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4 Prototype ImplementationFigure 1: Techniques for browsing the layers depicted in A. B: leafingthrough the layers like pages of a book. C: pulling out an individuallayer. D: compressing upper layers to reveal lower layers.E: fanning layers open like a hand of cards or like a Chinese fan.F: peeling layers back. G: flipping layers over — here the user isflipping the 3rd layer from the left, and the other layers to the leftare pushed along like dominoes. H: an exploded view of the layers.a ventral view of the underneath/bottom/inner surface of the layer(this is visible when the layer is flipped or turned over in some way);and third, a cross-sectional view, showing the thickness of the layerfrom the side, in which case it is often useful to see neighbouringlayers stacked above and below the current layer.Interactive browsing techniques that enable the various manipulationsof Figure 1, and that also support dorsal, ventral, and crosssectionalviews — possibly simultaneously — of one or more layers,are more likely to afford the user with flexible and useful vantages.We have tried to incorporate these elements in our designs.Figure 1 already hints at some interesting ways in which layerscould be deformed for visualization. Other deformations of interestcan be inspired by surgical metaphors, whereby data might becut into and spread open in different ways. Two questions to considerwhen choosing a deformation are: should the deformation berigid or non-rigid, and what kind of continuity conditions should besatisfied by the deformation?Rigid deformations, i.e. rotating and/or translating out a piece ofa layer, have the advantage of preserving lengths and volume, whichcould be important for performing measurements, or simply for assurancethat the data being visualized has not been distorted. Onthe other hand, non-rigid deformations, such as curvilinear “peeling”,encompass a much broader range of possibilities, and maybe more realistic in medical contexts for giving an impression, ifonly approximate, of how tissue would deform if it were physicallypeeled.Regarding continuity, one issue is how a deformed region of datashould remain “connected”, if at all, with the rest of the volume. Wereturn to this question in section 4.6.Finally, there is a risk that deformations might sometimes renderdata unrecognizable, or change the spatial arrangement of voxelsin ways that are unfamiliar or difficult to understand. To counterthis, we use smooth animations to show changes or transitions inthe shape of the data. For example, if the user invokes a tool thatpeels back a layer, rather than suddenly “snapping” the layer into afully peeled state, the layer is continuously peeled in real time, toshow the user what is happening. The benefits of using animationfor smooth transitions have been documented by others [Bartram1997; Grossman et al. 2001; Robertson et al. 1991; Woods 1984].Essentially, users more easily maintain a mental model of the dataacross transitions, spending less time assimilating new states.Our prototype volume browser was implemented in C++ usingOpenGL and GLUT, and runs under Linux and Microsoft Windows.The individual voxels of the data are rendered as points (i.e.GL POINTS) whose size in screen space is chosen (via glPoint-Size()) to give the appearance that adjacent voxels are just touching.Although many techniques exist for high quality volume rendering,for example using hardware texturing and trilinearly interpolatingvoxel values, we chose to render individual points to keepour prototype simple and maximally flexible. Any deformation thatremaps the voxel locations can be supported by our system, sinceeach voxel is rendered on its own. This gives us the freedom to focuson exploring interaction techniques, rather than optimized, highquality rendering.There is currently no support in our system for transparency. Althoughwe suspect our techniques could be enhanced with good useof transparency, we wanted to first isolate and identify the qualitiesand issues that are unique to deformations.On a 1.7 GHz laptop with an nVidia GeForce4 Go graphics card,32 MB of video memory, and 512 megabytes of RAM, our systemcan render over 500000 voxels at 13 full screen frames per second,or over 4000000 voxels at 2 full screen frames per second. Sincereal time interaction is critical, our system downsamples large datasets and renders them at a lower resolution during interaction. Fullresolution rendering is performed after the system has been idle fora given timeout (e.g. one second), or whenever the user explicitlyrequests it. An even better implementation might render differentparts of the volume at different resolutions. For example, only theportion of the volume currently in the user’s focus could be renderedat full resolution, without precluding real-time interaction.To support arbitrary transformations of voxel positions, we explicitlystore the position of each voxel, rather than storing a 3Dbitmap. This is also more efficient for sparse data sets. Voxel positionsare stored in an octree, where each node of the octree has abounding box and a colour (black, white, or both). A dividing planecan be applied to the octree, and voxels can be quickly categorizedby colouring them black or white, according to the side of the planethey lie on. Intersections or unions of halfspaces can be colouredby applying multiple planes. Operations on the octree, such as renderingvoxels, deforming voxel positions, or copying voxels intoa second octree, can be applied to the whole octree, or to only asubset of a given colour.As a minor optimization, each voxel position is not stored inits own leaf node. Instead, each leaf node stores a small number(e.g. 8) of voxels in an array that can be traversed more quicklythan an equivalent subtree with one voxel per leaf. Rather thanstoring a colour flag for each voxel, we save memory by storingblack voxels in the first n elements of the array, and white voxelsin the remaining elements. Changing the colour of a voxel requiresswapping a single pair of elements and adjusting the value of n.To support operations that treat each layer of data differently,each layer of voxels is stored in a separate octree. Thus, having Nlayers requires N octrees. This does not, however, imply using Ntimes more memory than a single octree for all the layers would.Each layer typically exhibits some spatial coherence, and can bestored efficiently in an octree.Each voxel has an associated normal, and is rendered with lightingto provide the user with shading cues. Voxels near a surface ofthe data set have a normal computed from their neighbourhood —this computation is slow, but need only be done once, at load time.Voxels in the interior of the volume are initially not visible, andhave a zero normal. However, deformations can cut or split openthe volume and reveal these interior voxels. Thus, the normals ofinterior voxels are dynamically recomputed, in a fast but approximateway, based on the current deformation, and based on a guess

4Tlre Tuck-Shop made a profit of {,3 2s. lld. during thcThe Tuck-Sbop made a profit of £3 2s. lId. during thChristmas term.The usual Christmas collection on behalf of of the blindm in Dorset amounted to to £1 {1 Ss. 5s. 2d.The dates of next term are Tuesday, January 9th to toThursday, March 29th.The half-term holiday will be from4 p.m. on Friday, February 16th l6th to 9 a.m. on Tuesday,February 20th.We acknowledge gratefully the following School magazinesand other publication~ publications :-The Crewkernian, The Griffin(Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby), The Winburnian, TheYeovilian, the magazines of Lord Digby's School, BeaminsterG. S., Lyme Regis G. S., Poole G. S., (two issues) Sexey'sSchool (Bruton) ; the Croydonian (Selhurst G. S. : per pe! J. S. q. D. p.Bacon, O.F.) O.f.) ; New Zealand Illustrated, 1934 (from Mr. S. P.Andrew, O.F.) .; ; the Ontario Bulletin (from the London Offic Ofiictrof the Government of Ontario) ; the Victorian and M Melbtlurnc IbournCentenary Issue of ''Picturesque Australia' (from (ffory Mr. J. A.Rose, O.F., and from the Australian National Travol 1 Association);; two issues of the Liveryman (journal of thc CityLivery Club, Ciub, from Mr. G. Washington Br Rrock, O.{. .F. ;'Germany's Fight for Western Civilization' ' and itnd '1 ' lt6volte evolteArmee' Armde' ltwo (two topical Berlin publications, ir frottt m Mr, . A. A, T.Thorne, O.F.).School Officers in the Chrletmaa Chrlstmll Term.Prefects :- C. T. tseer Beer (Head d ol' f the lh Solrool, " h 01, Joirrt J oint Scttior niorLibrarian) ; R. K. Dibble (Assistant istanLlldi !-clitor ' r oI r ' l'htr l"osterian,'I 'I h ' 'ost Editor of "The Onlooker," Captairr aptaill of o( St, •. [tcde's) 13 ·d>'s);; H. t{. I". F. M.Thorne (Captain of .t'ootball, Football, Captrrirr 0.1 tni ll oI f St. Aldhclm's) Aldhelm's); ;E. J J. Eveleigh (Secretary ( er t'ary of tltc th Cottultoners' ommoners' Society); ;A. C]Meaker C. (ioiut'senior (Joint ni.ot' Librariatr, Librarian , Ca,ptain aptain of St' St. Dunstanis) Dunstan's) ;E. A. N, N. Webb W (Vice-Ctptnirt - aptain of o[ l'irtttball) 1'0 tball) ; H. J. Davis('Onlooker' staff), staff).Football Comrnittee Committ· l' llatcr, Chcrrett, I : BtLl'l', hen'ett, Childs, Hunt,i;', Onlooker' staff*Childs staff- Child!!; ; Assistattt Assistant Secretary, NationalSavings Associatiort"-Upslrtll 0 iation- UpshaU; ; liorm I:

6THE SCHOOL SONG.It It is is with the greatest pleasure that we r,ve are are able to toinclude inciude in in the present ptesent issue a copy of of the the School Song, of ofwhich a good deal has been heard during. the the past. past.term term ~nd andwhich will, *i11, we are sure, be be sung with ever-mcreasmgever-increasingenthusiasm as the terms and years pass. Our readers, andespecially Old Boys, will agree that we now ~ave have a Songworthy of the School and its traditions, .and Will will share ourextreme gratitude . to the author, Mr. Llttleton Littleton C. C. Powys,Chairman Chairmarr of the School's Governors, and to to the composer,Mr. J. Barham Johnson, Music Nlusic Master N{aster: of

8a stranger. strang'cr. They were more than kind to me and ancl vaguely vagtrclyashamed and resentful at any offer of payment for generosity; ;in fact, in the role of hiker and camper I had to be verytactful in money matters.I loved Kerry with her: wild mountains and gentle people,her lovely coasts with coves full fu1l of strange strang'e wild birds andlittle islands covered with sea-pinks and sea-gulls' eggs, androcks where seals lie sun-bathing-. sun-bathing. But it was further west,in Connemara, that I felt the full strength of the beauty ofIreland.Here the wildness is sterner; I the mountairis mountains arebigger and more barren, barrerr, and unlike those of Scotland theyrise sheer and solitary from the bog. Bare rocks cover thefields, and everything which is not mountain is bogland andlake, the whole having a grandeur too great for the tourist tospoil. Only one railway has been built and very few roads,and the only visitors to be llc seen sccn a~ itrcr H it few ft:w cnthusiitstit:, nthusiasti , i801nt isolnlr:rl ' cIanglers, anglcrs, fly-fishing for salmon. Oc Oit:r:c o:f ttf gf g tottntl unc1 r1 clcttrcrl 'nr

10And what of 'the old olcl School'? Well, Foster's School hHd harlno Headmaster's houseand g

