keep up the splendid name the School has got. Such would be his greatest wish could he but tell them so."
The suggestion has been made that it would be a fitting memorial to the memory of Mr. McCabe and his work in Maidstone to place his portrait in the schoolroom. A fund to this end has been opened, and it is hoped that we shall be able to arrange a short unveiling ceremony in the New Year.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL.
It is impossible to write a message without prefixing to it an expression of extreme regret and sorrow that Mr. McCabe did not live to see the change of leadership at the School. We all owe to him and his influence a tremendous debt, and the sterling worth of his character affords an ennobling ideal and a shining- example to all.
It is a great responsibility to take up the reins of leadership in the wake of such an one. Certain changes are in-evitable, but we trust that good results will accrue from the innovations and alterations now being made, after due consideration.
The foundations of the School as laid by Mr. McCabc were well and truly laid. We desire to continue to build with the same lofty aims and ideals, and in due course, by the help of God, we may see a not ignoble building in which every member of the School forms a lasting stone bearing the imprint of a noble character and sound scholarship.
The work of the School is being overhauled and revised. The staff has been augmented and more recent text-books and methods of work are gradually being introduced.
We shall be pleased to hear from Old Boys who have the time and opportunity of writing to us. and news concerning Old Boys will be published in the magazine. We hope to publish an issue every Term, but to do so it will be necessary for the School to give it every support, especially for the first few numbers. In due course a list of al boys who have passed through the School will be published.
FOOTBALL
The present Officers are: President, Mr. R. L. Marshall; Captain, W. Beale; Vice-Captain, R. Ashby; Secretary, G. Lynn. Selection Committee, the above and H. Bradford and L. Pearce.
M. Langley and R. Norley were originally elected as captain and vice-captain, but a second election became necessary as Norley left School to go to business and Langley was frequently unable to play on Saturdays. Our Secretary has arranged a good list of matches, but the bad weather has interfered with some of them. Unfortunately, we have not yet met with a great deal of success, but we are hoping for more victories next Term.
TELEVISION.
Television, or seeing at a distance, is the invention of a Scotsman, Mr. I. L. Baird. The history of television is very romantic, on account of the circumstances under which the inventor worked; he had to make use of the queerest things imaginable in order to perfect his invention, but when once it was well grounded, it made remarkable strides forward. It would be of great value during- a war, because it would be possible to watch from headquarters the movements of the enemy by the means of televisors carried by aeroplanes. Speaking-television has already been demonstrated on a large screen, so that it can be watched by a large number of persons. The photo-electric cell is the main part of it; this can consist of a potassium-coated glass bulb with an electrode sealed in, or a strip of the metal selenium. Selenium was discovered by Mr. May, an operator on the Atlantic cable.