THE r EWI N GTO NIAN .

NEWINGTON COLLEGE, STAN::.\IORE, SYDNEY.

" Mena o r p uerttre." Hor.

----------No. XXX. [SEPTEMBER, 1891.

EDITORIAL.

WE must confess to some natural feeling of disappointment, though not of discouragement, at the result of our last match with the King's School. Our fellows did all that pluck and perseverance could do, but there is no doubt that the better team won. We may, however, claim to have had bad luck in the continuous wet weather for the first three weeks of the half, which reduced our low-lying grouud to the condition of a swamp, n.nd rendered practice impossible. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that our team was not as well drilled in concerted passing as our opponents. But we have no desire to explain away our defeat. What we have to do is to imitate our old antagonists, and persevere in the face of failure till we convert defeat into victory. Pas est et ab hoste doceri. We must nurse our Second, our Third, and even our Fourth Fifteen, if we mean to have a. good First in the future. For this purpose the Honour Caps just offered for the Second will prove a useful stimulus, and other methods might with advantage be employed to foster the interest in football among the younger boys. The Form matches at cricket in previous seasons proved most beneficial in eliciting dormant talent 1\mong boys who had never shown themselves on the pitch before. \Ve believe the Pn.lsers for example came out originally in a Form match. Why should not the same thing be <lone for football 1 We heard of an exciting contest between the

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Upper and Lower First not long ago, and who knows but that some of the doughty little heroes who signalised themselves on that occasion may hereafter become some of the most brilliant players the College has ever had 1 It certainly is the fir:st step in the right direction to begin so young, for it is our old players who have se1·ved their apprenticeship in the 'l'hird and Second teams that are most reliable for thefr experience and knowledge of the game. Whatever else we do, we must not lot football die away too soon because we are out of the rnnning for the trophy. Regular pr:i.ctice should hE> kept up to the f'nd of the Sf'1~llon, and as many matches played :\!; possible. If we cannot win this year there is no reason why we should not do our best for next. Then, when the leather sphere is at last coni;igncd to the cupboard for another six months, and King \Villow reigns supreme, we must devote all our energies to winning success in this depart­ment. We ended last season with an unexpected piece of good fortune ;-why should we not regard it as an augury of success, and gain the position at cricket that we have lost at football 1 But it is no good cherishing idle aspirations. What we need is practice, practice, practice, and without 1·egular and systematic practice it is absurd to expect success. By the way, why do we not have field practices 1 It is an acknowledged fact that more runs may b~ gained by good fielding than good batting, and it is certainly more reliable. However, let us all do whatever we can to maintain the honour of the school, and then though we may be beaten we shall not be disgraced. Above all, let the day-boys take pa.rt in the sports, and not leave it all to the boarders. It is not good to see so many day-boys hurrying homeward at 3.30, instead of staying behind to join in the games. They should remember that they constitute mo1·e than two-thirds of the school, and if they stand aloof we are not likely to be successful. We must all work together as one man, and Newington will soon be what it has been before, and what we all desire to see it again, the Champion School both at football and cricket .

....... SHAKESPEARE'S USE OF IRONY.

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b we examine, in passing, the nature of the effect produced by irony in a tragic story, we shall notice that it adds poignancy to the feeling of pity for the sufferer, a.ncl thu.t it gh•es a 1·elish to the satiMfaction of seeing wrong-doers endure well-merited retribution. In a. word, it makes a tragedy more intensely tragic. But it may also be use<l for a different purpose. Instead of increasing the strain upon the spectator's feelings, it is occasionally employed to relieve the tension when this bas been pro-

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longed. Thus, after the keen agony of suspense respecting Arthur's fate in the drama of "King John," there comes, at the close of the famous dungeon scene between Hubert and the boy prince, an instant feeling of relief when we know that Arthur's life is safe. This feeling is maintained in the following scenes by the mockery of circumstances which John has cel\Sed to control. The king's unroyal self-justification to his nobles and his contemptible subterfuges would ha.ve produced, if Hubert's report of the prince's death had been true, a.n intense emotional strain; but, as the spectator is a.ware of Arthur's safety, his chief feelin)( is a mocking contempt for this royal culprit who suffers the consequences of his nefarious designs, though these have never blossomecl into action.

But the effect of irony in relieving the highly-wrought emotion of the sf.ectator is most aptly illustf'ated in the " Midsummer Night's Dream." 'J he whole of this beautiful pla.y is instinct with irony, in which the dramati~t seems here to revel. Yet its tone is purely sportive, without a. trace of vindictiveness 01· malice. Puck, the eml>odiment of comic irony, is mlldc to say

"Those things do best please me Which befall preposterously;"

and when rebuked by the fairy king for ca.relessne& he acknowledges his mistake, but adcls -

" Ancl so far am I glad it so dicl sort, As this their jangling I esteem a sport."

