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D — n all p a s t ed ito rs an d th e ir ed ito ria l m oan ing a b o u t ap a th y , co n ven tio n , th e m in gy shape an d size o f th e m agazine a n d th e po verty o f im ag ina tion o f everybody , c h r i s h e a d . W e h ereb y abo lish th e trad itio n a l hypocritica l apology to th o se w hose w o rk cou ld n o t possib ly b e p u b lish ed b y ed ito rs w ho fill th e pages w ith th e ir ow n w orks. In s te a d , w e shall fill th e m w ith o u r ow n w orks i f w e w an t to , so there! A n d i f yo u d o n ’t like i t yo u can e d it th e n e x t m agazine y o u rse lf, w h e n w e sh a n ’t b e h ere . I shall b e de­lig h ted to see y o u r w orks filling every page.

H ow ev er, w e th a n k sincerely all w ho c o n trib u ted . T h e se w ere so few in n u m b e r an d so ex q u is ite in gen ius th a t h a rd ly any are n o t re p re se n te d in th is m agazine.

T o con tin u e o u r ed ito ria l h o n es ty , w e h u m b ly ad m it th a t i f th e w ell o f ideas is s till d ry a n d The Wycombiensian is n o b e tte r th a n u su a l, i t is n o b o d y ’s fa u lt b u t o u r ow n. W e shall rack o u r b ra in s an d try to b e orig inal. •chris rollason. W e m ig h t use th e poetic tr ic k o f

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B u t all th is w ou ld w aste a lo t o f space w ith o u t be ing p a rticu la rly o rig inal. jo h n b u r r o w s . W e co n sid ered cu ttin g a large h o le in one o f th e pages, an d in se rtin g th e re in free facsim iles o f D a n te ’s In fe rn o , th e F o r th B ridge , a W o m an w ailing fo r h e r Wycombien­sian a n d h a lf a p o u n d o f S tilto n C heese. W e w ere assu red th a t th e cost w ou ld th e n have to b e ra ised to 4s. (20p) an d th e idea h a d to b e aban do ned . I t app ears th a t o u r on ly in n o v a tio n is o u r v ic to ry over th e p ro b lem o f censo rsh ip . A ll censo red m a tte r— eno ug h to keep th e g u tte r-p re ss h a p p y fo r several years— has b een specially p r in te d o n th e tw o cen tre pages. U n fo rtu n a te ly w e find th a t th ese pages are in v isib le to all b u t th e possessors o f th e s tr ic te s t p u rity .

L astly , i f you have defied con ven tio nality a n d re a d th is ed ito ria l, yo u w ill hav e n o ticed th a t in s tead o f a lis t o f ed ito rs a t th e to p (o r b o tto m ) o f th e page, th e ir nam es a re sca tte red ab o u t th e page , m ak in g no nsen se o f m y fine p ro se , b u t tr iu m p h in g over T ra d itio n . L as tly , I m ak e one concession to T ra d it io n , b y p r in tin g m y ow n n am e a t th e b o tto m o f th e page , in th e u su a l m aim er.

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H e a t an d exam ination s d o m in a ted th e su m m er te rm ; how ever, th e re has b een n o sho rtage o f even ts to chron icle .

I t w as w ith g rea t reg re t th a t we le a rn t o f th e d ea th o f M rs . P eggy G o u lb o rn , n o t on ly th e w ife o f one o f o u r fo rm er m ayors a n d a go verno r o f th e school b u t also h e rse lf a m em b er o f th e w artim e teach in g staff.

T h e G o vern ing B ody has ap p o in ted M r. G . W . R ay , an o ld boy o f th e school, to tak e th e place o f th e la te M r. N . H . T h e e d as a F o u n d a tio n G o v ern o r o f th e school.

W e are d e lig h ted to reco rd th a t th e R .G .S . is keep ing its ties w ith th e m ayora lty o f H ig h W ycom be; M r. A lan G o od earl, a go verno r o f th e school, succeeded th e R ev. Jo h n S k ip p as M ayor.

A s alw ays a t th is tim e o f th e year w e w ere so rry to have to say goodbye to several m em bers o f o u r staff, an d above all th is year to M r. E m ly n Jones w ho re tire d as H e a d o f th e M o d e rn L anguages d e p a rtm e n t a fte r 24 years o f inva luab le an d ded ica ted serv ice to th e school. W e w ere p ro fo u n d ly sho cked to h ea r o f h is su d d en d ea th on ly a few days la te r. W e e x te n d o u r deep est sym p athy to M rs . Jon es, w ho h a d also re tire d a fte r te n y ears’ service.

I t cam e as a fu r th e r shock to lea rn in th e sam e w eek o f th e d e a th o f M r. L . T . H o llin g w o rth , w ho jo in ed th e S taff in 1945.

A tr ib u te fro m th e H ea d m aste r app ears a fte r th ese no tes.W e are also losing M r. I . R . H an co ck w ho has b een o n ou r

s ta ff fo r seven years an d la tte rly H o u se T u to r o f T y le rs W ood. H e is go ing to C h e lten h am G ra m m a r School.

M r. P . A . T a y lo r , leaving u s fo r W h itg if t S chool, C ro y d o n , w ill b e re m em b ered fo r rev ita lis ing th e gam e o f hockey in th e school.

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W e are also losing M r. M . P . Jam es w ho w e feel has g iv en m agn ificen t serv ice to th e school, especially in th e sph eres o f th e lib ra ry a n d th e D ra m a S ocie ty , in a d d itio n to h is w o rk as second H e a d o f th e E ng lish d ep a rtm e n t. M r. Jam es w ill be H e a d o f E ng lish a t B ram hall C o m p reh ensive S choo l, C h esh ire .

M r . K . A . H illie r w ill b e tak in g over th e ve ry dem an d in g job o f school lib ra rian .

A lso leav ing us are : M r. P . A . R ooke fo r H a tfie ld S chool, H e r ts , w hose w o rk in th e M u sic d e p a rtm e n t w ill be rem em b ered ; M r. J . S. N o ckels fo r G u isb o ro u g h 6 th F o rm C ollege , Y o rk sh ire ; M r. E . C ro p p e r , M r. C ra d d o c k an d M r. E . L . W estru p .

T h is te rm w e w elcom e to th e school M r. M . A . G ill, B .A . (A berdeen ) w ho w ill te ach G eo graph y an d P .E ., M r. M . J. P ru e , B.A . (C an tab ) an d M r. R . J. L y o n s, B.A . (L o n d o n ) w ho w ill teach E n g lish , M r. J. I . M itc h e ll, M .A . (A berdeen ) w ho w ill be com ing in Ja n u a ry as 2 n d H e a d o f E n g lish , M r. A . R . P . S teele , B .Sc. (N ew E n g lan d , N .S .W .) w ho com es to teach M a th s , M r. G . R ay­m o n d , B .A . (L o n d o n ) (M o d e rn L ang uag es), as are M r. T . J. D u rb in , B.A . (D u rh a m ), M r. G . L . G affin , B .A . (O xon) an d M r. B. W . W igg in to n , B .A . (O x o n ), M r. J. C . D u n n e tt , G .R .S .M . (L o n d o n ) w ill b e jo in ing u s to teach M u sic , M r. P . H . G . F e rr is , B .A . (L o n d o n ) to teach C lassics, an d M r. J. S . C raw shaw , B .S c. (D u rh a m ) to teach P hysics.

W e also w elcom e as a tem p o ra ry m aste r th is te rm M r. L . M . R y le , A .B . (H arv a rd ), A .M . (B erkeley ), to teach E ng lish .

S po rts D ay was h e ld o n M ay 2 8 th , b u t th e m ajo r sp o rtin g successes w ere accom plished b y p e rs is te n t effo rt th ro u g h o u t th e te rm w h en u n fo rtu n a te ly th e re was less su p p o rt fo r th e com ­pe tito rs .

A m ong th e n u m ero u s school activ ities th is te rm w as th e school C o nfirm ation S erv ice ta k e n b y th e B ishop o f B u ck in g h am , th e O ld B oys’ D in n e r , an d a s tr ik in g perfo rm an ce o f th e Medea, p ro d u ced jo in tly w ith th e H ig h School. A W .A .G . F o lk C o n c e rt h ap p en ed an d a t th e en d o f te rm th e S u m m er C o n cert once again d isp layed th e m usica l ta len ts o f th e school.

A p lan n ed P re fec ts’ R ev ue nev er go t off th e g ro u n d , in fac t w en t u n d e rg ro u n d an d b u rie d itself.

S peech D ay was o n Ju ly 8 th . T h e p roceed ings w ere en livened b y an unofficial peace dem o nstra tion . T h e gu est sp eak er was D r . D . M . A. L eg g e tt, V ice C hancello r o f S u rrey U n iv ersity , an d th e V icar o f H ig h W ycom be, th e R ev. J. E . C risp , gave th e add ress a t th e C o m m em o ra tio n Service.

T h e S chool L eav ers’ S erv ice was h e ld a t A ll S a in ts ’ as p a r t o f th e F lo w er F estiv a l th e re . T h e conven tional serv ice was rep laced by a m o re m o d ern fo rm a t a rran g ed b y rep resen ta tives fro m th e

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p a rtic ip a n t schools (R .G .S .— Jo h n B urrow s). T h e serv ice w as a success b u t poorly a tten d ed . T h e R .G .S . c o n tr ib u tio n to th e F lo w er F estival w as p ro v id ed b y G ra h a m Bell an d A d am H ard y .

T h is y ear fo r th e first tim e th e second year 6 th w ere allow ed to leave a fte r th e exam inations. A m o st sensib le so lu tion to th e p ro b lem o f e n d -o f- te rm b o red o m fo r sen ior boys w hose rea lm s o f en joy m en t have s tre tch ed fa r b ey o n d th e lim its o f n o u g h ts an d crosses an d hangm an .

T h e on ly g ru m b le was th a t m an y boys fo u n d th a t th e y h a d sa id goodbye to on ly a sm all frac tion o f th e ir school friends.

I t is in te re s tin g to n o te th a t th e second year 6 th leavers las t te rm w ere th e la s t o f a line th a t can re m em b er one o th e r h ead ­m aste r besides M r. S m ith , fo r th e y w ere th e 1st fo rm ers d u rin g M r. S. M o rg a n ’s year as A cting H ead m aste r.

MR. EMLYN JONESW h e n , a t th e e n d o f th e su m m er te rm , w e w ere w ish ing M r. E m lyn Jones all good th in g s fo r h is w ell-earn ed re tire m e n t, n o n e o f u s th o u g h t to h e a r o f h is d ea th befo re th e en d o f th e firs t w eek o f th e ho lidays. T h e new s w as an im m en se shock to all w h o received it , a n d o u r deep est sym p athy goes to M rs . Jones (w ho h a d h e rse lf ju s t co m p le ted te n y ears’ p a r t- tim e teach in g a t R .G .S .) an d to h e r son B arri. M r. Jon es d ied o f a su d d e n h e a r t a ttack w hile he and M rs . Jon es w ere in L o n d o n , p re p a rin g fo r th e ir in te n d e d ho liday in F ran ce .

M r. Jones w as b o rn in S o u th W ales in 1905, an d h a d a lready reach ed th e re tir in g age o f 65 las t S ep tem b er. H e w as ed u ca ted a t B arry C o u n ty S choo l, G lam o rg an sh ire an d th e U n iv ers ity C ollege, C ard iff, w h ere he to o k I I C lass H o n o u rs in F re n c h . H e h e ld only tw o teach in g app o in tm en ts . A fte r tw en ty years as L anguages m aste r a t C ow ley G ra m m a r S chool, S t. H e le n ’s, L an cash ire , he cam e to R .G .S . in 1947, a n d h a d ju s t com p le ted 24 years here . A lth o u g h fo rm ally re tir in g th is su m m er, h e h a d in te n d e d to go o n teach in g h e re on a p a r t- tim e basis. As H e a d o f th e M o d e rn L anguages D e p a rtm e n t h e h ad estab lish ed a re p u ta tio n fo r d ed i­ca ted an d conscien tious teach in g o f F re n c h a n d G e rm a n , w ith qualities o f scho larsh ip w h ich co m m an d ed th e re sp ec t o f all w ho knew h im , w h e th e r as colleagues o r pu p ils . H is w o rk w as always charac te rised b y a firm seriousness o f p u rp o se w h ich alone was sufficien t to gu a ran tee h im a p lace as one o f th e p illars o f th e Staff. U n d e r h is lead ersh ip th e M o d e m L anguages D e p a rtm e n t p layed a significan t p a r t in th e g rea t scho lastic successes o f th e School th a t w ere b u ilt u p d u rin g M r. T u c k e r ’s H ea d sh ip . M r. E m lyn Jones was a m o st loyal su p p o rte r o f th e w ider aspects o f th e School life , an d in h is passing w e lose a m o st es teem ed colleague w hose m em o ry w ill be long p re se rv ed in o u r affections.

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M .P .S .

M R. L. T. HOLLINGWORTH

O n ly days a fte r th e su d d e n d e a th o f M r. E m ly n Jones cam e th e second sh o ck o f th e very trag ic d ea th o f M r. L . T . H o llin g w o rth in c ircum stan ces w h ich s tu n n e d an d sh a tte re d all w ho knew h im as a close frien d . T o h is son a n d d a u g h te r R o ger an d A n ne we e x te n d o u r very special sy m p a th y an d co n cern in th e g rea t an d p o ig n an t b low w h ich befe ll th e m in th e loss o f th e ir fa ther.

M r . H o llin g w o rth ’s las t few years h a d b een sad d en ed b y th e u n tim e ly loss o f h is be lov ed w ife. B u t, w ith g rea t cou rage an d re so lu tio n , w ith reso u rcefu ln ess an d m eticu lo us care h e k ep t his ho m e g o in g , ac ting as b o th fa th e r an d m o th e r to h is young d a u g h te r , in a w ay w h ich w on th e ad m ira tio n o f all w ho v is ited h is hom e. D u rin g th e las t tw o years o r so , w o rry a n d an x ie ty over h is m an y co m m itm en ts b o th a t hom e an d S chool h a d b ro u g h t o n a con sid erab le sense o f dep ression w h ich h e fo u n d very difficult to th ro w off, d esp ite th e effo rts o f h is frien d s to su sta in h im . A fte r a w elcom e re sp ite th is dep ression re tu rn e d recen tly in an acu te fo rm . H e h a d b een — as h e w en t each year— to th e C .C .F . C am p a t S h eep sto r, w h ere h is fellow -officers h a d do ne th e ir b es t to cheer h im u p a n d tak e h im o u t o f h im self. B u t alas! i t seem ed th a t, as soon as h e re tu rn e d to h is em p ty ho m e th e o ld anx ie ties over­w h e lm ed h im again.

M r. H o llin g w o rth was a D erb y sh ire m a n , b o rn in 1909 an d ed u ca ted a t B em rose S cho o l, D e rb y , a n d R ead in g U n iv e rs ity , w h ere h e to o k a deg ree in E n g lish , H is to ry an d L a tin . A fte r h o ld ­in g teach in g posts in E d in b u rg h , D o n cas te r an d S u d b u ry , S uffo lk , h e jo in ed th e S ta ff o f R .G .S . in 1945, w h ere , besides be ing a m em b er o f th e E ng lish S taff, teach in g u p to O rd in a ry L ev e l, he was H ea d m aste r o f th e Ju n io r School. H e th u s p layed a m ajo r ro le in th e life an d w o rk o f th e School. H e w as ex trem ely conscien­tiou s an d m eth od ica l ab o u t all h is S chool resp on sib ilities . H e was a firm an d resp ec ted figu re , even som ew hat aw e-in sp irin g to h is y o un ger pu p ils . H is co m p le te d ep en d ab ility an d efficiency in ta k in g charge o f th e first tw o y ear-g ro up s o f th e S chool was g rea tly a p p rec ia ted b y th e H ead m aste r. A fte r th e years o f his re ig n in th e ram sh ack le h u ts o f U p ly m e, w ith th e ju n io r School m u c h m o re sep ara ted th a n a t p re se n t fro m th e m a in S chool, it w as w ith m u c h satisfac tion th a t M r. H o llin g w o rth was ab le to re -se ttle h is charges in th e new ‘Ju n io r B lock’ in th e 1963 bu ild in g . M r. H o llin g w o rth served th e R .G .S , fa ith fu lly an d w ell fo r 26 years. H is loss w ill b e keen ly fe lt b y all m em bers o f th e S chool com m un ity .

M .P .S .

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SPEECH DAY

S peech D ay w as h o t— dam n ab ly h o t, a n d A lderm an C la rk e m erc i­fu lly allow ed u s to rem ove o u r coats in th e hall. ‘C oats only!’ he c ried to som e q u a rte rs o f th e aud ience .

T h e H ea d m as te r , in h is re p o r t, re m a rk e d u p o n th e o u ts tan d in g academ ic an d sp o rtin g successes o f th e year. H e th e n in tro d u c e d th e p rin c ip a l speak er, D r. D . M . A . L eg g e tt, V ice-C hancello r o f th e U n iv ersity o f S u rrey . T h e H ea d m aste r ex p la ined th a t w hen h e h im se lf w as a t T r in ity , D r. L eg g e tt w as a lready a d istin g u ish ed m a th em a tic ian th e re .

A fter th e p rizeg iv ing , D r . L eg g e tt began h is p u n c h y an d vigorously de livered speech b y ex h o rtin g us to choose an occupa­tio n w h ich w e sho u ld enjoy. H e th e n gave u s h is fo rm u la fo r a successful life , re m em b ered by th e m n em o n ic R E IN . H is fo u r gu id ing qualities w ere R eliab ility , E n th u s ia sm , Im ag in a tio n (the ab ility to m ak e th e r ig h t decisions) a n d ‘N e w to n ’s L aw s’ (th e ab ility to app ly to life th e law th a t ac tion a n d reac tio n a re equal an d opposite). D r . L eg g e tt w arn ed u s n o t to stay in th e fa rm y ard b u t to fly in to th e su n se t, like th e eagle in h is v igorously to ld sto ry . W e w ere enco u raged to c lim b as n e a r as possib le to th e su m m it o f th e py ram id . T h is was th e key to person al satisfac tion an d a successfu l life.

A t th e com m em ora tio n serv ice, th e add ress b y th e R ev. J. C risp , V icar o f H ig h W y com b e, w as an in te re s tin g co n trast. C h ris t , he sa id , was h a te d fo r saying n o t th a t th e w o rld w as evil, b u t th a t it w as good. ‘A n d G o d saw every th ing th a t h e h ad m ad e , a n d b eh o ld , i t was ve ry g o od .’ So C h ris t saw good in pu b licans a n d harlo ts , w ho w ere co n d em n ed b y th e P harisees , w hose p o sition m ay have b een h ig h , b u t w hose goodness w as superficial. So m u s t w e see all th a t is go od in o thers.

E x h ib itio n s w ere few er th a n u su a l, w ith th e om ission o f th e u su a l science e x h ib itio n s , b u t th e re w as an in te re s tin g in no vation : a S tage E x h ib itio n , in w h ich o u r d ilig en t stage team ex h ib ited relics fro m school p rod u c tio n s.

A s I can th in k o f n o n e b e tte r I shall conclude w ith th e closing w ords o f las t y ea r’s re p o r t o f S peech D ay :

‘A n d so an o th e r S peech D ay , a n d n o t th e last, w as ov er.’

