THE BRIGGENSIAN

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Yo!. 10. No. 1. Spring Term 1923.

Price Sixpence.

(;ON'l'ENTS t-

Sheffield House Notes.Yarborough House Notes.The Civilisation of Ancient

Egypt.School Competitions.I ntelligence Tests.Examination Results.

Old Boys' Notes.Some Notes on the History

of the School.Speech Day.The Reference Library.Boarders' Notes.The Rockets of 1923.Nelthorpe House Notes.

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OLD BOYS' NOTES.

J. R. Baker of Sheffield University called at the School.We congratulate him on passing his Third Medical. Hehas only the Final before him now.

We hear that Heber Clark has sailed for Canada to learnfarming with a view to settling there.

G. King has begun work in an Auctioneer's Office, andJ. K. Bridgewater, we understand, has begun his appren-ticeship to journalism.

W. Alexander is studying law.\\ie congratulate B. Kettle on passing the Biology section

of his First Medical.G. S. Burgess has gone into a Bank at Grimsby.F. Stott and Anthony Jeffrey have been awarded their

Football Colours at St. John's College, York.

SOME NOTES ON THE HISTORY OFTHE SCHOOL.

From an indenture, dated gth March, 1680, appoin.tingthe first usher, William Barrett of Barton, "Philomath", itappears that the School House and Dwelling House werethen approaching completion, and that the first Governorswere Richard Bottison, Esquire, who by this date wasdeceased, of St. Andrews, Holborn, Vincent Amcotts ofAmcotts, Esquire, and George Evelyn, Esquire, of Hunter-combe in Buckinghamshire.

From another Indenture, dated 1618, it appears thatEdward Nelthorpe of Glanford Brigg, gentleman, boughtthe land on which the school stands from Edward Townsendof Wrawby. Originally, before inclosure, it was part ofthe West Field of Wrawby. The ridges in the playingfield still. bear testimony to this. The lane, now calledGrammar School Road, was then Butt Lane, an interestingreminder of the customs of our ancestors. Three of theenclosures adjoining the property were called Lon'gholmes,Shortholmes and Chapel Close. Robert Tyrwhitt, Esquire,was one of the owners of the surrounding prop~rty. Alongwith the property went certain rights of fishing in theAncholme. Among the witnesses were John Barnard, JohnMarris, John Nicholson and Gilbert Anderson, or so atleast we read them.

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SPEECH DAY.

Several of the 'Governors were present at Speech Day onTuesday 27th March. In the absence of the Chairman ofthe Governors H. Stamp, Esq. presided. The first part ofthe Programme was a series of musical and elocutionaryitems by scholars. Harrison played the piano and sang,. Kirk and Robmson sang a duet, Shaw recited, Bray playedthe piano, Foster recited an original poem that won him aprize in the School Competitions, Tinsley played the violinand Wiles greeted the Governors with a short speech. Afterthe Chairman had replied, the prizes and certificates werepresented by Mrs. Bryant, who made an interesting speech.She threw out a suggestion that the building of a SchoolHall should be considered. Short speeches by Mr. Ecclesand Mr. Kettle and rounds of cheering closed the pro-ceedings.

The Prize List was as follows :-Form Prize Improvement Prize

Va C. Waller A. D. WilesVb T. A. Parker H. EtheringtonIVa J. A. Brown A. R. Binner

. IVb T. Dring G. B. CottamIVc G. A. Robinson E. B. ClarkIlIa S. 8teele H. F. BryantIIIb D. Gilgallon E. LevinsonII F. R. Tollev 1.. J. H. RossI D. E. Riggall H. H. Goude

Art Prizes :-G. M. Burley, ]. StephensonMusic Prizes (presented by Dr. W. E. Rowbottom):-

R. Keating, A. Farrar, W. B. Donner, J. A. Brown,F. Holmes, R. Millman, J. C. Lott, B. A. Fraser,T. A. Parker.

Cambridge Local Prizes :-C. Waller, A. D. Wiles, A. B.,

Adamson, H. Caudwell, J. C. Saxby, H. P. Thomas.

THE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

We are much indebted to F. Allen, Esq. for a gift of oldand valuable books to the Reference Library. They includethe Elizabethan Homilies, 1600 A.D., in black letter type,Calvin's Institutes, 1564, in Latin, Burnet's History of the

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Reformation, first edition, folio, Hooker's EcclesiasticalPolity, in large folio of Charles Irs time, and two con-temporary illustrated Histories of the Napoleonic Wars.

