The Vigornian December 1973

School Notes

The final place on the reconstituted Governing Body of the School has been filled by the cooption of Mr Donald T Howell, OV (Sc 55-61) Mrs J Redfern, one of the Worcestershire County Council governors, has been elected Chairman of the Education Committee of the new County of Hereford and Worcester, which comes into being on 1 April 1974 Although the "shadow" Education Committee has met several times, it has not yet formulated any policy with regard to Direct Grant Schools.

In case any OV's may be alarmed by Mr Hattersley's threat to abolish the Direct Grant system, they should know that if this were put into effect, the Governors would carry out the Declaration of Intent which they issued in 1970, and — with great regret — revert to full independence

We congratulate Mr J R Turner on his marriage to Miss Ann Hickling, Mr P D T Cattermole on his marriage to Miss Barbara Brice, and Miss Diana Phipps (Headmaster's Secretary) on her marriage to Mr N F Bishop; also Mr and Mrs A S Young on the birth of a son and Mr and Mrs O'Neill on the birth of a daughter

We congratulate Julian Flaux, Barry Hardyman and Richard Kirkman on their awards at Oxford and Cambridge in November 1973 The new season has opened well with two more Organ Scholarships — Adrian Leang at Christ's College, Cambridge and John Penny at Pembroke College, Oxford This raises our score of Organ Scholarships to eight in the past seven years We also congratulate Mark Hare on his RAF University Cadetship, and Richard Palmer and John Wood on gaining Flying Scholarships

I n contrast to last year, there were a number of staff changes at the end of the Summer Term — Mr. J. M. Cash retired after 27 years' service to the school and a tribute to him appears later in this number Mr R A Hockey left tafter five years on the Chemistry Staff here to become Head of Science at an independent school n Scotland Mr I W McKirdy, who had combined the teaching of Geography and PEfor two years, has emigrated to New Zealand. To all these three we are most grateful, not only for their work in the classroom and laboratory, but also for the variety of out-of-school activities which they encouraged and assisted

Mr R D Knight was granted a sabbatical term by the Governors on relinquishing the Housemastership of the Hostel, which he has held with distinction for 15 years Mrs Knight's many friends and admirers were delighted by the recent award to her of the MBE in recognition of her work for the theatre in Worcester Mr and Mrs Knight have spent the autumn touring in Italy, and will take up residence at 17 Britannia Square on their return Mr J L. K. Bridges s the new Housemaster of the Hostel: he has handed over his work as Careers Master to Mr E R Burkill

In September 1973 we welcomed the following new members of the Staff: - Mr B.A Bamford, Cert Ed (Geography and PE), Mr P J Baseley, Dip H/craft (Craft and Technology), Mr T M D Crow, BA (English and Drama), Dr Yvonne Rees, B.Sc Ph D., (Chemistry), and Mr. P. Towner, B.Sc. (Mathematics and Computer Studies).

The numbers in the VI form last year — 193 in September 1972 — were larger than ever before in the history of the School, about equally divided between Arts and Science. It is gratifying to note that in spite of this the A level pass rate went up to88% In September 1973 the number taking A level Economics has become so large that two paralle sets have had to be introduced Mr Towner has started General Studies courses entitled "Introduction to Computers" for non-mathematicians, and they are being followed by over 80 boys and girls in the VI form

The Wolfson Building has been brought into use by stages during the year, and — except for the computer termina which we hope to have installed early in 1974 — s now fully operational All boys n the Middle School have a double period of craft teaching each week in the Workshop in addition to Art, and Mr Baseley is now turning his attention to the development of project work for boys in the Upper School. We are most grateful to those industrial firms which, largely through the good offices of Mr S W Gregory Meakin of the CBI, have given machinery and equipment

The removal of the Art Department to its new quarters in the Wolfson Building has set up a chain reaction which has made possible the provision of greatly enlarged and improved accommodation for the Geography, Biology and Divinity Departments The Department now most urgently in need of rehousing is Modern Languages — and this is one of the top priorities of the Development Programme

King's Days took place on Thursday and Friday, 24th and 25th May At the Junior one the prizes were presented by Mrs Talbot, one of our new County Council Governors, and on Friday the preacher at the Commemoration Service was the Revd Father Hugh Bishop, CR At the end of the Summer Term the Senior Schoo prizes were presented by Mr A M Grier

One incidenta result of the researches undertaken by Mr Michael Craze for his new History of the School was the discovery that the list of Headmasters on the board in College Hall contained many errors The OV Club has generously met the cost of providing a new board and inscribing on t the corrected list which Mr Craze has produced

THE DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN

The chief activity of the Development Committee in 1972/3 was the holding of a party in College Hall in the autumn for parents of al boys who had joined the schoo in the past two years The objectives and achievements of the Development Trust were explained and the result was 78 new covenants to a total value of £17,000. The Trust has suffered a grievous loss by the retirement of Mrs Kinnersley, who by her enthusiasm and energy had raised large sums of money for the school, and had at the same time become a personal friend of many hundreds of parents; it s good to know that we shall not be losing her completely, for she has agreed to serve as a member of the Development Committee. Her place as Campaign Secretary has been taken by Mrs Barlow, who has had two boys at the school and has worked with Mrs Kinnersley for many years

There remain three major items on the development programme, all urgently needed, viz:-

i new dining hallls), and the reorganisation of the kitchens to serve "Cafeteria" lunches.

ii a properly equipped suite of teaching rooms for the Modern Languages Department, and

iii. a new Music School, including if possible a small hall for orchestral practices, lectures, etc

Unfortunately none of these can be proceeded with until the resources of the Development Trust have been considerably increased.

Careers

As many of you already know, I have succeeded Mr. Bridges as Careers Master at King's I thought that I would take this opportunity of introducing myself and using the pages of 'The Vigornian'' to make some points about the CareersDepartment and its function

Firstly I would like to say something about I.S.C.O (Independent Schools Careers Organisation - formerly the P.S.A.B.) I cannot overemphasisethe value and importance of our links with this organisation As students, parents and former members of the school you will probably know of its'Aptitude and Interest Tests', its job-placing services, its careers courses and so on. For me it is a constant source of advice, information and encouragement. Nothing quite like this exists in the state section of education, and it comes as something of a surprise to me when some individuals fail to appreciate its services and advice One of the criticisms of schools careers advice is that t is 'wishy-washy' and vague: I feel that ISCO provides a 'spine' to our work, which, if ignored and underused would render our servicesand achievements far lesseffective and far less complete

Secondly, I should like to address a few words to present students and parents I am just beginning'a new step n my career - that of Careers Master! Already I owe a tremendous debt to al the help and advice and encouragement I have received from the four former CareersMasters on the Staff, Mr L M Bailey, Mr J R Turner, Mr T D R Hicksonand Mr J L K Bridges This list emphasisesthe great depth and range of experience available at King's to those who are willing to make use of it Add to these our housemasters and the work of the Headmaster and I think you will begin to see that the careers room itself is only a small part of our interest, concern and resources in this field

Thirdly, I must say something about 'images and publicity Our CareersRoom may not be a palace full of vinyl and rubber-plants but it does work and work well. The problem is one of communication with students. I maintain that it is an act of ignorance for a sixth-former to say that he or she is going on to university to read such-and-sucha course, and therefore doesn't need careers advice This illustrates the need for an understanding of what our department deals with Careers s not simply ' getting people jobs'' We have to help students realise what sort of a person they are, what kind of life they want and what kind of choices present themselves This has to be a two-way process Parents and students must continue to feel that they can come and get help and fresh thoughts about careers from us I hope they will ,

Well, I m sorry about the rather dul appearance of my article, surrounded as t isn t by cartoons of careers n upholstery and photo-montages of food technicians at work I must do better next year.

King's School..: ...to Oxford

Having been asked to write for the Vigornian about the process of adapting from school to university, I began to look back over the last year to my arrival and first tentative moves among the dreaming spires and traffic-jams of Oxford Inevitably, I think, arriving at university for the first time, one does feel oneself to be a very small and insignificant fish in an extremely large and venerable pond, but t soon becomes clear that it s not so much a case of sinking or swimming in this new environment, as of finding the leve at which one wil be happiest

One of the great virtues of Oxford, or of any university, s that the individual is probably as free to be what he wants, as free from pressuresto conform to anything particular, as he is likely to be at any time in his life There is scope for all but the most outrageous behaviour, or equally for withdrawal into complete academic seclusion,with little pressure from anyone over what life-style to adopt Most people of course strike a happy medium between the various extremes, but there is no compulsion to do so, and the decisionsare one's own. Indeed, the only enforced rules which affect behaviour are ones to prevent actively antisocial activities such as making loud noises late at night, which are obviously necessary in a community where a lot of people live in a comparatively small area

Furthermore, one s virtually free to decidefor oneself how important a place work will take in life, and this is perhaps one of the hardest things to get used to after the school system The majority of courses, at Oxford anyway, work on the basis of one or two tutorial sessions each week, for which work has to be produced This means that one can either do the bare minimum of work during the week, or else spend long hours doing a really thorough job. Thus to a fair extent the degree of academic achievement s a matter of personal decision. There are those for whom work is very definitely a secondary concern, who are heavily involved in drama, for example, at near-professional standards, or else who play a sport at very high standard Work then tends to become a means to an end, a necessary evi essential merely to ensure a continued stay at the university

The decision as to just how important academic study is going to be is one which most students, I think, have to make fairly early in their university careers, after balancing out the things that matter most to them It is hard to realize before one arrives just how much more there is to university life than the academic side: the traditional univeristy pastimes of coffeedrinking, record-listening, and talking are surprisingly time-consuming, and when one is able to watch or participate in every kind of musical, political and dramatic activity, aswel as being able to indulge the most way-out of interests, from tiddlywinks to ball-room dancing, one has to make fairly firm decisionsabout how the time is to be wel used It is this fact of having to run one's own life, to make one's own decisionswhich forms the great contrast with the comfortably insulated world of school, and which does take a fair amount of adapting to

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The retirement of Bobbie Cash inJuly 1973 leaves a gap in the Staff that it will be impossible tofill This is no flippant reference to his physical stature, forhe is a bigman in so many ways besides his obvious size.