12Sherborne Boys' Brigade band and the C.I-.B' C.L.B. bugle band, itthreaded itsli'ay way through the crowd up Cheap Street, aroundthe triangle formed by Fligher Higher Cheap Street and Greenhill, andback to tihe the gardens of tfre the O'igUy Digby Hotel, where it was judged,.Prizes were iwarded awarded to the following :- Group 5, DecoratedBicycles: : 1st, lst, Cutten, Cousins, Pope, Spiller (Ambulance); ;Znd, 2nd, Sharpe (Submarine).Special prize: i Andrews, Ballam iEveleigh, Hann i, Willis (Dragon).I.C.C.Eveleigh, -Hann i, Willis (Dragon).On October 24th and 25th the three upper forms attendedtwo lectures, illustrated by lantern slides, on En$lish English Artthrough the Centuries, given at Lord Digby's School byMiss Collins, who had spoken so interestingly to us on thesubject subiect of Art a year previously. The early history of theBritish Sriiish Isles was iirst first briefly brieflv dealt with, to show ihow how art inthese islands was affected 6y by the successive invading races.British art had been traced back to 1700 B.C. in some vasesfound in a tumulus, but few specimens of early art were extantowing to the effects of Henry VIII.'sdissolution of themonisteries monasteries and the destruction of beautiful things by thePuritans. Among striking slides that were shown were Alfred'sJewel and examples of designs on stone crosses, for art inEngland consisted for several centuries of sculpture in stoneuniil until painting was introduced from the Continent.UntilStuart-times,-English times, paintings were mostly portraits of thegreat, and landscapes landsCapes were almost entirely neglected; ; andthe first Court painter, under Charles I, was the Dutchman,f)utchman,Vandyck.The second lecture referred to the much more moro abundantart of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.The numerous slidesshown included Hogarth's typical moral caricatures, RichardWilson's classic landscapes in contrast with Constable's morerealistic work, specimens of Reynold's portraits, Whistler'sfamous painting of his mother, and some fine examples ofEnglish sculpture.The lecture closed with examples of o{ cubismand other forms of modern art, including some of Epstein'ssculpture, the art of which is perhaps only appreciated afterlong familiarity with them.R.K..D. R,K.D, and R R.F.C.long famitiarity with them.12Form IVb visited Lord Digby's School on November 13thto listen to a lecture by Mrs. Innes in commemoration of thecentenary of William Wilberforce's death and the abolitionof slavery on British territory. territory, Thousands of slaves werefreed in Burma alone and over twenty million pounds werespent in compensating cbmpensating slave-owners all over the BritishEmpire. A vivid description was given of the previous hardshipsof slaves and of the terrible journeys of the unfortunatevictims viciims from Africa to America in squalid, fever-laden ships.hard-l3 13'fhe The progress of a century was reflected in the extracts readfrom conventions concerning slave-abolition drafted by theLeague of Nations.C.R.G.T. and M.T.G.League of Nations.Mr. Irwin M. McGann was kind enough to give a lectureto the four upper forms, on the afternoon of Nov. 16th, onWilliam Barnes, Barn~s,the Dorsetshire poet of the.. last centurywho couched ~ouched his hIS poems in that county's broadest dialect.The first flrst part of the lecture consisted of an account in somedetail of the poet's varied career, for he was in turn a lawyer'sclerk, a schoolmaster ~choo~m rand a .clergyman, besides being a poetand a philologist. phIlologIst. He also did dId some engraving for the DorsetCounty Chronicle, in which paper his first poems were published.After the biographical biogr':lphical particulars, Mr. McGann delighted hishearers by readmg reading from the poems which he considered to beBarnes'best work, viz. uiz.: : "The " Gurt Woak Tree in the Dell," "" In Blackmore by the Stour," " A Lot of Maidens Running'" Running,". and" " The Praise of Dorset." A.C.M.On December Sth, 5th, the Rev. C. S. Milford, M.C., M.A.,Vice-Principal of o{ St. Paul's College, Calcutta, Caicutta, addressed theSchool upon uP.on the t~e work ?f. of the Church Missionary Society.After dealmg dealing with WIth .the ongm origin and the de.velopment development of missionarywork from early tImes, times, he told toid many mteresting interesting and inspiringanecdotes 'Yhich which vividly illustrated the dangers and also a-lso theglory g~or~ of. thIS this .great 'York, work, especially among lepers and in thedIstnct district m in whIch which he lIved. lived. In conclusion, he reminded us howwe, individually, could assist the efforts of the C.M.S.E.p.A.E.P.A.Outings that were very much enjoyed before the end ofthe term were the visit of over 60 boys to Lord Digby's School'svery successful production of " The Ivory Door " (A. A. Milne), ,on December 6th, and the attendance of another party at theBethlehem Tableaux presented in Sherborne Abbey, onDecember 13th.THE NATIONAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.The average weekly contributions through the fourteenweeks o~ of the Chris~mas Christmas term r~mained remained at the same satisfactorylevel ievel as m in the prevIOUS previous term, VIZ aiz :24s.: : and the total businessof the term amounted to £18 {18 lIs. lls. 6d., 18 certificates.Totalssince 1924: : 644 certificates, £525 {525 4s. 6d.

14THE LIBRARY.The libraries received much more. extensive additionsbetween July and December than for many terms past, andsincere thanks are given to the following for their generousgifts :-The Hon. Mrs. Lionel Lambart, 47 copies of theNational Geographic Magazine (Va); (Vr) ; The Headmaster,53 French classics (VI French Library); ; A. C. Meaker, 21various volumes, English and French, for Forms IVb to VI andfor the Central Reference Library, including works by Dickens,Kipling and H. G. Wells, " The Making of English" " (Bradley),"The" Queen's English" (Alford), "Custom" and Myth""(Andrew Lang); ; G. W. F. Ashford, on leaving, eight books,including Gray's Poems, Landor's Imaginary Conversations,Cobbett's Rural Rides and The Golden Treasury Book IV (Va),The Antiquary (Vb), and The Master of Ballantrae (IVb)';;Mr. G. EUiott, Elliott, Jr. (O.F.), Mrs. Browning's Poems; Foems; M. F.Flower, Southey's Life of Nelson.In addition, substantial additions have been made throughthe annual grant from the Governors, to the advanced librariesin Science and Mathematics: : e.g. Discovery of the Rare Gases(Travers), Discovery of the Inert Gases (Travers), Old Trades. and New Knowledge (Bragg), Elementary Course of InfinitesimalCalculus (Lamb),The Literature section of Va has beenenriched by the Cambridge History of English Literature(15 volumes), together with ."" Paradise Lost," " The GreatCham," "Songs" of Innocence and Experience," and the Historysection by " English Men and Manners of the 18th Century""Infinite-(Turberville).Other new volumes include "Discovery" ofPoetry" " (P. H. B. Lyon) and Ainsworth's " Boscobel " (IVa) ;"The" Proper Study of Mankind" " (Howard) (VI) ; and severalvery readable junior Science books for middle forms.THE SCOUTS.Except during the last fortnight of term, meetings wereheld weekly and our small troop made steady progress.Withthe advent of the dark evenings, our activities were confinedindoors and we missed the freedom afforded by the field.Three of our members helped to sell hymn sheets onArmistice Sunday.Members: : Sherry i, Mitchell i, Upshall, Hatton, Murphy,Sharpe.L.I'I.W.K. L.N. Sharpe.THE COMMONERS' COI\I}IONERS' SOCIETY.Owing chiefly to the evening rehe;usals rehearsals for the Christmasplay, only two meetings of the Commoners proved possible,but both attracted an attendance of between 40 and 50.On October 9th a display of tricks with cards, matches,1515and numbers and some more advanced conjuring was givenby Young ii, Hussey, Gibling i and ii, Perkins and Hatton,all members of Forms III and IVb. Hatton, who successfullyadopted the style of the professional conjurer, was the mostambitious ; but the thrill of the evening was provided byPerkins, who balanced a jug on a very insecure-lookingplatform made of three knives resting on three glasses.The ever-popular curio and hobbies evening, evening; arranged onOctober 30th, was made additionally additiomally attractive attr.active this year bythe inclusion of a cinematograph cinematog'raph entertainment on a small 06scale, provided by Courage Couqage (Form Ill), III), and two 'houses' wererequired to accommodate the number of film-fans.Thebrothers Gibling conducted a Corinthian bagatelle competitionas another side-show.For some unknown reason, stampcollectorswere we(e not much in evidence, and there was only onemodel-and that, not in meccano. A few coins, some ~irds' b_irds'stamp-eggs and an unusually large assortment of cigarette cardsattracted collectors; but the centre of interest was the displayof curios:: though exhibits were fewer than on previousoccasions, they were probably more choice. Among the moststriking were a humming' bird, pieces of a meteorite, aCromwellian spear-head, a piece of an Egyptian pyramid,some raw rubber, a Chinese god and a Chinese lady's shoesof incredible smallness, a wooden model of an Indian jugglerwhich balanced in any position, and a pair of handcuffs handcufis whichprobably,had the busiest.evening evening in their_experience, experience, besidesvarious war souvenirs, including a number of swords andsabres. About eighteen boys contributed to the evening'sentertainment, and it was a ggreat pleasure to see last year'sCommoners' Secretary, Mr. \iV. W. H H. . Taylor, present. p{esent.E.J.E. E.l.E.and R.G. R.G,DISPLAY OF PHYSICAL TRAINING.The fourth annual physical . training and gymnasticdisplay, under the direction of R.S.M. A. T. Brown, wasgiven in the Congregational Schoolroom on Thursday,December 7th, before a large gathering of parents, Old Boysand friends.Considerable Consider,able importance being attached to physicaltraining at the School, the object of the display is to giveparents an opportunity of seeing their theiq boys carry out aselection of exercises in the daily syllabus, which are graduatedaccording to the age of the boys, and aim at training everypart of the body harmoniously.harmonio,usly.All the forms taking part pact in order, a successive exhibitionwas '"vas given of physical drill (elementary and advanced),horsework, jumping, and games; ; and finally the evening

