The D U N E L M I a N December, 1966
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THE DUNELMIAN DECEMBER, 1966 VOL. 14 FIFTH SERIES No. 5 CONTENTS Avete .. 242 Printing Club ... 221 Carpentry Club .. 221 Provisional Dates, 1967 ... 208 Chapel Notes .. 209 Provisional Cricket Crafts .. 213 Fixtures, 1967 ... ... 209 C.C.F ... 214 Railway Society ... 223 Cricket ... 232 Recits ... 213 Debating Society ... 220 Rugby ... 224 Dennis Flanders' Prints . 206 Rowing ... 233 Editorial ... 206 School News ... 207 Electronics Society ... 221 Shooting ... 217 Fencing Club ... 218 Social Service Society ... 218 Film Club .. 222 Sixth Form Society ... 219 Form Prizes, 1966 .. 210 St. Ailred Society ... 220 Folk Club .. 222 Tristram Society ... ... 219 Library .. 212 Tribute—William Music .. 211 Lawrence Burn ... 239 3.D. News ... 236 Valete ... 239 Photographic Society .. 223 Young Farmers. ... 223 EDITORIAL It came as a shock to the School to hear in September that Mr. John Brett had decided that he must retire from the headmastership in April 1967, When the reason for his decision was learnt it in no way softened he blow, since concern for Mrs. Brett's health was the cause. The 'unctional disease of the nervous system from which, unknown to us, ;he had been suffering for years had now reached a more critical phase, tnd the choice must be made: as Mr. Brett put it, he found that, if he emained Headmaster he must neglect either his wife or his duties to he School. Seen in this light, his problem allowed only one solution, md we must accept his decision with respect, but with infinite regret. This is not the moment for us to reflect upon the service to the chool of Mr. and Mrs. Brett, for their work is not yet done, but we :an wish them undiminished happiness and success in their remaining nonths here and, for the future, we may hope that Mrs. Brett may still urprise her doctors. THE DENNIS FLANDERS PRINTS Reproductions of these drawings of the School, which appeared CI The Illustrated London News, have proved very popular as Christmas iresents. Sets of four, costing three guineas, may be ordered through the leadmaster. 206 SCHOOL NEWS This term there are 253 boys in the School—196 boarders and 57 day boys. J. D. Claxton is Head of School and Caffinites; P. G. Purves is Head of School House and M. G. Nicholson Head of Poole House. The other School Monitors are R. N. Street and J. D. Nelson. C. K. R. MacDonald is Captain of Rugby, I. W. A. Anderson of Fives, I. Michelson of Swimming, M. J. Y. Stead of Shooting, R. ]. Moore of Basketball, M. G. Nicholson of Cross Country and Athletics, and P. H. N. Hall of Fencing. This term we extend a very warm welcome to Mr. D. J. Garrood who has joined the Staff for a year to teach music; he is already deeply involved in our life here and we hope that he will enjoy his time with us. A similar welcome and hope go to Mr. Paddy Arnold and his wife who have succeeded Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Evans to whom go our best wishes in their new home in Towyn, Merioneth. Our congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. N. G. E. Gedye on the birth, during the summer holidays, of their first child, Jennifer Susan, who was christened in the School Chapel on Sunday, 20th November. We were all delighted to hear of the election of Mr. Eric Watts Moses, O.D., as Patron of the Durham County Rugby Union in suc- cession to the late Lord Lawson. On another front, congratulations to the following on heading the lists of some very good G.C.E. results, especially at 'O' level:— 'A' Level—D. N. Marcombe, D. G. Oscier, K.S., C. R. Harrison, R. N. Street. 'O' Level:—D. J. Burch (10); M. D. Reed (10); R. St. C. Robertson, K.S. (10); D. M. Caird (9); M. F. A. Ward (9); S. M. Waters (9); A. G. Bailes, K.S. (9); S. H. Street (9); N. J. Brown (8); R. J. Corner (8); T. J. Laine (8) and C. B. W. Pegman (8). The average number of passes per boy in V1 was over 5J—well done. Congratulations, too, to J. A. Burch, K.S. and C. J. B. Jackson who qualified for Dartmouth, to C. I. Peters who passed into Sandhurst and to D. J. Burch who has won a Royal Marines' Scholarship. During the term the new Sanatorium and the new Biology laboratory have been completed; the latter is now in use and the former will be oc- cupied shortly. On September 19th, the Band and Bugles of the 1st Bn. D.L.I, presented the Ceremony of Sounding Retreat on the School cricket field. We were all very privileged to be present at such an expert and moving ceremony. Members of the Social Service Society who had been helping others—abroad and in this country—during the holidays showed us slides and gave talks on their work on September 24th. It was an en- joyable, challenging and inspiring evening. The Second Master, Mr. E. H. S. Dillon, in the absence of the Headmaster, and two school monitors, J. D. Claxton and R. N. Street, very much enjoyed lunching with O.D.s in Newcastle on October 3rd. On October 9th we held our annual Harvest Festival Thanksgiving service in Chapel and welcomed our Chairman of Governors, The Dean of Durham, as preacher. The C.C.F. held its Field Day on 18th October; a report appears elsewhere in this issue. 