What then has been his contribution toour community?

He was aformidable sportsman, particularly distinguished in Hockey, Swimming and Cricket —those of us who have been here long enough well remember his annual 6 over the pavilion when the Staff played the 1st XI ( and then characteristically, his getting himself out next ball) When his playing days were over his running of the School Sports for many years was an example of smooth efficiency and meticulous organisation

He gave atremendous boost to school drama with hisbrilliant (if atthetime rather controversial) production of 'Look Back in Anger'. He was for sometime an officer in the Corps; Housemaster of Creighton House; Head ofthe English Department; Careers Master and organiser ofthe first Careers Office In his later years he took on the onerous and often thankless job of organising both internal and external examinations

In other words at one time or another during his 27 years ontheStaff there have been few sides of school life onwhich hehas not made an Impact

These rather bare facts perhaps give some sort of indication of his almost frightening capacity for hard work, his sense of duty, his infinite trouble over detail What they do not register atal are the more indefinable qualities that make him stand out— his modesty (nothing could bemore calculated to embarrass him than this article!); his generosity; his sympathy and understanding; hiskindness and courtesy; none ofwhich ever seem to desert him, whatever the stress or strain of the moment

It was very sad that the last fewweeks of his last term should have been marred by illness, and that wewere unable to say goodbye to him as wewould have wished The School isgrateful to him. On its behalf may I just say:

"Farewell, Jasper, and thank you. We wish you a long and happy retirement."

<o\:< Music'73

As always, the main event of the musical year was the choral/orchestral concert of the summer term, featuring this year works by Vaughan-Williams, Schumann and Poulenc The school choir was in fine voice for Vaughan-William's 'Five Mystical Songs', the orchestra of 'imported semi-professionals and teachers, augmented by three or four members of the school, distinguished itself and the performance was warmly received This was followed by an exciting account of the first movement of the Schumann piano concerto, played by Jonathan Darlington The concert closed with Poulenc's Gloria, a spectacular and extremely difficult work: t suffered rather from lack of rehearsal time, which resulted in some shaky playing from the orchestra and unsure intonation from the choir The overall effect, however, was impressive and congratulations must go to Mr. Bramma for his boldness in choosing such a formidable piece

Working backwards from this major event, most of the Spring term was taken up with the production 'lolanthe'; however, n February a 'mixed-bag' concert was given, including a variety of items both by soloists and by the orchestra. Some guitar duets were played by Nick Moss and Nick Hall, — interesting in that this was the first time in my memory that the instrument had made an appearance n a school concert Aso notable was an 'own composition trumpet solo played by David Billingham, and an excellent performance of excerpts from Vivaldi's 'Stabat Mater' by David Lambert with string quartet and paino The orchestra later went on tour — to Droitwich High School — with the same pieces as had been played in this concert. Despite a very dead accoustic, this went off excellently.

In the Christmas term, the House Music competition was won for the second year running by the Hostel; the decisions were made by the Director of Music at Dean Close school, Mr. J. Polglase, and the general opinion was that the high standard of the last two years was well maintained

S F Turner

THE IV FORM MUSIC COMPETITION

College hal was filled with an excited crowd — excited only for one reason Who would win the chocolate bars?

After an afternoon of hard singing by the four competing forms the atmosphere intensified to hear the final results

Mr Hart, the judge, was standing on the stage now to announce what his opinions were

Ever since Mr Cubberley made the opening speech ears had been pinned back to hear the sound

To cast back the memory, Upper Four A began the afternoon with a bright and lively version of "Tit Willow", a song by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Its clear, cheerfu tone gave it a mark of 27 out of 30 and set the atmosphere well

Richard Kings played a piece called Scherzo by Kabalevsky, confident but for one pause near the end, but perhaps too legato for the piece that it is. This carried him 16 out of 20

All was mended, however, when Martin Holmes sang an anthem called '0 Worship the Lord n the Beauty of Holiness by Travers

This, I believe, won its mark of 18 out of 20 by the clear, crisp notes and good breathing

However, it was needed to produce one more performance and this was the two-part song 0 Lovely Peace' Fine balancing gave this the mark of 26 to round off Upper Four A's total of 86%

Lower Four A let "Men of Harlech" go off with a bang —but too much of a bang because of forcing for the sheer volume of the sound instead of quality. The well-deserved mark of 24 came for confidence rather than carefulness

Christopher Covins made his first performance of the Tudelsack, which was barely perfected as his fumbles showed. Yet still he carried on to gain 15 marks.

Gary Evans stood up to sing "Avenging and bright", and I have never heard t sung bolder or so confidently Nevertheless his voice ran away with him and he drove on beyond his safety vocal limits to the point of extreme sharpness

17 marks are what in future years he will be able to boast about.

23 marks rewarded " 0 Lovely Peace" a song sung with the spirit but not the balance that Upper Four A had

This brought Lower Four A's total to 79%

Upper Four B did not perform their unison song perfectly, but tuning was good and this gave them a mark of 25

'Stranger on the Shore', by Rhodes on the clarinet and Young on the piano n my opinion dragged on but t was well performed and synchronised so as to make the two instruments "fit together", and create a good sound This was rewarded by 17 marks

Tancock sounded as Scots as any when he sang "Ye banks and braes"

The beautiful bonnie tone gave this its 16 marks but a frog got caught in his throat and swallowed all hope of more

'0 Lovely Peace', was of similar standard to that of Lower Four A but less confident and better balanced. 23 marks were its prize and this gave Upper Four B 81% altogether.

To decide all was 'Marching through Georgia from Lower Four B

Well sung and clearly sung notes gave this a ringing tone which equalled 28 marks

Sonatine in C by Beethoven was played on the piano by Wilson 11 was well played with surprisingly few slips and good accenting and resulted in 19 marks

Winter sang 'Come Holy Ghost', but he did not make a very good job of it

Poor tuning but clear words gave him 16 marks.

An average performance of '0 Lovely Peace was balanced nicely but little else special is to be said

Its 24 marks gave Lower Four B a total of 87 marks

The final scores gave Lower Four B, by the smallest possible victory, the box of chocolates to round off the excitement of the afternoon

T H Edwards (LIVA)

Well, would you call a siege engine "Humpty-Dumpty"? Evidently someone did, because it was that very machine that failed to help King Charlescapture Gloucester city This s the event in English History around which the action of "All The King's Men" centres, a cleverly written operetta, which was given two very able performances by the 3rd and 4th forms in July of this year Despite the usually unsuitable nature of College Hal for anything theatrical, t was good to find that, with remarkably little alteration, the gallery could convincingly represent the strong walls and battlements of the city of Gloucester What little scenery was added was made by the Art Department and organized into place by Ian Denison

The music was also of a high standard, directed throughout by Alan Young, and the acting too. King Charlesand his Queen (Richard Stephens and Ralph Pite, as understudy for Graham Matthews) came to watch the siege, along with the King's guards and soldiers and the Queen's ladies, the latter being much beautified by costumes made by certain parents and matrons, and wigs from the Anna Marie hairdressing salon The siege engine was the brainchild of the eccentric Doctor Chillingworth (Garry Evans), but the name "HumptyDumpty" was suggested by the mere drummer-boy, to the Doctor's great indignation Defending his city was "young Colonel Massey" (Stuart Mills), who was greatly helped in saving Gloucester by the prompt action of the women and children, while the Roundhead soldiers stayed within the city

The excitement built up as Dr Chillingworth's plans were put into action and the engine was built, to the accompaniment of the jazzy, catchy music written by Richard Rodney Bennett. Members of U4B assembled and operated this marvellous machine, under the guidance of the tactical advisor, Michael Bentley Music was provided by Alan Young, at the piano, with Mark Powell, Paul Winter and myself on a great variety of percussion instruments The whole operetta was ingeniously produced by Paul Cattermole, whose unmistakable mark was clearly visible through the use of a Scout loo tent as the K ing's pavilion, and other such details Although the acoustics of College Hall may have marred the very admirable singing a little, I think everyone must have felt a little of the spirit and enthusiasm with which it was performed.

P K Twinberrow

Listening to music a survey

In a boarding community the size of that at King's School, it is in no way surprising to find that interests are wide and varied Music within the community is in no way an exception to this rule The importance of music in the schoo as a whole is revealed by the reputation King's has for its concerts and operas, and, taking into account the proportion of day-boys to boarders in the school, it is reasonable to say that boarders constitute the greater part of the performers in such concerts But is it true to say that these concerts reveal the most popular type of music among the members of the boarding community? The music performed is generally of a conservative nature; music by composers such as Britten and Haydn, operas by Gilbert and Sullivan — not the sort of music normally associated with the "younger generation"

There can be little doubt that most of those who take part in these concerts enjoy the music which they are performing and gain a great deal from performing it lolanthe, performed last Spring, was a superb example of this. Yet most of them have interests in other branches of music as well So where do the main musical interests in the boarding community lie, and is t possible to say they lie in any one field? I conducted a small survey, posing such questions to a cross section of sixth-form boarders

For the purpose of the survey, music was divided into six categories — classical, commercial pop, progressive, folk, modern classical, and experimental As I expected the most popular type of music was progressive, but only by a small majority Indeed only 40% preferred progressive, while 30% preferred classical, and 20% folk One can immediately see that labels pinned on today's youth, when talking about musical interests, give a totally false impression So often I've heard comments like "the young only like that modern stuff", when in fact it s the favourite music of less than half of them.

