Children of Margaret and John Andrews

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me JOHN EDWARD ANDREWS of Errard Street South Ballarat in the Stat of Victoria Gentleman. 1. I APPOINT "THE BALLARAT TRUSTEES EXECUTORS & AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED"of Lydiard Street North Ballarat in the said State sole Executor and Trustee of this my Will. 2. I BEQUEATH the large framed picture of her Mother to my daughter Jessie Caroline Hamilton. 3. I DIRECT that my wife shall have the right to reside in my residence in Errard Street Ballarat free of any rent, rates and any other charges for three months after my decease if she desires so to do and in such case the sale of my furniture and household effects (save as in hereafter provided) shall be postponed until such time as my Trustee thinks proper. 4. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH all my books and household ornaments to my Trustee UPON TRUST to divide the same in such manner and amongst such persons as my daughters Mabel Chisholm and Jessie Caroline Hamilton decide and in the event of any dispute the decision of my Trustee is final. I DIRECT that this division of my books and ornaments shall take place as soon as practicable after my decease but nothing shall be removed from my residence save with the consent of my wife until the expiration of the three months aforesaid. If my wife vacates my residence before the expiration of that time such books and ornaments may thereupon be removed. 5. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real and the rest and residue of my personal estate of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate to my said Trustee UPON TRUST to sell and convert the same into money when and as my saif Trustee shall in its discretion deem it most advantageous so to do but with power to postpone for any time which it may think proper the sale and conversion of all or any part of my said real and residual personal estate AND pending the sale and conversion thereof to let from year to year or for any term or terms of years and upon any term and conditions which my said Trustee may think proper or to occupy use and manage my said real and residual personal estate and the affairs thereof generally at its discretion. I DECLARE that in the meantime and until sale and conversion thereof respectiveley such real and residual personal estate and the yearly income thereof shall be subject to the trusts and provisions hereinafter declared concerning the money to arise therefrom and the income of such money. 6. I DIRECT that my said Trustee shall stand possessed of the net moneys to arise from the sale and conversion of my said real and residuary personal estate after paying and retaining thereout my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and Probate and Estate duty upon my estate UPON TRUST to invest the same and to pay the income received therefrom to my wife Eleanor Phoebe Andrews for and during her life and widowhood. On the death or remarriage of my said wife the said moneys hereinbefore directed to be invested shall be divided into four equal parts or shares. To each of my daughters Florence Margaret Walsh Mabe Chisholm and Jessie Caroline Hamilton i give one part or share and the remaining share shall be divided equally amongst such of the children of my late daughter Amy Elizabeth Suffren who survive me and live to attain the age of twenty one years. 7. I DECLARE that if any of my said daughters shall predecease me or die before the death or remarriage of my wife leaving a child or children her surviving and who shall be living at my decease or at the date of death or remarriage of my wife then the fund or share which such daughter would have taken under this my Will shall be held by my Trustee in trust for the child or children of such daughter and if more than one in equal shares. 8. I REVOKE all prior Wills IN WITNESS thereof I have hereunto set my hand this Sixteenth day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty one.

THIS IS A CODICIL to the last Will and Testament of me JOHN EDWARD ANDREWS of Errard Street South Ballarat in the State of Victoria Gentleman which will bears date Sixteenth day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty one. In addition to the bequest made in my said Will it is my desire to and I hereby bequeath my Iron Safe to my son-in-lay Andrew Robertson Hamilton. In all other respects I confirm my said Will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Seventh day of August One thousand nine hundred and thirty one.

I BEG to offer myself as a candidate for a seat in the Council at the forthcoming election (13th August), having been chosen as one of your representatives at a large and influential meeting of ratepayers. Should you do me the honor to return me, I shall endeavor by strict attention to Shire and public matters, to merit the confidence reposed in me, and your interest and advancement shall always receive my warm and hearty co-operation.'

Faithfully yours,

CHARLES ANDREWS,

Boort, 25th July, 1885.

BREACH OF AGREEMENT.

