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PElIffiROKE DOCK :NEWS IN A NUTSHELL OF F ICE,

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The end of anothe r scho ol year will soon be here, and withit we say goodbye to a large number of pupils. This term wemust in clu de one member of the staff, Miss Bompas, who has beenfor tunat e enoug h to obtain a post at Homsey, North London, veryn ear to her own home. We hope she will al ways have pl easan tmem ori es of her stay with us.

At th e beginning of last term we were sorr'y to dis cover thatMr. J on es had been or de red by the doctor to take a rest. H eretur ned ju st before half- term. and is no w quite fit again. MissHinchliffe, too, was absent until half-t erm, owing to her father'sse rious illn ess. Happily, when sh e return ed to sch ool, she wasabl e to report that he was practi call y w-Il again .

Miss Rudkms joined us in JiI.1IIIary, taking th e place of MissRidge, and we hope she will stay some time wit h us.

The Summer Ter m will be rem embered by most pu pil s forth e reduction of hom ew ork. Th e Fi fth and Sixth Forms,unfortuna tel y, did not shar e in th is, bu t we feel SUl'{' that th eirkeenness to do well in th e C.W.B, exa n in ati on s w ould cause t hemto re ject with scorn 1m)' plan for r ed ucing th pi)" hom eworkperi ods.

At the moment of writ ing the C.W.E. exa minat ions ar e illfull s wi ng . May th e examiners deal kindly with all cand idates ,and may we all have a pleasan t holiday , with better weath er thanw e IHIVE' had dm-in g most of thi s term

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Mrs. NORA DAVmS, B.A., Neyland (Chairman).G. P. FRANOIS, ESth J.P., Pembroke Dock.Mrs. M. T~ . PHILLIP S, NeyhilldRev. D. D. BAH.'l'L]~'1'T, M.A. (Oxon), B.D. (Lampeter), Pem-

broke Dock.DAVID JOHN, Esq., J .P., Pembroke Dock.W. SMITH, Esq., J.P .• P embr ok e Dock.Rev. R. RICE THOMAS, M.A. (Oxon), Llanstadwell,W. J. MORRIS, Esq., J .P., Pem broke.Major J. LOFTUS AD AMS, J.P. , D.L., Holyland.JOHN ROWLANDS, Esq., J .P ., Pembroke.A. W. GU'l'OH, Es q 'l Angle.Mrs. E. M. LOWLESS, Pem broke.Rev. '1'. L. PARRY, Ney lalld.J. E. GTBBY, Esq., P ernbrok Dock.

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Head Master-T. H. JO NIij , M.A. , S nlor Optime, Math. Trlp.,Queens' Oollege, Cambridge.

:Misll E. B. LOOSE:NroRI~, R \ .. 2nd Class H onours in French,University Oollege of South Wal es anti Monmouthshire.

J. H. GARNETT, M.Sc., 2nd iluss Hon ours in Chemistry,Victoria Univ ersity , Man chester .

J. F. NAGLl!J, BoA.. National Ilu i versity of Ireland.H. R. REES, :M.A., 2nd Class Ho nours in History, University

College .of Wules, Ab\:l l'ys t\ yLh.E. B. GJ~ORGE, B.A . (WrLl ), Ilniverslty Oollege of Wales,

Aberystwyth.B. A. EVANS, R Sc., I ntel'. MU8. Bac. (Wales), University

Colleges of Wales. ar di ff and Aberystw y th .E. G. DAVTW:;, B.A., 2n.1Class Honours in F rench , University

Oollege of Sou th Wales and Monmonthshi re.A. W. W. DEVEHI£UX, B.A., 2nd Cia" Honours in French,

University College of Sou 11 Wales and Monmouthshire,J. WYNDHAM J ONE S, R Ec., I st Olass Honours in Physics,

University College, Swansea.T. V. HAINES, B.Sc., 2nd Class H onours in Botany, University

Coll ege of South Wales and Mon mouthshire, Cardiff'.Miss L E. HE1fMINGS, B.A., 2nd 01<18S Hon ours in English,

East London Oollege.Miss R. M. BALLASTER, B.A., 2nd Class Honours in

Geography, East London Oollege.Miss E. A. HINOHLIFFE, :NLA., Sheffield University.Miss M. M. BOMPAS, B.A., 2n d Class Honours in Classics,

Bedford Coll ege for Women, London University.Miss P. L. GURNEY, OliOI'll Secondary Teachers' Art Certifi­

cate, Clapham Art 'Training Diploma.Miss W. B. RUDKINS, Diploma of Chelsea Coll ege of Physical

Education.COOklfy , L mmdYylflofk, Needlework--}'l t's . E. GRTFFT'l'H , Diplomas

of the National Co11eO"e for Domestic Science, London.Ha wlicl'uf l- I. G. OLEA VER, xr, Co11. H . (wit h disti nction,

an d Prlzetnau). F irat Class H audi craf Di lorna.

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JULY. 1938.

(Af ter " Three J olly Fa rm ers" by Walter de la Mar e).Three bold dictatorsOnce bet a po un d,Each blo w the other wouldOff the ground .A fligh t of planesThey built ri gh t soon.And hi gh explosivesProclaiming do omTo four-ye ar plans,Autonomy,Bal an ce of trade.And prosperity.One n eeded butter,Anoth er lack ed .oil ;They mo bilized forces,Caus ing tu r moil ,To treati es and promi sesThey-paid no heed .Theil' pl ea the y said wa sN OL the word bu t the deed.'I'his was the reason,Now don't you see,'I'h at we all got the crazeFor A.R. P.

1I1ARJORIE GE ORGE, VI.

In the presentation of E ml yn Williams ' " T he Late Christo­ph er Bean ," on D ecem ber 15 an d 16, th e Schoo l Dram ati cSociet y return ed to its now strengthening t radit ion of stag ing onethree -net play rath er th an a n um bel' of shorter pl ays, th e sustainedeffect th us obtained being no m ean ac hieveme nt for a schoo lperforman ce. This yea r iu pa rtic ul ar there w as a f eeling thatthe ge ne ra l stan d ar~1 of tl~ e act iug was quite equal to th at hi ghstan dard alread y bu il t up 111 the pas t, lin d that Miss H emminus

. 0was to be greatl y cong rat ulated a ll h er gift ed produ cing of" The Late Christo p hs r Beall." .

