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Stewards' Visit To The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
PRIZES PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . First Class . —Scripture , ist , R . W . Keddell ; 2 nd , F . Godfrey . Latin , ist , R . Warner ; 2 nd , A . Salter . French and German , ist , E . Hair ; 2 nd , A . Salter . English , 1 st , E . G . Taylor . Mathematics , ist , T . E . Hall ; 2 nd , W . G . Barnett . General Improvement , ist , W . J . Bartley ; 2 nd , G . Mey . Second Class . —Latin , A . J . Laslett . French and German , R . P . Deeley . English , P . A . Gedr / e . Mathematics , W . H . Hothersall .
Third Class . —Latin , H . R . Hounslsw . French and German , H . A . Kennedy English , A . Haworth . Mathematics , J . C . Potts . Fourth Class . —Latin , G . B . Brooks . French , A . G . Aspden . English , J . Langdon Mathematics , F . R . Thomas . Fifth Class . —Latin , F . W . Cairney and R . F . Reynolds . French , E . Lucas . Eng i ; sh , S . D . Carey . Mathematics , W . T . Pike . Sixth Class . —General Proficiency , G . Jones and W . J , Williams .
Seventh Class . —General Proficiency , C . P . O Doherty , C . J . Sanderson , J . P . Templcman . When these prizes had been disposed of two part-songs were sung by the choir , viz ., "Over the hills we go" ( Little ) and "You stole my love" ( Macfarren ) , which appeared to give great satisfaction to all present . This was followed by the performance of a farce entitled "Tweedleton ' s Tail-coat , " from the pen of Thos . J . Williams , the characters of which were represented by the boys as follows :
Tobv Twecdleton ( A Poor Relation ) ... F . F . Godfrey . Blac ' kberry Thistletop ( A Farmer ' s Son ) ] . ; . Hair . Mr . Barnaby Braccbutton ( A Retired Hosier ) H . R , Watkins . Mr . Pantechnicon Pantile ( Inventor of a Patent Screw Warming Pan ) ... R . W . Keddell . Evelina ( Bracebutton ' s Daughter ) H . B . Searle . Kitty Spruce ( A Maid of All-Work ) C . King . In which a considerable amount of humour was exhibited by the various actors . Then
followed a little more music , the choir singing " A Canadian boat song " ( T . Moore ) , and F . Cairney singing Bro . Sir A . Sullivan's " The Chorister , " which , as it requires more power and finish than could be expected from so youthful a performer , was scarcely heard to advantage . The names of the winners of prizes given by the House Committee were announced by Bro . BINCKES , the Secretary of the Institution . Bro . Binckes prefaced his announcement by saying that the House Committee was composed of 12 brethren who were
exceeding good friends to the Institution . Many , he said , imagined that membership of the House Committee was a very lucrative appointment , but he assured them that the advantages of the appointment were to be found not only in the large amount of time , trouble , and work required , but also in the amount of money they were called upon to contribute whenever anything was needed to promote the interests of the Institution , which had no better friends than the members of the House Committee , who amongst their other good deeds gave the prizes indicated in the list : SPECIAL PRIZES ( PRESENTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE . )
Writing , ist , H . Nicholls ; 2 nd , F . Smith . Dictation , ist , A . Salter ; 2 nd , J . Mackay . History , 1 st , E . Hair ; 2 nd , T . Hall . Geography , ist , F . W . Pow ; 2 nd F . F . Godfrey . Mental Arithmetic , ist , A . Salter ; 2 nd , R . Warner . Elocution , ist , F . F . Godfrey ; 2 nd , R . W . Keddell . Good Behaviour , ist , H . J . Percy ; 2 nd , M . Thomas . Efficiency as Monitor , ist , E . G . Taylor ; 2 nd , F . B . Searle . Proficiency in Drill , ist , E . Hair ; 2 nd , F . W . Pow . The Band , ist , H . N . Shrapnel , E . Jones ; 2 nd , A . Stevens , F . Smith .
The v . ef £ , Bto . BINCKK swd , sieve prizes ptesented by the Audit Committee , who were , he would not say entering into competition in that respect with the House Committee , but were closely following in their footsteps . These prizes , which were given this year for the first time , were for music .
PRESENTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE . The Band , ist , R . Riley ; 2 nd , E . Tibbits . Pianoforte , ist , J . Hurst . Then followed the prizes presented by private donors , Dr . Morris announcing the names of the winners of the prizes given by himseif , the remainder being proclaimed by Bro . Binckes , who remarked that from the various stage costumes in which many of the boys came on the dais to receive their rewards it must be manifest to all present that those who were most proficicient in the art of amusing them were not behind hand in receiving instruction .
