THE DUNELMIAN JUNE, 1966

VOL. 14 FIFTH SERIES NO. 4

CONTENTS Avete ... 203 O.D. News 197 Astronomical Society ... 171 Obituary 203 Athletics ... 191 Photographic Society 171 Basketball ... 197 Printing Club 171 Carpentry Club ... 168 Prizes 150 C.C.F ... 160 Provisional Dates, 1967 155 Chapel Notes ... 151 Provisional Rugby Fixtures 155 Cricket ... 174 Railway Club 172 Cross Country, 1966 ... 189 Rowing 182 Debating Society ... 170 Rugger 173 Dennis Flanders Prints ... 151 School Notes 152 Dramatic Society ...... 158 Speech Day, 1966 ... 146 Development Fund ... 205 Social Service Society 164 Electronics Society ... 172 Summer Term 152 Entrance Scholarships, 1966 151 Sixth Form Society 166 Fencing ... 164 S.I.C.O 172 Film Club ... 170 Tristram Society ... 169 Fives ... 189 Valete 204 History ... 166 Winter Sports in Switzerland 156 Library ... 159 Y.F.C 172 Music ... 156

SPEECH DAY, 1966. The weather on Friday, 24th June, was very unkind ; only 40 minutes of cricket were possible but a very large number of parents, O.D.s and friends packed the marquee, and the boys who could not squeeze in at the back heard the speeches through loudspeakers in the new form rooms. The Distinguished Visitor was the Right Reverend the Bishop of Sherborne. The Very Reverend the Dean of Durham took the Chair, and during his opening remarks stressed the importance of the independent sector to education in this country. The Headmaster, after extending a warm welcome to everyone, especially to the new Mayor, Councillor Mrs. Margaret Thornhill, and to the Distinguished Visitor, the Bishop of Sherborne, had this to say :— " Ladies and Gentlemen, this is my ninth Speech Day at Durham and 1 must confess to experiencing greater apprehension on each successive occasion—not so much about what I should or should not say but about what some sub-editors' headlines may suggest I have said, in their evening or morning edition following Speech Day. I am reminded of the story of his Lordship's butler who was pressed into service as an umpire one afternoon in a game of cricket between the village and a team got together by his Lordship. 146 When his Lordship batted he was, alas, called for too short a run by his partner and failed to make his ground before the wicket was broken. There was a loud and triumphant appeal from the village team, and all eyes turned on the poor butler who was clearly faced with a most embarrassing situation. But after a short pause he drew himself up and with incredible dignity said 'His Lordship, I regret to say, is not in.' And so in the present sensitive situation in the educational world I, like the butler, must face hard facts and say what I believe to be the truth as tactfully as possibly from an educational and not a political standpoint. In July last the Department of Education and Science published the now well-known circular 10/65 in which the Secretary of State asked local education authorities to submit to him by July of this year plans for the reorganization of secondary education in their areas on comprehen- sive lines. This circular resulted in a good deal of agitation—both justified and unjustified, in difficult and often painful negotiations between Edu- cation Committees and those actually running maintained schools, and in a disturbing degree of insecurity about the future amongst teachers themselves—especially Head Teachers and Heads of Departments. Soon after the circular was published it became clear that the extra money required to implement the policy efficiently would not in the near future be available, and then, after that, the Minister announced his intention of instituting a research enquiry into comprehensive education as such. Many educationists, including many in sympathy with the long-term aims of the new policy, felt that this was putting the cart before the horse and that it would have been better to carry out the research first so that expert knowledge and guidance would have been available when the cost could be met, and then the local authorities could go ahead better fitted to carry out the directive of the circular 10/65. With the raising of the school- leaving age to 16 in 1970-71 and all that that implied in more teachers and extra accommodation, were the Government perhaps rushing their fences and running the risk of chaos ? Would not methods of a rather more evolutionary nature have been wiser ? Many Voluntary and Direct Grant schools, too, have had a very worrying year and are still uncertain of their future. The Independent Schools have at least had time to breathe ; they now know the composition of, and the terms of reference of, Sir John Newsom's Public Schools Commission which is likely to start discussions this autumn, and, far more important those terms of reference do suggest evolutionary rather than revolutionary intent. This is not to say that we, too, shall not have difficult and perhaps painful negotiations ahead, but we must hope that we can speak with one voice on essentials and demonstrate our ability to respond to change where change is educationally sound and practicable and in the real interests of a democratic society. Now a word about the new selective employment tax which it was originally intended should be borne by independent schools but not by local authority schools. I said 'intended' because Mr. Crossland defended that differentiation and was reported to have said that it had nothing to do with education, but arose from a general decision to divide private from local authority services right across the board. Moreover it seemed clear from the outset, because no statement was made to the contrary, that ALL charities—churches, missionary societies and the like—should be included in this arbitrary discrimination. And though there has since been a change of mind in the face of opposition I believe that much moral damage was done. Was this not, intentionally or unintentionally in fact a blow at one of the chief aims of education which is to encourage in the 147 young a sense of service which will result in active help by individuals, communities and indeed by nations for those less fortunate than them- selves ? Is it not rather the duty of all our leaders to stress the import- ance of the individual to the community as well as the importance of the community to the individual. Neither is capable of existing without the other. Here at Durham—as in many other schools—we do try to stress this, especially through our Social Service Society which does vitally important work during term time, and next holidays 23 of our boys have volunteered for work in an old people's home in Holland, in an orphanage in Italy, in a mentally handicapped home, a children's camp, a half-way house for alcoholics and in other similar ways in this country. And it is sad when such a boy applies for a grant from his local authority towards the expenses incurred in such work abroad only to be refused considera- tion because, being at an independent school, he is not the financial responsibility of his L.E.A. I would think that such a service is every- body's responsibility and that it should be encouraged and not dis- couraged whenever and by whomever it is seriously undertaken. I would also hope that more Local Authorities who are offered free boarding places at independent schools should consider taking them up in pur- suance of the official policy of cooperation and a greater degree of integration. Despite the feeling of worry and unrest in the country at large and the state of national emergency the order here has been as far as possible 'business as usual'. We had our own Mock Election, sang a selection from H.M.S. Pinafore, including paeans of praise to seamen, at the Christmas concert, and perhaps rather appropriately produced Ibsen's 'Pillars of Society' which posed some of the problems of social and industrial organization in modern times. In August and September we had most encouraging news from the examiners. As a result 20 boys went on to universities in October, a gratifyingly high proportion of our leavers, 7 more stayed on for Oxbridge exams in November, 3 others went to Sandhurst and one to Dartmouth, and Stuart Harbinson won an English Speaking Union Scholarship to America—a very pleasing award which takes into account not only academic ability but also ambassadorial qualities of character. Stuart's American headmaster wrote last week, "Of all the English speaking students we have had here I think he has been the most outstanding, both academically and personally." High praise indeed. By December the 62 boys in last year's Upper Fifth had an ' O ' level pass average of 5.4 subjects per boy, and D. J. Burch was awarded a Royal Marines Reserved Cadetship. Whilst congratulating these boys I must express the hope that none of their successors will conclude that it's easy ; there is still a frightful temptation to sit back in the Lower Fifth and Lower Sixth with the feeling that there's plenty of time—and, of course, there isn't. Some at an even later stage here, perhaps need reminding that it isn't really necessary to fail at school to become a successful genius later on in life. Before leaving 'work' I should like to welcome to our staff Mr. and Mrs. Copeland at their first Speech Day. I must express my gratitude to Mr. David Morris, Mr. Maurice Scott and Mr. Christopher Laithwaite for coming to our aid during the absence through illness of three other members of staff—Mrs. Green, away for a whole term following pneumonia and pleurisy, Mr. Rowe with jaundice and Mr. de Winton now in his 8th week of the same wretched disease. We look forward to Mrs. Green's return next term, but as you know, Mr. and Mrs. de Winton and their family are emigrating to New Zealand in September. It is quite impossible for me to express

.148 adequately how much the school owes to them, how much they will be missed and how sincerely we trust that Mr. de Winton will soon now make a rapid recovery from the illness which has hit him so hard during his last term with us. I can only hope that the outstanding success of our crews this year has taken away some of his disappointment at being unable to be with them and I know he would like me to thank Comman- der Bickmore, Mr. Gedye, Mr. Brown and Mr. Gregory for all they have done in his place. I can surely speak for everyone in the School and in the City who has known the de Wintons when I wish them good health and every happiness in their new life 'down under*. We also lose Mr. Kenneth Connock, this year ; he and his wife will, too, be sadly missed—especially in our music-making, in our carpentry and in our pottery clubs—and even at the times of examinations which he has organized so efficiently. Our warmest thanks and best wishes to them both and many congratu- lations to him on his appointment as Lecturer in Music at Thornbridge College of Education in Derbyshire. Mr. and Mrs. de Winton's succes- sors will be Mr. and Mrs. Denys Keeton and I hope that they will enjoy many happy years in Bungites. And to all the staff and their wives my deepest gratitude for their devotion and hard work, especially in helping each other so readily. Lastly a word about our Development plans. During the last year the young men of the Grove have at last got a new changing room and so no excuse now for being grubby, the artists have a fine new studio—in Old Caffinites—in which they can 'potter', carve, daub and print, and no excuse for being unable to express themselves, and the biologists are in the process of having their laboratory accommodation doubled, which will enable them to cope more efficiently with the ever increasing amount of practical work in our syllabus. The new sanatorium, after long delays through early snowfalls during the winter, is now going up apace ; I only hope that with its balcony overlooking the cricket field it will not become the most popular building in the School. The special bus for the Physically Handicapped, for which we raised £2,000 at our Fete a year ago, thanks to your great generosity, is due to be handed over at the end of this month, and you may also be interested to hear that an Old Dunel- mian Lodge of Freemasons was consecrated in Big School at the begin- ning of June. May its good work and that of our own Social Services Society go hand in hand and flourish in the future. And so I end on that note—the note of service—so crucial to mankind. For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world in terms of power, knowledge and money if he loses his own soul through not loving and helping his neighbour ? The words of the great Dr. Arnold of Rugby are as appro- priate today as they were when written about 130 years ago. " I have just been looking over a newspaper, one of the most painful and solemn studies in the world if it be read thoughtfully. So much trouble and so much suffering in the world are there displayed, and no one seems able to remedy either. And then the thought of my own life, so full of comforts is very startling ; may I be kept humble and zealous, and may God give me grace to labour in my generation for the good of my brethren, and for his glory."

The Bishop of Sherborne took as his theme ' Standards He said that he did not believe that a man can have one standard of conduct in his public life and another in his private life : the public image of any honest man is a true reflection of his character. 149 He commended the prizewinners for their industry, but reminded the parents of those boys who did not carry off prizes that life would offer their sons many chances to achieve success. ' What is success ?' the bishop asked, and told us that fame and material possessions are not prerequisites for it ; indeed, they may be a hindrance. Success in life can be achieved only by the man who loves and helps his fellow men.

PRIZES

Bishop Lee Prize for Divinity A. J. BERNACCA. Hodgson Prize for English ... R. N. STREET. Gawan-Taylor Prize for English Essay D. N. MARCOMBE. Gough Prize for English Verse F. YOUNGMAN. Ker Memorial Prize for Modern History D. N. MARCOMBE. Ker Memorial Prize for Ancient History C. R. HARRISON. Jackson Prize for Latin Prose J. D. NELSON. Green Prize for Classics P. M. CHADEYRON, K.S. Woodard Prize for Classics J. D. NELSON. Scott Latimer Prize for French R. N. STREET. Bunbury Prize for French ... N. G. TURNBULL, K.S. Metcalf Prize for Mathematics Not Awarded. Lowson Prize for Chemistry A. G. M. JOHNSON. Henry Smith Prize for Physics C. D. JACKSON. Ian Nuttall Prize for Biology A. G. M. JOHNSON. Music : Senior C. J. WOOLSTENHOLMES. Junior S. K. R. JOHNSON. English Recitations : Senior D. B. ELSY. Junior G. HENDERSON. French Recitations Senior R. N. STREET. Upper Fifth R. ST.C. ROBERTSON, K.S. M. F. R. SMITH. Lower Fifth P. WALTON. K. A. CONNOCK. T. P. M. WATSON. Shell 1 G. T. BUFFEY. Shell 2 G. SPEDDING. Art : Senior C. P. JORDAN. J. A. BAIN. Upper Fifth P. H. N. HALL. Lower Fifth M. J. FRASER. Photographic Prize ... P. A. RUTTER. The Graham Kerr Cup D. E. NELSON. G. POTTS. Headmaster's Prizes for good progress in J. D. CLAXTON. Lower Sixth J. S. SHAW, K.S. Headmaster's Prize for the Head of School F. YOUNGMAN. 150 THE DENNIS FLANDERS PRINTS. Reproductions of these drawings of the School, which appeared in the Illustrated London News, are available in sets of four from the Head- master. The cost is three guineas and the proceeds will be devoted to the building of squash courts as part of the development plans for the future.

ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS, 1966.

The Sir John Priestman and honorary King's Scholarships :— S. R. MUSGRAVE (Chorister School). R. A. STEWART (Mathematics) (Chorister School). Minor Exhibition :— D. A. MILLIGAN (Ascham House, Gosforth).

CHAPEL NOTES.

EASTER TERM, 1966. The Carol Service at the end of the Christmas Term was well attended, as usual. The collection (£50) was sent to the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation for Cancer Research and was very gratefully acknowledged. The Durham Hospital Management Committee also wrote to thank some of the seniors who went carol singing and sent their contribution to help provide Christmas gifts for patients in the hospital. There was a short service on Christmas Morning in Chapel, and I should like to thank all those who helped with the decorations for these services. During the Easter Term the School helped with various Flag Day collections in the City including ones for the Council of the British Empire Cancer Campaign and the Children's Society. During the term the hymn books with small print were replaced by larger editions, and it is generally agreed that this was a welcome improvement. So also was the alteration in the seating of the School in Abbey, as a result of which everyone has moved much closer to the Choir stalls. For some time during the middle of the term the organ was under repair but, if anything, the singing improved. The three Lenten Addresses were given by Canon D. R. Jones, who took as his theme 4 The Pilgrim, the Road and the City'. These were entirely voluntary and were well attended. Preachers during the term were :— R. W. Hall, Esq., LL.B., D.P.A., Principal of the Bernard Gilpin Society, Durham. The Rt. Rev. The Bishop of Jarrow. The Rev. J. R. Marsden. The Rev. R. Lankester, curate of St. Cuthbert's, Durham. The Rev. J. C. P. Cockerton, Vice-Principal of Cranmer Hall, Durham. The Headmaster. 151 SUMMER TERM. During the Summer term there has been the usual round of activi- ties. Several of the seniors attended a School Conference at the Durham High School. The subject was ' On whose Authority ? Mr. G. White- house, the Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth's G.S., Hexham, who used to be Senior Mathematics Master at Durham, gave a very interesting address and organized the questions and answers which followed group discussions. 20 boys from the School were confirmed in Abbey on June 2nd by the Bishop of Durham. This was the last Confirmation Service of the School at which the present Bishop will officiate. He retires in August, and this is a very suitable occasion on which to thank him for what he has done. It was a disappointment that Father Michael, S.S.F., was not able to preach in Chapel on the last Leave Sunday, but we were glad to welcome in his place Father Donald, who stayed till Tuesday morning and in his brief visit made many friends at the school. The collections on the two Leave Sundays were sent to the Christian Aid Week and to the Save the Children Fund for its work in Viet Nam. Both of these were much appreciated. There will be the usual services in Chapel over O.D. weekend, July 24th :—Communion at 8.15 a.m. and the Commemoration Service at 10.30 a.m. The preacher will be the Rev. L. Paulin, O.D. During the holidays many of the boys will be helping in various centres and camps at home or abroad. Details of their activities will appear elsewhere. Finally a word of sincere thanks to all who have helped in Chapel in any way, and especially to G. R. A. Hodgson, R. Watson and G. W. Hedley for their services as Wardens during the year. The preachers during the term have been :— May 1st Abbey : Canon H. E. W. Turner. 8th Canon H. K. Luce. 15th G. M. Thornely, Esq., Headmaster of Sedbergh. 22nd N. Hobson, Esq., M.C., J.P. 29th Abbey : Canon J. Grove. June 12th Rev. J. R. Marsden. 19th Rev. J. B. Pegman, Vicar of Guisborough. 26th Father Donald, S.S.F. July 3rd Abbey. 10th Rev. T. L. Matthews, Vicar of Horden. 17th The Headmaster. J.R.M.