VICKERS v. ANDREWS (Special Jury).—Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Gainsford Bruce for the plaintiff, Mr. Tom Vickers (at present as temperance hotel keeper at Scarbro'); Mr. Cave, Q.C., and Mr. Firth were for the defendant, Mr. Frederick Andrews, the agent of the Committee of the Society of Friends, who carry on the Quaker School at Ackworth, near Pontefract. The statement of claim set forth that an agreement was entered into between the plaintiff and defendant, by which the latter agreed to let to the plaintiff certain premises, possession of which was to be taken on the 6th April last, and that though all the conditions of the agreement were fulfilled by the plaintiff, the defendant refused to give him possession of the premises. The statement of defence alleged that the plaintiff, before receiving possession of the premises by the terms of the agreement, was bound to pay a certain sum for tenant-rights, and that he refused to pay that sum. The action was brought to recover compensation for breach of an agreement by which plaintiff was entitled to become the occupier of an hotel at Ackworth. For some years the plaintiff carried on business as an hotel keeper at Abergele, in North Wales, and in addition acted as a commercial traveller, from which he derived a moderate income. His house was well furnished, and his business was a substantial one, but nevertheless he was ready to improve himself, and seeing an advertisement in the newspapers that the School Hotel at Ackworth was to let, he entered into negotiations with Mr. Andrews, who was the superintendent of the Friends' school, which adjoined the hotel, and who was also manager of the latter which was in the hands of the committee. An agreement was entered into on the 1st of February, by which the plaintiff was to become the occupier of the hotel on certain conditions, and amongst others that he was to pay £37 10s. for tenant-rights. A man named Graham was in possession of the hotel at the time, and as he was about to leave he desired to dispose of his furniture. He spoke to the plaintiff about it, and the plaintiff agreed to take a portion of the furniture and the fixtures at a valuation. This agreement, however, was totally distinct from that entered into with the defendant, and nothing whatever to do with him or the committee. The plaintiff subsequently prepared to remove his family and furniture from Abergele to Ackworth; he gave up his situation as commercial traveller, and disposed of his business and discharged his servants, paying them a month's wages in advance. He afterwards forwarded his furniture in three vans to Normanton, and prepared to follow with his wife and family. On arriving at Ackworth plaintiff had an interview with Graham, who refused to give up possession until the amount of the valuation was paid in cash. Plaintiff thereupon communicated with the defendant, and asked him if he was to understand that upon the agreement entered into between them he could not take possession of the hotel until he had paid cash down for the valuation. The defendant, in reply, made an appointment with him, and the matter was fully discussed, and the decision arrived at by the defendant was that if he could not obtain the amount of the valuation by the following Monday (that being Saturday) he could not be allowed to take possession. Plaintiff tendered the tenant-right money but the defendant refused to accept it. On thinking over the matter the plaintiff came to the conclusion that as the defendant, by the agreement, had no right to keep him out of possession he would not make any effort to obtain the money and put the matter into the hands of his solicitor. The defence was that the agreement was terminated by mutual consent upon the defendant representing to the plaintiff that it would be absurd and ruinous to him to enter into possession of the hotel when he had not sufficient money to carry on the business. Plaintiff had been disappointed in applications to friends for assistance in raising the money to pay cash for the carriages belonging to the retiring tenant which he had agreed [to] take on a valuation. The principal business of the hotel was that of posting and unless he had the carriages it would be useless for him to enter it. Time was given to the plaintiff to obtain the money, but he not succeeding agreed to give up the idea of occupying the hotel. After about two hours' deliberation the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The question of damages was not then considered, but was allowed to stand over until this morning, it being stated that some arrangement might possibly be come to.

Mr. Frederick Andrews, B.A., Principal of Ackworth School, will lecture at the Friends' Meeting House to-night on his recent visit to American schools and colleges.

Mr. Frederick Andrews, B.A., one of the best-known Liberals in the Osgoldcross Division, and a noted cricketer, has been elected at the head of the list (show of hands) for the Ackworth Parish Council. Mr. Andrews has also secured a seat on the newly formed School Board.

But to-day Ackworth School is a very enlightened spot, where fine libraries, music, and tolerance favour the seeds of active culture. Its head master, Mr. Frederick Andrews, has just completed twenty-five years of office, and he received the other day a warm-hearted recognition from a thousand old pupils of his success as an educator and his worth as a guide and friend. It has been under his rule that Ackworth has emerged from the old order, under which it produced character and efficiency, into the new order under which it added to these the graces and amenities of life.

