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The Art School Press at Work Vol. IX. No. 7
JUNE, 1944.
Price, 2/-
~QUAt>R ANGLE. - *
CONTENTS.
Page Page Editorial - 1 Swimming - - 35 School Notes - 4 Athletics - 38 Matriculation Successes 6 Squash o % Domestic Intelligence - 8 War Memorial - - 41 Literary Section 10 Old Boys' Notes - - 43 School Activities - 16 School Accounts - 58 Cricket - 22 Personal Notes- - 62
EDITORIAL
In search of inspiration we spent the other evening an instructive but melancholy half-hour conning the "Chronicles" which appeared during the latter part of the first German War. No, the Editor had little to say, indeed, more than once he launches straight into his School Notes, waiving his right to ponderous, platitudinous or trite preamble. He has our sympathy: hard in truth it is to avoid being one of those things! Then, too, what was there fresh to say, while "the war to end war" dragged on, and more and more lighthearted young men went forth to die in Flanders mud, heroically and, alas, all but in vain. 2
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Then, as now, the Editor surveyed world-shattering events from a quiet back-water, chafing sometimes at being out of
• » the insensate hurly-burly, but taking comfort from the reflexion that there must be some who remain to train the younger generation for construction while others pound and smash the foe.
It is strange to look back on that European winter of 1917, when the struggle was at the same sort of stage as is now this deadlier second Punic War. What is it one recalls, looking back on schooldays marred by the conflict? Intermittent Zeppelin raids-frightening, strangely-beautiful, gas-filled cigars, those clumsy precursors of the bomber-hours spent in icy change-rooms during alarms, two weekly meatless days, black sugar, little jam, endless cadet parades, marching and drilling and being shouted at, with frost-bitten fingers clenching freezing rifle butts, Sunday evening chapel set back week by week as winter drew on, till it was held at 3 p.m.-to avoid the use of lights, since the windows could not be blacked out.
And then the great frost-fields hard as iron, a dull red, molten sun shining without warmth through the wintry haze, no games, but skating-an epic day or two on ponds, and skimming up the ancient river Foss, in Roman days the moat outside the vallum, but an adequate little river none the less. Thence, baok to tea and hunks of bread and margarine; and maybe a fleeting, uneasy thought: "______eight of last year's XV killed already!"
Yes, it is the personal trivialities one remembers; the benison of a rare hot bath, stump-cricket in the Fives Courts, the dire and frightening ferocity of a scathing and "hearty" Headmaster. The war meant little but prolonged and acute discomfort.
So here to-day...... a little inconvenience, some slight restriction, that is all we suffer. But there are dangers insidious to guard against. So easy to let things slip! Clothes grow shabby, things we need grow harder to get, travel grows difficult, the future is obscure and-to those who think-fraught with fearful possibility. Life is inevitably drabber: why worry about anything? It is a disquieting thought that for long months past young men have flown forth to batter and bomb and blast man's handiwork, and our Press records it all with quiet gloating. And thus we shorten and win (we hope) the war. But someone must build and rebuild. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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It is likely, ere these lines see print, that the war will have reached its deadliest intensity. What part can we play here? Not an exciting, not an heroic part; only a very ordinary one. Let us keep up our standards, our self-respect, our zest; not making the war an excuse for slackness and apathy. Our best is needed in every humdrum daily job. Of course we are weary of the war; masters and older boys alike worried and unsettled; but we must go doggedly on. Heaven save us from being second-raters-is it true that South Africa is a second-rate country? No, but it will be unless we watch out step. Keen we must be, enthusiastic, alert, taking a pride in everything we do, the way we talk, the way we walk, the way we dress, the way we play, the knowledge we gain, the work we show up-a pride in our religion, our House, our School.
Only so can we train ourselves to achievement of the first-rate which the post-war world will demand of the rising generation who must build and not botch, work and not shirk.
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SCHOOL NOTES
At Christmas we!bade farewell to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Frost. For some years Mr. Frost's duplicated spectacles, genial wisecracks and encyclopaedic knowledge had been the wonder of his classes. He has taken up an appointment at St. John's, Johannesburg, in which he has our good wishes.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hebblethwaite have left us. Mr. Hebblethwaite has accepted an administrative post with the Basutoland Government.
The Pickwickian figure of Mr. S. D. Organe is also no more seen tripping it briskly down the cloisters. We believe he is now a colporteur in Northern Rhodesia.
From the office, Mrs. Bennett has left, and is replaced by Miss M. Dickie. Miss Dales is still on sick leave, and in her place we welcome Miss Stead and Mrs. Edwards.
It is good to have Mr. van Heijst with his wife and family back again in our midst. He has resumed the reins of Tatham House, and his injured finger is slowly recovering.
"Major," the Indian Common-Room waiter, and an old and valued servant of the school, was away for some months seriously ill with rheumatic fever and a gastric ulcer. We are glad to have him back convalescent.
We welcome to the staff Mr. D. L. van der Berg, B.A. (Stellenbosch).
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Lyon on their marriage, and to Mr. Davis upon his recently-announced engagement to Miss Sybil Beedle, of Durban.
The four cypresses in the Quad, have been removed. They were of unequal heights and untidy after storms, but they have left gaps which we hope soon to see filled with some attractive shrub or tree, for the Quad, is tending to look barren, and has lost its distinction.
Arrangements were made for all who wished, to listen to the plays of Miss Dorothy Sayers, "The Man Born To Be King," broadcast on Sundays in the second quarter. It proved technically impossible for these to be relayed to the Chapels, unfortunately, so they have been heard in the Hall by considerable numbers. This series of plays dramatising the life of Christ is most moving; it is a pity that the acoustics are not quite first class. Early in the last quarter a round-up of local cats was found necessary. These had increased inordinately (over and above the normal statutory "one puss per home") and a round dozen were bagged and painlessly destroyed by Mr. Bell and his henchmen.
A terrific downpour-almost 3£in. in half-an-hour-occurred during the night of March 8th. Inciderfts of the storm S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
5 were the siltin.g-up of Mr. van Heijst's back garden with inches of mud and the washing away of his newly-constructed garden steps; and a first-class illustration of how dongas are formed and the surface soil washed away along the length of the Punchbowl bank, just built up and planted. The rain was so heavy that much of the bank was distributed up to half-way across Aitken's. However, it has been fetched back and one day we shall play our games on Punchbowl again.
On March 13th a British Army propaganda officer, Major Stringer, gave us a lecture on Modern Army Training. It was demonstrated to what a low level hide-bound traditionalism (and, one may add, socialist-minded governments niggardly with money for all Services save "Social" in the pre-war years) had reduced the British Army before Dunkirk. The lecture was a somewhat platitudinous but well-delivered "Defence of the Infantryman To-day," who is taught to be both tough and intelligent. It was implied that until the "Battle School" era he was never capable of being the latter. The lecture was followed by a film depicting an inconsequential series of troops marching, shouting and confusedly grappling with difficulties, and a picture of the battle training at Kaffir's Kraal. [It is only fair to add that a large section of the audience received the lecture with enthusiasm.-Ed.J
On March 14th Mr. J. D. de Wet, organiser of the Agricultural Clubs in the Union and a prime mover in the Land Service scheme of the Education Department, addressed the assembled school in the Open-air Theatre on Land Service. He pointed out the necessity for and advantages of city boys and girls joining the movement and spending some of their holidays on farms doing essential work.
This was the first occasion on which the Open-air Theatre was used, and it promises to be of great use in the future, though passing trains tend to interfere with the audition.
We record with real regret the demise of that sleek, aloof and elegant tortoise-shell cat, Eldred Pascoe. Reprieved (and with a better title than any Smith, albeit he was not an "Imperial" cat!) at the time of the above-mentioned feline battue, he graced the Hall and the Quad, till April, when, convicted on circumstantial evidence of devouring the odd guinea-pig, his doom was decreed. Sic transit catulus elegans!
As we go to press-May 15th-we are sorry to have to report the absence of the Rector in hospital; he has had to undergo a painful radical operation for antrum trouble. Latest news suggests he is making a good recovery.
Photographs are almost unobtainable. We print with gratitude reproductions of very recent work by two art students. J. Blore's water-colour of the Printing Room at the Art School suggests space and airiness, and the composition is good. We find his figures rather stiff and his faces too old and "tough" and dour. The roof is excellent. J. Foaden's pen-and-ink of the Crypt Chapel is attractive and has caught the atmosphere, though the Lectern is, in fact, clumsier than he suggests. But it is only temporary. 6
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MATRICULATION SUCCESSES
MATRICULATION RESULTS, FEBRUARY, 1944.
The following boys passed in the First Class: Austin, C. G.; Bloomfield, B. P. G.; Bower, G. R. S.; Button, T. B.; tCamden Smith, D. W.; Campbell, H. A.; Cheales, A. N.; Dandridge, J. P.; Giddy, D. H.; Groves, J. R. N.; Hersov, B. E.; Hope, W. A.; tJames, D. L.; Kinahan, C. F.; Mackie, J. H. K.; Malcomson, B. R.; Ratcliffe, J. M.; Richards, R. R.; Rymer, I. J. H.; *Welch, W. O.; Youngleson, M. A.
Obtained distinctions in * History, t Mathematics.
The following boys passed in the Second Class: Bassett- Smith, J. L.; Bilsland, R. A.; Fischer, N. G.; Fieldgate, J. B.;
Foster, J. G.; Gough, K. A.; Gillatt, I. F. G.; Ingoldby, R. C.;
Johnston, J. C. F.; Lea, J. D.; Lenz, C. J.; Meyer, T. C.;
Rayment, R. C.; Shipster, G. W.; Ward, C. J.
The following boys passed in the Third Class: Dennison, J. D.; Hutcheson, G. P.
The following boys obtained School Leaving Certificates-• Class I: Rennie, I. F. Class II: Barry, E. G. D. N.; English,
C. J.; Isaac, C. J.; Mostert, P. A. M. Class III: Devonport,
N. H.; Gould, R. S.; Harker, J. M. S.; Harris, J. B.; Lorentz,
H. A.; McIntosh, D. G.; Nel, P. O.; Patchitt, B. J.; Robertson,
V. C.; Wallace, H. G.
MATRICULATION RESULTS, FEBRUARY, 1943
Class II: Williams, H. R. G. Class III: du Toit, M. P.
VALETE
September, 1943: Greenwood, P. H.
October: Bradford, D. W.; Day, P. R.; Delcoigne, G.;
Greene, M. V.; Lister, H. S.; McKenzie, I. N.; Williams, D. G. T.
December: Allen, N. A. S.; Austin, C. G.; Barry, E. G. D. N.; Bilsland, R. A.; Brund, A. D.; Bull, H. M.; Burgess,
J. E.; Camden-Smith, D. W.; Cheales, A. N.; Dandridge, J. P.;
Deavin, D. N.; Devonport, N. H.; Ferguson, I. J.; Fieldgate, J. B.; Fischer, N. G. E.; Giddy, D.; Gillatt, I. F. G.; Green,
M. L.; Groves, J. R. N.; Hall, J. B.; Harker, R. W.; Holliday,
R. P. M.; .Holt, R. D. A. H.; Horsfall, P. L.; Hutcheson, C. P.; James, A. R.; Johnstone, J. C.; Layzell, P. O.; Lea, D. R.;
Lorentz, H. A.; Mackenzie, J. B.; Malcomson, B. R.; McIntosh,
A. D.; Mostert, P. A. M.; Nairn, P. B.; Neall, P. J. P.;' Nelson, J.; Niven, P. N.; Pennington, J. M.; Pennington, D. N. F.; Pulford, W. W.; Ratcliffe, J. M.; Rayment, R. C.; Rice, W. D.; Richards, R. R.; Roberts, S. N.; Robertson, V. C.; Robertson, A. I.; Rymer, J. J. H.; Taylor, P. S. M.; Van Reenen, M. J. C.; Waller, D. G.; Warne, C. H. W.; Ward, C. J.; Webster, J. M.; Williams, A. A. B.; Woodforde, T. C.; Youngleson, J. A.
February, 1944: Addison, W. W.; Gough, K. A.
March, 1944: English, C. J.; Ingoldby, R. C.; Lister,
J. V. M.; Nicholas, P. G.; Reeve, J. V. A. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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SALVETE
January, 1944:-
East: Armstrong, R. S. G.; Bowes, L. D.; Campbell, R. W.; Dobson, J. L.; Gregson, J. C.; Hart, W. G.; Hutt, P.; Kimber,
D. P.; Kimber, R. D.; Maske, T.; Nairn, A.; Rennie, J. G.; Schiever, A. B.; Whitley, G. R.
Founders: Adams, D. J.; Carter, R. S.; Clulow, L. D.; Downing, T. L.; French, R. M.; Henderson, J. H.; Ingoldby, P.; Mortlock, P. S.; Newstead, J. D. M.; Stevenson, J. E. P.; Trebble, G.; Worsthorne, J.
Tatham: Dibb, D. N.; Eller, C. J.; Ebsworth, P.; Far- quharson, R. R.; Hall, M. M.; Harker, J. E.; Harvey, M. N.; Mason, G. C.; Macleod, J. D. C.; Pennington, D. F.; Pitman, A.; Rielly, P. A.; Simpson, G. S.; Standish White, M. R.
Pascoe: Coetsee, J. H.; Cluver, F. H.; Holgate, N.; Hull, A. L.; Imbert, M. A. C.; Lavalle, P.; Law, R. J. K.; Law, M. K.; Mathews, N. G.; Moore, J.; Robertson, R. F.; Shanley, G. T.; Taylor, M. W.
Farfield: Allen, J. P.; Chance, M. F.; Clarke, D. J.;
Cock, B. J.; Ducie, C. M.; Hart-Davis, S.; McLeod, D. A.; Mollard, B. R.; Phillips, W. S.; Quested, J. W.; Ramsay, H. A.; Rowles, J.; Russ, D. J.; Whittaker, P. E.
West: Cusworth, D. A. B.; Davies, P. W. A.; Dowse, H. G.; Garlick, P. L.; Harrison, T.; Marx, I. B.; Price, A. J.; Soffe, A. C.; Taylor, B.; Tatham, G. N.; van der Post, J. L.; Williams, N. R. B.; Woodhouse, D.
April, 1944:-
East: McMaster, M. A.
WTest: Jones, B.; Wood, R. L.
SPECIAL CREDITS
I. J. Ferguson, for much useful surveying work willingly done in connection with the playing fields and open-air theatre.
P. J. P. Neall, for service freely rendered in connection with the Library, the Natural History Society and the Signallers. A. A. Williams, for hard work done and encouragement given to others in connection with the Natural History Society.
J. A. Youngleson, for much willing work in the construction of the open-air theatre.
AWARDS, 19 44
Scholarships: Farquharson, R. R. (Major), ex-Woodridge
School; Henderson, J. H., ex-P.T.S.; Cheales, M. B., ex- Cordwalles.
Exhibitions: Cannon, P. R., ex-P.T.S.; Standish-White,
M. R., ex-Ruzawi (Rhodesia); Newstead, J. D. M., ex-Ruzawi (Rhodesia).
Fanshawe Baynes Bursary: Moore, A. J., ex-Cordwalles. Ernest Hindson Bursary: Hart-Davis, S., ex-Treverton. 8
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SCHOOL PREFECTS
H. G. Wallace (Head of School, Head of Tathams); M. B.
Price-Moor (Head of West, Captain of Cricket and Rugby);
J. L. Bassett-Smith (Head of Founders); J. B. Harris (Head of Farfield); G. W. Shipster (Tatham House).
HOUSE PREFECTS
East: B. J. McBride (Head of East), R. M. McM. Ferguson, G. D. Henderson, J. B. Murray, F. G. Dawson (Captain of
Squash), P. Strachan.
Founders: D. Oberlin-Harris, A. R. Cannon, K. Trebble,
J. A. V. Routledge, M. E. Kumleben.
Tatham: T. M. S. Harker (Captain of Swimming), T. H. K. Mackie (Captain of Athletics), C. J. Lenz, C. F. Kinahan.
Pascoe's: J. D. Lea (Head of Pascoe's), B. L. Mathews, B.
E. Hersov, T. Jurgens, H. R. Williams, K. S. Whitfield.
Farfield: G. R. S. Bower (Library Prefect), J. M. Arkwright (Captain of Hockey), H. A. Campbell, D. J. Walker, T. B. Button.
West: C. J. Isaac, C. K. Harsant (Captain of Tennis), B. J. Patchitt, J. G. Foster, D. L. James.
SENIOR CHAPEL LECTORS
H. G. Wallace, F. L. Bassett-Smith, H. A. Campbell, J. H. K. Mackie, J. B. Harris! B. E. Hersov, G. R. S. Bower, B .P. G. Bloomfield.
JUNIOR CHAPEL LECTORS
P. R. Cannon, G. Morrison, K. Geeling, F. H. Cluver, K. V. Oulton.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
MARRIAGE
LYON-RYMER.-On December 11th, 1943, in the Chapel, Nor- man Geoffrey Lyon to Muriel Olive Rymer.
BIRTHS
WOODS.-On December 24th, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Woods, a son, Timothy Phillips.
CHAPMAN.-On January 12th, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, a son, Colin Michael.
ROBINSON.-On May 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, a daugh- ter, Susan Margaret Lewin.
CHAPEL
Special Preachers: (Christmas Quarter, Oct. 24: J. H.
Besant, Esq.; Nov. 14: Rev. H. W. Brierley, R.N.; Nov. 28: Rev. H. L. Palmer. lIMVb. . â– â– â– arirryaiiwea
The Chancel, Crypt Chapel
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(Lent Quarter): Feb. 6: The Bishop; Feb. 20: Rev. J. H. Blore, C.F.; Feb. 27: Rev. R. A. Longbotham; March 5: Rev. D. A. Ridley; March 12: Rev. F. Stead.
The annual Diocesan Clergy Retreat, conducted by the Dean of Umtata, was held at Michaelhouse from Jan. 17-21.
The Sacristan is R. Standing, and there are twelve servers as follow: Harker, P., Scogings (East); Basset-Smith, Cannon, A. R. (Founder's); Harker, J. M., Tatham, E. I. (Tatham); Bloomfield, Rockey (Pascoe's); Campbell, Feetham (Farfield); Standing, Turner (West). Brass-Cleaners: Wright, D. C., Field, T.
Baptisms: On Dec. 26, Michael John Snell; Feb. 20th,
Timothy Phillips Woods.
CAROL SERVICE.
This year we reverted to a service of Carols, Hymns, Lections and Address in the Chapel. Over-crowding was in- evitable, but the whole school was included. Nothing ambiti- ous was attempted, but Christmas hymns and carols of "con- gregational" appeal were heartily sung. Lessons, selected to dramatise the story of Creation, Sin and the Christmas mes- sage of Redemption were interspersed between the choral items and read by a Chorister (P. James), a Server (Campbell), the School Captain (J. M. Pennington), a Junior Lector (Clayton) and certain Masters. The standard attained by the Choir was a little disappointing, but the service went through without delays or misunderstandings. A tribute is due to the Art School Press for their admirable programmes and books of words.
COLLECTIONS.
CHRISTMAS QUARTER, 1943.
Oct. 17: Margate Church Building Fund .. .. £4 10 7
Oct. 24: Chapel Building Fund...... 5 12 8£
Oct. 31: Karkloof Native Missions...... 4 1 02
Nov. 7: Holy Cross Mission...... 4 19 10
Nov. 14: St. Luke's Native Mission...... 5 7 2
Nov. 21: Mooi River Parish...... 4 14 3 Nov. 28: St. Luke's Coloured Missions...... 5 6 10
Dec. 5: S.P.G...... 4 6
Dec. 25: Christmas Day, St. Martin's Home .. 3 9 4*
LENT QUARTER, 1944.
Jan. 30: Chapel Building Fund...... £5 4 3
Feb. 6: St. Martin's Home...... 6 13 01
Feb. 13: British and Foreign Bible Society 5 2 9h
Feb. 20: St. Chad's, Ladysmith...... 5 4 9£
Feb. 27: Karkloof Native Mission...... 4 2 6i
March 5: Dr. Barnardo's Homes...... 5 6 0!
March 12: Missions to Seamen...... 6 7 6£
March 19: St. Dunstan's...... 6 11 4
March 26: S.P.C.K...... 3 16 7
April 9: Easter Day, Easter Offerings, Howick 2 11 6 10
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LITERARY SECTION
[We have graded our contributions from grave to gay, and hope there is something to suit every taste. From the religious and the nature-poem we move on to fantasy, two exercises in the art of suspense, and a rhymed dirge upon the late-lamentsd Eldred. A golf story, facetious, leads on to a poem that fails to end as it ought ... at least, so some of our readers wise in the ways of the world may think! A "baker's dozen" limericks close the section and we crave the victims' forgive- ness! the authors' intention has not been to cast aspersions, but to find rhymes.-Editor]
A DREAM
I dreamt that I was dead--I stood before A mighty angel, clad in robes of light.
He asked me: Have you ever done a thing Which brought true joy to any human heart?
I answered: No, I have not, but I once Gave water to a wounded, thirsty dog
That lay before my gate in utter pain.
Its look of thanks, bright shining from its eyes, Showed greater love than human gratitude.
The angel asked me: Have you ever harmed,
In wanton cruelty, a living being?
I answered: Never, save when, long ago,
I shot a bird in sport, and watched its fall.
Then when I saw there, lifeless on the ground What once had been a living, happy being,
Brought by my "sport" to useless, tragic death,
My heart was filled with flooding, sad remorse And I had rather I had died than it.
The angel spake and answered: Inasmuch As you have done unto the least of these You have done unto Me, and then I saw That I had spoken with the Lord of Life:
He that redeemed mankind by suffering sore:
The vision faded-I awoke inspired
By this faint glimpse of things that are sublime.
EN-DOR.
MAGIC MOMENTS
The moon, mysterious maiden, mounts on high,
And round her cluster all her tiny stars,
For beast and bird nocturnal bliss is nigh;
The Nightingale sings low her sweetest bars.
The grey dusk deepens o'er the silent earth,
Such sweet and fragrant odours kiss the night;
And softly singing lark proclaims her birth,
While she descending, showers on all, delight.
The chuckling beetles wing beneath the trees,
And glow-worms shed abroad their elfen light;
Bright moonbeams gently wafted by the breeze,
So softly whisper, "Wakeful ones, good-night."
And drowsy nature murmurs in reply,
"You golden moonbeams, shine until we sleep;
Return then to your jewelled velvet sky,
And there all night your silent vigil keep."
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FAIRY PHANTASY
I
Patter, chatter, on the stairs,
From hidden homes and hidden lairs;
Little minds and little faces,
Tiny feet and tiny paces.
II
Little figures in the night Chuckling, chasing with delight,
While singing, sighing in the trees Plays a little fairy breeze.
III
Walking watchful through the gloom Comes the man who grants a boon:
"My pretty one, what will you take,
Raspberries ripe, or elfin cake?"
IV
Then soft and stealthy like the moon Smiling at a fairy tune,
They steal away on dainty toes In dainty shoes of blue and rose.
V
And then, the ghostly concert o'er,
They creep across the lightening moor;
A sweetly-sounding fairy sigh-
The light of day is drawing nigh.
GNOME.
THE MYSTERY RIDE After hiking all day, I was looking forward to a night's rest in some cosy inn. Night and the mist were closing in, and there was not a car on the road to give me a lift. Rounding a bend, I was pleased to see a car stationary on the road, facing the direction I was going.
It was empty. I surmised that the owner had gone for petrol, and decided to wait. I got in the back seat, and looked at the petrol gauge. I could not see it, however, it was so dark. No sooner had I done this than the car lurched forward and I felt it moving. I looked out of the window, and sure enough, dim trees were slipping by!
We shot along faster and faster, and I must admit I was terrified. No driver! My hair stood on end. Suddenly the car slowed down and stopped. I had put my hand to the door knob, and was going to get out, when the car slowly started again, travelling quite rapidly through the mist down a slight slope.
