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THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,FINDEISEN- EWART. Kenneth Desrnond (h, 1922-27), only sonF:of the late Mr. A. G. Findeisell and Mrs. Findeison, of YonderFowdon, Churston Ferrers, South Devon, and Geraldine Cassandra,elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VV. H. Lee Ewart, of Broadleas,Devizes, Wiltshire.LOBB-LANG. Peter Errington Guy (d, 1924-28), elder son ofthe late Eric St. John Lobb and Mrs. Lobb, of Crossway House,Great Missenden, and Elizabeth Josephine, younger daughter of Mr.and Mrs. A. B. Dashwood Lang, of BIuehayes, Gerrard's Cross, andInstow, North Devon.VINCENT SMITH-PAYNE. Surgeon-Lieutenant John G.VincentSmith, R.N. (b, 1919-24), son of Dr. C. Vincent Smith and Mrs.Vincent Smith, of WiIIingham, Budleigh Salter ton, and FrancesMary, daughter of Mr. B. J. Payne and Mrs. Payne, of 215, Hampstead Way, N.W.l!.MARRIAGES.ALEXANDER-HANN.On Thursday, April 29th, 1937, atLIandaff Cathedral, Duncan (a, 1925-30), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.Hubert Alexander, to Bobbie, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Edmund Hann.BALMAIN -HOLFORD.At Sherborne Abbey, lan Stewart (d,1925-29), second son of the late Major alld Mrs. J. A. StewartBalmain, to Blanche Diedre, fourth daughter of Captain T. P. A.Holford and Mrs. Holford, of Duntish Court, Buckland Newton,Dorset.ELLIOT-FARIS.At St. John Bapti,;t's Church, Broadslone,John Athelstan U, 1925-28), son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Elliott, of\,yoodlands, Kinson, to Nancye May, daughter of Mrs. Alan R.Faris, and the late Captain Faris, of Braeside, Broadstone, Dorset.

1937]THE SHIRBURNIAN59PUCKLE-WESTENDARP. On April 3rd, 1937, at St. NicholasChurch, Great Brookham, by the Rev. Stanley Thomas, assisted bythe Rev. A. M. Hughes, Rector of Great Brookham, AntonyMaynard (j, 1924·29), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. LeonardPuckle, of Reigate, to Diana Mary, youngest daughter of. Mr. andMrs. Alfred Westendarp, of Great Bookham.DEATHS.LIEUTENANT MICHAEL EARLE (c, 1927-30). Born 30th June,1913; Killed in Action, 9th April, 1937."The Regiment deeply mourn the loss of Lieutenant MichaelEarle, killed in action at the Shahur Tangi,Waziristan, on April 9th,1937.Educated at Sherborne, he entered "the Shop" in February,1932,where he had a brilliant record as a cadet.He was Under Officer,a triple "rep"-rugger, athletics and swimming-winner of the prizefor Physical Efficiency, and Roberts Memorial Prizeman for his year.It was with the efforts of such cadets as Michael Earle, and oneor two other outstanding men of that time, that the late MajorGeneral Wagstaffe's regime at "the Shop" reached its zenith, andattained to that pitch of responsive discipline, at which he, as Commandant, had always aimed and at last felt assured.On finishing at Larkhill in 1933, Michael Earle joined the 13thLight Battery, 5th Light Brigade (which became the 113th FieldBattery, 33rd Field Brigade in October 1935) at Bulford, where hesettled down to regimental soldiering with a zest and aptitude whichshowed promise of a most di tinguished career.In the autumn of1936, on being posted to the 22nd Mountain Brigade, he proceededto India, joining the 2nd (Derajat) {F.F.J Mountain Battery atRazmak and accompanying them to the North- \\'est Frontier wherehe welcomed the chance of active service in which he o soon gavehis life.

60THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,Not only will he be mourned by his own contemporaries, whohad felt his influence and enjoyed his comradeship, but also by themore senior officers of the regiment who recognized in him a youngofficer in whom they felt that the highest traditions of the Regimentwere in safe keeping for yet another generation. He represented allthat was best in England'i young manhood.To his parents and family the officers of the Regiment offer theirD.G.B.deepest sympathy in their great loss."TERENCE BRERETDN SHARPE (b, 1922-27). On April 22nd,1937, accidentally, at Stoke Pages, Terence Brereton, beloved husband of Judy and dearly loved youngest son of Charles and AmyBrereton Sharpe, aged 27.