It is just thirty-one years ago since the governing body of Ackworth School, known as the "Quaker Eton," chose Frederick Andrews as headmaster. Mr. Andrews was then a very young man, and it was felt that a bold step was taken when he was put in charge of the three hundred boys and girls. Mr. Andrews's rule has been a story of success following upon success. The gulf that lay between the Ackworth schoolboy and his headmaster was formerly deep and wide. From the moment he took up the reins of office Mr. Andrews stood on the same ground as his boys. It was, in fact, on the playing-field that he conquered his charges. Ever since he was nominated as Head he has been captain of the school cricket team, and to-day, at sixty, leads it still.

Among the Society of Friends Ackworth's headmaster is counted one of the leading ministers in church affairs, and his voice is heard in all the important discussions of that body. Politically, he is a man of weight in the Liberal Party of the Osgoldcross Division of Yorkshire, and he has appeared on a score of different platforms during the last few months in support of the Licensing Bill.

Commencing from the lecturer's home at Ackworth the tour was through Doncaster, Sherwood Forest, Mansfield, Nottingham, Leicester, Lutterworth, Warwick, Oxford, Shrewsbury, and many other places. Numerous interesting slides were shown, including the house of Marie Corelli at Oxford.

A NOTABLE YORKSHIRE SCHOOLMASTER.

DEATH OF MR. FREDERICK ANDREWS.

Old scholars of the famous Friends' School at Ackworth will receive with very great regret the announcement that Mr. Frederick Andrews, who was head master of the school for over 43 years, died very suddenly yesterday at his residence at Cloughton, near Scarborough. Born at Sunderland in 1850, he was appointed head master of Ackworth at the age of 27, a position which he held continuously until his retirement in July 1920. On that occasion the old scholars subscribed and built Ackworth Cottage, on the Cober Hill estate, near Scarborough, where his daughter, Miss Andrews, is acting as warden, and Mr. Andrews himself assisted in the way of lectures and other entertainments for the guests so far as his health would allow. In the spring of last year, however, he had a very severe attack of influenza and heart weakness developed. About a month ago he went with his daughter to Cowshead Priory, near Ulverston, where he stayed for over a fortnight. On his return he seemed to be much improved in health, and his death yesterday was most unexpected.

Mr. Andrews was probably the most popular speaker and lecturer in the Society of Friends. It is recalled that on the occasion of the funeral of John Bright he was asked to take the leading part in the service, and as a lecturer he was extraordinarily brilliant and versatile. But it is perhaps as the head master of Ackworth that he will be best remembered. Many hundreds of scholars, both members of the Society of Friends and non-members, who passed through the school have always kept closely in touch with it, and with Mr. Andrews through the various old Ackworth associations in different parts of the country, and since his retirement Mr. Andrews has himself visited several of these associations. The old scholars' meeting at Ackworth fixed for Easter, is not going to be cancelled, and the interment has been arranged for Thursday in order to afford an opportunity to as many old scholars as possible to attend.

During the 43 years he was at Ackworth Mr. Andrews impressed his personality upon several generations of young Quakers, both boys and girls, as well as on those outside the Society, as the school was very largely attended by non-members of the Society—in fact, the influence of Fredk. Andrews on adolescent life is probably comparable, in a different sphere, to that of Arnold on several generations at Rugby. Mr. Andrews' sterling character, his intense human sympathy, his knowledge and interest in young people, make him an ideal schoolmaster, and scholars leaving Ackworth took into their lives a distinct flavour of the influence which they had been subjected for a matter of eight or nine, or even more years. Wherever old Ackworthians are to be met they always speak in the warmest terms of their old school, and the fact that so many flourishing Old Ackworth Associations are to be found is testimony to the splendid spirit which was fostered by the school. Mr. Andrews was keenly interested, not only in academic subjects, but in all phases of life, and to his influence may be attributed the fact that many former students at Ackworth have devoted themselves to public service in various walks of life. He was particularly insistent on inculcating the civic spirit, and the duties and privilege of service. Perhaps his greatest personal traits were his warm sympathy and appreciation of the good points of others, and his versatile interest in literature, art, and in natural history.

He was a keen politician, and for many years was president of the Osgoldcross Liberal Association, during which period he took a prominent part in many strenuous conflicts in the division. He supported Mr., afterwards Sir, John Austin when he opposed the former member, Sir John Ramsden, at the time of the Home Rule split, and championed the cause of the recalcitrant Liberals on the occasion of the split in the party over the Local Veto question in the '90's, when Mr. Charles Roberts was brought out to champion the extreme temperance view. Mr. Andrews was rather an extremist on the temperance question, and at the following general election, when Sir John Austin gained the seat, he supported the candidature of Dr. Vickerman Rutherford, who was heavily defeated by the retiring Member. In recent years he had taken a much less active part in politics, and since his removal to Cloughton had seldom appeared on a political platform, although he had spoken for Mr. Oswald Sitwell, the prospective Liberal candidate for the Scarborough and Whitby Division.

