The Vigornian December 1965

THE VIGORNIAN

December,

THE VIGORNIAN

VOL. I No. 5

KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER

Headmaster: D. M. Annett, M.A. ;;.:".

Second Master: H. Ferrar, M.A. "'

A. D.:Franklin, M.A.

N. E.Dilks,' " ',: :.

H. A.·Natan

S. R. Sheppard, B.A., T.D.

D. B.J. McTurk, M.A., T.D.

L. M. Bailey, B.A. (Careers)

J. M.C., M.A.

F. R.Logan, B.Sc •.

R. D ... Knight, M.A.

P. G. ·L. CurIe, M.A.

R. (Music)

K. P. 'Barnett, M.A.

F. S. Sutcliffe, M.A.

A. H. Mdridge, M.A.

M. Shayer, B.A.

J. R. (P.E.)

T. L.:.Vivian, A.T.D. (Art)

D. Ariderton, M.A. ;.'.

A. L. 'Stacey, M.A.

Preparatory Department : W. Thomas, M.A. '

P. J. Ward Mrs W. Thomas, N.F.F.

D. E.'N. B. Jones, B.A. Miss E. Taylbr, '. . Bursar: Group Capt. T. A. F. EIsdon,O.B.E., D.F.C.

MedicalOfficer: Dr. J. M. " .',

Caterer: Mrs N. Robson;'" ; ','

Headmaster's Secretary: MissJ.'W.Roy

SCHOOL MONITORS, 1964/65'

Head of the School: R. W. Baylis (19643)

P. W. Baker (19651 and 19652)

Second Monitor: A. A. King

School Monitors :

L. R. Bagg

W. S. D. Burke

A. V. C. du Sautoy

C. J. P. Haynes

D. R. Hooper

V.,A. Nicholls

R. G. Payne

I. D. Rhodes

R. W. Baylis

G. H. Darwall

W. A. Smyth

HONORES

L.G. Roland-Adams

J. M. Ryder

S. J. Scott

M. L. Smith , M. J.

R. W. Thurlow.

R. E. Wetson

N. P. Wilson

SCHOLAE

Open Scholarship in Mathematics, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Open Exhibition in Mathematics, St John's College, Cambridge.

Open Exhibition in History, St John's College, Oxford.

SCHOOL NOTES

WE CONGRATULATE the winners of Scholarships and Exhibitions whose names appear on a previous page, and also C. J. P. Haynes on the award of a R.A.F. University Cadetship. W. S.· D. Burke and A. A. IGng entered Sandhurst in September, andG. J. Goodman has -gone t9 Cranwell.

Congratulations are also due to anumber of O.Vs. who'distinguished themselves in their University Examinations; in particular to R. Houlbrooke and N. R. Havely (Oxford) and G. Shaw (Sussex) who gained Firsts in their Finals, and to N. Boyle, D. andG. H. Harper who did the same in Part I of their Triposes at Cambridge. On the strength of this Manns was awarded an Exhibition by Trinity, and Harper's Exhibition at Magdalene was increased to a Scholarship. We also congratulate M. K. Pye (St John's, Oxford) on winning the H. W. C. Davis Prize for History, and A. J. Culyer on his appointment as a Tutor in Economics at Exeter University.

The School year has been overshadowed by the sudden death of Mr D. B. J. McTurk on 13th May, 1965 ; further reference to this is made on later pages.

Mr P. J. Ward and Mr D. E. N. B. Jones left the staff at Easter, and Mr J. E. Shepherd in July. We welcome the following, who joined the staff in September, 1965 :-Mr G. B. Brown (Modem Languages), Mr K. R. Burnett (Geography), Mr D. E. Hargreaves (Physics), Mr I. G. L. St John (P.E. and General Subjects), and Mr A.E. Tibbs (Junior School).

Mr S. R. Sheppard retired from t4e Housemastership' of Castle House in July, 1965, and has been succeeded by Mr M. J. Points. At the same time he handed over to Major L. M. Bailey the command .",, , of the C.C.F., which he had held for no less than 20 years.

Mr H. W. Bramma has succeeded Mr R. H. West as Director of Music. Both Mr Sheppard and Mr West continue on the staff; the former is now living at Clifton-on-Teme. .'

We congratulate Mr and Mrs R. J. Hazeldine and Mr and Mrs D. R. Leonard on the birth of sons, and Mr and Mrs T. D. R. Hickson on the birth of a daughter. _

Mr H. A. Natan has been elected a member of the P.E.N. Club. His latest book "Britain Today" was favourably reviewed in the Times Literary and Educational Supplements.

The following awards were made as a result of the Scholarship Examination held in May, 1965 :King's Scholarships:

S. J. Fuller, The Beacon School, Chesham Bois, Bucks.

E. T. F. Fumeaux, Montpelier School, Paignton, Devon.

P.D. Scandrett, King's School, Worcester.

J. D. T. Wall, Priar's School, Ashford, Kent.

S. Webb, King's School, Worcester.

Honorary Scholarships:·

C. A. Free, King's Sc:hool, Worcester..

T. N. Gazard, King's School,W'orce!)ter.

C.J. Ross,Kfug's School, Worcester.

Speech Day took place on Friday, June 4th. The Gue!)t of HonoUr was Professor B.E. Rich, Master ofSt Catharine's College, Cambridge ; the Preacher at the Cathedral Service in the morning was the Bishop of Birminghan1.

The 'School lost a good friend through the retirement 'of Bishop Stuart from his Canonry in July, 1965. The Dean and Chapter decided to take this opportunity to remodel 12 College Green so as to form two houses. This has meant that the back of the house could no longer be used as an annexe to Castle House, and it was therefore necessary. to undertake considerable alterations.· to Castle House in the suriuner holidays. A new block of four studies has·been built, and the,mterior of the old house has been rearranged so as to provide accommodation for six extra boys, and more compact quarters for the Housemaster . at1d his family.

In September, 1965, work started on the extension to the Pavilion sponsored by' the O.V. Cricket Club. Owing to great difficulties over p,lumbing, which will entail the installation of a pump and a long con.. nection to the main sewer, it has been necessary to divide the work into two phases. The alterations and additions to the building, comprising a tea-room, kitchen, O.V. store-room, shower rooms and lavatories, will be carried out during the winter with temporary plumbing arrangements, and the full scheme will be' completed as ,soon as funds permit.

.' . During the past year negotiations have been proceeding for the long lease of a disused chapel in ' the heart of the Black Mountains. 11: is intended that the building-to be known as Capel-should'serve as a for. various outdoor activities. Though much remains to be done in the provision of basic' furiliture and equipment, Capel has already been used as the H.Q. of the Senior Scout Camp and for some C.C.F.

We are grateful to those many parents who have helped with gifts of various kinds.

Money continues to come in slowly but steadily for the Development Campaign, thanks largely to the enthusiastic and generous support of parents who, with the assistance of the Secretary, Mrs Kinnersley, organise a wide range of social functions in aid. of the fund and have raised over £2;500 during the past three years. The School owes them much gratitude for their efforts. The total now stands at over £65,700; needless to say, contributions will still be most welcome to enable us to payoff our debt and embark on the remaining items of the building programme. D.M.A.

DANIEL BOWER JAMES McTURK

Address given by H. Ferrar Second Master of the King's School, at the Memorial Service held in Worcester Cathedral on Monday, 24th May, 1965

IN THE YEAR 1946, four men, all of them, as it happened from the war in Burma, joined the staff of the King's School. The first and greatest of them was Daniel McTurk. It is because I am one of the other three that I am speaking of him today.

But I speak for you all.

Some 18 months ago a boy of this School, in circumstances of great emotional anguish, spoke five words which came right from his heart : " I want to see Dan." " I want to see Dan." I can think of no words which express better what is and always has been in the hearts of all of us.

It was indeed in all the happier and ordinary moments, just as much as those of crisis, that these words came to our minds, because we knew that to be with him was to be with a real friend. Words such as these are apt to be a common currency in contexts of this kind ; but the astonishing, the particular thing about Dan McTurk was that everyone knew it. Every member of the Common Room, every boy, everyone who came into contact with him felt drawn to his society, and went away comforted.

That is why I want to use these few minutes today, not to tell the tale of his career, or to record in detail his services to the School, which were profound and manifold, but to see, with gratitude and affection, this man who was so much to us all.

But justice shall be done. For the record, I say this one thing. For the past 19 years that I have known it, the King's School, Worcester, has been an exceptionally good school. A very large part of what was good and what was special about it derived from the fact that in J anuary, 1946, it secured the services of Daniel McTurk, and he gave those services in full, and stayed not for an answer.

One simple, but important lesson !4at one learns from Dan is that it is what one is that matters. Dan MCTurk was a man, and not, thank God, an image, a type, a projection. The image indeed was there, picturesque enough, but it was deceptive. To see Dan, in his deerstalker hat stuck full of flies, his satisfying moustache, his Edwardian elegance; to hear his public-school vocabulary, his self-deprecaroty approach-march to a conversational objective, was to see a type that one thought one recognised.

However, all this was but a picture in the eye of the beholder. To be with Dan was not to behold anything. It was to know, to know someone real. I speak for all my colleagues and for myself when I say that one lived with Dan McTurk a kind of easy, confident, affectionate friendship that one rarely knew after one's schooldays.

For the past ten days we have lived here in a kind of numb unbelief. Dan to talk to-we all talked to Dan ; he was the kind of friend with

whom you could just be yourself, sillinesses and all-Dan to talk to, Dan to listen to, Dan's Rabelaisian satire on the ups and downs of the King's School, Dan to go on an expedition with, Dan just being there, all these were the bases on which our life rested.

All this is true, with slight adjustment, for you in the School itself. What of you in the Upper Fourth, and the scores of you who once were there ? What of you in SchoolHouse, the older ones ? What of you who went fishing with him ? What of you countless individuals who just happened to be somewhere with him and suddenly realised that he knew and liked you ?

What would you say ? It is difficult to be vocal about things like this-perhaps thoughts are best. It is a great tragedy to be young and to have, as many do these days, nothing to look up to, to love and respect, and to show you how good a thing. can be. You must, you must have seen in Dan McTurk someone who would not fail you ; and the friendship he gave to you all had a real meaning.

I have spoken of Dan's virtues-not indeed of all of them, really only of one, but it is the one which was him, and which made him so especially beloved in our midst. r would like now to speak of an aspect of him which could not really be described as a virtue, but something which is perhaps the most potent ingredient in what we remember of him.

Dan was a poet-not perhaps in the literal sense, but he was an outstanding artist in detecting and expressing the essence of things. The air of this School is impregnated-I would say lastingly impregnated-with the words that Dan has spoken, on practically everything that has formed our common experience. One could cover the walls of the Common Room-though not perhaps those of the Cathedralwith his epigrams.

It is this that makes him so very hard to lose. But it is this that makes us feel that he is, in this very powerful and personal way, still among us. I have had, in the past few days the experience-I don't think that any of you will find this incredible-the experience that, as I sat and thought over what I must say this day, more than once the thought came into my mind : "r must have a word with Dan about this."

And so, in a way, I have. I think I know, as I- think you know, how Dan would like it, and that is why I am going to end in a rather different way from that in which I began.

It is this vivid presence of words spaken that make this extraordinary living memorial of Dan with us. He, of course, never failed to commend, warm-heartedly, in his characteristic simplified phrase, what he saw to be good. How often one heard him say : "Splendid thing that boy . . . ." "Splendid thing that fellow . . ." "Splendid thing being done here."

But perhaps the splendidest thing of all was Dan getting to work on the nonsenses of the contemporary scene. " Here's a thing," he would say, "here's a thing for you." And, a few minutes later some bit of pompous nonsense would bite the dust. Never a speech, just a few ironical shafts, and the whole stupid figure lost its power to deceive. It lost its power in laughter, and in the ·comforting feeling that Dan

.was always theret9',fix it-Dan had a word for it. The words of the 15th Psalm: "'He that swealeth unto his him not . . • " were abundantly tru,e ofDan in their real ' 'They were also true of him' in the" sense thai, as a simple-tn.U1ded schoolboy, I used to attach to them. Dan's language never disappointed. Nor indeed did anything else ," "

He was above all a master at cutting people and things down to size. Several times, in the old days, when I was coming out of Cathedral ,on a Sunday morning, surplice gently billowing in the wind, hands reverently crossed over my stomach, and generally feeling what a fuie hunk of Christian example I was-Voice from behind': "Dog;.,collar fitting nicely this morning ?"

I wish I could hear it again.

I wonder what he would be saying now.

I think first of all he would be grateful ; because he must know:that we mean what we say. And then I think he would Qsnot to make too much of a thing out of it, that there is nothing to it, really, " piece of cake-hymn, prayer, chaps all say: 'Thank ,God pearly gates open, and you're home." " _, ','

God bless you, Dan, you're home and we shan't forget y.QU- ina hurry. ,-":,

And, as for the irreverence, I think God will let it pass, as He will let you pass, and will be, as we were, very, glad to" have, you

Worcester Cathedral. 24th May, 1965.

H.F.

D. B. J. Mc TURK

THE ADDRESS: given at the Memorial of our immediate and personal feelings when Dan died. The folloWing Obituary is an attempt to and" record his outstanding services to the Sc4ooJ. ,,', Dan McTurk died on Thursday, May 13th. He had been seiious,1f ill for quite a long time, but never let this interfere with the very high standard of service which he set himself. He had many gifts, not the least of which was the ability to arouse enthusiasm and so one' was always able to recognise a boy who had been in Dan's class. 'They nearly always seemed just a little better than the others, keen and interested in things around them. ' Dan was a gunner in the war and finished his service with the'rank of Lieut.-Colonel and was Mentioned in Despatches. He joined tlie staff, of the School immediately after demobilisation, and 'at once became house tutor in School House. He also joined .the and ran the rugger and cricket. Of all gamesruggerwashisfirst-love.As':a boy he played for Loretto and later for Edinburgh University,:,atid seemed to know the details ,of nearly every Scottish existed. He literally threw himself in the business of, gettiilgKinw'S School rugger back on itsfeet, and established a well merited as a coach. In those days ground staff was hard to get, and -one often

;saw him cutting the grass of' the 'School field himself to get it ready and ship-shape for a cricket , '

In 1947 he became Housemaster of School House and very quickly built up a tremendous house spirit and much prestige. In every aspect of School life his house flourished and was a happy place. ' His interests were very wide. He was very fond of classical music and poetry, and enjoyed history, particularly that of the Scottish Border. He encouraged boys to read widely, and for a long time ran a '" play reading society with them. He was actively interested in archi-, tecture, archaeology and field studies in general. It was largely due to his interest in the latter that he founded the Field Club in the School,

which became a very popular and very active society. His field ex­

cursions in England and on the Scottish Border will'be remembered as

informative, interesting and worth-while experiences.

Illness forced him to retire from taking an active part in games, but

he continued to watch from the touch-line. In every other respect he went on as if nothing were wrong. One little luxury he did occasionally allow himself.-a few hours fishing. was his ; love, it grew up with him. Quite a number <of boys wiUremember ,how they were initiated into its mysteries, and will recall with pleasure the hours spent with him wading in some out-of-the-way stream'at a very early hour in the morning.

This likeable and remarkable schoolmaster is greatly missed by all. The Master's Common Room without him; lacks that extra· verve and spice which it enjoyed when he was in it.

L.M.B.

A FUND HAS BEEN CREATED to provide a for those who have not so far heard of this, the text of the original appeal is given below.

"When D. B. J. McTurk died on 13th May theSchq<>llost not only someone whom we all greatly loved, but also a sCllog1masterwho ,had a profound influence on all the boys 'Who came into contaetwit1J. lJ:e had in particular an unusual giftof,encoura,gjng,b9ys.tofin,d fulfilment and happiness in the discovery of new interests,apd,aetivities.

The School, the staff, and the very many parents and,Old:Vigornians, who knew and valued Dan McTurk have expressed the hope that 'Sornethingshould be done as a memorial of him. and as a continuation ·of his work here. We have felt that these two objects could be achieved ·if the memorial took the form of a fund to provide a Daniel McTurk Bursary. This bursary would be used to assist boys who showed a genuine enthusiasm to make an investigation on the ground, either here :or abroad, into some outdoor aspect of natural history, archaeology -or geography-or some similar pursuit of the kind which Dan Mc'Turk did so much to encourage.