BOARDERS' NOTES.

This has been a rather un eventual term, we have missedthe House Concerts that were such a feature of last term.However, the Rockets made up for it by giving the bestConcert that we remember having heard for some time.

We have had the usual sing-songs, but the Gramophonehas done rather more than its share, owing to the shynessof the human members of the House. These informal con-certs would be much more enjoyable if the boys wouldhelp more.

Several boys are leaving this term, namely Fowler, to bearticled to a Chartered Accountant, Fleming, Burley, J.Butler, F. Butler and N. Butler, Millman and Owen. Wewish them all success.

Games have gone exceptionally well. The House hasnot lost one match, and has gained 46 points out of apossible 4-8. The House has been well represented in boththe School XIs., Lee, \iViles, Durkill, Donaldson. Flemingand Brown having played for the First, and Nowell, Burleyand Fowler for the Second. Fleming has won his SchoolFootball Colours by good work in the field.

THE ROCKETS OF 1923.

The Rockets Concert Party, directed by Nowell andWiles, gave a splendid entertainment Clt half-term," onFriday 2nd March. The other members of the party wereBurlev, Brown, R. A. Brown, Potts, Robinson, Kirk andBlack'shaw, with Mr. Shute at the piano. Skits, Burlesquesand Humorous Items filled most of the programme, but theenthusiastic manner in which the audience received" Keepon Humming" as sung by Blackshaw, Kirk and Robinsonwill have given a hint to those responsible for the nextconcert. The Opening and Closing Choruses were wellarranged and carried out. 'fhe scenes at the Post Officeand Railway Station kept the audience in constant laughterand the solos bv Nowell and Wiles met with their usual

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deserved success. Every member of the party, and theparty as a whole, deserves to be congratulated on a verygood Concert.

NELTHORPE HOUSE NOTE~

At the time of writing we have played two matches thisterm, against the School House and against YarboroughHouse. On the first occasion we lost, the score being 2-1,on the second we were successful, scoring four goals to one.

Several young players have shown great promise thisterm. Nine members of our House have been selected forSchool matches. :

We look forward with confidence to next term, when wemean to make a good show both at Cricket and on theSports Field.

H. MARKHAM.

SHEFFIELD HOUSE NOTES.

Interest this term has centered round the Hous¤: FootballChampionship. We were successful in our first match,defeating the Yarborough House by four goals to one. Ournext match was against the School House, and we weredefeated, by 5 to 1. We were handicapped in this match,for early in the second half Holmes had the misfortune tobreak his wrist, after which unfortunate accident the SchoolHouse added three goals, thus making their victory decisive.Five members of this House have played in the SchoolFirst Eleven, of whom Clark, Dring and King have wbntheir colours. Two other members have played in theSecond Eleven.

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YARBOROUGH HOUSE NOTE~

Our numbers have diminished by seventeen since lastseason, the House now numbering only twenty-eight. Wehave been beaten in every House Match, but have not beendisgraced, considering the small number of players fromwhom we can pick our teams. On the first pitch we havelost to Sheffield by four to one, to Nelthorpe by the samescore, and to the School House by 3-2.

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The Second Eleven has not been able to turn out a fullteam on any occasion, consequently suffering defeats in allma tches.

Although we are by far the smallest House. we are notdownhearted, and hope to gain some points during theCricket and Sports season.

A. WELLS.

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THE CIYILISATION OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

'When we look back into the dawn of history, we canuotfail to wonder at the glory that once was Egypt. Theancient temples and ruins standing far out in the deserts ofNubia and Lybia mutely recall to the traveller those pastages when priests performed their sacred rites in sight ofEgypt's dream river, and when the kings of Egypt, withpomp and splen.dour unknown in our day sallied fOlth tobattle at the head of their glitteriug armies.

One cannot gaze upon the Pyramids of Gizeh, or theSphinx, or the Temple of Amon-Ra at Luxor without mar-velling at the mightiness of such early buildings. It isdoubtful whether engineers could, even in this enlightenedage, raise such mighty structures as the Pyramids. Theaccuracy of their construction is a source of wonder to allexplorers and Egyptologists, the blade of a knife cannot beinserted between the huge-blocks of stone, and the symmetryof their structure overshadows our modern buildings, whilethe accuracy with which the passages and chambers insidethem converge and conform to plan is amazing.