PRESENTED BY PRIVATE DONORS . By the Rev . Dr . Morris , Vice-President of the Institution . —Attention to Studies , H . King , J . Hogg . Elocution , W . Garstin , H . R . Watkins . By Bro . Edgar Bowyer , Vice-Patron of the Institution . —Book-keeping , H . J .
Percy . By Bro . G . Festa , Vice-President of the Institntion . —Shorthand , E . Tibbits . By Bro . Mauvietti . —Mathematical Drawing , F . Smith . Bv Mr . Sylvester ( Drawing Master ) . —Etching , H . Hamilton , F . Godfrey , A . Gardner . " Freehand , C . Stone . Model , H . J . Percy . Architecture , E . Tibbits . When these prizes had been distributed the choir were again called upon , and contributed two part songs , viz ., Macfarren ' s " Summer song" and " Come , Dorothy , come" ( Swabian Volksli' ed ) .
What may be called the great prizes were then distributed , viz ., the silver medal , the Canonbury gold medal , and the silver watch and chain . Bro . BINCKES said that the
SILVER MEDAL FOR GOOD CONDUCT Was the first prize given by the Institution , and was a prize instituted long before the erection of their present Institution buildings . This year it was to go to Edwin Hair , who would be shortly leaving the Institution , and it gave him ( Bro . Binckes ) great pleasure to think that he would take away with him the Institution's medal for good conduct . In introducing the next prize Bro . BINCKES said he always felt a difficulty in doing this .
THE CANONBURY GOLD MEDAL Was presented by the late Bro . Dr . Edward Cox , who left a sum of money for the giving of this prize , which was to go , b y the election of his fellows , to the boy who was most popular among his mates . It did not however follow that it was the best boy who was the most popular , and hence arose the difficulty he had in speaking of it . This year the medal was awarded to Hugh Robert Watkins , who , however , he , was told was a very food boy . Neither he ( Bro . Binckes ) nor as he believed the House Committee had ever card any complaint about him . He therefore had much pleasure in congratulating
Hugh Robert Watkins in being so exceptionally fortunate as to win this prize . The next prize Bro . BINCKES said was the SILVER WATCH AND CHAIN FOR GENERAL GOOD CONDUCT . Presented by the Supreme Council of the 33 ° , to be given to a boy who was about to leave the Institution . It fell this year to the lot of E . G . Taylor , who was suffering sufficiently from illness to be confined to the infirmary , which prevented his being present to receive this and another prize that he had won . In congratulating him upon obtaining this prize he thought he might accompany those congratulations with the best wishes from all present for his speedy restoration to health .
. Bro . BINCKES said that the next series of prizes resulted from the product of the investment of a large number of donations—amounting to 500 guineas—presented in five consecutive years by Bro . Winn , P . M . 657 , and Vice-Patron , who had always been a munificent friend of the Institution . Bro . Winn ' s health had failed him of late , and they no longer saw him amongst them as they used in by-gone years . The Committee
nad decided that the product of the investment of this 500 guineas , which amounted in round numbers to . £ 23 , should be divided amongst those who had passed the University Local Examinations . He thought that it was greatly to the credit of the boys that they had so thoroughly justified the School authorities in sending them up for examination , c-ighteen boys had been sent for examination , the whole of whom had passed to the satisfaction of the examiners , and twelve of them had passed in honours . The money would be divided as follows :
HONOURS —FIRST CLASS . — £ 2 to each boy . —1 . T . Hall ( distinguished for mathematics ); 2 . A . Salter ; 3 . E . G . W . J . Taylor ( distinguished for Latin ); 4 . R . J . Warner . HONOURS —SECOND CLASS . — £ 1 10 s . to each boy . —5 . W . J . Bartley ; 6 . E . A . Browning ; 7 . F . F . Godfrey ; 8 . E . Hair , g . J . E . Tanare ; 10 . H . R . Watkins . KeddU ° URS ~ TH 1 RD CI ' - t 0 each boy . —11 . G . R . Allison ; 12 . R . W . CERTIFICATES —{ sat isficd the Examiners ) . —10 s . to each boy . —13 . W . G . Barnett ; kt-k . ^"" . "worth ; i . W . P . Cooper ; 16 . R . Riley ; 17 . H . B . Searle ; 18 . F . Smith ( distinguished for Latin ) . lhe choir then sung two part songs , viz ., "Song to Spring" ( Betzer ) and "The
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night chimes " ( C . E . Tinney ) , both well executed , the latter being especially well done , besides being an extrcmly pretty piece of music . Bro . BINCKES said that he must ask the audience to bear with him for a few moments while he made a few necessary remarks before the commencement of the next part of the entertainment , because if he postponed what he had to say he would fail to gain attention at the conclusion of the play . He wanted them all to be good enough to bear in mind that the object or these annual celebrations was to enable the Festival Stewards
