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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 10

Iho election of tho Rev. A. A." David to succeed tho new President of St. John's, Oxford, as headmaster of Rugby, is, on the whole, more in accordance with general anticipation than was his' appointment to a similar post at Oifton four years ago (says a writer i? ! ! e , ? a , U y News"). At.that tinny. Mr. David, had been an Oxford don ifor some six yftars.'and his previous experience at'Bradfield and.Rugby had largely been forgotten. As a matter of, fact, tho Oxford, don has proved entirely successful and very popular at Clifton He is capablo of regarding boys as boys, and not merely as pupils, and of giving the widest possible interpretation to tho word education. I heard him on ono occasion lay down tho'verv .Sensible principle that a boy should .bo taught to be thoroughly ashamed of: catching a cold or any other, preventable-ailment. There is a rather striking resemblance between tho careers of .-Mr.-. David, and of tho present Bishop of iierefbrd, both having been successively scholars and subsequently Fellows of Queen's, assistant masters at Rugby, headmasters of Clifton, and ultimately headmasters of Rugby." ,' .. As a steam omnibus was proceeding alone Abyssinia Road, Battersea, the steering gear became deranged,' and.it mounted tho pavement, demolished • the railings of a private house, and finally fell- into tho.area. The driver..escaped injury, by jumping.It is estimated that, last year ' iIKidOO.OOO was spent by Britain in drink, of which the nation. got. .£38,000,000 in the way of taxation. , For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d., 2s. 6d. ■■■ ■ '■-'■■'■'■■ ■'- ■■■■ ■,'■ •. Advt,