The claims of education on Mr. Andrews' interest and time were always superior to those of politics, and he devoted very much time and thought to the Adult School movement, being a prominent speaker at their conference, and in many ways assisting the educational side of their work. In the Society of Friends he was what is known as a "recognised minister," and both at the Yearly Meeting, and also at the Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting, was a leader to whose words great weight was attached.

A sportsman of the very best type, Mr. Andrews was passionately devoted to cricket, being a very able exponent of the game. When at Scarborough in the 'seventies he was a regular member of the town club, and had the distinction of coming second to C.I. Thornton as a hitter. In 1875 he scored 25 against a team which included seven Middlesex County men, and on the strength of this performance he was invited to play for Yorkshire against Middlesex in the match which followed, but he modestly declined the offer. Captaining the Ackworth Masters' XI. for many years, Mr. Andrews put up many excellent performances, and was playing regularly up to the year of the war, finally retiring when 65! In his very last match he had the satisfaction of making the head score for his side (43), and pulling the match out of the fire.

Mr. Andrews leaves three daughters. His only son died 16 years ago.

FREDERICK ANDREWS OF ACKWORTH.

A GREAT HEADMASTER.

By A PUPIL.

Great headmasters are seen best through the eyes of their old pupils, as the biographies of Warre and Percival, with their copious extracts, have proved. So it will be when the life of Frederick Andrews, of Ackworth, the Yorkshire Quaker School, comes to be written. He was its head for 43 years, and from the composite memories of many who spent their five most impressionable years under him a real live biography will doubtless be made.

His commanding stature and patriarchal beard impressed the new boy at once with a proper awe, which no tradition of might cane-wielding could have increased. Then would come a time when the youngster was stopped on the terrace by Mr. Andrews with some good story of father or uncle (Andrews never forgot a name or a face), which established a personal link and made old boys chuckle over their Sunday letter from Ackworth.

There would be a friendly twinkle for the boy from the great headmaster, and so respect and veneration deepened into affection. "F.A." as everyone knew him after their first half-year, was at his best on Sunday evening reading, where he gave us plenty of story and not too much "pi-jaw"—for he chose his stories so well that it was not needed. His cricket prowess had not yet become a legend when I left: his might drives belonged, it is true, to an earlier decade, but he could still put a fast ball away between his long legs for four. Only when I reached the highest class, where he took boys and girls jointly for English literature and history, did I learn to appreciate his greatness as a teacher. He got the best out of his pupils, and he fostered a rivalry between boys and girls which made both doubly keen, but above all he inspired the love of English letters, perhaps the most precious and enduring relic of schooldays.

It was said he had been asked to stand for Parliament, and to play for Yorkshire. The latter legend meant more to us than the former. His voice had a ring which still echoes in one's mind, and he was a great platform figure as well as a great headmaster. His personality inspired his staff, and he had what is perhaps the greatest asset of a headmaster, an unfailing sense of humour. He trusted his boys, and they worshipped him.

E.A.C.

