1963 GODHELMIAN I I < ! i i i THE MAGAZINE OF THE COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. GODALMING CONTENTS ! I ! page page EDITORIAL 5 MUSICALLY SPEAKING 33 MISS I). GILL ... 6 SUMMER CONCERT 34 STAFF NEWS ... 7 ADVANCED LEVEL FRENCH PLAYS 34 LORD FREYIJLRG 7 MYTH-INFORMATION 35 PREFECTS’ LIST 9 ATHLETICS REPORT 36 SPEECH DAY ... 10 TRIANGULAR SPORTS 36 HONG KONG HARBOUR 11 SPORTS DAY ... 36 POETRY COMPETITION 12 B.B.C. 38 KING LEAR ... 12 CROSS-COUNTRY REPORT ... 40 DEBATING SOCIETY REPORT 13 AEROMODELLING 40 l :: DEBATING SOCIETY EXCURSION 14 THE FETE 41 AUTUMN SONG 15INTER-SCHOOLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY 41 SPRING 15 A GOOD WINTER FOR SNOWMEN 42 GIRLS’ GAMES REPORT 16 THE HARVEST FESTIVAL ... 43 SAINT JOAN ... 17 WET HEATH, DRY HEATH AND BOG 43 BOYS’ GAMES REPORT 18 STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT 44 BALLAD OF SIDNEY’S RAFT 20 A COUNTRY STATION AT NIGHT 45 ITALY TRIP ... 21 DAY 45 AUTUMN 24 APRIL IN PARIS 46 FROST 25 THE UNHAPPY POET 48 -'f IMPRESSIONS OF NICE 25 THE CHANGING FARM 48 NIGHTMARE ... 26 G.C.E. RESULTS 49 PALM SUNDAY 26 VAL.ETE 50 THE THREE KINGS 27 PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION 53 f . ITALIAN POPPY 28 PARENTS ENTERTAIN 53 DAYBREAK 30 OLD GODHELM IAN ASSOCIATION 54 CARGOES 30 CONCERNING OLD GODHELM IANS 56 CHESS REPORT 31 NEWS 57 THIRD FORM ZOO REPORT 32 A Career in the Bank Never before have opportunities for young people been as promising as they arc today in Barclays Bank. Here is a brief outline of the career that awaits you there. FOR AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN I The Bank wants young men of character and integrity, with a good standard of general education. Given these qualifications and an aptitude for the job, there is no reason why you should not find yourself a Branch Manager in your thirties, with a salary upwards of £1,675 and the chance of doubling your pay by the time you are 50. Looking ahead, you could be one of those Managers whose salary exceeds £5,000 a year—a man with a big job, full of interest and responsibility. A goal worth striving for; and those who reach it will have a pension at 65 (without any contributions on their part) of £3,000 a year or more. For the early years there’s a minimum salary scale for satisfactory work: £300 at 16 to £925 at 31 with a year’s seniority for a good Advanced Level certificate and three years for a degree. From 22 onwards merit can take the salary well above these figures; if the early promise is maintained, the salary at 28 can be £1,000, instead of the scale figure of £815. AND THERE’S SCOPE FOR GIRLS AS WELL The women’s salary scale runs from £300 on entry to a minimum of £750 at 41. A wide range of positions apart from the usual secretarial and book-keeping duties are now open to women in Barclays. For instance, girls can—and do—become cashiers, super­ visors, income tax specialists and officers in the Executor and Trustee Department. And Barclays has two women branch managers. If you are keen to get on, pre­ pared to study and not afraid of work, why not think about Banking as your career? i J Incidentally, a girl who marries after five years’ service in the Bank qualifies for a gratuity. Write for further particulars to the Local Directors, Trevone House, Pannells Court, Guildford, or to the Staff Managers, 54 Lombard Street, London, E.C.3 BARCLAYS BANK 1 Buy your BUSH TELEVISION OR RADIO Famous for Precision and Clarity from the Radio Division of Jordans Garage Ltd., where SERVICE is the most important product WHEN you combine ‘BUSH’, H.P. TERMS or CREDIT SALE one of the foremost TV sets— ARRANGEMENTS can be made with all its wonderful features when you buy from us A personal discussion about for clarity, precision and design your needs puts you under —with JORDAN'S Radio Divis­ Your ANTENNA can be included no obligation. Make it a point ion (one of West Surrey’s most tomorrow progressive TV Centres). you Phone or call today. We will be must receive the finest in home pleased to supply this service with­ See Mr. J. HASKELL, entertainment and the best per­ out obligation - the Division Manager sonal attention, advice, and the most extra SERVICE — before HOME DEMONSTRATIONS and after you buy your TV Set. CAN BE ARRANGED JORDANS GARAGE LTD RADIO DIVISION, 11-13 OCKFORD ROAD, GODALMING, SURREY Phone : GODalming 820 (3 lines) ¥• • • ■ • • all very simple • e • BANKING with your local TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANK * Accounts opened from 1/- to £8,000 * Interest