The Vigornian December 1968

THE VIG\ORNIAN

THE VIGORNIAN

VOL. I CHRISTMAS, 1968 No. 8

KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER

STAFF, 1967/68

D. M. Annett, M.A.

Second Master: H. Ferrar, M.A.

N. E. Dilks, B.A.

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

L. M. Bailey, B.A., T.D.

J. M. Cash, M.C., M.A.

F. R. Logan, B. Se.

R. D. Knight, M.A.

P. G. L. Curie, M.A.

K. P. Bamett, M.A.

F. S. Suteliffe, M.A.

A. H. Aldridge, M.A., D.F.C.

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

D. Anderton, M.A.

A. L. Staeey, M.A.

D. R. Leonard, Cert.'Ed.

R. J. Hazeldine, D.L.C. (P.E.)

M. S. Fagg, M.A. , i

A. L. Cubberley, M.A.

J. L. K. Bridges, B.Se.

Revd. C. E. Beswiek, B.A. !

P. D. T. Cattermole, B.Se.

G. B. Brown, B.A.

K. R. Burnett, M.A.

D. E. Hargreaves, M.A., M.Se.

I. G. L. St. John, Dip. P.E.

C. J. K. Cunningham, B.A.

J. D. Haden, B.A.

L. B. Day, M.A.

R. C. Gabriel, M.A.

J. R. Turner, B.Se. (Careers) (Chaplain)

Revd. J. M. F. Sanderson, M.A.

M. J. Points, M.A.

]\.i. G. East, M.A., A.Inst. P.

T. D. R. Hickson, B.A.

R. H. West

P. K. Valentine, Cert. Ed.

B. Walton, B. Se.

A. F. Privett, B.A.

Music:

H. W. Bramma, M.A., F.R.C.O.

Mrs S. A.Robinson, B.A.

Preparatory Department

Master-in-Charge: W. Thomas, M.A., T.D.

A. E. Tibbs, B.D.

Mrs W. Thomas, N.F.F.

Mrs R. Johnson, Cert. Ed.

Bursar: Group Captain T. A. F. EIsdon, O.B.E., D.F.C.

Medical Officer: Dr. J. M. Duncan, M.B., Ch.B.

Caterer: Mrs N. Robson

Headmaster's Secretaries: Miss J. Yeates, Miss M. E. Baldwin

Accountant : Miss S. Turvey

SCHOOL MONITORS, 1967/68

Head of the School: G. P. M. Lawrenson (19673)

R. S. Hawes (1968 1 and 19682)

Second Monitor: E. J. Yoxen (1967 3)

T. A. Grundy (1968 1 and 19682)

School Monitors :

R. I. W. Atkins

J. D. Bridgford

R. W. Greenhough

R. J. Harker

D. M. Malcomson

P. I. Miller

A. J. R. Patterson

K. A. Ryder

J. H. Stephen

C. S. Thomas

R. J. Wilcock

J. B. Wright

HONORES SCHOLAE

R. B. Parkes Organ Scholarship at Cordus Christi College, Cambridge.

N. R. Cleobury Organ Scholarship at Worcester College, Oxford.

D. K. Smith Open Scholarship in Mathematics at St. John's College, Cambridge.

The following awards were made as a result of the Scholarship Examination held in March, 1968 :King's Scholarships on the Foundation :

T. C. Crowther Bowbrook House School, Peopleton, Wores.

M. R. Jones The Wells House School, Malvern.

Day-boy Scholarship:

M. P. G. Statham King's School, Worcester.

Honorary Scholarships :

J. M. Flaux King's School, Worcester.

P. R. J. Hardyman King's School, Worcester.

R. J. Pritchard King's School, Worcester.

The following were elected into Senior King's Scholarships as from ,1st April, 1968 :­

C. Y. Jones

C. J. T (llley

SCHOOL NOTES·

We congratulate N. R. Cleobury, R. B. Parkes, and D. K. Smith on their scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge.

The school suffered a serious and unexpected loss by the resignation in July 1968 of Mr H. Ferrar, who has moved to Oxford for family reasons. Mr Ferrar had been on the staff of the King's School for 22 years, for 21 of which he was Head of the Modern Languages Department, and for 14 Second· Master. At the end of these notes will be found a brief tribute by his successor as Second Master,. Mr R. D. Knight.

Two other senior members of the staff retired in 1968-Mr N. E. Dilks, after 24 years at the school, for many of which he was Head of the English Department, and Mr S. R. Sheppard, who was Housemaster of Castle House from 1949 to 1965 and Commanding Officer of the C.C.F. from 1946 to 1965.

The following resignations also took place at the end of the Summer Term, 1968 :-

Mr R. J. Hazeldine, to a Lecturership at Loughborough· College of Physical Education.

Mr G. B.Brown, to Pocklington School, Yorkshire.

Mr J. D. Haden, to Mvara School, Uganda, East Mrica.

In September 1968 tlte following joined the staff :-

Mr G. N. Leah as Head oftlte Modem Languages Department .

Mr I ..Brown as Head of the P.E. Department.

Mr A. N. Brownridge to teach English.

Mr G. H. J. Dore to teach French and German.

Mr R. A. Hockey to teach Chemistry

Mr N. Hillyard has also joined the staff temporarily for a year to teach English.

In July 1968 Mrs R. J ohnsonresigned from the staff of the Junior School: she has been succeeded by ·Mrs V. E. M. Bailey.

Mr F. S. Sutcliffe.leaves in .December 1968 on his appointment as Head of the Biology Department at Scarborough High School for Boys, Yorkshire. He will be succeeded as Housemaster of Chappel House by Mr J. R. Turner, who will in turn \?e·succeeded as Careers Master by Mr T. D. R. Hickson. At tlte same time Mr D. R. Leon.ard is leaving to take \JP an appointment as Lecturer at the Royal Engineers Junior Regiment in Dover.

Mr died in February 1968 after a long illness" less tIlan a year after his appointment as School Serjeant. In the short time they had been here he and Mrs Welch, who was running tlte School Tuck Shop,-. had won the affection. and respect of the school. Mr Welch has by Mr R.F. Tomes, formerly a Sergeant in the Royal Marines.

The Spring Term was marked by a number of sad events in the Cathedral-the funeral services of Mr Welch and Mr- R. J. Castley, and .. tlte memorial services for A. D. Franklin and John Hutchinson

(Ch. 59 - 64) who was killed in a climbing accident in Mrica at the age of 21 while serving a graduate assignment with V.S.O. Tributes to Mr Castley and Mr Franklin will be found later in this number.

We congratulate Mr and Mrs St. John on the birth of a son on September 3rd, 1968.

The Very Revd. R. L. P. Milburn resigned the Deanery of Worcester at the end of September 1968 on his appointment as Master of the Temple. Dean Milburn had been Chairman of the Governors of the King's School since his arrival in Worcester in 1957, and the school owes much to his wise and experienced We said goodbye to him and his family with regret, and wish them every happiness in London.

A most successful School Fete was held on May 4th, at which £2,465 was raised for the Building Fund. The Speech Days were Thursday and Friday, May 30th and 31st. The speakers were Mrs Moore Ede on the Thursday, and the Headmaster of Malvern College on the Friday. The preacher at the Speech Day service was the Reverend A. Bridge, now Dean of Guildford.

The process of ' voluntarising' the C.C.F. has been carried a step further this year by the introduction of a number of new alternatiye activities for VI formers on Friday afternoons : the list now includes CiVics and Welfare, Works Group, Orchestra, Drama Group, Field Club, Science and History Projects, and the ' Industry and Society' Course run by the Technical College. Plans are in hand to extend the voluntary principle further, and to reorganise the' basic year.'

A noteworthy feature of the year has been the development of new outdoor activities. A Canoe Club has been formed under Mr Valentine's auspices in response to strong demand. A School Sailing Club has been started, thanks chiefly to the enthusiasm of Mr Cattermole : a secondhand 'Heron '. has been purchased, and sailing takes place at least once a week at Chaceley, near Tewkesbury. A Climbing wall has,been devised at one end of the classroom block : this was designed by Mr Cunningham, and most of the construction is being done by boys under his direction.

Much work has been done to improve the amenities at the Old Chapel in the Black Mountains, and it is used by an increasing number of parties from the school, ranging from St. Alban's Scouts ,'to post-A level biologists.

The Fair Field has already proved a most useful asset. The seeding last Autumn took so well that we were able to use the field for Athletics during the latter part of the Summer Term. One small area was not correctly levelled, but this has- been put right by the Contractors, and the field is in use for Rugger this term. .'

The major building. work during, the last year has concerned- Choir House, where' a new block of lavatories has been built and the changing rooms enlarged and modernised. This reorganisation has also resulted in the provision of two more studies and a " boys' kitchen."

In School House a room has now been made available for the McTurk Memorial Reading Room. Apart' from' the electrical installation, this room is being refurbished almost entirely by· the boys of School House : a sum from the McTurk Memorial Fund will be ,made available for providing furniture.

We are grateful for the gift of a number of trees. Mr Ferrar as a leaving present gave us 'a silver willow-leaved pear --(pyrus salici/olia pendula) for the school gardens: the o.v. Cricket Club marked their , coming-of-age' by the gift of a swamp cypress (taxodium distichum) for the School Field-sadly appropriate in' a year when so many of the fixtures were cancelled and abandoned because of rain-and Mr· Hooper of Great Witley has given some oaks and birches (or planting on the boundary of the playing fields.

We are also most grateful to Mr R. J. W. Bryer for the gift o( a handsome oak lectern for College Hall.

CHAPEL NOTES

There have been no spectacular events in the religious life of the school during the last year, but rather 12 months of solid progress, which in a so-called secular' age is something for which we are profoundly grateful. We have been well served by our preachers at School Evensong, and we are most grateful to the Revs. Donald Lee, Derek AlIen, Christopher Campling and Philip Turner. Father Denis Marsh of the Society of St. Francis electrified us all as did the Rev. Tony Bridge at Speech Day, and we were privileged to welcome at Mattins two episcopal Old Vigornians, Bishop Knapp-Fisher of Pretoria, and Archbishop Philip Strong of Brisbane.

The Thursday Crypt .Communion continues to be well attended and twice a term on Sundays we have a Sung Eucharist at St. lUban's, as well as the opportunitjes the Cathedral gives for regular communion. We have been using' Series Two,' the experimental service authorised by the Bishops for use in the church, with great success. The Bishop of Worcester confirmed 32 boys on March 1st, in the Cathedral. We have taken, the opportunity on two occasions to meet our School Evensong preacher over coffee at the Headmaster's house after the service, and the Questors continue to provide a forum for serious when we are joined by members of other Worcester schools. ;/

At the end of September the Dean of Worcester left to 'become Master of the-Temple. He has always been a good friend of the School, and as the new Chaplain I have particular reason to be grateful to him for his care and interest in all matters concerning the well-being of our religious life, and so we wish him and Mrs Milburn every happiness in their new life.

MICHAEL SANDERSON.

REGINALD JOHN CASTLEY

1874 - 1968

TO PRE-WAR OLD VIGORNIANS the news of the death of Mr R. J. Castley on 25th February 1968 in his 94th year suggests the falling of an ancient oak. Born in 1874 in Suffolk, son of the Rector of Earl Stonhani, he was educated at, the King's School, Canterbury, and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where 'he graduated in classics in 1896. He was appointed to the staff of the King's School, Worcester in 1903 and stayed there without a break till his first retirement in 1934 (he came back in 1941), happy in the housemasters hip of the Hostel, which he had pioneered, and in the cathedral setting that Canterbury had taught him to enjoy.

I was still 12, and he a seeming veteran, when I entered the Hostel in May 1919. Once out of the scared stage, I learnt like the other couple of dozen to forge his initials and, when my voice broke, to imitate the resonant, slow) growling accents that had earned him the nickname , Bruin.' To us he was an authentic athlete. We knew that he still held his old school's long-jump record; we saw how the ball flew round the fives court when smitten by his gloveless hands ; we could imagine the length of his golf drive. We did not know that his earlier retirement from class cricket was due to a motorbike and sidecar accident at Ombersley in 1911 which he and his wife were fortunate to survive, though he walked, certainly, with a slight impediment and rode nothing mechanical. He fostered our own games from afar and year after year the Hostel six, each with one letter in green ribbon on his chest, won the House P. T. Competition.

Indeedi he did two men's work. Be taught middle school forms Latin and History and Scripture, bluepencilled their written work and exulted in his virtuosity as a disciplinarian, more or less keeping order too for the junior master at the other end of College Hall. At his end of it he also ran the School Book Room, every single transaction requiring his presence, the production of a written chit, a latin entry in his account book and a final end-of-term book bill for every boy. This, or corrections, occupied him when every weekday night he took prep in the Hostel. Yet even in term time he was active in Worcester, in the Union Club, in the Golf Club and, later, in the Hadley Bowling Club. aoys do not think of these things, but his middle years must have been penurious in the extreme. In the year of his however, he inherited a cousin's estate at Bampton, Westmorland. I remember

my surprise when I met him in the street in Keswick in 1934. He and Mrs Casdey lived another thirty years to enjoy their retirement, in Worcester and the North,·and they celebrated their Diamond Wedding in 1963 ; she died in 1965. To his four children we extend our sympathy and express our admiration of an extra-ordinary man, who is likely to be a legend in College Green for many years to come.

MICHAEL CRAZE.

(H. 1919 - 25).

ARTHUR DAVINGTON FRANKLIN

1898 - 1967

ARTHUR FRANKLIN died suddenly and peacefully at his home in· College Precincts on 22nd November, 1967. A memorial service was held in Worcester Cathedral on 19th February, 1968, at which the sermon was preached by the Revd. K. N. Ross, (O.V.), Vicar of All Saints, Margaret Street, An excerpt is given below :­

"I suppose I count three names at the King's School above all others

-Rammell, who first fired me with an enthusiasm for Greek and Latin literature and history, Creighton, who supplied a much-needed breadth of culture to the scholastic scene, and Franklin, who instilled a healthy

respect for exact scholarship and complete accuracy of statement. Not

as enthusiastic as Rammell, not as broad in his appreciations as Creighton, Franklin was no less important in his sober evaluation of Classical history and his painstaking exegesis of Classical literature. We need

such people, who will mercilessly criticise slipshod thought, who refuse

to be ,content with things that are allegedly " near enough." He lived

for things of the mind ; it never seemed to me that he gave himself much comfort and luxury. Fifth-century Athens was still contemporary history for him ; and with Cleon and the Athenian demagogues never far from his' mind he· was. impatient-perhaps too impatient of political establishments, yes, and of scholastic and even ecclesiastical e,stablishments too! .

" The great· about him was his integrity ; he would not run with the crowd or support the majority becaus& it was thelIlajority. "Vietrix causa deis placuit, sed victa Catoni "-maybe 'he came to think that Classical studies were a lost cause as the years went by, but he would remain faithful . . . . . . . ."

The following memoirs have been contributed by one of his former pupils, A. V. Parsons, and one of his oldest friends, Edgar Day.

