Pharos No. 13 July 1913

    The next School Term will extend from September 18th to December 17th. Half-term, November 3rd.
    The next number of the "Pharos" will appear about November 29th. Copies can be obtained from the "Express" Office or from the Editor.
    Many interesting contributions to this number are held over through lack of space.
    We acknowledge with thanks "Ruym," the "Bromleian, "the Erithian" and the "Beckenham" County School Magazine.

    The outstanding item of news for this term is the approaching departure of our late Editor. As mentioned elsewhere, Mr. Coopland has obtained an appointment at Liverpool University, and will leave us at the end of the present month. What "The Pharos" owes to Mr. Coopland can only be appreciated by those who have followed the history of our magazine from its first appearance. He has piloted it successfully through the difficulties of the early years, and leaves it a firmly established and valuable part of our school activities, with the promise of being very shortly free from that debt which is an essential feature of the early life of any well conducted periodical.
    We ask Mr. Coopland to accept the thanks, congratulations and good wishes of "The Pharos," and the School.
    Our Annual Sports again proved an enjoyable and successful function, and we have once more to express our thanks to the subscribers, donors of prizes, and all other helpers, who make it possible for the Sports Day to be an important event of the school session.
    We have had the pleasure this term of welcoming Mr. Tunnell, whom we hope to keep with us as permanent successor to Mr. Smith. Form II. B. have surely broken the school record by having four different form masters during the session, but to their credit be it said they have remained quite cheerful through all their troubles. Mr. Tunnell will, next term, lie mainly engaged on the senior side, where our increasing numbers have made an extra form necessary, so that in September the new Form IV. will start work in two sections, Upper and Lower.
    The money for the new School has been voted by the County Council, and the buildings are now in existence—on paper—in the form of those mysterious plans and elevations from which the imagination of the architect and the art of the builder will one day produce the substantial structure.
    The playing fields will consist of about nine acres of ground to the left of Chalky Lane, just beyond the railway, and will, it is expected, accommodate three full-sized football or hockey pitches to be shared between the boys' and girls' schools.
    "The Pharos" wishes all its readers a pleasant holiday. May all the Oxford Local candidates receive next month the news of that success which they are hoping to gain!

Mr. Coopland has been appointed Assistant Lecturer in Medieval History at Liverpool University.

Sir Philip Magnus, M.P. for London University will, it is hoped, give an address at the Technical Institute Prize Giving at the Town Hall on October 2nd. The County School Prize Giving will be held on Wednesday evening, 29th October. Lady Duncannon will present the prizes and Lord Duncannon will speak.

All were interested in the Rev. G. W. Wetherall's appropriate address on Empire Day. The prize for the best essay on " How I may best serve the Empire" will be awarded next term. Intending competitors please note.

    Mr. James will give a series of four lectures on Historic Architecture next term at the Technical institute. The lectures will be held on Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock, and will be illustrated by lantern lectures and blackboard sketches. Tickets for the course are 2s. 6d., or for single lectures 1s, but County School Boys may obtain tickets at half-price. We hope a large number will turn up. The dates and subjects are as follows:—
    October 18th.—"Builders for Eternity.''
    November 1st.—"Greece: A nation's search after Perfection."
    November 15th.—"Rome: The rise and fall of a great Power."
    November 29th—"The Romance of the Middle Ages.''

Congratulations to Gann and Dunn—to the former on gaining a post on the staff of the Secondary School at Tiverton, and to the latter on his appointment to Sandwich Council School.

Evans has finished his course as Boy Artificer, and has joined the " Lord Nelson.'' R. Carey is on the "Saxon Monarch,'' and Broad was recently heard of from Savona (Italy). He is third officer on his steamer the "Cheyenne," now making a voyage from the Tyne to New York, thence to the Mediterranean, and back to London.

Morgan continues to do well in the Civil Service, and as a result of the Examination for Intermediate Appoint merits has become an Assistant Surveyor of Taxes. Worster has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute of the United Kingdom, entitling him to the grade of Associate; and Lamidey, by passing the Preliminary Examination, is entitled to the grade of Student of the same Institute. Lamidey was second in order of merit out of 39 candidates in all England and Wales.

Percy Morrison has passed the exam for Army Schoolmaster on probation, and is now at Aldershot for twelve months' probationary training.

All will regret to hear that Clarke, one of our first Boy Artificers, has met with an accident, causing him to be invalided out of the Service.

My dear Schofield,
        That letter of yours is a long time in reaching me here, and this in spite of your promises before I left Dover.
    We had a ripping voyage out there was never any sign of roughness of the sea after leaving Marseilles. The " Oxfordshire" was a new boat, only making her second trip. We had one dance on board before reaching Port Said, but the fun really began after this, when we got through the canal. By the way, when going through the canal it was awfully cold; we had to put on heavy motor coats by 5 o'clock at night. In the Red Sea and Indian Ocean it was much warmer, but we were never burdened by excessive heat, due altogether to the fact that we were fortunate enough to be favoured with bead winds practically the whole time.
    It was awfully fine at nights to lean over the side of the ship and watch the phosphorescence in the water. You could not imagine such a thing unless you saw it. The sunsets, too, were not to be missed, and especially the three colours about half an hour after sunset-red, green, and blue.
    On the Bibby Line skittles is the great game, there being a special deck for it. This was played practically all the morning and after 4 in the afternoon until dark, say, 5.30 or 6 p.m. From 2 to 4 p.m. the time was spent in reading or sleeping, both on deck, noise of any description during these hours meeting with strong disapproval. After dinner I usually passed (say, up to 10.30) with the ladies, and after that adjourned to the smoke-room for a little refreshment.
    We had two dances and a fancy dress dance on board. I went to the latter in the costume of an Egyptian donkey boy, and wore a fez. Really, in a fez I look quite a villain. I refused to have my face blackened, it looked so well as it was!
    In the gymkhana on board, do you know I won one race—the tickling race. The mail is tickled on the face by a lady, and the one who laughs last wins. In the other race I won my heat: Adam and Eve race—a lady throws an apple into a bucket, and the man has to dip his head into the water, pick out the apple with his mouth, and race round the deck, still with the apple in his mouth—use of hands a disqualification.
    Once out here the life of slackness ceased. I am speaking the sober truth when I say we work hard, far harder than the people at home do. We are at the office by 7.30 in the morning, and often are there at that time at night. We all work in our shirt-sleeves, and each has a fan over his desk.
    Each of us has his own boy—a kind of valet, who does everything for master, dress and undress him, etc. I do not know what it is to put my own trousers on now. You have to keep your boy at it though, they are slackers if you do not watch them. Sometimes the threat that you will knock a rupee off his wages is enough to waken him up, but at other times nothing but a good bit of boot is sufficient to do the trick. It is absolutely necessary to keep your eyes open, for all the natives will try to do you down.
    I have just bought a pony, and have all the trouble of keeping my groom in order, which is by no means an easy task, seeing that he only speaks Hindustani; when my limited stock of the language fails then the boot again comes into use.
    You might do a bit of work for me now. I will not ask much, only to convey my kind regards around, and particularly to the Staff and boys of the Junior School. Tell the latter I often feel it would be quite a change to do a bit of "Jones" again.

