St. George’s School

Windsor Castle

Association

CHRONICLE

2018

Welcome to another edition of the Chronicle. You may well be reading this on the

school’s website: this allows us to manage our carbon footprint and direct more of the

society’s funds to School ventures. We hope that in the future we will be able to

populate the Association section of the website with more and more items from and

for the archive. Do please get in touch with copies of any photographs or memorabilia

from your time at the school, particularly if you were a pupil of the school before

1996.

The Chronicle serves two important functions: first, it acts as a document of record

that publicizes the rules of the Association and minutes of its AGM; secondly, it aims

to keep members in touch one with another. It is in this second area that it is entirely

dependent on its members: the more that is contributed the more valuable it will

become to its members. Please do send your news either by the tradition method of

postcards or on e-mail to association@stgwindsor.co.uk . If you know of any news

about another former pupil do please let us know; we positively encourage parents to

sneak on their children!

Obituaries

I have first to announce the obituaries and notifications that I have received.

It was with sadness & pride that (Charles) Allan McDowall (1947-52) wrote to record

that his younger brother Kenneth Andrew McDowall (1949-54) died in Montpellier

hospital on 14th August, 2017 of sudden septicaemia due to old war wounds, age 77.

Captain Kenneth Andrew McDowall, Royal Marines, was a chorister with myself

from 1949–1954. He went on to the Nautical College, Pangbourne, played Bugle in

the band, trained arduously to pass into the Royal Marines. He completed two tours in

Aden, when the populace was being murdered by terrorists, then two tours in

Malaysia & Borneo which involved having a helicopter spot a terrorist camp. Then

that night, he & a sergeant canoed up the nearest river, crept through the jungle and

dispatched all the terrorists except one, and crept out again. The objective to terrorise

the terrorists.

After a parachute accident, he spent 6 months in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and was

then stationed at RM Lympstone as the Heavy Weapons instructor. Thereafter, his

health forced disability retirement. He was married twice, 1st Deborah Lysaght of

Mallow; two daughters Hannah & Morna. Then Dr. Capucine Le Roux de Bretagne of

Treignat, of Médecins sans Frontières.

They had three sons & a daughter, Bartelemy, Columban, Dougall & Victoria.

Civilian life was difficult for him. St. George’s was excellent training for the Marines

– maybe Choir School a bit stricter, but Heaven on Earth. A Long Bow for life.

Fly far, for you are today’s arrows.

Benny Thomas (1972-1977) died early in 2018 and is hugely missed by his family

and brother Dicky Thomas (1968-73).

A plea renewed

The Editor would be grateful for news about members of the Association, their

whereabouts, appointments, achievements, or other changes in circumstances so that

this Chronicle can be an ever more accurate and informative way of fulfilling the

objects of the Association. Similarly, we would be grateful for notification of those

members who have died so that we can mark their passing and amend the records.

New Members 2017

Year 8 Leavers

Ra’eef Adam (2008-2017) Merchant Taylors’

Grace Andrews (2008-2017) Leighton Park School

Martin Bolmat (2009-2017) St James’ Senior Boys School

Maximilian Broad (2013-2017) Rugby School

James Button (2009-2017) Luckley House School

Max Evans (2008-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

Matthew Gannon (2009-2017) Bradfield College

Felix Gibbons (2011-2017) Eton College

Benjamin Lawson (2015-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

Ben Lewin (2007-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

Faron Molla (2009-2017) Wellington College

Jude Morgan-Dewar (2007-2017) Bradfield College

William Mumford (2007-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

Camilla Pearce (2007-2017) Holyport College

Oscar Pincus (2007-2017) Bradfield College

Lorenzo Proietti-Meloni (2008-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

James Radford (2008-2017) Hampton School

Hanzala Rajbhoy (2014-2017) St James’ Senior Boys School

Zachary Roberts (2012-2017) Winchester College

Matthew Ryan (2007-2017) Ardingley College

Harry Sherman (2008-2017) St James’ Senior Boys School

Eashen Vickers (2008-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

Jemima Wales (2007-2017) Holyport School

Charles Warren (2015-2017) Windsor Boys’ School

Louise Windsor (2007-2017) St Mary’s School, Ascot

Year 6 and other Leavers

Alfie Adriano (2013-2017) St George’s College, Weybridge

Zakariyya Becker (2011-2017) Merchant Taylors’

Zachary Broad (2014-2017) Abingdon School

James Davis (2012-2017) Reading Blue Coat School

Thomas Day (2009-2017) Reading Blue Coat School

Luka Devaux (2009-2017) St George’s School, Ascot

Jasveer Dhariwal (2010-2017) Burnham Grammar School

Lucy Ellis (2009-2017) Sir William Perkins’s School

Oscar Falkentoft-Hansen (2015-2017 Reading Blue Coat School

Oona Gibbons (2011-2017) St George’s School, Ascot

Eimear Graham (2009-2017) Sir William Perkins’s School

Willow Hefferman (2015-2017) Sir William Perkins’s School

Matilda Howe (2010-2017) Sir William Perkins’s School

Archie Ingram (2009-2017) LVS, Ascot

Daniel Kuye (2015-2017) St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School

Laila Marples (2010-2017) St George’s School, Ascot

Summer Masood (2014-2017) St George’s School, Ascot

Luke McKenna (2009-2017) Leighton Park School

Kian Morjaria (2015-2017) Reading Blue Coat School

Giles Mowbray (2010-2017) Hampton School

Kinza Nackvi (2009-2017) St George’s School, Ascot

James Pritchard (2012-2017) Reading Blue Coat School

Aleksander Proudnikov (2015-2017) Furze Platt Senior School

Isabelle Randle (2009-2017) Sir William Perkins’s School

Griffin Sibley (2015-2017) Gulf Stream School

Corban Smith (2009-2017) LVS, Ascot

Karran Soora (2010-2017) Thorpe House School

Isobel Thomas (2009-2017) St George’s School, Ascot

Frederick Wickers (2010-2017) St George’s College, Weybridge

News from and about Association Members

News reaches us that Ben Andrews (2005-14), who went on to Hampton, has taken

up rowing most successfully. He has rowed in NAT Schools Regatta every year since

leaving St George’s and won a bronze medal in NAT Schools Regatta 2017 for the

coxless fours. His coxless fours crew was chosen to represent GB in the coxed 8 at the

annual GB v France race on 13th July 2017 alongside two boys from Radley and two

from Shiplake: they were victorious!

As for singing, Ben is a member of Hampton Voices of Lions who competed in

Birmingham on 8th July 2017 in the Music for Youth competition. From there he

went to the Edinburgh Fringe for a 10 day run in August. He also sings fortnightly

with Taplow Youth choir.

Former Windsor RFC colt Josh Basham (2004-09) made his senior debut for London

Irish early in the New Year in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Although Gloucester were

convincing winners, Josh wrote “Loved making my debut for Irish at the weekend…

Tough result but always honoured to take the field with such a good group of lads.”

Josh began playing Rugby at the age of five, excelled at St George’s and joined the

London Irish Academy at 15 before captaining their under-18s. Last March he

represented England at Under-18 level and this February he was part of the England

side that beat Wales 37-12 in the Six Nations clash at Kingston Park.

D. J. H. Bolton (1959-63) is still consulting on the UK agricultural business, an area

considerably hotted up by BREXIT (see www.boltonpartners.co.uk). He is keeping

busy in various ways as Chairman of Governors for the Town Close Schools in

Norwich, Chairman of the Norwich Rowing Club and Junior Warden of the

Worshipful Company of Farmers. He particularly enjoyed seeing the Choir at work in

the recent Royal Wedding.

Jamie Beagle (1999-2005) writes: 2018 marks 13 years since I left St. George’s

Windsor Castle, but thankfully I am still in touch with many of the good friends I

made during my time there. I currently reside in Guangzhou, China working towards

my doctorate degree in Petroleum Geochemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences,

based overseas until I return to Lancaster University to present my finished thesis. My

research is mainly focused on using Noble gas geochemistry to model quantitively the

migration of hydrocarbon gas compounds in China. The PhD forms a research project

funded by the European Union. I recently graduated from Royal Holloway, University

of London with an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience in 2016, and in 2014 graduated from

the University of Brighton with a BSc in Earth & Ocean Science.

Life in China has so far been very rewarding. I am continually striving to achieve

fluency in Chinese before my return to the UK, the food here is also worth

mentioning. All my recent experiences are documented on my blog:

(www.geologistinguangzhou.com), which includes the many pictures and videos I

have taken in China. After graduating I see myself returning to Asia, or perhaps

Canada or Australia depending on what the energy markets dictate. I will be sure to

update everyone at the association as to my whereabouts.

I will be watching the Royal wedding this week from a television screen in China.

Some of my most vivid memories as part of the Lower Chapel Choir were singing

hymns at Eton College on early Sunday mornings, while Prince William and Harry

were both in attendance, sitting in the pews opposite me and the other awe-struck

students of St. George’s.

Peter Burrows (1964-69) has helped grow the Oxford Lieder Festival, a two-week

celebration of song each October. www.oxfordlieder.co.uk

Michael Coombe (1939-45) also enjoyed hearing the Choir sing at May’s wedding,

although wished that they could have sung more. He is often asked when the girls of

St George’s School will be used in Chapel and wonders if there is news on this.

Will Dawes (1989-93) was delighted to marry Dr Katherine Bank on July 14th 2017,

in Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford.

His group, Stile Antico, is having a good year: they were the only classical group to

appear at the 2018 GRAMMYs, and he can now say he’s performed at Maddison

Square Gardens. They have also just made their South American debut with a series of

concerts in Colombia, and look forward to their Asian debut in October 2018, when

they will be in South Korea.

It has been a most successful time for Will indeed: earlier this year he was made an

Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Martin Denny (1981-86) and Harriet were delighted to be able to report the birth of

Eleanor Catherine Lucy Denny on 6th April 2018; a sister for Imogen and Tristan.

Congratulations to Henry Exham (1991-97) who is now married to Anna with whom

he has three children (Indigo 6, Felix 4 and Skye 2). They live in Shrewsbury and

Henry is currently teaching Biology at Shrewsbury School. From September, he will

take up a new role in the school as Head Of Digital Learning. In his spare time he runs

a website for biology resources www.mrexham.com and is a keen YouTuber!

(Youtube.com/mrexham).

Richard Halsey (1954-59) and his wife Diana are celebrating forty-eight years of

marriage this September and, romantically, have had their Wedding Rings melted

down, recast and re-shaped. This was caused by Diana having to have her ring cut off

in hospital after a fall. Richard is a pains to point out that he did not push her! His

musical activities continue apace. Three years ago at the tender age of 70 he stared to

learn to play the trombone. His younger son and granddaughter asked him to join the

Choir in Holy Trinity, Auckfield, where they sing the Eucharist on Sunday mornings

and good old-fashioned chanted Evensong from the Parish Psalter plus settings and

anthems. A bit of carpentry in his “Man Cave” and Tennis keeps him out of mischief!

Tim Holbech (1958-62) wrote to thank all concerned with organising last Summer’s

reunion. “It is fascinating to see how the place has developed since my day and it was

also a wonderful trip down memory lane for me!

When I showed it to him, the Headmaster mentioned you might like a copy of the

above photograph to help add to your collection. It was taken in 1958. The

Headmaster was Bill Cleave and his wife Peggy is sitting next to him. The clergyman

is Canon Nourse from the Castle. Sitting next to him is Miss Blondin (who taught

me) and she was a granddaughter I think of the famous Charles Blondin who tightrope

walked over Niagra Falls. (I am sitting in front of Matron!).

I was at the school from 1958 to 1962 and went on to Eton College after. Sandhurst,

Grenadier Guards and the City followed. I am now retired thank goodness – however,

four grandchildren is like a full time job! Many thanks again for a memorable day.

Cricketer Alice Macleod (2005-07) was busy representing Berkshire Ladies in the

T20 County Championships last summer. Against Kent, Berkshire was victorious with

bowling figures of 3 for 14. They fared less well against Lancashire, but Alice top

scored with 22 from 17 balls. In August a regular correspondent of the Chronicle saw

Alice top-scoring for Western Storm in the Women’s T20 competition at the Oval. We

hope to tempt Alice to St George’s soon to pass on her experience to the current

generation of St George’s boys and girls.

Allan Ledger (1952-57) has written A Moment in Time: John and Thomas Keble and

their Cotswold Life. John Keble is best remembered for the Oxford College founded

in his memory, his role in the seminal Oxford Movement, and for the hymns that he

wrote and which are still sung today.

Both John and his brother Thomas were

educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

and followed their father into the Church.

John Keble was a curate of the Cotswold

villages of Eastleach, Southrop and Coln St

Aldwyn, with his younger brother Tom. John

left Fairford and the Cotswolds to become

viar of Hursley in Hampshire where he

stayed until his death. His brother Tom

became vicar of Bisley near Stroud.

This is a fascinating, informative and highly

researched account of a great and

distinguished family, whose legacy continues

today. The Foreword is written by Canon

Martin Poll, Her Majesty’s Domestic

Chaplain at Windsor.