I ceased bothering about the driver and how the car was shooting along. After all, L'ttle Pycombe was the next village, and I had to get there, and sitting in a car was not a bad way. I recognised where we were. We were entering the village, and a steep hill lay in front.
The car stopped and I got out. As I did so I noticed a tall man looking at it nearby. He was in his shirtsleeves, and looked tired. I said to him that I thought there was something 12
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE wrong with the car. He glared at me and said sarcastically that he thought so too. "In fact," he went on, "I know there is something wrong. I've had to push it for five miles!''
D.W.
THE FATAL HOUR
Slowly the hands of the clock crept around to the hour, and at the first chime the slow procession began to wend its way to the scaffold.
William Smith had just eaten a hearty meal and his face showed no sign of fear.
Upon arrival at the scaffold everything was placed in posi- tion and the rope was adjusted.
With a last look at his watch to make sure that the time had really arrived, the man in authority gave the signal-and Bill Smith and his fellow bricklayers commenced work after the dinner hour.
D.W.
ELDRED, OUR CAT
Eldred, beloved Tom Cat, whom We know lies in a Felon's Tomb,
Still walks the Quad on moonless nights Revisiting remembered sites,
The scenes of former escapades.
With tail aloft he first parades With dignified digression stately,
Down to the Bi-Lab, where so lately Cock of the Roost, he ruled supreme.
Poor Eldred, little did he dream That Greed, his great Besetting Sin E'en then conspired to Do him In.
Through Greed, he came on our horizon,
Attacking budgies that bedizen The Rector's Balcony. There Jock (Greatly to his Surprise and Shock, For he had always been a friend),
Sprang to Defend his Own, and send Poor Eldred, wounded, from the Fray.
After that lucky luckless day Even his best friends could not stop Our Eldred's boasts about his Op.!
Silent (this is a feline ghost),
He scrambles up a shaky post To take one look (his Greed again)
Into the Guinea Pigs' domain.
(Oh, Eldred Cat, had you but curbed That Fatal Weakness, undisturbed,
You still would prowl! Alas! that Fate Gave you no warning ere too late:
You could get by with one or two-
Your Greed devoured all the whole Zoo!)
He clambers down with Ghostly Glee Bounds to the Matron's Room for tea,
As was his wont. But lo, the dawn!
Back to the shades he goes, forlorn.
Fldred, beloved Tom Cat, whom We know lies in a Felon's Tomb.
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MY GAME OF GOLF
To-day as I sit down to start my day's work, I think that it is indeed a blessing to escape from cutting and hacking at office work to go and play a nice clean game of golf.
George is to be at the Mud-hut (our Clubhouse) at two o'clock complete with caddies. At half-past two George appeared, but the caddies didn't. However, with hope springing eternally in our human breasts, we set off with one diminutive caddy who was completely hidden by our two golf-bags.
The first hole, like most holes in the course, is a dog'sleg. This means you go straight up the communal fairway of the first, fifth, seventh and ninth holes, and then turn up the second valley to the left; avoid the first valley as there is a native kraal in the middle of it. I took the right valley. George didn't and, as I holed out, appeared over the hill pursued by an aged native woman who was brandishing her husband's knobkerrie.
However, the sight of reinforcements in the shape of two newly-arrived caddies and me spurred George on and he beat the old woman to the hole by a short head. She, put off by our superior numbers, retired to a hill and contented herself with shrieking' imprecations at us.
The imprecations continued as I drove from the second tee with the result that I sliced neatly into the garden of an adjoining prison. There, being a strict golfer, I played the ball as it lay, to the dismay of the convicts shackled together between me and the hole. However, I only hit three of them before I successfully chipped my thirteenth shot over the hedge into the fairway . . .
It is almost dark and I am about to sink my sixth and last putt on the ninth green. Since my encounter with the convicts I have hit innumerable cows, both caddies and George. I have lost my ball thirteen times, my clubs twelve times, my caddy four times and myself twice. As I stagger home I wonder how much a friend of mine will give me for my clubs, cash down.
"NIBLICK."
A HAPPY REUNION
Her nature like sugar was lovely and sweet, We met by a fence at the side of a street;
She looked up at me with her deep tawny eyes,
I looked down at her with the greatest surprise.
I took in her points, she was small, neat and fine,
I felt with great joy that I might call her mine;
She seemed not to mind-I'm afraid I did stare,
I saw that she had the most beautiful hair,
'Twas silky, and long, and it shone in the light,
Chestnut in hue, both alluring and bright.
Her grace and her poise were all they should be,
Her contours were perfect and gratified me;
I put out my hand and she wriggled with joy,
I touched her at last, but she backed away, coy;
I longed for her more, but seemed to be shy;
I looked up the street, there was nobody nigh.
So then I stepped forward, and picked her up quick, She put up her face and gave me a lick!
Why this happened I hope you now clearly can see, 'Twas my golden retriever so precious to me! S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
LIMERICKS, (DOMESTIC, ASSORTED)
A tall fair-haired athlete called Taylor While running grew paler and paler;
At the end of the race He fell flat on his face;
Was he ill, or depressed by his failure?
On holiday bound, our young Baillie Jumped out of the train for a daily;
When it started he cried,
"Stop! I'm not yet inside."
While his friends looking on mocked him gaily.
A budding young scientist, James,
In the lab. was once playing nice games,
Till he swallowed a powder-
Some say caustic soda-
And the poor fellow went up in flames.
For their offspring the parents of Dixon Of Christian names put at least six on;
Though it takes a long while,
He'll oblige with a smile,
And recite them without trying tricks on.
A bright little scholar named Hamp In the classroom's a bit of a scamp;
But when caught in the act He seldom gets smacked,
For his smile would dishearten a vamp.
A wonderful artist is Blore;
You should just see the way he can draw!
He finds any object A suitable subject, From a Cavalcade Queen to a Boer.
Young X. is a marvel at cricket;
What a picture he makes at the wicket!
But as for exams-
Though he sweats and he crams,
His best hope's the School-Leaving Certificate.
A cheeky young new boy in West To his elders was rather a pest;
Said he to a prefect,
"You've only one defect:
You're in the wrong house-mine's the best."
A certain tough fellow in East At meal-times behaved like a beast;
He was frightfully rude And spilt half his food,
And wasn't ashamed in the least.
It's been said that the members of Founders Are nothing but ignorant bounders;
But at games they excel-
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Now among the Rhodesians in Farfield There's a budding young athletic star, Field, Who can jump, hurdle, run Like a shot from a gun;
He'll do credit to Mother and Pa Field.
An East African inmate of Tatham,
Sleek, spruce, rather feline, called Latham,
Likes Rugby and Squash,
Tennis too, and oh! gosh!
Rand Majors, but doesn't display them!
A dozy young dreamer in Pascoe's Wrote, deeply in love, to his lass: "Nose,
Eyes, lips are all fair,
They're as cinch as your hair!"
But cold, she replied: "You're an ass!-Rose."
ENTERTAINMENTS
HOUSE PLAYS
The A.S.P. printed programme of the House Plays, presented to us on Saturday, March 25th, indicated what we were to expect; Drama, Laughter, Thrills.
The first two were provided by East and Founder's (pro- ducers Mr. Lombard and Mr. Benkenstein), in "Something to Talk About," the Eden Philpott's one-act play of the rich and noble English family to whom the visit of a Cat Burglar was rather an event. The chief effect of the play upon the adult part of the audience, was, however, suspense. Suspense followed by relief when the cigar smokers did not come to a sticky end. This was coupled with the hope that Letcher, grossly overacting his part as the butler Preston, would do so eventually. Camp- ling was a really tough Wolf (which made his futile efforts at the safe rather amazing), and Cheadle a really wily Bishop. (I still wonder-Do Bishops really wear red nighties, or had he gone to bed in his cassock?) Sheldon made a pretty, if colour- less Lettice, and Bassett-Smith a dignified Lord Redchester. Foaden was apt to be inaudible (the result, perhaps, of too many cigarettes?) and Lady Redchester was played by Murray. A sound effort but needing more polish. The "Miracle Merchant" by Saki, produced by Mr. Davis and Mr. Dickerson, with Tatham-Pascoe's players, was good. Junod gave us a grand character study of the English country gentle- woman (I was quite convinced that his Mrs. Beauwhistle was the President of the Village Women's Institute!). Friedman made a convincing habitual woman-guest, until he walked! (But his scream was superb! A real thrill!) Hersov's Sturridge, the Butler used by the Miracle Merchant to shift the unwanted guest, was magnificent! (What a treasure the man must have been! But how could he tolerate in his well-ordered sphere such a loathsome little page as Benjamin portrayed?). Lister as Louis, the hard-up Miracle-worker, was inclined to shout at everyone. A loud young man, I thought.
"E. & O.E.," the Grand Guignol thriller, was a difficult play for the Rev. C. E. Birks to attempt for a school-boy audience. The players were from West and Farfield. Much of its macabre 16
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE grimness was lost by the inaudible immobility of Dennison as the ruthless, conspiring mother-in-law, and the ineffectual attempts at laugh-getting by Harris as the dead man's imper- sonator (who couldn't have been more unlike him!). Campbell's clear voice was a little too robust for a dying man perhaps, and Standing, as the wife, except for the occasion when she took the telephone call, too complacent for a woman facing such charges, in such circumstances.
All three plays were to be commended for the enthusiastic efforts of the players. Much of their weakness was due merely to lack of experience, for which there is a very obvious remedy.
AFRIKAANS FOLK DANCERS
On May 6th the Volkspelers paid us their second visit and provided us with an extremely pleasant evening's entertainment. There were the dances supervised by Mrs. Venter, including many that people who had seen their last show here could well remember. The graceful dance "Ek soek na my Dina," rather like the old English "Stripping the Willow," found universal approval, as did the solos sung by Mr. Grobbelaar. "Die lied van jong Suid-Afrika," "Vat jou hoed en trek Ferreira" were among the many songs the school joined in singing. It was a very successful evening, and we hope to welcome them here again in the near future.
ART NOTES
The work in the Art School has been progressing steadily in every branch.
A large number of boys are showing a keen interest in Architecture where they are dealing particularly with the problems of home planning. The main problem is that of modernising the plan of the home without reverting to the cold hard cubism associated with modern Architecture.
Four panels depicting the symbols of the four Evangelists have been planned and the carving of two has been started. Stone carving, which is a difficult medium, is becoming more popular. In painting and the other branches good work has been produced.
It is encouraging to note that the increase in the quantity of the work is accompanied by an increasingly high standard in the quality.
With all the work being produced, it is hoped to have a large exhibition on Speech Day this year. MUSIC NOTES
During the last quarter of last year we had two concerts, each of which appealed to a different school of appreciation. First we had Glyn Townley in a pianoforte recital of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, MacDowell and de Falla; and second, a variety concert of local talent. Mrs. Symes proved a brilliant compere who succeeded in binding the individual items into a smooth entertainment. The dance band appeared with Deven- port as vocalist, who crooned with a true Bing Crosby tech- nique. There was a negro minstrel act; a group of sea shanties; S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
17 a burlesque on "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; a mouth organ and double bass number; a vocal trio in the Oxford Brothers style; a rather jolly rendering of "Funiculi Funicula"; a tumbling act; some impersonations by Pulford (who, as usual, sailed very near the wind); and the show ended with the inevitable Warsaw Concerto.
On February 5 Eve Gettleson gave a violin recital in the Hall. Her programme ranged from a Handel Sonata to the well known Intermezzo by Heinz Provost. In the Introduction and Cappricio by Saint Saens Miss Gettleson displayed an amazing technical ability coupled with the true artiste's feeling for effect.
A small chamber concert was arranged by the Music Master for March 4, at which Mr. Davis, assisted by Mrs. Snell, read portions from Ibsen's play "The Doll's House," and the Music Master played Grieg's Lyric Pieces and an extract from the same composer's Pianoforte Concerto. The music school lent the intimate touch necessary for the success of the evening's performance and this experiment will be repeated in the near future.
L. Le B.
DEBATING SOCIETY NOTES
Mr. J. A. Youngleson was chairman during the Fourth Quarter of last year; he was succeeded by Mr. J. Mackie at the beginning of this year. During the Last Quarter of 1943 there were three meetings: two were debates and one was an address on the Native Problem, by Mr. S. G. Organe.
The first meeting in the Christmas quarter, 1943, was held on 16th of October. This was a hot debate. Some of the motions were "Organised Games are a Menace to Happiness," proposed by Mr. C. Austin, the member for Zoutpansberg, and opposed by H. A. Campbell, the member for Umhlanga; "That Bilingualism is the only Hope for South Africa's Future," pro- posed by Mr. J. Latham, the member for Chunya, and opposed by Mr. J. Reeve, the member for London. The member for Lusikisiki suggested English as the International language after the war. The member for Thaba N'chu suggested that there might be trilingualism. forced upon South Africa owing to the growing predominance of the Hebrew element.
The member for Northern Suburbs, Mr. T. Rockey, advo- cated that school boys should be discouraged from mixing with the female sex, since women would only associate with boys whose pockets could stretch to an extent which satisfied the woman. The member for Stellenbosch, Mr. M. Cheadle, said that a boy not allowed to mix with girls would behave like a greyhound in a race. Competitive examinations, corporal punishment and preference for Cricket or Rugby were also debated.
The next meeting of the Society was held on October 30th, when an address on the Native Problem was given by S. G. Organe, who forecast a great war between Blacks and Whites would follow if Natives were not emancipated and allowed to rise to the level of the European. Should the Asiatic be given the vote, the Native would probably demand it as well, and would not tolerate Asiatic supremacy. There were three alter- natives, he said: (1) Equality and complete abolition of the 18
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE colour bar; (2) Political, but not social equality; (3) Segrega- tion. The first would form a "khaki South Africa," the second could not work for racial integrity could not be maintained, but though there were many great difficulties in the way of Segrega- tion, he said we must face up to and beat them. A discussion then followed, in which segregation was attacked and increased White population by immigration was advocated. A more practical line of Bantu education was put forward, which specifically excluded Latin and Greek.
The third meeting of the Christmas quarter was a full debate: "In the opinion of this House the continued prosperity of South Africa depends on the Gold Mining Industry," held on November 20th. The proposer was Mr. P. A. M. Mostert, seconded by Mr. M. Cheadle, members for Bushveld and Stellen- bosch, respectively. The member for Thaba N'chu, Mr. J. Rat- cliffe, opposed the motion with the member for Rex, Mr. W. D. Rice., )! j ]
The arguments were all centred around the possibility of South Africa becoming more industrial or more agricultural and as to how far gold would have to back either contingency.
The motion was lost on both first and second votes by 13-26 and 17-22 respectively.
The 1944 session started with a business meeting in the Physics Lecture Theatre, with Mr. Birks in the chair. The election of officers took place. Mr. J. Mackie was elected chairman, Mr. M. Cheadle, vice-chairman, and Mr. Buchan, the secretary. The following were the committee members elected, Mr. Isaac, Mr. Rockey, VI Form and A Block and B Block members respectively. The staff members are Mrs. Symes and Mr. Birks.
During the course of this meeting it was found that the constitution had disappeared, so the Committee was asked to draft a new one.
The passing of the constitution took up the whole of the second meeting, which was held on February 19th in the Library. Most of the clauses of the redrafted constitution were passed without comment, but the clause that read "The language of this House shall be English" raised a storm which continued for most of the quarter. The member for Pietersburg, Mr. C. J. Lenz, speaking in Afrikaans, advocated that any language should be allowed in the House and that official interpreters should be appointed. He proposed the member for Fordsburg, Mr. A. Cannon, as the French interpreter, and for the office of Afrikaans interpreter, he proposed himself. The member for Lusikisiki, Mr. C. E. Birks, speaking in French, said, we have reason to believe that he did not agree with the member for Pietersburg. This question was argued for a very long time. The Rector, summoned from a party, gave his views for uni- lingualism in the Society, but suggested the formation of a separate Afrikaans Debating Society. When the language ques- tion was put to the vote, the motion to allow any language in the House was defeated, but Afrikaans as well as English was permitted.
On 4th May the motion "That this House considers that Communism as developed by the U.S.S.R. is the best solution to post-war problems" was debated on. This was proposed by the member for Berea, Mr. A. R. Chapman, seconded by the member for Alexandra Township, Mr. D. Letcher. The opposers were Mr. H. F. Junod and Mr. C. J. English. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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Speakers for the motion pointed out how Russia, with her communistic framework, had resisted all the efforts of the Germans to crush her, and stood very great trials, by virtue of her efficiency as a State. She had been able to foster research on a nation-wide scale, and had achieved a remarkable economic stability by the removal of capital as a factor in industry.
The Opposition showed that it was not Communism that had brought about the magnificent Russian war effort to-day, but that it was merely for the sake of their fatherland.
The member for Lusikisiki suggested as an alternative, a federation of the White English-speaking races, under a consti- tutional monarchy ruled by Princess Elizabeth with an American husband.
The motion was lost on the first vote by 56-21 and on the second by 48-31.
The last meeting of the quarter was held on the 18th of March when the aphorism
"A woman, a dog and a walnut tree
The more you beat them, the better they be" was denied by the member for Llanfairfechan, Mrs. G. Symes,, supported by Mr. C. J. Isaac, the member for Gaza, but affirmed by Mr. A. Dewell, the member for Zanzibar, who was seconding Mr. C. J. Lenz, the member for Pietersburg, who explained his presence as a locum for a boy with a bilious attack who was unable to be present.
The member for Pietersburg said that beating was like elasticity in matter which, according to Hookes' law, was all right "provided it is not overstrained." The occasional beating would do the woman good and show her her place; the same applied to dogs. The beating of walnut trees was also bene- ficial, he claimed, but could not digress as he was only the understudy for a boy with a bilious attack.
The leader of the Opposition, Mrs. G. Symes, said that beat- ing walnut trees does not make the trees' offspring any hardier, and since she had got this information from a bigger book than the Opposition had, she must be right. As to flogging dogs, she said more could be done by kindness than by flogging. As to flogging women she said it depended on the purpose for which the woman is required as to whether beating would be bene- ficial. She showed herself as an example, she hadn't been beaten for some time, which, she said all went to show how unnecessary beating really was.
Mr. A. Dewell, the member for Zanzibar, enumerated what he considered to be the five worst vices of women: Laziness, incompetence, disobedience, disloyalty and refusal. The remedy for all of these is a good hard flogging, for a man must have bis wife "under his fingertips," he said. The member for Gaza, Mr. C. J. Isaac, gave alternative methods for improving the three subjects under discussion. He took them in their order of merit. First, the walnut tree for whom "Kompos" would do much more good than beating; then dogs, who be- came cringing animals instead of friends, when beaten; and, finally, the woman, whom beatings would have the psychological effect of turning into hardened criminals.
Mr. Bloomfield, the member for Northern Rhodesia, said flogging in the olden days had kept women in their place, which did not include smoking and the wearing of trousers. Tears in 20
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE those days were not weapons a woman could use, for now when a woman bursts into tears, the man tries to stop them, whereas he formerly tried to cause them. "Beating a woman mentally such as in a game of bridge or an argument is of infinitely more material value than a physical beating," said the member for Arcadia, Mr. M. Dyer, but the President of the Society, Mr. F. R. Snell, said that it made for more peace if the women were always allowed the last word.
Other speakers included the members for St. Anne's and Kalamazoo. The motion was lost on the second vote by 45-10, though it was won on the first by 30-26.
H.A.C. (Reporter of the M.H. D.S.)
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The following elections took place at the first meeting: President, D. Forbes; Secretary, T. B. Button; Additional Mem- ber of Committee, H. D. Wheelwright.
Unfortunately the number of members has fallen off con- siderably. However, there is a great keenness among those who have joined. After the elections a discussion took place on "Fruit Control."
On the 12th March, Mr. Woods lead a discussion on "Native Labour Farms."
On the 26th March, A. E. Howland gave a most interesting description on "Tobacco Farming in Rhodesia." He gave details of how the plant was grown, and described the drying and sorting houses, and the method of packing. He had a sample of the tobacco seed which is very minute. This was followed by a talk on "Farming in the Northern Districts of Natal" by R. W. Friend.
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY NOTES
The meetings of this Society have been held on every other Sunday evening after chapel, normally in the Physics Lecture Theatre. At the first meeting of the year the election of officers took place. Mrs. Symes took the chair. The following are the officials for 1944: President, T. G. Skinner; Vice-President, H. A. Campbell; Secretary, B. Clayton.
Talks, usually illustrated by means of the epidiascope, were given by P. Quin, on the birds of the O.F.S., the Chairman on the commoner birds of the district, the Secretary on snakes, Niven on insects and R. Standing on termites. We were unable to obtain any films to show in the first quarter as orders for films must be given greatly in advance. At the time of writing, in the Trinity quarter, the first of the films has arrived, but instead of being on "Camouflage in Nature," it is an Afrikaans film on "Die Padda."
The difficulty of getting any authoritative lecturers on Natural History is now very acute, but Mr. K. M. Pennington gave us an interesting talk on the capriciousness of certain butterflies which may be found in only certain minute localities at long intervals running into tens of years. Mrs. Symes is trying to collect some other authorities to come and lecture to us soon, but transport presents a very great difficulty.
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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Interest in the Society has been as keen as ever this year, although it is now difficult to obtain outside lecturers. Members of the school have, however, given us interesting talks and to them we owe our sincere thanks.
Last quarter we held two meetings. At the first of these Mr. Chapman gave us a talk illustrated both by simple appar- atus and by the epidiascope on "The generation and distribu- tion of electricity." He explained the working of the alternating and direct current generators, and the use of the transformer in transmitting power over long distances with the minimum loss.
Mr. Symes, who had recently come from Burma, told us about lead and tin mining in that country, at the second meet- ing. It was interesting'to compare the methods and problems encountered there with those in this country. The main differ- ence is that in Burma a horizontal tunnel is struck to reach the ore.
At the first meeting of the Trinity quarter Mr. Robinson gave an illustrated lecture on "Wireless." After elucidating some of the basic principles of the subject he proceeded to explain the working of a simple oscillatory circuit and its application to wireless transmission and reception. Taking us a step further he showed us some circuits of high and low frequency amplification.
The committee this year consists of: Chairman, G. W. Ship- ster; Secretary, D. L. James, and C. J. Isaac, H. F. Junod, R.
A. Dyer.
LIBRARY NOTES
The Library has had a very useful addition to its staff in the person of Goodwell Mtembu, who does a full-time job in the Library. Up to now we have had to share Johannes, alias "Banana," with the bursary.
The change became necessary as "Banana" was sacrificing his prescribed time in the Library for some cause, more appeal- ing to him. However, Goodwell is as good as Banana was bad and the Library has benefited by his presence.
Books are, as is to be expected, becoming very difficult to obtain, especially good books, and for this reason we are very grateful to Mr. H. D. Hebblethwaite and P. G. Nicholas for presenting us with some useful volumes. Much trouble and difficulty is caused by the irregularity in the arrival of periodicals.
The Library prefect this year is G. R. S. Bower, who is assisted by R. C. C. Feetham, J. H. S. Battey, M. B. Cheales, G. D. Morrison and E. M. Winter.
G.R.S.B.
LITERARY SOCIETY
Mr. Lyon, who has run the Society for eight years and to whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude, decided at the beginning of this year to entrust its running to Mr. Davis and Mr. Dicker- son, and since the beginning of the year the control of the society has been in their hands.
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S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE nights in Mr. Dickerson's room, while on the other Sunday nights Mr. Davis has played music to the few that his room can hold. All the meetings have been well attended.
This year the Society has read "Romeo and Juliet," "Point Valaine," "Mary Rose" and "Arms and the Man."
JUNIOR DEBATING SOCIETY
Owing to lack of enthusiasm, the Society did not function during the last quarter of 1943. At the beginning of 1944, how- ever, it was decided to continue the meetings.
During the past half-year, the meetings have been well attended, and although the discussions were not always of a high standard, there was no lack of enthusiastic speakers.
The office-bearers elected for this half-year were: Chairman,
B. Fletcher; Vice-Chairman, M. Winter; Secretary and Treasurer, G. Morrison; additional members, K. Geeling, J. Jonsson, and M. Elstob.
