THE ALUREDIAN
Contents
PAGE PAGE Editorial 3 Literary and Dramatic Society 38 Obituaries 3 Modern Languages Society 38 The Squash Courts Appeal 8 Archreological Society 39 Music Club 39 SCHOOL RECORD School Notes 11 Art Club 40 King Alfred House Notes 12 Photographic Society 41 Carpenter House Notes 13 Natural Science Society 41 Bishop Fox House Notes 14 Astronomical Society 41 Meynell House Notes ... 15 Wireless Club 42 Woodard House Notes 16 Tape-Recording Society 42 Chapel Notes 17 Dancing Club 43 Club Library Notes 18 Badminton 43 Music Notes 19 Sailing Club 44 Subscription Concerts 19 Motor Club 44 Club "Saint J oan" 21 Light Music 44 45 C.C.F. Notes 23 Heraldic Society Pioneer Notes 24 Chess Club 45 45 Rover Crew Notes 24 Conjuring Club 46 Junior Friends of Wells Fishing Club Cathedral 25 Junior House Notes 47 Salvete 25 PERSONAL CONTRffiUTIONS Valete 25 Rover Crew Expedition to House Sport 27 Yugoslavia, 1961 50 K.C.R.F.C. 30 "Beneath the Rubble" 51 K.C.M.R.C. 36 Referendum Day, 1961 51 Fencing Club 36 Col;Tespondence 52 Sheldon Society 37 Acknowledgments 53 History Society 37 THE OLD ALUREDIAN CLUB 54 Francis McDonald Et heri ngton, Priest
Provost 1920 - 1932
Somerset County Gazette, Castle Green, Taunton. 24772 THE ALUREDIAN KING'S COLLEGE, TAUNTON
EDITOR: J. R. HALTON SUB-EDITORS: J. C. S. HORROCKS, G. C. DARVILL, A. C. HILL VoL. XXX. No 4 FEBRUARY, 1962
Editorial PPRECIATION of the last issue still reaches us from all sides, as A does a small amount of adverse criticism from the less progressive (or more practical) elements among readers and contributors. This adverse criticism, however, is always welcome, for in making these changes we may have overlooked many minor points. We therefore issue an appeal to all readers to swell the correspondence columns of the maga zine with suggestions, protests, support, opinion, or any other printable material concerned with life in general and particularly with the School magazine! We welcome Mr. Bartlett's letter (see correspondence) in which he protests against our publication of an article claiming the inferiority ·Jf the coloured man. His later congratulations .on the last issue of the Aluredian, however, reflect the general approval of the alterations made in that issue; these were intended to abolish the standardized and formal nature of much of the contents, and to put in its place a more liberal and intimate reflection not only of the life and ideals of the School, but of the varied nature of the ideas of the boys, particularly when these are qualified by personal experience. Should a school magazine seek to pull the wool over the eyes of its readers by ·depicting 466 stereotyped social cogs united (stagnant) in the supposed conservative uniformity of The Public School ? Is it not better to reveal that varied opinions are held and discussed by boys at school, even if some of them, such as this one on colour, seem very mistaken ? Too much wool is being pulled over too many eyes in the world at present. Crisis after crisis, discussion after discussion, everything shows up the Cold War for what it is-a phoney war, phoney because both sides have a false impression of the other and are always therefore arguing at cross purposes. Let us, in our small way, show the Public School for what it is and not fot what some people think it ought to be. THE EDITORS. Obituaries FRANCIS McDONALD ETHERINGTON Provost 1920·1932 HE Revd. Francis McDonald Etherington, who was Provost of the T Western Division of the Woodard Corporation from 1920 to 1932, died at Minehead on 6th November, 1961, at the age of 90. Father Etherington, a native of Blackheath in Kent, was an Associate of the University of London, and was made deacon in 1894.
B 8 :rhe following year he was ordained priest and spent the next three years mutual friend. To which the Archbishop's reply was-"Then you know m the East End _as curate of St. Judas, Whitecf!apel. There followed a great man." Great indeed in the range of his contact with life and two shorter appomtments, ~ s curate ?f the Kent parishes of Chevening. with humanity. Blackheath and the Estuary of the Thames gave hlffi and then Ch1slehurst, but It was while he was at Whitechapel that h. a love of the sea and sailormen which followed him through life . Bant's first contact with S_omers~t was made. An offer to take a temporary du IS Cam on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, which he rented from ~t Dunster determmed h1~ to accept the position of Vicar of Minehe~ the Admiralty, the boys of the King's Scout Troop have good reason m 1899. He end~ared hm~self to his parishioners, and his departure to remember with joy and gratitude. He enjoyed telling the story of to Lenham, back m Kent, m 1914, was a sorrowful occasion for Mine how on his first visit to the Islands with a friend from Minehead, on head. enquiring for rooms of the serving girl who answered the door of the His ministry at Lenham _ w~s cut short, however, by the First World homely Inn, they overheard the following conversation in the kitchen : War. He beca~e a Chaplam m the West Kent Regiment, and in 1915 "Who's that come in ?" "Don't know, but one of them's the ugliest went Bishop of Hereford, T . R. Hogg. Esq., Lt. Col. I. S played on the evenmg of Speech Day, Friday, 22nd June, 1962. Hogge, R. W. H older, Esq., Dr. L . C. Holland, Mrs. B . Holmes, Capt. J . Hope, Mrs. M. Harder, F . ]. Horley, Esq., A. H . Horrocks, Esq., D . F . G. Horwood, We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all those who have so Esq .. Mrs. C. S. Howard, Lt. Cdr. ]. A. Howard, C. R. Hughes, Esq ., Mrs. promptly and generously supported this good cause. The lack of Squash M. W . Hughes, G. R. H . Hunt, Esq., W . M. Hurrell, Esq. Courts h<~;s been muc.h regretted at King's for many years, because Squash L . A. lde, Esq. Rackets IS a splendid game and playable in wet weather. This lack ;s A. Jackson, Esq., J . C. W . Jacob , Esq., H. S. H . James, Esq., Capt. H . now removed. James, G. ] . James, Esq., Mrs. P . M. James, M. F . Jaquet, Esq., Group Capt. R. K . J effries, Capt. W . S. C. Jenks, H . M. J enner, Esq., Mrs. D. M. J ennings. Our l!st ,of ?onors, apart .from O .A." donors who are not parents of D. C. J ennings, Esq. , H . John, Esq., H . W . Jones, Esq., D . 0 . ]ones, Esq., boys at Kmg s, IS as follows-If anyone notes any omission we should be J. P . Jones, Esq. grateful to be informed :- H . Kemble, Esq., J . S. Kemp, Esq .. Sqn. Ldr. P . N . Kenny, D . W. Kent, Esq., R. W. K ent, Esq., Mrs. G. C. H . Kent, F. Khairy, Esq., H. K. H . King. w. G. Ace, Esq., Mrs. Adam, Salman A. Ali, Esq., Mrs. 0 . M. Alien, B . K. Esq., ] . E . King, Esq. , J . H . Kirk, Esq., I. S. Kirkbride, Esq., W. D . W . Alien: Esq., R. .H. S. Ashton, Esq, The Revd. P. B . Ashwin, J. Atkinson, Esq., Knight, Esq., J. Knox, Esq., Miss L. Ko, R. W. Kochanek, Esq. Monsteur F. Avto, Mrs. Aylmer. The Lady Staff, W. Latcham, Esq., Cdr. ]. S. Launders, L . P. F . Lee, Esq., S. Baker, Esq., G. K. Ballantyne, Esq., G. L . F. B amford, Esq., c R A. P. Leigh, Esq., The Revd. J . L . Leslie, The Re"d. C. T . S. Lewis, The R evd. Banks, Esq., Lt. Col. P . ] . Barbary, Mrs. M. E . Barber, Lt. Col. H. 0 . Barn:ard: F. C. Lewis, Mr. Lewis, Mrs. F . W. G. Liley, S. Lintem, Esq. , F. S. Lipman, Mrs. H . 0. Barnard, R. G. L. Barnes, Esq., C. D . Barrett, Esq., Dr. R. Barrie, Esq., F. N . Little, Esq., E. Llewellyn, Esq., V. Lloyd, Esq., Mrs. Lo, J . Lock, Mrs. H . L. Bateman, P . Batey, Esq., A. J. Baxter, Esq., Dr. J. Benn, Major Esq. , E . Longden, Esq., Cdr. A. V. Lyle. T. D.- B entley, Esq., R. C. Bentley, Esq., H . A. Berry, Esq., W . ]. Bennett, C. W . P . Macrae, Esq., The Venerable the A. H . Berryman, Esq., Dr. M. F . Bethell, Fit. Lt. G. W. Bibby, P. P . Bickford, Major H . Macdonald-Smith, Blain, Esq., E . C. Blake, Archdeacon of Sherbome, Mrs. M. H . Madin, Dr. G. F . Magurran, R. F . Main, Esq., C.]. Blackmore, Esq., L . T . Blackmore, Esq. , D. . Capt. D . E . Mannering, G. F. Bond, Esq., The Revd. T . R. Esq., R. H. Major, Esq., T. N . E . Mangin, Esq. , Instr Esq., A. I. Blow, Esq., G. E . Bolt, Esq., G. Revd. R. E . Marsden, A. C. Martin, en, Esq., W. T . Bracey, Esq., The F. Marchant, Esq., R. B . Marke, Esq., The Bonsey, Commander H . Bott, J. A. Bowg Mrs. W. J . May, R . E. May, Esq., Mrs. Mayers, Brewer, S. A. Broadbridge, Esq., The Revd. ]. Esq., P. W . Martin, Esq., Revd. f!'· M. Bray, Dr. D . ]. ., R. G. McCaffrey, Esq., Major J. W . Meades, D. D. Mears, B. Budge, Mrs. I. Bullen, H. J. Burge, Esq., A. D. Burn· C. R. Mayne, Esq Bromwtch, Mrs. M. R. F . Meredith, Esq., R. H. Meyrick, Esq., D. G. Mitchell, Esq., Cdr. H . W . field, Esq., R. H . Burton, Esq., Mrs. S. Burt A . L. Butt Esq Mrs E M Esq., Blumfield. ' ' ·• · · · Mole, W G . Monk, Esq., Mrs. A. T . Morant, A. H . Morgan, Esq., G. W. Morgan, Esq., ] . A Morice, Esq., J. Moseley, Esq., Lt. Cdr. P. H . Moss, C. K. Mott, A. R. Caffrey, Esq., R. A. Callow, Esq., J. O'B. Canavan, Esq., H. C. Cary, Esq., Cdr B . B . Mungo, Mrs. J. Murray, S. H . Murray, Esq. Esq., C. M. F . Cembrowicz, Esq., Major J. A. Channon, Esq., C. Caudwell, Major A. Nelson, W . Newman, Esq., A. ] . Nicolas, W. Chapman, T. F . Cheung, Esq., C. A. Ching, Esq., K. Chivers, Esq., M. A. Nedham, Esq., J. Mrs. J. G. Nicoloff, J . S. Nbcon, Esq., N. Noorvash, Esq., F. P . A. V. R. Chodzko, Esq., H . R. Chopping, Esq., Cdr. R. S. Christian-Edwards, Esq., The Revd. . Nye, Esq., C. T. Nylander, Esq. ]. L . Chubb, Esq., G. W . Clifford, Esq., C. H . Clode, Esq., L . H . V. Clubb, Nurdin, Esq., F . B Esq., T. E. Cobb, Esq., Group Captain A. H . W . J. Cocks, R. K. Collings, Esq., T. L . Oliver, Esq., A. Opie, Esq., The Revd. Preb. T . R. Owen, T . Owen , Mrs. E. L. Collins, R. W. Cooke, E sq., W . F . Cope, Esq., D . D. Couche Esq., Esq. The Revd. H. ]. Coulson, The Revd. F. E . Coward, H. C. Cowley, Esq., Mrs. R. Padfield, Esq., A. J . Padwick, Esq., F. G. Pallett, Esq., Mrs. K. D . . H. D. D. Cox, C. H . Cox, Esq., The Revd. J. Cox, K. C. Craven, Esq., V. E Patching, Sqn. Ldr. D. R. Parkinson, M. G. Paul, Esq., T. A. P eam, Esq., Cressy, Esq. , Miss D . C. Crockett, Dr. W. G. Cross, The R evd. E. H. W. G. A. R. Pears, Esq ., T .' W . Pedler, Esq., S. R. P erratt, Esq .. The R evd. D . L . Crusha, H . H. Curtis, Esq .. Peyton Jones, C. D. Philippe, Esq., T . P . Phillips, Esq., Mrs. G. E . Plant, Mrs. V. R. Darvill, P . A. Davenport, Esq., The Revd. C. Davies, L . F . C. A. Pocock, Esq., Capt. E . N . Poland, Sqn. Ldr. A. H . D . Pond, M. C. Pook, E. Davis, Colonel M. ]. Davis, Mrs. ] . E . Deane, E . L . Esq., A. W. H. Porter, Esq., F . G. Porter, Esq., W . Power, Esq., Major R. K. Davies, Esq., Capt. K. . Dewey, Esq., C. H . Diggory, Esq., S. G. Dimmock, Esq., A . L . Dodson, Esq., Prentice, Lt . . Col. A. M. L . Price, M. B . Price, Esq., G. T . Price, Esq., Mrs Mrs. A. E . Dowling, 0 . A. Dupee, Esq., The Revd. C. ] . Durrant, M. Dykes M. A. Priestley, Mrs. E . M. Prowse, P . G. Pryor, Esq., J. P . Purvis, Esq., O.A., Bower, Esq. Mrs. H . L. E. Pye, J. ] . Pytches, Esq. 8 9 R. Bruce:Radcliffe, Esq., A. B. Randall, Esq., D. Ranger Es 'tf· ~ - ~ankm, Esq., C . A. Rapson, Esq., The Revd. E . S. Reddi~ · School Notes · · eece, Esq., Dr. J. L. Rees, D. Reis, Esq., Capt. B w' ~ ~ynol~s. T . Reynolds, Esq .• Mrs. A. J. Rhind, G. Richardson Esq A c' HE Most Reverend Archbishop Lord Fisher of Lambeth has tess, sq.! The Revd. R. A. Robbins, E. Roberts, Esq., H . Rob e ~ Es · T accepted an invitation to perform the official opening of the New T . H . Robmson, Esq. , A. C. Robinson, Esq., O.A., J. L . Rogers, Es' ., J5~· Building, the South Wing, on 22nd June, 1962. ~ - ~ - E . Rolhnson, E . V. Rose, Esq., S. J. Rose, Esq., D. Rosser, Esq qB B. osstter, Esq., G. H. Rouse, Esq., M . A. Rowe, Esq., Mrs. J. M. Rugg, F. G·. L. We congratulate the 1st XV on their excellent performances this Rumball, Esq., The R evd. J. Ruscoe, L. Russell, Esq., A. H . Russell Es · season. They have won 12 out of 13 matches. F. L. Ryland, Esq., J. A. Ryle, Esq., Mrs. Ryton. ' q., The engagement has been announced of Miss Elisabeth Unmack to K . L . Saies, Esq., A . H . Samuelson, Esq., Miss W. J. Sanders the Revd. D. ]. M. Niblett. We wish them every happiness in the Mrs. M. K . Saunders, Lt. Col. D . Sax, Mrs. D. M. Scaddan, The Revd ' future . P . R. Scott, O.A., R. Sharp, Esq., A. Shawyer, Esq., F. L. Sheldon. Esq.: Mrs. 0 . K . Shelton, R . Shirley-Smith, Esq., R. F . Simon, Es ' The V en. The Provost preached in the School Chapel at evensong on S. ?rms, Esq., R. K. Smerdon, Esq., M. H. Smith, Esq., Mrs. L. Smith, G l' Sunday, lOth December, and also took part in the School Carol Service. SmtJ;b, Esq., A. R. Snell, Esq., D . G. Soper, Esq. , Mrs. B. M. Southcott p . w· On Sunday, 15th October, a highly successful "Brains Trust" was Spaus, Esq., A . ]. J. Spence, Esq., R. T. Spiller, Esq., F . T. Spratt, Esq:, G. H. Sprunt, Esq., R. W . Stanley, Esq. , Mrs. Startup, L . G. Statham Esq p . held on Religious questions. The Bishop of Crediton very kindly pro Stephens, Esq_., J. H . W . Steven, Esq. , D. S. Stewart, Esq., R. V. Ste~art , Esq · vided the "Brains." M. A. 0 . Sblson, Esq., R ear Admiral R. F . Storrs, C. W . J. Stow, Esq., Two former Fellows, the Revd. F. M. Etherington, Provost of the D . M. B . Stroude, Esq., W / Cdr. A. S. R. Strudwick, E . E . Surridge Esq., Lionel Rogers (J.P.). of E. L . Sutton, Esq., I. A. Swaffin-Smith, Esq., K. G. Swale, Esq., The' Revd' Western Division from 1920 to 1932, and ]. L. C. Swan, The Revd. A. J. Symon. · Penrose, Helston, have died. A former Chaplain, the Revd. C. M. Stothert, and Oliver Bowditch the Head Gardener, have also died. We F. W. Tarr, Esq., J. T. Taylor, Esq., J. S. D. Taylor, Esq., Mrs G M Tebbot, Dr. H. W. Thomas, J. A. Thomas, Esq., C. T . Thomas, Esq.·. s: H: express our deep sympat?y ~it~ their relatives and friends. Obituaries Thompson, E;sq., Mrs. P ~homson, Mrs. R. M. Tickner, F . V. Tighe, Esq., will be found elsewhere m this Issue. W/Cdr. R. Tt!Jyard, J. G. Trmpson, Esq., J. Tipping, Esq., Mrs. M. S. Toland, There was an experimental "Half-Term" holiday from 20th October Mrs. E. Toppmg, R. D. Townsend, Esq., Lt. Col. B . M. Treanor, S. Tribbeck Esq., D. G. Triggol, Esq., Cdr. C. E . Trythall, D. Tucker, Esq., L . Tucker, Esq.: to 23rd Odober. Mrs. Tuke, Mrs. M. Turner, S. G. S. Turner, Esq., E . Tyler, Esq. Lectures this Michaelmas Term included one on the colour problem R. C. Unmack, Esq., Mrs. R. C. Unmack. in America by Professor Wish, one on the Wild Game of Africa by Mr. R. B . Vallender, Esq., J. Lens Van Rijn, Esq., Mrs. P. D . M. Vaughan T. Murray Smith, M.C., and one by Mr. A. C. Wilson on the Berlin Masson, S. G. Vaux, Esq., J. C. P . Verley, Esq., P . D. Vincent, Esq. Crisis. A. ]. Wadland, Esq., O.A., J. Walker, Esq., G. S. Walker, Esq., Dr. J. w. The Squash Courts have slowly risen during the term and we are Warboys, M1ss P . Warne, A. H. Warren, Esq., The Revd. 'L. G. Watson, Mrs M. Watts: W. H. Webb, Esq .• F. E. We!:>st~r, Esq., Lt. Col. W . G. F . Weller: told that they will probably be ready for use half-way through the Lent E. H. WJ:ltte, Esq.,]. W. Whtte, Esq., S.t WIUte, Esq., The Revd. L . A .B . White, Term. We extend our warmest thanks to all the donors, parents, friends Mrs. Whttfield, G: H. Whi~ton , Esq., T. ;t; .~itworth, Esq., Capt. G. Wilcock, of the School and O.A.s who have made this possible. Mrs. R. A.~- Wlid, J. Wilkes, Esq., Lt. ,Col. M. W . D. Williams, J. D. Wilson, con Esq., The Rtght Revd. D. J. Wilson, R. F . Winck'worth, Esq., Mrs. A. R. Winter, The O.A. London Dinner was held on 1st December. In this W/Cdr. D. W. T . Withers, N . B. Wood, Esq., J. G. Woodgates, Esq., A. Woolla nection we mention A. G. F. Rippon's promotion from Parliamentary cott, Esq., R. E. Wooster, Esq., The Revd. A. L . Wragg, R. H . S. Wrefora, Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation to Joint Parliamentary Secretary Esq., A. L. Wyse, Esq. to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. P. H. Yates, Esq., The Revd. W. A. J. Yeend, Dr. J. Young. P . L. Marchant won the Somerset schoolboys' individual foils cham Mrs. Zebedee. '- pionship. B. M. Wooton passed with distinction out of Sandhurst in July. He won the Anson Memorial Prize, the Tactics Prize, the Science Prize, the Tombs Memorial Prize, passed fourth out of Sandhurst and won an a ward of £40. $. N. G. Davies was awarded a Naval Scholarship and M.T.Trythall a Royal Marine Scholarship. C. G. Sandercock won the Violin Trophy for the best player under 18 in the Taunton and District Music Festival. The Right Reverend Mark Hodson, formerly Bishop of Taunton and a Fellow of the Western Division, was enthroned Lord Bishop of Hereford on Saturday, 20th January, 1962. The Reverend Canon A. C. Williams, Vicar of Penzance and Custos of the School of S. Clare, Penzance, has been appointed Archdeacon of Bodmin in succession to the Venerable W. H. Prior, who is also a Fellow of the Western Division. The Headmaster has accepted work of special merit from : Rees ( i) , E . L. (Greek Exercise). Shirley-Smith (i), C. ]. (Physics). Zebedee (German Essay) . · 10 D 11 House Notes CARPENTER HOUSE KING ALFRED HOUSE House Captain : C. J . Dean e. House Captain : N . V. Lyle. House Prefects : J . A. Spence, G. Tucker, I. Winter, D. Bromwich. School Prefect : I. D. Philippe. Deputy Prefects : P. M. Robinson, C. B. Stewart, C. G. Sandercock. House Prefects : J. M. Graham, E . C. Llewellyn, R. D. Hennessy, Common Room Committee : Robinson, Stewart, Sandercock, B. L. J. C. S. Horrocks. Bateman. Deputy House Prefects : M. A. Salman, J. R. L. Scott, I. P. L. Smith House Colours : Spence, G. D. Tribbeck, M. J. Hardy-Dobney, G. C. Darvill, J. Macrae. ' Robinson, Bateman, D. S. Turner, R. J. R. Gibson (Rugby). Common Room Committee : M. A. Salman, J. R. L. Scott, I. P. L. House Half-Colours : P . L. Marchant (Shooting) . Smith, A. W . Bishop-Stephens, C. P. Jones. House Colours : P . J . T. Grant-Anderson, A. W . Bishop-Stephens, J. C. S. Horrocks, M. J. Morice, G. C. Darvill, J. l\1:. Graham, R. J . Smith, M. G. Alien (Rugby). At last, after four years, the Carpenter's traditional "bad luck" has ended and the Junior team is to be warmly congratulated on winning House Half-Colours : A. R. J. Hobbs (Shooting). the Junior Shooting Shield. The Senior team was not so successful and came third. The Michaelmas Term has been one of outstanding success, especi We must congratulate Sandercock for doing so well in the Taunton ally in the realm of sport. Not only did we share the Junior Rugger Music Festival and for winning the Keynes Wyatt Cup for the second Cup with the Bishop Fox after a pointless draw in the final, but we year in succession, Marchant for becoming the Junior Foil champion beat the Woodard 3-0 in an exciting match to carry off the Senior of Somerset, and .Winter and Tribbeck for gaining 1st XV Rugger Rugger Cup, thus making up for the disappointment of losing our colours, the first in the Carpenter for two years. traditional Hockey Cups. We must congratulate Hennessy and Grant Anderson on being awarded their School Rugger colours and S. M. As always, we were well represented behind the stage for "St. Scaddan, who was awarded his Pioneer colours in true Alfred tradition. Joan," with J. A. Spence as assistant stage manager and G. Tucker, D. Bromwich and F . J. Rose as heads of departments. In the School Play we were extremely well represented. Twelve of the available parts were taken by King Alfred members, with I. P. L. The day quarters of the House are compact with Upper and Lower Smith, J. C. S. Horrocks and J. M. Graham playing leading roles, and, Common Rooms, a small workroom, a Prefects' study with all "mod moreover, the unmistakable hand of the Alfred could be traced behind cons," and a new study for Mr. Harvey, all at one end of the South the scenes in preparing the facade '9) both the set and the actors, and wing. not least in the familiar voice of the\ p~tpllter. With three armchairs in the Upper Common Room, two repaired P . W. Mole must be congratulated pir gaining an Art Scholarship and one presented, as well as one of Goddard's "creations," which and Peyton J ones for his Music Scholarship and a really fine perform has been purchased for the House, the colours of the Common Room ance on his flute in the Taunton Music Festival. have considerably brightened and the comfort improved. Fortunately, the immovable King Altx"ed have not felt the "teeth Table-tennis has been quite popular this term because we are wait ing" troubles of the new building to j:he extent of some other Houses, ing for a replacement to the billiard table. but we do miss the Vlth Form, who only appear infrequently in the Common Room with distant expressions on their faces, perhaps thinking Our common room music this term has been wholly modern and more of the inevitable battle with their books than of the cakes. the ''classics'' are neglected. The House library has thrived and many Shortly after the half-term holiday 26th October came round once new books have been bought, in particular the academic literature sur ,more and we toasted ·the cakes just mentioned with the customary rounding Lemmy Caution and his bozos and stories from way-out West. beverage. Hoping that all purses would be fat after the "break," an auction of antiquated library books was held. We hope that the per suasiveness of our auctioneer, I. P. L. Smith, did not cause excessive financial embarrassment to anyone, and thanks must go largely to the generous contributions of the Lower Common Room. Money proved no difficulty this year in acquiring a Christmas tree (see House auction), but whether "this House should support the family firm or the colossal combine" in the acquisition thereof was much debated amongst members of the "sect." The reliability of a certain non-Tory organisation was in the end put to the test. We would, in conclusion, like to wish all our leavers the very best for the future-our House Captain, N. V. Lyle, and his infallible cricket ing colleague, I. D. Philippe, and also M. G. Alien, S. M. Scaddan and C. J. Durrant. 12 13 BISHOP FOX HOUSE MEYNELL HOUSE House Captain : N . P. Butt. House Captain : ] . R. H alton. School Prefect : A. Fussell. House Prefects : ]. W . D. Rees, B . F . Kochanek, P . ]. White, M. H . House Prefects : F. T. Riess, R. D. Evans, M. D. Mears, ] . w. Ragless, P . E . Dewey. Whitton. Deputy House Prefects : M. A. Coward, P . Topping, D. D. Hill, A. C. Deputy House Prefects : C . P. Baxter, C. ]. Magurran, D. F. H. Hill, A. ]. Sims. Giles, ] . N . Woodgates, M. D. Head. Common Room Committee : Coward, D. D. Hill, Sims, A. P. W. Common Room Committee : Baxter, Magurran, Giles, Head, P. R. Fleming, G. L. Hughes. Pratt. House Colourmen : Hughes, A. C. Hill, Topping, 0 . M. R. B. House Colours awarded in the term : M. T. Trythall, R. D. Sleath Marke, P. ] . White, Dewey, Fleming (Rugby). D . H. Madin, C. R. Fuller, M. A. Plant, D. S. P . Ko (Rugby). ' House Half-Colours : S. N. G. Davies (Shooting).
HE Michaelmas Term was a generally successful term for the Bishop A term of consolidation has brought no trophies and few major suc T Fox. We won the Senior Shooting Shield, thanks to the fine efforts cesses, but perhaps, due to our change in premises, a feeling of c'? of Bentley, R. P ., Canavan, Kirk and Ryland, the first three of whom operation and effort has existed throughout the House, reflected especi also shot in the School VIII. Our Junior Rugby team played well, but ally by the unexpectedly fine attempts of the Senior Rugby team to had to share the cup with the King Alfred. The Senior team were unlucky beat the Woodard XV with its "A" game scrum. lo lose in the preliminary round as the result of a toss-up after a draw. We also congratulate Madin on winning the Harris Kicking Cup, thereby However, on the artistic side, we have been in the forefront. A keeping the cup in the House for the third consecutive year. glance at the choir notes rev~al s our strength there with a virtu~! monopoly of soloists, and besides many others, our two new music Music is having a more prominent part in the House now and we scholars, D. C. Lewis and P. Redfeam, have already shown their congratulate Bentley, R. H., and Morgan on very good performances talents, particularly in the Taunton Music Festival. In the play we were in the Taunton Music Festival. ·represented by J. A. Clifford, who is to be congratulated on his fine At the beginning of the Michaelmas Term the rather crowded con portrayal of St. ] oan and by 10 others (from a cast of 28), not to ditions of the Upper Common Room were greatly relieved when eleven mention several "backroom boys." members of the Common Room moved into Study Room D in the new Our greatest individual achievements are P. Topping's success in block; a room purely for work and a great boon to all those who wish to obtaining entrance to University College, London, and Coward's splendid study in peace. So while continual silence reigns in the Study, deafen achievement in winning a £60 Open History Scholarship at Clare College, ing renderings of pop tunes dominate the Common Room. "Classical" Cambridge, for which they are to be warmly congratulated. music is, alas, to use the common idiom, out; the nearest to it that has been reached on the musical scale is traditional jazz played by Mr. Kenny The new Common Room presented on~ serious problem-table Ball and his band. tennis or billiards ? The more conservative supported billiards and suggested a committee of enquiry. Fortunately for the less politic mem Table-tennis, unhappily, has not been played at all this term; in bers of the Common Room, Fleming kindly volunteered to lend the fact, the table has lain outside, leaning against the changing room wall Common Room his table, thus foiling the bureaucrats and proving table for the past three months, weathered by the wind and the rain, warping tennis a good thing. and rotting, but, we hope, still in a fit condition to be played on if ever the game returns once more to popularity. The Library flourishes under G. L. Hughes. We thank those who have presented books. Under the guidance of P. R. Pratt, the House Library continues to provide light reading matter A public school being conservative by_ nature, and P?blic school~oys for the House. Many new books h~ve the same-or so it would been acquired this term and also the number seem-we remamed soaked With the music of of books taken out dunng the 50's-Musicals, Elvis and the the term has greatly increased. "beat idiom"-though certain far seeing members recognised the 60's with "Trad 1~zz.". ~? doubt _our At the end of the Michaelmas Term we lost Fussell from the Study neighbours in the new block were grateful to the classical fans, smce and we thank him for his exceptional service both to the School and to the Common Room is not, as they would perhaps agree, completely the House, especially in the realm of sport. We wish him_and W~od soundproof. and Cooke, who also left, all good fortune in the future, while thanking At the end of the Michaelmas Term there were three leavers. We them for all that they have done for us. thank them all-Halton (our House Captain), Rees and Coward, who by simply being Coward has provided a welcome r~lease into the 18th century for anyone who found the 20th too hard gomg.
