dropped what appeared at first to be a goal, but unfortunately was'nt. Not counting this match the results of the season balance, 6 matches having been won and six lost. It has been a disappointing season in many ways, but more especially in the weather. An unprecedentedly large number of matches have been stopped by the frost, and in nearly each case the match stopped was one the club might fairly have expected to win. On the other hand, whenever the match was against a powerful club, it generally was played. On the whole the season may be considered more successful than it looks on paper, the result of the Blackheath match being sufficient to prove that the Club is now a good deal stronger than it has been for some seasons. After the election of the officers, a discussion took place as to the desirability of engaging a private ground instead of the present ground at Blackheath, and of arranging matches for two teams for the coming season, and the general expression of opinion was in favour of both proposals, if they should be found practicable. The Annual Dinner took place at half-past seven on the same evening, at the Holborn Restaurant; F. J. Currey in the chair, and went off very success · fully, though the number present (thirty-four, including visitors) was hardly so large as might have been expected and wished. The Rifle Corps. On Friday, the 21st, Captain and Adjutant Lowndes inspected the Corps; there was a very fair muster, some forty odd, but the drill was not creditable, which is scarcely to be wondered at considering the miserably poor attendance at the previous company drills. The band put in an appearance and after eighteen month's silence gave unmistakable proof of returning life. With a little more practice on the part of some of the fifes, it promises to be a credit to the Corps next term. In answer to a petition from the Committee, the Master has granted an additional half-holiday for efficients in the middle of the Lent term, and has consented to allow two additional representatives to go up to Wimbledon to compete for the Cadet's Trophy. This should stimulate those who shoot to renewed exertions next term. After considerable delay, a day has been fixed for the inspection of the new range; unless the inspector raises any difficulty the men will be set to work on it immediately, and there is every reason to believe that it will leave the regions of mythology before we return from the Easter holidays. The monthly cups for February and March were both won by Finch. The first with 45 at 300 and 600 yards, which considering that the light was by no means good was a very fair score. The second with 54 at 200 and 500 yards; this is the third time running that the cup has been won by Finch. A handicap has been shot for which was won by Bent with 40; King-Salter was second, and Waddilove third. Members of the VIII each gave 20 points and the rest were handicapped by their averages. Class shooting has commenced, and will be finished by the end of the term. For the third class 40 points were necessary to pass; Wimbledon targets were used, and any position was allowed. have passed their third class. Priv. Clark The following 200 yds. 35 122223 On Thursday, March 14th, the last meeting of the Art Society for the present term was held; a few drawings in illustration of the last subject given out, "Egypt," were shewn up, the best drawings being three of Maclean, and D'Urban. The chief interest of the evening was divided between a photographic collection, chiefly lent by Mr. Way, Mr. Sankey, and Mr. Hulme, both of views of places, and statuary. The President then read a lecture which had been kindly offered by a member of the Society, on Egyptian painting. The great antiquity of many Egyptian paintings was first commented they were then divided into three classes, mural paintings, paintings on Mummy cases, and papyrus rolls. Of the mural paintings, which were far the largest class, the lecture went on to describe the nature of the paints used, and the process of painting employed, with references to example in the British Museum. Allusion was then made to the paintings on Mummy cases, a very interesting description of the cases themselves being first given, and two admirable copies from designs found on the lid of a coffin were shewn in illustration of it; one of them representing the Egyptian idea of the transmigration of souls. Altogether, we may thank the unknown Author of the lecture for a very interesting and careful discourse on a branch of Art, which is the oldest, and therefore a very important one. The attendance was far better than it had been before this term, but we hope next term to see it still better. This ended in a victory for Preshute by 3 games to 1. In the first game Preshute, beginning well, won pretty easily. In the second game they had a still easier victory, Baker's only scoring 5. The third game, however, was far more hotly contested, Robertson especially playing well; it was set 13 and eventually won by Baker's. The fourth game too was very even, it likewise resulting in a set at 14, where Preshute ran out by 3 to love, chiefly owing to Fenwick's good play. For Preshute Law and Fenwick were well on the spot, playing well together; while for Baker's Robertson played well and neatly throughout; Cholmondeley seemed rather too nervous to do himself justice. Thus Preshute have again won the Racquet Cup for 1879. The games were as follows: HOUSE GLEES AND SOLO COMPETITION. EASTER, 1879. THE result of the House Glee Competition proved conclusively the danger of prophesying. A fortnight before the day of trial it was confidently expected that Horner's House, having an exceptionally large number of its members in the School Choir, would prove easy victors in the competition for the Singing Cup. But whether from nervousness or some other cause, their trebles sang painfully flat, and dragged the other parts down with them, and this, in spite of evidence of considerable pains, ruined their chances. We missed too, this year, the strongly marked individuality which used to characterise Sankey's house. Taken as a whole, the singing in the tens was better than the average, while the fives certainly fell much below the standard of last year. The choice of the pieces contributed something towards this result. The glee for ten voices, Hatton's 'Fairy Whispers," was a piece which required very careful and delicate singing to make anything of it, and it alone evidently taxed all the energies of the singers and trainers. On the other hand Smart's "Hunting Song," far superior to the other in style and composition, had a lilt and swing about it that PRICE 3d. made it more suitable for a full chorus; five voices could not give the music the fulness it required, nor throw into the fortissimo passages vigour enough to make them really telling. As a consequence, the result was mainly decided by the glee for tens. In this glee two houses stood out clearly first, Way's and Upcott's, and it was plainly a difficult matter to decide between their claims, even though they were both called upon to repeat their performance. Upcott's trebles were, we think, superior; but they were weak in the inner parts, while Way's were more evenly balanced throughout. Next to these two we should place Preshute and Baker's, nor were Gilmore's and Sharp's far behind these In the tens Preshute earned for themselves a well deserved compliment from the judge; they kept in capital tune and it only required a little more repose, which only perfect knowledge of air and words and thorough mastery of expression can give, to make their performance first-rate. With the exception of Way's and Upcott's, all the other houses failed mainly through irregular time and imperfect modulation. It may not be out of place to record here a few hints to the trainers of the different Glee Clubs which the competition for this year suggested. Both glees, but especially that for the fives, were evidently taken by nearly all houses much too fast in practice, with the inevitable results that the words were merely gabbled, not pronounced, that the runs were indistinct, and that a painful shortness of breath made itself apparent. If trebles get out of breath they cannot modulate their voices, or make any difference between soft and loud, and they are certain to sing flat. When a piece has to be sung fast, it should be practised slowly till every voice is sure of every note and all voices are exactly together, and-this is very important-the words should be learnt by heart. There is also another fault, from which even the winners were not wholly free; that is, of making the crescendo too sudden and abrupt, instead of gradually swelling the sound. Here again the remedy lies in practising slowly and learning to keep the lungs always full; non-attention to this produces an unpleasant jerkiness. Again, if words and tune alike be not known by heart, the singer keeps his eyes fixed on his copy; the ductor merely beats the air and might as well be away. con Orde, who sang Gatty's 66 "The Hay is in the Mow," possesses a full, rich voice such as one rarely hears and never without envying its owner; but his ear wants cultivation to prevent his singing sharp, and he should learn that all words do not end in vowels. Elliot sang Allan Water" with great taste and pleasing expression; while of the rest, Thomas, though not always correct, showed much flexibility of voice, and Garnett and Christopherson were fair. In conclusion, we have to tender our hearty thanks to G. Standley, Esq., for his kindness in coming to us from Rossall to act as judge, and to express a hope that we have not seen him here for the last time. HOPE. Like the stars when dawn is nigh, Care must change each light young breast. MISCELLANEOUS-HISTORICAL. E. In comparing the habits and morals of the Greek and the Roman, in seeing the difference and resemblance between their characters, it must not be forgotten that both alike sprang from one common stock, and that when they separated in prehistoric ages to seek for themselves a habitation and a home, they must necessarily have had many points of character and simple domestic life in common. It was only after the separation of the Hellenes and Italians that the immense diversity of their mental character became apparent. Literature, Art, Religion, the family, the state, all underwent a development so peculiar and so essentially national, that the original basis on which these changes were founded, can hardly be recognised. In the private life of each these differences are especially marked; it would be hard to find two States, in which the treatment of the three chief elements of domestic life, the wife, the child, the slave, was so utterly different both in theory and practice. First then let us consider the social position of women in both States, during the age of Pericles |