I .16g'ymnastic gymnastic class engaged in exercises on the · parallel bars,and horse work, interspersed with spectacular tableaux.At the conclusion, Mr. Littleton C. Powys, Por,vys, Chairman ofthe Governors, ,announced that an extra half-holiday had beengranted by the Headmaster to Form IVa and the eveningclass for the best performances. He e congratulated R.S.M.Brown and the boys on the keenness and efficiency which theyhad shown, and thanked the Headmaster on behalf of allpresent for the opportunity of watching a very interestingt> display.Hearty cheers were given by. the boys to Mr. LittletonPowys, the Headmaste~Headmaster and Mrs. Lush, and Serjeant-MajorBrown.E.A.N.W. and R R.G. .C.THE SCHOOL HOUSE SUPPER.On the last Monday evening of the term, at the generousinvitation of the Headmaster and Mrs. Mrs, Lush, the day-boymembers of St. Aldh'elm's House and the cast of the Schoolplay joined the boarders at the Christmas House-supper inthe brightly decorated dining-hall.Among those presentwere alsothe Rev. A. E. Fost, Dr. and Mrs. Brown, Brow,n, Mr. andMrs. W. E. Wearden, , and the Masters and their wives. Afterthe supper, which included all the many delicacies associatedwith Christmas, community singing was enjoyed, commencing'with the School Song t'Toan's and including the old favourites, "JohnBrown's Body" and "Joan's Ale." AIe." Mr. Wearden conductedthe singing and also accompanied the series of MusicalChairs which followed. fol1owed. The company later joined in anumber of table tabie games brought by Treasure ii. After furtherrefreshments, a very jo1ly jolly evening was brought to a closewith hearty cheers for the Headmaster and Mrs. Mrs, Lush, andalso for Mr. W earden.R.K.D.also for Mr. Wearden.THE CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT.For the Christmas Entertainment this year, on Dece.mberecember20th and 21st, the School Schoo.tr presented the three-act farce "Vice­ "Vice-Versa," by F F. . Anstey.On both evenings large la'rge audiencesgave evidence of thoroughly thoroughiy enjoying' thc t he amusing nature ofthe play, which proceeds from the possession of a talismanthat grants one wish to its holder and so changes, in all butbody, a hard business man into his s high-spirited h-spirited school-boyson and vice-versa.The severe father, P,aul Paul Bultitude (lateq (later his own son incharacter, though not in body) was admirably played byMr. E. Hulme, and a the lively boy, Dick (who takes on hisfather's nature), by E. P. Andrews-both exacting parts, inr,vhich which full aclvantage advantage r,vas was taken of the humorous situations17 t7that develop. Mr. M. M. vVelcher, \,Vclcher, in the r61e r6le of Dr.Grimstone, Headmaster of Cdchton Crichton House School, where theefather-in his son's sdn's body-undergoes mental and physicaltorture, added greatly to the comic effect, and A. C. Meaker,as Uncle Marmaduke Paradine, the unscrupulous owner ofthe magic stone, was also prominent.The remainder of the cast, who shared in the generalsuccess of the play and in the special amusemertt amusement of certainscenes, were :-Boaler (a butler)-E. J. Eveleigh; ; Barbara(daughter of Mr. Bultitude)-P. A. Childs; ; Jolland,Biddlecombe, Coker, Coggs, Kiffin, Kiflin, Tipping aand Chawner(boys at Crichton Hou.se House School)-E. A. N. Webb, B. W.Rhodes, R R. . F. Cousins, C.1. L Connock, D. R. Gibling,A. J. Willis and R. K. Dibble; Dulcie (Dr. Grimstone'sdaughter)-C. R. G. Treasure; ; Mr. Blinkhorn (SeniorAssistant Master)-P. Masteq)-P. A. Hann; Mr. Tinkler (JuniorAssistant Master)-H. F. M. Thorne; Rhoda (a parlourriiaid)parlourmaid)-T. G. Ebdon.-T. The producer was Mr. E. Hulme, the stage manager manag'erMr. M. M. Welcher, whose lighting and other o,ther effects efiects werestrikingly contrived, and the business manager, Mr. A. T.Walker.Mr. F. Marks was '"vas the unseen pianist for thechildren's party during the play, and music by radiogramentertained the audience during the intervals. The floweringplants which decorated the room were again kindly providedby Mr. C. S. Goodchild.At the concluding co.ncluding performance,Mr. Hulme, Mr. M~. Welcher and Andrews were the recipients ofpresentations from the hands of Mrs. Lush, amid heartyapplause.It is satisfactory to add that the play was afinancial success, over £3 dB being added to the School's Sportsfunds as a result.C.T.B.FOOTBALL.FOOTBAI,L.The season, as far as Christmas, may be regarded ~egarded assuccessful in both senior and junior games.After a badopening, the 1st XI eventually won four of their nine matches,while the under-14 team, , starting rvith with three victories,finished finishecl with three th~ee matches won, one drawn dr;iwn and three lost.The 1st XI have so often in the past been opposed tobigger and heavier teams that several fixtures were arrangecla rrangedwith the 'A' teams or 2nd elevens of other Schools, andkeener g'ames games resulted.Although only one old 'colour'remained from last season, nearly all the 1st XI had playedin representative games before, but the building-up of a teamwas rendered difficult by the limited number of boys in theupper forms and by the loss of form on the part of severalpromising young players of last year who require anotherseason for development.

20Nov. 22. Shaftesbury G.S. 2nd XI. Lost, 3-4.A keen struggle to the last minute.We started well,establishing a lead of 2-0 through Webb and Bater, and,Bater scoring again later, we changed over with the score at3-2 for: us. We vVe were perhaps unfortunate to lose throughtwo misjudgments by the backs who deflected shots out of thegoalkeeper's g'oalkeeper's reach; but both goals had a number of narrowescapes, and only superb goalkeeping by Shaftesbury G.S.saved several difficult situations. Cherrett, Childs and Sherrywere again the pick of the i:he team.Nov. 25. Junior Old Fosterian. Won, [-2.Nov. 25. Junior Old Fosterian. Won, 4-2.An all-round improvement in the team was evident fromnow onwards. Play was too bustling at times, though somegood movements were seen.We scored two early goalsthrough Beer, from frorn a struggle near goal, and Webb, whowent through strongly when challenged in the penalty area;and a good pass from Childs Child3 enabled Bater to add our thirdbefore half-time.In the second half the Old Boys were moresuccessful, scoring twice to our once, through- Bater. TheSchool goal had more than one lucky escape near: nea4 the end,the goalk:eeper goalfteeper being sadly at fault. f.ar;Jt, Childs was very vervconspicuous at centre-half and g'ave gave the opposing forwards forward.sfew chances. .Nov. 29. Dorchester G.S. 2nd XI. XL Away. Won, \try'on, 4-3.We had the advantage of the driving wind in the firsthalf, and three goals came in steady succession fr:om from Ballam, Bp.llam,Beer and Childs, the last following good combination withBater.An unusually long throw-in by our opponents nearour ,goal gave them the chance to reduce our: out lead. 1ead. Onchanging over, they made good use of the wind and werefrequently dangerous, though the kicking of our backs andhalves halve_s improved: -improved: an unfortunate misunderstanding among.the defence led ied to their second goal and a faulty fauity goal-kickto the-equaliser; equaliser; but a final rally and a good centre ienlre fromBater found Webb well placed to head the winning goal for us.Dec. 2. Sexey's School, Bruton, 2nd XI. Away. Won, 7-0. T-0.A bitter east wind again made conditions unpleasant, buteven against_it it our superior weight and size gave us theadvantage. advantage-.. Sherr:y's Sherry's pace and bus1le bustle were always alway-s dangerousdangero,usand a_nd_one of, his centres was at last put through by Webb Web6 afterthe insides had nibbled at it. The manceuvre maneurr6 was wai successfullyrepeated, vVebb lVebb showing good dash and control.Sherry Sherrvhimselfput in the best shot of the day clay when he cut in to takeone of Bater's centres_at full speed.-Thus we were three upat half time.Maintaining' Maintaining. control of the game afterwards,.21we added four: more, Sherry, who thoroughly deserved hissuccess, being qesponsible r:esponsible for tirree three and Beer for one.";:;.flr.;:Z.d H.F.M.T. and R.G.Under-I4 Under-r4 Matches.Iv latches.Plenty of talent was discoverable among )unior junior players,and with six of last year's regular eleven available, avaIlable, we wereable to, field a well-balanced ,and .and reliable team for under-14matches: matches; They gave such a good account of -themselves cthemselves asto win their first three matches decisively, and to lose thenext by a single goal; but the absence of pivotal players inthe concluding games ptevented prevented them from finishing theseason as strongly as they began.Oct. 21. Shaftesbury G.S., under 14. Won, 4-1.In the first half the superiority lay with our visitors,though we made the score 1 all, through Hann iii, just beforehalf-time. After the resumption, we made a vigorous anddetelmined deter:mined onslaught on the Shaftesbury goal, and in thespace of about a quarter of an hour, w,ere were three goals up, thescorers being Seeley, with a good shot, and Ballam ii (twice),who showed particularly good skill and effort.It was thispeqiod period which settled'the ' the result, for play gradually becamedisjointed and slower.The whole team did well; Hann Ha~n. iiiand Ballam ii were excellent, and J Johns made a promising promlsmgdebut; d6but; Mitchell i and ii were strong and safe at back.act. Oct. 25. Crewkerne School, under 14. Won, 5-0.Although we gained a fairly f.airl,y decisive victory, we did notplay near:ly neaqly so well together or with such thrust as in theprevious match.The three good shots which brought goalsin the first half (Seeley 2, Hann) followed the few constructivemovements that were inaugurated.Thanks to our superiorkicking, we p{essed pr:essed most of the time, but several goals thatshould have resulted were lost through individualism,inaccurate passing, waiting for the ball, and the plucky workof the opposing goalkeeper. goalkeeaer. The half-backs, with the notableexception of Saunders, 1ay lay too far back and lacked keenness inanticipation.The only two goals of the second half were w,erescored by Hann with powerful shots from sudden opportunities.The Crewkerne attack was dangerous in this half onlyspasmodically and i.n in individual rushes.Nov. 1. J. Gillingham G.S., under 14. Away. Won, 3-0. 3-{.21We played just sufficiently well to gain a definite victory. victo,ry.No goals resulted from the first half, when we were below ourusual form and had the wind against us, scoring chancesbeing frequently wasted.Three goals came in the secondhalf from Wood (a brilliant solo effort), eflbrt), Seeley (a cross shot,