It is for the graclmLl heightening of the interest. towa.rds the centre of the play that this mockery is introcluced. After the pretty little quarrel aml ieparatiou of the kiug '\ncl queen of foirylancl, Tit<Lnia is lulled"to sleep by her elfin train with olal>orntc incant<itions against iill manner of ima(:inary clangers:

"Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lo\•ely lady nigh. "

The stage directions contain a note of derision at the futility of these precautions "Exeunt fa.iries, Titania sleeps; enter Oberon, and squeezes the llower on Titania's eyelids." The same scene closes with an almotit pathetic instance of the dramatic effect of irony. Poor Hermia, who had closed her eyes while exchanging tender wishes with Lysa.nder, wakes in terror from a painful dream, and appeals for comfort. But ·her lover has deserted her, and her dream only too aptly figures her desolate condition :

"Lysandcr, look how I do quake with fe1u: :Methought a serpent eat my heart a.way, And you sat smiling at his cruel prey. LyHander ! what, removed? Lysander ! lord ! "

But it is in the central scene of the play (iii. 2) that this dramatic artifice finds full scope. Demetrius, under the magic spell, woos in bis coarse style the spirited Hermia, aud we cannot help feeling a satirical satisfa.ction when we see him meeting the same scorn which he had heaped upon fair Helena. As Oberon looks on, and Puck exclaims,

"This is the woman, but not this the man ! " our amusement increasca, a1Hl this feeling is the measure of dramatic irony throughout the scene. Hermia's persistent refusal to believe in Lysa.nder's fickleness, has a clash of irony in it when we hiwe already beard his pal;Sionate Ml~resses to Helena.

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" The sun was not so true unto the da.y As he to me,"

is her noble profession of confidence when she cha.rges Demetrius with his murder.

Disgusted with the grim Demetrius' un~enerous a.nd most nnloverliko style of wooing, Hermie. ma.kes a. fine.I spirited retort, and withdra.ws to seek Lysa.nder. On her return, after a short interva.l, the whole world seems upside down. She finds her tender lover a.ml his coarse rive.I-each of whom, when she saw them la.st, protested his devotion to herself-now vying in passiona.te a.duresses to Helena.. Stranger still, Helena., fa.r from being pleased, is bewildered by the sudden transforma.tion which makes her wooed, instea.d of scorned, by two o.t once, and when Hermia, a.11 unknowing, gently remonstrates with Lysancler, Helena includes a.11 three in an indigua.nt protest age.inst " this confederacy." In burning words she upbra.ids Hermia, recalling their school-girl life to11ether, and accusing her of setting her two lovo1·s " a.s in scorn, to follow her and praise her eyes and fa.ce." Hermia.'s amazement at her friend's passionate woi·ds is increased by Lysa.nder's rough repulse ~ she clings to him, 11ncl only when she is assured that his heart is really estranged does she turn in fierce a.nger upon Helena. :

"0 me ! you juggler ! you canker blossom ! You thief of love! wha.t, have you come by night, And stol'n my love's heart from him?"

The change of tone resulting from Hermia's arrival is ma.rkecl by the exchange of rhymed couplets for blank verse. Helena could hold her own with the two suitors, who quarrelled with one a.nother while tendering her their love, a.nd the subtle purpose of rhyme is here to indicate a compara­tively ea.Im and· collected state of mind; but when "injurious Hermiu." seems to her bewildered fancy to " join with men in scorning her poor friend," her feelings o'erleap the bounds of rhyme, a.nd only bla.nk verse can express her sense of wrong.

\Vhen Hermie. Jets go her holcl of Lysa.nder, who, in spite of the taunts of Demetrius, would employ only his tongue, not his strength, to free himself, he is rea.cly to accept the challenge to morta.l comba.t. Then when the hea.rts of all ha.ve been lacerated by bitter wrong and insult and disappointed love, the two men go forth fiercely "to try whose right is most in Helena.," aud Helena flies from the 1•iolence which her smaller but less gentle rival has more than once attempted. In this scene the threads of plot a.nd passion a.re most closely interwoven, a.ncl we ha.ve the very pattern of a. tra.gedy, whose sombre hues a.re rP.lieved only by the mocking humour tha.t pervades the whole. So intense is the heat of a.ngry and jealous passion tha.t our feelings would glow in sympathetic excitement, were it not tha.t a. cool breath from fa.iryla.nd fans our cheeks, Mu reminds us of the ma.gic that underlies the stre.nge complications of the a.ction. Through a.II the pa.inful qua.rrels of the four bewitched lovers we ca.n hca.r Puck (whose existence they do not even suspect) chuckling to himgelf,

" Lord ! wha.t fools these mortals be ! " It is Puck that gathers in his ma.gic lens the pencils of emotion to a burning focus of pa.ssion, a.nd it is he too that resolves the complication into more tha.n its original simplicity.

A more comic use of this dra.ma.tic device helps throughout the play to enliven the action and to ma.intain a. sportive tone. Irony serves in this wa.y to intensify a. comic effect, and to exa.ggera.te the

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ludicrousness of a dramatic situation. In the second act Lysander and Hermia after a charmingly tentler colloquy fall asleep upon a grassy bank, when Puck, mistaking him for Demetrius, squeezes the magic drops upon his eyes. Soon awakened by Helena, he at once, under the influence of the spell, pours forth violent protestations of love, and disclaims his recent passion for Hermia. In his total unconsciousness of enchantment, his explanation is in the most comic vein of irony :

"Not Hermia, but Helena I love: • 'Vho would not change a raven for a dove? The will of man is by his reason swayed."

In the rehearsal scene, humorous enough from the beginning, the absurdity is heightened by the conceited strut of Bottom re-entering in delightful ignorance of the ass's head set on his shoulders by Puck's enchantment, and becomes even farcical when proud " Titania wakes and straightway loves an ass." This employment of irony for the purpoRc of making comedy more diverting may be illustrated from " ~Jerry Wives of Windsor," when Falstaff pours contemptible epithets on the head of l~ord, little suspecting that" Ml\Stcr Rrook,' to whom he speakH, is Ford himself disguised. In "Twelfth Night" the famous garden scene where ~lalvolio _soliloquises over the fictitious letter is rendered intensely laughable by his gullibility and his unconsciousness of the proximity of his tormentors. Especially rich i~ his criticism of Sir Toby, who meanwhile fnmeM in the background, ejaculating "Bolts and shackles ! " and whom only the fear of spoiling the plot prevents from breaking the steward's hea<l.