The story of the long-serving [Ackworth] headteacher at the time of the Great War, Frederick Andrews, is also worth telling as many of his former pupils who signed up to fight felt compelled to write to apologise to him for doing so. "It is quite a sad story as the apologies really upset him," says Mr Vergette." He said that all he had tried to do was encourage young people to make decisions in good conscience. He didn't feel they owed him an apology." <http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/yorkshire-school-remembers-the-lost-generation-of-1913-1-6432852>
"F.A.": Man and Schoolmaster
"He was a Teacher ; why be grieved for him
Whose living word still stimulates the air ?
In endless file shall loving scholars come
The glow of his transmitted touch to share,
And trace his features with an eye less dim
Than ours, whose sense familiar want makes dumb."
WHILE still in the ranks of teachers, as well as since leaving those ranks, I have often been reminded of the saying, " A schoolmaster is a man amongst boys and a boy among men." Come to think of it, the
pedagogue is in a very testing position, for he often spends many years of his life among youngsters, who, on account of his personality, scholarship, prowess as a player of games, or from other cause, are
inclined to regard him as something of a hero. His pupils go out into the world, mix with men, and may return to their Alma Mater where they now measure their former teachers by another standard. Most
of us have undergone the experience of looking at some boyhood's hero with maturer vision, and feeling disappointment. It was in this very respect that Frederick Andrews, Ackworth and Bootham scholar,
forty-three years Ackworth's headmaster, stood the test. I have heard many men, some of wide travel and many contacts, speak of " F.A.," and never have I heard one admit that his mature judgment of his
old master was less enthusiastic than his boyhood's esteem. Put " F.A." in any company you like and he was, not in the physical sense alone, a commanding figure. He had a respect for scholarship, a poise,
a confidence, savoir faire and a personality of unusual distinction. Thus, in the company of the intellectual, or of men of the world, he was at ease : in the presence of the average human being his powers
could not fail to focus attention upon himself without any effort on his part to attract notice. " F.A." stands, surely, the most picturesque and striking personality associated with the schools of the Society of
Friends, and consequently, one of the pre-eminent Quakers of the past hundred years. Though his life was intimately linked with Ackworth for half a century, it must not be forgotten that he received some
part of his education at Bootham. Before Arthur Rowntree became headmaster of Bootham, fellows who came on to York from Ackworth, in the 'eighties and 'nineties, felt that they had a distinct chilliness
to overcome, and I think that a shade of this arose from the fact that we all moved on there proud and profound worshippers of " F.A." I was scarcely out of petticoats when he was appointed "superintendent " of Ackworth, he was at his mightiest as a cricketer when I was a lad, during a long illness of my father I lived in the Andrews household, finally I had ten years on the Ackworth staff as one
of his assistants. I saw " F.A." in the early tides of his enthusiasm as a schoolmaster, in his fullest powers as an athlete, smitten ere middle life had been reached by a staggering domestic loss, holding
thenceforward a cheerful and undaunted exterior to the world, continually enlarging his interests and his sympathies, passing genially and graciously towards maturer age (none may truly speak of " old age"
in connection with him)— and in every phase this man was a great and inspiring example. With him it was not the cold, impeccable greatness of one above human weaknesses ; not a suggestion of Lord
Ivywood of Chesterton's " Flying Inn." I think that occasionally his merited popularity did cause him to shrink from drastic action when such was required, or even to allow others to bear responsibility for that
action. Bootham and Ackworth have been such near neighbours for so long a time that I may be allowed to sketch shortly something of the reign of Frederick Andrews. He was chosen " superintendent "
at a time when a certain rawness and unrest existed at the school, and his task was not that of a captain taking over command of a ship in sea-going trim and with a contented crew. Curiously enough his
nearest rival for the headmastership was my own father, and it is worthy of note that the two men continued to work side by side in complete harmony and affection for over twenty years, until my father's
death severed the friendship. As a " superintendent " Frederick Andrews was a complete novelty. Not only was he accustomed to take part in the devotional and the executive meetings of the Society of
Friends, but he was an athlete who had moved among sportsmen of no special religious tendencies, he was an enthusiast for literature, and he was prepared to mingle with the big family of three hundred as a friend and playmate. His infectious buoyancy of disposition and his extraordinary youthfulness were almost startling to those who knew him then. It would be entirely unjust to overlook the fact that the
labours of Frederick Andrews's immediate predecessor had done much to clear the way for him. If the ship of Ackworth was not altogether in sea-going trim, at any rate the previous skipper had cut adrift a
lot of top-hamper and had had the hull scraped. " F.A." had knowledge of navigation; he won the sympathy and affection of his crew, his ship soon became a happy one. Men of sound judgment, qualified to
express their views, consider that Frederick Andrews's outstanding claim as a schoolmaster was his ability to inspire rather than to initiate. Many valuable educational reforms had been accomplished by
Josiah Evans (headmaster prior to " F.A.'s " appointment) in the earlier 'seventies, and Frederick Andrews reaped the benefit of those reforms. He said so himself repeatedly. But his vivid personality and
