THE COTTONIAN
standing with the Headmaster, Monsignor \Manion, he touched every department of school life with his zeal and boundless energy. A soccer player, lie turned to rugger, and the odd broken collar bone did not deter him from becoming a very good threequarter indeed. He took courses in P.E., and P.E. became part of the curriculum for the first time. He also took courses in Art and Craft ; his own products were an inspiration and a challenge to the boys he taught. Stage make-up was another skill he acquired, and it was typical of him that lie learned it by practising on himself. Everything he was asked to do lie took on with energetic zest. One could not catalogue his many activities as Prefect ; his motto might well have been '.\"il puerile alienum a une polo'. Yet seven years of ceaseless activity never allowed him to lose 'the God of good works in the good works of God'. He was first and foremost a priest, doing with utter dedication any work he was given to do, and, one must add, doing it all supremely well. His influence in the School was not confined to the boys ; the Staff found him almost a heady tonic ; many of the P.E. feats the boys were asked to achieve had been practised first in the Staff Common Room--and many that the boys were never asked to try ! Full of fun, he revelled in 'japes' which became legend ; whether lie was the perpetrator or the victim he was equally happy. Nor can one forget the work he did in the Cotton parish, a work lie loved and one still remembered by the people with great affection.
He left Cotton in 1935 and became the first resident Parish Priest in Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent. Here his priestly zeal found an outlet for which he longed, and it was a real sacrifice for him to leave it at the outbreak of war to become a Chaplain to the Forces. One can imagine how much at home lie was in the Army ; lie was Senior Chaplain
in Africa and then in Rome ; while he was in Rome he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop to the late Archbishop \Williams. For twenty years Bishop Bright spent himself for the diocese, devoted to the three Archbishops under whom lie served. His interests were boundless, but perhaps his greatest contribution was his work for Youth. He established youth work in this diocese, and Soli House at Stratford-on-Avon is a material memorial to the work he did. Scouting, too, was another absorbing interest for him, and the work he did for Scouting was of national importance. But all that he did for Youth and Scouting was only a small part of his work, almost a sideline. He was fully occupied with diocesan work, confirmations throughout this vast diocese - and the way lie did a Confirmation was exhausting indeed ; lie spoke too long, but lie did so only because lie saw a Confirmation as a unique opportunity for preaching Christ, an opportunity he felt he dared not miss. He was more than generous in giving his time to the lesser functions which a Bishop has as his lot : opening bazaars, school prize givings, committee meetings, dinners. One cannot list all his activities, but lie carried them out with relish and joy, for it was all God's work, and in God's work he burned himself out.
Cotton was always near to his heart. A boy, a master, and finally a Governor of the School lie was always anxious to do anything lie could for the School, and he did much. In recent years we recall with gratitude the inspiring speech he made the last time lie distributed prizes, the Pontifical Mass he sang on the actual day of the Bicentenary of the School, and the happy day lie spent with us in our family celebration. Being the maul lie was and the priest he was, lie was deeply loved throughout the diocese, but we at Cotton have a special affection for him, and our affection will endure.