    The first combined Athletic Sports of the Kent County Schools were held at Ramsgate on April 5th. The competing Schools were Beckenham, Dover, Erith, Gravesend, and
Ramsgate.
    The Dover team was chosen as follows:—
        100 yards.—Coombs, Russell.
        Quarter-Mile.—Coombs, Russell.
        Mile.—Costelloe, Lyons i., Cullinane.
        High Jump.—Russell, Eaton.
        Long Jump.—Coombs, Russell.
        Relay Race.—Costelloe, Eaton, Coombs. Russell.
        Throwing the Cricket Ball.—Russell, Hosking.
        Tug-of-War.—Fry (captain), Eastes, Hosking. Pascall. Cullinane, Penn.
        Reserve.—Hood.
    The team, with the Staff and a few loyal supporters, made the journey to Ramsgate by motor coach, reaching the town in time for a look round before lunch, which preceded the serious business of the afternoon. We must not forget to mention the two enthusiasts who faced the somewhat boisterous elements on their cycles, and safely accomplished the double journey.
    The Ramsgate County School Sports Ground was nicely laid out for the occasion, and the Kent Schools owe a debt of gratitude to the Ramsgate Staff for the time and trouble they most have spent to make the occasion a success. The only drawback to the enjoyment of spectators and competitors alike was a cold and piercing wind, which blew across the exposed ground. Considering that along one side of the quarter-mile track which had been laid out the races had to be run in the teeth of this wind, some very good performances were put up.
    The contest for the Championship Shield, given by the Chairman of the Kent Education Committee, Q. E. d'Avigdor Goldsmith, Esq., soon resolved itself into a struggle between Ramsgate and Erith, the former finally proving fairly easy winners on points, though in some events they had to work very hard for their victories. The Challenge Cup for the Tug-of-War, presented by the Ramsgate Education committee, was carried off by Erith; whilst Ramsgate won the Team Race, and so hold a Cup which is the gift of the Head Masters of the County Schools.
    An interesting afternoon's sport held several disappointments for Dover, as our representatives proved, on the whole, to be somewhat out of condition, and did not reproduce their best form.
    In the Quarter-Mile we looked to be doing well, when Russell and Coombs were second in their respective heats, so that we were the only School to supply two representatives for the final. Unfortunately, however, Russell became unwell, and could not run in the final, leaving Coombs to gain us our first point by coming in third. Nash (Erith) was the winner, with Rosenberg (Gravesend) second.
    In the Relay Race we were again, third. Costelloe ran a plucky 440 yards, considering his previous efforts in the mile. Eaton gained a lot of ground, and Coombs and Russell finished a trying afternoon's work in good form.
    The Tug-of-War provided our third and final point. The team showed the effect of good coaching, and pulled in good style throughout. They beat Gravesend twice and Ramsgate once, but were beaten twice by Erith and once by Ramsgate. The fact that the first three pulls were won and the last three lost seemed to point to lack of condition and staying power; on the other hand, it is only fair to say that Ramsgate and Erith seemed to have weightier teams than Dover.
    The other events of the afternoon provided some interesting struggles. The Mile was a particularly good race, though our runners soon found the pace too hot, and were never with the leaders. Whitehouse (Erith) ran a strong and steady race, and looked likely to win, but Gibbs (Rams gate) with a fine sprint, caught him in the last few yards, and so gained first points for his School.
    The High Jump was a great disappointment for us, as the winning jump of 4ft. 7½in. is well below Russell's best performance, yet we were not even represented in the final.
    After the presentation of the Shield and Cups by Norman Craig, Esq., M.P., we adjourned to the County School for tea, where the hospitality of Mr. Norman and his Staff and School was greatly appreciated. A quick and harmonious homeward journey brought an enjoyable day's outing to an end, and revealed unsuspected musical talent among the occupants of the front seats of the motor.
    Our experiences at Ramsgate ought to help us to make a better show in these sports in future years. We need a better balanced team and harder training. The bulk of the hard work in field events should not be left to two or three boys. With regard to training, we were perhaps at a disadvantage from the fact that the Inter-County School Sports preceded our own sports by two months. At the same time, it should not be difficult for boys to do the necessary training for the honour of representing the School, especially in the case of those who have just finished a season's football.

RECEIPTS.				£	s.	d.	EXPENDITURE.	£	s.	d.
To Balance from 1911				1	18	10½	By Materials, including Messrs. Hart's a/c
To Subscriptions	£	s.	d.				for Jerseys and Sixes' Medals	10	3	1½
First Term	6	15	0				By Railway Expenses First Team	5	15	2
Second Term	6	11	0				By Scouts	3	0	0
Third Term	6	8	0				By Railway Expenses Second Team	1	11	4
				19	14	0	By Teas for Visiting Teams	0	19	5
To Sale of Jerseys				2	5	0	By Teas-Old Boys' Matches	0	16	7
To Fees, Sixes				0	14	9	By Groundsmen	0	15	0
To Football Social				0	11	0	By Stationery, Printing Receipt Books	0	9	1
							By Photographs, 2 years	0	7	6
							By Secretaries' Expenses	0	4	6
							By Stamps and Telegrams	0	7	10½
							By Washing	0	0	3
							By Balance c/f	1	13	10
				£25	3	7½		£25	3	7½
F. WHITEHOUSE,							R. S. STANDRING,
Headmaster and President.							Chairman and Treasurer.

THE THIRD ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Wednesday, June 4th, 1913, at Crabble.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
His Worship the Mayor of Dover, W. Bromley, Esq.
W. W. Burkett, Esq. (Chairman of Governors)

Sir William Crundall	M. Anderson, Esq.	J. Gibbons, Esq.
W. J. Barnes, Esq.	A. Isaac, Esq.	H. Street, Esq.
Hugh Leney, Esq.	C. A. Gornell, Esq.	H. Ford, Esq.
Edward Chitty, Esq.	Mrs. G. H. Mowll	F. D. Morford, Esq.
C. J. Sellens, Esq.	H. C. Perry, Esq.	J. Morgan, Esq.
Miss Horsley	E. M. Worster, Esq.	F. W. Prescott, Esq.
W. H. East, Esq.	M. J. Malley, Esq.	A. West, Esq.
Martyn Mowll, Esq.	Mrs. Eaton	F. J. Hampden, Esq.
W. G. Lewis, Esq.	Mrs. Sibley	F. Gandy, Esq.
W. Bradley, Esq.	F. H. Bolton, Esq.	T. J. Gray, Esq.
G. T. Farly, Esq.	Rev. F. de W. Lushington	A. Lewis, Esq.
R. E. Knocker, Esq.	E. Russell, Esq.	C. S. Harris, Esq.
G. F. Farly, Esq.	Mrs. Hosking	H. L. Lawes, Esq.
H. F. Bourdeaux, Esq.	W. H. Gann, Esq.	W. Cocks, Esq.
Rev. W. G. Elnor	A. F. Armstrong, Esq.	H. Carlton, Esq.
W. A. Cook, Esq.	Mrs.Costelloe	G. Plater, Esq.
J. H. Back, Esq.	J. Cullinane, Esq.	W. H. Saville, Esq.
A. J. Davis, Esq.	A. J. Bromley, Esq.	F. Ward, Esq.
W. J. Evans, Esq.	W. C. Lovely, Esq.	Master J. Eaton
R. Carey, Esq.	F. C. Baldwin, Esq.	P. Robinson, Esq.
Captain Morrison	J. B. Dewell, Esq.	G. R. Knight, Esq.
A. J. M. Brewin, Esq.	J. Friend, Esq.	R. Clements, Esq.
T. H. Hood, Esq.	Mrs. S. D. Mackenzie	F. Wood, Esq.

