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Contents

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Editorial Fallodon Society 30 School Notes Chess Club 30 King Alfred House Notes Fishing Club 31 Carpenter House Notes Trevi,thick Society 31 Bishop Fox House Notes Photographic Society 32 • I Meynell House Notes 8 Aeromodelling Club 32 Woodard House Notes 10 Wireless Club 33 ,, The Dramatic Society 11 Stamp Club 33 K.C.R.F.C. 13 Meteorological Society 34 K.C.M .R.C. 21 Printing Society 34 C.C.F. Notes 22 Motor Club 34

Pioneer. Notes 23 Dancing Club 36

Rover Crew 23 Bridge Club . 36

Sheldon Society 24 The New Time-Table 37

Music Club 25 Junior House Notes 38 The Old Aluredian Club 42 Art Club 26 Cambridge Letter 110 Modern Languages Society 27 War Memorial Fund 52 History Society 28 Valete 53 Literary and Dramatic Society 29 Salvete 63 Junior Literary and Debating Society 29 Acknowledgments 64

ERRATUM The last pa.ragraph on page 16 refers to the 2nd XV and should be read immediately after the first paragraph on page 17. THE ALUREDIAN

EDITOR: J . B. C. BROWN. SuB-EDITORS : R. C. POULTON, J . S. DOUGLAS. VoL. XXVIII. No. 4· FEBRUARY, 1956.

Editorial HE time has_come to state a policy concerning the printing of this T magazine; not, unfortunately, a policy of expansion, but rather one of retrenchment. For some time the magazine has produced two editions each year, one of which covers the activities of the Michaelmas Term and the other those of the Lent and Summer Terms. It would indeed be a pity if the standard of the magazine dropped below that which it set itself, and the ever-present problem of economy in all possible ways renders it necessary to differentiate rather more than before between the Talmtcm relative sizes of the two editions. Therefore, the Michaelmas Term Stm~nut Cou'ltJI Gazette editiori will be kept comparatively thin, and will be a record of the School Castle Green activities during that Jo86o period without the embellishments of original com­ positions and stories. These latter contributions will be just as welcome as before, but will now be almost exclusively confined to the edition covering the Lent and Summer Terms. 1955 draws to a close, and 1956 is waiting in the wings; we hope all our readers enjoyed a very merry Christmas, and wish them prosperity and happiness in the New Year. THE EDITORS.

School Notes E record with great gratitude a very generous gift of £soo towards W the War Memorial Fund from Lionel Rogers, Esq., Fellow of the Western Division and formerly High Sheriff of the County of Cornwall. We congratulateS. R. D. Bradfield, Esq., O.A., who, as we recently reported, is Deputy Chairman of the London County Council, on his appointment by Her Majesty the Qu~en to be Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London. Our congratulations go to Mr. Harvey on being selected to represent Somerset at Squash. We are very pleased to hear that T. G. Jefford has been awarded an Open Exhibition to Queen's College, Oxford, and warmly congratu­ late him on his success. We should like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. King on the birth of a daughter-Mary Ann Hilary, and also Mr. and Mrs. Jaquet on the birth of a son-Nicholas Manse!.

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usual, in London this year The ~ollo_wing are to be especially praised for their performances in The O.A. Annual Dinner took place, as whose portrait the ~xammahon held by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of and proved a very successful evening. Sir Lionel Whitby, Muslc:- appeared in a recent addition of the Aluredian, was in the chair. R. G. R. Fox: Grade VII Piano. (Pass.) At the end of the term we said good-bye with deep regret to Miss A. J. Holland: Grade VI Piano. (Pass with distinction.) Cooper, our Linen Room Matron, who had been with us for several years J. J . Kennedy : Grade VI Piano. (Pass.) and had found it necessary to leave for family reasons. A presentation The following boys have had work of special merit accepted by the of parting gifts was made by the School_ Captain and Mr. Morgan .. repre­ Headmaster during the Michaelmas Term, 1955: M. D. Earnshaw senting the School and the staff respectively. We all hope she w11l take A. W. K. Lau, D. W. Perry. ' with her as many happy memories of King's as we have of her cheerful and faithful service. . We wer~ very gla~ to learn that I. I. Weinberg, who left us some time ago owillg to farruly reasons to attend a day school in Exeter, has The building of the Junior House Swimming Bath at Pyrland Hall recently been awarded the Stapledon Scholarship in Modern History at has begun and, owing to the kindness of parents in making gifts, it has Exeter College, Oxford. been possible to have the sides as well as the base of the bath constructed The bath should be in use in the Summer Term. The School_ play, 'Dr. Faustus,' by Christopher Marlowe, which by a contractor. was perfo~ed ill December •. was an outstanding success, and reflected The construction of the War Memorial block continues to progress great credit o~ ali'_ who co~tnbuted to its production. A critique of the smoothly, although the date of the official opening is likely to be delayed play appears m this magazme, together with a photograph of the cast. for some time and cannot yet be fixed. The Dining Hall cloister is now practically complete and all the major brick-work has been finished . On S~day: nth December, we were deli_ghted to hear the College Orchestra giVe 1ts first performance at a Mus1c Club Concert, when it Our Guest of Honour for Speech Day, which will take place on played two marches and the song, 'Drink to me only,' and, of course, at Friday, 8th June, will be Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout. At Pyrland the end of the evening, _the National Anthem. At present the Orchestra, Hall the Guest of Honour for the Junior House Speech Day on Satur­ under the able leadership of Mr. Large, numbers sixteen-seven violins day, znd June, will be Major-General Slater. The Junior House Athletic four 'cellos, four ~qtes and a piano. However, there are several sign~ Sports are also to be held on 2nd June. The Senior School Annual of further talent ill the College, and we hope that these numbers will Athletic Sports will take place on Saturday, 26th May. soon be increased. We are hoping for a very large gathering of O.A.'s on Whit-Monday, In spite of unfortunate injuries to some of our best players, the which this year is zrst May. rst XV has had a good season; further details may be found in the We had the honour of a visit from our Provost, the Lord Bishop of Rugger notes. We welcomed a new fixture during the season with Bath and Wells, at the week-end before King Alfred's Day. He preached Bryanston, and for this first match the honours went to us with the at Evensong. score at 6--0. The Choir sang this year at the Festival of Remembrance of the . ~ Junior Literary and Debating Society has been formed with the British Legion in Taunton. Their performance was the subject of much 1~tention of promoting the art of debating and literary apprecia­ favourable comment. Meetings are con­ tion among the younger members of the School. of boys in the the Society In the Michaelmas Term, 1955, the total number ducted under the guidance of Mr. Dakin and we wish him and and ten day boys, success for the future. School was 438. The main College had 3o6 boarders while the Junior House had 8o boarders and 42 day boys. These figures Fencing Classes have also been introduced in the School after a are the maximum which the present buildings can reasonably hold. lapse of several years, and the response is excellent. Fortunately, the numbers both for Seniors and Juniors are ideal figures The Headmaster of Denstone and Mrs. Gamble visited the School for adequate educational organisation. It will be possible to introduce du?ng the ~e~.. Mr. Gamble preached in Chapel. We hope they in September, 1956, in the main College, a new arrangement of forms. enJoyed therr VlSlt as much as we did. Plans were made for this some years ago, but it has had to wait for V!!e were also greatly honoured t? have as our guests for a week-end fixed numbers and for the new Science Block. Some brief notes on the the B1shop of Derby and Mrs. Rawlmson. The Bishop preached to the new plan are on another page. Scho~l at Evensong and talked with several senior boys on the Sunday mornmg. The School enjoyed remarkable success in the Somerset Music Festival held last term-so outstanding, in fact, that the School was awarded a half-holiday in recognition of the distinction. We should like t? praise the succes_sful competitors vel):' highly, and draw your atten­ tion to further details of the awards which may be found in the Music ·Club notes.

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We unfortunately lost the Junior Shooting Shield. Represent~d by King Alfred House Notes Samuelson, Starling, Harris and Wootton, we came second to t~e . Btshop Fox. Samuelson especially shou~d. be congratulated on gammg ITHOUT members the a House is worth very little a nd it was with second highest score in the competitiOn. W regret, therefore, that we, who were to return, said goodbye to so In the Senior Shooting we again came a ver:y close second to the many leavers from the Alfred at the e nd of the Summer Term . From Bishop Fox. Hillier shot exceptionally well and IS to be congratulated the study went Giles (our House Captain), Killingbeck, Parmenter, on being awarded his School and House colours; Taylor also was awarded Whelpton and J . H. Nurse, whilst Bradley, Catchpole, Chard, Darby, B. T. I. Graham, Ingram, Li his House colours. . en, Powell, Springall and Thompson l eft For the first time the Carpenter from the Common Rooms. entered a Senior Rugger team, which, We wish them all 'Godspeed' and every though unfortunately succe~ in 'pastures new.' weakened by the illness of .Ferryman, Gobat and Pring, nevertheless acquitted itself very well agamst the The beginning of this, the Michaelmas T Wooda~d . At erm, saw Wadland as House half-time the Woodard were leading by 8-o; then the pack, whtch had Captain, with Watt, Wansbrough, Thyer and M. J . N. Baker in the study been playing magnificently as new throughout, heele.d the ball. fro!? a loose scrum House Prefects . At the same time, N. B. Bentley, 0 . E . Cutler, on the Woodard line and Lloyd-Edwards D. M. Gibbins dtved over, ~nggs con":erted. , P . J . Green, R. E . C. Lewis, E . J. Marshall, D. P . B. The final score was II-5· Lloyd-Edwards' Miller, D. C. Morgan, , Perry, Whttehead, Gtll, To J. M. C. Peace, D. W. Perry, M. J. F . Prew, and Fowles were awarded their House colours. A. R. Salman, A. D. Strickland We were well rep.re­ and J. Whitham entered the Junior sented in School teams. Lloyd-Edwards, Ferryman, Common Room as new boys. We Perry and Wh~te­ extend to them our best wishes for a head played for the 1st XV. We con~atulate I:loyd-Edwards useful and successful career here, hoping on bemg that they will live up to the awarded his School colours and comrruserate wtth Ferryman, highest traditions of both House and School. w~o , we feel, would certainly have been a~o~g the first to be awarded J . Watson, his also , Widgery, A. G. B. Rowe, Hughson and Kingman were had it not been for an unfortunate ID)Ury. elected to the Upper Common Room Committee, all former members of Our Junior team was beaten by a stron~er Meynell team I2-0, which had either left or accepted promotion. . but the score is not a reflection on the team, which, although very As far as inter-House youn&, competitions are concerned, we have not been played extremely well. To pick out individual members of a team ts at all successful. To use a technical term, we were ~ fancied' for the normally considered to be in bad taste, b.ut the performanc~s of A. Senior Shooting Shield, but J · came fourth. Reynolds, as Captain, and Smart are espeetall~ wor:hy ~f pratse. Our Junior Rugger team was beaten in the preliminary round by We were well represented in the Dramatic Society s the Woodard 0--15, perfo~ance of and our Senior team, after an excellent game, by "Dr. Faustus," but we would like to point out that supplymg the Meynell II-3· . o~r four of the "Seven Deadly Sins" is no indication of the spmt of the House. Mr. Townsend, after his many years' service to the School, has be­ This term we shall be losing Ferryman, N. A. Toogood, G. M. )ones come such an integral part of it that he must often be taken for granted, and Hudson from the Upper Common :'l~om .. They have been but we, in 'his' House, wtth, us especially owe him a great debt and, since it can since the formation of the House and 1t IS never wtth regret that we say au be repaid, one must cease trying and close these notes, secure in revoir' to them; we hope they will return to the knowledge visit us in the near future . . that, with the coming of the Lent and Summer Terms, a In conclusion we would 'brighter dawn is breaking.' like once again to express our apprecia­ tion and gratitud; to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey for. their continual int~rest and support in House matters. We would also like to thank Mr. Wilson Carpenter House Notes for his general support and help. "NIL desperandum" could well be our theme this term. It has been Bishop Fox House . o~u misfortune to lose the Junior Rugger Cup and the Junior Shoot­ Notes mg Shield. These facts, however, do not reflect any discredit on our HAT more fitting way to start our House teams, both ~otes th~ to con~atulate of which acquitted themselves extremely well. A very heartily Mr. and Mrs. Jaquet on the btrth At the beginning W of the1r son, Ntcho.las I of term we welcomed Abbott, Brough, Busby, This happy event happened at the end of term; now, Cheung, Dane, Daw, Lau, J. wh~n we arnved C. Robinson, Sharpe and R. D. Toogood back at the beginning of the te~, we ~aw many new faces (ii). We hope they will enjoy m the House, their stay in the Carpenter. Hillier, .and we wish them every success m thetr career at the School. Briggs and Lloyd-Edwards were promoted _ to the study. Gill, Perry­ As a rule House notes man and Whitehead were elected to the Common take the form of a "log-book" of sport, but Room Committee to this term, we pleased join Davis and Taylor, members from last year. ~re to be able to say that, in .addition to our sp?rt;­ ing successes, the House has been We congratulate Briggs, Jones, Beaumont and Starling ~ell represe~ted t;t other School actiVl­ on excellent tives, notably in the Somerset performances in the Somerset Music Festival. Mustc Festival, t;t ~hich J. S: Dou.glas an~ Briggs, J ones and R. G. R. Fox distinguished themselves Beaumont all came first in their individual classes. · as pianiSts; also m this years 6 7 THE ALUREDIAN THE AL U REDIA N

play, " Dr. Faustus," the House had the majority of actors, including Carter, Couch, Eagle, Harriso n, R. G. Taylor, Torrens and J. R. West the two major parts, those of Faustus and Mephistopheles, played b y were the new boys who joined the House. We hope they will all settle J. S. Douglas and P. L. Side respectively. down with good spirit. . We were ably represented this term in the rst XV by R. Blake (Cap­ The Meynell were well represented in the four Rugby teams. tarn), who ui?-fortunately was "non-playing" for the latter h alf of the Cheetham, Laidlaw Smith, Wilkins and Bellamy played throu gh ou~ ~he term for medical reasons; T. G. J efford and D. B. Paton (Vice-Captain season in the rst XV. Laidlaw Smith must be congratulated on ga 1m~g and Hon. Secretary respectively), both old colours; I. C. Kerr, who was his rst XV colours and also Cheetham, Wilkins and Bellamy for their awarded his colours; Wilkinson and Maltby, who were both given their XX's. Brown captained the 2nd XV, supported by R. T. ~love r and XX's. R. Osborn (i) and C. Bulloch both played for the rst XV as well Roblin (who was awarded his XLV's), Orbell-Durrant makmg sever_al as f?r the 2nd XV, in which we were also represented by W. A. M. appearances. In the Senior Colts we were rep r ~sent e d by :rwose, Wil­ paVIes, G. Bulloch and C. Reis. We had over half the Senior Colts team Iiams, Slaney, Craggs and M. R. Martin, and m the Jum.or Colts by m the House, too, namely C. E . Webber (Captain), Hartnell, Gilchrist Chubb, Hilliar, Stoneman, Yule, Lewis and Eagle. Cra~g s IS to be con­ Carnegie, Bishop, Curry, Pick, Fussell and Lees ; and also in the Junio~ gratulated on being awarded his Colts XLV's. Colts were Hatfield, Shove, Bickford, Booth, Christmas and Howells· In the Shooting matches our sights were not up to scratch and the and last, but n~~ least, the " Under r4's" team had among its members:' Meynell held the wooden spoon. A. G. Osborn (n) , Henchman, R. P. Edwardes (i) , Bonsev and Gibson . The House teams, both Senior and Junior, must b e ?ighly con­ D. B. Paton and Christmas represented the House in the Shooting VIII of which Paton was Captain. ' gratulated for their ~ fforts in the matches to gain the trophies. In the semi-final of the Jumor we met the Carpenter and beat them 12--0. A Success has indeed been with us this term, and we have won both good display of Rugby football was shown throughout the game.. The Shooting Shields and the Junior Rugger Cup. Bishop Fox team, a powerful side, then encountered the Meynell m the Our Junior Shooting teain was Christmas, Gilchrist, Hatfield and final-a wonderful game to watch. Both sides gave the ball plenty of Shove, with Christmas excelling himself by gaining a maximum total, air and kept the game open. It was Twose, the Captain, who opened and the Senior Shooting team was D. B. Paton, Side, C. Bulloch (i), the score with a dropped goal from the twenty-five. In the second half, Lees, Wilkinson and Carnegie. things turned against us. Breaking throug~ our d ~fe nce, the Fox scored After beating the Woodard 3-0 in the first round of the Junior a try and it was converted. The Meynell did not giVe up and came very Rugger match, we won against the Meynell 5-3 after a very close game, near to scoring, bad handling spoiling the movement. We were gallant thus wirming the cup. losers and the whole team must feel proud of themselves. In the first round of the Senior Rugger match, the game against the In the Senior we first met the Alfred in the semi-final. It was a wet Woodard ended in a draw, 0--0, even after extra time, but in the replay afternoon's Rugby football; the Meynell, after a disturbing few opening a fine game ended in a 9-3 win for us. We then had to meet the Meynell minutes, pressed into the Alfred twenty-five. After a threequarter move­ in the final, and a very even game closed with the score standing again ment, Brown sent Robinson over the line to score a try. In the second at 0--0. Thus the cup will be shared during the year. half we dominated the game; further tries were scored by Cheetha~ and Unfortunately, at the end of this term, we have to say goodbye to Brown, Cheetham converting ope of them. The score of II-3 m our our House Captain, T. G. Jefford, who has been an ever-present guide favour might well have been larger but for some dropped passes. and help in all Huse affairs, leading us all both on and off the games If the match against the Alfred was played on a wet pitch, the final field, and also to D. L. Milton-Ayres; both have been at the School for against the Fox was played on what can only be called a mudbath. more than nine years, and we wish them all the very best in the future, Nevertheless, it brought out the best of every member of the team. For and hope they will often return and see us. by far the majority of the game the Meynell were on or inside the Fox As always, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Mr. Jaquet have inspired us twenty-five and sustained a concentrated attack. We were extremely un­ by their help and interest in all House activities. To them and to all our lucky not to score on several occasions ; a penalty was missed, and Laid­ readers go our best wishes for the New Year. law Smith went over the line in the corner, but was bundled into touch­ in-goal before the ball was properly grounded. After an hour of ex­ cellent Rugby in far from ideal Rugby conditions, "no side" was called _Meynell House Notes with no score being made by either team, and it was agreed that the cup should be shared. The team put up a truly magnificent effort, and UMMER T~rm ieft us with a feeling of sadness. Many staunch sup­ House colours were awarded to Cheetham, Wilkins, Soo, Fuge, Mackeson, S porters left from the House, namely, D. R. Bellamy, Yandle, Free­ Orbell-Durrant, M. L. B. Robinson and R. T. Glover, and re-awarded man, Gower, Morfey, Mehson, Luke, M. J. James and Ferguson. We to Laidlaw Smith, Roblin, Bellamy and Brown. wish them every success in the future. .1. Finally, we would like to congratulate Mr. Dakin on his recent mar­ The Michaelmas Term started with glorious sunshine. Orbell-Durrant riage, and to offer our sincere thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Padfield and Mr. went into the study to take up office as a House Prefect, and Atkinson, Pytches for their continual support and guidance to the House.

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Woodard House Notes The Dramatic Society E were very sorry to hear, at the beginning of this term of Keith W Vodden's illness; we wish him a rapid recovery and hope that he Dr. Faustus will be with us again soon. We welcomed to the House this term the following new boys: P. Aristidou (ii), Busfield, Chard, Cole, M. V. Players in order of appearance : Evans (ii), N. R. Garnett (ii), Kennard, Lavender, Pearce, Pope, Pye Chorus and Trowell. We hope to hear more of them in the future, particularly in connection with sport. Faustus ...... J. S. Dougl~s Wagner (Faustus' Servant) ...... The Junior Shooting was closely cont ...... C. N. Wall1s ested, though we did not actu­ Valdes ally come first ; in the Senior Shooting we came a close third. l (Necromancers) · J . R. Perry Come li us D B Paton The Scienc · .· . e Block is now taking shape rapidly, but the accompany­ First Scho ar ...... ·~...... D. J ing icy . D1ckinson draughts on the landing are not quite so welcome, nor is Second Scholar ...... A. G the electric . Whiteh~ad hammer an ideal stimulant to quiet work; we are looking for­ Mephistopheles ...... P . L. ward to the opening S1de date. Robin (a Scullion) ...... , ...... A. C. Gamett The following Woodard boys were in the rst XV this term : J . G. Two Devils ...... W. H . Gardiner, D. N. Nu!! Lobb (who was awarded his colours), Johnston, Barnes and C. A. Klin­ Woman Devil ...... M. C. Hams kenberg (i) . Clarke, J. R. F . Jones (iii), Cowap and D. R. Brockhouse Lucifer ...... C. Rainbow (i) played for the 2nd XV, and C. A. Klinkenberg (i), Akigbogun and Beelzebub ...... J. H. Catlin Franklin for the Senior Colts; last, but by no means least, R. A. Adam, Pride E. ~- Urquh~rt T. H. Vodden, Trowell, A. J. Klinkenberg (ii) and T . J. Nutt (ii) played Covetousness B. J. Hills-Speddmg in the Junior Colts. Wrath (Seven B. J ohnsto?- Envy Deadly R. The Junior Rugger matches as a whole were very closely contested, M. J. DaVlS but our Juniors were Gluttony Sins) R. M. ~t~ell perhaps a trifle unfortunate to be beaten by the Fox Sloth in a very close game. J . E. Platt-H1g~s In the Senior, however, after defeating the Car­ Lechery penter II-5, there followed two titanic tussels in an ocean of mud. M. C. Hams The Papal Servants ...... first, after extra time, resulted in a pointless draw; in the second the ...... C. & G. Bullo<:h Pope ...... I. H Fox proved to be finally superior, though by no means imposing th . Wynn-MackenZle eir Cardinal of Lorraine ...... will on the game. As a result of the matches, the following were awarded B. Johnston Three Friars ...... D. J . C. Briggs, their House colours: Lobb, Johnston, Clarke, Cowap and C. A. Klinken­ J. Y. Crowe, berg (i). R. C. J;>oulton Dick (an Ostler) ...... J . A. Camegie Richards was one of last term's unexpected leavers; he has visited Vintner ...... •...... W. A. M. Davies us this term, however, and we have been pleased to see him; we have Martino } C. St. J. H~ell also been visited by P. L. Lobb, who has just come out of the Army Frederick (Courtiers) after R. C. C~s~as his National Service as a commissioned officer; Davis, who is work­ Benvolio . ing for a Civil J. F. Gilchris't Engineer's qualifications in Taunton; Heal, who is in the Emperor's Attendants ...... C. process of getting & G. Bulloch a commission in the Ordnance Corps; Bames, who is at The Emperor, Charles V ...... P . E. Sandhurst; and Fowles Burston and Moss, who came back to take some Alexander the Great ...... A. G examinations. . B. Rowe Alexander's Paramour ...... " ...... 0 . H. Samuelson Johnston, B. J . Hills-Spedding (i) and Clarke are leaving at the end Horse-Courser ...... R. SL J . H . Stagg of this term; we thank them warmly for all they have done for the House Carter ...... J . R. Clarke and hope they will have every happiness in the future. Hostess ...... G. M. Jones Duke of Vanholt ...... Finally, it remains to us to thank Mr. Large for ...... C. Rainbow his unfailing help Duchess ...... and support, which is a constant encouragement for our efforts; ...... A. J. Holland nor must Attendant to the Duke ...... we forget Mr. James, who helps Mr. Large in so many ways...... D. B. Paton Third Scholar ...... · · · · · · · .. · · J. R. Perry ~~~l~fJ~~ ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. ·.·.·.·. ·. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·. ·.·.·. ·. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. ·.·. ·.·.·.·.·:.·.·. ·.·. ·. s:B .Rj 0~~ 10 11 '' THE AL U RE D I AN

Producer: K. R. R. Wilson, Esq. Stage Manager: M. F . J aquet, Esq. Assistant Stage Manager: R. C. Poulton. Electricians : J . A. Rowe, R. M. J. Davis, N. J . Hebditch. Properties and Special Effects: S. Gunstone, B. W. A. Kirby, D. G. Roberts. Chemical Effects : G. W. Mo rgan, Esq. Stage Hands : J . L. Torond, S. Gunstone. Make-up : M. F . J aquet, Esq., K. R. R. Wilson , Esq., R. H. Dakin , Esq., J. H . K. Townsend, Esq ., P . B. Williams, C. Bulloch, B . W . A. Kirby, J . N. Michael. Call Boy: J . Hartland. The Dirge specially composed b y H . C. M. Large , Esq. Scenery constructed under the direction of the Stage Manager and painted b y P . E . Fowles, G. M. J ones , S. R. A. Hill, C. J. L. Langabeer, under Vl the direction of W. Lyons Wilson, Esq. :J 1- Costumes b y the Linen-room and Rose Shaw , of B ath . Vl :J Dressers: C . I. Barnard, J . C. Tyzack. <( lL ..: ERHAPS I was not alone in wondering at th e wisdom of tackling such 0 a difficult play as P " Dr. Faustus" at the end of the Michaelmas Term. >­ Great as was the success of the Dr <( amatic Society's performance last year, _j there wa s no doubt that this new venture was a much more ambitious 0.. one. To b _j egin with, the play itself is ungainly; there are so many seem­ 0 ingly irreconcilable elements in it that it demands expert producti 0 on to I give it unity. Then the title role demands an actor of real stature. With u all the seasoned actors gone, where was such a Vl one to be found! These LLJ were the doubts which ran through my mind as I watched the I feverish 1- preparations throughout the term, o r, rather, the y ear, for plans were already being made for this production before the s cenery for the last 0 was dismantled. 1- Vl <( I need not have worried. Mr. Wilson's production d eserves the u highest praise, and in Douglas he found an actor of remarkable ability LLJ , I who was fully equal to the e xacting role of Faustus. 1- It was, in fact, the acting of D ouglas which gave the most pleasure. His verse speaking was beautiful, he dominated the stage while he was on it, and he achieved a fin e climax in the fin al scene when the possibility of damnation has become reality at last. Not the least tribute to Douglas' acting is the fact that h e held one's attention even when others were speaking. This was a memorable performance. Side was an excellent foil in the difficult role of Mephistopheles; he did not have the opportunity to rise to quite the same heights, but he might have made a little more perhaps of those surprising and frighten­ ing occasions when Mephistopheles speaks of his own anguish and even urges Faustus to repent. Apart from these two, the comedians of the piece gave the greatest pleasure. Stagg, Garnett, Carnegie, Clarke, Davies, Wallis and Jones played the comic with a rare relish which the audience enjoyed enor­ mously.

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It is unfortunately impossible in so short a space to mention all the members of the cast individually; perhaps Urquhart as Pride, Rainbow as Lucifer and the Duke of Vanholt, and Perry as Cornelius made the most of their parts. Briggs, Crewe and Poulton as the Chorus of Friars were also good. Everybody is to be commended for his diction and for knowing his part thoroughly. The scenery deserves. a special word of praise. Mr. J aquet and his devoted band of workers constructed an admirable Gothic room with a view through the twin-pointed windows over the roofs of a medireval town. This backcloth, for the design of which we have to thank Mr. Lyons Wilson, was very well painted by Fowles, Jones, Hill and Langa­ beer, and Fowles must be congratulated for his arresting design for the fron~ cloth. Once again Matron and her assistants in the Linen Room did wonders with the odd collection of materials at their disposal in producing some attractive costumes. Mr. Wilson has achieved a triumph with this play. He drew out the maximum from the members of the cast, and his arrangement of scenes and players made the action move forward swiftly and purpose­ fully. He and all the people associated with the production are greatly to be congratulated. P. V. H.

K.C.R.F.C. HE season might have been a great one, but disappointingly, as the T term progressed, the standard fell away to very ordinary dimen­ sions. The reasons were not far to seek. In the first place, the Captain, R. Blake, was forced to withdraw on medical grounds, so not only did we lose an outstanding open-side wing forward, but the inspiration of his leadership, which was an even greater loss. Secondly, the main architect of our back play, Ferryman, missed nearly the whole of the season through injury. We had three colours remaining : R. Blake, T. G. J efford and D. B. Paten, and they filled the positions of Captain, Vice-Captain and Secre­ tary. Although a total of 23 players was called upon during the season, it was not due to uncertainty in team building, but practically entirely to injury replacements. At full back, Wadland showed immense 'sang­ froid' and no little unorthodoxy, but never let the side down. The three­ quarter line consisted of Wilkinson, Lobb, Wilkins and Barnes, with Perryman and Laidlaw Smith as halves. Unfortunately, owing to Ferryman's injury, we soon had to put Lobb at fly-half, put Barnes in the centre and bring in J ohnston on the wing. When Barnes suc­ cumbed to injury, Glover and Ashton had their turn, the latter also deputising on occasions for Wadland. With Ferryman there, the line moved well and confidently, but as soon as he went ideas departed too. The forwards had a fine front row in Paten, Lloyd-Edwards and Kerr, in fact, as good a trio as I remember, but, as has so often been the case, the second row was harder to find. This was all the more

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after this they increased th frustrating as the back row of Blake, Cheetham and J effo eir lead with a penalty. After half-time a rd was a dden thunderstorm seemed to 'natural.' All we wanted were two big strong links and the choice put life into the forwards, who, ably led lay ~~ Paton, brough~ off some between Bellamy, Maltby, Perry and Whitehead. As it turned v~ry good. 'takes.' But half-way through out, this half Millfield mcreased their lea Jefford soon had to take Blake's place both as Captain and op d w1th a converted try, the result of en-side some bad winger, while Cheetham moved to the blind side from Lock. Whitehead handling. usually partnered Bellamy in the second row and Maltby went to lock. In the next match we played Wellington at home and this produced Throughout the season Paton and Kerr got through a tremendous amount a very scrappy game. The main reason for this w~ ~hat our o~ponents of work in the tight, while Maltby and Whitehead were always noticeable nted to keep the ball in the forwards. The conditwns were Ideal for in the lineouts. The most obvious weakness was in the loose, both offen­ :~ast, open game, but our backs, lacking id~as~ let every chance they sively and defensively, and lack of certainty in heeling from the loose had slip away. We had the ball from the maJonty of. scru~s, but. some mauls. · effective kicking led nowhere. We opened the sconng w1th a penalty ~ Blake and so the score remained Our first School match, as usual, was with Exeter, this until five minutes from the end, year being ~en from an orthodox movement Wellington played at home. This game was played in appalling conditions had a ma.? over and they , but, scored a try in the corner. They converted considering that the ball was very wet and slippery, the threequarters the try With a very good kick and the end of the game cam handled ·the ball well. Understandably, some of the game was e soon . after: ~n this game we lost fought mainly because we did not sho~ out between the forwards, and in this department our forwards did enoug~ ongmality m our play, although well it must be said the ball ran a httle to hold their heavier opponents. But the highlight of the game was a unkmdly for us. very good run by Ferryman and also a short cross-kick which just Bruton was the next match, and this year we travelled away. This bounced right for Blake to .run on and score. This, from the King's proved to be an encouraging game, although it was marred by the fact point of view, proved a very good start to the season. that there were three players injured, two of Bruton, and we lost B.arnes Against Clayesmore just before half-time. In this game the forwards won . the ball m all a very different story must be told. The con­ departments ditions were ideal for a good and gave the backs plenty of chances, wh1ch they put to , open game of rugger, but this seemed to good do little to encourage us. We started use. It was only v~ry deterrni?ed tackling by ~ruton that ~ept off badly and never really re­ us out several times, covered; if we expected an easy game we especially by therr full back. l'laymg up the slight were very soon disillusioned. slope in the first half, They proved to be faster on tne ball in the forwards, we only scored once towards t~e end when Wad­ although in the land came up to make the tight we had the majority of the ball. In this match extra m~ and went over m the corner. But the backs showed after half-time, apart from little or no initiative and certainly the handling was worse some spmted rushes by. the Bruton forwar?s, than when we attacked continuously and only we played in the rain. But when the backs did get going, some bad p;1.ssmg and good ta~kling J ohnston kept us out. In all respects this was a good scored a good try in the corner, which was converted. Soon afterwards match from our pomt of Wilkinson dived over in the corner for an unconverted try. view . This was As how it remained until after half-time, when they scored a try near usual, Dartmouth brought with them a very ~t and strong team our and a posts and converted it. Next came another good run by good, fast hard forward battle resulte~. For this game, as always J ohnston, when Dartmouth which resulted in an unconverted try. After this our line had several visited us, it decided to ram and h~nce the ball, after a few minutes, narrow escapes before they scored ano~her try; this time they failed to became very difficult to handle. T~JS was . not the only convert and thus the scores remained until no-side. discomfort to the players; a strong wind was blo~ng strrught down the pitch. Thus King's had In the next the wind behind them m the firs~ half and, game against Allhallows the best display of the season using the wind to some so far was given. good account, 3:ttacked for long I>enods. After The team showed a willingness to throw the ball some time our efforts were rewarded about and, even if it did not. wtth a penalty, which was taken always go to hand, it paid handsomely. by Cheetham. This gave us a three_-point The threequarters combined together well, lead at half_-tin_le. But our but sometimes the finishing opponents, making more use of the wmd, scored three let them down. The forwards were much quicker tnes m the .second on the ball in the period. In this game we were beaten by a very fit team loose and held their heavier opponents in the t.ight . J ohnston and did well and Wilkins to lose only 9-3, as their forwards were very fast and each scored a try, which were the result of some good running good. by the In the next centres Lobb and Wilkins. This proved that we could produce match we entertained Canford at home. The conditions good for this game could rugger in the dry as in the wet. With the ground spll very hard, there not have been better and thus provided a good open was a noticeable lack of falling. game. We had the advantage over our opponents in the tight, but they were faster For the first across the. fi~ld than. we were. qur back~ showed :;:t~re time in the next game we came upon a fast, heavy constructive passes and pack and fast outsides. thinking, wh1ch resulted m two tnes for ~Ilkm­ This was against Millfield away, where we son. But several times their centres broke suffered our first defeat of the through some weak and meffec­ season. The main reason for this defeat tive tackling by our centres. was that we had no real answer to th~ speed and penetration of Mill­ For the next match we field's halves and centres. It was a blind side move by the halves travelled to Kelly, where it took us some time that to settle down and gained them their first try, where they had a man over. A few minutes we found ourselves 5--() down at half-time. But in 14 15 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

the second half we settled down and for the last quarter of an hour we 2nd XV were pressing on their line. The forwards seemed to find new life in The 2nd XV have had an excellent season; in fact, by calling the this period; with only seven forwards we were gaining possession con­ Downside fixture an 'A' one, they remained unbeaten, with impr.~­ stantly. It was during these attacks that Wilkinson dived over in the the sive aggregate of 201 points for and 21 against! They showed a fine spmt corner twice and Wilkins scored near the posts. Cheetham also landed with plenty of confidence and good teamwork. In ten o~y one penalty goal. Thus the score was IJ-5 to King's when the final games whistle went. Canford managed to avert defeat. The chief sc?rers were Watson, With over so points, and Bulloch (ii) and Strachan With 30 each. Travelling to West Buckland, we knew by reports our opponents to have a strong team, which was confirmed during the game. In the Senior Colts first half, playing up the s lope, King's did well to hold their opponents. In many ways a successful .season for . the Senior Colts, but not one But in the second half, with the slope in our favour, the backs lacked with which they should be satisfied. Tnes came frequ~ntly, but the ideas and some strong tackling kept us out. This game proved to be an manner of their coming depended too often upon the IDlStakes of the ineffective battle between the two sets of forwards, with neither side's opposition than upon the team's ingenuity. threequarters looking like getting through the other's defence. The back division remained a headache throughout the season and, despite numerous variations, a dangerous attacking ~orce was not forth­ From our point of view, the game against Queen's was a great dis­ coming. Individually, several players showed prom1~, but ~ovements appointment. Early on Wilkinson had a good opportunity to open the frequently broke down through poor or. delayed p~smg, whil~t not a scoring, but he unaccountably slipped and lost possession of the ball, single wing could be found possessed w1th the one 1dea of gomg hard giving his opposite number a clear run the whole length of the field. for the corner flag. Later Johnston equalised with a good penalty, but another try put us behind once more. In the closing stages we constantly harried their It was encouraging to see the forwards playing with a z_est and fire, line, but a stern defence kept us out. Some ill-judged kicking gave our although they have still to appreciate fully the ':alue of ~ qw~k heel and opponents much relief in the form of six or eight drop-outs from the to realise possession in the lineouts is only obtamed by Jumpmg. 'twenty-five' in almost as many minutes. They deserved their win. Nevertheless, the team, soundly captained by Webber, and the pack more than ably led by Hartnell, must be congratulated upon making the For our last School match we entertained Bryanston and under good most of their ability. conditions an open game resulted. In the first half the forwards pro­ Junior Colts vided the backs with plenty of opportunities. Mainly due to bad finish­ ing and good Bryanston tackling, we scored only one try, a good run by There has been plenty of enthusiasm and not a little skill shown .by Johnston. In the second half the pattern of play remained the same and many individuals on the Colts game, but they have always ha~ to gt~e our reward was a good try by Wilkinson in the corner. This was a good away a lot of weight and height in matches. In some g~mes this h~di­ open game and we hope for many more such games in the future with cap has been too heavy for their skill to overcome. Two liDP?rtant po~ts these sporting opponents. emerge from the season. Firstly, the forwards must apprec1ate that JUSt as much skill and quick thinking is required of them as of the backs, and To finish the season we had a rousing game against the Old Boys secondly, that all have a great deal to learn yet about the tactics of the and, despite some last minute changes, they ran out worthy winners. game. There is little merit in defeating a side which is reluctant to Unfortunately, Andy Rutherford and Max Lindsey were prevented from tackle by a large score, and it is unfortunate that the season produced appearing owing to other more pressing engagements, but it was a great many matches of this class and very few of th~ matches were clos~ly joy to see that Keith Shapland, Tiro Bellers, Sam Bruford (not forget­ fought out. In many ways, the ma~ch with Wellin~on revealed the s1~e ting Peter Maltby) have lost none of their skill. in its best light, for although King's w~s cons1derably sm~ller m physique, they played we!l and the combmed. pl~~ was prov1ded by The forwards were always a pack as opposed to eight separate units them, while the opponents scores were largely mdiVldual efforts. and invariably gained us more of the ball than our opponents; if any, . their only weakness was that they were a trifle slow in getting behind the RESULTS ball in a loose scrummage. Behind the scrum, the linkage with the three­ quarters soon settled down to be regular and reliable, and the three­ 1st XV quarters, after a tendency to run too far across the field had been overcome, became a formidable line and showed great resource and enter­ Sept. 28-G. W. Morgan's XV (home) Won I4-I3 prise. Again, it is right to emphasize that it would be wrong to pick out Oct. s-Exeter School (home) Won individual players for especial praise, as it was always the team, and 24- 5 not the individualist, which scored a victory. And the rst XV could never Oct. 8-Clayesmore School (away) Won II- 8 complain of lack of opposition in the practice games throughout the Oct. rs-Allhallows School (home) Won 22- 0 season! Oct. rg-Millfield School (away) Lost 0-II 16 B 17 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

Oct. 22-Wellington School (home) Lost 3-5 Oct. rs-Allhallows School (away) Won 20-- 0 Oct. 29-King's School, Bruton (away) Won 12- 0 Oct. 19-Millfield School (home) . . . Won r6- o Nov. 2-R.N.C., Dartmouth (home) Lost 3- 9 Oct. 29-King's School, Bruton (away) Won 26- 5 Nov. s-Canford School (home) Won 12- 6 Nov. 2-Taunton School (home) Won 9-0 Nov. 9-Queen's College (away) Drawn 3-3 Nov. r2--Kelly College (away) Won 17- 5 Won Nov. 19-West Buckland School (away) Drawn 0-0 Nov. 23-Taunton School (away) 9-6 Nov. 30-Allhallows School (home) Won IS- 5 Nov. 26-Queen's College (home) Lost 3-6 Played ro. Won 8. Drawn I. Lost I. Dec. 3-Bryanston School (home) Won 6-0 Points for: I49· Points against : 41. Dec. IO--Old Aluredians (home) Lost 6-13 Played 14. Won 8. Lost 5. Drawn 1. Junior Colts XV Points for: 133. Points against : 8r. Oct. 5-Exeter School (away) ... Lost 3-39 School (home) Won 'A' XV Oct. rs-Allhallows 35- 3 Oct. 19-Millfield School (home) Drawn 3-3 Sept. 24-Taunton R.F.C. Colts (home) Won 24- 0 Oct. 22-Wellington School (away) Lost 3-24 Oct. r.-Downside School 2nd XV (away) Lost 0-16 Oct. 29-King's School, Bruton (home) Won 3I- 0 Nov. 9--S.F.I., Cannington (home) Won 32- 0 Nov. 2-Taunton School (away) Lost 0--!8 Nov. 30--R.P. Office (hoine) Won 29- 0 Nov. 19-West Buckland School (home) Won 34- 0 Played 4· Won 3· Lost I. Drawn o. Nov. 23-Taunton School (home) Lost 3-II Points for: 85. Points against: r6 Nov. 26-Queen's College (away) Won 32-- 0 Nov. 30--Allhallows School (away) Won 9-0 2nd XV Played IO. Won 5· Lost 4· Drawn I. Oct. s-Exeter School (away) Won 24- 3 Points for: I 53· Points against: 98. Oct. 8-Taunton R.F.C. Colts (home) Won II- 9 Oct. 15-Allhallows School (away) Won !4- 3 'Under 14's' XV School (away) Oct. 19-Millfield Won 3-0 Oct. 19-Taunton School (away)) Lost 0-9 Oct. 22-Wellington ·School (away) Won 5-3 Nov. 9-Queen's College {away) Won 20- 0 Oct. 29-King's School, Bruton (home) Won 32- 0 Nov. 30-Taunton School (home) Won 8-5 Nov. s-Canford School (home) Drawn 3-3 Played 3· Won 2. Lost I. Drawn o. Nov. 19-West Buckland School (home) Won 24- 0 Points for : 28. Points against: 14. Nov. 26-Queen's College (home) Won 65- 0 Dec. 3--Queen's College (away) Won 20-- 0 Played ro. Won 9· Drawn I. Lost o. Scorers for the rst XV : Points for : 201. Points against: 21. Wilkinson, G. J .-ro tries; Cheetham, R. B.-7 conversions, 3 penalty goals, I try; Johnston, B-4 tries, 2 penalty goals; R. 'B' XV Blake-3 tries, I conversion, I penalty goal; Wadland, R.-3 Srnith-3 tries; Perryman, A. M., Bames, T. T., Nov. 23-S.F.I., Cannington Won I7- 8 tries; Laidlaw Wilkins, D.-2 tries each; T. G. Jefford, J. G. Lobb, D. R. A. Played r. Won r. Lost o. Drawn o. Lloyd-EdwardS--I try each. Points for: 17. Points against: 8. Scorers for the 2nd XV: Senior Colts XV Bulloch (ii), Strachan-ro tries each; Watson (i)-I7 conversions, oCt. r-Downside School (away) Lost 0-!9 4 tries, 2 penalty goals; Roblin, Bulloch (i), T0--4 tries each; tries; Osborn (i), Webber (i), Glover (ii)-2 tries each; Oct. s-Exeter School (home) Won Brown-3 33- 3 Clarke - 1 try, 1 conversion, Ashton, Perry, J. R., Truscott, Oct. II-Queen's College (home) Won r8- o Kingman, Brockhouse (i), Hartnell, Johnston, B.-I try each.