E 15 WOODARD HOUSE House Captain : J. A. J. Taylor. Chapel Notes House Prefects : C . P . Statham, N. ]. Timpson, J. M. Hughes. Chapel Prefect : A. Fussell . Deputy House Prefects : C . W . C. Bracey, P. W. Graves-Morris, P. F . Pallett, M. ] . Symon, P . J. V. Henton. Sacristan : J. C. S. Horrocks. Treasurer : D. Bromwich. Common Room Committee : P. ]. V. Henton, C. W . C. Bracey, R. T. Warden of St. Lawrence Guild : C. B. Swale. Stephens, P . W . Graves-Morris. ERHAPS the most notable feature of the Michaelmas Term has been House Colours : R. W.]. Vincent, M. A. B. Nurdin, R. ] . M. Yeend P the fact that communicants at Sung Mass now receive the Blessed N . ]. Timpson, S. E . Marsden (Rugger). ' Sacrament at the High Altar instead of in the Lady Chapel. This is a House Half-Colours : P . F . Pallett (Shooting) . welcome change, as it avoids the restriction of Communion at this Ser vice to members of the staff and their families. Yet, despite this, the Our return at the beginning of the Michaelmas Term was heralded number of weekday communicants has increased so much that the seat by various changes in the House. Six boys have been given the oppor ing arrangements in the Lady Chapel have had to be altered to increase tunity to work in one of the new block study rooms, while the Prefects its capacity. were lost in the open spaces of our new study. We welcomed 13 new On Sunday, 15th October, a " Brains Trust" was held in Big School, boys, including two Vlth formers, Khairy and Jackson. at which the Bishop of Crediton answered in a sympathetic yet profound We succeeded in reaching the final of the Senior Rugger by beating manner questions which boys had sent in to the Chaplain. the Meynell 11-0, all points being scored by Evans; but in the final A meeting was held on Friday, 3rd November, at Bishop Fo;x's itself we narrowly missed victory by one try after a very exciting and School at which a Church of England delegate to the then forthcommg close game. In the Senior Shooting we managed, with only one member Assembly of the World Council of Churches addressed an audience of the School side, to gain second place. which included a party from School-on the purposes of the Assembly. Congratulations go to two of our musicians, Gaines and Walker, for The Remembrance Sunday Service was held as usual, starting in certificates won in the Taunton & Somerset Music Festival; to Sheldon for Chapel and then proceeding into the War Memorial Quadrangle. This his sterling performance as the Inquisitor in "St. Joan" ; to Taylor (Vice Sunday, and the Sundays in Advent, ~ere ~e only ones on w~ich the Captain of the Shooting VIII) for the best average during the term; Crucifer did not wear the new red tumcle which had been provided for and to all those who represented the School in the 1st or 2nd XVs, especi him. ally Evans (Secretary of Rugger) and Statham and Taylor, who were The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was held this year awarded colours. as before and the two Services were as moving as those of 1960. The However, there is little doubt that we are in sad need of a cultural Provost officiated at the School Service. We warmly thank Father renaissance.· The most significant thing this term, as far as many were Randolph, who has celebrated Holy Communion at 8 a.m. on most of concerned, was the purchase of a new record player. This replaced the the Sundays this term. old machine, which had been surreptitiously ruining records for years. C.H. To the sorrow of some, no new trend in music was stimulated. After the departure of Herbert (i), with his " way out" modern jazz, the Common ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR CHARITABLE OFFERINGS Room seems to have relapsed into the banal monotony and superficiality Secretary : S. M. Scaddan. of catholicity of taste, and it of the "pops." There was a singular lack of the Michaelmas Term a meeting was held in the listen to At the beginning is sad that the minority have to resort to the music room to Study. Mrs. Baker and Mr. Hutchinson, both active mem profound genre. Headmaster's anything of a more bers of the Taunton Youth Club Committee, gave us a talk on the Youth Moreover, the House Library ceased to be anything but a merely Club and its activities. Three boys were chosen to act as intermediaries nominal entity, which no-one seemed to know much about. between the Youth Club and King's. All this is a pity because, apart from anything else, it gives the During the Michaelmas Term the main good causes supported were : impression to outsiders that tbe House is in general the most uncultured St. Loyes College, Exeter, Earl Haig's Fund, The Society for the and uncivilized in the School, which just is not true. The Common Propagation of the Gospel, The St. Nicholas' Homes, The Church of Room, despite the over-crowdedness, is tidy and reasonably well England Children's Society, The Walsingham Children's Home. mannered, and we owe a lot to l:he leadership of our Chairman, P. J. V. Henton . CHOIR The main dormitory, frequently a subject of comment, sometimes included most of the senior derogatory, has maintain~d its record for sa~ubrity a?d a?yway, any Leavers at the end of the Summer Term germs which aspire to persist have tough work m the chilly air. Although members of the choir. We thank them for their long and valuable ser there are drawbacks in such a large dormitory, there is always a very vice, and in particular Gray (M) and John (M). friendly atmosphere. However, the standard of music in Chapel has remaine~ _high, re This term we say good-bye to Statham, who has always been a flected by the unaccompanied singing of the Creed and _the ability of the good example and leader, both on and off the Rugger field, Symon, choir to sing anthems successfully at a moment's _notice. Eyen when Steven, J . G., and Garland. We wish them all every happiness and the electric organ blower blows up and the Chapel IS plunged mto dark success in the future. ness we are able to sing " Thou visitest the Earth," by Greene-solo : 16 17 J · R. Halton (M). [Lest this might incur a flood of anxious letters. be it known that the damaged m otor was soon repaired at little cost : Ed ] Music Notes Other new anthems sung during the Michaelmas Term were : "Almighty God"_ (Ford) and "Let all Mortal Flesh" (Bairstow)-quartet, G. c. HE Music Club was very active during the Michaelmas T erm, the Darv1ll (A), S. N . G. Davies (M) , C. G. Sandercock (C), C. A. G T choir continues t o lead the Chapel singing admirably, and the Sub scription Concerts Paul (C)-the terr:n's popular _ " pi~ ce de resistance." Old favourite~ are much enjoyed and appreciated. Full reports of f~om most ages (w1th a romantic b1as, resented in some quarters !) pro these activities will be found elsewhere in this issue. Vld ~ d our_other anthems : " 0 Come, ye Servants" (Tye) , "Hail Glad This term we maintained our high standard of performance in the demng L1ght" (Shaw), " Abide with me" (S. Bennett) " Lead me Taunton Music Festival. Sandercock (C) must be congratulated on win Lord" (Wesley)-soli : N. R. Maddock (F), J . A. Cliffo;d (M), " Re~ ning the trophy for the best string player under 18 in the Festival. The member now thy Creator" (Steggall)-solo : P. L. A. Martin (M) Pyrland Hall choir als<;> won a trophy and_were very highly praise~ by " Ave Verum" (Elgar), " Turn Back, 0 Man" (Holst)," Greater Love'; the judges. The followmg came first m the1r class : Sandercock (twice), (Ireland)-soli : D . C. Lewis (M) , P. Redfearn (M), J . R. Halton (M), Newman (C) (twice) , Hill, D. D. (M) , Peyton Jones (A), Redfearn Now that they have become well known, both the Anglican chants (M) , Bentley, R. H. (F) , the Chapel choir, the military band and wind and m<;>st of Mr. Tyler's Missa Populi have been generally accepted and ensemble. In addition, 16 other certificates were won. apprec1ated. The following passed Associated Board E xaminations during the The Carol Services were as popular and as moving as ever. Besides Michaelmas Term :-Piano, Butt (ii) {]), Grade II; Oliver {]) , IV; the perennial carols, the following were sung : "The Lord at First did Clifford (M) V ; Meredith (A) V, with merit. Theory, Sandercock (VI), ~dCI:m Make::, ::Past ~hree A'c~o~k"-solo : S. N . G. pavies (M), Evans (i) (C) V, Newman V. Stllle Nacht, We Smg of Dav1d s Daughter," "See Am1d the Winter We are sorry to have to say good-bye to J. R. Halton (M) , our head Snow"-solo : M. A. Peyton ]ones (A) , "Masters in this Hall," "Dormi chorister, senior organist and Music Club treasurer. His place will be Jesu:' . (Rubbra), " Wasn't that a Mighty Day" (Negro Spiritual), filled only with great difficulty. "ReJOICe and be Merry." The treble soloist in "Once in Royal David's city" was P. Redfearn (M). We express our warmest thanks to Mr. Tyler for all he does to help inspire and guide us. The choir Award of Merit has been made to the following : 0. M. R. B. Marke (M), C. A . . G. Paul (C), F. J. Rose (C), M. A. J. Craven (W). Subscription Concerts Senior Chorister : J. R. Halton (M) . Assistant Senior Chorister : C . G. Sandercock (C) . Lecture Recital by Bruno Hoffman : Master of the Glass Harp. Thursday, 9th November. HE first concert of this season was one of the most unusual we have Library Notes T ever had, or for that matter are ever likely to have. Without excep tion we went in to the concert, not having any idea of what the evening Junior Librarian: F. T. Riess (F) . held in store for us. And this atmosphere of mystery was sustained for over an hour before the curiosity of everyone present was satisfied, and Assistant Librarian : D. Bromwich (C) . the screen which hid this strange instrument from our eyes was removed. ITH the arrival of the New Block , Library permits have increased Making what seemed lo us magical passes with his hands over a W and, as a result, Vth and Vlth forms are now able to enjoy study box, Herr Hoffman began by playing folk songs from many lands. The ing facilities in the Library. The History Section now inhabits Room 13 sound which came to us defies description; it had a purity which I have and seems to function very efficiently under Hughes (W). The General never experienced before; s omthing akin to a bell-or a flute-ethereal Section has now been in operation for a term and has proved an out is the only adjective I can find . After this we were shown just what a standing success, particularly with the senior boys. wide range of expression the Glass Harp is capable of-in the hands of During the Lent Term it is hoped that we shall acquire some better someone like Herr Hoffmann-for in addition to some exquisite playing furniture to blend with the beautiful paintwork, which was the achieve of Bach Chorales, we heard many works specially written for the instru ment of the previous librarian, A. J. B. White (F), who did so much ment throughout the last two centuries, including a delightful little work for the Library. It is hoped that the new permit system will encourage by Herr Hoffmann himself, entitled ''Shooting Stars.'' With an engaging junior boys to read while they have the time, so that they may have a dry sense of humour, he told us something of the history and sound basis of knowledge by the time they take their University exams. the capabilities of the instrument. In this connection it is pleasing to note the large number of withdrawals Eventually we were let into the secret-this instrument consisted of from the English Section by members of the Vth forms. about fifty wine glasses of different sizes, finely ground (with our hearts We acknowledge with gratitude a large gift of books from the United in our mouths we watched him bend one !) , tuned chromatically, and States Embassy. fixed into a soundboard. We were able to watch the way in which Herr Finally, we should like to thank all the section librarians, and in Hoffmann played not just melodies, but counterpoint in several parts, particular D. Bromwich, for the co-operation they have given. simply by rubbing slightly moistened finger-tips round the rims of the 18 F 19 glasses. This was not a mere feat of virtuosity : it was obvious from the sostenuto, the subtle crescendos, and the phrasing that he obtained ''Saint Joan '' that Herr Hoffmann was also a fine musician. Certainly, in every sens~ of the phrase, we spent and evening hearing " music of the spheres." by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The Play was performed in Big School on 5th and 6th December, 1961. The Opera Players : Don Pasquale (Donizetti).
Thursday, 30th November. Characters in order of appearance : The Ope.ra Players began the first-ever se~son of o~r .Con~erts. They Robert de Baudricourt ...... R. A. D. Smerdon gave us a delightful performance on that occaswn, and 1t 1s qmte obvious Steward ...... S. M. Scaddan that they have maintained the high standard they set on their first visit. Joan ...... J. A. Clifford The choice of Don Pasquale was an It Bertrand de Poulengey ...... M. J . Morice excellent one. was managed by a. Archbishop of Rheims ...... A. G. R. Webster small cast of only four and a pianist, and yet in the cuts of all kinds Monseignieur de la Tn!mouille ...... J . M. Graham that had to be made to suit the resources, nothing seemed to be lost. Court Page ...... R . M. Hennessy Everything we could have wished for was there : fine singing, fine act Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) ...... R. N . Meredith Captain La Hire ...... A. N. Stamp ing and abundant humour, fully justifying its description as a Comic The Dauphin (later Charles VII) ...... C. A. Pearn Opera. The Duchesse de la Tremouille ...... C. N . White Dunois (Bastard of Orleans) ...... J. C. S. Horrocks It is not easy to know which feature to praise most. The vocal score Page to Dunois ...... , ...... M. R. Shelton made considerable demands on the performers, especially since the whole Page to Earl of Warwick ...... V. G. Essex burden was borne by only four of them. Don Pasquale (Derick Davies) Earl of Warwick ...... P. J . T . Grant-Anderson revealed a fine and effective voice, as also Peter Cauchon (Bishop of Beauvais) ...... I. P . L. Smith did Ernesto (John Ford) . The Inquisitor ...... R. F . Sheldon Norina (Elisabeth Parry-the guiding spirit behind the company) not Canon John d'Estivet ...... M. H. Ragless only sang charmingly, but revealed a great sense of humour. And Dr. Chaplain de Stogumber ...... D. A. H. Chodzko Malatesta (Stanley Pine) was an object lesson to any actor in facial Canon de Courcelles ...... A. C. Hill Brother Martin Ladvenu ...... G. L . Hughes expression, a perpetual source of delight and entertainment. Nor must Executioner ...... A. J . Bum field we forget the pianist, Alexa Maxwell, who provided the whole effect of a English Soldier ...... S. N . G. Davies full orchestra so amply that we never once felt the lack of the real thing. 20th Century Gentleman ...... P . L. Marchant Halberdiers ...... P . D. Mannering, S. N. G. Davies Surely after an evening like this, those who feared that Opera was Courtiers ...... M. A. J . Craven, R . T . Stephens, M. A. Coward a rather "highbrow" and "square" occupation must have had their Ladies-in-Waiting ...... A. Jackson, R. C. A. Leslie Assessors and Scribes ...... R . A. D. Smerdon, S. M. Scaddan, fears quite allayed. M. J. Morice, R. T . Stephens Producer: K. R . R. WILSON, Esq.
Stage Manager and Lighting Designer M. F . Jaquet, Esq. Assistant Stage Managers J . A. Spence, J . N . Woodgates. Electricians M. W. Berryman, C. G. C. Barrett, S. D. Withers, A. R. J. Hobbs, C. J . Shirley-Smith. Stage Hands P . J. Reynolds, A. P. James, D. J. Turner, P. K . Bullen, P. M. Franklyn. Property Master D. Bromwich. Wardrobe M. A. Plant, M. T . Trythall, D. H. Madin, M. W . Cooke, L. F . Ryland, I. A. Cocks, M. J. Batey. Make-up K. R. R. Wilson, Esq., M. F. Jaquet, Esq., G. Tucker, f. M. Hughes, J . D. Launders, M. R. Owen·, S. E. Marsden, P. J. Blackmore Prompter G. C. Darvill
Scenery and Properties designed by the Producer and constructed by the boys under the direction of the Stage Manager. Costumes by Rose Shaw and the Ladies of the Linen Room. Additional lighting equipment by Strand Electric. Owing to the length of the play it was necessary to omit Scene IV entirely. 20 21 JT must be a coflll!lon experience for producers, certainly of school Mr. Wilson in his production laid emphasis on fluency and plays •. to feel. dunng the last days of rehearsal that there is so much simplicity. The early scenes, in particular, were taken at a lively pace, wrong With their production that there is little hope of making ·t and, throughout, words were never obscured by complicated 'business.' acceptable, let alone successful , by the appointed day. I was confidentli But the production was not without many imaginative touches. ~ssured only a f~w da~s before the dress rehearsal of "Saint Joan" th!t Numerous examples could be given, but let one suffice : in the trial It would be a miracle If the largest speaking part did not turn out to b scene, the placing of J oan in the middle of the front of the stage with that of the prompter. But, of course, with "Saint Joan" miracles d~ her back to most of the audience was a bold idea. At first sight it might occur, and the public performances turned out to be extremely successful. have appeared a frustrating one, but it soon justified itself, for it brought To say that that was. a miracle !s perhaps an exaggeration, but it is the audience as near as possible to the focus of the court's attention true that succe~s was ach~ e ved only m the face of certain difficulties. In and thus made it easier for the audience to share Joan's experience at the fi~s~ pl~ce, If the play IS to come across as the moving Shavian sermon her trial. As for the Epilogue, no one would have suspected from this that It IS, It demands actors who, in spite of the slowness of the action production that it has the reputation of being a most difficult scene can hold th~
Cook ...... 00 oo ...... 00...... • I. C. Clode Knave of Hearts ...... 00 N . C. Grocock
Two Soldiers ..... 00 00 00 ...... 00 ...... E. Grifliths, . P . C. T . Monk Execut10ner ...... 00 ...... 00 0000 oooo...... T . J. Porter The Jury : J . J. Benn, J. J. Eccles, D. C. W . Favle, C. E. Pocock, S. M. Treanor, R. T . E. Eakin, S. R. Gear-Evans, P . Glade Wright, M. E. Sweet, A. R. C. Mayne, S. A. H . Stow, S. D. Swan. 48 49 Rover Crew Expedition to Yugoslavia, 1 6 9 1 1 v people and chiefly of Bozo and his family, who killed the ~:tted calf and opened their best .wine to have the pleasure of INCE our return several people have asked why we should h eing us eating what they had provided-and perhaps w1th the pre S chos~n Yugosla.via. The visit has enabled us to answer that. r~! se ditated intention of afterwards seating the well-filled leader of our weather 1s an Englishman's delight; the country is as yet sufficient! ;:rty upon a donkey, facing towards the tail.' . und~r-developed and unknown to make it ideal for a party such as thi ~ The expedition was not, however, orgamsed ~vem1~ht . We If.IUSt a~d,!t ~nabled the of the party to renew his acquaintanceship lea~;r wit~ thank all the senior members of the party for ~opmg w1th every~hm&, h1s fnendlY: peasa~t, Bozo. Probably we got there none too soon, for · luding us, and especially "Meester Peetcher -the pronunCiation IS the country 1s opemng up, and the reception for English people should "integrating" the arrangements. And perhaps we be enough to make ~czo 's-for sh~uld English the seasonal national language by 1970 ! al~o congratulate ourselves on making the trip such a happy and enJOY But the journey out took us a week, so let us describe the route able one. We met at a cam~ site <;mtside Dover, and at crack of dawn set off fo; Senior Members :-J. J . Pytches, Esq., I. H . Boyle, Esq., Harvey Stagg, O.A., the boat and ~~la1~. N1g~ts we~e then spent at points along the Auto R. Pittman, Esq. bahn route-L1ege m Belgmm, lifeless at 9.30 p.m.; Heidelberg, where Junior Members :-M. J. Adam, B. C. S. Barnes, A. Fussell, P . J. Green, O.A., t~e now ~omp.lete party (we had paused at Cologne to pick up an Eng c. G. Hennessy, J . C. S. Horrocks, W. Treharne-Jones, E. A. Tuke. lis~man m exile) spent the evening searching for what must be a non M.J.A.; C.H. existent night club; Kufstein in Austria, where we met the thunderstorm to cap all thunderstorms, and, after crossing the Grossglockner, Spittal, our last port of call before Yugoslavia. Once into Yugoslavia, we pressed on to Postojna, where we visited Beneath the Rubble some of the finest caves in the world; then on to Zadar, home of the Yugo. navy, wh.ere we squeezed into a decidedly cosmopolitan and over Some time ago he saw a city die crowded ~amp s1te. One lon.g.' tiring day ~JVer miles of dirt-road brought As power, measured in megatons, leapt us to Orrus and to Bozo, waiting for us with-literally-open arms. From a peaceful day and reared the sky, Softened the stone, burned, blew and swept Th~n followed three glorious days of shopping before breakfast and Him and a million others to the ground. ~unb~thmg on the ~each, after which the party split up to go into the He lies, trapped by his legs, not dead but doomed;, mtenor. The two Jeeps--one belonging to Mr. Boyle and the other to As liquid swells his eyeless face, around Ha~ey Stagg-set off to do some geographical fieldwork at Imotski Him echo the cries of another man entombed. Pol]e, and the Corps ~and Rover departed ~o Sarajevo, where 80 per What does he care that another city cent of the population IS Moslem. After heanng a story to revolutionise Felt the effect of just retaliation ? history teaching at K.C.T., on what really happened to the Archduke, Pain swamps emotion, anger, love, or pity. told by the son of one of the two assassins to escape, we were shown No sourness of defeat nor elation round the largest mosque in Yugoslavia by a multi-lingual guide who Of victory he feels, recognised a member of the English aristocracy when he saw one. Then Only numbing pain, dryness where blood congeals. back to Omis for two more scorching days, during which time we saw Bozo' s lovely and simple village chapel and the palace of Diocletian at M.H.R. Split. Driving through the night, we succeeded in covering the worst part of the return journey-over the dust-roads-without difficulty, except that two bottles of alcoholic stimulants intended for a thirsty brother Referendum Day, 1961 were lost overboard en route. Then we went on through Trieste to EFERENDUM Day in Jamaica was a climax. After wee~s of cam Venice, where we spent an unforgettable evening. Then on through paigning as to the pros and cons of joining the FederatiOn of the Italy and over the Simplon R into the civilisation of Switzerland, before West Indies, after hundreds of pounds h~d been spen~, after thousands being plunged back into the decadence of France for two nights. And of words had been written, Jamaica dec1ded to remam her own sweet even after the crossing all was not over. Twenty miles from his home self; that was provided she could obtain independence from Great Horsham-Harvey Stagg's clutch chose to disintegrate, and a successful Britain. towing operation was mounted to complete the last few miles. The Premier of Jamaica, the Hon. Norman Manley,. c;hose to sup Naturally, many impressions remain of the expedition, but some port Federation, and so naturally th~ Leader of t~e Oppostbon, a~though stand out more clearly than the rest. There are memories of a large and he had agreed with it when he w~s m power, dectded to contest 1t. And unworkable fire extinguisher standing helplessly beside a blazing "non a contest it was; a fight to the bttler end. pytch-proofed" petrol stove; of Yugoslav police, all rather like R.S.M.s The first drawback each party had to overcome was to find a symbol the morning after the night before, going out of their way to be difficult; to represent their respective causes, since certain _members of the popu of the Square of St. Mark in Venice-the floodlit orchestra playing to lation would not have known what to vote for If they had been co~ the silent yet crowded darkness; of the hospitality of the Yugo- fronted by yesfno on their ballot slip. Mr. Manley chose a tree and Str 50 51 xander Bustama.nte chose a bell. Although this issue was not meant to Ale not attempt a refutation of the whole article, but merely scale war between the I will be a p~rty tussle, It soon developed into a full mention in passing that, in attempting to adduce biological or medical Party. The former had Peoples Nahona~ Party .and the Jamaica Labour proof in the service of an argument of racial inferiority, D.A.H .C. is the adv.antage with their Symbol when they were campaigning in th in the entertaining company of such men as Hitler, Verwoerd and the g up poems, of which one might have been, " I think Press, smce they du Mosleyite thugs of Notting Hill and Middlesbrough. tha.t I shall ~ever see a poem lovely as a tree ," and found "quotations" which ran.. Any fool can ring a bell, but only God can make a tree " Finally, I find a doctrine of racial superiority without malice every However, It seems that there were plenty of fools and one knew whe.re bit as un-Christian, pernicious and immoral as a doctrine of militant the~ were. Car upon car. would struggle past under the weight of a "apartheid." tsanan bell and many a wise (and many a foolish) word was drown d In closing, congratulations on the quality of your present issue, it by a perhaps too eager bell. B usines~ men t?ok to the trees while farmeers is better than any of its predecessors. rang t~e bell. The two local radw stations split on to either sid Advertisement after advertisement was printed, semi-slander after sem~: Yours sincerely, slander, re.ason after reason. The strong reason against the policy was J. A. BARTLETT, that Ja~a~ca could not afford to support the lesser Antilles, while the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. Federahomsts knew that alone Jamaica would fall to Communism a [Please read Editorial : Ed.] result of poverty. s 2. l~th September ~ 1961, was t~e chosen day, and, meanwhile, the fights mcreased, until the day arnved. Only half the population went (To the Editor of the " Aluredian") to the ~oll~ and at ? · 3~ p.m., ':~'hen the first results were coming in, the Federahomsts were JUbilant. Kmgston and Manlego Bay had given them SIR,-Might I point out a lamentable gap in the activities of the a le?-d of 5,000 v~tes. But then the poor country planter, who had Vlth Form Societies and make a suggestion for filling this gap ? realized that St. ~1tts had nothing to offer except yams and sweet pota There is, apart from a few all too rare general debates by the Sheldon toes, produce~ h1s vote. Root by root, branch by branch, the tree was Society, no form of artistic discussion whatever. The fine arts destroyed until the Bell was 40,000 votes clear. Jamaica had decided are virtually neglected by all but a few who have a more specialised to struggle ?n her own resources : sugar, bananas, aluminium, tourism interest. Art and music lectures are provided in the curriculum, but, and rum with a taste of coffee. beyond the efforts of the Music Club to cater for the whole School, dis cussion, debating and more intelligent and refined appreciation are priving up King Street on Wednesday morning enabled me to see virtually non-existent. nothmg but someone's effigy outside the J.L.P.'s buildings. I would like to suggest, therefore, that a Vlth Form Arts Society Jamaica had divorced the Federation for better or for worse. be founded on the lines of the existing Vlth Form societies. The chief objection raised against this is that there do not seem to be enough people M. A. BENTLEY. with sufficient background knowledge to make such an institution a success. But specialised knowledge is not needed in such a case as this. The following are examples of questions discussed at a recent Music Club Brains Trust-at which about two VIth formers were present apart Correspondence from the panel : "Is music the mirror of its age ?" "To what extent {To the Editor of the "Aluredian") is the music of this century a revolt against that: of the 19th ?" "To what extent are jazz and classical music interdependent ?" "Should the jazz EAR SIR,-As an O.A., I would like to protest at your action in idiom be employed as a means of bringing our chapel music up to date ?" D. publishing the article, " Black and White in Africa," in your October Specialised knowledge is not needed for this sort of topic, and they are ISSUe . typical of the subjects being largely passed over by those who surely should now be taking an interest in more than the top-twenty. . You _very properly ~isassociate yourself from the views expressed m the article, but would It not have been better not to publish it at all ? It would, therefore, be interesting to have the opiniqn of the Vlth The Aluredian is widely read outside the School and the expression of formers on this matter and, if the suggestion is favourably received, why such dangerous and fallacious views in the School magazine can only should a society not be founded forthwith ? prove damaging to the good name of the School and its high reputation Yours faithfully, for providing a liberal, Christian education. Such views would do par ticular damage in Commonwealth circles. R. E. F . GAINES. Whilst I am a firm advocate of free speech, I would argue that strict adherence to this principle, in every case, is out of place in an educational institution where minds are being formed and where not Acknowledgments all of i~s members have reached maturity. Some control preferably by people m the upper part of the School is necessary; a school could never W7E wish to thank all our contemporaries who have sent us copies of be run on completely democratic lines : the result would be anarchy. W their publications since our last issue. 52 53 The Old Aluredian Club A J Atkinson (M59 ) , M. R. W. Burton ( C61), C. Bulloch (F56). E: s: Catchpole (A55) , J. N . DarJ;>y (A55), A. R. Harrison (M58) , DEAR O .A.s, . . . J R. Harrison (M54), A. G. Hopkms (F59), R. James (W55). T . .J. T~e actlvihes of the O.A.C. continue to be well supported on J~fford (F55), C. M. Kitsell (W59), C. A. W . Martin (M59 ). N. A. great occaswns and to be very satisfying functions for those fortunate Miles (M61), T. A. Miller (MoO) , J . S. Murray (F58), H. A. Rhind enough t~ be able to attend them. I would, however, call your attention (Col), N . P . Toland (F61) , R. D. Toogood (C59). D. Wilkins (M56). to.a gr?wmg tendency for O .A. teams to be short on the day. Frequently Later in the evening a group had a m eal at the George Hotel and this anses. because of unavoidable obstacles which suddenly occur but a l arger company a s sembl ~ d . in. the County Hotel to spend the rest of ~he orgamsers of teams are unanimous in feeling that too much impetus the evening pleasantly remmiscmg. · IS expected from them and they rightly feel their problem should be how to cope with ~oo ~any applications to play. 1hese remarks are naturally LONDON DINNER ~ddressed pnmanly to .the younger O.A.s who are still spry. Do write The Provost (the Ven. G. F . Hilder) was the principal guest at the m and offer your services. 1 he next events are the Hockey match annual London Dinner of the Old Aluredian Club at the House of (organiser, D. C. C. Stott, 38 Avondale Road, Bromley, Kent) on lOth Commons on 2nd December, 1961. March, 1962, followed by Cricket on Whit Monday (organiser, D. B. Mr. A. G. F. Rippon, M.P ., Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry Gosheron, The Red House, Astons Road, Northwood, Middlesex)· of Housing and Local Government, was host, and Mr. Waiter Long and Tennis (organiser H. S. Toland, 5 Ashridge Oose, Kenton Harrow' (Chairman) presided over a gat?ering of 170, covering over 60 years of Middlesex). Let us bid good-bye to A. N. Other in O.A. sides'from no~ school life. The guests also mcluded the H eadmaster (Mr. R. C. ol?-wards. A new event, the first in the history of King's, will take place Unmack), Messrs. G. W . Morgan, H. R. Padfield, W. F . Cope, wnh your su~port. A Squash match v. The ~chool has been arranged W. Gooderham and G. H. Sprunt. to take place m the New Squash Courts on Wh1t Monday. The organiser The toast of "The School" was proposed by Mr. D. A. Edwards is P. L. Side, Three Gables, Courtlands Hill, Pangboume, Bucks. (Meynell 1942), who said that, when the time came for the history of . ~~~ally •. may I a gain remin~ :you to note care~ully " dates for your King's to be written from the middle thirties onwards, the arrival of the diary m this supplement ? This IS your first official notice of events in Unmacks would be one of the most outstanding events to be chronicle~. 1962 and they will occur D.V., so please note and plan your year now. It had been said that once a headmaster always a headmaster. In this Administration circulars will be sent where applicable, but these do not case it was "What a Headmaster." Old Boys had watched the con constitute notice of the event. Early in March the Bristol Branch will tinued proiress of the School with joy and gratitude. The welcome given be holding their Annual Dinner. Details can be obtained from the to Old Boys by the Headmaster and Mrs. Unmack, and by all at King's, Bristol Secretaries. Any and all O.A.s will be welcome; you need not made visits to the School a great joy. be resident in the Bristol area to be most welcome. The Headmaster said he was glad to report that King's was iJ?