This pl:ly pr~vicl es a ' number of lau gh s and also passages ofpathos, th e interpl ay of whi ch keep the audien ce in a cout in uous

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stul e of in terest. StJ1111gely eno ug h both humour an d path os arelargely centred aroun d aile and t he same character, that ofGwenny (pl ayed by Madg e Da vies). Mu ch of the success ofthe play tUJ'JlS on the apt interpretat ion 01 this character ,and the renderiug given by Madge bo th in dial ect an d in theart istic pa thos of parts of th e play was bot h convincing andattrac ti vc.

Mr. Dever eux is n ow an established stage favou rite, and hi stwin gifts of H del igh tful voice and easy ma nner were both seent o ad vantage in his po rtrayal of th e country practit ioner, Dr.H agget t . .

vVe were also fortunate th is year in havi ng Mr. Davies, whowas abl e to play t he doubl e role of Da venport an d of StageManager : as th e art ist- de aler Davenpor t we fe lt th at he altogeth erc , look ed " t he part .

As MI'. Davies was engaged as an acting art ist on th e actualni ghts of t his play. th e stage -managing was then capably carriedthrou gh hy Mr. Wyn dh am J ones.

'I'he playing opposite each ot her of Susan Haggett (D iana:i\hll'e IHlaz) and Bruce McRae (E J . Can ton) was cha r mingly ta kenanrl received due ap prec ia tion frc rn the au dienc e ; while Mrs .H aggett (Mary Williams), a munagin ;,;· wife, an d ALIa H aggett (E lsieBrook field), a spo ilt yo ung wom an, were each ably portray ed.' I'al lant (W . A, Rickard) and Rosen (,J. D yke) "got over" the foot­ligh ts forth eun pr lu cipl ed schemers tha t they were. th e f ormer inthe role of a faker and the latter in that of a com me rc ial dealerin wo rks of art.

I t was pleasing to feel the unm istakabl e se ns e of " espri t decorps" which characterised this li t tl e company, so that all work edtogether without any too greatly outstand ing strengt hs or weak­nesses being apparent.

T he principal speak er at the las t P r ize-Giving, held onDecember JO. was Dr. Ro lan d William s of Clynde r wen, the prizesbeing distribu ted by Mrs. William s.

Af ter the cha irman's opening re mar ks , a par ty of H IrdF orm ers sang a Germa n fol k song. This was fo llowed b v th edi str-ibuti on of prizes an d cert ificates K ati e Martin then 's angtwo songs, after wh ich came the Headmast er 's r eport, in w hich hes tated that th e number of pup ils on Octob er 1, 1~) il6, wa s 38.2, anew record . Most of the pupils who had left. durin g 01' at theen d of tile sch ool year bad go ue to oth er scho ols or t o colle ges orh ad found em ploy me nt. H e ref err ed also to the in ad equ acy in

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size of th e present scho ol field, and concluded with detai ls ofs uccesses gained by old pupils.

Dr. Williams remin ded th e pa ren ts that educ at ion should bea co -operative affair between t he sch ool and them selv es. H e wasglad to n otice from the Headmaster 's rep ort that the cu ltural sideof scho ol life was no t n eglected her e, and that the old fault ofn egl ecting the development of th e body had practi cally disap ­peared in ou r mod ern schools.

PRIZE LIST.IIc-1 , E, J. Parcell i 2, B. E . Owen. llb-1. D. V. Wright ; 2, N. E.Brown. IIa-l , D, Broohfie ld j 2, G. R. Davies. lIl c-A M. Man ning.II1b - 1, W . H. Mills; 2, R. Prou t . lII a-l, J. W . Ble ncoe ; 2, J, G. Bowe n.IVc- V. G. Man sfi eld. IVb-1, E. M. Ph illips; 2, M. F. Rogers. lVa -1, E.J . Pe arce j 2, M. George. Lower V-R. W. O. W hite. Vb-J . E. Garhch.Va- l (equ a l). E. M. Scou rf'ie ld (and S pecial Priz e fo r Coo he rvl, andB. T ho mas j 2 (eq ual). M. Th omas a nd M, I. Player. School Cer tifica tes­M. A. Geo rge, D. P. Morris, L. N. J ames (a nd Special Priz e for Coohe ry),M. E. Williams, J . M. R. Bevan. S. A. Dixon. B. T. A. Phillip s (and Spe cialPrize fo r Need le wor h), A. M. Johns . J. E. Si mpson, R. B, M. Wil liams, G.M. J a mes, P. G. Rossiter, B. E. M. Thom as.Vs-1. F. A. Denzey (and Spe cial Pr ize fo r Woodwor h) j 2, E, J.Cant on . School Cer t ifi cates- W. C. Bateman , A. G. Nicho lls, R. W. Brin n ,N. H. Owen, T. W . Bel t , D. G. Russell, P. T. Gray.Lower VI- Fo rm Prizes-J . A. W. J ohns. W , T. J Cox, E. G. Pend let on.Su pple men t ary Certificates -. L. M. Gwythe r (Geogra phy), D. G H. Nev in(Geog raphy ). 1>. G. Taylor (English ).Uppe r VI- Form Prizes and Hig her Certificates-M. Dav ies, E. J. W.Mathias. E. LI. Willi am s.H och ey SHch-E. M Gibbv.Cr ichet Ba t-W A. Richard.Mr s. Rees, Ty-G wyn, Sc holars hip- W. T. J. Cox.

DEBATING SO CI E.T Y .Last term the firs t deba t e to ok place on January 27 th , wh enth e meeting was devoted to impromptu sp eeches. One spea ke r .on th e subject of Sp ain . referred to the Spanish Civil War <1S ast ruggle bet ween th e "Ret1s" and the "Patriots ." A memberfr om th e floor prop osed that th e usc of these terms sho uld not be<1110\yec1 t o pass un chall en ged by the H on se, and held that theterms" Gov ernmen t " and "Rebels," should he substituted f'or., ReLls " and" P atriots ." 'I'his was seconded by another memberand the m otion wa s pu t to the House and car ried . Ther e w erealso some am using subjects discussed, thus making a very in ter est-in g and lively debat e, •'I'he second m eeting' took p lace on Feln -nary 10th, when th emotion I. That. Dem ocracy in the Mod ern W orld is an Illusi on "

was discusse d. The speake rs for the affirmative w ere F . A.D enzey and E. G. P endleton, and f or the negative. W. A. Hic1m!'cland E. James. The subject see med rath er a di ffic ult one 101'man y of those who attended, but a number of interes ting politicalfacts were brought f orward and di scussed . Th e m oti on wase ven tually carried .

