December 1972
THE
TARANAKIA N -
THE T ARAN AI(IAN
The Magazine of the New Plymouth Boys' High School
Vol. 61 December,
No. 1 1972
Contents ..
Page 3
New Plymouth Boys' High School BLAZER AWARDS 1972
21
CADET BATTALION
58
BOARD Of GOVERNORS
Astronomy
61
W. M. SPEDDING , Esq. (Chairman)
Ch alet Classroom
61
J. S. PUTT, Esq . (Deputy Chairman)
Ch ess
61
Debating
61
Drama
61
ESTABLISHED 1882
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES-
Film
62
Club
Interact
63
Library
63
Music
63
Parent-Teac her Association Student
Christian
Movement
64
65
Whistle EXAMINATION
64
RESULTS 1971
FEES AND TERMS 1973
20 70
OBITUARY
10
OLD BOYS' SECTION
67
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
47
1971
18
REALISATION- THE NEW BUILDING
11
PRIZE
GIVING
SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS
8
SPORTSAthl et ics Cri cket
22 25 25
Gymnastics
28
Hockey
29
Bad minton and Table Tennis
Indoor Basketball
29
Life-Saving
31
Rowing
31
Rugby
32
Ski-ing
39
Soccer
39
Softball Steeplechase .
41 42
Swimming
43
Tennis
45
Tramping
45
Voll eyba ll
~5
STAFF CHANGES
9
Mrs . D. FOSTER
D. V. MILES , Esq .
Mrs. I. P. GREIG
A. M . MOSS, Esq.
A. W. LANDER, Esq .
L. M . MOSS, Esq.
D. J. LITTLE, Esq .
0 . G. SOLE , Esq .
A. 0. MASTERS , Esq. Secretary and Treasurer: W. A. CONNOR
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STAH Headmaster: G. R. CRAMOND, M.A. (Hons.) Deputy Headmaster: J. A. CLOUSTON, A .I.A.A.E.
J. S. Hatherly, M.A. (N.Z.). Dip . Ed . (London). Cert. L'lnstitut de Phonetique R. E. R. Penney, E.D., B.A., Dip. Ed. P. C. Huggett, Adv. Tr . Cert. (Engineering) R. S. Watson, E.D ., M .I.N.Z .M.I. , Adv. Tr. Cert. R. W . Baunton, M.A. (Hons.), Dip Tchg. (History) E. M. Meuli, B.A., Dip. Tchg. W. R. Halliburton, B.A. , Dip. Ed. , Dip . Tchg. (English) R. G. Sinclair, A .N.Z.I.A., A.I.A.S., H.N.C. M. C. Carroll, Tchrs. Cert., A .S.P.E. (Careers) 0. J. Oats, B.Sc ., A .N.Z.I.C . B. H. Barnitt, M.Sc. (Hons .) E. J. Jennings , Dip. Tchg . L. V. Giddy, Adv. Tr. Cert. , Tchrs . Cert. (Woodwork) N. G. Wright, Tchrs . Cert. (Remedial Groups) D. F. H. Gush, Adv. Tr . Cert. , Higher Tech . Tchrs. Cert. , Met. Tchrs . Cert. J. D. Whelan, P.M .G. Cert. (London) E. J. Abraham, D.F.C. , Dip. Tchg. (Social Studies) L. R. Bublitz, B.Sc . (Hons.). Dip. Tchg. (Biology) W . J. Morton, A.C .A. (Commerce) B. E. Rattray, Tchrs. Cert. (Phys. Ed.) R. E. Brine , B.Sc ., Dip . Tchg . (Mathematics) T. I. Gibbs, L.T.C.L., C.M.T. (Music) T. P. Kreisler, Dip. F.A. (Hons.). Dip. Tchg., M.N.Z.S .S.P. (Art) D. J. Mossop, B.Sc. (Hons .). Dip. Tchg. D. R. Ranger, Tchrs . Cert. H. R. Lenk, M.A. (N.Z.). Ph.D. (Vienna) (Languages) A. L. Anker, Tchrs . Cert. W. D. R. Currey, Tchrs. Cert. M . Dobson , Adv. Tr . Cert. J. A . Fulcher, B.Sc., N.D.A . B. J. Hurle, B.E ., B.Sc. , A .T.C .L. (Science)
W. D. H. de Zeeuw, B.A. (Hons .) (Trinity College, Dublin). H. Dip . Ed . D. H. Bennett, M.A., Dip . Tchg. E. S. Allison, O.M. (Vietnam). Dip. Tchg . R. D. Green, B.Sc. , Dip . Tchg . R. Neatherway, Adv . Tr . Cert., Tchrs. Cert. D. J. Borland A . J. Tracey, B.Ed. (Hons.) (Reading) G. E. Mulliner, B.A. (Fresno State). Tchrs. Cert. Mrs. D. M. Baylee, Tchrs . Cert. (Part-tim e) Mrs. P. S. Steven, M.A. (Hons.) (Part-time) A . W. Rogers, L.-R.S.M., L.T.C.L. (Part-time) K. Burton, F.T.C.L., L.R.S.M. (Part-time) Mrs. S. Dungan , L.R.S.M. (Part-tim e) K. J. Crawford, M.A. (Hons .) I. D. Francis, B.Sc. (Hons.) T. H. Sargent, B.A. , Dip. Ed., Tchrs. Cert., Cert. Soc. St. Mrs . F. Conquest, M.N.Z.S.P. (Part-time) A. C. Hart, B.Sc . (Bristol). P.G.C.E. (B ath) Library Assistant: Mrs. W. F. McLaughlin Headmaster's Secretary: Mrs. B. L. Willi ams. Assistant Secretaries: Mrs. J. Hall , Mrs. M. Connett M<~trons:
Mrs. R. Fernee (Supervising). Mrs. R. Burgh am, Mrs. P. Mackintosh .
Caretaker: L. W. Nials Carpenter: D. Bishop Groundsmen: S. Revell, C. Looney, N. Giddy ChaplainsAnglican : The Ven. Archdeacon G. A. Butt, L.Th . Methodist: The Rev . W. R. Francis , B.A ., B.O. Presbyterian: The Rev. W. T. Woods , B.A. Catholic: The Rev . Father D. M. Orange.
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from the Headmaster New Plymouth Boys' High School has been founded for ninety years and in that long spell of time it has had but five Headmasters. In this, my first year as Headmaster, I inherit control of a School with proud traditions and redoubtable achievements in all fields of endeavour. This is a school with a magnificent setting, expansive grounds and all manner of facilities. In all that surrounds me are reflected the wisdom and foresight of my predecessors and their devoted efforts in association with staff members and boys of the School. But progress and change are very much part of education today. The most obvious indications of change are in the physical sense as displayed in the completion and occupation of the Hall and the Alexander Block or in the establishment of Taranaki Polytechnic as a separate entity in the tertiary field. For staff members the changes in subject content or in the subjects offered, in the methods of presentation and evaluation, in all aspects of organisation and control are most apparent. Constant review and e x perimentation are needed and undertaken. This keeping abreast of educational trends and change places heavy demands on staff members individually and collecti vely and I am fully appreciative of the efforts of my colleagues . For the boys, influenced as they are by their environment and limited e x perience, the advances made may be less perceptible. Progress always appears slow to those who are eager and enthusiastic, but in all respects the education of the pupils today is in advance and broader in concept when compared with that of those who have gone before. The aim of the School is to educate young men to take their place in the society of today and tomorrow . For this to be achieved all of us who are members of the School community must give of our best as individuals, constantly striving to better our attainment and our contribution in all spheres, academic, physical , cultural and social. I trust that we, and those to follow us , can and shall work together, exercising self-discipline and concern for others, to make this a better place in which to live.
, ,G. R., CRAMOND, M .A. (Hons.) Headmaster 1972
P. M. MEULI Head Boy
D. V. HANNAH Deputy Head Boy and Head Boarder
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PREFECTS
Back: H. R. Phillips , W. Hill , D. R. Buxto n, J. A. Barden, M . E. Cle arwater , C. R. C. Vernon, R. D. Mackay.
Middle: B. J. Newton, J. F. Markland, C. J. Ridland, S. J . J. Moss, I. M . Hodd er, H. D. Marks . Front: I. M . Urquhart , H. W. Rauputu , D. V. Hannah , P. M. Meuli (Head Boy). G. K. Shearer, P. J. Brooky, C. J. Bromley. Absent: R. W. Bott, N. S. Johnston, 0 . M . King , T. V. Penn , V. P. Rowe , V. P. Te Mata.
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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS Head Boy: P. M. Meuli.
COMMITTEES AND MASTERS-IN-CHARGE
Deputy Head Boy and Head Boarder: D. V. Hannah .
Astronomy: Mr. Whelan, Mr. Gush, Mr. Oats .
Prefects: J. A. Barden, R. W. Bott, C. J. Bromley, P. J. Brooky, D. R. Buxton, M. E. Clearwater, W. Hill , 1. M. Hodder , N. S. Johnston, 0. M. King, R. D. Mackay, J. F. Markland, H. D. Marks , S. J. J. Moss, B. J. Newton , T. V. Penn, H. R. Phillips , H. W. Rauputu , C. J. Ridland, V. P. Rowe , G. K. Shearer, V. P. Te Mata , I. M. Urquhart, C. R. Vernon.
Athletics: Mr. Currey. Badminton and Table Tennis: Mr. Rattray . Cadets: Mr. Carroll . Careers: Mr. Carroll.
CENTRAL (White). Housemaster: Mr. W. R. Halliburton. Assistant Housemasters: Messrs . R. W . Baunton, D. H. Bennett, M. C. Carroll, T. I. Gibbs , T. P. Kreisler, 0 . J. Oats, A. G. Sinclair. Head Boy: I. M . Urquhart. Prefects: T. V. Penn, C. R. Vernon . EAST (Scarlet). Housemaster: Mr. R. E. Brine. Assistant Housemasters: Messrs . A . L. Anker, B. H. Barnitt, W . D. R. Currey, M . Dobson , J. A. Fulcher, R. D. Green, R. S. Watson, J. D. Whelan. Head Boy: C. J. Bromley. Prefects: J. A . Barden, D. R. Buxton, W. Hill , 1. M . Hodder. N. S. Johnston, R. D. Mackay , V. P. Rowe, V. P. Te Mata .
Debating: Mr. Tracey. Drama: Mr. Whelan . Film Club: Mr. Kreisler . Gymnastics: Mr. Rattray. Hockey: Mr. Green . Indoor Basketball: Mr. Rattray . Interact: H. D. Marks. Library: Mrs . Steven . Life-Saving: Mr. Rattray . Music: Mr. Gibbs . Philately: Mr. Watson . Photography: Mr. Oats, Mr. Bublitz . Pound: Mr. Abraham .
WEST (Red and White). Housemaster: Mr. L. V. Giddy. Assistant Housemasters: Messrs. E. J. Abraham, E. S. Allison, D. F. H. Gush, B. J. Hurle , H. R. Lenk, E. M . Meuli, R. Neatherway. Head Boy: P. M . Meuli. Prefects: M . E. Clearwater, H. D. Marks, C. J. Ridland .
Rowing: Mr. Sargent. Rugby: Mr. Bennett. S.C.M. Mr. Barnitt. Shooting: Mr. Oats , Mr. Jennings. Soccer: Mr. Wright . Softball: Mr. Mulliner.
BOARDING HOUSES
Stationery: Mr. Morton .
CARRINGTON (Blue). Housemaster: Mr. W . D. H. de Zeeuw. Assistant Housemasters: Messrs. K. J. Crawford. G. E. Mulliner, T. H. Sargent. Head Boy: S. J. J. Moss. Prefects: T. J. Baty, A. W. Bott, A. G. Dick , A. B. Foy, K. S. Glennie, P. L. Horrocks, P. D. Lockwood, A. B. Middleton, G. D. Simons, D. S. Willis.
Swimming: Mr. Rattray . "Taranakian": Mr. Halliburton, Mr. Bublitz, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Giddy, Mr. Jennings.
MOVES (Maroon). Housemaster: Mr. W. J. Morton. Assistant Housemasters: Messrs. L. K. Denton, B. F. Kennedy . Head Boy: P. J. Brooky. Prefects: W. B. Armstrong, H. P. Clark, J. R. P. Kay, S. M. Lepper, A. J. Murray, B. J. Newton , G. S. Percival , E. W. Taylor, R. P. Vink .
Tramping: Mr. Morton .
PRIDHAM (Green) . Housemaster: Mr. D. J. Mossop . Assistant Housemasters: Messrs. D. J. Borland , I. D. Francis. Head Boy: G. K. Shearer. Prefects: C. J. Bayly, B. M. Cawthray, D. A. J. Cooper, C. G. Hone , G. L. McMillan, R. J. Pyselman. D. N. Strawbridge , L. W. Stallard , W . H. Sutton, H. J. Webber. NIGER. Housemaster: Mr. B. E. Rattray. Assistant Housemaster: Mr . A. J. Tracey. Head Boy: H. W . Rauputu. Prefects: G. F. Douglas, R. J. McCaughan , J. F. Markland, H. R. Phillips. ANNEXE. Master-in-Charge: Mr. J. S. Hatherly. Prefect: J. R. P. Kay .
In his address at the senior prize-giving this year , the Headmaster commented on the fact that, for the first time in many years, there had been no losses of staff during the year . Between the end of 1971 and the beginning of 1972, however, there were a number of changes not recorded in our last issue. The opening of the Taranaki Polytechnic as a separate institution meant that a number of members of the B.H.S. staff transferred , severing their conr.ection with this school.
We wish all of these gentlemen well in their new venture and offer them our sincere thanks for their contributions to the life of the School. As a consequence of Mr . Wilson's transfer, the position of Deputy Headmaster of the School fell vacant, and was filled at the beginning of the year by Mr. J. A. Clouston. Mr. Clouston, an Old Boy of the School, joined the staff as Head of the Technical Department in 1953 , having come from Hawera High School.
Chapel: Mr. Hatherly. Chess: Dr. Lenk . Cricket: Mr. Denton .
DAY HOUSES
STAFF CHANGES
Mr. A. N. Wilson, who had been at B.H.S. for 16 years , was appointed Director of the new Polytechnic . During his years at the School, Mr. Wilson was a senior science teacher , senior housemaster in Pridham for five years, head of the Science Department, and finally Deputy Headmaster in 1970 and 1971. He played an active part in coaching and refereeing Rugby, in producing plays and in managing the old stage in the gymnasium, with its complicated and potentially lethal lighting system; anybody else trying to manipulate it would surely have been electrocuted! A keen Old Boy , Mr. Wilson was President of the Old Boys' Association during two crucial years , 1966 and 1967, when planning for the Alexander Block and new assembly Hall was at a crucial stage. We congratulate Mr. Wilson on his new appointment , and also on his award of a Woolf Fisher Travel Grant, just announced . Another long-term member of the staff to transfer to the Polytechnic was Mr. I. B. Scales, who served the School for 24 years , the last eight as head of the Building Department, responsible for the teaching of woodwork at School and for the training of building apprentices at the Technical Department. As well as playing a full part in numerous extramural activi ties of the School , Mr. Scales put in many hours of voluntary work in providing his expert services to other school groups , notably the Drama Club , for whom he built scenery and other properties over the years. We congratulate him on his new post as Deputy-Director of the Polytechnic.
Tennis: Mr. Sinclair. Text Books: Mr. Baunton . Volleyball: Mr. Ranger . Visual and Audio Systems: Mr. Huggett, Mr . Oats.
Mr. J. W. Walton had been on the staff for five years, having joined us in 1967. Though he worked mostly at the Technical Department, he was well known to many boys at the top school as a hockey coach and a housemaster in Pridham .
"Whistle": Mr. Kreisler, Mr. Sargent, Mr. Tracey . Mr. A. V. Tomasi joined the staff in 1968, taking most of his classes at the Technical Department as a motor instructor. He was responsible for introducing water sports to the school, laying the foundations for the Aquatic Club and the new Sailing Club. Although they did not teach at the top school, Mr. A. M. Gesterkamp and Mr. N. Walwyn were both m9mbers of the Technical Department, and have now transferred to the Polytechnic; Mr. Gesterkamp in charge of the School of Commerce and Mr. Walwyn of the School of Agriculture .
As Head of the Technical Department, Mr. Clouston was largely responsible for a dramatic expansion in our evening classes and apprentice classes; of recent years, the total roll of these extension classes exceeded that of the main school. lt was due in no small measure to Mr. Clouston's advocacy and to his efforts in organising a number of advisory committees and promoting the cause of tertiary education that the Taranaki Polytechnic was founded. Mr. Clouston became an Executive member of the Technical Education Association in 1970, and for many years was an organiser of the Taranaki Apprenticeship Week and of a number of apprenticeship committees. We congratulate him on his appointment and tru:;t that he will continue to enjoy his new position . In Term Ill we welcomed Mr. A. C. Hart, who arrived from England to teach science . At the end of the year five masters will be leaving us . Mr. D. H. Bennett will be transferring to Spotswood College to gain co-educational experience after three years in which he has taught Geography and Social Studies and played a very active part in the coaching and organising of Rugby and cricket . Also remaining in New Plymouth will be Mr. D. J. Borland, who will become eo-secretary of the Y.M.C.A. Mr . Borland has taught French and Commercial Practice and has been an assistant housemaster in Pridham. Mr. W. D. H. de Zeeuw, who arrived from Ireland in 1970 to teach Geography and Social Studies, has accepted a post with the Rhodesian Department of Education. A teacher of Geography and Social Studies, he has also been an active coach of sports teams, and this year senior housemaster of Carrington . Returning to his native California is Mr. G. E. Mulliner, yet another geographer who plans to further his knowledge by taking in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore , Thailand, India, Nepal, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Italy , France and England 路on the way home! Mr. A. J. Tracey, English ,is returning to housemaster in Niger of the Debating Club in the Cadet Corps .
who arrived last year to teach England . He has been an assistant House and has been in charge and the Whistle , and an officer
We express our thanks to these gentlemen for their services to the school and wish them well in their new fields.
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OBITUARY DENNIS RICHARD WHITTAKER
Hi s parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Wh ittake r , have generousl y given a surfing trophy in hi s memory. to be comp et ed for annu all y by Taranaki sc hools. To th em and to th eir famil y we off er our grati tude and our sinc ere sympath y in th eir loss.
Th e mai n hall , w ith its hand so me t w o-l eve l ground fl oor of honeysu ckl e pa rquet, seats 930, and th e ti ered ga ll ery a furth er 300 . Inco rporat ed in t he hall are a large sta ge. a kitc hen, an d an area w hi ch may be cl osed off to f orm a chape l ; t his last area in c or porat ~ s t he bea utiful memori al w ind ow beq uea th ed by t he lat e Mr. T. C. Li st in memory of hi s sc n, Thomas Ru sse ll Li st . a form er pupil of th e sc hool.
MR. M. T. O 'CONNOR (1968-1971)
Mr. O'Connor di ed sudd enl y late in Janu ary , w hile returning to New Pl ymouth aft er a holid ay . He ta ught mainl y Ele ctri city to apprenti ces and som e Mathematics and Scien ce at the top sc hool . When his death occ urred he wa s about to take up a position at the new Pol ytec hni c . He will be remembered fo r hi s unfailing kindn ess and courtesy . To Mrs. O 'Conn or and her famil y we extend our hea rtfe lt sy mpath y .
A dj oinin g th e hall is th e new c lass roo m block, named t he Al exa nd er Bl ock in honour of Mr. W . E. A lexander, who reti red last yea r as Head master afte r a lifet im e 's se rvi ce to th e Schoo l. Th e bl oc k co ntai ns two adva nce d laboratori es. fiv e c lass roo ms, offi ces for th e Headm aste r , th e Deputy Headm as ter. th e Caree rs Adv isor. th e secreta ri al st aff and t he prefec ts. as we ll as a new stati onery roo m, an archives roo m and a spa: ious staffro om co mple te wi th st udy areas and kitche n fac il iti es.
MR . W. J. FORREST (1948-1955)
Mr . Forrest, who had been Music M ast er at th e school for eight years , di ed on 23rd October . After leaving New Pl ymouth, he t aught at Te Awa mut u Coll ege until re ce ntl y , w hen he reti red to Thames , w here hi s death occ urred. A pl ai n and un ass uming man, M r . Forre st will be remembered for his devoti on to th e sc hool and hi s loya lty t o hi s coll eagu es .
Loon ey died on 20th November af te r a short A groundsm an at th e sc hoo l for 10 years, Mr . w as known to all for hi s geni al and f ri endl y A big man in every way, he perform ed a w id e of duti es with unfailing calmn ess; w e are grateful devotion to th e sc hool.
MISS A. R. ALLUM
Miss Allum. Hea dm istress of th e Girl s ' High School for 25 yea rs until her retirement in 1968, di ed in New Plymouth lat e in August after a long illn ess. Though best kno w n to a generation of girl s to w hom she dedi cated her life. Mi ss Allum always t oo k a keen interest in edu ca tion in all its as pects, and held our own sc hool in particul ar affec t ion . it was fitti ng t hat one of her last public appeara nce's was as gu est spea ker at our 1971 pr ize-giving . We remember her w ith gratitud e and admirati on. MRS. L D. ATKINS
On 5th September th e death occ urred of Mrs. Atkin s. w ife of Mr. A . S. Atkin s. hea d of th e Soc ial St udi es Mrs. Atkin s had departm ent f rom 1944 until 1963. served on · a number of occas ions as a reli ev ing t each er at the sc hool and ret ain ed a kindl y interest in its we lfare. To Mr . Atkin s we offer our since re sy mpathy in hi s loss .
NEW BUILDING
Wh en he decl ared th e new asse mbl y hall open on Frid ay, 20th Octob er , th e Prim e Mini ster , th e Rt. Hon . •1. R. M arshal!, sai d that i t was " t he f in est sc hool hall in New Zea land" . A nd ind eed it is a building of w hi ch any sc hoo l mig ht be pro ud, prov iding as it do es a spacio us and im ag inative ly de sign ed area w here, fo r th e f irst tim e in th e sc ho ol' s lon g hi st ory, boys may be seat ed in comfort in asse mbl y and on ot her occasion s .
A bright and cheerful boy, Dennis was ke enly int erested in surfing and a popul ar member of the sc hool.
Mr. illness. Loone y nature . variety for hi s
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On 18th M arch we we re sadden ed t o hea r of th e death by drowning w hil e surf ing at Waitara of Denni s Whittaker. a fourth-form pupil of the school.
MR. C. N. LOONEY (1962-1972)
REALISATION.
D. D. Archibald , B.A ., Dip. Ed . MR. D. D. ARCHIBALD (1947-1971)
On 21st October we we re shocked to lea rn of th e sudd en dea th of Mr. Archibald, who had left us at the end of 1971 to become Deputy Prin c ipal of Gl endowi e Coll ege , Auckl and , but had com e bac k with Mrs . Archibald on w hat he desc ribed as "a se ntimental journ ey " to attend th e ce leb rations markin g th e openin g of t he new hall. He had bee n at th e opening ceremon y and at t he smorg as bord on t he Frid ay evening, w here he had renewed many old fri end ships w ith gre at pl eas ure. As Mr . W . E. Al exa nder said in a morning tribute at St. Andrew' s Church, Mr. Archibald had "a very spec ial place in t he hea rts of t hose w ho ca ll ed him friend " . In hi s 25 yea rs w it h us he had co ntributed to a great va r iet y of sc hoo l act iviti es : se ni or English , Phys ica l Edu cation . soccer, debatin g, t he Cadet Corp s, ath leti cs. swimming and life-saving ; and was instrum ental in esta blishing the Ch alet Cl assroom and th e training course f or prefects . Ag ain t o quote Mr . Ale xa nder: " As found ati on secretary of t he Sec ond ary Schoo ls' Sports A ssociati on, he i s r ight ly regard ed as th e f ather of intersecond ary sc hoo l co mpetiti on in Taranak i ". Mr. Archibald 's qualities of loya lty, sinc erity, good hum our and w isdom w ill be sorely mi ssed by all wh o kn ew him , not least by hi s w ife and famil y, t o w hom we offer th e deep sy mpath y of t he school t hat he loved and se rved so we ll.
Si nce Gove rnm ent approva l was give n in 1965, exte nsive f und-ra isi ng has take n place, and ea rl ier t hi s t erm th e Ch airm an of th e Boa rd. M r . W . M . Speddin g, form all y rece ived chequ es from M r. A. 0 . M aste rs, on behalf of th e Old Boys [$30 ,064 ); f rom Mr. F. K. Adams on behalf of t he Pare nt-Teache rs Assoc iat ion [$2000 , in additi on to a sim i lar amount already don ated towa rds t he new Bose ndo r fe r piano) ; and t he Head Prefect , Paul M euli , en behalf of t he boys of th e sc hoo l [$12,000) . After site cl ea rance in 1966 and 1968, co nstru cti on was beg un by t he Roebuck Co nstru ction Comp any in 1970 and was co nt inu ed last year . Th e cla ssroom block was fir st occ upi ed ea r ly this year . and th e first assemb ly was held late in t he t hird te rm . The Stage under construction
To mark th e openin g of the new hall , a ser ies of ce lebrati ons we re held over Labour Weeke nd. After t he offi c ial ope ning, a reuni on smorg asbo rd was held at the Westown Hotel for Old Boys and fri end s of t he Sc hool on t he Friday eve nin g. Th en on t he Saturd ay eve ning , gue sts t r ied out t he new pa rquet fl oo r at a hig hly su ccessful champag ne bal l. Fin all y, on t he Sunday afte rn oo n, t he Li st M emo ri al Wind ow was dedi cat ed by th e An glic an Archbi shop of New Zea land , the Most Reve rend A . H. John ston , and a comm emorative pl aqu e was unveil ed by Ru sse ll List 's sist er , Mrs. E. J. Prim e. Mu ch remains to be done: t he stage is as yet a bare sh ell , t he inte ri or wa ll s are unlin ed, and seatin g fo r th e ga ll ery has not yet bee n provided. Neve rth eless, we have alre ady an asset t o be proud of; the buildin gs , surrounded as they are by ca refull y landsca ped gard ens and lawns. should st and th e Sch oo l in good stead for many yea rs to com e.
