''Concordia''

The Official Organ of The Clapham Old Xaverians' Association

Concordia res parvm crescunt Vol. VI APRIL, 1959 No.5

GENERAL REPORT 1957/58 . Details of our activities during the year 1957/58 have already been given in various circulars but the overall impression gained lS one, to use the School Report expression-_" very average." The Autumn Dance was enjoyable, but would have been improved by a better attendance; the Annual Mass, celebrated by Father Garry Pierce, continued to show a slight improvement in attendance and the Chapel was corr.fortable full. Having been badly let down by the hotel on two occasions now, the committee have decided not to risk a further debacle; and having registered a protest at such repeated poor service, have decided to make a change in venue. Full details for what will be our 25th Anniversary Dinner will be announced shortly. The :Mid-Lent Dance was a fair success, thanks to the hard work of Peter Cornish. Last year:'s Lenten Retreat showed a fair increase in numbers over previous years and this, year's Retreat was to-have been swelled by some Mayfield Old Boys; unfortunately events proved otherwise and the Retreat was cancelled due to all-round lack of support. At this point it is appropriate to say that our relationship with the other Old Xaverian Associations. continues most cordially and we are even getting news of aCtivities in Belgium and the U.S.A. · The sad loss of Bro. Joseph prompted the opening of the Memorial Fund which we consider a practicable memorial and one which he would have approved, but those present at the Com- memorative Mass will remember how Father.Burke stressed .the need to pray for vocations to the Order; that others might come and fill the gap in the already thin ranks of the Brothers in this country. A '' memorial 11 c;>f prayer is surely one that would have pleased Brother Joseph more than all others and it was this thought primarily that led the. Committee to prepare the scheme '' Foedus Precum " which is described later in this issue. Please· give this your most careful attention. ·

1 LIST OF OFFICERS President: v'ery ... B;o:· ifa.tthias. Rev. Bros. Dunstan, Peter, Pius, Xavier, Damian, Messrs. W. J. Donovan, E. P. Kachel,· D·

From the above "vocabulary" it will be quite obvious that this article is concerned with a Covenant or Alliance of Prayer.. It is in fact to introduce a Scheme which is being promoted by the Association to aid the Brothers in their search for vocations. · Throughout the Church there is an urgent need for vocations, but surely few can be more pressed than that small. band which forms the English Province of the Xaverian Brothers. Faced with increased commitments both at home and in the African l\'lissions,. time has taken its inevitable toll of their active numbers, while youth has failed to fill this breach. Every effort has been made to attract young men to this Apostolate of Christian Education: the Brothers have attended Religious Vocations Exhib:tions, distributed thousands of leaflets, interviewed many boys and young men, answered many letters, advertised in the Catholic papers in _the North and South and given talks in schools, all under an umbrella of .prayer- but still the Novitiate is empty ! It might be thought that vocations should be found from our own schools (we hope that i11 the future many will), but while Clapham has produced large numbers of Religious and of teachers, there has not been that combination which makes a teaching Brother. 2 Obviously only a minority are· called to such· 8: · \vay of life, but, on the other hand, every. Old Xaverian has had a seal set upon his character by his years under the care and tutelage of the Brothers and the well-being of the Order must be a matter of real concern to him. If he is unable to· offer himself, he will at least desire that other labourers should be sent into the harvest. This was· brought home by Father Burke, speaking at-the Memorial Mass offered last year for Brother Joseph, when he stressed that the most worthwhile way in which we could pay tribute to that great Brother was to pray that others might come in his place. As a consequence of this a sub-committee was set up and the result of its deliberations is the scheme Foedusj?recum ". Full details are given on the enclosed leaflet, but it is well to add that the essence of this scheme is a concerted effort of prayer by those \vho have themselves benefited from the training given by the Xavcrian Brothers. Therefore, we do urge you, to give your active support.. Please fill in and return the slip at the bottom of the leaflet, indicating how you will assist, so that otherwise disjointed effort may be organised into a real crusade (incidentally, we hope that. all members in the Priesthood will contribute by actually offering a Mass for the intentions of "Feodus Precum"). In addition to our own members it is hoped to enlist the support of the Old Boys' Associations ·of :Manchester, Mayfield and Brighton, while senior boys at Xaverian Colleges, parents and other well- wishers will be invited to participate. In a 11 motu· proprio " issued in 1955 our late Holy Father, Pius XII, called fo{ the establishment of organisations that " would undertake the task of encouraging the faithful to foster, help and protect vocations to states of Christian perfection ... and also to call the faithful in all parts of the world to unite in prayer and pious exercises for this purpose ''. Clearly then our. scheme .has the approbation of the highest EcclesiastiCal Authority, but if we seek encouragement need we look any further than Our Lord's own words - '' Ask and ye shall '' ?