Published by Umbria Press of London

Richard Murray-Bruce (1982-87) is still living in Little Venice in London, married

to Christiana, now with three boys – Alexander (11), William (9) and Sebastian (5).

He has been with Egon Zehnder, a Swiss-headquartered, privately-owned senior

executive search firm, for 11 years where he is a partner and leads the UK financial

services and Global asset management practices. In the summer, though, he will be

joining one of his US asset management clients, Affiliated Managers Group, in a

senior leadership role looking after the firm’s relationships with boutique asset

managers in which it invests globally. He will continue to be based in London but

travelling more to the US, in Europe and in Asia.

On the musical front, he is still attempting to keep up with his boys on a range of

musical instruments that is growing week by week – now including the drums, cornet,

cello, electric and acoustic guitar and recorder! He is in touch with Bruce Hamilton

and Andrew Mills who are both doing well.

One of the Chronicle’s roving reporters spotted in the press that Morgan Lake (2007-

08) made the decision in December 2017 to transfer her focus from Heptathlon to

High Jump in 2018. The Windsor, Slough and Eton athlete achieved a personal best in

the high jump last year and finished sixth in the Wold Athletics Championships in

London. “It has been a great year. The high jump at the World Championships was

just incredible. To come sixth at a competition like that… it was such a big event!”

Two former pupils represented Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow Athletics Club in

the Under 20s category at the National Cross Country Championships at Parliament

Hill in February. Meg Ormond (2007-13) further enhanced her international

credentials with a fine seventh place and Izzie Rayner (2001-11) put in a fine

performance to come home in 69th place.

Stephen Pattenden (1950-55) was taken on a journey down memory lane on

receiving this year’s invite and remembered that the school musicals in his day 1950

to 56 were drawn from pre war musicals written by various choir masters and were

not in the class of Lloyd Webber or Tim Rice. “I am sure I remember the Fellow

Traveller. I think the scenery lived in the "Old Gym" along with the boy’s trunks. I

remember in the beams in the Old Gym along which one had to walk as if they were

tall ships spars. The school cellars were full of tudor oak, from the refurbishment of

the St. Georges Chapel roof, (full of woodworm) which was turned into logs for the

Headmaster’s sitting room fire.

“We also had a sort of trench warfare game when the desks in the Victoria room were

laid on their sides facing a "no man’s land" and two teams threw newspaper balls at

the other side. If you were hit you were "dead". (This was still going strong in the

1980s under the name Boers and Britons and see 50 years ago below! Ed.)

By the way, I remember the Raleigh being extended over the Victoria. I particularly

remember the builders dismantling the temporary corrugated iron roof over the new

building and jumping on the sheets as if ski jumping as they flew the sheets down two

stories to the playground. (Health and safety at work didn’t exist but no one got hurt).

Then there was the cricket pitch lawnmower which had a vicious kick back on

starting, there was always some master with their arm in a sling. The grass mowings

were collected in a modified 1930s taxi.

I have very fond memories of St Georges. I wish my grandsons were musical and

could join the choir. We had a brilliant classics master, could have been Mr Harvard, I

learnt much more Latin than I ever did at Radley later. Our English teacher served

with the Chindits in Burma and many lessons were taken up with stories of that

campaign.”

Stephen is still busy working on things such as robotics in agriculture, robotics in care

and new building technologies. He would love to hear news of his contemporaries: he

remembers David Fanshawe fondly and was most interested in his music.

Andrea Roberts (Asst. Matron 1989-92) is delighted that her son Fede will be

joining St George’s this Autumn as a probationer in year 5.

Anthony J Robinson has made contact and reminisces on his and his brother’s time

at St George’s back in the late 1940s. “My brother was the Chapel’s cross bearer.

While I a lowly ‘super’. Somehow I never realized that the School had been founded

by Edward III until I read the Penguin book ‘The Plantagenets’ by Dan Jones. (A

chapter on the founding of the order of the Garter).

Sadly my brother is beginning to become quite forgetful however we have often

reminisced about our time there. I think one of the better times was when the river

overflowed its banks and we were sent home early. Another was encountering a man

in the ‘park’ who was in charge of maintaining the King’s barge. He showed us

around her. One of the worst was helping the headmaster choose a cane for use on my

backside. I’m sure I deserved it and I don’t think it did me any harm.

Please forgive my ramblings, I am 79 and retired. I live in Mexico now so don’t have

too much contact with the old country.”

50 Years Ago

Christmas Term, 1967

This has been a very long term indeed but a very peaceful one. There was little

crime and virtually hardly any illness. We never had to use the second sick room

and only rarely, for a day or two at a time, was the other one in use.

We were blessed with very open weather for most of the term and were hardly

ever prevented from playing football by the weather. On the occasions when this did

happen advantage was taken of the extra spare time for rehearsals, carpentry, etc.

Given free choice, however, the "Boers and Britons" is still the boys’ favourite way of

spending a wet afternoon. We have found a new source of ammunition but the life of

the balls is woefully short.

The alterations to the dining room, which were carried out in the summer

holidays, were voted a great success although among old boys and notable die-hards

there are those who feel that all change, however beneficial, is of necessity for the

worse.

During the last weeks of the term precautions had to be taken to prevent possible

infection of foot and mouth disease. Our gate into the park was locked and we

went to the playing field via the Lodge and a bath of disinfectant. Spectators at

football matches were discouraged and we thought it wise not to use the playing

field except for organised games.

SCHOOL NOTES

We are most grateful to the Baileys and the Thomsons who have given most

generous contributions to the Amenities Fund.

We are extremely grateful to W. G. Abel who has given us the Larousse

Encyclopedia of Mythology as a leaving present.

We welcome R. L. Judd who has come as music master. After coming down from

Cambridge where he read Music, he studied in France and taught for a short while at

Oundle.

The school has received a most splendid present from Mr. W. H. Ellis, the father

of Messrs. P. M. R. and W. and C. yet to come. An Overhead Projector is now

installed in the Science Room together with a transparency maker and copying

machine. We are most grateful for this generous gift which will be extremely useful

in all sorts of ways.

The competition for the Programme Cover design was won this year by A. D.

Rissik.

We are very grateful to the Williams family who have given us a cup to be

competed for annually for Piano Duetists and are also giving us an annual History

Prize.

DIARY

Friday, September 15th Supers and choristers returned.

Thursday, September 21st Three new choristers, two lay clerks and an organ

scholar were installed at Evensong.

Sunday, September 24th The Obit. Te Deum was Stanford in B flat and the Choir

sang O ye spirits and souls of the righteous by Walter Parratt.

Friday, September 29th St. Michael and All Angels. The Eucharist was sung to the

setting by Francis Jackson in G. At Evensong the service was Charles Wood in D and

the anthem Factum est silentium by Richard Dering.

Saturday, September 30th Preliminary rehearsals for the Play took place in the

evening.

Tuesday, October 3rd The choir sang at the Memorial service for the late Lord

Iveagh, K.G.

Tuesday, October10th The choir sang at the funeral of Mrs. Pratt, the wife of

our Clerk of Works. In the afternoon the choir sang at the Memorial service of the

late Lord Stanhope, K.G.

Wednesday, October 11th We played our first matches of the season.

Friday, October 13th St. Edward, King and Confessor. At Evensong the service was

Harwood in A flat and the anthem O sing joyfully by Adrian Batten.

Sunday, October 15th Harvest Thanksgiving, and Parents’ Service. We were

glad to welcome a number of day boys and parents to the Service in the Nave. The

service was Campbell in B flat and the Dean preached the sermon.

Tuesday, October 17th At the Voice Trial held today no candidates of sufficient

merit presented themselves.

Wednesday, October 18th St. Luke The Eucharist was sung to a setting by Henry

Ley in E minor. At Evensong the service was Walmisley in D major and the anthem

O quam gloriosum by T. L. de Victoria.

Saturday, October 21st A deluge of rain caused us to abandon our match with

Eton Choir as the ground was quite unfit to play on.

Wednesday, November 1st All Saints Day At Evensong the service was Purcell in

G Minor and the Anthem I beheld by John Blow.

Saturday, November 4th We held our Guy Fawkes celebrations in the evening.

Parents and friends had been, as usual, extremely generous and we had a fine lot of

fireworks to let off. After many hours of torrential rain, the bonfire was a bit

reluctant to burn at first but eventually it developed into a splendid blaze. Once again

we were extremely lucky with the weather; it had rained most of the day and rained

again later on but for the fireworks it was dry and reasonably warm.

Monday, November 6th Common Entrance started.

Sunday, November 12th Remembrance Day At Mattins the Choir sang the anthem

Give rest O Christ to the Kieff melody. Two minutes silence was observed after the

Dean’s sermon. At evensong the Banner of the late Earl Attlee, K.G., was presented

at the Altar.

Friday, November 24th We were glad, once again, to welcome Mr. Joy when he

gave one of his most interesting talks on the History of Furniture.

Sunday, November 26th The dress rehearsal of the Play was held in the afternoon.

Wednesday, November 29th The first performance of the Play was given in the

afternoon.

Friday, December 1st The second performance of the Play was given in the

afternoon.

Saturday, December 2nd The Old Boys’ performance of the Play was given in

the evening. Over these three days there had been an exhibition of painting and

carpentry in the Annexe.

Tuesday, December 5th Exams started.

Wednesday, December 6th J. S. Ollivant brought an Old Etonian side to play the

School, reinforced by Mr. Russell. The Old Boys did their level best but Ellis in goal

was on top of his form and once again the school were victorious. These matches are

very much enjoyed by players and spectators. We hope that in future, cricket,

soccer and golf matches with Eton Old Boys will be played regularly.

Monday, December 11th The snow which had fallen over the weekend and which

had provided limited winter sporting on Saturday and Sunday was now in perfect

condition for snowball making and some very large snowballs indeed were

created. Their shrivelled remains were still visible on the lawn until

December 20th.

Wednesday, December 13th 100 Questions. Comparatively few questions

defeated the whole school but nobody knew who killed Holofernes and there

was complete ignorance about the Roads to Mandalay and the Isles.

Otherwise the rather unusually hard paper was quite well done by all but the

smallest boys.

Thursday, December 14th Poetry exam was held in the morning followed

by the Marching Competition which was won by Vindictive. Mark Reading

was held in the afternoon.

Friday, December 15th Supers went home.

Saturday, December 16th The stay-on Choir was most hospitably

entertained to lunch and tea by Mrs. Purssell.

Tuesday, December 19th The Dean and Mrs. Woods very kindly gave a

party for the choristers after Evensong.

Wednesday, December 20th There was no singing and all the choristers

went out to lunch, tea and supper. The highlight of the day was Newland’s

attempt to buy a ticket to Waterloo—could it have been reproduced on

Television it would have had the audience weeping with laughter. The Booking

Clerk did very well indeed to keep a straight face!

Thursday, December 21st Mr. Wridgway very kindly entertained the Choir

to supper in the evening.

Sunday, December 24th The annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

was held at 5 o’clock.

Monday, December 25th Christmas Day With a good deal of difficulty boys

were aroused from their slumbers at 11.15p.m. and sang at the Midnight

Eucharist. At Mattins, which was attended by the whole Royal Family, the

choir sang Psallite Unigenito by Praetorius and the Service was Stanford in B

flat. At Evensong at 3.30 p.m. the service was Stanford in B flat and the

Anthem Hodie Christus Natus est by Sweelink. Carols were sung at the close

of Evensong.

The Choir left for home after the service.

SCHOOL LEADERS

Head Boy: J. H. Stuart-Smith

Head Chorister: P. G. Williams

Prefects: A. N. McHarg D. N. Bain F. J. R. Grier

Set Leaders: Fovargue Anderson Simpson Williams

Deputees: Cole, C. Minter Hadow Rissik Chance

Captain of Football: Bain, D. Vice-Captain of Football Trollope

SALVETE Choristers: P. G. Torrington C. J. C. Whitehouse

Supers: R. W. Bourne N. P. J. Falla P. L. F. French

W. J. Maltby L. C. C. Mitchell A.. J. Price

Day Boys B.W. R. Bousfield S. J. Coe G. D. G. Scott

VALETE

G. P. Williams — Came in September 1962. Secretary of Debating Society, Actor,

Orchestra. Head Chorister. He has won a Music Scholarship to

King’s School, Canterbury.

D. N. Bain — Came in September 1962. Ist XI Cricket, Capt. Of 1st XI Soccer, ist

XV Rugger. Stage Carpenter, Librarian, Cross Bearer. He is going

to Eton.

A. N. McHarg — Came September 1966. 1st XI Cricket, 1st XI Soccer, 1st XV

Rugger. Swimming Team. Head Day Boy. He is going to Eton.

Set Competition was won by Vindictive

Soccer Cup Rodney and Vindictive tied.

Hobbies Club Cup Vindictive

Deane Memorial Prize Simpson

100 Questions Prize Stuart-Smith, J.

MUCH ADO IN MAGNESIA

The seasoned third-nighters went to the Play this year full of pleasurable

anticipation. We had wondered too who would take on the job previously so ably

performed by Mr. McWilliam and whether he would be able to capture the usual gay

atmosphere. We were in no way disappointed.