With the passing of Arthur Franklin there has gone from the King's School a gende but pervasive influence which extended over forty-four

years, starting with the early days of the Creighton regime. Essentially serious-minded, perhaps apt to take a little too much to heart the depressing tendencies he detected in modem youth, whether of the 1920 or 1960 vintage, he had a nice strain of ironical humour,·. which could apply to current events the that leapt from his

R. J. CASTLEY

A. D. FRANKLIN

memory of ancient literature and history. While he never seemed to have been young, he could not be regarded as old because his interest never flagged-he never appeared to have changed essentially in his outlook. To many of his old pupils who called on him after quite long intervals of time, it seemed that one settled back naturally into the atmosphere of a past that soon became' vivid again as the conversation developed, with accurate and penetrating about the school.

The lessons his Sixth Form pupils could learn included self-knowledge, hatred of pomposity and fuss (he was over-modest himself), kindness and consideration for the feelings of others (he had a sensitive nature), suspicion of the popular heroes of the time, derived, perhaps, from the keen analysis of motives which is the speciality of the classical satirists and historians, and the thoroughness which the discipline of ·the classical languages demands. He was infinitely painstaking and would never pass anything slipshod or half-baked. At the same time he was patient and encouraging to those who groped haltingly with the difficulties of ancient literature. ­

He never courted popularity, or tried to project his personality, and for this reason, perhaps, was not cut out to be a housemaster. His influence was rather with the smaller group of boys. with whom he could form lasting friendships and share his abiding enthusiasm for the Classics. He was Secretary of the local branch of the Classical Association. To those who knew him well he was a delightful companion, and a very good host, with the unfailing aid of Mrs Ross.

It was a genuine delight to him as he retired from the grind of Latin " grammar and sentences" in the lower forms at the King's School, to return to the opportunities for genuine classical studies afforded by the advanced scholarship pupils of Malvern Girls' College.

A.V.P.

My first meeting with Arthur Franklin was at the beginning of the Autumn Term in 1922, and this meeting marked the beginning of a close friendship which continued until his death. My association with him was chiefly in connection with the School music and concerts, in which he always took an active part; singing bass in the School Choir and in a so called" Humorous Quartet," the other three members of which consisted of G. K. Tattersall, H. E. Nicholls and myself! He loved Choral singing, and later joined the Festival Choral Society, whose rehearsals and concerts gave him enormous pleasure. .

Whatever he did, he always gave of his best and expected his pupils to do the same. He would not tolerate anything slipshod or second rate.

He had a remarkably orderly mind. Whenever he expressed an opinion on any subject, he gave the impression that every aspect of it had been most carefully appraised, weighed and considered before arriving at a final verdict which was invariably beautifully clear and . / conCIse.

It was, undoubtedly, this capacity for clear thinking. and precise expression of ideas which stood him in such good stead, and contributed largely' to his success in his. profession-for successful he certainly was, judging by the number of his pupils who have since distinguished themselves in various walks of life.

His outside interests were numerous and varied. He loved the countryside and had a great knowledge of bird song and wil4 flowers. Frequently, during a country walk, he would suddenly stop and call my attention to the song of one of the rarer birds which I had not noticed.

. He showed a great interest in all kinds of machinery-especially railway engines, clocks, mechanical toys, etc., and spent a considerable part of his leisure tim--e taking clocks to pieces and carrying out repairs.

He could not suffer fools gladly, and when roused to indignation about anything, could express himself in no uncertain manner.

We used to play golf fairly frequently, and during the round we often discussed current affairs. Indeed, I looked forward to these discussions almost as much as to the golf, as his' views were always so carefully reasoned and often surprising.

In earlier years we spent several holidays together and his keen enjoyment of scenery, together' with a ready wit and subtle sense of humour, made him an holiday companion.

I consider myself fortunate to have enjoyed the privilege of his friendship for so long, and I am sure that there must be many O.V's. who are grateful for having had the benefit of his' tuition and wise counsel.

I am reminded of.a striking sermon, preached by Cuthbert Creighton, on the following text from the Epistle to the Philippians which seems to me to sum up his life :­

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

I think there can be little doubt that Arthur Franklin thought on those things.

E.F.D.

HARRY FERRAR

AT THE END of the SummerTermthe School sadly said goodbye to Harry Ferrar, who, for domestic reasons, has moved from Worcester to Oxford. He had been a member of.the staff since 1947 and in 1952, under rather difficult circumstances, became Seconfl Master.

Those of us who knew him well liked and respected him not only for his ability as an administrator, (he was an Second Master), but also for his loyalty and helpfulness to his colleagues in his'capacity as of the Common Room.

In both and common room his ability to make the apt ,and witty observation was thoroughly appreciated, while, in the common room we all enjoyed, and most of us suffered, his use of basic English which accompanied his not infrequent explosions against our carelessness, forgetfulness and especially our untidiness.

We all miss him and wish him well in his new life. R.D .K.

MR H. A. NATAN

Mr Natan has asked us to print the following note from him :­

"1 wish to express my sincere gratitude for the generous donation collected by the school on the occasion of my retirement, and to give special thanks to Mr H. Ferrar for organising the fund. 1 shall be glad to see anyO.V. who cares to call on me in my new home in Londonafter giving me ample warning! My address is 97 Clifton Court, Northwick Terrace, London, N.W.8. (Tel. 01 - 286 - 7221)."

THE DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN

THE FIRST PHASE of the Development Campaign was officially closed at the end of 1967, the total sum raised being just over [,76,700 against an initial target of [,50,000.

The second phase of the Campaign was officially launched at a party in College Hall on October 3rd, and this was followed by a similar function arranged in London on Nuvember 29th. The Development Committee has been reformed under the Chairmanship of Mr J. B. Cavenaghwith strong O.V. representation. An independent Trust has been set up to receive all money raised during Phase 11 : the Trust will then lend this money to the Governors to be spent as circumstances require. The new appeal has already received such generous support that we hope to reach the [,20,000 mark by Christmas.

An illustrated booklet has been produced by the Committee giving details of what has already been achieved in Phase 1 and what it is hoped to achieve in Phase 11. Anyone who would like a copy is asked to write to :­

The Appeal Secretary, King's School Development Trust, 4 Castle Place, Worcester.

THE ORGAN FUND

THE PROPOSAL to install an organ in College Hall has received sufficiently encouraging support for us to feel justified in accepting Messrs Nicholsons' proposals as outlined in the last isse of the Vigornian. The firm has been heavily committed this year on a number of major projects, but they have started work on our organ, and given us a promise that it will be installed by Easter, 1969.

The commissioning of the organ has been an act of faith, for only half of the necessary [,2,500 has so far been raised. We have had to be careful not to divert attention from the launching of the second phase of the Development Campaign, but any O.V. or friend of the school who is interested in this project and would like to support it is invited to send a donation to the Headmaster or the Director of Music (Mr

THE SCHOOL LIBRARY

THE SIXTH FORM LIBRARY in College Green, the Reading Room Fiction Library, various departmental book-stores and some classroom paperback collections, provide the school with a stock of books (other than text books) that is inadequate, inaccessible and often disorganised. The plans at this moment in preparation aim to provide an integrated book supply for reference and loan, the bulk of which will be centrally housed, and available to all the school. Whether the Edger Tower or some other site is chosen, extensive library furnishing and re-stocking of books will be needed. All accessions will be on the Dewey Decimal Classification system to bring us in line with most British and American libraries. A lot of work lies ahead, and boys who want to help should get in touch with one of the Librarians. We all look forward to having a library as a living organism that contributes to all the functions of King's School.

A.N.B.

, ALICE ' Staff' Play,' December, 1967

LAST CHRISTMAS almost the entire teaching staff apparently went mad and decided to put on a dramatic production which seemed to proclaim them all as very accomplished comics. It is a mystery what methods of intimidation or inducement were used to get them all to take part, but the outcome was that they plunged enthusiastically into the orgy of buffoonery known as ' Alice in Wonderland and Through the LookingGlass.' This was a masterly choice, as the effect of seeing the all-toofamilier faces (and figures) in unfamiliar roles was increased by the extremely fanciful parts that had to be played.

From start to finish the platform of College Hall was a madhouse. One never knew what was going to come next, whether it was a White Knight, laden down with pots and pans and junk of all kinds, falling about the stage in the best banana-skin fashion, or a startling squeal of bagpipes from the dodo in the wings. The audience reacted vigorously and loved it. A raucous howl of delight and derision greeted the opening scene as the members of the Boat Club got their own back'on the cox and his two oarsmen moving across the stage in a very leisurely manner, and it lasted until the very end when the performance dissolved into a riot of foam.

The mood of the audience forced the actors to abandon any remaining reserve. The quaint antics of the Caucus Race (quite early in ' Alice in Wonderland ') prepared the way. Here a jibbering crowd of mice, eagles, ducks, dodos, , lories ' and other assorted fauna meandered to

and fro across the stage. There were many individuals who particularly caught the astonishment of those usually their pupils : first of all was a short, classical White Rabbit, straight from the Playboy Club. The Chemistry Department showed its grasp of the wonders of science by providing a breathalyser for the Caterpillar ; the Cheshire Cat and his grin became one of the most popular characters; a mathematical Mock Turtle rolled in on his trolley and his puns (' We called him Tortoise because he taught us, of course ') and his song brought tears to our eyes ; and the Knave of Hearts, plus tarts, won the sympathy of the audience as he put forward his defence on the charges of theft and swimming. But the two characters which created the biggest impression in this first half were the Cook (the Bursar) and the Duchess (the Headmaster). The loudest and most prolonged roar of the evening came when the Duchess was suddenly discovered behind a screen "in an enormous and ludicrous headdress. It was hard to choose sides in the fight which followed as the Duchess and the Cook threw at each other whatever was in reach-even the baby.

The best piece of casting seemed to be the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. The March Hare, Dormouse and Mad Hatter (Messrs Knight, Gabriel and Fagg respectively), in the traditional for the part, kept up the laughter and the characteristics of these parts seemed to fit perfectly. Alice herself was played by Caroline Thomas and she was guided through Wonderland by the Gryphon, a tall and very friendly beast. At the end she shouted ' But you're nothing but a pack of cards !' and brings down the house· (of cards, of course) ; she is only speaking the truth, for all through the play the stage was covered in soldiers, footmen and gardners, all wearing card uniforms, and all dependent for their lives on the whims of the terrifying Queen of Hearts.

After a short break it was discovered that all the cards had changed into chess pieces and we were now going Through the Looking-Glass. The stout King of Hearts became the equally stout Red King, giving weighty and profound commands such as 'Carry on to the end, and then ... stop.' Alice was now played by Christine Smith.

Lady Alethea Eliot as the Red Queen was by common consent one of the most impressive actors. In so far as anyone in this crazy play could have dignity, she showed it and this contrasted very well with the Lion and the U nicom chasing each other in a ludicrous way which the inhabitants of School and Castle Houses would never have thought possible. A high point was reached in the touching duet' The Walrus and the Carpenter,' performed by those virtuosos Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Mr Bridges and Mr Bramma) who deservedly got a great round of applause after they had finished fighting and singing. The most cheers, however, went to Humpty Dumpty, perched on a ledge, puffing his pipe and answering Alice's question in a way quite the opposite of his previous role as the White Rabbit.

The usual tribute is due to all the people who worked behind the scenes : because of the unusual chaos of this production this is very much deserved. The fumiture-removers-cum-stagehands did sterling work. All the ingenuity of the stage manager and those in charge of lighting and props was needed and the results made the whole farce

even funnier. The producer (?) was the piping Knave of Hearts who

must have soon realised that the whole thing was quite out of his or anyone else's control. All these people, as well as the cast, joined in the foam melee at the end (many an old score was settled then), which was a very fitting conclusion to two hours or so of nonsense.

E.G.P.

OEDIPUS REX - COLLEGE HALL, MARCH, 1968

IT IS INDEED a far cry from ' The Pirates of Penzance' to ' Oedipus Rex,' even more so when one considers the great success enjoyed by last year's collaboration Mr Fagg and Mr Bramma. Nevertheless, the production of ' Oedipus' which took place in College Hall in March, displayed all the competence and vigour which one has come to. expect when Mr Fagg is in charge. It was a pity that many parents and friends were ' put off' by the seemingly intellectual and ' highbrow' nature of the play, and the audiences were not as large as they should have been. However, those who did go to see the play, saw a production which was in many ways a memorable one.

College Hall is a building which is well-suited to the declamatory style of Greek tragic drama. Its acoustics were utilised by the actors throughout the play, but perhaps to greatest effect by the ten members of the Chorus of Theban Elders, who worked together with a unanimity and clarity of diction which was almost faultless, acting throughout with conviction. They provided some of the climaxes of the play, and indeed fulfilled their function of ' bridging the gap' between spectators and stage. Richard Greenhough shouldered the demanding part of Oedipus, maintaining a high standard of acting throughout, and reaching at times a level of achievement which showed that he had fully grasped the implications of his role. Of the minor characters in the play, Adrian West was particularly effective as Teiresias, the blind prophet, and competent acting from Andrew Maisey, Chris Ryder, and those who took the parts of the various messengers, attendants and shepherds, ensured that the interest of the audience was maintained throughout, and dullness was successfully avoided.

In past years, the School has collaborated with members of the Alice Ottley School when it has required people to take female roles in its productions usually with great success. This year, however, Mr Fagg decided to dispense with the custom, and, in giving the principal female part in the play to a member of the School, followed the ' authentic' Greek practice' of using an all-male cast. Michae1 Pimley, as J ocasta, was convincing, and his performance added greatly to the creation of a truly. Greek atmosphere in the play, especially after one had become used to the initial novelty of a cast without girls in it.

Skilled lighting, a strikingly designed backcloth, and simple but effective costumes, all contributed to the creation of the tragic atmosphere which is esseIitial to the play. To conclude, it can be said that the choice of play was fully justified by a production whi<;h was both enjoyable and worthwhile for all concerned in it. . C.J.T.

ATHLETICS, 1968

Captain : A. E. REEKES

Hon. Secretary : C.

J. Ross

THE SEASON on the whole was a successful one, and although the school lost in the first two triangular matches, the gradual effects of training and hard work were to show in later matches. The club broadened its fixture list by the inclusion of a triangular match against Malvern and K.E.S. Birmingham: defeat in this match was compensated for by good team performances by Inters and Juniors in the City Sports. A number of our athletes were chosen to represent the City at the County meeting later in the term. In the matches against King's Gloucester and Solihull, the senior teams avenged defeats in previous years and gained creditable victories. The Grammar School was also conclusively beaten : this match was the first to be held on the new Fair Field, adjoining the School Field. Although the field had not properly settled, it was decided to transfer from Battenhall onto a flat track, even though we were still only able to fit a 330 yard circuit on it. For both training and matches we noticed the advantage of not nmning up and down Battenhall's inclines! At the County, the school played a large part in the Worcester team's victory. Individually Nick Millard, Christopher Ross and Geoffrey Aldridge gained firsts and Andrew Reekes gained a second. Once again, relay teams representing Worcester, and, for the most part composed of King's School athletes, won. Christopher Ross in the 880 yards and Andrew Reekes in the 440 yards and relay were given the opportunity of competing against the cream of England's athletes

at the England Nationals at Portsmouth. They represented their County team and, although finding themselves a little out of their

depths, they gained valuable experience from participating in one of

the best organized athletic events in the world. The standards were often bordering on those of international performances, and the administration of accommodation and of the actual meeting was impressively thorough.