practically to see the advantages afforded by the Institution , and to be able to takeaway to their friends a favourable impression of what they had seen . It was by the efforts of the Stewards that the large amounts were gathered together year by year which were necessary to carry on the operations of the School , and he hoped it would not be too much to ask those visitors present who were friends of the pupils , for whose special benefit the Stewards made those efforts , to give precedence to those friends of the Institution to whom
they were indebted , in sjoing into the refreshment rooms alter the entertainment was concluded . There was sufficient provision made for all that were present , but not enough accommodation to admit of their all being seated at the same time , and it was necessary that they should be divided into two parties . He hoped that these remarks would be taken in a friendly and kindly spirit , because if they were not observed the House Committee on the next occasion would have to take into consideration whether the issue of admission tickets should not be curtailed .
The CHAIRMAN said he should like to take this opportunity to say a few words to his young friends . They required no words of praise from him , because the plaudits with which they had been greeted must have rung in their cars as pleasingly as it did in his , when the audience signified their approval . He would however give them a word of encouragement ; he would bid them go upward and upward , onward and onward , through life . Those who had not been successful he would remind them that race was not always to the swift or the battle to the strong . They must remember the fable of the
hare and the torto'se , and recollect that those who cannot succeed by brilliancy of intellect may succeed by toil and perseverance . They must recollect King Bruce and the spider ; and if they had been honest workers and have yet not succeeded they might console themselves with the reflection that they had tried to deserve success . He understood that a number of boys were about to leave the Institution , and he wished to say a word or two to them . Those boys he knew were big with resolution to get on in the world . Did they intend to rise early , and eat the bread of carefulness ?
Those were very good resolves , but there was another thing they must do . It was in vain that the workman built the house unless the master blessed the work . When they went out into the world they should remember what they were taught in the best book—to honour the Lord with their substance . He did not know a more laudable thing than for a boy on leaving that school to put together ten shillings and sixpence , and by that ten shillings and sixpence become an annual subscriber to the Boys' School , and might in time become a vice-patron of the Institution . But it could
only be done by acting on the principle that of all that you receive , so much of that you will bestow not only on that school but on the other Institutions . He would tell them a secret Masons they were aware had many secrets , but this one he was permitted to reveal . " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth . " That was the secret , and he could appeal to his brethren in the Masonic world whether such distribution was not one of the grand principles of the Order . And if they acted on this principle they would find that the more they distributed in this way the more they would have to give . Forty years
ago he was himself only a poor boy , but he had acted on that principle , and such had been the experience of his life ; he had on principle given a proportion of that which had been entrusted to him by the Master and his experience had been that the more he had given the more he had to give . Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART said he had to propose a vote of thanks to the Chairman of the day . He was a very large donor to the School , and he thought that Bro . Marshall must be very much pleased with the way in which the School had been managed
and tne way in wnicn the prizes had been awarded . On behalf of the House Committee therefore he asked the audience to accord their Chairman a vote of thanks by acclamation . ( Applause . ) The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compliment . He then said he hada proposition to make which he was sure would be carried by acclamation . He proposed a vote of thanks to Dr . Morris and his staff for the skill and ability with which they had conducted the School . When such a school as that could Ipass iS of its bovs throueh
the University Local Lxamination that was the best way in which its efficiency could be demonstrated . He knew that the School was liberally supported , and the money which was provided by the Stewards was judiciously expended by the House Committee in fitting these lads for the battle of life into which they were about to pass . He would not ask for a seconder , because he was sure the audience would by acclamation pass a cordial vote of thanks to Dr . Morris , the Head Master , and to his staff for so aVilw rnnrltirhnrr thp . Srhnnl .