Mr. Russell’s play was as gay and bright as ever. Mr. Smith had produced his

usual colourful sets. Miss Blondin had once again worked wonders as Wardrobe

mistress—the Coat of Arms was a masterpiece—and Mr. Judd as accompanist and

composer of several of the songs had, in his first term at St. George’s, clearly

understood exactly what was needed. The play itself was perhaps rather short of

plot but the lines were most telling and the actors, except perhaps when some of them

sang, were admirably audible. Out of such a wealth of talent it would be difficult to

mention more than a few of them but is it obvious that in Burrows St. George’s

possesses an actor of unusual ability. Chance as the detestable Sneec greatly added

to the enjoyment of the audience who like a good villain to hiss. He had the kind of

part which readily leads to over-acting but he controlled himself admirably and it is

a pity we didn’t see more of him in the second act. Williams was a very effective

witch, whose best friends could scarcely recognise him. Among the smaller parts

special mention should also be made of one or two bits of acting by Fovargue. He

didn’t always deliver his lines very well but his timing and facial expressions were

on occasion absolutely first-rate.

As is usual with St. George’s plays, everything went extremely smoothly and the

Old Boy audience at the back of the room played their part admirably.

A.O.C.

ART AND CARPENTRY

The Exhibition was held as usual at the time of the Play. Miss Tower is very much

to be congratulated on the excellence of the painting and drawing. There were some

particularly effective charcoal drawings done towards the beginning of the term, some

of them quite remarkable likenesses.

A lot of work had been done in the Carpentry Shop; the exhibits were smaller in

size than usual but the finish was perhaps better. Particular mention should perhaps

be made of small items made by Kelway-Bamber who finishes his work extremely

well and of the child’s rocking chair which had taken Cole, D., the best part of a year

to make but which must have been well worth it.

FOOTBALL, 1967

Such success as the first eleven experienced this year was almost entirely prompted

by the excellent goalkeeping of Ellis. His sure handling and powerful kicking often

changed dire pressure into immediate relief, allowing the halves and forwards to

play their normal games. Of last year’s side Minter and McHarg improved steadily

in their respective roles of hack and half, and Anderson excelled as a makeshift

forward.

The highlights of the season included the double defeat of Sunningdale, a drawn

match away at Lambrook, and the return match with Scaitcliffe where we blotted

out the memory of our worst defeat by a correspondingly impressive win.

Colours were awarded to:

Anderson, D. Bain (Captain), Burrows, Ellis, Holman, McHarg, Minter and

Trollope.

1st XI Results

v. Heatherdown Home Lost 3-4

Away Lost 1-2

v. Scaitcliffe Away Lost 1-4

Home Won 5-2

v. Sunningdale Away Won 1-0

Home Won 3-0

v: Stubbington House Home Lost 1-3

v. Lambrook Away Drew 2-2

v. Woodcote House Away Lost 0-3

The A team defeated Eton Choir 6-1, and Eton Old Boys 3-0.

We also fielded a:

2nd XI, an Under 11 XI, an under 10 XI and an Old Gentlemen’s XI.

OLD BOYS’ NEWS

Last term we erroneously reported that R. S. A. BOYLE and M. L. F. HAYES had

played a Sonata composed by the former at the Eton Music Circle Concert. In fact,

owing to the difficulty of acquiring a second grand piano on that particular day, the

performance was postponed. The work was however performed at a Concert on

November 26th and was extremely well received. Seven other Old St. George’s boys

played in the Concert in various orchestras and ensembles.

A. J. B. LINDSELL is now at St. Andrew’s University. He finds the work hard

but the social life entertaining.

W. T. P. JACKSON is in the 2nd orchestra at Bootham. He complains slightly of

the Yorkshire weather but otherwise seems to have settled in very well.

A. E. J. PETERSEN has now arrived at Radley and appears to be getting on well.

He says he is too busy to see a great deal of his elder brother!

G. W. G. ABEL was moved up half way through the term at Sherborne. He is very

much enjoying himself there but finds himself extremely busy fagging etc.

H. J. R. G. MURRAY, at Stanbridge, is Head of his House and is much enjoying

prefectorial privileges.

G. J. O. DUNSTAN got three A Levels in the summer including a B for French.

He was disappointed in his Geography result and is going to take it at S Level next

year. In his spare time he is very busy with the Westminster School Music Library.

M. C. BAILEY writes enthusiastically from Stowe. He has taken up clay pigeon

shooting as an activity. He is also going on with music and spends a good deal of

time in the workshops. He has been playing for the Under 14 Rugger side.

R. P. BARKER-HARLAND does not find work at Uppingham very exacting but he

finds the hours rather long and getting up is somewhat of a problem. He is in the First

Orchestra and Special Choir.

J. B. CHANNON has retired from Rugby and is now living at Chapel Garth,

Thoralby, Layburn, Yorks.

A. H. SAMPSON is in charge of Music at Wallington Grammar School.

We congratulate A. R. PERCIVAL on his success as stroke of the Eton boat which

won the European Junior championships in Germany and also on his election to Pop.

S. H. LACEY is to be congratulated on being awarded his Rugger colours at

Radley. He was not fifteen until November.

We congratulate N. W. M. PICKWOOD (Mervyn) on winning an exhibition in

English at Worcester College, Oxford.

D. J. SLOAN had a most successful cricket season at Cambridge and got within a

striking distance of a Blue. He is a member of a group or choir called the Gentle

Power of Song and will be making a pop record called Constant Penelope.

T. J. PENTON is much enjoying collegiate life at Durham University.

A. P. Napier is at Tysard Hall. He finds it difficult to make use of the

opportunities London provides in cultural entertainment.

A. DE R. DAVIS is hoping to go for a cruise on the "Sir Winston Churchill" next

year in some sort of administrative capacity.

W. T. BORDASS, who is doing research at Cambridge, finishes his present job in

July and is thinking of going to Australia.

J. R. B. BOWDITCH is working on a farm near Uxbridge while waiting to go to an

Agricultural College.

We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. P. C. BOWSHER on the birth of a second son.

C. M. F. BROOKER, having had his fill of culture at Cambridge, is doing a technical

course at the University of Strathclyde.

THE REVEREND A. W. S. BROWN is now working in Petersfield.

We are sorry to report that Mr. R. G. Bullen, who was an assistant master here in

Mr. Webb-Jones’ time, and has been teaching in Scarborough, has been seriously ill

in hospital.

A. J. B. CLARK is in his last year at Merchant Taylor’s. He is now a very senior

person there and hopes to be in most of the first teams.

J. A. Du C. WILKINSON is working at the Conservative Central Office, and is

largely concerned with Conservative Clubs at Universities.

A. R. C. LANE, who is with Wiggins Teape, is moving to Hong Kong from

Malaysia.

J. EVERSHED is working at the Admiralty.

News reaches us of BRIGADIER K. FARQUHARSON-ROBERTS who now lives at

Weymouth. He doesn’t feel able to make the journey to Windsor these days but

takes his daily constitutional and still writes in a distinctive and firm hand.

M. GILBERTSON is doing research at Queen’s University Belfast.

M. C. GRIFFITHS is working for Urocard Inc. His address is 660, Madison

Avenue, New York.

E. ANDERSON is living in Scotland. He combines gamekeeping and writing about

it.

MAJOR J. M. HALFORD is back from Singapore and is stationed at Lympstone,

Devon. K. A. MCDOWALL is also stationed there.

N. J. K. HARE has at last come down from Oxford, where he has been doing

research. He has got a University teaching job in the North of England.

T. H. HOLBECH has left Eton and is going into the Grenadier Guards.

C. A. McDOWALL was unable to come to the Play this year having had the

misfortune to break his leg.

We congratulate R. I. S. MCGUIGAN, who is working in Bahrein, on his

engagement.

We congratulate P. J. Ll. WALLIS and F. H. COWAN on their marriages.

T. J. A. NORTHEY is now a stockbroker in the same firm as the Van Der Noot

brothers.

P. S. NOURSE has been doing social work in Wales while waiting to go to

University.

LIEUT. A. J. RYAN, R.N., was recently injured in a car crash in Ceylon but we

are glad to say that he has made a good recovery.

M. T. SIMS is in the process of becoming a Civil Engineer.

Congratulations to C. C. BOCHMANN on winning a music scholarship to New

College.

The following Old Boys have visited the School during the course of the term:

G. E. Ashby, W. F. K. Ashworth, R. H. F. Attwater, W. T. Bordass,

H. M. H-C Borgnis, R. H. L. Bourne, J. R. B. Bowditch, M. H. B. Bowditch,

P. C. Bowsher, R. D. A. Boyle, C. M. F. Brooker, The Reverend J. E. Burridge,

R. A. Cawley, G. W. M. Chance, M. T. Coombe, M. J. S. Cotterhill, A. Craxton,

C. P. Cullen, P. J. M. Davies, P. A. Denny, A. C. B. D’Janoeff, D. M. Dodwell,

R. J. Edmunds, J. M. Ellison, C. J. Evans, J. Evershed, D. A. Fanshawe,

J. R. Fanshawe, R. D. Galpin, M. Gilbertson, B. E. T. Gubbins, N. M. S. Gubbins,

The Reverend C. H. Hare, Lt.-Cdr. P. A. Harland, J. P. Harris, M. C. H. Harris,

R. A. Havard, Major H. M. C. Havergal, M. L. F. Hayes, R. P. C. Hazell,

T. H. Holbech, A. A. H. Kelly, G. A. Kidner, S. H. Lacey, J. Leigh, A. T. McNeile,

C. C. McWilliam, S. J. C. Mills, J. A. Moore-Bridger, H. J. R. G. Murray,

The Honble. A. P. Napier, T. D. Neal, T. J. A. Northey, R. C. B. Odgers, J. S. Ollivant,

R. W. J. Parry, A. R. Perceval, A. E. J. Petersen, J. R. C. Petersen, R. C. Petersen,

M. M. Pickwoad, N. W. M. Pickwoad, R. M. Pickwoad, J. G. Price, G. E. Ramsden,

A. D. Rowe, A. H. Sampson, N. A. A. Spicer, R. A. Surplice, P. J. LI. Wallis,

L. Me. L. Watson, R. L. Watson, J. Wendon, P. W. V. Wilkes, J. A. Du C. Wilkinson.

Easter Term, 1968

EDITORIAL These are anxious days for Preparatory Schools. Costs continue to rise and various

government measures seem designed to make things difficult for us. Parents however

seem to have great faith in the future and, largely in view of this, it has been decided

than an ambitious programme of improvements here must go ahead.

We hope in the near future to start work on the rebuilding of the gym. The present

building is unsatisfactory in that the cross-beams are so low that no kind of ball game

is really possible and the unsealed roof really makes it impossible to keep it clean. The

dust which is stirred up at the end of a P.T. or a roller-skating session has to be seen to

be believed. The plan is to raise the roof very considerably. We shall then have a gym

of full height, although rather less large, and on top of it a Science Room and Workshop,

both with ample storage space. At the playground end of the gym there will be a trunk

store and at least six music rooms on two floors. Our present Science Room is a very

temporary construction and we have only planning permission for two years and, in any

case, this site is needed for various development plans of the Chapter for Old Bank

House and surrounding area.

The gym development plan is, of course, a very expensive one but over the years a

certain amount of money has been put aside for this purpose and it seems to the

governors that this is the moment to start.

SCHOOL NOTES We congratulate N. P. D. Davies and D. B. Newland on winning music scholarships at

St. Edward’s Oxford and King’s School Canterbury, respectively.

We also congratulate J. H. Stuart-Smith on winning the Otway Scholarship at Radley.

This is a valuable award which is given to a boy who, while qualifying for a music

scholarship, is also high on the list of ordinary scholars.

We are most grateful to the Andersons who have given us some new sets of chessmen

for the Library.

Readers will have read in the national press that Eton Choir School is to close in a

year or two’s time. Some kind of merger with St. George’s had been considered but

this would not have been possible until 1976 at the earliest as our books are

completely full until then and there seemed no possible way of bridging the gap. We

have had countless encounters with Eton Choir at cricket and soccer and are sorry that

these fixtures will soon have to cease.

Our thanks are due to the Rissiks who have given us a splendid present of books for

the Library.

DIARY Friday, January 19th Choristers and supers returned.

Thursday, January 25th St. Paul’s Day. The Eucharist was sung to a setting for

four voices by William Byrd. At Evensong the service was Basil Harwood in A flat

and the anthem Beati quorum via integra est by Stanford.

Sunday, January 28th Warm weather at the beginning of the term had brought out

golfers in some numbers. Those who played in a competition today found it very a

cold business but scores were very high.

Saturday, February 3rd We started the Rugger season by sending two teams to

Woodcote House who proved rather too good for us.

Tuesday, February 13th At a Voice Trial held today, the following were elected

to choristerships: A. J. Calf, J. P. Gordon-Jones, A. G. Purssell, J. D. C. Sharp and T.

R. S. P. Stuart-Smith.

Wednesday, February 21st By the kindness of Mr. Chichester-Clark, a group of

eleven boys spent the afternoon at the Houses of Parliament. We first visited Western

Hall, then listened to Question Time in the House of Commons. After tea we paid a

short visit to the House of Lords and were lucky enough to hear Lord Butler speaking.