If interests are shown to be varied by the above statistics, then the fact that 100% of those questioned said that they greatly enjoyed listening to music other than that which they had named as their favourite, must surely eliminate any trace of doubt In fact, 70% enjoyed four or more different types of music; when asked the first question, "What s your favourite type of music?" very few people enjoyed giving a single answer

However, t is by no means true to say that attitudes towards different kinds of music have become so broad minded, that all music is now wlecomed It would appear that the majority, 75%, of boarders at King's have at least one pet dislike n music, and about 35% of these have two pet dislikes The type of music which seemed to have the most enemies was experimental (that is to say music made by electronic machines, by pennies being thrown into tin cans and other such instruments, and which appears at first to have little or no form), but modern classica and commercial pop also had their fair share.

The influence of music on personal relationships within the community is rather interesting, if not somewhat startling As many as 35% admitted that their choice n music influenced the company they keep — that isto say that their choice of studies n which they spend their free time is based upon the music which they can listen to there, rather than the people in the studies I feel t would be unfair to say that unpopular music would drive these people away from their best friends, but it does seem to suggest that, leaving close friends aside, a large number of people allow musical interests to take precedence over personalities when dealing with their contemporaries

The influence of one person's musical interests on another person, or the inflfuence of the massesis also an interesting issue I did not actually pose any questions on this subject for I felt that the answers would be in the most part false; few people will admit to persecuting others about their musical interests, or that they listen to one type of music because they are scared to go against the masses Yet from my own experiences and from views expressed by some of my contemporaries I can safely say that such a situation does exist within the community. The most notable conflict is that between the progressive music enthusiast and the boy who enjoys commercial pop The latter is all too often teased, criticsed and labelled a 'Teeny-Bopper.' Indeed, on the afternoon I conducted the survey, when one boy said he enjoyed commercial pop, another boy commented, "God you don't like that stuff, do you?" This I find is a pitiful situation. I don't personally like commercia pop but taste is taste, and no-one should have the right to criticise that fact

There is no doubt that music is a very important part of the boarding community It is almost a way of life — invariably when one walks into a study there will be a record of one type or another on the turn-table But modern music s now no longer simply a background sound It has become widely accepted as an art form and is often listened to with total concentration. This does not mean to say that music has taken over the position occupied by conversation in society — the background element in music is still there - but it is a common occurrence to walk into a study, notably in the evening and find a group of people sitting silently listening to a record, perhaps in certain cases even meditating on it Obviously the standard of music involved is important, as are the people who are listening to it, for not everyone shares such a deep interest in music, but when these factors do suit silent listening, conversation is held with severe disdain

The idea of music as a background sound really extends beyond a mere background for conversation to a background for academic work. I personally prefer to work to music, and I expected most boarders would share my view, and yet the survey showed that only 55% did so However, out of these a surprisingly large number, about 40% liked working to loud music, something which I would have thought was impossible The range of music listened to is also quite large — the most popular is progressive, but commercia pop, folk, and classical (in that order of preference) are alsowell catered for What s more, what may be a person's favourite type of music when he is not working s not necessarily his favourite when he is working. In fact, this is the case with 50% of the people.

Some idea can therefore be gained of the wide variety of musica interests and habits within the boarding community And it must not be forgotten that on the classical side, the record is not the only medium; there are several opportunities to go to live performances. Unfortunately this is not the case when t comes to modern music, a fact which, to my mind, does impede one's appreciation of the sound

S J R Edwards

lOLANTHE

People keep saying "lolanthe always starts slowly", and there would be some truth in it if the rousing entry of the men's chorus were the first point of interest On the contrary, the opening of the opera is pure magic; is it Weber one is listening to? or Mendelssohn?No, just that common old hack, Sullivan — the first winner of the Mendelssohn Scholarship The Overture and opening chorus can grip an audience, silence their conversation and frou-frou and transport them to Fairyland And, no sooner had we recovered from a girls' chorus which could sing clearly and confidently, if somewhat unsmilingly, than we saw the first of a procession of able principals First Celia, Leila and Fleta (Kathryn Bishop, Annabel Macleod and Rachel Healey, though not always in that oder) who, when they waited for their laughs, were all both audible and adorable. Next the Queen: the contralto roles in the Savoy OPeras are easily the hardest for anyone, girl or boy, to do in a schoo production The parts are intended for women of mature years and voices and often contain passagesof great difficulty for a young performer. In Pam Bullock, we saw and heard a Fairy Queen of dignity and humour who later sang the very difficult "Bearded by these puny mortals", with its runs in the most awkward part of the voice, with impressive bravura and effect

Shirley-Anne Lewis gave a lively performance in the part of Phyllis She sang with spirit and acted extremely well: though she sometimes reacted too strongly to be entirely convincing, she gave a very good account of a Gilbertian heroine from the same stable as Angelina — Phyllis is not nearly as simple as she seems and is not altogether happy, one feels, at failing to become a Countess in the end Miss Lewis's performance was one of the highlights of this production She was full of confidence and communicated it to the audience

So much for the Arcadian Shepherdess; her swain, Strephon, was played by S J R Edwards. This must be the least rewarding role in the opera; Strephon is really a rather dull young man and it needs a lot of work to bring him to life Edwards deserves much credit for succeeding n doing so during the course of the performances, so that, by the end, though he could never quite achieve the light-hearted abandon one hoped for, he had acquired some of the confidence of Phyllis, with whom he shares much of the action, and was giving a workmanlike performance He would have been better still after a few more nights

The Peers came in from all directions, accoutred for Ascot rather than a Coronation, as s usual, but smart nonetheless, and swung splendidly through their great chorus There was good singing here and it was a pleasant surprise to hear the tenors holding their own and the inside parts, Tenor II and Bass I, very much present. A smal criticism: it seemed a pity that all the peers sang in one or two places where a contrast between tenors and basses would have been effective and is, n fact, stipulated by the composer

Tollollerand Mountararat (L W N Hawkes and J J Crowhurst) provided a feast of sound singing and relaxed acting and both carried off their set pieces well: if Crowhurst's "When Britain really ruled the waves" lacked some of the thunder traditionalists expect, it was well sung and sincerely, which is vita for such an absurd song; while Hawkes's "Blue blood" was much better than one normally dare expect to hear from a schoolboy tenor I n the part of Private Willis, A D Edwards, an awesome figure topping seven feet n his bearskin, gave a sonorous and mature performance.

There remain two actors who deserve a special mention The Lord Chancellor is the most important character in the opera; he is on stage longer than anyone elseand has more music and more words In addition the part calls for the agility of foot and diction and the positive lack of a resonant singing voice which the author knew to be the main attributes of George Grossmith, for whom he wrote it Grossmith'ssuccessors, one of whom has been knighted for his skil in these roles, have handed down this tradition and today the amateur stage boasts many actors skilled n them K S Dagg showed that he had absorbed much of what s needed His performance was confident and skilful and, while he brought out the absurd nature of the character he was playing, he hardly ever yielded to the temptation to clown The trio "If you go in", in which he was joined by Crowhurst and Hawkes, always a show-stopper, did not fail in this production and this, in no small part, s due to Dagg's maintaining the thread of dignity running through as unlikely a character as any Gilbert wrote

I have left until the last the eponymous lolanthe This was undoubtedly the treat of the evening as we listened, spellbound, to the lovely voice of Jane Vyvyan-Robinson: and what fine casting, too, for, although lolanthe is a small part, it contains the most beautiful song n the opera ("He loves; if in the bygone years"). Miss Vyvyan-Robinson's singing of this song could be judged against any standards one chose and made one's idle tears

" Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes,

In thinking of the days that are no more."

The pianists were J P Darlington and S F.Turner For the most part they played well, displaying incredible dexterity in the breakneck speed at which they took "I n vain to us you plead", and were as good a substitute as one can imagine for an orchestra That pianos are only a poor second goes without saying, and for two reasons: first, even his detractors acknowledge Sullivan as a master of orchestration and his woodwind writing, in particular, isajoy to hear; secondly, the atmosphere of the theatre, achieved with such difficulty in College Hall, would be greatly assisted by an orchestra The sense of occasionwould be increased and a wider cross-sectionof boys enabled to contribute

Be that as it may, the performances of lolanthe we saw n March were most impressive, both musically and dramatically Mr Bramma and Mr Diamond have taken a fresh look at the hoariest of the Savoy traditions and decided that, while some could be improved, most could not and have again provided a thoroughly successfulentertainment They rightly gave credit to " A large number of staff and their wives and members of the School" who "have given generously of their time, energy, skill and patience to make this production possible'' but, asthe begetters of the whole enterprise, they deserve most of the credit themselves.

Nuffield Physics exam technique

Isaac Newton recorded in a letter how he noticed an apple falling n an orchard, and conceived the idea that the same force that causedthe apple to fall also held the Moon in orbit Perhaps he started to think in this way: 'There is no wind and the apple falls vertically If the wind blows? If a boy up the tree throws the apple? If, instead of an apple, it s a cannon-ball fired from a gun? Suppose it travels so fast that it passes beyond the horizon before reaching the ground?

Write a story on these lines, linking the apple and the Moon, and including a diagram showing what happens to the apple when it is projected horizontally with varying speeds. (Newton did in fact draw such a diagram.)

NEWTON AND THE APPLE — or What goes up fast enough doesn't have to come down

Once upon a time there was a man called Isaac Newton One day, Isaac, who used long words and was generally brainy, felt bored and decided to invent something, so he took his inventor's pad and his inventor's biro and went out to the orchard to start inventing

He sat down under an apple tree and tried to think of something to invent Suddenly, an apple fell on his head

"Eureka", said Isaac.

"S o do I", came a voice from behind the tree It was Walter Raleigh dying for a smoke and desperately trying to invent tobacco Isaac felled him with a well-aimed apple

Isaac began to think

"There s no wind and the apple falls vertically If the wind blows? If a boy up the tree throws the apple? If, instead of an apple, it is a cannon-ball fired from a gun? Suppose it travels so fast that is passes beyond the horizon before reaching the ground?"