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Scorers for the Senior Colts XV : rst XV: Carnegie-ro tries; Walters.-ro conversions, 3 penalty goals, 2 I. C. Kerr, ]. G. Lobb, R. Laidlaw Smith, D. R . A. Lloyd­ tries; Gilchrist-5 tries; Twose-3 conversions, 2 tries; Webber Edwards. (i), Craggs.-4 tries each; Curry, Pick-3 tries each; Klinkenberg (i)-2 tries; Akigbogun, Bishop, Hartnell-r try each. XX's: Scorers for the Junior Colts XV : Wilkinson, G. J., Wilkins, D., Ferryman, A. M., Johnston, B., Barnes, T. T., Perry, J. R. , Whitehead, A. G., Starling-22 Maltby, R. J ., tries, 8 conversions; Adam--4 conversions, 2 tries; Bellamy, C. D. , Cheetham, R. B. Chubb, Booth-4 tries each; Hatfield-3 conversions; Hilliar, Yule, Vodden-2 tries each; Kay, Wootton, Nutt (ii)-I try each. XLV's: Scorers for the 'Under 14's' XV: Osborn (i), Glover (ii), K!inkenberg (i), Bulloch (i), Bulloch (ii), Strachan, Watson (i), Pring, Davies (iii), Gill, Roblin, Clarke. Edwardes (i)-5 conversions, I try; Trowell-2 tries; Daw, Morgan, Aristidou (ii)-r try each. Colts XLV's: The following represented the rst XV : Webber (i), Hartnell, Bishop, Craggs. R. Blake, T. G. Jefford, D. B. Paton, I. C. Kerr, J. G. Lobb, R. Laidlaw Smith, D. R. A. Lloyd-Edwards, Cheetham, R. B., Wilkins, D., Johnston, B., Wilkinson, G. J., Ferryman, A. M., Barnes, T. T., Wadland, R., Bellamy, C. D., Perry, J. R., White­ head, A. G., Maltby, R. J ., Ashton, Glover (ii), Osborn :(i), Brown (i), Klinkenberg (i) . K.C.M.R.C The following represented the 2nd XV: T the end of the Summer Term only two members of the VIII left: Johnston, B., Perry, J . R., Barnes, T. T., Maltby, R. J., Ashton, A they were the Captain, P. M. Bubb, and T. 0. Freeman. Glover (ii), Brown (i), Roblin, Osborn (i), Davies (iii), Bulloch Appointments this term were:- (i), Bulloch (ii) , Pring, Watson (i), Strachan, Gill, Orbell-Durrant, Captain: D. B. Paton. Truscott, To, Jones (iii), Clarke, Kingman, Webber (i), Cowap, Brockhouse (i), Hartnell, Reis, Klinkenberg (i). Vice-Captain: R. S. J. H. Stagg. Hon. Secretary: D. R. J. Hillier. The following represented the Senior Colts XV : There was no difficulty in filling the vacant places, since so many Twose, Webber (i), Klinkenberg (i), Craggs, Carnegie, Gilchrist, people did well in the previous term's classification. After three weeks Walters, Trezise, Curry, Williams, Bishop, Hartnell, Sniith (iv), of trials the required people were found. Pick, Cole (i), Fussell, Martin (ii), Akigbogun, Reynolds (ii), Lees, Smart, Slaney. In the House Shooting competitions, the Bishop Fox House came out on top, winning both the Senior and Junior Shields. The following represented the Junior Colts XV: The results improved steadily as the term progressed. This was Vodden, Starling, Chubb, Adam, Hatfield, Hilliar, Stone­ mainly due to the individual scores, which became much steadier towards man, Shove, Bickford, Gullick, Lewis (i), Kay, Wootton, Yule, the end of the term. Nutt (ii), Eagle, Trowell, Klinkenberg (ii), Howells, Christmas, Booth. The highest total achieved was 668, which equalled that of last year. If the scores continue to improve, the team stands a good chance in the "Country Life" Competition The following represented the 'Under 14's' XV: next term. Gibson, Bentley, Osborn (ii), Daw, Whitehouse, Couch, Brough, Stagg, Hillier and Toole are to be congratulated on being awarded Edwardes (i), Aristidou (ii), Kitsell (ii), Carter, Cole (ii), Busby, their colours at the end of the term. Bonsey, Henchman, Perry (iii), Morgan, Miller (i), Trowell. Our thanks are due to Mr. Cocksedge, who took over the charge of the VIII this term, and to Sgt.-Maj. Gooderham, for their unfailing The help following Colours were awarded: in the running of the VIII. Thanks are due also to the target boys, Wil­ rst XV (re-awarded)- kinson and Carnegie, for their efficiency in their task. T. G. Jefford, D. B. Paton. D.R.J.H. 20 21 THE ALUREDIAN THE AL U REDIA N

C. C.F. Notes Pioneer Notes 'Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice.' HE most important event of the term has been the result of the Cer­ T tificate 'A' Part IP exam. This was, although none of the candi­ FTER leading the Pioneers for many years, the venerable John Heal dates knew it, the last Board to be held under the present, over-severe A has left; his place has been worthily filled b y R. Stagg, under whose marking arrangements. Seventy per cent of the candidates passed-the command we have continued to engage in various constructional activi­ record for the district. The excellent work of a specialist pool of instruc­ ties around the School. tors, together with much hard work by the candidates, brought about A small party started the term bricklaying on the second bunker, this result. Next term, when the regulations are relaxed a little, and if and the concrete floor was completed. They also started the foundations the present intensive preparations are kept up, the results should be cor­ for the adjacent sand bunkers, which should be completed next term. respondingly better. There is no reason why this should not be so. In Although the bunker is now in use for coal, bricklaying had to stop half­ any case, it is satisfying to have beaten bogey. way through the term owing to severe frosts, and so we turned our atten­ A full account of Plasterdown Camp last January, and of this year's tion to the projected scheme for music practice rooms by the south door. Annual Camp at Bourley, must be foregone for brevity's sake. Both The old garage there has been divided in two and concrete floors laid, the were highly successful, although, at Plasterdown, really bad weather and cement mixer being transported to the site on the wagon, an operation the poor quality of the Army's bivouac tents made living out hazardous which provided a certain amount of entertainment for idle loafers­ and very uncomfortable. Some very useful work was done, and in this though disappointing, on account of its success . It has since been re­ coming January, with better tentage, it should be possible to train on the turned to its former site behind the new classrooms, where, prior to being high moor, whatever the weather. If there was any trouble with the repainted, it has been thoroughly cleaned and has had the old paint weather at Bourley, it was that it was too good. But then, so were scraped off by Griffin, the " guardian of the mixer. " Although it has the demonstrations, and the combined amenities of the camp itself and only been with us for about six months, the cement mixer has more than Aldershot. In August there was also held a camp on Exmoor for the proved its worth and is now quite invaluable whenever large quantities of junior platoons. This was well attended, and the standard of training concrete are required. and camping was very high. The new boiler-house is now completed and in active service, heat­ Although much dash and initiative is shown in these camps, there ing Room 20 and the chemistry laboratory. is still room for creative thought on the normal Monday parades at We congratulate J. A. Bartlett on being awarded his Pioneer colours. King's. Some of the instruction, though no longer straight from the He is an old-established member of the Pioneers, and this term has put pamphlet, is still uninspired and uninspiring. This is due largely to an in much work and exercised his resourcefulness as the leader of the party inability to see the training syllabus as a whole. Instead, it is seen as a that has been going up to Fullands each day and working on a drive up success10n of Mondays which have somehow to be used up. In fact, the to Mr. Padfield's garage. It is now completed, and it certainly has good programme for the term for each platoon is carefully devised, and only a solid foundations, not to mention a truly huge soakaway. little imagination is necessary to see the general plan that underlies it. In closing, we would like to thank the Bursar for his ready advice be run, we may However, now that an N.C.O. Cadre can once more and particularly for buying us some new shovels and a sled&e -ham~er, soon add to the number of instructors whose approach is imaginative, and also to extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Cocksedge for h1s unfailing and who have worked so hard. help, advice and enthusiasm in all our various activities. K. R. R. W. T. P. W. The following were the senior N.C.O.'s of the C.C.F . :­ U/0: J. B. C. Brown. Rover Crew D. B. Paton, B. Johnston. C.S.M.'s: T the beginning of term we found ourselves less several members, C.Q.M.S.: R. St. J. H. Stagg. A so at a meeting in the first fortnight the first item on the agenda was Sgts. : D. S. Ashton, .J . R. Brockhouse, T . G. J efford. the election of officers for the Crew. T . G. J efford was voted on as Senior Rover Mate, with J. B. C. Brown as Treasurer and D. P. Paton as Scribe, R. Wadland and T . P. Wansbrough becoming Rover Mates. Next was the election of new members, which resulted in C. Bulloch (i), Clubb, Kerr and Wynn-Mackenzie joining the Crew. At a further meeting to decide the term's activities, somebody drew attention to the fact that the monument to King Alfred at Athelney was

22 23 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIA N in poor repair. A "recce" went out to see what could be done, but dis­ understanding of its meaning. He explained the evolution and present covered that repairs would cost anything up to £zoo. The local inhabi­ structure of the system of Democracy in this country in a clear but tants have offered to start up a fund for the monument and it is expected complete manner. that the Crew will be able to help with the repairs when the desired During the term four members of the Society studied the possibility amount of money has been obtained. of holding an "Any Questions" type of debate and decided that a meet­ One Sunday evening later on in the term, Mr. Bray, the Probation ing of this nature could be held in Big School, the time suggested being Officer for the Taunton area, came over from Wellington to give a talk towards the end of the Lent Term. on his work. It was amusing and very interesting at the same time. Mr. Finally, we are extremely grateful to the Headmaster Bray is hoping to hold a summer camp for a dozen or so would-be and Mrs. Unmack and to Mr. Pytches juvenile delinquents next year, similar to the one he had this last sum­ for their hospitality in providing meeting places, to Miss Pratt and her mer, and he has offered the chance of a great experience to any of us staff for our excellent refreshments, and who would care to help in the running and supervision of the camp. to all our vice-presidents for their unfailing support. T. G. J. During the term we have been having a series of First Aid lectures from Mr. Pytches with a view to taking over the First Aid party in the near future. Rather than go on a camp in 1956, we decided that perhaps it would be better if we were to come back before the beginning of the Summer Music Club Term to try to do something constructive for the School. We found that the Headmaster has plans for a new changing room and, although no NE of the main features of the Michaelmas Term has always been definite dates have yet been fixed, it is hoped that this will come about. Othe Taunton and Somerset Music Festival, in which many of our A bricklaying course for all those concerned will probably be held some­ members compete. This year the School won twenty-one certificates, in­ time during the Lent Term. cluding eleven 'firsts,' a quite remarkable achievement, in honour of D. B. P. which the Headmaster gave us a half-holiday. We warmly congratulate all those who took part, particularly R. G. R. Fox, who won the Open Piano Class, and the trio-M. J. Trapnell (violin), T. G. Waddington ('cello) and A. J. Holland (piano)-who were awarded the Westlake Cup Sheldon -Society for the most outstanding performance of the Festival. In addition, the term was notable for a concert given by the Barclays T the beginning of this term six new members were elected-Messrs. Bank Male Voice Choir, who have visited many other public schools and A Douglas, Johnston, Mackeson, Rainbow, Stagg and Wadland. Last who gave a most varied and enjoyable programme; also for a violin re­ term's Chairman and Secretary, Mr. Brown and Mr. Jefford respectively, cital by Miss Marie Hall, with Miss Pauline Baring at the piano. Besides continued in their offices, but the post of Treasurer was made vacant by these two very pleasant musical entertainments, several members went the departure of Mr. Royle: Mr. Robinson was elected to take his place. to a recital given at Bishop Fox's School by the Hirsch String Quartet. The first meeting of the term was devoted to the discussion of ques­ The Club gave two concerts this term, the first being for members · tions raised by members. The topics covered a wide field and pro­ only and including piano, flute, 'cello and violin solos. The second was voked lively 4ebate. the occasion of the first public performances of the revived Choral Society and of the College Orchestra, Three members read papers this term. Mr. Ashton made "A Com­ and was open to the whole School. The programme parison of Dictatorships" -those he chose to compare were Domitian, a of the latter was as follows:- Roman Emperor of the first century, and Stalin. He amplified the I. Piano Solo : conclusions drawn from this comparison by reference to other dictators, Allegro from Sonata in G major ...... Haydn both ancient and modem. (D . J. Starling.) Mr. Robinson gave the Society a vivid account of "Life in Roman 2. Three 'Songs from the Bavarian Highlands': Britain," which was an excellent picture of life in this country at that time. "False Love" "Lullaby" . Elgaf' Mr. Poulton made "Communism" his subject and, after explaining "The Dance" Karl Marx's doctrine and pointing out its discrepancies, showed how far (Choral Society.) Russia has failed in fulfilling even these precepts. Our "outside" speaker this term was Mr. ] . W. W. Peyton, the 3. Piano Solo : Conservative M.P. for Yeovil, who chose ttl speak about "Democracy," Prelude in C Bach w~ch, he said, is a word Used very freely, often without a thorough (].G. Beaumont.)

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4· March, " Alceste" ...... Cluck One or two people forsook the Art Room for the stage and their work " Drink to me only with thine eyes" ...... arr. Scott .vas warmly appreciated by the audiences at the School Play. March, " Scipio" ...... Handel Since D. R. Luke and W . M. Lien left last term, a new Committee (College Orchestra.) was elected this term and F . E . To was elected Chairman, P. E . Fowles This term the Club purchased the following recordings : _ Secretary, G. M. Jones Treasurer and H. W. Hackett fourth member. Piano Concerto No . 3 in C minor ...... Beethoven Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank ~r . Lyons Violin Concerto in E minor ...... Mendelssohn Wilson on behalf of the Club for his unfailing help. enthusiasm and Violin Concerto in D ...... Tchaikovsky guidance. P. E . F. Symphony in D minor ...... Cesar Franck Overture and Dances from " The Bartered Bride" ...... Smetana Incidental Music to ''A Midsummer Night's Dream' ' ...... Mendelssohn Polovstian Dances from ''Prince Igor'' ...... Borodin "El Amor Brujo" (excerpts) ...... Falla "The F'rre b'1r d" S mte...... Stravinsky Modern Languages Society "Belshazzar's Feast" ...... '...... W alton ARTING with regret from three of last term's C?mmitte~, the first yve are very sorry to sa~ goodbye to T. G. J efford, our Treasurer, P item on this term's agenda was to hold an election. This resulted who IS by far the oldest-established member of the Committee, and to the in R. Wadland being elected Chairman, C. Rain~ow and D. J. Dickin­ many other loyal members who are leaving us this term, particularly son Secretaries for the German and French sections respectively, and G. M. Jones, whose flute solos in our members' concerts have been out­ P. L. Side Treasurer. standingly enjoyable. Although the term's programme was arranged in the first week of . In closing, we would like to thank Mr. Padfield, our Chairman, for term, unforseen circumstances made it impossible to carry it out as we h1~ ever-rea~y help and advice and for lending us his study for Com­ had planned. Nevertheless, we did manage to hold many of our meet­ rmttee meetings, and also Mr. Large for his unfailing help and keen ings. interest in all the practices of the Choral Society and Orchestra, and in On Saturday, 30th October, the Society showed a French film , "Sous the concerts and other musical activities of the Club. le ciel de Paris," which was open to the School. The production and act­ T. P. W. ing, typically Gallic, was 'prima.' M. Dourday, our French assistant this year, on being approached by the Society, gave on r6th November a short lecture illustrated with films about the German occupation of Paris during the war. Although the Art Club films were somewhat lacking in quality, their meaning was perfectly · HERE has arisen among certain members of the Club this term what clear. We thank M. Dourday for his informal and interesting talk. T might be called a new phase in the art history of King's College. The final item in the term was a programme of German "Kultur­ Never before has one been able to enter the Art Room and see 'an insin­ filme," which the Society procured by kind permission of the Embassy cere elm tree watching with extreme patience its right arm changing into of the Federal Republic of Germany. The programme, consisting of a harp, whilst nearby a pair of scales contemplates the tree's yellow waist­ four fihns, covered a wide and interesting range of subjects. The first coat.' Fortunately, we only possess two of these quaint people who one, "Deutschlands Tor zur West," told the story of Hamburg as a call themselves surrealists and produce such works as the above, but we port; "Deutschlandspiegel" gave us a brief glimpse of the events in Ger­ are really very sorry that they are both leaving and we extend our many during 1954. "Where did the dollars go?" was a propaganda, wannest thanks and wishes for the future to G. M. Jones, a cartoonist but by no means uninteresting film, dealing with the Marshall Aid pro­ of great ability, and H. W. Hackett. gramme in Germany. The last, "Wie eine Filmszene entsteht," laboured Owing to the fact that Mr. Lyons Wilson is only present at the School under the difficulty of being somewhat technical and very silent, and its on Fridays and Saturdays, it was decided to have another vice-president, subject was the making of a film. Since these films were all 'gratis,' we and Mr. R. D. Townsend kindly consented to take this post. are doubly grateful to the German Embassy. Arrangements have already been made for the hiring of two or three We would like once more to offer our appreciation to our Executive films to be shown next term. It has also been decided to invite Mr. Vice-President, Mr. Harvey, and also to thank the film projectionists for Lyons Wilson to lecture to the School. His lectures are very popular giving so much of their no doubt valuable time to the Society. and we should like to hear him more often. c. R. THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

History Society Literary and Dramatic Society UR first task at the beginning of the year was to elect a new Chair­ N bidding farewell to the members who left last term, namely, Heal O man, P. J. Culverwell having left us at the end of th~ summer. I Killingbeck and Giles, we welcome fourteen new members, of who~ D. S. Ashton was voted on unanimously, J. S. Douglas bemg elected two come from the Classics d epartment. Secretary and G. H. Roblin Treasurer. We also welcome twelve new The Committee this term is as follows: Poulton (Chairman), Roblin members. (Secretary) and Brockhouse (Treasurer). The first general meeting took the form of demonstrations in the art It seems that, with the swelling of the ranks, new life has come to of theatrical make-up, performed bY: Mr. J aquet ~d Mr. J . . H . K. the Society, for this term we have been privileged to hear three members Townsend, with an introductory talk gtven by Mr. Wilson. To this meet­ read excellent papers and also to have two guest speakers, Keith Morris ing we invited all members of the cast of the play _and stage-hands, _to­ and Lt.-Col. A. H. Burne. Of the papers by members, the first, by gether with members of the newly-formed Junior Literary and Debatmg Brown, was on "Atomic Energy." Although not directly related to Society; and the evening was a success. · History, we all found it very interesting and understandable. J efford's Later on we held a meeting to discuss th~ gener~l pr_o blems of pro­ paper on "Race and Heredity" was no less interesting, and indeed, so duction of " Dr. Faustus," at which several mterestmg Ideas were put great was its effect on some members, that any individual characteristic forward and discussed. in a member is now called a 'mutation.' Johnston's paper on "Aviation The School Play, although officially sponsored by us, we leave to Today" left the Society with a mass of facts and figures and also the be dealt with elsewhere, but it may be mentioned here that seventeen of impression that all might not-be lost if . . . . We thank all three mem­ bers for their papers. our members took part in the production. On a Wednesday evening near the_ e~d of te~, t~ . of us tra":~lled Lt.-Col. Burne, the eminent military historian, honoured us with up to Bristol to see the Bnstol Old VIes production of Volpone, by his presence in October and gave a lecture on the Battle of Agincou:rt. Ben Jonson, at the Theatre Royal. This was truly ~ excellent per­ The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides and atten ded by the VIth formance and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. We w~re mterested ~o. see form and Vth form Historians. Keith Morris, O.A., related to the Society Moira Shearer in her new role as an actress, and astorushed at the brilliant his experiences behind the 'Iron Curtain' when he visited Warsaw last character make-up of many of the players. J . S. D. August: His talk was very much enjoyed by all and we are very grateful to both him and Lt.-Col. Bume for coming. This term, the Society held its first debate for many terms. The motions were that "This House has no confidence in the economic policy Junior Literary and Debating of Her Majesty's Government" and that "This House considers that the Public House has been more efficient in building up the British char­ Society acter than the Public School." Both motions were defeated, but not be­ fore a lively discussion had taken place on the floor of the House. We HE Junior Literary and Debating Society was formed on hope to have more debates in the future. T .r6th October, 1955. The aim of the Society is. to promote the art of good public-speaking and to help to form the literary taste of those The highlight of the term was a visit to the Taunton Museum, which under sixteen. was followed by a very excellent tea at Maynards. We would like to thank Mr. Harvey for accompanying us in the absence of the vice­ Mr. R. H. Dakin very kindly consented to be Vice-President of president. the Society. The Committee were elected for the first term. J . N. Michael was elected Honorary Secretary and F. James, C. A. W. These notes would not be complete without a word of thanks to Mr. Martin and D. W. Perry were elected Committee members. Pytches for his fatherly guidance and also for the use of his room. We thank him sincerely and hope that the increase in numbers has had no As some members have been shy of speaking, it has been pos_sible noticeable effect on his furniture. to have only one debate. The motion was: "This House considers that policemen should carry firearms." It was defeated ~y twenty­ G.H. R. two votes to nine. The President (the Headmaster) very kindly took the chair at this debate. We feel sure that in future members will realise that the Society can only flourish by their own contributions. Our sincere thanks must go to Mr. R. H. Dakin, who has so ably helped and guided the Society. J. N. M. 28 29 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN Fishing Club Fallodon Society OR the first time since the Fishing Club came into being we have had to say goodbye AT the b~ginn!ng of the term, A. G. B. Rowe became Chairman of F to some of our members, and it is with great regret the Soc1ety m place of A. P. Whelpton, who left both Society and that we bid farewell to M. A. W. Home, R. P. Ashton and G. Hogge. Sch?ol at the end of last. term. He worked very hard as our Chairman All these three have been active members from the very start, Home durmg the pas~ year (which was our tenth anniversary) and we wish him being Treasurer of the Club, and we extend our warmest thanks to them every success m the future. for their contribution to the Club, wishing them every success in the future. In place of Home, J . M. L. Holland was elected Treasurer. Last term, during the Secretary's absence, A. G. Whitehead was From the very beginning the Club has owned two rods, two land­ elected Deputy-Secretary. This term he is our Secretary. ing nets and a few books, all kindly given by Mr. M. F. Jaquet, our . Amongst other meetings this term, we attended two very interest­ Chairman. But this term we have received a gift that has not only ex­ mg lectures at Wyndham Hall on "The Fauna of the Bristol Channel" panded the amount of tackle owned by the Club, but provided new and ~d "Bird ~ife in the Isles of Scilly." Being affiliated to the Natural interesting work for the members. The gift consisted of two large boxes H1s~ory section of the Somerset Archreological and Natural History of tackle and the parts of many rods. The tackle is very old (as can Society, we are able to attend any of the fixtures on their programme. be seen by the fact that the last entry in a log book, found in one of the boxes, was dated 1907), but all is repairable. Thus we have set to and A .film depicting the cruel methods still in use for trapping animals begun the somewhat long and intricate work of re-assembly under the was shown to the Society on Sunday, 23rd October. guidance of Mr. Jaquet. For this magnificent gift we cannot be too grateful to the donor, Mr. In closing, I should like to extend the Fallodon Society's best wishes D. M. Marshal, a relative of Mr. Jaquet. for the New Year to all members of similar societies in other schools Owing to the work on the tackle and such activities as the putting who will read these notes. on of the play, active fishing has come to a standstill this term, although A. G. W. one or two roach were caught during the first fortnight. Next term, however, we will resume our excursions and look forward with hopes of large bags. P . E. F . Chess Club T revi thick Society T the beginning of the Michaelmas Term it was found that the mem­ HE Society opened the term with a business meeting, at which mem­ A bership of the Club had dwindled. As a result it was decided to T bers were presented with the term's programme. This consisted of a import some 'young blood, ' and it is hoped that th~y will prove to be Film Show, a Picture Quiz, a Brains Trust and Five-minute Papers: these keen and ardent chess players. . last two were of an experimental nature, and it is to be hoped that they will be included in our programmes more frequently in the future. A chess match with Queen's College was played in October; it turned To round off the term, fourteen out to be a hard-fought match, Queen's finally winning by 4 games to members visited Taunton sheds on Sunday, nth December. The visit started at 2.30 p .m. and for half­ 3· The following won for King's: Mackeson, Thyer and Davis. an-hour members were able to wander about the Round-house quite We thank Johnston for being such a reliable Treasurer, for he has freely. None of the engines was in steam, so members could safely kept the financial side of the Club in a very healthy state. Lastly, we clamber in and out of locomotives. Later, the Society inspected the would like to thank the Chaplain for letting us keep our equipment in locomotives in the yard waiting for or returning from duty. Here a his study. guide showed us over the cab of a "Hall" in steam and gave us a very J. R. B. interesting talk on the functioning of the cab controls. At 3.30 p.m., "Apollo" arrived at the sheds, having backed off the London train. Members were extremely fortunate to see this "Britannia" class locomo­ tive, but after inspecting it, it was time for us to leave. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon, in spite of the coal-dust we man­ aged to accumulate and the miserable weather. Our sincere thanks must go to the Headmaster for permitting our afternoon's outing, and we hope that we shall be able to go again in the future. Finally, we are deeply indebted to Mr. King, our Vice-President, for his never- failing advice and support. R. M. K.

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result of now having the tedious job of repairing it, though we have seen some noteworthy fli ghts of his e ffort. Perhaps it will be better Photographic Society next summer! Finally, we should like to thank !"fr. James forhis g uidance t~ the S did many societies, we began this term by electing new Committee Club and for allowing us to untidy his workshop w1th balsa c h1ppm~s , A members to fill the vacancies left by Bubb and Parmenter l ast t erm . cement tubes, dope bottles, and an everlasting smell of fuel. We w1sh C. Rainbow was elected Chairman and T. P . Halton and J. R. F . Jon es Mr J ames and readers a very happy New Year. Secretary and Treasurer respectively. . A. L . ] . G. The deprivation of our dark-room (a sacrifice to the expansion of the ~c~ool) left us somewhat a~ a lo~ , for tl.1e Society is essen?ally a prac­ tismg one. However, an mtensified course of photographic instruction Wireless Club was decided upon. We had as a consequence of this a demonstration LTHOUGH fi ve months have elapsed since the last Club notes we ~e of intensification and reduction processes, a lecture, illustrated by a film written, only one thing o f m ajor importance has taken place. This strip, entitled " Making Be A tter Pictures," and "Tracing Troubles, " also was the outing to the B.B .C. Welsh Transrrutter, when, dnven by Mr. illustrated by a film strip. These meetings were popular and very well Padfield in his car and Mr. Packer in 'Clio,' we travelled to W~s~ford attended. We also obtained an Ilford Print Folio and exhibited this to spend a v ery interesting afternoon. Next year we hope to v1s1t the together with many propaganda pamphlets, to the whole School. ' Cable and Wireless Station at Somerton. An innovation was introduced this term. Interpreting the word When we arrived back at the beginning of the Micha 'photographic' rather broadly a nd, as much for enjoyment as to g ain elmas Term we found two wire frames erec cash for new installations in our forthcoming dark-room, we had two ted in front of the hut's windows. These, however, would have been m programmes of films ; in the first instance ore valuable on the inside. W e also found we showed a colour film , we could "squeeze in" two " Copenhagen," and a d ocumentary film , " The Misery Man." Later more people, and so Slade a nd Watson were elected. Unfortunately, Fuge has been unable to use his transmitt on in the term, by kind permission of the Headmaster, a cartoon and a er, and so he, Wallis and Hebditch obtained permission to o p feature film, " Singing in the Rain," were shown. Both programmes erate at the signals shed instead. Griffin ~ec id e d went down very well and we look like having a well-equipped dark­ then that it would s av ~ everyone's room next year. time if a line for a t elephone was la1d from the Club to the s1gnals shed. This has proved invaluable, and we would ~e . to thank all those who, We hope we shall have an equally full and interesting programme although not in the Club, helped us to lay th1s line. We also put up an next term, and in finishing would like to wish everybody a very happy aerial, which is an 8oft. end feed . New Year. At the end of the Michaelmas Term we said goodbye to Milton-Ayres c. R. and Hebditch. We wish them e very happiness in their future _wireless activities. The latter left vacant the position of Secretary, ~h1ch was Aeromodelling Club filled by Fuge at a m eeting at the end of the term. Wallis became GAIN the Club has been forced down to its maximum intake of Treasurer and Bardsley Club Room official. A thirty-five members, and therefore we regret that a dozen or so Lastly, we thank Mr. Padfield and Mr. Packer for their keen interest applicants were rejected. Nevertheless, we welcome all the new mem­ and support of the Club. bers and hope they will produce us some good modelling. J. A. F . The term started by having an election for the three new members of the Committee, which then consisted of ] . A. Bartlett, Chairman, Stamp Club and A. L. J. Gough, Hon. Secretary. As a result of this election, P. E. Fowles was made Hon. Treasurer and ] . M. L. Holland and J . A. Fuge HIS term we welcomed Atkinson, Cheung, Eagle, Lau and R. D. were successful in becoming the Advisory Committee. Congratulations! T Toogood; we hope that they will _be happy with us. . We held a film show, open to the School, consisting of three films , "To­ Our most important gathering th1s term was the celebration of the morrow by Air" (40 years of aviation), "Flight of Fancy" (a B.O.A.C. Club's second anniversay. Seventeen m embers, Mr. Pytche?, ~r . film) and a supporting programme, which was enjoyed by all. J . M. Staines and Mr. Clench (who is the Secretary of the Taunton Philatelist Hughson was kept busy throughout the term mending his stunt 'plane, Society) were present. which, unfortunately, made a spectacular crash dive when the engine We were surprised to receive a letter from the Queen Victoria School cut out on the loop. J . A. Bartlett and P. R. B. Moore have some note­ Stamp Club in the Fiji Islands, who have sent us some stamps. We are worthy monsters on the building board, quite large enough to keep them indeed pleased to discover that we are so renowned. In reply, _we have going for some considerable time. D. Ko has learnt his lesson when sent them some very good stamps; we h<;>pe t~at we can continue our flying his K.K. Topper sail-plane in these high wintry gusts, with the friendship and increase this oversea r elationship further.

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We would like to thank Mr. Wilson for the use of his class-room Many hours of argument and preparation then b ega~ , culminating and also Mr. Pytches for the use of his private room . We would also in the formation of a club with a committee of four-W1dgery, Stagg, like to thank Twose for his · generous gifts towards the celebration. We Whitehead and Kingman- and a total membership of twenty-seven. On a~d the e.xpression of o.ur grat~t~de to Mr. Clench and . Mr. Staines (our Thursday, 6th October, 1955, the first business meeting was ~eld , pre­ V1ce-Pres1dent) for the1r unfa1lmg support. In closmg, we wish all sided o ver by Widgery, wh o, b earing in mind that the committee must readers a happy New Year. provide firm and, if necessary, gently persuasive leadership, opened the A. R. D. proceedings by bellowing : " I call this meeting to some semblance of order. " Whereat the general hubbub subsided and a brief lull ensued, in Meteorological Society which the chairman regained his breath. HE Society has been almost dormant during the past year, and had " I have g reat pleasure in presiding over the first . meeting of the T it not been for a few 'diehards' it might have faded out of the new club. The first item on the agenda is-" picture altogether. "Subscriptions," chipped in the treasurer, a nxious to put first things first. · But at the beginning of the Michaelmas Term the Society was re­ organised. Some new meteorological equipment was purchased, in­ " Subscriptions," said the tactful chairman, heavily. cluding a rain-gauge, and weather readings were taken throughout the After some discussion it was decided that the subscription should later part of the term. However, the Society still suffers from lack of be two shillings per head per t erm, to be put on the bill. The chairman equipment and would be pleased to hear from any person willing to then outlined the plans for the coming year. present or sell a barograph. We thank Mr. Jordan for all the hard " We want, eventually, to buy an old car and renovate it to the work he has done for the Society, and we look forward to a period of best of our means and ability, but for the moment we shall have to con­ success in the coming year. tent ourselves with film shows, lecturettes, quizzes, etc. We shall con­ J. R. B. tinue to have them when we get a car, but naturally most of the club's time will be spent working on it. We must also draw up a constitution in the near future. Mr. Cocksedge is trying to get us affiliated with the Printing Society Taunton Motor Club." As soon as Widgery had concluded his inaugural address, chaos PRINTING Society is now in the process of being formed. The pur­ reasserted itself, but the meeting was closed before anything was broken. A pose of the Society will be to produce programmes and fixture cards Our early hopes of a car may well be fulfilled next term, when we for other clubs, societies and School activities, as well as teaching its shall try to buy a car for about five pounds. Cynics (not club mem­ members the elements of printing. The Society does not yet, however, bers) have remarked that what we will get for five pounds may not super­ possess any equipment and would therefore be grateful if readers pos­ ficially bear much resemblance to the ordinary motorist's conception of sessing or knowing the whereabouts of any second-hand printing equip­ a car; they think, in fact, that we shall get what youthful advertisers ment for sale, would get in touch with the Editors of the Aluredian. in " motor sport'' call " something nasty in the woodshed." We con­ J. H. C. tinue undaunted, however; Mr. Cocksedge has managed to get us associ­ ated with the Taunton Motor Club. This term, in addition to the busi­ ness meeting already described, we held two others, in which the con­ Motor Club stitution was drawn up, and three major meetings. At the first of these, Widgery, Whitehead, Franklin and Daryabegi read us lecturettes. The HE Chairman of the Trevithick Society approached Widgery one second was our film show, at which were shown " Highways for Tomor­ T morning early this term. row," " Veterans of the Road" and " Transatlantic Background." The "I say, Widgery-" third was a "Brains Trust." The guest chairman was A. G. B. Rowe, of Fallodon Society fame, for whose attendance we are most "Yes?" grateful, and the guest speaker was Mr. Packer, to whom we are very "Are you thinking of forming a Motor Club? " much indebted for providing the opinions of an experienc:;ed car owner; "We have thought of it from time to time, but we never seem to naturally, none of the club members could have done this. The other have made a start." members of the panel were Widgery, Daryabegi and Whitehead, all of whom seem to have figured prominentl "Several of our members have asked me if we y in the term's activities. To ever intend to form them, to all our members and, above a Junior branch of the Trevithick dealing with motoring all, to our vice-presidents, Mr. . I wondered Staines and Mr. Cocksedge, we extend if you wanted to start an indepenc;lent club." . our warmest thanks for all that they have done in this first vital term of the new club's existence. "I'll think it over." P. K.

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Dancing Club The New Time-Table

LL the official posts were vacated at the e nd of the Summer Term, N September, 1956, a new time-table will be intro~uc e? in. the. main A so at the first meeting elections were held. Brown was elected Chair­ I College. The chief feature o f it is the opportumty It will g~ve to man, Roblin Secretary, Ashton Treasurer, and Wadland and Paton any boy able to profit thereby, to spend three years o n Vlth form work Committee members. instead of two. In the past, this opportuni~ was open only to scholars and exhibitioners . The success of the scheme depends naturally upon It was planned at a Committee meeting to hold two home danceS­ the willingness of parents to give their sons a full five years at school. one Club and one College dance-but unfortunately the several girls' This is the normal span of the Public School life of a boy, and the benefit schools who normally attend were unable to come to the Club dance to an able boy of three years of Vlth form study is immense. But the and so we had to be content with only one. Twenty members enjoyed new scheme will not only benefit the 'brainy' boy, it will also help the an extremely good dance at Bishop Fox's School on 3rd December. slower worker by giving him the usual three y~a r s' course .up to -~ . C. E. The Cluistmas Dance this year was held on Monday, rzth Decem­ '0 ' level (the equivalent of the old School Certificate), and m additi?~ an ber. Unfortunately, the Headmaster could not be present owing to a opportunity for a two years' course in VIth form work under condi~ons chill, but, thanks to the efforts of many members, it proved most suc­ where the competition will not be so severe as usual, because the qmcker cessful. workers will have gone on a year ahead. G. H.R. Options ·will begin for most boys earlier in their school life. Latin will still be compulsory for all in a and b forms except those exempted by the Headmaster. There w ill be fewer options, because we fe_el .that general education up to '0' level must be general and not too specialised. Bridge Club All boys will do some kind of science up to '0 ' level, except boys who do Greek. German can in future be begun on entry to the School by HE Club, now in its third term, already has quite a large member­ most boys. The insistence on art, music and handicraft within reason T ship. At the beginning of term, sixteen new members were elected will be maintained. into the Club, bringing the total membership to thirty-five. The forms will be as follows:- With the departure of H . Chaun to Oxford, Watt became Chairman rst year 3a 3b 3C and Lloyd-Edwards and Briggs were elected as Secretary and Treasurer respectively. znd year 4a ('0' level) 4b 4c or Shell 3rd year (4a skips this year) sb ('0' level) se ('0' level) The Club met on both Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the 4th The Removes (A year of semi-specialisation in term and many enjoyable games of bridge were played. year rst year of Advanced level On Saturday, 25th October, the Vice-President of the Club, Mr. work) P. V. Harvey, gave a talk on "The Art of Bidding," which was sth year The Lower Sixths (Classical and Science) thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, both old and younger members learning (The 2nd year 'A' a great deal in such a pleasant way. of level work) D. R. A. LL-E. 6th year The Upper Sixths (Classical and Science) (The year of Scholarship work, 'S' level) Thus a boy who enters the.School at 3a can reach'S' level in 5 years and the door is open for a boy who enters at 3b or 3c to have a shot at 'A' level in 5 years. The new plan, while giving more scope for earlier specialisation for many boys, will involve a prohibition against 'dropping' subjects during the period of general education. One of the aims of the new plan is to speed up the boys' progress towards advanced studies; another of its aims is to destroy the illusion which some boys have that they can become educated by cramming up only those subjects in which they are interested or which will bring them financial advantage in a career. 36 37 THE AL U REDIAN THE AL U REDIA N

M. A. Reddish did well when his broken finger allowed him to return. The necks of many opponents perhaps suffered from the . ~tt e ntio?s of R. W. Vaux, who also kicked s ome good goals. Bent (u), Robmson Junior House Notes (iii), Pritchard, Kennedy and Storrs all gave useful service. Our special congratulations to Connaught House, who were the only school to beat E welcomed this term two new members of the teaching staff, Mr. W M. Hedger and Mr. M. E. Sweet, and also Miss J. Brendon as our us twice! new assistant matron. To all of them we are already grateful for all they The Second XIII had a successful season, and the keenness there have done and the way they have contributed to the life of the House . and in the second game augurs well for the future. With numbers at !22, the highest ever, we have had a h ealthy and The House matches were very keenly contested. The Whitby successful term. The doings of the Rugger XV's and the Dramatic Club 'steam-roller' pack failed to come up to expectations against Gibbs in are reported below. . These and two Scout cal?ps.' both highly com­ the first round, while the skill, particularly of J ames and Lobb, over­ mend~~ by those who mspected them, a re the chief Items of interest. A came the great pluck of the Oldham side in the final. proiD!smg. sta~, with much. appreciated parental support, has been made A pleasant term to look back on, but a definite feeling that harder on the swimmmg bath, which should be ready for the summer-if there tackling and a little less "leave-it-to-the-other-fellow" attitude might is any water to put in it! have produced even more favourable results I A very successful session at Coi?mon Entrance means goodbye to M. W. Lobb (College), W. F . Atkms (Oundle), M. H. Reddish (St. John's, Leatherhead) and A. C. James (Worcester Training Ship); and RUGBY FOOTBALL MATCHES P . N. Jackson, S. R. Wallace, R. W. Morgan and J. W. Jeffery for MICHAELMAS, 1955 various good reasons leave before their time. Good luck to them all. We For Agst. hope they will occasionally join the flow of old P .H. boys from the College whose visits we value so much. s. Oct. 8 v . Pyrland 'Old Boys' . .. 1st Home 3 6 W. Oct. 12 v . Forton House (Chard) 'A' Away 5 6 ~he tert? ende~ with the usual Nativity Play, on which, for its direct s. Oct . 15 v . St. Peter's (Weston) 1st Home 0 3 and S!IDple Impressiveness, congratulations are due to Mr. Boyle, Mr. 2nd Home 6 6 Sweet and an .eyen younger cast than usual. A pleasant occasion, too, s. Oct. 29 v. Connaught House 1st Away 3 14 was our first v!S!t to take part in the College Festival of the Nine Lessons 2nd Away 14 3 and Carols since our move to Pyrland Hall. W. Nov. 2 v . Priory Sec. Mod. School 1st Away 3 9 s. Nov. 5 v. St. Dunstan's (Burnham) 1st Away 21 0 JUNIOR HOUSE RUGBY FOOTBALL 2nd Away 6 3 This Michaelmas Term has provided ideal games' weather, and the W. Nov. 9 v . Wellington 1st Home 3 3 boys have used their opportunities well. A lengthy fixture list has given s. Nov. 12 v . Hazelgrove (Bruton) 1st Away 5 3 the teams a task from which they have emerged quite creditably. They 2nd Away 9 6 have played open 'rugger,' and the backs have struck up a good under­ W. Nov. 16 v . Taunton 1st Home 14 0 standing and moved the ball about freely. The forwards have been M. Nov. 21 v . Forton House 'A' Home 26 3 rather variable. A succession of misfortunes has meant slight differ­ W. Nov. 23 v . St. Peter's (Weston) 1st Away 11 8 ences in pack formation in most games, and the pack has failed to be­ 2nd Away 6 14 come a unit. On their best days, the forwards have been good, but too 1st Home 13 3 often they have been sluggish and slow to tackle. M. Nov. 28 v. Priory Sec. Mod. School s. Dec. 3 v . Connaught House 1st Home 3 H J. M. Lipman, starting the term as a stand-off half, developed into 2nd Home 6 0 a useful full-back; W. F. Atkins will make a first-class wing if he decides W. Dec. 7 v . Taunton 1st Away 8 3 to go 'all out' more often; C. R. Budge on the other wing was given fewer opportunities, but tried hard; J. E . Blake (ii) formed a useful link House M at ekes : in the centre, where M. J. Monk (i) , the Captain, always ran strongly rst Round: Gibbs 14, Whitby 6. ~d elusively and tackled heroically; A. C. James (ii) and M. W. Lobb Final: Gibbs 6, Oldham o. (n), the stand-off and scrum-halves, worked together well, especially when James was taking his passes at speed. 'Monty' was a grand scrum­ Old Colours : M. J. Monk, M. W. Lobb, R . R. M. Braham, N. P . Butt half, never knowing when he was beaten, and an inspiration at all times. (ii) (re-awarded). Among the forwards, R. R. M. Braham (Vice-Captain), N. P. Butt New Colours : A. C. James (ii) , R. Beal, W. F. Atkins, J. E. Blake (ii), (ii), the hooker, and R. Beal were perhaps the most out­ M. T . S. M. Moodie, M. A. Reddish, J. M. Lipman, R. W. Vaux, standing. M. T. S. M. Moodie improved greatly during the term, while C. R. Budge.

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JUNIOR HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT 46th TAUNTON SCOUT GROUP At the end of the third week in November the Pyrland Hall Theatre It is difficult to write notes on the numerous activities came into existence for two days, and the scene of scratching of the Scouts pens and -particularly their camps of the Ilast summ puzzled brains was transformed into stage and auditorium. er-while i~ _the throes of The brains planning the North Wales Camp w1thm two weeks and brawn for the change were provided by Mr. Boyle of wntmg th1s.-and and a team of the Norwegian Expedition after E aster, 1956 eight hard-working boys. Various rooms in the . However, the S~mmer building looked a little Camp at Pixton Park was.~ bare without their curtains and furnishings, and succe~s, both from th~ pomt_ of view of various members of training and weather. VI sitors staff and friends had one or two less garments to ( mclud~n_g the Fire Bngade) were worry about in their numerous, adding to the general good choice of ensemble! The hall was pack spmt of the camp. Our thanks ed to capacity with an expec­ go to Stagg, Lobb and Tim tant audience when the curtain rose. Eaton, who formed the staff. Miss G lencross and Miss J arrett were responsible for a pleasing pro­ Shortly after the close of the Summer Camp the small party of Juniors duction of 'Secret Gold,' by Vere Shepstone. The backcloth had bee n left for their first foreign camp, Martin Eglise, in France. Ten painted by Miss Glencross, while Mr. Sweet had made an effective cave. happy days were spent away and the boys proved th e ~ e l ves_ capable of dealing Gerda (C. T . V. Watson), her mother (W. R. Herbert) and her brother with all the problems.-language and _mon ~y. Th_e1r typical Eng­ Kurt (M. J. Carter) had obtained a sum of money by the sale of their poor lish persistence saw them through many pot e ~tial difficulties. T~e success of the cottage. The mother had grave doubts about the reliability of her chil­ first foreign camp has led t o the planrung of the Norw~g1an camp next April. dren where silence was concerned, and so she varied the hiding place of We hope to establish three sites abroad, to wh1ch, at low the treasure. Kurt wandered into the mountains, where, unknowingly, cost, our boys may go. he met the Brigand Black Guido (M . R. C . Kent) and two of his gang Apart from the highlight (A. W . Bishop-St s of camping all over the place, work at ephens and M. J. Dobney), who were looked after home goes on and some good by an effective old Anna training work is being done. The Cubs (J. H . Calder) . The news of the money leaked are worthy of a special m out, and the family ention. They continue to grow in numbers, so wealth and home was saved in the nick of time by much so that a separate Gerda's long-lost part of the pack has now been formed and f~ther (S. R. Wallace) and the Brigands met their operates on a different deserved fate. day. Miss D. Glencross and The costumes were most effective, and the acting and speaking were Miss G. Ewens attended the wood badge course at Gilwell last August, very good for boys of such tender y ears-altogether, a good effort ! and not only gained that award, but the District of Taunton has received a letter from The second play was a world premiere the Camp Chief, a most of 'This Way to the Moon,' unusual occurrence, commending Miss Glencross by J. H. K. Townsend. The author on her high proficiency. produced his own play, and also This, in the eyes of the District, is a big thing. did the make-up. The play and players We, like the Cubs, are received a well-deserved ovation very proud of her. Well done! when the curtain fell. The story served as a reminder that 'men from the Ministry' need not be always with us, and that space travel has its We have been asked to be brief in these notes. Much has been left dangers as well as its attractions. The casting was carefully done, and out; that, alas, cannot be helped. Perhaps the visit of the Chief Scout boys produced effective characterizations of such diverse people as a in the summer may justify a special Scouting edition! schoolboy, an old man and a 'char' described as 'a treasure.' R. Beal I. H. B. was responsible for the diorama. CAsT: Mrs. Blagden (a Treasure) ...... R . W . Vaux Bert (a small boy, her Son) ...... A. C. Darvill Ben Gaywood (a Householder) ...... B . M. Willoughby Laura (his Wife) ...... W . Treharne-Jones Mr. Hayward (her Father) ...... G. A. Herbert Henry Lawson (a Writer) ...... R. R . M. Braham Stephanosis (his Wife, a Sculptress) ...... A. D. T. Thomas rst Man from the Ministry ...... M. J . C. Thuell 2nd Man from the Ministry ...... M. T . S. M. Moodie

All who had any share in the afternoon's entertainment earned our most grateful thanks, and we look forward to many more plays from our talented colleague. ·

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Aluredian. His own memory of Trefusis was clear-a man of great char­ acter and courage. He had done excellent work for over forty years in The Old Aluredian Club the missionary field, both medical and spiritual. Then there was the Chairman that night; Sir Lionel Whitby was known throughout the DEAR O.A.'s, . . . length and breadth of the world, not only for his academic work, but The contents this term will g1ve you a resume of the Club's re­ for his service to medicine. cent. activities: This letter can therefore be devoted to future events. Mr. Bradfield said he saw a great deal of Geoffrey Rippon, and Taking these m chronological order, if any O.A. wishes to play in the King's could be extremely proud of such a son. He could assure them hockey match on Saturday, 24th March, he should get in touch with that when Geoffrey Rippon spoke in the Chamber of the London County R. B. Gendall, cf o Amalgam~t~d Press .Ltd., Fleetway House, Farring­ Council he was listened to with great attention by members on both don Street, London, E.C-4, g1Vmg deta1ls of present club and position. sides. Of Headmasters, there had been "Buggins" Vincent, George, The A.G.M., at the Whitsun Reunion, as the result of the decision Hughes and P. M. Taylor. Today they had Mr. Unmack. (Applause.) t~k.e~ at the I:ondon A.G.M. in December, now assumes greater respon­ He had guided the School to its present position of over 400 boys. While Slbilit); and will be faced with the duty of electing the new officers and he was sure Mr. Unmack would be the first to acknowledge that he could comm1~ee of the Club for rgs6/ 57· The decision to make the A.G.M. not have accomplished this without the help of a loyal staff, they had, at Whitsun the major meeting was taken to take cognisance in turn, been inspired by his example. of the prese~t spread of membership of the Club and the fact that attend­ ance at Whitsun has of recent years been more representative The Headmaster rep.I.ied and said that the debt he owed to his staff of this -and especially to his spread. In consequence, too, it is proposed to make the Dinner on Second Master (Mr. G. W. Morgan)-was in­ Saturday evening a more important function. calculable. He was happy, too, that today he could rely not just on one or two prefects, but on all School prefects to do their best and at all times ~n addition, with the change in the Rule$ of the Benefit Fund, the to lead the School wisely. ~eeting of ~embe~s of the Fund assumes greater significance, so that 1t becomes mcre~smgly nec~ssary ~o urge al! O.A.'s who possibly can The work and support of the Old Aluredians was a great source of to make the Whitsun Reumon. Crrculars Will be sent out early giving strength. They were all glad that George Ewens, whose efforts had put fuller details. the Club on solid foundations, was getting better and hoped soon to be out of hospital. They were glad to see present at The London Dinner and A.G.M. will, however, continue to be held the dinner Richard Treweeks, who throughout the past two years had shown the highest and the only change is in the character of business transacted at th~ meeting then. example of courage and Christian faith. (Applause.) It ~nly remains for me to remind you that two branches of the O.A.C. The Headmaster said the contractors were doing a fine job on the now eXISt outside London, one at Bournemouth, at the Halton Towers War Memorial building, which would be almost complete by the Whit­ Hotel, and one at Taunton, at the George Hotel High Street where sun Reunion. The men were working as British workmen could work, some O.A.'s foregather on the first Wednesday of ~ach calendar' month and not as they were so often portrayed in these days. He reminded the All will be welcome. · gathering that the memorial was to the memory of men who had died H. R. PADFIELD, for them and for the high principles in which they believed and to enable those who came after to maintain those same standards. Today, Hon. Secretary (Taunton) O.A.C. more than ever before, they wanted justice and respect for the individual, and generous service and loyalty to our country. O.A. LONDON DINNER, 1955 The Headmaster conveyed the best wishes of the Provost, who was Sir Lionel Whitby, M.D., C.V.O. (Master of Downing Col­ unable to be present owing to pressure of work and the necessity of con­ lege, Cambridge), presided over a gathering of nearly ninety at the serving his strength after his recent illness. Annual London Dinner of the Old Aluredian Club at Church House, Westminster, on Friday, 2nd December, I955· There was loud laughter when the Headmaster said that, after years of receiving invitations addressed to "The Headmaster and Mrs. The toast of :'The School" was proposed by Mr. G. R. D. Brad­ Unmack," he had now become used to their being addressed to field, Deputy-Cha1rman of the London County Council, who said that "Councillor Mrs. Unmack (and Mr. Unmack)." it was a very proud privilege for him to be asked to propose the toast. It was nearly fifty years ago when he left King's and he had not been "The Guests" was proposed by Mr. S. W. Hockey; Major R. Cely back for some years, but for as long as he lived he would always have Trevilian, Fellow and Divisional Bursar, replied, and on behalf of the the happiest memories of the old School. Referring to some of the out­ Governors wished the Club the very best of luck. standing men of King's, Mr. Bradfield said few present would remember The toast of "The Chairman" was proposed by Mr. A. E . S. Rippon F. M. Trefusis, whose photograph was printed in the last issue of the and accorded musical honours. 4!1 •

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. Sir Lio!lel th.anked the company and said that, round the University R . C. Treweeks (W3S) was present at the London Dinner. It is certain whic~ he mhab1ted, he had hear? it said, not once but on m any that he would prefer u s to remain silent, but while we recognise this occasions, that of all the schools which had come to the front during the desire, the admiration we feel for his fortitude in the face of adversity past decade, King's, Taunton, took pride of place. and his courageous success in overcoming all difficulties must be re­ The remainder of the evening was given up to 'memories' and "Do corded. His address is: Flat 2, 6 Glazbury Road, W. Kensington, you remember ... ? " could be heard from 1904 to 19S4 · W.14, where he would be found by his contemporaries. G. R . D. Bradfield (Ao9), who , a srecently reported, is Deputy-Chairman of the L.C.C., has now been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen THE RUGGER MATCH to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of London. The following represented the O.A.C. against the School on Satur­ ]. D. D. Watt and R. R . Watt have been in touch with the School day, IOth December, 19SS· at King's :- through their sister, Mrs . B. M. Sharp, Flat sk, 4ftillery Mansions, A. G. Ace (Fss), T. J. Bellers (Wso), R. Bruford (M49), P. M. Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.I. They both served in the R.A.F . Bubb (Wss), J . R . Clee (Ass), L. M. Cocking (Fs4), J. M. Coombs during the Second World War, the former becoming a Squadron (Aso), K. G. Davidson (Aso), A. H. Facer (FS1), R. ] . Heyhoe (Fsz), Leader and the latter a Flight Lieutenant. J. D. D. Watt now works P . C. Maltby (FS4) , K. Shapland (W47) . in Australia and R. R. Watt in Washington, D.C. Also, M. J . Lindsey (Wso) was prevented from playing because ] . Heal (Wss) writes from an Army address. He appears therefore to the date clashed with his wedding. B . Greatorex (Wss) was prevented, have commenced National Service with the R.A.O.C. at Portsmouth, less pleasantly, by influenza, and P. E. Randall (F48) was injured the but by the time this appears in print will no doubt have moved else­ prev1ous Saturday on the R.ugger field. The gaps were filled by Mr. where. His address for correspondence is : S49· Bath Road, Salt­ A. H. Cooper, Ashton (i), D. S. and R. W. Strachan. ford, Bristol. The School were overawed by the size and weight of the O.A. 's and T. A. Boliston (W47) writes from the Resident Medical Staff, Royal Free were somewhat unimpressive in consequence. They indulged in too Hospital, Grays Inn Road, W.C.I, where he has nearly completed much kicking and the passing was inaccurate and slow. The pack, on his first House Appointment under Mr. J. D. McClaggan, E.N.T. Con­ the other hand, stood up well and did its part efficiently. Tries were sultant to Her Majesty the Queen. scored for the O.A.C. by Strachan, a good combined effort; Maltby, a G. W. Winsor (A41) has written to characteristic deceptively notify his new address at Brox­ fast break-through; and Heyhoe, the two latter bourne, The Bramblings, Rustington, Little Hampton, Sussex. He being converted by Bellers. The School replied with a penalty goal by is now in charge of the Chemistry Department of the Glasshouse Johnston and try from Wilkinson as a result of a break-through by Crops Research Institute, which is a Government sponsored station Bames. T. J. Bellers showed us a nice tumbling side-step and K. J. largely under the control of the Agricultural Research Council. He Shapland led the O.A. pack admirably both by precept and example. married in I9SO and now is the proud father of a daughter aged just O.A. supporters were A. Hamilton, H. C. Fall, F . O'B. Bamber, over twelve months. He attributes his present occupation to while C. 0. R. Everard held a nice balance of justice as touchjudge. G. W. M. and some study of Botany he indulged in at King's. The evening was spent pleasantly at the George Hotel, although part of the time we had remarkable company. A. ]. Hanscombe (Mso) and P. C. Appleyard (Wso) have been awarded prizes for special excellence in their Final Year Tests of their Student Apprenticeships with the English Electric Co. Ltd., Stafford. NEWS ITEMS P. R. Tozer (Aso) is now a znd/Lieut. in the Royal Engineers stationed at Accra. His postal address is: W.S.G.C.E., R.E. New Site, near ]. H. B. Davie (A43) has left England once more and his new address Giffard Camp, Accra, Gold Coast, where he may be contacted by any is: cjo Nyasa Tea Estates Ltd., P.O. Box 2, Cholo, Nyasa­ O.A. 's in Africa. land, Central Africa. P. A. Day (F44) writes first that his present address is : cjo District ]. Killingbeck (ASS) is now serving in the R.A.F. and was transferred Office, Arusha, Northern Province, Tanganyika Territory, and also to Jurby, Isle of Man, after a short period at Bridgnorth. N. E. Giles that he is the proud father of a son since February, 19SS· His letter (ASS) is also at J urby and has represented the Station at hockey. was brief, as he was about to go off on safari. J. B. ]enkins (A37) expects to go overseas in the new few months and D. L. Ha"is (A42) writes that all communications should now be all correspondence should be addressed to him : c / o Cox & King's, addressed to him : cj o 9 Morford Way, Eastcote, nr. Ruislip, 6 Pall Mall, London, S.W.I. His present rank is Major, R.A. Middlesex. He has apparently returned to this country from Malaya. M. P. C. Corkery, Group Captain, A.F.C., R.A.F., is now stationed at L. ]. Thomson, junr. (ASS) can be contacted at Old P .O. Building­ Headquarters, Flying Training Command, R.A.F., Shinfield RM . 831a, 12th and Penna Avenue, N.W. , Washington, D.C. Park, Reading.