This year's Sports Day was all but totally washed out, and the School Field was, on the first day, abandoned for the sodden Fair Field Track. Performances reflected the conditions, and did not generally reach a high standard. The second day was allowed to carry on in a more traditional vein on the School Field proper. Good performances in the two days, despite the weather, were A. M. Carroll's 44Ox, G. M.' Aldridge's lVlile, A. S. Woodward's Shot Putt and C. J. Ross's 880x victory, when he held off Carroll's strong challenge. Few records were broken, but in the heats N. R. H. Millard broke the javelin record with a throw of 146 ft. t in.

Colours were reawarded to : A. E. Reekes, C. J. Rdss, G. M. Aldridge, N. R. H. Millard and awarded to A. M. Carroll and W. J. D. Dailey.

Junior:

100 yards

220 yards

Sports Day Results

P. A. Nash (Cr) 11.9 secs.

P. A. Nash (Cr) 27.2 secs.

440 yards D. J. Glazebrook (Br) 63.1 secs.

880 yards N. A. Hobday (W) 2 min. 22.4secs.

1 Mile

High Hurdles

Shot

Discus

Javelin

N. A. Hobday (W) 5 min. 18.1 secs.

S. C. Heath (W) 13.4 secs.

S. C. Griffiths (Ca) 32ft. 7 in. ,

S. C. Griffiths (Ca) 95 ft. 4 in.

P. C. Hill (Br) 109 ft. 4 in.

Long Jump J. Britton (H) 15 ft. 7! in.

High Jump

Triple Jump

Relay

P. C. Hill (Br) 4 ft. 7 in.

P. A. Nash (Cr) 34 ft. Oin.

Bright 55.5 secs.

1st : Bright 83 2nd: Wulstan 75 3rd : Creighton 44

Middle:

100 yards

A. S. Woodward (Ch) 11.1 secs.

220 yards A. S. Woodward (Ch) 26.4 secs.

440 yards A. M. Carroll (Ch) 55.5 secs.

880 yards

1 Mile

2 Miles

High Hurdles

*Shot

C. J. Ross (W) 2 min. 11.1 secs.

C. J. Ross (W) 4 min. 59.8 secs.

C. J. Ross (W) 11 min. 3.5 secs.

P. W. Ranford (Cr) 16.3 secs.

A. S. Woodward (Ch) 39 ft. 5 in.

Discus D. G. Hughes (Ch) 118 ft. 7 in.

Javelin

Long Jump

High Jump

Triple Jump

E. G. K. Engebrigsten (Ch) 118 ft. 2in.

C. H. Wood (W) 18 ft. 2i in.

A. B. Cullen (W) 5 ft. 0 in.

P. W. Ranford (Cr) 35 ft. lIt in.

Relay Wulstan 50.4 secs. 1st: Wulston 113 2nd : Choir 97 3rd : Creighton 73

Senior:

100 yards

N. D. John (Ca) 11.3 secs.

220 yards. N. D. John (Ca) 25.2 secs.

440 yards A. E. Reekes (Ch) 56.0 secs.

880 yards G. N. Barrington (Ca) 2 min. 11.1 secs. ,

1 Mile

2 Miles

High Hurdles

G. M. Aldridge (Cl) 4 min. 49.7 secs.

G. M. Aldridge (Cl) 10 min. 11.0 secs.

N. R. H. Millard (Ch) 18.5 secs.

Shot R. W. Greenhough 32 ft. 4f1 in.

Discus

Javelin

Long Jump

*High Jump

W. A. G. Bridgens (Ch) 103 ft. 7 in.

N. R. H. Millard (Ch) 137 ft. 11 in.

R. J. Wilcock (Br) 19 ft. 1 in.

S. M. Crowcroft (W) 5 ft. 7! in.

TripleJumpP. G. Stewart (W) 37 ft. 10 in.

Relay

Castle 48.6 secs.

1st : Castle 105 2nd : Choir 91 3rd/: Wulstan 59

*Sports Day Record

Results, 1968

May 8 v. Nunnery Wood (H)

Inter: Won 84 - 53

Junior : Lost 66 - 67

May 11 v. Bromsgrove, v. P.H.G.S., Evesham (H)

Senior: K 110, E 92, B 67

Inter: K 114l, E 91, B 521

Junior : E 103!, K 80!, B 76

May 14 v. Malvern College, v. K.E.S. Birmingham (Seniors only) (Malvern)

Senior: M 111, K.E.S. 101, K.W. 83

Inter : Lost 53! - 831

May 22 City Schools Sports (Nunnery Wood)

Inter : 2nd Kings

Junior : 5th Kings

May 29 v. Kings Gloucester (H)

Senior: Won 69 - 67

Junior : Lost 55 - 82

June 8 v. Solihull (H)

Senior: Won 80 - 67

Inter : Lost 57 - 90

Junior : Lost 56 - 90

June 15 County Schools Sports (Warley)

Senior: 1st Worcester City

Inter: 1st Worcester City

Junior: 4th Worcester City

June 20 v. W.R.G.S. (H)

Open-Won 1551- 1241

CRICKET, 1968

WITH THE WORST MAY one can remember not a single match was even started until after half-term, and only two inter-school matches were completed in the whole season. The side generally looked fairly strong in batting, but the bowling, though steady, was rather lacking in penetration, and needed more experience to be able to bowl side out on the very plumb school pitch.

Harker, the Captain, disappointingly never got going as a batsman, but handled the side well. Kitching scored very consistently, if rather slowly, as an opener, and Dane and Chinneck played some good innings. Windridge bore the brunt of the bowling and generally looked dangerous. He very nearly won the match at Bromsgrove, taking four wickets in his first three overs for no runs. The fielding was fair, though a few chances were put down, especially in the O. V. match.

With nine of this year's side at school prospects for 1969 must be the best for several years.

Team : R. J. Harker, N. J. Chinneck, P. G. Dane, C. D. Kitching, C. R. ,Windridge, M. D. Ackred, G. N. Barrington, A. Thomas, S. M. Tomlinson, J. A. R. Trape, M .. T. Warg. Also played: P. E. F. Davies, S. J. Fuller, C. H. Wood. Chinneck, Dane, Kitching and Windridge were awarded 1st XI colours.

King's Bromsgrove

King's Worcs. Gentlemen

King's Old Vigornians

W.R.G.S.

King's

K.E.S. Birmingham

King's Cheadle Hulme

King's

Batting

Dane

Kitching

Chinneck

Harker

Bowling

Windridge

Ward

Barrington

SCORES'

84

86 -8 (Windridge 6 - 33) 163 -3 dec. (Kitching 53, Dane 52 N.O.) 164- 5

181 (Kitching 30, Mackie 5 - 22)

185 -5 (Judd 62 N.O., Mackie 34'N.O.)

67 (Windridge 4 - 15, Ward 3 - 12)

5 -0 Rain stopped play

194 -7 dec.

156 - 9 (Kitching 38, Dane 32)

158 -6 dec.

40 -1 Rain stopped play

2nd XI

THE 2ND XI, ably captained by R. W. Greenhough recorded three wins in four completed matches.

The following played: R. W.Greenhough, D. C. Bridgwater, P. E. F. Davies, S. J. Fuller, E. T. F. Furneaux, P. J. Garland, G. Griffith, I. Hutchinson, E. R. Newcombe, R. Palmer, N. Priddey, S. J. Rock, C. H. Wood.

King's Bromsgrove King's Sebright O.V.'s King's

K.E.S. Birmingham King's King's W.R.G.S.

SCORES

110 -8 dec. (Wood 25, Fuller 20*)

100 (Wood 6 - 33)

108 -7 dec. (Fuller 31 *)

69 (Wood 4 - 43)

.204 -3 dec. (Smith 83*, Oliver62)

125 -8 (Newcombe 33, Fuller 21)

62 (Bridgwater 4 ... 24, Furneaux 4 - 24) ,63-4

137 -9 dec. (Garland 71) ,.­

39 3. Rain stopped play.

Captain : R. J. Wilcock

Hon. Secretary: C. J. Ross

THE SEASON WAS a rather disappointing one for a number of reasons, the main one being the foot and epidemic. This put a stop to all the important championship matches except fOl'Rugely, and so there was not much incentive to train. G. M. AldIidge ran consistently throughout the season, and Holbeche proved a valuable addition to the team for some matches. Apart from these two however, the strength of the 1st VIII left something to be desired. P. G. Stewart sustained a knee injury halfway through the season, which was hard blow.

Quite a few juniors, especially Cowper and Hobday, show much promise for future seasons.

A. S. P. Phillips, A. M.Carrollwere awarded 1st VIII colours, and G. M. Aldridge was rewarded colours.

REsULTS

C. J. Ross finished second in the Worcester City Championships at Nunnery Wood. The Intermediate team was also placed 2nd, and the Junior team 5th.

In the School Cross-Country, Chappel House provided the winners of both races, but Choir and Wulstan fielded the best teams.

G. M. ALDRIDGE.

HOCKEY, 1968

Captain: R. S. Hawes

THIS WAS, in many respects, a disappointing season, particularly as it was the last one with Hockey as a major sport. The weather was unkind for the first part of the season, leading to the cancellation of two fixtures and much practice time. When we finally playing, the lack of experienced players was very obvious in XI, especially in the match against Bromsgrove. A failure to score the,vital opening goal when we had the chances, combined with a certain brittleness in defence, contributed to our failure in most matches.

Nonetheless, some players gained considerably from the season, particularly N. J. Chinneck, who was tireless in mid field and finally showed his goal scoring ability in the D.V. match, and R. M. Palmer, a centre-half of considerable promise. The half-back line of BridgensPalmer-Thomas, was usually very reliable. The season did end on a high note when the 1st XI narrowly lost to a talented D. V. side. For perhaps the first time the team seemed to have confidence in its own ability..

The 2nd XI enjoyed a reasonable season, while the Colts, though lacking polish and experience, showed strength and considerable potential.

I am sure the whole Hockey Club would like to extend its thanks and appreciation to Mr Curle for his tireless and invaluable services over the last sixteen years. ,1st XI Colours were awarded to : N. J. Chinneck and R. M. Palmer.

RESULTS

1st XI

2nd XI

Solihull 5-0 Bromsgrove 2-0 Nunnery Wood .... 4-0

P.H.G.S. Evesham 1-0

Nunnery Wood .... -7 -0

HOUSE MATCHES

The competition was again played on a 7-a-side basis and in the final School beat Choir 1 -0 after extra time.

R.S.H.

HOCKEY

, As I started Hockey in the School some sixteen or seventeen years ago I feel I should offer some explanation for its ceasing to be a major game. The reasons for the decision are two-fold and simple: we have not a sufficient number of staff able to coach the game ; our grounds, especially in the waterlogged Spring Term, could hardly be less suitable for The decision, then, is realistic-we must face facts and make the best use of our facilities-however regretable it may seem. Indeed no one· regrets it more than I do.

This, however, does not mean the end of hockey in the school. We are playing it as a 5th and 6th Form option through both winter terms, and, if the standard proves reasonable, we shall certainly organise some matches. If at any time in the future the staff is flooded with hockey players and the fields are spared by the River Severn there is no reason why hockey should not return to its former status.

P.G.L.C.

WINCHESTER FIVES CLUB

Captain ': A. M. FEGAN

Secretary: S. PRIDDEY

THE FIVES CLUB in their first full season after the rebuilding of the courts, enjoyed an encouraging season. Six fixtures were arranged resulting in three matches won and three lost. In all the matches except the one against Bloxham, Winchester Fives was played. ,

The Ist pair, A. M. Fegan and S. Priddey, went through the season undefeated except in the one match played to Rugby Fives rules, but the 2nd pair, chosen from D. C. Bridgewater, S. N. W. Grainge and A. J. Lewis, were unfortunately less successful. The Club hopes to arrange more fixtures next year but there is always the difficulty of different schools playing various types of Fives.

1st IV colours were awarded to : A. M. Fegan and S. Priddey.

REsULTS

v. K.E.S. Birmingham (Home) v. Bloxham (Away)

Ist Pair 58 - 34

2nd Pair 49 - 59

Result: Won 107 - 93

v. Denstone (Home)

1st Pair 60 - 40

2nd Pair 54 - 42

Result: Won 114 - 82

v. Wrekin (Home)

Ist Pair 60 - 32

2nd Pair 59 - 34

Result: Won 119 - 66

1st Pair 38 - 55

2nd Pair 27 - 60

Result: Lost 63 115

v. Hereford C.S. (Away)

1st Pair 57 - 43

2nd Pair 31 - 60

Result: Lost 88 - 103

v. Hereford C.S. (Home)

1st Pair 59 - 40

2nd Pair 34 - 61

Result : Lost 93 - 101

Captain 1968/69: S. PRIDDEY

Secretary 1968/69: D. BRIDGEWATER

K.S. W .B.C.

Captain : A. S. BAKER

Secretary: C. S. THOMAS

Captain elect: S. M. KEARON

Secretary elect: D. G. HUGHES

Colours Awarded-Season 1968

1st VIII Colours reawarded to A. S. Baker.

1st VIII Coxing Colours, C. S. Thomas.

1st VIII Colours awarded to R. A. Joesbury, A. L. Mussett, B. J. A· Hicks, T. J. Spencer, S. M. Kearon, I. P. Cardwell and D. G. Hughes·

2nd VIII Colours awarded to G. K. Brook, M. V. B. Nelson, J. D. Taylor, D. G. P. Waters, J. C. Nicholls, J. P. Weston, ]'. W. Muncie, D. H. Bardsley.

2nd VIII Coxing Colours awarded to Owen.

The Rowing Season got off to a flying start in early January with prospective members of the 1st and 2nd VIII's sculling between the hockey posts of the then flooded school field. This was due to the positive attitude of Mr Gabriel and the other and meant that there was plenty of time to choose competitively the two senior crews

before the Kingston Head of the River Race, our first event of the season. The outcome of this early start may best be sununarised by a list of results of the various crews :­

Spring

Kingston Head:

Ist VIII started 75th finished 25th 2nd VIII started 76th finished 46th

Readz"ng Head : 1st VIII started l03rd finished 63rd

Bristol Head :

Senior Colts beat amongst many others Cheltenham and Monmouth

Senior Colts v. Sir Thomas Rich's School won by }-

Summer

Thames Ditton Regatta :

1st VIII beat New College Oxford beat St. Edward's Oxford easily lost to Kingston R.C.

2nd VIII lost to Emanuel 2nd VIII by 2 ft. on a bad station

Burton-on- Trent Regatta :

Senior Colts Bow IV knocked out in 2nd round

Wallingford Regatta :

Senior Colts Stern IV knocked out in 2nd round

Worcester Regatta :

1st VIII won the School VIII's event beating, amongst others, Monmouth

Hereford City Regatta:

1st VIII lost to Vesta B.C. who we later beat at Isleworth 2nd VIII Cathedral School easily lost to Monkton Combe School by t length

Hereford Schools Regatta :

1st VIII lost in the semi-finals to Monmouth, the eventual winners

2nd VIII beat Wycliffe School 11 by i length beat W.R.G.S. I by 1 length

Ipst to Hampton G.S. 11 by ! length

Senior Colts lost to Shrews bury by i length after a very good race

Junior Colts ' A' (IV) beat Carmel College beat Monmouth beat Sutton lost in the final by a canvas to Hampton G.S. after leading for most of the race

Junior Colts' B' (IV) beat Monmouth beat Derby lost in semi-final to eventual winners, Hampton G.S.

