The Cantuarian December 1963 - August 1965 by OKS Association

THE CANTUARIAN VOL.

xxx

No. J

DECEMBER,

1963

EDITORIAL

An editorial serves many purposes. Sometimes it may be used to present an official viewpoint. On occasion it may provide for a master closely concerned or deeply committed the opportunity to say something about an aspect of the School's life where he can speak with intimate knowledge and the authority which is bred of experience. Or again an editorial may give to an able boy the chance to express his views on some topic of general interest or relevance which may well be controversial; and provided the writer's loyalty and idealism match his intellectual ability and he is as genuinely concerned with the welfare of the School or the community as he is with the opportunity for self-expression, that would seem to be a risk well worth running even if his views invite vigorous opposition. For even without the aid of footnote or initials the perspicacious reader will find little difficulty in deciding whether what he reads is the voice of authority, however muted, or the departmental expert writing with enthusiasm about his own particular province or one of the editors exercising within limits his unquestioned right to freedom of thought and expression. On this occasion one subject alone is appropriate and it is suggested by the photograph on the opposite page. Nor is it inept or (I hope) discourteous to recall another school magazine of long ago where under 3

THE VERY REVEREND IAN WHITE-THOMSON DEAN OF CANTERBURY

a cartoon of the reigning Chairman of Governors there appeared with happy ambiguity the familiar words "0 Lord our Governor". Today the ambiguity would be misplaced, and there is as little doubt of our good fortune as there was of the warmth of the welcome accorded to the Very Reverend Ian White-Thomson. The coming ofa new Dean is a great occasion for the City of Canterbury, but for us it is of special significance for he is automatically Chairman of the School Governors, and if the trumpet fanfare on September 28th was primarily in honour of the Festival of St. Michael and All Angels, it also heralded the opening of a reign which we all hope will be lon g and illustrious. An account of the Installation of the Dean appears elsewhere in this issue, and his career too which so admirably fits him for his high office has been succinctly summarised. Here let it suffice to say that his interest and awareness and his human understanding are as highly esteemed as they were quickly noted, and whether it be in the Cathed ral or at a Governors' Meeting or at a 1st XV match on Birley's there can be no doubt of the support and strength which his coming brings to the School; nor is it out of place to add what a great acquisition Mrs. WhiteThomson and their family are to our life in the Precincts. As was said at the Canterbury O.K.S. Dinner, there may at times have been covetous glances cast in the direction of the Deanery when it lay empty and forlorn, but we may all rejoice that the Deanery has now been taken over by the Dean, and our hope is that for him and his family we shall make it a happy home-coming.

Naturally enough, Governors may often seem to those in a school somewhat aloof and distant for they are seen only on occasions of state and high ceremony. We are more fortunate, nor at this time is it invidious to particularise. For in Mr. Pembrook, who on laying down his office of Clerk to the Governors after 37 years' devoted service was prevailed upon to accept with becoming modesty a place on the Governing Body, the School has received a notable accession of strength in his happy combination of legal acumen and local knowledge. And no-one who is familiar with the history of King's in recent years can fail to feel a debt of deep gratitude to the Venerable Alexander Sargent, Archdeacon of Canterbury, who brought to his office of Deputy Chairman a rare and happy blend of wisdom, tact and quiet, unostentatious guidance, which has served so well the School of which he, too, is an honoured son. 4

CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL ...

THE SCHOOL THE SCHOOL ... SA LVE'TE

5 6

V ALETE

VIRTUTE FUNCTI M ORE P ATRUM DUCES

THIS AND THAT

INSTALLATION OF THE DEAN

REVIEWS "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" ...

H OUSE PLAY ...

18 19

LECTURES

MUSIC

CONTRIBUTIONS CoMPREHENSION, P APER

AUTUMN

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I N HO NOUR OF A SOCI ETY TEA I SLAND ANTARCTIC L IFE FIVE RECOLLECTIONS STUDY I N SENILITY

TR ANSG RESSOR

A POEM

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A FORCE OF CoiNCIDENCE

KING'S SI'ORT RUGBY FOOTBALL ...

BOX ING

FENCI NG

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B ASKETBAL L

THE BOAT CLU B CROSS~CoUNTRY SQUAS II

GOLF

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SCHOOL ACfIVITlES C.C.F. NOTES SOCI ETIES

MUSIC

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O.K.S. NEWS OXFORD LEITER

TH E 1963 O.K.S. CANTERBURY DINNER ...

OX.S.

NEWS

OBITUARY

OUR CONTEMPORARIES

67 69 70 71 72

ILLUSTRATIONS THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD"

A NTARCTIC LIFE

1ST XV

I ST XV H.M.S.

Frolltispiece

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IN ACTION . ..

" BELFAST" IN THE MEDITERRA N EAN

THE SCHOOL Cap lain 0/ School: N. R. Hall Vice-Captain: S. S. Barker Head 0/ Linacre H Ollse Head 0/ Walpole House Head 0/ Meisler Omers B ead 0/ Galpin's Head of Luxmoore lioase Head 0/ School House Head 0/ Marlowe House Head 0/ The Grange

N . R. Hall S. S. Barker C. N . Marshall, K.S. H. R. Jackson A. V. Georgiadis W. R. Young S. J. Weaver J. L. J. Jaquet

S CHOOL MONITORS

N . R. Hall, S. S. Barker, C. N. Marshall, K.S., B. R. Jackson, A. V. Georgiadis, W. R. Young, S. J. Weaver, J. L. J. Jaque!. BOUSE MONITORS

School HOllse: The Grange: Walpole House: Meister Omers: Marlowe House: Luxmoore House: Galpin's: Linacre House:

D. G. van Asch, M.S ., C. B. Brock, M. O. R. Mayer, K.S. S. C. Job, J. G . Ridley. J. M. V. Butterfield, H. L. S. Dibley, M.S., N. J . Paul, K.S., R. M. Pollet. M. J. N. Bridge, S. J. O. Gurney, M. J. Wells. C. R. K. Heyland, R. A. Pinnock. M. A. G. Bennett, R. B. Gale, G. A. Bessey, M. D. Hull, W. A. Large, E. P. W. Slater, M.S. O. S. Essame, G. F . Langly-Smith, R . D. H. Perry, D. N. T. Walton. R. W. Clark, C. P. W. Innes, D. O. Learmonth, R. P. Ralph.

Captain 0/ Rugby Foolball Cap lain 0/ Hockey Caplain 0/ Cricket Captain of Swimming Captain 0/ ShoOling Captain 0/ Fencing Captain 0/ Squash Rackets Captain 0/ A tMetics Captain 0/ Cross-Country

S. S. Barker J. L. J . Jaquet S. J . Weaver N. R. Hall D. S. Kennedy J. F. H. Meredith S. S. Barker J. G. Ridley S. J. Weaver The Cantuarian

Editors: The Captain of School (ex-officio), W. J . Watkins, R. M. Pollet, J. Sturgess, Secretary: R. J. A. Talbert, K.S. 5

K.S .

SALVETE J. G. Adam, S. J. Ashforth, J. C. K. Barber, G. V. Barker, J. A. Barnden, A. W. Berry, D. J. Binney, R. Bird, R. J. L. Blackburne-Kane, A. J. Blackmore, C. S. Bosher, J. R. Carey, J. A. Cini , P. L. Clarke, P. C. Cotton, M. A. J. Cronk, N. A. DiCk, S. M. P. Elliott, R. D. B. Eustace, P. D . L. Eva ns, J. E. Fidler, J. D. Foster, J. Frankland , H. N. Gale, D. G. Gallyer, D. J. L. Glennie, H. Godwin, J. Goodman, K. T. Grant, F. L. Graves, P. N. Halfter, F. S. Hallam, R. B. Hamblin, R. F. Hames, C. Handley, K. G. Harries, J. A. Harvie, S. H. F. Harwood , C. A. Headley, G . E. Holdstock, P. T. Honeyman , M. J. Hulme, D. P. Imber, J. L. Jerman, D. C. Juett, G. R. G. Keeble, M. A. Kerr-Peterson, B. A. Kirsch, T. R. Langley-Hunt, W. M. Lattimer, N. J. Lumer, M. D. Macfarlane, R. D. McKilliam, C. M. P. Marchant, J. C. Marks, E. W. Marsland , P. Mason , D. W. Miller, R. A. Moreen, A. G. F. Munns, J. F. Newman , G. F. Percival , H. B. A. Philip, G. F. Phillips, N. A. V. Poulsen, M. Powell, J. J. Purseglove, N. R. L. M. Raemaekers, E. C. Ramsay, J. J. Rodgers, C. R. Romberg, R. C. Salmon , D. A. Sargent, E. A. SnellingColyer, S. A. Spowart, R. C. Sprunt, M. K. G. Steye ns, J. P. R. Stockell, R. A. Sumner, A. J. B. Talbot, A. S. R. Taylor, C. Templeman , R. C. Thornton , C,. J. Tltford,. M. W. Vaines, S. W. Warburton, C. J. Webster, C. R. Whalley, C. H. Willis, P. S. Wiseman, D . J. Wylson, M. W. J. Young, C. L. Zuntz.

VALETE J. A. Apletree, R. M. Bailey, M. J. Baker, P. N . Baker, P. M. Barnett, R. Beesly,. A. D. Beynon, W. N. Bodey, E. G. Buzzard , C. B. Cam, T. J. F. Carpenter, R. C. CrIchto.n, A. E. T. Cunningham, R. A. Dey, D. P. Essame, R. J. Farchy, R. 1. B. Fisher, R. N. FranCIS, P. N. C. Gent, D. Gibson, N. M. Gosling, M. J. Guermonprez, S. T. Hams, G. P. Hebdon , M. J. 1. Hill, J. W. F. Kemp, J. G. Kemsley, R. M. Kerr, J. E. Latter, E. 1. C. Lovegrove, R. V. Maltby, R. P. A. Masterton-Smith , 1. P. NaSSif,. M. H. Nixo n, A .. R. W. Par<rIdge, R. N. Plutte, 1. A. Pout, R. D. Rawlins, A. D. Rickards, A. D. Riley, P. N. Rose, A. R. Routledge, P. R. Senior, R. B. Shepherd, R. J. SmaIles, R. Somers, W. H. R. SqUier, M. M. Steer, P. Sturgess, N. C. Taylor, S. H. P. Taylor, B. L. Thomas, G. D. N. Thomas, P. B. Tompsett, R. F. A. Wells, M. U. L. Williams, C. M. Wood , P. H. Woodrow, G. S. Young.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES BAILEY, C. J.- CameSept. , '57; House Monitor, '62; L/Sergeant, C.C.F., '63 ; 2nd Rowing Colours, '63. BAKER, G. ST. G.- Came Sept., ' 58 ; House Monitor, '63 ; Upper Vr. BARNES, D. M. P.- Came Sept., '58 ; T. G. Cannon Scholar, '58; House Monitor, '62; 1st VIll Colours, '62. BROOM, J. A.- Came Sept. , '58; M.S. , '58; Hon. Sen. K.S., '63; House Monitor, ' 62; Head of House and School Monitor, '63 ; 2nd Cricket Colours, '63; L/Corporal, C.C.F., '62 ; First Orchestra ; Upper VI; Open Scholarship in History to Trinity College, Oxford. CAMPBELL, M. G. W.- Came Sept. , '58; Hon. Sen. K.S., '63; Lattergate House Monitor, '62; House Monitor, '63; 2nd Cricket Colours, '62; Corporal, C.C.F., '63' Upper VI; Open Exhibition in Modern Languages to Jesus College, Oxford. ' CLARK, C. J. B.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '62; Flt./Sergeant, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '63 ; Upper VI. CLARK, R. C.- Came Sept., '58; K.S., '58; Sen. K.S., '61; Head of House, School Monitor, Vic~-Ca ptai n of School, '62 ; Corporal, C.C.F., '62 ; Librarian; Upper VI; sometIme Editor of The Canluarian ; Trevelyan Scholarship, '62 ; Open Scholarship III Natural SCIences to Balliol College, Oxford , '62. COLLIER, R. J. M.- Came Sept., '58 ; House Monitor, '63 ; 1st Cricket Colours '63' Captain 2nd XI Hockey, '63 ; Sergeant Drum-Major, C.C.F. , '63' Secretary of Ja~ and Walpole Societies; First Orchestra. ' CUNDY, J. F.-;-Came Sept., '58; K.S., '59; Sen. K.S., '61; House Monitor, '63; Squash Colours, 63 ; 2nd CrIcket Colours, '63; Upper VI; State Scholarship, '62; Open Hastrngs Scholarship in Modern Languages to Queen's College, Oxford. DAVIES, C. R.- Came Sept., '58; House Mon itor, '62; Head of House and School Monitor ' '63; 1st XV Colours, '62; 2nd Hockey Colours, '62. DAVIES, S. R.- Came Sept., '58; M.S. , '58; Hon. Sen. K.S ., '63 ; House Monitor, '62; Corporal, C.C.F., '62; Secretary of Music Circle, '62 ; First Orcheslra' Upper VI' Open Music Scholarshi p to Queen's College, Oxford. " FRANKLIN, R. M.:-Ca.me Sept., '58; K.S., '58; Sen . K.S. , '60; House Monitor, '62; Upper VI ; LibrarIan; Editor of The Canlua/'ian; State Scholarship, '62; Trevelyan Scholarship, '62 ; Open Scholarship in History to Christ Church , Oxford. FREEMAN, R. A. D.- Came Jan., '58; Hon. M.S., '63' House Monitor '63' 1st VIn Colours, '62 ; Captain of Boats, '63; 2nd XV Coiours, '62 ; Flt./S~rgea~t, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '63 ; First Orchestra; Upper VI; Academic Clerkship to Magdalen College, Oxford . FRYER, A. R.- Came Jan ., '58; 1st Cricket Colours, '61; Secretary of Cricket Club, '63; 1st Hockey Colours, '62 ; Secretary of Hockey Club, '63 ; Sergeant, C.C.F., '63. GILLA N, R. 1. W.- Came Sept., '57; House Monitor, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours, '62; C.S.M., C.C.F., '63. HARDY, J. H.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; C.S.M., C.C.F., '63. 7

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HARVEY, A. M.- Came Sept., '58; Head of House and School Monitor, '62; 1st XV Colours, '62; Upper VI; Cadet Petty Officer, Naval Section, C.C.F., '63; Gi lbert and Shepherd Gift to Bristol University. HENDERSON, R. J. R. M.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; e.S.M., C.C.F., '63; Anderson Gift to R.M.A., Sand hurst. HOWARD-JONES, T. J. I.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '62; Captain of Fencing, Fencing Colours, '60; Instructor Cadet, R.N. Section, e.C.F. ; Upper VI; Bunce Exhibition to Manchester University. KENNEY, C. J. F.- Came Sept., '57; House Monitor, '61; Head of House and Schoo l Moni tor, '62; 2nd XV Colours, '62; e.S.M., C.C.F., '62; Upper VI; Secretary of Boat Club, '62; General Fund Ex hi bition to Christ's College, Cambridge. KENYON, E. J. B.- Came Sept., '58; Milner Scholar, '58; K.S., '59; Hon. Sen . K.S. , '62; House Monitor, '62; Head of House and School Monitor, '63; LjCorporal, C.C.F., '63; Upper VI; State Scholarship, '62; Open Exhibition in History to Trinity College, Cambridge. Low, J. N . P.- Came May, '58; K.S., '59; Head of House, School Monitor and Captain of School, '62; Ist Hockey Colours, '62; Squash Colours, '61; Captain of Squash, '62; Tennis Colours, '62; Corporal, R.A.F. Sectian, C.e.F., '63; Upper VI ; General Fund Exhibition to Christ's College, Cambridge. MCCLURE, J. P.-Came Sept., '58; Hon. Sen. K.S., '63; House Monitor, '62; 2nd Hockey Colours, '62; Captain 3rd XV; 3rd XI Cricket; Cadet Petty Officer, Naval Section, C.C.F., '63; Upper VI; Open Exhibition in History and Headmaster's Gift to Brasenose College, Oxford. MARIES, A.- Came Sept., '58; K.S., '58; Han. M.S., '63; Corporal, e.C.F., '62; Secretary of Military Band; First Orchestra; N.Y.O. ; Upper VI ; Pfizer Scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. MARIES, K.-Came Sept., '58; K.S., '58; Han. M.S., '63; House Mon itor, '63; Corporal, C,C.F., '63; Secretary of Military Band; First Orchestra; N.Y.O.; Upper VI ; Vickers Scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. MAYCOCK, J. 0' A.- Came Sept., '58; K.S., '58; House Mon itor, '62; 2nd Vlll Colours, '62; Cadet Petty Officer, Naval Section, C.C.F., '63; Upper VI; Rebecca Flower Scholarship in Law to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. PADLEY, M. W.- Came Jan. , '58; House Mon itor, '63; Upper VI. PARIS, J. A. G.- Came Sept., '58; 1st Cricket Colours, '62; Upper VI. PAUL, C. R.- Came May, '58; House Monitor, '62; 1st VIII Colours, '62; 2nd XV Colours, '6 1; Sergeant, C.C.F., '63. PEDLEY, P. J.- Came Sept., '59; 1st Hockey Colours, '62; 2nd Cricket Colours, '63; LjCorporal, C.e.F., '63; 2nd XV Colours, '62. PRESS, M. P.- Came Jan., '58; House Monitor, '62; School Monitor, '63; 1st Cricket Colours, '61; Captain of Cricket, '63; I st Hockey Colours, '62; Captain of Hockey, '63; 1st XV Colours, '62; Sergeant, C.C.F., '63; Upper VI; Gilbert and Shepherd Gift to Newcastle University.

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REVINGTON, J. 0' H.- Came Jan., '59 ; House Monitor, '62; 2nd XV Colours, '62; Corporal, C.C.F., '62. ROBERTS, G. P. W.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '62; 1st VIll Colours, '63; Upper VJ; O.K.S. Gift to St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. SCOFIELD, M. P.- Came Sept., '58; Han. Sen. K.S., '62; House Monitor, '63; Editor of The Cantuanan; First Orchestra; Upper VI; Open Scholarship in History to Lincoln College, Oxford. SCOTT, R. D.- Came Sept., '58; Christina Mason Exhibitioner, '58; House Monitor '63 ' 2nd VllI Colours, '63; Corporal, C.C.F., '63. ' , SELBY, A. H.--;-Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; 1st XV Colours, '61; 2nd Cricket Colours, 6 1.;. Cadet P~tty Offi~er, Naval Section, C.C.F., '63; Upper VI; General F und Exh ibitIOn to Bnstol University. SMARTT, T. J. J. P.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor '63' Captain of Golf' Fit j Sergeant, R.A.F. Section, C.e.F., '63 . " , . SOMERVILLE, J. J. F.- Came Sept., '58; Head of House and School Monitor '62' 2nd XV Colours, '62; 2nd VIIl Colours, '63; e.S.M., C.e.F., '63. " SPACKMAN, S. G. F.- Came Sept., '60; Han . Sen. K.S., '62; House Monitor '62 ' Corporal, C.C.F., '62; Upper VI;. State Scholarship, '62; Secretary of Music Circle: Flf~t Orchestra; Llbranan of FlfSt Orchestra; Chief Waggo ner, '63; Open ExhibitIOn 111 History to St. John's College, Cambridge. SWANSON, D. , W. J.- Came Sept., '58; 1st Athletics Colours, '63; 1st CroSS-Country Colours, 63; Captalll of Cross-Country, '62 ; Sergeant, C.e.F., '63 . SWETE, T .. J.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; LjSergeant, C.C.F., '63; 2nd Shootll1g Colours; Captall1 of Shooting, '63 . TESTER, M. J.- Came Jan. , '59; M.S., '59; House Monitor, '62; 1st XV Colours '62' 2nd Hockey Colours, '63; Corporal, C.e.F., '62. ' , WILLIAMS, C.- Came Sept., '58; Shooting Colours; Treasurer of Photographic Society; Upper VI; Corpo ral, C.C.F., '62.

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THIS AND THAT The Headmaster

On November 10th, M r. Newell was made an Honorary Canon by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was installed at Evensong on December 16th.

The following letter has been received by the Headmaster:Governors' Tribute Dear Headmaster, At the last meeting of the Governors of the School I was instructed to write to you to express the congratulations of the, Governors 0!1 p:oduclIlÂŁ; such ~n exce ll ent report showing the very fine achievements of the Schoo l, which 1Il.c1u~e, mtcf al,la, twenty-two Op~n Awards to Oxford and Cambridge, and twelve awards In hIstory whIch is a record for the School. The G';-vernors also wished to extend their c~)I1gratul a tion s to the School on their achievements and to the StatT for all the support gIven. . Yours fa Ithfull y, W. R. MOWLL, 68 Castie Street, Canterbury. Clerk 10 the Governors . 5th December, 1963.

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We welcome this term Mr. T. B. Akrill, who teaches Physics; Mr. N . J . M. Hamilton, who teaches Law, Latin and Greek; Mr. M. St. J. Parker, who New teaches History and Use of English; a~d our new ChaplaIn , the Revd . D. A. Masters Ha rding, who teaches Divinity and LatIn. This has been an intensive term for lectures : we have had talks oIl: such div~rse subjects as Defence, Western Germany, Jerusalem, the ConspIracy agamst Hitler, Red China, and Colleges of Advanced Technology." Reports .are The MedIcal e I sew h ere. D I.Âˇ S.W , HI'nds , 0 . K . S" also gave a Careers Lecture on Profession" .

Lectures

This term we were pleased to welcome three visitil1g preachers at E:,ensongthe Reverend Roger Symon (O.K.S., 1948-19 54), the Reverend Lo nmer Rees, Vicar of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington , and the Reverend L. M. StyleI', F ello w and Chaplain of Brasenose College, Oxford- a nd , from nearer at hand, the Reverend John Andrew, Archbisho p's Chaplam , and the Reverend John Edmonds, Headmaster of J .K.S .

Preachers

From the East End

Heard in the Dark Entry: N EW MASTER: "Well , I th o ught you might kn ow something," HOUSEMASTER: "No, I don't." Heard 011 L*n*cr* 'phone: "[s that 2385?" "Yes," " The Society for Cruelty to Animals?" 10

Of those who left us last term, J. P. McClure has go ne to the F alkland Island s to teach young children. He was originally told that he would have to ride about on a pon y, but those who knew him will be glad to hear that the appropriate authorities are said to have invested in a helicopter; soon after his arriva l, in fact, , . . John Low's destinati o n was changed from the Cameroons to Guinea, and he did not leave until October. He is now stationed 80-100 miles inland, at Kindia . V.S.O.

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Mr. D. B. George, who left us last term, had this to say when interviewed in Port Stanley on his way to the Antarctic : "Well , er, I think penguins make poor scrummagers". He has been on a wild goose chase, armed with a bolus, but only caught one. At Christmas he will be seeing J. P. McClure (see V.S.O.). From January he will spend 12 months, 50 ft. underground at Halley Bay, with a radio as his only means of communication. (Certain drawin gs by Sinjon, inspired by the hardships of Antarctic Life, appeared on the Cantuarian notice-board last term and are reproduced in this issue.) Intrepid

We o tTer belated congratulations to M. G . W. Campbell and C. N. R.A.F. Section Marshall for completing their Flying Scholars hip training in the course of the last year. Heard in the School Shop Colfe's Grammar School

Bo y: "Have you a ny handcutTs ?"

Members of the school may be interested to know that we are entitied to add this school to our long list of achievements-the school was founded by Abraham Col fe, an O.K.S . of the 1590's, who was later Dean of Canterbury, and Chaplain to Queen Anne.

On Friday, November 8th the Corps of Drums of the C.C.F. sounded the Remembrance Last Post and the Reveille at the Dedication of the Field of Remembrance at the British Legion Cenotaph in the Longmarket. Sunday The Memorial Service on November 10th had to take place in the Great Hall this year, because of rain .

The Old People

Blue, off to Australia

About twenty of the senior King's Scholars took the collecti o n at the annual Old Peoples' Service, held in the Cathedral by the Kent Council of Social Service.

R. E. F. Minns (1949- 1959), who got a Blue at Oxford fo r Cricket, left Engla nd at the beginning of August for Austra lia. After playing in the Varsity M atch a t Lords for two years running, he was only able to play one match for Kent- at Dove r, where he scored a half-century.

A plaque in honour of Mr. Maugham (O.K.S. , 1884-1889) is to Somerset Maugham, be put up in Whitstable on or near the house in Canterbury Road O.M. where he spent his childhood- this house is mentioned in Of Human Bondage. II

Canterbury Athletic Club

On Saturday, November 2nd the School won the Team Cross-Country event of the Canterbury Athletic Clu b. R. A. Bush came 1st, T. J. A. Bishop, 3rd , and G . R. Waterhouse, 5th.

William Harvey, O.K.S.

On August 3rd a party of 50 doctors visited Canterbur~ to honour the memory of "one of medicine's greatest sons-Dr..Wllham Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood ." Dunng the day they visited the school.

We congratulate C. S. K. Austin on the award of a Cadetship to Britannia R. N.C., Dartmouth; P. H . C . Randrup on hiS Army Scholarship to R.M.A., Sandhurst; and J. R . Day, who has won an R .A .F . Scholarship (General Duties- Pilot) to Cranwell College.

The Services

One of o ur number, P. G. Kirby, gave an excellcnt example last holidays of the initiative that we expect from members of the school ... (e tc., etc.). He was photographed by his local paper in C.C.F. Naval uniform, wit!, an anchor over his shoulder that he had carned a ll the way from Scotland . He won t tell us why. The article goes on: "At The King~s School, Canterbury, Peter IS hOplllg to obtain a degree." (? ? ?) .

P ublicity (?)

Mr. and Mrs. Bee o n the birth of a son , N icholas James, on August 10th; Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson o n the birth of twins, Lucy Ja ne and Sarah Penelope, on September 29th; and Mr. and Mrs. Wnght on the birth of a son, Jeremy Christopher Edred, on November 23rd .

We Congratulate

The San

Poet

M iss S. Daniel who has been Sister at th e Sanatorium for the past three years, leaves at the e~d of this term, and is going to Australia.

A limited edition of the poems of one of our ed itors, R. M. Pollet, appeared recently under the title of Sondages. The?, were quoted in the Advent Sunday Address. A review will appear in the next Issue of The Cantuanan.

P. D. MacNiece (1957- 1962), who played for the Squirrels last yea r, made good his place in the Oxford University Squash Team thIs year. He wo n his match in the 'Varsity Squash Match. R . B. Bntton ( 19571962), who started off the season playing for the Greyh~ll1nd s, was brought into the Oxford team for the London Scottish Match, to replace the IllJured WIlcock, and was awarded his Blue: Oxford unfortun ately lost. P. R. Atkinson (1 957-1961) was III the Cambndge 4 X 110 Relay Team for the Inter-'Varsity Relay Race. O.K.S. Sport

R. Sutton (1945-1956), who captained the Hockey XI in his last ?,ear, in his third year of playing for it, and gained a Hockey Blue while at St. Edmund Hall, has been selected to take part III the comlllg "reOlympic tour of India and Ceylon. He has already played once for England , agamst Holland in 1960, as well as 17 times for Wales and 34 tImes for Kent.

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There was a concert in the Shirley Hall on Wednesday, September 25th Holiday M usic in aid of the N .S.P.C.C. , by two artists connected with the School: Nicholas Curtis (O.K.S., 1955- 1960) and Mr. R. E. S. Morrish. The programme consisted of a varied collection of songs and music, of wh ich the centrepiece was a Brahms' Sonata for violin and piano . A letter from Mr. R. W. Ha rris appeared in The Times o n October 10th, on the subject of "Ox bridge (sic) Admissions". He spoke of the stimulus provided by the open scholarship exam inatio n, the merit of its syllabus as compared with that of the G .C.E. "A" Levels, and of the opportunity to develop new interests in the two terms following. Correspondence

Diocesan Conference

The Canterbury Diocesan Conference was held in the Great Hall on Saturday, October 26th, on the occasion of the Conversations o n Church Unity between Anglicans and Methodists.

for Luxmoore

The Luxmoore production of Joseph O'Conor's The iron Harp was mentioned in a Dublin newspaper: in the form of Irish propaganda, it is true!

... and Local Ignorance

"Who is this fellow Yard is they call George, then? And who is

International Fame

Folkestone Music Festival

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We congratulate N. D. King on securing three firsts and two seconds in the Folkestone M usic Festival this year.

Back to Nature On a scientist's end of term report: "He has obtained a good grasp of the branches covered". We congratulate M iss Bennion, the Bursar's Secretary, on her marriage to Mr. Geoffrey Bennett on September 4th; and Mr. Sharman on his marriage to Dorothy Payne, Deputy Head of the Canterbury County Technical High School for G irls, at South Woodford , London, on August 6th. Marriages

The judicious balance between choir a nd congregation, which was the feature of last year's service, was repeated again this time, each lesson being followed by an arranged carol sung by the choir and then a carol for the whole congregation. The choir performed severa l new carols including UpOII my lap my Sovereign sits by K. V. Jones, O.K.S., Christmas Dance of th~ Shepherds (for treb les, altos, flu te and piccolo) by Kodaly, Still, Still, Still, a n Austrian carol, arranged by Edred Wright, and H. C. Stewart's 011 this day earth shall ring. The service was a fitting climax to the end of term and we were very plcased to welcome so many parents and friend s. The Carol Service

Films

After the "funn ics"-one a hilarious Pl uto cartoon- the main film on the last night of term was Carltoll-BrolVn of the F.O., with Terry Thomas, Peter Sellers and Ian Bannen. We wo ul d like to thank a ll those who a rranged this splendid

entertainment.

February 22nd has been appointed Madowe Day and, after some Canterbury Marlowe Celebrations

initial hesitation, plans for the celebration s are now under way-

a procession in the town, the unveiling of a plaque on the tower of St. George's Church and Elizabethan music in the Chapter House. The Civic Theatre is presenting The Jew o/Malta and later, 111 July, Edward II, followed by an Elizabethan banquet at which guests WIll wear penod costume. C. Barker ( 1957- 62) has been playing rugger for the Princeton Tigers this term and has made qUIte a name for hImself. In the first game of the season, agai ~st the Philadelphia First Troop, he scored six of the eighteen points, two of the four tnes agamst Penn~the first game at Princeton- two of the three tries against Harvard, and has been hailed In The Pl'lI1CetOI1UlfI

Transatlantic Rugger

as "ace Tiger center three-quarter".

Over a hundred boys have been out and about helping the old and sick in Canterbury this term. All manner of Jobs have been done m the home and garden, but the mai n object has been to try to provide friendship and a new interest for the old, a nd a new understandmg for ourselves. We have Voluntary Service

formed our own interior decorating serVICe, and other cases of ne~d are met. It gave us

great pleasure to welcome all those who could come to the first lllght of The Yeomen of th;Guard At the end of the term we helped to distribute the Mayor's Christmas parcels, and in th~ holidays Marlowe are helping the W.V.S. with their "Meals on Wheels". Next term's plans include helping the City authorities carry out a census of the 4,010 old people in Canterbury in order to discover any others who would welcome help. We were pleased to welcome a large aud ience from several schools to see Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme performed In the Great Hall by La Troupe Fralwaise, who honou;ed us wIth a VISIt on November 30th. Delayed by fog, the company dId n?t amve untIl curtam up, and so we were entertained by W. H. Williams at the plano- m lIght and darkness- whIle they changed. Unfortunately there could be no scenery, but the delIghtful costumes m.ore than compensated for that. This was an energetIc productIon , all the actors bnngmg th~Ir parts vividly to life and extracting every ounce of humour from the play- the scenes wIth the "Turks" were a sheer joy. One can only wIS h that we cou ld be treated to such enter"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

tainmcnt more o ften.

Friends of Canterbury Hospitals

A Precincts Branch is being formed. Rugger players, please note!

S. S. Barker will be playing as right-centre and Captain of the English Public Schoolboys XV in th~ir annual match agamst the Scottish Public Schoolboys at TWlckenham on January 1st. C. R. K. Heyland will partner him at left-centre.

Schoolboys' Match

The Military Band

Mr. Paddy Pu rcell , who was on the music staff of the School from 1947 to 1953, and founded the Military Band, is now conductor of the London Youth Band. 14

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On Thursday, December 12th, thirty carefull y selected seniors attended a dance at Simon Langton Gid s' School, Canterbury. We gather that an O.K.S.-led band in Beatie hairstyle wasn't the only attraction.

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PHYSICIST MASTER (ascending to attend Prayers in the Gallery during the last week of term (Yeomen of the Guard, etc.): "Hot air rises" !

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Several members of the School were able to see a production of Moliere's Ecole des Femmes, done by PJaycraft at the Priory Little Theatre. Mr. Gillespie produced the play, and Mr. Peacocke took the leading role of Arnolphe. VEcole des Femmes

The following names have appeared so far in the Oxford and Cambridge lists:F. l. McC. HAZEEL, Open Cleoburey Scholarship in History to Pembroke Scholarships College, Oxford. S. R. ST. J. NEILL, Open Williams Exhibition in Zoology to Balliol College, Oxford. M. J. WELLS, Open Scholarship in Classics to University College, Oxford . O. S. ESSAME, Open Symes Exhibition in Modern History to Exeter College, Oxford. R. G. STANDING, Open Scholarship in Mathematics and Honorary Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. N . J. PAUL, Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Jesus College, Cambridge. C. P. HERRING, Open Scholars hip in Natural Sciences to Jesus College, Cambridge. J. M. COOKE, Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Trinity College, Oxford. P. J. STONE, Open Scholarship in History to Christ's College, Cambridge. University

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to Mr. Murray Pearce, School Secretary, whose departure will be sorely felt. For Masters he was always a genial and accessi ble adviser and a valuable link between the academic and administrative staff; for O.K.S. he was, too, a strong link with the School , organising Dinners and the onl y Ball held in recent years; for the Boys he had the air of an Impresario, arranging hospitality for visiting artists; and he was above all the Genius behind the last two King's Week festivities, bringing the events from a largely local to near-national attention. The fact that all this- apart from routine work, which wo uld be dealt with at any time of day or night- has been accomplished in only two years is a measure of his gifts and an indication of the gap he leaves . We wish him well and hope to see him often in the future. Farewell

THE INSTALLATION OF THE DEAN Saturday, September 28th will remain a memorable day in the lives of those who took part in the installation of the new Dean, the Very Reverend Ian H. White-Thomson. For the Dean it was an occas ion on which he reunited his ties with the Cathedral where he both worshipped as a boy and was ordained in 1929. For those taking part in the serviceincluding numbers of pe(lple from Newcastle as well as Kent- it was a most moving experience. The Dean was officially installed by the Vice-Dea n before the second lesson, after the Principal Registrar had read the Archbishop's Ma ndate for the insta llation. In his address, following the Choir's anthem, the Dean asse rted his belief that our cathedrals have an immensely important part to play in the life of the nation and of the Church, hoping that our own Cathedral may become increasingl y a house of prayer for all Christian people, and one day for all nations. Just as he wished the Cathedral to continue as the Mother Church of the Diocese, so he a lso wanted the very stron g links between the Cathedral and the City of Canterbury to be maintained. Commentin g on the crowds that visit the Cathedral in summer, he expressed his sincere desire that their visits should be not just an architectural or historic experience, but a spiritual one as well.

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After the blessing, given by the Archbishop from his throne, the Dean took leave of the Archbishop, and the members of the Foundation went to the Chapter House where the Vice-Dean placed the Dean in the principal seat: After the members of tile round ation had given their promise of obedience in Latin, the Vergers took the promi se in English: "Master Dean, I promise thee due obedience as D ean ."

REVIEWS

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"THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD"- December 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th

PLAY: "THE IRON HARP"- November 10th

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LECTURES: A NEW PHASE IN DEMOCRACY IN WESTER N GERMANY- October 1st

BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM- Octo ber 11th

THE GERMAN RESISTANCE- October 15th

DIPLOMAS AT COLLEGES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY- October 21st

SPOTLIGHT ON RED CHINA- October 29th

DEFENCE- November 5th

GLASS HARP RECITAL- November 19th

MUSIC: CONCERT AT THE LEAS CLIFF HALL, FOLKESTONE- December 1st ...

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT- November 3rd

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"THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" Of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, The Yeomen of Ihe Guard is probably the most difficult to stage convincingly. The plot of The Gondoliers or lolamhe flows with wit and pace to the expected Gilbertian denouement; but in The Yeomen the story is tiresomely in volved and the twists are more contrived than usual. Sullivan's score more nearly approximates to grand opera, while the tragedy of Jack Point gives an underlying seriousness which is lacking in any of the other Savoy operas. The pathos of the final moments of The Yeomen seems a little exaggerated, unless we recognise that there is absolutely no hope for Point after Fairfax has so delightfully courted Elsie in the charming trio, A man who lVould 11'00 a fair maid. The words which ki ll the jester are Fairfax's "Go thou and apply it elsewhere". It is a measure of Pugh's outstanding talent that he alone succeeded in conveying this, so that we were genuinely moved when the curtain fell. H is interpretation of the part was very much in the tradition of Martyn Green and H enry Lytton. Pugh has a considerable stage presence which, coupled with a superb sense of timing and excellent diction, gave his performance great polish; and he contributed in large measure to the success of the production. It was a production which grew in performance, and this was as true of individuals as it was of the chorus. The latter were noticeably static and wooden in gesture on the first night, but by the end they had developed tremendous verve, and they always sang with great feelin g and power. The stage does not lend itself to over-imaginative grouping and movement whcre large numbers are concerned, and this was further complicated by the necessities of choral singing. Mr. Wright had the chorus extremely well trained, while the orchestra responded to him by playing with real sensitivity a nd control.

This control was noticeable for most of the time in the singing of the soloists. Occasionally the tenor lead was a little weak, but in the singing of the extremely difficult quartet Slrange Adventure, in wh ich he was partnered by Sergeant Mery ll , Dame Carruthers and Kate, there was excellent discipline and tone. Individua l co ntrol and discipline is essential to the success of any operatic production. Mr. Harris's production showed these qualities most admirably, but they appeared to best advantage in the performances of Pugh , Turner and van Asch. Turner was a full-throated Sergeant Meryll , while van Asch's "wagging, never flagging" Shad bolt always entertained. They both move with sureness, and the small add itions to their performances each night, a lift of the eyebrow or a subdued gesture, showed that they both have a natural feeling for the stage. It is much more difficult to detect that feeling when boys are taking female parts Âˇand this is especially true of The Yeomen, where the women are not convincingly drawn. The part of Elsie Maynard in particular is not sympatheticall y written . She behaves in a calculating manner and yet we are expected to believe in her as much as in any other of Gilbert's soft and delicious heroines. The unkinder aspects of the character were a little beyond him, but Jakes dealt with the role competently and sang, especially The Merrymall and his Maid, with great charm and feeling. Varcoe's Phoebe was a lso full of delightful things: the wooing of Shad bolt in Act Tshowed real sense of comedy, and Varcoe obviously holds much promise for the future. 18

Although the use of gesture was noticeably stereotyped, tile small individ ual touches which se~e'.'a l act~rs gave to their own performances were most enjoyable. To mention them allIS ImpossIble, but the raptu re and woe of the duet between Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll, wh Ich litera lly stopped the show, was in a class by itself. Robin Morrish sang and flirted and danced wIth wonderful agility and Turner responded with authority. The Yeomen of the Guard is n<:,t an easy opera to stage. Mr. Bennett's magnificent set made the best use of the space avallabl," and was a perfect backi ng for the colourfu l costumes and Imaglllatlve actlllg of Mr. Harns s extremely enjoyable production. D.A.H.

HOUSE PLAY "THE IRON HARP" LUXMOORE-SUNDA Y, NOVEMBER I QTH

It is always difficu lt to choose a house play which can give the maximum of opportunity to the actors and the maxllnum of pleasure and satisfaction to the audience and it was unfortunate th~t Lux~oore did not have lo~ge: in which to find a more re~arding one than Joseph ~,Con?,r s The frail Harp. A hmlted cast, the problem of accents and an abundance.of ham dl~logue and melodramatic situations were challenges for even the most expeflenced actors If the evening was to be a success. Landymorc's was an ir~lpre~sive performance, however, although more hesitant move~ent w<:,uld have made .IllSblindness more convincing and more care over dialogue combmed wIth a greater variety of gesture would have created a more spontaneous elTect. His valiant effor~s to create an atmosphere of tension at important moments were, unfortunately, sometllnes wasted, as other characters proved incapable of supporting him . Foster spoke we ll , and IllS accent was generally good, but he seemed unable to relax. Davies, on the other ha~d , was almost.too casual, often moving awkwardly and frequently inaudiblethe fault whIch rather spoIlt Dover's otherwise splendid portrayal of the aged and longsulTerlng retamer. Saunders looked well as Molly-except for a very unflattering skirt- but he tended to stop actmg as soon as he stopped speaking. Major and Boyd were well contrasted as the two Black and Tan soldlCrs, but, whereas Boyd was entirely successful In h,s grulT tacIturnIty, Major rumed hIS performance by unnecessary overacting- the fault of Cattrall and McCarthy also. There was some promising acting, but the play did not show It 01T to the best advantage. A delightful set, !living a wide variety of entrances while retai ning the atmosphe re of a once tastefully furOlshed manSIOn, was one of the best aspects of the production. After some rather peculla.f sound elTects and some unexpected lighting, the superb dawn sulTusing actors and stage wIth a rosy glow was a lour de force, and one of the really memorable moments of the eveOlng. W.J.W. 19

LECTURES A NEW PHASE IN DEMOCRACY IN WESTERN GERMANY DR. KARL-HEINZ AnSHAGEN

Dr. Abshagen, whose lecture was opportunely timed to precede the resignation of Chancellor Adenauer, immediately put his audience at their ease by disclaiming any intention of presenting an official view. Beginning with the constitution of the Federal Republic, he showed that this had succeeded in overcoming the defects of the Weimar regime with its multitude of parties. He admitted that Adenauer had shown a preference for personal rule, and that the members of German parliaments had no long tradition of

opposition to paternalism, but pointed out that the press had recently forced the government to retreat on several issues. Speaking from personal knowledge of Chancellor Erhard and Dr. Schriider, he anticipated that the post-Adenauer regime would strengthen the new German democracy, and ended with the warmly expressed hope that Britain would eventually join the European community : a federated Europe was the only ideal which now appealed to the West Germans. Answering questions on the survival of Nazi officials, and the position afEast Germany, Dr. Abshagen spoke with persuasive moderation. Although himself a native of East Germany, he felt that the objective of improving conditions and increasing freedom of expression there should take precedence over its reunification with the West, and considered that Russia would prefer a divided to a united Germany, even if the united Germany should be a member of the Soviet bloc. Dr. Abshagen's sincerity and obvious affection for this country quickly roused the enthusiasm of his audience, and his attractive lecture was most warmly received.

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BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM THE MOST REVEREND A.

MAcINNES

Archbishop MacInnes began his talk by outlining the history of the Bishopric in Jerusalem- in, not of: our Church makes no exclusive claim to the city of all Christians' spiritual birth; but it was considered to be important that the Anglican Communion should have a Bishop there, and this consideration has greater force today, since that Communion, wh ile not so numerous, is geographically as far-reaching as the Roman or Orthodox. The Bishopric was founded in 1841 , largely on the initiative and with the co-operation of Frederick William IV of Prussia, to su pervise the work of the English and Lutheran Churches in those parts, and also to promote closer relations with other Christian bodies, the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian, Syrian and Coptic Churches. But by its very existence in such a centre, it also incurs the obligation of understanding other Faiths as well, and St. George's Cathedral and College in Jerusalem have always been a centre of learning and research, notably in Judaic and Islamic studies as well as in modern 20

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missionary techniques. Thus prejudices are removed, particularly among Jews in their present mood of renascent nationalism. Muslims have always made good use of the Christian Schools in the a rea, but the Archbishop touched upon thc difficulties and prejudices met wi th in dcaling with them- difficulties wh ich originated with the Crusades a nd did not end with the evcnts of 1947-48. Relief work among Arab refugees-nearly I t millions of them- the maintenance of their rights and promotion of their welfare is a primary and practical obligation of the Christian Church. The Archbishopric was constituted in 1957 and its province extends to Libya, Persia, Ethiopia, Somaliland, the Sudan and the Christian community in Egypt. There is here, of course, a possible suggestion of "colonialism", but the history of the Bishopric in

Jerusalem is less tcndentiously and more truly represented as an imaginative and largescale exercise of pastoral and social responsibility for our own people, not only the

English. Pcrhaps the whole subject might have been better dealt with in a smaller group and in a smaller room than the Shirley Hall, and less fo rmally than in a public lecture. None the less, our cordial ap preciatio n is due to the Archbishop for his talk, for its breadth of inFormation: and we must tender a full and respectful recognition that he is a man occupied in primary and basic missionary and pastoral tasks against a background of extreme com plexity. T.B.W.

THE GERMAN RESISTANCE MR. ALAN BULLOCK

One often hears people, comfortably situated in England, express a pained surprise that the Gcrmans did not offer greate r opposition to Hitler, his regime and his war. Those who attended the lecture of Mr. Alan Bullock, Master of St. Cathcrine's College, Oxford, on October 15th, wi ll have a truer appreciation of the situation. In brilliant terms, starting with the events of 20th July, 1944, when Count Klaus von Stauffenbcrg stepped out of his car at Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia, with a bomb in his despatch case with which he intended to end the life of the FUhrer, MI'. Bullock described the difficulties which faced conspirators, the physical obstaclcs, their doubts and heart-searchings, and the final intervention of chance in which a panel of oak saved Hitler's li fe. There followed a terrible retribution . Count Schwerin vo n Schwanenfeld, Count Helldorf, Field-Marshal von Witzlebcn, and nearly five thousand others, were condemned to execution. A few conspirators escaped and are still alive to tell the tale. Are they today honoured as noble patriots? They are not persecuted, but many a side-long glance reveals that treason to the Fatherland is not easily forgiven. The moral di lemma in which these men found themselves is one of absorbing interest. Those who were condemned to death did not regret their actions . Indeed , it is 011 the moral and the personal plane that the story of the German Resistance takes on epic qualities. At least one of Mr. Bullock's audience will long remember the deeply moving words of the quotation with which he ended his lecture, expressing the true spirit of the conspirators. R.W.H. 21

DI PLOMAS AT COLLEGES OF ADVA NCED TECHNOLOGY MR .

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The speaker referred fi rst to the R obbins Report, a nd its recommendation of un iversity status fo r Colleges of Ad vanced Technology. He then spoke of the att ractio ns of a career in in dustry, and the necessity of recru iting a fair proporti on of the co un try' s best brain s

to enab le our industries to compete with those of Euro pe, Russia and the United States : the Government's plan to ex pand the C.A.T.'s fro m their present 10,000 to 21 ,000 in 197 1, a nd eventuall y to 35,000 showed, he said , that they recognised the vita l pa rt that such colleges had to play in Britain's fu ture. T he main function of the Colleges of Ad va nced Technology is to tra in technologists, and the majority of courses at undergraduate level are co ncern ed with engineerin g or th e

applied sciences. 11 is, ho wever, essentia l that the technologists should be edu cated as well as trained, and the C.A.T .'s are responding to this cha llenge. Their most common award , the Diploma in Technology, is more broadl y based tha n most university degrees in engi neering.

The cha racteristics of Colleges of Adva nced Techology a re their very close lin ks with industry and the in trod uction of "sand wich" cou rses wit h al ~ern ~t~ periods of industrial

and academic training. Tn other respects they resemble uni verSities. At No rth ampton College a lmost 80% of D ip. Tech. students have tll ree or mo re "A" levels. The staff a nd equi pment at Colleges of Advanced Technology are comparable WIth those of Universities, a nd a la rge programme of building (incl udin g ha lls of reside nce) is at present in progress. F.S .

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SPOTLIGHT ON RED CHI NA J. A NDERSEN-RoSEN DAL Mr. Rosendal was introduced as a writer, a photographer and a journalist, but started his lecture by showing himself as an accomplished comedian. Hav ing won over th e audience in a ve ry sho rt time, he started th e lecture with a descriptio n of his eighteen-day

train journey from Copenhagen to Hong-Kong, and proceeded to describe his three-month stay in Commun ist China.

Und oubtedly, Communism has achieved much for Chi na. A concerted effort of plans and "anti-" campaigns soon stopped inflation. Industry was boosted by Ru ssia, accom-

panied by such mottos as : " We will overtake England in fi fteen years" . But since the greater part of China is agricultural, it was in this field that the Communist Govern ment concentrated its efforts. By subtle flattery of the normall y wil y fa rmer, the G overnment gradu all y took over the far ms, a lways insisting that they were still private property until the fi na l eollectivisation in 1958. T o feed their masses, all able-bodied men, women and yo uths must work 10-12 hours a day, but they are allowed eight hours' sleep! At the same time, a massive army was recruited, and supplied with the newest equipment. Hygiene, cleanliness, and ho nesty are th e Communist Co mm a ndn~ents. Old slums were razed and new buildings built, po verty was eliminated, in fact, ChlOa was modernised from to p to

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The n;w Govern ment is much more efficient than the old , and th is is the trouble. Com-

IllUllISm s password I~ matenahsm ; productIOn stat istics are prin ted everywhere. Government newspapers pn nt exagg~rated propaga nda, th e only emphasis js to dri ve furth er

forward . Art a nd all form s oflnte llect ua hsm have disappeared, culture has been eliminated by the weIght of productIO n statIS tICS. The delightfu l old Chinese smile and humour have been replaced by a loo k of unrelax ing determination. In the terror peri od after the takeover, 800,000 dISsenters ~e re exec.uted, a nd " Re-education Camps", no doubt equipped WIth the latest b ralIl- washm ~ techniques, deal with an y resista nce. Ma ny of the picturesque old Chl!1CSe burldlllgs a re bemg replaced by drab, concrete, out-da ted Russian architecture, symbohc of the new ord er- efficient bu t soulless. If a compromise could. be strllck, with the efficiency of the new regime, with the casual ha ppiness of the old , Chllla wo uld be perhaps the most modern state of today. Having illustrated his .material with colourful slides, Mr. R osenda l answered questions on Art, Wa r, Co mmunrst RegulatIOns, 'propaganda and taxes, and ended the lecture after almost two hours of very Wltt y a nd IIlteresting instruction. N.R.H.

D EFENCE M AJOR- G ENERAL R.

BARRY, C.B., C.B. E.

. Gene ral Barry has served in ma ny parts of the world as well as spending ma ny years semor s taff app,?lntments, and was able to speak with authority on both the theory and practIce of national defence. In

~ter mentio nin g t,he necessity fo r s~me form of military defence against the militant reli gIOn ,o f CommullIsm, fo r general dIsarmament required a mutual tru st which is so

fa r lacking, General Ba rry welH on to discuss the nuclear deterrent. Defence against nuclear attack mu ~t gIve tota l Im mumty, and as this is not yet possible, the threat of retahato ry attac k IS the deterrent, whIch may be less effecti ve against China with its enormous manpower than against Russia.

. Genera l Barry. then outli ned the arguments for and against the British deterrent, Its cost, the secun ty It actuall y. glv~s or whIch ItS cancellation does not give, the subordina tIOn to the Unr ted States whIch IS there anyway, a nd its military value. After touching o n th e ne~d for other, no n-nuclear, means of defence, Genera l Barry ended an in teresting

lectllre WIth the hope that the armed forces wo uld succeed in their role of preventing an y further wa r. A nu mber of IIltelhgent questIOns showed that he had had a n interested and mqulflng audwnce.

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GLASS HARP RECITAL HERR BRUNO HOFFMA NN

There was a large audience eagerly awaiting Bruno HolTmann's recital, and no ,doubt few had ever heard the so und of a Glass Harp before- it is somewhat between a claVichord and a fiute . After a short period of popularity in the 18th and early 19th century 1t almost disappeared. The programme began with a medley of fol ~-so ngs, Gerl11~n. 1ta li an~ French, Irish and Scottish. The re follo wed a brief resume of the IIlstrument's hIStory! datlllg from the pop ularity it gained after Benjamin Franklin's improvements of 1762, wh ich prompted Mozart to write solos for the G lass Harmonica, as it was then ca lled, as well ,as a Qtl1n~ct In ,which it was combined with a flute, oboe, viola and 'cell o. Amon g the pieces of this penod he played were Mozart's Adagio in C, a sonata by Naumann, a contemporary of Mozart, and a piece by Schlett.

Among the manuscripts discovered by Herr H off~ a nn arc various WOt:ks by B ~et h ove n , one of which he played next, a Roma nce, composed III 1814, notab!~ for It~,carefl ee charm and ease. The rema inder of the recital was devoted to va ~iOu s e!fects which can be produced on the G lass Harp, beginnin g wi th Strauss's muSic for hIS opera The Woman lVithout a ShadolV, composed in 1919, ~t the same t,lIne, as St~'avl11sky was expen mcntlllg with musical "colour" in his orchestratIOn of the Fu'eblrd SUite. At last the moment came for us to see exactly how the. instrument worked, and J

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one was amazed by its complexity. This amazement ,was IOcreased by. Herr ,Hoffmann s playing of his own Scherzo, a piece admittedly deSigned more fo r virtuoSity than for musical value. Finally, he demonstrated some of the modern uscs of the Instrument, as in fi lms and stage music. Herr Hoffmann has taken many years to perfect his in str~ment, .ind~ed he spent, seven years building the one he now plays on. We can only gaze III ad nura tlOn at hIS skill and at his forebearance in breaking his jo urney back to the contment to make It posSIble for us to listen to, and to enjoy, his playing. D.M.G.P .

MUSIC CONCERT AT THE LEAS CLIFF HALL, FOLKESTONE Until this term it had not been possible for the School to accept an invitation to give a concert to the Folkesto ne Music Club. Uncertain of what sort of recepti on to expect, a pa rty of seventeen boys found a large a nd enthusiastic aud ience in the Leas Cl iff Hall, and rose to the occasion magnificently. The o utstand ing feature of the concert was the excellence of the ensemble singing and playing. Both the vocal gro ups were superb. With no conductor, their un animity was so good that, howeve r quiet or fast the music, every word was audible. The Old Paint from Colorado was introduced by R. A. Moreen ("he's not really American, is he ?"), who brought the old broken-do wn horseman to life in a marvellous piece of charactersinging; See the bold H ussars (Seiber) had a most exciting a nd well-timed climax. In the only solo of the concert we had a majestic performa nce by D. G. van Asch (bass) of NolV heaven in fulles t glory shone from The Creation. With H. L. S. Dibley (tenor) in Sound the trumpet (Purcell) he also displayed accu rate coloratura: a pleasing vocal pair. Apart from one place, D . M . G. Parry was colla voce o n the piano, though for my taste there was too much left hand. To be thoroughly critical, he also over-emphasised some bars of alberti bass in the Schubert Fantasy in F minor wh ile concentrating on a tune at tbe top of the piano. However, with W. H. Williams at the lower end, tbis masterpiece of d uet literature was give n a splendid interpretation . The fugue before the final climax was very exciting. Musicall y it does not seem to be entirely convincing. Perhaps there is too much contrapuntal interest for one hearin g to be sufficient. The Scarlatti Sonata for three flu tes and continuo was a delightful wo rk, and these players (C. P. White, H. L. S. Dibley, C. W. Blake, T. P. M. Young and W. H. Williams) proved a happy combination. The flutes produced a quality of sound and phrasing that was a pleas ure to hear, and the whole gro up was rhythmically alive. The concert had a suitable overture in the Sonata in D /01' trumpet and strings by Purcell, another most enjoyable performance, with va n Asch in his other capacity. He also led a well co-ordinated group consisting of Armstrong, Valentine and McKno in four CallzonGs by Lassus. The dignified character a nd simple harm onies of th is type of 16th century music have their most tell ing effect when played by a few brass instruments. The first two came off best. Occasional notes in the lower pa rts not in tune at their start were usually quickly and d iscreetl y adjusted . The players in the string quartet were Morris, Williams, Ling and Young. The a llegro from K . 157 by Mozart presents some tricky problems of in terpretation with its subtly changing moods. The performance was a little restrained until near the end, when the players seemed to be getting the feel of thei r instruments after the coffee break. ("Ho w do they play the vio lin in those collars ?") The Glee Group sang four songs of Yale (Humble, 01' Ark's a' Moverillg', Graceful and Easy, and When Pa lVas a little boy like me). As if to dispel the cold wind o utside with thoughts of sprin g, we were given My Evaline in response to the vociferous de ma nds for more. The audience was about twice the normal size. Not surprisingly, therefore, a warm invitatio n to come again was made by the Chairman of the Club when thanking a ll those responsible for the afternoon's entertainment. R.P.S. 25

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT SU NDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD Programme-planning for these concerts is hardl y possible, depending as they do o n who is able and willing to go to some trouble to organise and rehearse a group with or without persuasion from the secretaries. But as usual what cam e o ut of the hat proved to be a wide variety of instruments and music. M oskowski's Bolero has, T think, been d one recently, but played with bravura as it was by D . M. G . Parry and W. H. Williams it is always a winner. The Bechstein is now, alas ! well past its prime. Both the pedal and th e tone quality are difficult to manage. In two excellent solos (Lisz!'s Valse Oubliee and Rachmaninoff's Polichinelle) Williams achieved the feat of persuading a warm tone from the instrument in the more lyrical passages, and the pedal mechanism was only distracting in one or two of the climaxes. His accompanying of W. F. Bach's Trio for two fiutes and 'cello (T. P. M. Young) showed that he also knew how to be discreet yet firm in a completely different world. H. L. S. Dibley and C. P. White were the most stylish flutes in a very enjoyable performance. Handel's G millar 'Cello Sonata (not really for 'cello, but effective ly arran ged) had been well studied by J. L. Ard, and quite justifiably he played without a copy. He seemed a little worried during the performance; with experienc.e he will no doubt regard this feat as normal, and learn to relax. His accompanist (R. J. A. True) gave him one awk wa rd moment when he set too fast a pace in the second movement, bu t they were a well-ba la nced duo. From the numerous divertimenti for two clarinets a nd bassoo n by Mozart, D. M. G. Parry, R. W. Arnold and Mr. D. J. D. Miller chose No.3 in B jlat , full of changes of mood and opportunities for varied phrasing. Both clarinets could have been more brash in tlle high-spirited parts of the allegros, partly to match th e pungent tone of the bassoon, but also because the trumpet-like passages demanded it. The slo w movements were very sensitively played, particularly the expressive top line. The string section was represented by W. H. Williams, P. M. Tatchell, T. A. Ling and T. P. M. Young. The first violin had the main interest and most of the difficulties in the first movement of Mozart' s Quartet in C (K.157). Williams obviously knew how it should go, and his technique only let him down in a few of the details. The others supported him confidently. Once again we were treated to a most pleas urable display of ensemble singing by Mr. R. E. S. Morrish, C. P. White, W. H. Williams and D. G. va n Asch . The spirit of each of the four songs of Yale was caught perfectly and every wo rd was audible. R.P.S.

CONTRIBUTIONS COMPREHENSION PAPER- compiled by S. S. Sopwith, Esq.

AUTUM N- a poem by N. A. H. Dawnay

IN HONOUR OF A SOCIETY TEA- an old Sussex carol by N. F. Riddl e

ISLAND- a short story by B. C. Tooby ...

ANTARCTIC LIFE-drawings by Sinjon

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FIVE RECOLLECTIONS- by F. I. Mce. Hazeel

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STUDY IN SENILlTy- a short story by W. N . Bryson

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TRA NSGRESSOR- a narrative by R. E. G. Man ...

A POEM- by W. N . Bryson

A FORCE OF COI NCIDENCE- a short story by G. R. G. Keeble

COMPREH ENSION PAPER

S. S. Sopwith

The Ed itorial in thc last numbcr of The Cantuarian (August) has been the matter for some controversy- still morc so as it was reprinted as an article i~ t~e Kentish Gaz~/Ie givin.g a picture of the public school of today (~res um~bl y The KIO~ s School) by A Public

Schoolboy". Letters have been receIved I~ pratse of the Ed itorIal; other~ 10 vIOlent condemnation of it. For a just estimate of Its sentiments a fuller understandmg of what the writer had in his mind seems necessary. The late Monsignor Ronald Knox, when he went as a master to Shrewsbury for a brief period, was puzzled by many thmgs he found there which he listed with his accustomed brilliance in a ballade, with the refrain: "J only ask because I want to know". It is in the same spirit of enquiry that I have ventured to set this paper.

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There are 168 hours in a week. Of these the following are officially allotted by the authorities for all (or nearl y all) the boys at The King's School : Work (in school + It hours' preparation a day) 33 Sleep (in bed at night) 63 Meals (in the Dining Hall) 7 C.C.F. 3 3 Sunday Services + Morning and Evening Prayers Balance of hours for individ ual activities or inactivities, according W~

In view of these figures comment on the statement that in most public schools there is found "an overwhelming emphasis on Christianity",

"Far more serious from the point of view of the public school, is that they (the public schools) l;ave retained an obsolescent ideal of personal conduct." (a) What are the constituent elements (virtues and/or viccs) in this obsolesccnt ideal (e.g., in the idea of the obsolete gentleman)? (b) What are the constituent elements in the ideal of personal conduct which the public schools of today should pursue? (c) In what way do these ideals of personal conduct differ from those which have been held- and which should now be held- by other schools, as grammar and secondary modern schools? "For a century, public schools have intended to produce, and have largely. succeeded in producing 'leaders', a class of people who accepted government as theIr vocatIO n and their natural right." (a) Is a leader necessarily a desirable person in a community? (b) What technique peculiar 10 the public schools has been employed with large succcss to produce such leaders ? 28

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Such records as exist show that the boys who come to The King's School at the dates given entercd the followmg calling and professions: 1862-3

Summer Term, 1901

Church 2 Church I Army 4 Army 4 Navy I Navy 2 Law 2 Schools I I Schools I Journalism Medicine I Architecture I I Business 4 Civil Service (Customs) Stockbroking I Farming I Farming I In view of these figures do yo u consider that The King's School failed badly in at least one of its functions a a public school? 4.

"The outlook of these guardians was, at its deepest level, complctely inegalitarian." To what extent, and m what way, have the public schools fostered this outlook?

"The pol itically conscious part of the nation is no longer disposed to accept any form of aristocracy, however good its results." (a) What is meant by arislocracy in this context? (b) With reference to your answer in (a), comment on the implications of this

statement.

(i) "Jf the public schools can produce people who can think clearly, honestly, and, when necessary, subtly, thcy WIll genuInely serve the community. But to do this they must ensure that their pupils are presented with a really wide variety of ideas,

III order to learn to choose . ... " (a) Does this ~taten:ent imply that the public ~chooJ s stand out among secondary

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theIr faIlure to produce these Ideal thinkers ?

(b) What sort of ideas do you think the writcr had in mind in the phrase "a really

wide variety of ideas"?

(ii) " . .. . and a considerable latitude in ordering their own time so as to learn how

to plan."

(a) At what stage in a boy's career at school should this latitude be allowed? (b) Do yo u think that the official allotment of hours given in Question I should be

revised for this purpose?

public schools?

Write a critical analysis of the assertion that "Schoolboys are quite used to being exhorted not to let down the school, but what matters though is what they really are. "

8. "The problem of ho w to integrate the public schools into the community as a whole

IS far morc Intractable." . (a) Can you givc a brief account of anyone of the many experiments that some

public schools have made to integrate themselves into any small part of the community outside the school? 29

,I (b) What kind of integration has been found most worth while for the community

and/or the school? The "master-pupil relationship" is by definition a formal one. To what extent, and how, can it be made informal?

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"Above all, the public schools will only do good if all their members, masters and boys alike, share the conviction that, in the last analySIS, the school is made for the individual, and not the individual for the school." (a) Explain what is meant by "the school" and by "the individual" in this epigrammatic expression of the conviction which masters and boys alike must share.

(b) In what way is the school made for the individual? (c) Does the statement imply that the individual- in the sense given in (a)- can demand anything that seems reaso nable to him from the school? And that he is under no obligation to do anything for the school? (d) Do yo u think that the relationship of the school and the individual is analogous to that of the state and the individual?

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The following two questions are optional for those candidates who still have time to spare. Write a speech for a debate either for or against the motion: "That in the opinion of this House, team-spirit (or house-spirit) is a bad thing." Write an essay of about 400 words on: either Followership. or Good Straightforward Chaps.

N. A. H. DaWlla" On the evening autumn air

A mist rolls sighing Into the quietened valley, And trees, stiller now Rest silently in the lap of Nature Accepting The waywardness of facts . Nought stirs; and dusk Draws in ....

. . . . Over the bent heads of flower and fern, And life is surely dormant till the spring. Man, haggard , weary, questioning

Plods the last yards home .. .. 30

IN HONOUR OF A SOCIETY TEA

N. F. Riddle

PROLOGUE BY LANGLAND

Being verily in need of a diversion or witticism with which to entertain y honourable members of y Walpole SocIety, ~.cast around in my mind to find some verses or rhyming stan,zas. I contnved to rhyme

boyes" and "noyse", and "gruel" and "Nowell", but,

fearIng lest I shou ld offend some.ofy more genteel members of ower Society, I bethought me of an unfimshed carol, or Chnstmas hymn, that I had commenced and left unfinished dUrIng matms some Sundays ago. This I completed. Wherefore I now introduce mine humble effort. AN OLD

SUSSEX CAROL.

To be sung to a Traditional Melody Arr. by Geoff. Chaucer

Winde blow, y snow y falle Dmg, dong bell, God save uys aile ' Hayle thud, y pudels form, Safe at home, Ym nyse and warme. Yule log y burns yn fyre, Men y trudge alle yn y myre, Xmas tree ys lighted now, And berrys hang along y bough. Li~ht y fails and night y thyckens, WIth a sIgh reach out for Dickens Maken joy with Tim the spastic, ' Happy on y crutch of plastic.

Christmas meal fulle of y booze P ropose " y Q ueene". Y senses 'lose. Alle hung over next y daye, Boyes and glrles come out to pi aye. Christmas come but once each year With heigh ho, and a barrel of beer~. And hang y middletoe above y doore And strow y holly on y fioore, Ice y freeze and nose y fruzz, Round my ear y snowballes buzz Chilblains hum and frostbite itch' Ice on y roads ys blacke as pytch: So dum di dum and fiddle di dee, Come away, come away and devour with mee

What's left of thys Walpole Society tea, And for a tyme from mee bee free. 31

B. C. Tooby

ISLAND

Tbe normally shrill and heraldic whine of the starter was completely submerged, drowned, smothered out of existence by the cacophonous drummmg, poundIng on the car-roof of an avalanche that was rain. The sound of the engllle was a choked and strangled whisper of what it had once been . He turned on the windscreen-wipers. He turned on his lights. The last had some effect but the wipers mi!;ht have been tooth-brushes for all the wiping they were doing. He groped downwards WIth hIs left hand . He found a rag, and wiped the glass. He leant forwards and st~red onto the road, automatrcally brushlllg across his eyes with the soaking sleeve of Ills coat. The ralll was splashlllg up off the ground to the level of his bonnet, he couldn't see twenty feet, but the road w'.'s there. Comfort. He touched the gear-lever and the black Volkswagen nosed ahead mto the churning rain. In three seconds its taillights had gone, lost III that Impenetrable Jungle of water, a Dark Angel in the darkness. An old faded woman stood ill the doorway of the little "Pension" and watched him go. She :.vas faded, faded as tbe green, peeling shutters behind her, but her eyes were angry and exasperated, her voice bitter as she shouted after the car, a hopeless gesture into the rain-filled night: "You are mad! You have been bItten by a mad dog and you too are mad- like all foreigners! You .. . .", but her vOIce was no more than a famt and fl imsy vapou r under the descending cacophony of that rain. She pushed the door shut from the inside, her tired, slippered feet shuffled across the floor, a door shut and there was just the night, the night and the rain . Somewhere in the blackness of the mountains, the driver of the car repeated her words almost exactly. One hand on the wheel, he leaned to the right and fumbled a l etter out of his left pocket: "M. R. Pietri." A name and a place. MonsIeur R. Pletn: Just a name. A night like this, the old woman at the PensIOn had refused hIm a room-that, too, because of the letter-a night like an ocean, a road hke a fiver . .. He swore, and stuffed the letter into the damp recess of his pocket, and wiped the window. The mountains were water, the sky was water, the earth was water. The blackness and the wetness and bis car, and nothing)lse in the wo rld ...

Up in the mountains, early on tbat same da~, a chai! scraped back across the fl ?or and a man emerged from the doorway behind hIm. HIs walk was slow, no hmp but Just slow; like a man that couldn't go fast or was III no. hurry 0; to whom tlIne no longer mattered. Or all three. Nothing was strange abo ut hlIn but h,s eyes; they were those of an old man, an aged man, eyes perpetually. focu sed upon . the I!orizon until anything closer no longer had any importance at all. HIs face was unlmed, Just a httle rough from the sun and a blunt razor. The sun was hot the air was cool. There was no drolle of insects, no tinkle of a goat-bell. Tbere was a complete hollowness of silence, hollowed by the soughing of the empty wind. The ground dropped from his feet into the haze-filled bottom of the valley, three hundred metres below him, in which ran a small, snow-born stream, an Im mobIle ghtter from where he stood. On the other side of the huge glacial trench arose the rock-andearth barrier of the mountains, a soundless, form less blue. There were no clouds, there was no smoke no noise. He called the mountain-range the "Meerdeich". Beyond that wall lay men a~d civilization, cars, traffic, life. This side held only the wind, sometimes a stray goat. 32

He stood in the doorway for a long time, surveying his world . His hair lifted slightly with the breeze, then settled agai n. His eyes rested briefly on the jagged scarped wall of the "Meerdeich", and then he turned, slowly, and went inside. Carefully ~nd slowly as ' if performing an act of great precision, he shut the door. Inside the room was dense with books, books on science, every branch of it that then eXisted , many open, others stacked neatly on shelves. There was no cIock, no pictures,

no photographs. A table,. a pen, a large carafe of ink with a wicker-work covering. There was no dust, no unlldmess, no sound but the dry rustle of turning leaves. There was one small wind ow, but the sunlight was invisible until it struck the recess in the wall in which he slept. It was, for all its books, an empty roo m, lifeless and dead. Outside was the air, the

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the wind, the mountain. Inside was nothing.

His name was Raymo nd Pietri. The last person to have said his first name had been his wife; the last person to use his other name had been a court judge. Neither name would he ever hear again in his life.

He had grad uated with first-class awards at one of Germany's finest technological universities. His greatest work was his ceaseless, tireless war against cancer. There were

many distinguished men of the day who talked of the Nobel prize. Money from funds and salary poured in. His face was quiet, taut, his eyes were then alive and watchful but a little bleary. He could extinguish, burn out cancer, but the patient would die of radiation and shock. Control, he had to have control .... Then, incredibly, he mar ried . In the same year came the war, and in Switzerland he lived with his family and research stopped. He never returned to it. Some still say he was killed, some still say he was kidnapped. A few hundred knew what had happened before he disappeared; a mere handful knew why. And none knew where he had gone. Both sons were mentally dull; at nights he would turn over in his sleep, wrestling with some invisible force. Someone had to continue his work. Desperately he tried to teach the childre n to think for themselves, and his wife found his methods too harsh; the rest the newspapers told the wo rld . He lost the divorce, his wife took the children. It may have been that he sawall his life's-work crumbling, or cancer surviving, or perhaps

it was the loss of his family; anyway, he disappeared completely, and no one ever saw him again.