Tuesday, February 27th Shrove Tuesday. Christine and Margery, our cook and

her assistant, once again worked an apparent miracle and produced 342 pancakes

which vanished as if by magic.

Wednesday, February 28th Ash Wednesday The whole school went to Mattins

and the Choir sang C. H. Lloyd’s Benedicite in B flat. At Evensong they sang Richard

Farrant’s High Service and Tallis’s Litany in procession.

Tuesday, March 12th Doctor Herbert Sumsion came to the school to conduct

examinations through the Associated Board.

Thursday, March 14th We played our annual Golf match against Woodcote

House.

Monday, March 18th The set Plays were performed in the afternoon.

Tuesday, March 19th We had a golf match against Etonian Old Boys.

Wednesday, March 20th A party of historians went with Mr. Ross-Ross to

Greenwich, an outing which was much enjoyed.

Saturday, March 23rd Eight boys were confirmed by the Bishop of Buckingham.

They were W. E. S. Bailey, P. A. Burrows, M. E. F. Chance, N. P. D. Davies, R. H.

Fovargue, F. J. R. Grier, N. P. H. Hadow and J. P. L. Hall. The Choir had been out of

use on account of rewiring and the service was held in the Nave.

Monday, March 25th In the morning the 100 Questions were held and in the

afternoon the finals of the golf competitions were played. The Beginners’ Concert was

held in the evening.

Tuesday, March 26th The Poetry Exam took place in the morning and Mark

Reading after lunch.

Wednesday, March 21st Choristers and Supers went home.

SCHOOL LEADERS Head Boy: J

Head Boy: J. H. Stuart-Smith

Head Chorister: F. J. R. Grier

Prefects: F. J.R. Grier R. H. Fovargue H. G. O. Simpson

Set Leaders: Cole, C. Anderson Chance Hadow

Minter Ellis Rissik

Deputees: West, E. Price, D. Burrows

Captain of Rugger: Anderson

Vice-Capt. of Rugger: Ellis

Captain of Golf: Fovargue

Vice-Capt. of Golf: Trollope

SALVETE Supers: M. W. R. Slim

Day Boys: R. C. H. Campbell-Ross M. G. B. Fullick

VALETE

J. M. Anderson — Came May 1963. Capt. 1st. XV Rugger. 1st. XI Soccer (Colours),

1st XI Cricket, Capt. of Swimming Team. Golf Team. Squash Champion. Set

Leader. He is going to Eton.

A. D. Rissik — Came September 1963. Librarian. Set Leader. He is going to Harrow.

R. W. Gordon — Came May 1964. 2nd XI Soccer. He is going to Rannock.

PRIZES Set Competition: Victory

Set Plays: Vindictive

Squash Cup: J. M. Anderson

Billiards Competition: N. E. T. Holman

Golf, Division I: J. R. Trollope

Golf, Division II: A. R. Ollivant

Chess Competition: W. B. Bowditch

100 Questions: H. G. O. Simpson

CONCERT

The Beginners’ Concert was given on the last Monday of the term. The 1st Orchestra

(very far from beginners) were in excellent form and Mozart’s German Dance suited

them admirably. It is sad that the 1st Orchestra contains no violins but there were two

in the 2nd Orchestra, which performed later, so there is hope.

Of the many soloists who followed, Burrows’ Oboe playing was outstanding. Willink

attempted a difficult piece for the trumpet but managed to get out of his various

difficulties extremely well. Tudor’s flute playing showed great promise and there were

some able young pianists, Nisbet and Jackson being outstanding. The songs for the

junior and senior supers were very happily chosen. Some of the juniors were probably

not word perfect but the seniors sang extremely well and were admirably audible. The

audience much enjoyed the final item and given half a chance would have gone on

encoring it indefinitely.

As a regular member of the audience at St. George’s concerts I should like to

congratulate the new Musical Director, Mr. Judd, on his first St. George’s Concert and

we look forward to future ones with great anticipation.

Programme

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

GERMAN DANCE, K.605 Mozart

The First Orchestra

MINUET James Hook

Piano: W. E. S. Bailey

SCHERZO Haydn

Piano: G. C. Mosley

AIR Handel

Oboe: P. A. Burrows

SOLDIER’S MARCH Schumann

Piano: C. J. C. Whitehouse

THE GAS-MAN COMETH Flanders & Swann

The Junior Supers

A LITTLE SONG Kabalevsky

Piano: I. D. Nisbet

CONZONET Haydn

Trumpet: E. D. Willink

THE LONDONDERRY AIR

Recorder: J. P. L. Hall

MINUET Haydn

The Second Orchestra

ALLEGRETTO Tajcevic

Piano: N. R. Purssell

SONATINA IN G. IST MOVEMENT Beethoven

Piano: J. F. E. Jackson

AIR Purcell

Flute: N. T. Tudor

THE SHEPHERD’S SONG Simon Plé

Piano: P. D. Halford

STUDY IN D Heller

Piano: R. H. T. Aitken

A GAY STORY Shostakovich

Piano: A. R. Ollivant

OLD ABRAM BROWN Benjamin Britten

THE SPANISH FLEA

The Senior Supers

RUGBY FOOTBALL 1968 This season we played eight matches and won three of them. The most exciting match

of the season was the home match against Scaitcliffe where the result remained in

doubt almost until no-side.

A good feature of this season’s play was the excellent possession we had from the

forwards, especially from the line-out. The forwards were led by Anderson, this

season’s Captain. He is a vigorous player, determined and courageous in attack and a

good defender. Stuart-Smith, J., showed himself to be a reliable catcher and Bailey,

the hooker, was often successful in the scrums.

The backs took rather a long time to settle and the final pattern of play was arrived at

only after many combinations had been tried. Ellis (Vice-Captain) led the backs; he

improved during the season and has a most effective drop kick. Holman, the scrum-

half, played well and has a good turn of speed.

Colours were awarded to:

Anderson, Ellis,Stuart-Smith, J.,Holman, Bailey and Trollope.

1st XV RESULTS

v. Woodcote House Away Lost 0-17

v. Stubbington House Home Lost 3-20

v. Scaitcliffe Home Lost 6-12

Away Lost 3-25

v. Lambrook ‘A’ Away Lost 0-42

v. Heatherdown Home Won 40-0

v. Sunningdale Home Won 41-0

Away Won 27-0

UNDER 11 XII

v. Woodcote House Away Lost 5-23

v. Sunningdale Home Won 6-3

Away Drawn 6—6

v, Scaitcliffe Away Won 12-3

Home Won 14-3

v. Heatherdown Home Lost 8-13

UNDER 11 XII

A team of considerable promise possessing much energy and vigour and some skill

had a comparatively successful season. They played hard and determined rugger, and

with a little more luck they could have won two more matches; even so three victories

were really deserved and in only one match were they outplayed.

GOLF Despite the fact that we have had few warm days, a lot of golf was played this term.

Medal rounds were played on Sunday afternoons and there were two matches, one

against Woodcote House which we narrowly lost and one against Eton Old Boys

which was halved.

The knock-out competition was divided into two sections. Section 2 was won by

Ollivant, a very much improved player and in Section 1 it was won by Trollope, Vice-

Captain, who defeated his Captain, Fovargue. These two have played sound golf

throughout the term and a closer final had been expected. Two long puts by Trollope

and a rather restless gallery proved too much for Fovargue who lost by 3 and 2.

We are grateful to Mr. Chance who has given us a number of clubs and to the

Amenities Fund, which has provided a good deal of new equipment of one kind and

another.

SET PLAYS The Set Plays were performed on the afternoon of Monday, March 18th.

Revenge acted first. Their play, written by Simpson, had quite a neat plot but had

depended on one or two lines and these lines were not very clearly spoken. The result

was that some of the audience were completely mystified as to what had happened.

Rissik gave a good performance as a middle-European professor.

In Victory’s play as well, the plot hung on one line which, while audible, was not

delivered with sufficient emphasis and here again the point was missed by many of the

audience. Costley-White made an effective courtier who had taken a wrong turning

and Newland was a smooth and calculating barman, startled out of his wits by

suddenly being knighted.

Rodney’s play of doubtful originality was spoilt by one scene being accidentally

omitted.

Vindictive’s play also concerned Crime but with some nice touches, particularly the

voices off of mother demanding her tea from the next room and the auction room

where Morgan demonstrated with the trombone and Gordon bid downwards. There

was a great deal of adlibbing in this play but it was amusing and bright and the panel

of judges, after a good deal of discussion, decided that it was the best, Victory being

placed second, and Revenge third.

DEBATING SOCIETY This has not been a particularly fruitful winter for debates, in fact during these last two

terms we have only managed just four major ones, most of these dealing with subjects

on which it was not all that easy to work up much controversy and deep feeling. This

was borne out by the large number of votes going either "for" or "against" the motion

and on only one, about the new Common Entrance exam, was there a close result

which necessitated the Vice-President’s casting vote. Subjects generally tended to be

on the serious side, especially on two topical issues—the Comet crash (Nov.) and the

advisability, or otherwise, of allowing Asians from East Africa into this country (Feb.)

The only lighthearted discussion dealt with the unfortunate victim, out of three —

George Harrison, David Frost and Edward Heath—who should of necessity be ejected

from a balloon. Mr. Heath had to go (by a large majority)!

It is to be hoped that the Society will, when we resume in September, increase not

only in numbers but also widen their choice of topics for debates so that Members can

become equally divided on some issue.

Secretary: Williams (Christmas Term), Anderson (Easter).

Committee: Rissik, Anderson and Hadow.

RAILWAY CLUB The activity of this Club has been growing fast this term. There have been four main

events which interested and taught the Railway enthusiasts much. Firstly there was the

visit to Windsor and Eton Riverside station, which has one of the few manually

operated signal-boxes, these rapidly disappearing throughout the country. Then we

had a film show kindly supplied by London Transport that the whole school enjoyed

watching. Lastly there were two outings to Slough signal-box; this greatly contrasted

with the earlier visit to the Windsor one as it was a Panel Box, this type coming into

use all over the country. Lastly there were two informative lectures on "The Railway

Races to the North" and on "Gruesome Railway Accidents".

It has been a flourishing term from the point of view of the Club; many people both

inside and outside the school have taken great trouble to see that we enjoyed

ourselves.

OLD BOY’S NEWS

J. M. ELLISON has been playing Rugger for the Eton 2nd XV. G. W. M.

CHANCE is in the Eton Golf team.

A. SAMPSON has been appointed Assistant Organist of College Chapel and will

be moving to Eton in the near future.

We are sorry to hear that R. P. BARKER-HARLAND has been ill and had to

miss a lot of the term and go home from Uppingham in February. He was unable to

compete in the Music Scholarship but has nonetheless been given an exhibition for

all-round musicianship.

P. W. V. WILKES is going to Australia for a year when he leaves Eton to teach

for the Bush Brethren in Northern Queensland.

M. NAPIER has been having mumps at Glanalmond. He is playing his cello in

the orchestra and will be taking part in a production of Utopia Ltd. His brother,

ANDREW, at London University has taken up gliding.

J. R. FANSHAWE has decided to go into the Navy and, having taken both

preliminary and final interviews to Dartmouth, has been told that he is in or near the

zone of selection for a scholarship. He stroked the Colts’ Eight and rowed in the Head

of the River race at Putney. He is now first flute in the orchestra and played in the St.

Matthew Passion at Andover. His brother, DAVID, is now in his third year at the

Royal College of Music and has just completed a large work entitled A Welsh

Memorial.

R. L. WATSON has been playing for the Haileybury Junior Colts as well as for

his House.

M. C. BAILEY writes enthusiastically from Stowe, and won the Under 14

Squash competition and is hoping to be a member of the Junior Colts Squash team. He

played in his house Junior Rugger team last term and is much enjoying playing

hockey. Among other activities which he much enjoys at Stowe is pigeon shooting.

C. P. A. STERICKER has taken up the French Horn at Wellington. He finds the

work not too difficult except for the S. M. P. which baffles him so he says. Before

Christmas he took up the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme.

C. C. BOCHMANN is now in Paris studying composition with Madame Nadia

Boulanger.

R. K. FORD is now living near Tring. He is married with a son and is working

with computers in a subsidiary of the International Publishing Corporation. He sends

us news of the GIBBONS brothers. BARNEY is a Director of a computer

programming firm and DECLAN is a Doctor.

G. P. WILLIAMS has obviously settled down very well at Canterbury. He seems

to have joined so many societies that one wonders whether he has any time to do any

work.

R. D. A. THOMSON is enjoying himself very much at Winchester and sends

most detailed accounts of his life there. Quite a lot of it is written in Winchester slang

which makes it a shade difficult for a layman.

H. J. R. G. MURRAY is now Head Boy at Stanbridge and is very prominent in

artistic circles.

We congratulate L. Me. L. WATSON who received the C.B.E. in the New

Year’s Honours.

Congratulations also to A. CRAXTON who received the M.V.O. at the same

time.

We congratulate R. E. CARVER on his engagement. He has been over in this

country on a short visit from Canada where he works for a newspaper.

J. H. COLQUHOUN is working for Barclays Bank in Gloucestershire

C. W. CULLEN is at Exeter University C. P. CULLEN in going to Bristol

University in September. Since leaving Rugby he has been doing a variety of jobs

such as picture framing and carnation growing.