Isleworth Regatta :

1st VIII won the Junior VIII's event beating Vesta R.C., St. Paul's and St. George's College

2nd VIII beat City University by 1 length lost to St. Paul's by llength

Monmouth Regatta:

1st VIII lost in final to Wallingford R.C. on a bad station by i length after beating Cheltenham and Hereford C.S.

2nd VIII beat Monmouth by ! length beat St. Edward's by 1 length beat K.S.W.B.C. Colts by! length thus winning the event

Senior Colts beat Monkton Combe easily beat Cheltenham beat Belmont Abbey lost to K.S.W.B.C. 2nd VIII by ! length in final

Marlow Regatta :

1st VIII lost to Choate School U .S.A., after a pathetic row

Vigoe Regatta:

Senior Colts beat St. Edward's beat Monmouth final beat Shrewsbury Event I

Junior Colts beat Wycliffe final beat Cheltenham Event 1

2nd VIII won the first Fours event

Nearly all our private fixtures were won, the Junior Colts winning 4 for o.

The most remarkable row of the season came from the Junior Colts, who put up an excellent performance in the Nationals at Pangbourne.

In the first round they lost to Shrewsbury School by 2 feet after beating Sutton School easily. Then using the "Repechage" they beat Winchester ' A ' by 1i lengths and Winchester ' B ' easily in the 2nd round,; and in the next round beat Emanuel by 2 lengths, Radley by 3 lengths, and St. Paul's easily.

They shocked everyone with a tremendous start in the final in which they established a clear lead. Unfortunately, owing to lack of weight they were overhauled near the finish by Hampton G.S. and Shrewsbury, in very rough conditions.

Obviously this crew, given a good boat, could go on to win the Princess Elizabeth Cup in a couple of years time they had additional weight, which they will very likely get next season.

PANGBOURNE (NATIONAL SCHOOLS REGATTA)

WORCESTER R.C. CLOSING DAY REGATTA

At the end of September, our local Rowing Club invited us to compete ina friendly regatta. Only our non-rugger players could row, but the results were highly satisfactory.

IV beat Worcester R.C. canvas beat W.R.G.S. B.C. easily VIII beat W.R.G.S. B.C. easily beat Worcester R.C. canvas-after 2 re-starts

At the moment we are to raise, by means of a number of projects, the money for a new boat which could also be used by the 1st VIII next season. Any assistance in raising this fund would be most welcome.

The School Regatta this year took on a-rather different form. We introduced some new events to give the regatta a wider appeal, and to encourage the cricketers to take an interest in the sport. Unfortunately we were informed that we could not award any points for these events without the consent of the donors of the Henley Shield. Mrs Annett kindly agreed to present the trophies and Castle House won the shield this year.

The end of the season was marked by a Boat Club dinner, at which we were honoured to have the Headmaster as our guest.

The Boat Club wish to take this opportunity of thanking all those who helped to prepare the dinner and to make it the success it was.

Next season the 1st VIII will have at least 6 former members with colours, and with plenty of talent in the 2nd and Colts VIII's coming up we should have an even better year than last.

The 1st VIII are now a Junior Senior Crew and will be competing in harder events which will make it difficult to increase on this status without a. new lightweight boat. We are therefore hoping to succeed in 'getting a new boat for major regattas this summer.

S. M. KEARON.

O.V. BOAT CLUB

Mr G. Mulcahy has proposed that the O.V.'s should form their own boat club. This isa splendid idea and anyone interested should contact Mr Mulcahy or the Secretary of the O.V.'s, Mr J. Pimley.

RUGBY FOOTBALL

First Group

PRE-SEASON 'TRAINING seemed to justify itself judging by the early performances of the 1st XV. Although the Ist XV were beaten by a strong R. J. Hazeldine's XV many lessons were learnt. Wins against Christ College Brecon and particularly the College of Education were very satisfying. The team's failure to adapt itself to varying conditions caused defeats against Ludlow and Moseley Grammar Schools. Nonetheless the team showed glimpses of its true potential in a good win over

Hereford C.S. and again in a very creditable draw against Warwick. Mter this they experienced another slump with a number of defeats, the majority of which were by very narrow margins. The lack of experience of some players showed through with harsh results. This feature 9f their play was never shown to more devastating effect than in the crucial match against W.R.G.S., when one mistake under pressure cost them the game. The season ended on a much more satisfactory level with hard won victories against the O.V.'s and Dauntseys.

Special mention must be made of the tireless performances of R. S. Hawes, P. J. Garland and T. A. Grundy.Also the back row, who worked so hard in the loose, B. J. A. Hicks in particular showed exceptional promise.

This was an unlucky team. They were so keen to do well. They trained hard and ' gave everything they had got' in matches. But at crucial times and against strong opposition inexperience and often bad luck cost them the match. Never have I seen a team which so deserved success. I wish they had achieved more.

R.}.H.

2nd XV

This team had a reasonable season as results go. Many early season injuries caused upset as many players were used as replacements in the 1st XV. This did not help the team to settle down. The scrum was late in 'developing but when it had matured it was notable for its mobility. S. M. Kearon gained valuable experience which should stand him in good stead for next season. Mention must also be made of the fine work of C. R. Windridge and M. Broad in the second row.

R.J.H.

3rdXV

After a poor start-due partly to a lack of training before the first matches, the group settled down well and soon made up for lack of skills by a wonderfull spirit and enthusiasm for the game.

The Sebright game set the stage for the rest of the season-with so many of the side taking the chance to score a try.

The pack played a strong hard game up front and gave the threequarters plenty of ball ; the tackling was always determined and quite often crushing.

Richards and Bridgeford in the pack, Thomas, A. at scrum-half and Malcomson, the Captain, at fly-half were particularly prominent in our several victories.

D.R.L.

UNDER 15 XV

An excellent season. The Under 15 XV have played with great spirit and much skill to attain their unbeaten record. The pack, although lighter than most of their opposition, was very mobile and won good ball from both scrums and rucks. The half backs played well together and gave the other backs chances to show their many skills. The side was captained by Woodward who scored many tries from apparently impossible situations. The pack was ably led by Snewin, who together with Harper, represented the County in the Christmis Holidays.

UNDER 14 XV

This was a team which at beginning of the season lacked both size and skill but possessed great enthusiasm (in every match they did better in the second half than in the first half). Under the sensible and steady captaincy of Hamilton they have improved steadily and finished the season having scored more points than they conceded. Hobday and Hill developed into an enterprising pair of half-backs, and Hutchinson and Bailey provided some fire in the forwards. With the addition of several strong players who will then be available this team could do well next season .

1st XV

v. R. J. Hazeldine's XV

v. Christ's Brecon

v. College of Education

v. Bromsgrove

v. Ludlow ....

v. Hereford C.S.

v. Dean Close

v. Moseley G.S.

v. Warwick

v. Magdalen C.S.

v. King Edward's, Birmingham

v. W.R.G.S.

v. Central G.S.

v. Bishop Veseys

v. O.V.'s

v. Dauntseys

2nd XV

v. Bromsgrove

v. Sebright 1st XV

v. Ludlow ....

v. Hereford C.S.

v. Dean Close

v. Moseley G. S.

v. Warwick

v. King Edward's, Birmingham

v. W.R.G.S.

v. Central G.S.

v. Bishop Veseys

v. Dauntseys

RESULTS

Score For - Against 8-23 6-3 6-3 6-14 3-10 13--0 0-13 0-6 9-9 0-3 0-17 3-5 6-11 0--0 5-3 6-3 3-54 Q-8 2S--O 6--8 5-6 6--0 3-20 9--0 3-3 9-5 8-11 0-4) ....

3rdXV

v. Prince Henry's G.S., Evesham 0-30 Lost v. BrQmsgrove 6--17 Lost v. Sebright 32--0 Won ,I

v. Warwick '6-8 Lost

v. King Edward's, Birmingham 27-3 Won

v. Bromsgrove 8-14 Lost

v. W.R.G.S. 27--0 Won

Under 16 XV

v. Christ's, Brecon 3-9 Lost v. Bromsgrove 22--0 Won v. W.R.G.S. 15-13 Won v. Dean Close 15-16 Lose

v. Warwick .... 8-39 Lost

v. K.E.S. Birmingham 3-3 Drawn

Under 15 XV

Ludlow G. S. 36--0 Won

Dean Close 37-0 Won v. Warwick .... 6-3 Won v.

SENIOR HOUSE MATCHES

Creighton Castle } Castle

Bright School } School

Wulstan Chappel } Chappe1

School

School •

Choir

Choir

Hostel } Choir

THE SWIMMING CLUB

Captain : T. J. JORDAN

Hon. Secretary: D. D. HOROBIN

AFTER THE RETIREMENT of Mr P. Cattermole at the end of the 1967 season we were glad to welcome Mr I. G. L. St. John as our trainer/coach. His new methods of training, and his personal interest in each individual swimmer's progress proved more than satisfactory. Although team results could have been better there was great consolation in the fact that all the senior swimmers achieved 'personal bests' during the term.

We should like to thank Mr R. J. Hazeldine for his help and also Mr Fletcher of the Worcester College for the Blind who so kindly allowed us the use of their indoor pool two nights a week.

The School Swimming Sports were held on Monday, June 17th. The House Cup was won by the Hostel, the Relay Cup by. School House and the Senior Freestyle Cup and the Open Individual Medley Cup were won by Jeremy Wright and Adrian West respectively. Mrs D. M. Annett very kindly made the presentations.

D.D.H.

Colours were re-awarded to - C. M. Andrews, D. D. Horobin, T. J. Jordan and A. J. R. West; and awarded to: T. Greenhough, F. W. Hindson, R. C. Smith and A. Thomas.

RESULTS

Senior

King's School-38

King's School-22

Sebright-17t ....

King's School-31

Dean Close-50

Solihull-68

Bromsgrove--56

King's School-38t

King's Gloucester-22

King's

Junior

King's School--44

King's School-47

Sebright-27

King's School-26

Dean Close-33

Solihull-43

. Bromsgrove-31

King's School-29

King's Gloucester-20

King's School-30

SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS REsULTS

Open Butterfly : A. J. R. West (H), 36.7*

Under 16 Backstroke: G. E. Peel (S)

Under 15 Breaststroke: T. Greenhough (Br)

Open Freestyle: .J B. Wright (S), 68.0*

Under 16 Breaststroke: F.W. Hindson (Cl)

Under 15 Freestyle: B. Else (Cl)

Open Backstroke : A. J. R. West (H)

Under 16 Freestyle: R. C. Smith (Cl)

Under 15 Backstroke: S. C. Cook (Cl)

Open Breaststroke : T. J. Jordan (H)

Individual Medley: A. J. R. West (H) 63.4*

Diving: M. J. Slaughter (S)

Under 16 Medley Relay: Chappel

Under 15 Medley Relay: School

Open Medley Relay: Hostel

Under 16 Freestyle Relay: Wulstan

Under 15 Freestyle Relay : Choir

Open Freestyle Relay : School

Placings:

(1) Hostel (2) School (3) Choir and Chappel

*School Record.

UNDER 13 SWIMMING CLUB

1968 WAS ONE OF THE most successful years for the Junior Swimmers. Extensive and regular training helped the team to a· high standard of efficiency and ensured that no matches were lost. In all, four matches were played, against Abberley Hall, Aymestrey, Bromsgrove High School and Bowbrook House. Mer a convincing beating by Bromsgrove last season, we were pleased that· we won our match this year although we had to work hard and the margin was small. The most noticeable aspect in our matches was an improvment in style and the team owes much to Mr Cattermole who supervised our training programme and organised the matches.

M. J. HICKLING.

LAWN TENNIS, 1968

Captain : P. EVISON

Secretary: P .. CUMMIN

LAST SEASON was fairly satisfactory in view of the adverse weather conditions. The courts were like soaked sponges for much of the early part of the summer term. In fact coaching sessions on the school field were possible only twice during the season-normally there would be eight or more sessions.

There are, however, hopes of a brighter future for the club. We hope next season or the one after to have three hard courts on the Fair Field, behind the pavilion. These will enable much more play to take place in the summer term and will also give the chance of some play throughout the year .

. Only three matches were played, the most successful being against the O.V.'s,even though the O.V. first pair beat all school pairs by a comfortable margine. P. Evison and P. Miller were the School first pair, the other two pairs being selected from K. Elmer, P. J ohnson, A. Sadler, A. Scott, P. Cummin, B. Robatham. Our best result came in the Worcestershire Schools Championships. These began in July, but were rained off after one set. Matches. were completed at the beginning of October! The winners were the ..We won the same number of sets, but fewer games. Our thanks are due to Mr Jacobs for his enthusiastic coaching when weather permitted and to the groundsman for the maintenance of the courts throughout a very wet season.

REsULTS

v. Solihull (A)

v. O.V.'s

v. K.E.S. Birmingham (H)

Lost 1t-7t

Won 5--4

Lost 3-6 Worcestershire Schools Championships-Runners-up.

P.J.C.

BRIDGE CLUB

DURING THE LAST FOUR TERMS Bridge Club has found itself to be a thriving Society in the School. The Bridge Team has played several matches against other schools, notably King Charles' Kidderminster, Malvern College and Malvern Girls' College which tends to be less serious than the other matches. Also, the School sent a team for the qualifying round of the " Daily Mail Bridge Cup." which is a nationwide competition for schools. In this competition the two pairs were, C. A. Sherrey and M. R. G. Painter, and I. Hutchinson and D. Wolfendale. At half-time in the competition King's were placed first but unfortunately were unable to hold their position.

We would like to offer our thanks to' Mr Turner and to Mr Ahmed who during his short stay gave up a: considerable amount of time and also presented some books to the School Bridge Club. M.R.G.P.

C.A.S.

THE CHANGERINGING, SOCIETY

DURING THE PAST YEAR the Society has continued the serious task of teaching beginners to handle a bell, at first at St. Swithun's and later, when Spetchley bells were fit for ringing, on the newly renovated peal of four bells. The biggest undertaking of the year was the completion of the Spetchley project which involved the restoration of the four 15th Century bells there and provision of a new ringing room on the ground floor. The bells were rededicated, with the restored church, on October 13th, by Canon Armsttong and the Society rang on that occasion. Sunday service ringing continues at St. Swithun's, Spetchley and Kempsey.

Atthe end of Summer Term, we had our annual expedition, and were joined by S. B. Bell (O.V.) and Jenny of Malvern Girls' College. Ringing took place at Eastnor, Bromsberrow, Redmarley d' Abitot, Staunton (where Mr Burnett arranged access to the Church and permission to ring), Berrow and at Eldetsfield whose church has a heavy and very melodious peal of six bells.