SCHOOL NOTES. In the Easter and Summer terms there were 192 boarders and 60 dayboys, and 196 boarders and 61 dayboys respectively. F. Youngman was Head of School and Caffinites ; P. J. McCall, Head of School House, and A. P. Jones of Poole House. The other School Monitors were R. N. Street, J. D. Claxton, J. C. B. White, P. B. J. Downing and—in the Summer Term—D. E. Nelson and P. G. Purves. In January we welcomed Mr. P. J. N. Copeland to the Staff as Head of the English Department in succession to Mr. A. Appleby. May he and his wife and daughter spend many happy years with us. At the same 152 time Mr. A. R. Wells joined us for the term from the Durham University Department of Education to do his teaching practice. Our warmest congratulations to Stuart Harbinson, K.S., on his award of an English Speaking Union Scholarship to America. On the 29th January we accepted an invitation from the Girls' High School to a dance—the second of the year—and it was a most enjoyable evening. A Fleet Air Arm Helicopter Presentation team visited the School on 7th February, and though the weather was too bad for the helicopter to land on the cricket field, the team gave an excellent illustrated lecture on their life in the Navy, in Big School. On the 11th February we were entertained by "Intimate Opera" who gave a most enjoyable performance. Many parents of boys in the Upper Fifth and Sixth forms came to a parents' evening on 18th February. The Headmaster gave a talk on the G.C.E. and university entrance, and discussion over coffee afterwards proved most rewarding. On the evening after the House Runs, February 20th, members of the Social Service Society and of the Staff entertained about 30 members of the Durham Physically Handicapped Club in the Masters' Common Room. The evening's entertainment included films and musical items. Captain A. D. Baldwin of B.E.A. gave a short talk on " Flying as a Career " and showed the film " All in a Day's Flying " on 24th February. On March 1st our old friends, the Durham Consort, presented a delightful programme of madrigals, folk songs, part songs and solos in Big School. On the 3rd, 10th and 24th March the Lenten talks were given by Canon D. R. Jones, a governor of the School. Thirteen members of the Science Sixth attended the annual Faraday Lecture in Newcastle on 8th March. The subject was " Computers, Automation and Control" and the lecture was given by P. D. Hall, Esq., B.Sc., M.I.E.E., a director of I.C.T. On March 12th twelve boys played volley-ball, under the direction of Mr. D. W. Richardson, for a film which was shown on Tyne-Tees Television in " Sportstime " on 22nd March. Eight members of the Mathematics Sixth attended the Annual Sixth Form Lecture of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in the Applebey Theatre on 17th March. It was entitled "A New Look at One or Two Problems" and was given by Professor Bryan Thwaites of Southampton University. On March 17th, 18th and 19th the School Dramatic Society presented a very successful production of Ibsen's " Pillars of Society". For the first time since 1962 the Athletics Sports were held, on the last day of term—March 20th. We would like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown on the birth of a daughter, Penelope Sue, on September 25th, 1965, Mr. and Mrs. Bellamy on the birth of a son, Rufus, on June 8th, and Mr. and Mrs. Rowe on the birth of a son, Antony Mark, on 26th April, 1966. On April 28th ten members of the Science Sixth attended the Open Day at the Engineering Department of Newcastle University. On May 17th Mr. Simon Maxwell-Scott, the new Northern Secretary of the Public Schools Appointments Bureau, visited us to interview boys. In welcoming him we would thank Mr. Ian Thomson for all his help in the past. 153 Field Day was held on May 23rd but bad weather restricted the C.C.F.'s activities. On May 25th the Centenary Cricket Match against St. Peter's, York, was abandoned owing to rain, but the 1st XI were the guests at a most enjoyable Centenary Dinner given in the evening by the Head- master of St. Peter's. On 26th May 12 Norwegian teachers visited the School, had a talk from the Headmaster, discussions with members of Staff and a tour of the buildings. The House Music Competition was held on May 26th and was most sympathetically and helpfully adjudicated by Dr. Murray Brown, Lecturer in Music at Durham University. The Bishop of Durham confirmed our boys in Abbey on June 2nd. He will be retiring this year and we would wish him and Mrs. Harland all happiness in the future and our thanks for their interest in the School in past years. The Old Dunelmian Lodge of Freemasons was consecrated in Big School on Saturday, 4th June. On June 13th, Commodore T. N. Catlow, R.N., inspected the C.C.F. Durham Regatta was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 21st and 22nd, and the School did very well, winning four events including the Grand and the Wharton—the first time for many years. Speech Day was Friday, June 24th, when the Distinguished Visitor was the Right Reverend V. J. Pike, C.B., C.B.E., D.D., Bishop of Sherborne. On June 26th and 27th Father Donald visited the School, preaching in Chapel on Sunday and talking to forms and to individuals on the Monday. Amongst the Headmaster's engagements have been the London O.D. Dinner on 11th February, the Cambridge O.D. Dinner on the 13th May, preaching at St. Peter's, York, on 13th February and at Red House, Norton, on 31st January, the North of England Conference of Universities and Schools at Newcastle on 9th March, and the opening of St. Aidan's College and of the new Blue Coat School, Durham. We have to thank most warmly Mr. Maurice Scott and Mr. Chris- topher Laithwaite for coming to our rescue for such a long period during the illnesses of Mrs. Helen Green and Mr. Thomas de Winton this term. It has been good to have them and we much appreciate all they have done for us. This term we say good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas de Winton and their family, who are emigrating to New Zealand, and to Mr. Connock who has been appointed to a lectureship at the Thornbridge Hall College of Education. A tribute is paid to them in the Headmaster's report on Speech Day at the beginning of this number. Mr. de Winton has been at Durham for twenty years, sixteen as Housemaster of Bungites. During that time he has produced many outstanding crews, run the Naval Section of the C.C.F., regularly taken parties of boys abroad and been a most devoted Second Master, colleague, teacher and housemaster. His wife, Peggy, has shared in all his activities, and the School will miss them sorely and be always grateful for their generosity, kindness and friendship. May they, Peter, Tony and Mary have a happy and successful future in New Zealand. J.A.B. 154 PROVISIONAL DATES, 1967.

EASTER TERM begins Tuesday, 17th January. ends Wednesday, 29th March. SUMMER TERM begins Thursday, 27th April. ends Thursday, 27th July. WINTER TERM begins Thursday, 21st September. ends Wednesday, 20th December. HALF TERMS SUMMER Friday, 9th June—Monday, 12th June. WINTER Friday 3rd November—• Monday, 6th November. EASTER DAY 26th March. WHIT SUNDAY 14th May. CONFIRMATION Thursday, 8th June. LEAVE SUNDAYS :— EASTER February 12th and March 5th. SUMMER May 21st and July 2nd. WINTER October 15th and November 26th. ABBEY SUNDAYS :— EASTER February 5th and March 12th. SUMMER May 7th, June 4th and July 9th. WINTER October 1st, November 12th (Remem- brance) December 3rd. REGATTA June 20th and 21st. SPEECH DAY June 23rd. O.D. REUNION July 29th and 30th. FOUNDERS & BENEFACTORS October 25th. CAROL SERVICE December 17th. BANK HOLIDAYS May 29th and August 28th. 4 O ' LEVEL July 3rd-26th. 'A' LEVEL July 3rd-21st.

PROVISIONAL 1ST XV RUGBY FIXTURES. SEASON, 1966-67. Sept. 28th Wed. Johnston G.T. Home. Oct. 5th Wed. Coatham Home. 8th Sat. Leeds G.S. Home. 15th Sat. St. Bees Away. 19th Wed. Barnard Castle Away 22nd Sat. Sedbergh Home. 155 2nd Wed. University Home. 5th Sat. Dame Allan's Home. 9th Wed. St. Peter's, York Away. 16th Wed. Edinburgh Academy Home. 19th Sat. Giggleswick Away 23rd Wed. Northern Home. 26th Sat. Ampleforth Home. 3rd Sat. R.G.S., Newcastle Away. 7th Wed. Durham City Away. 14th Wed. O.D.s Home.

WINTER SPORTS IN SWITZERLAND.

JANUARY, 1966. After trying Arosa last year we went back again to Davos for the twelve days ski-ing early in the New Year. The Winter-Sports party numbered 24 on this occasion and the Hotel that we stayed in, situated half-way between Davos-Platz and Davos-Dorf was a great improvement on that of previous years. Though both weather and snow conditions were unusually good, there appeared to be rather more wind than usual and temperatures were markedly lower. Perhaps the most interesting thing this year was the rapidity with which the beginners learnt to ski. For a complete beginner, whose only previous experience on skis was two afternoons on Observatory Hill and some water-skiing, to be able to keep up with adults and boys who had several years skiing experience, is no mean feat. Such a boy was able to do this, not only on the Nursery Slopes, but also on the longer and more difficult runs down the Parsenn, and on several occasions he accompanied a party from the summit at 8,700 feet to the village of Klosters, a drop of nearly 5,000 feet, giving a run of over 6 miles. Fortune continued to favour us, for once again there were no breakages and injuries were limited to slightly pulled tendons and muscles.

MUSIC. CHRISTMAS CONCERT. A popular programme from the performers' point of view, which was also well received by the audience, provided a most satisfactory and enjoyable concert. Valuable assistance by staff and friends in both the Orchestra and Choral Society (particularly ladies' voices in the latter) was much appreciated. Awkward moments were practically non-existent and the standard of performance in some items rose well above average. Mr. J, D. Robinson (O.D.) was accompanist. Soloists in the selection from H.M.S. Pinafore were C. D. Jackson, J. D. Nelson and P. B. J. Downing. Instrumental solos were played by C. D. Berriman (piano), S. K. R. Johnson (flute and piano) and J. D. Nelson (flute). All gave creditable performances. 156 Mr. Connock led the orchestra, thereby imparting some verve to its renderings of both ancient and modern items. His violin will be sadly missed next time, as indeed will his ingenious talent for making some- thing out of practically nothing (with due apologies to quite a number of good musicians over the years) in keeping going an ensemble which might well have ceased to function long ago but for his efforts.

EASTER TERM. A return visit, after ten years, by the Intimate Opera Company reaffirmed for us the high status which the members of this group enjoy as leaders in the field of 'Chamber' opera. A highly professional standard of musical performance and stage production combined to make the evening's entertainment a sheer delight. The works performed were by Arne and Offenbach. The school also enjoyed the return of the Durham Consort, old friends of ours, who gave another of their attractively varied programmes of Madrigals, Part Songs and solos. The preliminary rounds of the Music Competition were, on the whole, conscientiously contested, and in most cases thoroughly enjoyed by the competitors, many of whom did not need to be chased much by the music captains. Distribution of talent being less uneven this year, no house was able to establish an impregnable lead, but, by the end of term, School had a useful margin of points over the others. A variety of interesting items springing from the competitors helped to furnish the programme for the end of term Informal Concert, which was much enjoyed by performers and audience alike. There was a good attendance. Music Society meetings included visits to St. Oswald's for a prog- ramme of choral and orchestral music given by the University, and to the Technical College to hear a recital by David Wilde, a brilliant young pianist.

SUMMER TERM. A much closer finish to the Music Competition than we have had for some time did not cause the cup to change hands—it returned to School House, where it has resided for seven years. But this record does not go unchallenged and, but for a slightly better performance from School in the preliminary rounds, Poole would have succeeded this time. The adjudicator on the final evening was Dr. Murray Brown, lec- turer in Music at Durham University, and we could have wished for no one better. His obvious enthusiasm for the task, great experience of this sort of thing and his charitable attitude towards the efforts of all per- formers enabled him to dispense both generous praise and strong criticism in a spirit of encouragement which did us all a lot of good. School House were deservedly highly commended for their Programme, which was one of the best we can remember, and Poole achieved a remark- ably fine Unison song—a clever arrangement carried out with a quite professional accuracy and polish. Poole also won the Choirs competition, in which all houses performed surprisingly well in view of their difficul- ties with breaking voices. House Music Captains :— School : C. D. Berriman. Caffinites : P. M. Chadeyron and N. G. Turnbull. Poole : M. A. Fox and P. B. J. Downing. 157 Many of the best items from the competition were presented again in the Speech Day Informal Concert. Music Society meetings included the City Choral Society's perform- ance of the Mozart Requiem in the Elvet Methodist Church, a visit to Newcastle to hear Segovia play with the N.S.O., and an organ recital in Chapel given by Christopher Newton, a student at the Technical College, who included in his programme an excitingly different work in the shape of a set of variations by the contemporary composer William Mathias. Two boys have been accepted for music courses during the holidays. J. D. Nelson goes to Coventry Cathedral for choral work, which will include participation in the singing of the daily services, and R. M. Robinson becomes a member of the Junior Philharmonic Orchestra in Newcastle. Associated Board Examinations—March, 1966. J. N. Pugh—Grade V (Piano). S. K. R. Johnson—Grade IV (Flute). Grade VI (Theory- Distinction). P.A.N.

THE DRAMATIC SOCIETY.

" PILLARS OF SOCIETY." Henrik Ibsen was one of the first European dramatists of the 19th Century to confront his audience with the recognisable problems and social and industrial organisation of the modern world, and his 4 Pillars of Society' is, thus, an important play. It is, however, a difficult play to perform convincingly, especially for a large, school-boy cast : there are several woman characters of importance, the dialogue suffers from being in translation, the lengthy exposition of the first Act seems clumsy to an audience used to the flash-back technique of the cinema, and the moral intention is too shrilly expressed on occasions. These difficulties, however, were surmounted in this production ; the central moral issues became clearly defined and made to live in a tense and vital way. The whole ethos of a materialistic and narrow-minded society was most effectively established. Turnbull, as Karsten Bernick, gave a sen- sitive and forceful performance as the respected but hypocritical philan- thropist and business man, whose whole reputation was founded upon a lie told fifteen years earlier ; he adequately communicated his growing criminality and, later, his final regeneration. At times, he attacked his speeches with too much emotional explosiveness but for the most part his voice was flexible and had a pleasing range. Henderson, as Bernick's ill- treated wife, gave a most convincing performance, whilst Marcombe made the uncle a splendid figure of fun, conveying his excessive moral sensibilities to a great extent by a subtle variation on the theme of 'ugh' ! Richard Street too gave a most capable performance of the pious school- master and always kept his audience hovering between disgust and ridicule. Hamilton, Tweedy and Elsy combined well as the grasping business men, and the psychotic twist of Elsy was a masterful creation. Ross, Bell and Kynaston adequately played their feminine counterparts, the gossiping harpies, and, although they were not always clearly audible, they coped well with the difficult scene where the whole family history is poured out. 158 The more vigorous members of this society too were convincingly played. The irrepressible boy, Olaf, who finds the atmosphere too cloying and runs away, was played with suitable buoyancy by Hall, and Ayton, although rather quiet and petite, conveyed well the feminine sweetness of the heroine, determined to find her happiness in more 'natural' surroundings. Simon Street's performance of the warm-hearted aunt was also noteworthy and her ultimate loneliness was full of poignancy. The two employees of Bernick were there more for exposition than character interest, but Fox's interpretation of the clerk as a combination of a dilapidated town crier and an evangelical fog-horn was interesting even if it did lead to confusion at times, and Watson tried gallantly to heap years on his shoulders. But since the play is a dialogue between convention and self-interest on the one hand, and emancipated liberal thinking on the other, it is vital that Lona, and Johan, who return from America to disrupt this Nor- wegian household, should convey with force their warm humanity and uncompromising courage : Robertson's Lona did just that. He gave an outstanding performance as the firebrand woman who seeks to reform Bernick, and his voice and movements indicated rare talent. Ward too, although rather inflexible and youthful, amply reflected the determined lover. An enjoyable evening, however, was much contributed to by a most convincing set, the product of Mr. Brown's artistry and skill. A nice balance was kept between the over-precise decor, strongly suggestive of a fussy society, and cheerful lighting. Altogether, this was a most workman- like performance of a play which even professionals hesitate to attempt. The Society would like to express its very great appreciation to the producers, Mr. Dillon and Mrs. MacLeod, who stepped into the breach caused by Mr. Rowe's illness and made such a success of a difficult task.

THE LIBRARY

To bring our library into line with 97 per cent of those in Britain and the U.S.A., we have decided to adopt the Dewey system of classi- fication. This divides subjects into ten numbered groups : 000, general works ; 100, philosophy ; 200, religion ; 300, sociology ; 400, lang- uages ; 500, pure sciences ; 600, applied science ; 700, fine arts ; 800, literature ; 900, travel and history. Each group is divided into ten sec- tions, and these are again subdivided. Eventually, each book will have its Dewey number marked on its spine, together with the first three letters of the author's surname. Books will be simple to find, and the library monitors will find it easy to replace returned books exactly where they should go. Of course, re-organization of this kind will not happen overnight, but a new card-index is being prepared and the work is moving forward. I am very grateful to those sixth-formers who have given such willing help. We are most grateful to Brigadier W. W. A. Loring, C.B.E., for his gift of a book about Nepal and the Gurkhas. P.J.N.C. 159 C.C.F. The first of the two major events in the C.C.F. calendar, the Annual Inspection, was carried out on Monday, 13th June by Commodore T. N. Catlow, R.N. It was a fine day and the rehearsed ceremonial was very well presented. Especial praise must go to the Advanced Army platoon whose marching, drill movements and Advance in Review Order were of a very high standard. As the Inspecting Officer was a Naval officer a smart Guard of Honour was mounted by the Naval Section to welcome him and, after the ceremonial, careful thought had been given to providing a new approach to the practical activity area. This was realised when the inspecting party were whisked by car from the Playground to Elvet Bridge, down to Brown's landing where, thanks to the kind co-operation of J. Erik Brown, the Commodore was piped aboard a launch and swept down river in style, his progress being signalled ahead by signalmen. The demonstration of winching a 'gun carriage and a keg of cordite' across river was smoothly done, and the Inspecting party crossed similarly on the return journey without even getting their feet wet. The R.A.F. Section, not to be out-done, showed such enthusiasm in their gliding that the I.O. was tempted into trying his hand. He achieved a successful lift-off, but his return to earth was more of an arrival than a landing ! However, he had obviously enjoyed his flight and his day and said kind words about the C.C.F. The second major event, still to come, is the Annual Camp, and, despite my last year's remarks, the enthusiasm of the officer who organizes camps and the obvious enjoyment of those who have camped, the number attanding is still disappointingly small. I must again remind all cadets that the Annual Camp is the most important event in the C.C.F. calendar and that it is during this part of training that there is the greatest opportunity for cadets to display leadership and potential NCO qualities and for us, the instructors, to spot incipient talent. We are most grateful to Dr. C. W. Thompson, O.D., for the gift of one .22 rifle, and to the 8th Bn. Home Guard Rifle Club for another, and I cannot talk of rifles and shooting without giving sincere thanks to Mr. N. Smith who gives up so many hours of his spare time to coaching and encouraging our boys on the indoor range and, in fine weather, on the Playground range which was largely his idea. I would also like to pay tribute to Mr. S. Battensby for his great skill and patience with the C.C.F. Band. This year in particular we fully realized his ability—in rehearsing for the Ceremonial parade the Band at one stage appeared to be better done without—Mr. Battensby had been unable to attend. Yet on the last rehearsal when he could return to help us he inspired them and, yet again, 'on the day' they performed very creditably. N.H.D.E.

ARMY FORCE. The Easter Term was a term of training, and the Summer Term, up to the time of writing, one of Ceremonial Drill Parades. However, in the midst of this " Bread and Butter ' work there has been some "jam"— Arduous Training in North Wales, A Week-end Camp in Deepdale, Barnard Castle, and a successful Army Proficiency Certificate exam. We welcome to the Army Force Lt. P. J. N. Copeland and Lt. T. D. Stirk (who has, in fact, been helping us over the last year whilst in the 7th Bn RNF (TA). They are joining forces to endeavour to make the 160 Cadre a first-rate "Nursery", not only of potential leaders, but also of instructors. The Annual Summer Camp is to be held at the very beginning of the holidays in Oban, in the Drill Hall of the 8th Bn Argylls (TA). It is sited on the hill at the back of the town, overlooking the bay—a magni- ficent position. It is disappointing that so few Cadets feel it is worthwhile to attend Annual Camp—its greatest recommendation surely comes from those who have been to one ; they invariably come back for the next. . . D.W.R.