Long Jump (Juniors).—1ist, Armstrong ii.; 2nd. Perry; 3rd, Dewell. Distance, 12ft. 4ins.
Long Jump (Seniors).—1st, Russell; 2nd, Coombs. Distance 15ft 4½in.
Swimming (Seniors).—1st, Russell; 2nd, Morrison i. Time, 3mins. 18secs.
Swimming (Juniors).—1st, Grew; 2nd, Baynton. Time, 2mins.
High Jump (Seniors).—1st, Russell; 2nd, Coombs. Height, 4ft. 8ins.
High Jump (Juniors).—1st, Street; 2nd, Grew ; 3rd, Lewis. Height, 4ft. 2ins.
440 Yards (Seniors).—1st, Russell; 2nd, Lyons i.; 3rd, Costelloe. Time, 60secs.
440 Yards (Juniors).—1st, Palmer v.; 2nd, Roberts; 3rd, Baldwin. Time, 66 2/5ths secs.
Sack Race (open).—1st, Gornell; 2nd, Standring; 3rd, Tomin ii.
100 Yards (Seniors).—1st, Russell; 2nd, Pascall; 3rd, Saville. Time, 11 2/5ths secs.
220 Yards (open).—1st, Russell; 2nd, Dewell; 3rd, Coombs; 4th, Perry. Time, 27 2/5ths secs.
Cricket Ball.—1st, Hosking; 2nd, Fry.
Half-Mile.—1st, Lyons i.; 2nd, Costelloe i.; 3rd, Fry. Time, 2mins. 16 2/5ths. secs.
Slow Bicycle.—1st, Beaufoy; 2nd, Rigden.
100 Yards (under 12).—1st, Malley; 2nd, Palmer v.; 3rd, Tomlin ii. Time 13 2/5ths secs.
120 Yards Hurdle.—1st, Hadlow; 2nd, Rigden; 3rd, Russell. Time, 18 2/5ths secs.
100 Yards (12 to 14).—1st, Brewin; 2nd, Roberts; 3rd, Standfield; 4th, Isaac. Time, 13 1/5th secs.
Obstacle Race—1st, Pascall; 2nd, Gornell; 3rd, Mowll i.
Mile.—1st, Lyons i.; 2nd, Cahill; 3rd, Saunders; 4th, Costelloe i. and Palmer v. (tie). Time, 5mins. 17 secs.
Three-legged Race—1st, Pascall and Cullinane; 2nd, Cuff and Tomlin ii.; 3rd, Plater and Ward.
Old Boys (220 yards).—1st, Eaton; 2nd, Lamidey; 3rd, Fisher.
Tug-of-War.—Pascall, Saville, Davis i., Lyons i., Pryer, Farley i., Clements, Hill.
Team Race (Swimming).—Gann, Stanley, Morrison i., Lyons i., Le Sage, and Pryer.

There were so many entrants for the various events that it was again found necessary to use the Danes for elimination purposes, and this took place on the evenings from Monday, May 24th, to Thursday, May 29th. There were fifteen teams for the Tugs-of-War, totalling 120 competitors; four teams for Swimming, numbering 24; and the rest of the entries amounted to 534. Owing to the regulation at Grabble which forbids Long Jumping, this had to be finished before the Sports Day. The winners were Russell for the Seniors, and Armstrong ii. for the Juniors; the former jumping 12ft. 4ins., and the latter 2ft. 4in. In the Tugs-of-War, seven heats were pulled off, one team receiving a bye. Enough excitement, even for the boys themselves, was provided on the Thursday night during some of the pulls; a distinct contrast to the events at Crabble. In addition to the above contests, 33 heats were run off. Throwing the Cricket Ball elimination took place, and the same event for the Junior Championship points was finished off. Twenty-one competitors also settled their differences as to who should appear at Grabble in the High Jumps. The Swimming events were decided at the Baths on Friday, May 30th, these being well contested. Russell proved himself the champion swimmer, and so laid claim to the Bromley Challenge Cup.

