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No. DXV1 MARCH 1954 THE MALVERNIAN CONTENTS As my predecessors have often reminded you, Mal- vern, too, has its mountains, which must ever be a source EDITORIAL .. 1 GAMES COMMITTEE ... 14 of inspiration to us. I may be unique in my views—I SCHOOL NEWS . 1 FOOTBALL .. 14 hope I am—but the beautiful Malvern hills remind me VALETE SALVETE .. 2 RUGGER ... 20 IN MEMORIAM ... .. 3 LEDBURY RUN ... ... 21 exceedingly of a disused colliery slag tip which rose O.M. NEWS 5 BOXING ... ... 21 through the spoils being dropped from little buckets on SOCIETIES 8 SHOOTING ... 22 an aerial railway. Those buckets build up that mighty THE MASTERS' PLAY . .. 11 FIVES ... 23 heap little by little. So may each one of us build that THE LIBRARIES ... .. 12 SQUASH RACKETS ... 23 heap which is Malvern. SCHOOL Music ... .. 12 CORRESPONDENCE ... 23 C.C.F .. 13 CONTEMPORARIES ... 24 Yet even from the top of these insignificant hills this SENIOR SCOUTS ... .. 14 college is but a very small place. Remember that, too. Editorial "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help." School News "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. From whence We welcome Mr. M. J. R. Cooper, Mr. J. Hindmarsh. cometh my help?" and Mr. J. J. B. Barrow to the Staff, and Major B. R. F. Which of these two the psalmist wrote I am not con- MacNay as the new Warden of the Mission. cerned with. It is left to the wise men to argue such things. It is hills, it is mountains I think of now. We report with regret the departure of Mr. J. E. Lloyd Mountains, those everlasting records of the strife of and Mr. K. J. Partington. earth before ever was man moulded from the earthy clay. We congratulate Mr. Topham and Mr. Shaw on their Mountains are steadfast, they are God's high places. respective engagements, and Mr. and Mrs. Saunders on Man looks to God in the mountains, mysterious moun- the birth of a daughter. tains shrouded in veils of silent cloud; majestic moun- tains, great snow-capped peaks, sheer faces and grinding Among the preachers this term have been the Lord glaciers, sparkling in the sun, set in a bright blue sky; Bishop of Worcester, The Master of Marlborough, the angry mountains in angry clouds, lashed with driving Headmaster of Shrewsbury, and Major B. R. F. MacNay, rain, buffetted by the gale and smitten by lightning, yet Warden of the Dockland Settlement. steadfast, unmoved and eternal. Surely the mountains The Lenten Addresses were given by Bishop C. E. are God? Stuart. The Masters' Play, "The Sport of Kings", was Moses went up into the mountain to God; many men produced on Shrove Tuesday. The film this term was climb mountains now, up out of a seething, iniquitous "Captain Hornblower". world, up perhaps to their idea of God in the raw might of Nature. The summit is success and triumph, the The Choral Society gave a concert on February 28th, downward view is a humbling vision of the insignificance the main works performed were Brahms' "Alto Rhap- of man. sody" and C. H. H. Parry's "Blest Pair of Sirens". THE MALVERNIAN We congratulate R. K. Whiley and D. W. Bolam on P. B. Aumonier—House Prefect, Sixth Form, being awarded Heath Harrison Exhibitions at Brasenose Cpl. in C.C.F. College, Oxford. T. H. Thompson—House Colours Rugby. We congratulate P. W. Eckford on winning the Led- No. 5: T. L. Browne—House Prefect, L/Sjt. in C.C.F. bury Run. J. R. T. Pawson—House Prefect, House Colours We congratulate No. 5 on winning both the Football Football. Cup and the Junior Football Cup; School House on winning the League Football Cup and the Rugby Foot- No. 6: A. Hudson—School Prefect, Editor of the Mal- ball Cup; No. 6 on winning the Senior Boxing Cup; vernian, Major Scholar, Sixth Form, State School House on winning the Instrumental Cup; No. 9 Scholarship for Mathematics and English, Mil- on winning the Unison Singing Cup; No. 2 on winning ward Mathematical Prize '53, Lea Shakespeare the Part-Singing Cup; No. 4 on winning the Chess Prize '53, Senior English Verse Prize '53, L/Sjt. Trophy; No. 3 on winning the Junior Chess Cup, and in C.C.F. No. 6 on winning the Ledbury Cup. R. Shearer—School Prefect, Sixth Form, House Colours Rugby, C.S.M. in C.C.F. J. M. Walker—House Prefect, Sixth Form, XI VALETE Cricket '53, XI Football '53, Boxing Colours '52, House Colours Football, Cricket, Sjt. in C.C.F. S.H.: F. D. Scholefield—School Prefect, Head of