ALEXANDER BLOCK FINISHED; THE HALL READY FOR ROOFING
A NEW AERIAL VIEW OF TH E ยงQHQOL
REHEARSAL FOR THE OPENING
THE NEW QUADRANGLE
FANFARE FOR THE HA.LL OPE;NING
THE PRIME MINISTER OPENS THE HALL
DEDICATION OF THE LIST MEMORIAL WINDOW
WATCH THE DICKY-BIRD !
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PRIZE GIVING 1971 Th e 1971 Prize-Giving mark ed the end of an era in two ways: it was Mr. W . E. Alexander's last prizegiving after 36 years service to the School, and it was the last of the many occasions on which the ceremony has taken place in the Opera House; from this year, prize-giving s will be held in the new Assembly Hall. Reports on th e year 's Chairman of the Board of cling; by the Chairman of mittee, Mr. A. W. Land er; Alexander.
progress were given by the Governors, Mr. W. M. Spedthe Boys' High School Comand by the Headmaster, Mr.
The Guest Speaker was Miss A. R. Allum, former Headmistre ss of the Girls' High School and a faithful friend of our own School over many years. Miss Allum later presented the academ ic prizes, whi le the sports prizes were presented by Mrs. Alexander.
ACADEMIC
SPORTS PRIZES
Music Prizes: Senior (Presented by H. Collier & Co .): B. Lay. Junior [Presented by H. Collier & Co.): R. Power . General Competence in Music: C. Bromley. Singing Prize : N. Phillips . Art Prizes: Devon Footwea r Senior Prize: S. M. Richards. Junior Art Priz e: R. A . Hill. Reading Prizes : Reading in Assembly: G. R. Weston Webb. Junior Read ing : G. J. Penn .
FORM PRIZES
D<Ji ly News Centennial Prize (5th Form English) : A. E. Wilson.
3CA: R. H. Balsom .
58: G. E. Jamieson
3G2: P. R. White .
SGH: T. Motion
Heurtley Memori<:l Prize [Original Verse): D. R. Buxton .
3G1: K. Hassall.
SGM: J. S. Leuthart 5GB: N. W. Evetts
White Memori <ll Prize (Senior Literature: D. B. Webber .
5L2: C. J. Gaustad
Senior French Prize (Presented by the French Legation): M. F. McEwen.
5L1: P. J. Sim and A. S. Williams
Bendall Memorial Prize (Senior Hi story ) : D. B. Webber .
4CB: L. A. Steeghs
SA: R. N. C. Gray
4CA: N. W . Coley
6R: A. S. Konijn
4E: I. L. Johnston
6G : F. J. Markland
4GB: D. J. Radford
6H : G. F. Douglas
4GC: J. D. McCulloch
6C: G. P. Lind
4L2: S. G. Smith
6S: I. M. Hodder
4L1: K. M. Billing
6M : C. J. Bromley
Applied Mathematics in Form 7 Prize (Prese nted Devon Footwear Ltd .) : M. C. Pembroke.
4A: A. B. Gordon
68: H. D. Marks
Pure Mathematics in Form 7 Prize : N. G. Larsen.
Senior Geography Prize (Presented wick & Sons Ltd.) : T. Tetupu .
Waiter Crowley Weston Memorial Prize (Science in Form 7): N. G. Larsen .
Rex Dowding Memorial Prize (3rd and 4th Form Essay): B. J. Anderson . Canon Strong Memorial Prize (Junior Literature): T. D. Shearer. (Progress
in 4th
Form
Junicr Oratory (Trophy presented by L. M. Moss. Esq. , O.B.E.): G. J. Pen n. Senicr Debating Cup (Presented by Wellington Branch of Old Boys' Association): Carrlngton Hous e G. R. Weston-Webb, M. A. Heyman n, F. J. Markland. Acting Prize: G. W. Gibbs .
by
Senior Physics Prize [Presented by Devon Footwea r Ltd.): R. D. Wil so n.
SPECIAL PRIZES
W.-.ttie Wilkie Memorial Prize Mathematics): W . Tuki.
by Thoma s Berth-
P. 0. Veale Memorial Prize (7th Form Chemistry) : G. Weston-W eb b.
SEB: M. D. Herdman
Osborne Cup (Fastest Tim e Junior Steeplechase): J. Newton.
Bennett Cup (100 Metres Junior Championship): R. A. McCarthy. Harman Cup (400 Metres Junior Championship): N. A. Harrison .
Jchn Brodie Memorial Prize [Composition in Form 7) : R. D. Wilson .
G. L.
Beckbessinger Cup (100 Metres Intermedi ate Champ.) : J. A. Cameron. Challenge. Cup (200 A. Cameron.
Metres
Intermediate
Champ):
J.
Both<1mley Cup (400 R. Barr.
Metres
Interm ediate Champ.):
J.
Gilmour Cup (800 Metres Intermediate Champ.): J. R. Barr. Marsh Cup (100 Metres Interm ed iate Hurdles): D. S. Willis . Intermedi ate
Keller Cup (High Jump Towler .
Champ.):
G.
L.
General Excellence Prize (Dr. E. F. Fookes ' Cup): A . W. Vernon. Head Boy's Prize [Presented by the Auckland Old Boys ' Assn.). (and Brookman Cup) : A. W. Vernon. Dux Prize (Buick Cup): N. G. Larsen and M. C . Pembroke .
SHOOTING McLeod and Slade Cup (Under 15 Champ.) : M. A . Houston . Loveday Cup (Under 16 Champ.): G. J. Walker. H<>mblyn Cup (Under 18 Champ .): G. K. Le Lievre. Lady Godley Cup (24) (Junior Classfiring): W. P. Eady. Lady Godley Cup (110) (Senior Classfiring): R. Simpson. Searle Cup ( .303 Short Range Champ .): G. L. William s. Kelly Cup (.303 Long Range Champ.) : N. E. Phillips. McDiarmid Belt (School Champ.): R. E. Hon e. TENNIS Herbert Smith Cup [Junior Singles): A. A. Roguski . McKeon Cup (Intermediate Singles): G. Dunn. Candy Cup (Senior Singles): R. R. W. Manson. CADETS Sole Cup (Best Cadet) : J. P. Dallas.
Fookes Cup (1500 Metres Senior Champ .): G. L. Towler. Crooker Cup (5000 Metres Open):
G. L. Towler.
Cartwright Cup (Long Jump Intermed iate Champ.): A. Kjestrup. Edmonds Trophy (Discus Julian .
Intermediate Champ.):
B.
Old Boys' Cup (100 Metres Senior Champ.): B. W . E. Binnie . Herbert Smith Cup (200 Metres Senior Champ.): B. W. E. Binnie. Old Boys ' Shield (400 Nicholas.
Metres Senior Champ.):
P. V.
Mason Memorial Cup (800 Metres Senior Champ.) : G. I. lnm an. Grieve Cup (1500 Metres Senior Handi cap) : D. C. Jackson. 1911 Cup (Senior Steeplechase) : C. J. Bayly. Bryce Cup (Fastest Tim e Senior Steeplechase): G. WestonWebb . Challenge Cup (Old Boys Race): A. F. Hu tchings . Moran Cup (Senior High Jump) : H. P. Clark .
SWIMMING Fox Cup (Junior Championship): B. K. Manning. Challenge Cup (Intermediate Champ.): R. W. Ridl and . Sykes Memorial Cup (Senior Champ.):
CRICKET Parkinson Memorial Cup (Best Bowler): D. B. Web6er. HOCKEY
P. N .
House Drama Trophy (Designed and presented by Mr. W. F. Tett) : Pridham Senior. Deputy Head Boy's Prize (F. J. Eggleton Memorial Cup) : M. R. Kidd . 路
Herbert Smith Cup (3rd Form Champ.): R. A. Hogg . Peter Saunders Memorial Cup (4th Form Champ.) : J. C . Grayling. Ch<.ller.ge Cup (5th Form Champ.): P. J. Urbahn . Hoskin Cup (School Champ.) : P. J. Urb ahn.
S.
Easton Memorial Cup (Fastest Time Inte rmedi ate Steeplechase): G. L. Towler.
Tabc.r Scholarships: English: C. J. Bromley . Science: S. J. Hay lock. Mathematics : B. S. Whiting. Lang uages: F. J. M arkl and .
3A: S. G. Hark nes s
Noakes Cup (110 Metres Senior Hurdl es ): 8. J. Russe ll. Noakes Cup (Junior Steeplechase): S. J. Newton.
Fifth Form Workshop Theory (Prese nted by Kidd , Garret!, Moore & Wright) : R. N. Bryant.
SE: R. N. Bryant
3L1: C. M. Carey-Smith
ATHLETICS
Herbert Smith Cup (Intermediate Steeplechase): Towler .
3CB: J. B. L. Raikes .
3L2: S. R. Jones and G. Mildenhall
GYMNASTICS
Fifth Form Building Prize (Pre se nted by Spear & Jackson Ltd .): M. S. Christensen.
Special Prize for a Maori Student (Presented by Dept. of Maori Affairs): R. W. Batley.
PRIZES
PRIZE GIVING
C. M. Wetzel.
O'Halloran Shield (Inter-Form Relay) : 5GB: D. C. Jackso n. Smith and Easton Cup [Life-Saving): A . E. Wilson, R. N . C. Gray , N. P. Clarke, D. Morris.
Simonsen Cup (Most Vaifale .
Improved Junior Player):
U. V.
BADMINTON lsaacs Cup (Junior Singles): B. R. Bailli e. Cook ar:d Lister Cup (Senior Singles): P. R. Briggs. INTER-HOUSE COMPETITION Kerr Cup (S en ior Rugby): Carrington-S . H. Phillips. Bates Cup (Cricket) : Central-D. B. Webber . H!lnsard Cup (Athletics): Moyes-G . L. Towl er. Burbank Cup (Swimming): West- A . F. Keenan. Stevenson Cup (Tenni s): Pridham-G. Dunn . Holder Cup (Soccer): West-M. I. Antunovic. Hayton Cup (Rowing): Pridh am-P. N. Julian . Bryant and Hedley Cup (Junior Rowing) : CarringtonR. D . Thurston . Coleman Cup (Rowing, Novices): P. J. Van Praagh. DAY BOYS v. BOARDERS Pease Cup (Rugby): Board ers-B. D. H. Pric e. Birch Cup (Cricket): Day Boys-N. S. Johnston . Beetham Cup (Tennis) : Day Boys-D. W. Sim. Dempsey Shield (Swimming): Day Boy s-G . I. Clarke.
EXAM INATIONS , 1971
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RESULTS
1971
Tho mpso n , D. J., 2· Ti bby, R. D., 1; Tolerton , M. J., 4: Towler, G. L. , 2; Tuapiki, L. J., 2; Turne r , D. A. , 3; Urba hn, P. J., 4; Va lentin e, J., 1; Ward , P. R., 2; Wa rre n , P. H., 5; West , S. D., 3 ; Whalen , I. M ., 3 ; Whee ler , L. N., 1; Whitin g, P. C., 4; Wil lcox, E. J., 3; Wil li ams, A. S. , 5; Willi ams, G. L. , 3; Wi ll is, D. S., 4: Wi lson, A. E., 5; Wi nte r , P. J., 5; Woodd, D. S., 1; Wr ig ht, S. P. , 2. Sixth Form Certific <lt e: Ada ms, C. P., Ada ms, M . J. B., Adams , N. A. ; B ack~o u se , C. A. A.; Bake r, I. D.; Barden, J. A.; Bast ion , 1. ; Baty , T. J.; Baxte r , D. G. ; Be lavs ki s, M . R.; Bl an d, G. W.; Bod nar, M . G.; Bowe rs, G. R.; Broml ey, C. J.; Broo ky, P. J.; Bruce, S. K.; Bulli ck, J. D.; Bu rn , C.; Bu xto n , D. R.; Chri st ense n , R. P.; Cla rk, H. P.; Clearwater, M. E. ; Cole man, P. R.; Coo lin g, C. H.; Cooper, D. J.; Da ll as, D. R.; Davie, P. W.; Di ck , A. G.; Douglas, G. F.: Duff, I . G.; Ern est, G. A.; Fer ri s , K. G.; Frase r , G. M .; Frase r , G. L. ; Fu l ler, C.; Gaily , G. V.; Gibbs , G. W.; Gil be rt. J. B.; Giles, 0. W.; Glennie, K. S.; Gul live r , L. M.; Gunn , S. J.; Hannah, D. V .; Hay lock, S. J.; Hill, W.; Hin e, M. ; Hodd er , I. M.; Horr ocks, A. M. : Horr oc ks , P. L.; lnm an, G. 1. ; John sto n, N. S.; Juli an, P. N.; Kay, •J. R. P.; Kibby , J. C. ; King, 0 . M.; Kl enn er, G. W .; Kulatea, R.; Lay, B.; Lepper , S. M.; Lin d, G. A .; Loc kwood, P. D.; Mackay, R. D.: Mc Caughan , R. J.; McC rea dy, G. K.; McCutcheo n, M . G. A .; M cDouga ll , I. D.; McMi ll an, V. J. ; M ac hray, A . R.; M anso n , R. R. W.; M arkla nd, F. J.; Marks , H . D.; Ma rple, C. R.; Marsh , A. G. ; Matheson, I. D.; Maw, K. 1. ; Meuli , P. M.; Morine , A. R.; Moss, S. J. J.; Munro, I. R.; Murray, R. J.; Newi ng, T. W.; Newto n , B. J.; O 'Neill, M . H.; O'Ne il l, M. B. ; O'Ne il l, T. D.; Parso ns , A . P.; Pau l , B. G.; Penn, T. V. ; Perciva l , G. S.; Phil lips, N. E. ; Pil lette, M. W. ; Power, R. M .; Price, G. R.; Pyse lma n , R. J.; Raup utu , H.; Ray, S. R.; Roebuck, D. B.; Ridland , C. J.; Roo k, H.; Rowe, V. P.; Ru sse ll , R. J.; Sam uela, R.; Shea rer, G. K.; S; m , D. V .; Sm art , J. B.; Stewart, A. B.; Stretto n , T. J. ; Struth ers, P. R.; Taylor , E. W.; Tuffery , K. T.; Urquhart, I. M .; Vaifale, U. ; Verno n , C. R.; Vi nk. R. P.; Waswo, J. M.; W ebb er, H. J.; Wetton, W . H.; Whi ti ng, B. S.; Wil liams, D. C .; Wilso n , A. J.; Wo lfe , I. R. University Entrance: Adams , N. A.; Back house , C. A. A. ; Ba ker, I . D.; Barden, J. A.; Be llr inge r , P. N. J.; Bland, G. W.; Bodnar, M. G.; Brom ley, C. J.; Bul li ck, J. D.; Burn, C. R. ; Buxto n, D. R.; Clea rwate r , M. E.; Co leman , P. R.; Cooper, D. A. J.; Dal las, D. R.; Di ck, A . G. ; Douglas, G. F.; Duff, I . G.; Ernest, G. A. ; Ferr is , K. G.; Fraser, G. M.; Ful ler, C.; Ga il y, G. V.; Gibbs, G. W.; Glenn ie, 1<. S.; Hann ah , D. V.; Hay loc k, S. J.; Hill , W. ; Hi ne, · M . R. ; Hod der, I . M.; Horrocks , A . M. ; Horrocks, P. L. ; ln man, G. 1. ; Johnston, N. S.; .J ul ian, P. N.; Kay, J. R. P.; King, 0. M .; Klenn er , G. W.; Lay, B.; Lind , G. A.; Loc kwood, P. D.; M ac hray , A. R.; Mackay, R. D.; M arkland, F. J.; Marks, H. D.; Matheson, I. D.; McCaughan, R. J.; M cDougall , I . D.; Meu li , P. M.; Mori ne, A. R. ; Moss, S. J. J.; Munro. I. R.; Murray, R. J.; Newton, B. J.; O 'Donn ell , R. G.; O' Neil l , M. H.; O' Neill , T. D.; Paul . B. G.; Penn , T. V.; Perc iva l , G. S.; Phi ll ip s, N. E.; Pil lette , M . W .; Power, R. M. ; Pr ice, G. R.; Pysel man , R. J.; Ray, S. R. ; Roebuck, D. B.; Rowe, V. P.; Sam uela, R. R.; Shearer, G. K.; Sim, D. V. L.; Smart, J. B.; Stewart,
A. B.; Stretto n , T. J.; St rut hers, P. R.; Tuffe ry, K. T.; Urquhart, I. M .; Vai f ale, U .; Vern on, C. R. C .; Vink, R. P.; Wh itin g, B. S.; Will iams, D. C.; Wo lf e , I. R. Higher School Cert ifi cate : Ali en , G. C .; Antun ovic , I. M .; Atth akor , B. ; Barn ard, D. J. ; Batl ey , R. W .; Bell ring er, P. N. J.; Binn ie , B . W. E.; Bon e , S. G.; Burk hart , T. M .; Carter, C. E.; Clarke, G. 1. ; Dalla s , J. P. ; Feek , W . S.; Flig ht, R.; Foreman , G. C.; Foy, K. 1. ; Fraser , P. A .; Gede n , B. L. ; Go rdon, P. J.; Hay lock , G. W .; Hey mann , M . A .; Hod der , A . G.; Holl ard, W . M. ; Holyoake, I. C .; Hon e, R. E.; Hutchin s, A . M .; Kana , R. E.; Ke enan , A. ; Larse n, N. G.; Liffiton , I. K .; McCa llum, B. E.; M acdonald , R. K.; M cEwen , M. F.; McGi ve n, D. J.; M c lntyre, V . C.; M ace, S. A. ; Morga n, W . D.; Nic ho las, P.; Nowe ll , A . J.; O 'Donn ell, R. G.; Ormrod , A . R.; Park , 0 ; Pe mbroke , M . C. ; Ph ill ips , S. H. ; Pri ce, B. D. H.; Pyke , C. N .; Rams ay, P. S.; Ries, M. 1.; Sh ields, P. E.; Smith , M . R.; Smith , P. 0 .; Sowry, P. J.; Suth erl and , A . N.; Symm es , H. A. ; Tetupu , T.; Tichb orn e, A . N.; Velvin , J. S.; Vernon , A . W .; Warbrook e, D. A. ; Webber , D. B.; Westo n-Webb , G. ; Whi tes ide, D. H. ; Wil so n , R. D.; Ni chol son, A . J .; Sp urway, P. J . University Bursary: Binn ie, B. W . (B) ; Burkhart, T. M . (B) ; Carter, C. E. (B) ; Fee k, W . S. (B) ; Flight, R. C . fB ); Frase r , P. A . (A) ; Hay lock, G. W . (B) ; Hodd er , A. G. (B); Holyoake, I. C. (B) ; Larse n, N. G. (A) ; Liffiton , I. K. (B) ; M acdonald , R. K. (B) ; M ace, S. A. (B) ; M cEwen , M . F. (B) ; Nicho lson , A . J. (B) ; Pembroke, M . C . (A) ; Pyke, C . N. (A) ; Suth er land , A . N. (B) ; Velvi n, J. S. (A) ; W ebb er , D. B. (A): W es t on-W ebb , G. R. (A ) ; Wil son , R. D. (A) . T<Jranaki Schola rship : Fraser , P. A. ; Larse n , N. G.; Pyke, C. N.; Velv in , J. S.; W ebbe r , D. B.; W il son , R. D.
BLAZER AWARDS 1972 Prefects: P. M . M euli (H ea d Boy). D. V . Hann ah [D eputy Head Boy ). J. A . Barden, R. W . Bott, C. J. Broml ey, P. J. Brooky, D. R. Buxton, M . E. Cle arwat er , W. Hill , I. M . Hodd er , N. S. Johnston, 0 . M . King, R. D. M ackay, J. F. M ark land, H. D. Marks, S. J. J. Moss , B. J. Newton, T. V. Penn , H. R. Phill ips , H. W . Rauputu , C. J. Ridl and , V . P. Ro w e, G. K . Sh ea rer , V . P. Te Mata, I. M . Urquhart, C . R. Vernon . Ath let ics: P. R. Fi eld, B. J. Newton, F. A. Tansey, G. L. Tow ler . Bad minton : K. S. Cole. Cri cket: R. W . Bott, J. A . Cameron, B. M . Cawthray, G. F. Doug las, D. C. Jackson , N. S. John ston , S. J. J . M oss, G. H. Old , D. J. Radford , G. K . Shea rer , C . R. Vern on. Cress Country: R. T. Baxt er , G. L. Towl er. Gymnastics: R. A . Hog g. Hockey: R. J. Barke r, P. I. Best, W. D. Binni e, D. R. Buxt on, A . N. Lane, R. L. M athieso n, E. W . Tay lor , U . Vaif ale. Indoor Basketba ll : B. R. Bail li e, M. R. Be lavsk is, M . E. Clearwater , D. B. Roe bu ck . Rowing : C. J. Bay ly . Rugby : J. A . Bard en , P. W . Broe derlow, P. J. Brooky, J. A . Ca mero n, B. M . Cawthray, M . W. Donald son , P. R. Field, R. B. Foy , N. S. John st on, J. R. P. Kay , R. A . McCart hy , R. R. W . M anso n, A . B. M iddl eton , S. l. J. Moss, B. J.Newton , G. H. Old , G. S. Perciva l , C. J. Ridland , V . P. Ro we, G. D. Simons, D . S. W illi s . Soccer : A . G. Beve rwi j k, J . T. l e Su eur, J . N . Li ffiton , D. A. Mackay, R. D. M ac kay, A . Parson s, C. R. Vern on , G. D. Yearbu ry . Swimming: H. P. Cl ark , J. L. Cl ark, R. W . Ridl and. Ten ni s: I. G. Duff, G. Dunn , C . G. Hone, R. R. W . M anso n .
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Other plac in gs were:Seniors: B. Newt on: 1st Shot Put; Relay Tea m : 1st (J . Barr , P. Fi eld, G. Rend all , R. Ande rs on) ; R. And erso n: 2nd 100 metres ; F. Tansey: 2nd 800 , 1500 m etres; R. Pea rce : 2nd Long Jump ; G. Tow ler: 2nd High Jump; J. Rauputu : 2nd Shot Put ; P. Fi eld: 2nd Javelin ; G. Rend all: 3rd 200 metres ; H. Cl ark: 3rd Hurdl es. Intermediate: J. No rton: 1st Hurdl es; P. Fi tzpatri ck: 1st High Jump, 2nd Long Ju mp; A. Beverw ij k: 1st Shot Put : Relay tea m : 1st (P. Fitzpatri ck, C. Hill , N. Harri son, R. M cCarth y) ; M . Hou sto n: 2nd 800 metres; P. Winte r : 2nd Hurdl es; R. Tansey: 2nd Jave lin ; D. Hutching s : 3rd 400 metres; T. Wet ere: 3rd Discus. From t he lntersecs a Tara naki team was chose n to co mp et e at t he North Is land Ch amp s at Porri tt Stadium in Hamilton . A sc hool tea m had previ ous ly bee n chosen to atte nd t he Dan Brya nt M emori al Sports at Pukekohe, but th e meeti ng was ca nce ll ed beca use of rain .
R. A nd erson in t he 100 metres fa iled to qualify in th e f ast est heat, F. Tansey gain ed 6th place in th e 800 metres (S enior) w ith his f astest time of 2 min. 4.6 secs . G. Tow lers gain ed second pl ace in th e steeplech ase (3000 metres) behind t he N.Z . ch ampion, Palme r from Bay of Pl enty. R. Pea rce narrow ly mi ssed a pl acing in the long jump, and R. Tans ey, a fourteen-y ear-old jumping against seve nteen-year-olds , gain ed a creditable 4th equal in th e pol e vault. lt seems from Tansey's rapid improvement th at he w ill go a long way in thi s event. N. Harris on gain ed thi rd in th e heats, but f ail ed a pl acing in t he fin al of th e 200 metres ; he also just mi ssed qualify ing for th e 400 fin al. D. Hutc hin gs also f ail ed to make th e 400 fin al. M. Houston ran we ll and gain ed 6th pl ace in th e Inte rm edi ate 800 , running by far hi s f ast est tim e.
J . Norton had a bad start in th e Intermedi at e 100 me tres hurdl es and fail ed t o qu alify.
North Island lntersecs. Thi s was t he seco nd year t hi s meetin g had been held, aga in on t he all -weather t rac k at Porritt Stadium in Hamil to n.
P. Fitzpatri c k ga in ed t wo sixth pl ac in gs in t he long jum p and high jump.
Sc hoo l se nt a tea m of te n in clu ded in the Tara nakl tea m , and co mp ared w it h t he hig h sta nd ard enco unte red, did verv we ll.
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Th ose se lected were : R. A nderson, F. Tansey, G. Tow ler, R. Pearce, R. Tansey, N. Harri so n, D. Hutc hings, M . Houst on, P. Fi tz patri ck, J. Norto n, and C. Hill.
Fin all y, C. Hill gain ed fifth in th e shot put.
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On t he w hole. th e School 's pot ent ial is strong and next yea r it w ill be strong er w ith many up and coming runn ers who are sure to do w ell as they deve lop in t hei r parti cul ar eve nts .
