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"Chips," as Chipping, the Latin master at Brookfield School, was called by his pupils since his marriage to a young and beautiful girl aftor 20 years of bachelorhood, had, under his wife's understanding tutelage, conquered his pupils' anti- He and his wife gavo pathy and became friends with them. Sunday toas for them; he cracked jokes in class, and could tako ono on himself. On April Fool's Day, his class prepared a joko that was really meaningless knowing he would ap- prociato it, but in the midst of their shouts of "April Fool!" a lato comor arrived and whispered that Chips' wife and her new-born baby wore both dead.

TWENTY years passed. Queen Victoria had died and a King sat on the throne of England, Bleriot had spanned the Channel in contraption that flew.

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Chips, his hair now grey, his face lined with wrinkles, did not appear to be an old man, perhaps because of the humorously redoubtable look in his cycs.

He had become a bit of an eccentric, a personality, al- most a legend of Brookfield School.

It was autumn call-over in the Quadrangle at Brook- field. The boys as they walked past Chips called. their names.

The last, a husky lad of 13, omitted to identify him- self.

"You, boy!" said Chips sharply. "Haven't you got a name?"

"Yes, sir," replied the youth.

"What is it? Is it a secret?"

sir-Derek

.

"Morgan, Morgan."

"A Morgan, eh? I might "have known.-Trousers-too- always tight. Morgans grow out of their trousers." While the boy stared in embarrassed surprise Chips tucked up his gown briskly and turned away abruptly, all but colliding with a tall prefect who told him that the Headmaster wished to see him.

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As he walked briskly toward tho Headmas ter's house, he heard the crash of a bicycle falling in the street, execrations in boyish voices.

Around the corner he came upon a Brookfield boy and a "Townee", a greengrocer's deli- very boy, for various vegetables were scattered about the fallen! bicycle.

The youth's nose was bleed- Ing. He doubled up his fist and socked the school boy in the eye. "Oh, you beast! I'll kill you for that!" cried the infuriated Brookfieldian, and lunge at the delivery boy's jaw.

Chips grabbed them both by their coat collars and wrenched them apart. "A disgraceful exhibition!";

Ile addressed the youngster in Brookfeld garb. "Did no one ever tell you to keep your hands up? I wonder both your eyes aren't closed! New, aron't You

"Yes, sir," panted the boy. still exchanging glaring looks with his recent antagonist.

"You're a Colley, aren't you?” "Yes, sir." "That's a familiar name at Brookfield."

"Yes, sir. My grandfather's Sir John Coller, chairman of the Bohool Governors."

"He was a crappor, tool Caned him more than once for Do the same for you any time you need it." Ha looked

at the delivery boy. "What's your name?"

"Perkins, sir."

"I gather, Perkins, you are in the retail vegetable trade. Do your duties include brawling in the street?"

"Slovenly, you say?" asked Chips, bewildered by the out- burst.

"Yes. Look at that gown you are wearing. I happen to know that it's £1 subject of amusement to the whole school. E called

A year ago I told you I wanted the new style of Latin pronun- Cheese," said Perkins hotly.

"Well, he said I was a stuck-ciation taught and you totally

ignored it.' up snob," said Colley.

me

a Town

"A Town Cheese! That was

"Oh, that! Nonsense in my ill-mannered of you, Colley. The opinion! What's the good of teaching the boys to any "Kikero' fact that you wear a school hat

cican when for the rest of their lives and what passes for a collar doesn't entitle you to they'll say 'Cicero'? Instead of snéer at hard-working fellows vicissum' you'd make them say like Perkins. And you, Per-we kiss 'em!" Chips emitted a kins, just because Master Colley deep chuckle. may happen to have a nodding acquaintance with some of the simpler Latin verbs, doesn't necessarily imply he's short on fortitude. er Intestinal Come now. shake hands. No more of this nonsensel Some,

shake!"

The boys did 80, rather sheepishly. "If you've managed to knock any sense into cach other, then the afternoon hasn't been wasted."

"There you are! You hold one'

But opinion and I another. happen to be Headmaster here. I'm trying to make Brookfield an up-to-date school and you in- sist on clinging to the past. The world is changing. Parents to- day expect samething more for their school fees than a few scraps of a dead language."