- ex Finally, I would like to thank those of you who sent Christmas cellent health. They wanted additional dining hall space and bigger Greetings and hope you will forgive me if I have been unable to re changing rooms, but, those things. apart, he kn~w, of no school of the ciprocate. Your Good Wishes were none the less warmly appreciated type of King's that was better eqmpped than Kmg s was today. They and I can only regret that a variety of circumstances do often prevent were fortunate in having as Provost the Archdeacon of Taunton, and they me from doing what I would wish to do at Christmas-time. hoped they would have the benefit of his advice and guidan~e for many H . REES PADFIELD, years. They were fortunate in the wholehearted support gtven b_y the strong and prosperous Old Boys' Club;. and they had ?een lucky m the Hon. Secretary (Taunton) O.A.C. first two Chairmen of the Club, Francis Vyvyan-Robmson and Waiter Long, and with them he would couple the name of the General Secr~tary. RUGBY MATCH Proposing the toast of "The Guests," Mr. B. L. Charles (Bishop The following represented the O.A.C. v. The School on Saturday, Fox 1947) welcomed the Provost to his first Old Bo:y:s' function since 9th December, 1961, at King's :- his installation. They wished him a long and happy reign as Provost of P. F . W. Twose (M59), L. C. L. Russell (F61), 0. Akigbogun King's, as they knew that he would fill that post with · honour (W56), A. J. Hanscombe (M50), N. B. Bentley (A59) , C. E. Webber and distinction. (F56), R. J. Stoneman (M58), R. Beal (W60), P. R. Pile (F48), The Provost expressed thanks for the support which had been C. J. L. Langabeer (F58), A. J. Osborn (F58), H. S. Trowell (W60). promised him by the Club within a few ho~rs of his havi?g been elected A critique of the game will be found under the School rugger notes to his office; and for the presence of official repre.sentatives of the Old in this issue. Having been impressed by the School's splendid recor~ Boys at his installation. He identified himsel~ with all th!"-t had been most O.A.s put in some serious training before the match, one enthusi· said about the Headmaster and said he would hke to underlme the great astic member having run the one and a half miles from his home to services to the School of Mrs. Unmack. They were glad to know that, work each morning for the previous three weeks. The pitch was in good after a year in which her health had not been robust, she was now on condition, the weather fine, and the match, a good hard struggle, was the road to recovery. enjoyed by all. In view of this, it was rather disappointing that the The Provost said that at the moment the cause of the public schools O.A.C. had to borrow three boys to complete their team. was being treated by some as a lost cause. He was profo~ndly ~hocked There was l:he customary support from the touchline and the follow at the apologetic tone taken by sections of the Press which clarmed to ing were seen to be present : R. A. Adam (W59), M. ]. Adam (W61). be read by the "top people." 66 54 schools of . "I believe,'_' said the Provost, "that the independent (W59) wrote from Gaydon in December, where he is stand for something ve D. B . Busfield wh10 the pubbc schools are_ protagonists, stationed with a V-Bomber conversion unit. He expects to be posted IS upon as something immor;; precious. ln some quarte_rs 1t looked to Wyton, Huntingdonshire, in March to a Photographic Reconnais the education of their children that_ pa~e~ts shou~d be w1llmg to pay for sance Squadron. 1t 1s magmficent. What better thing can they spend their mo · I thmk (futo), The Precentor and Sacristan of Peter schools.as King's, in the great _tradition of the public sch~;fs The Rev. R . Le B . Johnson on ? Such has accepted the living of Hortley, near Salisbury, of our country, still have much to contnbute to the education of borough Cathedral, people. our Southern Rhodesia. Hortley is about Bo miles from Salisbury on the sail on rsth February, rg62. The following were present :- main road to Bulawayo. He will practitioner Mr. Waiter Long (Chairman) , The V en. F. G. Hilder (Provost) The Head J Baker (A54) hopes to qualify to practise as a medical master, Messrs. G. W. Morgan, H. R. Padfield, W. Cope, W. Gooderha d- ·in July and may be found in London during the week and in Bath at Sprunt. m an G. W. some week-ends. He is entering two sons for Pyrland Hall in rg68 D . B. Abraham, R. J . A. Abraham, D. S. Ash ton, R. H. S. Ash ton w Ash ton, A. J. Atkmson, J. R. Attfield, J. Baker, B. C. S. Barnes, c. G. Ba~ es. and rg6g. C. M. ] . Barnes, T. T . Barnes, R. Beal, D. Bernhard-Smith, R. G. Bird R• R . E. Buchman (M6ol writes from 1582, Yale Station, New Laven, Con Blake, E. E . Boehm, E . G. Bolitho! J . Bolitho, J. C. P . Bonner, G. R : n· very busy with the formal studies C. Bul!och, A. C. Burnett, R c· necticut, U .S.A. He finds he is Bradfield, R . M. Braham, T. H. Bngham , but contrives to work at the University Burtenshaw, E . S. Catchpole, B . L. Charles, A. G. Chubb, I. R . Chudle · required by Yale University, K. <;oombs, M. _C. Culver, C. E . Cutler, J . N . Darby, D. C. S. David G l.' theatre and play squash, while New York is always a temptation and Dav1es, _N. _Dav1es, R. H. Davies, T . M. Eaton, D. A. Edwards, M. c Farr· is even more interesting. He has looked up f . de W. Perry C. Garnett: J. E: Boston ]. A. F1eldmg, G. Fleming, C. _v .. Gale, C. T . Gallegos, A. (Wsg) and found him sumptuously housed at Harvard. M. f. Monk Garvey, J . H. Garvey, D. M. G1bbms, J. C. M. Gibbins, J . S. P . Gibson, j . M. , B . C. Grigg, A. C. Gulliford (W6rl has written to _Buchm~n from S~ady Side ~cad emy and hopes Glover, R. T . Glover, J . M. Graham, A. G. Gray has S. Gunstone, T. P . _Halton, G. T . Hambly, J . R. Harrison, W. D . Harry, c c' to visit Yale before h1s year m the Umted States 1s over. Monk Hart, ] . . R. Hawkms, E : ] . P . H epworth, P. W. R. H ewson, J . F. Hin ~o n . American footba~l. R . M. Stilson (C6o) ~s also at Yale S. Hutchins' been playing M. A. Hrrst, A. G. Hopkms, H . E . Howard, G. L . Hughes, J . T. University, but on the other s1de of the campus and his paths rarely T . J . Je~ord, f:. · John, K. R. L . Jones, D. Jordan, J. V. Keene, P . S. Kerton: R. H. Krmberhn, H . J. Lasham, A. W . K. Lau, B . J. Lester-Smith M L ewis cross Buchman's. J. C. L: Little, P . J. Lowrey, P . P . Luff, E . G. Luff, F . w: Manning' H. F. Maunder (M39) has renewed contact with King's after many years. C Martm, M. Matthews, T . I. Miles, D . Millard, M. M. Moodie, P . p ' rg62, and he, himself, is Nye, P . Paine, D. B . Paton, C. L. His eldest son entered King's in January, Morgan, A. F . Much, J . S. Murray, F . J . He has been out of England for the Pearce, R. . A. Poland, ~ - H . Poppe, D. Preece, A. L . Price, M. B. Price, now a life member of the O.A.C. C. J. C. Pn~chard , C. Rambo~ , D. G. Randall! T. G. Rant, A. E. S. Rippon, last ten years and is at present cj o Harold T. Smith, Inc., Via San A. G. F . R1ppon, A. C. Robmson, J. C. Robmson, P . Robinson , C. Russell, 50, Rome, Italy. He may be coming home in the near future Sheppard, G. R. Shove, degua A. R. J?. Ruth e rfo~d . L . Sankey, I. D. Sharpe, E. B. and will then be able to visit King's frequently. P. L . S1de, J . D. S1ms, A. T . A. Simson, W . J . Simson, R. M. Smith, J. Steven son, D. C. C. Stott, R . M. Storrs, H . Stringer, W . J. Sutton, D. T . Taylor A. John (M6r), looking the complete musician, came down from London , M. J. J. S. D. Tayl'!r, R. 0. Taylor, A. D. T. Thomas, R. J . Thomas r: for the Carol Service and played the retiring voluntary. He returned Thuell, C. J. Trmbrell, J. T. Torond, N . A. Toogood, J. A. Townsend, M.). C. he is . E . Uphill, G. Vallender, to play in a C~rol Service at ?t. Stephen'~, . Kensington,. where Trapnell_. G. Turk, ~ - E . Trigg, J . C. T yz!lck, W to Cambndge, where, P . J . Vlllar, C. S. Vmcent, F. Vyvyan-Robmson, R. Wadland, C. N . Wallis, assistant orgamst. He has pa1d several VISits T . P . W~nsborough, M. Waterhouse, A. Whelpton, T . Wilson-Stephens, I. Wynn through the office <;>fA. G. Gray_ (M6r) he h_as indulged in ~ form of Mackenzle. intellectual masochism by attendmg lectures m organic chemistry. NEWS ITEMS G. T. Hambly (W44) has been home on leave from Hong Kong and was to play for the O.A.C. (Fsg), who came to support the 0. A. Rugger side, has able to attend the London Dinner. He expects A . G. J!opkin~ of preparation is playing for a surp_nsed_ his tu_tor, and per~aps himself, by gaining a First in at hockey in March and by way Engmeenng Prelims. at Cambndge. Congratulations. Southampton hockey club. Scottish Hotel S~hool, A. G. Gray (M6r) came down for the Carol Service with others and has T. Atkinson (M6o) is now in his second year at the completed a successful first term at Cambridge. He has combined his Glasgow, and enjoys it immensely. _He spent the Summer -:v<;>rku~g ~t proposes to VISit King s medical studies with small bore shooting and has been selected to shoot Scotland's Hotel, Pitlochry, Perthshrre. He for the University. He hopes to branch out into .303 shooting in the in J anuary, rg62. Lent and Summer Terms. A. P. Adney (-08) writes from Michigan. He sailed fo~ U.S.A. in 1913. , E. H. F. A. F. Yule (M58) is continuing his studies to become a Chartered He has correspondence with the Rev. F. M. TrefuSJs (o6) took the Intermediate examination last November. He Salt (Eo3), C. G. Salt (03), H . E . G. Mumford (Aro) and the Rev. Accountant and of cycles 12 miles daily to the City, plays rugger every Saturday and H. H. Hudson (oo) , all of whom were outstanding ~emb~rs tennis in the Summer. King's in their generation and whose names are on the shields m the Rev. F . M. Trefusis (o6) you will regret to hear has had to re Dining Hall. The in linquish his living because of ill-health and is now living at Sowton f . C. B . Brown (M56) attended the All-Christian Asse~bly f~r P_eace Lodge, Clyst Honiton, Exeter, Devon. He has been in touch with two Prague last Summer, on which he reported at length m a ~~~~gham : The Rev. H . H. Hudson (oo) . of St. Michael's House, University magazine. He was able to spend three days hvmg m _the contemporaries perfect Enghsh, Challford, Devon, who was Captain of Football at King's in rgo_') , and house of a Czech pastor and his family, who spoke Eastern Europe today. F. W . Fraser, of Blindwell Cottage, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot. and so enjoyed a special contact with the life in 67 56 ' f. S. Harper (Fsr) telegraphed from Germany offering to fly over to play in the rugger m atch if a three-quarter back was needed. Unfortu nately, all places were fill ed, but his offer was much appreciated by P. F . W. Twose (Msg). c T. H . E . Goldie (A38) now has a son at King's and no doubt will visit ::""' King's, in spite of the heavy d emands of the theatre. 0 L: W. Treharne J ones (M6 r) writes from Cambridge, where life is full of .9 interest for him. Politics, not surprisingly, is one of his main activities :i >- at the Union, the Conservative Association and the European Group . 0~ He compares the frugality of Selwyn adversely with the luxury of the South Wing a t King's. ., a. C. L . Pearce (Wsr). Congratulations on his marriage on gth September a. rg6r , at Cambridge. D .. B . Short (F53) was home on leave fro~ .r:. Istanbul and was usher at P earce's sister's wedding in July, rg6 r. >- c.. ~ ~ 0 ~ T. O'B . Bamber (W54) wrote from the Yukon in October, rg6r, having E __: LU been in Canada for three months on an International Engineer :I o ing Exchange. Canada seems to consist of blizzards, ice and snow, ci a:: shooting, fishing, bear and moose hunting. It is also a land of oppor tunity. He will return home in rg6z. T . G. W yatt (Asg) writes from St. Chad's College, Durham, regretting that distance prevents him from attending any O.A. functions. He sends good wishes, in which he is joined by D. W . Perry (A6o) . R . G. Bird (A47) has renewed his contacts. He was married some J:our years ago and now has a son, r8 months old. He has been teaching at St. Andrew's School, Woking, for the past five years. He became Headmaster of Brightlands Preparatory School at Newnham-on-Severn ;.. in January. .D ,00 H . Vyvyan-Robinson (M45) has recently been promoted Chief Pilot of cf. his air line and now resides in Miami, Florida. > N. R . Garnett (W59) we hear has been seen at Oulton Park. He is now X u at St. Helens, Lancs., working with B.I.C.C., and likes it. Also M. W. c u.i Lobb (W6o) is now a cadet in the Merchant Navy. '2 '- ::J ~ A . G. F. Rippon (M4o) became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry z c of Housing and Local Government in the Government changes made a:i ~
.:( ~ -= in October, rg6r. c L: > P. ]. Culverwell (C55) has written from cfo Rawlinson & Hunter, w"' Nestle Alimentana, Vevey, Switzerland, but was expecting to move t-= c in December, rg6r. Culverwell is concerned with financial policy of '6 "' Nestle and Swiss pharmaceutical firms. He has made good use of the ~ L: ::J facilities for pleasure in Switzerland. u.. I R. M. ]. Davis (C56) entered a five-year apprenticeship with the De .:( ., ci Havilland Aircraft Company. During this period he met T. G. Dillon >- Godfray (W48), Chief Apprentice Supervisor for De Havilland. Davis ~ studied at the Bournemouth College of Technology and was elected E > 5"' z President of the Students' Union. :s R. P. Dovell (F49) has recently applied for posts with the Ministry of Vl a.: Agriculture and another with Fisons Ltd. :;; w u A. J. Gibbs (Wsz) has applied for a post in the New Zealand D.S.I.R. to work on virus diseases of pasture plants at the grassland research c '2"' station situated at Palmerston North, North Island. Gibbs meets .2, Michael Otty (Asr), who is workin~ with Vauxhall Mo!ors, L~ton, and lives with his wife and daughter m Harpenden. Otty IS captam •)f L: the Harpenden R.F.C., which runs 6-8 teams. Gibbs finally and successfully finished his thesis for his Ph.D. in rg6r. 58 R. F. Barnes (W6o) recently left the Hospital Service in Hereford and has taken up a trainee in managership with the Rank Organisation. G. N. Gray (M47) and Mrs. Gray called at the School with their sons recently. They have three sons who are entering Pyrland Hall in due course. [. Hedayat (F52). News has been received by the Headmaster that he is married and lives at 25 Avenue Pasyan, Basfaranieh, Teheran, Iran; we are hoping he will start an Iranian Branch of the O.A. Club. W. Elliott-Clarke. News has recently been received that he has moved house and his provisional address is Plot 9, Orchard Avenue North, Worthing, Sussex. He is very flourishing and rejoices that he has a smaller garden than previously. R. Ward (W44) writes that he is with Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richard san Ltd., shipbuilders. He has been promoted inspector and is dealing with the assignment of freeboards. R. A. B. Stephenson (M47) has written from Perth, Western Australia, where he has settled with his wife. Those who were contemporaries of his will appreciate that he is not wildly excited at the prospect of the Empire Games, which take place in Perth in rg62. Stephenson has a business in Perth and farms 200 acres for a hobby. D. W. McMullan (M47) also lives in Perth and was recently selected to play for Western Australia in the Annual Australian Golf Championship. Stephenson is also in touch with H . Kierulf (M49), who lives at 53 Celestine Drive, Weston, Ontario, with his wife and three children. Kierulf is making a name for himself as an engineer and is helping to develop the Dominion by building highways, docks and other civil engineering work. D. C. Martin (M6r) is now an Officer Cadet in training with No. r68 ~c ·;;; Course, R.A.F., South Cerney, Glos. Vl G. M. ]ones (C55) is at present taking an Art Teacher's Diploma Course at Bristol Institute of Education, having completed a four-year course in art. I . Walker ( ), who left King's from Pyrland Hall, has spent a lonely six months on Stewart Island off South Island, New Zealand. He and his companion wintered on the island when the snow line descended into the sea. He emerged from this experience with many hundreds of opossum skins. He has been in New Zealand for three years and during this time has turned his hand to forestry and to quarrying. G. W . A. Steven (Arg), T .D. , writes to say he is now to be found at the Old Bakehouse, Kirtlington, Oxon. A. W. Fry (F54) is a Budget Accountant with Kimberley-Clark Ltd. and is living at Shiplap, Upper Street, Leeds, Nr. Maidstone, Kent. He was married to Miss Patricia Wiggins at Romsey Abbey on 29th July, rg6r. N . R. Garnett (W59) is an apprentice with British Insulated Callendar'c; Cables, and after a · short introduction to the works is now doing a course in basic engineering at St. Helen's Technical College. From January he expects to be transferred to the Liverpool College of Tech nology to start a course in electrical engineering leading to the Higher National Diploma. f. Lipman (W6r) has taken up the offer of the Ford Motor Co . of a vacancy on their Dip. Tech. Course. He will spend six months on a sandwich course and then spend all his time at a College of Technology. 59 A . C. Garnett (W57). having passed his intermediate examination in art at Salisbury in the Summer, is now at the Hornsey College of Art. S . H. Griffiths (W59) writes from nr. Napier, North Island, New Zealand a~d proposes to attend a .course at Massey College, leading to a Wooi Dtploma. He has been m the employ of a large wool braking firm His address is cjo Dalgety & Co. Ltd., P .O. Box 2018, Port Ahuriri. New Zealand. ' R . Smart (C59) is now back from Southern Rhodesia and his address is cj o Little :Woodbo~o ug h, Woo.dfields, pursley. He has been accepted by the Wnttle Institute of Agnculture m Essex for a two-year diploma course, commencing in October. He hopes to visit King's sometime during the Lent Term.
The Taunton Secretary regrets that, in the last Aluredian, it was stated that the Oxford Dinner was held at New College. It was, as in former years, held at University College, where there were three O.A.s in residence. Please accept my apologies for so misleading you all. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, ENGAGEMENTS We congratulate : I . R. Collins (C53) on his marriage to Miss Monica von Oldershausen at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Lima, Peru, on Saturday, zrst October, rg6r. · P. W . F. Twose (M59) on his marriage on Saturday, znd December, rg6r, at Torquay. D. E. F. Luke (W54) on his marriage at the Savoy Chapel, London, to Miss Florence Whitaker on 6th October, rg6r. M. Aristidou (W58) on his marriage to Miss Suzanne Cole on Saturday, r6th December, rg6r. R. Blake (F56) on his engagement to Miss Sally Gran, of Langford. R. G. Richards (W55) on his engagement to Miss Angela Louise Baker, of Upper Norwood, London. T . ]. Atkinson (M6o) has announced his engagement. His fiancee is teaching in a school in Fife. They hope to be married in September, 1963. The Rev. Martin N. Phillips (A51) announces his engagement to Miss Sylvia Crowe, of Edinburgh. ]. Garnett (WSS) was recently married and is now stationed at Oswestry, where he instructs junior leaders in the arts of war. FOR YOUR DIARY O.A. Hockey Match Sat., lOth March Main College Athletic Sports Sat., 19th May Pyrland Hall Sports and Prize-giving Fri., 8th June O.A. Whitsun Reunion and Opening of the Squash Courts Sat., 9th-Mon., 11th June Speech Day and Opening of the new building by the Most Reverend Arch- bishop Lord Fisher of Lambeth ... Fri., 22nd June O.A. Rugger Match Sa~ .• 15th December O.A. London Dinner ... Fn., 7th December Any O.A. who wishes to receive a~ invitatio? to Speech Day should write to Miss D. C. Crockett, who w1ll send h1m one as they become available. ' 60 THE ALUREDIAN
Contents
PAGE PAGE Editorial 3 Art Club 58 SCI-IOOL RECORD Arch<£ological Society 58 Speech Day, 1962 3 Photographic Society 59 School Notes 11 Natural Sciences Society 59 Astronomical Society . . . 60 Obituary 13 Aeromodelling Club . . . 60 School Officials 15 Tape-Recording Society 60 King Alfred House Notes 15 Bridge Club 61 Carpenter House Notes 16 Junior Literary and Debating Bishop Fox House Notes 17 Society 61 Meynell House Notes ... 18 Dancing Club .. , 61 Woodard House Notes 19 Badminton Club 62 Chapel Notes 20 Sailing Club 62 Library Notes ... 22 Motor Club 63 Music Notes ... 22 Conjuring Club 63 Subscription Concerts 23 Fishing Club 63 C.C. F . Notes 24 Meteorological Society 64 Pioneer Notes 25 Junior House Notes ... 65 Rover Crew 25 Junior Friends of Wells PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS Cathedral ... 26 Seven-a-Sides . .. 68 Salvete 26 Oxford Hockey Festival 69 Valete 27 Rover Crew Camp 70 House Sport 32 An Arch<£ological Excavation 71 K .C.H .C. 36 Queen Victoria's Last Ride 72 K.C.C.-C.R .C. 41 K .C. M.R.C. Un dialogue entre Nelson et 42 Napoleon 73 K.C.C.C. . .. 43 Poem 74 K.C.A.C. 51 K .C.S.C. 51 " In death " 74 K .C.L.T .C. 52 " J uliette " 74 Fencing Club 53 An Argument on different Squash Club 54 planes 76 Sheldon Society 54 The Pilkington Report 77 History Society 55 Tristan da Cunha 78 Literary Society 56 Correspondence 83 Drama Workshop 56 The Old Aluredian Club 89 Music Club 57 Our Contemporaries . . . 98 THE ALUREDIAN KING'S COLLEGE, TAUNTON
EDITOR : J. C. S. HORROCKS Sus-EDITORS: G. C. DARVILL, A. C. HILL, J. M. HUGHES, R. W. J. VINCENT VoL. XXX. No. 5 OcTOBER , rg6z
Editorial
.r_ HIS year has seen a great d eal of progress in the School-ranging Vc from the regular u se of the South Wing to the tidying up of some of ~ T a. V1 the less ordered parts of the School grounds. c 0 We would like to be able to speak of progress where The Aluredian is concerned, but it is difficult to do so. There has been a Jack of enthusiasm on the part of the School to contribute o riginal work to the magazine. If the number of personal contributions continues to drop, the result will be that the magazine will lose its character as one which presents widely differing views and will become little more than a news bulletin. Being perhaps as zealous as any magazine editors, we should like to be able to blame the drop in contributions on the recent publication of a heretic magazine called " View." However, this would be extremely unfair and not true, because such a magazine should stimu c00 late thought and imagination. It probably did; but though many people V c talk loud and long on their pet subjects, there seems to be a reluctance ~ to organise thoughts by putting pen to paper. c There is no reason why The Aluredian in the future should not burn with life if we receive plenty of contributions. But, though we can urge you to write, we cannot make you do so, and we therefore echo the ~ords used in last year's issue by repeating that the future of the magazine depends on you. THE EDITORS. Speech Day, 1962 HIS was a truly memorable occasion for King's and will remain in T our minds for many years. The sun was shining, yet it was not too hot and, indeed, the day was one of the finest of the whole term. In the c past King's has had "'c many distinguished visitors, but none more dis 1' tinguished than Archbishop Lord Fisher of Lambeth, who 0 kindly con .!' sented this year to come and open the new building and to give away -' the prizes. He arrived in Taunton during the evening O'f Thursday, 21st July, and he met the Chapter for a short while at the Castle Hotel before coming to stay the night at the Headmaster's house. The next morning at 10.15 the Headmaster presented the School Prefects to him and he toured the School, accompanied by photographers and television camera men. At 12 noon, when the guests had taken their places in Chapel, the traditional Commemoration Service took place. This was preceded by a procession, which left the main doors of the School, crossed the Square B 3 and entered t~e Chapel through the West door. It was headed by th School Captam, followed by the Thurife r and Choir, the Masters the giving and achievement and everything else," and he s hared with the H eadma~ter, Mr. Mervyn Lewis (representing the O .A. Club), the' L/ Headmaster "that natural joy of achievement at providing a building and Clencal F~llows of the Chapter, the Chaplain, Bishop Wilson, th~ and of feeling 'there it is.' " But he pointed out that this was only "one Provost, Archbishop Lord Fisher and finally the visitor, the Lord Bishop achievement in a vast range of achievements," and he had gathered from of Bath and Wells. his short stay at the School that King's was "at the top of its form. " Much of what Lord Fisher went on to say was an examination of the After lunch, Lord Fisher moved in procession, via the School way in which a proper understanding of the meaning of Freedom is on sh?P _road, from the Hea~aster 's house to the West door of the new the wane . He said that Science did not believe in Freedom. "It believes bmldmg. The route was lmed by boys, who bowed as Lord Fisher went in irrefragable laws which nobody can break. The only thing that really past. Meanwhile, the guests had collected around the North door of bothers the scientist is the cancer cell, because he cannot control it. " the building and, while Lord Fisher was inspecting the interior, the boys He went on to quote the examples of big business and politics and quickly filed round to take their place in front of the guests. Before the concluded that in fact " there are only two places in which you can find Provost gave th_e key to the Archbishop to open the new building, Mr. freedom-the Church and the Schools of England. Neither is a complete Le Fevre (architect), Mr. Stansell (director of contracting firm), Mr. exponent of freedom, but both have the root of the matter in them, and Tosh-Robb. (manager). and Mr. Hallett (foreman of the works) were pre that is why we believe in them." For true spiritual and intellectual free sented to h1m. In askmg the Guest of Honour to open the building, the dom consisted in being liberated from one's spiritual and intellectual Provost called it the Unmack Building. prejudices, and this could only be accomplished with the aid of the Holy Having passed up the Western staircase, the opening party came to Spirit. Indeed, "the primary work of the Holy Spirit is to blow us out the Art Room. Here the H eadmaster asked Mr. Reeves (a Trustee of of our ruts !" But it was only in the Church and the Schools that this the Dulverton Trust) to unveil a plaque in honour of a gift of £2,500 was fully understood, and therefore it was only in them that the Holy made by the Trust towards the cost of the new building. The Headmaster Spirit could really make Himself felt in such a way that freedom did read out the wording and then the Divisional Bursar, Major R. Cely truly flourish. Trevilian, thanked Mr. Reeves and expressed the gratitude of the School After Lord Fisher's speech the Bishop of Bath and Wells proposed to the Dulverton Trust. a vote of thanks and was seconded in this by the School Captain, N. P. The opening party then descended from the first floor and emerged Butt. The latter said that a visit of an Archbishop was worth at least a at the top of the steps at the North door. Here the youngest boy in the whole day's holiday, which has since been granted and will enable College, J. M. Wilson, presented a bouquet to Lady Fisher, and the another half-term holiday to be organised in the Michaelmas Term. Provost asked the Archbishop to declare the building open. This he was The excellent tea was then most welcome. Amongst the guests pleased to do, but reserved a longer address until later in the afternoon. were Mrs. Harcombe, great-grand-daughter of Nathaniel Woodard; Then Bishop D. J . Wilson (the Custos and Chairman of the School Mrs. Bradfield, widow of our former Provost; and Dr. Christopher Council) thanked him and presented him with a gift, an auto Woodard, great-grandson of the Founder. After tea guests were free matic toaster, which had been brought forward by A. V. Nicolas, who to inspect the new building and to visit the numerous exhibitions, of had designed and drawn a card depicting the West door of the building which that of Art and Crafts in Big School was of particularly high to accompany the gift. standard. Speech Day now assumed a more traditional form as the guests took No notes of this truly memorable Speech Day would be complete their seats in the marquee for the speeches. The Provost was the first without mention of the following day, Saturday. At 11.0 a.m., in Chapel, to speak and his short speech was intended to be "by way of introduc King's Choral Society combined with the girls of St. Audries School, tion." He first pointed out that this was the last occasion that we should West Quantoxhead, to sing Benjamin Britten's "Saint Nicolas," which have Miss Johns, Headmistress of S. Clare's, with us, as she was retiring was especially written for the centenary of Lancing College, the chief at the end of the term. He thanked her for fourteen years of "unflagging Woodard School. The performance also included a rendering of the ~un energy and selfless devotion" and wished her many years of health and dredth Psalm to a setting by Vaughan Williams. An account of both happiness in her retirement. After also thanking Mr. Morgan for 25 these items will be found elsewhere in this issue. years of service to the School, he passed on to the subject of the new Many boys were able to spend the night out with their parents, but building. It was specially suitable, he said, to have as our Guest of about ninety had to remain at School and, by all appearances, they Honour ''one who was a great Headmaster before he was a great Arch seemed to enjoy it. The week-end was a fitting conclusion to a really bishop." He then went on to say that it was the unanimous wish of the great occasion. Chapter, at the suggestion of the Custos, that the building should at once be named the Unmack Building. "I must say," the Provost con tinued, "that it has been resisted with the utmost insubordination by the THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT Headmaster, and that I have only succeeded in achieving it by putting MR. CHAIRMAN, YouR GRACE, MR. MAYoR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, my foot down as I have never had to put it down before." [Before opening his report the Headmaster spoke very appreciatively Herewith the Headmaster took up the challenge; a full copy of of the compliment which the Chapter had paid him in naming the new his report appears after this article. The prizes were distribut~d by Lord building after him. He said, however, that it cost him dear in his feel Fisher who afterwards made a speech. He spoke of the JOY to any ings to accept such an honour, as he had always hoped to do his duty Head~aster of completing a building. "It is a great explosion of thanks- and slip quietly away. He felt, however, that it was part of his duty 4 5 to put his personal feelings on one side and accept humbly with the captain of the cric.ket ~earn. We gave quite a shock to ~he M.