THE SCHOOL INTER-SECONDARY ATHLETICS TEAM
Athletics M arc h 8th was th e date for t he seco nd year of the combin ed Hansa rd and Scho ol Sports and t his year wa s , like th e fir st , a great success, du e to effi cient org ani sation and a littl e rea rra ngin g of t he system . Th e Sports we re run und er th e sa me rul es as last yea r w ith all c hampionship eve nts, in cludin g field events , counting for hou se points. On e record was broken and a few near mi sses record ed , but many eve nts we re affec ted by t he mi se rabl e condition s t hat see m to pl ag ue our Spo rts Day. V. Temat a sm as hed t he f our year old shot put record of 44f t. 6j in. t o record 45ft . H in . - an excelle nt effort in anyone's book s. G. Tow ler ra n an outstand in g 1500 m etre race and was onl y .6 sec. off t he reco rd. N. Harri son ran two fin ely jud ged races in th e Inte rm ed iate section , w innin g th e 200 and 400 metres doubl e co nv incin gly . Moyes, for th e t hird yea r in a row, proved too strong for th e res t and w on t he Hansa rd Cup w it h 186 po in ts. second was Pridh am w it h 123 and third East w ith 108.
Th e day was enjoyed by all and towards t he end o f t he day spiri ts we re high as th e relays we re kee nl y co ntested w ith Pridh am, M oyes and Carr in gton alm ost eve n on po ints. Th e Boa rd ers- Day Boys re lay was another t hrillin g eve nt. Th e Boarders. w innin g by seve nty-fi ve met res, topped off ni ce ly another successful athl etic meeti ng. lntersecondary Athletics Thi s yea r t he championsh ips were held at Hawera on 18th M arch and fin e co ndit ions and u good track helpe d Boys' Hi gh to domin ate many eve nts. Out of twe nty-eight eve nts in t he Se ni or and Intermediate sect ions , Boys ' Hi gh ga in ed 12 fir st s, 14 seco nd s and 4 t hird s. Unfortun ately t he Juni or team failed to win any fin als and it is hoped th at next year a stronge r team wi ll be picked and a lot of atte nt ion given to brin gi ng t hese boys up to an eq ual strength w it h othe r sc hoo ls. Outst andi ng perfo rm ances in cluded- P. Field , who narrow ly t ook t he Se ni or sprin t double: G. Tow ler with two con v incing w in s in t he Seni or 1500 met res and stee pl ec hase ; N. Harr iso n, w ho recorded fin e t im es in wi nnin g t he Inte rm edi ate 200 and 400 met res; and th e ve rsatil e C. Hill , w ho was placed 2nd in t he Inte rm edi ate 100 met res, Di sc us and Shot Put.
A WET START-SPORTS DAY
SPORTS
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SC HOOL RECORD
THIRD
PERFORMANCE
N. Jchnston
12.0 sec. 24.3 sec. 54.2 sec. 2 min. 10.7 sec. 4 m in. 20.8 sec.
l l .l. P. Hickey, S. Underwood, 1970. 22.8sec. R. C. Johns, 1959. 5l.2sec. K. T. Wi ll iams, 1964. 2m 'n. l. Osec. L. J. Purdy, 1962. 4min. 20.2sec. B. Cracker, 1970. l 4.5sec. R. C. Johns, 1959. 21ft. Bin . A. Mclntyre, 1937. Sft. Bin. A. Martin, 1970. 43ft. lO~ in. P. A. Johns , 1962. 44ft. 6~in. N. Edmonds, 1962 158ft. O~ in. N. Edmonds, 1968 175ft. Sin. J. K. Lay, 1955.
Carrington
16.9 sec. 19ft. 6in. 4ft. 9in. 35ft. 7in . 45ft. ~ i n. (Record) 97ft. ll in. 125ft. 2~in. 7ft. 6in . 48.8 sec.
J. Norton B. Kiestrup W. Per-.sson
P. Fitzpatrick D. Hutchings M. Ries W. Wr ight R. Barker P. Wh ite P. May
12.5 sec. 24.7 sec. 55. 1 sec. 2 min. 14.3 sec. 17.6 sec. 17ft. Sin. 4ft . 9in.
B. Kiestru p C. Hill T. Wetare M oyes
S. Smith E. Wi lson B. Edw ards Curing ton
37ft. 6in. 38ft. 2 ~ in . 121ft. 2~in . 48.6 sec.
ll .3sec . K. T. Wi lli ams, 1962. 23 .5sec. T. Jordan, 1968. 53.4sec. M. S. Johnson, 1969. 2min. 06.2sec. L. Purdy, 1961. l 5.3sec. M. S. Joh nscn, l\'69. 20ft. B~in . C. Kiestru p, 1937. 5ft. 4:n. A. K. Martin, 1968; G. Towler, 1971. 40ft. 2in. J. K. Lay, 1953. 48ft. 3~in . F. Hutchings, 1969. 162ft . 5~in. W. Garnham, 1966. 47.7sec. Cur 'ngton, 1969.
G. Dodds
R. Waswo
SECOND
FIRST
EVENT
1972
SENIO~-
Championship
lOO Metres 200 Metres 400 Metres BOO Metres 1500 Metres ll 0 Metres Hurdl es Long Jump High Jump Triple Jump Shot Put
V. Temata P. Field J. Barr F. Tansey
G. H. N. V.
To w ler Cl ark l st = Johnston l st = Temata
R. Pe arce
C. Hill N. Harrison N . Harrison
M. Houston P. W inter
P. Fitzpa trick
W. Tuki
C. Hill Pr id ham
Discus
Relay
JUNIORl OO Metres 200 Metres 400 Metres 800 Met res Long Jum p Hiqh Jump l 00 Metres Hurdl es
G. Eichstaedt G. Eichstaedt J. Mildenhall D. Frede ri ckson
T. Tito J. Mildenhall J. M ild en hall S. Edwards Pridh am
Shot Put Relay
R. Pearce
R. Bryant B. Newton D. Harvie
P. Fitzpatrick A. Beverw i jk
Triple Jump Shot Put
Tan~e y
G. Percival
M::> yes
INTERMEDIATElOO Metres 200 Metres 400 Metres 800 Metres l 00 Metres Hurdles Long Jump High Jump
F.
V. Temata R. Tanse y
Pole Vault Relay
G. Renda ll P. Fie ld G. Towl er
V. Rowe
H. Rauputu P. Fi eld
Discus Javelin
R. A nderson
D. Harvie B. Edwards East
R. McCa rth y P. Broederl ow D. Hutch ings R. Tansey
B. N ewton
B. Newton K. Glennie
K. Glennie' ·D. G. G. H. G.
Wi lli s Old Tow ler Clark Old
V. Temata
D. Jackson
A. Gardner D. Frede rick son
C. R. D. A.
A. Fisher J. Young
S. Kay
13.4 sec. 27.9 sec. 64.2 sec. 2 min. 28.3 sec. 13ft. ll in. 4ft. 6in. 17.8 sec.
J. M ildenhal l Moyes
P. Campbell
34ft. 4l in.
Ca rrin gton
R. Waswo S. Li'l wr ie
Howans Waswo
Tombleson Fisher
46.9sec. Carrington , 1968,
1970.
R. TANSEY SETS A NEW RECORD
ll.7sec. B. B:nnie , 1968. 24.0sec. B. Binnie, 1968. 56.7sec. P. H. Rowe, 1963. 2m in. l4.7sec. M. Martin, 1965. 18ft. l ~in. B. Binn ie, 11'68. 5ft. O~in. H. Clark, 1969. l5.4sec. A. K. Martin . 1<;'67; T. K. Burkh art, 1968. 50.6sec.
Carrington,
1968.
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTSSenior
lOO Met res A B 200 Met res A B BOO Metres 1500 Metr e•
K. S. T. G. D. D.
Glennie Moss Ireland Pe rci val
c
800 Metres
D E
Junior lOO Met res A B
c
200 Metres A B
c
D 800 Metres R..lay (8 X l OO Metres)
Rowe Bott Glennie Samuela
Jac kson Jackson
W. Wright
A. Beve rw iik
B. Edwards M. Opie
I nterm ed:ate
lOO Metres A B 200 Metres A B
V. R. K. R.
K. Chamberlain P. Som~ rton
R. Sarten C. Moll oy
S. Smit h G. Yearbury L. Kiestrup
D. Brown
A. Beve rwij k T. Wetere W. Wright G. Walker M. Broadmo re D. Harkness
T. Harris R. Har kness
G. Cor,: oran J. Tito B. le Uira 0. McMahon M. Copolestone w. Bavly G. Oobson R. Charteris
Board e rs
Day Boys
B. Rob ins M. Northcott R. Pa rk e r M. Stewart
M. Trev illion K. Bu r gess
G. Perr:ival B. Chamberl ain D. Brown W. G'bson 0. Giles C. Burn
T. C. B. D. D. B. D. S.
J. A. A. R. P. A. D.
Wetere Molloy Phillips Dread on Hedge Wa ll ace Mclntyre Sm ith
Mell s Fisher Grey Parkes Amey Grey Burgess
D. Antunovic
13.2 sec. 12.8 sec. 26 .3 sec. 27.7 sec. 2 min. 23.8 sec. 4 min. 46.7 sec.
13.0 13.4 27.6 27. 8 27.4
sec. sec. sec.
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Badminton & Table Tennis
Cricket
Although t able tennis did not enjoy such a good season , the pl aye rs w ho did atte nd were of a hig h sta nd ard or learnt very fast . Th e c lub met regu larl y on Monday and Thursday aft ernoons from abo ut 3.30 p.m. to 5 p .m. in the Gymnasium, thus enabling players of other sports to come along on their non-pra ctice nights. Spec ial mention mu st here be made of Mr. Rattray and Mr. Anker for taking over , m aking things run smoothl y and efficie nt ly . The Badm i nton Club, unlike th e Table Tennis , had a very good season , with th e beginners enj oying th e (lame w ith two great regulars, G. Hart and R. Th om son. The hi ghli ght of the season was a competition against Hamilton Boys ' High . After so me rea ll y tough games the tea m, P. Briggs , K. Col e, J. Mell s and M . John ston , had a r esounding v icto ry of 6-0 , dropp in g on ly one game . Play was held in t he gym. The championships were held midway during th e Good entr ies third term and we re keenly co ntested. were rece ived all round and s howed the s lowly in c r eas in g popular ity of the sport .
Success at 1st X I level was lim ited . Although blessed with a number of capab le indiv idu als it was rare to see them all com bin e effectively ; too often laRses w ith the bat and in the field saw apparent v i ctor ie s s li p away in to drawn games or eve n losses, as was C lu b form w as essentia ll y the case at W ell ington . patchy; although ac hi ev in g parity with most other t ea m s t he fin al points t able (71 -72) indic ated a lowly posit ion, due in part to brittle batt in g and the occas iona l l apse i n the fi eld. Th e 1st X I squad was : N. John ston (captai n) , C. Vernon , G. Shearer , B. Cawthray, D. Jackso n, D . Radford , M . Wild ermoth , G. Douglas, R. Bott, J. Cameron, G. Old and S. Moss . Perh aps th e most di sappoi nting eve nt is the probable passing of th e lo ngstanding fixture w ith Ne lson Co ll ege .• Th e extravaga nt air far es coupled with the ear ly break-up made it impo ss ible t o play th is year but a fu ll appra isal wi ll likely take place in t he nea r future.
SP.C.
sec. 2~.4 sec. 29.4 sec. 2 min. 20.2 sec.
14.2 sec. 14.2 sec. 14.4 sec. 29.4 sec. 30. 1 sec. 30.4 sec. 31.5 sec. 2 min. 33 .7 sec.
The res ults were as follow s :BadmintonSenior Se nior Ju ni or Junior
Sin gles (Cook & Lister Cup) : K. Co le. Doub les: A . Beverwijk and B. Bailli e . Si ngles (l saacs Cup): J. Mells . Doubles: J. M ell s and K. Jenvey.
Table TennisSen ior Sen ior Junior Junior
Singles : B. Double s: S. Singles: W . Doubles: A .
Reece. Carruthers and K. Sandi lands . McDonnell. Fish er and P. Lilli co. K. Cole.
INTER COLLEGE v. Nelson College (Played at N.P.B.H.S. , December 1971) Pepp ered with bright even t s and a typ ical ly exc itin g ending , Schoo l battled to a t ense outrig ht v icto ry by four wickets, prov idin g a fitting end to th is trad itional ly colo urful assoc iati on . Th e abse nce of J. Rackley from th e Ne lson team wo uld have bee n di sastro us for in both innin gs he restored res pectabil ity to a generally in experi enc ed batting li ne-up w ith scores of 60 and 56. After Rackley an d A . M c l ean (20) provided a sound open ing , a m idd le co ll apse engin ee red by medium pacer D . Webber (5 .49) saw Nelso n ill -p laced at 110 for 7 but the tail end ers p roved stubborn , especial ly in a last w icket partnersh ip of 35 wh ich carr ied the tota l to a more resp ectabl e 165. N. Johnston was th e other med iu m pacer to star with 3-30 from 17 overs.
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SPORTS
Page 27 M. Green [45 n.o.) and P. Castle (31 n.o.) show ing great determination in the face of heavy odds.
the game evenly poised as it had been throughout the two days' play, and yet again Shearer batted we ll to be 39 not out, making sure there would be no outright los s.
v. Wanganui Collegiate (Played March 1972) Captain N. Johnston invited Collegiate to bat on a slightly damp School wicket w ith the expectat ion of early life for the medium pacers. Thi s bore immediate dividends when the top four batsmen departed for 45 runs, and at 103 for eight Collegiate were poorly placed , P. Mackie (34) being the only batsman to resist. Inexp licably, Collegiate carried on to 198, E. Kight (41). A. Cave [26 n.o.) and B. Cave (23) taking advantage of a comp lace nt Schoo l attack in w hich D. Radford (3-35). Johnston [3-53) and G. Old (3-30) did most damage . By stumps School rep I ied w ith 99 for 1; the result of a slow opening in which G. Shearer (51) took the lead role to continue his exce ll ent form and B. Cawthray remained 22 not out. Cawthray departed ear ly the next day for 24 wh il st C. Vernon cont inu ed from his overn igh t score of fifteen to reach 35 before being run out. Batting extrovert N. Johnston carved out a hard hitting 55 but an abysmal lower order co ll apse saw all advantage lost, the innings closing at 197, a one run deficit on Collegiate 's total. A great deal of cred it must go to Wanganui in its praiseworthy attempt to ach ieve a result . In declaring at 103 for 8 (Johnston 4-28). both teams had good chances. In the quest for quick runs the top order batsmen swung indiscriminately , st ill leaving School short of its objective. The final score of 85 for 7 left
Lower Grades 2nd XI: Long standing coach Mr. L. V. Giddy has finally stood down . Nursing many young cricketers to 1st XI leve l, his services w ill be sorely missed, but in his place comes Mr. L. K. Denton , who needs no introduction and wi ll undoubtedly give equa ll y valuable service. With an eye to 1st XI select ion , a number of young er players are included in the team. M. Donaldson is proving his potential with the bat as is M. Broadmore, w hil st leg spinners M. Torrens (who. I'm told , possesses an exce ll ent wrong 'un) and M. Harrop (who is also a capab le bat) show consid erable promise. ' Oldies' Steve Moss, Paul Meuli and Dan Hannah provide stability with both bat and ball. Th e batting, however, is inconsistent, due to the relative in experience of the young er players, but cricket at this leve l w ill sure ly cure th is. Third Grade: Comprises two teams . The social side in wh ich Barden , Clark and Murray come to the fore play for enjoyment and that is someth ing they certa inl y get. Mr. I. Francis coaches the other team . Excepting B. Armstrong , players are drawn from the 4th and 5th form in which G. Roper (medium pace). S. Lowne (swing
Back: J. A. Cameron , R. W. Bott, S. J. J. Moss, G. H. O ld, D. J. Radford, M . J. Wildermoth, G. F. Doug las. Front: D. C. Jackson. C. R. C. Vernon , N. S. Johnston (captain). G. K. Shearer, B. M. Cawthray. School's first inning s fared littl e better in declaring at 175 for 9. Both openers departed with less than ten runs on the board, leaving C. Vernon and Johnston to co nso lid ate, scoring 55 for the third wicket. Johnston, in an exuberant mood, thrashed out 42 runs before falling victim to an extreme ly controversial run out decision. Vernon batted solidly for 39 but it was left to tail end ers M. Smith (15) and R. Batley [24 n.o.] to overhaul Nelson's total. At this point the lik elihood of an outright decision appeared remote as Nelson would have to chase quick runs, but accurate bow ling by Webber (4-27) and P. Whitwell (2-9) spread-eagled the Nelsonians for 109 [J. Rackley 56). A reasonable target of 100 runs in better than even time remained , but the School innings was rocked by quick bowler G. Heinemann who extracted considerable lift from a previously placid wicket. Three School batsmen came and went with only four runs on路 the board, leaving B. Cawthray (28 run out) and D. Webber (34) to restore respectability w ith inimitably sou nder methods in their 4th wicket partnership of 60. With time now at a premium middle order batsman A. Tichborne (15 n.o.) drove lust il y, ach iev ing School 's objective w ith two overs remain in g.
v. Wellington College (Played March 1972) Throughout the years the Wellington College 'track' cou ld be relied upon to produce an outright result ; this year proved to be no except ion but Wellington turned the tab les, winn in g for the first time in a decade and a half. Schoo l won the toss and elected to bat with the expectation of a crumbling wicket on the final day. This turned out to be of no immediate worry for School deteriorated with the wicket, tumb lin g for a meagre 98 runs (R. Bott 23). In reply , Wellington battled determinedly to 130, estab li sh in g a handy 32 run lead, N. Johnston just missing an honours board performance in captur in g 5 Wellington wickets for 34 runs from eleven overs . At this juncture in time School's position was shaky but the diffi cu lty was compounded further with the loss of Shearer 's w icket shortly before stumps. Bott, Vernon and Johnston followed quickly the next day, but B. Cawthray with a patient 27 and J. Cameron batting confid ent ly for a bright 41 retr ieved the situation to some degree but another collapse saw School out for 128, requiring a Wellington score of 99 for the outright. This st ill appeared a demanding task for the wicket had played many tricks during the match and certainly wasn't improving. Incredibly, Wellington ac hi eved the objective w ith the loss of onl y one wicket,
G. K. SHEARER and N. S. JOHNSTON selected to tour Australia with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Cricket XI.
SPORTS
Page 28 bow ler). R. Brown [left arm bow ler) and T. Barlett (hard hittin g batsman) provide the mainstays .
Gymnastics
Hockey
4th Grade: Gold: Coach, Mr . Car roll. Pl ay in g in f ifth grade last season, this tea m has been promoted due to its vast superior ity. Fou r names: A. Fi sher, C. Burr (batsmen). P. Campbe ll (med ium pace) and D. Fairey (wicketkeeper) spr ing to mind and augur we ll for cricket's future in the School.
Although there was no formally constituted gymnastics clu b th is year, interest was not lost; gym wo rk during phys ical education periods has ach ieved some high standards .
Hockey commenced ju st before the May hol idays w ith the 1st XI defeatin g Spotswood 2-1. Th e 1st XI cons isted of W. Binn ie (captain). P. Best, W . Taylor, D. Buxton, A. Lane, R. Barker, U. Vaifa le, J. Grayling, R. Hayward , R. Mathieson and K. Gunderson .
Black: Coach, Mr. K. Crawford . A lthough not as ta lented, thi s team includ es qui ckly learning and extreme ly interested young players, who include T. Harr is [bowlin g). and B. Wallis (batting). placing pressure on members of the top sid e. 5th Grade: Comprises two teams, Black and Green . Mr. Tracey and Mr. D. de Zeeuw coach at this level where there is defin ite promise but as yet lacking in experience. Footnote: Specia l congratulations to N. Johnston and G. Shearer on their inclusion in the schoolboy side to tour Aust ralia durin g the holidays. Best of lu ck . C.R.C.V.
A team of three, R. Hogg , P. Ritchie and T. Shearer entered th e in ter secondary schoo ls gym champs . R. Hogg competed in th e 'A' Division (those who have competed in National Gym Champs) and in all apparatus was placed second to Gary Walker of Spotswood Co ll ege. In 'B' Division , P. Ritchi e ga in ed 1st place in the horizonta l bar and floor exercises and 2nd in th e vault. T. Shearer ga in ed 2nd place in the horizontal bar and f loor and 1st in the vault. A large entry (62) was received in the School Gym Resu lts were: Champs. Third Form: C. Burr (36.0) 1st, M. Motion (34.5) 2nd , P. Dampn ey (33 .0) 3rd. Fourth Form : R. Hogg (45 .0) 1st, P. Ritc hi e (39.0) 2nd , T. Urbah n, K. Pearce and R. Tan sey [30 .5) 3rd equa l. Fifth Form: T. Shearer (32.5) 1st, R. Man ley and D. Willi ams (27.0) 2nd equal. Open: R. Hogg (40.0) 1st, R. Mackay [39 .5) 2nd, D. Mackay (36.0) 3rd . D. Mackay.
1st HOCKEY XI
Early in the season N.P .B.H.S. had a marked success in the annua l five-a-side tournament at Pering a Park, The 'A' team , consist in g of W. Binni e, R. Barker, W. Tay lor , P. Best and A. Lane . won the Under 19 sect ion , beating Opun ake B in the final 3-0. Competition games brought mi xed results . School had wins against Stratford H.S . 6-0, Spotswood 2-1, Stratford H.S . 9-0, Hawera H.S. 3-1, and losses to Opunake H.S. 4-0, Hawera H.S. 2-1.
Th e 2nd XI report is very dismal. After some mammoth double-figure loss es, interest waned and the team J. Archer disbanded half way through the season. showed keenness and played for the 1st XI at the tournament . Blazer awards we nt to A. Lane, D. Buxton, W. Taylor, U. Vaifale and R. Math ieson . Congratu lat ion s to W . Binni e, P. Best, R. Barker and U. Vaifa le for being selected in the Tara naki Secondary School Reps. Thanks must go to the Master-in-Charge , Mr. Green, for his unfl agg ing support, and to coac hes Wa lton and Anker also . D. Buxton .
In its first competition match aga in st Wanganui Collegiate , School played atrocious hockey to be trounced 7-0 . School was rocked back by Wanganui's first three (:]Oals com in g in ten minutes and neve r rea ll y recoverd. Wanganui exp loited to the fu llest the large gaps in the midfield defence , which was a worry all season. Goalie Gunderson also had difficulty in c lea rin g from the sawdust laden goalmouth . As if to redeem itse lf, two days late r School played the best hockey of the seaso n in defeating compet ition wi nn ers Opun ake H.S . 4-3 in a thril lin g match. For the first t ime School played the agg ress ive. co hesive hockey it was capab le of. and rather stun ned the opposition. R. Barker and R. Haywa rd were the stars of the match . In its second col lege match, School lost to Wanganui Boys' High (who had previously defeated Wanganui Col legiate). School matched Wanga nui but the latter made the most of its chances and won 3-1. G. Haywar,d goaled for N.P.B.H.S. School defeated Stratford 4-0 and Hawera 7-0 (a good win) in the last round to finish in seco nd place in the local compet ition . Once again , School played atrocious hockey in its final co llege match aqainst the strong Hamilton Boys ' School's defence was hopelessly High School team. out of position at crucia l times and Hami lton won 7-0. School's play improved noticeably in the second half to prevent an embarrassing double-figure loss , but an uncohesive forward lin e was unable to score. To round off the season School participated in the Inter-Secondary Schools ' Tournament at Stratford during the August holidays. A lhough not winni ng a game, School , an und erstrength team nevertheless put up some cred itable performances and managed to hold its own against some strong teams. Garth Hayward [playing in goal for th e first t im e th is season) brought off some incred ible saves and contributed considerab ly to School 's be ing able to hold its own . Tournament res ul ts-v. Pukekohe. lost 0-1; v. Linwood , lost 1-5 [half t im e 1-2): v . King 's College , lo st 1-2; v. Opunake. lo st 1-3; v . Christ 's College, drew 1-1. In a li ghter vein School beat [4-1) and drew [1-1) with N.P.G.H.S. in some enjoyabl e social games.
Back: J. C. Grayling , G. R. Haywa rd , A . G. Gunderson , R. J. Barker, R. B. Hayward. Front: R. L. Mathieson , A . N. Lane, W. D. Binnie [capta in). E. W. Taylor , U. Vaifale, J. J. Arthur.
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Th e 1st XI never (except agai nst Opunake) played to its fu ll potential. Th e team conta ined some very good individual players . but perhaps this was the main problem , for School never played as a co he sive team.
The School "A" Team in action
Indoor Basketball This year several basketball records were broken , w ith an exte nsive Hous e compet ition , two teams in the loca l compet ition. a third form squad and increased boarder participation . The standard of basketball improved markedly in every. team which played; house and competit ion games scoring into the forties and fifti es were common, indic ating t he qual ity of basketba ll produced . During the second term house co mpetitions got under way, w it h A teams exc lud ed. Thi s proved unfair, as many of the teams were unequal . However, in the th ird term , with A team members included, play began
Page 30 in earnest: eight teams were fielded, including two from Moyes , Carrington and East. Competition was even throughout, with two points for a win and a bonus point for a score over 40. This bonus point proved interesting, and East and Moyes made the best of it. The final points tally was: East 14, West 14, Moyes A 12, Carrington A 8, Pridham 6, Moyes B 6, Carrington B 4, and East B 0. In the play-off East beat West 27-23. The standard was high in the final, indicating the allround improvement of all players. This year we had two teams in the Basketball Association's competition, the A team playing in the A Grade (the first time since 1969) and the B team in the C Grade. The B's won the C Grade by six points, while the A 's finished third equal. A notable feature of the A team's play was two wins on the last day of the competition. All players performed well to beat Burfrasco and IWD Jestas . The A team played nine college games , including one rematch with Hawera. The squad was: B. Baillie , M. Belavskis , M. Clearawter (captain). S. Harvey, B. Manning, B. Roebuck, W. Tuki and G. Williams. On 15th July we held a tournament in New Plymouth. attended by Church College (Hamilton). Hamilton Boys' High , Tongariro College , Spotswood College , Hawera High School and N.P.B.H.S. We defeated Hawera 52-31 , but lost to Church College 87-36. Our first trip away
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was to Wanganui Collegiate, where we were defeated in a slow game , 37-22 . Revenge, however, was obtained when we beat Wanganui Boys' College 37-5 at i'lew Note: this reversed last year's results. Plymouth.
