The Rafflesian 1929 Dec Vol 5 No 3

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PORT DICKSON CAMP.

O n F rid ay 2 n d A u g u s t o f this year, at one o ’clock in the a f t e r ­
noon, one-third of the Cadets of Raffles Institu tio n , Singapore, about
fifty strong assembled in School. Each of us had a kit-bag and a
haversack of which the former was used by us to put in our pillows,
blankets, bed-sheets, spare shorts and shirts also other belongings w hich
were of im portance to us, whereas the latter was fo r the conveyance
of our own food which we had to bring to keep us from starvation
during our voyage to Port Dickson.

Before m a rc h in g to J o h n s to n ’s Pier, we were m e t by the Principal
of the School, M r. D . A. Bishop w h o wished as " G o o d L u c k ” also>
hoping that we might enjoy our camping and our mid-summer holi­
days. W e, in return, wished him the same. A fter loading all our
luggage and baggage in to th e S. V. C. bus w h ic h was p u t at ou r
disposal, w e were th e n m a rch e d to J o h n s to n ’s Pier by o u r Officer C o m -
mading, C apt. C. A. Scott. O th er officers who accompanied us to
P o rt D ickson were Lieut. P. F. F Io w itt (Second in C o m m a n d ) 2nd.
Lieut. Mohd. Yusof 2nd Lieut. Labh Singh.

T h e C o m p a n y was u n d e r C. S. M. A . K. Mallal and was divided
into tw o special Platoons viz. Platoon I and Platoon II. Each of
these was divided into four sections. The Platoon Sergeants were
IsmaiI and A. Desker respectively.

A t ab o u t 2 p.m . we g o t on board S.S. C irce bound fo r P ort
Dickson that day. All of us would have been in a happy and jolly
mood if it had not been for the order that was given to us not to
roam about on the steamer. But, anyhow we enjoyed ourselves for
this order was given so th a t we should behave ourselves and uphold
the nam e of our C ad e t Corps. Sailing as deck-passengers, we had a

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sm ooth sailing th a t n ig h t th ough the. ocean was a bit rough between
the hours of four and five. In the m orning a few of us felt sea­
sick among w hom was I. T o our u tm ost relief we arrived at our
destin atio n at about seven o ’clock.

W e w^ere delayed a few m in u tes on the steamer. W h e n landed,
we were conveyed to the camp by means of buses w'hich had to go a
distance of five miles. O ne of the M.S.V.R. buses was specially
sent to us for the conveyance of our luggage and baggage. Because
of the inadequate num ber of buses, some of us had to m arch a dis­
tance of nearly tw o miles w ith our OfScer Comm anding and Second
in Comm and. T o our relief we met three buses after having walked
a b o u t tw o and a h a lf miles. W e m ade use of th e m and reached camf>
to find that our Corps was the first to arrive.

As we had not had our breakfast that morning, and after occupy­
ing the first four tents, a plate together w ith a mug was distributed to
each of us. W e were then told to be ready for breakfast w hich was to
be served in the tiffin shed. In order to have discipline we were m a rch ­
ed off to the shed to have our breakfast. A fte r finishing our break­
fast ar.d washing our plates and mugs, we were then marched back
to o u r tents. In th e evening a t fo u r o ’clock we were again m arched
off to tea w hich also included tw o slices of bread one of w hich was
smeared w ith b u tte r the other w ith jam. W e were then led to the sea-
shore immediately after this where we had a fine swim in one of the
pagars. D in n e r was served a t seven o ’clock. L ectures were given
a fte r this specially fo r the N . C . O ’s b y one o f the E uropean officers.
W e had fish, meat, leafy vegetables and rice for our dinner and tiffin.
L ights being p u t o u t a t nine o ’clock we all rocked ourselves to sleep.