2222follow,ing foilowing good passing with Wood Woocl and Hann), and Little (aperfect, high shot from outside the penalty area).Nov. 8. 8. Taunton School, under 13!'. 13{. Away.Lost, O--l. G-1.The best junior game of the term.After a quiet beginning,play was very fast th~oughout. throughout. Taunton School, Schooi, whowere quicker on the ball bali and more accurate in passing, weredeservedly one goal up after a quarter of an hou~. hour. But wejust managed to hold our own, without succeeding in scoringthe equaliser.A thoroughly interesting intercsting match till til1 the finalminute, and a most enjoyable outing. All our team did well,but Little (centre-half) and Dike (go;:tl) (goal) were outstanding.Nov. 18. Gillingham G.S., under 14. Drawn, 3-3.A well fought out and even game. gamc. The absence of Littleweakened ~s us considerably, and the Gillingham team showedmuch improved fonn form since the beginning of the month. Aftertaking the le;:td lead early through Ballam Ballan.r ii, we found ourselvesone goal down at the interval. Immediately lmn.recliately afte~ after the re­re-beginstart,Seeley made the score level levcl and ancl added another later,after good passing· on both occ;:tsions occasions with Wood; but ouropponents levelled the score again when Dike slipped inattempting a save. The end was exciting when, from a a-m61de,m~lee,the Gillingham goal had a narrow escape.Dec. 6. Shaftesbury Shaftesbu~y G.S., under 14. Away. Lost, 2-5.On a hard h,ar{ ground, following foilowing severe frost, ShaftesburyG.S. turned the tables on us. Breaking through several rerre.altimes.at the beginning, they soon ied led by 2-0, 2-D, 6ut but a ;:t goodieft-wing left-wing run and centre by Johns Joh115 enabled Hann to retuce~educethe arrears. The second half was more even than the finalscore- sug'g'ests, suggests, but the home forwards were superior superio~incombination and quicker in accepting chances. ch;:tnces. Th-ey They addecl addedthre_e three more goals to our one (from Seeley). The ShaitesburyShaftesburygoalkeeper made some magnificent saves.Dec. 9. Taunton School, under 13$. 13t. Lost, 1-8. 1-3.The ground was. so hard as to be only just fit for play;consequently the early movements were rather teisurely, leisurely, butboth teams warmed up later. Although we were we~e withoutLittle or .Seeley, the first half went strongly in our favour,with the help of the wind, but the forwardi forwards failed to convertseveral excellent chances afiel afte~good movements. Eventually "orrreriBraggscored wlh wth u a g"9q good dropping shot.After change oi ofends, Taunton School did nearly all the attacking lor for aquarter of an hour and by excellent forward fo~ward play scorJd scored twice.Stung to rer-rewed renewed efforts, we again came ,ear near scoring, butthe .-final goal went to our visitors when our goalk-eeper, goalkeeper,baulked by one of his backs, was at fault.II23Our regular team was: : Dike; Mitchell i, i, MitcheH Mitchell ii;;Saunders, Little (capt.), Murphy (vice-capt.);; Ballam ii,Wood, Seeley, Hann iii, Johns.Reserve players: Bragg,Sherry ii.Other reserves: : Earnshaw, Pollard, Hatton.A.C.L., P.M., R.G. R,G.H House Matches.The 'I-he Senior House competition was robbed ?f of much of itsusual interest through the extreme weakness of St. Dunstan's.Consequently, after St. Aldhelm's had disposed of St. Bede's Bede,sin the first match, there was no doubt that they thev would finishthe half-season with their maximum 6 points and ur-,a St. Bede's Becle,swith 3.Oct. 7. St. Aldbelm's Aidhelm's 4, St. Bede's Bedc's 2.Bede's were unfortunate to have to take the fielcl withouttheir captain, Bater, and the reduced strength of - -theirforward however,.line-who, made a good show-was thedetermining factor, Aldhelm's being well-balanced in attackand defence. defencc. A keen, l

26OLD BOYS' NOTES.O.F.A. .A. Membership and Subscriptions. The membershipof the Association continues to grow slowly but surely. surely,member-Four new members who have joined since July bring thepresent total to 278.It should be added, however, that this is to some extenta theoretical, or paper, number; for with this issue we haveto send warning of the imminent cessation of their membershipto as many as 54 who owe two years' subscriptions.It may' seem a pity to print so depressing a statement atthe beginning of these Notes-and of aNew a Year; ; but theremedy lies in the hands of the members concerned. May wesuggest that those who find themselves in i.n arrears should shouidmember-consider the wisdom of avoiding this predicament for thefuture by becoming ,life-members??At any rate, the officers, w~th w,ith the optimism born of overfour years' experience of a steadily developing Associationand of its ever-widening good fellowship, confidently hopethat the Treasurer willreceive all subscriptions due,whether as life-membership fees, for 1932 or 1933 1-933 or both,and also for the current year, before 1934 is many daysolder.This is especially desirable since a statement ofaccounts has h.as. , now to be prepared for the Fifth AnnualGeneral Meeting on February 21st.The Fifth Annual Re-union Dinner, on Thursday,November 9th, gth, at the Digby Hotel, unfortunately took plaie placeduring Sherborne Carnival week; ; but the attendance wasnevertheless a 1itt1e little larger than last year's. yep.r's. The Headmaster,in the chair, was supported by Mr. Littleton C.Powys(Chairman of the Governors), NIr. Mr. T. L. Hutchins (laie (lateHeadmaster), the present staff of the School, and thefollowing Senio'r Senior Old Boys (1885-1922):: G. H. White(Dorchester), C. A. Lowman, H. J. Otton, E. J. ] . Upsall,G. E. Batchelor, Batche1or, B. J. Herridge (Guildfoqd), 'Warr, (Wincanton), P.\)\/. 'Warr, H.Gillingham (Guildford), R. R. Warr, W. L. Warr,R. Gregory, E. King (Nlilborne (Milborne Port), R. J. Gray .W: (Buckland 'G. Newton), W. W. Gray (Southampton), W. G. pike Pike(Cr,ewkerne)t (Crewkerne), J: J. A-. A. Stollery (Street), L. S. Etaon Ebdon (Axminster),J. H. and G. Elliott, L. N. W. Kitzerow, P. \tr/. W. H. Dike;and amorrgst amongst those- of more recent date were G. B. Richings(Glastonbury), A. L. G. Hutchings (Bristol) and L. J. Avely Avery(Barwick).It was pleasant, too, to welcome later in th,: theevening Mr. H. F. E. Durrant (a member: of the GoverningBody) and Mr. W. Edward Wearden W (Music Master at the th;School).Following the loyal toaSt toast and the reading of the Roll ofHonour, messag'es messages of regret at their: absence, iccompanied accompanied by27greetings and good wishes, were read from fifteen Old Boys, Bovs.including.W. M. Andrews (Thornford, 1885-6), F. W. W. tV:Brooks (Bournemouth, (B_ou-rnemouth, 1887-90), G. Washington Brock(London, (!:"!q: 1890-2), 1890-2L- J. VV. W. Walden (Crewkerne, (Crewkerie, 1896-8),W. C. Kennett (Walton-on-Thames, 1898-03), 1898-08), Vii. W. G. Ireland Irelanci(Hunstanton, 1896-01) who timed his lris telegram to ro arrive as asthellr"_-D,I"gl .b-eginning, S.- Wehb (1908-1019. t{ Dinner was beginning,P. l_oung (190e-11), C. H. Webb (1908-10)C. H. D . Young (1909-11), W. J J. . Hall Hatl (1911-14), and ,i.,a A. a. J. y.Batchelor (Dorchester, 1921-8).The toast of "The School" was $'as proposed by W. L. W Warr,who, w!o, in_ acknowledging the debt of Old OlO Boys noys to their School,referred to its steady progress under successive succeisive HeadmastersHeadmasteriand especially in recent years, -recent and expressed the greatpleasure everyone felt at the presence of Mr. Hutchins"withthem. theg_. He also congratulated the School on its possession -Chairman ofa School Song through the kind interest of the Chairman ofthe Governors.In his reply the Headmaster br.iefly briefly traced the recentgrowth of the School, from 85 boys in- 1929 1g2g to 120 in therecent term, which was raising problems pro,blems in regard to accommodation.Among academic successes, G. W. F. E. Ashford'scounty scholarship was specially mentioned; and thepresence of three Old Boys at the universities had amplyjustified the development of the advanced work in the sixth sixtiraccom_form. form, In sport, the under-14 football team had been mostsuccessful-a 5ussss5ful-a keener side would be hard to find.Finally, theHeadmaster thanked the Old Boys especially for their supportof the Pavilion Maintenance Fund and for. for: the valuable help irelpmany of them had hatl S1v9n given in finding suitable openings for"p*i"g-.ioiFosterians on leaving Schooi; School; ancl and hi he expressed ihe Sc-hool,sco.mposing a ,school the School'sindebtedness to Mr. Powys for composing ,;l 'School song ofwhich they could all be very pro'ud.In proposing "The[n .propo_sing'The Old Fosterians, Fosterians' Association,"Association"Mr..Littleton lowys Powys first acknowledged the assistance he had h~drecetved received rn in a few matters of detail in the composition of theSong from M.r. Mr.Gibling, and also the kind interest ofMr. Wearden V? in training tra!ni?g the bo,ys boys to sing it worthilv. worthily.Speaking Speakmg of the Association, ASSOCIatIOn, he regirded regarded it as of the utmoit utmostimportance, for it was a living part-of par:t the School. In it were wererepresentatives of each.period otr of the School,s School's history for b0 50years, and no doubt each duy. ,,Fosterian,, member was proud of his particularday. The pages of the "Fosterian" sirowed showed frow how full of lifethe Association was and how well it was fulfillins fulfilling its dutv. duty.He was sure that the Headmaster had won the fulico"fideniefull confidenceof the Old Boys, and that the excellent work they *.r" were Joirrg doingwould continue.'C, C. A. Lorvman, Lowman, responding as Chairman of the theCommittee, felt proud to be the oldest Old Boy in the room room