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Rowing
This 'year produced a great improvement in the number of boys who won various awards in the 197172 season; a total of 110 boys passed different awards. This year three boys gained the Society's second highest award , the Distinction. They were H. W. Rauputu, H. P. Clark and G. R. Hart. A total of four boys gained the Award of Merit: they were G. R. Hart. H. P. Clark, R. J. McCaughan and H. R. Phillips. Sixteen boys passed the Bronze Cross with three bars to Bronze Cross, six passed the Senior Instructor Certificate, thirty-seven the Bronze Medallion and forty-one the Resuscitation Certificate. The School this year was represented at the InterSec. School Life-Saving by one team of T. Power, S. Milne, M. Phillips and P. Thompson, with H. Phillips as Instructor. They were awarded the Butcher Cup for the best boys' teams . Congratulations to T. Power and S. Milne on ¡winning the Smith and Easton Cup at the annual swimming sports, and thanks to Mr. Rattray and Mr. Dobson for giving up their time afer school in helping the boys to pass the examinations, and for all the organisation they put in to help these boys gain the various awards . The following gained awards during the first term:Bronze Medallion: S. Winter, R. Bevan , P. Campbell, M. Motion, I. Wright, S. Crow, R. Edgar, G. Mclean, D. Ensor, R. Tansey, M . Cowling, T. Harris , T. Shearer, N. Munro . Bronze Cross: K. Burgess , S. Winter, M. Hargraves, G. Mildenhall , R. White , R. Bevan, P. Ridland, A . Wood. Bars to Bronze Cross: M. Phillips, P. Thompson, C. Rees. Senior Instructors ' Certificate : L. McDougal, M. Hargraves, M. Paulin, G. Mildenhall , R. Ure, K. Burgess .
On 5th August we travelled to Hamilton, only to be defeated 48-24. Unfortunately, the referees failed to show up, so two impromptu refs attempted (without whistles!) to control the game. The week after the August vacation saw us in Hawera for the Taranaki Inter-Secondary Tournament We won our section by beating Stratford 41-8, Hawera A 28-26, and Hawera B 58-12. In the final the strain began to show, with Boys ' High going down 26-47; Spotswood had that little bit extra to take the game. Our final record was : 5 wins, 4 losses, 304 points for and 301 against. Our special thanks go to Mr. Mulliner for his time and expect coaching , and also on occasions for joining in as a team member; to Mr. Rattray for his organisation of the House competition and his services to basketball over the years; to Mr. Borland and Mr. Francis with their respective houses; to Peter Dalton coaching the B's to victory ; and to Jock Neville and Mr. Hoben for their work with the third form squad. M . Clearwater.
H. R. Phillips .
From the beginning of the year the club has been keenly supported. it is good to see so many juniors and intermediates rowing so keenly. Mr. Speck's bus, fully laden with upwards of fifty boys, has been transporting the oarsmen to the School rowing sheds at Waitara on three afternoons a week, where vigorous rowing is followed by sprint training through the school grounds to get to tea on time. (We did once.) The club seems to have acquired squatter's rights to Room 26, which at different times of the season was partially filled with heaps of riggers, stickily varnished oars and miscellaneous pieces of unidentified boating hardware. Most of this went into the reconstruction of damaged boats, as the club's aim has been to get as many crews on to the water as possible. Our 'fleet ' now consists of four eights and four fours. Our first regatta was held at Karapiro on Anniversary Weekend. The first Eight, Colts Four, Junior A Four and Junior Eight were entered. On Saturday School had its first race in the senior event with the first Eight and found that a small improvement was necessary. The Colts Four worked hard to gain fourth place and the Junior Eight, starting well and fighting their way through the field , arrived at the finish in third position. The first Eight then split into two fours and the crew, stroked by 0. King, gained third place after a hard fight with the other senior school crews. On Saturday, March 18th, the club rowed in a regatta at Wanganui . The first Eight bettered their Karapiro effort but just missed out on a place in the final. The crew consisted of 0. King (stroke). S. Daisley, G. SilllOns , S. Glass, L. Brown, B. Middleton, M. Ries. C. Bayly and M . Herdman (cox) . The first Four rowed extremely well to gain second place in their final in one of the better performances of the day with a crew consisting
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THE SCHOOL "B" IIASKETBALL TEAM-Winners of the New Plymouth Men's "C" Grade Championship THE FIRST EIGHT
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of R. Newlands , W . Binnie, L. Stallard, R. Foy and R. Gray (cox). The second Eight, consisting of M. Op ie (stroke). W. Newton. D. Dreadon , D. White , B. Phill ips, G. Wa lker, P. Somerton , J. Sarten and C. Bunn (cox). rowed third in their heat, but in the finals the competition was too strong and they fin ished fifth. After a bad start the third Eight rowed well to gain a hardearned fo urth place . Pra ise shou ld also go to an Eight of third formers who rowed in the same race and produced a ve ry cred itable performanc e considering this was their first race. The Maadi Cup regatta at Christchurc h marked the close of the season. The c lub was represented in all three events. the Maadi Cup Eights , the Springbok Shield Fours and the Intermed iate Eights . The crews left on Wednesday afternoon and travelled to Wellington by
bus, where they spent a night at t he Hutt Park Motor Camp and in the morn ing boarded the Maori for the trip down to Lyttelton . The f irst Eight rowed wel l aga inst the other senior crews but were beaten on account of their small size and were un able to ga in a place in the final. The First Four were hampered by the condition of their boat and the Second Eight, cons iderably younger and sma ll er than the oppos ition crews, were outc lassed . lt was noticed and well appreciated that Old Boys from Carr ington and Pridham were giving support to the crews from the far bank. Our thanks must go to Mr. Sargent who has stirred boat repa iring, fitness the boys up in eve ry way training, and t ak ing car loads of boys out to Waitam for extra pract ices. R. Newland .
J. Moss. C. J. Ridland, P. W. Broederlow . Back: B. M. Cawthray, J. R. P. Kay, V. P. Rowe, G. S. Percival, S. J. G. D. Simons. Johnston, S. N. Field, R. P. Old, H. G. McCarthy, A. R. , Foy Middle: R. B. (captain}. P. J. Brooky, J. A. Cameron, M. W . Front: R. R. W. Manson, A. B. Middleton, J. A. Barden, B. J. Newton Don aldson . FIRST FOUR UN DER THE WA ITARA BRIDGE
Rugby This year School fielded 22 teams in the Saturday compet itions. For the First XV the Senior B matches proved to be a good preparation for the college matc he s although the sta ndard was not as high as in prev ious years. Geoffrey Old, No . 8 for the Firsts, was selected for the North Island Under 18 team to play the South Island , whi le Neil Johnston, First XV fullback, was selected for the Junior Centurions . Eleven members of the First XV were chosen to represent the Taranaki Secondary Schoo ls A team: N. Johnston , R. Manson, J. Cameron, P. Brooky, G. Old, D. Willis, B. Middl eto n, J. Barden (captain) , S. Moss, B. Newton and R. Fay. School also had a good repres entation in both the Taranaki Under 18 and Under 16 teams. Under 18 A team: J. Cameron, B. Middleton, G. Old, J. Barden, B. Newton, R. Foy. Under 18 B team: P. Fi eld, R. Manson, P. Brooky, D. W il l is. Under 16: P. Jackson. R. McCarthy, J. Lockwood, K. Bolstad, P. Broederlow , B. Kjestrup. In the lower grades a number of successes were recorded . The lntersec . B's were undefeated in the Secondary Schools B Division , and other successful
teams were: School Gold (first) and School Black (secon d) in the 5th Grade A Division; Schoo l Moyes (second) in the 6th Grade; School Black (third) in the 8th Grade A Division; and School Carrington and Schoo l Moyes first equal in the 8th Grade B Division . The School expresses its thanks and apprec iation t o those who helped to promote Rugby in the School : coaches. St. John Ambul anc e. the Referees' Association, th e Northern Junior Rugby Manageme nt Comm ittee, th e Taranaki Jockey Club for the us e of the racecourse. and all thos e who billeted vis iting players and our players visiting other centres . FIRST XV The XV had a successfu l season w ith one loss in its seven college games. an undefeated tour of Fij i and a good record in the Taranak i Senior Third Divi sion . With the exper ience of the Fij i tour beh ind them and the dedication of Mr. Carroll , the boys gained som e impressive victories in the early part of the season , but deteriorate d slightly during the latter part; this may be attributed to the f act that the Fiji trip and the increased number of college games made it a lon ger season than usual.
The full sq uad was: N. Johnston , B. Cawthray, P. Broederlow , G. Simons, P. Field, V. Rowe, R. Manson, R. McCarthy, M . Donaldso n, J. Cameron, P. Brooky, G. Old, D. Willis , C. Ridland , B. Middleton. G. Percival , J. Barden. S. Moss, B. Newton, P. l<ay and R. Foy. B. Newton was captain and P. Brooky vice-captain . This yea r's team re lied he avily on the lineout potent ial of the forwards, whose mobi lity around the field was a noticeable feature. The backs ' greatest strength was their abi li ty to throw th e ball around. The Fiji tour was an outstanding success, the team be ing undefeated in the ir four matches. Twelve day s were spent travelling around the main isl and , Viti Levu. and the island of Ova lau . The game against Ova lau Combined Schools. at St. John's on 10th May was notable in that it was probably the f irst time a School it was far First XV had taken th e field bare-footed . from easy; the School team, being eve nly matched in the first half, found it difficult to adapt to the conditions. Scorers for School were N. Johnston , R. McCarthy, C. Ridland, P. Broederlow (2) with tries, and N. Johnston with two conversion s. Against Fiji Combined Secondary Schools, at Buckhurst Park, Suva , on 13th May, School won 15-12. Thi s
was a game where School rose to the occas ion, t he mo st noticeable feature being the tack ling. An early try by J. Cameron resulted from a blind side movement. Fiji equalised when hooker Pita dived over to score. Eight minutes later P. Field outpaced his man to put School ahead 8-4 at half-time . In the second half J. Bradburg scored for Fiji to make the score 8-8, and minutes later the Fiji prop, Mosese. dived through a wall of defenders to score again . Only five minutes before full time G. Percival dived across the lin e from a loose ruck to put School equal. and then, when Fiji was penal ised, N. Johnston landed t he f irst kick of the day to finish the game: School 15, Fiji 12. Two days later, on 15th May, against Ratu Kadavulevu Schoo l at Ratu Kadavulevu, School went into an early lead when D. Willis scored after running the ball from a pena lty . N. Johnston converted: 6-0. Then R.K.S . put on the pressure. spinning the ball along the ir hardrunning back line and scoring two tr ies before half-time: 8-6. In the second half School gained va luable ground from R. Bott's kicking, which enabled Johnston to kick two good penalties. Towards the end School's fitness enab led us to dominate up front, and fina l po ints came when R. Foy scored after Willis broke from a lineout, making the final score 16-8 to School.
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Page 34 Against Marist School, at Marist School on 17th May, Marist went into the lead after scor ing and converting from a back movement: 6-0 to Marist. Then School gained a penalty kicked by J. Cameron . Marist came back after charging down a clearing kick to make the half-time score 10-3 in their favour . At the beginning of the second half Johnston started to close the gap with a penalty, though Marist opened it up again with a further try : 14-6. School went on attack now, and P. Field scored a try, followed by another try by Cameron. Thi s was converted by John sto n, giving School a 16-14 win and an undefeated tour. We owe special thanks to all Old Boy s in Fij i, to St. John 's School, to Ratu Kadavulevu School , to Marist School and to numerous billeters for their help and support of the tour . Back in New Zealand , the First XV had a busy seaso n. On Queen's Birthday Weekend, at Napier, the XV entered one of the best seco ndary school tournaments eve r held. Four teams were entered: Gisborne B.H .S., Napier B.H.S ., Palm erston B.H.S. and N.P.B.H.S. Two weeks previously Napier had brought back the celebrated Moascar Cup after a tour up north. School , being outright winners, returned with the cup, only to lose it to Wanganui Collegiate after successfully defending it against St. Pat's . School played two games at the tournament, against Gisborne and Palmerston North. The Gisborne gam e resulted in a 37-6 win for School , due largely to domination by our forwards , who put Gisborne und er const3nt pressure . With tries by Brooky and Field , and two conve rsions and a penalty by Johnston , the score at
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half-time stood at 15-6, Gisborne having taken full advantage of School's errors . In the second half , w ith a combination of clean lin eout ball, penetrating runs, quick rucking and accurate kicking, School added a further 22 points, making the final score : School 37, Gisborne 6. Points in the seco nd half we re scored by Foy, Manson, Rowe and Fields, with tries, and Johnston with two penalties . In the other game, Palmerston 's domination in the lineout was co untered by School's rucking and secondphase play. This was a more closely co ntested game, in which Manson , Barden and Johnsto n scored tries for School agai nst one penalty to Palmerston . Th e final score was : School 12, Palmersto n North 3. St. Pat's Silverstream (Hicks Park, Hawe ra , 8th July) St. Pat's reputation as a highly-rated team this year made School all the more determined to win. Two early penalties put Silverstream into the lead, but a well placed kick and run by Field enabl ed him to sco re a try, which was converted by Johnston , to make the half-time score 6-6. In the second half a penalty by Johnston, followed by a left foot potted goal by Cameron and yet another dropped field goal from 40 yards out by Johnston put School in a comfortab le position. A try by Moss , converted by Johnston, and another try by Foy, as aga inst an unconverted try by Guppy for St. Pat's , brought the final score to: School 25, St. Pat's 10. Wanganui Collegiate (Wanganui, 20th July) School went into this game far too confident and were soundly beaten. In the first half the game was
1st XV v. ST. PAT'S evenly contested , with School getting the territorial advantage . Collegiate opened the scor in g with a penalty by their captain P. Young, but Old equa li sed with a penalty to make the half-time score 3-a ll. In the second half Collegi ate won more and more ball and, instead of trying to run its well marked backline in the fac e of strong and positive School marking , kept play close to their forward pack and used the high ball to great effect. The first try came about half-way through the second half when, more as a result of weak defence than anythin g else, Wanganui's w inger Darrington scored in the corner. The game was clinched for Collegiate about ten minutes before th e end when Collier scored from a scisso rs movement. Young converted to mak e the final score: Collegiate 13, School 3.
THE MOASCAR CUP RETURNS
Te Aute (Gully Ground, 29th July) After losing the Moascar Cup the previous week, lt School went into this game determined to win. scored eight tries and mastered possession in every facet of play. Te Aute's early resolve was weakened by three School tries in the first 14 minutes. Johnsto n at fullback weakened the Te Aute defence with his hard running in the back lin e; as a result he scored three tries, as well as three conversions and a pena lty, to gain a personal tally of 21 points. Te Aute scored a try just before half-time and a penalty ear ly in the second half. At half-time School led 17-4. Then in the seco nd half it enjoyed almost total territorial advantage, the backs making classical sweeping runs to keep Te Aute scrambling .
Points for School were ga in ed by: N. Johnston (3). P. Field (2). G. Old , R. Manson, J. Cameron w ith tries; N. Johnston (3) conversions; N. Johnston a penalty. For Te Aute , P. Hamlin scored a try and P. Tomlin s a pena lty. Fin al score: School 41, Te Aute 7. Hamilton B.H.S. (Gully Ground, 5th A ugu st) School went stra ight on to attack, but bad mistakes and lack of backing up cost us ground and opportunities. Although John Cameron crossed the line twice, he was held up and cou ld not score. Then Hamilton put on pressure, but good tackling by our backs, aided by Middleton and Willis, kept the Hamilton backs out. Just before half-time McCarthy made a solid tackle which sent the ball loose inside the Hamilton twenty-five. From the following broken play Manson made a go od break, and from the resulting maul Foy scored in the corner . This mad e the half-time score 4-0 to N.P.B .H.S. Early in the second half School almost scored when Hamilton allowed a drop kick to bounce under the bar; Manson was over the line , but the Ham ilton defence prevented him from forcing down . School had trouble in the lin eouts, giving away frequent penalties, and from one of these the Hamilton hooker, Haywood , kicked a pena lty goa l : 4-3 to New Plymouth . For the next 20 minutes both sides made mistakes , and close marking gave neither side advantage . Then Johnston kicked a penalty from in front: 7-3 with ten minutes to go.
From then on it was forward domin ation by School and good play by the Hamilton backs. The game ended after a couple of good breaks were desperate ly stopped by the School backs. The final sco re was: School 7, Hamilton B.H.S. 3. Auck land August)
Grammar
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Grammar School,
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The game was played in perfect conditions and from the beginning the School forwards won a good share of the ball and dominated second ph ase play. N. Johnston opened the scoring when he came into the backline after the forwards won a ruck nea r the Grammar line. He converted his own try to make the half-time sco re School 6, Grammar 0. In the second half School we nt onto attack but failed at first to score points because of constant mistakes 路 poor marking by the backs also allowed the Gramma; backs to relieve the pressure. Howeve r , School finall y scored when Cameron ran the blind from a ruck, creating the over lap, and fed the ball to Broed erlow , who scored: 10-0. Grammar, determ ined to stay in the game, scored the last try of the match when they crossed the line in th e corner after winning a forward ru ck. The final score was : School 10, Auck land Grammar 4. SECOND XV The Seconds this season compr is ed J. Barr, B. Cawthray , R. Anderson, G. Rendall, R. Nicholas, 0. King, S. K1estrup , R. Bott, J . Gilmer, S. Glass (captain). C. Bayly,
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M. Armstrong, R. Newl and , G. Campbell, D. Harvie , P. M euli, 0. Gil es, J . Gilbert, K. Bolstad, G. McMillan, M . Smith and H. Webber . After a rather shaky start, due to injuries, peop le leaving the team and promotions to th e First XV, the team finally setled down to play some very good Rugby. lt beat all its riva ls except Waitara and Hawe ra. Many prom ising players went through th e team during the Captain Stuart Glass stood out most as a season. player, leadi ng the team by example, while B. Cawthray turned in some exceptional games at fullback , and R. Bott was an extremely reliable, big-booting first fiveeighths. Locks G. Campbell and D. Harv ie were the powerhouse forwards , dominating many lineouts. while K. Bolstad and M. Smith were the hard working tight forwards . The college game against Hamilton B.H.S. First XV was pl ayed in very humid conditions. The Hamilton pack outweighed the School pack, though they did not have the stam ina of our lighter pack . For the greater part of th e first ha lf Hami lton dominated, scoring a controversial try and kicking a penalty goal. The second half, however, was all New Plymouth 's; we ap plied pressure throughout this half, but were unable to score until R. Nicholas scored a well-timed t ry under the posts in the last 10 minutes. When this was converted by R. Bott the team's morale was boosted cons iderably. Sc hool spent t he remainder of the game on the Hamilton goal-line, but were unable to break the one-point differ-
I'RIDHAM JUNIORS-Winners of the Junior House Competition ence, so that th e final sco re was: 1-l::lmi l to:l B.H.S . 7, Schoo l 6.
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CARRINGTON SENIORS-Winners of the Senior House Competition
lntersec B's Th e B's had another successful season, w inning all their games. Despite losing S. Kjestrup and R. Newland to the Group and B. Neill through injury, the team settled down to play some fine Rugby. Baty, Fisher, Stallard and Phillips were the powerhouse of the forwards, w ith Sutton, Dick and Shearer (captain). getting good lineout ball. The loose trio of Hann ah, Price and Ries consistently turned in good games, giving the opposition plenty of troub le. Murray and McCaughan combined well to give good service to th e outside backs, whi le B. Paul at second five-eighths was top sco rer with 21 tries and made many penetrating runs. On the w ings , Chamberlain and Strawbridge were determined runn ers , whi le S. Wri!]ht an d B. Kjestrup we re more than safe. In the middle of the season a Third XV was se lected w hi ch in clud ed nine B players. We must thank our coach, Mr. Bennett, who gave up his valuable time to make this season a most enjoyable one. I ntersec C 's After a bad start, the C's had a good seaso n from wh ich they emerged with more wins than losses. In the forwards H. Rauputu showed hi s strength, ably supported by captain P. Horrock s, P. McDouga ll , D. Baxter, and R. Samuela played consistently in the backs. Our thanks go to our coach, Mr. D. Bennett, for another successful season .
r-curth Grade Thi s year's team was made up mainly of last year's successful Fifth Grade Black team . l t proved it had abi lity at the start of the season but form dropped towards the end. Although the forward pack was noti ceably smaller than its oppos ition on many occasions, it performed very well. The captain, Chris Burn, was an outstanding leader in the loos e, abl y backed up by J. Phipps, L. Brown and W . Hill . J. Smart and B. Goodey worked well in the tight, while P. Lightbourn e won c lean lin eout ball. B. Whiting and R. Horne proved to be valuable hookers . The backs, with a similar comb ination to last year's , were always dangerous. especially with K. Bennett and G. Jam ieson making many attacks. M . O'Neill and C. Hill backed up we ll , w hile D. Radford at fullback was' more t han safe, often venturing into the backline and also proving his kicking ability . Th e team was well represented in the reps, w ith C. Burn (captain). K. Bennett, G. Jam ieson, D. Radford, B. Whiting and M. O'Neill. The boys would like to thank Mr. Bellringer for hi s coach ing and the time he has given to the team . Fifth Grade In keeping with School tradition, the three Fifth Grade teams had another successful season, thanks to the -::oac hing of Mr. Currey of the two boarder teams and Mr. Jamieson of the day-boy team . Gold eventua ll y
Page 38 ~on the competition with an unbeaten record, with ack as runn ers-u p. Green , although not qui te as ~ u ccesfu/ w ith on ly two w in s, was a much-improved earn by the end of th e seaso n. f Players most noted for a fin e seaso n and prospects (~; the future includ e Broadmore, Haywood and Rid /and a ~ck) ; . Lockwood, Coley, Herdman and Dreadon (Gold); n Op1e and You ng (Green).
Sixth Grade Moyes was the most improved School team in the com~etit i on and was the onl y team to beat t he lead in g team, Potswood Green; Moyes fini shed seco nd in the co mpetition. Carrington and Sc hoo l White also performed well, finishing in the top half. For Carrington, D. Turn er ~nd R. Harkn ess comb in ed well in the backs while Van ~~agh played a good game in t he forwards. ' Fo r School• t lte R. Hill , T. Rogu sk i and R. Man ley stood out in he backs, whil e B. Hamilton an d A. Gardner did we ll ~n /he f orwards. A. Dee turned in a good game at No. H or Sc hoo l West, and for Moyes L. Newton and D. odge were the pick of the ba ~ ks, while J. Clark proved a good flanker. Seventh Gr<Jde This year none of the teams fared very well , the ~tanda rd bei ng lower than in prev iou s yea rs. Moyes ~nlshed in 6th place in the competit ion , with S. Lowrie , · dCamp bell and R. Eli sto n playing we ll in the backs an Wi/son, Newlands and Hea le in the f orwards. ' W Pndham's best players were M. Copp/estone, L. Huor~lsey, P. Amey and B. Wallis. For Carr in gton, P. to ey played we ll in the forwards, and other players note were G. Gatenby, C. Robinson, R. Loft and R 1 1 rw kn . For School White , T. Urbahn stood out in th~ bac s. Eighth Grade Schoo l Black fi ni shed third in the A Division and was the top team in t he School. Its best players were A· Tre!oar and A. Wood. fir Carrington and Moyes, along with N.P.O.B., fi ni shed A s~equa / In the B Division. For Ca rrington, A. Mill iken, b · klsher , D. Burgess and M. Gregory stood out in the ~c s, while D. Lockwood , D. Burgess and R. Tomb leson rc/ed we ll in t he forwards . For Moyes, S. Newton wh~tam) and S. Kay we re the pick of the forwards, eb D. Fredrickson and R. Brooky showed talent in th e acks . Ninth Grade The team th is year comprised nineteen players and P1ay~d 1n the B Di visio n, where t hey end ed up th ird equa · H. Phi/lips coached the team this year , w ith 8 rne help given by Mr. Bill Phi/lips, who also looked a 1er us in the weekend B . ea t ·.Proctor as capta in was helped by A. Si m as v iceD Ptn. Pl aye rs to stand out were B. Procter , B. Besley , A. reeby and M. Le Pin e in the backs , and S. Tate , 8 · Thm and J. Lamb in the forwards . . to lo anks to Mr .. Bill Ph11/1ps fo r giVIn(J up his time h. ok after us 1n the weekends and for passing on IS experience.