FOEDUS P.RECUM Objects: ···This scheme is being initiated so that those who have at heart the well-being of the Xaverian .Brothers may aid them in their a·postolate,. the education of youth, by prayer. The chief object is to pray for vocations, which are greatly needed in this country and the following methods are to be adopted: (i). To have Masses offered as frequently as possible; (ii) The daily attendance of. at least one person (by rota) at Holy Mass; · · (iii) . .The .daily recitation of the following prayer: l · ·· Prayer ·tor V ocatio1ts · I 0 LORD JESUS CHRIST, Who didst take to I Thyself a body and soul like ours, to teach us the glory I of self-sacrifice and service, mercifully deign to instil in other hearts the desire to dedicate their lives to Thee: . I Priests to stand before Thy Altar, to speak the words I of Thy Gospel; I Brothers and Sisters to bear the sacred office of I teaching the young, nursing the sick, the aged and infirm, I - the needy and distressed. I Give wisdoll!!T strength, courage and skill to those I who serve Thee now. Fill their hearts with zeal and love of Thee. I With divine insistence, call others to their aid, that I Thy name may be known and loved for ever. Amen. .,I (300 days indulgence) Participatio1t: I All Old Boys of the Xaverian Colleges and their friends and I present members of the Vth and Vlth Forms are invited to / I participate in the Scheme. I Finance: I Administrative expenses of the scheme will be kept to· a I minimum as it is the aim to devote all possible monies to the offering of the Holy Sacrifice. For this purpose it is hoped that all I supporters will donate, annually, the amount of one Mass stipend I (say 1,0/-), but all should contribute at least 2/6 ...... , To: D. R. Quin, Esq., I 221 Valley Road, I Streatham, Date: London, S.W.16. I. FOEDUS PRECilli I I Please enter my name on the Daily Mass Rota. I shall be able 1- to attend, if required, once every ...... 1 I I will, if possible, recite the prayer for vocations every- day. I I enclose donation of I I Please delete any item Signed: ...... I if not applicable. I Address: ...... I I 1 4: I l I \ FOOTBALL Generally, the 1957/58 season was a most successful one; the Football Section is flourishing and although the results were not always as good as expected, they were on the whole encouraging. · The 1st XI finished third in Division II South of the Old Boys' League, and can be justly proud that they-were unbeaten at home throughout the League programme. They were never so impressive in their friendly games, however, and the worst defeat was once again at the hands, or feet, of the School. Due to an abundance of rain and snow, many of the fixtures of both teams were post- poned or had to be cancelled, the grounds being waterlogged. All the three fixtures at Easter were postponed - two League games for the second time each. One against Suttonians has since been decided, but it now seems unlikely that the other against Tenisonians will be played, and is consequently included here as a goal-less draw. 1st XI Resu:lts: P. _ W. D. L. For Against League: 18 12 3 3 72 36 Goal Scorers: C. Scott 26,· Breslin 11, Pinsent 10, Pepper 6, Smith 6, Ocleppo 2, Brown 1, Flynn· I, Higgins 1, Keenan 1, N. Scott 1, Tomasina l,.O.G. 5. Particular congratulations to Chris Scott who holds the leading position for the second year running. Friendlies: ·p, W. D. L. For Against 10 4 2 4 27 36 Now for comments by John Cernuschi, ist XI Captain: As I look back over the games played the vital matches with Wokingians and Salesians, ·lost by .the odd goal, were decisive in keeping us from promotion. During- the Season· we played a number of matches against poor opposition and won quite comfort- ably, but as soon as we opposed the leading clubs we dropped valuable points.. Why was this? vVere we just not good enough? I think not, becauseas far as football skill is concerned we can more than hold our own with any club in the Division. But we always seem to lack that -)extra bite that makes a promotion team. It is a heartening thought that the club has such fine young footballers as J ohri Keenan, Chris Scott, Will Pepper (what a find as a strong attacking wing-half), Brian Smith, Henry Pinsent and Ron Tomasina. Let us not forget the other members of the team, Pat Breslin, Dennis Quin, Bernard Farrell (a great season at right- back), and Nick Scott with his skilful play at left-half. I have thoroughly enjoyed playing behind this grand bunch of chaps, and I hope thatnext season, with just that little extra punch, Clapham will gain pr<;>motion. After an extremely poor start to the season the 2nd XI began to improve after Christmas, says Steve Ward, their Captain. The opposition encountered in these early games was most certainly stronger than in former years and thus accounted for some of the very one-sided results. However, gradually the tide turned and the most notable results in the return fixtures during the second half of the season were a victory over St. Joseph's and a draw with St. :Mary's T.C. 2nd XI Results: P. w. D. L. . For Against 24 7 4" 13 51 80 The most improved played was undoubtedly Ron Lewis at left- half, and Paddy Brennan and John Flynn shO\ved their versatility in filling many different positions during the season. Willie Palmer, too, proved that he had not forgotten his schooldays when taking over in the forward line. · Also a special thanks to those who have so often turned out af the very last moment to ·complete a team hit by injuries and illness. · · ·· Now for 1958/59. As was decided at .the Football A.G.M. on 21st April, we applied to enter the 2nd team in the League and were accepted. This entails some quite long distances to travel, . anq. inevitably abandoning many of our long:-standing friendly fixtures, but it remains to be seen how it all works out. We are very pleased to welcome into the Club several new players from the school, and .our active playing strength is now approximately 30. It is therefore unavoidable that weeks perhaps up to 10 members are not called upon to play. As is practicable, some may go several weeks without a game. This is particularly the case where cancelled matches occur. \¥e are all very concerned about this on the Committee, and, I do ask our members to bear with us at this awkward stage: Our aim is to recruit as soon as possible the few extra players needed to run three teams effectively. It. is really too early in the season to comment ·on the results of our two teams so far, as almost 45 per cent of the. games arranged to date have been cancelled owing to the waterlogged condition of Norbury and other grounds. · · · Here is a_ summary of League Football results up. to and including 14th February, 1959: 1st XI Div. II (South) Goals Goals Played. Won Drawn Lost For Against 11 6 0 5 49 34 Scorers: Carpenter 18, Collins 11, C. Scott 8, Pinsent 3, P. · Brown 2, B_reslin 1, Fitzgerald 1, Keenan 1, Luke .1, Pepper 1, o.g. 2. · .. .. · .. 3' Ell 2E7 zn=

2nd XI Div. iii (Smcth) Goals Goais Played Won Drawn Lost For Against 10 5 0 5 22 32 Scorers: Breslin 6, ]. Brown 5, Pinsent 3, Carroll2, Calvert 1, Lewis 1, Oldrich l, Ward 1, N. Scott 1, o.g. 1. The 1st XI should maintain its position. The 2nd XI having now, with one exception, completed their games against the top clubs in their Division, should start to improve.

CRICKET. With perhaps the wettest summer on record behind us we can with some relief say only twenty-five per cent of our matches were rained off and only one of the other three was played on a really wet . In short this was a season that might well have faded quickly from the memqry- but for one thing . . . the match with the College. If this had been a county game the newspapers would have labelled it sensational and, for once, they would have been right but it must be left to Concordia to record the game for posterity. The Old Boys, wiiming the toss, elected to bat on a wicket that seemed too soft to give much help to the bowlers but, whatever the reason, \Ve were quickly back in the pavilion with a meagre 37 on the board -and of these Maurice Barratt had scored 21. The College, not surprisingly, thought the match as good as won, but our bowlers as usual made up for the short-comings of our batting. Even though John Keenan, who was TI()t fully fit, conceded some early runs, he started the rot by taking a wicket with the first ball of the innings and thereafter fell steadily. Frank Burkhard (3 for 7) took over from Keenan and with Maurice Barratt (5 for 20) bowling unchanged, reduced the College to 34 for 9. It was certainly touch and go, but with the score at 36 Insole glanced a ball to leg, the batsmen tock a single to square the match and started on the winning run; but meanwhile Burkhard had chased the ball to ·long leg and no\v turning produced an excellent throw to break the wicket leaving the batsmen stranded in the middle. The impossible had happened- a tie. If figures mean anything the man of the match was :Maurice Barratt, but in fairness he must share the honour with Frank Burk- hard. Frank, who had nearly snatched victory from the Old Boys in the previous year's game, bowled so well that, while in higher spheres the batsmen. would have found the edge, the School escaped unscathed :__·and then ·there· \vas that crucial throw. 7 Briefly, our other games were as foiiows: v. Poly Tours at Norbury-Poly 16 7 7, Galton 3 for 4)) C.O.X.A. 17-2, batting on 82 (Keenan 32 not out). Won by 8 wickets. v. St. Joseph's O.B's at Beulah Hill- no play because of rain. v. Brighton Old Xaverians at Brighton- C.O.X.A. 38, B.O.X.S. 39-4. Played at Brighton on August Bank Holiday Monday, on a very wet wicket; we just failed to come off and were further handicapped by the non-arrival pf Maurice Barratt- due to a car break-down. Still a most enjoyable day and true Xaverian hospitality. Lost by 6 wickets. At last we have some good news regarding a Cricket Secretary. Peter Barry, 124 Audleigh Road, S.E.4 (Lee 42>10) was elected at the A.G.M. and will be delighted to hear from all O.B's wanting to play next season (if not already on the official list). Plans for expanding our activities are already in hand, though progress will of necessity be a little cautious. However, it is encouraging to see signs of a revival and we can look forward with confidence to next summer. Seven fixtures have been arranged already and two more are awaiting confirmation: promising a more full season ahead, than has been known for many a long year. An all day match at Cowley, Oxford, on the 17th May, 1959, has been ananged and Joe Cernuschi is now examining the possibility of booking a coach for the team· and supporters. The section has now joined the cricket conference, making available to us first rate umpires for all the matches and in the event of last minute cancellations the conference offers us the possibility of substitute fixtures.

