THE ALUREDIAN

Contents

PAGE PAGE Editorial 3 Fishing Club 26 School Notes Photographic Societ y 26 Visit of H er Majesty Queen Wireless Club 27 Elizabeth tbe Queen Mother 6 Aeromodelling Club 27 King Alfred House Notes 7 Stamp Club 27 Carpenter House Notes Trevithick Society 28 Bishop Fox House Notes 8 Badminton Club 28 Meynell House Notes 9 Dancing Club 29 Woodard House Notes 9 Bridge Club 29 Chapel Notes 10 Light Music Club 29 Choir Notes 11 Conjuring Club 30 Subscription Concerts 11 Meteorological Society au "The Alchemist" 12 Motor Club 31 K.C.R.F.C. 15 Sailing Club 31 K.C.M.R.C. 19 Junior House Notes il l C.C.F . Notes 20 Letter from Borneo 34 K.C.F.C. 20 Festival in Vienna 38 Pioneer Notes 21 Outward Bound, 1960 41 Sheldon Society 22 "Aluredian" Competition 42 History Society 22 Translation of German Poem 43 Music Club 23 Thames Sailing Barges 43 Art Club 23 Church of St. Michan, Dublin 45 Modern Languages Society 23 Literary and Dramatic Society 24 The Old Aluredian Club 46 Junior Literary and Debating Obituaries 53 Society 24 Valete 55 Fallodon Society 25 Salvete 56 Arch.eological and Geological Society 25 Acknowledgments 56 THE ALUREDIAN KING'S COLLEGE, TAUNTON.

EDITOR : E . J. LAVENDER Sus-EDITORS : D. W. PERRY, J. C. ROBINSON, R. G. TAYLOR VoL. XXIX. No . 6 FEBRUARY, rg6o

Editorial

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3 School Notes HE outstanding event of the Michaelmas Term was the s ignal honour T of a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Quee n Mother on the rgth November. A full account of this visit is to be found else where in this issue. The School was delighted t o hear that Geoffrey Rippon, M.P ., O.A. has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation: We were sorry to hear of the illness of our Provost, the Rt. Rev Dr. H . W. Bradfield, Bishop of Bath and Wells. However, the latest reports on his progress are highly satisfactory. We are very grateful for the gift of an oak pew for the Lady Chapel. presented by the Hon . Mrs. Firth, in memory of h er l ate husband, Cap­ tain C. P . L. Firth, who was Senior Fellow of the Western Division of the Woodard Corporation. I The Festival of the Nine Lessons and the Carols was celebrated with traditional splendour, an interesting point being that this year the choir trebles are so good that they could manage without the support of Pyrland Hall for the public Service. The s upport, however, of the Juniors for the School Service was both welcome and noticeable. A record number of p eople, well above soo, attended, and the collection for the World Refugee Year totalled £42. On 14th October there was a solemn requiem for the late Dr. S. C. Carpenter, who was Provost from 1935 until I953 · It is proposed to erect a Provost's stall in the C hapel in his memory. A fund will shortly be opened. During the Michaelmas Term the new buildings were approved by the Chapter and the architect was instructed to call for tenders. It is expected that the buildings will be ready sometime in rg6r. The School play, Ben Jonson's " Alchemist," was performed with great success, both ~sthe tic and financial. A critique will be found else­ where in this issue. The proceeds, after payment of expenses, will be given by the Dramatic Society to the World Refugee Year. The rst XV have enjoyed another successful season. The health of the School during the Michaelmas Term has been remarkably good. In September we welcomed Miss N. G. Williams, o ur new Sister. We wish her every happiness here. The O.A. dinner was held in the Houses of Parliament with con­ spicuous success. Geoffrey Rippon, M.P., O.A., was the host, and Waiter Long, O.A., was in the chair. The guest of honour was the Mayor of Taunton. J. S. Nixon, Esq., has been elected as Fellow of the Chapter. Admiral Sir Mark Pizey has been elected to the School Council. At the Service on Remembrance Sunday, Wing Commander D. B. Delany, O.A., laid the wreath. Lectures during the Michaelmas Term included one by Mr. Donald Grant on World Affairs, one by the Rev. J. E . C. Lawlor on b ehalf of the Her Majesty Q ueen Elizabeth The Q uee n Mother Mission to Seamen, one by the Rev. J. Gowing about the St. Pancras visited King 's Co llege on Thursday. 19th N ovember, 1959 Housing Society, and a fourth on National Insurance. The same term has also seen the highly successful introduction of Mr. Tyler's Subscription Concerts. A special article is included in this issue. This year we welcome another American Exchange Scholar, R. M. ' Stilson, as successor to J. de W. Perry. We hope that he has enjoyed l=c- his first term here and that his initiation into the game of Rugger and ,_ into our School life has been both pleasant and painless. L 11 The College was well represented at the Taunton Music Festival. I I ! ~ l We congratulate the following on their success in the Associated ~ I > :::~ Board of Music Examination: -Piano : Vallender (VII), Darvill (V), 0 ~ % .0 Delacour (V}, Rowe (IV), Bromwich (Ill-Credit), Marchant (1). Organ: ~ : J 11 :1 ~ John (VIII-Distinction). Flute: Delacour (V -Credit). Oboe: Hobbs (Ill-Credit). Theory: Darvill (V}. Hobbs (V), Inman (V). > 0 I • - We have just heard that ] . R. West has been elected to an Open I ~ ~ 0 , % 0 Exhibition in Modern History at Clare College, Cambridge, and that the > ~ 11 I > following have been promised places : A. G. Hopkins, Pembroke College, I 0 I Cambridge; E . ]. Lavender, University College, Oxford; and R. G. I "~ ., Taylor, Oriel College, Oxford. , u I! F. N. Davies, O.A., has recently passed out from Sandhurst, sharing % 0 ~ the Royal Military College prize for Mathematics and being placed second li ~ 'i . ~ in the examination for military tactics . % I 0 . > jj I ~ : ~ 0 John Tyzack, who has recently entered Sandhurst, has gained an ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ % ,; Award of Merit. ~ ,0 V " , E N. Daw has passed the Royal Naval Special Entry examination for ~ 0 .~ " "' Dartmouth. "0" J Work of Special Merit in Michaelmas Term: M Ill . St. ] . French, ] . C. "0 Robinson. c 0 It is with deep regret that we hear of the death on 23rd December, E . 0 1959, of the Earl of Halifax, K.G ., P .C., O.M., who had for many years 0 er: been·a devoted friend and supporter of the W oodard Corporation, and, . more especially, Fellow and Custos of the Northern Division since 1906 . u We congratulate Gwilym Williams on the knighthood conferred on 0 him in the New Year Honours. He was High Sheriff of Breconshire in .c 1942 and held the post of High Constable of Miskin Higher for seven 0. years and was also General Commissioner of Income Tax. He is a Fellow t of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and practises in Cardiff .c and Aberdare. He is also County Valuer for Glamorgan and Valuer to E the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions Licensing Committee. Belonging to the § ~ "- Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, he is a member of the Chapter and Council of the Priory for Wales and Chairman of the Aberdare County Committee and the Aberdare Hospital Board. He is also a member-of Llandaff Cathedral Restoration Committee. IB We hear that Mr. G. A. Whitworth, O.B.E., O.A., has retired from his position of Principal of the Camborne School of Mines, which he has held since 1946. We wish him a happy retirement. We congratulate B. H. White on winning the All-England

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B 6 The Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth House Notes

the Queen Mother KING ALFRED HOUSE OR the second time in the past two and a half years the College was House Captain : ] . C. Baker. F honoured by a visit from a m ember of the Royal Family. At 3.20 School Prefect : C. H . Abraham. p .m . on rgth November the Queen Mother's car drove past the ranks of Boy Scouts flanking the driveway and stopped in front of the main House Prefects : N. B. Bentley, D. W . Perry , ]. S. Kemble. entrance to the School. As s he st epped out, sentries of the Cadet Force Deputy Prefects: R. K. L. Lo, A. R. Salman, E . ] . Marshal!, C. G. smartly saluted. Her Majesty was greeted by the Provost (the Rt. Revd . Hennessy, P . P . Morgan. Dr. H. W . Bradfield, Bishop of Bath and Wells} and the Headmaster Common Room Committee : P. ] . Green, R. K. L. Lo, A. R. Salman, The Provost then asked leave to present the Custos (the Rt. Revd. D. 1: E.]. Marshal!, D. P . B. Miller, C. G. Hennessy. Wilson), the Divisional Bursar (Major R. E . F . Cely Trevilian) and the School Captain (Anthony Hopkins). She was then accompanied to Big School, where the School Captain gave a short speech of welcome, in It is traditional in House Notes that one should end, " Finally, we which he said: "Your Majesty, the School thanks you most warmly should like to thank ... "! However, we feel that Mr. Townsend merits and joyfully for the great honour which you have so graciously bestowed more than this, and so we should like to thank him, initially, for his on us today. Two years ago Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret wonderful help and guidance to the· House; also we should like to thank came to this School to open our War Memorial. The memory of her Mr. and Mrs. King for their continued interest in the House. gracious kindness and sympathy is still in our minds. Although we are The Upper Common Room has now been partially re-decorated, young and have memory of but a few years, we know very well, Ma'am, largely due to the exertions of the Common Room Committee, but due what our Nation owes to your inspiration and leadership in war and in also to substantial help from members of the Common Room. peace. It is our earnest prayer that, guided by the example of your In the Senior Rugger, we managed to beat Meynell 6-0 in the first gracious Majesty, we may face our responsibilities with devotion and round after a fairly even game. In the final we met Woodard, who man­ courage." aged to win 3-0, despite brilliant defence. House colours were awarded Her Majesty 'briefly expressed her thanks. She said it had been a to J . C. Baker, J. R. Hawkins, C. G. Hennessy, H . C. Jones, E. C. great pleasure and joy to visit the School. Llewellyn, R. K. L. Lo, N. V. Lyle, P. P. Morgan, I . D. Phillippe, B. A. W. Price, M. A. Salman. The Vice-Captain of the School (J eremy Baker) presented the Queen Mother with a bouquet of carnations. "Thank you very much, The Juniors were less successful, losing to Woodard by a drop goal it's lovely," she told him. A chair was brought forward on to the dais after a rather scrappy match. and the Headmaster presented the Visitors' Book for Her Majesty to in­ The Senior Shooting Team did very well in coming third. In the scnbe her signature. He then took her to see the War Memorial. Junior Shooting we were rather disappointed to come 2nd to Woodard, Her car left from the main entrance at 3.26 p.m . amid ranks of who beat us by seven points. cheering boys. Although we have not won any cups this term, it is obvious, with Although her visit was very brief, the School was deeply moved by our impressive record of second places, that the time is not far off. It Her Majesty's charm and sincerity. It is a visit that will leave joyous is with this in mind that we look forward to the Lent Term. memories in the minds of all those who were present on the occasion of this honour, so graciously bestowed. CARPENTER HOUSE House Captain: I. D. Sharpe. House Prefects: N. Daw, C. ] . V. C. Brough, G. B. S. Busby, P. R. W . Robinson. Deputy House Prefects: M. St. J . French, D.]. Millard, F.]. Nye, ] . C. Robinson, R. W. Vaux. Comtnon Room Committee: French, Millard, Nye, Vaux.

The most notable performance of the Michaelmas Term was that given by our Junior Team in the House Rugger matches. We started well by beating Fox S-3 and Meynell 8-5; but later we were most un­ fortunate in being beaten by Woodard, who converted a penalty in the closing minutes of an otherwise score-less final. Our Senior team came up against almost overwhelmingly strong opposition in the shape

6 '1 of Woodard, and, although we lost, it is a great credit to the team that The House will be sorry to see Hopkins leave at the end of this term. we kept the score as low as we did. Brough and Busby were duly re­ He has been a good leader, both as House Captain and School Captain. awarded, and Daw and Millard awarded, their House colours. In the We must congratulate him on gaining a place at Pembroke College, Inter-House Shooting we were again unsuccessful, the Senior coming Cambridge. fifth and the Juniors fourth. Daw and Vaux shot well and were re­ awarded their House colours. We must thank Mr. and Mrs . Morgan and Mr. Jaquet for their un­ failing interest and guidance in the House throughout the term. The response of the House to the Refugee Year Appeal was truly magnificent. The "target" for the term had been originally set at £7 but contributions poured in until this sum was nearly doubled. We thank MEYNELL HOUSE all those concerned for their enthusiasm. House Captain : J . M. Glover. As last year, we were well represented in connection with the School House Prefects : C. R. Eagle, C. W. Green, M. J . Torrens, T. C. Carter. Play, with Nye as assistant stage manager and the majority of the stage Deputy Prefects : R. E. Buchman, P. Y. Lee, R. G. Taylor, R. J. staff being from the Carpenter. Thomas, J. R. West. At the beginning of the Michaelmas Term the House welcomed Common Room Committee: Taylor, Buchman, Lee, Thomas, R. R. M. Robert M. Stilson, an English Speaking Union exchange student from Braham, B. C. S. Barnes. Williston Academy, Connecticut. We extend our warmest greetings to him, and hope he will have as fruitful a stay with us as his American Meynell's most prominent achievement of the term was the winning forbears have had in other Houses. of the Senior Shooting Shield. We found ourselves with five people in In conclusion, the members of the House the School Shooting Eight, and the team, comprising Budge (Captain), would like to express their Gray, Braham, gratitude to Mr. Harvey and to Mr. Wilson for their continued Barnes, Payne and Trigg did very well in coming a guidance clear first by 32 points. Colours and support in all the affairs of the House. We would also like to thank were awarded to all of them. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and the Chaplain and Mrs. Reddish for their kind­ The Junior team were unfortunate in coming fifth. ness and understanding towards those of us in dormitories at Gatcombe We were not so successful as we hoped in the House Rugger matches. and Hareston. The Senior team were narrowly defeated in a match against King Alfred, who won by two penalty goals to nil, while the Juniors lost 8-5 to Carpenter. Thomas and West were awarded their colours. Buchman and Torrens 'both played major parts in "The Alchemist " and we were well represented in the minor BISHOP FOX HOUSE parts and stage staff. ' . Finally, o~r warmest thanks. to Mr. Padfield and Mr. Jordan for House Captain : A. G. Hopkins. their unfailmg mterest and help m all House affairs and also to J. M. School Prefects: D. S. D. La Touche, J. S. P. Gibson. Glover for his leadership. House Prefects: K. W. Miller, R. J. Paton, C. L. F. Bamford. Deputy Prefects: P. T. Bonsey, F. B. A. Buchanan, R. J. Gundry, WOODARD HOUSE N. P . Butt, D. T. Taylor. House Captain: C. M. Kitsell. Common Room Committee: Bonsey, Butt, Buchanan, Gundry. House Prefects: H. S. Trowell, E. J . Lavender, D. B. Busfield, M. W. Lob b. Deputy Prefects: J. M. Lipman, R. C. Kennard, I. H. Baker. "To be a seeker is to be of the best sect after a finder, and such a Common Room Committee: J. M. Lipman, R. S. Lavender, R. C. one shall every faithful humble seeker be in the end." Kennard, I. H. Baker. Cromwell's words should afford some comfort: this is the third year in which we have been narrowly defeated by Woodard in the Senior Again in House Rugger we were drawn to play Fox in the preliminary Rugger; on this occasion, somewhat unluckily, after an extremely good round, and again we won by a close margin (3-0). Carpenter gave us game. Next year, perhaps, we shall not only seek the cup, but find it. a good game, but we won easily and reached the final. After a hard All the "uncapped" members of the team were most deservedly awarded game against King Alfred in the final, we were victorious, due to a fine their House colours. The Juniors lost disappointingly to Carpenter try by M. J. Monk, and thus retained the Senior Rugger Cup. 3-5· !he Junior Rugger team more than lived up to expectations by In the Junior Shooting we came third, only nine points behind the playmg a magnificent game against Alfred, which they won by an ex­ winners. In the Senior we came fourth. cellent drop goal by B. H. White. Their victory carried them into the final to meet the Carpenter. This they won after a hard, close game In the School Play, Paton certainly made up for the lack of Fox by a penalty goal, which was ably kicked by J. G. Steven. The team: participants by the quality of his performance as the subtle "Alchemist." under the captaincy of C. P. Statham, are to be congratulated on the He must be congratulated on his very fine acting. hard play which earned them this cup. 8 c We were glad to see Lobb and Monk permanent members of the Choir Notes Shooting VIII, and would like to congratulate them on being awar:led their colours . These two, supported by four other marksmen, did very UR return saw many new faces in the front rows, but we were sorry well to come second. Our thanks also go to those who represented the O to lose both Couch and Waddington from the bass line . We thank Junior Shooting team for their fine shooting, which won us the Junior them both for their untiring support to the choir throughout Shield. their time · at King's. Whilst mentioning earnings and goings, we must also extend The nine members of the House who acted in the play formed a large an offici~ welcome to Mr. Mangin, who, after helping us on a temporary proportion of the cast. Trowell and Deedman are to be highly corn­ basis dunng last Easter Term's epidemic, has at last been p ersuaded to mended on their performances. stay with us permanently. We give our thanks to a stalwart House Captain, C. M. Kitsell, for The Michaelmas Term is always a very active one. As usual, we his leadership during a most successful term, and we are sorry to say competed in the Somerset Music Festival, and our performance of Charles that he is leaving us. Wood's " 0 Thou, .the Central Orb," gained us first place in our class for the fifth success1ve year. Another external As usual, Mr. Pytches and Mr. Whitworth engagement was a recital have given us their unfail­ given by a small group of us at St. Andrew's Church in aid ing guidance and encouragement throughout the term, of their organ for which we offer appeal fund . Along with some instrumental items we sang " our sincere thanks. Subdue us by Thy goodness" (Bach), "Lead me, Lord" (Wesley) and Stanford's Evening Canticles in B flat. Most of the music so far mentioned in other connections was also sung in Chapel. Other anthems included "Holy, Holy" (Schubert) and "0 come, ye servants" (Tye) . Mention must also be made of the suc­ cessful introduction of Vaughan Williams' Cominunion Service in D minor for congregation and choir. Chapel Notes Finally, the Carol Services. This year saw the .introduction of several new carols, including " The Three Kings" (with words and music by HREE services held in two the College Chapel during the Michaelmas members of the staff), "Kommet, ihr Hirten" (which was sent to us by Term seem to call for special comment. On 14th October T a Solemn Herr .w~z;th, who spent some we~ks with us last term) and "The Angel Requiem was sung for the repose of the soul of Spencer Cecil Carpenter, Gabnel. The first verse of ' Once in Royal" Priest. Requiem was sung by D. J. Masses are always sad occasions, but at this service Durrant, and the service finished with the traditional " the sadness Adeste Fideles " was swallowed up by a keenly-felt sense of triumph and vic­ accompanied by the organ and an ensemble of brass. ' tory. The service was presided over and the sermon preached by the Custos. The School paid its own special tribute to Dr. Carpenter by In conclusion, we must thank Mr. Tyler for his continual and friendly learning a new setting to the Mass specially written by Vaughan Williams leadership at all times. for performances in college chapels, in which the congregation sings in I.D.S. unison and the choir sings an independent harmony. The result is very effective. The simple service held in the Chapel quadrangle after Mass on Remembrance Sunday has a timeless quality, as the names of 145 The Subscription Concerts Old Boys are read out by the Headmaster from the steps of the Memorial Gateway. This year the O.A. wreath was laid by Wing Commander D. B. E are greatly indebted to Mr. Tyler for arranging two concerts for Delany. Wus of undoubted artistic merit in the series of subscription concerts that he has inaugurated here. Lastly, the Carol Service. Each year this se~ice attrac~ a large number of people, but on rzth December the seating capac1ty of the There are few people to whom the Opera Players' presentation of Chapel was severely strained by a congregation of some soo people. The "The B.arber of Seville" did not appeal. Yet there were few who did members of the choir put in a lot of extra time rehearsing the carols, but not go mto the hall with some misgivings. How could the elaborate the obvious pleasure they give to s? many people is ~eir best rewar~. stage of Covent Garden be compensated for on our own stage already This year, one of the carols was wntten by Mr. Mangm, and the mus1c ~f set up for the School play? How could a Rossini opera be performed composed by Mr. Tyler. The collection o£ £42 was given to the Mayor's w1~hout an orc~~tra? How indeed could our interest be held by any­ World Refugee Year appeal. ~h~g . as unrealistic as. o~era at all? It would be invidious to single out mdlVtduals, be they ptamst or player from this team which The Sacristan this term so soon over­ has been D. W. Perry. T. H. Vodden is came all these misgivings. The swift-moving humour of Beaumarchais' spending a year in Sarawak acting as Secretary to the Bishop of Borneo; play~ the gaiety and suggestiveness of Rossini's music, and the high in this he is following in the footsteps of John Crowe. qu~ty of both singing and acting provided entertainment for the un­ The Custos will administer the Rite of Confirmation at 3 p .m. on ~us1cal and pleasure for the musical in an atmosphere where an Friday, 25th March, rg6o. 1mpromptu backcloth gave emphasis to the friendliness of the occasion.

10 11 Who amongst us could presume to find fault with Frederick Grinke's Clearly, then, a great deal of the credit for the success of the per­ recital? He chose a programme that centred round a performance of formance goes to Paton, but this does not detract in any way from the Beethoven 's Spring Sonata for violin and piano-a performance in which contribution made by the supporting cast. Trowell, for instance, did very he and Malcolm Tyler played t ogether with great sensitiveness, and in well in the long and difficult role of J eremy Face. A manly rogue, this which an older partnership was revived, to which this concert was one, lusting for life as well as greedy for gold . On the last night, when primarily due. The rest of his choice ranged from the Pr::eludio and 1 saw the performance, Trowell failed to bring out clearly enough Face's Gavotte en Rondeau from Bach's Partita in E , where he brought out the duplicity, but I l earn that he was more successful in this respect on contr~p~tal nature of the music in a way that was hardly credible on a previous occasions. In any case, vitality and enthusiasm compensated solo v10lm, to the Moto Perpei?o of Nova~ek .. He gave us a wide variety for any lack of subtlety. of style from the lovely cantab1le tone of S1behus' Serenade to the brilliant virtuoso playing of Paganini's Caprice, "The Devil's Laugh." He gave What of the other characters? Most popular with the audience was us three much demanded encores, and we took away with us the memory undoubtedly Deedman as Ananias. What an astonishingly twisted psalm­ of an accompanied recital of a quality rarely to be found so far West of singer! and though t o my way of thinking his delivery was a trifle too London. inflexible, no one could fail to marvel at the transformation of body and voice. His timing was particularly T.N.E.M. good. Another noteworthy and per­ haps more su'btle performance was Bentley's as Surly; his masquerade as the Spaniard was one of the minor triumphs of the production. How '' The Alchemist '' well that beard became him, by the way! Darvill is well used now to playing the part of the merry-eyed, rosy-cheeked wench, and, while his By BEN JONSON characterisations are a little over-simplified at present, there is plenty of promise for the future when he eventually graduates (Presented from the distaff by the School Dramatic Society) side. Torrens made a valiant attempt not only to master a role which "A masterly performance"-" Schoolboy performances of a very he found, perhaps, a trifle uncongenial, but also a mouthful of padding high order" - "The best performances seen in Taunton for which kept on coming loose to the detriment of his diction. A word, many years": these are some of the tributes paid by the West too, in praise of Buchman, who has gained assurance since his last appear­ of England Press to the School's production of " The ance, and of whom one would have liked t o see and hear more. Alchemist.'' There is room to mention only two more : Herbert, changed into a WO aspects claim chief attention: Mr. Wilson's production and R. J . stunted, short-sighted and gullible tradesman-an excellent caricature, T Paton's acting. worthy of his own pen, and Ferguson, one of the fairest widows ever to be seen on a school stage. ''The Alchemist'' is by no means an easy play to bring off nowa­ days. Perhaps the chief difficulty lies in its language; I was clearly not Apologies to the rest; they must remain unsung, at least as in­ the only one to be disconcerted by the opening scene, which was taken dividuals. They clearly enjoyed themselves, and did all that was required so fast that the audience had little chance of getting used to this strange of them. idiom and was saved from unintelligibility only by the acting. Winded What more remains? Mr. Jaquet's stage management, of course. and shaken by the onslaught, we were glad enough to find the pace Quite a complicated set was needed for this play, but, bulky as it was, slackening a little and the whole thing becoming comprehensible, so that the scenery allowed freedom of movement for the actors, and provided occasional obscurities later found us unafraid. an attractive but unobtrusive background. Congratulations to him and With the exception of this failure to recognise the shortcomings of his assistants; if any of them is to be singled out for special praise on the the audience, Mr. Wilson made no mistakes with his production. Clearly, grounds of efficiency and enthusiasm it is Nye. A special word of con­ he had put in a tremendous amount of hard work; no doubt, much of the gratulation, also, to those responsible for the costumes and the make­ acting and the speaking of the lines was directly inspired by him-in­ up. The former took excellent advantage of the generous response to the evitably so in a play concerned with a society so remote from our own request for materials and clothes, and the latter showed more skill-and in fashion and manners, though clost: enough, perhaps, in other ways. restraint-than their predecessors in past years. Final tribute must be Apart from this, the characters moved on and off with ease--something paid to Mr. Morgan's skill in devising the chemical effects and to Paton of an achievement on a stage largely occupied by the set. Certainly a and Abraham's courage in operating them. production to be proud of : discerning and painstaking. P.V.H. Last year we were privileged to seeR. J. Paton's comic turn as Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore." The taste for the grotesque which he displayed then was again in evidence in his performance in the title role in "The Alchemist." The twisted poise of hand and head, the sideways leering of the eyes, the clumsy agility of his capers, these revealed to us the ugly but always amusing deformity of Subtle's character. But these theatrical tricks did not take the place of acting; the basis of his per­ formance was sound characterisation and good delivery, which combined to produce an excellent rogue.

12 D 13 PLAYERS IN ORDER OF SPEAKING K.C.R.F.C. Jeremy Face (Butler to Lovewit and pseudo-Captain) . . . H . S. Trowel! Captain : H. S. Trowel!. Vice-Captain: C. R. Eagle. Subtle (the Alchemist) ...... R. ]. Paton Hon. Sec retary : J. S. P. Gibson. Dol Common (their Accomplice) G. C. Darvill Dapper (a Lawyer's Clerk) ...... I. P . L . Smith HE season began with the dismal prospect of having no halves or threequarters remaining from last year. In the scrum, Trowell, Drugger (a Tobacco Man) T G. A. Herbert Eagle, Price. Brough and Lavender r emained, and at full back there was Sir Epicure Mammon (a Knight) ...... M. J . Torrens Gibson. Pertinax Surly (a Sceptic) ...... N. B. Bentley For the first match, an " A" XV fixture with Taunton R.F.C. Colts, Ananias (a Deacon of Amsterdam) ...... G. C. D. Deedman Trowell moved from the wing-forward position to centre and was Tribulation Wholesome (a Pastor there) ...... C. M. S. Kitsell partnered by Evans from the Senior Colts. The halves were Lobb and Monk, and wing positions were filled by Russell and Taylor. In the Kastril (an Angry Boy) ...... R . Beal scrum, Brough moved from blind to open-side wing-forward, Kitsell filling Dame Pliant (a Widow, his Sister) ...... M. H . Ferguson the vacant position at blind-side in the absence, through injury, Lovewit (the Mast;er of the House) ...... R . E . Buchman of Lavender. Eagle moved to lock from the second row, where Price Neighbours ...... M. ]. Adam, R . D. Hennessy, was now partnered by Braham. The front row was Beal. Glover and ]. C. S. Horrocks, E. J . P . Hepwortb, Butt. J . A. J . Taylor, R. J. Thomas This combination worked quite well, although the threequarters Officers ...... R. R. M. Braham, S. H. Griffiths lacked any great drive, and we beat the hard-working Colts I4-3· Parson ...... M. J . C. Thuell The team remained unchanged for the match against Exeter School, which took place at Priory Park, as our pitches were unfit for play after Another Neighbour ...... the long drought. King's were very unlucky to lose 13-14, scoring three The Scene : London, 1610; a house and courtyard in the Blackfriars. excellent tries against Exeter's three penalties and a try. Against Millfield, the only change in the XV was that Llewellyn, Producer K . R. R. Wilson, Esq. another Senior Colt, replaced Vaux as deputy for Gibson, who had not Stage Manager . M. F . Jaquet, Esq. yet played a match. Here the team played in rather a subdued manner, Assistant Stage Manager F . ]. Nye and, failing with four penalties, did not distinguish itself in losing 3-II. The main things lacking were threequarter drive and confidence. The Electricians C. W . Green, J . G. James scrum usually managed to gain possession of the ball, but we were unable Wardrobe E. M. Hatley, C. ]. Timbrell to make effective use of it. Properties B . H . Lintern, J . A. Spence We were able to field the full rst XV against Allhallows. Llewellyn Stage Staff B. H. Lintern, M. ]. Waterhouse, P. ] . Reynolds replaced Monk at stand-off, and Bentley played his second match on the Costumes Rose Shaw of Bath and the Ladies of the Sewing wing in place of Taylor. The match was played at the Police Ground Room under rather wet conditions, and we beat the quite strong Allhallows side by two unconverted tries to nil, half-time being reached with no score. Make-up Mrs. L . B. H. C. Baker, K. R. R. Wilson, Esq., M. F . Jaquet, Esq., J. C. Robinson, The next two matches were on home ground, and the results did B. C. S. Barnes, W. Treharne-Jones, much to boost the team's confidence. We met Wellington with a some­ T . ]. Atkinson, R. S .H . Cochrane what depleted side, as there were three injurieS-Price. Llewellyn and Coiffures Miss N . G. Williams and Miss P . G. Warne Glover. The vacant positions were filled by Kitsell, Monk and Taylor. However, the team played very well and deserved the !4-3 win. Glover Prompter N. V. Lyle and Llewellyn returned for the match against R.N.C., Dartmouth, when Chemical Effects Devised by G. W. Morgan, Esq., and operated the team again played well. Our opponents were quite powerful, but, by D. B. Abraham although they played hard, they did not appear to think very hard, and, House Manager G. W. Morgan, Esq. after being 3-Q down at half-time, we won 8-3. Worthy of note was a ~autiful try by Llewellyn after finding an invisible gap in the opposi­ The Set designed by the Producer and built by the boys under tion. the direction of the Stage Manager. . With th~ sa~e team we beat King's, Bruton, convincingly 25-Q. Decor designed by M. J. Torrens and painted by D. S. D. La So 1t was With high hopes we met Canford on home ground. King's Touche, C. R. Eagle, R. C. Kennard, P. R. W. Robinson, began shakily and at half-time were 6--3 down. However, in the second R. Beal, D. P. B . Miller and G. B. S. Busby, under the half, the team really played Rugger and two perfect tries were scored. direction of W . Lyons Wilson, Esq. Unfortunately, between the scoring of these, Canford were lucky in touch­ ing down a wildly bouncing 'ball for a try. We therefore lost 9-II, but Additional Lighting apparatus by Major Equipment Company. by no means ignominiously.