ARMY FORCE WEEK-END CAMP AND FIELD-DAY. We set off for Deepdale, near Barnard Castle, on Saturday, 21st May, in fine weather. Indeed, Saturday was fine all day, and in the evening, starting at 23.30 hours, a Night Scheme was held. This was not entirely succcessful : the basis of all night work is silence and patience, and neither of these was very apparent ; nor, in fact was thought or planning on the part of some of the Senior NCOs. It was planned to repeat the Scheme on the Sunday night. Sunday was wild and wet. As the day progressed the weather depreciated, with a very high, bitter wind and rain showers. Nevertheless, a map reading exercise, devised with the beautiful Teesdale countryside in mind as much as military matters, was held during the afternoon. This was successful (at least everyone seemed to go everywhere they were intended to go). Sunday night was probably the most treacherous the writer has spent under canvas :—a very great deal of rain came down, aided and abetted by a force ' N ' gale ; by morning most things were awash and although the weather had improved very considerably the only wise move was back to School to baths, food, and dry clothing. After lunch an afternoon training parade was held and some valuable work was done, compensating to some degree at least for the whole day's exercise planned for Deepdale. D.W.R.

ARDUOUS TRAINING. " Arduous " this year was held once again in Snowdonia. The camp was on a disused tennis court in the grounds of " The Towers ", an Outdoor Pursuits Centre run by the County Borough of Wolverhampton, about three miles East of Capel Curig. Fourteen Cadets attended with three Officers and our two instructors, Mr. Alan Byde and Mr. Peter Brown, and also Mr. Wells, of Durham University, who did his Teaching Practice at the School during the Easter Term. Comments about the weather are inevitable. The camp was pitched on April 17th in sunshine, and there was one fine day on the 20th. Apart from that we had rain in sufficient quantity to give the tennis court the appearance of a paddy field, frost, sleet and snow. The climbers will not quickly forget a glorious spring day on Lock- wood's Chimney, or the appalling conditions on Snowdon just 24 hours later. Nor will the canoeists forget an exciting day at Abersoch on the sea in an offshore wind. It was an excellent week and most of those who are coming back for another year at school will be wanting to go again. 161 It would be quite wrong to omit mention of our two faithful instruc- tors and friends, Alan Byde and Peter Brown. Although they come from very different professions—Mr. Byde is just finished training to join the teaching profession after many years as a civil servant, and Mr. Brown is a Quantity Surveyor— we must be most grateful that they are prepared to give up part of their annual holidays and help us in their own outstanding ways to learn and enjoy the experience of canoeing and mountaineering. The effervescent enthusiasm of one, and the quiet confidence of the other, together with the utter mastery of their own skills are the very core of "Arduous". We are lucky to have two such friends. N.G.E.G. & D.W.R.

SIGNALS SECTION. Three cadets have become assistant instructors and another, referred from last December, has passed the classification test. Five members of the section who went on a weekend wireless exercise with 8th Bn DLI (TA) very much enjoyed it and were able to learn something of the Signal Platoon in action. Two '62' sets have been acquired, and with a nucleus of keen cadets prospects for the coming year are good. N.G.E.G.

CANOE SECTION. The Canoe Section, now ten strong, went with Mr. Byde up into Teesdale on Field Day onto the River Balder, at Cotherstone. It goes without saying that Mr. Byde again provided them with an outstanding day's work, instruction, and enjoyment. D.W.R.

NAVAL SECTION. The Section now has a complement of forty, comprising a Petty Officer, eight Leading Seamen and thirty one ratings. Instructional work and practical work were combined to make a successful Easter Term. This term Field Day was a great success. Six large boats were hired from Brown's Boathouse and, with the Naval dinghy and a tub pair, the cadets and their practical equipment embarked and set off up river. The day was spent above the railway bridge constructing a ferry across the river under the supervision of P/O Appleby. Beans and sausages had been provided as victuals and these were cooked over a camp fire, rounding off a successful and enjoyable day. In the Summer Term we were proud to be chosen to provide the Guard of Honour of 18 volunteers for the General Inspection. After the Ceremonial we laid on a novel ploy for the Commodore's inspection whereby a raft was towed across river and then its contents were lifted off and deposited on the bank by a 'derrick'. The Commodore was brought to the scene of this imaginative scheme by car to Brown's Boathouse where he was 'piped' aboard the " Dunelm ", piloted down-river with his progress being relayed by semaphore, and, on reaching the scene of operations, he was picked up in the naval dinghy and taken ashore to watch. All operations went off smoothly and successfully. 162 The Section provided six cadets to help collect money for the R.N.L.I. at Miss Gwen Wilkinson's stall on the racecourse during the Durham Regatta. We are grateful for three visits during the term by C.P.O. Keefe who in so short a time polished up our rifle drill for the Inspection and helped us greatly in our practical seamanship. J.D.C.

R.A.F. SECTION. Results of the last Proficiency Examinations were very disappointing and it was the first time that no candidate was successful. Although countrywide results were also low this is no excuse, and it means that a higher standard is now being demanded by the R.A.F. It is to be hoped that much more determination will be shown by all concerned in the next examination. The challenge is there and it is up to us to meet it. On a much happier note was the very successful Easter Camp held at R.A.F. Kinloss, a beauty spot on the Moray Firth in Scotland. Although the numbers attending were again small there is no doubt that this was one of the best camps for a number of years, and more cadets should seriously consider attendance at Annual Camp which is the culmination of the year's training. Cadet Orwin was fortunate enough to have a five- hour operational sortie exercise in which practice bombing of submarines, torpedo dropping and the "buzzing" of enemy ships was carried out. The Annual Inspection parade was very successful and the standard of turn-out and marching was the best for some years. The afternoon training was carried out with enthusiasm and competence and full praise is due to the cadets who manned the launching cable to get the Inspecting Officer airborne ! Well done. E.Q.

PRE-CORPS. As usual in the summer term our activities have been mainly out- door, and connected with the annual one night camp. This took place once again at Deepdale, Barnard Castle, and Mr. Gregory and Mr. Gregg and the camp party enjoyed a fine weekend. We are grateful to Mrs. Field for allowing us to camp on her land. On Field Day we walked about ten miles through Kielder Forest in glorious sunshine—good for the soul, but hard on the feet. The original programme had been to visit the Fame Islands, but a gale force wind put paid to that, and the walk provided a brisk, if not universally popular, alternative. E.H.S.D.

SHOOTING. The results of matches since the December report are as follows :— Nov. 28th v. King's College, Taunton Lost 748-762. Feb. 10th v. Durham Archery Club Won 729-722 Feb. 17th v. St. Dunstan's Won 730-718. We entered last term for the Country Life Schools Competition, Class B Cup, and came 27th out of 41. We had to withdraw from the Durham County C.C.F. Competition this year as it clashed with Sports 163 Day. The match with Durham Archery Club was a new venture which proved very successful and which we hope to repeat. The House Matches and Triathlon Competition are to take place later this term. The following boys have represented the School in matches :— M. J. Y. Stead, I. K. Chipchase, D. E. Nelson, M. F. R. Smith, J. D. Nelson, A. Beckett, G. W. Hedley, J. M. Paiton, N. Brown, E. J. Beckett, C. D. Jackson. Our gratitude to Dr. C. W. Thompson, O.D., and the 8th Bn. Home Guard Rifle Club for the gift of rifles, and to Mr. N. Smith for all his invaluable help has been expressed in the O.C.'s C.C.F. notes. Thank you again. J.L.G.

FENCING. The fencing club is now flourishing after the large intake at the beginning of the school year. The Senior Team is young, but is gaining in experience. The results which have been obtained would not have been achieved if Mr. C. H. M. Gray, O.D., and Mr. S. Boyd had not devoted so much of their time to coaching us. We are most grateful to them. Match Results: St. Cuthbert's Society : Senior foil lost 0-9 Senior epee won 8-1 Junior foil won 6-3 Sabre lost 4-5 Richmond : Senior epee lost 1-8 Senior foil lost 2-7 Bede : Senior foil lost 0-9 Junior foil won 5-4 High School : Foil won 10-6 P.H.N.H.

SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETY. The Society has again been active during the past two terms. During the Easter Term the boys organised a social evening for the local club for the handicapped when 70 of its members saw a film by Mr. T. H. de Winton and were then given a concert by members of the school. Each week our handicapped friends have been visited by the boys, who do splendidly and are now learning to use their imagination in their work. A new venture under the guidance of C. G. Brown was started last term, A stalwart group of boys tackled five old people's gardens on a new estate at Framwellgate Moor. One of the old ladies is 102 years old ! R. J. S. Law has again organised the library service which, in con- junction with the W.V.S., takes library books to house-bound people. It is now a year ago since the fete for the specially equipped mini- bus. This bus will be delivered at the end of June and will be presented to the Durham County Association for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped. 164 The Society has also spread its wings this year. During the summer holidays eleven boys will be doing different work projects run by Toe H and the Christian Education Movement. They are :— A. J. Bernacca and \ working in a children's and old people's home in A. F. I'Anson / Holland. H. C. Nicholson —working in an Orphanage in Italy. F. Youngman and \ working in a home for mentally handicapped J. D. Claxton /girls at Maidenhead. M. D. Reed —working on a nature conservancy project at Langdale. S. M. Easby D. M. Robertson ^helping at a children's camp at Wolmer, Kent, D. B. Elsy j J. A. Bain \ to help redecorate and rebuild a half-way house R. P. Cooper j for alcoholics in London. R. S. Law S. Parkin B. Macdonald P. Claxton to help build and run an adventure playground P. Walton for children in Liverpool Hospital. J. Paiton R. Robertson N. S. Brown J. Ellis G. Hamilton to help run a boys' camp in Liverpool. D. Tweedy P. Hogg j I should like to record our most grateful thanks and appreciation to D. Pounder, who from the inception of the Society has done so much for it, and who is leaving this term. C.S.G.

MAIDENHEAD, 1965/66. In the summer holidays Toe H organised a schools' project at Clarefield Hospital for severely mentally handicapped girls near Maiden- head. Mr. Gregg went as leader of the project and two of the party were Stuart Harbinson and myself. Mr. Gregg and I went again in the Christ- mas holidays. The projects were mixed and we "lived rough'—the boys in the barn in summer and in the scout hut in winter, whilst the girls slept in the hospital. The project consisted of working in the gardens in the mornings and helping to feed, nappy-change, put to bed, and generally look after the children in the afternoons, the evenings being free. Why do we go ? Not out of self-righteousness or 'to do good' or because it's 'good for the soul' but quite simply because it's enjoyable. Nobody would deny that it is hard work and often physically repulsive— the children are generally incontinent and deformed (few of the fifty-six can walk or speak). But the week is stimulating and interesting. We make new friends and sensibly have plenty of time off—for trips to the theatre 165 or pictures, to swim or play tennis, to visit the local Borstal, or simply to talk and discover more of ourselves and others. What do we learn ? There is a Hindu proverb that says : 4 I had no shoes—and I murmured until I met a man who had no feet.' The cliche of finding others worse off than ourselves and thus seeing our own situa- tion in a new perspective has a truth that cannot be denied. Also, we tend to become convinced opponents of euthanasia. First, on the philosophical grounds of the difficulty of knowing where to draw the line. Secondly, on the scientific grounds that it would bar progress. Thirdly, on the personal grounds that we feel that the children we work with are significant human beings. They are, for example, very affection- ate and happy ; there is an achievement in, say, teaching Jenny (an epileptic) to say 'ride a cock horse'. One gains an awareness that even life in this form—perhaps with only the pleasures of food and music—has sanctity. Above all, on the projects we do a little to break down the barrier of ignorance that surrounds mental illness, which still has a social stigma. People are afraid of mental handicap—their fear is usually one of ignorance. Only knowledge can dispel this fear. And remember that eight out of every thousand babies are born with some mental defect. F.Y. SIXTH FORM SOCIETY. The Rev. Richard Bevan, who is the university chaplain, generously gave up a Saturday evening from his limited spare time to come and talk to us. Learning to live together in the modern world was the overall theme, and he gave us a wealth of illustration from his experiences in his dual role of parish priest and university chaplain. Mr. Ellis, who is the City Engineer, gave us an absorbing account of the traffic difficulties in Durham City and the plans to alleviate the problem. It proved to be a very impressive scheme, and one which already has the blessing of the Minister—and the necessary grants. Before long, Durham will be a different city. Our first visit was to the opera, in this case Rossini's Barber of Seville. A series of misfortunes robbed us of complete enjoyment ; first a delay in reaching Sunderland caused us to miss part of the sparkling overture, and then the singer of the Barber had tonsilitis. Despite this, the perform- ance was up to standard with Dr. Bartolo, sung by Eric Shilling, domi- nating the evening. The only concert we could attend was one given by the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Janos Ferencsik. A rather peculiarly balanced programme began with an extraordinarily unsatis- factory account of Symphony No. 1 by Brahms. The strings of the orchestra then found their feet in Bartok's Divertimento for String Orchestra, and gave us a gripping account of it. After the interval the orchestra was on home ground in the Hary Janos suite by Kodaly. Their performance merited a succession of encores, notable among which was a brilliant performance of the Radetsky March.

HISTORY. In the Easter term the usual visits were made to Abbey and to the monastic buildings by groups of V 1, led by the Dean, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Dunham and Dr. Gibby. These visits are very valuable to us and we are most grateful to our well informed and interesting guides. 166 On a free afternoon in May a busload visited Escomb church and Raby Castle. The eighth century church at Escomb is one of the gems of the North East, and we were very lucky to have Dr. Gibby to show us round it ; he is the honorary secretary of the group which has in recent years raised money to preserve and re-furnish the church, and his knowledge and enthusiasm were most welcome on our visit. At Raby we were shown round by the guide, who admitted that he could not show us much of the Neville connection but pointed out that there was much worth seeing even so. After a very full tour we came to agree with him. As we go to press we hope to make the annual trip to the monasteries founded by Benedict Biscop at Monkwearmouth and Jarrow and to Holy Island if the tide serves. E.H.S.D.

ST. AILRED SOCIETY. (Archaeological Section) Most people have heard of Robert de Bruce, the famous king of Scotland, but few know that his family had very strong ties with the North of England. The founder of the family was Robert de Bruce I, who accompanied William the Conqueror from Normandy, and was granted 94 manors in Yorkshire for his services. The family of Brus, as it was then called, soon established itself as one of the leading Northern families, and the grandson of Robert de Bruce I founded the Priory of Guis- borough for Augustinian Canons in 1119. This same man had two wives, the first being the daughter of an English landowner, Fulk Pagnal, and the second the heiress of the Scottish lordship of Annandale. Bruce's English lands passed to Adam, the son of his first wife, Agnes, but in 1124, David I of Scotland confirmed Annandale to Robert Bruce III, Bruce's son by his second wife. Thus the family split into the English branch, with its seat at Skelton, and the collateral Scottish line who lived at Lochmaben in Annandale. Because it was difficult to grow corn in Scotland, Robert Bruce III was given the English manor of Hart by his father, and for many years this remained as the only territory the Scottish branch held outside of Annandale. There are several Bruce charters connected with Hartlepool, and in the next 100 years the family acquired several more English lord- ships, including the manor of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, which they received as part of the dowry of an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion. The family rapidly increased in importance in England and Scot- land, and made a number of lucrative marriages : a bastard daughter of the Scottish king, the heiress of the Earl of Carrick, a daughter of Gilbert of Cleve, Earl of Gloucester, and, most important of all, the daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, which gave the Bruces their strong claim to the Scottish throne which could only be surpassed by that of John Baliol, O.D., the infamous ' Toomtabard ' who preceded Bruce on the Scottish throne. Most of the Bruces held high positions under the English King, and in 1268 Bruce 4 The Competitor ' became Chief Justice of Henry III. Bruce's father was governor of Carlisle Castle and spent a great deal of his time in England after quarrelling with John Baliol. At the death of Baliol, Robert de Bruce VIII was able to press his claim to the Scottish throne, and in 1306 was crowned at Scone as King Robert I. After a series of humiliating defeats by the English he rallied the Scots and defeated Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314, thus liberating 167 Scotland from English domination and laying the foundations of the independent monarchy which endured until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. Today Hart is being developed rapidly, and the site of the Bruce manor house has been taken over for building purposes. Before the bull- dozers moved in, however, the site was fully excavated, but all the same could not provoke enough historical interest to be saved by a Govern- ment order. The man in charge of the dig was Eric Parsons of Durham University, a well known archaeologist who will be gi Ang a talk at school later in the term. I think everyone who has met him will agree that he is a most tremendous personality, and we are very grateful for all we have learned from him. Answering a radio appeal for volunteers, Mr. MacLeod and several members of the Society visited the dig on nearly all the Sundays and half-holidays during April. The site was covered by a farmyard in the eighteenth century, and there is a considerable portion of a fourteenth century dower house still standing above ground level. There are several layers of occupation, the manor being inhabited from Norman times until the late Middle Ages when it fell into ruin and disrepair. There is evidence of considerable stone robbing and the original foundations are covered by the rubble of fallen walls and masonry. There were a considerable number of finds, many of which were unearthed by members of the School. A perfect gold signet ring and an early Mediaeval draught seem to be the two most interesting specimens, but to the archaeologist a correctly positioned piece of pot for dating purposes is probably more important. Most of the pottery uncovered had one of the common Mediaeval glazes, but there was a large amount of local Durham pot. The rubbish pits were the most profitable areas, and in one of them Mr. MacLeod uncovered a rare Mediaeval wooden bowl, unfortunately in very poor condition. Other common finds included animal bones, fragments of glass vessels, and a good deal of semidecom- posed wood, often the lining of the rubbish pits. The foundations of the manor could clearly be seen, probably about five feet under ground level. The best architectural features which had survived were a number of fine buttresses and foundation stones, and a very well preserved wheelwright's hearth. There were a few metal objects found, but by far the most valuable finds were either rims or buses of Mediaeval pot which can date the layer on which they are found. A few weeks after we left Hart members of the Society were exca- vating near Gilesgate, where a bulldozer had gone across the site of some Mediaeval kitchens and cellars. Again the dig was sponsored by Eric Parsons, and a great deal of material was to be found very near the surface, some of it being in very good condition. A few people have helped with the dig on Palace Green in Durham, and after 'A' level it is hoped that some of us will be able to join the Saxon dig at Monkwearmouth which is under the supervision of Miss Rosemary Cramp of Durham University and is said to be the most important of its sort in the country. D.N.M.