1937]THE SHIRBURNIAN61SCHOOL LIBRARY.The following additions have been made:Through Russia (1927 2 ). Gorki.Russian Literature. Harold-Maurice Baring.The Manuscript of Shakespeare's Hamlet (2 vols.). Dover Wilson.Prefaces to Shakespeare (3 vols.) Granville Barker.Our Great Public Schools. F. A. M. Webster.Europe in Arms. Liddel Hart.Which way to Peace? Bertrand Russell.Miscellaneous Books. L. M. G. Foster (O.S.).The New Music. George Dyson.Oxford History of Music. M. Nody.Essays in Musical Analysis (4 vols.). D. F. Tovey.The Early Stuarts. Davies.SOUTHWARK.The Hon. Treasurer, Southwark Cadet Corps and SherborneHouse Club, acknowledges with thanks, the gift of 3 from ananonymous contributor.THE VISIT OF THE SOUTHWARK CADET CORPS.This Whitsun we were once again the hosts of the SouthwarkCadet Corps, during their Annual visit to the School. The 28 ofthem who came slept in the School Gymnasium, and had their mealsin the Tuckshop. They arrived on the evening of Friday May 14,and left the following Monday.On Saturday afternoon there was a cricket match and a footballmatch against scratch sides from the School, the latter winning both.

THESHIRBORNIANThe soccer match was particularly keenly fought out, the Schoolgaining the narrow victory of 1-0. On Saturday they wereentertained to supper, by the Hev. and Mrs. Field. After thisseveral boys from the School joined in "games and fun" in the gym.On Sunday morning they attended Chapel, and soon afterwardsa party from the School accompanied them to Lulworth Cove. Wegot there in the early afternoon, and all went out in boats. Twoparticularly hardy cadets proceeded to bathe-and had to walk thewhole length of the beach for their pains in order to get warm!Another optimist tried to fish, but without much success. Afterour expedition in the boats we clambered about the rocks until it wastime for the member! of the School to return for Chapel; the restfollowed later.On Monday afternoon they had tea. with the Headmaster andMrs. Wallace. But at last their brief holiday had to come to an end,and with many regrets they were carried out of the station by the5.40 train for London.Our thanks are due to the Headmaster and Mrs. vVallace, theRev. and Mrs. Field, Mr. Gourlay, and all those who have helped tomake their stay enjoyable.

1937]THE SIlIRBURNIAN"PAX GENTIUM."(1937).Carmen ilIud, carmen clarum,noctem olim tenebrarumexcitavit nesciam,prope terram cum pendebant,et ex citharis ciebant,angeli harmoniam.Concinebant, " Pax sit gratisviris bonae voluntatisRegis ex dementia; .ubi carmen coepit fundi,quanta fuit quies mundi,mira quam silentia!Adhuc caelum penetrantes,pacem viris nuntiantes,penna pansa volitant:super luctus terrenorum,sono levi angelorum,voces adhuc fluitant.

THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,Ubi campus, ubi vallis,terrae tristis latet, alissese librant tremuIis,super urbium stridores,isti auribus cantoresaudiantur credulis.Fit sed tot us mundus lassus,luctum gravem diu passus,gentium discordias:sub his viis angelorum,per tot milia annorumpertulit iniurias.Contra virum vir contendit,verba pacis,.q une descend it,nequit aure bibere :o discordiam ponamus,uti choros audiamusangelorum canere !BENEDICTUS.OTHER COAST.The virgin clouds, having heard the sin, are blushing.It is dusk.The sun falls, and leaves us to the rushingsorrow. We are frightened, butthe Spirit-trees, as at the early flood,take up arms.There is bloodaround the solitary hut.

1937JTHE SittRBURNtANThe clouds, outraged, frown down.All is over.It is nightand a lonely flightof duckpass on, across the sky, to Stillness and to Quiet.This is a plea for peacewhich is not answered,for the sorrow rushes through the trees. . . . . . . and the wind is evil.MARCUS.SEPTEMBER FANTASY.A melancholy tune the gipsy played,a melancholy tuneMeet for the virginal majestyof the rain-washed moon.Alone the old, grey wanderer-far from his family fire(out on the plain after the rain,helped by his starry choir,)played on his kneesas if to pleasethe queen of nature pure.The leaning willow dropt his tears of wisdom in the brookand whispered " Look!Cl the gipsy pays his homage to our Queen !"The weary, dreaming, self-contented brookopened his watery eyes and stared upon the scene-

66THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,Then-in a wild surprisehe awoke the stoneand summoned the bats:in reproaching toneshe called to the rats,and he and they together,looked upon the sceneGipsy, kneeling in the heatherworshipping their queen.Back at the camp the fire grew dim,Strange Voice called aloud" Midnight, Jim!"Out on the plain the Gipsy heardhis summons to sleep in the camp-absurdHis violin was silent and put close by ;The queen-light silvered a tear in his eye.The gipsy left his temple-sweet,The willow heard the plod of feet.The brook just sighed, turned over and slept.The rats disappeared, but the willow still wept--the gipsy had gone, and so he was glad,but with him had gone the Tune for the Sad!MARCUS.TO HUN rING PEOPLE.In what forgotten Atlantis lie the bonesOf your fathers, where two waves clashLicking round pillars, where the massOf water grins and bursts the walls?