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SPECIAL PRIZESH eadmaster’s Prize: V . R . G u b b in s .Governors’ Reading Prize (P resen ted by A ld . R. P. C larke):

G . J . E . Bell.Governors’ Classics Prize (P resen ted by M rs. R . P . C lark e):

J . W . R . W alne.Graefe Cup for Best C .C .F . Cadet (P resen ted by th e la te A ld.

W . G raefe): A . S im m ons a n d C . G rafto n .H arte Cup for Best R .A .F ./C .C .F . Cadet (P re sen ted by W in g

C o m m an d er C . S. W . H a rte ) : B. F . B arney an d D . R . G illesp ie . G iles Keen Memorial Cup for Best N aval Cadet (P resen ted

b y M r . & M rs. K een): J . W . B urrow s.F ull-Bore Shooting T rophy: P. F. Thomas.P. J . Cutler Social Project Prize: S. M. Dawson.Social Service Prize: C . J . M o rra n t.Art Shield (P resen ted b y A . H astin g s E sq .): D . G . L ow enhoff. H ope Cup (P resen ted b y M r. & M rs . H o p e): R . S. W esley.T horne Prize for English (P resen ted b y M rs . A. M . B ayley):

C . R . R ollason.Westney Prize for M usic (P re sen ted b y T h e R ev. M ichae l

W estney ): D . N . L o rd .F letcher Prize for Greek Prose Composition (P resen ted by

C . T . F le tc h e r E sq .): J . W . R . W alne.Stanley M ale Prize for L atin: A. K . C . W ood .Searle Prize for Biology (P resen ted b y G . D. Searle & C o.

L td .) : M . C . S m ith .Searle Prize for Chemistry (P resen ted b y G . D . Searle & C o.

L td .) : M . W . D . O ldnall.Bursar’s Prize for Science (P resen ted b y A . A . L is te r E sq .):

M . H a rd y , L . J. O ’C allagh an , D . B. W h ite .Philately Cup (P resen ted b y L t. Col. S . E . H an d s): D . J.

S herid an .J. C. R. Davies Prize for H istory: P. J. Burnham.Lance M emorial Prizes for Persistent Progress (P resen ted by

B e rn a rd F . L an ce E sq .): 1st year, R . L . C a rte r ; 2 n d year, M . J . C . P a to n .

Photographic Journalism Prize (P resen ted b y P rec is ion P ress): T . G . C rom ack .

Raffety H ouse Cup for School Work: F raser.7 2 6

FORM PRIZES

F orm 1a:1st J. L . H o y 2 n d P . G . C h ap m an

F orm 1b :1st R . A llim 2 n d N . W . T h o m a s

F orm l c:1st P J . Savage 2 n d J . M . S. D av is

F orm Id :1st R . O rr 2 n d J. G . K eeb le

F orm 1e:1st T . S . H aw k ins 2 n d J. M . W h ite

F orm 2x:1st G . J. M u rn a n e 2 n d R . M . T h o rn y c ro f t 3 rd C . P . M o u ld

F orm 2y :1st A . R . B eren d t 2 n d C . B. S to tte r 3 rd A . K . B rook

F orm 2a:1st P . D o lp h in 2 n d J . M . P reece

F orm 2s:1st C . J. L . H e llie r 2 n d N . C leverly

F orm 2t :1st M . E . J. S in d en 2 n d S. D . R oe

F orm 3x:1st C . R . P en d rill 2 n d K . P . M ad e lin 3 rd P . W . D o d d

F orm 3y :1st P . C . M . T h o rn y c ro f t 2 n d C . M . W h ite 3 rd D . G . W alb rid ge

F orm 3a:1st I . W alker 2 n d P . A . Jo lly

Form 3s:1st D . K . G reen 2 n d R . H . E dw ard s

F orm 3t :1st J. M . P earce 2 n d J . H . K e n t

F orm 4x:1st K . T a n n e r 2 n d C . C. B u rn h am 3 rd R . P . L ockw ood

F orm 4y :1st S. A m in 2 n d S. M . G ay 3 rd S. P . H o p k in s

F orm 4a:1st I. D . L e ig h 2 n d I . P . W alker

F orm 4s:1st J. H . Jones 2 n d S. P . A ndrew s

Form 4t :1st D . S im pson 2 n d W . H aw k en

F orm 5x:1st R . P . V ern o n 2 n d A. K . C . W ood 3 rd M . N . A dam

F orm 5y :1st J. A. S pencer 2 n d P . J. A u stin 3 rd M . T . A dger

F orm 5a:1st P . R . B a rre tt 2 n d M . F . B ed ing ham 3 rd A . G . F ou lds

F orm 5s:1st N . A. F ra se r 2 n d S. G . W aigh t 3 rd N . C . B ro thers

F orm 5t :1st M . J. W illiam s 2 n d D . M acK en z ie 3 rd G . R . G o rto n

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F orm 5u:1st R . P . P rio r 2 n d S. A . R eiss 3 rd P . G . B row n

Form 6— 1st Year:Classics A . D . W h ittleF re n c h S. M . D aw sonG e rm a n B. A . C ow anE ng lish P . M . C o pp ing

H . G . L . R ussell H is to ry R . M . M aw h in n ey

K . J . D ea n S. D . J. G re e n

G eo g rap h y M . J . W estonA . G . S tu b b s

S cience & M athem aticsA . J. W . D ic k e r D . M . E dw ard s R . C . L acey A . P . P a in e M . J . W ild A . G . P . W alker

S cience & E conom icsP . M . S tevenson

E conom ics M . A . P ope B iology R . E . N ico l

J. A. S un leyF orm 6—2nd an d 3rd Years

C lassics M . L . H am b lin

G eo g rap h y C . D . Jo h n so n G eo graph y & E conom ics

A. P . W oolhouse H is to ry & G eo graph y

J . L . V erno n Science & M ath em atics

M . T . B arlow G . F . D . B aster­

fieldI. C ole P . D . E vans A. S im m onsD . S. O . T in nE . J . Y ouens

B o tany J . E . F lin th a mZ oology P . J . M cM illanBiology C . R . W alto n

N eatness Prizes:5 th F o rm J . M . F lin t 4 th F o rm P . J . H o lling s­

w o rth3 rd F o rm M . J. B radshaw 2 n d F o rm A . C a tlin 1st F o rm J . T a g g

M o d e rn L anguages (3 rd year N . J . M o o n

F re n c h D . K . B attisbyG e rm a n A . W . S o u thR u ssian S. R . C rispG e rm a n & H is to ry

B. L ow eE n g lish G . J. E . Bell

C . A . H a rd yH is to ry C . J. H e a d

J. R . H illE conom ics W . N . C am pion -

S m ith S. C ooke

Open Scholarship Awards: D . G . B arker H . A . B ecket C . J. C h ap m an P . L . C larke R . C . L eegood P . G . M o rris P . M . J. C ostelloR . D av ison C . D . H ard yS. E . Jones

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Speech Prizes:6 th F o rm D . A . L ow e 5 th F o rm J . M . F lin t4 th F o r m / M . K P a rker

\ W . M . R . R am say 3 rd F o rm P . H . Ross 2 n d F o rm P . S. C opas 1st F o rm S. A . B arnes

OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS

ADVANCED LEVEL RESULTS, 1971

(Ita lics den o te g rade A ; * d en o tes d is tin c tio n o n th e ‘S ’ level pap er)

M . L . H am b lin — E ng lish L ite ra tu re , G re e k , Latin; A . H . L e V ien — G re e k , L a tin , F re n c h ; J. M . S to n h am — G reek , L a tin , A n c ien t H is to ry ; A . W . B assett— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , G e rm a n ; J. C . C o ok— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , H is to ry , B ritish C o n s titu tio n ; P . D arv ill-E van s — English Literature, H is to ry * ; A .D .D a y — F re n c h , G e rm a n ; G . L . Ja rm a n — H is to ry , B ritish C o n s titu tio n , E conom ics; M . S. N ew to n — F re n c h , E conom ics, G eo g raph y* ; H . A . B ecket— English Literature, History, G eo g raph y ; G . J. E . Bell— English Literature*, History*, Art; B. S. B oult— H is to ry , Economics, G eo g rap h y ; M . J. B row n— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , E conom ics, G eo g raph y ; J . W . B u r­row s— H is to ry , Economics, G eo g rap h y ; W . N . C am p io n -S m ith — Economics, G eo g raph y , M a th em a tic s ; J . C h alm ers— H isto ry , E conom ics, G eo g rap h y ; S. C ooke— H isto ry , Economics, M a th e ­m atics; B. A. C ox— E conom ics; R . G . C u ttin g — E ng lish L ite ra ­tu re , H is to ry , G eo g rap h y ; P . M . Fogg— H isto ry , Economics, M ath em atic s ; C . A. H a rd y — English Literature*, P hysics, Art; W . L . H a rr is— H is to ry , E conom ics, G eo g raph y ; P . A. In shaw — E conom ics, G eo g raph y ; C. D . Joh nso n— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , E conom ics, G eo g raph y ; J . W . T . M o o re— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , G eo g rap h y ; J. C . M oss— H isto ry , E conom ics, G eo g raph y ; M . J. R aw lins— G e rm a n , Economics, M a th em a tic s ; M . P . R unnacles— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , E conom ics; D . G . S harpe— G eo g rap h y ; T . P . S h o rt— E conom ics; D . R . T ra n te r— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , H is to ry , E conom ics; R . C . V esten to ft— H isto ry , G eo g raph y ; B. M . W ise— H is to ry , E conom ics, G eo g rap h y ; C . R . W ood— H is to ry ; A. P . W oolhouse— History, Economics, Geography* ; P . D . A nscom be— English L ite ra tu re ; P . F . B arlow — H isto ry , G eo g rap h y ; B. F . B arney— F re n c h , G erm an , M a th em a tic s ; D . K . B attisby— English Literature, French, G e rm an ; P . J. C o ltm an— F re n c h , R u ssian , H is to ry ; S. R . C risp — English Literature, French, Russian*; J . P . S. D en n is— F re n c h , H is to ry , E conom ics; M . E . F itzgeorge— H is to ry ; D . R . G illesp ie— H is to ry , E conom ics; C. G ra fto n — F re n c h ; N . E . C . G rav e tt— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , H is to ry , G eog­ra p h y ; W . F . H arr iso n — E conom ics, G eo g rap h y ; C . J. H ea d — English Literature, F re n c h , History; J . R . H ill— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , F re n c h , H is to ry ; P . J. H o w land— F re n c h , H is to ry , G eo g raph y* ; S. K . Jobes— F re n c h ; A . I . K e rr— F re n c h , G e rm a n ; B. L ow e— French, G e rm a n , H is to ry ; D . G . L ow enhoff— H is to ry , M a th e ­m atics , A rt; S. R. M a rtin — R u ssian , E conom ics, M ath em atics ;

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A . G . M ille r— E ng lish L ite ra tu re ; C . J . N ew b y — E ng lish L ite ra ­tu re , F re n c h , H is to ry ; N . J. P each— M ath em atic s ; T . V . P u d d e ­p h a tt— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , F re n c h , E conom ics; C . R . R ollason— English Literature, French, History*-, C . D . Schlaefli— F re n c h , Economics, G eo g raph y ; P . M . S im pso n— F re n c h , G e rm a n ; A. W . S o u th — French, German*, Music, M . T h o m a s— F re n c h , G e rm a n , E conom ics; J . L . V ern o n — F re n c h , H is to ry , G eo g rap h y ; R . P . H ipg rav e— M ath em atic s , P hysics; A. R . Jackso n— M ath em atic s , P hysics; R . C . B u tle r— C h em is try ; C . R . F e lth a m — P hysical S cience; J. E . F lin th a m — P hysics, Chemistry, Biology, R . K in g — M ath em a tic s , B iology, P hysical S cience; J. L ow e— B otany , Z oology, P hysical S cience; P . J. M c M illa n — B otany , Zoology, P hysical S cience; J. M arc in k iew icz— P hysics, C h em is try , B iology; R . A . M o ore— P hysics, C h em is try , B iology; J . M . P ow ell— C h em is try , B iology; T . A . V . R ees— B o tany , Zoology, P hysical S cience; M . R . G . T a y lo r— P hysics, C h em is try , B iology; S. R . T h o m p so n — M ath em atic s , B iology, P hysical S cience; C . R . W alto n— P hysics, C h em is try , B iology; T . A m in— Mathematics, P hysics; R . F . B arnes— M ath em atic s , P hysics, Chemistry, G . F . D. B asterfield— Mathematics, Further Mathematics, P hysical S cience; A. N . C a rr— Mathematics, P hysics; A. D . C a rth y — C h em is try ; I . C ole— Mathematics*, F u r th e r M a th e m a tic s , Physics*, Chemistry, N . O . F e n n e r— M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; S. J. G o dfrey— Mathematics, Physics*, Chemistry, J . G reen o u g h — M ath em atic s , Physics, C h em is try ; V. R . G u b b in s— M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; L . W . H o b b s— M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; D . L ew is— M ath em atic s , P hysics, Chemistry, R . J. M a r tin — M a th e ­m atics , P hysical S cience; D . W . M axw ell— Mathematics, F u r th e r M a th em a tic s , Physics*, C h e m is try ; S. J . P a rtr id g e — Mathematics, F u r th e r M a th em a tic s , Physics, C h em is try ; A . S im m ons— Mathe­matics, Physics*, Chemistry, M . G . S im pso n— M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; D . G . S to ne— Mathematics, P hysics, C h em ­is try ; D . S. O . T in n — Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, A . I . W em — P hysics, C h em is try ; G . M . W ilson— Mathematics*, F u r th e r M a th em a tic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; S. W oosey— M a th e ­m atics , P hysics, Chemistry, E . J . Y ouens— Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, J . S. A d am — P hysics; M . T . B arlow — Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry*-, G . J. B ayley— P hysical S cience; R . D . B row njohn— P hysics, C h em is try ; R . C . C obb— P hysics, C h em ­is try ; P . D . E vans— G eo g rap h y , Mathematics, Physics', I . M . G rice— E conom ics, M a th e m a tic s , P hysics; G . C . H e u se r— E ng lish L ite ra tu re , P hy sics , C h em is try ; G . W . H u d so n — P hysical S cience; P . B. Jay— M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; P . E . Jee— M ath em a tic s , P hysics, Chemistry, P . W . K e rn — M ath em atics , C h em is try ; A. P . L a k e — P hysics, C h e m is try ; C . J. M o rra n t— M ath em a tic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; G . A . N ico l— M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; M . C . P e rry — M ath e m a tic s , P hysics; D . J . W .

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S and ies— E conom ics, M a th em a tic s , P hysical S cience; N . J . Sears — P hysics, C h em is try ; J . A . S m ith — M ath em atic s , P hysics, C h em is try ; S. J . W rig h t— E conom ics, M a th em a tic s , P hysics; N . J. M o o n — G e rm a n ; T . H u n t— Zoology.

ORDINARY LEVEL RESULTS, 1971

T h e fo llow ing boys o b ta in ed five o r m o re passes in th e G .C .E . O rd in a ry L evel E x am in a tio n :—M . N . A d am (8); J. R . A llen (7); C . M . J. B arto n (8); R . F . B lake(8); P . J. B u rn h am (8); R . J. D y e r (7); S. C . E vans (9); J . S. G illesp ie (6); T . H a rd y (8); P . J. H ills (5); G . A . Jo h n so n (7); R . M . K ra m e k (6); D . J. P eatey (7); M . R . P h ip p s (7); P . S co tt- D o w (8); R . P . V ern o n (9); I . M . W ad d in g to n (7); M . S. W aller (8); K . M . W atson (7); A. D . W est (8); A. K . C . W o od (8); J . R . W o o d b rid g e (8); M . T . A d ger (9); P . J. A u stin (9); P . R . B a rre tt (9); T . J. B artle tt (8); D . C. Bell (7); A . M . C la rk e (8); R . A. C o rm ack (8); N . J . D avy (9); A . J . D o d d (9); R . D . H aco n (8); M . J. K in g (5); S . K re f t (9); C . A . L o n g (8); I . L . M o n k (9); A. C . P e a rn (9); J. D . R ose (8); I . G . S h eare r (9); M . G . Som ers (8); J . A. S pen cer (9); M . W . S. S to ne (8); J . F . W o o tto n (6); P . N . A n drew s (7); M . J. A rch e r (6); P . R . B a rre tt (8); A. R . B ecket (5); M . F . B ed ingham (9); P . J . B rooks (9); M . S. Bruffell (7); T . P . M . C arro ll (7); A. J. C ook (8); J. A . C ox (6); I . S. C u rrie (7); M . R . C . D u d le y (8); A. G . F o u ld s (9); N . J . H an se ll (9); T . J. H o w a rth (9); M . A. H y lan d (5); A . S. Jo h n s to n e (5); R . J. M a k e r (8); G . R . M a r tin (9); A. M o rris (8); D . W . R iches (9); P . J. S tan g e r (5); R . C . T h o rn e (5); D . T o m b s (7); D . M . W ag­sta ff (6); P . C . W est (5); P . M . W in te r-T a y lo r (9); R . C . B arber (8); N . C. B ro th ers (8); M . E . B row njohn (7); G . N . C lu tto n (10); A . D . C o ck e tt (10); G . L . C ow ell (8); M . R . C roco m b e (6); N . R . D av ies (7); K . D o u th w a ite (9); S. R . E dw ard s (5); N . A. F rase r (10); R . G irlin g (6); C . H a ll (5); S. J. H a lson (8); T . J. R . H ill (7); R . K . H o llan d (7); P . R . H o tch k iss (7); S. G . W aig h t (7); H . R . D evey (5); J . M . F lin t (7); D . S. F ra n k lin (5); G . R . G o rto n (8); D . H . G . K ersh aw (6); A. G . L ew is (7); J. J . M c G u c k in (7); D . M ack enz ie (8); K . V . M ash (7); D . J. P ick erin g (5); C . A. R o b erts (8); P . K . S ew ard (6); D . J . S m ith (9); K . V. S m ith (7); N . D . W a rn e r (7); S. V . W aters (8); R . S. W esley (8); M . J . W illiam s (9); S. C . W in te r (8); M . E . B a rre tt (8); P . C . B lew ett (6); P . G . B row n (9); T . C . C h e ttle (8); A. W . D evey (6); D . H in to n (6); S. L e M . H u n t (5); R . A. C . K aye (7); R . P . P rio r (10); S. A . R eiss (9); D . W . R o b erts (6); P . B. Z eisle r (5); R . J. B arnes (5); D . A. C zerw insk i (5); N . G . H all (5); G . C . H ay nes (5).

