Church in January, and we wish him and his wife great happiness and success there. To close these Notes we offer thanks to the ladies who Sunday by Sunday throughout the year have arranged the Chapel flowers, and our congratulations to our Chaplain and Mrs. Bredenkamp on the birth of a son a few days after the School broke up. Organ Recitals AugustlSth: Fugue in G minor(Bach): TrumpetTune(Clarke); Suite Gothique (Boellman). September 22nd: Mr. Brian Goodwin, A.R.C.O. Prelude in B minor (Bach); Sonata No.2 in A flat, 1st Move ment (Rheinberger); Allegretto Capriccioso (J. Withers Carter); Toccatina for Flutes (Yon); Trumpet Tune(Stanley). Miss Marjory McConvill sang songsby Handel and Dvorak, and C^sar Franck. October 27th; Prelude and Fugue in G(Bach); Gavotte(Martini); Choral Postlude on "Hanover"(Thiman). November 24th; Fugue in D (the "Giant") (Bach); Allegretto Grazioso (Hoilins); Fanfare (Waters); Funeral March and Hymn of Seraphs (Guilmant). The two new stops put in in July have added much to the effectiveness of the Organ. The Tuba Minor in particular is a great success and a credit to the craftsmen of the English factory who made and voiced the pipes. It is probable that no other Church organ in Natal has a stop of such beautiful and distinctive quality. These additions revive grateful memories ofour late frienMdr. A.H. Smith,for it is his generosity that made them possible. REV. W. H. IRVING Early in August Rev.W.H.Irving passed to his rest. He was the school's oldest friend, and even to the last was concerned about the History of Kearsney, to which he was devoting much thought, but never managed to see to paper. Mr. Irving was the school's first chaplain, and helped to steer it through the initial teething troubles. By chance he was also our first chaplain when we re-opened at Botha's Hill. For many years he was a member of the school Board 283
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