207 Dr. J. McL. Robinson came to talk to the Sixth Form on Forensic Medicine on 21st October—an occasion which they all appreciated and enjoyed. On October 24th Bungites beat Pooleites 9-3 in the semi-final of the Senior House Rugby, but, owing to bad weather, the final had to be post- poned ; it is hoped to play it before the end of term. At the annual Founders and Benefactors service in Abbey on October 26th the preacher was the Bishop of Leicester. This year Junior and Senior Recits were held on November 7th and November 22nd respectively. As an experiment we had no adjudi- cator from outside the School and no final House order of merit. Instead, comment and advice was given internally and on a separate occasion. Both evenings were certainly as enjoyable as ever and the standard of acting quite high. On November 19th we acted as hosts to the Girls High School at the first of the year's two dances; it all went with a swing and a wriggle and, as usual, our own group performed in the interval, very successfully. Cardinal Langley was especially remembered at a Celebration of Holy Communion in the Galilee Chapel in Abbey on November 21st. Members of Staff and some senior boys represented the School. On Thursday, 24th November, the Baccholian Singers—a male- voice quartet founded at King's College, Cambridge, and with a con- siderable concert and broadcasting reputation—gave us the most expert and entertaining performance we have heard for a long time: the tre- mendous applause showed how much everyone appreciated the evening. The Annual Concert will be held in Big School on the 9th and 10th December, and on Sunday, 11th December, the Carol Service will be in Chapel. May we say how much we enjoyed having Father Donald S.S.F. from Alnmouth Friary with us for three days during the latter part of the term. Our contact with him is valued beyond words to express. The Headmaster and the Senior King's Scholar will be the official representatives of the School at the enthronement of our new Lord Bishop, the Right Reverend Ian Ramsey, in Abbey on December 15th. May we say how much we look forward to welcoming him and his family to the Diocese. PROVISIONAL DATES, 1967 EASTER TERM begins Tuesday, 17th January. ends Wednesday, 29th March. SUMMER TERM begins Thursday, 27th April. ends Thursday, 27th July. WINTER TERM begins Thursday, 21st September. ends Wednesday, 20th December. HALF-TERMS Summer Friday 9th June—Monday, 12th June. Winter Friday, 3rd November—Monday 6th November. EASTER DAY 26th March. WHIT SUNDAY 14th May. CONFIRMATION Thursday, 8th June. LEAVE SUNDAYS :- EASTER ... February 12th and March 5th. SUMMER ... May 21st and July 2nd. WINTER ... October 15th and November 26th. 208 ABBEY SUNDAYS:—EASTER February 5th and March 12th. SUMMER ... May 7th, June 4th and July 16th. WINTER ... October 1st, November 12th (Remembrance), December 3rd. REGATTA June 20th and 21st. SPEECH DAY June 23rd. O.D. REUNION July 29th and 30th. FOUNDERS & BENEFACTORS October 25th. CAROL SERVICE December 17th. BANK HOLIDAYS May 29th and August 28th. 'O' LEVEL July 3rd-26th. 'A' LEVEL July 3rd-21st. PROVISIONAL CRICKET FIXTURES, 1967 May 3rd Wed. v. Bede College Home. May 6th Sat. v. Grey College Home. May 10th Wed. V. Durham University XI Away. May 20th Sat. V. Sedbergh Home. May 24th Wed. V. St. Peter's, York Home. May 27th Sat. V. Fettes Away. May 31st Wed. V. Ampleforth Away. June 7th Wed. V. St. Bees Home June 14th Wed. V. Durham Pilgrims Home June 23rd Fri. V. H. C. Ferens' XI Home. June 28th Wed. V. Barnard Castle Home. July 8th Sat. V. R.G.S., Newcastle Away. The matches against Giggleswick and Darlington G.S. are still to be arranged. CHAPEL NOTES Many O.D.s attended the service in Chapel during the O.D. week- end. The preacher was the Rev. L. Paulin, O.D. The collection, which amounted to £20. lis. 0d., was given to the Chapel Fund. We were very pleased to accept the generous gift from an O.D.—' a grateful parent'— of a copy of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.