DANIEL Mc TURK MEMORIAL

If you would like to contribute to this memorial, which we feel is a very desirable and appropriate one, please send your donation to the Headmaster .. (Chequesshould be made payable to' McTurk Memorial Fund ')."

D. M. ANNETT, Headmaster

H. FERRAR }

L. M. BAILEY Committee

J. R. TURNER

July, 1965.

The Committee acknowledges with gratitude contributions already received totalling £406. In order to carry out effectively the scheme described above, a sum of£500 is desirable.

APRIL IN AMERICA

THE LONG RUNWAY sped beneath us as we gazed upon our first sight of New York and felt as if we were really starting our unbelievable experience. I had now been with my 21 new-found companions for nearly a day including our tiring eight-hour flight across the Atlantic. We were heading for a three week trip along the East Coast of the United States as British School Ambassadors, or so our title went.

The rest of our first day in America was spent in a coach ride to the centre of the city, passing on our way the World's Fair Showground and other interesting places; followed by looking around the N.B.C. studios in the Rockefeller Center and a walk to such places as Times Square. We were to spend the next two nights in the luxurious accommodation of the Biltmore Hotel, a comparatively small building being only nineteen stories high.

Our second day in New York was extremely hectic. It started with a four-hour coach tour of all the main places of interest, which include4 China Town, Harlem, Central Park, 5th Avenue, Statue of Liberty and a trip to the top of the Empire State Building, almost becoming blase about some of the magnificent bridges, buildings and cathedrals we passed on our way around. The coach dropped us at the United Nations Buildings where we were given a guided tour all through the main building and then tea-bag tea and a lecture by one of the British delegates. The evening was spent watching a show at Radio City Music Hall, going there via the architecturally interesting Guggenheim Museum.

We woke up to hurry to the airport, finishing our all too short visit to New York by flying to Boston. The minute we arrived we stepped onto a coach for a half-day excursion around the historic city of Boston ; we visited Paul Revere's house-Paul Revere being famous for his night ride when the British were coming-Harvard University, some old churches, the U.S.S. Constitution-a very old warship-and the State Building, including the House of Representatives, where much to our surprise, when we walked in, the Representatives themselves gave 12

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us a standing ovation. Everything we saw that day seemed to have something to do with the War of Independence.

During our stay in Boston we were all staying with host families. My host, who had the original name of Bob Smith, lived about twenty miles from Boston in a town called Concord, where the first shot of the War of Independence was fired. The following day I spent at school with Bob, which was a very interesting experience seeing how their educational system worked and meeting American teenagers.

We had to leave Boston behind us the next morning to take a coach to a school at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where we remained for the next three days. As we arrived on a Friday our hosts did not have to go to school for the next two days. The group did not have anything planned for the weekend so it was up to our individual hosts as to how enjoyable a time each of us had ; luckily my host, Rebecca Robinson, had a car, so we travelled around all the local sights including the University of New Hampshire and a hilarious production of Gigi at their local theatre.

On the Monday we had to move on again, this time to Portland, Maine. We arrived at Wayneflete School-an all-girls' school-where we were unfortunately only to be based, not to remain. I met Bob Gott there who was to be my host for the next week. Tuesday was spent with Bob at South Portland High School, mostly writing postcards and listening to any interesting part of the lessons. The next two days were spent with the group visiting other places in Maine ; first we went to Augusta, the State Capital, where the whole day was spent in the State Building doing· the things which were rapidly becoming our normal routine : being applauded by the House of Representatives and the Senate, shaking hands with the Governor, being interviewed by some of the local T.V. Channels and talking to reporters. Then we spent a day at New Brunswick Naval Air Base looking over their weather department, radar equipment, observation tower, VP21 Squadron with all its planes and equipment and being given a survival demonstration. On the way back we looked over Boudain University. The following day we were given to ourselves, just to look around, go shopping or do anything we pleased.

On Saturday we had a symposium at Wayneflete School. The main speaker was a reporter just returned from Vietnam, with speeches also from our organisers, Mr Hallett and Mr Colclough. There were many American Seniors (Senior denotes last year at school or grade 12) present and two or three times between speeches we divided into discussion groups with them. This was the last thing organised for our whole group as we were now separating for the last week ; some people were going to such places as Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Delaware and Boston. Personally I had permission to visit relatives in Canada.

My time in the States was just about over, two hectic weeks spending my time as I have described above with the evenings spent at dances, parties and theatres. At this point I must say how pleasantly surprised I was at the V.LP. treatment we were given wherever we went-television interviews, writing articles for newspapers and having articles

written about us-and how grateful I am to all the people who were so kind and friendly to us all.

The day after the symposium I found myself speeding through the mountains, forests and frozen lakes of Maine and Vermont on a tenhour coach journey from Portland to Montreal. If the first two weeks were hectic there is no way to describe the next six days. They started with a day in Montreal followed in quick succession by an hour in Toronto, a day in Winnipeg, an evening in Saskatoon, two days in Battleford-where they were having the worst floods in living memoryanother evening in Saskatoon, a day in Winnipeg, three hours in Montreal. and then eleven more hours on a coach from Montreal to Boston, travelling altogether about four thousand miles in those six days.

Easter was spent peacefully in Boston during my two days there. On Easter Monday, April 19th, it was Patriots' day-the day the first shot of the War of Independence was fired at Concord, where I was staying with the same family again-so there was a large parade with people dressed in the clothes of that time : redcoats, bluecoats and minute-men uniform. The same day I met our party again and said a sad farewell to America as we flew back home that night, listening to everyone's tales of where they had been for the last week. I have not mentioned much about the group ; there were fifteen boys, six girls and one master, who came over with us, all from different parts of England and Wales. We all became so friendly in that short time that in the past five months since we went we have had three reunions.

I should like to express my gratitude to Mr Hallett, who started this British-American School Ambassadors Programme and who kept a watchful eye on us while we were there, and to Mr Colclough, who took us over there, was there to sort out any problems and generally helped to make it the most enjoyable three weeks of my life. The only thing left for me to say is that I hope some other members of the School will take advantage of this really wonderful and rewarding opportunity.

I.F.C.

LIFE AS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

WHAT SORT OF PERSON do you have to be to become a Chartered Accountant ? First of all you have to have some aptitude for figures-though that doesn't mean you have to be a mathematical genius. Y011 also need to be willing to learn about commercial and legal subjects-though nobody will require you to know anything about them to begin with. They are the kind of subjects you will be expected to learn about during your training. If you think you would be interested in such things anyway, so much the better. If you can't stand them at any price, then don't set out to be a Chartered Accountant. But even if you . are mildly interested in book-keeping, in business machines and

computers, in commerce and in the law relating to these things you may find on going further that the job of a Chartered Accountant can be absorbing and fascinating-besides leading to all sorts of advantages, monetary and otherwise.

IITo start, you have to have a minimum of six ' 0' levels, taken at not more than two sittings and including English Language and Maths. In this case you sign on for a training period of five years. If you have two ' A' levels and can satisfy certain other conditions, the training period can be reduced to four years. Accountants call this training period by the rather old-fashioned name of" service under articles" and a trainee Chartered Accountant is called an "articled clerk." " Articles" is the name given to the form of agreement between the

" principal," who is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the articled clerk, under which the' principal agrees to employ him, to instruct him in the nature and standards of his profession and to give him the necessary time and opportunity to study for his professional examinations, including 21 weeks of study leave.

A few years back it was the custom for the articled clerk to pay a premium, as a contribution towards his training. Those days are over. Nowadays articled clerks are paid a salary and so can earn while they learn. The exact amount of that salary varies from one area· of the country to another and from one firm of Chartered Accountants to another. There is no. set scale of pay but, by way of example, a boy leaving school at 18 with two' A' levels could expect to start in London at between £350 and £400 a year and, providing he makes good progress, to be earning between £600 and £750 at 22, just before qualifying. A university graduate, again starting in London, would probably be offered £600 or £650 a year to start. The figures are somewhat lower in the provinces. On qualification a salary between £1,000 and £1,250 can be expected and a minimum of £2,000 a year is not a bad target to set for age 30. Many Chartered Accountants holding executive positions earn salaries of between £4,000 and £8,000 and those with particular abilities sums well in excess of this.

Anyone who wants to be trained as a Chartered Accountant must be willing to put in some hard work, for the skills of the job are not to be acquired overnight. While serving his time as an articled clerk he will have to pass the examinations of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales-an Intermediate and a Final. When he has completed his term of articles and passed his examinations he is awarded his professional qualification and can put the letters ACA (Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants after his name).

It is a title worth having. A Chartered Accountant has specialised equipment which, throughout his life, gives him an advantage over the man without it. Exactly what use he will make of it is up to him, but it will serve him in good stead over an extremely wide field of business and professional activity. Not only is the Chartered Accountant, by his training, capable of making a special contribution to the commercial life of the nation ; the very fact that he can claim that designation means that people readily achnowledge his capabilities and give him the opportunity of using them. The universal recognition given to Chartered Accountants by the business and financial world results, for instance, in over 98 per cent of the audits of public companies being

entrusted to them. (Audits are the inspection and verification of the accounts of companies required by law).

The training in the office of a Chartered Accountant may have given the new member of the Institute a taste for life as a practising accountant-that is, as an accountant and auditor whose special knowledge of taxation and other financial and commercial matters makes him a. valued counsellor. In the course of this work he may, for example, be asked to investigate the affairs of companies, to advise prospective buyers, and to do work in connection with takeover bids. If his choice is to remain in a professional office he will know that the routines inseparable from accounting, as from any other worthwhile job, are only part of the story. On occasions he will be called upon to show judgment, strength of mind and courage in the execution of his duties, and at all times discretion and integrity. These qualities he can use as a member of a team in a firm or as the proprietor of his own accounting business.

Alternatively, he may wish to go into commerce or industry, having had plenty of opportunity during his period of training of seeing how commerce and industry work, what scope they offer and what demands they make. Here, too, there are wide opportunities. The way in which accounts are planned from the start can make all the difference between failure and success for commercial undertakings. In the world of business the mental independence, flexibility and integrity cultivated during training under articles have a unique value.

Many Chartered Accountants who go into industry find that their familiarity with company problems and their skilled approach lead them to become general executives and from that level to enter the flights of top management. At all levels the opportunities include jobs abroad, usually well paid, for the Chartered Accountant has a training that can be used anywhere in the world.

Talent will always tell. Backed by disciplined and organised know.,. ledge it will tell all the more. Over half our public companies have one or more Chartered Accountants sitting on their boards of directors, and in every sphere of business life you will find Chartered Accountants playing an important and influential role. In administration of Government, trade unions and universities as well as in financial, commercial and industrial enterprises the Chartered Accountant plays his part.

His contribution to the life of the nation is acknowledged in the status and practical rewards accorded to the Chartered Accountant. He is influential in the community, his integrity and objectivity are accepted without question, and it is rightly assumed that he has abilities of a high standard. There are really no limits to the heights to which he may climb.

These opportunities open to the Chartered Accountant are worth considering alongside the initial sacrifices which are entailed in the course of becoming one. Study for examinations take time. It also takes longer for a Chartered Accountant to reach his maximum earning power than it does for unskilled, untrained or unambitious men. But his potential earning power is incomparably higher than theirs.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, City House,S6f66 Goswell Road, London, E.C.I is always ready to give advice to those thinking of becoming Chartered Account­ ants and to discuss with prospective articled clerks the particular problems involved for them. An articled clerk can be sure that he is embarking on a career which will give him full satisfaction and ample rewards.

ROY AL NAVAL SECTION

IT WAS MOST UNFORTUNATE that the week of sea-time in a Motor Fishing Vessel during the Easter holidays had to be cancelled, because this meant that more than twelve cadets did not do a week's Annual Training this year. However, the majority of cadets in the Section took advantage of the different types of training available.

The largest group went to St Vincent in Gosport where the week was concentrated upon learning to sail whales and cutters. The weather helped to make this week so successful by beginning with light winds when crews were raw and untried, and increasing to fresh breezes by , the end when cadets were more experienced to meet the challenge.

• , Five cadets went on one of two Aviation Courses, one in April and " the other in September. I have not personally attended one of these courses, but they both seemed well run and satisfied the cadets who attended them. Only two went to Britannia Royal Naval College this year, but these found it a full and most rewarding week. I strongly recommend that every cadet thinking of the Navy as a career should visit B.R.N.C., where most Naval Officers are trained.

The four places allotted to this Section for the Dartmouth Training Squadron cruise are prized and sought after, but the frigate H.M.S. Tenby which contained the King's contingent was· fated never to arrive at Morgat on the Breton Peninsula with the remainder of the Squadron. A serious fault in the Forced Lubrication System was discovered soon after leaving Portsmouth and this forced the ship to put into Devonport for urgent repairs. Great was the disappointment, and mortification followed the news that conditions in France were good, whereas we in Devon suffered from much rain. The week, however, was far from a washout and one of the most memorable days was a visit to B.R.N.C., Dartmouth, to watch the final rehearsal of their passing out parade. The drill was impressive ! !' Field Days were made as variable as possible this year. An escapef evasion exercise at Croft Castle in March was made more interesting -by the presence of snow: some drifts were more than knee deep. Except for some stupid and ill-mannered behaviour by boys who should know better, the day went very satisfactorily. In the summer a visit was made to the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton. Although the coach trip was too long, the programme laid on was full of interest, but high winds made flying not possible. The day ended in the very well arranged and appointed Fleet Air Arm Museum. This term's Field Day was spent at .Cardiff with a visit to M.H.S. Cambria. The programme organised for

us was the most interesting I have experienced and· the weather remained fine so that all went without a hitch.

. The general level of keenness and smartness has improved this year, but there are still some cadets who are little asset to the Section. The facilities at School are still very limited, but it is hoped that by next spring we may have some sailing dinghies available for use.

T.L.V.

ARMY SECTION

C.C.F. Camp, 1965

FROM THE 28TH JULY to the 5th August, East Wretham, Norfolk, was the home of 25 cadets for the annual camp.

The accommodation consisted of four huts. Owing to the small number of cadets per hut the camping spirit was again in evidence.

On the whole this year the exercises were both novel and instructive.

The night operation this year was quite successful. Instead of the usual lamp-game, an exercise in planned night-patrolling was substi­ tuted.

Unfortunately, the length of the operation left the contingent very tired for the assault-boats and assault-course the next day, but Mr Stacey still did extremely well over the assault course.

Owing to the undulating nature of the terrain, radio contact was very difficult between sections. The signal section, however, were successful in tapping the telephones of Liverpool College.

Although the numbers this year were again small, those who attended found camp as enjoyable and beneficial as usual.· A. C. PRATT..

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION

THIS YEAR has been another most successful one for the section, especially in the way of examination passes.

Field Day in the Autumn term consisted of a map reading exercise in the Forest of Dean. Cadets were given a map reference and had to find their way to the corresponding point in the Forest, where the N.C.O.'s were waiting to give them another reference. Here the bus was waiting to take them back. The weather was splendid, and everyone had an enjoyable time. In November, 'A' flight took their R.A.F. Advanced Training Examination, and the following obtained passes: Rastall, Gale, Bird, Rogers, Phillips and Ryding. Scandrett and Minchin were awarded distinctions .

. In the Spring term we lost Ft.jSgt. Baylis and the following promotions were made: Burke to Ft.jSgt., Minchin to Sergeant and Scandrett and Judd to the rank of Corporal. In March the following took, and passed their Advanced Examination : Franklin, Knott, Davies, R. J., and Owens. At the same time ' B' flight took their Proficien<;y Examination, with astonishing results. Ferguson, Lawrenson, Story and Goodman obtained distinctions; Baldwyn, Thew and Brooke

were awarded credits and Wallace, Sinclair, Walton and Hunt obtained passes. Nobody failed. This performance merited a letter from Headquarters Air Cadets, congratulating the cadets on their success and the N.C.O.'s on their teaching capabilities. Field Day in this term consisted of a visit to R.A.F., Little Rissington, where we enjoyed some .303 shooting and a visit to their fine museum. Everyone had a short time on the Link trainer-an elementary aircraft simulator, and some lucky people had the opportunity of flying in a Varsity.