    At Grabble, on Wednesday, June 4th, the Third Annual School Sports were decided—to many, a "Glorious Fourth,'' especially to those who obtained places and prizes. The work at School in the morning was, from the boys' point of view, of secondary importance. On entering the class room one had to meet a verbal bombardment "Is it going to be fine, Sir?'' Fortunately the glass said "fine'', though the sky had rather a gloomy aspect, plainly contradicting the barometer. Happily the day turned out all that the competitors desired, just cool enough for them to recover their "wind" between the various contests for which they had entered.
    The programme, replete with events, of which there were 36, was started punctually at two o'clock. The hurdles opened the proceeding. Unfortunately, one of the Senior Championship candidates, Coombs, had the misfortune to gauge rather inaccurately the height of one of the hurdles, with the result that he had an awkward fall, and was in consequence slightly handicapped for the rest of the afternoon. Everything went smoothly tight through to the Final Event, the Tea Interval particularly so, the latter being much appreciated by the officials, who throughout the day stuck to their various duties, carrying them out in a most creditable manner.
    The slow bicycle races proved more exciting than last year, showing that the competitors had practised more thoroughly. The great aim seemed to be to get into a position where one could stand still, a laudable ambition, but I wonder what would happen, from the Judges' point of view, if three of the cyclists succeeded in their object. The winner turned up in Beaufoy, who at times seemed unable to move, showing his proficiency by the clever way he manipulated the handle-bars in his great balancing feat.
    The High Jump, Senior, won by Russell, was not as satisfactory as last year, the bar only being "topped" at 4 feet 8 inches, one inch lower than the 1912 jump. The winner, considering his graceful style and easy motion, should certainly add many more inches during the next few years. The Junior Jump, winner Street, brought out a promising youngster in Lewis, who, though on the very light side, has really a strong ''take off,'' and should in the near future easily win this event, and also beat the Senior clearance when he arrives at that stage.
    The Quarter, Seniors, gave us an idea of Russell's pace, so often seen on the football field. There is no doubt about his having a fine turn of speed, and with training he ought to go a long way. Palmer v, in the Junior Quarter, crossed the line in fine style, making no mistake about running all the way. Many boys have an idea of saving themselves for the last 50 yards. This is a mistake; the Quarter is a sprint race, and one must make the running for the full distance.
    Much fun was in evidence in the Sack Race, some of the bigger boys being hopelessly outclassed by the smaller "fry", a few of the former in some of the heats remaining on the starting line until the winners were declared. The three in first were all very small boys, the first two being the same as last year, and in the same order.
    The Sprint, 100 Yards, for Seniors, again showed Russell to the front, winning front scratch in very good time.
    The First Prize in the Three-legged was carried off by Cullinane and Pascall. who were much too strong, both in stride and combination, for Tomlin and Cuff.
    The best contest of the day, judging by the finish, was undoubtedly the 220 yards., a favourite race. Great credit is due to the Judges for their arrangements in "spotting" the winners. About fifteen finished the course in a bunch, and picking out the race winners and the championship contestants was no easy task. Russell again came in first, obtaining the verdict against Dewell by inches, the same separating Coombs and Perry in the order mentioned.
    The Cricket Ball throwing was well won by Hosking, superior physique, as generally happens in this kind of contest, carrying all before it.
    In the Half-Mile we again discovered a promising runner in I.yons i., the way he finished showing that he has plenty of stamina for distances.
    The 100 Yards under 12 caused a little more than the normal excitement, Malley reaching the tape first in excellent style, a fairly easy winner, and receiving quite an ovation from the boys and the Swedish Cadets, who cheered in the English fashion. The latter surprised many by their knowledge of English, and it is a well-known fact that in the Continental sporting circles the same English phrases and idioms are used as on English playing fields.
    We were all delighted to see an Old Boys' Race in the programme, and for a first time a satisfactory number of entrants. We also hope that next year the numbers will lie at least doubled. The youngest Old Boy, Eaton, managed to come in first from the 20 yards mark, 220 yards being the distance, the second being enthusiastic Lamidey, who found the necessity for a little training when he passed the tape. Fisher, last year's champion, caught the Judges' eye for third place, inches in front of Morrison and French.
    The Tugs were very disappointing. The losers in the final at one time were practically all on the ground, thus giving Pascall's team their opportunity, which they seized in remorseless fashion. Competitors in the Tugs should see that their heels are squared; if the edges are worn and so curved, there is no chance of the wearers gripping the ground. They are beaten before they commence. There was a much better style this year than last, each boy seemed to know what was expected of him.
    The Final Event, the Mile, proved to be quite as good as usual, the younger members, as always, shooting their bolt in the first half-mile, with the older and more experienced keeping a little in reserve for the final lap, and the finish in the straight. Here again we found Lyons i. making the running at the final round, and in the last 100 pulling away from Cahill, last year's winner, having timed himself very well indeed for the finish. I should advise the winner of the double event, the half and the mile, to keep himself in trim for these distances, as he has, without doubt, natural ability.
    At school sports one of the boys generally shows up above the rest; and in this case, Russell, the Cricket Captain, proved himself the School Champion, carrying off the Senior Championship Cup and the Bromley Cup, which is held by the best swimmer in the School.
    After the last event, a very interesting part of the proceedings followed. We all collected round the front of the Pavilion, where the prizes were displayed to an admiring public and to boys who hoped to be "there" next year. The Mayoress, Mrs. Bromley, who seemed pleased with her office, distributed the prizes, the announcements of results being punctuated with clapping by the boys. Mr. Whitehouse in a brief speech thanked the parents and visitors for their attendance, alluding to the new schools in his usual inimitable way. The donors of prizes and subscribers also received thanks, and the band came in for their share, the whole of those present joining in to show their appreciation of the excellent music they had enjoyed. As Mr. Whitehouse said, "To have the Royal Artillery Band is a guarantee that an enjoyable afternoon will be spent," and so say all of us. Mr. Coopland seconded the Headmaster's remarks, and further said that the thanks of all were due to the Officials for the excellent way in which everything had been carried out. I think I cannot do less here, than thank Messrs. Pascall and Pritchard for their willingness in undertaking the onerous duties of Judges, not forgetting Mr. Schofield, who acted as timekeeper for the first time, an unenviable task. The proceedings were finally terminated at 6.25 by the singing of the National Anthem, accompanied by the Band.

For the Senior Championship Cup there were only two competitors. Russell, this year's Cricket Captain, and Coombs, last season's Football Captain. Judging by the results, it was apparent that Russell had trained rather more than his opponent, always having that little in reserve for a final "burst." Out of a possible 6o he scored 48 points, thus proving his claim to the Cup, and his win was very popular throughout the school. In addition to winning the Cup, he obtained six firsts and one third.

There were seven entrants for the Junior Championship Cup, presented by Lady Crundall in 1912. The contests were very keen indeed, each candidate scoring points, the lowest being eight, and the winners, Street and Cahill, scored 22 each. They will hold the Cup for six months each. Street gained three firsts, and twice he was placed third, Cahill getting home first also three times, and once second. Dewell, who was next on the list with eighteen points, obtained two firsts, a second and a third. Some of the above will be able to try again next year, which gives us a promise of a fine tussle for supremacy.

    Result of the voting for the election of Officers:—
        Captain, First XI.—Russell.
        Vice-Captain.—Coombs.
        Secretary.—Penn.
        Captain, Second XI.—Street.
        Vice-Captain.—Lyons.
        Second XI. Match Secretary.—Lawes.

Up to the time of going to Press, only three First XI. matches have been played.

    The first match of the Season was played at Canterbury against Simon Langton School on May 21st, resulting in a win for the home team by an innings and 47 runs. Scores:—
    Simon Langton School 85 (6 wkts.), declared.
    Dover County School 14 and 24.
    School team—Russell (captain), Coombs, Fry, Hos king, Penn, Street, Cook, Mowll i., Palmer, Green, Lyons i.

    On May 28th we played Ramsgate County School at Crabble, resulting in a win for Ramsgate on the first innings by 64 runs. Scores:—
    Ramsgate County School 122.
    Dover County School 58 and 64.
    School Team.—Russell (captain), Coombs, Fry, Hos king, Penn, Street, Cook, Mowll. Costelloe, Took, Green.

    The return match with Simon Langton School was played at Crabble on June 25th, resulting in a win for the visitors by an innings and 70 runs. Scores:—
    Simon Langton School 168.
    Dover County School 44 and 54.
    School Team.—Russell (captain), Hosking, Costelloe, Penn, Cook, Ford, Took, Fox, Mowll, Lawes, Hadlow.

Matches are still to be played with Harvey Grammar School (home and away), Old Boys (home), Ramsgate County School (away) The Old Boys' match is fixed for Monday, July 28th.

v. Simon Langton School 2nd XI., at Dover—lost by an innings and 11 runs.
v. Temple Ewell, at Temple Ewell—won by 7 runs.
v. Simon Langton School 2nd XI., at Canterbury—lost by an innings and 76 runs.

    Form VI.—Hampden (3), Costelloe i. (3), Russell (2), Watts (2), Fox (2), Hosking (1).
    Form V.—Bromley (3), Galilee (3), Green (1), Morgan (3), Carey (2), Ford (2), Jago (2), Penn (2), Cook (1).
    Form IV.—De Coster (2), Lyons ii. (2), Chase (1), Cahill (1), Morrison (1).
    Form III.—Lawes (3), Standring (2), Day (2), Dewell (2), Street (2), Brown (2), Ward (1).
    Form IIa—Cocks (3), Dearling (3), French (3), Gibbons (3), Lloyd (3), Lovely (3), Perry (3), Roberts (3), Ripp (1).
    Form IIb—Bourdeaux (1), Tomlin, A. C. (1).
    Form I—Crew (3), Hopkins (3), Palmer (2), Sibley (2), Clement (2).