<;.C. by warmest of appreciation and gratitude this great compliment. He getting five of their Wickets for about 30 run~ and keepmg . t?eJr. score ven!nred. to hop~, .however, that th~ name "South Wing" would be used down to a very modest level; the match ended m a draw. Sailmg IS now dunng h1s remammg years of service at King's College.] a feature of school life here. Fencing goes ahead well. P . L. Marchant, the captain of " There is for H eadmasters a fundamental Speech Day principle that fencing, won the Somerset Schoolboys' Foil Champion ship. The Pioneers have the more di~tinguished the Guest of Honour the shorter the Headmaster's been doing very useful and effective work. report: This year, th.erefo:e, my report will be very brief indeed; that We are profoundly grateful to parents, Old Boys and other friends will give me great satisfactiOn and, I am sure, even more satisfa ction to of King's who have given us two lovely Squash Courts costing £4,500. others ! But it is not laziness only which makes me rejoice to have the The fund was started by two gifts of £50 each from Admiral Faulkner good fortune to be Headmaster here at the time of Your Grace's visit and Mr. and Mrs . Bracey. This good foundation was quickly built upon It is a great honour for us all that you have made time during your busy by many other kind donors. The boys, as expected, have greatly taken retirement to visit King's and graciously open our new building. We to the game, and it will make your heart warm, but not as warm as they thank you most warmly. I am particularly grateful for the honour of get themselves, to see them plaJ:ing, even on a very hot day. The C.C.F. welcoming Your Grace, not only because, like others, I can hardly be flourishes here far more than m many other schools. The Inspection lieve that you really did say to the Pope, "So long, No Holy See" ! but report w~s quite lyrical. It paid a great and well-deserved tribute to because at one dark moment not long ago you spoke with a firm voice Major W1lson, h1s officers and N.C.O.s. when certain 'large hearted Arthurs' who should have known better Our play, "St. Joan," was a very moving performance and reached were helping to thrust on the public that ridiculous and neurotic book a remarkably high standard. We hope as many parents as possible will now known as "Lady C." I particularly distrust 'large hearted Arthurs' stay tomorrow to hear the cantata, "St. Nicolas," which was specially who sell the pass and let others clear up the mess. It was 'large hearted written by Mr. Benjamin Britten for the chief Woodard School, Lancing. Arthurs' who allowed Hitler and his thugs to get into power in Germany. The singing will be exceptionally good; the St. Audries girls enjoy their If enough people in Germany had stood up to Hitler in the early days he co-operation with King's as much as we do. We are very grateful to could not have wrecked both Germany and Europe. If English morality their Headmistress, Miss Havergal, for letting us benefit in this way by sinks to the level of "Lady C.," it will not be only the immoral who have the girls' lovely voices and the skill and training of Miss Knight. done it, but also the 'large hearted Arthurs,' who, by their pride in their Another very good friend own misplaced generosity, have provided of King's is Miss ] ohns, Headmistress of a platform upon which the the School of St. Clare. We depraved in mind can proclaim an evil and shall miss her very much and we wish her deceptive doctrine. I can a long and happy retirement. assure Lord Fisher that I am not alone in thanking him most profoundly for his courageous and firm leadership. The greatest feature of the year is, of course, the completion of the new South Wing. This is a great encouragement We and we are very grate have also great pleasure in welcoming our Visitor, the Lord ful to Mr. Reeves and the other Dulverton Trustees for Bishop their generosity of Bath and Wells. This is his first visit to our Speech Day and in helping us so wonderfully towards the cost of the we hope Art Room. This gift that he and Mrs. Henderson will enjoy it so much that they is in honour of the first Lord Dulverton, M.P. for the ancient Borough will come often. We are very grateful, once more, to the Mayor and of Taunton. We welcome today among us, by no means for the Mayoress of first Taunton for gracing our board and our platform. Though time, Mr. Edward Du Cann, M.P. for the modern constituency of Taun we are a boarding school, we are very proud of our links with Taunton ton and district, and we also greet with great pleasure for the first time and, judging by the number of day boys who are entering our Junior his fiancee, Miss Murchie. We present our best wishes and congratula House at Pyrland Hall, Taunton is very proud of King's. At least, we tions to them both. I do not think Mr. Du Cann will be like one young do keep open one of the loveliest views in Somerset, which is available M.P. I met recently. When he rose to greet me I said, "Please keep to everyone through the right of way across the hilly fields. We h~ve your seat." He said, "I only wish I could." We do warmly congratu brightened up our link with the ancient School of Taunton by havmg late Mr. Le Fevre, our architect, on a beautiful, efficient and fitting build painted the coats of arms of Bishop Fox and Bishop Oldham, which ing. It is a joy to use it. were carved on the walls of Big School at its erection in 1869 when the The Old Boys' Club flourishes. A most successful school moved out of the centre of the town. term of three years' Chairmanship by Mr. Waiter Long has just been completed. Our This year has been truly remarkable in every way. That is a very Club gatherings grow larger and larger. We are greatly indebted to the safe statement for any ·Headmaster to make, but I mean it in no double O.A. Committee, and particularly to its indefatigable Hon. Secretary, sense. The work results have been good, as you can see from the Mr. Graham Barnes, for all they do to support the School. We are sorry Honours List. Our 1st XV was unbeaten by any other school side and that Mr. Graham Barnes cannot be here today, but we greet in his place was acknowledged to have had one of the best seasons, if not the best very good friends of the School, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Lewis. Mr. season for total points, of any school team in England. Marlborough has Mervyn Lewis was Chairman of the first O.A. Dinner I attended in most kindly, on the strength of this, invited us to come on her fixture London in 1937. There were then about 35 Old Boys at the dinner; now list, and we very much hope that we shall do well enough to hold a our numbers are nearing 200. The biggest restaurant in the Houses of permanent place there. Parliament is now hardly large enough for our London Dinner. I almost feel tempted Our cricket for two seasons running has been good. This year to ask Lord Fisher to help us to take over the House of we have Lords for our so far won 6 matches, drawn 3 and lost nil. I congratulate the coach, O.A. Dinner. We are greatly saddened by the sudden death of Mr. Theophilus Mr. James, and all the masters who are helping and also, of course, the Miles, a member of the O.A. Committee and c 7 6 one of our earliest Pioneers. The Pioneers, under Major Baker h PRIZE LIST do~e ~ xcellent work this year. It is typical of the splendid spirit t~~~ Open Scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge-M. A. Coward. C. A. Parson's exists m many parts of t~ e - ~ch_ool _that one of our Prefects, Christopher Scholarsbip-P. Toppmg. Scholarship to R.M.A .. Sandhurst-]. C. S. Dean~. has shown great Imt~ative m organising parties to clean off and Horrocks. County Art Award-E. A. Tuke. County Architecture Award re-po~Js~.d~maged desk tops m one of the classrooms. I highly comme d R. E. Owen. Scholarship to Britannia R.N. College-S. N. G. Davies. Royal such m1tiative. n Marines Scholarship-M. T. Trythall. Anson and Tombs Memorial Prizes : Passed out 4th (Sandhurst)-B. M. Wootton. American Exchange Scholarship I hope next year_to give a glimpse into further plans for the develop -M. J. Monk. Places at Universities : Oxford-A. Fussell , N. V. Lyle, F. T . me~t of the Sc_hool m t~e fu~ure, but I can see the Chapter is gettin Reiss, N. P. Toland , A. J. B. White, M. J. Monk, P . T . Bonsey, P. J. Green, M. St. J. French, D . M. Rowe. Cambridge-N. P. Butt, W . anxious! so I Will not spml the1r peace of mind; my plans are as yet plan~ Treharne-Jones. London-E. J . P . H epwortb, P . Topping. London Hospitals for a fa1rly remote future, but not too remote ! -R. J. Thomas, A. J . Burnfield, M. D. Mears, R. D . Evans, F. J . Nye. All I need say Harvard-B. G. Nicoloff. Edinburgh-M. H. Ferguson, J. A. Spence. Wales this year is th~t t~e going is very good indeed, and (Cardiff)- J. M. Graham . Qualified for County Scholarships-M. A. Coward. I thank all those who ~ork _for Kmg s, especially the Prefects and our N. V. Lyle, M. H . Ferguson, M. J . Monk, D . M. Rowe. C. G. H ennessy, A. e~~ellent Scho?l Capta~n, N1gel Butt. The high standard of responsi Garnett, F . T . Riess, F. J. Nye, W . Trehame-Jones, P . Topping, N . P . bility and efficiency wh1ch our Prefects reach is one of the greatest sup Toland, N. P . Butt, R . J . Thomas, J . A. Spence, A. Fussell, J . M. Grabam, ports that the School has and accounts for a great deal of its progress R. 1. N. Grant, E. J. P. Hepworth. Then I thank most warmly the Masters, the Bursar, the Housemasters. Ge neral Certificate of Education : Distinctions at Advanced L evel-D. M. Rowe (Physics), N . P . Butt (Chemistry), B. A. W . Price (Chemistry), F . T . Riess the Chapla~n, and l?articularl):' the Second Master, Mr. Morgan. I con~ (Spanish), M. A. Coward (History), J. A. Fielding (Geography). D. P. B. gratulate h~ ?n his completmg 25 years of notable service at King's Miller (English). I came to Kmg s only one ~erm before_ Mr. Morgan, an? it has truly been Advanced Level-M. J. Adam, C. L. F. Bamford. B. C. S. Barnes, D. Bromwich, a. most wonderful and enJoyable penod of co-operation. King's owes C. R. Budge, N . P . Butt, M. A. Coward, R. D. Evans, M. H . Ferguson, .J . A. him. a great debt and I do_also. May he have many years of further Fielding, A . Fussell , J. M. Graham, A. G. Gray, J. R. Halton, C. G. H ennessy, service here. We thank him warmly for his R . D. Hennessy. E . J . P . H epworth, G. A. Herbert, P . W . R. H ewson , D. D. great contribution to the Hill, A. C. Holland, J . C. S. Horrocks, J . M. Hughes, R. R. A. Hunt, .T . G. progress and welfare of King's. James, A. John, B . H . Lintern, J . M. Lipman, P. P. Luff, N . V. Lyle, D. C . I will refrall_l from giving advice to parents this year; this is a great Martin, D. P . B . Miller, M . .J . Monk, P . G. S. Murray, B . G. Nicoloff, F. T Nye, R. E. Owen, D . M. H. Pq.rkinson, I. D. Philippe, R. A. Poland, B . A. W. piece of self-sacnfice on my part, but I must be brief. I can easily make Price, M. H . Ragless, J . W . D . Rees, H . A. Rhind, F . T . Riess, D . M. Rowe, up for it next year ! J. A. Spence, R. M. Storrs, I. A. Strudwick, A. D . T . Thomas, R. J . Thomas, Besides ~is, parents do seem to me to be much more understanding N. J. Timpson, N . P . Toland, P . Topping, W . Trehame-Jones, E . A. Tuke, and co-operative than they used to be. Parents are rather like the little G. B. Vallender, R. W . Vaux, R. N . Woollacott, E . A. Wyse. girl who had a little Ordinary Level-M. G. Alien, J. S . .Ballantyne, M. J. Batey, M. A. D. Bentley, curl right in the middle of her forehead . "When R. P . Bentley, M. W . Berryman, A. W. Bishop-Stephens, C. W . C. Bracey, she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was naughty, she A. J . Burnfield, J . R. Bumfield, M. R. W. Burton, M. S . Caffry, D. A. H . was horrid." We, fortunately, have an overwhelming majority of very, Chodzko, P. J. Chubb, I. A. Cocks, M. W. Cooke, R. C. Cowley, M. A. J. very good parents here; I know of no horrid ones. Craven, S. N. G. Davies, C. J. Deane, P. W . J . Dupee, J . P . Edmunds, J. Emami, T. Evans, R. G. Ford, P. M. Franklyn, C. R. Fuller, R. J . R. Gibson, One request I venture to make. If your son considers becoming a H . R. Glennie, R . P .C. Goode, P . J. T . Grant-Anderson, P . W . Graves-Morris, priest, please do all you can, but without any compulsion, to sustain and W. Grun, M. D . Head, P . J. V. Henton, W . R. Herbert, P . R. T. Hillier, encourage him. The Kingdom of God is the only really important King P . A. T. Harder, G. L. Hughes, A. P . James, T . J. James, P. R. Jeffries, M. Jenks, D. F . Jones, J. F . J . Kemp, M. R. C. Kent, M. G. W . Knight, R. W. dom, and those who are willing to give their lives wholly to up-build it Knight, B. F . Kochanek, J . D . Launders, J . W . H . E . Liley, S. J . Longden, are the m,ost vitally important of workers. Without vision the nation D. H . Madin, P . D . Mannering. R. A. Marshall, M. R. W . Masheder, N. A . perishes for time and for eternity. I am glad to see a much increased Miles, J. A. Mitchell, 'R. K. Mott, M. R. Owen, G. Pedler, M. A. Plant, P . R. number of ordination candidates coming from this School. May it rapidly Pratt, G. B . Radcliffe, C. L . Reece, P. J. Reynolds, D. L . Richardson, T. R. Robbins, F . J . Rose, L . C. L . Russell, L. F. Ryland, P. J . Saies, S. M. increase further ! Scaddan, C. J . Shirley-Smith, R. A. D. Smerdon, J . G. Smith, M. E . D. Smith, This year has seen the death of two great friends of King's, Father J . D. Spence, A. N . Stamp, C. P. Statham, J. G. Steven, S. E. Surridge, C. G. Etherington, for many years Provost, and Mr. Lionel Rogers., Fellow. Swaffin-Smith, C. B . Swale, M. J. Symon, G. D. Tribbeck, M. T . Trytball, G. Tucker , D. J. Turner, I. G. W. White, P . J . White, J. W. Wbitton, S. D . They both were devoted to King's and contributed generously to her Withers, I. Winter , M. J. Wood. both in her hours of need and in her hours of success. I was privileged to know Mr. Rogers well and his support in my work and his personal SCHOOL PRIZES, 1962 friendship meant more to me than I can easily say. Fortis et Fidelis-N. P. Butt. Provost's Prizes : Senior-H. R. Glennie; Junior }. N. Watts. Headmaster's Special Prize--J. A. Taylor. O.A. Special Prizes In closing, I have the greatest of pleasure in saying how deeply D. Bromwich, J . C. S. Horrocks, E. C. Llewellyn, F . T. Riess. Chambers grateful I am to Archdeacon Hilder, our Provost, to Bishop Wilson, the Memorial Prize-P. J . White. Chairman of our Council, . to the Divisional Bursar and all the Fellows VI FORM for their kindly guidance and their generous encouragement. When I English-A. C. Hill. German-A. D . Zebedee. Latin-D. Bromwich. Creek D . Bromwich. Ancient History-0. M. R. B. ·Marke. Modem History-G. T . hear of some schools who have apparently unappreciative Governing Love. Geography-]. M. Graham. Biology-T. A. Spence. Chemistry (Upper) Bodies. I thank Providence that such a calamity has never come our -N. P . Butt. Physics (Upper)-P. Topping. Mathematics (Upper)-P. way. One of the greatest reasons for the success of King's has been that, Topping. Chemistry (Lower)-R. L. Rolls. Physics (Lower)-T. C. Rees. year after year, we have all been able here to work happily in the clear Mathematics (Lower)-M. R. Philippe. Economics-P. E . Dewey . History of Art-F. light of the wise and sympathetic eyes of the Provost and Chapter." T . Riess. 9 8 CLASSICAL REMOVE English-T. J. J ames. French-A. P . James. German-M. D. H ead. Latin School Notes J. S. Ballantyn e_. Greek-D. F. ]ones . History-J . S. Ballantyne. Geography - S. N. G. Dav1es. Econom1cs-R. W. Kmght. Art-M. A. J . Craven. The Most Reverend Archbishop Lord Fisher·of Lambeth visited the School on 22nd June to perform SCIENCE REMOVE the official opening of the South Wing and to give away the prizes in the marquee. Biology-J::I. R. Glennie.. ChemistiJ:-H. _R. Glennie, I. A. Cocks. Physics F . J . Sa1es. Mathematlcs- S. N . G. Dav1es. H andtcraft-P. R. J effries. Among other visitors we welcomed W. Elliott Clarke (W1891), a faithful V FORM Old Boy of the School, and Dr. Christopher Woodard and Mrs. Harcombe, both great-grandchildren of Canon Nathaniel Woodard. English-]. N. Watts. Latin-] . A . Clifford. Greek- R. C. A. Leslie. French D: ~-. Christian-Edwards. German-]. A. Clifford. History-G. G. N . Bond The Provost preached at Evensong on Whitsunday. On 27th May D1v1mty-M. Coulson. Mathematics-S. Noorvash. Physics--S. Noorvash. the Headmaster of Blundell's, the Rev. J. M. Stanton, paid a visit to Chemistry- A. S. Clubb. Biology-R. A. Stanley. Geography- !. G. w: Wh1te. Art-J. R. Goddard. Handicraft-H. N . Meredith. the School and preached at Evensong. IV FORM Our Visitor, the Lord Bishop of ·Bath and Wells, has kindly promised to preach at the Sung Eucharist on Whitsunday, 1963 English- L. P . H arris. Latin-W. W . Rankin. French-A. ] . Patching. German . -R. . M. H ennessy. History-I. _R . White. Mathematics-D. W. Philippe. Sports Day :vas held on Saturday, 19th May. The trophies were Phys1cs-B. P . Howard. Chem1stry-G. R. Stanley. Biology-R. c. 1. presented by MaJor.-Gen . J. H . Cubbon, C. B., C.B.E., who also con Ghest. Geography-R. G. Leigh. Art-G. N. Gladwell. Handicraft-M. ] . R. Snell. · ducted the General Inspection of the C.C.F. on 4th June. Ill FORM Speech ~ay _at Pyrland ~all ~ook p_lace on ~riday, 8th June. The English-P. McK. Shaw. Latin-N. P . Bray. French-R. E. P . Diggory. Ger prizes were d1stnbuted by Bngadier Fnth, Cha1rman of the Somerset man-E. J. Newm an . History-F. Callow. Divinity-F. B. Mungo. Mathe County Council. · matics-F. J . J . Brewer . Physics-F. J. J . Brewer. Chemistry-F. Me K. Shaw. Biology-M. N. J . Ruscoe. Geography-F. D. Redfearn. Art-P. W. On 9th June the E wens Memorial Squash Courts were opened by Mole. Handicraft-A. P . Sharp. Mrs . Ewens. Mr. Waiter Long, Chairman of the O.A. Club, gave an FORM PRIZES address. Va-J. A. Clifford. Vb-C. G. J acob Vc-D. H. Madin. Shell-B. J. Barnard. Commander J . R. F . Crews, G.M., R.N., of Sennen Cove, Corn IVb-D. W . Philippe. IVc-M. J . R. Snell. IIIa-R. E. P . Diggory. IIIb wall, has been elected a F ellow S. J of the Western Division of the Woodard . E . Goldie. IIIc-P. Ranger. Schools. Music Prizes--C. G. Sandercock, G. C. Darvill. Lyons Wilson Sketching Prize A. V. Nicolas. Senior Verse Prize-T. J . James. Junior Verse Prize-P. McK. Shaw In March, 1962, the School presented the Headmaster and Mrs. . Unmack with AWARDS FOR PROJECTS an antique refectory table for their cottage near Mine head. This was to celebrate their completion of 25 years at the School. A. L. W . Rol!inson, C. B . Swale, R. G. Leigh, C. G. C. Barrett, I. G. W. White, The D. Weller, K . R. Banks, P . C. Sutton, C. P. J ones, P . R. Jefferies, M. Macrae, School Captain made the presentation and thanked Mr. and Mrs. P . Ranger, M. H . Ragless. · Unmack for their great devotion to the School over this long period. HIGHLY COMMENDED At the end of the Summer Term Mr. Morgan also completed 25 P. R. T. Hillier, R. W . Monk, G. T . F . Price, G. N . Gladwell, R. W . Knight, years at King's. At the final assembly, the Headmaster thanked Mr. A. L. W . Rollinson, J . R. Goddard, C. M. Murray, R. J . M. Yeend, P. W. and Mrs. Morga.n for all their years of loyal service. The School Captain, Mole, A. V. Nicolas. on behalf of the boys, gave them a cheque and the Bishop Fox House made, in addition, a separate presentation. The Headmaster and SPEECH DAY Masters EXHIBITIONS had earlier in the day made a presentation of a gift to Mr. Morgan. Art, Handwork, Models and Model Aircraft in Big School, also in the Art Room. The Revd. P. M. Taylor, formerly Chaplain and later Headmaster of Natural Science Society in the Biology Laboratory. the School, has recently retired as Vicar of St. John's Church, Bridg water. We wish "View" Magazine in Room 10. him a very happy retirement and acknowledge with deep gratitude all that he did for King's at a most crucial turning point Photographic Society in Room 15. in its history. General Projects in the Laboratories. Aeromodelling Flying Display on the Lower Field (approx. 5.30 p.m.) . The School has lost a valued friend through the death of Mrs. Chambers, of Taunton. Wireless in Room 16 (Physics Laboratory). Her son, T. F. T. Chambers (Meynell House), distinguished himself not only at School, where he was Astronomical Society Captain of in Room 16. Rugger and Swimming and finally School Captain, but during the War Sailing Club-work on boats-Old Scout Hut of 1939-45, when he lost his life at El Alamein. His mother gave a Light Music Club in Big School (5.30 p.m.) . memorial prize each year in his memory for a boy in Meynell House. Mrs . Chambers took a keen interest in the School up to the last few years, when her health failed and she became almost blind. She had served in the Red Cross for 50 years and nursed in a local Service Hos pital during the First World War. We extend our sympathy to her only daughter, Mrs. Hamilton, with the hope that it may have been some 10 D 11 comfort to her to have heard the School Choir singing at the funeral and to feel the presence of several representatives of King's sharing in Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Provost, the Revd. W. H . Jennings and her sorrow. the Chaplain of King's. The choir also sang the following week at the wedding of Miss Susanna Cely Trev We ilian, and at Evensong in Wells also record with great sorrow the death of a famous Old Boy Cathedral on 25th July. ~f King's! Li _e u _t. - G~neral Sir _Travers. Edward Clarke. A_ full apprecia twn of h1s d1stmgmshed serv1ce to h1s country and of h1s affection for Work of Special Merit has been received from D. Bromwich, M. J. his School will be found elsewhere in our pages. Morice, A. J . Sims, P . G. S. Murray, B. P . Howard, M. F . Main, A. J. Patching, R. C. Cressy, R. E . P . Diggory and N. P. Bray. As the Headmaster is, this year, Chairman of the South Western Division of the Headmasters' Conference, that Division held its summer We express our warm thanks and appreciation to Waiter Long, O.A. meeting at King's on Tuesday, :42nd May. This provided an oppor (A18), the outgoing Chairman of the O.A. Club. His portrait is on tunity of displaying the beauty of the new Art Room as a conference another page. The new Chairman is W . J. Simson, O.A. (W20), and room. The weather contributed to make the impression most pleasing we wish him a very happy term of office . and the views in both directions called forth much admiration. We acknowledge with gratitude the gift from Mrs . Garnett, mother of three boys who were educated at King's, of two silver cups and some Obituary books for the Library, and from Mrs. Carpenter of a flower stand for the Chapel and of some books by our late Provost for the Library. Lieutenant General Sir TRAVERS EDWARD CLARKE, We are sorry to say good-bye to three members of the staff-Mr. F. G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Hart, who has taught the violin here since 1958, and Mr. G. F. L. Turner IR TRAVERS CLARKE and Mrs. E. Howard, who have been on the teaching staff at Pyrland died, aged 90, on Friday, 2nd February of Hall. We congratulate the latter on their S this year. He was born the son of the Revd. Waldrond Clarke marriage on 8th August and on 16th wish them every happiness m the tuture. April, 1871, and came to King's College with a scholarship in 1883. He entered the Army and had a distinguished career. In New masters for the Michaelmas Term are Mr. T. D. Harrison, 1897-8 he served on the N .W . Frontier, India (medal and clasp) and at M.A., F .R.C.O., Organ Scholar of St. Peter's College, Oxford; Mr. Tirah (clasp). In 1900-1902 he served in the South African War D. M. White, B.A., Trinity College, Dublin; and Mr. T. M. Butterfield, (Queen's medal, four clasps). In the 1914-18 War he was mentioned B .A., Birmingham University. We also welcomed in January Miss E . E. fourteen times in despatches and his promotion was rapid. He was Johnson as Sanatorium Sister and Mrs. Homer, who now teaches the awarded the C.B. in 1917 and created a K.C.M.G. in 1919 and K.C.B. violin at King's. in 1920. He rose quickly from Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel to Lieutenant On Tuesday, 15th May, Photo Reportage Ltd. visited us and photo General. He was promoted Quartermaster-General to the British Armies graphed many aspects of the life of the School. in France in 1917, and from 1919 to 1923 was Quartermaster-General to the Forces and a On 31st May a large number of boys had a very enjoyable afternoon member of the Army Council. He retired in 1926 from regular service in the Army, at the Bath and West Show, which this year was held near Taunton. but was Colonel of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until 1941. He was Deputy Chairman and General Adminis Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, M.P ., O.A., was promoted Minister of Public trator of the British Empire Exhibition, 1923-25, and was created G.B.E. Works and Building in the recent Government changes. He was sworn in 1926. He was President of the Royal Warrant Holders' Association in as a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council on 17th July. in 1931. Sir Travers distributed the prizes on Speech Day, 1939; among The following publications by O.A.s have recently app~ared _: ." T~e the prize-winners was A. G. F . Rippon, M.P., O.A. He also inspected Story of Peter Cronheim," by K . Ambrose (W36), and Med1cme m the Guard of Honour and opened the new A.T.C. hangar on the bottom Britain and the National Health Service," by R. K. Allday (W39). They fields . have very kindly presented copies to the Library. The School has recently bought Stoneleigh, the house next ~o Hares The Headmaster writes : ton in South Road from the executors of the late Mrs. Dav1es. Mr. The passing Padfield will take of our Senior "Old Boy" brings Sir Travers once more up residence in the house, which will also furnish addi into the pages of The Aluredian. tional sleeping accommodation His name first appeared in the School for_ Meynell boys. The paddock at the records when he entered the School with a scholarship back will provide a very useful lmk between in 1883. Then, the upper field and the in The Aluredians of 1939, we announced his acceptance of our invitation hockey field . to be Guest of Honour at Speech Day and later gave an account of his Miss Elizabeth Unmack was married in the School Chapel to the speech. Remarking on the changes that fifty years had produced in the Revd. D . J. M. Niblett, Vicar of Syston, Leicestershire, on Sa~rday, School, he turned to School discipline, saying that the essential was to 7th July. This is the first weddmg to have taken plac~ m the be firm but not fussy. He considered that every boy should be com Chapel, and now, through the kindness of the Lord B1shop ~f pelled to take his part in military training for the defence of our civilisa the Diocese of the Provost and of the Vicar of St. Mary's, the Chapel1s tion and said that, if anyone was unwilling* to carry out this duty, he had licensed for' the marriage of those resident on the premises. The Scho~l no right to claim the privileges and the protection of the State. How Captain was one of the ushers, the Sc~o~l Prefects atten_ded and the chmr well he himself had carried out his duty was shown by Lieutenant General sang at the wedding. The clergy officmtmg at the weddmg were the Lord Sir Gerald Ellison, who proposed the vote of thanks. 12 13 . . ~or a number of ye~rs Sir Tra":ers served as a Fellow of the Western DivisiOn. Once more, m 1956, his name sprang to life in our page School Officials when the ~eadmaster persuaded him to allow us to reproduce a phot s~ School Captain and Captain of Bishop Fox House : N. P . Butt. graph. of him, the original ~ein,g hung in _the Front Hall amongst t~e Vice-Captain and Captain of Woodard House : ]. A. ]. Taylor. portraits of the ~amous of Kmg s. An article accompanying the photo !5raph showed him as one of our most distinguished O.A.s, whose death Captain of King Alfred House : R. D. Hennessy. IS a _g_reat loss to us but whose fine example will remain to enrich the Captain of Carpenter House : C. J. Deane. traditions of _the School. We extend our deep sympathy to Lady Clarke Captain of Meynell House : P. ]. White. and her family. School Prefects : F. T . Riess, ]. A. Spence. THEOPHILUS IVOR MILES Captain of Hockey : M. A. Salman. Vice-Captain of Hockey : N . P . HEOPHILUS MILES was born on the 20th October 1921. He Butt. Hon. Secretary of Hockey : B. F . Kochanek. T. entered King's in the Summer Term of 1934 as ~ member of Captain of Cross-country : P. R. Pratt. Bishop Fox House and became a House Prefect in 1939. His House Captain of Cricket : E . C. Llewellyn. Vice-Captain of Cricket : N. P . master wrote of him : ''He fulfilled his duties as a House Prefect in Butt. Hon. Secretary of Cricket : T . Evans. a workmanlike manner, was ~alm and coll~cted, and not easil~ upset by Captain of Swimming : R. D. Hennessy. unfavoura~le or unpleasant Circumstances. ' He won the Jumor Victor Captain of Athletics : ]. A. J . Taylor. Ludorum m 1937. He was one of the original founders of the Pioneers Fives : J. C. S. Horrocks. and his enthusiasm was a most valuable influence in the movement's Keeper of success. After the war he was elected to the General Committee of the Captain of Lawn Tennis : B. F. Kochanek. Hon. Secretary of Lawn Old Aluredian Club. For many years he was responsible for the produc Tennis : I. P. L. Smith. tion and distribution of the Club insignia to members. He performed Captain of Squash : C. ]. Deane. this function and those of a committee member with characteristic Captain of Shooting : R. D. Hennessy. humility and thoroughness. Shortly before his sudden death he was Vice-Captain of Shooting : J. A. J. Taylor. Hon. Secretary of Shooting : elected Hon. Treasurer of the O .A. Club. Unfortunately, he was pre P. L. Marchant. vented from taking up this office and _the Club lost the benefit of his Captain of Fencing : P. L. Marchant. willing service from which both the School and the O.A.s would have greatly benefited. The heartfelt sympathy of all will, we hope, be a Chapel Prefect: J. C. S. Horrocks. source of strength to Mrs. Miles, who has been left with the responsi Sacristan : D. Bromwich. bility of bringing up a young family. Senior Under-Officer : N. P. Butt. JOHN EDGAR JOHNSON E. JOHNSON, son of the late Mr. G. E. Johnson and Mrs. Christine House Notes J • Hill, entered the Junior School in the Michaelmas Term, 1941. A KING ALFRED HOUSE year later he joined the Senior School as a member of King Alfred House Captain : R. D. Hennessy. House. He left in July, 1945. After gaining his Bachelor of Science degree while with a firm at Rugby, he went to Exeter University, where House Prefects : J. M. Graham, E. C. Llewellyn, J. C. S. Horrocks, Salman, I. P. L. Smith, R. L. Scott, G. C. Darvill. he obtained an honours degree in Physics and was given a grant to do M. A. J. research work. Despite difficulties caused by illness, he was awarded a Deputy J?refects : J. _Macrae, A. R. J. Hobbs, P. J. Blackmore, M. J. Master of Science degree. He took a job in a London Technical College, Monce, A. W. Bishop-Stephens, C. P . Jones, R. J . Smith. and it was at this time confirmed that he had a spontaneous lukremia. Common Room Committee : Macrae, Morice, Bishop-Stephens, Jones. After this he became a lecturer in Physics at Coventry Technical College. House ~olours : M. R. Philippe, Jones (Hockey); I. A. Cocks, Darvill His courage was especially shown in the last year of his life, during (Cncket). which he continued working until s~ weeks before his death. He died at his mother's home on the 23rd June of this year. House Half-Colours : Philippe, Bishop-Stephens (Cross-country); Cocks (Tennis); Graham, Philippe (Fives) . MICHAEL GEORGE BARON, O.A. T was a great shock to learn that Michael George Baron had died on ~hat the Kin_g Alfre? has taken its place again among the hereditary I 5th September, just a month before his 32nd birthday. The son of ~portmg ~ouses 1s now Irrefutable, and the excellent example provided Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Baron, Cheddon, Bronshill Road, Torquay, he m the M1chaelmas Term has been maintained and enhanced during the entered Bishop Fox House in January, 1946. He faced ill-health with past two terms. A clear indication of our success in this sphere was enormous courage and triumphed to the extent of gaining his School afforded by the seven cups which we were able to display in our House Shooting Colours, becoming chief stage hand and a House Pre~ect: He photograph. Any smirks which may have been aroused by the second was devoted to the School and never failed to make the annual p1lgnmage successive seizure of our coveted Senior Hockey Cup by the Meynell had at Whitsun. We shall miss him greatly and extend our heartfelt to be somewhat constrained after the notable defeat of the Bishop Fox sympathy to his parents and his wife and baby daughter. Junior Team by our own star-studded team. 14 · E 15 The sporting life of the Ho~se continued to bloom throughout the of a famous wit, "the answer lies in the sawyul," so we reverted to a Summer 1erm. The Fives Cup IS rapidly becommg a House institution bit of do-it-yourself market gardening to pay off the bills incurred by an~ the first and third pairs must be congratulated on gaining maximun~ the new billiard table, a dream which has at last materialised. After pomts. So must be G. G. N . Bond for wmnmg the Junior all our tender care and protection the professionals moved in and com Victor Ludorum, R. D. Hennessy for becoming a finalist in the Officers' pletely overhauled it, so that we now have a splendid and fully-equipped Shooting Cup and P. J. Blackrnore for being awarded School Cricket table on which to play. We must thank Mr. and Mrs. Collins for their Colours. While on the subject of cricket, we notice with great pleasure very kind donation (a memorial to their son, David), which covered the that we have now completed a seven terms' run of Alfred captaincies in bulk of the cost, and Mr. Harvey for all the work he has put into it, and the first teams of the three games of the School. The s uccess of our also the prefects and several other members of the House for helping to Tennis VI was not absolute, for in some cases there was a determination prepare it. All we need now is a doorman-butler to complete the look not to sacrifice style to rapacity. of the Senior Common Room. Any offers ? The Juniors continue to Our prominence is by no means restricted to this aspect of life, for expend their energy, in part at least, on the House table tennis table. we are extremely well represented on Club and Society Committees, we We have yet to see the fruits (Brussels sprouts actually, we hope) of our dominate the Upper and Lower Classical VI's both numerically and labour in Gatcombe garden. mentally; indeed, activity on an intelligent plane could justifiably !