W. D. MARSLEN-WILSON hopes to go to America, when he finishes at

Oxford, to take a PH.D. His brother, FRANCIS, is also at Oxford having completed

one year at Trinity.

M. T. SIMS is training to be a Civil Engineer.

B. H. K. BROWN has recently had a book on the trumpet published. It may well

become a standard work on the subject.

J. D. WILLIAMS has been awarded a scholarship at the Royal Academy of

Music.

The following Old Boys have visited the School during the course of the term:

W. T. Bordass, R. H. L. Bourne, R. D. A. Boyle, The Reverend J. E. Burridge,

R. E. Carver, G. W. M. Chance, P. J. M. Davies, A. C. B. D’janoeff, W. J. Earp,

J. M. Ellison, C. J. Evans, R. D. Galpin, Major J. M. Halford, The Reverend C. H. Hare,

Commander P. A. C. Harland, G. A. Kidner, J. Leigh, J. N. Loake, A. N. McHarg,

S. J. C. Mills, C. C. McWilliam, T. J. A. Northey, J. G. Price, G. E. Ramsden,

A. D. Rowe, P. W. V. Wilkes.

Summer 1968 EDITORIAL

The publication of part of the Newsam report, as we are going to press, makes it clear

that Preparatory School will have several more years of useful life and we are

embarking on the scheme which we outlined in the magazine last term of rebuilding the

gym. By way of historical interest, it may be mentioned that the gym was part of the

Old Brewery demolished in 1934. The upper part was, we are told, a cask store, the

centre part of the floor being removed when improvements were being made to the

school about that date. Various excavations will be necessary in the course of rebuilding

and we are wondering what will turn up!

We have had a peaceful summer term. A minor epidemic of measles interfered with

little of our normal routine. Few schools now take any notice of quarantine restrictions

and the majority of boys arriving here at eight seem to have already had most of the

ordinary infectious diseases.

This has been a vintage year for musicians, as is mentioned in our correspondent’s

report on the concert. It has also been a goodish year for cricketers and swimmers.

Cricket has been most interesting to watch and the bare statement of wins and losses

does not in itself give a very fair picture.

No St. George’s editorial is quite complete without a mention of the weather, and we

have to report one of the wettest Mays one can remember. June seems to be a good

month but only twice was the weather settled enough for us to be able to have lunch in

the garden. As so often happens we had a rather wet end of term and the swimming

sports were not blessed with the best of weather.

SCHOOL NOTES

We are very sorry to say good-bye to Mr. Judd who has been looking after the

music here since last September. He is going to be Assistant Organist at Ely.

We congratulate F. J. R. Grier on passing Grade VIII Piano with distinction.

We congratulate C. J. Cole on winning a scholarship to Eastbourne and E. B. C.

West on winning an exhibition to Winchester.

We are most grateful to the Chances who have given us a splendid pair of

Staffordshire China Dogs for our rather bare mantle-piece in the Dining Hall.

During the holidays the rebuilding of the gym is starting. It seems that the next

two terms will be rather uncomfortable without a gym or a workshop and the question

of whether a Play can be put on under these conditions is being considered.

The Fovargues have very kindly presented us with another Slip-catch machine.

We shall now be able to have one in the garden and one on the playing field.

During the term we have had several gifts of large quantities of fruit for which we

are most grateful; in particular our thanks go to the Gordons who sent us a case of

magnificent grapefruit from their plantations in the West Indies.

May we take this opportunity of thanking those Castle residents who entertain

choristers and others during the term.

We are very glad to welcome Miss Michelle Carte, who is now teaching the violin

here. Miss Carte has a wide reputation as a performer and we are delighted that she is

able to help us. We hope, before long, to have a strong violin section in the orchestra

again.

DIARY Monday, April 29th Boys returned.

Wednesday, May 1st St. Philip & St. James. Eucharist was sung to Marbeck. At

Evensong the service was S.S. Wesley in F and the anthem Jesus, Saviour by Bach.

Saturday, May 4th The Annual Festival of the Friends. At Evensong the service

was Charles Wood in D and the Anthem "I was glad" by Parry.

Thursday, May 9th The Royal Windsor Horse Show opened. During the four days

of its run most of the boys paid one or more visits. Unfortunately there was a great deal

of rain and mud but everybody seemed to enjoy themselves enormously.

Wednesday, May 15th We opened the cricket season with two disastrous matches

against Lambrook. Owing to the almost continual rain for two weeks neither side had

been able to get much practice.

Thursday, May 23rd Ascension Day. The whole school went to Chapel. The

service was Ireland in C and the choir sang Alleluia. Ascendit Deus by Byrd. At

Evensong the service was Stanford in B flat and the anthem Ascendit Deus by Peter

Philips.

Saturday, May 25th Old Boys’ Day. Unfortunately rain completely spoilt the

cricket and it was impossible to get a result. Both sides did however bat briefly. A very

large number of Old Boys visited the school during the day, and many stayed to supper.

At the Memorial Service, which followed Evensong, the choir sang The Souls of the

Righteous by Nares.

Sunday, May 26th The weather really started to improve and a move was made to

get the swimming bath ready.

Saturday, June 1st Swimming began for a few hardy souls.

Sunday, June 9th Mattins was in the Nave and a large number of parents and day

boys attended. The choir sang the Te Deum by Vaughan Williams in G and Benedictus

by Stanford in C. The Dean preached the sermon.

Monday, June 17th We were blessed with splendid weather for the Garter Service.

The supers occupied their usual pitch on Lower Ward and the procession was as

splendid as ever. The Prince of Wales, Viscount Amory and Viscount de L’Isle were

installed. The anthem was "I was Glad" by Parry. After the service the Royal family

drove away in two open state landaus pulled by the Windsor Greys. This delightful

finish to the day had been a well-kept secret and was much appreciated by a large crowd

of spectators.

Wednesday, June 26th Sports were held in the afternoon.

Tuesday, July 2nd We had a cricket match against Old Boys at Eton. We hope our

visitors enjoyed themselves as much as we enjoyed the match.

Friday, July 5th At a voice Trial held today, P. A. F. Thomas and E. Hartington

were elected choristerships.

Saturday, July 6th Those boys not involved in cricket matches went to the Rose

Show.

Tuesday, July 9th School examinations started.

Monday, July 15th School Concert.

Tuesday, July 16th Swimming Sports.

Wednesday, July 17th 100 Questions examination was held in the morning. Only

five questions defeated everybody.

Thursday, July 13th Poetry exam was held in the morning and Mark Reading

held after lunch.

Friday, July 19th Supers went home.

Monday, July 22nd St. Mary Magdalen. Eucharist was sung to Arthur Wills in

D and at Evensong the service was Harwood in A flat and the Anthem "Call to

Remembrance" by Farrant. The choristers went home after Evensong.

SCHOOL LEADERS Head Boy: J. H. Stuart-Smith

Head Chorister: F. J. R. Grier

Prefects: R. H. Fovargue, H. G. O. Simpson, F. J. R. Grier

Set Leaders: Chance, Cole, C., Hadow,

Price, D., Minter, Ellis

Deputees: West, E., Ollivant, Burrows, Tudor

Captain of Cricket: R. H. Fovargue

Vice-Capt. of Cricket: W. E. S. Bailey

Captain of Swimming: J. P. L. Halford

SALVETE

Chorister: A. J. Calf

Super: D. N. W. Bland

Dayboys: A. R. J. Bruce, R. M. W. Gardner

VALETE J. H. Stuart-Smith — Came January 1963. 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV Rugger

(Colours), 2nd XI Soccer. Orchestra, Actor, Secretary Stamp Club. Head Boy.

He has won the Otway Scholarship to Radley.

R. H. Fovargue — Came May 1963. Captain of 1st XI Cricket (Colours), 1st

XV Rugger, 2nd XI Soccer. Orchestra, Captain of Golf. Actor. Prefect. He is

going to Sherborne.

H. G. O. Simpson — Came September 1964. Captain 2nd XI Cricket, 1st

XV Rugger, 2nd XI Soccer. Orchestra. Head Librarian. Prefect. He is going to

Haileybury.

M. E. F. Chance — Came January 1963. 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV Rugger.

Orchestra, Secretary of Photography Club, Secretary of Puppet Club, Actor.

Cross bearer. Set Leader. He is going to Eton.

C. J. Cole — Came September 1963. 2nd XI Cricket. Stage Carpenter. Set

Leader. He has won a scholarship to Eastbourne.

W. A. Ellis — Came May 1963. 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV Rugger (Colours),

1st XV Soccer (Colours). Swimming Team. Orchestra. Cross bearer. Set Leader.

He is going to Marlborough.

E. B. C. West — Came September 1963. Orchestra. He has won an

exhibition to Winchester.

W. E. S. Bailey — Came September 1963. 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV Rugger

(Colours), 1st XI Soccer. He is going to Radley.

N. E. T. Holman — Came September 1964. 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV Rugger

(Colours), 1st XI Soccer (Colours). Holder of Quarter-Mile and Hundred Yards

Cups. Stage Carpenter. He is going to Milton Abbey.

J. P. L. Hall — Came January 1964. 2nd XI Cricket. Set Leader. He is going

to Oundle.

PRIZES Form Prizes: 1 Stuart-Smith, J.

2a Ellis

2b Willink

Remove Halford, J.

3 Nisbet

4 French

5 Maltby

Kempthorne Neatness Prizes:

1 Price, D.

2a Burrows

2b Aitken

Remove Jackson

3 Whitehouse

4 Mitchell

5 Maltby

The Dean’s Scripture Prizes:

1 Simpson

2a Bowditch

2b Purssell

Remove Jackson

3 Francis

4 Mitchell

5 Bousefield

Robin William’s Reading Prize Grier

Alexander Nairn Prize Chance

Walter Parratt Prize for Music Newland

Craxton Cup Grier

Walford Davies Choir Prize Grier

Hayes Prize for Music Grier

Junior Music Prize Bain

The Nelson Prize Stuart-Smith, J.

Carver French Prize Simpson

Williams’ History Prize Cole, C.

100 Questions Prize Ellis

Wilkinson Greek Prize Simpson

Williams’ Duet Cup Grier and Burrows

Gardens Prizes Minter and Chance

Miss Tower’s Art Prizes Rowe

Holtom, J.

Miss Tower’s Modelling Prizes Cole, D.

Lindsay

Exam Prize Stuart-Smith, J.

Cricketer of the Year Fovargue

Fielding Cup Ellis

Archery Cup Hadow

1968 CRICKET

Laying results aside, this was a most successful season. We batted right down the order,

bowled accurately and fielded superbly.

The ground-fielding of Ellis and Chance was of a very high order and Stuart-Smith took

some splendid catches at short extra-cover.

Trollope and Fovargue could almost always be expected to give us the foundations of

an innings and our late-order batsmen carried on the good work. The same two bodies

were the backbone of our bowling with respective leg and off spin.

Davies and Bailey shared the wicket-keeping, the former being safe and unexciting,

while the latter was a constant threat to batsmen although more easily defeated by spin

bowling.

Our most exciting batting was in the match against Scaitcliffe where we lost our first 4

wickets for 17 chasing 113 in 70 minutes. In the next 30 minutes we added 59 runs for

1 more wicket but, having thus steadied the boat, the remaining wickets fell quickly.

Perhaps the most exciting shot of the season was Fovargue’s 6 over long-on in the last

match.

Colours were awarded to Fovargue, Trollope, Stuart-Smith, Ellis and Bailey.

RESULTS OF CRICKET MATCHES: 1968

FIRST ELEVEN

Lambrook 65 for 6 declared (Stuart-Smith 3-7)

St. George’s 10 Lost by 55 runs

Old Boys 53 for 6 declared

The School 34 for 7 (Fovargue 15) Drawn

St. George’s 99 for 7 declared (Trollope 38, Haddon 17)

Scaitcliffe 69 for 8 Drawn

St. George’s 77 (Trollope 31)

Sunningdale 59 for 9 (Trollope 5-16) Drawn

Scaitcliffe 113

St. George’s 89 (Fovargue 39, Trollope 13, Ellis 12) Lost by 24 runs

St. George’s 96 for 5 declared (Fovargue 42, Burrows 16, Stuart-Smith

14, Bailey 13)

Sunningdale 52 for 5 Drawn

Eton Old Boys 64 for 6 declared

The School 66 for 4 (Trollope 23 not out, Gubbins 20, Fovargue 17)

Won by 4 wickets

Woodcote House 87

St. George’s 59 (Bailey 11) Lost by 28 runs

St. George’s 74 (Trollope 23, Stuart-Smith 20)

Heatherdown 46 for 7 (Trollope 4-17) Drawn

St. George’s 69 (Ellis 23 not out, Trollope 20)

The Manor 61 (Stuart-Smith 6-8, Fovargue 2-35) Won by 8 runs

Stubbington House 61 (Fovargue 6-19, Trollope 3-19)

St. George’s 63 for 6 (Fovargue 19, Burrows 11) Won by 4 wickets

SECOND ELEVEN

St. George’s 89 (Lindsay 24, Cole, C., 15 not out, Hill 14)

Scaitcliffe 108 (Lindsay 4-14) Lost by 2 wickets

St. George’s 110 for 7 declared (Tudor 37, Lindsay 16, Hill 11, Minter 10)

Sunningdale 49 (Hall 6-9, Simpson 4-14) Won by 61 runs

St. George’s 114 for 7 declared (Hill 44 not out, Jackson 25, Birch

Reyiiardson 15)

Scaitcliffe 31 (Hall 6-10, Simpson 3-12) Won by 83 runs

Scratch St. George’s XI 77 for 3 declared (Tudor 37 not out, Jackson 23)

Eton Choir 76 for 4 Drawn

UNDER ELEVEN XI

St. George’s 10

Lambrook 45 (Gubbins 4-5) Lost by 1 wickets

Heatherdown 61 for 6 declared

St. George’s 58 (Gubbins 16) Lost by 3 runs

UNDER TEN XI

Heatherdown 66 (Owen 6-18) *

St. George’s 21 Lost by 45 runs

Sunningdale 74 for 7 declared

St. George’s 17 for 8 Drawn

St. George’s 46 (Harland 11)

Woodcote House 44 (?) (McClintock 6-9)

The result of this game must remain a matter for speculation. On the field Woodcote

appeared to win by 1 wicket; a later examination of the score book appeared to

reverse the decision.