Practically nobody, anyway. Here and there an old peasant would talk of "the old man of the mountain", or a vision, or a spirit with flocks of birds at his command. That was all , for nineteen years. Cancer survived . .. .

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The wheels of the Volkswagen shook and whined and spun, churning the lakes of mud, snatching at the brief intervals of road. He leaned over his wheel, staring into the black rain that was hammering at his windscreen, his wrists and elbows strained and aching as th e

car bucked and jolted, the engine screaming and coughing as the front fender ploughed through the mud and the water and the darkness. The car slewed to the left; he took his foot off the pedal and tugged the wheel around in short, grasping movements, the tyres scrunching, the quick swerving jerk around, the headlights sweeping through the black, wet emptiness; one car, alone against the barking thunder of the rain. His foot slammed down on the accelerator in an almost savage movement as for the hundredth time his back wheel skidded into a rut, the viscous splash of mud, the wh ine and spin of the tyre, the slashing of the rai n sweeping across his bonnet, the wrench of the wheel in his hand , the sudde n jerk of motion. 33

He sighed, noiseless under the crash of springs as the back of the car dropped down and bounded up, the headlights bouncing. He cursed; his promise to the young and brilliant research-scientist to deliver that letter had been almost life-and-death; anyway, tomorrow the road probably wouldn't be there. Tomorrow .... did such a thing exist? It could have been that at that time something of the vast, empty indifference of the universe touched him, for he clamped his teeth and wrestled with the road and the wet darkness and the wind; and the letter, the old man and his mountain were less than nothing by comparison. High above him the heavens had split open, and the cannonading wind had ripped the water from the sky and hurled it at the earth; it was as if for one brief night Men had faced God. It was as if his car were a messenger and the soaking wet letter the message of a cataclysm ....

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Raymond Pietri always had his mid-day meal in front of his house. "Always" to him meant almost from the beginning of time. He had always sat out here, unless there was snow, for as long as he could remember. He ate slowly, methodica lly. The a ir was cold, the sun was burning ; the wind had dropped to a tired, preliminary whisper. The sky was a hard blue bowl, shut down upon the earth, underneath it a muffled oppressive silence. The air was clear, the "Meerdeich", pitted with crevices, scooped and scraped into a jagged, huge, thrusting dam by the snows of thousand s of winters, was clear a nd stark. The sun was intense and the silence was heavy, tangible; the wo rking of his jaws bit into it as into the hard, crusted bread. Once a week a woman brought it up; she wou ld come tomorrow, perhaps the next day. She didn't matter, she was old and rheumatic; she didn't bring much and it was hard and old and there was too much crust. He didn't know her name; he hadn't asked, she hadn't spoken. It didn't matter anyway. He had lived alone on the scarped face of a bleak valley for as long as he could remember. His life was to be alone and to learn, and that was all. H e didn't know who he was, he knew nothing of his past. Only sometimes at night would his mind delve a nd wander, feebly, like a child lost and wailing in a city which is being shelled and bombed, crying fitfully in a choked voice, mouth and then- mobile face working soundlessly under the crash and thud of the ex plosions. He would meet something dead, something lost, something gone. He would remember dimly faces, form s, like wisps of smoke, hear voices, dismembered and drifting as he struggled and kicked hopelessly among the waves of unconsciousness. And on those mornings he would wake up slowl y, unwillingly, as if sin king into a cold, clotted, gelatinous vacuum . On these mornings his body was a dark, clammy void of wanting, an aching, lonely sense of wanting, with no aim, no desire, just something he couldn't have and needed , without knowing at all what it was. It was the lonely wanting of a castaway, of a castaway on the main land and nowhere at all to swi m to. Only the edge of his world and then Eternity, or Nirvana, or Limbo. It was the only man-made prison from which a man could not escape. An aeroplane rose and set in his sky. He went on eating, undisturbed at a natural phenomenon . . .. His prison was physically strong. The road , an appalling euphemism for some of the mountain that was a little less precipitous than the rest, had been washed out three kilometres from his house. It snaked through the massive, rustling scree-beds, over two co Is where nothing larger than a cart cou ld pass in safety, it was boulder-strewn and pitted wi th ruts. During the winter it became a muddy morass of stone and water and snow and earth. And it was the on ly way into the empty valley that was his hon.le. Besides this were only the ways the goats and the birds passed through, isolated points a few peasants knew of but 34

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never used; not with an empty, barren , wind-swept valley and superstitions of lost spirits beyond. It was not a perfect prison, but it was not guarding a living man ; for Raymond Pietri, to escape would have been steppll1g off the ed&e of the wodd into a place of no knowledge or thought but Just empty and cold and IndIfferent. HIS whole being was transitional ' a grey mist running steadi ly before a rising wind, sullen, fog-bound. The sky had dulled and so mething had &one from the a ir. The wind was blowing fitfu lly and the sun had go n~ out, as If some gIant were bemg wracked with bubbling coughs and hIS breath were the wmd ....

The wind. . . . It was a high, shrieking falsetto as it hurled the rain in maniacal fury through the col ; the top was broken rock o~ly, filed and ground down by the rasping wmd, cracked and clevlced by the ever-wldenmg shoulders of Ice: none of this could the d~lver see c.lea~ly; th~ water-wind was .st,onnin~ his bonnet and lashing upwards over his wmdscreen, h~s ste,enng wheel was a hvmg ammal, th~t tugged and strained at his arms, the car was shthenng about helplessly, wheels spmJ1l~g, thousand s of tiny wind-borne rock paltlcles were clalte nn!! aga mst IllS car WIth the nOIse of a roller breaking on a shingle beach . The ca~ seemed pOIsed on the edge of the bottom-most pit of the underworld; then sudden ly, mcred lbly, the car lurched forward a~d down and dropped headlong into the lost valley. He drove for one more hour m the dymg storm, and as suddenly as he had come, the ram stopped. The road had ended . The barrier had been crossed. As he opened the door the cold damp curled around hIm. He stood looking into the dark valley, silent. ~II he could hear was the wmd, the wmd and the rush of water coming down from the Meerdelch" , . The dawn came soon. He sat on a large, wet rock, the wind lifting his hair and dropping It m the wrong places. Below him was a long, guttered scree-bed, channelled and washed by the storm .. The long tongues of rocks and earth and mud ended somewhere below hIm: It termmated the path he had come by. Otherwise, the valley was empty; any habItatIOn would now be In the tumbled gro und bencath his feet. He must have stood there a lon~ ti~e, not feeling anything. Then without any haste he took out the letter and opened It. Well, old man," he said. "You may as well hear It now," T~e ink had run with the water and it was almost illegible. He read it like a funeral oration. It began, "Dearest Father, I send th is hands of ..... friend," and that was most of the legible writing. Except the repeated words "cancer" here and there. The signature had gone, too, Nothing else. What the blazes would an old man know of research? He screwed it up and threw it out as far as he could. The last he saw of it was a small white ball swirling erraticall y down above the scree-beds. "Father," he said, "Cancer", , . , When he was Ilone the valley was as it bad always been, empty of life, the wind cold and wet. The nOIse of the water dr~mmg through the scree-beds was that of long-travelled waves failIn g on a long, hfeless shmgle beach. High above in the sky a scrap of paper wheeled a nd banked, like a seagull. 35

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i Something deeper, perhaps, than the sea-thorn in the flesh, Or the heavy mourning-mood that som,bres OUT blearing sea-eyes and wave-streaming Nose of life. With drench-day flight, and clouds grey-grouped To greet the sea-embrace. II

I lie poised in endlessness. The waters on which J dream Do not cease to wander Forward . The interchange of season Carries on; night, like poetic pulse, Must follow day into infinity. The trout leaps as it always willI lie poised in endlessness. iii Under the sodden, lank and dew-dank Mists, the cobweb-trees lift up their sodden members Into a deformed sky .... . . . . Hangs limp-lucid over all. Dark branches would evanesce and would die over me. Mask myself to conceal my personality? Live with trees, no longer clad?

iv And the noise of that great sea swam in my ears And deadened all around me. The sky and marble-sea, sun lost, Now darkened. The lizard darted on the rock . . .. Nephrite with fast-moving clouds.

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Isaac Eintell was the scientist, neglected of late, whose theory of a space-cubic fabric caused some stir during the 1920's. He had lost the public's favour, and had turned to barbiturates as a substitute. Because of this, he had gained and quickly lost professorial posts, all possible school-teaching jobs, and because of his age he cou ld not do manual work. He lived in the attic of a deserted house in Paddington, and until J found him, he believed he would die there. I came upon him quite by chance. He happened to be spitting at regular intervals along the road, and he spat on my neck. J stopped him, found him ill, and took him home to my flat. After three hours and several brandies, he warmed up and began to speak. His suit was crawling with lice, as was his hair. From time to time he brushed them from his eyes. His speech was incoherent; he talked on one subject, then suddenly fell into reverie of disjointed and obscene fanta sy. "All, yes, of course then there was the Great Exhibition, and Rutherford's early work was on show. Rhomboid panes- crystal ... crystal balls . .. Rose Lee . .. ". He .was kept in bed for five days, and a doctor was summoned. He told me about the barbiturates, and warned me that those who have the craving go to extreme lengths to obtain their drugs. The doctor prescribed three weeks total relaxation and mild exercise, and then he could return to his career . Martin Gregg, an old school friend, was especially interested in Eintell. A scientist himself, he realised Eintellhad a fine brain, and a touch of genius. He was willing to go to any length to cure the old man. "You must understand," he said, "EintcU's theories are brilliant but incomplete. He started work on light before he had finished the CUbic-space fabric, and that is why the public were so disappointed." "You're not hoping to get more from him?" "It's a possibility. If we cure him of the drug habit, he can work on his original theories, and complete them." "But it wouldn't be fair; Martin, he's old, and old men don't suddenly leap into what they were doing half a century ago." "I know. But it's worth a try." "You can do what you li ke, as long as you don't hurt him." After a fortnight, Eintell was allowed to walk along the road and stroll about the gardens. He was given a new suit, and appeared quite civilised, except for the awkward habit of belching. He still refused to take baths, so we had to prevent the stench of hippopotami frightening the public by drowning him with Eau de Cologne and lavender water. 39

f He spent his time scribbling symbols on quarto paper, which Martin would religiously collect at the end of each day. He told me about them. "They're part of a new theory he was working on in 1927. Interesting, it's really a continuation of Einstein. As the cube of speed increases, so does the magnetic a nd gravitational field s. Quite revolutionary. I sent them to Dublin University, and they should be in touch with me soon." "Why write to them?" "To see whether it's true,"

"The old man should publish it." "He probably will," said Martin, melodramatically. The next afternoon Eintell appeared very breathless and excited. "They' re pleased with it. Dublin . Provincial town. Always wanted to go there- now's my chance." "Go where?"

"Dublin. Didn't the other gentleman tell you?" "About your work? No. But you can't go to Dublin. You're seventy-seven, and your health's not what it might be." "A lecture tour. I shall go to Paris. Al ways wanted to see Paris. Nice legs. Good cafes .... Eiffel Tower. I shall go to Dresden." "You're dreaming, old man, you' ll be lucky to see Dublin alive." "Ha, yes, Dresden's nice, and the students are, too. I shall do so much."

"In this life?" I blushed with shame, but fortunately my words went unnoticed . "The tickets say tomorrow. I'm awfully lucky," Eintell chuckled, the attic and lice forgotten. They were delighted to see Eintell in the University, and straight away a series of lectures was planned, commencing in onc week. First the general principles, then the corollaries.

The First Lecture began nervously. At the sound of a bell, the students silenced, and Eintell rose amid the wild clapping and cheers of youth supporting a beloved grandfather. A boy and a girl with delicately bruised eyelids stood up to see better. "I should like to start tonight by saying ... .," he said, tears coming into his eyes, but he brushed them away as he had done with the lice. The audience shuffled, embarassed . "By saying how indebted I a m to you all for inviting me. My gentleman friend was largel y responsible. I used to live in a condemned house, yo~, know." The audience was not sure whether this was date humour, but some laughed . The louse IS an mterestmg creature. I once saw twenty~two in one counting. If you wet some soap and crush them, you can see their legs waggling." "But . . . the essential principle of my theories was from Lucius, but I have elaborated to produce the following formul ae." The tensed audience relaxed, and sighs were heard semi-audibly. Two hours later the lecture finished, and the students asked questions. One blue-dressed youth imperiously rose and pointed a finger at Eintell. 40

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"You . . . little fool .. . I was so happy .. ." He staggered off the dais, holding a rope from one of the curtains. "Crystal balls ... Rose Lee . .. " Martin and I did our best to calm the audience, then left it to the dons, and went to Isaac's room. I suppose he had a fine sense of honour. The shuttered twilight revealed a pair of feet, dangling behind an arch. "God P' . Slowly, very slowly, they turned right, slow, then poised before going to thirty, forty, SIxty, nmety degrees, pOIsed . ..

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TRANSGRESSOR

"Too hot", murmured the Vicar, running a gnarled fin ger inside hi s once stiff collar

a reflex action since the Heat had begun. " Too hot" was the only thought throughout th~ c?mmunity. Heat shimmered in the air, gasping and choking any wind that attempted to dIsturb the morn mg. Luke-warm water, kept from rising to the exterior temperature by storage m marble-shelved larders, was temporarily slaking the th irst of the islanders : "Oh, for rain 1" they said, but none came. The sun rose and rose, up, lip, up to its zenith. The sand heaved , the sea rocked, and the earth cracked : Noo n. Then the child that had run from the heat across the sand had tripped and fallen, a nd rushed to its mother who cried "Hush" in supplication to the child , to quieten the unbearable noise. But the' child had discovered a black bomb in the sand. "Bomb, bomb, bomb", they all cried. "Where?" some asked . "In the sand", they repued. The afternoon had been disturbed and was angry. At noon the sun had seemed impersonal: now it came close, breathing heat into the grit and the waves-a white fl are of passion in the sky. What co uld be done? Call Vicar! He will know what to do. He is good. He will save us. And the Vicar said "Too hot", and ran his fin ger behind his collar while they told him . " Bomb ?" he said , "where ?" ::In the san~'''' ,they repli~d. Worry . ."You ar~ the head of the community", they said,

do something . So he tned to move It, and faIl ed. They all tried to move it and they all faIled. The sun stIli shone, and the bomb was still big and black . Eyes lookin g towa rds the Yicar, beggin,g, accusing, abusin g" ",Do, do, do something", they said , and suggested praymg, so he dId. Eyes nervously n skmg glances at the metal in the sand. The people gradually went about their ways, and not towards the beach . 41

The exhausted sun, held only by its tenous rays, slip ped towards the sea. The. Vicar stood alone, watching the wash of the waves . He had ~rayed and}ho~ght he dId not doubt the eventual safety of his community- but doubt slipped Ill: No, - he clenched h's fists and denied that doubt. A warm evening breeze whispered across the sand, stlrnng h:s thou~hts and the tufts of red beach grass around him. The islanders had returned to their homes, a nd the Vicar stood painfu ll y alo ne. Alone? He cl~sped hIs hands and prayed , but cou ld not avert his eyes from the half-uncovered ca use of hIs an~lety III the sand. The last gras ping glimmer of light disappeared. Moon, a nd calm . The VICar stood, the breezes ruilling his hair, as the gentle wash of the waves slapped onto the shlllgle and ran watery fingers through the pebbles, in an effort to reach out and grasp the land. :rhe moon shone, and a solitary figure looked out to sea. The moon shone, and ItS cold light was renected upon the bomb that lay black and dormant. Glistenin!!, and evil. The VICar stood penSIvely; the intruder Inllst go- it was evil . .. . watchin g, watttng. EVIl. E~l l must be co~nteracted

by good, and that good must come from a Power greater than hImself, he. deCIded . But he was a representative of that Power, and would u ~e that goodness to save hiS community. Something morc than prayer was needed, something str,anger. The waves slapped, and

washed , and sucked , in the light of the moon , and the V,car stood alone. The community yawned and stretched and the child ran out to the sand, and saw tl;,e Vicar on his knees by the Evil. "Exi ergo, transgressor: EX!, seductor plene omm dolo- . The sun staggered from the sea, and ~each ed towa r?s Its zemth, a .dlstan~~ of,three hours. "Quicumque vult salvus esse" , he saId, and the chIld puzzled to Itself. AdJuro ergo te, cmne phantasme, omnis incursio Satanac- ," And the SliO rose and the land ~:e\~ hot. The child watched, and waited. Heat . Up, up went the sun and the temperature .. Dlscede ergo nunc- ", he murmured. The sun beat down :- fierce, dr~. he~t:. the pa~~lOn I~ ,the sky, white, blazing. Sand and sea and h.eat. "O~amus te- . std=tmg. . .. ut splnta,~ iniquitatis-". Heat burning, earth crackmg . . .. sed ut fu.glat at non reve~taturÂ

and the searing passion in the sky descended and was fused wIth an equally whIte anger.

'v. N. Brys01' Have we not lain together at sunrise And heard the birds, stroking the wind As I stroked then your hair? Have I not known you, felt the warm secrets Of your pulsing body? Come, stand with me, and share this moment,

Your breath, you r yielding eyes, Take note, remember this. For as you turn away to touch another, My mind remains, and sinks.

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A FORCE OF COINCIDENCE

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Lydia Ludgrove Mansfi eld Taylor Morehead Jones Armstrong Hobson Aktinson Smith Peterson Pitman Erwin (for such was her name) was not a bad woman. It is quite true

that she had been married twelve times, but these had all been form ed and broken-up quite lega lly, and therefore she had in essence committed no crim e. Inevitab ly, she was regarded by many an " upper-class" lady as a disgrace to them , for Lydia was herself

born of a good fami ly and well educated: she was considered to have broken British moral Jaws, wh ich was a view put forward with the utm ost justification. However, Lydia herself seemed to draw a ve il of charm and sweetness over any suggestion of her scandalous

nature. In fact, I am inclined to believe it was purely her longing for new things. She had a habit of constantly thro wing out or giving away clothes which were not particularly soiled , and then buying some new ones- on the same principle, wh y shouldn't she throw out (or give away) some old husbands a nd likewise get a new one (in this case-she was not a bigamist). Wh atever her reasons for discarding things, neuter or male, her character

was pure, and she displayed kindness to all, a nd an interest in most things.

Lydia was, so she told me, between thirty-five and fort y-five ("life begins at forty" she would add with a smile). Whatever her age, her face showed no signs of anguish or remorse, and no suffering from all the publicity and divo rces she had been through. She once told me that she "really became quite used to it after a wh ile". She was still remarkably

beautiful, a nd was indeed ve ry popular. She was worshipped by men , and despised by their wives.

Lydia was gay and jolly. She believed heart and soul in " Ji ving it up". She was very refined, and highly intelligent. She loved to read books on any subject one would care to mention , and she absolutely "adored" the theatre (she thought that film s were generall y very crude, and she proclaimed that to her they provided poor amuseme nt). Not only was she keen on literature and drama, she was also a keen golfer. She was extremely

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enthusiastic about the game, and played very regularly; and she would also meet "such interesting people" in the club-house. Lydia did not use golf as a means of showing herself off in any way. Indeed, she was an excellent golfer, but she insisted her enthusiasm was on account of a need for physical stimulation, a nd a way of enjoying the weather. Golf was, ho wever, her doom ; fo r it was while she was playing golf one Saturday that she met Sir Archibald Thompson. Sir Archibald was a thick-set man, with bushy eyebrows, red cheeks, sleek ha ir, and a long handle-bar moustache. In fact, he was the typical English landowner, one-time colonel. Whatever he was, or whatever he pretended to be, Sir Archibald was a thoroughly unlovable and detestable character. He was extremely full of himself, and unimaginably affected. He was also extremely enthusiastic about golf, but was a very poor golfer, and a very poor sportsman . He was full of tales, and excuses, and seemed to know that he was a nerve-racking person, for he was constantly

trying to play on the better part of one's nature. Lydia mistook this, poor woman, for his concern for everybody. 43

r It was in France that I first saw Sir Arch ibald . Lydia hibernates every year on the Riviera, because of the climate in England . I also, but a good deal less frequently, hibernate on the Riviera. The first day I arrived at N ice airport, when I was strolling along the promenade gazing out to sea, and tak ing in the sun and the fresh and healthy air, I had a glimpse of Sir Archibald . I did not know of their intimacy at the t ime, but I was glad to see Lyd ia, and I went along to see her. "Hello, dear," she said, "how very, very nice to see you. And oh! you are looking well !" "Hello Lyd ia," I answered, "you're lookingjllst as attractive as usual." This statement, one which was gene rally made by men to Lydia, was greeted by a cough of disapprova l from Sir Archibald.

"Oh ! Do meet Archie. Archie, th is is Peter Noyes. Peter, this is Sir Archi bald Thompson. " "I'm very honoured to meet YOll, Sir Archibald," I said. "Oh, don't mention it sir, don't mention it." (That was the sort of man he was).

A few days later I met Lyd ia in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Above the din of clinking glasses, and the click ing of rou lette wheels, one could sti ll pick out Lydia's gay laugh, and the charm which she radiated . . "Oh, dear, you must come to the wedding!"

"Wedding ?" I said, quite taken aback for a moment.

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In spite of myself, I gulped in astonishment. "Oh- I'm glad to hear it. Congratulations."

"Yo u're not jealolls of Archie are you," she asked, playfully. "No, not at all. Well, I mean to say- arc yo u serious this time?"

"Oh, dear. Perfectl y. I'll never leave Archie. He's such a nice person, and he's got such a lot." Silently I agreed, as I conjured up a picture of Arch ie, undu lating beh ind his ample paunch. "Well, I hope you will be happy," I said.

"Of course we will," she retorted. "You will come to the wedding?" "Yes, certainly."

I du ly turned up at the registry office on the appointed date. I was info rmed by the clerk that the wedding was off- Lyd ia and Archie had been killed in a car accident the night before. I' m not unduly superstitious, and I put what happened down to a force of coincidence. It was to have been Lydia's th irteenth wedding. 44

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RUGBY FOOTBALL 1st XV Retrospect, 1963 All M atches: Played 13, Won 12, Drawn I, Points for 240, Points against 45. Inter-School Matches: Played 8, Won 8, Points For 174, Points against 27. The 1st XV deserve the warmest congratulations of everybody, not only For the reco rd which they have established and now leavc behind them, but for the attractiveness a nd fine quality of the Football which they p layed to attain it. Week after week they proved that the laws of the game need 110 amendment provided that the mental approach to the game is properly attuned . From the prop-forwards to the Full-back all emphasis was on attack, and if some of their handling, even when under pressure, invited criticism for overelaboration and complexity, it clearly showed their confidence and spirit of adventure. They a lso deserve the greatest credit for the modesty they have shown throughout the term. In this, as well as in all things on the field of play or practice, they were set a splendid exa mple by S. S. Barker, the captain, whose inspiring influence was always present. ]11 a very long experience of Schools Rugby, I have never seen a better team, no ma.tt~r from which angle [ view them. Five of th em ca me from last season's Colts' XV, and It IS only right and proper that grateFul appreciation should be shown at all times to those masters who devote so much of their time and energy to coaching and encouraging the younger members of the School. Without their help it would never be possible to field such a 1st XV as this.

Seldom has the word team been so full of mean ing. All eight forwards ran and passed like three-quarters and many times we saw them fanning out and linking up with the backs in fi ne sweeping moves which so oFten ended with J. G. R idley scoring in the corner. The backing-up was splendid, and this good running and passmg seldom dlCd for want. of support in the right place. In match after match they p layed dashing open Rugby wluch was full of ideas and rhythm and when things we nt wrong there was little insecurity in defence. C. H. Brock the full-back, showed a stead y improve ment throughout the term and ended up by being very good indeed . His fieldin g was good, and if his kicking was not of very great length it was certainly safe. He initiated attacks and joined in others and will probably long remember his fine solo try in the Dover match when he played in the centre. The thrilling dashes of Ridley on the right wing brought him a total of 22 tries in the season to equal C. Barker's record of 196 1. If the Eastbourne and St. Lawrence matches had been played, Ridley must have scored at l east one more. He is fa st by ~ny sta ndards, and his improved handling a nd extreme qUickness off the mark stamp 111m as a wlllgthree-quarter of the highest class. A. E. Bragg on the left wing had fewer chances, and it was a sad moment for him and for the XV when, in the Richmond match, he received an injury which was to keep him out for the rest of the season. He is a strong and determined runner and his try in the Ampleforth match was well taken. 46

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The centre-three-quarters, Barkcr and C. R. K. Heyla nd, are both players of exceptiona l ablhty whose talents were ackn owledlled by their selection to play together, a nd with Barker as captam, for the RIchmond EnglJsh Pubhc Schools' XV against the Scottish Public Schools' XV on Ne~ Year's D ay. Barker is ~ skil Ful a nd construct ivc player who made man y openlll!ls for 111s WIIlIl as wcll as always bemg a tower of strengUl in defence. Heyland, with hIS II1CISI V~ nII1Jl1n~, I,S capable of bel.n~ a match winner in any side, and his many good breaks credtcd pa lllC 111 several opposltJOn defences. Thesc two played together WiUl fine undcrstancllllg, and the sWi ftness of thclI' rUI1llll1g and passing was a joy to watch. R. X. Heslop, the stand-off half, may well be Ule most improved playe r in the side. As the s~ason advanced, so may the reputatlOll s of Barker and Hcyland l,ave gone before them, wlththe resu.'t that they became closely markcd, as at Tonbridge. This gave Heslop a httle mOl e 100111 111 which to move, and as he explOited Utese opportun ities to the full he showed hIS class .. In the game at Tonbridge and in the last match of the scason he was outstandmg eve!, 111 thiS team. HIS hancllmg was superb and must have give n tremendous confidence to hiS partner, N. J. ~)au l. Paul is a strong and intelligent serum-half with a good long pass and hc fitted well mto the team. He made lIlany good breaks from the base of the serum and worked SO m e clever moves with A. D. H. Turner, the open side wingforward.

. Turner i,s ubiquito,lIs and un t~ rll1 g . He was ~requ~ntly to be found in the three-quarter hne ha ndh~lg, ~werv l~,g, SWOOplIlg, or ?ummYII~g hiS ,way throu&h, His almost magical sense of bClllg 111 Ule light place and dOlllg the n ght thlllg at the nght time led to Ridley's last m1l1ute try whIch won the RIchmond match. G. A. Hessey played on the blind side III the back row and dea lt ve ry firmly wIth an~ attempted brea ks against him. His loose play was as vigorous and usefu l as ever and hIS mere presence was an inspiration to the rest of the pack. At No. 8, J. D. Stokes served the side uncommonly well. His fin e posltJOnmg play was backed up by good hands and good kickin g a nd he gave his full-back all pOSSible covel'.. M. J. Carter and J .. A. Norwood formed a very powerful and hardworklllg second row and were always 111 the thick of things making their presence felt. The props were K W. Clark a nd H. R. Jackson and they gavc hoo ke r C. S. K. Austin every support l'0sslble. These three were as lively as any in the loose a nd completed a very mobrle, enthUSIas tic and skriFu l pack. AIt~10Ugh one ca n a l ~~ys find things to criticise in any team after any match, one hesitates to pomt to fa~ l ts or falhngs at the end of such a season as this. Barker took the majority of the place-krcks a nd landed some reall y good ones from long range.

Those mem~ers of the XV who will not be with us next season must take WiUl them many happy memollcs of till S ~e rm and t~ose who remam, wll1lst having the same memories, have set themselves t~e hIghest l'0sslble standards for next seasoll, when we shall hope to see more of thIS excltmg and thnllrng type of Rugby. Mention must also be made ofW. R. Young, M. D. Stone a nd M. J. Oldham who when called upon to fill gaps in the XV, a ll did well, and C. Templema n and N. T. G. 'Willis who each played once. C.F: 47

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K. S.C. v O.K.S. Played at St. Stephen's on October 5th

King's, 21 ; O.K.S.,O The game of Rugger was intended to be the "Running a nd Passing Game" and that is exactly what it was today. and fine fare it was. After some cut and thrust, the scoring opened with a pena lty goal taken in fro nt of the posts by Barker. Soon after, a magnificent run from halfway by Bragg, on the lefl wing, resulted in his scoring near the posts. This try was not converted. At this time a strong, fi t , experienced Old Boys' side was holding its own, and gain ing possessio n in serums, line-outs and loose. T he pressure was rel ieved by sound School defence and by several wclH udged penalty punts by Hcyland . The School attacks were spoi lt initia lly by a little too much kicki ng. This was partly becausc the two new halvcs took some t imc to scu le down in pa rtncrship a nd the fl y-half often received the baH and two opponents simultaneously. The tack ling, covering and fa lling was fi rst class. Outstand ing in defence was Ba rker ; there ca nnot be a better defensive cent re in the country. Paul , at scrum- hal f, also defended t irelessly throughout t he game and the fo rwards were ubiquitous: their only weakness at the moment is in the set scrums. Thc second half began with a determined try near the corner-flag by Heyland, converted by Barker. After thir ty min utes, Paul made an opportunist mid-field break and R id ley had a clea r run in to sco re near thc corner-flag. A good conversion by Heyland made the score 16- 0. The fit School forward s rcally came into their own in the last ten mi nutes, and the last try was scored by full-back Brock after a scisso rs movement which he himself had init iated . This was converted by Barker to make the fi nal score 21-0.

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points uP? when Ba rker scooped the ball up as, it was runn ing free after a bad ly taken pass in a forward mter-passmg movcment , and scored after .beatmg the full-b ack, Heyland converted. The ~ore did not really !eflect tl~e ,?al~~nce of thc play. bUI Kmg's battled and fought wi th magnificent zea l and forced Blackheath mto thclr 25 . The C lub conceded a penalty which Barker popped ove r and the SCO le at ha lf-t ime ' < < stood at 11- 0, Blackheath can~e into. theil own at thc be,gil1ninl? Of the second ha lf and loo ked very impressive with enormous power m thell fO f\~ard s, But a tight ~m~ s defence and hard tackling kcpt them away. , , . almost. Blackheath scored, a tlY and converted. KlIlg ~, however, were soon back on the scoring tra il, and produced two !nore fine tnes. Heyland sco r~d the first after a deceptive break in thc cen tre and prompted the second, which was conve rted, by some delIghtful running and jinking which foxed thc Blackheath defence. T his w~s a well-de~erved win, and if the ~core belies the evenness of the game, it at Ica st s how~ the considel able SCOring power of a st rongly combined King's team.

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K.C.S. Wimbledon

Played at Sf. Stephcn's 011 October 19th King's, 30; K.C.S" Wimbledon , 0 Jdea l cO~ld i t i on~ presented by a sti ll , sunny day PFomised much open rugby, but the crowd of spectators h a~ to walt ,~a l ~;<U1.hour,for the first score. Tn t~IS !a,ther disma l period, King's were continually in the :-Vlf':lbl~don 25. bt!t wele too, eager to score by mdlvldu al running and so were often easily foiled, The Ieahs~\lIon that I ~ m.-ght ,be eaSlcr to scorc. by team movements suddenly occurred to everyone just before half-time, and Km~ s qUickly ~orc d 161?0lt~t s, Following a loose scrum ncar the half-way line, Paul made a neat break , and linked up WIth ,the ubiqUitous Turner, who threw a wellÂˇtimed pass to Hey land, who in turn p~ssed to Ba rker and so to Ridley, who scored an unconverted try, The speed of the movement caught the Wimbledon defence off b~lance, Strai.ght from the kick-off, King's fo rmed a loose scrum; Paul ga thered the ball a,nd r~n, weavmg and dodg,lI1g I~j s way to scorc from 40 ya rds out. Barker kicked the goa l. Very so0':l after th iS, Wlinbled<;Hl were pena!Jscd 111 front of their posts; Barker added the 3 points, Su rging upfield with o,nly seconds left m the first half, King's scored again, Hey land was sent away nea r the posts after a break III the cent re and Barker again converle~. So with in five minutes King's had added 16 points an~ now l ookc~ r;a lly dangerous, Tl~e effect o f tI~IS sudden mount ing of points did much to unsettle Wlmble.don, . K!ng s now sett led down II1to a rhyt hmiC attacking motion and it was not long before Ridley scored ,Ill th.e nght corner as t h~ result of a synchronized, well-executed thrce-quarter movement. The lo ng kick failed, but new detenl1l!1cd aHacks began . Barker charged down their full-back's kick and the ~f ll bou nced back to Carter, baeklllg ul? th,oughtfully, who threw himself over to score near the posts. T he ck succeeded. for a fe,:" moments Kmg s relapsed, and a rat her let hargic coverance ncarly cost them a try u n ~ ~ r the whites . Th iS ncar score shook Ki ng's into a more fran lie state and they wasted no ti me in reass~l t l !1g themselves. Turner scored a clever try by antiCipat ing the defence's ideas a nd he was ab le to squeeze III between severa l mcn tc! reach the ball and score, T he last try came as the climax of a long, fullblooded attack- a su.premely .q Ulck he~ 1 b~ thc forwards, W}lO ha.d been ,p laying skilfu lly in the loose, &<:ve thc backs much loom WlllCh .they explOi ted '.vell and a qUIck, CriSp passmg movemen t to the wing gave RIdley 30 yards o~ llllo.pposcd spnnt. He scored m th~ corner and the kick was thLis off target. King's had now scored 99 pOInts III fou r games and fclt the tenSIOn mounting for the Dulwich match the next week,

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Dulwich College

Played at S1. Stephen's on October 26th â&#x20AC;˘ King's, 21; Dulwich, 3 T\~~ well-matched, Iiycly and eagerly anx~ous teams took thc field on a superb afternoon, The ideal cC!nd ltlons were well sUlt,ed to the rugby wh ich was to come. Dulwich took the lead in thc first minute With a penalty goal, and mdeed thcy seemed to have strengt h everywhcrc although none of it had as then been put to the test, Never~he!ess, it ,~as not long before King's were sho~ving thrust in midficld al{d Barke: was the first to score for KI!lg.S. dodglllg ~hroug~ ~ mas~ of opponents from 20 yards out. Wit h the scores level, the pl.ay rose t<? fcvel plt~ h , both s l~es stnklng wu h equal ferocity and skill. A pcna lty, kicked by Barker, agallls,t Dulwlch o n their 10 yard lIne cost them 3 poin ts. Straight from thc kick-off Ba rker cut out a perfect openmg fo r Hey land to race over in the corner, and then added the goal points himself. Suddenly 49

the score was 11- 3, play cont inued at an elect,ric rate, losing nont: of the grace. an? pace already established, wit h the forwards of both sides playing magmficent rugger. .But It was t1~e King s forwards who surp~s~cd all wildest hopes and played superbly. They got the ball tl111e.an~ a~aln.rro m the loose scrums, giVing their three-quarters ample room to move and filling the b~cks wit h insp iration. Nea rly eve~y three-c:Juarter movement was devastatingly effective, whercas the Dul~ l c h tl.Hee-quarters had a harder tm~e outside ~he scrum a nd many of thei r potential movements were llIpped In the bud by hard low tackling. Du lwlch had the bad luck to lose Destefano, the right centre, h~lf-way through the second half, but they played wit h great spi rit and never played as losers, always playmg the open gam? But ~enerally they were hard pressed and two more breaks by the King's cen tres at top speed brought tnes ~y RI~ley and H ey l ~nd, both converted by Barker. The second of these tries came dircct ly from t~e prevIous kick-off. Aust1l1 c~u~~ht it and im mcdia tely passed to Paul at scrum-hal f, the speed ~ f the <,;nsUlng three-quarter mo.vement splitllng open the Du lwich defence. Some of Paul's passes were a litt le Wild but were generally picked up by o ne of the centres, who managed a quick recovery. Quote from The Daily Telegraph: "King's speed in the centre wa:::. the decisive facto r. In Barker and Heyland they have a pa ir with few eq uals in school Rugby."

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Amp/eforth

Played at Amplefo rth o n November 2nd King's, ll ; Ampleforth, 5 T he opening match of the tour was played on a damp, h e~v.y pitch, but there was no rain a,"!d condi~ i (:H1S were better t han might have been expected. " It was surpnsmg that Ampleforth were ever .m a posil lon to envisage a possible win", writes The Yorkshire Post. "Bar~er and Heyland, two a~comphsh.ed ~,ent re~, tore holes in their defence from the start wasted two chanccs and gave Bragg a try with the third . ThiS try came from a n orthodox thrce-qua rte; movement wit~ ~arker making a ha.lf break at the inside ce~tre position. "When Ampiefo rth made progress it was by klck mg and fas~ follOWing and soon after half-tmle these tact ics brought a try by No.8 forwa rd (Williams), a g<?od converSio n by McFarland, ~nd a. rcs u~gcnce of power that promised to carry them through . For a long tnne An~pleforth cont,rolled the s lt~atJon without changing the patlern, but eventually King's swept down fie ld 'Ylth some deli.ghtfu l handl~ng . H eyla n ~ sliced through to score at the posts. Barker's goa l and a last-mm ute try by Ridley emphasised the ment that even the most partisan supporter would not deny." King's dominance was very appa rent in the first half, especially for the fi~st half-ho.ur ; the forwa~ds play in g ferociously were consta ntly in possess!o n from the loo.se m~uls. At thiS stage King's were plaYing confidently and many scoring chances were reJccted or un luck ily fo!led. The Amplefort~ defence was able to withstand the King's o nslaught in the first half after that f~rs t mll1ut~ try. H owever,.111 ~ he second h.alf, Amplcforth injectcd new fire into their forward s and their policy of ciosmg up play by klckmg was senSible from thei r point of view and ncarly paid off. Paul went off fo r a short wh ile wi th cartilage trouble and in the meantime Amplefort h gathered a territoria l advantage, scoring just after his return. While they were dan ge~ou sly press ing th~ Kin~' ~ line, the ~ing's backs were reminding themselves that kicking ahead fo r the Wlllgs would not ~nng di vidends, as ~t h~d previous ly fail ed to bring any scores, and had at times lost them ground. So, havmg ~eversed the tern~ona l advantage they used their hands and scored. Ironically. the last try c,!-Ille from a kick ahead, beautifu lly placed by Heslop, which Ridley gat hered gracefully at high speed on IllS way to the corner 50 yards away.

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Sedbergh

Played at Sedbergh on November 4th King's, 8; Sedbergh, 5 T his was a very exciting match; some extracts from Tlte Guardian illustrate this: " It was a rousing match in Sedbergh's perfect setting for rugby on grassy moorland with t he massive Pennines looking down on the pitch. King's might well have been o~erawe~ both by the grandeur of the scene and by the home side's tremendous Sllpport, but they were the bigger Side and. see l11e~ to have greater experience, particu larly in defence. Austin, who was helpcd by an excellent shove 111 the tight, hooked the ball against the head and King's were able to launch many back movements. Paul gave out. a g<?od !ong pass and Heslop and his cen tres gave their sturdy defence a great dea l of trouble by c~ a n ges of dlrectlpn m attack. Whatever faults Sedbergh possessed, weak tack ling was not one of them. Their backs put their men down 50

with a will and thei r fo rwards harassed and covered with great hea rt. Jeffray scored Sed bergh's try after 20 minutes. It was converted. King's fought back wel l. They discovered Sedbergh's weakness in recovery whenever the dircction of an attack was qu ickly changed and cxploited this manoeuvre at almost every opportun ity. After Ridley had twice a lmost scored on the right wing with fast running, Heyland made a long run on the left, beat ing the full back with a neat body:swerve on his way to the line. Barker converted. The sccond half was just as exciting as the first had been and Sedbergh were lucky to ho ld out thei r opponents through one prolongcd spell during which they could hardly get the ball from the scrums. King's, however, seemed unable to put their wings away. Then, wit h only a minute rema ining, the ball was passed qu ickly from a maul on the left and Ridley was given an edge on the right. 1t was enough. There was no-one in the Sedbergh defe nce who could catch him." This was a particula rly pleasing win fo r King's as it was the first time both teams had been beaten on the Northern tour. Tn this match there was much excitement and hard , clean play, and an outstanding performance by Hessey at blindsidc, who was a great source of inspiration to his forwa rds and provided the kind of spirited play that is needed to win a match of th is tem po.

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Richmond R.F.C.

Played at St. Stephen's on November 9th K ing's, I I ; Richmond , 10 On a day when the ground was wet and the ball slippery both teams produced some excellent handl ing and many superb movemcnts. King's kicked off and immcd iately lau nched themselves into the large Richmon d pack as though cverythi ng was at stake. Yet Richmond we rc the first to score, follow ing a magnificent cross field passing movemcnt involving nearly all their side. But this was after King's had twice swept upficld only to have thei r scoring chance foiled each time at the last pass. Do th sides con tinued 'to throw the ball around, and it was always to their advantage to do so, hard tackling on both sides keep ing the score low. King's drew close wi th a penalty by Barker after some hcavy attacking ncar the Richmond line, and a few minutes later Heslop scored by hasti ly following up a kick ahead by Heyla nd- Barker converted, mak ing the half-t ime score 8- 5. Tn the second half play continued as spirited as before, a nd the eventua l result wou ld obvious ly be very close. Hessey played magnificently in the loose, constantly blockad ing their back row; in the tight scrums Austin hooked very efficient ly against the excellent Richmond hooker. King's almost scored severa l ti mes but, as in the fi rst half, were torn from the badly needed poi nts by a last wild pass o r a good covering tackle. Richmond scored from an o rthodox thrceÂˇqua rter movement, their winger moving ext remely fast when he had room. Thc try wa~ converted. King's were now two points behind but ~ee m ed to th ri ve on the defic it. Their play reached fever pitch and there was much excellent rugby, for,va rds and backs constantly joining forces for many da shing attacks. The Richmond line looked as though it IllUSt surely soon give way, but staved off defcat till the dying minutes, when Ridley went ovcr near the corner, the result of a long and intell igent passing Illovcmcnt integrat ing both backs and forwards. Thc try was assu red when Turner, who had been hobbling nearly all the game on a pai nfully twisted ank le, so ld several dummies before th rowing a lovely pass to Ridley, who then had a clea r run. So King's once again pulled victory out of the last few moments.

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Fe/sted

Played at Felsted on November 23rd King's, 26; Felsted,O Much to everyone's surprise the rain and high winds disappeared o n Friday night and the sun, bright and welcome, came out on Saturday mo rning and shone all thro ugh the game. The pitch was dry and fi rm. Nevertheless, from the kick-off Felsted's backs lined up flat in the King's "25", alt hough to no ava il. The ball went from the linc-out to Heslop at fly-half, and he cut through the Felsted defence, running far down towards the Felsted line. Having drawn the full -back, he passed to Ridley, who scored in the corner. The lo ng kick fell sho rt. King's now set up a steady attack, pinning Felsted into their "25"; but the next score did not come fo r some time, when Felsted were penalised wit hin goal-kickin g range. Barker added the points. A beautiful movement righ t from the kick-off ended by a last forward pass. Turner grasped the

ball from the line-o ut and passed to Heslop, who set the three-quarters in motion. Heslop passed to Heyla nd, who jinked inside and passed back to Heslop, who, in turn , passed back to Turner. Turner, sprinting fast upfie ld, threw the shallow pass to Barker, who was coming up on the outside. The Fclsted defence was o ut of o rder. However, King's scored soon enough. Austin caught a " 25" drop out kick and tore through the Felsted fo rwards to score an unconverted try- the only so lo effort of the game. The rest of the play was integrated teamwork, coupled with speed and good handl ing by the fo rwards and some thought and thrust by the backs. The King's movements were always dange rolls, as the baH was always on the move in their hands, but in sp ite of this the next sco re came from a lo ng range penalty goa l, kicked by Barker. The occasional coun ter-attacks by Fclsted were interrupted by adequate covering, although perhaps a little more concern for 100 % efficiency would have been more impressive. Ridley scored the fina l t ry in the first ha lf; a qu ick, neat three-q ua rter movement only needed a successful pa!tS from Barker to Ridley. The pass succeeded. The kick didn't. So at ha lf-time the sco re was 15-0. In the second half, King's were playing tip a slight incline, into a li ght brceze and the sett ing, thinning sun. Felsted had face d these clements bravely and determined ly in the first half, so there was no room fo r excuses. But King's played better than in the firs t half and brought off some superb movements, th ree of which resulted in tries and many of which were just sto pped at the last moment. Heyland sco red far out after a crisp movi ng att ack, involving most of the team; Templeman, playing his first game for King's, scored in the corner, in a si milar manner to the previous try. Altho ugh King's had completely dornimHed the set serums in the first ha lf, gaining nearly all the heels against the head, they did not fare quite so well in th is second half. But the play in the loose made up for this. The forwa rds ran and passed like veterans and consequent ly made things easier for the backs. Heyland scored aga in after a forward movement, beat ing several men on his weav ing way to the line. Ba rker kicked the goal with unusual accuracy . Febted revived at the very end, pinning King's on their line, but their deteamined en'orts were fwit less, and the score remained at 26- 0.

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Harlequ ins

Played at St. Stephen's on November 30th King's, 12; Harlequ ins, 0 The day was damp and the ground soft underfoot when the Harleq uins kicked off into the comparatively s m alle r~looking King's for wa rds. This game could have been destined fo r the for wards a lone, wit h the backs standing cold and unused, but immcd iately both sides decided that this was not for them and proceeded to prod uce so me inspi red rugby. King's soo n opened the scoring with an oppo rtunist pena lty by Barker on the lO-yard line, with the ball sti ll light and dry. He just missed a sim ilar shot in the next minute; these apparent ly easy points did not reflect the balance of the sides, which were in fact extremely even . Both now invested in some robust, st reamlined play and attacks constantly cha nged ends. Harlequins came d ramatically close to scoring severa l times, but o n each occasion King's ba rely adequately reinforced defence managed to keep the Quins three points back. But attack s at the other end were causing just as much concern to the Clubmen. King's made usc of three-quarter movements and thrust from the line-outs to bring them useful territorial advan tages. Qu ins used the high kick from the fly-half and clever passing amongst their fo rwards at close range fo r thei r advantage technique. In spite of these va ried tactics, neither side managed to score till Barker kicked another penalty for King's in the second ha lf. Meanwhile, there was much excitement and some remarkable hand ling, which produced the quick, crisp open rugby that is most difficult in wettish conditions, but which is often fruitless ly hoped for by spectators o n dry days. Paul, at scrum-hal f, went off fo r the last 15 minutes of the first half, Turner taki ng his place, and Ki ng's packed seven spiri ted marauders. Austin, at hooker, and hi s props, Clark and Jackson, played with dynam ic zest and often ret rieved the ball against the head- no mea n achievement aga inst a larger club pack. In the second half the close struggle continued, play being contained more in the for wards, and Barker's penalty rewa rded King's for some extra struggling upfront. Hard coverin g and tackling frustrated the Quins' three-qua rter movements. A very well-placed kick to wi nger Ridley by Heslop, at fl y-hal f, brought King's their o nly try- the kick being an attempted drop goal, which Rid ley touched down before the Quins could sprint to sto p him. Barker just missed the conversion, but five minutes later was successful with a longer ranged pena lty kicked out of the mud. The game ended as excitingly as it had beg un , King's valiantly resisting the final onslaughts of the larger Ha rlequins' forwa rds.

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Tonbridge

Played at Ton bridge o n December 7th K ing's, 13 ; Tonbridge, 3 King's wen t to Tonbri~ge with an un broken record and the usual tensions which th is match evokes Because of these and the bl!terly. cO,ld wea ther, King's took some time to settle down, and not until half-way through the second half did KlIlg s produce the standa rd of play of which they are capable. Tonbridge's stren~th , ~hich had been u n~er-esti mated, lay in their tough forwa rds, and King's did well to hold ~ hem, especially III the loose. Ou tSide the scrum the King's cent res were carefully marked consequently It was left to. Hesl? p to make the breaks, which he did qui te ad mirab ly one of which res~Hed in an excellent try by Ridley III the corner. ' . Tonbridge opened the scoring after a loose scrum when their scru m-ha lf broke through 10 yards from the Ime-the try was no t conve.rted . . For the rest of the fi rst ha lf King's made determ ined but unsuccessful attempts to cross the Tonbndge lme. Despite a perSistent e!fort by Tonbridge in the opening minutes of the second half, King's, gaining the upper-hand In the set pl~es, were ~ble t<;' use orthodox tactics with the expected results from their swift running three-quarters, Ridley scofl ng t~lce on the right wing, Stone once on the left. Oldham, at sc rum~ half, had proved a very adequate substitute fo r Paul in his first game for the XV.

Dover

Played at S1. Stephen's on D ecember 11 th King's, 36; D over, 8 King's took the. field with a depleted side, but Oldham aga in at scrum-half and Willis at full-back with Brock .~rought up mto the centre, amply fi lled the .gaps. Despite the absentees, King's expected little effective O~po~ltlon fr~m Doyer, and ~mly when sh~ken mto the realisat ion that Dover could also play rugger did Km ~ s play wit h their u s~a l vigour and polish. . Wlthm t~he firs t few mlnll:tes King's were ? n top, Heyland breaking through the cen tre to score the first of many tr.les. D over eq ualised soon after With a penalty. By half-t ime Ridley had scored twice a nd Carter once, mak mg the score 12- 3. D isaster struck at t~e very beginning of the second half- Heyland was taken off with a suspected broken nose:. D over were qUick to take adv~ntage, and.. w,ithout a full-back, King's were unable to prevent Dover sc~mng a co.nverted try: On Heyland s return , Kmg s began to play the rugger to which they are accustomed Ridley scormg three tnes, Heyland , Heslop and Brock one each. '

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Rosslyn Park

Played at S1. Stephen's on December 14th King's, 3; Rosslyn Park, 3 On a pitch tortured J:)y the fr~st and rain of the prev ious week, the match-weary King's team met a large a~d powerful Ros~lyn Park Side, st rengthened by Richard Britton- the recently elected Oxford Blue Right fro.m .the whistle Rosslyn P~rk set out to playa fo rward game, rarely attempting to pass the bali along ~he!r Ime. The heavy pack d.lctated the play from the line~outs and set-scrums. However in the loose th~ Kmg s pack more than held Its own, working with intell igence and zest. After 20 m in~tes, Barker failed ~o convert a penalty from 30 ya rds. The Park gained an easy penalty goal after 10 minutes' strong attackmg. King's attacked with vigour in the second half, !rying to pass the ball amongst the three-quarters. Austin touched down ~rom a loose m.aul o~ the Park hne, but the conversion was unsuccessful. Heslop made several penet rat m~ br~ks, which tWice nearly resulted in a score. A forwa rd pass and a foot in touch frustrat~d t;>oth Rldler s touch-downs. King's fo ught hard, but the Park's defensive tactics espec ially the to.uch klckmg b~ theIr scrum-half, prevented any further K ing's score. T he match ended 'in fa ding light With th~ score sull 3 all.

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T 2nd XV From the record point of view, this has not been such a successful term but , except for the sl ight bitterness of a defeat, the rugger has been as enjoyable as in the past. The two ea rly defeats were the result of our opponents pouncing on Ollr mistakes, of which there were too many, and us not pounci ng on theirs. Georgiadis had a difficult task as Captain because he cou ld not get his own handl ing right, but when he moved o n to the wing, the three-quarter line at last began to look more dangerous. The real strength of the team lay in the experienced front row of Spence, Morris and Wills, who managed to do minate a ll their opponents, and the vast second row of Bennett and Armst rong, whose line-out work was exemplary. The back row worked hard, and Kent behind the serum improved in stamina throughou t the season and linked up very well with Rose, an ort hodox and steady stand-off. T he outsides never settled down well and practically every match saw a different combination due to absences and injuries, and it was their overall lack of penetrative power which kept our scores low. Our first match, against the O.K.S., was the usual scrappy scramble, which we managed to win 6- 3 (Scorers: Templeman and Georgiadis). We were then defeated by K.C.S., Wimbledon, maki ng two very silly mistakes ncar our line, losing the full-back through concussion at the same time. The heavier defeat by Dulwich was the result of meeting a better team before we had properly found o ur feet, a nd this had a salutary effect , so that R.M.S., D over, fo und us an eager and better-drilled side. The scrum was excellently fast, and the first try by Mo rris was an example of their speed. Templeman also scored twice, givin g us our fir~t decent win. The ret urn match at D over was played on what looked like a ploughed field and the game was much slowef resulti ng in a closely fought ni l- all draw. Against H. M.S. Worcester, a depleted team was barned by our opponents' conti nua l usc of the wing-forwards in defence and, in spite of liberal possession of the ball, we could only score twice. by Georgiadis, and so we were beaten. An even more depleted team won 14-0 at D over College, tries being stored by Day, Bennett and Burge. To round off the season, a new fixture against Colfe's 1st XV led to anot her defeat, all the more gall ing because we gained so much possession of the ball but could not finish off our movements properly, except for the two Templema n tries. Not including M. D . Stone, who played mainly for the 1st XV, the team was: M. O. L. R idgwell ; A. V. Georgiadis. N. T . G. Willis, J. M. V. Butterfield, C. Templeman; N. P. Rose, R. D. Kent; R. M. Spence, J. P. Morris, B. B. J. Wills, M. A. G. Bennett, J. H. A. J. Armstron g, W. R. Young, D . I. R. K. Burge, O . F. Langly-Smith. The following also played more than once: G. D . Eves, P. Hemingway, A. C. Murch.

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R ESULTS

O.K.S. Won 6--3 v K .C.S., Wimbledon. Lost 0-6 v Dulwich. Lost 0- 19 v R.M.S., Dover. Won 11-0 v R.M.S ., Dover. Drawn 0-0 v H.M .S. Worcester. Lost 6- 8 v Dover College. Won 14- 0 v Colfe's G.S. 1st XV. Lost 6-16 v

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3rd XV The 3rd XV quickly settled into a proper team and developed into an efficient side of great spirit and determinat ion. Under the leadership of M. J. Webster, the pack was a unit in which all played well. The three-quarters, though rather slow to accelerate in the cent re, were commendably ready to move the ball out to strong wings. With solid full-back play to cover, a nd some fine attacking play at half-back between M . J . Oldham and his genial captain, J . R. Kilbee, the team was unlucky to lose two matches, even though our line was only crossed three times in nine fix tures. But revenge was sweet against the Masters, who were defeated by a solitary try to nil. In practice games we rema ined undefeated by the Colts and frequently gave the heavier, faster 2nd XV a hard, even game. The fo llowing played: J . R. Kilbce (captain), M. D. L. Ridgwell, G. D . Eves, R. K. Khan na, R. V. Wyatt, A. A. V. Strallen, W. J. Large, M. J . Oldham, C. O. F. Robinson, O . A. Bailey, P. J. Ra lph, R. A. Stanley, R. V. Kent, A. G. Kypris, A. C. Murch, J . R . Paine, M. J . Webster, G. A. B. Day, P. Hemingway, C. N. Oordon-Wil()on, C. M. Southam. 54

R ESULTS

v Ma idstone 0.5. 3rd XV. Won 28-0 and 43-0 v Masters. Won 3-0 v Du lwich College 3rd XV. Wo n 8-5 v Kent College 2nd XV. Won 14-0 v Worth School 1st XV. Lost 6- 8 v Dane Court Technica l School 1st XV. Lost 3- 9 Y Ca nterbury R.F. C. Ex. " S" . WOIl 2 1- 0 v Colfe's G.S . 2nd XV. Drew 0- 0 G.S.P.P.

4th XV Th is year the 4th XV ~as been a self-contained unit, and was composed from the Senior League teams . For the second year run~rn g the team h.as had an unbroken record, and the informa l but vigorous l11atche~ have been n~ost wort hwhile .. The follo~rng have played: Bridge, Kinghorn , Gu rney, frwin, Evans, GOl don, Leggatt, Spiller, Gordon-Wilson, Hemrngway, Essame, Moggach, Chant , Cook, Hall , Reeson, Day, J. R. Walton, Jensen, Masters, Taylor, C. R. C. , Hubbard and Mi ller, P. D. RESULTS

v Sir Roger Manwood's 3rd XV. Won 31-0

v Dea l S.S. 1st XV. Won 20-8 Deal S.S. 1st XV. Won 22- 3 v Sir Roger Manwood's 3rd XV. Wo n 28- 3 v H.M.S. Worcester 2nd XV. Wo n 6- 3 Y

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Colts' XV Played 8, Won 6, Lost 2, Points for 121, Poi nts aga inst 16 ~lIhough the s jd~ improved ~ leadily throughout the seaso n, it never reached the standard of rugger

which we have seen 111 the Colts 111 the prevIOus few seasons. It was far from being a bad side as the scores show, but it has rarely played consistently well in all departments. ' Th ~ pa~k was lighter than u~u al , but ~ecured a fa ir share of the ball from set scrums, and was even more effeclive m the loose. DefenSive covenng by the back row became very sound . fn .spite of moments of bri!liant opportunism, Bailey was not a success at scrum -half, as his passing was err~t~c, but when p.layed at wmg forwa rd h~ becaJ?e an unqua lified asset. Tatchell took over the scrum-half POSition, and prov ided an accurate and reliable lrnk with the outsides. At fly-hal f, Bri~ ge developed into the best player in the side, excellent in attack and defence. The Centres H es lo~ and J ~nk ms, cou ld) run strongly, but used little ini tiative, and too often their handling was poor: The ~JI1 gs, Nlch.olls and l ool.e, ran strongly,. bu.t had few ?ppo rtun ities. At full- back, Jaggers' fea rless tacklmg and fa llrng were adnllfable. What this Side lacked III finesse it made up for in spirit and cred it fo r this must go to the en thusiastic a nd responsible captaincy of Poole. ' R ESULTS

v R .M.S. Dover CAl. Won 16-0 v K.C.S., Wimbledon (H) . Lost 5- 8 v Dulwich (H). Won 8-0 v R .M.S., Dover CH). Won 8-0 v Felsted CH). Won 22-3 v H.M.S. Worcester (A). Won 36--0 v Dover (H). Wo n 26-0 v Colre's G .5. CAl. Lost 0-5 The. fo llow ing ha,ve played in m~ tches : H. B. Poole,· G. K. Jaggers,· P~ Kirby,- A. H. Steele,- D. 1. Sa les: C. C. N . Bndge· A. C. G n ffi ths,* M. J . Gray,- M. A. Cowell, A. M. Heslo p, S. J. Nicholls, P. K. Jenkms, P. M. Tatchell, ~ '. J. Holdstock, C. Himsworth, A. J . Ba iley, P. R. Beech, R. O. A. Mun ns, T. P. M. Young, G. T. Wi lliams. • Colours. J.S.H. P.W.H .G.

Junior Colts This side was somewhat similar to last year's, but the results were not so good. Their worst display. and only really bad one, was the defeat by Chatham House, when the falling and tackling were at their worst. Perhaps the most enjoyable game was the defe~t by Worth, in which, we fi~lded a "B" XV . The best display up to the time of writing was the draw agamst R.M .S., Dover, In which the defence was most courageous. Heslop, the most dangerous three-quarter, was promoted to Colts. and this ~eft us without a really penetrative outside. At full back, Parry tackled superbly. but was less at home 10 the centre. Cranfield at fly-half was always safe, but tended to fun too straight initially, and become prey to the wing forward. His greatest merit was his ability to profit from his mistakes, and by the end of term he was an excellent link. Morton-Clark gave him a short, but swift and accurate service. The most improved outside was Kennedy, who invariably tackled low and hard, but seldom had a ~coring pass. Dover went hard, with an apparent disregard for the ball, where~~ McDonald was more skilful, bu~ generally lacked punch. On the left wing, Radcliffe developed a useful Jlflk, but seldom looked a mateh-wmner. Tooby played courageously at full back and on the wing in a few matches. The pack was neither as solid nor as mobile a unit as we would have liked. Pearce and Howard-Williams were slow about the field, but the latter, on promotion to pack leader, improved and kicked some useful goals. Jackson developed a good tackle, and he and Hinds were the most improved forwards- their marauding became good. We never. had a line-out special}st, but Scary's arrival from the L~a~u es made the lack less glaring. Parrott captamed the team from wmg forward, where he was splendid 111 attack: his dribbling is excellent, but his tackle is less effect ivc. The "8" XV improved steadily, and by the end of the season were confident of beating the U.14 XV. R ESULTS

v King's, Rochester. Won 10-0 v K.C.S., Wimblcdon. Lost 3- 12 v Chatham House. Lost 3-36 v Kent Collegc. Won 9-0 v Dane Court. Drew II- II v R.M .S., Dover. Drew 3-3 v Kent College. Won 11 -0 v R.M .S., Dover. Lost 0- 26 v Dover College. Won 10-0 v Colfe's O.S. Won 16- 3 "B" XV v Worth School. Lost 9- 11 Played for the team: Parry, Radcliffe, Dover, McDonald, Kennedy. Cranfield, Morton-Clark, Pearce Jackson, Landymore, Howard-Williams,. Ramsay, Hinds, Parrott (Captain) , and Tooby, Vaughan, Wood, Carmichael, Mundy, Press, Freeland, WlI1ch. P.M.W. O.H.J.F.

Under Fourteens XV The season has been one of the most successfu l for some time, with a high standard of competence and keenness. The best match was the first game against R.M.S., Dover, with both si~es at their mid-season best. The backs have much to learn about the basic sk ill of passing and the forwards will need to develop a greater cohesion, but there is future promise in both departments. A. B. Marshall, the Captain, can be well satisfied with the general standard of performance. The fo\1owing have played for the team: A. B. Marsha\1 (Captain), R. F. Oray (Leader), D. J. D. Banks, A. W. Berry, R. Bird, J. R. Carey, D. G. Oallyer, R. S. Hallam, C. Handley, P. T. Honeyman , J. L. Jerman, G . Q. G. Keeble, M. A. Kerr-Peterson, C. T. Lambrick, C. R. Romberg, R. C. Sprunt, M. W. Baines, D. F . Waters, D. S. Whalley. RESULTS

v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 6- 5 v Chatham House. Won 12- 3 v Kent College. Won 21-0

v R.M.S., Dover. Won J-O v Kent College. Won 41-0 v R.M.S., Dover. Lost 0- 13

R.A.C.M. T.B.A.

BOXING The Inter-House Box.ing Competition as usual provided many even and exciting contests, and with over a hund red competitors most Houses were well-represented. It is hard to pick out individua ls in a competition where, win or lose, everyone gave of his best. Many boys showcd considerablc skill and all showed much determination and spirit. ~o we,:,er, in the Preliminaries, Grant (W), who had a courageous opponent in Nicholls (M), Reacher (Lm), Rldler (SH), Hodson (~H), Jackson (Gr), Trollp, R. (Gal), Stowell (Gr) , Ma rks (Gal), McKil1iam (Gal), who had a close bout wit h Thornton (SH), Burr (Lx), Ensor (Lin), Beech (Gr) all won in good style.

Tn the F inals there was much to praise but space only permits certain bouts to be mentioncd. Johnson and Jack.son (<;3r) had a .t rcm.endous battlc, with the st raight defensive punching of Johnson bri nging hllll a close pomts Win. Glen nie (Lm.) and Bentlcy (SH) also shewed some good boxing in thei r bout, where Glennie ga ined the decision. Romer (Lin), too, did well to win agai nst Fattal (Lx), who showed last year that he .is a strong puncher. The bout between Northen (Lin) and Taylor (Lx) proved to be surprisingly good with both conte5tants showing much better form than in train ing. (~ i n)

Newman (Lin) boxed weI! to win against Stockel! (Ga l), and Taylor (Lin) by sheer determination managed to get the decision against Stowell (Gr). Beech proved too strong fo r Marks and Ridler (SH) confirmed the impression he gave in the preliminaries by a confident victo ry against Wright (M). Other bouts in the first half of the Finals wort hy of note were between Collins (M) and Gordon (Lin), Hodson (SH) and Troup, R. (Gal), Berry (Lin) and McKilliam (Gal), with the first named of each pair being the winner. One felt that the bouts between Ensor (Lin) and Jenkins (Or), and between Wood (Lx) and Hutchinso n (Lin) were stopped a little too soon, as both losers were quite good boxers and did not seem to be in serious trouble. However, if this was so, it was a fault on the right side. The latter part of the programme on Fina ls Days was exciting as ever, wit h Hulme (S I-I) and Edwards (SH) starting the proceedings with an excellent bout. the larger reach of Hulme ga ining him a close decision. Warren (Lx), Morton-Clark (Lx) aga inst a determined Reacher (Lin), Barber (Lx) and Winchester (Lin) also did well to win. In the final bouts of the competition, Burr (Lx) showed some splendid boxing against Jaggers (Lin), and Roberts, D. C. K., although covering up well and fight ing intelligently, found Heslop (M) a little too powerful. Holdstock (M) had a hard fought contest to beat Moles (Lx) and probably the best bout of the afternoon was between Davies (Lx) and Troup, A. (Gal), both boxers giving an excellent performance in a hard-hitting, evenly matched three rounds with Davies gaining a majority decision in a very narrow points win. Competition between Houses was very close with Linacrc wi nning the Boxing Sh ield by onc point from , Luxmoore. Marlowe did extremely well to win the Boxing Standards Cup with Linacre second. M.E.M.

Boxing Shield 1, Linacre, 74 points; 2, Luxllloore, 73 points; 3, Marlowe, 50 points; 4, Walpole 44 points; 5, Galpin's, 41 points; 6, Grange, 37 points; 7, School House, 28 points. '

Standards Cup I, Marlowe, 111 points; 2, Linacre, 94 points; 3, Luxmoorc, 73 points; 4, Walpole, 59 points; 5, Grange, 53 points; 6, Galpin 's, 50 points; 7, School House, 33 points. 57

1 FENCING CLUB In School matches this term the team has been undefeated and the Junior Foil Team, comprising Ogley. Burr, R ing and de Si lva, after a shaky start aga inst H .M.S. Worcester, now look particularly promising. Prospects for next term's matches, including Etan, Harrow, K.C.S., Wimbledon , King's School, Rochester, H.M.s. Worcester, Dane Court and the Kent Schools Championsh ips are reasonable. Unfortunately. R. M. Pollet, who has on occasion been outstand ing at foil, epee and sabre and a regu1ar member of the Senior Team, leaves at the end of this term; although he will doubtless be missed there arc a number of keen competitors for the vacancies created and it will be in terest ing to see the results of team trials. We have at present a number of boys in the Senior part of the Club who are all of similar ability, and it is those who are prepared to work consistently and train hard who will get ahead. Fencing requires consta nt practice and it is hoped that some members will be able to train in the ho lidays with their local clubs, as the Kent Schools Championships are this year in early February and this leaves little time for adequate preparation. The fo llowing have represented the School :Senior Team (Foil , Epee and Sabre): J. F. H. Meredith (Capta in), J. E. Pollet, R. M. Pollet, Ryan, ChenevixTrench. Second Team: Tucker, Scott, Masters. Junior Team: Ogley, Burr, Ring, de Silva. M.E.M.

RESULTS

v H.M.S. Worcester. Won v King' School, Rochester. Won v Dane Court. Won

BASKETBALL As usual the Junior Inter-House Basketball produced much keen competition, and teams trained hard under the guidance of their Senior Captains. There were many attractive and exciting games, but it became obvious after the first round that, although all teams had their outstanding individuals, Marlowe and Galpin's were considerably ahead of the rest in all-round ability and team play. In the Semi-fi nals, Galpin's built up a tremendous lead to win against S~hoo l House, and Marlowe won comfortably against Walpole, for whom Tatchell and Grant played exceptionally wel l. Thus Marlowe and Galpin's met in a very tense fina l, and as sometimes happens when two good teams meet, they tended at first to cancel one another out by tight marking and an unwill ingness to take chances. Thus play in the first half was inclined to be scrappy, with neither side showing the rhythm, speed of passing and ball control of which they were capable, although Galpin's seemed more mobile and mo~e easily adapted their play to suit the conditions. Hews the main goal-scorer for Marlowe, was allowed little scope anywhere near the basket by the close marki~g of Bailey, whereas Wright, the mainspring of the Galpin's attack, was given more support by his forwards, and Heslop often fou nd ~imsel f ~ith two men to mark . Using the. short bounce pass to good effect, Galpin's managed to find their men 10 the basket area and manoeuvre mto a scoring posit ion with Wright usually finis hing it off. In the second half, despite a desperate fight back by Marlowe, Ga lpin's continued to go ahead and were worthy winners by 56 points to 38. Ga/pin's: Bailey, Roberts, D . C. K., Wright, Sales, Roberts, D. McL. Marlowe: Heslop, Hews, Radcliffe, Holdstock, Collins. M.E.M.

THE BOAT CLUB One event at the end of the Summer Term not reported in the last issue was the O.K.S. race, which was rowed at Pluck's Gutter on 28th July. An exceptionally low tide made the launching of boats difficult but it was otherwise a perfect afternoon and the race attracted a large number of spectators. The 1st VIII were without Barnes, who had a stra ined back, and J. d'A . Maycock came in at bow. The O.K.S. were able to assemble an experienced crew this year, and their stern four included three members of the successful Twickenham R.C. Wyfold IV. The race proved to be an exciting affair; the School on the back-station gained a slight lead over the first half of the course and looked set to win, but a tremendous finishing spurt by Billinghurst took them by su rprise and resulted in a dead-heat, an unprecedented event in these races. After some delay in changing over boats, a deciding race was rowed in fours; this time the School made no mistake and won another excit ing race by 2 seconds. After the end of term, C. H. Freeman competed in scull ing events at Maidenhead a nd Henley Town Regattas. At Maidenhead he reached the semi-final of the Junior Scu lls, but at Henley Town he had a good win in the School Sculls and had the satisfaction in one race of beating one opponent to whom he had lost at Henley Town. During the Christmas Term, Freeman continued his training and competed in two of the new long distance (3 to l! miles) sculling races which have become very popular in recent years. At Weybridge, competing in the Schools' Division he came 4th, a very sound resu lt; but at Marlow a fortnight later he won the Schools' Division by a convincing ma rgin from his nearest riva l and was placed 10th in the overall results. This was an excellent achievement and drew fa voura ble comment from The Times correspondent. Work has gone ahead fast at Fordwich with the scheme fo r a new build ing; the two old wooden sheds familiar to several generations of School oarsmen have now gone and in thei r place is a fine new concrete building. This will house all the boats, and the old fours shed will become the boatman's workshop and a changing-room. There is a great dea l of work to be done yet in fitting up the new building, but when it is completed, it will greatly enhance the fac ilities for junior boating at Fordwich. We offer our congratu lat ions to D. J . Mills, Captain of Boats at St. Edmund Hall , o n being awarded his Trial Cap at Oxford and to both Mills and D. M. P. Barnes on their excellent performances in the O.U.B.C. Light Fours. D .S.G.

CROSS-COUNTRY This season the Club has started afresh. S. J. Weaver has filled the posit ion of Captain left by D. W. J. Swanson and only two members of last season's 1st VIII, apart from Weaver, remain. They are R. A. Bush and G. R. Waterhouse. The match against Wye Agricultural College on Saturday, 23rd November provided a good afternoon's sport. D. J . Allen of Wye set a hard pace from the start, but Bishop, who first ran for the 1st VIII at Dover last season, held on to him and was only shaken off near the end of the race to be beaten into second place. This was, however, an extremely good performance for Bishop and we hope he will be able to further his sll:ccess in for~hcoming matches. R. A. Bush and G. R. Waterhouse came in together in third place, and With Weaver m fifth place the School had a comparatively easy win, scoring 28 v 70 points. A new fi nd this year has been D. M. G. Parry and we wish him the best of luck in the coming season. The following ran for the 1st VIII aga inst Wye College: S. J. Weaver, R. A. Bush, G. R. Waterhouse, T. J. A. Bishop, D. M. G. Parry, T. J. N. Claye, J. B. Whitaker and J. R. Rew.