14 l5 The rst XV had by now really become a team, relying on no in­ The forwards never became very good at binding together in loose dividuals and working together all the time. Under the leadership of scrums, but were s ufficiently quick onto the ball in the open to compen­ Trowell, the backs had become a cohesive unit with a g reat deal of drive sate for other failings. The threequarters were slow to realise that they and made the best use of the ball , of which the forwards always gained could achieve little if they took the ball standing still, but gradually a plentiful supply. In this fashi on the remainder of the matches were learned to lie deep and move fast onto th eir passes. By the last game, all won. at Weston, the threequarter movements were confident and dangerous, with the forwards always ready to link up when there was a switch in We defeated Kelly 5-0 under appallingly wet conditions. Our only the direction of attack. try was very early in the game while we could still handle the ball. Thereafter, the threequarters watched the forwards fighting it out in a It was a pity that the season was curtailed, because it was only in mudbath, mainly on the touchlines. We next m et W est Buckland, who the last two or three matches that the team really began to play together played hard but without resource, and we won 6-o. For this match and and enjoy the games. Thanks are due to the opposition, who stuck at for the following one Monk replaced Evans in the centre. Kitsell played it and provided many close practice games, which indicates not only their who were well up to his first game as hooker with great success, and he continued to play in sustained enthusiasm, but also the skill of several the same position for the rest of the season with as much success. team standard. J.R.L. Bryanston fielded a rather weaker side than usual, and it was only their wide defence which prevented us from winning by a larger margin RESULTS than 8-s. 1st XV Oct. 3-"A" XV-Taunton R.F.C. Colts (away) Won 14- 3 Many chances of scoring were wasted against Queen's, and, although Oct. 7-Exeter School (home) Lost 13-14 we were completely on top throughout the game, the final score was only Oct. 14-Millfield School (away) Lost 3-11 14-0. Oct. 21-Allhallows School (home) Won 6-0 Oct. 24-Wellingt;on School (home) Won 14- 3 The last match of the season was against the Old Aluredians. For a Oct. 28--R.N.C., Dartmouth (home) Won 8-3 pleasant change, conditions were perfect, and we made the best possible Nov. 4-King's School, Bruton (away) Won 25- 0 use of the ball. Due to the inevitable unfitness of the O.A. pack, King's Nov. 7-Canford School (home) Lost 9-11 Nov. 14-Kelly College (away) Won 5- 0 obtained an even larger share of the ball than usual, and, with clever play Nov. 18-West Buckland School (away) Won 6-0 from the backs, the final score was 44-0. A fitting end to an excellent Nov. 21-Bryanston School (home) Won 8-5 season. Nov. 28-Queen's College ( home) ... Won 14-0 C.R.E. Dec. 5-" A" XV-Taunton R.F.C. Colts (home) Won 12- 3 Dec. 12-0ld Aluredians (home) ...... Won 44- 0 Played 14 . Won 11. Lost 3. SENIOR COLTS Points for : 181. Points against : 58. Played g. Won 5· Lost 3· Drawn I. 2nd XV The Senior Colts gained their success by means of teamwork rather Oct. 14-Millfield School (away) Lost 8-19 than the abilities of any particular player. After the removal of the two Oct. 21-Allhallows School (away) Won 9-3 best threequarters to a higher sphere, a certain amount of team building Oct. 24-Wellington School (away) Won 9-6 and the team was fortunate in the fly-half, Blackmore, Oct. 28-Crewkerne 1st XV (home) Won 13-3 was necessary Nov. 7-Canford School (home) Lost 8-20 who, though lacking in thrust, was a most efficient link with the three­ Nov. 12-King's School, Bruton (home) Won 26-0 quarters. Kelley and Winter distinguished themselves by their excellent Nov. 14-Milton Abbey 1st XV (away) Lost 0-16 defence and occasionally in attack. Nov. IS-West Buckland School (home) Won 29-0 Nov. 21-Sidcot School 1st XV (away) Won 41- 6 The forwards were most disappointing in that on occasions they gave Nov. 28-Queen's College (home) Won 30-0 the backs none of the ball and in loose play never managed to be up with Dec. 5-Weston G.S. 1st XV (away) Lost 0-23 the ball. The exception was the Captain, Statham, who led the side Played 11 . Won 7. Lost 4. extremely well and was always the best forward on the field. Points for : 173. Points against : 96. D.A.S. Senior Colts XV Oct. 7-Exeter School (home) Won 31- 3 Oct. 14-Millfield School (home) Won 6- 3 JUNIOR COLTS Oct. 21-Allhallows School 3rd XV (home) Won 8-6 Oct. 24-King's School, Bruton (away) Won 11-6 The dry weather and hard ground at the beginning of the season Oct. 28-Taunton School (home) ... Lost 0-9 made it difficult to select a team which was able to tackle and fall as Nov. 11-Taunton School (away) Lost 0-19 well as run and pass. Once the season started -in earnest, it was poor Nov. 14-Milton Abbey School (home) Won 6- 3 Nov. 21-Bryanston School (home) Draw 3-3 defence more than lack of potential which was responsible for the away Dec. 5-Weston G.S. (home) defeats at Allhallows and Taunton School. However, from then on, the Lost 0-3 9. Won 5. Drawn I. Lost 3. same team, with only minor alterations, acquirea the will to win and Played Points for : 65 . Points against : 55. improved considerably to finish the rest of the se~son undefeated. B 16 17 Junior Colts XV The following represented the "Under 14" Colts :- Won Fuller (Bp.F). Dupee (W), Calder (Bp.F) . Pearn (KA) . Lyle (KA). Ace Oct. 14-Millfield School (home) 8-- 3 (Bp.F). Carter (M), Price (Bp.F), Turner (Bp.F ) , Edmunds (W), Nurdin Oct. 21-Allhallows School (away) Lost 3-14 osser (C) , Lost (W), _Dunn (C). Goddard (C). Longden (M), Triggol (W), R Oct. 24-Wellington School (away) 3-43 Meredtth (KA), Porter (Bp.F) , Withers (M). Mannering (M), Prowse (C), 28-Taunton School (away) Lost Oct. 0- 8 Owen (KA), Blow (W), Barnard (W). Nov. 11-Taunton School (home) Won 6-0 Nov. 14-Milton Abbey School (away) Won 20- 0 Scorers for the Is~ XV :- Won Nov. 18-West Buckland School (home) 9-0 Evans, 4 tri e~. 4 penalty goals. 7 conversions; Trowell, 8 tries, 1 drop goal; (home) Won Nov. 21-King's School, Bruton 12- 3 Bentley, 7 tri e~, 1 drop goal; Russell. 4 tries; Eagle, 3 tries; Beal, 1 penalty Nov. 28-Queen's College (away) Won 5- 0 goal, 3 conversiOns; Lobb, 4 conversions; Gibson, Braham, Llewellyn, Monk, Dec. 5-Weston G.S. (away) Won 23- 0 Morgan, 2 tries each; Price, Lavender . Butt, Glover, 1 try each. Played 10. Won 7. Lost 3. Scorers for the 2nd XV :- Points for : 89. Points against : 71. Russ_ell, 12 tries, 1 dr_op goal; Vaux, 2 penalty goals, 16 conversions; Fussell, 9 t;ries; Monk,_ 5 tries; Evans, Lyle. Trigg, Martin, 3 tries each; Daw, "Under 14" Colts XV Buchman, 2 tries each ; Kitsell , Philippe, Taylor, Lipman, Lo, 1 try each. Oct. 24-Wellington School (home) Draw 6- 6 Scorers for the Senior Colts XV :- Lost Nov. 4-Taunton School (away) 0-26 Mile~, 4 tries; Magurran, Burton, Winter, 3 tries each; Smith, 1 try, 1 con­ Nov. 18-Taunton School (home) Draw 3-3 vers~on; Fussell, Lyle, Olds, Evans, Hennessy, 1 try each; Llewellyn, 1 con­ Nov. 28-Queen's College (away) Won 9-0 versiOn. Dec. 5-Weston G.S. (home) Lost 0-14 Colts XV :- Played 5. Won 1. Drawn 2. Lost 2. Scorers for the Junior Smerdon,. 6 tries; Hardy-Dobney, 4 tries; BentJey, 3 tries, 2 penalty goals, Points for : 18. Points against : 49. 3 co_nverswns; _Ford, 3 ~ es; Madin, 2 tries, 1 conversion; Trythall, Morice, 2 tnes each; Vmcent, Trmpson, Wood, 1 try each. The following were re-awarded 1st XV Colours :­ Scorers for the " Under 14" XV :- C. R. Eagle, W. A. Price. Goddard, 2 tries; Calder, Ace, Lyle, Dunn, 1 try each. The following were awarded 1st XV Colours :- M. W. Lobb, J . S. P. Gibson, C. J . V. C. Brough, R. S. Lavender, N. P . Butt, R. Beal, E . C. Llewellyn, R . R. M. Braham, C. M. S. Kitsell, N. B. Bent;Jey. K.C.M.R.C. The following were awarded XX's Colours :- T the beginning of the Michaelmas Term we had to find three new Evans, T., Morgan, P . P ., Monk, M. J ., Lavender, E . J ., Paton, R. ]., Daw, N. A. members, and there was considerable competition for these places. Dunng the term, seventh and e~ghth places . were continually changing The following were awarded XLV's Colours :- hands, and we never really obtamed a _settled team. However, we did Philippe (i), Lyle (i), Trigg, Jones (iii), Fussell, Buchman. quite creditably during the term, winning fourteen out of nineteen The following was awarded Colts XLV's Colours :­ matches. The standard of shooting seems to be improving, and in one Statham. match _our_ "Country Life:· rec?rd was_ broken with a score of 771. It The following represented the 1st XV :- seems rrorucal that the E~ght, m practice, have achieved scores of 782 Gibson (Bp.F). Morgan (KA), Trowell (W) (Capt.), Evans (W), Bentley and 783 !_ The number of Ioo's during the season's matches must be (KA) , Llewellyn (KA) , Lobb (W), Beal (W), Kitsell (W) , Butt (Bp.F), mentioned, too, Vaux and Marshall obtaining two each and Monk and Price (Bp.F) , Braham (M) , Lavender (W), Eagle (M), Brough (C), Vaux (C), Monk (W), Russell (Bp.F) , Taylor (W), Taylor (Bp.F) , Glover (M). Gray obtaining one each. . Marshal!, M. W. Lobb and M. Monk are to be The following represented the 2nd XV : - R. W. Vaux, E J. J. Vaux (C), Russell (Bp.F), Lyle (KA) , Monk (W) , Fussell (Bp.F), Daw congratulated on obtaining their Shooting colours. (C), Trigg (M), Paton (Bp. F), Taylor (Bp.F), Grifliths (W), Buchman Lastly, but not least, c;mr thanks go to Mr. Mangin, who quietly does (M), Philippe (KA), Lavender (W) , Jones (KA), Evans (W). Lipman (W), so much for the team by his continual and patient interest in us. Ma.!Vn (M), Barnes (M), Kitsell (W), Morgan (KA), Toone (Bp.F), Whittpn (Bp.F), Lo (KA). The following represented the Senior Colts :- MICHAELMAS TERM AVERAGES Smith (KA), Magurran (Bp.F), Kelley (W), Horrocks (KA), Miles (M), "Country Life" N.S.R.A. Aggregate Bracey Blackmore (KA), Evans (Bp.F), Statham (W), Stephens (W), R. W. Vaux 98.1 97 .1 97 .3 (W), Whitton (Bp.F), Olds (Bp.F) , Burton (C), Riess (Bp.F), Hennessy (I_{A), Jennings (M) , Adam (W) , Winter (C), Deane (C), Lyle (KA) , E. J . Marshall 92.6 95.8 96.1 Stewart (C), Toone (Bp.F), Evans (W) , Steven (W). M. W . Lobb 95 .8 93 .7 93.5 M. J . Monk 94.1 88.6 96.2 following represent,ed the Junior Colts :- The Gray 96.3 97.5 95.9 Bishop-Stevens (KA), Morice (KA), Bentley (J;!p.F), Hardy-Dobney (C), Smerdon (M) , Madin (Bp. F), Ford (M), Vincent (W), Bentley (Bp.F), Jones 94.8 95 .8 94 .3 Fleming (M). Launders (M) , Robinson (C), Wood (Bp.F). Trythall (Bp.F), Hennessy 88.6 93.5 93.9 Burnfield (M), Timpson (W), Hughes (M) , Taylor (Bp.F), Jeffries (Bp.F), Braham 92.0 94.3 91.1 Jones (KA), Marsden (W), Philippe (KA). Smith (M), Wilkes (M). Grant­ E.J.M. Anderson (KA). 19 18 C.C.F. Notes M. St. J. French, D. W. Perry, P . Y. Lee and R. K. L. Lo are to be congratulated on the award of their colours. Salman (who fought con­ UR Camp this Summer was one of the best for many years. Exmoor, sistently well ), Poland, Blade and Bassett also represented the side. We O after the long drought, was so dry that the C.O. was able to drive should like to thank Mr. Morgan for his great help and interest, a Champ clear over the ChainS-one of the most notoriously boggy areas Mr. Mangin for all his time, effort and practical participation, and Prof. in the country-and the Junior Camp had to draw its water from a Sanders for his patience and skill in coaching. spring right up on the moors. The highlight of the Senior Camp was an all-night exercise, during MATCHE.>-MICHAELMAS which a cordon caught three out of five pairs of escapers who had a TERM, 1959 night march of some ro miles between their release point and their Sat., Oct. 3 v . Queen's College (home) Won 20-- 7 rendezvous. The training as a whole was mostly in ambushing, both of Sat., Oct. 24 v . Downside (home) Won 15-10 patrols and vehicles, and one very successful ambush was laid for a Sat., Nov. 7 v. Canford (home) Won 16-11 party from the Dorset A.C .F ., who were also camping on the moors. Sat., Nov. 21 v. Sherborne (home) Won 12- 6 The fine weather meant that we were able to carry out a fairly heavy Sat., Nov. 28-Gilmer Trophy-" A" runners-up; training programme, and also to enjoy some very pleasant hours of sun­ " B " semi-finalists bathing, or visiting Dunkery Beacon, Tarr Steps and other attractive Sat., Dec. 5 v. Queen's College (away) Won 13-12 spots. During the Michaelmas Term the main change has been the decision to introduce a purely local Part 3. The time necessary to train for this exam will be taken from the three terms allotted to N.C.O. Cadre train­ Pioneer Notes ing. It will include some subjects now missing from the Army Pro­ ficiency Certificate (old Part 2), such as Bren and the Sequence of In­ HEN we returned at the end of the Summer holiday we found that struction in Drill. We have found that the omission of the latter, especi­ W Ern had put in the door frames of the workshop and completed ally, leaves Cadets with little idea of how to instruct in anything. the brick-laying round them. He had also supervised the casting of a We are beginning now to feel the benefit of the increasing number huge concrete lintel across the two doorways and the window in the of boys who are staying on for an extra year. Clearly, when this trend front of the workshop. With this to spur us on to greater efforts, brick­ is properly established, policy regarding promotions and appointments laying was continued at a reasonable pace, although we were hampered will have to be reviewed in order to increase the number of responsible by the absence of Hawkins, who, as usual, returned to Rugger for the jobs available for those capable of taking them on. Michaelmas Term, and by the unserviceability of the cement mixer. However, The Senior N. by half-term we had raised the unwieldy, precast concrete C.O.'s were : U/0 Hopkins; C.S.M. La Touche; lintels into position C.Q.M.S. Green, C over the windows of the West side, with the help .W.; Sgts. Baker, Bentley, Bonsey, Eagle, Gibson, of a derrick constructed Green, P. J ., Kitsell, by Mr. Baker with the assistance of the Survival­ Lavender, E. J ., Miller, K. W ., Perry, Sharpe, Craft Team from Torrens. the hangar. As soon as the cement mixer was mended, the foundations for two of the garage walls were laid, and building was started on them. Since, however, we were using concrete blocks instead K.C.F.C. of bricks, the work here was rather slow. A completely new technique was needed, and Ern, on whom we were relying for guidance, fell ill at HE Michaelmas Term has been most successful for the Fencing side. the critical moment. We are happy to report that he has now completely T We began the term with a full complement of members, a promising recovered. Meanwhile, Mr. Baker set himself to the problem of the team and high hopes. These were fully justified by subsequent results. blocks, and was soon under way with an extremely successful, Our previous successes have been in some measure due to our strong 2nd if unorthodox, method of laying. Foil team, which has almost unfailingly been able to beat our opponents ' Work has been re-commenced under Big School 2nd Foil soundly, but this Michaelmas they were more than a match floor with the con­ in struction of a scene dock and make-up rooms many cases for the opposing rst team, which promises well for the future. for the stage. We had hoped to push about 12ft. along during the Michaelmas Term, under Unfortunately, King's (Bruton), Blundell's and Kingswood had to the expert guidance of Mr. Jaquet. However, this hope was rather cancel their fixtures with us, as they felt they could not send an adequate drowned by the discovery of a hitherto unknown drainage pipe, which team; but we won every other match by a comfortable margin, giving us was the cause of the continual flooding of the pit. After some consulta­ an unbeaten record now for two terms running. We also entered two tion, it was decided to replace it by an iron pipe going under the floor, teams for the Somerset Junior Foil Team Trophy (the Gilmer Trophy) and this was completed by Spiller & Brown in the latter half of the term, and did exceptionally well. King's "B" fought their way into the semi­ paving the way for further efforts. final, and King's "A" lost very narrowly to Downside in the final. We had already beaten Downside earlier in the term, and so felt the result In conclusion, we would like to congratulate Hawkins on being might well have been different, especially had Lee (who was in London awarded his colours, and to thank Mr. Baker, Mr. Jaquet, the Bursar, for an interview) been present. However, it was still an excellent effort, Sid, Ern and Alan for their continued support, guidance and ingenuity. and we were very unlucky not to come back with the cup. C.W.G.

20 F 21 Societies and Clubs MUSIC CLUB Chairman : H. R. Padfield, Esq. SHELDON SOCIElY School Secretary : A. John. Treasurer: C. W . Green. House Secretaries : D . W. Perry, I. D. Sharpe, A. G. Hopkins, Chairman : A. G. Hopkins. M. H. Ferguson. Secretary : D. W. Perry. Treasurer : E. ]. Lavender. HE Michaelmas Term has been a busy one for members of the Club, T and, therefore, Club activities have been somewhat restricted. The URING the Michaelmas Term the Society was preternaturally active, main programme of the term was held m Big School on the 14th Novem­ D there being three general meetings, none of which included a guest ber. This was the Saturday before the Taunton Music Festival and speaker, since all the committee's efforts to procure one had proved many of the soloists in this concert were to compete in the Festival. initial business meeting the first general meeting was abortive. After the benefited hear a paper by D. W. Perry entitled " The problem of pain." The newly-formed Subscription Concerts Society has held to erts will be found The speaker managed to combine logic and dogma to such effect that members of the Club considerably. Details of the conc he was able to withstand forty-five minutes' questioning and also to elsewhere in this magazine. upset the mental digestion of the Vice-President, who was present. The Club would like to thank the Chairman, Mr. Padfield, and the Director of Music, Mr. Tyler, for their continual help and guidance in At the next meeting, the Society tried a new idea, namely, that Club affairs. members should advance propositions and then defend them. Proposals A.J. such as "A Quaker-like pacifism is the only correct behaviour for a ART CLUB Christian in time of war" and "I despise the bourgeois attitude to life" provoked lively argument, and the evening was generally mooted a Chairman : P. ]. Green. The third meeting was to hear a paper by J . C. Baker entitled Secretary : E. A. Tuke. Treasurer : R. C. Kennard. success. R. Beal. " Modern South Africa." The speaker, who had spent the Summer 4th Member: M. J. Torrens. Master of Decor: holidays in South Africa, was able to give plenty of factual information, E welcome the talent found in the fourteen new members and hope which mixed well with his commonsense approach to the Union's W that they will maintain the gradual improvement of the Club's problems. A long and valuable discussion followed his paper. work. were elected, The Society would like to thank the Chairman, Hopkins, who is At a meeting on the 30th September the usual officers as well as R. Beal, Master of Decor. This latter title implies that he is leaving, for the time and e~ergy which he has devoted to the Society, and finally we would like to thank the Headmaster for the continued responsible for the arrangement of all "objets d' Art" displayed in the use of his study and his great interest in the affairs of the Society. Art Room. On Wednesday, 7th October, members attended a programme of D.W.P. art films presented by the Taunton Deane Arts Society at the Corfield Hall. The programme included "Reclining Figure," a survey of Henry Moore's sculpture, commissioned by U.N.E.S.C.O.; "Cubism"; "Do Fakes Matter ?"; an illustrated talk by the critic, Sir Kenneth Clark; "Greek Pottery"; "Jackson Pollock," a few shots of the great action painter with his work; and finally, "Today's Tomorrows," a study of the relationship between a child's art and his environment. E.A.T. HISTORY SOCIElY MODERN LANGUAGES SOCIETY Chairman : E . J. Lavender. Chairman : E. J. Lavender. Secretary : R. G. Taylor. Treasurer : J. C. Robinson. Secretary : J. R. West. Treasurer: P. T. Bonsey. FTER the customary business meeting to elect a new Committee and HROUGH no fault of our own, the term's activity has been slender. A to plan the term's programme, the Society held two French meet­ T E. J. Lavender read us his paper on the Iron and Steel Industry, ings. Both consisted of small group discussions on lines suggested by ranging from the blast furnaces and the puddling chambers to Mr. Harvey, to whom we are most grateful for stereotyping the neces­ the organization of the industry as a whole, and discussing most of the sary sheets. Both meetings were very successful. current problems : of particular interest to one listener were his technical The members of the Society reading German went to see "Kabale explanations of iron and steel-making. J. R. West read a paper of a und Lie be," by Friedrich Schiller, at Bristol. This proved to be a most more strictly historical nature, ''English Politics in the Eighteenth Cen­ enjoyable evening. tury," showing that, despite its irrational, unreasonable, devious and Several members of the Society were fortunate enough to attend an even undesirable workings, the system of politics fully served its pur­ "Explication de Texte" on one of Baudelaire's Poems (Recueillement), pose. Notwithstanding a formidable array of new members, nothing by Dr. Taylor, of Bristol University, at Bishop Fox's Girls' School. His more could be done. No guest speaker was invited. talk was an ample illustration of what profitable dividends the detailed J.R.W. study of a text can produce.

22 23 This term, eleven new members we re admitted, bringing the total FALLODON SOCIETY membership up to twenty-five. It is hoped that they will all play active Chairman : A. C. Holland. parts in the Club discussions. Secretary : R. M. Storrs. Treasurer : D. J. Millard. Finally, our thanks must go to Mr. Harvey and Mr. Mangin, who T the beginning of the Michaelmas Term six members were elected have supervised all our meetings. A into the Club. Owing to the bad weather, the Club actlv~tle~ were R.G .T. mainly confined to the Biology Laboratory. But at the begmnmg ~f the Michaelmas Term several members of the Club went on an expedi­ LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY tion to Kilve, on the north coast. Everybody enjoyed themsel':'es and Chairman : E . J. Lavender. a wide variety of specimens were collected. Also the opportumty was Secretary : P . T . Bonsey. Treasurer : R. J. Paton. taken at the time, to replenish the aquarium. There we re two film show;, the HE Society's activities were rather curtailed during the Michaelmas first, " Discovery of a New Pigment" and " The. Extraction of Penicillin," and the Term owing to the fact that many of our members were second, "Game H arvest" and "Ma~mg Tyres." T involved They were all enjoyed by everybody in the School Play. We did, however, meet once to hear a most inter­ . Lastly, we should. hke to thank Mr. Lance, the Vice-President, for all the help esting paper read by C. M. Kitsell on the subject of "Songs from the and guidance he has New World," for which we are most grateful to him given to the members of the Club. . We also made our R.M.S. customary termly excursion to the Theatre Royal, Bristol, where we saw Ben Jonson's farce, "The Silent Woman." The production maintained the high standard of the Old Vie Company, and the humour of the play, though at times doubtful in taste, was well appreciated by all. ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY We should like to thank Mr. Wilson once again for his guidance Chairman : D . P. B. Miller. and interest throughout the term. Secretary : M . H. Ragless. Treasurer : E . A. Tuke. P.T.B. 4th Member: W. Treharne-Jones. HE uncertain weather of the Michaelrnas Term made field work JUNIOR LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY T difficult to arrange, and it was for this reason that our meetings Chairman : A. W. Bishop-Stephens. were held mainly indoors. The first meeting was a lecture on Hadrian's Secretary : C. P . Jones. Treasurer: M. A. D. Bentley. Wall, given by Mr. Howard. The lecture, which was illustrated by lantern slides, gave IIIrd Form Member : P. T. Taylor. us a very clear picture of the structure, us~ and impo"rtance of this imposing fo~ficatio~ . The .So.ciety would like to HE first meeting of the Michaelmas Term was composed of a "Brains take this opportunity of expressmg their appreciation. of the &enerous T Trust." Our guests for the evening were : Messrs. T. N. E. Mangin action of Mr. Howard, who came at great personal mconvemence to and J. M. Tyler, J. F. W. Hinson and R. G. Taylor, who had their give the lecture. knowledge tested. The questions were varied, ranging from " politics" It would be difficult to forget our second meeting, a showing to the panel's favourite types of "Bathing costumes." One of the of a series of films entitled "A Study of Oil. " It was, however, a questions resulted in a heated discussion between Mr. Mangin and rather over-simplified study, the most obvious . fac~ Hinson, but seemed to be a good source of amusement to those present. being repeated several times. Nevertheless, some good came of It, smce Mr. Jordan and Mr. The next meeting we had was a lecture on Jazz, given by P . ]. Pytches may rest assur~d that anyor:e who .saw the films will have a Green. This brought many people from all Houses, and it turned out clear idea of the formation and location of ml. to be very entertaining and very interesting. We were given examples of the different Unfortunately, a proposed outing to Taunton Museum had to be types of jazz and we were shown how jazz has changed cancelled owing in the last 40 or 50 to alterations to the archa::ological section of the years. The lecture was very successful and we thank Museum. We are, P. J . Green however, hoping that we will be able to go in the very warmly. Lent Term. The next meeting was for a lecture given by Mr. M. F . Jaquet on Our survey of the hill-fort at Broomfield Stage Management and Stage Lighting Effects. was interrupted by bad He told us what we weather and only one party was able to go up there ought to know and do if we ever became stage managers. He gave us during the term. During the Summer holidays Graham and Tuke camped on the site for examples of "make-up" and lighting effects. Unfortunat~ly, the ~lec­ tricity two days and did some excellent work on the southern bank of the was cut off at 8.15 p.m., but we managed, by usmg: the .light fort. Then, in the bulb connections Michaelrnas Term, Graham, Ragless and Thomas, , and finished rather late at 8.55 p.m. ~ut, m spite of carrying on from where the the complications, the lecture was work had been left in the Summer, took very ;much appreciated by those contour readings of the southern slope. present, and we thank Mr. Jaquet for spending his valuable time on giving us a lecture. Finally, our thanks must go to our three V~ce-Presidents­ Mr. Jaquet, Mr. Jordan We must also thank Mr. Mangin for his and Mr. Pytches-for the guidance, encour­ unfailing interest in the agement and help that they have given us over Society. the past weeks. C.P.J. M.H.R. 24 G 25 FISHING CLUB WIRELESS CLUB Secretary : J . C. Baker. Treasurer : R. E . Buchman. Chairman: A. G. Gray. HREE new boys-Longden, Caffry and Dunn-joined the Club in Secretary : J. G. James. Treasurer : R. M. Braham. T the Michaelmas Term. We hope their membership will be profitable for them. T the beginning of the Michaelmas Term, B. H . Kirk, S. D. Withers, AJ. A. Taylor and M. A. Nurdin joined us, and we wish them every Due to his being in the sanatorium, the Secretary was unable to success in their pursuit of this fascinating hobby. We were all pleased arrange anything for a full three weeks, so the Club was inactive during to see the amount of work done during the holidays. that period. However, when things got under way again, some meet­ ings were held. Buchman was elected to the office of Treasurer. Braham returned to School with a very neat seven transistor portable capable of receiving three preselected stations. Mr. Stanley, a member of the committee of the Taunton Angling Association, a very benign "uncle" of the Club, promised us he would Gray brought back his home-built tape recorder, the memorable take some boys to Stathe Water, on Sedgemoor, one Sunday, and on the R.1155 and modified R.F . Unit No. 1, and some useful test gear. 29th November our trip materialised. Seven members of the Club went, During the first part of the term, he and James experimented with crystal Mr. Jaquet very kindly taking four of us in " Clio." We are especially calibrators, and since then Gray has been designing a really de luxe 34- grateful to both Mr. Stanley and Mr. Jaquet for taking us, for they both valve communications receiver. Rowe brought back his mammoth re­ had other demands on their time : the former gave up participating in ceiver and since the beginning of term has nearly completed it an angling competition, and Mr. Jaquet could easily have said he was and actually succeeded in receiving some stations on the Long and too busy on the stage. Most of the fishermen tried "live-baiting," but Medium wavebands. only two small pike were actually landed, one by Longden and the other Taylor and Kirk have been industriously building record player by Wilkinson. The pike were extremely active that day, as the nervous amplifiers, and Withers and Gladwell have been experimenting with twitchings and runs of the bait proved, and we might have expected to midget transistor receivers. catch more. But in fairness to the fish, we must admit that they did Lastly, we should like to take this opportunity of expressing our their best for us and allowed us to make inconclusive contact with a gratitude to Mr. F. Nurdin for presenting us with some very useful equip­ dozen more of their number. Because these predators were so much in ment. evidence, the other coarse fish would not bite; presumably they were J.G.J . too scared to feel like eating. Despite the small catch,.we all enjoyed our trip, and are very grate­ AEROMODELLING CLUB ful that it was made possible. During the Lent Term, when there are fewer commitments, we hope more fishing will be done. Chairman : M. St. J. French. Once again it is a pleasure to express our gratitude to Mr. Jaquet Secretary : C . R. Budge. Treasurer : C . W. C. Bracey. for all his help, and also to the kitchen staff for their excellent packet URING the Michaelmas Term, building aircraft has been the main lunches. D occupation; with eight new members, the Club has produced some J.C.B. very good models. Unfortunately, our expedition had to be cancelled on account of unfavourable weather conditions, but it is hoped that in the Lent Term PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY we may visit Dunkeswell Aerodrome to test our models. Chairman : R. G. Taylor. Secretary : K . W. Miller. The Club would like to thank Mr. James for allowing us to use Treasurer : J . R. Halton. 4th Member : J. F. W. Hinson. the woodwork shop for our activities, and also for putting up with the NCE again the emphasis comes back to the darkroom, although Mr. noise of over-heating diesel engines running outside. O Sainsbury's lecture on flash should persuade some members not to pack their cameras away for the Winter. Owing to the increased use of the darkroom (our thanks again to Mr. Padfield), it has been decided STAMP CLUB to replace our present enlarger with a newer model. To encourage mem­ Chairman : R. E. Buchman. bers to mount their better efforts, mounting boards will be subsidised on Secretary : C. G. Hennessy. Treasurer : P. W. R. Hewson. the same scale as printing paper. T the end of the Summer Term we were sorry to say good-bye to We were very fortunate in the last stages of the term to have the A Atkinson, who for the past year has done much for the Club. eminent professional lecturer, Mr. Startup, to talk on colour. He gave At the beginning of the Michaelmas Term the membership a most interesting lecture, with many tips on of the the intricacies of colour Club was increased by a large number of new boys, bringing it to a photography. membership well above that of the Summer Term. For the first time In the Lent Term we look forward to again hearing Mr. Ross-Woolf, approvals were sent to us by the Nassau Mission, and they aroused much who gave us such an excellent talk last Summer Term. A colour slide interest; in fact, they proved so popular that it was decided to continue and print criticism is also planned. having them sent to us indefinitely, and to investigate other approvals K.W.M. as well in the future.

26 27 Our Australian correspondent has continued t o send us many first­ DANCING CLUB day covers and stamps, and thus we are g radually acquiring a large Chairman : ]. S. P . Gibson. Secretary : C. R. Eagle. number of Australian and Colonial stamps and covers. Treasurer : C. ]. V. C. Brough. Committee Member : H . S. Trowell . At the e nd of the M ichaelmas Term, Mr. Clench , Secretary of the URING the Michaelmas Term members have attended three dances. Taunton Stamp Club, gave us a nother talk on the s tamps of Great The first was the Club Dance , to which girls from Gardenhurst were Britain. It was just a s interesting as the previous talk he gave us on D invited. It took pl the same subject. We are very grateful to him for his continu ace on the evening before the half-term holiday and ed interest was a great success in the Club, and also for . The refreshments were, as usual, perfect, a nd we his very kind donation of some very valuable thank Miss covers and stamps, as well as many magazines. Gascoigne a nd her staff for all they did. The seven-piece band played well and contributed to a n already excellent dance. Last, but certainly not l east, w e should like to thank Mr. Pytches On the Saturday after we returned t o School, forty members, accom­ for his interest in the Club. panied b y Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Padfield, travelled C.G.H. to Clevedon for a dance at St. Brandon's Girls' School. This was our TREVITHICK SOCIETY fi rst dance with them and we spent a very pleasant evening. Chairman: M. C. Farr. The B ishop F ox Dance took place on Saturday, 28th November. Secretary : B. L. Bateman. Treasurer : R. L. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Mr. Pytches accompanied twenty-five mem­ bers there and we enj oyed yet another excellent evening's dancing. URING the Michaelmas Term, the Club, as a whole , showed more We should like to thank most w armly the Headmaster for allowing enthusiasm than for D some time past. A business meeting was held us to a ttend the dances and for h elping us in the organisation of the on 3rd October, and was followed by an informal and lively discussion . Club Dance. We should also like to thank the Vice-Presidents for accom­ On 28th November, a film, entitled " Heart of England," panying us so willingly and the g irls' schools for providing such charm- was shown, after which a visiting O.A., C. E . Cutler, with the assist­ ing partners. C.R.E . ance of the Chairman and J. R. Hawkins, endeavoured to answer some varied and interesting questions on "The Modernisation Problem," "The BRIDGE CLUB Merits of the Midland Class 5's" and " The Laying of Long-welded Chairman : H . S. Trowel!. Secretary : C. G. Hennessy. Rails." The members present gave ample proof of a wide knowledge Treasurer : C. J. V. C. Brough. 4th Member : D . S. La Touche. of railway affairs. HE Club has been rather inactive in the Michaelmas Term, due to On 5th December, after a short " quiz," Mr. Cutler gave us a lecture T the large number of members connected with the play. However, on the decline of the Irish Railways. On the following day, thanks some of the junior members of the Club have met, and bridge once more to the kindness of Mr. Aston, a small party were able to visit of a r easonable standard has been played. It is hoped, however, that, the Taunton Motive Power Depot. The outing was a great success, and when the senior members are again able to play bridge, that the stan­ was marred only by the deplorable weather. dard will rise considerably. In conclusion, we would like to thank Mr. King for his continued We should like to thank Mr. Harvey for his interest in the Club and guidance and help, and for obtaining for us a copy of the recent publica­ also for his continued guidance and help. tion, " The Railways of France." C.G.H. M.C.F. LIGHT MUSIC CLUB BADMINTON CLUB S three of our four members were involved in the School Play, the Club's activities were somewhat restricted throughout the Michael­ Secretary : I. D A . Philippe. Treasurer : M . J. Adam. mas Term. Nevertheless, before rehearsals got under way, we were able URING the Michaelmas Term the Club was re-formed and to give a performance at the College Dance. This seems to have gone D fourteen people attended the first meeting. It was decided down quite well with the majority of those present. Although this was that all these people should be members of the Club. Later in the term our only public appearance, there were a number of Club meetings held the membership was increased to sixteen. in the gym on Saturday nights. From these it is apparent that, as a The Club had a badminton racket re-strung during the second half group, we have improved considerably with practice. Both .J. S. of the term to the greater convenience of all those members who do Kemble and M. J. Adam have proved themselves, by their consistently not possess their own rackets. Fortunately, the Club was saved the fine playing, to be something more than just competent replacements. expense of having to buy shuttlecocks, as B. H . White was able to We have heard that Kemble's predecessor, R. A. Adam, still keeps up provide them free of charge. his guitar playing. He is not a member of a group, but, providing his The Club enjoyed much use of the gymnasium, and is also very own accompaniment, he sings solos at parties. Our Chairman, C. M. S. grateful to the Headmaster for permitting the playing of badminton Kitsell, is, unfortunately, leaving us at the end of the term. As one of after supper on Sunday evenings. the pioneers of light music, he has played a major part in the Club's affairs, and we wish him the best of luck for the future. Finally, the Last, but not least, the Club must thank Mr. Morgan and Mr. Club would like to thank the Masters and the School for their tolerance, Harvey for their help and constant guidance in all the Club's activities. enthusiasm and their helpful suggestions. I.D.P. C.M.S.K. 28 29 CONJURING CLUB MOTOR CLUB "Ex ere ere est perficire" Chairman : D. B. Busfield. Chairman : F. ]. N ye . Secretary : E. M. Hatley. Secretary : J . M. Lipman. Treasurer: N . V. Lyle . 4th Member : R. M. Braham. Treasurer : R. L. Hill. T was decided that some young blood was needed in the Club, so at URING the first meeting of the Michaelmas Term it was decided I the beginning of the Michaelmas Term the Club's membership was D that the Club could not survive on films alone. The Club has now increased to the rather formidable figure of 30. With such a large number come to life again, and, with the consent of the Headmaster, work it was considered beneficial that the members should be paired off for started on our Austin 7. The committee, with the help of a few enthusi­ 7 practising purposes. We had hoped that at the end of the !-1ich~elmas astic members, have made an Austin Special with a potential high Term we should be in a position to give a show to the Jun~or Literary performance. The radiator has been lowered and the height of the and Debating Society. Unfortunately, however, all the available even­ sc uttle now stands at just over 3 feet. We hope that the car will be a ings were taken up with music concerts or "The Alchemist, " so we hope great attraction on Speech Day. to fulfil the engagement in the Lent Term. Towards the end of term we had a film show of two We are most grateful to the librarians for the use of the Library films : "Formula I 1956" and "Motor Sport Quiz." for practising after corps on Mondays. However, we feel that members We must thank Mr. Baker, our Vice-President, for his advice, and should make more use of this most valuable place and time, and they Mr. James for patiently putting up with us so often in the woodwork are reminded that practice is essential to every prospective conjurer. shop. Lastly, but by no means least, our sincere appreciation must _be ex­ J.M.L. pressed jointly to our Vice-President, Mr. Jaquet, and our Chairman, F. ]. Nye, who have done so much for the Club's welfare, in spite of their full-time employment on the stage. THE LIQUIDATION OF 11-IE SAILING CLUB E.M.H . ROM t~e beginning we :ve!e up against the problem of where to sail. METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY F We tned to get permissiOn to use Chard reservoir, but this, un­ M. ]. Jordan, Esq. fortunately, failed. We could see that the sea was too far away to the C. L. F. Bamford. C. ]. Timbrell. North and South of us to be of any use. We thought that we might be "WHEN two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather." able to use Clatworthy reservoir, but this also appears to have failed . Such remarks as this can be heard almost daily throughout the All we wanted was the assurance of some water, and we should start School, and, so early in the Michaelmas Term, forecasts, which building a boat, but this assurance never came. had hitherto only be vaguely rumoured abroad, were made public. To keep the Club going, we had several matches and a lecture on The beginning of the venture, during September and October, was "How to start a sailing club." made easy by the presence of a persistent and slow-moving anti-cyclonic . However, it is almost impossible to keep a Club going under these system. This produced little precipitation and some abnormally high CJrcumst_ance~ . But the H_eadma~ter and Mr. Boyle were so helpful temperatures, 80°F on 3rd October. "It never rains but it pours" has that the1r guidance made th1s possible, and we will always be indebted been very true of November, when a cyclonic spell of some inte~sity, to them. We sho~ld like to take this opportunity of thanking them. the beginning coinciding with the visit of the Quee~ Mother, con~ued Lastly, we should hke to thank all the members and associate members well into December. Numerous troughs, accompamed by strong wmds, who showed such a great interest in the Club and tried to help so often, produced nearly 5 inches of rain in three weeks, and condensed the House even whe~ ou~wardly the Club seemed dormant and a sudden ending matches to their usual muddy end. appeared mev1table. Any balance of subscriptions remaining in our Whilst at the time of going to print it is too early to Treasurer's hands will be spent on sailing magazines for the front hall. forecast accurately weather for the Lent Te~, t?e ~ppearan~e over This liquidation, due to lack of liquid, is very sad. Northern Europe of high pressure may be an md1cahon of dner and colder weather to come. C.M.K. Finally, we would like to thank Mr. Jordan for all the help he has given us. SUMMER TERM 1958 1959 Junior House Notes Highest temperature 80°F 86°F Lowest temperature 36°F 33°F HEN Mrs. Howard joined us at the beginning of the Michaelmas OCTOBER WTerm, the bottom forms little realised their good fortune. She has Highest temperature 65°F 80°F kept life endlessly busy and interesting. We were lucky, too, that Mr. Lowest temperature 30°F 35°F Lodge could stay one more term with us. We shall miss him sadly as he Rainfall 1. 76 ins. 2.90 ins. NOVEMBER returns to Australia, a_nd, thou~h we wish him well there, we hope he Highest temperature 61 °F 62°F may .~e unable to resist retummg to England. Among his ceaseless Lowest temperature 28°F 26°F activitJe~ of the last term, he had a large hand in our learning Mr. Tyler's Rainfall 7.06 ins. 2.56 ins. new se_ttmg of t~e ~ass to ~olk. music. Ind~ed, it is perhaps the choir C.L.F.B. & C.J.T. who Will most m1ss h1s combmahon of enthusiasm and patience.

90 31 The most remarkable feature of the term was undoubtedly the JUNIOR HOUSE PLAYS weather of the first few weeks. We continued to use the swimming bath regularly until 7th October and did not once put on football boots until A large number of parents and friends were present to enjoy the 17th October. From this latter record the rugger suffered badly in the Junior House annual entertainment on Saturday, 28th November. early stages, but a light and largely inexperienced XV developed well during the term and finished with a total of fiv e matches won and five First, we saw a charming fairy-tale by Hans Andersen, "Big Claus and Little Claus,'' splendidly contrived lost; points for, 121- against, 85. The Second XIII won three matches on the tiny stage, and acted with spirit and clear and lost t wo. The House match was won by Oldham by a narrow 6-5 enunciation by boys (Forms D.l and D .2), none of whom was over nine years old. All fifteen m embers of the cast knew over Gibbs. their lines well and were ready on their cues. In strict fairness, all the boys, includ­ Mr. Tyler, Mrs. Howard and Mr. Lodge, and also Mr. Boyle and ing the chorus, should be mentioned by name, but space forbids. How­ his stage hands, are to be congratulated on two admirable productions ever, R. Mott, as " Little Claus," and A. Reddish, as "Big Claus,'' de­ on 28th November, of which an account is given below. We hope that serve particular mention for their excellent performances: : the one for " Trial by Jury" will prove to be the forerunner of other musical suc­ his simple cheerfulness and the really charming manner in which he won cesses. Music, indeed, has flourished. There were many successes in the audience to his side from the start : the other, for so well portray­ the Associated Board examinations and our " Under ll's" won their class ing the arrogant, swashbuckling bully, who correspondingly alienated in the singing at the Taunton Festival. Violin, 'cello, clarinet our sympathies. The writer was immediately struck by the delightful and trumpet all have their following. way in which teams of horses and the passage of time were mimed-so In addition to the School films, Monday evenings have been reminiscent of "Lady Precious Stream." The costumes, too, were admir­ enlivened by a wide range of educational and general interest films able. The producers, Mrs. Howard and Mr. Lodge, are indeed to be selected by Mr. Hedger, or by "Top of the Form" type competitive congratulated. sessions. Congratulations, too, are due to Mr. Tyler and the entire cast of The half-term break was generally held to have been a success, and, "Trial by Jury," not only for attempting anything so ambitious as Gil­ through the hospitality of several parents, every boy was able to get bert & Sullivan with so young a cast, but for succeeding so well. Since the away. We are most grateful to those who welcomed boys whose homes average age of the cast is only 12.10, the success is all the more marked. were too far away for them to go there. Furthermore, apart from an occasional waver, they all kept pitch, and for the most part enunciated their words clearly. They all possessed The term ended with the usual Carol Service and the Nativity Play musical voices which they quite rightly never tried to force to obtain presented in the College Chapel. At the end of term entertainment, the greater volume. This resulted in a tuneful, if rather, "piano" per­ cast of "Trial by Jury" presented a very witty parody, by Mr. Cope, formance. in farewell to Mr. Lodge and Mr. Sykes, the latter of whom is also leaving us after all too short a stay, to prepare for ordination. We To concentrate on both singing and acting at the same time is a diffi­ send our best wishes with him and hope to see him again very soon. cult task. In this, M. A. Evans, as the Usher, and M. W. Porter, as the Learned Judge (and a good judge, too !) were undoubtedly successful. The Defendant, G. J. Knox, sang very well, but he could have been a little more impassioned in his actions. M. T. Rose, as the Plaintiff, was suitably nervous and tremulous, and acted well. B. P . .Howard, as Counsel for the Plaintiff, made an admirable Barrister, but was handi­ capped so far as his voice was concerned by the position he had to take up in the Court-room. 46th TAUNTON (KING'S COLLEGE) JUNIOR HOUSE SCOUT TROOP The Jury, as fine and dashing a set of beaux as one could wish to see, were excellent, and they achieved a high standard of acting and With all the blessings of a real Summer, _we were able to run t~o singing. They obviously enjoyed their "business" during the dry camps in Europe. The first! a very relaxmg ~eek at t~e _charmmg Defendant's appeal to them, to which they paid not the slightest atten­ village of Mastin Eglise, near D1eppe, where, by kmd perm1ss1on of M. tion. The "Public," on the other side of the Court, had little to do, Delamore, we camped at a site w~ used th~ee years ago .. I~e second but they were never content to remain merely passive spectators. camp was not so relaxing, a mob1le team m three cars VlSlbng South Germany and Western Austria. In the case of both camps, good weather In this play, too, the costumes were excellent : the Bridesmaids, and good health were our fChurch of England. W ed ., Dec. 2 v. St. P eter's, Weston (home) 0 3 Shortly after I arrived at the beginning of August the Bishop and Sat., Dec. 5 v. St. Dunstan's, Burnham (away ) 0 6 Mrs. Cornwall went away and John Crowe and I were able to get out to Wed., D ec. 9 v. Connaught House (away) 37 3 some of the nearby long-houses. As well as Christian houses, we visited 2nd XIII heathen houses; I must admit that I felt a little more secure in the Chris­ Sat., Nov. 7 v . St. Peter's, Weston (away) 5 0 tian houses than in the heathen houses; the latter are still proud to show Sat., Nov. 14 v. Hazelgrove (away) 3 12 their heads and I found little consolation in the fact that head-hunting Wed., Dec. 2 v . St. Peter's, Weston (home) 19 0 has died out. It is really a wonderful experience, though, to come on a Sat., Dec. 5 v . St. Dunstan's (away) 0 12 clearing in the jungle and see a Church in the middle and a school near­ Wed., Dec. 9 v. Connaught House (away) 31 ::J by. At one such village we met the oldest priest in the diocese. He has "Under 12" XIII now retired and is living with his family in his village and a younger Wed., Oct. 28 v. Queen's College (away) 0 22 priest has taken over. He probably never got higher than C.2 in school House Matches and yet made a wonderful priest for a great number of years; such is the Fri., Dec. 11. Oldham, 18 points; Whitby, 3 points. working of the grace of God. Mon., Dec. 14. Oldham, 6 points; Gibbs, 5 points. At the end of August the Sarawak Government laid on a launch Colours (re-awarded) D . C. G. Henderson (Captain) . New Colours : M. J. trip for the last batch of volunteers, and, as two dropped out, I was McCafirey (Vice-Captain), R. W. Govier, M. A. Evans, D . Perratt, M. W. able to go along with them. We visited the oil-field area of Brunei, Porter, B . P. Howard, G. J. Knox. which is a small neighbouring Malay state, where we have some work. Here one saw quite a different picture : the Dayak who has come into contact with Western civilisation. In him we have a great problem in A Letter from Borneo Borneo. How the presentation of Christianity must change when deal­ ing with those urban Dayaks as opposed to those untouched by outside Bishop's House, influences as we have been doing before ! The Bishop has now engaged Kuching, a young priest to come out and do an anthropological survey in Sarawak Sarawak. to answer just this question. The priest is a Dane and a very brilliant man indeed. He obtained degrees at Copenhagen, Harvard December, 1959. and Oxford. He is certainly a very able man and the Bishop hopes for some definite DEAR FRIENDS, line when he ends his work. Somehow or other, five months have slipped by since I left Alongside this is the problem of "indigenisation." Obviously, England and I still have not written to you. My laziness in this respect after only five months in the country, I am in no position to speak with was brought home to me the other day when I received a card from a authority on this subject, but let me say that, from a first impression, friend, with an explorer on the front looking as though he had been it would appear to me that somewhere along the line we have slipped lost for a couple of years and above him the words, "Living still, I pre­ up. If you ask a Dayak whether he is a Christian or not, his immediate sume." I try now to make amends. Some weeks ago I wrote to Mr. reply is "Yes, S.P.G." There is as yet no large Christian Church in Pytches and I am hoping that that letter found its way to you. It would Borneo. About 5% of the population is Christian. These Christians be untrue to say that I have not had a minute to spare, but certainly associate themselves with an essentially Western culture. They have cut correspondence is very difficult. Office work, etc., keeps me occupied themselves off from their heathen past and have brought nothing with until four o'clock, and, indeed, sometimes until seven. I have also, them, so that there is no local colour to the Church out here. To me the partly to boost my income, contracted to give private tuition three nights need for making Christianity "of the country" is ever becoming more a week to a Chinese graduate who wishes to give up the next few years necessary. to furthering his studies in England; alongside this I have been coaching in rugger two nights a week. A Bible Study Group takes up another 1. We are witnessing a revival of Islam. Large numbers evening, so that you can see there is not much time for correspondence. of Malays are living here and certainly among them there is more and It is now too late for prospective successors to read this letter, but there more a feeling that Islam should be regarded as the national religion. will be very little time during the period that next term will occupy, as 2. Really lies alongside the first point; the growth of political we have the consecration of our Assistant Bishop and a meeting of the aspiration. Sarawak has until recently been camparatively untouched Council of the Church of South East Asia. All this means a lot of work. by such notions as independence after the first outcry against cession.