He thought like this as the blow from the apple had addled his brain He was about to invent amnesia when another apple put him to rights.

"That's it", said Isaac, "I'l invent gravity".

So he did, and it was a Great Boon to mankind He got out his inventor's pad and began to write furiously He had got as far as F-U-R when his mind wandered back to gravity and the apple "Now here I am on the Earth", he thought, and drew the Earth on his pad

"Now here's the apple tree", he thought, and drew it, deciding to put off inventing scale until the next week

"Now f the apple falls vertically downwards onto my pate like this", and he drew the apple, " it must only be affected resultantly by gravity (thus becoming the first person to think the word gravity) But what f the wind is also blowing?" This was, of course, a rhetorical thought He sketched the situation in his pad and carefully labelled the curve he had drawn P-A-R-A-B-O-L-A (as I said, he used long words).

"But what", he thought again, "if the apple is thrown out of the tree by a boy or shot out by a cannon?" This had him stumped and thus he became the first, but not the last, person to be stumped by a physics question on gravity and motion in a circle

He pondered awhile, being fed up with thinking, and pondered back to what his Russian Physics Master, Mr. Noskcih, had taught him using only a looped curtain rail and a resinated ball-bearing!

"This case", he pondered, "is somewhat similar to that except that,we now have a situation where we are not decreasing the speed of the object from its orbiting stage to its falling in a parabola, but from the falling in a parabola we speed it up to what?"

Then it came to him in a flash, or rather more a slow and calculated fizzle, like a damp Brock's firework, as he had not quite recovered from his blow on the head

"The apple, if it is travelling at exactly the right speed, wil be pulled by the Earth's gravity, constantly at right angles, and caused to move in a circle, as I have seen when I swing my rubber bung around my head If I swing it vertically and it is not going fast enough on the section A-B", he thought, beating Nuffield by some three hundred years, "then the bung falls in a parabola All I have now s not too large a centripital force for orbit, but too small a speed amounting, in this case, to the same thing, and thus by increasing the speed I should be able to get with the apple the orbiting effect I have with the bung." He then sketched this situation

"Hell, the increasing velocity concept in this question is a little misleading at first, as we have dealt with the opposite before", he thought, conveniently anticipating Question Nine for me

He sat back and placed an ice bag on his head as t was steaming after so much thinking on one page He had just thought he'd finished when he saw the Moon rising above the horizon and another apple hit him on the head to drive home the point

"The Moon", he cried, and a passing couple made a detour round him.

Yes, it was the Moon Isaac had shown great perception as a child

"Well", thought he, "why shouldn't the Moon be the same as the apple, continuously 'falling'? No reason whatever'. That explains its orbit of the Earth".

And with this revelation he went off to rest in his cradle

(hixota

Eyes... FRONT:

7

ARMY CAMP: SUMMER '73

Missing the scheduled train from Birmingham was a bad omen — realised in part by the unattractive appearance of Cultybraggan training camp which consists of Nissen huts dating from one or other of the two world wars But an alternative train, just twenty minutes later, had the compensation of unreserved seats and congenial travelling companions! The gay spirit of the party was to be sufficient even to defeat the depressing appearance of the camp

On the first day at camp we went shooting on the ranges at Stirling with a Staff Training Officer and we fired SLRs and the old .303 It then started raining and didn't stop for three days So, on Wednesday, we tried to raft across a river inhabited by man-eating duck-billed platypi, goldfish and being chased by Monguls and Cossacks. Later, it was wet, cold fun on the assault course and so, after lunch, we went to Stirling to recover

On Friday we met the Royal Engineers at Loch Earn and were initiated into the mysteries of 'Watermanship' which, according to the R.E. sergeant, included his ability to walk on the water We then canoed for a while and then went on to a camp site north of Loch Tay where we were under canvas for four days Many thanks to Dave, the driver of the four tonner, the 'Moller Machine' and the school bus for our transportation We completed a night exercise and found ourselves trespassing on Scottish Waterboard Dams K L P climbed the rough barbed wire gate only to find that the Army maps were out of date. On Saturday, the party split up after we had all slogged up Schiehallion Some went on further, carrying a great deal of weight, with K.L.P and I.B., and the remainder returned with A L.S and L M to the camp site On Sunday, we conquered Ben Lavers, now Nationa Trust property On Monday we went back to Cultybraggan Tuesday was an endurance hike Two groups broke the record and the other two came in with time to spare On Wednesday we went shopping in Edinburgh.

Many thanks to H Hawkins for keeping us amused with his various imitations; 'Serge.', for getting us respectable; and all the staff — Messrs Stacey, Brown, Perrissand Moller (and, of course, Beauty, his dog) Thanks also to everyone for the rea group spirit

RAF . SECTION

The past year, for the R.A.F Section, has been extremely successful in all respects The beginning of the year was most encouraging with a much larger section than expected R Palmer and J B T Wood attended the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre at Biggin Hill and were both awarded flying scholarships. They took up their places at Perth during Easter and both went on to complete their Private Pilot's licences

Flying on field days was also unusually good Cadetsflew at Staverton and Filton, on each occasion all cadets flew and, in fact many flew twice. This was despite some confusion caused by striking Air Traffic Control operators The third field day was taken up by a visit to R A F Little Rissington, where cadets were shown round various sections of the camp The N.C.O.'s had an opportunity to shoot with the S L R while the other cadets flew in a Varsity

Three cadets were fortunate enough to qualify for their B G A., A & B certificates during a gliding course at R.A.F Tern Hill They were: J B Bosley, M J Hardyman and M A Macdonald

As usual our examination results have been so good that H.Q. Air cadets congratulated us Wheter these results are due to good instruction or intelligent cadets s uncertain! Distinctions were obtained by S J B Bosley, J L Buchanan, C L Bush, D ForresterWalker, M.J Hardyman and B D Ridley-Jones,credits by M J Ebery, A G Jinman and D T H Macgowan and passes by E W C Alcock, R I Binney, A J Cook and W D Norton

Congratulations are due to M. W. J. Hare who was awarded a University Cadetship by the R.A.F We wish him a successful career in the R.A.F

Finally we must thank Mr Aldridge who devotes an enormous amount of his spare time to the section and without whom none of the above achievements would have been possible

R Palmer

C.C.F. R.A.F. Section Camp

The annual camp of the section was held at R A F Northolt, near Heathrow Airport London

R.A.F Northolt is a base which operates, amongst others, the H.S 125 jet, a plane used for the transport of important people As the weather was good throughout their stay each member of the section flew in a Whirlwind helicopter for one hour. One cadet was lucky enough to fly to Scotland

The R.A.F museum at Hendon was close and an informative and instructive visit was arranged and greatly appreciated Other activities during the week included an exercise, .22 and .303 shooting, and Buchanan, Magowan and Ridley-Jonesall obtained their Service swimming proficiencies

The Saturday coincided with the Oxford and Cambridge boat race and the cadets took time off to go and cheer

The week was enjoyed by all An extremely successful camp

C.C.F. R.A.F. Section Camp in Germany

This year our school was fortunate enough to be allocated three places at one of the . : cam P n Germany. In the middle of April, under the temporary command of Corpora A K Ridley-Jones,Corporals T J A Key and J L Buchanan left Gatwick airport for an uneventful flight in a B.A.C 111 to Wildenrath and onward by road to Gutersloh

Gutersloh is a small town near the East German border and is the most operational H.A. F. station: consequently there was continuous flying activity despite the changing meteorologica conditions, which varied from hot sunshine to freezing blizzards

During our stay of one week a highly varied programme had been arranged' This incorporated flying in a Wessex helicopter, shooting, a field exercise, a visit to the loca major town of Bielefeld and a visit to the Mohne and Oder dams, scene of the epic dam-busters' raid during the Second World War Not only this but also the inspection of such a hiqhly operational station was greatly appreciated by the cadets

Our return was tinged with regret that such visits only occur every fourth year

G M B Adams

A. K. Ridley-Jones

TENNIS CLUB - 1ST VI 1973 SEASON

The major hope at a late stage of last seasonwas that the 1st VI could maintain their unbeaten run through to their last fixture against Dean Close School However, this was not to be and, albeit without the usual talents of a key member of the side and on a Lawn Court, the 1st VI registered their first loss, 4-5, against Solihull School This ended a run of six matches without defeat which had started with a 7-2 victory over Brecon on May 5th and continued with wins over King Edward's School Birmingham 5'/2 -2 Vz), Marling School (70), Malvern College (6-3), RoyalWolverhampton Schoo (6-3) and Belmont Abbey (6 Vi2 Vi). Even so the team finished as they began with a winning score, 7-2 over Dean Close in the final match. Thus they finished with a fine record of having played eight matches winning seven and losing only one, their greatest triumph being the 7-0 victory over Marling School on May 19th

The end of the season sadly marked the departure of James Roden, the captain, one of the players who had a great deal to do with the successes of the 1973 season His record of playing 19 games and only losing one speaksfor itself However with no less than seven of the eight regular players still available for at least another year and with several promising players still waiting on the sidelines the prospect for 1974 season looks distinctly bright. Finally, congratulations to N Koehli who was re-awarded full colours and to P Hamlett and B Letham who are awarded full colours

P Cowan

SWIMMING CLUB

The 1973 seasonwas for the most part quite successful Unfortunately the first few matches had to be cancelled because of icy conditions in the pool

However, as the season progressed, the weather grew warmer and we had several very good matches — winning and losing being only a difference of a few points The outcome was that the school team won five and lost four of these matches

The U14 team was particularly encouraging with some keen young members of the school being most promising for next season It was unfortunate to see that the senior team was lacking in numbers this season. Next seasonwe hope that there will be a more active interest

The highlight of the season came at the Worcester S.C Annual Swimming Gala Here, both our U16 and Senior Teams won the Worcester schools' Team RelayChampionship

The Senior event was the most exciting with the schoo team narrowly beating the Worcester S.C 'A' Team by 0.2 seconds

We look forward to an even more successfulseason next year

SHOOTING

An attempt was made towards the end of the Summer term to re-establish a C.C.F. shooting team n the school Despite difficult conditions in the 0.22 range the response has been encouraging and a number of talented shots have been discovered So far we have not done any competitive shooting but hope to remedy this soon

We would also like to branch out into the infinitely more interesting field of full-bore shooting but this may not be possible just yet Our thanks go to Mr Stacey for his invaluable help and support.