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THE SUMMER CONCERTA t la s t th e even ing h a d a rriv ed ,W h e n b y th e su n d ry m eans con triv ed T h e m usic sec tion w ere p resen tin g A su m m er co n cert, th u s p rev en tin g P eop le fro m stay ing ho m e in flocks T o vegeta te an d w atch th e box.F irs t th e O rch es tra p layed W ag n er, w h ich Is no sm all fea t a t all.T h e n C h ora l S ociety soon began T h e aud ience to en th ra ll W ith lively C h ora l D an ces F ro m B ritte n ’s ‘G lo rian a’P re g n a n t w ith m an y nu ances,A chan g ing panoram a.N o w one o f th e m o st p o p u la r fea tu res to m a rk W as th e w e ll-reh earsed jazz b y th e Ju n io r C h o ir.Y ou cou ld h e a r every w o rd o f ‘C a p ’n N o a h a n d h is A rk ’A n d also th e s ta n d a rd o f m usic w as h ig h er.F o r fans o f u n a d u lte ra te d brass T h e W in d B an d w as p laced in a class Q u ite o f its ow n, o f w h ich th e rea lm s T h e n o rm al c o n tra p u n tis t overw helm s,W ith h eav y -te x tu re d sou nd s a-com ing F ro m b its o f co m p lex -tw is ted p lu m b in g .N e x t o n th e p ro g ram m e cam e th o se sw ingers T h e a ll-tim e-fav o u rite M aste rs in g ers ,A n d M essrs. H o lm es , R o ok e , H e a th , an d C ooper P ro d u c e d a so u n d u n iq u e ly su p e r—N o t to m e n tio n M r. F lin d e rs T o dw ell o n h im o u r ba llad h in d ers .O u r w arm est th a n k s to M r. H o lm es,T o M essrs . R ooke an d T ie d e m a n ,A lso to all th e boys, w h o m ade T h e i r co n tr ib u tio n s to th is p lan .

D avid L owe.SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

O v er th e p a s t year one o f th e m o st n o ticeab le changes in th e school has b een th e evo lu tio n o f a n ew sty le o f assem bly .

S everal ab o rtiv e a ttem p ts h a d b een m ad e in th e p a s t b y m e m ­b ers o f s ta ff b u t th e y lack ed en th u s iasm an d co -o p era tio n fro m th e boys.

I n th e A u tu m n T e rm o f th e la s t school y ear Jo h n B urrow s an d P au l A n scom be s ta r te d th e b a ll ro llin g aga in b y w o rk in g o u t a

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pro g ram m e o f read in g s, e x p e rim en tin g w ith poem s a n d records in p lace o f th e o ld system o f lesson read in gs b y prefects .

M r. Sam w ays an d M r. I . R . C la rk to o k th is one s tep fu r th e r b y in tro d u c in g film s a n d tap e reco rd in gs in to assem bly . U n ­fo rtu n a te ly m an y o f th e in te re s tin g app ro aches u se d in th is first te rm w ere m a rre d b y tech n ica l h itch es , an d su b seq u en t w eekly p ro g ram m es have b een in som e w ays less ingen ious as regards m ed ia b u t n o t m ateria l.

T h e H ea d m aste r gave a g rea t deal o f enco u rag em en t to th e p ro g ram m e in its early stages, su ch th a t th e ‘new sty le’ assem blies becam e n o lo ng er ex p e rim en ts b u t a n accep ted p ractice .

M em b ers o f s ta ff to o k over th e resp o n sib ility fo r assem bly read in gs fro m sen io r boys in th e S p rin g T e rm , an d since th e n th e re have b een nu m ero u s in te re s tin g app roaches a n d th em es invo lv ing boys fro m all levels o f th e school.

T h e n e x t stage in th e evo lu tio n o f assem bly w as th e ‘sp lit assem bly .’ W ith th e excep tion o f M o nd ays a n d F riday s th e f irs t, second an d th ird fo rm s have a separa te assem bly a t 8.55 a .m . in th e Q ueens H all. T h e sen ior boys a tte n d assem bly a t 9.10 a .m . T h e trad itio n a l p refec to ria l ro le o f m arsh a lling boys in assem bly w as also ta k e n over b y th e staff.

N a tu ra lly any new system involves m o re w ork fo r som eone , an d , as i t w ou ld b e m u c h easier to slip b ack in to th e o ld ro u tin e , we m u s t th a n k all th e m asters a n d boys w ho have p u t a n d w ill p u t so m u c h effo rt in to th ese assem blies.

MEDEA'I n E u rip id e s ’ Medea th e D ra m a tic S ociety was faced w ith its m ost po w erfu l m ate ria l fo r m any years. D ev o id o f physical ac tion save th e single c lim ax , th is p lay is a d a rk , p rim itiv e d ram a , w ith its m y th ica l roo ts in th e p rac tice o f h u m a n sacrifice, an d is charged w ith th e e lem en ta l, an im al passions o f h a te , v io lence a n d egoism ; y e t a fte r tw o th o u sa n d years i t can still b e im p o rta n t to us. M r. S m ith a n d M r. H a w o rth ’s p ro d u c tio n , w h ile to n in g do w n th e b lack e lem en ts in o rd e r to a ttra c t o u r sym p athy , d id ju stice to th e fo rce an d t r u th o f th e play.

T h e conflict w as fo u g h t o u t aga inst an exce llen tly conceived , e lo q u en t se tting . T h e ang u lar, func tion a lised , a lm o st co m p u te rised classical m o tifs th a t fo rm ed th e deco r con trived to suggest anc ien t a n d m o d e rn , th e de tach ed an d th e fan tastic , a t th e sam e tim e ; a to u c h o f su rrea lis t h o rro r w as ad d ed b y M e d e a ’s m eta llic , en ig ­m a tic chario t.

T h e sense o f ten s io n in stilled b y th e se ttin g w as con firm ed by th e ac tion , w h ich was generally o f a good s tan d a rd . F o r M ed ea ’s pe rfo rm an ce I have n o th in g b u t p ra ise . S usan H a rd y , ac ting w ith

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g rea t con v ic tio n an d p o w er, m ad e h e r p rim ev a l egoism m o re c red ib le a n d sy m p ath e tic b y h e r fem in in ity an d em o tio n (especially w h en ab o u t to kill h e r sons); w h e th e r scream ing w ord lessly , r e ­p ressin g h e rse lf in M ach iav ellian ‘soft ta lk ’, o r s im ply s tan d in g in agonised stillness, she d o m in a ted th e stage.

H e r com m and in g ro le w as ab ly su p p o rte d b y D av id L o w e’s con fiden t, logically re m o n s tra n t Jason a n d K e ith R ay ’s C reon . O f th e su b sid ia ry ch arac te rs , K a th leen C o m b e’s N u rse w as o u t­s tan d in g in h e r com b in a tio n o f d e tach m en t an d ten sion , y e t th e o th e rs re m in d e d one m o re o f p u p p e ts th a n o f rea l hu m ans. D o u b ts also beg in to in tru d e over th e C h orus. V isually , th e y w ere m ost a rrestin g — th e p lay ’s sense o f u n re s t w as d ram atica lly u n d e r­lin ed b y th e ir r itu a lised , exp ression istic m ovem en ts an d gestu res (an d G eo rg e R ich a rd so n ’s d is tu rb in g m usic); b u t w h e th e r th ese ju n io r boys a lto g e th er h a d th e m a tu rity an d u n d e rs ta n d in g o f th e w ords necessary fo r th is d em an d in g p a r t is du b ious. N ev erthe less, th e y m ad e a w o rth y effo r t , a n d one o ften m isses m u c h by ‘th in k in g to o p recise ly o n th e e v en t’.

T h e p lay is s tro n g m ea t, an d d esp ite th e h an d icap o f an un p o e tic tran s la tio n cam e over as such . D o w n th e re in E ly sium , E u rip id es w ill n o t b e a ffron ted a t th is im ag ina tive p ro d u c tio n .

AUSTWICK 71T h is year w e lost th e d r iv e r— leaving a so u n d b u t useless coach fo r tw o days. T h e G eo g rap h y F ie ld T r ip a t E as te r re tu rn e d to A ustw ick . W ith such a large p a r ty (w hich d esp ite m ishap s re ­m a in ed a t 50 , just!) i t w as necessary to d is tr ib u te th e forces fo r succo u r an d repose w ith in th e village. I t la te r tra n sp ire d th a t M r. C o ok , as u su a l, g o t th e easiest n u m b e r (tea in b ed ); M r. Sam w ays h a d fu r th e r to go , b u t w ith defin ite com p ensa tion s; M r. M o ffa tt a n d M r. W es tru p ro u g h e d i t w ith th e m ass in th e T ra d d o c k (w hich— fo r o ld h an d s— has u n fo rtu n a te ly ch an g ed hands).

T h e no w leg end ary fine w ea th er fa iled o n tw o occasions, b u t m o re th a n m ad e u p fo r i t in th e L akes. T h e w eek was a so rt o f e n d u ran ce cou rse ( they said) b u ilt ro u n d fo u r day tr ip s an d tw o days o f g ro u p activ ities. D ay O n e loosened everyone u p (excep t Je re m y B lake) over In g leb o ro u g h , dow n In g leb o ro u g h C ave an d b ack over N o rb e r. F o r th e ‘cognoscen ti’ th is day— as all o the rs ex ce p t S u n d ay — was m a rk e d by aspects o f, an d m agn ificen t exam ples o f, K a rs t scenery in its b o ld an d b ru ta l g lory. T h e fo llow ing day was a spec tacu lar v isit to G o rd a le an d M alh am C ove, b eg in n in g w ith A n th o n y W oolhouse a tte m p tin g a d o u b le b ack som ersau lt, w ith tu c k (ta riff 2 .2) in to Ja n e t’s Foss. O th e r fu ll-d ay tr ip s w ere a soggy tre k do w n K ingsdale a n d th e S u n d ay ’s g lorious so rtie to L ang dale . T h is w as th e w ea th er a n d th e L a k e D is tr ic t a t its best. T h e w hole p a r ty reach ed S tick le T a rn , b u t th e n sp lit—

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a large su m m it p a r ty co n q u e red H arr iso n S tick le v ia th e E ast F ace , w h ile M r. C ook led th e re lie f p a r ty in c lu d in g M ic k ‘K in g D a r t’ S aun ders tow ards D u n g eo n G h y ll. H e re S im on G re e n tr ie d — an d fa iled— to accom plish an o r th o d o x descen t.

T h e g ro u p activ ities in c lu d ed chasing d ru m lin s , sp o ttin g r iv e r te rrace s , fo llow ing G igg lesw ick S car, A ustw ick B ack , s tu dy ing L a n cas te r, S e ttle , K irk b y L o n sd a le an d B u rto n in L o n sd a le , an d finally dem o lition— alb eit acciden ta lly— o f h is to ric d ry s to n e walls (A. P . W oolhouse again). I t was h e re in th ese activ ities th a t every­one d iscovered th e friend liness o f th e local peo p le , a n d th e fasc i­n a tio n o f find ing th in g s o u t fo r oneself. I t was h e re th a t th e im p ac t a n d th e success o f th e w eek cou ld b e gauged . A n d i t rea lly w as a success, d esp ite th e food p o iso n in g , d isease , f ra c tu re , c reak ing sta irs an d th a t n eu ro tic dog! T h a n k yo u to all fo r m ak in g i t so.

VERSE—OR WORSEI t is p la in (an d I know it)T h a t be ing a p o e t Is q u ite in d escribab le fu n ,F o r w h atev er one w rites I ts u n fa ilin g de ligh ts A p peal, a t leas t, to one.

D avid L owe.MUSICAL MEMORANDUM

I f w e co u ld all O f one accord S ing a new song U n to th e L o rd W e w ould sing a song O f sixpence.

Cynicus.THE WORLD

(i) G O D sp e lt back w ards is dogan d L IV E sp e lt back w ards is evil.

A Shropshire Lad.(ii) T h e re fo re :

S tra ig h tfo rw ard life is good an dall dogs a re back w ard gods.

A Bucks L ad.7 3 5

So w h a t is a school m agazine a fte r all? W e have been d ep riv ed o f n o t on ly th e services b u t th e p o e try o f an e x tre m is t e x -ed ito r, nomine G . J. E . B ell, E sq ., w ho refuses to have any tru c k w ith th e Hansard o f th e C C F /O ld Boys estab lish m en t. A resp ec ted m em b er o f s ta ff has also dec lared th a t fa r m ore people read th e sp o rt th a n th e po etry . W h a t p lace , th e n , is th e re fo r th e creative sp irit, jam m ed in to m ayb e as few as s ix pages be tw een th e gy rations o f geographers a n d th e con to rtion s o f cricketers? I t has b een cogently a rg u ed th a t th e b es t p lace fo r R G S m a n to becom e his tru e se lf is in an in te rn a l sou l-on ly m agazine , a ‘W ell o f L ife ’; an d I agree th a t su ch a collection w o u ld a ttra c t m o re w rite rs an d w ou ld be less liab le to th e b lue pen c il— in fac t w ou ld be sign ifican t soil, n o t to o fa r fro m th e yew -tree , in a way th a t th e Wycombiensian, in app e ten cy o n its m eta lled w ays, can nev er be. Y et to o u r esteem ed critics all I hav e to say is th is— w h at o n e a r th w ou ld be th e in te re s t o f th e m agazine , e x ce p t to various sizeab le b u t d is tin c t b o d ies , w ith o u t th ose pages w h ich are n o t d ry casts o f th e analy tic b ra in? P lease read w h a t o u r po e ts , po lem icists an d p restid ig ita to rs have w rit te n ; th e ir value is n o t au tom atica lly ann u lled ju s t because th e y ap p ea r in an official o rgan .

N .B .— W e h ad 15 c o n tr ib u to rs , o f w h om 67 % w ere in c lu d ed , 26 % w ere re jec ted an d 7 % w ere fo rg o tten ab o u t (so rry , A ndrew !).

C . R. Rollason.7 3 6

FILM'F ace th a t m ade so m an y lau g hG o n e , w h en too o ld to live o n screensA lone w ith o u t frien d she cou ld hav e frien d sb u t th e y w ou ld n o t b e frien d sP eop le h e h a d know nN ice peo p le— m oney peop le— gone.H e is in a room do o r sh u t m irro r is b lack a lone in a room w h ite wallsA n d seeing th o se peop leh is m o th e r fa th e r fam ily— wife—h e tu rn s an d looks a t th e b lan k wallan d kills th e cellu lo id im agesan d p ic tu re s , an d (look ing a t th e E ye),H im se lfan d h e rem em b ers n o t.T h o u g h som e saw b ey o n d th e face th e lau g h te r is a th o u sa n d m iles away.

Stephen EdwardsYOU WERE MY LIGHTHOUSE'

(to Janet)A n d i f yo u ever ask W h y th e w ild flow ers A re sow n o n th e seasho re ,W h y th e w ind w innow s W h ile th e w aves sco rn ,T h e sacred sands By th e fa th o m e d fe tch O f th e silver seas,I w ill answ er you.W h en th e oceans ro ll,A n d th e n ig h ts fall.W h e n th e seas rise ,A n d th e gu lls call,W h e n th e w reck sinks slow ly By th e h an d s o f th e tid e ,A s m is t g rip s th e fo re land A n d th e lig h th o u se lies.I f yo u ask w hy ,I shall answ er.

I t w as you.7 3 7

John Burrows

TRAVELLING FAIRSee th e ligh ts sh in in g , b razen , b r ig h t H e a r th e m usic floating , d ru n k e n , ligh t.M o tio n peo p le , lau g h te r , sm ile in to m ovie ,

R u n u n k n o w n w hile ou ts id e is d a rk , is so m b re n ig h t. C arefu l p a in te d w ood com es live ,T h ro w a p e n n y , ro ll an d d ive ,

T a k e th is ca r, th e re ’s ro o m fo r five,E n joy i t q u ic k befo re th e e n d arrives.

S cream s o f joy,G ir l m eets boy ,

See th e te m p o ra ry to y M o tio n . P eop le lau g h an d sm ile ,

A n d tom orrow ? I t dies.T im .

'DEW'T h e slow w ake o f day b reak M ad e m e grieve w ith th e dew .D ay lig h t filled m e w ith a rem o rse ,A long ing ,A begging fo r m ercy .B u t b y b reak in g th e b re a d o f d u ty ,T h e day becam e ten d e r.G riev ance tu rn e d to ind ifference ,Ind iffe ren ce freed relief.R e lie f is sho rt-lived .D ew re tu rn s .I t com es in th e n igh t.

Paul Anscombe.

I w oke, w ax -eyed ,fro m a hazy , m id w eek -su n n y -a fte rn o o n doze,g rasp ing a t som eth in g ;a fo rg o tten d reamsw eet w ith th e m usic o f nostalg ia .B u t, heavy w ith th e su n ’s in to x ica tin g w arm th , b re a th cam e easier w ith sleep.

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N . Young.

INVITATIONH ow m any peop le can te ll C ircu la r 10/70 fro m C ircu la r 10/65? W h a t has B ucks L E A in com m on w ith th o se o f B irm in g h am , B o lton an d M an chester? O r, to b e m o re d ire c t, w h y has th e b ipa rtite /co m p reh en siv e school con trov ersy k in d led so little in te re s t in th is school? I t seem s to m e i t ’s ju s t n o t a sub jec t th a t gets ta lk ed a b o u t, an d it w as h ig h ly sym p tom atic th a t n o ne o f last y ear’s M o c k E lec tion cand id a tes m en tio n ed th e m a tte r in th e ir speeches; w h ile th e d iscu rsive p iece o f E d w ard S ho rtcake idealism th a t ap p eared in a re c e n t Wycombiensian w as th e first ever ob serv a tio n th e re o n to ap p ear in th a t au g u st a n d , so hopes th a t c o n tr ib u to r, m o rib u n d jo u rna l.

I n th e co u n try a t large , th e q u es tio n seem s to hav e b een answ ered in favou r o f E v ery m an ’s in s ta n t socialisation process; b o th th e genera l d r if t o f p u b lic o p in io n an d th e p re se n t govern ­m e n t’s reso lu te decision to have n o view s o n th e m a tte r have led to th is . H o w ev er, in B ucks in te re s t is h o ttin g u p — h ard ly a w eek goes by w ith o u t an a rd e n t S ocialist flogging th e L E A via th e local p ress; an d it seem s stran g e th a t th e S .T .E .P . cam paign h a sn ’t a ttra c te d any su p p o rt fro m th e local scho o lch ild ren th e m ­selves. In d e e d , i t n ev er fails to su rp rise m e th a t o u r h ap p y b a n d o f p a rtisan , se lf-assu red , do gm atic Socialists h av en ’t ta k e n tim e off fro m th e ir pacifist activ ities to d em o n stra te o r even s tr ik e u n til such tim es as, fo r in stance , th e R G S science facilities a re w asted on a T e rr ie rs p o p u la tio n n o t fu lly capable o f exp lo iting th em .

B u t in s tead th e re is n o deb a te on th e issue. L a s t su m m er, w h en , ( I quo te) ‘th e b lu e flag was u n fu rle d over W e s tm in s te r’, th e E s tab lish m en t u tte re d its relief— as d id th e re p o r te r o f S peech D ay ; since w h en , silence. P e rh ap s th e very fac t o f th e school’s co n tin u ed p lac id ex istence b o th a trop h ies th e ex trem is ts (sorry , d is in te res ted m oderates) an d m akes it un necessary fo r th e m o d ­era tes (so rry , selfish m idd le-c lass reac tio nary im p eria lis t p ap e r tigers) to d e fen d th e ir view s. P e rh ap s peop le a re n ’t b o th e red . O r p e rh ap s som e Socialists even recogn ise th a t th e p lace has its m erits (oh , forg ive m e , o f course a g ram m a r school is a crim e aga inst th e h u m a n race , th e re fo re cannot have any m erits). Y e t I w o u ld have ex p ec ted th e B ucks conflict to have p o larised op in ion an d g en ­e ra ted a few passions— have I p ro v ed th e ega lita rians’ con ten tio n th a t all g ram m a r schools are s tag n an t, o r have w e sim ply o th e r th in g s to th in k about? S till, i f an E ng lish M a rx d id rise u p am id st u s , ex nihilo, i t w ou ld show a h e a lth ie r in te re s t in edu ca tio n as d is tin c t fro m m ere ly be in g ed u ca ted , an d i t m ig h t even give m e so m eth in g to argue a b o u t n e x t te rm .

