GODHELMIAN i The Magazine of the County Grammar School, Godaiming Contents ! ■ EDITORIAL I The Easy Way Out 32 Fire ......................... 32 REPORTS AND REVIEWS In Steppenwolfis Memoria 35 Mr. Bloomfield ........................... 2 Midnight Forest............. 45 From the Staff Room ............... 3 A Room ......................... 45 Belgian Trip ........................... 5 Night ......................... 47 Around the Societies ............... 13 Resurrection ............. 48 Science Projects ........................... 16 The Devil’s Charge 49 B.A.Y.S. and S.L.A.G.................... 18 Stall..................................... 49 Social Services Committee 18 Translations ............. 50 Christian Union Feature............... 19 Unknown is Unknown 56 “Hamlet*’ ....................................... 23 “Oliver*’ ....................................... 25 2. PROSE Library Report and Questionnaire 27 (a) Personal and Descriptive Sports stand ........................... 37 ' Scenes from Childhood ... 11 As I Recall.......................... 11 NEWS AND SCHOOL FUNCTIONS A Leaf .......................... 31 Speech Day ........................... 52 How We Managed............ 35 Founders’ Day .......................... 54 A Leaf .......................... 47 Parents’ Association ............... 54 A Shell .......................... 49 Examination Results ............... 55 Clown .......................... 49 Valete ....................................... 57 Old Godhelmians’ Association ... 60 (b) Narrative “When I dipt ...” ............... 9 ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Under the Anaesthetic............... 10 I Heard a Young Girl Crying ... 12 1. POETRY The River...................................... 31 The Funeral ........................... 4 The Journey .......................... 45 * Last Moments of a Passenger ... 4 Heights and Depths ............... 8 (c) Informative I was tired..................................... 8 The Pond ...................................... 4 Friend or Foe? ........................... 8 Waterloo ...................................... 7 f Estate Agent's Song ............... 10 The World of the Waterways ... 46 Despair ...................................... 11 The Wey and Arun Canal Society 46 Requiem for a Planet ............... 11 No Preservatives or Sugar Added 11 CARTOONS BY SUSAN INMAN ... 3,31,43 Pollution ......................... 11 Mouse's House .......................... 12 PUPIL DISTRIBUTION DIAGRAM 22 Cycle: c. Love .......................... 24 Equality? ...................................... 25 FLOW DIAGRAM 26 The Dog ...................................... 31 Being a Tree .......................... 31 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 33 Words are Inadequate ... 32 Communication Too ... 32 SILLY PAGE AND A HALF ... 29-30 ; ! 7 RFD-GQ The Godaiming firm who are the leading manufacturers of survival equipment. Although we have factories in other places, our Head Office and main factory are in Godaiming. Opportunities exist for entrants in the professional, clerical and technical grades. Write to the Training Officer for more details. R F D — G Q Ltd. Catteshall Lane, Godaiming, Surrey. : Our staff talk about us Bob Vineer joined us straight from school, when he was 18. “I’d just taken my GCE’s”, he says, “I wanted a job that offered security and the chance to get ahead, so I chose the Midland. “My work there began as a junior clerk, you know, generally learning the business. But after four months, I moved on to higher things— as a cashier. “After a while at that, 18 months or so, I did a spell on control work. “Now, at 21, I’m working in the branch’s foreign and ^ securities section. “What do I like about my job ? Oh, the variety, meeting people—the money’s good as well. “My prospects ? I hope to be in management within ten years, but that depends on me.” f “ < * Andrea Waters joined the Midland Bank at 16, straight from school. “Why ? Oh, I’d just taken CSE’s and one of my passes was in typing. The Midland offered me a job as a typist, so, I took it. As it happens, I started in Head Office as a junior. That was a year ago, and since then I’ve moved on to more responsible work in the same department. What do I like about the job ? Well the money’s good for my age, I like the people, but mostly I suppose, I enjoy the work. There isn’t much more you 1 could ask from a job, really is there ?” Elizabeth Stevens. “I left school with six ‘O’ levels—looking for a career with a future. I joined the Midland, did junior work for a year, then moved on to the counter. I pretty soon got to know everyone—they’re a great crowd, really friendly people. I plan to get married before very long, but I’ll probably carry on working here afterwards —it’d be a shame to leave all my friends. I get a good wage i (equal pay with the men) and this is coming in very handy in I setting up a home.” J Our staff have talked to you. Why not come and talk to us? Write to: The District Staff Supt., Midland Bank Ltd., i 45 Castle Way, Southampton, SOI