In all the lighter dramas that come from Shakespeare's hand we trace the employment of this device of irony. It is idle to im1uire whether this was always a conscious purpose of the great dramatist. There is no doubt that where frony plays an important part in plot development, the mind of the writer must have made deliberate choice of this dramatic artifice ; but probably, in the majority of minor instances where it can be detected, the sure dramatic instinct seized on the appropriate means of bringing out the situation, without referring everything to a theory of the art. It would be rash to assert that perhaps Shake~peare could not have written a theory of the drama, but in these latter days they who would construct a body of dramatic doctrine must do so from his actual plays. 'Vhat the pen of genius writes by unerring instinct, contains laws and principles which the mediocre min<l can discover only by dissection and patient study.

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PREFECTl:i.

I oo verily believe that during my earlier school-days, I regarded the prefects with an amount of awe which I could not even summon up iI I were arraigned before the most tremendous collection of dignitaries that could by any possibility he gathered together. Their very garments were sacred to me, insomuch thn.t I used to hang about the cloak-room and reverentially receive great coats contemptuously flung to me by members of that august body, and deposit them on pegs as if I were performing some holy rite. If I hall been asked at that period of my life to define the exact social position of a prefect, I should certainly have tJla.ced him far above the Lord Chief Justice, and second only to the Premier. I had an cider brother at school who was sufficiently advanced to be on comparatively

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friendly terms with the prefects, and sufficiently oonscious of the yawning gulf which on that account separated him from myself, to impose on me, as a matter of course, the task of carrying home from school nearly every day Liddell and Scott's Lexicon-the larye Lexicon for his special use and benefit in the evening. I have often thought since tha.t he ought to have ca.rriccl his ow11 Lexicon, and that if the time came over again I would not for any cousidera.tion stagger along under that (in the sense of weight) abominable book. But I didn't think so then-I accepted the burden a.s a matter of course. Rut why ? Because he was a friend of the prefects.

I remember one evening at home coming into the room a.t tea-time with a. riha.lcl whistle on my lips 1md a. sense of genera.I defiance in my heart. The whistle stopped as if I had been gagged, and I was seized with a sudden accession of obsequious humility, almost to the point of gro,·elling. I became a.ware that my brother had brought home a prefect, 1md that the said prefect was actually sitting at our table ea.ting bread and marmalade, and drinking tea (rather weak tea too), aud talking quite kindly to my father. I yearned to bring in the blacking brusheti and clean his prcfectorial hoots ; and when he smiled yes smiled-at me I nearly fainted with exultation.

What an odd fceliug is that reverence of a little school-boy for a big one who is at the top of the school.

KF.T.

WISE AND O'l'HJmwrnK

"How sleep th1l brM'e?" asks a poet. This depends largely upon the number of cats in the neighbourhood.

Prom an Election 8peech. "A genuine patriot must at nil times he ready to die for his Cl)untry, even though it should cost him his life." (Thundering applause.)

Hhe: " What '1. wonderful thing is Nt1ture ! How grand ! How comprehensive!" He:" Yaas; even the smt11lest plant or the smallest insect ha;1 got a. Latin name."

Greek is the language for poetry, F1·e11ch for lo\•e, aml Italian for hand-organ melody ; lmt the man with t\ shirt collar that <loesn't fit is the St\me helpless heing in all.

One of those simpletons who bother the attendants in public librariCll i~ sai<l to have actually made the follo\1 ing request : "I don't recollect the title of the hook I want, hut there was a renmrkable passage in the last part which I should remember if I saw it."

Young housewife (consulting with cook about the dinner for •1 pa.rty): "As 11 secoml coun;e we will ha\'e eel... C'ook : " How much ought [ to get, ma\im ?" Young \\ife : "I fancy ten yards will be a.bout sullieient."

An Australian daily paper has in its employ three men named Day. One of them is called :Sun-day, because he is a. clergyman; another being the cashier, is called 1'1\y-da.y ; while the third, being a law reporter, goeR by the name of Juclgmeut-day.

A thief hail stolen five pounds of coOce out of a shop. As he was coming <1.way the proprietor met him at the door, and thinking the man had purchased the coffee, he said to him, in his most winning manner: "l hope you will shortly pay us another visit."

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J\lrs. Jones : "Rridget, I don't understand. You say you paid ten cents. for a glass of soda-water for Master Edward, and yet he tells me he did not have any." P.riclget: •·That's all right mum; I bought it for him, but be was so warm, I thought it might hurt him. so I drank it myself, mum."

The clerk of a country club, who was a school-master, being ea.lied upon to give a toast, produced the following: "Addition to the friends of Old Englu.n<l, subtraction to her wants, multiplication to her blessings, di\'ision among her foes, and rellnction of her debts ancl taxes."

At one of our Bmml schools the master, in a general exercise, wrote the word "dozeon" on the blackhoard, and aski:d the pupils to each write a sentence containing the word. He Wt\S somewhat taken aback to tint! on one of the papers the following unique sentence-" I dozen know my lesson."

