WYMONDHAM COLLEGE 1964 MAGAZINE ALDERMAN SAM PEEL It is with deep regret that we record the death of Alderman Sam Peel, who was Chairman of the Norfolk Education Committee from 1941 until March of this year and a Governor of the School from its opening in 1951 until his death on the 18th May ; in his passing the school has lost one of its best friends and supporters . His name is indelibly linked with Wymondham College, for the first permanent building, named Peel Hall, contains within its walls the foundation stone laid by him in July, 1955 . He worked persistently for the causes that seemed to him worthwhile-the advancement of Wymondham College was one of them and rejoiced whole- hearted in their good fortune and success . Few men have been so free from a desire for personal aggrandisement. Above all he was steadfast in his friendships and possessed a kindliness that made it natural for him to give help where help was needed . Those of us who were fortunate enough to know him, will remember him especially for the inspiring addresses he gave in College Chapel . R.V.M. Volume 2, Number 1 . JULY, 1964 Editorial Committee BARBARA CLARE BRIDGET FLAXMAN LORNA CODNER MARK PERRY PETER DUBOCK MICHAEL RICE GRAHAM SMITH C . C. H. WORRALL, M .A . OPENING Having decided that the Park would be a good subject for an editorial this year, we looked up the word in a dictionary of quotations, just to get started, as it were. (That's the way we editors work, you know . You didn't think that all those brilliantly apt en passants were really spontaneous, did you?) Well, having done that, what did we find? Not much, and that's a fact . Let us demonstrate . 1 . So pass I hostel, hall, and grange ; By bridge and ford, by park and pale, All-arm'd I ride, whate'er betide, Until I find the Holy Grail . This looked hopeful to begin with, because after all we can pass the hostels and Morley Halt on our way down to the Park . But no grange---" a country house with farm buildings," the dictionary says--and no bridge, no ford . Then we come to "pale." Palings? We have none. The Park boundary? Maybe. (Did you know it will be pushed further out before long? The field beyond the dyke at the bottom of the rugger pitch is to be incorporated in the College grounds by covering the ditch and removing some of the lesser trees and shrubs. it will make a fine addition to the playing fields) . Let us return to the remainder of our quotation . "All-arm'd I ride "-well, some are known to ride down to the Park, but in cars. The only horses are Mr . Peacock's powerful and splendid Percherons placidly grazing in the next field, and it would be difficult to throw a leg over those dining-tables of backs . "All-arm'd "? Mainly with cricket bats. The Fencing Club has not yet taken to three- musketeering around the Park. Lastly, " find the Holy Grail ." There are a few College cups that are sought by competition in the Park, but the main intention seems to be to win a good game rather than a chalice . No, after careful consideration, this quotation is discarded . Pity, because we rather like Tennyson . 2. The natural bravery of your isle, which stands As Neptune's park, ribbed and paled in With rocks unscalable, and roaring waters. Hopeless, isn't it . Here are these palings again . We might have done something with "natural bravery"---but Neptune, and those unscalable rocks-hopeless . Discard it . 3 . Here's a pot with a cot in a park, In a park where the peach blossoms blew, Where the lovers eloped in the dark . Well, we needn't go any further with that one . What's this pot anyway? And the peach blossom? Our own trees are magnificent, and we really don't need a peach tree . In the winds that sweep across the Park in May those blossoms would certainly blow, too . No, that quotation must be discarded also. 4 . Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough briar, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire . There is no hill in sight on the way to the Park, nor a dale and here is this " pale " turning up again. What about the word " flood "? Mr. Seeley, had a bad time at the beginning of the cricket season with the drainage at the bottom 1st XI pitch, but it could hardly be called a flood . Ah, well, we shall just have to do without an editorial this year . The poets have let us down, for none of them can express what we feel about our own park, its austerity in winter, Dylan Thomas's " green lather " on the woods in the spring, the splendour of the individual trees in the summer, the leaf