second and third elevens did well
against School House, but not against Cams,
while the first eleven lost both matches. The chief
trouble in the first eleven, it seems to me, is that
the forwards are not working together. One
often saw one player get away with the ball,
only to find that when he was tackled by his
opponents there was nobody near to help, the
others being some distance behind. Half-backs
too must help the forwards more than they do.
The well-known military maxim applies to football :—
“ The best defence is attack.” In the
junior teams one saw the halves, and sometimes
even the forwards, kicking the ball too far ahead,
which practically gives a free kick to the opposing
backs. These points apply just as much to
hockey as to football, so T hope people who play
in the matches next term will remember them.

Why, I wonder, do we always play better against
School House than against Cams ? I believe it is
merely that the Cams match comes first, and that
the teams have not warmed up to their work.
This should not be the case. With two matches
to play we cannot afford to look on one of them as
a practice game. The others don’t, and consequently
they win.

The singing competition last term was also an
occasion on which we were beaten. Still we were
very close, there being very few points between the
three houses.

The Corps has no reason to complain of overcrowding
yet. Do come along Westbury, you
haven't all to go by early trains.

J.S.

OLD BOYS’ NEWS.

D. P. DODRINGE, H. EVANS and H. WELLBORNE
are all training at the Eastern Telegraph Company
School. Their address is 117 Walm Lane,
Cricklewood, N.W. 2. All three have been seen
at the School this summer.

H. LARDEAUX passed the entrance examination
for the same Company, and is due to start his
training on December 1st.

W. IVENS (Avon Downs Station, Camooweal,
Northern Territory, Queensland) writes that
he has gone to a cattle station about 300 miles
from the nearest railway at Dajaera. There
seems to be a permanent wind blowing, cold in
winter and hot in summer, and as there are no
trees, there is not much shelter. His station
he calls a small one of 2,500 square miles. The
next one is 15,000 (!) and is 120 miles from
Avon Downs. The natives, who are wild
blacks, are of a very fine physique, seldom under
seven feet high. Posts arrive sometimes, and
letters, from fellows who remember him, would
be welcome.

J. E. GULLIFORD (Caixa 56, Santos, Brazil) sends
a very interesting letter, extracts from which we
hope to include in the next Lion. He has been
for 7 years in the Submarine Cable Service of
the E.T.C,, and gives many useful hints to
those likely to join the service. Santos, where
he is stationed, is the big coffee port of the world,
and though 20 years ago it was a death-trap to
Europeans, from yellow fever, modern sanitation
and a crusade against the mosquito have made
it a health resort in the cool weather, though in
the summer it is like an oven, with little relief
from the excessive heat even at night.

J. H. HUNTER is c/o Finlay Fleming and Co.,
Burmah Oil Company, Rangoon.

R. B. SCOT: passed out of Sandhurst and sailed
on September 19th in T.S. Huntsend for India.
The Trooper was diverted, to land a battery of
artillery at Chanak, at the time when trouble
with Turkey seemed likely, but he did not land
himself, and is now in India.

H. E. DEAN-COOPER went up to Keble College,
Oxford, and is-now wrestling with “Mods.”
in which he is taking Logic ; he is playing some
hockey and seems to be having a satisfactory
term.

J. H. HENRY qualified for Sandhurst, but was
offered an Air Force Cadetship at Cranwell,
which, though an out of the way spot, has
compensations in the shape of a free issue to
every cadet of a motor-bike with an allowance
of 3 quarts of petrol a week.

R. R. SINCLAIR is now in his second year at Pang-
bourne Nautical School, as also is Mortimer.
They are putting on Trial by Jury as their end
of term concert.

R. H. SCOTT, who was home on leave from his
regiment the 4oth Pathans, Amara, Mespot.,
was at Fareham for most of the summer. He
has gone out again on the S.S. Naldera, joining
it af Marseilles after a satisfactory visit to
Monte Carlo, which seems to be quite a difficult
place to enter. Forms have to be filled up
giving all your history. The place is palatial,
and crowded with people, busy at the gambling
tables. The lowest stake is 5 francs, and you
change your money into counters of different
colours, 5 franc white, 20 pink, 100 green, and
500 blue. Having come away with a balance
on the right side, he is open to offers for his
“ System.”

Supplies of the School scarf (blue and white silk
striped), 27 inches square, have been obtained.
Price 8/6 each.

SPEECH DAY.

Speech Day this year was on Friday, July 29th,
the last day of the Summer term.

In the afternoon there was a good attendance
of parents and friends, and a pleasant programme
of music was rendered by members of the School.
The Vicar, the Rev.. J. E. Tarbat, presented the
prizes. The prizes of those boys who had lately
been sitting for the Oxford Senior Locals were
held over until the results of the examination were
known.

At the conclusion of the prize-giving, a lively
and clever display of drills and tableaux was given
by Forms I. and II. under the guidance of Sergeant
Brace.

The proceedings of the day were brought to a
close by a concert in the School Hall, in the evening.

SUCCESSES IN OXFORD SENIOR LOCALS.

Third Class Honours : W. E. Collihole.
Pass: G. R. Rogers, J. H. Sinclair, F. R.
Clarke, F. E. Jones, H. R. Messem, J. W. Moore.

INTER-HOUSE FOOTBALL CUP.

CAMS HOUSE.

Points.
1st XI. beat Westbury 3—0 . 5
2nd XI. drew Westbury 3—3 1
2nd XI. beat School House 1—0 2
3rd XI. beat Westbury 3—0 1
3rd XI. beat School House 8—0 … 1
10

SCHOOL HOUSE.

Ist XI. beat Westbury 2-0 5
1st XI. beat Cams 4—1 . 5
10

WESTBURY HOUSE.

2nd XI. drew Cams 3—3 … 1
2nd XI. beat School House 6-2 2
3rd XI. beat School House 6-0 2
4
Cams and School House share the Cup between

NUTSHELL NEWS.

The School holds the Portal Cup, from May, 1922.
(Hampshire Public Schools Athletic Sports.)

The School “ Soccer “ Cup is held by Cams.

The School Hockey Cup is held by School House.

The School Cricket Cup is held by School House.

The Schools Sports (1922) were won as follows :—
Senior, Cams ; Juniors, Westbury ; Minors, Cams.

Senior Steeplechase (1922) was won by Westbury;
Junior, by School House; both combined, by
School House.

The Singing Competition (July, 1922) was won
by Cams.

CALENDAR, 1922.

Summer Term :-—

July 3rd.—The House Singing Competition was
held in the School Hall at 8 p.m. Each House
sang two songs, " Pluck ye Roses” (Schumann),
and ** Alpine Song” (Ireland). Captain Spinney
kindly judged, and awarded as follows : 1, Cams ;
2, ‘School House; 3, Westbury. There was a
large gathering of parents and friends.

July 12th. —Corps inspected by Col. L. F.
Philips, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. ,

July 22nd.—Old Boys’ Match and Gathering.

July 29th.—Speech Day and Prize-Giving.
Drill Display. Concert in the evening.

Christmas Term :—

October 10th.—Captain Durham, of the
N.S.P.C.A, addressed the School, giving an
extremely interesting talk on “ Kindness to
Animals.”

November 1st—(A wet Wednesday) School
House Boxing Competitions.

November 11th. —The School assembled at
10.55 a.m., and observed the Two Minutes’ Silence.

November 17th.—Mr. Hooper, of Southsea,
in an address to the School, interested them by an
account of present conditions in Germany and
Russia; and some boys suddenly found themselves
‘rich ” with German bank-notes.

November 28th.—An excellent concert was given
to the boys by the Fareham Orpheus Glee Party.

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