KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL Vol. 3, No. 4 N. M. Whitehouse, Clare College, to read Economics. OXBRIDGE AWARDS AND ENTRANCES 1971 Oxford T. G. C. Bird, Magdalen College, to read AWARDS Chemistry. Cambridge D. C. Bromage, Trinity College, to read Metal- C. B. Jones, Scholarship in Natural Sciences, lurgy. Pembroke College. N. J. Cleverley, Magdalen College to read S. M. J. Arrowsmith, Exhibition in English, Classics. Queens' College. A. K. Morgan, Corpus Christi College, to read J. M. Burling, Exhibition in History, St. John's Physics. College. M. J. Cardinal, Exhibition in History, Magdalene College. RUGBY FOOTBALL R. G. Maltby, Exhibition in History, St. Cathar- ¡ne's College. The First XV has enjoyed mixed fortunes this G. H. Smith, Exhibition in English, Selwyn Col­ season, and by Christmas it had registered six lege. wins as against seven defeats. D.C.E.'s XV was easily beaten, but then the XV lost twice to strong sides A. R. D. Starr, Exhibition in Engineering, Clare from Warwick and Denstone. A detailed list of College. results appears at the end of this report, and of Oxford these, undoubtedly the most pleasing was the W. A. Ewers, Scholarship in Engineering, Wor­ match against Worksop. This was a game in which cester College. the XV gained the initiative at the start and never N. J. Faithom, Scholarship in Physics, St. John's lost ¡ts control of the game. P. L. C. Knee scored College. 22 points, and this match seemed to bode well for the future. Unfortunately, the side could not A. Mitra, Scholarship in Classics, Keble College. maintain the flair and urgency which it had A. J. Morris, Scholarship in Music, The Queen's demonstrated in the match against Worksop, and College. slipped to defeats by Lawrence Sherrif, Broms­ R. J. Nicholas, Scholarship in Physics, Christ grove and Wrekin. A narrow win over Solihull Church. and wins against Cotton College and Universities S. P. Slade, Scholarship in Modern Languages, XV at the end of the term restored the confidence Oriel College. of the side. A. C. Smith, Scholarship in Classics, Exeter College. During the Christmas holidays, S. G. Johnson, G. T. Ruston, A. R. D. Starr and A. L. Burn played P. A. G. Friend, Exhibition in History, Pembroke for Greater Birmingham Schools, and S. M. Hol- College. lingworth played for the 2nd XV. Two perform­ P. D. Goakes, Exhibition in History, Exeter ances in particular stand out. In the match against College. Herefordshire, Starr, with a forceful display of PLACES wing three-quarter play, ran in four of Birming- ham's seven tries, while laying on another for John­ Cambridge son who is to be congratulated on his selection D. J. Aspinall, Selwyn College, to read Engineer­ for the Midland Schools XV—a notable achieve- ing. ment. J. Burnie, Downing College, to read Natural Sciences. A glance at the results of the other XV's shows that school rugby is flourishing. The Second XV A. D. G. Cumming, Emmanuel College, to read has recorded several notable victories and its Engineering. strength is indicated by the fact that a selection A. C. Foster, Sidney Sussex College, to read rota has been instituted. The Third XV is having Natural Sciences. ¡ts best season in l¡v¡ng memory and the hard core A. T. M. Freeman, Gonville and Caius College, of ¡ts players must be congratulated on their un- to read Classics. failing enthusiasm. The U.16 XV has had a difficult S. R. Harris, Selwyn College, to read Geography. time, although it has some promising players. The J. P. Minkes, Downing College, to read Law. U.15 XV, after losing ¡ts first two matches to War­ A. D. Monk, Fitzwilliam College, to read Engin­ wick and Denstone, has been undefeated. This eering. team has all-round strength and it ¡s to be hoped that this success will continué ¡n the sénior teams. P. A. Morris, Gonville and Caius College, to read The record of the U.14 XV is equally encouraging. Mathematics. After a disastrous 35 point defeat at the hands of R. Osborne, Peterhouse, to read Natural Warwick in the first match, this team carried all Sciences. before it and registered a 44 point win over J. M. Shaw, Peterhouse, to read Classics. Lawrence Sherrif. Their success is based on a G. P. Tranter, Sidney Sussex College, to read strong, mobile pack, supported by incisive three- Classics. quarters. The U.13 XV suffers from lack of size, D. R. Williams, Magdalene College, to read but despite this handicap, still manages to play Engineering. good rugby. lst XV Results Type A. It is interesting that not many members D.C.E.'s XV Won 