34 35 However, the whole of South East Asia is in the melting pot and Sarawak from his village because of the treatment meted out by the witch doctor, is bound to feel the influence more and more. We have already seen and, having attended a mission school in the town, he returns to his this to a certain extent in the recent formation of a political party. That village and eventually the people of the village are converted by his might sound odd to you and you would ask, ''How can you have one example. I m et the boy concerned, who is now a teacher in the mission political party ? '' That is the distressing fact, the leaders know nothing school that they have built in the village. There is also a church where of what they are doing, they do not see that they cannot run a party we baptised children and admitted catachumens and said Mass on the without an opposition. However, be that as it may, sooner than Sunday morning. Unfortunately, the staff in the Diocese is so stretched most of us think, Sarawak will achieve independence, and, if by that we are unable to have a priest there, although it will soon be a very that time the Church in Borneo is not indigenous, we will have a very important centre. The Government is driving a road from Kuching to weak body here. Certainly there are promising signs; recently we have Simanggang, which is the major town of the Second Division, and Sungei had the ordination of a local Chinese priest, particularly a cause for joy Pinang is only a few minutes' walk from the road, and when the road in that there are very few young Chinese priests here. Chinese ambition is opened and thus opens up the country lying round, it is imperative would appear to stop short at money; in February we have the conse­ that we should have a centre on that road. Another memory that sticks cration of a Chinese Bishop. Added to this, I will illustrate what I mean in my mind is the cross shining over the Church of St. James, Padawan. with another example. One of our English priests who has had much Padawan is a Community Development Centre, where there is an experience in this country is endeavouring to Christianise the system of Anglican priest in charge trying to improve the agricultural and domestic agriculture in his area. He wishes to help the farmers escape from their methods of the people of the area, which is a very poor one. There is a present animist methods. Now, when they choose a site for a farm, school where the more promising boys from the area come for several they do so where they hear a certain bird sing, because they believe it to years, and, added to their academic studies, they learn care of poultry, be possessed of some sort of spirit. Likewise, when fixing the time for pigs, rubber, paddy and so on. Here they have built a church by them­ burning. They will make a new farm every few years and this they do selves, and it was to bless this church that we visited Padawan. As we by chopping down the trees and undergrowth and then burning the area came round the last hill we could see across the valley the cross shining and thus fertilising it. The most opportune moment for burning is in the sun. They have faced it with mirror glass so that, whenever the immediately before the wet season, so that none of the ash is blown sun strikes it, it shines magnificently and can be seen for many miles. away, but all sinks into the ground and fertilises it. Instead of using What a wonderful witness in a predominantly heathen area. Another high­ commonsense, and, after all, it is only this, aided by the Holy Spirit, light for me was a recent Confirmation in the Cathedral here in Kuching that our priest would have them do, they bum when they hear their when the Bishop confirmed go people, saying the Confirmation formula in bird again. However, in the last resort, if this process is to be really six different languages. Despite the fact that it does form a barrier-this successful, it must begin with the Dayak people themselves, because no problem of language-it is very inspiring to witness people of widely matter how much a European priest may love and understand his people, differing racial tradition and so on being admitted into the one Church he cannot really know what of their old customs they would of God. Shortly before Christmas the Bishop and Mrs. Cornwall have Christianised. This need for the process to emanate from the Dayak journeyed to North Borneo for two weeks, and, as it would be too ex­ people leads me on to 1960. We have named this "The Year ?f the pensive for me to accompany them, and, as there must be someone to Ministry," and begin with a Novena of prayer from the ConversiOn of deal with the correspondence, etc., in the Bishop's absence, I remained St. Paul to the Presentation of Christ in the Temple; during the year behind. (That is another of the problems of the Diocese. It embraces many pamphlets will be produced on the various aspects of the Ministry. three different countries, Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo, roughly It is the Bishop's hope thereby to make clear the call of God to the corresponding in size to England, Wales and Scotland respectively.) I Dayak youth and thus strengthen the Asian Ministry in this Diocese. did, however, get away for a week's rest, of which I was very glad. I However, by talking of Dayaks, I have made the problem comparatively flew to Sibu, which is the major town of the Third Division and about simple. Let me make it a little more difficult. Chinese, Indians, Dayaks, forty-five minutes' flight from Kuching, and then went up river by !bans, Kayans, Dusuns, Malays, all living side by side, but differing speed-boat for two hours to Kanowit, where a former curate of my radically in tradition and custom and so on. While this multiplicity of father's is stationed. I spent a very pleasant week with him and during racial background makes more difficult the question of indigenisation, it that week we managed to go for a trip four hours further up river to also presents the language problem. Not only are some of the different minister to the Anglican congregation at an up-river Bazaar called races unable to speak with each other, but some people of the same race Kapit. During the time of the Rajahs we were not allowed to work in as well. In the Chinese tongue, we have many divisions even here in this area, as it was strictly Methodist territory; consequently, the con­ Sarawak: Foochow, Mandarin, Hakka, Hokien, Shanghainese, to gregation is small and consists either of people who have been educated mention only a few. Where does your priest, even your bilinguist, in our schools or of people who have moved there. There is no Church begin? and so we said Mass with a congregation of about thirty-five in the Dis­ Let me cease giving you a very amateur picture of some of the trict Office. That same day we went yet further up river and visited a problems of the Diocese and give you a little personal news. Five Methodist Agricultural Extension centre called Nangga Mujong. There is months is a long time and in it a lot of things have happened, and so I in charge an American negro, and working under him he has a university will only pick some of what have been for me the highlights of those educated white American; where else could that happen ? They have five months. First, perhaps a trip to Sungei Pinang, which \s the village there disproved the theories of the alleged experts by keeping a herd of where the drama of the film, "The Last Candle," took place. Perhaps Jersey cows, and so I had my first glass of fresh milk for five months. you will remember its being shown at school. A small boy runs away Very fine. I came back to Kuching by boat and one of my fellow

36 37 travellers was a Chinese police inspector. After talking for some time, In face of these facts the Festi val Committee has consistently denied I found out that he had done part of his training in Taunton. Names that these Festivals are Communist sponsored, they m aintain that their from rugger matches with the Somerset Police came in very useful. sole purpose is to bring together the youth of the world, of any colour, What a small wo rld it is ! religion or race, with the aim of promoting peace and fri endship between them : if many Communi The Bishop arrived back on the 23 rd of December and then came sts (but only a few non-Communists from the West} choose to attend them, that the delight of Christmas. Our carol service on Christmas Eve was broad­ merely indicates that the former are far more interested in this aim th cast and so also was the midnight Mass . On Christmas Day there an the latter, from which the ' uncom­ were mited' nations can draw their own four Masses and over 2,000 people made their Communion. Shortly conclusions. before Christmas our Education Secretary decided that, if the cinemas Many people in non-Communist countries counter this by claiming in town could advertise, so could we; consequently, he cut out over life­ that the Festivals and their aims are no more than a fac;:ade behind which size figures in hard board of the Virgin and Christ Child and Joseph. Communists seize every opportunity to further their creed and ambitions. He then erected an attap hut, a v ery effective sort of palm leaf, on the This they do by influencing the minds of anyone naive enough to believe narthex, and lit the whole thing with floods and strip lighting. It really their propaganda, which is generally anti-Western and filled with con­ was very effective and cars were stopping to look and we had a large demnation of Western imperialism, Colonialism and aggressive intent. crowd during the days that it was in position. A rather amusing touch They also suggest that Communism is their friend and ally against these was that we got a warning for erecting a temporary shelter without a evils emanating from the West. In view of this, these people (from the Government permit. West) advocate that we should have nothing to do with the Festivals, let alone participate Well, that practically brings us up to date. in them. This, in a dangerously simplified form, is the challenge presented. With best wishes for 1 960, In an attempt to meet it several groups of young Christians decided to Yours sincerely, participate, nearly all registering as 'observers' as opposed to 'delegates' . There were seven in a Church of Scotland group, five in a British Young T. H. VODDEN. Friends observer group, six of the Iona Community Youth Association and several Anglican 'individuals' of whom I was one. We were united in a conviction that a Christian witness could and should be made under the circumstances and in the atmosphere of such a Festival, and our story is one of a striving to work out what this meant in practice. Talk about Festival 1n Vienna the relationship between Christianity and Communism becomes little more than a glib recitation if it is divorced from action. (This article is reprinted from the Magazine of the "Student Movement" by kind permission of the Author, Barry Brown, O.A.) I cannot claim in my subsequent comments to represent accurately the views of all of us. The opinions expressed will be those formed in N Saturday, 25th July, 1959· the Vllth World Festival of Youth my own mind, though in forming them I was guided by the wisdom and O dedicated to peace and friendship between the youth of the world fellowship of many other people in the power of Christ. I seek to express opened in the beautiful setting of Vienna with a parade of delegations in 'a' and not 'the' Christian view on what we experienced. the Stadion. Over 17 ,ooo people from no different countries greeted each other in a welter of flowers, balloons, banners, tableaux, wild en­ What was our approach? However much we theorised beforehand, thusiasm, hand-clapping, back-slapping and laughter, exhorted by loud­ we found that the actual circumstances invariably dictated our course of speaker and cheer-leader to demonstrate the unity and common desire action (or inaction; for instance, we did not march in the mass parades, for peace which all surely held. These preliminary festivities went on but sat and 'observed'). There was, however, one guiding factor which through a hot summer's afternoon, ending after nightfall nearly seven I believe we tried always to keep in the forefront of our minds. We had hours later with a firework display, just to refute Eliot, with a bang and come not to refute the opinion of a Communist or an ultra-nationalist, not with a whimper. The Festival had started. but to meet a person. This person was created just as we were, was loved by God equally as we were; and for him much as for us Christ had Perhaps the tone of this paragraph has aroused the suspicions of suffered and died. As a Quaker friend put it, we were to seek the spark any who do not know already the background to these Festivals. Since of God in those we met. Arguments there would be, and in fact had to the war they have been held every two years, up till now only in cities be, for we were continually voicing our misgiving that just to chant behind the Iron Curtain. In 1957 the largest so far took place in Moscow, 'Frieden und Freundschaft' in unison and embrace each other in eternal with 34,000 people attending. They are supported by two bodies, the brotherhood was only to paper over the real cracks which divide us. But World Federation of Democrative Youth (WFDY) and the International in these arguments it was essential to eliminate prejudice in our own Union of Students (IUS). Both these bodies have executive committees minds and try to understand how the other person looked at the same consisting almost entirely of Communists and their sympathisers, and the event and how he interpreted it. Often we differed basically, even on World Youth Festival Committee which they set up to organise the questions of fact, and could get no further without more evidence to sup­ Festival has seventeen out of its nineteen members owing such allegiances. port one view or the other; but on other occasions we were able to probe There is reliable evidence that half the cost of this Festival-about our differences at a deeper level. I shall always remember a talk with an fsoo,oOO-----was borne by Russia, though this is never openly admitted. East German in which I heard a fairly complete summary of how he re-

38 39 garded the question of Berlin and German reunification and also his interpretation of 'freedom,' which, although I fundamentally disagreed Outward Bound-1960 with it, I could at least understand. Also a conversation which three of us had with two Russians, which was of immense value in that b oth sides "TO serve, to strive and not to yield." In these words can be sum- were able to discuss their differences without resorting to unqualified marised the inspiration and purpose of the Outward Bound Move­ rejection of the other's point of view. ment. During the Christmas holidays I was fortunate enough to attend a 26-day course at the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey, in The reaction of Austrians to this gigantic Carnival in their midst was North Wales. This was the original school founded by the Movement, one of polite indifference . None of them, except the Communist party and is situated on the estuary of the River Dovey. The activities (between one and two per cent of the population), really wanted it; some included rock-climbing, sailing, canoeing, riding, athletics, a three-day just ignored it and others condemned it vigorously. The youth organisa­ expedition into the mountains and a three-day cruise on a 48ft. ketch tions, religious and secular, united in presenting a rival exhibition por­ crewed entirely by boys from the school. The training conditions may traying the Austrian way of life, as well as setting up information booths at first have appeared rigorous, but we soon accustomed ourselves to all round Vienna which gave away free to festival participants no smoking, no drinking, cold showers at 6.30 a.m. and press-ups in anti-Communist and anti-Festival literature. They also ran free bus driving snow ! trips to the Hungarian border, aiming particularly to persuade s of the course were drawn from all walks of life. There East Europeans to come and see the 'Iron Curtain,' which many genuinely The member by large industrial organisations, others by shipping believed did not exist. It certainly did. I went to see the low barbed were some sent companies. They ranged from an earl at Win­ wire double fence, with the accompanying mine-field and watch-towers, firms and airline Teddy Boy recently each manned by two guards with a machine gun. The towers stood in a chester College to a fully-fledged and much-tattoed be seen strolling about belt of land which was bleak and barren like a stretch of Dartmoor. a out of Approved School, who was frequently to with gay abandon, and who arrived for Church monument to their constructor's fear as well as his power. smoking cigarettes Parade dressed in skin-tight jeans and a shirt encrusted with glass beads Another most valuable experience was the meetings with Christians and sequins. The training programme, too, was filled with variety. One from behind the Iron Curtain, especially some East German theologians day we might find ourselves roped together on a slippery rock face, from Berlin and Leipzig and some Christians from China, including the learning the art of abseiling, and the next day we might be at work on President of the Y.M.C.A. in that country. We found it difficult to the school's farm muck-spreading ! appreciate how the former could identify themselves with the state to Above all, we were taught and encouraged to extend ourselves to the extent which they had in several matters, while still claiming the something approaching the limit of our capabilities. People found them­ primacy of Christ. What was certain was that we had no right to judge selves performing feats of which ·they would never have previously their sincerity. One afternoon a service of worship was held at which thought themselves capable. It was hard work, and sometimes in the the Lord's Supper was celebrated and in which they, the Austrian, and darker moments some of us might have wished that we had never come, all the British Christian groups joined. Two thoughts will always remain but the tests of endurance served to impress upon us the fact that "you with me; that for an hour the unity of East and West in Christ was made never know what you can do until you try." manifest, and that we Anglicans could not fully identify ourselves in that unity by sharing the bread and the wine. To anyone who is contemplating attending a course at any of the Outward Bound schools, I would say that, in my experience, the effort The British Press, with few notable exceptions, concentrated entirely and occasional hardship involved pay an ample dividend in the enjoy­ on the worst aspects of the Festival, ignoring among other things an excel­ ment, good comradeship and sense of achievement which are a feature lent cultural programme of concerts and folk-dancing in which of the courses. If, in the words of the foundation stone at the Aberdovey the Russians and Chinese in particular were outstanding. The fights and Sea School, one can accept the Outward Bound School training as "a acts of violence were fully covered (usually inaccurately) and fair criti­ challenge to youth on the threshold of manhood, by God's help to seek, cism, for which there was plenty of scope, was sadly lacking. There was through the sea and the hills, the joy of striving, of achievement, of another side to this Festival which can be expressed in several ways-a selfless duty and service," then an Outward Bound course will provide challenge; an opportunity for the task of reconciliation; situations where, an experience which will never be forgotten. in the words of a Christian participant in the Moscow Festival, 'it's not J .C.R. what you say but what you are that counts.' I believe that it is essential for more young Christians who are well prepared, well informed, well aware of the hazards involved and above all well grounded in their faith to participate in these Festivals. (I personally discovered how much I lacked these qualifications, so can write with experience about their neces­ sity!) Others believe that one can afford to boycott them and concen­ trate solely on projects of one's own design to come to terms with the various 'isms' hostile to the Christian faith. The next Festival will be in 1962. What are YOU proposing to do about it? 40 ''AI ure d.1an '' Competition Poem from '' Die Judenbuche '' by Annette von Droste-Hiil,.hotf N the Michaelmas Term the Aluredian sponsored a competition consist­ I ing of the translation into English verse of a poem, ''La Cigale et la Wo ist die Hand so zart, dass ohne Irren Founni," by La Fontaine. The competition was open to the whole School Sie sondem mag beschrankten Hirnes Wirren, and req uired no specialised knowledge of French, so that the juages, So fest, dass o hne Zittern sie den Stein R. D. TowNSEND, Esq. , P . V. HARVEY, Esq., and K. R. R. WILSON . Mag schleudern auf ein arg verktimmert Sein ? Esq., were able to concentrate fully on selecting a translation which Wer wag~ es, eitlen Blutes Drang zu m essen, mirrored the original most faithfully in atmosphere, style and choice of Zu wagen jedes Wort, das unvergessen words. The winning entry, submitted by D. M. H. PARKINSON, is printed below, opposite the original French of La Fontaine's fable. In junge Brust die zii.hen Wurzeln :trieb, Des Vorurteils geheimen Seelendieb ? Du Glticklicher, geborgen und gehegt La Cigale et la F ourmi The Cicada and the Ant Im lichten Raum, von frommer Hand gepflegt, Leg 'bin die Waagschal' ,-nimmer dir erlaubt ! La cigale, ayant chante tout l'ete, Singing all the Summer, Lass ruhn den Stein-er trifft dein eignes Haupt ! Se trouva fort depourvue Whiling her t ime away, Quand la bise fut venue : Cicada found it hard to live Pas un seul petit morceau When Winter came her way. Can there be hands, so pure and free from stain De mouche ou de vermisseau. She'd stored no food at all, That can un-knit the tangles of a brain; Elle alia crier famine No joints of grub or fly; So guiltless, free from sin themselves, that may Chez la fourmi sa voisine, And so to neighbour ant she went Cast the first stone at one who's gone astray ? La priant de lui pr~ter To borrow, beg or buy. Who can presume to take up honour's sword, Quelque grain pour subsister To ponder over every hasty word Jusqu'a la saison nouvelle. Least of all a le nder, That roots itself within a guiltless heart " J e vous paierai, lui dit-elle, The ant was not impressed; And there remains, still with its early smart­ Avant l' aoftt, foi d'animal, Nor did she flinch at promise of That sly old thief of souls, called Prejudice ? Inter~t et principal." Lump-sum and interest. You lucky one, comforts you n ever miss, La fourmi n' est pas pr~teus e : Then the miserly ant, Born and brought up beneath your cloudless skies, C'est 111. son moindre defaut. Intent on lending nought, Nur't_ured with love, not knowing tearful eyes ! "Que faisiez-vous au temps chaud ?" Asked her would-be borrower what Lay down those scales with which you seek to weigh; Dit-elle a cette emprunteuse. In Summer she had wrought. You are not fit to hold them in your sway. -"Nuit et jour a tout venant Seek not to judge-let fall that murderous stone. Je chantais, ne vous deplaise." Cicada said : " I sang The head it threatens most is but your own. - " Vous chantiez ? j'en suis fort Through each and ev' ry chance," J.C.R. aise : To which the ant replied : " Well then Eh bien ! dansez main tenant." Now is the time to dance." Thames Sailing Barges HE Thames Barge is one of the most characteristic English coasting T vessels. Developed from a box-like craft, very similar to modern river lighters, the hull and rig gradually evolved to a height of efficiency, so that to work a sailing barge of average size, i.e., about 90 feet long, carrying about 150 tons of cargo, spreading 5,000 square feet of canvas and sailing at 10 knots, only two men and a boy were needed. The heyday of the Thames Barge was the turn of this century, when no less than 2,000 barges were sailing on the East Coast, carrying goods to places like Scandinavia, Holland and the West Country; two barges even crossed the Atlantic ! They were at one time so numerous that to­ day many people preserve delightful memories of large numbers of these craft beating their way up the Thames, down the English Channel or moored inland up some creek beside a remote old-world village. With their black hulls, tanned sails, leeboards and gaily-painted transoms, they were indeed a sight worth beholding.

42 43 Few now remain, however. ln 11:107 there were 2,090 barges sai ling · A small yacht was followin15 a barge by what she imagined to be a in 1918, after the first World War, there were 1,050; in 1939, after th ~ short cut across the Pye Sand mto Walton backwater. The wind was general slump, there remained only 600. With the ravages of the second from the North-East, at;~d the yacht, coming from Westward, would be World War, when a lot of vessels we re requisitioned to carry explosives saved a long turn to wmd'ard. It is true that the short cut was not or for storage or even for spotting e nemy aircraft, the number was re­ marked on the chart, but, where the barge could go, the yacht could duced to 112 sailing barges in 1949, whereas in 1954 there were 34 trading surely follow. under sail alone. Now there are only seven. All went ~ell for a time, until the barge eased up and stopped. The The barges, apart from collisions, breaking-up through old age, or yachtsman hailed, in some alarm : rotten through being laid up during the war years, did not cease to exist once their purely sailing career was over. The first stage of their con­ "Hi ! Barge ahoy ! Do you know you're aground ?" version was to reduce the rig by abolishing the mizzen sail, that small The old skipper looked around. "Yus," he shouted, dryly. "An', sail at the stern used for keeping the course; in other words, it was a what's more, so are yew ! I come 'ere to load sand. What've yew '' rudder in the air. '' This removal became necessary to make room for come 'ere for ?" a cabin, an ugly little box-like affair, which made its appearance as soon as a motor was installed. Thus the barge became an auxiliary; but more M. H . FERGUSON. and more did the skippers rely on their motor; and, when sails and card­ ing needed replacement, it was often uneconomical to do so, and there­ fore the barge became a motorman, lts grace was lost, and it became just like any other barge, slow moving, often dirty and emitting the in­ evitable black engine smuts. Why did they become uneconomical ? In 1900 the average cost for a completed barge was £1,500. In 1930 such barges were valued at £3,000, while to instal a motor would be a further £1,000. The replacing A Visit to the Church of St. Michan Dublin became more expensive; a mainsail would cost about £40 ' of equipment F you ever visit Dublin, .a~d nothing makes you at all "squeamish," I in 1937, whereas ten years later the price had more than trebled. But I would recommend a VISit to the vaults of St. Michan's Church. In it was not the rise in prices which aftected them so much as the terrific August, 1959, I was trying to fill in an hour or so before lunch, and it competition from road transport. No longer were towns and villages to suddenly struck me that, although I had heard about St. Michan's grue­ rely on sea transport from London, it now came by road much more some vaults, I had never visited them. I went ... quickly. There were, however, still trades for which these sailing barges were The chu~ch of St. ~ichan was founded by a Danish Bishop in indispensable, for example, the carrying of explosive chemicals for I.C.l., 1095, and. bmlt on the site of an old tannery. The church has since since there was no vibration from an engine likely to detonate the cargo. been rebmlt, but the vaults are original. Tourists are attracted to this The recent setting up of a paper mill on the East Coast was something place to look at the bodies in the vaults, which have been preserved of a godsend to the remaining barges; they could again deliver the by the queer air which has been affected by the old tannery. When straw, etc., in the same manner as barges had done years before. They you enter the churchyard, the sexton, who has probably been waiting would put to sea with a hayrick on the deck as high as twenty feet, for a party, takes you to some heavy iron doors, set low down in the with the mate perched up on it and giving directions to the skipper at church wall, and leads you down a flight of cold stone steps. The vaults the wheel as to the course to set. Again, the closing of many East Coast run th~ who!~ length of the church, a main passage with other passages mills meant a serious loss ~f trade to the barges: each side of 1t. Along each wall are stretched coffins. The weight of the ~pper coffins has caused the lower ones to split open, so that it is All these setbacks did not mean the extermination of the craft. To­ pos~1ble to see a hand ~r a leg or a whole body protruding from a pile; day, :apart from those barges still trading under sail, there are almost bodies 80~ yea~s old ~omt perfectly-preserved hands, as if admonishing thirty registered as yachts in Lloyds Register. This means, in fact, tlrat you for d1st~rbmg th~1r peace. Some of the bodies are badly multilated, they there are many more in existence. What wonderful floating homes ?ne :woman m a family vault has had her hands and feet amputated; it make; they are so roomy below decks that conversions are easy, and are IS ~aid that she was tortured to death many hundreds of years ago. After now very popular. A fully-converted sailing barge would cost in the this chamber of horrors I was glad to get into the fresh air again region of £1,500, whereas an unconverted barge might be sold for £1,000. but t?e sexton was still full of ghost stories and tales of women fainting During the 1930's, however, an unconverted barge could be picked up on hrm. for as little as £50. Compare these prices with the cost of a modem yacht ! There is also a Thames Barge Sailing Club, where interest in "Once," he said, "a thief crept into the vaults to steal a ring from these vessels is kept very much alive. They have a barge, "Arrow," a lady's fir;per. While he was working, the lady got up and walked and members are encouraged to sail her. There are annual Thames away ... Barge sailing matches on the Thames and on the Medway. Thus, the number of barges is on the decline, interest is still very . For 6.d. per P.erson, St. Michan's gives the cheapest half-hour's enter­ although tamment m Dublm ! keen, and, while there are still those who remember the sailing barges, there will still be such stories as this : ]. N. WOODGATES.

44 46 There was considerable support from the touchline and the follow­ The Old Aluredian Club ing were seen to be present :- . DEAR O.A.'s, C. G. Barnes (W22), W. Long (A18), C. A. Gulliford (F22), T. G C. M. Diamond (F59), R. D. activities of the Club, Jefford (F55), N . J. Jefford (F57), In this issue you will find accounts of the (F58), J . J. Kennedy (W59), A. L. Hobbs . The support Bishop (F58), J. Hartland which complete a year of vigorous life in its development M. Alderson (W56), S. W. Hockey (M54), T. M. Eaton and the lively interest shown (A45), P. of so many at the Club's official gatherings (M52) , K. G. Davidson (A50), B. M. Widgery (A56), N . A. C. with the birth of a Bristol branch, have on these occasions, together E. S. Catchpole (A55), N. Darby (A55) , C. A. W. committee. Under the Bevan (W54) , J. been a source of great encouragement to your (M59), A. H. Bendle (F54) , R. Wadland (A56), M. J. W. Cook your Chairman, Waiter Long, and the e nthusiasm Martin vigorous guidance of (F55), A. D. Strickland (A58) and D. C. Morgan (A59). of your General Secretary, C. G. Barnes, next year and the years to come should see even more records achieved. After tea, as is now customary, all attended the Carol Service, and that the O.A. rugger match shall always take place on the special attention to the fixture dates for 1960 it is intended I would draw your of the Carol Service, so that O.A.'s may participate in this inspiring a note of them in your diaries. In day and suggest you immediately make act of worship in the School Chapel. this day and age it is not always possible to issue circulars on the precise date planned, so that if you wait for the circular the notice may be Later in the evening a large company assembled at the County short, in spite of every effort on the part of your organisers. The circular Hotel and made full use of the new facilities provided there. Socially, is primarily to give you full final details rather than a notice of the this annual fixture was again resoundingly successful, and may there be event. The dates will again be published in the Year Book and this many more. advance publicity is always firm. It is scarcely necessary to emphasize that any O.A., whether a Bristolian or not, will be most welcome at the LONDON DINNER meetings and dinner of the Bristol Branch. the London Dinner As your representative at the School, I can assure you that A capacity attendance of nearly 170 attended of O.A. representatives at the principal School functions is which was held at the House of Commons on 4th December: the presence Rippon, M.P., who acted most ,welcome to the School and serves most usefully to bring the 1959, through the good offices of Mr. Geoffrey existence and stature of the Club to the notice of the boys. Wing Com­ as host. mander D. B. Delany laid a wreath on the War Memorial on Remem­ The Chairman (Mr. Waiter Long) presided and the Guest brance Sunday on behalf of the O.A.C., and the General Secretary was of Honour was The Worshipful The Mayor of Taunton (Councillor Mrs. present on the occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Unmack) . Others present included the Headmaster, Messrs. G. W. to King's. Morgan and H. Rees Padfield, and the Rev. E. S. Reddish. The records and items in your section of this issue will give you full The toast of "The School" was proposed by Mr. J. V. Keene, who details. referred to the historic setting in which the dinner was being held, and to become a H. REES PADFIELD, congratulated Geoffrey Rippon on being the first Old Boy Member of Parliament and a Junior Minister. Mr. Keene said that the Hon. Secretary (Taunton) O.A .C. increasing distinction of Old Boys was an important measure of the_ success of King's under the headmastership of Mr. Unmack-success whtch was generally recognised as taking it to the very forefront of TIIE O.A. RUGBY MATCH Woodard Schools. But, Mr. Keene continued, those with one talent will ten, and if, for the most part, King's pro­ the O.A.C. v. The School on Saturday, always outnumbe~ those with The following represented duced men who dtd the steady, unspectacular jobs, they did them with 12th December, 1959, at King's:- e_nergy an? enth~siasl? .. Not only did King's provide a first-class educa­ P. F. W. Twose (M59), A. M. K. Brown (W58), T. T. Barnes tion, but 1t prov1ded 1t m the context of the Christian faith-the source (W56), K. Coombs (M49), D. E. F. Luke (W54), I. Chudley (F57), of in~piration which alone can give meaning and purpose to living and P. L. Chubb (M58), R. J. Stoneman (M58), M. Aristidou (W58), R. B. workmg. R. G. Blake Pick (F57), J. D. Preston (M46), M. L. Fussell (F57), said it was a tonic to attend a dinner A critique of the game The Headmaster, in his reply, (~56), G. Bulloch (F57), 0. Akigbogun (W56). as those expressed by Mr. Keene. The notes in this issue. From the and to hear such sentiments Will be found under the School rugger to flourish and they expected work on the new class­ things did not go well in that the ground was School continued O.A.C.'s point of view, room and study block to be started in March, 1900. He was sure Old firm, the ball was dry and the O.A.'s selected front row were not well time a bank was putting up scrummages and Boys would be glad to hear that this blended. The School were able to command the tight to them. However, he added, when in possession. The money and he was not appealing also dominated the lineouts and were constantly complete I have other schemes, when you will again hear the well and played most attractive that is backs seized their opportunities very word "Loan." (Laughter and applause.) football, and this, combined with superior fitness, resulted in the defeat of the O.A.C. by the largest score on record. No doubt, consideration The Headmaster referred to the loss of three friends of King's who will be given to the O.A. team for the match next year, which will be in had served the School well over a long period of years-Dr. Carpenter, London. Colonel Moberly Bell and the Rev. Miles Sargent. 46 41 c. Rainbow, D. G. Randall. T . G. Rant. L. W. Reed, R. Richards. A. E. S. Rlppon. The recent start of a Branch of the Old Aluredian Club in Bristol A. G. F . Rlppion, A. C. Ro binson. W. A. Rogers, A . R. D. Rutherford. and the promise of one in South Wales in 1960, were great steps, the L. Sank ey. J . M. Scott. A . J . Selwy n-Smith, G . R. Shove. P . L. Side, R. J . Side, Headmaster continued, and he thanked the officers and committee for p c Simmonds, J. S lms. A. T. A. Slmson, W. J. S imson. J . Stevenoon. R. L. Stewart, the work they did and the members of the Club for the support they A·. Stocken, R. J. Stoneman, D. C:. C. St.QI!Jt, W. J . Sut ton, B . K. Sum. gave to the School. N . A. Toogood, R. 'lloogdod, J . A . Townsar, F. Vyvyan-Roblnson. fortunately, the electorate decided I could." ' R. Wa dl·and, c. N. Wallis. T . P . Wansbrough, R. J . Waters. J . C. Y. Watt, C. E. Webber, T. R. C. Webster. N . J . E . White. D . I. Worthln~tton, and I. H. Wynn­ Mr. Rippon said he understood there was another King's dinner in Mackenzle. the House that night (King's, Wimbledon-Ed.), and, as a result, two APOLOGIES : Among the man:!' messages cf greeting and apofugles for absence ~nior O.A.'s ~ad found themselves i~ t~e wrong compC!:IlY· ~hey only was one from the PresldeJJJt (the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells). who had had to discovered the1r error as they were fimshmg two large dnnks w1th which cancel all •aJppointments on med'ical advi.:e. they had been welcomed. On the way to the right place one member lost his bearings and had a large sherry on a Select Committee of the LONDON DINNER, 1960 House of Commons. Mr. Rippon added, amid laughter, "My father tells me he didn't have to pay for either drink.'' The London Dinner will be held on FRIDAY, 2nd DECEMBER, 1960. Mr. A. G. F. Rippon, M.P., has again undertaken to act as host Mr. Rippon congratulated Mrs. Unmack on being elected Mayor of and has booked the Members' Dining Room at the HOUSE Taunton, and so forging another link in the chain of close relationship OF OOMMONS for the occasion . This room accommodates 185 and a between King's and the Borough. minimum attendance of 120 has been guaranteed by your Committee. In her reply the Mayor-who was given a standing ovation­ Forms will be posted on 4th November and must be returned by thanked the Club for the compliment paid to the Borough in asking her November. Acceptance cards will be posted by 23rd November. at the dinner. 22nd to be the guest No refund can be made on cancellations received after 28th November. The Mayor continued: " Speaking as Mrs. Unmack, may I say The O.A. v. The School Rugby Match will be played in London what great joy it is to me to see so many Old Boys here tonight and to on SATURDAY, 3rd DECEMBER. The members of the School XV tell you how glad I am to welcome you in your increasing numbers at will be guests of the Club at the London Dinner. As in 1953! when the King's." School XV last played in London, the General Secretary w1ll be glad Mr. C. G. Bames proposed the health of The Chairman. to hear from any O.A. in the London area who can offer accommoda­ tion for the night of 2nd-3rd December. THE ATTENDANCE Members, even if they cannot attend the dinner, will doubtless .~sh The following O.A.'s were present :- to contribute to a Hospitality Fund to cover the cost of entertammg the School XV and an appeal for this will be sent with the dinner R. J . A. Abrahoam, G. H. Ames. D . S. Ashton, R. H. S. Ashton, J . R. Attfield. notice. C. G. Barn~s. J . A. Bartlett, M . G. Baron, D. Bernhard-Sml1h, J. C. P. Banner. M. G. Blsllell, G . L. Bowes.-Qawmagh, A. M. K . Brown, G. BuoJ.loch, E. D. Burn. B. L. Cbiarles, P . B. Oh~ of ~rincipal of the .C~bom~ ?ch«>?l of Dellany, C. M . Diamond, B. G. Dob'bs, R. Dunn. Mines. He has held th1s pos1tlon smce 1946. At Kmg she distingutshed Edwa.rds, D. A. Edwards, A. Elllott. T. M. Eatlon, A. M. himself by being awarded colo~rs for cricket and hockey and as a c?lour­ H. C. Fall, D. E. Foliett, P . E. Fawles, P . Franks, B. V. Fullerton. sergeant in the O.T.C. Dunng the first World War he served m the C. T. Galiegos, W. H. Gardlner. J . E. Garvey, J . H . Garvey, D. M. Georl!e, D. Britisr Expeditionary Force in France. He was appointed Mining Lecturer M . Glbblns, J. C. M. Glbbina, D. H. Glover, R. T. Gl~ver, D. B. Gosheron, J. M. Grah.am, M. A. GTiffithB. C. A. Gull:iford, S. Gunstlone. at Cambome in 1935, Vice-Principal in 1941 and Principal in 1946. We T. P. Halton, H. J. Harm, A. J . Hanscombe, A. R. Rarrison, J. R. HarrisDn, w. wish him a happy retirement after so successful a career. D. Harry, C. C. Hlart, J. Hea.ld, M . C. HoW!ard, M. J . Hurman. ·A. E. James, F. Jlames, M . H . James, M. J . .JiaDevon, He will serve in the parish ot St. Luke's, Stocking Farm, Leicester. who was in Edward about 1900, and D. C. Gillham, of Dewerston Cot­ tage, Thurlstone, f. Stephenson (M58) entered Queen Mary College, Cheltenham, who was in Woodard about xgo6, University of London, visited the School in October, 1959, after spending a year Cloing courses at the Universities recently. of Paris and Madrid. P. Mackeson (M56) graduated at Exeter University last June with 2nd­ Class, Division !, Honours in English and is now doing the Teachers' B. W. Large (W54) graduated from Bristol University in June, 1959, with Training Course there. His address is now Minorca, Michaelstone-y­ a 2nd-Class Honours Degree (First Division) in Civil Engineering. He Fedw, Cardiff. is now lodging at 87 Castelnau, S.W. 13, and is working with Sir William T. P. Halton (M57} for Halcrow & Partners, Consulting Engineers. After graduating, he the next six months can be contacted directly as L/Sgt. Halton, T. spent the Summer vacation touring Europe in an omnibus. There were , Intelligence Section, H.Q. 1st Guards Brigade, Winterbourne Gunner, Salisbury, six other undergraduates in the party. He recommenos Bristol Wilts. He has met A. Garnett University heartily. (W57) in Salisbury, who is taking an Art Teacher's Course at the Salis~ bury School of Art. He has also met D. Wilkins (M56) and M. R. B. f. Lester-Smith (Ass). Contemporaries will be sorry to hear that Coward (M54), who farms near Salisbury. Lester-Smith met with a bad accident during training last September D. ]. Alford (W51) has written greetings from the Belgian Congo, where ano was at the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot. He was able his address is : Societe Congolaise des Petroles Shell, B.P. 2799, to attend the London Dinner. Uopoldville, Belgian Congo. E. f. Hatfield (F59) is now employed in the Research Department of R. M. Knight (M53) sent greetings at Christmas from s.s. 'British Might.' British Nylon Spinners Co., near Pontypool, and finds the work R. ]. Side (F53) confirms that he is indeed married and a proud father extremely interesting. of a daughter.