CARPENTRY CLUB. Members of the Club assisted as usual with the construction of the scenery for the Easter Term production of the Dramatic Society. This is an annual activity which provides members with constructive opportuni- ties for practising the somewhat cruder aspects of the carpenter's craft> 168 and also with the chance of using their skill, however limited, in the service of the School as a whole. This is certainly of great value, and the creation of something concrete, and visible to many, is very rewarding. The Club, however, should be trying to encourage the cultivation of a sense of craftmanship and a pride in the production of carefully finished work, and this at the present time it is not doing. Members have made quite a number of smaller, unambitious articles in the past year but the standard of workmanship has not in general been very high. The reason for this has been mainly that our membership is at the moment relatively junior and inexperienced. Also it has not been possible recently to obtain professional instruction and it is to be hoped that this lack may be remedied next winter. The best work produced in recent months has undoubtedly been in woodturning, C. N. B. Young in particular producing some excellent work, some of which was exhibited on Speech Day. Woodcarving being now a firmly established subject in Art classes in the Sixth form, it is to be hoped that this will gradually spread its influence down to the Lower forms and become popular amongst carpentry club members who already possess at least some of the necessary tools and who would find great satisfaction in changing an apparently intractable lump of wood into something of artistic worth. Next term Mr. Brown will be taking over the running of the club and his knowledge and practical ability will certainly do much to ensure its flourishing. A large influx of new members at this time would be encouraging to him and it is to be hoped that a lot of junior boys and at least a few seniors will join the club and take advantage of his expert assistance. K.D.C.

TRISTRAM SOCIETY. In the Easter Term we were confined to intra-mural, rather than extra-mural activities as a result of the unpredictable weather. On 28th January we saw three films, Two Laps of Honour, which featured Stirling Moss' victories in the Monaco and German Grands Prix after the introduction of the new litre formula in 1961, Muloorina, which was a documentary film about Donald Campbell's world land speed record attempts in Australia in 1962, and Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, a cartoon film about the development of lubricants. On 11th March we had another three films, Skyhook, which was about the airlifting by helicopter of an oil drilling rig to a site in the deep jungle of New Guinea, The Cattle Carters, which was the story of the massive lorries employed in Australia to move 120 head of cattle at a time—760 miles in 40 hours ! and As Old as the Hills, a cartoon film about how crude oil was formed millions of years ago. On 11th February Dr. Margaret Bradshaw from the University Botany Department came and gave us a very interesting lecture, illus- trated by excellent colour slides and maps, about the very rare wild life which botanists from all over the world come to see, and which is threatened by the proposed construction of a dam at Cauldron Snout in Upper Weardale. A.G.M.J. 169 DEBATING SOCIETY. In the Easter Term the intensity of interest was such that no debates were held ! However, the society did rise to the occasion in organising a mock election. Candidates were nominated legally for the British Marxist, Conservative and Labour parties and illegally for the Independent Bulgarian Anarchists. The latter ran so true to form that they had to be disbanded before polling day. Although the result was never in doubt, the British Marxist won 42 votes and the Labour candidate 31 to the Conservative's 111, a much stronger opposition vote than on previous occasions. Shell proved very keen to vote (93.8%) as compared with an apathetic Upper Fifth (61.2° o). One was inclined to wonder if a number of people voted purely to experience the mechanics of polling day rather than from any interest in politics. I.N.G.

FILM CLUB. Since January the following films have been screened :—Macbeth ; The Traitors ; A Hill in Korea ; Ricochet ; Mystery Submarine and Lord of the Flies. The more blood-thirsty the film, the more popular have they been and large audiences watched A Hill in Korea and Lord of the Flies ! But numbers are still more than a problem and if we are to con- tinue with the present number of films and the present standard, we shall require a large increase in membership of the club next September. We have not been able to obtain some of the films most heavily requested, but the programme should cope with the tastes of most people and doubtless members will let us know if it doesn't ! As usual we have included some colour films (*) but these are by far the most expen- sive and it is in this group that economies would first be made. If every- one who joined this year joined again next and brought in one new mem- ber each, there would be no financial problem. So it's up to you ! The films to be screened, with dates, are as follows :— Sept. 18th Rio Bravo (*) starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. Produced and directed by Howard Hawks. One of the really great Westerns. Oct. 2nd The Dam Busters starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. The now well-known story of how Barnes Wallis' brain- child is executed by Guy Gibson's team makes excellent cinema. Oct. 16th Captain Horatio Hornblower starring Gregory Peck and James Robertson Justice. This film spans several novels of the late C. S. Forester's ' Hornblower series'. Nov. 6th The F.B.I. Story starring James Stewart. This film traces the establishment and growth of America's 4 Scotland Yard '. Dec. 4th Carry on Spying starring ' The Carry on Team We include this film by popular request as a little light relief before the holiday ! 170 In the second half of the year the films will be :— Robin and the Seven Hoods (*) starring Sinatra and the Clan. Angels One-Five starring Jack Hawkins. The Scarf ace Mob starring Robert Stack. Hell is a City starring Stanley Baker. Four for Texas (*) starring Sinatra and Ursula Andress. These five will be given in more detail in our Christmas number. (*) coloured. D.T.W. PRINTING CLUB. Last term there was enthusiastic support from a number of members. Quite a lot of work was done including the Play programmes, some 'satis' cards (a new venture) and innumerable sheets of writing paper. The teaching of novice printers went ahead very well, but this term, owing to cO' level involving all our experienced members, the Press has been almost dormant. However, it is hoped that next term and in the future, the Club will regain its former vitality. M.D.R.

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. The society has visited the Planetarium at South Shields Marine and Technical College. The visit was a great success and we hope to make it an annual event. Mr. Stirk very kindly gave up his half-holiday to accompany the society on this trip On another occasion he gave a most interesting and thought-provoking talk to the society about the wider implications of modern advances in Astronomy. The secretary of the society is D. P. Rooze and the treasurer is R. E. Scorgie. N.G.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. The society has continued to flourish over the past two terms and an increasing use has been made of the society's dark-room, to which various improvements were made during the Easter term under Mr. de Winton's helpful guidance. It is sad to record Mr. de Winton's absence during the Summer Term, due to illness. His very useful aid was missed by all members. His place was kindly taken by Mr. Quinn. The annual competition was held just before Speech Day, and for the first time we competed for a trophy. The number of entries showed a considerable increase compared with previous years, and it is gratifying to note that most exhibits were developed and printed in the society's dark-room. The winners of the competition, which was judged by Mr. Perkins, Mr. Walker and Mr. Simonsen, were :—1st P. Rutter ; 2nd D. Caird and 3rd C. N. B. Young. The trophy was jointly donated by Mr. de Winton and Mr. G. Lake. P.A.R. 171 ELECTRONICS SOCIETY. The society has spent an interesting, if rather relaxed two terms. Last term Mr. Wolsey of Morganite Resistors Ltd., took us on a well- conducted tour of the firm's factories and test laboratories near Jarrow. Later on this term we hope to visit the university computer unit. On the amateur radio front, one member has achieved a high standard of morse and is preparing for the Radio-Amateurs' Examination this December, while our congratulations go to J. C. Musgrave on his success in this examination. M.J.R.

RAILWAY CLUB. After several years without a club in the school it is pleasing to be able to report a sudden revival. In the easter term eight enthusiasts were sufficiently keen to organize a visit to a Model Railway Show in the Museum Rooms, York, on 19th February. This proved to be excellent and it was decided to re-instate the club in the Summer term. A visit was made by fifteen members to the British Railways depot at Tyne Dock on 15th June and at the time of writing an end of term trip to York is being planned. C.J.W.

S.I.C.O. Film shows have continued to attract only small numbers of boys and consequently there have been few performances. The society has continued to make visits to places of industrial interest. Parties of approximately twenty boys on each occasion visited G.E.C. Tele- communications at Aycliffe on 9th February, W. D. and H. O. Wills at Newcastle on 9th March and British Ropes at Gateshead on 18th May. At the time of writing a further visit is being planned. C.I.P.

Y.F.Cs. The decentralization of the School Y.F.C. to House Clubs has, generally speaking, proved to be a wise and successful move. Much, of course, depends upon how many boys in the School include this particular activity amongst their interests, but there are at present a goodly number making excellent use of the new facilities. In Poole House members and animals are numerous, and in addition to guinea-pigs there is a new family of nine ferrets. After a cruel Spring boys were slow to get back to work on their plots but the good weather this term has encouraged them, and now a great variety of vegetables have been produced from well worked plots. A great deal of hard work has also gone into the hut and land in the Caffinites area, in preparation for next term when new members are expected to join. Bungites have cultivated a little land, too, and both houses keep hens, guinea-pigs and some rabbits. C.G.B. 172 RUGGER.

Snow and hard grounds prevented the Northern, Ampleforth? R.G.S. Newcastle, and Durham City games from being played, but the pitch was just fit enough for the O.D. match. This was most fortuitous since the school, and indeed the O.D.s, had the privilege of playing before the television cameras of I.T.V. throughout, and certainly first-rate entertainment was given, despite the absence of two O.D. star players, Weston and Ranson. Inevitably the game resolved itself into whether the school could withstand constant pressure : Hodgson won most of the set scrums, although Jones hooked commendably, and they gave the O.D.s further possession by surprisingly out-jumping Hall and Dent in the line-outs. The tackling and covering of the school, however, were excellent and, relentlessly, the O.D. moves, often over-elaborate at times, were repulsed : Watson's tackling of Donald being particularly memor- able. Webster kicked a penalty and Minto scored an unconverted try to give the O.D.s a 6-0 lead, but in the later stages the school found reserves of energy and began to look more dangerous in attack : Nelson kicked a penalty, and shortly afterwards Watson nearly got away to score, but despite having Stirk and Bond crippled with cramp the O.D.s hung on. In the Christmas holidays the new venture of a tour was tried ; this was highly successful socially and, even if the results were not too pleasing, young players were given a chance and an opportunity was given of sampling Midland rugby. Fatigue from the O.D. match and the heavy grounds, injury, and the pressure of playing three good sides inevitably detracted from our performance but the games were thoroughly enjoyed and the side gave of its best. Stowe were held to a 3-3 draw and we lost 18-0 to Bablake, Coventry, and 35-5 to Northampton G.S., a powerful and well-balances side. We are grateful to Bede College for the loan of a mini-bus which made travelling convenient and inexpensive. The Easter fixture list was again seriously curtailed by snow, and only three games were possible for the Seniors : these were defeats by Percy Park (5-28), Gosforth Colts (8-28) and Newcastle R.G.S. 'A' XV (3-11). Although there were pleasing individual performances in these games it is clear that next season will be a process of rebuilding. We are grateful to Mr. Gedye for his tireless and imaginative work in keeping Little Clubs occupied during the bad weather by organizing a highly successful hexathlon competition. At the end of the season the side was occupied in three 'Sevens' competitions. With a scratch side at Morpeth we were eliminated in the second round, after a hard struggle, by Heriots 11-0, the eventual winners. In the Worksop 'Sevens' on a stormy day we played with considerable skill, beating Queen Elizabeth G.S. Wakefield, and Wel- beck, and losing to Worksop College in the last seconds, after leading 6-0. In the Billingham 'Sevens' we again reached the semi-finals but failed to find the necessary form and were beaten 15-8 by Grangefield.

COLOURS : 1st XV—Downing, P. B. J. i 1st XV—Appleby, J. R. ; MacDonald, C. K. R. ; Nicholson, M. G. 2nd XV—Stoker, L. H.

CUMBERLEGE KICKING CUP : MacDonald, C. K. R. 173 LITTLE CLUBS. Since the last number of the Dunelmian went to press there has been one match ; against West Hartlepool G.S. on 8th December. This game was won, 11-3. This particular 'Clubs' side is the strongest the school has had for some years. It is a great pity that the bad weather caused, in all, five cancellations (two in the Easter term) and we hope it will be a long time before the entire year's programme is again limited to five matches. Useful newcomers after Christmas were C. McCann, W. P. Marwick and M. Noble. These are all backs, and when they have an opportunity to play along with Craven, Hay and Mather behind our outstanding pack of forwards they show considerable promise for the future. During the Easter term a 'Hexathlon' competition on a house basis was successfully completed. The events were cross-country, chess, basket-ball, table tennis, assault course and shooting, and the eventual winners were School house, who won three of the events to Poole's two and Caffinites'one. N.G.E.G.

CRICKET.

lST XI. The weather has done its best to ruin our cricket this season but it has never been able to destroy the great spirit in the XI—perhaps the outstanding feature of the side. We have had long practices in fine weather only to be thwarted by rain on match days—not a ball being bowled in our first three games. Against Fettes the natural gameness of the side came out when after a gallant recovery with the bat we just failed to get them out. An excellent Ampleforth match was lost but we were always in with a chance. After half-term we played St. Bees without Milner and lacking practice because of the weather ; things never went right and we were well beaten. Then frustration returned with the Giggleswick game being cancelled because of an epidemic there. Finally we at last recorded a win at Barnard Castle. Apart from Milner and McCall, the batting has not been out- standing but everyone has seemed capable of getting a few. The openers, MacDonald and Waters, have always given us a start of about 30. The former, built in the ' Milburn ' shape if not temperament, is as dour as an opener should be. Waters likes to play his shots but is too often guilty of taking a wild heave when just getting set. Ward and Parkin, both also new to the XI this term, have had their moments and should get runs next year. Of the players from last season Milner has really blossomed this season—his great knock against a very good Ampleforth attack makes it all the more frustrating that so many matches have been cancelled. McCall also has shown more maturity in his batting this season, having learnt with Milner the wisdom of building one's innings ; his 51 against Fettes was an innings of character and guts. On the other side Douglass has never been able to find his touch. But he is a talented bat and his day will come. The bowling has been praised by several other school coaches. Dent has of course been the outstanding bowler. He has matured a great deal this season and learnt to vary his speed cleverly. No one has played him with ease, since he has always been doing something with the ball. 174 Wilkinson has bowled very steadily with no luck till the Barnard Castle game, and Milner, reducing himself to a supporting role, has done his job most effectively. For spinners it looked as though we had made a find in Nelson, J. D. and Ward. Both came off against Fettes'—but have not had much luck since. The former, bowling left arm, spins the ball quite a lot but has proved to be too slow through the air. The latter, bowling leg-spin, has not had much experience but with this and hard practice should prove more than useful in seasons to come. The fielding has never been brilliant but has always been keen. Milner is a good slip, while Waters, Ward, Parkin and Douglass have performed adequately in the other close positions. In the outfield McCall and Dent have good arms and MacDonald has made some excellent stops and catches, moving with surprising agility. It must be said however that the fielding has been helped 100% by Flintoff behind the stumps. He is always lively and agile and has shown himself willing to learn something new and to perform it most effectively—i.e. standing up to the in-swing bowling of Wilkinson. Finally Milner has proved a grand captain both on and off the field. He has always promoted a great spirit in the side and in matches he has shown great courage and imagination. T.D.S.

A XI. April 30th, v. GREY COLLEGE—Lost by 5 wickets. School 30 (M. F. A. Ward 13). Grey 32 for 5 wkts. (N. H. Wilkinson 4-9).

A XI. May 4th, v. BEDE COLLEGE—Lost by 6 wickets. School 96 for 8 wkts. dec. (C. K. R. Macdonald 25, H. W. M. Milner 20, S. M. Waters 19). Bede 97 for 4 wkts. (J. R. M. Dent 3-35).

LST XI. May 11th, v. DURHAM UNIVERSITY 2ND XI—Cancelled because of rain. May 21st, v. SEDBERGH—Cancelled because of rain. May 25th, v. ST. PETER'S, YORK (Centenary Match)—Cancelled because of rain. May 28th, v. FETTES—Match Drawn. At last, after so much disappointment, we were able to play a full 1st XI match. Fettes won the toss and put us in to bat on a wicket which, though perhaps favourable to bowlers in the first hour, grew easier as the day wore on. MacDonald and Waters opened with a flourish, having 29 on the board in half an hour, before Waters was out a trifle unluckily. MacDonald and Douglass followed shortly after when looking set. Milner also got himself out just when he seemed to be set. Ward and Parkin offered little resistance and at lunch we were 75 for 6. After the interval we were saved by a partnership of great character between McCall and Dent. The former, though right out of form, played himself in with great care and then dispatched any loose balls which came his 175 MR. AND MRS. T. H. DE WINTON AND FAMILY NEW SANATORIUM FROM THE SOUTH-WEST INTERIOR OF NEW ART STUDIO INTERIOR OF NEW ART ROOM way. The latter was content to keep up his end, though adding one or two lusty smites of his own. Once he had gone the innings quickly ended. McCall was out with a very tired shot but not before he had completed a gallant 50. Fettes were left with 2\ hours to get the runs. They began with confidence, but shortly before tea Dent gained the break-through with a superb ball. Then Milner gave Nelson an over before the interval—an excellent move since Nelson dismissed Smith with his second ball. After tea Dent came back and dismissed the next two batsmen. Flintoff made an excellent stumping off a cleverly flighted ball from Nelson to make it 33-5. At this point Milner replaced himself by Ward who had never bowled before in a 1st XI match. He met with immediate success, Dent taking a good catch. More wickets followed—one more off his first over and two off his second. Fettes were now 42 for 9 with 35 minutes left. But try as we might we could not prise them out. Tribute is due to McGlashan who carried his bat. But it was hard luck on the XI, who had played so well. SCHOOL FETTES C. K. R. MacDonald, c. Foot, A. C. Westwood, b. Dent .. . . 6 b. Maclntyre 9 J. W. D. McGlashan, not out .. 25 S. M. Waters, c. McGlashan, b. Foot 17 D. A. Smith, c. Waters, b. Nelson 1 H. W. M. Milner, b. Stewart 17 D. J. L. Hardy, b. Dent .. 4 D. Douglass, b. Foot .. 5 A. J. Pickles, l.b.w., b. Dent . . 0 P. J. McCall, l.b.w., b. Smith . . 51 E. M. Todd, st. Flintoff, b. Nelson 5 M. F. A. Ward, b. Stewart .. . . 1 D. I. Graham, c. Dent, b. Ward . . 8 D. A. Parkin, c. McGlashan, b. Todd 1 M. C. L. Gill, b. Ward . . . . 0 J. R. M. Dent, b. Todd . . 15 J. K. Foot, b. Ward 0 F. W. Fliritoff, b. Todd 0 M. B. Stewart, c. McCall, b. Ward 0 N. H. Wilkinson, b. Todd .. .. 3 D. Maclntyre, not out .. 5 J. D. Nelson, not out . . 0 Extras . . . . 16 Extras ...... 12 Total 135 Total (for 9 wickets) .. 66

O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Foot . . . . 17 3 44 2 Dent . . . . 19 14 16 3 Maclntyre 8 1 17 1 Wilkinson 9 3 15 0 Stewart . . 16 8 33 2 Milner 7 6 1 0 Todd .. ..12 3 16 4 Nelson.. ..10 6 18 2 Smith 5.2 1 9 1 Ward . . 6 6 0 4 McCall 2 1 4 0

Tune 1st v. AMPLEFORTH—Lost by 4 wickets. A glorious day at Durham provided the opportunity for a most enjoyable and exciting day with the issue at doubt till almost the last ball. After winning the toss MacDonald and Waters gave us another useful start putting on 33. Then both fell to the spinners. Milner and Ward, though slow to start, soon began to score quite freely, adding 63 in an hour. When Ward was dismissed he had helped to take us from a difficult to quite a comfortable position—a most courageous effort. After Ward's departure Milner really began to open out, playing some most delightful drives and cuts. He was out attempting to hook when he looked well set for a really big score. The innings then rather stagnated and we never got going again, though McCall, Parkin and Flintoff smote some lusty blows. After losing an early wicket to a great catch by Nelson off Dent, Ampleforth were always in the hunt. However, wickets did seem to be falling, giving us cause for hope at times. For Ampleforth Shepherd was 176 the obvious mainstay, though he had his share of the luck. Walsh and Tufnell both played well and got out when set. Their running between the wickets was excellent and greatly helped our downfall. For us Dent and Milner tried hard, but Nelson and Ward were just a bit too expensive at the wrong times. Shepherd made the winning hit with about ten minutes to spare, ending a truly excellent day's cricket.

