THE DUNELMIAN DECEMBER, 1965 VOL. 14 FIFTH SERIES No. 3 CONTENTS Annual Camp, 1965 ... 113 Obituary—Sir Henry Arduous Training ... ... 113 Tristram Holland ... 140 Army Force ... 112 Photographic Society ... 119 Astronomical Society ... 116 Pre-Corps ... 116 Avete ... 143 Provisional Cricket Fixtures, Carpentry Club ... 117 1966 ... 107 C.C.F ... Ill Provisional Dates for 1966 106 Chapel Notes ... 107 Printing Club ... 119 Cricket ... 131 Recits ... 110 Debating Society ... 117 R.A.F. Section ... 114 Dennis Flanders Prints ... 104 Rugby ... 122 Durham School Society ... 103 Rowing ... 129 Dramatic Society ... ... 118 School News ... 104 Development Fund ... 136 Signals Section ... 115 Electronics Society ... 118 Shooting ... 115 Fencing ... 116 S.I.C.O ... 119 Form Prizes, 1965 ... ... 108 Social Service Society ... 119 Film Club ... 118 Sixth Form Society ... 120 Fives ... 133 St. Ailred Society ... 120 Junior Colts ... 127 Senior Colts ... 126 Life Saving ... 136 Swimming ... ... 134 Little Clubs ... 128 Swimming Sports, 1965 ... 134 Library ... 110 Tristram Society ... .. 121 Music ... 109 Valete .. 141 Naval Section ... 114 Yards ... 128 O.D.News ... 136 Young Farmers .. 121 DURHAM SCHOOL SOCIETY. It is some years now since an explanation of the Durham School Society was published and it was then judged from the many questions asked at O.D. gatherings that a large number of O.D.s knew very little about the Society, why it existed and what it had achieved. It now seems time therefore to publish a few notes of explanation for the benefit of younger O.Ds. The Durham School Society is quite distinct from the O.D. Society, to which the great majority of O.D.s belong. It is a Company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 19th December, 1938. Members of the original Council were Canon R. H. J. Poole* H. S. Harrison, H. M. Wilkinson, R. P. M. Brown, T. C. Squance, 103 H. C. Ferens and B. Aarvold. Its principal objectives were, briefly, as follows : (a) To collect and receive subscriptions for the purpose of providing financial assistance to the School. (b) To administer the property of the Society, both income and capital, for any purpose beneficial to the School. (c) To found and administer an Endowment Fund for the School. It was felt that the Society, being independent of the School but working in close liaison with it, might be some insurance against some of the dangers which might — for various reasons and from various quarters—threaten Fublic Schools in the future. Membership has been confined to Old Dunelmians who have sub- scribed £10 or more to the Society, and some of the achievements are : (a) Preparation of plans and quantities for the proposed Budworth Memorial Dining Hall, which had later to be abandoned owing to excessive rise in costs. (b) Provision of the pathway and steps up to Chapel and of the tarmacadam surface of the area between the Kerr Memorial Arch and Chapel Lawn. (c) The completion of the Chapel. 0d) The provision of memorials in Chapel to Canon Budworth and Mr. H. S. Harrison. (e) An interest-free loan to the Development Fund of £5,000. The Hon. Treasurer of the Durham School Society is H. B. Kilvington, 17 and 19 Scarborough Street, West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. THE DENNIS FLANDERS PRINTS. Reproductions of these drawings of the School, which appeared in The Illustrated London News, have proved very popular as Christmas presents. Sets of four, costing three guineas, may be ordered through the Headmaster or Mr. Nigel Evans. SCHOOL NEWS. This term there are 257 boys in the School—198 boarders and 59 day boys. S. W. Harbinson is Head of School and Poole House ; F. Youngman is Head of Caffinites and P. J. McCall Head of School House. The other School Monitors are C. D. Jackson, A. P. Jones and R. N. Street. D. E. Nelson is Captain of Rugby, F. Youngman of Fives, I. Michelson of Swimming, M. J. Y. Stead of Shooting, H. W. M. Milner of Basketball, G. Potts of Cross Country Running, C. D. Jackson of Athletics and J. A. Halliday of Fencing. F. W. Flintoff is the C.S.M. This term we extend a warm welcome to Mr. J. L. Gregory, a Scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge who has joined the staff to teach Classics and Divinity. He is already thoroughly involved in the life of the School, which is tremendously appreciated, and we hope that he will spend many happy years here. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. David Richardson on the birth of their first child, a daughter—Amanda Jane. We were all delighted to hear that Dr. H. C. Ferens had been honoured by the Queen in his appointment as Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Durham. 