Wakened up by the sound of a bugle at half past five we were ready
in swim ming costumes at six for the m orning tea. Tea being finished,

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we had some physieal drill g iv e n to us for about half an hour after
w h ich we w e n t to swim . B reakfast was to be served at eight o ’clock
and by this time we were all ready for it. In the afternoon we were
joined by o th e r C ad et C orps fr o m th e F.M.S. and S.S. Parades were
held daily lasting for nearly five hours and between each hour we
had h a lf o r q u a rte r o f an h o u r ’s in te rv a l fo r rest. A ll of this c o n ­
tinued for about four days, when on the fifth day, because of the
terrible heat that we had suffered, five of our boys complained of
being suddenly taken ill. A sking permission to be taken home, they
left Port D ickson w ith C apt. Scott who was also leaving for Singapore
that evening.

Competitions were held among all the Cadet Corps, those of the
F.M.S. and S.S. in sw im m ing, football, hockey, shooting, and b a d ­
minton. The following were our results:—

W on in Swimming.
Lost in Swimming.
Lcst in Badminton.
W on two matches out of three in FIockey.
W on in one m atch and played a draw n game in an­

other in Football.
However, we had the most points because of our behaviour, discipline
together with our smartness and activity in marching. Now, we
m ay all be proud to know th a t the name of Raffles Institution, Singa­
pore, stands at the top of the list. This is due chiefly to the hard
w ork and interest shown by our Officers Comm anding and Second in
C om m and to w hom I think credit should be given.

Before our departure from Port Dickson on A ugust 9th, a group
p h o to g rap h of S.S. C adets was taken i.e. o u r C orps and t h a t o f the 1'e-
nang Free School. Cheered and praised by other schools we left Port

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D ickson at 2.30 p.m. A t f011r we were already on board S.S. Medasa
sailing for our Home. D uring the journey we were told by the Captain
of the ship that we were going to encounter a great storm about
midnight. This, came true for we were suddenly awakened by a
big gust of wind followed by heavy drops of rain forcing us to seek
shelter here and there. But this was not all, for there were the raging
waves trying to swallow the ship which we thought was going to
sink at any moment. However, after seeking shelter, we slept that
night. A w aking between five and six, we found ourselves sailing on
a calm ocean. The island of Singapore came into our view at the
hour of seven and we landed an hour later on Saturday morning after
having been in camp in Port Dickson for a week.

C H o o SiN SAN (Jr. D . ) .

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BADMINTON TOURNAMENT.

M a s t e r l / C ..................................... M r. C . J. H all.
S e c re ta ry .......................................... O n g E n g Lian.

Towards the middle of the term an inter-house tournam ent was
arranged. O w ing to pressure of time it was impossible to play off
th e seven m atches in each contest as proposed, so the house w in n in g
four matches first was declared to be winner of that round. In the
final all seven matches were played.

The play throughout the tournament was of a high standard.
The best teams by luck of the draw were in the lower half. House III.
luckily obtained a bye and got into the final by easily defeating House
V. House I. proved themselves the champions by defeating House III.
in the final.

The final was played in the hall on the 8th November before a
large crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop were present to witness the fight.
The game was quite thrilling, the points being keenly contested. It
w as an y b o d y ’s game. M en tio n in g H ouse I. first the results were as
follows:—

SINGLES.

H oodH in beat JooH ock i j - n : 9-15: 1j-6.

EngPoh „ Chua 15- 3: 1j-0.

C him B ock „ K im H o n g 15- 7: 11-15: 1j-7.

KeowSiong lostto Yusof 8-15: 5- 15-

DOUBLES. beat Joo Hock ]
lostto and [21-3 = 21-7.
Hood Hin
and Kim HongJ

Chim Bock Yusoff ^
and [10-21: 10-21.
EngPoh
and Joo Hock J

Tear Choon

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Keow Siong Chua ]
and
lost to and (8-21: 15-21.
Chin Teck
Yew ChowJ

House I. 4 games. House III. 3 games.

O n the 10th we played the Victoria Institution (K .L .), this
being our only m atch against an outside school.

Excellent badminton was witnessed. The scores, although one­
sided, must not suggest that our boys had everything their own way.
O u r team had to w ork hard before getting a point. The V. I. team
was composed of the boys who happened to be in the soccer team th a t
was down to play the different local schools. Mr. A. C. Straham,
the master-in-charge, substituted fo r one of the boys.