17--3 of Type A can level any actual criticism of the course other than the fashionable remark " It's Warwick School Lost 12--29 such a drag." Conclusión: Professional drop-out. Denstone College Lost 3--21 DOES know but doesn't care. If thrust upon him Tettenhall College Won 19--3 at an earlier age, before he grew his hair long, Worksop College Won 28--3 might this course have yielded better results? Lost 5--13 Lawrence Sherrif The Type B boy knows slightly more of the Bromsgrove School Lost 16--28 topic under discussion than Type A, and is there­ Solihull School Won 9--8 fore more ¡nterested in it. His comments will be Ratcliffe College Lost 3--20 mainly concerned with each lecture week by week. Wrekin College Lost -13 Many people might get a lot more out of the King's School, Worcester Lost 3--5 course if they thought of the relevance of each week's topic to themselves now. Cotton College Won 15--12 The course was not ¡ntended as a mammoth Universities XV Won 17--6 history lesson, but the lessons to be learnt from Overall Results all the lectures have a bearing on contemporary P. W. D. L. F. A. society. For ¡nstance, the underrated talk on lst XV ... 13 6 0 7 153 164 monasticism was dismissed by some as being irrele- vant and boring in contení. Looked at in the light 2nd XV ... 10 6 1 3 116 66 of contemporary society, it can be seen that monas- 3rd XV ... 7 4 1 2 89 107 teries and monks can offer a refuge and a useful U.16 XV ... 8 2 0 6 49 146 occupation to those who wish to withdraw in U.15 XV ... 9 6 1 2 136 64 part from modern society. Monks at least have a U.14 XV ... 9 7 1 1 187 80 creative belief whereas the 20th century Hippie U.13 XV ... 10 4 0 6 114 94 has a destructive and isolating belief. The Greek "Polis" system, as was pointed out, had the fol­ The following have represented the lst XV lowing to offer: democratic ¡deals, rights and during the Michaelmas Term : respons¡b¡l¡t¡es for the individual, community spirit P. L. C. Knee, R. J. Sheppard, A. R. D. Starr, and involvement, a high cultural level, and free­ J. P. Burton, T. L. Wenman, G. T. Ruston, dom of expression. These ¡deas outlasted Grecian R. C. Crocker, P. S. Russell, P. Wright, S. M. civilisation and are today held to be of paramount Hollingworth, G. P. Tranter, A. L. Burn, C. G. ¡mportance to society. Watkins, S. G. Johnson, A. T. M. Freeman, Once all seminars start to discuss contemporary P. J. Southern, P. M. Biddle, R. N. Webb, P. A. problems, the amazing potentiaMty of this course Glover, R. H. Pope, H. J. Smith, J. E. Hamlin, becomes apparent and the " mass apathy " of R. G. Tries and their scorers : Maltby's article ¡n "Chronicle" Vol. 3 No. 2 dis- Starr 3, Ruston 3, Biddle 2, Burn 2, Webb 2, appears. I would reply to him that ¡t ¡s not so Wenman 2, Knee 2, Burton 1. much " mass apathy " as unfortunate ¡gnorance of of the relevance of contemporary problems to the Dropped goals : individual which pervades our school. Incidentally, Knee 1, Pope 1. ramming an article like this down people's throats Colours have been re-awarded to C. G. Watkins will certainly not help. and awarded to S. M. Hollingworth, S. G. The "Background to Western Culture" series Johnson, G. T. Ruston and A. R. D. Starr. offers a remarkable opportunity for people to ANDREW BURN reflect on why and how contemporary society became as it now is, instead of taking many other turnings (notable turning points being dealt with THE BACKGROUND OF WESTERN under the headings " Greek Science, Humanism, CULTURE Protestantism, Renaissance Art and Arehitecture"). It will be a measure of the success of the course This year, to replace English and Divinity les­ if, in two years' time, the present Divisions do not sons in the Divisions, a compulsory syllabus has have to conceal ignorance when faced with some­ been devised which deals with topics which have one using the word " Manicheanism," and have the contributed to the development of culture in the knowledge and ¡ntellect to submit and defend their West. The timetable has been arranged so as to own possible, reasoned and fair judgment of the have one lecture a week and two periods in which topic. the Block is divided ¡nto seminars for discussion, and one more period for extra study of the week's CHRISTOPHER HODGES topic or matters arising from it. The lectures are not so much a history of western civ¡l¡sat¡on as THE HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION necessarily rushed educational discourses on topics Part I—Tuesday, 15th December which Divisions ought to know more about.