THE SHIRBURNIANIn some marble Atlantis they were overwhelmedSay, you had gone to the South of France for a changeAnd so escaped-and were drowned;As the sea was the hunt, so they for once were the fox.Then are you not afraid, you sorry old ladies?Seeing your manors totter, the masks and brushes\Vhich hang in the dining-room decay, and the mouldyPictures of ancestors and horses fall,Seeing the cheap prints called Tally-ho in the cafeAnd your faces like a cosmetic faerade,Wouldn't you likeTo be put out of your misery?quickly?A.W.FROM YOUR FIRST ENTRANCE.From your first entranceInto the world's dance,Where the flat rich sing,YOll are ascending,Setting one foot above the other with endless bother.The hill you climbMay be rock or slime;May be easy or hardOr twisted like a good's yard,(Below you can see where the dawdling dandies go).

68THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,For the bill's definitionIs ambition,Which fixes its bends,Its work and its bounds.(Whoever you are despise tbe rich whose talk isalways of who why what and which).And when you come to tbe topThere you'll stop,And sit in an easy chair,And lose your hair,For when work finishes you go straight down to beeaten by fishes.A.W.FEAR.The last cry of fear is sometimes flung over the mountain shoulder,Heard on winter nights when the guns have ceased firing in the west,Through wind and snow, blind and horrible.And in the plains, the people pouring out of cinemasHear the long howl, shudder and mutter, "It may be death,"And cross themselves.Not death. Their quaking is only a tremer; the quivering needle,Scratching the paper slightly, records the shockMany a mile away in Fear Valley, over the mountains,Not death. No, you will never know you are dead;Only to walk into a blank wall, and cease,Crossing the line which no sentries lounge around.No, something far more frightful, that cry in the wind.Fear Valley's victim.A.W.

1937]69THE SHIRBURNIANFOR THIS MOMENT.For this momentTo which the wonder of citiesThe floodlit bathesThe child's delight in busesAre gaudy trinket and pleasures.Many thanks, Time,And I bow to you,Stiffly as in an aristocratic clubTwo old gentlemen.It is a mark of respect to youFor this moment.A.W.

THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,SQUASH.On Thursday, February 18th, a School team (Job, WhatelySmith and Besly) played a team of Masters consisting of Mr.Thompson, Mr. Barlow and Mr. \Vatkins. The Masters won easilyby 9 matches to 1. Whately-Smith won the School's only victoryby beating Mr. \Vatkins.The Senior and Junior Squash Com,petitions will tal,e place, asusual, this term.HOCKEY.Owing to the necessity of having the Sports in the Easter Termthe Hockey season was even shorter than usual, and the abnormalamount of rain made it likely at one time that there would not beany Hockey at all. However, in the end three matches were playedand the House matches completed.I t was disappointing that the first School fixture against Downsidecould not be played, but it was found possible to carry out two secondeleven matches aglinst Queen Camel, both of which were won.The first match, against Bournemouth, was an excellent one.Although we lost by seven goals to five, the play of the School insideforwards was the best seen since Hockey hecame a School game,

1937JTHESHIRBURNIANAgainst the Poole side, which contained a strong element ofDorset County players, the School were up against a blend of skilland experience which proved too much for them. Kept for the mostpart on the defensive, they were beaten by five goals to nil, and hadit not been for the sound judgment of Goddard in goal and the hardtackling of Rowlette, H icketts and Maddison among the backs, thedefeat would have been heavier.The third match, against R Eglington's XI, was played inpouring rain throughout. The visitors lIJamlged to overcome theconditions more successfully than the School, who were beaten bytwo goals to nil.To attempt a fair or reasonable criticism of the team is impossibleunder the circumstances. It is more satisfactory to refer to thekeenness of their play, to the reliability of Alexander as captain, andto the promise shown by many players in both first and second games.The team was ;-J. D. Goddard; R. B. de Glanville, D. RP.Maddison; Ricketts, K. D. H. l?owlette. P. I. Alexander (capt.) ;CoIlins, M. G. Cardew, A. L. A. Tasker, Griffin, Lake.Both the Senior and Junior House Cups were won by SchoolHouse, who beat Ross' in the finals by two goals to one and threegoals to nil respectively.BOXING'tJ.RN. COLLEGE, DARTMOUTH.The first match the School have had for some time and the firstever against Dartmouth was held at Dartmouth on Thursday, March11th, and resulted in a win for the R.N .C. by six fights to four.The team left Sherborne at 9.30 in the morning and arrived backat 10.0 the same night. The journey down passed quite quicklymainly owing to the enormous stock of literature provided, and afterchanging at Exeter we arrived at Kingswear Ferry at 1.55 p.m.