The su bject f or the las t debate was " T hat the Pursnit . ofKnowledge is Not Worth While ." The sp eakers for the motiouwere :Mi~lg,; Davies and Pearce, and for the opposition twomembers of-the st.1J1', MI' . J. Wyndham Jones and Mr. Devereux.T he chairman was F. A . Deuzey, The staff seemed rather disap ­poin ted at the lack of spe~kers fr om the floor, so . tl:e . de batewas n ot as su ccessful as it might ha ve been . The majortty votedin favou!' of the motion .

PL AY READINGS.On February 10 two plays w ere r ead . First , m ember s ofrn« ga ve " 'I'll ;. Prin cess and The Woodcutter." In thi~, th e

w ood cutt er. h y a pi eceof strategy, manages t? save t~ e princessfrom a uiarriage with one of tb e th ree very m an e pnJl?es, t h uswu-u ina he l' for himself . P eggy Saunders was the prmcess, G.Da vi es ~he Wootlcutter, D . Rolf e th e King, .Margar et Gibby theQu een )10ther, E. Nevin. G. Gil l and G. Lloyd t he threepr! IIces. ,,'The second play , "The Boy Comes H om e, by A. A. MIlne,was given by members of the Upper Sc ho ol, and ~be subj ect wasthe cha nge of outl ook experienced by a boy coming hom~ fromthe war. Before join ing the army h e had always submitted toth e opinions of his uncle (h is guar dian ). Bu t on his first clayhome hi s uncle was mad e, by a dre am , to see that l~ e could.n0lon ger asser t himself ove r a boy who hall seen wa~·. 'I hose takingpart wer e :-K. 'I'ucker, the boy; E. J . Canto n, ln~ un cle; MadgeDavies, hi s aunt; Mary Wi lliams, the cook ; Diana Mareudaz,the maid. . . ",011 March :\ two m ore plays were re ad . TIns t ime 'I'b eMan in The Bow ler Hat " was chosvn , with " F i:' e l~ird s ill aCage " to prr-cetle i t. The firs t.• a ver-y .m E'l odram~t1? PH' ~(" d ealtwith the th ef t of a. Rajah's r uby, whi ch the th ief con fessed hehad hid den ill a ha tb ox a t. Cln1l'ing Cr oss Station , t he cloak roo mtick et for wh ich was ill ano th er hatbox at Water loo, t.he tic ket forw hich W;l H in a h atbox at P mlLl in g toll. and so OIJ through all t heLoudon stat io ns . Just as the thief slates that he h as lost theti ck e t rot' the las t hatbox. th e Man in th e Bowler Hat sho ws thati t is all only a rehearsal of a plaj~. Those tal{]n~ P:,l~' [, wer e :­.John, ,J. Dyl, e : Mary, Madge DavH'i'; th e ]\1<1n III l )le BowlCl'

Hat, N. Owen; the H er o, ,J . Blen co we : the Heroin e, Dian a)Ifl.l·endaz; the Villa in , ,V, Cox : the Bad Mall, D. Ru ssell.

Th e other p lay ,vas" Fiv e Birds in a Cage," which showedthe pli ght of five peopl e maroon ed in a lift halfW Hy up th e shaft .' I' hey are. H duchess (E dith Fraser), her admirer Leonard (E:.Tu ck er). a littl e Oock ney dressmaker 's assistant (Marion H ull), abri ckl ayer's Io r-eruan (0. Thoma s), and the liftrnan (W . Mills), whovetoes an y suggest ions made to him for th e rescu e of the party hystat i ng th at t hey m'e .. agi ri ' th e re gu lation s." Finally, ho wever,b y th e appl icati on of anirl en of the foreman's th e par ty is fr eed,

SCIENCE SOCIETY.The Sci en ce Society held on e m eeting during th e Spr ing

term. when L. Purser gav e a pap er on "Seience in Agriculture."Th e chair was taken by Mr. Haines.

The su bject was w ell treate d. The efl'ect of sci en ce on th edevelopment of agricu lt ure from earl y tim es wa s indicated. Th eprimitiv e methods of th e earl y farmers hav e given w ay to m or eeffective ones through th e cen tur ies, and w ith th e allven t of theIndustrial Revolu tion and t he Mechani cal Age, th e lot of th efarmer ha s been chang-ell. TIlE' vari ou s branch es of agri culture,h orticu lture, dairy-w ork, etc ., ow e th eir or ig in to science. Thuswe w ere sh own tha t ag l'icnltu re , from bein g a su bj ect or primi tiv em eth ods, has now becom e a branch of science , with an th okno wled ge and ex pe rie nce of scie nce behind it.

Th e m eeting was w ell attende d , an d Pursel' is to b e congrat u­lat ed on the excellen t way in which he com piled his pa per.

"Every man shUt jiJT all the rest and let no man takecare for: lriliif5e1f, "-1'he T el7lpest.

HOCKEY.Owin g to bad w eather we played asrains t only th re e schools

in th e Sp ring T er m . We were n ot successf ul in any of the threematch es, f or t hey were all drawn . In add iti on we played againstthe St aff on two occasions. Th e first tim e the result wa s a dra w,but the seco nd time the Sta ff wo n . "Ve welc ome d Miss Rudld nsas our coac h a t t he begin ni ng of last te r rn, and we hope she willhe h appy with the ho ck ey team. The f oll owing' were aw ardedcolours at the end of the te rm :-M. Howard, Eo Phillips, P ..Jolins, 13. E ls(lo n . D . Brookfi eld and B, .Jelms.

Th e team was ch osen fr om the f oll owing::- *13. Thomas

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(Capt.), ~'W. Richards (Vic e Capt .), <"D Oharles, *E . Phillips, *B,Johns, *Iv!. Howard, *B. Elsdon, *.1. F'lutter, "P..Johns. ~D ,

Brookfield, R. Mathias, M. George, N, Davies, J. Morris.~, Colours,

Matches Played.February 12-Tenby County School (away) Drawn 0-0,March 5-Milford County School (home). Drawn 1-1 .March 26-Fishguard County School (away). Drawn 2-2.March 21-Stafl'. Drawn 0-0,March 30-Staff. Lost 3-0.

FOOTBALL.Last term proved very disappointing to the School XI. Of

t.he eleven matches arranged for the Spring Term, four werecancelled, three w ere drawn, and only one match was won. Atthe en d of the Win ter Term a match was played against the OldBoys, who, after a keenly con teste d game, WCI'e held to a draw.The second Old Boys' game at the end of the Spring T erm resultedin the defeat of the School XI.