1 SQUASH RACKETS In the first ha lf of the season the sq uash team exceeded expectations. We were without stars, but the standard was good all the way down, and in o ne match the best sq uash was played by the NO.5. There were also several likely reserves, which kept om players on their toes. S. S. Barker was too busy as Captai n of Rugger ever to reach his best fo rm, but M. J. Oldham was a greatly improved player and had some very good wins. P. J. Cattrall showed better form towa rds the end of the term, while R. A. Pinnock has shown a marked advance this year. M. J. N. Bridge probably has the greatest potent ial of all, however, with his younger brother C.C.N. not far beh ind. S. J. We.'lVcr, F. J . W. Legga tt, D. R . L. Bodey and T. M. Bale also played for the tcam. We lost to an augmented O.K.S. side early in the season, and just lost a very exci ting match agai nst Winchester 3- 2, with Oldham and Pinnock both playing very well to wi n. After this we were un defeated bea ting Wellington 3- 2, when Oldham , Pinnock and M. J. N. Bridge all had good wins, Westminster S--{) and Merchant Taylors' 3- 2. In this last match, Caltrall , Pinn ock and M. J. N. Bridge won, Cattra ll and Bridge especially playing really severe, attacking sq uash.

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We were delighted that our Captain o f two years ago, I>. D. MacNeice, was awarded his Blue for Oxford a nd won his match. D.W .B.

GOLF CLUB Th is term we have had our annual match against the O.K.S. Again wc had a very enjoyablc day, despite the rain. Nevertheless, the School lost, gaining only two victories out of seven foursomes. Those playing were: Nicho las, Singleto n ; Cin i, Stccnhuis ; Kypris, Macll1urchy; Rickards, Moreen; I rwin, Rowbotham; Sturgess, Harvie; and Bale and Gay, whose opponent s unfortunately did not arrive. This term the School also played in the Harnp Cup kn ock~o ut compet ition. Unfortunately we will not know the result until next tenn. Every week when the weather has permittcd Mr. Qui gley has very kindly come over from Sandwich to give us some coachi ng. The attendance has been generally good, and it was encourag" lg to see so many new enthusiasts.

S.J.N.

1 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES .:. I

C.C.F.: Royal Naval Seclion

Army a nd Basic Sections

R.A.F. Sectio n

SOCIETIES: Art

Photographic

Geological

Somner

Bellringing

Natural History

Caxton

Pater.

Wal pole

Harvey ...

MUSIc: School Choir

F irst Orchestra

Second Orchestra

Military Band

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T C.C.F. NOTES ROYAL NAVA L SECTION T his term for the first time we have been called upon to accept recrui ts who have not had basic tra in ing with the Army Section. We welcome this, despite its resulti ng in instruct io n having to be given in elementary drill and such un~nava l matters as map-reading and paris of a rifle. At least the drill is now nava l drill from the start. One difficulty is that it is now even ha rder to limit the size of the Section to the number that a ship can accommodate on Field Day. This term we were extraord ina rily fo rtunate in being able to a rrange Field Day to coincide with the ceremonial arrival in Kent o f H.M.S. Kenl, the latest guided missile dest royer and ou r thanks a re d ue to the Capta in and to the Chief Engineer Officer, Commander W. T . Lock, R .N.' Q.K.S. , who made tbis visit poss ible. We joined her at Dover as dawn was break ing and were given a thorough tour o f this fascinat ing ship before tak ing part in the ceremoni al enterin g of harbour at Chat ham. In the summer ho lidays, five o f our most efficient cadets were rewarded wit h a trip to G ibraltar in H .M.S. B.el.[asl, wh.i le .fo urteen o thers went with ~ i c u tena n t-CO ~l!nand c r Ball to Aliltbea,. RO S~-s!lire , where they dIvIded thclr t un c between two Coasta l Mlneswcepers, sUlll ng, a nd arduous mountam t rallllT1g. Meanwhile ' o ne cadet, A. B. I rwi n, distinguished himself by passing o ut to p o f a Gunnery Course at Portsmoll th. D .W.B.

ARMY AND BASIC SECTIONS

This term has been chiefly remarkable fo r the absence in hospita l of R.S. M. Herbert fo r most o f the term ; he is now better, and the wclcome he received on his ret urn must show him how much he was missed during his abscnce. T he wea ther wo rked to a new pattern this term: wi th overcast skies a nd drenching rain in the morn ing, it attempted to shake our nerve so that pa rade wou ld be .eancelled; then a t a bout eleven it cleared, and the afternoon was nice and sunny. We fe ll for this o nce, but not aga in , tho ugh three other parades might well have been missed otherwise. The Field Day was fi ne enough, and a good morning's train ing took place o n the Old Park, fo llowed by a demonstration by 36 Corps E ngineer R egiment, who showed us some bridging, demol ition , and all sorts of equipment. Several boys were seen vibrating violently as they sat in the cont rol seats of various mechanica l diggers. We are much indebted to Colonel Westbrook for laying this on fo r us. The "new look " of the C.C.F. has been smoothl y adopted, a nd Naval and A ir Sections have both taken their recrui ts d irect without undue difficulty; we have not yet been told what our ceil ing in numbers is. The Army P rofici ency Test was successful , with 42 passes ou t o f 47 ent ries; and a modified Basic Test a lso passed the vast majori ty. This latter has now no o ffi cial stat us, but is a useful half-way mark in t ra ini ng. Promoti ons were made during the term to the ranks stated below : C.S.M.s R . W. C lark , O. S. Essame, N. R. Ha ll ; Sgts. F. Hazeel , R. G . K aye, W. G. Osmond , D . N. T . Walton, R. C. Evans ; LjSgts. D. C. L. Eve, C. A. Gordon, M. D. Hull , J. L. J. Jaqllct, D . P. Kinghorn , D. G. va n Asch, S. J. F. Fosbury, R . E. H ow, R . J. McDonald, N . J. Pau l, S. J. Roberts, G. H. Sharwood-Srn ith, A. T. Trousdell , J . H. Turner ; and 24 Corpora ls and 30 Lance-Corpora ls. It is hoped to hold the Easter Camp in the Pyrenees at the end of April; and the Summer Camp will be at Tregantle, in south-east Co rnwall , fro m July 28th to August 5th. K.A.C.O .

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Wit h the new o rganisat ion , we have now become responsible for the init ia l trainin g o f cadets a nd we have been great ly helped here by a recent recruit from the Army side, CpJ. Spiller. Starting from scratch, the sq uad has achieved a very fair standard of dri ll competence, and the six slightly senior recruits who took the A rmy Proficiency Test all passed their D rill an d Weapon Training. We awa it the results of the wri tten papers wit h a hope that we will come near our 100% success reco rd of last term. T hi rty cadets visited Manston on Field D ay to sample some more Chipmunk fl ying, while the rest were pract ica lly ea rth-bound on Birley's operating the Pri mary Glider, unti l one of those all too frequent unfo rtunate incidents occurred and we had to ca rry a slightly bent "A "-fra me back to the hanga r. The loss of the glider d id curta il our term's activities a nd rain spo ilt the deeply la id plans of a scavenger hunt exercise, but in spite of these setbacks"t he SectionJ h as~reJ11a in ed happy and industrious. We are losing most of our N.C.O .s this te rm, includi ng Sgts. Dibley and Marshall, and it looks as if the C.O. will have to lecture agai n next term, while the embryo lecture rs are toughened up fo r their future o rdea l by being passed through the commando co urse. P.O.W.

T THE SOCIETIES The Art Society

Th~ Societl' ~as h~ d an ~ct i ve t~rm, ~o lding four meetings. At the fi rst, boys d iscussed variOus pa lU.tll1gs, m part.lc~ !a r Picasso s. Guemicfl. (1936), painted as an expression aga inst

the destructIOn of the CIVIlian occupation of thIS town during the Spanish Civil Wa r. P.. Pollak, Esq ., gave us all an enthrall ing evening when he ta lked on pottery, showing us examples. from h IS l~rge and c0ll!prehcnsive collecti,?n . . A t a third meeting, J . Wa rren, Esq. , of Dover College, Illustra ted hiS lecture on German Ba roque wIth some excellent slides which demonstrated the characteristics o f this style of architect ure. The fi nal paper of the term was given by F . 1. McC. Hazee l who spoke on "A Facet of Modern A rt". I should like to thank the President, A. O. C. Bennett, Esq. , fo r all his help this terlll . 1.H.T. D espite the absence of no tes in the last few Canlllarialls, the Society has continued to function steadi ly. T he chief a im of t he Society is to give a darkroom service' The P hotographic Society a nd j ~dging by the difficulty of getting into the darkroom, the service is well used: even Ir only by a few people. Wh ile the sole activ ity last term was preparing an . ... eX~lb l tl o n, thIS term there have be,en fiv~ lectures. Two of these were demonstrations of darkroom techn iq ue, wlule the others were based on fllmst n p lectures of genera l interest. Attendance has been the h ighest for two years. R .D.H.P. rnstead of its usua l termly exped ition the Society vis ited the Natura l History Museum in Lo ndon. This excurs i0!l was of great interest to a ll members p resent for a good deal of knowledge. was gamed, from o ur lectu re tour round the ga lleries, about the anatomy and phYSIology of such prehistoric monsters as the Dinosaurs, lhe swimming reptiles and some extinct fo rms o r mammals. In the Society's room work on our Collection has proceeded as planned a nd a genera l reorganisation of the presentation of o ur specimens is about to be sta rted . Bo th the pedology and crystallography sectio ns have do ne a great dea l of work th is term. All members have, by their hard work, contributed greatly to the success o f the Society. O. M.A. H. .The . GeologIca l SocIety

Notes on the Society's activities bot h in t he Summer Term and in the Winter Term have been included here, as those for the su mmer were om itted by some erro r from the last iss.lIc. T he Society's. ann ual outing took place at the end of May, th is year to Rye, Wmchelsea and Bod lam Castle. The morn ing was spent in Rye, where unfortunately t he Town Museum ":a~ closed , but all members were a ble to visit the chu rch, extensively resto red after the Wa r. As well as ad mll'l ng the F rench cannon balls- which bomba rded the church in I377- and the beautiful altar in the Clere Chapel, members went up the tower with its clock which still works with thc o rigina l parts m~de in 1560. Some a l ~o visited the "Old Hospital" in Mermaid Street. In the early afternoon we visited Wmche!sea Church,. whIch has also ~ec n restored in the last century from a state of serious d isrepair. Only the chO Ir now remams, the nave havlll g been dest royed by the French c. 14oo: with the loss o f co mmercial pros p~r i ty, ll1? ney. could not be ra ised to have it rebu il t. Our fina l visit was to Bodiam Castle, today a ll1,?st Imp~ess l ve Sight on account of. Lo rd Cu.rzon's generosity in repairing the whole structure. In fact, th IS magmficent castle was o nly ever mvolved m t he stress of war once-in 1483. yve were most fort ~ n ate to be given the C!pportunity of excavat io n at Bridge Place this summer. Ou r obJ~t was to ascertalll the layout of the o n gmal foundatio ns of a house bui lt e.I640, three-qua rters of which was pulled down at thecnd of the sevcnteent h century: the wo rk was of great interest to archi tectural expert.s! as few sim ilar ho uses o f the period survive u na ltered to the present day. On o ur Sunday afternoon exped Itions we managed to excavate the well at the rear o f the house to clarify the layout o f the fo rmer front of the house, and to exa mine fou ndations at both fro nt a nd re~ r. Ou r warmest thanks are due to Mr. and M rs. Pin horn fo r all their hclp a nd interest. Though our activity th is term has been lim ited-as is usual in the Christmas Term- lectures have been varied and ou r one outin g, to Richbo rough C1stle, was most enjoyable. T he Hon. Secreta ry's lecture on "G reece before History", o utli ning the discovery of the civili za tio ns of Knossos and Mycenae, was fo llowed The Somner Society

at the beginning of November by the term's outing to Richbor~ugh Castle ..The myster:( of the .function of the vast foundation in the centre of the Castle roused great lIlterest, as d id the maglllficent display of Roman articles found during excavations. The Guildhall at Sandwich was not open to vis itors that Saturday, but we did manage to visit St. Clement's Church, passing by TOf!l Payn~'s .house as w.e left. Mr. M. S1. J. Parker new this term to the School, though not to archaeological societies, very kmdly talked at short notice ~n " Pagan Survivals in the Christian Religion" . The following week we joined with the Art Society to hea r J. Warren Esq. talk on " Baroque Art in South Germany and Austria". Finally, at the end of November the Ardhdeac~n of Canterbury most generously invited the Society o n a tour of his hOllse, one of the oldest and most histo ric of those in the Precincts. The Archdeacon's history of the house, its relation with o thers in the Precincts and with the Archdeacons themselves, proved a fittin g climax to the term's activi ties. It only rema ins for me to thank the President, F. H. Voigt , Esq., for his help and encouragement in giving so much genuine pleasu re to a ll members. R.J.A.T. This term has been a period of transit io n for the Society. N ine new members have been ad mitted, and the tower has consequently been filled to capacity every Saturday afternoon. This has prom pted us to make some im provements in the condition of the belfry. A complete redecorat ion of the ri nging chamber is also being undertaken. The climax of the term was the vis it to the Whitechapel Bell Found ry in the East End of London, where we were shown the entire process of casting, tuning and mou nt ing bells- fo r churches, cathedrals- and Fortnum and Mason's! We will be losing several of ou r mo re experienced memb~rs at the end of term, I~otably q. O.Learmonth who was Captain for two years, and who has done a great dea l towards promo tlllg the hi gh standard of ringing, but the Society will (we hope) cont inue to prosper. W.H .W. J .J.T.C.

The Bcllringing Society

Th is term's progra mme has consisted of th ree mcct ings and several outings. A general meetin g on October 6t h served to introduce new mem bers to the activities of the Society. The foll owing Sunday, MI. Po llak Jed a Funga l Foray, when many interesting species were found, the edible ones later being cooked a nd eaten. On October 27th, a party went to Stodmarsh, but apart from some Redpolls there .were ~ew bird ~ to be seen. On th.e Isle of Sheppey on the Whole Holiday vast numbers of wader were seen, mc1udmg a so htary Purple SandpIper. On November 17th, Mr. B. W. Caudwell gave a lect ure on "Forest ry in Nigeria", which was Illost interesting and info rmative. On November 23 rd a sma ll party went to Stodmarsh, and were lucky enough to sec many duck a Goosander and a Bittern . At Seasa lter on December 1st, there were many wader on the mudflat s, duck' on the sea and a Gan net and collared Doves at Whitstable harbour. On December 8th, the Secretary gave his finall~ct ure, on Sea Birds. This wa& accom panied by slides and sound recordings, which helped to give an idea of the var iety and interest of sea birds. CJ.C. The Natural History Society

At the beginning of term six new members werc admitted, and most of them were given an opportunity of gaining experience in the large number of small jobs which have been Society executed d uring the term. Christmas cards were produced again, though only three types were marketed, and the latter part of the term was spent in printing the programmes Yeomen of tile Guard and before that Luxmoore's The froll Harp. White was elected a full member of the Society at a comm ittee meeting on Novcmber 20th. As wc are indebted to Mr. Peett for his help and advice. JAW.

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Notcs o n the Society's activities bot h in the Summer Term and in the Winter Term have been included here, as those for the summer were omitted by some error fro m the last issue. This Summer Term's programme proved o ne of the fuliest that has been arranged Pater Society fOJ a number of years, open ing early in May with a lecture on " Horace" by J. T. Christie, Esq., Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. His enthusiasm for his subject and his superb personal insight into Horace's character made the lecture especially memorable. Concentrating completcly o n the Odes, M r. C h r is ti ~: discussed Horace's metres and hi s arran gement of the poems, finally answerin g questions o n Ho race's T he

life, views and ideas. Later in May, J. B. Wi lson, Esq., fo rmer President of the Society, spoke on "Tra nsAtla nt ic Thought", soon after his return from an appointment at the Univer&ity of To ronto. Vividly illustrat ing his points with anecdotes, he discllssed how the customary British approach to life and problems differs from the customary American approach; how the resu lt s of sim ila r problems va ry according to each approach; and why these d ifferences had firs t arisen. In the middle of June, M. Miller, Esq. ,. Barristerat- Law, Linco ln's Inn , spoke on "The difference between legal and mora l duty": although his views that the law of Engla nd fa lls short of enforcing definitc mo ral duties, and that. as public notions change, so judges' minds chan ge, met with general agreement, his proposed startli ng len iency over the punishment of deeds of conscience which contravene the law, caused hotter discussion. Finally. at the end of June, E. G. Buzza rd, K.S. , spoke on the " G reat Crash of 1929", giving a most lucid and informative descript ion of the Crash, its causes and co nsequences, He also dealt with wider aspects of the Crash, such as the parts played by President Hoover and by the bankers. An out ing to Lullingstone Roman Vi ll a took place in the middle of May short ly after the villa had been completely enclosed, thus mak ing the weat her a matter of no aCCOlmt. Of great interest were the mosa ic in the Reception Room depicting the abduction of Europa by Jupiter, and the reconstructed wall-paintings with Christian symbols, wh ich help to establish the fact that Lullingsto ne was one of the earl iest known sites of Christian wo rship in Britain. The display of pottery, metalwork and coins was fascinating in its q ual ity and va riety, but two busts in Greek marble which have been removed to the British Museum, are unsatisfactorily replaced by plaster casts. W. A. Hodges. Esq ., a fonne r Hon . Secretary of the Society, was Ollr first lecturer of the Christmas Term, speak ing on " Philoso ph ica l Aspects of Language": in fact he concent rated wholly on verbs, and though the lecture produced not only mllch controversial d iscuss ion but a lso some extraordinary informat ion about sign languages, no definite concl usions wcre reached. In October the Society acted as host to the Kent Classica l Associa tion's Annual General Meeting, when Professor S. S. Frere spoke o n " Roman Canterbury". Having been in charge of excavations here himself, he gave a bri lliant description of them, illustrated by many slides. A week later, R. Musgrave, Esq., gave liS an insight into the world of sales promot ion, with a lecture on " Advertising": himself a copywri ter wi th a well-kn own advertising finn, Mr. Musgrave made out a st rong case fo r advertising, discussing both its beneficial and harmful aspects, and finally faced a long barrage of questions o n his subjcct. Last ly, in November, members of the Classica l Upper Sixth visited the Sel)ate House of London Uni versity to hear Sir Ronald Syme tal k on "Caesar: Dra ma, Legend, Personality" . Whereas he put forward no new views on Caesar, Sir Ronald Syme did produce some interesting factua l information at this lectu re. In conclusion, I should like to thank sincerely the President, D. J. D. Miller, Esq., and A. S. Mackintosh, Esq. , for all their encouragement and organisation th roughout these two terms. R.J.A.T. This term the Society has attempted to ta ke on some of the duties o r a school debat ing society. This has been by means of informal meetings at which individual members of the Society have concisely presented thei r own views on certain topics for general d iscussion. Originally meant as an experiment, thesc have proved so successful that we shall Ct.rtai nly con tinue them in the fu tu re. Also the Society has read The Tempest, Becket, and listened to the B.B.C. reco rding of The Physici!;ts, an eveni ng which proved so successful that the Society decided to take a party to see the Marlowe T heatre production towards the end of tenn. Becket produced some particularly impressive reading from both second and fi rst year members. The term ended wit h a Society tea, at which all the members produced some lit erary gem, mostly in the festive spirit. Next terlll several of the ieading members hope to give papers o n various subjects, and there is also the annual out ing to look forward to though what this is to be has not yet becn decided. G.W. H.R. The Walpole Society

There have been three Ill ectin~s this term consisting of two Brains T rusts, and an ou ting to the Faversham brewery of Shepherd Neame Ltd. , which was enjoyed by everyone. After an interestin g tour of the b. ewe ry. we were provided with refreshments before we left. Next term there will be seve.a] lectures and fi lms, and o utin gs to Pfizer Ltd . at Sandwich and to the [sIc of Gra in oil refinery. R.G.S. The Harvey Society

MUSIC The treble line this term has consisted, to a large extent, of members of last year's choir. The T he number of broken vo ices among the new boys at the audi tions this term was staggering, School Choir and we can only hope that the present trebles manage to withstand the strain of singing in both services and the Yeomen 0/ the Guard at the end of term. The climax of our singing this term was the performance of Palestrina's Advent responsory on the fi rst Sunday in December. These antiphonal responses were sung by the School a nd Cathedral Choirs combined. We congratulate D. G. va n Asch and H. L. S. Dibley on ga ining Choral Awards at Cambridge; Dibley is leaving us thi s tcrm. Next term it is hoped that a small group will be formed to sing Compline on Easter Eve and this same group wi ll then sing The Holy Communion on Ascension Day, in the Summer Tenn. J .H.T. This term 's anthems:Expectans Expectavi (Wood) Ascribe unto the Lord (Travers) At thy feet ( Bach) How lovely a re the messengers (Mendelssohn) Turn back, 0 man (Holst) Lead me, Lord (Wesley) o thou , the centra l orb (Wood) o taste and see (Vaughan Williams) The Lord is my Shepherd (Stanford) To God give thanks and praise (Bach) Rejo ice in the Lord (Purcell) Lo! round the throne (Ley) And the glory of the Lord (Handel) Beati quorum via (Stanford) Russ ian Contakion of the Departed Owin g to the demands of Th e Yeome!l of the GlIard, the Orchestra was only able to meet T he over the first half of the term. A fitting climax was when both the F irst and Second First Orchestra Orchestras combined fo r the first t ime to play thlOugh Schubert's Unfillished Symphony, which the Secon d Orchestra had been playing all term. With seventy-five players a truly splendid sound was the resu lt. It is to be hoped that this event will be repeated in the future. Otherwise we have devoted our rehearsals to va lu able sight-readi ng practice, reading through works ranging from Jamaican Rumba and works by N icolai , Rossini, Haydn and Mozart to Beethoven's Eraica Symphony. Kennedy (viola) and Learmon lh (trombone) are leaving us th is term and we thank them for their contribut ions. It remains only to thank Mr. Clarence Myerscough, our leader, and M r. Edred Wright, our conductor, for their continued inspiration . D.G.v.A. After a brief look at a selection from Mascagni's Cavalleria Ruslicono, we spent the term learning the first two movements of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony which we T he Second Orchestra played with the F irst Orchestra at one of their Sunday morning rehearsals. It was a most impress ive spectacle and the rich 'cell o tone in the opening bars set the atmosphere of the who le performance. Mr. Wright suggested afterwards that the Orchestras should combine again next term to play Malcolm Arnold 's Lillie Suite at the end of term concert. The fina l rehearsa l was accordingly spent in looking at Ihis music, which promises to be more difficult than anything we have played before. T should like to thank those members of the First Orchestra who are kind enough to come and help us, especially Williams, Rutland, Ma rshall , Wood house, Learmonth and McKno, as well as Mr. Morrish, who has busily copied out parts and encouraged us to a high standa rd of keenness and performance. W.J.W. The Ba nd 's o nly public appearance this term was at the Remembrance Sunday Serv iceregrettably indoors this year owing to unsettled weather cond itions. The well-attended T he Military Band rehearsals fo r the first ha lf of term were devoted to sight-reading through some new music, as well as to pract ising a particularly well-arran ged version of G rieg's Peer Gynt Suite, part of which was played as an in novation o n Remembrance Sunday instead of the customary Dead March from Saul. The pressure of opera rehearsals unfortunately curtai led the Band's activities somewhat ca rl ier than usual , but two meetings were held after Remem brance Day. The cent ral feature of these was the playing of suppes rousing Poet alld Peasant overture, much enjoyed by all sections of the Band. Our thanks, as always, arc d ue to Mr. Wright, whose skilful an d vigorous direction produced a remarkably high stan dard of playing for so early in the school year. In addi tion, I should like to mention the valuable contribution made by the enthusiastic newcomers to the Band , particularly those in the woodwind section, and to thank the "veterans" for their usual devoted service. J.H.A.J.A.

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TJ:tc a rticle on Oxfo rd in ~ recent o.bserver may .hav~ corrected some fal se impressions, but Its ge neral to ne was ~ ~It depress ll~g, and ] th1l1~ It was mislead ing. No t everyone is pale and dull-e~ed from Sltt1l1g a ll day 111 the college lIbrary. There are plenty of solid and consclenhous clhzens, mmdful the fact that they are perhaps living on the ratepayers' money .. But there are plenty of kIcks to be had too, and people have them- not necessarily sacnficmg th eir work m the process . I have had enough of wo rk for one term so here is something a bout the other things. '

There are ove r 13.0 different societies in ,Oxford , and they shout for your attention on the first Saturd ay, dlsp l ~yed m a Freshmen s FaIr in the Town Hall : anything from folkda,:cmg to a n U l1JdentIfied F ly1l1g Objects G roup; two big and flouri shing dramatic societies; two Jazz clubs; poittlcal clubs : Conservative, Labour Liberal Communist (with sub-di visions into Marxist groups, Social Democrats, Radical S'ocialists,'Conservative 67

stud y groups). The p olitical clubs were busy trying to get people to go ca nvassing last term. A Labour group went from door to door in Luton and discovered peo ple voted Co nservative because the Co nservati ves could provide cars to take the m to the polling booths. Th e Oxford Un ion is the centre of debating activity, a red-bricked Victorian building with a readin g room full of red-faced Victoria n. old men. But it also has so me ~assa bl y cool (wa rm) cella rs with bar) and cabaret a nd Ja zz ba nds every week . The SOcIety has bee n called the best amate ur debating society in th e wor ld and does h ave a kind of euphoric atmosp here in whi ch people seem to be ab le to laugh a t the feeblest quip a nd applaud the most empty rhetoric. For a ny prospectJVc back-benC~lers It IS l~ fact a wonderful opportunity. I went to a n open deb,ate and h~a.rd Maunce Macmillan,. M.P., unin tentionally doom the Co nserva ti ve case III the tradlhonal debate on the cOllhdcllce the House has or doesn't h ave in Her Majesty's Government. At olle stage h e co ncluded a n a rgu ment " .... which means, if my mathe mat ics arc co rrect, that the Conservati ves have' been build ing 300,000 houses a yea r" . There was a p ause ; then a murmur of laught~ r. His mathe matics were wrong. It was similarl y fatal to start a se ntence: "The Conservative Party wi ll never achieve anything in this respect" (going?n ~o s~y " unl ess .... etc':'). But he got no further. The classic example of this so rt of thlllg IS saId to be that of EdI th SummerskiJl , who rose with di gn ity to refute her opponent's a rgum ent, a nd began: " Mr. President, I just cannot conceive .... " . There are good speakers in the Union ([ believe), but to h ea.r them you often h ave to sit through what someone called ac res of tedIum. Added to whIch, hfe membershIp costs 11 gu ineas. University music is everyw here : the Bac h Choir, th e Mozart Singers, the University Orchestra, the U niversity Ense mbl e, an opera club (which did Verdi's Sicilian Vespers last term). Add to these innume rabl e college groups, chOirs and chamber orchestras. The Ja zz C lub meets every Mo nd ay and groups play in the Un ion cellars. Beatie groups a re co nsta ntl y multipl ying. Parties ca n be dull, but there's plenty of twisting a nd sll(~uting if you wan t it. Dra ma- referred to as " Oxford Theatre"- Is lIltense and pretty professIOnal: no t only plays but theatre workshops, Method lessons (HO. K ..' now you're a pillar-box") and readings. It probab ly takes up more time th an most thll1gs, but th e standards vre fa irl y high . Oxford journalism at the mornent co mes in for so me cri tici.s m~ for. it q:l.l it~ dreary. Chenvell is the week ly newspaper with reports ~nd features on Ul1lve~slty IIlstItutlOns and people. Isis is th e se ri ous magazine; so me sa~ It' S pseudo and pre~entiOu s, but wh,o cares? T he reviews and articles are fun , but the occasIOnal poems and sto nes (the couple I ve read) not so good. Mesopotamia (run main iÂĽ ~y Balliol w itl~ a n:ucleus, it seems, of men from K ing's) is a term ly piece of iconoclast ic JJ't'everen~e, gimmIcky. but funny. Some peo~ l e c riticise it a nd want straightfo rward humoro us arttcles a nd sto n es, hut they should rea lise there is a limited number of James Thurbers, Paul Jenningses a nd Beachcomers.

If you want to get in vo lved in anythillg, it's there and ready for you to ge t involved in. At the same time, histori ans, for exa mple, may suddenly di scove r in their sixth week that they h ave prelims. at the end of ter m. M ARTI N SCOFIELD

THE 1963 O.K.S. CANTERBURY DINNER The most recent of these, now happily traditiona l, occasions took place on October 5th. A company of 150 gathered to st rengthen in the place of their formation the ties of friendship, and to welcome to the number of those who closely and effecti vely wish the School well their guest of honour the Very Reverend ' Ia n White·Thomson, new Dean of Canterbury. Earlier .in the day the young and vigorous School XV drew strength for the com ing season from the blood of Its predecessors, and the co ld figures 21 - 0 convey only inadequately the atavist ic appea l of an occasion worthy of the attention of a modern Sir James Frazer. The time belween tea and dinner was spent in various congenial ways, and those who at 7 o'clock sat down under the canvas eyes of more·or·less !dentifiable wort hies to th~ delights of grapefruit, sal mon, pork, apple·pie. wi ne, and conversation were In an expectant and receptIve mood. Grace was sling (not by the main body of O.K.S.)· and a friendly service efficiently sat isfying the needs of the body, the hi gher facu lties cou ld concentrate '011 the speeches ~ i thout delays. The Presi~e!1t of the O.K.S. Association. Maj or D. J. B. Jervis, rose first to convey the Sincere thanks and appreCIation of everyone preselll to those who had worked hard and lo ng to organise and prepare the dinner; with touching modesty o ne of those chiefl y concerned attempted, in his capacity as master of ceremonies, to prevent these sentiments from being expressed, but the acclamation with which they were received by the diners showed how aptly Douglas Jervis had gauged their mood. He also thanked the boys, munching their sausage ro[ls in distant halls and studies, for not being there; and mas~e l y reassured O.K.S. fathers, lest they should feel uneasy, that he himself had at o ne time inspected (though perhaps not sha red) a boy's paper·bag mea l. Finally, he handed over to the Headmaster as a gift from the O.K.S. Association a lithograph of some of the school buildings, prepared in a limited edition by John Ward, A.R.A. The toast "Floreat Schola Regia " was proposed by Sir Frederick Bovenschen, K. c .n., K.B.E. One of the five O.K.S. present that night who had entered the School in the reign of Queen Victoria he was celebrating his diamond jubilee as an O.K.S.; and his loving concern for the School over so many years comma nded fo r his words a memorably respectful hearing. He spoke of the loyalty, not blind, but informed on the one side and deserved on the other, which was the proper relation between the Schoo l and it s sons ' and of the importance, particularly in the face of superficial criticism and comment from at times unexpected quarterseven the Hea dmasters' Conference-of not losing sight of the ideals and standards which still , despite changing methods and emphasis, rightly constituted the cent ral theme of educat io n at schoo ls such as King's. With wisdom of another kind Sir Frederick tempered the basic seriousness of his speech by several amusing remin iscences and stories, one of them in French; an attentive listener cou ld have deduced fro m Ihe intensity· dis tr~buti on of the ensu ing laughter the positions o n Ihe seating plan of the modern languages masters with co nsIderable accuracy. The response to the Floreat was made by the Headmaster. He sa id that at its best the balance maintained at King's between freedom and discipline, tradition and willingness to turn to new ideas, was admirable and fruitful; and had so impressed visitors to the School. I-Ie himsel f had not attended this year's Headmasters' Conference meeting at Southampton, and had thus avoided the temptation to add to the pron ouncements sa id by the Daily Telegraph to have been made there. He had however taken various opportu nities to discuss matters wit h friends, among whom he numbered not a fe~ Labour'members, and he felt much could be learnt by both part ies to such discllssions. He went on to sketch Ollt academic musica l and at hletic pn?spects for the year wit h a mixture of caut ions, checks and bal ances : bu t a general feeling of guarded optliTIlSm was generated. The Headmaster co ncluded by expressing the hope that the Canterbury pinners would increasingly attract younger O.K.S. (for whose gu idance he ment ioned a few points). And, mdeed, the 1963 Canterbury Dinner was a most enjoyable family occasion.

O.K.S. NEWS BRIGADIER O. LE F. PAYNE (1 925- 29) has been awarded the C.B.E.

M. J. PRICE ( 1952- 57) has been elected to a Research Fellowship a t Downing College, Cambridge' and to the Macm illan Studentship a t the British School of Archaeology in Athens. . ' G . D . W I L LI AMS (1957- 61) has passed o ut of Sa nd hurst. G. C. GOU LDER (1932- 35) is in Buenos Aires wo rking on the construction of a new power station, sa id to be the la rgest in the Southern Hemisphere. BRIGADIER R. S. G RANT (1 923- 27) has reti red fro m the Army a nd sett led in Dorking. IAN M. OSBORN (1943-48) is back in England and Assistant to the Overseas Director of Cooper, MacDouga ll and Ro bertson at Berkhamsted. T HE R EVD. C. C. O. D ENNETT (1929- 34) has been appointed Rura l Dean of Coventry South by the Bishop of Coventry. A. C. S. ADA MS, C. M.G., C. B.E. (1923- 28), is Po litical Adviser to the C.-in-C. Fa( East in Singapore. W. R. MOWLL ( 19 19- 27) has been appo in ted Chevalier of the Royal Order of Vasa by the Kin g of Sweden . He has been Swedish Vice-Consul in D over for several years. R. O . WALTERS (1 945--49) has become A.M.LC.E. and has fo rmed his own company in Ha mpshi re. CAPT. R. L. JOROI\N ( 19 19- 25) retired from the Navy in 1958 a ft er a spell as Naval Aide de Camp to . the Queen. He is now in Weybridge. S. O. RAGGETI' (1957- 62) has been awa rded an Open Ki tchener Scholarship to Churchill Co llege, Ca mb ridge ; a nd M. H. a 'IESSHYRE (1 958- 62) has been awarded a Ki tchener Med ical Services Schola rship for the R .A.M.C. to Trinity College, Cambridge. J . G. Y OUNG (1 926- 29) has been awarded the C. B.E. AlR VICE-MARSIIAL O. L. SEABROOK (1 923- 26) has been appointed to the post of Air Officer-in-Charge of Adm in istrat io n, R.A. F. Techn ica l T raining Command, at Brampton. J. O. O. ROBERTS, as " The Fa bulous Paddy Roberts", has been enterta ining on his piano at the Colony, Berkeley Square. - . C. H. N . Moy (1 952- 56) o n complet io n of his Nati ona l Service joined the Foreign Office and has served in o ur Embassies in Singapore, Djakarta, Vient ia ne (Laos), eventually being posted to t he Middle East Cent re for Arabic Studies. He has achieved the rank of Third Secretary a nd now proposes to read for an Ho nours Degree in Oriental Languages at SI. Cat herine's Co llege, Cambri dge. Tn the quatercentenary year of Marlowe's birth, the Marlowe Society has conveyed its willingness to offer honorary membership to the ho lders of the Matthew Parker Ex hi bitio ns du ri ng their stay at Corpus Christ i College, Ca mbridge, in view of the fact that Ma rlowe was one of the first holders. The College has expressed its appreciat ion of the gesture and the offer is now to be made to the three undergraduates concerned, all of whom a re O.K.S. D. F. KELLI E (1 909- 11) has sent us the fo llowing news of the Ca ntuarian Lodge:At our meet ing in Apri l, KEITH LEWIS (1946-49) was installed as Master for fhe ensuing year and the ot her officers are R. C. U. FISHER (1915- 18), R . W. ALLISON (1936--40), R. T. IZA RD (1946-47), D . F . K ELLI E ( 1909- 11 ), A. FoxÂˇMALE (1 925- 26). R . A. F INN (19 16- 25), P. R. H. ELLIOTT (1914-22), R . G. B. M CC AL L ( 1944--45), R. A. T. ANDERSON (1 911- 15), J. V. KENT (1925- 35), P. G. R EYNOLDS, L. A . K ENNY (1 929- 37) a nd F . G. J. NORTON (1945- 51). At our September meeting we were very glad to see MALCOLM WILLIAMS (1 949- 55), who was elected a member of the Lodge. We have very close li nks with the Old Lawrentian and Old D ovorian Lodges . We visi t each other's Lodges and every year, in the sum mer, a jo int meeting is held at Can terbu ry, Ramsgate or Dover, each Lodge taking it in turn to sponsor the meeting a t o r nea r its school. Th is year we met at Ramsgate. Next yea r it is our turn to act as hosts a t the meeting to be held at Canterbury in, we ho pe, the School itself, when we shall expect a good attendance of our own members and friends to welco me members of the other two Lodges. 70

H.M.S. " BELFAST" IN THE MEDITERRANEAN [D. P. R. Hews

Our regular meetings are held at the .Mostyn Ho tel in London .on the fourth T hursday in February. April September and November, at which we shall always be delighted to see O.K.S. who are Masons and ~lso Masons who are fathe rs of O.K.S. or of boys at present in the School. O.K.S. who are think ing of joining the Lodge are invited to write to the Secretary, A. Fox-M ALE, 8 Enmore Road, Putney, S.W.1 5, who will gladly supply full details regarding membership.

SILVER WEDDING MOWLL- HoLDEN.- W. R. Mowll (l919- 27) to Mary G iffard Ho lden on 24th September, 1938, at Willey Parish Church, Godahn ing.

ENGAGEMENTS LILLY- MUTIER.- P. E. I. Lilly (1952- 57) to Meryl Neilson Mutter of Llanishen, Cardiff. EASTY- MARTINOVlc.- D. L. Easty (1947- 51) to Sozana Ma rtinovic of Johannesburg.

MARRIAGES AONEW- WALLACE.- The Revd. K . Agnew (1946- 53) to Audrey Wallace at Christ C hurch, New Brighton, on 24th August, 1963. SUNTER- RuSSELL.- Jack Sunter (1918- 27) to Jean Elizabeth Russell at Brompton Oratory, on 22nd November, 1963. WALTERS-MATII ERS.- R. G. Walters (1945--49) to Sheila Penelope Mathers, on 24th August, 1963. WILLIAMS- MuTrER.- A. A. J. Williams (1 953- 59) to Patricia Neilson Mutter at Llanishen, Ca rdiff, on 30th March, 1963.

BIRTHS VALPY.- On 23rd October, 1963, a daughter to Virgini a and Peter Valpy (l951 - 57). Wn.50N.- On 31st May, 1963, a daughter to Shirley and Alan Wilson (1 931--40). SNELL.- On 6th October, 1963, a daughter to Marietta and Roger Snell (195 1- 56).

OBITUARY MICHAEL WATSON (1943-47) Contemporaries of Michael Watson in The Grange will be sad to hear of his death last August, aged 34, after a crippling illness which had lasted ten years. Those who remember him as a mem ber of the Hockey 1st XI, a keen and excellent tennis-player, and always as a lively and cheerful member of the House, wiJl find it hard to think of Michael as an inval id. After Sand hurst, Watson was commissioned in the 4/1th Royal D ragoon, Gua rds, with whom he served in Egypt and North Africa. In 1953, while stationed in Tripoli , he contracted pol iomyelit is, which left him completely paralysed and confined fo r long periods in an iron lun g. Despite this terri ble handicap, he never complained nor allowed his mind to become inactive. The invalid ho ist that he designed is used in many hospitals throughout the country, and until recently he had been reviewing manuscripts fo r a well-known London publishing company. All who were with Michael in the School will wish to join in this express ion of our sympathy with his famil y in their loss. F.H.Y.

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CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL ... THE SCHOOL

THE SCHooL. .. SALVETE

VALETE VIRTUTE FuNCfJ MORE PA1RUM DUCES , ..

78 78 79

THIS AND THAT

HOLY WEEK

THE MARLOWE CELEBRATIONS

CORRESPONDENCE

CONTRIBUTIONS CmuSTOPHER MARLOWE AND

HIs

WILD SHE

NUGAE

THE

RA YEN AND THE DOVE

OVER THE HEATH

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ALDERMAN JAMES SIMMONS

BREAK, BREAK, BREAK • •••

SCHOOL

86 90 90 91 93 95 96

REVIEWS

98 100 102 107

PLAYS LEcrURES

MUSIC

BooK

KING'S SPORT HOCKEY

JUDO CLUB ... ThE BOAT CLUD BASKETBALL . . .

ATIILETICS

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CROSS-CoUNTRY SQUASH RACKETS

FENCING CLUB ROSSLYN PARK S£VEN-A-SIDES

110 114 115 116 117 118 119 119 120

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES SoCIETIES

122 123

MUSIC

126

O.K.S. NEWS

127 129 130

ST. ANDREWS LElTER

O .K.S. NEWS OBITUARIES ...

132

OUR CONTEMPORARIES

ILLUSTRATIONS

Frolltispiece

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ALDERMAN JAMES SIMMONS: BEFORE REsToRATION AFTER RESTORATION

94 95

CROSS-CoUNTRY TEAM

110 110 III 111

FIRST VII

130

FIRST XI HOCKEY

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FINAL OF THE ROSSLYN PARK SEVENS CROSS-CoUNTRY

THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XXX No.2

APRIL, 1964

EDITORIAL

Despite the theory that the best literature is generally held to be tragic, and that the tragic emotions of pity and fear are said to be the strongest, wit and humour seem to be equally interesting if not so stirring. Television, radio and records are excellent media for spreading wit, and constantly illustrate the fact that each nation has its own characteristics in humour as much as in anything else. They also show that many people have an ability and a willingness to take a situation or a part of life, and to present it in an amusing light through ridicule or exaggeration; their attitude may strike a balance between seriousness and frivolity. American humour, for example, reflects their fast-moving, bombastic, sometimes superficial way of life. Bob Hope quips a rapid monologue of comments on topical events and figures, and supplies blue jokes for the troops; Bob Newhart and Shelley Berman have a more ingenious knack of describing and of ridiculing modern situations, making good use 75

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0/ the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College,

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of bathos. Television shows like The Lucy Show and The Dick van Dyke Show move with great zest, but exist entirely in love-hate battles or in intricacies of plot and misunderstandings. The common factor in all these performances is a vigour of dialogue and action that carry the show whatever its quality, and the audience respond with seemingly automatic applause. English humour has two main streams, both utterly different from the American. Firstly there is the world of the semi-detached house in the suburb of an industrial city, where Tony Hancock, Harry Worth, and Terry Scott play the part of the common little man with illusions of grandeur, who inevitably encounters some unfortunate predicament. Sometimes thisÂˇcomedy moves to a lower class with Arthur Haynes or Steptoe and Son, where exaggerated situations, accents and class consciousness create the laughs. This type of humour is less bombastic than imported American shows, and possibly more subtle, but running adjacent to it is a humour that is quite different- the present craze for satire by imitation and exaggeration. Encouraged greatly by actors such as Peter Sellers, big-time revues now flourish, and such shows as Beyond the Fringe have made a notable impact on the entertainment world. This aspect of humour, with its combination of amusement and social comment, can be very useful, and indicates a refusal to tolerate incompetence and inefficiency more than does the Middle Class comedy of Hancock. Differences in national humour are interesting, but their similarity is more so, because common to all these types of humour is the determination to see the lighter side of life. Any school will have this determination in abundance, and in any given situation someone will find amusement, but there seems to be a more dangerous period at University age, where people feel overstrained by personal troubles, and suicide and attempted suicide rates are depressingly high. Comic relief and a sense of humour are never more necessary than when the mind and body are under stress. The balance between frivolity and overseriousness is delicate, but leads to a full life and an enjoyable one, which might perhaps serve as a definition of happiness. 76

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THE SCHOOL Captain of the School: N. R. Hall Head of Linacre House Head of Galpin's Head of Luxmoore House Head of School House Head of MarlolVe House Head of The Grange Head of Walpole House Head of Meister Omers

N . R. Hall H. R. Jackson A. V. Georgiadis W. R. Young S. J. Weaver J. L. J. Jaquet J. M. V. Butterfield M. J. N. Bridge SCHOOL MONITORS

N . R. Hall, H. R. Jackson, A. V. Georgiadis, W. R. Young, S. J. Weaver, J. L. J. Jaquet, J. M. V. Butterfield , M. J. N . Bndge, N. J. Paul, K.S., J. G. Ridley HOUSE MONITORS

S chool House: The Grange: Walpole House: Meisler Omers: Marlowe House:

D. G. van Asch, M.S., C. H. Brock, P. A. Croxford C. M. Chant, G. D. Eves, W. G . Osmond J. F. McKno, K.S., N. P. Rose M. J. Carter, S. J. O. Gurney, A. T. Trousdell, M. J. Wells, K.S. C. R. K. Heyland Luxmoore House: M. A. G. Beunett, R. B. Gale, M. D. Hull, W. A. Large, E. P. W. Slater, M.S. Galpin's: O. S. Essame, K.S., G. F. Langly-Smith, R. A. Moreen, G. H. SharwoodSmith, D. N. T. Walton Linacre House: T. J. N. Claye, A. A. Moggach, R. P. Ralph, J. H. Turner Captain of Boats Captaill of Hockey Captain of Shooting Captaill of Fencing Captain of Squash Rackets Captain of Athletics Captain of Cross-Country

D. N. T. Walton J. L. J. Jaquet P. R. Kermode J. F. H. Meredith M. J. Oldham J. G. Ridley S. J. Weaver

MONITOR FOR MUSIC

J. H. Turner The Cantuarian

Editors: The Captain of School (ex-officio), W. J. Watkins, J. Sturgess, Talbert, K.S. Secretary: N . F. Riddle 77

K.S.,

R . J. A.

SALVETE A. R. Amiot, N. C. Bacon, H. A. Baker, G. A. Blackmore, R. C. Case, R. J: Church, R. J. David, R. W. Davies, P. J. de Vroome, N. G. Economou~ P. M. C. Elliott, P. J. Faithfull, J. P. W. Ford, D. J. Greaves, W. J. Griffiths, J. R. Harnngton, R. C. J. Horton, P. Jamieson, P. L. Laney, J. A. R. McLean, J. A. Medcraft, P. L. Northen, J. C. Perry, N. McK. Rae, J. C. Richards, H. W. Richardson, M. P. Richmond-Coggan, N . J. S. Scott, S. P. C. Scott, E. C. N. Taylor, C. J. Trickett, J. A. Turtle, C. R. Wand-Tetley, A. B. J. Willett.

VALETE D. N. Bunce, J. S. Christie, C. J. Cox, A. M. Durnford, R. C. Evans, P. S. Hinds, P. T. Honeyman, A. N. King, P. F. W. Reynolds, M. S. Rhodes, M. D. Stone, J. C. D. Tutt, J. D. Wright.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES BARKER, S. S.- Came Sept. , '58 ; House Monitor, '62; School MOliitor, '63; Head of House and Vice-Captain of School, '63; 1st XV Colours, '61; Captain of Rugger, '63; 1st XI Cricket Colours, '62; Squash Colours, '63 ; Captain of Squash, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours, '62; Upper VI; Corporal, C.C.F., '63 . CLARK, R. W.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '62; 2nd VllI Colours, '62; 1st VIII Colours, '63; 2nd XV Colours, '62; 1st XV Colours, '63; C.S.M ., C.C.F., '63. DmLEY, H. L. S.- Came Sept., '58; M.S., '58; Riversleigh House Monitor, '62; House Monitor, '63; Upper VI; Sergeant, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '63; First Orchestra; Secretary of Madrigal Society; Choral Exhibition to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. HESSEY, G . A.- Came Jan., '59; House Monitor, '63; 1st XV Colours, '62; Secretary of Rugger Club, '63; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F., '63. HERRI NG, C. P.-Came Sept., '59 ; Hon. K.S. , '60; Upper VI; A.B. , Royal Naval Section, C.C.F., '63; Open Scholarsllip in Natural Sciences to Jesus College, Cambridge. INNES, C. P. W.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '63; Upper VI; Secretary of Art Society; Head Sacristan; Cadet, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '63. JOB, S. C.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '63; Upper VI; Corporal, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '63; Demyship in History to Magdalen College, Oxford. KEN NEDY, D. S.- Came May, '60; M.S., '60; Captain of Shooting, '63; First Orchestra; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F., '63. LEARMONTH, D.O.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; Upper VI; First Orchestra; Secretary of Bcllringing Society; Corporal, C.C.F., '63. MARSHALL, C. N.- Came SCPl., '59; K.S., '59; Sen. K.S., '61; Lardergate House Monitor, '62; House Monitor, '63 ; Head of House and School Monitor, '63; Upper VI; Flying Scholarship, '63; First Orchestra; Librarian; Sergeant, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F. , '63. MAYER, M. O. R.- Came Sept., '59; K.S., '59; House Monitor, '63; 2nd XI Hockey Colours, '62; 1st XI Hockey, '63; Upper VI; A.B., Naval Section, C.C.F., '63. PERRY, R. D. H.- Came May, '58 ; House Monitor, '63; Secretary of Photographic Society ; Upper VI; Corporal, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '63. POLLET, R. M.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '63; Fencing Colours, '63; Editor of The Calltuarian; Upper VI; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F., '63 . STAINTON, V. G . T.- Came Sept., '59; K.S., '59; 1st Coxing Colours, '61; 1st VIII Colours, '62; Upper VI; Corporal, R.A .F. Section, C.C.F., '63; Open Scholarship in History to Lincoln College, Oxford. 79

THIS AND THAT Confirmation

On Saturday, March 21st, 103 boys (16 from J.K.S.) were confirmed by the Archbishop, who honoured us by celebrating the Holy Communion in the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft on Sunday morning.

The Headmaster has appointed Mr. C. J. Millar to succeed Mr. H. W. Osmond as Housemaster of Linacre in September. Mr. Osmond became the first Housemaster of Linacre on its foundation in 1953 and Mr. Millar has been Housemaster of Lardergate Waiting House since 1961.

Linacre House

This term we were pleased to welcome five visiting preachel s at Evensong- the Right Reverend Morris Gelsthorpe, D.O., D.S.O., M.C., O.K.S.; the Venerable D. H. Booth, Archdeacon of Lewes; the Reverend Horace Spence, O.K.S., Honorary Chaplain; the Reverend Michael Mayne, O.K.S., Chaplain to the Bishop ofSouthwark; and the Reverend S. B-R. Poole, Vicar of Littlebourne and Honorary Chaplain. We have had a large number of lectures again this term on wide and very varied Lectures topics, ranging from "The Exploration of Space" to a political lecture by the Rt. Han. l ain Macleod. Unfortunately, Mr. Edward Crankshaw and Mr. R. H. S. Crossman, M.P., were unable to come down, but we hope to hear the laller speak early next term. We wo uld like to thank Mr. Mcdill for arranging these lectures. There have also been two Careers Lectures, the first on "Industry" by David Evans, Esq., O.K.S., the second on "Courses in Pure and Applied Sciences in Cambridge" by G. C. Smith, Esq., Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Visiting Preachers

On Wednesday, March 11th, the B. B.C. took over the Cloisters, Crypt and Dark Entry for filming T. S. Eliot's Murder ill th e Cathedral. For five days the Precincts were filled with lorries, vans, horse-boxes and equipment for this lavish production , which was televised on March 25th. It was interesting to see places we know so well on the screen and one could easily understand the problems of fi lming on location in indifferent weather and of fitting a large cast into a limited space, which accounted for the cramped look of many of the chorus scenes.

B.B.C.

On Tuesday, March 24th, the First XI played a team from the Dutch School V.C.L. , on tour in England , with whom the 1961 First XI stayed when they played at The Hague Hockey Festival. Persistent rain had left the ground almost unplayable, but King's won 5-0 and were invited to Holland again next year.

V.C.L.

The Music Circle were given a warm welcome by friends of the College where they gave a concert on Sunday, March 1st. The boys were impressed both by the hall they played in and by the hospitality they were offered. Most of the items had been performed already either at the Leas Cliff Hall last term, or at the Music Circle Concert on February 16th, and have been reviewed in The Cantuarian. Outstanding were the J. C. Bach Quintet in D major, Parry and Williams' performance of Schubert's Falltasy ill F minor a nd Arensky's Suite in C, and the brass quartet of Armstrong, McKno, Valentine and van Aseh. Our thanks are due to Dr. Mason for inviting the Music Circle to play and we hope that future visits will be : : : / Christ Church College Concert

. On Sunday, February 23rd, a number of senior boys entertained WIlton Park Conference a very cosmopohtan group from Wilton Park in the Societies . Room. Basically ~ social gathering, many interesting topics were dIscussed, and those concerned would hke to thank the orga nizers for an interesting and unu sual evening. A.R.C.M. Non Angli sed Angeli

Congratulations to A. Maries (1958-1963) on gaining his A.R.C.M. Misprint from the newspaper account of an O.K.S.' wedding: "The wedding took .place rec~n tly at the Church of St. Michael of All Angles . ... " (multIlateral rehglOn ?);, The artIcle contmued : "For travelling, the bride wore an oatmeal SUIt (evIdently as a safeguard against hunger on the Journey!)

Student Master

We have been pleased to have Mr. J. A. F letcher with us this term as a Student Teacher in History, and hope that he has enjoyed his stay in Canterbury.

The Sanatorium

We would like to welcome Miss P. Phillips as San. Sister this term from Rossall. The winter has been mild and, consequently, the number of vIsItors to the San. has been constant, though never great.

On Thursday, February 20th, the so-called History Vln visited the Law Courts and the House of Commons. It was unfortunate that the current cases in the La,,: Courts were not concerned with the most interesting topics, but QuestIOn TIme In the House of Commons provided entertainment for everybody, though some seem to have been disillusioned about the Legislature in practice. History VIB Outing

Observed by HVIA Special Subject Student: " He was an outspoken Underclothed? cntlc of the Trade Umons .... and .... he successfully moved in the . . !'louse of C.ommons :,or the setting up of a select committee to inquire IOta workIngmen s combInatIOns . . .. (Chartist Studies, Asa Briggs. ) .. . R .. M. Sutton (1945- 1956) has been chosen to represent Great Hockey DlstlReltons BntaIn IO the comIng Olympic Games. C. R. K. Heyland has . been selected ~s reserve for the England Schools XI, and with C. S. K. AustIn and L. A. P. French he IS to represent the Kent Schools in the Inter-County Schoolboys' Tournament in April. The following names are to be added to the list of awards published in last term's Cantuarian :H. L. S. DIBLEY, Choral Exhibition to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. S. C. Jon, Demyship in History to Magdalen College, Oxford. V. G. T. STAINTON, Open Scholarship in History to Lincoln College, Oxford. D. G. VAN ASCH, Choral Scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. University Awards

A party from the School went to a concert given by the R.P.O. at the Simon Langton Boys' School on Friday, 6th March. The music heard ranged from Beethoven to Kodaly. An O.K.S., T. G. Good (1956- 59) was playing wi th the orchestra.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical Reading

Congratulations to M. J. Wells and R. J. A. Talbert on winning the Senior Latin and Greek Prizes respectively in the Kent Classical Association's Reading Competition; also to M. J. H. Wood , who was

runner-up in the Junior Latin section.

Chapel Collections- Lent Term, 1964 ÂŁ s. d.

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Oxford Mission to Calcutta Royal National Institute for the Blind The Mission to Lepers ... Kent Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society Oxford Committee for Famine Relief General Expenses Freedom from Hunger Campaign

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Congratulations to the 1st VIII and to the 1st VII for their successes on Wednesday, March II tho In the Schools' Head of the River Race the 1st VIlT won, for the third time, by a convincing four seconds from U.C.S. and Emanuel Colts. Meanwhile at Tonbridge, in the Kent Schools' Seven-a-Side championship, King's, having beaten Tonbridge 2nd VII, Sutton Valence, Harrow Grammar School and Eastbourne, defeated Dulwich 25-6 in the final , thus reversing the 1962 result. This boded well for the Public Schools' Tournament at Rosslyn Park, where, after a close victory in the first round, King's dominated every match they played , finally defeating St. Edward's, Liverpool, 30- 0. A full report appea rs elsewhere in this issue.

Sevens and Eights

We were very sorry to hear of the recent death of Jessica Grice, who for some years was Sister at the Sanatorium. Though forced by increasing ill-health to give up her work, she lost none of her close interest in the boys and welfare of the School.

Sister Grice

The Lent Term is a mere ten weeks in length; sport, though varied, is frequently washed or frozen out (though less often this year than in many others), illness keeps a steady number of boys at home or in the San., minds seem chilled and progress in school is slow. Accordingly, The Cantuariafl, April number, is a slim issue, and the Editors store space for the summer. The emphasis this term has been particularly on a Holy Week and Easter spent at School and on the Marlowe Celebrations, to commemorate which Dr. Urry has contributed a special article. The contributions though few, are of high quality, we feel , and we should like to thank especially S. R . St. J. Neill for the last of his many and varied articles submitted to the

The Cantuarian

magazine.

HOLY WEEK On ~alm Sunday evening Mr. Harding set the scene for that Holy Week centuries ago, deSCrIbIng Jerusalem as seen from the Mount of Olives, then gOIng deeper into the heart of the divided city and finally transferring Judas' kiss of betrayal into the modern context of the denial of Christ by those who misuse love and religious devotion. This theme was developed at the Monday Voluntary Service, the first of four such short intimate services and we. saw the purity and self-control of Christ against the background ~f bigoted Judais~ epItomIsed by Calaphas and Annas; on Tuesday the focus was on the antithesis between the egotism and self-deception of Herod and his court and Christ truth and love incarnate' on Wednesday Christ's unwavering resolution and strength of purpose were compared to the so-called Roman justice of the .weak and vacillating Pilate. The story was concluded WIth Chnst beanng the cross of the SillS of the world along the road to Golgotha, where it was to stand a dark, omll1ous scar agall1st the pure blue of the sky, raising love triumphant above th~ weaknes~ and ~rror of those who are like Caiaphas, Annas, Herod and Pilate. Out of the tnals and trIbulatIOns of that dramatic week shine forth the love of God and the universal ?pportunity, irre~pective of colour, means or status, of coming within the strengthenIng embrace of HIS outstretched arms by receiving the body and blood of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. On Good Friday th~ School attended a service in the Nave at 9.30 a.m., consisting of an abbreVIated Matms WIth a plal~-song psalm , the Sarumfrom the Litany sung in procession and part.of the Ante-CommunIon. The Cathedral ChOIr gave a most moving performance of AllegrI's M,serere and sang the Responsory IVfor Good Friday set to music by Vittoria follo wed by John of Portugal's Faithfit! Cross by the School Choir. In the evening the MadrIgal SocIety WIth N. D. S. Curhs, O.K.S., performed Charles Wood's Passion to a large congregation in the Crypt- the Headmaster read the prayers. Compline was sung by a small gro up on Saturday evenmg In preparation for the Holy Communion on Easter Day, at which there were nearly 350 communicants.

THE MARLOWE CELEBRATIONS On February 26th, 1564, Christopher Marlowe, poet and playwright, was christened in St. George's Chu~ch, Canterbury. In 1579 he became a scholar of this School, before going on to COf]~US Chnstl College, CambrIdge. The School has therefore been taking a considerable part III the Canterbury celehratlOns III honour of the q uatercentenary of his birth. On the morning of Saturday, February 22nd, a procession that included the Mayor and CorporatIOn, the Dean, Lord Bossom, President of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, the Master of Corpus Christi, the Headmaster, the Second Master and twelve Kin8,'s Scholars, went from St. Thomas's Hall to . SI. George's Tower, where'the Mayor unveIled a plaque III honour of Marlowe, and on to the Ma rlowe Memorial in the Dane John Gardens, where various wreaths were laid, including one from the School, of flowers m the pattern of the School crest. M. J. Wells and A. R. B. Clark meanwhile recited extracts from the poet's works. That evening the S~cond Master was present at a Banquet given by the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, at which the Mayor called Marlowe "the greatest of the sons of Canterbury". Mr. P. Pollak and S. J. Weaver represented Marlowe House at the service of commemoration in the Cathedral on Sunday, February 23rd. 83

On the Saturday afternoon a fair-sized audience had listened to a programme of Elizabethan music in the Chapter House. Two local papers said that this programme had been put on by "a group of King's Scholars". Many of the School went to see Marlowe's Jew of MalIa, on at the Marlowe Theatre in the previous week. There was a suggestion that Corpus Christi College might bring their production of Tamburlaine to Canterbury in the summer, and this visit has now been fixed for Friday, June 19th. The Headmaster hopes that for the English Speech on Speech Day we may have a short extract from the works of Marlowe.

CORRESPONDENCE Walpole House. To the Editors O/THE

CANTUARIAN.

Dear Sirs, Of all games Association Football is the most truly international. There is not a country in the world where it is not played and watched; its popularity is universa l and its excitement can be intense.

The game is basically uncomplicated but offers tremendous scope for combined performance with infinite variations in defence and attack. Being played with a round ball, the results of a player's ski ll and energy are predictable. The seventeen laws of the game, given to the world by the British, arc simple; they can be learnt quickly. are easy to observe and difficult to break without detection. It is in every sense a natural game. Yet the game demands a high standard of physical fitness, depends on a variety of individual skills, and above all, places an emphasis on the intellect. Individual competence is not enough, for modern football is essentially a precision game of passing and depends on the positional sense of the players. An ability "to play without the ball" demands intelligence as well as stam ina. For the tho ughtful pla)er, soccer offers a very real sa tisfaction which increases with maturity. Why do we like many other schools, therefore, cut ourselves off from this great international soccer pastime 7 There is a case for examining now whether Association Football should be introduced as a second winter game. We should not in the long run lack opponents. To name but a few of the Southern Schools already playing soccer, there are Aldenham, Bradfield, Charterhouse, Eton, Highgate, Lancing and Westminster. Finally, it may be worth mentioning that supported by about thirty enthusiasts, a team playing under the title of "King's Taverners" has met several local soccer clubs on Sundays during the Lent Term, wit h varying degrees of success as the fo llowing table may show:Played 7

WOIl 3

Drawll 0

Lost 4

Cobls For

Agaillst 41

However, we had a thoroughly enjoya ble time and are most grateful for all the help and encouragement given to us by the Manager, Trainer and Professional Staff of Canterbury City Football Club. Perhaps we can look forward to playing on a wider sca le in the future. Yours faithfully. D. L. WOOD.

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CONTRIBUTIONS CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE AND HIS SCHOOL- a study by Dr. W. G. Urry

WILD SHE- a sonnet by D . I. R. K. Burge

NUGAE-Verses by F. I. McC. Hazeel

THE RAVEN AND THE DovE- a narrative by S. R .

st.

J. Neill .. .

OVER THE HEATH- a poem by D. I. R. K. Burge

ALDERMAN JAMES SIMMONs-a biographical sketch

BREAK, BREAK, BREAK- a fragment by D. W. Gostling

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE AND HIS SCHOOL

William Urry

Christopher Marlowe was baptised on 26th February, 1564. Thereafter he disappears from view un til his admission as a Scholar at the "Queen's School" at Christmas and the New Year, 1578-9. From Canterbury he removed to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where the first documentary evidence for his arrival there is the well-known entry in the Buttery Book, recording expenditure by the cautious shoemaker's son of the frugal sum of one penny about 10th December, 1580. Where did Christopher go to school before his emergence as a Scholar? That he had in fact been to school is self-evident, since in the 16th century a boy no more plunged uneducated straight into a Scholar's place, than he does in the 20th century. Possibly Christopher Marlowe had been a Commoner before he became a Scholar, though it is highly improbable that John Marlowe had about him the price of the fees. Perhaps Sir Roger Manwood (reputed to be a benefactor to Marlowe) intervened at this point. It appears thaf in the Tudor age the Headmaster ran a School House as a profit-making concern, where boys boarded, both Scholars on the Foundation, and pupils whose parents paid both for their keep and tuition. There may well indeed have been dayboys whose parents paid for tuition alone. Unfortunately we have little knowledge of the private-enterprise activities of 16th century Headmasters, though we know that John Twyne, Headmaster until 1560, had boarders in his house. Christopher might again have come to the School (as have so many boys since his day) via the Cathedral Choir. His younger brother Thomas is unquestionably identical with the choirboy of that name in 1589. Probably Christopher started off as a child at one of the small private schools known to exist in the area. There is evidence in the Registers of Licences among the Diocesan Records deposited in the Cathedral Library, for the issue of permits to Schoolmasters, sometimes graduates, to teach local youth. There is occasionally positive evidence for the existence of such a private school. In 1609 a man at Hackington named William Skinner told how he had come up from Smeeth near Folkestone some sixty years before to Canterbury to go to school. He had lodged with his uncle in St. Peter's parish, and had attended school in a house which, from his description of its site, must have been in the building now occupied by The Weavers Jewellery Shop close to King's Bridge. William Skinner told, moreover, of another school held across the road in the dwelling next to Eastbridge Hospital, now represented by a milk bar and a newspaper office. The school, officially connected with the Hospital, was held at a later time in the Chapel there and lasted into the 19th century. 86

In Marlowe's day the ](jng's (or Queen's) School was situated in the Mint Yard, and housed in the Almonry, a long range of buildings flanking the Mint Yard on its southern side. The Almonry had in effect formed a separate monastic house, a fact recognised by Henry VIIl, who had confiscated it and its endowments, while leaving the Cathedral and its property more or less intact. The Almonry was reco vered by the intervention of Cardinal Pole, and had sheltered the School since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign. As far as can be deduced (following wanton destruction of the Almonry during the decanate of Henry Alford, 1857- 187 1), the western end of the range had previously served as lodgings for the College of Pnests smgmg offices 10 the Almonry Chapel. These lodgings formed the Headmaster's House. The eastern part of the range had constituted the Chapel itself, and was now the main schoolroom, raised over a spacious basement. On the western side

of the Mint Yard, north from the Headmaster's House, was the dwelling of the Usher, at tillS stage Mr. Robert Rose. The last-mentioned had himself been a Scholar at Canterbury and had both sufficient affection for his old school and regard for his profession to found rhe Rose Exhibitions. He was a young man (probably in his early twenties) whcn he became Usher (by 1572) and might have been thirty or more when he was teaching Christopher Marlowe. He seems to have gone to live at Bishopsbourne at a later date, where he was called in to witness the will of Richard Hooker (d. 1600), author of the LalV of Ecclesiastical Polity. Rose died

in 1620 and was buried in the Cathedral on 31st May in that year. Woodruff and Cape obscrve that little is known of John Gresshop, who was Headmaster from 1566 until about the end of 1579, and who consequently must have been known to Marlowe for half his career as a Scholar. If Marlowe had been, as is highly probable, a Commoner, then he would have known Gresshop as Headmaster (and as such, a tremendous formative innuenee on any boy's life) proportionately longer. Woodruff and Cape are wro ng : on the contrary quite a lot can be discovered about Mr. Gresshop and his personality.

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As indicated, he dicd about the cnd of 1579. An inventory, dated 23rd February, 1580, was prepared of all his goods and chattels, by William Swift, Minor Canon and Parson of St. Andrew's, Canterbury, Mr. William Brownc, another Minor Canon, and John Marden, Lay Clerk. In tile Inventory we find listed all the apparel which must have been so familiar to the boys- a Spanish leather jerkin, doublets, a cloak with sleeves, a round cloak witll silver clasps, an old gown, a best gown, with the surplice and hood wherein the Headmaster arrayed himself to lead his scholars to church. Did Mr. Gresshop use his silver wllistle (mentioned among his trin kets) to call the boys in from play? There are signs of boarders in the schedule of goods, in the shape of "five coarse sheets for boys". Gresshop died leaving a considerable collection of debts. These are duly listed in the register of the Canterbury Consistory Court (which had probate jurisdiction). The bills are of a sufficicnt size to suggest that these are something more than accounts run up by a small household (Gresshop seems to have been unmarried). Surely he did not consume almost single-handed 27s. 6d. wo rth of chemist's stuff from Symes the apothecary, or manage to devo ur 24s. 3d. wo rth of meat from Potter the butcher? Clearly we have here not bills for an ordinary domestic establishment but large-scale school accounts. It is notoriously difficult to work out modern equivalcnts for 16th century sums of money but 87

it may be observed that each of the above sums is eq ui valent to about .five months' pay for a skilled craftsman in Canterbury. It must have been the boarders (either Commoners or Scholars) who consumed the medicines, meat and other commodities listed in the schedule of debts. There are two bills from shoemakers, one of exceptIOnal mterest. Thomas Dyrkyn submits an account for 36s., evidently for footwear, while his wife submits a bill on her own account for 9s. for fees for nursing Gresshop during his last illness. Thomas Dyrkyn 's bill alone is of sufficient size to suggest that the demands are not for goods supplied for the personal use of the Headmaster alone. One pair of boots (as we shall see below) could be obtained for 5s. The other shoemaker's bill is submitted by John Marlowe himself. The ent ry runs : Item comparu it Johannes M arlcy . ... shoemaker qui

petijt de bonis dicti defuncti xxij s iiij d. per billam exhibitam et fecit fidem saving of v' for Mungeys bootes xvij s iiij d reserved by me John Marley xvj s iiij d [sic] The note of receipt is in the unmistakeable. handwritin,g of John Marley (Marlowe), Christopher's father. As observed, the entry IS of exceptIona l mterest fOrlt means that whi le Christopher was stud ying his Latin and Greek, the feet of some of hIS schoolmates were shod in Marlowe footwea r. It ma y be remarked that the name "Mungey", if such

it be offers considerable difficulty in transcriptio n .. There is a forest of vertical strokes, offering ground fo r what palreographers call " minim corruption" . I have not succeeded

in tracing such a surname in this area . "Mu ngey" we take to ~e a boardc: a ll~ a C?rnmoner since the scholars' lists afford no such name, or allythlllg resemblIng It. Might the na~ne as it stands in the MS. be a mistranscript ion for the ancient Kcnt ish name Monnings?