Bro . Dr . MORRIS said it gave him very great pleasure to return thanks for this vote of thanks . He and his Second Master , who had given him great assistance , were ably seconded by the staff of assistants ; without a good staff they could do nothing at all ; with it the work was comparatively easy . Bro . ROEBUCK had to propose a vote of thanks to one who well deserved it . Bro . Binckes had worked very hard in connection with the Festival just passed , when he might be said to have crowned success with success , and had accumulated a sum of between £ 22 , 000 and £ 23 , 000 . He proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Binckes , with hopes iiictL iie vvouiu luiuiuue tnem
iuug aniungsc . Bro . BINCKES ( who had been absent when the vote was proposed ) said that this vote was as unexpected as it was undeserved . ( No , no . ) The Chairman was a man of very great experience as regarded charitable institutions , and a word of praise from him , if he thought it deserved , was praise indeed . No one could be more gratified than he ( Bro . Binckes ) was with the success of last week for the Institution with which his-name had been so long associated ; but thanks were chiefly due to those brethren who had ht that about The
broug success . brethren must depend upon it that they all—the Directors of this Institution—had but one object at heart , —to do the best they could in discharge of the duties devolving upon each of them , and to show that they realized the sense of responsibility that rested on them . It was for their young friends , the pupils , they laboured , and for them were the successes accomplished from time to time , which successes were their best reward . He had often said that the word " finality " never had been and never could be spelt by him ; and he believed that they had not yet reached the fullest of their
measure success . ( Cheers . ) A very amusing farce entitled . " A Terrible Tinker , " by J . Williams , was then performed by the boys ( who acted capitally ) , and afforded great amusement to the audience who warmly applauded their efforts . The characters were represented as under : Sam Sawder , 'An Itinerant Tinker ) W . Garvin Mr . Ginger Poppmgton ( An Unreasonable Husband ) R , Keddell Air . Godfrey Gadabout ( A ( . anguishing Masher ) ... W . P Cooper . Stumps ( Greengrocer and Coalman ; E . Hair Billy Sutton (
A Sweep ) F . Smith . Mwins { A Muffin Man ) p Godfrey . 'f " «• ( Poppington ' s Wife ) H . Searle . Matt > ' , ( A Housemaid ) c . Kinc . Joanna" ( Sawder's Sister ) J . T . Jcp « on « r £ art S ? u ' n " Al "» v . Iu g 0 ld ? - ? " ( F - - Hatton ) , and the national anthem , God Save the Queen , ' by the choir brought the entertainment to a close , and the company at once sought the refreshment rooms . In the evening they adjourned to the cricket held to witness the atheletic sports , of which the fnllnwmn- ;< = th » „ , „„ r « m ™ ..
—. 1 . Throwing the cricket ball-two prizes . 2 . 100 yards flat race ( in heats ) -two prizes . 3 . Long jump—two prizes . 4 . 100 yards-for little boys—three prizes . 5 . High jump-two prizes . 6 Jockey race-two prizes . 7 . Quarter-mile-three prizes . 8 . Imal heat- ' little boys . " 9 . i « , nal heat- " elder boys . " 10 . Tug of war- " little boys , Blomfield steam v . Unmn's . 11 . Tug of war—" elder boys , " E . Taylor's team v . h . Hairs . 12 . Half-mile handicap-three prizes . 13 . Sack race-two prizes . 14 . Band boys race-two prizes . 15 . Hurdle race-two prizes . 16 . Consolation race , the School Band played at intervals during the evening . Among those present were Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Thos . Cubitt and Mrs . StewartEd
h J ? ' £ ' W . , gar Bowyer and Mrs . Bowyer , J . L . Mather and Mrs . Mather , C . F . Matier and Mrs . Matier , Fredk . Adlard , James Terry , G . H . Goodall , Lane , Koebuck , Klenck , Paas , Wood , H . C . Piatt and Mrs . Piatt , T . Woode w ! «? i' / v V-r , ? ' , r sdale - J- M - p 'E ' Albert J ° » G . J . Peachey , Walter Wood , J . K Hawkins , Henry l . ovegrove , E . B . Harding , Capt . Colville , J . F Roberts , H . Mason , 1 . P . Catterson , R . J . Taylor , J . H . White , E . Woodman , C . Dearmg , C . Rearing , jun ., J H . Jewell , J . M . Stedwell , C . Hawkesley , J oseph Cleaver and Mrs . Cleaver , f Valeriani , E . Belhommie , Chas . Graham , Richard Bird , Jno . Lane , Robert Hunt , W . Smith and Miss Smith , James G . Terry , Miss Kate Jerry , W . H . W . Caseley , the Misses Binckes , E . C . Massey { Freemason ) , and others .