SCHOOL AMPLEFORTH C. K. R. MacDonald, st. Whitehead, P. Spencer, c. Nelson, b. Dent 0 b. Henry 18 P. Shepherd, not out 80 S. M. Waters, st. Whitehead, A. C. Walsh, c. Dent, b. Nelson . 29 b. Tufnell 9 D. R. Tufnell, l.b.w., b. Dent 22 H. W. M. Milner, E. Henry, b. Dent 8 l.b.w., b. Grabowski 58 H. Colville, c. Waters, b. Ward 5 M. F. A. Ward, b. Grabowski 23 A. O'Brien, l.b.w., b. Milner 9 P. J. McCall, c. Henry, b. Grabowski 12 D. J. Craig, not out 10 D. Douglass, b. Tufnell 5 T. Whitehead 1 D. A. Parkin, st. Whitehead, M. Tufnell y did not bat b. Tufnell 11 M. Grabowski J J. R. M. Dent, b. Grabowski 0 F. W. Flintoff, c. Tufnell, Extras 1 b. Grabowski 10 N. H. Wilkinson, not out 2 J. D. Nelson, b. Grabowski 0 Extras 15 Total 163 Total (for 6 wickets) 164

O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Craig .. ..12 3 28 0 Dent . . .. 15 3 49 3 Grabowski 15 2 40 6 Wilkinson 6 3 16 0 Tufnell, D. . . 15 6 37 3 Milner . . 10 1 34 1 Henry . . 5 2 6 1 Nelson 6 0 23 1 Shepherd 4 1 21 0 Ward .. 4 0 37 1

June 11th v. ST. BEES—Lost by 97 runs.

Because of examinations we had to travel to St. Bees without Milner, whose absence left rather a large hole in our batting and bowling. Douglass was captain for the day, and on winning the toss put the opposi- tion in. At one time it looked as if he was right, but if the test of the rectitude of a decision in cricket is success, then he was subsequently proved wrong. On a fairly lively wicket St. Bees began slowly and we met with early success through Dent. McCall also bowled quite well and gained two good wickets. Bees were now 73 for 5, but a fine stand between Mackay, the skipper, and Harries altered the complexion of the game. Anything short was dispatched with alacrity and unfortunately we gave them rather too many short ones to hit. Wilkinson and Dent bowled very tightly without much luck and the spinners managed to mop up the tail, but by then the real damage had been done. We began with another useful start from the openers. Waters was well set when just before tea he had a swing at a straight one. Douglass again was right out of touch and Ward touched one that left him. Bursell, the Bees left arm spinner, was now right on target and soon among the wickets. McCall, Parkin and Jackson began nicely but were rather unluckily out. The bowling, however, was always on top and despite stoppages for rain and a stubborn last wicket effort by Wilkinson and Nelson, St. Bees never looked like losing. 177 ST. BEES SCHOOL R. C. B. Astin, b. Ward .. 19 C. K. R. MacDonald, c. Hughes, K. Bursell, b. Dent 6 b. Bursell 15 E. H. Buckley, c. Flintoff, b. Dent 11 S. M. Waters, b. Swales . . . . 22 N. R. Harrison, c. Waters, b. McCall 2 D. Douglass, st. Astin, b. Bursell . . 0 T. H. Gasgoigne, c. and b. McCall 10 P. J. McCall, c. Farrall, b. Swales . . 10 C. P. Mackay, c. Douglass, b. Nelson 76 M. F. A. Ward, c. Astin, b. Swales 0 D. H. M. Harries, l.b.w., b. Dent 31 D. A. Parkin, l.b.w., b. Bursell .. 11 J. M. C. Hughes, st. Flintoff, b. Ward 10 C. J. B. Jackson, l.b.w., b. Bursell .. 7 H. W. Redway, not out . . .. 3 J. R. M. Dent, b. Bursell . . . . 0 P. M. Swales, c. Flintoff, b. Ward 0 F. W. Flintoff, l.b.w., b. Bursell . . 5 D. L. Farrall, st. Flintoff, b. Nelson 2 N. H. Wilkinson, not out . . . . 6 J. D. Nelson, l.b.w., b. Bursell .. 14 Extras ...... 19 Extras ...... 4 Total 189 Total 94

O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dent . . . . 24 7 44 3 Farrall ..6 2 11 0 Wilkinson . . 23 9 41 0 Swales . . 13 5 25 3 Nelson.. 5 0 30 2 Bursell.. .. 15.2 5 29 7 McCall 6 2 18 2 Harrison 4 2 7 0 Ward .. 9 1 37 3 Redway 4 0 13 O

June 15th, v. NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICALS—Lost by 2 wickets. The School batsmen managed to get themselves out against some steady Medical bowling. McCall made some lusty blows and Parkin played a most sensible and mature innings. For the Medicals an O.D. opening stand of 75 paved the way for victory despite a late revival by Dent and the close attentions of the School fielders. School 110 (D. A. Parkin 33 n.o., P. J. McCall 27, H. W. M. Milner 19). Medicals 114 for 8 wkts. (J. C. G. Milner 43, T. D. Stirk 30, J. R. M. Dent 5-44).

June 18th, v. GIGGLESWICK—Cancelled.

June 24th, v. H. C. FERENS XI—Match abandoned. H. C. Ferens XI 49 for 1 wicket.

June 29th, v. BARNARD CASTLE—Won by 40 runs. On a glorious afternoon at Barnard Castle Milner elected to bat. The openers once again gave us a useful start before Waters was out to one of several balls which kept awkwardly low during the afternoon. Milner and Ward took the score past 50, but then wickets began to tumble to see us 68 for 7 at tea. Runs were not easy to get, but there was no real excuse. Dent and Flintoff, aided by Wilkinson and Mearns gave our innings an air of respectability, however. Flintoff especially showed the earlier batsmen a thing or two with some well hit shots to leg. Barnard Castle were soon in trouble against Dent and Wilkinson who took his first wicket of the season. A wicket apiece for Milner and Mearns who bowled quite tidily in his first match, meant that Barnard Castle were now five down for 41. Fawcett and Wilkinson now developed a useful partnership, but it was broken by the return of Dent. Wilkinson came back at the other end and captured two well deserved wickets to 178 finish off the innings. Mention should be made of the fact that the fielding of both sides on a difficult outfield was excellent throughout. SCHOOL BARNARD CASTLE C. K. R. MacDonald, c. Wilkinson, D. J. Wilford, b. Wilkinson 5 b. Yuill 11 P. M. Stead, b. Dent 5 S. M. Waters, b. Yuill . . 16 D. W. Riches, b. Dent 5 H. W. M. Milner, K. Fawcett, l.b.w., b. Dent 21 l.b.w., b. MacDonald .. 13 J. P. Thompson, l.b.w., b. Milner .. 4 M. F. A. Ward, c. Yuill, M. R. Douglas, c. MacDonald, b. MacDonald .. 11 b. Mearns 1 P. J. McCall, b. Seamen 4 R. Wilkinson, c. Flintoff, b. Dent .. 14 D. Douglass, b. Seamen 2 F. C. Whatelv, l.b.w., b. Wilkinson 2 D. A. Parkin, c. and b. Seamen 2 I. MacDonald, c. Parkin, J. R. M. Dent, b. MacDonald 8 b. Wilkinson 1 F. W. Flintoff, b. Riches . . 21 A. F. Yuill, l.b.w., b. Dent . . 0 .N. H. Wilkinson, b. Riches 6 G. M. Seamen, not out 0 J. E. Mearns, not out 4 Extras 11 Extras 11 Total . . 109 Total 69

O. M. R. IV. O. M. R. W. Riches .. 8 5 15 2 Dent . . . . 13 6 21 5 Yuill .. 11 4 16 2 Wilkinson 12 4 18 3 MacDonald . . 10 1 39 3 Ward .. 3 0 8 0 Seamen .. 9 2 16 3 Milner 4 1 8 1 Fawcett .. 2 0 13 0 Mearns 6 3 3 1

2ND XI. It is not often that the 2nd XI has a wealth of reserves to draw on. On the other hand, it is unusual for it to find that after producing a team and a scorer there is literally nothing left. This was the position at the beginning of the term, and soon we lost the luxury even of a scorer ; he was needed for the team. But on the principle that the difficult will take some time to accomplish, the impossible perhaps a little longer, the 2nd XI began a full programme of matches in good heart, and were soon producing a series of delicately judged finishes. The first encounter was against St. Cuthbert's Society at Maiden Castle. Starting in a steady drizzle and persisting through wind, heavy rain, and then more drizzle, the 2nd XI made 71 and then forced St. Cuthbert's to fight for every run. From 29-7, St. Cuthbert's reached 66-8 but were not able to clinch the issue, and a damp, but encouraging draw was a fair result. (D. A. Parkin 26. P. F. Charlton 29-3). The following Saturday saw the team matched against Johnston G.S., and by way of contrast the weather space in the new score book carried the label 'sunny'. When Johnston's XI were all out for 43, thanks largely to Nelson putting Bernacca at silly mid-off for Parkin's bowling, and four catches lodging in safe hands, the outlook as well as the weather could well be labled 'sunny'. But only Jackson and Bernacca managed to cope with some tidy bowling and the side was all out for 40. (D. A. Parkin 14-6. P. F. Charlton 11-2, Bernacca 11). This close result stirred the team to vigorous efforts in their next fixture against King's School, Tynemouth. This is the first time Tyne- mouth have played the School, and we look forward to many more visits from them. Jackson and Bernacca opened with a lively stand of 37 in six overs. Wickets then fell, but runs came in all sorts of ways, and after 80 minutes of entertaining cricket, 102 was on the board. This proved to be just enough ; Tynemouth's last two wickets could not find the seven runs necessary to avoid defeat. (C. J. B. Jackson 17, Bernacca 18, P. F. Charlton 22. D. E. Nelson 24-3, C. J. B. Jackson 4-2). 179 The fourth match was against University College. By now there were just the necessary eleven players. Some good catching and mis judgment with the bat kept the 2nd XI's total to 61. This was nothing like enough and University College got the runs for 3 wickets. (Kurek 24 n.o.). The encounter with St. Peter's, York provided a salutary lesson on the importance of holding on to every chance of a catch. St. Peter's batted first and some good catching behind and in front of the wicket put them in a rather delicate position with five wickets down and 60 on the board. One missed chance set them off to score 147-9. (Moffatt 3-20). In reply the 2nd XI lost wickets quickly and only D. E. Nelson (20) reached double figures. The total of 42 was a tribute to some steady bowling which remained unchanged throughout the innings. The 2nd XI's visit to Ampleforth underlined yet again the import- ance of holding catches. That Ampleforth should pass from 98-1 to 138 all out does credit to the persistence of the bowlers. Grieve was run out for 59 and Moffatt took 3-3. In reply only two batsmen reached double figures, Fraser 10 and Bain 14 not out, and the total of 46 rather speaks for itself. The cricket at Coatham was adventurous j a thick outfield slowed up scoring shots along the ground, and it proved hard to judge the ball's erratic behaviour from the pitch. Thanks mainly to a sturdy 23 by Purves, the 2nd XI reached 68. When Coatham were 51-3 an easy defeat seemed inevitable. But Turnbull with 6 wickets for 10 runs made Coatham fight hard for their win by one wicket (69-9). Better fortune and stronger batting altered the run of things at Morpeth. Everyone scored some runs in the total of 133, Bernacca making 39. Morpeth began to lose wickets steadily (27-5) but some vigo- rous hitting pushed them to 75-6 and the last wicket fell with just over a minute of play left. Seven bowlers chanced their arm. Bernacca took 4-2 and D. E. Neslon 16-3. After a lengthy absence from the home ground the 2nd XI met Dame Allan's. The visitors batted first and made 78. The wickets were fairly evenly shared (Bernacca 2-2, Fraser 24-3, D. E. Nelson 11-2). Some good batting by Fraser, 31 not out, and C. D. Jackson 28, enabled the 2nd's to win by 8 wickets. It deserves mention that Bernacca reached the total of 10 catches in matches played so far this season. Colours were awarded to A. J. Bernacca, N. Turnbull and D. E. Nelson. In their home match against Barnard Castle the 2nd XI was put in to bat first. The sun shone, the pitch seemed to invite runs, but a wicket fell at the fifth ball of the first over, 0-1. Just under an hour later the second wicket fell when Bernacca was run out. The score was 117. The last time a partnership produced 100 runs was in 1963 (Washington and Phillips 101). From available records the stand made by Bernacca and Jackson appears to be the highest made by the 2nd XI. It was certainly brisk and business like. Thereafter wickets fell rapidly, and a total of 149 was on the board at tea. Barnard Castle built up their score from 46-5 to 136-8 and a draw was a fair result after some rather generous, bowling in the middle of the innings. Colours were awarded to Fraser and C. B. Jackson. 2ND XI. v. R.G.S., NEWCASTLE. 175 for 5 wkts. (C. J. B. Jackson 100 n.o., D. E. Nelson 27). R.G.S. 128 (J. D. Nelson 4-16). 180 COLTS CRICKET. Bad weather meant the cancellation of the St. Peter's and Sedbergh games and seemed to deflate the ebullient spirit then abroad. The season began with two fine performances against Morpeth and Johnston G.S., but after the break, disillusionment was the only reward from the Ampleforth and Coatham games ; accuracy deserted the bowlers, whilst the technique and temperaments of the batsmen were sorely tried. There is, however, real talent in the side and this should reassert itself. Of the batsmen both N. and N. J. Brown have shown that they are acquiring a greater range of shots and are beginning to curb their natural desires to assist the bowlers in their dismissal. S. Parkin, too, has played some purposeful, if perhaps inelegant innings and Newton, as well as keeping wicket competently, has shown a sound technique with the bat. The rest of the batting has been less secure, although Laurie has hit the ball hard and high, and T. Watson and Nixon have shown signs of over- coming their lack of size. The brunt of the bowling has been shared between Laurie, Law and Mearns. The last two have been real discoveries ; Law in his first two games took 14 wickets and is developing into a bowler of pace and venom, whilst Mearns, a former wicket keeper, has shown great promise as a slow left arm bowler, and is to be congratulated on his elevation into the 1st XI. D. Watson, too, has bowled well on occasions, and Loveridge and Brown have completed a well-balanced attack. Results:— Morpeth 38 (Law 8-19). Durham 41-3. Durham Johnston G.S. 123 (Law 6-41, Laurie 3-31). Durham 82-2 (Parkin 46 not out). Ampleforth 201-3 declared (Laurie 3-55). Durham 90 (Laurie 33). Durham 38 (Brown, N. J. 23). Coatham 43-1.

LITTLE CLUBS. The season started with a formidable number of boys wanting to play cricket. The first practice game had eighteen a side and was not an unqualified success ! Once an estimate of ability had been made, three teams were picked out to play in a league competition with 13 a side—a much more realistic number. We had three possible wicket-keepers and found J. Croasdell the most efficient, and it is from this position that he has admirably directed operations in the field, and as opening bat tried to give us as good a start as possible. In this task he has been most ably supported by C. Mather whose determination to stay in, come what may, has been the mainstay of our batting. P. Collard, R. Simpson and P. Marwick have played some useful innings whilst Collard, G. Buffey and K. Hay have been our most successful bowlers. Croasdell's inspiration behind the stumps has led to a reasonably high standard of fielding, and with so many people available the regular team members have been kept on their toes ; this keen approach has been responsible for such successes as we have had. 181 RESULTS. 1966. May 7th, v. DAME ALLAN'S (Away) Lost by 8 wickets. Clubs 29 Dame Allan's 33 for 2 May 25th, v. ST. PETER'S (Home) Lost by 8 wickets. Clubs 58 St. Peter's 60 for 2 May 28th, v. MORPETH G.S. (Away) Won by 103 runs. Clubs 123 for 1 dec. Morpeth G.S. 20 (Croasdell 51, (Collard 5-9, Mather, C. 46 n.o.) Buffey 5-10) June 1st, v. AMPLEFORTH (Away) Won by 4 wickets. Clubs 76 for 6 Ampleforth 71 (Collard 19) (Collard 4-23) June 8th, v. COATHAM (Away) Won by 10 wickets. Clubs 29 for 0 Coatham 28 (Croasdell 17 n.o., (Buffey 5-6, Mather, C. 7 n.o.) Collard 3-4) June 11th, v. CORCHESTER (Away) Won by 13 runs. Clubs 53 Corchester 40 (Peters 19) (Glover 4-12, Hay 4-18)

ROWING. VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE. Travelling Southwards on Sunday, April 17th, the Eight all found their way to the excellent Guest House, situated in Chesterton Road, close to the River, where the first crew have stayed on so many previous occasions now. Queens' College once again allowed us to use their Boathouse and changing facilities and also to borrow one of their clinker Eights and a set of oars, for which we are most grateful. During the five days which ensued, two outings a day enabled us to cover some 52 miles and often in com- pany with other crews to the mutual advantage of all concerned. The weather was unusually bad, there being only one day on which the sun shone at all and the other four days were wet, cold and misty. The normal day's work consisted of a paddle to Baites Bite Lock and back during the morning, often with a spot of 'tubbing' before the outing, and then in the late afternoon a hard paddle to Ditton corner and back, or thereabouts. We were fortunate in having Eastbourne College resident in the same ' Digs ' so that outings together could easily be arranged, and we also did some most constructive paddling with the Magdalene 1st VIII on two occasions, and with the Queens' College 1st and 2nd VIII. That by the end of the week we were able to hold both Magdalene I and Queens' I in a paddle at only 2 strokes per minute higher rating, confirmed the opinion that a great deal of most valuable work had been covered and experience gained. 182 ROWING.