Camp in the Easter holidays was at R.A.F., Binbrook in Lincolnshire, where a large variety of aircraft are stationed, including Hunters, Canberras, Javelins and Lightnings. Cadets were allowed a few minutes on a Lightning simulator in addition to flying Chipmunks and doing some .303 shooting.

At the beginning of the Summer term Sgt. Minchin went on an Overseas Flight to Singapore. An account of his trip appears elsewhere in this magazine. For Field Day this term the section visited Filton aerodrome at Bristol for some air experience flying in Chipmunks. Although the weather was terrible, with low cloud and rain, all the cadets in the section managed to get one flight logged, even it if was only a short one. Training in this term consisted of a revival in Aldis lamp signalling and dinghy training in the swimming pool or on the River Severn. At the end of the term, one member of the section, Goodman, left to join the R.A.F.

In August, after the term had finished, two members of the section, Franklin and Ryding, went on a gliding course at R.A.F., Tern Hill, .. in Shropshire, where they both managed to complete three solo flights

and so obtained their ' A ' and ' B ' gliding certificates.

M. C. W. MINCHIN.

OVERSEAS FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE

May, 1965

OVERSEAS FLIGHTS are organised by the R.A.F. for cadets in the C.C.F. or the A.T.C. (Air Training Corps). Transport Command undertakes to fly the cadets out to a variety of places-Wildenrath, Istres, Berlin, Malta, Cyprus, Gibraltar or Singapore. The only charge made for this service is a few shillings a day for messing, the actual amount depending on the destination.

Having obtained all the necessary inoculations, 1 was ready to go, but Transport Command evidently were not-l had no less than three postponements. It is not without reason that Transport Command are known as " the all flap, no fly boys." But finally on the 14th May 1 was on my way to R.A.F., White Waltham (Nr. Maidenhead) where 1 was briefed and kitted out with khaki drill uniform. The next day found me travelling to Headquarters Transport Command, R.A.F., Lyneham (Nr. Swindon). I was to fly as supernumerary crew in the position of Assistant Air Quartermaster. This was in fact a sinecure, as on all the planes 1 flew on there was a regular Assistant A.Q.M.

We took off in a Britannia early in the evening. Most of the cargo was freight, but there were 17 passengers, mostly R.A.F. personnel moving to a new station. The first leg of the journey took us to R.A.F., , Akrotiri, Cyprus. Mter an hour for some food, while the aircraft was being refuelled, we took off again, this time for Bahrein, a station half way down the Persian Gulf. It was about 10.30 a.m. local time and the temperature was 9SoF. I learned that this was cool and that temperatures of Ho°F. were not uncommon. The sun glared out of a blue sky and was reflected off the white painted buildings and the bleached sand. An hour there and then we were travelling again. The crews on all these flights were very good. The captain would come down arid talk to the passengers, and more often than not I was invited up to the flight deck. We were constantly plied with hot or cold drinks and ready-made meals. ,

The next stop was R.A.F., Gan, a tiny island at the southernmost tip of the Maldive Islands, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This was exquisitely beautiful, with the greenest grass I've ever seen and the palm trees and the crystal clear Indian Ocean lapping gently on sunbleached sands.

From Gan it was a mere 6l hours to R.A.F., Changi, Singapore. I was shown to my room at the Air Transit Centre, Changi Creek. There I found that I had a room-mate--an A.T.C. cadet who had been there for two days already, and was due to go back in another two days. He explained that we were completely free to do what we wanted, as long as we let the R.A.F. know where we were staying. First, of course, I got to know my surroundings.

The Changi Creek ' Hotel·' is situated on· the banks of the Changi Creek naturally enough, and consists of several rows of two-bed rooms. a very pleasant mess and a lounge. The whole is spread out considerably with lawns in between and gardens variously dotted about. Just outside the grounds of the hotel is Changi village. This village is right in the middle· of the R.A.F Station at Charigi; and consists, entirely of shops owned by the natives. We spent· a great deal of time there, for it is an enchanting place. The shop owners stand or sit outside their shops and try to entice one in with such words as, " You want to buy nice silks, J ohnny ? I got lovely silks in here." (Johnny or John is the name they give to all the Europeans there). If this fails to work they try to manhandle one in ; its quite a feat just to walk down the main street. The smells too are unforgettable. The Hindus and the Chinese cook the most amazing concoctions out in the street in a rather evil-smelling fat. Consequently, the whole village reeks constantly. Also, there is the noise. A very large percentage of the cars in Singapore are " pick-up" taxis. As soon as the driver of one of these taxis sees a European he applies his horn with gusto to try and attract business. Eventually one gets used to it, but at first it is terrible ; one finds oneself looking round at every blast on a horn.

We made several excursions into Singapore city. It is about IS miles from Changi, and one can take a hair-raising trip in a rather old bus for about lod. The city is everything that Changi is and more. There is one notorious street called" change alley," where one can have one's

watch stolen at one end and buy it back at the other. It is incredibly narrow, just wide enough for two people, with open shops on each side. It's a real struggle to go through it without buying anything. The city is a strange mixture of the modem and the old : one can see on one hand a great skyscraper type building and on the other the most terrible slums, with families living in one room which is open on one side, where dozens of clothes are hanging out. There is a remarkable garden just outside Singapore-the Tiger Balen Garden. It is all in concrete and represents various stages in the history of China. There are magnificent miniature battle scenes, ornate Buddhas and pagodas and a Chinese torture chamber, to name but a few. The man who had it built is the owner of the biggest firm in the whole area-Tiger Products. This firm has been going for years and the business has been handed from father to son many times. A visit to the museum and aquarium was very rewarding-the natural history of the area is most interesting.

The weather was delightful; it's so predictable. Every day the temperature was around 8SoF., with a light layer of cumulus in the sky. This shielded the fierce rays of the sun to give a very pleasant, fairly humid atmosphere. It rains regularly every day, the time of day ing on the time of year. Fortunately, while I was there it rained very early in the morning, thus keeping the night temperature down and giving the morning a fresh, moist feeling.

Swimming in the China Sea is not advisable, owing to the danger of sea snakes. The station, however, has several swimming pools and swimming in them is rather like taking a warm bath. The climate necessitates eating prodigiously and the mess provided food in quantity and of excellent quality. One night a barbecue was thrown on the lawn, and we ate chicken legs soaked in a local hot sauce, steak fillets, pork pieces, sausages, rice wrapped in palm leaves and rolls, washed down with a very pleasant rose. To follow, there was fresh fruit, lying in the juice of a disgorged melon. And this was characteristic of the quality of all the meals, only the wine was extra on this occasion.

My stay in Changi was supposed to be for three days, but owing to

postponements I didn't leave until after five days. It was not without a pang of regret that I looked out for the last time across the creek to the gun emplacement (many of which are dotted about the station) and beyond to the mainland of Johore, and rode for the last time down the main street of Changi village. We followed the same route back to the U.K. that we had flown out on.

M. C. W. MINCHIN.

SENIOR SCOUT GROUP

DURING THE CURRENT YEAR we have seen a steady increase in numbers until, at the Census, the whole Group had 116 members. This large number has, in itself, been a problem and in addition, to our great disappointment, work on the hut has been continually held up ; first by bad weather and secondly, and more importantly, by lack of cement. None the less a full programme of activities has been followed and much successful badgework completed. Graeme Mulcahy and Simon

Scott both gained their Queen's Scout and eighte'en first class badges were awarded. Roger Parkington, who has been able to spend. a further year with us as a warranted A.S.M., has been invaluable both as an instructor and as a deviser of original enterprises. We are only sorry that he will be unable to be with us any

The main activities of the year have been : Michaelmas Term. Field Day was spent by the Seniors getting lost in the BorwYn. The Juniors spent a golden day on an exercise in the Forest of Dean, ending with tea at Speech House. The Patrol Leaders had a night hike walking the length of the Malverns and the whole Troop had a firework display and barbecue in the Malvern quarries.

During the Christmas holidays fifteen Christmas parcels were delivered to Old Age Pensioners and a small group of Seniors went to the Lake District to sample the waters. Easter Term. Field Day was spent by the Seniors in a topographical investigation of Malvern ; by the Juniors in Patrol Hikes by compass ending with a wide game at Rhydd Covert.

During the holidays the Seniors held an excellent, airy, camp on the slope of a hill high up overlooking Church Stretton, and some of the Juniors went for a week to T.S. Foudroyant at Portsmouth. Summer Term. The Field Day week-end camp was held in the grounds of Overbury Court, where we had excellent facilities for elementary camp training, warm hospitality, and a surfeit of cherries and Guernsey milk. The Seniors held a map-reading exercise also in the vicinity of Bredon.

During the holidays the Annual Group Camp was held at the Cape!, near Llanbodr. Fifty-three scouts were in camp, and although the weather was very mixed the camp as a whole was one of our most successful yet. It will be remembered for the valuable (we hope !) work done in the Cape! itself, for a long and exciting aerial runway, for a hot shower system that worked, for a camp oven that cooked, and camp sports which were drowned. During the last full week of the holidays, fourteen Seniors went sailing on the Broads in the charge of Mr Bursall.

It has been particularly pleasing that Scouting has increased in vigour in St Albans. Mr Cattermole arranged a short and very successful private camp for Troop I in the depths of rural Worcestershire during the Summer Term. In spite of investigation, we haven't been able to discover exactly where they went and they are not sure that they know either.

D.A.

1st SCOUT TROOP

DURING THE YEAR, the 1st Scout Troop, consisting of St Alban's Boarders, has been active and enthusiastic. The troop has expanded from eleven to twenty members in three patrols. Apart from joining the other troops for Field Days, the troop has arranged several activities on its own, including a most enjoyable camp at Stock Green when Scouts visited Feckenham Wake and collected fossils on Berrow Hill. 22

During the Summer Term the troop spent most Saturday nights under canvas and managed to get a pre-breakfast snack of tea and doughnuts on Sunday mornings. During the term imaginary rivers were bridged and an exceedingly unstable observation tower constructed. For Speech Day an Aerial Bridge, supported by a vast pylon, was made and proved to be an attraction for visiting parents, brothers, etc. Most of the troop went to the Summer Camp at Capel and enjoyed it. As none of the troop went up to a Senior House in the Autumn Term, we look forward to another active year of Scouting.

P.D.T.C.

KINGSjW.R.G.S. ALPINE TREK, 1965

THE JOINT SCHOOLS' Alpine trek was, as last year, a great success. Led as usual by Mr G. D. Carter of the Grammar School, and Mr R. J. Hazeldine, the party had a very enjoyable time. It was joined by C. B. Hancock who was on the trip two years ago when head of King's School. There were ten boys in the party, half from each school, few of whom had any mountaineering experience. We climbed in the Alps of Savoy, south of Mont Blanc and north of the Italian border, and were blessed with reasonable weather. We started at a delightful little French village called Bonneville about 40 km. from Modane. From here we climbed to the Evettes hut and glacier and took what was for most of us our first steps on a glacier. Mter most of us learnt the basic techniques of snow and ice climbing, John Malcomson and G. D. Carter spent the night on the glacier in a tent, from which they emerged none the worse for the cold night, which froze their flysheet solid.

The party then moved to the Col de L'iseran (the highest road in France, 9,200 ft.) and climbed a 12,000 ft. peak called the Aiguille Pers. Some camped the night on the snows of the Col Pers and then moved down to the popular ski resort of Val d'lsere, from which we made two very pleasant snow climbs. The weather however, held us off the peak we had aimed for, the Tsanteleina.

The trek culminated in the ascent of the 13,000 ft. Grande Motte, in which we climbed nearly 5,000 ft. in a morning to reach its snowy summit. From here we could see the summit of Mont Blanc with its cap of cloud, along with many other towering peaks, spread for miles around.

After these strenuous two weeks in the Alps we retired to the Italian coast where the weather took a turn for the worse, and we were swept off the beach by heavy seas, which managed to wet everything.

The trek will take place next summer (details from Mr Hazeldine) and it is possible that our target may be the proud Matterhorn (14,700 ft.). This year's trek was enjoyed without exception and for its price (£35 for three weeks) it must surely be the cheapest and best Alpine holiday available. M.E.L.

C.C.F. ADVENTURE WEEK, SNOWDONIA

THIS TRIP, the first of its kind in the School, was conceived and organised by Messrs R. J. Hazeldine and A. L. Stacey, during the Easter holidays, 1965. Its aim was to give members of the C.C.F. more experience of such outdoor activities as rock-climbing, fell walking, orienteering and camping, and was a great success. The party consisted of about a dozen members, some of them relatively inexperienced, and was greatly assisted by Captain Jamison, one-time member of School House, who lent the party a 3-ton army truck and numerous tentage.

We camped on a farm just off the A.5, between Bangor and Capel Curig. We climbed on the slabs at Cwm Idwal and the Milestone Buttress, and paid a visit to the cliffs of the Llanberis Pass, but found these rather too difficult for the party as a whole. Most of the party walked the Snowdon Horseshoe and the ridges of Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach. We also spent a day in Bangor, which was a pleasant break. The weather treated us fairly well and all the party enjoyed it, even though a few of us developed blisters. Enthusiasm this year seems encouraging and a similar trip will again take place this Easter. M.E.L.

KING JOHN Easter, 1965

ONE OF SHAKESPEARE'S more obscure plays was mightily produced in College Hall at the end of the Easter Term. Few of those who saw it can have been familiar with" King}oOO," though its subject be buried not one hundred yards from the stage ; fewer still could have seen it offered with a cast of one hundred, at two ends of a hall.

The play as it left Shakespeare was long and troublesome, without the power that one would expect in " Hamlet," for example, to sustain interest throughout its length. Five disjointed acts, taking place in two countries ; plot, sub-plot and rhetoric; topical references to papal intervention-here is too much for one modem production. The cuts made were necessarily drastic, but effective ; the last two acts were combined; most significantly, those acts taking place in England were performed on the stage and those in France in front of the Gallery. No more need have been done. The play was complete. The final touch, though, was provided by the setting : at the gallery end a bright, almost garish backdrop of a city wall ; behind the stage the starkness of the ruined Majestus flanked by red curtains.

The acting was competent throughout, and on occasions good even by the standards of the professional world. In the part of King John, Martin Smith gave a dignified performance out of all proportion to his size ; the rolling, enigmatic accents of Bury (Lancs.), suitably muted, seemed to point up the parvenu guile of the usurping monarch. His dynamic presence contrasted well with the impression of bear-like

innocence given by Dave Hooper as the French King, a role played with convincing straightforwardness. J on Lane gave a lusty showing as Philip, bastard son of Richard Lionheart, full of the gaiety of Merrie England as it is always imagined. Though at times· defeated by the unfriendly acoustics of the hall, he brought out fully the gleefully thickskinned violence of the part. Bob Moody, in the part ofPandulph, moved schemingly and quietly through the action, sometimes so quietly as to be inaudible. His satanic, shifty rendering of the Legate of the Holy Father caught the spirit of Shakespeare's bitter antiRoman feeling.

Of the women, Jane Speyer's Queen-Mother, haughty and arrogant, struck sparks off the flinty heart of Constance, played with enthusiastic bitterness by Susan Burchell. The purity and innocence of Blanche, a pawn in the dynastic conflict, was characteristically expressed by Anne Chambers, in her acquiescence to the forced marriage with the Dauphin, played amorously and intensely by Andrew Wistreich.

Christopher Thomas as Arthur, his acting ability supported by a talent for gymnastics, developed a convitlcingpathos in for his life with Hubert, the gaoler, a sinister part played slowly and strangely by Peter Durrant.

Some elements of deliberate comedy relieved a predominantly young audience from the obligation to sit with a straight face throughout. These were provided by Nigel Bax, who filled the part of Lymoges, Duke of Austria, with a marked continental accent, and by Peter Brown as the Mayor of Angiers. This especially was a gem of comic acting, using the two kings as audience for his elegantly funny parody of all the silly old men we have ever met.. One of the more successful walk-on parts of all time was created by Said Sairafi as Peter of Pomfret, in a scarcely decent leopard-skin.

Of the minor parts, Tim Caton shone somewhat among otherwise undistinguished Lords, Hangers-on and -off and Messengers. The remainder of the large cast was made up of soldiers of assorted allegiances and sizes whose principal achievement. was to produce a great deal of noise and hessian dust in every battle. The impression of milling, violence, and sometimes of real violence, fully justified this unconventional feature, though the tendency of the smaller soldiers to die very hard indeed needed some correction.

