wellington year book 2009 /2010 1 w e l l i ng t on y e a r b oo k 2 0 0 9 /2 01 0 2 wellington year book 2009 /2010 wellington year book 2009 /2010 3 visitor Her Most Gracious Majesty president hrh the Duke of Kent, kg, gcmg, gcvo, adc vice-president Sir Anthony Goodenough, kcmg [s 1954–1959] patrons The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, fba, dd, d.phil, ma Wellington College Claret 2005 The Duke of Wellington kg, lvo, obe, mc, dl Jean-Pierre Moueix governors The Wellington House Claret, our own-label blend, has been selected and blended by Etablissements J-P Moueix Dr A. Borges Mrs V. Mitchell P.G.C. Mallinson, ba, mba [Pn 1973–1977] Dr C.M. Marr, phd [Ap 1985–1987] from traditional Bordeaux grape varieties. The 2005 Mrs O. Deighton Rear Admiral H.A.H.G. Edleston [Pn 1962–1967] is seriously inviting, displaying sensuous ripe fruits The Rt Revd D.D.J. Rossdale, Bishop of Grimsby, ma, msc † Dr R. Groves, ba, phd Dr P.J.A. Frankopan, ma, dphil, frsa and a spicy, earthy minerality. Sir Michael Rake [C 1961–1966] A.E.T. Dean, bsc Dr E.M. Sidwell, cbe, bsc, phd, frsa, frgs £7.99 per bottle T.B. Bunting, ma [Bd 1976–1981] General Sir Redmond Watt, kcb, kcvo, cbe The Rt Hon the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean † R. Perrins, bsc, aca C.G.C.H. Baker, ma [Bl 1962–1967] H.W. Veary, ba, aca To buy please call Guy Seddon on 020 7265 2438 Dr S.C. Winkley, phd Mrs M. Chaundler, ba, obe or email [email protected] Legal advisor to the Governors: Mrs Y.T. Gallagher To fi nd out more about Corney & Barrow or to request a price list, please visit www.corneyandbarrow.com old wellingtonian society President: A.G. Bruce, bsc, ceng [Bn 1951–1956] Chairman: C.G.C.H. Baker, ma* [Bl 1962–1967] Vice Presidents: D.B.G. Bishop, ma [T 1946–1951] Hon.Treasurer/Vice President: N.J.A. Howard-Jones, acii* [T 1961–1965] P.C.P. Hunt, fca [C 1963–1967] Secretary: C.M. St G. Potter bsc* [C 1960–1965] Chairman OW Sports Committee: J.M. Goodeve-Docker [A 1961–1964] Editor of the Year Book: Dr P.J.R. Mileham [A 1959–1963] Head of School: Patrick Ware [L] Assistant Editor: Mrs K.A. Mitchell general committee Elected Members: M.J. Power* [S 1952–1956] Mrs F.K. Haywood, [née Stalley], ba, msc [Ap 1984–1986] Brig. D.H.C. Creswell* [L 1955–1960] J.S.V. Britton, ba [A 1987–1992] Dr P.J.R. Mileham, mphil, phd, arhists [A 1959–1963] C.A.S. Macfarlane, ba [Hg 1988–1993] J.M. Goodeve-Docker* [A 1961–1964] A.D. Macdonald, ba [Bl 1988–1993] A.J.M. Stileman, ma, rca [T 1967–1972] T.M. ff Allen, ma [Hl 1988–1993] R.I.H.B. Dyer, ba [T 1972–1977] N.H. Alcock [Bn 1989–1994] H.R.F. Somerset, ma [Bn 1974–1979] S.F. Streatfeild, ba [C 1993–1998] J.H.C. Mallinson, ba [Pn 1974–1980] J.J. Douglas [Bn 1998–2003] Mrs J.F.L. Morgan [née Davies], bsc [Ap 1978–1980] J.W. Tress, ba [Bn 1999–2004] Mrs D.J. Alun-Jones [née Harrison], ma [Ap 1979–1981] J.T. Sowerby, ba [C 1999–2004] C.J.G. Yeldham [Hl 1984–1989] *indicates members of the Executive & Finance Committee †Retired 2010 Front cover: All the Colours of Wellington 4 4 wellington year book 20082009 /20092010 wellington year book 2009 /2010 5 contents from the from the editor .......................... ........................................................5 EDITOR speech day ............................... ........................................................8 Speech Day Prizewinners ...................................16 academic success. 18 external. 19 The Wellington Academy ..................................19 Wellington College International. 21 arts & activities ......................... .......................................................23 evolution…’ at Wellington. There is no need for instant alarm. It was only The Arts Committee ......................................23 a newspaper headline quoting the Rt Hon. Michael Gove, Secretary of State, The Music School .........................................25 ‘R following the Wellington Sunday Times Festival of Education in July 2010. His Drama .................................................31 message, was merely about a level exams. College, of course, has firmly attached itself to The Art School ..........................................36 the International Baccalaureate and the Middle Years Programme. But as Wellington has Chess ..................................................41 Debating ................................................42 always been near the centre of national life and led the way, if the new Coalition government sport. 43 wishes to choose the Wellington College theatre to declaim policies, who can deny them service. 