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Third XV v. W anganUI. Boys ' College t During the season a team was se lected from the 1 an ersec B's and C's and the 4th Grade to play the c~~~~~- game agai nst Wanganui, on the Gull y in good w l ions. A lth ough School had a li ghter pack and R~r~ d?wn 9·12 at half-time, they played some good g Y In the second spell to win 39-12. Chris Burn
SPORTS (captain), Li ghtbourne, Smart and Ries played we ll in the forwards, wh il e Taylor , Murra·y, Radford and Strawbridge were t he pick of the backs. School Under 15! v. Wanganui Collegiate In spite of poor weather, School got in to the game stra igh t away w ith tries by J. Young and J. Bi shop, one of wh ich was converted by P. Campbe/1. Collegiate scored a try in the second half. For Schoo l , P. Campbell kicked a penalty and f in ally converted a run away try by P. Fi tzpatr ick. In the forwards M. Opie and the captain, W. Newton, played well , wh il e Bishop , Young and Fi tzpatr ick featured in the backs. The final score was: Schoo l 19, Collegiate 4. School Under 16! v. Wangr,nui Collegiate . Thi s annual game was played on the School Gully 1n extreme ly poor cond itions. Nevertheless, it was an eve ntful game, and School came out on top 10-4. Tri es came from Kj estrup and Dreadon , w ith a convers ion from Radford. Th e team was we ll led by M . Herdman at halfback and S. Ries on the flank. Junior House Rugby The Jun ior House competit ion this year mainta in ed the high standa rd disp layed in prev ious years. Both semi-fin als were tense and highl y exc iting, all teams prov in g to be eve nl y matched . Moyes ran out the w inn ers against Carri ngton by a slender 10-9 margin , whi le Pri dham defeated West 13-6. Thu s the scene was set for yet another interesting final. Moyes and Pridham met in good conditions on the Gu ll y; with Tansey scor in g for Moyes and Somerton for Pridh am , the sco re was locked at 4-4 at half-time . Early in the second half Moyes poured on the pressure and with a lead of 11-4, seemed to have th e game sewn up. But Pridham struck back ga ll ant ly; Beverwijk kicked a penal ty and Harr ison scored in the corner , making the full-time score 11-a/1. In extra time , Pridham conc luded an epic struggle with another Beverwijk pena lty from in front of the posts, making the final score: Pridham 14, Moyes 11 .
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Ski-ing Earl y in the yea r a ski club was formed by a group of boarders w ith Mr. Bor/ and as Master-in-C harge. The members hi p comprised mostly boarders, wi th so me day boys . Only one trip was held , halfway through the seco nd term. We had hoped that more trips could be held, some in co njun ction w ith the Girls' Hi gh School, but because of poor snow co nditi ons , bad weather, un ava il ability of buses and ove r-a ll Jack of support, t hi s was not possible. On our one t rip , snow co ndi tio ns were average, hut the weather was overcast. However , we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves . In th e highl y competiti ve field of sk i-rac ing , boys from this sc hool did extreme ly we ll . When one considers the fact that most races are open to seniors, intermed iates and juniors, an impressio n is gai ned of w hat our boys are up aga in st . Th ey are dedi cate d, train for month s t hrough endl ess slalom and giant slalom poles , put all their money into ski -rac in g, risk their necks and often in the end face defeat.
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Senior House Rugby This year's title was won by Carrington by default from East. In the fi rst round East eas il y defeated Pridh am, wh il e Carrington had a harder task in beati ng West by 15-6. Th e second round game between Carrington and Moyes was t he v irtu al f in al, w it h Carrington's sup eri ority in the forwa rd s the dec id ing factor in their 11-3 w in. The successful Carri ngton team was: Bott, Renda/1 , Nei /1 , Hannah , Simons, Cameron, Donaldson, Herdman, Newlan ds, Middleton, Willis, Ries, Binni e, Di ck, Old , Phi/li ps, Fey, Moss . Boarders v. A lt hough contested in ditions, the seco nd spell
Several lapses at cruci al stages prevented the 1972 season from becoming an unprecedented success; as it was the First XI acqu ired the Egm ont Trophy, the Dr. Brown Shield and, by w inn ing 18 out of its 25 matches, finished runners-up in t he Julian Cup co mpet ition. On reflection, the Mt. Albert match proved the most memorable, t he th ree-goa l win nin g margin be ing the most conv in cing and most deserved in thirty years of rivalry. However , th is cou ld not be recorded as the sin gle satisfy in g achievement, as the over-all showi ng in the Tara naki competiti ons improved co nsid erably on past years, althou gh fading w ith victory in sight. Th e regular 1st XI squad was: R. McKay (capt ain] , C. Vernon (vice-captain], J. Le Sueu r , J. Liffiton , A . Parsons, A. Beverwijk, D. MacKay, G. Yearbury, G. Dads, B. Hollins , A. Fox, D. Batty , N. Le Sueur.
Day Boys the first half of the match was even ly a match played un der unfavourable conBoarders applied more pressure in the to ga in a comfortab le w in.
For Boarders , B. M idd/ eton (captain) held the forwards we ll , wh il e J. Cameron was dangerous in the backs . N. Johnston was form id ab le with his kicking for Day Boys. Scorers for Boarders were J. Cameron with two tr ies, M . Donaldson w it h a try, and G. Old w ith two co nversions and two penalt ies, w hil e for Day Boys N. John sto n kicked two pe nalties . The score was: Boarders 22, Day Boys 6. B. Newton.
Features of this seaso n in cluded : Roger Geden and Andrew Davie's appearance on loca l TV w hen they ope ned the Egm ont season. Warwick Brown's se lection fo r a McKenzie Scholarship, a week's free coach ing at Ruapehu for racers under 16 yea rs and subsequent selection for the New Zealand " B" squad. This is a great ac hi eveme nt for a third form er - we ll done , Warwi ck. The f ielding of two teams at the inter-Seco ndary School Championships. Coac hin g by top international Swiss coach, Rene Seiler, and 197 1 N.Z. M en 's Champion Ros s Ew ington , received by Davie, Geden, Brown an d Burr. Th e following are our boys' indi vidua l results for major races of th is seaso n: Secondary Schools Tea ms race: "A" team (Andrew Dav ie' Roger Geden , Warwick Brown , Chris Burr) 1st; " B" team (Chris Molloy, Stephen Lepper, Stuart Jon es, Rog er Jon es ) 4th. Stratford Mountain Club Champio nships: Junior MenSlalom: Brown 1st; Giant Slalom: Brown 1st; Combined : Brown 1st. Intermed iate Men-S lalom: Geden 3rd , Davie 4th; Giant Slalom: Geden 3rd , Davie 4th ; Combined: Geden 3rd, Davie 4th. Curtis-Penn Handicap: Burr 1st, Brown 3rd . Dr. Ga rd en Tec hniqu e Cup: Brown 2nd . Ngauruhoe Cup: Fastest Un offic ial Tim e: Geden. Giant Slalom : Davie 3rd. Brown ineli gibl e. Martin i and Rossi Sponsored Slalom: Brown 3rd, bronz e medal. Davie 4th. Tara nak i Champio nship s: Inte rm ediate Mens: Combined: Davie 3rd. Ruapehu Regiona l Championships: Sla lom: Brown 5th, Dav ie 7th, Geden 9th. Giant Slalom : Geden and Brown in first te n. Combined: Brown 2nd . North Island Championships : Combined: Brown 3rd and Bronze Meda l. Davie 6th.
A. Davie practises the Giant Slalom
The 1st XI Record Three trophies we re competed for in the loca l T.F.A .. competition s; the Ju/ian Cup, the Duff Rosebowl, and the Dr. Brown Shield . Club play ope ned in exceptiona l fashion, 14 goals str iking the opposit ion net within the space of two games , althoug h t he younger players were Jacking in match experience. Apart from one loss , this initial success continued, 40 goals being scored
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Pnge 40 short within the space of eight games, on ly a handful this of w hat it took a season to produce last year. By comstage , however , a defensiv e problem in the 4-3-3 ntal bination occurred , prompti ng a switch to the Contine e 4-2-4 sys tem, theoreti cally providin g the perfect balanc ns between defence and attack. Thi s placed limitatio weeks on the midfield , but it was not until the closing d that further se rious problem s arose wh ich destroye on asp1rat1ons of the School 's name being in scribed a both the Juli an Cup and Duff Rosebowl. Firstly Moturo goa l , won a tight game in heavy rain by a defende rs' affo rdmg Stratfor d a clear lead in the premier trophy. inning Then Stratfor d rubbed the salt in further by w School a Duff Rosebowl tie 3-1 the very next day, after nt 3-2 had led 1-0 for much of the game. An indiffere defeat w in one week later was followed by yet another after this time at the hands of Spotswo od United, 2-1, Thus havmg the best of the attackin g opportu nities. defeat the Juli an Cup campaign ended, School suffering ng four t1mes 1n 15 matches , scoring 51 goa ls and concedi the 18. Th ere was some conso lation in the fact that Dr. Brown Shield was won on the final day of the season four With a phenomenal goa l average of 12 from the goals games played. Over the twenty-f ive matches , 81 were scored and 31 conceded, the leading goal scorers bemg G. Dads with 42 and C. Vernon with 22.
COlLEGE MATCHES r . v. Wellingt on College, lost 0-3. (Played at Webste n F1eld , New Plymouth.) lt wou ld be pointles s to apportio n the blame in this, the biggest defeat suffered this seaso although it could be said several unironed kinks afforded d. t he v is itors greate r luxury th an they probably deserve was Wellmgt on scored in the first m 'nute and that A number of dangerous attacks virtually the end. followed , in contarst to School's inadequate forward when forays , and it was G. Cowley who made it two up . M. a headed goal resulted from a left wing free kick e, Green scored hi s second goal after a goa lmouth scrambl halfopenmg what looked like an unassai lable lead at out time. Undaunted , Schoo l attacked v igorousl y through not the second half, achiev ing a dominan ce one would but a expect from a team with a three goal deficit, held versatile and at times pac ked Wellingt on defence is not all at bay , showing as in previous years that it easily beaten. v. Mt. Albert Gramma r School. Won 5-2. Heavy overa soft night rain turned the Mt. Albert ground into ing puggy mire about which more than one disparag therecomme nt could be heard. Somewh at surprisin gly, fore, both teams set the conditio ns aside, to provide saw a most livel y encount er. Th e open in g moveme nt
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Page 41 up a School shoot into the lead when G. Dad s lin ed grasp rebound after the Mt. Albert goali e could not sett led the ball in a mud laden goa lmouth . Gramma r s down afte r this initial setback to equa li se twenty minute after later. Half-tim e came with our lead re-estab li shed right G. Dads capitalis ed on a through pass down the either centre of the Gramma r defen ce . At this stage h side could still have won, but School's confiden t approac goals , through out the second half led to three further from two more from t he boot of Dads and the fifth on its C. Vernon. Tiring at this stage, School coasted 5-1 lead , allowi ng Mt. Albert to fight hard in the closing stages and score a further goal. Needles s to say, G. Dad s was the outstand ing player of his of the match, once aga in proving the accurac y , C. goal shooting in scoring four times , but D. MacKay , not Vernon and A. Beverwi jk were also in fine form rs . to mention the so lid effort provided by all pla ye , v. Wanganui Boys' College . Won 3-0. Webste r Field much desp ite strenuou s efforts by the grounclstaff, left poor to be desired, the hard, uneven surface being a from incentiv e for attractiv e play. Wang anui pressed score the outset but lacked suffici ent im aginat ion to two goa ls. Thi s was not true of the other end, where before goa ls and severa l near misses were recorded left half-time . Up to this point the standard of play that something to be desired , but it was unfortun ate ed. it declined even further as the second half progress s, Afte r the woodwo rk was struck on several occasion e D. Batty scrambl ed the ball hom e ju st before full-tim score. to achieve at least some respec ta bility in the
s, neat angled drive . Hamilto n also had its moment and but the twin centre-b ack operations of R. M ac Kay e A. Beverwi jk proved effective . Minutes before half-tim per disaster struck: R. MacKay back-passed to goalkee lin g Yearbur y who made a rare mistake in not control ualis e th e slowly rolling ball , allowin g W. Tuck to eq with the simples t of shots. As the second half opened, play, bot h teams missed chances through over-eager length with attackin g moveme nts often sweep ing the full whe n of the field. Hamilto n dominat ed play for a spe ll the G. Leong chested home a r ight wing pass, but School stoppers came out in a late second half rally, being despera tely unlucky not to equa li se. XV A special feature this year was a 1st XI v. 1st found 'friendly ' soccer match . The Rugby boys soon three it wasn 't as simp le as it looked, the 1st XI sco rin g 1st t im es in the opening stages. Stung sli ghtly, the ive to XV decided rugger tactics were the only alternat This proved rather more effective , even the sk ill. ces referee appearing slightly confuse d over the differen the betwee n the ova l and round-balled game , despite Many occasional genial tweet from his ball-less whistle. fbrain incid ents later. the 1st XV conceded defeat 2-4 triumph s over brawn!) Holder Cup This was won by West after they had rather undercould estim ated their oppositi on from Pridham. Central was not field a team, so only one first round match 7-1. played, in which Carr ington easily defeated East Pridham surprise d, defeatin g Carringt on 3-2 by a penalty on full-time , while Wes t defeated Moyes 4-0. Lower Grades in After School had found it difficult on occasion s this 1971 to field two teams , a resurgen ce of interest year provided plenty of players for f ive teams. Second Grade was the socia l team, includin g a number a of senior boarders. Surprisi ngly, perform ances were definite improve ment on prev ious years, with a number of close games . Promine nt players were Dunn , Phillips and Hutchin son . A Second XI team once aga in st matched 2-1, a Wang anui Boys' College , losing a c lose game ago. marked improve ment on the 8-0 of twelve months A In the Third Grade , two teams compete d . Th e team , team won at le ast half of its games, but the B many though enjoying close contests , cou ld not manage w in s. In the Fourth Grade , two eve nl y matched teams had conan interest ing and enjoyab le season, with closely skill tested games and a fair share of success . The well and enthusia sm of many of these players augur for future School teams. After a good year , we would like to thank Messrs. spent Wright, De Zeeuw and Neather way for the t im e in helping their various teams . C. R. Vernon.
Soft ball 1st XI v. Hamilto n B.H .S .-C. R. Vernon in action
L. Dodds . D. Year bury , J. T. Le Sueur , A. G. Beverw ijk , G. Back: D. G. Batty, N. J. Le Sueur, A. Parsons, G. , B. s. Hollins . Liffiton N. J. , Vernon C. R. C. ]. (captain Mackay D. Front: A. L. Fox , D. A . M ackay, R.
at v. H<1milton Boys ' High School. Lost 1-2. Played n Western Park , New Plymouth.. Hear in g th at Hamilto livel y had defeated Mt. Albert 3-0 set the scene for a r how enc ounter, and it did not take long to discove of clos ely the teams were matched . After a variety tested , play in which the Hamilto n defence was f ull y ly it was G. Dads who drew f irst blood w ith a typical
Th e School team played in the Senior competi tion play th is year because of a lack of school teams to y aga in st. Games were played at Rugby Park on Saturda y morning s. The team perform ed we ll, but was slightl out of its class. t~1e Howeve r, this team made up , almost entirely, to Tara naki Under 15i softball team wh ich travelled among Auckl and for the annual competi t ion held there
Page 42 teams from Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth and other centres. Although the team won only one game out of four, the boys all enjoyed the trip . Key positions were: T. Wetere as pitcher, Lightbourn e as catcher, and McCarthy and Edwards on fir st and seco nd bases respectively. The w hole team p layed well, and should be even better next year w ith greater experienc e. Th e junior softba ll teams played well in their Saturday competitio n games. A great improvem ent was shown by the end of the season, with the School Juniors w innin g the Waitara Softba ll Tourn ament. More than 25 boys took part in junior games this year.
Steeplechase The annual Cross Country Champion ships held on Frida y, October 6th, proved to be a very successfu l meeting. Despite rain in the morn ing, the course was in a reasonab le condition and some excel lent times were recorded .
G. Towler ra n an outstandin g race in the Seniors, finishing stro ngl y we ll c lear of the fie l d in 16 min. 15 sec. This clipped 45 sec. off the previous record and indicates the cons id erable potential of this lon gdistance runner. R. Baxter ran with determina tion to finish second in the promising time of 17 min. 9 sec ., while F. Tansey was not very far away in third position.
SPORTS Carrington convi ncingl y wo n the Senior house competition with 572 points, Moyes were second with 473 , and Pr idham third with 386 . S. Newton, the 1971 Junior champ ion , ran wel l off hi s hand ic ap of 80 sec. and was the first runner home in the Intermedi ate section. On amended times he was placed second. R. Barker ran strongly to fini sh second and record third fastest time. Fastest t ime was recorded by W. Wright, who was also th ird to finish. The Intermed iate house compet ition was closely contested w ith Moyes (520 points) a narrow victor from Carrington (492) and Pridham in third place (253) . The outstandin g Junior was S. Lowri e, who finished third but recorded the fastest time. His time of 11 min. 6 sec. was only 19 sec. off the record. Junior house points were won convincin gly by East House with 603 ; second was Central (319) and third Carr in gton (267). Tota l house points saw Carrington w 1th 1331 poin t s well c lea r of the fie ld. Moyes (1195) were second and East (1030) third . Results in detail:JUN IOR ,-. . Tnrnhleso n (Carr .) D. Fredrickso n (Moyes) S. Lowri e (Moyes) R. White (Carr.) G. Eichstaed t (East) Fastest S. R. D. R.
Times Lowrie (Moyes) 11min. 6sec. White (Carr.) 11 min. 32sec. Fredrickso n (Moyes) 11min. 40sec. Tombleso n (Carr.) 11 min. 40sec. G. Eichstaed t (East) 11min. 46sec.
INTERMEDIATE S. Newton (Moyes , 80sec .) R. Barker (Carr., 70sec.) W. Wright (Moyes, 50sec.) P. White (Carr ., 60sec .) R. Hawkes (West, 80sec.) Fastest Times: W . Wright (Moyes) 13min. 49sec . S. Newton (Moyes) 13min. 51sec. R. Barker (Carr .) 13min. 52sec. P. White (Carr .) 14min . 2sec. D. Hutching s (Moyes) 14min. 8sec . B. Adams (West) 14min. 8sec. SENIORS G. Tow ler (Moyes, 10sec.) R. Baxter (Central, 10sec.) F. Tansey (Moyes, 10sec.) M. Bone (Central, 20sec .) D . McKay (East, 20sec.)
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Page 43 Resu lts of our entrants were:JuniGr (3500 metres): S. Lowrie (14min. 35sec.) 4th ; R. White (14min. 51 sec .) 6th; M . Dravitski (15mm._ .06sec.) 9th ; P. Brown (15min. 11sec.) 1Gth. Team plac1ng: 1st . Intermedi ate (4250 metres): W. Wright (16min. 49sec.) 5th; s. Newton (17min . . 08sec.) 9th; B. Adams (17mm. 39sec.) 15th; R. Barker (17min. 46sec.) 18th. Team placing: 2nd . Senior (5000 metres): G. Towler (18min. 44sec.) 1st ; R. Baxter (19min. 18sec.) 2nd; I. Hodder (20min . . .04sec.) 5th; D. Mackay (20min. 22sec.) 9th. Team p lacmg : 1st.
A most commend able performan ce by Towler and Baxter. lt was unfortuna te that F. Tansey fell at the creek and inju red himself. as it spoi led hi s chances of a possible 3rd placing . . On the whole the standard of runnin g was high , although most were using sp ikes for the f1rst time . we offer our thanks to all who provided transport and to Mr . Rattray and Mr. Currey for their support and encourage ment. I. M. Hodder.
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Fastest Times: G. Towler (Moyes) 16min. 15sec. 1 R. Baxter (Central) 17min . 9sec . 2 F. Tansey (Moyes) 17min 48sec. 3 L. Sta ll ard (Pridham) 18min . 38sec . 4= I. Hodder (East) 18min. 38 sec. 4= Taranaki Inter-Seco ndary Schools Steeplech ase This year's intersec cross-cou ntry was held a week after the School's own steep lechase, on the Francis Douglas farm. Th e course was of true cross-cou ntry standard, with plenty of hills, mud and stiles. Rain durin g the week ensured a need for spikes, especia ll y on the downhill grades.
Swimming The annual School Swiming Sports were held in the last week of Feb ru ary . West House took the over-al l house points from Moyes , with Pridham th1rd .. Only one record was broken during the day; th 1s was 1n the 100 Yards Intermedi ate Breaststro ke, when J. Clark took over 4 seconds off F. Hill' s record. SENIOR CHAMPIO NSHIP 440 Yards Freestyle: R. Ridland 1, F. Tansey 2, P. Rid land 3. Time , 5min. 59.5sec. 220 Yards Freestyle: R. Ridland 1, F. Tansey 2, s. Lepper 3. Time , 2min . 34.2sec. 100 Yards Freestyle: R. Rid land 1, H. Cl ark 2, s. Lepper 3. Tim e, 58.4sec . 100 Yards Breaststro ke: H. Cl ark 1, s. Harvey 2, G. Hart 3. Tim e , 1min. 19.3sec. 100 Yards Backstrok e: F. Tansey 1, R. Ridland 2. H. Cl ark 3. Tim e, 1min. 17sec. 100 Yards Butterfly: R. Ridl and 1, G. Hart 2, S. Lepper 3. Time , 1min. 21.9sec . 133 1-3 Yards Medley: R. Ridland 1, H. Cl ark 2, F. Tansey 3. Tim e, 1min. 43sec .
INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIO NSHIP 440 Yards Freestyle: R. Tansey 1, B. Manning 2, B. Baillie 3. Tim e, 5min. 23 .2sec. 220 Yards Freestyle: B. Manning 1, R. Tansey 2, B. Baillie 3. Tim e , 2min . 31.7sec . 100 Yards Freestyle: B. Manning 1, R. Tansey 2, B. Bai ll ie 3. Time , 58.7sec. 100 Yards Breaststro ke : J. Clark 1, B. Manning 2, K. Burgess 3. Time, 1min. 15.7sec. Record. 100 Yards Backstrok e: B. Baillie 1, M. Bone 2, R. Tansey 3. Time , 1min. 17.2sec . 50 Yards Butterfly: B. Manning 1, J. Cl ark 2, K. Burgess 3. Tim e, 30.9sec. 133 1-3 Yards Medley: B. Manning 1, J. Cl ark 2, R. Tansey 3. Time , 1min. 38 .9sec. JUNIOR CHAMPIO NSHIP 220 Yards Freestyle : R. Beaven 1, R. White, P. Ridland , P. Van Praagh 3rd equal. Time, 2min. 45.6sec. 100 Yards Freestyle: P. Van Praagh 1, R. Beaven 2, R. Mildenhall 3. Time, 1min. 5.8sec. 50 Yards Freestyle: P. Van Praagh 1, R. Beaven 2, R. Mildenhal l 3. Time, 29.1sec.
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50 Yards Breaststro ke: K. Burgess 1, M. Gray 2, M . Nedson 3. Time , 38.1sec. 50 Yards Backstrok e : R. White 1 R. Beaven 2, M. ' Baillie 3. Time , 38 .9sec . 100 Yards Medley: K. Burgess 1, R. Beaven 2 1. Fraser ' 3. Time, 1min . 18.8sec. AGE RACES 33 1-3 Yards Freestyle (Under 13): S. Kay 1, B. Proctor 2, M. Ch1vers 3. Tim e, 21.1sec. 50 Yards Freestyle (Under 14)路 A Wood 1 M G 路 regory ' 2, T. Ruwhiu 3. Time, :i3 . 7~ec . 50 Yards Freestyle (Under 15) : T. Shearer 1, P. Fitzpatnck 2, P. Thompson 3. Time, 30.3sec. 50 Yards Freestyle (Under 16): J. Norton 1, M. Campbell 2, R. Gnffm 3. Time, 29 .0sec . 50 Yards Freestyle (Under 17): G. Old 1, J. Cameron 2, B. M 1dd leton 3. Time , 20.5sec. 50 Yards Freestyle (Over 17): J. Van Praagh 1, 0. Kmg 2, J. Barden 3. Tim e, 21.1sec. DIVING Senior (Open): P. Urbahn 1, G. Yearbury 2 B. Arm' strong, S. Hargreaves 3rd eq ual. Intermed iate: P. Fitzpatrick 1, R. Elliston 2, D. Ullico 3. Jun1or: G. Lethley 1, B. Robin 2, S. Hall, M. Le Pine 3rd eq ual. RELAY Old Boys' Race: Relay Squad 1, Old Boys 2. Inter Form : 6H 1, 3L 2, 4F1 3. Tim e, 1min. 20.1 sec. Inter H.ouse路 West 1 Carrington 2, Pridh am 3. Time ' 1m1n. 9.8sec. Day Boys v. Boarders: Boarders 1, Day Boys 2. Tim e, 1m1n. 44 .9sec. ~ouse ~oints: West 139, Moyes 106, Pridh am 55. Llfe-S<wmg: Smith and Easton Cup: T. Power and s Mdne 1, . A . Wilson and R. Gray 2, B. Goody and Brook1ng 3. TARANAK I INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS' SWIMMIN G SPORTS This year the sports were held at Highlands In termediate School in New Plymouth . The School sent a
strong team, captained by Chris Rid/and, which ac hi eved exce llent results . Two records fell to the School 路 the 66 2-3 Yards Senior Freestyle won by R. Ridl~n~n and the 66 2-3 Yards Junior Freesty le won by P. va~ . ~l l Praagh. 1 Resu/ts : Senior R. Rid/and: 1st 66 2-3 Yards Freestyle (Record) 1st 100 Yards Frees tyle , 2nd 133 1-3 Yards Med/~y. G. Old: 3rd 66 2-3 Yards Freestyle. S. Harvey: 2nd 100 Yards Breaststroke. Intermedi ate B. Baillie: 3rd 100 Yards Freestyle, 2nd 200 Yards Freestyle. R. Tans ey: 1st 200 Yards Freestyle. B. Manning: 3rd 133 1-3 Yards Medley 3rd 66 2-3 ' Yards Breaststro ke. J. Clark: 1st 66 2-3 Yards Breaststro ke, 2nd 66 2-3 Yards Butterfly. M. Bone: 3rd 66 2-3 Yards Backstrok e. Junior P. Van Praagh: 1st 66 2-3 Yards Freestyle. .J. Mddenhal l: 2nd 66 2-3 Yards Freestyle. K. Burgess: 1st 66 2-3 Yards Breaststro ke 3rd 100 ' Yards Medley. B. Giles: 1st 66 2-3 Yards Backstrok e. R. Beaven: 2nd 200 Yards Freestyle, 3rd 100 Ya r d s Freestyle. Relays Senior: 1st. Intermedi ate: 1st. Junior: 2nd. NORTH ISLAND INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOL SWIMMIN G SPORTS Mr. Rattray took a team of two swimmers down to the North Island Sports. Th e two members of the team were R. Rid/and, who competed in the 200 and 100 metres Freestyle, and J. Clark, who competed in !he .100. metres breaststro ke . He was placed fourth 1n h1s fmal.