M K J Hardyman

BASKET BALL CLUB 1972-1973

Now that Basket Ball is established as a sport in the school the results at Junior Level are much better This is, perhaps, due to the forming of the Worcester Schools Basket Ball League (Under 16 Level) The League was joined by the majority of the City Schools and extends to schools in Bromsgrove and Droitwich The school team won 13 of their 16 matches and were consequently placed at the top of the final League table, tying with Christopher Whitehead Sec. School. In the deciding play-off King's were beaten, the score 24-16 A total of 18 players represented the school in this team, in particular T Thomas, J Morgan, S Moseley and M Robinson who al contributed greatly to the success of the squad The team played well throughout the season and improved greatly This is pleasing because, for a large majority of the squad, t was their first season in competitive Basket Ball The tendencies towards individual play, which were very noticeable at the beginning of the season, were soon seen to disappear as team work developed In its attacking play the team proved to be successful, working the ball efficiently amongst the players Despite a lack of height the team defended well, consistently making use of different defensive play patterns

The Senior Squad, which plays n the Worcestershire Basket Ball League, did not do as well as last season, only winning 5 of their 16 league games The squad was potentially very competent but never seemed able to consolidate its skills Defensively the team was quite strong thanks to the height of D. Townsend and D. Edwards whose rebound work improved throughout the season The team never managed to hit on the right combination until the last match of the season, which was too late J Foley, P Hamlett, M Judd, I Denison, G Liddall, K StrakerandJ Roden regularly played for the squad

Looking forward to next season the senior squad looks promising, especially now that the younger members will have served a useful apprenticeship in the Under 16 Leagueside At junior leve there is a wide range of players to choose from, (nearly thirty boys turned up to the trial game for the fifteen places in the squad) all of whom have a basic knowledge of the game One hopes that both squads will hit on the right form at the beginning of the season

One of the highlights of the Basket Ball seasonwas the match against North Delta Secondary Schoo from British Columbia, Canada (British Columbia Champions n 1971-72) The match, played before a crowd of 250 in the Sports Hall, was won by North Delta The Score 72-11. The school team, strengthened by staff and O.V.'s, certainly learnt a great deal about the sport of Basket Ball that one rarely sees at school level in this country

Internally the sport continues to do well The two I nter House Tournaments at Junior and Senior level,were won by School House and Choir House respectively

Many thanks to Mr K L Perrissand Mr I. Brown for their coaching throughout the season

CANOE CLUB

The beginning of the Summer term saw the evolution of the club, initiated in the latter half of the Spring term with basic instruction in the swimming pool

Confidence was quickly gained, and members were soon paddling happily to 'Camp Lock' and back; the arrival of the 'Espadas' saw a few members doing serious training, climaxed by the somewhat gruelling 10 mile Tewkesbury Festival race, where a 1st position was gained in the Espada C class, and some respectable positions in the slalom class: more salt tablets and training needed!

On Field day, a team from 'Trylon demonstrated canoe building, and they constructed a 'Pantha Kayak mould from which so far only one boat has been made: serious building will commence in the Autumn.

Thanks due to Mr S R Davies for a successfuland an extremely enthusiastic start to a new club

R I Armstrong

A. I. Denison

Cricket

1ST XI

This was a young side to start with, and seemed to get younger as the seasonwent on: we ended up with six fifth formers playing n the last matches As a result, they were swamped by the adult sides they played, but did quite well against school sides — especially against the stronger school sides Solihul were beaten, WRGS had very much the worst of a draw, and King Edward's Birmingham scraped home only by one wicket after the ninth had fallen when they were still fifteen runs short We lost badly to Warwick in the first game of the seasonon a rain affected wicket, and also lost to the Malvern XXII which was certainly the most disappointing performance of the season All in all, there were enough good performances by the young players to contest most matches well

Mahony, the captain, by the end, one of only two middle sixth players in the side, did his best, though his own inexperience as a captain and the lack of experienced players around him meant that he made a number of costly mistakes This lack of experience often meant that the side lacked purpose, but it is to the captain's credit that they retained their enjoyment of the game whatever happened Judd, the other regular middle sixth player, again disappointed until the end of the season, but retained his place for his fielding; Byard could have done the same had it been possibleto carry two players for fielding alone Both were loyal members of the cricket teams despite their lack of personal success

The batting therefore depended a lot on Fildes and Darlington, and, on the whole they responded well to the responsibility Fildes, although a shaky starter, averaged nearly forty for the season — the highlight being a magnificent 96 not out against Bromsgrove, when he hit the ball hard along the ground in all directions Darlington made runs, but too often was out in the twenties after getting a solid start To be fair, he was unlucky, suffering more than one somewhat bizarre dismissal He would, however, have more luck if he were to be more positive n his approach (as he was towards the end of term) If you flash, flash hard is an old adage Of the fifth formers, Cook, Layton, Morgan, Fardon and Francisall played at least one important innings

As we did not often bat first and make a large score, Mahony's ability to buy wickets could not be used to best advantage, though he took some important ones (notably against Marling and Solihull), so the bowling work devolved upon Francis and Fildes Considering he has to bowl on a wicket which is a waste of time for a bowler of his type, and considering his youth, Francis did wel as opening bowler, moving the ball both ways and developing an effective slower ball Above all, he is accurate This, too, is Fildes merit Off about one and a half paces he scarcely bowled a loose ball and this was and s good enough for most batsmen Against Marling, they kept missing and he kept hitting Edwards and Dagg, hopefully the opening bowlers, did not develop as hoped Both bowled too many bad balls On a helpful wicket, Dagg could be quite nasty and hostile, but on a good wicket was easily plundered. The same really applied to Edwards though he bowled a better line, and there is no denying that he did win one match (against Solihull) almost on his own. Both of them have another season; perhaps they will develop the necessary control.

The fielding was patchy Most of the close catches were held, but some of the easier ones away from the bat went down Some days, the ground fielding was very good, on others it was very poor The throwing was always wayward, which made things difficult for the wicket keeper Tolley and Moseley were close to each other for this position, but Moseley won the place as he had the edge standing up to the slower bowlers A lot of school first elevens would have been happy with either

Finally, it is interesting to note that the team batted, bowled and fielded far better f they batted first This, I am sure, is the most enjoyable way to play cricket

THE 2ND XI

This year's 2nd XI was a young side, due to having lost the nucleus of last season's unbeaten team But the side still managed some good wins, and could have won more matches if chanceshad been taken when they were offered Nevertheless, even if experience was at a minimum, team spirit was not — and this served us well, notably n the tied match with Warwick when every player kept alert right up to the end of the game while Cook took 9-15

Tunkin, Dagg and Meyrick bowled consistently well, but the batting was rather erratic. All of the major batsmen showed at some time during the season that they were capable of scoring well, but only Morgan (before his promotion to the 1st XI) batted with any consistency The fielding, although not bad, could have been a great deal better, but Tolley kept wicket very well and made some fine catches and stops

As the majority of this year's team are possibilities for next year, next season could be very successful, when perhaps enthusiasm and experience can be blended together Finally, al the players would like to thank Dr Chatterjee for the time he spent with us at practices, and for his umpiring of the matches

J. R. Foley

U15 XI

Though as individually talented as last year's side, there was not the depth of talent; nevertheless the side, on the whole, did well Resultswere good and the season'swork has shown several players to have the ability to be considered next season for 1st or 2nd XI places

Perhaps outstanding among the team were Rostand and Sproson who, between them, scored runs and took wickets. Shardlow captained the XI very well but was most unfortunate with his bowling this year. He deserved much more personal success. Heinrich, and P. James scored runs consistently which gave the bowlers a target. 11was always difficult to choose an XI but by working a rota system everyone had a chance to shine.

UNDER 14 CRICKET

This was not one of the most successfulseasonsfor the Under 14 team finishing the season by winning only three of the seven matches. Although the results were rather disappointing, there was the individual talent which was displayed from time to time The battmg was dominated mainly by Mcintosh and Barker, playing entertaining innings throughout the season, backed up by fine bowling by Robson and Savage

The results were as follows: Played7, Won 3 Lost 4

G. T. Stout

BOAT CLUB

Captain: D G H Townsend Secretary: M J Downs

The last three years together make a remarkable chapter in the history of the Boat Club In 1971 a completely new crew (except for the cox, Jim Freeman) had to be formed mainly of fifth formers. It seemed doubtful whether we could maintain the standards of the preceding years, and yet, that crew came second in the Child Beale cup at Pangbourne and won the new Colts Vllls in the National Youth Championships In 1972, under their captain Jonathan Britton, the crew remained virtually unchanged and — faster than the year before was the longest surviving British crew in the Princess Elizabeth Cup at Henley This year, the crew was fully matured It was the first crew to contain seven members of the middle sixth since the mid 1960s. Although it was the fastest schoo crew at Worcester Head of the River it did not show its true form unti Hereford City Regatta where mercilessly driven by David Edwards at stroke, it beat a fast crew from Pangbourne to win Senior B eights

When the National Schools Regatta, now at Holme Pierrepoint, decided to offer an elite event, the Queen Mother's Cup, I never expected a King's crew to compete — that was something for the Etons of the world.This year King's was there along with Eton, Radley and Emanuel. One cannot boast of being third to Eton and Radley, but yet for a crew from a boat club of our size to get into that class s a remarkable achievement Later on, the captain, David Townsend, and Nigel Grainge won silver medals for double sculls n the youth section of the National Championship, a splendid performance after two weeks intensive training Success was not confined to the first VIII Our second eight won the Oswin Cup at Hereford Schoo Regatta and junior fours at Ironbridge Our colts, dedicated men, had been hampered by lack of weight so a combined eight from the colts and third VI11s was formed for the National Schools Regatta where they won the Secretaries Cup — usually the perquisite of Eton Members of this crew were also successful in fours at Hereford Schools and Llandaff

It was pleasing to see so many junior colts on the river this year They were a little late starting the season, were disappointed at Holme Pierrepoint, but consoled themselves with a good win at Vigoe

The club ventured into sculling in quite a big way, spurred on by the arriva of two new sculling boats purchased with some of the proceedings of the sponsored row At Monckton Bluefriars head of the river, Andrew Anslow and Peter Knowles won doubles, Tim Bailey, colts and Ben Booth junior colts Nigel Grainge won Junior sculls at Llandaff, but the best performance of all was by Andrew Anslow at Ironbridge He won novice sculls in a field of 32

This year our girls had their first race — a triangular fixture in which they beat Hereford Cathedral School girls but lost to a more experienced crew from Hereford Rowing club We look forward to more activity in this quarter.