carpets in autumn . No, we give up. Couldn't someone write a poem for us? We promise to print it next year--if it's a good one! DE PERSONIS REBUSQUE SCHOLASTICIS COLLEGE There have been 764 pupils in the school this year, 200 of whom were in the Sixth Form. The Head Girl was Jane Ford, and Trevor Tolliday was the Head Boy. The Prefects were Jennifer Bayfield, Joy Reynolds, Jennifer Marston, Elizabeth Knights, Elaine Turvey, Roger Cole, Thomas Lawrence, Nigel Knott, Ian Knowles, Ian Robinson, William Kiddell, Mervyn Boast, Timothy Howe and Edward Hadingham . LAST SUMMER On 23rd July, Mr . Metcalfe and his family had the honour of being invited to a Royal Garden Party . Boys from Durham and York Houses went on a 50 mile endurance walk around Norfolk . The Sixth Form Revue was put on, and ran for two nights in Tomlinson Hall . Success can be judged from the fact that some staff came on both nights . A party of Sixth Form biologists visited the veterinary hospital of McClintock and Partners of Norwich, at the kind invitation of Mr . G. T. Wilkinson . Mr. Wood took some members of the Radio Club to visit the transmission station at Tacolneston . Ann Metcalfe, a former Head Girl and daughter of the Headmaster, was married on 7th September, at Wymondham Abbey, to Mr . Ian Dussek . The reception was at the College . Jane Chapman, Michael Rice and John Wood appeared on " About Anglia " during the summer holidays . Mr. Banham had an article published in the French magazine La vie des betes, on "Les betes due Norfolk" . Its introduction stated, " it y a sans doute des Francais qui n'ont jamais entendu parler du Norfolk ." AUTUMN TERM Herr Sause spent six weeks with us at the beginning of the term, and Mlle . Debuire came here for a year as 'assistante' . In October, Sir Edward Boyle opened the new Games Block and Kett and Edith Cavell Halls . Mr. Brand arranged a display of Penguin Books, which was sufficiently encouraging for a large number of orders to be placed . The Library was considerably extended and renovated in the holidays . At the end of term the first dramatic performances in the Games Hall took place. Mr. Garrard produced "The Sorcerer", by Gilbert and Sullivan . The 1st XV had their best season yet . They won all their schools matches except the one against Woolverstone Hall, which was decided in the closing minutes . SPRING TERM R. Vincent was provisionally awarded a place at Jesus College, Cambridge, to read Engineering . Mr. A. C. G. Carter, a former member of our staff, has published a book on map-reading, in collaboration with a colleague at the Cambridgeshire Technical College. Parties of Sixth Form biologists attended all three lectures at the Norwich City College, given by eminent biologists and arranged by the British Association . Jane Ford and Paul Townsend were chosen to represent the College in the Shakespeare Speaking Festival at Thorpe Grammar School . R. Rowell, a former pupil, was selected to play in the England XV against Wales. In the 1958 Magazine it was said of him : " An excellent line-out forward and very fast in the open . He should do well in senior football ." We wish him continued success and further England Caps . The school divided into rival camps for the 'Mock' Election held by the Sixth Form Semi-Circle . Original posters gaily decorated the Nissen huts, and one candidate broadcast propaganda from the Radio Room in 30 . The 1st Hockey XI beat all the teams they played this season, and finished the year by winning the Norfolk County Schools Tournament with no goals scored against them in any of their five games . SUMMER TERM In the Staff v. School match on Whit Monday, our own "Ted" Dexter made the first century to be scored on the new pitch . Mr. Siviour and members of his Lower Sixth Geography set renovated the Stevenson's screen and repositioned it on the grass near 7 . On 9th May the College Rowing Club made its debut in competition rowing by entering a crew in the Clinker Fours division of the Norwich Head-of-the-River Race. The County Grammar School are producing this term the first printed issue of their own magazine . We wish this new venture every success . STAFF Last September we welcomed to our staff Miss Davenport (Biology), Mr . Hibbert (Physics), Mr. Prescott (English), Mr . Tate (French), and Mr . Wood (French). Mr. Thompson and Miss Skinner left to marry at Christmas, and at the beginning the the Spring Term we welcomed Mr . Warner . We congratulate Mr. Siviour on his marriage to Miss Jermy during the Easter holidays .