V O L . 3 %U N E , 1 9 1 2 N O . 1 4

S taff of the Magazine

EDITOR R . V . HARV EY ,M. A .

COMMITTE E :

11 . R. WAD E R . W. L . CRAWFORD R. CREE‘

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C O NTENTS O F N O . 1 4

PA GE

Ed i toria l 1 HockeySch ool No tes 1 Scout ingA th le t ic Sports 2 Gymna s t ic Com pe tit ionYe Rim e of Ye You th fu l 6 V a le te , Com i tesC ricket Notes 7 Deba t ing Socie tyMa t ters Mil i ta ry 1 1 Cam era ClubNo tes from th e Bu t ts . 1 3

ED ITORIA L .

Th e Summer Term i s on e o f su ch var i ed ac t iv i t i e s thatev en an Ed i to r who had noth i ng to do b u t ed i t wou ld findh i s l i fe s t r enuou s enough . Bu t wh en th e Ed i to r i s h imse l fh e lp i ng to creat e th e n ews wh i ch h e a fte rwards h as to r eport ,h i s work i s l ike ly to becom e conges ted to an a l a rm i ng exten tabou t ha l f- t erm . The pre s en t Ed i tor i s mo s t grat e fu l to bothth e offic i a l an d unoffi c i a l m embers o f h i s st aff fo r the h e lpth ey hav e g i v en i n b r ingi ng ou t th i s i s su e .

SCHOOL NOTES.

The fol l owing boys have j o ined u s s inc e th e date ofl as t i ssu e :

Board er s— Schoo l Hou se :M. B r igh t ( S ixth ) from K e lowna

,B . C .

S. D . Fethers ton (Remov e ) ; Ce dar H i l l .C . E . Ta i t (Lower Th i rd ) ; Denm an I s l and .

A . L . Ta i t ( Second ) ; Denman I s l and .

C . J . Wynn ( Second ) ; Vic tor i a .

In M r . Harv ey ’ s Hou se :B . Sword ( Second ) ; Vancouver .

J . R. Rob ertson (Second ) ; V i c tor i a .

A . H . McNab (Fi rs t ) ; V i c tor ia .

Ham i l ton,Ba l e and H inton are boarders th i s t erm .

Day Boys :R . H . Fin layson (Six th ) .

R. Hodson (Fourth ) .

R. V . N icho l l e s (Remov e )S . B . Mi l n e ( Upp er Th i rd ) .

E . B . Mi l n e ( Second ) .

F . P i ckard (Fi rs t) .

D . P ickard (Fi rs t ) .

R. C . C l a rk ( F i rs t ) .

A l so V . R. Su th er l and ( S ixth ) re tu rned fo r te rm .

Remov es — The fo l l ow ing boy s ga in ed th e i r remov esth i s t e rm :

In to th e S ixth—K . Macdona l d and A . VVy ld .

Th e Schoo l now numb ers 1 86 boys . Boarders,1 37 (89

i n schoo l-house and 48 i n Harvey hou se ) and 49 day boys .

Pre fec ts— C . J . C re e ry takes th e p lac e v acat ed by G

Baker,and N . S. York took E.A shc roft ’ s p lac e at the hal f

t erm .

Those o f ou r reade rs who remember Car l C l eve l and wi l lb e sorry to h ea r o f h i s ear ly death in Sou th A fr i ca . B efo reh e went ou t

,howev er

,he was comp l et e ly cu red of h i s d i s

t res s i ng nervou s af%i c t ion . He went in bath ing al l a loneb efore h e had p rop er ly l earnt to swim

,and was drowned .

He was a s t rong young fe l l ow,and was l earn i ng to manage

h i s fa th er ’ s ranch of ov er acre s i n Rhodes i a .

Duncan B e l l—I rv ing has b een promoted Lance—Corporalin th e Lore t to Schoo l O ffice rs ’ Tra i n ing Corp s . Congra tu l at i on s to “

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SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS,1 91 2 .

As th e P r i z e—giv ing had b een arranged to take p l ac e inth e Summer te rm th i s year

,i t was thought advi sab l e to hol d

th e Sport s at th e end of th e East er t e rm ; th ey accord inglycame off on March 29th . O f cou rse i t was rath er “ tak ingr i sks on th e weath e r

,bu t when th e day came th er e was

noth ing to comp l a i n abou t,as i t was a lmost p erfec t for run

ni ng—a b righ t sun ,wi th enough b re ez e to make i t p l easant .

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Th e j umps and s ev era l h eat s had been conc lud ed on th eday b efore , and i t was s een tha t th e Sen io r Champ ionsh i pwou l d be a c lose th ing between V V

y ld and W inch i .

Th e la tt e r captu red both th e j umps,bu t Wy l d cam e

fi rs t in th e sp r in ts ; however , W i n ch ob ta ined a few moresecond p l ac es than Wy l d , an d won th e cov eted honor byon e po in t . The Jun ior Champ ionsh i p was won hand i ly byW

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i n ch i i,who was far ah ead of th e o th er compet i tors und er I4.

Th e p r iz es were k ind ly p r es en ted by th e Hon.D

.M .

Eb erts K .C .

, who sa i d a few words in rep ly to Mr.

Bo l ton s en thu s i as t i c sp eech , i n wh i c h h e en l ighten ed th eaud i enc e on th e po ss ib i l i t i e s o f th e Schoo l , an d comp l im ent edt h e boys on th e i r sp l end i d show ing i n th e Sports . A ft e rg iving th re e ch e ers fo r Mr . Eb ert s

,th e c rowd broke up and

wen t hom e,b r inging th i s even t fu l day to a ha ppy t erm in a

t ion .

Re s u l ts—Open Eve nt s .

One Mi l e— 1 s t,Agu r i ; 2nd

,Dunn ; grd ,

York . T ime,

5m . 1 5 2 -

5 s ecs . ( Schoo l reco rd , 5m . 1 3 s ec s .

,by McAn a lly ,

' Hal f M i l e— I s t,W i n ch i ; ‘

2nd,Rand ; 3rd ,

Wy l d . T im e ,2—5 . ( Schoo l re co rd , 4

-

5 ; B rown ,

%uart e r-mi l e— I s t , Wyld ; 2nd,York ; 3rd ,

Thors en .

T im e, 58 2 -

5 s ecs . ( School r ecord , 57 2—5 s ec s . ; Stoe s s ,’

o6) .

2 20 Yards— 1 s t, Wy l d ; 2nd

,

“W i n ch i ; 3rd ,Thors en

,

T im e,24 4

—5 s ec s . (New Schoo l r eco rd ) .

1 00 Yards— I s t , Wy l d ; 2nd, W i nch i ; 3rd,

Thors en .

T im e,1 0 2—

5 s ec s . (New School re cord ) .

High Jump— i s t, W inch i ; 2nd

,A shc ro ft i . He ight

, 5f t . 3 i nches . (New Schoo l record ) .