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] . H . Iremonger, D.S.O., D.F .C. (F35), has recently been promoted O.A. ROVER CREW to the rank of Group . Captain and has taken command at R.A.F. Station, Horsham St. Faith, Norwich. As you will see from the report, the Spani~h Camp went very well. I hope that this will act as a further encouragement for camps in the M. ]. Blood (F47) is now a Committee member of Tulse Hill H.C. and future. recently wrote to the School in connection with a talent hunt for the Club. His address is: !02 Finsbury Park Road, Finsbury Park, Lon­ I should like to endorse the thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Shawyer for a don, N.4. very generous send-off and to Mr. Pytches, who so trustingly lent both his cars. l. D. Monro (F55) is undergoing his National Service in the Royal Engineers. Our thanks must go to Mr. Ben Tait, who, in conjunction with the Department of Geography at Cambridge, very kindly spent a lot of time T. O'B. Ba~ber (~54) holds a commission in the Royal Dorset Regi­ in the preparation of a scheme for us to carry out in Spain. However, ment and 1s stationed at Bulford. He says he considered making a by the time we reached the area, we had but two days in which to carry career of the Army, but "gave it up." out a fairly complex programme. As time was so short, we were forced P. ] . Gardiner (A47) was expected home from Newfoundland for Christ­ to decide that it could not be attempted. I apologise to those who spent mas. After a brief stay he will probably return to Canada. their valuable time in the preparation of the work that we were unable C. M.]. Barnes (W54) has been made a Cadet Sergeant at R.M.A., Sand­ to produce results, but two weeks was not enough. hurst, where he is now in his senior term. Our numbers are very fluid at the moment, as circulars have been G. P. Bennett (M31) writes to say his address now is: Merriespruit sent out, but, as usual, most of our members seem to be still looking for Gold Mining Co. Ltd., P.O. Box II, Virginia, Orange Free State. someone who can write to answer for them ! I think our numbers will be about forty still, as to balance the newcomers a few have left for various reasons, some only temporarily. I do hope that all who are inter­ MARRIAGES AND ENGAGEMENTS ested in the Crew, even if temporarily unable to camp, will join and The marriage of Mr. Anthony Stocken to Miss Pauline Ford took place give their moral support. The more the merrier. at the Parish Church, Clevedon, on Wednesday, 7th September, 1955. The A.G.M. will be held next Whitsun; please come if you can. There The engagement is announced between P. J. Rid! er, The Vicarage, will be the annual election of Rover Mates. The retiring Mates are : Blockley, Glos. (W46), and Miss Margaret O'Hara, of West Hill, Lon­ M. N. Phillips, C. 0. R. Everard, T. M. Eaton and A. M. Monro; all don, and formerly East Sheen. are willing to stand again. Will members let me have nominations for The engagement has been announced of Mr. D. H . Jordan (M47) to Rover Mates? Those who cannot attend the Whitsun meejing will be Miss Patricia May Matthews, of King's Lynn. asked to vote by post. At St. Mary's Church, Thirsk, Yorkshire, last June, J. Lincoln-Smith Martin Phillips is compiling the scrap-book, which should provide (A48) to Hilda Mary Skachill. Present address: cj o Barclays Bank, instruction and amusement for present and future generations of the D.C.O., P.O. Box 93, Arusha, Tanganyika. Crew. All entries will be gratefully received I At St. Stephen's Church, Spartholt, Hants. last July, Lt. M. J . Matthews, We hope to hold a camp next year. There seem to be two current R.E. (M47) to Elspeth Rosemary Maclure. ideas--Ireland, where we could do some work or research, or Sweden, which would cost far more, but would provide interest in visiting a new country. If you support either of these ideas, or have others, let me DATES FOR YOUR DIARY, 1956 know. The camp which has the most support will be chosen, so it is up Saturday, 24th March. Hockey v. The School. to you! The duration would depend on those going. Annual General Meeting of Informal meetings are held at the Leicester lounge every O.A.C. first Wednesday of the month, so if you cannot write, why not drop in? Annual General Meeting Benefit Fund. TIM EATON. Saturday, 19th-21st May. Whitsun Reunion. O.A. ROVER CREW Friday, 30th November. London Dinner. Saturday, 15th December. Rugby v. School. SPANISH CAMP, SUMMER 1955 Again we have had a successful camp. On the spur of the moment, Aluredians were returned address unknown in November, 1955. If a year ago, we decided we would go abroad this year, with Spain sound­ any O.A. can assist in tracing the present correct addresses, will they ing an attractive but unlikely possibility. Now, thanks chiefly to the please write to H. R. Padfield, King's College, Taunton. B . .C. Grigg unflagging zeal and drive of Tim Eaton, we have done it. Tiro started (F4.i). S. M. B. Rouse (M52). H. C. Rolfe (F46). A. Clement (W46). working on the expedition in January, and managed to keep enthusiasm P. E . J. Hullcoop (M42). D. J. Alford (W51). L. S. B. Breeze (A54) . up for eight months. Everyone knows what a task that is, with O.A.'s

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spread all over the country, most of whom seem to have forgotten h ow to read or write ! The other great debt is due to J ulian Pytches, who provided us with two cars, which were our total means of transport. Both behaved perfectly o n their 2,300 mile journey, taking the Pyrenees in their stride, even with us driving one of them. We hope that by now he has received a suitable token of our gratitude. The nucleus of the party started to form at Taunton on Monday, 29th August, namely : Boehm, the Monro brothers and Eaton . After being very hospitably received by Mr. and Mrs. Shawyer at Pyrland Hall, we progressed to Dover n ext day in 'Clio .' Here Peter Charlton joined the party. Just b efore the boat was due to sail our numbers were made up by the appearance of Cocking, Jordan and Julian Pytches. Naturally, there were last minute telegrams and phone calls from two members offering " profuse wailings" for their sudden inability to come. As our main object was to reach Spain, we spent as little time as possible getting there. After two and a half days we were just north of the Spanish frontier. As became Scouts, we camped en route. Once across the border we became divided into two parties, the pro­ gressives and the conservatives. The former wanted to see Spain, the latter preferred the beach. · Each morning resolved itself into 'talks' between the two parties, the result usually depending on the weather. Accordingly, we spent the first two days on our backs, absorbing atmosphere and ultra-violet rays at a tiny beach, with a quick dash in for a swim whenever it became too hot. The temperature may be gauged by the fact that it was possible to swim at 1.30 a.m. without discom­ TH E MELON MUNCHERS fort! A cafe sign in this village, very welcome to the parched English, was "Free Drinks Tomorrow," but alas-"Manana" is the key-word to the Spanish way of life, as we were soon to find out. Jordan's kilt was creating a great stir and considerable doubts in the minds of the local populace, as also did his writing with his left hand. On the strength of his dress, though he knew no Spanish, he was invited to lunch with a Senora. He took Boehm for support (who knows, the waiter might have spoken German). When they returned after three and a half hours' feasting, it was hardly surprising that they could not face any more food for 24 hours! Eventually we moved south through Barcelona and reached a tiny fishing village, where we stayed for two more nights. By now we had discovered that for about zss. or less we could have a bed plus three meals, in a "pension," which was considerably cheaper than buying m ~ als out and more comfortable than camping. It was at this village that we announced our arrival by driving on to the platform of the main line railway station, circling round and off again-unintentionally, of course! In the end we had to break into a signal-box to work the level­ crossing gates to cross the line. We also learned here that the sun does not always shine in Spain. A flying visit was made to Tarragona, to enable J ulian to have a tooth pulled (interpreter very necessary!). Unfortunately, we arrived in " siesta" time, during which everything goes dead from about one till four o'clock; the only sensible answer to this being to have a snooze one­ self. BREAKFAST AT THE BARCA BAR 48 THE ALUREDIAN

In the evening in our village we were fascinated to watch the fishing boats being pushed down the beach and rowed out to sea by lantern light, next morning being heaved up again by old-fashioned capstans, as they must have been doing for centuries. The fish was excellent eat­ ing, too! Two days were spent in Barcelona, during which we all went to a bullfight and to gain some impressions of life in a large Spanish city. By this time we were changing all our available currency into pesetas and just hoping we would last out to Dover. Visits were paid by those inter­ ested to the cathedral, Roman remains and a replica of the Santa-Maria. At other times visits were made to the monasteries of Poblet and Montserrat. I think we were suitably impressed. The awesome setting of the latter, tucked away between columns and towering slabs of rock, hundreds of feet high, often with their tops in the clouds, deserves a close visit to be appreciated. We broke our northward journey . with a day in Andorra, which proved a very profitable place for changing pesetas into francs. Surely 20 Senior Service for ten francs is good value. The beautiful setting of Andorra so overcame one of our party that he has resolved to spend his honeymoon there. Climbing out of Andorra, over the Pyrenees, we reached a height of about 7,500 feet, and jolly cold it was, too. The remaining two days spent travelling back to Boulogne were uneventful, apart from one fire-beating incident and the usual trivialities which continue to amuse 'les Anglais' in France. Mention must be made of our two Spanish interpreters,• Charlton and Cocking, who must certainly have saved us many shillings, although not as many as they could have done on one or two occasions, as smiling they sat and watched us making fools of ourselves! However, it appears that two good ways of learning Spanish are to wear a kilt or to play chess. The saying of the week, heard in a Spanish village, was surely: "We never wash, we only shave!" A Crew motto perhaps? Postscript:-Next year's camp will be cheaper! A. M. MONRO.

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Poppy Day and Guy Fawkes Day coincided this year and, strange to relate, the day ended almost peacefully. True, twelve undergraduates were arrested (no O.A. 's), but most men were tired out by the effort Cambridge Letter of raising over five thousand pounds for Earl Haig's Fund and retired early. On 2oth November, Cambridge 'en fete'-in the rain-greeted (To the Editor of the 'Aluredian') Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edin­ burgh, who had come, amongst other reasons, to open the new School Trinity College, of Veterinary Surgery in the University. Billy Graham also attracted Cambridge. great crowds to Great St. Mary's during a week's Mission. Everyone 3rd December. was impressed by his forcefulness and sincerity, but no doubt he ex­ pected criticism from some of our learned dons-he certainly received SIR.-The fields of Cambridge have again rung to the sound of rugby it. scrums, the halls to the clatter of cutlery and the laboratories to the There is one Old Aluredian in Cambridge about whom no news can haunting tinkle of test-tubes; a new academic year, beginning as it did be given, for he is so well known already. Sir Lionel Whitby, Master amongst damp rotting russet leaves, has reached its first festive recess. of Downing College, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University and Out of the whirl of activity provoked by almost three thousand fresh­ Regius Professor of Physic, is probably the world's leading authority on men, accepted as common-place by aged second-year men and watched diseases of the blood as a result of years of study and research both at by often amused and complacent third yearers, it is your correspon­ the University here and elsewhere. It was indeed a pleasure to meet dent's pleasure to give you some news of Old Aluredians in the Univer­ him at the O.A. Dinner in London. At times, when we begin thinking sity. Fresh from an obscure form of employment in Her Majesty's of the greatness of our undergraduate position, we also remember this service has come Robinson to Emmanuel, and I have heard that he is distinguished man, and feel it is in fact a privilege to live and work in already making his presence felt in more ways than as a mere pair of the same place. hands and a mouth in his college hall. Being the only arrival in the face of three departures, our numbers have now reached something of Though our greetings will be received in the New Year, when the an ebb-tide, but we expect reinforcements next year, and would wish merry-making has at least subsided, we still persist in sending best wishes your candidates for scholarships every success. As concerning Keith for Christmas and for _1956. Morris, 'news' is certainly the right word, though my version of the I remain, Sir, with pleasure, story will reach any of your readers who also find time to scan the 'Daily Express' in a somewhat stale condition. He spent part of his summer YOUR CAMBRIDGE CORRESPONDENT. vacation on tour behind the 'Iron Curtain,' and between them his party assisted a young man to escape to the West. His modesty seemed to stop him elaborating the details when I met him, but it was certainly a singular escapade. Martin Phillips has continued living in his rooms of last year: he has been busy trying to decide on a theological college, for he goes down with two further years of training in front of him. Richard Beech's rooms are precariously situated above the porter's lodge at Clare, and he has become famous for the excellence of his coffee. Stuart Hockey has moved to the vicinity of Cambridge's one hill for this year-the slope rises at least fifteen feet and extends for fully half a furlong! Having taken a 'first' in Prelims, he still has much work on his hands, but as O.A.'s who were present at the London Dinner will know, his social life is far from neglected, as he was able to produce a good selec­ tion of 'corny jokes' with which to entertain the gathering! Robin Ashman has spoken on several occasions at the Union, as also has Keith Morris, but to your correspondent's disappointment, neither did so at the one debate he attended, when Mrs. Knight's scientific humanism was soundly defeated. Rugger, and towards the end of term, amateur film production, have absorbed most of the spare time allowed to John Baker by the medical course. Of Phillip Jones, very little has been seen or heard; all one can assume is that industry prevails in his life to a greater degree than it does in most I THE ALUREDIAN

War Memorial Fund E wish to express our warmest thanks to the following who have W recently made donations to the Fund :- R. H . S. Ashton, Esq . H. W. Lester, Esq. Mrs. G. Bond Miss B . T . Mi;ls S/L G. Chudley Mrs. Rijn Mrs. Godfray P . E . G. Smith, E sg . Miss M. Godiray ] . C. Skinner, Esq. D. W . Hennessy, Esq. Mrs. To A. N. Lane, Esq.

KING'S COLLEGE, TAUNTON, SPECIAL LOAN FUND We are warmly grateful· to Mr. J. W. Johns, an Old Boy living in Southern Rhodesia, whose promise of an investment brought the required total up to £zo,ooo. In November, 1955, we called in the loans and to this date, 25th January, 1956, we have received £rJ,8so, which, in view of the fact that the notice was rather short, is a wonderful response. Of those who have already subscribed we are very much indebted to the following who have either sent their loans "interest free " or have requested .that their interest be given to the Fund :- N. H . N . Darby, Esq. H . E . G. Mumford, Esq. Mrs. V. R. Darvill Mrs. E. K. Roberts D. A. Dunbam, Esq. A. H. Samuelson, Esq. F. E . Hartland, Esq. A. T. A. Simson, Esq. P . M. Hayward, Esq. Miss J. B . Stevenson R. H . Kennedy, Esq. Mrs. E. A. Twose H . E . Madge, Esq. C. R. Willcocks, Esq. We should also like to acknowledge with many thanks the generosity of the following who have requested that any interest which may be due to them may be transferred to the Chapel Fund :- C. C. Hart, Esq. E. N. Scott, Esq.

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ACE, Alan George. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) School Captain 1954-55, House Prefect 1953, G.C.E. '0' level 1953- 54· G.C.E. 'A' level 1954-55. County Scholarship 1954, Captain of Athletics (Summer) 1955. 1st XV Rugger 1953-54-55, Colours 1953-54- 55, 2nd XI Cricket 1952, 3rd XI Hockey 1954, House Colours for Rugger, Steeplechase, Athletics, Tennis, Swimming, Shooting, Secre­ tary of Sports Committee, House Secretary of Music Club, Dancing Club Committee Member, Library Committee Member, ex-officio Mem­ ber of Literary Society, Sheldon Society, A.S.M. (Scouts) 1953, Sgt. in C.C.F., Classified Signaller, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II). Address : Glenmoor Post Office, Swansea.

GILES, Nicholas Edwin. VIa. (King Alfred.) House Prefect September 1953-July 1954, School Prefect Septem­ ber 1954-July 1955, L/Sgt. C.C.F., 1st Class Shot, House Colours for Rugger, Hockey, Cricket and Shooting, 1st XI Cricket 1952-53- 54-55, Colours 1953-54-55. Captain 1954-55, Hockey 1st XI 1953-54- 55, Colours 1953-54-55, Hon. Secretary 1954, Captain 1955, Rugger . 1st XV 1953-54-55, Colours 1953-54-55, Captain 1954-55, Signals Classification, Treasurer Dancing Club, Committee Member of History Society, Sheldon Society, Music Club. Address: Harp Road, South Petherton.

ROYLE, David Edward. VIa. (King Alfred and Carpenter.) House Prefect Michaelmas 1953-Summer 1954, House Captain and School Prefect 1954-55, 2nd XI Cricket 1954-55, 3rd XI Hockey 1955, House Colours for Rugger, Cricket and Hockey, Treasurer Sheldon Society, Secretary Modern Languages Society, Chairman Dancing Club, Secretary Music Club, Cert. 'A' Sgt., 1st Class Shot. Address: Heavitree Vicarage, Exeter.

HEAL, John Edward. VIa. (Woodard.) House Captain January-July 1955, House Prefect November 1954- January 1955, G.C.E. 'AS' level 1955, G.C.E. '0' and 'AO' levels 1952-1955, Senior Sacristan, Senior Pioneer Colourman (Colours 1951- 1955), Rover Scout, Junior U /0 C.C.F., Director of Meteorological Society, Chairman of Trevithick Society and History Society, Sheldon Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II). Address: 549 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol. MONRO, lan Duke. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) Scholar, House Prefect Lent 1954-Summer 1955, 2nd XV Rugger 1953 ~54-55 (XX's and House Colours), 2nd XI Hockey 1954-55 (2nd

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XI Colours and House Colours), G.C.E . '0' level 1953, 'AS' level 1951-52-53-54-55, Captain 1955. House Colours Rugger, Shooting, Secretary Aero­ 1954 and 1955, Entrance to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Swimming, Chairman Photographic Society, Hon. , Rover, Sgt. December 1954, Q.E. Mechanical Science Tripos, Cambridge, 1955, modelling Club, Dancing Club, Music Club, Motor Club C.C.F. L/Sgt., Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Rover Mate, Sheldon C.C.F. Society, Literary Society, Dancing Club, Music Club, Fives Club, Address : Wylde Green Vicarage, 262 Birmingham Road, Sutton Choral Society. Coldfield. Address: Cadoxton House, Barry, Glamorgan. JAMES, Richard. VIa. (Woodard.) TOROND, Richard Eric. VIa. (Bishop Fox). C.C.F. Staff Sgt. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cert. 'T,' 1st Class Shot, House Prefect 1954-55, 3rd XV Rugger 1953-54, House Colours Assistant Instructor's Certificate, Morse Badge, House Colours Rugger, Rugger 1953, Steeplechase Colourman 1955, House Colours 1954, znd XI Cricket 1954-55 . 3rd XI Hockey 1955 , Hon. Secretary Dancing Sgt. C.C.F., Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Signals Classification, Club and Music Club, Sheldon Society, Choral Society, Servers' Guild, Efficiency Badge, Librarian 1953-54, Chairman of Library Committee Chorister, House Prefect 1954-55, G.C.E. '0' level 1953 · 1954-55, Hon. Secretary of Modern Languages Society, Sheldon Address: The School House, Preston Candover, Basingstoke. Society, Music Club, Literary Society, Servers' Guild, G.C.E. '0' and 'AS' levels, Rover Crew. Address : 81 Devon Road, Cheam. NURSE, John Henry. VIa. (King Alfred.) House Prefect 1954-55. C.C.F . Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L/Sgt., KILLINGBECK, John Basil. VIa. (King Alfred.) Rover Crew, Music Club, Choral Society, Aeromodelling Club, G.C.E. '0' level 1953. 'AO' level 1954, 'A' level 1955. House Prefect Dancing Club, Assistant Chapel Prefect, House Rugger 1953. G.C.E . 1954. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L/Sgt., 1st Class Shot, House Colours '0' and 'AS' levels. Ru&ger, Hockey, Tennis, Steeplechase, Cricket-J .H. 1st XI 48-49-50, Address: Wick Farm, Coxley, Wells. Semor School 2nd XI, Hockey 1st XI Colours 1955. Rugger-J .H. 1st XIII 1949 (Captain), Senior School 2nd XV 1955, TenniS---School VI 1954-55, Colours 1955, Senior Rover Mate, Chairman Aeromodelling PARMENTER, Gordon Ellison. VIa. (King Alfred.) Club and Geographical Society, Secretary History Society, Dancing House Prefect September 1954-July 1955, House Shooting Team 1951- Club, Servers' Guild, Literary Society. 54 (Colours 1954), G.C.E . '0' level 1953-54, L/Sgt. C.C.F., Cert. 'A' Address: so Eastwood Road, South Woodford, E.18. (Parts I and II), Classified Signaller and A.C.1, 1st Class Shot, Chair­ man of Wireless Club, Set;retary of Photographic Society, Music Club. CULVERWELL, Peter John Harford. VIa. (Meynell and Carpenter.) Address. East View, Willow Drive, Barnet, Herts. House Prefect, House Hockey Team, Scorer 1st XI Cricket, Servers' Guild, Chairman Literary Society, Committee of Music Club, Hon. Secretary Modem Languages Society, Rover Mate, Dancing Club, Shel­ WHELPTON, Alfred Paul. VIa. (King Alfred.) don Society, Choral Society, Dramatic Society, G.C.E. '0' level 1953- House Prefect 1954-55, C.C.F . Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sgt., Bugle 54. 'A' and 'S' levels 1955, 1st Class Shot, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), Major 1955, 1st Class Shot, Rover Scout, 2nd XV Rugger 1954-55 L/ Sgt., Signals Classification. (XLV Colours), 2nd XI Hockey 1954-55, 1st Tennis VI 1955, House Address: Woodleaze, Knott Park, Oxshott, Surrey. Colours for Rugger, Hockey, Tennis, G.C.E. '0 ' and 'AS' levels, Chairman of the Fallodon Society, Literary Society, Choral Society, CHAUN, Hugh Hin-Hay. VIa. (Carpenter.) Dancing Club. House Prefect 1954-55, 1st VI Tennis 1953-54-55, Colours 1954-55. Address. Upton, Hillfield Road, Farnborough. 3rd XI Hockey, House Colours Hockey and Tennis, Chairman of of Sheldon Society, Literary Society, Dancing Bridge Club, Member VIb. (Meynell.) Club, Music Club, Badminton Club, Cpl., Cert. 'A' (Parts I and m. BELLAMY, David Rawson. 1st Class Shot, Rover, Servers' Guild, G.C.E. '0,' 'AO,' 'A' levels House Prefect 1954-55, C.C.F. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Drum Major, Summer 1955. Cpl. 1954-55, 1st Class Shot, Marksman's Badge, Signals Classifica­ 1954-55. Address: 23 Cumberland Road, Kowloon, Tong, Hong Kong. tion, Member of Shooting VIII 1954-55, 3rd XV Rugger House Rugger Colours 1954-55, Tennis Club, Dancing Club, Music BUBB, Paul Mervyn. Vb. (Woodard.) Club, Chess Club (Committee), G.C.E. '0' and 'AO' levels, Chorister; Dramatic Society, Rover, Proficiency Badge. House Prefect 1954, G.C.E. '0' level 1953, 1st XV 1954-55 (Rugger) Colours, Shooting VIII 1953-54-55, Captain 1954-55, Swimming Team Address: Salcombe Close, Sidmouth. 55 THE ALUREDIAN THE AL U REDIAN

CORFIELD, David. Vlb. (Woodard.) BRADLEY, Colin. Illc. (King Alfred.) House Prefect, Coy. Sgt.-Major 1955, Cert 'A' (Parts I and Il), Marks­ Stamp Club, Music Club, Trevithick Society, Choral Society, man .22, .303, House Team-Tennis, Rugger, Cricket, Chorister, Chorister. Servers' Guild, Dancing Club, Photographic Society, Aeromodelling Address: 45 West End Road, Ruislip. Club. Address: 24 Culmington Road, Ealing, W.r3. BURSTON, David Holmes. Va. (Woodard.) Address : The Broadway, Alfriston, Polegate, Sussex. COUSSEY, Russell Biney Henley. Vb. (Bishop Fox.) House Prefect 1955, rst XV Rugger 1953-54-55 (Colours 1954) , Mem­ CALLARD, James Gary. Vc . (Bishop Fox.) ber of Seven-a-side Team 1954-55, rst XI Hockey 1954-55 (Colours Cert. 'A' (Part 1) , 1st Class Shot, 2nd XI Cricket. 1955), znd XI Cricket 1954-55 (znd Colours 1955), G.C.E. '0' level 1954. Cert. "A' (Parts I and Il), rst Class Shot, Signals Classifi­ Address: 2 Chelsea Manor Studios, Flood Street, S.W.3. cation, Cpl., Dancing Club, Music Club. Address: c f o Divisional Court, Sekondi, Gold Coast Colony. CATCHPOLE, Edward Scott. Vlb. (King Alfred.) G.C.E. '0' and 'AO' levels 1954, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), Signals HUGHES, Derek David. Vlb. (Woodard.) Classification, Marksman, L/Cpl. in C.C.F., Assistant School House Prefect 1955. G.C.E. '0' level 1954-55. Cpl., rst Class Shot, Librarian, Member of the Trevithick Society, Choral Society, Music Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), Tennis Club, Music Club. Club, History Society, Modem Languages Society, Common Room Committee. Address: Bramdean School, Exeter. Address: Ireson 2, Wincanton. FREEMAN, Talbot Otis. Vlb. (Meynell.) CHARD, Nicholas Robert George. Va. (King Alfred.) Williams University Scholarship, House Prefect Summer 1955. 2nd XV Rugger, 1st VIII Shooting Colours, House Colours for Rugger and L/Cpl., 1st Class Shot, Signals Classification, Swimming Side, G.C.E. Athletics, House Team for Cricket and Swimming, Tennis Club, Shel­ '0' levels 1954. House Colours for Swimming and Hockey, Common don Society, History Society, Modem Languages Society, Dancing Room Committee, Photographic Society, Fallodon Society, Music Club, LfCpl., 1st Class Shot. Club, Dancing Club. Address: 19 Megunticode Street, Camden, Maine, U.S.A. Address: Colaton House, Cola ton Raleigh, nr. Sidmouth. YANDLE, John Reginald. Vlb. (Meynell.) COX, William John Martin. IVc. (Carpenter.) House Prefect, 2nd XV Rugger, LXV Colours, House Colours Rugger, Aeromodelling Club, Scouts. Cpl., rst Class Shot, Classified Signaller, Dancing Club, Music Club, Address : Hotel Royale, Penzance. Fives Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), Proficiency Badge, G.C.E. '0' and 'AO' levels. CROSS, George Edward. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) Address: Elmeleigh, Stapleton, Martock. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), '0' level G.C.E., rst XI Hockey 1955, 2nd XI Colours, Treasurer of Chess Club, Member of Bridge, Music and ALLFORD, Frank Stuart. Vb. (Carpenter.) Dancing Clubs, Photographic Society, Badminton Club. Address: 25 Eden Vale, Westbury, Wilts. Address: Chiclayo 701, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.

ASHTON, Richard Paul. IVc. (Carpenter.) DARBY, John Nicholas. Remove. (King Alfred.) Cert. 'A' (Part 1), rst Class Shot, Fishing Club Co~ mittee, Fallodon Aeromodelling Club, 1st Class Shot. Society, T revithick Society. Address: The Croft, Broadoak Road, Weston. Address: Clifford House, Shaldon, Teignmouth. ELLIOT, Antony. Remove. (Bishop Fox.) BECKLEY, Christopher John. Remove. (Bishop Fox.) 1st XI Cricket 1954-55 (Colours), 1st XV Rugger 1953-54-55 (Colours Cert. 'A' (Part 1), 1st Class Shot, G.C.E. '0' level, Servers' Guild, Seven-a-side), 1st XI Hockey 1954-55 (Colours), House Colours Wireless Club, Fallodon Society, Trevithick Society, Photographic for Rugger, Cricket and Hockey, Cpl., Cert 'A' (Parts I and 11), 1st Society, Swimming Side. Class Shot, Drum Major 1955, Music Club, Dancing Club. Address: 37a Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, Kent. Address : 8 Ashburton Gardens, Harrow-on-the-Hill.

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FALL, Howard Clay. Vlb. (Bishop Fox.) INGRAM, Robert Bethune. Vc . (King Alfred.) . . Cert. 'A' (Part 1), G.C.E. '0' level 1954, Servers' Guild, Tennis Club Cert. 'A' (Part I), 1st Class Shot, Member of Dramatic Soc1ety. Dancing Club, Music Club, Fallodon Society, Hon. Secretary Pottery Address: Club. · Millbrook, Huish Episcopi, nr. Langport. Address: 56 Stanhope Avenue, N.3. JAMES, Michael John. Remove. (Meynell.) Cert. 'A' (Part I), 1st Class Shot_. House Colours for Rugger, Member FROST, Richard Thomas. Vb. (Bishop Fox.) of Senior Common Room Corrumttee. Fallodon Society, 1st Class Shot, Cert. 'A' (Part 1), G.C.E. '0' level Address: Borovere Farm House, Alton , Hants. 1955· Address: Melsbury Farm, Polsham, Wells. JEMMETT, Michael Vivian Wilmot. Vc. (Woodard.) Cert. 'A' (Part I), rst Class Shot, G.C.E . '0' level 1955. 2nd XV GERRESSU, Tabor Duke. Vb. (Carpenter.) Rugger 1954. House Colours. Senior Colts Hockey, Junior Colts Rugger. Address: Kandersteg, Old Camp Road, Eastbourne. Address: c/o Phillips & Randle Ltd., 75 Mortimer Street, W.r. LIEN Wing Ming. VIa. (King Alfred.) GLENNIE, Michael John. Remove. (Bishop Fox.) Ce~ 'A' (Parts I and II), L/Cpl., rst Class Shot, Classified Signaller, rst Class Shot, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11). G c·E '0' level 1953-54, 'A' level 1955, 3rd XI Hockey (House C~l;u~). Secretary of Art Cl~b, M~mber of Music Club, Chess Club, Address: Deer Park Hotel Cottage, Honiton. Badminton Club, Photographic Soc1ety. Address : 12 Kennedy Terrace (2nd Floor), Hong Kong. GOWER, Michael. VIb. (Meynell.) rst XI Cricket 1955 (Colours), rst XI Hockey 1955, 2nd XV Rugger LUKE, David Rochfort. Vlb. (Meynell.) . 1954, L/Sgt., Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), House Colours for Rugger, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L /Cpl.. r~t Class Shot, Signals Class~fica­ Cricket and Hockey, Servers' Guild, Art Club, Music Club. tion, '0' level 1954, Member of Seruor. Common ~oom Co~m1ttee, Address: Highfield House, Maelpool, Heanor, Notts. Chairman of Art Club, Member of Dancmg Club, H1story Soc1ety. Address: r6o Old Church Road, Clevedon. GRAHAM, Bruce Torquil Irving. IVc. (King Alfred.) Address: The Rectory, Awliscombe, Honiton. MEHSON, .Salman. Vb. (Meynell.) Secretary Senior Common Room CoiDJD_ittee, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and HANNAH, Patrick John. Ilia. (Woodard.) II), L/Cpl., Signals Classification, Seruor Colts Colours, Art Club, Emigrated to Australia. Address of guardian: 5 Cromley Road, Moordown, Bourne­ mouth. HOGGE, George Francis. Remove. (Bishop Fox.) MORFEY, Michael Harold. Vc. (Meynell.) Cert. 'A,' rst Class Shot, G.C.E. '0' level 1955, Fishing Club, Music Club. Swimming Team 1951-52-53-54-55, Colours 1954-55, House Colours for Rugger and Swimming, C~a~an Stam~ C,lub, Treasurer Co,m: Address: Pay Services H.Q., B.A.O.R. 1. mon Room Committee, Servers Gwld, Cert. A, L/Cpl., G.C.E. 0 level, Music Club, Dancing Club, Chess Club. HORNE, Michael Anthol}y Whittington. Vb. (Carpenter.) Address: 15 Sutherland Road, Newcastle, Staffs. Cert. 'A' (Part 1), rst Class Shot, Colts X.V Rugger (Colts Colours), 2nd XI Cricket, Hon. Secretary of Aeromodelling Club, Hon. MOSS, Christopher Nigel. Vc. (Woodard.) . Treasurer of Fishing Club. Cert. 'A,' L/Cpl., 1st Class Shot •. G.C.E. '0' level, Fives Club, Mus1c Address: Cherry Copse, Brook Avenue, New Milton. Club, Dancing Club, Aeromodelling Club. Address: Barclays Bank House, Wadebridge, Cornwall. HURMAN, Michael John. Va. (Woodard.) Cert. 'A' (Part I), rst Class Shot, Servers' Guild, Member of Music POWELL, Richard Andrew Hungerford. Vlb. (Alfred.) Club, Fishing Club, Trevithick Society. No details available. Address: 15 Northdown Road, Bideford. Address: 34 Owen Grove, Henleaze, Bristol.

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SNELL, Christopher Francis. VIb. (Bishop Fox.) CHEETHAM, Raymond Benjamin. Vc . (Meynell.) Ce~. 'A' (Part I~ , rst Class Shot, G.C.E. '0 ' level I 954, 2nd XI Common Room Committee Secretary, rst XI Hockey I954-55 (2nd Cncket I955, Music Club, Modern Languages Society, Dancing Club. XI Colours r955), rst XI Cricket I955 (rst XI Colours .rgss), rst XV Address: West Winds, 33 Baron Road, Penarth. Rugger I 955 (XX Colours), House Colours Rugger, Cncket, Ho~ey , Cert. 'A' (Part I), G.C .E . '0 ' level rgss, Art Club, Bndge STAMP, Jeremy Tremlett. Remove. (Bishop Fox.) Club, Chess Club, rst Class Shot. Cert. 'A' (Part I), .rst. Class Shot. Address: Henley, Exton, Exmouth. Address: Hemyock Rectory, Cullompton. CLARKE, Jeremy Roland. Vc . (Woodard.) 2nd XV Rugger, XLV's, House Colours for Rugger, Cert. 'A' (Parts THOMPSON, Lloyd Joel. IVb. (King Alfred.) I and Il), rst Class Shot, Chorister: '0' level I955, Music Club, Address: Old P.O. Building-R.M. 83ra, r2th and Penna Fallodon Society. Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. Address: Blue Gates, Mingoose, Mount Hawk, Truro.

WILLIS, David 'Geoffrey. (Bishop Fox.) GIBBINS, John Charles Martin. Vd. (King Alfred.) Member of Common Room Committee, Treasurer Badminton Club Aeromodelling Club, Bridge Club, rst Class Shot, Cert. 'A' (Part 1). Member of Dancing Club, Fallodon Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Address: Townend Farm, Broadclyst, Exeter. 11), House Hockey XI I955, House Tennis I954-55, '0' level I954-55 · Address: Braemar, Wilderness Road, Plymouth. HACKETT, Howard Wesley. Vc. (King Alfred.) Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), rst Class Shot, Art Club Committee, WOODWARD, Peter John. IIIc. (Bishop Fox.) Trevithick Society, Motor Club. Cert. 'A' (Part I), rst Class Shot, Member of the Band, Fishing Club. Address : The Rectory; Tedburn St. Mary, Exeter. Address: 29 Neville's Court, Dollis Hill Lane, N.W.2. HEBDITCH, Nicholas John. VIb. (Meynell.) Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L/Cpl., rst Class Shot, Chorister rgsr-53. Servers' Guild, Hon. Secretary of Wireless Club, Inventors' Club, MICHAELMAS TERM, I955 Motor Club, Dancing Club, Photographic Society, Drummer. JEFFORD, Timothy George. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) Address : Surmylands, Martock, Somerset. Entrance Exhibition rgso, Scholarship rgsr, House Prefect Septem­ HILLS-SPEDDING, Bentley John. VIb. (Woodard.) September I954- ber I953, School Prefect I954, Chapel Prefect 'A' (Parts I and II), G.C.E. '0' level rgss. Chorister, Fallodon December I955· House Captain and Vice-Captain of School Septem­ Cert. Society. ber I954-December rgss. G.C.E. '0' levels r953-54. 'AS' levels rgs4- 55. London County Scholarship I954, Exhibition to the Queen's Col­ Address: E3, Garden Flat, San Remo Towers, Boscombe, lege, O~ord, Dec~ber I955. rst XV I953-54-55-56, Colours I953-S4- Bournemouth, Hants. 55-56, VIce-Captam. I955-56, 3rd XI Hockey I954-55, House Colours Ru~er, Hoc:Jcey, Fives, K~eper of Fi':es I95.5, Secretary of Sheldon HUDSON, Michael Francis. Vc. (Carpenter.) Society, Music Club Committee, Comffilttee Literary Society Dancing Cert. 'A' (Part I), rst Class Shot, Junior School. Club, History Society, Senior Rover Mate Sgt. Cert. 'A,' (Parts I and 11). ' ' Address: I79 Fairmile Road, Christchurch, Hampshire. Address: 40a Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, N.W.3. JONES, Godfrey Martin. Vlb. (Carpenter.) Cert. 'A' (Part 1), rst Class Shot, Band, Servers' Guild, G.C.E. '0' JOHNSTON, Brian. VIa. (Woodard.) level rgss. Music Club, Literary Society, Treasurer of Art Club. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), Sgt., Marksman, rst XI Cricket I954-55 Address: Bodfield Horn, Powick, Worcs. Colours rst XV Rugger I954-55-56, XX's rgss-56, rst XI Hockey I955, House Colours for Hockey, Cricket, Athletics, Swimming Side LESTER-SMITH, Brian John. Vc. (King Alfred.) r953, House Prefect September-December, I955, Sheldon Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), rst Class Shot, L/Cpl., G.C.E. '0' level Treasurer Chess Club, History Society, Senior Victor Ludorum I955· rgss. Art Club, Music Club. Address: Gotways, Sedlescombe, Hastings. Address: 83 Callander Road, Catford, S.E.6.

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MILTON-AYRES, David Lindley. Vc . (Bishop Fox.) Cert. 'A' (Part 1), G.C.E. '0' level 1955, Bridge Club, Wireless Club, Fallodon Society. Salvete Address: Royal Hotel, Bodmin, Cornwall. MICHAELMAS TERM, 1955 FERRYMAN, Alfred Martin. Vc . (Carpenter.) 1st Hockey 1955 Colours, 1st Cricket 1955, 2nd XI Colours, Rugger King Alfred House : Bishop Fox House: 1st XV 1955, XX Colours, Seven-a-side, House Colours for Hockey Bentley, N. B. Bonsey, P. T. and Cricket, Cert. 'A' (Part I), rst Class Shot, G.C.E. '0' level 1955, Cutler, 0 . E. Buchanan, F . B. A. Badminton Club, Music Club, Bridge Cl~b . Dancing Club, Senior Gibbins (ii), D. M. Burrows, P. H. Common Roqm Committee. Green (ii), P. J . Edwards (ii), A. M. Address : Tegfen, Branscombe, nr. Sea ton, Devon. Lewis (ii), R. E. C. Gibson, J . S. P. Gilbert, R. J. ROWE, John Ashley. VIa. (King Alfred.) Marshal! (i) , E. J. t*Miller (i) , D. P. B. Gundry, R. J. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Signals Classification, A.C.1, Cpl., 1st Morgan (ii), D. C. Hellens, J . W. Class Shot, G.C.E. '0' and 'AO' levels, Choral Society, Wireless Club Peace, J . M. C. Johns, M. (:1;953-54), Music Club, Photographic Society, Aeromodelling Club, Perry (iii), D. W. *Osbom (ii), A. G. Dancing Club, Swimming Side (1952-53-54-55), Chorister. Prew, M. G. F. Paton (ii), R. J . Address: 2 Forest Road, Penarth. Salman, A. R. Sherley-Price, F. N. Taylor TOOGOOD, Neville Avery . . Vc. (Carpenter.) Strickland, A. D. (iv), D. T. Whitham, J. Timbrell, C. J. Cert. 'A' (Part I), 1st Class Shot, Aeromodelling Club, Committee of Fishing Club, Trevithick Society, Pottery Club, ·o• level G.C.E. M eyneU House : Address: "Broadlands," Long Ash ton, nr. Bristol. Carpenter House: Atkinson, A. J. *Carter (i), T. C. WATSON, John. Vc . (King Alfred.) Abbott, N. W. 1st XI Cricket .1954-55 (Colours 1954-55), 1st Shooting VIII 1954-55, Couch, D. J . Brough, C. 1. V. C. Eagle, C. R. Tennis IV at Wimbledon, House Colours for Cricket, l<.ugger, Steeple­ *Busby, G. B. S. chase, Tennis, Shooting, Athletics, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), Signals Harrison, A. R. Cheung, D. *Taylor (i), R. G. Classification, Chairman of Senior Common Room Committee. *Dane, P.C. t*Torrens Address: Crossways, Dalwood, Nr. Axminster, Devon. Daw, N. , M. J. *West (ii) , 1. R. Lau, A. W. K. JUNIOR HOUSE *Robinson (ii) , C. J. Junior House : ATKINS, William Farquhar. A.r. Sharpe, I. D. Address: Turvey Cottage, Showell Lane, Penn, Wolverhampton. *Toogood (ii), R. D. Ace, M. 1· tBeauchamp, . R. BENT, Michael Charles. A.2. Craven, M . .fll.. J. Address: Highlane, Stone Gallows Hill, Taunton. tGange, W. M. E. Woodard House : JACKSON, Peter Neil. B.r. tHope (ii), M. 1· Address: Hillcroft, Rumwell, Taunton. Aristidou (ii) , P. 1ohnston (ii), D. C. Busfield, D. B. Knox, G. 1· JAMES, Anthony Clive. A.2. Chard, G. A. Marshall (ii), R. A. Address: Combesatchfield, Silverton, Devon. Cole (ii), P. F. i. Monk, R. W. JEFFERY, John William. D.1. . Evans (ii) , M. V. tMott (ii), P.C. Address: Meare Court, Wrantage, Taunton. Gamett (ii), N. R. Nurdin, M. A. B. tKennard, R. C. Osborn (iii), A. 1· T. MORGAN, Richard Woosnam. C.r. · Lavender, E. 1. Owen, M. R. Address: Fullands, Taunton. Pearce (ii), M. 1. tRose, M. T. REDDISH, Michael Anthony. A.1. Pope, D. R. tTyzack (iii), D. I. H. Address : Pear Tree Cottage, Fullands, Taunton. Pye, A. D. F. White (ii) , I. R. WALLACE, Stephen Rohan. C.2. *Denotes from Junior House. Address: Sonair Medical Practice, Assam. tDenotes Day Boy.