‘R e a c t i o n a r y . ’

N .B .— T h e b iased th re e -q u a rte rs o f th e ed ito ria l b o a rd claim n o resp on sib ility fo r th e ex istence o f th e C onservative P arty .

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THE GROUNDSMAN AND THE CARETAKER{The only part of the abandoned Prefects' Revue, ‘Alice in

Wonderland', ever written)A t te n to one th e c lock s tru c k fou r,A m aste r ho m e d id p lod .H e d ro p p e d som e p a p e r o n th e g ro u n d A n d th is was very o d d —E x trem e ly o d d , because i t was T h e m id d le o f th e quad .T im e s issu ed fro m th e M u sic R o om ,H arm o n io u s to hear.C lose by th e G u a rd o f H o n o u r p layed ,M elod iou s to th e ea r,A n d can teen d ishes h i t th e g ro u n d ,R aising a h e a rty cheer.T h e G ro u n d sm an a n d th e C a re tak e r W ere w o rk in g close a t h a n d ,T h e y w e p t like an y th in g to see S u ch q u an titie s o f land .‘I f we cou ld g e t i t c lean ,’ th e y sa id ,‘O h , w o u ld n ’t i t be g ran d !’‘I f seven m aids w ith seven m ops S w ep t i t f ro m te n to fo u r,D o yo u su p p o se ,’ th e G ro u n d sm an sa id ,‘W e ’d have to c lean it m ore?’‘I d o u b t i t , ’ sa id th e C are tak er,A n d sp a t u p o n th e floor.‘O h , O nebugs d e a r ,’ th e G ro u n d sm a n sa id , H eav in g tw o p la in tiv e sighs,‘P ray , w alk w ith u s , fo r you can see T h e b lueness o f th e sk ies,B u t th e y cou ld n o t because th e ir caps W ere over b o th th e ir eyes.‘O h th in k ,’ th e C a re tak e r d id cry ,‘O f all th e sigh ts w e’d see .’‘A n d w h a t is m o re ,’ th e G ro u n d sm a n said ,‘W e shall b e b ack fo r te a .’‘W e ’d m iss tw o lessons,’ th ey rep lied ,‘A n d th a t cou ld n e v e r b e .’B u t th e y p e rsu ad ed th e m a t las t A n d w ith ex c ited sou nd s T h e y tro t te d th re e tim es ro u n d th e field A cross th e c r ick e t g ro u n d s ,A n d th is w as ve ry o d d because T h e field w as o u t o f b o u n d s .

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In to an alley-w ay th e y w en t,C alled ‘B og’, an d over i t A m is t o f sm oke h u n g in th e air A n d o n th e walls w ere w rit S om e w ords exp la in ing to th e w orld T h a t som eone ‘was a tw it.’

T h e n , w h en o u r frien d s a t las t h a d seen A ll th a t th e re was to see,T h e y all w en t dow n a h o le , a n d th e re , A t nearly te n to th re e ,T h e y fo u n d a large m ach in e , an d th is M ad e ‘on eb u g s’ in to tea.‘T h e tim e has com e to m ake som e te a ,’ T h e C are tak er d id say,‘B u t n o t o f u s ,’ th e onebugs cried I n voices o f d ism ay ,‘A fte r su ch k indness th a t w o u ld be A d ism al tr ic k to p lay .’B u t as th e y spo ke , th e C are tak er A t once beg an to send I n th ro u g h a little m eta l door E ach little on ebu g frien d .T h e G ro u n d sm a n to o k th e bags o f tea O u t a t th e o th e r end .T h e G ro u n d sm a n b o iled a ke ttle an d H e filled th e ex p ec tan t p o t,H e sa id ‘it seem s a sham e to p lan S uch an u n frien d ly p lo t.’T h e C are tak er said n o th in g b u t ‘T h e tea is m u c h to o h o t.’

‘I w eep fo r y o u ,’ th e G ro u n d sm a n sa id , ‘I t grieves m e m u c h ,’ said he.W ith sobs an d tears h e em p tie d o u t T h e las t few d rop s o f tea .T h e C are tak e r said n o th in g b u t,' ' E re , leave a b i t fo r m e!’

B u t w eep n o t, m o rta ls , as y o u say, ‘T h is w asn ’t very fu n n y ,’T h in k how th e ir early fa te has saved B oodles o f p u b lic m oney ,R o lled ro u n d in e a r th ’s d iu rn a l course W ith Ja m an d B read a n d H o ney .

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Adam H ardy.

THE WORLD(i) W h a t is th is life , if , fu ll o f care,

W e have n o tim e to s tan d an d stare?O r, w h en w e hav e th e tim e , a t len g th ,W e find w e h av en ’t g o t th e s treng th?

Adam H ardy.(ii) W h a t is th is life , if, fu ll o f care ,

W e have no tim e to s tan d an d stare?A n d w h a t is i t , if , o ft be tim es,W e sp en d i t w ritin g silly rhym es?

D avid L owe.CONSULATION'

S he is like th e silvery w ater,D an c in g , r ip p lin g , V en u s’ dau g h te r.H a ir sings delica te ly in th e w ind .F ace , p rec io us, p e rfec t, has n o t s inned .N o trace o f ev il’s sm o o th caressing H as h u n g h e r h e a r t w ith b lacken ed b lessing B u t p u re an d free h e r eyes ru n w ild T o th in k w ith b ea u ty th e beau teo u s ch ild .S h e ’s n e ith e r sick n o r in n o cen t;T o sham e th e r iv e r was sh e sen t,T o sham e i t w ith h e r cool b lu e eyes R eflec ting , hazily , c lear calm skies.A n d th is b eau ty , u n riv a lled y e t—N o w advertises a c igare tte .

Chris H ead.A PARABLE

T h e re w ere once th re e hen s liv ing in a b a m . A ll h a d la id m any , m an y w h ite , b ro w n , fe rtile , in fe rtile eggs, an d soon w ould lay no m ore— b u t i t seem ed th e y w ere p a s t caring .

A n d y e t one day one o f th e hen s la id an egg— a single egg. I t w as strang e , d is tu rb in g — u n w o n ted ly la rge , p erfec tly , fau ltlessly oval, a deep an d s te rn b ro w n all over. I t was fo r th e m o th e r h e r first ever p ro sp ec t o f a w o rk o f a rt. F o r h e r i t was m o re beau tifu l th a n th e b lu e bow l o f heaven . ‘T h is w ill b e a ch ick o f ch icks,’ she squ aw k ed . ‘H is eye w ill b e b r ig h t w ith th e fire o f being . H is fea thers w ill b e th e m o st g lorious o f th e m all. H is crow w ill be th e lo u d es t. H is c rest w ill b e th e red d es t. A n d th is cock shall be m in e!’ T h e n e x t m o rn in g daw ned lu s tro u s an d co ld ; th e egg , along w ith m an y o th e rs , was in th e early h o u rs ta k e n away.

A w eek la te r, th e second h e n to o la id a so lita ry egg— an o th er egg am ong eggs. I t was o f th e m o s t e th e rea l, th e m o st p u re w h ite ­ness , sm all an d delica te a n d con sum m ate ly shap ed . T h e m o th e r w as e n ra p tu re d . ‘W h a t a m o th e r am I , ’ sh e squaw ked . ‘I have

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m o th e re d th e g rea te s t o f m o th e rs . T h is ch ick w ill g row in to a h en o f th e m o st b lossom ing beau ty — already I see h e r q u ie t un su llied deep b ro w n bo d y — an d o f an u n su rp assed fertility . B rood afte r b ro o d she w ill h a tc h an d w atch w ith g race .’ T h e n e x t day th e egg w as ta k e n away.

A n o th e r w eek passed ; an d th e n th e th ird h en la id h e r one egg. T h e re can n o t have b een an egg like i t— a g rea t p e rfec t oval, crysta lline w h ite ( if its co lou r can b e called b y any n am e o f ea r th ) , i t shone th ro u g h an d th ro u g h as i f i t w ere a pearl. I n th e darkn ess as i t fell f ro m h e r , i t illu m in ed th e b a rn w ith a b u rn in g rad iance . A bove th e b a rn , fu ll an d cold sho ne do w n one s ta r. ‘T h is shall be th e ch ick o f th e c en tu rie s ,’ sq u aw k ed th e m o th e r. ‘H e shall rise from th e shell to gu ide th e m illions. H is eye shall g leam w ith th e pow er an d th e glory. H e shall b e th e C h ris t o f th e race o f th e G allin ae .’ W ith th a t she slep t, a n d d ream ed a d ream o f to ta l an d ho ly w h iteness, w hile beside h e r th e w h ite egg g leam ed in o th e r- w o rd ly sym pathy .

I n th e m o rn in g , th e egg was still th e re . T h e m an h a d n o t tak en i t away. A fte r a w eek , th e egg was still th e re . A fte r five w eeks, th e egg was still th e re , i t n ev er ha tched . I t w as in fertile .

C . R. Rollason.EARTH (MOTHER)

C an yo u r id m e o f th is cancerous flesh? T h is pus-filled scab ,

T h e po isons, m is t a n d sw irl, w ith ang ry h iss a n d scream , th e y c lo ud th e sky ,B lackness re ign s d iu rn a l,T h e su n m ay v is it O n ly to be q u en ch ed ,A s w as H y p e rio n o f o ld ,

T h e ju ices o f w aste ,ooze in d read fu l r ivers o f d isease,I t chokes m e ,I can n o t b rea th e .

T h e ch ild is s tillb o rn , o r p ro n e w ith g rueso m e defec t,T h is he ll is fin ite ,A s m y m in d is n o t,D o I have to d ie like th is ,O r m y offsp ringall suffocate in m y w aste ,C an n o one r id m e o f th is d read p lace , D o o m ed to n o n e n tity , fro m nascence.

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G . H olland.

A RAVING‘L ove h a th n o b o u n d s ’— no lim ita tio n s—P u re ly p e tty com plications.H a lf a m ile o r h a l f an h o u r L ove an d lig h t a n d life devou r By separa ting h e r an d m e A n d love is lo st e ternally .F o r love is end less ages long ;L ov e th a n d e a th i ts e lf m o re stro n g ;B u t h a lf a n h o ur:, o r h a lf a m ile ,A hasty w o rd , a th o u g h tless w h ile L o o m all a long th e d rea ry way F illin g each d ism al little day ,T il l m ere m istak es a t last d issever L ov e from lig h t a n d life fo r ever.

Adam H ardy.

GREY EYESnow , in w e t tim e o f th e descend ing sk y , g reyer sky th a n in h ap p in ess , falls fu lle r ra in o f sad d er d ren ch in g th a n in d ry days o f fo rgetfu lness.sky app ears as a b o d in g perso n a lm o st g rey -h a tted — stares o n m y face, w e t kisses, lips them selves are g reyen ed b y its c ling ing , im p in g in g taste .see th e sky-eyes, eyes g rey -p u p illed , ra in -d ila te d , so rrow ing— b u t n o t fo r m e are th e pu p ils tearfilled— heavy th ey are fo r a ll th in gs living.eyes do n o t w eep fo r one b leak h u m a n , sk ies do n o t w eep fo r one sho w er-b lea red rag in th e ra in ; O g reyer th a n sky , g rey er is m an w hose tears w eep n o t fo r h is b ro th e r ’s tear.

C. R. Rollason.THE WORLD

I t is som e s te rn P h ilo so ph y W h ic h m akes th e w o rld go ro u n d ,B u t i t ’s G o o d -H u m o u r w h ich supp lies T h e joyful jing ly sound .

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A .H .

A POMESONG OF WINTER DISCONTENTI w an ted to sing yo u a song o f th e su m m er B u t long aw ay now is th e h e a t o f th e su n O u r bod ies en sn ared , in w in te r, a n d dy ing A n d th e snow re jec ts m e an d tu rn in g I ru n .I th o u g h t o f th e grass w arm , a n d azu re a ro u n d m e A n d trees o f th e shad e , w e lan g u id an d lig h t A s I saw th e d ay -s ta r th ro u g h w in te r c louds peerin g A n d I su p p ressed you w ith in m e , b u t d ream t yo u in sigh t.

S om etim e I w ill find yo u , an d to il w ill b e easyF o r p lastic fou n d a tio n s w ill a t las t c ru m b le dow nA n d ru les o f rep ress io n , m o u ld in g an d angerW ill d ie w h en th e y see yo u , an d collapse to th e g ro u n d .W ith th ese b lack w in te r ra in s I sip o f th e b a d w ine A n d ea t o f th e taste lessness th e w o rld b rin gs to m e A n d I like th e seedlings can n o t th in k w arm ly O f w h en y o u , su m m e r’s ch ild , w ill m ak e m y m in d free .

Stephen Edwards. CHURCH AT NIGHT

Slow ly, h u sh e d , I w alk over th e b rea th less stones, F ro m b id in g shadow s issues a call T h e g ra ssh o p p e r’s b ew itch ed click echoes ro u n d m e A s m y foo t falls over th e bones.T h e b lack op en in g an d th e p o n d ro u s sto ne So u tte r ly p e rm a n e n t, recogn ise m e W ith ch ill, re s tra in ed g ree ting—T h e do o r w ith in its fram ew o rk groans.A ir h its m e , m u s t-e x u d in g , an d d im shapes T h r u s t o u t fro m th e gloom .N o m usic no w , b u t even y e t a h u m D e e p -th ro b b in g b u t w ith o u t resonance.B lin d -h o o d p rec ip ito usly daze to scare C lario ns, eagles, an d co b w eb bed oak—B lazoned angels s tr ik e o u t fro m th e a lta r,H o v e r, an d dazzle.D ark n ess recedes a n d th e s tree t-lam p passes m e, H e a d a n d h e a r t m ove to g e th e r , pa in ing :By degrees I becom e calm , ra tio na l W as i t fo r real? P lease G o d . . . a s ign . . .

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TRIAL OF THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLBOOK' AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

T h e resu lts o f th e recen t legal p roceed ings aga inst th e L ittle R ed S choo lbook are , no d o u b t, seen as be ing rep resen ta tiv e o f th e c u rre n t an ti-perm issive tre n d , w h ich has b een p ro p ag a ted by- various resp ec tab le p u b lic figures no tab ly L o rd L o n g fo rd an d th e m em bers o f h is com m ission o n p o rn og rap hy . T h is , inc iden ta lly , can n o t b e said to be m ak in g an ob jective s tu d y o f p o rn o g rap h y , as b o th shades o f op in ion o n th e su b jec t are n o t rep re sen ted ; all th e m em bers are seen as be ing aga inst p o rn o g rap h y , o r, as one new s­p a p e r p u t i t , ‘lead ing a w itch h u n t o n p o rn .’ T h e re fo re , th e ‘find ings’ o f th e com m ission w ill a lm ost certa in ly b e biased.

W ith reg a rd to th e L ittle R ed S choolbook’s tr ia l in th e p u b lic eye, an d also in th e case o f th e sex -edu ca tion film ‘G row ing U p , i t seem s th a t m u c h o f th e s tro n g es t o p po sition has com e from peo p le w ith o u t f irs t-h an d know ledge o f th e con ten ts . F u r th e rm o re , any a tte m p t to c lam p do w n o n th e freed om to p u b lish o r re a d w h a t one chooses is a g rave in frin g em en t o f r ig h ts , o f th e k in d th a t even tu a lly leads to th e den ia l o f freed om o f speech an d freed o m o f th e p ress in po litica l an d ph ilosoph ica l fields.

A lth o u g h th e L ittle R ed S choolbook was b a n n e d o n g rou nd s o f sexual obscen ity , anyone w ho has re a d i t m u s t ad m it th a t th e bo o k is n o t obscene, b u t m ere ly a ttem p ts to p re se n t th e so-called ‘facts o f life ’ in a fra n k an d in fo rm ative m an n e r, in te rm s fam ilia r to th e ch ild re n fo r w hom th e b o o k is w ritten .

H av in g re a d th e bo ok i t is difficult n o t to su p p o rt th e th eo ry th a t it was b a n n e d because it questions a u th o rity an d encourages ch ild re n to do so as w ell— som eth in g w h ich is n o t necessarily bad . Y et one o f th e b o o k ’s o u ts tan d in g fea tu res is th a t i t rep ea ted ly in sists u p o n po liteness an d ho n esty w h en go ing th ro u g h all th e o r th o d o x channels o f co m p la in t, an d above all d iscussion an d com m u n ica tio n w ith s ta ff a n d au th o ritie s befo re tak in g any u n au th o rised action .

T h e b e s t sections o f th e bo o k are th o se a b o u t ed u cation , a lth o u g h th e ideas exp ressed a re n o t revo lu tio n ary ; s tream in g , m ark in g an d exam inations a re strong ly an d cogen tly critic ised .

I n conclu sion th is b o o k , w h ich has b een acclaim ed as a sym p tom o f a gen era l decline in m o ra l s tan d a rd s , can b e seen as a bo o k to b e p ra ised fo r encourag ing scho o lch ild ren to speak o u t against all th e y see w rong in th e ir ow n school, an d o n a b ro a d e r scale in th e ir ow n society. T h is m akes fo r socially aw are peop le— a gen u ine s tep fo rw a rd in m o ra l s tan dards.

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‘Sea’ by A dam H ardy

AUTUMN

S h u d d e r o f leaves in g lad w ind T h e y ru n ru s tle r ich b e h in d L ife a lters I a lte r n o tI am th e seasons’ e te rn a l le a f T ru th tre e bo leb o re m e to v icto ry .

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M ercy I cry city Y o ur c o n u rb a tio n fingers S eek m e o u tI n gen tle w heat-fie lds w aving.

Y ou caress m e rich ly A rou se m e aga inst m y w ill L ik e a film o f a ch im ney Sailing g rey ing sm oke R u n backw ards I com e to you ;P ain fu lly .

T h ro u g h y o u r s la te -h a rd s tree ts I craw l w ith glasses o f d istance on ;T h e pa le figures squeeze by ;T h e ashen acts o f e n te rta in m e n t F e e d m e ashen ste rility L ava ropes o f in san ity G e t m e in th e ir g rip .

B u t c ityT h o u g h I h a te y o u r cam bered n ih ilism A n d y o u r d o ub le yellow lines W h ich sto p m e p a rk in g m y m in d S till I com e back E xp ec tan tly .

D o w n th e w ires Y o ur ru in flow ed;A n d m y sa lvation fo llow ingM u s t com e fro m y o u r te lep h o n e-ex ch an g e heart.

Chris H ead.

S aid th e sh a rk , as som eone savoury a ro u n d h is chops h e slished , ‘I t is a co n su m m atio n m o s t dev ou tly to b e w ished T h a t fish b e efficient f isherm en an d fisherm en b e fished .’

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A .H .

THE WELL OF LIFE

A fte r m o n th s o f ta lk o f p r in te d o r d u p lica ted collections o f p o e try , i t finally to o k th e g rea t in itia tiv e o f G eo rg e C la rk e , a second fo rm e r, to o rgan ise a n d e d it one. T h is w as g iven th e p ic tu re sq u e ti tle o f ‘T h e W ell o f L ife ,’ th e n am e o f a lu g u b rio u s p o em b y A n d rew S o u th , a n d th e proceeds a re be ing sen t to C h o lera Relief.