B road Jump— I s t, W inch i ; 2nd

,Wy ld . D istan ce

,1 8

f t . 1 i n ch . ( Schoo l record , 1 9 ft . 2 in . ; Bowser

C r i ck et B al l— 1 s t,W i n ch i ; 2nd

,York . Di stanc e 1 05

yards,2 f t . 6 inch es . ( Schoo l reco rd , 1 06 ya rds ; McGu ig an ,

U nde r 1 6 Events .

Hal f M i l e— 1 s t , R . C re e ry i i ; 2nd,Hal l ey ; grd , G .

\V oodw a rd i . Time,

2 -

5 . (New Schoo l record ) .

2 20 Yards— I s t, Wa ldon ; 2nd,Wagner ; 3rd,

A rbu th

not . Time,27 2 -

5 s e cs . (Schoo l re co rd , 26 2 -

5 s ec s ; Wy ld ,

1 00 Yards— 1 s t, Wa l don ; 2nd , A sh croft i i ; 3rd, G .

\V oodw a rd i . Time , I I 1 -5 s ec s . ( Schoo l r eco rd ,I O 3

-

5 s ecsx

\V y ld,

High Jump— I s t,K i l p a tr i ck ; 2nd

,A shc rof t i i . He ight

,

4 ft . 6% inch es . (Schoo l re co rd , 4 ft . 9% i n ch e s ; E . Ash

c roft ,B road Jump— 1 s t

,Wagner ; 2nd

,Wat t . Distance

,1 5 ft .

8 inch es . ( Schoo l reco rd ,1 7 ft . 1 i n ch ; Pr i c e ,

U nde r 1 4 Eve nts .

%uart e r-mi l e— I s t,H . W i n ch i i ; 2 nd

,C . Holms 1 ; 3rd

L . Cre e ry i i i . T ime , 67 4-

5 s ec s . (School r ecord , 62 3-5 s ec s ;F . Foste r , 1 906)

220 Yards— I st,McDoug a ll ; 2nd

, Winch i i ; 3rd,Pat er

son . T im e, 32 sec s . (Schoo l reco rd , 30 s ec s . ; C . W i n ch

1 00 Yards— I s t,W inch i i ; 2nd

,Paterson ; 3rd,

Cha ll one r . T im e

,1 2 2—5 s e c s . (New Schoo l r ecord ) .

H igh Jump— I s t,W

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i nch i i ; 2nd,C . Holms i . Heigh t

,

4 f t . inch es . (New Schoo l r eco rd ) .

B road Jump— I s t,W i n ch i i ; 2nd

,Young . D i s tanc e

,1 3

ft . 4 inches . (Schoo l reco rd , 1 4 ft . 1 0 i nch es ; C . VV i'

nch ,

U nde r 1 2 Even ts .

220 Yards— I s t , W i l son i ; 2nd,McDoug a ll ; 3rd Heggi e

i . T ime, 32 1 —5 s ecs . (New schoo l r e co rd ) .

1 00 Yards— I s t,McDoug a ll ; 2nd

,Hedl ey ; 3rd, W i l son

i . Time,1 3 s ec s . (New Schoo l r ecord ) .

Oth e r Even ts .

75 Yards , und er 1 0 —I s t,W i l l iams iv . ; 2nd

,Hegg i e i i ;

3rd C l ay ton i i . ‘Tim e , 1 0 4-

5 sec s .

Obsta c l e Rac e— I s t, Wat t ; 2nd

,Booth i ; 3rd , W

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agn er .

Re l ay Rac e—Remove b eat th e Fou rth . Team : Wagner ,Dunn

,Booth i , Arb u thno t .

Ste ep l e-ch ase , abou t m i l e ac ro ss count ry— I s t,Scot t

A l l an ; 2nd, W

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r i gh t ; 3rd ,Thu l i n .

Ch ine s e Rac e : 1 00 yard s— I s t,B ing ; 2nd

,J im ,

Con sol at i on ,ov er 1 4

— I s t,Booth i i ; 2nd

,Calv e rt ; 3rd ,

Stan l ey .

Con so l a t ion ,un der 1 4

— 1 s t,Hende rson ; zud

,Musgrav e ;

3rd ,Garrard .

Ch am pionsh ips .

Sen io rs— 1 s t,C . V . W i nch i

,1 3 po i n t s ; 2nd

,E . A .

Wy ld ,1 2 po i n ts .

Jun io rs - I s t,H . W i n ch i i

,1 4 po ints ; 2nd

,McDoug a l l

and Pat erson, 3 po i n ts each .

THE INTER-SCHOLASTIC SPORTS.

Th e annua l sport s o f th e s choo l s o f V i c tor i a were h e l don May 23rd at Oak Bay Pa rk , and th e U n ivers i ty Schoo ls en t i n a st rong team . We had not compet ed i n th e se sportsfo r s ev era l years

,b u t th rough th e u nt i r i ng effort s o f C .

W i n ch as cap ta i n and J . Sande rson as tra in er,we were ab l e

to c arry off th e Sw inerton Cup wi th a very good margin .

For th i s Cup th e op en even ts do no t count,so i t i s th e

younger boys who have rea l ly b rought th i s honor to th es chooL

The B road Jump s were de c ided a few days b efore th esport s . In th e op ens

, W i n ch i c ame th i rd ,under 1 6

,K i lpa t

r i ck su cc e eded i n w i nn i ng,wi th Wagner s econd .

In th e open 1 00 yards,Wy l d

,ou r spr i n te r

,r each ed the

tap e fi rs t by a few in ch es,Thorsen s ecur ing th i rd p l ac e . In

th e 1 00 yards u nder 1 6,L . A sh cro f t ran sp l end i d ly and won

,

wi th Woodward th i rd .

C . W i n ch i took th e op en h igh j ump,b ea t ing th e record

fo r th es e sports wi th a j ump of 5 fe et , 5 i n ch es . A sh c rof twon th e h igh j ump und er 1 6

,wi th K i lpa t r i-ck s econd . W i n ch

i i won th e under 1 4 j ump .

P erhaps th e p ret t i e s t ra c e o f th e a ft e rnoon was th e op en220 yards . Thors en go t away we l l

,bu t Wy l d soon overtook

h im,an d aga in scored a v i c tory

,Thors en b e ing s econd .

Macdona l d cam e s econd in th e op en ha l f—mi l e . Cre e ry1 1

, aft e r a ha rd ra c e , won th e quart e r-m i l e u nde r 1 6,wi th

Feth e rston th ird .

~Woodward cam e th i rd i n th e 220 under1 6 . In th e 220 under 1 4,

Ch a llon e r got th i rd p l ac e ; andW i n ch i i took th e same p l ac e i n th e 1 00 yards

In th e l i t t l e boys ’ rac e s we al so scor ed some po in t s .

McDoug a l l , who i s a p rom i s ing spr in t e r , cam e s econd in th e1 00 an d fi rs t i n th e 2 20 yards under 1 2 . He had v e ry hardluck in not get t i ng both rac es . P i ckard i cam e th i rd i n th e1 50 yard s under 1 0 .

