THE subject for the ninth Life-boat Essay Competition in Elementary Schools, held this year, was, " What are the qualities which make the Lifeboatman an example of good citizenship ? " So far as the quality of the essays was concerned the competition was as successful as last year, but unfortunately the number of schools competing was smaller. In 1928 the number was 1919.

This year it was only 1391. The only areas in which a larger number of schools competed were London and Wales.

The South of England again came first, but the number of schools fell from 728 to 405. The North of England was again second, but 100 fewer schools competed, 271 instead of 371, London was again third with 268 schools instead of 250. Ireland and Wales together came next with 179 instead of 186, but while the Irish schools competing had fallen from 135 to 94, the Welsh schools had increased from 51 to 56. The remaining 29 schools competing in this area are from Herefordshire and Shropshire.

The Midlands came fifth with 165 as compared with 250 in the previous year, and then Scotland with 103 instead of 144.

The Subject and the Essays.

It is possible that the decline in the number of competing schools was due to the feeling that the subject set, introducing as it did the abstract idea of citizenship, was too difficult for a good many children. This is borne out by the reports of the examiners, who found that there was a confusion in the minds of many of the competitors between the qualifications which a Life-boatman should possess as such, and the qualifications which make him a pattern of good citizenship. Many competitors, in fact, were content to take the easier course of writing about the Life-boatman and his qualities, leaving it to be inferred that such a man as they described must be a good citizen. On the other hand there were those who faced the double subject fairly and successfully, never losing sight, in their description of the Lifeboatman, of the qualities of citizenship.

The best essay, by Kathleen Wilmott, of S. John Baptist Girls' School, Frome, Somerset, was not only well written, but an admirably balanced essay. Though there was no hesitation in awarding her the special prize, the same qualities, in less degree, were shown by the winners of the Challenge Shields in the other districts, and by many other competitors.

A Tribute to the Teachers.

As has happened in previous years, a good many competitors made little attempt to deal with the subject as set, but wrote essays on the history of the Life-boat Service. They gave accounts of its founder's life, explained the difference between old and new Life- ! boats, and described storms, but the ', examiners in the different districts were I agreed that even when the essays wandered far from the subject, they were very good in themselves. " The style, grammar, punctuation and writing were surprisingly good " is the report of one examiner. Another notes with satisfaction that there were few examples of florid writing. Another pays a tribute to the teachers, which it is a great pleasure to quote : " The whole of the papers submitted to me, without exception, evince very careful tuition on the part of the teachers. I most heartily congratulate them on the high standard that their pupils have shown in this essay. Not only were the sentences constructed correctly, with fine expressive and imaginative phrases, but the underlying principles were well gripped. In many instances the language was really beautiful." Beautiful Phrases.

Here are some of the phrases which this examiner found.

"If we would all take the Lifeboatman as a first-rate example of splendid citizenship, then the world would truly be as free of hatred and sin as it was when the Garden of Eden was first created by our well-meaning Lord." "He is the knight errant of the twentieth century, the St. George, ever fighting the dragon, called Ocean." " The love and devotion he has for his work, his love for his fellowmen, all show what a perfect example of good citizenship he is." " If England's people based their character, ideals, and creeds on the qualities of the average British Lifeboatman, then England would have a race of straight-living, good-moralled men, women and children." The same examiner notes : " There was also much evidence of childlike trust in God, showing conclusively the value of their Bible teaching." " Christ was the perfect citizen." " The Lord Jesus Christ chose fishermen as His disciples to save men, and it will be noticed that Life-boatmen are also fishermen to save their fellows like the disciples of old." " A Life-boatman must be a good man and believe in God who rules everything." The Life-boat Man as Citizen.