104 Congratulations to the following on heading the lists of some very good G.C.E. results :— 'A' Level—P. M. Chadeyron, K.S., S. W. Harbinson, K.S., C. D. Jackson, 13. P. Pritchard, J. C. Sparrow, A. L. White and F. Youngman. 'O' Level—R. G. Denton, S. M. Easby, F. R. S. Gibb, K.S., A. L. W. Kellett, I. Michelson, R. E. Scorgie, M. Spedding, P. J. Walker, K.S. and R. Watson—all with 8 or 10 passes. S. W. Harbinson, K.S., is to be congratulated on his English Speak- ing Union Schoolboy Scholarship to America. He leaves in January for Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Virginia. Twenty of last year's leavers went to universities in October and seven are now staying to sit Oxbridge Scholarship or Entrance examinations. Michael Steel and Richard Baron have just started at Sandhurst and Stephen Saunders at Dartmouth. Work began in the holidays on the new Sanitorium at the west end of Bungites ; the new changing-room for the Grove was completed and the new Art Studio in Old Caffinites, with all its up-to-date equipment, will be ready for use next term, thanks to the hard work done by Mr. Evans and many boys in 4 finishing it off \ On Thursday, October 7th, the Headmaster, Mr. N. G. E. Gedye, the Heads of School and of Caffinites much enjoyed lunching with O.D.s in Newcastle. Our Harvest Festival Thanksgiving service was held in Chapel on October 10th, when we were especially glad to welcome back the Bishop of Whitby as preacher. The C.C.F. held its camping week-end and Field Day from the 16th— 18th of October : a report appears elsewhere in this issue. On October 20th the Lord Mayor Treloar Trust's film There's No Discouragement, showing the work of its college for crippled boys, made a deep impact on those who saw it—the winner of a Gold Medal at the 2nd International Film Festival on Rehabilitation of the Disabled held in Rome in 1964. The Annual Founders and Benefactors service was held in Abbey on October 27th, when the Dean of York preached. Mr. Tony Gilkes, Director of the Public Schools Appointments Bureau, visited the School on November 4th and 5th, interviewed boys and spoke to the Lower Sixth. Junior Recits were held on November 5th and Senior Recits on November 23rd. All who took part are to be congratulated on the variety of plays produced and on the generally high standard of acting. Mr. Norman Long, as adjudicator, was most helpful in his criticism, and accounts of both evenings can be found elsewhere in this issue. On November 5th School House narrowly defeated Caffinites in the semi-final of the Senior House matches but lost in the final on November 11th to Pooleites. A lecture, illustrated by colour slides, was given in Big School on November 18th by Mr. Tony Smythe ; entitled ' Honeymoon behind the Iron Curtain ' it was much enjoyed by everyone. The Headmaster and a number of staff and senior boys attended the Celebration of Holy Communion in memory of Cardinal Langley in the Gallilee Chapel on November 20th. Also on November 20th we were hosts to the High School at the first of the two annual dances ; the evening certainly went with a swing, a twist and a shake ! The Annual Concert will be held on the 10th and 11th December and the Carol Service on Sunday the 12th. 105 During the term the Headmaster attended the A.G.M. of Head- masters' Conference from 28th—30th September and the Divisional Meeting of H.M.C. at Leeds on October 14th. He visited Dartmouth from 7th—10th October, spoke to the Hetton-le-Hole Rotary on October 12th and preached to the Chorister School on October 24th. Mr. A. Appleby leaves us at the end of this term and he will be sorely missed. For five years he has served the School well, winning the respect and affection of staff and boys alike. During that time our English examination results have been outstanding, the Library has been re- organized and School Recits have developed into a full blown Inter- House Dramatics competition for both seniors and juniors. Satellite has flourished and youngsters in the C.C.F. and on the rugger field have benefited greatly from his training. We should all like to express our appreciation and wish him, his wife and his family all success and happiness in the future. We shall look forward to having the first' Young Pip ' at the School. We are sad, too, to report that when Mr. Thomas de Winton re- linquishes the housemastership of School House, after his fifteen years' tenureship is up in July next, he and his family will be emigrating to New Zealand, a move which—we understand— he first considered and postponed about eight years ago.