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PRIZES PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . First Class . —Scripture , ist , R . W . Keddell ; 2 nd , F . Godfrey . Latin , ist , R . Warner ; 2 nd , A . Salter . French and German , ist , E . Hair ; 2 nd , A . Salter . English , 1 st , E . G . Taylor . Mathematics , ist , T . E . Hall ; 2 nd , W . G . Barnett . General Improvement , ist , W . J . Bartley ; 2 nd , G . Mey . Second Class . —Latin , A . J . Laslett . French and German , R . P . Deeley . English , P . A . Gedr / e . Mathematics , W . H . Hothersall .
Third Class . —Latin , H . R . Hounslsw . French and German , H . A . Kennedy English , A . Haworth . Mathematics , J . C . Potts . Fourth Class . —Latin , G . B . Brooks . French , A . G . Aspden . English , J . Langdon Mathematics , F . R . Thomas . Fifth Class . —Latin , F . W . Cairney and R . F . Reynolds . French , E . Lucas . Eng i ; sh , S . D . Carey . Mathematics , W . T . Pike . Sixth Class . —General Proficiency , G . Jones and W . J , Williams .
Seventh Class . —General Proficiency , C . P . O Doherty , C . J . Sanderson , J . P . Templcman . When these prizes had been disposed of two part-songs were sung by the choir , viz ., "Over the hills we go" ( Little ) and "You stole my love" ( Macfarren ) , which appeared to give great satisfaction to all present . This was followed by the performance of a farce entitled "Tweedleton ' s Tail-coat , " from the pen of Thos . J . Williams , the characters of which were represented by the boys as follows :
Tobv Twecdleton ( A Poor Relation ) ... F . F . Godfrey . Blac ' kberry Thistletop ( A Farmer ' s Son ) ] . ; . Hair . Mr . Barnaby Braccbutton ( A Retired Hosier ) H . R , Watkins . Mr . Pantechnicon Pantile ( Inventor of a Patent Screw Warming Pan ) ... R . W . Keddell . Evelina ( Bracebutton ' s Daughter ) H . B . Searle . Kitty Spruce ( A Maid of All-Work ) C . King . In which a considerable amount of humour was exhibited by the various actors . Then
followed a little more music , the choir singing " A Canadian boat song " ( T . Moore ) , and F . Cairney singing Bro . Sir A . Sullivan's " The Chorister , " which , as it requires more power and finish than could be expected from so youthful a performer , was scarcely heard to advantage . The names of the winners of prizes given by the House Committee were announced by Bro . BINCKES , the Secretary of the Institution . Bro . Binckes prefaced his announcement by saying that the House Committee was composed of 12 brethren who were
exceeding good friends to the Institution . Many , he said , imagined that membership of the House Committee was a very lucrative appointment , but he assured them that the advantages of the appointment were to be found not only in the large amount of time , trouble , and work required , but also in the amount of money they were called upon to contribute whenever anything was needed to promote the interests of the Institution , which had no better friends than the members of the House Committee , who amongst their other good deeds gave the prizes indicated in the list : SPECIAL PRIZES ( PRESENTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE . )
Writing , ist , H . Nicholls ; 2 nd , F . Smith . Dictation , ist , A . Salter ; 2 nd , J . Mackay . History , 1 st , E . Hair ; 2 nd , T . Hall . Geography , ist , F . W . Pow ; 2 nd F . F . Godfrey . Mental Arithmetic , ist , A . Salter ; 2 nd , R . Warner . Elocution , ist , F . F . Godfrey ; 2 nd , R . W . Keddell . Good Behaviour , ist , H . J . Percy ; 2 nd , M . Thomas . Efficiency as Monitor , ist , E . G . Taylor ; 2 nd , F . B . Searle . Proficiency in Drill , ist , E . Hair ; 2 nd , F . W . Pow . The Band , ist , H . N . Shrapnel , E . Jones ; 2 nd , A . Stevens , F . Smith .
The v . ef £ , Bto . BINCKK swd , sieve prizes ptesented by the Audit Committee , who were , he would not say entering into competition in that respect with the House Committee , but were closely following in their footsteps . These prizes , which were given this year for the first time , were for music .
PRESENTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE . The Band , ist , R . Riley ; 2 nd , E . Tibbits . Pianoforte , ist , J . Hurst . Then followed the prizes presented by private donors , Dr . Morris announcing the names of the winners of the prizes given by himseif , the remainder being proclaimed by Bro . Binckes , who remarked that from the various stage costumes in which many of the boys came on the dais to receive their rewards it must be manifest to all present that those who were most proficicient in the art of amusing them were not behind hand in receiving instruction .