60 51 j . Pickering (A44) has written to say he has become Personal Assistant to one of the Directors of Courtaulds and is gaining experience of new work. s; CL T. M. E_aton (M52) is to be congr atulated on p ~s in g his final veterinary c exammat10n m December. T1m 1s workmg m Cheltenham. He will ;:""' 0 D co ntinue to look aft er the membership records of the Club and his Year .D L: 0 Book address stands. --' ?i C. Bowden (W52) is to be congratulated on his marriage to Miss Susannah 3: 0 >- M. Ingham at Middleton Chaney, Banbury, on 2nd January. Tim L: "'~ Eaton was best man. -"' 6 L: ~ u ~ AMENDMENTS TO YEAR BOOK ~ "- Sha nnon, C. F ., 21 Gloucester Crescent, London, N .\V .l. L: <{ Rogers, P. , 90 Hum Road, Christchurch , Hants. (M) ?i H ackett, H . (as in Year Book) . ~ Rainbow, C., Wadham College, Oxford. ~ Payne, R . J ., 37 Hill View Road, Hildenborough, N r. Tonbridge, Kent. (A59) vi"" w"'"" Simmonds, P . C. , 14 Aberdeen Court. Ma ida Vale, London. W .9 . (A50) L: er: Wadland, R. , 42 Woodland Gardens, London, N .l O. (A56) u u Platt-Higgins, J. E., 2 Fremantle Road, High Wycombe, Bucks. (C57) ~ Graham, R ., 197 Rua Sao Ben to, Sao Paulo. Brazil. (M3B.) Not an O.A. J. "'> yet. w Q_ Said, B ., 62 Manor Way, Guildford, Surrey. (C59) r-: ~"' Rippon, J. G., 44 Mount Ararat Road, Richmond, Surrey. .!>" ~ E er: Copies will be sent to members on 22 nd April. X er: ~ c - 0 c .0 00 · - "'~ \.J 0 FOR YO UR DIARY L: 0..: 0..: vi Mar. 12-Hockey v. School, at King's 0..: (Names to D. C. C. Stott-two XI's .r ::J welcomed) CO ""::J 2 Mar. 17-0.A. (Bristol) Dinner at Hawthorn's H otel, 0..: CO Bristol. (Contact J . B. Killingbeck) z u

;... > June 4/6-WH ITSUN REUNION ~ (Accommodation at the County Hotel c; er: s; --'"' Dec. 3-Rugby v. School, in London. w vi c er: 1'"' Monthly Meeting at The Golden Lion, 2 5 King Street, .2.. S.W.l, on 1st Wednesday of the month. L:

52 Obituaries AIR-COMMODORE F. G. H. EWENS, O.A. E were very sorry to learn of the death of Air-Commodore Ewens, W O.A. , on li\th December, 1959, at King Edward VIII Sanatorium , Midhurst . Air-Commodore F . G. H. Ewens was 111 Woodard House. He left school in December, 19lt> , and entered the Merchant Service as a cadet. When he had fini shed his training he sought an even more adventurous career and took a short service commission in the R.A.F. His ability was not l ong undiscovered and by 1!):27 he had become a First Pilot on the Cairo-Baghdad air route, which was then being developed by No. 70 Bomber Squadron, and held the appoin tment of Personal Staff Officer Air H .Q., Iraq . H e then speciali sed in Signals a nd decided to make the R.A.F. his permanent ca reer. In 193:2 he became Signals Instructor at Cranwell , and was at the same time Command Signals Officer and Station Signals Officer. In India in 1935 he commanded a flight of No. 11 Bomber Squadron on active service in the Mohmand insurrection and was for the first time, but by no means the last, men­ tioned in despatches . In 1936 he was Air Staff Officer No. 2 Wing and later at Air H .Q., New Delhi, and served as Air Liaison Officer on Active Service in Waziristan in 1937. 1939 found him as Chief Signals Officer at Group H .Q., Norwich and Abingdon, where he took a large part in L

C.G.B. writes : By the death of George Ewens, King's has lost one of its most loyal, as well as one of its most distinguished, sons. Much of the present organisation of the Old Aluredian Club is due to his efforts in the years he was General Secretary. He believed in the future of King's and foresaw the rapid growth the Club would make. He organ­ ised the Committee accordingly and drew up a financial plan for many years ahead. This plan, with minor adjustments in the light of later surveys, is being operated today. It was typical of the man that, when ill-health forced him to be in hospital for several months, he resigned the General Secretaryship because he felt "he could not pull his weight." Again, when it became apparent that he could not undertake long journeys, he resigned from the School Council. His appointment to the Council was a matter of great joy to George-not for himself. He wrote me : "This is one of the g reatest honours l could wish for. But remember, I am representing the whole body of Old Boys. I am just Valete the lucky one who has the time to devote to the duties.'' MICHAELMAS TERM, 1959 In all the years he was dogged by ill-health no one ever h eard George Ewens complain. Only a fortnight before his death h e wrote .me HOPKINS. Anthony Guy. Sc.U.VI. {F) that he could not get about, but hoped I would visit him in the Spring Sch ool Captain 1959, House Captain and School Prefect 1959, H ouse Prefect to see the result of his 1958. G.C.E. '0' level 1 956, 'A' level 1958, 'S' l evel 1959, Provost's Prize 1959 . planning of a new garden. And he had kept a Chapel Prefect 1959, House Hockey Co lours 1959, Ch airman Sheldon Society. record of the Club investments and sent his congratulations to the Com­ Secretary Music Club, Committee Member, History Society, Member Literary mittee on the policy they were following. and Dram atic Society, Dancing Club, Chess Club, Cert. ' A' Proficiency Badge, U / Officer 1959, Guard of Honour 1958-5 9, Entrance to Pembroke College. Cambridge . .-\ddress : ::l Augusta Road, Penarth , Glam. BAKER, Jerem y C harles . Cl.U. VI. {A) Vice-Captain of School 1959, House Captain and School Prefect 1959, G.C.E . '0' level1957 , 'A' levell959, 2nd XI Cricket 1959, H ouse Rugby Team 1 958- 59, Discus Record (Junior) July, 1957, Secretary Fishing Club, Member Sheldon Society, Dancing Club , History Society, Modem Languages Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Music Club, C ert. 'A,· Sgt .. Marksm an, G uard of Honour 1958-59. EDWARD GEORGE LOVIBOND Address : P.O. Box ::107. Bryanston, Transvaal, South Africa. DWARD GEORGE LOVIBOND was at King's from May, 1!:1~2 . I

5-1 55 GRlFFITHS, Simon Henry. G.Rem . (W) G.C.E. '0' level 1959, 2nd XV Rugby 1959, 3rd XL Hockey 1959, H ouse Rugby (Colours) 1958-59, House H ockey, Swimming and Steeplechase 1959, Dancin g Club, Photographic Society. Motor Club, Sailing Club, St. Lawrence Guild . Cert. 'A.' Address : Warpuvaoe Station , Private Bag, Whatatutu, Gisborne, New Zealand. BLADE, Michael. Sc.R em . (M) G.C.E. '0' level 1959, F encing, 2nd Foil, 1st Sabre, H ockey, Senior Colts XI 1958, Cricket 2nd XI 1959, House Rugby and Fives 1959, Fencing Club, Wire. less Club, Fallodon Socie'ty, Cert. 'A,' Marksman. Address : 93 Cornwall Gardens, London, S. W . 7. COCHRANE, Robert Stuart Harvey. G.Rem . (C) G .C.E. '0' level 1959, Senior Colts Cricket X I 1 959, H ouse Hugby 1\J ,j\J, Music Club, Bridge Club, Trevitbick Society, Cert. 'A.' Address : Bickleigh Cottage, Bickleigh Bridge, Tiverton , Devon. lNGRAM, Bruce G uy. Cl.Rem. (F) G.C.E. '0' level 1959, H ouse Rugby 195 9 (Colours), H ouse junior Rugby 1957 , House Junior H ockey 1958, Junior Literary and Debating Society, Chess Club, Music Club, Photographic Society, Conjuring Club, Motor Club. Badminton Club, Tennis Club, Chorister, Cert. 'A.' Address : Gothic House, Angmering, Littlehampton , Sussex. WATERHOUSE, Michael John. IVc. (A) Fencing Club, Pottery Club, Aeromodelling Club, Pioneer, Stage H and, Mem­ ber of School Orchestra, Music Club, Chorister , Cert. 'A' (Pt. I), 1st Class Shot. Address : Bulmer Farm, Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey. HOGGE, Simon Patrick. IVc. (F) Address : The Lodge, Wolverley, Kidderminster, Wares.

Salvete MICHAELMAS TERM, 1959 King Alfred: tChubb, P . J. , •Cocks, I. A., Durrant, C. J ., Jones, D. F., Lyle, D . A. V., Mereditb, R. N ., tOwen, M. R ., Pearn, C. A., tfShirley-Smitb, C. J ., Tillyard, V. M., Webster, A. G . R. Carpenter: Dunn, S. W., •Glennie, H. R. , Goddard, E. J ., t Hardy-Dobney, M. J., Hereward, W . P ., Horley, W . A., tPedler, G., Prowse, N . P ., Rosser , J. D., Stanley, R. A., fStartup, M. R., Stilson, R. M., Strudwick, I. A. , Turner, D. S. Bishop Fox: fAce, M. J ., tCalder, J . H ., Coucbe, S. R ., Fuller, C. R. , H atley, R. M., Kirk, B. H ., Ko, D. S. P ., Masheder, M. R. W., tPorter, A. L. , Price, C. B ., Saies, P . J ., Spurling, P . J., Taylor, P . T ., tTurner, D. J. MeyneU: •BaUantyne, J . S., tCarter, M. J., Davies, S. N. G., tDimmock, A. G., Franklyn, P . M., Longden, S. ]. . tfMajor, ]. H. , Mannering, P . D., Richardson, D. L ., Withers, S. D. Woodard : tfBarnard, B . J ., tBlow, C. P. , Bullen, P . K. , Caffry, M. S., Dupee. P . W. J., tEdmunds, J . P ., Emami, J ., Garland, R. J ., Hogg. R. J. W .. tNurdin, M. A. B ., Smith, M. E . D., ttTriggol, G. E . t Denotes ex-Junior House. t D enotes Day Boy. • Denotes Scholar.

Acknowledgments WTE wish to thank all our contemporaries who have sent us copies of W their publications since our last issue.

56 THE ALUREDIAN

Contents

PAGE PAGE Editorial Sheldon Society 47 School Not"s History Society 47 The New Classroom Block Music Club 49 The Revd. E. S. Reddish Art Club 49 . King Alfred House Notes Pottery Club 50 Carpenter House Notes Modern Languages Society 50 Bishop Fox House Notes \J Fallodon Society 51 Meynell House Notes lll Archreological and Geological Woodard House Notes 11 Society 51 Choir Notes 12 Junior Literary and Debating Society 52 Mozart's "Requiem Mass" 12 Photographic Society 52 Subscription Concerts 13 Wireless Club 53 Library Notes 14 Badminton Club 53 K.C.H.C. 14 Dancing Club 54 K.C.C.C. 17 Stamp Club 54 K.C.A.C. 29 Light Music Club 55 K.C. C-C.R.C. 32 Conjuring Club 55 K.C.S.C. 33 Meteorological Society 56 K .C.T.C. 34 56 K.C.F .C. 35 Film Society K.C.M.R.C. 36 Junior House Notes 57 C.C.F. Notes 37 " Escape-by death I" 60 Pioneer Notes 37 The Old Aluredian Club 61 Rover Crew 38 Obituary 72 North Wales, 1960 39 Valete 73 Speech Day, 1960 39 Salvete 79 The Art Exhibition 46 Acknowledgments 79 THE ALUREDIAN KING'S COLLEGE, TAUNTON

EDITOR : D. w. PERRY Sus-EDITORs: J. C. ROBINSON, R. G. TAYLOR, W. TREHARNE-JONES VoL. XXX. No . r OCTOBER, rg6o

Editorial "HUC frequens caementa dimittit redemptor cum famulis" wrote the poet Horace two thousand years ago, or, for the benefit of the non-classicists, "Contractors' gangs their concrete sink, " to cite Glad­ stone's translation. We also might be prompted to quote our Horace as we see the work­ men daily pouring materials into our new block. The buildings, when complete, will entirely transform the School as a place to live in. How­ ever, like Horace, we must point the relevant moral besides merely sing­ ing the praises of our material progress. It is the family which turns "house" into "home" and so too with a school, it is its members who impart its particular ethos. The buildings in themselves, however ancient or splendid, can never do this. That which above all else leads to a vigorous corporate spirit is the sense of each individual making his own special contribution to the life of the School. It is essential that all participate in the non-academic fields as fully as they are able and that all aspire to leadership as they reach the top of the School. Let us therefore go forward with the building of the new block in the hope that we shall take the fullest advantage of it. New buildings create opportunities; it is up to us to take them. THE EDITORS. School Notes HE most notable event of this year has been the Laying of the T Foundation Stone of the new buildings by The Archdeacon of Totnes, Vice-Provost, on the 4th June. The occasion was saddened by the death of our Provost, the late Bishop of Bath and Wells, a few weeks earlier. His affection for King's was great and, in spite of his heavy burden of work, he was always eager to help her. His constant support of the School was symbolised by his acceptance of the invitation to lay the Foundation Stone of the new block. His death is greatly mourned. An Obituary Notice appears in this issue of the Aluredian. We have also during this year suffered the loss of another very great friend of King's, the Right. Revd. Alfred Edward John Rawlinson, D.D., who was Bishop of Derby from 1936 to 1959. Many parents and Old Boys will remember his visits to the School both as prize-giver and as preacher. We wish to express our deep sympathy with Mrs. Rawlinson . 3 On Sunday, 8th May, 1060, a seat in the Lady Chapel was dedicated in memory of Frederic k J ames Fuller Russell , O.A., at King's 1913- 191\-l. The seat w as a gift of his s ister, Mrs. Mi ller. We warmly congratulate Mrs. Unmack on her distinguished and dignified year of office as Mayor of Taunton. The success of the Mayor's appeal fo r the World Refu gee Year was notable. Taunton gave a total sum of £5,246 Os . 7d., towards which King's College contributed nearly £ 350. The C.C.F . Jubi lee was held on the 20th of June and was a great success, the inspection being up to its usual high standard. So too were the various exhibitions on Speech Day, in particular the Art and Sculpture pieces shown in Big School with contributions from Mr. Lyons Wilson, Mr. J ames, masters, O.A.s and boys. The rendering of Mozart's Requiem on the following morning was a landmark in the musical history of the School. We are very sorry to record the departure of our Chaplain, the Revd. E. S. Reddish, after eight years' distinguished service. Fortunately, his new b enefi ce of Ruishton and Thorn falcon is nearby. H e is being re­ placed in September, 1960, by Father P. B. H . Ashwin, who is an old friend of King's and has several times visited us. H e has been the Men's Candidates' Secretary of the S.P .G. since 1949 and is retiring this year from that post. Another loss is Mr. Sturgess, who has been on the staff since Sep­ tember, 1956. He will be very much missed, as will also the valuable contribution which has been given to the musical side of the School by both him and Mrs. Sturgess. We are glad to welcome as a member of the staff Mr. A. A. T. Edwards, who will be the senior mathematical master from September. He has been teaching at P almer's School, Grays, Essex, since 1957. Miss M. R. Davies will begin t eaching at the Junior House from September, 1960. We welcome back in September Miss N . H arley after a year';; absence, when once again she will be Sanatorium Sister. We thank Miss Edwards and Miss Williams for acting as replacements during her absence. The health of the School has been good. The 3rd of July saw the celebration of Miss D . C. Crockett's 25th anniversary as the Headmaster's Secretary at King's. Her happy and wi lling service will be remembered by a very large number. A special supper was followed by the presentation of cheques by masters, boys and O .A.s, and this was followe d by a film. Miss Crockett would like to express her warm thanks to all who so kindly contributed to this generous gift, especially parents and others who were not able to be at the presentation. We regret the death of the Revd. Martin Willson in June, 1960. He was Director of Religious Broadcasting in the Western Region. A great friend of King's, he was the father of an Old Aluredian, Richard Willson. We very much regret to announce the death of the Revd. H . J . C. The late Provost Matthews. He was a prominent Priest and not long ago he featured as "The Portrait of the Week" in the "Church Times," which then wrote of him .: "From 1917 to 1919 the Rev d. H . ]. C. Matthews was a Chap­ lain to the Forces, and took part in that perilous retreat from the Somme . . . It was a preparation for work as a parish priest, for it has often been remarked that their task is to man the front line trenches for the army of Christ. . . Such has been the work to which Fr. Matthews has given himself. In 1925 he became Vicar of St. Michael's, Tividale. . . Fr. 4- Matthews himself has been at St. Michae l's for thirty-one years. In an age when the clergy are singularly mobile-:-some think too mobi~e-thi s long incumbency has produced much frUJt , both ms1de the pansh and without. He is an outstanding figure in the diocese of Lichfield and beyond. The esteem in which he is held by his brother clergy was shown in 1950, when they elected him a proctor. They have re-elected him on each occasion since. H e brought to his life's work the o utlook of a scholar. At King's Coll ege, London, he became not only A.K.C. but also B. D. H e won the Plumptre prize for English . . . This side of him does not stand alone. H e is an open-air and athleti c man. At King's College, Taunton, he was not only H ead of the School, but captain of the soccer team. He is gifted in many fi elds. But his supreme contribu­ tion is that all of his is brought into submission to the claims of Christ.'· We are proud to a nnounce the following :-A. K. Vodden, O.A., gained first-class honours at Edinburgh and A. W. J. Griffin , O.A., the same at St. Andrew's University . A. G. H opkins, O.A., gained a Civil Engineering Scholarship and J. R. West an Open Exhibition in History at Clare College, Cambridge. R. C . Poulton, O.A., gained a Il.1 in the Historical Tripos (Part I), C. Bulloch prizes in Pharmacology and Biochemistry in 2nd M.B. C. H . Abraham has been awarded an Entrance Exhibition at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. R.N. Cadetships have been gained by N . Daw and B. M. Phillips. C. J. V. C. Brough gained a Royal Marine Entry, H . A. Rhind an R.A.F. Scholar­ ship, C. S. Reynolds an R. A.F. Cadetship, and D. B. Busfield and A. ] . Atkinson places at the R.A.F . College at Cirencester. C. M. Diamond, I. D. Sharpe, A. G. Hopkins, R. G. Taylor, R .H . Kirnberlin and P. ]. Villar qualified for County Scholarships, and A. G. Hopkins and]. R. West gained Distinctions in G.C.E. The games record over the past year of 1960 has been good. In particular, the Tennis VI won all of its School matches in the Summer Term. The Subscription Concert Scheme has continued to be a success; further details can be found later in this issue. In addition, we had lectures on Cable and Wireless and on Northern Rhodesia (by Mr. M. J. Adams) in the Lent Term, and in the Summer T erm the Sheldon Society heard an interesting talk from Mr. Fulton, of the Foreign Office, on Asia. He was formerly Senior History Master at King's. Preachers over the Lent and Summer Terms were: Father P . B. H . Ashwin, Father Peter, S.S.F., the Revd. D. Jones, Chaplain of Kelly College, and the Revd. S. E. W . Young, Headmaster of Prestfelde. Mr. H . E . Clarke, O.A., of Worthing, visited the School recently and had a long talk with the Headmaster. He has presented to the School a most valuable bound copy of Mr. Tuckwell's publication "Eyes and No Eyes" from the period April, 1867, to February, 1868. Many thanks go to Woodgates, Swale, Magurran, Horder, Price, B. A. W., and Robbins for collecting silver paper to pay for the training of dogs for the blind. Thanks go also to Winter, Spence, ] . D., James, A. P ., and Hill, A. C., who have helped to keep the general Press cuttings book up to date. Laying the Foundation Stone of the New C lassroom Block, 4t h June, 1960 Congratulations are due to Ferguson for composing one of the anthems performed in the Chapel by the choir. Congratulations also to P . P . Morgan and A. G. Chubb for their excellent panelling in the Bishop Fox Dining Room under the guidance of Mr. James.

B 5 d his deep sorrow We thank our American exchange student, R. M. Stilson, for his In his address of thanks the Headmaster expresse eld- the fo rmer Bishop contribution to the School over the past y ear, and we welcome his s uc­ at the death of the late Provost- Dr. H. W. Bradfi e been a proud day for cessor, B. G. Nicoloff . We thank Hinson , too, for preparin g the albums of of Bath and W ells. " I know that this would hav nistrative insight and his otos of the v isit in 195 7 of H .R.H . Princess Margaret. We congratu­ him, " he said. " It was his remarkable admi ph ur. " The H ead­ Sharpe and K . W . Miller on gaining places at Oriel, Oxford, and shrewd caution which encouraged strongly this endeavo late strial Fund f or St. Catherine's, Oxford, respectively . master also expressed the School's gratitude to the Indu the Adv ancement of Scientific E ducation in Schools for their generous We congratulate the fo llowing on their success in the Associated contribution, a nd also to the Dulverton Trust f or their grant of £2,500 . Board of Music Examination : - (March) . Piano : G lade-W ri ght, R. (I), " We thank you wi th all our heart for what you h ave done fo r the School Glade-Wright, J. (I) , Oliver (11 ) , Light (Ill) , Bullen (III), Kirk (V) , in the past, for your kin d act t oday and for the gracious wo r ~ you h ave Marke (V- Merit) , H obbs (V I-Merit), Inman (VI-Merit) , Ferguson spoken." It was thus that the Headmaster concluded his a ddress of (VII). Violin : Warren, D. C . (I), Knox (Ill) . Theory (V). Hill, thanks to the Archdeacon. D. D. (July) . Piano : Bromwich (IV), Hill, D. D. (VI-Credit), Rose , esentation t o the Vice­ F . (VII) . 'Cello : Inman (IV) . Clarinet : Budge (IV) , Thomas, The Architect, Mr. Le Fevre, then m ade a pr J. l Captain to the Head­ A. D . T . (V) . Oboe : H obbs (IV-Distinction). Theory : Kirk (V) . Provost. The procession was led off by the Schoo master's House. Work of special merit has been a ccepted by the Headmaster from the lawns, a Bentley, M. A. D., Head, Ballantyne, Saies, Burnfield, J. R. , Winter, This memorable a fternoon was followed by tea on rward into the Launders, James, A. P . (twice) , Grant-Anderson, Scaddan, Beal, Monk peaceful ending to a s ignificant and fa r-reaching s tep fo and Perry, D. W. future. Mr. Martin is leaving us at the end of this term to become Lecturer in Science at the City of Nottingham Training College for Teachers. We shall be sorry to say good-bye to him, but we wish him every happi­ ness in his new sphere of work. The Rev. E. S. Reddish We thank Dr. Sum for his gift of £50 to th e School. ATHER REDDISH, who has been Resident Chaplain at King's for Mrs. Horace R. Mole, of Beech L ea, Pyrland, has very kindly pre­ F more than eight years, is leaving us at the end of this Summer Term sented to the College a p en and ink sketch of Pyrland Hall which was to return. to parish work. given to her some years ago by the late Colonel Pemberton. This is a , through the sudden illness of the late Canon _valuable link with the past. We are very grateful to Mrs. Mole. Eleven years ago when Miles Sargent, we were in temporary difficulties, Father Reddish came to the rescue and shouldered many burdens at King's, both in Chapel and classroom, in addition to the work of his busy parish. This he car­ The New Classroom Block ried on for some weeks until we could get a temporary Chaplain. Two years later, when a permanent appointment was made, we were delighted HE Foundation Stone of the New Classroom Block was laid by the to know that the Provost had chosen Father Reddish, and he and Mrs. T Vice-Provost of the Western Division of the Woodard Corporation, Reddish came and settled in Pear Tree Cottage in 1952 before going on the Venerable the Archdeacon of Totnes, on the 4th of June. to Hareston in 1958. Most r eaders will know all about the activities of like to recall the indefatigable energy the these later years, but we should The sun was shining when the procession emerged from behind into his work from the very first and how he in front which Father Reddish put School Shop. The assembled guests saw the procession arrive of the finest traditions and standards of worship Captain (bear­ rapidly revived many of the new building in the following order :-The School at King's which had necessarily been affected by the Contractor (Mr. and religious life ing his wand), a Junior Boy (]. S. Ballantyne), .the of changes and temporary appointments. Both in the Chapel , the Headmaster, the confusion Stansell), the Architect (Mr. Lefevre, of Bath) and in the classroom he expended himself without stint. He threw him­ Vice-Provost, the Crucifer, the Chaplain and the Custos (the Rt. Revd. the School and was a constant patron of Societies the Vice­ self fully into the life of Bishop D. J. Wilson) and his aides. The contractor requested he has made a valuable contribution to the the cere­ and Clubs. Besides this, Provost to lay the stone, and, as the Archdeacon performed the School. We shall long remember what he has done for for those who cricket of mony, the Junior Boy placed beneath the stone a message and especially all he did for us at a critical point in our (Junior Boys had pre­ the School might be present if the stone was ever r emoved. when the Juniors first went out to Pyrland Hall in 1952 having their messages development viously entered a competition for the privilege of new habits of worship had to be formed and consolidated there. For all the messages were and used for this purpose. The standard was good, so boys the most precious memories will be those of his assiduous The stone laying many included, Ballantyne being chosen to place them.) eparation for their confirmation and of the beautiful services of con­ forward. The pr party then stood aside while the Blessing Party moved firmation which have grown steadily more and more inspiring and im­ Custos blessed the stone and said prayers. pressive. On the last night of the Summer Term we gave him a small . The Archdeacon then made a speech, stressing the advantages that token of our appreciation and gratitude and we wished him and Mrs of the new building would afford to the pupils and commending those who Reddish God-speed and every blessing and success in their new sphere bad supported and developed the project. wo rk. 7 6 House Notes CARPENTER HOUSE House Captain : I. D. Sharpe. KING ALFRED HOUSE House Prefects : M. St. ]. French, R. Vaux, R. M. Stilson, D. ]. Millard, House Captain (Lent Term) : C. H . Abraham; (Summer Term) , D. W. E . ] . Nye, J. C. Robinson. Perry. Deputy House :Prefect : R. M. Storrs. House Prefects: J. S. Kemble, R. K. L. Lo, A. R . Salman, Senior Common Room Committee : R. M. Storrs, R. A. Poland, A. C. C. G. Hennessy, P. P. Morgan. Holland, C. J . Deane. Deputy Prefects: A. G. Chubb, P . ] . Green, I. D. Philippe, E . A. Tuke, N. V. Lyle, D. P. B. Miller. One of the main features this year has been the World Refugee Common Room Committee: P . ] . Green, D. P . B. Miller, A. G. Chubb, Year Fund. The Carpenter House responded wonderfully to an appeal E . A. Tuke, N. V. Lyle. launched by the Chaplain. At the close of the fund at the beginning of the Summer Term the Carpenter had contributed £36 7s., which was the second highest amount collected in the Houses. Thanks to the generosity of Deane, the Senior Common Room has now acquired a The highlight of these two terms must be the fact that the House billiard table. The table is very popular and during the refugee year a gave £40 in response to the World Refugee Appeal. large amount of money was levied for the fund. In the Lent Term we won the Senior Hockey Cup once again, beat­ In the Hockey House matches the Seniors were drawn to play the ing the Fox 2-Q in the final. This seems to have become a tradition, Alfred in the semi-final. After a very good match the Alfred won 3-1. for the House has now won the cup nine times in the last 13 years. Despite the score, the Carpenter put up an excellent show. It was encour­ House colours were awarded to J. M. Graham, C. G. Hennessy, aging to note that in the final the Alfred won the cup. As a result of the H . C. Jones, P. P. Morgan, D. W. Perry, I. D. Philippe, A . R. match, Brough, Daw and Millard were re-awarded their House colours Salman and M. A. Salman. Unfortunately, the Junior Team were not so and G. Busby, Vaux, Storrs, Holland and Deane were awarded successful, losing 1-0 in an almost shotless game to the Fox. their colours. The Juniors lost heavily to the Meynell 7-1; the match In the Senior Cross-country we came fourth, despite the efforts of on the whole was very disappointing. H. C. Jc.11es and J. R. Hawkins, who were bot~ deserve~lly a'Yarded In the House Tennis matches, the first pair did extremely well their House colours. The Ju~iors improved on th1s by commg th1rd. against very heavy odds. They won three out of eight sets. The other In the Summer Term we won the Fives convincingly with a fine two pairs put up a very good show, but lacked the experience of their score of 343 points out of a possible 360. Colours were awarded to M. A. opponents. As a result, the first pair, Millard and Stringer, were awarded Salman and D. W . Perry. their House half-colours. Finally, we should like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Mr. The Tennis team though Wilson for all the unfailing help and encouragement not living up to expectations, came a clear they have given us, and also the Chaplain for putting up with all the second. Colours we;e awarded to I. P. L. Smith and M. A. Salman. noise the House produces at Hareston. We were well represented in both the 1st and 2nd Cricket XI's, and D. W. Perry and E . C. Llewellyn were awarded House colours. BISHOP FOX HOUSE The Senior Common Room is now very much more comfortable, House Captain : D . S. D. La Touche. thanks to the addition of a new gramophone, a wireless and another School Prefects : J. S. P . Gibson, R. J. Paton. chair. We must thank D . M. Rowe for his zealous w?rk on the new radio, which was very kindly presented House Prefects : K. W. Miller, C . L. F. Bamford, P. T . Bonsey, N . P . by Group Captam A. Cocks. Butt, F . B. A. Buchanan. The House has lost two very good House ~apt~ins in the past ~o Deputy Prefects : R. J. Gundry, D. T. Taylor, C. J. Timbrell, A. J. B. terms. We wish both C. H. Abraham, who IS gomg to the ~mpe~al White, A. Fussell. College of Science, and D. W . Perry, who is going to Durham Umvers1ty, great success in the future. Common Room Committee : R. J. Gundry, D. T. Taylor, C. J. We hope Mr. King and his wife thoroughly enjoyed their holiday Timbrel!, A. J . B. White, J . W. Hellens. in Italy, Greece and Austria. As always, we are indebted to Mr. Townsend for his interest in all Our most outstanding achievement in the Lent Term was winning the members and in all the affairs of the House. the Steeplechase Cup for the fourteenth year in succession with a record score. Special congratulations go to Butt and Pratt, who came second in both Senior and Junior respectively. In Hockey we were not so fortunate. Both the Senior and Junior teams reached the finals, but failed to win either. In Athletics we won the Standards Cup, and Junior Athletics Cup, mainly due to the efforts of Magurran (Junior Victor Ludorum), Pratt, Bentley, R. P ., Mears and Batey. c 8 9 l n Cricket, our House g ame team won the Inter-H ouse C ri c k ~ t The Fives team did not have .quite s o m uch success, coming second League in a close finish. to the Km g Alfred .. But m the Sw1mmin g Sports we won both the Senior Cup and the Relay m a new record time. Fives half-colours were awarded Although we did not win the Senior Swimming Cup, Paton once to Bame~ an? Lee. Braham, Trigg, Martin and Atkinson were awarded again broke many records. Our Juniors won their Swimming Cup, how­ the1 r Sw1mmm g half-colours and Glover, Carter and Thomas were re­ ever, largely due to Mears, Fuller, Ace and Nicolas. Our study has a warded them. once again provided the School Captain in D . S. D. La Touche. We should like to thank Glover for hi s leadershjp of the House over We a re sorry to say good-bye to Miss D. Bailey, our H ouse Matron ~he past year and we wish him and all the other leavers every happiness who has been with us for six years. ' m the future . In conclusion, we would like to thank Mr. and Mrs . Morgan and In conclusion, o ~r warm thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Padfield and Mr. Jaquet for th eir help and encouragement in R c> use affairs, particu­ Mr. J ordan for the w1sdom and guidance they give to the House. larly to Mr. Morgan, who has, in addition, been acting as Headmaster for the last three weeks of the Summer Term. WOODARD HOUSE MEYNELL HOUSE House Captain : H . S. Trowel!. House Captain: J . M. Glover. School Prefect : (Lent Term) E . ]. Lavender. School Prefect : C. R. Eagle. House Prefects : C. W. Green, M. J. Torrens, T . C. Carter, R. G. House Prefects : M. W. Lobb, R . C. Kennard , J . M . L'1pman, R . S . Taylor, R. R. M. Braham, B. C. S. Barnes, A. G. Gray. L aven d er, M. ]. Monk, I. H . Baker. Deputy House Prefects : R. E . Buchman, P. Y. Lee, T . J. Atkinson, Deputy Prefects: J . G. James , M. H . Ferguson, G. C. Deedman. T. E. Trigg. Common Room Committee : J. G. James, G. B. Vallender, R. Beal, Common Room Committee: R. E . Buchman, P . Y. Lee, R. J. Thomas, M. J Adam. T . E. Trigg, A. H. Payne. At the beginning of the Lent Term we welcomed Luff Knight (ii) In the Lent Term the Senior Hockey team met the Woodard in the and Yeend to the House. ' preliminary round of the cup and, after a few minutes of play, it was Although the Rugger element was still present in our Senior Hockey soon obvious that both sides were very evenly matched; however, after te a~, they gave the Meynell two hard games, each with extra time. Our two very exciting games, the first being a goalless draw, we reached the Jumor tea~ was beaten in the first round. Kennard, Lavender (i), next round by winning the replay 2-1, Thomas scoring both goals. In Lavend~r (u) and Adam were awarded their House colours. Monk won the next round we were not so successful and we lost 0-1 to the Bishop the Semor Steeplechase and Barnes and Thomas were awarded their Fox. Glover, Trigg and Bames were re-awarded their colours and House half-colours for cross-country running. colours were awarded to Thomas, Budge and Martin. In the Junior team we had a strong side composed of seven members of the Senior In Athletics we retained the Relay Cup, mainly due to a magnificent Colt XI and they deservedly beat both the Carpenter and the Bishop run . by ~onk, who won the 440, 880 and mile, narrowly rnissmg the Semor yH~tor ~udorum . Fox to win the cup. Monk is to be congratulated on winning the Officers S.ho<;>tmg Cup. and equalling the record score. We came quite In the Steeplechases, both our Senior and Junior teams ran well and dos~ to wmnmg the FIVes Cup, but were not quite so successful in the on the aggregate total we came second to a strong Bishop Fox team. te~ms matche~ . ~ue to a fine effort by the whole House, we easily re­ Buchman was re-awarded his half-colours and Carter, Budge, Gray and tal_Iled .the Sw1~m& Standards Cup. The Woodard sprang many sur­ Moodie had half-colours awarded to them. Miles is to be congratulated pnses m the SWJmmmg Sports, but we were unable to gain any other on coming first in the Junior Steeplechase. cups. In the Summer Term we easily retained the Senior Sports Cup and During the course of the Summer Term the Common Room has been the credit is largely due to Eagle for his good performance in winning completely r~-decor~ted by the committee and others in their spare time, four events and the Senior Victor Ludorum Cup. In the Relay and the landing, .":h1ch Mr. P.Yi;ches has made into a pleasant study area, we made a very good attempt to wrest the Relay Cup from the W oodard, now has the addition of a stnkmg mural painted by Beal. but once again we came second. Athletic half-colours were awarded to At the end of the Lent Term we were very sorry to see E J Buchman, Torrens, Miles and Budge. Lavender leave. We were also sorry to see Trowell our House Capt~in· In Tennis we were lucky in having four members of the School leave at the e~d of the Summer Term. Both these 'school Prefects hav~ Tennis VI, Lee, Buchman, Kochanek and Hanak and, with the partner­ taken a promment pa':i in the activities of the House. To them and to ship of Glover and Fleming, the team did exceedingly well in winning all other leavers we w1sh every success. . every set they played and thus winning the cup with maximum points. As a result of this, Lee, Buchman and Kochanek were re-awarded half­ . Final~y. we w?uld like to thank Mr. Pytches and Mr. Whitworth for colours and Glover, Hanak and Fleming were awarded theirs. the1r contmued gu1dance and support in all our activities. 10 11 Let it be said that the admixture of experienced players m Choir Notes the orchestra under Mr. Hart as leader and the e xcellent balance of the HE Lent Term brought no SJ?ecial services: since this r,ear we went soloists, Francis Pearcy (Soprano), Patricia God win (Contralto), T home for Easter. Sunday mght anthems mcluded :- When Jesus Michael Morris (Tenor) and Kenneth Ellis (Bass) contributed greatly to Our Lord" (Mendelssohn), "When to the Temple" (Eccard), "The the maturity of interpretation of the work. Nevertheless, the confidence Heavens are Telling" (Haydn), "0 Lord, Increase my Faith" (Gib­ of the choir, and here the presence of the members of St. Audries Choir bons), " Swely" (Handel), "Jesus Lamb of God" (Mozart) and "Eia was especially felt, gave to the performance vigour and life and there Mater" (Dvorak) . was some excellent sustained singing. The Benedictus, Agnus Dei and Lux Aetema were especially well done, possibly because the choir caught The Summer Term anthems included :-"Jesu Joy" (Bach) , "My the true emotional feeling from the Quartet and possibly because the Beloved Spake" (Tyler), "Hymn to the Trinity" (Tchaikovsky), "Let choir more fully felt the significance of these passages. Earlier in the all the world" (Chapman), " 0 God, Thou hast pleaded" (Ferguson), work a more personal feeling of guilt and repentance leading to an agony "Tell it out among the Heathen" (Travers) and "Blessed be the God" of suppliance should have been felt in the music. It is not easy for youth (Wesley) . White is to be congratulated for his treble solo in this last. to enter emotionally into the fact of death, to feel deeply a sense of guilt; On June 1st we visited Exeter Cathedral and sang Evensong in the to make these observations is itself a commendation. Mr. Tyler and afternoon. The setting was Walmisley in D minor and the anthem " My all who assisted deserve great praise for this most ambitious and suc­ Soul, there is a country," by Parry. We are very grateful for the privilege cessful performance. accorded to us by this invitation. H.R.P. The Speech Day Commemoration Service began ~his year with the Litany in procession instead of the usual hymn. Th1s was probably a The Subscription Concerts change for the better and perhaps will become established as a tradition. Lecture Recital by James Blades and Joan Goosens on The "Missa Populi," as it has become commonly known, has now Saturday, 6th February, 1960. been introduced, if not established, in entirety. pACE satellites, snorting steam engines, evocations of the Orient, of J . Arthur Rank, of ancient Babylon, of oily-haired dance In conclusion, S band we must mention the cutting of our "disc," which virtuosi, echoes from Rococo palaces and the Magic Flute, and barbaric was made from recordings of principal works during the Lent and Sum­ rhythms from Asia and Africa-James Blades gave us variety. There mer Terms. We are grateful to Mr. Mangin and Mr. Whitworth for the must be something about the fens. Peterborough undoubtedly breeds use of their tape-recorders, without which this would not have been percussion. He treated the dance band and the military drummers with possible. · the same consideration as the timpanists of the great orchestras, and It is also worth recording the extensions and, we hope, improvements saw the part played by percussion in all forms of music. Amongst a that have been made to the organ. A Mixture, an Octavin and ;a Trumpet mass of anecdote he gave us complete information about every instru­ have been added to the Great and a Fifteenth and Nazard to the Swell. ment of percussion that any of us had ever heard played. He roused the This work has been done entirely by Mr. Tyler and his keen assistant Spanish blood in a member of the audience when demonstrating the organ builder, Gray. During the holidays we hope to have a new pedal tambourine and received much assistance from her. He indicated the board of more modern specification installed and a balanced Swell pedal qualities of instruments and their limitations and gave us examples of the to replace the old one. uses made of them by composers in well-known works. Lastly, he per­ Finally, let us couple with our usual warm thanks to _Mr. Tyler for formed upon his instruments with a skill and artistry that has earned his leadership, a very affectionate farewell to Father Redd1sh .. We have him the reputation that he now enjoys. If, however, he had a message for been indeed fortunate in serving with such a musical Chaplam and we us, it was that the greatest musician is not he who can dash off a shower wish him every future happiness. of notes, noises, rolls and crashes in a magnificent display of virtuosity, I.D.S. but he who can play the simplest of notes just simply and exactly right. After his performance he ·gave genuine and kindly interest and advice to any who asked him for it, and as a reward these helped him to Mozart' s '' Requiem Mass'' load his mass of instruments into his very small car and watched him depart like a gypsy mender of pots, pans and kettles into the night. HE performance of Mozart's Requiem on Saturday, 18th June, 1960, T was notable for many reasons. First, it was .a new de_Parture to provide a major musical work on the Saturday mommg followmg Speech Song Recital by Hervey Alan on Thursday, 24th March, 1960. Day, a time more suitable than that chosen ~ast y~ar. Secon~ly, 1t was "Bright is the ring of words when the right man ringeth." After a beneficial and happy circumstance to combme W1th St. Audries School this, Hervey Alan's second visit to King's College, few of us have much in this effort and, by no means least, the performance was musically of doubt about who the the right man is. He gave us a more serious recital such a standard that one could forget the immaturity of most of the ~er­ than last time. Indeed, at first sight his programme seemed frighten­ formers and there was no occasion to sit in an agony of apprehens10n ingly incomprehensible. However, after a fiery rendering of songs by lest a major catastrophe should occur. No doubt, those who. were Purcell and Handel, he showed us that his Contemporary Swedish Songs engaged in the performance were aware of adventures, but they d1d not sometimes said nothing more formidable than "Drink up, Bill," and obtrude and the audience were able to hear Mozart's music. these he rendered with the enthusiasm and feeling that we have come to 12 D 13 Clayesmore School, our next match, provided very weak opposition expect of him. His Hungarian folk songs had a perceptible link with and we won comfortably 5-0. Against Bristol G.S., however, our weak­ th~ I?oems of A. E . Housman and he sang them so that the heroism of ness amidfield was again apparent and we could only draw 2-2. stnvmg Hungary seemed to find sympathy amidst the Quantocks and the Blackdowns. In the next match, against Allhallows School, Lobb was moved back We have ~ome to take a sensitive accompanist for granted, and to centre-half and Lyle, who had previously been off games, filled the Malcolm Tyler IS , of course, in every respect a "without which, not" to vacant centre-forward position . This combination worked well and we the subscription concerts. won convincingly 5-0. The last part of the programme was devoted to Vaughan Williams' Our next fixture was with Taunton Vale H .C. , and had it not been Songs of Travel. We were privileged to hear a complete performance ::>f for the fact that the pitch was ruined by a cloudburst at the beginning these that had only once ever been heard before, for the epilogue, "I we would probably have won . As it was, the result was a goalless draw. have trod the Upward and the Downward Slope," has only been dis­ The match against the O.A.s was one of the best of the season. covered since Vaughan Williams' death. Many of us have heard before King's played remarkably well against a very strong opposition and, by " The Vagabond," " The Roadside Fire" and "Bright is the Ring of taking their chances in front of the goal, won 5-l. Words," but few of us knew the complete song cycle. They express The last match of the season , and invariably 1he best, was against ~ha~ the Germans h_a:re called "Wanderlust," but they express it in an the Hockey Ass~ciation, who always provide a good team and usually mfimtely pleasanter 1d10m that breathes the English countryside. Hervey manage to run c1rcles around us with their superior tactical play. This A!an's whole re~ital gave us the n~t:ural charm of the folk song rendered year, however, we were able to hold them to a 3-3 draw, the match w1th the enthus1asm and the prec1s1on of a very skilled artist. Indeed proving a fitting climax to a successful season. as Vaughan Williams has expressed the English folk songs in the term~ of a learned composer, so also did Hervey Alan interpret them back to Unfortunately, due to the bad weather, six matches had to be can­ us in the form of transfigured folk songs. celled. It is touching the way that these great musicians show a sincere Finally, we would like to thank Mr. Davey for coping so admirably interest in the musicians of our College, and give some time to passing when, halfway through the season, the 1st XI pitch caved in, and also on to them the fruits of their experience. I do indeed feel that our our thanks go to Mr. Padfield for his sustained interest and continued musicians are worthy of this interest. T.N.E.M. advice on tactics throughout the season. M.W.L. Library Notes 2nd XI HE most important event of the Lent and Summer Terms to be re­ The 2nd XI had a successful season, although at times there was T corded is the re-listing of all the library books. This has taken a great little cohesion in the attack. However, there was never any lack of deal of time and we are very grateful to all those who have given up so enthusiasm, which often produced a win in the end. much of their spare time, especially Bromwich, Fielding, Hepworth, J .M.G. Hughes, G. L., Moodie, Rees, J. W. D., Riess, F . T., Thuell, and, of Senior Colts course, all the librarians in charge of the sections. The weather was kind enough to permit four games out of ten to be A great deal of re-binding has been done to prevent the necessity pla~ed. These were all won comfortably, with 27 goals for and 2 goals of having to buy new books as replacements. We have also started a agamst. new service to the School of covering private books with our "polythene" type dust jackets. Many people have made use of this service to protect The team by no means picked itself, and many experiments were their books. P.T.B. m_ade to try to find good inside forwards, with only partial success. The wmg forwards, T. Evans and Kochanek, were exceptionally good and K.C.H.C. I. P. L. Smith was a sound back. The "opposition" was above average this year and always gave the Captain : J. M. Glover. Vice-Captain : J. S. P. Gibson . team a hard practice game. Hon. Secretary : M. W. Lobb. Colours were awarded to Llewellyn, Horrocks, Kochanek, Smith T the beginning of the season we had five of last year's team remain­ and Evans. A ing, so we had little difficulty in filling the other positions. Millard, at right back, joined Glover and Gibson in defence, whilst Trigg filled C.W.J. the vacant right-half position and Adam was tried at centre-half. The Junior Colts forwards consisted of Fussell-outside left, Lobb-centre-forward, . The following played for the College ,: R. P. Bentley, Berryman, Russell-inside right, Trowell-outside right; the inside left position was B1s.h.op-Stephens: G. 1:· Hug~es, C. P. Jones, Marchant, Morice, M. R. closely contested for by Daw, Salman, Philippe, and later Adam. Ph1hppe (Captam) , S1ms, T1mpson, Trythall, Wilkes, Wyse. The first match, against Crediton G.S., was very disappointing in­ This is a pleasant team and the season deed and, were it not for a lucky penalty bully, which that I have enjoyed more Glover managed than any other. We had a safe defence and to win, we might well have lost the match. As it was a good attack, but lacked we won 1-D. This any really good goal shooter. The scores, therefore, do not show the poor result emphasized the complete lack of cohesion in the team and fact that we spent most of the season in our opponents' half, nor do the abundance of goals that were missed. 15 14 they reflect adequately the spirit and skill of those whom the game does " Under 14" XI not happen to place within reach of the goal. To a team that attempts Feb. 17 v. Queen's College ( home) Won 5-0 some fin esse, it was also unsettling to find that not all pitches are rolled to the smoothness that Mr. Davey achieves in ours. The following represented the 1st X I : J . M. Glover (Captain) (M), J. S. P. Gibson (Vice-Captain) (F), M. W. T.N.E .M. Lobb (Hon. Secretary) 2 (W), H. S. Trowell (W) 2, D. ] . Millard (C), RESULTS C. J. V. C. Brough (C), T. E. Trigg (M), L. C. L . Russell (F) 7, M. ] . Adam (W) 4, M. A. Salman (A) 3, A. Fuss 1st XI ell (F). Daw, N. (C), Lyle, N . V. (A) 4, Philippe, I. D. (A) 1. Jan. 2 7 v. Crewkerne 1st (home) ... Won 1-0 The following represented the 2nd XI : Jan. -ebatting has been carried by Philippe and Mar. 19 v . King's School, Bruton (home) Cancelled Lyle, who have made 574 and 451 respectively in 1st XI matches this Played 4. Won 4. season. Philippe has only once been dismissed under double figures in Goals for : 25. Goals against : 2. 15 matches and has made over 50 five times. His average of 41.0 is the Junior Colts highest for many years. Lyle's chanceless 116 against Somerset Stragglers was the best of many good Jan. 30 v. Clayesmore School (home) Won 6-0 innings. Only Trowell, 282, made any other Feb. 3 v. Exeter School (away) Cancelled serious contribution to the run-making. Feb. 10 v. Al!hallows School (away) Won 3-2 It takes good bowling to win matches, and some of our draws might Feb. 20 v . Taunton School (away) Won 4-0 easily have finished as victories with greater strength in this Feb. 24 v. Millfield School (away) Draw 2-2 department. Feb. 27 v. Milton Abbey (home) Cancelled Evans has come on well as an opener, and shows promise. He is fast Mar. 5 v . Q.E .S., Crediton (away) Draw 2-2 and keeps a good length, but his direction often tested wicketkeeper Mar. 9 v . Allhallows School (home) Cancelled Millard to the utmost. We had no spinner this season, and herein lay Mar. 19 v. King's School, Bruton (away) Cancelled our great weakness. Rose did well to plug the gap with his slow left-arm Played 5. Won 3. Drawn 2. "dippers," and bowled consistently well. Philippe and Trowell, in their Goals for : 17. Goals against: 6. unaccustomed role of bowlers, kept the other end going. 16 B 17 Ground fielding has been good and always keen. Catching cost us KING'S COLLEGE v. ALLHALLOWS dear in the early days, although many excellent catches were taken. It ALLHALLOWS KING'S COLLEGE . was the ones which got away which hurt A. J . Pollard c and b Evans 7 I. D. Philippe not out .. .. . 54 In spite of all this, there is little doubt that this season's XI get the C. Bartlett c Russell b Evans 0 N. V. Lyle run out 26 prize for good team-spirit. It has been a pleasure to be with them. They M. Rookes c J ennings b Rose 10 H. S. Trowel! lbw b Simpson 9 R. Wheeler lbw b Rose . . . 0 D. J . Millard not out .. 10 have responded wholeheartedly to the exacting standards asked for by R. Kinnersley b Jennings 8 Fussell, Phillips, Jennings, Philippe, who has proved himself to be a captain with an exceptional M. Edwards c Stewart b J ennings 25 Russell, T . Evans. F . ]. Rose knowledge of and keenness for the game. Trowel! backed him up well S. Lalvani c Rose b Stewart . . . 30 and Stewart did not bat. with his rather more light-hearted attitude. Millard, although he must C. Carter c Stewart b J ennings ... 0 N. French c Fussell b Stewart ... 40 have felt disappointed with his own batting, has never failed to be cheer­ R. Simpson c Millard b Philippe 10 ful in every situation, and his wicketkeeping has played no small part S. Nicholson not out ...... 4 in making the side look smart in the field. His secretarial work has been Extras 9 Extras 4 exemplary. A happy season. Total 143 Total (for 2 wkts) 103 Performances worthy of mention include the win against the O.A.s, probably the strongest side they have mustered for many years. Rose's 0 . w. R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. piece of bowling, and the unbroken stand of 140 Evans 13 2 25 12.5 Lalvani 7 0 23 0.0 7-50 was an excellent Stewart 8 2 30 15.0 French 10 0 25 0.0 by Lyle and Fussell clinched the matter. Rose ... 16 2 37 18.5 Edwards 6 0 6 0.0 An opening stand of over 100 by Philippe and Lyle enabled the J ennings 11 3 33 11.0 Wheeler 3 0 5 0.0 Russell 2 0 7 0.0 Kinnersley 4 0 15 0.0 highest total on record to be achieved : 278-6 against Somerset Philippe 1 1 2 2.0 Simpson 5 1 24 24.0 Stragglers. Rose hastened the end with 5-8, although Evans' fine open­ Pollard 1 0 1 0.0 ing spell paved the way. Result : Match drawn. Colours were awarded to Lyle, Evans and Rose. 1st XI Matches 4 won, 6 lost, 5 drawn. Pelican's Matches 0 won, 1 lost, 1 drawn. Baker Cup. Departed in 2nd Round. The work put in behind -the scenes was again of the highest order. Mr. Davey did not spare himself to see that pitches and the ground were in first-rate condition. Miss Gascoigne and Miss Paston have done wonders with the cater- ing, sometimes at rather short notice ! Many thanks. C.W.J. KING'S COLLEGE v. MILLFIELD