The mechanics of the production were suitably unobtrusive, but still effective} except for the lighting which, with borrowed equipment, varied quite unpredicatably between the inspired and the crude and finally redeemed itself, so the engineer later stated, only because the switchboard wouldn't do what it was told.

The general impression given by the .production was much less , amateur dramatic' than a cynical critic expected, though the air of being held together with string and drawing pins remained, as did a· certain nervous pride in small achievements. Although their judgment must have been coloured by charity, the audience seemed satisfied, even during the disruption of reversing chairs which was necessitated

by the double-ended performance. Originality of conception covers a multitude of sins, and this originality saved the play from the inexperience of actors and others inevitable in a school production.

The credit for this daring must be given to Mr Martin Fagg, the producer, whose calm in the face of perpetual show calamity was matched only by his energy in the hard work of production.

J.A.T.

KING JOHN

"The Life and Death of King John " by William Shakespeare

Dramatis Persona (in order of appearance)

CHATILLION, the French Ambassador

QUEEN ELINOR, John's mother

LORD SALISBURY

LORD PEMBROKE

SIR BOUGHTON ALUPH

PHILIP THE BASTARD (later SIR RICHARD PLANTAGENET)

ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE, hts half-brother

LADY FAULCONBRIDGE, his mother

LEWIS, the Dauphin

ARTHUR, John's nephew

DUKE OF AUSTRIA

CONSTANCE, Arthur's mother

PHILIP, King of France

BLANCHE, John's niece

MAYOR OF ANGlERS •••

FRENCH HERALD AND MESSENGER

ENGLISH HERALD

CARDINAL PANDULPH

HUBERT DE BURGH •••

EXECUTIONER AND MESSENGER

PETER OF POMFRET •••

LORD BIGOT •• • •••

PRINCE HENRY, John's heir

King John's Army...

King Philip's Army

Duke of Austria's Army

Martin Smith

Nicholas Cleobury

Jane Speyer

Timothy Caton

Richard Greenhough

David Thomas

Ion Lingard-Lane

Christopher McDowell

Vicky Lewis

Andrew Wistreich

Christopher Thomas

Nige1 Bax

Susan Burchell

David Hooper

Anne Chambers

Peter Brown

Nicholas Redgrave

Christopher Robbins

Robin Moody

Peter Durrant

Martin Parsons

Saeed Seyrafi

Peter Crofts

Stephen Coulter

Members of School House and Choir House

Members of Castle House

Members of The Hostel

Produced by MARTIN FAGG

Jane Speyer, Vicky Lewis,Susan Burchell and Anne Chambers are members of the Alice Ottley School.

"THE CRUCIBLE"

3rd to 5th November, 1965

THIS AMBITIOUS PRODUCfION was by no means perfect ; but then no school play ever is. Still, it was extremely good. Against the mellow, dark oak panelling, on a dais used by the religious for centuries, this drama of a witch-hunt in theocratic Massachusetts of 1692 was enacted with a tense urgency.

The leading part of John Proctor, honest farmer entangled in the net of evil circumstances, was taken by Jon Lingard-Lane with righteous force, coupled with some stiffness which marred an otherwise excellent performance. Guy Claxton stood out as. the devil-hunting Reverend Hale, though his justifiable, and brilliant, parody very occasionally overstepped its limits. The rest of his performance was confident and without gaucheness.

In the leading female part, Louise J ones, of the Alice Ottley, gave a sophisticated performance which was, in parts, notably mature, as Abigail, the start of it all. As Deputy-Governor Danforth, John Houlbrooke, seemed to waver between supreme dignity and nervous self-importance, coming out finally for dignified resignation. John Bomphrey took Parris, the village preacher in whose household " witchcraft" is discovered, with an original, and impressively tense nervousness. A short and skilful performance as the Proctors' servant was given by J udy Moorhouse, as moving as that of J ane Speyer as Proctor's wife. Prominent among the supporting cast were Coos Robbins, Nick Cleobury, James Pettifer, in a sick-humour mole-like interpretation of the clerk to the court, and Graham Jones.

The set was dominated by a controversial piece of work by Mr Timothy Vivian. With its claims to be an abstract of violence and chaos it caused considerable comment among the audience as well as the cast. With this hung over the Majestas, subtly lit and accompanied by the starkest of properties, the audience's mind was concentrated on the action and its significance. The accompanying music, the Sanctus and Dies Irae from Britten's War Requiem, heightened the tension and added significantly to the action.

It was a pleasure to be able to judge a School Play on such high standards. The principal impression gained was that a young cast .playing to a young audience was capable of sustaining tension for so long. Obviously the quality of Broadway or the National Theatre was not to be looked for here ; there was less subtlety than desirable, and more comedy. But still there was a confidence that could only have been borne of competence. The tone of the performance was rumbustious as well as powerful-possibly an undesirable feature-but it must be said that no-one hammed ; characters were acted, words were not just spoken. This acting did not, for once, bear the mark of being copied from a producer who ' knew a bit about this theatre business,' though the minor characters tended to imitate stock personalities.

The credit for instilling this confidence must be given to Martin Fagg, the pr.oducer. He worked ; and if he hadn't no-one else would have done.

The play first appeared in 1953 as an allegory of the McCarthyite persecution in America. Now it is commonly taken as a general allegory of persecution. The witch-hunt on which it was based in fact happened. Twenty people were executed as witches. Twenty years afterwards the excommunications were rescinded. That period compassed the end of theocracy in Massachusetts. 'The Crucible' brings to a personal level this conflict of ideas. It was to the credit of this performance that that conflict was brought home.

J .A. T.

"THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL"

A CHARMING AND INTIMATE sort of theatre was erected in the Edgar Tower in the last week of term when members of the Fifth Forms performed" The Long and the Short and the Tall," a play set in war-time Malaya, where a small group of British soldiers were isolated in a jungle hut. Their typical reactions and sentiments in this desperate situation were displayed, particularly when a very " human " Japanese soldier is captured by them and is at their mercy. .

M. Young was a very strong and dominant Sergeant in charge of the party ; N. Taylor played an effective character, typical cockneynot as hard-hearted as he pretends. T. Spencer as the Japanese prisoner was very eloquent in mime, being completely silent owing to the language barrier.

All praise is due to John Ryder for a very realistic production and for providing the small but appreciative audience with a pleasant evening's entertainment.

VISIT TO PARIS

A MOST SUCCESSFUL and enjoyable visit to Paris was made in the Easter holidays by a party of 24 boys with Mr M. J. Points and Mr J. E. Shepherd. This appears to have been the first visit to France since Mr Aldridge's visit six years ago with a party from the King's School and a group of French boys. This visit to Paris was therefore all the more welcome and valuable. It was possible to see most of the sights of Paris during the stay and a visit was also made to Versailles.

We hope that it will soon be possible to have another opportunity like this of visiting France.

UPPER REMOVE EXPEDITION TO STRATFORD

ON THE 3RD NOVEMBER a vjsit to Stratford was organised by Mr Dilks and Mr Sheppard to see "The Merchant of Venice." On arrival we were allowed a little time to look around before the matinee performance. In the play it was generally acknowledged that of the actors, Shylock, played by Eric Porter, was the best, giving an excellent interpretation of the part. Launcelot Gobbo, usually a slow-wined character, provided much amusement as he darted around the stage. Of the other actors,all were good, the above-mentioned being the best. Mter a . thoroughly enjoyable performance we were allowed another few minutes to continue looking around the town. The very enjoyable trip ended with a cap passed round for the lady driver. P.F.H., M.C.B.

UPPER FOURTH EXPEDITION

AT THE END OF THE SUMMER TERM, members of Upper IVA and Upper IVB were taken by their Form Masters on an expedition to the Cots'· wolds. After a pleasant coach ride, along narrow lanes, as far as Corndean the climb up the Cotswold Ridge to Belas Knap was enjoyed. At Belas Knap we saw one of the largest long-barrows in the country and were able to climb into some of the tomb recesses. Having descended, we walked to the remains of a Roman Villa in a wood below the barrow. Here we saw an excellent mosaic and found fragments of a tesselated pavement amongst the undergrowth. At Chedworth, the object of our expedition, we were conducted round the remains of the Roman Villa, finding them very interesting. At Cirencester, having arrived by the Fosse Way, we explored the Corinium Roman Museum before returning home.

P.D.T.C.

OLD CHORISTERS' CAMP

DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAY, five old choristers spent a week camping at Gwrynefechan with the Precentor and Mr Cattermole. They camped in the Chapel, sleeping on either bracken or camp-beds. Washing facilities were constructed in the stream, and a bridge built across the stream.

Provisions were collected each morning from Crickhowell, involving an arduous six-miles cycling when returning up the valley. Among the culinary highlights were an apple and bilberry pie produced in biscuit tin/mud oven, Welsh cakes, of which some 140 were consumed, and the last evening's supper consisting of chicken in wine sauce, followed by Pineapple Kirsch.

The best day's expedition was a walk along the ridge above the Chapel. After climbing through pine woods to the top of the Pen Twyn Meirch ridge, our first view was that of the Malvern Hills in the far distance. The day being completely clear we were rewarded with views including the Brecon Beacons, Radnor Forest, the Wrekin and the Cotswolds. We walked along the ridge to the summit of Pen-yGader Fawr, an excellent mountain, before attempting Waun Fach, the highest of the Black Mountains. Although the highest peak, Waun Fach is not nearly as rewarding as Pen-y-Gader Fawr. The climb is long and marshy, and the top of the mountain is little more than a peat bog. This was demonstrated veri ably by Hewitt who managed to sink into it up to his waist. We returned by the head of the Gwryne F echan stream, descending at a mountain pass to the old pack-horse track which we followed down the valley to Tal-y-Maes bridge. Having walked some 15 miles and climbed up to 2,600 feet all were tired on arrival at the Chapel, but agreed that it was well worthwhile.

Most of the evenings were spent in the Chapel around the fire, either eating, reading or writing specifications. Compline was also sung each evening. P.D. T. C.

CHRISTIAN SOCIETY "

THE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY again held a· series of talks and discussions in the Autumn and Spring Terms.

We began with a talk by Mr Stephenson, the pastor of the Pentecostal Church in Worcester, a church about which members had previously known little. Next in the programme was an illustrated account of the Othona Community by the· Revd. Norman· Motley, Vicar of St Michael's Church, Cornhill, London. This Community organises camps in the summer on a remote part of the Essex Marshes, where people of many different interests and backgrounds learn the art of living in community.

In the Spring Term Mr Sutcliffe gave us a talk on the Biological Aspects of Race. This was in preparation for the visit of Mr Burroughs, the Bishop of Birmingham's Chaplain to coloured people. His subject was the controversial one of Race Relations. .

We also went on one hike during the year when we visited the Abberley district and ended by holding our own service of Evensong in the Parish Church.

In an attempt to attract new members the Society has, this year, been restarted on a broader basis as the Questors (membership open to Removes and above). Great interest has already been shown in this Society and we look forward to increased support during the forthcoming year. A. PEARsON.

THE FIELD CLUB

FIRSTLY I SHOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS very deep regret on behalf of all members at the death of Mr McTurk, our founder, who had led us on so many thoroughly enjoyable meetings ; his loss will be deeply felt and I am sure the older members will agree that it will never appear quite the same.

The organisation this year was considerably altered with a smaller number, twenty, attending each meeting. This change was affected as it was felt that larger numbers made for considerable difficulty in organisation beforehand as well as during meetings.

Consequently' the March meeting was the last one with more than twenty members present. A coach full of people visited some very beautiful dales near Bakewell, Derby'shire. Half the members walked from Chelmorton to Miller's Dale, where they were joined by the rest, then through Monsal Dale and Deep Dale and across High Low to Monyash. From there to Bakewell via Lathkill Dale along the river Lathkill. The Dales provided some exhilarating countryside ranging from deep barren slopes to lush wooded valleys. ..

The summer meeting was to the Elan Valley. A smaller party walked,. the length of the valley' ; so glorious was the weather that some members even swam and we were all able to appreciate the great beauty of all valley.

This autumn a small party went to the Cotswolds and thoroughly." 3°

enjoyed themselves walking' from Stow-on-the-Wold to Lower Slaugh­

ter and then along the Fosse Way before going to Northleach in th.e

coach via ·Little Farmington. They went as variousgroups--'natural history, geology, architecture-and all groups being active will probably have written projects by the end of the year. '

Some mention must be made of the untiring efforts of Mr Sutcliffe and Mr Bridges in the organisation of all the year's very successful

meetings. to them both. M.R.Y. '

CHESS CLUB

A 'FAIRLY MEDIOCRE SEASON ALL ROUND. It cannot be said that any of the four teams, which were entered for the School's league, shone brilliantly. ; ;,

The Ists won two of their six matches, drew one and narrowly lost the remainder.

The 2nds, however, faired better and won two of their three matches. Of the Junior teams the Under 15 A won three of their six matches, but the B team, which was rather weak this year, could score only one draw in four matches. '

In the Worcester ,and District League a good start was made when we beat the Blind College, 4-' I. However, after this, three of the remaining four matches were lost.

We easily reached the quarter final of the Sunday Times Schools' Competition with 6-0, and 4!-lt wins. Here, however, we were disastrously beaten, 5-1, by Rugby Grammar School.

We are grateful for all the help and consideration we have received from Mr D. Anderton during the last four years and express our deepest regret now that he has decided to retire from his position of master-in-charge of our Society.

We would, at the same time, however, like to welcome Mr G. Brown as his successor and look forward to many successful seasons with him.

R.A.

CHANGE RINGING SOCIETY

THE SECOND YEAR OF EXISTENCE of the Society has been even more successful than the first, in that the basis for a new " Young" Band has been laid down. Up till recently, all the ringers were from the Sixth Form, their School careers reaching an end. When two of the more experienced ringers, Michael Robinson and Tony White, left in July, the Society would have been wound up, had it not been for the recruiting of Fourth-formers by Mr Cattermole. The learners should attain proficiency in the art, long before they reach the Sixth Form, so that the Society can become a competent peal-ringing band before the members leave School.

We set off on February 25th in the School bus, driven by Mr D. R. Leonard, to ring at Earl's Croome, Ripple and Hanley Castle, where we

rang with half-muffled clappers out of respect to the late Sir Donald Lechmere. On the 20th of July we rang at Croome d' Abitot, Eckington, Bredon's Norton, Beckford and Hinton-on-the-Green. A joint meeting was held with ringers of the Hereford Cathedral School, at the Towers of Claines and All Saints' Church, Worcester.

During the year the Society has continued practising at All Saints' Church and until June, when repairs to the tower began, the bells of St Swithun's Church were rung for Sunday Evensong. At St Swithuns, John Rastall has spent many dusty hours looking after the maintenance of the bells and fittings. D.G.F.

CITY OF WORCESTER THE KING'S SCHOOL SOCIETY AT WORCESTER

On Thurs., May 20, 1965, in 48 minutes,

AT THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS,

A QUARTER PEAL OF 1259 GRANDSIRE DOUBLES

Tenor 23 cwt. in E.

Timothy A. Grundy Treble Michae1 J. Robinson 4

Royston J. M. Grosvenor ... 2 Anthony P. White ... 5

David G. Franklin 3 Paul Cattermole Tenor

Conducted by Michael J. Robinson.

Rung to the Glory of God, and in thanksgiving for the life and work of D. B. J. McTurk, for 20 years a master at the King's School, who died May 13th, 1965. The bells of the Cathedral were also rung, halfmuffled, by the Society after school on May 13th as a token of respect. On Speech Day, the Society was again privileged to ring the Cathedral bells before the Service.

FISHING SOCIETY

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, the Fishing Society was thriving under the inspired leadership of Mr D. B. J. McTurk, ably assisted by G. Darwall. During this period, there was some very successful fishing carried out at the Thorngrove and Croome Lakes, mainly for pike. However, latterly membership tended rather to fall off, and, during the Summer Term, the Society almost ceased to exist. Despite this, and the fact that this was the close season for coarse fishing, membership has risen again this term. (We would still welcome new members 1). J.M.H.A.

MUSIC SOCIETY

IN THE PAST, musical meetings have always taken place on Sunday evenings through the winter, and last year Mr Barnett, Dr. Butcher from the Blind College, and Mr Bramma were among those who contributed to these meetings. But a Sunday evening is not very convenient to most day-boys, and, so that both day-boys and boarders may take an interest, meetings will on the whole be in the lunch-hour in the future.