PRESENTED BY PRIVATE DONORS . By the Rev . Dr . Morris , Vice-President of the Institution . —Attention to Studies , H . King , J . Hogg . Elocution , W . Garstin , H . R . Watkins . By Bro . Edgar Bowyer , Vice-Patron of the Institution . —Book-keeping , H . J .
Percy . By Bro . G . Festa , Vice-President of the Institntion . —Shorthand , E . Tibbits . By Bro . Mauvietti . —Mathematical Drawing , F . Smith . Bv Mr . Sylvester ( Drawing Master ) . —Etching , H . Hamilton , F . Godfrey , A . Gardner . " Freehand , C . Stone . Model , H . J . Percy . Architecture , E . Tibbits . When these prizes had been distributed the choir were again called upon , and contributed two part songs , viz ., Macfarren ' s " Summer song" and " Come , Dorothy , come" ( Swabian Volksli' ed ) .
What may be called the great prizes were then distributed , viz ., the silver medal , the Canonbury gold medal , and the silver watch and chain . Bro . BINCKES said that the
SILVER MEDAL FOR GOOD CONDUCT Was the first prize given by the Institution , and was a prize instituted long before the erection of their present Institution buildings . This year it was to go to Edwin Hair , who would be shortly leaving the Institution , and it gave him ( Bro . Binckes ) great pleasure to think that he would take away with him the Institution's medal for good conduct . In introducing the next prize Bro . BINCKES said he always felt a difficulty in doing this .
THE CANONBURY GOLD MEDAL Was presented by the late Bro . Dr . Edward Cox , who left a sum of money for the giving of this prize , which was to go , b y the election of his fellows , to the boy who was most popular among his mates . It did not however follow that it was the best boy who was the most popular , and hence arose the difficulty he had in speaking of it . This year the medal was awarded to Hugh Robert Watkins , who , however , he , was told was a very food boy . Neither he ( Bro . Binckes ) nor as he believed the House Committee had ever card any complaint about him . He therefore had much pleasure in congratulating
Hugh Robert Watkins in being so exceptionally fortunate as to win this prize . The next prize Bro . BINCKES said was the SILVER WATCH AND CHAIN FOR GENERAL GOOD CONDUCT . Presented by the Supreme Council of the 33 ° , to be given to a boy who was about to leave the Institution . It fell this year to the lot of E . G . Taylor , who was suffering sufficiently from illness to be confined to the infirmary , which prevented his being present to receive this and another prize that he had won . In congratulating him upon obtaining this prize he thought he might accompany those congratulations with the best wishes from all present for his speedy restoration to health .
. Bro . BINCKES said that the next series of prizes resulted from the product of the investment of a large number of donations—amounting to 500 guineas—presented in five consecutive years by Bro . Winn , P . M . 657 , and Vice-Patron , who had always been a munificent friend of the Institution . Bro . Winn ' s health had failed him of late , and they no longer saw him amongst them as they used in by-gone years . The Committee
nad decided that the product of the investment of this 500 guineas , which amounted in round numbers to . £ 23 , should be divided amongst those who had passed the University Local Examinations . He thought that it was greatly to the credit of the boys that they had so thoroughly justified the School authorities in sending them up for examination , c-ighteen boys had been sent for examination , the whole of whom had passed to the satisfaction of the examiners , and twelve of them had passed in honours . The money would be divided as follows :
HONOURS —FIRST CLASS . — £ 2 to each boy . —1 . T . Hall ( distinguished for mathematics ); 2 . A . Salter ; 3 . E . G . W . J . Taylor ( distinguished for Latin ); 4 . R . J . Warner . HONOURS —SECOND CLASS . — £ 1 10 s . to each boy . —5 . W . J . Bartley ; 6 . E . A . Browning ; 7 . F . F . Godfrey ; 8 . E . Hair , g . J . E . Tanare ; 10 . H . R . Watkins . KeddU ° URS ~ TH 1 RD CI ' - t 0 each boy . —11 . G . R . Allison ; 12 . R . W . CERTIFICATES —{ sat isficd the Examiners ) . —10 s . to each boy . —13 . W . G . Barnett ; kt-k . ^"" . "worth ; i . W . P . Cooper ; 16 . R . Riley ; 17 . H . B . Searle ; 18 . F . Smith ( distinguished for Latin ) . lhe choir then sung two part songs , viz ., "Song to Spring" ( Betzer ) and "The
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night chimes " ( C . E . Tinney ) , both well executed , the latter being especially well done , besides being an extrcmly pretty piece of music . Bro . BINCKES said that he must ask the audience to bear with him for a few moments while he made a few necessary remarks before the commencement of the next part of the entertainment , because if he postponed what he had to say he would fail to gain attention at the conclusion of the play . He wanted them all to be good enough to bear in mind that the object or these annual celebrations was to enable the Festival Stewards