C.O.B.A.C.S. During its first year the Council Old Boys' Associations of Catholic Schools has been finding its feet: during the coming year it will be consolidating its position. This cautious opening is inevitable in any newly formed Association. The launching of an organisation such as this is a slow job and none of the founders expected immediate results- we can start looking for real success. in another four or five years' time. However, the machinery is being set up and in some cases, especially in the more Catholic and less inhibited North, the wheels are already turnfug. For example to mix my meta.phors). in = lljli rems:==e' mr '"

Salford a wide net has already been spread by personal contact, while their great success has been a one day school held at the Xaverian College, Manchester, which was honoured by the presence of the Mayor. Here in the London Area we have tried nothing so ambitious, but a committee has been formed to organise our activities and a meeting of all Associations in the Area was well attended. This enabled us to make direct contact with Associations unable to send representatives to meetings in the North and, not surprisingly, fresh brains produced fresh ideas. The first A.G.M. was held at Ampleforth in September and you will appreciate from the above that it had nothing sensational to report, but it had a workmanlike approach: there was a job to be done and it meant to do it-even if it ,did take time. · It was however encouraging to learn the extent of favourable comment in the Catholic press and to know that the Hierarchy of Uganda had sought guidance in· setting up a similar organisation. Finally, turning to our own Association, there are two points: firstly, if anyone wants any further information or thinks he can help in any way to further the objects of the Council please contact me. Secondly, there is the question of our subscriptions to C.O.B.A.C.S., last year it was decided that it would be preferable to avoid drawing our Association funds and this policy was made possible by your generous donations. This year we would like to adopt the same method and any contributions will be welcomed by the Treasrirer. · D. R. QUIN.

Squash Report , The squash section has thrived throughout the winter months of last year and the early months of this· season and there is much cause for satisfaction at the progress this "baby" of Old Boys' activities has made since its inauguration in May, 1957. Attendance on Monday evenings throughout the winter was most encouraging -....:.'even on the wettest and coldest nights there were several working off some excess energy on the Grafton courts. It was agreed that a match should be arranged with another Old Boys' squash club and one was fixed with Old Emanuel for 22nd April. This was played at Raynes Park and ended in · a narrow defeat for the· O.X's by 3-2- a most creditable performance for a team· containing two members with only one season's squash behind them. A return match was arranged at the Grafton for May 12th and our narrow defeat revenged by an overwhelming 9 1.: i··

victory o£ 4-1. Further glory was gained by defeating an ·Oxford 3-2 in a '' friendly.'' During the summer there was no official club night and play among members was by mutual arrangements, however, Monday, October 6th, activities commenced again and any ·Old Boys interested in taking squash up need only drop me a line and I be only too pleased to let them have full information about the Section. M. RAYLAND.

Memorial Club Room The additional funds made available after last year's A.G.M. were devoted to having the building plastered internally and externally and to providing a substantial wooden floor. The plaster work was contracted out and the floor was laid by members ·of the Association. The walls have now been primed and painted with two coats of high grade paint. During the year guttering was purchased and drainage pipes were laid to a sump which was excavated to a depth of some five feet. This sump should prove ample for the amount of rain \Vater collected by the guttering. The electricity board have installed electric mains and Rex Edgell who works for G.E.C. volunteered to complete the internal wiring, and this important job is all but finished. . So, the work commenced in July, 1954, by ten volunteers, draws on to completion. This work has taken a rather considerable length of time, but remember, the job has been undertaken by very few Old Boys. A concerted effort now and we will soon have the interior of our hall adequately furnished, and a bar installed, ready for your comfortable occupation. Then when the Memorial Plaque has been dedicated this hall will be indeed a lasting Memorial for those who can only now be with us in spirit. · M. 'B. \VARD.

C.O.X.A. Table Tennis Section Report The section resumed its activities for the 1958/59 season on Friday, October 3rd, and although has been constant since then it has been far from satisfactory. If we are to resume competitive table tennis by re-entering the Dulwich and Dishict League next season, and that is most certainly our aim, we will need far more members taking an active interest in the section. This season is a gradual step, we hope, to arrange friendly games with the College. 10 ,.,.mmzsn W?

Whatever your capabilities, do come along to the College gym on Friday evenings, 7.45 ·p.m. to 10 p.m. At 6d. it certainly isn't an expensive evening out, and there· is no membership fee.

BRIAN SANDERS.