KING'S COLLEGE v. EXETER SCHOOL KING'S COLLEGE MILLFIELD KING'S COLLEGE EXETER SCHOOL I. D. Philippe b Burgess 10 Wilmot lbw b Jennings ... 13 N. V. Lyle c Mirehouse b Burgess run out . . . 28 I. D. Philippe run out 28 Gorley b Evans . . . 3 Rossiter 3 Mainwaring b Stewart . . . . ., 12 N. V. Lyle c Davies b Wardrop 0 Davies not out 47 H . S. Trowell c Rossiter b McConnell c Phillips b Stewart . .. 50 Phillips b Y eabsley 3 Baker st Millard b J ennings 17 Bmgess 3 Mirehouse not out ...... 4 D . J. Millard lbw b Maynard 8 Maynard c Millard b Rose 9 D . J . Millard b Burgess 12 Edwards, Bush, Wilkinson, Fussell c Harris b Yeabsley 16 Yeabsley not out 29 Fussell b Rossiter . . . . . , 3 Britten, Gifford and Rossiter H. S. Trowell run out . . . 46 Ellis, Harris, Rose, Parkin, Phillips c Mirehouse b Wilkinson 7 did not bat. Jennings lbw b Maynard 3 Wardrop and Story did not J ennings b Burgess 2 Russell b Wardrop 1 bat. Russell not out . . . 17 T. Evans b Maynard 6 T . Evans c McConnell b Wilkin- F. J . Rose c and b Maynard 2 son 30 Stewart not out . . . 0 F. J . Rose b Wilkinson . .. 0 Extras 2 Extras .. . 11 Stewart b Rossiter 8 Extras 12 Extras 4 Total 115 Total (for 3 wkts) 116 Total 107 Total (for 4 wkts) 111 0. W . R. Av. 0. w. R. Av . Yeabsley 18 2 21 10.5 Evans 8 1 26 26.0 0 . w. R. Av. 0. w. R. Av. Wardrop 16 2 34 17.0 Stewart 3 0 11 0.0 Burgess 14 4 30 7.5 Evans 9 0 84 0.0 Maynard 11 4 36 9.0 Jennings 10 1 30 30.0 Rossiter 7 3 13 4.3 Stewart 5 2 9 4.5 Gorley 9 0 21 0.0 Rose 8 1 13 13.0 Mainwaring 2 0 2 0.0 J ennings 7 1 84 84.0 Trowell 2 0 12 0.0 Wilkinson 8 3 38 12.6 Rose 6 0 13 0.0 Philippe 4 0 13 0.0 Edwards 3 0 12 0.0 Philippe 5 0 17 0.0 Result : Exeter won by 7 wickets. Result : Millfield won by 6 wickets. 18 19 KING'S COLLEGE v. OLD ALUREDIANS KING'S COLLEGE v. KING'S

KING'S COLLEGE v. M.C.C. M.C.C. KING'S COLLEGE KING'S COLLEGE v. D.R.N.C. 2nd XI R. Fetherstonhaugh c Philippe b I. D. Philippe b Hughes 25 KING'S COLLEGE B.R.N .C. Rose 71 N . V . Lyle c Byme b Ham 60 J. R. Gardiner c Philippe b Jennings b Hughes 4 I. D . Philippe lbw b Reeve 82 Munro-Davies b Troweli 19 Trowell 10 D. J. Millard lbw b Hutton 8 N. V. Lyle lbw b B lue ... 6 Moody b Evans 15 P. Pyman c Jennings b Evans . . . 55 H. S. Trowell c Fetherston- H . S. Trowell b Alien 6 Nanayakara b Evans 34 A. T . Whitehead c Trowell b haugh b Hughes 15 D. J . Millard b Blue 11 Ainslie b Evans 18 Philippe 17 Fusselllbw b Hughes 1 Fusseli lbw b Blue 6 Hussey b E vans . . . 9 A. C. Vivian not out 37 Bentley b Hughes 0 T . Evans not out 14 Alien c Philippe b Trowell 9 J. Luff b Philippe 16 Butt c Hutton b Hughes 0 J ennings not out . . . 31 Crowley b Evans 3 H. G. Owen-Hughes b Trowell ... 7 Russell c Hutton b Ham 4 Bentley, Russeli, Butt and F. J. Blue not out 12 J . Byme b Trowell 6 T. Evans b Hughes 11 Rose did not bat. Reeve not out . . . 6 A. F . Ham, T. Hutton and P . A. F . ] . Rose not out 0 Bradley and Wiresakara did not Howells did not bat. bat. Extras 5 Extras 3 Extras 1 Extras 5 Total (for 5 wkts dec) 161 Total (for 7 wkts) 128 Total (for 7 wkts dec) 220 Total 133 0. w. R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. 0. w. R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. Blue 11 3 33 11.0 Evans 15 5 42 8.4 Evans 12 1 42 42 .0 Howles 6 0 27 0.0 Reeve 13 1 42 42.0 Trowell 11 2 56 28.0 Philippe 17 2 61 30.5 Hughes 20 7 44 6.3 Alien ... 7 1 10 10.0 Philippe 4 0 27 0.0 Rose 10 1 53 53.0 Hutton 6 1 12 12.0 Bradley 11 0 28 0.0 Trowell 6 3 29 9.6 Ham 10 2 25 12.5 Nanayakara 3 0 16 0.0 Jennings 3 0 34 0.0 Byme 9 0 13 0.0 Wiresakera· 3 0 2 0.0 Luff 3 0 8 0.0 Moody 0.1 0 6 0.0 Result : M.C.C. won by 87 runs. Result : Match drawn. p 20 21 KING'S COLLEGE v. KELLY COLLEGE KING'S COLLEGE v. QUEEN'S COLLEGE KELLY COLLEGE KING'S COLLEGE QUEEN'S COLLEGE KING'S COLLEGE Davies lbw b Trowe 4 I. D. Philippe c Marsh b Torrens ll 33 Gibbs lbw b Trowell Harris lbw b Rose 14 N . V. Lyle c and b Badcock .. . 19 18 I. D . Philippe c Butterworth b Torrens b Trowell Fussell b Torrens J. C. Cullis b Evans ... 5 Skinner 45 13 9 K . C. Donaldson b Evans Marsh b Rose 10 H. S. Trowell not out 13 9 N . V. Lyle b Fonseka 25 16 T . Evans not out P. L. Skinner not out ... 51 T. Evans c Butterworth b Holt 6 Silk lbw b Evans 8 Fonseka not out Williams b Trowell 10 D . J. Millard, Jennings, Bentley, 63 Fussell b Lewis ...... 4 Russell, Butt and F . Ros Easton, Butterworth, Thompson, H. S. Trowell c Mayers b L ewis 30 Badcock b Evans 0 J. e Mayers, 4 did not bat. Lewis and Holt did D. J. Millard lbw b L ewis 0 Yonge lbw b Trowell not bat. Summers lbw b Trowell 6 J ennings c Easton b Lewis 2 Moreshead b Evans 3 Philipps lbw b Lewis 0 Gillespie not out 0 Russell not out 1 Extras 7 Extras 6 Butt and F . ]. Rose did not bat. Extras 8 Extras 10 Total 87 Total (for 3 wkts) 88 Total (for 3 wkts dec) 154 Total (for 8 wkts) 123 0. w. R. Av. 0 . W . R. Av. 8.4 0 22 0 . W . R. Av. 0. w. R. Av. Evans 8 3 8 2.67 Williams 0.0 Evans Gillespie 7 0 21 0.0 16 2 58 29.0 Lewis 13 5 24 4.8 Trowell 12 5 17 3.4 Trowell 15 2 0.0 Badcock 7 1 19 19.0 1 59 59 .0 Fonseka 9 1 29 29.0 Philippe 0 8 Rose 9 9 2 16 8.0 Torrens 8 2 20 10.0 0 22 0.0 Thompson 4 0 26 0.0 Rose Philippe 3 Jennings 7 0 31 0.0 0 7 0.0 Holt 4 1 20 20.0 Skinner 3 1 14 14.0 King's won by 7 wickets. Result : Match drawn.

PELICANS v. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD PELICANS v. WESTBURY·ON·TRYM PELICANS PELICANS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE WESTBURY-ON-TRYM 9 P. V. Harvey, Esq., c Serle b D. Hart c Millard b Evans 24 P. V. Harvey, Esq., b Green ... 74 Swift b Evans Tutton N. V. Lyle b Kossuth 0 Urquart b Philippe 0 2 J. Tutton b Evans 23 Prain c J ames b Rose 18 I. D. Philippe run out ... 73 L . Ford c Evans b Philippe 37 I. D. Philippe run out ...... 23 N . V. Lyle lbw b Tutton C. W. James, Esq., c Urquart b Rose c Millard b Trowell 12 0 K. Harvey not out 67 Kossuth not out 70 H . S. Trowell c Serle b Sherman 20 W. Kelson c Philippe b Trowell 1 Wood ·· ' 20 C. W . James, Esq., c Ford b H . S. Trowell c Urquart b Con- Wood run out 43 P . Glenn c Millard b Evans 6 Miers not out 5 Sherman 8 D. Serle b Philippe 4 way ...... 40 T . Evans c Kelson b Serle T . Evans b Kossuth 19 Leeson, Conway, Green and 4 J. Sherman b Philippe 1 Marreshal did not bat. D . J . Millard c Glenn b Serle 33 P . Setchell not out 2 D. J. Millard c Kossuth b Con· Russell b Kelson 6 way 17 Fussell c and b Serle 0 Jennings, Russell, Butt and J ennings c Glenn b Serle 12 F. J. Rose did not bat. F. J . Rose not out Extras 13 Extras 3 6 Extras 3 Extras Total (for 7 wkts dec) 206 Total (for 5 wkts) 160 Total 167 Total (for 7 wkts) 169 0. w. R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. 9 1 25 25.0 0 , w. R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. Kossuth 11 2 61 30.5 Evans Tutton 0.0 Philippe 2 1 6 6.0 6 2 24 12.0 Evans 11.5 3 56 18.6 "Prain 6 0 20 Glenn 8 0 29 0.0 7 1 44 44.0 Trowell 7 1 46 46.0 'rrowell 7 1 27 27.0 Wood Sherman 10 2 29 14.5 James Green 11 1 54 54.0 Rose 7 1 36 36.0 8 0 25 0.0 6 0 34 0.0 Serle 9.4 4 37 9.25 Rose 5 0 25 0.0 Leeson 2 0 14 0.0 James Setchell Butt 2 0 12 0.0 3 0 9 0.0 Philippe 9 3 31 10.3 Conway 0.4 2 1 0.5 Kelson 4 1 24 24.0 Result : Match drawn. Result : Westbury-on-Trym won by 3 wickets. 22 23 KING'S COLLEGE v. WELLINGTON SCHOOL KING'S COLLEGE v. WEST BUCKLAND KING'S COLLEGE WELLINGTON SCHOOL KING'S COLLEGE WEST BUCKLAND I. D. P hilippe b H orley .. . 22 G. Nye c M illard b Stewar t 0 I. D . Philippe c and b Perry 75 H . Stanbury c 1ennings b Stewart 1 N . V. Lyle c C lark b S alter 72 R o Persey b T rowell 22 N . V. Lyle b S eabrook .. . 2 5 T . Evans c a nd b Clark 2 B . Chubin lbw b Stewart 0 But t b Seabrook 6 T . Bailey b E vans 0 Cattermole run out 2 H. S. Trowell lbw b Clark 16 I. Davies b Rose 22 T . Evans b Oxenham 4 D. 1. Millard b Salter . . . 21 H . Salter b Philippe 11 D . 1. Millard lbw b P erry 16 Seabrook b Stewart 27 Pascoe b E vans 0 Butt not out ...... 10 C. Hurley run out 16 Fussell lbw b S eabrook 2 Fussell lbw b R alph-Bowman 1 T . C lark c Trowell b P hilippe 0 J ennings c Cattermole b Seabrook 20 Perry, T . 1. , b Stewart 20 G. Oxenham b R ose 15 J ennings c Davis b Salter 1 3 A . D urie not out 3 Russell c Pascoe b Seabrook 2 Russell c C hubin b R alph- So Ralph-Bowma n c a nd b Phillips c Bailey b Seabrook 11 W . Bawden c S tewart b Evans 1 Prouse lbw b Evans 0 Bowma n 2 ~ il~ ~ 2 Stewart not out 4 Stew art n ot out 9 A. Marvel c S tewart b Philippe 19 out 0 D. Wakeford c Millard b F . 1. Rose not F . J . Rose did n ot b a t . D . Lea not out I) Extras 14 Stewart 0 F orster not out 0 Extras 6 Extras 3 Extras 10 Total (for 8 wkts dec) 183 Total 98 9 dec) 179 Total 7 6 Total (for wkts 0 . w. R. Av. 0. w. R. Av. Durie 10 0 36 11 0 21 0.0 W . R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. 0.0 E vans 0 . Marvel 4 0 12 4 13 6.5 1 24 24.0 Evans 9 4 27 6 .75 0.0 Stewart Oxenham 9 Clark .. . 15 2 45 7 1 7 7.0 0 13 0.0 Stewart 8 4 24 6.0 22 .5 Trowell Forster 2 Hurley 5 1 25 25.0 0 30 0.0 Philippe 5.1 0 8 0.0 1 23 23.0 Rose 9 Cattermole 6.4 Ralph-Bowman 9 .0 Philippe 4 29 7.25 6 77 12.17 Rose 4 1 7 7.0 2 30 15 9 Seabrook 20.4 Salter 5 3 3 1 10.3 Perry 8 1 21 21.0 Result : Match drawn. Result : Kings' won by 103 runs.

KING'S COLLEGE v. EMMANUEL SCHOOL KING'S COLLEGE EMMANUEL COLLEGE KING'S COLLEGE v. SOMERSET STRAGGLERS I. D . Philippe c Chapman b P . J . Barker c Millard b Black- SOMERSET STRAGGLERS KING'S COLLEGE McMillan .. . ..0 0 more .. . 000 6 N. V. Lyle c Lewis b Cook .. 0 0 R. 10W . Pierce b Evans ... 1 I. D. Philippe c Coopper b P. V. Harvey c 1ennings b 33 H . S. Trowell c Dodds b Chap- 1. E . Chapman st Millard b James 55 Trowell man ... 27 White 000 ...... 44 N . V. Lyle b James 116 B . F . C. Childs-Clarke b Evans 0 P . Clarke lbw b Evans .. . 8 T . Evans st Lewis b Chapman 15 V. J. Dodds c Millard b Philippe 23 T. Evans c Tarleton b James .. . 13 D . Millard b McMillan . . . 2 !;:2 C. W . 1ames c 1ennings b 1. A . M. Rigby c Millard b White 6 H . S. Trowell run out Blackmore hit wkt b McMillan 4 11 43 Trowell 10 I. B . Cooke run out . . . D . J. Millard c 1ames b Small ... White c Dodds b Chapman 1 K . Dickson b Trowell ... .31 Butt c Childs-Clarke b Lennard- D. Coopper lbw b Rose 12 Butt not out .. . 0 .. 00 0 12 P . J . Lewis b Evans , , ooO 24 Payne 6 E . Small st Millard b Rose 7 J . Stevenson c Philippe b Rose ... 4 J ennings c Rigby b Chapman .. 0 1 A. D . Lovett st Millard b Black- Fussell not out 3 Fussell c Lovett b McMillan . . . 5 more ...... 27 jennings not out oo • oo • 7 P . C. Lennard-Payne c Lyle b 'frowell 4 F. 1. Rose c Barker b Chapman 2 D. G. McMillan not out 7 Bentley, Stewart and F . J. Rose A. S. Cook not out 2 did not bat. D . W. Perry b Rose 0 E . M. Tarleton b Rose 0 Ex~ 1 E~ 4 R . T . Venn not out 0 Total 70 Total (for 9 wkts dec) 186 Extras 13 Extras 1 Total 79 0 . w. R. Av. 0 . w. R. Av. Total (for 6 wkts dec) 278 McMillan 12 4 30 7.5 E vans 10 2 16 8.0 0. w. R. Av. Cook 2 1 2 2.0 Trowell 11 1 24 24.0 0 . w. R. Av. Chapman 10 5 37 7.4 Blackmore 92.0 Evans 11 2 32 16.0 13 2 73 36.5 Lennard-Payne 25 1 92 Rose 6 104 84.6 Stewart 3 0 12 0.0 0 17 0.0 hames 22 8 Philippe 3 1 1 1.0 10 0 44 0.0 Trowell 15 8 26 8.6 arvey 1.6 White 11 2 51 25.5 Small 7 1 26 26.0 Rose 7.1 5 8 Result : Emmanuel won by 116 runs. Result : King's won by 199 runs. G 25 24 2nd XI I feel that on the whole it has been on e of our most encouraging seasons and we have played m ore consistently good cricket than I have Won 4. Lost 4. Drawn 2. seen from the 2nd XI for some years. In particular, I have been very pleased with the improvement in the fi elding, which, after a shaky start, " Interest well sustained, but unpredictable" would, I think, sum up has been generally good and sometimes very good indeed. this year's gallant army. We suffered throughout the season from con­ Finally, comes our second great loss, the full impact of which will stant changes of membership, and only twice did the same team take the not be felt until next season . We have to s ay good-bye to the Chaplain, field. A great loss was Kemble, the Captain, who after four matches who has for so long helped to hold the side toge ther. H e takes with him discovered that one e ye was admirably suited for minute needlework the grateful thanks of us all, and of myself especially, for all his patient while the other was ideal for long range aircraft spotting-very con­ work and encouragement in the past. We wish him God-speed in his new fusing. Faced with the prospect of either playing with one eye or waiting work and hope that he will not be too busy to be able to come and watch the bulk for a suitable pair of goggles, he chose the latter course and for us in the future. of the season we were without him. However, Llewellyn proved a keen M.F .J. and competent deputy and, after an uncertain start, a more than com­ Results: petent wicketkeeper also. He ended the season with 11 victims, nine caught and two stumped. Exeter, 08 (Beal 5- 25); King's, 56-5. Draw. Allhallows, 147-8 dec.; J{ing's, Hfl--7 (Liewt:l lyn 36, Smith 36). W on . Our start, at Exeter, was typical. Handless and crippled fielders, Millfield, 130--5; King's, 47. Lost. ill supported by chicken-hearted and ague-ridden batsmen, cost us dear; King's, 122 (Smith 43); Old Aluredians, 99-0 (Liprnan 4-20) . Draw. to draw. and, in spite of splendid efforts by our bowlers, we were lucky King's, 52; King's (Bruton), 54-4. Lost. Against Allhallows the bowlers appeared to do their best to give the game 101-6. W on. to the enemy, and were, in the words of the visiting umpire, " very Crewkeme 1st XI, 97 (Beal 6- 32) ; King's, cordial gents. " But vigorous batting (a delightful change) retrieved the T .M.O ., 92-8 (Butt 4-U) ; King's, H3-3 (Liewellyn 32 not out). Won. situation and, to our great surprise, we won. Millfield trounced us, and W est Buckland, 123- 9 (White 5-27) ; King's, 78. Lost. deservedly so, for we had forgotten how to hit the ball or bowl at the T.M.O ., 115 (Smith 5-26) ; King's 116- 8. Won. wicket. There followed an honourable draw in a good game with the King's, 84 (Kernble 3J) ; Ta unton 'A' XI, 85-4. Lost. O.A.s as a prelude to our quite remarkable struggle at Bruton. We elected to bat first, and in an hour and a half we had no less SENIOR COLTS than 38 runs on the board . .The first Test Match seemed like a speed trial by comparison. It is true that Whitton proved himself a most diffi­ Won 5. Lost 2. Drawn 2. cult batsman to dislodge (five runs-all singles-in 80 minutes), but A very good season, as the record shows : Won 5, drawn 2, lost 2. that wasn't really the answer. Only one man got into double figures Perhaps even better than these figures indicate, since one of the defeats and our final total of 52 hardly looked impressive. In gratitude for loose was avenged later in the term and the two drawn games would almost bowling and a vital catch dropped in the slips, the opposition knocked certainly have resulted in victories had time allowed. off the runs with five wickets in hand. We learned afterwards that if that catch had been held the rest of their batting strength was estimated to Much of the success was due to three players, White, Bentley and be worth only a dozen runs. Blackmoor, who did more than their fair share of both batting and bowling. The most promising cricketer was White : he should develop Haunted by memories of that game, we pulled ourselves together into a very sound opening bat and a useful off-break bowler. He has against Crewkerne and played real cricket. Good fielding, accurate considerable natural ability, backed up by intelligence; these qualities bowling (notably by Beal and Lipman) and vigorous batting (Beal also made him a good captain in the latter part of the season. again, with Smith, Perry and Whitton in support) brought a well­ opening batsman, Bentley, has the invaluable asset of con­ deserved victory, and we followed this by two successes against the The other over the ball and, if he can T.M.O. The second of these games provided a really thrilling finish centration. He keeps his head well down to commit himself too early to the forward stroke, he with only seconds in hand when the winning run was scored. check a tendency should do well. He also opened the bowling in the absence of Evans, Our defeat by West Buckland-an almost unprecedented event, I whom we lost to the 1st XI at the beginning of the season. Bentley is gather-was our own fault, and betrayed a lack of practice against not really an opening bowler, but he stuck to the job well. Unfortu­ accurate bowling. We could do practically nothing with a straight ball nately, it was only occasionally that he managed to master length and on a length delivered consistently by their Captain of Athletics, direction at the same time. He will need to practice hard to overcome an accredited non-cricketer dragged in at the last moment to make up the this weakness. full team. Blackmore was the No. 3 batsman; he has some most attractive There. was only one more match to come, against Taunton 'A,' and, strokes, which will surely ripen when he comes to play on consistently though defeated, we were by no means disgraced. We performed well good wickets. At the moment he is a little apprehensive, particularly in in all departments, but the skill and experience of a delightful and most the opening stages, which prevents him moving into the ball, although sporting opposition were too much for us. In this game Kemble made there was considerable improvement in this respect during the season as a welcome and very effective return. he learnt the value of attacking the bowling from the start. He also had 26 27 considerable success with his leg-breaks. Like most exponents of this His presence at the batting crease, fortunately, a common occur­ difficult art, he lapsed into untidiness from time to time, but did not let rence, encouraged others to produce strokes and to look for ~ns. With­ this upset him and took a number of valuable wickets. out him the team's batting inspired little confidence, even m the most partisan observer. Too often too many batsmen waved or hung out Useful innings were also played by Ford (like White, a left-hander) their bats, played indeterminate strokes and treated good and bad balls and Wilkes, who hits with tremendous power. The former is inclined with equal respect. Dupee 's personal. tally of almost 4.00 ~ns was no to use his bottom hand too much, and feet and front elbow are not always mean feat at this level; and was achieved by a combmatwn of good in the right positions. He has, however, a very good eye, and conscien­ stroke play and thorough concentration. Calder, Lyle, Cocks and Ca!fry tious attention to technique can make him a useful player. Wilkes, too, have all on occasions shown an ability to score runs, but lack of height has a wonderful eye for the ball, and when it is pitched well up to him and strength in all except Calder remains a definite handicap at the or short of a length he smites it splendidly. It is a pity that success in moment. dealing with the easier balls has made him forgetful, except on a few occasions, of the need to move his feet; as he graduates to higher cla,;s The opening attack was shared by Calder and Dupee, and it was cricket he will realise how essential it is to get into the right position to here that the most noticeable improvement was shown during the season. play the shot. The wickets have not helped the slow bowlers, although Ballantyne, Spence and Southcott all bowled well, the latter in particular frequently These five were awarded Colts colours and so was the other opening beating batsman, wicket and wicketkeeper. bowler, Winter. He had some good successes, but is not yet reliable as far as length and direction are concerned. This is due partly to his The fielding was always keen, and indeed it needed to be on the action : he should try to develop a smoother run and delivery. undulations of our outfield. An enjoyable season made so by the general enthusiasm of all, and this partly at least compensated for the Hughes showed some promise as a wicketkeeper. Most of the time limitations of our batting. he took the ball cleanly enough and it was the more disappointing to find him missing the easiest chances of stumping or run-out. I think he needs Results: to guard against casualness, a fatal flaw in a wicketkeeper, but he cer­ tainly has the ability to do well. Exeter, 135-9 dec. (Ballantyne 5-61); King's, 109-9 (Dupee 65 not out) . Draw. Others who played in the team were Evans, Vincent, Cooke, Allhallows, 80; King's, 79 . Lost. Launders, Hill, Marsden, Morice and Stevens. Some of them may well King's, 88-7 dec. (Dupee 52 not out); Millfield, 90-4. Lost. develop into good cricketers in the future. King's, 137-3 dec. (Dupee 61); Milton Abbey, 99-7 (Ballantyne 4-41). Draw. The most heartening aspect of this term was its cheerful aggressive­ King's, 130--3 dec. (Lyle 42 not out); Taunton, 111-4. Draw. ness. All the players showed a welcome readiness to hit the short or Queen's, 74 (Calder 4-18); King's, 75-2. Won. overpitched ball, and this eagerness to score M'as not upset by adversity. Bryanston, 131-5 dec.; King's 121-6 (Dupee 77 not out). Draw. The fielding, too, was keen and generally efficient and the t~rowing o~ ~ Wellington, 61 (Dupee 5-33, Calder 4-23); King's, 62 for 9 . Won. high order. Lastly, and by no means least, a happy and fnendly spmt Taunton, 114-6 dec.; King's, 79-8. Draw. prevailed and the team won more than one tribute for its courtesy and cheerfulness on and off the field. Altogether ~ very successful and enjoy- able season. t P.V.H . Results: K.C.A.C. King's, 157-9 (Blackmore 52 not out); Exeter, 57-6 (Bentley 4-4). Draw. T the beginning of the Summer Term the Captaincy of Athletics was Allhallows, 82; King's, 85-4. Won. A taken over by C. R. Eagle. Millfield, 157-6 (Blackmore 4-57); King's, 120 (Bentley 41). Lost. Milton Abbey, 90 (White 5-30, Winter 4-11); King's, 91-2 (White 30). Won. There was somewhat less than the usual training time to prepare for Allhallows, 135-5; King's, 138-6 (Ford 32) . Won. Sports Day on Saturday, 21st May. The Standards Cup was keenly con­ King's, 98; King's (Bruton), 85-9 (Winter (6-21). Draw. tested once again and was finally won by Bishop Fox House. Meynell House won the Senior Sports Cup and W oodard House the Senior Medley King's, 96 (Bentley 33); Taunton School, 97-4. Lost. Relay Cup. C. R. Eagle was awarded the Senior Victor Ludol"Wl?- for King's, 200--9 (Blackmore 75, Wilkes 38) ; Bryanston, 129. Won. gaining first place in the 100 Yards, 220 Yards, Long Jump and Weight. King's, 120 (Ford 30); Taunton School, 111 (Blackmore 6-56) .. Won. Magurran won the Junior Victor Ludorum, having gained first place ;n the 220 Yards, 440 Yards and Weight and second place in the Discus. JUNIOR COLTS There were no really outstanding performances on the day and no records were broken, though most events were well up to the usual standard. Won 2. Lost 2. Drawn 5. During the week before, Monk equalled the Senior 880 Yards record of A year in which the fortunes of the team have depended to a great 2 mins. 1.3 secs. and Magurran equalled the Junior 220 Yards record extent upon one person. In Dupee the Colts possessed a player capable of 24.1 secs. of raising the game from mediocrity to a satisfactory, if not an outstand­ ing, level. The prizes were presented by Colonel H. H. Story, M.C. 28 H 29 The Summer Term was notable in that a permanent Athletics side SPORTS DAY RESULTS was instituted for the fi rst time. We did not compete in the County meetings because of the incon- venient dates, but we had four School matches :- OPEN EVENTS Sat., 28th May v. Millfield. (Away.) J flO Yards-1. C. R. Eagle (M); 2, N. A. Miles (M); 3, 1· A. 1- Taylor (W). Time: 10.7 secs. Sat., 11th June v. Taunton Athletic Club. (Home.) :l20 Yards-1, C. R. Eagle (M); 2, 1. A. 1. Taylor (W) and N. A. Miles (M). Time : 23.2 secs. Sat., 25th June v. Allhallows School. (Home.) 4-10 Yards-1, M. J. Monk (W); 2, A. J. B. White (F); 3. D. C. Martin (M) . Wed., 29th June v. Exeter. Senior and Junior. (Home.) Time : 53.4 secs. 880 Yards- 1, M. 1. Monk (W); 2, A. 1. B . White (F); 3, R. E . Buchman (M) . and also sent competitors to the Somerset Constabulary Sports on Satur­ Time : 2 mins. 1.3 secs. • day, 9th July, in which Eagle gained third place in the Open Handicap Mile-1, M. J. Monk (W); 2 , A . .J . B. White (F); 3, R . E. Buchman (M). Time : 220 Yards and Magurran third place in the Youths' Handicap 220 Yards. 4 mins. 42 secs. 120 Yards Hurdles-I, C. R. Budge (M); 2 , T. E . Trigg (M ) ; 3, M. W . L obb (W). Our 'under 15' Sprint Relay unfortunately lost the s hield that we had Time : 18.9 secs. held for the past year. High Jump-1, M. J. T orrens (M); 2, G. C. Deedman (W) ; 3, C. R. Budge (M) . Height : 5ft . 2ins. We lost our first match against Millfield, 77 points to 38 points. We Long Jump---1, C. R. Eagle (M); 2, M. J. T orrens (M) and G. C. Deedman (W). were completely outclassed in the Field events, coming third and fourth Distance : 19ft. lins. in every one. In the Track events we did a little better. In the only Weight-1, C. R. Eagle (M); 2, H . S. T rowell (W); 3, J . A. J. Taylor (W) . Junior event, our Medley Relay (220 Yards, 220 Yards, 440 Yards, 880 Distance : 36ft. 6!ins. Discus-1, R. W . Vaux (C); 2, A. J . B . White (F); 3, R. M. Braham (M). Yards, Mile) won easily by almost half a lap. The general all-round Distance : 97ft. 8!ins. standard of performances was unusually high and goes some way to Javelin-1, R. E. Buchman (M); 2, D. C. Martin (M); 3, R. M. Storrs (C). excuse our defeat. D istance : 124ft . 3tins. Medley R elay-1, Woodard; 2, Meynell; 3, Bishop F ox. Time : 3 mins. 51.2 secs. We were just beaten by Taunton Athletic Club-68 points to 60 (*Equal R ecord .) points. They, too, had the edge over us in the Field events. Our match against Allhallows School was very close. We were just COLT EVENTS defeated by 63! points to 61!. This was probably the best match of the 100 Yards-1, T . Evans (W) ; 2, M. R. Philippe (A); 3, G . D . Tribbeck (C) . season and was keenly contested throughout. Time : 11.1 secs. against Exeter School, by 67 220 Yards-!, C. J . Magurran (F); 2, T . Evans (W) ; 3, G. D. Tribbeck (C). We managed to win our -last match, Time : 24.1 secs. • points to 58 points, in the Seniors and 77 points to 37 points in the 440 Yards-1, C. J. Magurran (F); 2, T . Evans (W); 3, D . H . Madin (F) and Juniors, which was a cheering culmination to the season. Our Juniors M. R . Philippe (A) . Time : 55 .4 secs. are to be congratulated on achieving this success in their only match 880 Yards-1, P. R. Pratt (F) ; 2, I. Winter (C) ; 3, M. J . Batey (F) . Time : with very little previous practice. 2 mins. 9.5 secs. Mile-1, P . R. Pratt (F); 2, M. J. Batey (F); 3, M. W . Cooke {F) . Time : Although this was not a particularly successful season as far as wins 5 mins. 0.9 secs. per­ 120 Yards Hurdles-!, M. D . Mears (F); 2, C. A. Steven (W); 3, R. P. Bentley are concerned, it was not at all unsatisfactory. Some good personal (F) . Time : 18.4 secs. formances were achieved. C. R. Eagle approached within five inches of High Jump---1, H . A. Rhind (C); 2, R. P. Bentley (F) ; 3, C. A. Steven (W) . the School weight record with a put of 38ft. 5in. in the match against H eight : Height : 4ft. 8!ins. Taunton Athletic Club. Against Allhallows, Monk ran an 880 Yards Long Jump---1, R. P . Bentley {F); 2, C. A. Steven (W) ; 3, J . G. Steven (W) . mins. 0.5 secs. inside the present School record of 2 mins. 1.3 secs. Distance : 16ft. lO!ins. in 2 Weight-!, C. ]. Magurran {F); 2, N . ] . Timpson (W) ; 3, M. J . Morice {A). On the same day Pratt ran a mile in 4 mins. 47 .6 secs. inside the present Distance : 33ft. 2!ins. Junior Mile record of 4 mins. 48.3 secs. Buchman achieved 139ft. in the Discus-!, P . M. Robinson (C) ; 2, C. 1· Magurran (F); 3, M. W . Cooke (F) . Javelin in matches and reached 145ft. in practice. Deedman improved Distance : 106ft. Oins. Javelin-!, G. D . Tribbeck (C); 2, P . R. Pratt (C) ; 3, R. J . Gibson (C). well at the Long Jump and reached 19ft. 1in. White ran consistently Distance : 111ft. 5fins. well in the middle distance events, and Batey, still a Junior, ran well in Relay (4 x 100 Yards)-1, Bishop Fox; 2, Carpenter; 3, King Alfred. Time · the Mile, often against far older opposition. Our Sprint Relay team, con­ 46 secs. sisting of Eagle, Miles, Taylor and Magurran were only defeated by (*Equal R ecord.) Millfield. The middle distance runners would like to thank Mr. P . J . Robin­ CUPS son, who is an Old Boy of King's and who has had a distinguished Senior Sports Cup : Meynell. athletics career, for giving up his time to come and train them on Thurs­ Cup : Bishop Fox. day afternoons and for his help and advice. Junior Sports Standards Cup : Bishop Fox. In closing, we would like to extend our thanks to Mr. Morgan, Senior Victor Ludorum : C. R. Eagle. whose interest made a permanent Athletics side possible, and to Mr. Junior Victor Ludorum : C. J . Magurran. Pytches, Mr. Lance, Mr. Padfield, Sgt.-Major Gooderham and to all the Senior R elay C up : Woodard. other masters who kindly helped to run our home matches. M.J.M. 30 31 K.C.C-C.R.C. K.C.S.C. HE Cross-country side made a good start in the Lent Term with a Captain : R. ]. Paton. T record membership of twenty-six . M. ]. Monk was appointed Cap­ Vice-Captain : ]. M. Glover. Secretary : C. G. Hennessy. tain. For training purposes, the side was divided into three groups, according to ability, which was difficult to do fairly, but the possibility HE Senior team this year was built up around the four colourmen re­ of promotion or relegation may well have helped to maintain the general T maining from the previous year : R. ]. Paton, ]. M. Glover, C. G. standard. Hennessy and R. J. Thomas. Paton and Glover swam the free style and butterfly events, Hennessy swam the backstroke events, while Thomas The side had a successful season with School matches, beating Exeter swam the breaststroke events. These were very ably supported by Hew­ School and King's School, Bruton, at home and Taunton Athletic Club son (breaststroke), Carter (backstroke), Braham, Adam and Hennessy, both home and away. The only defeat was at Millfield School, and that R. D. (free style). Good times were returned throughout the season and only by a margin of ten points. six records were broken during the Swimming Sports. In supporting the County, for what will probably be the last time, The selection of the Junior team proved more of a dilemma, since we were equally successful. Our Intermediate team was pushed into no Junior swimmers remained from the previous year. However, after second place at the County Championships by a mere six points, again the swimming trials had been held, things took on a brighter aspect. The by Millfield. Monk, Pratt and Miles represented Somerset in the S.W. team selected was of a higher standard than that of previous years, but Counties' Championships at Honiton in the Intermediate group. ]ones, it is indicative of the rapidly-rising standard of swimming in this country H. C. , and Cooke ran as reserves in the Intermediate team and Madin that their performances did not live up to our previous expectations. as a reserve in the Junior team, to try to gain places in. the County However, under the very able leadership of R. ]. Paton and J. M. teams for the National Championships at Liverpool. Madin managed Glover, the team as a whole has had a fairly successful season, winning to do this and ]ones was unlucky by only one place. The result wa~ three matches and tying in one. In the Meade-King Competition we that King's had three Intermediate runners, one Junior runner and the came third, after a performance that could only be called diffident. The Intermediate non-travelling reserve in the Somerset teams at Liverpool success achieved this season, however, would never have resulted but on 19th March, which was a very creditable representation. for the patient coaching and training of the entire side by Mr. Gooder­ The whole VIII this season was well above any previous standard. ham, whose enthusiasm never fails. We are most grateful to him. Pratt and Miles ran consistently well throughout the term, and are to be This year is a landmark in the School's swimming, in that the butter­ congratulated on gaining both their School and County colours. ]ones, fly and orthodox breaststroke are from now on to be swum as separate Cooke and Barnes all put up some very good performances in both events. The move is a slightly belated result of the A.S.A. Board'3 School and County fields. Madin did well in the Junior age group of decision in 1954 to separate the events. to represent the School the County events and improved during the term ]. M. Glover, C. G. Hennessy and R. ]. Thomas are to be congratu­ in its last School match. Buchman, Bamford, White and Giles all lated on their being re-awarded their colours. represented the School VIII a number of times, and ran as consistent members of "A" group throughout the season. The following represented K.C.S.C. 'during the season :-R. ]. Paton, J. M. Glover, C. G. Hennessy, R. ]. Thomas, Carter, Braham, The Senior Steeplechase at the end of term was won by Monk. Butt, Adam, Hennessy, R., Hewson, Trigg, Hart, Fuller, Mears, Kent, Berry­ a non-member of K.C.C-C.R.C., is to be congratulated on his fine effort man, Morice, Marshall, Dewey, Saies, Madin, Scott, Davies, Craven, in gaining second place. ]ones, H . C., was third. Nicolas, Ace. The Bishop Fox House team won with 55 points to Meynell's 72 · C.G.H. points. Results : v. Millfield School, 64-47. Won. In the Junior Steeplechase, Miles took first place in 16 mins. 15 secs. v . Queen's College, 74f-461. Won. and Pratt was second. Bishop Fox House won this also with 41 points, v. Wellington School, 55-55. Tied. once again from Meynell, who had 68 points. v . Blundell's School, 691--581. Won. As a result, Bishop Fox House retained the Steeplechase Cup for Meade King-1, Taunton School; 2, Queen's College; 3, King's College. what is now the 14th year in succession. SPORTS In closing, we would like to acknowledge our debt to Mr. Morgan SWIMMING and Mr. Pytches for their active interest in the side throughout the SENIORS season. 50 Yards Free Style-1, Glover, J. M. (M); 2, Adam (W); 3, Trowell (W). Time : M.J.M. 25 .0 secs. 100 Yards Free Style-1. Paton (F); 2, Glover, J. M. (M); 3, Adam (W) . Time: 55 .6 secs. (RECORD.) 150 :Yards Free Style-1 (equal), Paton (F) and Glover, J. M. (M); 3, Adam (W). Time : 1 min. 31.3 secs. (RECORD.) 50 Yards Backstrok~-1 , Hennessy, C. G. (A); 2, Carter, T . C. (M); 3, Hughes, J. M. (W). Trme : 29.4 secs.