ebullient enthusiasm came like a revelation. I have been told that the incredulous amazement of boys who were at Ackworth before " F.A." ruled and who continued at school under him, was almost pathetic.
Probably it was true that his intense delight in games made him gather round him staffs whose athletic powers somewhat transcended their abilities as educators, but the resultant outcome was by no means to be belittled. I could have wished that someone with the intellectual enthusiasm of Le Tall at his best might have been found a place at Ackworth and been able to wield his influence there as he did at Bootham in the 'eighties and early 'nineties. The striking success which marked the headmastership of Frederick Andrews at Ackworth reflected itself in many other schools connected with the Society of Friends, and I believe that at one time there were as many as eight schools of which the heads had been assistants under " F.A." It has been said of " F.A." that he had fewer subjects of controversy than
most honest men have. He made no claim to be a deep thinker in religious matters. Sunderings and schisms which left tottering the faith of some passed him by. Thus he was left free to present religion
simply and earnestly to young people. In one important respect the influence of Frederick Andrews became far wider than could have been guessed at the outset of his career. The industrial development of
England, more especially of the northern counties, brought into being a section of our social middle classes, non-Friend, mainly Nonconformist, which presently gained contact with Ackworth. There arose a
solid, serious, frugal class of men, children of those who had been reliable operatives in the industries connected vitally with Yorkshire and Lancashire. They were ambitious for their children, in turn, to
obtain a better education than they themselves had received, and they attached great importance to good influences. In a variety of ways, and increasingly with time, the children of such parents were
entered as scholars at Ackworth School, and to such an extent that now and again there was outcry that the original aims of the founders of the School were being overlooked, and that the proportion of non-Friends was too high. It cannot be doubted that a very important factor in the attraction which Ackworth held for the type of North of England Nonconformist just referred to lay in the personality of " F.A." He understood north-country people, he was no high-brow, his wonderful, vivid personality won their hearts, and Yorkshire, Lancashire, Durham, and Tyneside began to send steady streams of young people to the School between the Cupolas. And " F.A." addressed P.S.A.'s, lectured at chapels, opened mission rooms and identified himself with various religious denominations up and down the north of England. Almost the prime interest in " F.A.'s " life was his deep-rooted love of eloquence. He read eagerly the speeches of silver-tongued orators, he studied the diction of men like Gladstone and Bright; mellifluous verse and resonant sentences appealed to him. From the time of his appointment as headmaster of Ackworth, he identified himself most closely with Liberalism in Yorkshire. Popular as a cricketer, his appearance on local platforms was always welcomed. There was at least one election where his speeches and influence proved decisive in securing the return of Liberals. Had opportunity allowed " F.A." to enter the House of Commons, his exceptional skill as a debater would have given him an honoured place. One who has heard almost every great orator of the past half-century once told me that he counted Frederick Andrews among the half-dozen most convincing and effective platform speakers he had ever listened to : this was a considered verdict. On the platform he was extremely effective, and
unlaboured in style. He possessed a voice which had unusual carrying power, and no hall or improvised stage was too awkward for him to be heard. As a preacher he brought a mind well-stored in many
directions to a sense of the dignity and beauty of many portions of the Bible. He had a sincere appreciation of the verse of Tennyson, Whittier, Longfellow, and other Victorian poets. He was a beautiful
graveside speaker. Brief reference has been made to " F.A.'s " athletic powers. He was a truly fine batsman at cricket, he possessed a capital eye, he was a powerful driver, and he had a skill in defence
which often did not dawn on a bowler for some time. He was a shrewd captain and a generous opponent. It was not until 1914 that " F.A." ended his long period of captaincy of the Ackworth Cricket XI :
two of us, his old pupils, compiled an athletic chronicle of his forty years at Ackworth and I had the honour of presenting him with the first copy of the book. All ball games pleased him. He was footballer,
hockey player, lawn tennis player, and in later life an interested though not very successful golfer. Exercising a sway over hundreds of young people, filling an important post carrying with it great
responsibilities, consulted and deferred to by various contrasting types of men and women, Frederick Andrews was, nevertheless, always humble in the truest and best sense of the term ; that is, he never
fancied that ultimate wisdom rested in himself. His abiding sense of humour was in itself enough to prevent this. Of two other characteristics may I add a word ? He had a genius for friendship, and he
possessed an uncanny skill in recalling names and faces, though none was cleverer than he in marking time until he had got his clues ! If, to some who read this, I have seemed to write of " F.A." in unduly
laudatory terms, let me plead that I admire and respect the man deeply, that I have been the recipient of many, many kindnesses at his hands from my boyhood onwards. Mine is but a plain and imperfect
survey of the career of a lovable and vivifying character. To my thinking the most apt tribute which came when death took him, as he wished it might take him, quickly, was that which showed on a floral
cross, tall as himself, bearing the words, " Every inch a Man." A. G. LINNEY.