It will be a hard task to maintain the same standard this year We shall miss those who have served us well for a long time. However, we do see promising oarsmen, coxes and a new coach, Mr Brian Bamford, on the way Furthermore we are looking forward to the arrival of a new eight, most generously donated to us by an anonymous parent to whom we are truly grateful

May I conclude with offering my sincere thanks to several persons who did so much to make last year successful — my fellow coaches, Tim Watson, Donald Anderton and Paul Thompson; the retiring captain, David Townsend, and also the catering staff under Mr Witherick who were particularly helpful over the Summer half-term exeat

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I like football because it is a very exciting game I think my best position is on the wing because I am quite a swift runner and quite an accurate passer The only trouble is that I am not very good at lifting the ball for the centre forward or his two partners to head it in I have played for the under elevens a few times on the left wing or at inside left The only two things I am not very good at is heading the ball or saving it in goal. I think football is more exciting than cricket unless you're bowling or batting in cricket

6^ She goes to u. _

Then shops next door.

People bump her coming

But they give no apology.

She hobbles home, her shopping done, Oown streets where no-one is about,

And goes inside her dmg\ home

And lets her wise old pussy out.

He knows what goes on in her brain, '«<-.e where things don't happenfast; •"wi her food again, ' outcast

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A MINUTE IN A FIELD

The sun was smelted high up,

The grass beneath my back was a blade

Sucked in the side of my mouth

The bees in the gorse

Hummed summer songs to me,

A bird cried a warning

As a small cloud appeared in the sky,

Slowly edging to a young man's sun,

Overlapping a little and making the heat smile,

And wrinkle, grow wiser

And be gone

In a shadow that chilled my bare arms

My sun reappeared a minute later

A lifetime in cloud had passed,

He looked older

He was wiser than I,

I'd never seen the back of alifetime cloud

He nodded, wrinkled a smile to me,

And wrote "Your life isbut aminute" inthesky

B Badger

VICHY TfclP-

EASTER ' 73

The outward journey Twenty-four of us, not counting our other supervisor, Mr P D Scandrett whom we met onthe way, left Worcester bycoach at5.20 on a dark Wednesday morning, 28th March Al went well till Dover, when things started to happen Through an error of our travel agents, unknown to us, our boat was destined to leave from Folkestone, 8 miles a way Fortunately the departure of the boat from itsrightfu port had been delayedby fog soafter our supervisor, Mr Points, had exercised his charm, a 'clapped-out coach arrived to take us to Folkestone intime to catch theboat and make a rough Channel crossing We caught atrain from Calais to Paris, arriving late at our hote at8.30 p m due to the delay over crossing the Channel

In Paris more confusion arose over the location of the restaurant It eventually turned out to be something resembling aWimpy bar. By the time we'd finished gorging ourselves it was so late that we couldn't doany sightseeing that evening We sauntered back to the hotel, being waylaid onthe way bythe small attractions of a small cafe We tumbled into bed at 11 p.m only to rise the next morning at7.0 a.m for a day of sightseeing in Paris We first went to Notre Dame and went upone of the towers Then wetook the Metro under the Seine as near as we could to the Eiffe Tower, where we took thelift up, only to the second stage as the third was closed for repairs Then came a long saunter down to Napoleon's tomb in the Invalides The rest of the day passed pleasantly and weeventually arrived at the Gare de Lyon where the train took us to Vichy

The journey to Vichy was reasonably good and quiet At 11 p m after a four hour journey wearrived inVichy and dispersed with our various families. Some impressions during thestay, activities during the twoand ahalf weeks in Vichyincluded avisit to the circus, football and rugby matches, afair, the swimming pool, a tremendous basket-bal match, which Vichy lost 87-86, atrip to Toulon onthe south coast and to Le Mont-Dore inthe mountains, notall that farfrom Vichy On the way wecalled in at St. Nectaire, famous for itscheese, which has been made inthe same way for hundreds of years, I was told

At Le Mont-Dore we first stopped foranother of those huge French lunches, then we hired some boots and went to the cable-car post In this, wewent upalmost to the top, with a crowd of skiers, and tramped around inthe snow up there. Then wecame down again, with drops of hundreds of feet below us, and we were off to a field onthe side of the mountain, where you could hire motorised toboggans, which reached speeds of the equivalent of 30 m.p.h Wereturned late, butit was certainly worth the travelling Return journey At9.15 a m onTuesday 24th April, Vichy breathed asigh of relief at the departure of our party on itsreturn journey to England With tears of sorrow and frustration we claimed our reserved seats and were off on the four-hour haul to Paris. n Pariswe disembarked to meet our friendly (female!) guide foran unforgettable coach tour of Paris Les Invalides, La Tour Eiffel, les Champs-Elysees, all flashed bywith great rapidity andall were explained inasuitably Anglo-French (female) voice Arriving at the Skyways Terminal, we again disembarked before setting off again for BeauvaisAirport The aircraft was disappointingly small and noisy, but in half an hour we reached Ashford Airport, to an absolutely superb British meal of sausagesand chips! This before leaving inour coachfor the final stage of our journey home And so, worse forwear, at3 a m wereached Worcester, to be greeted byjaded parents at the end to a fantastic visit to France It only remained to look forward to the visit of the Vichy boys themselves from July 11 th to 29th which formost, if notquite all of our group, went very wel — and also of course, to look forward to Vichy1974

F N Robertson, S M Ryan, G M M Scott, K W Stokes and G.N.L

ABOUND THE SCHOOL IN THESUMMER TERM

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

For some time now the increases n the cost of publishing and posting the Vigornian magazine have given great concern to the Committee, and after much thought t has been decided that all members with over 15 years membership be asked to contribute £4.00 to help cover these increased costs This amount will, in fact, bring their original subscription in line with that of present day members

Members who do not wish to meet this request will receive the Re-union circulars only in future and not the Vigornian magazine.

The Committee regrets this decision had to be made and sincerely hopes that all members will endeavour to make this contribution

A form for this will be included in each circular

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

FRIDAY MA Y 17th 1974 - ANNUAL BALL IN COLLEGE HALL

SATURDAY MAY 18th 1974 - O. V. CRICKET MATCH v. THE SCHOOL

(It is hoped to arrange an informal dinner again this year)

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21st 1974 - A.G.M

Lady Guests Reception

O.V. Club Annual Re-union Dinner n College Hall.

Lady Guests to be invited.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd 1974 - A Service in the Cathedral

Mrs Annett At Home

Although there were some doubts about the new arrangements for the re-union, I think al who attended agreed it was a most successful venture

The Ball, again, was enjoyed by nearly two hundred people, and was an undoubted success Despite the death of his Father, Chris Blackman (62/66) coped admirably with the Buffet Supper The Committee appreciate the co-operation he gives them

For the first time, this year lady guests were invited to our Annual Re-union Dinner in College Hall, and it was very gratifying to the Committee that a record attendance of 170 O.V's and guests were present

Much of the credit for this successfulevening must go to the Young O.V's who spent time and energy in contacting their contemporaries to ensure they turned up to make it a truly memorable re-union Now that girls who are leaving the Schoolwill be eligible for membership of the Club it is hoped that our numbers will be even greater in 1974

In the past few years unfortunately the University Letters in the Magazine have ceased, and, as I fee they were such an important and interesting link between the old boys and the School, I should be most grateful to hear from anyone who would be prepared to start one in their particular University

Your attention is drawn to the fact that there is in existence an O.V Bursary Account which was set up to assist with the fees for sons of O.V's in cases of hardship Any such cases should be referred to the Secretary

Finally, congratulations to al who have obtained their degrees or admission to Universities or Collegesof Higher Education We wish them well as they embark on their future

OLD VIGORNIAN GOLF CLUB

Once more, this year, the Old Vigornian Golf Club restricted its activities only to sending a team of six to the Grafton Morrish Trophy qualifying round at Olton Golf Club in June We missed qualifying, but were top of the non-qualifiers, and, as t happened, could have gone on to the Final as one qualifying School fell out Unfortunately I was not given enough notice to raise a side

However, with the success of Simon Pimley in reaching the final of the West of England Championship and another top class golfer in Tim Roberts, I hope for better things in future years and, particularly, I hope it will encourage more Old Vigornians to join the Golf Club and make it worthwhile holding a Spring and Autumn Meeting

J.H.F

THE OLD VIGORNIANS CRICKET CLUB

When this report is complete and ready for the Editor one feels, indeed knows, that the same hand has written almost the same words many times before Fortunately the audience does tend to change rather quickly

The point s of course that one club cricket season isvery much the same as the previous one Perhaps a few more fixtures may have been won or lost, but basically it sa story of friendships renewed and of the indefinable majesty of cricket, a game which when played properly becomes rather more than just an ordinary game

A particularly strong feature of our season is the comparatively large number of 0 V's who visit the New Road ground, either to play or watch Several travel from distant parts of the country and this does pose the question of why they think t worthwhile The general bonhomie of O.V's and the magnificent setting of the ground are the two obvious reasons, and for the latter we are indebted to the Headmaster and Governors for allowing us to use what is basically a fine ground.