THESHIRBURNIAN[JUNEThe first fight began at 2.30 p.m. and was between Green andOrr-Ewing; Green, though somewhat smaller, shO\ved superior skilland judgment, but his opponent was always dangerous with his longreach. All three rounds were very even and there was some verygood hard hitting all through as well as some good boxing, and thiswas probably the best fight of the match; Green just had the betterof things and took the fight.The second bout was between Kinder and Wright. Wright was aboxer with a good style, who used his left well and his right withgood judgment: he had considerably the better of the first round,but Kinder stood up to him and nearly overtook his lead in thesecond, \Vright's training, however, proved betler and he took aclose timed round to win the fight.Next came Leslie-Jones v. Robinson. Leslie-Jones boxed verywell and scored a point every time he led with his left, and had henot persisted in going in with both hands at once he would have wonfar more easily.As it was Robinson gave very nearly as much ashe took, but Leslie-Jones was just ahead on points and won.Beale-Collins did well against the somewhat taller Bennett, andalthough he received one or two very nasty lefts on his forehead inthe first and second rounds, he scored a good many points and wasnot very far behind at the end.Elvery had rather a rough passage against Fleming, a man witha long reach, and was twice on the ground, but in the later stages ofthe fight he pulled up well and credit is due to him for finishing sowell, though he lost the fight.Vellacott was exceedingly unfortunate in his opponent, for Neel\Vall had easily the best left-arm punch seen during the afternoon,and from the start it was evident that it was a punch which wouldcause Vellacott a good deal of trouble. However, Vellacott stoodup to the tirade with remarkable pluck, and was still game when thefight was stopped in the second ronnd.Casswell met Napper, a tallish boy with a long reach, whQ

1937]THE73SHlRBURNIANappeared to attack with vigour. Casswell was a little awed at first,but he learned later that he got the better of things if he went inwith his left. Unfortunately the discovery was made too late andNapper won. Casswell's defeat was entirely due to lack of experienceand he has no cause to be discouraged.In the eighth fight Hewitl recorded our third victory by beatingHobson. Hewitt fought with great determination and scored plentifully with both right and left punches. But Hobson fought backand the fight was very close indE'ed, and great credit is due to Hewittfor winning.The score was now three-five, and we had to win both remainingfights in order to draw. But vVatson tert. now met Wilmot, andunfortunately lost; the fight was fairly level, and Watson would havewon if he had attacked. But he did quite well and shows promise.In the last fight Dix boxed really well and brought the score upto six-four.He guarded himself well and punched hard andaccurately, altogether giving a very convincing display.After the boxing the team was taken over the college, and left at5.30 for the long journey back.The day will be remembered byall, not only for some exciting boxing, but also for the very kindhospitality shown liS by the R.N .C.Results : R.N.C.I.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.IQ.R. M. Orr-EwingJ. C. S. WrightE. C. RobinsonC. R. BarrettH. P. FlemingM. Neel-WaIlD.W.NapperE. A. HobsonR. M. \VilmotP. Bron hamSchool.lost tobeatlost tobeatbeatbeatbeatlost tobeatlosttoJ. J. S. GreenC. H. KinderP. M. Leslie-JonesW. Beale-CoIl insS. S. El veryG. H.VellacottP. J. CassweIlG. B. Hewitt]. H.WatsonW, G. Dixl·D.G.

i4THE SHIRBURNIAN[JUNE,FIVES.In the semi-finals of the Senior Competition held last term Pilkington defeated Chignell ma., and Glennie defeated Lowe. Pilkingtonwon the final by (15-3,15-8,15-2).The score actually giveslittle indication of the play, as the rallies, especially in the last twogames, were exceedingly long and hard fought. Pilkington was rightat the top of his form and scarcely made a mistake from start to finish.Ross' (Pilkington and Glennie) had a very easy task in the HousePairs' Competition, without losing a game or even fifteen points in all.The Junior Competition was won by ElIis, who beat Whyte by(14-':"-16, 15-8, 15-4, 15-4) in the final. The former hit considerably harder and had more stamina than Whyte, but both areexceedingly promising players.ATHLETICS.The Sports this year were held in the Easter term owing to theshortness of the Summer term, due to Coronation arrangements.There we

for English at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, and M. ]. Colbourne on winning a Bursary at Edinburgh University. We congratulate the following School Prize Winners:-{M.]. Colbourne School Latin Prose ]. F. N. Hodgkinson Fletcher French Prize Aston Binns Prizefor Modern Languages 1st Prize 2nd Prize Longmuir English Literature Prize