G eo rg e C la rk e ’s‘W ill I f ind love w h en I ’m gone fro m here?A ll m y life I ’ve liv ed here .D o I love stree ts o r o rn am en ta l gardens?O r tw is tin g lanes, cool in shad ow ’

is a n exce llen t ex am p le o f th a t sw eet w istfu lness com m on to m any o f th e p o em s, as w h en Jo n a th a n F lin t , cooing over th e w o rd s, says

‘I re m e m b e r fee ling sad So very sad So very long ago .’

W h e n th is is sa id b y a su p e ra n n u a te d p e rso n o f a t least s ix teen w e de tec t th a t po e tic a tt itu d e o r m o o d w h ich m an y find i t neces­sa ry to assum e, m ak in g m any o f th e poem s in ‘T h e W ell o f L ife ’ in d iv id ua lly u n m em o rab le th ro u g h a lack o f d is tin gu ishab le voices. T h e po etic a tt itu d e con ta ins a h ig h p ro p o rtio n o f th e G loo m for G loo m ’s sake w h ich p e rv ad ed ‘W o rd s W o rd s W o rd s .’ A gloom y sp irit is th o u g h t necessary fo r good w orks. B u t le t u s h o p e th a t, in th e fu tu re , m an y a co llection o f poem s w ill p ro v id e a w ell o f life to all w ho n eed i t , w ith o u t p ro v id in g a w ell o f d ea th to all w ho re a d it.

A social conscience is ev id en t th ro u g h o u t th e collection . T h o u g h th is does n o t alw ays p rov e th e b e s t basis fo r p o e try , it sp rin gs fro m a g en u in e id ea lism , an d I am th e re fo re so rry th a t som e o f th ese idealists feel ob liged to b e an tagon istic to w ards th e v en erab le Wycombiensian.

P .S .— A Y o un g co rre sp o n d en t has in fo rm ed u s , in th e N ic k o f tim e , th a t ab o u t £1 has b een ra ised fo r C h o lera Relief.

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W .A .G . REPO RT

T h is year has seen a ve ry w ide ran g e o f ac tiv ities w h ich have b een b o th p ro fitab le a n d enjoyable. W e h a d earlie r o n in th e year tw o m ix e d R u gg er M a tch es a n d a S po nso red W alk . W e have seen th e S k in A lley C o n cert w h ich m ade a loss b u t th e G ro u n d h o g s C o n ce rt o n Ju ly 31st sh o u ld m o re th a n m ake u p fo r th is . W e have also p u t o n a F o lk an d Jazz C o n ce rt, p ro d u ced b y G ra h a m Bell. T h e re was a h ig h ly successful Ju m b le Sale o n Ju ly 3 rd . F in a lly in th e fu n d ra is in g activ ities w as th e W .A .G . S p o n so red B eer D rin k . T h is w as a h ig h ly successful ac tiv ity an d sh o u ld ra ise £ 8 0 fo r th e g ro u p . T h a n k s go to th e five d r in k e rs , th e ad ju d ica to r an d th e ‘B eech T re e ’ fo r th e ir h e lp in th is en te rp rise .

A p a rt fro m th e fu n d ra is in g ac tiv ities, th e g ro u p has b een w o rk in g in co n ju n c tio n w ith C h ild re n ’s D e p t, a n d th e o th e r o rgan isa tions in th e W ycom be A rea. T h e re is also th e C aravan co m m ittee , w h ich has fo u n d i t d ifficult to find d riv ers o n occasions. T h e C h ild re n ’s H o liday th is year w ill b e in th e fo rm o f a day tr ip fo r th e yo u n g er ch ild re n o n A u g u st 4 th , a n d a B ar-B -Q fo r th e o ld e r ch ild re n in th e sam e w eek.

F in a lly , th is year w e have so rted o u t o u r accoun ts w h ich w ere in a b i t o f a m u d d le w h en we to o k over a t th e beg in n in g o f th e year. W e w ould like to th a n k all W .A .G . m em b ers , especially ‘F re d ’ B row n, M r. Jam es a n d P h il S ad le r w hose th ir s t was eno rm o us. W e are look ing fo rw ard to seeing th e F irs t Y ear S ix th an d F if th F o rm p lay a b igg er p a r t n e x t year.

B. M . W a r r e n , Chairman.S. T h o m p s o n , Treasurer.

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JUNIOR CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPB ecause o f exam ination s, th e S ociety has n o t h e ld any m eetings th is te rm . M eeting s w ill b e re su m ed n e x t te rm o n M o n d ay lu n c h ­tim es in R o om 6; m em b ersh ip is o p en to boys in th e first th re e years o f th e school, free o f charge . T h e S ocie ty’s a im is to a rouse in te re s t in th e w o rk o f C h ris t an d pass i t o n to ju n io r m em bers o f th e school. P . M arshall.

JUNIOR WARGAMING SOCIETYT h is te rm o u r ac tiv ities have b e e n m ain ly cen tred a ro u n d S peech D ay . W e co n g ra tu la te all m em bers o f th e Society w h o have sp en t tim e an d m oney in m ak in g th e S peech D ay ex h ib itio n a success.

T h e W o rld W a r I I D isp lay w as one o f th e m a in cen tres o f a ttrac tio n , u n fo rtu n a te ly fo r th e peo p le in charge . T h e a ttack on H o u g em o n t (p a r t o f th e B attle o f W aterloo ) w as th e b e s t d isp lay , m ain ly because i t w as so rea listic . T h e R om ans + A n c ien t B ritons d isp lay cam e in a close second. I n th e d io ram a com p etition , th e b e s t d isp lay w as p ro d u c e d b y P . L id g ley o f 2y .

W e h o p e th a t n e x t year th e m em b ersh ip w ill in crease , w ith m o re 1st a n d 2 n d years jo in ing , a f te r th is very good s ta r t fo r th e club . A . H orner, Secretary.

MODEL RAILWAY CLUB REPORTF ollow ing o u r la s t r e p o r t, th e p o s itio n o f th e society im p ro v ed som ew hat, b u t a f te r a m ere th re e w eeks o f n o rm al w o rk in g w e w ere once m o re b ese t b y p ro b lem s, in con nec tion w ith o u r e lec tric ity su p p ly , an d w ere fo rced to close.

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By th e tim e th is re p o r t is p u b lish e d , h o w ev er, it is h o p ed th a t th e elec tric ians w ill have b een an d rem ed ied th e fa u lt an d th a t w e shall th u s be ab le to re -o p en .

W e once again e x te n d o u r apologies to d isap p o in ted (and d is ­illu sion ed ) m em bers an d s incere ly h o p e fo r a chan ge o f lu ck w ith th e new school year.

W e also cord ia lly in v ite new m em b ers a n d p a rticu la rly firs t- fo rm ers to com e along an d su p p o rt o u r end eavo u rs , as w e h o p e to im p ro v e th e facilities o f th e c lu b rad ically in th e com ing te rm .

N . J. M o o n , Secretary.SCIENCE SOCIETY

A fte r a y ear sp e n t in h ib e rn a tio n , th e S cience S ociety w ill s ta r t a fresh n e x t te rm w ith a series o f film s, visits a n d lectures.

T h e socie ty ’s A G M w as h e ld in M ay ; th e n ew co m m ittee o f seven w as elec ted an d M r. M a n d e r was again elec ted cha irm an . N e x t te rm ’s p ro g ram m e has since b een a rran g ed , th o u g h n o t y e t finalised . In c lu d e d a re th re e lec tu res to b e g iven b y th e e m in en t sc ien tists D r. H assa ll, M r. R . M . L an g sta ff an d th e R ev. P . W . Sollom . T h e re w ill also b e a w eekly film a n d a t r ip to th e R ad io ­chem ical C e n tre , A m ersh am ; fu r th e r tr ip s w ill be a rranged .

A ll th a t is now re q u ire d is su p p o rt f ro m th e school, an d th a t does not m ean su p p o rt fro m th e s ix th fo rm only— M id d le S chool p lease no te! W . H . B a r k s f i e l d .

STAMP SOCIETYI f I m ay q u o te m yself, tw o m agazines b ack I re m a rk e d sagely th a t ‘a t least th e society con tinues to ex is t, w h ich is m ore th a n can b e sa id o f m an y .’ A las, I fea r a t th e m o m e n t th a t th e S tam p C lu b w ill p redecease th e R G S . Q u ite a p a rt fro m th e ap a th y (yes, that w o rd again!) an d low n u m b e rs o f th e m e m b e rsh ip , i t app ears th a t w e lack a co m m ittee fo r n e x t year. A fte r th e th re e stalw arts w h o no w keep th e p a tie n t alive have le ft a t C h ris tm as, w h a t then? T h e answ er is su p p lied b y th e lu kew arm in te re s t o f th e F irs t Y ear S ix th a n d , w orse , th e to ta l in e rtia o f th e F if th F o rm — are w e all ph ila te lic ph ilistines? I f any assiduous an d resp on sib le h ing elick er ex ists in th e school w ho is p rep a red seriously to tak e over th e ru n n in g o f th e c lu b , cou ld h e please m ak e h im se lf know n.

N ev erthe less, th e society con tinues to . . . w h a t am I ta lk in g about? Y et fo r all th e co lou r sh ifts an d w oefu l perfo ra tio ns o f th e h e a r t w h ich now afflict th e com m ittee , w e have a t least th is te rm h e ld th e an n u a l S peech D ay C o m p e titio n , w on b y S h e rid an ; th e en trie s , th o u g h few , w ere fe lt b y L t.-C o l. S. E . H an d s to be o f a h ig h s tan d a rd . F in a lly , I m u s t as always exp ress m y g ra titu d e to M r. A . C . H ills fo r h is co n tin u ed h e lp a n d in te re s t, an d to R . F . B arnes a n d N . J. M o o n , th e active segm en t o f th e com m ittee . P e rh a p s w e sho u ld p u t o u t a n em ergency o v e rp rin te d issue . . .

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T.H .l.N .G. + O.O.A.C.T H I N G (T h e ingen ious new g rou p ) w as fo rm ed ju s t a fte r C h ristm as fo r th e c o n stru c tio n o f O O A C (o u r ow n analogue com ­p u te r). D e sp ite th e obvious exp ense w e all s till seem to have th e p rice o f a b o ttle o f coke (one b o ttle be tw een eight?) th a n k s to P e te , o u r trea su re r.

T h e in tro d u c tio n o f in te g ra te d c ircu its rep lac ing th e o rig inal ‘P rac tica l E lec tro n ics’ d iscre te am plifiers has g rea tly in c reased th e efficiency an d accuracy . E x p en se has b een red u ced b y th e u se o f school p e rip h e ra l eq u ip m en t fo r readou t.

H u rr ie d c ab in e t co n s tru c tio n in th e c ra ft-ro o m ( th a n k yo u , M r. E a to n ), an d m u c h b u rn in g o f m id n ig h t oil re su lte d in an in teg ra to r-sw itch in g u n it w h ich finally becam e op era tiv e o n th e m o rn in g o f S peech D ay . T h e w hole w as e x h ib ite d a t M A T H E X an d a ttrac ted m u c h a tte n tio n — we h o p e o u r h u rr ie d exp lan a tio ns m a d e th e p rin c ip les clear.

T h a n k s also to M r . K en n in g h am fo r h is inva luab le assistance an d to anyone else w hose w rists w ere b ro k e n carry ing o u r eq u ip ­m en t.

W . H . B a r k s f i e l d .HOUSE REPORTS SCHOOL HOUSE

‘W ith th e o th e r m asqu erad es T h a t tim e resu m es . . .’

com es an o th e r, in ev itab le b o a rd in g ho u se re p o rt. M a n y com plain th a t th ese artic les are po in tless and b o rin g (m an ifo ld s in ), o f in te re s t on ly to th e 34 b o ard ers o f th is ho use , w ho all know w h a t h ap p en s anyw ay; w h ils t th is m ay w ell b e tru e , re p o rts o f th is k in d d o p rov id e a very necessary m eans o f reco rd in g o u r successes (and o u r fa ilu res , i f th e w rite r is h o n es t eno ug h) a n d o f exp ressing o u r g ra titu d e to M r . S k ip p an d M r. S tu b b s , th e ‘b en evo len t d esp o ts’, w ho b y th e ir c o n s tan t a ltru ism m ak e possib le th e ‘sm o o th an d efficient ru n n in g ’ o f such a p leasan t a n d lib e ra l reg im e.

I t was very enco urag ing to no tice ho w w ell bo a rd e rs have p e rfo rm ed academ ically over th e p as t yea r; boys a t every level, fro m 1st to U p p e r 6 th fo rm s, ga in ed p rizes on S peech D ay . T h is balances o u r c o n tin u in g su p p o rt o f school team s, n o tab ly c ricke t an d sw im m ing , an d in d ica tes th a t all b o ard ers a re n o t m erely b a ll-k ick in g , b its-o f-w o od -sw ing in g igno ram uses.

T h e close o f a school year alw ays sees th e d e p a rtu re o f m any fam ilia r faces fo r p as tu re s new ; w e w ish th e m all ‘h ap p y c h am p in g ’ in th e fu tu re . F in a lly w e say goodbye to M r. B exon w ho has so com p eten tly fed us over th e last five years, an d to M a tro n , to w hom w e w ish a long re tire m e n t o f E ly sian bliss a f te r so m an y years (deferen tia lly vague) o f dev o ted serv ice ‘to th e bo ys.’

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TYLERS WOODW ith th e escape o f o u r re s id e n t p o e t to th e M e d ite rra n e a n , we have fo u n d it necessary to reco rd th e even ts o f th e p as t te rm ourselves.

U n fo rtu n a te ly , M r. H an co ck leaves us a t th e e n d o f te rm , b u t I ’m su re th a t h is successo r, M r. E m b rey , w ill deal ably w ith th e ta sk befo re h im . M r. H an co ck is go ing to C h e lten h am G ra m m a r S choo l, an d w e sho u ld like to w ish h im good lu ck in h is new post. A s w ell as M r. E m b rey , w e shall w elcom e a ra th e r large n u m b e r o f new boys: th e ho u se w ill, in fac t, b e fu ll n e x t te rm .

O n e perso n w ho w e th o u g h t h a d le ft, n am ely P . L . C la rk e , has b een do in g h is u tm o s t to p rove us all w ron g b y tu rn in g u p in th e s tu d y nearly every w eek -en d . L u ck ily (for us) h e w ill be tak in g h is p lace a t C am b rid g e , w h ere h e has a n O p e n S cho larsh ip aw aiting h im .

H e has n o t been th e on ly o ld boy to re tu rn ; am on gst th e o the rs w ere I . M a u n , R . M a rtin -F a g g an d ‘B ow .’

I f th e p re se n t increase in squ irre ls co n tin u es, w e m ay find it necessary to advertise fo r a b ig -gam e h u n te r to keep th e ir n u m b ers dow n.

A t all tim es th e s ta ff have b een th e ir u su a l co m p e ten t selves. T h e y m u s t all b e th a n k e d fo r w h a t th e y have d o n e , b u t w e w ould like to m en tio n a coup le o f th e m b y nam e. B rian has k ep t his cooking u p to h is n o rm a l h ig h s ta n d a rd , an d M a tro n an d W alker hav e alw ays b een o n h a n d w h en th ey w ere n eed ed . Special th an k s m u s t go to M r. an d M rs . P a ttin so n fo r all th a t th e y have done fo r us d u rin g th e year.

UPLYMEI t is alw ays d ifficult to rec o rd th e various activ ities o f a bo ard in g ho use over th e p reced ing te rm an d give som e idea how th e house func tion s. O bviously th is la s t te rm has b een d o m in a ted b y th e exam s.

W e d id m anage, how ever, to p lay o u r a rch -riv a ls , T y le rs W ood a t c rick e t, an d u n d e r th e exce llen t ( I hope) cap ta incy o f A . Jones so u nd ly th ra sh e d th em . W e even m anag ed to rep lace S chool H o u se a t th e p inn ac le o f in te r-h o u se sp o rt b y b ea tin g th e m 7— 2 a t football.

F o r th e sm oo th ru n n in g o f a b o ard in g h o u se , how ever, th e re m u s t b e co -op era tio n be tw een th e boys a n d m em bers o f staff. H e re w e have b een m ost fo rtu n a te in hav ing M r. C ooper an d M r. H o lt w ho have b een w illing to devo te m u ch o f th e ir ow n tim e to ho u se m atte rs . M rs . C onno lly m u s tn ’t be fo rg o tten , as w ho else cou ld g e t us to b reak fast o n tim e?

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J. W. L ewis.

ARMY SECTIONA n nu a l C am p th is year was sp en t o n D a rtm o o r in th e d e lig h tfu l u n sp o ilt village o f S heep sto r n e a r Y elverton w h ere a p a rty o f fifty o f all ran k s sp e n t a very en joyable w eek.

T h e advance p a rty se t off o n th e W ednesday . L ie u t. H o lling ­w o rth w ith a 3 -to n load o f cam p ing sto res p reced ed th e m a in advance p a rty an d w as th ro u g h E x e te r w ell on sched u le an d soon th re a d in g h is w ay on th e last lap o f h is jo u rney , th e sto n e walls g radually rep lac ing th e hedgerow s an d b ey on d M o re to n h a m p ­stead th e d iffe ren t shades o f g reen giv ing w ay to th e b row ns o f u n d u la tin g slopes o f h ea th e r d o tte d w ith sheep a n d D a rtm o o r ponies. O n p as t s tream an d lea t, th ro u g h th e p ic tu re sq u e village o f P o s tb rid g e , th en ce T w o B ridges, fo llow ed sho rtly by a g rim s ig h t o f th e grey sto n e p riso n walls a t P rin ce to w n , th e n in to th e n a rrow lanes, p as t th e rese rvo ir an d b ack again a fte r a th ree -y ea r in te rv a l in to M r. P a lm e r’s field. T h e frien d ly s tream m u rm u re d a w arm w elcom e, w h ils t th e sm all b ro w n tro u t sca tte red them selves fo r th e tim e be ing to sec lu ded h id in g p laces am on gst th e w eeds an d stones.

By th e tim e th e C .O . a rriv ed w ith th e o th e r 3 - to n n e r to g e th e r w ith L . A rn o ld an d A . B o reh am , tw o o ld boys o f th e C .C .F . in th e L a n d R o ver, ten tag e fo r th e n ig h t was a lready se t u p an d an im p ro m p tu m eal w aiting . T h e fresh a ir a n d even ing su n sh a rp en ed app e tite s a lready keen w ith an tic ip a tio n an d th e ex h ila ra tio n o f th e su rro u n d in g coun try side .

B y th e tim e th e m a in bo d y a rriv ed o n F rid a y , th e cam p was se t u p b y th e in d u strio u s advance p a rty , even to th e e x te n t o f e lec tric lig h t fo r th e d in in g m arq u ee , coo kh ou se , officers’ m ess an d sto res ten ts .

T ra in in g b eg an w ith learn ing th e local geography an d becom ing fam ilia r w ith th e fasc inations o f D a r tm o o r, its s to n e c irc les, s to ne

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row s, crosses, h u t c irc les, b low ing houses, tu m u li an d ca irn s , p rov id in g endless specu la tion as to th e ir o rig in an d pu rp ose .