>e We can now look back over a very successful two terms. Our first claimed as the House Ethos. Bridge has been played on a large scale success was in being the first winners of the revived competitive inter though the table tennis table has obviously not been lying idle, House music festival, which was a well-earned victory, due especially to judging from the condition of the immediate floor space. No doubt the the efforts of C. G. Sandercock. This was followed by G. D. Tribbeck's weather has contributed much to this state of affairs, as also to the fall winning for us on Sports Day a well-deserved Senior Victor Ludorum, in popularity of swimming, which appears proportional to the oppor which greatly helped us in coming second in the Senior Athletics. Fol tunity for gaining sun-tan. The trend already indicated is supported by lowing our victory in the Junior Shooting Competition, J. A. Spence is the big part played by us in the production and acting of a refreshing to be warmly congratulated on winning the Officers' Shooting Cup this open-air performance of an excerpt from "Julius Cresar," for which J. M. term. Graham must take most of the credit. The House has been very well represented in sport, especially in A few stalwarts still appear to be concerned with what record is put cricket and swimming, and with the captains of squash and fencing. on the record-player, but apathy is widespread. Any concordant music The House Library continues to flourish and we have no is accepted as a background and the heyday of the connoisseur is past. "squares" brave enough to quell the waves of pop music which swamp The reason for this, we are glad to report, is not due to tedium, but to the common rooms at certain times of the day. a spirit of creativeness, a desire to be active. Finally, we must say good-bye and wish luck to our leavers and We are very grateful to the person, who, with an eye to our comfort, thank them for all they have done and especially Deane for leading the supplied us with an armchair from the masters' former Common Room , House so well over the past year. and we hope that Mr. Morgan, removed from proximity ~o the Bishop Fox in his new study, does not find us too uncongemal next-door neighbours. BISHOP FOX HOUSE House Captain : N. P . Butt. CARPENTER HOUSE School Prefect : F. T . Riess. House Captain : C. J. Deane. House Prefects : R. D. Evans, M. D. Mears, J. W. Whitton, C. P. School Prefect : J. A. Spence. Baxter, D. F . H . Giles. House Prefects : G. Tucker, I. Winter, D. Bromwich, P. M. Robinson, Deputy Prefects : C. J. Magurran, M. D. Head, J. W . Woodgates, C. G. Sandercock. L. F. Ryland, S. P . Hogge, D. S. P. Ko. Deputy Prefects : C. B. Stewart, B. L. Bateman, P. L. Marchant, Common Room Committee: Magurran, Head, Ryland. C. A. G. Paul, A. N . Stamp, A. D. Zebedee, R. J. R. Gibson, F . J. House Colours : R. P . Bentley, M. T . Trythall, Magurran, Ko, P. T. Rose. Taylor (Hockey) . Common Room Committee: Stewart, Bateman, Stamp. House Half-Colours : Taylor, A. R. L. Young, D. H. Madin, R. P. House Colours: Bateman, P . R. Prowse, M. J. Hardy-Dobney, Stewart Bentley (Cross-country) ; Giles, Hogge, R. D. Sleath (Athletics); (Hockey); Hardy-Dobney, J. D. Rosser (Cricket). Ko, P. R. Jeffries, M. A. D. Bentley (Fives); R. H. Bentley (Swim House Half-Colours : C. G. Swaffin-Smith, Robinson, A. P . .Tames ming) ; Young, R. P . Bentley (Tennis). (Cross-country); M. J . Davies (Swimm~g); Marchant (FIVes); Robinson, Swaffin-Smith, Stewart (Athletics). This past year has been a memorable one for the Fox in many ways. In the realm of sport, we won the Cross-country Cup for the 15th year How to make money ? Such sugge~tions as using t~e corridor of in succession, P. R. Pratt, D. F. H. Giles, M. J. Batey and N . P . Butt the new building as a bowling alley or B1g Scho.ol as a bm.go hall were coming first equal in the Senior Steeplechase. In the Summer Term we turned down after much discussion, and we decided that, m the words won the Senior and Junior Athletics Cups, the Standards and Relay 17 16 Cups, and had strong contenders for both Victores Ludorum in C. T. As usual, the House figured prominently in the music of the School. Magurran and J. A. Mitchell. In the Officers' Shooting Cup C. M:. We were narrowly beaten in the Inter-House Music Competition, and Canavan did well to come second. At the end of the term we also won our success was mainly due to D. D. Hill, whom we were sorry to lose the Senior Swimming Cup and the Relay Cup. C. R. Fuller and R. H. at the end of the Lent 1 erm; we wish him every good fortune in the Bentley are to be congratulated on their performances. future . At the end of the Summer Term Mr. Morgan completed twenty-five A lot of outdoor activity has resulted in the removal of the table years as a master at King's, and, although he has not been Housemaster tennis table and less frequent use of the gramophone, and, although the of the Bishop Fox all that time, this is a v ery good opportunity to modern musical trend is still predominant, the Common Room has be thank him and Mrs. Morgan most sincerely for their tremendous devotion come a place where those with examinations could work with a certain to the House and the School. amount of peace and quiet. Despite the crowded surroundings, the atmosphere in the Common Curtains have Room has remained as convivial and friendly as ever, with the record been installed in the Common Room in order to keep out the sun, which at times became very tiresome player belching forth decadent music and its devotees tapping, stamping to those working. We or would like to take this opportunity to thank the ladies of the Linen Room gyrating to its beat-even to the extent of the replacement of at least for making them for us. two floorboards ! A welcome addition to the Common Room is the new oak-framed baize notice board. The pile of newspapers delivered to the A craze for golf has provided much entertainment and frustration for House grows steadily from term to term. There are, it seems, an astonish many members of the House, and the Common Room has become ing amount of "top people" (though, ~f cou~se, "Th~, Times:· ~~n ~e festooned with golf clubs. paid for on the bill) , but none wh? thmk, smce the Guardian dis The demands on the House Library, despite examinations, have been tribution figure is zero. An alarmmg nu~ber allow t~emselves to be high, and Dennis Wheatley and Hammond Innes have provided many brain-washed by Lord Beaverbrook and his propagandists. hours of light entertainment. We are grateful to those who have pre This year the House ~as a very large leav~. ~· P . Butt, the H.ouse sented books. Captain and School Captam, goes to St. Cathanne s College .. Cambndge, We say good-bye to P. White, our House and F. T. Riess J. Captain, and to Wadham College, Oxford; and also leavmg from the also from the Study, Ragless, Topping and our American exchange Study are R. D. Evans and J. W. Whitton. All the leavers have con student, Love, who, we hope, has enjoyed his stay at King's. We thank tributed a very important part towards the success of the House and them for all they have done and wish them good luck in the future. School and we thank them very warmly for all they have done, wishing them every good fortune in the future. WOODARD MEYNELL HOUSE HOUSE House Captain : P. J. White. House Captain : J . A. J. Taylor. House Prefects: B. F. Kochanek, M. H . Ragless, P . E. Dewey, G. T. House Prefects : N. J. Timpson, J. M. Hughes, P. J. V. Henton, P. F. Love, P. Topping. Pallett, P. W. Graves-Morris. Deputy Prefects : A. C. Hill, A. J. Sims, A. P. W. Fleming, A. J. Burn Deputy Prefects : C. W . C. Bracey, R. T. Stephens, T. Evans, field, G. L. Hughes, T. J . James, J. D. Launders, 0. M. R. B. S. E . Marsden, R. W. J . Vincent, C. A. Steven. Marke. Common Room Committee : Bracey, Stephens, E. A. Wyse, Vincent. Common Room Committee : Sims, Fleming, Hughes, Hill, R. A. D. House Colours : Timpson, Taylor, Marsden (Hockey). Smerdon. House Half-Colours : A. Jackson, W. R. Herbert (Cross-country); M. House Colourmen : Hughes, Smerdon, Sims, C. M. Wil~es, D ..A. H. Jenks (Athletics); B. H. White, Vincent, W. Grun, Timpson Chodzko, Hill, Launders, Fleming (Hoc~ey); HI!: (Cncket) ; (Fives). Hughes, Topping, Sims (Fives); G. T. F. Pnce (Tenm~); ~merdon (Athletics); Dewey, M. T . Meades, H. M. Dodson (Sw1mmmg) · " Semper sursum"-the Juniors' inspiring victory in the Junior At the end of the Lent Term the Meynell Senior team achieved Steeplechase more than justify the new motto we were about to adopt, and we hope that, inspired by it, we shall soon be able decisively to success in retaining the Senior Hoc~ey C~p, a!ld at the en.d of the ~u~ mer Term our Juniors won the Jumor Swimmmg Cup reverse the present tendency of the cups on our shelf steadily to dwindle ; th1s was ~ntire Y in number. due to the efforts of Meades, Dodson and Pe~att ...The enthusi.asm ~f the House-game cricket side combined with their ability resulted m tbm In other fields, too, there have been grounds for encouragement. winning the Inter-House League, on which they are to b.e congratulated. A new group of artists seems to be filling the vacuum which ensued Our sporting record complemented that of our academic to com_P~ete a when R. Beal left. Distinguished paintings in very different veins by successful year. Our academic abilio/ was shown by our obt~mi~g a both R,. F . Sheldon and A. L. W. Rollinson have already appeared in ood third of the VI Form prizes, besides many lower S~hool pnzes, we the main dormitory, and a very gay little collage by M. R. C. Kent has ~ongratulate King and P . Callow on their achievements m the Entrance appeared in the Seven. We hope soon for contributions from M. A . .J. Scholarship Examinations. Craven and R. J. M. Yeend. 18 F 19 The restrictions upon gramophone playing seem to have dispelled the craze for havmg the perpetual " p~ps " blaring at full volume, and On the 8th of March 4\:J boys were confirmed by the Custos in the we n?w find some Brubeck, Gershwm and even Rachmaninov and School Chapel. Tchaikovsky intermixed with the " Elvis" and "Cliff." We held our usual.service of thanksgiving on the morning of Speech the followmg day. Benjamin Britten's "St. Nicolas" and The Study, now in Room 14, has been strikingly and pleasingly re Day and on p~rform~d in the Chapel by decorated and is also now quite well furnished, thanks to the good offices Vaughan Williams' Hundredth _Psalm were of one member. the Choral Society and St. Audnes School chOir. This, however, is more fully described elsewhere. of the Summer Term, Mr. and Mrs. Gamett, the At the beginning These are the highlights of a generally fruitful year, of which the ee former members of the House, presented two beauti pare~ts. of thr increased numbers of communicants on weekday mornings are a notable ful mimature cups. They suggested that they should be annually awarded ar~ have had the Provost with us for a large in the fields of cricket symptom. We glad to to the people who most contribute to the House number of our services, and we thank Father Randolph for his unfailing who otherwise leave without due mention and thanks and music and help on Sunday mornings. We have also to thank and congratulate in a small cabinet with ~ They are to be installed in the Main Dormitory Mrs. Morgan for her beautiful flower arrangements and all those others drawer containing a book in which all those to whom the cups are who in various ways help to make our worship what it is. awarded. will sign their names. We do thank ~r. and Mrs. Gamett very warmly mdeed, and also P. W. Graves-Morns for so ably constructing We have received the following gifts for the Chapel during the past the cabinet. year and we express our gratitude to the donors :- . w ,e have thus, during the last two terms at any rate, done our best Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson have given a silver ciborium for use in the to live up to our motto. There have been many signs of this, and it has Lady Chapel at the weekday masses. This has the College crest and been, of course, largely the leadership of J. A. J . Taylor that has been motto engraved on the lid, and the inscription under the base : "To responsible for ensuring that this has been so. the glory of God in gratitude from the parents of M. H. Ferguson, 1956-61." Yet, despite a great communal effort, the Woodard has not been entirely successful in the past two terms. Having lost M. J. Monk, who :\rchdeacon and L~d!' Rachel Prior gave the aumbry as a thank had gained no less than four cups for us last summer, we inevitably lost offenng, and Canon Wilhams, now Archdeacon of Bodmin, gave the the Senior Athletics, the Senior Relay and the Senior Victor Ludorum. lamp to bum before the Sacrament. Moreover, due to cruel luck, J. A. J. Taylor failed to retain the Officers' Mr. Horder gave two pews for the Lady Chapel, which are in Shooting Cup for the Woodard. That we are well represented on the scribed : "1876 W. A. Trahair 1945" and "1852 W . J. M. Gooding sports field is undeniable, but we continually just failed to make the 1944." We are very grateful to Mr. James for making these two pews grade. Splendid efforts in the Swimming and Athletics Relays were to and two others to go with them. no avail and resulted in marginal defeats. The same could be said in the Mrs. Carpenter has given a tall metal stand for the sanctuary. Cross-country, Fives and in the Athletic Standards. However, perse The Headmaster and the Chaplain are always glad to advise those verence was bound to tell, and the victories in the Swimming Standards w~o for a~y reason wish to make gifts to the Chapel; there are always and the House Tennis were very pleasing. The outstanding play of thmgs which are wanted or needed, some quite costly, others less so . B. H. White, without whom victory would have been impossible, D.B. deserves mention and acclaim. CHOIR In the past ~wo terms the cho~r has been very active and the singing Chapel Notes has r~ached a high s!andard. This was perhaps most noticeable on the occasiOn of the weddmg of the Headmaster's daughter with the anthem Chapel Prefect : J. C. S. Horrocks (A) . " The King of Love,'' by Arthur Somervell, in which the soloists wer~ Sacristan : D . Bromwich (C). Treasurer : J. R. L. Scott (A) . P. Redfeam (M) and D. C. Lewis (M) . The motet, "0 Holy Spirit, Warden of St. Laurence Guild : P. K. Bullen (W). Lord of Grace," was also most ably presented on this occasion. URIN:G the Easter holidays the appearance of the Chapel was much . These days the choir's activities are extending more and more out D improved by the whitewashing of the walls and ceiling and the re side the School. On 14th July some members of the choir went to sing placement of a number. of chairs and hassocks. The number of at ~he wedding of the Divisional Bursar's daughter at Drayton, after pews in the Lady Chapel also continues to grow. which the boys in the choir were very kindly invited to the reception. Abo~t ten days later a small group of the choir went to sing at the funeral In February the Custos dedicated an aumbry in the Lady Chapel at Bishops Hull of Mrs. Chambers, who was a great friend of the and the Blessed Sacrament has since then been reserved there continu School. ally. Unfortunately, this year the choir was unable to go to Exeter Our special observance of Lent this year took the form of a week's ~athedral to sing Evensong, but this was replaced by an invitation to visit by Dom Godfrey Stokes, O.S.B., of Nashdom Abbey. He preached smg ~vensong at Wells Cathedral on St. James' Day. The setting of the on two Sundays and gave addresses each evening in the week between. Magmficat and the Nunc Dimittis in B minor by Tertius Noble was He also talked to many of the boys in divinity periods and generally su?~· in addition to the Saint's Day anthem, "Give us the wings of made his presence felt in a number of other ways. His visit was of value faith," by Emest Bullock. It is hoped that the choir's activities in this to many and we were very fortunate in having him here. field will continue. 20 21 Stan.ford's " Te Deum" in B flat was s ung at the Speech Day Com memoratwn Serv1ce. Notable improvements ha_ve b~en made in an attempt to keep the same tempo as the o rgan, ch1efly m the hymns. This is not because the organ has been played louder. Rather, it is because the choir has been leading the singing with greater confi? e nc ~. We feel that B. J. Newman (C) must also be mentioned for hiS skilful accompaniment of Boyce's anthem, "Glory and Blessing." We were very happy to welcome back Anthony John, O.A. , who came down fr?m the Royal Academy of Music to play for the Whitsun Wee~-end ery1ces .. H e was able to take choir practice and gave us some very mterestmg hmts about psalm singing . . We are. very sorry to say good-bye to G. C. Darvill, our assistant Semor chonster, who leaves to assume the office of Sacristan next tenn. He has worked hard for the choir and has been a keen leader of the Decani. ~~ny thanks mu~t.go to Mr. Annis, who has greatly helped the choir by h1s mterest and ab1hty. He has been a marvellous Director of Music during his stay. Finally, we thank the Chaplain most warmly for doing so much to help and guide the choir. We are indebted to him. Library Notes Junior Librarian : F. T. Riess (F). Assistant Librarian : D. Bromwich (C). HE Library's main problem during the Lent and Summer Tenns has T been the rapid expansion of the various sections. The German section has displaced the Spanish section, and the new General section has been growing by leaps and bounds, especially after a generous gift of 30 books from the Headmaster. We also thank Mrs. Carpenter for ~er kjnd gift of books, written by her late husband, which have proved very ·valuable and useful. We are pleased by.the large number of borrowings by Junior mem bers of the College and we hope that this will continue to grow. We should like to thank Mr. Wilson, the Senior Librarian, for all he has done, and also the Headmaster and members of the Library Com mittee for the continual interest they have shown in the affairs of the Library. Thanks also to the section Librarians, in particular Bromwich, for the hard work they have put in. They have all contributed to make this year an outstanding one for the Library. F .T.R. Music Notes Waiter Long. O .A.. Chairma n of O .A. Club. 1959-1962 Waiter Long (King Alfred House) left King's at the end of 191 8. He was an active member of the C lub between the t wo great wars. He served in the last war in the Royal Ai r Fo rce. both at h ome and in HE House Music Festival at the end of the Lent Term was run on the Far East, and rose to the rank of Sq uad ron-Leader . He was a member of the O .A.C . General T competitive lines once more. This had not been done since 1954, Committee fo r 10 years, retir ing i n 1956. and came back as Chairman of the Club for the years 1959- 62. He t ook a leading part in founding T he Old A luredian Lodge of Freemasons and in September was and there were many changes in procedure. The competition was won i ns t alled as Wor shipful Master by Carpenter House with Meynell a close second. The following gave notable performances and won their classes : D. D . Hill (M) , advanced piano class; C . G. Sandercock (C) (violin), string class; A. R. ]. Hobbs (A) (oboe), woodwind class; D. D. Hill (horn), brass class; A. N . Stamp (C), vocal class. 22 We were sorry to say good-bye to Mr. Hart as violin teacher. He has taught the violin here for four years and has always shown an interest in the School's musical activities . W e welcome Mrs. Homer, who takes his place. We are very fortunate as far as leavers are concerned-the only notable loss being that of D. D. Hill at the end of the Lent Term. His skilled piano and horn playing, and his keen interest in the activities of the Music Club, will be greatly missed. The Choral Society once more combined with the choir of St. Audries School, this year to sing " St. Nicolas, " by Benjamin Britten, and the Hundredth Psalm by Vaughan Williams. The performance took place in the Chapel. The Junior School choir, seated in the Lady Chapel, formed a " gallery choir." The two works were conducted by Mr. A. E . Temple. The orchestra, led by C. G. Sandercock (C), and largely consisting of boys of the School, accompanied the Hundredth Psalm. In " St. Nicolas" the orchestral part was replaced by piano accompaniment, played by Miss Knight, who trained the St. Audries choir. Mr. David Price sang the tenor solo and P . W . Sprunt the parts allotted to treble solo. We congratulate the following on their success in the Associated Board Music Exams. in March :-Grade I : Piano- R. B. Sax, W. Morant, P. Hewson (distinction) . Grade II :'Cello-M. C. Bonsey. Grade Ill : Piano-R. Glade Wright, J. Glade Wright (credit). Clarinet -R. C. Sprunt. Grade IV: Piano-M. A. Evans, P. M. Robinson. Grade V: Piano-P. W. Chivers (credit), R. W. Monk, T . W. Robin son, M. N. Ruscoe. Violin-P. Redfearn (distinction). Grade VI: Trenc h in course of excavation by A r( h Subscription Concerts Piano Recital by Miss Kathleen Long. Saturday, 3rd February. HIS was the second piano recital that has been given since the Society T was founded, and it proved to be a fitting contrast to the playing of Mr. Ronald Smith last year. Miss Long concentrated on the more re fined composers of the piano, and played with great feeling music by Coupe~in, Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann and Debussy. The Virtuoso Ensemble of London. Thursday, 15th March. Camp Chapel clea red and pa rtly furnished by Rover Crew at The variety of colour produced by the different combinations within new District Camp Site the ensemble and the exquisite teamwork between the players was a delight to the ear and something quite new to many in the audience. G 23 The prc:'gramme was very well chosen. Mozart's quartet in D f flute and ~tnngs provided an apt opening in preparation for Dohnan ~ ~ Pioneer Notes Se.renade m C. Do~nanyi 's chamber music is not very often heard YI ~ Chief Pioneer : C. B. Swale (A) . th1s may be due to little evidence of individuality beneath the polishnd sur~ace .and clever technicalities. This trio, however, was strongly Hu~ T the end of the Michaelmas Term we said good-bye to S. M. gana~ m flavour and the lyrical melodies and fine texture were beauti A Scaddan, who was Chief Pioneer for one term. fully mterpreted by the ensemble. 1962 started with the continuation of the conversion of the old range Another little known composer, Roussel (1861-Hli:l7), was repre into cycle sheds. During the Michaelmas Term we removed a consider sented on the pro~ran:me. After the interval three members of the able amount of undergrowth and earth in preparation for the laying of concrete enseffi:ble playe.d h1s tno for flute,. vio~a .and 'cello. T~is .work, particu during the Lent Term. We concreted nearly the whole length of the range in two parallel five feet wide margins against the two walls ~arly .m the middle movement, IS stnkm.gly charactenstlc of this very . ~ndividual . co~poser, and perhaps for th1s reason, but more likely for In order to do this, individual alternate bays were laid, the gaps being Its modernity, It was only enjoyed by some. fill ed in by "screeding" off two hard concrete bays, thus making a smooth surface. In the middle of February we started to assemble the Finally, the good hum?ur ~f the. anti-modernists was restored by a framework. Nearer the end of term a load of eighty concrete slabs fine performance of Mozart s qumtet m E flat for horn and strings. This arrived, so that we were able to pave between the concrete margins above completed a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. the earth drainage system which we had set up. G.C.D. There were ten Pioneers during the Lent Term, but even so, work was seriously hampered by absentees caused by the German measles C.C.F. Notes epidemic. We were, however, very fortunate with the weather, work continuing through the cold weather by the addition of a measure of S.U/0 N. P . Butt. J.U/Os J. A. J. Taylor (Drill), E . c. anti-freeze solution to each mix. Llewellyn ( Q). C. J. Deane ( Chindits) , J . C. S. Horrocks (Part The cycle shed now holds fifty bicycles, and there are "scobs" for liD. shoe cleaning equipment opposite. S/Sgts. Ragless (N.C.O. Cadre). Graham (N.C.O. Cadre), Riess The Summer Term brought us another concreting job, the recon (Command Course), Spence (Sunrivalcraft), Topping (L.M.G.) . ditioning of the coal bunker outside the King Alfred and Bishop Fox Sgts. Darvill (N.C.O. Cadre). Dewey (Basic Test), Evans (Part Prefects' studies. That, plus the painting of the King Alfred House liD, Hennessy (Part Ill), Kochanek (Armoury), Macrae changing room, was completed before Speech Day. (Signals). Mears (A.P.C.), Salman (Part Ill), Scott (A.P.C.), After Speech Day we started to extend the coal bunker in front White (A.P.C.). of the Front Hall windows; this job we hope to finish next term. OME years ago, when National Service ended, there were doubts in On 26th July there was an outing to Fox's Cloth Factory at Wel S many people's minds about the C.C.F. Some, mostly boys, thought lington and we had tea on the return journey. This excursion was it pointless to continue in it, and they rationalised this thought into a given to celebrate the completion of the cycle sheds. case for abolishing the C.C.F. Others, mostly adults, who already had, Finally, we should like to thank Mr. Baker for his unfailing and always will have, doubts about the value and propriety of C.C.F. interest, help and guidance, and the Bursar for the interesting jobs he training, felt it the apposite moment to put forward their case again. has allotted us during the last two terms. Given this background, one might expect C.C.F.s to fall away into Pioneer colours were awarded to :-C. B. Swale (A), R. E. F. mediocrity, or to wither away completely, and admittedly there are Gaines (W) . occasional moments when this seems to be happening locally. But in C.B.S. fact this particular branch shows no real sign of dying back, as the ex cellence of this year's Inspection-the most impressive for at least a dozen years-showed. It was the work of many vigorous hands, and The Rover Crew was an index of the benefits all instructors must be deriving constantly Senior Rover Mate : R. D. Hennessy (A) . Scribe : R. D. Evans (F). from their tasks, however routine or depressing they may sometimes seem to be; it also points to a high standard of instruction given. Gearmaster and Treasurer : C. J. Deane (C). Vicar : J. C. S. Horrocks (A). To attempt to list all the departments which rejuvenate themselves yearly under different leadership, and reflect the drive and initiative of HREE new members were elected at the beginning of the Lent Term the boys in charge, would be too difficult. The senior N.C.O.s listed T - J. A. Spence, R. W . J. Vincent and J. R. L. Scott. During the above have been worth every stripe and badge of their ranks, and they Lent and Summer Terms Rover Crew services were held in the Lady have been well supported. Chapel every two or three weeks. For some time now, in high places, a Committee has been Dr. Knowles completed his series of lectures on First Aid with re-appraising the C.C.F. If, as a result of its discussions, the C.C.F. two talks during the Lent Term. These proved to be most interesting should cease to be, our contingent will have to be rooted out in full and informative, and we are very grateful to Dr. Knowles for giving us flower. his valuable time. 24 25 Several meetings were also held during the Lent Term to discus the work camp at Hatch Beauchamp, an account of which will be founJ Valete elsewhere. LENT TERM Arrangements for the expedition to Spain were determined CALDER. j ulian H ome. Shell . (F) at several meetings during the Summer Term. Eleven members plus Cross·Country VIII 1962, Senior Colts Rugby 1961, Senior Colts Cricket 1961. Messrs: Pytches, Jordan, Boyle and Stagg were to make up the party. Junior Athletics Team 1961; Cert. 'A', Pts. 1, 2, 3; 1 st Class Shot; Member P .T. Club. The tnp was to last for roughly three weeks, during which the party Address : The Stores, Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton. would_t_ravel ~y car to the South East coast of Spain. An account of this COUCHE, Stephen Richard. Shell. (F) exped1t10n w11l doubtless be found in a later issue of this magazine. Choir; Cert. A. , Part 1; Member Aeromodelling Club. Address : Court Barton, Crediton, Devon. R.D.E . HILL, David Dorrien. Cl.U.VI. (M) Deputy Prefect (Sept.) 1961, Chairman Common R oom Committee; Scholar; G.C.E . 'A' level 1961; House Teams (Rugby, Shooting) ; Library Committee; The Society of the Junior Friends of Cpl., Marksman; Guard of Honour; School Orchestra, County Orchestra; Com mittee Music Club, Secretary Modem Languages Society, Member Sheldon, Literary, Choral Societies. Wells Cathedral Address : H eddon Oak Farm, Crowcombe, Taunton. Chairman : Revd. P. B. H. Ashwin. LATCHAM, Timothy Waiter. IVc. (M) Junior Colts Cricket 1961, Junior Colts Hockey 1962; Choir; Cert. 'A,' Pt. 1; Secretary Summer Term : V. M. Tillyard (A). Secretary Junior Literary and Debating Society, Member Chess, Motor Clubs. Secretary Lent Term : C. R. Stewart (F) . Address 89a Parkstone Road, Poole, Dorset. MARSHALL, Robert Avery. Vc. (A) Treasurer : L. K. Hatts (M). G.C.E . '0' level 1961; Swimming Side 1960-61, Under 14's Cricket 1958; Cpl., LTHOUGH time restricted the Society's programme for the Lent 1st Class Shot; Member Music, Dancing Clubs, Photographic Society. A Term, we were able, with the Chaplain's permission, to hold several Address : 47 Grove Road, Coombe Dingle, Bristol, 9. meetings in his study. Apart from this there was nothing else of worth PRATT, Peter Ralph. Vc. (F) Deputy Prefect (Jan.) 1961; G.C.E . '0' level 1961; Cross-Country VIII 1959- while note. 62 (Colours 1960-62), (Captain 1962), Athletics Side 1960-61; L/Cpl. The Summer Term was disappointing as far as outings were con Address : Brook Farm, Timsbury, Romsey, Hampshire. cerned, for, owing to School fixtures, members were prevented from REYNOLDS, Peter John. ClassRem. (C) attending the Annual Meeting of the Friends at Wells, and also the G.C.E. '0' level 1961; Pioneer; St. Lawrence Guild, Choir, Server (during holi days); L /Cpl., Band; Member Drama Workshop, Choral and Tape Recording Glastonbury Pilgrimage, whic.h it had been planned to attend in place Societies. of the former. Nevertheless, examinations did not prevent us from being Address : Southdene, 99 Stoke Road, Taunton. at the Cathedral on Sunday, 15th June, for Evensong, followed by a ROBERTS, Peter Christopher Etienne. Gen.Rem. (C) climb up the tower, which gave the members a panoramic view of the G.C.E . '0' level 1961; Fencing Team 1961; L /Cpl., 1st Class Shot. City of Wells. All those present were pleased with the success of the Address : The Old Mill House, Wheatacre, Beccles, Suffolk. outing.· SUMMER TERM There are signs of progress in the amount of new members that ACE, Martin John. Shell. (F) joined in both Lent and Summer Terms; we hope that many more will Chairman Junior Common Room Committee; Senior Colts Rugby 1961, Swim consider membership in the near future. ming Side 1960-62; Cert. 'A,' Pts. 1, 2, Marksman; 4th Member Conjuring Club, Member Art, Light Music Clubs, Junior Literary and Debating Society. Once again all the members are indebted to the Revd. P . B. and Address : 100 Glanmor Road, Glanmor, Swansea, Glamorgan. Mrs. Ashwin for their continued interest in the Society. BATEMAN, Brian Leslie Leighroi. Sc.L.VI. (C) V.M.T. Deputy Prefect (Jan.) 1962; G.C.E. 'A' level 1962; House Colours (Rugby, Hockey) ; Choir, St. Lawrence Guild; Cpl., Marksman; Chairman Trevithick Society, Member Motor, Aeromodelling, Chess Clubs, Photographic Society. Salvete Address : 1 Tudor House, Hauxton, Cambridge. BATEY, Martin Jim. Vc. (F) LENT TERM G.C.E. '0' level 1961-62; Athletics Team (Colours 1961-62), 2nd XI Hockey 1962, Cross-Country VIII 1962, Junior Colts Cricket 1959, Under 14's Rugby King Alfred: Caudwell, W . G., Smith, I. K. 1958, House Colours (Hockey, Cross-Country, Athletics); L/Cpl.; Youth Club Carpenter: Alvis, N ., Cookson, R. E ., Lane, H . A. E. Committee, Chairman Light Music Club, Member A.C.C.O., Stage Wardrobe. Bishop Fox: Wilson, J . M., Cookson, B. A. Address : The Knob, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire. Meynell : Maunder, M. D., Perkins, D. W. BAXTER, Colin Paul. Sc.L. VI. (F) Woodard: Cowan, N. I., Hillyar, M. J ., Sharples, J . F . B. House Prefect (Jan.) 1962; G.C.E. 'A' level 1962; Entry to Royal Veterinary College; 3rd XI Hockey 1961, House Colours (Hockey), House Team (Tennis); L/Sgt., 1st Class Shot; Treasurer Natural Science Society, Member Photo SUMMER TERM graphic, Music Clubs. King Alfred : Kettler, A. G. R. Address : Bridge House, Lecblade, Gloucestershire. Carpenter : Hill, J. J. B. BICKFORD, Nicholas Venning. Vc. (F) Bishop Fox : Guest, G. P . E., Hyde, M. S. G.C.E. '0' level 1962; House Team (Swimming) ; L/Cpl; Member Art Club. Meynell: Cole, W . E ., Perkins, P . G. Address : High Lanes, Cold Ashton, Cbippenham, Wilts. H 27 26 BLACKMORE, P eter J ohn. Cl.L.Vl. (A) ~ eputy Prefect (Jan .) 1962; P emberton Scholarship; G. C.E . ·A' level 1962· , HENNESSY, Robert Denis. Cl. U.VI. (A) X V Rugby 1960-61 (XXs Colours 196 1} , 1st X I Cricket 1960-62 (Col 1s_ School Prefect , H ouse Captain (Jan. ) 1 962; G. C.E . 'A' and 'S' l evels 1961-62; 1962) . 1st XI Hockey 1\162 (2nd X I Colours) , Oxford Sevens 1962 H ours 1st XV Rugby 1959-61 (Colours 1961} . Shooting VIII 1958-62 (Colours, Captain Colours (~u~by , H ockey, Cricket, T ennis) ; Choir; Cpl., 1st Class Shot; S~c~~~ 196 1), Swimming S ide 1958-62. (Captain 1962), Oxford Sevens 1962, House tary ConJunng, Treasurer B adminton Clubs, Member M odern Langua Colours (Rugby, Shootmg, Swtmmmg) ; Sgt. , Marksman; Proficiency Badge; Literary Societi~ , Dancing, Music, Bridge Clubs; Sub-Editor of 'View.' ges, Guard of H onour; Senior Rover M ate; Committee Music Club, Modern Address : 2 Cliff Park Avenue, Goodrington, Paignton, Devon. Languages S ociety, Member Sheldon, Literary, History, Choral Societies, Bridge, Basketball Clubs. BROMWICH, David. Cl.U.VI. (C) Address : c /o U.K . High Commissioner, Accra , Ghana. House Prefect (Oct .) 1 961; Sch olar; G.C.E. 'A' and 'S' l evels 1961 -62· Entra to Oriel C:ollege, q xford; I;£ ouse Teams (Swimming, Cross-Country) ; St. L~,~~ HENTON, Philip James Vincent. Vc. (W) rence G~tld , Sacn stan; Ltbrary Committee; L / Sgt. , Marksman, Profi cien.: House Prefe ct (Jan.) 1 962; G.C.E . '0' level 1960-62; Cross-Country VIII 1960- Badge; Ptano, Grade I V; Treasurer Sheldon Society, Member History Literaryy 62 , Athletics Team 1959-62 , H ouse Colours (Cross-Country. Athletics) , House Archreological, Photographic Societies, Music Club. ' ' Team (Shooting) ; Choir, St . Lawrence Guild; L / Sgt., Proficiency Badge, Address : The Vicarage, 3 East Street, Banwell, Weston-super-Mare. Marksman; Committee Light Music Club, Member Fallodon, Choral Societies, Dancing, Music, Aeromodelling Clubs. BUTT, Nigel Peter. Sc.U .VI. (F) Address : Withycombe Raleigh Vicarage, Exmouth, Devon. School <:;a~tain, I;Io,use Captain (Sep t. ) 1961. School Prefect (Jan.) 1961 ; G.C.E .. A and S levels 1961-62; E ntrance to St. Catherine's College HERBERT, William Roger. Vc. (W) Cambndge; 1st XV Rugby 1959-61 (Colours 1959-61, Vice-Captain 1960-61)' G.C.E . '0' level 1961-62; Cross-Country VIII 1962 , H ouse Colours (Cross 1st XI Hockey 1961-62 (Colours, Vice-Captain 1962), 1st XI Cricket 1960-62 Country) ; Cert. 'A,' Pts. 1, 2, 3; Member Music, Motor, Light Music, Stamp (Colours, Vice-Captain 1962); Cross-Country VIII 1961-62; House Colours Clubs, Trevithick Society. Address (~ug~y. Hockey, Cricket , Cross-Country, Tennis) ; Chapel Prefect; S cience : The Street, Charmouth, Bridport, Dorset . Ltbranan, S / U /0, Marksman; Guard of Honour; Chairman Dancing Club HOGGE, Simon Patrick. Sc.R em . (F) Member Sheldon, Literary Societies ' Deputy Prefect (July) 1962; G.C.E . ' 0' level 1961; Swimming Side 1961-62 Address : 'Meadowside,' Over Stowey , Bridgwater, Som. House Colours (Swimming, Athletics), H ouse Team (Shooting) ; L/Cpl., Marks COX, Martin Harvey (formerly RAGLESS) . Sc.U.VI. (M) man; Member P .T .. D ancing Clubs. House Prefect (Sept.) 1961; G.C.E. 'A' level 1 961 -62 ; House Team (Rugby)· Address : Mealiffe, Ferndale Road, Teignmouth, Devon. S/.Sgt., 1st Class Shot; Rover Crew; Chairman Arch 40 41 :-vhen, after losing the first two matches, the team went on to be unbeaten The averages for the Lent Term were as follows :- ~n the next five matches. T1mes were slow to begin with, but the Daily C. L. Match C. L . No. of Matches ~proved Immensely as the term progressed : times were recorded c y R. D. Hennessy 95. 7 95.5 10 tmuously by several m embers o f the VIII, which in previous seas~~~ J. A. J. Taylor 94.1 98.8 10 would only have been accomplished by the best runner. J. A. Spence (C) 91. 9 95 .3 10 R. P . Bentley (F) 93. 4 94 .3 10 Noteworthy in the side was Pratt, who was only beaten once-by s. N. G. Davies (M) 91.0 96.67 9 B . Parsons, of Taunton A.C., who not only won a very fin e race but Canavan (F) 91. 0 91.18 9 Giles (F) missed the first' tw Horley (C.) 90.4 92. 3 7 also broke the School' s course record. Kirk (F) ... 