RES PARVAE Perhaps we can't get the articles, or the inspiration- or is it that incessant rairi soaked the convoy of Concordia's as they were about to 11 go on the street" (as they say in taut terms in the Evening News basements). Rain seeping under the tarpaulins of the packed lorries as they left the factory somewhere near St. Austell (we have found local labour altogether cheaper and more reliable) -as I was saying, the Cornish horizontal "type rain perhaps infiltrated into the copies, the Cornish truck drivers not daring to stop lest they be am bushed by some marauding band of Western · Peninsular Nationalists, as they style themselves. Dark rain clouds beating in over Lostwithiel, wild rumours of road blocks of Cornish Pasties set up outside Bodmin- small wonder Bert Trevaleun pulled his deerstalker further over his furrowed brows and led the convoy of trucks onwards, peering through the lashing rain only too aware of thejnadequacy of the oil headlights. Evening drew on, no break in the rain, Jasper Treweren, an old Cambourne Techinicalite had expected this, hadn't he seen the tall English looking meteorologist man on his aunt's tele' talking about occluded depression . . . The tele' . . . Oh no! Jasper, foot hard down, desperately swerved outside Trevaleun, splashing through the sweeping sheets- he must reach . Launceston by 8 p.m.- 1 ' Emergency \Vard 10.'' · '- . Bert Trevaleun didn't say much to Jasper as they sat huddled and wet in the small cab of the former's lorry- a further grim tug at his -deerstalker told .Jasper 'all he needed to know. He was through, finished- his loaded truck lay heeled over near Bodmin Moor, tattered, damp '' Concordias '' flapping defiantly on the stoney outcropsfi amidst the. glistening turf . . . Yes, Jasper knew that at Honiton, clear of the warlike W.P .N. he would be abandoned -gone for him the chance of reaching the big city, the personal recommendation of the Penzance Choir Master now only a mockery, an insult- Carroll Levis l Fate has cheated you l So as 8 ·p.m. drew on the tight-lipped Bert glanced in his driving mirror. "Where's Charley and 'Arold then rna dear? " The sullen Jasper glanced round, "Proper disappeared they 'ave, 'an they.'' "Ah." That was all Bert would allow himself to say-the hair on his neck bristled (that is that which was not underneath his deerstalker), so those dark shapes veiled in mists weren't moor- land cattle- they were the W .P .N. operating so far a field (the Druids with their inflamatory speeches had asked for sorties over the Tamar), could this pasty onslaught be on the traffic on the A .30 ? Charley and 'Arold were never heard of again - their trucks full now of sodden "Concordias" were possibly used in fantastic rituals in the secret ceremony of the Druids and W.P.N. on Dartmoor. Bert and Jasper pressed on in silence, Launceston had slipped by, Dartmoor was disappearing over the right hand horrizon, the rain had eased and the fields gleamed in the dying sun - nearly safe they felt- the W.P.N. wouldn't dare strike so near Exeter. The engine was giving the occasional rasp, but that's to be expected from a 1908 MORRIS-gliding by the farmlands of Devon now, making good time. About 8.45 p.m. Bert slowed and pulled into the side of the road to give Hany a rest-well poor old soul he'd been on the go since they left St. Austell, they don't breed men like Harry nowadays, on he plodded not a fear of redundancy or Com- munist infiltration into his union, he'd been walking in front of cars and the like since his youth in 1873, red flag held high- he was, you might a permanent fixture on the A.30. After a swig or two ·of apricot wine, Harry strode off into the gloom and Jasper and Bert jumped up into the cab. The engine revved up the lorry lurched up and down but not fonvard . . . Bert muttered a curse and peered into the stygian blackness of the engine; five times they revved up, five times Bert and Jasper were nearly forced through the windscreen. A patter of rain or was it feet on roadway- a fatal gust of wind and the nearside oil lamp was out. Then all the childhood memories of Jasper came swirling back, the knowledge of the disappearance of the other two lorries added wings to their Celtic imagination, they fled leaving their posts, the rain commenced again, echoeing the receding footsteps of the fleeing pair. Now "Concordia" would not get through, the W.P.N. had triumphed, for. in the flickering light of the remaining oil lamp could just be discerned an adroitly placed Cornish Pasty under each wheel. SCHOOL NOTES 1957-58 SCHOOL CAPTAIN: Colin Luke .. House Captains: Canterbury: A. Insole. Charterhouse: D. Worley. Glastonbury: J. Mattock. Walsingham: P. Leeder. Athletics Captain: .P. McDermott. Football Captain: A. Insole. Cricket Captain: C. Luke. When the school returned in September it was to find the main building looking like a cross word puzzle, .criss-crossed with planks, ladders and scaffolding. Painting, pointing and slating had been done during the holidays. When the work was all over it was a sight to see the rapidity with which the was removed- clamps wete tossed from the height of the third storey apparently at the head of a man standing on the ground. As each clamp came towards him he negligently flipped a sack at it, the way was taken off the clamp and it was decanted gently on to the ground. It was a trick worth watching, as were the men who did the actual dis- . mantling, one of them wrestling this way out of a rather tight pullover whilst balancing on the coping stone of the tower. The post war generation will remember the sandwich room. It has been turned into an additional art room where smaller groups doing examination. work can paint in comparative peace and quiet. A promising development in Geography has been initiated by groups of boys, usually Form VI, going to field centres. Six went to Malham Tarn for a week and came back enamoured of the desolate, austere but very real beauty of the Pennines. First snow fell on January 21st. First butterfly, a cabbage white,- was seen on Wednesday,· May 28th and on Wednesday, May 7th, the first swallow, of what proved to be a disastrous summer, was seen twisting darting around the mulberry tree. Last year's play put on December 12th, 13th and 14th was Oscar Wilde's ·'' The Importance of Being Earnest.'' It was well acted, well pr:oduced and beautifully costumed- (especially the ladies' dresses) . As usual our th_anks go to Mr. Pocock, Mr. Gibb and :Mr. Rathbom. One of the American Brothers happened to be at Clapham and sa\v the This is what he said: '' Let me congratulate you on your fine· production of last Saturday night. It was a real pleasure for me, an American, to see this stylised English play done 'HI WPM

with such professional finesse by English boys. I know the hard work that must be done and the hours that must be sacrificed to reach the perfection that you attained. I feel too that the successes you achieved made all the labour and sacrifice worth while. Con- gratulations and thank you for a very pleasant evening."

BROTHER BENEDICT.

As usual unsuspected talent emerged. For example, Michael Tomlins' Pergola in the garden scene and John Barnes' rather frightening family portraits. All the actors were so good that it would be invidious to mention any of them, so here is the list: Lane. J. K. Sabbagh. Algernon l\foncrieff. ]. A. Howie. John Worthing. · P. ]. Montanjees. Lady Bracknell. C. ]. Wass. Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax. ]. A. Newberry. Miss Prism. ]. F. Gilhooley. Cecily Cardew. T. Healey. Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. P. E. R. Lovelock. Merriman. ]. Bou.chard. In July nearly the whole school went the Planetarium. July .lOth was Open Day, when very many parents took the opportunity of seeing the school, their sons' work, and quizz:ng their sons' masters. In the Spring term religion, as usual, featured largely. In March, Forms VA and Va took the School Religious Certificate (results came in the summer term and they were very good). Soon after, we had the diocesan inspection of the school. Apart from Form VI who were not praised, the general result was very good. The Retreat this year was given by Father Ignatius, a Passionist, and an old boy of Stamford Hill School. The Directant and the Retreatants were both pleased with each other. One other religious activity was the "School's Pilgrimage" to Aylesford, which was attended by a coach load of C.C. boys. We heard the Bishop speak of the new Aylesford which will arise on the ruins of the· old. · As usual there was a trip to Paris just before Easter, and as usual everything went smoothly and easily. Our thanks are due to Mr. Gilmore and 1vir. Pocock. ·The Chess Club playing in the London Grammar Schools League played eight games, of which they lost three, drew one, and j won fqur. ! l4 ll