II,28at the time, with H. J. Otton a close second.The financesof the Association were fairly sound but could tre be muchimproved by more pro,mpt prompt payment of subscriptions. He paida high tribute to the services of the Secretaries, the Treasurerand the Committee generally. .By , special request, Mr. Hutchins also replied, andbesides recalling his twenty-three yeats year:s as Headmaster,entertained the company with some of his experiences sincehe left Sherborne for Bristol.The musical programme, arranged as usual by Mr. F.M,arks, Marks, included a violin solo by H. L. R. Hutchings, as wellas quartettes by Messrs. H. E. Durqant, Durr:ant, C. A. Lowman,G. E. Batchelor and F. Marks; j the central feature,however, was the singing of the new School Song by a choirof twenty present boys who lvho had been trained, and wereaccompanied, by Mr. W. \V. E. Wearden.At his invitation,and under his conductorship, the company co,mpafly afterwards joinedin the Song themselves with great enjoyment and enthusiasm.The School choir was entertained to refreshments by thekindness of Mr. P. H. Gillingham.kindness of Mr. P. H. Gillingham.The Fourth Annual Old F Fosterian and Old DigbyianDance was held at the Digby Hotel on Boxing Night-achoice of date that was generally appreciated and by nonemore than Old Boys and Old Girls from a distance who wereon holiday in Sherborne and neighbourhood. As a result, theattendance reached about 140, and would protrably probably have beengreater g'reater still but for the foggy night.The room was daintily decorated in mauve and green,relieved by festoons of evergreens, while the bandstand wastastefully gay with cut flowers on a green g'reen background, andthe rather subdued illumination harmonised perfectly with thegeneral effect. The music was provided by Price's Orchestra(Bournemouth), and refreshments were served by the Hotelstaff. Dancing continued from 9 p.m. till after 3 a.m. and athoroughly thoroug'hly jolly evening WaS was spent.The Dance resulted in a profit of. £5 SE lOs., 10s., of which theCommittee decided to devote £1 51, to Foster's School PavilionMaintenance Fund and £1 {1 to Lord Lorcl Digby's SchoolGymnasium Fund, the remainder being added to their ownDance Fund.The Joint Dance Committee of the two Associations was .composed of the same members who served last year, viz:A. H. Cowling (chairman), Miss H. Park (secretary),Mrs. J. J. Davis, Misses M. Berry, P. Dodge, Dodge; J. Rickard,E. Young; j J. H. Elliott, G. Elliott, R. Gibling, H. G. Hunt,C. H. D. Young, with w,ith the addition of Mrs. D. O. Stewart.Others who were present included: , Mrs. Gibling, A. J. Brett,2.9 29T. E. Chant, G. B. Cox, H. S. B. Cox, W. T. B. Cox,f. R. ,A. S. Cridland, G. P. Cridland, R. A. K. Dodge,L. S. Ebdon, R. GregorI, Gregory, W. J. Hall, J. O. C. Hewitson,R. Jervis, E. J. Jervis, L. N. W. Kitzerow, K. M. S. Loder,H, H. J. Otton, F. H. Philpott and Mrs. Philpott, G. B.Richings, T. L. Ryall, L. S. Salmon, \M. W. H. R. Shutter,A. J. Sibley, H. E. Warren, A. F. Warren, vVarren, L. A. Willis andMrs. Willis, J. E. Willis.Football Matches.Wed. Nov. 15.Past v. z. Present.-The Old Boys, led byP. W. W'. H. H . J?ike, Dike, were not quite so strongly repreiented represented ai asusual, mcludmg including two or three members of the ti-e-Junior O.F. XI.They proved, however, powerful enough to defeat the Schooldecisively. . Although Altho,ugh one goal in arreais arrears early, they soon tooh tookthe lead and, thanks to L. L_1 J. Avery's Avery,s energy and ikill, skill, led by4-1 at half-time' half-time.and and by 7-3 7--3 at the end. Avery, Arre.y, who was theoutstanding player,accounted accounted for 6 goals, and atrd C. W. Gouldscored the other.O.F. Dike; 9. !. ft^odfes; team: P.E. W. H. j H. M. R. Shute,D. T. Hodges j H. G. Hunt, K. M. S. Loder, N. C. Penny penny; jE. E. Osment, C. W. Gould, L. J. Avery, H. R. Eley,E. A. Gibbs. Spectators included V. P. Baker, H. L. R. R,Hutchings, H. J. Otton, P. D. Parsons, W. H. Taylor. Teawas w_as afterwards provided for the teams at School SchoLI_ by theHeadmaster and Mr:s. Mrs. Lush.Sat. Nov. 25, Foaterians u. School.-With1_slrgnger_team Junior Old Fosterians v. SchooL-Witha stronger available than on past occasions, the JuniorOld Boys hoped to register reg.ister their first win in this series ser-ies ofmatches.In spite of their determined effor:ts, efforts, however, thefirst half went .definitely in favour of the School, who scored scorecltwice early on and led by 3-0 at the interval. G. A. J. J.Stephen soon reduced the arrears, but the School scored ."or..lagain almost immediately.In the later exchanges, Olclancl, gial 'had the OldBoys showed improved form and, after the goal' had hadseveral narrow escapes, the School goalkeeper allowed illowed a shotfrom T. R. Peaty to slip through his [is hands. ha.rds. K. W. Bakerhad bad luck in the last minute when his shot struck the postafter the School defence had been beaten by good play on theleft wing.- Final score: : School 4, Old Boys Boyi 2. Z._ _Th_e The Olcl Boys,- U. ttt. Shute;l P._ following played for Foot; the Old Boys: H. M. R. jJ. H. Cowan, S. R. A. j A. J. J, Sibley, L. S. Ebdon,K. E J. Ebdon; j H. P. Crocker (capt.), K. k. W. Baker,G. A. J. ?kg! Stephen, R. T. R. Peaty, E. E. Osment. The line wastaken by. ~. J. Ridout, and others who were present wereC. H. GIllmgham,R. Gillingham, R. E. Meader and C. H H. . Salmon. Theteams and visitors returned to School for tea, at the kindteams and visitor:s returned to School for tea, at the kinrl

30invitation of the Headmaster and Mrs. IVIqs. Lush, and severalwere able to stay to renew old associations afterwards.O.F. Hockey Club.Since the general meeting held III in September andreported in the last issue, G. C. Brett has taken over thetreasurership and E. Hulme and K K. . W. Baker have acted asjoint secretaries.The decision not to limit membershipstrictly to Old Fosterians and Old Digbyians has met withsuccess, several new ner,v players having joined.Great keennesshas been shown in the matches, and we felt able to enter theEast Somerset Cup Competition, though unfortunately wewere beaten in the first round.The Club is in a better financi.

32O.F. O F. DRAMATIC SOCIETY.A general meeting was held in Foster's School Staff Roomon Oct. 10th l0th when the Headmaster took the chair and thosepresent included Miss E. R. Otton, and G. C. Brett, J. H. andG. Elliott, B. J. Hamblin, L. N. W. Kitzerow, A. J. Sibleyandmembers of the School Staff.Much enthusiasm was displayed in the preparations forthe Society's second venture, and the following appointmentswere made.: : Producer-M. M. Welcher; ; Reading andCasting Committee: : The Producer, Miss Otton, G. C. Brett,E. Huline; Hulme ; Stage Manager-J. H. Elliott ; Business Manager,­ Manager-L. N. W. Kitzerow.Several plays were recommended, and after the choice hadbeen narrowed down to three, the Committee ultimately selected" The Ghost Train" " (Arnold Ridley), to be performed at theChurch Hall on Thursday Jan. 25th.At the request of thelocal guild of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, it wasdecided to give a second performance on Friday, Jan. 26th andif possible, to share the profits with the .R.N.L.I. In return,the Guild promised to help in advertising and in booking seats.Rehearsals have been held, he1d, except at Christmas time, twoor three times a week, and at the time of going to press arrangementsare almost complete.L.N.W.K.BIRTHS.October 19th, l9th, to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Toose, Highleaze,Brympton, Br5.,rnpton, Yeovil-a daughter.November 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred R. Willis, TonmoreHouse, Cheap Street, Sherborne-a a daughter.November 19th, l9th, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coombs, CheapStreet, Sherborne-a son, (Patrick John).December 17th, l7th, to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King, Newtown,Milborne Port-a son.We regret that an announcement of the birth of a son toMr. and Mrs. A. H. Cowling, King's Crescent, Sherborne,was omitted from the last magazine.MARRIAGES.In September, at WhitehiU Whitehill, Congregational Church, Hants,Edwin Victor Short (1922-4), (19224), Longburton, to DorothyM. Sherfield, Dormy House, Whitehill. Alwyn E. Lugg(1916-21), was' 'best man'. ' .arrange-October 18, at Kington Langley, Wilts, Norman B. Richards(1919-23), Malmesbury (late of Westbridge, Sherborne),to Olive Betty Hart, Southsea Farm, Fann, Draycot Ferne.The' 'best man' was J. E. Willis (1918-22).33October 31, at St. Lawrence Church, Holwell, WaIter Walter JohnFoot (1920), Manor Farm, Middlemarsh, to Linda BeatriceCoffin, Holwell.In November, at Chilthorne Domer Parish Church, ArthurW. Brain (1915-18), 18), Corton Denham, to Edith KathleenMarsh, Lower Vagg Farm, Chilthorne Domer.In November, at MilbornePort Parish Church, Chur.ch, George GeorEeRonald Hallett, (1918-22), (l9l&22), High Sreet, Milborne Port,to Elsie Evelyn Vaughan, Bristol.DEATHS. DEATHS,Recently, Recent1y, at Cheltenham, Allan A. Crabbe (1898-01).In November, Archbold Thomas George Geor$e Sampson(1886-93), Lyhton Lynton House, Alexandra Road, Dorchester,aged 56 years.(We are indebted to W. C. Kennett and to a recent issue of ~ -'TheWestern 'Western Gazette," respectively, for the following particulars)..On leaving School, Allan A. Crabbe was attached to thestaff of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, being forsome time in the Excursions Department, and at the time ofhis death was stationmaster at Cheltenham.All AII his contemporarieswill regret to hear of his untimely passing.contem-Starting his career as a junior clerk at Sherborne, wherehe was born, Archbold T. G. Sampson entered the county servicein 1894 and pine nine years later, when the Car Act, dealing withthe registration and licensing of motor-cars, was \Mas introduced,he was placed in charge of the branch of the County Clerk'sdepartment · which dealt with this work, and removed toDorchester with the rest of the staff when the County administrationwas centralised in 1910 Owing to the enormous growthof the work of o{ his department, he was in 1925 designatedController of Licenses iri in Dorset, being responsible for theissue of all motor-car and driving licenses in the county.He was a member and past president of ol the county branchof the National Association of Local Government Officers, anda sidesman and member of the Finance Committee of HolyTrinity Church, Dorchester.He had served for many yearsin the old Sherborne 'G' Company of the Dorset Volunteers,and played football for the Sherborne Town Club.All branchesof County administration and many other bodies were repre­repre-adminisentedat his funeral.Eighteen months ago he learned from his doctor that hislife's days were numbered, but he met the'sentence with quietunflinching courage, and survived to fulfil one of his dearestwishes-'-to wishes-to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of hiswedding.He leaves a widow and two sons, to whom whorn we offerour respectful sympathy.