Within a week of the beginning of term Mr. de Winton had the misfortune to be stricken with jaundice. This was a severe blow to the boat club and particularly to the first eight, whose times in training had suggested that they were going to be a very strong crew, perhaps the best ever from Durham School. It was also extremely bad luck on Mr. de Winton himself in his last term at Durham. Over the years he has given all his enthusiasm and wide experience unsparingly to the boat club, and it was a great pity that he should not have been able to see his crews doing so well. His place as coach to the first eight has been filled by Commander D. A. Bickmore, known affectionately to thousands of O.D.s, and others as 'Bicky'. Since his retirement Bicky's help with the rowing has been invaluable, not only because of his wise coaching but also for the amount of time he has spent servicing and repairing damaged slides, riggers and the like. His help has been most timely and the success of the first eight, the first two fours and the two colts eights testify to his enthusiasm and skill. The club has also been indebted to Mr. Wells of Bede College, who did his Dip. Ed. teaching practice here, for coming to coach this term. Like Bicky, he has helped in a purely honorary capacity and we hope that he enjoyed the term as much as we appreciated his help. At the time of writing the first eight has won at Tyne and Leeds, and the first four have won the open senior events at Tyne, Berwick and Durham, as well as the Wharton Challenge Cup. Second four has won the Junior fours at Tyne. This is an excellent record and could not have been achieved without a good Captain of Boats. Potts, by his own rowing skill, his infectious urge to come out best, and his sheer hard work, has done much to inspire the members of his crews. Finally I should like to thank Mrs. de Winton who has on two occasions very kindly offered to help in transporting the boat, oars and crews. She took the eight down to Leeds and her help at Talkin Tarn when we were without a bus was invaluable. (.Editor's note: The whole boat-club is also greatly indebted for all Mr. Gedye and Mr. Brown have done in Mr. de Winton's absence).

YORK SPRING REGATTA. 7th May. The first VIII only competed in this Regatta. They were unfortunate to be drawn against a very strong crew from Hollingworth Lake in the first round. They were beaten by If lengths but had a good row and returned in good heart. G. Powley was injured and his place was taken by J. C. B. White, an old colour. Crew: G. Potts, J. H. Thompson, J. C. B. White, M. F. R. Smith, C. I. Peters, M. G. Nicholson, J. D. Claxton, J. R. Appleby ; A. G. Bailes (cox).

WEAR HEAD OF RIVER. May 14th. Three crews from the school took part in this event which attracted an entry of 36 crews. The first IV almost pulled off a remarkable victory, and are to be congratulated on a spirited and well-judged row. The 183 domination of this event by crews from City and D.U.B.C. was ended by Tyne A.R.C. 1st IV : G. Potts, M. G. Nicholson, J. C. B. White, J. R. Appleby ; A. G. Bailes (cox). 3rd IV : R. A. Hewitt, M. J. Y. Stead, I. K. Chipchase, S. M. Easby ; I. Jameson (cox). 4th IV : D. B. Elsy, G. E. Guest, H. W. Walker, D. J. Hayward ; P. M. Smith (cox). 2nd crew were unable to row because of the illness of one member. Results. Fine Division. 1. Tyne A.R.C. 6 m. 35 s. 2. Durham School 6 m. 37 s. D.U.B.C. 6 m. 41 s. Clinker Divison. 1. Durham A.R.C. 6 m. 55 s. 3rd crew were 12th in 7 m. 29 s. and 4th crew 24th in 8 m. 4 s.

TYNE AT HOME REGATTA. May 21st. The conditions were bad until late in the afternoon. 1st IV. Joseph Cowen Challenge Cup. 1st round v. Tees and Durham City. Not a good row mainly because of the conditions. We won by 1 length from Tees. Rate 28-30. 2nd round v. Berwick, Talkin Tarn and Nithsdale. We got away to a very good start and had a length lead from Berwick after the first ten strokes. We gradually pulled away to win by 4 lengths. Rate about 30. Final, v. Berwick, Tyne and Tees. Conditions were good, neither wind nor waves. It was a battle with Tyne all the way up, and at the bridge we were level. The rate went up and we won by a canvas. Rate 34 most of the way up, and 37-38 on the way in. It was after this race that we realised that we had here a potential Durham Grand winning crew. 2nd IV. John Palmer Dalton Memorial Cup. 1st round—beat Tees by 2 lengths. 2nd round—beat Bede by 2 lengths. Final—beat York and St. Joseph's by 1 length. 3rd IV beaten by St. Joseph's by 2 feet in the 1st round. Forster was beaten in the semi-final of the Novice Sculls by the eventual winner. Crews: 1st and 3rd as for Wear Head. 2nd crew : J. D. Claxton, M. F. R. Smith, C. I. Peters, J. H. Thompson, R. St. C. Robertson (cox).

TYNE VIII'S. May 28th. 1st round v. Bede College and Rutherford Technical College. We went away from Bede by about half a length at the start and gradually increased to win by 3 lengths. Final v. Bede College and Berwick. We had a poor start but gradually pulled away to win by 2 lengths from Berwick and 3 lengths from Bede. 184 BERWICK REGATTA. 4th June. 1st IV in the Ladies Plate. 1st round v. Berwick. Conditions rather like Tyne At-Home. We got away to a poor start and Berwick led by 1 length. At the half-way mark we were about level and with some very good "tens" began to pull ahead and eventually won by 2\ lengths. Final v. Tyne. Again a poor start, and we were level over the first half of the course, sticking about 33 with "tens" at about 36. With a very good 'ten' under the bridge we opened a gap and gradually pulled awat to win by 2J lengths. Note. It was the first time we had won the ' Joseph Cowen ' and 4 Tyne Eights ' since 1954, and the 4 Ladies' Plate ' at Berwick since 1936.

TRIANGULAR FIXTURE. May 25th. The annual event against St. Peter's School, York and Lancaster R.G.S. was held at York this year. A strong stream slightly favoured crews on the west side, but the school won seven of their eight races, and in only one of these might the result have gone the other way had the stations been reversed. There were a number of exciting races and the 1 st crew, back in eights after a fortnight in fours, showed good form. Results. 1st VIII. (Claxton, Thompson, Potts, Nicholson, Peters, Smith, Powley, Appleby ; Bailes, cox) bt. St. Peter's by 2 lengths and L.R.G.S by 3 lengths. 3rd IV (as for Wear Head) bt. St. Peter's by 4 lengths and L.R.G.S. by 3 lengths. 4th IV (as for Wear Head) bt. L.R.G.S. by 3 lengths and lost to St. Peter's by | length. Colts VIII (M. Sabourian, P. J. Walker, W. N. Stock, W. I. Clayton, W. S. Locke, T. J. Laine, J. A. A. White, C. T. Dawes ; S. H. Street, cox) bt. L.R.G.S. by a canvas and St. Peter's by U lengths. Score: Durham 7 races, St. Peter's 4, Lancaster 1.

YORK REGATTA. June 18th. York and Hexham Regattas took place on the same day for the third successive year and again the Boat club supported both. At York the first eight beat a much improved Bede College first eight by just over a length and then in their first race this year against the strong Durham University eight, did well, losing by just f length. This must be reckoned a good performance over six furlongs. A junior crew consisting of J. A. A. White, T. Dunn, W. S. Locke, and T. J. Laine, with P. M. Smith as cox, were beaten by Bradford Grammar School first crew in the Schools Non-Status event.

HEXHAM REGATTA. June 18th. The conditions were good at Hexham Regatta, and the three crews entered, although not winning any cups, had good races and enjoyed the day. The only success of the day was provided by P. Forster who won the cup for Novice sculls. He rowed well, but was never really pressed and won all his races by a very comfortable margin. However, he is to be congratulated on his achievement. 185 In the Junior event 3rd IV were unlucky to have to re-row their first round race with Bede after a somewhat silly objection. Thy re-row resulted in 3rd crew winning by a bigger margin than they had in the original race, but meant that by the time they came to the semi-final they had had one more race than their opponents. However, they were well beaten by a good crew from St. Andrew's Boat Club, who went on to win the event. In the Novice Fours event, 5th IV and 6th IV were entered. 5th crew rowed well except in their first race, and were eventually knocked out by the winners in the semi-final. This was a useful regatta experience for 5th crew, and it gave them an invaluable experience on which to draw at Durham Regatta. Sixth crew rowed better than in practice and did well to lose to Berwick by only three-quarters of a length. Crews: 3rd and 5th crews as for " Wear Head ". 6th crew : I. W. A. Anderson, W. I. Clayton, W. N. Stock,, C. T. Dawes, P. M. Cartwright (cox).

DURHAM REGATTA. June 21st and 22nd. The ' Grand Challenge ' Cup returned to Durham School after twelve years. The school had no fewer than nine crews in finals. 5th crew won one of the divisions of the 4 Mayor's Plate ', the 1st four won The ' Wharton " Challenge Cup, and a crew from Intermediate River (the rowing equiva- lent of "yards") won the novice eights. Among the losers must be men- tioned 3rd crew, who came within a canvas of the ' Lady Anne Lambton Plate ', and 6th crew, who are all still colts and reached the final of the ' Lady Herschell'. Whitbread Challenge Cup (Senior Eights). There were four entries and School were drawn in the semi-final against Durham University. Both crews struck 42 in the first minute but we were unable to get away from them as we had done at York. The crews were level at St. Cuthbert's where University put in a powerful sprint and gained quickly so that they were some 2 lengths ahead on Easy Side at Elvet. School rowed on grimly but were still two lengths down at the finish, a very tired crew. Wharton Challenge Cup. Only School and City were entered for this event. On previous form the School should have won this race comfortably, but City rowed very well and School had not had time to recover from their gruelling Eights race less than an hour before. Though striking faster, School could not get a lead till Baths, but then improved and came through Hard Arch about level with City, and were able to use the final bends to win by a length in 6 minutes 9 seconds Grand Challenge Cup (6 entries). After the School's rather moderate row when winning the 4 Wharton* on the previous day some apprehension was felt before the race with West Coast R.K. Sweden, rather an unknown quantity. As soon as the race started, however, it was clear that First Crew were back in their old sparkling form. Striking well over 40 the School gained at every stroke and were a length up by Baths. Going through Easy Arch the School had a commanding lead and went on to win by over 2 lengths in 6 minutes 9 seconds. 186 The final was against Tyne who had done a very good time when winning the 4 City Plate ' on the previous day. Starting at 44 and main- taining a high rate the School had a lead of a length at Baths Bridge, and, rowing splendidly, increased the lead to 4 lengths going through Easy Arch. Tyne naturally came up on the inside of the final bends but School won by a good 2\ lengths in 6 minutes 3 seconds —a School record. If pressed harder they would certainly have broken the course record of 6 minutes 1 second. Other Results. TUESDAY. Corporation Challenge Cup. 3rd crew lost to St. Andrew B.C., Edinburgh, by 1J lengths. 4th crew lost to Bede College by 2 lengths. Mayor's Plate, Division B. 5th crew beat Hatfield College, Van Mildert College and Durham A.R.C., and won their final against St. Cuthbert's Society by 2 lengths. Division A. 6th crew lost to Hatfield College. Steward's Cup. P. C. Forster lost to R. Routledge of Tees A.R.C. Cutter Race. N. C. Hackett lost to P. S. Thompson (O.D.) of Hexham B.C.

WEDNESDAY. Lowe Challenge Bowl. Final. 2nd crew lost to Bede College by 2 lengths. Lady Anne Lambton Plate. 3rd crew beat Leeds University, Cambois A.R.C., and Van Mildert College, and lost in the final to Rutherford College by a canvas. 4th crew lost to St. Peter's School, York. 5th crew lost to Bede College. Lady Herschell Plate. Division A. 6th crew beat Hull University, Durham A.R.C. and Hatfield College, and lost in the final to Consett Grammar School by 2f lengths. Vaux Trophy. 7th crew beat Newcastle R.G.S. and lost in the final to St. Peter's School, York, by 5 lengths. Arthur C. Clark Challenge Cup (a new trophy presented this year for Novice eights). Colts 2nd VIII beat St. Cuthbert's Society. Intermediate VIII beat Bede College and won the final against the Colts 2nd VIII by I length. 187 CREWS FOR DURHAM REGATTA. INTERMEDIATE 1ST VIII. RIVER VIII. COLTS 2ND VIIL J. D. Claxton. P. W. Hogg. D. J. Bell. J. H. Thompson. N. A. Jackson, C. A. Blair. G. Potts. C. D. Neville-Taylor. R. E. Johnson. M. G. Nicholson. D. J. Burch. C. B. W. Pegman. C. I. Peters. M. Spedding. P. H. N. Hall. M. F. R. Smith. R. P. Cooper. B. Macdonald. G. Powley. J. P. H. Holt. F. H. Telford. J. R. Appleby. C. D. Berriman. M. R. Shaw. A. G. Bailes (cox). S. H. Street (cox). C. R. Harrison (cox).

LST IV. 2ND IV. 3RD IV. G. Potts. J. D. Claxton. R. A. Hewitt. M. G. Nicholson. M. F. R. Smith. M. J. Y. Stead. G. Powley. C. I. Peters. I. K. Chipchase. J. R. Appleby. J. H. Thompson. S. M. Easby. A. G. Bailes (cox). R. St. C. Robertson I. Jameson (cox). (cox).

4TH IV. 5TH IV. 6TH IV. J. A. A. White. D. B. Elsy. I. W. A. Anderson. T. Dunn. G. E. Guest. W. I. Clayton. W. S. Locke. H. W. Walker. W. N. Stock. T. J. Laine. D. J. Hay ward. C. T. Dawes. P. M. Smith (cox). R. St. C. Robertson & P. M. Cartwright R. S. M. Linton (coxes). (cox). 7TH IV. M. Sabourian. P. J. Walker. D. P. Rooze. R. F. S. Gibb. R. A. N. Hall (cox). LEEDS REGATTA. June 25th. 1st VIII v. Bradford A.R.C. and Nottingham A.R.C. We went off the start at 46 but only took a lead of a ^ length over Nottingham. At the half-way mark we had opened this to just over \ length and were striking 43 which we kept up until the end, winning by 1 length from Nottingham. This is the third year in succession that we have won this event.

TALKIN TARN REGATTA. July 2nd. This regatta fell as it usually does just before the start of the G.C.E. exams and several of the crews did not enter. The weather was fine and calm and the school had an excellent day. The 3rd IV won a very exciting three crew final by a mere two feet in the junior fours, and the 6th four dominated the novice fours, winning their final by almost a length. Competition in both junior and novice fours has been keen this season and both these crews have had to work hard for their success. 4th crew made progress, winning one round. Hackett has gained valuable experience as a sculler and reached his first final. 188 Results. Junior fours. 3rd crew beat South Hylton by 4 lengths and Cambois by a length, and won the final by 2 ft. from the Cambois with Archbishop Holgate's School third. 4th crew beat Rutherford College by 2 lengths and lost to Old Novos by one third of a length. Novice fours: 6th crew beat Newcastle R.G.S. crew in their first two races and won the final by f length from Runcorn with Durham A.R.C third. 7th crew lost to Charles Thorp R.C. by 2 lengths. Junior Sculls. P. C. Forster beat Nicholson of Tyne and lost to K. Elliot of Cambois. Novice sculls. N. C. Hackett beat Hopper of Tyne and Henry of Berwick, and walked over Machin of Talkin Tarn, who capsized, and was third in the final to Proffit of L.R.G.S. and Allison of Tyne.

FIVES. The first four in the Easter Term consisted of Smith, Wheatley and Youngman—who all played in the Christmas Term—and Anderson, I., a young and promising player who is next year's captain. I would like to thank Mr. Stirk for his services as master in charge of fives, and welcome his successor, Mr. Gregg, who took over at the beginning of the Easter Term. Mr. Gregg spent much time with us, coaching, and encouraging us in matches ; his time was rewarded with enthusiasm, if not with success. The pairs were M. F. R. Smith and F. Youngman, I. Anderson and D. I. Wheatley. Results: v. DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Away) Lost 55-117. v. SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY (Away) Lost 70-121 -V. GIGGLESWICK (Away) Lost 50-150 v. LEEDS UNIVERSITY (Home) Lost 85-137

CROSS COUNTRY, 1966. 29th January, v. BARNARD CASTLE AND AMPLEFORTH (Away).

SENIORS. We were completely outclassed by two very good running teams who had done a fair amount of running in the Christmas Term. Results. 1. Barnard Castle 29 pts. ; 2. Ampleforth 66 pts. ; 3. Durham 102 pts. 2. G. Potts ; 18. M. G. Nicholson ; 19. S. M. Easby ; 20. T. I. Brunton- Reed ; 21. R. F. S. Gibb ; 22. J. P. H. Holt ; 23. G. E. Guest j 24. N. H. Wilkinson. 189 JUNIORS. This was against Barnard Castle only, and here also we were heavily defeated. Results. 1. Barnard Castle 25 pts. ; 2. Durham 56 pts. 4. M. R. W. Taylor ; 7. D. J. Bell ; 9. P. J. Walker ; 11. C. T. Dawes ; 12. J. N. Pugh ; 13. T. P. M. Watson ; 14. J. M. Loveridge ; 15. P. G. Nixon.

12th February v. R.G.S. (Home). This was quite a good match but it showed how unfit we were. Result: Lost 44-34. 1. G. Potts (18.53) ; 4. C. W. Angus ; 7. S. M. Easby ; 9. M. G. Nicholson ; 11. H. W. M. Milner ; 12. R. F. S. Gibb ; 13. T. I. Brunton-Reed ; 16. G. E. Guest.

23rd February v. DARLINGTON G.S. and MIDDLESBROUGH H.S. (Away). Everybody ran well and is to be congratulated on a good victory. Results. 1. Durham 35 pts. ; 2. Darlington G.S. 47 pts. ; 3. Middlesbrough H.S. 98 pts. 1. G. Potts ; 5. C. W. Angus ; 6. H. W. M. Milner ; 7. S. M. Easby ; 9. M. G. Nicholson ; 10. R. F. S. Gibb ; 15. R. N. Street ; 19. H. E. Charlton.