The te am was chosen from the following :-*F. A. Denzey(Capt.), ,x-E, .1 . Oan t on (Vice-Capt.), '-' F . G. Grey (Sec.), ::'H . Olivet,*R. White, *V. Clay son, M. Wiliams, D. T. Davies, L. Fielder,'~E. Carr , N. Earnshaw, W. Adams, G. Round and N. Owen.

" Colours.

Matches Played.December 21-01d Boys, Drawn 2-2,January 22-Pembrohe Doch Ex-Schoolboys (home). Won 4-3.January 29 Milford County School (away). Lost 0-3.February 5-Milford Engtneering Worhs (home) . Lost 1-2.February 12-Tenby County School (away), Drawn 1-1.March 5-Tenby County School (home). Drawn 4-4.March 19-Milford County School (horne), Lost 0-<3.April2-Tenby County School (away). Lost 1-2.April 5-Old Boys. Lost 0-1.A House Tournament was organised during the Spring term,

the Junior section of which wa s won by Tudor H ous e, who alsorepeated th eir success in the Sen ior section,

TENNIS.

We have been particularly unfortunate in the matter offix tures this season, having played only one match at home(wh ich we won by 8 events to 1) against Milford Haven OountySchool. The other fixtures hav e had to be cancelled , or els e th esecretaries failed to reply to ou r offers of fixtures.

Howevei-, at the time of going to press we are hoping to playa Stan: Mat ch on July 15th and an Old Girls Match on the lastday of term-i-Julv 22nd. We have been unabl e to put in much

practice because of t he weather and. C.W.B. exa.ninations, but weare d etermined to d o our very best 1t1 the se tw o matches to come.l T h e team was ch osen from the fo llow ing :-~'Joan F lutter(Capt.), *Joyce Johns, Evelyn Phillips, .Pe!?gy ~farch , Beryl J ohns,Mad ge Davies (Sec.), .Ioan Simpson , Wmm e Ri chards,

>:> D ellotes Old Colours.

ROUNDERS.This is quite a new game for the sC~lOol, but we l,lOpe to take

it up serio us ly and have a reuu lar team J1l the neal' future. W ehad a fixture with Mi lfo rd Haven County School on Ju ne 15. andw e wer e quite pl eased with our {j Ro unders to th eir G~. As th eyhave be en fiel ding a team regularly for some time, our p~rforlIl ­

an ce is encouraging. The Jnniors als o had a fix ture with thesame school on July 11, but this had to be cancelled at shor tno ti ce'.

Th e sen ior team was as fo llows : - Winnie Richards (Cap t.),Beryl Joh ns, Barbara Elsdon, P hyll is .I ohns, Olive F lavell, Ka tieMartin, Peggy March. R. Lawrence. F lorenc e H ea th.

CRICKET.Of t he ten mat ch es play ed so far th is term, the School XI

hav e been victori ous in four, while the remaining six have beenlost, an d thanks to the we ather only one ha s been cancelle d.

This season ha s seen some sp lendid bow ling performances byR. White; So far h e has a bag of thirty-one wi ckets at an averagecost. of four ru ns each .

Durinz the term colou rs w ere awarded to three me mbers ofthe team I: M, Barrah, G. Ev ans and P . Davies.

'I'hree m ore mat ches remain to be played, of which the OldBoys' match will be the greatest attracti on and is ~1 ne to be pl~yen onJuly 22nd. It is to be h oped that the schoo l will leud their vocalsupp or t in aid of the Sch ool XI at this match. .

Committee :- F. G. Grey (capt. ), L . IVI. Barra h (vice capt.),R. Whi te (sec.) , and G. Evan s.

T h e following represen ted t he SCh .IO}te am du rin g t he term '­F . G. Grey, L j\i. Barruh, R.. \V. White, G. Evans, P . Davies, P .T homas. G. Round , R. Davies, E. Sutton, D: Davies, V. Clayson.E. Carr ami S. R oblin.

The co m mittee WOUld al so like t o thank Mr. Dev ereux [ 01 '

his support during th e season .Matches and Resu lts,

May 7- Burt on Crioheb Club (awa y). Lost ·~8-74, ( Barrah 5 for 13).May 21-Pembro t.e Criche t Club (horne). Won 89- 54. (Mr. Devere ux

50 i R. White ,1 f or 10).May 28- Ashdale Ctich et Club ( home). Los t 28- 96.

J une 4- Angle Crichet Club (horne). Lost 48-73. (R. White 6 for 28).June 11-Fishguard County School (away) . Won 111-61. (F.G. Grey

28; P. Davies 27 i R. Davies 4 for 4),J une 18-Angle Cr iche b Club (away). Won 53-47. (R. White T tor 20).June 21-Rev. R. C. Davies' XI (home). Lost 71-25,·June 25- Ashdale Cricheb Club (away), Los t 25-45.July 2-Tenby County School (h ome), Won 42-23. (F. G. Grey 16 i

R. White 8 for 7 including hat trlch),July 9-Williamsoon Cricheb Club (away). Lost 60-76.

ILfiff® llIffi llIffi&fi@JoI spent three yea rs in I ndia with my fa th er 's r~iment, an d

during that time I hall muny inter esting ex periences. WhenI first. arrived in I udia we spe nt six we eks in Rawal P indi. Then,as summer was coming on, we had to move np to t he H imalayas.Two da ys before we started to move, our f urniture had to bepacked Oil bullock carts, and as bullocks are slow-moving beastswe reached ou r destination at t he same time as t he furniture. Wean-ived at. ou r bungalow at du sk, and icicles w ere hang ing f ro mthe roof, as it was so cold .

OU!' beds were j ust wooden frames w it h r ope stretched f romside to side. The mattresses consisted of three big cushions madeof ·k haki cloth and fill ed with COi l', which is the fib re from thecoconut. We had no water laid on, so it was brought to us insheepsk ins by nat ives, .

Every n igh t our sleep was bro ken by the howling of jackalsand by monkeys. The monkeys used to j ump au to ou r ti n 1'0 0£

at ni zh t and make a fearful din , but we were no t allowed to harmthel1~as they are held sac red by the nativ es, although tribes oft hem often ra id the cornfields.