The following motions were discussed: "The White race will not always lead in South Africa." Lost by 31 votes to 2. Proposers: M. Winter and J. Jonsson. Opposers: K. Geeling' and M. Elstob. "Doctors should be allowed to put to death those who are mentally deficient or in agony." Lost by 26 votes to 14. Proposers; B. Waterman and R. Farquharson. Opposers: J.
Benjamin and R. Friend. "Corporal punishment at school should be abolished." Lost by 42 votes to 12. Proposers: W. Hart and R. Springorum. Opposers: M. Wheelwright and B. Taylor. "This house is against the reprieve during the last 10 years of so many Europeans who had been sentenced to death." Won by 33 votes to 6. Proposers: C. Braun and R. Sheldon. Opposers: K. Oulton and J. Henderson.
To improve still further the standard of speaking, it has been suggested that a debating competition should be held, and a prize given to the best speaker.
G.D.M.
CRICKET
A full complement of coaches is now available, Messrs. P. de Gersigny, A. P. Woods, N. A. Davis and J. Pridmore are in charge of the 1st game, 2nd game, Colts A and Colts B re- spectively. Mr. J. L. Robinson has assumed the duties of Sec- retary and Groundsman.
The Schools' Week was held in Durban this year. The weather being kind, a full week's cricket was played. We con- gratulate Roberts, Harsant and McBride on getting their Natal Schools' Can. Roberts was also chosen to captain the side.
Price-Moor was elected Captain in February and B. Mc- Bride Vice-Captain.
FIRST XI
The young and hesitant XI that started the year developed into a great side by December. There were runs down to No. 9, and two outstanding opening bowlers and three other good ones in support-a truly formidable array. Of the 14 innings played the whole XI only batted six times, yet the 200 runs or more was topped on nine occasions, as against only once by our opponents. In February a reconstructed team, under Price- Moor, with five new players took the field. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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The main feature of the season was the defeat of Hilton twice, once by over an innings in the annual two-day match. We also beat Estcourt twice and Glenwood, Northern Districts, Marists Combined, College, D.H.S., Kearsney and St. Charle's once. We played draws against both Kearsney and College and were defeated once each by College and D.H.S. In other than school matches we beat the Old Boys and N.U.C.
Roberts started the year as a timid captain, but gained confidence as he went on, to finish by captaining the Natal School XI-an honour well deserved. His batting, always at- tractive, became sounder, but he often got himself out by over- keenness to get off the mark too quickly. His fielding was an inspiration to the rest of the side.
Price-Moor took over the captaincy in February. His judg- ment in changing bowlers is very faulty. In restraining his impetuosity he has become a much sounder bat, with many fine scores to his credit. This was even more marked in the 2nd Quarter. He deservedly topped the averages, getting over 500 runs, and was unlucky in not getting his Natal Schools' Cap.
Harsant, in overcoming his desire to hit sixes, became a much improved bat and a consistent rungetter. He fell off badly, however, in the 2nd half of the season. His bowling was good in patches, but could not be depended on.
McBride had devastating spells as a fast bowler, but has latterly developed a tendency to over-pitch. He was disappoint- ing towards the end. His batting improved greatly but, unfor- tunately, at the expense of his bowling.
Pennington, by improving his defence, played some fine innings, in spite of his awkward style. He often made runs when most needed. He was a fearless fielder close in.
Dawson is fulfilling the promise he showed as an opening bat, and has many impressive first wicket partnerships to his credit. His fielding, once a weak point, is vastly improved.
Brunskill had unplayable spells as a bowler and often came off when most wanted. He will, however, always be the No. 11 batsman.
Henderson shows great promise. He bowls at a remark- able pace for one of his age, and with more accuracy and stamina should develop into a class bowler. He must concen trate more on his fielding, which is very weak. Neall, a dour and patient bat, has a great off-drive, but does not take advantage of the loose ball on the leg. He kept wicket during Schools' Week.
Deavin, always a pretty bat, still showed a weakness on the leg stump. He was outstanding in the field and saved many runs at cover.
Arkwright developed into a valuable stock bowler and uses his brain when bowling. As a bat he waits for runs to come, rather than look for them.
During the season Colours were awarded to: J. M. Pen- nington. 1st XI Blazers to: P. J. Neall, M. G. Arkwright and
G. Henderson; 2nd XI, Badges to: A. McBride, R. C. Howland, J. A. Routledge, G. M. Shipster, G. R. S. Bower, C. J. Isaac, J. d' Lea, mA. Hart, P. Strachan, M. Harker, D. J. Walker, J.
C. Dougal! D. M. Parkin, M. L. Parkin and B. R. Fieldsend.
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P. w. D. L. 15 11 2 2 AVERAGES Batting Inn. N.O. Runs. H.S. Av. Price Moor 16 2 558 100 39.86 Roberts 13 0 442 104 34.00 Pennington 13 2 305 75 27.73 15 3 323 62 26.92 Arkwright 7 1 132 39 22.00 Deavin 8 1 149 35* 21.29 Dawson 17 0 353 97 20.76 Neall 10 0 189 47 18.90 McBride, B 15 2 238 60 18.31 Brunskill 10 7 49 21* 16.33 Henderson 9 1 35 20 4.37 The following also batted: McBride, A., 6-0- -45-17; Hart, 4-1-42-31; Strachan, 4-0-27- -10. Runs for, 3,058; wickets, 133; average, 23.00. Bowling O. M. R. W. Av. Henderson 147 34 338 44 7.68 Arkwright 101 10 296 30 9.87 McBride 175 32 472 47 10.04 Brunskill 151 29 368 34 10.82 Harsant 91 7 299 22 13.64 The following also bowled: Deavin, 6-0-33-1; Roberts, 3-1-26-1; Dawson, 8- -1-28-2; Price Moor, 6-1-19-0. Runs against, 2,082; wickets, 194; average, 10.76.
MICHAELHOUSE v. OLD BOYS
Played on the Oval, September 29th. Won by 7 wickets. The weather conditions were very unpleasant as a persistent drizzle kept up till late in the afternoon. The Old Boys batted first and declared at 146 for nine. It was only fitting that this year's President, Maurice Forder, should be top scorer. We started our innings in grand style, Roberts and Dawson putting on 92 for the first wicket.
Old Boys, 146 for nine (Forder 36, Woods 31, Turner 30; McBride 4 for 25, Brunskill 3 for 39).
Michaelhouse, 149 for three (Roberts 68, Dawson, 38, Pen- nington 25 not out).
MICHAELHOUSE v. ESTCOURT HIGH SCHOOL. Played on the Oval, October 16th. Won by 10 wickets.
After a week's rain the pitch was soft and drying and on winning the toss we put our opponents in. McBride, helped by pitch, was in fine form, taking 6 for, 18. The whole side was out for 42. Roberts and Dawson put on 94 in the first wicket in 48 minutes, the innings closing for 199 for 5, which included a breezy 57 not out by Price Moor.
Estcourt High School, 42 (Nel 10; McBride 6 for 18). Michaelhouse, 199 for 5 (Roberts 63, Price Moor, 57 not out, Dawson 44, Neal 21).
MICHAELHOUSE v. GLENWOOD.
Played at Glenwood on October 30th. Won by 6 runs.
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We started off in great style, 2 wickets falling for 12 runs, but then ensued a spell of poor fielding and dropped catches and at one stage the score read 196 for 5.
Roberts, who by his own efforts was setting an example to his side, by good generalship swung the game round again in our favour.
Michaelhouse, 228 (Pennington 75, Neall 47, Henderson 20).
Glenwood, 222 (Little 76, Foster 48, Lang 40; Harsant 4 for
31).
MICHAELHOUSE v. N.U.C.
Played on the Oval on 6th November. Won by an innings and 133 'runs. Batting first we only made a moderate start. Price Moor, however, came to light with a chanceless century, and helped by B. McBride, we were able to declare our innings closed by lunch time at 242 for 7 wickets. N.U.C. faired poorly against some devastating bowling by Henderson, • whose swings and off-breaks proved too much for them. He finished off with 7 wickets for 7 runs, clean bowling six and catching the seventh himself. The innings closed for 33.
Michaelhouse, 242 for 7 (Price Moor 100. B. McBride 60, Roberts 20; Chambers 4 for 57).
N.U.C., 33 (Henderson 7 for 7, McBride 3 for 23); second innings, 76 (Hudson 30; Brunskill 3 for 10, Harsant 2 for 6).
MICHAELHOUSE v. ST. CHARLES COLLEGE
Played on the Oval, 13th November. Won by an innings and 152 runs. A poor match against rather feeble opposition. Winning the toss we put them in, to dismiss them in 65 minutes for 39 runs, B. McBride getting 6 for 12, including the hat-trick.
We made 242 for 8 declared, Roberts getting a lucky 70. They were all out again for 51, our second string bowlers doing the damage.
St. Charles, 1st innings, 39 (McBride 6 for 12, Henderson 2 for 8, Brunskill 2 for 7). 2nd innings, 51 (Arkwright 7 for 29, Brunskill 2 for 4).
Michaelhouse, 242 for 5 (Roberts 70, Harsant 50 not out, McBride 31, Deavin 25, Dawson 21).
MICHAELHOUSE v. MARITZBURG COLLEGE
Played on the Oval, 20th November. Won by 8 wickets.
Once again the pitch was affected by overnight rain and in win- ning the toss we practically won the match. Only Orchard (20 in 68 minutes), managed to play our fast bowlers on the difficult wicket and the whole side was out for 76, McBride getting 4 for 34 and Henderson 3 for 27. After lunch the wicket had become easier and the issue was never in doubt. Batting on till the close we made 263 for 7 wickets.
College, 76 (Orchard 20, McBride 4 for 34, Henderson 3 for 27).
M.H.S., 263 for 7 (Roberts 58, Harsant 58 not out, Price Moor 43, Pennington 42).
MICHAELHOUSE v. ESTCOURT HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Estcourt, 27th November. Won by 10 wickets. They won the toss, batted first. Our first five overs yielded 1 26
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Estcourt, 28 (Guthrie 12, McBride 4 for 15, Henderson 2 for 5, Brunskill 3 for 8).
M.H.S., 140 for 5 (Arkwright 39, Dawson 35, Deavin 35 not out, Sinclair 3 for 49).
MICHAELHOUSE v. KEARSNEY
Played on the Track Grour.d, Maritzburg, 4th December, Drawn. We batted first, but lost four wickets for 47. Price- Moor, Harsant and Pennington, however, paved the way for a respectable score and the innings closed for 199 in 21 hours. We were fortunate to come away with a draw. The pitch had become lifeless and our bowlers got no assistance from it. The Kearsney batting also lacked enterprise and on time being called the score was 170 for 5, which included only 10 fours.
We scored 18 fours as well as 4 sixes.
M.H.S., 199 (Price-Moor 54, Harsant 42, Pennington 29, Dawson 20, McBride 20, McLeod 4 for 68, Nathan 3 for 62).
Kearsney, 170 for 5 (Gillies 82 not out, Ives 27, Nathan 21).
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played at Kingsmead on the 10th and 11th December. Won by an innings and 43 runs. Once more Hilton have had to accept defeat in our annual two-day fixture, this time by the comfortable margin of an innings and 43 runs. We were for- tunate in reaching the total we did, as both Price-Moor and Pennington were dropped early on. Price-Moor, however, was unfortunate in being run out when he looked good for many more runs. Our bowlers were right on top from the start, and Arkwright's 7 for 26 was the result of inspired bowling. Hilton started their second innings with a big leeway to make up, but this time Brunskill's 4 quick wickets, including the hat trick, gave them no chance.
On winning the toss we decided to bat on a plumb and easy wicket under a hot Durban sun. Once more our open- ing bats failed, four wickets being down for 48. Price-Moor and Pennington, however, put on 77 for the fifth wicket, a very valuable but extremely fortunate partnership, as several chances were given and missed. Harsant, Deavin and McBride all helped the score along, for the innings to close for 212. This score should have been much higher, as the outfield was very heavy, making boundaries very difficult to get. We got only six 4's and Hilton two in both innings.
Our fast bowlers each got an early wicket, then Arkwright bowling an impeccable length, and turning slightly, proved too much for the opposition. He finished off with 13 overs, 1 maiden and 7 wickets for 26, an inspired performance. The innings closed for 88 runs. Only King managed to hold the fort; his 42 in 84 minutes was dour batting. We made them follow on, and Arkwright, hitting the stumps with his throw- in from deep mid-wicket, sent the first batsmen back to the pavilion. Then Henderson, who was far from well, lasted long enough to bowl 4 grand overs and take 2 wickets for 7 runs. At this stage, 5.35 p.m., an appeal against the light was upheld,, the score being 15 for 3. Saturday dawned wet; no play was possible in the morning, and a start was made only at 2.20 p.m. The pitch, having been covered overnight, played easy. Henderson, however, was unable to bowl. King and Walker took the overnight score to 47, but two more wickets soon fell. At S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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62 Brunskill was brought on to bowl; his 7th and 8th balls hit the wickets and with the first ball of his next over, he got an L.B.W. decision to give him his hat trick. He finished off with 5 overs, 1 maiden, 4 for 5-a grand effort. Hilton were all out for 81.
It is pleasing to record that the ground work of the team was grand and caused much favourable comment from the spectators. Roberts captained his side well and got all he could from them, but he is still rather chary in changing his bowlers. It is worth mentioning that in the two Hilton innings 15 were cleaned bowled.
Michaelhouse, 1st Innings
Roberts, b King...... 8
Dawson, b King...... 6
Arkwright, c & b Smith 13
Neall, c Salveson, b Din- kleman...... 15
Price-Moor, run out .. 45
Pennington, c Davies, b
Dinkleman...... 33
Harsant, c Salmon, b
Dinkleman...... 35
Deavin, c King, b Smith 26 McBride, l.b.w., b Tullis 17 Henderson, not out .... 5
Brunskill, run out . . . . 0
Extras...... 9
Total
.. 212
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-18, 3-43, 4-43, 5-120, 6-135, 7-168, 8-206, 9-208, 10-212. O. M. R. W. King . . . . 10 0 33 2 Salmon .. .. 10 2 37 0 Dinkleman . 20 2 72 3 Smith . . . 14.5 2 57 2 Tullis . . . . 2 1 4 1
Hilton, 1st Innings
Smith, b Arkwright .. 15
Walker, b McBride .... 4
Greene, b Henderson .. 1
King, G. D., b Arkwright 42 Salmon, b Brunskill .... 2
Dinkleman, b Arkwright 1 Salveson, b Arkwright .. 0
King, D. B., b Arkwright 7 Davies, l.b.w., b Ark-- wright...... 3
Edkins,not out...... 4
Tullis, b Arkwright .... 3
Extras ...... 6
Total...... 88
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-20, 3-26, 4-34, 5-39, 6-39, 7-61, 8-79, 9-82, 10-88.
O. M. R. W. McBride . • .. 8 2 19 1 Henderson .. 8 2 12 1 Arkwright .. 13.4 1 26 7 Brunskill .. 10 1 25 1
Hilton, 2nd Innings
Smith, run out...... 4
Walker, b Arkwright .. 22
Greene, l.b.w., b Hender- son ...... 5 King, G. D., c Neall, 0
Brunskill...... 20
Salmon, run out...... 0
Dinkleman, b Brunskill . 7
Salveson, b Brunskill . . 0
King, D. B., l.b.w., b
Brunskill...... 2
Davies, b Henderson .. 1
Edkins, b Arkwright . . 12
Tullis, not out ...... 2
Extras...... 6
Total...... 81
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-6,
3-14, 4-47, 5-47, 6-62, 7-62, 8-66, 9-66, 10-81.
O. M. R. W.
McBride . . .. 11 1 35 0 Henderson . . 4 1 7 2 Arkwright .. 11.2 0 28 2 Brunskill . . 5 1 5 4 28
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MICHAELHOUSE v. MARITZBURG COLLEGE
Played oil Old Fort, 13th December. Lost by 3 wickets.
After a week-end's rain the pitch was sodden and practically unplayable, and losing the toss we had to bat first All our batsmen, with the exception of Pennington, were completely at sea, and all were caught. Too much credit cannot be given to Pennington who scored 41 out of the total of 60. Lunch was taken at the conclusion of our innings and the game only resumed 70 minutes afterwards. The pitch by then had im- proved considerably but was still difficult, and we managed to get 7 wickets down before they passed our score. We sadly missed Henderson who was unfit to play.
M.H.S., 60 (Pennington 41, Hay 5 for 16).
College, 98 (Orchard 24, Hall 20, Brunskill 4 for 36).
MICHAELHOUSE v. NORTHERN DISTRICTS
Played at Hoy Park, 14th December. Won by 173 runs.
We batted first on an easy wicket and made 232. Price-Moor was very unfortunate in not getting his century, for when he had made 93 a rising ball hit his gloves, then his pads and finally his wicket. Northern. Districts were all out for 59, Harsant taking 4 for 5.
M.H.S., 232 (Price-Moor 93, Harsant 43, Neall 37, Roberts 23, Guthrie 5 for 47).
Northern Districts, 59 (Tedder 23; Harsant 4 for 5, Hender- son 3 for 13).
MICHAELHOUSE v. KEARSNEY COLLEGE
Played on Kingsmead No. 2, 15th December. Won by 87 runs. We batted first and were all out for 135, which rather flattered their bowlers. McBride took two wickets with his first two balls and they were all out for 48, Brunskill taking 4 for 4.
M.H.S., 135 McBride 27, Deavin 24, Dawson 22, Neall 22, Jacobs 4 for 58, McLeod 3 for 43).
Kearsney, 48 (Jacobs 12, Brunskill 4 for 4).
MICHAELHOUSE v. DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL Played on Kingsmead, 16th December. Won by 6 wickets. On losing the toss they batted first on a batsmen's wicket. We met with early success as three good wickets were down for 26. Donaldson and Gorge put on 87 for the next wicket and with more runs lower down they were finally dis- missed for the fine score of 198. Arkwright did best for us with 4 for 47. Roberts and Dawson gave us a quick 51 for the first wicket, but we lost 2 more wickets with the score at 80. Harsant then joined Roberts and they gave us one of the highlights of the cricket week, putting on 113 for the next wicket in 67 minutes. Roberts was the first to go, but not before he had scored a priceless century in his best style. The total was then only 5 short of our opponent's. Harsant carried on till he was out at 62 when stumps were drawn with the grand score of 205 for 5. Robert's 104 must be particularly gratifying to him as it was his last appearance for the school. Our ground work in this match reached its usual high stan- dard and two particularly hard catches were made to look easy by Roberts and Deavin. There was a record crowd pre- sent in the stands and they must have thoroughly enjoyed watching the cricket played as school boys should play. It is worth recording that we only took 140 minutes to make our runs. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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D.H.S., 198 (Donaldson 53, Gorge 52, Arkwright 4 for 47, Henderson 2 for 29).
M.H.S., 2C5 for 5 wickets (Roberts 104, Harsant 62, Donald- son 2 for 30).
MICHAELHOUSE v. COMBINED MARISTS
Played on Track Ground, Durban oil December 17th. Won by 9 wickets. After the splendid match against Durban High School our team was slack and listless, and, through missed opportunities in the field, we allowed our opponents to score 129. We quickly knocked off the runs, however, Dawson and Arkwright putting on 117 for the first wicket. The former was unfortunate in bein^ caught on the boundary when only 3 short of his century.
Marists, 129 (Kirby-Smith 34, Fairburn 24, Grayer 22; McBride 4 for 24).
Michaelhouse, 157 for 3 wickets (Dawson 97, Arkwright 38).
MICHAELHOUSE v. MARITZBURG COLLEGE
Played at the College on February 12th. Drawn. On losing the toss we had to field. The pitch was very easy, giving no assistance to our fast bowlers. The outfield, also, was very heavy; only 11 fours were made all day. They declared at tea-time for 188 for 8. made in hours, and left us with only two hours to bat. Stumps were drawn on time, with the score 122 for 6. Price Moor, 52 not out, played a real captain's innings, saving the side from defeat.
Maritzburg College, 188 for 8 (Fitzpatrick 52, Orpen 31 not out, Hall 30; Hart 4 for 52, Harsant 3 for 51).
Michaelhouse, 122 for 6 (Price Moor 52 not out; Rutherford
2 for 16).
MICHAELHOUSE v. DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL.
Played on the Oval on February 19th. Lost by 5 wickets.
Losing the toss, we had to bat first on a slightly damp wicket. For the second consecutive time Price Moor was the only one in the side to make runs. His 35 was a big- hearted effort. McCubbin came on to bowl when 5 wickets were down and in 5 overs he took the last 5 wickets for 13 runs and we were all out for 79. After they had lost
4 wickets for 33 the issue .was never in doubt, Kaplan going on- to make an undefeated century. Our fielding showed up very poorly compared to the magnificent ground work of our opponents.
Michaelhouse, 79 (Price Moor 35; McCubbin 5 for 13, Hay 4 for 35).
Durban High School, 166 for 5 (Kaplan 100 not out,
Haynes 36 not out; Henderson 4 for 48).
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played on the Oval on February 26th. Won by 3 runs.
For the third time running we lost the toss and had to bat on a rain-effected wicket, which, however, helped the bowlers all day. The match was packed with thrills and only ended when the last Hilton wicket fell just 3 runs short of our total. Only Hart, the youngest member of our side, made any show against their bowlers. His 31 was a praiseworthy effort. Our score at the fall of the 9th wicket was 72. Then Brunskill (2i not out) and Henderson put on a hectic 35 in 10 minutes, 30
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE for the innings to close for 107. The Hilton innings was a procession to the wicket and back, until at the fall of the 8th wicket the score was only 29. At this stage Henderson, who had pulled a muscle and could only bowl half pace, had taken 4 wickets for 2 runs. Then McMillan (52 not out) and Addison took charge and carried the score to 93, putting on 64 runs for the 9th wicket. Addison was then brilliantly stumped by Price Moor. The last man, Levey, also suffered the same fate when the score was only 3 runs short of our total. Although Price Moor failed this time to make runs, he gave his best performance behind the stumps. He brilliantly stumped two men, caught a difficult catch on the leg side and gave away no extras.
Michaelhouse Hilton Dawson, c Booth, b Ed- Walker, c Strachan, b kins 7 McBride 9 Strachan, c Levey, b G. Middlebrook, c McBride, King 10 B., b Henderson . . 1 Hart, c Levey, b Walker 31 Edkins, c Dougal, b Mc- Price-Moor, c Edkins, b Bride 5 G. King 7 Pfaff, l.b.w., b Henderson 1 Dougal, c McMillan, b D. King, c Price Moor, Edkins 1 b Henderson 3 Harsant, c D. King, b G. King, c Bower, b Hen- Levey 1 derson 0 McBride, B., run out . . 0 Booth, c Brunskill, b McBride, A., c G. King, McBride 1 b D. King 8 Abrey, b McBride . . 2 Bower, c Walker, b McMillan, not out . . 52 Walker 1 Addison, st Price Moor, Brunskill, not out .. 21 b Harsant 22 Henderson, b G. King . . 9 Levey, st Price Moor, b Byes 11 Harsant 8 Extras 0 Total 107 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-17, Total 104 3-28, 4-41, 5-42, 6-42, 7-58, Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-10, 8-59, 9-72, 10-107. 3-16, 4-16, 5-9, 6-20, 7-20, 8-29, OMR W 9-93, 10-104. G. King .... 6 1 15 3 O MR W Edkins .... 7 2 14 2 McBride ... 11 0 38 4 Levey . . . . 5 1 28 1 Henderson .. 10 4 23 4 D. King .... 6 1 15 1 Brunskill ... 6 0 20 0 Walker .... 5 1 24 2 Harsant .... 6.1 1 23 2 2nd XI MATCHES P W L D 7 5 2 0
MICHAELHOUSE v. ST. CHARLES Played at Michaelhouse on November 13th. Won by 89 runs.
St. Charles, 87 (Higele 32; Hope 5 for 23).
Michaelhouse, 176 (Howland 23, Shipster 24, R. McBride 50; Arde 5 for 55).