On Speech Day we rang at the Cathedral and in September we were privileged to be allowed to ring a quarter peal of Plain Bob Doubles as a farewell to the Dean. .

During the summer holidays, some Illembers of the Society, including twoO.V.'s, went down to the Old Chapel and rang the first peal since 1940 on the five bells at St. Peter's Church Llanbedr - Ystradyw.

The Society's thanks are due to the Rectors of St. Swithun's and Spetchley for allowing us to practise there, and to the local ringers at Kempsey who welcome us to join in their service ringing.

C. J. PICKFORD.

WORCESTER

AT THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST,

On Tuesday, 24th September, 1968, in 45 minutes A Quarter Peal of 1,260 Plain Bob Doubles

Tenor 14 cwt. 3 qr. 26 lb. in F. sharp

Paul C. Hussan .... . Treble Paul Cattermole (Conductor) 4

Christopher J. Pickford 2 Michael J. Robinson (O.V.) 5

Peter D. Ross 3 Simon Webb .... Tenor Rung, before his last Evensong, as a farevvell to the Very Rev. R. L. P. MiIburn, Dean of Worcester.

CHESS CLUB

THE 1967/68 SEASON proved moderately successful for the Chess Club. One particularly pleasing aspect was the enthusiasm engendered in the Middle School and the consequent success of the 15 teams. Our position at the· bottom of the Worcester and District League was rather disappointing, but these matches do proviq.e an opportunity of

playing against experienced opposition. The Schools'·· League results were rather more gratifying : the First Team finished Second in Division One, the Second Team finished Third in Division Two and the two Under 15 Teams both finished at the top of their divisions.

Undoubtedly the greatest achievement ofthe season was Ian Hutchinson's winning of the County Under 18 Championship against stiff opposition, and we are fortunate in having him available for the first half of this season. The House Competition was won by the Hostel, who beat Wulstan by 3 boards to 1 in the final.

We are indebted to Mr G. B. Brown for his invaluable help to the Club during his three years at the School, and we feel sure that Mr Dore will continue the good work.

S.M.T., S.W.

CLIMBING CLUB

INTEREST IN ROCK CLIMBING AND MOUNTAINEERING has been growing for some time, and now as the result of considerable planning by Messrs Hazeldine, St.. John, Hargreaves and Cunningham, and through the generosity of the Headmaster we are consfructing our own· climbing wall where meIilbers can climb under instruction (and thanks for this go also to Mr Brown and Mr Hockey). The Headmaster has not seen fit to test the wallhimselfbut he has been seen watching the convolutions of several human flies as they dangle from their ropes. And although the wall is not yet complete it does provide quite a number of strenuous and difficult moves. There is much to be done yet to improve the wall and we also plan to extend our activities with weekend camps in the mountains. But with over 40 members already we can fairly say that the Climbing Club has successfully got off the ground.

C.J.K.C.

SENIOR GYM CLUB

Captain 1967 - 69: M. BROWN

LAST YEAR the Club was at its lowest ebb for several years-despite having in M. Brown and J. Taylor two very good gymnasts. These two were usually placed first and second overall in the School matches but the junior boys making up the team were just not experienced enough to stave off frequent defeat.

This term there are a number of boys appearing so perhaps the standard will rise again.

JUNIOR GYM CLUB.·

THIS CLUB is open to anyone interested in the Fourth Forms and meets on Mondays and Tuesdays. Last year there were two school matches, both of which were lost, but the general attitude and enthusiasm was excellent. This term the Club has continued with even greater strength and at long last the occasional Flick Flack and Somersault are appearing. Members particularly worthy of mention are Williams, Wilson, Parkinson, Baird, Tithecott, Turner, Whines, Newton and llughes.

J. RODEN, M.JUDD, P. RABY.

MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, 1968

ONCE AGAIN this has been an active year in the field of music-a year remarkable for the achievements of Roger Parkes and Nicholas Cleobury who went up to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Worcester College, Oxford, respectively as Organ Scholars. Both of them. together with Stephen Cleobury, Organ Scholar of St. John's College, Cam­ I bridge, were successful in the January examinations of the Royal I College of Organists when Nicholas Cleobury was awarded the Sawyer

Prize in theA.R.C.O. examination and the other two gained the

F.R.C.O., Stephen Cleobury winning both the Limpus and the Read Prize.

The year began with a concert in November of assorted music in which the School Orchestra made its debut. Since then it has made a great deal of progress, playing in a concert at the end of last school year on which guitar solos by Richard Hebden and original compositions by Roger Parkes were also heard. A junior orchestra is now being formed and it is hoped that in time this will feed players into the senior section. Towards the end of the Spring Term there was a concert in College Hall organised by Nicholas Cleobury which featured members of the

School together with the Elizabethan Consort of voices.

The climax of the Summer Term was a concert of Mozart and Haydn given in College Hall. Christopher Tolley was the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto in C. minor, K491, and ,Haydn's 'Nelson Mass' was sung by the School Choir augmented by eight masters and girls from the Grammar School. A professional orchestra was drawn together from various sources by Mr Bramma who conducted both these works.

In May a number of boys went to hear the great pianist, Artur Rubenstein play at a concert in Birmingham Town Hall. The recital was so successful, that after his third encore, Rubenstein was given a standing ovation by the entire audience ! There was also a recent outing to Gloucester Cathedral to hear the English Opera Group perform Benjamin Britten's parable for church performance, 'The Prodigal Son.'

In a lighter vein at the end of the Summer Term, Choir House gave a highly polished account of Gilbert and Sullivan's one aetoperetta " Trial by Jury," produced by Bemard Burnham and Nicholas Cleobury. This was an enterprising and highly successful event which closed the school year in a suitably appropriate manner.

S.M.D.

KING'S SCHOOL PRESS

THE KING'S SCHOOL PRESS has over the year continued to produce a wide variety of print for a wide variety of customers. We have been largely occupied with jobbing work, but have had the fun of two colour printing with play programmes and dinner menus. We have also, at last, produced a short anthology of poems and illustrations by boys printed by boys, which was on sale at the Fete. Also at the Fete we sold a large number

of Christmas Cards which were our first major attempt at the printing of illustrations. In this case they were good engravings by E. H. S. Walters, a professional in the game, who kindly lent us the blocks

We hope that as our founder-members leave (and we owe a debt of gratitude to N. J. Dibben who has bequeathed to us a complete fount of Rockwell) we shall continue to produce work" in quantity and of as high a quality as our machines allow. It is pleasant that each term has produced its quota of apprentices, and though we have a fairly swift turnover we do maintain a quite considerable core of increasingly skilled printers.

C.J.K.C.

THE SCIENCE SOCIETY

THE SOCIETY is tending to concentrate on electronics, particularly radio, as good results can be obtained without elaborate equipment. Most of the work carried out has been in the form of many small projects and experiments as major projects can so often lead to failure. The one major project attempted has however been very successful ; that of investigating the times taken by people to react to various stimula. From the results obtained, mainly at the Fete, it has been found for instance that 14 year olds react most quickly-especially to sound.

Several films have been shown on such subjects as radio astronomy and cockroaches. The G.P.O. has been most co-operative in arranging for us to visit the automatic telephone exchange at Malvern and the switchboard at Worcester.

It is hoped that the Society will continue to expand particularly as the Science Projects Group is now functioning as a Friday afternoon activity.

P. K. WEBB.

ST. ALBANtS CHOIR

DURING LAST YEAR, the choir continued under the direction of N. R. Cleobury and this year, C. J. Tolley, has taken charge of the St. Alban's Sunday music. Last year, at Christmas, the choir sang at Edgbaston and Powick and performed Scarlattis' Christmas Contata ,and music by Britten and Harold Darke. Later in the year several two and threepart pieces by Dering, Handel and Marcello were learned together with some Negro Spirituals. At the end of the Summer Term five boys went up into senior houses and the choir is now rather depleted. Several new boys joined the choir this term and are now beginning to find their feet, however.

P.D.T.C.

C.C.F. ARMY SECTION

DURING THE LAST YEAR, the Army Section successfully continued its activities, indeed, increasing the range of outside excercises now that the School Chapel is in fuller use.

The year culminated in the annual camp at Cultybraggan, Perthshire. This, if tiring, was enjoyed by all. At this, unfortunately, the night excercise was cancelled due to torrential rain but not before an arduous orienteering exercise had been completed, everyone getting soaked .. The camp culminated in the Camp Commandant's Cup in which we came 8th, a creditable performance, and an inter-section football competition. '.

Thus, it has been another successful year under the new supervision of Sgt. Maj. Tomes. .

NAVAL SECTION C.C.F., 1967/68

THE SECTION AS A WHOLE enjoyed a constructive year. The first part of the year was mainly concerned with naval exams and the practical application of the theory learnt during classroom work. During the second half of the year the Section extended its work on a wider basis to include such activities as map reading and shooting. The field days, which were spent at Cardiff and at H.M.S. Victory in Portsmouth, proved to be both 4tteresting and enjoyable. As the C.C.F. is now voluntary after a compulsory first year, this will mean that although the complement of the section is slightly depleted there will be a hard core of enthusiastic members.

J.E.S.

H.M.S. SCARBOROUGH

April 7th - 13th, 1968.

SIXTEEN CADETS spent an informative and enjoyable week aboard H.M.S. Scarborough at Devonport in April. The affair was extremely well organised for us with no wastage of time. '

Having arrived on board after a tiring train journey we were ready for bed, but to everyone's delight we had first to sling our hammocks. That night, as on others following, some people had unfortunate accidents, but everyone now should know how to tie a sheetbend.

We were woken every morning at 6.30 with breakfast at 7.0. Then followed cleaning out the mess and parts of ship for two hours, and after this the day was allotted to instruction which ranged from anchors to cables and ropework to sailing and boatwork as well as visits to Britannia Royal Naval College, and the gunnery school, H.M.S. Cambridge.

A good Sports programme was laid on with the cadets on Tenby and Eastbourne, when Scarborough managed to win football matches and the swimming gala. / P. WILLIAMS.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION

THE SECTION'S FIELD DAYS have covered a wide range of activities this year, including a good deal more flying than usual. ' A ' flight were particularly fortunate in the Easter Term to spend three hours in a VCI0 from Brize Norton, and at Little Rissington in the Summer Term, several cadets flew in Jet Provosts. The usual visits to Gaydon Navigational School and Filton Air-Experience Squadron were as enjoyable as ever, and a number of successful map-reading exercises were mounted.

In the coming year, the Section hopes to enter even wider fields of activity, and consolidate some already popular ones, such as the aeromodelling under Cadet Scandrett's guidance. We hope next year's proficiency results will be as good as this year's, in which Cadets Rogers, Walker, Webb, P.K. and Webb, S. gained distinctions at the Advanced Level, and Cadets Free, Gazard, Tomlinson and Scandrett at Proficiency Level. A good number in both flights gained credits. Our thanks to the officers for their invaluable help to the Section, and hopes of expansion and growth of this year's profitable work into the future.

SERGEANTS

WALKER AND WEBB.

R.A.F. VISIT TO BRIZE NORTON

ON FIELD DAY, March 8th, members of' A ' Fligheand a few from ' B ' Flight visited R.A.F. Brize Norton, which is situated 10 miles west of Oxford. On arrival we were delighted to discover that the authorities had decided to veto the usual routine of touring the flight maintenance hangars and the meteorological and air traffic control sections, and instead to treat us to a 3 hour flight in a Vickers VCIO airliner. There are two Air Support Command squadrons stationed at Brize Norton, one of Short Belfast strategic heavy transport aircraft, and the other ( ofVCI0's.

As a preliminary to the flight, we were shown two films on the types of aircraft mentioned, and this was followed by a brief inspection of the interior of a Belfast. At 12.40 hrs. we taxied out from our dispersal bay in the VCI0 for the crew-training flight, our captain being a D.S.A.F. pilot. The take-off was impressive because of the tremendous surge of power; we rapidly climbed to about 15,000 ft. and cruised over Cirencesterandthe Severn estuary. We then returned to Brize Norton and concluded the flight with a long series of' circuits and bumps,' whilst lunch was served on board. We landed finally at 15.40 hrs. after a most enjoyable flight, despite deterioration of the weather, during which we all visited the cockpit. We returned to Worcester having had a most valuable and worthwhile experience. I. H. NOAKES.

CAMP AT OAKINGTON

Easter, 1968

13 CADETS ATTENDED THIS CAMP, arriving at Oakington, near Cambridge on March 26th. We were· disappointed to see only Varsities, as we had hoped for some Chipmunk flying, but the food and accommodation compensated to a certain extent. /

The whole week was well planned, with a large selection of official activities, which included shpoting, basketball, and learning in detail about the various parts of the station. The average flying time, 31 hrs., was good, but might have been more if the weather had been better ; in map-reading exercises, day and night, official and unofficial, I am proud to say that the two King's School teams beat all other competitors.

Trips into nearby Cambridge were allowed during the generous leisure time, and the station's recreation facilities were good. I think I may say we all enjoyed it.

T. N. GAZARD.

GLIDING, R.A.F. TANGMERE , Summer Half-Term,

THREE CADETS FROM THE SECTION took a gliding course over half-term at R.A.F. Tangmere, near Chichester. Cadet Seott gained the basic A and B certificates, which involved three solo flights, while Cadets Gibbs and Stewart went on to gain the higher certificate, involving fifteen extra solo, and the same number of dual, flights. This was a particular

dintinction, since only four out of all twenty-five cadets on the course

were allowed to attempt the higher level. ! Although Chichester was not very near, leisure arrangements on the

station were quite comprehensive. AlI,three of us had a very interesting and profitable week.

P. G. STEWART.

THE KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER, SCOUT GROUP

Report for 1967/8

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP of the Group this year was 104 ; this means that we are now much about the size planned for at this stage of the ' great re-organisation.' The new SyllabuS of Training is coming through from H.Q.and gradually Scouters and Scouts (usually in the inverse order) are starting to learn something about it.

We were very sorry to lose Mr' Haden and Mr Cunningham at the end of the Summer Term. Mr Haden hoped to continue Scouting type activities in Mrica. '

Venture Scout activities during the year have included work on designing an ' assault course,' building and attempting to fly a massive kite and canoe repair. A great deal of particularly valuable work was '" done by the ' Service Patrols,' without whose help it would have been

extremely difficult for the other Troops to have run. Expeditions on 1 , Field Days visited the Black Mountains for climbing, explored BirmingI " ham's canal system and rafted or canoed down the Teme. Camps were held at the Capel ; and using Youth Hostel bases a party trekked along the Pennine Way. A further party went sailing on the Broads.

Troop 1 (St. Albans) made Field Day trips to the Capel for cooking and hill walking experience, and to the Severn Bridge taking in .. variety of castles on route. They also undertook a hike, unaccompanied, over the Black Mountains. Camps were held at the Capel and the Annual Camp, after the rail strike had disappointingly caused their projected visit_ to Herm to be cancelled, was held near Criccieth. Here they were able to climb Snowdon via Crib Goch, travel on the Ffestiniog Railway and do a little boating and climbing.