Nervous old lady outers a train ; when about to seat herself, discovers a horrid man with a gun in the carriage. " l hope tba.t thing is not loaded." 1''rolicsome Sportsman : " Y cs, ma'am ; it is. However, I will insert this cork in the muzzle. There! Quite safe now." The timid one is satisfied.

Fuller Information not so Desirable. - Little Johnny : "Mamma wants 'you to come to tea to-night." ~Iiss Passee : "That's a nice little fellow ; I shall be deli~hted. Diel your mamma s .. y anything else, clear? " Johnny : "Yes; she &~td she s'posed she might as well have it done with. "

Modern Inventions. - Berliner: "We have now got a splendid machine. At the top yon throw in a hare, and on one ~icle there come$ out a felt hat, a.n<l on the other u. dish of juggc<l h11re ! " Bavarian : "That's nothing. In Mnnich we ha,•e a machine where yon put in the hops at one side, and on the other they pitch ont the drunken fellows." ·

Theodore Hook was at a musical party at which a certain young lady attempted to sing a \'Cry difficult song, which she gave with exaggerated feeling and a great many blunders. "Don't you adore her singing?" asked a gushing ol<l !ally, who sa.t next to him ; " it's so full of soul." "\Yell, m11flam, for my pa.rt, " answernd the wit, "there seems more of the Hounder than the sole about it."

A ten-year-old boy, bound hy r11il from London to Liverpool, l>ecame hungry before eleven o'clock, and hegan to eat the hroiled chicken which his mother had ph1ced in his lunchuo11-box for him. A gentleman who sat beside him WIU! moved to say, " l:'ee here, my son. If you eat much now, you won't luwe any appetite for your dinner." To which the little fellow 8lowly replied, "\\'ell, if 1 hM·cn't any appetite I shan't want a.ny dinner." The friendly tr:wcller had no more to say.

BAi:lACIANCA.

Tu~: hoy stood on the form erect, His comrades sat below,

He sto0<l for wl1n t of that respect Which school-hoy~ ought to show.

Yet beautiful 1111d bright up there, He gloried in his place,

And smiled as who should sa~, "Don't care; It often is the case ! "

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The work went on, he could not go Without his master's word;

His master at his desk below \Vrote on, he stood unheard.

And now he spoke with growing rage, "Please, sir, may I sit down ! "

But still wrote on the unmoved sage, Or faintly seemed to frown.

"Please, sir," just once again he cried, " I 'm sure since here I've stood,

That though I have been sorely tried, I have been very good."

Hut scarcely could the sage reply, If to reply he meant,

Before some dust to every eye Peculiar charms had lent.

'Twas not one speck of dust so much, That did those charms impart,

But many millions of such That made ea.eh 7mpil smart.

\Yith broom and pan am! duster clean The housemairls theu appeared ,

And nought but dust was to be seen, For all the boys ha<l cle<~red.

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A BIT OF PROSE AND WORSE.

]~ssms SHOTT fought a duel with Captain Nott. The cu;l~t:nin fell hefore he fired. Thus it appears that Shott shot, an<I yet shot Nott. How coulcl a man do an act and yet do it uot ! Agi~in, as Nott was shot, and Shott not, it would seem that each man lost his i<leutity, or as the Irish son!( says, "Both became one another. " Further, it appears tlmt hoth killed the ~ame man, i.e., that Shott shot Nott, arnl yet that Nott shot not. It may be expresse<l more fully thus :- As the shot Shott shot shot Nott, theu Nott was shot; and as the shot Nott shot not shot not Shott, then though Nott was shot, Shott wu.s uot.

The Laureate has favoured u~ with the following elegant stu.nzn :­John Shott fought a dud with Captain Nott. Nott fell before he coui<l fire u. shot, So Nott was shot, and Shott was not; Aud Shott shot Nott, while Nott Rhot not. If the shot Shott shot had uot shot Nott, And the shot Nott shot not, had shot Shott, Then Shott would have been shot, not Nott, And Nott not shot had Nott shot Shott. When by his bullet did shot lay Nott, He ran away though Nott lay Shott.

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FATHER TIME.