Th e two mo st exc i t i ng ev en ts were th e re l ay rac es . Inth e under 1 6

, Woodward ran fi rs t an d b ea t h i s man ; Fe th e rs ton and Cre e ry i i h e l d th e i r l ead , bu t A sh cro ft was aga ins t

a ve ry s trong runner who b eat h im ; howev er , we camesecond . The under 1 4 race we won ; th e t eam was

,W i n ch

i i,Cha llon e r , Pa te rson and Spa ld ing .

On th e aggrega te , th e U n ivers i ty Schoo l ob ta i n ed 35points and th e C en tra l S ch ool 22 po ints . The latte r h av ehe l d th e Cup fo r five y ears , bu t we have su cceeded i n b reaking th e sp e l l .

RIME OF YE YOUTHFUL FOOTBALLER.

(%. D . Inverar i ty ) .

I t i s th e spr i n t e r Char l ey W i n ch,

And h e w i l l no t s top for m e ;W i th h i s long ,

long l egs and gl i t t e r i ng eye,

Da re s t t ack l e h im w i th th re e %

The fo rward l i n es are s laughter ed now,

And I am n ext to d i e,

The quart ers m ee t w i th we l l-shod fe e tMayes t h ear o l d Thorsen c ry .

He hands th em off with c l en ched fi st,“I ’ l l have your l iv es

,

% quo th h e ;Hold off%unhand m e

,r ed—socked loons %

I ’ l l b ru i s e you r sh ins ,% ye l l ed h e .

Th e quarte rs a l l are on th e ground,

Th e back mus t fol low soon,

His fi s t s w ih irl round for h ead s to pound,

The fi e l d l i e s i n a swoon .

The captai n ch ee red,th e goa l—l i n e ’ s c l ea red

,

Merr i ly d i d h e dropB eh ind th e l ine

,b eh i nd th e touch

,

B e low th e goa l -pos ts ’ top .

The c r i cket has had a mo re au sp i c iou s star t than ever

th i s t erm,and th i s has b een large ly du e to th e much great er

int eres t th at t h e s en io r boys hav e taken i n i t th i s s eason , and

a l so to th e hard work o f th e va r iou s offi c i a l s o f th e c lub .

Wade was e l ect ed cap ta i n at th e b egi nn ing o f th e termand York s ec retary

,wh i l e a t a la t er dat e th e latt e r a lso

b ecam e v i c e-cap ta i n . A new,and doub t l es s good m ethod

,was

adop ted in th e s e l ec t ion o f t eams and th e award i ng o f co lors ,a sma l l commi t te e compo s ed o f th e cap ta in and s ecretary

and Mr . C-h am pa in p er form i ng th i s wo rk . Wade was awardedh i s colors a t th e s tar t o f th e s eason

,and on go i ng to p res s ,

York, Wy ld , Ta t low and Fi n layson hav e b e en awarded

th e i rs .

Wedne sday , May I s t—Boys v . Ma s ters—Boys Won by 23

Runs .

The fi rs t match was th e hardy annua l b e tween the boys

and th e mast ers . The l a tt e r wen t i n to th e fi e l d fe e l i ng very

hop efu l desp i t e th e fac t tha t M r . Sparks was lame , bu t by

th e end o f th e a ft e rnoon th ey had r ec e ived a grea t su rpr i s e .

Mr . Trac ey ’ s wond er fu l bowl ing cam e too lat e,and when

that was fo l lowed by W ade ’ s 5 for 2 5 , th e m as te rs kn ew

that th e end had com e .

Sch ool , 1 s t Inn in g s . 2nd Inn ing s .

Wa d e , c‘T h ofm a -s , b Tom l in s on 21

Y ork , c W i l l i s , b C‘ol l i s s 5 Y ork , not ou t

C r e e ry i , b T om -l in s on 1 6

A s h c r oft i i , c Tom l in s on , b

Tra ce y

Ga ‘l e r ,Ib C ol l i s s'on G a l e r , not ou t

Wy l d , b T ra c e y

T a t low , b Ool l ins sc n T a t low , b Ch a m pa in 0

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r e e ry i i , 0 T om l in s uon ,b C r e e ry i i , 0 a nd b Ch a

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m pa in . . 2

Tr a ce y

W in ch i,b Tr a cey W i n-ch ,

-b Ba rna c l e 1

K i lpa'

tr i'ck ,b T

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r a ice y K i-lp a t ri ck ,

‘b Ba rna cl e 0

Deck e r ,not ou t De cke r , c Tr ac e y , b C h a m ipa

-ih . 0

E xt ra s 1

Tota l Tota l ( for 5 w icke t-s ) 27

Ma s t e r s .

Ha rvey , c a nd b C r e e ry i

Tom l in son , c W inc h , b Wa d e .

C ol l i s s on , c As h crof t , b C r e e ry 1

T r a c ey , c T a t low , b Wa de

Do'bson , b Y orkTh om a s , b Ga l e r

Wi l l i s , b De cke rSg t .

%So:p er ,1b Wa de

C lh ‘

a m ip a in , b Wa d e

S pa rks , b Wa d e

Ba rn ac le , not ou t

E xt ra s

Bowl in g Ana ly s i s .

Sch oo l—l st Inn ing s ; Mr . T ra ce y 5 fo r 1 2 ; Mr . C-ol l i s s on 3 fo r 37 ;

1 1 r T-om l i n s on 2 for 43 . 2md Inn ing -s : M ir . Ba rn a cle 2 for 1 6 ; Mr . C h a m

pa in 3 for 1 0.

M a s t e r s—1 s t.

Inn ing -s : York 1 (f or 1 4; C r e e ry i 2 f or 1 3 ; Wa d e 5 for

25 ; G -a le r 1 fo r 1 6 ; D ecker 1 for 7 .

On Satu rday, 4th ,

th e % I . ( under 1 8 ) went to th e J ub i l eeHosp i ta l grounds to p lay th e Vi c tor ia J un iors i n the fir s tmatch fo r th e G i l l e sp i e sh i e l d . Much to ou r d i sappo intm ent ,howev e r

,on ly 5 or 6 o f th e ir p lay ers tu rned up , and a l though

a gam e was p l ay ed i n wh i ch York d i st i ngu i sh ed -h imse l f,i t

cou ld scarce ly b e regarded as a s er iou s one .

Boys v . Ma s te rs—Ma s t e rs Won by 3 W i cke t s .

On W edn esday,8th

,th e Garr i son were du e on our

grounds,bu t te l ephoned i n th e

.morn ing to say that th ey had

forgo tt en abou t th e ma tch and cou ld no t manage to come .

Th e a ft e rnoon was not wast ed,however

,as th e mast ers

re tr i eved th e i r honor agai nst th e boy s i n a very good gam e .