The Field Day activities of Troops 2 and 3 were varied, including cross-country map orienteering, canoeing and visits to London Airport and the House of Commons. A Patrol Leaders training camp was held at the Capel, a week-end camp in the Eastnor Castle deer park. The Annual Camp was held on the shores of Ullswater and included much fell walking, riding, canoeing and orienteering. For the first time meals were cooked largely either by pressure stove or by charcoal tray.

Within the Group training on the new syllabus is now under way : we have many Scouts who have passed their Scout Standard, a number who have also passed the Advanced Standard. Next year we hope to have a few who will gain their Chief Scout's Award.

DONALD ANDERTON.

WORKS GROUP, 1967 - 1968

A COUPLE OF HOURS or less on a Friday afternoon is not the ideal time for a group of this sort, and it sometimes seems that most of the time is taken up in getting materials out, mixing cement and clearing up. Nonetheless a good deal of useful work gets done in an unobtrusive sort of way. For example a fence by the staff garages was erected; the coping stones along the length of the wall at the foot of the School Garden were secured or replaced; the Reading Room book cases were moved, new shelves put up and the windows blanked off; a ceiling was put in in one of the small rooms in the Edgar Tower; various repair jobs to brickwork and a certain amount of carpentry and decoration were undertaken.

One pressing problem over the year was lack of supervisors, as the Bursar found himself less and less able to find the time to take part. I am very glad to say, though, that we have now obtained the services of a professional builder ,and bricklayer, Mr Bryan, so in the coming year rather larger projects can be undertaken. The Summer House in the

School Garden and many of the garden walls are in urgent need of

attention ; there is a considerable wall to be built at St. Albans ; we hope to build a small shed in which to house our equipment.

The number of boys in the group has increased this year so we hope to achieve a good deal before reporting in the next Vigornian.

P.G.L.C.

CIVICS AND WELFARE UNIT

WORK HAS CONTINUED AS BEFORE. The Spring Term was mostly spent in a series of visits to Worcester City Departments: we thank the Town Clerk for arranging the course, and the various members of the Departments for their trouble and patience in explaining the tasks of Local Government. A small number of boys dealt manfully during this time with the demands of welfare work. The Summer Term was short, and when A level exams ended operations, much had to be left undone. However, this term's mild weather, and the enthusiasm of the unitnow only 15 strong-have made it possible to catch up on most of the immediate tasks.

The unit has a large number of requests for help, of all kinds, and , surely makes a worthwhile contribution in social service. Its members gain a great deal themselves from the work : it was pleasant for them to see, from a recent letter to the local Press, that it is appreciated.

K.P.B.

THE OLD CHAPEL, GRWYNEFECHAN

THE OLD CHAPEL continues to be widely used. This year the Lower Removes, C.C.F., Upper IV B, Lower Fourths and Scouts have been among the many users ; and we have been pleased to welcome staff in the holidays. Nothing seriously untoward seems to have occurred, and to judge by boys' demands it is becoming increasingly popular. There have been complaints that the place is becoming too comfortable, but the stream is still there for those who wish to wash in it. Improvements have included the provision of a sleeping 10ft tastefully finished with chicken wire, and a 10ft over the stable for staff, both of which have been well tested-,the Headmaster himself was the first person to sleep in the new 10ft. The construction work of the staff 10ft was done by boys from the Lower Removes and Fourths who have also rebuilt a substantial section of wall by the road that had been demolished to ", I extricate a coach. Their efforts were amply supported by the everwilling help of parents in cooking and transport as well as in general navvying. We are also extremely grateful to the C.C.F. for the provision of a number of camp beds, an oil stove and a large calor gas water boUer.

Activities based on the chapel include geographical field work, fell walking, rock climbing, sailing and caving. We hope that next year will see even more people taking advantage of the Old Chapel and all that the Grwynefechan valley has to offer

LOWER REMOVE CAMP, 1968

AGAIN THIS YEAR, during the summer holidays Mr St. John and Mr Hargreaves took a group of Lower Removes to the Old Chapel at Llanbedr.We learnt the techniques of map and compass work which were practised on the various fell walks on the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. The walks were gradually lengthened so that at the end of the week we were able to enjoy the two day trek over the-Black Mountains. Although rests on this journey were extremely frequent, as we were carrying our camping equipment, food, etc., all the groups had arrived safely at our new campsite by late afternoon. Mter water had been collected from the nearby farmhouse, we set up camp on a slope shared by a very friendly horse, and amongst other things ate forty servings of potato between us, retiring soon afterwards due to surfeit. We had all started back for the chapel by six a.m. the next day as we wanted a free afternoon for other activities.

Also during the week many of us experienced the terrifying feeling of being half-way up a rock face and not quite knowing what to do next, but under the encouragement and advice of the two masters we all reached the top safely. Some of us also enjoyed the exciting new world below ground, wriggling around two caves and a pothole in the area south of Crickhowell, experiencing the smell of wet limestone and a complete and unique darkness.

Mter a long week we arrived back in Worcester; thoroughly exhauSted and blistered, minus a few pounqs weight but content. The week was a huge success and we would like to thank Mr Hargreaves andMr St. John for organising and devoting their time to it.

A. A. WYNNE.

LAKELAND YOUTH HOSTEL WEEK

IN AUGUST a select party of Upper Fourth Formers spent a week youthhostelling in the Lake District. We were lucky with the weather and it proved quite impossible to show us how to be prepared for the dangers of bad weather in the mountains. Instead we had to be content With ascents of Knott Rigg, Whiteless Pike, Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag and Sca Fell Pikes. We also managed to squeeze into the week a total of four and a half days of rock climbing. Mr Cattermole was persuaded to join us in a three pitch climb in the Honister pass and was nearly trodden on by Mr Cunningham in mistake fora foothold. In Borrowdalc Mr Cunningham spent a morning sitting in a holly bush on Nitting Haws while we abseiled down from the ledge he had wanted to sit on. Mterwards he took two of us right up the climb, but there was not time for us all to have a go so we walked on to Keswick, while the climbers climbed down again and grabbed a large tea in Grange before joining us in Keswick Youth Hostel where we spent our last evening washing up for 100.

/ C.J.K.C.

ADVENTURE WEEK

ADVENTURE WEEK was based at the School Chapel this year, although at one stage in the preparations it was nearly cancelled owing to the

"Foot and Mouth" scare. However, Easter came and twelve boys

found themselves huddled together in tents beneath nine inches of

snow. This did not prevent Adventure Week from being its usual !

success, for everybody had the opportunity to rock climb,. hike" and sleep under canvas. The chapel provided a place to dry our kit, and we were able to store ropes, boots,rucksacks, and the rest of the equipment out of the rain and snow.

Mr St. John and Mr Hazeldine led the expedition which was made up of Paul Smith, Peter Ross, Paul Cardwell, Richard J oesbury, Geoffrey Barrington, Roger Humphry, Gerald Brook, Richard Hebden, Charles i Richardson and Christopher Pickford. 'However, it is hard to imagine

such an enjoyable Adventure Week in, the future, since we had to say good-bye to Mr Hazeldine at the end of the year. Any boy who has partici­

pated in an Adventure Week knows how much he contributed to their success.

R.J.

CIVICS AND WELFARE WORK

(Postscript)

Blackfriars Settlement,

44 - 47 Nelson Square, London, S.E.l .

September 20th

Dear Mr Barnett,

. . . . Within a week' I found myself working at the Blackfriars

Settlement whose main buildings are three very handsome Georgian town houses in a quiet square just off the Blackfriars Road, south of the river in Southwark. Apparently Shelley to live just the other side of the square and Lady Hamilton once lived in the above mine and courted dear Horatio beneath a large oak-tree is still growing in the backyard. In fact the area seems to have a lot of historical connections-the Elephant and Castle and the Old Kent Road are within a stone's throw and so is the site of the Globe Theatre and a area with Chaucerian' links now covered with flats and called the Tabard Estate!

The Settlement has been in existence since the 1880's and used to be called the Women's University Settlement and I am afraid that in the administration at 'least some of the out-of-date ideas suggested by that name still persist. The place is in fact a centre for sorts of social work in Southwark such as Prison Mter-Care, Qubs for E.S.N. Children, Neighbourhood Work, Clubs for the Blind and a Workshop for Handicapped and Psychiatric People.

Three days after I arrived it still hadn't been decided where I was to fit into all this and so I was sent for a fortnight in Deal where the Settlement has a camp with· holidays going on all Summer. This particular one was for local families who wouldn't otherwise get a holiday and at the end I was left under no illusions about some of the problems which exist here. For instance, out of about 15 families there were only three fathers-the rest were either in prison, had walked out on their wives or more usually never existed at all. My job was to help in the kitchens, look after the children for most of the day and to restrain the mothers from physical violence on the latter, and one another, on their drunken return from Margate or wherever.

It so happened that while I was down there the Deal Borough Council held their celebrations for the anniversary of Julius Caesar's landing on Walmer beach. Our children were supposed to dress themselves in skins and woad and attempt. to repel the landing of the Deal I Rugby Club thinly disguised as Romans. Unfortunately things were nothing if not badly organised and Caractacus and his wife Boudicca !! stood on the beach and watched as the Roman fishing-boats were swamped by heavy seas and a lifeboat was launched. Then in despera.;. tion the British ranks were divided and forced to fight a pitched battle between themselves which was short and bloody. Half an hour later the Romans arrived and found the beach empty. I think the occasion lacked a little in

When I got· back to the comparative sanity of this place I did a lot of visiting and worked in most of the departments for a few days each and finally decided that I would most enjoy doing neighbourhood work, under the neighbourhood worker here who is a grand old Scottish lady with more energy than most I did more visits for her and saw most of the awful tenements and fiats which are about here. I found I needed an extremely strong stomach to go inside some of them and saw the appalling filth and poverty that there is all round. It is also extremely hard to prevent oneself from becoming involved in problems and sometimes from offering financial assistance from one's own pocket. . . .

RICHARD PATTERSON.

British Schools Exploring Society, 1967

EXPEDITION TO ARCTIC NORWA Y

LAST YEAR with generous help from the School I was fortunate enough to goon the B.S.E.S. Expedition to the Balvatn area in Arctic Norway. I left not quite what to expect, but with a vast array of equip­ ment to combat the terrible Arctic weather. As it turned out a diving suit would have been more useful !

We left Newcastle on the M.S. Jupiter to cross the North Sea to Bergen. We had not met before but after the first evening on board we were all well acquainted. By the time we reached Bergen we began to feel very pleased with ourselves and our superiority over the North Sea. Then we took the Package steamer up the coast, and everything

changed. Spiced meat and a heavy swell don't mix and I think the first few hours are best forgotten ! Mter that we gradually got our sea legs and were able to appreciate the voyage : it was a holiday in itself, with magnificent scenery and very interesting small ports with mud or cobbled streets, and racks of drying fish littered between wooden houses. I remember three of us buying several bottles of scientific killing fluid, quite unnecessarily, from a lovely girl in a Chemist's shop in Trondheim, and on another plane, watching a triple rainbow form over some fishing boats in Moldo at 11.30 one night. We missed the midnight sun by two days unfortunately, but even so it never got really dark in the first two weeks. On arrival at Bodo we travelled by bus, then mine railway to the mining community of Sulitjelma ; then on to the road-head. about three miles from our base camp area. Up to then we had been relaxing, but now we had to hump our gear across an inconvenient ridge to our base camp in the pouring rain and driving wind. A portentous start we learnt later. Now the food round began-porridge for breakfast, army biscuits and cheese and chocolate for lunch and hoosh for supper-(hoosh being mixed protein bar, dried veg. and rice). The same every day, with coffee to drink when you could induce a fire to remain alight in the teeming rain. Our Gaz supply was limited so we had to make fires out of dwarf sallow or birch, neither of which, as all Boy Scouts will know, make very good kindling.

For four days we explored a twenty mile radius trying to select an area for our natural history survey, and those four days were the worst.

50/60lb. loads and boots not properly broken in, and mosquitos. I mouthed a death wish on many an occasion then. However, we survived and found a good area for our project. The vegetation was sparse, arctic-alpine heather type on the higher ground, ranging down through a birch wood belt to the blanket-bogs which covered all the lower areas

completely. There were infrequent patches of persistent snow, and on the higher ground glaciers and snow fields-not the ice waste I had imagined. We decided to take a belt transect down a through a woodland belt and into a bog, trying to plot vegetative succession over the altitude range; and to this end we established a camp, near a stream, in the valley of our choice. By good fortune this was protected from the prevailing wind and at least 3 or 4 degrees warmer than anywhere for

miles around, so it quickly became a hostel for weary groups of our

surveying parties or geologists. It commanded a magnificent view over a long valley to Sulitjelma glacier. and was overshadowed at the rear by

the six thousand foot Nord Saulor. This became a symbol for us and we resolved to climb it, although our 1965 Expedition had failed due

to bad weather. We took a fortnight over our main survey, as well as finding time for marches into Sweden and up to the Suliijelma glacier,

and then the main marches were organised. Two of us opted to complete

our survey while the others. marched, and so we remained behind while

the others went off in all directions. It only took us three days to finish

our work, and We were joined then by three surveyors; together we went off to find adventure. We approached Nord Saulor from the Swedish side, then the weather changed for the better so we decided

, to attempt the climb. It was part ice work and part scrambling; probably

rather irresponsible to attempt, but the view was worth it-240 miles in all directions and well above cloud level. For me this was the high spot of the Expedition !

After meeting some interesting Lapps in Sweden we then returned to Base Camp for the recuperation period. Throughout the Expedition we had been making a film under the direction of our File Leader and now visited the Sulitjelma mine as the film unit. It is the largest copper mine in Norway and we were taken 4,000 feet underground to the seam, then we followed the ore through its extraction process ; finally to the smelter where it is separated out as blister copper. Extremely interesting but enough to put me off mining for life !

Then on the final day came the climax. The local Lapp herdsman killed a reindeer for us ; we carved it up and cooked it over open fires. The appetising smell nearly drove us to eat it half done and after 14 days on ' hoosh ' the cooked meat tasted superb. .

The relevant question now is what did I get from it all. Well, apart from the enjoyment at the time I certainly learnt a great deal about how to look after myself and what I could and could not stand. I also gained much practical experience in working and living comfortably in arduous conditions ; I hope I also learnt how to bear with my fellow human beings. It is no easy matter to live in such conditions right on. top of 60 equally disgruntled boys. I am sure it has helped me, even now, in my career, and materialists please note it means I have a pied-a-terre in London. I would strongly recommend this Society to anyone who has a leaning towards the outdoor life, it offers the opportunity of a lifetime. Don't worry about not being tough enough, acclimatisation is gradual, if not painless, and enthusiasm is the main need.

MARK YOUNG.

o.v. NEWS

OUR FIRST DUTY IS TO WELCOME THE NEW PRESIDENT, Canon O. R. Craze (26/30), who accepted office at the A.G.M. in June. There is no doubt that the O.V. Club will be well guided by him during his term of office. Lt.-Col. E. R. Newcomb retired after three years as President, and although he has now left the County, we look forward to his help and support at our future O.V. functions.