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Acknowledgements wE wish to acknowledge receipt of the following contemporaries : _ The Monktonian; The Tauntonian; The Exonian; The Wellington School Magazine; The Ardingly Annals; The Hurst Johnian; The Wyvern; The Lancing College Magazine; The Allhallows School Magazine; The Magazine of S~. George's School, Amberley; The l{ing's College School Magazine; The Ellesmerian; The Kelly College Chronicle; The Bloxhamist; The Eastbournian; The West Buckland School Register; The Clayesmorian. THE ALUREDIAN

Contents

PAGE PAGE Editorial 3 Junior Literary and Debating Society 55 School Notes 3 Fallodon Society 55 The Industrial Fund for Scien- tific Education 6 Fishing Club 56 Trevitbick Society King Alfred House Notes 6 56 Photographic Society 57 Carpenter House Notes 8 Aeromodelling Club 58 Bishop Fox House Notes 9 Wireless Club 58 Meynell House Notes ... 11 Dancing Club 59 Woodard House Notes 12 Bridge Club 59 Chapel Notes 13 Stamp Club 60 K.C.H.C. 14 Motor Club 60 K.C.C.C. 19 Fencing Club 61 K.C.A.C. 32 Junior House Notes 62 K .C.S.C. 36 Portrait Gallery 70 K.C.T.C. 38 Senior Ve;rse and Prose Com- K.C.M.R.C. 38 petition, 1956 71 C.C.F. Notes 39 To Lisbon with the Tall Ships 76 Pioneer Notes 40 Crossword 78 The Old Aluredian Club Rover Crew 41 79 The Old Alured~an B.P. Scout Speech Day, 1956 43 Guild 86 Sbeldon Society 48 War Memorial 89 Music Club 49 Obituaries 89 Art Club 51 King's College Bursary Fund 91 History Society 51- "The Clouds" of Aristopbanes 93 Pottery Club 52 Valete 94 Modem Languages Society 53 Salvete 102 Literary and Dramatic Society 53 Acknowledgments 103 THE ALUREDIAN

EDITOR: R. C. POULTON. SuB-EDITORS: J. G. LOBE, A. J . HOLLAND. VoL. XXVIII. No. 5. OCTOBER, 1956.

Editorial HE Editorial is, rather obviously, the only section in the Magazine in T which the Editor has a relatively free hand, and it usually happens, therefore, that an Editorial is either provocative and shameless, or else nothing but a rather timid comment on something which everyone seems to know about already. In this issue, we need do neither of these things, but merely invite our readers to note the great progress in all spheres of school life, which is reflected in our pages. The completion of the new Science Block and the War Memorial quadrangle, the growth of the Orchestra, the introduction of a new and progressive time-table, the breaking of several Sports and Swimming recordS-these are the items Taunton which, among others, illustrate the growth of King's College; and we can Sotlln'set County Gazette confidently predict that they are only the forerunners of even greater Castle Green things to come. 12304 We should like to take this opportunity to thank all our contributors, both of House or Club notes, and also of original compositions: at the same time, we should like to appeal for letters to the Editors, which are always welcome from any of our readers. These used to be a very popular feature of the Magazine until a few years ago, when for some unknown reason the pens of all would-be literary artists suddenly dried up. Thus, if anyone has any contributions to offer, we will gladly try to find the space in which he, or she, can air his, or her, views. Finally, we must thank J. B. C. Brown and J. S. Douglas for all the work which they have done while on the Editorial Board. Brown has been an Editor for some three and a half years, Douglas for about two years, and they have both contributed much to the high standard and consequent popularity of the Magazine. We hope that the new members of the board will maintain this standard and continue to produce a Magazine which is a true reflection of the life of King's College. THE EDITORS. School Notes UR Guest of Honour on Speech Day, which this year took place on O Friday, June 8th, was Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout. The Guard of Honour and various exhibitions and displays were well up to standard, and the weather, always threatening, never quite let us down. Once again our Provost, the Bishop of Bath arid Wells, was most unfortu­ nately unable to be present, due to illness. The Prize-giving, followed by a most inspiring and memorable speech by Lord Rowallan, took place

3 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN in Big School at 3.0 p.m. A complete account of Speech Day is to be found later in this issue . The Committee of the Old Aluredian Benefit Fund has instituted , I two Scholarships The General Inspectio of £so to be aw~rded to the Sons of_ Old Al~r~dians . n of the C.C.F., which occurred on the Mon­ Fuller details of day following Speech Day, these Scholarships are to be pubhshed Within the was one of the best for many years, and the ordinary Scholarship official report was very rewarding circular sent out by t~ e Sc~ool each year. -r:he to the officers who run and organise awa rds will not be the contingent. The report made purely on academi~ m~nt. The Scholarships was so good that the Headmaster gave a ill be awarded by half-holiday in honour of this achievement. the Committee after exammatwn and a report on the ~andidates by the Headmaster. We are sure that not only The th~ School, but Annual Athletic Sports on May 26th produced the outstanding also all Old Aluredians, will warmly welcome these Scholarships. achievement of five new School records, four of which were set up by On March 14th we Starling in the Junior section. This remarkable success were entertained with a song r~cital by Miss on the part of Barbara Lyon, whose one boy is to be highly congratulated. Added to this, boys repertoire included som_e beautiful songs by from King's Handel, Schubert have achieved high honours in both local, Somerset and All-England and Brahms. We very much enJoyed the perform~ce . Athletics Championships. We also held for the first time an athletics Owing to the generous grant of _£ ro,ooo made towards new Science match with Clayesmore School at King's, which ended in victory for our Preparation Rooms by the Industnal Fund fo~ the Advancement of team. A full account of all these successes appears under " K.C.A.C." Scientific Education in Schools, it has bee~ ~ecided ~o c?mplete these in this edition. rooms before the official opening of th ~ bmldmg. This will: no doubt, • We wish to offer our congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson on the now take place in 1957· Further detruls about t~e grant ~ill be found ~ on another birth of a daughter, Clare, and to Mr. and Mrs. Padfield on the birth of a page. The grant is a most welcome g~ft an~ _will be of great daughter, Charlotte. assistance to the science teaching in the School. A condition of the grant is that it must all be spent on fresh In his Will, the late Captain C. P. L. Firth left a bequest buildings as. distinct fr_om the new of £roo Science Block itself. The College is therefor_e still to King's College. The Honourable Mrs . Firth has also faced with the to~al given in pe:­ cost of the Science Block and further donations petuity a Memorial Prize for Divinity in memory of her husband. This to the War Memonal is a very welcome addition to our prize list. Fund will be gratefully received. The paths round the A most generous gift of £zoo has been made to Pyrland Hall back of the School and in front of the new for the Science Block were Colonel Pemberton Memorial Library Fund by his nieces and tar-macadamed during the Summer Term, and thereby nephewS­ an immense improvement Mrs. Olive Barton of Norwich, Mrs. Audrey Geikie Cobb, Ralph de Poix has taken place to ~he <~;reas concerned. These , paths always tended Esq., O.B.E., and Mordaunt Pemberton, Esq., of London. We are very before to be a dust-bowl m rrudsur;nme~ and a quag­ grateful to them. mire (in spite of liberal deposits of clinker and ashes) m w~ter, and we hope that all of the rougher paths will soon be surfaced J. M. Clutterbuck (M47) was made m the same Deacon and the Revd. B. L. way. Palmer (Wrs) was ordained Priest on Trinity Sunday of this year. We hear that the Revd. Lloyd Thomas, O.A., Principal_ The Right Revd. the Bishop of Crediton died this year. He was for o,f St. David's College, Lampeter, has be~n appointed many years a Fellow of the Western Division of the Woodard Canon of St. DaVld s. We offer Schools. him our warm congratulations. He was a warm friend of King's and took a lively interest in its progress. T . Chippendale, O.A., took part_. on board the "Creole," • T. P. Halton has put in a great deal of time keeping the School Press in the sail­ ing race last July from Torbay to Lisbon. At t_he Cutting Book up to date and we should like to record our appreciation of requ~st of the _Head­ his work. master he Has written for us a brief account of his expenences, which we take pleasure in printing, with photographs, in this issue. Chippendale IS Air Commodore F. G. H. Ewens, R.A.F. (Retd), O.A., has been elected in his last term as a cadet at Dartmouth. to the School Council. The following have passed the Associated Board's We record with deep Music Examina- regret the death, due to a complication arising tions with merit:- out of measles, of David Collins, who was a pupil in the Carpenter House. T . G. Waddington-'Cello, Grade Our deepest sympathies extend V. to his relatives and friends. A fuller M. J. Trapnell-Violin, Grade obituary appears later in this magazine. VII. J. J . Kennedy-Piano, Grade VII. It is also with deep regret that we have to record the death of David A. J. Holland-Piano, Grade VII. Briggs on 26th August while on a_ sailing holiday~ H_olland. We exten_d Also from our most sincere sympathy to his parents and his the Junior House :- sister and to all his ·. A. G. Gray-Piano, friends. His obituary appears later in this magazine. Grade II. A. R. J. HobbS-Piano, Grade II. Mr. Sidney Turner, the School carpenter, has completed twenty-one years of service at the School. A presentation was made to him The following have had work of ·Special ':llerit acc~pted by the Head­ by the master: -M Headmaster. The gifts were a wrist watch and a framed certificate . D. Earnshaw (twice), R. D. Bishop (twice), J. M. Glover, recording Mr. Turner's long service. C. M. Diamond, E. J . Lavender, D. J . Starling, R. Clutsom, N. I. H . Deacon. 4 5 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

P. Kingman, A. G. B. Rowe and B. Widgery were promoted to the Study at the beginning of the Lent Term, as was J. M.. Hughson . e~rly The Industrial Fund in the Summer Term. The Upper Common Room Committee was JOined by R. J. Lloyd in the Lent Term and D. J. Dickinson, P . R. B. Moore, for the Advancement of Scientific J . E. Smith, R. M. Smith and J. H. Catlin the following term. Last Lent Term we started the contest for the Hockey Cup by play­ Education in Schools ing the Meynell House, with whom we drew. We won the replay 1-0, but, in spite of a very determined effort on the part of our team, we were N Oct?ber, 1955, a fairy Godmother appeared before the eyes of the beaten by the Bishop Fox 2-0. The team played very well, and J. F . I Public Schools. · She was boldly and generously disguised as a project Bolitho, P. R. B. Moore and P . H. Lansdown-Toole were awarded their to enable Industry to make gifts to stimulate scientific education in Inde­ House colours. In the Inter-House Cross-country Steeplechase, J. M. pendent Schools for Boys and Girls. The response from the firms was Hughson came second and J. E. Smith eleventh, and both were awarded good, and some three million pounds were soon promised towards the their House half-colours. The following term, P. R. B. Moore too was Fund. Many schools ~t ~nee eagerly applied for help, and King's was awarded House half-colours for athletics. no~ slow to make. application for a grant towards the completion of the Scienc~ Block which was by then fully in the process of building. The This Summer Term was marked by a splendid effort on the part of Committee of the Fund very ge~erously to~k . the vi~w th~t, although our senior cricket team in their match against Bishop Fox House. Our gran~ caul~ only be made_ for qwte fresh bwldmg proJects, 1t was justi­ tenth wicket fell for only seventy-five runs, and our opponents were fied m ~aking a grant which would enabl~ good Physics and Chemistry within nine runs of this total at the fall of their seventh wicket. But our Preparation rooms to be added to the Science Block. This grant will team did not lose heart and are to be warmly congratulated on their enable us ~o turn the old Room Nine into a Physics Preparation Room, ultimate-though very close-Success. After this inspiring victory we together w1th a small library for science specialists. Down below on the went on to play the Meynell in the final. It was a good afternoon's ground floor· the Meynell Changing Room will be converted into cricket, but theirs was on all accounts a very strong team and won by a Chemistry Preparation Room, and a passageway past it will be con­ five wickets. Our team played extremely well in both matches, and s~ructed, which will gi~e a convenient exit from the dining hall lobby A. J. Holland, M. G. F. Prew, ]. R. Smith and P. H. Lansdown-Toole directly on to the playmg fields. The grant from the Industrial Fund were awarded their House Colours. D. W. T. Waiters, who already had has :relieved us of some of our financial difficulties and we can now turn his House colours and also his znd XI colours, deserves special praise our thoughts to the erection of a new block which will contain several for the excellent way in which he captained the team. classrooms, a large _nur~ber of studies, an Art room and a Geography We congratulate P. R. B. Moore, who came third in the Senior room. The econoliUc Circumstances of today, however, do not make it Javelin event at the Somerset Athletics Meeting, and F. N. J. Davies, possible to do more than utter optimistic hopes. We are indeed grateful who established a new record in the Senior Discus, later coming fourth to the Industrial Fund for their kindness, which is a very great encour­ in the West of England Sports with a distance of n8ft. Bins.; and also agement at a vital period in the progress of King's College. C. G. Hennessy, who set up a new record of 31 seconds in the Swimming Sports Junior two-length backstroke. Although we have not been successful on the games field during King these last two terms, we have much reason to be optimistic about the Alfred House future. Owing to large leavers in recent terms, we are short of seniors "TIME, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away" : in the and our House teams have been younger than those of other Houses. Lent Term; R. Wadland, D. S. Ashton, J. C. Y. Watt, A. C. Since we have done as well as we have with such young teams, we have McLellan, R. W. Strachan and M. G. R. Truscott left the House, and a good chance of becoming a strong House in the near future. The T. P . Wansbrough, M. J. N. Baker, B. M. Widgery, J. M. Hughson, keenness of our teams has been very cheering, and in particular our R. J. Lloyd, J. E. Smith and A. R. Salman are leaving us this term. Senior cricket team deserves to be mentioned for the hours of conscien­ We shall miss them very much and wish them every success in their future tious practice which it put in at the nets. careers. Finally, we are looking forward to having Mr. Townsend with us In their place we welcome W. M. Bray, M. C. Farr, A. N. Gladwell, again next term, and hope that he has enjoyed his well-earned holiday. C. G. Hennessy, E. J. P. Hepworth, J. S. Kemble, P. P. Morgan, I. D. Mr. Pytches nobly stepped into the breach in his absence, and we are Philippe, W. A. Rogers, P. M. Shar!and and M. D. Webb, and hope that extremely grateful to him for the very positive and thorough way in their" ··careers· here will be pleasant and successful. Also, we were par­ which he has organised House affairs and the keen and genuine interest ticula:rly pleased to welcome N. 0. P . Osvald from Sweden and M. H. T. he has taken in all our activities. Chang from Hong Kong, and hope that they will enjoy their stay in Britain.

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and Trott gained his 2nd XI colours. However, w~ were d~cisively beaten by the Meynell in both House matches .. Starling captamed the Carpenter House Senior Colts team and he bowled ex tremely well m the House match . N Wednesday, March 14th, David Collins died in Taunton Isolation Samuelson qualified for the Officers' Shooting Cup_. beating several O Hospital after a very short illness. We offer his parents and his members of the regular Shooting Eight. We hope he will do even better brother our most sincere sympathy and regrets on the loss of one dear to next year. them, who was a friend of all at home and at King's. Our swimming is still weak, but we did fairly well in the Junior C1_1p. At the beginning of the Lent Term we welcomed Davies (iv), R. H., coming second to the Meynell. _Prin~ is to be congr~tulated on J;>e~g Edwards (iii), D. K., Robinson (iii), P. R. W., and White (iii), N. J. E ., awarded his School colours for swimmmg and also on his excellent diVJ?g and in the Summer Term, Butt (iii), A. J. S. We hope they will be in the sports. Also worthy of note is Beaumont, who broke the J unwr happy with us and take an active part in the life of the House. four lengths breaststroke record and also came second in the eighteen lengths In the Lent Term, R. M. J . Davis was promoted to the study. Taylor open. . replaced him as Chairman of the Common Room Committee and Platt­ In both fives and tennis we did well, without being outstanding. Higgins was elected to fill the resulting vacancy. Briggs and Whitehead played for the School Tennis VI. At the end of the Lent Term we said good-bye to C. I. Bamard, who To increase the number of cups on the shelf in the dining hall is, by left unexpectedly to be a banker. many, regarded as the main objective of a House. From this point of view we began the Lent Term with everything to gain and nothing to This term our leavers are D. R. J . Hillier and R. M. J. Davis from lose. Unfortunately, our sporting activities were disappointing. In the the Study, and A. T. Gobat, B. J . Hunt, D. T. Pri~g and D. G. R:obe~s from hockey match we were beaten in the first round by the Woodard 4-0. the Senior Common Room. All have been m the House smce It Perry and Whitehead were awarded their House colours. was founded and have helped in building it up . . We wish them_ the best of luck in their future careers, and trust they Will take away With them We were represented by Lloyd-Edwards and Perry in the School pleasant memories of King's. seven-a-side team. Perry, unfortunately, dislocated his knee and strained Last, but not least, we wish, once again, to take this opportunity of a cartilage, rendering him "off games" for the whole of the summer. thanking Mr. and Mrs. Harvey for th~ir unfailing su_pport of the House, In the Senior steeplechase we finished third. Gill and Gough were and also to thank Mr. Wilson for his work as assistant Housemaster, awarded their House half-colours. Gough is especially to be congratu­ especially during Mr. Harvey's illness. lated on his achievement, as he was only called in at the last moment to replace Perry, who was injured. The Junior team came fourth, which was our final position for the combined event. In the Inter-House Table Tennis League we did well to come second Bishop Fox House to the Meynell. We take this opportunity of thanking the Headmaster for his very generous gesture in paying half the cost of a new table for OOKING back over past Aluredians, the reader is astonished at the the Upper Common Room. The old table was given to the Juniors. I ...J amount of mental effort required to produce the opening few clauses of the House notes. If originality be the theme, then a very fitting piece c. • We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Wilson on the birth of a daughter, of originality would be to thank the Housemaster first, instead Clare. of last. We would like to express once again our gratitude and appreciation Because of extensions being made in the new science block, the to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Mr. Jaquet for all the interest and enthusiasm Junior Common Room was moved from Room 9 to the ex-biology lab., in House matters which they at all times have shown. a much more pleasant room. We congratulate C. M. Reis, who was promoted to the Study at the Although we only came third in the Athletic Standards Cup, a great beginning of the Lent Term, this being the only major change in House deal of enthusiasm was shown by some members of the House, an encour­ affairs. aging sign. We came third in both the Sports Cups. We congratulate We were ably represented in the successful Hockey XI by R. Blake Perry, who, in spite of his injury in the Lent Term, came iirst in the (secretary). R. B. L. Osbom, C. E. Webb~r, J. A. Carnegie and<_; . .J· weight and discus. Also to be congratulated is Starling, who won the Wilkinson, the first four being awarded therr School colou~. and Wilkin­ Junior Victor Ludorum. He won all his four events, in each case break­ son his 2nd XI colours. Bulloch (i), Maltby and Bulloch (u) played for • I ing the existing record---a magnificent effort. He was awarded his School the 2nd XI, although only Bulloch (i) was _a regular n::.~mber . Cu~ and Somerset colours for athletics. His best achievement was in coming and Gilchrist played for the Senior Colts, whilst Taylor (m), Osborn (u), third in the long jump at the All-England Championships at Plymouth, Hatfield, La Touche, Sherley-Price and Gibson played for the Junior jumping 2oft. 4lins., a very worthy effort. Colts. In the Inter-House Hockey Competition, the House won against Hillier, Champion and Trott played regularly for the rst XI cricket the Woodard after a replay, and then went on to defeat the Alfred, thus team. Hillier was re-awarded and Champion was awarded rst XI colours winning the cup. House colours for hockey were awarded to C. E.

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Webber, J. A. Carnegie, R. B. L. Osbom, G. J . Wilkinson, C. Bulloch G. Bulloch, R. J. Maltby and C. St. J. Hartnell. ' Meynell House Although the House fie_lded a reasonable Junior steeplechase team the team could only attain third position, although congratulations go t~ NCE again an overworked Secretary has to put pen to paper and c.ast Webber, Gilchrist and Curry for running well. O his mind back over the several achievements of the Meynell dunng Summer Terms. . The Senior te~m, ho"Yever, managed to run as a team and so finished the Lent and fairly together behmd their leader, P . L. Side. The actual positions were The former brought few changes; Bellamy was ~PP?inted a House 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, gth, nth and 14th. The cup was won for the ninth Prefect and was joined by Wilkins and Laidlaw Smith m the Summer year in succession .. P. L. Side, R. B. L. Osbom, I. R. Chudley, G. Term. Unexpectedly, we had to say farewell to Robinson (i) in April, Bulloch, C. M. Reis, R. Blake and R. J . Maltby were awarded their and at the end of the Summer Term we were deprived of Brown (our House half-colours for steeplechase. House Captain), Roblin, Mackeson, Orbell-Durrant, Bellamy, Wilkins, Commencing the Summer Term, we saw P . L. Side promoted to the Soo., Cake (i), Daryabegi and Slaney, who have been ~r:Jent memb.ers Study, and we duly congratulate him. of the House for many years. The three new boys who JOIDed us dunng (ii), Atkinson (ii) and Thomas-have already represented In the first three weeks of term, a hearty effort was shown by all in the year-Cake the Inter-House Athletics Standards, and as a result of these efforts we the House in the sports field. once again retained the Standards Cup. An excellent effort was shown Brown captained the School Hockey rst XI and Robp.n and by the House Junio~s in winning the Junior Athletics Cup. Special merit Daryabegi were awarded colours. ~n the 2nd X~. we had Macke~?n (cap­ goes to Curry, Christmas, Stamp and Fussell, and also in the Senior tain), Bellamy (colours), together with Hughes (u) and Glover (u). Play­ Sports Cup, to R. Blake and Wilkinson. A personal triumph was gained ing for the Senior Colts ':"~re Craggs, _Hughes (i),. Twose, Harries, Pearce, by C. E. Webber when he became South Western District Hurdles Cham­ Michael, Slaney and Williams, and m the Jumor Colts were Yule (cap­ pion; he went on to take third place in that event at the All-England tain), Glover (i), Hilliar, Stoneman and Younger. Boys' Championship, equalling the record. A gallant effort was made by the Senior House hockey team in the Turning to cricket, we find R. Blake captain of the rst XI, sup­ first round of the House match, and, although the Seniors met with a ported by R. B. L. Osbom, Fussell and Taylor (iii) . Also Rainbow better team, the Juniors succeeded in winning the newly-established Kerr, Camegie, Chudley

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the above . Although in ~he Swimming Sports we failed to win back the swim­ gained their House half-colours. We narrowly missed the rnmg_" set," we still hold two cups. Glover (ii), Dunham, Stoneman and Standards Cup by a margin of eight standards. Robhn wo_n the relay for us in just over the record time and we were also On entering the cricket season, the Senior team, with only T. T. several pomts ahead f_or the Junior Cup. We lost the Standards Cup by Barnes as a regular cricketer, lost heavily to the Bishop Fox. The two and __also the Semor Cup by a wider margin to Bishop Fox House . Juniors, however, due to some spirited play by all, managed to win the Glover (u) was deservedly re-awarded his School swimming colours and cup and so fulfil one of the House's and Mr. Large's ambitions. Dunham was awarded House half-colours for his part in the Junior and For the Fives Cup we produced what seemed to be strong teams, Open events. but, with the exception of the Junior pair, they could not strike form We have not forgotten that our primary purpose in coming here is and did not quite come up to expectations. ~o learn, and in this sphere we are equally well represented. The follow­ Despite a strong second pair in the Tennis Cup, we could offer no m~ were a~arded prizes on Speech Day: Brown, Roblin, Mackeson, serious challenge to the Bishop Fox, but energetic play from the three Lrudlaw Srm0•. Bellamy, Ngan, Michael, Chubb, Kimberlin, Stevenson, pairs produced some encouraging results. Copleston, Hilliar, Torrens, Taylor, West (ii), Eagle and Kerton. After such a united and strong bid for the Athletic Standards Cup, Since his first term here, Mr. Dakin has taken a keen interest in the by comparison, our quest for the Swimming Standards Cup was very Meynell, and we are very sorry to be losing him at the end of the Summer mediocre. Although swimming very well, our relay team was unplaced, Term: Finally, we should like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Padfield on and it was left to D. N. Nutt (i) to record our sole victory in the two­ the birth of a daughter, and thank them for their active interest and lengths breaststroke. guidance in all our affairs. The Officers' Shooting Cup has returned to our shelf after a short absence, and we warmly congratulate R. Stagg on his success. It is now fast becoming an annual event for us to win the Corps Cup and this W oodard House year was no exception. Finally, we would like to thank Mr. Large for his unfailing support TT was our good fortune to find at the beginning of the Lent Term that and encouragement, which has helped us so much. We are also indebted J. there were no unexpected leavers. We warmly welcomed Lobb (ii) and to Mr. J ames for his interest in all our activities. Guilmant, whom yve wish every success in the future. Unfortunately, our H~use Captam, A. K. Vodden, was still indisposed, leaving the House m the very capable hands of R. Stagg. Chapel Notes We co?gratulate J . R. Brockhouse on being appointed Captain of Ste~plechasmg .. The House put up an excellent performance in both the INCE these notes last appeared we have had the experience of spending Seruor and Juru<_>r events; we were narrowly beaten in the Senior, J. R. S Easter at school, a thing which rarely happens. Fr. Paul Ashwin, ~rockhous~ commg first. As a result of their performances, Brockhouse of the S.P.G., kindly came to help the Chaplain with the Holy Week (I), Lobb {I), Catt and Evans (i) were awarded their House half-colours. services, and his jovial personality and his excellent addresses and In the Junior, which we won, Pye came first, closely followed by Vickars, sermons will be long remembered by all. We would like to take this Kennedy and Akigbogun, all within the first ten places. opportunity to thank him for his invaluable assistance. The voluntary services were all well attended, especially We were well represented throughout the School hockey teams. In the Three Hours' Devotion on Good the rst XI, J . G. Lobb, T. T. Barnes and C. A. Klinkenberg, whom we Friday and the Blessing of the New Fire at the Paschal Candle on Holy Saturday; also many people took part in the Watch of the Passion congratulat~ on winning_their School c?lours, and G. J . Cowap, played regularly;__ m the Semor C?.lts, Akigbogun was outstanding, and from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday. V~dden (u)! Adam ~nd Nutt (u) formed the nucleus of the Junior Colts. The climax of Holy Week came after much scrubbing, polishing and With all this talent m the House, we decisively beat the Carpenter but dusting by the Guild of St. Laurence and other willing helpers, in the were just ~eaten by the Bishop Fox in the next round. Consequ:ntly, High Mass of Easter. The choir had also been hard at work, and, as the followmg were awarded their House colours: J. G. Lobb, T. T. usual, they provided us with excellent music. Barnes, G. J. Cowap and C. A. Klinkenberg. We would like to acknowledge several gifts to the Chapel. Mrs. At the beginning of the Summer Term we warmly welcomed back Casserley has very kindly embroidered us a cushion for the Chaplain's Sedilia to match the A: K. _Yodden to sha_~~ the joint House capt~i?cy with R. Stagg. We Missal cushion which she made for us last year. The wish Llpman, Baker (m) and Sandeman, who JOined the House this term, . ' new cushion is a masterpiece of needlework and almost too good to be a successful career at King's. sat on. We are also grateful to Mr. Gower for a new silver lavabo dish and to Mr. Watt for new cruets. J. R. Brockhouse was appointed Captain of Athletics, and with such formidable names as Barnes, Cowap, Klinkenberg and Akigbogun to No one can have entered the Chapel at any time, especially Easter, support him, we easily retained the Senior Sports and Relay Cups, T. T. without noticing the beautiful flowers which are always there, for which Barnes being awarded the Victor Ludorum for his excellent efforts . All we warmly thank Mrs. Morgan.

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more had scored two more goals the game became even faster and keener. K.C.H.C. At the final whistle we still possessed our one goal lead. Our next match was also away, this time at Exeter. The pitch was ROSPECTS at the beginning of the season were not exceptionally soft, but did not become too cut up. The first half was fairly even, P good. Only two old colours remained, J. B. C. Brown and R. King 's showing a weakness towards poor clearing from the circle which Blake, and the latter was expected to be off-games until nearly the end nearly cost them more than one goal. The pace was rapidly livened of the in season. Fortunately, he was able to play considerably earlier in the second half when Exeter brought the score to 3-2 from 3-I the season in our than this. Otherwise, we were faced with the task of pro­ favour at half-time, and, after a period of strenuous activity by ducing both a team out of comparatively young players, most of whom were sides, our forwards suddenly struck excellent form and quickly scored Senior Colts the season before. three more goals, thereby gaining a decisive win. Whatever the prospects, the results were far and away better than Climatic conditions changed abruptly for our match with Kelly could be reasonably expected. The team was probab}y the best for many College on home ground. The pitch was fortunately rolled just before years, suffering defeat only at the hands of a very strong Hockey Associa­ a bitterly cold spell, and the match was played on a rock hard level tion XI and achieving victories which could nearly always be described surface which suited perfectly the play of the forwards. The first half modestly as "decisive." The results, in fact, speak very well for them­ was again even, but in the second half the forwards selves. found time and time again gaps in the Kelly defence, and short passing was employed with Perhaps we were most fortunate in that, other than R. Blake's in­ devastating effect. The final score of 12-2 indicates how good a game disposition at the beginning of the season, injury or illness never struck it was from the point of view of King's; everybody played their part at the team. This unusual, but most desirable blessing, enabled the team well, particularly the three inside forwards. to settle down into a most effective and complete unit, in which each Against Allhallows, on a home ground, which was now muddy, player was quick to we anticipate the intentions of the others. Also, although played a fast and attacking game, and the excellent keeping we were treated to the customary of the All­ Lent Term display of weather extremes, hallows goalkeeper was the main reason why the score was only good fortune, coupled with 3-I in the excellent work of our groundsman, Mr. our favour at half-time. The rest of the game followed the same Davey, prevented the cancellation pattern of any of our rst XI matches. and but for a little muddling between the inside forwards the final score As regards the actual team, the forward line was soon decided upon, of 6-2 might have been greater. Again the team played excellently and the combination of R. Wadland and T. T. Barnes on the wings, together, the defence constantly blunting our opponents' attacks and R. B. L. Osborn and J. A. Carnegie as inside forwards, and J. G. Lobb initiating our own. as centre-forward, was so successful that they were never seriously chal­ The match with King's School, Bruton, was to have been played lenged. This was not due to the weakness of the 2nd XI forwards, who away, but the pitches at Bruton were under snow and we were obliged were of a high standard, but rather to the extremely good quality of the to play on a home ground, which was itself very slippery. In spite of the rst XI forwards. The defence was as strong as the attack; the initial treacherous conditions underfoot, King's quickly took command of the half-back line of C. E . Webber, J. B. C. Brown and Mackeson, P., game in no uncertain manner and by half-time were 7-.I up. By now, underwent only one change when G. H. Roblin replaced Mackeson, P., of course, the condition of the pitch had deteriorated even more, but the at left -half early in the season. The full-backs were R. Blake and C. A. ability of our forwards to score goals seemed in no way hindered, and K!inkenberg, G. J. Cowap and G. H. Roblin filling the position of left­ a final score of 13-1 makes adverse criticism difficult! If anything, back it in the few matches for which R. Blake was unable to play. Wil­ could be said that the short inter-passing was not quite the right tactics kinson, G. J., was our goalkeeper for most of the season, but was re­ for the conditions, b~t the result does not seem to have suffered. placed eventually by A. R. Daryabegi, who certainly justified his selec­ tion during the three matches in which he played. The match against Taunton School was played under conditions identical with those for the match with Kelly College. The frozen but Our season opened with an 'A' XI fixture with Q.E.S., Crediton. level pitch was ideal for fast hockey and good bal! control and the Most sides of the eventual rst XI were playing and, in spite of a tendency to were evenly matched up to half-way through the second half, when the play dry-weather hockey on a very soft and heavy pitch, the quality of score was I-I. Taunton then scored again, and King's, faced with play was the high and our victory deserved. It was a good omen· for the rest unaccustomed situation of being a goal down, found it a powerful stimu­ of the season. lant. Three goals followed in quick succession, and King's played well A week of Arctic weather at Taunton prevented us from having any to win 4-2 in a match which had provided the stiffest opposition so far. practice before our first rst XI fixture with Clayesmore on their ground. Against Millfield School on home ground the standard of hockey The game was played on a frozen pitch, which was alarmingly lively, dropped considerably. Conditions were again w:et, making it difficult but King's produced good hockey and kept up the pressure throughout to keep one's feet, and, after King's had established a hold on the game 'the first half, at the end of which the score was 4-I in our favour. Our to the extent of a 3-0 lead at half-time, the play became rough and control of the game slipped in the second half, however, and after Clayes- clumsy. There was a bit too much rugger and. not enough intelligent 14 ;1.5 TH E A L URED I AN ,.

hockey in the second half and King's forwards we re off-side on far t oo m any occasions. Millfield only scored once, however, and the result was 3-I in our favour. Conditions we re even muddier for the fixture with Taunton Vale and experience undoubtedly triumphed in the first half, at the end of which the Vale we re 2-0 up and two very good goals at that . Again the e ffect of b eing down improved our play considerably, and hard work against tight marking produced three goals for King's. Unfortunately, near the e nd of the match, the Vale inside-right had to retire hurt, but by then we were in control of the game and had earned our 3-2 victory. Taunton Vale, determined to be avenged, arranged a return match three days later. We were only able to play an 'A' XI-a strong one, neverthelesSi-but there was little between the sides at first. King 's opened the scoring, but Taunton Vale soon equalised. The pitch was firm and ideal for hockey and for most of the game play was fast and evenly matched, with solid defence o n both sides preventing any scoring. E ventually the Vale scored a second time from a breakaway, and the final whistle went to give them the victory, with King's still trying desper­ ately to penetrate a ve ry sound defence, of which the goalkeeper was outstanding. We went away to mee t R.N.C., Dartmouth, always formidable rivals, and the result indicates the keenness of the game. It was again a case of tight marking keeping down the scoring, though both goals ,... suffered narrow escapes before Dartmouth sudde ..>1. nly scored two quick u"' goals in the second half. King's responded exce 0 llently to a setback which I had looked as if it would decide the game and fairly soon had equalised. The game, always fast, now became even more urgent and closely con­ X tested. King's survived one alarmingly narrow escape, but neither side managed to score the vital goal, and a draw was certainly a fair result. We hardly expected to run circles round a Hockey Association XI consisting of four West and seven County players, but nevertheless a 6-0 defeat was no disgrace. Conditions were not pleasant, being wet with occasional showers of rain, but King's kept the score down to I-O against them in the first half. Thereafter, the Association's superior stickwork and forward play more and more dominated the game, and perfect-square and through-passing split our defence wide open on occasions. Only some excellent goalkeeping by Daryabegi kept the score down to 6-0. It was a pleasure to watch the Hockey Association in action-if one could forget that one was trying to stop them! The last match of the season was with the Old Aluredians. As usual , they brought a strong side with them, but, although the result was 2-I in our favour, it could have been more. The forwards were not quite as enterprising as they had been in previous matches and missed some rather too easy chances, but it was an enj oyable game. So ended an outstandingly successful season, of which all concerned can be justly proud. The standard of hockey could never once be called low and was at times excellent. The 2nd XI also enjoyed a very good season with only one defeat in nine matches. They had many players up to rst XI standard and

16 THE ALUREDIAN were far from the regrettably normal 2nd XI which tended not so long ago to be a group of people with hockey sticks as opposed to a team of hockey players. The Senior Colts, although being undefeated, were not an outstand­ ing team and owed their success more to the weakness of their opponents than to their own ability. The defence was better than the forward line and was often very good, but the fonvards were seldom better than average. The Junior Colts underwent a remarkable change in the middle of the season. At first they were weak and unenterprising, the forwards in particular failing to score far too often. A very sudden transformation, beginning with a IO-O victory, left them a very good team, showing considerable talent in both defence and attack, and several players of promise emerged by the end of the season. The defence in particular merited praise for their play throughout the season. J. B. C. B. 1st XI Feb. 4-Clayesmore School (away) Won 4-3 Feb. 8-Exeter School (away) Won 6-z Feb. II-Kelly College (home) Won I2-2 Feb. I5-Allhallows School (home) Won 6-2 Feb. IS-King's School, Bruton (home) Won I3-I Feb. 22-Taunton School (home) Won 4-2 Feb. 29-Millfield School (home) Won 3-I Mar. 3-Taunton Vale H.C. (home) Won 3-2 Mar. I4-R.N.C., Dartmouth (away) Drawn 2-2 Mar. 2I-Hockey Association XI (home) Lost 0-6 Mar. 24-0ld Aluredians (home) Won 2-I Played II. Won 9· Lost r. Drawn r. Goals for: 55· Goals against: 24.

'A' XI Jan. 28-Q.E.S., Crediton (away) Won 6-I Mar. 7-Taunton Vale H.C. (home) Lost I-2 Played 2. Won r. Lost r. Drawn o. Goals for: 7. Goals against : 3.

2nd XI Feb. 8-Exeter School (home) Won 4·-3 Feb. II-Q.E.S., Crediton (home) Won 2-I Feb. I5-Allhallows School (away) Lost I-4 Feb. IS-King's School, Bruton (home) Won 4-0 Feb. 22-Taunt9n School (away) ... Drawn I-I Feb. 29-Millfield School (away) Drawn I-I Mar. 3-Clayesmore School (home) Won 6-z Mar. Io-Bristol G.S. (home) Won 6-o Played 8. Won 5· Lost r. Drawn 2. Goals for: 25. Goals against: I2.

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Senior Colts Scorers for the 'A' XI were: Feb. 4-Clayesmore School (away) Drawn I-I J. G. Lobb-s; J. A. Carnegie, Ashton, D. S.-I each. Feb. IS-Allhallows School (home) .. . Won 3-I Feb. IB-King's School, Bruton (home) Won Scorers for the Senior Colts were : Feb. 3--0 29-Millfield School (home) .. . Won 6--a Akigbogun-8; Hughes (i)-4; Holland (iii)-2; Gilchrist, Reynolds Mar. Io-Bristol G.S. (home) Won 4-0 (ii), Hill-r each. Played 5· Won 4· Lost o. Drawn I. Scorers for the Junior Colts were: Goals for: I7. Goals against: 2. La Touche-n; Hatfield-ro; Vodden--6; Hilliar, Starling-2 each. Junior Colts The following colours were awarded: Jan. 28-Q.E.S., Crediton (away) Lost I-3 rst XI (re-awarded): R . Blake. Feb. 8-Exeter School (away) Lost I-4 Feb. II-Q.E.S., Crediton (home) Won I-0 Ist XI: R. Wadland, C. E . Webber, J. G. Lobb, R. B. L. Os born, Feb. IS-Allhallows School (away) Won 10--0 T. T. Barnes, J . A. Carnegie, A. R. Daryabegi, C. A. Feb. 29-Millfield School (away) Won I3-0 Klinkenberg, G. H. Roblin. Mar. 3-Clayesmore School (home) Won 5-0 2nd XI: Wilkinson, G. J ., Ashton, D. S., Cowap, G. J ., Bellamy, Played 6. Won 4· Lost 2. Drawn o. C. D. Goals for : 3 i. Goals against : 7. Colts : Craggs, Holland (iii), Smith (iv), Hughes (i). The .following represented the rst XI: J. B. C. Brown, R. Blake, R. Wadland, J. G. Lobb, C. E. Webbcr, R. B. L.. Osborn, J. A. Carnegie, T. T. Barnes, A. R. Daryabegi, K.C.C.C. C. A. Klinkenberg, G. H. Roblin, Wilkinson, G. J ., Mackeson, P., Cowap, G. J, 1st XI "HAVE made a good effort, and show promise," is a fair report on the The following represented the 2nd XI : Ist XI for I956, who won 2 games, lost 3, with 5 drawn and 3 A .. ~· Daryabegi, G. H. Roblin, Mackeson, P ., Cowap, G. J., scratched owing to weather. Of the drawn games, one was in our favour, W1lkinson, G. J., Bellamy, C. D., Ashton, D. S., Hughes (ii), one against, and three in the balance. The scores of matches are set M.oo~e, Lloyd, Perry, Bulloch (i), Bulloch (ii), Hillier, Maltby, out at the end and will give the reader a detailed picture of how the D1ckinson, Bolitho. games went. There are, however, a few general points worthy of note. The ground fielding was patchy: it should not be necessary, in a The following represented the Senior Colts: young XI, for the Captain to need to "hide" two or three "non-benders." Holland (iii): Cra~gs, Smith (iv) •. Hughes (i), Akigbogun, Twose, The throwing was good, although rather a long time was spent in Reynolds (u), Hill, Slaney, Gilchrist, Prew Michael Curry, "winding-up" here and there. Catching was excellent--Some really Williams, Harries. ' ' good ones were taken: honourable mention should be given to Blake, Barnes, Roblin and Osborn. The following represented the Junior Colts: Bowling was the weak link. Blake again had to bowl too much, Vod~en, Adam, Hatfield, La Touche, Stoneman, Taylor (iii), and was often unfortunate. He tends to move the ball too much in the Starling, ~~~liar, Osborn (ii), Glover (i), Yule, Klinkenberg (ii) , air and so misses everything. He frequently bowled about IS avers for Reynolds (m), Kay, Younger, Sherley-Price. between 20 and 30 runs..-his best performance was 4 for I6 in I6 avers v. Somerset Stragglers. Bellamy was consistent and put up some good Scorers for the rst XI were : performances in the early half of the term--6 for 32 v. King's, Bruton, and 3 for 9 v. Allhallows. Twose came on well during the second half. J. G. Lobb-22;}. A. Carnegie-I9; R. B. L. Osborn-n; R. Wadland-2; T. T. Barnes-I. He is still rather inclined to overpitch for a quick bowler, and so proved expensive on occasions. His four wickets for no runs (including a hat­ trick) against University Scorers for the 2nd XI were : College, Oxford, was one of three occasions when he took 3 wickets in one over. The spinners had a lean season: Hillier-s; Ashton, D. S., Moore, Bulloch (ii)-4 each; R. Blake, the wickets were hard, but for anyone who gives the ball "a bit of air" Hughes (ii), Lloyd-2 each; Cowap, G. J ., Bulloch (ii)-I each. and bowls a length there are plenty of wickets going begging. 18 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

Blake, Hillier, Champion and Twose were responsible for most of the runs, and Osborn showed that h e is reliable in a crisis. The batting was sound rather than spectacular. Blake's 125 not out in ros minutes KING'S COLLEGE v. Westbury-on-Trym was the highlight. 1st XI v. MASTERS' XI MASTERS' XI KING'S COLLEGE On the whole the XI came through the season as well as could be expected. It was a very young R- H . Dakin cHillier b Blake ... 0 T wose lbw b Dakin . .. 26 side, and the gaps left by those who G. D . R. J . Hillier c Davey departed last season were numerou W . Morgan (Capt.) c Bames b b James 31 s and large. The prospects for next Blake 9 T. T . Barnes b Dakin ...... 1 season are quite good. Team spirit was excellent: Blake's captaincy c. W. James c Roblin b Bellamy 5 Champion lbw b James 5 over the season has been excellent also. He has not spared himself in P. V. Harvey b Trott 56 Osborn b James . .. 5 any way, and has combined a sound tactical knowledge with the ability M. J .. Jordan b Bellamy ... 9 Fussell b Dakin .. - 16 to get the best W. Gooderham lbw b Bellamy 0 Waiters b Dakin .. . 9 out of the rest of the XI. It is his fourth season, and he H . R. Padfield c Bellamy b Hillier 26 R. Blake (Capt.) c Morgan b is the last of a group of really good cricketers who have left during the Rev. E. S. Reddish run out -- - 13 James 9 last three or four years. Hillier fulfilled his secretarial duties efficiently, A. Davey not out ...... 15 Roblin, G. H ., not out ... 6 as did Wansbrough as scorer. J . B. C. Brown c Bellamy b Trott 0 Trott not out . . . 6 P . D. Dourday b Twose ... 0 Bellamy, C. D ., did not bat. These notes would be incomplete without mention of the O.A.'s Extras ... 3 Extras 4 match. A strong XI arrived to avenge a sequence of defeats. Although the College scored r85, the O.A.'s lost only 3 wickets making the runs. Total 136 Total (for 8 wkts) 118 "George" Elliot's century gave considerable pleasure to everyone present, 0. R . W . Av. 0. R. w. Av. even the bowlers ! R- Blake 7 24 2 1·2.0 R. H. Dakin 19 37 4 9.3 c. w. J. Bellamy, C.D. 10 43 3 14.3 A . Davey 4 16 0 o.o Trott 7 46 2 23.0 C. W . James _.. 14 58 4 14 .5 The Pelicans D. R . J. Hillier 4 20 1 20.0 H . R. Padfield 1- 3 0 0 .0 Twose ... 1 0 1 0.0 The Pelican matches have again been very pleasant affairs. We Played on 13th June. managed to beat Westbury after being set rg6 to get in two hours. Old Result : Match Tauntonians beat us for the first time for some years. Three matches drawn. were drawn, against University College, Pembroke College, and the Somerset Dragons. All were good matches. We finished the season on a high note against Eltham College, on tour. Neither side gave much away, and we only managed to win after a close finish. KING'S COLLEGE 1st XI v . KING'S SCHOOL, BRUTON c. w. J. KING'S COLLEGE KING'S SCHOOL, BRUTON The . Baker Cup Twose lbw b Miller .. . 8 Brett c Osbom b Bellamy 2 D. R. ] . Hillier b Miller ... 22 Watson b Blake 1 -This year the Pelicans reached the last eight, but were put out in the R. Blake (Capt.) b Cannmg ... 45 Miller b Bellamy 0 third round by Taunton 'B,' who later lost to Wiveliscombe in the Final. T . T . Bames c Galla_naugh b Gifford c Hillier b B ellamy 7 The side did not really find its form this year, and gave a rather dis­ Canning 7 Canning lbw b Bellamy 0 appointing performance Champion b Miller 19 Halt (Capt.) b Fussell 20 all round. Osborn lbw b Gifford 13 Girdlestone b B ellamy 46 Fussell lbw b Evans 7 Evans c Bames b Blake 20 Gratias Waiters lbw b Gifford 6 Moore c Hillier b Bellamy 7 Roblin, G . H . , c Gallanaugh b R ead not out 2 Mr. Davey has had a trying season to contend with, owing to the Canning 13 Gallanaugh not out 2 shortage of rain and the ban on hoses. He has been undismayed, how­ Trott b Canning 21 ever, and has contrived to give us good wickets most of the time Bellamy, C. D ., not out 1 , and Extras certainly none that sound batting could not deal with. The constant 21 Extras 13 wear of recent years has put a severe strain on the turf, and there is little Total 183 Total (for 9 wkts) 120 doubt that a little growing weather is sorely needed. Our sincere thanks go to him for his unceasing work. The catering has again been all 0 . R. w . Av_ 0. R. w. Av. that could be desired, and is so unobtrusively Miller 24 47 3 15.7 R . Blake 20 30 2 15.0 efficient that it is in danger Gifford .. . 13 51 2 25.5 Bellamy, C. D . 19 32 6 5.3 of being taken for granted. We must also give a word of thanks to the Evans 15 41 1 41.0 Champion .. . 4 21 0 0 .0 Masters, who spend so much time umpiring, a nerve-racking task. A Canning 5 23 4 5.8 Fussell ... 7 14 1 14.0 last word for those who operate the scoreboard. They were practically D . R. J _ Hillier 3 10 0 0.0 perfect throughout the season, and thereby saved many a batsman f-rom Played on 20th June. the sad fate of seeing his boundaries being credited to the other fellow . Result : Match drawn.