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As the First XI had its best season since the war, losing only two games, a good many of these. notes will inevitably deal with soccer. Several of the boys played for London and England in the school boy County and International Matches. Luke and McDermot played for the Combined Schools v. F.A. Colts. The Schools lost 4-2, but McDermott scored one of the two. One of the n Colts, incidentally was Wally Barnes! The London Grammar Scliools beat the Public Schools 3-0. Luke, Hogan and McDermott played for the Grammar Schools. :McDermott scored two of the three. Beulah Hill was beaten 6-0, Finchley 7-1, and the old boys 11-2. London Grammar Schools played Derbyshire Grammar Schools. Hogan, Luke and McDermott again played for the London Grammar Schools- we forget the score. On Monday, Ap1:il 21st, at Dulwich Hamlet, England School Boys played Scotland. McDermott played outside right for England. England won 4-3. McDermott scored two of the four. The Times spoke of '' the English Schools rousing finish.'' The Telegraph said, ''Late sparkle saves stale England." The Chron. said u Two bright boys sink Scotland ''-One of the bright boys was McDe1mott. The following accounts of games against Beulah and Finchley written at the time and posted on the School Notice Board, will show how the season went: · Saturday, February 15th, 1958. Norbury: against Beulah Hill. The First won the Under XV won 12-2. The games at Norqury were won so easily that there was no occasion for hard or skilful play. In consequence there is not much to say either ill: praise or blame about the school teams. A pleasing and novel feature about the Under XV's play was the absence of vociferous, mutual exhortation and denigration. The game was played as it should be -QUIETLY. A minor point; nearly on the Under XV needs to have his boots re-studded. Some players seemed to spend as much time reclining as in an upright position. Hoppett even managed to score from a position. The goal scorers wereLyons 3; Cox-Horton, Quirk and Spivak, 2 each; Gray (?ff a penalty) Hoppett, and Murphy one each. The team was Gray, _Wise, Keenan, Garvey (Captain), Fitz- patrick, Quirk, Lyons,· Hoppett, Spivak, Murphy, Cox-Horton. On the First the goals were: 1. a mix-up in the goal mouth was resoh-cd by Leen banging the ball into the net. The pass had come from McDermott. .I

2. Carpenter nochalently tipped a pass from McDermott into the goal. It was done so casually that there was some doubt of its being done intentionally. 3. Felzmann sent a hard drive down the middle from near the centre line and Pyne was there to collect it and urge it past the goalie. · 4. Insole's pass was back-heeled by Carpenter into the net. (This would seem to settle the doubt about Goal Number 2.) 5. :McDetmott scored. 6. Carpenter scored - again off a pass from McDermott. Luke played a very sound game in goal. Everybody came off the field filthy- except Felzmann ! The team was Luke, Conduct, Leeder, Felzmann, Hogan, McGrath, McDermott, Insole (Captain), Carpenter, Leen, Pyne. At Beulah the Second lost 6-4; the Under XIV won 8-1. Congratulations to all the teams. School v. Finchley at Norqury. 22nd February, 1958. School won 7-1. The fixture against Finchley last term was lost 3-2 and the excuse was that the school had one man short. Yesterday's seven- one victory gives validity to the excuse; but for the first twenty minutes yesterday it looked as if it were just an excuse. Finchley seemed the better team. They opened with immense drive and, playing two centre-forwards, soon had the school one down. Nobody at that stage of the game was to know that it was also their last goal. Luke rectified the balance with a carefully organised movement and a beautifully controlled shot. In quick succession came three more goals from Carpenter, :McDermott and Carpenter again, so that at half-time the school was leading 4-1. In the second half the game deteriorated but goals No. 5-a beautiful header by Leen; No. 6-handed to Luke across the goal mouth by an ever-unselfish McDermott, and No. 7 by Carpenter (hat-trick) prevented it from really dull. . For most of the second half Finchley was capable of no more than sudden forays into Clapham territory- forays that were invariably foiled ·by a wary Insole in conjunction with· McCartney who played a cheerful game in goal. Hogan (determined to wipe out the famous "defensive lapse" against Cardinal Vaughan?) played impeccably. Felzmann, always where he was needed, did equally well but without quite the same finish to his play. McGrath looked coltish and fell over his own legs too often but nevertheless 19 =

managed to hold his own. Leeder and Conduct also had good games. The School Sports were held on Tooting Bee .track. The standard was not very high. The school also took part in the South London Grammar School Sports at White City in May. The people who distinguished themselves were: . B. Cox- First in the under 14 long jump. L. Carpenter- First in the senior javelin. D. Hogan- Second in the senior long jump. P. McDermott- Second. in the senior shot putting. This was followed a ·few days later by the Catholic Grammar Schools' meeting at Motspur Park. We won no shields, but got a ·number of good places. B. Cox was first in the long jump and C. Luke was first in the triple jump. Boys who got second in their various events were Fairman, Nella, Churchill, Duhig, Massey, Hogan, Griffin and McDermott. In the senior relay the team (McDermott?. Luke, Hogan, Whitehouse) achieved a school record of 46·3, but only managed to come second. In the summer term large quantities of rain fell, and the only event, apart from the inevitable examinations, which seems to stand out, was Speec!1 Day. For the first time, but, we hope, not for the last, we used St. :Mary's Hall, thanks to the courtesy of Father Lucas·. Things went so well that we think it will be long before we run the risk of being rained off again by having Speech Day on the lawn. Brother Provincial presented the prizes, and :Me. Keen addressed the school. Mr. Smith had put on a programme Gf part-song-s, solos and instrumental music. K. Ennis with his clarinet solo, ''Larghetto and Minuetto," and Lomemore with his It Moon- light Sonata," were· probably the highlights. Forms I and II put on an extract from '' A Midsummer's Night D,ream, '' which was very well received, as was the Howie-Mattock extract from Henry IV, Part I. And so the term came to an end so far as studies were concerned, with these boys going up to University: A. Insole won a State· Scholarship and went to Queen Mary College to study Maths. I. Avsejs _:_Queen Mary's. N. Cooney-King's College. V. Felzmann has gone to Imperial. David Hughes to Woolwich Polytechnic. ]. Murphy to Queen Mary's. · Michael Rourke to Battersea Polytechnic. l7 . ' :r 'I

Peter Neale to Battersea Polytechnic. N. Whelan went to Northampton Polytechnic. lVI. Sayers to Queen Iviary's. A. Spark to Queen Mmy's. Last, but not least, Colin Luke, 1:he School Captain was awarded a place on the Rhodes Tour of Canada. Br. PETER.