IT is a. trite roma.rk tha.t the character of a. nation is often learnt from its proverbial sa.yings. These are the outcome of the common sense of the people, and represent the ordinary course of thou~ht and pl:i.y of feeling that go to make up the national character. The hnglish character seems clearly shown in such every-day expressions as " Make hay while the sun shines," and ''All is not gold that glitters," where we observe the prudence and caution of a. commercial nation. Other examples of the same chiLra.c­teristics a.re to be seen iu the proverbs, "A stitch in time saves nine," and "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Bu~ another and perhaps more entertaining use may be made of these sentences and phrases, which we use day by clay without so much as drea.miug that we a.re speaking in par~bles. It seems at first sight possible to construct a complete portrait of a certain individual who occurs very frequently in our national proverbs. If we a.sk for a description of his personal appearance, we a.re told that he is an oltl man, rather above the medium height, ei.ceptiona.lly lean, and rather hungry-lookinK. His head presents the extraordinary appearance of partial baldness, relieved by a single tuft of grizzly hair attached to the upper pa.rt of his forehead. From the scythe that he carries iu one hand one would judge that he is a gaunt specimen of a reaper, on starvation allowance; but the hour-glass in his other hand suggests that his occupation must be that of a cook engaged in bringing the produce of the hen-loft into an edible co1Hlition. But we arc told that this is "Fathe1· Time, " though there is no mention of any family. Yet old and friendless as he appears to be, no business in church or state, in school or in the world, can be accom­plished if Time be wa.uting. It seems a consequence of this· that he is always in a hurry. "Time and tide," we n.re told, "wait for no man," 1md discourteous as this seems we feel bound to say there is plenty of excuse for this mysterious couple. But it is ciuite as probable that this unseemly haste is due to a more unworthy motive. The man who wishes to get through a. large a.mount of business is a.d visecl to " ta.kc Time by the forelock ; " and are we not at liberty to conjecture that the old man wishes to save his last remaining curl! 'Ye sha.ll he justified in assigning bad motives to this venerable man, if\\ e can produce evidence of bad character or at least of a sn llicd reputation. For one thing, he is the greatest chatterhox a.ud babbler of secrets. No matter of what importance it may he to keep some particular secret, it is always a consolation to remember that "Time will tell. " And further, au indidclnal who is constantly spoken of in I\ matter-of-fact way as " Mean Time " surely cannot fay claim to being credited with high and noble motives. On the other hand his friends and champions point to his large retinue of servants, atul assert that there a.re more "time-servers'' in the world than there are subjects of any ei>.rthly sovercigu. They tell you that his position is that of a. medical r.ractitioner, for it is commonly admitted that "Time is a. great healer. " They claim for him our sympathy, because he has been the object of many attempts at assassination. How many thousands have deliberately set themseh•es to "kill time," while the armies of the civilised world are traine<I to disfigure him by "marking time." To this, one reply seems $Ufficient. It is evi1\e11tly owing to the bad character of this depraved old man that he has been so often attacked, and it is probably due to the extraordinary persistency with which ''time flies" that he has escaped so long. His most stranlle characteristic is that his presence is necessary to the production of music, hut, so little is this to his credit, he has actually to be kept during the performance. He is as usual cager to be on the wing,

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and (it is humiliating but necessary to add) has frequently to he beaten to ensure his being kept. But again, we can see in what light estimation he is held by the public in the fact that be is continually !icing wasted, and this seems to explain his hollow-eyed, emaciated, and generally wasted appearance. He bas few ec1uals in point of speed : there are many persons who are usually "behind time." To sum up the results of our investigation, we have fouud Father Time to be an undignified, dissolute ol<I man, of restleRs habits, hut combining the most meagre muscular de\•elopment with the greatest pedestrian velocity. He seems to exhibit the talka.ti,•e pro­pensities of a pedlar with the unh-ersal pretensions of a <1uu.ck doctor. And finally, whene\•er his presence or assistance is needed for any useful or necessary work, he must be seized and force•l to stay, even if ch!U!tisement he necessary to effect this. Alas for Father Time ! His character is gone !

- -+- --ACADEMIC.

THE following were the first three boys in each form at Midwinter:­VI.-E. C. Hall. V1.-l, T. Hunt; 2, R. Dey; 3, C. Curlewis. V2.- l, A. Curtis; 2, W. Shortla.nd; 3, G. Read. IV.-1, H. Busby ; 2, Buzacott; 3, \V. Beaver. UPPER MoDERK- 1, F. Middleton; 2, A. Turner; 3, P. E.

Thompson. IIl.-1, R. Robson, G. Greenwell, and E. Roseby; 4, W. White. LoWER Mom:Ris-1, H. Hammond; 2, \Vo.rd; 3, 8pence. 1!1.~l, H. 0. Busby; 2, A. J. Harris; 3, W. Street. II2.- l, C. Cunningha.m; 2, D. Dey; 3, F. Middleton. Ii.-1, Rutherford; 2, H. Cunningham; 3 Dunk. fa-I, H. R. Harris; 2, F. Kidd; 3, W. Caldwell.

The following are the uew boys this quarter, with the forms in which they a.re placed :-

V i.- C. Gommesen (re-entered. ) v~.-c. F. Neal. III. A. Kolynack. LOWER MoDERN-K W. Hicks, F. (;rattu.n, A. Baird. R. Railey. I12.- P. L. Gowing, S. Stinson. I1.-D. Wilson, H. Sweet, G. Campbell, A. Campbell, H.

Andreas, L. Bowman, G. R. Gulley. 12.-H. R. Gardiner, H. Mellor, J. Albon, S. Bowman.

We are glad also to welcome S. Doust back after his long and eerious illness.

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THE CADET CORP8.

~HOOTt'>O at Flemington has been resumed, and the Ritles have settled down to stell.dy practice at the Butts. Our prospects of having a good team arc decidedly lookiug up. Ou Thursday last the Carbines journeyed to Flemington, and, although it is such a long time since they had any practice, yet several respectable scores were made. In future the Rifles

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will ~o down on Tuesday afternoons with the Carbines, so as to get addit10nal practice. It is also very desirable that the Band should be kept up, and it is hoped that more of the junior boys will join in the course of a week or two. If we have to march out at any time, it is much more pleasant to march to the sound of martial music than without ; and, although the "shriek of the discordant fife" will be heard in the day-room for some time, yet, with a little practice, one soon gets towards perfection. (Ask onr cornet players about that.)

The Uovernment Inspector of Arms has been hovering about lately, and may come at any time; so that it is advisable for shooters to keep their L"ifles in good order. In our next number perhaps we shall have a full account of the camp, and we shall possibly have been nuder "blank " fire. Nothing has been settled yet about the eucampment. Our whole energies must be directed for a time to practise for the Shield, and let us see if we can keep the coveted trophy for another year. The new range at Ra.ndwick has been opened, and doubtless, in a short time, the team will commence work there.