SWIMMING 1968

The maximum recorded temperature of the swimming pool was 71°F. on Monday,

July 1st.

At the beginning of term there were 28 boys who had all passed their swimming test.

Eighteen boys passed during the term. Of those remaining, all but two swim

confidently in the shallow end.

Two swimming matches were held this year. Colours were awarded to Halford, J.,

Captain of Swimming, and Ellis.

The School Swimming Sports were held on Tuesday, July 16th. The weather was cool

although we had a little sun towards the end. Seventy-two boys took part in the Set

Relay. New records were set in the 8 lengths freestyle and the Junior 3 lengths medley

by Holford, J., and Love, respectively.

Last year’s successful Swimming Gala was repeated on Wednesday, July 17th.

Although it was a chilly day the competition brought much pleasure.

RESULTS

INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING

School v. Sunningdale (Home)

1, St. George’s, 74½ points; 2 Sunningdale, 43½ points.

School v. Woodcote House (Home)

1, St. George’s, 54½ points; 2 Woodcote House, 41½ points.

SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS Winners

Open Events: Holford, J.; Campbell; Ross.

Senior Events: Holford, J.; Trollope; Ellis.

Junior Events: Love; Brownless; Lindsay.

Beginners’ Race: Mitchell.

Set Relay: Rodney.

Final Points: 1, Rodney, 44 points; 2, Revenge, 22 points; 3, Victory, 18 points.

Set Cup: Rodney.

Senior Aggregate Cup: Holford, J.

Junior Aggregate Cup: Lane.

Dill-Russell Cup: Ellis.

SWIMMING GALA

1, Victory,27½ points; 2, Rodney, 22 points; 3, Revenge, 18½ points.

SPORTS

The sports were held this year on June 26th. We were extremely lucky in that until the

Sports were over the rain, which had interfered with practice, held off. No sooner had

the prizes been given away than the day turned into a wet and cheerless one. We are

very grateful to Mrs. Ellis who kindly gave away the prizes.

SPORTS RESULTS 1968

440 Yards: Senior: 1. Holman 2. Trollope 3. Ellis

Junior: 1. Lindsay 2. Jackson 3. Birch Reynardson

Under Ten: 1. Harland 2. West, P. 3. Price, A.

Cricket Ball: Senior: 1. Ellis 2. Trollope 3. Chance (dist: 200ft)

Junior: 1. Jackson 2. Birch 3. Hill (dist: 160ft.)

Reynardson

High Jump: Senior: 1. Grier 2. West, E. 3. Simpson & Hadow

Junior: 1. Lindsay 2. Birch 3. Ottley

Reynardson (height 3ft 9in)

(height 4ft 1in)

Long Jump: Senior: 1. Burrows 2. Trollope 3. Cole, C.

(distance 13ft 2in)

Junior: 1. Lindsay 2. Brownless 3. Harland

(distance lift 2in)

100 Yards: Senior: 1. Holman 2. Trollope 3. Ellis

Junior: 1. Lindsay 2. Jackson 3. Ottley

Under Ten: 1. Harland 2. Price, A. 3. Dufour, P., & Neal

220 Yards: Senior: 1. Holman 2. Trollope 3. Bailey

Junior: 1. Lindsay 2. Jackson 3. Birch Reynardson

Under Ten: 1. Harland 2. Price, A. 3. Whitehouso

Handicap Race: Senior: 1. Halford, J. 2. Cole, C. 3. Hamilton

Junior: 1. Francis 2. Edwards 3. Nisbet

Under Tens 1. Slim 2. Gardner 3. Bruce

Consolation Race: 1. Kelway- 2. Lane 3. Goodden Bamber

Relay Race: Open: 1. Rodney 2. Vindictive 3. Victory

Junior: 1. Victory 2. Revenge 3. Rodney

Father’s Race: 1. Mr. Morgan

Children’s Race: Under 7: 1. Jane Stuart-Smith

7-9: 1. Cherry Ann Aitken

9-12: 1. Martine Purssell

Three-legged Race: 1. Ellis and Trollope

Senior Aggregate Cup: Trollope

Junior Aggregate Cup: Lindsay

Under Ten Aggregate Cup: Harland

Set Challenge Cup: Revenge

SCHOOL CONCERT

Having attended several St. George’s concerts over the past years I knew that music

was coming to the boil and that this term’s concert was likely to be something quite

outstanding. My high hopes were in no way disappointed and all concerned are to be

congratulated on a very remarkable performance.

Proceedings were really dominated by Grier who is obviously quite out of the

ordinary range of boy musicians. Not only did he conduct the orchestra, but he took

his fair share of accompanying as well as playing the piano by himself and with Mr.

Judd. All these things he did extremely well and more is going to be heard of him in

years to come. His piano playing showed a rare maturity and it was a great pleasure to

listen to. A rather younger pianist A. R. Ollivant gave promise of very good things to

come. His playing of Bagatelle in D by Beethoven was extraordinarily sensitive.

We were treated to a wide range of instrumental music and St. George’s seems lucky

to have had at least one excellent performer on a range of instruments. D. B. Newland

played the cello extremely well and held his audience rapt. J. H. Stuart-Smith played

the horn most effectively although his piece was perhaps over-long and a shade

monotonous. J. R. Trollope is to be congratulated on his playing of the clarinet while

both Chance and Fovargue seem to be more than usually promising flautists. It must

be a long time since we had an oboe solo at a St. George’s concert. There are those

who may not relish it as a solo instrument but Burrows made a very good job indeed

of his piece. The orchestra, still alas without violins, was perhaps not at its best on this

occasion and it would probably have been better had they played something with a bit

more rhythm.

The two groups of supers who sang to us seemed perhaps rather second-rate after the

high standard of the soloists. Here again one felt that their choice of songs was not of

the happiest, the Britten being clearly beyond them and it was obvious that a number

of them had forgotten their words.

All in all, it was a splendid evening and the highlights are unlikely to be forgotten for

a long time by those privileged to be present.

A.O.C.

Programme

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

A FANCY Roger Judd

The Orchestra

L’ELEPHANT Saint-Saens

Cello :N. P. D. Davies

BAGATELLE IN D Beethoven

Piano: A. R. Ollivant

BURLESQUE Howard Ferguson

Clarinet: J. R. Trollope

Bingo trad: Somerset Air

The Junior Supers

ALLEGRO Loeillet

Oboe: P. A. Burrows

Duo Handel

Flute: M. E. F. Chance; R. H. Fovargue

MORCEAN DE CONCERT Saint-Saens

Horn: J. H. Stuart-Smith

SICILIANA AND GIGA Handel

Flutes: M. E. F. Chance

THERE WAS A MAN OF NEWINGTON Benjamin Britten

OLIVER CROMWELL

The Senior Supers

To A WILD ROSE Edward MacDowell

Clarinet: H. G. O. Simpson

GAVOTTE Beethoven

Piano Duet: R. H. Fovargue; A. R. Ollivant

ARIOSO J. S. Bach

Cello: D. B. Newland

ANDANTE AND RONDO CAPRICCIOSO Mendelssohn

Piano: F. J. R. Grier

EN BATTEAU

BALLET from Petite Suite Debussy

Piano duet: F. J. R. Grier; R. L. Judd

OBITUARY

We record, with regret, the death of N. F. Demuth who was a chorister here from 1906-

1913. When he left here Demuth went to Repton and later to the Royal College of

Music, of which he became a Fellow, and where his teachers were Thomas Dunhill and

Sir Walter Parratt. He joined the Army in 1915 but was invalided out in the following

year and for many years was a church organist.

He is best remembered as a composer and his lectures and compositions were frequently

broadcast. In 1925 the L.S.O. under Sir Adrian Boult gave the first performance of a

major work by Demuth. This was his Seley Rhapsody. His operas include Volpone and

The Oresteia. He also wrote Ballet and Film music and published a number of books on

composers.

His son, to whom we extend our sympathy, was here in the 1930s and is now living in

Australia.

OLD BOYS’ NEWS

SOAMES SUMMERHAYES is at the Portsmouth College of Technology where

he has done very well in his first year’s Biology Course.

JAMES FANSHAWE is in the Winchester 2nd boat and also rowed for their

Colt’s boat at Pangbourne. His elder brother DAVID is at the Royal College of Music

and is very busy composing.

ROBERT WATSON went with the Haileybury A.T.C. to Malta during the

holidays.

ALLAN LEDGER has given up commerce and is going to become a school-

master.

We are sorry to say that GERALD EDWARDS has been seriously ill in England

during the summer. However, he has made a good recovery and is paying a round of

visits in this country.

We congratulate W. R. C. PASTEUR on his marriage to Miss Elaine Pearson.

His present address is Kingsland, King River, By Albany, Western Australia 6330.

SHEFFIELD EXHAM has left Repton and is teaching in a Preparatory School.

He hopes to go to Bristol University in the autumn.

ROBERT GORDON writes enthusiastically from Rannock where he finds life

much to his liking.

JOHN EVERSHED, who is working at the Admiralty, is now living at 9,

Wingate Road, London W.6.

TIM NORTHEY won a place on the Islington Borough Council at the Local

Elections earlier in the summer.

JOHN MOORE-BRIDGER has been appointed Director of Music at Brentwood

School.

ANDREW RISSIK writes enthusiastically from Harrow. He much approves of

the amount of spare time he has there.

PETER WALLIS and his wife have gone to live in America where he hopes to

work for a computer firm.

RORY BOYLE has been accepted by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music.

KIT BULLER has been doing a teachers’ training course at Bognor, and he now

teaches in a state school.

JONATHAN HOLMES got a 1st in History at Cambridge.

We have collected the following information about Old Boys at Eton:

ANTHONY PERCIVAL stroked the Eton boat for the 3rd year. He has been

Head of his House and has got a Scholarship to Kent School in the United States.

DAVID BOLTON rowed in the Eton boat.

GILES CHANCE is Head of his House.

JAMES OLLIVANT has won a bewildering number of sculling and pulling races

and has been given his lower boats.

GEORGE RAMSDEN has also got his boats.

JONATHAN LEIGH has been playing cricket for Upper Sixpenny.

PATRICK WILKES played trombone solo at the Eton Concert.

RORY BOYLE played one of his own compositions at the Eton Concert and

conducted a group of wind players who played another. There were seven old Boys in

the Eton orchestra.

JONATHAN ELLISON has been playing cricket for Middle Club. Provided his

A Levels have gone as he hopes he has been promised a Naval Scholarship.

JONATHAN ANDERSON has been swimming for the school.

STEPHEN LACEY is a member of the Radley Cricket XI. Considering the fact

that he is only 15, and has already got his 1st XV colours and large numbers of O levels,

he seems to be having a remark-ably successful career.

We congratulate R. I. S. McGuigan on his marriage to Miss Rosemary Chaytor

in the Chapel of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

ALAN MORLEY-FLETCHER was spare man for the 1st and 3rd boat at Henley.

At the end of his first year, he got a 2-1,

ROBERT MARSDEN rowed for the Eton Vikings boat at Henley.

E. A. S. M. BECKWITH has retired from the Headmastership of the Haileybury

and I. S. C. Junior School, which St. George’s still calls the Manor.

We congratulate B. J. C. S. Clark on his marriage, which took place on the same

day as Rupert McGuigan’s.

R. W. B. Davies who works for Vick International is now living in Paris.

JAMES FITZHARRIS has finished successfully at St. Andrew’s University and

is now going to study Estate Management.

N. J. K. Hare has been appointed Director of Music at Cheltenham Junior School.

TIMOTHY HOLBECH is at Sandhurst and hopes to go into the Grenadiers.

We congratulate JOHN LAGER on his marriage, which took place on the day of

the Old Boys’ match.

T. J. NEWSAM has been playing for Clifton for his second season.

THE REVEREND JOHN NOURSE has been appointed Precentor at Canterbury

Cathedral.