89 .6 95.0 2 m~tch es, but thereafter r an extremely well, never finishing lower tha~ Spence, J. D . (C) 90 .8 Grun (W) and Swaffin-Smith (C) both ran well throughout th1rd. Colours were already held by :-R. D. Hennessy, J. A. J. Taylor, P .L. Marchant. Stewart, C. R. (F) , also improved as the season progressed. The effort of N. P. Butt (F), who ran for the team once, when not required for Colours were awarded to :-J. A. Spence, R. P. Bentley, S. N. G. Davies. hockey, was also appreciated. In the Summer Term the whole School took part in the Army . We_ shoul~ like t_o thank Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pytches for their Classification as usual. The standard was slightly lower than last year's, mterest m the s1de dunng the season; and also Mr. Rose, with the School and, as there were only 14 possibles, the second round of the Officers' for_o~ly one ~erm, who accompanied the side as a runner on most of their Shooting Cup was extended to embrace those who scored 79. As a result, trammg sesswns, and also helped with the organisation of both home R. D. Hennessy, R. P. Bentley, Canavan and J. A. Spence went through and away matches. to the final rounds after a re-shoot for fourth place. The winner was Spence with 360. Colours were already held by :-D. F . H . Giles. . Vodden has now fully stepped into the role of coach to the to :-W. Grun, C. G. Swaffin-Smith . Mr Colours were awarded VIII, and we thank him for all he has done. RESULTS P.L.M. Score K .C.T . Opponents Resuit K.C.C.C. v . City of Bath 36 22 Lost 1st v . Exeter School ~4 34 Lost XI v . Kelly College 21 63 · Won Captain : E . C. Llewellyn (A). Vice-Captain : N . P. Butt (F). v . J';iillfield 18 18 Drawn Hon. Secretary: T. Evans (W). v . Allhallows School 28 51 Won v . B .R.N.C., Dartmouth . .. 36 44 Won School Matches: Played 11. Won 7. Drawn 3. Abandoned 1. v . Taunton A .C. and 47 74 Won Club Matches : Played 4. Won 1. Drawn 1. Lost 1. Abandoned 1. City of Bath 59 Won Cancelled : King's School, Bruton, and Clayesmore School. Pelicans' Matches : Played 2. Won 1. Drawn 1. The following represented the 1st VIII :-Pratt (F), Giles (F), Grun (W). HE 1st XI had its most successful season, losing only one match, Swaffin-Smith (C), Stewart, C. R. (F), Calder (F), Madin (F), H en ton (W) , T and that by 1 wicket. The season was concluded by a very good Batey (F) , H erbert (W), Butt (F) . win over St. John's, Leatherhead. The following represented the 2nd VI v. Kelly College :-Taylor, P . T . (F). Herbert (W), Young (F) , Robinson, P . M. (C), Vincent (W) , Topping (M) . The basis of the team was the six colours remaining from last season, together with three other members of the 1961 XI. The other two places P.R.P. were filled, one by Dupee (W), throughout the season, and the other by Hardy-Dobney (C) for the first six matches and by Vincent (W) for the K.C.M.R.C. remainder of the season. The strength of the side lay in the bowling and especially in the Captain : R. D . Hennessy (A). opening bowlers, T. Evans and C. B. Stewart (C), who took 45 ap.d Vice-Captain : J . A. J. Taylor (W). 57 wickets respectively, although, when necessary, they were ably backed up by the spinners, F . J . Rose (C) and B. H. White (W) . In Hon. Secretary : P. L. Marchant (C). fact, hardly any school or club sides ever really got on top of this attack. HE Lent Term began very well for the VIII-the first nine matches They were aided, on the whole, by good fielding and throwing, although T were won by a margin of 586 points-probably due to the fact that on a _few occasions the former suffered some inexplicable lapses. Special no members of the team left at the end of the Michaelmas Term. By menh_on should be made of N. P. Butt, whose fielding was on many the finish of the season we had shot against 24 other schools, beating 17, occaswns outstanding, and whose tireless running in many matches saved losing to six and drawing against one. between 15 and 20 runs. In the "Country Life" Competition, the highlight of the term's The batting', which had caused some serious ~orries before the season shooting, we did better than we had done throughout the term in inter began, was better than expected, though sound rather than brilliant. School matches, and were pleased to find that we had come 14th out The main strength was in its depth, for almost every member of the side of the 172 teams competing. played at least one useful innings. M 43 42 . The Captain, Llewellyn, set a good example throughout the sea B.R.N.C., DARTMOUTH, 75 (Evans 5-24, Stewart 5-34). which greatly helped to maintain the high standard of the team son, who!~. Under his leadership the team was very happy, which, of cou~~ea KING'S, 79- 3. Won by 7 wickets. contnbuted to the success. ' Dartmouth could find no answer to the fin e bowling of Evans and Colours were re-awarded to :-T. Evans (W), F. ] . Rose (C Stewart who both bowled with much fire. King's started badly, losing C. B. Stewart (C) , C. M. Wilkes (M), B. H. White (W). ), 3 wickets for 29 runs before Butt and White took them home. Colours were awarded to :-N. P. Butt (F), P. ] . Blackrnore (A) R. P. Bentley (F) and P. W. ] . Dupee (W) . ' M.C.C., 167-9 dec. (Evans 4-38, White 4-34). KING'S, 135-9 2nd XI Colours were awarded to :-Vincent (W). (Bentley 44 not out) . Match drawn. The M.C .C. started badly against Evans, who captured the first 4 after the interval they pushed 1st XI wickets, and at lunch they were 62--{l; but the score along to 148 before another wicket fell, despite accurate bowling EXETER SCHOOL, 89 (Stewart 4-33). KING'S, 90-6. by White and Rose. King's were left about 150 minutes, but started slowly, and after two hours they had scored only 87 (of which White Won by 4 wickets. made 36), against very accurate bowling. Then Bentley, with some Exeter won the toss and batted first on a good wicket, but they were dashing batting, pushed the score along much faster, but wickets fell n~ver able to get out of trouble ~ga~nst the opening bowlers, who bowled at the other end, and Rose, the last man, had to play out the last 15 With much fire an~ accuracy. Kmg s began co';lfidently and good innings minutes with Bentley to earn a draw. by ~utt and White saw them through to victory against some good bowlmg. KELLY, 61 (Stewart 5-26) . KING'S, 62--{l. ALLHALLOWS, 129 (Stewart 6-39) . KING'S, 130-4. Won by 4 wickets. Won by 6 wickets. Kelly, having been put into bat, were always in trouble on a diffi cult wicket, and Stewart, varying his pace skilfully, was again the chief Allhallows won the toss and batted slowly on a lifeless wicket but wicket-taker. King's were soon in difficulties against effective bowling Stewart made good use of it and Allhallows were all out soon afte; tea. and failed to take advantage of the loose balls. But a fine innings by This left King's just under two hours, and a good opening stand of 60 Blackmore saw them through to victory. by Butt and Dupee, followed by some spirited batting, set us on the road to victory. KING'S, 157-7. QUEEN'S, 59-4. KING'S, 176. MILLFIELD, 142-5. Match drawn. Match drawn. King's won the toss and batted soundly but unspectacularly on a King's, having been put into bat on a true wicket, amassed a good good wicket, most players scoring some runs. Queen's then went in and score-although no individual scored more than 30-against accurate made no attempt to score the runs, eventually making 59 in 100 minutes. bowling. Millfield looked as if they were going for the runs right from the start of their innings, but steady and accurate bowling by King's, WEST BUCKLAND, 128 (White 5-26) . KING'S, 129---0 (White 71 hopes and the match especially by Evans and Stewart, ended their not out, Butt 56 not out) . Won by 10 wickets. finished in a draw. West Buckland began badly against Evans, who took the first 3 KING'S, BRUTON, 61 (Stewart 7-32). KING' S, 66-2. wickets in 6 overs at a personal cost of 13 runs. Then a gallant stand Won by 8 wickets. retrieved the situation, until they were all out to the accurate off-spinners of White. King's then had no difficulty in knocking up the runs with A young and inexperienced Bruton side were unable to master the out loss in 102 minutes, both Butt and White attacking the bowling effec fine bowling of Stewart and Evans, and only two of their batsmen tively. reached double figures. King's scored the necessary runs with little trouble and the loss of only 2 wickets. KING'S, 148--8. BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 96-4. KING'S, 166 (Blackrnore 48). OLD ALUREDIANS, 125 Match drawn. (Stewart 8-53). Won by 41 runs. King's began badly, but first a fifth wicket stand between White and King's started disastrously, losing 3 wickets for 18 runs, but then Wilkes retrieved the situation, and then a fine unbeaten ninth wicket Blackmore assisted by White in a stand of 73 improved the situation. stand of 60 between Llewellyn and Stewart brought the score to respecta Then after lunch Evans and Bentley, in two good innings, brought about bility. Bristol tried hard to score the runs, but fine bowling by Evans a reasonable score. The O.A.s, after starting confidently, could find no and Stewart restricted the scoring until the task was completely beyond answer to Stewart, who again turned in a fine performance. them. 44 • 45 KING'S, 183. SOMERSET STRAGGLERS, 184-9. Averages (including Pelicans) Lost by 1 wicket. BATTING King's started off at a fast pace, scoring 155 in 110 minutes before Highest Completed lunch, but lost 7 wickets doing it. The sixth wicket fell at 89 and King's Innings Score Total Innings Aver. looked in trouble, but a fine partnership between Vincent and Stewart White 13 71* 315 8 39.4 raised the score to a reasonable level. The Stragglers started badly, but Bentley 11 65* 240 8 30.0 were held together by their opening bat, who made 89. The ninth wicket 15 56* 252 13 19.4 fell with 8 runs still needed, but two King's boy Butt s, G. L. Hughes (M) and Stewart 8 28 116 6 19.3 I. Winter (C) , brought in for the day, saw King's to their first defeat 12 55 182 10 18.2 of the season. Evans Blackmore 13 48 192 11 17.5 SOMERSET CLERGY, 69. KING'S, - Abandoned. Vincent 4 33 51 3 17.0 ... 15 29 196 12 16.3 On a wet and lively wicket the clergy were Wilkes unable to find any Llewellyn 11 29* 125 8 15.6 answer to the King's bowlers and each had a share in the wickets. Then 13 61 165 after tea the rain came. Dupee 13 12.7 Rose 6 4* 18 2 9.0 KING'S, 156-9 dec. (Dupee 61). WELLINGTON, 59-2. BOWLING Abandoned. 0. M. R. W. Av. King's won the toss and chose to bat. The wicket was fairly easy, 235.4 54 575 57 10.1 but King's batsmen made heavy weather of it, Stewart and only a gallant and 107.2 24 262 25 10.5 determined innings by Dupee brought about a reasonable White score. Rain Evans 201.2 46 489 45 10.8 caused the match to be abandoned when Wellington had scored 59 for 2 wickets. Rose 95.4 14 316 10 31.6 B.H.W. KING'S, 169 (Evans 55, White 40). ST. JOHN'S, LEATHERHEAD, Many thanks 79 (Evans 6-35, Stewart 4-36). Won by 90 runs. to the Groun~ Staff and Catering.~taff for their willing ness to do their utmost, at all times, to make condthons first-rate for the King's began badly, but a very good innings from White and then players. C.W.J. an attacking innings from Evans proceeded to murder the bowling for half-an-hour and retrieved the situation. Then the score was consolidated 2nd XI by innings from Stewart, Llewellyn and Vincent. St. John's began Played 8. Won 4. Drawn 1. Lost 3. badly and were always in trouble against Evans, who was bowling much faster and more accurately than ever before. He was very well backed This could have been one of our best seasons ever, but somehow 1t up by Stewart and some very good fielding and catching. Thus was didn't quite come off. We played some goo~ cricket-and some that concluded a very successful season. was quite unbelievably bad-and thoroughly enJoyed ourselves, as usual. Here, I think, may lie our trouble. Too much good fun The following represented the 1st XI :-Llewellyn, Butt, Evans, T., Rose, F . .f., and not enough Stewart, C. B., Wil.kes, White, B. H ., Blackmore, Bentley, R. P ., Dupee, concentration, particularly in the field, all too often. prevented ~e com Hardy-Dobney, Vincent, Chodzko (M), Philippe, D. W . (A), Hughes, G. L. petent from becoming the very good; and on occaswns our fielding {?) (M), Longden (M), Southcott (A). would have been quite at home amid cries of "Well played the Arsenal !" I am quite sure that everyone would agreee t;hat the wled out for a. modest score. Our perennial bogey is still with us. Lack of anyone able .to bowl The Pelicans started badly, but a good mnmgs by Bentley m an unbeaten consistently straight on a length has not made the us~ of a stratght bat partnership of 79 with White brought about the victory. essential at all times. Consequently, this sort of bowlmg constantly had us in trouble. It had us struggling at Exeter, OLD TAUNTONIANS, 168--8 dec. (Evans 4-65). made life unnecessarily PELICANS, difficult at Bruton and caused all our defeats. 147-8 (P. V. Harvey, Esq., 63). Match drawn. But all has not been unrelieved The Old Tauntonians batted first on a wicket affected by rain and, gloom, and two games stand out. At Exeter having taken 3 for 9, we allowed our opponents to go on and consequently, rather lively. But a few important ~atches were dr:opped make 80. ' But we could start even better than that, and in no time at and they declared leaving the Pelicans to sc~re .16~ m about 110 mmutes. all we were 5 for 12. Disaster was only averted by S. E. Marsden (W) The home side began well, led by a splendtd mnmgs by P. V. Harve~. (motto : Time is no object), who, with the assistance of I. Winter Esq., but in trying to score quickly wickets were lost. In the end th1s (C) and Cocks (A) kept us going until we ended with 78 for 9. In our final resulted in a draw having to be forced. N 46 47 ~atch, against Taunt ~m " A,"_ Chodzko (M) gave a really remarkable Several of the batsmen showed a welcome aggressiveness. Philippe display .. Always a vigorous, I.f unorthodox, batsman, this time he ex (A) drives the ball hard and cleanly; he still has to master the back celle~ hunself. By me.ans of his square cut, a shot which he plays ve troke and to keep his concentration when he is well set. The other well I?d~ed, and a ventable herd of cow shots (necessitating some qui~ s pening batsman, Lyle (A), also played some nice strokes, but must ~stoms~~t footwhork) ,Ihe scored a splendid 84. A spectator was heard ~onqu e r a tendency to play inside the ball on or near the leg stump. o say . ever ave seen so many runs scored by one man in all th Pook (C) lost some of his confidence towards the end of the season, but wrong ways," but the fact remains that great credit is due for this violen~ early on played several promising and powerful innings. He is stronger and sustamed attack on reputable bowling. on the leg than the off; the reason for this is a tendency to put his front Much of our success has undoubtedly been due to the s plendid leg straight down the wic~et instead c;f to th e line of the ball. Cou~son example se~ by H?ghes, the youngest 2nd XI Captain I can remember (C) moves into the ball mcely, and wlil make more runs when he strikes He di~ a dlflicul~ ]Ob very well indeed. For the future, let u s have mor~ the ball more crisply than at present. Grant (M) and Mole (A) also attention to detail. After all, it need not in any way impair our enjoy- show some promise. The former needs to apply himself rather more ment of our game. M F seriously to improving his defence; the latter may well make a lot. of .runs . ..J. when h e gains more confidence. Essex played some useful mmngs, 2nd XI Colours were already held by :-G. L. Hughes (M) though he sometimes ignored basic principles, being a little overawed by Chodzko (M), Launders (M) , I. Winter (C). ' the size of the bowlers at the other end. He has a good eye and should improve steadily. He also showed the best judgment of the quick single 2nd XI Colours were awarded to :-A. C. Hill (M) Rosser (C) - an art which is all too often neglected. Longden (M) played some Cocks (A) , Hardy-Dobney (C). ' M.F.J. ' characteristic and invaluable innings. His favourite stroke still lands around the mid-wicket or long-on boundary, but he is beginning to like to thank Mr. Jaquet for his ~n behalf .of the 2nd .XI, I should acquire an orthodox defence. unfailmg devotion and patience throughout the past season. His humour if at times delightfully cynical, was a great comfort to us in our blacke; Longden also provided the spearhead of the attack. He took 27 moments, and we deeply appreciate his unflagging interest and encour- wickets at an average cost of 5.5 runs. These figures reflect his mastery direction, although he is not yet making agement. G.L.H. of the basic virtues of length and full use of his height and strength. Pook has a nice action for a fast The f?llowing represented the 2nd XI :-Hughes, G. L . (Captain), Winter, I., bowler, but his accuracy left something to be desired on occasions. South Whitton (F), Launders, Chodzko, Hill, A. C., Vincent (W), Marsden, s. E., cott again had a successful season. He took 19 wickets at less than 10 Porter, A. L. (F), R oss~r, Cocks, Steven (W), Ballantyne (M), Stamo runs each, and would have had many more if he had pitched his off (C), Hardy-Dobney, Darvill (A) , Caffry (W) . breaks consistently on the off-side of the wicket and thrown the ball right up to the batsman. Evans shows considerable promise; all he needs is SENIOR COLTS experience. Essex, too, has ability, but is not accurate enough Played 9 . Won 5. Lost 3. Drawn 1. at present. Strengthened by three members of last year's side, the Senior Colts Chubb (A) has made great strides as a wicketkeeper. He positions had a successful and very enjoyable season, which started with two easy himself well and allows the ball to come to him in the approved manner .. He is still a trifle untidy, and must make it a matter of pride to hang wins, and the boost to the side's morale which these gave was not shaken :L by a slightly unlucky defeat in the next game, when a sporting declara on to the ball, even when nothing depends on it. It is a great tribute tion at tea, which had to be taken early, allowed our opponents to snatch to him that he did not allow himself to be dismayed by being hit on the a victory which we might easily have denied them. The next match, side of the head by a bat when he was carrying out too conscientiously against Millfield, provided the best win of the season : after 2 wickets had instructions on how to take the ball on the leg side. fallen for less than 10 runs, some aggressive batting took us to 133, and Pook managed the difficult task of captaincy competently, and the good spin bowling brought us victory by 17 runs. Another easy victory team supported him well. Some good catches were held, notably by followed, and then Allhallows, whom we had already beaten once, staved Evans and Southcott, but the ground fielding sometimes disappointed, off defeat with their last pair together. The first match against Taunton and the throwing was not always aggressive enough, particularly in School was lost all too easily, and another unimpressive performance critical situations when a run-out should have resulted. Nevertheless, followed against Clare School. Here the batsmen for the most part the side made a good impression, and there is good promise for the allowed themselves to be dismayed by a soft wicket which played fewer future. tricks than they seemed to expect. Our opponents were not so silly, un Colts Colours were re-awarded to:-Southcott. fortunately. The last match of the season provided revenge for our Colts Colours were awarded to :-Pook, Longden, Philippe, D. W., earlier defeat by Taunton School. Facing a total of 105, we were soon in Evans, H . J., Chubb, Essex. situa trouble : the first seven wickets fell for 33. From this unpromising Results : tion we were rescued by Essex (M) and Evans, H . J . (C), who took the Exeter School : King's, 100 for 6 (Essex 33 not out); Exeter, 81 (Southcott 3 score, by methods orthodox and eccentric, to 89 before the former was for 17, Essex 3 for 25). bowled. Evans continued undismayed, and, with Southcott (A) clout Allhal!ows : Allhal!ows, 100 (Longden 7 for 25, Pook 3 for 26); King's, 101 for ing the ball enthusiastically, we passed the opposition's total without 8 (Longden 41 not out) . further loss and with one ball of the last over remaining. A very pleasing Milton Abbey : King's, 143 for 5 (Philippe 33, Pook 36 not out); Milton Abbey, result. 144 for 4 (Longden 4 for 41). 49 48 Millfield : King's, 133 (Pook 53, L ongden 31) ; M illfield, 116 (Southcott 5 for Evans 3 for 36) . 29 ' K.C.A.C. K ing's, Bruton : Bruton, 46 ( Longden 3 for 7, Southcott 4 for 4, E vans 2 f 12) ; King's, 54 for 4 (Longden 20 not out) . or Captain : ]. A. ]. Taylor (W) . Allhallows : K ing's, 146 for 7 (Philippe 21, E ssex 38, Grant 22 not out )· All HE side started the season only one week after Sports Day, when the hallows, 85 for 9 ( Longden 3 for 5, P ook 2 for 17) . ' · T standard was not at its highest, and, unfortunately, lost the first T a unton School : Ta unton Sch ool, 154 for 8 (Longden 5 for 24 ); King's, 10l match, against Allhall_o ws, by two points (Lyle 20, Longden 23) . . For the only time in the season the Relay T eam lost Its race, and, consequently, the match. A ft e ~ that, Clare School : King's, 61 (Philippe 33, M ole 18 nor out) ; Cla re School, 65 for (Longden 2 for 1 3, Southcott 2 for 12). 4 the Seniors won all five matches (two others were cancelled) , while the Juniors w on one o f their three (one other was cancelled) . The " B" T a unton School : T au nton School, 105 (Longden 3 for 1 7, Southcott 4 for 23). King's , 106 for 8 (Essex 31, E vans 34 not out) . ' team won their only fixture. The following r epresen ted the Senior Colts :-Pook (C ) (Captain) , Southcott Tribbeck (C) and Magurran (F), who between them scored well (A), Longden (M ). Philippe, D. W . (A), Evans, H. J. (C), Chub b (A) , Essex over half the Senior p oints, provided the mainstay of the team. Tribbeck (M), Lyle ( A), Grant (M ) , Coulson (C) , Mole, C. G. W . (A) , Spence, J. D. ran a v ery good 22.8 secs. in the 220 Yards and did a n excellent (C), Bennett (A) . 21ft. 4 in . in the Long Jump, while Magurran broke the School Weight P .V.H. Record. These two, with J . A. ]. Taylor and M. R. Philippe (A), con JUNIOR COLTS stituted the Senior R elay Team, which, despite its success, never man Played 7. Won 2. Lost 5. Abandoned 1. aged in a match to equal its best training time o f 45 secs. These four also ran in the C.C.F.JA.C .F . Centenary Relay, and succeeded in re The results suggest that it has been a poor season, but bare statistics turning with the cup for the third successive year, beating the record never tell the whole story. The team, as so often in the past, included by 3.2 secs. several boys more than a year below the age limit. Some good and often large~ opponents, combined with occasional ineptitude in our batting, Batey (F) performed well in the Mile throughout the season, as did contnbuted to these figures. Henton (W) in the Half-mile. F . T . Riess (F) had a best throw of 40ft. 9 ins. with the Weight in practice, but was never able to find form for However, when the team won, it was comfortably, beating All matches; Jenks (W) threw the Javelin consistently well. Meredith (A), hallows by 43 runs and Wellington by 77. although still a Junior, jumped well in the High Jump for both Seniors This last was a most extraordinary affair. We batted first and made and Juniors and achieved a School record of 5 ft. 5 ins. for his age group. 148---8 dec. , Goldie (A) contributing a very nice 58 . Then Goldie (6 Of the other Juniors, C. R. Stewart (F) ran well in the Mile and Half for 21) and Smith, I. K. (A) (4 for 23) proceeded to run through the mile, while Bond (A) sprinted well and Mitchell gave a good perform opposition. At one time Wellington had lost 6 wickets for 7 runs, then ance in the Javelin. 7 for 15. The time was then about 5.20. Only 3 wickets remained to be The season proved, however, that we need field-event coaching to taken in a possible 1 hr. 20 rnins. It was then that two of their players, bring our standard up to that of our track events and of the field events one most aptly named Pillar, proceeded to prop up their side, and at the of other schools. same time refused to lose any opportunity of hitting anything ' loose through the tightly-packed field. Various bowling combinations were The following already held Colours :-G. D. Tribbeck (C), M. J. tried, but still they hung on, surviving many narrow escapes. Time was Batey (F). beginning to run out, and it was not until the second ball of the final over, The following was awarded Colours :-C. ]. Magurran (F). which was at 6.45 precisely, that we secured the final wicket. Their score had by then mounted to 71 , the last three wickets having put on 56 runs. Results: Senior The members of the side, under the enthusiastic captaincy of Evans, Junior .B. D. (F) v . Allhallows Lost 51-53 , were always keen to do well, and felt suitably chastened when v . Exeter School Won 71-33 Won 77 -27 they failed to make sufficient runs. There were few high individual v. Taunton A.C. Won 59-45 scores this season, but Spratt (M) deserves mention for his consistency. v. Kelly College Won 66-65 Lost 52 -61 Only once did he fail to reach double figures. He could usually be relied v. Wellington Won 85-19 v. Milton Abbey Won 56-48 Lost 49t-60t on to provide us with some brighter cricket in his own forthright manner (Cancelled : v. W est Buckland, Hele's School, Exeter.) by rattling up 20 runs or so in double quick time. Of his aggregate of " B" Team v. Clare School W on 56-34 102 runs, no fewer than 96 came in boundaries. J.A.J.T. Of the bowlers, Smith (13 for 119) and Goldie (13 for 146) were the most successful, ably backed up by Priestley (C) . Porter, M. W. (F) , K.C.S.C. kept wicket with reasonable competence. The fielding was sometimes a little ragged, but eight of the side held two or more catches each. Captain : R . D. Hennessy (A). The following represented the Junior Colts :-Evans, B . D . (Captain) (F), Goldie E started the season with _much the same team as that of 1961, the (A), Guest (F) , Murray, C. M. (A) , Hyde (F) , Priestley (C) , Spratt (M) , W orily gaps being left by last year's Captain and Secretary, C. G. May (C) , Smith, I. K. (A), Tyler (W) , Collings (A) , Porter, M. W . (F) , Hennessy and R. J. Thomas respectively. The position of the former as Ruscoe (C), Essex (M). Alvis (C) , Mole, P . W. (A) , James, D . (M) . a backstroke swimmer was never adequately filled. There was a large K.H.K. number of free style swimmers, notably Fuller (F), Berryman (W) and 50 51 Morice (A) ; the first two will still be here next y_e ar, and should put up some good performances. Hogge (F) has 1mproved considerably throughout the season as a breaststroke swimmer. Mears (F) has proved himself to be able at butterfly as well as profici ent at free style. The diving has been of a very high standard, and Stephens (W) and Nicolas (F) were sometimes unlucky in their undeservedly low placings. Spence, ]. D. (C), and Meades (M) have given excellent service as junior free stylers, and the latter turned his hand to butterfly in the second half of the term. Bentley, R. H. (F), has been outstanding at breaststroke and was unbeaten by any school side. The junior back strokers, Patching (C) and Main (F), show potential and have generally been successful. The Meade-King contest this year was very disappointing, but the fact that many of our swimmers will still have two years here may well produce successes in the near future. The temperature of the bath has been consistently low, and more than half-way through July had still not risen above Ci4 o F, a fact which rather discouraged voluntary training. As always, every member of the side is more than grateful to Mr. Gooderham, who has coached the s ide very ably with constant interest, enthusiasm and sympathy. Colours were awarded to :-C. R. Fuller (F), M. W. Berryman (W), S. P . Hogge (F), M. J . Morice (A), M. D. Mears (F) . Results : v . M illfield Lost 40 -77 v . King's School, Bruton Won 86 -64 v. K elly College Won 65!- 62! v. Queen's College, Taunton ... Won 7 2~591 v . Cambridge University Tadpoles Lost 30 -40 v . W ellington School Lost 50 -70 v . Kingswood Won 58 - 39 v . Blundell's Lost 66!-77! Meade-King Competition :-Ta unton School 39 Queen's 20 W ellington ... 13 King' s 9 R.D.H. K.C.L.T.C. Captain : B. F. Kochanek (M) . Hon. Secretary : I. P. L. Smith (A) . S is often the case, success this year was founded upon the number A of players remaining from the previous season. We were fortunate in retaining both the 1st and 2nd pairs from 1961, and our victories were built on the experience of these two pairs-Ko (F) and Smith in the 1st pair and Kochanek and Salman (A) in the 2nd. The third pair varied in its composition. Barnard (W) , Gibson (C), Price, G. T . F . (M) and Young (F) all contributed in various permutations. The season as a whole was most successful. The two matches lost, against Woodstock Tennis Club and against the Masters, should prove to have been valuable practice before the Public Schools' Wimbledon Week. The Masters' game was lost, largely due to the fact that Ko was unable to play. The Woodstock side was very experienced, and the two Youll Cup pairs should have learnt some lessons from them. The draw for the Youll Cup has, however, conspired to give us what promises to be a very tough first three rounds. 52 loe loe ang · Quadr l l Chape e e h t g g rn rn din il bu Pr·efects Pr·efects l l new new the the Schoo e e ·ing ·ing r th ente and and Fisher Fisher Frsher- y y ·d ·d r o Lad L op op and and h her her s Fi Ar·chbrs Lord Lord ·end ·end r e hop hop s Rev st st Mo Archbi The The . . 1962 , , y Da Speech Speech During the season two matches were worthy of note. The first was in the Glanville C up at Millfield. We played Queen's College first and won 3-0, each pair beating its opposite number. Then w e c ame up against Millfield, who themselves had beaten Queen's i::l-0. Ko and Smith beat the opposing pair 0-D in the 3rd set, but Kochanek and Salman narrowly failed to beat the Millfield 2nd pair. The match de pended upon our 3rd pair, who, unfortunately, lost. (Millfield went on to the final rounds up at Wimbledon.) As a result a return match was arranged against Millfield at King's. We beat them 6---i::l in a very good match in which Smith and Ko won all their matches, and the 2nd pair only dropped one. Also, the 3rd pair actually won a match. Much of the success of this year's tennis has been due to the efforts of Mr. Edwards to make us play better, and not just faster. Our thanks are due to him for this, and also for securing Mr. E . King to coach us regularly every Tuesday. This has proved to be of great value both to the tennis side and to other members of the club. More than anything else, perhaps, the coaching has helped various players of the hit-and-miss category to calm down and regularly return the ball over the net. Something else remains to us a lasting impression-the admirably fast and exciting way in which we were transported to our away matches. Colours were re-awarded to: I. P. L. Smith (A), D. S. P. Ko (F), M. A. Salrnan (A). Results : v. Sherborne W on 6-3 v . Exeter School Won 5 -4 Glanville Cup : v. Queen's College Won 3-0 v. Millfield Lost 1 - 2 Lost on a ggregate 5 - 4. v. Taunton Sch ool Won 5-4 v. Millfield Won 6 - 3 v. Bryanst on Won 6 -3 v . Old Aluredians Won 6 - 3 v. St. Luke's College, Exeter Won 6t--2l v. Queen's College Won 5!- 3! v. Wellington Won 6 -3 v. King's School, Bruton Won 7-2 v. Woodst ock T .C. Lost t--3! l.P.L.S. K.C.F.C. Captain : P . L. Marchant (C). HE Lent and Summer Terms have been generally successful for the T Club, and this success has been echoed in our match results-played 6, won 4, lost 2 (one of which was by one fight in 25) . This includes two Junior matches and also a 'B' team match against Taunton School 1st team. On the strength of his having won the Somerset Schoolboys' Foil Championship, Marchant was invited to fight for Somerset in the Excalibur trophy. Fortunately, none of the team will be leaving at the end of the Summer, so we can look forward to another prosperous season next year. 63 Results : countered by claim v. Sherbotne lst foil , sabre Won 10- M H. Ragless and P . E . Dewey, for the opposition, v. Clare School 5 Junior foil Won 16- 8\J ·ng that the monarchy is too much "shrouded in aura," and that it is v . Queen'5 College l st f oil, sabre, 2nd foil Lost 17-lu ~ ecessary to bring it down to ground level. 's College 5 junior foil Lost 13- v. Queen 12 e for the term. The first, v. Blundell's ...... l st foil, sabre, 2nd foil Won 22- Two more papers completed the programm v . Taunton School 'B ' Team 4 foil Won 11- 5 b Mr. J. M. Edwards, European Legal Adviser to Courtaulds, on "The 5 The following represented the School :-P. L. Marchant, h:hairy (W) , Jenks C~ mmon Market,' ' was a very informative talk on a confusing subject, (W). Lee, D.]. (C), Snell (M), Ghest (A), Cheung, P. (C). and he was extremely authoritative and knowledgeable. The conclusion P.L.M. of his paper was that three things-the Commonwealth, Agri culture and E.F.T.A .-are at present the obstacles in the way of our entering the Squash Club Common Market. The last paper of the term, read by J. M. Graham, was entitled "Archreology and Man. " He emphasized that archreology Captain : C. J. Deane (C) . is a science, and that ultimately it is based upon ideas rather than known VER since the courts were opened the demand has exceeded the facts. The paper was also an experiment in the use of the tape-recorder, E supply. They were in use just before the end of the Lent Term whi ch was used to enable the speaker to comment on previously recorded and, despite the fact that very few people had a racket at school, they thoughts. were continually booked. During the Summer Term a regular Squash The Summer Term opened with a debate, in which A. C. Hill and Club was organised, and even on the hottest days the courts M. J. Morice proposed the motion : "This House will vote Liberal at were occupied. the next election." They explained the advantages of the Liberal Party The courts were officially opened at Whitsun by Mrs. Ewens, who policies, to which R. F . Sheld?n and ]. M. Hughes replied that the party unveiled a plaque installed in the building in memory of her husband was obviously backward-lookmg. Air-Commodore F. G. H . Ewens, O.A. The opening ceremony was fol~ The next paper was by G. T . Love, an E.S.U. exchange student, on !owed by an exhibition by masters and boys, who performed again after " American Education." He outlined the American system of a general tea on Speech Day. education for everybody, and corrected the impression, which English On Whit Monday the first School match was played, against the people seem to have, that "you have to be pretty 'thick' not to get into O.A.s; the result was a win for the School, 3-2. It is hoped to make this Harvard." a regular feature of the Whitsun reunion. The last paper of the term was given by R. F . Sheldon, and was The Somerset Branch of the Squash Rackets Association, to which entitled "The Ancient Egyptians." Father Passmore, the Headmaster of the School is now affiliated, has undertaken to provide an exhibition Downside, was unable to speak at the Annual Garden Party, and Sheldon during the Michaelrnas Term. took over at the last moment to give a very interesting talk on carefully civilisation. His use of the epidiascope hope to have a few School matches during the course of selected topics of the Egyptian We also the fact that the meeting could not be held outside the Winter. compensated for MATQ-1 v. OLD ALUREDIANS because of rain. Results (School names first) : Finally, a meeting took place to elect a new committee to fill B. F . Kochanek (M) beat G. Bulloch 9- 3, 9-1, 'J-0 vacancies. J. C. S. Horrocks was elected Chairman, P. E. Dewey Secre C.]