M entioning the names of our team first, the results were as
follows:—

SINGLES. beat Mr. A. C. Straham 15-4: 1;-2
Mahluddin
Tan Hood Hin Kon Fook ! 5- 5: ! J -3
Koh Joo Hock 15-4: 1j-1

Khoo Eng Poh Bahanddin]
beat and f-21-0: 21-9.
DOUBLES.
MahluddinJ
Tan Hood Hin
and Sin Siew ]
beat and ^21-0: 21-7.
Koh Joo H cck
Koon FookJ
Yusoff
and

Chim Bock

On Monday Nov. n t h matches were played between the masters
of R. I. and those of the V ictoria In stitu tio n , Kuala L u m p u r. Mr.
Seott and Mr. H o w itt represented Raffles and Mr. Shaw and Mr. Stra­
ham, Victoria Institution.

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The Doubles event w ent w ithout m u?h difficulty to the visitors,
w h o w on 2 1- 3, 2 i - n . Mr. Shaw defeated Mr. Scott in the Singles
1 J-J> 1 J " / anc^ M r - Straham beat Mr. H o w itt 8-15, 15-8, 14-14,

( 3- 1) • '
The House-Masters took little interest in the games, and they

should be reminded of the fact that w ithout their assistance and en­
couragement boys cannot hope to excel in their games.

A special w o rd c f th a n k s should be given to O n g E n g Lianj,
Hon. Secretary, who did much to bring the tournament to a suc­
cessful conclusion. Messrs. Robinson & Co., have kindly presented a
superb cup to be ccmpeted for annually by the Houses.

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PING-PONG.

M a s ter-in -ch a rg e ....................................M r. C. S. T ing.
S e c re ta ry .......................................... „ O n g E n g Lian.

The last ping-pong tournam ent held in the school was in 1927,
when, in the inter-house competition House 5 came out victorious with
Y ap K im Swee the individual champion. I t was revived in the middle
o f this te rm w ith an inter-house to u r n a m e n t, M r. C. S. T in g being
master-in-charge and O ng Eng Lian secretary.

The winner of the singles championship may be awarded a trophy
T h e f o r m o f th e tr o p h y has n o t y e t been decided upon. Messrs. B. P .
de Silva have kindly presented us a nice silver cup for annual com­
petition between the Houses. The different prizes will be presented
later on at an exhibition football match.

Each House sent in a representative team of five boys. The
" Knock-out ” system was adopted and the House winning three or
more matches out of five wins the contest and enters the next round.
The best teams— by luck of the draw— were put in the lower half.
House II had an easy time in the upper half and entered the final
without much opposition. In the lower half House VI by defeating
House III in the first round and House V in the semi-final entered the
final. In the final House VI was victorious by 3-2 matches. There
was not m uch doubt about the issue fro m the beginning although the
scores might suggest a hard struggle.

O w ing to the pressure of time it was not possible to hold an open
tournam ent. Hence it was decided that each House should send in
its tw o best players for the individual championship. U p to the

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present only the semi-finals have been played and those in the final
are Teo Kiat Seng of House IV and C han H eng Soon of House III.

[Since going to press the final has been played off— Chan H eitg
Soon (House III) winning from Teo Kiat Seng (House IV ) by 6-3,
8-6. A cup will be presented to the winner— Ed. R .].

Some of the boys to o k v e ry little interest or else the y are afraid
of a beating. It ought to be remembered that in every game the
v ic to ry is n o t th e sole aim. W e shall like to see more spor.ting spirit
^hown next time.

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TENNIS.

Early this term a group of tennis enthusiasts proposed that a
tournam ent should be held and plans were quickly draw n up for an
inter-class tournam ent. Mr. Bishop very kindly offered us the use o f
a later meeting of representatives the following committee was elected:

1 ■-

Master i / c .....................................Mr. S. C. T ing.
C a p t. an4 Secretary. . ..........Lee Ee Ngee.
M em bers......................................... O n g C h en g Bee,

P. R. Lewis,
Cheong Chee Hock,
Benjafield,
C. De Souza.
O n g Seow Leong.

It was decided th a t seven matches should be played between classes
in each round— 4 singles and 3 doubles— and except for the final
round, each m atch should consist of eleven games— making 77 games
for each contest. In the final round the w inning of the best of 3 sets
in each match would constitute a win.