'When summer was ended and it was time to go do wn to the,plains we m oved to De lhi, an d it was h ere that I had an excitingex per ience, Earli er in the day my mother had made a jelly andput it ill t he cook h ouse to set, and had fo rgotten all abo ut it untilit was t ime to go to bed. So we put on ou r shoes and wen t to thecookhouse, w hich was at t he end of t he verandah, to fetch it,"Va secu red the jelly, am} I was wa lki ng along the verandah backto the bungalow, flashing- my torch, "when sudden ly my motherscream ed I stood still, wondering what it was all about, andthen I knew the reaSOIJ, for right in f ron t of me was a big' snake,ready to strike. I jumped back, and Paddy, my dog, j umped infront of me . 'I'he snake struc k and just g-razed h is foot, whichswell ed 11P to the size of an orange, and he was laid up for fo nrdays. ~y fath er. hearing my moth er scream , ru sh ed ou t of thebu ngalow and killed t he sna ke with a long pole.

KENNETH DAV I DSON. JIB.

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fA 1ID@\~ illIil @1 IFnllmm ~~Q1l~n@cI lived in Bakel' Street along with Sexton Blake and th e

Abbey Road Building Society, Well, one has to be a t the st udio,wh ich is at Wcmbley, next to th e Stadium, by eight. o'c lock.That m ean s ge tt ing up at seve n f or hreakfast and bath . se venthi,l·ty if J'on have the good sense and en ergy to bath the nightbefor e,

Most people go to work by U nderground. When I firstcame t o London I thought that, as Wembley was a su burb, itcouldn't be very far away, so I too k a taxi. But a t what a price tTher efore, having learnt my lesson, I hen cefort.'r took a .. work­man's day return "-one and t hre epenc e.

Gettina into the Studio on th e first morning is not easyunless you "have been there often and the co m missionaire knowsyou by sight. Once in sid e, you go t o th e n otice-h oard and find outwhat dressin g-room you have, ring for a boy, and then followhim to what is to he for a few w eeks your own domain , Itshould n ow be about ti.30- ,you have chan ged into whatev er yonar e to wear to r the first shots, an d n ow yo u must. dash to themake-up room to be t ransfo rmed into a thing of beau ty and a j oyfor the ninepennies. It is now nin e o'clock . prayers ar e on t heii­way at School , and th e call-boy is rapping pan elled do ors andsh outing •. Everybody on the se t , p lease." So we go across a.few "lots" on to th e set. -\." lot " is a sce ne buil t. up out ofd oors.

On the se t we usually wait around for about an hour whileall the technical staff quarrel ab out the lighting'. Th en som e­body calls you all forward and tells you he is the producer, andproceed's to reh earse a sce ne . P eople ofte n ask: ., I sn 't i t aterrible lot to learn?" N o. it. certainly is no t. because the scri ptis cu t up into lots of scen es, which ar e number ed, somethinglike this :-

257. Change to close-up of Dora and Charles,Charles : "Yon cheat ! "Dora: ., How dar e yo u ! "Charles : .. Because I sa w you cheat ."Cut to2;,)K. Long sho t of Casi no .So yo u see , as one only has to thi nk of a matter of a d ozen

w ords at a time it is n ot a t all diffi cul t, Bu t someti mes th edirector will want the scene don e a dozen times before he isready, then th e acoustics man has to give it " O.K. for scu nd "befor e th ey can sh oot.

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Then you go through th e clay in the terrific he a t of a vaststudio. built to con tain about four or five different sets, so t hat assoon as one is dispensed with the oth ers are r eady, On e of the mostamazing things is the number of cups of tea which are consumedper day, The terrible hea t can Le effectively combated only by" th e cup that cheers"

Wh en lun ch-time comes, ab ou t on e o'clock, the entire" outfit " scrambles for the st udio restaurant and is back again onthe set in an hour. Then they work on nntil perhaps six in theeve ning, with it short break for t ea.

Then-hom e to a really go od m eal and bed, n ot too late­film actors have 110 time for much play if t hey wish to besuccessful .

CLIFFORD MOSES.

At th e beginning of this term th ere were ;316 pupils in school,Hn girls and 129 bo ys . In addi ti on the re is on e student teacher,J oan Ma thias,

The Prefects are :-Tudor :- J oyce .Iohns (sen ior}, Dilys Morris, Winnie Rich­

ards, L. A. Pursel', H.. W, O. White.Pict on :-Mad ge Davies, Nancy James, Sheil a Dixon, L. 1\1.

Barrah (senio r), ~ . Owen,Glynd wr :-BarbarH Williams, Betty Thomas, Joan Simpson,

W. '1'. :J. Cox, F. Grey, P. R. Thomas,Th e results of t \VOCivil Service Cler ical Clas ses exa minat ions

have been ann oun ced since the last Pen vro appeared. In themiddle of December we Ieat-nt that H . R. Beardsw orth, \Y, A.Rickard and E , J, Canton had passed the examination held inSeptember. Beardsworth did exceptionally w ell to come 44th.Ri ckard was noth, an ti Canton D97 th. They have all now beengiven appointmen ts, Beardsworth lea ving earl y in J anuary to startwork at th e Adrniral ty, Rickard going to the War Office ill themiddle of February, and Canton going to the Ail' Ministry a we eklater Ri ckard WHS unlu cky en ough to be taken ill a few monthsago, but he bas now sta r ted work again ,

Jus t before the beginning of term, the r esult of the JanuaryClerical Classes examinatio n appeared. In th is, E. G, Pendletondid e ven better than Beardsworth had clone in September, beingplaced 37th . P . W. Winter, who left school last .Iune, when hi speopl e mo ved to Gcw erton , took the examination from th e County

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At the U nive rsit ies, Dorothy Clements has passed the Finalexaminati on in Pure and Applied Mat hematics at Cardiff, whileRa lph Davies and Alber t Morgan have obtained the Diploma inEducat ion at the same college, wi th sec on d class in bo th Theoryan d Practi cal.

Alan Beard , w ho lef t us when he was in the IIII'd Fo r m,an d afterwards obtained an appoin tme nt i ll th e Civil Se rvicethro ug h the Cleric al Classes examination, has no w passed theExecutive exam inat ion , ,being pla ced 183rd .

Mervyn 'I'homas recently cam e first in the examinati on forthe Sout h Wales P ost Office Clerical Departm ent, and has sincebeen tra nsferred to Card iff.

We con gratulate too Bet ty Hulbert, who in Ap r il, passed allexam ination fo r advancement in the Ministry of H ealt h . She hasnow taken up a n ew ap poin tment u n de r the Ministry at Ac ton .