There can be no doubt that, in the opinion of the boys and girls of Great Britain and Ireland, the Life-boatman is a good citizen, and that the world would be a better place if we were all like him. Their belief in him and their admiration for him is expressed in all sorts of graphic, unexpected and humorous ways. Some set him higher even than we should dare to set him ourselves. One Scottish essayist, for example, wrote " he sets an example of good citizenship before other people, such as teachers and ministers." The examiner who discovered that phrase— himself a teacher of distinction—read the remaining essays, so he tells us, " in a proper spirit of humility." Another competitor, without making odious comparisons, ranks the Lifeboatman with another type of public servant, " Life-boatmen give their services to the public the same as borough councillors do." Others again endow him with physical qualities, which, whether or not contributing to good citizenship, are certainly remarkable. It is not enough that he should be strong (as one writer graphically puts it, " He should think nothing of lifting his wife ") ; nor that he should be healthy. (" He must not catch infectious diseases, such as influenza." " He must not be subject to nervous fits.") He must, in addition, " have great buoyancy " ; he must be able " to free himself from water " ; he must not " be afraid of swallowing waves. In fact, he must know every wave as it passes." Light-hearted Courage and Punctuality.

After strength, health and buoyancy, comes courage. " He has to be a sportsman, because he gets many rough trips in a Life-boat, ana. is badly knocked about without going into a prize-ring." Again, " if death is staring him in the face, he is not afraid, but goes out in the life-boat as if he was going for a pleasure trip." Then, too, " he is generally happy, and, when torrents of rain runs down his neck and nearly devours him up, he is still urged on by the thought of the lives he is going to save." Nor is he moved by any motive of reward.

" Why does he do it ? " asks one essayist, " not for the honour—who would risk his life for an engraved disk of gold on the end of a piece of gaudy coloured ribbon—no, he does it out of a sense of duty and pity for those on the wreck." To many children the Life-boatman shows his courage best by being able to get up at once when the call comes.

" He does not say when he is called out of bed ' only five minutes more.' He is up and doing." He must be prepared to leave not only his bed, but whatever he is doing. " He must be in the boat punctually whatever his occupation, fishing, nursing a baby, washing the clothes, scrubbing the floor, or even in the middle of spring-cleaning the house." Evidently, this girl's husband will have to be a " handy man ! " Sobriety, as in previous competitions, is a quality on the importance of which a great many essayists insist. One of them defines clean living. " Clean living does not mean that he washes himself, but means that he does not take large quantities of alcohol or things that will harm himself." Again : " He must not waste time playing darts in public houses, and he must restrict from using abusive language." Baggy Trousers but a Loving Face.

More than one competitor was impressed by the fact that heroes do not always look what you would expect.

" These men you see loafing on the beach when the sea is calm are often some of the most thrilling and brave men." Another writes : "To be able to pronounce the qualities of a life-boatman we have not only to look at him and reel them off like Edgar Wallace does his thrilling tales, but we have to find them out little by little. He is a stocky, swarthy, greasy-built sailor in a woollen jersey, baggy trousers and clumping boots, a man who appears to have no brains at all, yet his qualities are renowned and talked about all over the world." Others put the same idea more gently: " Life-boatmen, taken as a whole, are rugged, simple-minded, straightforward men, who feel out of place in high society, and more comfortable when straining at an oar." Or, again, " Perhaps his clothes are not of the best, perchance he may smoke coarse tobacco, but what gentleman dining in his club and smoking his cigarette, can boast of deeds comparable with those of the Life-boatman ? " Another writes : " Though he is tough and rough in his ways, he lifts the women and children as gentle as a lamb." Others again ignore the baggy trousers, and see the Life-boatman's character very clearly in his face, " If you met one, he would look very noble and honest. The sea waves, spray and wind have hardened his face and hands and made him so. His face looks very kindly and loving." There is no doubt either, among the competitors, that the world would be a much better place if we were all like the Life-boatman : " If everyone," says one essayist, " followed the example of the Life-boatman, there would be no need for soldiers and police." Another writes : "If every person in the British Isles possessed the characteristics of a Life-boatman—well, it would soon be a sort of earthly paradise." Another: "If we all imitated Life-boatmen we should all be doing noble deeds and helping lame dogs across a stile." Yet another gives us the national characteristics of the Life-boatman in an admirable phrase : " It is such men as these who make England what it is, an overwhelming country." Finally, this admiration for the Life-boatman, expressed in so many and such telling ways, is all summed up by one essayist in a very simple sentence : " I would feel very proud," he says, " to have a Life-boatman for my father, or even an uncle." What boy or girl could say more ? The Winning Schools.