I34 34AT AT THE THE UNIVERSITIES.(]I{IVERSITIES.Having-completed his term of practice in teaching atSchool, a school of neirly 600 pupils, *f;";,Having completed his term of practice in teaching atBournemouth Fournemouth School, a school of nearly 600 pupils, where,besidesbesides takingtakinga adue share of of other lessons lessoni in in English Ongti&r and .ira some .t-"French,French, hehehashasbeenbeenin in charge -"-hrrgg of of the work in in poetryforms,i""tr/1""i""i in fourforms, andandhas,has,incidentally, incidentally, played association football fbotlit for f;.th; theMasters)Iastersagainstagainstthe the 1st lst XI, Xi, R. R. R. R. Pedley fealey returns to to DowningUollege,College,Cambridge, in for the of hi!iourth Cambridge, in January for the final two terms of hisfourth year.year.They They will will be be spent in in study for his teachingdiploma.diploma.. ,After recovering lgovgrjng from fro-m a nasal operation in the late summer,A.A.L.L.G. G. Hutchings devote-d his'energies in cross__cou-ntry running Hutchings at Bristol devoted his "and in sport to crosscountryrunning at Bristol University, half-colours for athletics.-. Having"gained and was awarded hishalf-colours for athletics.gained a , set s"t of oi-goJ goodsecond-classsecond-classpasses_in hp f19t yearYs iessio"ut he hopes topasses in his take Part first year's sessional examinations,he hopes to take Part I of of his'B.Sc. Hons. (Maths.) (M.th..t """*lrr..tiorqdegreenext aA;;;next July.^ Entering Fntering__r-nt9 into residence at Wills \[rills Hall, HalI, Bristol, Bristoi, in lateOctober,October,G. G. W. F. aLout ily{"nt* He W. ilat F. Ashfordtakrng.Irngli$, found himself French. philosopf,y among about 150students. He is at present following the pass degree delgree course,taking English, French and Philosophy as main subjects, su6jects, "o"ir., withsubsidiary ?"!;ifi.r* History History and qualifying q.ualifying Litin. Latin. He tte played ptui"a in i" two i*.trrat tootba-lltrial football matchesmatchesearly in the term, and gained eained his place olacein thein the UniversityUniversity.Brd3rd XI and aird later in the 2nd XI. fI. As A. ah"i-;;; they areinrndifferentditterent faculties not"seen*,Ygh .1, Hutchings faculties and different residences, he has much of Hutchings; ; but they ryr"" have ;;i met ;";*io"rify occasionally ,t-tf," at theU_nrversityUniversity Club-the _V_ictoria Victoria Rooms, headquarteri headquarters of theUniversityUniversityofof Bristol Bristol Union-and at the spdrts sports ground..VISITORS.-WeWewerewere pleased to meet Lanpford Langford RueAg Ruegg fig02_g) (1902-9)atteraftermanymanyyTS.years. .Afteriolding holding banking position-s positions eliewhere, elsewhere,ne nas DeBnhe has at Wrmbornebe~n at Wimborne tor for the past six years.He still main_ maintainshista,ins-his interestinterest in in sport, being'captain"and and treasurer of thewmborneWimborne Hockey Hockey Club -and secretary of the Tennis Club,3nq.he and alsoalsoplaysplays some gol[. golf.He and his wife spent Christmasin Sherborne.in Sherbotne.His.brother,His brother, Louis Louis H. similarlvocct,pied at Brigg,\. I H. Ruegg (1915-20), who is similarlyoccupied at Brigg, N. Lincs., i.r..., wis was on ho6day holiday il in S"pi;*b;'. Septemberand hasand hasrecently-married.recently married.A year or or two ago h6 he won hii his hockev hockeycap.forcap forLincoinshireLincolnshire as as g^oalkeeper, goalkeeper, and still enjoysilub;;Aclub gamesagainstagainstsuchsuch teams teams as as Grimsby and the R,A:F:, R.A.F., Cfi;;U. Cranwell.--CecilCecilJ.J. Andrews (1918-lA (1913-17) spent a *""f.r-frofia.y'i"week's holiday inJ-une Juneinin amotormotor coach coach tour tour from from Lonldon London to to N. Wales. Wales, ,..'.irr. passingthroughthrough Henley, Henley, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Ail;;.;;;;;: Abergavenny,Plynlimmon,Plynlimmon, Llanberis Llanberis and and Conway to to the Me,ai Menai stiaits straits arid andAberystwith.Aberystwith. On On the, return journey, ioFestiniog, with its siate "Snowdon, visits were paid toFestiniog, with its slate quarries, Snowdon, Lud"Iow Ludlow and an~35 35Shrewsbury, Worcester, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon and and St.St.Alban's.Thus he he accomplished much much sight-seeing sight-seeing in in a a shortshortspace space of of time.He He spent spent a a second second week's week's holiday in in Sherborne Sherbornein in September.We W'e are glad ?J9 glaa to to learn that W. W. F. F. E. E. Bugg (1915-21), (1915-21), w~owhois is at Salisbury Theologi.cal Theological College, College, has has been been successful IIIsuccessful inpassing the first part of of his his ordination examination.W. C..ry. Jewry (1921-27) is:Iewly l9zl-?7) is now physical physidal trainingtrainingspecialist at the Municipal College, West Ham, Harn, and and is is alsoals6responsible for the organisation of of the the P. P. T. T.syllabu~ syltabus for day-"He for daycontinuationschools in the West Ham area.enjoyedenjoyedthetheholiday course for instructors in_structors which he he took at at Loughboroughin the summer and hopes soon soon to be be going to to Denmark forfoiaafurther course of training.'Like R. R, A. K. XI Dodge noage and and Philip philipJ. J.Rogers, he plays rugby football nowadays,-and and is thisthiiseason captain of the 'A' fifteen of Ilford._In common with many hundreds of members of the th"Merchant Service, R.. K. Tod (1923-7) has unfortunatelybeen-without an appointment for some some months.In spitespiteofofhis ill fortune, he was as cheery as as ever when when we sawsawhim.him.We wish him better luck in the New Year.E. K. Tapper (1923-7) (1923*7) was in Sherborne Sherborne for Pack pack Monday MondavFair._ After two years at Poole Poo1e G. G. S., S., he he joined Messrs MessrsCarter Carterand Co.'s tile works at Parkstone, and is now in the the laboratorydepartment.G. D. Batchelor^ Batche10r (1923-31) had a veryinterestinginterestingfortnight's holiday in September.He spent the firstwee[weekaboard a tug-from Gravesend-a a quite modern one, one, builtonlyonlylast year, a1d and yery very powerful, wittr-its with its 1,000 1,000 h.p. engines. . . H; Hehad not realised before how interesting the the Thamesw:aswas until untIlhehesaw it from the water, by day and night.Theymademadetwotwotrips to Thame-shaven, Thameshaven, where the Shell Shell and and B.P. . petrol petrolrefineryrefineryis situated, and several trips up the river, besides besides anumbernumberofofdockings at Tilbury.The tugs do little actual towingexceptexceptin the case of of sailing ships, their chief chief task task being being to tomalnoeuvremanoeuvrelarg.e, large unwieldy vessels into dock entrancesoiorbesidebesidequays.While " t quays.Whil~ he was on board, the tug brought the "Orontes"Orontes iritointodry dock4ry--loct at Tilbury.. Having thoroughly enjoyed ~njo'yed this this novel noyelholiday, he he devoted his hIS second week week to to camping campmg IIIin Wales,Wales, with .w1thLlandrindod Wells as as base, base, in in order order to to watch watch t[e the InternationalInternatIOnalsix-days Motor Cycle trial, ending with thespeedspee~testatatDonington Park, near Derby.Many of of the the competitors competItors werewereforeigners,--riding riding unfamiliar machines.That hepenetratedpenetrat~dwell into Wales is is shown by by the the fact that Welsh Welsh wai wasspokenspokeninmpreference to to English in inmost of of the the places places he he touched.OnOnhishisreturn to duty with Vickers-Armstrongs, where he he i~is at at.thethemoment in the tinsmith's shop, he also resumed resumed his hISnightmght

36classes at the Erith Technical School and his football matcheswith the Technical School team.R. E. Meader (1929-31)is now at the Shaftesbury branchof the Wessex Electricity Company.H. C. Rabbetts (1929-32), who is in his uncle's jeweller'sand watch-maker's business, at Bournemouth, was on holidayin September. He sometimes sees Cyril G. Meader (1922-4),who is now chief window-dresser for Messrs. Butler.Other Old Boys who have visited us or whom we havebeen glad to meet include R. R. W. Tuffin (1907-14), 14), Frome ;M. C. Wilson (1911*16), (1911-16), Frome; ; A. J. Brett (1918-25),London, whose recent eye-trouble, we are pleased to hear, isdecidedly better; L. G. Collings (1921-8), Bristol; ; B. M.Blachford (1921-6), London, who was on holiday with his wifeand young son; ; G. S. Willis (1923-6), Yetminster; R. C.Fry (1925-8), (1923-8), Trent; ; R. P. Old (1924-:1), 7), Weymouth; ; ' IG. B. Richings (1924-7), Glastonbury, whose electrical appoint-appointmentin Bristol terminated some time ago when his firm failed,but who is fortunately in sight of another post; ; J. S. D. Bacon(1926-8), , now at Selhurst G. S.,Croydon, who showed hisinterest in the "Fosterian"" " by offering us several frankcriticisms of it ; R. A. S. and G. P P. . Cridland (1928-32),Yeovilton ; . P. H. Antell (1929-33), Lydlinch; ; and J J. . R.Binder (1931-3), whose holiday in November was unfortunatelvunfortunatelyin the nature of sick-leave owing to overwork.EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.In sending his regrets at being unable to attend theReunion Dinner as he had intended, Frederick tr'rederick W. W. Brooks(1887-90) expressed his determination to attend some of thefuture functions of the School and the O.F.A.As it is nowrather more than 43 years since he left ieft Foster's School, he findsit a special pleasure to meet any of his contemporaries, and heoffers an open invitation to any of them and their wives to spenda long week-end with him and his wife at Western House, SpaRoad, Bournemouth.. G. Washington Brock (1890-2) was good enough to writein appreciation of the last "Fosterian" " " and to make asuggestion for its improvement by the inclusion of a few topicalillustrations if the expense was not prohibitive. prr:hibitive. Althoughhe has not been able to reach Sherborne lately, he still looksforward to a visit, and mentioned especially C. A. Lowman,the only one of his time, he thought, still there.He has recentlysent to the School two interesting copies of .. " The Liveryman",published periodically by the City Livery Club, which is madeup solely of Liverymen of the various City companies and hasits Club House at the ancient Chapter House, St. Paul's Churchyard.He is a member as a Liveryman Liveryrnan of the WorshipfulChurch-g737Company of Fan Makcrs, onc of thc youngest cf thc Cit1,Company of Fan Makers, on of the youngest of the Citycompanies, which was nevertheless in existence in the reign ofQueen Anne and possesses the privilege of . being the onlycompany permitted to make ir a fan for ir. a royal personagL personagefor state occasions.We have heard several times from J. W. Walden (189G-8), (1896-8),Crewkerne,who had hoped to attencl attend the rccent r' Dinner incompany with W. J. N. Burch (1896--01 : we trust that theywill be able to be present next year.A furthcr r gent,rousg nerousdonation to the School Pavilion funds accompanied d onc n of thcr theletters.J. W. Waiden Walden had reason to believe that h hc had cxrmc omeupon the tracks of R. A. B. Gale (1896-01).Since he last (1890-8), (iibraltur,l-. { pg" wrote, W. H. Pearce (1896-8) , i-ibraltar,has met L. F. Fox (1907-11) 11) there.He was kind cnough tooffer advice for the benefit of boys leaving school to cntei nter thtr theengineering profession.We are delighted to hear that hchhopes to come home next July and to reach Dorset for aBout abouta week, though his base will wiII perhaps be Scotland and therc r ismoreover, a possibility of his deciding to visit Hungary andItaly instead : we hope that the call bf of England will wifi pievail. prevail.In recalling_old times, contemporariesE J B he mentioned""q_ $yan, C. among -R. his sat School B. ] . B. and H. Ryall, G. B. R. Taverner, Taver.,ei, A. J. .J.Pearce, A.B. Foot, - HalI, Hall, the late C. E. Rose, W. Derriman, Derrimai,C. Calver, W. Crabb, H, Honeyfield Honeyfietd and W. J. N. Burch. Hesent a liberal contribution to the Association's funds, for whichwe are very grateful.• We were wele glad g!a{ to hear from L. F. Fox tr'ox (1907-11), EasternTelegraph Co., Gibraltar, who.set an example that others mightlike to copy in {o-rwarding__his forwarding subscription for the new year y'earbefore the end of the old.With it came cami his best wishes for foi theSchool and the Association.His best news was that his wife wifchad been able to join him in October and was now in betterhealth and beginning to get acclimatised.He found theclimate in Gibraltar inclined to extremes: : it was cold and anrldecidedly. rainy at Christmas time, following a very hot, andoften mOIst, moist, summer.Probably the best occasion oicasion jor for a a.holi-holidaythere would be Easter.W.C.Kennett (1898-03) had planned to be present at theDinner in November, but business calls again prevented pievented him'. hirn.He sent us news of oI his brother, Capt. F. A. A". Kennett (1901-6), (l90l-6).who rescued 33 men in mid-Atlantic in October from the thb sinking sinkiniFrench schooner "Maia," " Maia,'' of Cancale, Brittany, and duly clul|landed them at Liverpool.. We have at last had the pleasure of establishing contactw.Ith with A. J. Dowdeswell (1899-05), who was pleased"to makohImself himself a member as soon as he heard. of the Association.He retired from the Navy as a Paymaster lg22-with Commander in Societatd .,Astra 1922and since then has had a post with the Societate .. AstraI