32 33 50 Yards Breaststroke- [, Thomas, R . J. (M ) ;

Now we come to the prizes-! can tell that you mind about that, as V FORM I understand that the boys here choose their books and they are all the English-M. D. Mears. Latin-A. A. Luckham. French-]. A. J . Taylor. sort of books I would have liked, and that is very rare. History-P . E . Dewey. Mathematics-E. A. Wyse. Geography-C. B. Stewart and J. A. J . Taylor. Art-P. G. S. Murray (IVa) . Handicraft-F. P . Morgan Then I was so impressed with the singing in that white austere (G Rem .), P . W . Graves-Morris (V R em .) . F orm Prize : Vb-C. P . Baxter . Chapel. I think it would be rather a pity if anything were done to it. (Applause.) And then, coming here I had that lovely feeling that I IV FORM always get when coming to the West Country, the liberation from beastly English-R. E . F . Gaines. Latin-A. D . Zebedee. Greek-0. M. R. B . Marke. London; and when I can see that pink earth chucked up over there and French- J. R. M. Delacour. German-A. D. Zebedee. H istory-B. H . White. the pink sandstone and the Bath and local stone of the Victorian build­ Divinity-A. C. Hill. Mathematics-W. R. I. Barrie. Physics-C. A. Steven. ings, when I think of this lovely county, the only county in En~land Chemistry-C. A. Steven. Biology-C. A. Steven. Art-M. G. Alien (IVb). with the sea, moor, fen and rolling hill country and see the lovely, silver­ H andicraft-M. R. Philippe. F orm Prizes : IVb-M. A. D . Bentley, !Ve­ like, lace-like Church towers n sing up above the elms and those hills in t. B . Swale. the distance, I constantly thank God that I am alive; and it brin~s ~e Ill FORM to the last of what I wanted to say, and that is you know apprec1atmg English-]. S. Ballantyne. Latin-J. S. Ballantyne. French-P. J . Saies. art is not a specialised thing. Being scientific is not a specialised thing. German-]. D . Spence. History-P. M. Franklyn. Divinity-D. F . ]ones. There is no fight between art and science as people used to think there Mathematics-!. A. Cocks. Physics-!. A. Cocks. Chemistry-]. D . Spence. was. Scientists used to think that unless everything could be proved Biology-H. R. Glennie. Geography-H. W . Knight. Art-A. V. Nicolas. then it wasn't true. Now people are beginning to see that the more we H andicraft-C. M. Wilkes. Form Prizes : Ilia-!. A. Cocks; IlTh-B. H . Kirk. learn the less we know, and I know by reading ' 'The Phenomenon of Lyons Wilson Sketching Prizes-H. Beal. Chambers Memorial Prize- J. M. Man" that in physics one moves into a world of terrifying vast distan~e Glover. Firth Memorial Divinity Prize-A. Fussell. Music Prizes-A. John, and terrifying smallness, so that religion, which is at the back of th1s A. G. Gray, T. J. Atkinson. Junior English Prose-S. D . Withers. O.A. school, at last comes back where it ought to be-ahead of everything. Special Prize-E. J . Lavender. How wonderful it was singing that hymn at the end of the service, "One O.A. Prizes and Awards for Projects-H. Beal, R. R . M. Braham, D. Bromwich, Church, One Faith, One Lord." What a pleasure to be here; what G. C. Darvill, M. H . Ferguson, J. S. P . Gibson, A. N . Gladwell, A. G. Gray, pleasure awaits me if I only stop now that the butter has not fully D. D . Hill, D. S. D. La Touche, S. J. Longden, R . E. Owim, B . A. W. melted. Price, S. D. Withers. 44 45 The Art Exhibition Societies and Clubs (which took place on Speech Day) SHELDON SOCIETY H Y such an exhibition ? For t wenty-one years Mr. Lyons Wilson Chai rman: D. W . Perry . W has been converting the heathen t o the new, without rejecting in any way that which i s e nduring in the o ld. It is a never-ending battle, Secretary : J. S. P. Gibson. Treasurer : M . St. J. French . for n o sooner h as one fo rm been r econciled t o the modem s that it i s re­ .,HE Society has been very active during both the Lent and Summer placed by another. H owever, there can be few boys who in the course 1 Terms. ln the Lent Term, R. G. Taylor r ead a paper entitled " Is a of Mr. Lyons Wilson's teaching have not received something from him Refo rm in Our Educational System Necessary ?" touching on practi­ of lifelong value. This exhibition then c elebrates the twenty-first anni­ cally every conceivable aspect of education. fhe three other m eetings versary of the coming of Mr. Lyons Wilson t o King's. in t he Lent Term were held jointly with one of the o ther Sixth Form Societies, the first b eing w ith the Literary and Dramatic Society, when The exhibition itself contained a very representative portion of Mr. members put fo rward " Epigrams," which w ere then discussed. This s Wilson's art. On a surer footing were his landscapes and snow­ Lyon proved very successful , a nd will , no doubt, be a common feature in the scapes in water colour, w hich in his earlier wo rk owed a lot to Cotman, Society's programme in the future. In the second meeting, which was developed gradually into a freer and more lively style of his own. but with the History Society, the motion-that the concept of responsibility In many cases this freedom has given way to abstraction, resulting in before the law is outmoded-was proposed b y E. J . Lavender and an exciting and very powerful use of water colour. His abstract work P . J. Green and opposed by D. W. Perry and M. J . Monk. The falls into two categories. The first, already mentioned, is related to his motion was defeated. The final meeting was an illuminating and inter­ landscapes, whereas the second is more ordered and less emotional and esting talk, helped by a considerable number of slides, on Sarawak, given has something in common with Miro and Paul Klee. by Mr. J . Y. Crowe, O.A. This latter style has, like much else of his painting, a strong maritime In the S ummer T erm, R. G. Taylor r ead a paper on " Baudelaire." flavour. Visitors to the exhibition found his painting light-hearted, but After outlining his works and analysing his influence, Taylor went on to by no means superficial. stress Baudelaire's unique contribution to the world of art. The second by K. W . Miller on ''Atomic The paintings contributed by the O.A.s formed a large portion of the and last paper of the term was given stimulating, especially to the non­ exhibition. Outstanding amongst these was the work of the Randall Theory." '!'his proved to be very in the future more brothers. The abstract by P . E . Randall was both restful and satisfy­ scientists present, and the w ish was expressed that last meeting of the ing. M. R. L. Canney and R. L. Gilkerson exhibited both realist and scientific papers might be read to the Society. The Mr. Fulton, of the abstract work, the latter of these two sending the only colour lithograph Summer Term was the annual Garden Party, when Asia. in the exhibition. Foreign Office, addressed the Society on South-East Boys and parents had no difficulty in recognising two portraits in­ Finally, we would like to thank the President for allowing us the in cluded. The first was of Mrs. Unmack in her mayoral robes and painted continued use of his study and for his unfailing help and guidance part. by Miss M. John. The s.econd, by H. Israel, was described by its sub­ all the arrangements and activities in which the Society has taken ject, Mr. Morgan, as an "Old Master." J.S.P.G. Many exhibits by both masters and boys completed the pictorial side of the exhibition. R. Beal's mural was an extramural exhibit. The long table down the centre of Big School was mostly filled with HISTORY SOCIETY James. He employed a variety of mediums, the work of Mr. C. W. Chairman: D. W . Perry. ranging from lime to teak, and plastic to cement fondu. Most of his exhibits were semi-abstract, though with the soft blue lias he took Secretary : P . J . Green . Treasurer : P . T . Bonsey. exhibits were in wood, further liberties. A large portion of the sculptural OTH the Lent and the Summer Terms have been ones in which the stone and synthetic a medium which has lately been much displaced by B Society, although usually dormant owing to exams, has undertaken materials. a number of meetings. The committee was changed in the Lent Term Of the boys' sculpture, Aku-Aku (in alasbaster), by R. C. Kennard, by the retirement of J . R. West from the post of Secretary and by the was the most striking. It was so named because of its resemblance to the election of D. W. Perry to that post, J. R. West being unanimously great Easter Island statues. elected Vice-Chairman. At the end of the Lent Term we lost both our we must thank The exhibition owed its success primarily to Mr. Lyons Wilson him­ Chairman, E . J. Lavender, and our Vice-Chairman, and ety, especially J . R. self, both through his own work and his influence on that of his pupils; them for all the work they have put into the Soci W. Perry was elected also to Mr. James, to the O.A.s, to the masters, who both contributed West for his brilliant " Trial of Charles 1. " D. their own and lent the works of others in their possession, and to the boys Chairman, while P. J. Green filled the post of Secretary. who supplied an appreciable quantity of work for the exhibition or who In the Lent Term we held two debates, the first motion being that gave up their time in assembling and arranging it. " The standard of civilization rises as prosperity increases." M. T. S. M. E .A.T . Moodie and P. T. Bonsey spoke for the motion and were opposed by 46 47 W. T reharne-J ones and J. R. West. Both sides admitted that the solu­ MUSIC CLUB tion was a shade of grey, but maintained that this shade of grey was in their favour. The proposers argued that civilization d epends on a Chai rman : H . R. Padfield, Esq . leisured class and the sine qua non of a leisured class was wealth. The ·School Secretary : A. John. Treasurer : C. W. Green. opposers maintained that civilization depends on the standard of per­ sonal virtue, which in its turn depends on a stable society. But rising House Secretaries: D. W. Perry, I. D. Sharpe, P. T. Bonsey, wealth does not produce a stable society. M. H . Ferguson. HE first of three important Club meetings in the Lent The second motion was that "Criminal Responsibility before the Law Term was the Members' Concert on 20th February. It was an evening is Outmoded." This was proposed by E . Lavender, seconded by T full of sur­ J. prises, not the least of wh ich was the final item entitled ''A P . J . Green, and opposed by D. W. Perry aqd M. J . Monk. The pro­ Combination of Science and Art !" Mr. Morgan posers bandied about Lady Wotton and psychological terms, but to little representing science and Mr. Tyler representing art presented a poem of Longfellow set to music by M. W . effect and not very convincingly. The opposers took the line that, if a criminal was not held respon Balfe. This was done in Victorian style and concluded a very pleasant sible for his actions, then the law would evening. collapse and all sorts of people would edge their way out by claiming psychological technicalities. The motion was defeated. On 5th March Mr. K. R. R. Wilson obliged the Club by being "stranded" on the Club's recently-founded "Desert Island Discs" pro­ Also in the Lent Term, Mr. Meddon Bruton, the Liberal candidate gramme . He chose mostly modem music, which included Sibelius and for Taunton, came to speak to us. While stating the present Liberal Walton and also a Manx folk-song. We are extremely grateful to him policy, as if addressing a political meeting rather than a History Society, for a very interesting evening. Mr. Bruton gave us quite a good idea of the Liberal Party's aims. But Sunday, 13th March, was a red-letter day for organ enthusiasts, in the questioning which followed it became clear that, while the Liberals who had the pleasure of listening to the Chapel organ in the very capable might have very commendable ideals, the practical application of those hands of Mr. Tyler, who played works from Clerambot to Franck. We ideals was beyond their understanding. Thus, although Mr. Bruton gave should like to thank him very much. us a clear idea of how a Liberal's mind works, it was on the whole not The House Music Festival was, of course, the highlight of the Lent very convincing. Term. The music performed included folk-songs, motets and even a The Summer Term's programme opened with a debate, the motion chorus from the opera "Carmen." The standard shown was very high, being "A ruling clique is a good thing." Russia was the prime example and our congratulations and thanks go to all those who performed. talcen by all speakers. The proposers, P . T. Bonsey and C. L. F. Barn­ Two meetings dominated the Summer Term. The Club's termly ford, based their argument on the proposition, that any ruling clique concert was a great success, and it is gratifying to note that a number rules in the interests of the lowest m ember of the firm, and, being a of new people are now performing at these concerts. Our thanks go To united command, rules well. The opposers, K. W. Miller and A. ]. B. all who took part. White, supported freedom for the individual, stating many examples of The second meeting of importance was on 16th July, when Mr. the inflexibility of cliques through the ages to respond to opinion or Lyons Wilson was "stranded" on the Club's Desert Island. He gave us change. From the floor came the acute observation that expediency and a very wide variety of music, including jazz, "pops" and more serious morality cannot go together. However, the motion was passed. pieces. We are indebted to him for a very enjoyable evening. T awards the end of the Summer Term I. D. Sharpe read us a paper Throughout the Lent and Summer Terms we have had great cause on "Heraldry." His paper was divided into ·three parts. He first gave to thank our Chairman, Mr. Padfield, and our Vice-President, Mr. Tyler, a brief outline of the history of Heraldry, and then passed on to explain for their tireless help and guidance, for which we are most grateful. how it worked and the technicalities involved. The last part of his paper A.J. was devoted to the practical application of heraldry, to genealogy and the symbolism involved. We thank him for this excellent paper and the ART CLUB well-chosen illustrative slides taken by himself. Chairman : P . J. Green. The usual Summer outing was this year to Salisbury. We were con­ Secretary : E. A. Tuke. Treasurer : R. C. Kennard. ducted around the Cathedral by the Succentor, the Rev. K. Wedgwood, 4th Member : M. ]. Torrens. Master of Decor : R. Beal. and were shown the manuscripts in the Library by Dr. E. Smith. On the return journey we saw Old Sarum and stopped at Stonehenge, largely NY account of the Club's activities over the Lent and Summer Terms for the benefit of our American visitor. A is necessarily shortened, for the work of the separate members has been devoted to the Speech Day Exhibition, an account of which will be Once again we must thank Mr. Pytches for his unfailing interest found elsewhere in this issue. and the loan of his room for many of our meetings; also we must thank However, at the end of the Lent Tenn, twenty boys drawn from the Mr. Whitworth not only for his interest in the Society, but also for the Club and the Sixth Form made a visit to the "Italian Art and Britain" loan of his type of /'infernal machine" to tape-record some of .our Exhibition then open in London. The magnificent collection of Italian debates. primitives and pen-drawings on display, which for most were the high­ P.J.G. lights of the exhibition, proved the visit well worthwhile. 48 49 The Summer Term has slipped smoothly by, though at the begin­ FALLODON SOCIETY ning Hepworth, Murray and Nicolas s urprised us with their work, on Chairman : A. C. Holland. Secretary : R. M. Storrs. which they must be commended. Tr~as ur c r : D. J. Millard. C ommittee: H . A. Rhind, C. J. Deane. Every member must be well acquainted with Mr. Townsend's visits URING the Lent Term most of the Club's activities were confined to on Saturday evenings, and for this support we are grateful. Thanks are D the Biology Lab., but this, however, did not daunt the enthusiasm .Jf also extended t o Mr. Harvey for accompanying us on the London the members a nd much useful work was done in the Lab. expedition. Mr. Lance , our Vice-Pr E.A.T. esident, gave us a very interesting lecture on Colouring and Pigments used in Animals. Later on in the term Mr. Honeybourne, one of the student masters, gave us a lecture on "The POTTERY CLUB Origin of Life," which everyone thoroughly appreciated. During the term two groups of films were shown on a variety of subjects, which Chairman: E. A. Tuke. were all very interesting. At the end of the Lent Term the committee Secretary : R. E. Owen . Treasurer : P. J. Green. lost the services of Holland and Millard, who had to leave, due to other engagements. HE Club welcomes the ten new members who have joined in the The empty spaces on the committee were taken up in the Summer T past year, of which A. N . Gladwell, A. V. Nicolas and D. A. V. Term by Spence, who became Chairman, and Deane, who became Secre­ Lyle are especially to be congratulated on their progress. tary. The activities of the Summer Term had a much wider scope, and At the beginning of the Michaelmas Term a set of new modelling a large part of the first half of the term was spent on preparing for the and throwing tools was acquired and has proved most useful. Speech Day Exhibitions. Just before Speech Day a party went up to Kilve, on the North coast of Somerset, and collected Later in numerous species the same term a visit was made to Mr. Holland, the tradi­ of plant and animal life from the shore. All the members tional potter at Dunster worked hard . This was particularly fruitful, as he both threw to make the exhibition the success which it turned out to be. and decorated Much for the benefit of the members. helpful work was done during the rest of the term to add to that of the The Speech Day exhibition showed an improvement on the previous Lent Term. one, as there was more variety and more experience had been gained. Next year gives promise of further achievement. ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Finally, on behalf of the Club, we should like to thank Mr. James Chairman : W. Treharne-Jones. Secretary : M. H. Ragless. for his continued interest in the Club's activities. Treasurer : J. M. Graham. 4th Member : G. B. Vallender. R.E.O. HE Lent Term was a very full one for the Society. A series of papers T on archreology were prepared and read by members. The first of these, by J. M. Graham, was entitled "An Outline to Archreology." At our next meeting, G. B. Vallender spoke on "Stonehenge," and this MODERN LANGUAGES SOCIETY was followed two weeks later by a paper on " Hill-forts," which was read Chairman : R. G. Taylor. by M. H. Ragless. The final paper of the term was by Mr. C. J. Honey­ boume on " The Evolution of Man." All were of a very high standard Secretary : J. C. Robinson. Treasurer : M. J . Monk. and gave those present much useful information. HE extent of the Society's activity during the Lent and Summer On 6th March we had an outing to Cheddar, where we visited T Terms was greater than it has been for some time. The highlight Gough's Caves. Those who went found it very interesting, and we were of the Lent Term was the showing of the Rene Clair film, "A nous la all struck by the beauty of the formations. It will also be some time Liberte," which was enjoyed by all those who saw it, although its full before we forget the highly imaginative (if somewhat inaccurate) dis­ implications escaped some members of the audience. course of the guide ! We then visited the Bronze Age burial ground, known as Priddy The activities during the Nine Barrows, and from there drove on to St. Cuth­ Summer Term ranged from discussions in bert's Swallet, a famous French to an evening when the Chairman swallow hole, where we talked for some time and Secretary gave commen­ with three very muddy pot-holing enthusiasts. taries on two poems by Baudelaire and Gauthier. Our outing to Radstock Coal Mine was very largely due to the efforts The retiring members of the committee hope that the Society will of Mr. J. S. D. Taylor, and we would like to take this opportunity maintain to in the future the activity and interest of which it has shown thank him. On arriving all Radstock we were shown a film on coal­ itself capable. There is no dou~t that. these spontaneo.us meetings afford mining, and then, equipped with helmets and lamps, we considerable were taken help to members m their study of foreign languages and underground. In the one and a half hours underground we walked and literature. crawled through some of the network of passages, and examined the Finally, our thanks are due to our long-suffering Vice-Presidents, machinery used for hauling wagons to and from the coal face. Unfortu­ particularly Mr. Ha~ey and Mr. Man&in, for the int~rest they have nately, we could not visit the coal face, since we would have interrupted shown in and the assistance they have given to the Society. production, but, nonetheless, it was a very interesting and unusual J.C.R. experience. 50 51 Examinations took priority during the Summer Term, and our pro­ All the prints entered were displayed on Speech Day. gramme was thus limited. The survey of the hill-fort at Broomfield was completed and we had two outings. The first of these outings was to After Speech Day, R. G. Taylor resigned the post of Chairman and Maiden Castle, the famous hill-fort near Dorchester. We were all K W. Miller that of Secretary. We thank them very warmly for their amazed by the vast size of the s tructure, and there was much discussion great service to the Society. about the numbers that would have been needed to build and defend the The term's programme included three films loaned from British site. We examined with special interest the eastern entrance, where the Transport and two lectures. The three films, "North to Wales," Romans stormed the gate and massacred the inhabitants, and we also "Mountains-Fiords in Norway" and "Sweet Thames Run Softly,"· paused to look at the remains of the s mall temple that was erected in were shown on 25th June; they were a ppreciated by the fair percentage 350 A.D. Later in the afternoon we visited the village of Cerne Abbas of the School which attended. On 4th June M r. T. P . Halton, O.A., to see the giant figure of a man carved in the hillside in prehistoric times, gave a well-illustrated l ecture on "Faults and their correction"; every­ probably in connection with some religious rite. one present derived benefit from it. On 4th July Mr. Kinsey, cine ex­ The second outing of the Summer Term was to Taunton Museum. pert, .of the Taunton Camera Club, g ave an inspiring lecture on cine The curator, Mr. Hallam, very kindly showed us some of the Museum's tech mq ue . collection of pottery, pointing out the differences between the types char­ . The amount of practical work done by members of the Society has acteristic of each arch:eological period. We also examined some of th ~ mcreased of late. This is doubtless due to better equipment and members objects that had been discovered at the Mere and Glastonbury lake competent in its use. villages. We thank our Vice-Presidents for their help and encouragement, These notes must close with a word of thanks to our three Vice­ and, above all, Mr. Padfield, who makes the practical work possible Presidents, Mr. Jaquet, Mr. Jordan and Mr. Pytches, who devote much by allowing us to use the Optics Laboratory as a darkroom. time and thought to guiding and helping the Society. M.H.R. J .F .H . WIRELESS CLUB THE JUNIOR LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY Chairman : M . A. J. Craven. Secretary : C. A. Pearn. T the beginning of the Lent Term we decided to build some new A lockers in the Club Hut and we would like to thank Gladwell for Treasurer : M. R. Owen. 3rd Form Member : P. T. Taylor. his help in the woodwork involved. Over the course of the two terms we HE Society has been very active during the past two terms, especially w.elcomed _Barrett tC? the Club. He has proved enthusiastic and is plan­ T in the Lent Term owing to an extremely good Chairman in G. L. nmg_to ~mld an <;JSCilloscope. Gray is making fine progress with his com­ Hughes. We were sorry to hear that he was resigning at the beginning mum<:abons receiver, and_ we hope to see it finished by the beginning of of the Summer Term. the Michaelmas Term. Withers has been making his own printed circuits. The Lent Ten~ meetings consisted of an Inter-House quiz in which He has also made a simple computer so that we don't have to use our the Woodard won, a demonstration by the Conjuring Club, a lecture by fingers and thumbs to work out Ohm's Law. Braham has built a minia­ R. M. Stilson on America and a second lecture by P . J. Green on jazz ture superhet transistor receiver and Rowe is designing a car radio. Green entitled "Comparison in Styles." has been occupied with his amplifier for the C.C.F. W.S.88, but has During the Summer Term there were some panel games and an ~ound time to service t~e Physics Lab. oscilloscope. Kirk has been build­ experimenting with an entertaining lecture by J. F. W. Hinson on Criminology. mg a three-valve receiver and J ames has been ult~a-simple oscilloscope, but is about to progress to a more advanced Finally, we would like to thank our Vice-President, Mr. T. N . E. design . Mangin, for his continued interest in the Society during the last two Finally, we should like to thank Mr. Padfield for his continued terms. C.A.P. guidance and for letting us use the Physics Lab. for our exhibition on PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Speech Day. J.G.J. Chairman : J. R. Halton. Secretary : J. F. W. Hinson. Treasurer : J. A. Fielding. 4th Member : R. E . Owen. BADMINTON CLUB Chairman : I. D. Philippe. T the beginning of the Lent Term it was decided to buy A a new (second-hand) enlarger at a maximum price of £15. This Secretary : N. V. Lyle. Treasurer : B . H. White. arrived towards the end of the term. The programme for the Lent Term MATCH wa~ arra?ged against Taunton Badminton Club during the consisted of three meetings : a print criticism, an evening of colour slides A. Lent Ter~ .. m which the Club had a very fine win by four games to and a stimulating lecture by Mr. Ross-Wolf. ml. I. D. P~Ihppe and B. H . ~ite were the first pair and N. V. Lyle At the start of the Summer Term the annual competition was set; and D. J . Millard the second pair. The match was enjoyed by all and there iWere four classes : Indoor, ;outdoor, colour and unusual shots the Club hopes that this is the first of many such matches. ' (most of the shots were "unusual"). Owing to the quality of the entries A tournament was arranged for members in the Lent Term· partners not all the prizes were awarded, but the following awards were made :­ were drawn from the hat. D . W. Perry and J. M. Glover are t~ be con­ Indoor-3rd, A. C. Hill and R. E . Owen. Outdoor-2nd, E . Hatley and gratulated on winning the final against M. A. Salman and R. F. Sheldon. R. E . Owen; 3rd, M. H. Ragless. Colour-1st, R. Stilson; 2nd, M. R. The Club was fairly active during the Summer Term, thanks to the Startup; 3rd, R. Stilson and M. G. W. Knight. Headmaster, who allowed the Club the use of Hareston lawn. The Club 52 53 was opened to the whole School for the Summer Term ; those who were LIGHT MUSIC CLUB not full members joined the Club as associate members. HE beginning of the Lent Term found us facing the difficult task of Finally, the Club must thank Mr. G. W. Morgan and Mr. P. V. T. completely re-organising the g roup, for it was then that we Harvey for all their help and guidance in the C lub's activities. discovered the necessity for a competent vocalist. Kemble, Adam and I.D.P . Deedman were the sole survivors of the previous group, and it was de­ DANCING CLUB cided that for the time being we would continue as before. Miles and Henton joined the group as solo and rhythm guitarists respectively and Chairman : J. S. P . Gibson . Secretary : C . R. Eagle. Kemble replaced Kitse ll as vocalist. Deedman continued to play the Treasurer : D. S. D . La Touche. Committee Member : H . S. Trowel!. bass. HE first dance of the Summer Term was the Club Dance, which was A lot of practice was needed before we could play as a group and it T held on 13th May in Big School. Our guests were girls from became increasingly evident that our vocals were not our strongest point. St. Brandon's and St. Audries. We thank them for their charming com­ To some extent this was counteracted by Miles, who has proved himself pany. It was-a good dance and its success was to a large extent due to an extremely able guitarist. It was during this period also that Adam the delicious refreshments provided by Miss Gascoigne and her staff, and really hit form and since then has continued to produce some first-class the quite expert interval playing of the Light Music Club. drumming. A fortnight later a party of thirty boys, very kindly accompanied by By the end of the Lent Term we had collected enough members to Mr. Jaquet and his wife, attended a dance at St. Audries and spent a give a show and for the first time in the history of the Club were able to most pleasing evening there. invite a guest artist to perform. Despite efforts to conceal his identity, it was no surprise when Mr. Honeybourne stepped up to sing a collection Ten members attended a dance at the Royal School, Bath, on 18th of Folk Songs. July. It was our first invitation to the Royal School and one which was very much appreciated. At the beginning of the Summer Term it was decided that a change of policy was needed and we concentrated on our own instrumental com­ Our final dance was at Gardenhurst School, to which thirty mem­ positions. Deedman and Beal doubled on the now venerable string bass, bers were invited. For many it was our final School dance, and we are whilst· Miles and Kemble took over lead and solo guitars. Henton pro­ grateful for such a pleasant last memory. vided the electric rhythm accompaniment and Adam continued to drum We should like to thank the Headmaster for allowing us to have the in his now familiar style. To begin with, the solo guitars didn't receive dances and for all his help in the organisation of them. and Mr. Pytches, an adequate backing, but this was remedied with practice. who so willingly accompanied. us to our last two dances. Finally, we During the Summer Term we gave two performances. The first thank all the Vice-Presidents, was especially Mr. Mangin, for their help, and during the interval of the College Dance, and our thanks are due to the the girls' schools for providing such perfect partners both at home and Dancing Club Committee for inviting us to play. Many people joined, away. C.R.E. and it is hoped that this will serve as an example in the future for Club STAMP CLUB members. Finally, we concluded a successful term with a tape-recording. Chairman : R. E . Buchman. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking the Headmaster and Mrs. Unmack for their continual help and support, and also Mr. Secretary : C. G. Hennessy. Treasurer: P. W . R. Hewson. Wilson, who, on occasions, has given much useful criticism. Thanks HE Lent Term saw considerable activity. Meetings were held every also are due to Torrens for the continual and ungrudging loan of his T week, during which many stamps were exchanged. Approvals were amplifier and to members of the Wireless Club who have so often helped again received from the Nassau Mission, and many stamps were bought. out on critical occasions. Towards the end of term, Mr. Clench, Secretary of the Taunton CONJURING CLUB Stamp Club, and an old friend of our Club, very kindly came and gave a talk on the setting out of stamps, illustrating it with part of his own "Exercere est perficere" collection, which was, of course, immaculate. At the beginning of the N the Lent Term the committee consisted of E. M. Hatley (Chainnan) , Summer Term it was discovered that Mr. Clench had also sent us a large I Wilkinson (Secretary), Lintern (Treasurer) and G. Tucker (4th pile of stamp booklets, many of which cont~in coloured plates of some Member). interesting copies. These will be of great assistance to members, and we The Club set about practising with heart-warming enthusiasm. To­ are most grateful to Mr. Clench both for these specific kindnesses and for wards the end of the Lent Term the Club gave a show to the Junior his continued interest in the Club. Literary and Debating Society. This successful show was a great encour­ As is usual during the Summer Term, the activities of the Club were agement to further activities. confined to individual work by members, and official meetings were not At the beginning of the Summer Term the committee stood with held. However, the term does serve as a valuable period of consolida­ E . M. Hatley (Chairman), Lintern (Secretary), G. Tucker (Treasurer) tion after the Winter Terms, the latter being the time during which most and Wilkinson (4th Member) ; the changes took place since G.C.E. inter­ of the buying-and exchanging of stamps takes place. fered with the work of the committee. The Club hoped to give a show Finally, we should like to thank Mr. Pytches for his guidance during to the School, but this hope has died, since G.C.E., Sports Day and the past two terms. C.H. Field Days have interfered with the Club's activities. 5f 55 We a re very grateful to our Vi ce-Presidcut, .Mr. Jaquet, for his un­ failing guidance and support. Junior House Notes It must always be borne in mind that practice is the o nly way to NTIL the latter part of July the high t emperatures l!lade the Swim­ good conjuring. U ming Bath again the centre of attraction and a h~ gh standard of B.H.L. both swimming and diving prevailed. Tenms correspondmgly wa~ rath~r METEOROLCXJICAL SOCIETY neglected, but a pleasing number of boys made use of the nets m the1r free time, a practice which should bear fruit in the future. M. J . J ordan, Esq . Father Dean, of St. Peter's, Lyngford, who very kindly gave C. J . Timbre!!. us a C. L. F. Bamford. series of Lenten addresses in March, came again to preach on the first HE commencement of the Lent Term coincided with the end of a Sunday of the Summer Term and we also had a very welcome visit by T cold spell of northerly winds and heavy snowfall and the beginning Mr. Sykes, who preached on the last Sunday. of a cyclonic spell of some activity. The fields were soon reduced to a In June, ]. P . Edmunds won an open scholarship ~t the Colle.ge sea of mud and hockey became impossible. Slightly colder conditions in and C. Shirley-Smith an Exhibition. These, together w1th the earl1~r mid-February brought further sleet and snow at night. There was then award of an Art Exhibition t o G. N . Gladwell, make three honours agam a return to milder and showery conditions until the end of March. this year. The beginning of the Summer Term presented a very different On June 3rd a very successful morning's. Sports, at the end picture. Temperatures were soon in the 10-80's and anti-cyclonic weather of which Mrs. Unmack kindly presented the troph1es, was follo"Yed by a dominated until the end of June. Both May and June were consider­ Prize-giving in the afternoon as packed as usual, when Lady Wh1tby pre­ ably drier than the corresponding months of the abnormally fine 1959. sented the prizes and gave us a charming and memorable address. As It began to look as if the Summer would be a r epeat of last year. This Speech Day fell this year on Whit week-end, boys were allowed home was not to be, for July brought an almost unbroken sequence of Atlantic until the Monday evening, and we are most grateful to thos~ parents depressions with their associated cloud and rain. Precipitation actually who kindly took to their homes the few boys who had no relatives near occurred on all but four days, whilst a cloudburst on the 19th produced enough. 0.75 inches in under 45 minutes-double the total rainfall for July, 1959 ! As Lady Whitby sprang upon us a request for a whole LENT TERM 1960 1959 holiday, this Rainfall 6.86in. 4.37in. was used to enable the Scouts to have two nights under canvas "en Maximum Temp . 64F. 62F. masse" instead of the usual week-end patrol camps. This was especially Minimum Temp. 24F . 23F . valuable in this particular year, when the cancellation of the 1959 Sum­ Ground Minimum 19F. 18F. mer Camp had left the Troop with very few experienced campers. As a SUMMER TERM 1960 1959 result, it is going to be possible, with the priceless help of Messrs. Stagg, Rainfall 5.53in. 2.56in. Killingback, Bulloch and Eaton, to stage a large Summer Camp o!l Maximum Temp. 82F. 86F. Exmoor, followed by smaller parties in France and Germany. Expedi­ Minimum Temp. 38F. 33F. tions have been made Ground Minimum 32F. 29F. by various groups to Forde Abbey, Ma1den Castle, Glastonbury, the Museum and Charmouth. It is hoped to increase this exploration and study of points of interest within easy reach. FILM SOCIETY Notes and figures will be found below on a fairly successful Soccer HE Society was created at the end of the Lent Term, thanks to the season, a less successful Cricket season and a Sports day which produced T tireless energy of R. F . Barnes. We are also very grateful to the four new records and saw four other old records equalled. Working Committee which was set up in order to determine the con­ We are very sorry indeed that we shall not have Father ~eddish stitution of the Society. and Mrs. Reddish with us next term. He has been our Chaplam ever At our first meeting, D. S. D. La Touche was elected Chairman, since Pyrland Hall was opened and we shall greatly miss his interest and R. F. Barnes Secretary, D. T. Taylor Treasurer and I. D. Sharpe, C. R. influence. Mrs. Reddish has been far more than just "the Chaplain's Eagle and R. E . Buchman 4th, 5th and 6th Members respectively. A. wife"; she has, in fact, been both a tireless and inspiring teacher of Art Fussell was elected Secretary at the beginning of the Summer Term, as and also a most willing and valued "stop-gap" in various crises. To that post had become vacant when Barnes left School. both we wish all success and happiness at Ruishton. Although the Society became a corporate member of the British Film Institute, it was decided unanimously that it must not establish JUNIOR HOUSE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL itself as simply a film-watching society, but should also make and criti­ LENT TERM, 1960 cize films. It would thus be founded on a solid basis. P. T. Bonsey Feb. 10 'Under 11' XI (home). King's, 4; Queen's, 0. undertook to direct the making of a film; we are very grateful to him F eb . 