MICHAELHOUSE v. J. PRIDMORE'S XI
Played on Hannah's on November 6th. Lost by 40 runs.
Michaelhouse, 73 (Howland 51; A. P. Woods 5 for 11).
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MICHAELHOUSE v. N. A. DAVIS'S XI
Played on the Oval on November 27th. Lost by 53 runs.
N. A. Davis's XI, 172 (N. A. Davis 26, N. M. Benkenstein 48, K. M. Pennington 36; Bower 4 for 51).
Michaelhouse, 119 (Shipster 33, R. McBride 29; K. M. Pennington 5 for 58).
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played at Michaelhouse on December 4th. Won by 5 wickets. Hilton, 142 (Shepstone 56, Booth 20, Addison 35; Hope 4 for 42, R. McBride 3 for 16).
Michaelhouse, 167 for 5 (Lee 50 not out, Hope 26 not out; Mackenzie 2 for 51).
MICHAELHOUSE v. MARITZBURG COLLEGE
Played at College on February 12th. Won by 22 runs.
Michaelhouse, 152 (Isaac 29, Routledge 21 not out, M. L. Parkin 31).
Maritzburg College, 130 (Baker 32, Fletcher 55; Routledge 4 for 27, Bower 3 for 28).
MICHAELHOUSE v. J. PRIDMORE'S XI
Played at Michaelhouse on February 19th. Won by 8 wickets.
J. Pridmore's XI, 88 (A. P. Woods 36; Bower 6 for 37). Michaelhouse, 163 (Shipster 31, Howland 24, Isaac 40,
Dougall 34; J. Pridmore 5 for 37).
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played at Hilton on February 26th. Won by 4 wickets.
Hilton College, 78 (Harwin 21; Routledge 6 for 28).
Michaelhouse, 176 (Howland 25, Fieldsend 26, M. Harker 70; Bateman 4 for 34).
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MICHAELHOUSE v. ESTCOURT 2nd XI
Played on Hannah's oh October 16th. Won by 116 runs.
Michaelhouse, 174 (Shipster 61, J. Nelson 61; Behrens
4 for 33).
Estcourt 2nd XI, 58 (Goble 13; Bower 5 for 23).
MICHAELHOUSE v. ESTCOURT 2nd XI
Played on the Oval on November 27th. Won by 93 runs.
Michaelhouse, 157 for 5, declared (M. L. Parkin 63, Fieldsend 33 not out).
Estcourt 2nd XI, 64 (Randles 17, Routledge 6 for 16).
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played at Hilton on December 4th. Lost by 8 wickets.
Michaelhouse, 72 (Routledge 21; Lewis 2 for 6, Bell 2 for 7, Brown 2 for 8).
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MICHAELHOUSE v. MARITZBURG COLLEGE
Played at Hannah's on February 12th. Won by 7 wickets.
Maritzburg College, 76 (Jones 18; Kinahan 3 for 7, Field 3 for 11).
Michaelhouse, 155 (Kumleben 31, Williams 28, Oberlin- Harris 38; Dales 5 for 28).
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played on Hannah's on February 26th. Lost by 120 runs.
Hilton College, 238 (Donato 85, Gill 30, Booth 38; Foster
3 for 18).
Michaelhousc, 118 (Williams 20, Foster 24 not out; Gill 4 for 40).
OTHER MATCHES
UNDER 16 XI v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played at Hilton on December 4th. Won by 64 runs.
Michaelhouse, 209 (M. L. Parkin 20, Dougall 35, Isaac 28, Walker 59).
Hilton College, 135 (Coaker 48, Harwin 25, Bateman 20; Stubbs 5 for 35).
UNDER 16 XI v. HILTON COLLEGE
Played at Ililtcr^ on February 26th. Lost by 3 wickets.
Michaelhouse, 104 (Dyer 21, Lawrie 27, Tayler 29; Melle
3 for 16).
Hilton College, 166 (PfafT 39, Broome 21 not out; Dixon
3 for 27).
UNDER 15 XI v. ST. CHARLES
Played at Michaelhouse on the Meadows on November 13th. Lost by an innings and 42 runs. Michaelhouse, 76 (Young 28; Beckett 4 for 20). 2nd innings, 98 (Wright 22; Pollock 3 for 14)
St. Charles, 216 (Beckett 114, Byrne 21).
BUNNIES BUNNIES v. CLIFTON
Played on Hannah's on October 23rd. Won by 140 runs.
Michaelhouse, 193 for 4 wickets, declared (Springorum 62, Brazier 50, Purcocks 44).
Clifton, 53 (Elgie 12; Brazier 5 for 19).
BUNNIES v. CORDWALLES.
Played at Cordwalles on November 6th. Lost by 58 runs.
Cordwalles, 195 (Maclean 56, Rennie 46, Hutt 22, Walker 21; Springorum 5 for 73, Forbes 3 for 1).
Michaelhouse, 137 (Field 31 not out, Brazier 24, Forbes 20).
BUNNIES v. J. PRIDMORE'S XI
Played on Hannah's on November 20th. Lost by 44 runs.
J. Pridmore's XI, 186 (K. M. Pennington 68, Dann 34, Pridmore 25; Brazier 4 for 27).
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BUNNIES v. HILTON
Played on Hannah's on December 4. Won by 8 wickets.
Hilton, 1st innings, 55 (Stevens 20; Howland 4 for 15); 2nd innings, 65 (Howland 4 for 17, Young 4 for 17).
Michaelhouse, 1st innings, 91 (Field 32; Carter 4 for 15); 2nd innings, 102 (Campling 38, Howland 20; Carter 7 for 31).
BUNNIES v. CORDWALLES
Played on Meadows on February 26th. Won by an innings and 41 runs.
Cordwalles, 1st innings, 26 (Henderson 12; Dobson 4 for 1);
2nd innings, 28 (Dobson 4 for 5, Soffe 4 for 3).
Michaelhouse, 95 (Field 32, Soffe 14).
BUNNIES v. TREVERTON
Played on Bailey's on March 4th. Won by an innings and 35 runs.
Treverton, 1st innings, 43 (Rowles 11; Dobson 4 for 1),
2nd innings, 37 (Simmonds 16 not out; Phillips 3 for 0, Harvey
3 for 2, Field 3 for 3).
Michaelhouse, 115 for 6 wickets, declared (Field 49, Dobson 31; Rowles 4 for 23).
HOUSE MATCHES FIRST XI
West, who had the best side on paper, won this event from Farfield. There were some "brighter cricket" moments when Farfield won through the first round on the second innings from Tatham with an "everything to win and nothing to lose" attitude and when Price-Moor did the hat trick in the final. The frequent wet condition of the wickets made the House Matches a drawn-out and somewhat chancy affair.
FIRST ROUND
Oil Hannahs. Farfield beat Tatham by 48 runs on double innings.
Farfield, 1st innings, 96 (Arkwright 47 not out; Fieldsend
5 for 30, Rayment 3 for 24); 2nd innings, 105 for 2, declared (Arkwright 16, Roberts 72 not out).
Tatham, 1st innings, 132 (Howland 31, Lee 39, Fieldsend 29; Roberts 7 for 44); 2nd innings 21 (Arkwright 5 for 3, Bower 2 for 8).
On the Oval. Founders beat Pascoes by 1 run. Founders, 80 (Brunskill 24; Raw 5 for 32, Williams 3 for 24).
Pascoes, 79 (Nelson 28; Brunskill 7 for 30).
SECOND ROUND
Oil Hannah's. West beat Founders by 130 runs.
West, 165 (Dandridge 40, Pennington 33; Brunskill 6 for 72).
Founders, 35 (Deavin 16; Henderson 5 for 24, Price-Moor
4 for 11).
On the Oval. Farfield l>eat East by 55 runs.
Farfield, 124 (Roberts 35; Arkwright 38; McBride, B., 5 for 34).
East, 69 (Parkin, M. L., 20, McBride, R., 30; Bower 5 for 23). 34
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On the Oval. West beat Farfield by 33 runs.
West, 1st innings, 80 (Dandridge 18, Pennington 25; Roberts
4 for 22); 2nd innings, 124 (Harsant 41, Hope 21; Bower 5 for 51, Arkwright 4 for 27).
Farfield, 1st innings, 71 (Roberts 51; Price-Moor 7 for 29); 2nd innings, 100 (Walker 29; Price-Moor 7 for 35).
West team: Dandridge, Isaac, Neall, Price-Moor, Penning- ton, Harsant, Hope, Henderson, Young, Williams, Foster.
SECOND XI
Founders won this event fairly easily.
FIRST ROUND Founders beat Pascoes by 59 runs.
Founders, 101 (Ingoldby 38; England 2 for 5).
Pascoes, 42 (England 14; Cameron 2 for 0, Richards 4 for 5).
West beat Tatham by 24 runs and 4 wickets.
West, 182 for 6 (Foster 29, Patchitt 102 not out; Barry
3 for 32).
Tatham, 158 (Wright 66 not out; Foster 4 for 53, Rymer
4 for 21).
SECOND ROUND Founders beat Farfield by 127 runs.
Founders, 189 (Letcher 46, Richards 57, Campling 20 not out; Malcolmson 5 for 54).
Farfield, 62 (Malcolmson 18; Letcher 6 for 15).
East beat West by 133 runs.
East, 1st innings, 61 (Maske 19; Wheelwright 4 for 18); 2nd innings, 137 (Rock-Bell 42, Bilsland 25; Nel 5 for 25). West, 1st innings, 27 (Patchitt 8, Rock-Bell 6 for 11); 2nd innings, 38 (Springorum, 10; Rock-Bell 5 for 17).
FINAL
Founders beat East by 80 runs.
Founders, 1st innings 112 (Cheshire 45, Cunliffe 24; Rock-Bell
4 for 22). 2nd innings, 120 (Cunliffe 29; Rock-Bell 5 for 41).
East, 1st innings, 65 (Maske 20; Letcher 6 for 36). 2nd innings, 89 (Kimber 29; Cameron 8 for 28).
Founders Team: Austin, Cheshire, Cunliffe, Letcher, Farthing, Lawrie Richards, Campling, Green, Cameron, Evelyn.
UNDER FIFTEEN
FIRST ROUND
Founders, 173, beat Pascoes, 38, by 135 runs.
West (1st innings 48, 2nd innings 150 for 8) beat Tatham (1st innings 90, 2nd innings 62) by 46 runs.
SECOND ROUND
Founders, 193, beat Farfield, 28 by 165 runs.
West, 78, beat East (1st innings 16, 2nd innings 54) by an innings and 8 runs.
FINAL.
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SWIMMING
Despite the shortage of petrol and tyres this year a good number of spectators was present at the Annual Swimming
Sports held on Wednesday, 8th March.
This year only one record was broken and two were equalled. The number of Standard Times obtained this season was not as numerous as the previous one, owing to the fact that the standard has been raised.
The Cup was presented by Mrs. Maurice Forder to the winning house-Founders, who took the cup from Tathams. Tatham House had held the cup for the last three years, but Founders were outstanding in the Under 16 and Under 141 events. Although Tathams were in the lead, Founders finally pulled ahead and won by the narrow margin of nine points.
The standard of swimming was very high; and Colours were awarded to D. Oberlin-Harris and B. J. Patchett.
Results of Swimming Sports:------
House Points
Founders 144, Tatham 135, Pascoe's 97, Farfield 68, East 52, West 34.
Team Plunge
1, Pascoes; 2, Farfield; 3, Founders. Team Record: 158ft. 8in., East, 1943; 2nd Record: Stubbings, 55ft.
1 Length Free Style-Open
1, Harker, J. M.; 2, Stubbs; 3, Ferguson. Time: 17 secs.
Record: 16g secs., Phillips, Croad.
1 Length Free Style-Under 16
1, Mason-Gordon; 2, Macdonald; 3. Campling. Time: 18£ secs. Record: 18 secs., Green, Mason-Gordon, Dixon.
1 Length Free Style-Under 14-1
1, Clarke. S.; 2, Hutt; 3, Clark, D. Time: 20 secs. Record: 18§ secs., Stubbs, Green, R. H.
1 Length Breast Stroke-Open
1, Mackie; 2, Lawton; 3. Patchitt. Time: 23= secs.
Record: 218 secs., Forsyth.
1 Length Breast Stroke-Under 16
1, Fieldsend; 2, Mason-Gordon; 3, Campling. Time: 25£ secs.
Record; 22k secs., Green, M. L.
1 Length Breast Stroke-Under 14£
1, Clarke, S.; 2, Bowes; 3, Cheales. Time: 233 secs. Record.
3 Lengths Free Style-Open
1, Harker, J. M.; 2, Oberlin-Harris; 3, Green. Time: 64 3-5 sec.s
Record: 63.i secs., Phillips.
3 Lengths Free Style-Under 16
1 Macdonald; 2, Austin; 3, Darby. Time: 10k secs.
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2 Lengths Free Style-Under 14£
1, Beeming; 2, Cunliffe; 3, Clark, D. Time: 47 secs.
Record: 42i secs., Stubbs.
1 Length Back Stroke-Open
1, Green; 2, Cheshire; 3, Hersov. Time: 22 secs.
Record: 21 secs., Croad.
3 Lengths Breast Stroke-Open
1, Patchitt; 2, Mackie; 3, Lawton. Time.- 88 secs.
Record: 84| secs., Meyer.
1 Length Back Stroke-Under 16
1, Dixon; 2, Macdonald; 3, Mason-Gordon. Time: 21| secs.
Record: 21?, secs., Green, R. H., Dixon.
3 Lengths Free Style-Under 14£
1, Purcocks; 2, Clark, D.; 3, Cunliffe. Time: 80£ secs.
Record: 74 secs., Green, M. L.
6 Lengths Free Style-Open
1, Harker, J. M.; 2, Oberlin-Harris; 3, Standing. Time: 2 mins. 40.- secs.
Record: 2 mins. 33§ secs., Phillips.
4 Lengths Free Style-Under 16
1, Austin; 2, Macdonald; 3, Parkin, D. M. Time: 102s secs.
Record: 97§ secs., Cox.
Div'ing-Under 14£
1, Hutt; 2, French; 3, Harker, J. E.
Diving-Under 16
1, Campling; 2f Clayton; 3, Darby. Diving-Open
1, Standing; 2} Harker, J. M.; 3, Youngleson and Welsh.
House Relay-Under 14-1
1, East; 2, Founder's; 3, Tatham. Time; 1 min. 26§ secs. Record: 1 min. 24g secs., Founder's.
House Relay-Under 16
1, Founder's; 2t Farfield; 3, Pascoe's: Time: 1 min. 18§ secs. Record: 1 min. 18 secs., Founder's.
House Relay-Open
1, Tatham; 2, East; 3, Pascoe's. Time: 1 min. 16S secs.
Record: 1 min. 141 sees., Pascoe's.
MICHAELHOUSE v. HILTON
This fixture was held on Wednesday, 15th March, at Michael- house. The notorious Balgowan weather did its worst and throughout the performance it poured with rain. Nevertheless excellent performances were put up by both sides. We were superior in the Open and Under 16 but Hilton were superior in the Under 14£ and Diving. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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From the start we pulled away from Hilton and the final score was 112 points for Michaelhouse and 69 for Hilton. The results were as follows:-
1 Length-Open
1, Green (M.H.); 2f Booth (H.); 3, Stubbs (M.H.).
1 Length-Under 16
1, Mason-Gordon (M.H.); 2, Macdonald (M.H.); 3, Ramsay (H.).
1 Length-Under 14£
1, Osborne (H.)); 2, Hutt (M.H.); 3, Clarke (M.H.).
1 Length Back Stroke-Open
1, Green (M.H.) and Dixon (M.H.); 3, Thompson (H.).
1 Length Breast Stroke-Open
1, Patchitt (M.H.); 2, Brook (H.); 3, MacMillan.
1 Length Breast Stroke-Under 16
1, Mason-Gordon (M.H.); 2, Theeman (H.); 3, Colly (H.).
1 Length Breast Stroke-Under 14 \
1, Clarke (M.H.); 2, Thomas (H.); 3, Theeman (H.).
3 Lengths-Open
1, Harker (M.H.); 2, Oberlin-Harris (M.H.); 3, Booth (H.).
2 Lengths-Under 16
1, Austin (M.H.);) 2, Darby (M.H.); 3, Atkinson (H.).
2 Lengths-Under 14J
1, Cunliffe (M.H.); 2, Osborne (H.); 3, Beeming (M.H.).
Diving-Open
1, Thorpe (H.); 2, Harker (M.H.); 3, Donato (H.)
Diving-Under 16 1, Thorpe (H.); 2, Clayton (M.H.); 3, Allday (H.).
6 Lengths-Open
1, Oberlin-Harris (M.H.); 2, Harker (M.H.); 3, Booth (H.).
3 Lengths-Under 16
1, Austin (M.H.); 2, Macdonald (M.H.); 3, Atkinson (H.).
3 Lengths Breast Stroke-Open
1, Brook (H.); 2, Patchitt (M.H.); 3, MacMillan (H.).
Relay-Under 14 \
1( Hilton.
Relay-Under 16
1, Michaelhouse.
Relay-Open
1, Michaelhouse. 38
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INTER-SCHOOLS SWIMMING GALA
It was again possible this year to send a team to the Annual Inter-Schools Gala in Maritzburg. Though the swimming train- ing clashed with the Athletics, we managed to win the Shield from Maritzburg College, who had held it for the last twelve years. The Under 16 did extremely well and S. Clark is specially to be congratulated on his 50 yards Breast Stroke record.
We led right from the start and our final score was 26 points, Maritzburg College being second with 20 points. The results of the events which concerned Michaelhouse are as follows:-
Open 100 Yards Free Style: Harker, J.M., 1st.
Open 50 Yards Back Stroke: Green, R. H., 2nd.
Under 16, 100 Yards Free Style: Macdonald, 3rd.
Under 16, 50 Yards Breast Stroke: Clark, S. (Record), 1st,
Mason-Gordon, 2nd.
Under 16, 50 Yards Back Stroke: Dixon, 1st, Macdonald, 2nd.
Open Relay: 2nd. Team: Harker, Stubbs, Ferguson, Green.
Under 16, Relay: 1st. Team: Macdonald, Parkin, D., Mason- Gordon, Dixon.
ATHLETICS
The annual Athletic Sports were held on Saturday, the 25th of March, under perfect conditions. A gratifyingly large attend- ance of parents and friends helped to make the meeting the success it was.
Our thanks are due to Mrs. J. O. Smythe, who kindly con- sented to give away the trophies, and to Mrs. Byrne, who catered most efficiently for the large gathering.
Founders are to be congratulated on winning both the Athletic and Relay competitions for the second time. Our newly- constructed, regulation, oval track undoubtedly contributed to the general excellence of performances. An innovation was the running of all six houses together in the Relay Finals, thus doing away with the preliminary heats. Athletic Colours were awarded to: J. H. Mackie, D. Oberlin-Harris, J. L. Bassett-Smith.
The results were as follows:-
RELAYS
4 x 110 Yards Relay-Under 141
1, Founders; 2, Farfield; 3, West. Time: 511 secs. (Record).
4 x 440 Yards Relay-Under 16
1, East; 2t Founders; 3, Tatham. Time: 4 mins. 4§ secs.
4 x 880 Yards Relay-Open
1, Founders; 2, West; 3, Tatham. Time: 9 mins. 13 secs.
Under 14 \ Relay-440, 220, 220, 440 1, Founders; 2, Farfield; 3, East. Time: 3 mins. 1§ secs.
Junior Relay-440, 220, 220, 440-Under 16
1, Pascoe; 2, West; 3, Founders. Time: 2 mins. 55g secs.
Senior Relay-440, 220, 220, 880-Open
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Medley Relay
1, Founders; 2, Tatham; 3, Farfield. Time: 4 mins. 18.2 secs.
House Points (Relay)
1. Founders...... 18 points
2. East ...... 6 points
3. Farfield and West...... 5 points
5. Tatham and Pascoe...... 4 points
220 Yards-Open
1, Oberlin-Harris; 2, Green; 3, Nicholas. Time: 24i secs.
220 Yaris-Under 16
1, Clulow; 2, Dixon; 3, Mason-Gordon. Time: 26 secs.
220 Yards-Under 14\
1, Cunliffe; 2, Henderson; 3, Whittaker. Time; 27 secs.
880 Yards Handicap-Under 141
1, Law; 2, Pitman.
High Jump-Under 16
1, Field; 2, Parkin, D.; 3, Parkin, M., and Fleischer. Height: 4ft. 10.jins,
Mile-Open
1, Skinner; 2, Basset-Smith; 3, Mackie. Time: 4 mins. 55.4 secs.
Half Mile-Under 16
1, Field; 2y Richards, M.; 3, Dancaster. Time: 2 mins. 19.8 secs.
220 Yards Low Hurdles-Open
1, Howland; 2, Oberlin-Harris; 3, Nicholas. Time: 29.4 secs.
100 Yards-Open
1, Oberlin-Harris; 2, Mackie; 3, Green. Time: 11.2 secs. 100 Yards-Under 16
1, Clulow; 2, Camden-Smith; 3, Dixon. Time: 11.2 secs.
100 Yards-Under 14 i
1, Cunliffe; 2, Henderson; 3, Whittaker Time: 12.4 secs.
Putting the Shot-Open
1, Oberlin-Harris; 2, Lenz; 3, Shipster. Distance: 30ft. 6ins.
Half Mile Handicap-Under 16
1, Rockey; 2, Jager.
High Jump-Open
1 Brunskill and Harker, P.; 3, Richards, J. Height; 5ft. l^ins.
440 Yards-Under 14S
1, Cunliffe; 2, Clark; 3, Henderson. Time: 61 secs.
440 Yards-Under 16
1, Clulow; 2, Parkin, M.; 3, Field. Time: 58.6 secs. 40
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440 Yards-Open
1, Mackie; 2, Green; 3, Harker. Time: 54.4 secs.
Obstacle Race
1, Buchan.
High Jump-Under 14£
1, Cunliffe and Field; 3, Eller. Height: 4ft. 8ains.
Throwing the Discus-Open
1, Brunskill; 2, Price-Moor; 3, Walker. Distance: 108ft. 7ins.
Mile-Under 16.
1, Richards, M.; 2, Parkin, M.; 3, Field. Time: 5 mins. 18 secs.
Half Mile-Open
1, Trebble, K.; 2, Bassett-Smith; 3, Mackie. Time: 2 mins. 17 secs.
120 Yards Low Hurdles-Under 16
1, Field; 2, Howland, A.; 3, Macke, I. Time: 19 secs.
120 Yards Hui'iles-Open
1, Howland, R.; 2, McBride, B. J.; 3, Stubbs. Time: 19.4 secs.
House Points (Sports)
1. Founders...... 211
2. Tatham...... 119
3. Farfield...... 811
4. East...... 79
5. West...... 521
6'. Pascoe's...... 29
SQUASH
Two more matches against the Staff have been played since the last issue of the Chronicle. Before Christmas the Staff only lost three matches, but this year there has been much more enthusiasm amongst the better players, perhaps due to some extent to the fact that coaching is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. The result has been a general improvement in stroke execution and court craft, and the match in March was in doubt till the last game. The Staff won by 15 matches to 13.
C. J. English was elected Captain of Squash in January and F. G. Dawson succeeded him in April. The Committee of Captains is F. G. Dawson (East), A. R. Cannon (Founders), C. J. English, succeeded by J. E. Latham (Tatham), A. Fairley (Pascoe), G. R. S. Bower (Farfield), and J. G. Foster (West).
It has been found possible to procure sufficient Canadian birch flooring-board to cover the four courts. Bands of volun- teers, organised in Houses, appear every afternoon and loudly proclaim their presence by deft hammer blows which are prepar- ing ventilation and the necessary support for the joists. A start has been made on the original court presented by Mr. Bushell. If interest does not flag, we hope to finish all the courts by the end of the year. We are extremely grateful for various donations which have helped us at last to carry out this real improvement, and for the ready response of so many helpers amongst the boys. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE 41
MICHAELHOUSE WAR MEMORIAL
(1939------)
In the War of 1914-18 forty-three Old Boys of Michaelhouse lost their lives. In this present war the Roll of Honour is already nearly twice as long as that, and the end is not yet.