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York an d Wyl d gave th e Schoo l a sp l end id s ta rt b u t wereno t su ppo rte d by th e res t . Mr . Sparks secu red 5 wickets for6 runs and mad e 73 run s b efo r e gett ing ou t to a sp l end idcatch by Ta t low i n th e long—fie ld. Wh it tom e p l ayed for th emaste rs i n Mr . Harvey ’ s p l ac e .

Boy s . Ma s t e r s .

York ,b Spa rk s Spa rks , c T a t low

C ir e e ry i, l .b .w

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b W i l l i s , b Ga le rWyld , c Ch a m pla in , b Spa rks . W h i t tom e , b G a l e r

Wa d e ,ib Tr a ce y Tom l in-s on ,

no t ou t

T a t low ,b Tra ce y S g t .

ISoip e r , c A s h -croft , rb DeckA s h c ro f-t i i , b Spa rksTh or s en , b Spa rks C'ol l-i s s'on , 0 Yo rk , b De cke r .

W inch i , ~ c T om l in s ton , b Dob son, c a nd b Wa d e

S pa rks T uh iom a s no t ou t

C r e er y i i , 0 Spa rks , b W h i t tom e Ch a m p la i n

De cke r , no t ou t Tra cey d i d no t b a t

Ga le r , c Tra cey , b W h i t tom e . Ba rna cleE xt ra s

Tota l Ttot a l ( for 6 w icke t s )

Bow l i ng Ana ly s i s .

Sch ool—Mar . Spa r ks 5 for 6 ; Mr . Tr a ce y 2 for 30; Wh i t tom e 3 for

21 ; Mr . Ch a m pa in a nd Mr . Co l l iss-o-n a l so bow le d .

Ma s t e r s—Ga le r 2 for 32 ; Wa d e 2 for 1 0; Decke r 2 for 2 ; Y ork ,

Ta blow a n d W inch a ls o b ow l ed .

T h e C ricke t E leve n , %une l s t , 1 91 2.

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School a nd Ma s t e rs v . V ictoria C . C .—Sch ool Won by 7

W icke t s .

On W edn esday , 1 5 th ,th e Schoo l , ass i s ted by 3 mas te rs ,

p l ay ed th e Vi c tor i a C . C . on th e Jub i l ee grounds . A f t er agood s tand by J . H . G i l l esp i e and Maj or , Mr . Champa in took

5 wickets fo r 6 runs , th e who l e s ide be ing ou t fo r 1 20 runs .

Mr . Sparks gave th e Schoo l a good star t w i th 20 . Wy ldand York pu t on 50 run s du ri ng th e i r partn ersh i p , Wyld

’ ss t eady 1 4 b e ing on e o f h i s typ i ca l s teady inn ings wh i ch areso va l uab l e to any t eam . Mr . Champa i n and Cre ery i soonknocked off th e requ i r ed runs , l eav ing th e Schoo l v i c tor iou sby 7

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wickets .

V ictor ia C . C .

Ta nn e r , b Wa de

Y or k , c Spa rks , b Wa de

G i l le s p i e , c Spa rk-s ,.b B a r n a cle

Ga l l ih er , c Spa r k s , b Wa de

Ma%or , c a nd b Ch a m pa in

B e l l , b Ch a m pa in

C iup lpa g e ,

‘b Ch a m pa in

Ra n t , c Yo rk , b Ch a m pa i n .

L e ona r d , c Ba rn a cl e , b Ch a md l d not ba t .

p a in

Dunca n , 0 Ga le r , b t a m rp a in .

H or ton , no t ou t

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tota l Tot a l ( for 3 w icke t s )

Bow l ing Ana ly s i s .

V ic tor ia Inn ing s—Wa d e 3 for 21 ; Ch a m pa in 5 for 6 ; Ba rna c le 2 %for

1 0; Spa rks , Ga le r an d De cke r a ls o b ow l e d .

U ni ve r s i ty Sc h ool Inn ing s—G a l l ih er 2 for 39; L eon a rd 1 for 8 ; Y ork

( %. Ma %or , G i l le s p ie a nd Be l l a l s o bow l e d .

1 0

Un ive rs it y Sch ool .

Spa rks , c Ga l l ih e r ,Ib L eon a r d

Yo rk , 0 Yo rk , b G a l l ih e r

Wy l-d , c a n d b Ga l l ih e r

Ch am pa in , not ou t

Cr e e ry ,no t ou t

Ga le r

Ba rna c leWa de ( Ca p t )Th or s en

Ta blow

Decke rE xt ra s

The fo l lowing promot ion s hav e b e en made i n th e Batta l ion th i s t e rm :

To b e Sergean ts—Corp l . d-e Pencie r,Lance-Corp%.

Tupp er .

To b e Corpora l s—Cade t Townsend,Lance-Corp l .

McCre a ,Lan c e-Co rp l . Hart

,Lance-Co rp%. Holm s ( i ) .

To b e La n ce-lCorpora ls—%Cad e t Munro , Cade t K i lpa t ~r i ck

,Drumm e r S tocket t

,Bug l er Campb e l l .

The B atta l ion had a Chu rch Parad e on Sunday , March24th , a t Ch r i s t Church Cath edra l . Th e Lord B i shop ofCo l umb i a gave an i n t eres t i ng and he lp fu l s ermon . He to l du s tha t h e was very p l ea s ed that th e S chool took su ch careover th e t ra i n i ng o f it s boys to b e s t rong i n bo th m i nd andbody .

We a lways endeavor to show ou r apprec i a t i on of a l lMr . Harvey ’ s work fo r th e Cad et Corps

,and I am su re th e

Co rp s d id th e i r very b es t i n th e way o f march ing a nd d i scipline .

Th e camp wh ich i s to b e h e l d fo r s ix days i n th e m idd l eo f Ju ly s eem s to prom i s e to b e a grea t suc c ess . We need a tl eas t 40 i n th e ranks , and I th i nk that w e h ave b een p romi s edth at 35 a l ready wi l l com e .

Th e Governm en t s e em to b e very des i rou s of su ch acamp

,b ecaus e i t w i l l do so much good for thos e that go , as

we l l as fo r th e fu tu re o f th e Dom i n ion,not to ment ion th e

Emp i r e . I t i s we l l known that s ix days ’ d i s c i p l i n e su ch asi s go t i n camp i s worth a who l e yea r ’ s t ra in ing on th e s choolparade ground .

During th i s t erm th e parades hav e b een arranged d iffer~en t ly . On Tu esday A and C Compan i es hav e d r i l l ed a l t e rna t e ly wi th B ,

whi l e on Thu rsday a l l th re e compan i es havehad B atta l i on dr i l l or Sk i rm i sh ing .

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Th e Corps has b e en h igh ly honoured by b e ing se l e c t edto s end a t eam to th e Toronto Exh ib i t ion rep res en t i ng th eb est Cadet Corps i n B. C . , and to compet e i n var i ou s shoot ingmatch es and dr i l l . The fo l lowi ng have b een s e l ec ted : WadeC rawford , Thors en ,

Sanderson,Cre e ry i , Cre e ry i i , W inch ,

York, Wa l l i s , Drewry ,

Tupp er,Ca lvert

,Wagner and Wat t .