T h e n fo llow ed special tra in in g to com b at th e dangers o f D a r t­m oo r nav igational d ifficulties, an d every ty p e o f em ergency likely to be en co u n te red in a long tre k over th e M o o r. T h e tw o-day ex p ed itio n w h ich fo llow ed was sim ilar to th a t o f 1968. A sm all p a r ty o f ‘escaped p riso n e rs’ lay ing a tra il across th e A b bo ts W ay to be fo llow ed la te r b y th e ‘rep resen ta tiv es o f th e law ’ in sm all g ro u p s search ing fo r clues an d even tually a rriv in g a t th e d e lig h tfu l b ivouac area n ea r C ross F u rzes tw o o r th re e m iles fro m B uckfast- le igh . A tem p o ra ry tru c e was declared a n d th e fug itives re su m ed th e ir ro le o f U nder-o fficer G u b b in s a n d C .S .M . G ra fto n an d C o m p an y u n til th e n e x t m o rn in g w h en th e y w ere su rro u n d e d on th e R ingm o or D o w n tra in in g area an d d riv en o u t o f th e ir h id in g p lace , la te r becom ing a q u a rry fo r a fu r th e r n ig h t exerc ise , th e sequ el to a fu ll an d physically satisfy ing tw o days.

A v isit to T re g a n tle F o r t fo r rifle shoo ting was a w elcom e re sp ite an d th e b a th e in th e a fte rn o o n su n com p le ted th e re s t cu re , an d a m eal o f ro as t leg o f p o rk an d b ak ed p o ta toes fo llow ed by f ru i t an d D ev o n sh ire cream p ro d u ced an a tm o sp h e re o f co n ten tm en t an d ach ievem en t. F rid ay cam e all to o qu ick ly an d w ith m an y reg re ts an d p rom ises to re tu rn a h ap p y an d successful cam p w as con­clu ded . R .P .

C a p t a i n L . T . H o l l i n g w o r t h

T r ib u te is p a id e lsew here in genera l te rm s b u t th e w o rk an d selfless serv ice o f C ap t. H o llin g w o rth in th e C .C .F , sho u ld n o t go u n m en tio n ed .

H e jo in ed th e C .C .F . in 1945 an d m an y p a s t m em bers o f th e A rm y S ection w ill re m e m b e r h im as officer in charge o f rec ru its in ‘C ’ C om pany . H e d id n o t m iss an ann ual cam p in th e tw en ty - five years o f p o st-w ar C am ps a n d such w as h is m em ory th a t he cou ld re c o u n t th e C am ps in da te o rd e r w ith a special anecdo te a b o u t each.

H is com m on-sense ap p ro ach to p ro b lem s, h is good h u m o u r an d w illingness m ade h im an agreeab le com p an io n an d loyal colleague w hose absence w ill be keen ly felt. R .P .

ROYAL NAVAL SECTIONT h e su m m er te rm ’s ac tiv ities w ere ta k e n u p w ith b o atw ork on th e R iver T h a m e s a t L on g ridg e . W e w ere ab le to secure th is tra in in g o n a w eekly basis, an d p rov ide an in te re s tin g an d valuab le cou rse o f in s tru c tio n w ith th e a im th a t all o u r cadets sho u ld be b o th con fiden t an d co m p e ten t in h an d lin g an d tak in g charge o f a five-m an p u lling bo at.

T h e re w ere o p p o rtu n itie s also fo r sailing an d canoeing fo r th o se w ho p ro v ed them selves to b e p ro fic ien t a t h an d lin g th e p u llin g boats.

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B oatw ork w as n o t on ly confined to th e T h a m e s fo r m o st o f th e sec tion sp en t tw o days a t H .M .S . R am e H e a d , P o r tsm o u th , w h ere th e y w ere able to ta k e boats o u t in to th e h a rb o u r.

T h e n u m b e r o f cade ts go ing o n su m m e r courses a t R oyal N aval estab lish m en ts an d sh ips th is year is very encourag ing . T h e ir exp eriences w ill b e o f benefit n o t on ly to them selves b u t to th e w ho le section.

A new sy llabus fo r th e proficiency a n d adv anced proficiency exam ination s w ill com e in to force n e x t te rm , p re sen tin g w h a t app ears to be q u ite a to u g h challenge.

T h e N aval S ec tion has b een ab le to p u rsu e a m o re positive d irec tio n in tra in in g recen tly an d fo r th is w e m u s t th a n k L t. C d r. W alle r, R .N . (re tired ).

I t is w ith very g re a t re g re t th a t w e say goodbye to U n der-O fficer V ic to r G u b b in s w ho has , fo r th e p as t tw o years, d o m in a ted th e sec tion b y h is lead ersh ip an d en thu siasm . H e now m oves o n to D a r tm o u th an d th en ce to M a n a d o n to g rad u a te as an eng in eering officer in th e R oyal N avy .

T o ju s t say ‘th a n k s ’ w o u ld be m ean , so in stead— ‘B on voyage!’Cox’n John Burrows.

R.A.F. SECTIONT h e section has b een b u sy th is te rm d esp ite th e in te rru p tio n s o f th e exam s an d th e earlie r b a d w ea th er in te rfe rin g w ith flying an d o th e r o u td o o r ac tiv ities. T h is has b een com p ensa ted fo r from h a lf- te rm onw ards cu lm in a tin g in th e an n u a l field day v is it, th is tim e to R .A .F . B rize N o rto n . T h e day a f te r, W /O G illesp ie to o k o ff from th e sam e s ta tio n o n h is V .C .10 fligh t to R .A .F . C h ang i, S ingapo re .

A ir E x p e rien ce (G lid in g ) flying has b een ca rried o u t b y 20 cade ts ; th e ir g rea t ab ility m u s t have b een ap p a re n t, fo r th e section has b een aw arded fo u r proficiency G lid in g C ourses to b e h e ld a t R .A .F . W h ite W alth am th is su m m er. W /O B arney has com p le ted a flying scho larsh ip cou rse an d C p l. P e rry has b een aw arded a place fo r n e x t su m m er.

T h e G e rm a n cam p , h e ld d u rin g E as te r a t R .A .F . G u te s lo h , was a success w ith flights in W essex he lico p te rs ; th e su m m er cam p w ill be a t R .A .F . O ld S arum .

T h e 1st Ju ly saw five cadets p a rtic ip a tin g in th e A rm y sec tion ’s field day ; m a p -read in g in itia tiv e an d in fa n try exercises w ere com ­p le ted m ore o r less sa tisfac to rily (th e R A F being an n ih ila ted several tim es d u rin g th e in fan try exercise). F o r th is en joyable day o u r th a n k s are g iven to th e A rm y section.

W e m u s t also e x te n d o u r g ra titu d e to F ly ing O fficer B ell o f D r . C h a llo n er’s G ra m m a r S chool; an d o f cou rse w e a re in d e b te d to th e close co -op era tio n a n d su p p o rt g iven to u s b y C olonel P a ttin so n .

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S. Green.

CRICKET1971 w ill b e re m em b ered b y th o se invo lved as a m o s t enjoyable a n d , in m an y resp ec ts , enco urag ing season.

M o re fifties w ere sco red , a t b o th ju n io r a n d sen io r levels, th a n fo r som e seasons, an d m e n tio n m u s t be m ad e o f C h ris Jo h n so n ’s c o n tr ib u tio n to school cricke t. H e se t a sp len d id exam ple b o th on a n d , equally im p o rta n t, o ff th e field , to w h ich h is team re sp o n d ed w ell. I am m ost g ra te fu l to h im . M o st h e a rten in g , to o , w ere th e p e rfo rm an ces b y ju n io r team s— perfo rm an ces w h ich au g u r w ell fo r th e fu tu re o f th e gam e a t school.

I am g rea tly in d e b te d to fellow m em bers o f s ta ff fo r th e ir m any co n trib u tio n s to th e gam e— th e ir h e lp , as alw ays, has b een in ­valuab le . I n ad d itio n , B ill Y ates has assisted w ith th e c ricke t coaching th is season an d w e have b een fo r tu n a te to acqu ire th e serv ices o f a well qualified coach. I am anx ious h e sho u ld con tin u e h is association w ith th e school fo r he u n d o u b te d ly has m u c h to offer.

F in a lly , m y th a n k s to Iv o r A tk in s , o u r g ro u n d sm an , w ho has c o n tin u ed to give su ch good service to th e school. W e a re in d eed fo rtu n a te to have th e o p p o rtu n ity o f p lay ing o n su ch a w ell m a in ­ta in e d squ are . T.S.

1st XIW ith th e c ricke t season s ta r tin g a lm ost im m ed ia te ly a fte r E as te r i t w as in ev itab le th a t th e first few m atch es w ou ld have to b e p layed b y an in ex p erien ced X I w ith ve ry little p rac tice b e h in d th e m . A s tro n g side fro m T iffin S chool w ere th e first v isito rs, n o t an ideal o p en ing gam e, an d in th is m a tc h th e w eaknesses o f th e side w ere q u ick ly revealed— b rittle , a lth o u g h n o t u n e n te rp ris in g b a ttin g an d a lack o f p e n e tra tio n in th e bow ling a ttack o n a fine b a ttin g w icket. D e sp ite th ese p reva ilin g w eaknesses how ever, an d an in ab ility to

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h o ld catches o n occasions, th e X I has en joyed a season co n ta in in g som e fine v ic to ries an d also som e m em o ra b ly close m atches.

T h e b a ttin g w as good o n p a p e r b u t flim sy in p ractice . T h e fac t th a t five p layers sco red h a lf-cen tu ries d u rin g th e cou rse o f th e season is te s tim o n y to its p o ten tia l d e p th b u t u n fo rtu n a te ly gam es w ere few in w h ich m o re th a n one b a tsm an scored m any ru n s . All to o o ften it w as left to th e la te r o rd e r b a tsm en to m ake th e score look resp ec tab le . O f th e b a tsm en op eners F lo y d an d C ow in w ere th e m o st successfu l, F lo y d p lay ing som e fine an d a ttrac tiv e in n ings w h ile C ow in w as p ro b ab ly th e m o re consisten t. H o w lan d b a tte d so u nd ly a t th e s ta r t an d a t th e en d o f th e season w hile N ew to n h a d a d isap p o in tin g season a fte r a p rom ising s ta rt.

T h e bow ling lacked a rea l pace m e rc h a n t an d fo r th is reason it w as o ften d ifficult to m ake th e in itia l b re a k th ro u g h o r g e t o u t s tu b b o rn ta il-en d e rs . O p en ing bow lers C ostello an d H all show ed th e ab ility to m ove th e new ball in th e a ir an d o ff th e p itc h , how ever, a n d th e re fo re w ere m od era te ly successful w ith o u t show ­in g m u ch p e n e tra tio n on occasions. S aun ders to o k som e valuab le w ickets b u t was n o t alw ays accu ra te w hile L o n g bo w led im p res­sively a t th e e n d o f th e season. Jo h n so n p ro v id ed th e sp in an d took th e m o st w ickets w ith o u t show ing m u c h im p ro v em en t over o th e r years b u t nev erthe less show ed m o re p en e tra tio n th a n th e o th e r bow lers.

T h e fie ld ing te n d e d to be e rra tic an d a lth o u g h on occasions th e g ro u n d field ing was exce llen t, on o thers m an y v ita l ca tches w ere floored w h ich cost us v icto ry . W ick e t-k eep in g du ties w ere sh ared b y H o w lan d an d B arre tt w ho b o th p ro v ed so u n d w ith o u t ever lo ok ing o u ts tan d in g .

In all a sa tisfac to ry an d m o st en joyable season an d w ith m ost p layers re tu rn in g one hopes fo r a m u c h s tro n g e r side n e x t year. T h e team w ould like to th a n k Iv o r A tk in s fo r th e exce llen t w ickets we have p layed o n all season an d M r. Sam w ays fo r th e trem en d o u s a m o u n t o f tim e an d effo rt he gives fo r th e 1st X I .

1st XI Averages for Season 1971B a tt in g No. of Times Total Highest

innings not out runs score Ave.Johnson 14 4 247 51* 24.70Floyd 16 2 339 66 24.21Cowin 15 2 299 53* 23.00* not outB o w lin g Wickets Average

Saunders 12 12.80Johnson 50 13.00Costello 21 17.76H all .... 11 26.20

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1st XI Resultsv. T iffin S chool (hom e): L o s t b y 7 w kts (H ow lan d 66 , N ew to n 50). v. H ig h W ycom be ‘A ’ (hom e): L o s t b y 40 ru n s (Jo h n so n 5 fo r 60). v. O x fo rd S chool (aw ay): W o n by 7 w k ts (Jo h n so n 7 fo r 20 , F lo yd

54 n o t ou t).v. E m an u e l S chool (hom e): D ra w n (C ow in 53 n o t ou t), v. L e ig h to n P a rk (hom e): D ra w n (Jo h n so n 5 fo r 46 , S aun ders

4 fo r 28).v. V yners S chool (hom e): D ra w n (F loy d 44 n o t ou t), v. W a tfo rd G .S . (aw ay): W o n b y 4 w k ts (C oste llo 5 fo r 21). v. S t. N icho las G .S . (hom e): D raw n (Jo hn son 6 fo r 32). v. A b in g d o n S chool (aw ay): D raw n (C ow in 51). v. E m an u e l S chool (2 days, aw ay): L o s t b y 8 w k ts (H ow lan d 41). v. B orlase S chool (aw ay): L o s t b y 8 w k ts (F loy d 66). v. Q u een E lizab e th G .S . (hom e): W o n b y 2 w k ts (Jo h n so n 5 for

57, C ow in 47).v. O ld Boys (hom e): D ra w n (Jo h n so n 51 n o t ou t), v. R .G .S . W o rceste r (aw ay): L o s t b y 6 w k ts (Jo hn son 50). v . Staff (hom e): W o n b y 40 ru n s (L o n g 5 fo r 10).

UNDER 15 (COLTS)W o n 4 D ra w n 1 L o s t 2

I n v iew o f th e som ew hat lim ited c ricke ting resources available a n d th e ham m ering s received in th e first an d last m atch es p layed , aga inst E m an u e l an d R .G .S . W o rceste r, th e C o lts d id rem ark ab ly w ell an d h a d m uch th e b e tte r o f th e ir o th e r five gam es a ltho ugh th e m a tc h w ith W atfo rd was d raw n . T h is im p ro v em en t s tem m ed alm ost en tire ly fro m th e ir a ttack ing c rick e t in w h ich all th e m em b ers o f th e team deserve som e c red it. T h e op en ing a ttack o f W orley an d G len iste r w as alw ays ho stile a n d no tab ly du rab le . W o rley ’s 6 fo r 6 in tw elve overs aga inst W atfo rd was especially com m endab le . W ith sp in , H o llin g sw o rth a n d H aw k en cam e on w ell. P ag e ’s m ed iu m pace was n o t alw ays con sis ten t, b u t ra re ly fa iled to g e t am on gst th e w ickets.

T h e b a ttin g was ske tchy , to say th e least. F o rtu n a te ly T re n d e ll p layed several b reezy in n in g s fo r scores a ro u n d th e 20 m ark .

W alk er, d esp ite h is ab su rd ly op tim istic aggression , o ften con­tr ib u te d usefu lly to th e score. O th erw ise , th e b es t su p p o rtin g b a ttin g cam e fro m th e p rin c ip a l bo w lers, G len is te r, W orley , H aw k en a n d H o lling sw orth . T h e se are aw arded th e C olts colours along w ith T re n d e ll w ho as cap ta in d id n o t alw ays se t h is field to b e s t effect b u t genera lly show ed a sh rew d app rec ia tion o f th e s ta te o f th e gam e.

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Averages

Batting Innings Not out Runs H.S. Ave.L lo y d .............. 5 3 36 15 18.0T re n d e d .............. 8 0 104 27 13.0H o lling sw orth 6 0 77 33 12.8G len is te r .... 7 0 70 34 10.0

Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave.W orley 68.5 26 123 24 5.4P age 27 10 45 7 6.4H o lling sw orth 30.5 7 66 10 6.6

UNDER 13P lay ed 4 W o n 1 D ra w n 1 L o s t 2

D esp ite th e reco rd th is side show ed d is tin c t p rom ise fo r th e fu tu re , pa rticu la rly in b a ttin g . L lo y d , C u rr ie , T h o m a s an d R ussell all p layed ex trem ely good inn ings. I n th e last m a tc h C u rr ie a n d L lo y d p u t on 81 fo r th e first w icket aga inst D r. C h a llo n er’s.

T h e bow ling w as n o t so good a n d lacked p en e tra tio n as w e saw in th e gam e against W atfo rd G .S ., w h en w ith tim e a n d ru n s in h a n d th e gam e co u ld n o t b e c linched . T h e m ost con sis ten t bow ler w as W h ee le r o f 1A.

Special m e n tio n m u s t be m ade o f th e m a tch aga inst E m m an uel. D e sp ite sco ring 144 R G S lo st in a fine gam e. I t w as very p leasing to see th e w ay th e defea t w as ta k e n — th is sp o rtsm an sh ip reflected th e w ay th e side has b een cap ta in ed by C harles L loyd .

M .W .C .

UNDER 12‘A ’ P lay ed 6 W o n 2 L o s t 3 D raw n 1 ‘B ’ P layed 5 W o n 1 L o s t 3 D ra w n 1

A lth o u g h m o re m atch es w ere p layed th is year, th e final reco rd w as d isap p o in tin g an d i t was n o t u n til th e last m a tc h th a t th e ‘A ’ team fulfilled its p rom ise . I n th e early m atch es th e b a ttin g was to o te n ta tiv e a n d v ita l ca tches w ere d ro p p ed .

A u lt bow led w ith g rea t fire a n d W illiam s w ith gu ile . H asted an d S tin ch co m b e b a tte d w ith d e te rm in a tio n w hile H o g g e tt p layed th e one o u ts ta n d in g in n ings.

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I .R .C .

SKANDERBORG CRICKET TOUR July 17th—21st

V i b y d e r D an sk e rn e ve lk o m m en ti l H ig h W ycom be d e tte a r— afte r o u r m o st successful to u r o f D e n m a rk in 1970 w e w ere very p leased to e n te rta in th e frien d s we m ade in S k an d erb o rg . W e m e t th e m a t H arw ich on th e S u n d ay (leaving M r. G o ld th o rp e to travel b ack o n th e fe rry to sp read W isd en ’s gospel in E sb jerg fo r tw o w eeks), a n d , a fte r a g ru e llin g jo u rney b ack to B ledlow , la id o n a convivial ba rbecu e in th e even ing . W h en T u esd ay even ing descen ded on u s we h a d p layed som e c rick e t in b e tw een exce llen t fa re p ro v id e d by Iv y et alii.

T h e first m a tch w as p layed a t th e R .G .S , o n M o n d ay — th e S chool sco red 234 fo r 6 (P e te r H o w lan d 104*, G ra h a m L o n g 58), S k an d e rb o rg rep ly ing w ith 110 (Jan W ittu s 44). O n T u e sd a y B ledlow C rick e t C lu b (w ho have very k in d ly p ro v id ed sleep ing accom m odation) w as th e v en ue— th e School m ad e 252 fo r 5 (A ndrew C ow in 98— ru n o u t, th e su p rem e iro n y fo r th o se in th e know !, C h ris Jo h n so n 80* in 35 m inutes!!, R o b e r t F lo y d 38), an d S k a n d e rb o rg 73.