Most valuable among the documents relating to Gresshop's goods and chattels is the list of his books. The compilers of the inventory first contented themselves with mentioning the books "in the upper study" by numbers. This "upper study", it is qu ite clear, was entered by a door lead ing from the schoolroom itself. Old print s of the schoolhouse before the destruction in the last century show a large bay-wmdow at the 11Igh l evel proJectmg oyer the way leading to the Green Court Gate. We may therefore Imagme ourselves passmg through the schoolroom door into the study (llOiJlg towards the direction of Palace Street), and find ing the bay-window on the left. The Inventory shows that m the wUldow stood 36 books. On the eastern side, to the left of the wmdow (as we face south), I'Unnmg Into the corner near the schoolroom door, is a shelf. On this shelf stand 114 books. On the other (Palace Street) side of the window are two shelves. The uppe~ bears 28 books, and the lower 36 books. Every time the schoolroom door opened Chnstopher Marlowe and hIS classmates must have caught a glimpse of these rows of books. By some inspiration for which we cannot be too grateful , tile compilers of the inventory now decided to list the books separately by author and tItle. As a result we have a pearl of great price the library catalogue of a 16th century bibliophile, who owned a collection larger alm~s t than any other recorded outside the ranks of bishops and noblem~n. Sears Jane, who did not know of the Gresshop catalogue, irsts nothIng of comparable SIZe (apart from libraries in noble and episcopal households). There are more than 300 books. We have not space here to discuss the collection, which m.erits the prolonged attention of a skilled bibliographer, but we may remark that willie biographers have laboured to shew 88

that Marlowe drew inspiration for his plays from books to which he had access at Cambridge, we now know that he co uld have seen some of them at Canterbury. For example, the Headmaster had a copy of Munster's Cosl11ographia, a very obvious source for Tambur/aille. The woodcut of Bajazet in his mobile cage looks like the basis for the staging of Act V, Sc. ii in Tambur/aine. We notice among the books a few copies of Nowell's Catechisme (price 2d. each) . These look very much like the tail-end of a consignment of copies for class-use. Did John Marlowe and other fathers find a copy of the Catechisme charged UP. among extras at the end of the term? Though we have not the names of Commoners who knew Marlowe at School (apart, perhaps, from "Mungey"), we have a list of Scholars. Some of these can be traced years later as parochial clergy in the D iocese of Canterbury, and no doubt a study of names of clergy in other d ioceses would bring to light further names. The careers of certain other boys can be fo llowed. There are two lawyers, the common lawyer, Ralph Grove, attorney in the Canterbury City courts, and ultimately Town Clerk. The other is Leonard Sweeting, son of Revd . William Sweeting, the parish priest of St. George's, in Marlowe', youth. Leonard Sweeting was admitted Notary Public, and in time collected a library of his own. In 1608 he drew up a catalogue of his collection, disclosing in among his lawbooks a copy of Hero alld Leallder by his old classmate. Another boy, Henry Bromerick, may be identical with the army captain Henry Brumbrick, who was loafi ng around Canterbury into the reign

of James I, getting himself and other people into trouble. Isaac Clark in the school list is undoubtedly the well-known Canterbury builder and decorator who rigged up his scaffold and whitewashed out St. Andrew's Church in 1624 or 1625. There are two remarkable clerical dissenters from the Church of England. Henry Jacob (Jacobs) sitting on the benches in 1579 with Christopher Marlowe can hardly be other than the Precentor of Corpus Christi College, Oxford , who retired with the Brownists to Holland. He set up the Congregationalist Church in Southwark, and crossed the ocean to preach in Virginia. Another boy who evidently travelled a long way from the Mint Yard , both geographically and spiritually, was Samuel Kennett. This youth was sti ll at school late in 1579. By 1582, when he is described as elegans juven;s, he had some post in the Tower of London, His contact with

Roman Cathol ic prisoners had a dramatic effect upon him. He was converted, slipped away to the seminary at Rheim s and by August, 1583 was at Rome itself. Jolm Gresshop might have been astonished if he could have foreseen one of his pupils being ordained at the Lateran on 27th May, 1589. In the summer of 159 1 Samuel Kennett was sent to England as a missionary priest. He escaped , however, death and torment, the normal fate of his

kind, and lived to take vows (in 1603) as a Benedictine monk! John Gresshop's pupils achieved a variety of different fates. AUTHORITIES: References have not been provided as the writer hopes to publish the above (with sources) in a morc ex tensive form within measurable tim e. Great thanks must,

however, be returned to Father Anstruther, of Leicester Priory, for the material relating to Samuel Kennett.

'Vild SIte

B. I. B. K . nltrye

Wild she; I wish she was. Deep in her blood where the gipsy devil stirs and leers at pale society, she is. For us, the flood of impulse lies unseen, imprisoned by our stale customs. 1 glimpse her in a violet shade, and in her misty eyes there seems to swirl an untamed spirit still. The lamp black curl of hair spells Irish magic. She made a wistful darkling sylph :- 1 could love this girl. She belongs on gusty shores, with sea winds to toss her hair, and tug her lips into a wild smile; Oh, blow away the moth town dust, then moss soft salty eyes can flash again, or whirl with lawless gipsy freedom all the while.

Nltgae

F. I. AleC. Hazeel i Heart pulse on heart pulse as blushed love forces restraint on all eagerness. If you forget but once, your indiscretion is blackbooked, of-all-book-regarded. ii Do not pluck the bloom that delicately blossoms on her breastwait, control and first calm yourself, then deviate the tender-first emotion look love, respond, though tempted

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THE RAVEN AND THE DOVE

S. R. St. J. Neill

One often thinks of the dawn as a time of release from the darkness of the night, but to those in peril over the sea, where death lurks above and below, it brings a terrible nakedness, tearing aside the covering veil of darkness and exposing them to hostile eyes. The Liberator droned across the wrinkled face of the ocean at two thousand feet, her crew searching for V-boats; at ten thousand feet six Messerschmidts circled like hawks, seeking whom they might destroy. They came howling down like wolves, cannon blazing. The Liberator's turret-guns spat like wildcats: the pilot flung her savagely round the sky: but the fighters could make rings round him. Almost at once one engine dissolved in a shower of fragments under the hail of lead from a cannon. One Messerschmidt plunged towards the sea, trailing smoke. No-one bothered to find out what happened to it: there were still the living to be killed. It would not take long : the result of the fight was a foregone conclusion. Pieces fl aked off the wings, off the tail, off the fuselage as the fighters swarmed around the Liberator. The pilot yelled, ' 'I'll try and hold her steady, boys. aet going!" Clark, the navigator, grabbed the pigeons and his inflatable dinghy, rolled out of the door; his opening 'chute clutched the air, hauling him back past the tail of the 'plane. The radio operator was just following him when under a fighter's cannonade the starboard wing gave way at the root, ripping away from the fu selage with a terrifying noise of tearing wood and metal. The big 'plane rolled over like a shot bird, its whole wing skying, and whirled down into the grey sea to disintegrate in a white rose, the petals flecked with cracked metal and splintered wood. The shattered wing flapped down with a flat smack and sank. Nothing was left- nothing but an oil-stick and a few pieces of wood for forty tons of 'plane and five men. The fighters wheeled round and flew off in triumph. Fifty feet down swam the shark, in an azure world roofed with the crumpled silver of the waves and floored with black infinity. He swam with a rhythm as regular and effortless as the beat of some gigantic heart, with the sinuous efficiency of a thousand million years' practice, the age-old, the ultimate killer. A tremendous noise, like the ripping of flesh and crackling of bones, shuddered through the water. Steel muscles contracted; with great sweeps of his tail he rowed himself round, pointed his nose towards it and began to rise as slowly as a surfacing submarine. Clark hit the sea with heavy inevitability: the cold of the grey water was nothing to the icy, numbing grip on his heart. His body went automatically through the routine of survival; his mind watched it with chilly, surrealistic detachment. Unhook the 'chute, flick the CO 2 switch on the dinghy inflation cylinder, wait for it to inflate, clamber in like a toad humping over the lip of a well, heave the pigeon box out of the water, scribble a message- position, time of ditching-take out one pigeon, clip the message on its leg, fling it into the air, repeat with the second pigeon, and relapse into the inertia of a steady struggle against delirium and death. The pigeons flapped with furious has te up out of the reach of the clutching sea, swung round and sped away, leaving him tossing alone. 91

Not long afterwards, Clark, looking idly at the floating wreckage, saw a box, moving slowly. Strange; he watched it to see whether it would drift clear away from the rest. He noticed a second, smaller box, follo wing the first onc, bobbing in the water, as if something was nibbling at it .... Shark! Suddenly he realiscd what lay beneath those two black triangles, no w cur ving round to in vestigate another piece of wreckage; with

horror he realised it must be a huge one, j udging by the great separation of its two fins. Panic-stricken, hc seized his paddle and splashed furiou sly to gct away from it. Too late he realised he had done the wrong thing ; the fi sh turned and headed straight for him , the regular beat of its tail quickening; there was no ho pe of outpacing it. He stopped paddling. Slowly thc leviathan grew clearer as it approached, the grey shadow wavering under the fins resolving itself into the great barrel of the body, python-striped with the dancing shadows of the waves; the triangular adder head; the pale maw; the blank saucer eyes which stared incuriously up at him. Clark sat silent, anxious not to do anything to annoy it. It nuzzled the dinghy; this was too much for his strained nerves. He aimed a terrific blow at it with his paddle. The reaction was catastrophic: the shark stood on its head, the swinging scythe of its tail knocking the dinghy clean out of the water, and dived in a great swirl of foam. Clark hurriedly righted the dinghy, rescued his paddle and clambered in, wet and frozen. There was a low hum, as of a distant bumblebee, from the east, getting steadily louder. Clark strained his eyes and at last picked up a white speck in the north-east, down-sun of him. It grew and suddenly changed into a minute aircraft, droning stead ily on; its slow speed and ponderous lines marked it as a Flying Porcupine. On it he fixed a gaze so intense as almost to draw it physically towards him. They must have picked up the S.O.S. from the Liberator; how amazingly quickly they had arrived! The 'plane flew on imperturbably and vanished over the western horizon ; and Clark 's hopes sank like lead to the bottom of the sea. High in the sky hung a li ttle black cross, which flickered, and flickered again, and closed up into a tiny spot. The spot expanded, as if it were being blown up by a zoom-lens, and kept on expanding. The pigeon saw and threw itself around the sky in terror; the falcon went past it like a dropping bomb and clawed its head off as it went ; a puff of feathers and the pigeon crumpled and plunged do wn as the Liberator had . The peregrine tluew up, swung round, grabbed it neatly in taloned feet and bore it on swift wings to the eyrie; there, a scrap of paper blew about among the featllers. The shark rose again and strolled round and round him, like a tiger circling the base of a tree. Hour after hour they watched each other and waited, Clark just dropped from a world of progress in the sky into a timeless sea, where death went on as it had always done, the fish in its element, skilled in all the tricks. The sun was sinking from its zenith when Clark heard that low hum again. This time the 'plane was in the south, the sun falling less fully on it, so it took him longer to see it. He watched it with an agonising mixture of joy and hope which almost clouded his senses, so at first he did not grasp the meaning of the slow shortening of its fuselage ; not till one wingtip crept out behind its nose. He had been seen! The flying-boat advanced on him slowly, waggled its wings and swooped over him with a great roar, darkening the sky. A touch of panic seized him as it flew on, till he realised that the wind was from the south 92

and it must land up-wind. The shark had gone. He was home and dry. Unless the Messerschmidts came again . ... Sure enough the 'plane swung round agai n, turning with all the caution of a heavy lorry on ice, and came in, and dropped slowly down and ground to a halt in a tortured sea

some sixty yards away, drifting slightly in the wind, then came on slowly. He paddled towards it gradually, very gradually, for the cold and the watching had drained the strength from him. The hull towered above him, the great wing covered him. Strong hands hauled him through the hatch ; he almost co llapsed in the joy of safety. The engines roared as the pilot set about lifting his 'plane off the surface of the dangerous sea. Slowly he began to rise through the mists of unconsciousness and told them what had happened, vaguely, intermittently, li ke one who has just run a hard race. There were questions he wanted to ask, \too, in snatches above the even roar of the engines. "Got a message from base", said the pilot. "Pigeon came in with your position. Came and did a box search. " "How many pigeons did yo u say?" "J ust the onc."

"Funny . . .. " "Saw you on the first leg: not too soon either, eh 1" "This base coming up ?"

"Sure: bet yo u never thought you'd see it." The floor tipped gently as the Porcupine went in to land. One pigeon, just the one ....

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They, centrally heated, off to bed and dully fade in safe and stagnant sleep. I sigh and scratch (not knowing), shrug my jeans around me, slide out. dark in night. The sky is fogged with dirty orange glow, 93

like deep wet sand. I walk across the heathquickly by shadowy treesto Hampstead, a blurry waif, reflecting on drizzly paving stones, and pass sad grey alleyssmuggling-like- as I leans down the street. I peer into coffee bars; through steam wet windows contented faces peep back and smile hello, grinning thickly. Faces I know, yet hearts that shrivel behind convention, warm and red beneath the frosty social crust: These depth less friends and superficial tones veneer our feelings: groups of twos and threes all looking much the same:just clothes and bones, with hollow smiles to ease

the city squeeze. No truth or passion shows on those uplifted moony faces, hanging smokily there, undulating, throbbing to husky jazz. Quite suddenly I feel like screaming, and glance in crazy panic down the street, but flickering neon tears my eyes, and clashes zig-zag against the night. Is this the city? or madness?

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THE PORTRAIT OF ALDERMAN JAMES SIMMONS BEFORE RESTORATION ["Ken/ish Gazette"

ALDERMAN JAMES SIMMONS

Recent research into the history of Canterbury by Mr. Philip Blake has shown that a portrait, long hanging neglected in the boiler room of the Municipal Buildings, depicts one of the city's greatest benefactors at the height of his career. Restored by the Hon. G. B. Money-Coutts of Ash, the portrait has been re-hung in the Mayor's Parlour. James Simmons was baptised at St. Mary Bredman's Church on January 21st, 1741, the son of Mary and William Simmons, a Freeman of Canterbury as a barber. In the Christmas Term of 1750, James Simmons entered the King's School as a sCholar uuder the guardianship of one John Lade, who may be identified with the Mayor of 1756-57 and 1761-62, and he remained there until the Easter Term, 1755. On June 7th, 1757, he was apprenticed to Thomas Greenhill of London, printer and stationer, and became free by service in July, 1764, thus also becoming a Freeman of the City of London. Two and a half years later he had returned to Canterbury, where he took out his Freedom of the City by "the copy of his father"-by birth- and in May, 1768, the first issue of the Kentish Gazette appeared. By the age of 27, James Simmons had reached a considerable position and was a fullyfledged newspaper proprietor. With his partner, George Kirkby, he also did general printing, the most famous publication being the folio edition of Hasted's History of Kent. For many years their printing was carried out at the King's Arms Printing Office in Christ Church Yard, now known as The Precincls, where Simmons also lived. On January 11th,

1776, he married Charlotte Mantell of Tenterden, one of the last of a very old family long settled in Kent. [n 1788 the Canterbury Bank was founded with Simmons, George Gipps and his nephew, Henry, as co-founders. By this time he must have been a man of some wealth to even consider such a scheme, and it was at this time that he first entertained ideas about a

Canterbury to Sandwich Bay canal, for bringing 100-ton vessels to Canterbury. In 1811 an act was obtained for this, but the company, not founded until 1825, was shattered in the financial crash of 1826. It is interesting to note that, even had the canal been constructed, the railway age would have given it very short shrift. Simmons was especially eager for this canal, as he had milling interests in Canterbury as lessee of the Abbots' Mill from 1791, when he and Joseph Royal rebuilt the mill at a cost of over ÂŁ8,000 to designs by John Smeaton, a great name in English engineering. Hasted describes the mill as of " such curious and strong mechanical powers as to be able to grind and dress from 500 to 700 quarters of corn weekly". All its historic machinery was, unfortunately, destroyed by fire in 1931. Simmons' contribution to the City was unique. As an Alderman he served continuously for 33 years and was elected Mayor in 1776-77 and again 1788-89. His greatest benefaction to Canterbury was the Dane John Gardens, which he levelled and laid out at his own expense. He also provided the 600 yard long walk round the ramparts of the City 95

THE PORTRAIT AFTER RESTORATION ["Kent ish Gazette"

Wall and built the Riding Gate bridge-a fine stone one (not the present iron one)- to connect the walk with the later St. George's Terrace. It was mainly due to James Simmons that the city streets were paved, and in 1806 he gave £2,000 Consolidated Bank Stock to the Corporation as a contribution towards cutting the new street from High Street to Palace Street- now called Guildhall Street. He a lso built the bridge at the end of St. Radigund's Street, and in 1802 he lent the Corporation £ 1,000 to help them clear off the debt on the Cattle Ma rket on condition that they did not sell the Saracen's Head for this purpose-since then someone has gone against his wishes ! The foundation of the Kent and Canterbury Hospital also owed much to Simmons a nd for some time, Henry Gipps was the hospital treasurer. James Simmons died of an abscess in the ear on January 22nd, 1807, in New Palace Yard, Westminster. In spite of his great benefactions he left £30,000, a sum equivalent to at least £250,000 today. His tomb is ill St. Mildred's Churchyard, Canterbury; his epitaph in The Gentleman's Magazine: "highly respected and much regretted as a truly worthy man." (With acknowledgements 10 the "Kentish Gazelte").

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REVIEWS PLAYS: "A VICTORI AN EVENING"- February 23rd

"TI-IE FIRE RAISERS"- March 8th

THE PENNY READI NG- March 20th

LECTURES: THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE- February 4th ...

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PANORAMA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE-February 18th

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MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCES- March 26th

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MUSIC: VIOLA RECITAL- February 2nd

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"Cos I FAN TUTTE"- February 11th

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MUSIC CiRCLE CONCERT- February 16th

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PASSION MUSIC- Good Friday

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THE EASTER CoNCERT-March 29th ...

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THE HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITIoN- March 30th

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BOOK : 107

"SONDAGES"- by R . M. Pollet 97

PLAYS A VICTORIAN EVENING MEISTER OMERS- F'EDRUARY 23RD

Some things are so easy to do that they are actually difficult. One of these is making fun of the Victorians. Their whiskers are so long, their necks so short, they are so much all clothes and no body, they seem so unable to smile at you out of their Family Photographs, that one is tempted to believe all that is needed to take them down a peg and make them look silly is a thumb and a nose. Meister Omcrs, in their "Victorian Evening" , ~eP.loyed.a rat~e! more extensiv,e and shar~er armoury ,for th~ s work of demoJ;tion: pacc, tImmg, high Splnts, and- most Important SlIlce no audience li ke s a mocker who is cruel-

good humour as well as irony. They captured their aud ience with their first number- that old photograph of course- and held it through an excellently varied programme of Drama! Music! and Poetry! among other good th ings. In a cast, all of whom performed with a happy blend of energy and discipline, I remember with I?articular delight Romberg selling sea-shells on the sea-shore, Wolsey being shy, and Watkms and Bailey in a very nicely observed skit on a concert duet. If these items are all m.usical, this reflects, I think, the balance of the programme ; the most convincingly Victorian, because most solemnly idiotic, number was the splendid Musical Battle performed by Parry, who throughout presided most ably at the Grand Pianoforte. But others distinguished themselves in other ways. Goslling and Wells gave well-pointed readings, the one of "Dan McGrew" and the other of "Nell Cook", while the most notable feat of the evening was undoubtedly dramatic, the third act of " The Bells", in which Wolsey acted with impressive:authority. Everyone deserved a mention, behind and on stage, but there is no space for justice to be seen to be done. This was a pleasant evening's entertainment from a House with a

remarkable breadth and depth of talent, and a producer who must have consumed quantities of nervous energy in doing so much in stich a short time.

C.D.E.G. THE FIRE RAISERS SCHOOL HOUSE- MARCH 8TH

This term has produced a bumper crop of House plays. After the M.O. performance, one wondered if School House could keep up the high level of enjoyment, and the audience was clearly not disappointed-tllOugh it took some while for it to make up its mind whethcr this was square entertainment or not. Perhaps this element of doubt was intended by the author. In any case the opening chorus of Firemen had everybody guessing. What was the message? On how many levels was this to be read? Did those electronic bells indicate a deeper perception of time than we were normally accustomed to in school plays ? However, it soon became apparent that this was a play to be enjoyed in a straightforward way. The Firemen, ably led by Tucker, were a set of pompous bores at whom we could laugh without risk of being labelled philistine and whose well directed drill and chorus speaking were admirable. W. R. Young, as the Chief Fire Raiser, dispelled any doubts as to how we were to interpret him . He gave a relaxed 98

and amusing performance, which warmed up as he realised how well the audience was responding to his sardonic humour. He was well supported by Gocher, whose insinuating air of superiority contrasted well with Young's muscular lack of savvy. If van Asch appeared somewhat miscast as Biedermann, this was largely on physical grounds, as his rendering of the self-deluded German bourgeois was fluent and well-timed. Jolley, as his wife, did well with a difficult part, keeping his hands out of sight and stabbing his head backwards and forwards to emphasise his words. These four and the chorus carried the main part of the action, competently supported by an array of minor parts-

Lattimer, as the pert little maid, White, as the Doctor of Philosophy mouthing his inaudible disclaimers, Young as the pathetic widow and Woodhouse as the police sergeant. The set was impressive: an economical, tubular construction , which made good use of

the space, allowing the actors to go up to an attic by means of a sloping ramp. The lighting was excellent and made full use of the advantages presented by the stage, especially in the scene wherc the Fire Raisers trundled cans of petrol (hair oil?) up the ramp, casting dramatic shadows on the back wall. Mr. Peacocke and School House deserve the highest praise for presenting an interesting modern play in such an intelligent and unpretentious way.

C.D.J. THE PENNY READING MARCH 20TH

The Penny Reading wcnt off with a bang, or perhaps I should say a big noise, presented by the Bedlam Brethren. The volume of the amplification unfortunately made it difficult, at least in the front of the Hall, to assess the skill of the performance, which seemed to be enjoyed more by the audience than by the performers,judging by the expression on their faces. However, it was a cheerful noise.

The next item , "Service for Admen", though presented with great skill and attention to detail and giving scope to effective mimicry in the expert hands (and voices?) of Wells and Wolsey, was in doubtful taste and may have caused embarrassment, not only to the older spectators. The object of the satire, presumably the vulgarity of the world of advertising, was fair enough, but in this performance the close association with our ultimate values dithered on a knife-edge between amusement and dismay. A series of jazz items followed, played by Wells, Williams, Morris and Young, with an expertise which was obvious even to the inexperienced ear and duly acknowledged by an appreciative audience. . Next, an all-Walpole cast contributed "a mock epic", or rather, highly dramatic episodes in the life of Caligula, presented with good humour and engaging gusto, especially by the hard-working galley-slaves. Mention should be made particularly of the awe-inspiring mimicry of Man. An all-star galaxy of glee-singers ensured the success of " Daniel Jazz", sung with the exactness and humour famil iar to habitues of the Music Circle. The entertainment ended, very enjoyably, with a mock Hamlet, most memorable, perhaps, for the appc ~rance of Watkins, as a bouncing Ophclia, and of Hall as the Prince himself. He had 'oeen ti,e witty and capable compere of the whole programme. F.H.V. 99

LECTURES THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE LEONARD W. CLARKE, F.R.A.S.

Mr. Clarke began his lecture by showing that the idea of explO! ing space is no new one, and supported this by mentioning a poet of before 1000 B. C., who had strong ideas about space domination. He then continued to explain various astronomic phenomena such as

eclipses, nebulae, rainbows, flales, sun-spots and Northern Lights. A brief description of the various types of space vehicles followed, with a further account of the planets which might be explored in the future. Undoubtedly the outstanding feature of the evening were the slides. These illushated Mr. Clarke's explanations in the most striking colours, producing effects that seemed literally and metaphol ically out of this world. It was perhaps a pity that Mr. Clarke seemed more interested in astronomy than in space exploration and its problems, but nevertheless the lecture provided an interesting evening's diversion. N .R.H. PANORAMA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE RONALD E. HALLETI' Mr. Hallett left us in no doubt of his mission, which was to give some impression of the immense body of American literature of which we in this country are largely ignorant. One of the schemes which he has pioneered is the exchange of books between schools in America and this country, particularly of modern novels which give a vivid picture of contemporary life. Mr. Hallett defines the value of literature as exploration and experience, and his long term aim is to establish a closer link between our two countries through a wider and more sympathetic understanding of each other's attitudes, problems and prejudices. The idea is an interesting one, and although there are the usual difficulties of academic pressure and specialisation, it is evident that American literature is being read and studied much more widely than it used to be; at the new University of Essex, for instance, it will be read in conjunction with English literature. Mr. Hallett had been impressed by the number of American books in the library; in this respect we compared favourably with any of the hundred schools which he had visited since October. He began his lecture with a brief mention of the achievement of Faulkner, Steinbeck and Hemingway; of these most of us already had some knowledge and would have been glad to hear more, but the extent of the panorama to be reviewed prevented more than a few cursory, though interesting, comments. The same limitation applied to

the many other writers whom Mr. Hallett mentioned; we were unable to gain much idea of their value and the qualities of their writing because the subject was too extensive to be handled in an illuminating way. However, we certainly became aware of a large gap in our education and Mr. Hallett spoke with warmth and sincerity as well as authority. We are grateful to him for finding time to come and talk to us. R.M.A.M. 100

MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCES THE RT. HON. lAIN MACLEOD, M.P.

The Vlth FonTI were most fortunate to have the opportunity of hearing Mr. Macleod, who spoke on "the problems of a Minister, with special relation to the colonies", with a simplicity of touch and depth of feeling admi rably suited to his audience. After touching on his first nomination (by a meeting of two) as a candidate for Parliament, he told us that he had to look up the address of his first ministry in a Downing Street telephone booth. He felt, however, that the tradition of appointing "amateur" ministers had its justification, and explained that the Cabinet practice of discussing the problems of all departments made it easy for Cabinet ministers to take over new ministries. His account of his distinguished tenure of the Colonial Office, during which he had acted as "midwife" at the birth of so many new nations, emphasised the vital importance of his decision to trust the African leaders, Banda, Nyerere, and (most difficult) Kenyatta. He barely hinted at the difficulties he overcame- the winning of the Cabinet to release Dr. Banda, the protracted negotiations on Kenya at the Lancaster House conference, the carefully timed release of the Kenya detainees, and the gradual restoration of Kenyatta to political life. He concluded with the hope that the British tradition of service to Commonwealth countries wou ld continue.

Mr. Macleod then faced some thirty questions, too many of which were inaudible on the first delivery, and answered all (with one natural exception) with persuasive directness. Evidently preferring to talk of the "Tories", he gave "examination" questions on the Constitution shorter shrift than those on the Commonwealth. Mr. Macleod left his audience impressed with the immensely exciting possibilities of achievement which a political career can provide. A.S.M.

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MUSIC VIOLA RECITAL-HENRY MYERSCOUGH FEBRUARY 2ND

The viola has long been regarded as the "Cinderella" of the string family. It possesses neIther the assertive brilliance of the violin nor the sombre eloquence of the 'cello and until its recent emancipation by such outstanding British musicians as Tertis, Primrose Walton, the notion of an entire solo viola recital wo uld have been unthinkable. Yet, in the hands of Henry Myerscough it yields little to its more glamorous rivals. Mr. Myerscough, who gave an interesting recital to the Music Circle, commands an enviable range of tone colour . . From biting percussive staccato chords to an a~nost inaudible flautando his tone remains always firm and sonorous. Furthermore, a fine sense of architect~re enables him to marshal his material strategically so that the anatomy of each musICal structure is 'seldom in doubt.

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A notable feature of the recital was the presence of Stephen Dodgson in the triple role of composer, arranger and pianist. His new Sonata in A, which he introduced with Mr. Myerscough, has style a nd character. Its spare texture, the unsensuous freshness of its variations and the telling rhythmic subtleties of its outer movements earned it a warm reception. For the rest of the recital the alert, sympathetic pianist was David Willison. Would Stephen Dodgson's tasteful realisation of a pleasant but unremarkable gamba sonata by Telemann have benefited from a more clearly defined treatment? Even the gigue-Iike second movement and the recitative opening of the Arioso were given with uncommitted fastidious restraint. Significantly enough, both players seemed far more involved in t h~ twentieth ?entury works which followed, and they made the most of Hugh Wood's Variations. This IS an emotionally-charged serial piece in an idiom that has become all too fam iliar with its frustrated major sevenths and general atmosphere of unfulfilled striving. Honegger's Sonata (1920), on the other hand, afforded a sharp reminder that its composer was at the spearhead of the 1920 avant-garde. A composer who has the courage to write in an unfashionable idiom is the gifted South Afncan, John Joubert, who has already scored marked successes in such varied fields as opera and church music. It was with his strongly tonal Sonata that the recital ended. A short prologue of impressive simplicity leads to a tough, rhythmic allegro. In the slow movem~nt the implication content in a rising and falling semitone are pursued to an impassioned climax . But what of the finale? Is the composer here guilty of evading the unful fi lled conflicts of his earlier movements and of producing an effective but shallow vi rtuoso piece? That Joubert knows what he is about was expressed in no uncertain manner by the enthusiastic and prolonged applause which greeted Mr. Myerscough's masterly execution. R.S. 102

COSI FAN TUTTE FEBRUARY 11TH

On Tuesday, II th February, the "Opera for All" company arrived at the Shirley Hall about 4 o'clock and, by a wo nderful piece of organisation, were ready four hours later to enterta in the School with a performance of Mozart's Cosi fall Tutte. We were denied the pleasure of the Overture but we got away to a brisk start with some forcefu l and lively singing by Bruce Lochtie and Philip May, the young officers. There was plenty of good singing to enjoy from Susan Gray and Joa n Clarkson, especially the form er's "Come Scoglia", which demons~rated her large but well-controlled compass. The pert and lively Despllla, played by MarJone Ward, and the Wicked old Don Alfonso of Alfred Oldridge, struck a much gayer note, and their obvious enjoyment of the unlikely situations was one of the triumphs of the evening. Being a to uring company, they were not used to having an expan. e of 'it age in front of the curtains and they made no use of this to the slight detriment of audibility. The opera was sung in English, but it meant that one was inclined to concentrate on the words, whose meaning was in fact fairly obvious from the actors' actions and the synopsis. When you have six people singing different words at the same time, it would .eem ju;! as sensible to sing in Italian and certainly just as comprehensible to thi'! critic. One can forget the words and listen whole-heartedly to Mozart's marvellous music. This, a latc composition, contains some exciting modulations and harmonies and, though perhaps not an ideal WOI k for an introduction to opera, it provided an interesting and enjoyable evening. The whole cast is to be conglatulated and we look forward to a return visit flOm the "Opera for All" company. P.G.W. MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT FEBRUARY 16TH

The concert began with Chopin's C sharp minor Scherzo, with its subljme chorale theme and contrasting fiery passages. D. M. G. Parry gave a superb performance: mastery of technique can easily degenerate into showmanship. T he Violin Duos which followed are an excellent introduction to Bartok's music: the dances have the strict and exciting rhytllms, the sad pieces the "rich penetrating melancholy". Tatchell and Williams gave an enjoyable, if not quite sufficiently abandoned, reading of the Ruthenian Dance, Sadness and Bagpipe. Arney, Williams, Ling and Young played Mozart's Flute Quartet in A: a well prepared and precisely phrased performance, but perhaps a little more warmth wo uld have been welcome. For 1. C. Bach's Quintet in D for flu te (White) oboe (Beckett) vioUn (Morris), 'cello (Bailey) and continuo (Moreen) with Craven-Green' on the bassoon: an authentic (?) atmosphere was provided by a spinet, much better for this sort of texture than the piano. We were able to hear the individual lines clearly and the quality of sound sui ted the style of music, a "singing" allegro. N. D . King played Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso ill E, a delightful piece and a most promising performer. The Rondo from Mozart's Clarinet Trio showed how much Sclater had improved since we last heard him . Finally we heard five Songs of Yale sung by Mr. Morrish, White, Williams, Morris and van Asch. The group's ensemble:is excellent, but occasionally their delight in singing seemed to distract them from what they were singing about; nevertheless the audience applauded most enthusiastically. R.P.S. 103

PASSION MUSIC GOOD FRIDAY

There was a good attendance at the Voluntary Services which were held in the Eastern Crypt during Holy Week and at Compline which was sung on Easter Eve. Perhaps this in part explains why more boys than usual were privileged by their own free choice to hear the Passion Music on the evening of Good Friday, nor is there any occasion in the year when

music and religion more happily combine. Together they convey the message of that day with truth and tenderness, and the Crypt with its peculiar sanctity lends weight and emphasis even as with its hint of the catacombs and its long memory of Christian witness it quickens the imagination. Suffice it to add our thanks to those who used their gifts to sing with rare sincerity the familiar words and gave them fresh meaning as they did so. The Passion of our Lord according to Saint Mark- it is the original story and the simplest. As it unfolds in dramatic sequence, we cannot be slow to see its relevance. The challenge was made explicit in the singing of three words- "Is it I ?" Yet human guilt is transcended as with slow solemnity we are reminded of the first Eucharist and the pledge of Christ's perpetual presence with His people. There follows the agony in Gethsemane, the urgency of the prayer "Take away this cup from Me" matched by resignation to the Father's will. The disciples might sleep, but in the words "And immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas" the menace was as apparent as later were the force and grandeur of the unequivocal "I am" . As we hear the old words sung, the insinuating tone of those who provoked Peter's downfall is as clearly recognized as is the grim insistence of the multitude whom no mercy prompted to reprieve Barabbas. "Hail, King of the Jews", the soldiers then cried: and as we heard them, it was so nearly a loud but respectful greeting. So the drama, which on Good Friday knows no epilogue, moves to its close with quiet majesty. A Passion it may be, for they led Him out to crucify Him; yet God is active and at work. For when a second time Jesus cried with a loud voice, the words unheard and yet conveyed were the words of supreme accomplishment. His work was done, His task complete ; and in the silence of the Crypt we knew it so that again we could sing, now conscious of divine fulfilment , the words of the ancient and triumphant hymn for Passiontide: "Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle". J.P.N. THE EASTER CONCERT MARCH 29TH

The Easter Concert in the Shirley Hall came as the highest point in a week crowded with musical activity, and provided impressive proof of the large number of boys in the School capable of taking part in orchestral work of a high quality. The evening was in this respect a special occasion, because the Second Orchestra had not previously performed with the First; it acquitted itself most creditably. The programme opened with Mozart's overture Lucio SilIa, played by the Chamber Orchestra. This perhaps lacks the sparkle of some of Mozart's better-known overtures, and a slightly over-emphatic contribution from the brass added to the rather heavy effect; but the performance was generally workmanlike, and it provided a solid start to the evening. 104

Mr. Goodes' customary delicacy of touch was seen to the full in the next item, Alessandro Vivaldi's COllcertoJor Viola d'A more ill D millor. The soloist was Mr. Clarence Myerscough, playing his own viola d'amore, a magnificent specimen made by Carlo Antonio Testore of Milan in 1712. One of the chief features of this instrument is the method of its stringingsix gut playing strings, on top of seven steel sympathetic strings which give . a silve ry ring and fuller tone. The beautiful quality of the sound thus produced was bnlltantly demonstrated by Mr. Myerscough's virtuoso performance. The lirst movement was treated Witll elegant sensitivity, though soloist and orchestra occasionally seemed a little out of touch. The Largo was an unqualified success, and Mr. Myerscough's exquisitely liquid, smooth tones seemed to provide much support for the theory that derives the name of the instrument from the Italian for "viol of love", in allusion to its languorous, sensuous qualities. The final Allegro showed the full orchestra's excellent balance and cohesion, and culminated in a superb cadenza. Mr. Geodes' con-

ducting throughout was an object-lesson in one of the prime.necessities of baroque musicthe combination of firm control and dlsclplme wIth flexlblltty and feehng. The First Orchestra, under Mr. Wright, then played Gordon Jacob's Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn, chosen to continue the theme of the morning service i,: the Cathedral. This is a majestic and richly-textured work, which was gIven a broad, solId and confident rendering, with a most successful use of the brass. The massIve tone perhaps made It difficult to achieve a true note of ecstasy in the most trium phant passages, but the delicate contrast of the strings at the end provided a most effective impression of peace finally achieved. When the Second Orchestra joined the First to play Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, they produced a full , confident and well-balanced sound, a,;d if the contours were occasio,:ally just a little blurred, th~ gen.eral effe~t was most convmcmg. Mr. Wfl~ht handled hIS large forces with sympathetIc skIll to ehclt a performance full of salIsfymg lIght and shade, which made excellent sense as a coherent whole. There was some delIcate and sensItive playing, though one also felt on occasion that vibrancy had perhaps been sacrificed in the cause of unanimity.

Finally Malcolm Arnold's Litlle Suite Jar Orchestra was given a firm and vigorous performance, with some splendidly energetic work by the brass to end the evening on an enthusiastic note.

M.STJ.P.

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THE HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION MARCH 30TH

Adjudicalor:

PETER TRANCHELL,

ESQ.,

MUS .D .,

Director of Music, Gonville and Caius

College, Cam bridge Mr. Tranchell was highly impressed with the overall standard of performance, but, after the Easter Day Concert, he was disappointed that more instrumentalists did not perform. Several of the items were rather under-rehearsed, vocal intonation was sometimes poor and instrumentalists- particularly 'cellists- were enco uraged to take trouble over tuning, for various reasons. The Unison Songs were generally ve ry good, though one or two lacked unanimity and conviction.

In the Vocal Section, School House's See Ihe Bold Hussars (arr. Seiber) was a good choice, sung well and confidentl y ; Linacre's Drink 10 me only was good and sung from memory, and Walpole's Italian Salad, a musical jest, was much enjoyed. Of the instrumentals,

School House's lligh standard of performance in Purcell's Trumpel Sonala in D (arranged for trumpet, flute, oboc, clarine t, bassoon and continuo), and Galpin's ambitious and sometimes excellent Piano Quartet in Eb by Beethoven, were especially commended, as

were King (Marlo we) and Bailey (Meister Omers) for their solo performances. To the unpractised ear the House songs seemed of a very high quality this year, but Mr. Tranchell was quick to point out various fault s- poor intonation, shouting, a tendency to fl atness on long notes, an occasional lack of co-ordination and sometimes a failure to watch the conductor. Grange's Smugglers' Song (Lubbock) was well sung but lacked conviction, Marlo we's Tempus est Jocundum and Meister Omers' The S eekers (Dyson) were excellent choices for a large choir, bu t Galpin's enterprising Somelhing's Coming (Bernstein) with its excellent leggiero was outstanding. School Ho use we re awarded the House Music Cup for the best all-round performance. Galpin's were second and also wo n the House Song Cup; Meister Omers were placed third, Linacre fo urth. It was a pleasure to welcome Mr. Tranchell- a man of many musical

parts-as an appreciative and helpful adjudicator.

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BOOK REVIEW Sondages- Poem s by R. M.

POLLET.

Published by Citizen Press .

"Here is no water but only rock.

Rock and no water and the sand y road." (The Wasleland) The Foreword to this collection of poems, fi ve of which have already been printed in The Canluarian, stresses the debt of the author to Eliot, among others. It is, therefore, scarcely surprising that lines of Eliot's should capture the essential mood and theme of the collection, the author's first. The poems themselves arc seductl".cl.y blzar.fc and vaned. To say that they patently spring from a heart governed by a SoplHst lcated llltellect wo uld be a trite platitude. They are provocative, controversial, restless and questlOll1~g : httle comfort alleviates constant tribulation. They need to be sampled by the mdlVldual for himself; and any reader who fail s to uncover something of value from such a fecund assembly must blame his own inad eq uacies as much as the author's. As an opponent of the doctrinaire view of the critic privileged and qualified to penetrate the artist's sacrosanct

cell in order to extract, at his own discretion, pearls to be ex hibited, extolled and cast before his swin ish audience, I shun any objecti ve assessment. Such a critic has to be impassioned and yet unbiased: the result is often insensitive cynicism. Let him merely tempt the reader to taste for himself and interpret subjectively. Any such adventurer need not be embarrassed by the intellectual frame, which encloses many of the works, for example "Les H ommes sans Die ~ x": The Foreword , ~hich I tr ust was not written by the poet, is singularly unfortunate In Its exuberan t, gansh language

and audacious bid for intellectual status. Ignore it, go to the verse itself; there the reader will encounter co lourful manipU lation of a rich syntax , provocative verse-forms, great emotional exercise, stimulating images, disturbing themes of man, travelling in quest of the

meaning of his existence . The poet explores the theme through diverse regions: Africa, India and Europe, oc:an and desert sordid cities, idyllic pastoral scenes. Yet no matter what hiS startmg pomt, he conclud'es by harping on a surrealist claustrophobia of the mind ; of a particular mind of a particular man, meandering through a life which is superficial, transient, frustrating, even meaningless : "this is

Reality and There is Nothing Else." The cumulative elfect is achieved by a combination of elements, which have been expressed more fully but singly in the begrimed urban canvasses of Lowry, in the mad ravings of Lear, in the primi tive inst!ncts el~bod ied in African tribal dances, mas~ s an~ ..art, 10 the sPI~ltu~1 ruggedness of Hemlllgway s The Old Man and Ihe Sea. The raison d eIre of humal11ty IS questioned, and in particular "An Escapist's Walk Along the Coast" gropes for "The other world: It's then that I begin to see That our lives are not just All there is to feel and be, With no escape from lust." 107

At first, this process seems to equate light with virtue and peace, and darkness with evil,

torment, misery and pain ; yet perversely, the former always possesses a touch of unreality, of deception, and endemic in the latter is a turbulent fragment of satisfaction- a doctrine of frustration, even despair.

Weaknesses there are: few ventures or experiments of this kind are wholly successful. The form is not always tenable. " Journey in the Night" appeared in the last issue of The Calltllarian as a "prose poem", entitled "Heading Towards the South": as such it was

much more satisfactory. "Time and Space" might benefit from a similar transposition: the complexity of its intellectual implications is merely confused by the verse form , instead of being clarified or expounded. Didactic verse makes dubious literature, and its ethical val ue is severely limited if what it states is comprom ised by hesitation: "Material decadence is perhaps

The symbolization of Man's general hopelessness." If that is the theme of "The Death Song", it might be stated more effectively, always supposing such a direct statement is really necessary. The writer's use of imagery does not always redeem such lines: its riotous profusion is often overwhelming, always vivid, sometimes unsympathetic, or at best equivocal. A simple demonstration from an early poem, "Sleep", must here represent the many striking images, which do, however, illuminate

his verse. The poet desires sleep in order to quench the burning of his throat and alleviate the fears of his tormented mind: he pleads "Let me forget as in

The ecstasy of hot drummers. Return my soul to death, The death that's fclt by lost lovers." Throughout, the collection preserves a clear unity: the poet's thinking is dominated by the urge to explore everyday life, its events, regarding this as an allegory of the meaning of his own and mankind's existence. He uses the natural elements as the foundation for his images- rock, earth, snow, water, stars, and the elements of nature, life and death: flowers

and plants, ecstasy and misery, corpses and bones. Even where his poems fail , they are interesting if only by reason of the causes for the failure. They exist, not to dictate, but to suggest. What they suggest to me is echoed in those two lines of "The Wasteland". It is a bold venture, which merits investigation for its own virtues as the embodiment of the poet's mental strivings, and for what the reader on his own initiative may extract from it.

In consequence, he will enrich his personal experience and extend his horizons, and that is the true end of poetry. R.ST.J.S.

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KING'S SPORT HOCKEY:

Retrospect

110

1st XI Matches

III

Colts' Xl

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JUDO CLUD ...

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THE BOAT CLUD

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BASKETBALL

116

ATHLETICS ...

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CROSS-COUNTRY

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SQUASH RA CKETS .. .

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FENCING CLUD

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ROSSLYN PARK SEVEN-A-SIDES

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HOCKEY Retrospect 1964 When contrasted with the excellent results achieved last term in rugger, the hockey at first sight appears to have had a poor season. Closer analysis, however, shows that we have in general held OUf own in school matches and the record, with one disastrous exception, is not worse than in previous years. It has to be borne in mind that we have at King's

only 120 boys playing the game at all, the majority of whom finish their season at the end of February; thus if the weather is wet they scarcely play. Last year, owing to the snow, tllere was no hockey season whatever for all but a very few, which meant two things, firstly, that the standard at the beginning of term was lower than it has been for years, and secondly, that there was little if any information avai lable about candidates for places in the 1st and 2nd XIs. By the end of term most of the basic fault s had disappeared. The school teams were cohesive and lively, and the general standard of play, as exemplified in house matches, sound and equal to that afreccnt years. The players themselves have been enthusiastic, and this in itself has gone far to combat their inexperience.

The captaincy of a side that does not quickly find a win ning formula is a difficult business, and Jaq uet is to be congratulated on his sympathetic and intelligent handling of his team. He played steadily himself, improving his positioning and timing of tackles with every game, and deserved better fortune than he was granted. The fact that he was the only Old Colour left indicated the degree of inexperience in the side. Heyland, Austin and French are the only others who played last year for the I st Xl, and it is pleasant to record that all three wi ll be representing the Kent Schools in the holidays. Heyland and Austin are two of the most penetrating and dangerous for wards we have recently had in the school, the former through his great speed and ability to round any opponent, the latter for his stickwork and thrust at centre-forward. Al ways an opportunist, he never gave up hope of scoring and proved an

excellent spearhead to the attack. French is rapidly developing into one of the best halves we have had: a natural games player, his sense of positioning could never be faulted , and

he possessed a cool head and intelligent judgement. Next year he will be outstanding. The other members of the side were, simply through initial inexperience, of a lower

standard than these four. Prlilgle on the wing was one of the team's successes, and he too will be a real force next year with greater thrust and speed. The other forwards to play regularly were Gordon and Khanna, who have both contributed their share to the attack, especially the former, who has compensated for his lack of speed by good stick work and intelligent passing. Strallen and Salmon as wing halves have both speeded up and are now not only so und in defence but aware of opportuni ties in attack; Wills has had a variable season as Jaquet's partner at full-back, but at his best was very reliable and next year with more experience behind him will be an extremely valuable member of the side. In goal we began with Drayco tt, who eventually gave place to Turner, a change which tightened the defence considerably and gave the backs much greater confidence. Of the fixtures, only the Tonbridge match had to be cancelled through rain, while the H.A. were unable to raise a side. We drew, justly, with Dover and St. Edmund's, lost to Manwood's unnecessarily and to St. Lawre nce badl y (a game where our inexperience contrasted glaringly with the skill of accomplished players on a smooth ground), and hitherto have beaten only Ardingly. The Oxford Festival remains, also a game with the 110

HOCKEY 1st XI Standing (left to right): A. A. V. Strallen. J. R. Salmon, R. K. Khanna, C. A. Gordon, A. D. H. Turner, B. B. J. Wil Seated (left to right): L. A . P. French, C. R. K. Heyland , J. L. J. Jaquet (Captain), c. S. K. Austin, C. A . B. Pringle

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FINAL OF THE ROSSLYN PARK SEYEN-A-SIDES AGAINST ST. EDWARD'S, LIVERPOOL

CROSS-COUNTRY

[J. R. Waterhouse

[Entwistle CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM

Standing (left to right): W. G. Osmond, G. K. Jaggers, P.W.B., T. J. N. Claye, R. V. Wyatt Seated (le/t to right): T. J. A. Bishop, S. J. Weaver (Captain), G. R. Waterhouse, D. H. Ryan

V.C.L. school from The Hague, and I shall be surprised if our results by the end of the Festival do not show a vast improvement on the record at the time of going to press. The dry weather has allowed plenty of practice in the first half of March, and the new experiment of allowing the three school sides to continue to play right through the term will, I am sure, pay dividends in the early matches next year, and prevent a repetition of last year's disastrous stoppage. There has been much to make up this year; that so much has been done is a credit to all the players concerned. G.P.R.

lst XI Matches K.S_c. v Canterbury Hockey Club Played at St. Stephen's on January 25th King's, 1 ; Canterbury. 4 With only four games played before this, our first match, King's began to settle down after a slow start and reached a surprisingly high standard of hockey for this stage of the term. This was very encouraging and boded well for the rest of the season. However, lack of practice, fitness and team cowordination were evident and canterbury soon scored their first goal. The King's defence was hard pressed, with French a much improved player, outstanding in saving and in breaking up many dangerous attacks. Canterbury scored again shortly before half-time and continued to press hard. King's were a different team in the second half with the slope in their favour, and there were;s6me neat passing movements between the inside forwards. After Canterbury had scored again after a quick clearance from their own goal-mouth, King's returned to the attack with French hitting hard down the right wing to Pringle, who, taking the ball on the run, beat the full-back and put in a hard centre to the back of the circle; Austin picked it up and flicked it across the goal-mouth for Gordon to send in a cracking shot. Ca.nterbury scored again before full-time, but on the whole, King's made an encouraging start to the season.

K_S.C. v Dover College Played at Dover on February 1st King's, 1; Dover, 1 The fumes of the bus still in our lungs combined with the unfamiliarity of a particularly sticky pitch contributed mainly to the very low standard of hockey maintained in the first half. Dover were well on top for the first 15 minutes, but several good saves by Draycott kept the score at 1-0, which might easily have been 3-0. There was no team-work and only twice did King's nearly score when both Khanna and Austin had near misses-the former's shot being cleared, with a certain arnount of luck, right off the goal-line. King's improved in the second half and began to pass the ball around with more force and accuracy, but were unlucky with short corners, Heyland almost equalising when the ball rebounded off the goal. keeper's pads. After 15 minutes King's efforts were rewarded, however, when Heyland steered the ball round the goalÂˇkeeper into the corner of the net after a crisp passing movement. King's continued to press hard in vain. The draw was probably a fair result to a rather scrappy game.

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K.S.c. v East Kent Xl Played at St. Stephen's on February 6th King's, 1; East Kent Xl, 9 As the score suggests, the East Kent XI were a very good side, includ ing a Welsh International (who scored 5 goals) at centre-forward. In the first minutes it was clear that King's would have great difficulty in holding their opponents and thoughts or hopes of a win were quickly dispelled. King's were completely outplayed in the first half and the slowness of the defence was emphasized by the speed and opportunism of the East Kent for ward linc. Six goals were conceded in the first half, of which one or two might have been prevented by quicker covering. K ing's showed that the ÂŁ.'1.5t Kent defence was not impenetrable when Heyland broke loose in mid-field, passed up to Aust in, who took the ball to the edge of the circle and pushed it down the left side for Heyland to rlln o n and hit it into the goal with a reversed stick. T his was our only reward, As in the two previolls matches, K ing's took on a new lease of li fe in the secon d half an d began to move the ball about (whcn they got it!) with much more flucncy, control a nd confidence, a nd on several occasions were unl ucky not to score again, both Heyland and Austin missing narrow chances. East Kent , however, ma intained their supremacy and scored threc more goals. T his game taught us a good lesson in how hockey should be played. It emphasized above all the importance of specd and anticipation in both taking and receiv ing a pass. We hope this will be of use for our next match against a skilfu l and experienced St. Lawrence team.

K.S.C. V St. Lawrence Played at St, Lawrcnce on February ~th King's, 1; St. Lawrence, 9 There is litt le olle can say about this match other than that we were well beaten by a better team, more skilful and more experienced in the basic arts of hockey. As a result their quick, accurate passing and their anticipation and position ing for passes gave our defence few chances. Howevcr hard they t ried, our defence could not contain the crisp-moving S1. Lawrence forward- line, who created gaps everywhere. T hanks mainly to French, they only scored three goals in the second half. In the first-half, St. Lawrence were on top from the bully-off and were 6-0 up at half-t ime. K ing's lau nched only opportun ist attacks and were perhaps llnlucky not to score through Austin, who mishi t in front of a clear goal-mouth. King's improved in the second ha lf and HeyJand scored after a scramble in the St. Lawrence circle, He was unl ucky not to score again whcn he gathered the ball from the half-way line, dr ibbled down the right, beat the left-half with a pass to the right-wing, Pringle, who took it to the edge of the circle and passed back to Hcyland, who dribbled round the oncomi ng goal-keepcr and just fai led wit h a rcversed stick to put it in the net. St. Lawrence were worthy winners and will no doubt be very difficult to beat o n t heir own ground t his year. K.S.C. V St. Edmund's Played at St. Edmund's on February 13th King's, I ; St. Edmund's, 1 Having recovered from their heavy defeat at St. Lawrence, King's soon settled down and were on top in the first half, descrving to score more than once. The scoring opened when Major square-passed just outside the circle to Hcyland, unmarked, who shot first time. The shot was barred, but following up quick ly, Heyland beat the goal-keeper to the ball on the rebound. Austin was unlucky in front of the goal when he .turned the ball over t he cross-bar only two yards out. SI. Edmund's replied soon, after a series of short corners, and also might have scored again but for the agi lity of A. D, H, Turner, our new-found goalkeeper. In thc second ha lf, St. Edmund's made a series of furious attacks on the King's goal, but were each time repelled. The defence played better than they had done all season and successfully packed t he circle when the ball came too close, Tu rner made several excellent saves and was well supported by the backs, Jaq uet and Wills. Indeed, but for the stabil ity of t he King's defence, St. Edmund's could have been easy winners, fo r King's had few scoring chances in the second half. 112

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K.S.C. V Ardingly Played at St. Stephen's on February 15th King's, 5; Ardingly.O King's, for the first time this ~eason, got off to a quick start and soon sett led down to playing their best hockey this tcrm. Possibly Ardulgly wcre not as st rong as the other schoo ls we played, but, nevertheless, it was our first win and a very encouraging one, After pressing hard for 15 minutes, King's were re\~arded by a goal when French, fr~m a f~ee hit),ust outside the circle, sent across a beau tifully placed hit 111 front of the goal-mouth. Austin was 1I~ PO~ltl.on and stecred it first time into the goal. Heyland scored soon after from a through pass from AustLl1, luttmg the ball on the run into the roof of the n~t. King's s~ored again befor~ half-time \Vhen~ ~fter quick passing, Aust in found himsclf unmarked on the nght of the CIrcle and cracked In a hard shot, glVlllg the ~oal-~eepcr no chance. Ardingly never rcally lookcd dangerous and Turner only touched the ball a few tLlnes In the firs t hal f- they had, however, lost a man after a collis ion with Wills late in the first half and did well to hol d on with o nly tcn men, In the second half King's cont inued to press hard, but were held back until another through pass from Austin was well taken up by I-Leyland, who steered it ncat ly past the goal-keeper, Pringle shortly sco r~d the fifth goal from a small angle, an Ardingly defender helping it in. This was a most encouraging W ill and King's looked much mo re like a team. K.S.C.

Sir Roger Manwood's

Played at SI. Stephen's on February 20th King's,2; Sir Roger Manwood's, 3 In perfect hockey conditions, King's began fasler than before and \vere unlucky Jlt;'t to score twice in t~e first ten minutes through Hey land and Gordon, whose shots were pushed ofT the hne by the Manwood Âˇs defence, Against the run of the play Mal.lwood's. scored first; the Ki~lg'S ~Icfcncc, too slow on the turn and in the tackle, were well beatcn by qUIck paSSlllg movements and, III spite of a good save by Turner, they were three well-descrved goals up at half-time. With the downhill slope to thcir advantage, King's attackcd incessantly in the second half and the defence tightencd up considerably, giving little or no chance: to the Manwoo~'s for wards .for launeh!ng an attack, King's, on the ot her hand, constantly found gaps 111 the Manwood s defencc ~It h bot h wmgsGordon and Pringle-bealing their opposite numbers, and a goal, resulted frol.n one of thei r fast and accurate centres whcn Pringle took the ball down almost to the base-hne and hit It hard across the goat-mou.th to where Hey land was ready to steer it in, The second goal was soon scored after a short corncr by Austill. King's conti nued to press hard in vain and were somewhat unlucky to lose.

K.S.C. V O.K.S. Played at SI. Stephen's on March 7th King's, 1; O.K.S,,4 The pitch was not as well rolled as it might have been and both teams accordingly took a short time to settle down. At first the school's team-work was an asset, but soon the O.K.S" ovcrcoming the handicap of not having played together befor~, were on the. attack with Barber and Tuohy a ~an gcro us pair in the middle. The OX,S, opened the sco nng after 15 minutes, but the schoo l recovered qU ickly and desperately looked for openings in the O.K.S. defence. These were hard to find, for Townson (~ntre-half) and Potter (right-back) were quick to cover any mistakes. The school were, however, rewarded WIth a goal by Heyland from a through pass from Austin, but not before the O.K.S. had scored ag.1.in. The school with the downhill slope in their favour, should have equalised in the second half, but luck was against tl;el11, Rudgard in goal for the O.K.S, ~as in great form and savcd shot~ from Heyla!1d, Austin and Pri ngle, which could easily have put the school 111 the lead. !he O,K.S. score.d tW ice more, mamly due to the quick and accu rate passing among the fo rwards, severa l tlmcs wrong-footmg our defence. 11 3

K.S.C. v Oxford University Occasionals Played at st. Step~en 's on March 17th King's,O; Occasionals, 4

In this match King's played their best hockey of the term- at least in the first half-against a strong team including three Blues and a schoolboy internationa l.

The first half was very even, and the school g.1.VC a good account of themselves both in attack and in defence. We were perhaps he lped by the fact that some of them were playing out of position and also tried to do too much on the ir own. The King's defence played extremely well and were generally ab le to thwart the Occasioll<.tlsÂˇ attacks before they reached the c ircle. The attack played well, too, but, perhaps from lack of experience, were unable to complete movements when once in the circle. At half-time there was

no score, a clear indication of the evenness of the game in the first half. The second half was very different and the Occasionals scored fou r good goals, one of which might have been saved when a defender, covering the goal-keeper well, missed the shot when the ball bounced over his stick.

Colts Suffering from lack of pract ice last year, like the rest of the school hockey, the Colts' team has not had a very successful season in terms of results. I-!0wever, the standard o f play has improved vastly, and thanks to the arrangement whereby some now play m March, prospects for the future are good. Basic skills st ill need to be acquired by constant individual pract ice. For th is the hard service of the Blares tennis courts can be invaluable, and it is therefore worth keeping an o ld stick specifically for th is purpose. There persists a tendency to appro~ch hockey in trye same way .as rugger with every player making for the ball, rather than players movmg mto gaps to await a pass, but It has been good to see both forwards and halves learning hockey sense during the season. It says much for the enthusiasm of every member of the club that so much has been accomplished during the term. The fo llowing have played for the team: M. J. Gray.(Captain), R. J. Ashforth, P. R . Beech, R. O. Clarke, N. M. Cumber, P. R. Ensor, R. A. Gordon, C. Hlmsworth, L Jaafar, G~ K. Jaggers, D. T. Ol iver, C. G. A . Phalp, A. J. Ramsay, J. P. G. Revington, G. W. H. Rowbotham, J. D. W. Wright . R ESULTS

v Dover College. Lost 1--4 v St. Lawrence College. Lost 0--9 v St. Edmund 's School. Drawn 2- 2 v Ardingly College. Won 5- 2 v R.M.s., Dover. Won 4-0

R.A .C.M. CD.J.

JUDO CLUB Most of the term was spent instructing the new members, due to the absence of Sergeant Paddon. However, the Club was able to prepare for its first School match when Mr. Stone started instruct ing. A team was chosen after some competition fighting and practice wit h the Canterbury Judo Club . On March 8th the Seniors: Eves, Singleton and Davies, A.; and the Juniors : Kerr Cowell Short and Jenkins, beat Sutton Valence School 70-40. Ten members of the Club returned to Sutton Valdnce a week later to grade. The Club now has fou r Yellow belts and six White belts, which is a good start and an encouragement for next term.

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THE BOAT CLUB Conditions for boating during the term were mainly good and there were few inter-

ruptions for injury or illness. The only troublesome spell was at the beginning of March when a week of strong north-easterly winds retarded progress and out ings at Pluck's Gutter became very unpleasa nt. The earlier date for the Schools' Head of the River Race this year meant that the time available for practice was reduced by nearly a fortmght,

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but it did help to provide a sense of urgency to the early training. This began as usual with an extended period of tubbing, but in order to allow abo ut four weeks in eights before the race the time allotted to outings in fours at Fordwich was reduced. In addition to training i ll the boat, "A" and "B" crews followed a cOllrse of weight training and circuit train ing

twice a week which brought them to a relatively high standard of fitness for this time of year. "AU crew with four old Colours was qu ick ly settled in o rder and made steady progress; "B" and "C" crews seemed at first to be much less advanced, but they came on well

in the week before the race. A few days before the Schools' Race, "A" and "S" crews took advantage of a kind invitation from London R.C. to have a long outing on the Tideway at Putney; about 10 miles were covered and this outing undoubtedly helped the crews in their timing and fitness. This year's Schools' Head of the River Race was on March 11 th and was ro wed over a two-mile course from just above SI. Paul's School boathouse to Westminster School boathouse at Putney. Although cold , it was a fine day, and apart from some choppy water near the start, the conditions encouraged good rowing. "An crew started third behind Emanuel, winners for the past two years, and St. Paul's, there being about two lengths of

clear water between each. Rowing very solidly and striking abo ut 31, they made ground steadily on SI. Paul's, who in turn reduced the gap between them and Emanuel. By the Mile-Post, St. Paul's were very nearly alongside Emanuel and it was now obvious that a really determined effort by the School could get them past both boats. This was forthcoming, and the rating went up steadily and effectively through the water to 33-34 ; MIller, by an excellent piece of cox ing, steered the School boat between the other two so that round the big Fulham bend the three eights were rowing abreast. With a crew alongside on each side, the School were inspired to a really fine racing finish and went up fast during the last twenty strokes. They fin ished about threeÂˇquarters of a length ahead of SI. Paul's, who had by this time also overtaken Emanuel. The results on times confirmed the first impression that this had been a good row, and we were delighted to find that we were once again Head of the R iver out of a total entry of I \0 crews. This is the School's third win in five years, previous wins being in 1960 and 1961 , and "A" crew has not been lower than 3rd during these five years. "B" crew had a sound row and rose four places in the final order to finish 12= , the highest position achieved by any "B" crew, and although "C" crew dropped four places in finishing 40th= , they were still the highest ofthc "C" crews. This was a very encouraging result for the Club and is a measure of the excellent racing spirit and determination of the crews, none of which is technically very advanced yet. Leading Results and Times:King's "A", 8.43, 1st; U.C.S. "A", Emanuel Colts "A", 8.47, 2nd = ; Winchester "AH,

8.53, 4th; Nautical College, 8.55, 5th ; Tiffin "A", Westminster "A", Eton "A", 8.57, 6th = ; St. Pau l's "An, Becket "A", Oundle, 8.58, 9th= ; Latymer "A", King's "B", 9.0, 12th= . 11 5

The Crews :"A" Crew: G. F. Langly-Smith, bow; J. D. Stokes, 2; M. J. Carter, 3; P. A. Crox ford, 4; C. H. Freeman, 5; J. A. Norwood, 6; D. N. T. Walton, 7; N. J. Paul, stroke; P. D. Miller, cox. "B" Crew: P. Hemingway, bow; G. H. Sharwood-Smith, 2; M. A. G. Bennett, 3; A. D. Vander Meersch, 4; J. H. A. J. Armstrong, 5; C. N. Gordon-Wilson, 6; M. J. Webster, 7; R. B. Gale, stroke; P. H. Rundall, cox. "C" Crew: N. B. Spiller, bow; H. J. Morris, 2; N. T. G . Willis, 3; D. G. van Asch, 4; R. B. Howard-Williams, 5; W. R. Young, 6; J. G. Whiles, 7; R. J. Ashworth, stroke; J. F. Chesshyre, cox. The new boathouse at Fordwich has been in full use this term and has already shown what a considerable asset it is to boating there. Further improvements to the site in general which are planned include conversion of part of the old four shed into a small changingroom, and shrubs are to be planted along the new concrete wa ll. The Club is also building a simple catamaran launch, based on two fibre-glass canoe hulls and powered by an outboard motor; Mr. Willis has nearly completed this and it should be a great asset for coaching of eights at Pluck's Gutter, as it will enable coaches to have a much closer view of their crews and to keep up with them in long pieces of work. All these developments should encourage the School crews to greater efforts in return, and we look forward to a hard but enjoyable summer's boating. D.S.G.

BASKETBALL The Senior House Basketball Competition produced a generally high standard of play and the usual number of exciting games. In the first round, Grange won against a strong Marlowe team, by onc point, fro m a goal by Ridley in the closing seconds of the game. T his, after Weaver of Marlowe had seen his final shot roll round the rim of the basket and drop back into play, The very powerful Galpin's side scored over a hundred points against Linacre, but Wills and the rest of his team deserve great cred it for never giving up and tryi ng to play good basketball throughout. Luxmoo re were not quite strong enough to beat Sehool House, but there was much to praise in an even game, and Walpole, with Turner controlling the play, had little difficulty against Meister Omers. In the sem i-final, the tight, well-drilled defence and accurate shooting of Grange proved eventually too much for Walpole and Galpin's had an easy win against School House. The fi nal brought toget her the very fast quick-passing Galpin's team against the zone-defence and individual forward attacks or Grange, who with Aust in, Singleton, Willis and the experienced Scott brothers were an impressive combination. At first it seemed that Galpin 's had been taken out or their stride. The zonal-defence of Grange checked the Galpin's attacks well away from the basket, and once in possession their forwards made no mistake. However, by turning defence immediately into attack by one long pass to Jackson, who was left unmarked too often and never missed a shot, and by using the short bounce pass to good effect, Galpin 's caught up and were just ahead at the interval. In the second half, Grange tightened up their defence and scored four or five baskets without reply, but gradually they were drawn out of position again by the splendid high-passing and bewildering changes of direction achieved by Galpin's with Gordon at back and Oldham, Bailey and Jackson in the forwards. Thus Galpin 's forged ahead again and ~erc worthy winners at the fina l whistle by 49 po ints to 35. M.E.M. 11 6

ATHLETICS The A thletics Club has had a most d isappointing season with matches against Eastbourne and Tonbridge cancelled owing to the appalling weather. Thus bo th Senior and Junio r teams did not have the chance to show their merit, which was considerable, o r have any competition, before meeting a strong Eton College teal11 in the one remaining match. This was a pity, as the standard in field events was high and performances on the track were beginning to look promising. However, it is to be hoped that next year we shall be more fortunate. With some outstanding athletes remaining and a talented Junior Team to choose from, we can look to the future with reasonable confidence. Athletics v Etoll

Even on this occasion, for at least half the time the match took place in a torrential downpour, and it was not surprising that in the Field Events performances were well below the competitors' best. However, despite the fact that it was waterlogged, the splend id Eton cinder track remained firm and some very good times were achieved. Eton's sprinters, as last year, were ou tstandi ng, but Georgiadis and Ridley in the Sen ior Events and Gibbs and Steele in the Junior 100 and 220 yards were not far behind the winners. Gibbs hurdled extremely well to dead heat for first place in the Senior Hurdles, Steele won the Junior 440 yards in fine style and Bush had a wonderful day, winning the Senior 880 yards and then finishing the 440 yardS inches beh ind the winner with whom he shared the same time of 50.9 seconds, a new record for both schools, a fine race and an almost unbelievable time bearing in mind the cond itions. In the field events, Brock and Bennett took the first two places in the Senior High Jump, both clearing 5 ft. 5 in., and Bailey also had a most successful day, winning the Junior Javelin, the Junio r Discus with R ickards second , and gaining second place in the Junior High Jump, which was won at 5 f1. by Revin gton. Rose won the Sen io r Javelin, with Ridley, much below his best, only gaining third place. Bridge and Revingto n took the first two places in the Junior Shot and Wood, W. J . ran well to come third in a fast Junior Mile. 1n the Senior Mi le also Eton shewed surpris ing strengt h and Bishop, who allowed himself to be slowed down, could only gain fourth position, although the winner's time was not beyond him . Bragg was below his best form in the Sprints and Jackson lost bot h the Discus and the Weight by a small margin. The Senior match was won fairly comfortably by Eton, but the Junior match was very close, the result depending on the Relay, wh ich Eton just won. M.E.M. King's School placings were:SENIOR MATCH Willller 3rd, Georgiadis (10.6); 4th, Bragg (10.8) 100 Yards 10.5 sees. 3rd, Rid ley (23.9); 4th, Georgiadis (24.4) 220 Yards 23.3 sees. 2nd, Bush (50.9); 3rd, R idley (53.7) 50.9 sees. (Record) 440 Yards 1st, Bush 880 Yards 2 min . 7.5 secs. 4th, Bishop (4 min. 46.4 sees.) M ile 4 min . 44.9 sees. 120 Yards Hurdles 1st, Gibbs 17.4 secs. 1st, Brock; 2nd, Bennett High Jump 5 ft. 5 in. Long Jump 2nd, Bragg (18 f1. 2 in.); 4th, Leggatt 18 ft. 8 in . 2nd, Jackson (42 ft. 8 in.); Weight 3rd, Armstrong (41 ft . It in.) 43 ft. 81 in. 2nd, Jackson (118 ft. 8 in .); 3rd, Singleton (110 ft.) 126 ft. 10 in. Discus 1st, Rose (135 ft. 3 in.); 3rd, Ridley ( 128 ft.) Javelin 135 ft. 3 in . 1st, Eton (45.6 sees.); 2nd, King's (46.1 sees.) Relay (4 x 110) Result: Eton 89, K ing's 70 J UNIOR MATCH Willner 2nd - , Gibbs (11.1) 100 Yards 10.9 sees. 220 Yards 2nd, Steele (25.2); 4th, Gibbs (25.3) 24.4 sees. 440 Yards I st , Steele 56.6 secs. 3rd , Jaggers (2 min. 15 sees.); 880 Yards 4t h, Pa rry (2 min. 20 sees.) 2 min. 10.7 sees. 3rd, Wood, W. J. (5 min. 6 sees.); Mile 4th, Baker (5 min . 9 sees.) 4 min. 59.4 sees. High Jump 1st, Rcvington (5 ft.); 2nd, Bailey (4 ft. 1 tin .) 5 ft. 2nd, Wain; 4th, Kennedy Long Jump 16 ft. 8 in . Weight 1st, Bridge (38 ft.); 2nd, Revington (37 ft.) 38 ft. 1st, Bailey (112 ft.); 2nd, Rickards (101 ft.) Discus 112 ft. Javelin 1st, Bailey (136 ft. 8 in .); 3rd, Jenkins (110 ft.) 136 ft. 8 in. Relay (4 x 110) 1st, Eton; 2nd, King's 48.t sees. Result,' Eton 75, King's 66 117

CROSS-COUNTRY Resu1ts: Run 6: Won 5; Lost l. 1962: The 1st VII[ beat Wye College 28~70 and St. La.wrcncc Co llege, Ramsgate 23-63, as reported in last term's issue. 1963 : Training began on the first day of term and the good times in the first trial were encouraging. February 1st : 1st VII[ and 2nd VHf v South London Harriers and Wye College. 1st, South London Harriers, 35 points; 2nd, King's 1st VIlr, 53 points; 3r~ , Wyc College,1 10 points; 4th, King's 2nd VIII, 139 points. In perfect conditions South London Harriers, as usual, proved too stron,g for ~chool.boy runners, but R. A. Bush and O. R. Waterhouse, 2nd and 3rd, ran extremely well, both beatmg their prevIous best times. T . J. A. Bishop came 10th, but had stomach cramp; S. J. Weaver came J It h, D. M. G. Parry , 13th, R. V, Wyatt, 14t h, D. H. Ryan, 15th, and T. J. N . Claye, 16th. The 2nd VHf, a lthough fin ishing 4th, gained some useful practice. February 8th : 1st VHf v Lancing and Sutton Valence. 1st, K ing's, 43 points ; 2nd, SUllon Valence, 47 points; 3rd, Lancing, 93 points. The team gradually built up a good position, having countered a good st art by Sutton Valence. Before the notorious final ascent of the Sulton Valence course we led by 14 points, and Ihis lead was cut by only 10 points, due to some very pl ucky run nin~ by T. 1. N. Claye, 12th, and D. H. Ryan, 11th. R. A. Bush, 2nd, G . R . Waterhouse, 3rd, and T. J. A. BiShop, 6t h, all ran extremely well. S. J. Weaver came 9t h, R. V. Wyatt, 15t h and P. G. Kirby, 16t h, to complete a very good team effort. February 17th: Senior and Junio r House Races both won by Luxmoore, the first time this has been done. A. D. H. Turner (Walpole) reversed last year's position in the Senio r Race by defeating R. A. Bush (Marlowe) who came 2nd. G. R. Waterhouse (Meister Omers) was 3rd, T. J. A. Bishop (Luxlnoore) 4th, S. J. Weaver ( Marlowe) 5th and W. G. Osmond (Grange), an o utsider, came 6th. In the Jun ior Race, G. K. Jaggers (Linacre) was only 40 sees. ~ff the course record,. followed br W. J. Wood (Luxmoore). M. J. H. Wood (LuxT11oore), H. F. Parry (Meister Omers), R. J. Wmchester (Lmaere), and M. J. N. Baker (Grange). February 22nd: 1st VBI v Dover College. 1st, Kin!?'s, 24 points; 2nd, Dover Co! lege, 56 p.oints. This race provided King's with a very satisfactory team victory because we h~d our first .SIX rum~ers 111 the first eight to co mplete the course. R. A. Bush wo n, and ~. H. Ryan, who I.mproved hiS best lIITI': by 50 secs, was 2nd. O. K. Jaggers, in his first race for the Semors, came 4th, which was very encouragmg for next year. G. R. Waterhouse came 3rd, T. J. A. I;lishop, 6t h, S. J. Weaver, 8t h, R. V. Wyatt, 11 tb, and T. l . N. Claye, 14th. February 29th: 1st vJlr v Harrow, Highgate,.Derkhamstcad, and Felst~d. 1st, King's, 58 poi nt s; 2nd, Highgate, 72 poi nts; 3rd, Berkhamstead, 89 pomts; 4t h, Harrow, 93 pOUltS; 5th, Felsted, 173 pOLl1ls. A magnificen t climax to the season for which much of the credit should go to Mr. Doorman for his unceasing enthusiasm, especially in the week preceding this match. Our ~ t rength the whole way down the o rder again proved invaluable : R. V. Wyatt, 30t h, was our last man 111, T . J. N . C laye came 24th, D . H. Ryan, 17t h, W. G. Osmond, runni ng for the first and last time for the 1st VHf, came 15th, G. R. Waterhouse was 11th, R. A. Bush, 8th, T. J. A. Bishop, running ext remely well, was 4th, and S. J. Weaver, 3rd, led his team to victory, beating his best time by 30 sees. January 4th: Kent County Amateur Athletic Association Cross~Country Championship. Our team of R. A. Bush, 9th; O. R. Waterhouse, 29th; R. V. Wyatt, 59t h; and J. P. Waterhouse (J. K.S.), 75th, came J 1th and gained some useful training. Represented 1st Team: S. 1. Weaver (Capraill), 6.28; R. A. Bush, 2.71; G. R. Waterhouse, 4.28; D. H. Ryan, JO.6; T. l. N. Claye, 12.7; R. V. Wyatt, \ 5.0; W. G. Osmond, 1.05; D. M. G. Parry, 9.33 ; J. B. Whitaker, 9.5; J. R. Rew, 11; P. J. Cattrall, 5; P. G. Kirby, 16; G. K. Jaggers, 4. 1st Colours were awarded to S. J. Weaver, G. R. Waterhouse, T. 1. A. Bishop and re~awarded to R. A. Bush. S.l.W. G.R.W.