HOUSE 1957-58 CANTERBURY Puring 1957/58 Canterbury, though not outstanding in any specific field, nevertheless did well in all activities. We were able to win but one trophy though we were runners-up for many others. These results were most encouraging because they emphasised that Canterbury was at last fighting back to regain the dominant position she held three years ago. ·

The House during the past year was ably led by Tony t t Doug '' Insole ·whose enthusiasm and drive were the main causes of our success. Insole, of course, crowned his achievements by winning Clapham's only State Scholarship of the year. This year we can, I think, confidentally expect to do better. For the first time in the past few years our Athletic, Football and Cricket teams are genuinely strong, and, scholastically, we are as good as ever. It is, therefore, with quiet confidence and great enthusiasm that we await the coming year, relying on our athletic and scholastic strength to gain us many honours. MICHAEL J .. ALDRICH.

WALSINGHAM HOUSE The year 1957-58 was only an average year for Walsingham. The House Captain was Philip Leeder who was following in his brother's footsteps. He was also captain of cricket and ta:ble tennis. Felzmann was football captain and McDermott athletics captain. It was indeed a great iri having six· members of the House in the victorious 1st XI. They were: P. Leeder, P. McDermott, B. Leen, T. Can-iey, M. McCartney, V. Felzmann. ·. . We retained the Athletics Cup owing to the emergence of hitherto talents in the Senior School. PTE TIB 7 ZI""E'P 7T =

· in the Buliding Fund we fin!shed a dose second, .whilst we \vere third in the Points Cup. Academically we were only average, but in the VI Form V. Felzmann was accepted at Imperial College. P. P. McDERMOTT.

CHARTERHOUSE 1957-58 The year 1957-58 was a really successful one for Charterhouse. Under the popular and inspiring leadership of David Worley, the House did wonderfully well, having its best year since the war. In ·both Academic and Sporting fields the House excelled. itself. Once against the House Championship Cup- the premier trophy of the school year- was retaii1ed with a record total of points. At the school sports, our relay teams won three out of the four relays thereby gaining the relay cup; although the remainder of the athletics fell below the standard set by previous years. During the winter, the House won the football shield mainly owing to the strength of the lower school. The House narrowly failed to win the Cross Country Cup, coming second to Glastonbury; though once again the lower forms made a maximum effort. One cannot end this article without paying a grateful tribute to David Worley, who led the House to its many and varied victories with great enthusiasm. And so, in concluding, it can really be said that the last year was an outstanding one in the history of Charterhouse. · J. BUNCE.

GLASTONBURY During the past school year the talents of the younger mem- bers of Glastonbury did not.· fully materialise. This not a reproach. Our House Captain, John .Mattock, put all his efforts into a rather difficult task and the all-round response promises bright things for the future. ·The cross-country was ours but in other events \Ve did not enjoy the same success, although we were in no way Colin Luke as School and Cricket Captain was a great success. He has been followed by David Hogan as School Captain and myself as Cricket Captain. Glastonbury can, therefore, be congratulated on producing the School Captain for consecutive years ! We welcome a new House-master, Mr. Pocock, who succeeds Mr. Shcppee, and we wish him every success in his new position. In all school sports. we were well represented, having five mem- bers in the football first XI (played 34 -lost 2); and four more in . ... · .. . ·. 19 .II

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j in 1957-58. I W. McGRATH. I

THEODORE JAMES RIJKEN 1797- 1871 Founder of the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier, known as Xaverian Brothers, was born on 30th August, 1797, in the small town of Elshout, rorth Brabant, Holland; He learned the shoemaker's trade and yet he felt himself called by divine grace to devote his life as a religious .in the Christian education of youth. At that time, religious life in Holland was hindered by all kinds of legal restrictions and ordinances, and young Rijken had to content himself with the religious instruction of the youth in his native town. Then he saw his chance of giving religious and professional education to orphan children in an institu- tion established by the convert Le Sage ten Brock. But the suspfcion of the government officials soon put an end to this disguised religious establishment. His zeal then. prompted him to care for cholera patients in Groningen, ·North Holland, during the epidemic of 1825-1826. After a pilgrimage to Rome he decided that since he could not entirely fulfil the double end of his vocation, he would at least try to become a religious. For that reason he became a noivce in the Trappist monastery of Mount Olive in Alsace. That was in 1828. The French Revolution of 1830 drove out all the religious. On the advice of the Benedictine Abbot of Maiiastein in Switzerland, our thirty-three year old novice sought to answer his. vocation by offering his services as a catechist in the promising mission fields of north America. There, among the Potowatomi Indians he resolved to give himself to God and to the Christian education of youth, especially neglected American youth. With this double end in mind, he returned to Europe in order to prepare the foundation of a missionary Congregation of religious teachers. Then followed a romance of difficulties, the climax being his second journey to America to seek the approval of the American Bishops to bring religious teachers to United States from Europe. On the 5th June, 1839, Theodore J. Rijken founded his Con- . gregation in Bruges, Belgium. The first Rules were approved by Bishop Boussen of Bruges in 1841 and two years later, 3rd Decem-. ber, 1843, the Founder and his disciples were clothed in the religious habit. _The Missionary ideal can be seen from the name of. the Congregation- Brothers o_f Saint ·Francis Xavier- ana also ·from 20 z7Z7 IIP'P'+M = f77V77

the religious name of the Founder who was henceforth known a.s Brother Francis Xavier. · As early, as 1844 the Brothers directed three schools in Bruges, and departure for America seemed near at hand. But the famine years of 1845-1848 now tried the new Congregation most severely. The first English school of the Xaverian Brothers was founded at St. Marie's, Bury, Lancashire, April, 1848, by Brothers Ignatius, Alphonse and Alexius. August, 1854, placed 'the crown on a life's work when the Founder led six of his Brothers to Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. He continued to direct his Congregation until 1860. For some time afterwards he had the direction of the novitiate at Bruges. T9 the very last year of his life he remained a pilgrim now setting to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart, then defending the rights of Pope Pius IX whose possessions were threatened by the troops of Garibaldi. This Globe trotter for God died in the Mother House at Bruges, 26th November, 1871. He died, but his work lives on in a manner of which he had perhaps never dreamed. To-day the Brother Superior General resides in Rome from which city of St. Peter he directs the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier which to-day has schools in Belgium, England, the United States of America and Africa. It was in 1931 that the first Xaverian Brothers entered the African missions in the Belgian Congo. To-day they also have flourishing schools in Uganda, Nyasaland and Kenya. L.D.S.