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KING'S COLLEGE 1st XI v. QUEEN'S COLLEGE KING'S COLLEGE 1st XI v. R.N.C., DARTMOUTH KING'S COLLEGE QUEEN'S COLLEGE R.N.C., DARTMOUTH KING'S COLLEGE Twose c Griffiths b Venn 24 Griffiths b Bellamy 7 Bracelin c Roblin b Twose 29 P. F. W . Twose b Tyrrell 0 D . R. J. Hillier b Fonseka 13 Lerwill b Blake . . . 33 Endean c & b Blake 3 D. R. J . Hillier b Bracelin 0 R. Blake (Capt.) lbw b Venn 17 Hoad (Capt.) c Roblin b Blake 18 R. Blake c Davis b Tyrrell 6 T . T. Baroes b Venn 0 Fletcher c Blake b B ellamy 5 Chambers lbw b Blake 7 Tyrrell b Bellamy 0 Waiters, D. W . T ., b Bracelin 0 Champion lbw b Dyer 18 Venn b Bellamy . . . 32 P . J . Champion st Davis b Osboro lbw b Dyer 13 Sherborne c Roblin b Twose 6 Suter not out 2 Knapp c Waiters b Trott 2 Sherbome 28 Trott b Dyer 10 Fonseka, Kassim, Morgan, Dyer T . T. Bames lbw b Sherborne 5 Waiters b Venn 6 Daykin run out 38 and Mashhadi did not bat. Irwin not out 22 Os born, R. B. L ., lbw b Sher- Roblin, G. H. , b D yer 5 bome 8 Fussell b Mashhadi 15 Davis not out 2 Wilson and Farnfield did not bat. Trott, M. C., not out 7 Bellamy, C. D. , not out .. . 9 G. H . Roblin b Sherbome 3 E xtras 18 Extras ... 11 Fussell, M. L. , lbw b Sherborne 0 C. D. Bellamy not out .. . 0 To~! 148 Total (for 5 w~ts) 110 Extras 4 Extras 1-5 0. R. W. Av. 0. R. W . Av. (Total (for 7 wkts dec) 111 Total (for 9 wkts) 72 Mashhadi 6 28 1 28.0 R. Blake 15 32 3 10.7 Fonseka 13 40 1 40 .0 Bellamy, C. D. 11 46 2 23.0 0. R. w Av. 0. R. W. Av. 2. Venn 16 31 4 7.8 Champion 4 21 0 0.0 R. Blake .. . 10 34 1 34.0 T yrrell 8 21 10.5 Dyer 7 28 4 7.0 C. D. Bellamy 11 33 2 16 .5 Brace!in 7 9 2 4.5 Morgan 2 3 0 0.0 P . F . W. Twose 9 15 2 7.5 Sherborne 8 14 5 2.8 Played on 27th June: Trott, M. C. .. . 8 25 1 25 .0 Day kin 2 4 0 o.o Result : Match drawn. Endean 5 8 0 0.0 Played on 11th July. Result : Match drawn.

KING'S COLLEGE 1st XI v. WELLINGTON SCHOOL WELLINGTON SCHOOL KING'S COLLEGE Abrams c Fussell b Trot1; 16 P . F. W. Twose c Ashenden b Mawji c Roblin b Bellamy ,0 Colman 18 KING'S COLLEGE 1st XI v. SOMERSET STRAGGLERS C.C. Colman c Twose b Blake 1 D. R . J . & Hillier c b Russell 4 SOMERSET STRAGGLERS Byas (Capt.) c Blake b Trott .. . 59 R. Blake (Capt.) c Mawji b KING'S COLLEGE Hopley not out 69 Russell 0 Rev. J. Haywood c Osbom b P . F. W . Twose not out .. . 37 Dickson-Bates c Osbom b Twose 4 Waiters, D . W. T . b Painter ... 5 Blake 3 D . R. J . Hillier not out . .. 31 Russell c Roblin b Twose .. . 28 P. J . Champion c Byas b Colman 26 B. Childs-Clarke c Hillier b Blake 15 R. Blake (Capt.), P . J. Cham- Painter, Cubitt, Ashenden and T. T . Barnes b Painter .. . 0 Major C. E. Mumme b Twose 19 pion, Osborn, R. B . L ., T. T . Hawkins did not bat. Osborn, R. B . L., c Cubitt b P. Yates b Twose 9 Bames, Prew, Michael, Starling, Hawkins ... 29 Rev. R . Venn b Twose ... 12 Waiters, D. W. T ., and G. H . Trott, M. C., c Cubitt b Mawji . .. 0 G. Dyke run out . .. 0 Roblin did not bat. G. H . Roblin c Painter b Hawkins 7 J. Stevenson lbw b Blake 3 Fussell, M. L .• not out .. . 0 C. W . James (Capt.) not out 3 C. D. Bellamy c Ashenden b D. Wilkins b Blake 0 Hawkins 0 P. Williams b Twose 0 Extras ... 14 Extras 1 B. Hart b Twose 0 Extras 4 Extras •.• 2 Total (for 6 wkts dec) 191 Total 90 68 Total (for no wkt} 70 0 . R. w. Av. 0 . R. w . Av. R .' Blake 16 37 1 37.0 Russell 8 8 2 4.0 0. R. W . Av. 0. R. W. Av. C.' D . Bellamy 13 70 1 70.0 Hawkins 4.2 13 3 4.3 R. Blake 16 16 4 4.0 P . Williams .. . 12 27 0 0.0 P. F . W . Twose 9 38 2 19.0 Col man 13 38 2 19.0 P . F. W. Twose 15.1 48 5 9.6 C. W . James ... 4 12 0 o.o Trott, M. c. ... 8 32 2 16.0 Painter 7 16 2 8.o B . Hart 4 M 0 0.0 Mawji 5 14 1 14 .0 Rev. J . Hayward 3.3 7 0 o.o Played on 4th July. Played on 14th July. Result : Wellington School won by 101 run:s. Result : King's College won by 10 wickets.

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PELICANS v. TONE VALE PELICANS v. TAUNTON 'B'

PELICANS V. PEMBROKE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE PELICANS v. TAUNTON ST. ANDREW'S C.C. PELICANS PEMBROKE COLLEGE (BAKER CUP) Twose c Block b Hardcastle 0 Oscroft lbw b Dakin 6 D. R. J. Hillier b Hardcastle 0 Miller retired 50 TAUNTON S. ANDREW'S PELICANS R. Blake (Capt.) b Hardcastle ... 0 Eames b Blake 17 Bames c Beckett b Dakin 40 P. V. Harvey c Fisher b Coles ... 21 P . V. Harvey c Whittome b Hardcastle c Barnes b J ames 5 Underwood b Dakin · 0 G. V . Ledger not out 29 Pullan 47 Mead st Roblin b James 23 Mildon lbw b Blake 2 R. Blake not out 30 C. W. James b Pullan 50 MacDerrnott not out 9 Fisher (Capt.) lbw b . Dakin 16 C. W . James, R . H. Dakin, A. T . T . Barnes lbw b Pullan 0 Whittome not out H Ferdinando c Gooderham b Dakin 0 Davey, H. R . Padfield, G. W. Champion lbw b Hardcastle 24 Block, Geliot, Pullan and Turn- Branton b Dakin 0 Morgan, M. J . Jordan, W. Osbom run out 9 ball did not bat. Westlake c James b Dakin 13 Gooderham and Roblin, G. H ., R. H . Dakin b Pullan 3 Coles b Blake 0 did not bat. Roblin, G. H ., not out . .. 16 Willis b James 4 Bellamy, C. D. not out ... 7 Wyatt not out 0 Extras 6 Extras 4 Robinson b Dakin 1 Extras 2 Extras .. . 0 Total (for 9 wkts dec) 162 Total (for 4 wkts) 131 Total 78 Total (for 1 wkt) 80 0. R. w. Av. 0 . R. W . Av. Hardcastle 16 39 4 9.8 R. H . Dakin H 49 1 49.0 0. R. w . Av. 0 . R. W . Av. Whittome 9 34 0 0.0 Bellamy, C. D. 8 22 0 0.0 R. H. Dakin 7.2 44 7 6.3 Coles 5 41 0 0.0 Geliot 4 22 0 0.0 R. Blake 6 26 1 26.0 R. Blake 6 31 2 15.5 Fisher 6 25 0 0.0 Pull an 11 23 4 5.8 C. W. James ... 9 30 2 15.0 C. W. James 1 1 1 1.0 Westlake 1 14 1 14 .0 Block 6 38 0 0.0 / Played on 12th June. Played on 21st June. Result : Pelicans won by 9 wickets. Result : Match drawn. 24 c 21i THE ALURED I AN THE ALUREDIAN

PELICANS v. WESTBURY-ON-TRYM XL XI PELICANS v. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD WESTBURY-ON-TRYM PELICANS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PELICANS J . C. Hawkins b Blake 5 Twose run out 45 J . A. T. Beard c Barnes b Twose 28 P . F . W . T wose b Donne 0 H . D. Jackson b James 45 D. R . J . Hillier c Kelson b A. K . Mudnani b T wose . . . 1 P . V. Harvey (Capt.) b Wilkins 20 C. Sage st Roblin b James 54 Morgan 0 D. J . F. Hardwicke c Harvey b C. W . James c Cockrane b H ard- J . Thome (Capt.) st Roblin b R . Blake (Capt.) not out 125 Twose .. 72 wicke 26 James 34 C. W . James not out ...... 1 2 A. J . C. Cockrane (Capt.) lbw b D. R . J. Hillier not out ...... 48 J . D . Hodson c King b T wose 6 Champion, Osborn, M. J . Jordan, James ...... 7 P . J . Champion c Hardwicke b W . B . Kelson not out ... 26 Waiters, Roblin, G. H ., D. L. Owen b T wose 0 Duncan ... 19 D . Hart b James . . . 11 Bellamy, C. D ., and H . K. H . J . E . Donne c Os born b Twose . . . 0 T . T . Barnes b Duncan 8 H. J . Leaman, F . C. Tottle, G. King did not bat. J. E . Dun can st Prew b J ames . . . 14 R. H. Dakin not out · 11 Clark and W. J . Morgan did not D. Wilkins st Prew b James 4 Prew, Os born, R . B . L .. Waiters, bat. N. Corea n ot out H D . W . T ., and Trott , M. C. , Extras ... 14 Extras ... 14 D. J; Starling not out 4 did not bat. H. J . Corea did not bat. Total (for 6 wkts dec) 195 Total (for 2 wkts) 196 Extras 4 Extras . .. 3 0. R. w . Av. 0. R. w. Av. Total (for 8 wkts dec) 151 Total (for 5 wkts) 135 R. Blake 15 58 1 58.0 J . D . Hodson 14 59 0 0.0 Bellamy. C. D . 5 12 0 0.0 W . Morgan 13 80 1 80.0 0. R . w . Av. 0 . R . w. Av. C. W . James .. . 17 .4 87 •4 21.8 w . B . Kelson 7 43 0 0.0 P. F. W . T wose 17 36 5 7.2 J . E. Donne .. . 4 9 1 9.0 Twose 8 24 1 24.0 R. H . Dakin 7 22 0 0.0 D . J . F. P. J. Champion 4 19 0 0.0 Hardwicke 6 34 1 34. 0 Played on 30th June. C. W . James 16 54 3 18.0 D. Wilkins 6 26 1 26.0 R esult : Pelicans won by 8 wickets. Trott, M. C. . .. 2 16 0 o.o J . E . Duncan 10 44 2 22.0 A . J . C. Cockrane 6 19 0 o.o Played on Hth July. Result : · Match drawn.

PELICANS v. SOMERSET DRAGONS SOMERSET DRAGONS PELICANS PELICANS v. OLD TAUNTONIANS M. Walker c Trott b Dakin 7 P . F. W . Twose c R. Virgin b R. Virgin b Blake 13 Biddulph 0 PELICANS OLD TAUNTONIANS J. Hilton c Twose b Blake 50 P . V. Harvey c Roe b Biddulph 12 P. F . W . Twose b Davey 4 W. R. Williams c Padfield b Blake 54 G. Keith c James b Dakin 1 R. Blake (Capt.) c Eele b Bid- D. R. J . Hillier b Butler 38 D . Robinson b Dakin 1 B . Roe c Roblin b Twose 56 dulph ... 2 R. Blake (Capt.) b Haworth 11 J . Kennedy (Capt.) lbw b Dakin 24 P . Eele not out .. . 9 C. W. James c Roe b Smith .. . 27 C. W. James b Haworth ... - 1 D . St. G. Hazel! b Dakin . .. 1 J. Harris c Blake b Twose 0 P . J. Champion hit wkt b Bid- P . J . Champion st Hyde b G. McLennan b J ames 8 K. Biddulph c Blake b Twose 0 dulph 19 Haworth 19 A . Davey b Twose 16 B. Steer not out .. . 7 D. R. J. Hillier b Smith 5 R. H . Dakin b Butler 2 R. G. H yde b Twose 0 B. Virgin and R. Smith (C.apt.) Osborn, R. B. L ., lbw b Hilton 12 H. R. Padfield st Hyde b G. Tarr not out 1 did not bat. R . H. Dakin b Hilton . . . 0 Haworth 8 B . Butler not out 1 Trott, M. C., c Steer b Hilton 0 T. T. Bames c Kennedy b Wilkins 4 D . Wilkins and W . Haworth did G. H . Roblin not out 0 G. H . Roblin c Hyde b Haworth 0 not ·bat. C. D. Bellamy did not bat. Osbom, R. B . L .. run out 7 Extras 6 Extras 11 C. D. Bellamy not out 7 Extras 9 Extras 5 Total (for 7 wkts dec) 149 Total (for 9 wkts) BB Total 110 Total (for 7 wkts) 111 0. R. w. Av. 0. R. w. Av. R. H . Dakin 7 17 2 8.5 K Biddulph 10 24 4 . 6.0 0 . R. W . Av. 0 . R. w. Av. R. Blake 14 54 2 27.0 J . Harris 1 5 0 0.0 A. Davey 4 14 1 14.0 R. Blake 3 12 1· ~2 . 0 C. D. Bellamy 2 5 0 0.0 M. Walker 6 30 0 0.0 B. Butler 13 41 2 20.5 P . F . W . Twose 5 15 2 7.5 P . F . W . Twose 7 22 3 7.3 R. Smith 6 .17 2 8.5 W. Haworth 12.4 37 5 7.4 R. H . Dakin 10 43 3 14.3 C. W. James 13 45 0 0.0 J . Hilton 4 1 3 0.3 D. Wilkins 3 9 1 9.0 C. W. James ... 7 30 1 30.0 D. Bellamy 1 6 Played on 7th July. c. 0 o.o Played on 21st July . Result : Match drawn. Result : Old Tauntonians won by 3 wickets. 26 27 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

in Prew and Michael two batsmen who were prepared to attack t?e bowling. It was unfortunate that Michael's foot ailment prevented him PELICANS v. ELTHAM COLLEGE Br: MASTERS from playing as regularly as desired. PELICANS ELTHAM COLLEGE Allhallows were our next victims, and our victory was due very P. V. Harvey c R eynolds b Napier 0 R eynolds c Roblin b Blake 7 largely to some much more accurate bowling by both Wilkins and P . F. W . Twose c Napier b Avery 2 Levick b T wose 11 Thorose. Our batting called for a decent veil .rather than ho~our~ble R. Blake (Capt.) b Reynolds ... 10 Lockie c H illier b Blake . .. 7 mention. However, if the accuracy of the bowlmg could be mau1:ta.med C. W . James c ]ones b R eynolds 55 Moore st R ohlin b James 11 P. ] . Champion c Smith b Napier 12 ]ones c Roblin b Twose ... 1 and a spirit of determination added, there were no grounds for dJSmay. D. R. ] . Hillier b Bairstow 19 Napier (Capt.) c Hillier b T wose d But it was not to be . T . T . Bames b A very . . . 1 Smith b James 19 R. H. Dakin c & b Bairstow . . . 9 Stanley run out 4 Our following game, with Crewkerne School rst XI, was ~ new Waiters, D. w: T . , b Bairstow . . . 4 Bairstow lbw b James ... 0 fixture, and a very pleasant one, which we hope may appear m our G. H . Roblin c Wailer b Bairstow 0 Wailer not out 2 regular list. The visitors showed that our bowling was still not strong C. D . Bellamy not out 0 Avery lbw b James .. . 8 Extras 3 enough to break through watchful and determined batting, and tha~ bad Extras ... 10 fielding can be fully exploited to give many welcome runs and ultimate 115 88 victory.

0 . R. w. Av. 0. R. w. Av. An excellent 42 by Prew, who caused our opponents a lot of trouble, Napier 11 15 2 7.5 R . H . Dakin 5 17 0 o.o and 12 overs by Wilkins, in which he conceded only 20 runs and took A very 11 31 2 15 .5 R. Blake 12 13 2 6.5 4 wickets, were the highlights of the game with the Taunton C.C. 3rd Wailer 3 32 . o 0.0 P . F . W. Twose 8 37 3 12.3 XI. The visitors' captain showed us very clearly the value of a bowler Reynolds 7 .16 2 s.o C. W. James ... 4.2 11 4 2.8 Bairstow .. . 4.4 18 4 4.5 who can bowl a consistently good length at the wicket, and most of our batsmen had great difficulty in forcing him away. As always, this was Result : Pelicans won by 27 runs. one of our most popular and friendly fixtures. Memories of last year's triumphant victory over Exeter made us anxious to repeat the performance, and we nearly succeeded. Rainbow, in his best spell of the season, and Thorose, dismissed the opposition for 2nd XI 30, and we passed this total with the loss of only one wicket. Thorose Won 4· Lost 4· Drawn I. had the batsmen completely baffled by prodigious breaks both ways, and on at least one occasion appeared to startle himself more than his victim ! Once again we started the season clearly intending to enjoy our cricket and I think we can claim to have achieved this object. In many I would like to be able to pass over without comment the events of ways this year has been very like 1955. with the same mixture of success what I suspect will long be remembered as "that Wellington game~" but and failure, and with a standard of play varying from the distinctly good my conscience prevails. In this match the spectators on the Wellrngton to the unbelievably bad, not to say lunatic. We suffered a serious blow ground were able to watch the unusual spectacle of two teams both appar­ at the start when Roblin and Bellamy, both of whom we had come to ently determined to do their utmost to lose. We were the more deter­ look upon as life members, were promoted to the rst XI. However, we mined, so we had no reason to be dissatisfied with the result. One were delighted for their sakes and congratulate them on the way in which supreme example should give some idea of what I mean. Our opp~nents they have acquitted themselves in their more noble and dignified sur­ were batting and the striker had played the ball confidently to rmd-off, roundings. Our apprehensions about the gaps left by their departure were who fielded it cleanly. At this point the striker called loudly "One run," ill-founded, and worthy successors materialised, Prew in particular and stood stock still. His unfortunate opposite number dutifully set off emerging as a tower of strength both behind the stumps and with the bat. towards him at a brisk trot, and had nearly arrived when the ball was Here I must pay a tribute to Mackeson, who, as captain, has led the returned to the wicketkeeper. Both batsmen were now safely at the same team capably and put in so much patient hard work for us. end, and seemed to be chatting amicably, with a few of our team as inter­ ested, but quite inactive, spectators. Suddenly everyone appeared to by the Old Boys called for no general despondency, for Our defeat the situation and, amid simultaneous cries of ''Get back!'', it is not often that the 2nd XI has to face players of the calibre and ex­ appreciate "Don't rush it!", and "Other end," two things happened. perience of Giles. But one disturbing possibility did appear, which be­ "Hurry up!", returned like a bomb to the space which would have been came a certainty when in our next game we were defeated by Millfield The ball was by the bowler had he not been out of position, and the non­ on our own ground, and that was our bowling attack lacked sustained occupied accuracy and aggressive spirit. striker began the return journey to his own crease. He arrived with seconds to spare and then proceeded, in gratitude I suppose, to score 42 A convincing away win against West Buckland in miserable weather runs. Our batting was a depressing example of what can happen if too conditions was more encouraging, especially as we seemed to have found much reliance is placed in one man, who then fails to come off.

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The last fixtur ~ of all , against the S.F.I., Cannington, caused t he Finally, a word must b e said about the fi e l~in g . On one o r two selectors some considerable difficulty, as the examinations prevented n o occasions this was quite good, but for the most p art It. was below standard. less than ~v e of our regular members from taking part, and these included Defeat in the fin al m atch of the season was due entirely to bad the catchmg Captatn and Prew. So we took the field with fi ve untried m en in the and indifferent ground fi elding a nd throwing. This should b team, e a salutary and played what to my mind was the most encouraging g ame of lesson to all. the season, for we proved that we could still do well even in the absence P. V . H. of _those on :vhom we had come to rely so much. Under the able leader­ ship_of Wilkins, we beat. the!fi by two runs. Much credit is due to Wilkins, Junior Colts for m a fine knock, which mcluded s even 4's and two 6's he scored 57 Matches played : 6. Won 2 . Lost 3· Drawn I . and then apparently tireless, went on to bowl a t otal of r'7 overs in tw ~ spells , taking 8 wickets for s6. This year there were no " old colours" left over from the previous season. However, a fter the new boy trials, it seemed that we And there it is . I fear that we have not profited from the lessons o should f have several u seful players. last season as I had hope?, but _if we .can l e ~rn t~ ~o this in time for 1957, and remember that playmg cncket IS not like ndmg a bicycle and that By the time the first match arrived we we re full of c onfidence. We constant practice is essential, then we can look forward to great ~ r success. certainly looked quite good-on paper. In the event, however, we found our first opponents, Taunton School (away) too strong for us, even M. F. J. though we succeeded in bowling them out for the mode.st t otal of 84-the first time they have failed to make over 100 runs agamst us for several Senior Colts seasons. Unfortunately, our batting collapsed, Sherley-Price and Osborn being the only batsmen to reach double figures. We could muste The Senior Colts had a moderat r only ely satisfactory season; they played 43 in reply. seven matches, of which three were won, two drawn, and two lost. We were not unduly depressed by this defeat, and in the next match A po~entially ·strong side was weakened by the removal to the rst XI against Allhallows (home) we ma~e 143 for 7 of wic~e ts declared (Bentley two of Its members. However, there was still a fair amount of talent 82, Gibson 27 not out), and we nghtly felt that victory which showed would be ours. good promise on occasions. ' But it was not to be, for we batted on too long after tea for them to make the runs or for us to bowl them out. They made The side was captained by D. Starling, who had a good season. He 68 for 7 at the close. co_ntrolle? the team well,. and set a fi~e example !n all aspects of the game. We next met Taunton School again, also away. This time th ~y His b<~.ttmg sho~ particular promise :. he strikes the ball beautifully, batted first and scored freely, declaring at 121 f?r 4 wic~ets . O~ce agatn and Will develop mto a good batsman If he can remember to move his we found the total too many against some fatrly hostile bowling, and, body all the time into the line of the ball. although we scored 75 this time, we lost by 46 runs. There were several individual petformances of merit. Curry played The following match against Exeter School (home) ~as _lost by 7 ?ne lusty innings again~t Qu~ e~ ' s <;oll ~ ge, Hughes developed as an open­ wickets. We made 97 for 8 at tea and then declared-this time, as It mg batsman, overc?mmg his mclmation ~o slash at anything near the happened, too soon. They made 98 for 3 wickets. off-stump _and learnmg to play down the line. He contributed largely to In the last two matches fortune a dra:w with Taunton School. Taylor had a very disappointing smiled on us at last. Against Mill­ season ; field (away) we scored 159 for occasiOnally he showed flashes of his ability, but most often 4 wi~kets, largely thanks to Trowe~ and he was out Pye adding 79 runs for the fifth Wicket . early. as a _result '?f faulty defence. . He has not yet le Our opponents were sk1ttled arnt the necessity out for 17, four of usmg his feet m every stroke, with the result that he is continually of which were byes! feeling for the ball with his bat. Smith has a very good eye and made The final match, against Wellington School (away), resulted in our a number of useful runs. His performance as a wicketkeeper ranged from second win-by ?s runs. Th~ ~cores were : King's College, 12_2; the competent Wel­ to the mediocre : he tends to snatch at the ball and is lington, 57· This was an exciting match for us, for we _ we~t m_to easily tea upset by adversity. at 82 for 9 wickets. After tea, Couch, and Glover (p~aying m his fi~t match, in the unavoidable absence of the The attack relied mainly on pace. Starling, regular wicketkeeper), latd Hughes, Curry and about the bowling, and, assisted by a quota Hat_field all produced good performances. Hughes' of extras, put on 40 more figures of 9 for 15 runs before Couch was run out attempting a third agamst Queen's College are particularly impressive. Hatfield run which was not was very there. unfortunate in having to miss the final matches of the season because of ~lness. His bowling is accurate and hostile. Stoneman, a very promis­ The reason for this somewhat lean season is that the team was a less m~ slow left-arm bowler, . had a lean season on the persistently rock-like mature side than last year's, and the ~atting !~ss solid against s_om~ ~ood Wickets, but he had sufficient success to suggest his potential ability. He bowling, although there were _fro~ time to tim ~ some good mdividual must, however, learn to spin the ball rather more than at present. scores. Our bowlers toiled mightily, often hurlmg the ball down at a 30 31 THE ALUREDIAN THE AL U REDIAN

great pace, but, " assisted" by the wicketkeeper, proved expensive! In by the Woodard. In the Junior, Pye won a ve ry closely-fought race all fairness, however, it must b e said that there were times when thev from Chubb and Vickars, while in the Senior, Brockhouse w on from were most unlucky, particularly in the match against Taunton Schoof. Hughson. where the bowlers had the o pposition groping uncomfortably, o nly just getting an edge of the bat in the way in time, or else popping up catches At the beginning of the Summer T erm it was dec.ided that the Stan­ just short of a fielder. The s teadiest of all the bowlers was Sherley­ dards for the Discus, J avelin and Shot should be rev1sed. Th1s e nabled Price, whose r6 wickets for 88 in the s ix matches was a very good per­ both the "Colt" and "Junior" groups to have standards for these events. formance. It must be stressed that speed is no substitute for accuracy Excellent weather provided plenty o f opportunities for standa.rds and of length and direction. Bowlers of 14 or 15 years of age cannot expect practice. The Bishop Fox, in spite of a s erious challenge, r etamed the to begin at the point reached b y Miller and Lindwall in their prime! Standards Cup. The fielding of the whole team was usually very good indeed, and The Senior events saw some very close competition. T. T. Ba~es few, if any easy catches fell to the ground. In this connection the name gained four notable v ictories b y w inning the ~oo yards, ~ 20 yards, high of Gibson springs to mind for his excellence in this most important jump and hurdles, and for his fine e ffort gamed the VIctor Ludorum. department of the game. His picking up was clean, and his throwing J . R. Brockhouse won the mile and half-mile. in to the wicket full toss or first bounce was admirable. But there were In the Junior events one athlete v irtually d?minat ~ d the scene. D . J . many others who were almost as good. Starling broke four records-the roo yards, With a time of ro.g secs. ; The batting, as has been said, was not as solid as had been hoped, 220 yards in 24.1 secs .; and, as if this was not enough, he also lowered but mention must be made of Bentley. When he had gained confidence the records for the 440 yards and the long jump: D. J . E . Curry .won after the first match he co.uld always be relied on to produce a good the Junior mile and high jump and R. C. Chnstmas broke the d1scus score. His 82 against Allhallows had much in it to admire, and he played record. several other innings of merit. He proved to be a good captain: keen, The Colts 4 x IOO yards relay was won by the Meynell team in a efficient, and generous in his appreciation of runs scored by opposing closely-fought race, while in the Senior r elay the Woodard retained the batsmen-Often off his own b owling. On his day, he can bowl very well cup. indeed, but he would do well to use himself in shorter spells, for at present he tiles easily. Others who batted well and showed considerable promise The full results were as follow :- were: Gibson, who, after a few anxious moments early in his innings, roo Yards (Open)-r, T. T. Bames; 2, R. Blake; 3. G. J . Wilkinson. played carefully, and made several useful contributions to the total; Time : ro.g secs. Philippe, although he never made more than r6 runs in an innings, is potentially a very good left-handed bat, and one who will, I am sure, roo Yards (Colt)-I, D. J. Starling; 2, R. C. Christmas; 3. C. R. Eagle. " come off" before long; Osbom has the makings of a useful, steady Time : ro.g secs. (a new School record). batsman, without being spectacular; Trowel! does not at the moment 220 Yards; (Open)-r, T . T. Bames; 2, G. J . Wilkinson; 3, R. Blake. perhaps possess the patience or sufficiently sound technique. He is hap­ Time : 23.9 secs. piest when he can take the bowling by the scruff of the neck. This policy C€(rtainly paid on one occasion at least, when he made 42 not out. 220 Yards (Colt)-r, D. J . Starling; 2, M. R. Martin; 3, R. C. Christmas. Time : 24 . I s ecs . (a new Se hool record). In conclusion, our thanks are due to Kemble, who scored for us so neatly. 440 Yards (Open)-r, R. Blake and J. R. Brockhouse; 3, C. E . Webber. Time H. K. H. K. : 57.2 secs. 440 Yards (Colt)-r, D. J . Starling; 2, M. R. Martin; 3. P. L. Chubb. Time: 54·3 secs. (a new School record). K.C.A.C. 88o Yards (Open)-r, J. R. Brockhouse; 2, S. J . Gill ; 3. C. E . Webber. Time: 2 mins. 8 secs. illS season has proved to be a very successful one. For not only 88o Yards (Colt)-I, M. R. Martin; 2, D. J . E . Curry; 3. P. L. Chubb. T have there been some very fine individual performances, but the Time: 2 mins. 20.2 secs. competition and interest shown in athletics has risen throughout the School. Mile (Open)-r, J. R. Brockhouse; 2, R. Laidlaw Smith; 3, P. L. Side. Time : 4 mins. 59 secs. The Lent Term brought with it the Steeplechases, and, although these are usually connected with mud and rain, this year proved to be excep­ Mile (Colt)-r, D. J. E. Curry; 2, A. D. F. Pye; 3. P. L. Chubb. Time : tionally dry. It seems traditional for the Bishop Fox House literally to 5 mins. 14·9 secs. "run away" with this event. But this time they had to struggle and, 120 Yards Hurdles (Open)-r, T. T. Bames; 2, C. E . Webber; 3, P. R. B. although they eventually came out the victors, they were closely pursued Moore. Time: 17.3 secs.

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120 Yards Hurdles (Colt)-r, P. M. Stamp; 2, T. J . Nutt; 3 . M. C. King's, for D. J. Starling a nd T. T. Barnes took first and se~o nd places. Harris. Time : r8 secs. But Clayesmore soon took the lead by getting first places m the shot, 88o yards and high jump. The long jump and discus put both teams a t High Jump (Open)-r, T. T . Barnes; 2, J . A. Carnegie; 3 . the same scores and then Kin g's went on to win the 220 yards, hurdles, 0. Akigbogun. He ight: sft. 2!ins. 440 yards, mile and relay, and as a result obtained a hard won victory High Jump (Colt)-r, D. J . E . Curry; 2, M. R. Martin ; 3. P. B. Hilliar. by 6o points to 44 · Height : 4ft. roins. The full results were as follow :- Long Jump (Open) : r , G. J . Wilkinson; 2, C. A. Klinkenberg and G. ]. K. C. Cowap. Distance: rgft. oins. roo Yards-I, D. J . Starling (K); 2, T. T. Barnes (K) ; 3· B. L. Long Jump (Colt)-!, D. J . Starling; 2, P . B. Hilliar; 3, R. W. Hughes. Morgan (C). Time : ro.g secs. 8 I Distance: rgft. gins. (a new School record). Shot-I, J . C. C. Osborne (C) ; 2, J . Armstrong (C) ; 3. J. R . Javelin (Open)-I, C. A. Klinkenberg; 2, F . E. To; 3, P. R. B. Moore. Perry (K) . Distance: 45ft. I 8 Distance : II4ft. oins. 88o YardS-!, J. C. Garnett (C) ; 2, J. R. Brockhouse (K); Javelin (Colt)-.r equal : T. J . Nutt and M. L. Fussell; 3, P. F . I. Cole. 3. R. R. S,piney (C) . Time : 2 rnins . 7.6 secs. 3 6 Distance: II6ft. oins. High Jump-!, N. U . L. Robinson (C) ; 2, T. T. Barnes (K) ; Discus (Open)-r, J. R. Perry; 2, F. N. J . Davies; 3, C. M. Reis. 3, D. J . Curry (K) . Height: 5ft. 2!ins. 4 5 Distance: 102ft. 4ins. Long Jump-I, D. J. Starling (K) ; 2, B. L. Mo~gan (C); 3· Discus (Colt)-r, R. C. Christmas; 2, D. J . E. Curry; 3. T. J. Nutt. N. U . L. Robinson (C) . Distance : rgft. ro!ms. 5 4 Distance: IIOft. 7ins. (a new School record) . Discus-!, F . N. J. Davies (K); 2, J . C. C. Osborne (C) ; 3. Shot (Open)-!, J . R. Perry; 2, C. A. Klinkenberg; 3. G. J. Wilkinson. J . R. Perry (K) . Distance: II8ft. Bins. 6 3 Distance : 37ft. 4ins. 220 YardS-!, T. T. Barnes (K) ; 2, R. Blake (K) ; 3. W. A. G. Shot (Colt)-1 ~ C. A. W. Martin; 2, R. C. Christmas; 3. P . F . W. Twose. Cumming (C). Time: 24.1 secs. 8 I Distance: 33ft. 4iins. IIO Yards Hurdles-!, C. E. Webber (K) ; 2, N. U . L. Robin- Medley Relay (220, 440, 88o, 220) (Open)-!, Woodard; 2, Meynell; son (C) ; 3, E . H . Jackson (C). Time: 14·9 secs. 5 4 3. Fox. Time: 4 mins. 440 YardS-r, D. J . Starling (K) ; 2, B. L. Morgan (C) ; 3. P . L. 4 x roo Yards Relay (Colt)-r, Meynell; 2, Fox; 3. Carpenter. Time : Side (K) . Time : 54.1 secs. 6 3 46.5 secs. Mile-I, J. R. Brockhouse (K) ; 2, J . C. Garnett (C); 3. C. J . Senior Sports Cup : Woodard. Hodgson (C) . Time : 4 rnins. 59 secs. 5 4 Colt Sports Cup: Bishop Fox. Relay (4 x IIO Yards)-!, King's College 5 0 Senior Relay Cup: Woodard. Standards Cup: Bishop Fox. Total 6o 44 Senior Victor Ludorum: T. T. Barnes. Colt Victor Ludorum: D. J . Starling. In the County Youth Athletics Meeting on July 7th, D. J. Starling gained a first place in the long jump, J. R. Brockhouse won the 88o yards During the remainder of the term several boys took part in outside and C. E . Webber gained a second place in the hurdles. . In the ~ll­ competition . . At the Somerset Schools' Games, F. N. J. Davies won England Inter-County Champions?ips, c;. E . Webber obtame? a third the discus and C. E. Webber won the hurdles, while D. J . Starling place in the IIO yards h~rdles vJlt_h a time of . 14.1 se_cs. , w~le D. J. obtained second place in the long jump and roo yards. Both C. E. Starling also gained a third pl~ce m ~he l~ng JUmp With a distance of Webber and F. N. J . Davies were asked to represent Somerset in the 2oft. 4! ins., which beat all his prevwus Jumps throughout the year. Five Counties Match at Poole; C. E . Webber gained a first place with a Eagle also represented Somerset in the relay. time of 14.8 secs. for IIO yards hurdles, while F . N. J. Davies gained a fourth place in the discus with a throw of 141ft. roins. Next year we hope to see great things in the realm of athletics, for we have some " young bloods" who obviously promise well for the future. On June 26th an athletics match against Clayesmore School took Finally, our thanks must go to Mr. Morgan for all he has done and for place. The first event of the afternoon, the roo yards, boded well for arranging so much competition. 34 35 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

Wilkinson. As a result of these matches, R. T. GJover was re-awarded, K. C.S. C. andPring and Wilkinson were awarded, their swimming colours. The School Swimming Sports were held on Friday, 27th July. The E came back to School with the prospects of a very good season, results were : - W.. o~ly to have them ?amped when we learnt that Savage would not be JOmmg us. But we still had two of last year's colourmen in W. A. M. Senior. Davies, the Captain, who led the side well, and R. T. Glover, the Secre­ 50 Yards Free Style-T, Wilkinson; 2, Lloyd; 3 (equal), Roblin and tary. Our first maJ:ch was against Queen's at their bath, and we lost by 25 Brown (ii). Time: 26 .2 secs. pomts .to 39, the only winners of events from King's being W. A. M. Davies, who won the diving, and R. T. Glover, who won the so yards 50 Yards Backstroke-!, Glover; 2, Brown (ii); 3. Osbom (i). Time: backstroke. Our next match, against Millfield, was our only home 31.7 secs. (equals record). fixture, and once more we lost by 23 points to 43· They were a very 50 Yards Breaststroke-!, Nutt (i) ; 2, Side; 3. Aristidou (i). Time: strong side, and succeeded in breaking two School records, the backstroke 36.6 secs. record by 2 secs. This time, the only event we won was the diving. We next swam against Wellington and had our first win, 48 points to 14. roo Yards Breaststroke-!, Davies (iii); 2, Nutt (i); 3, Side. Time: Now that they have had a filtration plant added and scune new diving I min. 35 ·5 secs. boards put in, it is an excellent bath. We won every event except for roo Yards Free Style-I, Glover; 2, Wilkinson; 3, Paton (i). Time: the Under IS! so Yards Free Style. The Meade-King was held two days s8.3 secs. after our match against Wellington, at Queen's. The results were:_ rso Yards Free Style-!, Glover; 2, Wilkinson; 3, Paton (i). Time: Open: 40 Yards Free Style-Queen's; Taunton; Wilkinson. I min. 35·3 secs. Time: 20-4 secs. Diving-I, Davies (iii); 2, Pring; 3, Hughson. Under n!: 20 Yards Free Style-Wellington; Dobney; Taunton. Time: 13.1 secs. Open Events. r8 Lengths-r, Dunham; 2, Beaumont; 3, Wilkinson. Open: 40 Yards Breaststroke-Queen's; Taunton; Martin (ii). Time: 6 mins. Time: 26.5 secs. 54 secs. Plunge-r, Davies (iii); 2, Green (ii); 3, Under 13!: 20 Yards Free Style-Taunton; Queen's; Wellington. Daryabegi. Distance: Time: rr.o secs. 42ft. 6ins. Open : 120 Yards Free Style-Queen's; Wellington; Taunton. Relay-!, Meynell; 2, Fox; 3, Alfred. Time: I min. so.s secs. · Time : 21.3 secs. Junior. Under rs!: 40 Yards Free Style-Taunton; Queen's; Vodden. so Yards Free Style-.r, Dunham; 2, Stoneman; 3, Vodden (ii). Time: Time: 22.3 secs. 28.0 secs. Open: 40 Yards Backstroke-Glover; Queen's; Taunton. 100 Yards Free Style-!, Dunham; 2, Paton (ii); 3, Stoneman. Time: Time: 25.4 secs. 63.3 secs. Open : Diving-Davies and Pring, IIJ; Queen's, II3; Taunton, II2. 150 Yards Free Sty}e-I, Dunham; 2, Chard; 3, Paton (ii) . Time: Open: 4 x 40 Yards Free Style Relay-Queen's; King's (Lloyd, r min. 47 secs. (NEW RECORD.) Dunham, Glover, Wilkinson); Taunton. so Yards Backstroke-!, Hennessy; 2, Chard; 3, Martin (i). Time: Time: 8J .o secs. 31.3 secs. (NEW RECORD.) Result: I, Queen's; 2, Taunton; 3, King's. so Yards Breaststroke-!, Starling; 2, Beaumont; 3, Thomas. Time: The Meade-King was held on a Friday, and on Saturday we swam 33·3 secs. against Kingswood School, Bath, and, although some of our swimmers roo Yards Breaststroke-!, Beaumont; 2, Twose; 3, Starling. Time: went to the dance the night before, we won by 56 points to 29. This sr.r secs. (NEW RECORD.) match was peculiar, in that we swam a complete Junior team. The win­ Diving-!, Osbom (ii); 2, Curry; 3, Nutt (ii). ners for King's were: Davies, Glover (two events), Wilkinson, Dunham, Beaumont and Hennessy. We were the first team from King's ever Finally, we are very grateful to Sergt.-Major Gooderh.am for spend­ to visit Kingswood, and we were very favourably impressed. Our last ing so much of his time and patience in training us; we wish that we had match was against R. N. C., Dartmouth (away), and, as was to be ex­ been able to reward him with better results. pected, we lost by 29 points to SI. The only winner for King's was R. T. G.