A crippling increase in our ground costs nearly caused another deficit in our accounts, but the O.V. Club has been kind enough to come to the rescue with a substantial grant, and this should keep us solvent unless costs continue to rise It iswith mixed feelings that we realise that the cricket matches are now the sole surviving summer contests with the School; all other events previously organised by the O.V Club having lapsed through lack of support Despite some thoughts to the contrary, one reason for this s the blending of loca and distant Old Vigornians; an arrangement which has worked well for many years, even though very few travelling O.V's make the journey on more than two occasions However, times are chaning and we understand that details of an interesting new arrangement will be announced before next season

Despite a spectacular sequence of eight wins in nine matches over the cricket week period the first eleven was always struggling to score runs Lack of net practice both before and during the season, and the inability of several batsmen to adjust the height of their bats during strokeplay were both contributory factors, and it is hoped that both weaknesses wil be remedied in 1974.

In the absenceof averages it wil suffice to say that Andrew Judd, Alec Mackie and Colin Gray were the most reliable batsmen, while John Haywood and Michael Southall (in a most successfulfirst seasonas club Captain) were the leading wicket takers

The second eleven kept going strongly, but only because of a keen band of schoolboys, assisted by members of the Staff and an occasionalO.V The continuance of this eleven is vita to the club, and one would suggest that everyone concerned derives great benefit

John Haywood and John Potter added to their respective duties of Chairman and Treasurer by running a most excellent bar and this was a major contribution to our stability as a club

Our cricket teas are still a feature of home matches and we are most grateful to the Ladies of the club for this continuing privilege

Students of the unusual n sport, and perhaps those who just enjoy reading about the discomforture of our opponents, will certainly relish the following story taken from our away game with the Old Elizabethans We began the match with eleven fit and able O.V's, perhaps in itself unusual, and lost the captain with a badly cut hand while the game was still in a relatively fluid state. Within minutes the 0. E. substitute fielder picked up two fine catches, and the match had started to move our way. At this point our wicket keeper retired with a bruised hand, and the resultant substitute fielder (another O.V of course) also held two catches n a short space of time; both of which were most difficult It is perhaps unnecessary to state that we won the game easily, with Peter Bourne scoring most of the runs

Naturally we are hoping for continuing good fortune next season

W F Jones

BIRTHS

BARLOW D (Ch.58/64) a son (Christopher) on 9th April 1973 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, Herts

RANDLE C E (56/62) a daughter on 9th August 1973

POTTER M.J (Cr.51/58) and Ann, on 29th September 1973,a daughter, Helen Louise Zoe

ENGAGEMENTS

GREGORY D J H (Sc.54/58) to Miss Pat Mitchell of Langley Mill, Derbys, who is a journalist on the Derby Evening Telegraph

MARRIAGES

BARLOW F C (56/67) to Susan Gould, SRN,ONC, of Orpington, Kent, on June 16th 1973

BASTIN M. L. (60/68) to Miss Susan Finlay on 30th June 1973.

CARR M B N (57/62) to Miss P J Waite of Oadby, Leics on 28th May 1973

LEEMAN B N T (C.59/64) to B Trilas Matesha on 16th January 1973 at the Area Commissioner's Office, Arusha, Tanzania

NASH P A (Cr.65/70) to Miss Barbara Soul in June 1972

SEABRIGHT D E (55/64) to Miss Ann Elizabeth Evans in August 1972

BENTALLA J (Cr 58/64) on August 31st 1973 to Miss Mary Cutting of Bramerton, Norwich.

WATKINSD. A. (68/70) to Miss A. Hazlehurst on August 18th 1973.

YOUNG M (57/67) to Miss Jennifer Tully at Morpeth, n July 1973

ROBERTSONJ. G. (Ca. 52/61) to Miss P. A. Sealey on September 8th 1973 at Alvechurch Parish Church Now living at Fernhill Heath

DEATHS

CAVENAGH Brig T F., O.B.E., M.C., (04/09) on August 25th 1973

HAWKINS Rev. E. M. (07/12) in June 1973.

HUGHES, J S (23/28) of the Old Vicarage, Astley, Shrewsbury, suddenly on 1st March 1973

HOUGHTON, K P (64/69) as a result of a road accident on 28th August 1973

RABJOHNS P.D (21/29) in an air crash 1973

O.V NEWS

ASHMORE D C (H.61/65) Is now running a new company which has been formed jointly between London and South African interests, the main function being international trading n steel and chemicals Is to marry a Scottish girl in England in January 1974

ALLEN C J W (Cr.53/61) Has been called to the Bar by the Inner Temple

ANSLOW A C (H.63/73) Joined R.M.A Sandhurst n September

BOYLE N (Cr.54/63) Now Director of Studies n Modern Languages for Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Girton College Was made an official Fellow of Magdalene n 1972 Looks forward to seeing hordes of O.V.s applying to read Modern Languages at Magdalene

BARLOW D (Chap.58/64) Now working as Branch Manager with Bovril Ltd in Enfield, Middx.

BARLOW F. C. (W.57/67) Qualified as Chartered Surveyor and now a partner n a firm of property consultants in North Somerset. Still playing Rugby.

BASTIN M L (60/68) Now working as an architectura technician

BURKE Capt.W S D (Sc.60/65) Serving with Royal Irish Rangers in N Ireland and has recently completed a six month tour with the U.N in Cyprus Eight more months to do in N Ireland — then — heaven knows where!

BRADBEAR R. (Cr.66/68) Has graduated M.B., Ch.B.from Birmingham and s working at Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge with his wife who has also recently graduated

BODDINGTON M. A. B. (53/58) Left Lectureship in London University (Wye College) to start private consultancy business in Rural Planning Rural Planning Servicesset up in Summer 1971 now is extremely busy with three full-time staff and Secretary, three part-time staff and has about ten sub-consultants working on various projects Is living in Chiltern Woods near Henley and has offices in Oxford Is frequently in touch with Barney Holbeche who handles this type of work for the National Farmers' Union

BROOK M (Ca.63/67) Is a fifth year Medica Student in Manchester

BARLOW D (58/64) Transferred to Export Dept with responsibility for Bovril's Far East operations Is making a trip to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia during Autumn 1973

BROOK G. (Ca.64/69) Medical Student at Leeds and has recently become engaged.

BENTALL A J (Cr.58/64) Is now living in Guildford where he is a Senior English Master at Lancsborough Preparatory School

BAX N (Sc.56/66) B.Sc Hons in Pharmacology 1969 Captain Guy's Hospital Boat Club 69/70 Editor of Guy's Hospital Gazette 70/71 L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S January 1972 M.B., B.S. May 1972. Preregistration House Officer appointments at Guy's Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital, Guildford Now on three-year S H.O./Registrar postgraduate rotation in Medicine at Royal Infirmary, Sheffield.

BURNS F D A (42/50) After leaving Hertford College in 1956 taught at King Edward's Sheffield for six years, then Dudley College of Education Since 1968 has been Head of English at Newman College, Birmingham He has gained two more degrees—M.A (1960) and Ph.D (1970) (for work on William Shenstoneof Halesowen)

CLULEY N A (Choir 60/67) Still teaching at Solihull School Appointed Master i/c Rugby March 1973

CARR M.B.N (57/62) Is now living in Windhoek, S W Africa, and practising as a Chartered Accountant

CROFTS P (Cr./67) Has qualified from Birmingham and is now at the General Hospital, Dudley.

CLAXTON Dr M R J (Chap.48/56) Is now established in private medical practice in Hobart —capital city of the state of Tasmania, Australia Is living in Taroona —a garden suburb six miles south of Hobart on estuary of River Derwent, with his wife Anne and children — Elizabeth aged 9 and Richard, 6, who attend a private school run by the Quakers called "The Friends School", with over 1,000 pupils Is similar to King's School in many ways but is co-ed! His practice, a partnership of three, is partly in anaesthetics and partly Genera Practice and includes sessionsat the Roya Hobart Hospital —Teaching Hospital for the University of Tasmania Medical School He would like to hear from any O.V.s in Australia and any visiting or living in Tasmania will be made most welcome.

COULTER S R (Sc.61/66) Graduated n 1970 and s now a Chartered Town Planner employed by Worcestershire County Council as Deputy Area Officer for North and Northwest Worcestershire Hewas elected to membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute in 1973 and in anticipation of being a victim of the impending Local Government reorganisation has accepted a post with the new Wyre Forest District Council He expects to take up his duties n April and would welcome visits from any O.V.s

CREWE B (Ca.62/67) Is now managing a large farm in Pembrokeshire

COMYN J A (Sc.59/66) Graduated from Imperia College n 1969 with Hons, n Chemica Engineering. Joined Unilever on the production sphere and at present is a Production Manager with Van der Burghs and Jorgens Ltd., a subsidiary of Unilevers Is playing hockey still with Tulse Hill H.C. and also cricket.