THJ<J MUSICAL SOCIETY.

Tm; Musical 8ocicty gave their Seventh Concert, ou the 14th August, in the Petersham Town Hall, and, from a musical point of view, it proved a decided success. A programme of ten numbers was presented, which were highly appreciated by the audience. The first item was a piano duet, "Les Huguenots, " beautifully played by Miss Kelynack and Miss Grace Kelyuack. Mr. R. Garra.cl then followed with a song, "Taken l>y Storm," giving, in response to au encore. "They all love Jack. " The next number was a part song, "The Blue Bells of Scotland," by the Members of the Society, which was very well rendered. Mr. Burness followed with "The Star of Bethlehem," one of the gems of the eveuing, and, for an encore, he sang a quaint little ballncl, "For I'd nothing else to do." Miss Goulding was a great success with " Siug, Sweet Bird." The next number was a violin solo, "Air Varie, Op. 22" ( Vieuxtemp~). splendidly played by Karl (;oergs, assisted by Herr Kretchmann at the piano. This most difficult piece was vigorously applauded. Mr. "'- Horspool, who, by the way, is a brother of the composer Piccolomini, sang "Ora pro nobis" in excellent style. The next uumber was a trio, ":llemory," by Miss Goulding, Miss C. Goulding, and :llr. C. A. Flint. The first part was concluded by the Society singing the part song, "The Bells," which wa.s greatly admired. After a brief interval, Miss Grace Kelynack again delighted the audience by a piano solo, giving Vogrich's "Staccato Caprice," and Pape's "Auld Lang Syoe." Then followed a quartette, "The Homeward \Vatch," rendercc. in a ma.\/erly style by Messrs. Flint, Brennand, Robin, and Crampton. Mr. Burness then sang" Mona," the Society following with a Jacobite song, " Wha'll be King but Charlie?" Miss C. Goulding then sang "Remember me uo more " in a very pleasing way. Mr. Cmmptou scored the hit of the eveniug with the humorous song, "The Fatherland," which brought clown the house. Being recalled he sang another, " \\' here Nature ends." The duet, "Over Hill, Over Dale," by the Misses Goulding, and "The Men of Harlech," by the Society, brought the pro~amme to an end. On the whole, a great improvement has been made smce our last concert, especially in the part singing. Miss Grace Kelynack again performed the arduous duties of 11.ccompanist, and Mr. Flint those of conduc:tot". H.B.

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FOOTBALL.

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NEWHWTO:;" COLLEGE V. TUI> JUNG'S SCHOOL.

THE first match of the season for the Schools' Shield took place on \Vednesda.y, June 3rd, on the Ashfield ground, between the King's ~chP<>l and Newington College, a.nd t• very exciting ga.me resulted in a win for King's School by three points to 11il. S. Rowman kicked off for the School, and the play remained about half-way for some time, till Panton took the ball into Newiugtou territory, where Shiels stoppeil him. Rla.ckwell made a. kick at goal, but the h"ll went outside the posts. The Newington forwards now put in some gooc.l work, and took the ball into neutral territory, when K Bowman ran it back a.!Jain, and, after charging Turner, was well stopped by Murchison. Scrimmages followed in the Newington 25, till Turner relie,,ed by a neat run and punt, which went out of touch at half-way. Some good passing between Manchee, Orme, !\Del Blackwell brought the play close to Newington line, but the forwards, led by H. Turner, relieved the pressure. A free to the School brought the first half to a. close. Turner kicked off, and Pa.nton, getting the ball, ra.n well down the left wing, when Ti<lswcll relieved by a good kick, which was returned by Manchce. A.. Turner, taking the l»~ll neatly, made a splendid run up the field, but, unfortunately, went out of touch after he h"d passed their back. The King's Hchool forwards soon worked the ball back again, and Panton, pickiug up, made a good run (lown the left wing, and got in a.t the corner. The kick at goal failed. A good run by Litchfield was stopped by Gardiner, who punted into touch. Soon a.fter which time was called.

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NEWINGTON COLLEGt: V. SYDNRY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

As some of our team had to leave on Tuesday night to catch their steamers, the Grammar School kindly consented to play this match ou the Tuesday afternoon instead of Wednesday. The :School kicked off at 3.15, and the Newington forwards , working well together, soon had their line in danger. Harris relieved by a punt, which was returned by Shiels. From a scrimmage on the School-line, Tout picked up and dashed over, scoring the first points for Newington. The try at goal was a fa.ilure. The ball being kicked out, the play for some time was confined to the centre of the ground, but the College forwards gradually worked it back, and H. Cowlishaw, making a stron~ nm, scored second try for Newington. H. Turner kicked the goal. 1'he :School now rallied, and Newton and Bennetts, getting away with the ball, looked like scoring, hut Tasker, hy some good tackling, relieved the pressure, and A. Turner, taking the ball, ma.de a good run, but was well stopped by Newton. The School forwa.rrls, headed by Bennetts, put in some good work, and relieved. Farquhar made a good run along the boundary till he was stopped by Shiels. Half­time wa.s then ea.lied. In the second half, the College at once put their opponents on the defensive-Litchtield, Tout, a.nd Turner being prominent. Turner rll.n well up the field, and Litchfield, taking the pass, finished a. gOQd run by scoring third try for Newington. No goal resulted. The School were now entirely on the defensive, when a good punt by Farquhar relieved the pressure, till i\Iurchison, getting possession of the ball about half-way, ran well, and scmecl fourth try for Newington. Shol'tly after this time was co.llecl .