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In the classification this summer the standard required for a rst­ class shot was raised considerably; this may be shown by the compara­ K.C.T.C. tively few rst-class shots compared with previous :years. But the number E were unfortunate this season in that our fixtures against Millfield of marksmen increased from 19 last year to 23 this summer. W School, Kelly College and King's School, Bruton, had to be aban­ For the Officers' Shooting Cup Competition, which h~ J;> een held doned for various reasons, leaving us with only three matches in all. this term,· the 23 marksmen shot a preliminary round consistmg _of an Nevertheless, we hope to renew the fixtures next season and to play our " N S.R.A. (tin hat) target," and from those 23 people the four highest full complement of matches. quaiifying for the nnal were _Paton , Stagg, Lobb :rnd Samuelson. ~he As usual, we started our season with the match against the O.A. 's result was a win for Stagg with 312 out of 342, With Paton second With on 2rst May, tennis being one of the customary sports in which the School 308 and Lobb third. and the O.A.'s clash over the Whitsun week-end. The O.A.'s produced Next term we hope to have five of last ye~r's V~II left, and so we their strongest team for some time and King's were hard put to win their will be able to start shooting as a team almost Immediately. games. The weather made the day even more enjoyable and, as the Finally, we must thank Mr. M~jor Goo~erham shades of evening lengthened, the match had regrettably to come to an Cocksedge, and ~he relay of target boys for all their co-operation, without which the runmng end with the O.A. 's leading by four games to three with two unfinished. of the VIII would not have been possible. On 27th June we visited Queen's College to play in what proved to D. R. ]. H. be another close and hard-fought match. Victory was for us this time, but only by the narrow margin of five games to three, with one unfinished. Four of the games went to three sets, and steadiness and patience were the essential qualities needed. The weather was too warm for comfort! C. C. F. Notes Last in the season came a challenge from Bishop Fox's Girls' School, and a very pleasant afternoon's tennis ended in a win for King's by seven HE Plasterdown Camp is no longer experimental. In January last, games to two. T the third, and by far the most successful camp was held. T~e~e was The following played for the Tennis VI during the term: J. B. C. no snow, only rain, and we did not have to rely on the ~y s made­ Brown, Briggs, Lloyd, Soo, Tchao, Reis, Whitehead, Maltby. The quate bivouac tents, as there were enough of our own des1gn. Each of main failing of all of them was a lack of steadiness, which lost us almost the three sections took part in two twenty-four hour schem~s. We were as many games as our opponents' good play. Practice, more practice, and able to fly visitors over the area in which we were ?perating-th~ only still more practice is the only answer. way in which a spectator can watch unless he walks s1x or seven miles. J. B. C. B. At Plasterdown we had the honour of a visit by the G.O.C. South Western District, Major-General Sixsrnith,. who ~spected the camp, _was entertained to lunch, and watched a section domg ropework on VIXen K.C.M.R.C. Tor. It is, perhaps, the General's visit-his sacrifice of a whole day ~rom what must be a very heavy programme-that sets the seal on ITH only one leaver at the end of the Michaelmas Term, we were our achieve­ ments. However, now that Lord Rowallan has re~ded soon able to get down to a full list of fixtures. In the Lent Term, the . C.O. of W one or two of the more diabolical schemes m out of a total of 23 matches, he used the Cairngorms we won IS and lost 8. In the "Country during the war, we can be sure that the Life" Competition we programme of training at the did extremely well under the new scoring system, next Plasterdown will not be merely routine. obtaining 829 out of a possible 912, but not well enough to win the cup; this was mainly due to the lack of concentration on the "Grouping The increased attention given to the question of instruction is n?w Targets." Out of r6o entries we came 30th. Congratulations toP. H. L. paying dividends, an~ it seems _reasonable to expect tha~ we ~hall marn­ Toole on obtaining the possible. tain the present consistently high pass rate-about 70 Yo-m Part 11. Our average score for the Lent Term was 665 and personal averages, Any improvement here has a snowball effe~t, for the higher the pas~ ~te out of a possible go, were as follow :- in Part II the better and the more interesting can be the Cadre tra~nmg, and we shall produce N.C.O.'s of an even higher quality. There is no R. St. J. H. Stagg 86.0 D. B. Paton (Captain) doubt that Certificate 'A' will continue to need hard work, concentrated 85.7 effort and good instruction, but we know now that it can be done. D. R. J . Hillier 85 .2 P. H. L. Toole 84.0 The General Inspection went off very well indeed. The turn-out Christmas 82.7 was the best for many years, an~ the Inspecting Officer was .very im­ Lobb 82.4 pressed with the work of the contingent as a whole, and espec1ally that Taylor 8r.o of the instructors. Davies 79·5 The 'A' Company Field Day this term was excellent. Although Bulloch 78.r there were some minor mistakes of individual fieldcraft, the larger move-

38 39 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN ments of platoons over difficult ground were well carried out. The success In the personal sphere, hearty, though belated congratulations go to of the day can be put down to the extensive preliminary work of the A. W. J. Griffin, who was awarded his colours in January. These colours opposing commanders, who found aerial photographs of the area useful are extremely well deserved, for he has done much good work both in when making their plans. leading working-parties and as engineer i / c mixer. Now that the War Office is working on a scheme to introduce Out­ ]. H . Catlin has just been awarded his colours. We ~ongratulate ward Bound methods of training into the C.C.F., we can congratulate him and wish him the best of luck for next term, when he will be leader ourselves on having been well in the lead. Under-Officer Brown who of the Pioneers. is leaving this. term, has the distinction of having been in at the st~rt of It has been decided to introduce a form of long-service badge-an .. both the Survival craft and Cadre training. His work in the early stages inlaid pick and shovel on a silver shield. All present members are the accepted basis of both types. is still largely eligible. Forty people are going to camp, in Norfolk, this August. The pro­ We must regretfully say "Good-bye and good luck to all the gramme laid down seems to allow a good balance between demonstra­ colourmen save one-Stagg, who has led us so well for a year and nearly tion.s and actual field training. The Junior camp at Simonsbath will killed himself into the bargain; Wansbrough, his able '2 ifc' ; Bartlett agam be well attended, and, although it is not officially recognised, there and Griffin ; and from the ranks, Wynn-MacKenzie and Orchard. We are can be no doubt of the tremendous value of the training done there. grateful for all they have done. The senior N.C.O. 's at the end of the year were:_ Finally, a vote of thanks to Messrs. "Sid" and "Ern" for their help Under-Officer: ] . B. C. Brown. and professional advice, and most of all to Mr. Cocksedge for C.S.Ms.: D. B. Paton (i) (i/c Cadre); J. R. Brockhouse (ifc his unfiagging help, encouragement and hard work for us. Part II training). ]. A. B. S/Sgt. : R. St. ] . H. Stagg. Sgts .. : M.]. N. Baker; R. Blake; D.]. Dickinson; A. W. ] . Griffin; I. C. Kerr; R. C. Poulton; G. H. Roblin; P. L. Side; Rover Crew T. P. Wansbrough. T the first meeting of the Lent Term, ] . B. C. Brown was elected A Senior Rover Mate owing to the departure ofT. G. Jefford. In the consequent re-shuffle, R. C. Poulton was elected treasurer, T. P. Wans­ brough scribe and G. H. Roblin guardian of our spiritual affairs. J . A. Pioneer Notes Bartlett, G. Bulloch (ii) and C. M. Reis were elected to the crew. At the "Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice." beginning of the Summer Term, ~· M. Cl~bb was, in his absence~ elected scribe, T. P. Wansbrough havmg attamed School prefectship, and UR motto falls a little fiat this time, for the fruits of our labours are W. A. M. Davies and P. Kingman became members of the crew. O less obvious than usual. This is not because we have worked any It had been intended that the crew should come back early for the less hard, but because the Bursar has been hard put, owing to the Credit Summer Term and should help to build a new changing room. However, Squeeze, to supply us with a minimum of building materials. Recently, in February, the School authorities, who had greatly appreciated the however, the outlook has improved. offer, had to postpone the project. However, the crew were soon think­ The beginning of the Lent Term saw us engaged in the first stages of ing deeply and decided to go to Abergwesyn, in mid-Wales. An account construction of the new sand, gravel or coal bunker. We managed to of the camp will be found elsewhere in this issue. complete the floor before being obliged to stop. The rest of the term was While there, a cross-section was dug on a track which was supposed spent doing various small jobs, paint scraping, moving earth and the to follow the line of a Roman road. A most impressive road was found like. and its construction was recorded by photograph and diagram. Letters A party moved up to Fullands at the beginning of the Summer Term and photographs were sent to various authorities, who have shown great to build a drive to the Chaplain's front 'door. All went according to interest. As a result, two classicists of the School have gone to Llandrindod plan, and, meanwhile, back at School, more bricks soon became avail­ Wells to dig up a Roman fort. It is proposed that for camp next year able for the bunker walls. At the time of writing we are helping to con­ we make more extensive investigations in this field. vert Room 20 into a changing room. Next term we hope to be laying The main meeting of the term was on the occasion of a talk by Mrs. the foundations of a new set of workshops. Richardson, I.H.Q. Commissioner for Handicapped Scouts. The County Our annual excursion this year was to Bridgwater, where we saw Commissioner, Major-General Slater, and the District Commissioner, Mr. the beginnings of an extremely impressive bridge over the Parret. We Harbud, were also present. Mrs. Richardson first gave an extremely had tea at the top of Buncombe on the way home. May we take this interesting talk on the work done for handicapped Scouts and on some opportunity of thanking the Headmaster for a very enjoyable afternoon? of the difficulties that are overcome by these Scouts. She then introduced 40 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

a French film on this subject, which was every bit as excellent as her minutes, stones were discovered, which , when the trench had been dug introduction of it. It included shots of the most remarkable activities of until it was about 15 feet l ong, turned out to be part of a Roman road. a troop of blind Scouts who climbed a sizeable cliff, guided only by a A cross-section was made, showing the g utters, the k ~ rb-ston es and. the rope and a handbell. general method of construction, and a report of the discovery has smce Also during the Lent Term there were two first-aid practices, when bee n sent to the Department of Archa:ology in Cardiff. ''victims'' with the most complicated injuries were treated on the Meynell By no means the least of our activities in camp was that of rescuing landing and then brought down stairs on a stretcher. The unfortunates various motherless lambs w hich were wandenng a round the moor. The were duly re-treated for shock at th • e bottom. first one caused more than a little trouble, as we were none of us ex­ The crew has remained passive for most of the Summer Term, ex­ perienced in baby-craft. However, after a long struggle, it sudde~ly cept for the occasional service, because of the certificate examinations. began to co-operate a little, and was feci through a s.mall glass.tube wh:ch However, on Speech Day there was an exhibition of photographs of recent was made for administering nose-drops. It sJept m a sleepmg bag for camps, together with a large map of Western Europe, which showed the the night, and might have been adopted h~d not more lambs been brought sites of the camps. The film of the Cairngorm Expedition, "The Way to in. Rather than turn into a sheep farm, It was deCided that It was better Adventure," was also shown to a full house. At the last meeting of the to hand over all livestock to the farmer, which was done in due course. term, R. C. Poulton was elected Senior Rover Mate for next term, filling Altogether, we claim to have saved the lives of some seven lambs in ten the vacancy caused by the departure of J. B. C. Brown, who has for days. many years rendered excellent service to the group. On the last night, the whole party desce~ded upon Llanwrtyd Wells In conclusion, we must thank Miss Crockett for inscribing a leather­ for a final meal in a hotel : it was a most enJoyable climax to what was bound book in which in . future all new members of the crew will sign an interesting and fruitful camp, and it was therefore quite late before their names. we returned to camp for the last night un~er canvas. Earl.y t.he next D. M. C. morning we all split up to return to our vanous homes, all W!shmg that somewhere, and somehow, we can get together again, in the Crew or in WELSH CAMP-APRIL, 1956 the O.A. Scout Guild, for another equally enjoyable ten days' camping. It was. not the original intention of the crew to go to camp at all: we had planned to build a new changing room in the School, but un­ foreseen difficulties arose, the project had to be postponed, and an alterna­ tive was sought. As a result, we agreed to go on a camp in the Welsh 19 mountains, with enjoyment as our main objective. A site was picked Speech Day, 56 haphazardly from a map, and immediately after the end of term a party PEECH Day this year was held on Friday, 8th June. . . of twelve boys and three masters left for the Abergwesyn Va!Jey, near S Fortunately, the weather, which had been rather dubious earlier Llanwrtyd Wells, with the inevitable Land Rover and plenty of food on in the morning, cleared up in time for the first ceremony of the day, and equipment. the inspection of the Guard of Honour at 12 o'clock. There were many aspects of the camp : we split roughly into two Our Guest of Honour was Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout. He sections, and one of these, consisting of Lobb, Kerr, Blake and proved a very popular guest by virtue of his vivacity and sense of fun, Bulloch (i), was rather more active than the other, disappearing almost especially while he was inspect~g the Guard every day to the Elan Valley reservoir, or to the village of Tregaron, or to and .the ~and . Eager to show the outward and visible sign of our strong ties With the cause of Llanwrtyd Wells. They seemed to have an insatiable desire to be on the Scouting here at King's, we had the main square lined with members of move, and spent several nights away from base camp, one on the bank the Scout Troop from Pyrland Hall. of the Elan Valley reservoir and another in some old stables in the middle of Tregaron. Another expedition was that of Mr. Llewellyn, Brown and The customary Commemorative Service was held at a quarter-past Poulton, who went to look for the cave of a certain Twn Shon Catti. This two, and, as usual, the Chapel was packed. wonderful character was the Welsh equivalent of the English "Robin Hood," and his hide-out was indeed difficult to find. It was only with Once again our Provost, the Lord B!shop of Bath and Wells, ~as the invaluable help of a shepherd across the valley, who signalled to the regretfully unable to be with us for medical reasons, and !;O the VIce­ party with a hunting horn, that the cave-which was in itself rather dis­ Provost, the Archdeacon of Totnes, took the chair, as last year. appointing-was eventually found. Lord Rowallan distributed the prizes and gave a most stirring speech. Another expedition set out one afternoon with the firm intention of A vote of thank!; was proposed by His Worship the Mayor of Taunton discovering a Roman road in the mountains. Mr. Pytches chose a likely and was seconded by Mr. Pytches and Mr. Boyle. A s is 'traditional, the spot from the map, and drove Mr. Jordan, Mr. Llewellyn, Brown, Robin­ School Captain, J. B. C. Brown, brought the proceedings to a close by son and Poulton to it in the Land Rover. Digging began, and within ten calling for three cheers fo-r our Guest of Honour.

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We had several interesting Speech Day exhibitions this year. The and whether one day a vision will appear of the Mayor in cap and gown one sponsored by the Art Club was well up to its usual high standard inspired by a spirit from the past saying to the Aldermen, " Bend down, and drew many visitors. gentlemen, and take six of the best." The Photographic Society for its Speech Day project had arranged This School is now so big and its activities so varied that only very a competition with substantial prizes. The winning entries with many important events, such as the large number yle. reward and the absurdity of giving a man £zo with one hand Council, .P~r:ticularly the understanding and sympathy of our Custos and financial and taking away more than half of it with the other must somehow be of ou~ DivisiOn_al B1_1rsa_r, are a great help to us all . Above all, there is which must be abolished. This has a direct bearing on the work of the schoolmaster. a reality and smcenty m the religious ].ife of the School if the of candi­ It is no good his trying to teach that honesty is the best policy respected, even by th~ ultra cynic~!. The increasing number My calling in all world outside the classroom does not run on the same principle. dates for. the great c~lling of !he pnest~ood-~he most vital on the and second pain was recently expressed by Sir Arthur Bryant, writing ~~an life and particularly m these timeS-IS a very encouraging spend­ that we had Public Schools and the sacrifices of the new poor. He says, " The SI~mfic_ant fact. We felt wh~n ~avid Collins died last term sacrifice but also the ing and saving power of the educated few who are prepared to With him not only the ass~CI~twn of ?~hool comradeship, is con­ in the Church, which their own spending power to secure and preserve enduring ends, ~ternal and more re:U associatiOn of spmtual unity with en, inescapable, un­ stantly being diminished by a taxation whose proceeds are devoted IS the Body of Chnst. We stood before this sudd hich are not shattered in our faith a prodigality which has seldom if ever been surpassed, to ends w reasonable fact of death, and yet we were pre­ fear. That i~ ephemeral and are unlikely to leave for posterity any legacy worth because the love of C?rist in our ~ e~ rts was stronger than of the hope that this serving. It is this that renders the preservation of what remains th~ _comfort ~nd the JOy of a Christian community. We in educa­ was some support to his parents in extraordinarily rich heritage of our national past so important sp1~t and this heartfelt sympathy those who are willing real son of the King's spirit; single­ tion." The State should certainly treat with justice their grea! sorrow. . David was a These are not the rich and _admirable in every way. We sympathise to make sacrifices on behalf of their children. rmnded, smcere, fn_endly s and of all kinds eager to Mrs. F1rth _in the loss of her husband. Captain only. I have seen parents of very small mean al.so very deeply w1th to do so because no authority Semor Fellow of this Division and always send their sons to Public Schools, but unable F1rth was for. many ~ears. th~ that they contributed their share to m Kings. We miss him sadly. Mr. Gamblin has came to their aid, in spite of the fact took a wa~ mterest should now assume responsi­ . He was our mason and a very well-known figure at King's the taxation for education. Either the State recen~ly d1ed for every child in all kno_wn to us all as 'Harry.' He was a great enthusiast fo; bility for the payment of reasonable tuition fees a~ec~onately taxation of a parent nghtly of all the good work he had done for her. schools, or else make a substantial reduction in the King s and was pro~d All schools had many of the charmmg mannerisms of the West, which are, alas! when that parent sends his child to an independent school. He to less fre9uent now. I remember how, when he told me in 1937 that he are now by law inspected and either recognised as efficient or found would take my Stu?y. door abroad,' I was puzzled, and said : ''Is it be inefficient and closed down by law. It is therefore sheer injustice to really necessary; can t 1t be repaired in England? " burden the tax-ridden parent with this loss of State help just because he wants freedom of choice in education. There is little freedom now in We owe a grea~ debt t? o~r Chaplain for a]J he is doing to sustain the parent or for the school. Far more of our great :md _strengthen th~ bfe_of Kmg_s . Forthright and devoted, he is untiring education, either for be made quite independent of direct bureaucratic ~n his ~fforts, y~t mfimtely patient, far-seei;tg and kindly in all his deal­ State schools should life and character of their own just like mg;; Wit~ us, h1s flock . The Easter Services here were an inspiration control and allowed to develop a which Wlll not be forgotten. our Public Schools and Universities do. Love for one's child and the

46 47 TH E AL U R E DIAN desire to do w ell for one's child a re g reat national assets w hich must be encouraged . Human stock p ossessing initiative, brains a nd a full sense of r esponsibility is g rowing rare a nd it is not easy to replace once it is lost. Russia is building its o wn Public Schools now and no doubt China will be soon. The task of encouraging this parental initiative is a v ital one for any nati on and particularly for ours, where healthy democracy depends on self-discipline a nd sound judgment. When parental interest in the children's education vanishes the nation will perish. We must keep the best stock alive and enco urage it to persist and grow abundantly with its own character and initiative unimpaired. This is a serious matter over which we are fiddling while Rome burns. This great nation, and we are g reat, in spite o f all the foul things some people say about us, must survive, but it cannot survive if its most able a nd serious-minded stock is strangled out of existence. Thank you f or listening to me so patiently. I close with a warm expression of thanks to all who are helping the School in her great task, be they Governors, parents, masters, prefects or the youngest of the boys.

Sheldon Society T the beginning of the Lent Term, M. L . B. Robinson was elected as A Secretary to the Society in place of T. G. J efford , who left us in December. Robinson left at the e nd of the Lent Term, a nd so R. C. Poulton took his place and A. K. Vodden was elected Hon. Treasurer. J. B. C. Brown remained Chairman. The total sum of the Society's meetings over the past two terms amounts to four private papers, one public "Any Questions" meeting and the Annual Garden Party, interspersed with various minor business meetings. Mr. Watt read the first paper of the Lent Term on "The Church in Communist China." He gave examples of the Communist attitude to the Church, explaining the policies of each side, and saying that the strangula­ tion policy of the Communists had caused many people to doubt whether a Church which had never been strong could continue to exist. On 25th February, Mr. Wadland read a paper entitled "The Educa­ tion of the Native," giving a picture of the primitive unbringing of a native child. The resu~tant discussion rather strayed from the point and speculation was rife on whether it was morally right to introduce Christi­ anity into primitive surroundings such as Mr. Wadland described. Mr. Stagg read a paper tracing the development of the ChuJ'ch organ. This caused much interest and amusement, especially when Mr. Stagg produced various organ pipes into which the members of the Society blew in turn. Many interesting points were made by Mr. Stagg in his very wide survey, and most people learnt-and laughed-a great deal as a result of his paper. The Lent Term was brought to a climax with the public "Any Ques­ tions" meeting. A panel of four members of the Society, Messrs. Brown, Roblin, Poulton and Douglas, under the chairmanship of Mr. Padfield, had to answer some -ten questions, which ranged from "At which end THE ALUREDIAN

does the team think that an egg should be opened? " to a question about the current visit of Marshals Bulganin and Kruschev to this co untry. The meeting was exceedingly popular, and it will no doubt be the first of many. In the Summer Term, Mr. Wansbrough read a paper on 28th June presenting " The Case for Apartheid," in which he set b efore the Society the opposite view to that normally adopted by an Englishman. The Society at once formed itself into two groups, and the discussion was heated and prolonged. Needless to say, no unanimous decision could be reached. The final meeting of the year was the annual Garden Party, held under the trees near the tuck shop·. A total of over so guests and mem­ bers heard Mr. Hans J aeger speak on "Affairs in Germany at Present and in the Future. " Mr. J aeger spoke of the economic problems of post­ war Germany, of the psychological aftermath of war and hardship. He also spoke on the political problems of rearmament and reunification, which, he said, were more complex than it normally appears. After re­ freshments, Mr. J aeger answered many questions put to him by the Society, and the Chairman was obliged eventually to use his powers to close the meeting when many questions were still unasked. We should like to take this opportunity to thank publicly all those who have helped the Society during the year: Miss Gascoigne for the re­ freshments at the Garden Party; all the vice-presidents for their guidance; and finally, the Headmaster and Mrs. Unmack, for very kindly allowing us to use their drawing room and for all their help and kindness to the Society. R. C. P. Music Club HE Inter-House Music Festival was again held in the Lent Term. It T was decided that there should be no adjudication, as it was considered that the element of winning should now be unnecessary incentive for per­ formances of a high standard. Indeed, the performances highly merited this decision and produced an excellent evening's entertainment. Miss Barbara Lyon gave a varied and most enjoyable song recital this term also, and early on in the summer many Club members went to a concert given by Isobel Baillie at Bishop Fox's School. The Club gave one concert in each of the Lent and Summer Terms; the former included piano, violin and 'cello solos, and the programme of the latter, held on the Chapel, was as follows:- r Tuba Tune ...... · .. Lang (R. St. J. H. Stagg) 2 (a) My heart ever faithful ...... Bach (b) Come, ever-smiling liberty ...... H an del . Li eutenant-General SIR TRAVE RS EDWARDS CLARKE G.B.E .. K.C. B .. K.C.M .G. [See page 70 (Miss E . Lloyd) 49 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

3 3 Choral Preludes : (a) St. Peter ...... H arold Darke Art Club (b) Now thank we all our God Karg-Elert NCE again the duty of writing the Club Notes looms vast on the (c) Rockingham ...... Parry .O horizon, and, looking back through the Club record book, one of the things that became apparent from the start was the fact . that the attend­ (Mr. H. C. M. Large) ance on Saturday evenings h as risen on the whole dunng the last two terms. The Club meets every Saturday evening and Monday afternoon 4 Slow movement of Violin Concerto and has an averag e attendance o f just under so per cent. Th1s IS very in D ...... T chaikovsky encouraging, and, we hope, no fl ash in the pan. (M. J. Trapnell) Last term the Club borrowed four films which were shown to the Club and quite an appreciable external audience . . The selection, owing 5 I Know that My Redeemer Liveth to the short notice at which the films had to be obtamed, was not as large (Messiah) ...... Handel as we had wished, but the show was a great success, and our thanks are due to the projectionist, C. N. Wallis, for his help and service. The films (Miss E. Lloyd) were: Third Dimension-a demonstration of the sculptor's t echnique by some foremost Canadian sculptors; The Bells of AtlantiS-a study of light 6 Organ Solo : and sound, incorporating trick photography, which was in colour; John Harmonies du soir Karg-Elert Gilpin-a series of still drawings by Ronald Searle. of John Gi}pin_' s event­ ful ride through London; A Phantasy-a study m abstract des1gns and (Mr. H. C. M. Large) patterns. The Club has purchased many recordings during the last two terms, Apart from the purely personal pleasure of. p~inting , ~ome mem~rs the more important of which are listed be}ow:- of the Art Club have undertaken various comm1sswns, mamly the pamt­ ing of posters, although other work has been requested. Thes~ comn;.is­ Messiah ...... H andel sions are generally performed with great success and many mteresting and colourful posters have been produced in the last two terms...... Schubert Winterreise ...... The Committee of the Club remains unchanged, but we said good­ in the future. Das Lied Von Der Erde Mahler bye to M. R. Truscott last term and we wish him all the best The Speech Day exhibition was very successful and_gave ample p~oof Symphony No. 4 in G ...... Dvordk that there is no lack of talent in the School. And while on the subJect of talent we would like to mention the fact that, were it not for Mr. Four Overtures ...... Bea,thoven Lyons Wilson, a lot of talent, now fin~~g full scope, wo~d ~till be hidden. His advice, understanding and ab1lity to keep up wanmg mterest We are hlso very grateful to Mr. C. E. E. Spencer, O.A., for his very keeps art in the School alive and flourishing and we would like to express generous presentation of three long-playing and many other standard­ our thanks for what he has done. play records. P. E. F . We are very sorry to say good-bye to T. P. Wansbrough, who has been a most efficient Secretary for many terms and has devoted much of his time to the welfare of the Club, and to Messrs. Watt, Wadland, Douglas, Mackeson and Widgery, who were all members of the com­ History Society mittee; also to many other worthy members, particularly R. G. R. Fox, HE revival of the History Society, which was started last Michaelmas who has played many times in Club concerts and distinguished himself T Term, has continued during the last two terms and there have been in public examin~tions . many interesting and thought-provoking meetings. We would like to express our appreciation to Mr. King for binding As we near the end of the Summer Term we are about to bid farewell the full score of "M(!ssiah" : to Mr. Padfield, our Chairman, for his con­ to many staunch members. We are especially sorry to lose Roblin, whose tinual guidance to the committee; and to Mr. Large for his constant work as Secretary during the last year has been appreciated by all mem­ interest in all Club matters and the activities of the Choral Society and bers of the Society. He has been a hard-working Secretary and has Orchestra, both of which·flourish under his baton. '· covered more paper in the minutes book than the last four secretaries D. J. C. B. combined!

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During the Lent Term six general meetings were held. Mr. Harvey attempt by our members to mould pottery at school. And although gave the Society an illuminating talk on the problems of modern town success has not been achieved initially, we shall persevere to conquer this planning, which he entitled "Subtopia-the Answer." There were three new sphere in pottery. p~pers. Poult~~ read one o~ Communism; Ashton compared the two Finally, we should like to thank Mr. J ames for his patient guidance di~tators, Dm.mtla~ and Stalm;. and B~~ckhouse re~d his paper, "A and enthusiasm in supporting the Club's activities. History of Fh~ht. The de~atmg tradition started m the Michaelmas J. A. T. te~ was contmued, the~e bemg two short, light-hearted debates and a senous ?ebate . . The mobons ~f the two short debates were: ''This House has n,~ m!erest m the a~thorship ?~ the works attributed to Shakespeare" and This House, while recogmsmg the fact that the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the Plymouth Rock, thinks that it would have been better Modern Languages Society had the ~lymouth Rock landed on the Pilgrim Fathers." The first motion was earned and the second was defeated. The motion of the serious de­ N the course of the Lent Term the Society attended performances of bat~ wa;;: ''This Hous.~ has no confidence in the foreign policy of Her I two French plays. The first was Moliere's " I' Avare," at Taunton Ma]~sty s Gove~ment. After some very good speeches and a lively dis­ School. Though the hall was crowded and the stage of necessity small, cussion, the motion was carried by r6 votes to nine. the production was much enjoyed-a tribute to the acting of the "Troupe Fran~Yaise" and to the playwright's evergreen wit. We are very grateful D~g. the. Summer Term, when meetings are usually for various to Taunton School for their hospitality. r~asons llmlted m n~mber, there ha~e been six meetings. At the begin­ rung of term the Society was entertamed by an exceedingly amusing talk The second play was " Athalie," by Racine; this was seen by two about the work of a Prison Chaplain, given by the Rev. Blake Brown parties on consecutive days at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol, the first per­ the Chaplain of Horfield Prison. Besides telling some most amusing stories' formance being attended by the French Ambassador and the Mayor of Fr. Blake Brown succeeded in making some serious remarks too. Th~ Bristol. A complete contrast to Moliere, the lavish decor and the sing­ Society was privileged ~o hear. four papers. Osvald's paper, " The truth ing of the chorus combined with excellent acting to make a memorable about Sweden's neutrality dunng the last war," cleared much misunder­ production. stan

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volunteered invaluable information about the previous procedure for House plays. At the general meeting, the following points and decisions were made :- · Junior Literary (i) Production: formerly this was done by the Housemaster, unless there was a boy capable enough t o do it himself. On the other hand, it and Debating Society could be done by an independent maste r. It was decided that this should T the beginning of the Lent Term, C . A. W._ Martin b be left to the discretion of the House. ecame secretary A on the resignation of J . N. M1Chael. Dunng the term, one Brams (ii) Technicians: it was considered possible to have a central pool Trust and one Debate took place; also, Mr. M. J . Staines presented a of skilled technicians and stage-hands, but that a House could remain programme entitled ''Storm,'' for which we th a ~ him very much. independent if it wished. It was thought desirable for there to be a At the first meeting of the Summer t erm 1t was dec1~ed that central g th~re roup of m ake-up artists, who would pass on the skill gained from should be a chairman. C. A. W. Martin was elected to this_ post, whilst " Doctor Faustus ." P. B.Hilliar became the new secretary. This term, _the So_c1ety met for two Brains Trusts, a Debate and a Panel (iii) The Choice of a Play : it was decided that a list of suggestions Game, w1th wh1ch we ended be submitted to Housemasters, not, however, being exclusive, and that the term. We extend our thanks there should be an advisory committee to serve as a balancing e lement to Mr. R. H . Dakin, our vice-president, ~or presiding ove between Houses, besides giving help in matters of production, finance, r many of t~e meetings. We also thank C. A. W. Martm, etc. who retired from the Soc1ety at the end of the Summer _Term, ~u e _to "old age," for all his invaluable help in guiding the Sooety dunng 1ts On Wednesday, 29th February, the Society, plus one visitor, and accompanied early days. by Mr. Wilson, went to the Theatre Royal, Bristol, to see P. B. H. "King Lear." It was a memorable performance, highlighted by Eric Porter's brilliant portrayal of the v ictim of filial ingratitude. The final meeting of the term was held on Wednesday, 28th March. The Fallodon Society It was advertised as "an endeavour to discover how various moods are HE Society captured in certain forms of artistic expression,'' namely : Poetry, has had a fairly inactive year with regard to actual field Prose, work, although some Classical Music and Jazz. In his introductory talk, Mr. Wilson was T tadpoles have b~en successfully reared to frogs, careful to point out that it was very experimental. which is more difficult than one would think. The School has also seen much of a pet jackdaw, trained and looked_ We first explored " Gloom," after b~ Primrose. Two other and, to put us "in the mood," we jackdaws and a budgerigar were also"kept m the listened to part of Delius' bwlogy laboratory. but, setting of "Sea Drift." This was closely fol­ unfortunately, the budgerigar and one jackdaw lowed by a reading from Tenn flew away dunng the yson's "Maud" by W. A. M. Davies. Then Summer Term. came a complete contrast in form, but not in idea-"Jimmie Blues." At the beginning of the Summer Back in the literary medium we h Term the Society saw two filJ:?S • eard P . L. Side and the last few' pages borrowed from Shell, one of. " Darkness at Noon"- the execution about pest control in Mrica--a film whi~h . We then turned to " Religion," contained many very clever photographic commencing with the Kyrie from Palestrina's "Missa shots-~nd the

Fishing Club Photographic Society ow water and exams have been the main drawbacks to this term's NDER the guidance of Rainbow, our Chairman, the Society has had L fishing, but many members have found time to spend a few Sundays U a v ery successful year. Although the press.ure of exams and other by the river. But there is increasing evidence this year of the over-fishing School activities prevented many meetings dunng the Summer Term, of the main stretches available. The fact that all the fish of any size seem meetings in the Lent Term were held every fortnight and two membe.rs to lie in the private stretches of the river has been the cause of many a of the Taunton Camera Club gave ve ry interesting Jectures. Filrnstnp temptation, but vigilant farmers keep these temptations at bay. lectures, provided by the Kodak Lecture Service, and the J ohnson's film, Two visits to Mr. J aquet's private stretch of river, at his kind in­ "See How It Develops," were a lso shown. vitation, resulted in much fun and a few fish. The water is very ove~ The grown and this added difficulty acts as a challenge which must be taken highlight of the year's activities was the photographic competi­ up. tion, sponsored by the Society, and open to the wh?le School. Over 120 prints of a very high standard were ent We have this term lost five of our senior members, ered, and pnzes of ID /- each were leaving the Club awarded in five classes. rather young and inexperienced. However, we hope that next term keen­ ness and interest will offset this slight setback and that excursions will The awards were as be frequent. follow:- LastJy, we would like to thank Mr. Jaquet for keeping a fatherly Class !-Portraiture. eye on the affairs of the Club and also to thank Mrs. J aquet for the teas rst Prize-A. J. Somerville: " Portrait of Alison. " which she so kindly provided after our visits to Greenhams. P. E. F. Class II-Outdoor Work. T revithick Society rst Prize-T. P . Halton : " Loch Awe." Highly Commended-J . C. Tyzack : ' 'Grindlewald mit Matterhorn''; "Dulce est desipere in loco" M. H. T. Chang. INCE the last issue of the Aluredian the Society has been extremely S active: the Lent Term saw nine meetings, including a Film Show, Class Ill-Action. Picture Quiz, Five-minute Papers a~d a Lantern Lecture. All were well rst Prize-D. J. Lees. attended, and it is evident that a core of keen and enthusiastic members Highly Commended-D. J .. Lees; J. C. Tyzack. is becoming established. This should be aided in the future by the re­ housing of the Reference Library in a more accessible place. Class IV-Indoor Work. At the end of term, contact with Mr. Aston, the Taunton Shed­ rst Prize-A. J . Somerville : "Repose." master, was re-established. He has been a good friend to the Society in the past, and, upon invitation, he visited the College and gave us a: taLk Class V-Special Closed Award (members only). on a Plymouth-London run, described from the footplate angle. It proved most interesting, and, before he left, he invited us to visit his sheds. The rst Prize-D. J . Lees : " Si m on." holidays prevented this being taken up immediately, so a trip was Highly Commended-C. Rainbow; T. P. Halton: " Tom, Dick and arranged to take place in the Summer Term. Meanwhile, the holidays Harry''; J. A. Catlin : ' ' 5700 Class.' ' themselves were noteworthy for the activity in them. An organised party The competition went to Cardiff (Canton) sheds, and individuals visited was judged by Mr. Tattle, of the Taunton Camera Newport (Ebbw Club, and all the prints Junction), Crewe and Newton Abbot, to name but a few. entered were on show in the Society:s exhibition on Speech Day. Also exhibited were sets The Summer of enlargements, kindly loaned Term was begun with a very profitable visit to Mr. by Houston Rogers, F.I.B.P., F.R.P.S., Mr. Aston's shed, and Martin and Mr. Wilson. In was folJowed by a full and well-attended prog'!'amme. conclusion, we should like to thank the two committee An attempt to visit members who are Exeter (G.W.) and Exmouth Junction (S .R.) sheds leaving, C. Rainbow (chairman) and J. R. F. was frustrated by Jones (treasurer), for all time limitations, but this only makes the Society more that they have done in the difficult task of running determined that one what is ess~ntially shall take place in the future. At the end of term, a practical Club during a period without a dark-room. the Chairman, Secretary and Assistant Secretary were forced to resign T. P. H. owing to pressure of work, and Taylor (iii), Golding and Aristidou (i) have assumed these respective offices. Their enthusiasm, and that of the Society itself, augurs well for the future, and, under the 'guidance of Mr. King, we hope the Society will continue to prosper. R. M. K. 56 E 57 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

The Club is now becoming considerably advanced in its projects. Aeromodelling Club Fuge is building a radio control with the help of. Wallis, who, however, spends most of his time servicing non-members' wueless. Slade has almost AST term, seven new members were elected to the Club, and completed the building of a s uperhet receiver and Watson has embarked L they are all now fully active members, together with the rest of on a: miniature receiver. We wish them the best of luck and hope that our " Aircrew. " Due mainly to bad flying conditions, there was not a the projects, when completed, will function with the best of r~sults .. great deal of flying, although J . A. Fuge could not resist the temptation This term we are faced with the unhappy prospect of losmg Gl!"ffin to fly his unique, .all -metal structure plane, a fact which did not prevent to the outside world. He has been a great fri end to us all and has gu1de? the existence of yet another unfortunate wreck to b e repaired. the Club skilfully through many difficulties. We .w!sh him every happi­ On the last Friday of the Lent Term we held a film show, which was ness in his future wireless-and motor cycle-activities. enjoyed by all members of the Club. Films of the Farnborough Air Dis­ Lastly, we thank Mr. Padfield for his keen interest and support of plays were shown and another on "Aeromodelling," which gave begin­ the Club. ners some idea of the wide scope of the hobby. It was a most enter­ ]. A. F. taining evening. The Summer Term was fairly active, and the continuous drone of Dancing Club aero-engines being run-in points to a great deal of flying and amusement in the near future. T the start of the Summer Term the Club was unfortunate in losing Unfortunately, Speech Day was a little too early for some models to A the services of D. S. Ashton, the Treasurer, and R. Wadland, a com­ be prepared for exhibition, but D. Ko's A2 Contest Sailplane must be mittee member; G. H. Rob !in was also forced to resign the post of Secre­ mentioned, and commended, as a fine example of the work which the tary for private reasons. To fill these vacancies, A. K. Vodden was Club undertakes and tries to foster. ' . elected to the post of Secretary, D. B. Paton, Treasurer, and G. H. Roblin and P. L. Side, committee members. This being the end of the School year, many who have contributed Regrettably, we had to decline i~yi~ation much to the a kind fr.om Bishop Fox's welfare of the Club have, alas, got to leave us. First and School, since the date they proposed foremost, we was comc1dent w1th the A.S. level must offer our vote of thanks to the Chairman, J . A. examinations. Bartlett, who during his term in office has done much for us, both on Saturday evenings and in his own free time. We should also like to The Club only held one dance, on 6th J.uly.' to which 20 girls from thank him for his generous gift of magazines to the Club Library. We St. Audries and 25 from Gardenhurst were mv1ted. The dance wa~ a send him our best wishes, and hope that he will be able to keep up his great success, although for some it was a little marred by th~ early With­ worthwhile hobby. We must also say good-bye to]. M. Hughson, and drawal of the Gardenhurst girls. The refreshments were agam excellent, mention his fin~ contribution to the Club, in the form of his 5 c.c. Stunt for which we are indebted to Miss Gascoigne. Plane, which has offered some years of amusement to us all and which A. K. V. will now be taken from our eyes. Finally, we should like to thank Mr. C. W. James for his everlasting help and advice and also for the use of his workshop. In expressing our Bridge Club thanks to him, we should like to say that we do try to leave the shop tidy T the beginning of the term a meeting ~as held to elect a completely when we leave it, but, what with engines screaming and planes soaring, A new committee since Watt, our Chrurman, had left, and Lloyd­ we sometimes regrettably forget. Edwards and Brigg~ had resigned. The position of Chairman was filled A. L. ]. G.&]. M. L. H. by R. M. J. Davis, those of Secretary and Treasurer by R. Tchao and E. R. Urquhart respectively. A fourth me~ber has been foun~ neces­ sary to help with the Saturday evening meetings, and R. M. Srruth was elected. Wireless Club At half-term a knock-out tournament was arranged and 17 partner­ INCE the last edition of the Aluredian there has been no event of ships entered. A handic~p system was in~roduced to encourage the S great importance until the beginning of this term, when we came to weaker partnerships. Owmg to the ~ack of time, the result was declared our unanimous conclusion that the Club House needed a clear-out and as a tie between Nutt and Daryabeg~ and Clough and Clutsom, and the re-decoration. This did not materialise, however, until the "Speech Day prize will be divided between them. Panic" arrived, when Bardsley, Alderson, Watson and Slade were per­ Finally we would like to express our appreciation to Mr. P . V. suaded to "volunteer" as painters. Wallis and Bardsley then took over Harvey for ~ll he has done for the Club, especially for his lecture, entitled organising the Speech Day Exhibition and we congratulate all concerned "Play." And we hope that the improvement in our skill has been on their effort. worthy of it. R. T. 58 59 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN (Treasurer). Finally, about 20 members of the Club, in conjuncti?n with several members of the Trevithick Society, went to a tracbon engme and Stamp Club veteran car rally at Walford Cross on the z8th July. In the Lent Term less was done, but Whitehead and Franklin gave HE Society has been very mactive in the last two terms. In the Lent a picture quiz, a film show was held, and also a "Brains T!"llst," at which T Term we could not carry out the programme which had been the panel consisted of Widgery, Griffin, Whitehead and Kingman. Rowe arranged, due to illness. Towards the end of the term the Club's activi­ officiated as chairman, for which we thank him. ties became so disorganized that it was impossible to hold meetings every week. The first four weeks of the Summer Term were taken up with The Club is at present in a very healthy state; more people wish to preparations for the Speech Day Exhibition. We found difficulty in join than there is room for, and, with the purchase of the car, our acti~i­ finding a room for the exhibition, but, thanks to the efforts of Twose, a ties will become more varied. In particular, the Club programme Will room was found and a good exhibition was produced. now cater for the practical enthusiast as well as the person who is only mildly interested in motoring. Although many jokes have been made It was hoped to arrange a visit to Taunton Post Office, but this visit about the Austin, it is undoubtedly the life-blood of a thriving body, and has not yet materialized; it is, however, on the programme for next term. it is to be hoped that as many members as possible will work on it. Un­ We are, unfortunately, losing Bellamy, our Chairman, and Orbell­ fortunately, several will not be with us next term, notably Widgery, our Durrant, our Vice-Chairman. Both of them have been members of the Chairman. To him and all the leavers we extend our warmest thanks Club since it was formed in I953· We all wish them luck in their future for all that they have done, and also to Mr. Staines and Mr. Cocksedge philatelic careers. for the considerable interest which they have taken in the Club's activities We would like to thank Mr. Staines and Mr. Pytches for their help during the last three terms. and guidance throughout the past two terms. P. K. D. A. P. Fencing Club Motor Club ITH the help of Mr. G. W. Morgan, a Fencing Club was at ~ast estab­ W lished in the Michaelmas Term, I955· The School has kmdly pro­ "GOO:O heavens, even the lights work." "What's this gadget here?" vided us with eight sets of equipment; as a result, we confine our mem­ "Where's the starter?" "The car seems a bargain at the price." bership to r6. We meet from II.30 to 12.30 on Sunday mornings and Such were some of the comments made by the members as receive instruction on the French school of fencing from Professor J. A. they clustered around the Club car, a 1931 Austin Seven two-door saloon, Saunders, B.F.A. at its inaugural showing on the evening of 30th June. We made our first public appearance on Speech Day. Although the The car did indeed look well worth the money paid for it, for the demonstration was elementary, the movements and timing were correct bodywork is in remarkably good condition and the tyres have many miles and precise. We hope in the near future some matches against other of wear left in them. Moreover, the battery is almost new. The brakes, schools may be arranged. remembering their antiquated design, are fairly efficient, but the rest of R. T. the mechanical side is rough, notably the transmission; acceleration through the gears is reasonable, but the speed drops off considerably during the fairly long period of time which it takes one to force the lever from first into second gear. Work on the car has already begun, although the mechanical components will not be dismantled until next term . . Besides the purchase of the car, which, plus cleaning materials, neces­ sitated the expenditure of all but one penny of the Club funds (if any member has any ideas about how the remaining sum can be spent to the best advantage, will he please see a committee member without delay), there have been several other activities. On rgth May the termly film show was held, when "Aintree G.P. 1955,'' "Belgian G.P. 1955" and ''The Moving Spirit,'' a cartoon illustrating the deveJopment of the horse­ less carriage (loaned by Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd.) were shown. Some of the members went to a "Motor Rodeo" in Taunton to see some motor acrobatics performed by the "Hollywood Motor Maniacs," and Widgery gave a picture quiz on 21st July. At this meeting, next term's committee were elected: Whitehead (Chairman), Kingman (Secretary) and Franklin 61 60 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

canoes and a bath-tub-excitement only slightly reduced by the sad Junior House Notes demise during the holidays of George, the swan, just after he had at last managed to acquire a new mate. LAS~ year these notes began, ''Summer has come at last and the swim­ The Quantocks Outing on 21st June was the usual success. This . nung pool has gone." What a reversal this year! The new swim­ year we started from Triscombe Stone and went further alon_g the to~, mmg pool has come and Summer has really never left us since the first some of us so much further, owing to a slight error in map readmg, that It day of term. was suggested that another time the trip might end with a bathe ~ t~e sea. One excitement was a close view of some remarkably unhmid was again precluded by the weather, A Lent !erm in whic~ _Soccer deer. ample time for demolition of old walls and the cleaning of countless ga_ve by a holiday in honour of our schola_rs, for use _as a temporary paving round the new Swimming Bath This was followed on 6th July bn~ks and passenger launch to see the Tall ?hips which was taking shape in the brief intervals between frost, when con~ when we all went by train out from the River Dart to the start of the Dartmouth-Lisbon crete could sa~ely be mixe~. In the end it was touch and go and the 3in. move x 17ft. galvanised outlet pipe was finally fitted to an invisible screw union race. 6ft. out _of n;ach under the bath by two of us working by match-light On Speech Day, 2nd June, one of the term's very few showery late at mght JUSt before the bath was due for fitting. Since that moment mornings just failed to mar the Sports, but drove us into the marquee we have ?ever ceased to bless the parents whose generosity made the for the presentation of the cups and awards by Mrs. Shawyer. Though all depended ba~ p_ossible, years before we expected it, or Mr. Boyle and others for no new records were established,. the result was so close that their tireless labours. The constant use of the bath is reflected in the on the final relay race. Gibbs won the Standards Cup and Oldham the very large number of "stan~ards" gained by boys throughout the School. Sports Cup. Details are given below. There are now, thanks ~o parents again, Senior and Junior Swimming In the afternoon, after the Headmaster had welcomed such a con­ Standards Cups, won this year by Oldham and Whitby respectively as course of parents that we must in future consider a large marquee, the well as the competitive Swimming Cup, won by Oldham. ' prizes were kindly distributed by Major-General J. N. Slater, C.B.E., M.C., D.L., the County Commissioner of Scouts, who, after a fine dis­ Something even more notable, perhaps, was achieved in the academic play of ambidexterity in handshaking, gave us a memorable parable, sphere w~en no le~s t~an six of the eight awards made after the College likening the training of boys to the forging and tempering of a sword Scholarship Exanunation went to Pyrland Hall boys, three, including and drawing a lesson from the comparison of the true blade with the equal top, to D. B. Abraham, A. G. Gray and M. T. S. M. Moodie from blade that bends and the blade that snaps on being put to the test. What Ar, and three to M. J. Torrens,]. C. Robinson and D. E. Taylor, who he tactfully glossed over was the extent to which the quality of the blade were already in the College. This was backed up by the fact that all but depends on how hard it is beaten by the smith. We all greatly regretted three of the boys we are sending up this term are going into the 'A' with us, but were very glad . that illness prevented our Provost from being stream. to welcome the Divisional Bursar again. The domestic staff are to be In Cricket, the rst XI have had one of those lean years that must congratulated on a very successful lunch and tea, again ''home made '' corn~ to all side~, recording only two wins. Though talent in both and as much appreciated as always. bowling and batting fell short of expectations, it is pleasant to record The proceedings cJosed this year with a varied programme of music that the fielding, even in defeat, drew favourable comment from our by the boys, which drew high praise. Details of this and of the prize­ opponents on very many occasions. The 2nd XI played some spirited winners are given below. games, and, with four victories, improved on last year's record. The Mention of Scouting has been left to the last, because it is well ground staff are to be complimented on the way they have contended covered in a special section. It hag been a year of constant and far­ with an unusual season-it has only twice been possible to use the heavy flung activity, reaching out to Devon, Snowdonia, France and Norway. roller. sine~ early April-but it is only justice to the players to record that Mr. Boyle and his willing assistants are warmly to be congratulated. prachce Wickets have always been rock hard and often almost alarming. Of their exploits you must read below. Tennis on grass and hard courts has flourished so well that we are Finally, we say good-bye with regret to IS leavers, with whom we in the next stage of careers ~ending two competit~rs, J. E. Blake and M. J. Adam, up to Wimbledon send our very best wishes and of whose success m August to compete m the Preparatory Schools Tournament. A faithful so well started at Pyrland Hall we have every confidence. few have made good use of the willing services of Mr. Townsend and Mr. Alas, against our will and his, we say good-bye also to Mr. Sweet. S:-v~et, but. more consistent practice by the bulk of the Club would pay All too short has been the one year we have been allowed of his company dividends m future years. The Inter-House Tennis resulted in a tie by the regulations of the Ministry of Education, his energy and between Gibbs and Whitby. enthusiasm, his ingenious contrivances on the lakes and in the hobbies rooms, his lively congregational practices, his devices for luring even the . In the early part of _the Summer Term, Mr. Triggol's kind permis­ most reluctant into an interest in French. We thank him most cordially SIOn to use the lakes agam gave scope for some exciting boating in two for everything and we wish him every possible success in future.