The last number of the "Pharos" appeared in the midst of a number of badge examinations. The following results have come to hand since that date:— Cooks. Hood, Chase, Green, Kyle, Masters, Bromley, Stanley, Ripp, Robinson, Hadlow, and Ward. Musicians: Robinson, Ripp. First-class swimming: Hadlow, Mowll, Chase, Robinson. Swimming (Proficiency): Stanley.
The Commissioner for East Kent, Lieut-Colonel G. F. A. Smythe, kindly honoured us with his presence on last breaking-up day, distributed the badges gained during the term, and gave us a short address on patriotism and duty.

The Inter-patrol Contest now stands as stated below. The contest closes at the end of Camp, by which time the possible score will be about doubled, and so will be large enough to give the lowest patrol a chance of coming out top.
1, Cobras, 755; 2, Peewits, 702; 3, Foxes, 630.

A new and commendable development took place during the Easter holidays, when three of the Cobras camped out in the troop tent. Their complexions when school reassembled testified to the benefits received. Further details will be found elsewhere over the signature of their leader.
The Annual Rally for East Kent, which should have taken place at Margate, unfortunately fell through owing to the impossibility of obtaining a ground. The Hythe Association, however, kindly came to the rescue, and improvised a most interesting game in Sandling Park, generously lent by Mr. Lawrence Hardy. Some 200 Scouts were present, our own troop being well represented.

The sequence of our alternate Saturday parades has been somewhat interfered with by the weather and holidays. On June 28th, however, we took part in a contest with St. Martin's v. The Rest of Dover.

We also had one Camp practice on the Minnis, when younger members of the troop passed their second-class cooking tests, and prepared tea whilst the older ones built a bridge across a ditch.

Mr. James is kindly giving a course of five lectures on Pioneer work with a view to Camp and the badge test, this being one if the Troop's compulsory badges.

Camp will be held, by kind permission of H. Fitzwalter Plumptre, Esq., in Goodnestone Park, from August 1st to 8th. May the Clerk of the Weather be in a more beneficent mood than he was last year!

With a view to Camp and Practices on the Minnis, we have invested in a Trek Cart. This promises to be most useful, and should ultimately effect a heavy saving on Camp expenses.

INCOME	£	s.	d.	EXPENDITURE	£	s.	d.
Balance in hand 1912	2	4	6	Permanent Equipment(a)	2	16	2
Sports Fund				Badges	0	19	11
Summer term	1	0	0	Photo and frame for school	0	4	9
Autumn term	1	0	0	Deficit on Swimming Practices	0	0	8
Spring term, 1912	1	0	0	Deficit on Camp 1912	0	6	6
Sale of tie	0	0	6	Sundry Working Expenses	0	7	10
Sale of badges	0	11	0	Trek Cart Fund	1	0	0
Proceeds from Seton's Lecture (b)	0	3	9	Balance in hand	0	3	11

	£5	19	9		£5	19	9

(a) Patrol tent, spade, lantern, lashings, canvas, bandage, books on badge tests, bill hook, camp grid, etc.
(b) Admission to this lecture, by the generosity of the President of the Dover Sciences Society, was free to Scouts. Members of our troop paid their admissions to the troop funds, at that time depleted.

Expenditure:—Purchase of Trek Cart, £6 10s.; Carriage, 4s.; Total, £6 14s.
Income:—Donations; Mr. Schofield, 5s., Mr. Thomas, 5s., Mr. James, 5s., Mr. Igglesden, 2s. 6d.; Boys' subscriptions to June 30th, 16s. 6d.; Troop Fund, £1; Total, £2 14s. Balance due to Scoutmaster, £4.

Last Whit-Monday, the Dover Sea Scouts and our own troop went to Hythe by train. In the afternoon a game was tried with great success. The troops were divided into pairs. Each pair was given a map. Hythe and Saltwood were also playing. We all started at a certain time from a certain ground. The game was as follows:—At places marked on the maps there were boxes with tickets in them. Each pair had to find and take one of the tickets; there were twelve boxes. The troop which had the greatest number of pairs home with all the tickets won. After a very enjoyable and interesting afternoon the game ended in a decisive victory for Saltwood.

    Three Cobras—Stanley, Masters, and myself—obtained permission from our parents and Mr. Thomas to hold a camp during the Easter holidays on my grandfather's land.
    On the last Friday evening of the Spring Term we could have been seen toiling along the Folkestone Road sweating under the burden of the camp kit, which had been lent by the Troop. A fortnight later we commenced camp, and several other willing Scouts helped to take the kit to the ground and pitch the tent.
    The first night was one to le remembered, and I soon discovered that a bell-tent is much inferior to a patrol tent as regards sleeping accommodation. To begin with, Stanley created a record for the first night's sleep under canvas by snoring for three hours. Early in the morning I was awakened by this person and informed that my legs and blankets were out of the tent, and was afterwards told I said, "Oh, so I am!" and dropped off to sleep again. Masters was reminded of the inconveniences of camp by waking up with a start and hitting his head against a projecting saucepan handle.
    None were ill at camp, though we expected our cooking would have taken effect on at least one. A certain wise visitor declared we ought to have made an oven, and then proceeded to mark out at a distance of eighteen inches from the tent one which would have been big enough to cook a dozen boys' food. I suppose he thought we were all like himself in a certain respect.
    We had our disappointments, of which the following was the chief. We had arranged that Mr. Thomas should visit us, and, unknown to him, we had prepared a spread for tea the day he was to come. Imagine our thoughts when, after telling us of the arrangements for the Whit-Monday parade, he declined tea, and went, saying he only had a quarter of an hour before tea would be ready at home! It is worthy of note that he was then about three and a half miles from home and tea. Of course, there was the consolation of knowing there was more for ourselves.
    There are two more things I should like to mention. The first is the curiosity of the cows, but there was a remedy for this in the form of the bugle, one blast on which would make them jump quite a yard backwards—they had not time to turn round. The other is the fact that several times we heard juvenile voices singing, "We are the Boys' Brigade," but substituting "Brussel sprouts" and "broom-sticks" for "Boys' Brigade" and "pill-box." We Spent a week in camp, and found our time too much taken up in cooking, washing up, and the other necessary jobs. I may add that we did NOT have the aid of our willing friends in taking things away, and so we got my uncle to bring them to Dover on the day after we left camp.