A. G. SCOTT-PLUMMER is now a solicitor and works for McFarlanes.

ROBERT ELLIS has been working for Rolls Royce for a year before going to

University.

The following members of the Old Boys’ Club have visited the school during the course

of the term:

J. M. Anderson, W. F. K. Ashworth, P. W. Atkinson, D. N. Bain, R. P. Barker-Harland,

The Reverend T. J. Bavin, E. A. S. M. Beck-with, H. M. H.-C. Borgnis, J. R. B.

Bowditch, M. E. Bowditch, P. C. Bowsher, R. D. A. Boyle, E. M. Brooke, R. P. Brooke,

P. H. C. Cavanaugh, G. W. M. Chance, Cdr. P. C. H. Clissold, A. Craxton, Brigadier J.

P. Crowe, Dr. L. L. Bakers, A. B. Davies, P. J. M. Davies, R. W. B. Davies, A. B. D.

D’janoeff, J. M. Ellison, R. E. Ellison, J. Evershed, S. C. Exham, D. A. Fanshawe, J. R.

Fanshawe, The Viscount Fitzharris, R. D. Galpin, B. E. T. Gubbins, N. M. S. Gubbins,

Major J. M. Halford, P. R. Halsey, The Reverend C. H. Hare, Cdr. P. A. C. Harland,

Major H. M. C. Havergal, R. P. C. Hazell, T. H. Holbech, V. H. P. House, W. J. P.

Jackson, G. A. Kidner, S. H. Lacey, A. P. Ledger, J. Leigh, A. P. D. Lodge, C. D.

McCallum, C. C. McWilliam, S. J. C. Mills, J. A. Moore-Bridger, B.St.J. Newton, T. J.

A. Northey, The Reverend J. Nourse, J. S. Ollivant, R. W. J. Parry, R. C. Petersen, J. G.

Price, G. E. Ramsden, A. D. Rissik, A. D. Rowe, A. H. Sampson, A. G. Shillingford,

N. A. A. Spicer, C. P. A. Stericker, R. M. D. Thomson, P. J. LI. Wallis, R. L. Watson,

L. Mc.L. Watson, R. D. Whitby, P. W. V. Wilkes, C. H. A. Williams, G. P. Williams,

J. D. Williams, Doctor F. P. Willis.

25 Years Ago

Those of you who read the Editorial of the School Magazine of 1989–1990 will

remember that it bemoaned the “dearth of contributors to the magazine, particularly

from members of staff, despite several impassioned pleas from the editor who feels,

now, more like an author. So now, a general plea to all subscribers: if you are proud of

your work, on whichever side of the teacher’s desk it may be, please write and tell us

about it.”

Last year I left the above paragraph in the Chronicle for the second year. This year

will be its third appearance…. It is possible that somebody has read the plea from a

previous editor other than that editor himself, but nobody else has responded! Does

anyone possess magazines for any of the years between 1990 and 1996? The gap in

the archives may well be explained by the bumpy period that followed George Hill’s

retirement but surely there was a Magazine that covered 1991-92? If anyone can

provide a copy of missing editions we will happily publish a bumper issue of 25 years

ago in future editions of the Chronicle.

2018

To fill the gap, we will again attempt to bring the readership up to date with events in

the school this academic year. Those of you who received the invitation to this

Summer’s reunion will have noticed the word “Interim” before the Head Master’s

invitation. Following five years at the helm, it was announced at Christmas that Chris

McDade would be leaving St George’s in the Lent term. He and Louise have been

good friends to the Association over the past five years and I am sure that all members

will want to thank them for their warmth and generous hospitality, and wish them well

with future ventures. Until his successor arrives in January 2019, we are extremely

fortunate to be able to welcome Roger Jones LVO and Sue back to St George’s. Roger

and Sue will need little introduction in this Roger’s third innings at St George’s.

Michaelmas Term 2017

Year 3 Ancient Egyptian Day

I came to school dressed up as a pharaoh. I wore a

pharaoh hat with a cobra on top. In the Victoria there

were lots of tables around us and some of our friends’

mums and dads were on the table dressed up. Every

table was an activity.

My favourite activity was

the soap carving where

you could carve an

animal. My next favourite

was making mummies.

You got a peg and

wrapped some bandages

around it then you put

mixed spices on the bandages.

After lunch we had a banquet. There were bread sticks,

grapes, slices of apple and water to eat and drink. Next

we watched two plays. One play was about Osiris and

his brother Seth cutting Osiris into 14 pieces!

A Doctor comes to call

As part of our Science topic, The

Human Body, Year 4 have been

learning all about the human skeleton,

muscles and organs. Dr Nieland came

in with her 'box of tricks' to quiz us on

the scientific names for the skeleton

and teach us new ones such as the

anvil, stirrup and hammer. She also

told us about the muscles in our body and we learned that the gluteus maximus is the

biggest muscle - do you know where it is? The Year 4s really enjoyed the hands on

experience taking each other’s blood pressure and listening to the heart with a

stethoscope.

The Victorian Schoolroom

We went to the Victorian schoolroom.

The boys had to wear waistcoats and the

girls wore dresses. While the boys did

technical drawings, the girls went off

and did sewing. We went around the

museum in groups and marked off

objects on our worksheet. Finally, we

went to the shop and spent our £5 on

something from the Victorian era.

James H, Year 4

The Masai Come to Windsor!

There was a buzz of excitement in the usually quiet corridors of St George’s School

last Monday. There were special visitors to assembly – a group of Masai warriors. It

was incredible that they could kill a lion with just one spear. All of them wore tonnes

of jewellery, even the men. Mr McDade was asked to join in their jumping dance. I

haven’t spoken to him since because he is still recovering. Asees D, Year 5

Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium

Year 6 went on a science trip to

Winchester. In the Planetarium we

explored the planets Earth, Mars and

Uranus, and saw some mini galaxies and

a black hole. After lunch we had a

competition to see who could build the

tallest tower out of kinetics. Seven

groups were in a room building the base

and seven other groups were outside

building the top half of the building. We

weren’t allowed to talk to our matching

group inside and if we did then a man

named Bill would come and destroy our tower, which really got on our nerves. It was

an educational and fun day. Marni P, Year 6

Study Skills Workshop

This term, Years 7 & 8 had an Elevate Education session with a recently graduated

student named Jaya. He was very funny and could really relate to problems that we

might have had with memorising and revision. The session was very helpful and

everyone could definitely say that they enjoyed it. The only negative thing was that it

could have been a bit longer! The skills we have been taught will be useful in future

studies. Lisa D and Maria H

Michaelmas Term Sports Report

We expect a lot from our pupils on the

sports field and once again, they have

not disappointed. Their enthusiasm is a

key reason why we have been able to

play in no fewer than 165 football

matches, 10 football tournaments, 40

hockey matches, 35 netball matches, 2

netball tournaments, several

swimming galas, a golf competition

and numerous House events all in the

space of 12 weeks!

Early in the term, our girls played outstandingly well to win the Marist U10 netball

tournament. The 1st XI football team were unbeaten in their 12 Wednesday matches

and won the St Neot’s and the Bishopsgate tournaments. In October, St George’s

hosted its biggest tournament to date, attended by 23 U10 teams (over 200 players!)

from local prep schools. Our team of Year 5s emerged as joint winners with Royal

Russell School.

Every pupil in Years 3 – 8 has taken

part in a House event. A record

number of pupils took part in our

swimming gala at Eton, where

Revenge claimed the overall trophy.

Victory captured House football for

2017 and Revenge were victorious in

House netball.

We continue to evaluate our

curriculum and introduced table tennis

this term. The hockey programme has

continued to grow with girls playing

regular fixtures to improve their key

skills. The boys will have a short

block of hockey in March and the girls

will play more lacrosse. The hugely

popular Evolution Triathlon Club has

been teaching our junior triathletes to

swim, cycle and run.

We work hard to provide

opportunities for our pupils to play

competitively, be part of a team,

embrace a variety of sports and learn the benefits of a life enriched by physical

activity. I would like to take this opportunity to thank parents for their support and

motivation, come rain or sunshine, without whom our busy programme would not be

possible.

Henry Mitchell, Director of Sport

Lent Term 2018 The Interim Head Master writes:

What a very special school this is! I am delighted to be back at St George’s after a gap

of six years, and it has been a real privilege and thrill to return as the Interim Head.

Although it was a little strange at first, and some things have certainly changed in

recent times, but one thing which is exactly as I remembered it is the warm, friendly

atmosphere which is tangible throughout the school. Thank you all so much for the

wonderful welcome Sue and I have received – your warmth and friendliness, and your

obvious enthusiasm for the school has meant a great deal to both of us.

Assemblies in the Lent term featured one of our

parents, Mr Jon Collacott, who spoke

about his job as a BA pilot, another

with Madeleine Davies, the Deputy

Editor of The Church Times, who

told us about her meetings with

refugee children in some of the

world’s most dangerous war zones,

and a presentation about Sikhism by

representatives from the Sikh Temple

in Slough.

As for trips, Reception

had a super visit to the

Butterfly House at RHS

Wisley, Year 2 went to

the Winchester Science

Centre and our Year

8’s had a Geography

Field Trip to the

Olympic Park, where

their investigations

focused on planning a

sustainable community.

Musical Matters

Wherever you are in St George’s it

is rare not to hear wonderful music

drifting down the corridors from

choir rehearsals or instrumental

lessons and practices! The

Choristers have been in fine form

since returning after Christmas,

singing some splendid anthems in

the Chapel, and our Chamber Choir

sang beautifully at the recent

Chapel Assembly.

Four young men in Year 8 have

auditioned recently for Music Scholarships to Eton, Marlborough, Rugby and Stowe,

and in the Associated Board music exams 70% of our pupils won merits or

distinctions – well done to all involved!

Trips and Visits

A French theatre company came in to school recently and gave a memorable

performance of “Le Chateau” for our Year 5 and 6 pupils, which was hugely

entertaining, and it was great to see some of the audience being actively involved.

Brian Moses, the renowned children’s performance poet and writer, gave a vibrant and

inspirational assembly, followed by two workshops and a book signing.

Academic Successes

Two teams of pupils spanning Years 3 to

6 recently took part in a National General

Knowledge Quiz – we were in a south-

east section consisting of 12 prep schools,

and our children gave a really good

account of themselves! The questions

were tough and wide-ranging, and the

concentration and teamwork were most

impressive. Out of the 12 competing

teams our B Team came third and our A

Team was placed fourth – well done to all the boys and girls involved!

The Oratory School, Reading recently hosted a Key Stage 2 Maths Competition, and

four of our Year 6 pupils worked well together to produce a commendable result,

being placed fifth out of the nine schools competing.

Titanic Day

It is always a pleasure to visit classrooms in the Lower

School, and in Years 4 and 5, because the joy of

discovery and learning is palpable – the children are

being supported and challenged, and there is a huge

and obvious sense of fun and achievement. The recent

Year 5 “Titanic Day” was an example of the “wow

factor” within our curriculum – a whole day to

investigate the history, the science and the social

impact of such a momentous event was prep school

education at its very best! After half-term we have the

whole school Theme Day on the Environment to look

forward to – I can’t wait!

Sporting Successes

It’s been a really busy few weeks on the sporting front! In Rugby, all our boys

between Years 3 and 8 have played in several fixtures, with the Under 8 Reds, the

Under 10 A’s, Under 11 A’s and 2nd XII all unbeaten. Likewise in Netball, all the

girls have represented their school in competitive

matches, with the Under 10 A’s on something of a

winning streak, having been beaten only once

since last November!

St George’s pupils have proved really hard to beat

in Cross Country. Our Under 11 and Under 13

teams of boys and girls recently ran in the

Sunningdale School Prep Schools Meeting – out

of the 8 schools taking part, we were placed first

in both age groups. Congratulations must go to

our pupils who ran in the Berkshire Schools

Championships, where there were over 100

competitors running in every age-group. Thomas

M was a very respectable 14th, with Bligh H

coming 23rd. Freya W won a brilliant bronze medal for coming 3rd, while Lottie D

won bronze running against girls a full two years older. Lottie then progressed to the

South East Schools Championships where she finished in second place – a fantastic

achievement! Later on in March Lottie has been selected to run for Berkshire in the

English Schools Championships to be held in Leeds, and we all wish her the very best

of luck!

It was great that 40 of our pupils

enjoyed a really good day out at

London Irish Rugby Club, getting

special coaching sessions from some of

the players, before being the Guard of

Honour at the Madjeski Stadium for

the London Irish Premiership fixture

against Wasps – some of them

apparently popped up in the highlights

programme on Channel 5!

Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting

St George’s School, Windsor Castle

Saturday 24th June 2017 at 4.15pm

MINUTES

The President, J Davies, was in the Chair; the Vice-President, Chris McDade, Hon. Treasurer, J.R.A

Ward, and Hon. Secretary, P.A. Roberts were in attendance and the following Members were recorded

as present:

Andrew Baines

Edward Bell

James Briscoe

John Briscoe

David Brook

Julian Chang

Mark Chichester-Clark

Paul Churchouse

Derek Cooke

Christian Daly

Joan Denny

Peter Denny

Chris Evans

Patrick Harland

Mark Harrison

John Harvey

Tim Holbech

Brian Hooker

Rowena Hotton

Richard Latham

Allan Ledger

Gill Ledsham

John Lubbock

Charlie MacKeith

Jeremy Martin

Allan McDowall

Iain Nisbet

Oliver O’Donovan

Bob Parvin

Mollie Perks

Mark Piper

Jason Presley

Thomas Rainbow

Isabelle Rayner

Max Ticehurst

Christopher Walkinshaw

Maggie Ward

John Williams

Peter Williams

In addition, the following members had been present earlier in the day or planned to attend Evensong

or the Barbecue later in the evening:

Dominic Bland

Jacob Fielker

Gillian Furnell

Emma Goble

George & Sue Hill

Andrew Hughes

Richard Hughes

Piers Kemp

1. Apologies for absence from the AGM had been received from:

Virginia Adams

Robert Aitken

Matthew Andrews

Jonathan Armitage

James Ashby

Cosima Barlow

Hebe Barlow

Lindsay Barlow

William Bordass

Julia Bourne

Rory Boyle

Ben Brownless

Tristram Burley

Charlotte Coates

Freddie Coates

Michael Coombe

Jonathan Davies

Martin Denny

Kelly Evans

Nicholas Evans

Oliver Evans

Henry Exham

Sheffield Exham

Robert Fovargue

Robin Gilkes

Rodney Gillington

Darcey Goble

Ana Graham Usabiaga

Inés Graham Usabiaga

Sophie Green

Richard Halsey

John Handcock

Jessie Hicks

Dominic Hughes

Cecil Irwin

Edward Jackson

Roger Judd

Maurice Kenwrick-Piercy

Robert Kidner

Roddy Lane

G. D. Leeds

Rupert Lunnon

Harry Mackenzie

Sean-Paul Mackenzie

A. P. Mayne

Rupert McGuigan

Andrew Mills

Sebastian Mills

Colin Nicholson

Justin Paines

Victoria Rayner

Anthony Raynes

T D Michael Rees

Skye Reid-Smith

Martin Sims

Simon Smith

William Spalding

Louise Squire

Michael Statham

P.A.F. Thomas

Robert Wall

Shelley Wall

James Wallace

Nicholas Waring

C.J.C . Whitehouse

Lewis Williams

2. Minutes

The minutes of the 2016 meeting were deemed to be an accurate record were proposed by Mant,

H and seconded by Evans, C and were then approved.

3. Matters arising There were no matters arising.

4. Accounts The Treasurer presented the Accounts for the Year ended 30th April 2017 and noted that the

Association was in good financial health. Subscriptions to the Association are now £6 per pupil

per term from Year 3 to Year 8 making up 18 terms upon leaving or the equivalent of a £108

life membership subscription. It was noted that the Robert Ward Bursary Fund stood at

£8755.57 and was providing assistance to pupils as intended. The accounts were presented to

the membership.

Christian Daly proposed the adoption of the accounts and Mark Piper seconded the motion; the

accounts were adopted nem. con..

5. President’s Business

The President thanked the many members who had attended the Reunion either for the cricket

or tea. He remarked that it continued to be the case that St George’s provided a warm welcome

to its former pupils and it was pleasing to see more, younger, faces present.

The President thanked the Head Master and Mrs McDade for hosting us and the kitchen staff

for providing a wonderful tea and our evening meal. James Ward was to be thanked for

managing to recruit an Association XI and Peter Roberts for recruiting a team from the current

pupils. It had been a wonderful match with two teams drawn equally from former and current

pupils and with St George’s coming out on top! He thanked the boys and parents of boys who

had given up their time to make the game possible. The President, on behalf of all Association

members, asked the Head Master to thank the Choristers for giving up one of their Saturdays

to sing full evensong.

The meeting was informed of the deaths of J Rory MacLeod, (1943-47), John Moore-Bridger

(1936–1941) and Neville Wridgway (Staff 1963–64; 1967-93). Those members of the

Association present and their guests stood in silent tribute to these men and those others of

whose deaths we are as yet unaware.

The President announced that the Association’s guests for dinner would be Gillian Furnell, a

member of the SEN Department teaching staff and The Reverend Franklin Lee, the school

Chaplain.

6. Election of Officers

The following elections to the committee were made and positions noted:

President Julian Davies

Proposed: Ed Bell, Seconded James Ward

to serve his fourth year of a maximum five

Hon. Secretary Peter Roberts was re-elected to serve a fifth year.

Proposed: Christopher Walkinshaw

Seconded: Julian Chang.

Hon. Treasurer James Ward was elected.

Proposed: Mark Piper, Seconded: Iain Nisbet.

Hon. Membership Secretary Brian Hooker was re-elected

Proposed: Hugh Mant, Seconded: John Harvey.

Ordinary members:

It was observed that the following members were still serving terms on the Committee

Dominic Bland (has served 2 years of his second term)

Jason Presley (has served 2 year of his first term)

Maggie Ward (has served 2 year of her second term)

Edward Bell (has served 1 year of his first term)

Piers Kemp (has served 1 year of his first term)

7. Head Master’s Business

The Head Master gave the following report:

President, members of the Association, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to have this

opportunity to present to you a brief summary of the current academic year.

Senior pupils’ achievements

Our final year pupils have achieved excellent results in their Common Entrance and Senior

school entrance exams this year. All pupils have gained places at their first choice of senior

school, which this year has included, amongst others, Ardingly, Bradfield, Eton, Hampton,

Leighton Park, Rugby, St Mary’s Ascot, Wellington, Winchester and the Windsor Boys’

School. Head Chorister Max Broad moves on to Rugby with a Music Scholarship, James

Radford moves on to Hampton with an Academic Scholarship and Senior Chorister Zach

Roberts moves on to Winchester with a Music Exhibition.

Following these exams, our Year 8 pupils have recently returned from a very successful and

exciting week of water sport activities on the Mediterranean and canoeing on the Ardeche in

France. Please do have a look at our website to see some of the pictures of the activities that

the pupils enjoyed.

Trips, Visits and team success

Pupils have enjoyed a very wide range of trips and visits this year, some being of an

educational nature and others being more to do with the development of character! These

have included a visit to the Natural History museum at Eton, the Winchester Science Centre, a

visit to the Dean’s archives and the Great Kitchen in Windsor Castle and a visit by our Year

8s to the Palace of Westminster. Our Year 6 pupils once again spent a week in France

developing their language skills and the Year 7 pupils started the academic year with a day of

leadership and teamwork challenges, which culminated with a return to school on the Thames

by canoe! (Dorney Lake to Windsor is further than you might imagine in a canoe!).

Many of our school teams, both boys and girls, have enjoyed considerable success this year in

regular weekly fixtures and in county, regional and National competitions. We were delighted

with our U11A boy’s football team, which included two choristers, who won the final of the

Independent School’s Football Association competition. This competition involved players

from over 80 schools throughout the UK. The boys were thrilled to receive a letter of

congratulations from the England football manager, Gareth Southgate.

Charity support

This year, pupils, staff and parents have raised over £10,000 for various charities including,

Macmillan, School in a Bag, Comic Relief, The British Heart Foundation and the Royal

British Legion Poppy appeal.

Choristers

I am pleased to report that the Chorister for a Day event again successfully raised the profile

of choristership opportunities at Windsor and we look forward to welcoming three new

choristers in September.

The full Chapel Choir enjoyed a very successful tour to Haarlem in the Netherlands in May,

performing a recital and singing Mass in St Bavo’s Cathedral.

Facilities and other developments

Further to my report at last year’s Association day where I mentioned our intention to replace

the pavilion on the Home Park, I am delighted to inform members that we have now received

full approval from Her Majesty and other key decision makers to construct a new pavilion on

the Home Park. The work on this new build will begin in late July and we hope to have the

work completed by early November. The Architect’s outline plans and drawings are available

to view in the Marquee.

The new music technology and Recording facilities are now in full use by both pupils and

staff and we look forward to the official opening of the studio by Sir Elton John early next

term.

8. Election of Members and Honorary Members

The following Members and were elected:

Clare Emmerson Smith (Computing Teacher and Head of Rodney)

Gillian Furnell (SEN Department)

Georgina Kenworthy-Brown (SEN & Maths Departments)

Mary Sandall (Office and PR)

Kevin Wills (Deputy Head Master)

Caroline Woodrow (English)

9. AOB

(i) David Brook asked whether it would be possible for the names of former Organists

and Masters of the Choristers to be recorded on the side of the organ casing. The

Head Master undertook to investigate.

(ii) Research was being undertaken into the name of a former pupil thought to be missing

from the Memorial Window above the North Aisle door of Chapel. Should the

position be clarified the Head Master asked whether the Association might be

prepared to fund the window’s amendment. Motion to this effect proposed by Peter

Roberts and Seconded by Christopher Walkinshaw. Passed nem. con..

(iii) The School’s end of term Carol Service would take place on 14th December 2017 and

would be followed by drinks for former pupils either in the Dungeon or in Vicar’s Hall.

The Head Master encouraged those present to attend.

There being no further business, the meeting was closed by the President and those present

climbed the steps to Evensong or availed themselves of the school minibus service.

Rules of the Association

I. Title

The club shall be known as ‘The St. George’s School, Windsor Castle, Association’.

II. Objects

The objects shall be to encourage Members to keep in touch with each other and with

the School. Members shall also be encouraged to give their support to the School, its

Choral Traditions, and the Headmaster wherever they can do so.

III. Membership

All who have been pupils at St. George’s School, who have paid membership fees

whilst at the School, shall be deemed to be Life Members of the Association. Members

of the teaching and auxiliary staff may be elected Members of the Association; and

others, not educated at the School, who have supported the objects of the Association

to a marked degree, may be elected Honorary Members by resolution to be passed at an

Annual General Meeting.

IV. Officers

The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Honorary

Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Membership Secretary and Honorary

Archivist. Terms of office shall be as follows:

(a). President

The President shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting to serve a term of up

to five years in office and a further two years as a Committee member following

this term. He or She may not be considered for re-election as President until at least

three years after the conclusion of their term in office.

(b). Vice-President

The Vice-President shall be the Headmaster of St. George’s School for the time

being, who shall be ex officio the only Vice-President of the Association.

(c). Hon. Secretary

The Hon. Secretary shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, and must be re-

elected annually, until the said Hon. Secretary relinquishes the post.

(d). Hon. Treasurer

The Hon. Treasurer shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, and must be

re-elected annually, until the said Hon. Treasurer relinquishes the post.

(e). Hon. Membership Secretary

The Hon. Membership Secretary shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting,

and must be re-elected annually, until the said Hon. Membership Secretary

relinquishes the post.

(f). Hon. Archivist

The Hon. Archivist shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, and must be re-

elected annually, until the said Hon. Archivist relinquishes the post.

V. Management

The Association shall be managed by a committee comprising the Officers of the

Association and up to five Ordinary Members, at the discretion of the Committee.

Ordinary Members shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting for a period of three

years.

VI. Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting shall be held at St. George’s School on such day during

the Summer Term as may be fixed by the Committee, or at such other time and place

as the Committee may decide, at which the Hon. Secretary shall present an annual

report, and the Hon. Treasurer a duly audited statement of accounts. The Officers and

Committee of the Association for the ensuing year shall be elected at this meeting in

accordance with Rules IV and V. Other general meetings may be called at any time by

the Committee.

VII. Quorum

Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

VIII. Subscription

Such life subscription shall be paid by every Member as shall be determined in

Committee and passed at a General Meeting of the Association.

These rules were last amended and ratified at the Annual General Meeting of the Association held at

St. George’s School, Windsor Castle, on Saturday June 27th 2016.

Association Items for Sale

The following items are available for purchase.

Association tie – silk £ 15.00

Association Centenary tie – silk £ 15.00

Association favours for ladies (bows) – silk £ 10.00

Association favours for ladies (scarf) – silk £ 10.00

CD Holy is the True Light specially recorded for

the Association Centenary £ 11.00

Choirs and Cloisters by Freddie Hodgson £ 10.00

CD A Celebration for Freddie Hodgson £ 7.00

Headmaster – Reflections on life at St George’s School

between 1971 and 1983, by Richard Russell £ 1.25

The four-part history of St George’s School as related

in School Magazines and archives,

edited by Richard Russell C.V.O.

Each part can be bought separately:

1. Carven Arches (up to 1930) £ 6.20

2. Soaring Vault (1930 to 1950) £ 6.20

3. Storied Banner (1950-1980) £ 6.20

4. In High Remembrance (a little different £ 6.20

from the first three volumes)

All 4 above books as a set £ 24.00

To all orders please ADD postage & packing per package of £2.00

Please provide your full postal address and contact details when placing your order.

Orders for the above items should be accompanied by a cheque made out to

St George’s School Association and sent either to:

The Assistant Bursar, Brian Hooker, St George’s School, Windsor Castle, Windsor,

Berkshire SL4 1QF

or by email using the subject line “StGA Order” to either:

brian.hooker@stgwindsor.org or to association@stgwindsor.org

Association website

The Association now has its web presence as part of the School website:

Either go through the main school site www.stgwindsor.org and follow the link to the

Association.

Notes