One or two lunch-hour meetings have already been held, the first being last term. This took the form of a piano recital given by six or seven pianists from all parts of the School. It was most successful, and very well attended. Even better attended was the demonstration of the Cathedral organ earlier this term. The Precentor talked about the organ, and the way it works, while Mr Bramma showed some of the sounds it can make. A week or two later, Mr Bramma gave a talk about "The Dream of Gerontius," which was performed in the Cathedral on November 2nd, and it is hoped that later this te!"Il1, there will be a short instrumental concert.

As well as these lunch-hour activities, there have been two musical expeditions. The first was last term, when we visited Oxford. Before going to Evensong at Magdalen College, where we were also shown the organ, we saw the organs at the Town Hall and Keble and Pembroke Colleges. At Pembroke College we were kindly given tea, and also a chance to see inside the College itself.

This term we went to Leominster Priory and St Michael's, Tenbury. At Leominster, the Vicar gave a short account of the history of his very beautiful church, which possesses one of the last "ducking.. stools " in existence, and also a very fine chalice. Then Mr Bramma showed us the three-manual Nicholson organ. After tea, we went on to Tenbury where the organist, Mr Nethsingha, showed us around and explained about the famous library which belongs to the College. Among the many interesting things to see there are a fair-copy of " Messiah" in Handel's own hand, some of the first printed music, the entire personal library of the College's founder, Sir Frederick Ouseley, and a harpsichord with a " swell-box." Mter this, we went to Evensong which was sung by the boys alone. Then Mr Nethsingha demonstrated the fine Willis organ, after which we were invited to go and make as much noise as we liked. This concluded a very enjoyable day.

Finally, we must thank all those who have in any way helped with the activities described above, especially Mr Bramma and last year, West, who have been the chief organisers.

S.J.C.

SCIENCE SOCIETY

SINCE LAST YEAR, support for the society has improved, and it is hoped that as a result, most of the projects at present in hand will be completed this year.

The optical telescope made slow but steady progress, and thanks to the patient work of two members, grinding of the main mirror is now finished. It is expected that the polishing and silvering, and the con$truction of the main assembly will soon be under way.

Progress with the radio telescope has been variable. A collapsible aerial was constructed and used successfully to record signals from the artificial satellite" Ariel2." However, owing to local conditions, a convincing demonstration proved to be impracticable on Speech Day.

Of started last year, only the cloud chamber was completed. ,However, final, tests were never made because an essential <;omponentwas be and could not be replaced.

Two new projects were planned this y,ear : the construction ofa crystal controlled clock and an oil diffusion pump. T.MARnsEN;

FICTION LIBRARY,

THE FICTION LIBRARY has continued in its effort to· bring literacy to the School. The clientele has increased slightly, with the discovery of the Library by the Lower Fourth and St Albans.

A number of new books have been introduced during the past year. These include books by C. P. Snow, Henry Cecil,Richard Gordon and other 'modem authors. It is, perhaps, regrettable that in the search for new reading matter, our customers tend to overlook the favourites of past decades. Rudyard. Kipling, AlexandreDumas and Arthur Ransome, are hardly touched today. Most of the new books are paperbacks which have been hard-covered by the more industrious of our librarians.

There are four new librarians, namely Barrington, Brook, Smith, J.; G., and Underwood, who seem keen to carry on the good work.

Finally, I should like to thank Mr K. P. Bamett and Mr N. E. Dilks for their invaluable interest and help.

D.G.F.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TERM, the Photographic Society came into being. It has converted the room below the stairs in the new block into an efficient dark-room and has collected sufficient apparatus for developing, printing'and enlarging. It is hoped in the near future that the Society, will be able to offer developing, printing and'·enlarging facilities to the School.

P.D. T. C.

RUGBY 1st XV, 1964

THE 1964 RUGBY SEASON was' not an astounding success but it succeeded in rekindling a reputation which had lost some of its lustre the previous season. 4

A rather heavy defeat by Christ College, Brecon, was followed by a narrow by. Bromsgrove. The latter game was both hard fought and enjoyable; the pack succeeded in getting a large amount of possession from the set scrums, which was used quite efficiently by the three-quarters.

The next three matches against Hereford, Dean ,Close and Warwick were notable for a lack of penetration by the backs. The scrum provided plenty of possession but time and again movements broke down in the I J

.A match was arranged against the Lancashire Fusiliers shortly after half-term, and although the team was soundly beaten by· a fitter and stronger side, many were 1earnt which proved useful in the next match against K.E.S., Birmingham. It was vital at this stage of the season to record a moral-boosting win, and the School's defeat of K.E.S., Birmingham, produced the desired effect. The Old Vigornians were soundly beaten in an entertaining match in which a large amount of possession was again afforded by the pack.

With these two victories in the bag the School XV looked forward to the match against the Grammar School with quiet confidence, and before a large and enthusiastic crowd they held the strong local team to a pointless draw. The tackling of'the School's three-quarters was excellent and they used intelligently the large amount of possession provided by the pack. .

The School's heavy defeat by Bishop Vesey's was probably due not only to the undoubted strength of their opponents but to the anticlimax after the tension of the previous match. However, they pulled themselves together somewhat the following week against Magdalen College when a match played in very muddy conditions resulted in a draw.

Points

Result For - Against

v. Christ College, Brecon (A) Lost 0- 1 7

v. Bromsgrove School (A) ... .•. Lost 6-9

v. Hereford C.S. (H)

v. Dean Qose School (A)

v. Warwick School (A)

v. Lane. Fusiliers (H) .••

3-9

0-8

0-12

Lost 3-2 7

v. K.E.S.B. (H) Won 10-6

v. Old Vigornians (H) Won 14--0

v. W.R.G.S. (H) Drawn 0-0

v. Bishop Vesey's G.S. (A)

Lost 0-3 6

v. Magdalen C.S. (H) Drawn 0-0

Won 2, Lost 7, Drawn 2.

1st XV Caps were awarded to: Haynes, C. J. P., Remes, P.E., Nicholls, V. A.

1st XV Colours were awarded to: Wilson, N. P., Judd, A. J., Bagg, L. R., Partridge, R. J., Rhodes, I. D., Little, J., Bax, W. D. S., Griffiths, M. A. L., Lockley, J. P., Stokes, M. J., Thompson, J. G., Garland, N. J.

1st XV Captain: Haynes, C. J. P.

Hon. Secretary: Malcomson, J. G. V. A. NICHOLLS

RUGBY FOOTBALL, 1965

Captain : Nicholls, V. A.

Hon. Secretary: Minchin, M. C. W.

so FAR, this season has been somewhat disappointing for the 1st Despite much enthusiasm and hard training, they have not been getting

the results that they expected on the field. In the first match of the season we lost to Christ College, Brecon, by a considerable margin, and this seemed to put 'the team off for the next few matches. But then, in the match against Dean Close, using new tactics which they had just perfected, they played a brilliant game and won by two points. Un;;' fortunately, their next opponents were Warwick School, who, true to form, sent a good XV, and who beat us by eleven After halfterm, the team returned to play Moseley Grammar School. Some bad ball-handling prevented them from winning, but we drew the match when Wilson, coming into the three-quarter line from full.;.back, scored a magnificent try. .

Half the School turned out to watch the match against the W.R.G.S. on Flag Meadow. Unfortunately, Wilson-the full-back, and Logan-the scrum-half, were unable to play because of injuries, but we fought very hard indeed, under the inspiring drive of the Captain, Nicholls, at number eight, and played some good rugby. But the Grammar were on top form and in the second half they scored their first try and went on to win 6-0.

Results: Home team score given first.

1ST XV Points Result For - Against

v. Christ College, Brecon CH) Lost 3-2 4

v. Worcester T.C. CA) Lost 0-12

v. Bromsgrove CH). Lost 6-14·

v. Hereford C.S. CA) Won

v. Dean Close CH) ... Won 11--9

v. Warwick CH) Lost 3-1 4

v. Moseley G.S. CH) Drawn 3-·3

v. K.E.S., Birmingham CA) Won 9-0

v. W.R.G.S. CA) Won 6-0

2ND XV

v. Bromsgrove CA) ...

Won 15-3

v. Sebright 1st XV CA) Won 9-0

v. Hereford C.S. CH) Won 14-3

v. Dean Close CA) Lost 6-18

v. Warwick CA) Won 35-12

v. Moseley G.S. CH) Won 16-0

v. K.E.S., Birmingham CH) Lost 0-6

v. W.R.G.S. CH) Lost 0-3

3RDXV

v. Bromsgrove CH) Won 9-0

v. Sebright 2nd XV CH)

Lost 0-21

v. P.H.G.S., Evesham CH) Lost 5-44

v. Warwick CH) Lost 0-33

y. P.H.G.S., Evesham CA) Lost 3-11

UNDER 16 XV

v. Christ College, Brecon CH)

Won 6-0

v. Bromsgrove CH) Lost 3-9

v. W.R.G.S. CH)

Won 3-0

v. Hereford C.S. CA) Won 16-13

v. Dean Close CH) ... Won 11-6

v. Warwick (H) Lost 0-3

v. K.E.S., Birmingham CA) Lost 8-2 4

UNDER 15 XV

v. Bromsgrove CA)

Lost 3-18

v. Sebright CA} , Lost 3-30

v. Dean Close CA) Won 18-6

v. Warwick CH) Lost 0-19

v. K.E.S., Birmingham CH) Lost 5-11

v. W.R.G.S.(A) Won 31-0

UNDER 14 XV

v. Sebright CH) ...

v. Hereford C.S. CH) .. . ..

Won 15-0

Won 6-3

v. Warwick CA) Won 28-0

v. W.R.G.S. CH)

Lost 0-14

M. C. W.MINCHIN.

BOAT CLUB

Captain of Boats : J. LITTLE

Club Secretary: S. D. BURKE

THE TRAINING of the 1st and 2nd VIII's in the Spring Tennculminated in the usual entries for Reading 'Head of the River' race, this year with disappointing results for both crews.

In the early part of the Summer Term the 1st VIII went down with all hands in a private. fixture against U.C.S. at Richmond. The 2nd VIII, unable to match such a feat, did manage to break two blades before beating D.C.S. 2nd VIII. The Senior Colts VIII lost to U.C.S. Senior Colts, but held their 3rd VIII to an exciting draw.

The 2nd VIII won an regatta' at Monmouth, beating the 2nd VIII'sofWycliffe, Hereford :p1dMonmouth.

At Birmingham Regatta the 1st VIII were closely beaten in the final of the JuniorjSenior.,event by Hereford Rowing 'Club and Monmouth 1st VIII-the finishing distance" between 'the three crews being no more than

At Reading CliDker ,Regatita the School was by the 2nd VIII and the Senior. Colts. In the final round of the junior Eights the 2nd's beatSt and StGeorge's College. In an exciting final the VIII peat Abingdon,after a brilliant recovery from the chaos caused by number 3, who forho apparent reason decided to perform 31

gymnastics on his back in the middle of the course, but lost to a superior crew from Molesley Bpat Club. In the Novice Eights, the SeniorColta beat St George's College, but were beaten by Reading University Boat Club. '

In home waters the 1st VIII were beaten at Worcester Regatta by a competent crew from George Watson's College, Edinbq.rgh, and ·a game M. J. England was beaten in the Novice Sculls by a of Hereford Rowing Club. .

On Whit Monday at Hereford 'City, the 1st VIII were drawn.against Hereford Rowing Club in the first round, of Hereford succeeded in confirming their earlier victory, though hard-pushed by a fighting crew. The 2nd VIII, in spite ofmorale-boostingsortgs asserting the contrary, were narrowly beaten in the first round of Juniors by Monkton Combe School. The Senior Colts beat Monmouth in the first I round of Novice Eights, but were .. themselves beaten by Monkton Combe in the second. The 3rd VIII lost to King's School, Gloucester. The most successful K.S. oarsman o(the day was G. A. Mulcahy who reached the third round of the Novice Sculls.

At Hereford Schools' Regatta on the following Wednesday, the 1st VIII beat Priory School easily, but were beaten in the second round by Shrewsbury. The 2nd VIII won their event by beating Ellesmere Port G.S., Monmouth 11 (for the second time) and winning a very exciting final against the Worcester Royal Grammar S<iliool 1st VIII. The Senior Colts split into two IV's. The Senior IV beat Feldon, but lost to Carmel College, and the Colts IV beat Wallingford, Carmel, W.R.G.S. and Windsor G.S. to win the event for the second year running. The Colts 'A' VIII beat Carmel College, but lost to Stavely School, the winners of the Colts Eights event. The Colts cB' VIII lost their race with King's School, Chester.

Three VIII's went to an ' invitation regatta 'at Shrewsbury-the 3rd VIII who beat Hereford Cathedral School, but lost to Shrewsbury IV VIII; the Colts 'A' who beat Priory and the Colts 'B', who themselves lost to Shrewsbury' 150 Pounders' and our Colts 'A'.

The 1st and 2nd VIII's enjoyed three valuable days at Marlowthe 1st VIII beating Canford, but being beaten by Emanuel, while the 2nd's rowed below form to be beaten by Imperial College.

At Pangbourne National Schools' Regatta, excitement was caused by leaving the rigger bolts and food on the bus, which drove off into Reading. The 1st VIII rowing as well as could be expected in a borrowed boat kindly lent by Radley, were beaten by Bryanston; Wycliffe and St Edward's. In the loser's race they beat Radley, demonstrating what can be done in a K.S. boat. The 2nd VIIl were beaten by King's, Canterbury and Abingdon (who made gObd their 'Reading defeat)., The Senior Colts beat St Paul's ·and Abingdbllin the first round, and came second to Radley, beating Bryanstonin the semi-final.

The last Regatta of the season for theIst VIII Was They beat Hereford Cathedral. School, but were beaten in the final by: Cheltenham 11. The 2nd VIII beat Liverpool Victoria in· a furious first round, Cheltenham Colts in a hard-fought second round, and the indefatigable Monmouth 2nd VIII in the final to win the event. We.

were by now certain that our successes were due to the influeIlce of our mascot, ,and the invaluable support of MrsAnderton, whose enthusiasm was much appreciated.

The Senior Colts, the 3rd VIII and the Colts 'A' went to Richmond Regatta. The Senior Colts were beaten in the first round bySt Paul's and Latymer Upper (the eventual winners} in spite of the "attempts of a frusttatedcox The3rdVIII also, lost to St Paul's, and the Colts 'A' were beaten by MortlakeEast. '

Finally, an unofficial'IV went to, Saltfordwhere they were beaten in the final by a tough German crew. Also 'at Saltford was that intrepid veteran G.A.M. who went down with colours flying in the last to the finals of the Novice Sculls.

1st VIll Colours were awarded to: J. Dickinson, W. S. D. Burke, G. A. Mulcahy, M. C. W. Minchin, D. R. Hooper, C. M. Number, N. D. S. Bax,D. C. Stuart-Smith.

IstVIll Coxing Colours were awarded to: D. E. G. Thomas.

2nd VIll Colours were re-awarded to: S. J. Scott, and awarded to : W. J. D. Scandrett, G. Goodman, A. R. Dunn, D. Tandy; J. Lingard-Lane, D. F. Thomas, S. R. Coulter. '

2ndVIll Coxing Colours,were"awarded to: S. J. Gilman.

HOCKEY

Captain : WILSON Vice-Captain: R. J.COMYN

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING !' This year, with reasonably kirid weather and the prospect, after some initial sorting out, of one of the best teams for several years, illness struck at the wrong moment. In the warm-up match against P. G. L. CurIe's XI the team looked quite promising although losing 0-1. These hopes were realised against Hanley Castle a few days later in a convincing 3-1 win with outstanding goals from Judd and Chance. The next match against P.H.G.S., Evesham, had to be cancelled owing to bad weather (the' second year running that this has happen.ed) and when we faced Hartlebury-I suppose our strongest opponents-we were without the steadiness and power of J. Comyn. Banlow, however, made a hard...; working deputy, and this excellent, ding-dong battle ended in a 2-2 draw-a fair result on the run of play, though we were desperately unlucky not to score again in the dying moments. , , Three days later when we met Solihull we were not only without Comyn; but also his brotherandpartner,R. Comyn and Chance: This loss of both full'-back'andcentte-fotivard upset the team, and, as a result of panic in defence, they were two goals down in the first twenty minutes before they realised the 'game need not be lost. Despite repeated attacks, notably by Wilson, goals would not come and the score remained 0-2 till the end. The steadiness 'of theComynsat full-back, together with Chance's ability to seize on half-openings, were greatly missed.