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46th TAUNTON SCOUT GROUP was pretty rough and there were few survivors. A sma!l party ~ad supper that evening and an even smaller one the followmg. mornmg Very SSJOn will end a very wonderful year for the Junior Scouts. A turned up to breakfast. However, by the time we reached Knstlansand year of opening up quite a new field of ve nture with expeditions to France, and had explored this quaint little town, everyone had fully recovered. North Wales, Norway, and, at the moment of writing these notes, on the eve of our Summer training camp, with, to follow, the second French We landed at Oslo on rzth April at 7 a .m. We were met by a Nor­ camp, complete in detail and only the dates awaited. This would be too wegian Scout official, who put us on a bus which was to take us to Bru long a report if one were to go into details of each camp. It can be said Landhandleri, where our hut was, about 14 miles outside Oslo. The that, young as the boys are, they have established good friends and a snows were only just beginning to melt and the drive was wonderful. Oslo very good reputation in these camps at home and overseas. Perhaps two harbour is most picturesque with low , pine-covered hills rising from the things are observed, a more self-reliant and more reliable boy as a result fiord, which is dotted with tiny, rocky islands. of the ventures, and a boy who realises that it is the objective just out of reach that offers the real interest and is worth while in life. To those of Our hut was perched on a rock on the side of a wooded hill which the troop who have not been included on these camps, a special message: sloped steeply down to a snow and ice-covered lake. The hut itself was we have had to tread with care the learning days of foreign travel. It a happy surprise, being the last word in comfort. This was as well, as has been necessary to select parties with many governing factors de­ it froze hard every night and we were very glad of the huge log fires . ciding who should, or who should not, go. Do not feel discouraged. All the food was bought at the one and only shop in Bru; even if we Thank you for your sustained interest in what was in the previous year learnt very little Norwegian, the owner and his wife certainly must have routine Scouting at School and home. learnt quite a lot of English! A report on Norway has been written by Mr. Townsend and appears Apart from domestic chores, such as cooking and washing-up, the in this edition. To whatever he has written must be added our sincere rest of the time was our own. word of thanks to all who made the expeditions possible: Mr. Unmack The woods all around the hut were perfect for snow battles, which and Mr. Shawyer, of King's College; the International Commissioner of usually ended up in a smashing victory for the boys over the staff. Scouting, London; the County and District Commissioners of Scouting; Although the snow and ice were thawing fast, one trip to the island in Mr. Cad Hambro, Attache of Cultural Affairs, Royal Norwegian the middle of the lake was made over the ice with the aid of ropes. The Embassy; the Royal Geographical Society, London, for use of their map ropes were also used for making a " monkey" bridge and for instruction room and information; Colonel Robinson, of Rowland House, London; in rock-climbing, given by Mr. Boyle. Captain Loveich and his staff of the M.V. Blenheim; the International Commissioner of Scouting, Oslo, Mr. J. Messell; the Scout Secretary, Herr Quite apart from amusing ourselves in the area around the hut, we Odd Hopp; the G.S.M. and parents of the rsth Oslo Group, who, in made several expeditions. The first Sunday we were in Norway we went addition to a magnificent day in Oslo, allowed us the use of their hut at to Oslo for the day and we were met by the International Commissioner Halvardbo; the people of Oslo, who received us so well; and finally, our for Scouting in Norway, John Messel. His son took us out to see the British parents, who trusted us with the venture. To all, for what has Kon-tiki Raft and the National Folk Museum. The latter is a wonderful been an experience that we shall all remember, thank you. collection of farms and buildings, including a rzth century wooden In addition to ventures of the year, work at home goes on with an church, taken from all over Norway and put into one village. That even­ interesting variety. Training and week-end camps have been the theme ing we went to a party given by the rsth Oslo Group and had the honour of this Summer Term. Among the interesting occasions two have been to meet the Chief Scout of Norway. outstanding: the College Speech Day, when the troop took part in the Another day we were taken around ~kers Mek Verksted, the big Guard of Honour on the occasion of the visit of Lord Rowallan, the Chief shipping yard, which was most interesting, and on our last day we saw a Scout, as guest of honour, and the presentation of the new Colour to the liner being launched at the same yard. Two of us went to a big Public troop by Mr. Shawyer at Pyrland Hall. To the many who have helped School in Oslo for a day, and we all went to see a village school. to make the year so successful may we extend our sincere thanks? The ten days in Norway passed all too soon and we left most regret­ fully on Saturday, zrst April. We had a wonderful trip home on a very 46th TAUNTON SCOUT GROUP-NORWEGIAN TRIP calm sea and by Monday we were ashore in Newcastle, very happy and During the Easter holidays, 17 boys from the Junior House, under very brown. Mr. Boyle's charge, made a trip to Norway. They were accompanied by The thing which impressed us all most forcibly was the incredible Messrs. Eaton and Stagg as 2 i / cs and by Mr. J. H. K. Townsend as a kindness and hospitality of all the Norwegian people we met-whether so-called "cultural adviser." For most of the boys it was their first trip in Scouting circles or in shops and restaurants. The other thing which abroad. impressed me personally was the complete efficiency with which Mr. We left Newcastle on the roth April on the "Blenheim," which is a Boyle arranged this trip, and the smooth way the whole expedition, both very magnificent and modern ship. The crossing over the North Sea in Norway and on the journeys there and back, was run.

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CUBS 1 roo Yards (Class I)- I , Monk (i); 2, Gray; 3· Blake. Time: 13.0 secs. The Cubs have had a very exciting and successful term. 2 roo Yards (Class 11)-r, Miles; 2, Milton; 3, Whitton. Time: We began with the thrill of forming part of the Guard of Honour for I3·S secs. the visit of the Chief Scout. This was, naturally, the highlight of the 3 roo Yards (Class 111)-I, Triggol and Osborn; 3, Barnard. Time : term, but when that day had passed we still had much to look forward to. 14-4 secs. First, there were sports at Connaught House. We were sorry Thone 4 roo Yards (Class IV)-I, Knox; 2, Hope (ii); 3· Monk (ii). Time : was unable to compete, but we had keen competition from the Connaught rs.o secs. House Cubs, and it was only after a hard struggle that we managed to win. s Long Jump (Class Il-I, Blake; 2, Budge; 3. Moodie. Distance : 14ft. sins. After an excellent tea, there was a treasure hunt, and before we came 6 Long Jump (Class II)-I , Miles; 2, Ashton; 3, Smith, J. G. away we were given packets of nuts and raisins, which were consumed with relish on the way home. Distance: 13ft. r!ins. 7 Long Jump (Class III)-I, Calder and Osborn; 3. Ace. Distance: The following Sunday we attended the celebrations held at Vivary 12ft. 3ins. Park to mark "forty years of Cubbing." We took part in many events and performed a jungle dance. 8 440 Yards (Class I)-I, Monk (i); 2, Budge; 3. Blake. Time : I min. 8.6 secs. Then, on rgth July, we went to the Annual District Cub Sports, 9 220 Yards (Class II)-I, Miles; 2, Ford; 3. Dobney. Time : 30.6 secs. where we were able to put the final touch to a good term by winning the Challenge Shield. ro 220 Yards (Class III)-I, Osborn and Calder; 3, Triggol. Time : 32.0 secs. Apart from all this excitement, we have managed to do well with II Wheelbarrow Race (Open)-I, Adam and Moodie; 2, Grant and test work and have now a total of seven Leaping Wolves: Calder, Glad­ Davey; 3. Budge and Blake. well, Parrott, Barnard, Owen, Liddle and Brockhouse, and not less than 62 proficiency badges in the pack. · 12 roo Yards .Hurdles (Class I)-I, Monk (i); 2, Moodie; 3. Budge. Time : 17.2 secs. The Sixers and Seconds had a very good week-end camp, and once more our thanks are due to Mr. Boyle, who always makes this event so 13 440 Yards (C)ass II)-.r, Miles; 2, Whitton and Hope (i). Time: successful. r min. 1_1.8 secs. 14 6o Yards (Class IV)-I, Knox; 2, Gardiner; 3, Hope (ii). Time: We are very sorry that Miss Ewens will not be able to continue with g.2 secs. the pack next term. We shall miss her valuable help and the fund of good ideas she always has. However, as she will not be far away, we IS Young Girl Visitors' Race (under ro)-r, Catherine Tyzack; 2, Jane hope she will visit us from time to time, and assure her of a real Cub Whitton; 3. Susan Topping. welcome. r6 Young Boy Visitors' Race-r, Simon Giles; 2, Richard Matt; 3, Charles Hook. We say good-bye to seven boys next term; we wish them good luck in the Troop and hope that the new recruits who take their places will 17 Inter-House Relay (Class III) (4 x IIO yards)-r, Whitby; 2, Gibbs. maintain their high standard. Time: I min. 7-4 secs. D. E. G. r8 Inter-House Relay (Class Il) (4 x IIO yards)-I, Gibbs; 2, Oldham. SPORTS Time: I min. 4.6 secs. 1:9 Inter-House Relay (Class I) (4 x 220 yards)--r, Oldham; 2, Whitby. 88o Yards (Class r)-I, Monk (i); 2, Blake; 3. Budge. Time: 2 mins. Time: 2 mins. 8.8 secs. 40.4 secs. Winners of Standards 220 Yards (Class I)-I, Monk (i); 2, Blake; 3, Beal. Time: 28.6 secs. Cup : Gibbs. High Jump (Class I)-I, Budge; 2, Braham; 3, Vaux. Height: 4ft. 2ins. Winners of Sports Cup: Oldham. High Jump (Class II)-I, Kennedy; 2, Miles; 3. Hope (i). Height: Victor Ludorum :-Class I: Monk (i). 3ft. nins. Class Il: Miles. Cricket Ball (Class Il-r, Adam (ii); 2, Vaux; 3. Davey. Distance: Class Ill: 0sborn (iii). 174ft. gins. Class IV: Knox. Cri<;ket Ball (Class II)-r, Hope (i); 2, Kennedy;. 3, Miles. Distance.: r44ft. 3ins. Cups were kindly distributed by Mrs. ·A. Shawyer.

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PRIZE-GIVING JUNIOR HOUSE CRICKET, 1956 Junior " Fortis et Fidelis" (Head Boy)-N. P. Butt. 1st XI Divinity-M. T. S. M. Moodie, G. C. Darvill. May 30-v. Taunton (away) King's, 38; Taunton, 98. Latin and French-D. B. Abraham, M. J. Monk, ·C. R. Budge , P . June 6-v. St. Dunstan's (home) King's, 54; St. Dunstan's, 101 for 4. Topping, R. H. Middleton. June 9-v. Wellington (away) King's, 60 for 4; Wellington , 58. English-A. G. Gray, B. M. Willoughby, P . J . White, C. P . Jones, June 13--v. St . Peter's (home) King' s, 81-; St. Peter 's, 76 {or 7. A. L. Porter. June 16-v. Connaught House (home) King's, 57 for 8; Connaught House, 97 for 8 dec. Mathematics-D. B. Abraham, R. W. Vaux, P . M. Robinson, C. A. G. King's, 52; St. Dunstan's, Paul, J . H. Major. June 27-v. St. Dunstan's (away) 92 for 7. King' s, 56; Wellington , 73 for 4. Geography and History-M. T. S. M. Moodie, R. M. Braham, A. D. July 7-v. Wellington (home) July 14-v. Connaught House (away) King's, 48; Connaught House, 93 for 6 Hope, J. Macrae, A. W. Bishop-Stephens. dec. Music-D. B. Abraham, J. E. Blake, P . J . Reynolds. July 18--v. St. P et er's (away) King' s, 45; St. Peter 's, 65. Art and Handwork-R. Beal, G. A. Herbert, J. J . Mattock, M. J. H. Dobney, M. J. Wood. 2nd XI King's, 29; St. Dunstan's, 98 for 8. Nature Study-J. H. Calder. June 6-v. St. Dunstan's (home) June 9- v. Wellington (away) King's, 26; Wellington, 43. Junior Form PrizeS-D. I. H . Tyzack, R. W. Monk, M. W. Porter. June 13-v. St. Peter's (home) King' s, 47 ; St. Peter's, 44. Progress Prizes.-M. J. Adam, S. A. Kennedy, B. E. Ingram, R. A. B. June 16-v. Connaught House (home) King' s, 33; Connaught House, 28. D~vey, M. J. Ace, M. R. Owen, A. R. Brockhouse. June 27-v. St. Dunstan's (away) King's, 32; St. Dunstan's, 100 for 8. Merit Prizes.-R. A. K. Mott, R. L. Rolls. July 6-v. Wellington (home) King's, 57; Wellington, 55 . House Prizes.-R. M. Braham, M. J. C. Thuell. July 14-v. Connaught House (away) King's, 78 for 8; Connaught House, 74 . . PROGRAMME OF MUSIC July 18-v. St. Peter's (away) King's, 80; St. Peter's, 142 for 4 dec. I. Songs "The Keeper" ...... Trad. 'A' XI July 2-v. Forton House (away) King's, 67; Forton House, 58. "Old King Cole" ...... Thomas Dunhill 2. Pianoforte Jrd XI King's, 40; St. Dunstan' s, 45. Slow Movement from the Surprise Symphony Haydn June 27-v. St. Dunstan's (away) (P. J. Reynolds) 'Under 11.6' XI 3· Recorders June 20-v. Thone (home) King's, 46 ; Thone, 145. ''Sarabande'' Boismortier "Ayre" ...... Boismortier House Champions : "Little Brown Jug" ...... Trad. Senior : Gibbs. (A. G. Gray and A. R. J. Hobbs) Junior: Whitby. Violin and Piano 4· J . E . Blake (Captain), M. J . Adam (Vice-Captai,n), R. A. B . "Gavotte" Handel Colours : Davey, R. Beal, B. E. Ingram. "Rosamunde" ...... Schubert (D . B. Abraham Violin) U. E. B!ake - Piano) 5· Pianoforte Minuet in D Minor ...... Bach "Greenlanes" ...... Alec Rowley (A. R. J. Hobbs) 6. Pianoforte Waltz Mozart (A. G. Gray)

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Portrait Gallery Senior Verse and Prose Lieutenant-General SIR TRAVERS EDW ARDS CLARKE, Competition, G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G. 19 56 E print here, by kind LTHOUGH we have for many years permi.ssi~n of their authors, fi~t the winning had a portrait of Sir Travers verse entry and then the wmnmg A Clarke in the front hall of the College, no biography W prose entry for this annual com­ of him has been petition. published in the Aluredian. It is therefore with great pleasure that we print a very fine photograph of Sir Travers, whicn the Headmaster has BALLAD FOR Mr. P wheedled out of him, in spite of his modesty and reluctance about any Cobwebs of kind of display. As Sir Travers is certainly our Senior 'old potential conversation boy,' it is Hang around with warm appreciation that we accept his gift of this further the room and later Waiting for another portrait for our col}ection. Sir Travers Clarke was born in .r87r. person He For some event which is always entered King's College with a Scholarship in .r883. He entered the soon. Army and from the first his career was a distinguished one. He served Fling a window against on the N.W. Frontier, India, .r897-98 (medal and clasp); Tirah, .1897-98 the sky (clasp); South Mrican War, .1900-1902 (Queen's medal, four To suck in air clasps). In To generate the Great War, I9I4-1918, he was mentioned fourteen times in some passion despatches In his 'truly and his promotion was exceptionally rapid. He was awarded the C.B. fair.' in .1917 and created a K.C.M.G. in 1919 and K.C.B. 1920. During the war he rose quickly from the rank Welcomed by the arms of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel to that Of of Lieutenant General. He was promoted the passionate umbrella stand, Quartermaster-General to the He smells the meat British Armies in France, 1917, and was Quartermaster-General and pecks her cheek, to the His hat spinning in his hand. Forces and a Member of the Army Council, 1919-1923. He retired in 1926 from regular service in the Army, but was Colonel of the Royal Innis­ Furniture killing Fusiliers until 1941. He was of another age Deputy Chairman and General Looks on and Administrator to the British Empire Exhibition, grins again 1923-1925; he was And heavy mahogany limbs created G.B.E. in 1926. He was President of the Royal Warrant Holders' Reflect generations of pain. Association in 1931. Sir Travers lost his first wife in '1918. He married again in 1921. Lady Clarke is the daughter of the late John Woodrow Silence Cross. One of their sons was carved upon the wood killed on active service in 1944. Sir Comments Travers and Lady Clarke spent some time upon the scene during the war in Devonshire, Outside: sees when, as many will still recall, they visited it scarred the School at Speech Day, With memories of green. 1939. Sir Travers was for several years a Fellow of the Chapter and his great administrative and financial experience was an invaluable help in A stale the difficult war years. cigarette butt lies on the floor; Only the wallpaper tries They are now living at 6 Ashley Gardens, Westminster, S.W.r. To limp away from the walls A wind, heavy with anger, bangs a door. In addition to the British honours which have come to him, Sir Travers has won many distinctions from the hands of allied nations. To mention only a few, he has the Legion d'Honneur; Croix de Com­ SONG FOR Mr. P - mandeur; Grand Cross of White Eagle, Serbia; Grand Officer, Crown of Belgium; Croix de Guerre; and the American D.S.O. You who walk Alone, down the bright avenue of the morning We rejoice that both Sir Travers and Lady Clarke are enjoying good Where the trees are blushed into blossom by the sun, health and we wish them many more happy years together. What do you sing? You who were born Once in the calm moment of the womb, Say, '"That was the result of meaningless creation," Gesture without motion.

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You who loved Occasionally, some suggested that Claire had been begotten by ." M. le Once, in the sudden pulse of Spring, Cure qui est mort, " and that the finger of Death had saved th1s poor Do you fold love in your arms every year? sinner from a situation which he could not have faced. Others, the more When do you sing ? superstitious of the village, suggested that Mlle . Bonnet, as she then was, had found the girl floating on the river while cutting the reeds for the You who died Church, as was her custom. They recalled the story of Moses and tended Alone, at the hollow end of the season, to look to Claire as some ambassador from Heaven, some potential saint Say, " I walked between the telegraph poles of existence, or prophetess. This faction had gained strength in recent months, ~or And saw nothing to disturb my peace" Claire had grown into a very pretty girl of innocent appearance and qmet Gesture without motion. demeanour. Nevertheless, in the tight prudery of the village, she had always remained under a strong social stigma, and was thus very much FOR Mr. P -­ a lonely child. It was upon this fact that la Mere Bonnet meditated as she made her way down the hill, through the village into the two-roomed Tears of light falling cottage which was her house and Claire's. The smell of vegetables stew­ Into pools of silence ing over the open fire and the tidy pile of wood showed that Claire had Sets up tides, tides perpetual, finished the morning's chores and had probably gone to her favourite Tides of grief. little islet on the river. Sighing with the heat, la Mere Bonnet dragged her wicker chair outside into the shadow of the great eaves, sank back And the night sleeps. thankfully and heavily into the home-woven reeds, and ran through in her P. MACKESON. mind the affairs of the morning, She had been later than· was her custom for Church, and had arrived "AND THE LAST, FIRST" at the top of the hill to find a little gathering around the Cure outside the Church door. This was in itself unusual, for the priest rarely spoke to ~ little church of Pouchet-sur-Rh?ne loo~ed . down ov.er the whole his flock ; it was soon explained, however, as the old woman heard the T village from the top of a small hill. Built m the reign of Henri pnest say, "The Bishop of Valence has agreed. So I shall expect to Quatre, it was the outward symbol of the burst of religious feeling which receive Andre and Paul and-his eye ranged round the little group­ had followed the King's decision to take the Catholic faith in 1592. Giselle and Marie Christine and I shall be glad to show them the Saviour, Like all churches of this period, the interior was dark and mystical, Our Lord Jesus Christ-the members of the group crossed themselves breathing an atmosphere of difference, of separation from the rest of the energetically-and teach them to pray to Our Lady, Mary the Virgin" !WOrld. The gloom was increased by overhanging eaves, and by the . -which caused more energetic crossing, especially by the male members swaying cypress trees on the crown of the hill. of the gathering. As the priest turned to enter the Church, his eyes fell on la Mere Bonnet. "You, of course, will want to bring your girl," he Vil.Jagers dressed in sombre black climb the sloping path for the said, abruptly, and pushed forward into the darkness of the interior. weekly Mass, leaving behind them for two worldly hours their practical La Mere Bonnet sighed again, this time in anger; Claire was to be affairs, being borne away to the realms of spiritual ideals. Later, when received into the Lord's family, at the Church confirmation, not with they pass into the light again through the arched doorway they throw any gladness or rejoicing; not even with any charity, but with distaste off their enforced concentration on the Latin tongue, and, chattering and forbearing; she was· only being received because, in fact, she could gaily in the local patois as though relieved of some physical burden or not be refused. Such was the strength and power of unfounded rumour, restraint, run down the little path to their households and their muJti­ gossip and scandal. Nevertheless, reflected la Mere, Claire would be tudinous children whom perforce they have left at home. presented to the Lord; He would accept her even if the villagers would On this particular morning, one woman alone stayed behind, small not. So, calling the cause of her trouble to lunch, the old woman re­ and thin and gaunt. She, going behind the church, returned with a entered the house, and, with fingers deft and hardened by reed-cutting, bundle of reeds previously cut from the river bank; these she strewed she quickly removed the stew-pot from the fire and returned to earthly over the stone floor, and then with a mumbled salutation to the priest, realities. took her leave and followed the others down the hill. She was "la Mere Bonnet," as she was called in the village. She had no husband; she • • • was apparently well endowed in morals and virtues, having performed In due course Claire was instructed in the mysteries of the Catholic the menial tasks of the Church for some twenty-two years, a fact of which Church. So far as she was concerned, it was an intriguing study. Being she was justly proud. But she was "la Mere" because there lived with the most intelligent child in the class and the only one with any interest, her a small girl, Claire, now aged about twelve. Her parentage was un­ she alone understood the Cure and learnt the articles of her religion. known, the status of her birth irrevelant. She had always lived with old This brought more scorn on her from jealous mothers, a fact to which Bonnet, who spoke of her as the "orpheline," whom she had adopted. she could no longer remain oblivious; she became, during this her first

72 F 73 TH E ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN real entry into the life of the vil}age, a social outcast. For la Mere Bonnet but highly effective ensemble. Even the Missal bound in white leather as _well, _it _was a of great ~ e. strain, of petty incidents and of scarcely which Mme. Bonnet had given her brusquely and awkwardly as they left ve1led dislike. Cla1re s dress for the Confirmation was the greatest diffi­ the cottage, was not allowed to stand without criticism. Verbal comment culty. " Bon jour, Mme. Soyeuse, can I have material the same as you ceased ~ aturally as the pair reached the top of the hill. Claire, pausing sold Mme. Boujonne for Marie's dress?" . . . " There is none left. " .. . ~n certamly before the eyes of proud and jealous mothers and their wax­ " What is that behind you ?" ... " 'Tis promised t o Mme. Pathet." .. . like children, suddenly quailed before this expressionless face of distaste " Have you any like it? " . . . "No." ... And so it was. Angered by and loathin10 she moved f orward quickly into the Church, the fact that the o ld reed-cutter with tears of should share her life with a girl of un­ loneliness glistening in her eyes, half-hearing the voices starting outside · known origin, the jealous ladi es of the village formed a tight circle "No lace !" . .. " What's the book for?" . . . "She can't read" .. : an:ongst themselves which could never admit la Mere Bonnet, or do any­ " Only a white dress" . .. "and linen, too." ... Kneeling down, Claire t~g for her. It was the ?nly thmg on which they could agree, but in put ~ e r hands over her ears and prayed, hard and desperately, to the this matter they were unammous and relentless. VIrgm, whose mercy and kindness (M. le Cure said so last week) was * * * extended t~ anyone. She prayed for help, for friends, for courage; she The day of the service dawned hot and humid. The whole village prayed until she was comforted by the outpouring of her soul, and her was astir early, J?reparing themselves for this event, which happened no tears had _stopped. La Mere Bonn~t. meanwhile, bitterly moved by the more than once m four or five years. The service was to take place at wounded mnocence of ~e young child, had knelt beside her, and, placing 9 o 'clock, before the sun rose too high and the Church became too airless. an arm round the heavmg shoulders, had pulled the girl tenderly towards By 8 o'clock the whole village rang with the shouts of humanity ~ e r, as though she were ~he friend f?r who~ Claire had prayed. By the time that ~he candidate~ under stress. Nervous mothers shouted at recalcitrant daughters to get other filed m_to therr places, Claire was perfectly dressed, or to keep quiet, or to wash, or to sit still, while the poor little c~mposed, she left _the p~w mto which she had run in her grief, and, w1th brats burst into floods of incomprehending tears. Marie Christine climbed complete seremty, JOmed the other children in front of the nave. helpfully into her dress and split the delicate seam straight down the . At about s eve~ minutes past nine M. le Cure announced that the back, so that Mme. Boujonne was at work with her needle, scolding the Bish~p h~d not amved, and Marie Christine smeared all her make-up by child as she pulled the thread tight. Paul, forgetting that this was the b~rstmg mto tears. At twenty-five past nine the service began as the Great Day, had got up early and gone fishing, so that his mother was B1shop of Vale~ce, red-faced and portly, entered in vestments which were now in tears, despatching people in all directions to look for him. And too sm~ll for him~ f?llowe~ by the Cure, emaciated and pathetic in his so it continued in every house, even in the little cottage on the river, where su~s~ rv1e nce t.~ . h1s rr~me d1at e overlord. " In nomine Patris et Filii et la Mere Bonnet, usually so placid and stolid, was demanding in Spmtus Sancti -Cla1re was too carried away to say " Amen." a querulous voice how much longer Claire would be; the latter alone was * * * * calm, and had insisted on preparing herself. It was scarcely an hour before Claire found herself outside the Church Magically, as is always the way, by 8.30 a.m. the harsh voices had once more, blinking in the sunlight. She remembered little of the service given way to the cooing of doting mothers, and the shy replies of inno­ save the mo~ent when s~e had left her seat and knelt before the Bishop, cent children. At twenty minutes to nine doors began to open and the pale and senous, to receive the Holy Spirit. All she knew was that at moment, her life had children began to toil up the hill, ~e reluctant oxen being I?ulled ro~d ~hat been cut and renewed, totally changed in the field at the annual sale of ammals. At a quarter to mne the little 1ts outlook. group at the top of the hill circumspectly eyed one another. Most of the Beside her, Andre said, "Didn't he smell funny." Paul: "I don't• girls wore dresses either of satin or of silk, in pink or in yellow, extrava­ know_what h~ was.say~g." Georges: "He said what M. le Cure did, gances far beyond the pocket and the appreciation of their parents. Lace but <;Jifferent. ~ane w~spered something to her mother and was quickly veils and lace aprons completed the picture, but Mme. Boujonne had humed _out of sight behmd a cypress tree. Claire alone stood in silence managed to establish herself above other mothers by disguising Marie's and waited_ for la_ Mere Bonnet, pitying these poor dummies who had tears with the artificial powder and lip colouring which she had bought at end':red this fashion par~de for the sake of their parents' reputation, the annual festival; more than one husband as a result had been longmg to t_ell the~ what 1t meant to be a Child of God, overflowing with despatched down the hill to see whether he could lay his hands on some love and fnendsh1p; ~nd yet, realising, realising only too well that there powder before the service began. could never be any f~ e nds for her in this village, never any home, never any love, save the fnendship, and the house and the love of God, and of . Claire arri':ed sli~htly later than the others, walking gracefully and la Men~-S':l Mere Bonnet. Her lithely up the hill behind Mme. Bonnet. Her dress was of white eyes glistening, this time with happiness linen­ and not _With sorrow, _Claire stretched up the best that Mme. Bonnet could buy without on her toes, kissed la Mere the co-operation of the Bonnet lightly on the hps, oblivious village dressmaker, full skirted and pleated carefully with loving hands. of the sounds of disapproval around her; and so: together, more ~ogether than She wore no apron, but a lace veil covered her dark soft hair, which lay ever before, they moved slowly down t~e hill, through the Vlllage, to the little white cottage on the bank loosely combed over her shoulders. Critical eyes, therefore, were already of the nver, which was their joint home. at work before she reached the top of the hill, picking to pieces her simple R. C. POULTON. 74 75 THE ALUREDIAN Torbay to Li sbon To Lisbon with the Tall Ships E alJ joined " Creole" on r8th June in a dry dock at Southampton, W and we were to share for a month what was probably one of the most wonderful experiences of our lives. There were thirty cadets on board, of whom fifteen were Merchant Navy cadets and fifteen were Royal Navy cadets from the Dartmouth Training Squadron. For working the ship we were divided into port and starboard watches and each of these watches was divided into three parts of ship -fore, main, and mizzen. These parts of ship corresponded roughly to the divisions made by each of the three masts. Everyone had his own particular job, so that when we went about, or gybed, or hoisted, or lowered any sails we knew exactly what to do-or at least, we were sup­ posed to! We spent the first ten days or so in the Solent and in the Channel between the Isle of Wight and Portland Harbour. Most of this time we were getting to know our various jobs, learning the names of the sails and learning where to find all the various halyards, downhauls, top­ ping lifts and numerous other ropes and wires which led down from the masts . . The trouble was that all these ropes were always in an unavoidable jumble, and it was quite easy to get things jammed when going about, unless you were very careful. Up at Cowes we had already seen " Flying Clipper" and "Moyana," " ... unavoidable tangle of ropes" Taking the lead from "Moyana" but we did not meet any of the other Tall Ships until we reached Torb~ on 29th June. When we arrived in Torbay, "Christian Radich," " Sor­ landet," "Falken" and "Gladan" were already there. We spent that evening and the next morning tidying up after our hard beat down from the Solent and then we motored round to Dartmouth on the Saturday at lunchtime. During that week-end all the other ships arrived and moored in the Dart. For the rest of that week it was a wonderful sight from anywhere around the harbour to see all these ships so close at once. It gave people "some idea what Dartmouth must have looked like in the olden days when it was quite a thriving port for sailing ships. The following week was spent in general merrymaking on the part of all the ships there, and Dartmouth provided a fair to add to the fun of it. There were aH sorts of various sporting events, most of which were held up at the College, and also several sailing matches and a pulling regatta. I think most of the foreign cadets went away with a very good impression of Dartmouth, which certainly did its best to give them an enjoyable week. On Friday, 6th July, all the ships motored round to Torbay to anchor there for the night before the race started. I have a photograph of "Marabu" from H .M.S. Hornet looking quite small against "Ruyam," the Turkish entry; but when I was at Cowes recently, "Marabu" was one of the largest boats there and looked reaUy enormous 1 Saturday morning was not very promising, but the fine rain and Passing " Falken" just after t he start mist did not deter the dozens of small boats which put out to watch the

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start. By mid-day there was a good breeze of about force four to five, and the many boats out at the start made a lovely sight. I am only sorry that I could not have seen "Creole" herself, because with her Yankee set she was logging twelve knots close-hauled! I daresay that following the race from the papers gave a more accurate account of it than I can give now, and, of course, I can only give an account of the race as we saw it from "Creole." It is very inter­ esting to note that from soon after the start until we arrived at Cascais after the finish, we never once saw any of the other ships. A few minutes after the start we all ran into some thick fog, and in our part of the channel it persisted until 2 a.m. on Monday-a.!together about thirty-six hours . . We had to anchor in adverse tides in the channel both Saturday and Sunday nights, and we sighted Ushant light at about 4 a .m. on Monday. We had quite a difficult job getting between Ushant and the main­ land because the tides are very strong there. There was one rather terri­ fying moment when the wind dropped and we were being carried on to some rocks at an alarming rate, but, fortunately, we got enough wind to take us past them in the nick of time. Once we got into the Bay of Biscay the wind freshened again, and on the Tuesday night we had a lovely wind of about force six from the Anchored at Cascais-" Fl ying Clipper " West. "Creole" loved that wind, and at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning we logged our fastest speed of the race-fifteen and a half knots ! I don't think I have ever had such an exhilarating or convincing sensation of speed in my life. Unfortunately, this was the last taste of fast sailing we were to have during the race, because for the rest of our passage the wind was very fluky and mostly light. The general direction was from the South, which is unusual for that part of the Bay in July. There is nearly always a wind there in July called the 'Nortado,' which blows from the North; but this year it just did not exist. To cut short what would now become a rather slow and tedious story, we crossed the finishing line just after mid-day on Friday, 13th July. It was at a beautiful part of the Portuguese coast just North "of the entrance to the Tagus, and, after we had crossed it, we all anchored at Cascais until the Sunday morning, when we all motored round to Lisbon. We had crossed the line second in our class.-just about four hours behind "Ruyam." But on corrected time we were scratch boat; we were finally listed eighth, a poor position for the boat which was popularly the favourite! Of the festivities at Lisbon, let it suffice to say that the afternoons usually found us at garden parties, the evenings at dances or ni.ght-clubs, and the mornings with hangovers. I feel that I must say before finally closing how sad we all were to Motoring round to Lisbon- " Mercator ·· hear of "Moyana's" death. She was a very beautiful ship, and, although built in the late eighteen-nineties, she was still not too old to be able to win the race for British cadets. T. CHIPPENDALE.

77 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN Crossword The Old Aluredian Club EAR O.A. 's, D This issue covers all events since January, r956, and will thus serve to recall the Hockey Match in March and the Whitsun Reunion. Both were happy occasions and well supported. The Whitsun Reunion was the first occasion when the Annual General Meeting of the Club was held in Taunton instead of London, and it was fitting and encouraging that the Reunion was so well supported. After the General Meeting of the Club, the Annual Meeting of Subscribers to the Benefit Fund was held, and J . V. Keene was able to report completion of the difficult and protracted business necessary to make the Fund more usefully avail­ able to O.A.'s and yet retain its original and proper function. Both General Meetings were more representative of the present Club member­ ship than has been possib}e in London, and this, the principal reason for transfer of the meeting to King's, gives all a splendid opportunity to take an active part in the affairs of the Club and also to participate in the Whitsun Reunion. Before closing this introductory letter, I feel special mention should be made of the new branch meetings held on the first Wednesday of each calendar month at the Russell Court Hotel, Bournemouth, and at the George Hotel, Taunton. It is the hope of the Club Committee that such branches will grow in strength and number. H. REES PADFIELD, Hon. Secretary (Taunton) O.A.C. THE HOCKEY MATCH The O.A. 's descended on King's College from distant places on the appointed day in March and found conditions more amenable than last year. Careful propaganda in the Press had made full use of fact to impress the prowess of the School XI upon them and induce a proper CLUES frame of mind for the contest. You will have seen how near the O.A.'s ACROSS came to victory, but the School deserve all praise for their determination Sounds like a gadget for infrlng- 18 Common property belongs to this. and skill. It was a very close and skilfully fought game. The O.A. 's (2, 3. 3) were complete save for a goalkeeper, and Mr. Llewellyn, a teacher in 9 !ljf B~{i.J! - with Insolence and 19 Bahaman capital. (6) wine.' (Milton.) (5) 21 These often have title and valour training at King's, filled the position for them. The following O.A.'s 10 A second peal and another circle. connections. (5) (4, 5) 23 Hurt a mixed coin inside for this represented the Club:-D. M. Gosheron (M44), D. B. Gosheron (Msr), 11 The last few balls have been instrument. (9) B. L. Charles (F47), E. M. Loe (A52), ]. P. Fletcher (W46), M. Blood silent-too silent, in fact. (4-5) 25 The dog has been followed and brought to an end. (9) (F48), T. R. C. Webster (M48), C. D. Romaine (F53), D. C. C. Stott 12 A tree can devour. (5) 26 This girl has anger with direction. 13 Ten orders were written on more (5) (W45), R. B. Gendall (M42). than one stone one. (6) 27 This diocese encourages you to There will 15 .A hundred In a minor disturb­ have a very good wash in the always be room for hockey players on this occasion and ance for food. (8) plural. (4, 3, 5) R . B. Gendall would welcome volunteers for next year. DOWN 2 A gas of no sector. (5! 9 This should make the accused THE WHITSUN REUNION 3 An extensive French tall. (4, 5) seasick. (8, 4) 4 A Norwegian port. (6) 14 Adam's first fracture. (6, 3) PROGRAMME 5 It Is not, however, used to ensnare 16 A mineral, e.g. a ration. {9) young horses. (4, 4) 17 Heaven for Scandlnavian heroes. Saturday, 19th May, 1956 6 A backward tale with Its end to (8) · excite. (5) 20 A sort of something m ight result 2.30 p.m.-Athletics Heats and Standards. 7 These pressing demands seem to In it being this. (6) 4.30 p.m.-Tea have been gestures once. (9). 22 A nervy begln_ning. '(5) (near Fives Court). 8 A tunic material without the 24 When the d istribution is made by 7.30 p.m.-Annual Dinner (Moor's Cafe). degree. cannot speak properly. (12) me, the result is perfect. (5) Ladies' Dinner (Castle Hotel). The solutions are to be found on page 102 . 78 79 ,l THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN

Sunday, 20th May, 1956 The dinner was one of the largest held at Taunton during the past B.o a.m.-Low Mass (College Chapel). ten years and, fortified by a good meal and entertaining and erudite ro.rs a.m.-Sung Mass (College Chapel). speeches, the first evening of the Reunion set a good standard of friendly II.IS a.m.-Annual Meeting and Annual Meeting of Members conviviality. Since the agenda at the two important General Meetings of the Benefit Fund. on Sunday morning were heavy, at the request of the O.A.C. the Head­ 2.0 p.m.-Rover Crew Meeting (Mr. Pytches' room). master and Mrs. Unmack were asked to accept apologies and deep regrets 4-IS p.m.-Tea at Pyrland Hall. if the pleasure of the coffee party after Chapel in the Headmaster's house s.rs p.m.-Chapel (Pyrland Hall). were foregone . The apologies and regrets were graciously accepted, and 6.rs p.m.-Evensong (College Chapel). the Sunday morning, from r.r.rs onwards, was given up to official busi­ ness. The Headmaster presided at the meetings and all business was Monday, 21st May, 1956 expeditiously carried out. II.30 a.m.-O.A.C. v. College Cricket rst XI. There was a good muster of O.A.'s at Pyrland Hall and the usual O.A.C. v. College Cricket 2nd XI lavish hospitality and helpful attention by Mr. and Mrs. Shawyer, masters r.rs p.m.-Buffet Lunch for O.A.'s and their ladies. and boys ensured that the occasion was most pleasurable. It will be a 2.rs p.m.-Cricket matches resume. milestone in the progress of the O.A.C. when ex-Pyrland O.A. 's can be O.A.C. v. College Tennis VI. present at this and other occasions of the Whitsun Reunion. 4-IS p.m.-Tea at Fives Court. Monday B.o p.m.-Gather at the George Hotel, High Street. was, fortunately, a pleasant day overhead and the response to participate in cricket and tennis was most encouraging. The following O.A.'s represented the O.A.C. XI v. rst XI:-J. C. Samson (M44), The Annual Dinner was held, as in former years, at Moor's Corner Captain, R. C. Burtenshaw (A22), J. D. Preston (M46), D. B. Gosheron House Cafe, and presided over by F. Vyvyan-Robinson (Ars), and the (Msr), A. Elliott (Fss), B. Greatorex (Wss), R. Wadland (Ass), R. B. following guests and O.A.'s were in attendance:-J. D. Preston, H. H. Cheetham (Mss), J. H. May (FS2), D. Hill (FS2), and M. J. Gliddon Chaun, T. I. Miles, D. Barningham, J . C. Skinner, M. G. Rogers, B. J. (Mso). Largely due to the batting of A. Elliott and the bowling of M. J . Hills-Spedding, A. Elliott, R. A. H. Powell, D. Killingbeck; L. C. King, Gliddon, the School were beaten, but it was a day's most excellent cricket A. J. Hanscomb, J. B. Killingbeck, A. P. Whelpton, T. M. Eaton, B. and a good first match for the School. Due to the response to the circular, Johnston, J. H. Nurse, R. M. Crowe, C. D. G. Deakes, P. Culverwell, there was a wealth of talent available to play on the Colts field against R. C. Burtenshaw, J. V. Keene, I. D. Monro, A. A. Preston, M. J. the 2nd XI, where the O.A.C. were represented by: -I. B. Hills­ Gliddon, R. G. W. Richards, I. B. Hills-Spedding, N. S. Bathurst, J. Spedding (W28), L. B. Tait (A46). Darby, H. J. Lasham, R. H. S. Ashton, J. Heald, R. E. Fordham, D. M. Pinn, R. Coussey, F. Vyvyan-Robinson, E. M. Loe (AS2) organised the Tennis VI and R. Yeo (AS2), H. G. A. Morse, C. N. Moss, Chaun (Css), M. J. W. Cook, F. G. H. Ewens, C. A. Gulliford, D. Killingbeck (Asr), D. E. Royle (CSS), R. H. Thomas C. D. Romaine, D. R. (M4r), and A. P. Whelpton Bellamy, M. G. Baron, M. J. Hurman, J. G. Jefford, (ASS) represented the O.A.C. Full details D. H. Jordan, appear under tennis notes in this D. R. Luke, D. M. Preece, L. B. Tait, A. C. Burnett, B. R. Parsons, issue, but the result was in the balance N. Lane, R. Wadland, C. M. until late in the afternoon. It is hoped that any who applied to play tennis J. Bames, R. Yeo, C. G. S. Bames, the and Headmaster, the Chaplain, the Second were not in time to secure a place were able to enjoy themselves in Master, M. F. Jaquet, P . V. ~~~~- Harvey, H. R. Padfield, the School Captain 0. B. C. Brown), W. L. M. . Salt, N. Tyrell, P. Franks, N. A. Toogood, R. B. Gendall, R. 0. Davis, So much as in previous years the Reunion drew to its close and the G. T. Kitsell, D. J . Tazewell, R. W. Strachan, C. E. E. Spencer. O.A.'s left King's to the boys and the masters. . TOAST LIST-1956 The Taunton Secretary would like to say how much he appreciated the many kind expressions of thanks which he received both verbally and The Queen F. Vyvyan-Robinson (Ars) by letter The O.A.C. from O.A. 's, and humbly hopes there will be many more The Headmaster successful Reunions at King's. Reply D. M. Preece (F47) The School T. M. Eaton {MS2) Finally, the future must be arranged and, since the growth of the Reply J. B. C. Brown (School Captain) members now demands that the Sanatorium has to transfer almost all its beds to the gymnasium, so that in the event of Other O.A.'s who attended some part of the reunion:- any particularly unfortu­ nate incidence of physical ailment arising among the bo~ the Sanatorium D. Hill, A. R. Jefferies, J. A. Cole, J. Weeks, R. H. Thomas, B. facilities would be seriously curtailed, it is necessary Greatorex, to give notice that J. C. Samson, D . .T. Hunt, J. H. May, R. F. H. Trevett, the number of beds available to O.A.'s next Whitsun will be D. E. Royle, I. very many J. Stamp, D. B. Gosheron, I. D. Bulloch, D. R. fewer than heretofore. Will any O.A. 's who possibly can, therefore, Edwards, J. Charles, R. B. Cheetham, D. Corfield. decide to come to Taunton next Whitsun at a very early date? Why not 80 81 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN now? Thus it will be possible to make other arrangements for hospitality P. Franks now writes from 'Up Mayes,' Otterton, Devon. either with friends or in the town. C. G. Barnes, Hon. Secretary (Lon­ M. ] . Gliddon should by now have completed his National Service and don) O.A.C., has booked some accommodation at the George Hotel, expects to join P. & 0. His address is now Flat No. 3. North Close, High Street, which can be bespoken. It is necessary to act quickly, St. Martin's Square, Chichester, Sussex. because Taunton is very crowded at Whitsuntide. T. H . E. Goldie (A38) writes to say that he is now living at so Walde­ grave Road, Twickenham, Middlesex. NEWS ITEMS B. T. I. Graham (Ass) has changed his address to The Vicarage, A. Ace writes from The Union, Birmingham University, Birmingham, rs. Ankbrough, Nr. Scuntho.rpe, Lincs. D. Ashton writes from 'Dennington,' Willow Grove, Chislehurst, Kent. We congratulate A. ]. Hanscomb on his e ngagement to Miss Margaret C. M. ]. Barnes dislocated a shoulder early in the year and missed a Tho~ton , of Eccleshall. Hanscomb has been training as an Electrical good trip to Germany with a party from Sandhurst in consequence. Engmeer and passed with credits the Ordinary and Higher National I. D. Bullock writes from No. 2 Officers' Mess, Royal Air Force. Cerhficates. He hopes to do his National Service in the Royal Navy. Swinderby, Lincoln. He now writes from 9S Tixall Road, Stafford. E. Burston (WSS). who has appeared at King's for the serious task of D. L. Harris (A42) has sent greetings from Moorfield, Mill Road, South taking examinations, is now living at Greenways, Alfriston, Polegate. Homowood, Dorking, Surrey. Sussex. R. Hawken writes from rso NE 8znd Terrace, Miami, Florida, where he M. Bridgeman (WS3) writes to say his new address is IS Herdson Road, meets Mr. D. Hennessy, the British Consul there, who has two boys Folkestone, Kent, where he now lives. He has been studying at the at King's. Medway College of Technology, Chatham, and, having successfully ]. E. Heal has now been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and writes from negotiated 'A' level, is preparing for a General Science Degree. Minden Barracks, .Biackdown, Aldershot. By now 'he has probably ]. Charles writes from 13 Adamson Road, Swiss Cottage, London, N.W.3. transferred to Carlisle, where he expects to complete his service. He came to the Whitsun Reunion with Mrs. Charles and seemed likely We hear that G. F . Hogge (Fss). now at No . 7 Farm, Camden Park, to return to South Africa shortly. Menangle, N.S.W., is going in for the rodeo at the Sydney Show. R . B. Cheetham (MSS) has decided to go to Canada when he has com­ pleted National Service, unless the opportunity of a permanent com­ M. ]ames (MS4) when he last .wrote was a fusilier in training at Wemyss mission presents itself. Meanwhile, he has played Rugby for Exmouth Barracks, Canterbury, hC~;vm.g completed six weeks' training at the be commissioned. and the Devon Colts XV. We now learn he has been granted a per­ Tower of London. By this bme he may well manent commission in the Royal Marines. Maj. ] . B. ]enkins (A37) will be found at cfo 6/SD Branch, H.Q. ]. H. Coombs writes from 46 Mount Park Road, Ealing, London, W.s. Northag, B.F.R.O. 40, after roth April, rgs6. D . Corfield (232SOII3 L/Cpl.) writes with service news from Mount Sorrel ]. W. ]ohns (Msr) has again changed his address to P.O. Box qog, Platoon, R.H.Q., Oxford and Bucks L.I.. Cowley Barracks, Oxford. Bulaw~yo, Southern _Rhodesia. This address is permanent, and will We hope his injll!ed wrist is now fully recovered. find him for some time, although he himself continues to work at P. Culverwell writes while travelling daily to business in London and Fort Victoria. He is enthusiastic about life in Southern Rhodesia and was able to attend the Reunion. the development schemes completed since Federation was ac'com­ plished. C. D. Currie writes from Y.M.C.A., Westover Road, Bournemouth. He has arranged a new monthly meeting place for O.A. 'sin Bournemouth. B. ]o~nston (Wss). now a Flight Cadet at Cranwell, writes of the rigour It is The Russell Court Hotel, Bath Road. of hfe there for first-term people. He visited the School for the Whit­ suntide Reunion. He played frequently for the Cranwell rst XV last A. N. Dando wrote at Whitsuntide from St. Vincent Division, R.N. season. College, Dartmouth. He helped to entertain the Headmaster when he visited Dartmouth with the Headmasters' Conference. M. H. Kent (WS4) writes from home. He has now finished his National was expecting at Whitsuntide shortly to be called to Her Service andjs working for the Forestry Commission. He hopes to train R . 0 . Davis for the Ministry. Majesty's Forces. A. Elliot has now moved to 'Monk's Barn,' 29 Sandy Lodge Way, North­ ]. B. Killingbeck (Ass) writes from the Officers' Mess, R.A.F., Wart- . .wood, Middlesex. ling, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. · H. Fall writes to say he has a place at University College, London Hos­ Sgt. L. C. King (AS4). R.E.M.E., writes from No. 37 H.A.A. Regt. pital Medical School, where he hopes to start a second M.B. Course in R.A., Shoeburyness, Essex, and hopes to visit King's some time next · · October, 1957. year. ·

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M. Lindsey (Wso) combines activities in the upper circles of Rugby foot­ A. ] . Wadland (Az6) is now at 2 Avenue de Notre Dame au Bois, ball with studying medicine at Guy's Hospital. We hear he is now Tervueren, Belgium. married. R. Wadland (A56), who is now at Harrod's, writes from I Ridgeway The Rev. ] . R. Lloyd-Thomas, O.A., Principal of St. David's College, Gardens, Wimbledon, S.W.rg. Lampeter, has been appointed Canon of St. David's. We offer warm congratulations. · D. M. Whitehead (Fsr) is now living at Friars Gate, Abbots Leigh, Nr. Bristol. congratulate him on his I. W. Lovell (Wsr) writes from Edinburgh. We C. L. V. Wilkes (E25) nqw writes from 'Ferngarth,' ro Ridgeway Road, scholarship: he is going to Italy, Austria and Switzerland travelling Long Ashton, Nr. Bristol. to study shop design and showroom display. D. Yates (M54), now a subaltern in the East Yorkshire Regiment, writes F I 0 ]. G. Miles (Msr) now writes from H .Q. Far East Air Force, from rst Battn., the East Yorkshire Regiment, Quebec Barracks, R.A.F., Changi, Singapore 17, where he has now been for some Osnabriick, B.A.O.R. IO. months. In spite of the heat, he finds life full and interesting. R. B. Gendall (M42) has recently been appointed Deputy Editor of We hope that D. I. Mills (M54) is now recovered in health after !his "Illustrated." We offer congratulations in his advance in the world of spell in hospital. journalism. D. L. Milton-Ayres' (F55) address is now 'Porch House,' Coleshill, Nr. ] . M. Clutterbuck ((M47) was made Deacon by The Lord Bishop Amersham. of Gloucester in his Cathedral Church of The Holy and Indivisible M. H. Moaven (Mso) writes from 720 Maryland Avenue, Columbia, Trinity on 27th May, 1956, to serve in the Parish of the Abbey Church, Missouri, U .S.A. Tewkesbury. His address now is : The Abbey House, Tewkesbury, M. H. Morfey (M55) may now be found at Madely Croft, Madely Park Glos. Road, Baldwin's Gate, Nr. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. A. E. James (Wr7) has written to say he has just retired from the Army with the honorary rank of Major and has settled at Manor Cottage, C. L. Pearce (Wsr) writes to say his new address is Kingswood, 14 Cassie Blackthorn, near Bicester, Oxon. His eldest brother, W. R. James Avenue, Westbourne, Bournemouth. (Wr6) is still living in Manchester. Of A. E.'s sons, M. R. C. ]ames ]. Pickering (A44) writes from r8 London Road, Braintree, Essex, send­ (W 43) was married in December last and is living at 85 Dyne Road, ing good wishes for the O.A. Reunion. Kilburn, N.W.6, and R. C. C. ]ames (Wsr) is living at 25 Stover A. S. C. Oxenham (F40) we hear is now a proud father of a son, aged 2!, Road, Loughborough, where he is in touch with other O.A.'s. At the and a daughter, aged 5 years. He is on the advertising staff of H. J. King's Arms Hotel (thoroughly recommended) Mine Host is an Old Heing and finds the work interesting. His home is at Kenton, near Boy of King's, by name George Geekie, who would make welcome any Harrow. His brother, D. G. H . Oxenham (F42) , has been in Los O.A. who cares to call and stop. Angeles for nearly six years, where, after gaining experience in the ] . R. Attfield (A48) is now living at 28 Coniger Road, London, S.W.6. film industry, including making some films with Sir Alexander Korda, We offer warm congratulations on his recent engagement to Miss Joan and, after National Service, with 2oth Century Fox Ltd., he now man­ Carter, of Bristol. He continues to be happy with I.C.I. at their head ages a Newsreel Theatre in Hollywood. The only address we have office . through which he may be contacted by letter is: 7 Queen's Park G. H. Roblin (Ms6) has written to tell of his experiences as Section Leader Avenue, Bournemouth. at a camp for poor children and potential delinquents, aged II to I4 M. Rogers (M54) has been seen at meetings of the Taunton branch. ~e years, organised by the Probation Officer of Taunton. He warmly commenced National Service in January with the R.A.F., and he 1s commends this venture and suggests that other older boys or younger training to become a wireless mechanic. He may be reached through O.A.'s could render signal service to the less fortunate in this way. letters sent to North Curry Vicarage, North Curry, Taunton. K. E. H . Morris (A52) is again on his travels, this time through Yugo­ ]. C. ·samson now writes from 27 Blenheim Gardens, Highfield, slavia, Greece, Bulgaria, Istanbul, Ankara, Beirut, Damascus, Amman Southampton. and Jerusalem. Adventures by the way include arrest by the Arab Legion and also the Turkish Army. Needless to say, he is camping. from P.O. Box r88, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. R. T . E. SandaU writes F. Flander (Wr2) is now living at Longeaves Bungalow, Cwm Lane, ]. C. Skinner (M37), who has be~n nursin~ the Taunton . ~ranch through Rogerstone, near Newport, Mon. its infancy, has taken a post w1th the Midlands. ~lectt:fcity Board, an.d I . C. Trelawny (W35) called at the School recently and is now manager of will be living at Worcester. At the time of wnting h1s new address IS the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company. His address is: 7 Mill not settled. Lane, Felixstowe. (Tel.: 1368.) H. ·Vyvyan-Robinson (M45) paid a flying visit to King's in the Lent Term. E. P. Edmunds (W54) is now in the Pay Corps, stationed at Ranikhet This must not be taken too literally, please. Camp, Tilehurst, Reading .