Until such time as a permanent memorial shall stand here it has seemed right that the memory of the fallen should be kept green by the reading of the Roll of Honour in Chapel every Sunday evening. Their names are thus familiar to all at Michael- house and there is no forgetting of their sacrifice or of the sacrifice of those who gladly let them go.
A Memorial Fund was opened after the last war and the eventual outcome was the present Dining Hall, the names of the forty-three being carved on the stone memorial at the end of the building. On the panelling inside stand the names of all the Old Boys who went on Active Service. The question as to what form shall be taken by a Memorial to those Old Boys whom we have lost in the present war is one which has been often in the minds of many of us.
It is clearly a question to which no hurried or immediate answer should be given. There are many whose views should carry weight, and some, the many Old Boys who are prisoners- of-war for example, cannot be represented in person till after the fighting in Europe, at least, is ended. No more can be done at present than to report what steps have so far been taken and indicate the general lines of such suggestions as have been made regarding the form the Memorial should take. This should have the effect of stimulating discussion amongst all who have the welfare of the school at heart. Out of such free discussion one may hope that the right decision may eventually emerge. The steps so far taken are these:-
About the middle of 1943 a War Memorial Fund was officially constituted by the Board of Governors with the Bursar as Honorary Treasurer. At the same time it was decided that no appeal should be made until a later date. The fund was simply to be open to receive any donations that might arise in the natural course of events. In certain cases legacies to the School from the estates of Old Boys who have been killed have been paid in, as that seemed the natural and right thing to do. The fund stands at £105.
A provisional Committee has been set up with three members selected by the Governors' Old Boys Club and three of the Old Boys' Club, with the Bursar as Secretary, and myself, the Rector, as Convenor. It is as an outcome of a meeting of this committee that this present attempt is being made to stimulate thought and discussion on the whole matter.
In April, 1944, a letter was sent to all next-of-kin informing them of these steps and inviting them to write to me making any comments or suggestions they might wish. One or two sug- gestions received in answer to this invitation aie incoipoiated in what follows.
There will be general agreement that whatever scheme is adopted must provide a worthy setting for the Roll of Honour itself. It would seem obvious that such a setting must be in some part of the central school buildings. The new Chapel would clearly be an appropriate place for the Roll, but it is not 42
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE the only conceivable one, particularly if the possible erection of new buildings in or near the central area is borne in mind. If a considerable sum of money were available a part of it might be used to place the names and an inscription in the Chapel, leaving the larger part to be used for another purpose or purposes.
There will be a large number who will feel it of first importance that whatever is done be "useful." Tnat is all right, in my view, provided that the word is given the widest possible meaning. It should mean much more than the mere "utilitarian." The self-sacrifice of Capt. Oates in the Antarctic was, in the ordinary sense of the word, useless. Yet how many thousands since have been inspired by that story of simple heroism. Nobility, and beauty too, have much "use." The essential would seem to be that there must be something achieved with a beauty and a dignity sufficient to remind succeeding generations of the nobility of sacrifice. Such inspiration can never be "use- less."
Concrete suggestions that have been made are the following:
(1). The building of a new Hall to serve for Assembly, con- certs, dramatic performances, etc. Certainly this would be most useful. At present the Dining Hall has to do for all such purposes and is both unsuitable and inconvenient for most of them.
(2). The building of a new Pavilion at the Oval. Such a replacement is long overdue, but is continually crowded out by larger and more urgent needs.
(3). The completion of the New Chapel. An objection which has been raised is that an appeal for the "Chapel Building Fund" was made in 1938 and the foundation stone laid in that year. It may be well to record the fact that the work was carried to the completion of the first stage in 1939 and stopped there owing to the outbreak of the war. What has been done so far has cost some £5,000, of which something between £3,000 and £4,000 was raised by subscription. What has been completed is only the Crypt of the proposed Chapel. What remains to be done can reasonably be regarded as the Chapel itself.
(4). The provision and endowment of Bursaries to make financially possible the education at Michaelhouse of boys who would otherwise be excluded. In the award of such bursaries preference could be given to the sons of the fallen.
These, then, are the main suggestions that have been made. I would emphasise one point more. There is no inherent reason why two or more of these suggestions should not be com- bined, within the limits imposed by the total sum ultimately available.
Finally, if any readers have suggestions to make regarding the form of the proposed Memorial itself, the organisation of the fund, or the machinery by which decision is to be arrived at on the various issues involved, I hope they will write to me.
F.R.S. (Rector). S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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OBITUARY
WILFRED REGINALD BOAST (1900-03)
Born in October, 1886, Wilfred Boast entered the old School in Maritzburg a year before the Migration. He had his 2nd XV and 2nd XI Colours, was a corporal in the Cadet Corps, and a prize medallist shot at the Colenso Camp in 1903. He passed the Senior Grade Civil Service Examination for Natal just before he left. He was born in Natal and spent the greater portion of his life in the Province, which for 40 years he served in the magisterial department. He was stationed at Ingwavuma, Bizana and Greytown in his early days, later becoming Chief Clerk to the Chief Native Commissioner of Natal in Maritzburg. He completed his official career as Magistrate and Native Commissioner at Nongoma, and retired last year to live in Eshowe, where he joined the staff of a solicitor's office. Some years ago he had a very severe illness, from which he appeared to have completely recovered. Early this year he passed away, after a short illness, at the age of 58. He will always be remembered as a quiet, conscientious citizen, a respected Magistrate, and a loyal friend, full of enthusiasm for his interests. While in Maritzburg, he regularly attended all O.M. functions. He leaves a widow, two daughters and two sons, the elder of whom is with the S.A.A.F. in the Middle East. To them all we offer our sympathy.
HAYDN BUTCHER (1920-22)
His funeral took place at Ixopo on November 8 last year at the age of 37, after a very serious operation in Durban. He was the son of the late Walter Butcher, of Goldhurst, Creighton, and was first at school at St. David's House, Greytown, for four years. He earned the affection of his schoolfellows by his earnestness and solid character and his enthusiasm for all games. After leaving Michaelhouse at the end of 1922, he went home to farm, and to the last was known in his district as a keen sportsman, particularly enjoying cricket, rugby, hockey and gymkhanas. He also kept up photography as a hobby, which he had started here. Perhaps his greatest devotion was to soldiering, and for years he supported the N.M.R.; at the outbreak of war he held the rank of Captain in that regiment. Unhappily the trouble, which finally caused his death, had already a grip, and he was rejected for military service. He remained an enthusiastic member of the N.R.V., who paid tribute to their comrade at the graveside. Only four months before he died, Haydn had married Miss Mildred Carter, of Ladysmith. To her and his relatives we extend our sympathy. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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PAUL H. C. CROAD (1935-36)
The elder of two brothers, Paul entered the Upper School as a foundation member of Tatham House and was a House Prefect in his last year. A quiet, un- assuming boy, who found it difficult to assimilate advanced work in his new school, he nevertheless overcame the embarrassment which this promotion caused and did yeoman service for his House. He was a good swimmer. He went overseas to Chelsea College, London, and took a three-year course in aeronautical engineering, which, after really hard work, he finished successfully when he was awarded his Diploma. He married Mary Woolland of Cambridge on December 6th, 1941, and exactly a year later, on his way back to the Union to join the S.A.A.F., his ship, the Ceramic, was torpedoed, and he and his bride have been pre- sumed drowned. It was a terrible shock to his parents and brother, Tony, who is flying on the Burma front. They have our sympathy. He was just 25.
RAYMOND CORNELL HAMLYN (1936-41)
Coming from Highbury to East, Ray quickly made his mark as a cheerful soul, always ready to help, and sustained by an early faith, which made him a regular communicant. He passed his Matriculation examina- tion in 1940 and returned to the Sixth Form. His character and qualities of easy leadership made House prefectship inevitable. For 18 months his responsi- bilities were so well discharged that in August, 1941, he became a School Prefect. He was then a magnifi- cent rugby forward and had his Colours. The dash that was characteristic of his game stood him well when he joined the S.A.A.F. and he triumphed in his flying training, passing out as a fighter pilot in August last year. On his way to advanced training at Isipingo, he stayed with me, and was as bright and cheerful as ever and delighted to wander round the place he loved so well for six years, meeting old friends on the staff and in the School. On October 4th he was out over the sea. doing some dive-bombing exercises on a Kitty- hawk near Isipingo, and about midday was missing. No trace of the machine has been found, and it has been presumed that he crashed into the sea and com- pletely disappeared. It was a sad end to a bright career-both during and after the war we feel confident he would have always brought his influence to bear on the right side. The loss of such an adored son and cherished brother is a great blow to his people, but we know their faith, strong like his, will sustain them in their sorrow. He had just celebrated his 20th birth- day.
ALLISTER McNAUGHTON HARVEY (1935-36)
Mac was George's second son, and followed his great cricketer brother, Bob, into Farfield in 1935. Here he stayed two years. While he was too young when he left to have hoped to emulate the tremendously high standard his brother attained, he still showed S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE great promise as a rugby player and cricketer. He was a popular figure in his House, and always stood for the robust, clean sportsmanship that was so regular a trait in the Harvey family. He went into business in Durban with Bob, and was playing for Berea and Rovers when the call to arms gripped him. He first saw service with the N.M.R. in the Abyssinian campaign where he was wounded in the arm. After a period of convalescence in the Union, he transferred to the S.A.A.F. and completed his training as an air-gunner. There followed a long spell of operational work in the Mediterranean area, from which Mac emerged with distinction. On September 21st his bomber failed to return to his aerodrome, and Mac was later reported to have been killed in action with the rest of his crew.
So has passed another young man of solid worth who never flinched when duty called. He had turned 23 in April last year. Migration O.M.'s extend their hand to George and his family-a gesture that is shared by many younger ones who knew Bob and Mac.
MEREDITH SPENCER SHEPSTONE GOWER JACKSON
(1922-25)
Capt. Meredith Gower Jackson (35) of Ridge Road, Scottsville, died in January at the Oribi Military Hospital, Maritzburg, after a long illness. Latterly he had been nursed by his sister, Mrs. Doris Wier, of Rondebosch, Cape Town. Capt. Jackson was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jackson, of Maritzburg.
He was educated at Michaelhouse, and represented both that school and the Natal University College at rugby. At the Natal University College he showed great brilliance at his studies, and was a very young man when he obtained his B.A. and LL.B. degrees.
He was articled to Hime & Co., Maritzburg, and sub- sequently took up business on his own account as a barrister and advocate. He was congratulated by the Judge-President on the excellent way he conducted his first important case. His keenness and fighting quali- ties, added to his charm of manner, pointed to a dis- tinguished career, and his death will be a great loss to the legal profession. He was an enthusiastic O.M., always present at reunions, and for several years a most efficient and successful Hon. Sec. to the Maritz- burg branch of the Club. At the outbreak of war, Capt. Jackson proceeded North with the Royal Natal Car- bineers, and earned quick promotion. In the Middle East he was promoted Captain and became Officer Commanding No. 1 Bomber Brigade, M.T.C. He was a fine soldier and popular with the rank and file. He returned on sick leave about a year ago and then took up practice again. In the meantime his health had been greatly impaired. In spite of everything, he put all his energy into his business, and appeared to be on the road to recovery. A gradual decline set in, but he stood his illness with great fortitude. He is survived by his sister and brother, to whom our deep sympathy is extended. 46
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JOHN HENRY DUCHESNE MILLAR (1901-3)
Beno was the second of several Millars who came to Michaelhouse in the early days. The eldest son of Harry Millar, of Gillitts, he was a new boy the first Quarter the School opened at Balgowan, but left rather young. He was the violin soloist at School concerts. For many years afterwards his genial nature and kindly personality endeared him to a host of friends in the Gillitts district, where he was a senior partner in the florists' business established by him. He was always happy showing people round the well-known nurseries he and his brothers built up there. For some years his health was failing and he died early this year, just before completing a new home he had set his heart on. He never married. Like so many of the family, he had a deep love of Nature and presented a collection of butterflies to the School in 1929.
IAN THOMAS McKENZIE (1937-40)
Born in 1923, the only son of Mrs. E. B. McKenzie, of Hillary, Ian entered Founders in 1937. Perhaps his life was coloured by the accident which badly broke his elbow before he came here, and prevented him play- ing games all the time he was with us. But in spite of this handicap, he showed great grit, and never flinched in the face of difficulty. He was extremely popular in his House, and those of the Staff who knew him well foresaw a life of real usefulness and purpose.
It is the tragedy of war that so many of his type seem to make the supreme sacrifice. He matriculated here in 1940, and was afterwards articled to Messrs. Byrd
& Whittle, Accountants, of Durban. As soon as he was old enough he joined the S.A.A.F., and did well at Lyttelton and in his subsequent flying training. While on his cross-country test, he struck bad weather, and was killed when he crashed near Benoni last November, on the eve of gaining his wings. To his widowed mother we send a message of sympathy in her loneliness.
EDWARD WILLIAM LEYBOURNE POPHAM (1936-39)
The second son of the late Col. Popham and Mrs. Popham, who lived on their progressive farm at Nottingham Road, Edward was in Farfield for five years. Quiet, unassuming, but determined, his sound character and intellectual gifts earned the recognition of the Staff and boys. It was no surprise to those who knew him well that he was appointed a School Prefect and Head of his House in his last year. He had gained a good first-class in the Cape Matriculation the year before, and was able to devote himself to his new responsibilities in a way that convinced all what a fine type he was. Tactful, but firm, he did his job well. Intensely interested in nature, he did much for the School Natural History Society, and at least one of his poems, published in the Chronicle, revealed his great love of the river bank. He was never happier than with his trout rod, luring the wily trout S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE to his fly. His was a rich nature - the sort that grows with experience to a dignity that commands easy respect from his fellows and inspires the under-dog with new confidence in himself. After leaving, he was soon in khaki, and elected to fly. His training was not without incident, and he went North for operational flying as a fighter pilot. On patrol on October 31st, 1942, he had a collision in mid-air some 50 miles behind the Libyan lines, but was seen to recover from a spin before disappearing into clouds. Nothing more has been heard of him, and it has been regretfully presumed that he must have been killed. His widowed mother and brother Alick are living in Durban, and find it hard to realise Edward has gone. We sympathise with them in their great loss.
IAN RAYMOND RUTHERFORD PRYDE (1932-35)
Bobbie Pryde had four rich years in Founders, gaining first-class passes in the J.C. and Matric., with distinctions in Latin and Mathematics. He had a quick, clear brain, and was a tremendous worker. His gifts were not confined to the classroom, as his fine character was rewarded by House Prefectship in his last year, and he showed considerable skill on the playing fields. He was awarded his blazer at rugger, being a fine scrummager, and played cricket for the 2nd XI. Clearly he was an all-rounder of high merit, and in the few years before the war started, his career on the Rand showed that he had a big future.« He continued to excel at his studies, and grew into a most impressive young man. To his venturesome spirit the Air Force had an irresistible appeal, and he qualified as a fighter pilot. He went North to a Spitfire squadron, but was soon killed in aerial combat over El Daba, a few days after his eldest brother, Norman, had died., in- the El Alamein minefields. We are very sorry for his mother; and only surviving brother, Bill, who is in the N^vy, He was a type that South Africa can ill afford to lose. .j d . . ' tv •
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IAN FALKINER DALE ROBERTSON (1935-37)
Ian entered Tatham in the early days of this new House-pioneer days that depended much on the enthusiasm of its members. Ian soon revealed that his whole back was in his job and he never failed to respond to his utmost. It was natural, therefore, that in his last year he should be called upon to be Head of his House, and he materially helped to main- tain the sound traditions established by his predecessors. At games, too, he did well. He captained his House at swimming and led them to victory in his last year, performing magnificently himself. He played forward for the School at rugby and won his blazer. After passing the Matric. here, he went overseas to Bristol University to study engineering. There he played lots of rugby and saw the early days of the war, and was through the first blitz. Returning to this country on his father's death, he joined the S.A.A.F. and became a fighter pilot. He saw much service in the North, S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE and early this year was killed in an operational flight over Italy. His widowed mother, who has lost her only son at the age of 24, has generously presented a fine water colour of Table Bay and the mountains behind it, to Tatham House in memory of Ian and his great friend, Tony Clayden. It has been a terrible blow to her, and we sympathise deeply.
TUDOR ROBERT MUSGRAVE ROBERTSON (1936-39)
Bill came from Rhodesia and was in Farfield for four years. He was a good, solid type, never more in his element than when he was shoving wholeheartedly as a lock forward in the 1st XV. This earned him his blazer and a Natal Schools trial. Rather quiet, he was a loyal friend, much admired by the boys he knew. After leaving Michaelhouse, he entered the Bulawayo Techincal Mining School for two years, at the end of which he passed in all subjects, gaining "firsts" in Mathematics, Mining and Metallurgy. This would nor- mally have been followed by three years practical mining for his Diploma, but he preferred to join the R.A.F. He obtained his wings at a Rhodesian Air Training Centre in February, 1943, when he was posted to England as a Sergt.-Pilot. He was killed in a night flying accident on a Wellington bomber on October 20th, the cause being unknown. Before he left the Bulawayo "Tech" he captained their rugby side and led them to many a victory. He was a keen fisherman, a good bird shot, and a fine sportsman. His record suggested a succesful career in the Mining profession. To his parents at the Nicholson Mine we give our sympathy. He was just 22.
DONALD McKENZIE ROSS (1900-02)
One of the few who were at Michaelhouse in Maritzburg and at Balgowan, Mac and his brother, Artie, left us in 1902 and went to the Maritzburg College. He was the second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ross of Nottingham Road and the Free State, and was a nephew of the late Sir Duncan McKenzie. He farmed at Lindley, O.F.S., and also had farming interests in the Nottingham Road district. As a cadet at Maritzburg College, he was presented with the Royal Humane Society's Certificate for saving a boy from drowning in the Tugela River. Joining up at a very early age, he was attached to the Army Service Corps during the Boer War, and served with the Royal Natal Carbineers during the Native Rebellion of 1906 and in the West African campaign during the Great War. He leaves a daughter and widow, whose brothers, Willie and Titus Oates, were here.
JOHN MONTAGU SIMPSON (1934-37)
John was one of an outstanding group of Ridge boys that entered the School in 1934. He went into Foundation North. They proved in time to be the best Matriculation Form we have ever had, and it S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE is therefore eloquent testimony to John's intellectual ability that he regularly won prizes on Speech Day, his crowning effort being the Old Boys' Essay Prize, which was awarded for a remarkably thoughtful and well expressed article on a current South African problem. A tremendous supporter of his House, he was no mean athlete, and he represented his House on many occasions. He was a House Prefect in his last year, an opportunity of service his sensitive mind eagerly welcomed, and he revealed a strong character with decided views and easy leadership. He loved to slip away on Sundays to his father's beautiful farm,
"The Bend," on the Mooi River, and wander amongst the stock or along the river side. Often did I enjoy his pleasant company on such occasions, and his excitement when a good trout was safely bagged. From here he went to Rhodes where he took his first year
B.A., and in 1939 transferred to Witwatersrand Univer- sity to take his B.Com. two years later with Distinctions in Economics, Accountancy, Industrial Fluctuations and Banking. He joined the S.A.A.F. as an Intelligence Officer and saw service in N. Africa. On his last leave he engineered his way through Palestine, Irak and Iran to Teheran, just after America joined us, and wrote an interesting account of his experiences. Just after the Alamein push had started, he persuaded his Group Captain to allow him to fly with a formation of Baltimores going to bomb a German Panzer Division, and he set off in the Squadron-Leader's plane on November 2nd, 1942. Unfortunately it was shot down, and though for months there seemed a chance he had escaped-as parachutes were seen to open-his death has been presumed. He had been eager to go "to see for himself what problems confronted the flying crews." His Group Captain described him as "an outstanding young man with a great future, possessing all the quali- ties of real greatness. A nobler, more modest and like- able character it would be hard to find"-just what we expected. To his sorrowing parents, who have lost their only son at the age of 22, we offer our deepest sympathy.
DENIS HENRY VAN DER LINDEN (1932-37)
D«nis spent five and a half years in East, gaining his school leaving Certificate in his last year. He was a popular boy always, and a successful House Prefect. Nothing was too much for him if he felt it was for the good of the School or his House. Rather unlucky through injuries at rugby, he was a member of the very strong 2nd XV in 1937 that won all their matches in convincing style, his turn of speed on the wing earning him many tries. He joined the R.A.F. in England and was one of the comparatively few pilots who survived the Battle of Britain. There followed a period of instruction in the Union for two years, during which he married Miss Heulwen Jones, of Durban. Early last year he went North for another tour of operational flying, and on May 18th was reported missing from a flight over Sicily. His squadron searched S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE for him for 24 hours. Six months later his death in action was presumed. He had written the grandest letters from the North, and his fellow-officers reported how well and happy he was and what a favourite he was in the squadron. He was an only son, and to his young widow and adoring parents we extend our very real sympathy.
Koll of Honour
Cpl. Cecil M. Adams, 1st I.L.H.-Libya.
F/O. G. Paul W. Austin, R.A.F.-Germany.
A/P. Malcolm Banks, S.A.A.F.-Union.
Lieut. W. Brian Boyd, S.A.A.F.-Union.
Lieut. Nigel B. Boyd, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Eng. Sub.-Lt. A. Lindsay Briggs, R.N.V.R.-H.M.S. Hermes. P/O. David Buckley, R.A.F.-Germany.
Sgt. Maurice W. Burgess, S.A.A.-Libya.
Gnr. Philip J. Buzzard, S.A.A.-Libya.
Lieut. D. H. Ben Carlisle, Fleet Air Arm-England.
Lieut. G. Anthony Chalkley, S.A.A.F.-England.
2nd Lieut. Tom G. G. Chater, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
P/O. John St. G. Chomley, R.A.F.-English Channel.
F/O. A. R. Tony Clayden, R.A.F.-Egypt.
P/O. Sydney G. Collier, R.A.F.-English Channel.
P/O. Ivan B. Cooper, R.A.F.-Baltic Sea Capt. Dick G. Crockett, R.D.L.I.-Libya.
Cjapt. Rex G. Crosoer, R.D.L.I.-Libya Lieut. Noel J. Cullum, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Pte. Hugh M. Drummond, 1st R.N.C.-Egypt.
Lieut. R. Alan Durose, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
P/O. S. Guye H. Fawkes, R.A.F.-France.
Air/Sgt. E. A. Peter Featonby-Smith, S.A.A.F.-Libya. Lieut. Stanley R. E. Forrester, S.A.A.F.-Crete.
Lieut. Mick W. V. Goldby, 1st I.L.H.-Libya.
Sgt. Rags W. Gowthorpe, M.C., U.M.R.-Libya.
P/O. Frank Graham-Bell, R.A.F.-England.
Lieut. Neil Graham-Bell, U.M.R.-Libya.
P/O. Bill J. E. Hagger, R.A.F.-Malta.
2nd Lieut. Ray A. Hamlyn, S.A.A.F.-Union.
Capt. H. Willoughby Harris, M.C., Botha Regt.-Libya.
Pte. Geoffrey C. Hart-Davis, 3rd Transvaal Scottish-Libya. Air/Sgt. A. Mack Harvey, S.A.A.F.-Mediterranean.
Bdr. John R. Hickman, S.A.A.-Libya.
Lieut. Jack Holgate, R.D.L.I.-Libya.
A/P. John Hungerford, S.A.A.F.-Union. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
P/P. Hugh H. Isaac, S.A.A.F.-Union F/O. John Ing, R.A.F.-Belgium.
Lieut. Gordon A. Jamieson, West African Regt - Kenya. Capt. Meredith Jackson, Q Services-Union.
Ft./Sergt. Peter Jardine, R.A.F.-England.
S/Sgt. Ray Keeny, S.A.E.C.-Libya.
Lieut. Bill W. H. Kelly, S.A.A.F.-Union.