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SQUASH RACKETS The feature of this year's squash side has been the strength of numbers 3, 4 and 5. C. C. N. Bridge, P. J. Cattrall and R. A. Pinnock have all made notable progress, and Bridge, who is not yet 16, is the brightest prospect since P. D. MacNeice, who gained his Blue for Oxford this year. With a ll three and the Captain. M. J. Oldham, remaining next year, the outlook is promising. Mention must also be made of M . 1. N. Bridge, who played well at number 2, and of a usefu l reserve in S. J. Weaver. We defeated Westminster School 5~O, Dover College 5~0 and the Masters 7A, but lost heavily to To n~ bridge, where the game is played full~ time with obvious benefit, the Kent Squash Rackets Association. and an augmented O.K.S. side. In the Final of the Senior House Matches, Galpin's beat Meister Omers 3- 2; in the Final of the Junior House Matches, Meister Omers beat Walpole 4-1. I NDIV IDUAL T OURNAMENTS

Senior : R. A. Pinnock beat M. J . Oldham 9 2, 3-9, 9~ 4, Junior: C. C. N. Bridge beat R . S. Hallam 9-7, 9-7, 9~7 . M

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FENCING CLUB The Fencing C lub has had another very successful season with the Senior Team remaining unbeaten for the second year running and the Jun ior Team losing only one match . Among the sen io rs, Pitkeathly has shown himself to be a much-improved fencer and has well earned his position in the Foil Team, although at Epee he has not been q uite accurate enough. Pollet has not done as well as one might have expected although o n occasion he has fenced with drive and intelligence, but his tendency to attack with a bent arm has frequen tly made him open to the stop hit. As captain, the experience of Mered ith has often been a match-winn ing facto r, although his performances, at fo il particularly, have tended to be somewhat variable. On his day, however, he has been very hard to beat at either weapon. In the Junior Team, Ogley, Burr and R ing have all shown great promise, wit h Ogley also gain ing a place in the Senior Epee Team. De Silva, Deighton and Olympitis have also fenced well. In the Kent Schools Foi l Championships it was not to be expected that last year's success, when King's won both ind ividual titles and the Team championship, could be repeated. However, Meredit h gained third place in the Senior Foil and Pitkeathly, Pollet, Burr and Scott all reached the semi-finals, as d id Deighton and Olympitis in the Junior event. It will be interesting to see how we fare in the Kent Schools Epee and Sabre Championships at the beginning of next term. M.E.M. RESULTS Senior Team Junior Team v Dane Court Won J9- 7 Won 9-7 Won J5- J2 v K ing's School, Rochester Won 11- 5 Won 14--4 Won 12--4 v H .M.S. Worcester Won J89 v Harrow Won 13- 3 v Eton College Lost 7- 9 Won J5- J2 v K.C.S., Wimbledon Won 8- 1 Won J4-2 Colours awarded: Pitkeathly, Pollet, Ogley, Tucker, Burr, R ing.

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RUGBY FOOTBALL Rosslyn Park Seven-a-Sides King's rounded off their best ever Rugby season by win ning the Rosslyn Park Public Schools' Seven-aSide Tournament and in so doing they rewarded the loyalty of the many O.K.S. who were present on the final day. Possession of the ball is all-important in this game and in the first round match with Reigate O.S., which was played in the stick iest conditions imaginable, it was part icularly difficult to obtain. However, the K ing's "7" survived and thereafter they were supreme, From half-time in the second round game they showed tremendous form and , having won this game against St. Benedict's by 23 points to 8, they regained their confidence. Conditions had greatly improved for the last day of the tournamen t, and when King's played a very powerful and much fancied Solihull team they again found some difficulty in winning possession. When they did get it they showed their speed and sk ill and won by 10 points to O. An hour later they met and beat Rydal by 15-0, and in this game all three tries were scored by C. R. K. Heyland. Two of these were superb solo efforts straight through the middle and stamped him as a player of considerable class. An impo rtant aspect of this game was that J. G. Ridley on the wing was not called upon to run and was consequently rested and compa rat ively fresh for the sem i-final v Belfast Methodist. In this he showed his real speed and made his fu ll contribution to the team's 11-0 success. Of the final The Times wrote :"The schools' seven-a-side Rugby festival at Roehampton ended in a triumph for King's, Canterbury. In the fina l they beat S1. Edward's, Liverpool, by six goals (30 points) to nothing, which, in 26 years of the tournament, is the highest winning score in the final. It was the manner of King's victory rather than the victory itself which was the highlight of the day. After their near d isaster in the first round against Reigate G .S., wh ich was too bad to be true to form, King's suddenly found themselves. The fo rmer hesitation was forgotten and when it came to the fina l they probably gave a finer exhibition than has ever been shown by any other English school in the history of the tournament.

To reach the final King's had what might have been three difficult matches. Soli hull , R ydal and Belfast Methodist had all played with considerable sk ill with the accent always o n clever attacks. But when they met King's they were all , in turn, reduced to complete impotence, with their attacks stifled by clever covering and themselves quite unable to cope with the speed of such players as 1. G. Ridley or C. R. K. Heyland, who were a lways profiting from openings by the clever tactical play of S. S. Barker." It is quite obvious that all of the Seven played wel l. The Press has paid due tribute to the qualities of Ridley, Heyland and Barker, but these are all outsides and had to be given the ball before they could do anyt hing at all. One has come to expect brilliance from such as these and we were not disappointed, but much of the hard work was done by H. R. Jackson, A. D. H. Turner, N. J. Paul, and R . X. Heslop who provided the safe and vital link. T he line-out play of Jackson was most effective and the covering and tackling of them all was terrific. Turner was an ubiquitou s as ever, but in their different positions, which all demand different skills, no one played better than anyone else. Their real strength was in their spirit and in their complete understanding of each other.

For those who arc interested in statistics, K ing's won their six games by 16 goals (all kicked by Barker) and 5 tries (95 points) to 2 goals, 1 penalty goal (13 points). O n the final day, King's scored 66 points to nil. Ninety-seven schools competed in the tournament. King's, Canterbury:- l. G. Ridley, S. S. Barker (Captain), Jackson. A. D . H. Turner, N. 1. Paul.

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Royal Naval Section

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SOCIETIES: Geological

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Photographic

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Art

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Tenterden

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Natural History

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C.C.F. NOTES ARMY AND BASIC SECTIONS Training this term has competed successfully with the weather, and the syllabus was covered thoroughly cnough fo r 54 to pass the Army Proficiency Test, and o f the 14 failures, 11 were in one subject only, The newly-formed R.E.M.E. Sect ion has been getting itself organised under Mr. Hamilton, and had a visit to Ashford, to the Command Workshop there, much of which was very interesting. The Canterbury Fire Service has been running a fire-fighting course for senior boys, which has been valuable, and we are grateful to Mr. Atkinson and the instructors for providing this. The Signal Platoon, after a rather lean period, is gett ing into better shape again, and wit h some young and knowledgeabJe signallers coming on, it should soon contain a number of competent operators. The uncertainty about the Pyrenees trip has overshadowed most of the term: the British authorities gave their approval in November, but the French refused to give an answer till on Friday, March 20th they finally refused permission. So the Easter Camp will take place in North Wales, centred on Beddgelert. It is all rat her disappointing, especially as we were led 10 believe that the French were keen to have such parties. The Summer Camp will be at Fort Tregantle, which is above Whitesands Bay in South Cornwall, and is from Tuesday, July 28th to Wednesday, August 5th. The new organisation of the whole C.C.F. by the War Office has resulted in a reduction in authorised numbers for all contingents. We have come off fairly well, but numbers are limited to: Naval Section 60, Army Scction 255, and R.A.F. Section 60. Briefly, this entails raising the age of entry to l 5i, so there will be no recruits next term. The following promotions have been made this term to the ranks stated:-C.S.M. W. O. Osmo nd; Sgts. D. C. L. Eve, J. L. J. Jaquet, S. R. K. Fosbury, M. O. Hull, D. P. Kinghorn, R. J. McDonald , D. O. van Asch; L/Sgts. M. J. Carter, V. H. Jensen, M. J. Cumber; and twelve Corporals and eleven La.nce路 Corporals. K.A.C.O.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION We have tried to cram into this term the maximum amount of indoor instruction and I hope the cx.amihation results will reflect the sturdy efforts that have been made. A few cadets have escaped from the classroom to join the commando course, and the few N.C.O .s have been very busy instructing. We are very pleased to congratulate J. R . Day on his Royal Air Force Scholarsh ip, the first for 10 years, and A. J. W. Campbell on being granted a Fly ing Scholarship. For twenty lucky cadets, the highlight of the term must have been the trip in a Comet IV from Manston to Lyneham on Field Day, followed by a conducted tour of this enormous Transport Command base and a relatively slow journey back by train. The other cadets had short trips in Chipmunks at Manston, which served in some cases as an excellent introduction to the pleasure of flying. Our annual camp next holidays is being held at Linton路on路Ouse in Yorkshire and fifteen cadets are attending.

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ROYAL NAVAL SECTION This term we have concent rated on the Proficiency Examinations, in which the results were decided ly above average. The Field Day was spent at Chatham, where we toured H.M.S. Defender, a Oaring Class destroyer, and received practical training in the use of the latest Inflatable Life Raft, which is completely enclosed and can hold twenty路seven men. H .M.S. Pembroke has taken over as our Parent Establishment from the Depot Royal Marines, Deal, and an early benefit from this is that we hope to include a Field Gun Display in our programme for the Annual Inspection next term. D.W.B. 122

THE SOCIETIES Despite the cold weat her a large number of members went on the Society outing, early in the term, to the Greensand Cliffs near Folkestone. Many interesting specimens were found, including some good examples of Exogyra and a beautifully preserved Greensand Echinoid found by N. P. Press. Geologica l

The first phase of the reorganisation o f the SocielY room has now been completed. Three o f the cases have been painted in an effo rt to make our presentation of the specimens more interesting. Work on the arrangement of the speci mens in the newly. painted cases will begin next term. Ot her Society activities included an en lighten ing introductory talk about "Geology and Palaeontology", which was given by the Honorary Secretary. The Crystal Section, under the care of K. G. Doyle, has con tinued to expand. The Society wishes to thank its ret iring President , MI'. W. J. R. Hildick·Smith , for all his help in running the Society since its inception. Wc hope he wiJI not completely sever his ties. We a rc looking forward to working under Mr. B. W. Caudwell, whom we welcome as our new president. O.M.A.H.

The Society has not had time to read as many plays as last term, but we did manage to digest Marlowe's Edward /I in sal ute to the Canterbury dramatist's quatercentenary year. We found that the play really required acting to give full satisfaction, and the read ing was a little laborious. However, the poignant figure of Edward made an impression on us, and many of ou r number were en· couraged to join the School party to the superb Marlowe Theatre production o f Tile Jew of Malta-one has at least come to appreciate a poet of depth who is too often obscured by the shadow o f his great con· temporary. The Society greatly enjoyed Tiger al tile Gales,an English version o f La Glierre de Troie ,,'aura pas lieu by Oiraudoux. Walpole

We are glad to sec the spi rited revival of the Tenterden Debating Society, and are all the more encouraged to continue with the info rmal debates we began last term, perhaps as a sort of preparation for those who will go on to join fo rmal debates there. The occasional talk being given by senior members of the Society is equally valuable training of this sort; the Hon. Secretary, O. W. H. Rowbotham and the Hon. Treasurer, R. G. Kaye, gave talks respect ively on the wide subjects of "Rome" and "Russia", with the aid of colour· slides.

The highlight of the term 's activities was the annual outing, and this year, as usual, we found our way to London. Tn the morning we went to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, where the Senior Lecturer gave a very jnformative talk o n "Regency Furn itu re and Costume". In the afternoon we went to the National Theatre, latcly the Old Vic, to see an astonish ing array of actors in Chekov's Uncle Vanya. Despite the indisposit ion of Joan Plowright, the cast included Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Michael Redgrave and Max Adrian. Olivier surprised us all by completely losing himself in his part as the doctor, and yet retaining the power of character with which we have come to associate him. Redgrave played an accustomed role as a weak-willed , sometimes hysterical centr<1l figure, and acted with natural intensity. These two actors put life into a performance that we will remember, and we arc very grateful to Mr. Smith for organising the outing. O.W.H.R.

This term has been a rather frustrating one, with the more experienced members teaching Photographic those as yet uninitiated in dark·room techniques. r. A. H. Frazer gave a lucid lecture on "Developing", aimed at the junior members, but this st imulating even ing was in fact attended only by a very few people. Act ivity has been limited, but it is hoped to reach a cl imax with the Exhibition next term.

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This term there have been only two meetings of the Society, but it would perhaps be a good thing to record here that there has been a much increased amount of practical work by senior boys. The first meeti ng of the term was given over to a paper, illustrated by colour-slides, on the "Four Italian Cathedrals of Milan, Pisa, Florencc and Siena", by the Secretary. The aim was to show the relation between these cathedrals and their architecturc, and the modern cities in which they stand. The sccond meet ing was to hear K. A. C. G ross, Esq. talk on "Cabi net-making", which has been a hobby of his fo r many years. He showed us many plans and a very fine armchair in the Chippendale style from a dining set he has made. I only wish that this lecture had been better attended. J .H.T.

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Learn ing the a rt of speak ing well in pL' blic and in debate should be an integral part of onc's educa tion at a Public School, and to this cnd the Tenterdcn Society has becn reformed. The o bject of the Society is to hold debates two or three times each term primarily for the benefit of Sixth Formcrs, with both boys and staff participating. Messrs. Parker and Peacocke kind ly agreed to lead the opening debate, which was held in the Societies' Room on Sunday, February 9t h, under the Cha irmanship of ou r President, Mr. Ball. On the motion " This ho use must learn to love the bomb", Mr. Parker g.:'\Ve a lively and entertaining speech of proposal, ably seconded by 1. F . MeKno. These two were o pposed in equally humorous and polished terms by Mr. Pcacocke and M. J. Well s, A number of able speakers from the floor were forthcoming; interest ing points were made by Essame, Stu rgess, Hartley, Dawnay and Hudson. Tn the concluding vote, Mr. Parker's plea that the house had a duty to support the mot ion as members of the establishment, narrowly won the day. Unfortunatelyattendance was not as high as we would have li ked. Tenterden

Another debate was held on Palm Sunday : this att racted a far mo re lively and enthusiastic audience. M. J. Wells, in excellent form, proposed the motion that " in the opinion of this housc the priva te sector in education does no t justify itself", ably seconded by C. J . Hudson. Despite Wells' first-class speeches, the opposition, led by J. Sturgess, who was seconded by J. Armstrong, succeeded in having the motion rejected by 20 votes to 13. A valuable and varied contribution came from the floor: notable among the speakers were Essame, Moreen, D awnay, Woodhouse. Rutland, Mr. Hami lton and Mr. Peacocke. We are grateful to P. J. Stone for tape-record ing the proceed ings. J.H.A.J.A.

Three meet ings have been held this term, together with o ne outing: for this we were lucky in being able to attend a performance of the Trachilliae at King's Co llege, London, foll owed by an evcning performance of the Bacchae at the Mermaid Theatre. In the rrachilliae, Deianeira played her part well , but the whole production lacked essential fire and sparkle. H owever, all the actors spoke well , the unison of the chorus being a 1110st impressive featu re, as it was last year in the Electra. We all fo und Bernard Miles' prod uction of the Baccltae a most exciting experience. Superb pace and magnificent acting combined with a muscular translation to keep up the audience's suspense for the whole length of the play. Pater

In February, W. K . Reid, Esq., gave us a talk entitled " Bureaucrat : Servant or Master ?" in which he first outlined the history of the Civil Service and then went o n to discuss its workings and functions today. In the middle of March we heard a paper from M. J . Wells, K.S. on "Tacitus". In this he g.:1.ve us his views on Tacitus' historical bias, accuracy and style, concentrating particularly on the Annals and H istories. We are most grateful to Dr. Chilver, Professor of Classics at the Un iversity of Kent at Canterbury, for coming to this lecture and joining in the discussion at the end. He has also most kindly accepted our invitation to give a paper in the summer. At the final mceting of thc term we read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, thus breaking away from our usual hab it of reading a Greek play. Lastly, our si ncere thanks are due to the President , D. J. D . Miller, Esq., and A. S. Mackintosh, Esq. fo r all they have done for the Society this term. We had three prizeÂˇwinners in the Kent Classical Association Reading Competition this year- M. J. Wells. R . J. A. Talbert and M. J. H . Wood. W. l. Wolsey's performance in the Senior Greek received honourable mention ; and 1. S. Gay gave an excellent, though inappropriately dramatic, rendering of the Jun ior Greek piece. R.J.A.T. 124

An o uting to Seasalter on 2nd February was marked by enormous floats of duck on the Swale, just out of sure identification range; among them were two large geese, Bean or Pink-foot. Also seen were a Brent Goose and 50 Collared Doves at Whitstable. An outing to thc same place a month later, wi th a powerful telescope, produced little except a melanistic female Red-breasted Merganser, easi ly identified at over two miles range; a pity we did not have it with us on the 2nd. On 23rd February, two members of the Society saw 2 Drambling, 10 Redpoll and a Bittern. We have had only one lecture, a most informative talk by 1. O. D. Shannon on "Finches, Buntings, and Sparrows" on the J!th March. S. R.ST.J.N. Natural History

The Society has been very active this term. Eight new members were accepted and have made Caxton considerable effort to learn the trade. In view of the healthy fin ancial state of the Society it was decided, at a committee meeting on 17th February, to buy a large fount of 30 pt. Rockwell Shadow and two la rge founts each of 12 pt. and 14 pt. Times Bold. On 20th February, twenty members of the Society visited Smith and Young Ltd. We were entertained except ionally well , and great pains were taken by the D irectors, W. C. and G. A. Young, O.K.S., to make the visit as interesting as possible. A large number of jobs have been completed during the term. These include the programmes for the Meister Omers and School House plays and the Easter Concert and a fou r page pamphlet. As always, the Society is very grateful to Mr. Peett fo r his consta nt help and advice. J .A. W.

A varied select io n of meetings was arranged for this term, commencing early in February when we joined with the Art Society to hear J. H. Turner talk o n four halian cathedrals, Milan, Pisa, Florence and Siena. The colour-slides with which he illustrated this lecture were of a very high order; we also held another meeting when sl ides were shown, with the President contributing slides taken on last year's outing to Rye, Winchelsea and Bod iam Castle, a nd R. C. W. Church a nd the Hon. Secretary contributing slides taken o n holidays in France and the Low Countries. The Revd. Dr. S. O. Orade-Birks, author of some well-known books on archaeology, gave us a most va.luable lecture entitled "Enquiry into the Past", in which he demonstrated what great opportunities for archaeological investigat ion there are today. We have also attended two lectures at the Heaney. The Revd. D. Ingram -Hill gave an illustrated talk entitled " Pi lgrimage to Rome" , and J. Saltmarsh, Esq., Fellow of King's College, cambridge, spoke on "Women in the Middle Ages". An afternoon outing to Dover Castle, arranged towards the end of March, has had to be postponed because of bad weather. It on ly remains fo r me to thank the President, F. H. Voigt, Esq., for his unfailing help and encouragement throughout the term. R.J.A.T. Somner

There have been three meetings this term; two of them outings, and o ne a lect ure. Harvey Prior to the first outing, to the Kent Oil Refinery o n the Tsle of Orai n. a Iccture on "Oil Refining Processes" was given by Mr. K. E. Humphrey of Foster Wheeler Ltd. The outin g itself proved to be a great success, giving the Socicty an opportunity to see one of the most up-toÂˇdate refineries in Europe. The generous lunch provided was a lso much appreciated. An insight into the worki ng of a large modern factory producing pharmaceutical products was given by the second outing, to Pfizer Ltd. at Richbo rough After the various stages in the manufacture of terramycin had been expla ined, there followed a brief glance at the company's laborato ries. A lecture on "Calculating Machines" has been planned for next term. R.G .S. 125

MUSIC School Choir

The choir this term started off by having to rely on a handful of experienced trebles, but as the term progressed and several voices began to break, the rest of the treble li ne improved considerably.

The main problems the choir still has to face are a shortage of cop ies if anyone at all takes more than his fa ir share and a shortage of seat ing for the altos in the oaks. With all the anthems in a new fi ling system from which it is possible to tell at a glance how recently any particular anthem was done, we have been able to revive certain anthems that have not been done for many years and also fill gaps in our library, So thi s term we have rev ived Though I speak wilh 'he tongues of men (Bairstow) and done five new anthems including Christ is Risen by Joubert on Easter Day. This term's anthems:For he shall give his angels (Mendelssohll) o Lo rde the maker (Joubert) Though J speak (Bairstow) o most Merciful (Wood) o heart subdued (Brahms) Thou knowest Lord (Purcell) Come my way (Harris) Turn thy face (Attwood) The Lo rd is my Shepherd (Schubert)

Wash me throughly (Wesley) Blessed Jcsu (Dvorak ) o sav iour of the world (Goss) Hosanna (Weelkes) Ave Verum (Byrd) Come Holy G host (Attwood) Faithful Cross (John 0/ Portugal) Christ is Risen (Joubert) This joyfu l Easter~ t i d e (arr. Wood)

Variety has been the keynote of this term's act ivities. The wide select ion of music tackled during rehearsals has ranged from Verdi to Rodgers, and the general standard of sight read ing has been remarkably high. Looking a head to next term we have wi dened o ur range of marches, always a useful stand~ by, and have practised carefully such pieces as Sibelills' Alia Marcia from the Karelia Suite, Schubert's Marche Militaire, and Lalo's overture Le Roi D' Ys. Attendances have on the whole been quite good, but at several rehearsals the brass sect ion has been not iceably llnder~ represented. Military Band

As always we are grateful to Mr. Wright for his enthusiastic and inspiring di rect ion; also to Mr. Thatcher for the valuable assistance he has given to the clarinets, and to Mr. R. P. Scott for so kindly giv ing up his time to play the d ouble~ bass. We are sorry to be los ing our so lo clarinett ist, D. M. G . Parry, a nd wish him every success in his fut ure musical career. J.H .A.J.A.

The term has been spen t in rehearsing Malcolm Arnold's Little Suite and Schubert's Unfillished Symphony for performance with the First Orchestra at the Easter Day Concert. Several sectional rehearsals noticeably improved the standard of playing, and next term we hope to continue string rehearsals even if the rest of the orchestra docs not function. Once again 1 should like to thank Mr. Morrish for all his assistance and Mr. Wright for giving us the opportunity of performi ng with the First Orchestra. W.J.W.

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The Choral Society has met fairly regu larly this term to rehearse The Creation by Hayd n for King's Week. The attendance at these meetings has been varied, for there have been many other act ivities which have clashed with our traditional time of rehearsal. We hope that in the summer it will not prove too difficult for those who have jo ined the Society to keep up a steady level of attendance to make a posit ive cont ri but ion to K ing's Week. J.H.T. W.H.W. Choral Society

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ST. ANDREWS LETTER The "Auld Grey City", perched on cliffs overlooking the North Sea and the world-famous golf-courses that stretch for miles along the sands towards Dundee, and, on the other side of the Tay, the busy industrial centre of Dundee itself- these are the first impressions received by the newcomer to this oldest of Scottish universities, founded in 1413. Certainly few other universities have on the one hand this atmosphere of ancient tradition and on the other this active and colourful social life. And because st. Andrews is small, relatively speaking, there exists a sense of community that is completely lacking in many of the larger institutions. Loneliness is not a problem here, and there are few places where the pressure of work is more easily relieved. The golfer, skier, walker and climber could find no better place to study, and life in general is much freer this side of the border, since traditionally the Scottish universities are far more democratic than their English counterparts. In a recent report sponsored by Aien, the university weekly newspaper, it was shown that 39 % of the students in St. Andrews and 59 %of those in Dundee are English. However, nothing has or could ever be done to alter the essentially Scottish nature and atmosphere of this university. 127

The "Bejant" (first-year student- pronounced like "regent") gets his first introduction to the social life at the Societies Fair which takes place at the beginning of Martinmas Term. He is bound to join twice the number of societies he can hope to support. Amongst the most outstanding of these are the Mermaid Dramatic Society, the Musical Society, the Phoenix (Literary Society) and of course all the various sports, political and debating societies. And may it be noted that strange things happen to people at university. The rebel who idled his way through Corps becomes an officer in the T.A. and the insignificant character who spent most of his school days in the shade becomes a weighty and wellknown figure in university politics. But, of course, it can happen the other way round as well! Life at any university is no bed of roses. Unfortunately one has to work, and the standard is high here. Many an English student has been deluded by the comparative straightforwardness of some first year courses here into thinking that it will continue to be easy! All the same, life can be extremely enjoyable and St. Andrews is far from being the degree factory some "other" places have turned out to be!

The number of O.K.S. here seems to be steadily increasing. In the St. Andrews colleges there are seven. Brian Jeffery, formerly of The Grange, is Lecturer in French. He is also an accomplished lute player and has given a number of broadcasts and concerts. In addition to this he is preparing several publications on literary and musical topics. Diarmuid Tayler plays hockey for the College and is in his third year here. Among his extramural activities can be counted the Art of Speeddrinking. He downed a pint last year in six and a half seconds out of a yard. Goodness knows what he can do with an ordinary glass! The third Grange man, Mike Sharwood-Smith, managed to walk 54 miles for a glass of beer and a free dinner. He is Principal Trumpet in the Music Society Orchestra, VicePresident of the German Club and plays basketball for the College. Peter Loadman is Secretary of Hamilton Hall Residence and plays hockey for the College 2nd Team. He is also a member of the select Kate Kennedy Club. Mark Pickering plays for the University at squash and has gained a Half-Blue. And in add ition to this he is Sports Editor of Aien. Peter Sherwood arrived this year with the intention of studying Chemistry. He is a member of the Chemistry Society. Peter Gordon left last year with Honours in Philosophy and Economics and a distinguished sports career behind him, having played four years of hockey for the University and gained his Blue. Duncan MacIldowie has been secretary and full back for the College hockey team and secretary as well as fast bowler for the University cricket team . He has a Cricket Half-Blue. At Queen's in Dundee, Alan Mackie is reading Social Science. He eats and sleeps (and does it very well). He also plays rugger for the College 2nd Team and has taken to the ice with painful consequences. Trevor Scobie, late of Walpole, is first year representative of the Dental Society. He regrets retiring from TUgger without any great honour but promises to reappear on the field for the annual clash between the two Residences of Belmont Hall and Airlie Hall. As Vice-President of the Transport Society, Richard Coates was the inspiration behind the successful attempt to regain the Flying Scotsman engine for Scotland next term. He has helped to organise a special train to run from Edinburgh to Aberdeen via Perth and back again and has given lectures on Aviation. He also climbs and skis when there is enough snow. Pete Woodrow has forsaken cross-country running for the debating chamber and will be standing for the post of Convener of Debates. He has also been concerned with the Experimental Theatre Group and is organising the coming Charities Ball. The O.K.S. in both St. Andrews and Dundee are ready to welcome any newcomer who has succeeded in getting a place here and wish tllOse in the grim process of trying the best of luck. SANCTUS ANDREAS.

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, O.K.S. NEWS The Cantuarian Lodge The Triennial Joint Meeting of the Cantuarian, the Old Lawrcntian and Old Dovorian Lodges will be held this year at The K ing's School, Canterbury, in the School itself on Saturday 13th June 1964 when all O.K.S. who are Masons will be heartily welcome. ' , " Any O.K.s. who can attend are asked to write to D. F. Kellie, Chargate, Burwood Park, Walton-on~ Thames,. Surrey, or to A. Fox-Male, 8 Enmore Road, Putney, London, S.W.15, who will gladly supply full particulars.

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BRIAN ~. ~EWTON (19~50) was appointed Rector of the Parish of Holy Cross, Marabella, Trinidad, West Indies 111 1962. He IS 111 charge of three c hurches, and looking for volunteers to help the Anglican Church in Trinidad. JOf-IN Low (1958~ 63) is at Kindia in Guinea doing V.S.O., and has met Sekou Toure and the President of Mauretania at a reception for ~aile Selas.sie. He passes his time teaching, trumpeting, and playing basketbaq. JAMI!S ~ARIS (1958~ 63) IS ~Iso dOing Y ..S.O. teaching at Georgetown, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. HIS IS a mixed community, and a difficult one to handle. He finds consolation in spear fishing. B. ST. G. DRENNAN writes from Oxrord, where he has been gathering information on O.K.S. who have been to Keble, that H. S. CROWTHER (1876- 82), whose name appears as Captain of Cricket on the oldest shield in th~ School collection, celebrated his IU:lIldredth birthday on May 25th, 1963, in Gloucester, N.S.W. We would like to offer our belated congratulations to Mr. Crowther and to send best wishes fol' May 25th 1964. ' W. SOMERSET MAVGHAM (1885- 89) celeb rated his 90th birthday on January 25th. We offer our congratulations to him also. We congratulate P. F. COVENEY (1958- 62) on gaining an award from the Masters of the Bench of the Inner Temple under the Duke of Edinburgh's entrance scholarship scheme. ROBERT H. HEYNEN (1908- 10) is retiring. He has run the Cliffeside Hotel East Cliff Bournemouth since 1924. We offer him our best wishes. " DR. JOHN A. G.UILLUM Scon: (1921 - 28), who has been Secretary or the Church Assembly since 1948, was created a Kmght Bachelor lJ1 the New Year's Honours List. J. E. L. SALES (1950- 55), who qualified in 1961, has been Home Surgeon for 18 months at "Barts"! After six months at St. James' Hospital, Balham, he has returned to Barts as Junior Lecturer in Anatomy. R. B. BRITION (1957- 62) played for Oxford on January 22nd v the Army, on February 5th v the R.A.F. and on February 12th v United Hospitals. D. J. MILLS (1956- 62) rowed for the Oxford "B" Crew on Februa ry 4t h. ROGER SUTION (1950- 56), Capta in of Hockey at King's in 1956, has been chosen to represent Great Britain in Hockey at the Tokyo Olympics. D. H. FEARON (1940--41) is Import Manager ror Wiggins Teape in Victoria, Australia. MAJOR P. H. LEE (1943--46) is in Cyprus in charge of the R.E.M.E. Parachute Workshop in support or the Parachute Brigade. He was previously at the War Office for three years. K. P. HICKMAN (1926- 29) has been appointed an Assistant Treasury Solicitor. W. M. WATSON (1955- 60) was placed 14th out or 500 candidates in the Foreign Office written examination in January. H. R. J. HOARE (1949- 55) is in charge of all Operations Methods, including Operations Research at Freemans (London, S. W .9) Ltd. R. J. SIM PK INS (1943- 50) has been elected Professional Associate or the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyo rs- Agricultural Division- and lives in Devonshire. T. J. I. HOWARDMJONES (1958- 63) is enjoying Manchester University, where there are four other OX.S. He has been awarded his half-maroon for Fencing. A . G. C. DENNETT (1923- 28) had a letter publ ished in Tlte Times in January on "The Affectation of Imperfection" and had an article on his great-grandfather's ten-day visit to Normandy with his two sons in 1860 published in the Easter edit ion of COlllltry Life.

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ENGAGEMENTS HODGES-WARD.- W. A. Hodges (1954--59) to Helen M. H. Ward of Richmond College, Surrey. JOB- GoRDoN.-E. R. G. Job (1951-55) to Rose C. M. Gordon of Wirral, Cheshire. CLARK- BROWN.- R. J. Bevir Clark (1954-58) to Doris Brown of West Virginia, U.S.A. CASHELL-BoLT.- Peter K. W. Gashell (l95()"""56) to Judith Anne Bolt of Brightston., Isle of Wight. BENNETI- MOCKEIT.- N. J. H. Bennett (1954-57) to Judith Anne Mockett of Broadstairs, Kent. AUSTIN-OAKLEY.- A. J. K. Austin (1955-59) to Anne Victoria Oakley of Wolverhampton. CASEBOURNE- BuRNS.-R. L. Casebourne (1948-51) to Loraine Mary Burns of Greystones, Co. Wicklow. FOORD- HEPPENSTALL.- D . F. FOORD (1952- 58) to Lindy Heppenstall of Ladbroke Terrace, London.

MARRIAGES ISDILL-BROwN.- Brian Isbill (1953-57) to Beverly E. Brown, at St. Michael and All Angels, Kelburn. PORTER- DARRoc K.- The Revd. John D. D. Porter (1947-52) to Jean Margaret Darrock, at St. Mark's Church, Londonderry on January 4th. STEvENsoN- CooPER.- David C. C. Stevenson (1952-57) to Diana Elizabeth Cooper at St. Peter's, Littleover on March 14th. ROCKLEy- HARTLEY BAKER.- F. Anthony Rockley (1955-60) to Penelope A. Hartley Baker. at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton on February 8th. RIcKEITS--SPARK.- Howard Jeremy Ricketts (1955-58) to Jane Caroline Spark. at St. Mary the Boitons, Kensington.

BIRTHS BINDON.- On 19th November, 1963, a son to Margaret and Donald Bindon (1947-52). MORPURGo.- On January 27th, 1964, a son to Clare and Michael Morpurgo (1957-62). SIMPKINs.- On 30th January, 1964, a second daughter to Mary and Richard Simpkins (1943-50),

DEATHS SlDEBOTHAM.-Frederick Lester Sidebotham, O.B.E., M.e. (1906-12), on Januar) 24th, 1964, aged 70. SIMMs.- Capt. Charles E. Simms, D.S.O., R.N., (1909- 13), on December 30th, 1963, aged 63. WEEKES.- John Terence Weekes (1936-39), on January 26th, 1964, aged 41.

OBITUARIES MR. V. L. ARMITAGE The death occurred on February 2nd of Mr. V. L. Armitage, former headmaster of Bloxham School. Educated at King's and Ballial College, Oxford, after lecturing at the University of Reenes he joined the Modern Language staff at RossaU in 1913 where he was appointed a housemaster in 1921 on his return from serving with the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Provost Corps in France and Germany. Moving to St. Bees as senior Modern Language master and a housemaster. in 1925 Mr. Armitage was appointed the first lay headmaster of Bloxham School, where, until his resignation in 1940, he considerably developed the school's amenities. On the outbreak of war he joined the Intelligence Corps, and on his dcmobilisat ion in 1947 with the rank of Lieutenant~Colonel, he joined the office of Educational Administration in Germany until 1950. With increasing ill-health, Mr. Armitage spent some years in Italy, before settling recently in Wiltshire. We extend our sympathy to Mrs. Armitage in her bereavement. 130

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Christopher Francis Battiscombe died at Windsor on February 21st, aged 73. He came to The King's School from Haileybury when he was 17. and two years later gai ned an Open History Scholarsh ip at Lincoln College, Oxford. In the First World War he enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, but was soon given a commission in the G renadier Guards, in which he served till the end cf the war. He entered the Colonial Civil Service, and was for a short time in Kenya as an educational officer, but for the next twelve years he was in Zanzibar as Private Secretary to the Sultan and liaison officer with the British Government. In 1934 he was invalided out; and almost immed iately the Dean and Chapter of Durham offered him the post of Clerk to the Chapter and Librarian of the Cathedral Library. During the twenty years he spent in Durham he did much research, and in 1956 his Folio work on The Relics 0/ St. Cuthbert was published for the Dean and Chapter by the Oxford Press. During the Second World War he was at first an Instructor at Sandhurst, and then Camp Commandant of the War Cabinet Room underground, and a member of the Politica l Intelligence Department at the Foreign Office. In 1955 he retired from his post in Durham and has since lived in King Henry In Tower in Windsor Castle, where he "placed his Durham experience at the disposal of the Friends of St. George's, Windsor". Those who knew him when a boy at the school and those who knew him at later stages of his life, all refer especially to his charm and kindliness; his epitaph might well be the fina l statement in the notice of his death in The Times: "No onc loved him without being the better for it".

THE RT. HON. SIR CUTHBERT MORLEY HEAD LAM,

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On February 27th Sir Cuthbert Headlam died at the age of 87 after a long and distinguished career in politics and public service. He entered The King's School in 1890. gained a "Junior King's Scholarship" in the following year, and left in 1893 with a History Demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford. From 1897 till 1924 he was Clerk in the House of Lords. Tn 1906 he was called to the Bar, and was a contributor to Lord Halsbury's "Laws of England". In 1924 he gave up his Clerkship to stand as Member of Parliament for Barnard Castle; later he was member for North Newcastle, and was a very active member of the House of Commons for the best part of thirty years. He was Parliamentary Secretary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, and later was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions. He was created Baronet in 1935. His work in the House of Lords was interrupted by the First World War. He served as 2/Lieut. in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry and was finally G.S.O.l in the Guards Division. He was awarded the D.S.O. and was mentioned in despatches five times. On his return to civilian life he kept up a very active interest in the army: he wrote the History o/ tlle Guards Division ill tile Great War, and from 1920 till 1942 he edited the Army Quarterly. He was a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Durham. There can be few who can rival the record of public service of this distinguished O.K.S.

DR .IL.~G.l HOUSDEN. M.D ., 0 .8.E.

The death occurred on December 19th, 1963, of Dr. Leslie Housden (1908-11), the second of three brothers at King's before the First World War. At Guy's Hospital from 191 9- 25, he was editor of the Hospital Gazette and Captain of the Athletics Club, of the United Hospitals Athletic Club and of the South London Harriers. During the Great War he served 'as a gunner in the H.A.C. (1914-16) and in the 8th Divisional Artillery (191 6-19); he was mentioned in Dispatches. Tn 1920 he represented Britain in the Olympic Games Marathon at Antwerp . Author of Mothercra/t and Breast-Feeding, Dr. Housden was awarded the D.B.E. for his services to child welfare. He was honorary medical adviser to the Save the Children Fund and adviser in parentcraft to the Ministry of Health from 1948-55. We would like to extend ou r sympathy to Mrs. Housden and her family in their bereavement. 131

OUR CONTEMPORARIES Aldenhamion, Ample/orth Journal, Bradfield College Chronicle, Bradfordian, Bryanston Saga, Cho/me/eiall Chronicle, Cily 0/ London School Magazine, D ecQnian, D ellstonjon. Dovorian, Dulwich Col/ege Preparatory

School Magazine, Eastbournian. Elizabethan, Epsomian, Fe/sled Bury. Fe/sledian, Glena/mond Chronicle, Gresham, HlIrst~Jolmian.lmpala, Kent Co l/ege Magazine, Lancing Col/ege Magazine, Latymerian, Lawrelltion, Lorettollion, Lynx, Mar/burian, Meleor, Mill Hill Magazine, Milner Courl Chronicle, Ousei, Pauline,

Rod/eian, Rep/onian, Roifension, SI . Edward's School Chronicle, School TIe, Stony/mrs! Magazine, Stort!ordioll, Tonbridgian, Whitgi!tian, Worksopion.

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MACBETH H AYDN'S CREATION ... S IR DONALD W OLFIT AND ROSALIND I DEN GEORGE MALCOLM .. ' THE FRINGE P LAYS THE SERENADE IN T H E CLOISTERS D AVID K OSSOFF THE SYMPHONY CONCERT ... THE BAND CONCERT AND GYMNASTIC DISPLAY THE H EADMASTER'S SPEECH ACADEMIC AND OTHER D ISTINCTIONS GAI NED, 1 963~64

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V IRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES

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THE SCHooL. .. SALVETE

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KING'S WEEK AND SPEECH DAY KI NO'S WEEK, 1964 MACBETH H AYDN'S CREATION ... S IR D ONALD W OLFIT AND ROSALIND I OEN GEORGE MALCOLM ... THE FRINGE P LAYS THE SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS

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LECTURES

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CRICKET

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THE ART EXHIBITION THE SOCIETIES

C.C.F. NOTES CARPENTRY ...

THE LIBRARY

O.K.s. NEWS

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PRO FILE OXFORD LETTER

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ILLUSTRATIONS GOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE (JUNIOR) MACBETH

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL.

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No. 3

AUGUST, 1964

EDITORIAL

Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new!

Thus our predecessors of exactly fifty years ago ended the Editorial of their June issue, without any mention of that impending cataclysm which still darkens the mind of our Western civilization. As we look back today, it seems a conflict conducted by the obstinacy and inflexibility of old men, after it was made inevitable by the failure of Old World diplomacy to extract either compromise or reasonable solution from the autocrats of Europe. And though compared with the Second World War, the First may seem only a minor struggle, it has undoubtedly had a greater impact on our lives, not just because it destroyed the flower of our country's youth, but also because it brought in its wake further revolutionary upheavals, first pulling down the dynasties whose crumbling decay had originally engendered such chaos, then erecting other, defenceless, states whose pitiful weakness was to lead to conflict once again. 135

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Whilst the declaration of war produced a sudden enthusiasm, which gave the whole nation an exciting unity almost overnight, few realized that the horrors of the conflict would be more appalling than any that Europe had witnessed for three hundred years. As these gradualJy became known , and as casualties grew with the inadequacy of a command quite unable to fight a modern war, so the soldier in the trenches turned to the negative bitterness and despair that were uppermost in Wilfred Owen's mind when he wrote the lines : What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. It is not difficult to see how such m0 9ds led to the moral vacuum of the inter-war years and the persistent doctrine of pacifism which paralysed Britain and France in the same period.

And now on the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of war it would surely be appropriate for us to consider whether we have learnt the lessons that the laying down of so many lives at such great cost has put before us. We may only hope that in the event of another crisis the representatives of the nations may not display that intractability and lack of statesmanship which forced gigantic conflict on all the nations of Europe in 1914, although not one of them wanted it. And let us here make every effort always to keep open minds about our problems. Here, too, where we endeavour to preserve with our traditions what of the past seems to us beneficial, let us make constant re-appraisal : so that peace may not dull the senses and the imagination ; so that what we do by tradition may always be a source of strength and inspiration to us, rather than evidence of minds that prefer the glories of the past to the reality of the present. The knowledge imposes a pattern, and falsifies, For the pattern is new in every moment And every moment is a new and shocking Valuation of all we have been. 136

THE SCHOOL Captain of School: N. R. Hall Head of Linacre House Head of Galpin's Head of LI;xmoore House Head of School H ouse Head of MarioIVe House H ead of The Grange H ead of Walpole H ouse Head of Meister Omers

N. R. Hall H . R. Jackson A. V. Georgiad is W. R. Young S. J. Weaver J. L. J. Jaquet J. M. V. Butterfield M. J. N. Bridge

SCHOOL M ONlTORS

N. R. Hall, H. R. Jackson, A. V. Georgiadis, W. R. Young, S. J. Weaver, J. L. J. Jaquet, J. M. V. Butterfield, M. J. N. Bridge, N. J. Paul, K.S. , J. G. Ridley HOUSE MONITORS

School House: The Grange: Walpole House: Meisler Omers:

D. G. van Asch, M.S., C. H. Brock, P. A. Croxford, R. V. Ken t C. M. Chant, G. D. Eves, V. H. Jensen, W. G. Osmond J. F. McKno, K.S. , J. A. Norwood, N. P. Rose, A. D. H. Turner M. J. Carter, S. J. O. Gurney, A. T. Trousdell Marlowe House: C. R. K. Heyland, R. A. Pinnock Luxmoore House: M. A. G. Bennett, R. B. Gale, M. D. Hull, W. A. Large, E. P. W. Slater, M.S. Galpin's: O. S. Essame, .K.S., G. F. Langly-Smith, R. A. Moreen, G. H. Sharwood-Smlth, D. N. T. Walton T. J. N. Claye, A. A. Moggach, R. P. Ralph, J. H. Turner Linacre House: Captain of Cricket S. J. Weaver Captain of Boats D. N. T. Walton Captain of Swimming N. R. Hall Captain of Tennis R. A. Pinnock Captain of Shooting P. R. Kermode Caplain of Fencing J. F . H. Meredith Captain of Golf S. J. N icholas, K.S. MONITOR FOR M USIC

J. H. Turner The Cantuarian Editors: The Captain of School (ex-officio), W. J. Watkins, J. Sturgess, Talbert, K.S. Secretary: N. F. Riddle 137

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SALVETE P. B. Carr, J. P. Carver, C. F. Clark, F. M. Done, M. J. Evans, J. R. Gawthorne, A. P. Hardie, N. A. Karim, N. M. S. Pitceathly, C. S. W. SmIth, M. F. Taylor, C. A. Tsesmelis, P. A. Vernon, J. P. Waterhouse, S. G. R. WylIe, R. Yung.

VALETE N. Band, C. M. Sheppard.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES CHURCH, R . C. W.- Came Sept., '59; Upper VI; Secretary of Photographic Society; Corporal, C.C.F., '64. N 1 CoOKE J M -Came Sept., '59; K.S., '59; Hon. Sen. K.S., '64; Upper VI; A.B ., ava ' t: 'C C F' MaJ'or Scholarship in MathematIcs to Tnmty College, Oxford . Sec lon, . . ., . , ' . U VI' I McC - Came Sept. '60' Hon. K.S., 63; Hon. Sen. K.S., 64, pper , HAZESEL, F. t' C .C.'F. ', Open Cl~obu;ey Scholarship in History to Pembroke College, ergean, Oxford. S R S J -C e Sept. '58' K.S., '58; Sen. K.S., '61; Hon. Secretary of Natural NEIL~istory ST~ci~ty; a~pper VI;. C.P.O., Naval Section, C.C.F., '63; Open WIlhams Exhibition in Zoology to Balhol College, Oxford. .' D M G- C Sept. '59' M.S., '59; UpperVI; Secretary.ofMadngaI Soclety; PARRtirst' Or~he~tratnrance-s'erge~nt, C.C.F., '64; McCurdy ExhIbItIOn to Brasenose College, Oxford. WARREN, S. J . - Came Sept. " '59' Lattergate House Monitor, '63; Upper VI; LanceSergeant, C.C.F., '64. . WELLS M J -Came Jan., '60; Hon. K.S., '63; Hon. Sen. K;S., '64; House Mon.ltor, '63; Fir~t Orchestra; Upper VI; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F., 63; Open ScholarshIp In Classics to University College, Oxford .

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THIS AND THAT Mrs. Newell

We were delighted to have Mrs. Newell back among us for King's Week and Speech Day, and hope that she is now fully recovered .

Congratulation s to the Venerable Alexander Sargent (1905- 14) on completing 25 years as an Archdeacon. Archdeacon of Maidstone from 1939-42, he was then appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury, an office founded in 798 . He has installed 55 diocesan bishops, including one in every cathedral in the Province of Canterbury, the most recent being the Bishop of Rochester, whom he installed last year.

Silver Jubilee

On May 21st we were visited by 20 Headmasters from Prep. schools in the East Kent area. During the afternoon they were shown round the School by some of their former pupils before being entertained to dinner by the Headmaster and Mrs. Newell and members of the Staff. Afterwards a short concert was given by members of the Music Circle in the Palace Recital Room, recently painted in attractive colours by J. H. Turner. I.A.P.S.

This year there was no whole holiday as Ascension Day fell only six days after the beginning of term. The Madrigal Society sang on the roof of Prior Sellinge Gate and afterwards at Sung Eucharist in the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft. Ascension Day

On Saturday, July 4th the Archbishop confirmed G. Robertson, F. L. Graves and R. F. Hames in his private chapel at the Old Palace. These boys had been prevented by illness from attending the School Confirmation Service during the Lent Tenn. Confirmation

Miss Freeman

After five years of energetic service as Headmaster's secretary, Miss Freeman leaves us for a business appointment in Lisbon. We shall greatly miss her cheerful efficiency.

This term we were pleased to welcome as preachers at Evensongthe Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Chichester; Dr. A. Ll. Spencer-Payne, Director of the South African Church Development Trust; the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Bradford; the Very Reverend Ian WhiteThomson, Dean of Canterbury; the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Pontefract; and the Reverend Canon J. N. D. Kelly, Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Visiting Preachers

It took precisely four minutes for the Dance- in the Marlowe Dining Room High Life this year, as an experiment- to reach full throttle. Perhaps it was the Below Stairs descent from the Hall to the cellar atmosphere of the lower ground floor, or perhaps the emphasis on Wiggle rather than Waltz, or the relative informality of suits- but they all seemed to be much appreciated and very successful changes. The exhausted could totter out for a slow promenade round the Green Court on a fine,

warm, romantic evening, or drink among the Farrens' roses before submerging again,

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The appearance of five members of the staff in Playcraft's production Caviare to of Hamlet attracted various mqulsltlve members of the School to the the encral ... ? Priory Little Theatre during the secon,d week m June. Postp,?~ed g for a fortnight because of Mr. Gillespie S Illness, thiS was an excltmg and imaginative presentation. Mr. Smith (Laertes), Mr. Hlldlck-Smlth (OSrIc) and MI. H ding (First Player) all impressed, but Mr. Gillespie (Hamlet) and M I. Peacocke (Q~udius) were outstanding. All those who went would like to thank Mr. Peacocke for publicising the play and for arrangmg the tickets. The members of the First Orchestra were the guests of the Friends of C C t Canterbury Cathedral at a concert given by the B.B.C. Symphony B.B.. oncer Orchestra in the Cathcdral on May 6th . The programme consisted of Beethoven's Overture The Consecration of the House, Four Sea Interludes fro~n Bel~Jamll1 Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the Cantata No. 57: Selig ist der Mann by Bach, m which th,. soloists were Heather Harper (soprano) and Rmmund Henncx (bantone), and Beethoven s Symphony No.7 in A major. The usual high standard of perform~nce was maintain~d aga in this yea~ Kent with W. H. Williams winning the Plano Pflze-wmners Challenge Cup, M . Festival N D K ing was placed second, R. J. A. True, tlurd. In other Plano uSle cl~sse~ K ing, Hodges and "True all gained first places. The Bach piano duet and the duet sight-reading were won by Kmg and True, and Kmg won both the sol~ iano and vocal sight-reading classes. E. H. Bailey was narrowly beaten mto secon ~lace in the 'cello class by A. T. Jones (Music Scholar elect) from the ChOIr School. A recent article in The Times on St. Mary's, Lambeth . t Tradeseallti revealed this church as the burial place of the Tradescants, R eqUlescan . .. father and son, who were both at King's in the 17th century and later became renowned botanists. Indeed, the elder w~s gardener to Charles I and Henrietta-Maria. The inscriptIOn on their tomb-stone reads.These famous Antiquarians that had been Both Gardiners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves, sleep here; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men, . And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall /'Ise And change this garden for a Paradise. . .' In the corner of the garden next to the. graveyard stands a lilac-tree, an apt memollal to the men who popularized it in our English gardens. Half-term

Half-term extended from June 6th to June 8th, giving a much apprcciated break before the rigours of the final month before exams.

Nowadays in Canterbury, yo u may see a King's School boy wheeling a bathchair, delivering Meals on Wheels, collectmg for the Bhnd, y tending people's gardens or perhaps Just chattmg to an old 01 diSabled person. More than a hundred senior boys are regularly gIVIng an hour a week to h' .' e In addition a "search survey" of over 2,300 houses was carned out III co~~~r~~t~~C ~ith the City 'Health Depart~ent. Eighty-eight previously unknown cases of need were discovered, all of which are bemg followed up.

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As part of the Marlowe Quatercentenary Week Celebrations at the Old Time Cricket end of July, Marlowe fielded a team of Old Time Cricketers, complete With Side-whiskers and top hats, to challenge a Clergy Diocesan XI on St. Stephen's Green. The clergy opened the batting and found themselves in no way hampered by exclusively underarm bowling, a lengthened pitch and only four stumps. Their impressive total score of 246. not only included several shots landed in the churchyard, as well as one grand slam which shattered the panes of a nearby greenhouse, but was also backed up by such skilful bowling that Marlowe were all dismissed for 187. In connection with the recent report of increased cruelty to children in the Maidstone and Mid-Kent area, an article on Victorian severity appeared III the Kent Messenger Gazelle. The practice of flogging then extensive at King's, and reported by a correspondent, caused a great sensation. Apparently "its demoralizing influence was beginning to be felt upon the scholars". On one day 17 boys III one class were chastised for not knowing their lessons. However, as only three boys were proficient, it was presumed that "the lesson set was too difficult for the boys to learn". Spare the Rod. . .

Army Scholarship

Oxford Hockey Festival

Congratulations to C. N . Gordon-Wilson on being awarded an Army Scholarship to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. The results of the Public Schools' Hockey Festival held at Oxford in April are a credit to the competence of the team and compare very favourably with those of other years:v Monkton Combe. Drawn 2- 2 v Dulwich. Drawn 0- 0 v St. Edward's. Drawn I- I v Downside. Won 3- 0 v Campbell College. Won 2-0

Congratulations to R . A. Bush, J. R. Waterhouse and A. J. Bailey for their performances in the Kent Amateur Athletic Association Championships held at Sutcliffe Park, Eltham, on June 6th. Bush came 2nd in the Junior 440 ya rds, Waterhouse 3rd in the Youths' 440 yards, and Bailey set up a new middle school record in the Youths' Javelin with a throw of 154 ft. 6 in. K.A.A.A.C.

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R. A. Moreen from America has spent the past year with us as an English Speaking Union Exchange scholar. He has made a much appreciated contribution to the School's music and we hope that he has enjoyed his stay in Canterbury. Under the same scholarship scheme J. A. Norwood is one of 31 British students chosen to spend next year in American private schools.

English Speaking Union

The Military Band perf~rmed as usual at the Invalid Tricycle Association tea, held thiS year III the ClOIsters owing to bad weather. People had come from as far away as Sussex, Essex and Buckinghamshire for a few hours in Canterbury and we were pleased to help entertain them. ' I.T.A.

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We were delighted that Anna Reynolds was able to find time to sing at the Symphony Concert. She has been spending a busy and successful season singing in Rossini's La Pielra del Paragone and Mozart's Die Zauberf/6te at Glyndebourne. Earlier in the year on a brief visit to this country from Italy, where she has been hailed as "La Reynolds", she appeared at the Festival Hall. In April she recorded Die zauberf/6te with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf before going on to sing, with marked success, in Monteverdi's Olfeo at the Versailles Festival. We would like to wish her continued success in an already distinguished musical career. Anna Reynolds

Outstanding among the names of the Preachers at Cathedral EvenSoldiers of Christ song during the term were the Reverend Savage, Bishop of Zululand, and the Right Reverend Lynch, General Secretary of the Church Army. The highlight of this year's Friends' Festival was undoubtedly the Friends' Festival production of T. S. El iot's Murder in the Cathedral, written specially for the 1935 Festival. The Chapter House was an attractive setting and the final procession bearing Becket's body through the audience, the monks chanting and holding candles, was most effective. After Evensong on the Festival Day for Youth and again on the Friends' Festival Day, tea was served to the visitors in the Shirley Hall. Congratulations to Mr. R. E. S. Morrish on gaining the Ponsonby Award for violin playing. He will accordingly lead the Edinburgh Rehearsal Orchestra for the three weeks of the Edinburgh Festival and perform a violin concerto with the orchestra, conducted by its founder, Mr. Harry Legge.

Violinist

On June 3rd the Corps was inspected by Air Commodore H. E. C. Boxer, Q.D.E., who arrived by helicopter on the Green Court shortly after noon. The Air Commodore was highly im pressed by the competence of the instructors and the general enthusiasm shown . Boxer's Ballad, composed by W. H. Williams in honour of the occasion, was played for the marchpast. Having completed a conducting course at the Guildhall School of Music, Tympanist C. B. Seaman (l955- 60) has joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra as principal tympanist. We wish him every success in his promising musical career. Sir Gerald Kelly, past President of the Royal Academy, has presented Sir ~ugh Walpole the School with a portrait which he painted of Sir Hugh Walpole. The portrait, which has been widely exhibited, now hangs in the Dining-hall. Congratulations to Mr. R. H . Prior, mathematics master at Bradford Mr. R. H. Prior Grammar School, on being appointed the first Headmaster of the new Oxford School which, when the buildings are completed, will combine Southfield School and the City of Oxford High School. At King's from 1939-60, excluding the war years, he was Housemaster of Meister Omers from 1949-60. Mr. Prior left in 1960 to spend three years as Headmaster of Okangnu Memorial Grammar School in Nigeria.

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Congratulations to the following on their outstanding successes in recent Associated Board examinations:-K. L. J. Alder (piano), Grade VIII (Merit), J. L. Ard ('cello), Grade VIII (Merit), R. H. Davies ('cello), Grade VJI (Me~it), P. M. Tatchell ~violin), Grade VII (Merit), W. H. Willia.ms (violin) Grade VII (Ment), L. C. Rutland (vIOlin), Grade VI (DlstmctlOn), and T . A. Lmg (viola),' Grade VI (Distinctio n). Associated Board

Many people had eagerly awaited the performance of William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast by the Canterbury Festival Chorus on July 4th. R . F . Lunn (1952- 58) was performing with the Capriol Orchestra, which accompanied the work and also played Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Handel's Music for the Royal FirelVorks. Belshazzar's Feast

The Music Circle, previously a rather nebulous body, which arranged small concerts during the term, has been reorganised this term into a Music Committee. Coming into full operation next term it will consist of a rcpresenlalive from cach House, the Secretary of each Musical Society, and a few outstanding musicians, who ,would not otherwise belong. Under the chairmanship of the Monitor fo r Music, they wi ll sti ll arrange concerts to promote lhe talent of other musicians, but will also try to sort out any problems which might arise in the organization of the various societies, to ensure the smooth running of King's Week Music, and to supervise the day-to-day activities of the Music Department. Music Circle

Having won the Schools' Head of the River Race last term, the I st VIII continued their successcs by winning at Walton and Twickenham . The 2nd VIII won their class at Walton and again at Marlow- the first time that they have won the Public Schools' Vase- and the 3rd VIII won at Pangbourne. With such success behind them the I st VIII promised well for Hcnley, but, unfortunately, hit a bad patch of form on the second day and were defeatcd by Winchester, who were the only British school to VIlIs

reach the semi-final.

Lardergate

Lardergate Waiting House, opened in 1957, is closing down now that the extensions to Linacre and Riversleigh are in hand, and will come into general school usc.

Mistaken Identity

Arts Shell B Historian in School exams: "Puritans didn't believe in vestments, ca nd les or innocence".

Mr. Hall is leaving this term to conduct a pre-university course in Venice next spring. The course, designed to provide a thorough grounding in the Ita lian language, to encourage an appreciation of Venetian Painting, Architecture and History, and to introduce students to the Philosophy, Literature, social structures and scientific developments in Contemporary Europe, extends from February 7th-April 26th, and is ideal for those who leave school in December. Lectures will be given by Professor T . Pignatti, Sir Carol Recd, Mr. J. B. Wilson, M.A. , Mr. P. Burke, M.A., and Mr. S. Mcdcalf, D.LlTI. , M.A ., and there will be many visits to galleries, museums, buildings and places of interest. There is only a limited number of places available, which will be reserved for suitable candidates in order of application. Contemporary Europe

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This term there has been only a limited number of lectures. Mr. Richard Crossman, M.P., who was to have lectured last term, and Mr. Alec Dickson both came down within the first fortnight. Unfortunately, Miss Helen Gardner was unable to speak on "The Poetry of John Donne". There were also a Careers Talk on "Engineering" and a Modern Language Vlth lecture on "Moliere" by Austin Gill , Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

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John Sugden, who tau ght here from 1952 to 1959, has been appointed

a n ug en Headmaster of Wellingborough.

This term sees the departure of W. J. Watkins from the Editorial body after what may be a record tenure of office- ten of his fifteen terms at the School. This is as fair a test of endurance as any we can think of, and we should like to thank him warmly for all he has done for the magazine. One sad feature of this term's issue is the lack of contributions. Though we realise that this is the recurring cry in the Editorial pages of all School ma gazines, we seem jllst recently to have received fewer articles of sufficien t merit to warrant inclusion . Why do people not wr ite, or at least not submit what they have written? Surely it cannot be indifference in a school which shows its creative .ability in so many other ways? Surely it cannot be attributed to a lack of time? Is writing of less appeal and importance than every other activity? Perhaps there is si mply little literary ability in the school : from th e The Cantuarian

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KING'S WEEK, 1964 With Shakespeare and Marlowe both celebrating. their Quatercentenary thi s yea r, we had a double debt at King's and a do uble op portu~lty-an d both poets were represented in Kin g's Week, the one with the School's prod uctIo n of Macbeth, a nd the other wIth a memorable special version of the whole of Tamburlaine the Great 10 readm gs by Su' D onald Wolfit and Rosalind Iden. M arlowe was re membered elsewhere, toO, 10 a senmg of Come live with me and be my love at the Seren ade in the Cloisters. These two a part, we saw and heard Chekhov, M oliere- via F ielding-and even the Book of Jonah ' in music there we re major perfo rm a nces of H aydn, Bach, Scarl atti , R ossml, Mozart Sainr.'Saens and Beethoven ' and aga in an idea l balance was achieved between contri b~ltions by visitors to the Sch~o l , items linking School performances with visiti,ng soloists-Haydn's Creation and the Symphony. Concert- and o ur o~n drama, wIth Shakespeare within and Fringes witho ut; mUSIC, 10 the N ave, 10 the CloIsters, the G reen Court and the Hall ; and this yea r, o n two a fte rn oons, the Gym Club d l s pl a ~ supported by other gymnasium activities. The Art exlllbltlO n. now bnngs several prevIOusly mdependent exhi bitio ns together under on e na me and In o~e . ~I ace, and produ ced probab ly the finest display in recent yea rs, whIlst the PhysIcs ex hI bItion att racted several hund red visitors during the final weekend . . The Box Office and the Booth-with its handful of gentlemen of leisure and one or two tra ined and ex perienced officials from last year- ha ndled huge numbers of postal and, later, personal appl icatio ns. All tickets for the fi nal weekend were sold 10 under seventy-two hours ' the Serenade had a record attendance tim year; mcludm g the School, well over t.wo t l;ousand five hundred peo ple saw Macbeth ; and th e F ringe plays had packed audiences in th eir more restricted setting. Once agai n we failed to fi nd a wholly adequate solution to the problem of ventilating the Hall while provld mg satISfacto ry IIghtmg condItIons for a performance. Apart from this there was o nly a handfu l of com pia mts-a great tnbute to the enthusiasm and energy of the team of boys who ra n the Office, and particularl y to N. J. Paul, who co-ordinated the various activ ities of the Week with such intell igence and good humour. Many others gave their anonymous a nd largely unrecogni sed servIces in keeping things running smoothly, 10 pa rhcul ~ r t,l~ e C?mm andos, under their now established motto of " Anythin g, Anywhere, Anytime,' WIth the. stage staff of the two productions they achieved considerable feats of mobilIty and fleXIbIlity, changmg a sIte or dismantling a set, often aga inst th e clock. King's Week enables us to see and hear what o ur contemporaries ared oing, and also to gain some idea of professiona l standards as a check to pnde and a stimulus to effort 10 our own contributions : as a whole it is a remarkable, and often breathtakmg, communal achievement. The number involved in the Week- even allowing for those who take part in everyth ing (and there are not a few of these)- was this yea r about th ree hundred and fifty , more than half the School-;-singin&, acting, play.mg, ushenng, seiling tI ckets and programmes, building sets, arranging ex hl~ltlOns. p~m t lO g, dlrectmg ~ra,ffic, m ~vm g and removing. This is probably the greatest smgle ment of the Week : It IS certa ml y what makes it a rewarding and worthwhile undertakmg.

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MACBETH The immense labo ur put int? the School, play prod uced some stri king results. As well as st ren ~t h e nm g known reputations t l~ l s year s Macbe~h revealed some interesting new talent. Gocher s Lady Macbeth must be smgled o ut fo r ItS qua lity. T he seventeenth century conventIOn that boys shou ld play fe male leads does noth ing to minimize the difficulty of the und ertak mg for a boy m the twentIeth century. Gocher showed an unusual maturi ty in his ha ndling of this part : he moved well , used his ha nds expressively, was never gaw ky, a nd managed to convey the fern lOme strength of Lady M acbeth. He was partl ~u l arl y convillclll,g In the sleep-walking scene. Other performances deserve special mentIOn. N. R. Ha ll IS a na tural acto r whose Banquo, tho ugh und erpl ayed, was stra ightforwa rd and effecti ve . . The WItches w ere excellently played by Gostl ing, Flick and Watkll1s, m spite of th,elr hats, and their scenes were never ridiculous. Pugh's momentary appea rance as the dYlllg Sergea nt had all th e self-assurance of the old trooper, whi le R owbotha m a nd Ne il l both showed . promlsmg new talent III minor parts. van Asch, too, as the Po rter, ca me off excellently III a part well sui ted to him . In general the lines were well spoken, there was li ttle hammmg, and Tony C urry's music, together with the lavish costumes, contri buted to the success of the more dramatic moments when the production came to life. And yet, taken as a whole, the perfo rma nce was not altogether satisfactory. Turner is an acto r of ab il Ity WIth a fi ne VO Ice, but his interpretatio n of Macbeth fa iled to bind the play together. It was as tho ugh he were trying o ut his technical resou rces as an actor the range of in to nation of his voice, wi th o ut developing an intelligible character. This is; of co urse, demandm g a great deal.of any actor, but WIthout d ra mati c continuity the play flags. And he re, too, the productIOn occaSIOna lly faltered: one was sometimes left with ~h e ~mpress i ?n of a s~ries of iSOlated, scenes rather than a continuous progression to the lIlevltable climax .. TIllS effect was heIghtened by th e awkwardness and lack of va riety of entrances and eXIts. And alth o ugh the vanous appantlOns were cleverly managed, the crowd scenes, such as the banq uet, tcnded to drag heavIly. In a ll this the producer was not helped by IllS set. T he boys who made It worked hard to produce scenery which was effective m detail ; but It suffered fro m senous defects of design, being too monotonous and ta klllg up too much space, so that th e actors either had to exit with a hop, skip and a Jum p o r cla mber awkwa rdly up a set of steep steps.

I,t w~s, h ~wever, an i ntere~t! n g and enjoyable production with many ably devised scenes whIch m spIte of the heat elICIted from successive a ud iences m uch well-deserved appreciatIOn, C.D.J.

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THE CREATION-HAYDN SATURDAY, J ULY 18TH

The Nave of the Cathedral is an appropriate setting for a performance of The Creation, for Joseph Ha ydn was once a choristcr in Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, where his gift for composition quickly bega n to assert itself. Mozart nicknamed him "Papa Haydn", for he was virtually th e father of the symphony, the so nata and the string quartet, as well as the composer of several Masses in the operatic style. He lived to enjoy a comfortable competency owing to his position for thirty years as musical director to Prince Esterhazy. Returning to Vienna from a visit to London, where he was much impressed by Handel's oratorios, he actually bestirred himself at the age of sixty-six to produce The Creation, the work by which he is most widely known. It is a magnificent composition, richer in orchestral scoring than any of Handel's choral works, picturesque, varied, sparkling with delightful melodies. The subtly suggestive anticipations of each sllccessive act of creation, after the style of so me much later programme music, are sometimes almost humorous. One could picture Haydn smiling as he wrote them. The playing of the orchestra achieved the hi gh standard which one has come to expect durin g King's Week. The strin gs were alert and competent, executing successfull y a number of quite difficult passages. Brass, woodwind, percussion all contributed efficiently to an impressive ensemble. A gentle harpsichord provided a tasteful accompaniment when required. The choir sang with obvious enjoyment, and one co uld not but admire the clarity as well as the volume of their voices as they echoed around the lofty arches. Only in one chorus did words tumble over one another, the pace being a little too rapid for the resonance of the Nave, but as we all knew the words so well, it d id not seem to matter, and the result was quite exciting. The soloists proved themselves a team of outstand ing qua lity, whether in solo, duet or trio. The so prano, Helen Lawrence, evidently enj oyed her first visit to the Cathedral as much as did her hearers. We hope for future visits. Her brilliant singing of an early top C, crystal clear above orchestra and chorus, was a deli ght to hear. The tenor, Kenneth Bowen, has sung in the Cathedral once before. His clear and precise enunciation provided an impeccable renderin g throughout. The bass, Richard Angas, who recently won the second award of the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Trust Scholarship, proved that he had well deserved the honour. When all contributed so much to a fine performance of a great work, it is difficult to know whom not to mention, but a special meed of praise must be accorded to Mr. Edred Wright, who conducted with his accustomed skill a nd vitality, and to the music staff who assisted him in the preliminary rehearsals. Nor must one forget to add an appreciation of the unusually attractive programme booklet. H.S.