. Deane (Capt.) beat R. H. Bendle 9-4, 9-5, 9-3 tary and A. C. Hill Treasurer. M. A . Salman (A) lost toP. Barber . .. 4-9, 3-9, 1-9 J.C.S.H. R. W. Knight (W) beat D. A. R. Edwards (Capt.) 9-7, 'J-6, 9- 2 G. T . Love (M) lost to A. J. Gibbs .. . 6-\J, 9-6, 'J-10, 3- 9 HISTORY SOCIE1Y C.J.D. Chairman : F. T . Riess (F). Secretary : J. M. Graham (A). Treasurer: J. M. Hughes (W). Societies and Clubs HE Chairman closed the last meeting of the Lent Term by expressing T the thought that the Society could afford to meet more often if it SHELDON SOCIE1Y could guarantee such good papers as that just delivered by G. T . Love Chairman : F. T. Riess (F) . and that given earlier in the term by G. C. Darvill. The earlier paper Secretary: J. C. S. Horrocks (A). Treasurer: D. Bromwich (C). had been entitled "History and the Golden Age of English Music," which had brought out the extent to which Tudor music epitomised the HE programme for the Lent ~erm op~ned with a paper by F.~ · Riess period , and the great influence that political, religious, social and T on the Incas. With an obviously w1de knowledge of h1s subJect, he economic events had on the composers. The paper was enlivened with first accounted for the rise of the Inca Empire, and then went on to I' tape-recorded extracts from choral and instrumental works. The other examine its different achievements. This was followed by a debate paper of the term, called "Southern Romantic Nationalism as a Cause of on the motion, "This House is of the opinion that the attitude of certa.in the American Civil War," was appropriately enough read by our sections of the Press to the Royal Family is both unnecessary and dis American exchange student, G. T. Love. It brought a freshness of courteous." The proposers, P. G. S. Murray and.I. ~· L. Smith! com approach to the subject both through the novelty of the thesis and the plained about the insults to which the Royal Fam1ly IS often subJected. erudition and organisation that followed it. 64 55 Thou_gh the_ quality of the papers did not fall during the Summer An ge r, " " The Devil's Discii>le" and " The Long and the Sho~ and the Term! neither}Id the numbers increase. M. H. Ragless sketched in Tall." The s tage was partially erected and many useful pomts arose the history of The Development of Nuclear Weapons," which acted as both in rehearsal and in Big School when these excerpts were presented the basis for a discussion of the state of the modern world. without make-up or costume. The opening of John Osborne's "Look . The final paper,_ by G. W. Morgan: Esq., was delivered on a very Back in Anger'' was the most successful, partly because there was little di!ferent I_~Ote . He. mtroduced the Society to the study of coins in a movement involved and partly because it was easy to be in sympathy ~Ide-r~ngmg talk_, Ill~s~rated by many examples, which opened with a with the playwright's feelings about Sundays. discussiOn of their ongm and followed their development in England In the Summer Term the first two scenes of Act Ill of "Julius from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Ca!sar' ' were performed in the open-air on the Swimming Bath steps. The year's activities were rounded off by an outing to Powderham Togas were contrived for the wh~Je cast of over t_hirty peop_Je and a pro Castle, which was enjoyable on account of the freedom with which mem ducer with no previOus expenence was Jet mto the mner terrors bers could wander from room to room. This seemed to be representative of " dramatic creation." Members had been requested to learn their lines of the whole style of the house, which, although not actually magnifi- during the . holidays, and fail~re to do so fin_ally d~omed the. extract cent, did not in any way appear vulgar or commercial. ].M.G. to mediocnty, fortunately relieved by some mterestmg groupmg and some good individual performances. Many useful lessons were learnt, LITERARY SOCIETY not least among them that the producer should not have been swayed from Chairman : F. T. Riess (F). his original concept of a Shakespeare involving ten people at the most. As it was, he never had a full rehearsal, though presumably every Secretary : J. C. S. Horrocks (A). Treasurer : A. C. Hill (M). one was there for the performance, or was this the reason for so many T the beginning of the Lent Term a new committee was elected, and, missed lines ? A with the foundation of the Drama Workshop, the title of Literary All members look forward to the full production in the Michaelmas and Dramatic Society became abbreviated to the old title of Literary Term, when both the technical and acting resources of the Workshop Society. should be fully displayed. J.M.G. The first meeting of the Lent Term was a discussion on three . 20th century poems--one by Stephen Spender, one by George Barker MUSIC CLUB and one by Robert Graves. The general participation in the discussion was encouraging, although perhaps too much time was spent on impres Chairman: H. R. Padfield, Esq. sions rather than on the literary merits of the poems. The next meeting Treasurer : C. G. Sandercock (C). was a play-reading of "For Services Rendered," by Somerset Maugham, School Secretary : G. C. Darvill (A). a First World War equivalent of John Osborne. The Society, accompanied by members of the Drama Workshop, House Secretaries : R. D. Hennessy (A) , F. J. Rose (C), D. D. Hill also went to see "Ross," by Terence Rattigan, at the Theatre Royal, (M), R. E. F. Gaines (W). Bristol. The standard of the production was very high, and it was prob INCE Christmas there has been a variety of Club activities. On ably the best performance the Society has seen at Bristol for some time. S 17th February a concert was held in Big School, the programme Two meetings were held in the Summer Term. The first was a paper ranging from Handel to Poulenc and Benjamin. On 3rd March another by A. C. Hill on the poems of D. H. Lawrence, and was an attempt to visitor was invited to play us his Desert Island Discs, when we heard Mr. reduce the impression that the only attraction of Lawrence was his Tyson's choice, featuring especially Tudor and modern music and pro "box-office draw." The other meeting, conducted by J. M. Graham, viding a very entertaining evening. We thank him warmly. F. T. Riess and J. C. S. Horrocks together, was a discussion on certain A JukeBox Jury, debating "serious" music, with four junior mem poems, previously tape-recorded, to show the effect different presenta bers of the Club as panel, took place on lOth March. Clifford, Chivers, tions of poems have, and the fact that the personal interpretations of the Wadland and Woollacott aired their views on music by Bach, Mozart, reader do not make a great deal of difference. Elgar and Britten-all showing surprising antipathy towards the At the end of the term an election for the new committee was held. Edwardian master. A. C. Hill, M. ]. Morice and R. ]. Smith were voted Chairman, Secre- The House Music Festival involved much preliminary discussion. tary and Treasu.rer respectively. J.C.S.H. A competitive festival was re-established (see Music Notes). At the end of the Lent Term we lost a valuable member of the com DRAMA WORKSHOP mittee, D. D. Hill, whose place was filled by S. N . G. Davies (M) . Chairman: J. M. Graham (A). Secretary: G. C. Darvill (A) . The Summer Term was rather less active. A largish proportion of Committee: J. C. S. Horrocks (A), I. P. L. Smith (A), M. H. the Club, we feel, prefer the relaxation of an hour's listening to more Ragless (M) . varied activity and this term we have concentrated on providing a series RAMA Workshop was formed early in the Lent Term and opened of well-introduced, well-balanced programmes. With this in view we D with a stock situation written by Mr. Wilson and performed by five applied for membership of the American Embassy Record Library and groups two weeks later. Towards the end of term more compl~x have received on loan records by American composers and also by two extracts were put on from "Five Finger Exercise," "Look Back m composers who have settled in America, Bloch and Hindernith. 56 57 A concert, devoted to organ music and at which the choir also . was held on 30th June in the Chapel. sang, the S ummer T erm , a nd M. H . Ragless gave a lecture o n the excava ti ons a t what is thought to be a Roman port at Chichester. . At the e ~d of term another concert was given in Big School. This J~cl_uded m~ s 1 c o~ the Baroque and N.ococo periods for an ensemble con In the Summer term the attention of the Society was focussed on Sistmg of v10lm, ce l~o. two recorders, flute, two oboes and harpsichord · the problem of trying to determine the line of the Roman road which is and also some madn gals. 1 h~ s concert was a rare treat. We are ve ' alleged to mn along t~ e top .of the Polden Hills, for which purpose Mr. gratef_ul to Mr. Anms m particular, who directed the music from t~ Pytches kindly lent h1s serv1ces. The "Ron:an road" proved to be a harpsichord, for all the work put into the concert. ninetee nth century cart track; but the excavatiOn was of value, as it both proved that there was no R o m~n road and So~i ~ty The Club has recently bou gave the valuable ght a few more records, music by Bach expenence . The work was earned out under the superv1s1on of M. Beeth_oven, Tcha1kovsky, Bartok, Vaughan Williams, .J . Hindemith and Graham and M. H . Ragless . A full report is printed in this issue of The Stravms~ . The last fo ur were bought in an attempt to provide the Aluredian under the heading "An Archceological Excavation ." library w1th a balanced representation of the music of this century. S.E .M. G.C.D. ART CLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Chairman: P. G. S. Murray (F). Secretary : I. G. W . White (A) . Chairman : ]. Macrae (A) . Secretary : M . R. Philippe (A). Treasurer : A . V. Nicolas (F) . 4th Member : J. M. Goddard (C) . Treasurer : I. G. W . White (A) . 4th Member: C.]. Shirley-Smith (A) . Master of Decor : M. A. ]. Craven (W). N the Lent Term, T . P. Halton, O.A., gave an interesting outline lecture on "The Uses of, and Careers in, Photography." The talk H~ Club had fully settled down in I the new Art Room by the begin was accompanied by a.sh?rt film, which illustrated the extensive nmg of the applica T Lent Term. Its membership and productivity have in tions of photography m mdustry. creas~d, and as a result the standard of the work has steadily improved. Nothmg spectacular happened during the Lent Term, though there was In the Summer Term, G. Pedler gave two silent film shows, which average attendance at the Saturday evening meetings. were enjoyed by most of those present. However, there were two highlights in the Summer Term· the first After much diffic~lty in find!ng a judge for our annual competition, was the exhibition held in Big School ·on Speech Day and the' second a we at last succeeded m persuading Mr. Ross-W olfe to function . He number of films shown on Sunday, the 8th of July. The exhibition praised some of the prints, but was again very critical of those which proved a great success and it was encouraging to see a number of non were jus~ record shots, with ~o attempt to pro~uce a good photograph. artists whose work was exhibited. The films were also very successful, He provided many helpful hmts, amongst wh1ch were those including though the number attending was sadly limited. They included two the human element, and taking the shot from an unusual angle. experimental films, two studies of architecture in New York and New Mr. Sainsbury, of Taunton Camera Club, gave an interesting lecture Orleans respectively and a short film of hand studies. on "~ l ash" Photography . . He demonstrated much of his equipment, Of the members who have continually produced work of a high stan showmg the results of vanous methods from a random collection of dard, perhaps Nicolas deserves first mention; his fine studies of the photographs which he had brought with him. As he had seen the annual School buildings have been greatly admired by all. Yeend (W). too, competition entries at an earlier date, he commented on them, saying deserves mention for his most amusing cartoons and also Craven for his that many had achieved a high standard for such a contest. sketches of railway scenes. M.R.P. It is with much regret that we say good-bye to P. G. S. Murray, who has been our Chairman for the past year and has steered us success NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIETY fully through the difficult transit from the old to the new Art Room . Chairman : R. L. Rolls (W). I.G.W.W. Secretary : R . D . Evans (F) . Treasurer : C . P. Baxter (F). THE ARa-IJEOLOGICAL SOCIETY URING the Lent Term two lectures were given to the Society. The Co-Chairmen : ]. M. Graham (A), M. H. Ragless (M). D first was by Mr. G. Roberts, of Queen's College, who has taught for some years in New Zealand, and who was thus well qualified to speak Secretary : S. E . Marsden (W). Treasurer: R. F. Sheldon (W). on " The Flora, Fauna and Land Form of New Zealand." The second HE Society was able to meet little during the first half of the Lent lecture was given by Mr. E. G. Neal, of Taunton School, on the subject T Term. But in March, with the kind permission of the Somerset of "Badgers,". a topic on .whic~ he is a well-known authority. Both Archceological Society, some members were able to attend two lectures !ectures :nere Illustrated w1th slides, and proved to be interesting and at the Wyndham Hall. The first of these was on excavations in Roman mformatlve. London by Professor Grimes. The second was on the recent excava . The. chief feature of the Summer Term was the Speech Day Exhibi tions carried out by the Somerset Archceological Society at Castle tion , wh1ch required much preparation and forethought. The theme was Neroche. Further, D. Bromwich (C) gave a talk on Roman roads as " Man," and the individual exhibits were very varied, their topics ranging a prelude to the excavations which the Society intended to carry out in from tooth decay to the mineral composition of the body. 68 59 . The Junior section was kept busy looking after the lab ora to BRIDGE CLUB amm.als and aquaria ..Th e animals kept by members included rats., mic7 Chairman : N . J . Timpson ( W). rabbits, voles and cavies , the numbers of which fluctuated, but, on th ~ whole, tended to increase. R.D .E. Secretary: M . J. Morice (A). Treasurer : R. T. Stephens (W) . ITH a Bridge Club it is hard to maintain a positive programme, ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY and the C lub has indeed lain dormant to a large extent during the Chairman : N. J . Timpson (W) . Wpast two :years. However, a n;JOm has regularly b een set aside _on Satur Secretary : R. F . Sheldon (W) . Treasurer: A. P. W . Fleming (M ). day evenmgs for those who w ished to play, and the Club mamly owes HE Society in the Lent and Summer Terms has been unable to in its existence to a Land of stalwart enthusiasts who gather to play, one T dulge in the practical work it had intended to do on account of the fee ls wi th no holds barred. Competitions in the past have usually died unreliability of the weather. Consequently, it seemed unnecessary to out with a whimper having started off with a bang, and serious attempts embark upon the reconstruction of the telescope. to grasp the more intricate conventions. of th.e game are impracticable in However, several members of the Society have given very stimu an already over-crowded term, espeCially m the case of more senior lating lectures. In the Lent Term, R. W. J. Vincent read a paper members. However, the outlook is by no means gloomy, since mem entitled "The History of Astronomy." The subject seemed most appro bers continue to derive rel~xation and enjoyment, and in future steps priate to his academic station, and was very well received by a large and will, we hope, be taken to Improve the general standard of play by all enthusiastic audience. In the Summer Term, N. J. Timpson read a most means at our disposal. A more positive and inspiring programme will interesting paper on "Comets and Meteor Streams." He made quite also have to be instituted. M.J.M. clear the difference between Comets, Meteors and Shooting Stars, a point on which the majority confessed their ignorance. It was closely followed JUNIOR LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY at the end of term by a lecture given by P. F. Pallett. The lecture bore the foreboding title, " Elementary Relativity." But what followed soon Chairman : C. M. Murray (A). dispelled doubts, and congratulations are especially due to him for Secretary : C. J. King (M) . Treasurer : M. A. Peyton Jones (A). making an exceptionally complex subject interesting and at the same HE Society enjoyed an active Lent Term. The most outstanding time informative. R.F.S. T meeting was a fiery debate on the motion, "This House believes that AEROMODELLING CLUB there is no future for English Cricket in its present form," the proposi Chairman : C. W. C. Bracey (W) . tion being led by B. D. Evans (F) . Treasurer : R. A. D. Smerdon (M). Apart from one meeting earlier in the Summer Term the Society, Secretary : P. W. Graves-Morris (W) . as usual, became dormant. We regret, however, to part with our old HIS term the Club has been thriving, and a number of interesting committee , Clifford (M) Chairman, Pook (C) Secretary and Clubb (F) T free-flight and control-line models have been constructed. ~reasurer, who all played a most prominent part in the Society's activi- By popular request, the film, "Powered Flight," was re-shown with ties. C.J.K.; C.M.M. "Jungle Airlift." The films, especially the former, were much appreci ated by Club members. DANCING CLUB The annual Speech Day flying display went off with few technical Chairman : N . P . Butt (F). and P. W. Graves-Morris flew control-line hitches. C. W. C. Bracey Secretary : F . T . Riess (F). Treasurer: J. A. J. Taylor (W). combat together for the greater part of the display, aided by A. L. Porter. 4th Member: R. D. Hennessy (A) . Mention should be made of C. L. Reece's free-flight "pusher" mpdel. Master of Decor : P . G. S. Murray (F) . Although it only took the air for a few seconds, it provided an interesting HE lack of dances during the Lent Term was amply compensated for out-of-the-rut spectacle. C.W.C.B. T in the Summer. Most of the members attended three dances; there TAPE-RECORDING SOCIETY were four altogether. On 12th May the Club attended the St. Audries Chairman : J. N . Woodgates (F) . School dance, which was a great success. This was followed by a rtie" of 10 senior boys to Weirfield School for their School dance, : D. Spence (C). "so Secretary : A. P . James (C). Treasurer J. and finally, on 26th May, the Club journeyed to Gardenhurst to attend 4th Member: A. D. Zebedee (C). the annual dance there. The term was rounded off on 21st July with our OTH the Lent and the Summer Terms have, unfortunately, seen own Colle.ge dance, attend~~ by the staff and also by the girls of Garden B very little activity on the part of the Society, although a few meet h~rst paymg us a return VISit . Murray decorated the hall quite superbly ings were held. But the special occasions in the Summer Term were not with a simple "motif" of coloured newspaper arranged in pattern. neglected, and successful recordings were made both of Miss Unma<:k's the vice-presidents who wedding in the School Chapel and of the opening of the Unmack Bmld It remains for the Club Committee to thank so ki~dly came with us on the away dances, and also the Headmast~r for ing by Archbishop Lord Fisher on Speech Day. allowmg us all these dances and for his continued interest in the Club. It is hoped to see a revival of activity during the Michaelmas Term. A.P.J. F.T.R. IH 60 BADMINTON CLUB MOTOR Chairman : B. H . White (W). CLUB Secretary: M. A. Salman (A) . Treasurer: P. J . Blackmore (A). Chairman : P . Topping (M) . HE Club continued to use with its usual enthusiasm the gymnasium Secretary : P . ]. White (M) . Treasurer : C. W. C. Bracey (W) . during the Lent Term, T but as Badminton is mainly a W inter game URING the Lent Term the mechanics and the gymnasium was being of the Club discovered more used for other activities, there was little entertaining pastimes, it would play during the Summer Term. D appear, than tinkering with differ entials and the like. Thus work on the car was temporarily slowed down. The matches in the Lent Term were not as successful as in past However, we had two very enj oyable film shows, which not only enter seasons. With the loss of l. D . Philippe (A) there had to be a re tained, but also instructed a high proportion of the Club. arrangement in the pairs, resulting in the 1st pair being B. H . White On the night of 26th May peace at King's was and D . A. V. Lyle (A) and the ~nd pair, P. ]. Blackmore shattered by the and B. J. arrival of an XK 120 and C. A. Bamard (W) . On 23rd February, the Club entertain W . Martin, O.A. Martin then gave a ed Taunton very informative introduction about Badminton Club and the match resulted in a draw of two films which he had brought to two matches all , show to the Club from J aguars. in a very close and enjoyable contest. Both games The first, "Project Mark X ," was about were won by the 1st the testing of the "Mark X" pair. The match versus Millfield was, unfortunately, in France. The second, entitled " One Leap cancelled owing Ahead," showed us Martin to the fact that Millfield were unable to raise acting as guide on a tour of the Jaguar works a team on the day. The at Coventry. After the film third . match, against Taunton Y .M.C.A., s there was a short question time before peace was played without the 1st was once again shattered. pair, who were indisposed. But we still managed to draw: ~ match all. This is, on the whole, not a bad record, but the opposition was not Two film shows were given to the Club during the remainder of the always as strong as in the past. Summer Term. The last show, "A History of Motor Racing," lent to us by Shell Ltd., proved to be very The Club is again extremely grateful to Mr. Harvey for taking the successful. A little work on the Club cars was carried out by a few members on several team to the away match in his car. B.H.W. Saturday evenings. P.J.W. SAILING CLUB Vice-Commodore: J . R. Lance, Esq . CONJURING CLUB Chairman : M. D . Mears (F). Hon. Secretary : A. P. James (C) . 'Ex er cere est perficere' 4th Member: M. W . Berryman (W) . Chairman : G. Tucker (C) . Hon. Treasurer : P. R. T. Hillier (C) . Secretary : P. J . Blackmore (A). Treasurer: R. P. Bentley (F). HE Lent Term was ushered in with the very welcome news tha~ we HE members of the Club have continued to show encouraging would be permitted to sail on the newly-complete~ Hawkndge signs T of enthusiasm and have had a thoroughly successful Reservoir, near Spaxton, and four boat spaces were accordmgly booked T year. there for boats to be brought back by James, Lyle (A), Howard (F) The highlight of the Lent Term was the show performed and Sutton (M), and fourteen boys were made members of Hawkridge before the College on 25th March. Both Tucker and Noorvash s.c. (C) did particularly good silk acts, and Blackmore experimented During the Lent Term the Club had three films and a lecture by in "elementary" mind-reading, while paper tearing by Bentley and A. H. "Lanfear, Esq., and all of these were very successful. Wilson's (F) colour changes proved very mystifying. Henderson's (M) escapism The Summer and finally Mr. Jaquet's varied programme rounded off a Term saw our move to Hawkridge and the pro ~is~ of most entertai some very ning afternoon. Thanks must go to the audience for their good sailing, although certain !?embers have shown a distinct encouraging support. aversion to sailing their boats the conventional way up. The supply of apparatus possessed by the Thanks to the generosity of the School Council w~ have bee~ able Club is steadily increasing and several new purchases have to obtain a loan for a Firefly kit, which is slowly t~kmg sh~pe m our been made. G.T .; P.J.B .. new quarters in the Scout Hut, and we hope to see It afloat m the not too-distant future. Our match with Bryanston in the middle of the Summer Tert;I was FISHING CLUB very closely contested and our team is to be congratulated on, dou~g ~o Chairman : E. C. Llewellyn (A). Secretary : S. J. Longden (M) . well, losing by only two points. But ap~rt from Howard s WI~ m the third race, Hawkridge Regatta only provided further demonstrations HE Lent and Summer Terms have seen great developments in the T Club. The usual coarse and fly fishing in the fine art of capsizing. . outings have been taking place with increasing success. Also some more positive action Our sincere thanks are once again owed to our Commodore is being an~ VIce taken concerning sea fishing outings, as this field of the sport Commodore, to the School Council, to Hawkridge S is becoming .C. for puttmg up more and more popular. A previously unusual sight is becoming with us, and especially to all those who have taken us to quite the reservOir common nowadays : each Saturday evening (and at other spare or provided transport for us. A.P.J. moments) squads of boys armed with rods of various shapes and sizes 62 63 may be seen having casting practice on the playing fields . This is but one example of the increase of interest in fishing in the School. In the Junior House Notes Lent Term, among oth.er profitable meetings, Mr. Jaquet. gave ~sa very T is difficult to call to mind any event of great interest from the Lent fine lecture on fly fishmg for trout. Also we held a fishmg qmz, which Term. What sticks in the memory 1s a prolonged penod when teach was won by Bowgen (F) by a very narrow margin. In the Summer Term I. and games were threatened by the fear of a full-scale outburst of we procured two films, "Ireland for Sea Angling" and "Coarse Fishing ~~rman measles, b.ut it never came. It is remarkable how boys Galore," from the Irish Tourist Office; both were enjoyed by members ~anage to keep an epidemic s1 mmenng for w~eks on end, and yet contnve and visitors alike. that S.J.L. none shall be smitten so late as to m1ss the first permitted tram at the end of term ! Father Dean, from our neighb.our pari~h of St. Peter's, ~ery ~dly METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY gain gave up his Wednesday evenmgs to g1ve us a course of mgemously M. J. Jordan, Esq. R. P. Bentley. ~lustrated Lenten addresses, for which we were most grateful. Speech Day and Sports this summer were on June 8th and brought p to the time of writing 1962 has been marked by its exceptional dry perhaps our largest gathering yet. Brigadier E . H . C. Frith, C.B.E., U ness. Only January has been a consistently wet month. Tempera who came to our first Prize-giving, very kindly came again to our Tenth tures have also been well below the average. Birthday. The occasion was enhanced by the setting up of four new The cold, dry weather of the Lent Term was caused by the p:edomin records in the Sports (no mean feat now that all the figures are creditably ance of high pressure areas either to the west or north of the Bnbsh Isles, high); by the fine display of entries for the Holiday Project, and by a giving winds of Arctic o~igin . The arrival of th~ Sum~er Term saw little display of photographs by Photo Reportage Ltd. of the whole range of change in the general picture. Pre~~ure remamed high to the w~st ~nd summer activities in the School. north, maintaining cool, dry conditions (not once has the sw1mmmg During the period covered by this report we recorded t?e gaining bath temperature risen above 64 °F). of a Music Exhibition at the College by T. M. Robmson and Open Scholarships by C. J. King and P. Callow, the former being July has brought its usual spell of cloudy, dull days, ~ith weak lows awarded the top Scholarship. We read, too, with amused pride, under moving east across the northern half of the country. With the weather the headline, "Shady Side to miss Swift Monk," that one of our Old of October, 1960, still clear in the memory, perhaps this "drought" has Boys, Marti~ M~:mk, ha~ had such an impressive year, both academic its advantages ! · and in athletics, m Amenca, that the above-named Academy had offered, February March May June unsuccessfully, a handsome bait to persuade him to stay longer. 0.55 0.89 2.1 0.28 Rainfall We have to say good-bye this year to another unusually large batch Days with Rain 11 9 11 of leavers to whom we wish God-speed, and also, alas, to Mrs. Howard Maximum Temperature 53 58 66 79 and Mr. Turner, who will have been married before these lines reach Minimum Temperature 26 19 34 36 print. While rejoicing in their happiness and wishing them all good Mean Average Temperature 41.5 40 52.6 59.8 fortune we must record both our great sense of loss at the departure of two me~bers of the staff who have both been unstinting in their service to the House and to individual boys, and also our lasting gratitude for all they have been and done. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL-LENT, 1962 Goals Goals for agst. Sat., Feb. 10 V. St. Dunstan's (Burnham) (away) . 1st XI 2 4 2nd XI 0 2 3rd XI 3 1 Wed., Feb. J4 V. Perratt Hill (Home). 1st XI 9 0 2nd XI 8 1 Sat., Feb. 24 V . St. Peter's (Weston) (away) . 1st XI 5 0 2nd XI 6 1 Sat., Mar. 3 V. St. Dunstan's (Burnham) (home) . 1st XI 3 0 2nd XI 2 3 3rd XI 2 0 The above results show that the standard of Association Football was high. There was a pleasi~g spirit ?f c.onfidence which mi&ht well have been lacking after the prevwus term s disasters at rugger; this made it doubly annoying that epidemics in various schools caused the can cellation of so many matches, including the Inter-House Competition Final. We all hope for better fortune on the health front in Lent, 1963. 64 65 CRICKET-SUMMER TERM, 1962 the other members of the side were passengers, but that their perform There are few things more satisfying to a master in class or a coach ances were less consistent. In the 2nd XI it is pleasing to note that the on the games' fi eld than the realisation that every boy is producing his most successful on the whole were boys who will still be here next year, best at the same time ; there are few things more frustrating than the and we hope for continued effort from them. feeling that all the necessary elements for success are present and yet We must thank all who have helped in Junior games in preparing will not coalesce. The latter condition has obtained for much of the white flannels and in providing teas ; and perhaps especially the grounds cricket season. Usually, the ground fielding was excellent, with quick man who has ensured that, even if we have failed to win , we have lost and accurate returns to the wicketkeeper. Many good catches were on the be, t possible pitches. taken, but far too many were missed. The bowling was steady and accurate, once the idea that a twenty-five yard run is essential had been ATHLETIC SPORTS, 1962 scotched, and had sufficient variety, carefully handled, to make scoring difficult for any opponents. The main cause of the poor results was The Annual Athletic Sports were held on Friday, 8th June, 1962, brittleness in the batting, and the inability of the best batsmen to 'come under good conditions. There was a large and appreciative attendance off' on the same day. We need much more practice and concentration and the cups and certificates were presented by Mrs. E . H . C. Frith. There on scoring ability than we have managed this season. There were were many satisfactory performances and four new records were encouraging signs from some of the younger members of the side and created. R. C. T. Simon improved the lOO Yards, Class IV, to 14.0 sufficient glimpses of ability from the 'old-stagers' to make one feel that secs and the 60 Yards to 8.8 secs., and R. C. Sprunt won a good Class II, the future may yet be bright. 440 Yards, in 68 secs. R. L. Gear-Evans produced a fine throw of 217ft. 8 ins. to add nearly 12 feet to J. Hunter-Watts' Class I, Cricket Ball Wed. , May 30. (Home.) 1st XI King's, 63; Connaught H ouse, record, which had stood since 1947. The Standards' Competition was 66 for 4 w kts. closely contested, although there seemed to be a larger number of 'heavy' 2nd XI King's, 59; Connaught House, or 'dead' 62 for 2 wkts. weights in different Houses. It is of great importance that every boy should Sat., June 9. (Away.) 1st XI King' s, 21 ; St. Dunstan's, 102. feel capable of achieving at least one standard and 2nd XI King's, 56; St. Dunstan's, 67 . striving his hardest to do so. 3rd XI King's, 17; St. Dunstan's, 121. Events (previously decided) : Wed., June 20. (Home.) 1st XI King's, 49; Hazlegrove, 87 for 4 dec. 2nd XI King's, 62; H azlegrove, 103. 880 Yards (Class I)-1, Sax; 2, Berry; 3, Gear-Evans. Time : 2 mins. 41.7 secs. Sat., June 23. (Away.) 1st XI King's, 62; Taunton, 98. 220 Yards (Class I)-1, Sax; 2, Giles; 3, Broadbridge. Time: 29.1 secs. ' Under 12' XI King's, 60; Thone, 140 for 9 dec. High Jump (Class I)-1, Sax; 2, Glade Wright, R; 3, Evans. Height : 4 ft. W ed . , June 27 . (Home.) 1st XI King's, 51; Wellington, 45. Ot ins. 2 King's, nd XI 49 for 2; Wellington, 48. High Jump (Class 11)-1, Cope; 2, Curtis; 3, Morant. Height: 3ft. 10 ins. (Away.) Sat., June 30. Cricket Ball (Class II)-1, Sparks; 2, Morant; 3, Butt. Distance : 163 ft. 9 ins. 