In the Temple of Amon-Ra, the sun god, was said to bea huge statue, raised on a pedestal, while through the solidstone of the roof was cut a tube, so that the rays of therising sun could creep towards the head of the statute, andwhen the sun reached its zen ith, the face of the god wasJighted up, the rest of the Temple being in darkness.

Only a few months ago another ancient city was dis-covered underneath the desert sand. Huge altars and pillarsthat had lain hidden for centuries come to light under thetools of a higher civilisation.

Egyptian inscription and documents excited the curiosityof paleologists for years. About a century ago the key tothem was furnished by the Rosetta Stone, on which i~ an

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inscription in three languages, one of which is hieroglyphicEgyptian, while another is Greek,

It is wonderful to think that a race of people so far ad-vanced in civilisation existed thousands of years ago, andit makes us wonder whether, three thousand years hence,our present civilisation will be as far remote as is the epochof the Ancient Egyptians from our day.

G. BURGESS.

SCHOOL COMPETITIONS.

The number of entries for the Competitions this termwas very satisfactory, and the standard of work, as couldbe readily seen from the exhibits, was higher than usual.Caudwell deserves special praise for his excellent drawingand Foster's poem was fully appreciated when he recitedit on Speech Day.

The complete list of awards was as follows:-

PHOTOGRAPHy.-(a) Landscape.

I Ashton 2 Swain

(b) Portrait.

I Parker 2 Swain

Hon. Mention Donner and Wiles.ART.-(a) Design to illustrate a scene from any book or to

illustrate any Nursery Rhyme.

I Turner aged 13 2 Caudwell aged 17Hon. Mention L. R. Stephenson aged 10,W. A. Downe aged 14, H. Etheringtonaged 15, L. N. Blackshaw aged 13, L. Barkeraged 14, S. G. Sass aged 10.

(b) Design for the cover of a book entitled" Hobbies"

I J. H. Stephenson aged 152 H. A. Clark aged II

(c) Portrait class-'-no award

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(d) Plasticine.

I J. H. Stephenson 2 J. Clark

.WOODWORK MODEL.-Senior.

I Briggs 2 Feirn and Stephenson i

H on. Mention Marris

Junior.

I Stones 2 Mundey JHon.. Mention J. Bell

EXTEMPORE SPEAKING;-

I Jervis 2 G Millman

WHISTLING SOLO.

I J. A. Brown 2 Dickinson

Hon. Mention Cunningham

PIANOFORTE SOLO :-Over 14.

I Harrison i 2 Lee ii

Under 14.

I Bray 2 G. W. Smith

Special. Tinsley

SINGING.-Under 12

I Moore 2 A. E. Bell and J. Cunningham

Under If.

I Kirk 2 Fixter i

Over 14.

I W. R. Harrison 2 Jackson

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RECITATION.-Uunder 12

I Shaw

Under 14

I G. A. Robinson

Over 14

I J. A. Brown

EssAY.-Under 12

1 Piper

Under 14

I Levinson

Over 14

I Long

ORIGINAL POEM.-Under 12

I Bryant

Under 14

I Otter

Over 14

I Foster

MECCANO MODEL.-Under 14

I Scott

Over 14

Briggs

2 Cunningham

2 J. Mundey

2 Whattam

2 Roberts

2 Fowler

2 Marks

2 Chapman

2 Dodd

2 South

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INTELLIGENCE TEST~

Form 5a:-Who is Clementine?Who is her ardent Lover?\\Tho represents a well-known Racehorse?Who is the Form Detective?Who is the biggest Boy in the Form?Whose feet represent ten minutes to two?Who objects to wading through bread-crumbs;Who is always followed by the Subjunctive Mood?\\Tho has kicked a football at least onee this season?

Form 4a:-Who is Lord St. Vincent?Who is like a Motor Cycle Engine?\\Tho lives at Marconi House?

t Who is like a well-known song?

Who ought to be frightened by a dog?Who is Battling Japski?