Eileen Bu tt erwor th h as passed both her hospital an d herStat e ex aminations in Nursing , and ha s been app oi nted S taffNurse at the East S uffolk and Ipswich H ospi tal, Su ffolk.

T. A. Owe ns was ap po inted in December as a sch oolmasterun der the Ad miral ty .

vV. A. Thomas left for Lo ndon in F ebrua ry to begin work illth e rent-coll ecting 'depart men t of the L. C.C

N orman Nash was appoin ted to th e Central Schoo l at Mil fordat the beginning of th is te rm ,

As reported last Decem ber, F rank H obbs is no w a cha pla inin the R,A.F. H e is stati oned at Ne theravo n in Wiltshire, andwas recently marri ed, as mention ed later in these n otes.

J ohn Mumf ord, af ter spending t hree years at Mr. Mendus'schemist sho p in P embroke, has taken up a positi on in Musw ellHill, L ondon ,

It is some time since th e Re v. E. L . Saunde r s was a curate atSt. J olin 's Chu rc h . H e left her e fo r St ro ud in Glon cest er sliire,an d has now beco me vicar of W hiteshill , Strou d,

W e congrat ulate Ray Th omas on his a ppoi ntmen t as Assistan tExamin er in Geognphy to the C.W.B.

Wilfr ed Sm i th, of Bosh ers ton, joined the Metro poli ta n P olic ein February. H e has passed out of P eel H ouse and is attache dto a division . Hi s cric ke t seems to be as goo d as ev er, as he isplay ing regularly for' his ow n division .

Mrs. Brown (nee Mar ie Bull) is clearly am ong the bestam ateu r ten ni s players in Cairo , j ud ging from t he re po rt in anE gypti an pap er of the easy way in w hi ch, aga inst a fo r midableoppone nt, shp won th (' Ladies' Singles Champi onsh ip at Cairo inDecember.

F ran k De nzey has bee n elected Men's Presid en t of theNo r mal College at Ba ng-or fo r 19:18-9, and also play s ru gbyr egularly for the Eirst X Y.

Di ck J on es and Royston Ru ssell both ar rived hom e in Feb­ruary after long voyages. .Jon es had been away f or n early ninem onths, and h ad visit ed , among oth er places, Japan, China, andthe U.S.A, H e saw some of the devastat ed tow ns of China, so meof which had been almost completely destroyed by air -raids . Heis n nw at sea again, pro bably on hi s way to J apan at the m omen t.Ru ssell's voy age had lasted between four and fiv e m onths, h isf urth est point visit ed being in Australia. H e is now all hi s wayhom e aga in f rom a si mi lar voyage,

A glance at t he cover will sho w the latest audition to t he listof GOH'1'l10rS to be Mr. E. J. Gibby, Bierspool. H e is t he first OldBoy to ac hieve t his di stin cti on , and we h op e to be able to printhi s name ou the covel' for many years to corne .

:1IJt-. G. Courtena y P rice bas recently been elec ted a Vice­President of th e Radio Socie ty of Great Britain - the NationalSociety whose dis tin guish ed m em ber shi p covers th e whole wo rl d .MI', Price, who tran smit s under th e call sig n of GW20P, hold s theSoc ietys h ighest cert ificates and re prese nted its Counc il in theWest of E ng land for man y years . and acted as suc h in S, Wal esup on his r eturn to Pembrok e Dock four years ago. H is radioac rivi ties star ted during the Great War when he was a Captain inILK Signals, and was Officer in charge of radio com m unicati ons ofth e :$2n d Division an d lat er of the 15th Army Corp s. H e wasHWH1'de d th e 'I'erritori al Decoration for Office rs in 19;,31.

The broth ers Foss contin ue to do we ll . E ric is comp le tinghis seco nd year at W estminster Oollege, an d hopes t o take hisdeg re e n ext year, Br ian obtaine d t he Inter. B.Sc., Lon don , inJuly of last y"ur on the result of the Higher Cer tificate . He itak ing the High er again thi s year with a vi ew to getting a StateScho lars hip . H e has been a prefect at hi s schoo l for flame t ime,and will be H ead P ref ect n ex t veal',

Dennis Radcliffe and Roy Dar-lingt on vis ite d us in June. wh enth ey wer e spend ing the ir sum me r holidays in the town . Bothseem very hap py in their wor k. Radcliffe is workin g for a finnof expo rters with offices not ve t-y far from the Ban k of En gland,while DarIi ugton is wor ki ng' f or a wholesal e fin n, also in Lon do n.Da r-ling ton began work wi th all advertisin g firm, a nd is nowtak ing a course in advertisin g wit h the object of ge tt ing hack intotha t w oi-k.

L. C, Ri ck ar d, w ho is in th e Ken t Constabulary , was recen tlytrans fe rred f rom Chisle h urs t to Maidst on e,

We congrat u late the following old pupils on th eir marriage ;_

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J anuarv ;,)-Doris Lawreuce to Idris Evans, of P embrok e< "

Dock. . . f 13 . . IJ anuary 15- Etlna \Villbms to Fl t.-Sgt, G. RlClm: 'n, 0 , l;JS~O .F ebru ary 19- Cla rn Bu rgess to S taff-Sgt . G, '" est, 01 101 rs-m outh. I ' G . f IJ 1 '01 'Apr il 2;I-Gwen Ro ber ts to Alfre d <. srreve. or em oi C~

Dock. 'd lY t' 1 f I tl tJune 7-Peroy Lew is to 1... na ri %Jo 111, O ' ..ru. 0\\ .JU;l ~ !)- Mar ';'ar et Da vies to Spe ncer Davi es, of Cl'ickmarre n ..June 9-FrU1~k H obb s to Ray Hughes T~vans, of Carrmn:then .,Jun~ 15- Esm a Math ias to Cecil Ri chards, of Milford

Haven. . 1 '1 f R' Ve very mu ch r egl'el to hav e to l'e co~'d the t ragtc t eat \ 0 .,T . Wil son, who was killed in a motor acc ide nt on Marc h . 2b. H ehad onlv recen tl y left school, and had begun wha t prorni sed to be'1 ver y s"uccessful car-eer in the R ,A.F .c in Mar ch, the death occ ure(l in London, at the n~e of 5 (j. ofMrs, E. P ickup (nee May Snoddy) , wh o was at schoo l !n the ve ryearlv days . She di stingui sh ed h erself in 1!122 l~y paSSln.g the LawSociety' ; final exa min atio n and h eadin g the list, This was th efirst t ime th e exa minat ion was open to w omen .