Our thanks to Mr. Rattray who has put a great deal of time and effort into th e coaching and organisation of sw imming in the school . SURF LIFE SAVING R. Rid/and, Senior champion , was a memb er of th e Old Boys ' Junior Surf Life Saving team which took two gold medals and a bronze meda l at the Nation als . Th e School also had two Old Boys, Trevor Corkin and Warren Glow, who were memb ers of the New Zea land team who competed against the Australian team at Oakura Beach last February. Grant Vou ll aire was a member of the Fitzroy Club's Junior 4-Man team wh ich won this year's New Zealand title . C. Rid/and.
Tramping Th e club had quite a successful year, though a lack of response during the latte r half of the second term and the third term resulted in seve ral ca ncellation s. The problem of numbers was so lved by having smaller parties for the more enth uiasti c boys. During th e year the maste rs in charge were Mr. Morton and Mr. Tracey, while M. Davidson (Club Captain). A. Konijn (Secretary -Treasure r). K. Billing, L. McDouga ll, C. Molloy, R. New/and , R. Samue/a, A. Wilson and S. Bruce were the Committe e, elected at a meeting at th e beginning of the year of about 90 members. Highlights of the first term included the Summit trip. This climb was made in excellent conditions , and everyone made it successfu lly to t he top. After this came a bushcraft weekend at the old clearing at earrington Cottage; a group of sen iors conducted the course, w hich proved very successfu l. Trips during t he second term in clud ed a Kaitake traverse, a White Cliffs trip, and a Bells Fall s-Stony River trip. The White Cliffs tr ip was tiring but most en joyab le; when we arrived at our destinatio n we had lunch , and then senior members and severa l juniors did rocksca ling and carr ied out safety precaution s. Third term trips have includ ed two different traverses of th e Pouakai Ranges, the first being the Plymouth- Kiri Track and the second up the Maude Road Track and down the Kiri Track. Further tramps planned are a Lake Dive trip, a t ramp from North Egmont to Puniho Road, and a trip from Stratford through Waipuku Hut to North Egmont. Other possibiliti es may include Fantham's Peak and a KahuiOaonui trip . A . S. Konijn.
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This year School tennis has retained the high standard set last year, even though we lost our to p players. The first event of major importanc e was the Taranaki Secondary Schools ' Champion ship held at Stratford in the first term. We entered four singles players and two doubles pairs, of whom R. Manson is to be highly commended for reaching the final of the si ngl es alo ng with C. Hone and G. Dunn for reaching the doubles final.
Following this the annual inter-colle ge fixture betwee n our School and Hamilton Boys' High was played on our hom e co urts. Our team comprised R. Manson, K. Bennett, G. Dunn , C. Hone, A . Beverwijk an d P. Winter . After the sing les had been played we were down two t o four in the number of victories, but good doubles play resulted in our winni ng all three matches, making the final result five matches to four in our favour. A good effort by both teams. The next visitors were Wanganui Collegiate , who played a Boarders' team of R. Manson, G. Dunn , C. Hone, A. Beverwijk , J. Lo ckwood and R. Baxter. In an almost clean sweep we won by eig ht matches to one. Intern al fixtures resu lted in W. McDonnel l winning the third form tourname nt, K. Burg ess taking the Junior Singles title and T. Roguski taking the Intermedi ate singles. In the second term, because of a change to Sunday play in the local competitio n, our players have been catered for by c lubs where some are ga ining va lu able experienc e playi ng 'A ' grade. At the time of going to press the House tennis was being played and the Day Boys v. Boarders match , the Senior Champion ships, a return match against Wanganui Collegiate , while games against Palmerston North Boys' High and possibly Te Awamutu are coming events . i t is hoped that the high performa nces alre ady prevalent this season w ill cont inu e to show up in these matches. Th anks are due to Mr. Sine/air, who has devoted much of hi s spare time to organising the boys' tennis, and to the Headm aste r , who has fostered interest in the spo rt by all owing the t ies with club tenn is. G. Dunn & C. Hone.
Volleyball Ag ain this year, the volleyball club was not part icu larl y active. However, we managed to field a team in two secondary school tournamen ts , the first of which was the Taranaki Inter-Seco ndary Schools Champion ships. This was held on April 15th at Spotswoo d College, but there was a disappoin ting number of teams entered. With only two other boys ' teams to play aga inst, the School team, cons isting of R. Mackay , D. Mackay, J. Norton , R. Pearce, J. Bolton and J. Klenner, won its two matches quite comfortab ly to win the tourname nt. In the May holida ys , from May 17th-19th, the National Secondary Schools Tourname nt was held in Wellingto n. Th e same team was entered, and sinc e our sc hool had never entered a team in th is competitio n, we werff put in the 'B' Division. After many hard, but enjoyab le (lames during the three days, it was announced on the Frid ay that we had come seco nd. During the second term , the boys in the school team, with the help of Mr. Rattray, tried to promote so me interest in volleyball by leaving the gym open on Wednesday lun ch times for boys to try to improve the ir play and lea rn a bit more about volleyball . This, however, was unsuccess ful. Most of the boys from the schoo l team are playing in another comb in ed team at the Y.M.C.A. on Monday niqhts , where a req u/ar week ly competit ion is held, and play has improved considera b ly . Fin all y, our thanks to Mr. Rattray for hi s w illingn ess and enthusias m in helping the team throughou t the year. R. Pearce .
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STEEPLECHASE Over and over in my mind I kept say ing to myself ' 'I've got to keep going, I 've got to keep go ing!" Halfway ove r the farm, I started to think of the run Up and over the steepest hill. Along the footpath I li stened for the feet behind me pounding; Was I losing him? Was he gain in g on me ? On Coronat ion Avenue all the time I kept thinking " I've got to keep goi ng, I 've got to keep going ! " And my heart inside me sounded li ke a bass drum going mad1 was rea lly glad to see the end. T. Woodward , 48. SMOKING
ON A TRAMPING CLUB TRIP -A photograph by R. Vink .
Smok ing is deadly ; it kill s if done enough. I think of smok in g as rotten as stea lin g from your friends. lt stinks! If you hav e started and you ca n 't stop, you might as well kill yourse lf, and save the suffering you go through later in your li fe. I think smoking is just not funny . I tried it and I loved it. After a week my breath was rotten, I had smelly hands. Th en I got caught. That wasn't funny, either . I was to ld that in late r life I would be very good as a sportsman. So I stopped. I was ashamed to look at my mother and father . I thought I had fin ished my life, but it was only the start of a great life. I tha nk myself for stopping when I did. R. Tansey, 48.
MEMORIES An eld er ly man plodded slow ly down the paved path; his memories lived and wa lked w ith him. He wasn't lonely , he didn 't dream ambitiou s dreams, his homo was a park bench. His hou se had long gone, but the bench held many memories; it was part of him and his past . He was proud of his past yo u see, he lived in the past . Hi s narrow, wrinkled , dried-up face was a sy mbol of hopeless end lessness. His back was haggard and bent, his clothes were old and tattered; they too were part of his past. But hi s eyes . . . they were two oases in the desert; they gl istened, they held all his prestige .
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A br ight bunch of wildflowers sat in his tw isted hands. He was v isitin g the on ly so lid memor ies of his past, an d he passed each tombstone until he came to the roughest and dullest plot. He looked at the dejected grave ly ing there , and began to cry. M. Stevenson , 3L. HEAT
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I am lying down on the sa nd . The blazing sun beats down on me. Then a fly lands on me And the sandfl ies bite into me. I strugg le to my feet , The sand tortures me. I start to run To get to the cool water. Wayne Penn, 3B .
'Twas on a dreary winter's cup of tea, when merry Alphonse twittered t hrough the gle n : "Hello birds, hell o sky ! " quoth he. "Why marry " saith he (Rimed it not-'twas stanza one, I see) When up unto the rubber-lipped cop came he . At the crossing of the rodes he crosseth merrily. Saith rubber-lipped cop aforementio ned: "Ye note not, note ye not? Ye have no less than crossed when d id it say cross ye not! Saith A lphonse happily, "Th us I see I must WALK WITH LIGHT" and jumpething into the atmos fair, quoth he : " Joy, joy, joy to the world!" and chee r s receiveth he. M. Paulin, 6M.
ONE WEEKEND My recognised comp lement returning to pair, to coup le, to share, but no communicat ion, useless great empty faci le stares, returned glares, smi les leaving, last-ditch bitch , moan and groan and gasp for more bana l sm il es once more shared, like sheets nur minds, blanketed to each other. Not know in g what to feel, to show, to bear, sin ceri ty 's abse nce and glaring lack leave me speechless, ¡ grasping unc ari nq , in emotional slack for a pearl, a flow er, a pearl of a girlfatuous rhym e for a f atuous fee lin g. Goodbye. M. O'Neill , 7G.
5000 SPIRITS There are 5000 glowing monoliths on these plains only shine on moonless Chinese nights wild amongst the tiger-grass . The green watchguard mesmerized by the leering Pole star, ca n only stand and watch majestic stone ruins crumble to dust waiti ng for the doom that tramp les cities to sneer at his own ragged coat. D. Buxto n, 7G ,
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ONE TIME Ly in g in my arm s, Yet distant, far away, Supine yet like a godd ess, Bes ide me you once lay. Unreac hable th ey called yo u, I was n't easi ly told ; I knew your hea rt beat the cry of a woman, Which is echoed in yo ur soul. Your beauty in acquiesence Creates a virg in of my mind , Destroys me at that moment Wh en all ex ist s but time . Th at in sta nt of tota l oneness I needed and yo u supplied. I thank you. M. O'Neill , 7G.
Maclean's smile 35c, cocky strut. " I 'm a man," in troductions, questions 93 and 64 . Beg innin gs, make her smil e, joke 17. Prelu de, li ve for eac h mom ent, now is t he end of t ime. Humble, so litt le to give, yo u're a woma n. Lin e 3. Room up the hall . Bed doubl e. Soixante-neuf. Colour a li fe with 8 in ch pencil s, Complete an outl in e with saffron 18, purple 27, and HB . Take a starship rid e through t he cos mos, Motorboat to Mars. And bac k. Fli ght numbe r 303 . goodbye. Sin g a mean song Lin e 4. Depa rt side door . Tab ul ated memori es. Exit Another one to the sco re. Lon eli ness is no t ju st a word. Phone 36-277 and be sure. M. O'N ei ll , 7G. MIROIR CHINOIS Pointed to the heave ns with an anc ient ceremo ni al gesture; w hi spe red midnight tears. Stroked his thin beard in wonder. Remembered the complex ity of Lao Chen 's c ircular book w ith no beginning or end . Or the myr iad mirror passages of his nephew's maze garden.
STILL LIFE-Graeme Martin, 6R SOCIAL CIRCLES So much of our li ves is spe nt in keep in g other people Private rooms and hou ses, private c lubs and out. offices, pr ivate roads and beac hes, a11 show t he same sign: "Keep Out! " Of co urse in a se ns e every body needs a c irc le that shuts th e wor ld out; we all need a place of refuge. We are all li ke porc upin es: ou r quill s are 'less troublesom e if t here is a little space aro und us. Human beings ca n be measured in another way: by th e size of t he c ircles t hey draw around t hemselves and how much of t he outs ide wo rld th ey in clud e in these circles. A few peopl e draw circ les no bigg er than themse lves, and no wider. Oth ers go furth er nnd in clud e their f amil ies . Still oth ers draw circles w hi ch includ e t heir own soc ial group, political party , ra ce, religion or nation . However, th ere are too f ew w ho have th e l argem~ss of interest and co mpassion to draw circ les large enoug11 for all. Th e small er t he circ le, t he smaller t he man. A stro ng man is not afr aid of people different from himself, and a w ise man we lcomes them into his c ircle . S. Nea lie , 6H.
MORNING STUDY- Anthony Rodrigues , GH
IT'S ONLY PEDAL LOVE On ce I loved a foot , A large, wri nkl ed, dirty Foot. I ki ssed it. I licked it. And it was good . M . O'Nei ll , 7G.
But that was chi ld 's play. Hi s own problem had laughed at dozens of tea- leaf sweat philosophers . Th e solution was simple: The perfect maze was a singl e straight l in e, infinite in both directions. D. Buxton, '7G.
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NEW DAY-Graeme Martin, 6R REFLECTIONS AT A DESK I s it dreaming, the subj ect uninteresting , lt is an old room and I wonder, Who ha s bee n here? Were they like me? When were th ey here? I see scribbled signatures, doodl in g etc., A ll wr itten on my desk over the yea rs, But is it really mine? lt belongs to all the boys . S. Harrop, 4L.
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NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE TIGER
One hundred dinghys, 2000 men w ith sawn-off shotgu ns and a squadron of tiger moths are ready . They are our lost hope for the Chinese invasion of N.Z. An invasion of fiv e politicians and a table-tennis team, armed with smiles and red books. D. Buxton, 7G. 5000 PLASTIC BUDDHAS
Th ere is a lost tribe on the slopes of a mountain (say Egmont) Chinese prophets with twelve-tone stri ng guitars. They hid e amongst the tiger-bracken on ly in retreat. Yet one day they wi 11 be butchered to the last man-magpies strung over their guts. Th ere will be chaos when they descend from the snow-slopes, armed with 5000 plastic buddhas. D. Buxton , 7G.
STILL LIFE-Anthony Rodrigues, 6H
POLITICAL PRISONER
One w indow high above his he ad A muted God-sent brilliance shed, A single shaft of I ight Lik e the single strand of life Between the I ive and the dead. One man who dared to question fate. Who dared to stand aga inst the state, To doubt , as conscience bade him do, To challenge the powers of the few And fight for free debate . One people who his feelings shared , Who sympathised but never dared To face th e guards and fight, To stand together and ea rn the rigt,t To help the one who cared. One ce ll ; a key in the door is turned A left-wing extremist for treason's inurn ed; He fought for his people, he gave them his trust, But now they betray him; he turn s in disgust, Hi s bitter lesson learned. And people st ill pray for a freedom unearned . CAR BODY-Ross Land, 6R
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THE VILLAGE There was a land on ce , wh ere all th e people lived in v illag es: and there was on e vill age, Ent u. th at was the chi ef v ill age. Th e yo ung En tu leader , w ho call ed hims elf Em pe ror , was a cru el and heartl ess man w ho had all who di spl eased him kill ed, for he was conqu ero r of all the vill ages in th e land - except on e. And th at v ill age he co ns id ered so small , so in significant, so inaccess ibl e that he did not both er to enter it. One day , howeve r, a chil d was born in thi s sm all vil lage , and he gr ew to be so st rong, so courageous and cunning, th at th e people in t he vill age kne w tha t he would be th e great est w arrior in the land . So th ey renamed him " Atahuone" (th e Build er of A ta l. fo r th e v ill age was ca ll ed At a and th e eld ers des ired t o make Ata th e chi ef vill age. And for t hat purpose an m my was needed, so At ahuon e entered into sec ret negotiat ion s wi th th e eld ers of t he nea rest vill age, Kin o. Th e Kin oa n eld ers accepted Atahu one as genera l and pl aced t hei r vil lage und er his ord ers . He command ed t hat all t he Entu soldi ers occupy路 ing Kino be killed and t hat a ~ma ll pox epid emic w hi ch was sai d to be ravishin g th e vill ag3 was to be bl amed. Thi s was done to his sa ti sfaction , so Atahu one prom ised one third of any boot y he se!zed t ::> th e Kinoa ns. Und er cover of darkn ess, he occ upi ed three neigh路 bourin g v ill ag es, kill ed all t he Ent u so ldiers, co nsc rip ted t he youn g me n and , as he now had suffi c ient manpower ava il abl e, dec lared war on Entu . Su ch was th e cunning and sk ill of Atahuon e th,lt hi s infinitely small er band def eate d th e Entu arm y, Jnd ma ny En tu so ld iers were slaug hte red. Wit hin t hree days Atahu one had razed En t u to t he groun d, ki ll ed all th e men, and made slaves of th e wo men nnd children. Th en th e At ani eld ers bega n t o dis app ea r , and w hen the last had gone, Ata hu one ma de him se lf Emp eror and set about co nqu er in g th ose vill agc3 t hat st i ll held out a\1ai nst him . Before he marched he met t he eld ers of Kin o, w ho demand ed th eir promise d share of t he plund er nnd as ked th at all Kino an men in th e arm y be allowed to re turn to gather th e harvest. But Atahu one refused th eir requ ests an d had t he eld ers kill ed for t heir in so lence. Th en he gathered about him all t he Kin oa n men and ordered eac h one to swea r und yin g all egi ance t o him . Th ose w ho refus ed t o t ake th e oath , he had ki ll ed. An d so Ata hu one was Emp eror of t he land and con路 queror of all t he v ill ages - except one. And th at :me was so small , so insignificant, so in access ibl e t hat he did not both er to enter it. P. Butt, 5L. RED CHAMBER The red chamber remain s sea led. M any yea rs ago in th e autumn glow of t hat room, t he poet co mmitted suici de with hi s mistress. For fo rty days and nights, th ey tri ed to find t he perfect maze, the impo ss ibl e drea m .
-A photog raph by Chri s Ful ler, 7M.
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Now, peopl e onl y drea m of sprin g moo ns and plum blos som s. Th ey over look t he red chamber and its t rage dy, un aw are t hat th e de ath of th e poet and the mis tress w ith in th at room is a so lut ion; an ultim ate maze in itse lf . D. Bu xton , 7G .
OLD MAN JOE Have yo u hea rd t he st ory of Old M an Joo, Who didn 't fin d any gold , you kno w, Though he hunted for it all his life, And he still had t o keep a w ife? Th en one day, as t he story we nt, He was diggin g away w ith hi s b 路, ck all bent Wh en there , below , th e gold all bri ght Nea rl y killed old Joe w it h frigh t . Qui ckl y he du g, but not in haste, Not leav ing any gold t here to waste, Th en w ith hi s gold he hea ded home, On ce more w ith hi s w ife, no more to rea m ; A nd th ere he li ve d, f or all to know, A n easy life for Old M an Joe. R. Jones, 3L.
CHISEL- Bruce Cadman, 5G LIFE In her face On e ca n see Si gn s of fatigue, Anxiet y. From her mouth On e ca n hear So und s of pa in , And despair. Th en, at last , Begin s the gainin g, Com es rewa rd For hours of stra inin g: Head-fir st into th e wo rl d, Not t o f ace dea th , A new life inhales Its ve ry fir st breath .
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Establishm ent you must not fight; Trad ition says so - must be right. I know that you will see the light Even though you're not too bright. If not, then stay out of sight, For I 'I I teach you w ith all my might To look up to me day and night!
B. Cadman, SG.
SCHOOL DAY Rain is fa ll ing outside the window And within I sit quite bo red . Th e people around me in incomprehe nsible mumbles and murmurs move . The teacher up front writes furiously; Th e inspectors are due next week. Pen moves across paper in aiml ess haste, Drawing lin es and squigg les which mean As little to me as they do to others . My watch's second-hand moves round and round like a dog chas in g its tail; Slowly the time comes near, w ith the minutes drawn from the seconds As reluctantly as a four inch nail from wood. Eyes move around the room to take in the morbid atmosphe re, Someone scratches . Mouths move and sigh out sounds. The rain has stopped and the c louds roll by in their journey As purposeful as the peop le with in . D. Marks , 76 .
ROOF COMPOSI TION-Keith Tuffery , 78 PORTRAIT -Graeme Martin, 6R
THE EDUCATION MACHINE Just march in here and get your gear; there's nothing to fear. Don't be slow Don't laugh at me , and don't you sneer , You don't get smart w ith me, you hear? Don't let me catch you drinking beer , And get your hair cut, is that clear? See that sign put up last year : "No individuals wanted here!" Here 's your rule-book; read it wel l, For if you don 't you' ll go to hell . Get off to class now; hear that bell? lt rul es you r life now; can't you tell? For education you must quell Your self-respec t or we' ll expel You little boys who will not sell Your pride; you must jump w hen we yell!
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Stop chewing wh il e I talk to you; You know it is my point of view Th at all of your barbaric crew Who think that they are free to strew Their bright ideas that are not new, Who stick to those ideas like glue, Half of which are not even t ru e, Just haven't got a bloomin' clue.
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In th e winter, in sid e, st arin g At the fl ames as they fli cker by, Staring and thinking, as if they were yo ung, Reading their books , improvi ng their knowledge, But what use will this be?
BOARDER'S HOLIDAY Hom e on Frid ay For the long weeke nd. Oh , w hat fun Come Frid ay ! All through Saturday Riding horses. A great day Come Saturday! Rest on Sunday, Going to the beach. How relaxing Come Sunday! Holid ay on Monday, Helpin g on the f arm. How exc iting Come Monday! Back on Tu esday To dull school. How boring Come Tu esday!
Keep in g warm , Rocking in their chairs all day.
M. Chivers, 3L.
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S. Harkne ss , 4L.
WHAT DO THEY DO ALL DAY? Sittina in their chairs all day, Rocking to and fro to the end of their days , Pass in g the day wa iting for the end of t heir days . In the summer , outside , stari ng At the people passing by, Staring t here, thinking, as if they w ere young , Getting a tan , bath in g on beachesBut w hat use wi ll this be?
it 's w indy , a st ron g w ind beat ing, shutters banging, a w indow brea ks . Surf's hi gh , boats are rock ing , here co mes th e ra in, st reets are deserted. Trees sway , a branch breaks, noise all around, but everyo ne sl eeps. Sun 's ri sing , the wind is falling, surf decreases, t he ra in stops. Brigh t morning , the weathe r' s ca lm ed, trees are still, the town's busy .
VIEW FROM A SCHOOL WINDOW-R ichard Penney , SC
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CADETS Three Cadets were promoted from the rank of Sergeant to Warrant Officer Class 11 (B. Alien, L. Brown, P. Meu/i) With G. Tow/er a second year W.O.JJ, while H. Philli ; P was promoted to Warrant Officer Class I. In t?e August holidays Fit. Sgt. M. Bone was highl placed m an Under-Off icers , Course at Ohakea Air Bas!. In the May holidays 20 boys passed their N C 0 courses at Llnton. Those to qualify were: B. B~k~r· P. Broad, D. Brown, A. Dee, D. Dreadon, J. Giles, M, .. · Grey, M. Ham ilton , S. Harrop M Hayton · J · Kon1jn , · ' h G M'ld enhall, P. J McCull Moller, B. Smith M ' · oug · · Stewart, D. Verry, R. Wilson, B. Winter and J. Y~ung: F In October five of our officers received the Cadet orces Medal for 12 years , continuou s and distinguis hed serv ice to cadets. They were: Li eutenant-Co lonel M Carroll , Major R. G. Sinclair, Lieutenan t E. M. Meuli. leutenant 0. J. Oats, and Lieutenan t E. J. Jennin s' Lieutenan t Jennings was unable to receive his C F personally as he was absent. They were present~d· at ~ tspeclal Parade by Major G. T. Seccombe (retired) who a er mspected the Battalion , commente d on the fine turnout and thanked the four officers present for their serv1ce to cadets .
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TWhe Sole Cup for the best cadet this year was awarded to ·0 .I H. R. Phillips.
A COMPANY During Barracks Week A Company spent three da s two nights camped in the Egmont National Pa/k e s1te for the camp was ideal and approxima tely 4Q1 lours were spent in valuable practical experienc e in campmg, bushcraft and se lf-reliance . Late on the second t day, the platoon bivouacs were inspected by headed by Major Carroll , Mr. Cramond and ~~ta~{ Batholome w, the Training Officer for Central Mil.itar . Dlstnct. Th e weather remained fine, which helped i~ the execution of a successfu l exercise.
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ran~his ~ear the Battalion had over 740 cadets in its as in ;revious years with s.St;g: Company and Stage I in C an/aDny,C tage . 11 m B As ompan1es. b th' well C oys had the option of joining the AT IS , as · · . or Band.
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D. ~:~hi~~f~· with the departure of Wing Command er : Major M. C. Carrol/ took over as C 0 f th ~oloneeiBattallon . He was later promoted to Lieutena~t~ b Some of the usual smartness was lacking at the eg lnnm g of the year. However a considera ble im rove ~a~~t w~s ~chieved in the Anzac Day Parade at Pu:ekur~ out ,inw f;'~e :;i~ithelcl m wet weather, but was carried h D~ring the Christmas holidays nine cadets gained t e 'ank of Under-Off icer at a course held at Linton . Those who qualified were: J. Barden R Bott M D 'd son, V. Hutchinso n , J. Le Sueur, P., W~rren , A . Wi~~~n gffd P. w,(nBter. Th ese eight, with two second 'yea.r Under. h . Cawthray and D H leers anna ), compr1sed a · strong force of leadership .
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days of military drill were held immediate ly prior o nzac Day m preparatio n for Anzac Day. The weather whas poor on Anzac Day itself and this was reflected in t e poor attendance. t
A further two days , training was held in October dunng Which a most successfu l civil defence exercise was earned out, featuring a variety of aspects of rescue work, With the emphas is on a knowledge of conduct . '" an emergenc y situation . This wou ld seem to b ~;"tt of the cadet course worthy of a greater a~o~~~ 1me. ?enedrally the Company responded better to the bushera t an search and rescue exerc ises than t 0 h ;outmhe aspects of drill , and clearly there was a p:e:er;~~= or t e more relevant practical work.