There i s ano th er compet i t i on fo r th e N .C .O’

s und er th erank of Sergean t th i s te rm for Mr . Coll is son

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s Cup,and i f

i t i s anyth i ng l ik e las t year ’ s i t w i l l be a great su c c ess .

The Inst ru c tors,ass i s t ed by som e o f th e Sen io r offi c ers

,

wi l l j u dge th e comp et i t ion as th ey d i d la s t time. Th e gr eatadvantage o f su ch a compe t i t ion i s that i t s t imu l ates th emi l i ta ry amb i t ion o f th e Co rpora l s and Lanc e Corpora l s .

Ou r Ba nd , V ictoria Day P a ra de , 191 2.

The Band has b e en do ing som e good work th i s t erm ,

and has b e en i ncreased by an ext ra trumpe t and cymbal s .

On May 24th th ey parad ed i n front o f th e Boy Scou ts , andp l ay ed a lmost th e who l e way from Yates Stre et to B eaconH i l l and back ; th e i r p erformanc e was warm l y commendedby a great numb er of spec ta tors . The next day Mr . Harveyfu lfi l l e d an o l d-s tand ing p romi s e by tak ing th em to th e

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th eat re,to s e e th e p l ay B un ty Pu l l s th e St r i ngs , wh i ch

was mu ch apprec i a t ed .

Mr . Harv ey has th i s t erm adop t ed th e p l an o f hav i ngregu lar week ly batta l ion o rde rs post ed every Monday , w i thth e p roper o rde r ly du t i es for th e week . Th e o rder l y bugl e rha s to sound Sa l u t e and Re trea t every day exc ep t Sunday ,

and late ly has b een a l so waking u s w i th th e Reve i l l e , th eschoo l be l l b e i ng ou t of commiss ion fo r th e t im e .

NOTES FROM THE BUTTS.

The shoot ing prac t i c es th i s t erm hav e b e en v ery suc ce ssfu l

,and show that we have som e excel l en t shots i n th e

schoo l . Many boys are mak ing qu i t e r emarkab l e p rogressweek by week .

Of the 1 91 1 r ifie t eam we have five l eft : C rawfo rd ,Cre e ry ,

Wade , Yo rk and Sanderson ,and th e se have increas

ed th e i r ave rage score from s ix to e igh t po int s each,wh i l e

Wa l l i s , who d i d no t make th e t eam last y ear,h a s improved

1 4 po in ts . Th e ind iv i dua l r eco rd,K . Cre e ry 64,

i n 1 91 1 , has

b een tw i c e b eat en in prac t ice,by Cra ord 66

,and Wa l l i s

65

W e have th i s year a l so en te re d a t eam i n Sec t ion B ,

under s ixteen years,u s i ng op en s ights on ly

, and th i s t eamhas shown an imm en s e imp rovem en t i n p rac t ic e . H . R.

Wat t i s th e capta i n ,h e has made Severa l scor es over 50.

The fi rs t Canad i an Ri fl e Leagu e match was sho t o n May1 8th i n good weath e r . Th e aggregate o f 579 IS h igher thanany

,

sco r e mad e las t year b y any team i n th e s er i es .

Fi rs t Team .

Cap t . CrawfordBand-Sg t . YorkL i eu t . SandersonCadet WagnerCol -Sg t . W inchS ergt . DrewrySergt . Tupp erSe rgt . Wa l l i sB . S.

-M. Cre e ryCadet S t ewart

Tota l

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Second Team .

Cad e t W . Sm i thL ce .

—Cpl . K . A rnou l dCol —Sg t . L . A sh cro ftS ergt . H . R. Wat tCade t H . McInn e s

A . Fe rr ic

Sergt . R. Cre e ryCorp l . R. Ch a llon e r

Corp l . A . B e l l-I rv i ngCadet R. Wa l don

To ta l 341

The s econd C .R. L . ma tch was shot on Jun e I s t,in v ery

windy weath er , wh ich th e s econd team found very try ingat 500 yards . York ’ s s cor e o f 64 was very cr ed i tab l e for th eday . The t eam aggregate made up 570 . 1 . Yo rk (3 1 , 33)64 ; 2 . C rawford 62 ; 3 . Stewar t ( 29, 32 ) 6 1 ; 4.

Drewry (30 , 30) 60 ; 5 . Wa l l i s (30 ,28 ) 58 ; 6 . W i nch ( 27,

28 ) 5 5 ; 7 . Tuppe r (28 , 26) 54 ; 8 . Wade ( 26 , 27) 53 ; 9.

Cre e ry (32 ,20) 52 ; 1 0 . Sanderson 5 1 . Next i n

orde r were Ca lvert 5 1 , and Wagne r 49.

The s econd t eam scored 308 po i n t s . Wat t 49, Sm i th 44,

A sh c roft 36 ,de Pencie r 36 , A rnou l d 33 , were th e b est fiv e .

McInn e s and Wa l don were ab sen t .

The Inte r-S choo l Match of Canada i s fi r ed by a team offou r

,who th i s year 5had to b e chos en b e forehand . Thi s match

was won las t year by H igh fie ld wi th a sco r e o f 241 , we be i ngth i rd with 2 28 . Th i s year th e match was fired on June I s t ,

s imu l tan eou s ly w i th the s e cond C .R . L . match . Our t eamand th e i r scor es were as fo l lows :

1 . Band-Sg t . N . York2 . Capt . R. C rawfo rd

3 . Col -Sg t . W in ch4. Li eu t . Sanderson

Tota l

I n th e late ly fo rmed Vi c to r i a C i v i l i an Ri%e Assoc i at ionthe s choo l i s repres ent ed by Mr . Harvey

,Mr . Thomas , C raw

ford , Sanderson ( a l l of whom have won bu ttons fo r th eh ighes t week ly score s ) and Drewry ,

who d i s t ingu i sh ed h im

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s e l f on Vi cto r i a Day by winn ing two pr iz e s and b eat ing a l lth e m en i n “

C% c l a ss wi th a sco re o f 85 ou t o f 1 05 . Mr .

Thomas a l so took two p ri z es on tha t oc cas ion .

BU GLE MARCH No . 7.

B and .

Hi,h i %m i nd you r eye % C l ear that road and l e t u s ge t by ;

Stand c l ea r ; we are h ere ; U n ivers i ty % (b i s ) .

Solo Trump et .

Wh o are th e k i d s i n th e khak i su i t s , and th e band th at p laysso fin e %

Band .

Don ’ t b e a foo l,i t ’ s th e Vars i ty

,can ’ t you s ee the i r b u tton s

sh ine %

Hi,h i %m i n d you r eye ; can

’ t you s e e u s go i ng by %

We are th e Vars i ty , a l l i n a row . (b i s ) .

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HOCKEY .