26th February. HOUSE RUNS. SENIORS : Poole ran well and won quite comfortably. 1. Poole 17 pts. ; 2. Caffinites 30 pts. ; 3. School 34 pts. 1. G. Potts (P) (18.13) ; 2. C. W. Angus (C) ; 3. H. W. M. Milner (P) ; 4. S. M. Easby (S) ; 5. M. G. Nicholson (P) ; 6. R. F. S. Gibb (S). JUNIORS : With the most experienced runners Caffinites won easily. 1. Caffinites 16 pts. ; 2. School 33 pts. ; 3. Poole 34 pts. 1. I. W. A. Anderson (C) (14.43) ; 2. M. R. W. Taylor (P) ; 3. C. T. Dawes (C) ; 4. J. M. Loveridge (S) ; 5. D. J. Bell (C) ; 6. P. A. Laurie (S).

2nd March. NORTH EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BARNARD CASTLE. 17 schools competed—136 runners. The team ran and grouped well. Results. 1. Barnard Castle ; 2. Grangefield Grammar School ; 3. Darlington Grammar School ; 4. Durham. 2. G. Potts ; 17. C. W. Angus ; 43. M. G. Nicholson ; 44. S. M. Easby ; 45. R. F. S. Gibb ; 54. T. I. Brunton-Reed ; 63. G. E. Guest ; 75. N. H. Wilkinson. 190 9th February. THE CATHEDRAL RELAY. 30 teams competed and both our teams ran extremely well over a gruelling course. Results: 'A' team 8th ; ' B ' team 21st.

COLOURS were awarded C. W. Angus ; S. M. Easby ; M. G. Nicholson. HALF COLOURS were awarded to R. F. S. Gibb. G.P.

ATHLETICS, 1966. It is a happy, indeed exciting, occasion when one can say that the Athletics took place in fine weather. After three barren years it is most gratifying to be able to say even that the Athletics took place. In fact the weather was kind, and in our short "season" of three and a half weeks no appreciable rain fell, and the programme, once under way went on unhindered. The three missing years were very apparent in terms of the standard of performance ; one only hopes that we can perform again next year and consolidate the progress that was so apparent in so short a time this year. The season, short though it is, is a three-phase affair : standards? Heats and Finals and one isolated venture into inter-school competition by way of our triangular match with R.G.S., Newcastle, and Pocklington School. The result of the Match was disappointing, although we could have hoped for little better. On a very cold, though fine day at Newcastle the results were as follows :— Juniors: Seniors: R.G.S. 71| Pts. Pocklington 85 pts. Pocklington 58 pts. R.G.S. 37 pts. Durham pts. Durham 25 pts. Potts won the Senior Mile in 4 minutes 48.3 seconds. 2nd Places: Hughes ...... Junior Hurdles. Claxton . Junior 440 yards. Nelson, D. E. . Senior 440 yards. Youngman Senior Hurdles. Newton Junior Long Jump. McCall . Senior Javelin. 3rd Places: Nicholson, M. G. Senior Long Jump. Hughes . Junior High Jump. Peters . Senior Shot. Nelson, D. E. . Senior 100 yards. 4th Places: Milner . Senior 880 yards. McCall . Senior 220 yards. Anderson, I. W. A. Junior Mile. Blair Junior Long Jump. 191 On the "domestic" scene, the Standards were, I think, most success- ful. The overall results are as follows :—

Senior Group : Poole ... 186 points. School 168 points. Caffinites 101 points.

Middle Group: Caffinites ... 207 points. School ... 186 points. Poole ... 175 points.

Junior Group: Poole ... 148 points. Caffinites 128 points. School 119 points.

The Winners overall, therefore, were

1st POOLE HOUSE ... 509 points. 2nd School 473 points. 3rd Caffinites ...... 436 points.

Three interesting facts came out of the mass of figures.

(a) Each Group was won by a different House.

(ib) The winning House had the least number of boys who got all their Standards, but also the least number who got none, (figures pub- lished beneath).

(c) The winning House had by far the greatest number of boys who went on to get a standard at their third and final attempt.

{a) Those who gained all their Standards were distributed as follows :— Seniors. Middles. Juniors. Totals. Poole 3 3 2 8 School 3 5 3 11 Caffinites ... 1 6 4 11

{b) Those who gained no Standards were distributed as follows :— Seniors. Middles. Juniors. Totals. Poole ...... 0 4 6 10 School 4 6 8 18 Caffinites ... 3 3 12 18 192 (c) Those who got Standards at 3rd attempts were distributed as follows :— Seniors. Middles. Juniors. Totals. Poole 1 13 4 18 School 5 5 0 10 Caffinites ... 0 2 5 7

Sports Day was fine, quite warm, and before the end the sun was shining—a rare pleasure, indeed !

An excellent afternoon's sport ended, like the Standards, with the most satisfactory arrangement of each House winning one Group.

Seniors: Poole ... 541 points. School 33 points. Caffinites 15J points.

Middles: Caffinites 474 points. Poole 29| points. School 26 points.

Juniors: School 49 points, Caffinites 35 points. Poole 9 points.

193 JCfViVKA. lsr. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. Time I Distance. 100 yds. McCall (S) Nelson, D. E. (P) Youngman (C) Nelson, J. D. (S) 10.8 sees. 220 yds. McCall (S) Nelson D. E. (P) Nicholson, Nelson, J. D. (S) 25.1 sees. M. G. (P) 440 yds. Potts (P) Nelson, D. E. (P) Holt (S) Ward (S) 53.7 sees. 880 yds. Potts (P) Milner (P) Forster (S) Easby (S) 2 min. 10.1 sees. Mile ... Potts (P) Milner (P) Easby (S) Angus (C) 4 min. 58.5 sees. Hurdles Nicholson, Youngman (C) Flintoff (C) Greenwell (C) 17.9 sees. (120 yds.) M. G. (P) (10 x 3' 3") Long Jump ... Nicholson, Wilkinson (P) Harrison, C. R. (C) Potts (P) 17' 4} " M. G. (P) High Jump ... Holt (S) Dent (S) Guest (P) Wilkinson (P) 4'lli" Shot (12 lbs.) Peters (S) Nelson, D. E. (P) Stead (C) Downing (P) 38' 0" Relay Poole School Caffinites 47.9 sees. (4 x 110 yds.) (Record) MIDDLES. lsf 2nd. 3rd. 4th. Time/Distance. 100 yds. Birch, D. J. (C) Locke (P) Claxton, P. S. (C) Hughes (S) 11.4 sees. 220 yds. Birch, D. J. (C) Claxton, P. S. (C) Locke (P) Hughes (S) 27.0 sees. 440 yds. Claxton, P. S. (C) White, J. A. A. (P) Beckett, A. C. (S) Henderson, G. (P) 60.5 sees. 880 yds. Gibb (S) Anderson, Walker, P. J. (P) Dawes (C) 2 min. 19.9 sees. I. W. A. (C). Mile Gibb (S) Anderson, Dawes (C) Linton (P) 5 min. 10.2 sees. I. W. A. (C) Hurdles Hughes (S) Birch, D. J. (C) Saxton (C) Shaw, M. R. (P) 15.9 sees. (110 yds. 10x3') Long Jump ... Newton (P) Locke (P) Buffey (P) Blair (S) 17' 3J" High Jump ... Hughes (S) / Law (P) — Anderson, 4' 11" \ Saxton (C) I. W. A. (C) Shot (10 lbs.) Locke (P) Beckett, A. C. (S) Dawes (C) Stock (S) 36' 8" Relay Caffinites Poole School, 51.0 sees. (Record) JUNIORS. lsf. 2nd. 3rd. 4th Time] Distance. 100 yds. Laurie (S) Craven (C) Brass (S) Bailes (C) 11.8 sees. 220 yds. . Loveridge (S) Craven (C) Laurie (S) Pugh (C) 27.8 sees. 440 yds. . Taylor (P) Loveridge (S) Hay (C) Pugh (C) 60.0 sees. (Record) 880 yds. . Loveridge (S) Spedding (S) Pugh (C) Hay (C) 2 min. 26.4 sees. Hurdles . Laurie (S) Walton, P. (S) Craven (C) Brass (S) 12.8 sees. Long Jump . . Laurie (S) Loveridge (S) Ross (C) Watson, D. I. R. (P) 15' 3" High Jump . . Walton, P. (S) Johnson, Ross (C) Hunter (S) 4' 6" S. K. R. (P) Shot ... . Safinia (C) Dobson (C) Walton, P. R. (S) Croasdell (S) 29' 6 Relay . Caffinites School Poole 53.4 sees.

TROPHIES. Bland Medal (Standards) Poole Burbidge Cup (Senior Group Finals) Poole Johnston Cup (Middle Group Finals) Caffinites. Linton Cup (Junior Group Finals School Prest Cup (Sports Challenge Cup) G. Potts Ferens Cup (Senior 100 yds.) P. J. McCall. Kerr Cup (Senior Mile) G. Potts. Rickinson Cup (Senior Hurdles) M. G. Nicholson Rowlandson Cup (Senior 440 yds.) G. Potts Godfrey Jones Cup (Senior Relay) Poole SCHOOL ATHLETICS RECORDS.

Four years ago we published, largely for the benefit of O.D. s who might be interested, a complete list of the current School records. These are now repeated, there being many changes.

SENIORS. 100 yds 10.2 sees. V. J. L. Bucknall 1942 220 yds 23.2 sees. R. G. Ford 1961 440 yds 53.0 sees. S. Foster 1961 880 yds 2 mins. 1.5 sees. D. J. Dickson 1962 Mile 4 mins. 25.8 sees. D. J. Dickson 1961 Hurdles 15.6 sees. C. M. Robson 1959 (120 yds. : 10 x 3' 3") Long Jump 21' 1 r M. L. Burchnall 1940 High Jump 5' 4|" S. Brooks 1947 Shot (12 lbs.) 41' 2" J. R. Angus 1964 Discus (3 lb. 5 oz.) ... 127'1" K. Urwin 1961 Relay (4 x 110 yds.) 47.9 sees. Poole House 1966 (G. Potts, M. G. Nicholson,. H. W. M. Milner, D. E. Nelson) MIDDLES (over 15, under 16I years on 1st March). 100 yds 10.6 sees. S. Brooks 1946 220 yds 24.7 sees. J. Morton 1961 440 yds. 56.2 sees. S. Brooks 1946 880 yds 2 mins. 12.6 sees. D. J. Dickson 1959 Mile 4 mins. 54 sees. W. D. Sharp 1953 Hurdles 15.3 sees. N. R. R. Smith 1956 (110 yds. : 10x3') Long Jump 19' 2" J. R. Donald 1954 High Jump 5' 21" S. Brooks 1946 Shot (10 lbs.) 38' 8J" D. E. Nelson 1964 Discus (2 lbs. 3J oz.) 99' 10" M. Shipley 1961 Relay (4 x 110 yds.) 51.0 sees. Caffinites 1966

JUNIORS (under 15 yrs. on 1 March) 100 yds 11.0 sees. S. Brooks 1944 220 yds 26.2 sees. S. E. Saunders 1962 440 yds 60.0 sees. M. R. W. Taylor 1966 880 yds 2 mins. 14.4 sees. C. D. Jackson 1962 Hurdles 11.2 sees. J. Minto 1959 (80 yds. : 7 x 2' 9") Long Jump 17' 5" C. J. Constable 1950' High Jump 4' 1H" S. Brooks 1944 Shot (8 lb. 13 oz.) ... 35' 2" S. E. Saunders 1962 Relay (4x110 yds.) ... 53.2 sees. School House 1962 196 BASKETBALL. During the Easter term the School Team played six matches, against Bede College (twice), a Durham City Rugby Club team, Durham Technical College, an O.D. team, and Stockton/Billingham Technical College. During the Summer Term two teams played Stockton/Billing- ham Technical College teams. We started the season well by beating Bede 34 pts. to 24 pts. in a close, well-fought game. We led by eight points at half-time but early in the second half the scores were level, at 24 points each. In the last ten minutes some accurate set shooting by Dent and Angus won us the match. Our second match was against the Rugby Club—a team including three O.D.s from last year's school team. We recovered from an eight point deficit at half-time to win by 39 pts. to 32 (Dent scoring 16 pts.). The third match was the return match against Bede College, and for a " Home Pitch " we used the Neville's Cross College of Education's Gym. Again we beat them in another good, close game, by 27 pts. to 22 pts. (Angus 13 pts., Moore 8 pts).. The match against Durham Technical College was surprisingly one-sided, the School winning by 59 pts. to 34 pts. (Dent 18 pts., J. D. Nelson 14 pts., Angus 11 pts., Flintoff 8 pts.). We then suffered two defeats—by a very talented O.D. side (28 pts. to 36 pts.) and by a Stockton/Billingham Technical College side. This Technical College is an absolute "hot-bed" of Basketball, having one of their teams in the National League. They gave us a superb lesson in the arts of the game, winning by 71 pts. to 30 pts. In the first week of the Summer Term we went to Billingham for a return fixture. We took twelve players as two teams. Both teams were beaten, but again much was learned—at least there was much on display to learn ! The 'A' Team lost by 77 pts. to 20 pts. and the ' B ' Team by 39 pts. to 22 pts. The record :—Played 7, Won 4, Lost 3. Colours were awarded to C. W. Angus, J. R. M. Dent and R. J. Moore. The regular team :—H. W. M. Milner, C. W. Angus, J. R. M. Dent, R. J. Moore, F. W. Flintoff, C. K. R. MacDonald, J. D. Nelson, F. Youngman. A. D. Hughes, I. W. A. Anderson and P. J. Walker also played. The House matches were played on a league basis, the result being as follows :— Played. Won. Lost. Points. School 2 2 0 4 Caffinites ... 2 1 1 2 Poole 2 0 2 0

O.D. NEWS.

LONDON DINNER. The Annual London Dinner was held on 11th February at Simpsons- in-the-Strand and the Chair was taken by J. A. Dotchin. The following O.D.s were present :—His Honour Judge C. D Aarvold, O.B.E., Dr. T. N. Allison, A. P. Austin, A. Barraclough, C.B.E. D. Baty, Dr. G. M. Bell, R. P. M. Bell, Dr. B. A. Black, J. A. Bret (Headmaster), K. S. Brunton-Reed, M.B.E., T.D., R. J. Christopherson 197 I. Cole, G. T. W. Crawhall, W. L. Crick, D.S.C., C. R. Crofton, D. C. Davies, P. R. Davis, Rev. O. C. Dickenson, J. A. Dotchin, R. E. Downes- Shaw, S. Dunn, J. E. H. Dykes, Rev, L. G. F. Dykes, P. E. Fawcett, T. H. D. Green, H. H. Grey, D. J. N. Hall, G. S. Hamilton, Lt. Col. P. le S. Harris, R.M., Comm. W. H. L. Harrison, R.N., D. W. M. Henderson, R. G. Henderson, W. A. Hewitson, F.R.C.S., P. Jack, E. J. Jordan, P. N. Kershaw, J. G. McK. Laws, D. W. Limon, Rev. G. Mackenzie, M.B.E., T.D., N. MacLeod, B. R. F. MacNay, C. Mayes, D. I. Mort, M. A. Morris, A. S. Oakley, M.B.E., Dr. W. G. Oakley, Maj. Gen. W. J. Officer, C.B., C.B.E., R.A.M.C., T. L. Outhwaite, Col. M. S. Purvis, O.B.E., M.D., T. M. Ridley, Rev. G. R. S. Ritson, C. W. Surtees, Wg. Cdr. C. W. S. Thomas, A.F.C., A. Thompson, Rev. M. H. Wells, E. S. Whitehouse, Rev. F. A. Youngman.

YORKSHIRE DINNER. The Yorkshire Dinner was held at Young's Hotel, York, on Tuesday, 19th April. The following O.D.s were present :—R. B. Cardale, Alderman H. C. Ferens, J.P., N. G. Forster, A. R. Gill, Brig. E. D. Good, C.B.E., Rev. J. A. H. Harlow, Rev. Canon P. Hedley, J. C. Heslop, C. N. Hobson, J. G. A. Holmes, S. M. O. Howe, D. S. Hunter, R. J. Maiden, G. S. Powley, P. Powley, Wg. Cdr. F. D. Procter, D.F.C., G. C. Reay, W. B. M. Scott, A. J. Stead, R. G. Wicks, W. J. Winterbottom. The next Yorkshire Dinner will be held at Young's Hotel, High Petergate, York on Tuesday, 27th September, 1966.

CAMBRIDGE DINNER. On 13th May, the Cambridge diners met at the Eagle Hotel, dined at Miller's Wine Parlour and rounded off the evening at the Eagle. The following O.D.s were present :—The Headmaster, A. P. Austin, A. F. R. Brown, R. J. Christopherson, M. J. Davis, P. R Davis, P. J. Evans, N. H. Hall, C. L. Jones, R. W. Pattullo, H. J. Proctor, G. H. Rannie, A. J. Simpson, T. G. Smailes, Rev. M. H. Wells, R. D. Yarrow.