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SIR DONALD WOLFIT AND ROSALIND IDEN in READINGS FROM "TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT" by Christopher Marlowe SU NDAY, J ULY 19TH

No. professional actor attempted Tamburlaine between Edwa rd Alleyn in Marlowe's own tl,,:,e and Sir Donald Wolfit 10 ours, and probably most of the decisions in between were WlS~ ~nes. It must hav~ crossed r;:any ,minds in this quatercentenary year that Marlowe s great and thunde ...."g speech. at tImes rumbled close to being a great and ~hundenng

bore, and your

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admits that as he pondered his assignment-could

It reall~ be Parts 1 a~ld 1I?- hls heart went out to poor Bajazet h confined in his iron cage to the Immedl?te neIghbourhood of the Scythian Cassius Clay. Su rely not even an artist of Sir Donald s vIgour and grand sweep could make Tamburlaine loom hu gely over all that blood and ge?&raphy- a nd If he cou ld, what of the numerous, not always clearly charactensed, personages? 10 s,ernyt 'f , ' 1subSIdIary ' b' l ' Could one man tower "cringe be r'ldl'c ull Il~g"

cymca, passIOnate,

estw, godlike by turns, in less time than it takes to skewer a

vlrgm or raze a Babylon or two? Well, SIr Donald's audience now know the answer: it can be do ne .. You need a lectern for your text, a tumbler of red liquid (blood?) for refreshment, Rosahnd Iden to be Zenocrate- and you need to be a Sir Donald Wolfit. With a leonme presence, WIth restramed gesture swelling the more effectively into full expressiveness

on occaSIOn, and a,vOIce wh ich magisterially ranged from thundering command to tenderness and pathos, Sir D onald brought us into. a world where Marlowe's "true nobility" of the Immense de,~d appeared, whIle the magIc lasted, unquestionable. "To be a king is half to be a god - not such twaddle when the kin g is a kin g of his art. Sir Donald Wolfit and Rosahnd Iden deserved, and won, the gratitude of all who were fortunate enough to be present, and It was good to see that they also appeared to enjoy their visit to Canterbury. P.P.

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GEORGE MALCOLM: Harpsichord Recital M ONDAY, J ULY 20TH

A great deal of lip-service has been paid by most artists to the vi rtuosity of the composerperformers of the eighteenth century, without giving ample evidence of the genuine article. Mr. George Malcolm, however, in his harpsichord recital on July 20th, dispelled any reservations the audience might ha ve had as to the existence and validity of th is virtuosity. He brought to bear on a programme of entirely eighteenth century works a n unsurpassed technique, an absolu te understanding of the abilities and weak nesses of the harpsichord, and a n unfailing sense of musicianship which prevented the recital from degeneratin g at any time into a mere show of technical skill. Mr. Malcolm always displayed the music and not himself, and his performance surely represents English harpsichord playing at its best.

After a short interesting demonstration of the tone-producing properties of the magnificent instrument he was playing, Mr. Malcolm ripped into thc programme and kept his audience spell-bound for the whole evening. To go through each piece in detai l would be merely to string out a line of repetitive superiatives. Although at times one might have quarrelled with small points, such as the selection of tempi or the interpreta tion of a particular passage, one could not deny that wi thin his own ideas he performed almost faultlessly. The most effective pieces we re und oubtedly the first, the Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, which was notable for the contrasting moods of fire and lyricism in the Fantasia and the unflinchingly solid rendition of the Fugue, and the last, a selection of Scarlatti Sonatas, whose immense techn ical obstacles were used as aids to a more effective performance. The savage rhythms of the A minor, the fantastic chord clusters of the D major and the finger-twisting runs of the G major were passed off with perfect aplomb. Hayd n's seldom-heard Sonata No.6 in G major proved that Mr: Malcolm was a lso perfectly at home in a late eighteenth century idiom . Two Purcell sui tes a nd the Bach E minor Suite showed his skill at balancing the individual sections of a compound number, and several of Couperin's Pieces de Clavecin were rendered with the grace and hum our which they require. Daquin's Le Coucou was played as an encore to satisfy a ri ghtly enthusiastic audience. R.A.M .

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THE FRINGE PLAYS The best form of outdoor dramatic entertainment yet devised is the Punch and Judy Show. The Proposal fulfilled all the necessary conditions. J. F . McKno was splendidly attired and attuned as Mr. Punch, S. N. Jolley was a proper Judy- and if she was a little wooden about the legs, this is only to be expected- wh ile R. E. G. Man provided the indignant pathos required of a combined Policeman-Toby. As they popped raging in and out of the back door one could almost feel the sand between one's toes and the sticky deliquescence of the unregard ed ice cornet. 150

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DONALD WOLFIT

KING'S WEEK CELEBRITIES

ROSALIND IDEN

I {EnllVislle

GEORGE MALCOLM

{Entw istle

DAVID KOSSOFF

The interval music, in theory ideal, through no fault of the performers was not quite right. Something more robust was needed to compete with the twittering of the sparrows: something perhaps for concertina and tambourine rather than harpsichord and flute. An audience properly appreciative of its intention would have chatted happily through it; but they remained too solemnly polite. The Mock Doclor, like the first play, was foreign and antique, which I suppose made it educational, but it managed to be fun as well . It aimed at a contrast; instead of the tightly knit action and grouping to which we have become accustomed in the cathode ray tube, the width of the garden was exploited and a wide variety of characters appeared from behind wattle fences, the depths of the necessarium and so on. However, the scale was not big enough for a pageant, and heads shifted and craned uneasily at the entrances. Once the characters had reached the well-planned stage the heads steadied agai n faithfully enough. We had come, not for catharsis and exaltation but to see Clu tterbuck in a wig enjoying himself, and of this there was no doubt. As a bonus we had good teamwork, well-trained relaxed acting, audibility and no mosquitos. Farces are not vehicles for stars, but demand exact co-ordination of all performers, and to single out particular performances would merely be to detract from the success of the whole. The Fringe Plays began as purely domestic House plays which were thought worth repeating in King's Week for the delectation of mothers and aunties. There is perhaps a danger that too high a standard may be expected and this may lead to a loss of spontaneity and freshness. It is thus utterly to the credit of the Producer that this atmosphere survived and that the audience could feel that they really had been invited and not importuned. LN.W. THE PROPOSAL By ANTON CHEKHOV Chubukov J. F. McKNO Lomov ... R. E. G. MAN Natalya ... S. N . JOLLEY

THE MOCK DOCTOR By HENRY FIELDING Gregory R. P. RALPH Dorcas W. M. LATTIMER Robert P. J. RALPH Harry P. G. KIRBY James D. G. IRWIN Sir Jasper W. R. YOUNG Charlot C. S. VARCOE Maid W. J. GRIFFITHS Leander D. R. L. BODEY Davy J. MASTERS Hellebore R. O. CLARKE

Interval Music SONATA IN G By TELEMANN C. P. White (Flute) R. A. Moreen (Harpsichord)

Producer: R. M. A . MEDILL Stage Construction and Management: G. OSMOND, N. FI NN, G. DAY, V. JENSEN, C. CHANT, R. ASHWORTH Properties: J. STURGESS

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SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS THURSDAY, JULY 23RD

It is now about thirty-five years since the fir~t of all Canterbury Festivals introduced people in this part of Kent to the idea of musIc maklllg m the ClOIsters, and thIs year (thanks perhaps to a fine evening and high temperatures) what mu~t have been a record crowd appeared for the King's Week Serenade. We were regaled wIth an unusually wellplanned and varied programme for an hour and a half (unbroken, one was glad to note, by any interval) in which brass and drums, flute, strings, plan,o, harl?slChOld, solo vOice and the varied offerings of Madrigal Society and Glee Club wIth the,,' several conductors all played their delectable parts. The brass ensemble introduced the even ing with a fanfare of Bach's son, Carl Philip Emmanuel, and followed this later with an arrangement of one of the little organ preludes and fugues (D minor) which came off remarkably well for thIS combmatlOn, and t.o thIS was added a light-hearted concerto for two tr~mpet~, strings and harpsIchord by VIvaldI, a work of truly Venetian ghtter and sparkle m whIch D. G. van Asch and J. H. A. J. Armstrong acquitted themselves nobly on the two solo trumpets. A delightful flute concerto by G. P. Telemann, the contemporary of B~ch and Handel, recalled IrreSIstIbly the famous Suite in B minor of the former composer III Its lay-out and character, and the solo part here was played with great proficiency and l!usto by C. P. WhIte. There were four groups of vocal music during the concert-madngals from the SocIety dIrected by Edred Wright, who conducted most of the evening, includmg a most ImpreSSIve pIece by Francis Pilkington (Care for thy soul), and others by Farmer and Edwards, ~s well as more modern ones by Vaughan Williams and J. L. Hatton. D. G. van Asch, .wlth harpsICh<;>rd accompaniment supplied very well indeed by R. A. Moreen, sang ": ~ost Illterestmg settmg of Marlowe's Come live with me by a Tudor contempor,,:ry, WIlham Corkme, a~other Canterbury boy. The Glee Club, conducted by Roblll Mornsh wIth plano a~compalllment, sang delightfully Full fathom five by Hugh Roberton, and a .group whIch IIlcluded songs from the Hebrides and Kentucky and, In a light-hearted vem, Th~ Donkey Serenade by Friml and Shohar!. A lovely group of pieces b~ the Madngal SOCICty ended the evenmg with a French part song by Hindemith, an Itahan one by the sIXteenth century master, Arcadelt and the evergreen Silver Swan by Orlando GIbbons, so beautIfully sung that.'t might h~ve woken the master himself fr.om his eternal slumbers a few yards away. All III all, a delightful evening in a perfect settmg. DJ.H.

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KOSSOFF AT KING'S SATURDAY, JULY 25TH

Mr. David Kossoff approaches the one-man show pragmatically: an outline of a programme whose details are filled in and changed according to the reactions of his audience. On the stifling night of 25th July, he paid us the compliment of presenting a long and varied se1ection from his repertoire, while never for a moment ceasing to appraise our

wits and temper. Although it could be sensed that there were pockets of resistance in the Hall, most of the audience seemed to feel that this was an unusual and memorable evening. The first half of the programme was made up entirely of tales of Jewish village life somewhere in Central Europe. The market square and the various characters sprang to life as the stories unfolded their simple yet subtle humour. The Jewishness of these tales lay not only in Mr. Kossoff's marvellous speech and acting, but also in their wisdom and the seriousness behind the humour. The second half contained one further pointed Jewish story, but otherwise consisted largely of songs. Most of these were old-time music-hall songs, but, for all their sentiment, they never descended to sentimentality. The discreet and able accompanist was Mr. Gerald Benson, who also played the overtures to each half of the programme, potpourris which seemed unnecessary when he and Mr. Kossoff had so many richer things to offer. The programme ended with the famous version of the Book of Jonah, in which Mr. Kossoff's dry, trenchant humour was most expressive of the moral interest that impels him in the choice of his material. It is no accident that Mr. Kossoff's entire material should concern the past, for he is a man dedicated to the exposition of lore, whether Jewish, Victorian or Cockney. It is in this field that is best expressed the quality present in all he does on stage or screen: human compassion. His acting is animated by love for his fellow-beings, especially the poor, the humble and the old . His warm humanity raised his performance at King's above the level of mere entertainment. He spoke, acted and sang with perception, versati lity and great technical skill. It is true that these are qualities common to all fine acto rs, but few retain

in the glare of success the humility and understanding evinced by Mr. Kossoff. G.S.P.P.

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SYMPHONY CONCERT SUNDAY, JULY 26TH

On the evening of Sunday, 26th July, a packed Shirley Hall eagerly awaited the start of the Symphony Concert, the climax of the music-making of King's ~eek. The cover of a well-produced programme booklet hinted at the finale of Beethoven s 7th Symphony. The programme itself confirmed that the concert was to end WIth the whole of that symphony, preceded by Rossini's Overture L'Italiana in Algeri, the ~ecitative and Aria "Ch'io mi scordi di te? .... Non temer, amato bene" from Mozart s opera Tdomeneo, and the Pianoforte Concerto No.2 in G minor by Sa int-Saens. Anna Reynolds was to si~ g the Mozart with piano obbligato by Frank Shipway, and Ronald SmIth was to be the solOIst in the Saint-Saens. Crisply written and informative programme notes were, after hasty research, attributable to a member of the trombone sectIOn and two percusslODlsts of the orchestra, whose 63 names were printed in full on the last page. The works to be p~rformed were certainly fascinating in their diversity and yet suffiCIently alike In musIcal IdIOm to produce a satisfying unity. The Rossini was the sort of music that Beecham loved to perform because it gave the individual artists in his orchestra an opportunity for showing their skill as soloists and in ensemble. On this occasion the players made the most of their chances with only a rare difficulty unresolved, and the exposed pizzicatos .of the strings showed the quality of lhe ensemble. Every Rossini crescendo sounded rousmg and each better than the one before. The Mozart was a bold piece of programme planning. Unlike the rest of the programme, it is rarely heard, but deserves to be heard more often . Anna Re~nold s solved the problem of singing opera from the concert stage with ease. She has a glonous VOIce, slD.gs plumb In tune, and, by dexterous phrasing and vowel colou~lng shows .an understanding. of what she is singing. Frank Shipway displayed appropnate dlscretron when partnenng MISS Reynolds but blossomed forth as a fully fled ged concert pianist when she was silent. But even with artists of this calibre the whole thing would have crashed had it not been for the constant awareness and sympathy for the art of accompaniment shown by tl~e buddin.g Gerald Moores in the orchestra, appropnately reduced to Chamber Orchestra SIze for tillS item. Many critics sneer at the music of Saint-Saens. It may be superficial, but like Tchaikovsky he understood how to write effective music that is rewarding to play and delightful to listen to. Some people grumble that the Saint-Saens Concerto in G minor st~rts like Bach and ends like Offenbach. It did on this occasion-and why not? Ronald SmIth led off maJestIcally and set the lofty tone of the first movement. The orchestra responded with spacious and clear-cut phrasing. The magical pianissimo entry after the cadenza at the end of the movement was unforgettable. The scherzo was less happy. For one thing the start was unsure- perhaps the timpanist had not finished tuning his drums ?-and there were one or IWO loose entries by the woodwind later on as well. B~t in the finale the orchestra gave Mr. Smith complete support and though the tempo hurned , It certalDly never got out of hand. A well-deserved encore followed and, WIth the chOIce of the scherzo, the few ragged leads of the first run-through were securely tidied up. 154

After the interval the orchestra settled do wn to gIVing us a rock-steady, splendidly controlled acco un t of the Beethoven Seventh Symphony. Mr. Wright adopted conservative tempi and secured a crisp and tidy accou nt of the searchingly difficult rhythm of the first movement, a rhythm on which many performances in the past have foundered and will again in future. The second movement- so many people's first introduction to the love of Beethoven- needs complete rhythmical mastery. The tempo was on the andante side of allegretto but the tattoo never faltered, never hurried nor dragged. In the scherzo the orchestra seemed to be holding itself in reserve for the last movement and many delightful wisps of detail were caught, which are missed in the more tumultuous performances so often heard . When the finale came, what a line acco unt of a superb movement we heard! Although it was the end of an exacting programme, although the timpani were often a shade too loud, and although the horns were inclined to blow themselves off their notes, the orchestra rose to the occasion. The wonderful dance quality was never forgotten and the movement ended with a deserved crash of prolonged applause. In an age of mass-production, the gramophone and radio have taught us to expect performances that are superlatively drilled and so smooth that all the humanity is drained out of them. In this concert the orchestra gave us what the composers themselves would have asked fo r: musicianship from which skilful direction and training had not sapped the individuality. Mr. Wright, and his lieutenants, Mr. Myerscough and Mr. Goodes, are to be congratulated on the wo nderful achievement of canalizing the individual talents of so many into such a magnificent, capable and glowing instrument of music. F.W.

THE BAND CONCERT & GYMNASTIC DISPLAY It is some years since the Gym Club last performed during King's Week and even then not on the scale of this year's Display. Two afternoons, most of the Green Court in use, and Judo, Fencing, Basketball and Circuit training by the 1st VIII, as well as the Gym Club's own Vaulting and Pyramids.

The weather was faultless on both afternoons and large crowds gathered round three sides of the Green Court to watch, particularly in the Lattergate corner around the Judo Club. But beyond doubt the highlight of the programme was the second part- the Gym Club's own display- for its ease and grace and flu id ity. On Saturday afternoon the half-hour programme was augmented by a short Band Concert, consisting of the items played after Monday's Speeches and actually listened to by so few on that occasion. The programme was a splendidly varied one-with an appropriate sprinkling of marches and selections from Verdi and Richard Rodgers which were greatly enjoyed . The new combination of Band and Gymnastics was a successful one- and so well integrated that an "ingenious bassoonist" was photographed by the Daily Telegraph indulging in a little private gymnastics during the Concert!

ISS

.. SPEECH DAY, 1964 THE HEADMASTER'S SPEECH Mr. Chairman, Mr. Mayor, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, There is much to say and I must be selective, But first I must express our welcome to the Dean who as our Chairman, has brought to IllS office a wealth of wisdom, expenence and pers~nal i~terest, the value of which for this School we have al ready had good reason to appreciate. I bid you welcome, Mr. Dean, on tillS your first Speech Day here! and I voice the thoughts and prayers of all of us m expresslllg the hope that your stay with us will be long and happy. And now lest it be omitted let me say something about the School's progress and achievement in th~ past year. If a~ademically there has not been quite the glitteri ng array of awards to Oxford and Cambridge which made 1962- 63 so memorable, well, one cannot achieve a record every year- at least not in the same department, and there has been solid and substantial success, of which 13 scholarships and exhibitIOns well spread over different subjects have been but one indication. There are others and I venture to th111k there will be more. One of the penalties of fame (and I have known thiS before) has been the suggestion that in aspiring to. the heights we neglect the ord111ary boy. I do not beheve this to be true; indeed, there

a safeguard 1~ the tutorial system whe~eb:y to each master

there is allocated a small group of boys for I11S personal care and specIal mterest, and the boys themselves can now have little reason for forgettmg the vital Importance of achlevmg the necessary "0" Levels at the first attempt, so that they ma~ qualify in September for starting unimpeded 'on that immensely Important first year of Sixth Form work.

Until the newer universities are fully established competition for a university place will no doubt be further intensified; but I have every reason to think that we shall more than hold our own not only because of high academic attainment but because of the width of interest and depth of understanding for which King's has b~come deservedly renowned; and if there were any who doubted th iS, they would find t!,elr doubts dlsslpat~d b~ their enjoyment of the art of musIc and drama, of wh ich m Kmg s Week ,:"e offer a nch display. No doubt Oxford and Cambridge have first claim upon our attentIOn and for myself, m spite of all current theories and a strange lack .of confidence displayed bÂĽ some in high places at those universities, I do not see why thiS should not be so- provided we do not imagine that they have a monopoly. of talentor.of vutue, and provided that m our loyalty to the old we do not forget the excltlll g possibilities of the new. Indeed, on a Wider Issue, if we sent all our boys to the old foundations what hope could there be that the new would raise their standards as quickly as they would wish? I have spoken first of study, which must be our prime concern, .and there is much that I might add; but I will choose three POI."tS to show that there IS nothl~g static III our conception of education . We are develop111g for gentlemen Ill. the Arts Fifths ~nd Lower Sixths a course in Physics (possibly to "0" Level). both to Widen then' educatIOn and to enable those who wish to make a change to do so Without undue difficulty. We have added 156

Economics to "A" Level in the Sixth Form for those who do not wish to specialise overmuch and it has become a popular choice. In English we do our best to enable boys both to appreciate great literature and to express themselves orally and on paper with clarity and vigour. There is, by the way, an exam ination nowadays- "The Use of English" it is called- which has caused much searching of the heart and mind. The problem is how to set such a paper and it is not yet solved . Indeed, one is irresistibly reminded of the Able Seaman's examination for promotion in which the candidates were asked to correct the

statement "I am the bloke what done it", and one such candidate after scratch ing his head for a quarter of an hour wrote down with obvious relief and satisfaction "I am not the bloke what done it". There is a wealth of psychology there. As for ourselves, we like to think that it is not only in the English lesson that a clear, concise and vigorous use of English is both taught and learnt, and through English, as by music, art and general studies, a bridge is built between the so-called two or three cultures. I turn now to our record in games, and I use the word "record" advisedly for in the year that is past few schools in one respect at least could boast so notable an achievement- with the possible exception of a daughter school in Wiltshire. There has been marked success in other fields- fencing and cross-country among them- and if I dwell particularly on rowing and cricket and rugby football it is in no exclusive sense. A trumpet is a proper instrument for Speech Day and is it not worth recording on such a day as this that, though we have had our disappointments at cricket, in those last two sports between April, 1963 and April, 1964 we did not lose a single game and that our rugby football season, so splendidly capped by the double victory in the seven-a-sides, was the most glorious in the whole history of King's? On the river the VIlIs enjoyed a splendid series of successesso much so that as one followed another the tension mounted to become in the first week of July almost unbearable; nor must the fact that the final prize is still ours to win obscure those earlier victories. Much credit is due to the boys themselves for their sustained endeavour; but they would be the first to acknowledge, as I gratefully do now, how much is owing to those who trained and equipped them and to all those who from their earliest days here have unsparingly devoted time and energy to their instruction at Fordwich or Pluck's Gutter, on Blore's or Birley's or at Luxmoore. Occasionally, I must admit, I have been partial enough to be slightly neWed by the tone of press comments. There was one in a very reputable newspaper which suggested that, though certainly we had an unbeaten record at rugby footba ll , yet we do not play terribly distinguished schools. Tonbridge and Ampleforth, Sed bergh, D ulwich, Felsted and St. Paul's- never, surely, has denigration so misfired. Yet from ollr point of view there were

ample ame nds when for lively minds our success in the Sevens at Roehampton was described a "spellbinding and highly popular victory" and when a very sober journal in appraising for top people the various competitors on that same occasion managed to combine high praise of our team with a warning lest by pride we give hostages to fortune, and a reminder that there are always new heights to scale. "They probably gave", it said of us in measured terms, "a finer exhibition than has ever been shown by any other English school in the history of the tournament".

If I have said little about our other activities it is because you will have had the chance this week of seeing many of them for yourselves, and as you have done so you will have saluted the skill and enthusiasm of those who made possible so high a level of achievement. 157

I will, therefore, allude now to one or two matters of particular significance for parents. And first, in these days of political uncertainty when many views are aired, many balloons sent up and not yet pricked, if yo u have had any doubts about the future of the great mdependent or public schools I wo uld bid you put them on one side. If it remains true to itself and the ideals which have inspired its greatness, I have no fears for King's. Change and development there will be indeed, but both by one who might well have been Prime Minister and by another who may yet achieve that office I have been fortified in my convictIOn that such schools in their adherence to the highest standards of education in the fullest sense a nd to the notion of service and initiative have far too much to contribute to the community to be lightly destroyed or changed into something other than themselves. Of course there are problems- not least that of finance and the modest rise in fees which rising costs will soon make necessary. And that is why I would thank the donor who has generously endowed a valuable travell ing scholarship awarded this year for the first time for members of the Modern Language Sixth, and at the same time express the hope that others, too, will realise that benefactors need not necessarily be no longer living- rather let them be able to rejoice with us in their benefactions. . There are two other points which I would make for parents, and the first is this: do not be u~duly disturbed if your son finds it difficult to make up his mind about his future career, provided always that he knows what the next step will be-and its direction will be best dictated by his interest and ability. There comes a moment when the pressure of events WIll extract from him a decision about his future, and only if he has no further training or education in mind need that moment of choice be faced before he leaves school. Secondly, don't let the gulf between the disciplines expected at school and what may be allowed in the holidays widen unjustifiably. We are told on all sides that young people grow up earlle.r than they used to, and no doubt there is some truth in it, but the real danger these days IS that some may be forced by the pressure of fashion a nd advertisement into thinking they ought to grow up rather faster than they really want to. That way lies waste and frustration, and that is where your help and understanding are invaluable.

I ~hould li ke now to say a word about our dayboys-or Marlowe House as I am rightly remmded that I must call them-and with the quatercentenary of their patron this is in a ~ense their year. Their contribution to us, part of the wider contribution of Canterbury Itself, IS great and varied; nor, if they remember their opportunities, is there any risk whatever of their becoming second-class citizens. We owe them (and not least their Head of House) a great deal, and, coming as they do from the surrounding district, they inject mto our common life a welcome Kentish flavour. No doubt in years to come their range will be widened further. They will come by rocket or helicopter- though rocket would be a more appropriate method of departure-and with the Channel Tunnel completed the morning train from Calais or Boulogne will no doubt bring its welcome quota of recruits to the Modern Languages department. Certainly-and this is my point-it is not distance but accessibility which matters. I mentioned Christopher Marlowe, the D ylan Thomas of the first Elizabethan age as he has been called, partly because he is one of our most distinguished O.K.S. and we have played our part in the commemoration of his birth, and partly to redress the balance. Hard things have been said about him, and yet there is another side; for who that reads his poetry can fa il to be uplifted by his soaring ambition and his splendid rhetoric? No 158

doubt there is much else besides "the sweet fruition of an earthly crown", yet I can recognise as his tr~e s ~cce~sors here today tho,se ~h~~ "~ature doth tea~h .... to have aspiring minds, std l chmbmg after knowledge mfimte . HIS conduct at Km g's may not have been of the best ; but the go,?d Anghcan With a humorous turn of mind (and what good Anglican is without It?) may see m one who was accused in a short space of time alike of atheism and of papist leanings at least a possible exponent of the via media. Certainly he was a genuine son of Kmg's m Ius response as a poet to the challenge of his times and in his dedication to the task of exploring huma n greatness. The House that b~a rs his name is Canterbury's contribution to K ing's, and I like to think, Mr. Mayor, that th iS School acknowledg~s ~oth her debt and her place in this community. Throughout the year, not only dUrIng Kmg s Week, our plays and music are appreciated by a wider circle than the School , and, though for obvious reasons the use of the Great Hall for outside evel~ts (or the Shirley Hall, to give it its proper and now current designation) must be StflCtly hmlted, we have been glad to welcome here by invitation the Diocesan Conference, numerous local schools for a visit by the Troupe Franca ise and the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. Nor in modesty should it be forgotten that m~ch good work is done by K ing's in social service for this city. And what more can 1 say? Just this. Ten years or more of headmastering is not necessarily a reJuvenatmg experience. There are times when th ings go wrong or personal problems obtrude. Those are the moments when I am most conscious of the support given without stint by all those who have the true interests of this School at heart. To list them all by name would take too long; it might even be a breach of confidence. Suffice it to express my general gratitude- not least to those who work so hard off-stage and behind the scenes- and therem to make particular acknowledgement to one who as Captain of School this yea r, has shown a si ngular mixture of good sense, good hu~our and good discipline and thereby eased my task immeasurably. . One final point. A short time ago I had to answer on the spur of the moment a telephone mqulfy from one of the better known London dailies and give my views on the privileges of mOOltors, or prefects as they called them. I made a politic reply-so politic that it was never published; yet there was wisdom in what I said. For I replied that, tho ugh the monitors could stay up a little later and though they shared with others the right to walk across a particular ,Piece of turf, y.et their chief privilege was that of particular service to the School of which they are so n ghtly proud. I hope and believe that in some measure that is true of all of us. J.P.N.

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ACADEMIC AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED 1963-1964

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIPS COOKE Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Trinity College, Oxford Choral Exh ibition to Ca ius College, Cambridge H. L. S. DlBLEY Ex hibition in History to Exeter College, Oxford O. S. ESSAME . .. Open Cleoburey Scholarship in H istory to Pembroke F. I. M. H AZ EEL College, Oxford Open Scholarship in Nat ura l Sciences to Jesus C. P. HERR ING College, Cambridge Demyship in History to Magdalen College, Oxford S. C. Jon Williams Exhibitio n in Zoology to Balliol College, s. R. ST. 1. NEILL Oxford Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Jes us College, N. J . PAUL Cambridge Open Scholarship in History to Lincoln College, V. G. T. STAINTON ... Oxford Open Scholarship in Mathematics and Hon. Parker R. G. STANDING Ex hibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Open Scholarship in History to Lincoln Collcge, P. J . STONE ... Oxford, and Squire Scholarship in Law Choral Scholarship to King's College, Cambridge D. G . VAN ASCH Open Scholarship in Classics to University College, M. 1. WELLS .. . Oxford J. M.

AWARDS GAINED AT THE UNIVERSITIES AYLING Exh ibitioner of Lincoln College, Oxfo rd; Maurice Lubbock Memo ri a l Prize B. J. M. ENSOR K ing's College, Cambridge; Senio r Scholarship in . Economics w. A. HODGES New College, Oxford; 1st Class Honours in Lit. Hum. Jesus College, Cambridge; Mathematics Tripos G. D. KING ... Part I , Class I New College, Oxford; I st Class H onours in Modern C. D. POWELL History Merton College, Oxford; I st Class Honours in J. R . C. WR IGHT Modern History M. R.

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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN AWARDED SECOND CLASS HONOURS History, Leeds University S. BAKER Trinity H all, Cambridge; in the Natural Sciences R. C. BROWN Tripos Part II Christ Church, Oxford ; in Modern History R. A. F. COLLINS Trinity Hall , Cambridge; in the Law Tripos Part II J. P. DANIELL Caius College, Cambridge; in the Law Tripos Part I E. A. DAVIDSON London University and Fitzwilliam House, CamP. D. ELVY ... bridge; in the Theological Tripos Part II St. Catherine'S College, Oxford; in Modern History K. W. FENTON Pembroke College, Cambridge; in the Natural H. L. FOSTER Sciences Tripos Part II Magdalene College, Cambridge; in the English H. W. GOLDSM ITH Tripos Part I Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in the Archaeology C. 1. G ROSSM ITH and Anthropology Tripos Part I Selwyn College, Cambridge; in the Modern and M. M. HALL ... Mediaeval Languages Tripos Part II St. John's College, Cambridge; in the Classical R. K. D. HALSEY Tripos Part I F. J. D. LAM BERT New College, Oxford; in Modern History King's College, Cambridge; in the Eco nomics M. H. LANE ... Tripos Part I C. G . LEWIS ... K ing's College, Cambridge; in the Modern and Mediaeval Languages Tripos Part II R. A. NEIL ... Exeter College, Oxford; in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology 1. R. PALMER Merton College, Oxford; in Natural Sciences Peterhouse, Cambridge; in the Law Tripos Part I T. M. PARTINGTON ... J. H. PENHALLOW Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; in the Modern and Mediaeval Languages Tripos Part I King's College, Cambridge; in the Natural Sciences M . J . G. ROBIETTE Tripos Part I Corpus Christi College, Oxford; in Natural Sciences H. A. RUDGARD J. E. SCOIT .. . Oriel College, Oxford; in Natural Sciences Churchill College, Cambridge; in the Natural H. E. V. SWANN Sciences Tripos Part I Churchill College, Cambridge; in the Archaeology C. J. TAVENER and Anthropology Tripos Part II Jesus College, Oxford; in Jurisprudence R. H. TURNER

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OTHER DISTINCTIONS DR. A. B. EMDEN

F. R. HAMP ... D. H. ELLIOTT M. J. PRICE .. ,

V. M. APTHORPE D. 1. C. SNOXALL C. C. W. ADAMS C. D. POWELL K. G. TRICKETT 1. D. HAMILTON-PATERSON 1. B. BATCHELOR P. R. Â· ATKINSON R. B. BRITTON P . D. MACNIECE 1. A. G. MAN G. C. PRITCHARD N . D. CURTIS S. R. DAVIES A. MARIES G. D. M. PARRY

S. G. RAGGETT G. A. BAILEY R. HESLOP

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SERVICE AWARDS J. R. DAY

C. N. GORDON-WILSON P. M. C. RANDRUP ... R. I. W . GILLAN R . J. R. M. HENDERSON

M. H. KING

w. G. OSMOND C. S. K. AUSTIN P. N. BAKER

W. J. CHESSHYRE G . D. WILLIAMS

R.A.F. Scholarship Army Scholarship Army Scholarship Cadetship, Sandhurst Cadets hip, Sand hurst Cadetship, Sand hurst Cadetship, Sandhurst Reserved Cadetship, Dartmouth Reserved Cadets hip, Dartmouth Passed out of Sandhurst (4th) Passed out of Sand hurst

PRESENT HOLDERS OF EXHIBITIONS GENERAL FUND EXHIBITIONS GILBERT AND SHEPHERD GIFT BUNCE EXHIBITION ANDERSON GIFTS O.K.S. GIFTS

CARLO SFORZA TRAVEL AWARD...

N. R. Hall to Christ's College, Cambridge J. H. Turner to Caius College, Cambridge A. J. W . Pugh to Lancaster University J. L. J. Jaquet to St. Andrew's University J . H. A. J. Armstrong, R.N. C., Dartmouth W. G. Osmond, R.M.A. Sandhurst A. T. Trousdell to M anchester College of Technology W. A. Large to Birmingham University T. M. McCarthy

PRIZES, 1963-64 Captain's Prize (Mitchinson) Lady Davidson Prize Headmaster's Prizes

N. R. Hall N. R. Hall A. V. Georgiadis N . J. Paul D. N. T. Walton W. J. Watkins G. M. Woodhouse W. R. Young Upper School : J. R. Day Middle School: G. R. Stowell C. M. Chant

Headmaster's Poetry Prizes Classical (Broughton) 163

GOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE (OPEN) 1M. P. Powell

Greek Prose (Deall Farrar)

Upper School: Middle School: Upper School: Middle School :

Latin Prose (Horsley) Mathematics (Mitchillson) Natural Science (Milchinson) Modern Languages (Mitchinson) ... (Scratton) Reading and Elocution (Harvey Boys)

Upper School: Middle School : Senior: Junior:

Latin Verse (Blare) Greek Verse ... Music (Ryley) Music (Courtney) Natural History Upper School: Middle School:

King's School, Parramatta, Prizes

History (Stanley) ... (Everitt) Photography (Gough)

Open: Junior : Open: Junior:

Drawing Prizes Divinity Prizes: Upper School (Broughton) Middle School (Marshall Wild) Lower School (Lady Hertslet) Harvey Society (Blore)

Cantuarian Prizes ...

Senior: Junior :

Merton College Prizes: History Mathematics Musical Appreciation (Alan Baker)

B. A. F. Hubbard R . Bird M. J. Wells C. H. Willis R. G. Standing R. G. Standing C. J. Arney P. A. Baskerville J . H. Turner P. M. Hook M. J. Wells R. J. A. Talbert N. D. King R. J. A. True W. H . Williams T. G. D . Shannon A. B. J. Willett J. H. A. J. Armstrong C. M. Saunders J. Sturgess M. J. N. Baker M. P. Powell D. C. Quine J. C. Hall N. G. Economou J. H. Miller D. F. Waters W. I. Whitaker R. G. Standing S. R. St. J. Neill B. C. Tooby P. J. Stone N. J. Paul

Gifts of Physics and Chemistry (Oliver Johnsoll) History (H. V. Crawford) ... Upper School: Middle School: Lower School: 164

C. W. Blake R. J. A. True C. P. Herring G. W. H. Rowbotham F. E. W. L. Gottesmann M. A. J. Cronk

History (John Crall/ord) ...

Archaeology Prizes (Geoffrey Wells) Cathedral Prizes (Miss Dorothy Mills)

Upper School: Middle School: Lower School: Senior: Junior: Senior: Junior:

Pfizer Company's Prizes Carpentry Prize

J. Sturgess A. J. Blackmore R. B. Hamblin G. D. Eves C. W. Brewer R. G. Standing J. H. Turner W. J. Watkins J. G. Beech D. L. Smith K. G. Doyle D. R. Richardson

The O.K.S. Music Prizes

J. H. Turner C. P. White D. G. van Asch

The O.K.S. Salvete Essay Prize

A. B. J. Willett

Latin Prizes: Upper School ... Middle School... Lower School ...

M. J. Wells N. E. de Silva G. A. Blackmore

Greek Prizes: Upper School ... Middle School. .. Lower School ...

M. J. Wells A. B. Marshall J. A. Turtle

Mathematics Prizes (Harrison): Upper School ... Middle School. .. Lower School ...

N. J. Paul D. I. Sales S. G. R. Wylie

Modern Language Prizes (Greaves): Upper School: French German Middle School: Frellch German Lower School: French Science Prizes: Upper School:

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A. A. Moggach C. J. Arney K . D. C. Bayliss J. K. Walmsley M. D. Macfarlane J A. Harvie

Chemistry Physics Biology

R. A. Cook N. J. Paul R. N. Francis 165

C. J. Lee D.!. Sales C. J. Lee M. J. Knightley J. D. Foster G. F. Phillips D. W. Bentley

Middle School: Chemistry Physics Biology

Lower School : Chemistry Physics Biology English: Upper School ... Middle School (Galpin) Lower School ...

W. J. Watkins B. C. Tooby C. S. W. Smith

History: Upper School ... Middle School (Gordon) Lower School ...

C. N. Marshall N. S. Browne T. J. Reacher

Geography: Middle School... Lower School ...

P. S. Jenkins D. J. L. Glennie

Form Prizes: A.VA ... A.Vn A.Mid.V. A.Vc S.VA S.Vn i S.Vn ii ... S.V Pro A. Remove S. Remove A.SH.A .. . A.Sh.D .. . A.SH.Geog. S.SH.A .. . S.SH.n ... New Shell

W. N. Bryson J. J. Carmichael R. J. A. True J. R. K. Browne C. S. Varcoe H. F. Parry R. A. Eadie G. R. Stowell H . V.Neill R.R. Wild J. C. Marks C. R. Whalley S. W. Warburton J. A. Barnden G. E. Holdstock H. Godwin 166

REVIEWS LECTURES : THE CASE FOR LABouR- May 7th

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VOLUNTARY SERVIcE- May 14th

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MUSIC: THE SCOTTISH TRIo-May 19th

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LECTURES THE CASE FOR LABOUR MR. RICHARD CROSSMAN, M.P.

Much was expected of Mr. Crossman, the Labour Party spokesman for Higher Education and Science, and the VI Form should not have been disappointed. Many of those present had the ir image of a Labour politician dashed by this charming and honest personality. (Honest enough to admit that much had gone wrong in the past and might go wrong in the future with Labour's plans, and that one te rm of office was probably all they could expect.) Some people were su rprised to find that he had been head-boy at Winchester and came from the same background as many of us here. He had, he explained, joined the Labour Party as a protest against the attitude of Wykehamists towards the wo rking classes. Correctly assuming his audience to be a Tory one, in which only onc in eleven would ever change his vote, he undertook the overdue task of removing misconceptions concerning the Labour Party. Most interesting was the look he gave us at its inside workingthe conflict between the Trades Unions who pl'ovide the money, and the socialist intellectuals. It was inside the parties themselves rather than in Parliament that the most important debates took place, Mr. Crossman considered. He emphasised the Labour Party's desire to transform the wealth privilege into something available to all who wou ld benefit from it. Into this context came the Public Schools, and we were relieved to hear that th is is not regarded as an urgent problem. Mr. Crossman proposed an enqu iry, which he hoped would not report for four yea rs or so, by which time plans for the reform of the State System wou ld have been carried out. He also envisaged the need for men to be re-trained in their jobs as many as three times in a life-time; a real glimpse into the future. Unusua ll y, Mr. Crossman succeeded in making his replies to questions both informative and stimulating, turning to good use the few attempts to reduce the lecture to a slanging match. One of the remarkable th ings about the even ing was the transformation from initial hostility to final admiration among the more open-minded of the audience. His manner of speaking was imp ressive and throughout he retained his coo lness and charming wit.

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VOLUNTARY SERVICE MR. ALEC DICKSON

Mr. Dickson was one of the founders of Voluntary Service Overseas. He has now started Commun ity Service Volunteers to enable boys and girls of 17-20 to serve in this country for a minimum period of four months between school and job or university, and he asks all who are in terested to write to him at 15 Trinity Square, London, E.C.3. Volunteers serve in hospitals, approved schools, homes for old people and the handicapped, and in a va riety of projects. Mr. Dickson left us in no doubt of the immense value of the work wa iting to be done. He pointed out that in modern society the care of the old and handIcapped is a fitting way of continuing the public schools' tradition of socia l service. He was eager to hear details of our own voluntary service activities, and we were gratefu l to him for the fresh ideas he brought with him from other schools and from his own extensive experience. His brilliantly composed and witty ta lk left us thinking a great deal more about our responsibilities. D.W.B.

MUSIC THE SCOTTISH TRIO

It was with a keen sense of anticipation that we went to the Great Hall on May 19th. All the members of the Scottish T rio are considerable players in their own right, and one's only fear was lest they might not be able to form a sufficiently balanced combination. In rhe event, these misgivings proved quite unfounded. Right from the firSt bars of the Leclair one co uld appreciate ensemble playing, wh ich is the mark of a very fine group, attack, precision, and above all, tone. This, I thought, was most clearly demonstrated in the Mendelssohn, which to me was the most enjoyable item of the evening, and possibly also to the members of the trio themselves, as they seemed more relaxed and at ease with this music than in the previous item, Beethoven's first tr io. T he first item , by Leclair, gave ample scope for incisive playing, of which full advantage was taken, though here, as in the Beethoven trio which followed, I was a little unhappy over the tendency of the piano to swamp the 'cello in the .Iorle passages. Possibly this was attributable to my posirion in the hall, possibly to the rarher meagre part accorded to the 'cello; at any rate, rhe instrument triumphantly reasserted itself amid the gay romanticism of Mendelssohn. Beethoven's first trio is not his greatest work, and the second movement showed little evidence of development, but it was performed wit h skill and feeling, the last movement in particular with great verve. The last item- Mendelsso hn's Trio in D minor, 01'. 49- was a magnificent lour de jorce of chamber playing; relaxed and luscious, the music soared out and was greeted with a well-deserved ovation at the end. We are very grateful to the members of the Scottish Trio for coming here and giving us such a superb rendering in a combination heard all too infrequently nowadays. G.P.R. 169

PLAYS "TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT", PART I THE FLETCHER PLAYERS, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

It was a bold step for the players of Marlowe's College to take Tamburlaine on tour in this quatercentenary year, for his earliest play is the most difficult to sell. His hungry passion and obsessive imagery are there to drive a simple plot forward, but it remains static, without conflict, crisis, catastrophe or resolution. The first aim in performance

must be to maintain interest, and in this the Fletcher Players were successful, for their young audience were held to the events throughout. Full credit for this must go to the swift pace of John Hope-Mason's production, which gave the performance urgency and solidity. His direction was quite unimaginative, but competent grouping around two complexes of platforms of different heights, full use of the strange stage, and good pointing of both horror and humour, were qualities to appreciate. The production's weaknesses included

its repetitiveness, some distractingly awkward moves and positions, and the total absence of noble gesture such as the grandeur of language demands. Visually, the hybrid costumes failed to contrast with the stark-grey setting of the platforms, except in the Turkish faction and Tamburlaine's red and black wrath; though; no doubt, the drearier colours were defeated by our dreadful grey drapes. Four performances stood out clearly from the rest: Richard Bainbridge's ageing, funny, silly Mycetes, an object lesson in timing; the passionate, totally credible and moving Bajazeth of Keith Rubidge; David Lipscomb's finely articulated, carefully studied Soldan of Egypt. With these belongs Richard Mills, whose magnificent voice gave an excellent account of Tamburlaine's ranting passion. What a pity that it lost its power over us in a lower key, could not be matched by a true physical presence, and was marred by cramped, puny gestures and an irritating mannerism of plucking the tunic while speaking. The ladies were weak, with the exception of Hazel Westwood as Zabina in her final madness, and Jane Hibbert's inability to act or speak Zenocrate dealt a mortal blow to her relationship with Tamburlaine, which provides the only conflict in the play. Scansion was not everywhere accounted For, and while most of the cast attempted to give full value to the ringing bombast and rhetoric of their lines, above all Tamburlaine and Bajazeth, the ladies did not, and three of the men suffered from painfully strangulated voices. Significantly, the best diction combined with the best acting, and left us to wonder at Marlowe's "mighty line", forget the crudity of his drama, and come away- for all the individual reservations-with approval for the Fletcher Players giving us this rare opportunity of seeing Tamburlaine staged . G.S.P.P.

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CAREERS A REPORT ON TALKS GIVEN THIS YEAR The School is indebted to Dr. S. W. Hinds of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medic ine for th e conception, o rga ni sation and inauguration of a series of talks to be given

each term in Canterbury by O.K.S. speaking about their respective careers and affording an opportunity for boys to question them concermng. thell' own doubts and dlfficullIes . Dr. Hinds came in the Winter Term to give a large audience the Fullest IOformatlOn on the career of Medicine, assessing the present position regarding entry to Medical Schools and enlivening his talk with remini,scences, grave and g.ay, of n~e~hcal t~amm g 10 hi S stud ~nt da ys. We were fascinated by thiS memorable talk Whl~h so ~rtlhantly Inaugurated tl~e ,senes,

and which was followed in the Lent Term by a consideratIOn of Management Tralnln~ by David Evans, who was not many years ago Head of House at Luxmoore, and now OCC':lPI~S a responsible managerial ]Jost with Nestle. We Icarned From him of the com]Jlex orgallisatlOD of a large-scale productIOn firm, from the initIal development .of the project through the phases of production, marketlOg a nd distributIOn. We were "npressed by the excellent opportunities in large compames, today fo~ th~se who seek a challenglllg career wl~~re

the emphasis is laid, not on educatIOnal quahficatlOns, but strongly on the personal quahlIes of the trainee who must, for success, give eVidence of Integnty, a sense of fairness In human relations, dependability, initiative, co-operation, leadership, ambition, and er:notional

stability. This was an invaluable contribution by one who so clearly exemphfied the qualities for success in the wide field of Management. In the Summer Term we were delighted to welcome as the third speaker, Mr. B. W. Brackenbury of Richard Thomas & Baldwin, whose subject was Engineering and whose attitude to this many-sided career was forthright and challenging. The Im portance of an adequate recruitment of engineers for all industrial needs is apparent if we stop to think that industry alone creates the wealth that pays the wages whIch are taxed for all the SOCIal services, indeed pays For all we have and need and furnishes 63 % of our exports. A~d yet the bias towards pure science to the detriment of technology continues. The diSadvantages which contrive to give ~ bad public linage of I~~ustry cannot b,e gainsaId: monotonous unattractive su rroundings, Inadequate recognItIOn of the claims of the engi neer and of the scientist on the Boards of Companies, and the profit idea obscuring

the ideal of service to the community. The advantages should equally not bc overlooked: a high reward for the man of ambition, of push and dri ve, a highly responsible job with inexhaustible problems of readjustment to changing needs and relentless progress, and the sense and thrill of creation deriving from applied science. The Enghsh bias towards arts and pure science and not towards technological education calls for correction for the ultimate survival of our national industry.

From the school point of view the scope of industry is so vastand varied that no schoolmaster can advise out of his own knowledge, but the boy who IS tiunklng of the career of engi neer can be greatly helped by attendingone of the Short Works Courses in the Easter and Summer holidays promoted by the Pubhc Schools AppOintments Bureau and orgamsed and financed by a representative number of the great industria l concerns. He can for a week by observation and question and identification with practical work learn much about the 17l

complex organ isation of industry and the role of the engineer, and generally enough to strengt hen his wish to adopt this career. Jt is encouraging to see a steadily increasing

number of boys applying for these facilities. Mention should also be made of the three-day course held every April at Ashridge in Hertfordshire and designed specifically as an introdu cti on to non-technica l careers in industry, commerce, government service, and the professions, and of immense value to boys in Arts Side Sixth forms who need material

on which to formulate their ideas. 100 places are provided for a ll the Public Schools at a cost of ÂŁ8 per head . Those boys who have secured places for the Ashridge course from the School have expressed their complete admiration for the expert speakers on the varied subjects and for the genera l discussions held in which all boys are invited to participate. An insight into commerce and ind ustry is afforded by the Manchester and Edinburgh courses, lasting five and four days and providing talks wh ich are fo llowed up by visits to factories, laboratories and offices. It is true to say that there is available to the boy prepared to give time and thou ght to the question of his career while he is yet at school, an abundance of information and guidance which is his for the asking, and no boy need leave school quite unprepared for the decision which cannot be postponed, and which, for his future happiness, must rest in his hands.

The School is visited twice a year by the Southern Secretary of the P.S.A.B., who comes to assist boys who are in their leaving year with particular problems, whilst"every two years we receive a visit from the Director of the Bureau, and this term we have welcomed for the first time Mr. A. N. Gilkes, formerly High Master of St. Paul's School, who addressed the First Year Sixths with eloquence and wit and left some earnest reflections with his deeply impressed audience. Gone are the days when a handfu l of "0 " Level Passes were sufficient

to open the doors of the chosen profession; today two "A" Level Passes were the qualifications that all employers were seeking and in a world of high employment, competition for the best posts has steadily pushed up the requ irements in school-leavers. It was therefore abundantly clear how involved all boys were today by their attitude to their education, by their conscious self-preparation and by an awakened sense of voca tion. It was not good for boys to make decisions too early in life, but it was good for them to be "career-conscious". Wh atever be their ultimate choice they would succeed by their proven integrity, for this was what every employer without exception sought in a young man, by their sense of initiative or "fire in the belly", and lastly by their readiness to learn at all times and to go on learning, for our education is with us from the cradle to the grave. E.R.C.D.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

A NEW THEATRE- a n article by A. A. Moggach

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SOFfLy- a short story by J. Sturgess

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THE NORTH COAsT- a poem by D. l. R. K. Burge

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MORALITE- a sketch by N. A. H . Dawnay

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Two FRAGMENTS OF "L'ExPIATION"

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VICTOR H UGo-translations by S. N. Jolley

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GEMINI- a report by P. D. Miller

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A. A. Moggach

A NEW THEATRE

Significant events in the theatre durin g the last ten years havc not been confined to the writing of plays. There have been serious and in many cases successful attempts to cement a new relationship between the theatre a nd its publ ic. A new type of theatre has opened its doors, a thea Ire which is prepared to lose money in order to present good drama well. That is to say it is interested in the art of theatre itself rather than in fin ancial gain through the theatre. The commercial, money-making theatre exploits what may be called the " hit" system. Every production must be a "hit" or it will be taken off. This is not to condemn all its productions as drawing-room comedy or bed room farce; it merely means that its heart is in the box-office and not on the stage. The theatre attracts people for a number of reasons: the thrill of "a night out at a show", the glitter of a "star" performance or the appea l of a fash ionable event. The commercial theatre will exploit one of these qualities as long as a play remains profitable. A favourite money-spinner is the play catering for a coach-party clientele- the Women's Institute outing from Weybridge or the Darby and Joa n from D age nham. This system accounts for the ridiculously long runs of such badly produced plays as The MOllsetrap a nd BoeingBoeing . Many productions are wi thout doub t superb- the Haymarket's Schoolfor Scandal and Stephen D are recent examples, but these would not come about were it not for their box-office potential. This type of theatre is constantly searching for a new " hil". Be il clumsy farce or star-strewn Shakespeare, a money maker must be found . II is in the last decade only Ihal real sleps ha ve been taken to change Ihis slale of affairs. A new kind of theatre company has been established which has sought after a fresh relalionship with its public: the Roya l Shakespeare Company and the National Thearre in England; in Paris, Jean Vilar's Theatre Nationa le Popu laire; in Lyon, Planchon 's Theatre de la CillO; in New York, the Lincoln Centre; and in Berl in the Berli ner Ensemble and the Schiller Theater. These theatres regard the plays they present as vital, important theatre, not as financial propositions. They revolve around a permanent company of actors and actresses, working on the repertory system. To do this they require subsidies and for the most part they do get them, although they are ofte n pitifully inadeq uate. The theat re they present is the new living theatre for today ; a true reflection of its age. Many advantages are attached to such a system of repertory theatre. A different play can be staged for each night of the week and one actor may perform a diversity of roles in that time. Apart from the obvious advantages for the public, repertory theatre infuses a new vigour and a freshness into every performance. This is not merely an abstraction but can be seen happening. A visit paid to the National Theatre or the Royal Shakespeare company will reveal the staleness of many a " hit" in the commercial theatre. As far as drawing an audience goes, the repertory theatre cannot rely on the "hit" system, although naturall y one play may gain from a star performance or from its reputation as a fash ionable 174

event. To ensure its continuance, a new relationship between theatre and public is necessary. This type of theatre must have sustained support from a regular audience. It can only obta in this by an insistent quality in its productions. It is the real hope of the men behind these ventures that seats will become cheaper and that their theatre will become a theatre for everyone. It needs an audience with a faith in vivid , living theatre, an audience which goes to the theatre not to eat chocolates or to display fashions, but to enjoy good theatre played well. The final word may be left with the American playwright Arthur Miller, who expresses pa rticularl y well what th is new type of theatre shou ld be. Such a theatre, he writes, "must be the most vivid and contemporary of theatres; it must speak to this moment and to this audience and interpret through its art the life being lived today. And this is true whether the production be of an ancient classic or a new play. I am not interested in the academic theatre. The drama must say with a full voice what people in their daily lives can only stutter" .

SOFTLY

}. Sturgess

Jack lay awake, tossing and turning, all too conscious of the empty space next to him. The house was silent. He looked at his watch yet again. It was nearly two o'clock in the morning. Where was she? He turned over again, and tried to settle down and get some sleep. But the pillow had unaccustomed lum ps in it, and the mattress was crumpled, and the under-blanket had collected itself in a tangle just u nder his hip. Where on earth was she ? She had said she was goi ng to an Adult Education thing: evening classes in sewing, or something of the sort. He couldn' t imagine what she wanted to do that for : she had always managed his buttons perfectly well; a nd anyway, no evening class had any ri ght to keep his wife out until the early hours of the morn ing. And she was always so short with him when she came back after them ; although she had never been out as late as this before. It was not as if she knew anyone in the town she might go round to afterwards to have a cup of coffee : they had only lived in the town for a few months, and she knew that he did not approve of indiscriminate contact with strangers. Just then he heard the front door open, quietly. There was the sound of a light footfall on the stairs. His wife came into the room, on tiptoe and obviously trying to remain unheard. Remarkably considerate of her : but then she always was like that; he had always been glad that he had chosen for himself a wife who did everything that the most exacting husband could want, without having to be asked or rem inded. His household was run so smoothly that it was hardly possible to notice that it was being run at all. 175

Normally he would have sat up and welcomed her, asked ho w the evening had go ne, how much shc had lca rnt about sewi ng, perhaps even got round to the delicate business of asking her why it was that her classes fini shed so late every week, and, moreover, seemed to get later every time. But he had just managed to get himself fairl y comfortable, and he did not want to have to go through the wearisome process again. And anyway it was late, and he was feeling drowsy, and he could welcome her just as well when she got into bed. And so he just lay there, a nd watched her, blinking sleepily. He was rather mystified when she took a suitcase out of the wardrobe, put it on the floor, and opened it. He hopcd she was not drunk. Then she appeared to give it up, a nd turned to her chest of drawers. She opened the top drawer, the one where she kept her underclothes and nightwear. "Darling", he ventured, "Gianetta .... " She jumped, and turned round to face him . Her face was white; it was probably tiredness. Her long blonde hair, of which she was usually so proud and careful, hung in disorder over her shoulders. She looked at him as if with apprehension.

"Darling, your nightie is under yo ur pillow. Do hu rry up and comc to bed : it must be cold out th ere. " For a moment she was speechless. Then she bega n. "You'" she shouted, "you! You 're always spying on me. Can't a woman get a bit of privacy in her own house? Anyone would think yo u were afraid of something." She was pa nting slightl y from the effort. "You won't even let me go to evening classes without wanting to know where I am every hour of the night. It isn't as if J were too young to be able to look after myself without you : I did it for yea rs before I was fool enough to marry you, and J could do it again. But you! r don't think you could survive for a week without some slave to fetch a nd carry for you, and cater for all your idiotic whims. Well , J've had enough of it. "

While this had been going on she had been systematically going through her drawers, taking out all her clothes, and laying them, hurriedly but tidily, in the suitcase: Jack lay quiet. She was obviously rather distraught, and when she was distraught she was liable to do these peculiar things. Doubtless she would simmer down shortly, and come to bed like a sane person. It was always all right as long as he didn't try to get her to say that she was sorry: that always set her off again. But it wasn't true about needing a slave to retch and carry for him. Perhaps hc had grown a little lazy, but then she always seemed so willing to do whatever he wa nted. She wouldn't even let him get into the kitchen to help with the cooking, although he had been quite a dab hand at it in his bachelor days. When she was in a good mood she would tell him that he ought to be getting some rest after a tiring day's work, not bothering to try to help with what was, after all, a wife's job. But it was unfair the way she criticised his conduct as a husband. She would occasionally, when she was a bit fed-up, talk abo ut a well-off yo un g businessman who came to the evening classes, to learn about gardening or woodwork or something like that. So lively and handsome, she would say, and then she would go on to enumerate his many and various virtues: he didn't sit at home a nd mope all evening, every even ing : he got out and enjoyed life. 176

He was of some use around the house. He was n't always complaining. Jack sometimes wondered how she kn ew all this, or whether she just made it up as she went along. But anyway, with one leg missing he was hardly in a position to paint the town red, and it made helping rather difficult ; she always seemed rather to underestimate the effect of his disability. And it wasn't as if she ever told him when she wanted him to take her out to dinner, or clean the floor for her, or something like that: she just complained when he didn't offcr. It was all most unfair, and he didn't know why he didn't tell her just how unfair it was.

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She was still packing. It appeared that she was rea ll y fed up : that she intended to take a holiday. Funny time of the year to have one, but she often went away for a week-end to get a bit of rcst: she did work hard , and she probably needed it. It was curious what a large quantity of clothes she considered necessary for a few days' holiday. A thought struck him: "Darling", he said , "how arc you goin g to get down to th e station? There

won't be any buses, you know, and the taxi office shu ts at eleven o'clock. I will need the car in the morning, or you could have taken it, and I would have come down latcr to collect it." "How surprising", she sneered, "you worrying about whether I have to walk a few miles in the pouring rain. But it's all right. Mr. Craigie's got his car outside". Mr. Craigie: that was the nice young businessman: he had obviously given her a lift home. So that was a load off his mind. Come to think of it, Gianetta certainly looked as if she needed a rest. The earlier pallor had been replaced by an angry flu sh, but she still looked tired, although strangely happy. Now the last few things were going in: she was in the process of fi ll ing her third suitcase. She appeared to have completely emptied the chest of drawers. He wondered vaguely why she had packed her jewel-case : she was hardly likely to be attending any gala balls in Harrogate. She snapped the last case shut, and again went through the drawers, as if to make sure that she had forgotten nothing. Jack picked up her bedroom-slippers and the nightie she had been wearing and threw them across to her. She picked them up with an angry snort, and stuffed them in, untidil y now, anxious to be off. She gave a haughty glance round the room, took a folded piece of paper out of her pocket, and laid it on the dressing table. "Good-bye, Jack", she said, "good-bye, and I'm glad I've seen the last of you." She picked up the suitcases, went out, and slammed the door behind her. Somehow he relt that it would have been better for the appearance of matrimonia l solidarity if she had asked him at least for enough money to cover the cost of the return ra il-fare. Her footsteps on the stairs were heavier this time. Another thou ght struck him. "Darling", he shouted, "will you be in for the evening meal on Sunday?" The slam of the front door returned no answer. Never mind , he would be able to get her on the telephone at her mother's. She never stayed away for more than three or four days.

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lJ. I. B . K. Burge

TIle NOIÂˇtlâ&#x20AC;˘. COIlst the north coast is rugged ; it's the ru gged north that sends me yearning fo r sky-lovc t

wheeling like a gull ; in mad ness, safely lea ping gray cliffs; my F ulm. rlike a spitfire, bre.sting whirlpools of rockin g wind. like a little squa ll I thump breathless on the sand ,

with bright eyes that dim, kthed by the strange atmos phere beneath the stagger of horn y cliff edge. slowly the influencing air stills the lately excited breath, so that my eye turns from the settling earth behind and rolls dreamily to the sea"sound . all is soft down herethe sand, the wind and the distant waving sea. a hypnotising silence sleeves around my worries of other thin gs,

while I numbly stand there and let myself drift, I slip under the mesmer web of blurring waves, in power of one another, gently competing up the shingle; lickin g over swollen rocks and throu gh cowrie pools that laugh of the sun. yet they also see me, stran ger, leaning o n

the sugar-loaf of a stranded rock and in the deep eye-pools I sense a feeling of eternal mockery for human dreams. there is nature's rhythm in the north: H ere the north has the power rhythm of the ra nging sea; so I wa nder to the inswing of tide, and there fill my mind with the sound of the waves as they laughingly cuff into a glut, and plosh again into blueness; but the varying oosh of this sapphire world 178

intoxicates; so I long to melt on the rock and seep in to salt waters,

there to sway through dreams on hot days in coo l ocea ns:

and on cold, wild nights to live with the waves for a while and crash and lift in a spume of chill blue, spraying to gray-black skies of wind, and then crack on rain-swept an gles of land:

When th e moon is dim, lIang to

fling myself, slick and suck and flin g, in

backwash sling with sand ; grass thin reeds qui ver into cobweb;

I clear from my salty eyes, and ru b away sea-tears onto

a London garden. yes, the north coast is lonely too, but the giddying swirl of as h and faces in Lo ndon streets

is lonelier- by far ....

N. A. H. Dawnay

MORALITE

" [ warmed both hands befo re the fire of life; It sinks and [ am ready to depart." He sat in the prison cell a nd waited. He had waited for nearl y fo rty years, the old man. Waiting to die the death that would come as inevitably as the sunrise in that same small, dingy prison cell. Death when it came would be an adventure, almost a blessin g; a release from th e infinite sameness of

the only world, so it seemed , he had known. 179

So he waited . What had been his crime? No-one could remember, now; it was doubtful, too, that anyone cared . No-one remembered the hot, dusty summer afternoon forty years ago when the sound of gunfire had reverberated around the qUIet streets of a small town far away from the prison where the old man now sat. How awful the silliness, the empty silence, had been when it was over; the dust, and the body III the deserted road, and the sun the hot, burning sun- "Hot enough", a witness had said of it, "to drive a man mad .... "; and the faces at the windows afterwards, peering, anxious, horrified; and the windows themselves, reflecting the sun's burnin g glare into a dead man's staring eyes ... The parched tongues, the drought, the unquenched thirst, the quick tempers. The maddening sweat that covered your clothes with its clamminess, and got on everyth ing you touched; and the flies- swarming on the food, drink, anything open to the air. The listlessness, the tired and troubled atmosphere beneath a cloudless sky; and always the heat, the searing, omnipotent fury of the yellow god in the heavens. What happened that afternoon? Witnesses heard gunshots and saw a body in the road. They saw a man at a first-floor window, terrified and trembling, holding a rifle. They heard him ask what he had done, and they heard him deny it. And they saw him arrested .. . But most of all they saw the body in the road, the body of a man whom they had all known for years and who might have been kith or kin t6 some of them . And they saw the lifeless way it lay in the dust, and they saw how already flies were crawling on its face. And they swore vengeance, swore to kill the terror that had invad~d their streets on a quiet afternoon: for the name of this thing, of which they were so afraId, and hated, was Fear. And they saw it in the shape of the murderer, because murder was not something they could easily explain in terms of their own security. Even the old man himself was no longer sure of what happened that afternoon. Perhaps it didn't matter. Perhaps .... but there had been questions; always questions, and then more and still more. The lawyers had made him contradict himself, discredit the statements he hi;"self had made; he never quite knew where he was or what was coming next. The judge, frowning, frightening: the jury, wanting to get it over with and never bothering why the accused, so long a man of good character, should sudden ly shoot a man dead m cold blood. And the silence; how well he remembered the tense, unnervmg sIlence dUring the absence of the jury, broken by someone's cough occasionally, or a sneeze, or the rustle of a dress, or a wh isper. When the jury returned with a verdict of guilty, they had been out for not quite half-an-hour. The prisoner had had nothmg to say for hImself. Then they had taken him away, to pay his debt to the society which had loved him and nurtured him since he was young; away from the heat, the air, the life of the outside world, to a small whitewashed prison cell where nameless things crept out of the walls of his imagination and in again . They had forgotten him outside, after a few years; and they were not likely to remember. The day when Fear had stalked the streets of "this town, where we have lived since our youth" passed into oblivion . So he waited to die, and paid in silence his debt to society. Waiting .... and waiting .... and waiting .. .. "Hot enough", a witness had said, "to drive a man mad .... " 180

TWO FRAGMENTS OF "L'EXPIATION" BY VICTOR HUGO

S. N. Jolley

(I)

The sound of Waterloo! forbidding field! an ocean boiling in a cauldron filled to overflowing, in the battalions' murk around your woods, hills, vales, death was at work. On one side Europe, on the other France. The blood! God checked the heroes' confidence; victory deserted, fortune sent no aid. I stop and weep when 'Waterloo' is said for those last soldiers when they last unfurled the flag were great; they conquered all the world, princes across the Alps and Rhine they chased and their souls in their brazen trumpets blazed.

Night fell; the strife was dark and fierce contended. He was attacking, and had almost ended the battle; Wellington was paralysed . Spyglass in hand, he closely scrutinized the centre of the fray, a point out of sight where the fighting shook like undergrowth al ight, and sometimes too the sea-coloured horizon. Then "G rouchy!" he cries with joy. No, BlUcher. Risen hopes fall , advantage changes, spirits tire, the hand-to-hand fighting howls and spreads like fire. (2) What splendours now irrevocably gone! the rising sun to the darkness which comes on. The isolation, solitude, the gaol, the redcoats by the door, the sea's pale face, jagged rocks, woods, boredom without stop! the disappearing sails, like losing hope, and always lashing winds and blowing spume! farewell the purple Tent, the flutterin g plume, the fine white horse a Caesar might have spurred, tbe crown of gold, the pulsing drum once heard for miles around; farewell the subject King, brushed by his cloak and filthy with grovell ing! A Roman humbled by a Parthian dart now was the Emperor back to Bonaparte. 181

P. D. Miller

GEMINI

Coaches of the Eights at Pluck's Gutter have al ways been faced wi th condi tions which the training of good crews. Whereas the Tha mes towpath is a well-surfaced, contInUOUS path, the track which runs along the ba nk at Pluck's Gutter is not very sui ta ble for cyclists. It is so!"ctimes totally flooded , and is usuall y covercd with mud or long grass, so that m a head-wmd the Coach falls well behind the boat. Cycling more than four miles a day is very exhausting in such conditions, and since the Coach has to concentrate so much on his cycling, he cannot give full attention to the crew. So it was decided at the end of last year that the Boat Club would havc a coaching launch. It is certainl y no novelty to coach Eights from a launch; in fact, when the Eights used to row at Grove Ferry, where there is no tow path, a converted tub pair with an outboard motor was used for coaching, although it was never able to keep up with an Eight. But there are very few launches in the country designed purely for coaching, and our launch wo uld have to be unique. The best launches seem to be the catamaran type, with a n outboard motor situated between the hulls, mounted close behind the seat. Using a pair of twe nty-six foot glassfibre hulls, Mr. Willis built our launch throu ghout the Lent Term , with virtua ll y no guide from I'revious experience with this type of boat, and a lthough the difficulties, for exa mplc, of fittmg wooden bulkheads to the clean shell of the hulls, were immense, Gemini was ready to be launched by March 24th. With the 18 h.p. cnginc tempora ril y mounted, she was given trial runs at Fordwich, and it was obvious that Mr. Willis had made a fi ne craft. All was not quite ri ght, the engine was set at the wrong angle, and this tended to dra g the rudd ers undcr water, but thc design fault was skilfully corrected durin g the holidays, and Gemini was read y to be used when the Second Eight began tra ining at Pluck's Gutter at the end of April. hind ~ r

As must be expected with a project such as this, Gemini has presented difficul tics . She is fairly heavy, needing eight people to launch her, and it is no easy task carrying her down the slippery landing stage. The ceremonies of launching her and removing her from the dock take time (which perhaps accounts for the fact that the Eights are frcquentl y late in to supper), and it is essential that a new method of la unching her is found. The idea of a trolley. and s lipw~y has been suggested. In fact, the whole landing stage needs re- building. Sometimes there IS not enough water 111 the dock to fl oat her ; one worry is that if there is just enough wa ter to float her at the start of the outing, there may not be enough to bring her ashore at the end. The Gutter needs as much reconstruction as Fordwich has had in the last year. One of the greatest tributes to Mr. Willis is that Gemini herself has bcen virtuall y free from problems : a little water does seep into the hulls, but this will be corrected easily. The biggest problem with the project has been the engine : fl oating weed clogs the pro pellor and in fact the engine itself does not always behave properl y. Spray from the propello; has been a p roblem, and the engine often runs on only one cyli nder. And , of coursc the two-stroke engine is sometimes a menace to start. On one occasion the First and Se~ond Eights set out for Sandwich railway bridge, having been told that the launch would 182

"catch tip in a few minutes" . True to form, the engine did not start, and since there is no where on that part of the ri ver wide enough for Eights to turn round , they had to continue alone. However, to be fair, it must be sta ted that on ceremonial occasions, such as the .offi cial namin g of the boat, or the O.K. S. race, the engine has co-operated splendidly. But there have been other problems : on one outi ng, during the holidays, the Second Eight were being coached some miles down-stream when Gem ini ra n over a dead sheep. The pin which locks the engine in position, and is a sa fety device fo r sllch occasions, broke, and since there was no spare pin , the wea ry crew had to tow Gemini back to the boat-

house! Another fa ult has been that the remote control system for the engine has never functioned well, and has been discarded. This has been slightly inconvenie nt, as somebody on the launch has to tu rn round to reach th e contro ls, and so Gem ini does take some tim e

to change speed . Once, a ge ntleman of the Sccond Eight ca ught a cra b, and was tipped by chance th at he was not run down, as Gemini was ve ry close beh ind , a nd would not ha ve been able to stop.

in to the ri ve r : it was onl y

Ho wever, all these problems will be ironed out, a nd Gemini will un do ub tedl y be an enormous success. She has already proved very useful thi s year, even though she is sti ll an experiment.

All th e extra adva ntages of coaching have been obvious: th e Coach

ca n keep up with his crew, and see them from very close quarters. It is much easier for the Coach to steer with one hand on the wheel, while pressing stop-watches or holding a megaphone with the other, than on the handlebars of a bicycle. Gemin i is very stable, even in rough conditions, and she makes virtually no wash, which is a great advantage on such a narrow ri ver as the Stour. Thc tow path onl y covers about three-quarters of the Henley course, and in the past the Coach has had to sto p, and watch his crew disappearing towards the fini sh. Gemilli is thus especia ll y useful for this, a nd thc Eight can cover the last part of the course paced and encouraged. Gemini is very useful as a pacing craft ; she ca n be set at constant speed, and the Eight is then told to row away from her. On one such occasion, the rati ng went up, but in fact Gemini came nearer the Eight: an extremely valuable lesson that putting the rating up does not make the boat mo ve faster unless thc extra speed is th ro ugh the wate r. T his fault migh t never have been seen from the bank, as there is no way of judging compara tive speeds. Gemini is also useful in giving us longer outi ngs. It is now possible to make frequent visits to the rail way bridge down-stream , or to the "Boards", which give a cha nge of scene, and lessen the amoun t of times the Eight has to be turned roun d, a job which often takes a full five minutes on the Stour.