Lieut. Jim Lawrie, S.A.A.F.-Abyssinia.
Inspector C. Beric Mansfield, Police-Abyssinia.
Tpr. Ronnie Marshall, S.A.T.C.-Union.
Pte. Roy T. McFie, 1st R.N.C.-Libya.
P/P. Ian T. McKenzie, S.A.A.F.-Union.
P/P. Terry C. Monk, S.A.A.F.-Union.
2nd Lieut. Terry R. E. Morrison, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Lieut. Dorrien Norton, S.A.A.F.-Union.
Pte. Frank Openshaw, S.A. Irish-Mediterranean.
Cpl. Wilfred J. Parry, 1st K.R.R.C.-Egypt.
2nd Lieut. Edward W. L. Popham, S.A.A.F.-Libya. Lieut. Bobbie Pryde, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Pte. Clive Rawlinson, 1st R.N.C.-Italy.
Cpl. Harry Rawson, S.A.T.C.-Libya.
Lieut. Hugo D. Reid, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Lieut. Ian Robertson, S.A.A.F.-Italy.
Sgt./Pilot T. R. M. Robertson, R.A.F.-England
A/O. Tom R. Rose-Price, S.A.A.F.-Union.
S/Sgt. Chappie L. St. Leger, H.Q. Staff-Egypt.
P/O. Ronald N. Selley, D.F.C., R.A.F.-England 2nd Lieut. Peter R. M. Sharp, R.A.-England. Lieut. John M. Simpson, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Ft./Lieut. Errol W. Seymour-Hosley, R.A.F.-Libya. Lieut. Harold B. Stevenson, S.A.A.F.-Kenya.
Pte. George D. Strachan, N.M.R.-Mediterranean.
S/Sgt. Kelvin B. Strachan, S.A.N.L.C.-Egypt.
Lieut. Peter J. Susskind, S.A.A.-Egypt.
Lieut. Archie A. L. Tatham, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
2nd Lieut. Ken M. Taylor, S.AA.F.-Union.
Lieut. Guy F. Tolmer, S.A.A.F.-Union.
Ft./Lieut. D. van der Linden, R.A.F.-Mediterranean. Ft./Lieut. Jim W. Verney, R.A.F.-Atlantic.
P/O. Douglas Vivian, R.A.F.-Germany.
F/O. Harold Webber, R.A.F.-Germany.
A/Sgt. Frank B. White, S.A.A.F.-Libya.
Sqdn. Ldr. Roger Winlaw, R.A.F.-Germany.
MISSING-BELIEVED KILLED
P/O. John Clive Dawson-Squibb, R.A.F.-Burma. Ft./Lieut. Rex Poynton, R.A.F-Germany.
Lieut. Gerald Sedgwick, S.A.A.F-Mediterranean.
F/O. Tony Smith, R.A.F-Mediterranean.
Sgt./Pilot Bob D. C. Tomlinson, R.A.F-North Sea. 52
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MISSING FOR SOME MONTHS
Lieut. Deryck Birch, S.A.A.F.-Italy.
Lieut. Brian Bird, S.A.A.F.-Italy.
Lieut. Frederick Black, S.A.A.F.-Mediterranean. Lieut. G. Geerdts, S.A.A.F.-Mediterranean Lieut. Tim Henderson, S.A.A.F.-Italy.
Lieut. Michael G. White, S.A.A.F.-Italy.
PRISONERS OF WAR ESCAPED
Don Currie and Jeff Morphew to Switzerland. Llewellyn George, to Switzerland.
Lewis Pape to Allied Forces.
Donald Waterman to Switzerland.
Charlie Jones to Allied Forces.
BEEN REPATRIATED TO UNION
Richard Carter.
PRISONERS OF WAR
Dennis Antrobus. Jack Ardington. David Beevers. Christopher Beith. Gordon Blampied. Harry Bowley-Smith. Russell Burdon.
Pat Burgess.
Billy Burnett. Ronald Butcher. Peter Campbell. Richard Carter. Peter Cazalet.
Wally Chaplin. Geoffrey Chennells. Jim Chutter.
Edmund Clemmans. Edward Crockett. Desmond Comins. Raynor Davis. Dennis Dawson.
Guy Diering.
Henry Dyke.
Ken Evennett.
John Forsdick.
John Fraundorfer. Llewellyn George. Guy Gibson.
Jack Goldby.
Keir Hall.
John Harker.
Jack Heeley.
Eric Henderson. Ted Heney.
Erlend Hindson. John Kennan.
Tom Kennan.
Peter Kerr.
Rex Kirton. Winston Laidlau. Alan Lees.
Ken L'Estrange. Travers Lister. Michael Lloyd. Frank Lorentz. Dennis Lyle.
Tom Maling.
Alan McFie. Douglas McIntosh. Ken Mackay.
John MacNab. Norman Mann. Dennis Maxwell. Ronald May. Farnie Martens. John Methley.
Billy Nairn.
D. Heaton-Nicholls. Alexander Osborn. Geoffrey Oscroft.
A. Oxley-Oxland.
Edward Phillips. Eric Pond.
Roy Roberts.
Jack Robertson. Maurice Robertson. Giles Rose.
Mike Rosholt.
Terry Scott.
Jack Shannon. Arthur Shaw. Ronald Sherratt. Courtnell Siedle. Philip Symon. Charles Smythe. Ronald Steere. William Smerdon. Pat Stocken.
Lloyd Storm.
Les Symons. Edward Stewart. Clifford Tallantire. Bobs Tatham.
Hugh Thomson. Ernest Vine-Jory. Peter Wacher. Donald Waterman. Courtnay Wiley. Colin Walters. Edmund Wilson. John Wilson.
DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Order Lieut. David Goring Wood, S.A.A.F., is the third O.M. to receive this medal in this war. The citation reads: "He wins this distinction for bravery in Italy. His observer and radio S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
53 operator were killed and his gunner was wounded. He himself was hit by flak in the hands, thigh and legs, but nevertheless he brought his plane home. With his port engine smoking, and no instruments to guide him, Lieut. Wood was compelled to leave the formation. He managed to reach his home airfield, but found he was unable to lower the aircraft's undercarriage. He made several attempts to do so each of which failed. Lieut. Wood skilfully brought his Baltimore down off the runway, thereby avoiding collision with other aircraft which were taking off and landing. Getting out of the cockpit, his first thoughts were for his crew. Only when he sought to help them did he realise he was wounded himself. He could have baled out instead of risking a belly landing, but he stuck to his aircraft in the hope of saving the lives of others." In addition to the D.S.O., he received a special message of congratulation from Air- Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Officer Commanding the Tactical Air Force.
Military Cross
Lieut. John Brewer Booth has been awarded the Military Cross for a superb act of gallantry and resourcefulness. He is probably the first of the repatriated South African prisoners of war to be decorated. On June 7, 1942, Lieut. Booth com- manded an R.D.L.I. platoon, part of a company which had lo attack a strongly held German position on the Gazala front. The force advanced through intense mortar, machine-gun and anti- tank gun fire. One anti-tank gun nest in particular was giving a lot of trouble. Single-handed, Lieut. Booth charged the gun crew, killed three of them and wounded the fourth with his bayonet. He then led his platoon in determined and successful assaults with bayonets and hand grenades on machine-gun posts until, when near his objective, he was seriously wounded in the right leg. The terrific fire from an overwhelmingly superior enemy had caused numerous casualties, and most of the com- pany, including Lieut. Booth, was soon afterwards ambushed and captured. Lieut. Booth's leg was amputated at Derna, and for 10£ months he was kept in Italian hospitals until repatriated some months ago. Recognition for his gallant leadership and courage would normally have been given almost, immediately, but it is one of the Army practices that decorations are not considered while men are prisoners of war. Lieut. Booth has now been discharged from the army and is residing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Booth, at 23 Mannng Road, Durban.
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight/Lieut. Patrick Arthur Dorehill, D.F.C., is the first O.M. ever to have been awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross, and we sincerely congratulate him on this great achievement. The citation reads as follows: "This officer has participated in a very large number of sorties, involving attacks on most of the heavily defended targets in Germany. Recently he took part in an attack on Berlin. Before reaching the city his aircraft was attacked by a fighter. Flight/Lieut. Dorehill succeeded in evading the attacker, but the bomber had been repeatedly hit by cannon fire, which damaged the fuselage and the tail plane and also put the hydraulic system out of action. 54
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Despite this, Flight/Lieut. Dorehill continued to the target, which he bombed successfully. On his return to base he effected a masterly crash landing. He displayed great skill, courage and determination throughout."
The award was made on February 26th. Pat has been on Lancasters for some time. He completed 35 operational trips before August, 1942, when he first earned the D.F.C., and then instructed for over a year, during which he married and was promoted. We take the liberty of publishing a letter written in February this year, just before the new award was made:
"Dear Dad. I have now completed seven trips, five of which have been to Berlin and the others to Brunswick and Magdeburg*. You would imagine the most difficult trips would have been those to Berlin. Strangely enough the reverse was the case. On my last trip, which was to Magdeburg, we had a really very exciting time, with a few really shaky seconds added for good measure. I was circling round the target in order to get into position for the run up. There were a large number of enemy fighter planes about, and it was obvious we would have to watch out. I warned my gunners at this stage that enemy aircraft were sighted at 1,000 yards slowly closing in. Well, I wasn't alarmed because I was confident that having spotted our enemy I could outwit any of them, and waited patiently for them to close in further before taking evasive action. It so happened, however, that one Hun was a really magnificent marksman, but lacked courage. It's like this: it is pointless to take evasive action unless your enemy is fairly close, so the idea is to let him get within a certain range and then fox him by doing what- ever you have in your mind or whatever fits the case. Well, as
I was saying, this fellow, expecting this, opened up from a phenomenal range and put a crafty burst of cannon shell into the starboard wing. Either he was very lucky to hit us or he was an exceptional shot. Anyway, he hit us, thus foxing my intentions. The blighter then closed in fast, thinking he had us, but our gunners opened up. He, on seeing our return fire, broke off the attack. His companion in the other aircraft also pushed off. Three minutes later we ran up to the target, opened bomb doors, and bombed. When I tried to close the bomb doors it was found that the hydraulics had been hit and they would not close. Unfortunate, what? Then the gunners reported two more enemy aircraft approaching. Fortunately we shook them off. We made the return journey with bomb doors open. On our arrival back at base it was found that the flaps would not operate, nor would one undercarriage leg come down. For- tunately I put her down pretty well and the crash landing was comparatively smooth. Afterwards we found that the gunners had had close shaves from machine-gun bullets, and that the hole between the two engines of the wing was over three feet square-the largest hole I've ever seen; it shows what cannon shell can do. There is nothing more to say."
Military Medal
Richard Rose had been awarded the M.M. for extreme gallantry in Libya. Unfortunately the citation has not reached us, but we understand he went forward alone, under heavy fire, and brought back four officers, one by one, who had been killed S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
55 or severely wounded when their truck v/as hit by a shell. He has since been commissioned and seconded to the 6th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders. Good show, Dick I
Mentioned in Despatches
For distinguished services in North Africa: ..
Capt. Peter C. A. Francis, R.N.C.
Flight/Lieut. Niel MacGillivray, R.A.F.
S. F. C. Robinson, S.A.E.C.
O.M. DINNER IN EGYPT
It was a historic occasion in the annals of the Club, on the night of January 13th, when, thanks largely to the successful efforts of Lieut.-Col. Wilfred Lawrance and Capt. Victor Shaw, eighty Old Boys attended an O.M. dinner at a hotel outside Cairo. The following, in the words of the Padre, "had a spot to warm themselves, signed their names, paid 50 piastres, and sat down" to a meal beyond the wildest dreams of any 6th Division soldier in the field: Jock Anderson, Chris Acutt, Porridge Barnes, Peter Banham, John Byron, T. R. Boshoff, Peter Brown, Henry Barnby, Exton Burchell, David Brown, Andrew Curlewis, Peter Caswell, Ramsay Collins, P. Crookes, Norman Clothier. Jasper Crowe, Murray Campbell, A. M. Curson, Bud Chaplin, Colin Campbell, Mike Duggan, B. Downs, Jock Dickens, Rhys Evans, Joh,n Fehrsen, Philip Foucho, George Forder, Dave Forsyth, W. Fitzgerald, Viv. Gillitt, Duchesne Grice, Bob Howden, Bob Har- vey, Bob Harker, P. Harris, V. Holding, Hugh Hall, Neville James, Hugh Johnston, M. A. Jackson, B. A. Johnstone, Russell Jacob, Hugh Knubley, Lance Knight, Anson Lloyd, John Line,
H. M. Lawrance, Wilfred Lawrance, Mike Lee, Beaver Lee, John Moor, C. Mason, Don McKerrow, C. J. Muggeridge, Murray McClung, Billy Mills, James Mackness, Vaughan Milner-Smyth, George Needham, Basil Oscroft, Dudley Pringle, John Peycke, Rex Pennington, Gerald Payn, Frisky Reynolds, Tuli Rouillard, R. G. Shipster, John Sinclair, Walter Saville, Victor Shaw, Jock Sperryn, Morty Taylor, David Taylor, Ron Truscott, Dick Whitley, David Wacher, Rhino Welch, Christopher Wagner, Cardie Young and an "unknown warrior" who never signed his name.
Major Dick Whitley was the old man of the party-the only one with a son at the School. The School jargon was soon in full swing.On all sides one heard such remarks as: "There's old X who used to fag for mo; he's got three pips and I'm only a private." "When were you at School? 1925? I was only a year old then!"
"The School" was proposed by Dick Whitley and replied to by the youngest O.M. present, Bud Chaplin, who brought the house down by starting: "Gentlemen and Officers." Fatty
Lawrence sang an old "2nd Game Pavilion" song, and Victor Shaw spoke of the fine O.M. spirit that had brought men to the dinner from as far away as Alexandria, of their will to win and to build a better world. The Hon. Sec.'s son pleaded for regular reports from the front to his father, and sat down giggling. More speeches, more toasts, and back to camp in troop-carriers to an endless round of English, Afrikaans and Zulu songs. It was a great show, and we are very grateful to the gallant organisers. 56
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O.M. LITERATURE
War inspires many men to commit their experiences and emotions to print. We are pleased to notice four O.M. authors have, for a variety of motives, joined this throng. Unfortunately, no copy of Vernon Humphries' "Snobbery Under Arms" is available, but we gather he has exposed some of the weaknesses of the military machine in war, and told in simple, straightforward language his own experiences as a Doctor in the S.A.M.C.
Newman Robinson's "Mising, Believed Prisoner," has rightly made a deep impression. Written to augment the Red Cross funds (which it is doing to an extent which must gratify tbs author), it is a story of an experience, deeply felt and sincerely told in a style that often stirs the reader profoundly. It breathes honesty of fact and purpose, and inevitably has shaken the complacency of many in this country. That many next-of-kin have been moved by the stark reality of Italian prison camps is natural; but we have no patience with those who have tried to have this unadorned account of P.O.W. conditions banned. It it right that we should know now what our men suffered. Recruits are flagging; money is plentiful. Perhaps this book will induce both to flow into channels which will swell the currents that will sweep the Nazi terror from the face of this troubled world.
The other two publications are little books of poems, one anonymous, and we append an appreciation of them by W. A. St. J. Davis; we are grateful for his help:
Poems: Guy Tolmer (Knox, Durban, 5/-). Libyan Winter: Poems of a Springbok (C.N.A., 3/-.)
Guy Tolmer's poems are published, unrevised, as they were written, with a foreword by P. D. Hickman, and some pleasing wood and lino cuts by Peggy Barboure. In these pages lies the record of a sensitive, artistic spirit with all the sincerity and unfulfilled promise of youthful vitality. One is often reminded of Rupert Brooke, and even Keats, in moods of romantic escapism like "When Evening Gleams," and the exquisitely lovely "Winds of Night.":
"Strange night time.made for sleep,
Thy winds untethered play About the dreamers way."
Perhaps the most strikingly original of the poems is tho sonnet in which he pictures the past as a chessboard on which stare oddly "The kings and queens of vanity unmasked, strange carven symbols, that can never stir."
"Libyan Winter," the work of an Old Boy who has little poetic reason for continuing to shelter beneath a cloak of anonymity, contains poems written in places as far apart as Gazala and Lake Elementeita. The mood is correspondingly varied and always interesting: now the tenuous romance of "The Dunes," now the disillusioned realism of "Front Line." It is this mood which remains in the reader's mind, and places this writer in the company of the main group of contemporary poet-thinkers; whereas Guy Tolmer belongs more to the escapists. The first and last poems both face, without solving, two of war's perennial problems: the first speaks of the enjoyment of "battles and bottles shared," the laughter of friends, and the bright days S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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• and nights beneath sun and stars, and asks why such a vile and obscene thing as war can yet produce fine and ennobling emotions and experiences. The last is a charmingly wistful love letter telling of his attempt to weave the magic of a girl into the threadbare life of the desert.
SCHOOL TIES-AN S.O.S.
The School outfitters report a breakdown in their supplies and the probability that there will be no fresh stock until some time after the war. The Rector will therefore be most grateful if any Old Boy possessing a reasonably respectable School tie will send it to the Matron, so that the full School uniform can continue to be worn by boys on lawful occasions.
CLUB ACCOUNTS FOR 1941-42 and 1942-43
Thanks to the very generous efforts of Colonel Cyril Baylis, these have now been audited, and are printed for the information of members. MICHAELHOUSE
BALANCE SHEET AS
LIABILITIES. f s. d. £ s. d.
Capital Fund:
Balance at 1st April, 1941 ...... 1,763 16 3
Add Excess of Revenue over Expendi- ture ...... 106 14 4
------1,870 10 7
Pavilion Fund:
Balance of Donations as at 1st April,
1941 ...... 251 1 9
Add Donations and Interest for year 30 15 0
281 16 9
Diamond Jubilee Insurance Scheme:
Policies paid up during year .. .. 109 9 0
Auditor's Report:
To Members of Michaelhouse Old Boys' Club.
I have examined the foregoing Statement of Revenue and Expenditure and Balance Sheet with the books and vouchers of the Club, and have obtained all the information and explana- tions required. The Club has kept proper books and records. The Balance Sheet is, in my opinion, properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Club's affairs according to the information and explanations given to me and as shown by the books of the Club.
L. G. C. BAYLIS,
Durban. Hon. Auditor.
£2,261 16 4
MICHAELHOUSE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE.
1940-41 1941-42
£18 15 0 To Postages...... £18 0 2
2 9 10 "Bank Charges...... 197
10 2 0 " Stationery...... 13 17 6
94 17 0 " Chronicles...... 102 7 6
11 12 6,. Typist...... 11 9 6
52 10 0 " Honorarium-Secretary...... 52 10 0
3 3 0 "Old Boys' Prize...... 300
251 1 9 " Pavilion Fund...... 30 15 0
0 10 0 " Registration Club Colours...... 0 10 0
" Jubilee Fund...... 109 9 0
2 0 0 " Bad Debts......
60 10 0 " Donations......
1 16 6' " Wreaths......
70 13 7 " Balance to Capital...... 106 14 4
£580 1 2
£450 2 7 OLD BOYS' CLUB.
AT 31st MARCH, 1942. i
ASSETS.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Cash:
Barclays Bank (D.C. & O.)...... 11 l 5
Cash in Hand...... 35 13 1
Petty Cash...... 3 57
------50 0 1
Investments:
City Permanent Building Society .. 1,350 0 0
United Building Society...... 250 0 0
County Permanent Building Society 100 0 0
Union Loan Certificates...... 126 0 0
------1,826 0 0
Pavilion Fund Investment:
S.A. Permanent Mutual Building
Society-4%...... 200 0 0
S.A. Permanent Mutual Building
Society-3£%...... 50 0 0
United Building Society...... 20 0 0
------270 0 0
Diamond Jubilee Insurance Scheme
Investment-United Building Society 80 0 0
Stationery on Hand...... 10 0 0
Typewriter...... 0 10 0 City Permanent Building Society:
Accrued Interest...... 25 6 3
£2,261 16 1 OLD FOR BOYS' CLUB. THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1942.
REVENUE.
1940-41 1941-42
£93 2 1 By Interest Received...... £88 10 0
3 13 4 " Clothes...... 2 12 7
214 4 0 " Life Subscriptions...... 201 12 0
18 0 0 " Inst. Life Subscriptions...... 17 4 0
251 1 9 " Pavilion Fund Subscriptions...... 30 15 0
" Jubilee Fund ...... 109 9 0
£580 1 2
£450 2 7 MICHAELHOU SE
BALANCE SHEET AS
LIABILITIES.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Capital Fund:
As at 1st April, 1942 ...... 1,870 10 7
Add Balance Revenue and Expendi- ture Account...... 150 19 5
Pavilion Fund: Balance as at 1st April, 1942 281 16 9 Add Donations and Interest for year 69 17 6 Diamond Jubilee Insurance Scheme: Balance as at 1st April, 1942 109 9 0 Add Policies paid up and Interest during year 30 18 0
Auditor's Report:
To Members of Michaelhouse Old Boys' Club.
I have examined the foregoing Statement of Revenue and Expenditure and Balance Sheet with the books and vouchers of the Club, and have obtained all the information and explana- tions required. The Club has kept proper books and records. The Balance Sheet is, in my opinion, properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Club's affairs according to the information and explanations given to me and as shown by the books of the Club.
L. G. C. BAYLIS,
£2,513 11 3
MICHAELHOUSE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
1941-42. 1942-43
£18 0 2 To Postages...... £12 13 7
19 7 " Bank Charges...... 1 8 o
13 17 6 " Stationery...... 800 102 7 6 " Chronicles...... 107 2 0
11 9 6 " Typist...... 12 7 6
52 10 0 " Honorarium...... 52 10 0
3 0 0 " Old Boys' Prize......
30 15 0 " Pavilion Fund...... 69 17 6
0 10 0 " Club Colours...... 0 10 0
109 9 0 " Jubilee Fund...... 30 18 0
106 14 4 " Balance to Capital...... 150 19 5
£450 2 7
£446 6 2 OLD BOYS' CLUB.
AT 31st MARCH, 1943.
ASSETS. £ s. d. Cash: Barclays Bank (D.C. & O.) .. 5 2 1 Cash on Hand 11 19 8 Petty Cash 2 19 6 Investments: City Permanent Building Society .. 1,350 0 0 United Building Society 440 0 0 County Permanent Building Society 100 0 0 Union Loan Certificates 126 0 0 Pavilion Fund Investments: United Building Society 20 0 0 Union Loan Certificates 315 0 0
£ s. d.
20 1 3
2,016 0 0
335 0 0
Diamond Jubilee Insurance Scheme Investments:
United Building Society...... 140 0 0
Stationery on Hand...... 200
Typewriter...... 0 10 3
£2,513 11 3
OLD BOYS' CLUB.
ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1943.
1941-42. 1942-43.
£88 10 0 By Interest Received...... £88 15 0
2 12 7 " Clothes...... 198
201 12 0 " Life Subscriptions...... 245 14 0
17 4 0 " Inst. Life Subscriptions...... 9 12 0
30 15 0 " Pavilion Fund Subscriptions...... 69 17 6 109 9 0 " Jubilee Fund...... 30 18 0
£450 2 7
£446 6 2 62
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PERSONAL NOTES
The S.A. Artillery have been strengthened by six staunch Farfield recruits: David Atkinson, Hugh Bull, Jex Hall, John Johnstone, Douglas Shaw and Walter Strachan. They all went to Potchefstroom in March, and were on embarka- tion leave in May. Good luck to the sextette!
Andy Allen is a pilot with No. 7 Squadron, S.A.A.F., somewhere in Italy.
John Aubrey wrote from the Ladysmith Military Camp in May in the Q Services. He is able to live out and has his wife with him.
Major Hugh Alder, S.A.A.F., after a distingushed career on the Burma front, seconded to the R.A.F., was on ieave in Natal in March and spent a week-end at the School.
Pat Atkinson has been an Air Sgt. Gunner with an S.A.A.F. Squadron in Italy for many months, but expects shortly to return to the Union to resume his training as a pilot.