The draw for the first round resulted in the Special Class meeting
Form V I and the Seniors meeting the Commercials while Form VII
and the Juniors received byes. T he Special Class w on easily fro m
F orm VI by 71 games to 6 games— the only m atch where there was
any fight for the issue was th a t between O n g E n g Lian (Sp.) and
O n g Seow Leong ( V I). The Seniors, on the other hand did n o t w in
so easily fro m the Commercials— every point in the struggle was keenly
contested for. A t no time during the struggle, was anyone certain
about the final scores but the Seniors, by the simple process of " starv­
in g ” O n g C h en g Bee, the best player fo r th e C om m ercials, m anaged to-

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win tw o doubles m atches.and eventually w ent on to win by an odd
game in 77.

In the second (semi-final) round the Special Class after w inning
41 games fr o m F o rm V II declared a w in as the scholarship exam ination
prevented fu rth er play. The Seniors m et the Juniors and the latter
w on by 41 games to 36 games. D uring the early part of the contest
betw een the Seniors and Juniors, it looked as if the latte r w ould w in
b y a big m a rg in as the first day ended w ith the Juniors w in n in g 3 1
games which meant that only 8 more games were required for a win.
O n the second day, however, the Seniors maae a praise-worthy effort
and won all the doubles matches.

T he final round was n o t so exciting as was expected the only
m atch in which there was any semblance of a fight was th at between
Tan Thoon Lip (Sp.) and Yong Vidhaya (Jr.). In this one set was
w o n a fte r 35 games h ad been played! T h e m a tc h between O n g E n g
Lian (Sp.) and Benjafield ( J r .) started well and it looked as if there
m ight be a struggle, b u t superior play on the part of Benjafield soon
told its tale. E ventually the Special Class won by 5 matches to 2
matches.

Towards the end of the inter-class tournament, an attem pt was
made to arrange for an inter-school event and a request was sent to
the Sports Secretary of the Anglo-Chinese School for arrangements
to be made, b u t up to the time of going to press no definite fixtures
have been made. It is, however, hoped th a t a reply will be fo r th ­
coming.

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OFFICE BEARERS.

SPORTS CLUB.
President..........................................T h e Principal.

GAMES. Capt.. . Ismail.
Football . .Mr. N . A. Roche. C a p t.. . .H . F. Oehlers.
H ockey. . . Mr. W . E. Dyer.
C ric k e t. . . .Mr. A. F. H unter. Capt. Lee H o n g Chong.
Volleyball .Mr. K. M. R. Menon.
Badminton .Mr. C. J. Hall.

mt-'ton'i] M t ' s - c ' T i " s '

Su im m in g . Mr. Seah Seng Kang.

L lT E R A R Y and D R A M A T IC SO CIETY.
P re sid e n t...................................................... T h e Principal..
C h a ir m a n ................................................. M r. C. A. Scott.
V ic e - c h a ir m a n ........................................ T a n T h o o n Lip.
H o n . Sec. and T reasu rer.............. M r. J. A. D orai Raj.
C o m m itte e m e m b e r s................Mr. K. M. R . Menon.
Mr. M. Menahem.
Lee Ee Ngee.
O ng Eng Lian.

L IB R A R Y .
Librarian..........................................A. W . T h evathason.

TH E RAFFLESIAN.
Editorial Staff.
H o n . C en so r.......................................... M r. W . E. D yer.
E d it o r s ............................................................. Lee Ee Ngee.
P. R. Lewis.

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SCOUTS.

S c o u tm a s te r ...................................Mr. H . G allagher (on leave).
A ssista n t scoutm asters...............Mr. J. A . D oraiRaj.