I know the world's chang- ing, Mr. Ralston. I've seen the old traditions dying, one by one RALSTON, the grace and dignity and feeling Ileadmaster, played for the past. All that matters nervously with A hore to-day is a fat banking ac- paper knife As count. You're trying to run the Chipping took the school like a factory--for turn ing out money-made, machine chair he indicated.

made snobs. You've raised the fees and in the end the boys who really belong to Brookfield will be frozen out. Modern methods! Intensive training! Poppycock Give a boy a sense of humour and he'll stand up to anything. I'm not going to resign and you can do what you like about it!"

Then he plunged into the matter in hand.

"Mr. Chipping, have you ever thought you would like to re- tire?"

tonished.

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him, Chips looked at

"No, I've never thought about

it."

"Well, the suggestion's there for you to consider. I'm sure the governors will be prepared to grant you' an adequate pen- Bion,""

"But, I don't want to retire. I don't-er-need to consider It."

"In that came things are go- ing to be a little difficult."

"Difficult? Why difficult?" "Do you want me to be quite blunt about it? ... Your teach- ing methods are old-fashioned, your personal habits are sloven- ly, and you ignore my instruc- tions in a way that in a younger man I should regard as rank insubordination.

CHIPS whisked his tattered gown about him and! strode from Rala-

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Goodbye. Mr Chips

From the Novel by

JAMES HILTON

Adapted from the M.-G.-M. Picture by LEBBEUS MITCHELL,

Chips got to his feet, his face "If Chips went the whole! school 'ud fall down," was the barely under control, his voice

faltering. opinion of a third boy,"

"Get rid of Chips cried an- other.

He'd just better try! If he says another word to Chips, 1 kill him!"

IN the ante-room of Sir John Colley's ollice several im- portant looking people wailed im- patiently to be ad- mitted; but an attendant said something im- portant had arisen to demand

Sir John's attention.

This private office, Sir John his face purple, atrode angrily about, while a man seated by his desk, watched him in agita- tion,

"Impossible! Ralston must be mad! Raving mad!" Sir John stopped to ring furiously for his secretary. "Get Mr. Martin at once!... I'll resign, Hender- son, before I stand for this!"

"Exactly what served Henderson. out of his mind!"

I said " ob. "The man's

"Can you imagine Brookfield' without Chips? Why, hang It, Jim, he's thrashed us both for stealing cherries!" He stopped for a brief colloquy on the tele- phone.

boy heard:

"Martin's

"

"Sir John-gentlemen. But his voice falled and he scowled to hide his emotion. "It's good of you, John-good of all of you to take this trouble for an old man."-Sir John placed a hand on Chips's arm, and that gesture of affection "But steadied the old Master. before I avail myself of your confidence I should like to be able to. persuade the Head that in these times Brookfield has

need of both of us."

"That's very generous of you, Chips," said the Foreign Secre- asked

tary.

"But will it work?" Colonel Morgan.

"I shall see to it that it does. I'm even going to teach my La- tin class to suy 'Kikero'! A few years of that and I'll have to re- tire!"

TO-MORROW Realisation

Philadelphia Rocked

By Explosion

the whole row, Jim. Martin's T.N.T. Factory Wrecked wired to Morgan at Aldershot! We'll call a meeting of the Board of Governors. I'll wire Grant- ley and Howson. By Gad, I'll call on the Foreign Secretary! Forrester's a Brookfield boy!"

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ton's study with a; determined flourish. Chips,

Governors held a council and went to Brookfield. Gathered about tho long table in the Masters' common room, they all faced) seated at one end. Sir

A boy outside John Colley expressed the senti-1 Headmaster's office had over- ment of all of the Board: heard enough of the talk be- tween Ralston and Chips to un- derstand what was in the wind.

Ilo ran breathlessly to fellow pupils.

The IIcad told Chips ho's gat to resign and Chips said he wouldn't.".

I should think not! Chips has been here hundreds of years.

·Hò used to cans my father.”

"The Governors don't want you to resign, Chips. Brook- field wouldn't be the same with-

out you and they know it You

can stay here until you're a hun- dred if you feel like it and we hope you will",

Icart Hear! cried soverall voices.

"Certainly!" sald Colonel Morgan. We're all agreed,"

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