For the fifth year running, the Challenge Shields have been won by schools which have not previously held them.

In the South the shield has been won for the first time by a Somerset school.

The S. John Baptist Girls' School, of Frome, is to be congratulated, not only on that fact, but also on being the first school in the South of England, since 1924, to win the special prize for the best essay in Great Britain and Ireland.

That prize has now been won twice by the South of England, twice by the Midlands, once by the North of England, and no fewer than four times by Irish schools. It has not yet been won by a London, Scottish or Welsh school.

In the North of England the Challenge Shield has been won for the first time by a school in the Isle of Man. In Ireland and Wales it has been wTon for the first time by a Welsh school since 1924, and as in that year the Irish schools did not take part, the Lakefield Girls' School, Llanelly, has the honour of being the first Welsh school to win the Shield in competition with the Irish schools.

In Scotland the Shield was won for the first time by a school in the Shetlands.

Last year it was won for the first time by a school in the Orkneys. But though the Orkneys have lost the Challenge Shield, they have in one way done even better than last year, for no fewer than seven pupils of Orkney schools are among the thirty-five Scottish winners. We cannot help feeling that this success must be due to the increased interest in the Life-boat Service which was aroused by Prince George's visit last summer, when he named the new Stromness and Longhope Life-boats, and presented the Challenge Shield.

In the Midlands the Challenge Shield goes, for the sixth time, to a school in Stoke-on-Trent, and no fewer than eleven other Stoke-on-Trent schools are among the prize-winners. On the two occasions on which the best essays for Great Britain and Ireland have come from the Midlands District, they have been written by children at Stoke-on- Trent schools. No other town in the British Isles has such a splendid record.

As in previous years, the sexes are very evenly divided. A girl has won the special prize for the best essay of all, but of the six Challenge Shields, four have been won by boys, and two by girls. Altogether, of the 210 prizewinners, 112 are boys, and 98 girls. Only in the Midlands, where there are 26 boys and only 9 girls, has one sex any marked advantage over the other.

Below is the list of successful competitors, and the essay by Kathleen Wilmott. She will receive a copy of the five guinea edition of " Britain's Lifeboats," by Major A. J. Dawson, signed by the Prince of Wales, and a Certificate.

Each of the other five who head the lists for the districts will receive a copy of the ordinary edition of " Britain's Lifeboats " and a Certificate. The remaining 202 boys and girls in the lists will each be presented with a Certificate.

The name of the winner in each district will be inscribed on the District Challenge Shield, and the school will hold the Shield for a year. Each of these six schools will also receive, as a permanent record of its success, a copy of the Certificate awarded to the pupil. If a Shield is won three years running by the same school, it becomes the school's property.

Essays from a School for Defectives.

At the request of the Headmistress, particulars of the competition were sent to the Shrewsbury Road School, East Ham, London (Special Department for Mental Defectives), because, although the children could hardly enter for the competition, she felt that it would be of " personal value to the children" themselves.

We asked the Headmistress to let us see the essays, and in sending them she wrote : " The environment of these children is very narrow—their general knowledge very limited—and anything I can do to make them feel they are part of our world and should do their share to help, it seems to me my duty to do. I know they are interested, and if you could see the flush of pleasure when they realise that I expect them to do as other children do, you would feel with me that the effort is worth while. . . . They do benefit very much indeed—they take interest in pictures of other localities than their own, with a clearer understanding.

I sometimes find the talk gives sympathy with ' doings ' which do not directly benefit themselves, and this feeling is of more help than I can express to you, in helping them to give willing response to teaching they find difficult.

The knowledge that their attempts may be ' sent away ' pleases them, and is an incentive to learn to ' spell' and to write their thoughts." "We were very much touched not only by the essays themselves, but by the care which must have been taken by the teachers. It has added very greatly to our own pleasure in the Life-boat Essay Competition to learn that it has been a help to teachers engaged in so difficult a task.