This year the weather was kind to the O.V. Re-Union, and once again O.V.'s returned to Worcester to partake and support our various activities. Cricket and Tennis are always well patronised, but we would like to see more use. made of the. Swimming Pool, where Mr St. John will provide strong school opposition to the more energetic and hardy O.V.'s. The Ball grows in popularity, and it was with much regret that this year the Committee had to refuse over thirty for tickets. To avoid disappointment next year, it is hoped that members will make application for tickets as early as possible after receiving their Re-Union Circular.

Numbers at the Dinner were about the same as in previous years, and we had the pleasure' of Mr O. T. Storrs as and Mr J. Willison, Chief Constable West Mercia, who/replied for the

Guests. Many O.V.'s attended MattiDs on the Sunday when Bishop Knapp-Fisher preached, after which we all met in the Headmaster's Garden, where we were warmly welcomed by Mrs Annett.

The date of the next Re-Union weekend is Friday, June 13th, 1969, to Sunday, June 15th, and the notice regarding this will be circularised in the Spring of 1969. The Committee have given much thought to the structure of the dinner evening, and have decided that this year the Toast of the School would be given formally, leaving two speeches only-the Headmaster, who gives his resume of the previous School year, and the Chief Guest. This will then leave more time after the dinner for renewing old acquaintances.

The year 1968 has seen the departure of several members of staff who have served the School for varying periods, but three in particular, namely H. Ferrar, S. Sheppard and N. Dilkes, haye' all given over twenty years in valuable loyalty and service. An initial presentation has already been made, but as this is the first opportunity of notifying O.V.'s, you may like to know that Mr R. D. Knight will be glad to receive further contributions at The Hostel, 4 College Green.

This year the second phase of the· Development Campaign has been launched, and all O.V.'s should have received the new brochure explaining the aims of this most worthwhile campaign to aid our School. It is gratifying to both the O.V. Committee and the Development Campaign Committee that such a large number of O.V.'s have already contributed to the fund, and it is hoped that many more will follow their lead. Mrs D. M. Kinnersley, the Campaign Secretary, is always pleased to suggest the many and various ways Old Vigornians can help and partake in the project.

The question of finance is always a sordid note on which to end an O.V. letter, but this year the Committee have been forced to realise the

urgent need of raising the subscription for Life Membership. The new Life Membership subscription will be £8 Os. Od., which will be applicable to all boys who now commence to pay it in termly instalments. Existing Life Members of Club who feel disposed to boost the Club's finances can do so by contacting a grateful Hon. Treasurer, W. G. Cullis, 2 Sabrina Terr., Thomeloe, Worcester.

Finally our sincere thanks to all who send in News for the magazine. Please keep it up, for it makes our contribution to the Vigornian worth while.

Farewell to our Schoolleavers, and we look forward to meeting you at future O.V. Re-Unions.

OTHER NEWS

ATKINS, R. (Ch. 62/67). Since the middle of February until May he has been in Switzerland working in a factory in the Jura Bernois in connection with the Swiss watchmaking industry. At the same time, through the kindness of his patron, he has had the opportunity of seeing various corners of a truly beautiful He enjoyed himself so much he was loth to return, but didn't want to miss too 11}.uch of

the tennis season. He is going to Durham in October.

ALLSOPP, S. (C. 46/51) is married with two sons and is the London Manager of a Kidderminster Carpet Manufacturer.

ALLSOPP," H. (C. 46/53) is married with one son and works for the Lancashire Education Committee.

BALDWIN, J. F. (C. 48/58) is a partner in Accounts' Firm in Hereford. Is married with two children.

BALDWIN, A. T. (C. 49/59). Qualified solicitor. Now running his own Property Company based in Winchester. Is married with one daughter.

BALD WIN, W. (C. 55/61). Started his career in Banking but switched to Accountancy and is articled in London where he lives.

BAGENAL, J. S. (S. 29/34). Returned to live in England in 1967 having retired from the Kenya Dept. of Agriculture after 20 years very enjoyable service.

BOYLE, N. (54/63). Has been elected to a -Research Fellowship in German at Magdalene College, Cambridge, from October, 1968.

BUSHBY, D. R. P. (C. 46/52) is still in the R.A.M.C. He is due to leave early in 1969 after a five year short service commission. He is at the B.M.H. Munster, Germany, where he is continuing his training as a paediatrician. Before this he spent 2! years in Borneo and Singapore. He is Inarried with two small sons.

BARLow, D. (58/64). Is still at Strathclyde University reading Marketing. His H.N.C. enabled him to enter the second year of the course, so he hoped to return to Cadbury's at Bournville in the summer of 1969. Would like to meet any other O.V. in Glasgow.

BRINSFORD, R. L. (55/62) has been working in the Foreign Dept. of the District Bank in London.

BALDWYN, D. S. (S. 63/67). Entered R.M.A. Sandhurst ill January. Played hockey for the Academy in his spare time (what little there was of it in his first term). Is playing tennis for the Academy intermingled with a certain amount of athletes.

BARNES, D.T. (S. 58/63). Having served his articles in Birmingham has now been successful in passing his finals of the Institute of Chartered -Accountants of England and Wales. -Has news of M, Trace who qualified from the same firm and is working in Worcester. Chris Randle qualified about 6 months ago and is still with the firm and Tadman after three years at Manchester University has joined the firm and passed the first part of his finals. Barnes is hoping to be off to America as soon as the right job comes along.

CARTWRIGHT, C. E. (Ch. 58/63). Is at present articled to a firm of Chartered Accountants in Manchester and sits the final part r in May, 1968. Is now married.

COLES, J. (C. 38/41). Is a solicitor in Leeds and living near Harrogate.

CLEOBURY, S. (Ch. 67) last year was awarded the Organ Students hip at St. John's College, Cambridge. Has this year won the Stewart of Rannock Prize for Sacred Music and has been awarded an Exhibition by his College.

DRAKE, A. F. (18/22). Has bFen elected Chairman Cheshire Local Dental Committee for 1968(11.

DANIELS, E. L. (46/56). Mier 6 years teaching at Colonel Frank Seely Secondary Modem School, Calverton, Notts., is resigning from teaching in order to follow a one year course of concentrated study for the certificate of Religious Knowledge. The course to be taken by correspondence with London Bible College in order to retain local responsibilities in Christian work.

FERRAR, N. (53/63). Graduated Summer, 1967, in French at London University and is now working as a journalist with Reuters News Agency in Fleet St.

FOSTER, P. G. M. (46/54) is now a Lecturer in English at Portsmouth College of education.

FYSON, C. H. (S. 59/62), emigrated to Western Australia in February, , 1968. He completed a two year course at Shuttleworth Agricultural College in July, 1967, obtaining his National Diploma in Agricult;ure and now intends to farm in the West Australia Wheat Belt.

FAIRHURST, D. (H. 59/6,4). In August 1967 married a South Mrican, Christine Velthanzen and is now living in South Africa. He is Assistant Manager of a large hotel in the suburbs of Cape Town, employed by Ohllssen's Breweries, a large hotel and malt house concern. He sends all good wishes to his contemporaries with whom he has lost contact.

GILLARD, D. A. (C. 47/54). Is an Account Executive with Foote, Cone and Belding in London, working on Rootes Motors Advertising.

GRAVE;, M. A. (C. 37/44). Mter teaching in Kidderminster was appointed Deputy Head of Gannow C. P. School, Rubery, and then moved to Priors Marston, Nr. Southam, Warws., in 1962, as Head. Has now been appointed Head of Hallow C. of E. School, near Worcester.

HAVELY, Richard N. (Ch. 53/60) is a Senior Laboratory Technician at the Northern Polytechnic. He is now married.

HAVELY Nicholas R. (Ch. 53/62) has obtained his B.PhiL, and been appointed to a joint lectureship at Magdalen and Lincoln Colleges, Oxford. In July, 1967, he married Miss Cicely Pals er of Bristol.

HAYSMAN, F. J. (H. 24/26). Is still employed in the Railway Service and is at the Divisional Manager's Office in Wimbledon. Will probably retire next year. He is a Steward with G. W. Seabright at Guildford Cathedral and a Cathedral Guide. Also a licenced Lay Reader in the Guildford Diocese.

HAlNES, M. R. (W. 52/62) graduated from Cambridge in July, 1967, and is now working with Shell in Rotterdam. ,

HICKING, A. G. (C. 43/46). Mter leaving King's in 1946 spent 8 years in the Merchant Navy which he left as 2nd Officer prior to emigration to Canada. After frequent changes of jobs (too numerous to mention 1) including opeating and owning a Driving School in Ontario, he settled down as a Field Worker with the Ontario Provincial Govt., in Social and Family Services. Was married in 1955 and now has two sons and one daughter. He would be pleased to see any O.y.'s in Canada and sends his regards to P. C. Sheppey, B. T. C. Smith and David Bloom.

HOWELL, D. T. (/61). Mtet obtaining a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, London, in 1964, he joined a firm of Chartered Accountants in the City and qualified as an Associate Member of the Institute last winter. Is now working for a London firm of management consultants. C

HAMILTON, E. (19/22). Most of his career since leaving School has been in clerical posts in Commercial undertakings-.very hum-drum ! For recreation and hobbies he studies Military history and recently presented a brochure on Colours of Infantry to the School library. He is not in touch with any O.V.'s, and from O.V. news recognises only F. A. Allcott andG. F. C. Ashdowne. He wonders where the rest of the 200 who were at School 19/.22 are, and feels they must be a very modest generation !

HARVEY, G. R. C. A. (C. 50/53). Passed his final exams of the Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute in 1958, and is now a Fellow of that Institute and partner with the firm of Temple & Co. of Temple St., Birmingham.

JERRAM, A. L. O. (Cr. 50/55) is now Adjutant of the First Bn. Wores. Regt. currently stationed at Bulford, Wilts, whither it arrived from Gibraltar in October, 1967. Other O.V.'s serving with the Bn. are A. W. S. Hargrave, C. Cartwright and R. W. Jameson. P. F. B. Hargrave is rejoining soon and J. D. Reynolds is in the,Persian Gulf. A. N. Nis bet is doing a tour at the Brigade Depot.

JERRAM, J. J. (50/58) now living in Madrid doing Accountancy (in Spanish). He is married and has two daughters.

JERRAM, T. C. (Cr. 51/61). Married and lives in Dublin. Having read medicine at Trinity College took his finals in June, 1968.

JACKSON, G. N., C.M.G., M.B.E. (S. 27/31). After being H.M. Ambassador in Kuwait for 4 years is now serving as H.M. Ambassador to Ecuador with the Embassy in Quinto. Has written a book entitled Effective Horsemanship, published in the U.K. by David Rendel and in the United States by Van Nostrand.

KEYSELL, M. (Br. 58/63) has been awarded a Science Research Council Advanced Course Studentship in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds.

KING, A. A. (Cr. 57/65). Obtained his commission from Sandhurst in 1967, and has been awarded a place at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham in September, to read for a B.Sc. (Eng) Degree.

KERNEY A. (Br. 56/63). At Keele University passed newly instituted Bachelor of Education with Honours. In September is to take up appointment at Lancing Comprehensive School teaching English and Music.

LEEMAN, B.N.T. (C. 59/64). Is in his final year studying Mrican History. Mter 4 months at a Nigerian University he hitched home across the Sahara. He is Vice-Chairman and Secretary of the London University Explorers and Travellers Club, and is plotting with R. N. Clayton to go to New Guinea next year. .

LAYTON, T. (H. 38/39). Is a solicitor living in Pirbright, Surrey.

LANGDON, J. (H. 52/61) has been appointed Teacher of Harmony and

Counterpoint at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, Glasgow.

LOVELESS, M. F. (54/64). By September, 1968, he hopes to have success­

fully completed a three year Certificate course at the North ,Bucks College of Education where he has been' studying since the College opened. He will be teaching in a small mixed Secondary School near Slough, responsible for the music in the School.

LONGLAND, C. P. (23/27). Mter seven (years at Nobel and Greenough School, Dedham, Mass., he has to live in England. As a

result of eight years' teaching in America (his first year being an

exchange in 1956/7) he cannot too strongly recommend to King's School boys the whole idea behind the Edward Winslow Trust. The U.S.A. is a wonderful country-with weaknesses. and faults of course-but not to be missed if the opportunity to visit arises. He regretted being unable to be present at the O.V. Week-end, but did not return until a week too late ..

LEE, N. R. (64/66). Is enjoying life in Martin's Bank Ltd., Clifton, Bristol Branch, engaged in security work. Would be interested in other O.V.'s in Bristol.

MILLS, A. D. (53/57). Has now moved to Exeter and formed his own company specialising in Road Construction and Surfacing. Would be delighted to hear from O.V.'s in the area, particularly any who give him some work !

lVloRRIS, D. H. (S. 52/62). Has recently become Area Sales Manager with Lever Bros. and Assn. Ltd., which is part of the Unilever Group. dealing with soap products, detergents and household cleaners. Pays regular visits to Clive Hamblin who is at present studying law at the Middle Temple and is expected to announce his engagement soon.

MARSHALL, H. (Ch. 59/64). Second in Law at Birmingham. Awarded one of Faculty's prizes. Full" Blue" for Hockey. Is now at Guildford ' ' Law School.

NICHOLAS, B. L. (43/50). Married with two children. Is a Lecturer in French at the University of Sussex.

OADES, P. R. (S. 38/40) was ordained Priest on December 17th, 1967, by Bishop of Portsmouth. Took up an appointment as Vicar Choral in Salisbury Cathedral and, as a member of staff of the Cathedral School in May, 1968.

ROBERTS, H. F. W. (56/63). Graduated from University of Bradford in 1967, in applied Biology. Entered field of Production Management with Cadbury Bros. (Moreton, Cheshire), July, 1967. Was Married

in August, 1967, to Miss Judith Holland, and now liV;ing in Oxton, Wirral. He would welcome any communication with O.V.'s in the area

ROWLING, M. (H. 52/58). He returned from Canada in September, 1967,

after having spent 18 months full of interest. Is now doing a course in Agricultural Engineering at Hereford Technical College. His

brother, N. R. Rowling and his wife have recently become parents

to a son.

RAYSON, R. J. (S. 43/48) is now living in Malta where he is lecturer in English literature at the University. He has been there for three years.

REDSELL, P. (53/62). In charge of Lowestoft's new Theatre Centre and lecturing part time in Drama at Lowestoft College of Further Education.

RALPH, C. R. (42/48) was appointed Secretary of Webb's Crystal Glass Co. Ltd., and 6 other companies within the Crown House Investments Group, on June 1st, 1968.

RANDLE, C. E. (56/62). During 1967 passed2his final examinations and is now a Chartered Accountant working in Birmingham.

ROBINSON, D. (Ch. 55/61). Will be finishing a two year secondment as an instructor at the Lloyds Bank Training Centre at Hindhead in in October, and then working in London. Has been with Lloyds since leaving School in 1961. Still playing Rugby and also a single man.

STEED, M. J. P. (H. 54/61). Is a sergeant in the West Mer-cia Police, stationed at Hereford and at present on the Special Course, Police College, Hants.

SEVILLE, W. D. (04/07). It is now 64 years since he entered the King's School, and although he goes about very little he still enjoys hearing about Worcester and the School.

SHAW, G. (54/62). Has obtained his D. Phil. at the University of Sussex.