A t th e end o f th e Eas te r t erm th e V ic to r i a Col l egep layed us a gam e of hockey on our fi e l d

,wh i ch th ey won , th e

score b e i ng th ree goa l s to n i l when th e wh i s t l e b l ew fo r t im e .

The i r e l even w a s much h eav i e r than ou rs,and far sup er ior

i n pass i ng,though th e i r comb ina t ion was no t so good . Two

o f th e i r goa l s wer e scored a lmos t a t th e very b eginn ing o fth e gam e , and aft er that we set t l ed down to bu si n es s . Theyse t a harder pace than we had b e en u sed to

,and consequ ent ly

kep t u s on th e d e fens ive mos t o f th e t im e . The i r two fu l lbacks were very s t eady

,and ou r fo rwards took th e b al l up

t im e a ft er t im e , on ly to have i t s en t b ack aga in b e fore i t go ti n to th e shoo t i ng c i rc l e . Near th e end of th e s econd ha l fTho rs en moved Wa l l i s from l eft fu l l -back to l e ft w ing forward

,and took h i s p l ac e a t back . Th i s improv ed mat t e rs

cons iderab ly,a s th ey were pr ev en ted from shoot i ng so o ften ,

and al so ou r fo rwards s aw mo re o f th e ba l l . Th e gam eended w i th ou r fo rwards a ttack ing . The great fau l t o f ou rforward l i n e i s b e ing unab le

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to shoo t qu i ck enough to b eeffec t ive . Our hal f-b acks are good

,and th e fu l l -backs and

goa l re l i ab l e . Th e t eam was a s fo l lows : Goa l, Schofie ld ;

fu l l -ba cks Wa ldon and Wa l l i s ; ha lves , Tow n e s end, Ga l er

and St irling ;“forw a rds , York , 'Wade , Ash c ro ft

,Tho rs en

,

Decker .

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ICE HOCKEY .

Duri ng th e Easte r t e rm a m eet i ng was h e l d by th e skat

ing enthu s i as ts to e l ec t offic ers fo r a r epre sen tat ive I c e

Hockey t eam . Macdona l d was chosen sec retary ,York cap

tai n and Sanderson v i c e—cap ta in . F ive match e s were p l ayed

at th e Ri nk,fou r wi th the High Schoo l , and on e w i th James

Bay A .A . We l os t th e firs t th re e match es,bu t won th e l as t

two,with marked improv emen t i n th e p l aying . The fo l low

ing p l ayed on th e team in d ifferen t gam es : York ( cap t ) .

Schofie ld, Ga l er , Sanderson , Su th er land , Macdona ld , Thomas ,Wa l l i s , Thorsen , G re ig and Campb e l l . York

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showed th e b est

form and made a comp et ent capta in . He d id mo st of th e

scor ing and a l so ch ecked th e ru sh es o f opponen ts,and wi th

th e h e lp o f Ga l e r and Macdona l d made an aggres s i ve forward

l i n e . Schofie ld d i d sp l end id ly i n goa l , and V . Su ther land

made an i dea l defen c e . I t i s hoped tha t th e t eam wi l l b e

dcmg bus i ne ss agai n n ext w int er w i th renewed v igou r

H . R.

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WADE .

PRI%E P ICTURE (CAMERA C L U B ) . R. WA L L IS

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cook ing and eat ing a mea l , and tu rn i ng i n fo r th e n i gh t , a l lin 30 minu t es . W e had a la rge c rowd round u s , whoapp l auded gen erous ly

,esp ec i a l ly th e bugl e ca l l s b l own by

P L Campb e l l , and th e snore s aft e r“l ights ou t % wh i ch I may

say were mos t rea l i s t i c .

The Fou rteenth Troop has a l so mad e good progress,

hav i ng reach ed a s tr ength o f 42 ,wi th 1 5 second-c lass scou ts .

Severa l boys wi l l have th e i r Natu ra l i s t badge very soon .

Th e Troop has rec en t ly inves ted i n a n ew scarf o f a du l lpu rp l e co lo r

,wh ich looks very we l l w i th a khak i sh i rt . On

th e 24th of May th ey d i d som e phy s i ca l dr i l l w i th s taveswh i ch th e sp ec ta to rs mu ch apprec i ated .

SIGNALLING INSTRU CTION .

The S igna l l ing squad o f th e B atta l ion has had th e greatadvantage of ob ta in i ng as th e i r tu tor L i eut . H . R. Se l fe , th eD ist r i c t S igna l l i ng O ffi c er

,wi th Mr . Harvey as h i s ass i stant ,

so i t i s no wonde r that th e squad i s p rogress ing rap i d ly . Mr .

Harvey has rec e ived th e appo in tment o f Regim enta l Si gna ll i ng O ffic er to th e new in fan try r egimen t that i s b e ing form ed ,and h e hopes to have i n th e cade t B atta l ion a s im i lar organ iza t ion to that o f th e reg im en t

,nam e ly

,a S igna l l i ng O ffi ce r ,

S igna l l ing Sergean t,Si gna l l i ng Corpora l an d s ix m en .

A t presen t th e re ar e 1 8 boys i n th e squad ; fou r o f th esehave a l ready got th e i r s igna l l er ’ s badge in the Boy Scou ts .

whi ch means that th ey can send and rece iv e Mors e and S emaphore at 2 5 l ett ers a m inute , rath e r fast er than th e Canad ianM i l i t i a rate

,so our read ers can se e tha t som e exc e l l ent work

i s b e ing accomp l i sh ed .

Th i s t erm we have und ertaken som e l amp s igna l l i ng ,

wh i ch has tu rn ed ou t fa i r ly sat i s fac to ry,cons ider ing that

th ere hav e not b e en many su i tab l e even i ngs . We al so s igna lw i th th e tapp er

,that i s

,th e t e l egraph i nstrument .

Bu t st i l l M r . Harvey i s no t sat i sfi ed % We hav e to ge ta wi re l es s equ ipmen t next % Th i s i s n ear ly comp l et e

,and w i th

Ri ckards and Dunn as e l ec t r i c ian s,and Watt and de Pencie r

as Operators,we hop e to b e a l lowed to do som e rea l work

du r ing the cadet camp,and show that th e U n ive rs i ty Schoo l

i s not b eh i nd th e t imes .

W . A . Campbe l l .

GYMNASTIC COMPETITION .

Th e v ery han dsom e Ch a l l enge Cup pres ent ed by Mrs .

Henry C ro ft o f Vi c tor i a,to b e h e ld by th e b es t gymnast i n

th e School , was compet ed fo r i n th e Schoo l Gymnas ium onSatu rday , March 23rd ,

an d was carr i ed off in very goods ty l e by A . McCre a , wi th C . Cre e ry a c lo s e s econd .

Th e p rogramm e cons i s t ed of exe rc i s e s on th e ladder,

r i ngs , hors e , bar , and para l le l s . Mr . B ea l l,th e phys i ca l dire c

tor of th e gave h i s s e rv i c es as j udge,and was

as s i st ed by Mr . Toml inson ,who had d evot e d a great dea l

o f t ime and effor t to work ing up th e boy s fo r th i s comp et it ion .