B COMPANY The Company was lucky this year to have a f 11 u compleme nt of officers and sen ior N ·c ·0 · 's · Th e c ompany wa th' IS year ably led by Lieutenan t Rattray with the s
As in previous years, the Company was involved w ith the training of Stage 1/ cadets and instruction was given in foot drill, weapon training, map reading, first aid an d elementary bushcraft. Most of the training had a bias towards Stage Ill instruction . The Company used both the School's .22 range and the Rewa Rewa .303 range and some excellent scores were recorded, particular ly with the lighter weapon . A high standard of training was reached in all fields and the cadets · were well prepared for their year in A Company.
C COMPANY As in previous years, there was a high standard of capabi lity in C Company this year. C Company once again had an exce ll ent standard of shooting, with most boys gaining high marks on the .22 range. Mr. Sargent this year joined C Company and was assigned to No. 4 platoon. His capabi lity can be seen in that his platoon was the only platoon in C Company to gain the flag for marching. G. Towler was aga in C.S.M. and Lt. Currey was in charge of the N.C.O. platoon. U.O .'s V. Hutchinso n and P. Winter were put in charge of No. 2 and 3 platoons. Congratul ations to Lt. Col. M. Carroll on his appointment as C.O. of the Battalion , and also congratula t ion s to him, Lt. E. Meuli , Maj. R. Sinclair and Lt. 0. Oats on gain ing the C.F.M.
D COMPANY Once again D Company had a very successfu l year of training Stage I cadets. The range of topics in cluded weapon training, drill, field craft, first aid, and map read ing . A very high sta nd ard was reached by most boys in these activities, which was shown by the fine performan ces on the Anzac Parade and in the basic tests. A large number of boys from the Company attended courses at Linton Camp and had a high degree of success in gaining the rank of se rgeant or corporal . The highlight of the year was the parade in October when Cadet Force Medals were presented to two of our Company Officers. Th ey were the O.C., Major R. Sinclair, and 21.C., Lieutenan t E. Meuli. Also congratulations to the other officers who als o gai ned the C.F.M.
A.T .C. Thi s year the squadron carried out an interestin g programm e under the guidance of Flight Li eutena nt Abraham, D.F.C. , Pilot Officers D. de Zeeuw and A. Tra cey, an d U.O. Penn, who was with us over barracks week, but later in the year joined the Royal Air Force and is now in London . Congratul ations to Mr. Tracey on gaining his commission, an d to Sgt. Bone, who passed his U.O . course. Although the squadron has dropped from five flights to four, the standard of drill has rem ai ned high. Thi s reflects upon the good officers and N.C.O.'s who all gave their full energy. Th e training sy llabus of aviation studies, foot and rifle drill , general service knowledge , bushcraft and weapo n training was carried out in the three di fferent stages of cadets. There were also two shoots foi' senior cadets on the .303 rang e as well as the school's .22 range . The use of films to implemen t the syllabus wa s appreciate d and added variety . A number of cadets are going to Ohakea Air Base in January for a Juni or N.C.O. course.
REWA REWA RANGE Thi s year under the control of Lieutenan t Oats, with the help of Range staff R. Pyselman, D. Cooper. S. Moss, P. Kay, W. Hill , B. Newton and R. Vink, shooting was carried out under close survei ll ance. During Barracks Week shooting was done on the 25-yard range with A and B Companies and A Flight of the A.T.C. B Company again shot over the 25-yard range in Apri I. On the last two days B. Company and A Flight were again shooting, but this time over the 200-yard range. Th e general shooting thi s year was of average ac hi evement.
.22 RANGE Under the guidance of Li eutenant Jennings, Regular Force Instructor s and the range staff. comp risin g P. Brooky, G. Price , H. Clark and G. Percival. Shooting this year by the Stage I cadets went we:! and was up to the usual standards of previous years .
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CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES Astronomy A total and partial eclipse of the moon were viewed this year, the former providing a rather colourful spectacle. Comet Bradfield , an unspectacu lar yet interest ing comet, was located in April and its position was plotted along the star-charts for almost a month. Several members, in associat ion with other groups from the New Plymouth and Tikorangi observatori es , Two of these attempted three Grazing Occultation s. were successfu ll y recorded and th e results forwarded to the Royal Greenwich Observator y . Some excellent views of the planets Jupiter and Saturn were obtained but Mars was too far away to be usefully observed. Weather during the middle terms was rather frustrating and several meetings had to be cancelled. The Marsland Hill observatory was visited on two occasions during the year. Congratula tions to our c lub secretary, Chris Fuller, who has recently been elected Assistant Director of the New Plymouth Astronomic al Society . A number of our members have already had a glimpse through the large 58 cm Cassegrain Reflector at Tikorangi. The installation of this new telescope will greatly enhance the scope of work which can be undertaken in the future .
From this ladder we were ab le to put together twelve of our best players to form three teams, wh ich competed in the Taranaki championsh ips at lnglewood in September. Our over-all placing was third. lt has been said that the rapid and staggering growth of interest in chess was due to the Fischer-Spa ssky tournament , but our records show that we had larg e Although a few numbers even before this match. heads were turned during their games, a real study of their play was not undertaken by our own club, although individu al members may have benefited from a knowledge of these world masters. Since the first term the standa rd of play within the c lub has gone up perceptibly ; boys have had the opportunity to play many others and have slowly learnt the finer arts of the game, expanding their range of attacks, defences and counter-att acks. lt is good to know that this sport is sti ll thriving since its origin some 1500 years ago. A. Mclaughlin .
Debating Interest in debating has been s:ngu lar ly lac king this year, and in sp ite of chal lenges from Spotswood College , and the efforts of Club Secretary A. Wilson, it ha s proved impossible to rais e any teams.
Drama Chalet Classroom All fourth forms spent a week at the Stratford Mountain House during the first term . A similar programme to those of previous years was followed; severa l classes this year were fortunate enough to be ab le to make Summit climbs . The thanks of the School and boys go to all those who assisted in any way with the smooth running of this year's courses.
Chess Over the past year we have seen the Chess Club grow from a mere handful of enthusiasti c boys to over 30 members, each paying an annual 20 cents sub; we found that even with a gracious $5 grant from th e School we had insufficient to buy sets to occupy all members. Hence boys had to be content at times to watch others pl ay . The club meets in Room 24 every lunch hour . This has been found to give ample time for a few quick games or one of the longer cha ll enge matches . We have started a chess ladder, and boys are able to work their way up it by cha ll eng ing those higher up . A cha ll enge compr ises three games and the winner of most points wins the cha ll enge; L. England tops the ladder to date.
For the first time in eight years the School was not represe nted in the British Dram a League 's competit ion. Our production, "Bernard Shaw in Heaven", which had shown considerab le promise during rehearsals, had to be withdrawn when one of our leading players took ill during the final week . Th e staging of the house plays in the new assembly hall on 1st November generated tremendous enthusiasm . For the players, however, this presented some environmental problems , both with stage sets and voice projection , though valuable exper ience was gained. The House Play Trophy was presented by Mrs. Cramond to V. Hutchinson , producer of East House 's imaginative winning play, "The Vigil ". The cast included R. W . Pearce, C. Bromley and V. Hutchinson . " Perfection City " , with a hippy-philo soph ica l theme, took second place , and was produced for West House by D. Marks . The cast included, besides D. Marks , I. Bastion, K. Marsh and T. Jones. " The Man with the Newspaper " produced by K. Glennie for Carrington , was an enjoyab le comedy, gallantly undertaken by a youthful cast with S. Cullen , T. Bartlett, S. Harkness, M . Marsh , A. Fisher, J. Young , M . Gregory and M. Phillips. For Pridham House , "The Monkey's Paw" was well Presented by T. Coddington , assisted by G. Dunn , M. Tolerton, R. Ordish , M. Gulliver and J. McCaughan. Our thanks are extended to Mr. Whelan for his time and work on our behalf, and we are also appreciative of the interest and encouragem ent shown by our He admaster, Mr. Cramond .
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Library Th e library co ntinu es to prov id e facilities for study an d recreation , though lack of space an d eve r-ri sin g cos ts prevent expa nsion in some areas. Th e section s on Lib era l Studies and Conserva tion conti nu e to grow, and an attempt has been made to keep up with recent publicatio ns in jun ior and senior f iction. In all , over 300 new books have been acq uired this year, wht~e anoth er hundred have been donated. Th e greatest numb er of rea ders seem to come from t he junior schoo l , where examinati on pressures are not so great. With expa nsion of assignme nt wo rk in t he se nior schoo l , suffi cient reference works must be provided . Th e New Zealand co ll ect ion conti nu es to grow and must be one of t he best co ll ect ions in a schoo l li brary. Th e School is lucky to have the services of Mrs. McLaughl in, w ho co ntinu es to keep the library runn ing smoothl y. lan Cooling has been an able assistant, but we have so far failed to interest any suitab le juniors to train as pupil librari ans. Fortnight ly displays have been continu ed , material from our own shelves being supp lemented by loans from the National Library Service. Th e display on the Olympic Games was perhaps th e best, hav in (l been supp leme nted by co lourful posters lent by Mr. Rattray . Unfortun ate ly some boys do not va lue t he facilities provided, and books and posters co nt inu e to be defaced at tim es in spite of v igil ance on the part of Mrs. MeLaugh/in and M asters in charge of classes. Some boys , too. co nt inu e to rely on the libra ri an to find material for the m in stead of using t he ski ll s taug ht in class .
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Film Club Th e club was conceived by Mr. Kre isler and D. Buxton early tn the year. At the f irst meeting, Dav id Buxton was elected President, M ike Tolerto n Secretary Martin O'Neill Treasurer , and Garry Tow ler proj ection ist: Th e Committe e was : Richard Power. Philip Colema n, Rob Pyselman, and Denny Cooper. Mr. Kreisler and M r . Franc ts were Masters-in -Charge. In ord er to hire a reasonabl e number of film s (costing about $25 each) it was decided to ama lgamate w ith n film club 1n process of formation at the Girls' High School. Th e subscr iption was fixed at $2 . Th e clu b started off w it h "Ye ll ow Submarin e" on 28th Apr il. At this stage the club seemed very healthy With over 200 members and nearl y 300 atte ndin g t he films; 1t was by far the strongest club in the School both num eri ca ll y and financially . Its origina l aim wa~ to acqua tnt stud ents w ith the history and developm ent of ctn ema and a genera l und erstanding , on a critical level, of f ilm as a medium.
lt soon beca me apparent. however, that the films screened were fa r too intellectua l for most members, who had obvtously expected f ilm s of entertainm ent value only._ Thi s dissatisfa ctio n was expressed in poor behavtour which spoilt it for those enjoying the films .. After several warnin gs to those guil ty of mi sbehaviour , the c lub carried on and comp leted a progr ~ mme of fil ms.
Th e club th is year has been fair ly slow owing to lack of membersh ip. Despite t his, we have ac hi eved so mething : we organi sed an appea l in the School for the liferaft fund, raising $70, and a further $25 was donated by the club itself. We have aided the landscap in g of the School by re movi ng an old hedge and bamboos. A car rally run by the club was qu ite successful and enjoyed by most. Towards the end of the year a mufti day was held to raise funds for va riou s org an i satio ns. Durin g the August holid ays t hree members attended the Interact Conferenc e at Pukekohe and learnt much. We hope that next year the club w ill be stronger; it offe rs both en j oyment and satisfactio n to those who are w illin g to help others . H. D. Marks .
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following films we re screened: "Ye ll ow Sub(cartoon .?onceived by the Beatles , 1968) ; Romeo. and Jultet (romance, directed by Francesco Zeffe rellt, Italy , 1969.); "Z" (political thriller, CostaGravas, France, 1969) ; "Catch 22 " [anti-war satire, Mike Ntcholls, ysA. _1970); 路:Aifie" (sex , U:K., 1965 ); "Fahrenheit 451 (sctence ftctton, Francis Truffaut France ~967); 路:.Rosemary's Baby" (~?rror, Roman Pola~sk i , USA: t968); Goodbye Columbus (sex. Larry Preece USA .1.969) ; s l ap~t i ck silents w ith Chapli n and Keato n, '1920's:' Th e Btrds (horror, Alfred Hi tc hcock, USA, 1963); " Th e Spy Who Came In From The Co ld " [spy Martin Rand U.K., 1966). ' ' ~~ar in e"
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Music Thi s year has see n an all round improvem ent in t he st andards ac hi eved w ithin t he Music Departme nt. To sta rt a very bu sy year off, t he choir performed at the Bowl of Brook lands after onl y two weeks of preparation. lt was felt that a weeke nd of intensive practising would help maintain the high standards set by last yea r 's choir , so in t he th ird weekend of the school year some twe nty-six boys spe nt a very str.enuous tim a lea rning new mu sic at th e Stratford Mountain House. This effort obv ious ly paid off and the choir was given a tre 路 mendous reception at its first rec ital for the yaa,- at
Taih ape. Whilst in Taihape the Choir al so presented a short recita l at Taihape College. The ad judi cator at this yea r' s an nu al John Dobson Inter- House Music Competiti ons was Mr. Jordan Rogers. Apart from the fact that entries were thi s year up quite considera bl y, the sta nd ard of performan ce had noti ceably improved on the previ ous two yea rs. This Music Dep artment this year repeated its idea of perform in g at va rio us pr im ary schoo ls throughou t Taranak i . The various aspects demonstra ted at these music appreciat ion co nce rts were brass instrum ents, woodwind instrumen ts and various qualities of the hum an voice. All schoo ls v isited expressed their desire for the venture to be repeated. Later in the seco nd term we had a visit from the band and orchestra of Palm ersto n North Boy's Hi gh School and a combined rec ital in t he Old Assembly Hall proved to be very successfu l. Mus ica l activ it ies in the third te rm have ce ntred mainly arou nd the ope ning of t he new Assembly Hall. Th e offic ial openi ng saw the use of a fanfare of trumpets. the School band, a spec ial Schoo l choir and orchestra both augmente d by Old Boys and the use of our magnifi cent new Bose nd orfer Grand Pi ano . Th e Frid ay even ing saw a very successful Music Champagne and Chi cke n evening (or so we are told!). Perhaps one of t he most impressiv e musica l events in the history of the School was the Dedication Se rvice in the Li st Ch ape l on the Sun day afternoon of the Labour weeke nd . A large congregat ion was obvious ly ve ry impressed with the sta nd ard of music prese nted. This serv ice , in t he form of a choral Evensong, was later sung at St . Mary's An(l li can Ch urch, New Plymouth, and Hol y Trinity, in Stratford. A highly successfu l trip to Wellingto n gave t he Cho ir the opportuni ty of presenting a rec ital at S't. Peter's Anglican Ch urch. Th e success of the cho ir is at tr ibutab le to the guidance and direction of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, and to both we offer our sincere thanks. Woodw in d classes have been very successful aga in th is year and the tutor, Mr. Rogers. has from t im e to time, sun g in the choir. Probably the most successfu l new tutor group to start th is yea r has been the drum classes held during t he first and seco nd term . If the sta nd ard of the new record recently released is any indication of what can happen musically in the School next yea r , the f uture of music at N.P.B.H.S. looks very good. Th e Schoo l noted w ith regret the passi ng of a former music master , Mr. Bill Forrest, at Thames on 23rd October , 1972. I. Mc l. Urquhart.
THE BRASS BAND During this year , the band has participate d fully in the musical activiies of the Sc hool. Th e beginning of t he year saw t he band attai n a ve ry high stand ard of both playing and marching during Barracks Week . A rec ita l during t he second term gave the band the opportun ity of matching its performan ce with that of Palmersto n North Boys' High Band; both groups were a cred it to t heir respect ive schoo ls, the latter band being conducted by Mr . B. Prestige , an Old Boy of N.P.B.H.S .
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Page 65 station . For reached by private bush road on a cattle there are the those who prefer a South Isla nd trip, imbing aro und the Marlbo rough Sound s or mount ain cl Nelson Lakes. have passed Fewer missio naries from overse as thank all who throug h New Plymo uth this year; we from the Nation al ca me . Mr. Rodric Rober ts, an Indian life and discov ery Railwa ys, Calcut ta, told of his tough the Bible Societ y of Christ ; and the Rev. Percy Burns of , with films from spoeks to both day boys and boarde rs Korea, Japan, and Canada. exhib its made Equ ally fine were the films, and the Parsons from the by lepers , shown by the Rev. Cliff work in Africa , world- wide Lepros y Missio n, cover ing the full Africa n the Philipp ines and Indi a. Few will forget from Moral Recast and locat ion of " Freedo m ", a film Armam ent. films: "Peac e New worlds were opened by other worke rs in the an Anglic ", Valley Majya the in Corps a ; " it Couldn 't South Pacific ; the mixing of races in Canad ering; Scouti ng engine of hs triump g showin , be Done" Outwa rd Bound; for handic apped Scouts ; the Auckla nd Skin" and Yellow of Song Sad The " Unice f and Corso. ia ll y memo rable. " River Kwai Exped ition" were espec mighty Christ ian Yet all this is small compa red to the the Jesus People movem ents in Africa and Ind ones ia, or dropou ts and in Ameri ca, some of whom were once and power of the reality the affirm All s. addict drug unsee n God.
THE SCHOOL BAND Later . in the s econ d term the annua l School Musi c . Com much high er stan~:rt~t~~~\ show~d . that a generaacllyhieved . Entries ~ass P ay mg was bemg were u were reP on t e two previo us years. Prizes rs Boarde ' Lou~ge. sented at a specia l functio n held in the · part took The Band . . , In a very succe ssful series of ·M · A s schools a rouus~~ t~preclat lon . Conce rts held at variou iast ic enthus e th from Apart am. rece tion e mount s school s, the banl and w~ _receiv ed from the variou a memo rable night during the course of ~heo'~ . spent h np, at t e East Egmon t Chalet . f · The third term saw th e openm g o the new Assem bly d H 11 a rather difficu lt ming perfor , played m~rchanwitt;e :eaa~d prec iSIOn . The final . appearance for .g . · th e year wil l be at th e sen ior pnze-g1ving cerem ony . to Mr. Ormrod, wh:he . band extend s its apprec iation to Mr. Gibbs, and s, player the d tutore who ~his year gh sl ightly as agam condu cted the group. Althou do d this year hflve pro~n b'ln nbu mberhs, the standa rds reache a Y een lgher than ever before .
J. Mulran ey.
Parent-Teacher Association d most of the Thi s year the Assoc iation has donate held in past money obtain ed from fund-r aising events 0 the Assem bl y Hall buildin g fund and ~ h!~o~g ~e~~~t toward s the cost of the piano for the hall.
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parent s ' evenin g for third and fourth forms, a fifth form s aspec ts of and . a spec1a l meetm g to cons id er variou s. As a result abol 1sh 1ng School Certifi cate exami nation motion exp ressi ng of th 1s last meetin g , a copy of a l Certifi cate w Schoo of lition abo the for rt suppo The final meeti~ s tion. Educa of er Minist the. to sent liaison officer s ~ the which at , pupils r sen1o was for about variou spoke rsities Unive a V1cton Masse y and s aspects of univer sity life.
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has contin ued In the backg round the Assoc iation entatio n on the to press for greate r parent al repres now has three H1gh School Board, and the Assoc iation l sub-co mmitte e . parent s as memb ers of Boys' High Schoo A . J. Tracey , Hon. Secret ary.
Student Christian Mo vem ent chool Christ i an Summ er camps organi sed by the Inter-S . Inform al Bible Fellow ships are always outsta ndingl y fine faith are part of stud1es and talks on the Christ ian In 1deal camp ing condit io ns they the total act1v1ty. leader sh ip. offer new friends hips under exper ienced tes for next appeti whet should A . brief covera ge the Haura ki Gulf year If not for this : Ponui Island in for swimm ing IS un~que 1n Maori histor y and superb Kawau Isl and offers a canoe trip round and flshmg . ltural 'appen in " bays. South Waika to runs an " Agricu era Expedition~' on the large_ Lichfie ld Farm Tru st. "Urew na, is the cha n c~ With a base camp at Lake Waika remoa north of Wa"h" . of a lifetim e. Whare kawa Harbo ur, r and open' '~e~~ a new one with river, inner harbou
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ry editori a l 1972 marke d the beginn ing of a revo lutiona us iss ues had policy . Many day boys felt that previo nated. At a specia l been humdr um , dull and boarde r-domi ittee, David Buxton comm l a editori e th lect se to g meetin table) was electe d respec very e becom had ght overni [who John Markla nd and ditor, Sub-E Vernon Editor, Chris s were also Editor Sports Editor. News Cultur al and and this w<ts electe d, but they never did any work, runnin g of the later to prove a major proble m in the magaz ine. very idealis tic) Our editori al policy [it now seems al; [b) to throw was [a) to divers ify and broade n materi Schoo l to expres s the magaz ine open to anyone within the pation by the partici crease in to (c) and ns; opinio his boys . and was not Our first issue conce ntrated on hair ned a review of we ll receiv ed. The issue also contai up while that "Bu llshit and Jellybe ans " and was held but lively. title was subjud i ce. Conte nt w as thin higher literar y The second issue was of a much ed. Many comstanda rd but again was not we ll receiv the conten t and plaine d that they could not unders tand non-sc hool art icl es there was some resent ment at th e includ ed . ue was broad-· Faced with this cr iticism , the third iss good artic les some with ssful, succe more ened and far and the Board of on such conten t ious topics as cadets the large numbe r Gover nors. An encou raging featur e was second and third of contrib utions : some 24 for the electri c; tensio ns issues . Th e situ ation, howev er, was ine, there were were at breaki ng-poi nt over the magaz opinio ns were deep divisio ns within the School , and and frustra ted. polaris ed. Alread y we were weary aster (who had Early in the second term the Headm to rej ect an shown incred ible patien ce) interve ned laid down that article on the boardi ng situati on , and
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES news. This proved the magaz ine should be 75 per cent. people who should an impos sib le assig nment : firstly the perativ e , so that have written news items proved unco-o ; and secon dly, news was difficu lt or impos sible to obtain s, materi al took under the specia l printin g arrang ement out-da ted when it so long to be publis hed that it was appea red. more than The fourth and fifth issues repres ented to last year's a compr om ise ; they were almos t a return break the pattern . magaz ine, with only the odd article to h's Rugby satire Boarde rs were appea sed, Dan Hanna in the nation al of the lnterse c C's was reprod uced broke the dullne ss g Whitir. Bryce and , " News y "Rugb smokin g situ atio n with his to ngue-in-che ek look at the at schoo l. ing a studen t The sixth issue never appea red. Follow second term, an approa ch to the Board late in the an expres sion of interv iew with the Chairm an , and aster decide d dissat isfacti on from the printe rs , the Headm unacc eptabl e, and that the whole tenor of issue 6 was of th e year, with suspen ded public ation for the rest thorou ghly for an undert aking to review the situ ation that , althou gh only next year. it shou ld also be noted these issues were five is sues appeared in two terms, printin g costs had much larger than before and that becom e prohib itive . azine and were We had long grown weary of the mag stifica t ions that self-ju less end the of tired are) still [and regret s; althou gh no have We . sary neces found we that all articel s we readily adm it mistak es, we still feel ess arouse d bittern the that and able reason tly were perfec what was to n eactio over-r of case bad a by them was We know that the a very mild univer sity-ty pe magaz ine . the editori a l feeling among st many is that we abused nsible . In reply, freedo m given to us by provin g irrespo mature enough to we feel that the Schoo l is not yet t ious topics . can tolera te a magaz ine in which conten y irked us were be ai red. Two things that particu larl to read somet h in g the readin ess of some staff memb ers Schoo l, and the person al into every criticis m of the in their cr it icism fact that althou gh many boys were vocal part in improv ing of us , few were prepar ed to play any out for more or helpin g th e magazin e. Many cried to come by sports notes , but sports notes were hard you can't have it both ways! of the Schoo l Th e place of the Whistl e in the future ime it seems that meant the in but ain, uncert rs appea in the pan; it the new-lo ok Whistl e may be a flash a news- sheet, be ill w e Whistl r's yea next looks as though and less expen s ive. which should prove less embar rassin g r for a Whistl e Hopef ully Whistl e 72 wi ll be the pionee are more liberal . somet ime in the future when attitud es harge: Mr. We would like to thank the Maste rs-in-C s 2 and 3). Mr. M os sop ' Issue 1). Mr. Sarge nt [Issue er , who assist ed Tracey (Issue s 4, 5 and 6). and Mr. Kreisl We also demis e. from Issue 1 until the inevita ble contrib ute, especthank all who took the opport u ni ty to cr iti cism. ially those who helped with constr uctive D. Buxton . le sympa thy [As a fellow -edito r, we have consid erab it might be fair with the writer in his dilemm a, but e was largely to point out that the demis e of the Whistl lty of gaugin g the difficu the first : causes two to due ine publis hed level of intere st approp riate to a magaz ial difficu lties financ the second and boys; for by boys in which the magaz ine found itself. if the Whistl e At the same time we wou ld urge that, rt of all boys is to be review ed , it must have the suppo ial subsc ription s. in both written contrib utions and financ Editor , The Tarana kian.)
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Page 65 For reached by private bush road on a cattle station. are t he those who prefer a South Island trip, there around the Marlbor ough Sounds or mounta in climbin g Nelson Lakes. passed Fewer mission aries from overseas have all who through New Plymouth this yea r ; we thank Nationa l came. Mr. Rodric Rob erts, an Indian from the discove ry Railway s, Calcutt a , told of his tough life and Society of Christ; and the Rev. Percy Burns of the Bible films from spoeks to both day boys and boarder s, w ith Korea, Japan, and Canada. made Equally fine were the films, and the exhibits from the by lepers , shown by the Rev . Cliff Parsons in Africa, world-w ide Lepro sy Mission , cover ing work full African the Philippi n es and India . Few wi ll forget the Moral Recast and location of "Freed om", a film from Armam ent. " Peace New wor ld s were opened by other films: in the Corps in the Majya Valley" , Anglica n workers Couldn 't South Pacific; the mixing of races in Canada ; "lt Scoutin g be Done", showin g triumph s of enginee ring; d Bound; for hand icapped Scouts; the Aucklan d Outwar Skin" and Unicef and Corso. "The Sad Song of Ye llow ble. " River Kwa i Expedit ion " were espec ial ly memora n Yet all this is sma ll compared to the mighty Christia People movem ents in Africa and Indonesia , or the Jesus ts and in Americ a, some of whom were once dropou of the power and reality the affirm All . addicts drug unseen God .
