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King's College Taunton Centenary King's College Taunton Centenary 1880-1980 SUMMER TERM 1980 VOLUME XXXVI No. 3 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: HELENE PLANT, S. K. WHITE, S. C. HUNTER, N. J. KEW, A. RUTHERFORD Page Design: J. J. A. A VERY ~H".•• . I . CONTENTS s ool News Throughout the last two terms we have been continuing to mark the King's School Notes 3 Ce~tenary, inaugurated on Parents' Day last year, and are at the moment preparing bus1ly for the official Centenary Day on Friday, July 11th. A full programme of even.ts is planned, beginning in the morning with a Festival Eucharist at which the Letter to the Editor . 6 P~es1dent of the Woodard Corporation, the Right Reverend the Bishop of Wakefield, w11l be the principal Celebrant and Preacher. During the day there will be perfor­ mances of"Tom Brown," in a new production by P. D. Wood, Esq., and "The Savage Articles God," by J. C. Spalding, Esq. A concert will be given in Chapel by King's College Visit to Midelney Manor 7 an.d Pyrland ~all Choral Society and Orchestra. With Old Boys' Weekend arranged th1s year to mcorporate Centenary Day, the 1st XI will play the Old Aluredians' Afghanistan 8 XI, and in the evening there will be a Centenary Ball and Grand Firework display. King's College Community Service 10 The last day of the Summer Term, then, together with the formal opening of the King's-Buchholz Exchange 1979 10 Sports Hall in the Michae!mas Term, the Commemoration Service on King Alfred's Day and the Gala Concert planned for the end of the year, will be the culmination Combined Cadet Force 12 of our Centenary celebrations, and there will be detailed reports of all the events in the Autumn edition of the Aluredian. Drama "Twelfth Night" or "What You Will" 16 T~e Lent Term began as usual with encouraging news about the Oxford and King Alfred and Meynell House Play-"The Skin of Our Teeth" 17 Cambndge College Entrance examinations, in which eight boys and two girls were successful. Awards and places were won as follows: Carpenter House Play-"The Happiest Days of Your Life" 18 M. W. Greenwood-a Scholarship to read Engineering at Churchill College, Cam­ Bishop Fox House Play-"Reluctant Heroes" 19 bridge. Neate's House Play-"The Physicists" 19 F. W. K. Yeung-a Scholarship to read Engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge (also elected to Tuckwell House Play-"Our 20 a Philpott Exhibition awarded to candidates from Woodard Town" schools). Woodard House Play-"Ten Little Niggers" 21 S. C. Harding-an Exhibition to read Engineering at St. Peter's College, Oxford. R. A. Coram-a place to read Zoology at Pembroke College, .Oxford. Jessica Duxbury-a place to read Experimental Psychology at Somerville College, Music . 23 Oxford. J. W. Hall-a place to read History at Pembroke College, Oxford. A. H. Hickson-a place to read Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Creative 25 P.A. Jackson-a place to read Law at Jesus College, Oxford. R. P. Lobb-a place to read Veterinary Science at Selwyn College, Cambridge. Helene Plant-a place to read Law at Robinson College, Cambridge. Sport Badminton 33 Fencing .. 33 The minor sports were particularly successful during the Lent Term, with the cross country teams having 33 their best season on record: both the lst VIII and the Rugby Colts VIII finished the term unbeaten; nine boys were selected for the National Cross-Country 41 Championship, and one girl represented the County in the South West and National Hockey 42 Championships. In the Oxford Road Relay the 'A' and 'B' teams were both second 45 in their races, and M. G. Reeves, who finished first in every school match, was 21st Squash in the A.A.A. National Championships. Soccer 46 The Fencing and Badminton teams all had successful seasons, as the detailed reports show. Considerable interest was shown in the Third and Fourth Forms Squash League, which was introduced for the first time last term, and which gave Cover photograph: Statue of King Alfred by L. D. A. Brad younger boys more opportunity to play competitively. Junior boys also did particularly well in Hockey, their results showing great 3 PRINTED BY COX, SONS AND CO. LTD., WILLITON, SOMERSET promise for the future. Unfortunately, the 1st XI suffered from inexperience and an unusual number of injuries, both of which reduced the number of victories. further their interest in photography. The encouragement of cultu~al activities is . The 1st XI Cricket team are very much looking forward to their tour of Barbados particularly important in the Winter Term when boys are .often kept .mdoors by bad m the late summer of 1981. A party of fourteen boys, together with