Th e o rd er a t'

th e fin i sh was as fo l lows ( fu l l marks b e ingMcCre a , C . Cre e ry ,

Ga l e r,

Wyl d,

Wagner,

Wa tt , York,

El l io t t,

A tk in s ,(Th e las t—nam ed was only abou t ha l f th e s i z e o f any

o f th e r est . )On th e ladd er th e boys shaped ve ry we l l

,fou r o f th em

ob ta i n i ng fu l l marks in som e o f th e exerc i s e s,and the genera l

average was h igh . The r ings cam e n ext , and here th e fi rs tthr e e b oys accomp l i sh ed very good work ; Cre ery a l so p rovided a s tun t at th e end wh i ch he lp ed h im cons id erab ly inreach ing s eond pos i t ion i n th e e igh t . On th e ho rs e th ere su l t s were not -so g ood , owing to lack o f att en t ion to th epo s i t i on o f th e l egs and body . The exerc i s e s on th e hor i zon ta lb a r were fa i r ly d i ff i cu l t

,and served to show i f boys po ss ess ed

any gr i t . The resu l t s were,on th e whol e

,very sat i s fac tory ,

McC re a exe cu t i ng a “bo th hands l ead i ng% Wi th exc e l l entfin i sh .

On th e para l l e l bars , a l so , th e boys s howed good form ,

and th e average was h igh a l l th rough . Sev era l s tun ts weregiven a t th e end

,Cre e ry giv ing a

“both hands l eading,and

th re e sho rt-arm b a lan ce s i n good s ty l e .

Ther e were sho rt i n t erva l s b etwe en each s e t o f exerc i s e s ,du r i ng wh i ch mus i c was given by th e boy s

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o rch e s tra,unde r

L . Stocke tt,and two o r th re e box ing bou ts . A t th e end , Mr .

B ea l l comp l im ent ed th e comp et it ors on th e exc e l l en c e o f th e i rwork

,and gave a few words of sound advi c e to th e boys

genera l ly on th e impo rta nc e o f gymnast i c s , apart fromath l e t i cs

,i n p lac i ng th e m emb ers o f th e body i n comp l e t e

sub j ec t i on to th e w i l l . B efore b reaki ng up,Mr . Barnac l e

th anked Mr . B ea l l for j u dgi ng ,and comp l im ent ed th e boys ,

saying that th e i r exce l l en c e was l arge ly due to th e care fu ltu i t ion th ey had b e en rec e iving at th e hands o f Mr . Tom l inson , who had b e en ab ly support ed by Sergean t Soper .

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V ALETE % COMITES.

Edward A shcro ft , common ly ca l l e d“Dav e

,cam e to th e

schoo l in Sept emb er,1 91 0 ,

wi th h i s b ro th er,and has b e en

a member of th e S ixth Form s in ce that t ime . He has b e enh ead boy of th e s choo l fo r th e l a s t th re e t erms . In Ap ri l

,

1 91 0 , h e pass ed th e examinat i on fo r Prov inc ia l Su rv eyor

(Pre l im ) . In Sep t ember l as t h e was made P r e fec t and al soBatta l i on Sergt .

-Maj or,b ecom ing L i eu t enan t in 1 91 2 . He

was a s econd—c l ass marksman ih 1 91 1 , b u t was unab l e toshoo t th i s year owing to exam s . He h a s j u s t taken th eentranc e fo r th e and we hope soon to h ea r that hehas pass ed . He was a memb er o f th e hockey t eam l ast w inte r .

He won th e math emat i ca l pr i z e las t % mas .

George Baker came to u s from Ch e l t enham Co l l ege i nJanuary ,

1 91 1 , and was p lac ed in the S ixth Form,where h e

b egan to come to th e fron t i n a very few t erms . In Sept emb er h e was a Pr efec t

,a l so a Sergean t i n th e Corps ; in

Dec ember,h e carr i ed off th e French and Essay pr i z es

,and

took part i n th e Eng l i sh p lay . He was not ed fo r th e po l i sh eds ty l e o f h i s compos i t i ons and spe e ch es i n th e D ebat i ngSoc i e ty

,and for

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h is sk i l l w i th th e camera . He l eaves b eh ind1 85 fr i ends .

DEBATING SOC IETY .

Owing to th e McG i l l exam s,th e S ixth Fo rm have no t

had any debat es th i s t erm .

Th e s en ior deb at i ng soc i e ty m et on March l 1 th,when

C rawfo rd,on b eha l f o f th e Sixth

,mov ed : “That som e form

of cons cr i p t ion ough t to b e adopted by England at onc e .

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He sai d tha t a l l ma l es b e tween 1 6 and 60 shou l d b e tra inedto a rms . Rap i d i ty o f mob i l i z at ion wou l d b e a great fac torin th e n ext war

,an d numb ers o f t echn i cal exp erts cou ld be

emp loyed - in th e non-combatan t b ranch es .

C . W i n ch (Fi ft h Form ) , oppo s ed,po int ing ou t th e

imm en s e exp en s e o f su ch a p lan ; a l so , th at su ch a forc ewou l d b e

,at th e sam e t ime

,i n su ffi c i en t to meet th e tra ined

m i l l i ons of a con t inenta l nat ion,and a l so unnece ssary

,as no

power wou l d a l low ano th e r to conqu er Engl and . Con s cr ipt i on wou l d inj u r e a man ’ s care e r fo r ever .

A . Tho rs en sa i d tha t mi l i ta ry t ra in ing wou l d improv eth e phys iqu e o f th e n at ion

A . G . Woodward d ec l ared tha t a smal l army of wi l l ingmen was b et te r than a b ig on e o f consc r i p ts .

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E . A . Rand den i ed that consc r ipt ion wou l d ru in a man’

scare e r . There was p l enty of scop e in a mode rn army for m enw i th t echn i ca l knowl edge .

N . York sa i d tha t Engl i shm en d i d not n ee d compu l s ionto figh t fo r th e i r country , and tha t th e Boy Scou ts wou l d b eo f grea t u s e i n th e fu tu re .

G . Baker ac cu sed th e age o f s l ackn ess ; eve ry man shou l dknow how to guard h i s home . Consc r ipt ion wou l d b e apreventa t iv e o f war , and comp ensa t ion cou l d b e pai d i f aman

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s care e r suffered .

R. C re e ry den i ed th e exp ens e ob j ec t ion,say ing that

i t wou l d . b e ch eap e r than O ld Ag e P en s ions and Insu ranc esch emes . He poked fun at th e oppos er for h i s m i su s e o f th et e rm “stand i ng a rmy ,

% an d at th e h i s to r i ca l accu racy of am emb er who p lac ed C romwel l i n James th e F i rs t ’ s r e ign .

E . Hend erson re i t e ra ted the argument tha t a l l Engl i shmen wou ld figh t when rou sed by n ec es s i ty .