practically to see the advantages afforded by the Institution , and to be able to takeaway to their friends a favourable impression of what they had seen . It was by the efforts of the Stewards that the large amounts were gathered together year by year which were necessary to carry on the operations of the School , and he hoped it would not be too much to ask those visitors present who were friends of the pupils , for whose special benefit the Stewards made those efforts , to give precedence to those friends of the Institution to whom
they were indebted , in sjoing into the refreshment rooms alter the entertainment was concluded . There was sufficient provision made for all that were present , but not enough accommodation to admit of their all being seated at the same time , and it was necessary that they should be divided into two parties . He hoped that these remarks would be taken in a friendly and kindly spirit , because if they were not observed the House Committee on the next occasion would have to take into consideration whether the issue of admission tickets should not be curtailed .
The CHAIRMAN said he should like to take this opportunity to say a few words to his young friends . They required no words of praise from him , because the plaudits with which they had been greeted must have rung in their cars as pleasingly as it did in his , when the audience signified their approval . He would however give them a word of encouragement ; he would bid them go upward and upward , onward and onward , through life . Those who had not been successful he would remind them that race was not always to the swift or the battle to the strong . They must remember the fable of the
hare and the torto'se , and recollect that those who cannot succeed by brilliancy of intellect may succeed by toil and perseverance . They must recollect King Bruce and the spider ; and if they had been honest workers and have yet not succeeded they might console themselves with the reflection that they had tried to deserve success . He understood that a number of boys were about to leave the Institution , and he wished to say a word or two to them . Those boys he knew were big with resolution to get on in the world . Did they intend to rise early , and eat the bread of carefulness ?
Those were very good resolves , but there was another thing they must do . It was in vain that the workman built the house unless the master blessed the work . When they went out into the world they should remember what they were taught in the best book—to honour the Lord with their substance . He did not know a more laudable thing than for a boy on leaving that school to put together ten shillings and sixpence , and by that ten shillings and sixpence become an annual subscriber to the Boys' School , and might in time become a vice-patron of the Institution . But it could
only be done by acting on the principle that of all that you receive , so much of that you will bestow not only on that school but on the other Institutions . He would tell them a secret Masons they were aware had many secrets , but this one he was permitted to reveal . " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth . " That was the secret , and he could appeal to his brethren in the Masonic world whether such distribution was not one of the grand principles of the Order . And if they acted on this principle they would find that the more they distributed in this way the more they would have to give . Forty years
ago he was himself only a poor boy , but he had acted on that principle , and such had been the experience of his life ; he had on principle given a proportion of that which had been entrusted to him by the Master and his experience had been that the more he had given the more he had to give . Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART said he had to propose a vote of thanks to the Chairman of the day . He was a very large donor to the School , and he thought that Bro . Marshall must be very much pleased with the way in which the School had been managed
and tne way in wnicn the prizes had been awarded . On behalf of the House Committee therefore he asked the audience to accord their Chairman a vote of thanks by acclamation . ( Applause . ) The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compliment . He then said he hada proposition to make which he was sure would be carried by acclamation . He proposed a vote of thanks to Dr . Morris and his staff for the skill and ability with which they had conducted the School . When such a school as that could Ipass iS of its bovs throueh
the University Local Lxamination that was the best way in which its efficiency could be demonstrated . He knew that the School was liberally supported , and the money which was provided by the Stewards was judiciously expended by the House Committee in fitting these lads for the battle of life into which they were about to pass . He would not ask for a seconder , because he was sure the audience would by acclamation pass a cordial vote of thanks to Dr . Morris , the Head Master , and to his staff for so aVilw rnnrltirhnrr thp . Srhnnl .