OBW. Midland Bank ''•tt*** A Great British Bank : Join Lloyds Bank, and ■ you’11 steer yourself into ■ money-management. Why do we tell school-leavers that? Because one thing’s for sure - the old idea of a bank as large, anonymous and remarkably dull I is as out of date as a hand-wound gramophone. |H One of our top men, who retired last year, looked back on a lifetime with Lloyds and said: H “I regard the disappearance of handwritten __ ledgers, and the installation of machines and ■i finally the computer, as unmitigated blessings.” i! These days, people in Lloyds are able to get [ I on with their real job. That is, the management of money, the tool of our trade. Working with people, and working for people. I Interested ? Write to us for fuller information. Regional Staff Manager, Lloyds Bank Limited, I 10 Quarry Street, Lloyds Bank LGuildford, Surrey. looks after people like you i GODHELMIAN 1972 Presidents: E. P. DEWAR, M.A. MISS D. D. GILL, B.A. Hon. Editor: MISS P. K. YOUNGFIR Editorial Editors: 1. Will you bother to read the next eight questions? SALLY ROGERS 2. What, apart from talking, have you done about MICHAEL FARRANT social problems—poverty, the aged, the physic­ ally and mentally handicapped—in your area? Business Manager: 3. Have you heard of U.N.C.T.A.D.? R. G. H. BLOOMFIELD, B.SC 4. Do you want to be part of the “affluent society"? Business Secretary: If so, can you justify this in terms of world poverty? If not, can you reconcile yourself to a SUE RENSHAW lower standard of living? Committee Members: 5. Do you agree with the “doormvatchers”? Is their attitude merely a natural response to change? MRS. M. BURNS, M.A. MISS M. TOTTLE, B.A. 6. Do you make Society or does Society make you? 7. Do you have a “tolerant” attitude towards immi­ grants? Would you have if you lived in Wolver­ hampton? Is repatriation dodging the issue? 8. What is your reaction to the Christian Union? “Well meaning but deluded?” Is this adequate? “A joke?” Have you ever attended a meeting? ; Are you afraid to do so? 9. Is your mind open to anything that is not one of your “concerns”? E.g. how many of the “Around the Societies” reports will you read? Do you habitually ignore sections in your newspaper? We would like you to think on these questions and on the magazine in general. There is not much point in producing a magazine simply because schools always have magazines, and there is not much point in your buying it if you are only going to flick through the pages and then put it aside. Therefore we have endeavoured to publish contribu­ tions that stimulate thought. For this reason we have decided to leave out several compositions which were very competent but rather traditional. The technical standard of most entries has been very high. Our thanks must go to staff and pupils alike; both have given us great assistance. S.R. AND M.F. 30p 1 From the early clays, the Musical and Dramatic Society found in him the perfect business manager. Printing, arrangement of seating, royalties, finance and all the general management problems to do with dramatic productions fell to him, but he was also the universal confessor whose wise diplomacy main­ tained harmony among the players. He brought the same acumen and considerable vigour to his man­ agement of the business affairs of the Magazine, rendering invaluable service in his constant search for revenue. Of course his interest has been nothing less than the whole life of Godaiming Grammar School. On sports day he can still be seen, a magisterial figure armed with a stop-watch doing his official duty as timekeeper, but not so long ago the observant on­ looker could also see the fortunes of his House, ■reyberg, clearly writ on his countenance; it was no accident that Freyberg scored so many successes. On other occasions he would be arguing cogently in the otaff Debate, or instructing juniors in chess, or arranging a Sixth Form expedition to the National hysical Laboratory or to Greenwich. A few years ago he began to take part in the annual visit of junior parties to Belgium, revealing his usual powers o organisation—and an ability to manage H.M. Customs. R.G.H.B. He has always been a most popular member of the Common Room, and behind the dignified exterior is a very human person who is full of fun. a happy association began 25 years ago when If he is perhaps no longer first choice for full back Major R. G. H. Bloomfield, R.E.M.E., was appoin­ in the staff hockey team, his stage presence as a ted to teach Mathematics at this school. In the years pukka sahib is still formidable, and the voice of that immediately followed, when scientists were in Bish ’ Bloomfield is quite unique. very short supply, he even assisted with some Chemistry teaching; but his main work concerned Physics, and when he became Senior Science Master Retirement ceremonies were held in July when he successfully and harmoniously developed his many vied to do him honour, and we are glad to department from his headquarters in the laboratory say that, despite his recent house move back to his with the ever-open door.