Mr. Mulla Singh.
Mr. M. Menahem.
T ro o p Leacler................................ A b d u l Kader.
Senior Patrol Leaders..................L im Sed Kim.
G. Clunies-Ross.
Syed Sager Ali.
Patrol Leaders..............................A b d u l K arim , Fred. C h u a, Goh

Chah Bah, Shahul Hameed,
George d ’A lmeida, M ohd. Kassim,
FEo K ian Lam , Shaik M ohd. Ali,
A. J. Silberman, Mohd ArifAn,
Mohd. Yusof, Low Swee Yew.

CADETS.

Officer C o m m a n d i n g ................. Capt. C. A. Scott.
2 n d in C o m m a n d .......................Lieut. P. F. H o w i tt.
N o . i P lato o n . ........................... C.Q.M.S. Ismail.

Platoon Sgt. A. Desker.
Section c o m m a n d e r s ................. Cpls. A h m a d , A bd. A ziz and M. S.

Judge.
O th e r N . C . O ’s . ........................... L /C p ls . G o h C hoon K ang, L. S m ith

and Surjan Singh.
N o . II P la t o o n ................................C . S . M . A . K . M a l l a l .

Platoon Sgt. P. R. Lewis.
Section c o m m a n d e r s ................. Sgt. Sohan Singh, Cpls. J. Chang,.

and L /C p l. C h a n See K an.

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O th e r N . C . O ’s ........................... L /C p ls . C. d ’Souza and C h an G im
Leang.

N o . 111 P la t o o n ................................2 /L ie u t. Labh Singh.
Platoon Sgt. Lim Tee Kiat.

Section c o m m a n d e r s ..................Cpl. Seah P eng A n n , L /C p ls .C hew
Keng Lam and Hd. Hassan.

O th e r N . C . O ’s ........................... L /C p l. H o M u n Meng.

PREFECTS. . Tan Thoon Lip.
. Lee Ee Ngee.
Head Prefect. . , . H . F. Oehlers.
Second P re fe c t: Seah Peng Liap.
3 School P re fe c t, O ng E ng Lian.
P. R. Lewis.
4 D . C. D ’C o tta .
5 Mohd. Yunos.
Sohan Singh.
6 Lim Sed Kim.
Abd. Kader.
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TH E HOUSES.

House I. Mr. M. N . Campos. House Prefects.
House II. Mr. C. A. Peterson. O n g Kiew A n n and M. S. Judge.
Lim Tee Kiat and N g Chong
House III. Mr. T ing Siew Choon.
Hong.
Lee H o n g Chong and M uthucu-

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House IV. Mr. A. R. Doray. F. Chua and J. 'V. Bennet.
House V. Mr. N. A. Roche. A. Meyer and Rnoo Eng Poh
House VI. Mr. H . N . Balhetchet A bdul Kader, Mohd. Said and

Mohd. Ali.

STAFF.

P r i n c i p a l ................................................. Mr. D . A. Bishop, M .A . ( E d i n ) .

Mr. G. T. Peall, M.A. (O xon) on leave.
„ C. A. Scott, M.A. (E d in ).
„ W . E. Dyer, r..A. (O x o n ).
„ P. F. H ow itt, B.A. (O x o n ).
„ A. F. FIunter, B.sc.. (St. A nd.)
„ C. J. H a ll, B. C o m . ( N . U . I . ) .
„ Seah Seng Kang.
„ Low N yiong Ing, B.A. (H ong K ong).
„ B. W . A y ad u rai.
„ K. Rajaratnam.
„ K. M. R- Menon, B.A., L.L.B. (M adras).
„ M. IgnaFms.
„ J. A. Dorai Raj.
„ M. N . Campos.
„ A. R. Doray.
„ T. E. K. Retnam.
„ T in g Siew Choon, B.A. (H o n g K o n g ).
„ C. A. Peterson, B.A. (H ong K ong).
„ T. A. Chunchie.
„ K. Sabapathy.
„ N . A. Roche.
„ H . N . Balhetchet, B.A. (H ong K ong).
„ Hooi Yip FIoong.
„ C. A. Sinnathamby.
„ Low Kong Lin.
„ Tsang Fook W eng, B.A. (De Paiiw).
„ T. Selvadurai.

Student Teachers: Max Menahem1 A. K. Mallal and Labh Singh.

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