Bro . Dr . MORRIS said it gave him very great pleasure to return thanks for this vote of thanks . He and his Second Master , who had given him great assistance , were ably seconded by the staff of assistants ; without a good staff they could do nothing at all ; with it the work was comparatively easy . Bro . ROEBUCK had to propose a vote of thanks to one who well deserved it . Bro . Binckes had worked very hard in connection with the Festival just passed , when he might be said to have crowned success with success , and had accumulated a sum of between £ 22 , 000 and £ 23 , 000 . He proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Binckes , with hopes iiictL iie vvouiu luiuiuue tnem
iuug aniungsc . Bro . BINCKES ( who had been absent when the vote was proposed ) said that this vote was as unexpected as it was undeserved . ( No , no . ) The Chairman was a man of very great experience as regarded charitable institutions , and a word of praise from him , if he thought it deserved , was praise indeed . No one could be more gratified than he ( Bro . Binckes ) was with the success of last week for the Institution with which his-name had been so long associated ; but thanks were chiefly due to those brethren who had ht that about The
broug success . brethren must depend upon it that they all—the Directors of this Institution—had but one object at heart , —to do the best they could in discharge of the duties devolving upon each of them , and to show that they realized the sense of responsibility that rested on them . It was for their young friends , the pupils , they laboured , and for them were the successes accomplished from time to time , which successes were their best reward . He had often said that the word " finality " never had been and never could be spelt by him ; and he believed that they had not yet reached the fullest of their
measure success . ( Cheers . ) A very amusing farce entitled . " A Terrible Tinker , " by J . Williams , was then performed by the boys ( who acted capitally ) , and afforded great amusement to the audience who warmly applauded their efforts . The characters were represented as under : Sam Sawder , 'An Itinerant Tinker ) W . Garvin Mr . Ginger Poppmgton ( An Unreasonable Husband ) R , Keddell Air . Godfrey Gadabout ( A ( . anguishing Masher ) ... W . P Cooper . Stumps ( Greengrocer and Coalman ; E . Hair Billy Sutton (
A Sweep ) F . Smith . Mwins { A Muffin Man ) p Godfrey . 'f " «• ( Poppington ' s Wife ) H . Searle . Matt > ' , ( A Housemaid ) c . Kinc . Joanna" ( Sawder's Sister ) J . T . Jcp « on « r £ art S ? u ' n " Al "» v . Iu g 0 ld ? - ? " ( F - - Hatton ) , and the national anthem , God Save the Queen , ' by the choir brought the entertainment to a close , and the company at once sought the refreshment rooms . In the evening they adjourned to the cricket held to witness the atheletic sports , of which the fnllnwmn- ;< = th » „ , „„ r « m ™ ..
—. 1 . Throwing the cricket ball-two prizes . 2 . 100 yards flat race ( in heats ) -two prizes . 3 . Long jump—two prizes . 4 . 100 yards-for little boys—three prizes . 5 . High jump-two prizes . 6 Jockey race-two prizes . 7 . Quarter-mile-three prizes . 8 . Imal heat- ' little boys . " 9 . i « , nal heat- " elder boys . " 10 . Tug of war- " little boys , Blomfield steam v . Unmn's . 11 . Tug of war—" elder boys , " E . Taylor's team v . h . Hairs . 12 . Half-mile handicap-three prizes . 13 . Sack race-two prizes . 14 . Band boys race-two prizes . 15 . Hurdle race-two prizes . 16 . Consolation race , the School Band played at intervals during the evening . Among those present were Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Thos . Cubitt and Mrs . StewartEd
h J ? ' £ ' W . , gar Bowyer and Mrs . Bowyer , J . L . Mather and Mrs . Mather , C . F . Matier and Mrs . Matier , Fredk . Adlard , James Terry , G . H . Goodall , Lane , Koebuck , Klenck , Paas , Wood , H . C . Piatt and Mrs . Piatt , T . Woode w ! «? i' / v V-r , ? ' , r sdale - J- M - p 'E ' Albert J ° » G . J . Peachey , Walter Wood , J . K Hawkins , Henry l . ovegrove , E . B . Harding , Capt . Colville , J . F Roberts , H . Mason , 1 . P . Catterson , R . J . Taylor , J . H . White , E . Woodman , C . Dearmg , C . Rearing , jun ., J H . Jewell , J . M . Stedwell , C . Hawkesley , J oseph Cleaver and Mrs . Cleaver , f Valeriani , E . Belhommie , Chas . Graham , Richard Bird , Jno . Lane , Robert Hunt , W . Smith and Miss Smith , James G . Terry , Miss Kate Jerry , W . H . W . Caseley , the Misses Binckes , E . C . Massey { Freemason ) , and others .