Som e of you, n o doubt. wonder h ow it is th a~ in th e Bo,YSco uts Associati on we have a l~?Vemen t .so deSlg~l.ed : ha,t i ttt .~ the 1)0"" 'whe ther he be Brit ish or Chinese, w hi te 01 h1.<r ck.a racts .' , ' . 1 .1 B 1The answer is to b e frnmd in th e fact that. our (:b~ef, ~oru . ar e,l1 -p ow ell. in devisin g- hi s sch em e of charac te r trn i n in rr, has gone f or

h is inspi ration to the verv core of young human nature., H e h ,~sused the superabundant en ergy of t he 1:0)" th e love of advent-mpan d mak e-heli ev e wh ich is inher en t 111 all yo ung people . theundei-lying sense of ch ivab-y whi ch. most boys possess, arul thet '111 01' O'}l n" sp irit which t o a certain exten t. actuates us allea n b . , B f l 'Let us cons ide r tllf' lifo history of a SC(It1t. e are ie ISallo wed to take am' Promise, 'which ~(lmits hill? to membersh ip oft.he t roop, th e hoy has to pass certain !ests. .H e must kn ow. th eScout Law of H on an]'. Tlsef'uluess, Fnel1(lshlJ.l, Court.esy. 1\ 1I1(1-

oM to Animals Obe(li ence, Chee rfnlness, Thnft and Clean linessn ('S~ c , 11 l I '1 th Of Bodv and 'Mind , T hen he must lear n a a lout l IS10 . • E ' I'connt ry 's flag. which sta nc1s for l.oy~lty to . the ~ mpne. ant ItscOlIst it n tion::< , the use of t.he scout. sta ff', cerh~ 1I1 kn ot s which are aprplu lle to advr-nt n re, an d J'e::ppct for nut hcr itv.

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Now he is on the firs t rung of the ladder, am] is enrolled as ascout, Scouts when the y ar e old men al ways remember th eni gh t when they repeated solemn ly after the ir scou ter : "On myhon our, I promi se that I wi ll do my best-I, '1'0 do m y du ty toGod an d the Kin g. 2, T o he lp other' peopl e at all times. iI, Toobey the Sco ut Law." H e now finch, himself oue of a patrol 01'gang of s ix or seven, he is made to understand that the efficiencyof the pa tr ol depends to a sixth part on him, and then begins toreali se something of the t r ue team spiri t . Now he begin s toacquire knowledge through his own eff ort s, and to encourage thispr oficien cy badges are awarded .At camp the sco ut play s the parts of pion eer, handyman andback woodsm an all in one The Boy Sco uts Associati on hasse vera l camping sites , namely: - Gil well Park. on t he bord er s ofEpping Forest; Bry n bach Cam p. a mid the Welsh H ill s, sevenmiles from Den big h : Great Towers, Westmoreland j Broadston eWarren , S ussex : an d Down e Cam p, Ken t. Bes ides t hese, thelocal tro ops have their' own sites. so tha t every scout, fr om t het en derfoot to the first-class scout. has every fac ility to cam p .Nn w a word or t wo O il the m ore spir it ual side of camping .'When a sco ut ga ins proficien cy in th e all -importan t matter' ofcampi ng he find s th at it does n ot mer ely cons ist of livin g in a tentinst ead of a house, but that there is n vast, amo unt to learn ifhealth. comfort and hap piness a re expected. Th e rirs t t h ingabo ut camp is co-operation. Each one must do th e job all otted tohim or things will go wrong. As he gro ws mor e proficien t in theart of camping, he acquires a cer tain independen ce bo rn of theknowl edge th at he can fend for himself, that he can rig his ten ta nd k eep it dry, use an axe, and cook hi s food.Somet imes, usuall y at Whitsun, a County Ra lly is held,where for th ree days the scouts of t he cou nty meet together andsleep under canvas. At this year's ra lly, at H ean Cast le ,Sa uude rsf oot , I was ra th er impressed by th e sight of t he SC011t­master of t he Goodwick troop, na ke d to th e waist an d dowsinghimself with buc ke ts of cold wa ter - a regular <. tou gh gny " an d

a good sco u tT o conc lude , ., Scout ing f or Boys is a game ; and i t win on ly

be success ful w hen treated as a gum e. But all th e same it is ase rio us gnme-the game of life as seen thro ugh yo ung eyes. A m}it is one belove d hy the boys who p lay i t, and full or happinessand hope for' t hose wh o ar e privileged to lend th em ."KEKNETH TUCKER. IVA

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I t was one of t hose afternoons in August which make youfeel it is an im possib il ity to do anything; th at need s energy.

That was h ow Barry felt, so he Just took a bool~ from .thelibrary and wandere d into the garden. As he swung hl1nse~f in t othe lU~ll1mock un der the ap ple-t rees, he sa w hi s bro th er Mich aelbusily weedin g the garde n. . . . ,

" I say, Micky." he called , " don t be so snerget tc ; It s too hott o-cl ay an d to morrow we h ave to go to school, so mak e th e mostof you~' holid ay an d don 't do any work " . .

Mich ael shook hi s h ead an d went on weed mg as If he h ad noth eard hi s brothe r 's remar k.

Barry , seeing that Micha el was not to b e .per~u adecl , . startedto read his book. It was a detective sto ry, but It failed to Interesthim, as t he scene in the story was set in it dark cell, [~nd Ba rrycould not h elp bein g conscious of the sun and all 1118 chee rfulsurro undi ngs. . '

At last he gave it up, and. was Jus t g?111g to ~leep , wh en, a'wasp sud denly appeared on hi s ra ther rrusty hori zon , an d dIS-turbed his slumbe r. . .,

" Drat th e thin g ," said Barry, as for the th ird t i me he tri ed(uns.uccessful ly) to pu t it at a safe d~st.fln ce, but the wasp ".~~deter mined to be a nuisance, and eont inued to buzz around 1 11 ~

h~d. ISuddenly Michael call eel to ~linl ,. " Barry, go l~ JJ and fete 1

those seeds for me fr on t the top at ti c, WIll yOll, pl ease.<, Oh I dear , no peace for the wick ed ," said Barry, as he

slowly climbed cl own an d wal ked t owards t he house. .As he climbed the stai rs , he th ought that the att :c seemed

darkei th an eve)', des pite th e sunsh ine , an d unconsciously 110slowe d his steps. Once inside h e 1001, eel .aroun d for th~ see.ds, andth en the detecti ve story he had been rendin g came to hl~ min d.

c th ere lav th e bod y, the head was bat tered m, and theblood now dry had tri ckled down the face, maki ng the palecoun t~nance all the more ghas tly " . .