{Romana" at Bucharest.38Romana " at Bucharest. It is good news to learn that hehopes to come home for a holiday in 1934 and to visit theSchool.We look forward to receiving an account of some ofhis experiences in the R.N.He says that he has not met anyof his contemporaries since he left School, but passed throughSherborne once without having time for any calls.He mentionedR. J. N N. . Taylar, Taylor, and the Headmaster of his days, thelate Mr. J. Crichton, and sent his best wishes to the Schooland the Association.Through the kindness of R. Gregory (1909-12), we havebeen privileged to read a very interesting letter from A. F.Summerfield (1908-12), Kampala, Uganda, which was fullof Sherborne and old friends.As the only Shirburnian andOld OId Fosterian known of in the neighbourhood, he was invitedto the house of Bishop Stuart, brother of Miss H. V. Stuart(Headmistress of Sherborne School for Girls), to meet CanonS. H. Wingfield Digby, of Kyamba, Kenya, and formerlyVicar of o{ Sherborne and one of the Governors of Foster'sSchool.Canon Digby was the preacher at the service in AllSaints' Church, Kampala, arranged in conjunction with thelocal branch of TocH, as a special Armistice Commemorationservice at which the cross of an unknown soldier from Flanderswas unveiled by his Excellency the Governor.A newspaperaccount of the occasion occasioh remarks that it was the type of sermonwhich will not readily be forgotten, and A. F. Summerfield adds," I am confident that the Sherborne group (of Toc H) will glowwith pride at the work of their old Padre in the heart of Africa."When, owing to the economic depression, A. F. Summer­Summer-menfield'sgovernment appointment at Jinja ceased, he openedhis own office oflice as secretary, accountant and managing agent,and all his contemporaries will wish him success.His wife andfamily came to England on holiday last summer, and his son isnow at Ludlow School; ; he himself hopes to pay a visit to homein 1935.In referring to past years, he mentioned especiallyMr. Gibling, K. Fincken, and Stanley Salmon, the last-namedof whom he last iast met when they were in a military hospitaltogether at Dar"es-Salaam.Dar-es-Salaam.A. T. Thorne (1909-12), 12), whose continual business travelshave recently taken him to Bavaria among other parts ofEurope but have allowed him occasional opportunities for golfand mild spells of.gardening as well as a motor holiday toNewquay, was kind enough to forward two German publicationsof topical interest, one gi~ing giving a very detailed account ofcommunist plots preceding the National Revolution andpicturing Germany as the bulwark which saved westerncivilisation from the advancing tide of bolshevism, and theother intended to justify Herr Hitler's policy with regardtopublica-Jews.to Jews.It is good news to learn that he39Other Old Otd Boys who have shown their thought for thepresent School by sending interesting publications pUblications from abroadare S. P. Andrew (1889- (1889*94), 94), New Zealand, and J. A. Rose(1904-10), Australia.Another letter has been received from {rom Mr. R. Tyson(Assistant Master, 1911- l-14), now Headmaster of WoodchurchSchool, Birkenhead.His chief out-of-School interests now aretennis, swimming, golf and woodwork.He merttioned meitioned thefrequent and extensive heath fires in the Wirral during thepast summer, similar to those which did such damage in E..Dorset.It was interesting to learn from him that the FrenchConversation evening classes at Birkenhead Institute wereconducted last year by Mr. G. P. Emberton (Assistant Master1925-9), now at Rock Ferry High School.Other former masters from whom we have been verypleased to hear lately are: : (1) Mr. C. H. Howard (1914-15)15)Bristol, who has now happily recovered from a minor operationin the summer, surnmer, after which he spent a holiday at Westonsuper-Mare.He recently met Mr. Hutchins while walking onthe Clifton C1i{ton Downs, and like him, gave us an amusing accountof the way in which Guy Fawkes received muscial honours onthe Downs on November 5th Sth when a local dealer contributedeighty old-fashioned pianos to the· bonfire.He expressed ahope of revisiting Sherborne at Easter. (2) Mr. A. S.Harrison (1921-6), Rugby, who referred to his pleasurablerecollections of former Scout camps and of jaunts in search oflikely sites.We have since been very sorry to learn of hissudden illness at Christmas time ; Old Boys who knew himwill join with us in wishing wishrng him a good recovery before long;;Weston-(3) Mr. A. J. Bryce (1926-9), Huntingdon, who sent his bestwishes at Christmas; ; and of course" course,, (4) (a) Mr. T. L. Hutchins,w~ose whose visit for the O.F. Dinner gave such pleasure to everyone.Bnstol, Bristol, he says, grows up on him as time goes on; ; and he findshis time quite qtrite filled with interesting work at the coachingschool where he teaches.One of the wonders of the place isthe ra~e rate at which whic~ it is expan~iing:expanding : his house was in the countrywhen It it was built; ; now still newer houses extend to the distanceof a mile, and paved and lighted streets are to be foundwhere the cows used to graze.Referring to the bonfire, al­al-disreadymentioned, which was the funeral pyre of 80 g;and grandpianos, he assures us that as they burned, they were heard toplay their own re9,uiem, requiem, or swan song, as the wires grew hot. hot,Apart from G. KIdner Kidner (1908-12), whom, he occasionally sees,he has not met many Foste.rians Fosterians lately.He is still an energeticmember of the Bnstol Bristol Literary and Debating Society, -and andre~ently recently led a debate w~th with ~he the motion "That" the progress progiess ofSCIence Science at the present tIme time IS is a menace rather than a blessingto humanity."We are very glad to know that Mrs. Hutchins is

40well, weil, that John hopes to be a qualified dental d.ental surgeon in two yearsand ald that Michael is happy at his work with Partridge and Love,advertisement printers.Boarders of a few years ago will beamused to hear that" " Archie," the cat, is developing strangetendencies in his old age, the latest of which is the fhe adoptionof coal as an article of diet.Writing from the Tukvar Company's tea estate, Darjeeling,to send his best wishes for 1934, M. M. Betten (1912-19) (1912-10)spoke of the ttre brightened outlook in the tea industry in thecourse c,ourse of the past year, and mentioned that he will be going tothe other side of his district in March to take over the managementof the Chamong Company for eight months.He referred referrldmanage-to the return of the Everest climbers in July, JuIy, celebrated by adinner at the Gymkhana Club, Darjeeling.qjl 9. .K. Henderson (1919-21), lst Royal Fusiliers,Sjt. G. K. Henderson (1919-21), 1st Royal Fusiliers,sent his Christmas and New Year wishes from Ahmednagar,before his battalion left for six Six weeks of camp, partly undercanvas and partly" partiy " out in the blue."He enclosed some interestingphotographs of the Fort at Ahmednagar which gave avivid impression of the solidity of its bastions.The Tht H H.g. .Q.in-wing, to which whicLas Signalling Serjeant he belongs, has been verysuccessful in Battalion cricket, winning seven matches out ofeight.His own season's excellent record was 70 wickets at acost of 5·58 5.58 and a batting average of 17 for 14 innings.By the same post came a letter from Cpl. A.D. Henderson(1920-23), (192V23), RE., R.E., Egypt, Fgypt, full of news. It has been a busy yearfor them;;their summer work included the building of twogas-chambers, two blacksmith's forges, a petrol dump, a guardroom, and the completion of a Wesleyan Church and the Com-Company'snew cricket pavilion, followed by smalier smaller jobs such asmaking doors, windows and ventilators and laying floors.These duties occupied ail all the various trades.In Septemberthe annual musketry course was fired, when A. D. Hendersonwas in charge of . the anti-aircraft Lewis Gun team: : firing atactual planes, which manoeuvre as if attacking, was practisedand the use of a camera-gun showed the accuracy of the line offire on the film in the dummy barrel.Bridging and miningcame next, a suspension bridge being built over a 120 foot gap,and some very interesting Martel box-girder bridging beingalso done: : by the latter method a company of R.E. RE. can make1 a b{dge,_capable bridge, of taking ten tons, over a 90 foot gap in eighthours.This work was to be followed by road-making andbo1ng. boring.At the time of writing, he was engaged on pontooningand night operations, and a mounted section of the R.E. RE. hadjust returned from a week's scheme during which they experi-experimentedsuccessfully in existing on a gallon of water a day perman and five gallons per horse.A. D. Henderson is beginning41 4lto look forward to his next return home, when h he hop holles 'sto play against the School cricket team again, in 1935,Both tsotlthe and his company had a very successful season; ; they w won nthe majority of their forty-odd .matches and captured th.' thoSmall Units cup of Egypt, defeatmg defeating four Army and two AIr AirForce teams in their fight for it.Three men topped 1,000 runsand two, 100 wickets: : he himself achieved the "double," " with 107 wickets and 1,100-odd WO-odd runs.He again representedthe Army in Egypt against the RA.F., R.A.F., and also played for theRE. R.E. Egypt football XI. XL He sent his congratulations to St.Bede's House llouse on their recent successes.As Assistant Surveyor for the Borough of Christchurch,E. B. Wise (1919-25) has plenty of interesting, though purelyroutine, work, in his large district of over ~,O?O 5,000 acres, .muc~ much ofwhich is extremely rural in character.HIS His mterest interest m in thmgs thingsornithological, botanical and zoological has not. waned (:nan~ (manyOld Boys of his years will remember some of hIS his Commoners'lectures, no doubt), and it is a matter of re~ret regret th'~.t that of late theclaims of work and study have allowed hIm him to mdulge indulge onlydesultorily in this pursuit.One of his recreations during thepast year has been the study of German, t~e the pro:cimity proximity of theMunicipal College at Bournemo~th Bournemouth e~ablmg enabling h!m him ~o to take acourse in the subject, and he fmds finds It it a fascmatmg fascinating study,chiefly because the grammar is so much more difficu.lt. difficult than thatof French.He also proposes, for purposes of reVISlOn, revision, to retakethe London Matriculation examination shortly.Hecontinues to find the "Fosterian"" " of much interest, butre-notices in the last issue, with a senile pang, that the last namehas disappeared from Form VI which appe