.NEWlN\lTON COLL~~G•: ,._ KINO's SCHOOL (R•jTUR:;.)

Teams from the above schools met fo,. the second time thi's season at Ashfield, on Wednesday, 12th August. Many old boys of both schools were present. Turner kicked off, and the play for some time was very open and even. The King's School then made '~ great l'llsh, and some good ~assing between Murray, Osborne, and Old, resulted in a try for the School. No goal resulted. After the kick-off, the College forwards took the ball into the :School territory, and kept it there, Litchfield, Tout, and Turner being conspicuous. From this up to half-time the pl"y was very even, Manchee and Blackwell showing well for the School, and Tout, A. Turner, and Murchison for the College. Ends were changed, anti hotb teams worked their hardest. The School forwarclR took the ball into the College 25, and Shiels returned l>y a good puut !lloug the touch line. \Varden was very useful in stopping several rushes of King's furwards, ancl his quick returns. Frnm a scrimmage in front of the College goal Bh\ck well picked up, and, making a good, dodgy run, touched down close to the posts. Manchee kicked the goal. Shiels, intercepting a pass, made a good run down the boundary ; but was well stopped b.v Ireland. Shortly after which Shiels retired, his ankle being sprniued. His loss was felt immediately. No further scores were a.dclecl, t•ncl the game resulted in a win for King's School by 8 points to nil.

NEWINGTON COLLEGf: V. SYDNEY ORAM MAR SCHOOL (RETUR;-..)

We met the Sydney Urammar School on the Unh•ersity ground on August, the 19th, and succeeded in defeating them rather easily by 23 points to 3. Uelohery won the toss from Tout, and took ad­vantage of the sun and a very strong wind. Turner kicked off, and the School forwards, mulling the return, were smotherecl by our forwards, who playecl a splendid game throughout the match. ]from a

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scrimmage Litchfield picked up and made a neat run, passing out to H. Turner when tackled, who nearly crossed the line. Scrums were now the order of the day, in which our forwards ha.cl the advantage, H. Turner being always conspicuous by his splenclicl play. :\lurchison pa~~ecl out to A. Turner, wh<> miMle a fine run till brought down by Harris; but Busby was there to take the pass, and we scored our first points. No goal resulted, though the kick was a good one. After the kick .out, Litchfield, Beaumont, and \\'a.rden, by some good passing, took thu ba.ll <>n to the School line, where \Va11leu, owing to the wind, missed the 1-. arnl lost the try. The Oramma.rs now rallied, and Newton, running roun•l our backs, scorer!. The kick, an easy one, failed. After the kick our forw:mh1 ij0011 lm<l the ~chool in difficulties, and Litchfiel<l, hy a goocl feinting run, Hcorecl second try for us. No further score w1~s ohta.ine<l thi~ half. ]luring the second lmlf we had the wind in our favour, anil the ball was kept in the :-lchool'~ 2;3 the greater pa.rt of the time. Tout, by 11 good feinting run, scored t\gain for us. Turnet· kicke•l the got\!. After the kick out, our forwards got on 11 rush, ancl caused the <lran11nars to force. Tout took a mark from the kick out, ancl placecl 11t O\'er ho.If way for H. Turner, who kicked a splendid goal. The Orammars now rallied, and took the ball into our 2<1, but H. Turner, at the head of his forwur<ls, soon htul it hack over the (1mmmar line, where Busby touched <lown. No got\! resulted. :-ihortly after Tout again scored near the hounclo.ry, from which Turner kicked a splendid goal. Time was then called. Ho.rl'is, Jenkins, aml Newton played well for the Grammar School, especitilly HarriH, who tackled very well.

'\t:Wl'°'C:TO'\ ('ClLLEC:E (2'\D Flt"TEE'\) \. l'lll'°'(•f: ALllFRT'I.

This ma.t~b was played on our ground, on lst August, t\nd, after a 'ery evenly.contested game, Newiugton won hy 8 points to li. The Alberts kicked off, and following up well, kept the ball in the Xewington 2.>, and scornd first try. No goal was kicked. Newington forwar<ls, working well, rau the b11ll down the ground, and, although ~m·eml good attempts at 8coring were made, the defence was too strong. The Alhcrts now rallied, and, mllking t\ rush, Fosler crossed the line, llud scornd theit· secon<l t1·y. The kick was 11 failure. After half-time the College tct\m worked well together, a.ml taking the ball into the Alberts' 2;), soon erosse<l the line. Angus kicked a splendid goal. ::loon after, the College forwar<la, by some goo<l pll.Ssing, crossed the line again, and scored second try for Newington. No goal was kicked. Until time was called the play was confined to the centre of the ground. lt is impossible to individualise, as the play was uniformly good.

'iE\\IMITOS C'OLLF.<a: (qECOXD xv.) v. (IR,\MMAR 'iCl!OO!, (SECOND X\',)

This match was played at Newington on Wednesday, 19th August. Newington l:icked off, and kept the full in the Oramma.r School 25 for nearly all the first half of the game. Four touches were obtained by Thompson, FrB!!er, Edwards, and Angus, from which two goals were kicked; the score u.t b11lf.time being Newiugtou Hl, Grammar School nil. In the second half the Urammar School hMl the better of the game, heing aided by a strong wine!. They scored 11 points to our 11i/. The game thus resulted in a win for Xewington by 16 to 11. Newington ph\ye<f together well, anti passed splendidly. For X ewington, Tuslrnr, Bucht\nan, and Hwyny ph\ye1l well, while all the Grammt\r School tdecl har<l to avert defeat,

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NEWTl!!lTO~ I\". V. C.E.(l.S. ~ORTH SHORE U.