We have chosen the best of the essays from this school, and have decided to award to the writer of it, Millicent Cattermole, a special Certificate, and a copy of the Certificate to the school. The following is the essay : THE LIFE-BOAT.

" When I went away I saw a lifeboat in the sea and I saw a ship wreck and a lifeboat came along to save the people from getting drowned, when the ship sank the lifeboat was full of people.

Some of the people put pennys in the towns box to help to make a new lifeboat, if we don't have a lifeboat the people would get drowned. The lifeboat is all ways ready when the ships are wrecked and when there are storms.

The boat will never go over because it is so light, and the lifeboat men so clever." An Appeal to the Education Authorities.

We cannot refrain from pointing the moral which adorns this tale, and asking those Education Authorities which still refuse to allow the children in their schools to compete, to read what this Headmistress has written.

If the competition is of help to her in her task of awakening the intelligence of these poor children, can anyone doubt the value of a knowledge of the Lifeboat Service, and its deeds of unselfish heroism, in the education of every healthy boy and girl? We ask those Education Authorities to reconsider their decision, and at the same time gratefully acknowledge the help of the Authorities which gave their permission, and in a number of cases, distributed the particulars to the schools.

Next Year's Competition.

We feel certain that the decline in the number of competing schools is only temporary, and next year it is proposed to increase the number of Challenge Shields from six to eight, so that there will be a Shield for each of the districts into which Great Britain and Ireland are divided for the Institution's work. Thus there will be Shields, as before, for London, the Midlands, Scotland and Ireland and Wales ; but there will be two Shields instead of one in the North and in the South of England, that is to say, for North-west, Northeast, South-west and South-east. The number of individual awards in each district will be as before, thirty-five, so that next year there will be altogether 280 individual awards instead of 210.

Particulars of the competition will be sent out early in 1930, and we shall hope to see a big increase in the number of competing schools.

Our Thanks to the Teachers.

Our final and most cordial thanks are offered to the teachers. To them the success of the competition is largely due, and even in those cases where competitors wandered far from the subject, the knowledge which practically all of them showed is evidence of the interest which was aroused by the Life-boat lecture given by the teachers before the subject was announced and the essays written.

List of Successes in the Essay Competition.

LONDON DISTRICT (County Council Area).

Name. Age. School.

Joseph McDonnell Ethel McGee .

Jack Miller .

Doris Borlindar .

Fred Eisenberg .

Jennie Taylor .

14 13 St. George's R.C. School, Raglan Road, Walthamstow, E. 17.

St. Gabriel's School, Poplar, E. 14.

St. John's Bowyer School, Gaskell Street, S.W. 4.

The " Earlsfield " Girls' School, Tranmere Road, S.W. 18.

Buckingham Terrace L.C.C. School, North Kensington.

Elizabeth Street Girls' School, North Woolwich, E. 16.

LIST OF SUCCESSES— LONDON DISTRICT— continued.

Name.

Olive Sampson . . . .

Kenneth Morgans .

Milly Denovitch Betty Weller . . . .

Sheila Maria Isherwood Fred Rule Kathleen North E. Chippendale . . . .

Violet Reardon . . . .

William Bradshaw .

Peggy Hoad Marion White . . . .

Leonard Harwood .

John F . Wood . . . .

Christopher F. Drew Archibald Stonard .

Rebecca Shapiro . . - .

William H. Etherton . .

Gladys Lilian Cane .

Ernest Jones . . . .

Zena Rabinovitch .

Harold Holmes . . . .

Dora Treadaway Sylvia Clark Kathleen Rudd .

Hilda Scott John Purton . . . .

Leonard James Johnson Name.

Albert Stanley Kelly . .

Joseph Gallear . . . .

Nancy Powass . . . .

Harold Robertson .

Ronald Byrom . . . .

Frank Irvin . . . .

George Armstrong .

Marie Deakin . . . .

Albert Ellis Doris Mitchell . . . .

Irene Isherwood Elizabeth Henderson ' Douglas Marshall Mary Chappell . . . .

Mabel Smith . . . .