Form 4b:-Who is the Sleeping Beauty?What is the Lab.'s Telephone Number?Where is the Chamber of Horrors?Who gives speeches on Easter Eggs and Old Hats?Who is the Valiant Knight?Who is limited to five questions a lesson?Who makes French Rhymes as he walks.?Who says that Caustic Soda is a salt?Who is fond of Social Life in the fourteenth century ?

Form Sa:-Who is fond of melted lard?Who takes up .a fighting attitude when addressed?Who is a. fancier of Squeaker Pigeons?Who dredges Panama Hats from the Panama Canal?

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EXAMINATION RESULTS.

Senior Cambridge Local Examination, December 1922.

First Class Honours :-A. B. Adamson, distinguished in

Chemistry.

Secol1d Class Honours :-H. Caudwel1.

Third Class Honours :-J. C. Saxby.

Pass (School Certificates) :-G. H. Fowler, A. H. Towse.

Junior Cambridge;-

Pass :-W. H. M. Alexander, and an old boy, W. A. Wood.

Adamson and Caudwell were excused the whole of the

Cam bridge Previous Examination as well as London

Matriculation. Saxby gained exemption from London

Matriculation, and G. H. Fowler from the Chartered

Accountants Preliminary.

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1. HYMN.

a God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,

Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.

Beneath the shadow of Thy ThroneThy Saints have dwelt secure;

Sufficient is Thine arm alone,And our defence is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame,

From ever lasting Thou art God,To endless years the same.

A thousand ages in Thy sightAre like an evening gone;

Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun.

Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its son:; away;

They fly, forgotten, as a dreamDies at the opening day.

a God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,

Be Thou our guide while life shall Ia,st,And our eternal home.

2. Lesson: The 'Wisdom of Solomon, III, 1-5.

3. The Lord's Prayer.

4. The Roll of Honour.

H. Oglesby.G. H. J. Sowter.P. A. Margetts.H. Rayner.J. R. Salisbury.J. A. Denton.P. B. Symonds.H. Spilman.G. H. Brown.W. H. Bains.F. I. Sowter.R. H. Westoby.J. Neall.

W. S. Bean.F. A. Maltby.F. J. H uskinson.S. Goates.J. B. Sherriff.K. F. Bean.E. S. B. Adair.C. F. Clark.W. H. Kenning.M. H. Campion.R. P. Eminson.W. NainbyD. A. Henderson.

s. THE COMMEMORATION HYMN.(Speciallv written for this Service).

We count not, Lord, our dear' ones lost,For they to Thee were dearer still ;

Our brave, though knowing well the cost,VVere eager honour's post to fill.

Tbou, Jesus, Man Divine, hast taughtThrough Tby example and Thy cross

By sacrifice all good is wrougbtAnd life for self is naught but loss.

Tbe Resurrection and the LifeArt Tbou, in perfect trust, to Thee

We leave our dead, at peace from strife,To serve Thee through eternity.

We praise Thee, Lord, with grateful beart,For their example, true and strong;

We pray for grace to bear a partIn Tby sure triumph over wrong.

6. Dedicatory Prayer.

7. The Unveiling of tbe Memorial

8. Statement of the War Memorial Fund.

g. HYMN OF THE LIVING SAINTS.

(By kind permission of the author of the additional verses,C.]. Mansford, Esq., B.A.)

For all the saints who now have found Thy rest,Their faiths not always in our creeds expressed,And yet whose human lives Thy life confessed,

Alleluia!

For saints who wore no halo in the fray,Who saw no visions gleam upon their way,Yet bore the heat and burden of the day,

Alleluia 1

For saints who sailed the seas and dared the sky,With nerve of steel, cool brain, unflinching eye,Saints loving life, yet unafraid to die,

Alleluia!

For saints of forge, of factory, mine and bench,Saints of the trawler and the muddy trench,Who gave their very blood, hell's fires to quench,

Alleluia!

For all the saints far hidden from the strife,Saints of the home, the ward and healing knife,For mother, lover. comrade, loyal wife,

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Alleluia!

o blest communion, fellowship Divine,We feebly struggle, they in glory shine,Yet allare one in Thee, for all are Thine,

Alleluia!

And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,And hearts are brave again, and afl~ls are strong,

Alleluia!

So as our hearts recount the splendid host,From factory, field, or camp or mine-strewn coast,Sing we, to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

Alleluia!

10. Benediction.~.-------

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