For the next match against Brecon we had two of our absentees ,back and an all-round superiority was quickly established. With a lead at half-time the interest rather faded, and, after a rather scrappy second half, the final score was 7-1. The rain then came down·' for three days and, had it been a School match, the next game would have been cancelled. As it was the O.Vs. and some of them had travelled a long way we decided to play. Despite conditions a very worthwhile and enjoyable game resulted, the School winning by 3-" I. There was not much to choose between the two sides in the mud with the exception of Wilson ; his controlled speedy dribbling in such conditions was little short of miraculous and his two second-half goals fitting reward for his performance.

For the last game against Worcester Hockey Club Ahmed was away and Wilson ill, which was the greatest of pities. The School fought back after being 4-1 down, but finally lost 5-3. A full team might have made all the difference.

Altogether it was a happy and encouraging season for the ,1st .XI, despite the feeling of what might have been.. and the most successful for -many years for the 2nd xi The Colts were less fortunate, as the matches they would probably have won were cancelled, and they went down twice to Nunnery Wood, the second time by only 0-1. This was a good performance for the Nunnery team play together from September onwards as against our few weeks.

One thing that is always most marked is the slowness on to the ball of all our teams when they get on a fast, true pitch. Our standard has gone up this year, but it wQuld go up a great deal higher and stay up if we had a real hockey pitch to practise on, apd if we had more helpers to coach younger boys and especially beg4mers.

Two votes of thanks. First, to Mr Bradley for helping so ably and so regularly on Saturdays. Secondly, to the Hockey Clul? for allowing us to use their ground on several

RESULTS

The 1st XI in its final form was: Nicholls Comyn, R. Comyn, J. Hodson Ahmed Brainch Judd . Wilson Chance D- Hamilton Thompson,J.

Both' Needham and Southan played on the left-wing ·as often as Thompson, and Barlow substituted at right-back on several occasions. The real strength of the defence was in the calm, cool play of ·the Comyns, though Nicholls in goal had some good games. At right.,;.half Hodson was always solid and he played particularly well in the last few games. Brainch at left-half always brought tremendous dash and enthusiasm to the game. Ahmed had one or two good games at centrehalf, but on the whole was rather a disappointment. He is too easily

drawn 'out of position and too slow to recover, once beaten. The chief problem forward was at left-wing, where Needham, technically the best player, lacked bite and determination. If he can overcome this he will do well next Douglas-Halnilton at inside-left was a great worker and trier whose main failure-a vital one-was in getting in his final pass. Forward strength lay in the centre and on the right. Chance developed enormously and was always ready to snap up an opportunity. He scored some good goals and ended up with a hat-trick against the Hockey Club. Wilson, the inside-right, has the makings of a very fine player; he has great speed and control and a really goal-hungry attitude. He had a good partner in J udd whose devastating speed on the right wing created many openings and who scored some very good , goals himself.

1St XI Colours were awarded to: R. J. Comyn, J. A. Comyn, A. J. J udd, N. K. Chance, P. J. Brainch, C. R. Hodson.

It is good to note that there are one or two very promising players in the 2nd XI, and, with few leavers, we ought to have a good 1st XI next year. Let us hope the weather is good, the pitches are better-no criticism of the groundsman here-and there is no illness.

The House Matches were played on a seven-a-side basis.

School School

Wulstan

Castle

Chappel

Hostel

Creighton

} Castle

Castle

Creighton

Bright Choir

Choir

Choir

} Choir

1St XI CRICKET,

THIS SEASON we had a young, keen· and talented side that always played attractive cricket and though our results were not brilliant this was often because we found the four hours that an afternoon game offered inadequate to force a result.

Our batting was strong and at times exciting but our bowling was hampered for much of the season by a recurrent heel injury to Wilson, our opening bowler. Because of this the pace attack rested entirely on the shoulders of Nicholls who always looked dangerous and was often a match saver. In Logan and Blackstock we found a useful spin combination that at times proved successful and always showed promise. Comyn's seamers seldom failed to contain our opponents.

Nicholls also opened our batting and though he and Wets on were often slow to score we were generally sure of a solid beginning on which West built one or two of his sparkling if unorthodox Judd, Wilson, Comyn and Brown each made valuable contributions to the

on.occasioJls: a,ld, fOI'11led a sQlidmiddle-orde);. '_:batting lineiaUp__ Our ground fielding' improved as the season progressed but there was always r091l1 for improvement.

.. .The matches were always interesting and enjoyable (noteably against Solihull where we lost in the .last over) and showed :great promisef9r another good next year. '..

v. Dean Close

v. Hereford C.S.

V•. W.R.G.S.

v. Bromsgrove

v. Solihull

For 37 (Judd 28) 5-1-0 (Nicholls 45*)

132 135-6 dec. (West 46) 125-4 dec.

Agq,inst _ , -ReS'ult 176-4 dec 5° (Nicholls (Blackstock. 3) 114-8 . (Wilson 4-28) 83-6 (Nicholls 3-21) 126-9 (Nicholls 7-25) Lost Won Drawn Drawn Lost

v. Warwick 100-6 206-4 dec. (Nicholls 63) (Logan 2-39)

v.K.E.S.B. 175-8 dec. 143-2 Drawn (West 54)

v. Monmouth Rain-Abandoned 24- 1

v.O.V.'s 142-6 200-6 dec. Drawn

LAW'N TE·NNIS, 1965

Captain: M. STOKES

Secretary : P. BRAINCH

PERHAPS. THE LESS SAID the better about match results this season. We played six matches-against Sebright, Solihull, Christ College, Brecon, . K.E.S., Birmingham, Worcester Training College and the O.Vs.-and lost all of them. Only twoplayers--Stokes and had previous match experience and they never really found their touch throughout the term. For the though they often played well in practice, a match seemed to produce a sort of paralysis. Let us hope that this year's experience will have done them good and that match tension will disappear·.from their games next summer. One important. lesson to be learnt is that in match 'play not making unforced errors is: every bit as important as hitting winners.

The team was :-.

Stokes and Baker

Brainch 'and Bvison

Adcock and Cowper

Wallace and Garland also Five of this eight will still be here next year-so we will hope for some better results.

The four courts on Hunt's played quite well throughout: the summer, though we had a consi<ierable amount of trouble with the surround· netting and posts. We hope· next year to have something more permanent set up .. ·If we do, and the courts themselves continue to!

to treatment, bad conditions will supply no excuses for ha d perfortnances. ..

One innovation this year was the employment of a professional on two afternoons a week. Mr Jacobs has a tremendous enthusiasm for the game and I am sure his efforts will bear fruit. But it does take some time for coaching of this sort to take effect. Coaches cannot work miracles-.a great deal of hard work and concentration is necessary from the players.

Members of the team had a very enjoyable day (and a dry one) at Wimbledon. In the past a larger party has gone on the first day, but in future we hope to follow this year's precedent. By taking only a few it is possible to go later in the week and to see a much more varied programme.

SWIMMING

DURING THE EASTER TERM some circuit training was done by members of the Swimming Club this brought great dividends during the season.

For the first match of the season we travelled to Warwick where we were beaten by some excellent swimming produced by Warwick. Our only successes came through D. Lauckner in the Junior Breaststroke, M. Slaughter in the Junior Diving, and P. Baker who was first equal in the Senior Butterfly.

Our next match was against Sebright School at home which we won very easily, having first and second in nearly every event.

On Tuesday, 22nd June, we had a home fixture against Dean School and although we lost, we did much better than in previous years. P. Baker won the Senior Freestyle, B. Crewe won the Junior Breaststroke, and M. Slaughter the Junior Diving. In the Senior Medley Relay, sixteen seconds were knocked off the School record.

The following Monday the School Sports were held and The Hostel won both Overall and in the Relay Competition.

At the Worcester City Gala we entered four events and won them all. P. Baker and R. Woodward won Individual Freestyle Races and an Under 1St Relay Team won and also the Senior Relay Team won the - Men's Relay, for which we received a Silver Challenge Cup.

On July lOth we travelled to Bromsgrove School, where we were unfortunately without Ferguson and Mulcahy, and we were beaten in a fairly close match.

On July 17th we entertained Solihull School in what was most certainly the closest match of the season. Both the Junior and Senior matches .were decided in the last Relay and we unfortunately lost both by less than a yard.

Colours for the season were re-awarded to P. Baker, and awarded to C. Ferguson, T. Jordan, J. Wright, M. Parsons and R. Bumpus.

RESULTS

SENIOR

v. Warwick Lost 35 -61

v. Sebright

v. Dean Close

v. Bromsgrove

5°1-2 31

37 -61

32 -46

v.Solihull Lost 4 1 -46

JUNIOR

v. Warwick Lost 35t---491

v. Sebtight Won 50 -24

v. Dean Close Lost 47 -62

v. Bromsgrove Lost 271-5 01

v. Solihull Lost 30!-341

Results of. School Swimming Sports-28th June, 1965

N .B.-School records have now been compiled and they are shown alongside each race entry.

I. Open Backstroke (2 lengths): I. Ferguson (S.), 2. Parsons (H.), Woodward (Ch.). Time 39.0 secs. Record 37.7 secs.

2. Under 16 Backstroke (2 lengths): I. Pellew (S.), 2. Young (Ca.), 3. Greenough (Br.). Time 43.2 secs. Record 43.2 secs.

3. Under 15 Backstroke (I length): I. Horobin(W.), 2. Slaughter (W.), 3. Woodward (Ch.). Time 18.5 secs. Record 18.5 secs.

4. Open Breaststroke (3 lengths): I. Jordan (H.), 2. Griffiths (H.), 3. Haynes (Ch.). Time 66.8 secs. Record 66.8 secs.

5. Under 16 Breaststroke (2 lengths): I. Crewe (Ca.), 2. Lauckner (Ch.), 3. Jordan (H.). Time 41.4 secs. Record 41.4 secs.

6. Under 15 Breaststroke (2 lengths) : I. Dailey (Ca.), 2. John (Ca.), 3. Drabble (S.). Time 47.2 secs. Record 44.6 secs.

7. Open Individual Medley (3 lengths Ba., Br., F.): Baker (H.), 2. Ferguson (S.), 3. Parsons (H.). Time 63.4 secs. New event this year.

8. Diving: I. West, A. (H.), 2. Crewe (Ca.), 3. Taylor (Ca.).

9. Open Freestyle (3 lengths) : I. Baker (H.), 2. Mulcahy (C.!), Thompson (H.). Time 49.2 secs. Record 49.2 secs. /

10. Under 16 Freestyle (2 lengths): I. Wright (S.), 2. Young (Ca.), 3. Grainge (S.). Time 32.6 secs., Record 31.2 secs.

11. Under 15 Freestyle (2 lengths).: I. Wright (S.), 2. Slaughter (W.), 3. Nixon (Ch.). Time 34.7 secs. Record 34.7 secs. '

12. Open Butterfly (I length): I. Baker (H.), 2. Lauckner (Ch.), 3. Woodward (Ch.). Time 16.6 secs. Record 15.2 secs.

13. Open Medley RelaY-3 X I length (Ba., Br., F.) : I. Hostel 2, Choir 3, School 4, Hostel 2. Time 51.9 secs. Record 51.9 secs.

14. Under 16 Medley RelaY-3 XI length (Ba., Br., F.) : I. Hostel 2, Choir 3, School 4, Castle. Time 55.3 secs. Record 54.6 secs.

15. Under 15 Medley Relay: I. Choir 2, Hostel 3, Castle 4, School. Time 56.8 secs. Record 56.8 secs.

16. Open Freestyle Relay (4 X I length): I. Chappe1 2, Hostel 3, Choir 4, School. Time 61.2 secs. Record 57.2 secs.

CROSS-COUNTRY

THE 1965 ,CROSS-COUNTRY SEASON was an extremely disappointing one.. Only three matches were won, and the rest of the results are a very dismal story. The reasons are not easy to find : some of the better runners were off games for long periods, but a spirit of disinterest and lack of pride in running for the School, shown by some boys, turned an average team into a poor one. Only D. A. Griffiths ran well ; G. Thorpe faded away after a good start ; R. G. Partridge and D. C. Ashworth gave consistently of their best.

The Juniors displayed much more enthusiasm, and some of them are very promising. It is to be hoped that they maintain this spirit : they will have to if the School is to regain its former standard.

RESULTS

Schools' Championships

Worcester Grammar School Championships 1st Teams 1st BromsgrQve

The School Cross-Country was held on February loth, and a record number of teams were entered ; nine in the Senior Race and eleven in the Junior Race. D. A. Griffiths easily won the Senior Event, but the House Cup was only narrowly won by Chappel from the Hostel. The Hostel packed well in 12th to 16th places, but it was not quite -good enough. The Junior Event provided Wulstan with an easy victory.

Senior:

1st D. A. Griffiths (Cl.) 1st Chappel 41

2nd D. C. Ashworth (H.) 2nd The Hostel "A" 44 D. E. Chandler (H.) 3rd Castle

4th R. G. Partridge (CL) School 4

Junior:

1st G. Thorpe (Ca.) 1st Wulstan "A"

2nd G. M. Aldridge (Cl.) 2nd Choir

3rd R. Cowper (Ch.) 3rd School"A" Castle

Chappel "A"

ATHLETICS, 1965

Captain: R. MOODY

Hon. Sepetary: D. GRIFFITHS

THE ATHLETICS CLUB had a higHly successful season and its performances, both teamattd individual, -were of considerable merit. It would appear that Athletics- at this School is most certainly on the upgrade. The season'opened with a match against Prince Henry's Grammar in which the Seniors won comfortably, the Juniors, however, just losing in a keenly fought contest. Both teams excelled in the track events.

A few days later at the City Sports, a total of eight boys were chosen to represent the City in the County Sports, which were held on the

23rd June. Robin Moody managed to hold off the opposition in the Senior 880 yards to give us our only individual victory. Stephen Wright in the 440 yards, Peter Hiles in the Discus and Andrew Reekes in the Relay performed well for the Junior team, whilst John Durkin was second in the Intermediate Javelin event.

The next fixture was a triangular event, in which teams from King's, Gloucester, Cirencester Grammar School and our own team completed. The first of these, being a very strong team, won comfortably, whilst we managed to hold second place.

For the second year running the School were hosts to an Athletics team. This year it was Nunnery Wood. Both the Senior team and the Junior team were able to show Nunnery Wood the way home.

For the first time ever, in the School Sports, Middle and Junior records were established, so as to produce an objective for all athletes in the School.

There were two School records produced, Griffiths in the 2 Miles and Taylor in the 440 yards ; two Senior records, Moody in the 2 .Miles and Brainch in the Javelin; four }yliddle records, Griffiths_in the 880 yards and Mile, Durkin in the Javelin and Barlow in the Discus, and five Junior records, Hiles in the Javelin, Stewart in the Mile, Woodward, R., in the Hurdles, Dailey in the Shot, and the Castle House Relay Team.

RESULTS

Senior: 100 yards Partridge 10.9 secs.

220 yards Bagg 24.9 secs.

440 yards Partridge 54.9 secs.

880 yards Moody 2 min. 8.8 secs.

I Mile Moody 5 min. 3.7 secs.

2 Miles Moody 10 min. 35.3 secs. Hurdles Partridge 19.2 secs.

High Jump

Long Jump Shot Moody Bagg Judd 5 ft. 3 in. 18 ft. 31 in.

39 5i in.

Discus Baker 116 ft. Iol in.

Javelin Brainch 140 ft. 91 in. Relay School 48.1 secs.

Middle: 100 yards Blockely 11.1 secs.

220 yards Griffiths 25.2 secs.

440 yards Taylor 54.0 secs.

880 yards Griffiths 2 min. 8.2 secs.

I Mile Griffiths 4 min. 49.8 secs.

2 Miles Griffiths 10 min. 20.5 secs.

Hurdles Blockely 16.5 secs.

High Jump

Long Jump

Shot Chandler Sinc1air Cluley 5 ft. 0 in.

17 ft. 11 in.

