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gonfenfs. PAGE School Notes School Officers ... Football Letter from an Old Vigornian at the Cape King's Scholarship's Examination ... Vigornian Literary and Debating Society Obituary Notice of the late Mr. Clarke Old Vigornians' Column ... Oxford Letter ... Cambridge Letter Correspondence .... ... ... Games and Library Accounts Through the North Island
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JINCE our last issue the school has sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr. Henry Clarke, B.A., for over twenty-two years our senior mathematical master. The suddenness of the sad occurrence came as an additional shock, as Mr. Clarke appeared in school a short time before he was taken fatally ill, and seemed in his usual health. Previous to leaving the school at 4.30
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he took an old scholar over the new Classrooms, in the person of Dr. Jourdain, who is in the Cape Medical Service and was in charge of 175 of our wounded soldiers from South Africa. On reaching his home Mr. Clarke passed away at 5.15. Mr. Clarke graduated at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he took second-class and honours in Mathematical Moderations, third - class in the final school. For sometime he was assistant master at Leamington College, and afterwards temporary head-master of Truro Grammar School. In September 1878 he obtained the post of Mathematical and second master amongst us, being also the Master in charge of the King's Scholars under the old scheme, but since the change about ten years ago he ceased to hold that office. During Mr. Day's headmastership Mr. Clarke had a boarding house near the school, and had about eight boys with him. He took the deepest interest in all the school games, and his figure was a familiar one in both the cricket and football fields, whilst he took a keen interest in the progress of the Four. Amongst us he was deservedly popular, and Old Boys always evinced the greatest regard for him,