Neil Auret has completed his training and is waiting for his transfer to the R.N.
C. G. Austin is at Witwatersrand University taking Medicine
Jock Anderson's son and heir was born in December, and his grandmother describes the mite as having a voice "like the bull of Bashan"! Jock is in Italy with the Gunners.
D. Addison is in a Parachute Section somewhere in the India
Command.
D. A'Bear is on the staff of the Standard Bank at Mooi River.
S. A. G. Anderson has joined the Navy.
C. C. Akerman qualified as a Doctor at Witwatersrand University last December.
R. C. Anderson visited the School in May, the first time since he left. He had a long spell of service up North, but at present is stationed at the Ladysmih Military Camp.
Capt. J. M. Arnott is on the staff of an important Military Mission on the Turkish frontier.
Barry and Denis Acutt are both flying with 43 Squadron, S.A.A.F., in the Barberton district.
M. H. Aldridge had some months' experience in a legal office, but is now articled to a firm of Accountants in Johannes- burg.
"Jib" Alexander is with the Tanks in the Sixth Division.
M. G. Arkwright has his commission in the R.N., with whom he has been on two Malta convoys, was in the Madagascar show, and has chased Japs in the Bay of Bengal.
J. Adams is in S. Rhodesian Light Battery and has taken a pre-
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Ted Brunskill has been drafted North and is flying a Mosquito in Italy. His daughter arrived in February.
Alex Blaikie joined the S.A.A.F. last year, and is nearing the completion of his training as a pilot.
D. W. Bradford is taking his B.Com. at Rhodes and went to the S.C.A. camp. He is head printer of the "Rhodeo" and was acting in a play.
A postcard arrived from Christopher Beith in May, reporting that he was well and that he had found two of his "West" contemporaries in his camp in Germany, Denis Maxwell and Derek Heaton Nicholls, the only other O.M.'s there.
John Baylis has been at sea in the Indian Ocean on a destroyer for some months.
Mike Barry, now a Flight-Lieut. in the R.A.F., wrote from N. Ireland where he is "policing" the Atlantic on large reconnaissance craft.
Congratulations to Capt. Guy Berry, whose son and heir, Patrick, was born on March 24th. He is at Cottesloe Hospital, after a very long spell in the field. Bryan is with a Special Signals S.A.A.F. unit in Pondoland.
J. E. Burgess is training with the S.A.A.F. in Lyttelton
Des Bower and Maurice Renton completed their training as naval cadets in May and are midshipmen in the R.N.V.R.. They have both been posted to service squadrons.
Nigel Butcher is now a Major in the R.A.M.C., attached to a Division in England.
An oil painting, "Picture of a Lady," by Frank Graham Bell, whose death was reported in the last Chronicle, has been purchased by the Trustees of the Tate Gallery. The London "Times" describes it as "a restrained and sensitive work." Nearly all his unsold pictures were destroyed during the London "blitz."
Gordon Blampied, now a P.O.W. in Germany, enjoyed two months' freedom in Italy before he was recaptured.
Ian Barnes' son and heir was born on January 12th in Durban. He is in Italy with his Battery. While on a course in Palestine, he had some hunting with foxhounds, red coats and all! Richard joined the Navy in March and is training at the Cape.
Many will be interested to know that in a recent letter Warren Bushell reports that he is a keen member of the Home Guard, in spite of being Headmaster at Birkenhead School, with 450 boys to control.
Gordon Baber wrote early in the year from the same destroyer in the Mediterranean, where they continue to have the most stirring times.
Ian Brown was released by the Union-Castle Co. after a year with them in Durban, where he trained with the C.D.C., and is training as a pilot in the S.A.A.F. 64
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The best of luck to Sergt. Duncan Brisker, SA.M.C., and Miss Thelma Ball, S.A.M.N.S., of Illovo, who were married at St. Paul's in Durban on March 4th. He is on the staff of the Springfield Military Hospital.
Bryan Bird has been missing for some months from a patrol over Rome. He had a long spell of operational flying with the S.A.A.F.
This has also been the fate of Deryck Birch, who was bombing in the Mediterranean. He last wrote in September, giving many items of welcome O.M. news, when he was on the point of going North to an operational squadron. In an amusing passage, he told of a forced landing he had in Swaziland, where he had to walk seven hours before reaching the first white man.
Fred Black is also missing from a bombing raid on the Aegean Islands. He had considerable operational experience in N. Africa.
While in training in Egypt, Peter Brown found himself "caught up in quite a whirl of social visits, calling in the evenings on Rex Pennington, Duchesne Grice and others with the R.N.C. at one end of the vast camp, Bud Chaplin and the Gunners at another, and Murrray Otto in yet a third distant corner."
Michael Buckley wrote from Kenya last year, while honeymoon- ing with his bride, Miss Diana Seymour, of Nairobi. Good luck to them. He writes: "I was in Bombay a couple of months ago on the steps of the Taj Mahal Hotel, debating the pros and cons of a drink, when I saw George Chater. The debate was settled and we had a long chat."
A. M. Barrett has been on an officer's course in the S.A.N.F.
Capt. D. Broadhurst has been seconded to the R.A.F. in England after many months of instructional work in the Union.
A. M. Buchan, who is in Italy with the S.A.A., has a daughter.
G. Buchanan-Clarke is kindly presenting the "Aeroplane" and "Blackwoods Magazine" to the School Library.
J. F. Broom is with the S.A.N.F.
Brewer Booth has been discharged from the army. He is engaged. Elsewhere we print details of his award, upon which he is to be congratulated. Barry is with an anti-tank regiment in Italy.
Ian Curwin, Mungo Park-Ross, A. W. Crosby Spratt all qualified as Doctors at Capetown University in December. We wish them luck.
A. N. Cheales is training with the S.A.N.F. at Pollsmoor Camp,
C.P.
Tony Croad wrote an interesting account of his experiences up North and in India, where he is now seconded to an R.A.F. squadron. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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Geoffrey Clothier has two delightful boys and lives in Johan- nesburg, where he is a partner in Clothier & Poole.
Accountants and Auditors.
Geoff Chaplin, after a year as District Commissioner at Qacha's Nek in Basutoland, has gone to Pretoria on promotion i^s Assistant Secretary to the High Commissioner, Lord Harlech. He has two charming little sons.
H. R. Cooper has been in the M.T. for three years and is at present stationed in Tripoli. He and his wife started a poultry farm near Maritzburg some years ago.
J. R. Cleverly received his wings and commission at a passing- out parade at Pretoria some months ago, having come top of his course.
Lieut. Andrew Curlewis is with the P.A.G. in the 6th Division He has enjoyed his tank training. David is in the Navy.
Don Currie writes cheerfully from Switzerland, where he is working in a watch factory at Geneva.
George Crossman, who was the youngest Chartered Accountant in South Africa when he qualified, has been some years in the R.N.V.R., has a commission, and was in many convoys going to Russia.
Major Laurie Clarkson is G.S.O.I. at the Natal Fortress, Durban.
As a S/Sergt. in the 46th Survey Co., Reg Carr must have materially assisted in the good work which earned his unit a special plaque from Gen. Clark, G.O.C. the Fifth Army. Other O.M.'s in the Coy. are Capt. Dennis Visick, Brian McCarthy and Alistair Challinor.
R. N. Carter, of the U.M.R., was one of 33 South Africans to be repatriated via Algeria in May. He had a long spell in Italian hospitals.
Major J. C. Orowe, Capt. J. L. Robinson and Sergt. K. Trotter were the O.M.'s in a party of 6th Division personnel who arrived in the Union in May to hustle recruits into uniform as reserves for our troops who went into action in Italy after months of training in Egypt.
Gordon Cumming has been on sick leave in Johannesburg. Aidan Cross and his wife arrived in Natal at the end of last year. He is a curate at St. Saviour's Cathedral, Maritzburg.
H. Currey is in the S.A.N.F., and hopes to transfer later to the R.N.
Harold Carr is engaged to Marjorie Spillman, of Durban, and is to be married in July. He is in his last year Dentistry at Wits.
George Campbell writes cheerfully from Italy, where he has met many other O.M.'s in the Gunners and other units.
A. J. Clesham and H. Miller both called at the School on their way North in March, having been on pre-O.C.T.U. courses in Rhodesia. 66
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J. R. Dekema and T. R. Douglas have their wings and com- missions in the S.AA.F.
The best of everything to Lt. Geoffrey Doming and Lorna Isobel Perkins, who were married in Durban at St. Thomas Church on April 22nd. He reports that Owen Brash is also instructing at the Grahamstown Air School now.
Sub-Lieut. Walton Dyer is engaged to Miss Evelyn Nash, of Durban.
After over two years' instructing in the Transvaal, Antony Doming called at the School in May on embarkation leave, and expected to be on operational work up North by June. Michael is on the farm near Franklin.
R. E. Dawson has had many months at sea on H.M.S. Redoubt as an O/S, but is now doing a cadet course.
Gordon Dixon is a qualified signaller in the Navy.
Henry Dyke writes as a Bombardier from a German P.O.W. camp, where conditions are better than in Italy. Keir Hall was with him.
Robert Dyke is with the A.A.P.C. in the Middle East. Bill is still a mechanic at an Air Station near Port Elizabeth.
Paddy Dobson, after some very severe experiences with the R.A. on the Eighth Army front in Italy, was transferred to England some months ago.
In March Dr. R. A. Dyer, D.Sc., was appointed Chief of the Division of Botany and Plant Pathology. This means he is also Director of Botanical Survey and Editor of S.A. Flower- ing Plants.
D. Deane is in the S.A.N.F.
Lieut. Ivan Dickinson played a lot of rugby with his R.E. unit in England last winter.
Dr. David Edington qualified last December at Cape Town University and is a House Physician at Addington Hospital.
A. T. de Villiers has joined the K.A.R. and is training at the Combined School of Infantry, East Africa Command.
Lindsay Evans has recovered his interest in entomology, which started in his school days, and has been rewarded by the discovery of a new butterfly in the Kroonstad area. He spent several days at the School in March.
Spencer Edwards has been leading his squadron on the Burma front, but expected to leave for England about June.
Bruce Evans has a permanent release from the N.T.C., and has been back on the farm at Kroonstad. He has a son at Cordwalles. Rhys is with the 6th Division.
The best of luck to Sub.Lieut. E. Ronnie Eriksen and Joan Alexander, of Merrivale, who were married at St. Thomas in Durban on March 4th. The Hon. Sec. inspected his ship in December. The second-in-command was Eric Simpson, and Chief Engineer L. Poison. S, MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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G. D. Ellis Brown has a commission in the SA.N.F.
Congratulations to Leif Egeland on his appointment as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Union Government in Stockholm. He flew there with his wife some months ago.
I. J. Ferguson is at Witwatersrand University.
Peter Franklin, John Haine, Douglas Turner, John Thompson, Bill Wall and Buster Watt are an enthusiastic group of S.A.A.F. bomber pilots who were seconded to the R.A.F. last year and are training in England. Peter wrote from the Cotswolds, where he was much impressed by the highly scientific training required for high precision bombing of Hitler Europe.
Gordon Fyfe's son and heir, Bruce Graeme, has arrived, but may not see his father before he can toddle, as Gordon went North last year as an officer in the 102 Bn. G.C., attached to the S.A.A.F.
George Forder's daughter was born in May, and the Club President, Maurice, who is always such a genial soul at O.M. gatherings, is now a grandfather.
Peter Francis also has a daughter, whom he has not yet seen.
Richard Friel has gone back to the M.E.F. after acting as Legal Officer at D.H.Q. for some time.
Halford Fellowes wrote in January from Sierra Leone, where, in his spare time, he is collecting butterflies and other insects for the School Museum. He is stationed there in the Navy.
John Foaden, after some months as a fighter pilot in Italy, is doing a course at Cairo. Harry is farming at Umlaas Road.
N. Fischer is apprenticed to a chemist in Matatiele.
K. A. Gough is taking first year B.A. at Witwatersrand University. He travels in from the Reef each day with R. A. Bilsland and R. R. Richards, who are also studying there.
Ian Garland has had a long spell at sea with the R.N. on the "Suffolk," and recently went on a cadet course to Port Elizabeth, from where he was transferred to England.
Ian Gersigny is well on with his pilot's training at Vereeniging. He had a great season playing cricket for the S.A.A.F. in the Transvaal, and had some good squash with the Chief Ground Instructor.
Ron Gilson's sons were joined by a daughter on November 18th.
We heartily congratulate Llewellyn George on his escape from Italy into Switzerland. There had been no news of him for four months.
Eddy Gibson's longed-for son, Andrew, arrived on November 18th, and his three sisters rejoiced almost as much as the parents. 68
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D. Giddy, who is taking Engineering at Witwatersrand Univer- sity, reports that W. Hope and A. A. B. Williams are also taking that course. Hope spent two months in a garage, getting first-hand experience of car engines.
Roy Gathorne went North with a detachment of Gunners early this year.
Douglas Grant sold out in the Transvaal some time ago and is sugar farming near Port Shepstone.
We are sorry to hear that one of Jack Gibson's sons is missing. He wrote in February, after having completed 28 months in the field with the S.A.A.F.
G. H. Garbutt and J. Moir have finished their pilot's training in the S.A.A.F. John passed out top of his course in June.
W. D. Geerdts has joined the S.A.C.S., after putting through his first year exams, at Rhodes. His elder brother, Gerry, is unfortunately still missing from an operational flight over the Mediterranean.
The latest news of Jack Heeley is that he and Bill Nairn are in Stalag IVC, and work underground on a coal mine.
G. P. Hutcheson has joined the S.A.N.F. and is revelling in the arduous preliminary training at the Cape.
Joe Harle was down on leave in May and visited the School. He has been on operational flying as an S.A.A.F. observer for 18 months, and looked extremely fit.
Congratulations to Capt. and Mrs. John Hickson, whose son and heir was born at Port Elizabeth on May 22nd.
Geoffrey Horton is in the aptitude section of the S.A.A.F.
John Hankinson is in the Artillery.
Ted Heney is one of the many O.M.'s now in Germany who pay the highest tributes to the Red Cross.
Roy Hindle did well in his first year exams, at Howard College last year.
T. E. B. Hill has been released from the army and is back on his farm at Seven Oaks. His wife had carried on nobly for three years.
A. W. G. Hunter sent a long letter from the S.A.E.C. depot in Egypt, awaiting orders to join an R.E. unit. With him were R. Poynton, H. McGregor (who was Prime Minister in the local "Parliament"), I. Curwin and J. Orford.
L. D. Harvey, in the Navy, is finding Baiae very hot.
W. L. Hall passed out top of his course as a pilot in the S.A.A.F. and celebrated the occasion by marrying Molly Wood, of Johannesburg, in April. He has been posted to the M.E. for operational duties. Good luck to him and his bride.
Hugh Hall has written from Italy, where his first impressions were of the strength of the Fascist grip on the children. He had a long talk with an intelligent schoolboy, whose books were soaked in party propaganda. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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Capt. Bryan Hindson is back in Egypt, completely recovered. Erland was free in Italy for six months, but has been recaptured by the Germans.
Sub-Lieut. Paul Henwood, R.N.V.R., visited the School this year, having been stationed for a time in the Indian Ocean on a destroyer. He has been learning Afrikaans with the help of books we sent him.
Sid Harris was sent to .England some time ago, and has his commission in the R.N.V.R.
Alec Harriss visited the School in May. He had at last, after two years' instructional flying, been released for operations and was on embarkation leave. Ernest has shot down his first enemy machine. Noel is a Major with the R.E.'s in Kenya.
We congratulate Mike Henderson on his success in his Medical finals at Witwatersrand University last December. But we are very sorry for him and his parents in their anxiety over Tim, who has been reported "missing" from a bombing raid over N. Italy.
E. Hogan played cricket here in March, and brought his wife with him. He had a long spell up North.
P. L. Horsfall is taking Medicine at Witwatersrand University.
Bob Harker has crossed with his battery to Italy.
John Harker has been made quarter master of his camp, Stalag IVC, and among other duties he travels by train to the nearest P.O. for the camp mail. Hugh is now a Chaplain in the Navy, and Michael is a Sub-Lieut, in the Fleet Air Arm, based at an Atlantic port.
H. Hotson did a Survey course at Ladysmith before returning to join the Rhodesian Survey Unit.
W. I. Illidge got his commission and wings in the SA.A.F. nt the end of last year, and was on embarkation leave in January.
John Jardine some months ago went to West Africa to join a S.A.A.F. squadron, after he had passed his special training course with distinction.
Lynn Johnson has passed his "wings" examinations and obtained his commission in June. He was first instructed by G. Whitehouse. John Eyles is on the same course at Vereeniging.
Jack Jennings fround the "ice, snow, rain and mud" of the severe winter on the 8th Army front most trying, but revelled in the spring when it came.
Capt. A. Langley Jackson, S.A.M.C., has gone North after a short spell at the Oribi Hospital.
Capt. Neville James has had four months at the Staff College, Haifa. 70
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A. L. Johnson has retired after many years' service as a Magistrate.
Philip Jonsson is back in the Union for a period of ground service with the S.A.A.F.
Lieut.-Col. Tony Jones, in command of the 15th Field Regiment, R.A., was on leave in Natal last year to see his wife and two children.
Tom and John Kennan are together as P.O.W.'s in Germany.
Barty Kidd, after doing his first year Medical at Cape Town University, joined the Rhodesian forces early in 1942, and after training for some months was selected for an O.C'.T.U. in the Middle East. He is now in Italy as an officer in the K.R. Rifles.
J. W. Keeley is training in the S.A.A.F. at Lyttelton, where he found A. R. Thorpe, N. Pougnet, P. Carey, R. Holliday,
C. Fergusson, J. Burgess and J. McCarthy.
Robin Kirkcaldie has a commission with the R.F.A., and when he last wrote, his daughter was 15 months old. His partners run the business in Edinburgh in the meantime.
Tony Kerr was down on leave from the North in March. He and John were here for Sports Day.
G. M. Kimber has been released from the army, after four years' service with a "Q" unit.
Peter Lawton has had a year's service with the R.N., seeing many parts of the Southern Hemisphere on a cruiser.
Wyndham Lister is now Private Secretary to the Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation, Mr. H. G. Lawrence. The work is "interesting but onerous." He had a long spell in khaki up North. Travers escaped from his P.O.W. camp in Italy, but was recaptured and is in Germany.
Many will be interested to know that P. Layzell won the Victor Ludorum Cup at the Transvaal C.B.C. sports, breaking the record for the 220 yards open championship.
Peter Large is a Lieutenant in the Queen's Royal Regiment and has been stationed in Norfolk. He was transferred to Eng- land after going through the Salerno landing. Paul qualified as an M.B. (Lond.) last November and was later awarded the Treasurer's Gold Medal and Prize for Clinical Surgery at Guy's Hospital. He is now at Orpington War Hospital in Kent. Tony is a Sub-Lieut, on a naval ship based at New York, and writes warmly of American hospitality. The three brothers have not been together since 1937.
Lieut.-Col. Wilfred Lawrance, in command of the 19th Field Ambulance in Italy, reports that his little son was joined by a sister last October. He and Victor Shaw were largely responsible for the wonderful O.M. dinner held in Egypt and reported in detail elsewhere.
Sincere congratulations to Dr. Theodore Lloyd, Ph.D. (Columbia), M.Sc., D.I.C. (London), B.Sc. (S.A.), who has been appointed Technical Adviser on Industrial Development in S. Rhodesia. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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This follows distinguished academic careers in South Africa, London and America, and seven years' valuable experience as Investigation Engineer to the Union Steel Corporation in Vereeniging. Here his wife did splendid work for the Navy War Fund and Theo earned a big reputation as a horticul- turist. They moved to Salisbury last year, and we wish him luck at work that will offer almost limitless scope.
Good luck to Dr. Victor Leary and his bride, who was Miss Diana Webber, of Johannesburg. He is practising in Durban.
O.M.'s of the immediately pre-Great War period will join in congratulating Jock Lamb on his son's record knock of 166 for Natal Schools in Durban last December.
J. L. Lister has been released from the Army and has resumed his legal practice in Maritzburg.
K. K. Mitchell has gone North again to an operational squadron of the S.A.A.F., his wounded leg having quite recovered. He married Miss Rae Marshall, of Randfontein, on April 5th. Good luck to them! When peace returns they hope to farm in the Dargle district.
Jeff Morphew has been at it again! He is now in England, being seconded to the R.A.F., but the story of his second escape must wait till after the war.
Wing Commander Ted Morris, D.S.O., was in command of an operational wing on the Italian Front in April, patrolling the "beach head" and Cassino, after a long spell in Ismailia. He just missed being transferred to England.
Vic Matterson and his wife visited the School in May-the first time since he left forty years ago. He was promptly signed on as a Life Member of the Club and reported that he has several grandchildren. He is in business in Johannesburg. His vivid stories of "migration" days were most interesting and he was tremendously impressed by the portrait of Canon Todd in the Hall.
H. Massy reports the capture of many large rainbow trout in in the Himeville district during the latter part of the season. He is with Rennie's shipping firm in Durban.
P. K. Moxley has been at an air school in East London since early April, having been sent out from England under the R.A.F. training scheme.
Good luck to Ean Morphew and Olive George, who were married in Durban on December 18th. Granby has his second pip and is a Signals Officer.
Tony Mountford passed his first year Medicals at Witwaters- rand University last year and plays for their 1st Cricket XI.
Brian Malcomson is articled to Robert Hamilton & Pringle, Accountants, of Johannesburg.
P. Mostert is working on the Stock Exchange in Johannesburg.
A. D. T. Montagu flew down from the Gold Coast with Lord Swinton to join his family at the Cape for his long leave. He had not seen them for two years. He has been Chief 72
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Agricultural Officer of a Province for a year, and as such has been responsible for increased production of food, rubber and vegetable oils.
T. C. Meyer is taking Medicine at "Wits."
Harry Mitchell-Innes's wife had another daughter on November 13th.
Buster Mitchell went North as a fighter pilot in January, and wrote an amusing letter on returning from his first opera- tional flight.
Graham McFie has been seconded to the R.A.F., and in January was doing a full O.T.U. course near Cairo, as also was Colin Bain-Marais.
Murray McClung wrote a long letter from his training camp in Egypt at the end of last year. James Mackness and Rhino W'elch were in his section as Bren gunners, Murray having qualified as a sniper. He had often played rugby for his regiment.
Brian McCarthy and Aliston Challinor continue to write regularly from their Survey Coy. with the 5th Army in Italy. Brian had a week in an American hospital last November, and described their efficiency and organisation in glowing terms.
Ken Mackay reports from Germany that he is putting on weight there, and now turns the scale at 211 lbs.
T. C. Macmurray is engaged.
Neil McKenzie had a second daughter in April.
Campbell MacNeillie is engaged to June Norgaard, of Empangeni.
Denys Moultrie has been with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the Anzio beach-head.
W. R. Murphy is well on with his S.A.N.F. training at the Cape.
J. Nelson is at Rhodes, has played for their 1st teams at cricket and hockey, and is a keen member of the Dramatic Society.
R. Nevin is training in the S.A.A.F. at Lyttelton.
L. J. Graham Owen was not accepted for military service in the 18-20 group on account of his eyes, and is farming near Salisbury. Surgeon-Lieut. Ben Osier is on a new aircraft carrier operating in the North Atlantic.
Murray Otto wrote a cheerful letter from Egypt where he was training with the Pretoria Regiment, which also included Graham Barrett in its ranks. He had met many O.M.'s in his camp, was enjoying hockey in "such sand that the ball was sometimes lost," but did not think highly of the local natives.
Peter Orton, after a year's valuable farming experience at Mooi River, joined the S.A.N.F. last January and expected to go to sea in April. He excelled himself in his training exams, at Cape Town. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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John Pryce was second-in-command of a small craft of the SA.N.F. at Tobruk when it fell, but he escaped with his ship, and has recently been given command of his own ship, "Kommetje."