    During the past Term the chief incident in the life of Form VI. was the visit of a party to Folkestone Theatre on Thursday, May 22nd. This party, consisting of Russell, Costelloe, Watts and Hampden, was conducted by Mr. Tomlinson, and went to see Benson's Company perform "Hamlet"—which we are reading for the Oxford Senior Local. Although somewhat disappointed at the mutilated condition of the stage version used, we liked the play, and after Mr. Tomlinson had kindly provided refreshments we returned home by the 11.45 p.m. train, with the unanimous opinion that we had spent a very enjoyable evening.
    Following the example of the other Forms in the Senior School, we have lately had our photographs taken in the Gardens, and Penn has been successful in producing pictures which promise to perpetuate, without seriously insulting, our memories.
    The feature of our Form Room which has provided us with most amusement this term is the chalk-box, which is fixed to the partition by the head of the steps. Its value as a receptacle for chalk was practically nothing, and although for a little while it acted the part of an ammunition store with considerable success, we soon grew tired of the continual refilling necessary. Henceforth, it served only as a very pleasing, but very temporary, support for those boys who persist in falling down the steps. The first youth who slid over the edge sat squarely in the box, and for a second hung suspended with a smile of gratification at this unexpected repeal—then continued his descent amid a shower of splinters. But, being of the dovetail variety, the box was fitted together after each accident, and held its place for some considerable time, until one day the pieces were left on the floor and the School Diogenes, seeing, swooped down and carried them off—whither, we know not.
    The cupboards have nobly upheld their character as cornucopias by rendering us an antediluvian megaphone, with the aid of which small hoys who invade our sanctum can pretend to be phonographs to their hearts' content. Another feature of our life which would not be ignored was the sulphuretted hydrogen. This interesting odour continually forced itself upon our notice, owing to the proximity of the chemistry laboratory, and taxed to the utmost the ventilating resources of the room.
    We also found a specimen tube of "Pluvialis"—whatever that may be—but this unfortunately met with an accident, and dissipated an aroma which eclipsed even the sulphuretted hydrogen, and was like—well, nothing else on earth.
    This Term our Pleiades of massive intellects is losing yet two more of its members in the persons of Hosking and Fox, who are leaving School, Hosking to enter a warehouse in China, and Fox to become a junior clerk in the Kent Coal Offices.
    The event of the Term which is most important so far as Form VI. is concerned, has been left to the last—we refer to Mr. Coopland's appointment to Liverpool University. The news of his approaching departure was received with sincere regret, alleviated only by pleasure at his success and—on the principle of "The King is dead. Long live the King"—by the knowledge that Mr. Tomlinson is to take his place.

    Form IV. is situated in the best part of the School, inasmuch as we are able to hear the masters quite a distance off, owing to the corridors. The windows are in a very convenient position, and it was at one time quite a joy to watch various members of the Form clambering out on to the roof in search of lost articles. The waste-paper basket serves several purposes. It is often used for putting over the head of some unfortunate individual, and seeing how long it may be kept there. I also remember one occasion when it was used in the place of stumps by some budding young cricketers. I even have a dim recollection that it was sometimes used for waste paper, but possibly I may be wrong. Other conspicuous articles in the room are the thermometer (which is never looked at), the notice board (very conveniently hidden behind the door) on which about twelve sheets of paper are suspended by one drawing-pin, and a map of "Scott Land," put up for the benefit of those reading the "Lay of the Last Minstrel"; this last seems to be a source of attraction to all who are not used to the room.
    But, after all, we are much better off than either Form V. or VI., both of whom (whilst wading through an algebra or arithmetic lesson) have to listen to the exulting strains of the latest "rag-time.'' In fact, certain members of the Sixth Form have been visibly affected by the "rag-time" mania. We give them our sympathies.
    As no one has come forth to recount the deeds of ''Ye Fourth Hold'' in the Sports, I may here compliment Cahill (who tied with Street for the Junior Cup) and Lyons i., both
of whom ran very well.

    Cricket Matches:—Form III. v. Form IIa. Scores: Form III., 11; Form IIa., 6o for 3 wickets. Form III. v. Forms IIb. and I. Scores: Form III., 79 Forms IIb. and 1., 22.
    We learn that "Henry V." was written by Scott; and that when Queen Elizabeth died she had 3,000,000 dresses.
    Three new books have been added to the Library, i.e., "Captain Scott's Voyage of the Discovery," Volumes 1 and 2, and "Saxby," presented by Gornell.

We have lost no cricket matches this year at present. Our table is: Played 5, Drawn 0, Lost 0. Won 5. So we are complimenting ourselves on having done so well. On the 23rd of June, when the 2nd XI. played Simon Langton's School, our form provided six of the players. We have a very good wicker-keeper in Lloyd, and Perry, Morford, and Lovely, as bowlers, have done good service.
Two members of the Form entered for the Junior Cup at the sports, but were unsuccessful. The form in general, however, came in for a good number of prizes.

    On the 14th of June Mr. James took our Form out for a walk to find as many different kinds of flowers as we could. It was a Saturday morning, and our last lesson was science, but instead of having it in School, we left at half-past eleven to meet at the River Tram Terminus at one o'clock. We made our way to Ewell Minnis, where we intended to commence operations.
    We then divided into four parties first arranging to meet at the end of the Minnis when Mr. James blew his whistle. We were each told to look for a small flower with four petals, called the Tormentil. I was the first to find it. Bourdeaux found a blackbird's nest, with six eggs in it. He came to tell Mr. James, and then went back to show it to some of the other boys, who were very much interested. The leader of the party to which I belonged was Mr. James. The other parties joined and gathered pocketsful of oak-apples and hid behind a bush. Then as we came along they took us by surprise and showered us with them. We found forty different kinds of flowers—a good number for one afternoon. When we had gathered these we sat down to take notes on our walk.
    We arrived home about four o'clock, after spending an enjoyable afternoon. Some returned by train and some by tram.

One Saturday afternoon Mr. James took Form I. for a Nature Study walk on the Ewell Minnis. While going up Minnis Lane we got a fine bunch of orchids, wild marguerites and roses. On the Minnis, Mr. James sent us out to pick different flowers. Then, after the boys had picked a lot, we had a game of Scouting. One of the boys found a robin's nest with eggs in it. Mr. James then explained to us about the different plants and flowers we had found. Soon after half-past three we left the Minnis, after an enjoyable time.

On the 24th of May, 1913, the Benson Company presented "As You Like It" at Folkestone, and as Form V. are studying that particular play "for the Oxford in July" it was decided to make a school party. Mr. Schofield went with Jago i, Carey, Gann, and Ford by train, while Penn Bromley, and Green cycled. The train party arrived at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre about halt an hour too soon, so they strolled along the top of the Leas waiting for the cyclists. Owing to a dense fog, the sea was quite invisible. About a quarter of an hour before the commencement of the play, the three cyclists were seen hurrying along, but there was plenty of time, and from their seats the party had a good view of all that passed on the stage. The play was much appreciated by all, and, thanks to Mr. Coopland's tuition, the party found one or two errors in the rendering of some of the pieces. Those of the party who had the pleasure last year of accompanying Mr. Whitehouse to "Henry V." at the theatre by the same company recognised some old friends in the actors; floury V. becoming Jaques, Fluellen, Corin, and Gower Silvius, etc. The atmosphere was rather oppressive towards the end, and although everybody enjoyed the play, it was nevertheless a relief to breathe the fresh air downstairs. A trifling incident happened after descending, when Penn tipped the commissionaire only to find that Mr. Schofield had forestalled him. The cyclists departed immediately for home, and in doing so missed the refreshments which Mr. Schofield kindly supplied to the train party. It was proposed to catch the 6.20. but luckily we were in time for a 6. 10 train to the Harbour Station. At the end of an enjoyable afternoon, the party unanimously thanked Mr. Schofield for the trouble he had taken to make the outing a success.