'Under 13' XI King's, 185 for 7 dec.; Queen's, 54. W ed ., July 4. (Home.) 1st XI King's, 78; Ta unton, 80 for 4 wkts. Events (Friday, 8th June) : 'Under 12' XI King' s, 52; Thone, 168 for 7 dec. 100 Yards (Class I)-1, Horwood and Sax; 3, Giles. Time : 13.2 secs. Wed., (Home.) 1st XI King's, -; St. Peter's, 57 for 5 wkts. July 11. 100 Yards (Class 2nd XI King's, 59 for 4 wkts; St. Peter's, - . 11)-1, Cope; 2, Butt; 3, Blackmore. Time : 13.8 secs. (Rain stopped play.) 100 Yards (Class III)-1, Evensen; 2, Wilson; 3, lde. Time : 13.6 secs. Sat., July 14. (Away.) 1st XI King's, 66; Connaught House, 100 Yards (Class IV)-1, Simon; 2, Monk; 3, Mayne. Time : 14.0 secs. 145 for 9 dec. (RECORD.) 2nd XI -King's, 56 ; Connaught House, 88. Long Jump (Class I)-1, Giles; 2, Horwood; 3, Sax. Distance : 13 ft. 3 ins. 1st XI King's, 90; Wed., July 18.. (Away.) W ellington, 9 for 1 wkt. Long Jump (Class II)-1, Butt and Cope; 3, Curtis. Distance : 13 ft. 7 ins. (Rain stopped play.) Long 2nd XI King's, 37 for 3 wkts.; Wellington, 36. Jump (Class III)-1, Evensen; 2, lde; 3, Meyrick. Distance : 12 ft. 10! ins. Inter-House Competition : 440 Yards (Class 1)-1, Sax; 2, Warren; 3, Berry. Time : 68.2 secs. Senior : Winners, Oldham; runners-up, Whitby. 220 Yards (Class II)-1, Cope; 2, Sprunt; 3, Burge. Time : 30 secs. Junior : Winners, Oldham; runners-up, Gibbs. 220 Yards (Class III)-1, Evensen; 2, Tipping; 3, Wilson. Time : 30.9 secs. Wheelbarrow Race (Open)-1. Berry and Eccles; 2, Wilson and Meyrick; 3, Blake The Captain, M. A: Evans, revealed his real form both with bat and Glade Wright, J . and ball in the latter half of the season. He is a games player of great Cricket Ball (Class I)-1, Gear-Evans; 2, Evans; 3, Rouse. Distance : 217 ft. natural ability, and if he will temper his enthusiasm w~th calmness he 8 iris. (RECORD.) will do very well; R. L. Gear-Evans had a good bowlmg season, but 75 Yards Hurdles (Class 1)-1, Sax; 2, Gi!es; 3, Horwood. Time : 13.5 secs. was somewhat unlucky in his batting; A: ~ - Burge ~as very c<;>mpetent 440 Yards (Class II)-1, Sprunt; 2, Burge; 3, Cope. Time: 68 secs. (RECORD.) as a wicketkeeper-batsman; G. A: Butt disliked open~ng the mnmgs, but 60 Yards (Class IV)-1, Simon; 2, Monk; 3, Glade Wright, P . Time : 8.8 secs. put his head down to the task with &r~at conc_entrabon; R. W. J . C_ope (RECORD.) encouraged opposing batsmen to miSJudge his left-arm slow bowlmg. Young Visitors' Race : Girls (under 10)-1, C. Holder; 2, A. Simon; 3, C. Hines. First XI Colours were awarded to the above-name?,. and they had to Young Visitors' Race : Boys (under 10)-1, I. Burge; 2, D. Wilson; 3, S. Glade bear the brunt of the work during the season. This iS not to say that Wright. 66 67 Inter-House R elay (Class Ill) (4 x llO Yards)-1, Gibbs; 2 . Whitby Time : 1 min. 5 .6 secs. · The Public Schools Hockey Festival Inter-House Relay (Class IT ) (4 x llO Yards)-1, Oldham; 2, Gibbs. Time: 1 min. 3.1 secs. OXFORD : 2nd-5th APRIL Inter-House Relay (Class I ) (4 x 220 Ya rds)-1, Oldha m ; 2, Whitby. Time. 2 mins. 6.2 secs. FTER many arrangements had been made, many difficulties over Winners of Standards Cup : Whitby. Acome, twelve hockey players, Mr. Padfield and Mr. Gilkes, left the Winners of Sports Cup : O ldham . School on Monday, 2nd April, to take part in the Public Schools' Hockey from King's had participated. Victor Ludorum : Festival. This was the first time a team Class I (over 12! on 1 / 5/ 1962)-R. B . Sax. The main difficulty was collecting a side. Out of the 1st XI as it Class II (11-l::lk on 1/5/ 1962)-R. W . J. Cope. stood at the end of the season, Butt (F) and Evans, I. (W) were not Class Ill (9!-11 on 1 / 5/ 1962)-J . P. Evensen. able to play in the festival; a twelfth man also had to be found. Chodzko Class IV (under 9! on 1 /5/1962)-R. C. T. Simon. (M), Taylor, P. T. (F) and Hill, A. C. (M), were chosen to fill these places, but at the eleventh hour Chodzko contracted German measles and Dupee (W) had to take his place. And so a day before the end of Seven-a-Sides term Salman (Captain) (A), Kochanek (M), Smith, I. P. L. (A), Oxford. Hor;ocks (A), Hughes, G. L. (M), Philippe, M. R. (A), Sims (M), S 1962 was the first year of our attendance, it was encouraging to see Smerdon (goalkeeper). (M), Ko (F), Taylor (F), Hill (M) and Dupee A us get right through to the finals of the competition. The first match (W), dressed in various combinations, bedecke~ with hockey stic~s, kit was against Marling, whom we narrowly defeated 6-3. It was a poor bags and boots, left for Oxford. It must be said that, though this may display, and the complete lack of form gave the impression that the sound simple, the amount of arrangement necessary to get us out of the long coach ride had been too much for the team. School adequately equipped was quite incredible. However, one hour later the game against St. Bartholomew's The journey to Oxford was a long one, and by the time that, led by Grammar School was played. The team now showed what it could do; Mr. Gilkes, we reached St. Peter's College, we were looking forward to after being five points down, we came back to win 13-5. a meal in peaceful surroundings. This was not to be. The College had This victory brought us up against Monmouth in the quarter-finals. not expected us to arrive that night, so we were forced to find supper Earlier in the day they had beaten Eltham, the team which had knocked somewhere else in Oxford.. Some members were dubious, but were re us out of the 1961 Roehampton competition. But the lesson that posses assured when told that they would be reimbursed. This provided an sion is the key to Sevens had been properly learnt, and good passing and opportunity for exploring Oxford for the first time-it was not the last. and backing-up, combined with intelligent breaks and changes of direction, On Tuesday, -the College caterers provided an excellent breakfast, ready to assured us of a 24-0 victory. an hour later, after a short walk, the team was at the Parks play the first match against Canford. Of the twelve, Dupee did not play The semi-finals found us drawn up against Millfield, the only team in this match. Of the three matches-out of the five arranged-which to beat the 1st XV during the previous Michaelmas Term, and then only we played, this was without doubt the best. The pitch was perfectly 9-6. A faulty throw-in at our end allowed them to score a push-over fiat-a roller had just finished its work when we arrived-though soft and try. But this started us going, and we put paid to Millfield 12-5. sandy, and the weather was bright. The game was fast and open, though Then came Solihull, who were too good for us. Possession of the the scores were not spectacular, because of some amazing playing on the ball, which had brought us through to the final, had evidently also part of the two goalkeepers. We lost the match 3-2, but it was such a helped them, and they maintained it in the final to win 22-5. Matters fine game that one felt it a pity that either side should lose. Kochanek were not helped when the scrum-half, R. D. Evans, was lost with a bad and Hughes scored our goals. cut over his left eye early in the second half. That afternoon we played Welbeck. Ko did not take part in this The 2nd VII defeated St. George's, Weybridge, but lost to Henley match. Whatever may have been the original intention, we were eventu Grammar School in the 2nd round. ally taken to the ground (Banbury Road) in private cars. Over lunch the Roehampton. heavens had opened, with the result that the pitch was sodden. Un fortunately, also, a women's international had been played on the pitch Mount St. Mary's, was a repeat of the Our first game, against a few days previously, so we had to contend with a five-yard roll-in line. Marling game at Oxford. We won 3-0, but showed our inability to The match was played keenly, but the loud screechings of an umpire's cope with a wet ball. whistle seemed to prove that there were too mapy "feet." Movement Unfortunately, the improvement we had shown at Oxford did not was difficult, and this game was as slow and as awkward as the morning materialise at Roehampton. We came up against King's, Canterbury match had been fast and smooth. However, we were hard pushed to who, it must be said in our favour, were only beaten by Llanelly in the score the goals and only just won by three goals to two. Salman scored final-and they emphasised our lack of weight and our poor covering the first and Dupee the other two. The fact that some were unfortunate and tackling. Consequently, we rather disappointingly lost 11--0. enough to be caught in a cloudburst ten minutes after the game ended 1st VII team (at Oxford and Roehampton) :-Magurran (F), Evans, T. shows how lucky we were to play the game at all. (W), Llewellyn (Captain) (A), Evans, R. D. (F), Winter, I. (C), Sleath (F), Grant-Anderson (A). That night Oxford was further explored. 68 69 On the Wednesday morning_we played what was to be the last match , agamst Abmgdon. The pitch was bumpy, wet and sloping. I• An Archreological Excavation was not the one we were intended to play on, which had been made un~ playable by the previous night's rain. We lost 2-0, and the g ame 1 Introduction. The Archceological Society had been attempting to which, because of the pitch and the weather, never looked very bright' t;ace the course of ~ R_om~n road o': the Polden Hills, villas and o~her was further marred by a mishap early in the game. Smith was struck remains in the area mdicatmg the existence of one. It was thus decided accidentally by a stick. H e was taken to hospital and stitches were put to dig a trench across Bitham Lane at M.R. 34444045 on lin. Ordnance in his chin. This unbalanced the side, and, though Sims was moved to Survey map 165. left back and Hill to ri ght back, one side of the fi eld was bound to be weaker. We were lucky to lose by only two goals. 2. Summary. Fro~ th~ form of the lane and the presence of pieces of brick in the metalhng 1t was concluded that the lane was not Roman, Our glorious climate, having conspired with Smith's injury to spoil and in it9 present form was probably not more than two hundreds years this game, then proceeded to dictate that our matches the next day old. against Dauntsey's and Clifton, should not be played. However, hope ~ were high until Thursday morning, when we were told that the day's 3. Description. The removal of the top soil revealed an uneven matches were off. metalled surface with ruts at A and B. (See section and photograph.) The trench was then divided along its length and half its metalling totally On Thursday afternoon everyone left Oxford by various methods. removed. (Again see photograph.) This revealed a greater thickness The Canford match had shown us what the hockey could have been like of metalling at C, which consisted of limestone blocks (left foreground but for the elements, and we had seen enough of Oxford and of College of photograph)_and chipping_s, also of lim~stone. The side ditches were life to make the festival, despite the disappointments, worthwhile and emptied of their black alluvmm, completmg the appearance of a dull enjoyable. Mr. Padfield made all the arrangements mentioned above brown clay throughout the trench-the subsoil. and we must thank him and Mr. Gilkes for making the three days so enjoyable. Undoubtedly, without Mr. Padfield's encouragement and 4. Interpretation. The overall form of the road is not Roman when light-hearted acceptance of the mishaps, and without Mr. Gilkes to guide compared with sections from I. D. Margary's 'Roman Roads in the us through Oxford, the weather would have defeated us morally as well Weald,' there being no camber and no agger, but side ditches being as forcing the cancellation of two matches. present. Moreover, the presence of brick fragments in the metalling A.C.H. would lead us to suppose that this is not more than two hundred years old. The lane seems to have been constructed in two phases. A main one, with the ruts at A, B; followed by the filling of a rut ll:t C. But why Rover Crew Camp at Hatch Beauchamp were there three as opposed to four ruts ? It seems practical to suggest that, as the rut at B became worn, one wheel of the vehicle would have of the Easter holidays, five of N 29th April, four days before the end been run on the "crown" of the lane, the other making a rut in the soft O the crew assembled at Mr. Pytches' house in Taunton for tea, and clay to the south, which was then filled up. then made their way with a load of equipment to the recently opened District Camp Site for a short work camp. The job in hand was to make 5. Conclusion. The excavation was not a waste of time. Besides a clearing in the woods as a site for a chapel. We are the only Rover Crew proving that the existing metalling is not Roman, it also gave members in the area and this seemed a fitting contribution. of the society some idea of archceological technique. This report also Two members, however, had trouble with their topography-or was furthers the idea of practice, for in truth there is little point in going it really Deane's directions ? One got within a quarter of a mile, gave into such detail on a nineteenth century lane unless it is treated as an up and returned to the Isle of Wight. Another arrived during breakfast exercise in itself, which may incidentally help people to become aware on the first morning, strongly airing his views about cuckoos, kitbags and of the methods of archceological excavation. the intellige~ce of the locals, having searched for the place since 2 a.m. J.M.G. ; M.H.R. When work got under way, directed by the Senior Rover Mate, the task seemed lighter than ~rst e~pected. The braf!1ble;; ha~ alrea~y been well dowsed with weed-ktller and came away eastly, If a httle pamfully. With sharp axes, strong rakes and an all-night-burner bonfire, the grou~d was soon ready for the installation of the altar, which had been bmlt during the Lent Term under the direction of Deane. A temporary cross was then fixed up and for the time being we had finished. (See photograph.) S~t;h.,un. L a.ne. Cross-S.,c.t-Lon.. E a.s~ Fa elf-. D. Hennessy, C .. J. Deane, The following attended the camp :_ R. Top Sod • lan. .. Met"L ITJJ S"bsoLL! I l I l ScaLe 1F<,t P. Topping, J. R. L. Scott, P . M. Robmson and G. C. Darvlll. D G.C.D. 70 71 Queen Victoria's Last Ride Be it remarked that even in 1\JUl there were many much bigger locomotives in Central Europe, secondly that the German Royal trains AN ~minent undertaker once remarked of one of his clients, whilst were not allowed anythingJaster ~han a dignified march- perhaps a sort dnving to the funeral, "This is one journey she can't complain of locomotive goose-step. ~ ea t e d m the sumptuous twelve-wheeled Royal a~out<', No m_ore apt a phrase could have been made about Queen saloon fourth from the engine, the Kaiser was probably less troubled by V1ctona s last tnp, from Portsmouth to London, on the second day of oscillation than the Northern District Engineer, Willcox, who trav~lled February, 1901. Had the great lady been alive she would most certainly in the leading brake first, and may have had h1s moments of anx1ety, have complained-let it be clearly understood. especially on the Holmwood descent. But. the Queen. was t~ ere,. safely, The Queen's body, having been uneventfully conveyed from and the Brighton Company could now dust 1ts hands w1th satisfactiOn and Osborne, Isle of Wight, to Gosport, was put into the famous Great return to its usual sleepy apathy with a feeling of having done a good Western Railway Funeral Car, part of a train of massively imposi ng job well. FITZGERALD. vehicles, mostly the property of the London, Brighton and South Coast L.B. & S.C. K = London, Brighton anti South Coast Railway. Railway. However, as far as Fareham, it was the London and South L. & s.W.R . = L ondon and South-Western Railway. Western Company's 'baby,' and they were out to make as big an adver tisement of it as possible, bedecking the Royal Train with the most opulent and over-sentimental decorations. The train was booked to leave Un dialogue qui aurait pour personnages the Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport, at 8.45 a .m ., and to reach Fareham at 8.54, four minutes being allowed for reversing, with the L.S.\V.R.'s Napoleon et Nelson "Jubilee" class engine No. 555 coming off and the Brighton company's [Quand la Grande-Bretagne est devenue membre du Marche 4-4-0 "Empress" coming on at the other end. Someone had made a Commun, on a place une statue de Napoleon pres de celle de nonsense, the fact of reversal having been, apparently, overlooked, and Nelson dans Trafalgar Square.] the plan of the train given the same way round, in relation to the engine, " Quelle impudence ! dit Nelson, on m'a place ici le premier. for both Gosport and Victoria. The train was, further, three and a half D'abord, c'est le rallye de 'Ban the Bomb' et maintenant, c'est mon coach-lengths too long for the platform and there were no corridors. ennemi vaincu." Also, it was pouring in torrents. A witness of this upset was Cosmo Gordon Lang, later Archbishop of Canterbury. When the distinguished "Mais a lan fin, repondit Napoleon, la France vaincu l'Angleterre." mourners and their suites had eventually sorted themselves into their "Jamais !-le Marche Commun, c'est un complot de M. Macmillan proper carriages, the train left eight minutes late. At Fareham, a delay et M. Kennedy. Votez Liberale, vous dis-je; Jo vous gardera." in testing the air-brake nearly brought L.B. & S.C. and L. & S.W.R. die "Oui, mais je dis toujours que l'Angleterre est une nation de hards to blows, morning dress and all. Feeling was running high, and boutiquiers." the L. & S.W. signalman at the north end of the station threatened to " Non, ce n' est pas vrai-L' Angleterre est une nation d' explorateurs walk out of his box. This further delay meant that the train was now et de colonialistes. L' Empire Britannique est puissant encore, 1' Angleterre nine minutes down. Mr .. J . Richardson (outdoor locomotive superinten est le centre cultural du monde." dent, L.B. & S.C.R.) told driver Cooper, of " Empress," "See what you " Vos idees sont un peu demodees, mon ennemi, vous ne lisez pas can do to make it up, as the King cannot stand people being late !" le 'Guardian.' " The late Queen, however, had disliked speed, and also, it was said, "Non, je lis le ' Daily Express.' " the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. But neither could "Ah ! cela l'explique; c'est !'influence de Lord Beaverbrook qui vous trouble her now. With another similar locomotive, running ahead as donne ces idees stupides; il croit que les Anglais sont encore les amis de pilot engine, "Empress" and the train left Fareham, L. & S.W .R., at la Russie et les ennemis de 1' Allemagne." 9.8 a .m. [Nelson, qui n'aime pas la politique, veut changer de conversation.] . Yes, it was a good thing that the great Queen slept peacefully in the "C'est une belle vue d'ici, non ?" draped and blacked-out Great Western saloon ! Between Havant and "La vue de Paris du haut de la Tour Eiffel est plus belle." Ford Junction the train romped along with a probable minimum of about 80 m.p.h., and, as it came nearer home, speed rose again, especially "Impossible !" down the Holmwood Bank, where somebody estimated 90 m.p.h. In "Pas du tout-Londres est une ville laide et fumeuse, embrumee, view of the imminence of the reverse curves at Dorking, a speed above avec des batiments monstrueux." 75 m.p.h. would have been rash. Anyway, the train reached Victoria "Grenouille ! Sot ! Vous insultez ma reine, ma patrie et moi-vous at 10.58, two minutes early, having gained twelve minutes on its booked devez me satisfaire !" time. The King, who had come to meet it, had no cause for anger. [Il jette son gant au visage de Napoleon ! ils luttent et, malheureuse The Kaiser, who had been on the train, was frankly excited. He liked ment Nelson tombe a terre, ecrasant Bertrand Russell qui est assis sur le railways; he loved anything grossartig, and this was probably the trottoir.] gro~rtigste railway journey he had ever made, certainly in respect of Napoleon se frotte les mains et dit :- speed. Driver Cooper and fireman Way were congratulated by a very "Bien ! la conquete de 1' Angleterre est maintenant complete." splendide German equerry, who said that His Imperial Majesty was astonished that so small an engine could go so fast. P . G. S. MURRAY. 71! 7:! Poem Hot jazz, cool jazz blasts or wafts from the battered speakers. She leans black wrought-iron Dirty beats with equally soiled partners. She pencil-leg taut and free Immaculate heirs with chic mistresses. Swings round hits me Whatever the differences, all there love to hear. Don't do please you The canned music is stopped by reality. There couldn't be anyone A scruffy quartet take their seats and all, Interleaved flower tom all is hushed at the entry; a dark enshrouded form takes the stand; White and blue who caught the motley crowd are wrapped round by dark, Texture and all are quiet. Me 'Sous le ciel de Paris.' Now the husky voice Body free gasps swells transports us away from the fumes, Indignant the cigarette smoke and alcohol; and for several She delightful minutes the open-air Paris breezes are felt by all. White come black go She lifts everyone into a heavenly coma, Which way then 'fin.' Walk back. The roar of applause hits you and you feel so sad to be conscious again. She Now the melodic tones, the quiet sentiment, Me all the pairs sway to the soft falling of 'Feuilles Mortes.' No The young here are more moved by the sad tale of first heartbreak. In Death 'La jeune enfant au coin de la rue' saddens many The journey long from shore to shore of life as J uliette takes the girls back to child romance Has fled away, each passing day while the men perhaps feel guilty. Forgotten in entranced memory. A break, Each crushing wave with damning thunder roar and all need some drink to settle themselves, Has toppled down and overspread For a while in lowered voice this section To wash the changeless sounds of circling land. of Paris' yo1:1th discuss, The sorrow-laden clouds and tempests of the sea then hush. Have cleared; now bright eternal sky Th' Enchantress re-commences in a different vein. In majesty surmounts a golden plane 'Je hais les dimanches,' Of nothingness, a timeless waste whereto, to show her versatility. Upon his death, each transient being The men well note her wildness here, In whom his time is past returns to rest. and start to neglect their partners; The furious seas still rage with awful might the spell, it has them trapped. Beneath the clouds, but how minute The women, now what they see is Amid the vast eternity of space. not just a singer but a rival. S. D. WITHERS. They become restless, alas they needn't, for since their males can't reach her in reality Juliette they'll give to them th' affection earned by her. 'Greco has millions in her throat.' With 'Dans la rue de blancs manteaux' So Sartre, Jean-Paul has written, she pays back tribute to Sartre, its writer, but there's so much more to say. and ends with something known to all, 'Millions of poems.' 'Paris Canaille.' Dignified approbation so continues. Yet should our feelings be dictated by other than her. Though idol of existentialists In a note her appeal goes further, universal and able she has you with her in a cellar night-club to last through several ages, so musty that you choke, while there is still love but no-one wants to quit such a foul paradise. or lost love. T.J.J. 74 75 An Argument on Different Planes _Christ, to them, is a prophet, and anyway, if lhey haven 't changed never will. The world can never reach the if you _th_ink deeply enough, you will eventually find th t their minds by now, they qu know, beggar man and thief can live together. 1f you are a Chnshan, you must believe in banning the bomb. a ' state where rich man, poor man, Y Greed and malice, love and hate, will always cause a rift. of human life is wrong but in the old d -- I agree that the taking __ God gave us Free Will; we must either love one another or sell our there was 1_10 Medicine and the population remain~d le~el, but Medi~f;~ both God and Mammon." We preserves hfe and so we have to counteract it. selves to the Devil. "You cannot serve have to educate the people to see this. you ? You are sa _ -. -You know what you are saying basically, don't _ The only way we can "educate" the people is by narrowing their a bomb to keep the population down wh.Yh ~n g th~t, firs~, we must have minds. This is the same as taking away a man's life. IS e1_1t~rely m conflict with Christian principles; and secondly, t~~t Med1cme has been a bad mistake, and not beneficial to the world __ Do you really believe that your life is being taken away when you truth ? -- Yes, but, with the bomb there, we hold a threat over our e~emie are told the and they also over us, creating a deadlock; therefore, the bomb will no~ __ Your form of education is hiding the truth and not teaching it. be used at all. You want to educate them only in one channel, taking away their Free Will. You want to take away the very thing that Christ gave them to -.-.- the situation you describe, the people of the world would be I~ cherish. hv~ng JI_J constant fear of an overbalance, since each power would try to bmld and better weapons than its neighbour, and the potential __ Education can be taken or left. Humans have Free Will. Still, b1~ger since as far as dest~ct~ve power of each would rise very quickly until a climax of we obviously misunderstand one another over this point, the same thing-Free Will and Educa !e~swn IS reached sufficiently great to ignite the world in war. Surely I can see it, we both believe in hand, the really relevant points, for the 1t_ IS best to get to understand one another, pool our knowledge and tion in truth. On the other we should obey Christ's order d1~arl? completely. If the politicians had any sense of Christian Christian, you have skated over. I believe p~nc1ples at all they would do this; what we must do is to try to bring to spread the Ch_ristian Faith, ob~y its I?ri~ciples . and he~! . the. sick; th1s about. whilst you are saymg that what Chnst says IS 1mposs1ble. Th1s rmphes an imperfection which a Christian cannot accept. -- This is impossible-Human Nature does not allow it. Very soon we would be back in the same position as we were before. --You and I agree, in a way, but I think that you are too idealistic we can never find our Utopia on this Earth ! -- You say that disarmament and. uni.fication of the world go against Human Nature. Why do you say that? The only experience you have --Well, I won't argue about that now. of Human Nature is in a world of stress. D. A. H. CHODZKO; A. J. BURNFIELD. -- The ~ification of the wor~d would be like the unification of Spain under Ferdmand and Isabella m the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries· on the Pilkington Report the country split up very soon because each area was in a different stat~ Some Thoughts of advancement. ·THE first thing that springs to mind about any field of entertainment --I know this sounds very idealistic, BUT, I think all Christians are is that what the public wants is not necessarily what is good for called to strive for the overcoming of evil to be a reality. it. This is especially true of television, but I will deal with the schedule later. By dictating the Moslems public's reaction to a "Pilkington" T.V. -- You want to unite under Christ ? But what about the viewing population regardless of Russians who have what is good and what is bad for who do not believe in the divinity of Christ and the that one is infringing the freedom of these no God at all ? their wish, it can be argued individuals. But is one ? Surely the answer is no, when the powerful -. - . The Islam r~ligion is very similar in principle to Christianity and impressions that television can make on the mind are considered. It is m hme the two Will undoubtedly become united to a certain extent. As far better that these impressions should be beneficial, even though tele for the Russians, I can tell you that there is a strong Christian spirit vision is under greater control, than that they should merely be hap and faith under the mask. hazard representations of life in the U .S.A. a civilisation whose influence - .- . _The Islafl_l religion mig~t be si_milar to ours, but they deny the we should do all in our power to avoid-since, in any case, we are bound div1mty of Chnst and they Will contmue to do so. They will not sub to be influenced somewhat by this country, though completely involun jugate their religion to ours any more than we would subjugate ours to tarily. theirs. To make Christianity the top and only religion we shall have to Who is to decide what is good or beneficial for the viewing public ? prevail by force. Missionary work has proved unsuccessful and so the I can only suggest the Government-though preferably not the present only thing left is force . one. A Government, which is honest and looks at the Report without -- You have got your facts wrong. This Islam religion recognises bias, if it disregards the economic benefits of commercial television and Christ as a great prophet of Allah; they deny His divinity, but sooner or the effect on the electorate of accepting such a report as rule, must later they will see this and the two religions will blend into one. In fact, accept it, for the public good. the object of Communism is eventually to eliminate the State when the It is interesting to speculate on the public reaction and I will venture whole world is Communist. Christianity and Socialism are compatible, some suggestions. The first would be outrage, especially from the worker and I believe that the world must eventually advance to this state. -a member of a trades union who votes Labour for instance-since it 76 77 infringes his " ri ghts." He may not find enough programmes that he likes, or that he can bear to watch; then what would he do with h. 1 leisure time ? (The welfa~ e state has not given .him sufficient e du ca tio 1~ to .teach h1m how to use le1sure profitably, fo r h1s own happiness.) This bemg the case, the Government wo uld probably not be returned at the next electwn; there would be a rally to the cloth cap and a Labour G~>V e ~ment would be r e turn ~d. This last only if t~ e Labour Party w1th 1ts customary and sole s k1ll manages m the meantime to sit on the rate. fence and blind its electo 0 So it appears for the time bein g we are back where we started, with ~ " what the public wants" dictating policy. However, no one can dispute 0..: vi that this report is a great step forward. If any Government but a Tory V> one-whom I would never depend on, or trust to carry out a set policy ci c "'> if they ever stated one-is returned, we can have high hopes of the Re~ LlJ V> port's recommendations being put into practice. The new Government (lJ e-.: _c would have two or three years ahead in which they could afford to become 00 :::> unpopular, by which time people would have adjusted their mental con -"' I (lJ stitutions to a new style of ready-made, " not even a screwdriver needed " _j c L"' entertainment kit. A CHILL WIND. • u CJ 0 ~ Reflections after two years on Tristan da Cunha Q_" a:i Q_ -:: consists of the peak of a huge volcano which L RIST AN da Cunha (l_ sticks up out of the sea some 6, 700 feet. It is practically circular in c T ci ~ shape, covering 38 square miles, of which only a s mall plateau on the "' Q_ '"'~ North West side five miles long and at its widest one mile, is suitable for 2:: "' habitation. Looking out of my office window across the sea, I faced ,:. ~ -"' c North, and the nearest land in that direction, St. Helena, was over 1,300 u" 0 E .E"' miles away; to the East lay Capetown, 1,500 miles away; to the West it I Vl Vl"' miles to Montevideo; and to the South there was nothing be was 2,000 x and how they ever got there in the first place, and, having got there, how V> -"'u they manage to survive in their constant battles against the elements. ~ 2 :::> I think some of the answers can be found by tracing, briefly, the known L CO 0 history of the settlement of Tristan. I 0..: The Tristan group, which consists of Tristan; Nightingale Island, 25 vi z miles to the South West; and Inaccessible Island, 25 miles to the West, 0 lies in the Western Wind Belt. It lay on the route fo r ships sailing around in 1506 by a ~ the Cape to India. Because of this, it was discovered E Portuguese Admiral, Tristao da Cunha, from which the group gets its c Vl 0 exotic-sounding name. Apart from the name there is little exotic about ;: _j (lJ Tristan; the island is rugged and reminiscent of the Scottish High E 0..: lands, buffeted by high winds for the greater part of the time. There is Vl no record of the Admiral having landed there, but the presence of goats ci on the island indicates that he probably did, as it was the Portuguese c build the fortifications, also asked permission to stay. It is clear that ~ "'~ Glass was a man of intelligence, outstanding moral character and .'0 influence has been a long and enduring one on 2:: (/) devoutly religious, whose 0 cri the community as a whole. Their request to stay was granted and they were g1ven joint posses Q) u "'Q_ :0 sion of all the equipment and livestock that was left by the garrison. 0 They called themselves 'the Firm,' and it appears that their idea was to :0 trade sealskins and elephant oil with the Cape. As was to be expected in a ~ ro community consisting of three men, one woman and two children, the 0.: 0.: outstanding characteristic of this association was the absolute co-opera - .!::- ~ to fourteen, with the influx of shipwrecked seamen and the birth of more X ~c children to Glass's wife, Maria Leenders. At this stage there were six Q) ~ ... " Our Contemporaries E acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of the following :- W The Allhallows School Magazine, The Ardingly Annals, The Bloxhamist, Danensis, The Dolphin, The Eastbournian, The Ellesmerian, The Exonian, The Hurst-Johnian, King's College School Magazine, Lancing College Magazine, The Markhamian, The Monktonian, Saga, The Raven, The Tauntonian, The Wellington School Magazine, The Westonian, The Wyvern. ""c c ~"' .D :::> u I 0.. :::::> C) ~ :::> 8 11 V> c .sc :::> I-"' -5 .,.-o