Norman Gregory Oswald Gibbons Dickson .

Age. ' School.

12J St. Mary's Church of England School, Balham, S.W. 12.

1 1| The Riversdale L.C.C. Boys' School, Merton Road, S.W. 18.

14 Virginia Road, Senior Girls' School.

13| Stonhouse Street Girls' School, Clapham, S.W. 4.

13 Ballance Road R.C. Girls' School, Homerton, E. 9.

14J Fulham Central School for Boys, Childerley Street, S.W. 6 .

14J Battersea Central School for Girls, S.W.

12 St. Mary's C. of E. Boys' School, Hide Place, S.W. 1.

13 Addison Gardens L.C.C. Girls' School, W. Kensington, W. 14.

13 J Hoxton House L.C.C. Boys' School, Hoxton Street, N. 1.

9J St. Jude's Girls' School, Mildmay Park, N. 1.

13J Hackford Road Girls' School, Russell Street, Brixton, S.W. 9.

13£ Roman Road Boys' School, Bow, E. 3.

13| Cephas Street L.C.C. Boys' School, Stepney, E. 1.

13J Harper Street Boys' School, New Kent Road, S.E. 1.

13J Kennington Road L.C.C. School, Kennington, S.E. 11.

12 Franciscan Road Girls' School, Tooting, S.W. 17.

13 J St. Michael's and All Angels' C. of E. School, Lamb Lane Hackney, E. 8.

14J Battersea Central School for Boys, S.W.

14 Shaftesbury Road Girls' School, Forest Gate, E. 7.

10 St. Matthias' Boys' School, Earl's Court, S.W. 5.

12£ Myrdle Street L.C.C. School, Mile End, E.I.

13 Sydenham Hill Road Boys' School, Sydenham, S.E. 26.

13 Clapham Parochial Girls' School, Rectory Grove, S.W. 4.

8J Mansfield Road Girls' School, Gospel Oak, N.W. 5.

12 St. Mary's Girls' School, Hide Place, Vincent Square, S.W. 1.

13 Alexandra Orphanage, Maitland Park, Haverstock Hill N.W. 3.

13i St. Gabriel's School, Poplar, E. 14.

13 The Oliver Goldsmith L.C.C. Boys' School, Peckham Road, S.E. 5.

NORTH dF ENGLAND.

Age. School.

12 Demesne Road Boys' School, Douglas, I.O.M.

14 St. Vincent's School, Fulwood, Preston.

13 Denmark Street Girls' School, Middlesbrough, Yorks.

13 Central Girls' School, Egremont, Cumberland.

13 Clint Road Council School, Liverpool.

10 ! Regent Street Mixed School, Heywood, Lanes.

13 St. John Baptist School, Little Hulton, Lanes.

13 St. Clement's C.E. School, Dove Street, Liverpool.

13 The Central Girls' School, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

13 St. Anne's C.E. School, Prescot Road, Liverpool.

10 Newport Road Senior Girls' School, Middlesbrough, Yorks.

11 Central Junior School, Scarborough.

12 Newburn Sugley C.E. School, Lemington, Northumberland.

12 Western Girls' School, Penman Street, North Shields.

12 Albert Road Mixed School, Saltaire, Yorks.

12 Modern Council School, Wilmslow, Cheshire.

12 Bowers Allerton School, Woodlesford, near Leeds.

12 Arbory School, Ballabeg, Isle of Man.

13 St. Jude's School, Manningham, Bradford, Yorks.

13 Mortimer Road Boys' School, South Shields.

13 : Ordsall Council Girls' School, Salford, Lanes.

13 Eastern Boys' Council School, Tynemouth.

LIST OF SUCCESSES—NORTH OF ENGLAND—continued.

Name. Age. School.

Leonard Lester .

Kathleen Wood .

Albert Arthur Roberts Hugh Bailey Ernest Hall Cheek . , Mona Teasdale .

Beatrice Weston Ida Page Alfred Ireland .

Annie Wright John Head . . . .

Clifford Martin . . .

Arthur William Lampkin 13 i Marlborough Road Boys' School, Higher Broughton, Salford.