DOWN IE Dr J M (Cr.52/61) After leaving King's worked at the then British Nylon Spinners for two years before going to Aston University to study Chemical Engineering where he gained an Hons Remained at Aston to carry out research in the field of Biochemical Engineering and was awarded a Ph.D. Left Aston in 1970 and is now employed by the British Gas Corporation in the Researchand Development Section at Solihull Married n 1966 and has one son born in February 1972

DYKE F S (Sc 1896/1900) He and his wife have recently celebrated their Diamond Wedding —they have four sons, fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren Unfortunately none of them are continuing the tradition of entering his old Schoo of which he holds great affection He entered the School in 1896 as a King's Scholar in the last term of Rev Bolland, and he remembers with great affection and admiration the late Rev Chappell He was Editor of the Vigornian Magazine in 1898 and 1899 He first started rowing at Worcester and stroked the School Four in the annual race against Hereford which they won for the first time n 1898 He was Captain of Boats the following year He won an individual cup for the Grand Challenge Race at Durham regatta n 1904. Stroked the Canadian Army Eight at Henley Roya Peace Regatta in 1919 and also the Parshing Inter-Allied Games in Paris in connection with the French Peace celebrations Is now living in Oak Bay, Victoria, Canada

DRISKELLM B (C.60/67) Is on the staff of the School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London

DAYA J (H 06/14) Is now Vicar of Measham, Leics

DANIELS E L (Cr.46/56) Continues asa pastor at Arnold Road Baptist Church, Beswood, Nottingham Made overland trip from Vienna, Austria, to Pakistan in October 1972 driving a Land Rover through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan to deliver to missionaries in the N.W Frontier district of Pakistan Arranged a church party visit to France in July visiting missionary centres in Central France

EVANS The Very Rev S J A (08/12) Has recently resigned from the Deanery of Gloucester and is now living at the Old Manor, Fulborne, Cambridge

GREGORY D J H (Sc.50/58) Graduated from the Nationa College of Food Technology (Reading University) in 1963 Joined Unigate Foods until 1966 and now works for the Milk Marketing Board as Creamery Manager for their most modern plant at Alf reton, Derby For the last three years he has restored a listed Georgian building which now makes a very pleasant retreat in the Derbyshire Hills. He would be very pleased to hear from any of his contemporaries who may be in the area

GARDEN T (Sc.52/62) Is now instructing new pilots in the R.A.F at a basic flying training school in Yorkshire His students spend a year on the course, flying Jet Provost and leave with their 'Wings' He has recently been promoted to Squadron Leader

HARVEY G. R. A. (C.50/53) He s the principal of the firm of Chartered Surveyors, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Hehassix branches in Temple St. Birmingham, Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Great Barr and Alcester The name of the firm is Temple & Co., and he would be most happy to assist any School leavers who would be interested in making a career in the profession He was married in 1969 to Miss Jane Taylor and they have a daugter, Sarah Anne, born in October 1971

HOLDEN N H (Sc.50/58) A Director of Chemical Service Laboratories, Wellington, New Zealand, since 1971. He toured Australia with N.Z. Rifle Team in October 1972. Would be interested to hear from any O.V s contemplating visiting or emigrating to N.Z

HASTIE I. F. (Ca.47/55) After spending four years n India is now living in Leicestershire with his wife and two small daughters Is production manager at the Polymer Engineering Division of Dunlop Ltd. in Leicester.

HOWELL D T (Sc.56/61) After five years with a London firm of Management Consultants, he has now moved to Rugby to work for G E C Turbine Generators Ltd

JOESBURYR (Ca.64/68) Is a Dental Student at Sheffield Still p/aying Rugger

JACKSON P H (Lt.-Col.) (Sc.26/30) Grand Challenge Cup Henley Roya Regatta 1933 and 1938 Wingfield Sculls (Amateur Sculling Championship of the Thames) 1935/6/8 Olympic Silver Medal (Coxless Fours) Berlin 1936 Empire Games Gold Medal VI Ms Australia 1938 Commanded 10th Royal Hussars (PWO) 1956/59 Keen horseman, having competed at Badminton, White City, Wembley and represented the British Army of the Rhine on many occasions in Europe and the U K Married Diana, daughter of Lt.-Col S H Hingley (Middx Regt.) and has one son and one daughter

JAMESON A L (Cr.51/58) Married with two children and now working as Lecturer in Russian Language and Linguistics at the University of Lancaster Asks "When is the second most important language in the world going to be taught at King's School?" Has been twice to the University of Moscow on linguistic research and spent three years teaching and developing a new degree at Portsmouth Polytechnic in Russian studies Interested in educationa technology and resources and runs a Resource Centre for the Association of Teachers of Russian

JONES N (49/55) Moved into the North Notts, area with his company, R H.M., covering Yorks, Lines, and Notts., and is stil involved on the sales side of the business

KNIGHT R D At the close of the summer term 1973, Mr and Mrs Richard Knight left The Hostel, but not the School From January 1974 they will always be At Home to any Old Vigomians, at No 17 Britannia Square, Worcester Mr Knight is taking a Sabbatical Term off his duties as continuing Head of Mathematics Deparment and Second Master For mail—17 Britannia Square

LEEMAN B N T (Ca.52/64) Has returned to England after five years meandering in all parts of Africa He hopes to continue with linguistic research but is at present writing a book on the Lesotho coup and its aftermath

LISTER J (25/35) Has now been appointed the Provost of Wakefield

LAMBERT M (H.60/67) Is now medical Houseman at the Wharncliffe Hospital, Sheffield

MAXTON J IC.48/50) Now working with Dowty Meco Ltd., Worcester

MOORE S. M. (38/42) Following six years on the North Cotswold R.D.C. was elected to the new Cotswold District Council as an Independant

NASH P A (Cr.65/70) After a short spell in Accountancy he transferred to the computer dept of Cadbury Schweppes Ltd Later he began computer programming with the same company

NEfcDHAM E (Ch.48/57) In 1972 was promoted to Film Operations Manager, B.B.C Film Unit, Television Film Studios, Ealing, and since that time has been looking after the deploy ment of film crews al over the world to shoot film for BBC Television His current responsibility involves looking after all the film requirements for the programmes Nationwide and Wheelbase His brother David is now looking after the overseas account of B B C Television Enterprises and is based at Ealing

PROCTOR J.L. (C.46/57) Is married with a two-year-old son and working for an Architect n Tonbridge

PARDOE R (Cr.60/65) Is a G.P near Doncaster Although very busy he finds time to play rugby and improve his golf handicap

PANTRIDGE M B (Choir61/65) Now married and living in Redditch Working with CocaCola as Sales Promotion Manager and a recently qualified member of the I nstitute of Marketing

PRICE A (Cr.55/63) Recently left Coca-Cola and has gone to Australia with his wife and daughter where he has taken a position with a Gaming Machine Company

ROBERTS W (Cr.56/66) Won a scholarship at New College, Oxford in 1967 and has now been appointed Third Secretary at the British Embassy in Rome After gaining an Hons Degree in French and Italian at Oxford n 1970 he went to Lancaster University where he gained an M.A n International Politics He entered the Diplomatic Service in 1971

ROWLING M (H.52/58) Continuing to expand Culworth Engineering with the business centred mainly around the agricultural repair trade

RANDLE C E (Sc.56/62) Appointed Managing Director of A J Morgan Engineering Ltd

REYNOLDS J D (35/39) Retired from the Army in 1970 and is now the Administrator at Shenstone New College (Teacher Training) at Bromsgrove Also County Commandant Army Cadet Force (Any energetic young O.V.s interested in becoming officers n Worcs A.C.F would be welcomed with glee.)

SURMAN A E (Cr.56/65) Is a computer programmer with Cadbury Schweppes Ltd

SIMPSON A J (W.61/68) Was awarded a B.Sc in Microbiology at Liverpool n July 1972 and after a short spell of temporary work as a nursing assistant at Powick Hospital, s now working at the Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, as Assistant Quality Controller for the Biological Reagents Division

SEABRIGHTD E (55/64) Is now a Chartered Accountant with a Bristol firm and his wife is training to be a Dental Surgeon at Bristol University

SANKEY E. W. (S.33/36) Has now left private practice as a Solicitor, having been appointed Chairman of VAT Tribunals for England and Wales

THAWLEY D L (Sc.38/42) has been appointed Dean of Warragaratta, Australia

TAYLOR N (Ca.63/67) Now running the P E Dept in a large Comprehensive School in Clifton, Bristol

VAN RYSSEN I (Sc.47/52) Is now working as a Management Consultant and travels around the country in general and the Southwest in particular

WOLF-PHI LLI PS L. A. (Cr.40/46) Was very glad to visit the School in 1972 to adddress the Vlth form and lay some of the myths about the L S E where he has been teaching political science and law for the past fifteen years. As in 1972, in 1973 he will be acting as Director of an International Summer Schoo n Comparative Government which will trave between London, Paris, Moscow, Leningrad, Warsaw, Geneva. The students are young Americans and t seems to be a worthwhile and positive exercise in internationa understanding

WHITE R. J. (Choir 53/60) After completing his degree at Manchester University in 1963 he took a D Phil at the University of Oxford where he carried on to do severa years postdoctora research in the Biochemistry Dept. Since 1969 he has been working with Lepetit in their Antibiotic Research Group at Milan He is married with two children and lives at Como n the Italian Lake District. Will always be happy to see any O.V.s.

WILLIAMS Dr K S (Chap.54/59) Is Assistant Chairman of the Dept of Mathematics, Carleton University, Ottowa and will be spending the latter half of 1973 on sabbatical leave at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

WRIGLEY (Sc.48/52) Has been working in South Africa for two years and now returned to London, I s n the marketing of engineering products and has made 120 flights n the last seven years Is married with two daughters

WILLIAMS Bishop Anthony L. E. (07/11) Published his memoirs ('From A to B') last year and the book is selling well He recently had a motoring holiday in S.W France covering some 2,500 miles.

WATKINS D A (68/70) Has gained a degree in Politics from Lancaster University

YOUNG M (Ca.57/67) Obtained Ph.D and has been appointed a lectureship in Zoology at Aberdeen University

MANN R (Cr.56/64) Having worked as a town planner in Leicestershire is now going to Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College) to read Theology, with a view to ordination n the Diocese of Worcester

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