• 85 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN Club for all (W5o) is now a Sergeant in the Education Corps at Wilton The purpose of the Guild is to provide a type of Scout R. Sladden Besides Park, Beaconsfield, Bucks. He recently married a fellow student t those still interested in Scouting and occasional Scout activities. the Bz?~tol Sch?ol of Art and hopes to study at the Slade when h~s camping, social activities, such as dinners and meetings, can be arranged. demobilisation IS completed. This side of the Guild, as part of the O.A. Club, has these functions G. F. Hoggs (F55) can be found at No. 7 Farm, Camden Park Menangle catered for already. ' ' N.S.W. It was felt that, as the O.A. Crew was no longer practicable, we MARRIAGES should re-form as the Old Aluredian Branch of the B.P . Scout Guild. We congratulate: In fact, the Guild will be far more suitable for our needs. The ailiiS of those of the old Crew, in addition, Lieutenant Michael Gilbe11t, R.N. (M5o), on his marriage to Miss Phyllis our Branch will be much the same as The question has been asked, Mary Goodfe~ow a~ St. Aldate's, Oxford, on 26th May, 1956. His following the Guild rules, as shown above. address now 1s: Fa~rwater, Hillhead, Lee-on-Solent. Why have a Guild in the first place? The answer to that lies in the reason for the Rover Crew being formed at Bampton in 1952. It was Bernard Basil Lovell (W5o) on his marriage to Miss Beryl Rosina Rosher that so much enjoyment had been had in camping in the past that at St: Benet's Church, Cambridge, on 14th July, 1956. His address felt should be formed so that O.A.'s could continue to do now 1s: La Grande Flaguee, Le Frie Ba.ton, St. Saviour, Guernsey. some organisation so after they left King's. Also that such an organisation would be a Miss Margaret O'Hara at St. Mary's John Ridler (W46) on his marriage to further link between the O.A. Club and the School. In the four years Barnes, on 7th August, 1956. Church, of its existence it has proved to be highly successful. Unfortunately, this year, we have been unable to have a camp. This The Edito~al Boar~ wi:ll ~e g~ad to consider articles, stories or poems is due to the fact that our intake over the past couple of years has not by Old ~luredians for mcluswn m the Lent and Summer issue, which been high enough, so that it so happens that many of our members are appears m October. All such matter should be addressed to The Editor caught up with National Service, and of the rest, not enough could spare The Aluredian, King's College, Taunton, and should reach him not late~ the time for a camp. I hope over the years our numbers will rise con­ than rst July, 1957. siderably, so as to ensure always enough people for a camp. It will be rather the younger members of the Guild who will want to camp, as after a few years, when University has been left behind, members will, I hope, be earning their living and have a tendency to get married, when they The Old Aluredian find it increasingly difficult to get away to spend two weeks or so perched on a mountain, or wherever the camp is being held. As I see it, the Guild will tend to divide roughly into the younger set, who will want the B.P. Scout Guild camps, and the older, who, on the whole, will be more interested in the who do find that they cannot often HE above title ma.r be a surprise to many who have known nothing Club side. I do hope that members in the build-up of the Guild. T of. our upheaval I? t~e past year. I.H.Q. have revised the rules camp will continue as members and will help wi.Jl not leave temporarily, go~ernm_g Rover Scouting m an endeavour to revitalize it. The two new Also, though some may be in the Forces, they and we do not like losing our m~. pomts are an upper age limit of 23 and the proposal of a stricter as their continued support is welcome actiVIty programme.. Both these regulations cannot be applied to the friends, even if only for a short time. be O.A. Rover Crew, dispersed as we are; a training programme would There will be an A.G.M. held each Whitsun, when the Committee out of the question. will be elected and general business of the Guild will be discussed. The There is a brother organisation, which has only been formed in re­ purpose of the Committee is to run the executive side of the Guild and to cent years, the :B<~;den-Powell Scout ~ui!d. The Guild is separate from initiate activities such as camps. They will need to be active members the. Scout Association as far as or~amsatwn goes and membership of the of the Guild and to represent all generations of the Guild. During the GuJld does not confer membership of the Scout Association, though a year circulars are sent out to all members informing them of business are as member can hold a Scout Warrant. The objects of the Guild and camps and often asking for opinions and suggestions. A copy of the follows:- - quarterly magazine of the Guild, the "Guildsman," is sent to all mem­ (i) To keep alive among its members the spirit of the Scout bers. A circular is sent to all members at the beginning of the Guild Promise and Law. year, October, on which is a request for a subscription. I am afraid that (ii) To carry that spirit into the communities in which they live members who do not answer this will no longer be considered members and work. until they remedy matters, as we cannot afford to send a constant stream bear this in mind. The (iii) To give active support to the Scout Movement as far as of reminders. I would appreciate it if you would their other responsibilities allow. subscription is too small to carry non-paying members.

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Most of the business has been to do with the change-over this year, so there is little to report. Our numbers continue to rise. Circulars were sent out in October, January and May. Martin Phillips represented the War Memorial Guild on parade on Speech Day. Below is a list of paid members and SPECIAL APPEAL FOR COMPLETION OF QUADRANGLE the rules of the Guild. Welcome to the new m embers! N the last issue of the Alure dian in March, 1956, the Headmaster s ent out a special appeal for £270 to complete the North East Corner of B.P . I SCOUT GUILD-RULES. the War Memorial Quadrangle. Through the quick generosity o f those I The Branch shall be called the Old Aluredian Branch of the B.P. whose names we pnnt here, the full sum was given b y donations and Scout Guild. donations under covenant within two months of the issue of the appeal. Such a prompt and kind response to this a ppeal is a great encourage­ 2 The Branch shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and pro­ ment in the w ork here, and we all wish t o express our heartfelt thanks cedure of the B.P. Scout Guild. to these kind supporters. The North East Corner is complete and has fulfilled all expectations as to its effect on the whole scheme and its good 3 An annual general meeting shall be held each year at the Whitsun appearance as one single item. Reunion. The names of the donors are : - 4 The Chairman and Committee, who will conduct the general manage­ R. H . S. Ashton, Esq. D. James, Esq. ment of the Branch, shall be elected at the A.G.M . C. G. Bames, Esq. R. James, E sq . C. V. J . Batting, Esq . T. G. Jefford , Esq . 5 The year shall run from 1st October to 30th September. Rev. Canon G. A. G . Bowden Mrs. L . Lo R. Bruford, Esq. M. Loe, Esq. 6 The annual subscription shall be 5 J- per annum, and membership E . D. Burn, Esq . H . E . M adge, Esq. of the Branch shall imply an undertaking to pay the annual Rev. Dr. S. C. Carpenter P . C. B . M alvern, Esq. sub­ J . M. Coombs, Esq. Rev. C. E . B. Neate scription. M. Coombs, Esq. Dr. A. B . Pearce C. Deakes, Esq. ] . Pickering, Esq. 7 The Committee shall present a report on the year's activities, together Col. R. C. H. Eagle J. ] . P ytches, Esq. with a statement of the financial position, at the A.G.M. A. Emmerson, Esq. T . G. Rant, Esq. Mrs. E . A. Fitch L . W. Reed , Esq. 8 The A.G.M. shall have the power to alter the rules, as may be con­ W. E. Gange, E sq . J . Lionel Rogers, Esq. M. J . Glennie, Esq. N . E . Scott, Esq. sidered fit, by a two-thirds majority vote of those present. H . J . Hann, Esq. R. C. Treweeks, Esq. A. J. Hanscomb, Esq. Mrs. R. C. Unmack 9 Membership shall be open to all ex-pupils, masters and ex-masters Mrs. C. Granville Hawkins C. L . V. Wilkes, Esq. of King's College, Taunton, subject to the approval of the Com­ Mrs. E . P . W . Higdon mittee. 10 The Branch shall be able to hire equipment from King's College, with the approval of the School Authorities. Obituaries DAVID · COLLINS LIST OF MEMBERS-JULY, 1956. T is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of David I Collins, Carpenter House, on 14th March, 1956, shortly before his Committee: fifteenth birthday. He had contracted measles, and, just when he seemed M. N. Phillips, C. 0 . R. E verard, T . M. Eaton , A. M. Monro. to be recovering, he developed encephalitis, and died the following day Members: without recovering consciousness. A. G. Ace, J . Baker, T . O'B . Bamber, J . A. Bartlett, C. M. }. Barnes, David Collins was in his second year at the School. He was a N. A. C. Bevan, E . E. Boehm, I. H. Boyle, J. B. C. Brown, M. J . Carter, modest, unassuming boy with high ideals, who was extremely conscien­ P. B . Charlton, J . R. E. Clee, P . J . Culverwell , B . L. England, A. J . Gibbs, tious in all that he did. Because of this he was appointed to membership D. Glover, A. Hamilton, R. J. Heyhoe, T . G. Jefford, I. C. Kerr, J . Killing­ of the Lower Common Room Committee ; he carried out his duties very beck, B . J . W . Large, H . Litton, I. D. Monro, C. Orchard, D. B. Paton, efficiently and with real concern for the welfare of those under him. There J. J. Pytches, D. Reynolds, J . M. Reynolds, G. H. Roblin, J . L . Rogers, is little doubt that, had he lived, he would have grown into a fine man. N. Scott, R. Sj;agg, M. E . Thornpson, A. K . Vodden, T . P . Wansbrough, All those who knew and loved him here mourn his death, and join K. R . R. Wilson, I. H . Wynn-MacKenzie. · in expressing their deepest sympathy for his parents and younger brother TIM EATON. in their loss.

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DAVID JOHN CARROLL BRIGGS Society. He was also connected with the Association of Buckingham s ~re (rst November, 1938-26th August, 1956) Surveyors. Before moving to Bucks he was with Devon and Hampshrre County Councils. T is with very deep regret that we have to announce the death of David I Briggs as the result of a sailing accident in Holland. He was lost 'HARRY' GAMBLIN overboard while taking part in a sailing camp arranged by a national T was with much regret that we learned last April of the death of Mr. organisation for boys from schools. I Henry Gamblin, who, as "Harry," was for twenty years a well known David Briggs entered Carpenter House in September, 1952, from and loved member of King's. We extend sincere sympathy to his widow Salisbury Cathedral School. From the start he won respect and affection and to his family. among boys and members of the staff alike : h~ r epr~sent~~ all the finest Henry Gamblin, who was 6g, had previously served with the Somer­ things that King's stands for. In course of time h1s ab1hty and great set Light Infantry for 21 years, and was in France in the First World sense of service brought about his appointment as a House prefect; in War. this capacity, his natural dignity, his friendliness and respect for others He left us only last year because of illness. made him a well-loved and influential figure. He had always hoped to enter the Royal Navy on leaving school, and there is no doubt that his outstanding qualities would have brought him many honours. King's College Bursary Fund He had wide interests and took a very active part in the life of the School. His chief interest lay in music: he was an enthusiastic member HE steady rise in the cost of living is causing man:y appeals from of the choir and showed real promise as a pianist. He also gave a great T parents for help in keeping boys at the School, while at the same deal of time to the Music Club, of which he was Secretary. time the resources at the disposal of the College for this purpose are limited. It often happens that help cannot be given to very deserving David Briggs was one of the outstanding people of his generation. cases through lack of funds. The Chapter has reorganised the Bursary. All those who were privileged to know him will mourn his death, but Fund so that donations and legacies may now be received into it for the treasure the memory of a fine person. valuable work of helping worthy boys through their education. It will, We extend our deepest sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Briggs no doubt, encourage intending donors to know that gifts may be made and Philippa in their loss. under covenant to this Fund; the advantages to the good cause which this type of donation brings' are generally well known. We earnestly FREDERICK JX)NALD PETVIN COCKS appeal for help towards this Bursary Fund. It is much needed. Such donations as have been already given have enabled the College to help E regret to announce the death of Frederick Donald Petyin Cocks, several cases of real need where first-rate boys would otherwise have W who died very suddenly on 14th July, 1956, and was mterred at had to lose several years of their Public School life. It need hardly be Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth. He entered King's in May, I9.I7, and said that any reciprocity between a donor and the parent of a boy bene­ left in July, 1920. He was prominent in the School cricket teams and fiting by the gift would render the donation under covenant invalid for became a member of the rst XI in 1920. Throughout his life he was very relief of tax. Any gift to the fund is a gift and cannot be conditional conscious of the great benefits he had derived from the School, and always upon the attendance at the School or the reception of help by a particular looked back with pride and warm loyalty t? his school days. T~r~mgh­ boy. How valuable a donation under covenant can be to the fund may out his life he was an upright and God-feanng man who was sens1bve to be shown by the following example: A donation of £30 p.a. for seven the religious life, and the words of the hymn: years, during which the donor pays tax at the present standard rate, ''He shall forgive thy sins untold, would put into the Bursary Fund in the course of those years a sum Remember thou His love of old, amounting in all to £364; this enables the College to grant two Bursaries Walk in His Way, His word adore, each of £45 p.a. to two boys for four years. And keep His truth for evermore," The following more detailed description of the scheme will, we hope, carried a special significance for him. prove attractive to possible donors: The object of the Fund is to provide assistance with the education PERCY FRANCIS SPILLER of boys in cases where the Headmaster is satisfied that there is real financial necessity. regret to announce WTE the death of Mr. P. F. Spiller, who left_ King's The income of the Fund is derived mainly from subscriptions made W in 1905. He was the youn~er son of Mr. and Mrs : H. F. ~piller, of under covenant; this enables the tax already paid to be recovered from Taunton. His death occurred m January, 1956, at his home m Ayles­ the Inland Revenue and used for the benefit of the Fund, but donations bury, Bucks. He was formerly Deputy County Surveyor, an A~sociate and bequests also add to its charitable resources. Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, a Member of the Institute of A separate banking account is kept for the Bursary Fund, so that Municipal Engineers, and an hon. member of the County Surveyors' all income received for the Fund, and all payments made from it, are 90 91 THE ALUREDIAN THE ALUREDIAN kept separate from other College transactions. Once a sum of money has been received into this account it can only be used for the purposes of the Fund. 'The Clouds' of Aristophanes Bursaries from the Fund are normally awarded for one, two or three N zgth June a party of seven left the School about 5.30 P:m. bound years, but the Chapter and Headmaster reserve the right to review each O for the Friary, near Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, whe:e the. Balhol Players award annually and to alter it in the light of the need existing at the time were to present (in English) this amusing comedy wntten m 423 B.C. by of the review and in the light of the money available for bursaries in the Aristophanes. College Bursary Fund. The Friary, situated iri glorious country at the bottom of a ~eep A strong recommendation from a Benefactor to the Fund for the valley, is approached by a precipitous winding l

STRACHAN Robert William. Vc . (King Alfred.) Valete G.C.E. '0: Level 1955, 2nd XV 1955, XLV 's, H~mse ~olours (Ru~ger, Swimming), Member of Motor Club, Photographic Society, Badmmton Club, Cert. LENT TERM, 1956 'A' (Parts I and Il), L /Cpl. in C.C.F ., 1st Class Shot. Address: Westwood Farm, Golf Lane, Filton . WADLAND, Roy. VIa. (King Alfred.) TRUSCOTT House Prefect 1954-55, School Prefect 1955-56, Vice-Captain of School , Michael Gilbert Ross. Vc. (King Alfred.) G.C.E. 1956, House Captain 1955-56, G.C.E. '0 ' Level 1953, 'AS' Levels '0' Level 1955, 2nd XV Rugger 1955, House Co_lo~ (Rugger), Member of Photographic Society, Art Clu_b, Trevithick 1955, 1st XV 1955-56, XX's, 1st XI Cricke t 1954-55, Colours 1954-55 , Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), 1st Class Shot, Proficiency 1st XI Hockey 1954-55-56, Colours 1956, House Colours (Rugger, Badge. Cricket, Hockey, Tennis), Chairman of Modern Languages Society, Address: Court, St. Stephen, St. Austell. Art Club, Member of Dancing Club Committee, Literary Society, SUMMER TERM, Sheldon Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), L /Sgt. in C.C.F., Pro­ 1956 ficiency Badge, Guard of Honour, 1st Class Shot, Classified Signaller, BROWN, James Barry Conway. VIa. (Meynell.) . Rover Mate, Chorister. Scholar, House Prefect 1953-54, School Prefect 1954-55-56, VIc ~­ Address: 2 Avenue de Notre Dame au Bois, Tervueren, Belgium. Captain of School 1954-55, School Captain 1955-56, House Captam 1954-56, G.C.E. ASHTON, David Sambrook. VIa. (King Alfred.) '0' Level 1 952-53, 'A' and 'S' L_evels 1954, State Scholarship 1954, Entrance to Clare College, Cambn~ge, for October, Scholar, House Prefect 1955, School Prefect 1956, G.C.E. '0 ' Level 1q56, 2nd XV 1953-54-55 (Captain 1954-55), XLV s 1954, 1953, 'A' Level 1955, Entrance to St. Peter's Hall, Oxford, for March, 1st XI Hockey 1954-55-56 (Secretary 1955, Captain 1956), Colours 1954-55-56, 1956, 1st XV 1955, XLV's, 2nd XI Cricket 1954-55, 1st XI Hockey 1st VI Tennis 1954-55-56 (Captain 1954-55-56), . Col~urs 1 954-~5-56, 1955 (2nd XI Colours), House Colours (Rugger, Crick~t, Ho c ~ey , House Colours (Rugger, Cricket, Hockey, Tenrus, Fives), C~a1 rman Tennis, Fives), Chairman of Literary and Dramatic Society, of Sheldon Society, Dancing Club, Art Club, Mem?er ~lub, Treasurer of Dancing Club, Member of Chess Club, of. Music Music Club, Modern Languages Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, History Sheldon Society, History Society, Photographic Socie ty, Cert. 'A' Society, Choral Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), U/0 m C.C.F., (Parts I and II), Sgt. in C.C.F ., Guard of Honour 1954, 1st Class Shot, Rover, Server. Guard of Honour 1955-56, 1st Class Shot, Senior Rover Mate. ) Address: 28 Lansdown Road, Gloucester. ( 0 l.XP Address : Dennington, Willow Grove, Chislehurst. t ~ ROBINSON, Michael Lyndon Beverley. VIa. (Meynell.) VODDEN, Albert Keith. VIa. (Woodard.) Scholar, House Prefect 1955-56, G.C.E. '0' Level 1953 , 'A' Level Exhibitioner, House Prefect 1954-55, School Prefect 1955-56, House Captain 1955-56, G .C.E. '0' Level 1953 1955, 3rd XI Hockey 1955-56, _House Co!ours (~ugger), Treasurer ?f , 'AS' Levels 1955, Entrance Sheldon Society, Member of History Society, Literary and Dramatic to St. Andrew's for October, 1956, 2nd XI Hockey 1955, House Colours Society, Dancing Club, Librarian, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sgt. in (Rugger, Hockey, Tennis), Secretary of. Danci~g Club, Treasurer of C.C.F., 1st Class Shot, Guard of Honour, Rover. Sheldon Society and Literary and Debating Society, Memtx;r of Chess Club, Bridge Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts Address: 9 The Avenue, Bickley, Kent. I and II), Staff-Sgt. !n C.C.F., Marksman, Guard of Honour 1953-54-55, Rover Mate, Sacnstan. WATT, James Chi Yan. VIa. (King Alfred.) Address: The Rectory, Aberkenfig. House Prefect 1955-56, G.C.E. '0' Level 1953, 'AS' Levels 1955, Entrance to the Queen's College, Oxford, for October, 1956, 2nd XV STAGG, Robert St. John Harvey. VIa. (Woodard.) Rugger 1953, House Colours (Rugger), Chairman of Bridge Club, School Prefect and House Captain 1955-56, G .C. E . '0' Level 1954, Member of Sheldon Society, Music Club, Chess Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts Pioneer Colourman, Shooting VIII 1954-55-56, Vice-~aptain o! Shoot­ I and II), Cpl. in C.C.F., Rover Squire. ing 1956, Colours _1955-56, Member of _Sheldon _Society, Mu~tc Club, Address: 235 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Motor Club, Dancmg Club, Choral Society, Assistant Orgarust, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), C.Q.M.S. in C.C.F., Guard of Honour 1955-56, FOX, Roger Geoffrey Ross. ~- (Bisho~ Fox.) . . Marksman, Rover, Chorister. Music Scholar, Member of Music Club, Literary and Dramatic Soc e Address: cfo. FJat 3, 18 Ru!!per Road, Horsham. Cert. 'A' (Part I), Chorister. Address: 68 Temple Avenue, Shirley, Croydon. PATON, Duncan Barclay. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) House Prefect 1954-56, School Prefect 1956, House Captain 1956, McLELLAN, Alan Charles. Vb. (King Alfred.) G.C.E. '0' Level 1954-55, 1st XV 1954-55, Colours 1954-55 (Secre­ G.C.E. '0 ' Level 1955, Member of Art Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and tary 1955), 3rd XI Hockey 1956, Captain of Shooting VIII 1955-56, II), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., 1st Class Shot. Colours 1955-56, Keeper of Fives Court 1956, House Colours (Rugger, Address: 48 Mountfields Road, Taunton. Hockey, Shooting), Treasurer of Dancing Club, Member of Sheldon

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Society, Choral Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Cert. 'A' DOUGLAS, James Stuart. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) (Parts I and II), C.S.M. in C.C.F., Guard of Honour, Marksman, Scholar, House Prefect rgss-56, G.C.E. '0' . Level I954· 3rd ~I Classified Signaller, Rover Mate. Hockey rgss-56, Librarian, Chairman of L1terary an_d Dra~atic Address : II5 Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Lancs. Society, Treasurer of Music Club, Member of Sheldon Society, H1sto~ Society, Sub-Editor BLAKE, Richard. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) of Aluredian, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sg~. m C.C.F., Guard of Honour, Certificates of Merit for solo House Prefect 1954-55, School Prefect 1955-56, Chapel Prefect, G.C.E. and duet p1ano playing at Somerset Music Festival 1953-54-55· '0' Level 1954-55 . .rst XV 1953-54-55. Secretary 1954, Captain 1955, Address : Colours 1953-54-55, rst XI Cricket I953-54-55-56, Secretary 1955, Olivet, Harbour Hill Crescent, Poole. Captain 1956, Colours I953-S4-SS-s6. rst XI Hockey I954-SS-s6. Secre­ KERR, Ian Christopher. VIb. (Bishop Fox.) tary rgs6, Colours 1954-55-s6. Youll Tennis Cup Team 1955. House House Prefect rgs5-56, G.C.E. '0' Level 1954, rst XV 1954-55, Colours (Rugger, Cricket, Hockey, T ennis, Athletics, Steeplechasing), Colours 1955, 2nd XI Cricket 1955-56, House Colours (Rugger), Mem­ Member of Sheldon Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Dancing ber of History Society, Music Club, Geographical Society, Meteoro­ Club, Music Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sgt. in C.C.F ., rst Class logical Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sgt. in C.C.F., Guard of Shot, Classified Signaller, Rover. Honour, Rover. Address: 23 Grove Park Road, Weston. Address: "Coombe Leigh," Oxshott Rise, Cobham, Surrey. ROBLIN, Graham Henry. VIa. (Meynell.) RAINBOW, Christopher. VIa. (Bishop Fox.) Exhibitioner, House Prefect 1954-55, School Prefect rgs6, G.C.E. '0 ' House Prefect 1955-56, G.C.E. '0' Level 1953-54, 'A' Level 1955. Level 1954-55, 2nd XV 1953-54-55. XLV's, rst XI Cricket 1954-56, Entrance to Wadham College, Oxford, 2nd XI Cricket 1954-55-56, 2nd Colours rgs6 (Pelicans' XI 1956) , rst XI Hockey rgs6, Colours, House XI Colours rgs6. 2nd XI Hockey 1955. House Colours (Cricket), Colours (Rugger, Cricket, Hockey, Steepl echasing), Secretary of Chairman of Photographic Soci~ty, Secret_ary of Mod_ern Lan~_ages History Society and Dancing Club, Treasurer of Literary and Dramatic Society, Member of Sheldon Soc1ety, Dancmg Club, L1terary Soc1ety, Society, Member of Music Club Committee, Sheldon Society, Library Library Committee, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L/Sgt. in C.C.F., Committee, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sgt. in C.C.F., Guard of Honour Member of Band 1955-56, Classified. Signaller. I954-55-56, Classified Signaller, rst Class Shot, Rover Mate, Chorister, Address: Server. c f o J. Arthur Rank Overseas Film Distributors Ltd., · rr Belgrave Road, Victoria, S.W.r. Address: IO'J Monthermer Road, Roath, Cardiff. HILLIER, David Reginald John. VIb. (Carpenter.) WANSBROUGH, Thomas Percival. VIa. (King Alfred.) House Prefect r955-56, G.C.E. '0' Level 1955, rst XI Cricket 1955- Exhibitioner, House Prefect rgss-56, School Prefect rgs6, House Cap­ 56, Secretary 1956 tain , Colours 1955-56, 2nd XI Hockey 1956, Shooting rg56, G.C.E . '0' Level 1953, 'A' and 'S' Levels rgss. Entrance VIII I952-53-54-55-56, Colours to Hertford College, Oxford 1955, Secretary rg56, House Colours , County Scholar, Provost's Prizeman 1956, (Cricket, Tennis, Shooting), Member of Bridge Club, Dancing Pioneer Colourman, Scorer for Club, rst XI Cricket, School Secretary of Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., Guard of Honour, Music Club, Member of Sheldon Society, Dancing Club, Chess Club Marksman. (School team), Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), C.Q.M.S. in C.C.F., Rover Mate, Sacristan. Address: Little Meadows, Toldish, St. Columb, Cornwall. Address: Rosemary, ro Den Avenue: Bognor Regis. ORBELL-DURRANT, Clive Patrick. VIa. (Meynell.) House Prefect MACKESON, Paul. VIa. (Meynell.) 1955-56, G .C.E. '0' Level 1954, Entrance to Sandhurst House Prefect for September, rg56, 2nd XV 1955, House Colours (Rugger), Chair­ rgs4-56, G.C.E. '0' Level 1953-54, 'A' Level rgss. man of Stamp Club, rst XI Hockey rqs6 (2nd XI Colours) Treasurer of Pottery Club, Member of Chess Club, , 2nd XI Cricket 1955-56 (Cap­ Bridge Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts tain rgs6, 2nd XI Colours), House Colours (Rugger, Cricket, I and II), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., rst Class Hockey, Shot, Guard of Honour, Classified Signaller. Fives), Chairman of Chess Club, Member of Music Club Committee, Sheldon Society, Dancing Club, Bridge Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Address: Dene End, Tilford, Surrey. L/Sgt. in C.C.F., rst Class Shot. DAVIS, Richard Michael John. VIa. (Carpenter.) Address: IS Lockwood Avenue, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs. House Prefect 1956, G.C.E. '0' Level 1954, Chairman of Bridge Club, BAKER, Michael James Nevill. VIa. (King Alfred.) Member of Chess Club Committee, Music Club, Dancing Club, Fallodon Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts House Prefect I95S-S6, G.C.E. '0' Level I954-.'i.'i. Member of Dancing I and II), Cpl. in C.C.F. Club, Music Club, Modern Languages Society, History Society, Choral Address: cf o Major S. J . Davis, Cocks & Kings Branch, Lloyds Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Drum Major in C.C.F., Classified Bank, London. Signaller and Signals A.C.I., rst Class Shot, Server. BARTLETT, James Anthony. VIa. (Woodard.) Address: Furnham Vicarage, Chard. House Prefect rgs6, G.C.E. '0' Level 1954, 'A' Level rgss. Pioneer

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Colourman, Chairman of Aeromodelling Club, Member of Dancing BARNES, Terence Timothy. Vc. (Woodard.) Club, Modern Languages Society, Motor Club, Cert. ' A' (Parts I and 1st XV 19S4-SS, XX's, 1st XI Cricket 19ss-s6, Colours I9SS-s6, 1st II), Cpl. in C.C.F., Classified Signaller, Rover. XI Hockey I9SS-s6, Colours 19s6, House Colours (Rugger, Cricket, Address: The Pines, Alderholt, nr. Fordingbridge, Hants. Hockey, Athletics), Member of Dancing Club, Fallodon Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Il), Cpl. in C.C.F., 1st Class Shot. RELLAMY, Colin Douglas. Vc. (Meynell.) Address: s6 Bedford Avenue, Bamet, Herts. House Prefect 19s6, G.C.E. '0' Level 19SS, 1st XV 19SS, XX's, 1st XI Cricket 19s6, Colours, 2nd XI Hockey 19SS-S6, 2nd XI Colours, CAKE, John Alan . VIb. (Meynell.) House Colours (Rugger, Cricket, Hockey), Member of Art Club, Choral G.C.E. '0' Level 19SS, Member of Motor Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and Society, Stamp Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cadet in C.C.F., II), Cpl. in C.C.F., Classified Signaller. Chorister. Address: "Sealand," Pearce Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset. Address: Salcombe Close, Sid Lane, Sidmouth, Devon. CATT, William Reginald. Vb. (Woodard.) WIDGERY, Bryan Macey. VIa. (King Alfred.) House Colours (Steeplechasing), Member of Photographic Society, House Prefect 19s6, G.C.E. '0' Level 19S4-SS, 2nd XV 19SS, 3rd XI Chess Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), L /Cpl. in C.C.F., 1st Class Hoc~ey 19ss-s6, School and 'Taunton Area' Athletics Team 19s6, Shot, Classified Signaller, Proficiency Badge, Server, Member of St. Chrurman of Motor Club, Member of Music Club Committee, Modem Lawrence Guild. Languages Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cpl. in C.C.F., Classified Address: 47 Seamoor Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth. Signaller. Address: West View, Rimpton, Yeovil. DARYABEGI, Ali Reza. VIb. (Meynell.) G.C.E. '0' Level I9SS, 1st XI Hockey r9s6, Colours, House Colours WILKINS, David. Vc. (Meynell.) . (Hockey, Swimming), Secretary of Stamp Club, Member of Photo­ House Prefect 19s6, G.C.E. '0' Level 19SS, 1st XV 19SS, XX's, 2nd graphic Society, Bridge Club, Chess Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), XI Cricket 19SS-S6, 2nd XI Colours 19s6, House Colours (Rugger, L/Cpl. in C.C.F. Cricket), Member of Dancing Club, Badminton Club, Cert. 'A' Address: Manoutchehri Road, Teheran, Iran. (Part I), Cadet in C.C.F. Address: Parson's Paddock, Chilmark, nr. Salisbury. EVANS, Frank Jack. Vd. (Woodard.) House Colours (Steeplechasing), Member of Chess Club, Trevithick GRIFFIN, Antony Wilfred James. VIa. (Woodard.) Society, Pottery Club, Fencing Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cadet House Prefect 19s6, G.C.E. '0' Level 19S4, 'A' Level 19SS, Pro­ in C.C.F., 1st Class Shot. visional place at Queen's College, Dundee, Pioneer Colourman, Chair­ Address: Hill o' Thrushes, Wootton Courtenay, Minehead. man of .Wireless Club, Member of Dancing Club, Motor Club, Music Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Sgt. in C.C.F., ifc SignaJs Section, GARDINER, William Hedley. Vd. (Woodard.) Classified Signaller and Signals A.C.I. . Member of Dancing Club, Fencing Club, Motor Club, Fallodon Society, Address: Middlezoy Vicarage, Bridgwater, Somerset. Literary and Dramatic Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cpl. in C.C.F., Server. HUGHSON, John Munro. Vc. (King Alfred.) Address: Hyldene, Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex. House Prefect 19s6, G.C.E. '0' Level 19SS, House Colours (Steeple­ chasing, Swimming), Member of Aeromodelling Club, Photographic GOBAT, Anthony Theodore. VIb. (Carpenter.) Society, Badminton Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), BugJe Major 19s6, G.C.E. '0' Level 19ss. 2nd XV 19ss. 2nd XI Cricket 19ss. Member Marksman. of Bridge Club, Chess Club, Fishing Club, History Society, Cert. 'A' Address : P. 0. Box soB, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. (Parts I and II), Cadet in C.C.F., 1st Class Shot, Server. Address: The Glympse, Aylestone Hill, Hereford. AKIGBOGUN, Olatunde. IVc. (Woodard.) Senior Colts XV 19SS, 2nd XI Cricket 19S5, Senior Colts Hockey XI HUNT, Bernard James. Vb. (Carpenter.) 19s6, Member of Art Club, Aeromodelling Club, Cert. 'A' (Part 1) , Chairman of Pottery Club, Member of Fishing Club, Photographic Cadet in C.C.F. Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cadet in C.C.F., Marksman. Ad1lress: P .O. Box 1og, Bathurst, Gambia. Address: Oak House, Bishop Sutton, Bristol. ALDERSON, Peter Michael. Vc. (Woodard.) JOHNSON, Christopher David. Vd. (Woodard.) House Colours (Rugger), Member of Trevithick Society, Photographic Senior Common Room Committee, Member of Trevithick Society, Society, Wireless Club, Cert. 'A' (Part 1), Cadet in C.C.F., Marks­ Cert. 'A' (Parts I and II), Cadet in C.C.F ., Member of St. Lawrence man, Member of St. Lawrence Guild. Guild. .Address: so Manor Road, Solihull, Birmingham. Address: 3 Redgate Drive, Hayes Brornley, Kent .

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]ONES, John Roderick Franklin. Vd. (Woodard.) Literary and Debating Society, Cadet in C.C.F. 2nd XV 1955 , House Colours (Rugger) , Secretary of Trevithick Society, Address: c f o The Embassy of Pakistan, The Hague, Holland. Treasurer of Photographic Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), Cadet in C.C.F ., Head of St. Lawrence Guild. SLANEY, Robert Anthony John. yb. (Meynell) Address : April Cottage, Sharp Way Gate, Bromsgrove. Senior Colts XV 1955. 2nd XI Cncket 1956, Semor Colts Hockey XI 1956, Member of Pottery Club, Cert. 'A' (Part 1) , rst Class Shot, Cadet KLINKENBERG, Anthony J ohn . IVb. (Woodard.) in C.C.F . Junior Colts XV 1955. Junior Colts Hockey XI 1956, Cadet in C.C.F . Address: 26 Charlton Road, Weston-super-Mare. Address: Smallacombe, Ilsington, Newton Abbot. STAMP, Paul Mervyn. Vb. (Bishop Fox.) LEES, David John Glenday. Vb. (Bishop Fox.) Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11) , Cadet in C.C.F., Proficiency Badge. Senior Colts XV, Senior Colts Cricket XI, House Colours (Shooting), Address: Hemyock Rectory, Devon. Society, Cert. 'A' Member of Music Club, Motor Club, Photographic SOO, Chen Jen. VIa. (Meynell.) . (Parts I and 11), Cadet in C.C.F., Marksman. rst Tennis VI 1956, House Colours (Rugger, Tenms), M~mber of Address: 3 Queens Court, Colliers Water Lane, Thornton Heath. History Society, Badminton Club, Cert. 'A' (Part I), Cadet m C.C.F. LLOYD, Ronald Joseph. Vd. (King Alfred.) Address: 4 Broom Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. Chairman of Senior Common Room Committee, 2nd XI Hockey 1956, TOROND, James Leonard. Vlb. (Bishop Fox.) 1st Tennis VI 1955-s6. School Athletics Team 1955. Swimming Side G.C.E. '0' Level 1955, Member of Chess Club, Music Club, History 1956, House Colours (Tennis, Swimming, Hockey). Member of Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), Badminton Club, Aeromodelling Club, Cert. 'A' (Part I), rst Class L/Sgt. in C.C.F., Proficiency Badge. Shot, Cadet in C.C.F. Address : 81 Devon Road, Cheam, Surrey. Address: I Sutherland Court, Southcliff Road, Bournemouth. TCHAO, Ruy. VIa. (Bishop Fo":.) . . NUTT, David Nathaniel. Vlb. (Woodard.) rst Tennis VI 1956, Member of Bndge Club, Fencmg Club, M~1c Club, Member of Photographic Society, Bridge Club, Chess Club (Member of Chess Club, Photographic Society, Cert. 'A' (Part I), Cadet m C.C.F. School Chess Team), Music Club, Cert. ' A' (Parts I and 11) , Cpl. in Address: 8 Nanking Road, Taipei, Formosa. C.C.F., Guard of Honour. Address: The Hollies, Sunny Hill, Derby. WEBB, Michael David. lllc. (King Alfred.) Member of Music Club, Cadet in C.C.F . OSVALD, Nils Olaf Peter. Vlb. (King Alfred.) Address: 20 Elm Park Court, Pinner, Middlesex. Member of History Society, Photographic Society, Badminton Club, Cadet in C.C.F. WILKINSON, Geoffrey John. Vb. (Bishop Fox.) Address: Margretelundsgatan 27, Gothenburg, Sweden. rst XV 1955 , XX's, junior Colts Cricket XI 1954, .rst XI Hockey 1956, 2nd XI Colours, Swimming Side 1955-56, Colours 1956, Somerset ORCHARD, Christopher. Vc. (Woodard.) Junior Swimming Champion 1955, House Colours (Rugger, Hockey, Member of Wireless Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), Cpl. in C.C.F ., Shooting, Swimming). Member of Badminton Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts 1st Class Shot, Senior Scout. I and 11), Cadet in C.C.F., 1st Class Shot. Address: The Old Vicarage, Thorne St. Margaret, nr. Wellington. Address : Queenswood Hotel, Col wall, Malvern. PRING, David Thomas. Vc. (Carpenter.) WYNN-MAcKENZIE, lan Hugh. VIa. (Woodard.) G.C.E. '0' Level 1955, 2nd XV 1955, XLV's, Swimming Side 1956. G.C.E. '0' Level 1954. Pioneer, Member of Dancing Club, Fencing Colours, Member of Motor Club, Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), L/Cpl. in Club, History Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Motor Club, C.C.F., Member of Band, 1st Class Shot. Cert. 'A' (Parts I and 11), Cpl. in C.C.F., Guard of Honour 1956, Pro­ Address: 8, Westbury Lane, Combe DingJe, Bristol. ficiency Badge, Classified Signaller and Signals A.C.I., Rover. Address : 47 Obelisk Road, Woolston, Southampton. ROBERTS, David George. Vlb. (Carpenter.) G.C.E. '0' Level 1955. Member of Music Club, Pottery Club, In­ MIDDLETON, Roger Hugh. Br. (Junior House.) ventors' Club, History Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Cert. Address : 31 Henley Road, Taunton. 'A' (Part I), Cadet in C.C.F., rst Class Shot. Address: 53 Holland Road, Peverell, Plymouth. SALMAN, Asad Raza. Illb. (King Alfred.) Junior Common Room Committee, Member of Music Club, Junior

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Salvete Acknowledgements LENT TERM, 1956 E ackno~ledge with pleasure receipt of the following con­ W temporanes:- House : King Alfred Bishop Fox House : School Magazine; The Monktonian; The Lancing S. C. L. F. The Wellington Kemble, 1. Bamford, College Magazine; The Allhallows School Magazine; The Queen Victoria Morgan (ii), P. P. Hall, T. R. The Kelly College Chronicle; The (ii), W. A. School Magazine; The Hurst-1ohnian; Rogers Shove (ii), 1. M. ; The Exonian; The Eastbournian; The Sharland, P. M. Windmill; The Ardingly Annals Meynell House : Raven; The Wyvem; The Ellesmerian; The Tauntonian; The West Buck­ Carpenter House : Cake (ii) , R. W. A. land School Register; The Bloxhamist; The Markhamian. Davies (iv), R. H. Edwards (iii), D. K. W oodard House : Robinson (iii), P. R. W. Guilmant, M. C. White (iii), N. 1. E. *Lobb (ii), M. W. Junior House : Bames (ii), C. 1. tCembrowicz, S. P . Purter, M. W. Weller, D.

SUMMER TERM, 1956 Ktng Alfred House: Bishop Fox House : *Bray, W. M. *Butt (ii), N. P. Chang, M. H. T. Farr, M. C. Meynell House : *Gladwell (i), A. N. Atkinson (ii), T. J. *Hennessy (i), C. G. Thomas (ii), R. J. Hepworth, E. J. P. Philippe, I. D. Woodard House: *Webb, M. D . Baker (iii), I. H. Carpenter House: *Lipman, J. M. Butt (iii), A. J. S. Sandeman, J. S. Junior House : Bentley (ii), M. A. D. Hennessy (ii), R. D. Murray (ii), C. M. Paul (ii), S. M. Rollinson, A. L. W. Walker (ii) , D. I. tWinckworth, M. R. *Denotes from Junior House tDenotes Day Boy

SOLUTIONS TO "ALUREDIAN" CROSSWORD Across. 1 Fowling piece. 9 Flown. Down. 2 Ozone. 3 Long queue. 10 Ring again. 11 Over-quiet. 4 Narvik. 5 Pony trap. 6 Elate. 12 Eater. 13 Tablet. 15 Macaroni. 7 Exactions. 8 Inarticulate. 9 18 No one man. 19 Nassau. Floating dock. 14 Broken rib. 21 Deeds. 23 Harmonica. 25 Cur­ 16 Aragonite. 17 Valhalla. 20 tailed. 26 Irene. 27 Bath & Wells. Graded. 22 Start. 24 Ideal.

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