SWIFT, F. Dean (25/33) was elected President of the Agricultural Engineers Association which represents British Manufacturers of tractors and farm machinery. He is a director of Wolseley-Hughes (Group Services) Ltd., Midlands based engineering group. He is married with three sons.

SINGEISEN, W. E. (25/27). Has now retired from the Ministry of Agriculture and living in Axminster, Devon.

SMITH, B. T. C.· Maj. (44/49). Has moved from Yeovil to Abingdon, where he is serving with the R.A.F. as a Liaison Officer.

SKILLMAN, J. F. (S. 52/53). As of July 1st, 1968, will be President of the Packer Colleginte Institute in New York City. Packer is a comprehensive day School for girls. In July the entire Skillman family will take residence in New York.

STRETTON, G. W. P. (26/31) now living in Grimsby and would like news of a contemporary of his, Ian Connor. If anyone has news of this O.V. the address of G. Stretton is 12 Park Ave., Grimsby, Lincs.

VINCENT, R. A. (52/62). In Local Government with Worcestershire County Council. Passed clerical exam and now First Assistant in Quarter Sessions Office. Also Clerk to Holt Parish Council. Member of the O.V.C.C. and local Soccer Champions Stoke/Works F.C.

WYNNE-JONES, D. M. (55/60). Is working for a firm of Accountants in Birmingham.

WILSON, N. (Ch. 61/66). Is now working as a Management Trainee for Wiggins Teape Ltd., paper manufacturers. He plays hockey for Cheam 1st XI and went to Folkestone International Hockey Festival at Easter.

WILLIAMS, Dr. K. S. (54/59). Took up an Assistant Professorship in Mathematics at Carleton University, Ottowa, in July, 1966, and will be an Associate Professor from July, 1968. Now has a son and daughter.

WRIGLEY, R. G. (S. 48/52). Spends most of his time flying-he is employed on the sales side of Morgan Crucible Co. Is m:lrried with one daughter.

WAKLEY, A. G. (50/60). Since reading the Mechanical Science Tripos at Cambridge and completing, his student apprenticeship with Richard Thomas and Baldwins, he has been working in Helsinki as a civil engineer for a firm of consulting engineers. He hopes soon to become A.M.LC.E., and is considering emigrating to Canada. ,.

WIDDOWFIELD, C. J. V. (60/63) has been appointed a Lecturer in Liberal Studies at the College of Further Education, West Wythenshawe, Manchester. .

WATSON,P. H. C. (S. 38/41). Is now living in Sydney, Australia, and would welcome contact with any O.V.'s. He would like to help any O.V. contemplating migration to Australia with personal or business advice. Address 30 Amiens Rd., Clontarf, N.S.W. 2093, Australia. Tel. 94 - 4318.

YOUNG, M. R. (C. 57/67). 1st year Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham.

YORK, A. E. (C. 52/59). Is now a member of Leicester Cathedral Choir.

DEAN SWIFT, F. (23/30) awarded O.B.E. June 1968 for services to Agriculture, c/o Farmers Club, S.W.I.

ENGAGEMENTS

BAGG, L. R. (Se. 60/65) to Jennifer Margaret Proud of Newbury, Berks.

BRINSFORD, R. L. (Chap. 55/62) to Miss Irene Woodard of Hendon, N.WA.

SHEFFER, A. J. (C. 52/57) to Suzanne Bailey Harris.

BIRTHS

ROWLING N. R. (H. 51/56) and Angela, on 24th March, 1968, a son (Neil Anthony).

MARRIAGES

CARTWRIGHT, C. E. (Ch. 58/63) on December 30th, 1967, to Miss Susan Mindham of Chichester, Sussex, at Chichester.

GILLARD, D. A. (C. 47/54) on 28th October, 1967, to Miss Susan M. Carr at St. J ames the Greater, Leicester.

QUINCEY, D. M. (58/63) in September, 1968, to Miss Annette Bishop of Worcester at St. John's, Worcester.

STEED, M. J. P. (H. 54/61) on 25th March, 1968, at St. Mary's Moseley, to Miss Laraine Andrews of Folkestone, Kent.

WILLIAMS, Colin (Br. 60/63) in September, 1968, at Alderney, C.l. to Miss Norma Renier of Alderney.

WYNNE-JONES, D. M. (54/60) September, 1967, to Miss Carolyn Mary Aldridge.

YORK, A. E. (Castle 52/59) on Apri115th, 1968, to Miss Veronica Mary Willmott, at St. James' Church, New MaIden, Surrey.

WHITE, A. G. (52/60) on 6th, 1968, a farmer's daughter at St. James Church, Victoria, Australia.

DEATHS

SOUTHALL, F. R. (08/11) of Hallow, on January 26th, 1968.

HUTCHINSON, J. (Choir 54/64) killed while climbing.

FRANKLIN, A. D. Asst.- Master (22/66). Died suddenly, Nov., 1967.

BAGENAL, B. (S. 32/36) in Kenya in the late ' 50's.

DAVIS, Revd. R. L. (04/10) on August 13th, 1968.

BEAVAN, R. M. O.B.E. (19/22) on May 1st, 1968.

HOLLOWAY, B. (14/18) on June 10th, 1968.

OLD VIGO·RNIAN GOLF CLUB

The Summer Meeting was held at The Worcester Golf and Country Club on the 19th June, 1968, and was attended by 12 members and 4 staff. The competition, which took the form of a Stableford Points Bogey was won by Mr C. G. Jones. The Autumn Meeting, however, which was to have been held at Enville Golf Club, Stourbridge, had to be cancelled through lack of support-only five members agreeing to attend.

Whilst it is quite understandable that in every Golfing Society a number of members are unable to play in various meetings most Societies can stand it because of their overall numbers. We can't however. The members we have-totalling 21-are very good and well up to average in their attendances at meetings, but a Society cannot run, let"alone flourish, on so few members. It would be a pity if it had to disband so can I please appeal to all O.V.'s who play Golf to consider joining. All you have to do is contact the Secretary of the Old Vigornians-John Pimley. /

O.V. HOCKEY MATCH, 1968

The O.V.'s fielded a strong side this year. Most of the team were playing Hockey regUlarly at a good standard. This must have been an incentive to the· School XI for they played very well which resulted in a very good match. If the School had repeated this performance in their School Matches they would have had a good season.

The result was a win for the O.V.'sby four goals to two. The School's goals, both following good moves, were scored by N. Cbinneck ·and C. Wood. For the O.V.'s M. Hill was brilliant in goal, J. Watkins was solid at full-back, the Comyn brothers were very powerful in mid-field and N. Wilson who scored three of the goals was always dangerous.

O.V. XI : M. Hill, J. Watkins, J. Entwhistle, R. Comyn, P. Millard, T . York, A. J. Judd, J. Comyn, N. Wilson, M. Southall, D. Seabright.

An excellent Dinner was held afterwards at the Diglis Hotel. This completed a most enjoyable O.V. Hockey Re-Union.

Although next year Hockey will not· be a major spott in the School, there is a good chance of an O.V. Hockey Match taking place about the same time of year as in previous seasons. Anyone wishing to play should contact Mr P. G. L. CurIe, Choir House, 3 College Green, Worcester. R.H.

OLD VIGORNIANS' CRICKET CLUB

In common with most other cricket clubs in the Midlands we can classify the 1968 season as being one of the most rain affected in memory. This did not prevent some interesting and enjoyable matches, but it is an unfortunate fact that most of our younger players have yet to experience club in a dry summer.

Probably the most im:portant feature of the season was the celebration of the club's twentY,:,first anniversary, and it is hoped that these notes will help to illustrate some of the club's many activities.

PLAYING RECORD

1st XI:

Played 46, Won 19, Lost 10, Drawn 12, Abandoned 5, Cancelled (rain) 13. '

2nd XI:

Played 19, Won 1, Lost 10, Drawn 7 Abandoned 1, Cancelled (rain) 2.

Evening XI:

Played 6, Won 2, Lost 4.

O.V.C.C. 1ST XI '.

1ST XI BOWLING

2ND XI AVERAGES

A disappointing season for the second eleven when one considers the decided improvement in playing strength. But it was not until late July that a representative team was consistently fielded, and this was the real, reason for the apparent lack of success. The general committee has decided that each XI should have its own match secretary next season, and this should help to ensure adequate communication.

Bewdley and Astolat were both defeated by the 1st XI for the first time since 1961, and this is probably a fair indication of the strength of our team. Some unexpected defeats were also suffered, but this of course is typical of our summer game, and must be in the long term interest of all concerned.

EVENING KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENTS

A story of key players nllssing in vital games. Our two victories were against Webbiansand Hallow in the Carnival Knock.... Out, but we were then eliminated by Meco Sports. On the following evening' we were defeated in the first round at Barnards Green in that club's competition. The Worcestershire Supporters six-a-side Knock-Out provided no solace since we were again beaten in. the first rounq,'V this time by Worcester City. It is small excuse that all matches except the latter were played away.

We have decided not to enter the Carnival Competition next season, and the evening programme will be discussed in committee.

SOMERSET TOUR, 1969

Eight years will have passed since the last club tour. This event has been deliberately confined to three days in order to avoid clashing with the cricket week. Accommodation is being arranged.

Fixtures v. Clifton C.C. Wednesday, 14th May, 2.30. Weston-Super-Mare C.C. 15th May, 2.30. Frenchay C.C., 16th May.

COMMEMORATION MATCH v. MIDLAND CLUB CRICKET CONFERENCE

The honour of entertaining a representative eleven came our way during this year's cricket week. The Conference won a low s'coring match by some thirty runs, but we were not outplayed .

TREE PLANTING

As part of our celebrations it was thought appropriate to plant a permanent reminder at New Road. The tree, chosen after a suggestion by the Headmaster is a swamp cypress (taxodium distichum) and in time will reach a height of 80 feet.

CRICKET WEEK

Played in dull, but comparitively dry weather. In addition to the Conference XI we played a new team, Wolverton. year there will be a first ever game with Coleshill. .'

INDOOR -NETS·

Edgbaston has not 1?een reserved since we· have been promised that the' Barneshall nets will open in November year. It is" intended to subscribe to this school in' early 1969..' .

FIXTURE ·RE-ORGANISATION

For 1970 we have been able to secure new games with Hopwood (1st XI) and Hanbury (2nd XI). Several other new teams are in the. throes of correspondence and it is hoped to make other changes.

THE CRICKET SQUARE

Played very well, but still lacking fine grass roots. In an effort to improve matters we provided fertiliser in the spring and worm killer and Brown top seed in the AutUmn.

ANNUAL DINNER _

Very' successfully organise'd by David Seabright. The guest of honour in 1967 was the President of the M.C.C.C.

OTHER WINTER SOCIAL EVENTS

These were quite varied, and consisted of Skittles, Darts and notably a splendid Party organised by two of our Vice-Presidents, Mrs Meadows and Mrs Dimbleby.

AWARD OF CLUB TROPHIES FOR 1968

The N. .P. Meadows Cup for the best individual performance. (Decided by one match if an outstanding performance,· otherwise. awarded by adding up the best performances in each and every match).

J. C. Haywood.

The J. M. Bennett Cup for the outstanding 1st XI fielder. J. R. Wadley.

The D. Baker Cup for the outstanding 2nd XI fielder. P. Oliver.

CLUB TIE

Fortunately the design has proved most popular and we remain grateful to the Headmaster for his assistance in this matter.

CLUB PHOTOGRAPH

This year we are having a copy published in the Annual Handbook of the Midland Club Cricket Conference .

. NEW PLAYERS

We were very happy to welcome some excellent cricketers. These in.cluded Stuart Knee, Paul Baker, Philip Oliver, Ross White, Julian Harker and Peter Davies. We still have room for present Schoolleavers and these are invited to contact the secretary :­

W. F. JONES, 10 King Arthur's Close, Worcester.

Last, but far from least, these notes must mentjon our many friends and helpers, without whose assistance it would not be possible to run the in its present form; )

Our number of lady tea caterers has been smaller than last year, and therefore we are even more indebte_d to those that remain. It will be important to gain the assistance of more ladies next season since theclub cannot afford to pay for professional catering without increasing the match fee. Through the kindness of the Headmaster, and the hard work of the ground staff we are able to enjoy the wonderful use of a very very fine ground. This isofcoutse appreciated by all- our players and all the opposition.

O.V. CLUB LONDON DINNER

Just under 40 people sat down to Dinner at the Printer's Devil, Fetter Lane, E.CA., on November 8th, the occasion of the Club's Annual London Dinner. The President, Canon O. R. Craze made the journey specially to be with us and in addition to the Headmaster, we were delighted to welcome John N orris, the Secretary of the London Old Elizabethan Club. The toast to "The School " was proposed by Roger Thorn, who, in the course of a most amusing speech reminded us of the progress which has been made in the last few years towards modernisation.

The Headmaster in his reply gave us his yearly progress report and assured us that the School, although perhaps not exactly as we had known it when we attended, was nevertheless very much alive and progressing in the very best traditions.

Anyone who is not already on -the London Dinner Mailing List and who wishes to receive details of our gatherings should send his name and address to D. J. Clark, at 82 Haynes Road, Worthing. Please note this new address.

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Banking involves much more than working with figures. The successful man enjoys getting to know, and helping, people of every kind, and has a true sense of vocation, 'i?I serving the community in which he lives and works. In every way it is a worthwhile, satisfying career.

Opportunities

When you become a Branch Manager-and three out of SI four school-leavers who join us at District Bank 'i<I. eventually become Managers or receive some other official position-you can expect a salary in the range from 6J over £2,200 to around £5,000. The rewards are much greater still if you advance to one of the higher administrative positions.

Training

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We like you to have G.C.E. with "A" level passes-and pay a higher commencing salary for them-but we also consider good "0" level applicants. English and Mathematics are important. There are opportunities of specialising in Foreign, Trustee and Computer work.

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If only you realised how good your chances are of getting to manage one of our branches lOne in two; or even better, if you're exceptionally talented. Some of our young career-men make it before they're 35 I And that's only a start. They can go on to earn over £5,000.

So can you. Here's how to take the first step; write to us, giving details of the GCE passes you have or hope to have. We'll tell you about jobs at the Midland, the pay and the considerable fringe benefits.

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get him to arrange for you to meet your R.A.F. Schools Liaison Officer for an informal chat.

Or, if you prefer, write to Group Captain M. A. D' Arcy, R.A.F., Adastral House (2SHDI), London, WCI. Please give your date of birth and say what qualifications you have or are studying for (minimum 5 G.C.E. '0' levels including English language and mathematics), and whether you are more interested in a flying or ground branch career.

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Make your '0' or 'A'levels work for you

As a school"leaver, your '0' or 'A' levels are the first real signs that you are more valuable to yourself than you think. Anyway, we think so, and we want to talk to you about your career; about your working for us; and about your getting to the top, using the same qualities that you put into passing those exams.

If you have at least four '0' level passes, including Maths and English Language (or are expecting to get them), or as many -'A' levels as you like, do write to us now • We will send you full particulars about a worth.. while career with Barclays Write to the Local DirectOTs

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If you are aiming for a degree, 'A' levels or 5 or more '0' levels, you could qualify for a permanent or short service

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