E. N. Charrington—House Prefect, Sixth Form, House, Sixth Form, XI Football '51 '52 '53, Sjt. in C.C.F. XXII Cricket, House Colours Football, Rugby, Cricket, Cpl. in C.C.F. R. S. Formby—XL Cricket, XL Football, House Colours Football, Cricket, Rugby. B. D. B. Watson—XL Football. R. R. Lettington. R. G. Bird. No. 7: C. W. H. South—House Prefect, Ledbury Cap No. 1: P. Godfrey-Jones—School Prefect, Sixth Form. '52, House Colours Rugby, L/Cpl. in C.C.F. XI Football '52 '53, House Colours Football, Cricket, Rugby, Cpl. in C.C.F. N. D. Adams. M. H. G. Wheeler—House Prefect, L/Cpl in No. 8: J. G. S. Woods—House Prefect, XI Football '53, C.C.F. House Colours Football, Rugby, L/Cpl. in C.C.F. No. 2: R. L. Cooper—School Prefect, Head of House, XI Football '52 '53 (Capt. '53), Swimming VIII No. 9: M. S. Field—House Prefect, L/Cpl. in C.C.F. '50 '51 '52 '53 (Capt. '52 '53), Gym. Colours J. G. Denton-Thompson—Services V, House '52 '53, Anderson Medal '53, House Colours Colours Rugby, Leading Seaman in C.C.F. Cricket, Football, Rugby, Cadet Officer in C.C.F. L. F. Buyno—House Prefect, Sixth Form, H. W. Smith Prize '52, Greek Verse '53. G. M. Jones—House Prefect, House Colours SALVETE Football, Rugby, L/Cpl. in C.C.F. S.H.: M. E. Kimberley, S. K. W. Haran, R. H. Weston. G. Stapleton—House Prefect, Sixth Form, Cpl. No. 1: M. H. Hansell. in C.C.F. J. S. Brigg—House Prefect, Sixth Form. No. 2: K. E. Grey. B. J. Trim. No. 3: R. J. S. Starkey, D. N. H. Matthews, F. A. No. 3: W. T. Hunt—House Prefect, Gym. Colours '53, Oldharn, A. J. S. Henman, R. A. Hewitson, Cpl. in C.C.F. N. J. C. Phillips. R. E. Hewitson—House Colours Football, No. 4: G. A. Donald, M. W. Skillman, R. S. Wright. Rugby, Cpl. in C.C.F. No. 5: H. V. Bailey, N. J. Beard, D. Manners. T. J. Lunt—L/Cpl. in C.C.F. J. C. Brittain-Long. No. 6: J. A. Wakeford, M. M. Smith. No. 4: D. H. Steavenson—School Prefect, Head of No. 7: P. D. Hill, C. P. J. Road Night. House, Sixth Form, Martin History Prize '53, No. 8: R. D. V. Davies. Editor of the Malvernian. House Colours Rugby, Cadet Officer in C.C.F. No. 9: P. G. Jagger, R. Constanduros. THE MALVERNIAN things, the 1914-18 War had given him a valuable back- In Memoriam ground of experience. The department liked him. He had a quick and lively GERALD BAIN CANNY mind, clear and lucid, and he possessed the judicial (3.94-00) faculty that is deemed necessary for certain of the func- House Scholar. i tions of chairmanship of the board. He knew thoroughly Sixth Form. the whole machine of administration and collection, was Lea Shakespeare, Martin History, Latin Verse and a fast worker, never bothered about trifles, was notable Beauchamp Divinity Prizes. among chairmen in giving easy access, and was a very Senior Chapel Prefect. friendly man. Many of the people who came in contact Cricket XI 1897-1900. with him became his personal friends. He was an attrac- Football XI 1897-1899 (Capt.). tive personality with a gift of leadership which many a Scholar of Queens', Cambridge. military commander might have envied. After his retire- 1st Class Classical Tripos. ment from the board he was appointed in 1944 chairman Association Football Blue. of the Tithe Redemption Commission and was Controller Home Civil Service. of Matches, a wartime post, in 1945. He was also chair- Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. man of the London and South-Eastern Regional Board C.B., 1924. for Industry from 1945 to 1947 and vice-chairman of the K.B.E., 1937. Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting in 1949. K.C.B., 1939. Sir James Grigg writes in The Times: — Chairman of the College Council since 1950. President of the Malvernian Society since 1942. Gerald Canny was, I think, the most admirable charac- Died February 16th, 1954. ter I have ever known and one of the most lovable. Apart from being a distinguished athlete and a Civil We reprint the following from The Times: — servant of note who had completely emancipated himself He entered the Civil Service in 1904, joining the In- from the trammels of red tape, he was the best and most land Revenue Department, where he remained through- faithful of friends. It is not only his friends who have out his official career. He started in the estate duties cause to mourn his death, for he was always ready to do office, became deputy chairman of the board in 1935, whatever kindnesses lay in his power, whether to his and was chairman from 1938 to 1942.