13 1st XI (away) . King's, 2; St. Dunstan's, 3. and his helpers for giving up so much of their time to this project. At 2nd XI (away) . King's, 2; St. Dunstan's, 7. the end of the Summer Term the Society was shown a film entitled "The 3rd XI (away) . King's, 1; St. Dunstan's, 6. Informer," a powerful drama about human failings. F eb. 17 1st XI (away) . King's, 2; St. Peter's, 2. 2nd XI (away ) . King's, 2; St. Peter's, 1. Finally, we ffiJlSt thank Mr. Wilson for his help, guidance and advice Feb. 20 1st XI (home) . King's, 6; Connaught House, 1. during these early stages of the Society's development. · A.F. 2nd XI (home) . King's, 9; Connaught House, 0 56 67 F eb. 27 ' Under ll' XI (away) . King's, 3; Queen's, 1. JUNIOR HOUSE ATHLETIC SPORTS Mar. 9 1st XI (home) . King's, 2; St. P eter's, 1. FRIDAY, 3rd JUNE, 1960 2nd XI (home) . King's, 1; St. P eter's, 1. Mar. 23 1st XI (home) . King's, 1; St. Dunstan's, 1. Events previously decided : 2nd XI (home) . King's, 6; St. Dunstan's, 3. 3rd XI (home) . King's, 1; St. Dunsta n 's, 3. 880 Yards (Class I)-1, Perratt; ~. Giles, D . C.; 3, Howard. Time: 2 mins. 34 .4 secs. House Matches. Senior Winners : Whitby. 220 Yards (Class l)-1, Walker, D .G., and Giles, D. C.; 3, White. Time: 29.3 Junior Winners : Oldham. secs. Colours (re-awarded)-M. J . McCaflrey (Captain), (new), D . C. G. Henderson High Jump (Class 1)-1, Howard; 2, Knox; 3, Gladwell. H eight : 4ft. 6!ins. (Vice-Captain) , G. J. Knox, C. M. Murray, C. J. Barnes, R. W . James, R. 1\1 . [NEW RECORD.] Hennessy, M. W . Porter, M. Macrae, G. N. Gladwell, C. A. Wyse. High Jump (Class Il)-1, Sax; 2, Collings; 3, Evans. Height : 3ft. lOins. The team was well-led and well-balanced and played constructive Cricket Ball (Class 1)-1, G ladwell; 2, Knox; 3, Henderson, D . C. G. Distance : football of an attractive and pleasing standard. 183ft. 5ins. Cricket Ball (Class ll)-1. Evans; 2, Rouse; 3, Winckworth. Distance : 191ft. JUNIOR HOUSE CRICKET 9ins. [NEW RECORD.] SUMMER, 1960 Sports Day: A comparatively young and inexperienced side made heavy going 100 Yards (Class I)-1, Giles, D . C.; 2, Howard; 3, Knox. Time : 13.0 secs. 100 Yards (Class II)-1, Monk; 2, Cembrowicz; 3, Hope. Time : 13.4 secs. of the early matches, but hard practice and keenness led to improvement (Equal Record.) as the season progressed. At all times the fielding was of a high stan­ 100 Yards (Class III)-1, G iles, S. J .; 2, Butt; 3, Cope. Time : 13.8 secs. dard. The bowling was well varied, but was also variable in quality. lUU Yards (Class IV)-1, Wilson, J . P .; 2, Matt; 3, Hines. Time: 14.7 secs. At his best, Henderson was very fast and penetrating, but inaccuracy (Equal Record.) Long Jump (Class I)-1, Knox; 2, Gladwell; 3, Howard. Distance : 14ft. 6ins. caused " Mr. Extras" to figure far too largely in the score book. Knox Long jump (Class II)-1, Cembrowicz; 2, Evans; 3, Sax. Distance: 13ft. 2ins. has an easy left-arm action, while Evans, Bibby, Gear-Evans and Murray Long Jump (Class III)-1, Giles, S. J .; 2, Butt; 3, Cope. Distance : 13ft. 9ins. should do very well next year. The batting suffered because Knox and [NEW RECORD.] Henderson failed until right at the end to produce more than a faint 440 Yards (Class I)-1, Giles, D . C.; 2, Perratt; 3, White. Time : 1 min. 7 secs. 220 Yards (Class Il)-1, Monk; 2, Cembrowicz; 3, Hope. Time : 30.2 secs. shadow of last year's forcefulness. Evans made a good impression, and 220 Yards (Class III)-1, Giles, S. J .; 2, Cope; 3, Butt. Time : 30.8 secs. so did Gear-Evans, who will, however, need to get rid of his liking for a (Equal Record.) "French cricket" stance to swing bowling. There was a refreshing keen­ Three-legged Race-1, Gladwell and J ames, R. W .; 2, Berry and Collings; 3, ness in the day-to-day games and a praiseworthy devotion to coaching Glade-Wright and Blake. 100 :Yards Hurdles (Class 1)-1, White; 2, Perratt; 3, Gladwell. Time : 17.0 duties on the part of the Staff .. The groundsman is to be congratulated secs. on the wickets provided. 440 Yards (Class 11)-1, Monk; 2, Cembrowicz; 3, Collings. Time : 1 min. Results : 13 secs. 60 Yards (Class IV)-1, Wilson; 2 , Matt; 3, Macdonald-Smith. Time: 8.9 secs. May 21 'Under 12!' XI (away) . King's, 55; Queen's, 110. (Equal Record.) Mayl 25 1st XI (away) . King's, 13; Taunton, 116 for 5 dec. Young Visitors' Race (Girls under 10)-1, Miss V. Evans; 2, Miss Z. Giles; 3, 'Under 12' XI (away). King's, 43 for 8; Thone, 42 . Miss S. Baker. June ll 1st XI (away) . King's, 25; St. Dunstan's, 125 for 8 dec. Young Visitors' Race (Boys under 10)-1, Master Giles; 2, Master Monk; 3, (Sale 55 not out) . Master Glade-Wright. 2nd XI (away) . King's, 31; St. Dunstan's, 32 for 4. Inter-House R elay (Class Ill) (4 x llU Yards)-1, Gibbs; 2, Oldham. Time : 3rd XI (away) . King's, 25; St. Dunstan's, 98. 1 min. 6.2 secs. June 15 1st XI (away). King's, 31; Wellington, 32 for 7. Inter-House Relay (Class II) (4 x 110 Yards)-1, Oldham: 2, Whitby. Time : June 20 1st XI (home) . King's, 106 for 8 dec. (Evans 51) ; Connaught 1 min. 3.3 secs. [NEW RECORD.] House, 94 for 6. Inter-House Relay (Class I) (4 x 220 :Yards)-1, Gibbs; 2, Whitby. Time : 2nd XI (home) . King's, 134; Connaught House, 82. 2 mins. 4.6 secs. June 29 'Under 11' XI (away) . King's, 72; Forton House, 73 for 6. Winners of Standards' Cup-Whitby House. July 6 1st XI (home) . King's, 72 for 9; Hazlegrove, 94 for 8 dec. Winners of Sports' Cup-Gibbs House. 2nd XI (home) . King's, 75 for 9; Hazlegrove, 74 . Victor Ludorum : July 9 1st XI (home). King's, 60 for 4; Taunton, 59 . Class I (over 12! on 1/5/1960)-D. C. Giles. 'Under 12' XI (home). King's, 68 for 9; Thone, 107 for 8 dec. Class II (11-12! on 1/5/1960)-R. W. Monk. July 13 1st XI (home) . King's, 77 for 7; St. Peter's, 99 for 9 dec. Class Ill (9!-11 on 1 /5/1960)-S. J. Giles. (Henderson 5 for 15) . Class IV (under 9! on 1/5/1960)-J. P. S. Wilson 2nd XI (home) . King's, 66; St. Peter's, 67 for 6. July 16 1st XI (home) . King:s. 75 for 7 dec.; Wellington, 78 for 3. The Annual Sports were held in very good conditions. They were Senior run in an admirable spirit, and there were some outstanding House Matches : 1st Round : Gibbs, 65; Oldham, 67 for 3. performances. After distributing the Cups, Mrs. Unmack addressed Final : Whitby, 22; Oldham, 24 for 3. parents and competitors in a delightful speech. Junior 1st Round : Whitby, 12; Oldham, 13 for 0 wkt. JUNIOR HOUSE TENNIS Final : Gibbs, 45 (Hatherly 22); Oldham, 27 The Inter-House Tennis Competition was won by Whitby on 22nd (Burge 19 not out, Cope 7 for 3) . July, 1960. Oldham beat Gibbs by two matches to one in the first round, Colours (re-awarded)-D. C. G. Henderson (Captain), (new) G. J . Knox (Vice­ and were beaten by Whitby in the final by the same score. Teams :- Captain), M. A. Evans, R . Gear-Evans, T . G. Bibby. 58 o9 Whitby. The hearse started off and I saw the four warders climb into a taxi. Doubles. White (ii ), I. H., Hennessy (iii ), H. M l st String Singles . Wyse (ii) , C. A. I was going to rest for the night in a mortuary-a queer k ind of 2nd String S ingles. Glad well (ii) , G . N. lodging-house, I thought. Then would I make my escape. O!dham. After what seemed to be an interminable length of time, we drew Doubles . McCaffrey, Wa lker (iii ) , D. G. to a halt. The warders hoisted me on t o their shoulders a nd we went up l st String Singles-Knox. 2nd String Singles-Warren (i) , C. F . some steps, through two sets of doors, and I was put down on a bench. Gibbs. I went to sleep again. Doubles. H enderson (i) , D. C. G. , J ames (iii ), H. W . I woke up when the hangman opened the lid from outside. I saw lst String Singles-Howard. him p eering down at me and I got out. Looking out of a window, I saw 2nd String Singles-Barnes (i), C. J . the dark, forbidding walls of the prison. "And they will never know," said the hangman. " Another body will go instead of yours-you can come and watch if you like !" I did. It was a queer feeling to see the coffin drop into the grave, Escape-By Death ! knowing that with it went my identity-for I would start a new life that "JT'S your last chance," he said to me, a s he left my cell. " I have day. bribed the doctor and the undertaker, and you have forty-eight S. P . CEMBROWICZ (age 12!) . hours before you go to the death chamber.'' "But what about the hangman ?" I asked. The answer was flung back at me as he shut the door : The Old Aluredian Club "(am the hangman." DEAR O.A.s, The day had come. I felt strangely calm, but when I looked at my Good wine needs no bush, nor does the O.A. Supplement re­ fingers I saw that they were shaking and I had a curious feeling at the pit quire a boost from the Taunton Secretary now. However, it is customary of my stomach. to start you off, but, more politic to allow you to read on. It contains a full record of activities since the last issue as well as information of I was led along to the death chamber. The padre muttered a prayer dates of future activities. I would ask you all to note these dates 'n over me and left. There were the hangman and the doctor left with your diaries and regard the announcement in this issue as notice of the me. I saw the hangman wink as I stepped over the trap-door. I felt fixtures . Do not wait for the circular concerning administrative arrange­ the padded noose round my I neck and braced myself for the fall. ments and then find you cannot come because the date is already full The hangman pulled a lever-the doors slid open, and I was stagger­ for you. ing on the floor of the room below with fifteen feet of rope draped round With this exhortation I must begin and end. me. I slipped the noose from my neck and the hangman hauled it up to put it back. H. REES PADFIELD, I lay down on the floor in case anyone should open the door and Hon. Secretary, O.A.C. (Taunton). waited for the doctor to sign the death certificate. The coffin was waiting for the undertaker to put me in. TilE HOCKEY MATCH From then on it was easy. I just had to lie still on a bench and The annual Hockey match against the School was played on Satur­ wait. It was queer to think that the last person who lay on that bench day, 12th March, 1960, at King's. The following represented the O.A.C. : had been dead-and the one before him . . . G. L. Bowes-Cavanagh (W44), D. M. Gosheron (M44), D . B. Gosheron Suddenly the door opened and the undertaker came in. I got up (M51), T. R. C. Webster (M48), B. L..Charles (F47), C. M. J. Barnes and climbed into the coffin. He whispered to me, "There are some air · (W54) , J. B. Killingbeck (A55), D. J. Pearce (M58), G. Bulloch holes near the handles. Lie still and don't roll about." Then he placed (F56), L. B. Tait (A46) and D. J. Hunt (F54). the lid, or whatever it's called, on top, and screwed some hinges on. He Supporters present were C. Taylor (F58), J. Weeks (A53) and then whispered to me that there were two hinges, and, if I wanted to get R. A. Adam (W59). out, there was a bolt which could be shot from the inside. I then went The conditions this year were by no means ideal for hockey, the to sleep. surface being slippery and difficult for ball control, favouring the School, I was woken up by a jolting and bumping on the coffin. Little specks who were lighter and able to recover more readily on the somewhat of light showed where the air holes were, and a larger one was, I sup­ treacherous surface. The game was open and fast and the School never pose, an observation hole. I felt the coffin rise, and I glued my eye to allowed the O.A.s to settle down into a smooth combination. The final the observation hole. We were going forward-out of a door-round a score, 5 goals to 1, was a measure of the School's superiority earned by corner-down some stone steps--! heard the rattle of keys, and then we general cohesion and accuracy when opportunities to score came their were outside. I saw a large black car-a hearse. The back door was way. It is a matter for regret that no game could be provided for R. A. open and the_ coffin slid in on to the rollers. I heard a sigh of relief and Adam, C. Taylor and]. Weeks. If D. C. C. Stott can receive increased saw four warders, presumably the bearers, rubbing their shoulders, for support, then, the School 2nd XI could provide good opposition. Now I was no lightweight. that the School is larger, the 2nd XI approaches much more nearly the 60 61 standard and style of 1st XI's of former years. In practice games there The Captain of the School (D. S. La Touche) proposed th e "Old has only been a few goals between them, so that such a game would be well worthwhile. Aluredian Club" and C. M. J . Bames replied. Old Boys served at the 8 a.m. and 10 In the evening a group repaired t o the Tudor .15 a .m. se rvices in Chapel on Grill for a meal and Sunday. At evensong the lessons were afterwar~s to the County Hotel. Some stayed read by the H eadmaster and the the ni ght and enj oyed the Club Chairman (Waiter Lon opportunity to renew contacts with fami li ar scenes. g) . The preacher was the Rev. E . S. Reddish (Chaplain). Sunday tea was at Pyrland Hall. Weather forecasts could have been better for Monday, but, though BRISTOL DINNER the arrival of heavy clouds made it advisable to have tea in Big School The first Dinner of the Bristol Branch was attended by 54 perso ns instead of on the lawn, the rain kept off and the Taunton Secretary at the Hawthoms Hotel, Clifton, on l!Jth March, 19GO . On this occasion faced the day with unwrinkled brow. It was good to see an increase in ladies were present. the Elder Statesmen (pre-1914) among the gathering. This group in­ cluded "Bugs" Wilcocks (W14), who The Bristol Branch Chairman (Mr. J . S. D. Taylor) presided. The played full back for the first O.A. Rugby side to meet the School H eadmaster and the Club Chairman (Waiter Long) were the Guests of after the First World War. Honour. Others present included Messrs. G. W . Morgan, H . R. Padfield Details of the cricket and tennis matches will be found elsewhere in and R. D. Townsend. this issue, but the bare scores (with the School winning two events and drawing one) do not show the exciting battles that took place. TOAST LIST The first match was very " County" in that it was agreed that an " The Queen " ...... ]. S. D. Taylor (W16) extra half-hour could be claimed if a result could be obtained. The " The O.A.C. " ...... •. . . The Headmaster O.A.s had a strong (on paper) side and were confident of stopping the Reply ...... W. Long ( A18) recent run of School victories. When the opening pair put on nearly 50 " The School " ...... R. A. H. Powell (A55) at a fast rate all looked well. Then Brian Gosheron got a snorting first Reply ...... G . W . Morgan (Second Master) ball which knocked back his off stump and young Rose found a length and the School were back in the game. When the School batted, a THE ATTENDANCE couple of run-outs and two other wickets with the score still short of 60, The following O .A.s were present, some of whom were accompanied it looked as if the O.A.s had the game well "in the bag." However, by their ladies : the bowling was well and truly collared after the tea interval and with R. A. Adam, P. Barber, C. G. Bames, T. T. Bames, D. Bamingham, seven minutes of extra time the School ran out worthy winners. A. H. Bendle,]. 0. Bickford, R. D. Bishop, R. Blake, M. H . Bridgman, Our total eclipse was saved on the Lower Field, where Colin Bulloch G. S. Craggs, P.C. Dane, J . N. Darby, P. D. M. Dickinson, T. M. Eaton, and his merry men forced a creditable draw. No extra time here and the D. K. Edwards, B. L. Evans, L. J. Franklin, M. L. Fussell, A. W. J. last pair held out for 40 minutes (whoever heard of the 2nd XI match Griffin, D . J . Hunt, A. E. James, A. R. Jefferies, ]. Keel, J. B. not being over by teatime ? ) . Killingbeck, D. R. Luke, M. H. Naish, S. G. Nurse, R. A. H : As always, the time for departure came all too quickly. There was Powell, G. G. T. Sadgrove, J. ]. Saunders, ]. S. D. Taylor, R. D . the usual gathering of the lucky few at The Harp who had no office on Toogood, T. N . Vincent, A. K. Vodden, C. E . Webber and D. M. Tuesday morning to worry about. Whitehead. It is so easy to say "Thank you" year after year, but O.A.s are most anxious to assure WHITSUN REUNION everybody at .King's that their efforts and hospitality are very sincerely appreciated. We must especially mention Although numbers were not quite as big as last year's record reunion, the Headmaster and Mrs. Unmack; Mr. and Mrs. Shawyer, who, with there was a good attendance at the Whitsun week-end. the Junior boys away for the week-end, gave up a Sunday afternoon off to Saturday afternoon saw the official start of another step in the ex­ entertain us at Pyrland Hall for tea; the Bursar and his staff, and the pansion of King's when the Vice-Provost laid ·the foundation stone of Lady Caterer; and last, but never least, the Taunton Secretary, upon the new class-room and study block. The Club was represented in the whose shoulders falls the brunt of the organisation of the reunion. official party by the Chairman and the General Secretary. Next year the reunion is 20th-22nd May. Will O.A.s requiring Over 80 attended the Reunion Dinner in the College Dining Hall. accommodation (other than those who booked a year ahead) at the There were new departures this year in that the Lady Caterer and her County Hotel please notify the General Secretary before 1st January, staff had kindly undertaken to see to the catering, and the Taunton 1961 ? Secretary had tapped a new source for the provision of a bar. Both The following attended the Annual DINNER on Saturday were voted to be marked improvements on evening . anything previously provided W . Long (A18), and it is hoped to repeat the arrangements next Whitsun R. H . S. Ashton (A22), C. G. Barnes (W22), The . Rev. B. E. P. Blyth (W40), Speeches C. A. Gulliford (F22), T . M. Eaton (M52), were, as usual, commendably short. The Chairman L. B. Tait (A46) , (Walter Long) G. L. M. Bowes-Cavanagh (W44), J . V. Keene presided and the toast of "The School" was proposed by (A38), A. W. K. L. B. Tait. Lau (C59), D. B. Paton (F56), M. B. Price (W16), In his reply, the Headmaster expressed his hope that it P. Villar (M59), would be J. D.]. Haywood (M57), N. B. Bentley (A59}, A. G. possible to provide two Squash Courts at King's through the Osbome (F5.9), M. generosity C. Farr (A59), T. G. Rant (M43), S. W. Counsel! of Old Boys and other friends of the School. (You will have (W57), R. Wadland heard more of this scheme-Ed.) (A56), E. J. Hatfield (F59), E. G. Luff (W30), D. ]. Dickinson (A56), F. Vyvyan-Robinson (A15), M. J. Vickars 62 63 (W58), D . C. West (M5t3), A. R. J efferies (A54), P . M. Stamp (F56) , ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ] . M. C. Peace (A59), K. G. Davidson (A50) , W. Vaux (A31), J. N. HE 50th Annual General Meeting of the Old Aluredian Club was held on Whit­ Darby (A55), C. M. ]. Barnes (W54), D. M. Gibbins (A58). W. A. T Sunday, 5th June, 1960, at King's College. Taunton, the Chairman (Mr. Rogers (A59), R.]. A. Abraham (A58), A. C. Robinson (W26), J . M. Waiter Long) presiding over a good attendance of members. Shove (F59 ), E . j. Marshall (A59) , A. M. K. Brown (W58), M. J. THE LATE Dr. H . W. BRADFIELD : Before the business of the meeting, those Trapnell (A58), J . Hartland (F58), A. L. Price (E14), D. Barningham present stood in silence as a tribute to the President of the Club, the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells (Provost of the Western Division of the Woodard Corpora­ (A14), G. R. Shove (F58), G. B. S. Busby (C60). A. R. Harrison tion). who had died at W ells shortly after returning from holiday. (M58), P. R. W. Robinson (C59) ,]. Heald (F54). E . S. Catchpole MINUTES : The minutes of the 4\lth annual general m eet ing, as published in (A55). R. H. Davies (C59), R. J. Payne (A59), R. B. Pick (F57), D. R. " The Aluredian, " were confirmed. Luke (M55). D . C. Morgan (A59), ]. C. B. Bonner (A14), T. T. Barnes MATTERS ARISlNG : The committee recommended that no change be made in (W56), ]. S. D . Taylor (W16), T. G. J efford (F55), P. Alderson the name of the Club.- APPROVED. (W56), P. B. Hillier (M58), R. B. L. Osborne (F57 ), C. A. W. Martin The committee recommended that no change be made in the design of the (M59), R. D. Toogood (C59), C. Bulloch (F56) , S. Nurse (A54), M. H. Club tie for the time being. There was great difficulty in finding a suitable design Bridgeman (W53), A. H. that did not conflict with other ties to a greater extent than the present design.­ Bendle (F54), M. R. Martin (M59), M. APPROVED. Aristidou (W59), M. J. Stoneman (M58) , C. M. Kitsell (W59). R. A. Powell (A55), D. M. Pinn (W53 ), R. W. K. Snell (W53), ANNUAL REPORT : The a nnual r eport for the year ended 31st December, 1959 R. G. Harden - as published in the Year Book for Hl60-was received and adopted, on the (A50). motion of M. B . Price, seconded by T . M. Eaton. Housemasters and Masters: R. D. Townsend, H . R. Padfield, J.]. ACCOUNTS : The accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1959-as Pytches, K. R. R. Wilson, E . H. 0. Martin. published in the Year Book 1960-were received and adopted, on the motion of Guests : The Headmaster, the Second Master, the Chaplain and R. H . S. Ashton, seconded b y A. C. Robinson. OFFICERS: The following offi cers were re-elected, on the motion of J . V. K eene, D. S. D. La Touche (School Captain). seconded b y W. Vaux : The following O.A.s were present for some part of the week-end : General Secretary-C. G. Barnes. Taunton Secretary-H. R . Padfield. Member­ N. J. Giles (A51), D. ]. E . Curry (F56), A. F. Yule (M58), T. P. ship Secretary-T. M. Eaton. Treasurer-W. D. Harry. Halton (M57), D. A. R. Edwards (M42),-R. Blake (F56), R. ]. Gilker­ COMMITTEE : D. H . Glover was elected to fill a vacancy on the committee; the son (M54), D. Roberts (C56), A. E. Jarnes (E17), J . C. Samson (M44), following were re-elected-A. R. D . RUTHERFORD, D . C. C. STOTT, T . I. A. P. Whelpton (A55.), N . R. Garnett (W59), R. F. H . Trevett (W54). MILES, H. J . HANN. W. J. Drew (W14), D. B. Gosheron (M51), P. H. Lansdowne Toole Proposed by K . G. Davidson, seconded by A. L. Price. AUDITOR : J . V . Keene was re-appointed auditor on the proposal of T . M. (A58), M. A. Griffiths (M57), C. J. Langabeer (F58). M. C. Trott Eaton, seconded by R. H . Powell. (C57), P. ]. Gage (M50). C. I. Barnard (C56), J. H . May (F54),]. DON~TIONS, Etc. : It was unanimously agreed that the Club make annual Whitham (A57) , R. Deane (C58), ]. C. Tyzack (C58), M. G. B1ssetl donations of seven guineas to the College Prize Fund and three guineas to the (A58). T. Wansbrough (A56), R. A. Adam (W59), D. Wilkins (M57), College Sports Funds. R. Bruford (M49), R. Hughes (M57), E. G. Fugler (M58), C. ]. The Headmaster expressed the thanks of the College for the increased dona­ Beckley (F55). tions, and also said how much the College appreciated the work of the Club on behalf of King's. Good wishes and apologies for absence were received from : On the motio;n of D . Barningham, seconded by C. M. J. Barnes, it was agreed The Rev. C. Prior, R.N. (E31), D. R. Bellamy (M55), C. D. to make a donation of ten guineas to the fund to provide a Provost's Stall in Bellamy (M56) , D. I. Miles (M55) , C. D. Romaine (F53). P. ]. Attfield memory of the late Dr. S. C. Carpenter, President of the Club 1935-52. (A39), C. S. Gamble (F52), ]. R. Smith (A58), ]. B. Killingbeck It was announced that the H eadmaster's Secretary-Miss Crockett-had com­ (A55), P. Barber (W40), C. D. Currie (F45), C. M. Diamond (F59), pleted 25 years at King's and that the occasion was to be marked by presenta­ D. M. Clubb (F57), R. St. J. H . Stagg (W56), D. H . Burston (W55). tions at a function to be held on 3rd July. S. J. Gill (C57), P. L. Side (F57). M. L. Harris (C59). D. H. Jordan Tributes were paid to Miss Crockett's assistance to the Club's officers· and to her interest in the Club as shown by her presentation of a suitably - inscrib ~d gavel­ (M47), R. G. R. Fox (F56), R. E. Reynolds (?) , H. J. Lasham (A38). on the occasion of the Club's Jubilee. R. F. Pugh (A56), I. D. Monro (F55), D.]. Pearce (M58). P.A. B. It was unanimously agreed that a present of five guineas be made to Miss Deane (A50), M. H. Kent (W54). Crockett at the College function. The following represented the O.A.C. against the School 1st XI : BADG.ES: T. M. Eaton suggested that, in view of the increasing numbers D. B. Gosheron (Captain), C. M. ]. Barnes, J. C. Samson, R. attendmg f? .A. reunions, that consideration be given to the purchase of lapel Wadland, R. Blake, A. G. Osborne, N. J. Giles, N. B. Bentley, R. ]. badges whtch would bear the name and date of leaving the College. Stoneman, P. W . F. Twose, It was agreed that these should be provided if cost, etc., made it practicable L. B. Tait. to do so. The following represented the O.A.C. against the School 2nd XI : B~ISTOL .BRANCH: M. H . Bridgeman (Joint Hon. Secretary) asked if the C. Bulloch (Captain), P . B. Hilliar, M. C. Trott, D. J. E. Curry, Bnstol Branch would be contravening any rules if they elected a branch chair­ R. F. H. Trevett, D. Wilkins, R. B. L. Osborn, P. H . Lansdowne Toole, man and committee. M. G. Bissell, T . T. Barnes, E . ]. Hatfield. It was agreed that no rules would be broken and that it was highly desirable The following represented the O.A.C. against the School Tennis that a branch should have its own committee. M. H . Bridgeman said it was their intention to elect J . S. D. Taylor as the VI: first chairman. P. J. Gage, P. Whelpton, J. Heald, A. F. Yule, E. S. Catchpole and Mr. D. A. Sturgess. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. 64 65 NEWS ITEMS F. N. ] Davies (A56) has been commissioned into the Royal Artillery ] . Watson (Ass) sailed for Hong Kong on zznd July to take up a position and went to Larkhill in February. Whilst at Sandhurst h e met H.M . with the Hong Kong a nd Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. The Queen Mother and H.M. King Hussein of J ordan while he was an A . G. B . R owe (As6) is reading Theology at King's College. London. Orderly. entered the Army wi th th e intention of S. R. A. (W56) is in Germany with the 16 / 5 Lancers. His address P. B. Hills-Spedding (WS7) has Hill soldier. is B.F .P .O. 36. becoming commissioned as a regular M. ] . Berryman (W53) became the proud father of a son on 4th July, G. D. Langlands (F36) has been home on leave from Pakistan and found rg6o. time to visit King's and attend two monthly meetings in London. He has joined the O.A.C. His address for the next three years will be M. ] . Waterhouse (Asg), now at H .M.S. Worcester, paid a s hort visit Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan. to the School in the Summer Term. ]. A . Kirby (MS4) is with Cable and Wireless (W. I. ) Ltd., Front H . M. Robinson (F33}. Captain of the School in 1932-3, is a doctor in Street, Hamilton, Bermuda. Prior to this he served for n early to the practice at Seaford, Sussex . H e is another welcome newcomer two years on the barren and isolated Turks Island. He has been a way O.A.C. from England for three years, but returned in September. He hopes to E. P. Edmonds (WS4) is now with Lloyds Bank Ltd. at Bath. His per­ be present at the London Dinner. manent address is 13 Somerset Road, Frome, Som. A. W. Fry (F54) qualified as an accountant last November and now has R . Kitsell (WSJ) commenced his National Service with the Welsh Brigade a post with Showerings Ltd., of Shepton Mallet. He hopes to have more at Crickhowell, Breconshire, and was applying for a commission in opportunity to participate in O.A.C. affairs now his qualifying period March, 1960. During his training he m et D. Walters (AS7) and finds is safely and successfully passed . . that G. Roblin, who held a commission in the same regiment, is still ] . R. West (M6o) has been teaching at a preparatory school since leaving highly thought of in the regiment. King's and seems to find this occupation quite stimulating. L. M. Cocking (F54) announced his marriage to Miss Avril Louise ]. K. Mitra (C57) has been enjoying a long vacation in Calcutta aft:!r Bohenna on Saturday, 5th March, 1960, at Bath Abbey. seven years abroad and will return to England in time to go up to ] . E . Trethewey (M49), who has been in Ghana for four years, was on Oxford in October. leave in March and renewed contact with King's. He is with the United C. D. Romaine (F53) has taken a post as Television Account Executive Africa Company and was returning to Africa at the end of his leave. with Scottish Television and now lives at Heston. He has had the mis­ Also with the company is E , M. Loe (Asz), but they have yet to meet. fortune to sustain a severe back injury in March, which means he mu:>t J. Trethewey married before going to Ghana and now has two sons, give up games. The O.A. Hockey team will miss his skill and dash aged three years and one year. He hopes they will come to King's in very much. due course. P. L. Lobb (W53} and]. G. Lobb, (W56) achieve the rare distinction of W. A. Rogers (Asg) has written to say he has taken an appointment with gaining Bachelor of Science degrees with Honours simultaneously. The I.B.M. United Kingdom Ltd. He is in touch with R . ]. Payne (A59l, former .graduated at London University in chemical engineering and M. G. Bissell (As8) and R. ]. A. Abraham (A58) . Lobb (ti) graduated at Sheffield and is a technologist with United Glass Ltd. in London. R. 0. Davis (W52) now holds an appointment with William Jacks & Co. (Malaya) Ltd., P.O. Box 197, Singapore, and wrote in March after two G. Btdloch (F57} is now serving with the rst Bn., The Middlesex Regi­ months in the East. He spent a month in Singapore and flew to Kuala ment (D.C.O.), and is abroad. Lumpur to make a tour of the Federation of Malaya. S. A. Griffiths (W59) has now settled down in New Zealand with Dalgety & Co. Ltd. and hopes to become a wool broker in due course and may N . B. Bentley (A59) is articled to a firm of accountants in the City. While finds return to Bradford to qualify for this. His attempts to contact O.A.s he finds he has to work hard in preparation for examinations, he have so far been unsuccessful. the life interesting. His work has taken hifn to Bishops Stortford, New­ bury and from there to Bicester and Oxford. T . O'B. Bamber (W54} has had the misfortune to suffer a severe attack he hopes to qualify in Civil . R. Yeo (A52) we hear was married to Dr. Yvonne Marie Metcalfe on 2nd of n:tenin.giti~ last March. However, Engmeenng m June next year. He met W. E. R . Brown (A54) in the January, rg6o, at Leatherhead Parish Church. examination hall last June. I. Weinberg (M53), who is still at Exeter College, Oxford, called at brother of Alan Lorimer, has recently written the in March. ]. S. Lorimer (1913). King's Headmaster from East Pakistan. He hopes to return to this country C. A . W. Martin (M59) has written from Coventry, where his address is shortly and to visit King's. The Hollies, Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry. He can be seen Wing Commander P. Barber ('!'I 40) is now on the Staff of Headquarters, in and around Taunton at week-ends. Transport Command, and h1s terms of reference include ample oppor­ P. L. Side (F57) is continuing his training as a Quantity Surveyor and tunity for overseas air travel. and passed the Intermediate Examination of the Royal Institution was married to Miss Elizabeth Jane Cookson at St. Chartered Surveyors this year. He hopes to qualify in two years' M. T. Young (W49) of Ambrose Church, West Cliff, Bournemouth, on Saturday, 2nd April, time. rg6o. 66 67 P. B . Hilliar (MS8) is a t Dulwich preparing to qualify for the Chartered B . T. I. Graham (ASS) has recently passed the National C ertificate in Institute o f Secretaries. H e played a few games as wing threequarter Agriculture Final Examination. He has been a student at the Lincoln­ for Wimbledon R.F.C . rst XV last season. shire County Farm Institute. C. Bullock (FS6) combines organisation of O.A.C. 2nd XI cricket t eams C. H . ]ames (CS4) has rece ntly married Miss Marj orie Anderson and his with success in his medical studies at Charing Cross Hospital. He has new address will be William Diamonds Ltd., P.O. Box Mwadui, Tanga­ passed znd M.B., B.S., at the first attempt and was awarded prizes in nyika. They called at King's during the Summer Term. Biochemistry and Pharm acology . He sees F . E . To (CSJ), who is R. G. R . Fox (Fs6) writes to say that he has left the Royal College o f doing g reat things in the ar chitects' world, designing e verything from Music to take up t he post of Music Master at W oolpit School, Ewhurst. municipal buildings to pubs, apparently. Surrey. D. I . Mills (MS4) . after a p eriod of training with Trust Houses Ltd., and ]. M. Glover (M6o) has obtained a place a t Sheffield University, where then as second chef at a hotel n ear Stratford-on-Avon, is now a recep­ he plans to read f or a General D egree . tionist at The Avon Hotel, Amesbury, Wilts. B . D . Short (FS3) was married in September to Miss Susan Taylor. Both H. G. Broucher (FSI) has tak en up a position with Remington Rand he and his wife hold degrees in English and have been appointed under (Computer Division) at Philadelphia, U.S.A. Prior to his departure he the British C ouncil to teach in Istanbul. sent a quantity of useful electronic "bits and pieces" which have been ] . B . C. Brown ( put to good use by the Wireless Club and the Physics MS6) has nearly completed the one-year M.Sc. course Department. His at Birmingham generous gesture has been very much appreciated. University in Reactor Physics and will continue there for two or three years to do further r esearch leading to a Ph.D. He P. Tagmann (Msr} was married to Miss L. Garbani-Nerini in Locarno on met ] . B . Killingbeck (Ass). S. W . Hockey (MS4) and R . W. P. the 30th April, rg6o. They will live in Lima, Peru. Beech (Fs4). R . ] . A. Aubrey-Cound (M49} is now stationed at R.A.F. Medmenham, G. G. T. Sadgrove (A42) was married t o Miss Norma Richaras at Bristol Marlow, Bucks, and was in Taunton in the early Summer in somewhat on 18th June, rg6o. unusual circumstances involving a " vintage" car. Consequently, he D . L. Harris (A42) has recently been appointed Chief Engineer in charge only had telephonic communication with the Taunton Secretary. From of the new Thermal Division of the Shavinigan Engineering Co. Ltd. a subsequent letter it is clear that there are still gremlins haunting the R.A.F. personnel, even on their private occasions. ]. A . Marlge (A47) spent a " busman's holiday" on an extensive tour of Ontario studying farming methods. He found life in Canada very R. B. Cheetham (MSS) was on leave in July from Southern Rhodesia, hectic. where he serves in the Rhodesian Police Force. He enjoys life and R . G. Bird (A47) is now especially the opportunities provided for playing all games. married and has a son. He has been teaching at St. Andrew's, Woking, for the past few years ana is hoping shortly ]. W. Johns (Msr) was also home on leave from Bulawayo and paid a to enter into partnership in a Prep. School. When he wrote his address visit to King's during the Summer Term. Whether conditions in was Amber, Jenner Drive, West End, Woking. Africa will allow him to continue with his intention of organising an P. A. Day (F44) has b een r ecently appointed O.A. Dinner out there remains to be seen. Administrator of Tristran da Cunha, a small British island in the South Atlantic. This post is, D. G. Braund (Msz) has recently moved to Bridgnorth and travels in effect, that of Governor and being the representative of the Royal South Shropshire with a car boot full of chemicals which farmers Navy. require these days C.]. Pritchard (?Mzo) has recently died. Some may recall that he was W. ]. M. Coombs (ASI) was down for Speech Day this year. an International Rugby football player. We extend our sympathy to his relatives. N. 0 . P. Osvald (AS6) entered the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in June and expects to become a reserve officer in two and a half years. M. R . Ladd Canney (M4o), Curator of Passmore Edwards Art Gallery, llis training cruise has taken him to the Mediterranean, India, Burma, Newlyn, Cornwall, had an article published in the December, 1959, East Africa and France. He may visit England for a naval visit shortly. "Discovery." In this article, "Science and the Artist," he discusses Subsequently he intends to study the History of Literature ana Swedish the relationship between these two very different fields of study. He at the University of Lund. came to the conclusion that, "if an artist lives in a scientific age and is A. R . Allen (MS4) has recently passed the Final Examination of the ~ ym~athetic to scientific I?rogress, something of this will come through Institute of Charterea Accountants and will probably be moving to m his work, but there ,Js no necessity for hiin to accept scientific London in 1961. discipline or to spend his life studying new forms revealed by the electron microscope.' ' M. N. Phillips (Asr) was ordained Priest at Leicester on Sunday, zsth September, rg6o. V . T . Baddeley (MS3) was married this Summer. No change of address BIRTHS has been notified. Miles.-Congratulations to Theo and Veronica on the birth of a second son. The Revd, H . ] . C. Matthews (WoJ) . We regret to record the death on 17th September, rg6o, of H . J . C. Matthews, Vicar of St. Michael's, Rutherford.-Congratulations to Andy and Brenda Rutherford on the Tividale, Staffs. birth of a daughter.