Musi c Later . in the second term the annual Schoo l h i g~P.r Compet1t10ns showed that a generally much Entri';s standar d of brass playing was being achieved. were prewere up on the two previou s years. Prizes s ' Lounge. sented at a special function held in the Boarder series of , The Band took part in a very successful schools various at held ts Concer iation' Apprec Mus1c Apart from the enthusi astic around the mounta in. the receptiOn we receive d from the various schools the band and choir spent a memorable night durin~ course of the trip, at the East Egmont Chalet. ly The third term saw the opening of the new Assemb difficult Hall and . the band played , performing a rather nce for march w1th. great precisio n . The final appeara ceremony. the year will be at the senior prize-giv in g The band extends its appreciation to Mr Ormrod Gibbs' who this year tutored the players and to Mr h路 slightl; who has again conduc ted the grou~. Althoug year 1-mve down 1n number s, the standar ds reached this probabl y been higher than ever before. J. Mulrane y.
Parent-Teacher Association of the This yea~ the Associa tion has donated most in past money obtamed from fund-ra ising events held fund and years , $2000 to the Assemb ly Hall building for the a further $2000 towards the cost of the piano hall. th e Regular meeting s have been held through out involved year. These have 1ncluded a meetin~ for those nd-son evening In helpmg less academ ic pupils, a father-a
' evening for third and fourth forms, a fifth form parents aspects of and a special meeting to cons id er various a result abolish ing School Certific ate examin ations . As express in g of this last meeting , a copy of a motion ate was support for the abolitio n of School Certific meeting sent to the. Ministe r of Edu cat ion . The final officers of was for sen1o r pupils , at wh ich the liaison various Massey and Victoria Univers ities spoke about aspects of univers ity life. ed In the background the Associa tion has continu on the to press for greater parenta l represe ntation has three High School Board, and the Associa tion now mittee. parents as membe rs of Boys ' High School sub-com ry. Secreta . Hon Tracey, J. A.
Student Christian Mov eme nt n Summer camps organis ed by the Inter-Sc hool Christia l Bible Fellows hips are always outstan dingly fine. Informa part of studies and talks on the Christia n faith are ns, they the tota l activity . . 路 In ideal camping conditio p. offer new fnendsh1ps under experie nced le adershi next for s appetite whet A brief coverage should i Gulf year if not for this: Ponui Island in the Haurak swimm i ng is unique in Maori history and superb for trip round and f1shmg. Kawau Island offers a canoe 'appeni ng" bays. South Waikato runs an " Agricul tural tion", on the large_ L1chfield Farm Trust. " Urewer a Expedi the chance With a base camp at Lake Waikaremoana, is Waihi, is of a lifetime . Wharekawa Harbour, north of open sea, and r harbou inner river, with one new a
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editor ial 1972 marked the beginni ng of a revolut ionary issues had policy. Many day boys felt that previou s a special been humdru m , dull and boarder -domina ted. At Buxton meeting to se lect the editor ial commit tee, David elected [who overnig ht had become very respect able) was Marklan d Editor, Chris Vernon Sub-Editor, and John were also Cultura l and News Editor. Sports Editors this w<~s elected, but they never did any work, and of the later to prove a major problem in the running magazine . ic) Our editoria l policy (it now seems very idealist to throw was (a) to diversi fy and broaden materia l; [b) to express the magazine open to anyone w ithin the School by the his opinion s; and (c) to increas e particip ation boys. not Our first issue co ncentra ted on hair and was review of well receive d. The is sue also contain ed a whi le that " Bullshi t and Jellybe ans " and was held up lively. title was subjudi ce. Conten t was thin but literary The second issue was of a much higher Many com standar d but again was not well receive d. t and plained that they could not underst and the conten artic les ool non-sch e th at ent resentm some was there in clud ed . broad-路 Faced with this criticism , the third issue was articles ened and far more succes sfu l , with some good Board of on such content ious topics as cadets and the number Govern ors. An encourag ing feature was the large and third of contrib utions: some 24 for the second tension s issues . The situat ion, howeve r, was ele ctric; there were were at breakin g-point over the magazine , s were deep division s within the School, and opinion ed. polarise d. Already we were weary and frustrat had Early in the second term the Headm aster (who reject an shown incredib le patienc e) interven ed to down that art icl e on the boarding situ at ion , and laid
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES proved the magazine should be 75 per cent. news . This shou ld an imp ossible assig nm ent: firstly the people who so that have written news items proved unco-op erative, second ly, news was difficult or imposs ibl e to obtain ; and l took under the specia l printing arrange ments , materia d whe n it so long to be publish ed that it was out-date appeared . than Th e fourth and fifth issues represe nted more last year's a compro m ise ; they were almost a return to pattern . magazine , with only the odd artic le to break the satire Boarders were appeased , Dan Hannah 's Rugby nationa l of the lnterse c C's was reprodu ced in the dullnes s "Rugby News " , and Bryce Whitir.g broke the situatio n w ith his tongue-in-cheek look at the smok ing at school. student The sixth issue never appeared. Followi ng a term, an approach to the Board late in the second ion of intervie w with the Chairman, and an express decided dissatis faction from the printers , the Headm aster ptable, and that the who le tenor of issue 6 was unacce year, with suspended publica tion for the rest of the hly for an underta king to review the situat ion thoroug h only next year. lt should also be noted that, althoug were issues these terms, two in d appeare issues five costs had much larger than before and that printing become prohibi t ive . were We had long grown weary of the magazine and that (and st ill are) tired of the end less se lf-justif ications We have no regrets ; alth ough we found necess ary. all art icels we readily admit mistake s, we still feel that ss aroused were perfect ly reasonable and that the bitterne what was by them was a bad case of over-re action to that the a very mild univers ity-type magazine. We know editoria l feeling amongs t many is that we abused the In reply, freedom given to us by proving irrespo ns ible. enough to we feel that the School is not yet mature topics - ca n to lerate a magazine in which content ious us were be aired . Two things that particu larly irked someth ing the readiness of some staff membe rs to read and the personal into every criticism of the School, criticism their in vocal were boys many ough alth that fact improvi ng of us, few were prepared to play any part in for more or helping the magazine. Many cried out by sports notes , but sports notes were hard to come you ca n't have it both ways ! School The place of the Whistle in the future of the that appears uncerta in, but in the meantim e it seems pan; it the new-loo k Whistle may be a flash in the heet, looks as though next year's Whistle will be a news-s expens ive . wh ich should prove less embarr assing and less a Whistle Hopefu ll y Whistle 72 will be the pioneer for liberal. sometim e in the future when attitude s are more Mr. We would like to thank the Masters -in-Cha rge: 3), Mr. Mossop ' Issue 1), Mr. Sargen t (Issues 2 and ass isted Tracey (Issues 4, 5 and 6), and Mr. Kreisle r , who We also from Issue 1 until the inevitab le demise . ute, especthank al l who took the opportu nity to contrib . iall y those who helped w ith constru ctive criticism D. Buxton. hy fAs a fe ll ow-edit or, we have conside rable sympat be fair with the wr iter in his dilemm a , but it might largely to point out that the demise of the Whistle was the due to two causes: first the difficult y of gauging publish ed level of interes t approp riate to a magazine difficult ies by boys for boys ; and second the financia l in which the magazine found itself. Whistle At the same time we wou ld urge that, if the of all boys is to be reviewe d, it must have the suppor t ptions . in both written contr ibut ion s and financia l subscri Editor , The Taranakian.)
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BOYS' SECTION
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BOYS~ FROM THE PARENT ASSOCIATION The Annual Genera l Meeting this year was in the Taranaki Club on Th ursday, 2nd March.
held
Th e follo w in g officers were elected: Patron, Mr. G. J. McNaught; Pre:s~ de nt, Owen Masters; Senior VicePresident, Neil Wolfe; Jun tc r Vice -President, John McLande r ; A rt hur Immediate Past Pres idwt, lntyre; He<!dm<:ster's Representative , Jim Clouston ; Represent<.tives of Old Bcys Sports Clubs: Rugby, Gary Cave; Soccer, l ~ n Raine; Cricket, Dav id Ben nett; Executive , A laric Wilson, Ja ck West, Laur ie Giddy, Lynn Bublitz , John Morton, David Bcnnett; Hon . Secretary, Bob Street; Hen. Treasurer, Don Den ham; Hon Auditor , Jim Ridland; Representative to Parent Te<1ch ers Association, Owen Mnsters. The Asne;nbly Hdl <mrl
Cl <~ssrocm
Block
Undoubted ly the most excitir.g occasion of the year ha s bE:en the ope ni ng of the new Assemb ly Hall. The open in a ceremony was performed before a capacity aud ience on Frid ay, 20th October, 1972, by the Prime Min iste r, the Rt. Hon. Mr. Marshal !. His comment that "this is the fin est schoo l hal l in the country" could hard ly be disputed. Th e an noun ceme nt that th e new classroom block was to be known as the "Alexa nd er Block" after Mr. Th is was W. E. A lexa nder, was also well received. in recognition of a lifet ime's devotion to the school he began ns a pupil many years ago, then became a staff member and finally retired as Headmaster last year. On the Friday eveni ng a reunion was held in the Westown Motor Hote l and Old Boys and their wives found this a most en;oyab le evening. A spec ial gettogether for those who had supported the musical side of th e school was nlso held, and much apprec iated. The
Clwmp~gne
B<lll
Th is rrand occasion proved to be of a standard worthy of our magnificent hall. Th e two bands, the extensive co loured lighting, the cont inu ous suppe r , the wine and the "we never close" bar, th e fantastic parquet dance floor and the festive atmosphere among the large crowd provided an eve nt w hi ch wi ll be long remembered by all. The List Mem ori<l l Chapel The dedication of th is area of the hall was held on the Sunday afternoon. Th e Primate and Archb ishop of New Zealand, th e Most Rev. A. H. Johnston, pe rformed the officia l ded ication before a good crowd of interested peop le. To those Old Boys who help ed make this hall possib le if you have not yet seen the result of your efforts , be sure to do so. soo n!
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The Grand Champange Ball m the new Hall .
.1\ctivit;es m d News Once aga in the Annua l Old Boys-O ld Girls Cabaret was held in the Girls' High Schoo l Assemb ly Hall on 19th August. While we can not boast a profit as we did last year, we can say it was a very good show. No doubt these occasions wi ll benefit from having our own hall - watch for t he next one!
SECTION Severa l Old Boys and parents accompa ni ed the Sc hool 1st XV on a to ur of Fiji durin g t he May holid ays. The team returned undefeated and with reports of the 1c1any enthusiasti c Old Bo ys t hey had encountered over there. Many of our old er members wi ll remember the During the Queen 's Birthday weekend Moascar Cup! the 1st XV took part in a quadrangular tournament from which they emerged the w inn ers, and the holders of th 's cove~ed trophy. Sin ce then, however, t hey were wel l beaten by Wanganui Collegiate in July this year, on cl so the Cup has passed in to other hands. Membership Your association is thriv ing and act ive. Onc e again we offer n warm we lcome to any Old Boys w ho have decided to join us unci feel sure t he ren ewed con tact with the schoo l wil l bring yo u considerable satisfact ion. Newsletters and cetails of the activities in your area may be had f rom th :o> Branch Secretaries li sted be low . Th e current subscription to the parent body is $2.00 includ ing the "Taranakian", or $1.0Q without the " Taranak ian". Plea se co ntact yo ur loca l Secretary for further detai ls . BRANCH SECRETARIES New Plymouth: R. S. Street, P.O. Box 686, New Plymo uth. John Syme, SA More land Road, Mt. Albert, Auck land. Hd<wc's Bay : Roger Bate, c/ o Simpson, Bate and Ware, Queen Srreet, Hast ing s.
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King Ccu ntry: R. Pri ce, Pio Pio. W<:!ng<mui: Ja ck Kurta , 18 Toro Street, Wanganui . â&#x20AC;˘ P<:!'merstcm North: David Hugg ett, 17 Durham Crescent , Palmerston North . Wellington : Ma lcolm Chapman, 54 Boxhill , Kha nd all ah, We ll ington. South
T <J r~na ki :
Ross Syme, Manutah i .
R. G. Lawrence, 3 En cliffe Road, Gisborne. Hrom ilton : Max Strawbridge, 7 Ca rey Street, Hamilto n.
G!sborne:
BRANCH
NOTES
GIS!30RNE A report from the East Coast Branch indicates there is little ~ews, but they have 32 members and are in (]ood heart. A lso noted was t he pass ing of Mr. Fred Le Pine from this area. WANGANUI This year the annual meeting was held on 8th September and included wives and fi ancees. Th e following appoi ntm ents we re made: Patro n, Mr. J. S. Hatherl y; Presi dent, Mr. F. L. Read; Vice- Pres id ent, Mr . N. Neilson ; Secretary-T reasurer, Mr. S. J. Kurta; Comm ittee, Messrs. L. Anderson, B. Bason, I. Elli ot, I. Hand ley, J. Jamieson , L. Horrocks and J. Qu inn . News of Old Boys B. being G. A. J.
J. B<!son is farming and learn ing to fly, his aim to ga in a commercial licence . Bason is farming at Ma ki riki ri. H. Belliss is fa rming in the Wanganui district. H. Donald is farming at Kakatah i .
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Page 69 P. Anderson was married in Janu ary this year . L. Anderson is farming at Kukuta.
Mr. Ken Comber has been named as the National Party ca ndidate for the Wellington Central electorate.
R. L. Horrocks is a fl y ing officer w ith 41 Sq uadron of t he R.N.Z.A.F.
Mr. B. C. Bcetham is the new president of the Soc ial Credit l eag ue. He was a prefect during his time at the sc hoo l and later retu rn ed as a member of the staff for five years. He is now a lecturer in history and soc ial studies at the Hamilton Tea chers' College.
P. M. Horrocks is w ith the State Advances Corporation at Rotorua. R. . M. Horrocks is at Lincoln College. J. Jamieson farms up the Wanganui
River.
J. F. Ouinn is an Insurance Assessor in Wangan ui . W. P. Scott farm s at Makirikiri. AUCKLAND Fun ctions held so far th is year in clude the Annual General Meeting in Jun e and the Biennial Reun ion after the Auckland Grammar game in August. Th e latter was a ve ry successful eve ning w ith 70 Old Boys present. Th e Branc h we re especially pleased to welcome the Headm aste r, Mr. Cramond. and appreciated very much hi s effort in atte nding . We were also privileged to enjoy the co mp any of Mr. Cooper, th e Auckland Grammar Headm aster. Major item of news of Old Boys in the city is the appoi ntm ent of Mr. John Graham as Headmaster t o succeed Mr. Cooper next yea r . Thi s is a great honour perhaps we w ill for Mr. Graham and the sc hool have a spy in t he opposition camp at last! The Auckland Branc h donated a stage lectern to t he new Assembly Hall during the year as their contr ibution to the drive for funds. Thi s was raised from individu als as we ll as from genera l branch fund s. At the time of going to press the branch was planning. in co njun ction with the Old Girls , a Cabaret to be held in November. SOUTH TARANAKI Thi s branch had its Annual Meeting on 17th May. with a sma ll atte nd ance - once aga in Ormond Greens1ll was elected Pres id ent.
Brian Marsden and John Dean attended the recent Olympic Games in Munich . The pupils of the schoo l contributed to a co ll ection taken to help finance their trip. Pete Dixon recently retired from the arm y and ;s now Secretary-M anager of the Parapara umu Golf Club .
P. McBride - afte r war service in the R.N.Z.A.F. he settled in Sussex , w here he now grows mushrooms commercially. lan Launder - after severa l years in Military College at Duntroon he served five years in Malaysia. More recent ly he has held staff appo intm ents at Army Headquarters and in th e Mini stry of Defenc e. Currently he is Commanding Officer of 1 Battalion R.N.Z.I.R. Depot at Burnh am Camp. He is married with one daughter and t hree sons. Th e four O'Halloran brothers , who attended school between 1916-1930, are all in fine fettle . V. A. Blance was appointed headmaster of Fitzro y School in New Pl ymouth this year. Barry Metcalfe, an Old Boy of Carrington House, travelled to the Frenc h nuclear test area in the Boy Roe I. Geoff Phillips is to succeed Sir James Doig as managing director of U.E .B . Industr ies Ltd. L. M. Papps , L.L.M ., has been Chairman of t he same compa ny.
appoi nted
Deputy-
Peter Saunders is t he canoe capta in · of the New Plymouth Old Boys Surf Club. They have a new surf ca noe, spec ially built of fibre glass and donated by the Pukekura Li ons Club , and ca ll ed "Pukek ura" of course.
Th e usual successful Golf Tournament was held at Te Ngutu on 25th Jun e w ith an increased fi eld of 94 Old Boys taking part. Winner of the McNaught Cup was B. McAIIum from B. V. Dee and C. Miller. R. B. McKay had th e best nett and in the teams matc h A . King, I. Thom pso n, T. Watson and C. Ekdah l were eventu al I. Jensen won t he veterans prize. All in w inn ers. all, an exce ll ent tournament w ith the usual good weather. The Annual Dinn er was held in the Ha we ra Club after the St. Pat's match on Jul y 8th. A very good turnout of Old Boys en joyed the conviv ial atmosp here at the Club . Of particular pleasure to many Old Boys was the opportunity to meet the new Headmaster, Mr. Cramond.
G. N. Roberts is the president-elect of the Internat ional Air Transport Association . He wi ll hold this top aviat ion post for a yea r , and is we ll known for his efforts to develop tourism in t hi s country as chairman of Air New Zealand.
Charlie Robb , a sta lwart in our branch for many years ,has shi fted to Taup o.
Jim Ross, is now t he Superintendent of Curricu lum Development in the Edu cat ion Department.
Tony and Roger Gibbs are both married and farm in g at Alton.
Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Hcnnor has been appoin ~ ed the Chief of Staff at Headquarters , Home Command in Wellington.
GENERAL NEWS
The Rev. G. F. McKenzie, director of the Presbyteri an Social Service A ssociation in Christchurch has been named Moderator-designate of the ch urch .
Dr. Arthur Veale wi ll be the first head of the Department of Community He alth at the Auckland University Medical School. He is at present Professor of Hum an Genetics at th e Otago Medical School , and is internationall y known in t hi s field .
John Gmham has been appo inted as the new hea.i master of Auck land Grammar Sc hool for next year. He is remembered as hea d prefect and capta in of the 1st XV and 1st XI during his time at schoo l. Paul Ramsay is an A.P.D .C. and has been movin g about the Otago and Canterbury areas.
Hugh F. Jackson, M .Sc. (Chemical Eng .). who was Head Boy in 1961 , is now with the Shell Oil Company in Geelong, Australia .
OBITUARIES DANIEL DRUMMOND ARCHIBALD; in New Plymouth on 21st October, aged 54. Dan was a highl y respected member of staff f or 24 yea rs and alth ough not an Old Boy, he was regarded as one, es pec iall y as he was t he Headmaste r 's represe ntat ive on the Old Boys' Committee over recent yea rs. (For furthe r details see elsewhere in t hi s magazine .) WILLIAM JAMES FORREST; in Th ames on 22nd October, aged 61. Bill was another staff membe r of the school from 1948 to 1955. (Furth er details elsewhere.) ARCHIBALD MACINTOSH MOVES; in New Plymouth on 1Oth June , aged 68. An Old Boy of the sc hoo l and son of the we ll known headmaster , Mr. W. H. Moyes. EVELYN LOVE DOWLING , M.B.E.; at New Plymouth on 27th August, aged 84. A music t eac her at the sc hoo l for a very long period and well known in t he c ity. NORMAN BERTRAM BELLRINGER; on 5th July , in New Plymouth. Aged 70 . Mr. Bellringer was a prominent Freemason and cha rtered accountant in the c ity. He became a Ju st ice of the Peace in 1936, was th e longest serving member of the Vogeltown Bowling Club and was we ll known in many other field s. He is survived by his wife, his son Bri an and three grandchildren. JOHN HERBERT BOON ; at New Plymouth on the 7th April. Aged 68 . Mr. Bert Boon was managing director of the building firm founded by hi s f ath er. He played for the 1st XV during hi s time at the sc,hool and the Old Boys Rugby Club later. He was a long standing member of the Among other things New Plymouth Golf Club also. he was for 17 years a member of the Taranak i Harbo urs Board and at one time pres id ent of this associat ion. He leaves hi s w ife, son Roger and daughter Nancye. ALFRED HENRY BOON; on the 13th June in New Pl ymouth. Aged 71. Mr. Boon became a director of his father's building firm until he retired a year ago. Hi s interests included Rugby and sw imming. A spec ial interest was in sawmilling and native timbers. He is survived by hi s w ife, two sons, Graeme and Gera ld , and two daughters, Vivienne and Tert ia. RONALD ALFRED BOON; on 19th Jul y , aged 71 yea rs. He was a member of the Schoo l 1st XV and acti ve in swimming and lifesaving in the New Plymouth Swimming and Old Boys ' Surf Club . M r . Boon was also a member of the New Pl ymouth Go lf Club for severa l yea rs. In recent yea rs he was mainly involved with milli ng operations of the family t imber merc hant firm . He leaves his w ife and three so ns, Barry , Peter and Terry. Dr. H. F. FOOKES; in New Pl ymout h on 9th September. Aged 63 . ' Hatch ' began in the 'Prep' and spent nearly twe lve yea rs at t he sc hool along with his two elder brothers. He w ill be remembered by many for his outstandinp spo rting ac hi evements. For examp le w hil e ca ptai n of t he 1st XI , he took 8 wickets for 10 runs in a memorabl e match aga in st Wanganui Collegiate with his medium-fast left-handers .
OLD BOYS' SECTION He also played for the 1st XV for four years, two of th em as captain. Many people who know th eir RJ.lgby have no doubt he was t he best second five eighths they have seen at the sc hool. Magnifi cent athl ete that he was, he exce ll ed as a spr inte r , hurdler and won most of t he boxing cham pi onships of the time. Whil e he atte nd ed Otago Uni ve rsity in th e co urse of his medical ca reer, he played Rugby fo r th e University and eventuall y capta in ed the representat ive side many t im es . DENNIS RICHARD WHITTAKER; tragically drowned at Waitara on 18th March. Aged 14 yea rs 9· months. Everyo ne was deep ly shocked by the untimely death of Denni s and his board- ri ding friend Ga ry Mullin of Hawe ra. Several boys of the sc hool atten ded th e funeral . serv ice. WILFRED HAROLD BLYDE; in New Plymouth on 24th December, 1971 . Aged 75. A we ll known bowling admini strato r and a proofreader of the Taranaki Hera ld . More recentl y he joined the staff of the New Pl ymouth Hospi tal until he ret ired. He leaves hi s w ife and two daughters , Ethne and Myrna. ROY LEALAND; on 17th July in New Pl ymo uth. Aged 72. He was known to many as a dentist in New Plymouth for 50 yea rs. He is su rvived by hi s wife and three so ns, Terre nce (Haweral. Conrad (Australi a] , and Anthony (Christchurch). RONALD ARTHUR DAVIS; on 4th Jul y ·at Opunake . Aged . 62. An Eltharn Borough Cou ncillor for many years and manage r of a sawmillin g business until he retired in 1969. M r . Davis leaves his wife, four sons, Peter, Russell, Ken and Frank, and a daughter, Lorra in e. RONALD HENRY QUILLIAM , C.B.E.; at New Plymouth · on 3rd October. In his 82nd yea r . ' A partner of a well known lega l tirm in 'New .Pl ymouth and Crown so li citor for the province. He was legal adviser to severa l loca l bodies and as a cit izen, intensely interested in com muni ty affa irs. He leaves hi s w ife, a so n, Mr. Ju stice Ouilliam, Wellin gton, and a daughter, Mrs. J. S. Barns-Graham, Gisborne . CHARLES (JIM) WESTON ; on 18th Octobe r , at· New · Pl ymouth. Aged 59 yea rs. He was a World War 11 veteran-A captai n in the 19th Battalion and mentioned in despatches. Befo re going overseas, he made over 100 asce nts of Mt. Egmont, being a keen skier and member of the Tarariaki Alpine Club. He was director of Rural Traders, and a memb er of Federated Farme rs and the Farm Forestry Association. He is survived by his w ife, and two . daughters, ,,Mary · and Diana. CEDRIC CAMPBELL; on 16th July , in Hasti ng s. Aged 46. He was Managing Dir ector of H. H. Campbell and Sons, well known builders' suppl y merchants in Hast ing c, . For seve ral yea rs he was President and also Secretary of the Hawkes Bay Bran ch of th e Old Boys' Association, during w hich time he se rved us we ll . He leaves hi s w ife and son, Roderick, who is w ith the Marketi ng Division of th e Dairy Board .
NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL ESTABLISHED 1882.
FEES (per Term)Board: $185. Music: $19.
SUBSCRIPTION TO GENERAL PURPOSES FUND: Boarders: $1.20 per term . Day Boys: $3 per year. Reduction for more than one in a family: Day Boys: Two brothers $5 , three brothers $6. Bus Boys: Two brothers $4, three brothers $5.
SCHOOL TERMS 1973: First Term: Monday, 5th February, to Friday, 4th May. Second Term: Monday, 21st May , to Friday , 17h August. Third Term: Monday, 10th September, to Wednesday , 12th December.
HOLIDAYS 1973: Anniversary Day: 12th March . Easter: 20th-24th Apri I. Anzac Day: 25th April. Queen's Birthday: 4th June. Exeat Weekend: 2nd July . Labour Day: 22nd October.
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