Ken and Gerald Pennington had a grand walk through the Basutoland mountains to Mokhotlong in January-a most productive entomological survey of the Eastern area of that Protectorate. Maurice and his wife were down at Umkomaas on leave in March from Zonderwater, where he is now Sports Officer to the P.O.W. Camp. Rex crossed with the 6th Division to Italy in April, after months of training in Egypt, and Mick is doing a course with the S.A.N.F. at Cape Town. Denys is taking first year Engineering at Howard College in Durban.
Bill Pryde is in the Navy and has an important post as O.C. a naval depot near Kimberley. Fear of the Censor makes us refrain from further details which are most interesting!
Old Boys of the late'twenties will be interested to hear that Guy Pentreath has been appointed Headmaster of Wrekia College, Shropshire, after ten years of outstanding success at St. Peter's, Adelaide. We wish him luck.
Richard Poynton was unable to pass the eye test for the S.A.A.F. and is in the S.A.M.C., doing a course at the Medical Institute, Johannesburg.
George Pedlar is a Sub-Lieut, in the S.A.N.F. attached to the R.N., and doing commando as gunnery officer in the Indian Ocean, based on Bombay.
Bill Pulford has been cramming for his Matric. in Johannesburg. He and Peter Nairn came down for Old Boys Day and spent several days at the School.
Leslie Payn is out of the army and is Messenger of Court at Umzinto, where he and his bride are living in a large house until after the war, when they intend to build. Garnet and his wife were down on a month's leave from Springs in April.
L. W. Pape has been granted four months' study leave from the army and has succeeded in passing the necessary exams, for his B.Sc. at the N.U.C., Maritzburg-a very stout effort after a long spell as a P.O.W. He is looking remarkably well and playing good golf.
Capt. Leslie Palframan welcomed a son into the world in early April. He moved with his regiment from Barberton to Potchefstroom recently.
Congratulations to Dr. John Parker who has been appointed Superintendent of the King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban. Both Tookie and Spencer are Majors in the R.E.'s. The former is doing construction work in Madagascar. The latter was married on May 3rd to Miss Doreen Skerrett, of Salisbury and Nyasaland, during a very full 28 days' leave. They visited the School on their honeymoon. He has been D.C.R.E. for Central Persia for two years and had flown from Teheran, where he has 4,000 men under htfh, tarring roads under the Lease-Lend transportation scheme to Russia via Iran. He wrote a long letter describing the hectic days in Teheran when Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin 74
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE conferred, and the hundred and one things that the R.E.'s had to do at a moment's notice to secure secrecy-screens across roads, an aimy of tents in the British Legation grounds to house the P.M.'s staff of 160, disguise cars, supply increased sanitation, etc. Spencer attended the historical presentation of the "Sword of Stalingrad" by Churchill to Stalin, and supplied many intimate details of the ceremony - the outstanding features being the colossal, specially selected Russian guard of honour, the exclusion of all women at Uncle Joe's request (which included Sarah Churchill), the dropping of the bejewelled scabbard by Stalin, and the pro- fessional brandishing of the sword by the P.M. as he showed it to the President of the U.S.A. We regret that war time space does not permit its full publication, but it ends:
"Never was so much done by so many for so few in such a short time!"
F. D. Pascoe passed his Medical finals at Wits, last year. He is practising in Umtata, and succeeded his father as District Surgeon in Mt."Fletcher in June.
Peter Pearce broadcast from London recently. He has been seconded to the R.A.F. as an observer.
Peter Perkins has a commission in an anti-tank battery with a Guards Regiment in England.
We recently had a long letter from W. E. Roberts, who joined the 2nd N.M.R. early in 1940, leaving for Egypt after 18 months in the Union. Here he was transferred to the S.A. Irish and later to the Botha Regiment. He was in Willoughby Harris' company in heavy fighting and saw him killed. He paid eloquent tribute to Willoughby's popularity as an officer. Since his return to the Union last year, his unit has been tank training with the 1st Armoured Brigade.
Jol Rymer represented Rhodes at the S.A. Junior Athletic Championships at Cape Town, winning the High Jump and coming second in the Long Jump. He has played for the 1st XV.
Capt. R. A. Ramsay is M.O. to a battalion in the Western Transvaal. We are glad to be in touch with him again.
A postcard reached us from Mike Rosholt in May, written last
November. Most of the O.M.'s who were in Camp 47 in Italy are with him in VA in Germany. Congratulations to Basil Ralfe, whose son and heir was born in Durban on December 7th.
R. C. Rayment is at Mount Frere.
Maurice and Jack Robertson were together for three months in Stalag 8C, when they wrote in November.
Barry Raw was down on leave in May after many months of service with the R.N. at Mombasa.
Roy Rawlinson has another son, born in May.
Dick Rose, details of whose decoration are published elsewhere, has been seconded as an officer to the Gordon Highlanders. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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Good luck to Capt. Neil Ross who was married recently to Dorothea Southey, of George. He is still with the S.A.A.F.
Geoffrey Selley went to Egypt with an S.A.E.C. unit last August, and in March crossed to Italy.
Frank Spiller was married to Miss Marjorie Dorothy Tonkin, of Germiston, in 1942. After many years in the gold refineries there, he has obtained an important post at the Mint in Pretoria, where he moved in June.
Roland Steere writes regularly from his German prison camp, where the ground was so hard that they could only play rugby when there was soft snow.
Ray Smith's son was born at Grey's on December 9th.
J. D. Stannard is on a "crash boat" in Durban with the
S.A.A.F.
G. L. Shearer is joining the Intelligence Corps. He did some good acting with the N.U.C. Dramatic Society.
E. Sharpe was down on embarkation leave in January as a Sgt.
Pilot in the R.A.F.
Basil Stubbings, who has a bonny son, is a District Commissioner in charge of Mafia Island, Tanganyika, which he can walk across in three and a half hours. It is covered with cocoanut plantations. He is the only white man there. Quinton is still with the R.N. in the Mediterranean as navigating officer on a destroyer, and sent a vivid account of a visit to Pompeii. Tony has just qualified as a Midshipman at Port Elizabeth.
Timothy Sharp is in a part-time Rhodesian Regiment, and is working in the drawing offices of the Rhodesian Railways.
D. Shand was training with the R.A.F. in Rhodesia last year.
Ken Strachan last wrote from Algeria, where they were camped in a cork forest. He is in charge of a body of natives that form part of the ground staff of 40 Squadron, S.A.A.F.
Ian Stoute was here on leave in May. His unit, Q.S.C., had recently moved from Zonderwater to Potchefstroom, and he was hoping to go North in the near future. David Sinton writes from London, where he has been seconded to the R.A.F. as an observer. He finds wartime England most attractive.
Capt. Naimby Starling has bought a dairy farm not far from his military camp in the Transvaal, and finds it a very remunerative proposition.
Congratulations to Michael Skelton, who passed all his exams, and was awarded the N.U.C. Certificate of Merit in First Year Law.
John and Tim Scoggings both passed all their subjects at the N.U.C. last year. John spent his three months' Xmas vacation in the Roads Department office and Tim was at the School of Signals, Roberts Heights, in January. He began his teacher's training in Maritzburg in February. 76
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D. W. Standish White, after a year's training in Rhodesia and a pre-O.C.T.U. course, went North this year and was soon selected for a strenuous officer's course near Cairo.
Gower Shaw has been released from the army and is back on his farm in the Karkloof.
Barry Strachan is on bombers at Kimberley and hopes for his wings in July.
Lieut.-Col. W. F. Short, O.B.E., was present in Italy when the "Plaque" was handed to his 46th Survey Co. by Gen. Clark,
G.O.C., 5th Army.
Dick Southey has been North for some months, and is a pilot in the first S.A.A.F. Liberator Squadron.
Victor Stevens is back in Durban in business.
Rex Stewart is on the staff of Barclay's Bank in Durban. He was on leave at Tweedie in May.
Terry Scott has been sharing a hut in Oflag 5A with Bobs Tatham and Ken L'Estrange.
Tony Seager escaped from a crash landing in March with a few head bruises. He is commanding his R.A.F. flight, and is Captain of the Squadron Cricket XI.
Brian Sully, who is seconded to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, sent a long letter from a Base Hospital in Italy, where he was having knee trouble brought on by the mountainous country they were fighting in during the wet winter months. Davs Wood was with him, fresh from his triumphs referred to elsewhere. R. Struben was in the same brigade with an English regiment.
A. H. Sandison is back in Durban, where he lost no time in joining the Male Voice Party, and took part in broadcasts and operas. Before leaving Johannesburg, he had taken a lead in the musical comedy, "The Orchid," which netted over £1,000 for the Red Cross.
John Sinclair wrote from Italy in May, where, like many others, he was struck by the mountains and roads-a great change after months of desert.
Capt. Julian Theunissen has been severely wounded in the leg on the Italian front and wrote cheerfully from a British base hospital in North Africa, reporting that he was en route for the Union. His shin has been shattered, but theie are hopes of an ultimate recovery. He had earlier in the year, as R.T.O., brought all his trucks across 3,000 miles from Palestine to Tunisia.
A. R. Thorpe, after a spell on the farm at Umtwalumi, has been able to rejoin the forces and is a pupil-observer at Lyttelton.
J. M. Thorp, who is a Staff-Sergt. of the Technical Staff, Medical Laboratory Service, S.A.M.C., has co-operated in the publi- cation of a number of papers explaining the results of many months of research work on the food values of South African produce. It is obviously work of real national importance. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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Major H. E. Trevelyan is with his regiment in Italy.
All prosperity to Lewis Turner and Winifred Olive Drummond, of Newcastle, who were married at Ladysmith on May 6th.
David Turner, who has been guarding P.O.W.'s for months in Maritzburg, was released from the army in May.
Buster Truscott is still operating with 15 Squadron, S.A.A.F., while Ronald is a Sergeant in a motorised Signal Squadron.
Leonard Thompson had two months as naval liaison officer to the French before returning to England as B.N.L.O. on a large ship and rejoined his family in Oxford in November, not having seen them since 1941.
We offer our sympathy to John and David Taylor on the sudden death of their father in April on a fishing trip at the Berg. Fortunately John arrived home on leave just before the news reached Caversham.
George Tomlinson wrote in December that he had been in command of a R.A.F. Station in England for six months as Acting Group Captain, and has since had a staff job. His little son has just reached the walking age.
Ross Trebble was on embarkation leave in May. The Transvaal Scottish (his regiment) have recently moved from Barberton to Potchefstroom.
Selwyn Tucker, who is in Italy with the 22nd Field Regiment, has a son and heir.
R. Ternouth is on an O.C.T.U. course in Palestine, with F. K. Allen.
After taking his third year Engineering exams, at Howard College last November, H. G. Vercoe joined the S.A. Engineers and is training at Zonderwater.
Hugh Van Hasselt is a gunner in a Field Regiment of the S.A.A. in Italy.
W. Vowles got his degree at Rhodes last year, and at once joined the Artillery. He quickly received recognition for the courses he had done from the University and expected to be posted to the 15th Field Regiment in February.
W. O. Welch is at the N.U.C. studying Law. His elder brother, John, has been up North for some months with the Car- bineers.
Peter Wacher is yet one more O.M. prisoner of war who had no chance of escape when Italian resistance collapsed, and is now in Stalag IVD in Germany. David is with an Artillery regiment attached to the 6th Division.
John Wallace successfully completed his training at the Good Hope naval school, Port Elizabeth, and is a Sub-Lieut. Duncan has had many busy months as an observer with the S.A.A.F. in Italy on Marauders, but was down on leave in June. 78
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Peter Wright is with the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade in Italy.
Donald Waterman is fourth O.M. who succeeded in escaping into Switzerland after the Italian collapse. He is enjoying winter sports.
Congratulations to Keith Whitaker who got a first in Roman Law in his final Degree examinations at Rhodes in Decem- ber. He then joined the Artillery and was training at Potchefstroom in February.
Peter Watkins-Baker is instructing in the S.A.A.F. at Kimberley. He welcomed the arrival of a daughter on December 27th.
O. Wolmarans completed his S.A.N.F. training at the Cape last month, and has been on a trawler round the South African coast.
We congratulate D. G. T. Williams on winning an Alfred Beit Scholarship at Rhodes as the 1943 "fresher" with the highest percentage of marks in the Union in the Matriculation examination and its equivalents. We are grateful to him for a mass of O.M. news. He had six months in Lever Bros.' laboratory in Durban.
Spencer Whiting wrote in March when his squadron - a real cosmopolitan crowd - were off operations, having a rest in N. Africa. They had flown in winter from an aerodrome where snow and ice were daily visitors, and the scrounging that was necessary to keep the enormous Mess fireplace going consumed many local telephone poles!
Bill Wall went to England via S. America and gave a glowing account of Montevideo and the surrounding ranching country. He found "C.W.H." a bit older, but just as full of life. He says "the country is brilliantly organised," and the gospel "share and share alike."
Good luck to Lieut. Christopher Watson, D.S.C., and Diana Nell Timson, of Durban, who were married on November 20th. He is stationed there in the S.A.N.F.
Also to Vaughan Winter and Wendy Scott, who were married in Kokstad in March.
Charles Webb is Adjutant of his regiment in Egypt. Maurice is farming at Franklin.
P. J. Walker has been in Italy for many months with the 3rd Wing, S.A.A.F., after giving up his Medicine until after the war.
John Warner, S.A. war correspondent, last wrote from Italy, and was deeply impressed by the terrific results of our "pattern bombing" of railway yards.
Robin Walker transferred from the Engineers to an A.A. regi- ment which was stuck at Suez, so he got seconded to the British Army and wrote from Italy in February, where he was awaiting a posting to the R.A. String Sangmeister and Jock Macaulay were in the regiment he left. S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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Kenneth Witthaus has left "Wits." and joined the Special Signals Service and has been on a radio-technician's course in Johannesburg. He found B. W. Batchelor and D. Waller on the same course.
Major Dick Whitley was down on short leave from Italy in May and spent several days at the School with his wife to be present at their son's Confirmation.
Bobbie Woods' third son arrived at Xmas time and is thriving.
Henry Ysebrand is still in the Bank in Durban. His second son was born in April.
ADVENTURES OF A STOKER- BASIL DRYSDALE
We left Cape Town on the 4th September aboard the H.M.T.
"L," with 3,200 people on board, including about 2,000 prisoners of war. On the night of 12th September at 8.15 o'clock, the Four Musketeers-Ross, Macdonald, Fraser and I-were playing cards on deck when the ship was torpedoed. Two torpedoes struck her and she sank at 8.50 p.m. We took to the water, and after swimming around for a time and swallowing quantities of oil fuel, I managed to get into a lifeboat. Life in the open boat was pretty severe. We had the intense heat of the sun by day and bitter cold at night. The only clothing I had was a pair of shorts and a singlet.
During the first night and next day submarines were surfacing all the time-a pack of them. They transferred people from rafts into lifeboats. The German officers told us that they had sent out an S.O.S., but we found out later that it could only be picked up by the French. On the third day we were trans- ferred to a U boat and given some soup-it tasted like nectar. It was quite strange speaking to the Germans, most of whom could speak English. After a time we were re-transferred to the lifeboats. On the fourth night, one of the U boats towod six of our boats to a rendezvous, where a Vichy cruiser was to pick us up. The U boats left us on the fifth day, and at six o'clock that evening we were picked up by a French cruiser. While in two minds as to the motives of the U boat commanders, there is no doubt they saved our lives.
The French cruiser "Gloire" first took us to Dakar and then to Casablanca. We were well treated on the cruiser-the food was good, if limited. We spent eight days on this cruiser and were glad to set foot on dry land, even if we were to be internees. Our camp was at Mediouna, some ten miles south-east of Casablanca. Life at camp was pretty dismal. In all there were about 475 people, consisting of 35 mixed officers, 170 naval ratings, 180 merchant seamen, 50 Imperial soldiers and 40 airmen. No breakfast, oniy coffee a la French custom. Soup for lunch and soup for dinner, with hard boiled eggs (which seemed to be plentiful). How we missed sugar, vegetables and sweets! I got rigged out in army riding pants, khaki shorts and canvas shoes. The latter lasted about a week. Soap was a rarity; we got one small piece. The days went slowly at first, but we settled down and devised means of amusing ourselves. The American Consul supplied us with books and sets of chess and 80
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE draughts. We made balls out of old cloth and played a kind of baseball. We played on a league system-hut and hut-and also Army and Navy, etc. I was captain of the Navy team, and we had not been beaten up to the time of our release. The high spot was on every Sunday morning, when the Army played the Navy-everyone turned out. If all the teams had known the game as well as the spectators did, the standard of play would have been high!
On the 8th November we heard the sound of the American guns bombarding Casablanca and Fidala, and, oh! joyful sight! a few days later we saw their dive-bombers attack the aerodrome near our camp. We got on the roofs of our huts and cheered. We had to make mother earth in quick time, however, when the French turned a machine gun on us. That afternoon we were all herded into cattle trucks and taken 100 miles into the mountains. A few days later v/e were released and taken to Casablanca and put aboard an American transport, when we were deloused, given clean clothes, and what a meal!
We were landed at New York and taken to a naval camp at New Jersey. What a grand time we had in New York. We did ourselves proud one night in Jack Dempsey's restaurant on Broadway. At 6.15 o'clock next morning we cried enough. Another time we went to the Ice Winter Gardens on Broadway and had another great evening, which to me was also most profitable. I was called on to the stage and had to make a speech. I was presented with two dozen beer. While returning to my seat I was recalled and told that if I proposed to drink all that beer I had better have a few seidlitz powders. Again I was recalled and, to my amazement, was presented with a nine guinea watch (all advertising stunts). Finally I was told to turn round when called and receive a final present if I could catch it. When I did turn round, to my embarrassment there was a very snappy chorus girl! The audience were tickled to death! Before dawn, and with the aid of a friendly police- man, we managed to dispose of the beer.
About the middle of December we heard the glad news that we were off to the U.K. We spent Christmas aboard. Worst Christmas ever-no liquid food! We arrived at Greenock on New Year's Eve, ever so glad to set foot on British soil after an adventurous journey of four months, and then to London.
My best pal was not with us on our boat, and I did not know his fate until I met Tony Large in London. Their boat got adrift and nearly all died of exposure. Poor Ross died after twenty days.
[Tony Large's dreadful experience was published in an earlier Chronicle.]
JOHN TAYLOR'S ESCAPE FROM KOS
One night in Port Said we were in the mess pub. when we got a message that six of us were to report to the Operations Room. We were given maps of the Aegean Islands and told to leave for Cyprus the following morning. We were there three days, during which transport aircraft arrived laden...with troops and equipment. We expected Rhodes to be our ultimate destination, but late one afternoon the whole expedition left for Kos. On arrival we learnt that our men had received a friendly welcome from the islanders and that our paratroops, landing S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
81 that night, had met with no opposition. On the second morning two of us were up on patrol covering the transport aircraft being unloaded, when I spotted a German bomber approaching the aerodrome. We attacked and shot it down in flames into the sea. The crew must have hit the water good and solid, because they jumped out when the aircraft was only about 130 feet above the water.
The Germans then started to strafe and bomb the aerodrome, and during four days we managed to destroy seven of their planes (confirmed). I had a narrow shave, though, when an M.E.109 staffed me as I was taking off, but fortunately the oniy damage was a hole in my wing. Then the bombing became more intense and our small aerodrome was bombed twice daily by 30 or 40 bombers, and soon it was a mass of bomb craters and delayed action bombs, and we were forced to use another little strip; this met with the same fate.
On my last trip from the island, two of us got mixed up with eight or more 199's, and after about 15 minutes I noticed that my engine was on fire. When smoke began pouring into the cockpit, I knew that I must bale out. I rocketed myself out and got pretty badly knocked about, but managed to pull the rip cord, and began to descend slowly from about 10,000 feet. My one dread was that I would be shot up as I came down, and although I couldn't hear any enemy planes, I was afraid to look about in case I saw some. I knew that I must keep my head, so I fixed my eyes on my watch in order to dismisss the thought of danger from my mind. When I found that I had my helmet and gloves, I busied myself by throwing them down one by one and watching them drop into the sea. After what seemed to me an age, I, too, dropped very gently into the water.
I had a spot of trouble getting free of my parachute and getting out my dinghy, because I had cracked both my arms on the windscreen, and they were burnt, too; but after a struggle I was successful, got into the dinghy, and decided to try to paddle back to Kos, which was four miles away. After about two hours, to my great joy, I saw a Greek fishing boat approaching me. I tried to hail it by waving, but could not raise my arms above my head. However, the fishermen had seen me, and when they had taken me aboard, they dressed my wounds as best they could, gave me dry clothes, wrapped me in a blanket, and settled me comfortably in the bows of the boat. On arrival at Kos, I was taken to an Italian mess and given food, and a truck was found to take me to our aerodrome. Those fishermen were grand fellows.
I got to the aerodrome at midnight and joined the other fellows, who were sleeping in a ravine not far from the'drome. I had been sharing a double-decker with the chap who was in the scrap with me that day. I felt to see whether he was asleep in the upper bunk, but it was empty, and I knew that his luck had not held like mine. Next morning I felt rather like a ghost, after watching the startled expressions on the fellows' faces when they saw me. I spent the next week either in hospital or hobbling about, and all the time we were being bombed relentlessly. We were always careful to be within easy reach of a ravine so that we could take cover when enemy aircraft were about-and once we had to lie in a stream.
Then the invasion started and the bombing attacks became heavier. We were unable to retaliate by sending up fighters 82
S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE because the'drome was a shambles, and the enemy had landed paratroops on a salt pan where we had a few fighters. We were in the dark as to what was really happening. Three of us went off to investigate. As we approached an Italian outpost we were promptly taken prisoner, and although one of our party could speak fluent Italian, nothing would convince those Italians that we were British. They therefore marched us back to Italian H.Q., and there we were released. We returned to our'drome, but the enemy took this a few days later, and we knew then that we must try to escape. We collected all the men and set off down a wadi towards the coast, and having arrived there we were careful to keep well under cover, whilst two of the party went to the nearest village to ascertain whether it was in enemy hands, and what chances there were of getting boats. They returned with the news that boats were available, but that Italians were swarming into the village. We therefore pushed on and commandeered a sailing and rowing boat. The latter we filled with men and sent off, and after pitching most of the melons in the sailing boat overboard, the rest of us piled into it
Suddenly some Italians rushed towards us, blazing away. We naturally thought that they were Germans, and got away as quickly as possible. Nobody had much knowledge of sailing, but somehow we managed to pull away from the island. When it got dark the Germans dropped flares, which were very fright- ening because they lit up everything for about eleven minutes. Then we had a storm, and had to row, and there being no rowlocks, some of us had to lie on our backs with our feet up and let them be used instead! We sailed and rowed all night, and at dawn we found that we were about four or five miles from the Turkish coast. Then we rowed like mad, and in the effort broke one of our oars. This meant only one oar, which we supplemented by using steel helmets, and in consequence our progress was very slow.
With daylight came the sound of enemy aircraft overhead, which caused two English fellows to panic and jump overboard. They meant to swim ashore, but we had to pick them up again. Aircraft were over us the whole time, and we had to take cover under the tiny deck and in the small hold, keeping blankets ever our heads. We took it in turn to row. Those melons which we had not thrown overboard were most welcome, because we had no water, due to an Italian who was with us having thrown away the container when we were cleaning out the boat. He refused to work, because he was an officer, but after somebody had given him a good crack across the face, he worked like a slave. Having those aircraft above us was pretty grim, for we knew that if they strafed us our number was up, but our luck held and we landed safely, though not before one of our long range fighters had tried to strafe us. Fortunately he saw us waving our tin helmets and giving him the V sign, and ceased firing.
How marvellous it was to know that we were safe, and I, for one, had never felt happier in my life, and when I announced that it was my 23rd birthday, everybody was amused. We relaxed, had a swim, ate some of the food which we had brought with us, and, thanks to a kindly peasant, had a drink of water. For the time being our troubles were over, and we were grateful and thankful.
[It is not possible to publish the rest of the story yet, but within a few days John and his pals were in Egypt.] S. MICHAEL'S CHRONICLE
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