Th e j u dges gave th e i r v erd i c t in favou r o f th e mov er ’ s

Th e mo t i on was,th e re fore

,ca rr i ed .

On March 2 5 th , R. C . Pa lm e r moved,fo r th e F i fth Form

,

That th i s hou s e i s in favou r o f Cap i ta l Pun i shmen t . Hedec l ared that h e wou l d ra th e r b e execu t ed than su ffer yearso f m i s e ry i n p r i son

,to come ou t w i th a s ta in on h i s charac te r .

I t was more human e to send a c r imina l b efo r e th e t r ibuna lo f God than to to rtu re h im on earth

,and b ett er from th e

u t i l i ta r i an po i n t -of V i ew a l so .

H . R. Wade ( S ixth ) , po i n ted ou t that cap i ta l pun i shm en t b enefi t e d n e i th e r th e man no r th e stat e . A s l i quor wasgen era l l y at th e root o f su ch c r im es

,h e though t i t

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wou ld b ebe t t e r to i so lat e murd ere rs on some i s l and

,where th ey cou ld

l iv e u se fu l an d harm l ess l ive s ; th i s wou l d b e more l ikely top reven t murders than hanging

D . Scott s econded th e mo t i on,dec l a r ing tha t l i fe

impri sonmen t was a wast e o f l i fe , and that many wou ldpr efe r death .

G . B aker sa i d tha t to tak e a man ’ s l i fe was a very seri ou sth ing

,as i t gav e th e c r im ina l no chanc e o f amendm en t . Such

men were oft en regard ed as m a rty rs , and h e denou nc edcap i ta l pu n i shmen t as ha rsh

,pr im i t iv e

,a nd oft en un fa i r .

C . Cav e thought tha t th e chance s o f a man red eem ingh imse l f i n pr i son were sma l l

,and cap i ta l pun i shm ent w a s

ch eap er.

R . Cha l ll on er spoke in favou r o f th e i s l and sch eme,bu t

S%ug g est ed g i v i ng the c r im ina l h i s cho ic e o f that or d eath

R. W a l don thought tha t men wou l d commi t murder toget on th e i s l ands .

R. Cre e ry approved of th e is l and s , w h ere a man migh tshow h imse l f worthy to re tu rn to th e worl d a b e tte l man .

C . W inch sa i d that no th ing short o f d eath wou l d rea l l yd i scou rage c r ime i n a c e rta in ty p e of man .

The j u dge s gav e th e i r v erd i c t aga in s t th e mot ion,wh i ch

vq a s , th er e fo re , los t .

FOURTH AND REMOVE DEBATING SOC IETY .

No mean standard of exc e l l enc e has b e en at ta i ned inth e d eb a tes tha t have taken p lac e b etwe en th e Fou rth andRemov e Forms . The sp e ech es

,wh i ch have b een l i st en ed

to wi th marked att en t ion,hav e b een care fu l ly pr e pa red ,

andhav e gen era l l y d i sp l ayed an i n t e l l igent stu dy o f th e subj e ctund er d i scu s s ion

,wh i l e a s teady improv emen t i n phraseo logy

and de c l amat ion has taken p l ac e . A l though i t wou l d b einvidiuos to d raw compar i sons

,i t mav b e men t ion ed that

Sto cke tt,S iz er and Agu r i i

,have shown spec ia l m er i t i n the i r

sp eech es .

The fo l l ow ing sub j ec ts have b e en d i scu ss e d th i s t erm :

( I ) That A rb i t rat i on i s not a p rac t i c a l me thod ofs ett l i ng int ernat iona l d i spu te s . Motion carr i ed by Fourth .

( 2 ) Tha t th e d i scov ery o f th e Po l e s w i l l not mater i a l lyb en efi t mank ind . Mot ion lo s t by Fou rth .

(3) That t rave l l ing i s p re fe rab l e to book- l earn ing as ameans o f educat ion . Moti on lost by Remov e .

(4) That Canada shou l d contr ibu te to th e Imper ia l N avyrath er than ma inta i n an i nd ep enden t navy . Mot ion carr i e dby Fou rth .

( 5 ) That Or i en ta l s shou l d b e proh ib i t ed from enter ingCanada . Mot ion carr i ed by Fourth .

The Fou rth Form i s l ed by Stocket t,who i s suppo rt ed

by Shaw ,Agu r

,McInn e s and Hodson ; Stan l ey b e ing th e

sec retary .

Th e Remove i s l ed by Sl oan,suppo rted by S iz er

,Booth

1,Calv ert and Sm i th i i .

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THE CAMERA CLU B .

Th e Camera C l ub h e l d i t s fi rs t meet ing of th e s eason0 11 Feb ru a ry 1 6th . We were a l l ve ry sorry that Mr . Thomashad to res ign th e pos i t i on o f se c re tary

,hav ing so much

oth er work 0 11 h i s hands . Mr . Tom l in s on k ind ly offer ed h i sass i s tanc e

,wh i ch w e va l u e ve rv much .

I t was dec i d ed th at th ere shou l d b e a compet i t ion,th e

p i c tu re s to b e handed in b y March 2oth . There were twoc l ass es : ( 1 ) Any I nter ior . ( 2 ) A Coun try Scen e

,not taken

in th e schoo l grounds . In th e fi rs t c l as s , G . B aker was fi rs t .G . Tuppe r s econd

,and A . Ferr i e th i rd . In th e coun try sc ene

c las s,G . Baker was aga i n fi rs t

,R . Wa l l i s se cond

,an d R.

C re e ry th i rd . (Wa ll is’

s p i c tu re was-

reprodu c ed i n th e l asti ssu e o f th i s magaz i n e . Ed . )

We are ind eb t ed to Mess rs . Shaw Bros . fo r k ind ly und ertak ing to j udge th e p i c tu re s . The compe t i to rs showed greati nte res t i n th e i r work

,and though th e r e were not so many

ent r i e s as i n th e l as t com p e t i t i on , th e work was muchsup er ior i n qua l i ty . Baker ’ s p i c tu re s w e re esp eci a l ly good .

R . Wa l l i s .

LATE NEWS.

Cr i cke t .

May 1 8th — Schoo l b eat Vi c tor i a %u n io rs by 1 74 run s .

May 2 2nd .

— Schoo l b eat A lb i on s by'

8 wi cke ts .

May 2 5 th .

—Schoo l los t to Vancouv e r by 5 w i ck ets .

May 2_9th .

—Schoo l d rew wi th Garr i son .

Jun e I s t .

—School dr ew wi th V i c tor ia .

June 5 th .

— Schoo l b eat Cowi chan by 5 wi ckets .

June 8th .

—Schoo l b eat Oak Bay 2nd % I . by 9 wicke ts .

(Ta t low 1 38 , not ou t . )

Shoot ing .

June 8th .

-Th i rd C .R . L . Match . Fi rst t eam, 58 1 ; second

team, 41 2 .