allowed at 2£%, 3i% and 5% * Up to £50 withdrawable on demand with larger sums at a few days1 notice * State security There are many other free services available For further information apply to :— GODALMING TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANK, 17 High Street, Godaiming. Tel. 942 Hours of Business : Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 noon Also branches at Dorking and Guildford 2 EXCITEMENT, TRAVEL, VARIETY- A Royal Air Force i career offers high rewards v As an officer in the Royal Air Force you could enjoy advantages shared by few other professional men. Foreign travel—you are at home in any of the five continents. There are more than 200 officers' Messes all over the world and you are welcome in all of them. As an officer in the General Duties (Flying) Branch you could fly fighters, bombers, helicopters, transport aircraft: your regular runs could be flights of a hundred miles or right around the world. Your pay is excellent even in the more junior ranks. At 21 as a Flying Officer you could earn over £1000 a year. Two ways to a Flying Commission With ‘A' level G.C.F.. you may apply for entry to Cranwell, the R.A.F. College which trains you for a flying and executive career that can take you to the most senior ranks in the Service. You must be 17A-19.J and have G.C.E. in English language, mathematics, science or a language and two other subjects. Two subjects must be at ‘A’ level. With 5 4O' levels including English language, mathematics and three other acceptable subjects you may apply for a Direct Entry commission. the necessary ‘A’ levels for Cranwell or Henlow. This gives you guaranteed service to the age of 38 If you would like further information, write, and you have good prospects of service to the age \ giving your date of birth and details of education of 55. Alternatively you may leave after 8 or 12 to Group Captain J. A. Crockett, R.A.F., Air years with a tax-free gratuity of up to £4000. Ministry (SCH) Adastral House, London, VV.C.l. If you are Technically Minded Mention the subject that most interests you: If you have ‘A' level in pure and applied mathe- Cranwell, Direct Entry, Henlow, or R.A.F. matics and physics you may be eligible for a Scholarships. Alternatively, ask your Careers cadetship at Henlow, the R.A.F. Technical Master to arrange an informal meeting with your College. Here you train for a permanent commis- Schools Liaison Officer, sion in the Technical Branch and read for the Dip. Tech, which is equivalent to an honours degree. .• •n* R.A.F. Scholarships >> Boys over 15 years 8 months may apply for an R.A.F. Scholarship worth up to £260 a year, to enable them to stay at their own school to take The Royal Air Force i If you’re good you’ll got on in tho National Provincial Bank. How fast you move doponds on how good you aro—and if running shoes fit you'll bo encouraged to wear them. Promo­ tion prospects aro such nowadays that, of every wusnmmtwo young men who make their career in the Bonk, one should become a Branch Manager. Outstanding men aro achieving intermediate administrative positions before the ago of 30. These appointments carry salaries which progress from around £1,100 to £1,500 a year and over—and load to managerial appointments where salaries range from £1,730 to £4,500 a year and substantially more for the largest Branch appointments. Training is both practical and theoretical. Wide experience is given in day-to-day banking, commerce and foreign trade and there are special coursos at the Bank’s Residential Staff Colleges. Applicants with “A” level passes or a University degree enter at a higher stage in tho salary scale. Please write for full information about a career in tho Bank to Tho Staff Controller, National Provincial Bank Limited, P.O. Box No. 34, 15 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LIMITED The experts with the friendly approach 4 1963 GODHELMIAN Presidents EDITORI/U E. P. DEWAR, M.A. MISS D. D. GILL, B.A. the essence of our school life is its regularity. School year follows School year, changes are made slowly, and Hon. Editor gradually become a normal part of School life; but the School MISS E. MCINTOSH, M.A. is now rapidly taking a new shape; the character of a room changes when occupied by a different member of staff, rooms Editors are converted and more and more separate buildings are being LINDEN HOCKEN added. We have become used to the temporary classroom NIGEL FORDE on the field, and it will not be long before we have entirely Business Manager forgotten what it looked like once.