O n W ed nesd ay w e trav e lled u p to L o n d o n a n d sp en t a fasc i­n a tin g day a t L o rd ’s, lo ok ing ro u n d th e ho m e o f c rick e t a n d p ick ed u p som e tip s fro m th e E n g lan d cricke ters p rac tis in g in th e ne ts . W e le f t th e D an es in L o n d o n w ith th o u g h ts o f th e fu tu re in m in d — V i h a b e r a t se d em i S k an d e rb o rg i 1972!

D a n ish to u rin g team :— Jo h n S im onsen (cap t.), J a n W ittu s (w k t), T o rb e n A n d ersen , Jen s P riess , O le K ra g , S. A . N ie lsen , H an s an d K je ld U d e n g a rd , In g o lf N issen , N ie ls S m ith , B en t M ad sen , V agn N ie lsen ; led b y P ou l R o d d in g a n d T in a N ie lsen . L illip u tian u m p ir in g b y N ig e l C u rr ie an d C harles L loyd .

K .A .H .

LAWN TENNIS 1st VI

P lay ed 17 W o n 12 L o s t 5v. S tow e S chool 2 -7 v. A b in g d o n S chool .... 5 -4v. O x fo rd School 7 -2 v. S t. J o h n ’s .... .... 6 -3v. W in d so r G .S . 7 -2 v. U .C .S .............. .... 2 ½- 6 ½v. L e ig h to n P a rk 4 -5 v. H ig h g a te S chool .... 4 -5v. R ad ley School 5 -4 v. H ig h S chool .... 8 -1v. M ag d a len C oll. Sch. 4 -5 v. H a l to n R .A .F . .... 5½- 3 ½v. S t. B en ed ic t’s 8-1 v. D r . C h a llo n e r’s .... 5 - 3 ½v. S t. N icho las 8 -1 v. S taff .... 5½- 3 ½

v. A m p lefo rth C ollege 6 ½- 2 ½7 6 2

As ex p ected o u r 1st V I have m issed th e services o f Ia n Jo h n so n an d R ich ard S im ons th is sum m er! W e have b een o n th e losing en d o f som e very close m atch es— usually because we have n o t h a d q u ite th e app lica tio n o r sheer ten n is skill. P a irin g has b een a m ajo r fac to r in th e u n se ttled n a tu re o f th e team . G u y Jo h n so n , th e cap ta in , has h a d a varie ty o f p a r tn e rs in th e first p a ir— perhap s th e s tro n g est co m b inatio n be in g w ith N ew by . B o th hav e p layed a ttrac tive ten n is a lth o u g h th ey m ay hav e lacked th e v ita l e lem en t o f d e te rm in a tio n a t tim es.

O th e r p layers in c lu d ed J. L ow e, D . G illesp ie , J. D en n is , J. L ew is, N . C liff, W . Joss, D . B attisb y , an d J. G illesp ie . A ll have p ro v id ed adeq u a te serv ice an d som etim es w on m atch es fo r us.

N e x t year looks m o re p rom ising— w ith Jo h n so n an d C liff re tu rn in g as first p a ir an d A ston an d H u n t (w ho have p layed in th e last few 1st V I m atch es th is year) a ra th e r young b u t po ten tia lly good second pa ir.

O u r th a n k s m u s t go to M r. H aw o rth fo r h is u n tir in g efforts to keep a very h u n g ry crew satisfied , a n d to Iv y fo r h e r d u tie s ; also to Iv o r A tk in s fo r h is a id an d in te re s t th is year. So a reasonab le y ear w ith ho pes fo r even g rea te r th in g s in 1972 o n T H R E E C O U R T S !

K .A .H .

O u r th a n k s to M r. H illie r w ho has g iven u p a lo t o f h is tim e to m anage th e ten n is team s, an d to M r. M . M . D av ies fo r th e e n te rta in in g m a tc h aga inst th e staff.

G . A. J o h n s o n .

2nd VI & COLTS2nd V I P lay ed 5 W o n 3 D ra w n 1 L o s t 1

Colts V I P layed 6 W o n 5 L o s t 1T h is year has seen a conso lidation o f 1970’s w o rk— as a re su lt o f coaching an d p len ty o f m a tc h p rac tice , w e have ga ined go od w ins, especially a t C olts level. M . A ston an d G . H u n t have b een th e m ain stay o f th e la tte r , w inn ing 17 o f th e ir 22 m atch es. T h e y sh o u ld p ro v id e a go od basis o n w h ich to b u ild a young 1st V I in th e n e x t tw o years. T h re e new com ers show p ro m ise— R . A u lt (1A ), C . M o rr ish ( 1E ) an d S. R eed (2X ), w h ile o th e r u sefu l p layers a t ju n io r level a re G . T in n , C . G o m m , K . G u h a , an d C . D ix o n .

A t 2 n d team level en th u s iasm has b een show n b y th o se s ix th fo rm ers w ho can n o t q u ite m ake th e 1st V I— th e team has in c lu d ed M . O ldnall (cap ta in ), J . D e n n is , B. L ow e, M . S m ith , J. L ew is, P . W h y m a n t-M o rris , D . B a ttisb y , J . G illesp ie , M . R eed , an d M . S pencer.

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SWIMMINGA n o th e r season has passed w ith vary ing success. W e began w ith tw o encourag ing perfo rm ances. In o u r first m a tc h w e narrow ly defea ted D r. C h a llo n er’s G ra m m a r S chool, th e n re ta in ed th e W ycom be D is tr ic t Schools tro p h y b y a com fortab le m arg in . As a re su lt o f th e ir efforts in th is gala th e fo llow ing w ere se lec ted to sw im in th e C o u n ty G ala a t A m ersham : C . D e n n e , G . C la rk , R . J . E dw ard s, R . H . E d w ard s, T . B a rtle tt, R . A n drew s, D . L ew is, J . M artin d a le , D . T in n .

T . B u rk e also sw am w ell an d was u n fo rtu n a te n o t to m ak e th e W ycom be D is tr ic t team . T . B a rtle tt an d D . T in n w on th e ir even ts a t th e C o u n ty G ala a n d are be ing con sid ered as rep resen ta tives fo r th e C o u n ty a t th e D iv ision Seven cham p ion sh ip s in S ep tem b er.

O u r first aw ay fix tu re a t Q ueen E lizab e th ’s S chool, B arn e t, d isapp o in tin g ly re su lted in a defea t, b u t th e fo llow ing day we reg a in ed o u r confidence b y b ea tin g o ld rivals S ir W illiam Borlase. T h e last few m atch es w ere u n fo rtu n a te ly dogged by absen teeism . I am how ever p leased to say th a t m any team m em bers show ed th e ir en th u siasm an d re liab ility u n til th e e n d , in c lu d in g R . S m ith w h o s tep p ed in a t th e la s t m o m en t to com p le te th e relay sq u ad for th e A m ersham S w im m ing C lu b -G ala .

T h e m a tch against W atfo rd G .S . was closely fo u g h t to th e last race , an d we w ere u n lu ck y to lose by e ig h t p o in ts ; th e fix tu re w ith A y lesbury G .S . w as, in co n tra s t, d isap p o in tin g b y com parison w ith last y ea r’s b a ttle , as we w ere convincing ly tro u n c e d by 41 po in ts .

H alf-co lours have b een aw arded to R . S h ea re r, N . F ra se r , J . M a rtin d a le an d T . B u rke.

D. S. O. T inn .ROWING

‘1st IV : bow , M . R . G . T ay lo r; 2 , P . J. M c M illan ; 3 , J. C. D ix o n ; s tr . C . R . W alto n ; cox , J . C . M oss— w on 26 races, lo st 3. R ow ed in seven reg a ttas , w on five events. W o n H o m e In te rn a tio n a l.’ W h e n y o u ’ve said th a t, y o u ’ve sa id i t a ll, b u t on ly th o se invo lved w ill know an d ap p rec ia te th e re s t o f it— th e physical effo rt, th e m en ta l s tra in , th e jang ling nerves th a t go to m ak e u p any rac ing season. E ven th e crew ten d s to fo rge t how th ey fe lt a t th e s ta r t o f a season like th is— how lack ing in confidence th e y s ta r te d , and ho w th e y fin ished w ith th e professional confidence o f a w inn ing crew .

S om e good , i f un sp ec tacu la r lo ng -d is tan ce resu lts s ta r te d th e sp rin g season , an d th e defea t a t W alling fo rd b y H ere fo rd in th e Ju n io r F o u rs final s till suggested a p rom ising season to com e. H o w ev er, i t was a t R ead ing Ju n io r R eg a tta th a t we go t th e w in

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w e w ere look ing for. T h e crew row ed w ith m o re re lax a tio n an d po lish th e re th a n any w h ere else, i f w ith less po w er; n o t su rp ris in g , w h en one rem em b ers th a t M a x T a y lo r an d P h il M cM illan w ere b o th ill an d sub stan tia lly below p eak fitness.

T h e n e x t w eek w as th e first b ig one— th e N a tio n a l Schools R eg a tta , w h ich is w h a t it sounds like— a n atio na l even t. H eavy ra in a w eek befo re tu rn e d th e cou rse in to a s ix -fu rlongs u p s tream slog against a flood, w h ere th e to w p a th sta tio n becam e w o rth 1½ len g th s over th e m id d le tw o ; an d th e b a n k becam e a foo t-d eep qu ag m ire o f w h ite , liq u id m u d . T o row was a severe end u ran ce te s t , to w in an u n eq u a lled tr iu m p h . T h a t w e d id it in th e m id d le lan e , b ea tin g o u r closest rivals, T o n b rid g e , w ho w ere o n th e tow - p a th side , w as p ro b ab ly th e g rea test effort o f all. N o t a p re tty row , b u t im p ressiv e in its pow er an d gu ts.

T h e re a fte r , th e season looked a long line o f w ins, w h ich is w hy i t w as p ro b ab ly as w ell th a t w e row ed bad ly a t M arlo w an d lost to S t. P a u l’s. T h is en ab led us to ‘g e t a g r ip ’ an d w in convincingly a t R ead ing T o w n a n d E g h am , th e la tte r be ing th e first tim e th a t R .G .S . has b een th e ob jec t o f th e d islik e rese rved fo r to p row ing schools. T o q u o te a c lu b coach— ‘I f yo u h a d n ’t ———com e, w e’d have w on th is .’

So fa r, so good ; successfu l, b u t no m o re th a n w e’d ho ped . T h e n , ju s t befo re E g h am , th e laconic ph on e-ca ll, ‘C an yo u ro w in th e H o m e C o un tries In te rn a tio n a l a t G lasgow ?’ L ittle n eed b e said ab o u t th e reac tio n to th is o r to th e len g th o f th e cou rse— 2000 m etres. E ven less is reco rd ed ab o u t th e p o s t-reg a tta d isco an d ra v e -u p , e x ce p t to n o te th a t w e d o n ’t on ly w in a t row ing— th e crew collect th e g irl everyone else has b een p u rsu in g fo r days.

T h e race? W e row ed las t b u t one in th e p ro g ram m e, w h en it w as c lear E n g lan d w ere w inn ing every race com fortab ly . N o one sa id i t , everyone fe lt it. W as th e lake deep enough fo r five (or six) peo p le , i f w e w ere th e on ly ones to lose? H ow ever, W ales led for 500 m e tre s , S co tland ly ing th ird . A t th e 750-m etre m a rk w e took th e b es t sp u r t o f th e season a n d w e n t c lear, row ing aw ay fo r th e re s t o f th e cou rse to w in fro m S co tland , w ho b ro k e W ales a t 1500 m e tre s , b y 2½ len g th s , W ales 1 len g th fu r th e r back . I t was th e b e tte r w in because w e w ere u sing a b o rrow ed b o a t o f d u b ious ancestry .

W h a t o f th e o th e r crews? O bviously overshadow ed , th e C olts row ed w ell eno ug h to m ake m e con fiden t th a t in 18 m o n th s th ey w ill equal o r su rpass th is years’ w ins. T h e 2 n d IV h a d m ix ed fo r­tu n e s— u n lu ck y m ay b e , b u t also d iscovering th e va lue o f regu lar tra in in g . S om e have m y sym p athy , o th e rs d o n ’t. E veryb od y else w o rk ed h a rd fo r va ried re su lts , b u t w ill r e tu rn n e x t year to im p ro v e , w ith o u t a d o u b t.

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I.A .B .

THE OLD WYCOMBIENSIANS' CLUB

The Annual General MeetingT h e A .G .M . w as h e ld in th e E . R . T u c k e r M em o ria l R oom a t

6 o ’clock on S a tu rd ay , M ay 2 2 nd , 1971. T w e n ty -tw o O ld Boys w ere p resen t. T h e C h a ir was tak en b y th e P re s id e n t, M r. M alco lm S m ith .

B efore th e business m ee tin g began , all s to od in silence fo r a few m om en ts as a gestu re o f affection an d re sp ec t fo r M r. P . L . Jones an d N o rm a n T h e e d w ho h a d d ied d u rin g th e las t year.

T h e M in u te s o f th e las t A .G .M . w ere th e n re a d , confirm ed an d signed . A ris ing o u t o f th e m in u te s :—(ia) T h e F in an c ia l R ep o rt— th e H o n . A u d ito r , A . E . F ra n k lin H o le ,

ex p la in ed th e balance sh ee t an d exp ressed som e sa tisfac tion w ith th e finances o f th e C lub .

(6) T h e E . R . T u c k e r M em o ria l R oom — last year th e P re s id en t re p o r te d th a t th e h ea tin g system h a d p ro v ed to be in ad eq u a te in ve ry cold w ea th er b u t was be ing seen to . T h is year th e P re s id e n t re p o r te d th a t n o th in g h ad b een do ne an d A ylesbury h a d b een asked to h e lp ex p ed ite m atte rs .

(c) T h e C rick e t C lu b h a d h ad a very good season in 1970 u n d e r th e lead ersh ip o f K en M aslin (1954-60). H is resu sc ita tio n effo rt h a d b een successful.

T h e H ea d m aste r in fo rm ed th e m eetin g th a t th e School h a d ap p lied fo r affiliation to th e P u b lic S chools’ C lu b in P iccad illy . T h e ap p lica tio n h a d b een received w ith som e w arm th an d w ould b e con sid ered b y th e C o m m ittee a t its n e x t m eeting . T h e H e a d ­m aste r h o p ed th a t o u r affiliation w ou ld be an n o u n ced in du e course because th is L o n d o n C lub w ould be a very p leasan t an d usefu l asset to m any O ld Boys w ho w an ted a pied à terre in L o n d o n . F o r an O ld Boy u n d e r 25 th e m em b ersh ip fee w as on ly £5.25.

S om e o f th e yo un ger O ld Boys p re se n t w o n d ered w h e th e r a b u ffe t dance cou ld be o rgan ised in th e Q u een ’s H a ll d u rin g th e w in te r. I t was dec ided to discuss th is a t th e n e x t com m ittee m eetin g .

The Election of OfficersT h e officers fo r 1970-71 are :—

The President: M alco lm P . S m ith , E sq .The Chairman: G . W . R ay , E sq .Vice-Presidents: C ol. L . L . C . R ey no lds, M essrs . G . A . G ra n t ,

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Committee:T h e R ev. A . J. S k ip p (1929-37)R . W . B a rtle tt (1900-07)J. K . P rio r (1934-40)G . C . R ay n er (1937-45)S. A. G o u lb o rn (1928-36)W . A. C . K now les (1951-58)

S. E . H a n d s (1915-20)G . W . R ay (1917-23)J . P . L o rd (1934-38)G . E . G reen (1940-46 )G . W . W est (1935-40)R . S. W o m bw ell (1960-67)

The Annual Dinner 1971T h e A n nu al D in n e r w as h e ld o n S a tu rd ay , M ay 2 2 n d , 1971, in

th e Ju n io r S chool D in in g H all a t th e R oyal G ra m m a r S chool, H ig h W ycom be. E ig h ty O ld Boys g a th e red to w elcom e th e ir G u e s t o f H o n o u r, th e W o rsh ip fu l th e M ay or o f H ig h W y com b e, A ider- m a n th e R ev. A . J . S k ip p (1929-37 ), m .a .

M . M . D av ies, E sq ., b .a . , pro p o sed th e to as t to th e G u e s t o f H o n o u r. H e m ad e p a rticu la r m e n tio n o f th e tru ly sp len d id w ay in w h ich Jo h n S k ip p h a d carried o u t h is d u ties as M ay o r o f o u r tow n . H is so u n d com m on sense, his w it a n d po lish ed b rev ity h ad w on un iversa l acclaim an d h e h a d d o ne th e S chool p ro u d .

I n h is rep ly th e G u e s t o f H o n o u r lived u p to h is re p u ta tio n and very w ittily an d briefly dem olished h is p rop oser. H e sincerely th a n k e d th e O ld Boys fo r th e h o n o u r th ey h a d done h im an d for th e ir k in d a tten d an ce a t th e A n nu a l D in n e r.

A ld erm an S. A. G o u lb o rn (1928-36 ), b .a . , j .p . , pro p o sed th e to ast to th e S chool an d C lu b an d sa id th a t as an O ld B oy, th e fa th e r o f a n O ld Boy an d now as a G o v ern o r o f th e S chool he w as p ro u d o f h is close association w ith it. A ssailed as i t was on all sides, pa rticu la rly by su p p o rte rs o f th e C o m p reh ensive S ystem o f E d u ca tio n , h e fe lt i t n eed ed a n d deserved th e su p p o rt o f all O ld Boys. I t w ou ld be a trag ic loss to th e to w n an d d is tr ic t i f th e R oyal G ra m m a r S chool w ere to lose its id en tity .

T h e H ea d m aste r was in tro d u ced b y th e C h a irm an , G . W . R ay (1917-23). M r. M alco lm S m ith rep lied to th e to as t an d o u tlin ed th e ex trao rd in a rily successful academ ic an d sp o rtin g reco rd o f th e School th ro u g h o u t th e year— q u ite possib ly its m o st successful y ear ever. T h e S chool was p lay ing a very positive p a r t in th e lives o f over a th o u sa n d boys an d its in fluence was im m easu rab le . T h e O ld Boys co u ld be tru ly p ro u d o f th e ir School.

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Hon. Secretary: M . M . D av ies, E sq .Hon. Auditor: A . E . F ra n k lin H o le , E sq .

T h e re be ing n o o th e r business th e O ld Boys re p a ire d to th e Ju n io r S chool D in in g H all fo r th e A n n u a l D in n e r.

CAMBRIDGE OLD WYCOMBIENSIANS' DINNERT h e A n nu a l D in n e r a t C am b rid g e to o k p lace in th e O ld L ib ra ry , P em b ro k e C ollege, o n S a tu rd ay , M ay 15th . T h e H e a d m aste r, M essrs. W . C la rk , R . P a ttin so n , H . S co tt an d D . G . Jones re p re ­sen ted th e Staff. O ld Boys p re se n t w ere M . G . B ak er, P . J . B ed­w ell, M . M . B u rre ll, D . J. C lare , R . B. A . G ash , J. T . H u g h es , D r . C . R . M a u n d e r, I . R . H . P a ttin so n , P . M . R ich a rd s , T . W . S m ith , R . B. S tevens, P . J. W atts . I . C . M a u n was in th e chair. I n a b r ie f to ast to th e S chool h e called a tte n tio n to th e academ ic ach ievem en ts o f M . M . B u rre ll w ho gained a F irs t in h is T rip o s an d to I . R . H . P a ttin so n ’s d is tin c tio n on th e g o lf course. T h e H ea d m a s te r rep lied to th e to ast b rin g in g m u c h new s fro m hom e q u a rte rs . R oger G ash p ro p o sed a very w itty to as t to th e guests an d M r. P a ttin so n rep lied w ith h is usu a l ap lom b . A t th e close o f a very enjoyable even in g , th e p a rty ad jo u rn ed to th e C ollege B ar.