13 i Linaker Central School, Southport, Lanes.

13 ! Rushen Central School, Port St. Mary, I.O.M.

13 | Stanley Road Council School, Chadderton, Oldham.

13 i NewburnSugley C.B. School, Lemington, Northumberland.

13 Arlecdon Council School, Frizington, Cumberland.

13 Claughtou Higher Grade Girls' School, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

14 Central School, Heywood, Lanes.

14 The Parade Central School, Hoylake, Cheshire.

13 , Longcar Central School, Barnsley, Yorks.

13 Arlecdon Council School, Frizington, Cumberland.

13 Bower's Allerton School, Woodlesford, near Leeds.

13 Council School, Butler Street, Liverpool.

MIDLANDS.

Name.

Albert Robotham .

William Salt . .

David Warren .

Douglas Clark .

Fred Griffiths . .

Dora Millicent Lee .

Edna C. Martin .

Nellie Ogden Alfred Buckley .

Edmund Buckley .

Reginald Hall J. A. Hemstock .

Marjorie Johnson William John Oakden Geoffrey Parkinson .

Alice Walker Wilfred Cooper .

Bertram Rnshton .

Harry Turner David Perry Samuel Harvey Dorothy Lowe .

Nada Edworthy Edward Pollard Harry Ford .

Leonard Redican George Brakspear Harry Kirkham Elizabeth Heaton Harry Barker Kathleen Garratt Wilfred Eagle .

Thomas Cornes .

Stanley Gunby .

John Dean .

Age.

12 11 14 11 13 11 13 12 13 13 11 14 13 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 13 13 12 14 13 13 12 12 13 14 13 13 14 10 School.

Normacot C. of E. Mixed School, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Clarence Street Council School (Boys'), Hanley, Stoke-on Trent.

Hassell Street Council School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

Derby Lane Boys' School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Emmanuel School, St. Philip's, Bristol.

Breadsall C. of E. School, Derbyshire.

Blue Coat C. of E. Girls' School, The Bridge, Walsall, Staffs.

York Street Girls' School, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Florence Mixed Council School, Longton, Stoke-ou-Trent.

Ripley St. John's School, near Derby.

Golden Hillock Road Boys' School, Birmingham.

South Council School, Exchange Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham.

Grove Senior School, Myatt Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Shelton Boys' C. of E. School, Stoke-on-Trent.

Frithville Council School, Frithville, near Boston, Lines.

Warsop Netherfield Lane Council School, Welbeck Colliery Village, near Mansfield.

Grove Senior Mixed School, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Garrison Lane Council School, Birmingham.

Fenton Market Street Boys' School, Stoke-on-Trent.

Boys' Central School, Bilston, Staffs.

St. Silas' Boys' School, York Street, St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol.

Chuckery Senior School, Tong Street, Chuckery, Walsall, Staffs.

South Street Girls' School, Bedmiuster, Bristol.

Knowle Boys' School, School Road, Bristol.

Forster Street Council Boys' School, Tunstall, Stoke-on- Trent.

C.E. Boys' School, Castlegate, Grantham, Lines.

St. Mary's R.C. School, Sleaford, Lines.

Heron Cross Council School, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Glass Street Girls' School, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Woodhouse Mixed School, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Alvaston and Boulton C. of E. School, Derby.

Abbey Street C. of E. Junior School, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Middleport Boys' School, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

South Wigston Intermediate School, near Leicester.

Overton Road School, Leicester.

LIST OF SUCCESSES— continued.

SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

Name.

Kathleen Willmott . . .

Morley Doble . . . .

Gwendoline Irene Evans .

Gladys Gilham . . . .

Eileen L. Browne Victor Cowles . . . .

Harold S. Hogan Violet Crisp . . . .

Annette Cook . . . .

Minnie Izzar . . . .

Lily White Thomas Grosvenor .

Erneat G . Clark . . . .

Peter M. Holt . . . .

Frederick Hughes .

Maud Phipp . . . .

Sydney Perfrement .

Charles E. Steer. . . .

Jack S . Michell . . . .