35 ft. 4t in.

Discus Barlow 117 ft. 2 in.

Javelin Durkin 128 ft. I I in.

Relay Castle 49.6 secs.

Junior:

100 yards

220 yards

John 1I.6 secs.

Woodward, R. 25.7 secs.

440 yards Reekes 60.0 secs.

880 yards

I Mile

Hurdles

High Jump

Long Jump

Shot

Discus

Javelin

Relay

Stewart 2 min. 24.6 secs.

Stewart 5 min. 23.6 secs.

Woodward, R. 12.1 secs.

Stewart 4 ft. 7 in.

Millard 15 ft. 101 in.

Dailey 31 ft. II in.

Riles 105 ft. 61 in.

Hiles 124 ft. 10 in.

Castle 53.1 secs.

Colours were re-awarded to: R. Moody and A. J udd, and awarded to D. Griffiths, J. Partridge and J. Durkin.

To conclude, the Athletics Club would not have had such a successful season, had it not been for long hours of hard and exacting work done by Mr Hickson. The Athletics Club, I am sure, would like to thank him profusely. D .A. G.

OXFORD LETTER

WHAT, ONLY TWO FRESHMEN? Where are the energetic bodies and keen minds to face the onslaught of the national press, of Geoff Shaw, and of Cambridge and those other new universities on Oxford's rightful place in the heart of England, her present and herfuture ? Will 1966 bring O.Vs. to keep high our tradition, or must our score decline?

This year's lucky pair are Maurice Workman and Martin Smith, both at Worcester. The former is reading French and German and restricting his interests to the theatre and the Labour Club. The latter, a theologian, has discovered the Ashmolean, manages to attend a meagre two concerts a week and dissipates his energy on ecumenism and Eastern culture.

Michael Pye (St John's) is probably the most prominent of the second year men. He is moving swiftly and confidently through the Oxford literary world, the vice-presidency of the Essay Society being among his meaner and in his spare time he picked up the H. W. C. Davis Prize in Modem History. Adrian Thorne is reading Music at the House and G0rclon Byme P.P. Something at Keble, but.· as far as is known they haven't shown the enterprise of historian Richard Westcott(Worcester) in getting dysentry with Jeremy Gibson and Comex in India. Richard plays the piano, which possibly helps.

Hertfordian Jerry staggers on under the strain of having a car which doesn't live up to his I.A.M. membership, won ina bus to India to act. He has succeeded in, keeping away from the proctors long enough to write winning tapes in national recording contests and losing plays in inter-college cuppers, as well as to act in Majors and cabaret. Rumour

hath it that he is thinking of taking a'degree in Law. Mike Knight (Oriel), a true lawyer and sporting man, is working hard and success;. fully in the libraries and his room. Also busy isPete Preece whose connections in Christ Church enabled him to visit Jordan over the

summer to study desert reclamation for his Forestry. He also visited Portugal's sand-dunes, and, in wetter clime, organised the O.D. long distance canoe race. The History faculty sports Qem Huzzey (St John's), who claims to do nothing but was seen on the river, Chris Irvine (Jesus), a dedicated socialite who claims to be seen nowhere because he isn't, and Keith Windridge (Worcester) who works and plays hockey. Chris Baron (Hertford) hopes that his visit to Ireland over the long vac. will help him with his Maths. schools. He spent last year stroking the College 1st VIII, being President of the J.C.R., getting on the Drivers Club Committee and becoming engaged. Having a much lazier time was David Bryer (Worcester) who was teaching English in a Druze village in the Lebanon; he joins the schoolsmen, taking Arabic and Turkish.

Our elder statesmen are nearly' as numerous. as our schoolsmen, but firsts first ; it is believed that Nick Havely (Lin<::oln, English) is still around, and Ralph Houlbrooke (Worcester) is celebratiBg by doing a B.Litt. in History. Also at Worcester isAlan Webo, ,studYing for a B.Phil. in Philosophy. John Langdon, fresh from his Mus.B. at King's, Cambridge, is editing the works of Christopher Tye for a' at New College. David Phillips has been seen in the Banbury Road, and Richard White is rumoured to be around, but the grapevine hasn't been very precise about their activities or their hideouts.

The pancity of new faces is doubtless unconnected with the conducted tours which have been organised for parties from the School, but what might have contributed is that the Development taking place here is fairly difficult to put over in more than the mere material sense. The reaction is awaited with interest.

Yours, etc., OXON.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER

Dear Sir,

So we decided to give a sherry-party. for the Vigornian letter-and the circular reminding us thatit:was time for the Vigornian letter-had come round again. Knowing that nothing would draw the Cambridge undergraduate, and particularly the O.V., like the promise of alcohol, we felt this was the bait with which to fish for information. So we decided to give a sherry-party in Magdalene. So that those of us who do not see one another from one year's end to the next could concoct some sort of progress-report that could be passed off as the spontaneous product of an organic community.

Magdalene is the college with the largest O.V. population (three) and these were not unnaturally, the first on the scene. Geoff Harper,

:

now deservedly promoted to scholar's rank, and his beard, are in their third year of Natural Sciences and can be relied on for entertaining exposes of such various subjects as plant taxonomy, the genitalia of Worcestershire slugs, beauty in science, and Desperate Dan. Part of a hectic long vac. was spent on a research station in Uganda with the intention of investigating the feeding habits of hippopotami. Since, however, it turned out to be summer and the sun had inconsiderately left nothing for the hippopotami to feed on, the investigation came to a full stop. At the moment a statistical analysis of the distribution of small mammal skeletons in jettisoned milk-bottles beside British lay-bys is under way. Nick Boyle (second year, Modem Languages) is distinguished by a propensity for distributing small haystaeks of Popish' propaganda and a reputation for having become nocturnal. As the only Arts man in a bevy of Scientists-and-Others he felt himself the last bastion of a dying culture-in obedience to the dictum that all Art is quite useless he has allowed his hookah to become purely decorative. Tim J ones, third year mathematician, practises-intermittentlythe wholly mathematical art of campanology, but showed an eminent sense of the practical in a long vac. divided between working in a brewery and going the rounds of other people's twenty-firsts. Last October, we report with disgust, he was involved in the Conservative General Election campaign-his uncle was returned for the Cambridgeshire constituency with an increased ,majority.

First non-Magdalene man to appear was Nigel Morrison, now in his second year of Engineering. His room in Trinity Hall is on the same landing as Ian Bartlett's (third year economist-he wasn't able to come and his neighbour hinted tantalisingly at possible reasons, mainly unprintable). Nigel was on his way to a party at the Union ,but he made the proviso that he does-actually---do some work, his main interests apart from that being rowing and the Austin Seven Club. His vintage Alvis, however, is at the moment adorning the front of a bus-though not, it should be added (and he does add it), through any fault of his own. Next year he will be flying to the third of Cambridge's summer suburbs, the U.S., to work for the Radio Corporation of America. The other satellites, by the way, are Greece and Italy (though half Cambridge seemed intent on adding Turkey this year) but, surprisingly enough, we O.Vs. could not muster between us a single pilgrim to Athens. But Russell Baylis (Sidney Sussex), who now made his appearance with George Darwall (St John's)-both are first-year mathematicians-had been to Italy this summer, after working successively for the M.E.B. and the governors of the Worcester Cathedral King's School. He had acted as guide on various coach tours and exclaimed with evident relish that" the tips were very good." He has now given up chess and replaced it with gliding, but unable to find an occult meaning in this change we pass on to George Darwall, who spent a summer between forestry and game-keeping on an estate near Abergavenny. Our communal ears missed the transition to the cription of some demi-Paradise of employment which involved grousebeating every other day, the use of a Land Rover and free fishing. Returning to Cambridge, he informed us that he was a member of the

Lady Margaret (=St John's Rowing) Club and that his lectures were no good. All Archimedeans present chorussed agreement, and this seemed justified when it turned out that in respect of at least one it'sall- in -my- book- anyway- so -why- come-to- my-lectures ? lecturer the composition of the faculty had not changed since the almost palaeolithic epoch when the King's School Maths. Department was educated here.

John Savage, now in his second year at King's, was next. He is an Engineer, and apart from the fact that during the summer he spent " the longest two and a half months of his life " with-was it Tate and Lyle ? (at this stage the communal memory was sagging, as well as the communal ears-apart from that, and the confession to membership of the Jazz Club, all we gleaned was the discovery that he is a nonsmoker. An appropriate mood of nostalgia set in when he pointed out that eleven years ago three of those present, Nick Boyle, Nigel Morrison and himself, had started off together in the Second Form. Hard on his heels (not to be too original in our phraseology) came Mike Haines, who is in his third year and doing Chemical Engineering at St John's. As pa..."1: of I-Js four-year course he has to spend next year working in the industry itself. He has just been commissioned in the Air Force'Volunteer Reserve, but does not mean to take up flying as a career. Indeed, he disclaims all, even collective, responsibility for the R.A.F. balloon which a few weeks ago broke loose from its moorings, drifted across country and finally attached its 2,000 feet of steel cable to the new John's building, giving evacuated Magdalene (over which wretched college the Thing had to be deflated) at last a topic of conversation which did not bear primarily on Prince Richard of Gloucester.

Douglas Manns (second year, Trinity), who distinguished himself with a first in Part I of the Maths. Tripos this summer, could not come, and the last (is it necessary to add: but not least ?) to arrive was Graham Marchant (Se1wyn). He has changed from Moral Sciences to Theology and claims he is worked to the bone : "A supervision tomorrow, a committee meeting on Sunday, three supervisions on Tuesday and six parties over the weekend" summed up his immediate position. Since he is also secretary of the A.D.C., President of his college dramatic society, producing an undergraduate play this term and Anouilh's Rehearsal next, and expecting to be ordained at the end of 1967, his claim is perhaps correct, even though we had our doubts when he said : "One day recently I did seven hours work, fourteen times my average for last year." Still, his long vac. must have been the most lucrative spent by any nf us, for, as director, he took the A.D.C. to Edinburgh and came back with a profit of £1,340. We offer our profound condolences to St Stephen's, Oxford, which has to attempt to contain him after ordination.

Such is O.V. Cambridge. It drinks sherry, consumes Twiglets and has to be in Hall for 7.30 just like any other cross-section. And once it has disburdened itself of news and drifted away, the infernal thing also leaves glasses dirty and crumbs all over the carpet.

Keep smiling. CANTAB.

LONDON LETTER

Dear Sir,

This year we have yet to discover just how many O.Vs. have joined us in London because of a lack of conventional communication. However, the bush telegraph is still working and by this Itteans I have been able to find three Old Boys but hope more than that were successful.

To the City first where Gerry Lyon can be found working in the Stock Exchange in Insurance. He is married and lives in Claphani but Brother Lawson's whereabouts are uncertain. Another married O.V., " Sav " Smith, is in the Estate Management College in Gloucester Rd. and lives in Earls Court. At the same college are Graham Wright, who is still doing good things with the football club, Peter Goodyear and possibly Clive Hamblin, who is now 1000/0 fit, an item I am happy to report.

At Chelsea, Richard Green is completing his degree in General Science and not far away at that jungle of modern architecture and technology, Imperial College, Richard Saunders is on the last lap of his Engineering degree course and there also is John Whiting who started this year in the College of Mines.

Travelling north-east to Northampton College we find Ian Mills, another engineer, and Chris Barlow who came up this year to read engineering too.

Chris Hancock is studying to be an Osteopath and working very hard, poor fellow. Roger Moss-Norbury is still in London, but I think that he has finished his course in Hotel Management. He was at Battersea which is soon to have University status; however, it will be someyears before it is established.

At King's College, Chris AlIen is reading Laws, Colin Tustian and Hugh Soden are in their -final year in Mechanical Engineering, Philip Grout is doing Medicine, but I have not seen Roger this term.

In Tooting a few weeks back I met David Smith who is ex-Choir House and is working for a Steel Company. Richard Gough is working in the Legal Profession, and also from Castle House, Tony Jackson is soon to qualify as an Accountant and Tony Baldwin is studying to be a Solicitor.

A notable achievement is that of " Charlie" Chand who is the youngest member of the Inner Temple; he has a place at Oxford which he will fill after passing his exams. here. Though not actually studying in London but often seen around are Pat Thompson and Simon Beauchamp. Bruce Cnnningham was here for a while but I think he is going to South America sooner or later. Roger Brisbourne was not at the re-union at the " Adam and Eve" so I presume that he has started his career-good luck!

Keith Fletcher is reading for his Law exams., but I have not seen him recently ; he lives in Willesden. John Woodbridge is still in town working in a bank in the City. Simon Cracknell continues with his military career at R.M.A., Sandhurst. Mark Woolley is in the Metropolitan Police and lives in the East End. At Queen Mary's Mark Ferrar is reading Modem Languages-like father like son? He has 52

done very well at rowing whilst he has been here.

Last term I met an ex-Hostel O.V. John Tanfield in the "Well " in ; this is not far from John Austen's home; both are prospenng.

Since this is Diy last year I am handing over to Chris Barlow. Will any new O.V. who is in London or who is coming up next year please contact Chris at this address.

Northampton Hall, Bunhill Row, London, E.C.I.

We send our best wishes and good luck to the School.

THE LONDON OLD VIGORNIANS.

EDINBURGH LETTER

Dear Sir,

At the time of writing it appears that there are very few O.Vs. up here. If there are others apart from those mentioned below, they ate certainly making themselves veri scarce.

Tiro Wads worth was up here last year, but when last seen was muttering about reading Medicine at Birmingham, where he presumably now is. Although hardly an O.V., Catriona McTurk is immersed in the murky depths of the Old Quad, reading History. This, so far as I know, completes the list apart from Ted Darwall, who is endeavouring to collect a degree in Chemical - Physics.

Finally, if any of you are thinking of making the journey north, we can assure you that it is well worthwhile, and we shall be more than pleased to see you,.

Yours sincerely,

LEEDS LETTER

EDINBURGH.

Dear Sir,

Up here at Leeds, there are, as far as I know only two O.Vs., that is, Max Keyselland myself, lan Stewart, and though, during the past two years we have caught occasional glimpses of that ex-rowing fanatic, " Gus " Hook, he has not been seen this year. We have seen no new faces from King's at all and since this is the third and final year for both of us we are not likely to see any in the future either.

Both being very hard working Mechanical, Engineers (1) we have found it necessary to indulge in several relaxing pastimes. We joined the Rifle Club where Max has managed to get into the 1st eight; we are both very keen members of the Angling Society of which Max is Secretary and I am on the Committee ; I am also a member of the Sailing Club and though there has been a fair amount of opportunity with some very blustery winds, I have not, as yet, had a ducking.

In conclusion, I would like to recommend that any aspiring engineer, whether he be Civil, Mechanical or EleCtrical, would, in my opinion, 53

be well advised to consider Leeds as a possible University choice. This is because not only is the Engineering block a virtually new building (it is only. 6 -7 years old), but it is also very well and extensively equipped throughout. Added to this is the fact that, though the University itself is not far from the centre of Leeds, within only a few miles to the north there is an abundance of open countryside in the Yorkshire Moors which afford ample opportunities for those who enjoy such things as potholing, walking, car-rallying, even skin-diving-and of course, there are some excellent rivers for the fishing enthusiast.

Yours sincerely, LEEDS.

NOTTINGHAM LETTER

Dear Sir,

Despite the Rag Mag the O.Vs. here-all three of them-are in good spirits. Peter Martin (one time Choir House) is studying for his finals in the summer ; otherwise he is to be found on the river where he hopes -to contribute to the winning of the U .A. U. Championship for the third year in succession. New this year is Alex Wilson (Castle) who, when he is neither working at his Mathematics nor getting some relaxation playing tiddlywinks for Sherwood Hall, likewise spends most of his time on the river. Also new this year is ex-Vigornian Paul Taylor (Chappel) reading Chemistry in between rowing and playing tiddlywinks. Last, and probably least, is Tony' Hughes (Creighton) who is reading Physics (2nd Year), does not row, play tiddlywinks or the like, and has still to make a name for himself in Motor Club circles.

Yours, NOTIINGHAM.

SUSSEX LETTER

Dear Sir,

The Vigornian contingent enjoying the combined delights of Sir Basil's architecture and a 50 - 50 male-female population consists of eight assorted Scientists. (What has happened to the English and History students at King's ?).