O.D. LODGE OF FREEMASONS. On Saturday, 4th June, 1966, the Provincial Grand Master of Durham, Col. F. Walton, M.C., T.D., D.L., acting on behalf of the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, the Earl of Scarborough, K.G., consecrated the Old Dunelmian Lodge of Free- masons No. 8100 in Big School and installed Vernon Ferens as their first Master. Big School made a nost impressive setting for this ceremony, which was attended by all the Founders, a number of other O.D.s and a great number of Freemasons from Durham County. At the invitation of the Founders, the Master of the Newcastle Royal Grammar School Lodge, Mr. Hunter, and the Master of the Old Peterite Lodge, Canon Hewitt, attended the Ceremony together with the Head- master of St. Peter's, York, Mr. Dronfield. The Lodge is going to meet at the Masonic Hall, Old Elvet, Durham, on the second Friday in January, April and September, and the fourth Friday in July. It is hoped that any O.D. who is interested will get in touch with the Secretary, F. R. M. Martin, M.C., T.D., at 26, Grosvenor Place, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2. 198 GENERAL NEWS. R. D. Appleton (1933-36) has been appointed to the Development Corporation of both Newton Aycliffe and Peterlee and finds these developments most interesting work. J. B. ARCHER (1949-52) having qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Cost and Works Accountant is working with the world's largest paper bag manufacturers, Bibby and Baron Ltd., and writing a series of articles on Office Management. Fg. Off. D. AYLWARD (1955-60) is enjoying life in the R.A.F. in Germany flying with 22 Squadron in Lockheed ' Lightnings'. REV. T. E. H. BAILEY (1928-33) has been appointed an Honorary Canon of Carlisle Cathedral. C. O. BERRUM (1935-36) on a business visit to Englnad from Norway visited the School on 4th February and stayed the night with the Head- master. P. H. J. BARTLETT (1955-61) is now working for an insurance company in London. N. BOOTH (1921-26), a senior Partner in Watson, Burton, Booth and Robinson, the Newcastle law firm, has been appointed vice-chairman of the Council of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. T. BROUGH (1949-54), after graduating B.Sc. (Hons. Zoology) from Durham University married in 1960 and has a son. He is Senior Scientific Officer with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and concerned with broadcast distress calls to keep birds away from airfields. W. D. CLOUSTON (1960-65) writes from Guildford where he is studying Law which in the main is interesting, especially Criminal and Contract Law, but not Constitutional which he found extremely dull ! He mentions meeting D. A. Coulthard (1961-65), now doing Social Studies at Durham University, and the pair of them intend to 'cover' all Europe on a motoring/camping tour in the summer vacation. B. A. CONGREVE (1959-65) is applying for election to the Institute of Marine Engineers. He is now in Liverpool with the Elder, Dempster Line and attending Birkenhead Technical College to obtain his Ordinary National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. V. FERENS (1925-30) when he left School joined the firm of F. Reid Ferens and Co. as an apprentice, and had worked his way up to the post of managing director by 1952, since when he has built the firm into one of the best known in its field in the North East. He has been an active member of the Electrical Contractors' Association and Chairman of its Newcastle Branch from 1948-50, its Northern Counties sectional board from 1959-62, and has now been appointed one of its two new vice- presidents. P. W. FERRY (1953-57), living in Hong Kong, has been selected to play for a Colony XV in a Japanese Tour which is part of the British Trade Fair. D. S. HALDER (1946-50) is now teaching at Consett Technical College and has recovered wonderfully from a severe car accident. Dr. K. B. HALLAM (1947-51) practised medicine at Westminster Hospital, then in New Zealand and is now working in Cambridge. S. W. HARBINSON (1961-65), who went to America on an English Speaking Union Scholarship, writes that he is having a wonderful time and has contributed to his new life Soccer, Dramatics and even a little work. His new school dates from the late 19th century and is in a spacious, rural setting. Its customs and way of life are fairly similar to Durham, even to 'fagging', and tradition is revered even more than here. He hopes 199 to go on a grand tour all over the country by 'bus in June and stresses that these E.S.U. Scholarships afford wonderful opportunities. D. F. HINKLEY (1959-64) was slightly worriedly approaching his finals at Southampton University when he wrote to tell us of his very busy acting life. He was chosen for a part in his University's production of Caligula which won the N.U.S. Drama Festival and therefore had a week's run in the St. Martin's Theatre, London. Later he played Dr. Rank in A Doll's House and the company were invited to play at the Manoel Theatre in Malta for a week. He is now President of the Univer- sity Theatre Group and is organising four plays, two of which will be played at the Edinburgh Festival at the end of August. J. L. HUTCHINSON (1943-47)—we are glad to hear from him again after a lapse of some years and will be happy to welcome him during the summer holidays when he brings some of his boys from "their depressing industrial-suburban environment" and their school, the Grammar School, Dartford to Northumberland, the Roman Wall and Durham, spending one night in the School. E. A. HUTCHISON (1922-24) who is now County Welfare Officer to the Argyll Branch of the British Red Cross Society was appointed a Justice of the Peace in October, 1965. C. J. B. KINSLEY (1956-60) is with the National Provincial Bank in Doncaster and his brother D.J. (1960-64) is at Leeds University. H. KIRTON, T.D., D.L., F.C.A., (1923-27) is the Financial Director of Procter and Gamble and has recently been elected a member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. J. D. LASCELLES (1959-63) is serving with the Army on active service in Sarawak and is working as an interpreter. C. R. LOFTHOUSE (1962-65) has joined the Newcastle Office of the Chartered Surveyors, Messrs. John Ross and Son. A. J. MAXWELL (1961-65) has been accepted for the Harper Adams Agricultural College, Newport, Salop. W. G. MINTO (1931-34) writes to tell us of three other Hong Kong residents, E. I. Lee (1929-32), R. Burrell (1934-35) and J. C. B. Slack (1940-43) and says they would be glad to meet any other O.D. residents or visitors. (Hope they will now look up P. W. Ferry mentioned earlier). " Bunny " Burrell is with I.C.I. J. F. MOORE (1942-44) teaching at Palmer's Boys' Grammar School in Grays, Essex, also runs the School Choir and Opera, and has been elected to a Fellow Commonership in History at Christ's College, Cambridge. E. WATTS MOSES (1909-14) on 23rd June was elected by the Durham County Rugby Union as their Patron. J. C. ODLING-SMEE (1956-60), following two years as a Junior Research Officer at the Department of Applied Economics at St. John's, Cambridge, has been elected to an Official Fellowship in Economics at Oriel College, Oxford. R. M. OWEN (1960-63) is at Exeter University where he is Secretary of the Rugby Club. DR. D. C. PARR (1951-57) has been appointed House Surgeon to Mr. Alan Hunt at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, from July, 1966. DR. T, A. REDPATH (1921-23), we discoverd from a newspaper cutting, is about to resign from the pastorate of Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Edinburgh because of a serious illness from which, fortunately, he was then recovering. He has been preaching on a wide tour of Jamaica and the United States and intends to start a preaching ministry in various 200 parts of the world. Unfortunately we have lost touch with Alan and hope some friend may be able to tell us his address. T. M. RIDLEY (1947-52) who spent three years studying at the University of California and attained his Ph.D. and an Assistant Professor- ship on the Staff, has recently returned here to be a Divisional Engineer with the Greater London Council. A. WALTON (1922-24) has been appointed a Member of the Develop- ment Corporation for the New Town at Washington. D. I. WATSON (1960-65) is serving Articles with Chartered Account- ants in Middlesbrough. Anyone emigrating should easily find O.D. friends abroad. We have mentioned Hong Kong, but I now wish to report verbatim overseas news which was addressed to the Headmaster.

" AUSTRALIAN O.D. SOCIETY " "I am writing to you on behalf of the above Society, which is already very active here. Although we started modestly, the membership has already doubled and we have held two committee meetings, one in Sydney last November and one in Perth this January. Both meetings were well attended and it is perhaps greatly to the credit of the Committee that it has been able to arrange these meetings in centres which are as far apart as are London and Beirut, Perth in fact being nearer to Singapore than to Sydney. Perhaps you would like to know the names of our Committee and Members and these are given below." M. C. COOTE, Secretary.

AUSTRALIAN O.D. SOCIETY. President : Rev. C. W. Chetwynd (1926-32) Perth. Secretary : M. C. Coote (1927-31) Sydney List of Members C. W. Chetwynd, M. C. Coote.

Sunderland Technical College Students' Union has two executives who are O.Ds. P. G. Holroyd (1957-61) is the General Secretary and J. F. Liddle (1955-61) is a Vice-President.

Amongst O.Ds seen at the Regatta this year were the following :— T. H. Hedley, P. R. Davis (R), J. R. Bishop (R), A. L. White, C. J. Dixon, K. Gibson, P. Cooper, F. J. Lishman, S. F. Lishman, D. R, Lascelles, T. E. H. Bailey, R. L. Lascelles, A. McLaren, O. P. Grenfell, J. R. N. Bell, R. D. Appleton, A. R. Selby, D. F. Palframan, J. G. Lake, J. M. Myers, C. G. Thompson, W. Hinckley, G. A. Rafferty, P. Powley, P. Gilbert, G. W. Harrison (R), R. L. Thorp, C. W. T. Thorp (R), B. M. Rannie, Dr. J. I. King, J. L. Walker, W. L. Taylor, Dr. N. B. Sprague, R. M. H. Alder, P. Vardy, P. Y. Stead, C. B. deSaram (R), N. R. N. Hall (R), J. Darling, A. D. Howe, C. W. Surtees, R. A. Chadeyron, G. Coyne, P. S. Thompson (R), E. P. Hansen, F. B. Lake, J. C. Kenyon (R), R. A. Hume, A. T. Hay, M. A. S. Claxton, D. A. Mclntyre, F. Nicholson, G. R. Berriman, D. Aylward, J. A. Wolsey (R), P. J. Michel- son, P. A. Johnson, J. A. Halliday, W. R. B. Slack, R. S. Boumphrey, J. D. Sharman, D. Sharman, G. Wood, J. B. Pegman, C. L. Jones, C. H. M. Gray (R). ((R) indicates O.Ds who were rowing). 201 BIRTHS. ARCHER—On 26th March, 1966, to Hilary and J. B. Archer (1949-52), a son, Simon Alexander. CROFTON—On 27th January, 1966, at Cambridge, to Marjorie and G. R. A. Crofton (1946-50), a daughter, Janice Norah. GREEN—On 22nd April, 1966, at Haywards Heath, to Jane (nee Bowring) and T. H. D. Green (1944-49), a son, Matthew David. LISTER—On 17th September, 1965, to Jean and G. R. L. Lister (1947-50), a son. MCKEAG—On 21st April, 1966, to Tessa and W. G. McKeag (1940-45) a son, William. PARMINTER—On 27th April, 1966, to the wife of M. Parminter (1940-43) a son, John Malcolm. SHARMAN—On 30th November, 1965, to Christina and M. Sharman (1950-55), a second son, Christopher John.

ENGAGEMENTS. DIXON—R. A. Dixon (1957-60) to Jill, daughter of Mrs. Joan Simons of Percy Gardens, Tynemouth. HIND—I. Hind (1957-63) to Kathleen Mary, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Darling, West House, Sacriston. SWALES—P. N. Q. Swales (1951-55) to Angela, daughter of the late Dr. Richard Castillo and of Mrs. Castillo of Chelsea.

MARRIAGES. SHEPHERD—J. F. H. Shepherd (1950-54) on 2nd June, 1966, to Miss Sally Patricia Swingewood at Claverdon, Warwickshire.

DEATHS. ARKLESS—B. I. Arkless (1913-17) on 9th March, 1966. ARNOLD—Dr. Paige Arnold (1911-14) on 16th March, 1966. BARRADELL-SMITH—W. Barradell-Smith (1893-1900) on 5th November, 1965, at his home in his 85th year. BURRELL—J H. Burrell, C.B.E., (1905-12) on 13th June, 1965, at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester. CAIRD—C. D. Caird (1900-02) on 29th May, 1966, in hospital in Wales. GODFREY—Lieut. Col. D. J. Godfrey, R.A.M.C. (1942-45), killed in an air crash over the Egyptian Desert, near Cairo on 18th March, 1966. GORDON—Dr. T. I. Gordon (1930-34) on 18th August, 1965. HOLLAND—The Right Rev. H. St.B. Holland, K.S. (1894-1901), formerly Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand, on 9th June, 1966, on the Isle of Mull. Interred in Norwich Cathedral. JOHNSTON—W. H. Johnston (1928-32) on 31st January, 1966. MACKAY—L. H. Mackay (1897-1900) on 8th March, 1966, aged 81. SHARMAN—P. Sharman (1952-54), killed in a road accident in Norway on the 2nd June, 1966. THOMAS—Rev. B. I. Thomas (1911-18) on 24th April, 1966, after a long illness. WOOD—H. S. Wood (1919-22) on 5th March, 1965, at Dryburn Hospital, Durham. 202 OBITUARY.

THE REV. B. I. THOMAS. Basil Isca Thomas, after leaving Durham School in 1918 had a varied career in Australia, including farming, engineering, and being Editor of the English Public Schools Association magazine of New South Wales. He broadcast talks and had a part in Murder in the Cathedral before returning to this country in 1937 to work on the staff of a financial paper in London. He served in the Army and became a Clerk in Holy Orders in 1950 after training at St. Boniface's, Warminster, and St. George's, Windsor. He was a curate in Coventry until 1953 when he moved to Whichford, and from 1955 until his retirement he was Vicar Choral at St. Asaph Cathedral.

THE RIGHT REVEREND H. ST. B. HOLLAND, K.S. Bishop Herbert St. Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand, from 1936 to 1946, and Dean of Norwich from 1946 to 1952 died on 9th June, 1966, at the age of 83. Herbert St. Barbe Holland, after leaving Durham School, went up to University College, Oxford as an Exhibitioner and obtained a second in Honour Moderations followed by a first in Modern History. He then went to India to join his brothers, Sir Henry Holland (who did so much to fight blindness in India) and Canon W. E. S. Holland (both O.Ds), who were distinguished missionaries. He returned to become an ordi- nation student at the Bishop's Hostel, Farnham. He began his ministry in Newcastle as curate of Jesmond Parish Church and vicar of St. Luke's before joining the Staff of the C.M.S. in which, after an interval as a Chaplain of the Forces in France, he became Home Secretary in 1920. He then entered on 12 years' service in the diocese of Coventry, first as Sub-Dean of the Cathedral and then as Archdeacon of Warwick and Vicar of Hampton Lucy. In 1936 he became Bishop of Wellington and, on his retirement, the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, bore public testimony to his "sympathetic and understanding approach to every question of national, international, spiritual, intellectual and social importance". In 1946 he was appointed Dean of Norwich and he remained there until his retirement in 1952 having contributed amongst other things to the successful Norwich Cathedral Appeal fund for which he worked with great enthusiasm.

AVETE.

THE GROVE. EASTER TERM, 1966. FRENCH, Christopher William (D.B.)—son of Mrs. W. French, 7 Dryburn Park, Durham City. GRAYDON, Geoffrey (B)—son of C. M. Graydon, Esq., 13 Gibside Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne, 5. MCCANN, Christopher (B)—son of J. H. McCann, Esq., 12 Wallingford Avenue, Sunderland. MARWICK, William Peter (B)—son of W. P. Marwick, Esq., 20 Fernville Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3. 203 SUMMER TERM, 1966. FINLAY, Thomas Nicholas Marsden (B)—son of T. Finlay, Esq., 36a Park Avenue, Southport, Lanes. FISHER, Max Wilhelm (B)—son of J. C. Fisher, Esq., 19 Brookfield, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3. LAYCOCK, Jonathan Michael Fortune (B)—son of M. T. Laycock, Esq., (O.D.), 114 Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, 11. MORRELL, Graham Leslie (B)—son of L. Morrell, Esq., 8 Georgian Court, Barnes Park, Sunderland.

SCHOOL HOUSE. EASTER TERM, 1966. NOBLE, Michael (B)—son of W. Noble, Esq., 2 The Broadway, South Shields. GLASER, Anthony (B)—son of the late Dr. J. Glaser, 277 Salters Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne 3.

POOLE HOUSE. EASTER TERM, 1966. HANLON, Richard Guy James (B)—son of W. Hanlon, Esq., Holmfield, Riding Mill, Northumberland. ROBINSON, Richard Michael (B)—son of The Rev. A. Robinson, The Vicarage, Kirby-in-Cleveland.

SUMMER TERM, 1966. AYNSLEY, James Donald (B)—son of W. D. Aynsley, Esq., Wallington New Houses, Cambo, Morpeth. MATHER, Anthony Harry (B)—son of J. H. Mather, Esq., Highway House, Packman Lane, Kirkella, E. Yorks.

VALETE.

SCHOOL HOUSE. CHRISTMAS TERM, 1965. ARKLE, J. W. C.—V1 ; came 19613 ; 2nd XI 1964 and 1965 ; half cricket colours ; 3rd XV 1965. FORSYTH, M. G—V1 ; came 19613. HALL, J.—V1 ; came 19621 ; House Monitor—1st XV 1963/4/5 ; full colour—1st VIII 1965, full colour—Capt. House Rugby and Capt. House Boats. HUNTER, J. W.—VI2 ; came 19623. OPIE, J. P.—V1 ; came 19622 ; 1st running team 1965—J house cross- country colours.

CAFFINITES. CHRISTMAS TERM, 1965. HOLMES, G. I.—V1 ; came 19623. WATSON, P. G.—VI1 A ; came 19602 ; House Monitor ; 1st XV 1965 ; 1st XI 1963/64/65, i colours ; Fives IV 1965, Colours. 204 EASTER TERM, 1966. CHADEYRON, P. M., K.S.—VFA ; came 19623 ; Dorm. Mon., House Music Captain ; Jackson prize for Latin prose ; Green prize for Classics ; Woodard prize for Classics ; Sect. Vlth form Society.

POOLE HOUSE. CHRISTMAS TERM, 1965. AUSTIN, R. S. P.—VFA ; came 19621 ; House Mon ; 2nd XV 1965/66 ; Capt ; House XV 1965/66 ; 2nd XI and 1st XI 1966 ; J House cricket colours ; Cpl. in C.C.F. HALLIDAY, J. A.—VI1 A ; came 19611 ; Hall Mon ; Capt. school fencing '65. Bishop Lee prize for Divinity ; Gawan-Taylor prize for English Essay ; Ker Memorial prize for Ancient History. HARBINSON, S. W., K.S.—VPA ; came 19613 ; Head of School and Poole House ; 2nd XV 1964/65 ; 1st XV 1965/66 ; 2nd XI 1965 ; Ker Memorial prize for Modern History, Bunbury prize for French ; English Speaking Union Schoolboy Scholarship ; Leading Seaman C.C.F. JACKSON, C. D.—VI1 A ; came 19603 ; House and School Mon ; 1st XV 1964/66, half colours ; Running VIII 1963/65, Full Colours ; Capt. School Athletics 1964/65 ; House XV 1964/66, Full Colours ; Capt. House Athletics 1964/65. Lowson prize for Chemistry 1965 ; Henry Smith prize for Physics 1966 ; C.S.M. in C.C.F. LAKE, J. G.—V1 ; came 19623 ; Dorm. Mon ; 2nd XV 1965/66 ; House XV 1965/66, half colour. LOFTHOUSE, C. R.—VI2 ; came 19623 ; School Running VIII 1964/65, Full colour ; 2nd XV 1965 ; Full house cross-country colour ; House XV 1965/66, half colour.

DURHAM SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FUND.

We wish to acknowledge with grateful thanks the generous donations of the following :— British Federation of University Women (F. R. Martin) ; Head Wrightson and Co. Ltd. ; Ole Borge ; M. A. Johnston.

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