" OlI! stop it. " BaITy commanded hi mse lf , but h e ah ive rerlas he s poke, an d, seeing the seeds, be tu rned qLllf'k l:y to the door .

As he turned the handle, a mom: reach ed h~ s eal:s: BalTYhad always b oasted that , now he was thirteen , noth ing Trigh ten edhim butnow he was certain ly scared an d he' knew it .

'A second t ime the moan came, a11f1 t1118 t ime i t was loud er .Slowl y Barry turned and look ed fearIu ll y round the attic. .

\\7her(~ did it come from '2 W ns it from h ehi n rl tha t cup honl'Ct (

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OJ' was it from behind that box?Su ddenly th e moan seeme d to be nearer than eve r, and Barry,

forget ting all hi s boasts, and only rememberin g that moan, and thedescription of th at cor pse , went out as quickly as possible .

Once in t he light , hi s courage re tur ned, but his laugh wasstill shaky, and so wer e his legs.

" Long time ge tting th em, weren't you?" said Michael , as hetook the packet.

rc Oh , I wand er ed round a bit, " said Ba rry, wh o had to defendhi s courage.

" By the way, " asked Michael, " How is that cistern now ? Itis broken, and gives out qu eer soun ds now and th en, like a g roan ......h ear it ? "

c r Oh, yes," said BalTY, "but I did not bother, " and he walkedaway, hi s rep utation of courage st ill in tact. Now h e is older,Barry wonders why he was fri ghten eel, bu t he always g ives th eexcuse, "I was only th ir teen, you kn ow." 'slARION HALL, Ph.

This year is an even tful one in the stam p-collec ti ng worldbecau se it is 1I0W that th e ne w George VI sta mpsare beginning tocirculate.

Most people are acq uain ted wit h the design of the Colo nia lCoronation issue. These were of va rio us colours, with the pi ctureof the King and Queen separa ted by th e sceptre and the ivory.with th e dove surmo un ted b y a crown . The name of th e issuingcolony was inscri bed at the bottom of the sta m p. Since th enmany of the Colo nies and Domi nions have issu ed th eir r egularGeorge VI stam ps.

India has a very inter esting set of stam ps, re cently issu ed .These sho w t he variou s methods of tra ns port used in India forcarrying the mail. The aero plane, the rail way tra in , the bullockwagon, t he came l, t he elephant and t he native runners ar lo) allillustrated . III addition to this , Lndia ha s t he ordinary stam pswith tb e head of George VI replaciu g that of George V. Cey lo nha s a ve ry fine pi ctu re of Colo mbo Harbour and a tea-plantati on.also it ri ver SCEn e.

Mal ta has issued a set of in terest ing pictorials which sh owvar io us local landmar-ks, including, a ll t ile H d. red, a Neo li th icHyp ogeum, wh ich see ms to be the Maltese cCFlivalent of Stone ­h enge, Gibral tar used to ha ve a pi cture of the Rock with a f ewalmost pre-hi stori c battleships at anc hor ill the St raits, Nowthere are several m uc h m or e handsome vi ews of the Hock, in clud­ing one (o n t he 2 (]') taken from the Nor th side. ana anothe r

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(on the a cl.) of Europa P oint with the Rock behind it. Thep ictures a re sur m ou nted by the head of George VI an d theGibraltar coat -of-arms. T he stamps are m ade, as ar e nearl yall the modern stamps, by tbe photogra vu re process,

Australia has a good picture of Qu een E lizabeth, but theportrait of the King on the 2<1. red is very ordinary. Gre nadahas a very str iki ng n ew stamp. It consists of a portrait of theKing (which, hy the way, is sai d to be the finest portrait of hi m onany stamp yet) in a circle wi th the word Grenada prin ted round it.The val ue is at t he bot t om, T he stam p is ve ry simple but very­handsom e,

T o leave the British Empire, Ru ssia has just issu ed a ver ystrik ing set of pictor ials, which give h er fighting forces muchpublicity. There is an infan tryman with a host of bi g guns andtanks behind him , a sailor with fixed bayon et, a very smart air manwi th a fold ed parachute, a cavalry r evi ew , and a machin e-g-un crewin act ion . Soviet Ru ssian stam p-des ig ners have a spec ial mannerw h ich imparts a great deal of life a nd action to their stamps.Wh en Ru ssia issued a stamp last year to com me m orate an agr ic ul­tura l ex h ibit ion, in stead of boostin g the U.S S.R. 's ag r ic ulturalpowers it gave a goo d advertise ment to H eny FOI"d of " Till Lizzie "fame, because the massive tractor sh own haulin g a large pl oughac ross the stamp was a ll A merican F ord son !

Sports stamps are interesting. Pana ma has just printed abeautiful se t of these , commemorating the recent, American andCaribbean Olympic Games. They inclu de netball, baseball,swimming, boxing and football. Ge r many, R uss ia, I ta ly, B ul ­ga ria, Cuba, H ungary, and the U.S .A. have all issued sportsstamps at one time and another. Other k inds of sport illustrateda re rowing , hurdling, tennis, steeple-chasing, cyc ling and fencing

A 1110n th or so ago France issued a stamp for w h ich one franc'was charged, 35 centimes of this go ing to II fund in aid of thedependents of those seamen who were drowned with the famousexplore r Jean Charcot , whose portrait adorns the stamp. T heywere shipwrecked wh ile explori ng the Antarctic Ocean i n a tinyship ca lled the " P ourqu oi Pas."

Sweden celebrated the tercentenary of the founding of aSwed ish colony in No rt h America by issu ing a set of sta m ps inApril of this year . The colony was u nfor tunat ely captu re d by th eD utch some yea rs after i t was fou nded . Th e stamps hear apo rt rait (If Queen Ch rist ina, and pictures of th e Swedish flagbeing rai sed an d of a Swedish ch urch at Wilming ton , U .S .A..which is st ill s tanding.

Any of th ese new issues may become val uable, and all of themare i n tere~t i ng and will go 11 long way towards beau tify in g youralbum. .T. W. BLE N OOW E , IVs .