· PERSONALIA . NrcK OcLEPPO still manages to bring a Catholic glimmer into the pseudo-Bohemian existence of the Art world. He nears the completion of his training for the gan-et. LIAl\I BARRETT was dispatched by his local parish priest on a tour around France, Lourdes being the goal. ·' FAz '' F is looking very fit and. trim these days -I bump into him on one of Clapham Junction's many platforms just · off to play soccer, or at Lower Sydenham with cricket bag in hand. GORDON Ton (an O.B. of unknown year) married ADRIAN CORISH's sister Angelalast June. Adrian, or Abel as I believe he's known, is himself deep in the throes of study; 2nd year at Imperial College. Relaxation time is filled as all good scientists knO\v by knotty chess problems. With him is JoHN CoNWAY vigorously campaignjpg an -Athletics Faculty. Somewhere. in the deep 21 rustic cairn of Somerset sits VALENTINE NYE; intricate chess problems are his interest also-but by the correspondence method. RoN ToMASINA has just finished an exhaustive course at Beckenham for Higher National and has been relaxing in the I :Mediterranean regions of France. From the semi-tropic zones of .". Le :Midi" to the semi-monsoon of Manchester where we find I TERRY BoLEY is studying further the complexities of aeronautical engineering. From his watery fastness Terry tells us that MIKE I HART and wife are the proud possessors of a ba.:by girl. RAYMOND j ABRINES has successfully compltted his ten months study at the j University of Madrid, a short rest and then back to this country for j a post-graduate course in Mathematics at Queen Mary College. J ! CHRIS SWAN is halting the mighty roar of London's traffic at l Hyde Park corner, no he's not given up the surgeon's coat for the policeman's armlets, but the anguished cries from St. George's hospital chill the heart of many an intrepid Lambretta rider skirting Marble Arch. BRIAN HoLOHAN is engaged but the "execution " date is still not fixed. Brian now works for De Havilland Propellors I as a Dynamics Engineer (it's a wonderful title isn't it ?). :Mnm NICHOLLS was married last Aug1;1st, \vas registrar at Poole General Hospital - on becoming the owner of a son and heir he I celebrated and moved up to a hospital in _Highgate. l December saw DAVE NICHOLLS married, and u a riotous honeymoon send-off '' is all the detail I received about this event- perhaps we can exhort Dave to supply the details in an essay at a I future date. 1 ALLAN HALL, bear this name in mind -we are told by reliable sources that this name will be soon seen on the National Note, I I i issued by the Bank of England, the signature, hasten to add in case you thought that Britannia was retiring and Allan was filling the bre(!.ch. 'iI ! i ToNY MoRRISH now married and living in Balham, is a budding ' accountant, and a brand new father- a son. . - If by any chance you are lost. in the middle of Europe- no money, no phrase book, just keep a look out for PETER BARRY who can probably smuggle you into his organised tour- Peter is now a travel agency courier. · More news· of nuptials past, present and to come; CHrus ScoTT was married in late October down in Dorset, Chris met his wife while she was a student nurse in London -they managed to get a flat in Thornton Heath. MARTIN DuNNE I am. infmmed will soon wed Joan Walsh FREDnY WALsH's young sister. Freddy is a <:hemisLin Welwyn 22 ,..,..,nm

··Garden City. The ranks of. .have been swelied by the amiable presence of tl PIP" GuNN who owns an "Old Ford Car." Out in Canada BRIAN S:i\1ITH answers to the following description -·these days 52727 F jL Smith, B., R.C.A.F., 2 A.O.S., Winnipeg, ·. Canada-: studying navigation for an aircrew post, he would like ·to hear from old friends. Anyone who regularly scans the appointments in the '' Catholic Times '' would see that FR. CYRIL MuRTAGH is now a curate at St. Joseph's, Copnor, just outside Portsmouth. JoHN SHERIDAN at the ·· ··about four years or so ago is now married to Valerie Madrie. PAT BRESLIN who_ flits about S.E. London's more salubrious "digs" with Ariel like abandon has now found an ideally civilized spot near Streatham Common. After having taken _the rooms he was rather nonplussed by the landlord's blunt enquiry ,-concerning the number· of baths he required in the course of a week. · Pat's ·guarded reply of " A couple, if that's convenient" was greeted with a cry of relief- the landlord then explained that the : :lodger; a girl student · fron:i Austria, had bat_h- ·-room every morning and night of her stay there. Not wishing to appear churlish or grubpy about the matter the landlord had held his peace -but as he confided in Pat aftenvards '' Three baths a r.week are enough for any Civilised person., TONY KIRKDALE is now the: proud· owner of a third child- born in May last. Another Old Xaverian in the R.C.A.F. at Ontario, CHARLES _LAWRENCE (left 1950), stationed at Trenton- ·having ·exchanged the hairy sacking- of the· R.A.F. uniform for the sauve gaberdine of R.C.A.F. in November, 1957, is just finishing · his _Instructor's instruction course -and will shortly move to Ma_nitoba. Tony has a daughter, Susan Elizabeth, born in January. If you happened to ·spend your holiday this year in North Rhodesia, and why not indeed, Costa Brava'!? ruined by all those :tourists isn't it,. you- would have just-missed· seeing KEN ·BAILEY. at work:rock ·tapping-Ken's just returned with_ his wife and two children from a geological appointment with the Colonial Office .

Most accounts of Sittingbourne F.C. (Kent League) in the popu- lar press mention ToNY Al\WRA who plays on the wing these days and is gaining the invaluable experience and a lot of money besides. COLIN LuKE also got several noticeable notices after taking part in representative games at youth level- Colin now plays for Corinthian Casuals, Monday to Friday to avoid -the Professional Scouts they are disguised as Stock Brokers. We have since learnt that Colin's disguise did not fool the army and he reported for his National Service tmvards the middle of November. Q.M.C. this Autumn welcomed DouG' INSOLE, a State Scholar in Mathematics. From the Science to Arts and to Stoke-on-Trent where BRIAN STEVENS is teaching History. MrcK WEIR that ex-Naval Marine, looks fitter than ever, apart from being an astute journalist he is an Assistant Preventitive Officer in the Customs· and Excise ..:._ as Mick puts it he's not sure what he's supposed to prevent. CUFF " DoYLE has recently completed putting shots and throwing things in the army for .the last two years- and as far as we know is still. throwing things in civvy street. Til\r HIGGINS now out of the Forces works for an Insurance Firm-Tim got married in February. WILLY BEPPER is still insur- ing cars and the like and can be seen dozing on the 5.35 from . London Bridge most evenings. Our roving reporter had the stirring sight of JOHN TEE perform- ing his normal prodigious acts at right-back for the Bank of Soccer Team, luckily our reporter was playing on the· right-wing at the tinie for the opposition. John is now married and had a honeymoon in Switzerland. Another of our vast team of reporters happened to s'ee PAUL KANSEN at the wheel of a car jockeying for at St. Leonards corner, Streatham. The wave of acknowledgment did not hO\vever cause any major disaster. MR. CLOVER wrote several times from the peace and quiet of the Channel Isles. Whilst fully. appreciating their beauty and nearness to France, he still hankers now and then for the urban charms of Clapham. BRYAN Woon has been eleCted President of the International Movement of Catholic Students and is now nearing the completion of his course at London University. · Are you contemplating a business trip to Japan in the ·near future? For all thc;>se ins:de details you'll wish to know when you're there ring OSAKA 34-6151/3 (How you dial that escapes ·us) and ask ilir MR. JOHN GALTON who now work? for The we