Senior amongst us, despite several attempts to rid ourselves of him, is Geof Shaw, returning unashamedly to take a D.Phil., having taken .0'a First in Theoretical Chemistry this summer. Entering their second year : Graham Maths., Captain of golf and darts-player extraordinaire ; John-. Torrens, Molecular Sciences, looking more like Sonny aIld Cher each day ; Rod Quiney, Physics, running a section of the Photography Society. He should do well in the tourist season. Tony Colclough, Philosophy and Mathematics, who is to be found in the library picking holes in Principia Mathematica. Bruce Foster lost a

bet that he could drink the moat dry and moved north to study Business Management, leaving a great gap in our ranks.

The new entrant this ,year is 'Brian Talbot, Maths., and he yet to make his mark ; his initials in wet concrete do not count. Then taking time off from running the Judo Club, growing beards, and posing for the colour supplements to take finals in Maths. this year, is Rod Ward.

So regards from Sunny Sussex by the Sea and let us have a few more applications from the Arts side.

Yours sincerely, SUSSEX.

o.v. NEWS

FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING the O.V. Weekend started with a successful Ball in College Hall on Friday, June 25th. A Buffet Supper was served during the evening, thus restricting the numbers to 186 com­

pareu WiUI over 200 last year. fi8 tms provea so popwar It IS planned to run the Ball on similar lines next year, but O.Vs. are reminded that an early application for tickets is essential.

We are pleased to report that the attendance at the Re-union Dinner improved this year. This was in no small way due to the efforts of Mr J. B. Cavenagh who contacted personally so many of his contemporaries. This proves that if, individual will make the effort to contact members of their own' era the success and growth of the Re-union will be The ,date of the next Re-union Weekend is Friday, June 24th, 1966, to Sunday, June 26th, and notice regarding this will be circularised in the Spring of 1966. '

At the Annual General M.eeting preceding the Dinner, Mr L. M. BaiJey resigned as Secretary after many s,ervice. The meeting \l1lanimously" voted 'that· asa token of their appreciation for his services to the Club a presentation should be' to him at the next Re-union. Mr' J. P ..Pimley undertook to become Honorary Secretary and to harid over' the Honorary Treasurership to Mr W. G. Cullis. In future all O.V. news and correspondence should be addressed to J. P. Pimley, Esq., 1 The Bull Ring, Worcester.

We would like to extend a welcome to our new President-Lt.-Col. E. R. Newcomb (1912-1914) 'and to thank Mr Harry Holmes for his interest and enthusiasm in his' years of office, during which time the Association has helped and contributed towards the improvements to the School which include the Swimming Pool and the New Block, and as is reported in the O.V. Cricket News towards the much awaited and needed Cricket'Pavilion, where it is hoped to'hold the next Annual General ,Meeting. ,·It is. hoped ·that the presence of so many O.Vs .. ·:.-at the Cricket Match will ensure an increase of at:this and meeting when the general·policy of the Club is formulated. : , The·Tennis'Match·again proved popular, and·theO.Vs. beat the School, but. we were not able to raise a Swimming Team and so avail ourselves of the opportunity to use the new Pool. We hope that next year more O.Vs. will feel like taking the plunge.

The Annual Hockey Match will again be played in the Spririg Term and O.Vs. are asked to contact the Hon. Secretary.

Due to the possibility that drastic changes may take place in the School timetable in 1967, it may well be that this is the last year that the O.V. Re-union Weekend can take place in its present form. All members are invited to give thought to this matter, particularly to holding the Dinner at a different time of the year.

All Old Boys of the School who knew Dan McTurk will have read of his death with deep regret. A Dan McTurk Memorial Fund has been started to which the Association has contributed. Any donations from O.Vs. should be sent to the Dan McTurk Memorial Fund, King's School, Worcester.

All members of Hostel House will be sorry to hear of the death of Mrs E. Castley, who for over 30 years was associated with the School. Finally, we would like to congratulate all those who are embarking upon or completing a University career, and we would once again remind you that the success of the O. V. contribution to the Vigornian depends upon your completion of Page 4 of the Spring Circular.

THE LONDON DINNER

The London Branch of the O. Vigornian Club held their Annual Dinner on Friday, 29th October, at the Printers' Devil, Fetter Lane, E.C.4., 42 members and guests attending.

The Chair was taken by Lt.-Col. E. R. Newcomb, M.C., President of the O.V. Club, and the guests included the Headmaster, Mr J. F. Gimson, C.B.E., Chairman of Royal Worcester Ltd., and Mr A. R. Thompson, Chairman of the London Branch of the Old Elizabethans' Association.

The health of the School was proposed by MrR. Thorn to which the Headmaster replied. He paid special tribute to· Mr J. F. Gimson who had been such a good friend to the School, remarking that only a wall divided them. Later in the evening the Chairman of Royal Worcester Ltd., replying on behalf of the guests observed that a Wall united them as well and how proud the old doctor would be of his School today.

OLD VIGORNIAN GOLF CLUB

The Club was formed three years ago and is now well established, but to become a flourishing society after the fashion of most Old Boys' Golf Clubs it needs considerably in excess of its present twenty members, and it would be appreciated if any golfing O.V's. would help to this end by joining, and as frequently as possible, playing in the Spring and Autumn Meetings. At present this is all we can manage, but it is hoped before long to institute an annual weekend.

In each year since its formation, the Club has entered a team of six for the Grafton Morrish Trophy, a counterpart of the Halford Hewitt, and for the first two years succeeded in qualifying for the final stage of match play, but this year failed in a qualifying group of a very high standard.

BIRTHS

To MONICA (nee Smith) and CLIFFORD R. RA!.PH (42-48), a daughter, Catherine Elizabeth, on September 16th, 1965.

To CAROL and R. F. HAYNES (50-59), at Worthing, a daughter, Nicola, on July 29th, 1965.

To MR and MRs T. E. A. MACKIE (47-56), at Worcester, a son, Philip George, on August 1st, 1965.

ENGAGEMENTS

L. G. WADLEY (Creighton), of Henwick Road, Worcester, to MISS J. FREEMAN, of Martley Road, Worcester.

R. G. WtUGLEY (School 48-52), of the Old Bakehouse, Crick, Nr. Rugby, to MISS BARBARA JEAN MATT, of Durban, S. Mrica.

DR. BRIAN NICHOLLS (50-60), of Virginia House,Powick, Worcs., to DR. AGNES MARy WATT.

A. K. HOWLE (51-58), of 53 Courtfield Gardens, S.W.5, to MISS JACQUELINE PIZEY, of Mitcham, Surrey.

MARRIAGES

DAVID J. ENGLISH (49-59) to MISS CAROL MOODY, of Leeds, on September 26th, 1964.

At Ealing, London, on November 13th, 1965, PILOT OFFICER TIMOTHY GARDEN (Creighton 1952-62) to MISS SUSAN ELIZABETH BUTTON, of Ealing.

JOHN A. NICHOLLS (38-40) to MISS MARy ELEANOR DAWE, of Bampton, Oxford, on July 22nd, 1964.

BRIAN J. SMITH to MISS GILLIAN WYATT WARREN, of Caernarvon, on July 3rd, 1965.

JOHN H. WHITEHEAD (44-50) to Miss MARGARET MARmOT, of Nottingham.

DEATHS

R. C. CARLESS (1917-1919), November 11th, 1965, at 24 Somers Road, Malvern.

MRs EMILY CASTLEY (wife of R. J. CASTLEY (1903-1934) House Master Hostel), at Worcester, on September 30th, 1965.

BRIGADIER EDWARD WILLIAM CLAUDE HURFORD, M.B.E. (1916-19), in November, at Cardiff. He commanded the 67th Searchlight Regiment during ·the Second World War and after being promoted Brigadier in 1943 served with· Anti-Aircraft Command and the 21st Army Group. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorgan.

FREDERICK L. STEWARD (1897-1903) at Wolverhampton, on September 23 rd ,1965·

OTHER NEWS

P. A. D. BROWN (Hostel 49-56) is now Child Care Officer with the Derbyshire County Council. He is married with two daughters. In his spare time he leads ' The Ambassadors' Group in countrywide Gospel Rallies and Meetings.

MICHAEL R. J. CLAXTON (48-56) who graduated in medicine June, 1961, has now emigrated to Australia with his wife and daughter. He is the only doctor on Flinders Island, acting as the Family Doctor, M.O.H. and Superintendent of a 15-bed hospital, and is also responsible for the health of about 100 mixed blood aboriginals. He would like to hear from any O. V's in S.E. Australia, and there is an open door to any who may visit Flinders Island. His address there is Whitemark, Flinders Island, Tasmania.

A. J. CULYER (57-61) has been appointed a Tutor in the Department of Economics at Exeter University.

C. R. DAY (48-55) has been helping to train the Sarawak soldiers of the 1st Bn. l\Aalaysia Rangers since 1963. They are currently on 0ps. on the MalayjThai border and expect to go to Sarawak. If any O.V. is in that part of the world his address is Capt. C. R. Day, 1st Bn. Malaysia Rangers, Suvla Lines, IPOH, Perak, Malaya.

C. M. EASTMEAD (54-61) has won an Industrial Scholarship to the Royal College of Art to study Fabric Design.

D. J. ENGLISH (49-59), graduated at Leeds University. B.A. Special Studies German Second Class Honours Division I in July, 1962, 'and also obtained a Diploma of Librarianship London University in July, 1964.

P. G. M.FoSTER (46-54), after four years on the Staff of the second oldest Methodist Public Boarding School, Woodhouse Grove, Bradford, is now Senior English Master at Abbotsholme.He is married and has two sons.

B. N. GERRARD (51-59), obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) at Sheffield University. Is now doing part-time lecturing at Roseworthy Agricultural College attached to Adelaide University with the opportunity of taking his M.Sc., leading on to a Ph.D.

W. H. B. KEy (36-39), left Pembroke Grammar School in 1964 to take a post at a Comprehensive School in London, but has now moved to an Independent Boys' Boarding School, Bethany School, Goudhurst, Kent.

H. M. P. LORENZ (45-50) has become one of the few permanent British Trade Representatives in Moscow, acting as agent for a number of U.K. firms.

F. M. L. LORENZ (43-47) has been appointed Headmaster of Gordano School, Portishead, Somerset. This is the largest school in the County and its first Comprehensive. When expansion is complete the school will have between 1,600 and 1,800 pupils.

B. NICHOLLS (50-60) graduated in Medicine at Birmingham in June, 1965, and is now a Houseman at Selly Oak Hospital.

J. PAPPS (37-42) has now joined Messrs R. A. Lister & Co. Ltd., Marine and Agricultural Engineers of Dursley, Glos., after 23 years farming at home and abroad, as their Advisory Engineer in Wales.

B. R. PARSONS (51-5"5) is with the New Zealand Shipping Co. His address is Westhome, Dibden, Southampton, Hants. (It is regretted that owing to lack of space we are unable to print his very long but interesting letter).

C. RIGG (44-52) is Editor of Industrial and Process Heating and Technical Journal. He is a Captain in the T.A.

R. SEABRIGHT (47-58) passed the Finals examination of the Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute in September, 1964. Mter a year at Harrods Ltd.,. Knightsbridge, he served his Articles with Messrs Bright, Willis & Son, .Chartered Auctioneers of Solihull and Birmingham. Mter two years on the staff of Messrs Neale & Alldridge of Birmingham he returned to Worcester in May, 1965, to take up an appointment with Messrs Bernard Thorpe as their resident Auctioneer.

B. J. SMITH (5 1 - 60) is in the U.S.A. with English Grains Co.

K. S. WILLIAMS (54-59), after obtaining his B.Sc. at Birmingham he obtained a Commonwealth Scholarship and Teaching Fellowship to Toronto University in 1962. In 1963 he obtained his M.A. degree and in June of this year his Ph.D. He is now a Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at Manchester University.

CAPT. M. G. E. WILLIAMS, A.F.e. (37-41) has now retired from the Royal Air Force after 21 years service and is now an Airline Captain with Antair International Airways, Luton Airport.

L. A. WOLF-PHILLIPS (40-46) is now working as a Lecturer in the London School of Economics-·he has been on the staff since 1960. He has been married since 1960.

A. YARNOLD (29-36) has lived in the U.S.A. for eight years. Is an Executive of the Chrysler Corporation with responsibility for systems planning and methods in the Purchasing Department which buys all the requirements of the Company-a' Shopping Bill' of about two billion dollars annually. He is married with one son and lives in Birmingham, Michigan.

OLD VIGORNIAN CRICKET CL UB

Constant readers of these notes may understandably feel that the Cricket Club is in a permanent state of fluctuation. Last year for instance only five of a very strong first team remained in Worcester, and this report showed concern over the Club's immediate future. No doubt that this was justifiable concern, but the events of this year have proved all to be pure pessimism. The game was played to be enjoyed and in fact. far more matches were won than was ever thought possible. It is difficult to enumerate all reasons, but it is obvious that the Club Captain, Ray Gods all, fully implemented his promise to place the game before the result: the result in this context being a lost game of course, since to win was naturally uppermost in our mind from the first ball bowled. Unfortunately, Godsall is retiring this autumn, which is a pity, considering his considerable success and the undoubted fact that a Club Cricket Captain improves with age.

Chris Dimbleby left Worcester at the end of last season, and pro­

ceeded to make his mark in the Welsh Championship. His absence was partially offset by the improved batting of the middle order, but it was not until Dimbleby's return in July that the 1st XI started to score enough runs at the right pace. His off-driving was beautifully timed and indeed was at times reminiscent of Trumper's celebrated photograph. .

Alec Mackie has virtually perfected his organisation as match Secretary and was responsible for some very smoothly run match arrangements. He was given the usual splendid assistance by our lady members, and we feel that our match arrangements in general are first class.

Another suggested reason for an enjoyable year was the interest and keenness shown by all playing members. Nearly everyone scored more runs or took a higher number of wickets than in the previous season and the playing honours· were more evenly distributed. John Haywood again succeeded in reaching 100 wickets; and four batsmen,Dimbleby, Godsall, Mackie and J ones each scored around 700 runs. The most promising advances came from two bowlers, Wadley.and Smith, both of whom have suddenly realised their potential by thinking the batsmen out. Clive Eastmead made a striking advance asa wicket-keeper, having started from basic principles last April. Some of his performances were inconsistent, but he will undoubtedly flourish given time and effort. Both the fielding Cups were won by a comparative newcomer, David Seabright.

Our major club activity is of course raising money for the new road pavilion extension. The present pavilion offers adequate changing accommodation but we feel that the School requires other facilities, certainly modern sanitation. The present temporary arrangement· of chemicals and leaking marquees is deplorable and in urgent need of replacement. Our honorary architect has designed a new wing which will blend with the existing building, and in fact part of this extension is now being constructed by our .builder. Eno,:!ghmoney has been raised to pay for the first part of this scheme but another £1,200 is required for completion. Donations are urgently required and we will be most grateful for assistance on this most useful project.

The Honorary Treasurer is L. G. Wadley, 233 Henwick Road, Worcester.

Many club activities are being organised during the winter but it is proving impossible for the two dozen members of the Cricket Club to raise all the money. In any eventuality we are looking forward to next season as usual.

W.F.J.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES

WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THANKS, the receipt of the many magazines that have been sent to us.

THE EDITORS acknowledge with thanks the photogra.phs provided by the following: Mr R. J. Hazledine, Mr J. C. Pite; M. P. Brooke, S. C. Harris, J. F. Cave.

HOUSE MATCH FINAL-CASTLE V. CHOIR

(N. J. Taylor recording the winning try for Castle)

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If you're good you'll get on in the National Provincial Bank. How fast you move depends on how good you are. Outstanding men are achieving administrative positions before the age of 30, in which salaries progress from £1,305·to the region of £1,800 per annum, and which lead to managerial appointments where salaries range from over £2,000 to £5,000 a year and beyond. An additional allowance is paid at Branches in the London area. The opportunities of achieving the position of Branch Manager are excellent. Training is both practical and theoretical. Wide experience is given in day-to-day Banking, commerce and foreign trade and there are special courses at the Bank's Residential Staff Colleges. If you have a good G.C.E., preferably with "A" level passes and are interested in a rewarding career, please apply to the nearest Branch Manager or to the Staff Controller, National Provincial Bank Limited, P.O. Box 34, 15 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LIMITED