On Friday, the 21st of June, we left school at twenty-five minutes to twelve to see the departure of the French President. We made our way to the Parade, and we found that the train had already gone on to the Pier. The Sea Front and the beach were crowded with people, who wished to see the President depart. All the English battleships had the French flag flying as well as the English flag. About five minutes to twelve, as the President was embarking, the ships from the harbour fired their guns as a salute. The guns from the Castle also fired a salute. At noon three aeroplanes—two biplanes and one monoplane—flew over the harbour. At a quarter past twelve the ships were well on their way to France. From the Parade we could see the escort following the ship on which the President was. The people who had houses along the Parade had a nice view. Most of them took the opportunity, and appeared at the windows with telescopes and field-glasses.

    So for many days there was peace in the land, and the men of the Sixth Hold made a feast in remembrance of the great battle wherein they overcame the Fourth.
    And it came to pass that theme arose one of the Sixth, a mighty man of great renown, who cried, " Behold, brethren, we wax fat and slothful with peace, so that if our enemies come suddenly upon us they shall find us unprepared. Let us, therefore, arouse ourselves and make a great effort, else shall we all get the blues."
    So they took counsel cue with another, saying, " These are words of wisdom ; we must consider what is best to be done." Then immediately one, albeit a yokel, conceived an idea and cried with a loud voice, " Let us create an odour!"
    "Behold! It is a wheeze!" said they; and, girding up their loins, ran thence unto a place hard by, yclept "Ye Labbe," from which by stealth and divers subtle arts they did filch the wherewithal.
    And a while after, the men of the Sixth Hold did labour greatly, caricaturing models and defacing much fair parchment ; then their chief, with the dew of arduous toil glistening on his brow and roiling down his nose, gave forth the man date, " Let her go!" So the Lord High Keeper of the Smell, one yclept El Costi, combined the magic potions in his phial and there from arose a pestilential effluvium, like unto eggs that are ancient and cats that are defunct, which spread throughout all the chamber.
    Thereat, the men of the Sixth rejoiced in their hearts, but he who was set in authority over them suspected nothing, for at that time were the men of "Ye Labbe" in their Hold, wherein—as the manner is they produced divers noises and noxious odours. Albeit he presently murmured, saying, "If even here this dread effluvium doth so mightily permeate the atmosphere, what must it not he in 'Ye Labbe'?''
    Yet the aroma waxed ever stronger, and that it might be well diffused, the phial whence it came was passed slowly from hand to hand—from El Costi to D'Enhamp, Ferre, Le Petit, and Le Renard—until it drew near unto King Hos, who suffered its presence for a while. But at last he arose in his wrath and, taking the phial, poured forth the mixture, as a thing accursed, from the loopholes of "Ye Welle" upon the shrubs beneath.
    And the fame of this deed spread, with the odour, throughout all the land; then were the men of the Sixth Hold well content, and yet again was a truce declared.

    In the last article it was suggested that a few words might he written to conclude this series of short sketches, on the treatment of the interior of houses. Here, more especially, the taste of the occupier determines the scheme to a large extent—more so than in the exterior treatment—for taste in the latter case must always be modified by structural considerations.
    Speaking generally then, one may say that probably the greatest failing of internal treatment in the way of decoration is that there is far too much of it. Our manner of surrounding ourselves with a mass of trifling little ornamental objects is probably only a reflection of the general fussiness of our present day life. There is a great lack of calmness and dignity in the appearance of our rooms, a dignity which was very noticeable in some of the earlier types of treatment, before machinery made the production of "unconsidered trifles" so fatally easy, these trifles being little valued because so easily and cheaply procured.
    In the "elder days of art" the conditions were very different. Exquisite objects in pottery and metal work were produced by hand these had all the value and beauty of a genuine work of art, and were valued as such by those who possessed them, being handed down from one generation to another. Obviously, such things could not be produced wholesale, some might even take years to make, so that in addition to the innate good taste of the Greeks and other peoples, there was the restraining influence of the cost of such ornaments and their comparative scarcity.
    And the principles which govern the accumulation of articles of vertu, even when such articles can really aspire to the title, should apply also to the general scheme of decoration. In nine out of ten modern houses there is far too much decoration, a general sense of restlessness and confusion. Probably the wall paper and carpet in the average room will have enough ornamental pattern to suffice almost for the whole apartment, but every chair will probably be decorated, often on entirely different schemes, and in varying styles, the walls covered with pictures and trifles from bazaars, which, by the way are responsible for much of the trouble, and no matter how much has been spent on the room the effect is entirely lost, and there is nothing to rivet the attention; the whole scheme is diffused without point or accent.
    Substitute a plain paper for the flowered one, and a plain carpet for the one with the bright pattern, and one may be aide to see something of one's furniture and pictures, or if the furniture is very plain, and there are a good many prints on the wall, one can gain brightness by having one of the many charming small-patterned wall papers of good design of which there is now such a large choice. (It is taken for granted that the average bazaar trifle would be discarded in any well-considered scheme, passed on to the next bazaar. Perhaps, where it might be sold again for some other cause!) Then a little grouping of pictures, prints, or old china with large, plain wall spaces between will do wonders in securing an effect of restfulness, and will at the same time slow off the beauty of the objects themselves.
    The central feature of a room need not even be expensive. A bowl or a pot of daffodils, roses, or other flowers set on a plain cloth or uncovered oak table would instantly rivet the attention of anyone entering a room where nothing was unduly assertive, and everything in the way of decorations quiet and restrained; but in the over-ornamental room the most beautiful flowers or object of art might pass almost un observed owing to the lack of point, or "leading-up" to some one or more beautiful things. "Have you noticed my flowers?'' one's hostess may say, and if one told the whole truth and nothing but the truth always, one might often well reply " No, because your room is so hopelessly over- crowded that one sees nothing in particular!"
    One can compare the room with a "meaning" with the work of the true craftsman, who, in making a piece of jewellery, will subordinate everything to his central jewel, and leave spaces of metal, perhaps plain, to show off and contrast with its lustre, while the room, however expensively- furnished, which is all ornament, suggests the vulgarity of jewellery, which is all precious stones with scarcely any visible metal, every stone detracting from the beauty of its neighbour by the very number and confused light.
    A great deal more could be written on this subject did space permit, but perhaps enough has been said to suggest one reason at least why our houses are often so unsatisfying compared with the old dignified Queen Ann, and earlier, interiors, with their effect of space and simplicity, everything beautifully made, and little, if anything, superfluous. We come by chance, perhaps, into a room in an old farmhouse. The joists are exposed in the ceiling, the walls simply colour washed, and there are few pictures. An oak chest and two or three good and appropriate pieces of furniture besides the necessary chairs, may complete its equipment, with perhaps a few pieces of pewter or old china. But the sun throws the shadow of leaded panes on a well-polished floor, and there is a great bowl of spring flowers on the table, and the general effect arrests our attention as being very beautiful. Why? Because of its simplicity and fitness—everything with a purpose, and so little superfluous to distract us that we realise it all as a beautiful and harmonious whole. To have as few things as we can comfortably do with, and to have them good, would perhaps involve no more expenditure than our present system, and the change might increase tenfold the beauty of many homes.