Mr. P. A. weather. With this in mind a creative writing competitiOn for Thi.rd and F~urth Dossett, the master in charge of cricket, and Mr. R. E. Marshall, the School Cricket Formers was organized by the English Department and the A_lure~wn .Comilllttee. Coach, are to play about ten games over a three-week period. Half the money for Some of the work submitted was very imaginative and the contnbutJons Judged to be the tour is to come from the individuals who go, and the remainder is being raised by the best in each year are included in this edition. means of various ventures organised between now and next summer. At the beginning of the Lent Term we welcomed Mr. S. C:· Bell as Di~ecto1 of The C.C.F. has continued to flourish. The Annual Inspection was carried out by Music, and he has quickly established himself, both as Orgamst and .Ch01rmas~er, Captain N. J. S. Hunt, M.V.O., R.N., on June 2nd. A recent development has and in the Music Department. Later in the magazine Mr. Bell has wntten a ~ev1ew been the establishment of a liaison link with H.M.S. Amazon, a modern A class frigate. of some of the recent concerts which have been given at King's. Th~ celebrat!on of We very much hope that this will help to stimulate further interest in the Naval section. the King's Centenary is a particularly important time f?r those. mvo.lved m the Later in the magazine is an article by Mr. W. Gooderham, B. E. M., C.S.M.I., A.P.T.C., Chapel music not only because of the two commemoratiOn services, m July and in which he outlines the developments which have taken place in the history of the October, but ~lso because the organ, which has been rebuilt as p~trt of the Centenary C.C.F. in which he has been the Contingent Sergeant Major for some thirty years. Appeal, will be housed in its ne:v Chamber ~m.the North Wall m the Autumn, and The usual activities of the King's College Community Service have continued, should greatly improve the quality of worship m the Chapel. and there is a report of these in the present edition. One of the most spectacular There have been several changes in the appearance of the Lady Chapel: the events was the sponsored twenty-four hour cycle ride in October, which raised £750 Unmack memorial plaque by Rory Young (O.A.) h~s . been pla~ed on !he South Wall, for the Community Service funds. and the portrait of Bishop Fox, for so long m the Dmmg Hall, IS now m a much more appropriate position on the West Wall of the Lady Chapel. By September the choir stalls will be .fitted with new candle-holders, which, to­ gether with circular candelabra above, will greatly enhance the appearance of the There have been several Dramatic productions in the course of the present sanctuary and the atmosphere of services. academic year, and the installation of the control consol at the back of the Bishop Confirmation by the Right Revd. the Lord Bishop of Taunton took place on Wilson Hall, from which lighting and other electrical effects can be directed, has made Saturday, 15th March. There were 88 candidates, including those from Pyrland the technical side of the performances much more professional, as well as freeing Hall, and we were very pleased that the Archbishop of Canterbury sent a personal valuable space in the wings. The major Dramatic Society production was "Twelfth letter of congratulation and encouragement to all those who were to be confirmed. Night" at the end of the Michaelmas Term, but in addition there have been six House plays, including a performance of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of our Teeth," in which, for the first time, two Houses combined their resources. Such flexibility Early in the Summer Term the Main College was joined by Pyrland Hall and in the organization of drama means that more ambitious plays can be tackled, and the King's House for the Centenary Sc~ool Photograph, and the s!ght of nine hund~ed overall quality of the productions at House level improved. people, including over seventy full-time members of the Teaching Staff, assembl~ng Earlier in the year the Junior Drama Group presented "Time Sneeze," by David on that occasion will have brought home to everyone present the developments wh1c.h Campton, a play which involved a large number of actors. It was most encouraging have taken place at King's since the early days, which are being commemorated this to see the enthusiasm for acting demonstrated by the large cast, and the experience year. has proved once again that there is a large number of potential good actors in the junior part of the School, and many of the same boys are currently preparing for the two productions which are to be performed on Centenary Day.
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