Gemini has not been in full use this season, as there have been freq uent mech anica l troubles, and so the extraordinary success of the Eights cannot be attributed to Gemini alone, nor can we try to make the excuse that Gemini pushed the Eight over their peak a few days before Henley. She is not a secret wea pon ; in fact, in some ways coaching from the bank is an ad vantage. For example, the noise of the engine drowns the cox's orders, and the Coach has to use a loud-hailcr to be audible. The Coach cannot hear any comments from the oarsmen; on one occasion the reply of "No !" to the question "Are you ready?" was not heard , at the start of a H enley co urse, and this type of incident could produce chaos. But when all the problems have been scttled, coaching will be a much more enjoyable occupation, and the results should be reflected in the rowing. 183

As a sideline to the chief purpose of the launch, Gemini has increased the interest of the School in the activities of the gentlemen who spend their afternoons in the East Kent marshes, and there have undoubtedly been more spectators this year than for a long time. Some manage to have a trip on the launch, which is enjoyable, and an impressive cine-film was taken from Gemini by Mr. Wen ley a few days before Henley. Various people have had ideas of using Gemini for water ski-ing, or for summer holiday trips, but however impressive she is to watch, as she throws up a curtain of spray when travelling fast, Gemini will only be used for coaching. The O.K.S. cox was heard to mutter: "A more HeathRobinsonish thing I have never seen", on first sight, and indeed Gemini is an unusual, and hardly a beautiful craft. She is entirely functional: the cockpit is not designed for beauty, but for ease of coaching, and in this respect it would scarcely be possible to find a better boat than Gemini. At the official launching at the beginning of this term Mrs. Newell wished the traditional good luck to all who sail in her, but, she added, more especially "to those who are pursued by her". All who have sailed in her, or who have been pursued by her, have been very fortunate, and the acquisition of such a launch during such an active year for the Boat Club has been a great step forward.

184

KING'S SPORT CRICKET: Retrospect

186

1st XI Matches

187

2nd XI .. . Colts' XI

199 200 200

Junior Colts' XI

201

Under-Fourteens' XI ...

201 202

3rd XI .. .

The Haymakers' C.C. THE BOAT CLUB:

1st VIII 2nd VIII 3rd VIII Colts' VIII Fordwich and House Rowing

SWIMMING:

203 205 206 206 207

Matches

208

Sports and Standards Competition

209

ATHLETICS

210

GOLF

21 I

TENNIS

212

FENCING

212

JUDO .â&#x20AC;¢.

212 185

CRICKET Retrospect 1964 This has bee n a fru st rati ng and difficult seaso n in whi ch littl e seems to have go ne right for the Xl. Young a nd inexperie nced cricketers fo und themselves playing on wickets which, except for th e F ree Fo reste rs and Seve noa ks Vine ga mes, were considerably more helpful to the bo wle rs t han to th e batsme n. Thus the bowling has seemed to ri se above the pre-season predictions whereas the batting has appeared to fall far sho rt of what had been anticipated. The Xl were not t he only oncs to suffer from these adverse conditio ns and fo r the first t ime for ma ny seaso ns we became accustomed to low sco res from o ur oppo nents as we ll as from ourselves. This so reduced the margin separating victory fro m defeat that in each of six matches wh ich were either drawn o r lost fewer than 20 run s preve nted the Xl from winning. In low scoring mat ches every run made o r give n a way assumes greater significance, and the bowler who bowls a co upl e of bad balls which are thumped to the boundary, or the batsman who fail s to make the most of any bad balls bowled to him, is just as culpable as the fielder who drops a catch or who gives away runs by misfielding or overthrowing. It is to be hoped that the many members of this XI who will again be ava ilable next season will ha ve well and trul y lea rn ed to realise the importa nce of every deta il in a ll the different aspects of the ga me a nd will, in future, be nefit fro m th ei r unhappy experiences of th is seaso n. One of th e most disappointing features of th e seaso n was the failure of J. R. Kilbee to enh a nce his reputation as a batsman . In the first ha lf of th e term he suffered more th a n his share of bad luck, which sapped his co nfid ence. This affected other and less experienced pla ye rs who had looked to him a nd S. J. Wea ve r as their ma instays. However, thi s does no t entirely excuse the XI for its apparent failures, for they were surely good enough to win more often than they did in spite of so me bad luck . A li ttle more determination wou ld not have been am iss at t imes. Weaver quite often shaped well and hit the ball ha rd, b ut inaccu racies in t iming and a weakness in playing the ball that is leaving him on the off-side freq uently led to his downfa ll. Of the other batsmen, on ly A. D. H . Turne r and , to a slightly lesser degree, J. G . R idley and M. J . N. Bridge, rea ll y came up to expectations. Turner showed a good variety of strokes in the seve ra l very good innings which he played , a nd Ridley showed plenty of character in ad ve rse ci rcum stances. Bridge has begu n to d evelop a better temperament for h is batting, as has his yo un ger brothe r, C. C . N. Bridge, who had a good first seaso n as wicketkeeper. The fo rm of the remaining batsmen who were tr ied was variable and not very convincing tho ugh A. E. Bragg looked good when the wicket allowed him to pla yoff the fro nt foot. Next seaso n may show us how much the batt ing of L. A. P. French was missed. A very bad ly pulled muscle kept him out for the grea ter part of the term and it was felt that the quality of his ba ttin g mi ght have provided exactl y what was lacking. The bowling stren gth was greatl y improved when P. J . Cattrall recovered from a very so re spinning fin ger which severely hand icapped him for the first month of the seaso n. H. R. Jac kso n was th e outstanding success of th e seasoll. At tim es he bowled qui te ma gni ficen tl y and hi s strength, both physica l and mo ral, kept him go ing th rough many long but 186

often rewa rd ing spells of fast bowling. Ki lbee gave him good support from the other end a nd Cattrall and Weaver both had th eir moments of glo ry with th ei r spinners. Perhaps the outstanding feature of this seaso n was the field ing and particularly the throwing. Some superb catches were ta ken in the gull y by M. J. Gray a nd severa l others here and there by different field smen. Some, of co urse, were missed a nd were very costl y, but by and large th e standard was very hI gh indeed . The throwing was swift and accurate and in this C. R. K. Heyland often excelled. It is easy to captain a side wh ich offers the skipper enough run s with wh ich to play in order to a llow him to buy a wicket when necessa ry. Tn such a seaso n as this however the job becomes incredibly diffi cul t a nd those who criticise are ollly being wise ;fter the e~ent. With h is limited reso urces, Weaver made a good j ob of it and remained bright and cheerful at a ll times.

C.F.

1st XI Matches K.S.C. v Dulwich College Played at Dulwich on May 9th Lost by 128 runs Dulwich elected to bat first, but bega n very slowly against a steady but luckless opening attack by H. R. Jackson a~d L. A. P. French. Two safe catches by the ne.w 15 yea r-old wicket-keeper, C. C. N. Bridge, off J. R. K ilbee and three by T. M. Bale caused a pre-prandial collapse. Afterwards luck favoured Dulwich ' but K ilbee bowled encouragingly to take five wickets. King's began steadily, but T. M. Bale was bowled before tea and the score soon stood at 30 for 5. The School never recovered from the excellent fast bowling of C. Jones who moved the ball disconcertin gly off the seam. However, French played well and never seemed in difficulties. This was a d isappointing and hapless start to the new season wi th, nevertheless, a few encouraging signs. DULWICH

THE K INO'S SCHOOL

Armstrong, C C. Bridge, b K il bee.... ............. Knight, c C. Bridge, b Kilbec.. .. ...... .......... ... Cosh, c Bale, b K ilbee............. ... ....... Bennett, c Bale, b Cattra ll.. ........... ............ Wood , not out...... ..... ...... ...... ............. ... Dyson, c Bale, b Kilbee................ ...... ...... Howland, b Kilbec ..... ........................ .... ... Destefano c and b Weaver......... .............. .. . Gatrell, not out. .. .......... .. ... ....... ....... ........ Jones} . not bat Ross did Extras (b I, tb 2, nb t) ........................

C. S. K. Austin , b Jones.. ... . T. M. Balc, b Jones................. .. . J. R. Ki lbee, b Bennett ........................... S. J. Weaver, c Gatrell , b Jones................ A. D. H . Turner, b Joncs.................... .. .... M. J. N. Bridge, b Jones......................... J. G. Ridley, c D yson, b Jones............. ... L. A. P. French, not o ut.. ..... . ................. C. C. N. Bridge, b Jones............. .......... H. R. Jackson, Ibw, b Bennett................... P. J. Cattrall, c Howla nd , b Bennett .. .... .... .. Extras.. ... ..........................................

18 19 20 62

0 10 27 II

Totat (7 wkts. dec.) ........... .. ......... .. 187

TotaL................................ ..

Bowling

o. Jackson ............. . French ............... . Kilbee .... .. ........ . Cattrall .............. . Weaver ............. .

5 3

26 26

55 60

13 11

8 7 9 0 0 6 5 0 5 4 0 59

Bowling

o o

Jones ........ .. ..... ... . BennetL ............ .

5 1 1

187

14 14

5 1

26 33

w. 7 3

K.S.C. v St. Lawrence C.C. Played at St. Stephen's on May 14th Won by 3 wickets K ing's won the toss and fie lded first , but St. Lawrence appeared to be coast ing to a useful score at 65 for 2. However, P. J. Cattrall (3 wickets) and S. J. Weaver, bowling left-arm chinamen (5 wickets), effected an ulter co llapse-St. Lawrence were dismissed for 128. Yet again King's began badly to reach 40 for 5. But a useful 20 from Weaver and a superb 41 from Rid ley improved the position and C. C. N. Bridge clinched victory with four balls of the last over to go, ST. LAWRENCE

THE KING'S SCHOOL

12 28 50 2 0 6 11 2 0 5 6 6

C. S. K. Aust in, b Smith....... ........ 9 T. M. Ba le, b Sm ith .. ........... ............. ..... 0 J. R. Kilbee, c Twyman, b Pett it................ 17 S. J. Weaver, b Sm ith.... ................ .. ....... 20 A. D. H. Turner, run out.......... ................ 2 4 M. J . N. Bridge, c Stone, b Pettit....... ........ J . G. R idley, not out................... .. ........... 41 L. A. P. French, Ibw, b Sm ith .................... 5 C. C. N. Bridge, not out .... ...................... 22 H. R. JaCkson}d'd t bat P. J. Cattrall I no Extras (b 9, Ib 1)............... ... ........... .. 10

...... .............. 128

Tota l (7 wkts.)................ .. .. ... .. .... 130

Atkin s, c M. Bridge, b Jackson...... Winterbolham, b Callra l!... Edmonds, c Kilbec, b Weaver Stone, c M. Bridge, b Kilbee. .. .......... .... Edwards, b Catt rall........ McCabe. b Weaver. .......... Twyman, Ibw, b Weaver.... ...... ..... .... .... .... Took, b Weaver.... ... ..... ..... ........ Pettit, b Cattrall...... ...................... ...... Heyer, c French, b Weaver.... ...... ....... Smith, not out.. ..... .......... ....... . Extras (Ib 5, nb I). .. ..... ..... ......... TotaL ..... Bowlillg

o. Jackson .............. French ............... . Kilbee ............... Cattral L ...... .. ...... Weaver ..............

9 4 9 11 6

Bowlillg M.

2 0 2 2 I

22 18 31 27 23

K.S.C.

I 0 I 3 5

Pettit. ................. Smith ................ Atk ins ... .... .. ....... Stone ........ ... ......

10 18 9 2

3 6 I 0

30 48 30 16

w. 2 4 0 0

The Royal Navy C.C.

Played at St. Stephen's on May 16th Won by 8 runs King's, ba tting fi rst, again started badly. Austin prom ised well but did not prosper; Turner misjudged a run; M. J . N. Bridge, improv ing on his previous performances this year, was bowled for 17; Weaver, still in second gear, was soon dism issed, a nd Bale failed again . Kilbee, however, batted well to make 45, and Rid ley continued his splendid form. French and C. C. N. Bridge gave us some good attack ing batt ing and some fine runn ing between the wickets in a stand of 59. The Navy started poorly, but a fine stand of 82 enhanced their chances. Weaver eventually dismissed them both and took three other wickets. First~class fielding and throwing ensured victory and H. R. Jackson- although he only cla imed one wicket- bowled very stead ily in his fi nal hour's spell. This was, however, a team success. "

188

THE K ING'S SCHOOL

ROYAL NAVY C.c.

A. D. H. Turner, run out..... .............. ..... .. C. S. K. Austin, bLake. .... ....................... M. J. N. Bridge, bLake..................... J. R. Kilbee, b young.................. ...... S. J. Weaver, c Carless, bLake................ T. M. Ba le, c Trussell, b young................. J. G. Ridley, c Trussell, bLake... ... ............ L. A. P. French, c Taylor, b Harries.............. C. C. N. Bridge, run out........................... H. R. Jackson, not OUt...... .. .. .................. P. 1. Cattrall, did not bat Extras (b 6, Ib I, nb I)... .

5 8 17 45 6 5 31 31 35 0

Tayler, run out.................................. ...... Barnett, c Catlrall , b Kilbee....................... Carless, lbw, b French.............................. Trussell, b Weaver... ...... ... .. . .................... Harries, c Catlrall, b Weaver...................... Arnot, Ibw, b Weave r. ................. ............ HÂ·ill, b Weaver......................................... Gaymer-Delham, c Jackson , b Weaver......... Lake, run out............... .... .... ... .............. Chandhry, c Austin, b Jackson........ ....... .... Young, not out. ............ .......... ......... ..... .. Extras ( b 4, 1b 1)....... ..

Total (9 wkts. dec.) ........................ 191

TotaL .... . ............. .

Bowling

Lake ... ...... ... Carless ............. .... Hill ....... .......... .... young ... .............. Chandhry ...... ...... TrusselL .............. Gaymer-Delham .. Harries ................

22 5 4 16 4 5 5 3

7 2 0 3 0 0 0 0

K.S.C.

..... 183 M.

18 3

0 1

35 26 38

4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 V

0 5 13 8 0 5

/Jowling

49 8 12 43 18 42 0 14

2 19 3 76 51 I

Jackson ... .. ........ . French ... .. ... ..... .. . Catlral L............. . K ilbec ...... .. Weaver ... .. ........ .

o 1

The Forty Club

Played at St. Stephen's on May 21st Wc," by 8 wickets King's won the toss and put the Forty Club in to bat on a wicket made helpfu l to bowlers by nocturnal rain foll owed by a drying wind. Jackson and French took 3 wickets each in one and a half hours of splendidly susta ined accuracy. Kilbee a lso captured 3 wickets, and the Forty Club were dismissed for 95. Turner was in splendid form, and K ilbee batted well to ensure victory, using the friend ly attack to good advan tage. THE K ING'S SCHOOL

THE FORTY CLUB

Paddison, b French ..... ............................. 17 Golds, c Austin, b French.. .. ...... ............... 13 Pearsa ll , b Jackson................................. ... 1 0 Lock, c C. Bridge, b F rench...... ......... ..... ... Parkin, b Jackson................. 5 18 Hunter, not out................. ..................... 0 Box-Grainger, Ibw, b Jackson.. .... .............. Taylor, b Kilbee .......... ... ................... .... .. 18 5 Gay, b Kilbee.......................................... Sandford, c Ridley, b Catt rall.................... 2 Sowerby, Ibw, b Kilbee..... .. ...................... 12 Extras (Ib 2, w I, nb I)................. . ..... 4 Total.. .......... ...................... ........

A. D. H . Turner, not out....... . ........ C. S. K. Auslin, c and b Sowerby........ ...... M. J . N. Bridge, c Parkin, b Gay....... .. ... ... J. R. Ki lbee, not Out.. ...... ....... .................. S. 1. Weaver ) A. E. Bragg J. G. Ridley L. A. P. French did not bat C. C. N. Bridge H. R. Jackson P. J. Cattrall Extras ( b 3, 1b 1) ............................. .

Jackson ........ French ............. ... Cattrall ............. .. Kil bee ..............

16 14 12 11.5

Bowling M.

6 6 3 2

25 25 20 21

Total (2 wkts.) . .. .............. ... ... ...... 96

Bowling

58 8 0 26

Sowerby .. .. ........ Paddison ............ Hunter ................. Gay .................. Golds ........... ......

3 3 1 3 189

o. 8 9 4 6.4 1

2 3 0 0 0

23 23 16 24 6

1 0 0 1 0

K.S.C. v The Eton Ramblers Played at St. Stephen's on May 23rd Won by 6 wickets The luck of the toss again provided King's with first use of a lively pitch, and the Eten Ra mblers found batt ing a difficult art aga inst the very accurate and hosti le bowling of Jackson and French , the former bowli ng with five men in close catching positions on the leg side; the laller, with his lively act ion,swinging the ball quite disconcert ingly. They bowled until lunch, when the score stood at 58 fo r 5. The Ramblers had two ex-county players- c. T. M. Pugh, captai n of Gloucestershire. 196 1-1 962, and R. V. C. Robins, who has played for Middlesex. Nevertheless, the innings was soon terminated by Jackson and French, who bowled for 2 hours and 35 minutes, claimi ng 5 wickets each. Austin and Turner ensured victory with an opening partnersh ip of 46, and even a hat-trick by Robins did not alter the posi tion. Heyland played well in his first match. THE KING'S SCHOOL

ETON RAMB LERS

Pugh , c and b Jackson...... ...... . Taylor, c Rid ley, b French...... ... ........ .... . D . Nickerson, b Jackson............. Robins, c C. Bridge, b French Carr, c. Heyiand , b Jackson ............... R. Eckersley, b French....... P. Eckersley, b French......... .. .......... LeschaJlas, b Jackson..... ............ .. ....... Berens, c French, b Jackson ....... .......... Brooks, b French....... ........ M. N ickerson, not OUt..................... Ext ras..... .................. ......... ...............

42 6 5 i 16 0 4 1 0 3 0 0

A. D. H. Turner, c Eckers ley, b Eckers ley... 31 C. S. K. Aust in, Ibw, b Robins. .. ............. ... 17 C. R. K . Heyla nd, not out.. ...... ..... ............ 22 0 J. R. Kilbee, lbw, b Robins....................... S. J. Weaver, lbw, b Robins........ .............. 0 A. E. Bragg, not out.. .......... ..... .............. 3 J. G . RIdley L. A. P. French C. C, N. Bridge did not bat H. R. Jackson P. J. Cau rall Ex tras (b 5, b 1) ...... ..... .... . 6

Total. ....................... . Bowling O.

Jackson French ... .. ...... ... ..

23.5 23

Total (4 wkts.) ... ................ . Bowling

8 9

w. 5

35 43

K.S.C.

Eckersley ............ . Berens ............... . M. N ickerson .... . Robins ..... ........... .

4 1

6.5

13 29

12 3

w. 1

o o 3

St. Lawrence College

Played at S1. Stephen's on May 26t h Lost by 85 runs King's elected to field, captured two quick wickets, and then dismissed D. R . Perfect, who had made a century on the previous Saturday, Bragg full y redeem ing an earlier error. If two sharpish catches had been accepted, King's would have won because these mistakes cost 85 runs, but "ifs" do not win matches. A score of 123 for 3 at lunch gave the impression of a friendly pitch, but it soon slumped to 169 for 8. Again King's began badly, but Heyland and Weaver restored the possibi lity of victory. Sixteen runs in one over by the latter boded well, but he was caught off the last ball of the same over at extra-cover, and the illusion of victory disappeared. Ridley scored a usefu l 20, but the St. Lawrence fast bowlers had the fin al word. After four victories this result was d isappointing and clearly indicated the importance of good fielding for success. 190

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THE K ING'S SCHOOL

ST. L AWRENCE COLLEGE, RAMSGATE

D ixon, c Br~gg, b Jackson ................ .. Priday, c K ilbee, b French .... .. Watson, c French, b ~ ackson ........ .. Perfect, c Bragg, b KlIbee ................. . Woolmer, c Turner, b Jackson Dixon, b Kilbee ................ . Bayley, Ibw, b Cattra ll. .. . Smyth, c R idley, b Cattrall Broad, b Cattra ll .. ...... ... .. Niriza, run out. Nagenda, not out.. ......... .. Extras (b 8, Ib 4, w I)

A. D. H. Turner, b Nagenda ....... .. C. S. K. Aust in , b Nagenda ...... .. C. R. K. Heyland, b Nagenda ... .. 1. R. Kilbee, Ibw, b Watson ........... . S. J . Weaver, c Woolmer, b Watson A. E. Bragg, c Dixon, b Wa tson ....... J. G. Ridley, Ibw, b Nagenda .. .. L. A. P. French, not out.. ..... . C. C. N. Bridge, b Watson ..... .. H. R. Jack son, c Dixon, b Nagenda P. J . Ca ltrall , b Nagenda Extras (lb 3) . ...

86 26 7 29

2 23 4

13 198

Total

Jackson ........ . . French Kilbee ......... . Weaver ...... . Cattrall. ............ .

23 12.4

9 9

0 2

60 26 42 20 41

11 3

To tal

Bowling O.

I 9 25 9 40 0 20 4 2 0 0 3

Bowling

Nagenda Watson

3 I 2

14.3 14

w. 6 4

o 3

K.S.C.

Highgate

Played at Highgate on May 30th Lost by 2 wickets On a rain-soaked pitch King's elected to bat, but soon lost Austin. TllI'ner and Heyland were dism issed after taking the score to 30, and Weaver was caught fortuitously. Bragg, Rid ley, C. Bridge and Jackson all succumbed to the guiles of good lcg-spin bowling, leaving Ki lbee with a splendid fighti ng 29 not out in 80 minutes. Holdstock, replacing French who had pulled a muscle, captured two qu ick wickets, but then gave away three fours. With two more fOll rs let through in the field, Highgate did not have many more to get, but Jackson, ever reliable, Cattra ll , bowling better than heretofore, and Kilbee, bowling off-spin ners to a leg trap, made them fig ht for every run . At least this defeat was by no means a disgrace to us. THE KINO'S SCHOO L

HIGHGATE

A. D. H. Turner, c Poule, b Den nis.. C. S. K. Austin , b Den nis...... C. R. K. Heyland, b Denn is...... 1. R. Kilbee, not out....... S. J. Weaver, c Perma n, b Dennis A. E. Bragg, st Sm ithers, b Saba th ...... J . G. Ridley, Ibw, b Saba lh c. C. N. Bridge, b Sabath.... H. J. Holdstock, c Perman, b Reid H. R. Jackson, b Sabat h P. J. Cattrall, c Poule, b Reid..... Extras (b 5, Ib 2) Tota!.. ....

17 5 12 29 1 2 6 0 3 0 0 7

Reid, Ibw, b Holdstock......... Smit hers, c C. Bridge, b Ho ldslock.... Poule, c Weaver, b Cattrall Boot h, b Jackson...... RUl11sam, b Jackson.. Norman, c C. Bridge, b Kil bee Dennis, c Rid ley, b Kilbee.... .......... . Perma n, c C. Bridge, b Kilbcc.. ...... Nosoon, Ibw, b Kilbee .............. Crofts, not Ollt... ................. Sabath, b Catlra ll Ext ras (b 3, Ib 4)..

3 1 27 30 8 3 0 7 0 2 11 7

Total. ....... .............

Bowlillg

Reid .... ........... ... Den ni s. Crofts Sabath. Poule ........

o. 12.2 12 2 9 3

Bowlillg M.

2 4 0 5 0

25 30 4 9 7

Jackson. Holdst ock ............ Cattrall Ki lbee

2 4 0 4 0 19 1

17 4 6.4 13

6 2 2 5

32 15 28 17

2 2 2

KS.C. v The Buccaneers C.C. Played at St. Stephen's on June 6th Lost by 9 runs It was the lot of King's to field and M. Tuohy was soon dismissed- the first of three catches by C. Bridge. Jack son, bowling effective off--cutters, and Holdslock oll t-swingers, provided a tricky proposition for the batsmen. Nor was there any relicf when Kilbee replaced the latter with his off-spinners. A last-wicket sta nd o f 38 saved the Bucca neers from litter disaster. Bragg was soon caught cutting, and scoring was difficult in the face of the very good seam bowling of J . Ullman. Only Turner played with any confidence unti l Ridley and Jackson put o n 34 for the ninth wicket. But just a s victory neared Ridley was well enollgh. THE BUCCANEERS

OLlt,

c.c.

T HE KING'S SCHOOL

Tuohy, c C. Bridge, b Holdstock .... .. Richa rdson, c C. Bridge, b Jackson .. .. Lewis, c Cattra ll , b Holdstock Ullman, b Kilbee ............... .. Ma llinson, c C. Bri dge, b Jackson N icholson, b Jackson ....... . Cowa n, Ibw, b Kilbee .. .. Comer, b Ho ldstock .... .. ...... .. ... .. Skinner, Ibw, b Ki lbee ................... . Herbert, Ibw, b Kilbee ....... ........ .......... . Moore, not Ollt Extras (w 2)

A. D. H. Turner, c N icholson, b Tuohy ....... A. E. Dragg, c Cowan, b Ullma n ............ C. R. K. Heyland, b Ullman ................. J. R. Kilbee. Ibw. b Tuohy.................... S. J. Weaver, c Cowan, b Ullma n............ .. M. J . G ray, st Mallinson, b Ullman ............ J. G. Ridley, cLewis, b Tuohy............. C. C. N. Bridge, b Ullman. ..... .. ...... ......... H. J . Holdstock, b Herbert. H .. R. Jackson, not ou!........... ....... .... P. J. Caltrall , st MaJ1i nson, b Tuohy .. ......... Extras (b 4. nb I) .............

20 8

2 5 30 2

107

Tota l. .....

Bowling Jackson .... ......... . Holdstock ........ ,.. , Kilbee .. ............ .

a nd the fin e bow ling and fi eldin g ha d not been supported

20 II

4 4

56 21 30

KS.C.

TotaL ...... ... .

Bowling

Ullman .. .... ....... . Cowan ..... ........ .. . Tuohy .. Herbert ............... .

3 3 4

2S 3 10 6 7 4 24 0 0 11 0 5

18 5

7 I

43 16 22

w. 5

o 4 I

The M.C.C.

Played at St. Stephen's on June I I th Lost by IS r uns M.C.C. won the toss and C. Russell-Vick, pilot, 12th man, manager and captain , elected to bat on an easy-paced wicket. Heyland , at short-leg, soon caught one of the openers. Holdstock, no t bowling as accurately as on the previous Saturday, was replaced by Catt rall , who reassu red everyone, o n the School's side at least, by bowli ng wit h all the fl ip and sk ill which brought hi m 35 wickets last year. Jackson as usual bowled well , a nd Kilbee captured 4 good wickets. Gray continued the long successio n of unsuccessful opening partnerships by being l.b.w. to a good leg-cutter. M. Bridge (IS) and Turner (4S) took the score to 57 before the fo rmer was dismissed after a very encouragi ng innings. Turner, having batted well, lost his concentration and was dismissed for 47. Kilbee was the victim o f poor um piring. Weaver began well , but lapsed and was caught at deep mid-off; Heyla nd had a flourish. Nobody else cont ributed very much. Again poor batting let down the good fielding, and , as only 4 of the 20 d ismissa ls in this a nd the last ma tch could be attributed to the skill of the bowlers, there seemed to be a fa tal lack of applicat ion and concentration. 192

THE M.C.C.

T H E KI NG'S SCHOOL

Gasson, c Heyland, b Jackson SaIe, b Cattra ll ......... .............. .......... .. ... . Summers, b Jackson .................. .. Preston, c Weaver, b Jackson ....... . Lock, b K ilbee ........ ... ................. .. Penfold, b Kilbee ........................... .. Smith, c Ridley, b Cattrall ......... " ... Lewis, c Cattra ll, b Kilbee , .... , .. Sagan, c Weaver, b Cattrall .. . Stevens, c Jackson, b Kilbce .. Johnston, no t out. .... Extras (b 2. Ib 3, nb I) ........ .. ...... . Tota!.. .....

A. D. H. Turner, c Preston, b Preston..... M. J . Gray, Ibw, b Johnston..................... M. J . N. Bridge, b Preston .......... J . R. Kilbee, st Smith, b Preston................ S. J . Weaver, cLewis, b Sagan.. ........... C. R. K. Heyland, c Lock, b Preston............. J . G. Ridley, Ibw, b Sagan............... C. C. N. Bridge, b Preston ........ ............... H. J . Holdstock, b Sagan..... ..................... H. R. Jackson, b Preston ...... ... P. J . Cattra ll , not out. ... ................. .... Extras (Ib 2)......... ...... ..... ........

31 6

18 6

27 14 6 I

21 5 6

...... ..... .. , . ........... .. .... 147

TotaL ..........

Bowling Jackson .. ...... Holdstock ............ Cattrall ............. .. Kilbee .. . Weaver. .... .... .. ...

o. 15 8 19 11.5 I

5 2 3 0 0

33 26 41 39 2

KS.C.

Stevens .......... ...... Joh nston .............. Preston , .... Sagan ..... .. ......... Lewis ... ..... ..........

3 4 0

4 9 1 0 0 2

............... ............. 129

Bowling M.

47 I IS 2 26

8 8 4.1 18 4

3 2 8 7 0

12 II

61 23 19

w. 0 I

6 3 0

K.C.S. Wimbledon

Played at Wimbledon on June 13th Drawn (rain stopped play) King's decided to bat first, but Turner and Kilbee, having promi sed well , were dismissed cheaply. Austin, back in the team, played well before being run out; Heyland scored 24 in II minutes; Weaver played down the wrong line. Meanwhi le M. Bridge, recalled to the team for the previous match, played extremely well , showing a penchant fo r the leg side. Ridley scored some usefu l runs and Gray played sensi bly. The final score of 154 was much assisted by improved r unning between the wickets, apart from two un fortu nate run outs. Victory loomed large when Jackson took 3 wickets in the third over, but thereafter unt il tea K .C.S. scored 26 runs in 75 minutes. The rain came o n after tea. King's were handicapped by the wet ball, but the scoring-rate rema ined very low. At last Gray broke the dull partnership with a wicket in his first ove r in 1st Xl cricket, but the game soon had to be abandoned. THE KING'S SCHOOL K. C.S. WI M BLEDON A. D. H. Turner, c Owen-Thomas, b Holland, c Turner, b Jackson 5 Carmichael. ....... ...................... .... ..... . Bellinger, Ibw, b Gray ........ 7 ............ 36 5 Owen-Thomas, lbw, b Jackson.... ...... .. ...... 0 J. R. Kilbee, b CarmichaeL ..................... .. M. J. N. Bridge, c and b Ca rmichael.. .. ..... .. 49 Somers, not out...... ................ .......... ...... 29 C. S. K. Austin, run out.. ............ .. .......... .. 18 Thompson, not out....... .. ............... .. ....... 5 C. R. K. Heyland , bOwen-Thomas ...... .... . 24 S. J . Weaver, b Cooper ..... .. 3 J. G. Rid ley, Ibw, bReed ................. . 24 M. J. Gray, b Ca rmichael.. .......... .. J3 C. C. N . Bridge, run ou!. .. . .. I H. R . Jackson, st Bellinger, bReed .. ........ .. o P. J. Cattra ll, not out 3 Extras .. Extras (b 7) ... 7 o Tota1. ....................................... . 154

Total (3 wkts.) .. ....... ................... .

193

Bowling

Carm ichael ......... Cooper .......... ,." .. Owen-Thomas, .. ,. Robson ..... ., ........ Reed ....

o. 18 11

3 104

42 35 26 20 24

6 0 2 0 3

Bowling O. M.

4 0

14 16

Jack son ..... K ilbee Cattrall Weaver ....... Gray .............

0 2

3 1

6 9

2 0 0

18 22 20 10

2 0 0 0 1

K.S.c. V Dover College Played at St. Stephen's on June 25th Won by 52 runs King's won the toss and batting first, scored at a reasonably fast rate, but wickets were also falling rather too rapidly, so that by lunch 6 had gone for 119; only A. D. H. Turner, playing very well, seemed confident, and he had seven fours in his 66. J . G. Ridley and M. J. Gray did, however, provide some lIseful runs, and the innings closed after 156 minutes, a very good rate. Dover were in no particular trouble, but never commanded the accurate bowling; the turning point of the whole gamc came 35 minutes after tea, when M. J. Gray took the best catch of the season to d ismiss their captain, R. B. Burnett. The last seven wickets fell for 23 funs, H. R. Jackson fini shing with 6Âˇ4 1 having bowled accurately, getting some movemcnt off the seam. He was well supported by P. J. Cattrall and J. R. Kilbee and somc excellent catches. This was a very good win, especially since D over had beaten St. Lawrence Collcge, Ramsgate by 90 runs. THE KING'S SCHOOL

DOVER COLLEGE

A. D. H. Turner, c Yates, b Burnett ........ J. R. K ilbee, c Khan, b Gordon M. J. N. Bridge, lbw, b Gordon ...... C. S. K. Austin, b Burnctt C . R. K . Heyland, b Gordon ...... S. J. Weaver, c Wilder, b Gordon J. G. Ridley, c Wilder, b Gordon M. J. Gray, b Burnett .. C. C. N. Bridge, not out.. .. H. R . Jackson, b Gordon .. .. P. J, Cattrall, b Gordon .. . Extras (b 8) ........... .

Yates, lbw, b Jackson .... Brown, b Jackson ... Khan, lbw, b Ki lbee ........ . Burnett, c Gray, b Jack son. Wilder, run out .......................... .... . .. Gordon, c Weaver, b Jackson Malik, not out ..... Wright, c K ilbee, b Cattrall .......... ... .. Torry, c Austin, b Cattrall .. ., ... .. Hare, c Kilbee, b Jackson Linham, b Jack son ... Extras (b 4, Ib 2)

11 8 8 6 2

21 13 9

o 8

152

Total ..

Tota l....

Bowling

Gordon .... . Linham ............... . Burnett Khan

o. 26.1

13 19 6 1 6

o o 4

3 6

100 Bowling

Jackson ....... . Kilbee .. . . Weaver. .... .. Cattra ll

o 3 o

K.S,C,

o. 21 10

6 4

41 19 10

w. 6 I

o 2

V The Free Foresters Played at St. Stephen's on June 27th Match Drawn Thc Frec Foresters chose to bat and were in little trouble against H. R. Jackson and J. R. Kilbee who, for once, were not at their best. M. J. Gray, bowling medium paced off and leg-cutters on a very good length saved the situation and P. J. C1ttrall, with two wickets in his first three overs, brought the score to 129-6.' Thcre then followed a good sta nd, which was eventually broken by S. J. Weaver with his first ball , at which point they declared. A. D. H. Turner and J. R. Kilbee could not long withstand the fa st bowling, and C. S. K. Austin and C. R. K. Heyla nd both failed, but M. J . N. Bridge, batting very sensibly now, and S. J. Weaver, put on 55 before the latter, apparently on better fo rm, was run out; a dismissal which probably cost liS victory. 194

Bridge was caught at midÂˇ off having played a very good innings. J .. G. Ri~l ey sco red !lis usual twen~y and M. J. Gray, C. C. N. Bridge and H. R. Jackson took us near to vIctory III a very enjoyable game, III which our fielding again excelled. THE KI NG'S SCHOOL

THE FREE FORESTERS

Goudge, c Austm, b Cattrall . Perkins, c Gray, b Cattrall Ki ng, lbw, b Gray .. Hardy, run OUt................. .. .......... . Canney, c Jackson, b Gray. Hughes, b Jackson ............. .. Clarke, b Weaver .. . Bragg, not out ................ .. .. .

A. D. H. Turner, b Canney .. ...... J. R. Kilbee, b Lirock M. J. N. Bridge, c Bragg, b Clarke C. S. K. Austin, b Clarke . ..... C. R. K. Heyla nd, b C larke S. J . Weaver, run out. ... .. J. G . Ridley, b Lirock .. . M. J. G ray, b Canney .................... .. C. C. N. Bridge, not out H. R. Jack son, not out P. J. Cattrall, did not bat Extras (b 2, Ib I, wI) ...

17 5

41 10 21 41 14

Extras (b I) ...

2 23 22 10

14 6 4

174 Bowling

Bow/ing

Jackson ........ .. . .. . K ilbec .. . Gray .......... , ...... . Cattrall ... .......... . Weaver .......... . . .

Total (8 wkts.)

176

Total (7 wkts. dec.) ....

7 10

o. 12

I 3

14 14

51 48 41 35 0

Lirock.. ....... ... Canney .... Bartlett Clarke ....... Hardy ................

0 2 2 I

17 15 2

3 5 0

40 30 48 39 12

w. 2 2

o 3 o

K.S,C.

V Sevenoaks Vine C.C. Played at St. Stephen's on July 2nd Match Drawn King's again won the toss and chose the only poss ibility on a hard batt ing wicket. The Sevenoaks Vine bowling was accu rate however, and once again A. D . H . Turner sco red freely and seemcd set for a centu.ry, unti l he was caught behind the wicket. A. E. Bragg, a good hard-wicket player, and S. J. W~aver, pla.Ylng better now, put on 40 run s but both wcre dism issed trying to increase the run rate. J. G. RIdley, reliab le but unable to force the pace, kept the score moving, but it was left to H. R. Jack son to raise the 200 and bring the declaration. The Vine started well but at 65, A. E. Morris, a century maker in our last two encounters, was very smartly caught at slip by M. J. Gray. However, a partnership of 55 for the third wicket left thc ~ine with 70 to get in 40 minutes. P. J. Cattrall bowled very intelligentl y keeping the ball wcll up, and Kmg's undoubted ly had very much the better of the game. THE K ING'S SCHOOL

A. D. H. Turner, c Morris, b Gaston C. C. N. Bridge, lbw, b Gaston ...... . M. J. N. Bridge, lbw, b Smart.. ..... .. J. R. Kilbee, b Housden ....... .. A. E. Bragg, c Mart in , b Housden .. . S. J. Weaver, c Housden, b Smart.. .... .. J. G . R idley, not out.. C. R. K. Heyland, ru n out.. ... M. J. Gray, Ibw, b Smart H. R. Jackson, not out.. P. J . Cattrall, didÂˇ not bat Extras (b 4, Ib 2) ................ .. Total (8 wkts. dec.)

SEVENOAKS V INE

C.c.

N . P. Golds, lbw, b Gray ............. .. Morris, c. Gray, b Catlra ll R. N. Golds, Ibw, b Jackson .. Martin, c and b Cattrall Abbott, c Gray, b Jackson .. . W ill iam, not out ............. . ........... .. P. Housden, st C. Bridge, b Catt rall .. A.Housden, c Jackson, b Cattrall Gaston, b Catlrall .. Dival, not out Smar t, did not bat Extras (b I, Ib 1, wI) ..

72 4

14 12 25 42 16 7

o 7

205

Total (8 wkts.) ...

195

32 32 41 36 17

o I

o 3

180

Bowlil/g

o. Abbot!. ............... . Gaston .............. . Diva!... ... . Smart.. ......... . Housden ............ .

M. 1

51 55 23

20 11

K.S.C.

o 2 o

Jackson ....... Kilbee .. Cattrall Gray ...... Weaver

18 6 3

o 2 o o

36 52

17 21

w. 2

o 5 1

Eastbourne College

Played at St. Stephen's on July 4th Lost by 9 runs After overnight rain, King's elected to field but having dismissed the openers within the first hour, a partnership of 45 followed, helped by rather tame bowling. However, after lunch P. J. Cattral! bowled very well for 5~21 in 18 overs and Eastbourne crumbled to 134 all out. A. D. H. Turner again gave LIS a good sta rt, with C. C. N. Bridge keeping one end up, but from 53~2 the score degenerated to 68~5 with J. R. Kilbee and S. J. Weaver st ill unable to provide the necessa ry solidarity. C. R. K. Heyland took us very near to victory but was then adjudged Lb.w. H. R. Jackson and P. J. Cattrall tried very hard but it was not quite enough. THE Kl NG'S SCHOOL EASTBOURNE CoLLEGE A. D. H. Turner, c Davis, b Hepburn ... 14 48 Pye, c Bridge, b Gray C. C. N. Bridge, Ibw, b Perk ins ....... 9 Rowe, c Ridley, b Kilbee .. 6 M. J. N. Bridge, c and b Hepburn 39 4 Taylor, b Cattrall. .............. . J. R. Ki lbee, b Hepburn .............. .. 45 o Jeffrey, c Kilbee, b Cattrall A. E. Bragg, b Perkins .................... . 4 Benedict, run out o S. J. Weaver, c Jeffrey, b Hepburn 2 o Marchand, b Jackson .... J. O. Ridley, Ibw, b Perkins 9 11 Davis, b Cattrall C. R. K. Heyland, Ibw, b Perkins 10 27 Lacy, c Bridge, b Cattrall .. M. J . Gray, b Perkins ....................... . Hepburn, c Gray, b Jackson .. .. o o H. R. Jackson, b Hepburn .. 12 3 Perkins, not out P. J. Cattrall, not out ............ .. 5 Hyde, b Cattrall .................. . o Extras (b 3) 3 8 Extras (b 8) .. . Total

134

Tota!.. ..... . Bowlil/g O.

Jackson ............. . Kilbee .......... .. . Gray .................. . CattraJl .......... .

...... 125 Bowling

19 16 5

6 6 I

50 35

20 2t

w. Hepburn ......... .. . . Hyde ...... ..... . Perkins ............. .

2 I I 5

K.S.c.

o. 26

w. 5

o 5

V The Band of Brothers Played at St. Stephen's on July 11 th Lost by 3 wickets After much deliberation, King's decided to have first use of the wicket, which proved lively. A. D. H. Turner could not avoid a nasty lifter and lost his ba lance; M. J. N. Bridge chanced his arm and played well for his 20; C. C. N. Bridge showed good technique before succumbing after 36 minutes; J. R. Kilbee failed to keep down a lifter on his legs; S. J. Weaver fell to the ollt~swinger and A. E. Bragg cut to good effect. J. G. Ridley once again batted well, but 91 was a meagre total. The Band of Brothers had to struggle however, against some very good bowling by H. R. Jackson and J. R. Kilbee, the latter deserving betler luck. If all our close fielders had such quick reactions as M. J. Gray, who took two more good catches, we wou ld probably have won. R. G. Musson, however, chanced his luck and succeeded in wrest ing the initiati ve, thus securing victory in a hard fought match. 196

THE KINO'S SCHOOL

BAND OF BROTHERS

2 6

A. D. H. Turner, c Canny, b Musson ... C. C. N. Bridge, b Loveday ........... . M. J. N. Bridge, b Musson .......... .. J. R. Ki lbee, c Canny, b Musson ...... .. A. E. Bragg, c Loveday, b Taylor .... .. S. J. Weaver, c Took, b Musson ... .. J. G. Ridley, c Canny, b Harlan d .. C. R. K. Heyland, c Took, b Musson M. J. Gray, Ibw, b Harland H. R. Jackson, b Harland P. J. Cattrali, not out. Extras (b 2) ...

4 4

o 5

Bowlillg O.

13 9 3

I I

1.1

32 24 7 21 5

K.S.C.

1 12

23 2 5

33 5 I

Total (7 wkts.) ...

Tota l

Musson ...... .. Loveday ........... . . Canny .. Taylor ...... . Harland ............. .

Budden, c Gray, b Jackson ...... .. Britten, c and b Jackson ....... .. Loveday, c M. Bridge, b Kilbee Marshall, b Jackson ... . Pettman, b Kilbee .. .. Press, c Gray, b Jackson ......... . Musson, not out.... . .... . Took, c Cattrall, b Jackson ............ , .. Canny, not out........ .. .......... .. Taylor } . Harland did not bat Extras (b I)

Bowling

Jackson ...... . Kilbee ... . Cattrall

The O.K.S.

5 I

I 3

19.3 18

5 4

w. 5 2

Played on St. Stephen's Piece on Friday and Saturday, July 24th and 25th Lost by 34 rllns The O.K.s. elected to bat on a perfect wicket but soon lost S. J. Laine, caught at the wicket off J. R. Kilbee. P. J. Catt rall took wickets in his first and third overs and the O.K.S. had lost five wickets by lll nc h ~time .

On the resumption, R. I. B. Fisher played some powerful shots, aided by R. J. M. Collier, but P. J. Caw'all did not lose hi s length and finished with 6~82; M. J. Gray a lso bowled well, his last wicket being the result of a good catch by A. E. Bragg. The King's innings started disastrously. A. D. H. Turner was brilliantly caught off his second ball , T. M. Bale did not get over an ollt~sw inger and M. J. N . Bridge received an almost un playable ball from O. C. Pritchard, the Cambridge Blue. A rescue effort followed, led by S. J. Weaver, who was supported first by A. E. Bragg and then C. C. N. Bridge, who helped to add 44 precious nms before S. J. Weaver was caugh t in the gully. The next morning M. J . Gray played some good strokes, and H. R. Jackson had a usefu l swing. The lead of 64 did not seem nearly as forbidding when the O.K.S, score stood at 1 8~4. Was it only a coincidence that this was in front of a large number of supporters from School? Once aga in R. T. B. Fisher played very confidently but was caught hooking, to give H. R. Jackson his 42nd wicket, after yet another wonderful effort. C. C. N. Bridge took three catches in this innings, two of which were very good indeed, and M. J. Gray again bowled very intelligently. Thus King's were set to score 234 and the probability of success depended on how the openers dealt with the speed (and reputation!) of G. C. Pritchard. In fact, he presented no problems, and it was the carelessness of the batsmen which brought about defeat. A. D. H. Turner holed out at Jllid~off; T. M. Bale, having played very well, chased a wide one; C. C. N. Bridge did the same; S. J. Weaver played a loose stroke ; and P. J. Cattrall for got to back up. All these dismissals emphasised that it is absolutely essent ial to con~ centrate on every ball whilst application is not any less important. J. R. Kilbee, at last, showed both these qualities in an excellent innings. 197

The d isappointments of this year will not have been wasted if the members of ~cam who rerylai,n fo r 1?65 both benefit from their mistakes a nd remember that to be a member of the First X I at Kmg s reqUIres a high sta ndard of keen ness, application and common sense. S.

THE

First illllillgs S. J. Laine, c C. Bridge, b Kilbee. M. R. Tuohy, c C. Bridge, b G ray......... ....... C. R. Barber, Ibw, b Ca ttrall... ....... M. P. Press, b Catt ra ll........ .... ... ....... W. E. J . Minns, b Cattrall ..... R. I. B. Fisher, c a nd b Gra y. R . J. M. Collier, c and b Cattrall... R. J. Snell, b Cattralt...... ......... .. . .. O. C. Pritchard, c Bragg, b Gray... . P. J o hnston, b Gray....... . A. R. Fryer, not OLlt.... Extras (b 9, Ib 2).

Secolld illllillgs S. J . Lai ne, c C. Bridge, b Jackson... . ........ M. R . T uo hy, c Turner, b Kilbee............. ... .. C. R . Barber, c. C. Bridge, b Jackson M. P. Press, c Turner, b Ki lbee...... W. E. J. Minns, c Jackson, b Gray R. 1. B. Fisher, c Bale, b Jackson... . R. J. M. Collier, c C. Bridge, b Kilbee.. R. J. Snell, b Gray........ G. C. Pritchard, not o ut... . ... P. J o hnston, c Ridley, b G ray................ A. R. Fryer, d id not bat Extras (b 2, Ib I)........ ..............

39 15 2

18 61 29

9 13

3 2 II

Total (9 wkts. dec.) .... ............. .

Bowlillg o. II Jackson ... . . Kilbee .. ..... ............. . II Cattrall ...... 6 6.2 G ray ......................

Bowlillg

o. Jackson .. .. Kilbee .................. . Catt rall... ...... . ... . . Gray ..... . ... .......... .

3 2 5

16. 2

36 37 82 43

0 I 6 3

14 10

WEAVER.

O.K.s.

..... ... 209

Tota L ........ .

0 I 0 0

49 41 36 28

5 3 ]0

0 57 34 17

9 19

0 3 157

w. 3 3

o 3

THE KI NG'S SCHOOL

Firsl Illllillgs A. D. H. Turner, c Press, b Pritc hard. T. M. Bale, c F isher, b Barber.......... . M. J. N. Bridge, b Pritchard..... ....... .. J. R. K ilbee, c Laine, b Pritcha rd.. ....... A. E. Dragg, c Barber, b Tuohy......... S. J. Weaver, c F isher, b Pritchard..... J . G . Ridley, b J o hnston..... ... ............. C. C. N. Brid ge, c Fryer, b Pritchard... M. J . Gray, st Fryer, b Tuohy.............. H . R . Jackso n, c Barber, b Tuohy.......... P. J. Catt ra ll , not o ut.. .... Extras (b 7, Ib I).

Second b illings A.. D, H. T urner, c Minns, b Tuohy. .. T . M. Bale, c Snell , b Press .. ................ M. J . N . Bridge, c Fryer, b T uohy J. R. K ilbee, not out.. ... C. C. N. Bridge, c Sneli, b Tuohy.. ....... S. J. Weave r. c Press, b Tuohy............ . ....... J. O . R idley, c F ryer, b Pritchard............ ..... A. E. Bragg, c Press, b Tuohy....... ........... M. J. Gray, b T uohy...... . .......... . ..... .. .. H. R. Jackson, st Fryer, b Tuo hy............ P. J. Catt ra ll, run ouL.... .............. Extras (b 3, Ib 3)............................ ....

0 0 0 8 17 35 3 33 23 16 2 8

Bowling o. Pritchard ....... 23 "Barber .. 3.5 T uohy ...... .............. 30 J ohnston ................ . 6 Press. ................ 4

Bowlillg

o. Pritcha rd . Barber ............... . J o hnston ..... .......... . Tuohy .. ......... . F isher .. . La ine .......... .

17 9 13 9.5

2 4

M. 4

3 6

o I o

37 17 21 39 5 18

5 I I

6 12 8 15 2

4 0

T otaL ............................. " . ....... 188

.. .... 145

TotaL ..... ..... .

16 36 13 70

o o 198

6 0 2 I 2

54 21 85 15 6

w. I 0 7 0 I

Batting Averages Played 16, Won 5, Lost 8, Drawn 3 Not Tow/ H ighest RUlls Score Average II/flillgs Ollt A. D. H. Turner......................... 17 1 406 72 25.33 L. A . P. French................. .. ......... 4 2 45 31 22.5 2 262 4 1' J . G. Rid ley ...... .. .. .. ........ " .......... 15 20.15 J. R . Kilbce.................. ... 17 3 257 70' 18.36 M. J. N. Bridge............................ 13 0 223 76 17. 15 C. R . K. H eyland.................. .. . II I 158 27 15.8 S. J. Weaver............ ........ " .......... 16 0 228 42 14.25 C. C. N. Bridge ............... ".......... 15 3 150 35' 12.5 A. E. Bragg... .............. 9 I 92 25 11.5 T. M. Bale ........ .. .... .. .... " .. 5 0 49 36 9.8 C. S. K. Austin........ ............. . .. . 10 0 97 18 9.7 M. J. Gray.... ................... 10 0 70 23 7.0 H. R. Jackson .......... .. .. 14 2 61 16 5.08 P. J. Cattrall.. ..... II 5 14 5' 2.33 H. J. Holdstoek.. ............ 3 0 4 3 1.33 t + 1 stumping and 42 byes • denotes not out

Catches 4

7 5 3 2

171 3

4 8 7

Bowling Averages Overs Maidens RUlls S. J. Weaver .................. .. . 37. 1 3 139 H . J. H oldstoek .... .. .................... 22.4 8 62 M. J. Gray ......... ... .. . ... , .. .... .•.... 48.4 134 8 L. A. P. French ............ .. .... .. ........ 67.4 14 146 P. J . Cattrall ...... ........... .. ............ 200.4 36 528 J . R. Kilbee .. ........ ...... .. ............. 193.2 49 544 H. R. J ackson .............. . ............. 275.3 65 696 "

Wickets 12 5 II

10 33 33 42

Average 11.58 12.4 14.00 14.6 16.00 16.48 16.57

Besl Bowlillg 5·23 3·21 3· 28 5·43 6·82 5· 55 6·41

The 2nd XI Our failure to take Dulwich 's last wicket in the first match of the season denied us a complete record of victories. The va rying fol'lunes of the 1st XI have made our own successes a ll the more remarkable. Though there were frequent changes in the te.1m throughout the season, nevertheless mo ra le remained high. We have seen aggressive, decisive cricket, whilst the various captains, Stone in particu lar, have always maintained command of the situation. Ski ll and co-operation combined to defeat some good sides, as well as a few which were made to look poor. All those who have played in the team deserve congra tulation for their achievement. The foundation o f the team 's sliccess has been the aggressiveness a nd penetration of the opening bowling. Large and Holdstock, with Wright and sometimes Gray in reserve, a lways achieved the vi la l brcak·through a t the start of the opponents' innings, and it is significant that in the Eastbourne game (t he only occasion when more than a hundred runs were scored against us) La rge was not playing; his speed and power, coupled with the nagging accuracy of H oldstock, on every occasion put the batting on the defe nsive. Gordon, our principal slow bowler, has improved in accuracy if not in power of spin, a nd was ra rely mastered. He was supported a lways by very good fielding, and it is possibly in thi s department that most praise is deserved, as some excellent catches were held and many runs cut ofT by intelligen t anticipation; th is is the place, too, to congra tulate Stone fo r his splendid performance as wickel·keeper. Revington and de Weyma rn , the ot her spinners, were ra rely called upon after the success of the opening bowlers. T here is a real need in the upper half of the school for someone who can spin the ba ll well , o n a length at sufficient speed to deter the batsma n from coming down the pitch to him. The batting order has rarely bee n the same for two matches, but whoever was playing, sufficient runs were always ma de. The best achievement here was probably in the last match, when 145 ru ns were made in 95 minutes, a fi ne effort o f controlled aggressive batting again st good bowling. All those in the upper 199

half of the order batted well and not only those who played in the 1st Xl; Kent, Gordon, Bale and Gray were the ones who improved the most over the term, but the mo re esta bl ished players such as Bragg Heyland and Austin all did well when they were in the side. Quick running between the wickets was ~ pleasing feature of the batti ng. A final word of thanks to F. M. Hall, the willing scorer. Results K.S.C. 11 7 (Gordon 33); D ulwich 97-9. K.S.C. 148-8 dec.; Home Count ies Brigade Depot 2 1 (Ho lds tock 5-7). K.S.C.48-0; R.M.s. Dover 47 (Holdstock 6-24, La rge 4- 15). K.S.C. 147-7 (Bale 46); SI. Lawrence 54. K.S.C. 118-8 dec. (Gray 48 not out); Sutton Valence 39 (Large 5-18). K.S.C. 66-4; Canterbury H.C. 63. K.S.C. 72-2 (Kent 34); Bri tish Legion 71. K.S.C. 162 (Bragg 66); Dover 47 (Ho ld slock 5-2 1). K.S.C. 145-8 (Kenl 45, Bale 38); Eastbourne 144-9 dce. G. P.R.

The 3rd XI The 3rd X ( has had another good yea r, but the record compa res unfavourably with that of the prev ious two years. The batti ng was a considerable improvement on last year's and thus a declarat ion was necessary in every match. The batsmen were always having to force the pace in order to give our bowlers time to get the oppositio n Oll t, and yet seven o f them had averages of over 17. Robert s, the captain, frequently sacrificed his wicket in the search for qu ick runs, and D raycott made up for his lack of mobility by repeatedly finding the boundary with his massive drives. Pearce, Masters and Ha llam also made useful run s. G rant and Swan n formed the spearhead of the attack with reasonable success, but the slow bowling had litt le penetration and was used merely to keep the opposition up with the clock. The season will be remembered fo r the number of close finishes, and a ft er an unfortunate miscalculation aga inst Chat ham House, Roberts became highly sk illed a t tempting the opposing side to go for the runs. Results K .S.C. 139-4 dcc. (Roberls 47); R.M.S. Dover 72 (Granl 6-11). Won by 67 runs. K.S.C. 122-6 dec. (Roberts 59 not out) ; St. Lawrence 3rd X( 83. Won by 39 runs. K.S.C. 82-6 dec.; Chatham House 2nd XI 85-5. Lost by 5 wickets. K.s.C. 106-8 dec. (Pea rce 39); Kent College 2nd XI 97-6. Match Drawn. K.S.C. 97~6 dec.; Sir Roger Manwood's 2nd x r 87~7. Match Drawn. K.S.C. 139-6 dec. (Masters 39, Draycott 65); St. Lawrence 3rd X( 100Âˇ6. Match D rawn. K.S.C. 108-4 dec.; Dane Court 69. Won by 39 runs. P.W.B. R .P.B.

Colts The results of this season's X( may not be an accurate pointer to the future performance of its members. It has been an immature side, but not lacking in players of potential abil ity. Most of the recognised batsmen-Cox, Jaggers, Wilson, Bailey and Hetherington- scored runs on occasions and played good strokes, but their powers of concentration , and determination to correct technical faults, was never sufficient to make them reliable 0 1' consistent in scoring runs. Indeed, a shortage of ru ns was the besetting weakness of the team this season. The bowling was more effect ive: Howard-Willia ms has the build and abi lity to move the ball in the air, which could ma ke him a formidable opening bowler in the fut ure. Mundy bowled increasingly well and Jolley's a iry flighting brought a heavy crop o f wickets. Hetherington a nd Johnson also bowled well . The fie ld ing was good, and Jaggers' keen ness set a fine example to his team. Played 9; Won 2; Lost 2; Drawn 5. The fo llowing played: G. K. Jaggers, C. W. F. McDonald, P. S. K . Johnson, J. R. Wi lson, R. O. Clarke, E. H . Bai ley, T. G. E. Hetherington, S. G. Mundy, P. B. Kent, C. G. Howa rd-Williams, p, F. Cox, S. N. Jolley, J. C. Walter. J.S.H. 200

Junior Colts The Junior Coils.' XI this season .has been as full of ta lent and cheerful confidence as usual, and one might also say, on occaSions, as unpredictable as usua l. However, the standard has generally been qu ite high in all departments of the game. The batting has mostly looked good and a ll members of the team have made runs at one time or another, a lthough, unfortunately, not o ft en at the same time. H owever, Whalley, MiJler, Keeble and Young have had some good innings; Gray and Ramsay have hit the ball ha rd, and often managed to make the runs when they were most needed, and Frank land too has balted well and been difficult to get out. Frankland, Hallam and Keeble have been the main strength of the attack and all have bowled splendidly on occas iol~. Frankland, who bowls fast o O:-cutters and slow o fT~ break s wit h equa l fac ility, has taken the Illost Wickets, but the left a rm slow bowlmg of Hallam has brought him a good share, a nd Keeb le's fast ou t-swingers have often had opposing batsmen in difficu ll ies. When in the last match of the season Miller was brought on to bowl he took th ree good wickets in three overs, leaving one with the impression that perhaps he had been rat her neglected. GaUyer has kept wicket very well and has improved steadi ly. The fieldin g ha s generally been good, and Miller, particu larly, has taken so me d ifficult catches. Whalley has captained the side intelligently and with increasing confidence. M.E.M. Results v Dulwich College. Won by 72 elms. Junior Colts 107 (Young 18, Gray 17); Dulwich 35 (Fra nkland 5 fo r 12, Keeble 4 for 13). v R.M.S . Dover. Match D rawn. Junior Colts 107 for 6 (Ramsay 38); R.M.S. , Dover 59 for 7 (Frankland 3 for 15, Keeble 3 for 19). v Ken t College. Won by 44 funs. Junior Colts 78 (Keeble 29) ; Kent College 34 (Hallam 6 for 9, Frank land 3 for 16), v St. Lawrence College. Won by 70 runs. Juni or Colts 101 ( Ramsay 24); St. Lawrence College 31 (Frankland 4 fo r 10, Hallam 3 for 7). v Sutton Valence. Wo n by 97 runs. Junior Colts 144 fo r 9 (Gray 48); Sutton Valence 47 (Frankland 5 for 14, Keeble 3 for 18). v Tonbridge School. Lost by 37 runs. Tonbridge School 102 (Hallam 4 for 23, Frankland 3 for 43)' Junior Colts 65 (Ramsay 36). ' v K.C.S., Wimbledon. Match Drawn. K.C.S., Wimbledon 116 (Hallam 5 fo r 54); J unior Colts 77 fo r 6 (Wha lley 20 nol oUI). v Chatham House. Won by 23 runs. Junior Colts 87 fo r 6 dec. (Whalley 2 1); Chatham HOllse 64 (Fra nkland 5 for 16, l-I allam 4 for 28). v Dover College. Lost by 5 wickets. Junior Colts 92 (Keeble 24); D over College 93 for 5 (Keeble 3 for 36). v Kent College. Match D rawn. Junior Colts 137 (Whalley 29, Mi ller 26) ; Kent College 57 for 4 (Fra nk land 4 for 9). v Eastbourne College. Lost by 10 wickets. Junior Colts 101 (Keeble 20, Young 19); Eastbourne College 102 (without loss). v SI. La~elnce College. Won by 5 wickets. St. Lawrence College 68 (Hallam 4 for 36, Miller 3 for 4); JlIni o\ Colts 69 for 5 (Young 23).

Under 14 This year the Under 14 team had to wait fo r its first victory unti l the last match, but this is not to suggest that the outlook for the future is gloomy. Kerr-Peterson , who has capta ined the team, could make a good wicket-keeper if he learns to use and take slow bowling. There a re batsmen of promise in the side who, with greater concent rat ion and more attention to the position of their feet, could score many run s. Some of the bowling, too, has potential, and it has been particularly encouragi ng that some of the slow bowlers have developed effect ively. There is no doubt that if more concentrated coach in g had been available the standard would have been better by the end of the season. 201

The following have played: M. A. Kerr-Peterson, A. R. Amiot, J . C. Adam, H. A. Baker, A. W. Berry, N. G. Economou, J. P. W. Ford, K . T. Grant, R. B. Hamblin, A. P. Hardie, J. C. Marks, M. D. Macfarlane, E. C. Ramsay. M. F. Taylor, J . A. Turtle, S. G. R. Wylie. Under 14! representatives : R. Bi rd, R. J. L. Black burne-Kane, M . A. J. Cronk, T. R. Langley-Hunt. Results v J .K .S. Drawn. v R .M.S., Dover. Lost. v Kent College. Drawn. v St. Lawrence College. Drawn. v Worth Schoo l. Drawn.

v Sutton Valence. Drawn. v Chatham Hou se. Lost. v Kent College. Lost. v St. Lawrence College. Lost. v Dane Court. Won . R.A .C.M. T.n.A.

THE HAYMAKERS' C.C. The wea ther and good fortune have contributed towards an excellent season. A happy medium of good cricket played for enjoyment was nearly always achicved. Although no demon bowlers or killer batsmen were discovered, the speed of Major and Leggatt , the efficiency of Mr. Robert son, and the runs of Mess rs. Akrill, Hamilton, Whelan, Facer and Bee were useful. Mr. Facer's wicket-keeping caused some concern , and Mr. Bec's bowling was a delight to both sides, no doubt owing to the inability of the fielders to ca lch. A season's bag of 130 runs and 10 wickets tell the siory of Gordon's three appearances. On behal f of the Club I should li ke to thank Mr. Baldock for his experience and generalship, Major Jervis for his hospitality and all the Masters who have lent themselves and their transport to further Ihe aims of enjoyable cricket. R.K.K.

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1st Xl CR ICKET [Fisk-Moore M. J. N. Bridge, C. R. K. Heyla nd, H. R. Jackson, L. A. P. French, A. E. Bragg, J. G. Ridley Silting (lefl 10 right): A. D. H. Turner, J. R. Ki lbee, S. J. Weaver (Captain), P. J. Cattrall 011 Ground: M. J. Gray, C. C. N. Bridge Back Row (Ie/I 10 rich'):

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THE BOAT CLUB 1st Eight Summer term training bega n with o ur annua l visit to Jesus College, Cambridge during the last week of the Easter holidays. In addition to daily tubbin g and work in the bank-tub the crew covered about seventy miles in an eight a nd made good progress at low ratings. We are very grateful to our friend s at Jesus College for their continued help and interest in making this an enjoyable week on and off the river. Back at Pluck's Gutter the crew continued to work steadily in preparation for the coming regattas, concentrating on improvement in indvidual bladework and timing. Long pieces of paddling were interspersed with rows of varying length, and a modified form of interval-training helped to achieve fitness and give confidence at higher ratings. In all this work the impression from last term was confirmed that this was a stron g eight which had co~sid erab le pace when the work was applied together and with max imum drive from stretcher.

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Twickenham Regatta The first summer appearance was in the Junior-Senior Eight s at Twickenham Regatta on May 30th , for

which sixteen crews entered. After a comfortable win in the first round aga inst Kingston R. C, the School rowed stead ily to beat Decket School, Nottingham, by f length and then Hampton by t lengt h in the sem i-fina l. The final against Walton R.C. was a close and exciting race ; the staggered start meant that the School on the inside of the bend started half a length down, but by half-way they had ga int:d a canvas lead which they managed to ho ld to the finish. This was a successful and encouraging day's racing, especially as the 2nd VII[ scored an equally deserved win in the School Eights.

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Walton Regatta The following week the Eight competed in the event for Jun ior-Senior Eights at Walton Rega lta and again achieved a good win , this time from a total entry of 20 crews including six Hen ley schools. ]n the first heat the School had a hard race aga inst Kensington R.C. , who led to about half-way, followed by an easier race against Vesta R.C. Tn the semi-final we aga in met Walton R.C., now on their home course and at their own regatta. As at Twickenham the week before, it was a very hard race, wit h Walt on taking an ea rly lead, and it was not until well past half-way that the School gained a lead o f a ca nvas; this they maintained to the finish despite repeated spurt s by the home club. In the final we met Radley College and with the adva ntage of the bend at the start gained about half a length in the first minute; this lead was maintained by solid and determined rowing and a good last minute made the winning margin i length.

Tn the followin g three weeks the eight worked to a training progra mme similar to that of recent years; the Henley dista nce was covered at varying ratings at least once a day and seven full-pressure courses were rowed. The eight's form during this period was a little variable; at their best the boat ran very fa st with good stride and power, but a lack of togetherness particularly on stroke-side made other pieces of rowin g look rather ord inary. Nevertheless, in the week before Henley the crew made excellent progress and over short distances recorded the best times of any previous 1st VIII at Pluck's Gutter. 203

Henley Royal Regatta With I!lis prom ise of the last week at Pluck's Gutter it is disappointing to record the rest of this year's story. Right from t,he fir~t outin~ at Henley the E ight seemed to lose its zest and a lthough they worked hard, they ne~er agai n achieved qUite the same pace, and the lack of cohesion in the middle of the boat began to appea r agam: But we had, some enjoyable practice outings with London R.C., Thames R.C., Twickenham R. C. and our rivals of prevIous regattas, Walton R .C., and there were still some patches of good rowing. . There were 31 ent rips for the Princess El izabeth C LIP this yea r, one short of the max imum, and they l!l~llIded for the fi rst t llne four overseas entries, all from the United States. Tn the fi rst round King's drew C lift on College. Wednesday: v CJifton College. The School made a rather untidy start but gained at once on Cl ifton They sett led down to a good stride at ab~ut 34 and i:-c.reased their .lead steadi ly to about two lengt hs at F:'awley. Here they were able to reduce their rate of st nkmg and continued stead ily to win by 3 lengths in a tllne of 7 mms. II secs. Thu rsday: v ~ineh~ster Colle~c. Winchester went .off veil fa st and led at once; they reached the Barrier III 3 minS. 24 se~., reaching the fin ish 2 length s ahead III 7 l!llnS. 5 sees. The School raced hard but It was not a good row With the timing on st roke-side being very errat ic over the whole course.

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Winchester went on the next ~ay to beat Sf. Pau l's and were the on ly English school to reach the semifin al ;. they lost a h~rd race agamst Groton School, U.S.~., who in their tllrn were beaten in the final by Washington Lee High School , U.S.A. T~e three Amencan scho<;,ls which reached the semi-final were u.ndoubtc~l1y strong and fast. and their ability to produce ~ devastatlll g last minute lip the enclosures must give English coaches s(.)Jnethmg to think about. It was a, lJ ttle unfortunate that the American schools' first appearance shoul d be m a year w~en, alt hough there were sev1?ral sou nd and workmanlike English school crews, t~ere was no rC<1 l1y outstandmg one. Tt would have been mterest ing to see Washington Lee or G roton row aga inst the Sh rewsbury crew of 196 1 or the Ra~ley crew of 1962 .. Nevertheless, the arrival of the foreign ~cho.ols has enhflnced th? status of the Pnncess Elizabeth Ct.11? a nd If the extra competition provoked ca n inSP ire the I~ad lng E ngli sh schools to find the answer and WIO next year, it can only be for the good of English rowing as a whole.

This yea r's eig.ht -:vere a stron g and very hard:working crew and although they fa iled to do themselves J.ustlce In the final test at Henley, It wo uld be quite wrong to let this detract from thelf splendId performance.s e~rher In the season. Tn a sport which so much depends on perfect team-work, deta lied IndlVldual comment IS of httle value, but the eight themsel ~es would be the fir~t to ack nowledge the fin e racing spirit shown by N. J. Paul at stroke, whilst the firm but fri endly leadershl]) of D. N . T. Walton as Captain of Boats has been one of the ch Ief factors In makin g th IS a most enJoya ble a nd rewa rdin g season for both coach and crew. D.S.G.

The O.K.S. Race This :fear's O.K.S. fi x.'l.lrc was rowe~ on Sunday, Jul y 26t h, at Pluck's G utter. It was a wonderfu l afternoon With perfect conditions for rowlIlg a nd the race attracted one of the la rgest crowds in reccnt years The School were represented by t~e 1st VITI un~h::ln ged. in ord~r from Henley, whilst the O .K.S had a strong cre~, most of whom had been m regular tramlng With van ous clubs during the Slllllmer. The School I'owmg on the back station, got away to a good start and ga ined a little, but it was not until the last fe~ hundred. yards that they closed up app recia bly. Both crews finished strongly and the result of a good race was a WIO for the School by 5 seconds. O.K.S. Vl/J; R. D. H. Roberts, !;ow; J. H ammerbeck, 2; M . S. Billinghurst, 3; D. H. King, 4 ; H . F. Ca rter,5; J. R. Frew, 6; P. C. Ament, 7; R . A. D. F reeman, stroke; N. D . Gillett, cox. D.S.G. 204

2nd Eight This year the V1l1 commenCC?d train i:-s a t the S.cho? ' ~l!ring the la~t th.rce days of the holidays. T~e mornings were spent at Fordwlch scullmg, a nd With mdlVldua l coachmg In the ba nk tub and tub pair. During the ollti ngs in the Vl11 in the a~tern oons, the .cr~w c:oycred a fa ir. mileage in. lopS stretc!lcs of padd ling a t [ow rat ings. There wa~ a gradual Improvement m mdl Yldual tec hl~lqllc and tlil1lng, p<;ll'tJcui ul'ly st ro~eÂ side, who ma intained a high standard throughout th ~ season; bOW-Side tended to be a Ilule mo re crratlc. The crew continued to ma ke favo urable progress dunng May, and by the end o f the month, the boat was beginn ing to move quite well. Twickenham Regatta. May 30th. School Eights 1st round II Emanuel School 1st VIU. King's lost their advantage of the stagger at the sta rt due to a bad fi rst h, lf minute. They improved a lillie after this a nd grad ually drew ahead to win by iÂˇ length. Se n~i -final v Eating C.s. 1st YIn. Again King's were slow off the start, bu t rapidly settled to a good rhythm, and rowed through during the second half of the course to win by a canvas.