DEATHSMasters

O ld Boys w ill be very sad to lea rn th a t M r. E m ly n Jones an d M r. L . T . H o lling w o rth d ied very su d den ly in th e first w eek o f th e su m m er ho lidays. T h e loss o f th ese tw o d ed ica ted m e n is a g rievous one.Old BoysL . K . F O X (1930-37), on N o v em b er 18 th , 1970, a t ‘G ab le

C o ttag e’, 10 V ern o n R o ad , L e ig h -o n -S ea , E ssex , aged 51 years.L eslie K e ith F o x w as a keen m usic ian an d sp o rtsm an a t th e School. H e en te red th e W estm in s te r B an k , R ead ing , in 1937 a n d w as m anag er a t W estc liff-on -S ea fro m 1966. H e b o re his las t n in e m o n th s o f illness bravely . H e leaves a w idow , M rs . R u b y F o x , an d a son an d dau g h te r.

A . S . W IC K E N S (1958-63 ), on A p ril 2 5 th , 1971, d ro w n ed in a row ing acc iden t o n th e T h a m e s , aged 24 years.A llan W ickens was a b o a rd e r a t S chool H o u se an d d id C lassics in th e 6 th . H e en te re d b an k in g w h en h e le ft school. H e leaves a w idow , M rs. S heila W ickens, 32 S t. P a u l’s R o ad , S ta ines, M idd lesex .

OLD BOYS' NOTESA B E R C R O M B IE , R . (1961-67) has ju s t o b ta in ed h is M .A .(H o ns.)

in E n g lish a t A b e rd een U n iv ersity .B I S S E T T , A . D . (1959-65) com p le ted a good h o n o u rs degree in

C h em istry a t O x fo rd in M ay an d has now ta k e n u p a research p o s t a t th e U n iv ers ity o f C alifo rn ia a t R iverside n e a r L os A ngeles, w h ere h e w ill b e sp en d in g th e n e x t fo u r years.

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B O W E R S , B. (1950-57) le ft school to d o E lectrica l E ng ineerin g a t K in g ’s C ollege, L o n d o n . H e becam e E x a m in e r in th e P a te n t Office o n com p le ting h is degree . S ince 1967 h e has b een A ssis tan t K ee p e r a t th e S cience M u se u m in charge o f th e E lec tric P ow er collection an d th e X -ra y collection . H e has ju s t p u b lish ed a b o o k le t, X-rays, like ly to b e o f in te re s t as gen era l read in g fo r S cience stu d en ts .

C O L E M A N , T . J. (1956-60) fa ith fu lly tu rn e d u p to p lay cricke t fo r th e O ld B oys’ team against th e School every sum m er. D r . C o lem an is a t p re se n t liv ing in B rig h to n w ith h is w ife an d bab y an d do ing research in to d iabetes a t S ussex U n i­versity .

D R A P E R , P . (1948-55 ), w h en ho m e on leave in Ju ly , w ro te to give th e la tes t new s o f h is very in te re s tin g (to th e H o n . Sec.) life. H e has been liv ing in O saka , Jap a n , fo r 15 m o n th s b u t spends m ost o f h is tim e trave llin g in th e F a r E ast. L as t M a rc h h e trave lled 20,000 m iles, v isiting M an ila , S ydney , D ja k a rta , B an gk ok , B om bay, K arach i an d T e h e ra n — h e finds i t very tirin g . H is m o st m em orab le tr ip was to M an ila— h e was th e re d u rin g th e ir w o rst ty p h o o n in 86 years, w inds u p to 150 m .p .h . an d no w a te r, n o e lec tric ity , no lau n d ry in th e ho te l fo r fo u r days— te m p e ra tu re 98 deg. F an d 100 p e r cen t, h u m id ity . T h is h a p p en ed on a T h u rsd a y , o n th e S a tu rd ay th e y h a d an ea r th q u a k e an d D ra p e r flew off to B an gk ok on th e M o nd ay . D o in g M a rk e t R esearch in th e F a r E as t is an ex h au stin g exp erience . H e does n o t like living an d w ork ing in Jap an — he speaks som e Jap an ese b u t can n o t u n d e rs ta n d T .V . o r rad io . H e re tu rn s to N ew Y o rk in Ja n u a ry a n d w ill be resp o n sib le fo r R ich ard so n an d M e rre ll, th e V ick V ap ou r R u b C o m p any , its m a rk e t resea rch in L a tin A m erica as w ell as th e F a r E ast. T h is is a n o th e r p rom o tio n .

E D W A R D S , C . M . J . (1946-53) w rites fro m 73 V illage D riv e , D o lla rd des O rm eau x , Q u ebec 980. H e was v is ited recen tly b y A B D A L L A H , T . W . (1946-53) w ho was on a business tr ip from A ustra lia . E dw ard s is now w ork ing in H ea d Office as a p ro d u c t m anag er fo r a chem ical sub sid ia ry o f G u lf O il. T h e com pany nam e is M c A rth u r C hem icals. H e ho pes O ld Boys passing th ro u g h M o n tre a l w ill con tac t h im . H e w ro te ab o u t th e tim e o f th e C ross affair in C anada an d i t w as a s trang e feeling to drive to an a irp o rt to p ick u p an A m erican v isito r an d find on ese lf s ta rin g do w n th e b a rre l o f a n M - 1 ca rb in e , fu lly lo aded an d w ith fixed b ay on et a t a co n tro l p o in t.

F E R G U S O N , M . R . (1956-63) w rites from W este rn G erm an y w h ere h e is teach in g in a G erm an G y m nasiu m n e a r E m den . H e a n d h is w ife m ove in S ep tem b er to B erlin w h ere h e is

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go ing to w o rk fo r th e p u b lish ers C o rn e lsen , V elhagen and K lasing . H e w ill b e p a r t o f th e ir R ed ak tio n w o rk in g o n new E ng lish m ate ria l fo r G erm an g ram m ar schools.

F R A N K L IN H O L E , A . E . (1925-30) is th e new p res id en t o f th e R o ta ry C lu b o f H ig h W ycom be. H e is com p any secre tary an d a d irec to r o f th e D av en p o rt V ern o n g ro u p o f com panies an d he carries on a tra d itio n o f service to R o ta ry b y m em bers o f h is firm .

G L A S S , D . A . (1956-61) w ho has g iven ho sp ita lity to O ld Boys passing th ro u g h H o n g K o n g , w ro te recen tly from In te r ­na tio n a l D ress C o rp n ., P .O . B ox 6050, K ow loon . H e is a successful acco un tan t.

H A L L A S E Y , F . (1913-19) w rites fro m C h icago , Illino is. H e was so rry to re a d o f th e d ea th o f M r. P . L . Jones w hom h e called a m o s t k in d , joyous an d u n d e rs ta n d in g person . H e has been seven years in C hicago an d is in charge o f th e F o re ig n P a ten t op era tio ns o f th e B o rg -W arn er C o rp o ra tio n . H e has an a p a rt­m e n t w ith in w alk ing d is tance o f th e L ak e M ich ig an sho re line. H e do esn ’t re g re t find ing h is life in A m erica— a co u n try o f m u c h changeab le scenery an d m oods— b u t he finds it d ifficult to fit in to th e A m erican way o f life. H e feels h e is a stu ffy o u ts id e r a t tim es.

H A N D S , S. E . (1915-20 ), no w S en io r V ice -P resid en t o f th e R oyal P h ila te lic Society , recen tly a tte n d e d , w ith M rs . H a n d s , th e In te rn a tio n a l P h ila te lic E x h ib itio n a t C ap e T o w n , w h ich was h e ld in con ju nction w ith th e 10th A n n iversary o f th e R ep ub lic o f S ou th A frica. H is d isp lay o f P a lestine an d Israe l stam ps again gained h im a S ilver M ed al. T h e y g rea tly en joyed th e ir visit w h ich in c lu d ed a v is it to Jo h an n esb u rg , P re to ria an d th e G am e P arks. M ee tin g p ro m in e n t co llector frien ds from all over th e w o rld p ro v id ed th e m w ith a w ond erfu l holiday. H e is no w T re a su re r o f th e O ld W y com b iensians’ M ason ic L odge.

H IC K E Y , G . L . S. (1950-57) has a tra c to r m o tif o n h is envelopes. H e is a fa rm er an d con trac to r a t S he lton H o u se , G re a t C o m b erto n , P e rsh o re , W orcs.

H IC K M A N , H . C . (1939-45) go t b ack fro m T o g lia tti in tim e to a tte n d th e A n n u a l D in n e r. T o g lia tti is o n th e ban ks o f th e V olga R iver b e tw een K u yb ichev an d K azan an d is th e site o f th e F ia t car factory . H e was g lad to re p o r t th a t after th ree years o f sw eat th e F ia t eq u ip m e n t, fo r w h ich h e is resp on sib le , w as de liv ered and in p rod uc tion .

H IC K O X , R . S. (1959-65) has b een ap p o in ted O rg an is t an d ch o ir­m aste r a t S t. M a rg a re t’s, W estm in ste r. (T h e b es t people obviously w an t th e b es t m usic .) H e has also fo rm ed th e R ich a rd H ick o x S ingers an d O rch estra . T h e y received an exce llen t rev iew in The Times fo r th e ir first con cert recen tly .

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H I L L , R . C . (1957-65) has co m p le ted a th ree -y ea r B .Sc. in A rch itec tu re b u t d ec ided n o t to becom e an a rch itec t (involv ing fo u r m o re years o f tra in ing ). H e w o rk ed in s tead as a research assistan t a t U .C .L . o n an in vestiga tion in to th e p ro b lem o f no ise in hosp ita ls . H e en d ed u p w o rk in g fo r tw o o f th e professors as an ‘env iron m en ta l d es ig n e r.’ H e is invo lved in p rov id in g a rch itec ts w ith consu ltancy advice o n aspects o f h ea tin g , lig h tin g an d acoustics o f b u ild in gs as w ell as u n d e r­tak in g lo n g -te rm resea rch w o rk fo r various g o vernm en t d ep artm en ts .

JO H N S O N , H . W . (1930-37) v isited us recen tly . H e is still H o u sem aste r a t K in g E d w ard V I S chool, L o u th , a n d a t th e m o m en t is on th e steerin g co m m ittee fo r C areers o f th e H e a d M a s te rs ’ C onference. H is ow n H ea d m as te r , W IT N E Y , D . R . (1934-42) is ch a irm an o f th e B oard ing S chools’ A ssociation . T h e idea is to fu r th e r S ta te bo ard in g . D U C K E R IN G , A. G . (1940-46 ), H o u sem aste r a t L e ig h to n P a rk S chool, is o n th is com m ittee . H A R V E Y , A. (1950-56 ), a b rillia n t c rick e te r in th e H o race Jo h n so n era , is now w o rk in g o n a D .P h il. in Social S erv ice a t E x e te r. H e is o n seco n d m en t fro m th e C h ild C are d e p a rtm e n t o f th e P ro b a tio n Service.

K E E N , S. G . J. (1921-25). G eo rg e K ee n is P re s id e n t o f th e W in d so r a n d D is tr ic t R oyal W a rra n t H o ld e rs ’ A ssociation . H e has o ften m e t m em b ers o f th e R oyal H o useh o ld .

K IM B E R , R . M . (1919-23) is th e new p res id en t o f th e S h o rth o rn S ociety o f G re a t B rita in a n d Ire lan d . H e is renow ned in te r­nationally as a judge o f th e S h o rth o rn b reed o f cattle .

L L E W E L Y N , B. P . (1961-67) has ju s t com p le ted a year a t a p re p . school, B rock sfo rd H a ll, D o verid ge , D erb y sh ire . O n e o f h is pu p ils has ga ined a scho larsh ip to a p u b lic school. H e teaches F re n c h , E ng lish an d A rt. H e leaves fo r M orocco th is sum m er an d w ill th e n p ro b ab ly go to In d ia . A fte r that??

M A C R E A D Y , L . (1955-62) has b een chosen to tra in w ith th e O lym pic H o ck ey S q u ad an d m ay w ell p lay in th e G re a t B rita in side in th e M u n ic h O lym pic G am es in 1972.

M A R T IN -F A G G , R . J . (1962-69) w ro te ju s t befo re g rad u a tin g a t L e ices te r U n iv ers ity . H e w as soon off fo r in te rv iew w ith th e H ig h lan d s an d Island s D ev e lo p m en t B oard . I f h e g o t th e jo b , h e w o u ld be based o n In v ern ess an d w o rk in g w ith th e area p lan n e r analysing th e possib ilities o f in d u s tria l develop­m en t. I f anyone sho u ld w an t a ho liday in In v e rn ess , th ey sim ply g e t in to u c h w ith h im . H e h a d ju s t b een aw arded a h a lf m aro o n fo r row ing w h en h e w rote.

M A T T H E W S , R . M r. M atth ew s h e a rd th e new s o f M r. P . L . Jo n es’ d e a th w ith g rea t reg re t. H e says th is m akes h im th e sole su rv ivo r o f th e A rn ison reg im e (he ta u g h t a t th e School

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fro m 1916-19) b u t h e has fo rg o tten M r. S . M o rg an an d M r. G . A . G ra n t, w ho is s till go ing s tro n g an d w ho sen t th e C lub a k in d le tte r an d generous do na tion on th e occasion o f th e O ld B oys’ D in n e r w h ich h e reg re tted g reatly h e cou ld n o t a tten d . M rs . G ra n t is n o t w ell. M r. M a tth ew s, w ho was S econd M a s te r u n d e r M r. A rn iso n , u sed to a tte n d fa ith fu lly b u t has fo u n d th e jo u rn ey a little to o m u c h o f a s tra in recen tly .

M O R R IS O N , M . F . (1960-67) ob ta in ed h is M .A . deg ree in C lassics (G ra d e ‘A ’ pass) a t th e U n iv ersity o f W este rn O n ta rio in M ay .

M O R T O N , D . (1960-67) has ju s t re tu rn e d fro m a year a t L e n in ­g rad U n iv ers ity , w h ich to h im m u s t b e th e one sp o t o n th e g lobe w h ere th e re a re n o o th e r O ld W ycom biensians. B A R ­R A T T , A . (1959-66) is , how ever, go ing to M oscow U n iv ersity in S ep tem b er to do som e research fo r h is P h .D . thesis on th e lite ra ry m o v em en t associated w ith M a x im G orky .

O W E N , S. J. (1961-67) has b een aw arded th e degree o f L L .B . a t B risto l U n iv ers ity . H is frien d s w ill n o t be su rp rised to read th a t h e has gained em p lo y m en t as one o f H .M . In sp ec to rs o f T a x e s . I t is th ro u g h S im on O w en’s in te re s t in becom ing a m em b er o f th e P u b lic S chools’ C lu b , 100 P iccad illy , th a t th e S chool has sou gh t affiliation to th is C lub .

P A T T IN S O N , I . R . H . (1962-69) has b een elec ted S ecre tary o f th e C am b rid g e U n iv ersity G o lf C lub . H e go t th ro u g h tw o ro u n d s o f th e E ng lish A m ateu r C h am p io n sh ip in Ju ly . H is b ro th e r , P A T T IN S O N , M . R . (1953-60) ga ined fu r th e r success w ith h is R u gb y S chool R ifle T e a m a t Bisley. T h is year th ey w ere 3 rd in th e A sh b u rto n T ro p h y .

R A Y , G . W . (1917-23 ), C h a irm an o f th e O ld B oys’ C lu b fo r th e las t tw o years, has b een elec ted a F o u n d a tio n G o v ern o r o f th e School. H e is p ro u d o f th is ho no u r.

S L A D E , J . T . G . (1943-51) d ro p p e d in a t S chool in Ju ly w hile o n a research v is it to th is cou n try . A fte r o p tin g fo r S cience in th e 6 th , h e le ft th e R .G .S , an d re v e rte d to M o d e rn L anguages. H e re h e w as very successfu l, h e becam e an in te rp re te r in S o u th e rn G erm an y an d la te r s tu d ie d F re n c h a t R en nes U n iv ersity . H e th e n defected to in d u s try an d com ­m erce an d sp e n t several p ro fitab le years in Z u ric h , D u isb u rg an d L ud w ig shafen . A n ap p o in tm e n t as lec tu re r a t M an n h e im C ollege o f E conom ics ceased ju s t as th e C ollege becam e a U n iv ersity . U n d e r th e sh e lte r o f nu m ero u s pseu do nym s he has w rit te n m an y artic les in several languages an d p u b lish ed books o n specialised con tem p o rary h is to ry top ics. T h is p ro b ­ab ly h e lp ed h im to th e m em b ersh ip o f a few lea rned societies an d to h is new jo b , s ta r tin g in O c to b er 1971, as lec tu re r a t th e R u h r U n iv ersity in B ochum .

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S M I T H , J . R . (1939-45 ), D . (1942-47 ), A . J . (1945-50). W h en th e ir fa th e r M r. ‘Jo e ’ S m ith re tire d as H ea d G a rd e n e r a t W ycom be A bbey h e h a d to g ive u p h is ho use th e re . H e was agreeab ly su rp rise d w h en his sons p re sen ted h im an d M rs. S m ith w ith a house . O ld Boys m ig h t like to n o te th is .

S M I T H , G . P . (1961-68) has ju s t co m p le ted h is secon d y ea r a t D u rh a m w h ere h e is s tu d y in g law . D u rh a m is a b eau tifu l city especially in th e su m m er an d even th e exam inations co u ld n ’t spo il it. I n th e su m m er ho lidays h e w ill jo in th e flou rish ing O ld B oys’ C lu b w o rk in g a t W ycom be H o sp ita l as po rte rs .

S O M E R S , P . R . (1963-69) has d iffe ren t ideas o f R o m an tic H e id e l­b e rg fro m m ost o f us. H e w en t th e re from E x e te r U n iv ers ity w h ere h e is s tu d y in g G erm an an d cou ld find no accom m oda­tio n a t first. T h e po lice allow ed h im to sleep w ith o thers u n d e r a b rid g e an d p ro m ised th e y w ou ld n o t send th e m on!

S T E V E N S , R . J . (1959-67 ), son o f H a ro ld S T E V E N S (1927-31) was m arr ied o n M ay 1st, 1971, to M iss C aro lyn G o m m , d a u g h te r o f R o land G O M M (1932-38). R ic h a rd S tevens is now a co m p u te r p ro g ram m er w ith M essrs. E . G o m m e L td . H e has n o t fo llow ed in h is f a th e r ’s business— C . S tevens an d Sons L td ., w ho have b een b u tch e rs a n d bacon cu re rs a t P restw o o d an d H ig h W ycom be since 1824.

T E R R Y , J . H . (1938-42). T h e H o n . Sec. go t th e w rong T e rry b ro th e r in th e la s t ed itio n o f th e N o tes . J. H ., n o t R . C ., has b een a p p o in ted as N atio n a l W estm in s te r m anag er a t th e H igh w ay B ranch , Beaconsfield . H e has se ttled in an d is tre a su re r o f th e B eaconsfield S ociety an d o f th e local b ra n c h o f th e R .S .P .C .A .

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