42football match, in which he scored two goals from centre forward.He was then selected to play in the same position forthe College against the Royal College Coilege of Arts in December.J. H. Reeves (1926-30), who is now living at Ilminster,has left School after gaining his School Certificate (OxfordLocal), with four credits.He finished his final year at ColytonSchool by winning his cricket colours, and hopes shortly to beappointed to the County surveyor's office in Taunton.In his first term as a third-year apprentice tradesman,J. A. Henderson (1928-31), R.E., Chepstow, finds {inds his workmore interesting and also more exacting, as it involves the useof circular saws, morticing and other machines and a higherstandard of craftsmanship is expected.His group of fifty-fourboys had produced in three weeks 50 mahogany rnahogany card-tables, 17sideboards and a number of smaller articles, which gives someidea of the extensive annual output of the whole shop of 220boys.He still enjoys plepty plenty of sport, playing as a back for his" Wing" " in football; ttey they enjoy above all their occasionalaway matches, as against Newport Grammar School, sinceChepstow (which, he says, is a Sherborne on a small scale­ scalefor-" only more sleepy") offers nothing in the form of excitement.Their Armistice Service was very impressive: : few things aremore likely to remain in his memory than the sound of 800masculine voices and a military band rendering" " The King."He is pleased to read in the magazine of. St. Bede's continuedsuccesses.SUCCCSSCS.Other Old Boys from whom welcome le.tters letters have beenreceived are S. A. Hutchings (1918-21), Brentwood, andG. P. Leech (1922-25), 25), Liverpool, who intends to makehimself himseif a member of the Association shortly. shortlv.OTHER PERSONAL ]!ERSON PARAGRAPHS.We learn that thaf E. G. Squire (1890-1) (1890-l) is with Messrs. Hill,Sawtell and Co., ' Ironmongers and Engineers, Yeovil, wheremore recent Old Fosterians have secured appointments, aiz viz: :D. Sharpe (1927- (1527*32) and A. R. Collings (1927-32). 11927-32). Webeiieve believe that he has lately seen H. J. Pitman (1889-93), andshould like to hear more of them both.The Hon. Secretary of the Committee who organized theremarkably successful Carnival in Sherborne was G. C. Spiller(1e03-6). (1903-6).For the past three years, W. H. R. Shutter (1911-16) 16) hasbeen travelling all over England as representative of the manu-manufacturersof a milking machine.His work includes especiallythe demonstration and installation of the machines, as wellas repairs.43His friends will be delighted to know that A. F. Shuttrr hull r(1915-20) has returned home after several strenuoua nll~lI S ll!lU enddifficult dim"Ut years in Canada, and we look forward to S seeing IIIg 111111 hlmat an early date.It is interesting (1913-14) -Coombe to find that A. M. Fox 14) hastaken over Nether Coombe Farm, Sherborne, where he hasgreatly developed the poultry-rearing department.We learn with pleasure that C. L. P. Hutchings Hutchin$s (1920-7)has recently married and is now the mana.g~r manager of the Newbury(Berks) branch of Messrs. Bateman, optiCIans. opticians.Of recent members of the R.A.F., E. J. Hann (1924-28)has now gone to Iraq for five years and C. G. Cross (1921-8)to Aden.We are veryglad to know that H. G. Evans (1921-3) hasrecovered from the serious illness which befell hIm, him, and weoffer him our sincere sympathy in his bereavement.W. L. Penny (1923-7) Q92e-7) is now settled in. a post in Ex~outh, Exmouth,similar to that which he formerly held WIth with Messrs. Dmgley Dingleyand Son, Sherborne.Through the courtesy of the home se~retary secretary of the Old pl(Sexeians' Society, we learn that W. J. Dlxon Dixon (1924-9) 9) leftSexey's School, -Bruton, in 1932 and ,is now in business inBournemouth in one of the several shops of Messrs. J.Sainsbury & Co., the well-known London provision merchants,his department being butchering.A. A. Brown (1928-9) was unfortunate enough to fir:d findthe post he recently took unsuitable, b}t but has secured a satisfactoryappointment at Weston-super-Mare.Local winners at Yeovil Show in September includedG. A. Toose, Brympton, Yeovil, (Dorset Horn Sheep) andJ. Harvey and Sons, Sons' Folke, (Pedigree bull calf).Old Boys with whom who~ we. have recently.be.en recently.been able to com-~om­satismunicatefor the first time since smce the Association ASSOCIation was revIved revivedare -Mullett (c. 1875), King's Stagg, and H. W. Parnell(1913-16), Blockley, Glos. In spite of extended efforts, wehave not yet been able to trace H. J. Yeo (before 1887), G. P.Cann (1898-02) or W. J. Smith (1899-04).The newest of Old Fosterians are : R. E. Gear (1928-33),who has a junior clerkship at the South Western Dairies Co.,Ltd.; ; and E. A. N. Webb (1931-33), who has entered theR.A.F. as an aircraft apprentice.Ckristmas Christmas and, New Year greetings q'nd. and Tsiskes, wishes, which wehave much pleasure in handing on to present and pastFosterians, for whom they were also intended, have been

ll,t[tltlrI44received from many of those already mentioned and from: :Mr. and Mrs. C. G. E. Alford (Weston-super-Mare), L. J. ] . Avery(Barwick), W. A. Beer (Dursley), Mr. and Mrs. R. W' W. J. Baker(Rugby), J. S S. B. Carlisle (Portland), Mr. and Mrs. A Collings(Ueihtir (Nether Compton), the Rev. E. E. Curtis (Waltham Cross),,Cpl.J. CpI. S. Drake (R.E., Chatham), A.W. Dann (Christchurch),Mr. ind and Mrs. H. E. England (Motcombe), , Mr. and Mrs. H. J.Fooks (New Malden), MaIden), Mr. and Mrs. R. J., Gray (Bltckland (BucklandNewton), D. G. Hayes (Brockley), Mr. and Mrs' Mrs. G' G. F. W. Hart(Horsham), Mr. and Mrs. G. Kidner (Chew Magna, Bristol),A. M. Rogers (Salisbury), W. E. Whatley (Bromley). (BromleY).ANOTHER SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH,PHOTOGRAPH.By the courtesy of Mrs. Elliott (senior), we have been ableto examine an old School photograph of about 1882, 1882. It showsa group of 43 boys and three masters ttre Head-- (including the Headmaster,Mr. J. Cooper, 1877-84, ' and Mr. A, A. P. Irwin,Assistant MastLr Master 1881-44 and Headmaster 18&l-1900) 1884-1900) ; d'nd and wasevidently taken outside the big schoolroom window that lookstowards-the the Terrace.The School House was not then built,boarders being accommodated in the Headmaster's house atCastleton.The only boys in the group who have so far beenrecognised are G. Elliott, senior (1882-7), Sherborne, and A.H.Tuffin (1882-8), (1882-S), one of our Vice-Presidents, now at Brighton. Brighton'1Ia, ,l ,iIIl{{i!'"{{1lil,IilI,i,llNEW MEMBERS.1929-33 Antell, Anteli, Peter H., Blackmore Farm, Lycllinch, Lydlinch, SturminsterNewton.1925-33 Ashforcl, AshIord, George W. F., Wills Hall, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, Bristoi, 9.1899-05 Dowdeswell, Archibald Alchibald J" J,, Societate Soci6tat6 Astra Romana, ltomana, BulevardCarol 10, Bucharest, Rumania. . ,1924-30 Ridout, Robin J., Lower Home Flrarm, Purse Caundle,. Sherborne.Altered Addresses.Addresseg.1. I. H. Baker, c/o cio 35, Cold Colcl Harbour, Sherborne.A. H. Cflwling, Cowling, King's Crescent, Sherborne.Sherborne,L. G. Collings, c/o cio Nether Compton, Sherborne.G. B. M. Cox, c/o Clanville, King's Road, Sherborne.G. C. Spiller, Northcote, King's Road, Sherborne.VV. W. E. Whatley, 18, Ashgrove Road, BBromley, Kent.E. B. Wise, Meadowside, 28, Fairfield, Christchurch, HHants.S. R. \¥i!son, Wilson, The FFirs, East Coker, Yeovil.C. T. Woodhouse, 45, East Street, Milborne Port, Sherborne.Addresses incomplete incornplete :-A. J. J. Brett, Acton, W.3 ; E. J. J. Freeman,Lenthay, Le4thay, Sherborne ; C. L. P P. . Hutchings, Newbury, Berks.Address wanted :-8. H. J. Curtis.Address wanted :-B. H. J. Curtis.Ilii1,1,,