84 the opportunity, certainly not our revolutionary Master, Dr Anthony Seldon. Chapel .................................................84 Speech Day this year concentrated on celebrating the ‘Eight Aptitudes’, the physio- CCF ...................................................85 psycho-cognitive uniqueness—if that term does not seem too fearsome—of each student, Field Gun ...............................................91 in which to nurture the roundness of his or her development. There is no doubt that every HMS Iron Duke ..........................................94 student is offered a superb all-round education at Wellington and most take full advantage, Round Square ............................................95 gazette. 98 in the words of a founding father, in ‘learning how to live’. Academic and Senior Staff ..................................98 Wellington is a College, however, not a mere school. What is the difference ? Common Room News. 100 Collegiality is the abiding aim—living and working in groups both large and small, with Valete .................................................101 friendship, cooperation, collaboration and team work amongst true ‘colleagues’. In addition, WCA .................................................106 all students are learning how to balance those often antithetical elements in human nature ‘Wellington College—the First 150 Years’ ....................107 and society, of altruism and ambition, of ‘dynamic cooperation’ and ‘fierce competition’, Development ...........................................108 involving risk. Wellingtonians will meet much competition and risk in their lives after Map of Buildings .........................................110 o.w. notes ............................... ......................................................112 College. But with the experience of their years at Wellington College they have a greater Chairman’s Report .......................................112 chance of developing two other ‘abilities’—to compete fairly and to lead. Those abilities Secretary’s Report .......................................113 are urgently needed for the greater public good, for a more trusting, civilised, global society. OW Events 2010 & 2011 ..................................113 In the various sections that follow are graphic descriptions of both collegial cooperation o.w. sports . 119 and competitive activities—from academic, sporting, musical, artistic, dramatic, military or o.w. service. 126 charitable, to such other group activities as Chapel worship, chess and debating, as well as Wellington and the Battle of Britain .........................126 the spirited, healthy, perennial inter-house rivalry. Certainly the language of the accounts OW Dispatches .........................................133 o.w. gazette. 139 Obiter Dicta. .140 Sectretaries and Representatives ...........................144 obituraries & deaths. 146 6 wellington year book 2009 /2010 wellington year book 2009 /2010 7 in this year’s Year Book is livelier and more hyperbolic than ever, but who is an editor to moderate with heavy hand what others write so enthusiastically ? I am very grateful for the support of scores of contributors and the hard work of Chris Potter and Kay Mitchell of the ow Society, together with our designer Jules Akel (ow). Last year the Wellington Year Book celebrated the visit of Her Majesty the Queen at the end of our anniversary year. This year there has been an accumulation of military material reaching the editorial team. So be it. For the first hundred years the Wellingtoniandna displayed military characteristics, to slip into a modern metaphor. The overwhelming majority were sons of soldiers. But even today there is still much keenness for military affairs, from the ccf, Field Gun run and Great War battlefield tours, to the resurrection of Wellington’s Cavalry tradition. On a more poignant note, very many ows joined the Royal Air Force in World War II, and their service in the battle of Britain is remembered in this 70th anniversary year. Above all we have been hugely surprised and encouraged by the sheer number of ows who have served in Iraq and Aghanistan, described in the ‘Dispatches’ article. Next year ? We hope to describe more fully some of the life of other Wellington institutions, the Academy in nearby Wiltshire and the College in not-so-far-away China. Finally, in this the 120th edition of the Wellington Year Book, it is well to reflect on its purpose. As the College’s flagship publication, it is designed to be an accurate account of events during the academic year, of pupils’ efforts and successes, of staff personalities, ofow news and insights into the wider College community. Many readers rely on the two gazette sections. Indeed as the one consistent record over the past 120 years, the Year Book is a comprehensive source of primary research material and thus has a central place in the newly reconstituted Archives, supporting the richness of Wellington’s history