68 69 LONDON DINNER, 1960 J ~ immin s, J. ~ 1. C. , Garrison Officers' Mess, Gibra ltar. (W51) Lavender, E. J. , Highfield, Green Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, 22 . (W60) er will be held at the H ouse of Commons ( Mem­ The London Dinn Lobb, J. G., Tregenna Place, St. I ves, Cornwall. (W56) bers' Dining Room) on Friday, 2nd December, when Geoffrey .Rippon Lobb, P. L., Tregenna Place, St. 1 ves, Cornwall. (W53) will again act as host. The President of the Woodard Corporation, the Martin, C. A. W. , Cherry Hinton, Stonegallows, Ta unton, Som . (M59) Rt. Rev . The Lord Bishop of Exeter, hopes to be able to be present. Martin, M. R., 19 Hyde Park Gate, L ondon, S. W.7. (M59) The members of the School Rugby XV will be the guests of the. Club at May. J. H., Perecott, Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot, Devon. (F54) the dinner and the annual Rugby match will be played on the R1chmond Mills, D. I., Dalfall, Barline, B eer, Seaton, Devon. (M55 ) Athletic Ground on Saturday, ord December. Ki ck-off 11.15 a .m . Morgan, D. C., Brocklehurst Hotel, Rothmore Road, Torquay, Devon. (A59) Noble, R. P ., Rook's Nest, Tile Kiln Lane, Hemel H empstead, Herts. (F44) SQUASH COURTS APPEAL Osborne, A. G., c fo Cable & Wireless, P .O. Box :J2, Bridgetown, Barbados. (F59) Osvald, P ., Magnevagen 6, Djursholm, Sweden. (A56) Any O.A. who has not received~ copy of the Cl1_1b appeal for dona­ Payne, R. j ., 12 Barnoon Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall. (A59) tions to the Squash Courts Fund IS asked to wnte to the General Southampton, Hants. (F57) Bamet, H erts. Pick, R . B., 6ti Newcombe Road, The Polygon, Secretary, 56 Bedford Avenue, Roberts, D. G., Boskena, Yealympton, Devon. (C56) Rogers, M. G., The Vicarage, North Curry, Taunton, Som. (M54) DATES OF BRISTOL BRANCH MEETINGS Sadgrove, G. G. T., 17 Eastover Close, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. (A42) First Meeting, Wednesday, 5th October, 1960, at 7.30 p.m., in The Shapland, Major K. J ., O.C. The Ghana Military Academy, Teshie, Accra, Ghana. Hatchet Inn, and subsequently on 7th December, 1960, and 1st (W46) February, 1961. Shove, G. R., Westbrook, Cullompton, Devon. (F58) Shove, J. M., Westbrook, Cullompton, Devon. (F59) CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS Smith, J . R., Bickford Arms, Brandis Corner, Holsworthy, Devon. (A 58) Snell, R. W. K., c /o Nat. Prov. Bank, Bath Street, Frame, Som. (W53) Abraham, C. H., Southwood, Harpsden Woods, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. (A60) Stagg, R. St. J. H ., Flat :J, 18 Rusper Road, Horsham, Sussex. (W56) Adam, R. A. , 9 Frederick Place, Clifton, Bristol. (W59) Toone, R., Kloof, Netherton Road, Weymouth, Dorset. (F60) Barnard, C. I., 1 Abbey Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. (C56) Torond, T . S., 81 Devon Road, Cheam, Surrey. Barnes, R. F ., Kinnersley Rectory, Hereford . (W60) Trethewey, J. E., Penlee, Crapstone, Yelverton, Devon . (M49) Bellamy, D. R., Flat 6, Cebor Court, Borrow Street, Bulawayo, South Rhodesia. West, J. R., Wingfield Court, Arnold's Hill, Trowbridge, Wilts. (M60) (M55) Whelpton, Lieut. A. P ., Officers' Mess, The Staffordshire Regt., Whittington Bendell, F . G., 75 Elm Park Court, Pinner, Middx. (M51) Barracks, Lichfield, Staffs. (A55) Blade, M., 93 Cornwall Gardens, London, S.W.7. (M59) Griffiths, S. A., cfo Dalgety & Co. Ltd. , P.O. Box 58, Gisborne, New Zealand. Banner, J . C. P ., 21 Hickman Road, Penarth, Glam. (A14) (W59). Bowden, Lieut. C. J ., Abbot's Cottage, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey. (W52) Howard, H. E., cfo Flat A, 72 Shoot Up Hill, London, N .W.2. (W54) Brough, C. J. V. C., The Paddocks, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Sussex. (C60) Walsham, J. H., S/A Frigorifico Anglia, Mendes E.F.C.B., Estado do Rio de Bulloch, C., c f o Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank, 30 Regent Street, Lon- Janiero, Brazil. (C54) don, W.l. (F56) Bulloch, G., c/o 1st Bn. The Middlesex Regt. (D.C.O. ), B.F.P.O. 33. (F57) Busby, G. B. S., 20 Montgomery Road, Edgware, Middx. (C60) Romaine, C. D., 133 Sutton Lane, Heston, Middlesex. (F53) Busfield, D. B. cfo Gammon (Pak) Ltd., P.O. Kharian, District Gujrat, West Mitra, J. K., 9 Portland Park, Alipore, Calcutta, 22, India. (C57) Pakistan. (W59) Tagmann, P., Paseo de la Republica, 1260, Mira Flores-Lima, Peru. (M51) Butt, J. D., 62 Fairhazel Gardens, Swiss Cottage, London, N.W.6. (F57) Atkinson, T. J., 70 Duncan Street, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. (M60) Charlton, Dr. C., 2 Victoria Avenue, Finchley, London, N.3. (F50) Baker, I. H., Glen Lodge, Down Road, Tavistock, Devon. (W60) Charlton, P . B ., cfo 2 Victoria Avenue, Finchley, London, N .3. (F51) Bassett, J . J. D., 13 The Grove, Felpham, Sussex. (F60) Clubb, D . M., 29 Brynhyfryd Road, Newport, Mon. (F57) Braham, R. M., Flat 2, Kumasi, First Tower, St. Helier, Jersey. (M60) Crotty, J. S., 915 Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, London, N .21. (A47) Buchanan, B., Westways, Bullbeggar's Lane, Horsell, Waking, Surrey. (F60) Currie, C. D., 42 Wood Green Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. (F45) Buchman, R. E., 933il, West Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, U .S.A. Coussey, R. B. H., cf o West Indies Sugar Co., Monymish, Lione!town P.O., (M60) Jamaica. (F55) Carter, T. C., Headley, Holeshill, Oxshott, Surrey. (M60) . Place, Clifton, Bristol. (C59) Dane, P C., 9 Frederick Chubb, A. G., 66 Buxton Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset. (A60) 7 Buildings, London Road, Portsmouth. (C60) Daw, N., Kipling Dimmock, N. G., Highclere, Belmont Drive, Trull Road, Taunton, Som. (M60) Dean, P . A. B ., 19 All Saints Road, Bristol, 8. (A50) Eagle, C. R., Glebefield, Lower Road, Bemerton, Salisbury, Wilts. (M60) Evans, R. A., Greathill, Setmour Road, Newton Abbot, Devon. (A53) Fonseka, W. D., 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London, W.2. (F60) Fullerton, Capt. B . V. H., R.P.O. (Malaya). cfo G.P.O. Singapore, Malaya. Gibson, J. S. B., Flat 1, 88a Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7. (F60) (W46) St. Catherine's Bay, St. Martin, Jersey. (A60) Gage, P . J . , 30 St. David's Road, Thornbury, Bristol. (M50) Gladwell, A. N., Diani, Griffin, A. W. J ., Angersleigh Rectory, Taunton, Somerset. (W56) Glover, J. M., cfo G. E. Glover, cfo Shell Int. Pet. Co., St. Helen's Square, London, E .C.3. (M60) Harry, W. D., 31 Lancaster Grove, Hampstead, London, N .W.3. (A35) Green, C. W., 3 Hartsbourne Road, Bushey, Watford, Herts. (M60) Hayward, D. T., Borderland, Brighton Road, Coulsdon South, Surrey. (M57) Gundry, R. J ., The Old Vicarage, Stinchcombe, Dursley, Glos. (F60) Heyhoe, R. J ., 21 Victoria Crescent, Eccles, Lancs. (F52) , Greenover Road, Brixham, S. Devon. (F60) Hilliar, P. B ., 3 Piermont Green, East Dulwich, London, S.E.22. (M58) Hatley, E . M. , Belmont Hirst, M. A., 35 Delaware Mansions, Maidavale, London, W.9. Hawkins, J. R ., The Warren, Glanogwr Road, Bridgend, S. Wales. (A60) Hughes, D . D ., 91 Sea Road, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. (W55) Hellens, J . W ., The Rectory, Bere Ferrers, Yelverton, Devon. (F60) 70 71 Hill, R . Le, Tbone , Baglan R oaJ, Port Talbot, Glam. , Wa lt:s . (C60) not only morally that the late Bishop w as our guide, but also economi­ Hinson, J . F . W . , 13 Essendt: n R oad, Sanderstead, Surrey. (W60) cally. It was under his competent guidance that the School was able to Hollington , R . W ., Old Church Houst:, Rudgeway, B ristol. (M60 ) take further steps forward- first with the new Science building and now John. G. E . . 14 Cliff ord Avenue, T a unton , Som . (A60) with the new Class-room block. Without his active flair for fmance and Kelley. R. . -Ill Bra nksome Hill Road. Bournemouth , H ants. (W60) social administration, much of what has now been achieved might have Kennard, R . C . . c j o A. H . Kennard, R oom 334 , Coun ty H all, Maidstone. Kent. (W 6il) been left undone. T ouche, D . S . 0 . La, :l4 Keybt: rry Park. N"wton Abbot, Devon. (F60) The Bishop's career was a distinguished one. He was educated at Lavender , R . S .. 5 Gret: n La ne, Great Ba rr, Birmingham. :22. (W60) Alleyn 's School, Dulwich, and then served in France during the. last year Light, B . E. , H azledene, Gl astonbury R oad , Wells, Som. (A60 ) of the First World War before passing on to study for the mimstiJ: at L o, R . K . L., 16 Manor Mansions, B elsize Grove, London , N .W .3. (A60) King's College, London. He was in turn Curate of St. Mary .. Prestw1ck, Lobb, M. W ., Tregenna Place, St. Ives, Cornwall. (W60) and then Vicar of St. Mark, Heyside, Lancs. In 1935 Archbishop Lang Lowrey, P . J .. 11 The Ridgeway, North wick Park, Ken t on , Middx. ( F60) chose him to be Secretary of the Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance. Miller , D . P . B ., F y rse Cotta ge, Stoke St. Mary. Taunton, Som. (A60) He then became Archdeacon of Croydon, and at the age of 48, when he Miller, K . W ., 29 Somerset R oad, Salisbury Wilts. (F60) succeeded Dr. Wand as Bishop of Bath and Wells, he was the youngest Miller, T. A. , The Mill, Kingston St. Mary, Taunton, Som. (M60) member of the episcopal bench in this country. He was perhaps best Millard, D. J ., Bla grove F a rm, G lastonbury, Som. (C60) known to the Church at large as one of the supporters of the Queen at Morgan, P . P ., 19 South Court Avenue, Dorchester . Dorset. (A60) her Coronation and as Chairman of the Central Advisory Council for the Nye, F. J ., 6 Fairfield Avenue, P everell, Plymouth, D evon. (C60) Training of the Ministry. He was elected Provost of King's in 1953 on Paton, R. J. , 11 5 Huddersfield R oad, Oldham, Lancs. (F60) the retirement of the late Dr. Carpenter. Payne, A . H., The Strand Pharmacy, Starcross, Exeter , Devon. (M60 ) Perry, D . W ., 55 Combe Park, Bath, Som. (A60) He was twice married. His first wife died in 1953, and in April, Phillips, B., 9 Crooklets, Bude, Cornwall. (M60) 1958, he married Mrs. Pleasaunce Elizabeth Hope Armytage, to whom Pritchard, C. J. , Collingwood, Claremont Drive, Esher, Surrey. (M60) we offer our sincere condolences in her bereavement. Robinson, ]. C., Tolvean, Lariggan, P enzance, Cornwall. (C60) Dr. Bradfield's death is a great loss to King's, but our sense of loss Salman, A . R ., cjo Embassy of Pakistan, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (A60) is tempered by thankfulness for his wise judgment and sound guidance Shardelow, G., 45 The Parade, Barry, Glam., S. Wales. (M60) at a time of rapid development and expansion. Sharpe, I. D. , 11 Crofts Path, Bennets End, Hemel Hemstead, Herts. (C60) Smith, J. S., Nene House, Midland Road, Thrapston, Kettering, Northants. (C60) Taylor, D. T ., Pound Farm, Goosey, F aringdon, Berks. (F60) Taylor, R . G., Lake View, West Monkton, Taunton, Som. (M60) We regret to announce the death of Mr. J. Goldsmith, who taught Thuell, M. ] . C., Sand way House, Burnham-on-Sea, Som. (A60) here after the First World War and was also Second Master. Timbrell, C. ] . , 59 Hazelhurst Road, King's Heath, Birmingham, 14. (F60) Torrens, M. J., The Bell Cottage, Staplehay, Taunton, Som. (M60) Trigg, T. E ., Rowhay Farm, Upham, Southampton, Hants. (M60) Trowell, H . S, Flat 6, Sunnining House, Sunningdale, Berks. (W60) Valete LENT TERM, 1960 Obituary ABRAHAM, Christopher Hugh. Sc.U .VI. (A) House Captain 1960, School Prefect 1959, House Prefect 1958-59, G.C.E. '0' THE LORD BISHOP OF BATH & WELLS level 1956-57, 'A' level 1958, 'S' level 1959, 2nd XI Hockey 1959-60 (2nd XI Colours) , House Tennis Team, House Steeplechase Team, House Hockey Team HE death of the Rt. Rev. Harold William Bradfield came as a double (House Colours), Member of Sheldon Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, T loss to King's in that he was both the Lord Bishop of the Diocese History Society, Dancing Club, Bridge Club, Music Club, Sailing Club, Tennis and the Provost of the Western Club, Chess Club, Cert. 'A,' L /Sgt. A.C.1, Guard of Honour 1959, Marksman, Division of the Woodard Corporation. Member of School Orchestra, Chorister, Scholar, Exhibition to Imperial The School will remember him most vividly as Provost for his College of Science and Technology, London. enlightened and penetrating wit on Speech Days. We shall remember LAVENDER. Edward James. Cl.U.VI. (W) him also for his dignified conduct of our Chapel services on official func­ School Prefect 1960, House Prefect 1959, G.C.E. '0' level 1957-58, 'A' level tions. But beneath this exterior dignity and poise there was a solidity 1959, Chairman of History Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, Modem and firmness of character that made him so valuable as a Provost. Languages Society, Treasurer of Sheldon Society, 2nd XV Rugby (XX's Colours) 1959, House Rugby and Hockey 1958-59, Cert. 'A,' U /Officer 1960, Dr. Bradfield was a staunch Anglo-Catholic, a true upholder of the Marksman, Senior Rover Mate, O.A. Special Prize 1960, Entrance to University Woodard tradition, and this proved to be a link which bound him to us College, Oxford. . even more. Behind that wit and moral standing there was a gentle and WEST, John Redvers. Cl.U.VI. (M) humorous charity-readily apparent to those who had seen him com­ House Prefect 1960, G.C.E. '0' level 1957, 'A' level 1959, House Rugby forting the sick. Behind that shrewd wit of his there was a penetrating Colours 1959, Vice-Chairman History Society, Member Sheldon Society, Bridge Club, Cert. 'A,' LfSgt., Member of School Choir and Orchestra. Scholar, insight into the more practical nature of the School's well-being. It was Exhibition to Clare College, Cambridge. 72 78 DAW, Nicholas. Cl.U.VI. (C) GlBSON, J ohn Stewart Pyrn . Sc.U.VI. (F) House Prefect 1959-60, Deputy H ouse Prefect, Common Room Committee 1959. School Prefect 1959, House Prefect 105\l, Deputy House Prefect a nd UpJ?er G.C.E. '0' level 1957-58, 'A' level 1959, Civil Services Exam. 1959, 2nd XV Common Room Committee 1058, G.C. E. '0' level 195 7-58, 'A' level 19o9, Rugby 1959, Captain (XX's Colours), 2nd XI Hockey 1959-60 (Colours). 'S' level 1960, 1st XV Rugby HJ57 -58-59-60 (Colours and Secretary 1959-60) , Ho~se Colours Rugby, H ockey, Shooting, Steeplechase, House Tennis, Athletics, 1st XI Hockey 1950-60 (Colours 1059 -60, Vice-Captain 11J60) , Tennis Captam Sw ~mrng , Fives, Member of Basketball Club, Dancing Club, Photographic 1\!60, House Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis, Fives , Steeplechase (House Soctety, Modern Languages Society, Literary a nd Dramatic Society, Cert. ' A,' Colours Rugby, H ockey, Fives, Steeplechase), Vicar R over Crew, Ch ~ trman Cpl. , Marksman, Scholarship to B .R.N.C., Dart mouth. Dancing Club, Secretary Sheldon So_ciet y and St ~p Club, _M ember Ltterary and Dramatic Soctety, HIStory Soctety, Mus•c Club, F tshmg Club, Sc1ence BROUGH , Christopher J ohn van Co rtlandt. Cl.Rem . (C) Librarian, Library Committee, Cert. 'A,' Jun. U ( 0, 1st Class Shot, Profictency House Prefect 1959-60, Deputy H ouse Prefect 195\J . Chairman of Upper Com­ Badge, Guard of H onour 1959, Provost's Prize 1960. mon Room Committee 1959, G.C.E . '0' level 1058-50, Civil Services Exam. 1960, 1st XV Rugby 1958-59-60 (Colo urs), Public Schools' Sevens (Roehamp­ TROWELL, H erman Stanford. Cl.L.Vl. (W) ton) 1960, 1st XI Hockey 1959-60 (Colours), 2nd XI Cricket, House Colours House Captain and School Prefect 1960, House Prefect 1959, G.C.E. ·o· level (Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Steeplechase, H ouse Tennis, Athletics, Fives, Shoot­ 1\!58, 'A' level 1960, 1st XV Rugby 11J57-58-51J-60 (Colours), 1st XI Hockey ing, Swimming) , Chairman P .T . Club, Treasurer Dancing and Bridge Clubs, 1958-59-60, 1st XI Cricket 1958-59-60 (Colours), P ublic Schools' Sevens (Roe­ Member Basketball Club, Cert. 'A,' Proficiency Badge, L (Sgt ., 1st Class Shot, hampton) 1960, Chairman Basketball Club, Bridge Club, Member Literary and Guard of H onour 1959, Entrance to Royal Marines. Dramatic Society, Modern Languages Society, Cert. 'A.' BUSBY, George Burslem Spencer. G. R em . (C) EAGLE, Christopher Robert. Sc.U.Vl. (M) House Prefect 1959-60, G.C.E . '0' level 1959-60, House Colours (Rugby, School Prefect 1960, House Prefect 1958-fJV, Upper Common Room Commit tee H~ckey ), House Steeplechase, Athletics, Member of Fives Club, Art Club, 1958, Chapel Prefect 1960, G. C.E. '0 ' level 1957-58, 'A' level 1959-60, 1st XV Bndge Club, Music Club, Secretary F a llodon Society, Cert . 'A,' L (Sgt. Rugby 195 7-58-59-60 (Colours). Secretary 1958-59, Vice-Captain 1959-60, Public Schools' Sevens (Roehampton) 1958-5\J-60, Athletics (Colours) 1958-59- TOONE, Richard. G.Rem. (F) 60, Secretary 1959, Captain 1960, Somerset Athletics Team 1956-57-58, House G . ~: E . '0' level 1959-60, 2nd XV Rugby 1959 , H ouse Cricket 1959 (Captain) , Rugby, Hockey, Athletics, Senior Rover Mate, Secretary Dancing Cl ub, Mem­ S all~ng Club Team 1959, Member Motor Club, Stamp Club, Photographic ber Literary and Dramatic Society, Music Club, Photographtc Soctety, Film Soctety, Cert. 'A,' L(Cpl. Society, Exhibitioner, Cert. 'A,' C.S.M.I., Marksman, Proficiency Badge. OLDS, John Carter. Cl.Rem . (F) PATON, Roderick John. Cl.L.VI. (F) G.C.E .. '0' level 1959, Senior Colts Rugby 1959, House Rugby, Steeplechase, School Prefect 1960, House Prefect 1959, G.C.E. ·o· level 1 958, 'A' level 1960, Athletics (House Colours Rugby), Member Music Club, Basketball Club. 1st XV Rugby 1959-60, 2nd XI Hockey 1960, Swimming Side (Colours) 1958- 59-60, Secretary 1959, Captain 1960, House Hockey, Rugby, Swimming (Colours), Chairman Literary and Dramatic Society, Member Sheldon Society, Modern Languages Society, Dancing Club, Cert. 'A,' Cpl. , Marksman. SUMMER TERM, 1960 LA TOUCHE, Denis Stephen Digges. Sc.U.VI. (F) PERRY, David William. Cl.U.VI. (A) Prefect 1960, House Prefect 1959, G.C.E . '0' level e Captain 1960, School Prefect 1959, Chapel Prefect House Captain 1960, School School Captain 1960, Hous 1957, 'A' level 1959, 'S' level 1960, 2nd XI Cricket 1960, Fencing Team 1957- 1959, House Prefect 1958, G.C.E. ' 0' level 1956-57, 'A' and 'S' levels 1959-60, ey, Fives, Steeple­ 1958, 2nd XI Cricket 58-59-60 (Joint-Captain and Colours 11) 59-60), House Hock 1st XI Hockey (2nd XI Colours) 1959, 2nd XV Rugby ey, Cricket, Fives), Chairman Sheldon Society, 1958, School Athletics Team 1959, House Colours chase, Shooting (Colours Hock 1958, 1st Cross-country VIII History Society, Member Music Club, Dancing Club, Literary and Dramatic (Hockey, Steeplechase), Treasurer Dancing Club, Chairman Film Society, Busi­ Library Com­ r of Sheldon Society, Photographic Society, Choral Society, Badminton Club, ness Editor "Newsheet," Committee Member Bridge Club, Membe Headmaster's Special Prize 1960, Editor and Dramatic Society, Choral Society, Modern mittee, Scholar, Sacristan, Chorister, Society, Rover Crew, Literary of " Aluredian," Cert. 'A,' Jun. U f O, Marksman, Proficiency Badge, Entrance Languages Society, Art Club, Founder Member School Orchestra, Cert. 'A,' Chad's College, Durham. Senior U (0, Marksman, Proficiency Badge, Guard of Honour 1958-59-60. to St. GLOVER, John Martin. CI.L.VI. (M) MILLER, Keith Wyatt.· Sc.U .VI. (F) Vice-Captain of School 1960, House Captain and School Prefect 1959-60, House House Prefect 1959-60, Deputy House Prefect and Chairman Upper Common Prefect 1958-59, G.C.E. '0' level 1957-58, ' A' level 1960, 1st XI Hockey 1958 Room Committee 1958, G.C.E. '0' level1956-57, 'A' level1959, ' S' level 1960, (Colouni), 1959 (Secretary) 1960 (Captain). Swimming Side 1957-58-59 1st VIII Cross-country 1959, House Colours Steeplechase 1959, Secretary Photo­ (Colours), 1960 (Vice-Captain), 1st XV Rugby 1959-60 (XLV's Colours 1958- graphic Society, Member Sheldon Society, Literary and Dramatic Society, 59), House Hockey, Rugby, Swimming (Colours), Tennis, Steeplechase, Shoot­ Dancing Club, Music Club, Rover Crew, Cert. 'A,' Jun. U /0, 1st Class Shot, ing, Committee of Sailing Club, Member Literary and Dramatic Society, Outward Bound Moray Sea School 1958, Entrance to St. Catherine's Society, Dancing Club, Modern Languages Society, Choral Society, Bridge Club, Basket­ Oxford. Class, Marksman, ball Club, Badminton Club, Cert. 'A.' L/Sgt.; Sigs. GREEN, Christopher William. Sc.U .VI. (M) Proficiency Badge, Outward Bound Sea School, Aberdovey, April, 1959. House Prefect 1959, Deputy House Prefect 1958, G.C.E . '0 ' level 1956-5 7-58, SHARPE, Ian Douglas. Sc.U .VI (C) 'A' level 1959, 'S' level 1960, Pioneers Colours, Captain 1959-60, Chairman House Captain and School Prefect 1959-60, House Prefect 1958-59, Deputy Wireless Club, Treasurer Music Club, Member Choral Society, Madrigal Society, House Prefect and Chairman of Upper Common Room Committee 1959, Keeper Cert. 'A,' Jun. U/0, Cert 'T ,' Sigs. Class, A.C.1, Marksman, Deputy Head of Fives 1960, G.C.E. '0' level 1957, 'A' level 1959, ·s· level 1960, House Chorister. (House Half­ Rugby and Shooting 1959, Hockey 1960, Steeplechase 1958-59-60 CARTER. Terence Charles. Sc.L.VI. (M) Colours), House Secretary Music Club, Treasurer Literary and Dramatic Society, Committee Film Society, Member Sheldon Society, History Society, Choral House Prefect 1960, Deputy House Prefect 1959, Upper Common Room Com­ Society, Dancing Club, Photographic Society, Motor Club, Rover Crew, Head mittee 1959, G.C.E . '0 ' level 1958, 'A' level 1960, Swimming Side 1960, House Chorister, Server, Scholar, Cert. 'A.' C.S.M.I., 1st Class Shot, Proficiency Hockey (Colours), Rugby, Athletics, Swimming, Member Dancing Club, Photo­ Badge, Guard of Honour 1959-60, Entrance to Oriel College, Oxford, County graphic Society, Music Club, Aeromodelling Club, Cert. 'A,' C.S.M.I ., Guard Scholarship. of Honour 1959-60, 1st Class Shot. 74 75 LUBB, 1\l ontague \VIIliam. I I.L. \ ' 1. (\V) llousl' l'rdect l\15\1 -t:ill, t; .c .E. ' 11' le\'el lel~tl. '.-\ ' len· l 1\16<1, 1st XV Rugbv (Colours) 1\Jo\J, Public Schools' Sewns (Roehampton) 1%\Hi ---'- SALMAN, Asad Raza. Sc. L. V J. (A) u H ouse Prefect 1960, Deputy House Prdect 1\1 5\J, Senior Common Room Com­ mittee 1\15\J, G.C.E. ·o· leve l 1\158-5\J, ~ne! XI Hockey 1\J59, H ouse H ockey _n Colours, F encing Team 1\15\J -htl, i\ lember of Danong Club, Bndge Club, Art ---'- _n Club, T ennis Clu b, Cert. '/\,' Cpl. , i\larksman, Entrance to St . Thomas' 0 L: _j Hospital Medical School. ~ L O, R obert K a i L eung. Cl.L.VI . {A )

mittee, G.C.E. '0' level 1 958 ~ ~ 0 -59-60, House Colours 1959-60 (Rugby, Hockey), "' >-. H ouse T eams (Rugby, H ockey, T ennis), H on . Treasurer Art Club, Member of _j l5 Motor Club, Dancing Club, T ennis Club , Cert. 'A,' Sgt., 1st Class Shot. ,:_

i -"'u MOR GAN, Philip Palmer. Gen .R em . (A). 0 i ---'- House Prefect 1\JOO, Deputy House Prefect 1959, Senior Common R oom Com­ I mittee, G .C.E. ' 0 ' level 1959-60, lst XV Rugger 1 959, XX's, 2 nd XI Hockey x c 1959-60, Athletics T eam 1959-60, House Colours (Rugby, H ockey , Fives) , Mem­ 1: 0 ber of Da ncing Club, Music Club, Badminton Club and Fives Club, Cert. 'A' -:;; ~ 1: (Parts I & Ill, L / Sgt., 1st Class Shot. · - L: 0 TAYLOR. R aymond George. CLU.VL (M) ---'- cL House Prefect 1060 , Deputy H ouse Prefect 1!)59-611, Common R oom Committee ci vi (Cha irman) 1958-60, G.C.E. '0' level 1957, 'A' level 1 959, 'S' level 1960, ---'- Entrance to Oriel College, Oxford (County Scholarship) , Scholar, Sub-Editor of " Aluredia n," Library Committee, Server, Chairman Photographic Society, Modern La nguages Society. Member of Sheldon Society, History Society, ~ Qj :J ~ Dancing Club , Literary Society, Music Club, Film Society, Conjuring Club, u... Pioneer , Cert. 'A,' L / Sgt., 1st Class Shot , Proficiency Badge. 2 <( I- STILSON, Robert Minott. CI.L. VI. (C) vi House Prefect 19(;11, G.C.E. 'A ' level 1960, Entrance to Ya le University 00 :i (U.S.A.), House Teams (Rugby , Cross-country, T ennis). Member History 00 Society, Photographic Society, Sheldon Societ y, Music Club, Choral Society, Dancing Club , Film Society, T ennis Club, Chorister. ~ ui BRAHAM, Richard Rober t Michael. Sc.L .VI. (M) ~ t-= :J House Prefect 1960, Deputy House Prefect 1960, Upper Common Room Com­ a: mittee 1959-60, G.C.E. '0' level 1958, 'A' level 1960, 1st X V Rugby 1959, _j Colours 1959-60, Shooting VIII 1959-60, Swimming S ide (Summer) 1960, House c T eams (Rugby, Shooting, H ockey, Athletics, Swimmin u g), H ouse Colour> _§"' _j (Rugby, Shooting, Swimming), Treasurer Wireless Club, Secretary Conjuring Club, Member Dancing Club, Film Society, Cert. 'A,' L / Sgt., Signals Classifica­ l/)"' ion, Marksman. <( L AVENDER, R obert Stephen. Sc. L . VI. (W) i H ouse Prefect 1960, Deputy House Prefect (Lent) 1960, Upper Common Room Committee 1959, G.C.E. '0' level 1958-59, 'A' level 1960, 1st XV Rugby 1958-, 59, Colours 1959-60, 2nd X I Hockey, H ouse R ugby T eam (House Colours 1958), House Hockey, Fives 1st Pair, Public Schools' Sevens (Roehampton) 1960, Sailing Club and T eam (Summer) 1959, Music Club, Fives Club, Dancing Club, Cert. 'A,' L / Sgt ., 1st Class Shot. 76 MILLARD. David J ohn. Gen.R em . (C) H ouse Prefect 19GO, Deputy H ouse Prefect 195\J, Senior Common R oom Com­ mittee 1959, G.C.E. '0' level 1 \J59-60, 1st XI Cricket (Colours ) 1959-60, Hon. >- Secretary 1960, Somerset Public Schools' Cricket X I 1959-60, 1st X I H ockey -"' (Colours ) 1960, School 1st IV Badminton 1960, H ouse Colours (H ockey, "' Cricket , R ugby , T ennis ). H ouse F ives 1st Pair, Hon. Secret ary _ F all odon I Society, Member of Motor Club, Badminton Clu b. Photographtc Soctety, Art :L Club, Cert. ·A,' Cpl. ROBINSON, J ohn Corin. Cl.U.VI. (C) H ouse Prefect 1960, Deputy House Prefect 1959-60, Chairman of Upper Com ­ :: mon Room Committee 196U, G.C.E . ·o· levell957 -58, 'A' level1959-60, H ouse :J Rugby 1g5g, House H ockey 1959, aJ Secretary l\lodern Languages Societ y, Mem­ ber Sheldon Societ y, L iterary a nd Dramatic Society, Dancing Club, Badminton cL Club, Choral Society , Film Society, Photographic Society, Bridge Club, Mem­ z ber of R over Crew, Sub-Editor of "Aluredian, " Cert. 'A ,' Cpl. , 2 nd Class Shot, ~ :J Outward Bound Sea School, Aberdovey, Januarv, 1960, Ent ra nce to University '"- of Bristol. ~ c 60, H ouse Colours ( Rugby a nd Hockey), Hon. Secre­ LW tary Meteorological Societ y 1959-60, Member of Music Club, Choral Society, ,..: Film Society, Bridge C lub, Cert. 'A,' Sgt., 1st Class Shot, Guard of Honour 1960, Proficiency Badge. :;:"' GUNDRY, Richard James. Cl.L.VI. (F) ~ 0 Deputy H ouse Prefect , C h airman Upper Common Room Committee, G.C.E. a:~ ,':: '0' level 1958, 'A' level 1960, H ouse T ennis T eam , House Colours (Rugby, Steeplechase) , Member of Basketball Club, Film Society, _j vi Motor Club, Modern I Languages Society, T ennis Club, Cert. 'A ,' Sgt., Marksman 1959-60. 0 HELLENS, J erem y Wilford. Sc.L.VI. (F) _j Member of Upper Common Room Committee, G.C.E. '0' level 1958, 'A' level 1960, H ouse Shooting T eam , Member of Music Club, Bridge Club and Choral "'Q_ ~ Society, Cert. 'A,' Cpl. , Marksman. >- _J ..c ATKINSON, T erence James. Gen.Rem. (M) "- > Deputy House Prefect 1960, G.C. E . '0' level 1959-60, 2nd XI Cricket 1959-60, i i H ouse Teams (Colours) Swimming and Cricket 1956, Member of Dancing Club, a:i Motor Club, Photographic Society, Badminton Club, Music Club, Choral Society, Choir, School Orchestra, P.T. Club, Cert. 'A,' L / Cpl. , Member of Band. s; LW GLADWELL, Anthony N orman. Gen.Rem . (A) G.C.E . '0' level 1959-60, Member of Wireless Club, Fallodon Society, Fishing ~ Club, Aeromodelling Club, P ottery Club, Cert. 'A,' Cpl. , Marksman. "'E _."; BUCHMAN . Robert E arle. Cl.L.VI. (M) Deputy H ouse Prefect 1959, Chairman Upper Common Room Committee, :i G.C.E. '0' level 1 958, 'A' level 1960, 1st VI Tennis 1958-60, 2nd XV Rugby 0 1959 (XLV'S Colours), 1st VIII Cross-country Running 1959-60, School Athletics T eam 1958-60, House Colours (Rugby, Cross-country, Running, T ennis), Chairman of Fishing Club and Stamp Club, Secretary of Basketball Club, Committee Member of Film Society, Member of Dancing Club, Music Club, Modern Languages Society, Cert. 'A,' Cpl., Member of Band, Marksman. 77 CHUBB, Andrew Graham. Gen.Rem . (A) LiGHT, Hrian Edward . Vu. (A) ber u! Teums Deputy House Prefect 1960, Member of Upper Common R oom Committee, G.C.E. '0' level 196U, Under 14 's i