Dennis Wade . . . .

Frederick Clutterbuck .

Jack Denzey . . . .

Cyril Durrant . . . .

Lena Real . . . .

Doris Reed Kate Kahan . . . .

Harold Dale . . . .

Harry A. Phillips Rhoda Jenkins . . . .

Kathleen Murray Joyce B. Browne Donald Hayward Alice Sharland . . . .

Beryl Clare . . . .

Age.

13 14 11 13i 14 13* 12* 13* 14* 14 13* 13J 14 10 10J 14 10* 14 14 13* 13* 14 13* 14 13 13* 13J 14 13* 13* 13* 13J 11* 11 9* Name. Age.

Tindal Robertson • James Garrioch Skea .

Cathie McLennan Margaret Janetta Sinclair . ' Alexander Robb Charles Morackas Betty Foster Isabel Clifford . . . .

Bridget Brady . . . .

Mary A. S. H. Thompson .

Mary C . Nisbet . . . .

Peter Shearer . . . .

William Halliday . . .

Edward Thomson .

Robert Conn . . . .

EllaMcCallum . . . .

Berty Mowat . . . .

Neil Gillies Elsie S . McKay . . . .

James Learmonth . . .

* Th 12 12 13 11 12 14 14 11 13 13 14 13 13 13 11 13 12 12 13 11 14 e best School.

S. John Baptist Girls' School, Frome, Somerset.* Exeter Road Boys' School, Exmouth, Devon.

Heston Mixed School, Heston, Middlesex.

Bromley Road Senior Mixed School, Beckenham, Kent.

Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey.

Gamuel Road Boys' School, Walthamstow, Essex.

Cowley Boys' School, Cowley, Oxford.

Dudden Hill Girls' School, Willesden, N.W. 10.

St. Andrew's Mixed School, Croydon, Surrey.

" Circus " Church School, Surrey Street, Portsmouth.

Itchen Ludlow Road Girls' School, Southampton.

St. Luke's School, Southsea, Hampshire.

Cave Road Council School, Plaistow, Essex, E. 13.

Ickford Council School, Thame, Oxford.

Reginald Road School, Portsmouth.

North Walthamstow Central School, Greenleaf Road, E. 17 .

The Rectory Manor Boys' School, Mitcham Road, Croydon.

Kingsbridge Boys' School, Plymouth.

Public Central School, Plymouth, Pelly Memorial School, West Ham, E. 15.

Church Road School, Landport, Portsmouth.

Drayton Road School, Portsmouth.

Clarence Square School, Gosport, Hants.

Gibbon's Road Mixed School, Willesden, N.W. 10.

Heavitree Girls' School, Exeter.

Christchurch Girls' School, Ilford, Essex.

Senior Council School, Stowmarket, Suffolk.

Church School, Stone, Kent.

St. Anne's School, Bucks Cross, N. Devon.

George Spicer School, Enfield, Middlesex.

Church Road Girls' School, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Thomas Gray School, Slough, Bucks.

Calverleigh School, Tiverton, Devon.

Blackawton Council School, Blackawton, Devon.

Daniell Road Council School, Truro, Cornwall.

SCOTLAND.

School.

Ollaberry Mixed Public School, Shetland.

Sellibister Public School, Sanday, Orkney.

West End School, Elgin, Elginshire.

Burness Public School, Orkney.

Stronard Public School, Palnure, Kirkcudbrightshire.

St. John's School, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Hamilton School, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

Public School, Rendall, Orkney.

Whifflet Public School, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

Roman Catholic School, Cleland, Lanarkshire.

Pierowall Public School, Westray, Orkney.

St. Abbs Public School, Berwickshire.

West End School, Elgin, Elginshire.

Johnstone Bridge School, Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire.

Crimond Public School, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire.

Stoneyburn Public School, West Lothian.

St. Andrew's School, Rothesay, Bute.

Sullom Public School, Shetland.

St. Andrew's School, Rothesay, Bute.

Towie Public School, Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire.

Livingston Station Public School, West Lothian.

essay in Great Britain and Ireland.