    When a Boy Artificer joins H. M. S. ''Fisgard'' at Portsmouth, he first has his number and name entered in the ship's books. Then his hammock and chest are pointed out to him by a First Class Petty-Officer.
    If he sleeps comfortably during the first night in his "'ammick'' he is lucky, but when one becomes used to them, the hammocks axe very comfortable indeed.
    The morning after joining up, Boy Artificers are shown how to lash up and stow a hammock. During the night-time the hammocks are slung from iron rods fixed to the underside of the deck above the one you are on. During the day-time the hammocks are stowed in nettings on the orlop deck.
    For the first fortnight "new-jacks" will do little except receiving their kit, being measured for their uniforms, and reading magazines.
    When a Boy Artificer starts work, he has to turn out at 6 o'clock, and commence work at 7, having meantime washed and had his breakfast. The roll is then called in the Gymnasium, and the boys are inspected by a Lieutenant.
    Work continues from 7.15 to 11.45, and after dinner boys have to go ashore to Hardway, a small village in which the "Fisgard" playing fields are situated. From 1 o'clock to 4.45 is spent in the workshops. Two nights a week boys have to go to school from 5.45 to 7.45. The other evenings they have to themselves.
    In the workshops the first term's work is at the fitter's bench. A solid cylinder of mild steel, about three inches long and of three inches diameter, is given to the boy, and he has to chip out of it a hexagon with half-inch sides. Other work consists in making callipers and spanners out of rough mild steel.
    In conclusion, I might say that the pay and prospects are good ; the latest reform in the engine-room being that any Artificer can reach the rank of Engineer Commander.
    Any more information required can be obtained from the Admiralty. Whitehall.

In headlong flight from the evil ogre, Time,
We rapidly approach the fearsome brink
Of Oxford's dreaded Locals.
An added torture yet redounds to us
When we are told by madding interferers
To take the leap with confidence. Oh! how
We thank them for their pains!

W. A.

I often look back on my visit to Normandy. We went via Southampton, leaving there at midnight, and arrived at Le Havre at 7.30 am. We stayed at Nice Havrais, a small garden suburb of Le Havre. It has its own private police, gas supply, trains, clubs, etc., and is being created by M. Dufavel. We spent a jolly fortnight there, roaming about in the country, and bathing from the sands. On our return trip, the ship left Le Havre at midnight, and we were fog-bound in the Solent for five hours. We could hear the church bells in the distance, but could not see a yard in front of the ship. We arrived home at Dover by the night boat train after a journey of just twenty-three hours.

At the recent S.P.G. Missionary Exhibition in the Town Hall, among the many curios, were exhibited some model native villages and houses. The most striking of these were the Dyak village and the Japanese house. The Dyaks are a Malay race inhabiting the large island of Borneo in the East Indies. They live in villages, but not the kind of village we are accustomed to, for their villages consist of one single house. In a village as many as forty or fifty families may live. As another family is created, so they add another room, for themselves, on to the village. For this reason the villages are very long, but comparatively narrow. They are built of bamboo and palm. The frame work is of bamboo and the roof and lighter partitions are of palm leaves. The Dyaks build their villages on piles, for several reasons, but chiefly for protection against floods, and against the inroads of other tribes. Floods in Borneo are extremely common; in fact, for a great part of the year much land is under water, for the rainfall is great. The Dyaks are a head-hunting nation ; this supplies another reason for building their houses off the ground. The only means of access to them is a notched pole at one end of the village, which can he drawn up at will. Here and there we should be surprised to see bunches of smoke-blackened skulls hanging up. These are taken from enemies whom they kill. At a marriage feast in Borneo there is always or the table, a fresh human head, dripping with blood, whose owner the bridegroom has recently killed. If he, the bridegroom, cannot find an enemy to kill, he digs up the body of some recently buried man, and puts the head on the table. The head in Borneo would correspond to the scalp in North America. The practice of Head-hunting is now, however, practically obsolete in Borneo. Underneath the house, among the piles, are kept pigs and other animals. Along the front of the house runs a kind of veranda, and admission is gained to the various rooms from the veranda by an open doorway, so the houses must be very airy. The villages are generally built by the side of a river or lake.
Another curious dwelling is that used by the Japanese. All their houses are of a special shape, and the floors are covered with mats. Curious to say, all these Japanese mats are of the same size, three feet by six feet, and houses are hired by the number of mats they contain. The walls consist of big panels which slide in slots made in the frame-work. The frame-work of a house is of bamboo, while the rest is of paper. From this we can see at once the paper would make fires very common in Japan. The bamboo is very supple, and earthquakes are exceedingly common, so where a brick house would be utterly wrecked a bamboo house might only be shaken. So the panels are made with bamboo for the framework and paper for the covering. Thus if it is a very hot day the Japanese can remove part of the walls by sliding out these panels. The door also is of bamboo and paper and one can imagine how draughty it must be, especially if the paper is torn, as is very often the case. On top of the dwelling in the centre is an alcove, where the honoured guest sits. This alcove, however, is made of bamboo and plaster. All cooking is done on a charcoal fire, and as this is the sole means of warming the house, one must again imagine how cold it is. As the houses are made of paper, what must happen when a strong wind is blowing and a heavy rain falling?

LOST.—On Saturday, June 21st, between the Duke of York's School and Deal, a cricket match. To be returned without delay.
Dropped, between Hougham and Hythe, the letter "H." Please return to N, Lost Letter Office, Dover.
FOUND.—At Canterbury, on June 25th, several duck's eggs. Will the owners kindly apply to the 2nd XI. Captain, Simon Langton's School, Canterbury.
FOR SALE.—26 copies of Jones' English Course, going very cheap; Junior School Honours Board, never used; a walking dictionary; old MSS, brought to light at Wigan in 1 900; what offers?
REQUIRED.—By Form III. Twenty-six edible dictionaries.
NOTICE.—An Art Exhibition will be held in the County School Gallery on July 30th, when masterpieces by the following well-known art workers will be on view, in a care fully subdued light: W.H.C., H.L.L., M. (A?) D., C.J.H., A.J.T., and J.J.M. NOTE.—Not the least interesting and valuable features of the exhibits will be the magnificent gold frames, in which their colours will appear to the fullest advantage.
SHIPPING NEWS.—The s.s. '' Day,'' which started on her (his) trial trip last January, has proved a great success, and is now classified as III.B at Lloyd's. The sister (brother) ship may be launched in September.
TO MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES AND OTHERS:—For Sale or Hire a new form of window breaker ; guaranteed to deal with any thickness of glass up to ¼ inch; enquire of
E.S.F., Junior School, Priory Hill.

Contents
Notices	An Easter Camp
Editorial	Truth from The Well
Gleams and Flashes	Form Notes
Inter-County School Sports	A Nature Study Walk
Games Fund	Our Nature walk
The Third Annual Athletic Sports	"As You Like It" at Folkestone
The Sports	The Departure of the French President
Preliminary Sports	Further Chronicles of "Ye Well"
Sports Day	"Why" In Decoration
The Championship Competitions	A Boy Artificer's first three months
Cricket Season, 1913	An Epigram
Merit List	My visit to Normandy
Scouting Notes	Curious Dwelling Places
Whit-Monday with The Scouts	Our Advertising Column