Played 011 the ground of the latter, ou Wednesday, l9th August, one of our red letter da.ys this year. After the kick-off the game proved very exciting, a.s the Grammar tlchool boys, though smaller and lighter than their opponents, played up splendidly to the end. For Newingtou, C. a.nd A. Cunningham, Brickwood, an<l Vandenberg showed excellent form in runnin)! and passing, while Vm1denberg also kicked two goals from touches; Newington winning by 16 points to nil. ---

OCCASIONAL NOTE8.

'l'IIERt: has been only one change among the Masters this half. .Mr. l'1T~·1KLDleftus at Midwinter, his Form being now taken by Mr. BocnA?>A~. Mr. VAUGHAN has Mr. Bucl!ANA:-1'8 old Form, the Upper Second, while the Lower Second is in charge of Mr. F. W. CRA\IPTON, B.A., of Jesus College, Oxford. Mr. CRAMPTON, we are glad to see, plays football, and is musical, as evidenced by his successful d!but at our last concert.

• 'l'he new Prefects are N. Bt:AUMONT for the Boarders, iind J. F. ORR for the Day·boys.

N. BKAUMONT has also been chosen to fill the vac;\ncy on the Ga.me Committee caused hy the departure of R. FOWLER.

We congratulate E. C. ~IATTHEWS on passing the Law Matricufation, though we are therehy deprived of a staunch forward and clever scholar.

'l'he improvements to the grounds are progressing, in apite of the unfavourable weather. The drainage is completed, and the new terrace, which takes the pluce of the rough and unsightly slopes of yore, is assuming a level and verdant appearance from the sods with which it is turfed. 'l'he asphalt tennis court is gladdening the hearts of ,·otarics of that pastime, and making them long for the time when they can sample it. No doubt wti shall see a revival of tennis tha.t will produce a team worthy of com­peting with other schools.

Newington was very well represented at the University i'lports, held on the Association Ground, 22nd .fuly. No fewer th,\n five firsts, two seconds, and two thinls were gained by Old Newingtonians. The results are as follows :-

100 yds. Championship-D. S. Edwards, I. Time, 10 3-5 sees. 220 yds. Colleges' Championship-D. S. Edwards, 1. Time. 24 sees.

Won with greatest ease. Place· kick Football-J. E. Moulton, l; P. B. Colquhoun, 2. Moul-

ton had ouly six inches to spa.re. 120 yds. Hurdles- J . E. Moulton (owes 13 ycls.), 2. 75 yds. Ha.ndicap- D. :-l. Edwards (scratch), :1 Time, i !l-10 sees. 150 yds. Handicap- A. S. Valla.ck (5~ yds.), I : D. S. Edwards

(scratch), 3. Time, 15 3·5 sees. 220 yds. Handicap- P. B. Colqnhoun ( I 0 ycls. ), I. Ti me, 2.1 1-5 sees.

MooLTON has been playin~ splendidly in the University A football team all through the senson. Many look upon him as the best man in the team. He has beeu selected to form one of the New So11th \V!iles tealT\ against queensland,

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In the University notes of last issue the name of J. GKOIWE (0. N.) was omitted from the pass list of the First Year in Arts.

In the Intercolonial Sports' 11eeting held by the Sydney Harriers' A.A.C. , 17th August, D. S. EDWARDS (0.N.) won the first prize in the 120 yds. Harrier Team Race against the leading sprinters of this colony and Victoria, doing the clistance from scratch in the phenomenal time of 12 2·5 sees.

In the intercolonial football match between New ~outh Wales and Queensland, l7th August, at Brisbane, J. E. Moulton (O.N.) kicked a splendid goal from a mark obtained by N.S. W., and subsequently kicked 1.mother' goal from a try scored by Wickham, these being the only goals obtainetl by N.S. W., the match ending in a draw.

We ought to do well in the '3enior with representatives like HAJ.L, LANE, Hu:;T, ORR, KELYNACK, and CORNER.

We have 32 candidates entered for the Public Examinations, about the same number as last year.

The names of the morlern poets referred to in the parody, "The Poets at Tea," contained in our last two numbers, are as follows :· -( 1) Macaulay; (2) Tennyson; (3) Swinburne; (4) Cowper; (5) Brow11ing; (6) Wordsworth; (7) Poe; (8) Rosetti; (9) Burns; (10) Walt. Whitmau.

ln the account of the match between New South Wales and the Qucensaml 18, the Herald remarks: "A large number of the Southern forwards having developed into sprinters, )Joulton and Wickham are now sorely ne~lecterl. E,·ery run they had to make for themselves hy first clearing a.way from the ruck. There were none of those clean pa.•ses as seen in Sydney, but if there had been, )foulton could have gone right through c,·ery·time."

The Honour Caps for the lst XY. have bec11 awarcle<l to A. \\'. TllRl\t:R, H. TrRl\EH, a.ncl N. BRAUllOl\T. F. Tm:;T and 0. LtTCllFil'.Ln lmve the date of the present sea.son a.clded to the (.;a.ps they won last year.

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