LIST OF SUCCESSES—SCOTLAND—continued.

Name.

James A. Fraser Nettie Montague Allen K. Smith . . . .

Adam Cooper Duncan .

Jean Brown James Maker . . . .

Archie Black . . . .

Jack W. Mullen . . . .

Ina Mabel Laughton Rose Kathleen Tawse Smith George Harcus . . . .

Isabella Mackie .

Ina Ramage 12 Ella Young . . . .

School.

14 13 14 12 13 10 13 13 13 13 13 13 Foyer's Public School, Inverness-shire.

St. John's School, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Stronsay Central Public School, Orkney.

Cluny Public School, Aberdeenshire.

Stoneyburn Public School, West Lothian.

Roman Catholic School, Carfin, Lanarkshire.

Small Isles Public School, Jura, Argyllshire.

Whifflet Public School, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

Firth Public School, Finstown, Kirkwall, Orkney.

Maryculter Kast Public School, Blairs, by Aberdeen.

Pierowall Public School, Westray, Orkney.

Torryburn Public School, Torryburn, Fife.

Lamington Public School, Lanarkshire.

St. Machan's School, Lennoxtown, Glasgow.

IRELAND AND WALES (Including Shropshire and Herefordshire).

Name.

Mary Olwen John • Winnie Street .

Edith Carson Aimee Steele Herbert William Bell .

Mollie Tivenan .

James Young James William Ricketts William Rooney Winifred Eveleigh .

Madeleine Lewis Mattie Jenkins .

Kathleen Roberts .

Irene Hartley Mary McNeill Norman Quinn .

John Morrow Bertie Gass . . . .

Mary Josephine Nelson Fred Magee . . . .

Phyllis Nelson .

May Tannahill .

Diana Kingston .

Patrick O'Neill . . .

Michael J. Candon .

Beatrice Mary Bevan .

Wilhelmina Kirkpatrick Eugene MacCarthy .

Jack Williams Arthur Sanderson .

Beatrice McCann John Haydn Brown Dudley Magrath Patricia Maud Allely .

Doris Regitz Age.

11 13 13 13 14 13 13 12 13 13 13 14 12 10 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 13 14 13 11 12 14 12 13 14 14 10 13 14 14 School.

Lakefield Girls' School, Llanelly.

Girls' C. of E. School, Whitchurch, Salop.

Derrycughan Public Elementary School, Markethill, Co.

Armagh.

New Road Public Elementary School, Newtownards Road, Belfast.

Main Street Boys' Public Elementary School, Bangor, Co.

Down.

Kiltycreighton School, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

St. Patrick's National School, Dunmanway, Co. Cork.

Trealaw Boys' School, Rhondda, Glam.

Grange Boys' Public Elementary School, Kilkeel, Co.

Down.

Holton Girls' School, Barry, Glam.

St. Peters Girls' School, Cardiff.

Park Girls' School, Cwmpark, Treorchy.

Cockshutt C.E. School, Shropshire.

Christ Church Council Girls' School, Rhyl.

Hon. Irish Society's Girls' School, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry.

Baden Powell Street Public Elementary School, Belfast.

Aughagash Public Elementary School, Glenarm, Co.

Antrim.

Derrycughan Public Elementary School, Markethill, Co.

Armagh.

Gorran Public Elementary School, Blackhill, Coleraine, Co.

Londonderry.

Park Parade Public Elementary School, Belfast.

Park Parade Public Elementary School, Belfast.

Model School, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry.

Meenies National School, Drimoleague, Co. Cork.

Stewartstown Public Elementary School, Co. Tyrone Drumcormack National School, Ballymote, Co. Sligo.

Freystrop N.P. School, Haverfordwest, Pemb.

Annalong Public Elementary School, Co. Down.

St. Patrick's National School, Dumnanway, Co. Cork.

Ketley Council School, Wellington, Shropshire.

Derryvalley National School, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.

Convent National Schools, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin.

Middle Council School, Rhymney, Cardiff.

Model School, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.

Girls' Model School, Cliftonville, Belfast.

Crumlin National School, Co. Dublin..