Bank. If the hotels are too expensive ring John's home number KOBE (3) 6165. He assures us he does a nice line in single and double fridges. BETER FREDDI joined the Overseas Civil Service early in 1958 perhaps he will use John Galton's kind offer some day. Brother Peter tells us he received a letter from an old boy of about 1912 vintage called HARVEY who also enclosed a sketch of form 3a room- as it was in those days- semper eade·m,. A school Ieaver of around 1946, LEs GREEN plays Amatew· Football for Bromley nO\v, formerly with Dulwich Hamlet. His wife Jean gave birth to a daughter Paula in October- both doing well. D. G. MooN who left in '98, visited the school with his wife. He now lives in Carolina. He was delighted to see Brother Dunstan, who forms a link with Brother Cuthbert. All his talk was of that great man Brother Cuthbert. _ A departure from the Staff which will cause regret to many old boys is that of MR. SHEPPEE. He has accepted a lectureship at St. Mary's Training College. It is promotion for him and a tribute to the work he did for twenty years at C. C. We hope he will be as happy and successful at Simmaries as he has been at Clapham. We wish him well even whilst we regret his going. Having left the Navy in October, 1957, BRIAN LAWRENCE js now turning his scientific and biological mind to that root of all evil 11 Indigestion.'' Brian is currently 11 controlling and analysing '' Eno's Fruit Salt- tJ.?.e imagination leaps at the phrase " control- ling." One pictures an enormous vat of Fruit Salts seething and broiling ready to erupt like some hideous Vesuvius and swallow Chiswick and the Great West Road in a conglomeration of anti- dispepsiant. jOHN LAWRENCE is now a script writer for Tommy Trinder's "London Laughs" show on the Light Programme on a Saturday. Another 0 .X.. with an impressive sounding profession, BRIAN WALSH has joined Atomic ?ower Projects of Engli.sh Taylor Woodrow- Babcock and Wilcox as a construction plannmg engineer. Bnan. has a family of two now, a boy and girl. High on a B.B.C.-transmitter, somewhere in the desolate expanse of N. Wales, is CLIFFORD HILL working for :rvrarconi's Ltd. -let's hope tl?-e programmes are worth all the effort. BERNARD PLUMBER was married during· January and is very · shortly off to . Bernard will be a Surveyor for the Australian Government. 25 Timothy Michael now some fifteen months old, scm o£ Tor.r is progressing in the· best traditions. Tom's wife, 1\'Iary (nee Gavaghan) says he's fond of ·the bottle just like his Dad. . . HENRY PINSENT that energetic inside forward is now married. DAVE MASON now owns a son and heir.· Also a daughter, MarY. Patricia to PAT AND 1vlARY GRIFFIN. · · · · · Bon Down's wife, Hilda has recently had a·serious operation and is now convalescing - we express our good wishes and hope that as this is read Bob's wife will have· completely recovered. · l\'IICHAEL MILFORD is now over in Germany with the R.A.F. . . · ... · ·· .. Jnil'.IY HoLDEN. now resides in· Oxford and his table. tennis· continues to be outstanding; in the Oxford and District Table Tennis Association Jimmy has won 25 out of his 27 singles matches. Jim works for.]ohn Allen & Son (Oxford) Ltd. . · ·Readers are hereby given notice and asked to make arrange- ments accordingly that there are now '' Two PADDIES BRENNAN ''- Paddy has a son Timothy born in September, 1958. GERRY BuRGESS is one up on Paddy- having a son and now a daughter. · FR. BEST has now left Maidstone and moved to Whitstable. BILL AND RITA CoLLINs have a son Richard born on 24th Jurie, 1958- Bill is now a Lt. CoLin the 1st East Lanes. Regiment. If you are in need of a doctor inEastern Canada, please don'( hestitate to write to: MR. BILL 667 Iro Quoise Avenue,. RRl, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Bill is doing ·very nicely and would like to hear from his friends. Soon moving into the Intelligence Corps Depot. is Major REG PEARCE- who has been serving. overseas since 1941 ! The Depot is in Sussex and an annual fixture: is played with. Mayfield, so perhaps Peter Barry can fix something with the War Office: Reg tells us also that FRED PETRE moved into Luneburg with the East Lanes (another one) as he moved to the Intelligence HQ of BAOR, another link with OX movement- one of Reg's sergeants was an old Manchester boy Patrick Dooley demobbed in September,:· 1958. . MICK HoDGES was married on the 1st January; 1959, in Hong Kong- now a sergeant in . Public Relations-:- taking photos .o£ British being very British.

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THE XAVERIAN BROTHERS-CLAPHAM COLLEGE

BUILDING FUND ACCOUNT

Statemant of Receipts for the year ended 31st December, 1957

£ s. d. £ s. d. BALANCE OF FUND at 1st January, 1957 .. 7,292 0 7 DONATIONS FROM PARENTS AND OLD BOYS 91 10 5 DONATIONS FROl\1 PARENTS AND OLD BOYS paid under Deed of Covenant 46 18 0 INCOME TAX RECOVERED Epsom and Ewell Corporation Loan Interest 195&/57 2 2 1 Deeds of Covenant 1956/57 41 8 5 43 10 6 INTEREST RECEIVED 2!% Defence Bonds 6 19' 4 3% Defence Bonds 24 0 0 3!% Defence Bonds 35 0 0 4!% Defence Bonds 39 17 8 4!% Defence Bonds (Conversion Issue) 9 19 8 3% Savings Bonds 1960170 · 52 10 0 Epsom and Ewell Corporation 5!% Mortgage Loan 15 10 0 Post Office Savings Bank 35 2 2 Barclays Bank-Deposit 1 18 4 220 171 a PREMIUM ON CONVERSION of 2!% Defence · 5 0 0 TOTAL FUND AT 31st DECEMBER, 1957 £7,699 16 s.

THE FUNDS ARE, INVESTED AS FOLLOWS: 3% Defence Bonds 800 0 0 3!% Defence Bonds 1,000 0 0 4!% Defence )Bonds .. .. 1,000 0 0 4!% Defence Bonds (.Conversion Issue) 500 0 0 3% .savings ·Bonds 1960170 £1,750 Bonds at Cost . . . . 1,599 12 5 Epsom and Ewell Corporation 5!% Mortgage Loan 800 0 0 Post Office Savings Bank . . . . 1,567 7 10 Barclays Bank Deposit Account 401 18 4 Barclays Bank Ltd.-Current Account 30 18 1

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Tim MONA.SrERY PRESS RAMSGATE