Fina l v Tiffin School lst vru. This race proved to be similar to the sem i-final. King's were led off the start but rowed through strongly on the inside of the bend to win by a canvas. Both Eali ng and T iffin la ter rowed at H enley, the form er bea ting St. Edward's, Oxford, and Oundle. During the wcek following Twickenham , the crew did not set tle down and they m,a de litt le effective progress. Wa lton Regatta. June 6th. School Eights 1st rOllnd II Tiffin School 1st VIU. Although the crew were quicker off the start, they were not quite so well together. They sllcceeded in gaining a slight lead which they held to the fini sh to win by t length. Semi-final v Ealing C.S. lst VIII. Once aga in King's were beaten off the start and were nearly a lengt h down after two minutes. Their rowing was untidy and lacked cohesion , but they fo ught back over the second hal f of the course to reduce the deficit to a ca nvas at the fi nish. Although not as sllccessful as the previous week, the crew gai ned from their experience at Walton. In the ten days before going to Marlow, they worked ha rd at their starts, and concentrated more fully a.nd effect ively on rowing toget her and less as individuals. Tn the pract ice outings at Marlow, their paddling and rowing became more lively and the boat was beginning to move quite fast. Marlow Regatta. June 19th and 20th. The Schools' Challenge Vase 1st round v Nottingham High School 1st VIII and Abingdon 1st VIII. The thrce crews sta rted well and were level a t the end of the first minute. King's rapid ly sett led into their stride, and d rew ahead gradua lly to beat Nottingham by It lengths with Abingdo n a further length astern. Semi-final v Latymer Upper School 1st vrJl. This was a hard race in which neither crew could establish a convincing lead. King's were not rowing quite as well as in the previous round, but over the last part of the course they held off Latymer to wi n by 4 feet. Final v Shrewsbury School 2nd VIII and Eton 2nd Vln. This was a very exciting race. The th ree crews rowed level for the first minute, after wh ich Eton on the centre station bega n to drop behind. At Bisham Abbey, King's had a n adva ntage of a few feet over Shrewsbury. Rowing very w711 to~ethe r and with gr~a t determinat ion the crew increased this to f length j ust below the Ch urch. A t th iS pom t, Shrewsbury, Wi th the fi nal bend'in their favo ur, began to close up, but Ki ng's held them off to win by 4 feet. This is the first time King's have won the Schools' Challenge Vase, and their time for the F inal, 4.07, was only two seconds outside the record for this event. The crew have tra ined hal:d throughout. the year and altho ugh technically a rough crew, they raccd hard, a nd thorough ly deserved their successes thiS season. We are once again indebted to Mrs. Whalley for her hospi tality, encouragement and support at Ma rlow, and to her part icular kind ness which provided a fillin g conclusion to the 2nd VIII's most successfu l season. N. H .S. 205

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3rd Eight The visit to Read ing Cl in ker Regatta on May 30th was disappointing, for despite some excellent practice outings in the previolls week, the crew, facing its first side by side race, was much too tense, did nOI row together and solidly. and was wet! beaten by Radley Colts and a crew from Imperial College, London. The next week or more of training was also depressing, as illness forced changes in the crew and virtuall y no progress was made. However, the enjoyable private fixtllre with V,C.S. at Richmond on June 16th provided the tumingpoint. The School crew got away to a lively and effective start, gained a length in the first minute, held this distance over the middle of the course and went away a fu rther length or more at the finish. This was a satisfactory row, though still not entirely together over the midd le part of the course. The outings between this race and the Pangbourne National Schools Regatta (so styled for the first time) on June 24th were increasingly satisfactory. The first round of the West Cup for 3rd VIlI's was rowed against Can ford, Emanuel, and St. Edward's. FOllr abreast racing and a repechage system (two crews going for ward to the next round in each case) were interesting and exciting innovations, from which, as the Daily Telegraph put it, we were "to profit". King's had a very good row after an indifferent sta rt and came in fi rst , half a length ahead of St. Edward's with Emanuel and Canford respectively further behind by larger margins. Willis was quite ill after this race and it was reluctant ly decided, on doctor's advice, that he could not row in the sem i-fina l round. It was greatly to hi s credit that Willis finished the cou rse in this race. Fortuna tely we had the services of an excellent subst itute in Tayler, who had rowed in the crew, at bow, at U.C.S. and in a good many practice outings. He fitted.in ex tremely well at 3. The sem i-final was between King's, Eton, Bedford, and St. Paul's. The Eton crew had a very good sta rt and were leading by over a length at half-way, but this distance was reduced to a length by the finish. Bedford were beaten by 1 length and St. Paul's, lying last, lost a man overboard. The crew reali sed that, if tbey could bold Eton off the start, they had a distinct chance in the final, for St. Edward's had won the other semi-final and in a slower time . [n this last race tbe crew excelled themselves. The sta rt was at 43 and so effect ive that Eton were well held. King's continued to row at 40 for a minute, were down to 38 in the second minute, but returned to 40 with an excellent burst at half-way which took them into the lead. With a determined last effort this was maintained a nd sl ightly increased to a winning margin of half-a- Iength. The crew fully deserved this success for the determination and cohesion with which they rowed on the day when it really mattered, and for their persistence during traini ng which only rarely seemed to go quite right. On their best form they were a very good Third VITI. R.D.H.R.

Colts' Eight Progress in training before the V.e.S. fixture was encouraging and hopes were soon set high. It was unlucky for A. J. Davies to fall ill at thi s point but P. K. Jenkins made a most usefu l substitute. The crew won at V.e.S. in a three abreast race by the comfortable margin of about two lengths. Between the V.e.S. and Pangbourne fixtu res the crew clocked some very fast times on home waters, but showed a certai n reluctance to maintain a rating much over 36. This fault was to cost us dearly at Pangbourne, but it helped to produce some exciting races. In the first round King's started well and were able to cruise home at about 34, leading S1. Edward's by Ii lengths, with Bryanston thi rd. In the semi-final King's again started well, yet won from Radley by only two feet, with Bedford third. In the final the start was the worst of the three that day, so that we found ourselves half a length down to Staveley. King's pressed them and managed to hang on, but lack of a really high rating cost us the cup: we finished second, a canvas down. The crew showed much promise for the future this season, whilst the new repechage system and the three abreast racing at Pangbourne provided most va luable experience. J.L.G. 206

The Crews 1st VIII: G. F. Langly-Sm ith, bow; J. D. Stokes, 2; M. 1. Carter, 3; P. A. Croxford, 4; e. H. Freeman, 5; J. A. Norwood, 6; D. N. T. Waiton, 7; N . J. Paul, stroke; P. D. Miller, cox. 2nd VIII: P. Hemingway, bow; G. H. Sharwood-Smith, 2; M. A. O. Bennett, 3; A. D. Van der Meersch, 4; J. H. A. J. Armstrong, 5; e. N. Gordon-W ilson, 6; M. J. Webster, 7; R. B. Gale, stroke; P. H. Rundall, cox. 3rd VIII: N. B. Spiller, bow; R. J. Ashworth , 2; N. T. G. Willis, 3; D. G. van Asch, 4; R. B. HowardWilliams,5; W. R. Young, 6; J. G. Whi les, 7; H. J. Morris, stroke; 1. F. Chesshyre, cox. e. R. e. Tayler rowed at bow against V.e.S. and at 3 in the later races at Pangbollrne.

Colts' VIll: C. C. Northen, bow; P. E. Gibbs, 2; A. J. Davies, 3; S. J. Nicholls, 4; G. J. R. Bell, 5; P. B. Short, 6; I. G. Davies, 7; A. e. G riffiths, stroke; D. S. Whalley, cox. P. K. Jenkins rowed at 3 agains\ U.C.S.

Fordwich and House Rowing Early in the term the new Fordwich Boathouse was officially declared open by Mrs. Newell in a brief and pleasantly informal ceremony before a large crowd of the Boat Club and other interested spectators from the School. At the same time, Mrs. NeweH very kindly and graciously perrormed the official naming ceremony for the newlywcompleted catamaran launch which has been christened Gemini. In its first term this launch has proved of great assistance to the Eights in their training and we shou ld like to express our tha nks both to the parents who generously contributed towards its cost and to Mr. Peter Willis, by whose skill it was constructed. There has been the usual large programme of tubbing and outings in fours a t Fordwich and the new boathouse has amply proved its worth. The normal system of House League rowing was foll owed and under the efficient organisation of Mr. Wi lkinson and J. J. D. Smith the racing was keenly contested. A good four from Walpole won the "A" Division, though not without keen competition from Grange; Grange had their success in winning the "D" Division, whi le for the second year running a lively Marlowe four won the Novices' Shield. In order to reduce the pressure on time during King's Week, the School Regatta was brought forward this year to the Saturday after Henley. This meant that Senior House Fours had less time than usual to tra in , but despite this, the standard was qu ite high and the racing keenly fou ght out. First round winners were Galpin's, Meister Omers, Luxmoore and Walpole, and of these Walpole, with three First Colours, went on to win a good fina l against Luxmoore. On the same afternoon the final rounds of the sculling events were decided and resulted in wins for e. M . Southam in the Novices' events and D. J. Watson in the Damsel Cup for Juniors. The final of the Whalley Cup fo r senior scu llers was a fine race between C. H. Freeman, the holder, and D. N. T. Walton, who both outclassed the other competitors in th is event. The result was a narrow win for Walton, who sculled very well against his heavier opponent, though Freeman had not had long to recover after the final of the House Fou rs. We are most grateful to Mrs. Newell, who kindly presented the trophies to the various winners, includi ng the Carden Cup, awarded this year to Walpole. It remains to offer our thanks to all those who in many ways ease the path of the Club and make our boating so enjoyable. We shou ld particularly like to thank Mrs. Morgan and Denis Curtis for their help with the training diet and Mr. Milner for his continued advice and encouragement, while Peter Willis has performed his usual miracles in keeping all our equipment in good working order. In thank ing!Mr. and Mrs. Walton and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman especially for many kindnesses during the season, the 1st VIII would li ke also to express their appreciation for much support and encouragement from parents, friends and O.K.S. at the various regattas. D.S.G.

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SWIMMING At last the Club has managed to procure a tra iner from the Marines at Dea l, but unfortunately he was called away for various courses and in fact came only fou r times: however, he gave us plenty of adv ice on trai ni ng, which has given very pleasing results. On behalf of all the swimmers, J would like to extend war m thanks to Mr. Bradnack, who has done his utmost to fiJI the gap lert by the tra iner.

MATCHES S t. Lawrence, Ramsgate fielded a strong side, includ ing an interna tional reserve, but they only beat us by a very narrow ma rgin: 11 6 to 1Ol. I rwi n showed ea rly promise by keepi ng very close to their star backstroker, onl y losing by three seconds. Oldham a lso had a good day, winning the d ivi ng and the freestyle spri nt. Irvine showed his st rength in the Coils, who o therwise lost rather heavily, but the J unior Colts won by 24 poin ts to 13. Tonbrid ge. The visitors were unl ucky to be missing their main sw immers, b ut they were bea ten so convincingly tha t the end result would probably have shown no cha nge. H a ll and Essame came fi rst and second in the 100 yards Freesty le; Irwin, O ldham, Phalp and Scott-Williams all won their respective events, wit h Vill iers and Knightley backing up well to come second. W ith so many wins we naturally won the relays as well . T he Colts won convincingly too, Jones, Eadie, I rvine and Winchester all showing strong promise, winn ing their events and the relays. Eastbourne. A ted ious bus jour~ey and a hi~e.o u sl y long bat h d id noth ing to improve ou r swimming, and we were beaten rather too easily. Scott-Williams won the Butterfly, and the d ivers, Woodhouse and Oldham, came first and second, but otherwise Eastbourne won every event. Jones, Ead ie and Winchester a ll chased hard in the Colts, but lacked winning speed. Westminster. Here we scraped a one point win; the margi n would have been much greater had not the opposition imported two Americans, who won most of their Senior points. I rwin had an unbeaten day a nd did his fastest 100 yards in 69.6 seconds, an unofficial record. Phalp and Old ham swam fast races a nd once again the divers came first and second. The Colts won, Jones and Irvine showing very good form' ' with W inchester and Eadie ga ini ng helpful points. Sutton Valence. A warm. day, the benefit of hard tra in ing, and the p:rospect of a n easy win , made this the most successfu l and enjoyable match I ca n remember. H a ll and FlIm swa m their fastest ever in our bath, Irwin and Scott-W ill iams bro~~ the records for the 100 >:a rds Backstroke and 33t yards Butterfly respectively. Woodhouse won the dlvmg, and we romped home In both relays. I rvine broke the 33, yards Backstroke reeord in his unhurried way, a nd the tealll o f Jones, Ead ie, I rvine and Winchester lost only one cvcn t and one relay. City o~ London ~nd H i ghga~e. Almost un believab!y, we cam~ within four points of bca ting City of London m the Semors, and Highgate were nowhere In the r un nmg. Essame and Finn swam well I rwin and Kn ightley excelled themselves by winni ng both heats of the 100 yards Backstroke as d id Old h~m and Vi lliers in the 50 yards Freestyle. Sales, replacing Woodhouse who was ill, won his divi~g heat, and although we I ~d .on the second lap of thc Freestyle relay! we werejllst beaten by City of London. Only Irvine gained a Will III the Coits, but the usual stalwarts tned hard, and Handley, another replacement d iver won h is heat. Eadie, swimming for once in his own age group, scored a very easy win in the Junior Col'ts. The Bath Cup ..Although we i mprove~ seve ~ seconds o.n last year's time, we only ga ined one place. Out of 42 compet itors we came 26th , Wlt ~ ~ tune of 3 mm utes 37.7 seconds, and spli t times of: Hall, 56.6; O ldham, 54.0; Essame, 54.7 and W illis, 52.3. Barnard Castle won the cup. . Public S.cltools' Medley Relay. I rwin, F i!ln, Scc;>tt-Wi ll iams and Oldham cut 5 seconds from last year's time, and Improved 9 places to come 20th m I mlllute 48.6 seconds, a very creditable effort. Col o ~' r.s were awarded to: O. S. Essame, N. Scott-Williams, G. M. Woodhouse, C. G. A. Phalp, P. 1. Vdllers. T he Water po lo team, in which H all, Essame, I rwin , Knightlcy, F inn, R ing, Sales P halp Oldham Scott Williams and Villiers have played, remained unbeaten in all its matches. ' , , N.R .H. 208

SPOR TS F ine weather contributed to the success of the sports, held on Sunday, 26th July. Though only one record was broken in the fina ls, three had been broken in the heats (the Sen ior 1 length Freestyle by Oldham in 16.4 sCC5., the Senior Med ley Relay by Grange in 81.5 sec;s., and the Sen!or Freestyle Relay by Galpi~ 's in 69.9 sees.), and some good times were recorded. T he d istances swum III some of the events were 10creased to bring the programme more into line with that used in matches against other schools, and a 200 ya rds Freesty le (pre-sports event) and .l\1iddle Butterfly 'Yere ,included for thl? first time. Th~ use of the F I N.A . ta riffs produced some morc ambitious voluntary d iVes 10 both the Spnngboard and F ixed Board c~I~lpetitions. Galpin's and Gra nge each scored more than twice as many points as their nea rest rivals. Results ONE LENGTH BUTIERFLY (Senior).- l , Scott-Wil lia ms (G r.); 2, Willis (Gr.); 3, Oldham (GaL). Time: 19.2 secs. ONE LENGTH F REESTYLE (Middle).- l , Irvine (M.); 2, Jones (Ga l.); 3, Carmichael (Gr.). Time : 17.6 secs. ONE LENGTH BREASTSTROKE (Jun ior) .- I, Ead ie (Lin .) ; 2, Kennedy, R . B. (Gr.) ; 3, Baker (W .). Time: 24.6'tccs . THREE 'tENGTUS BACKSTROKE (Senior).- I, Irwin (G aJ.) ; 2, K night ley (Ga J.); 3, Ring (Lux.). Time: 76.3 secs. LlFESAVI'NG.- I, Wh ite (S. H.); 2, Pha lp (Ga\.); 3, Fin n (Gr.). Time: 30.8 secs. ONE LENGTH BUTTERFLY (Middle).- l, W inchester (Lin .); 2, Baker (Wa\.); 3, Eadie (Li n.). Time: 22.6 sees. Two LENGTHS FREESTYLE (J unior).- I, Freeland (S.H .); 2, Munns (M.O.); 3, Ell iott (Gr.). Time: 42 secs. Two LENGTHS BACKSTROKE (Midd le).- I, I rvine (M.); 2, carmichael (Gr.); 3, Steer (M.O.). Time: 45.8 sees. SPRINGBOARD D IVING.- l , Turner (Wa\.); 2, Sales (GaL); 3, Oldham (Ga\.). . . ONE LENGTH FREESTYLE (Junior).- I = Freeland (S. H.) and Keeble (G r.); 3rd, Elliott (Gr.). Tune: 18.9 sees. THREE LENGTHS FREESTYLE (Senior).- I, Willis (Gr.); 2, Essame (Ga\.); 3,Hall (Lin.). Time : 60 sees. Two LENGTHS BREASTSTROKE (M idd le).- I, W inchester (Lin.); 2, Kennedy, 1. T. (G r.); 3, Ead ie (Lin .). Time: 52.2 secs. THREE LENGTHS BREASTSTROKE (Scn ior).- I, Pha lp (Ga L); 2, Finn (Gr.); 3, Wyatt (Gr.). Time: 80.9 sees. THREE LENGTHS FREESTYLE (Middle).- I, Jones (GaL); 2, Irvine (M .); 3, Carmichael (Gr.). Time: 64.6 sees. ONE LENGTH FREESTYLE (Senior).- I, Oldham (Ga\.); 2 = Villiers (Wa J.) and Scott-Wi lliams (G r.). Time: 16.6 sees. FIXED BOARD D lvING.-l , Wood house (S. H.) ; 2, Old ham (Ga\.); 3, Turner (Wal.). MEDLEY RELAY (Seni or).- I , Galpi n's; 2, Grange; 3, Linaere. Time: 79.8 sees. (New Record). FREESTYLE RELAY (M iddle).- I, Galpi n's; 2, Grange; 3, School I-l ouse. Time: 76.4 sees. MEDLEY RELAY (J unior) .- t , G range ; 2, Galpin's; 3, Linacre. Time: 69.2 sccs. FREESTYLE RELAY (Senior).- l , Galpin's; 2, Gra nge; 3, Linacre. Time: 70.3 secs. Events previously decided: INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY.- l , Wi llis (G r.); 2, Ha ll (Lm ); 3, Sales (Ga\.). Tune: 100.8 sccs. 200 YARDS FREESTYLE.- I, Willis (Gr.); 2, Irwin (Ga L); 3, Scott-W Ill iams (Gr.) Time. 2 mill. 21.4 sees. MIDDLE DIVING.- l , McK ill iam (GaL); 2, Head ley (WaL) ; 3, Handley (WaJ.). Final Positions: I, Galpi n's, 170 points; 2, Grange, 147i points; 3, Linacre, 67 points; 4, Walpole, 44 points; 5, School H ouse, 43t points; 6, Marlowe, 28 points ; 7 = Luxmoore and Meister Omers, 27 points. Galpin's bea t Luxmoore in the final of the House Water Polo compet ition.

STANDARDS COMPETITION Rcsults: t , School House, 7.83; 2, Walpole, 7.58; 3, Marlowe, 7.5 1; 4, Grange, 7.4 1; 5, Luxmoore, 6.58; 6, Meister Omers, 6.4 1; 7, Linacre, 6.01; 8, Galpin's, 4.80. Standard bathes were started earlier this year, in the last week of J une, and the weather was usu'-!-lIy fine and warm. This, together wit h the fact that the three lengths standard had been made rat her eaS lcr, meant that most houses achieved higher averages than last year. The drive and efficiency shown by house captains also contributed considerably to the success o f the compet itio n. 209

ATHLETICS The very unpleasant weather which earlier in the month had cau sed the cancellation of two out of the three ath let ics matches and nearly washed out the thi rd, at last improved and Sports Day was fine and dry although the usual east wind did not fa vour fast times. In the prc-sports events, Ridley showed in the Pentathlon what a versatile athlete he is by gaining 36, points out of a possible 40 and later, on Sports Day. bealing the record-holder, Bush, in the 440 ya rds and also winning the 880 yards and the Javelin. On the day. Bragg also did well to win both sprints from Georgiad is. Jackson at last broke Baxter's record in the Weight wit h a fi ne putt of 44 ft. 3 in. , but having done 45 ft . in training he should improve on this next year. Singleton's consistt:nt throwing gained him first place in the Discus and Brock was unchallenged in the High J ump, although unable to exceed his record of last season. Bishop showed stam ina and determination ill winning both the mile and the three miles although more speed tra ining ea rlier in the term could have given him a better time for the mile. In the Middle events, Bailey, who is a very promis ing athlete indeed,_was in great form, setting a new reeord in the Javelin and winn ing the High-Jump at 5 fL 1 in. and the Discus at 131 ft., both very good performances. Gi bbs also showed grea t promise winning both the 100 yards and 220 yards from Steele and setting a new reeord of 15.9 secs. in the Hurdles heats. An unfortunate enta nglement in the final upset his stride and Revington, who a lso ga ined second place to Bailey in the High-Jump came through to win in 16.7 secs. Steele, whose real strength is the 440 yards, won as expected, with Tee ha nging on to gain second place. Jaggers, Wain, W. J. Wood and Bridge also distinguished themselves in their various events. Among the Juniors, N. J. Scott, Parrott, Cranfield, Coulson, Gilchrist, Whalley, Kennedy, Phillips, McDonald and Ramsay al1100ked good prospects for next season jf they are prepared to put in the necessary training. The competition for the Athletics Cup was close and it was not until two events from the end that it became clear that Grange could not be beaten by Luxmoore, their nea.rest rivals.

THE INTER·HOUSE RELAYS COMPETITION The House Relays were expanded considerably this season and a splendid new cup, kindly presented for this event by Mr. E. Samuel, was won by Luxmoore.

Results SENIOR 100 yards-1st, Bragg (Lin.); 2nd, Georgiadis (Lux.); 3rd, G urney (M.O.). Time: 11 sees. 220 yards- 1st, Bragg (Lin.); 2nd, GeorgIadIs (Lux.); 3rd, Gurney (M.O.). TUlle: 24.2 sees. 440 yardS- 1st, Ridley (Gr.); 2nd, Bush (M.); 3rd, Gurney (M.a.). Time: 53.6 sees. 880 yards- 1st, Ridley (Gr.); 2nd, Bush (M.); 3rd, Osmond (Gr.). Time: 2 min. 7.2 sees. Mile-1st, Bishop (Lux.); 2nd, A. Turner (W.); 3rd, Osmond (Gr.). Time: 4 min. 55.4 sees. 120 yards Hurdles- 1st, Wareham (Lux.); 2nd, Spiller (M.a.); 3rd, Leggatt (GaL). Time: 18 sees. High·lump- lst, Brock (S.H.); 2nd, Bush (M.); 3rd, Gurney (M.O.). H eigilt: 5 ft . 6! in. Long-Jump- Ist, Leggatt (GaL); 2nd, Swann (GaL); 3rd, Bragg (Lin.). Distallce: 18 ft. 4! in. Weight- 1st, Jackson (GaL); 2nd, Armstrong (W.); 3rd, Villiers (W.). Dis/alice: 44 ft. 3 in. (Record). Discus-1st, Singleton (Gr.); 2nd, Jackson (GaL); 3rd, Turner (W.) and VilJiers CW.) equal. Distallce; 11 7 ft. 6 in. Javelin- 1st, Ridley (Gr.); 2nd, Aust in (Gr.); 3rd, Powell (Lin.). Distance: 153 ft. 3 in. Relay (4 x 110 yards)- l st, Linacre; 2nd, Luxmoore; 3rd, Marlowe. Time: 47.5 sees. Medley RelaY- 1st, Marlowe; 2nd, Meister Omers; 3rd, Grange. Time: 3 min . 56 sees. 3 MileS- 1st, Bishop (Lux.); 2nd, Turner (W.); 3rd, Osmond (Gr.). Pentathlon- 1st, Ridley (Gr.), 36! pts.; 2od, Bragg (Lin.), 31! pIS. ; 3rd, Rose 0N.), 23 pts. (Points out of 40). 210

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105 ft. 1st, Straughan (L lIx.; ) 2nd, Cotton (Lin.); 3rd, Ramsay (Lux.). Distallce : 105 f1. JavelinHOUSE ATHLETICS CUP (98 ) 1st, Grange (126 pts.); 2nd, Luxmoore (121 pts.); 3rd, Linacre pts .. HOUSE RELAYS CUP 0 (31 t ) p s.. 1st, Luxmoore (43 pts.); 2nd , Linacre (35 pts.); 3rd, Meister mers HOUSE STANDARDS CUP 1st, Meister Omers; 2nd, Luxmoore; 3rd , Grange. THE KENT COUNTY ATHLETIC CHAM PIONSH IPS . entatives from the School took part in the Cou nty Athletic Cha m pion s hi~~ at Elt ham thIS ~our de~lI~id extremely well in their various events considering the stan~ard of OPPOSitIon. ~ush came telm an. J ' 440 ards C. Robinson reached the fina l of the Jun.l or ~OO ya rds, Watel louse 'Yas 880 0.rds a nd Bailey came third in the YOllt hs' Javelm WIth a th row of 154 ft. 6 m., a new School record. M.E.M. I'

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GOLF CLUB Th's term has been a busy one for golfers. We have had our usual two matches, against S1. Lawr~en~e antd !s, W·mbledon. We did very well to 3+-2+ at Canterbury, and were un or lIna e I . K' beat , St. W' Lawrence bl d to lose by two matches to four agamst mg s, 1m eon. . . . Those who have played in the tean;t are: S. J. N icholas, G. L. Singleton, J . A. Ha rVIe, J. A. O m, R. A. Moreen , H. D . C. Sclater, M. M. Rickards. . . df h H 1 Cu and in the final G L Singleton beat S. J. N Icholas by one hole. ThIS term we p!aye or t e an ~s Jf at Prince's Golf' Ciu b Sandwich and the Inter-House Golf S. J. Nicholas and G. 'The long d riving was won by Nicholas with a · drive of 256 yards. Many golfers in the school have benefited from Mr. Quigle.y's co~c11ing on Luxmoore e2~1! Thursday, and we are all very grateful to him . Next term the. golf coachmg wli l be on Luxmoore at. p.m. every Monday, and it is hoped that many more people Will attend. S.J.N.

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TENNIS The 1st VI did not have a very successful season, as the standard of play was inconsistent. When on form the team played well, but the standard decl ined noticeably when playing teams which were not so good. The standard of the 2nd VI has greatly improved since last year, and the first pair played very well for the 1st VI on several occasions. The junior members of the club have displayed considerable promise and the Colts had a good season. The Luxmoore courts acc in a state of poor repai r, but we hope for some new ones next year. I would like to thank Mr. Gross for his management and organisat ion, Mr. Mcdill for his coaching and Mr. Gay, who unfortunately was unable to coach later in the term because of an accident. I would also like to thank Mrs. Campbell for supplying such good teas at (somet imes) such short notice, and Benenden for a most enjoyable afternoon. In the 1st VI, R. A. Pinnock, N. P. Rose and G. W. H. Rowbot ham were reawarded their colours; M. G. S. Mansergh and P. M. Romer were awarded their colours. Also played:- C. Templeman. A. C. Murch, R . X. Heslop and E. P. W. Slater. 2nd VI:- R . X. Heslop, E. P. W. Slater, P. J. Tuohy, J. J. T. Cronk, C. Templeman, M. J. N. Baker, A. A. V. Strallen, M. J. Cumber. R.A.P.

FENCING CLUB This term it has been possible for a number of boys to do full-time fencing and a great deal of useful progress has been made, particula rly in epee and sabre, which will pay dividends next season. Twelve members of the Club have also been work ing hard for the King's Week display and altogether the standard of most fencers has considerably improved. In the Kent Schools' Epee and Sabre Championships, which unfortunately were held in the first week of term, the team did well but no-one was able to repeat Howard-Jones's successes of last year. Ogley, Meredith, Pollet and Tucker all reached the final pool and were placed 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th respectively. In the sabre, Meredith aga in came third in a very talented fina l. An extremely good performance. The Inter-House Competition was also held this term and after some close competition, the Galpin's team of Ogley, Deighton and Olympitis were worthy winners of the fina l aga inst Grange. M.E.M.

JUDO CLUB Th is term has been most successful. In Maya party went to see a demonstration by a Japanese expert at Dover, whilst otherwise we have concentrated on serious training. The value of the constant practice with the instructor and a green belt was shown when three orange belts from Sutton Valence School had great difficulty in fighting us. A grad ing was held on July 20th and the Club can now boast of two orange belts, four yellow belts, two wh ite belts and four 3rd Mons. Mr. Menzies. who came down from London especially for the grad ing, was very impressed, part icularly by the Juniors. The demonstrat ion in King's Week seems to have been appreciated. G .D.E. 212

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MUSIC Owing to some physical incapacity. I have been unable to underta ke my fu ll share of rehearsals during the term. Mr. Scott, M r. Morrish and Mr. Goodes have all given unstintingly of their time a nd I thank them most warmly. The end of the School year brings with it the departu re of many boys whose contrib ut ions to the School's music have been of the utmost value. They cannot all be named, but mention could perhaps be made of C. P. White and Woodhouse, our representatives in the National Youth Orchestra, and the following Secretaries: Armstrong (Band), H. J. Morris (Mad rigal Society), van Asch (Orchestra), who goes up to King's, Cambridge as a Choral Scholar, and Watkins (Second Orchestra). I must also record our debt to R. A. Moreen, from the United States, who has played a splendid part in almost every musical act ivity during the year he has lived among us. Finally, I must pay tribute to J. H. Turner's out standing services to our music. Over a long period he has organised the Cho ir and Chora l Society with great efficiency. More recenliy, as Monitor fo r Music, he has taken on additional responsibilities in co-ordinat ing all the musica l activities. He has also found time to engage in a multitude of other jobs- from re-organising the Music L ibrary to decorating the Recital Room! I find it difficult to express my gratitude to him for a ll that he has done. His going is a great loss. E.JW.

We have every reason to be extremely grateful this term to Mr. Scott and Mr. Morrish School Choir for taking on so much of the work o f conduct ing while Mr. Wright was away. They both ach ieved most memorable performances of several anthems. The treble line has continued to diminish, but we have been fortunate in having C. S. W. Smith, formerly Head Chorister at the Choir School. There will be a large intake of new altos, tenors and basses next term as J. Armstrong, R. Ashworth, C. Freeman, N. Hall, J. McKno, 1. McLean, R. Moreen, H . Morris, A. Pugh, C. Temp leman, J. Turner, D. van Asch, J. Watkins, C. White a nd G. Woodhouse are aJl leaving. T here have been two new anthems this term- Teach me, 0 Lord by Attwood, and Laudate Domimllll by Malcolm Arnold, perfo rmed at the Commemoration Ser vice. The Revd. Horace Spence has kind ly presented copies of his anthem, 0 Killg mosl High, which we hope to sing in the near future. On the last Sunday of term, Walmsley's setting of Magnificat was sung. Comparing the list of anthems in our repertoire with a publication Sixty Years of Cathedral Music, it is to our credit to note that, apart from Tudor music, which might not be well received by the school as a whole, we are extremely well stocked.

I would like to extend my thanks to Mr. Wright, and my gra titude to W. H. Williams, who has been my under-secretary for two years and succeeds me next tenn. J .H.T. Th is term's anthems:Caelos Ascend it Hodie (Sial/ford) G lorious is thy name (Mozart) God Liveth St ill (Bach) Lord for thy Tender Mercy's Sake (Hylton) God is a Spirit (Sterndale Bellllett) How lovely arc the messengers (Mendelssohn) If ye Love me (Tallis) Give us the wings of fa ith (Bullock) The Cherubic Hymn (Gretchallbtof!) Where thou Reignest (Schubert) Hymn to the Trinity (Tchaikovsky) Teach me, 0 Lord (A ttwood) Let all Mortal Flesh (Bairstow) Let the Bright Seraphim (Handel) Ave Verum (Mozart) Praise to God (Campbell) Blessed be the God (Wesley) How Lovely is lhy dwelling (Brahms) God so Loved the World (Stainer) Laudate Dominum (Arnold) 214

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This term the Orchestra has concentrated entirely on Haydn's Creation and music for the Symphony Concert. This included Beethoven's Seven,It Symphony wh ich is an extremely difficult work for a school orchestra to attempt. However, we ha ve greatly

enjoyed the detailed rehearsa l that the Beethoven and other works for the Symphony Concert required. Mr. Wright was unfortunately unable to conduct rehearsals for the first half of the term and we are very

grateful to Mr. Goodes for his excellent rehearsa l of the orchestra during this time. Rehearsals intensified during King's Week itself and the ambitious programme proved to be a great success. We were extremely privileged to be able to accompany Anna Reynolds in Mozart's Ch'io llIi scordi di Ie? ... NOli feme" amalo belle and Ronald Smith in SainlÂˇSaens' Piallo COllcerto No.2 ill G millor. This term Morris (viol in), Woodhouse (timpani), McKno (trombone), Armstrong (trumpet), Watkins (clarinet), White (flute) and Ard ('cello) are leaving us and we wish them well for the future. P. D. Miller is taking over as Orchestra l Secretary. I would li ke to thank all members of the staff who have played with us this term, especia lly Edred Wright our conductor and Clarence Myerscough our leader. It is ha rd to find adeqlla te words to thank "Ed red" who has done so much for so many of us. Special thanks are also due to Mr. Goodes and Mr. Scott for their extreme patience in taking sect ional rehearsals. D.G.van A.

The Chamber Orchestra this term has been concent rating on rehearsals fo r The Creation by J. Hayd n, which is to be performed as the opening concert of King's Week. Mr. D. S. Goodes has been conduct ing us, and recently we have joined with the Choral Society, first under Mr. Goodes and then , arler his recovery, Mr. Wright. Our thanks go to Mr. D. S. Goodes for his inspiring work and a lso to all members of the orchestra who have put in so much hard work this term. Our special thanks are due to Mr. C. Myerscough, Mr. H. L. Sharman, Mr. G. P. Robertson, Mr. R. E, S. Morrish, and Mr. D. Miller for their excellent instrumental support and also to J. L. Ard, J. McLean, J. R. Valentine, J. H. A. J. Armstrong, D . G. van Asch, G. M. Woodhou se, H. J. Morris and J. F. McKno, who are leaving us this term. H.l.M. Chamber Orchestra

Desp ite the many demands on members' time, the Band met regularly with reasonably good attendances under the baton of Mr. R. P. Scott, who condllcted wit h remarkable panache whi le Mr. Wright was away. We are extremely grateful fo r all the work he did before halfÂˇterm, Our first public engagement was a concert for the Inva lid Tricycle Association, which, after a last minute change of venue, was comparat ively successful. We have since been concent rat ing on two programmes for the short concert preceding the Gymnastic Display in King's Week, and for ou r Speech Day recital. We are part icularly sorry to be losing three principals from the brass sect ion Ihis term- J, R, Valentine (horn), ], F. McKno (t rombone) and D. G. van Asch, whose fo rceful leadershi p of the trumpets has been an unforgettable feature of the band's playing for the pa st three years, Also missed next year will be C. p. White (flute), Woodhouse (t impani), Watkins (clarinet), McLean (horn), Morris (saxophone), Armstrong (trumpet) a nd Moreen (percussion). J.H.A.J.A. W.J.w. Military Band

Thi s term we have been rehearsing Tlte Creation for King's Week. Mr. Goodes and Mr, Scott both put in an enormous amount of hard work tak ing orchestral and choral rehearsals wh ile Mr. Wright was unable to use hi s right arm. The oratorio has been shaping well generally, and attendances have been adequate if not spectacular. The programme for The Creation wi ll be the first King's Week programme to be printed in full colour. Plans are already under way fo r a concert at Christmas, when W. H. William s wi ll be the controllin g secretary. J.R.T. W.H.W. Choral Society

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Th is term the <;l lee CIl!b has become ent~rely sep~rate from the Madrigal Society, giving Glee Club many less expen~nced smgers an.opportumty to enjoy themselves. Attendance at rehearsals flu ctuated alarmmgly, but five pieces were prepared for the Serenade in the Cloisters We . would like to thank Mr. Morrish, our enthusiastic conductor. . The Society has spent IllOSt of this term rehearsing for the Serenade in the Cloisters. However we I.lave man~ge~ to fu lfi. 1several smal!er functions. On the first day of term a group from th~ Society wer~ II1vlt~d to slOg at a wed~mg nea~ Ashford! and shortly afterwards, on Ascension Day, we ~ang C" Wood s settmg of t~le C;:0lTImumon Se~'vlce followmg the usual recital of hymns from the roof of ~f1or Sellmge Gate. At a MusIc Circle Concert, given for Headmasters attending an LA.P.S. meeting the SocIety performed a group of songs on the theme of the swan, in English, French and Italian. ' Wi.th Mr. W:ight a:-v~y at the start of the term, Mr. Scott conducted the group, and we are most grateful to . hl~l ,for hiS l.mtlfln~ efforts. On our conductor's return we planned an extensive programme fOI K.lIlg. s Week, mcludm g two songs to commemorate the Shakespea re Quatercentenary. We have a lso belen l.n vlt~d by the D.B.C. to record another short programme for the Overseas Service This will take . p ace III Kmg's Week. . Mad rigal

Our t~anks .go to Mr. Wright and Mr. Scott for their work and also to Mr. Morrish. Many members are leavlllg thiS term, some of whom have been in the Society for their whole school career here. H.l.M . Aft.er last t~rm's succes~es at the Beat Co~~el;t and the Penny Reading, the Society has been largely dOlmant thi S term, owmg to pressure of A' level work . Our only function has been to prov'de a small support mg group for the School Dance. This occasion was notable for the fi rst appeara~ce of A. J. W. Pugh on the drums, wh ich he handled very capably indeed . J.t !S hoped that act ivities may be more extensive next term, and that new instmmentalists may be willing to Jom us . . Jazz

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THE ART EXHIBITION It was de~ided this year to merge t~e I,-l,?use Art Competition and the School Art Exhibition into one show. The Judges marked each work mdlVldually and the result was a much more accura te estimation of the Houses' work, M ~rlowe, G~lpin 's, Walpole a nd Linacre were bracketed fairly close together but Walpole, although havmg a l~ad III ~he Carpent.ry and Modelling section, came down badly in Painting. Gra!lge and School House did cred itably, parlicularly in Bookbinding. Luxmoore and Meister Omers entnes were moderate.

1 should li ke to thank .the)~dges, Mr. R. B. Ki~k and Mr. E. Hurren, for the care they took in marking our five ~undred works IIldl vldually. ,They were Impressed by the quality and variety of the painting and by the hIgh standard of craftsmanship achieved in bookbinding and carpentry. There were one or two excellent models but on the whole this section was poorly represented. Many parents expressed the view that the level of work was much higher this yea r. Finally. 1 should like to than k all those who contributed and who helped me to arrange the exhibition. A.G.C.B.

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THE SOCIETIES The Society does not usually meet in the Summer Term, and we havc, accordingly. had only Harvey one lecture, when Mr. J. F. Coward of Add o Ltd. gave an amusing talk on "Calculating Machines". After expla ining the basic principles on which all modern ca lculating machines depend, he demonstrated on three machines the lIses to which they may be put, and then allowed those present to try them out for themselves. Next term the Society may be altered slightly in an attempt to improve lecture attendances. There will probably be a small fi xed membership. Outings wi ll natura lly be rest ricted to members, who will also be ex pected to take part in ot her society activities. Among activities for next term have been suggested a course in radio building, with suitable practical sessions, and the usua l firework disp lay. Apart from these we hope to arrange a film show and at least two lect ures, one on " Lasers and their uses", the other on "Fa rming the Sea". The whole day out ing next year will be in the Spring Term. R.G.S. The main activity this term has been practical and some very good work has been achieved. The one meeting of the term was for an outing to the Tate Gallery in London . Fi fteen members went to see '''54-'64: Painting and Sculpture of a Decade" , an exhibition organised by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The works seen covered a large range of artistic expression including some impressive sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, in particular MOl/olith, and a refreshing fr ieze by Jackson Pollak. All those who went learnt a vast amOllnt from this un ique opportunity to see so many contemporary works of art. To see original works of art is essential to true appreciati on. I must thank our President, A. G . C. Bennett, Esq., very warmly for all his help. There will be a new secretary next term. I.H.T. Art

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As usual, the pressure of exam inations ha s limited our activities this term. There were Natural History two outings: the one to Seasalter, where Little Stint, RuO' and Common and Little Terns were secn; the other, an ecologica l one, to Larkey Va lley Woods. The highlight of the term was the publication of the 1962-1963 Report. T.G.D.S. A change of programme has been necessa ry this term, owing to the cancellation of the 11 a.m. Serv ice at St. Alphege's, wh ich th rea tened to leave liS with no services for wh ich we could ring. Fortunately, however, the Headmaster has very kindly allowed liS to ring during our evening service for the Evensong at S1. Alphege's on two or three Sundays each term. The standard of ringing has cont inued to rise very sa tisfactorily, despite the fact that the Summer term usuall y causes smaller attendances during Saturday's practice, because of the many sports going on. We will be losing several senior members of the Society this term, including D. C. L. Eve, our senior member, who, through his consistent attendance and reliab le ri nging, has been of great value to the Society. W.H.W . J.J.T.C. Bell~R in g in g

This term's outing was to Upnor. During the morning a good section through the topmost layers of the cha lk and the lowest beds of the Thanet sands was examined. Good sect ions through the " Bull Head Bed" were also examined, Fossils found in the cha lk included frag mentary rema ins of cidaris. Unfortunately the Thanet sands proved unfossiliferous. During the afternoon we visited the quarry of the Upnor Brick and Stone Works Ltd, at Lower Upnor. Thi s is a very fossiliferous expanse and large numbers of osterea bellovacina, ostrea tenera, and other biva lves and gastropods were found . The reorganisation of the Society room has continued this term. The specimens in the chalk case have been mounted on expanded polystyrene blocks, thus enhancing thei r appearance. Specimens in the other cases wi ll be mounted similarly next term. The so il section has also been active this term. Geological

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We must thank R. G. Stand ing, our ret iring treasurer, for h is interest and valuable suggest ions, but more especially for his hard work on making the relief map of the geology of North East Kent and for the donat ion of a large co llection of minerals, collected o n a holiday in Cornwall. K. G. D oyle will take hi s place as Honorary Treasurer next term. G.M.A.H. We held our first meeting of the term at the end of May, when Professor Chilver gave a lectu re ent itled " Tacitus on Nero". The purpose of his paper was to discuss whether the conspiracy of Piso was justified: thus throughout his ta lk he constantly questioned the veracity of Taci tus' rema rk s about Nero and considered the poi nt o f view tha t in his accou nt of Britannicus' mu rder, for examp le, Tacitus d isplays far more knowledge than he is likely to ha ve possessed. Finally, o ne of the most intriguing quest ions Professor Chilver posed was the way in which Tacitlls would have continued his account of Nero's reign, if he did continue it at a ll. In the middle of June, R. D. Ken t, K.S. showed colo ur slides he had taken on ho liday in Greece this spring: his selection included some really excellent shots o f Delphi and Knossos. For our third meeting of the term we joined with the Somner Society to hear an illustrated lectu re by Sir Ian Richmond, Professor of Archaeology a t Oxford, on .. Agricola". He gave us an enth ralli ng evening tracing Agricola's cam paigns in the north and explaini ng the conclusio ns drawn from excava tions at Inchtu thil and a t ot her places in Scotland. His interpretat ion of the campa igns was especia ll y interest ing to those of us who had just been readi ng Tacitus' Agricola. Pater

Of the three classica l plays produced this summer- the Birds at the Aldwych Theatre, the H ippolyJIIS at Bradfield, and the Bacchides at Westmi nster- we were allowed to visit two: we therefore rejected the H ippolytus, a decision perhaps later regretted, first because the Bradfield production was reputed to have been excellent, and secondly because we were not able to understand a word of the Birds in modern Greek. The who le production was nevertheless extremely exciting, proceeding a t a lightni ng pace and enhanced by modern music and delightful costumes. The chor uses, notoriollsly difficult to produce convincingly, were undoubtedly the most impressive passages in the whole play. The Westminster production of the Baccltides really managed to catch Plaut us' comic spi ri t: the acting was not up to the high standard of the H emtJoll Timorumellos in 1962, but the dict ion o f a ll the actors was faultless, the make-up a nd costumes were excellent, and the gimmicks as hi larious as ever. The gay atmosphere and delightfu l setting combined to make this a most enj oyab le evening: a nd it seems surprisi ng that a play so rich in com ic possibilities as the Baccltides has been performed so little before. Lastly the President, D. J. D. Miller, Esq. , a nd A. S. Mack int osh, Esq. mllst be thanked for making this year such a successful one for the Society. RJ.A.T. We were hoping to arrange a visit to Hever for our annual whole day outing because it would be new to a lmost all members as it was on ly opened last year. But si nce Hever wou ld not allow us to make a specia l visit on a day when the Castle was not normally open to the public, we decided to visi t two houses in the Sevenoaks a rea, Knole a nd Tghtham Mote. On our tour of the fonner we were immediately st ruck by the si lver work on disp lay and the highly decorated ceil ings. The paint ings, including one of Chaucer by an unknown art ist, claimed the attent ion of many, wh il st we were a lso impressed by the carriage in the Stone-Cou rt and the bed-hangings of gold and silver which reputedly weigh a ton. After wa lking through part of K no le's extensive and beautiful park, we cont inued to Ightham Mote, a manor-house dating back to the fourteenth century and surrou nded on all sides by a deep moat- though the name is derived from the word " moot", a meeting-place. Here the clock and bell with only the hour hand were of compelling interest, as was the carving a nd the drawing-room wallpaper, which is thought to be some of the earl iest in England.

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Though our activities this term a re usually confined to an outing, we joined wit h the Pater Society to hea r an illust rated lecture by Si r Jan Richmond, Professor of Archaeology at Oxford , on the Roman general Agricola. A report of this appears in the Pater Society notes. rn conclusion the whole Society owes a great debt to the President, F. H . Voigt, Esq., not o nly for h is organisation of meetings and of the out ing, but also for his consta nt efforts to foster a lively interest in the past in a ll mem bers of the Society. R.J.A.T.

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C.C.F. NOTES ARMY AND BASJC SECTJONS The ma in item of interest th is term was the Inspection by Air Commodore I-I. E. C. Boxer, O.B.E., on June 3rd. T he ceremonial went very well, with the addition th is year for the firsl time of an "Advance in Review Order", which was not as well concerted as it had been in practice. The Air Commod ore and his accompanying Officers of the three Services were very impressed wit h the pa rade, which was taken by C.S.M. N. R. Hall, and wit h the training which they saw afterwa rds; as Air Commodore Boxer has himself been closely connected with the C.C.F. fo r several years, this was pra ise which meant a lot. Th is term the House Drill Competition was won by Linacre, wit h a score of 84; Meister Omers were second with 82 anel Galpin's thi rd with 79; thereafter the order was Orange, Luxllloore, School House, Marlowe and Walpole. The stan dard both of tu rn-out and of dri ll was high, an d d rew com pliments from the Regula r Army judges. The cup which was generously presented last summer by T. J. Swete for the encou ragement of In terHouse .303 shoot ing- known to some as The Cup of Swete T- was won by the house whose team of four members made the highest score in a competition a t 200 a nd 500 yards. It was held at Lydden Spout Range on Field Day, and The Grange relllrned the best score of 206 out of240; thereafter, the scores were Walpole 197, Marlowe 196, School House 193, Galp in's 184, Meister <?mers 179, Lux1l100 re J76 and Linacre 101. The Grange team consisted of P. R. Kermode, J. A. O. Sand tlands, R. A. Penny, and A. H. Steele. The order is almost exactly the reverse of that in the House Drill Compet ition! The reduction in numbers o f the Contingent, though less than that ordered by the Minist ry of Defence in most other schools, means that there will be a few recruits taken int o the Naval and R.A.F. Sections next term and two into the Band, but none into the Army Section; those now o f a suitable age will join in January, 1965. A new Army Section syllabus of advanced training conta ins many interest ing activities, such as long-range patrolling, li ght-weight camp ing, mess-tin cook ing, as well as more va ried weapon training and map reading; and efforts will be made to include as much of th is as possible in our training. Out of fourteen who took the Army Proficiency Test or part of it o n June 23rd, on ly two failed , in one subject each. The following promot ions have been made th is term:-Sgts. N. J. Paul, S. J. Roberts; L/Sgts. A. V. Georgiadis, P. A. Ray; Cpls. G. A. B. Day, J. A. D. Sandilands, R. G. Standing, A. A. V. St rallen; and nineteen L/Cpls. K.A.C.G .

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION We received a "special mention " for our turnout and drill at the Annual Jnspection, when our programme included a Field Gun Display between two teams, complete with thunderflashes ; a Lifesaving demonst ration; a display of Semaphore; a nd a Shi p-1o-Sh ip transfer by Light Rig Jackstay of the Air Commodore, who was duly piped over the side. Field Day took place at Chatham, where we sailed FireOies and R.N.S:A. dinghies and had practice in n~vigat i on a nd at takin.g the wheel of an ~.F.V: and a power ~?a~. Otherwlst?, we completed the British Empire Test fo r .22 shoot mg and took pa rt 111 vanous tests of IIlltlatlve and navIgation across count ry and on the River Stour. In the holidays a dozen cadets are spending a week in an M.F.V. , touring the Scottish islands, while others are sa iling across the Channel and attending courses on Naval A.viation. We are very sorry to lose this term Cadet Instructor O. D. Eves, who has been an extremely keen and efficient Cadet Petty Officer-in-charge. D.W.B.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION As the terms go by the st ruggle to keep a watchfu l eye o n a ll the act ivities of the Section increases. Now that we have to undertake the prima ry train ing of recru its, as well as instruct ing the next group in the mysteries of navigat ion, flight, engines and airframes, and attempting to use, enjoy and preserve our primary glider, it is inevitable that the standard will drop here and there, in sp ite o f the good cadet material we possess.

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But outside activities continue to thrive. Fifteen cadets enjoyed the Easter Camp at R.A.F. LintonMonM Ouse, and twelve cadets will begin and perhaps complete their glider training to solo standard next holidays. Sgt. Campbell and Cpls. Clark, Day and D ennis hope to qualiry as pilots during the next rew months under the Flying Scholarship scheme. And on top of this, our examination success is over 50 %. We say goodbye this term, with regret, to FIt.MSg1. Ridley, who has been a valuable member of the Section ror many years, and also to Sgt. Bush. We hope that they will be able to keep up their interest in flying.

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CARPENTRY A year of useful actIVIty is drawing to a successful close, as should become clear at the Art Exhibition. Many salutary lessons have been involuntarily taken, whi lst praise when earned has been well rendered. The work produced is of its customary wide range, from book-ends to boats, and book-cases to games-tables. We are fortunate in having close contact with a cabinet-making factory- our fairy godmother, so to speak.

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THE LIBRARY We are grateful for books given to us by the Headmaster, R.I. M. Collier, O.K.S., 1. D. H. Baker, O.K.S., the Revd. J. R. Powell, O.K.S., P. C. V. Lawless, O.K.S., H. L. Sharman, Esq., S. S. Sopwith, O.K.S., the Middle Temple, D . J. N. Lee, O.K.S., the Pilgrims of S1. Pancras Church, London, J. B. Wilson, Esq., C. Worsrold, O.K.S., the Revd. Canon F. J. Shirley, S. R. S1. J. Neill, O.K.S., Mrs. F. Scott, A. S. Mackintosh, Esq ., E. J. Wright, Esq., and R. P. Scott, Esq.

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PROFILE KENNETH V. JONES "] loved King's. There was nothing wrong with it, and I'm not just being eulogistic." Kenneth Jones entered the School in 1938 with what he believes was an "undeserved" Kin g's Scholarship. His kcen interest in music was encouraged by the tolerance ofWalpoJc and he often spent many hours at the organ. He enjoyed singing madrigals on the Nave steps and after the evacuation to Cornwall in 1940 organised and sometimes conducted the Choir and Choral Society. He also helped to develop the Orchestra, hi mself takin g up the bassoon and the do uble-bass. In 1941 he left King's to spend a year teaching at St. Michael's College, Tenbury, before goi ng up to The Queen's College, Oxford, to read Music and Ph ilosophy. After on ly six months he joined the R.A.F. H is university education was cut short, giving h im "a fee li ng of il legitimacy" as far as Oxford wa s concerned.

Three years spent after the war at the Royal College of Music were rewarded with the Royal Ph ilharmonic Prize for composition for the Concert Overture and the Octavia

Travellin g Scholarship, which he elected to use for stud y in Italy. There, as a pupil of Paul va n Kempen, he conducted the Florence Festiva l Orchestra in several of his own

compositions. On his return in 195 I he began teaching at the R .C.M. and still does so on Wed nesday mornings- "Ihe nearest approach 10 regularity in my life". Today, composition is his ma in occupation; he spends only a small proportion of his time conducting and

teaching. He made his conducting debut at the Festival Ha ll in 1961 with the Roya l Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted three times last season and is very pleased that his audiences have

been unusuall y large for London, where the public is very uncertain . Most of his conducting tim e is; 'however, spent with th e Orchestra he founded as a musical focus in Wimbledon . His own musical tastes are eclectic-Eliza bethan music, Bach, Beethoven, the Rom antics

Berlioz and Tchaikovs ky, I-lindemith for his proven theories of sound structure, Bartok and Stravinsky. While havin g a deep regard for the works of Berg and Webern, he has no sympathy for certa in extremes of the avant-garde, who are prepared to abuse any med ium as an expression of their own private neuroses. Whi le at school he wrote a few

part songs andÂˇ composed interm ittently dllring' the war. Now he has 23 original works and 41 film-scores to his name. F ilm music is fi nanciall y profitable and a good discipl ine, but for every comm issioned work he te nds to write one of his own inclination. Usual ly "rather leisurely" about compos ition, his fi lm music, the only music for which he can engage

top record ing artists, such as Leon Goossens, is written very quickly. At home he find s his family's interest in music inva luable and the top floor is set aside for his wo rk. Such spare tim e as he has is devoted to chess, wine-making and read ing- "I've an abso lute passion for Simenon; he's a whole-session author" . H e hates television, but is hoping to resurrect

some short 18th century operas for two or three singe rs and string orchestra for broadcasting, as he feels that the public concentration wanders after 20 or 30 minutes. At the moment he is extremely busy. He has been commissioned to write the incidental music for the Drago n Project-a film made by the Eu ropean atomic research unit- and for Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, to be performed in Oxford in January. He is engaged on a piece for the Oromonte String Trio and a three-part Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for gi rls' voices. F urther, he hopes to introduce next year some recen tl y discovered 8-foot Bach t rumpets, thus enabling Bach's orchestral works to be played once again by the instruments fo r which they were written. He considers o pera a "speciou s form" , but is attracted to it by his love for drama and the voice. He has ambitious plans for the completion of two operas, which are in the workshop stage. 222

KENNETH V. JONES, O.K.S.

OXFORD LEITER Worcester College, Oxford. Trinity Term, 1964. Dear School,

O.K.S. Oxon numbered at least 75 this academ ic year, and were spread somewhat un evenly among 25 colleges : at St. Edmun d Hal l the number was 10, but at B.N.C., University, Pembroke, St. Peter's, Wadham, St. Anthony's and Mansfield only one each. In addition, other so uls may be in our midst, hiding their li ght under bushels, wh ither the tendrils of the grapevine, which has made th is repo rt possible, fail ed to penetrate. Om issions and inaccuracies, therefore, certain ly ex ist in the report below, which in the most favourable interpretation must stand merely as a cata logue; nevertheless, one symptomatic of the va riegated, colourful life all undergraduates have th e opportunity to enjoy. Frequently this is viewed with great criticism, both by those yet to savour its many delicacies (and indelicacies) and by those who o nce had that privilege, but whose memory now glosses over its less satisfactory aspects. This is particul arly true of Oxford, which has dubiously acquired a neurotic, brash and eccentric image. Q uite apa rt from that, it has a rare mixture of tolerance and bigotry: in consequence it always prod uces apologists for the most outrageous facets of its existence, as long as these are gilded with panache, verve and an in tellectual facade. Oxford a nd its in mates, therefore, are difficult both to represent a nd interpret. The following contributio n is an inadequate attempt at the first task, and a poor aid to the second!

Firstly, the river. In a year dominated disastrously in highest circles by one particular school and college, O.K.S. were eminent in all classes of row ing except this first. St. Edmund Hall ended Keble's short reign at the Head of the Rive r in Eights Week : in the victorious crew, there were two a.K.S ., DAVID M ILLS, who also rowed in the University trial boats, and DARREL BARNES. The dethroned Keble, while unable to field their Blues, saw fit to row veteran oa rsmen, R I CI-IA RD CARDEN and ANDREW PENGELLY in their Schools' VIII; the former also represented the college on LT.V. in U ni ve rsity Challenge and worked oli the Un iversity Stud ent Council. KEITH MAynURY captained Pembroke B.c., and KIT VILLIERS the Corpus Canoeing team, as well as rowing in the 1st VIIT, which made three bumps in Eights. Other O.K.S. on the ri ver included JULIAN SOAR in Jesus 1st VIII, JOHN HAMMERnECK in Christ Church 1st VIII (3rd in Eights) and PAUL TOMPSETT, who has been rowin g each term and in Eights was a member of Hertford 2nd VIlT.

Four oarsmen, however, are gu ilty of fa iling to lavish ind ividual attention on their creed . MICHAEL LEE, wh ile a member of Merton Schools' Eight, which made six bumps and won its oars in Eights, has completed his yea r's term of office as Treasurer of O.U.D.S. , without accusations of incompetence or peculat io n. CHETWYN BUTLER rowed for St. Cath's. in Torpids and stro ked their 1st boat in Eights; he has a lso been elected to the committees of J.A.C.A.R.T. and C.O.U.N.D.-a suitable o utlet for his left-wing political sympathies. At Magdalen, ROBIN WEBSTER and RICHARD FREEMAN rowed in the Schools VIII, which made three bumps in Eights, and together they wo n the Open Coxswain less Pairs in Oxford Roya l Regatta. The former is returnin g th is long vac to the Middle East, and the latter has devoted much of his time to the College Choir, which has broadcast 223

and made several records. In Michael mas Term 1963, JOH N BAKER rowed for th e University College VIII, which won the Christ Church Regatta, but since then has been la rgely occupied with the Humanists. of whose society he is now secretary ; he is also a member of the Labour Club executive committee. Row ing, ho wever, has not completely monopolised the sporting talents of O.K.S. RICHARD BRITTON (Oriel) pla:,:ed for the Rugger X V against Cambridge at Twiekenham, and has now recovered from hIS kn ee operation, so that he ought to retain his place in the Blue side next season. Three other blues have also been ga ined, two by PHILIP MACNlECE (Jesus) for Squash, of which he is now secretary, and Sailing. JOHNNY MAN returned to Keble from Austria at the beginning of the year to prepare for Schools, and has thrown the javelin in the Athletics team. RICHARD ElSER (S.E.H .) was a trifle un lucky not to represent the U ni versity at Fencing, being reserve for th e Varsity match; he, too , has been elected a member of the committee of the Oxford Humanists. The Queen's H.F.C. Xl , wh ich toured Austria during the Easter vae, pla yed JONATHAN CUNDY as goalie; he also represented the College at Cricket. With fewer academic commi tments this year, JOH N BARRETT played with considerable success for Worcester Cricket XI, and BILL LAWRIE, having squared his academic problems with th e S.C.R., captained the College CrossCountry team. RICHARD STEVENS' already diminutive enthusiasm for "civi l service" paper work was entirely killcd by his post of College Hockey Secretary, but he still enjoyed the season, which ended at the East Grinstead Hockey Festival. HUMPHREY RUDGARD while working for Schools, played regularly for the Corpus Hockcy team which toured G~rmany at Easter. The Merton Capta in of Hockey next season is to be JOHN PALMER. Merton Septencentenary celebrations- dinner, Yehudi Menuhin concert, Ball in 7th week attended by 1,550 guests and a Gaudy-was in large part his responsibility also; no doubt his attractive secretary was a constant inspiration, if of morc doubtful va lue for Honour Mods. These completed, John plans to spend the long vac in Norway and later Thrkey, before beginning his Forestry course in October. PAT WELLER (Exeter) was co-founder with ROBERT FRAN KLIN (Christ Church) of the U niversity's l30th society (o r thereabouts)- " the Fellowship of the White Boar", devoted to the rehabilitation of Richard Ill. He has combined these interests with a little wo rk, and considerable exercise, which included playing full-back for Exeter in the F inal of Rugger Cuppers.

Oxford offers many opportunities for actin g and several O.K.S. have made use of them . The cast for Ball iol's production of Strindberg's Dreamplay included RODNEY CLARK and ARNOLD CRAGG, who helps CLIVE PARSONS edit Mesopotamia, a task not wholly divorced from literary matters, but very closely associated with fi ghting the twin evils (libel and bankruptcy). Another O.K.S. in Germany recently, GEOFF BUSH, was touring with the Christ Church prod uction of Billy Liar. Wh ile in Oxford, he is President of the Jazz Club, advertising manager of Vade Mecum and a member of the College J.C.R. committee. JOHN BEWLEY has divided his time this term between Finals and producing the Trinity College performances of All's Well that Ends Well. MARTIN SCOFIELD, reading English after clearing the hurdle of History prelims, enjoyed a considerable part in the Lincoln play, written by a fellow student, and MICHAEL BUTTLER combined the duties of business and publicity manager for the Teddy Hall production of Luther. Although he is no longer at the University, TONY BUDGEN is still in Oxford as business manager of the Playhouse, the University theatre. 224

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JA MES BRETHERTON and STE PHEN DAVIES continue to exercise th eir mu sica l talents. The fonner is President of Wadham Music Club, which boasted this year the firs t perform ance of what its president describes as England's first opera, Semele; he is also enterta ined by his duties as a member of the S.C.R. sub-committee, investiga ting that perenni al enigma, the reform of the History syllabus. The latter conducts the Q ueen's College orchestra, and himself, with carefree abandon. PH ILIP HOFFMAN, also of Queen's, is studying logic, and canvasses for the Labour Club; he claims a connection between the two activities. Earlier in the year, JOHN ROBERTS (St. John's) was President of the French Society, and MALCOLM CAM PBELL (Jesus) joined the large number of O.K.S. in th e Air Squadron. PETER COVENEY has divided most of his time between the F ilm Society (and possibly film-making) and the novel occupation of inspecting the ro of of Lincoln College.

Finally, a word, incongruous as it may appear, on academic matters. JA MES HAMILTONPATERSON was awarded the Newd igate Poetry Prize; in spite of Finals, he has continued to sing in Exeter College Choir and participate in several other aspects of University life. This is true of the vast majority of the rema inder of Schools men (about one third of our tota l number), such as BRUCE MORRISON (Mansfield) who has not entirely neglected his interests in music and tennis, and PETER GALWAY CSt. Cath's.), who is goi ng do wn to study at the University of Paris. The number of post-graduates in our midst still grows in spite of the departure of W. E. THOMAS of Merton for York University. PETER BRUNET lectures in the Department of Zoology, and GUY PESKETT and CHRISTOPHER BLACK are both doing research and are attached to Lincoln. The latter was last reported seen entangled in the branches of an Italian family tree; he has spent much of the summer once more in Perugia. The cosmopolitan graduate community of St. Anthony's has been a stimulant (as if it were necessary) for JONATHAN WRIGHT'S research on the Weimar Republic; he is spending part of the summer m Germany. OLIVER DAVIES (Merton) has been working among the stately homes of Derbyshire for a D.Phil.; he now leaves Oxford after six years to become an Assistant Lecturer at Edinburgh University, but still claims not to have forsaken his interest in the theatre. In conclusion, I must thank the va rious contributors from each co llege, who made this report possible; apologise for inaccuracies and insupportable omissions; and warn those intending to sue for libel, that Worcester possesses some of the best lawyers in the University.

The Oxford O.K.S. Dinner was held on Thursday, May 14th in the Quincentenary Rooms at Lincoln College, the Headmaster present as guest of honour. D. R . S. Anderson proposed the toast, "The Queen". Those present to hear a short speech from our guest on the contemporary character of the school were John Palmer, Patrick Hinchy, Paul Allen, Richard Bntton, Keith Maybury, Jonathan Wright, Ph ilip MacNeice, Ju lian Soar, Paul Tompsett, Thomas Bewley, Donald Anderson, Richard Stevens, David Double, Richard Freeman, Martin Scofield and Bruce Morrison. On behalf of all O.K.S. Oxon, Yours sincerely ,

RICHARD ST. J . STEVENS.

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O.K.S. NEWS (Hon. Secretary: A. D . WILSON, EsQ., 25 Berkeley Square, W. l.)

We hearti ly congratulate THE HON. M. J. ABBOTT (191 9- 23), Chief Justice in Bermuda, on his knighthood. Also F. R. HAr.'IP (1923- 28) on his O.B.E. He is in the Ministry of Agriculture. COL. B. MATHESON, M.e. (1904-08) has been gra nted the style of Matheson of Matheson by Lord Lyon King-at-Anns as Chief of Cla n Matheson . He add s "This of course through no effort on my part, just the accident of birth !"

R. T. IZARD (1946-47) has been ordained priest in Chichester Cathedral. COL. H. E . N .

BREDIN

(1926- 34) has been promoted to Brigad ier.

T. BIRON (1926- 35) is with Shell in Lagos via, at various times, Ceylon , Malaya, Thailand and The Phi lippines. He hopes soon to be resident in England permanently. A. M. DEAN (1934-39) is working for Kenya Telev ision in Na irobi. J. D. Moss (19 37-39) is managing the touring show, Mother Goose

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THE REvn. D. 1. HILL (1923- 31) has been appointed a Six Preacher in Ca nterbu ry Cathed ral. He has compiled a list of Six Preachers since 1541, that conta ins the names of many O.K.S. and of King's Hea d~ masters o f the 18th and 19th cent uries. With the VEN . A. SARGENT (1905-14), CANON F. J. SHIRLEY (1935- 62) and THE R Eyn . H. SPENCE (1 904-11) often present in the return stalls besides himself, Hill asks whet her any other cathedral has so close a con nection wit h its school. G. L. CLARKE (1 935-41) is working on Wall Street for two years and would like O.K.S. to contact him at 330 East 33rd Street, New York. Telephone: LE 2~2758. A. W. BLAXLAND (1951- 60) wri tes from Aden: "A ll is sand and rock here, but I have been kept busy in the Radfan operation." N. SCARFE (1936--41) is at Leicester University a nd has been made an Honorary General Editor of the Suffolk Records Society. S. J. WARREN (1959- 64) writes from a French priva te school , where he helps with English conversation, and where discipline is almost totally lack ing. ROBIN CULLUM (1957- 62) is attendi ng McGill University in Montreal, where DAVID DRAKEfORD (1 958- 61) and NICHOLAS DE JONG (1957- 62) a re also studyi ng. D. K. THORPE (1954-59), after leavi ng Cambridge in 1962, took an archaeological expedit ion in search of Alexa ndrian remains to Afghanistan, spendi ng fOLlr months on the return overland journey and the time spent there. After work ing wi th B.O.A.C. for eigh~ mon~hs, he j<?i~ed the Briti s h ~At11erica n Tobacco Co. and is now wor king at the Bombay branch of thell' Indian subSidiary. P. CONSTERDINE ( 1956- 61) has completed a th ree years' course in Physica l Education at York and is now mastcr in charge of P.E. at a secondary modern schoo l near Peterborough . He is hoping to take a comm ission in the P.T. branch of one of the Forces, probabl y the R.A.F., in the not too distant future. J. P. MCCLURE (1958- 63) writes enthusiastically about his experiences on V.S.O. in the Falkland Is lands. As well as being made Presidi ng Officcr fo r the scttlement of Sa n Carlos during the elections for the Legislative Council, he has been fishing and riding a good deal. He enjoys his teaching and also mentions part icularly the pleasant climate of the fslands and the hospitable welcome he has received from all the people with whom he has stayed.

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The O.K.S. Monthly Supper on the first Wcdncsday of every month is now held at the Public Schools' Club, 100 Piccadilly, W.l. Please sign the book at the Porter's Room as you go in, to make you 3n honorary member for the evening. Meet in the main bar, first floor right. There is no need to inform anyonc you arc coming.

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DRAPER- LYNCH.- ]. M. Draper (1952- 57) to Patricia Diane Lynch of Christchurch , New Zealand . TAYLOR- CHAPMAN.- G. H. Taylor (1950-55) to Sally Chapman of Grimsby, Lines. STROUTS-MARJORIBANKS.- C. B. Strollts (1941 - 55) to Sarah Marjoribanks of Wh itby. Yorkshire. niORBURN- WILDGOOSE.- M. T. Thorburn (1952-56) to Vick i Wildgoose.

MARRIAGES I ZARD- LITILE.- The Revd. R. T. Izard (1946--47) to Joy Little on 17th July, 1963, in St. Mary Magdalene, South Bersted , Bognor Regis. ROBINSON- RoBsoN.- Barrie Robinson (1945- 51), to Anne Frances Robson, on April 11 th at Morpeth, Northumberland.

ATIWATER- SABIN.- Nicholas Attwater (1953-58) to Patricia Winterbourne Sabi n on July 25t h, at St. Bartholomew's, Brighton.

BIRTHS CHENEVIX-'fRENCH (1952- 57).- On 8th June, 1964, to Penelope and T imothy Chenevix-Trench, a dau ghter. SMALMAN~SMITH

(1950-56).- On March lIth, 1964, to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Their address is now: The Elms, Elm Lane, Tonbridge.

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a daughter.

DEATH GALPIN.- On June 16th, 1964, Christopher John Galpin (1901 - 10) of Romara, The Crescent, Keymer, Hassocks, SU,ssex, aged 72.

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O.K.S. GOLFING SOCIETY . After a d isappoint ing appeara nce in the Halford Hewitt Tournament, when a weakened team was beaten m the fi rst round by Dulwich, the O.K.S. Golfing Society has been enjoy ing one of its most successful seasons. At the spring meeting, held at Pri nces G.c. on 23rd May. the attendance. although sti ll small in relation to the size of the Society, was the largest for some years. A number of members stayed down at Deal fo~ the weekend, which was made particula rly enjoyable by the excellent weather. I n the triangu lar m~tch aga inst St. Lawrence and Dover, played on the 24th May, the O.K.S. retained the Jervis Salver fairly comfortably, though only after Dover had taken an early lead. A few weeks later a team was entered for the Granon Morrish Trophy of the Public Schools Old Boys ' Golf Association, and succeeded in quali fy ing for the fina l stages of th is competition, which are to be played at Hunstan ton in October. Fi n~ lI y, the Society was one of 30 Golf Clubs and Societies which entered the Annual Putting Competition organised by Royal Wimbledon G.C. in June. Play throughout was most exciting and aner sharing top place in their qualify ing pool, the O.K.s. team passed into the semi-finals when G. A. Young beat the Wels~ International golfer, H. Squirrel, in a play-off. Tn the semi-final, Old Rad leians were beaten by 10 POlOts to 6. and the OX.S. team won the competition outright by defeating Malden Golf Club 17 points to t 5 in the fina l.

RESULTS Halford Hewitt Tournament O.K.S. lost to Dulwich 1--4.

S pring Meeting BovENsCHEN SALVER

1. G. A. Young (4) 37 points. 2. R. F . W. Grindal (6) 37 poin ts. 3. A. T. Webb (6) 37 points. Young placed first with best score over last th ree holes.

Cups 1. H. e. Honey (t 5) and 38 points. J. C. Corben (8) 2. R. F. W. Grindal and 37 po ints. H. G. Yearwood (18) 3. A. T. Webb and 37 points. A. J. Wenban (11)

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Triangular Match JERVIS SALVER

I. O.K.S. 2. Old Dovorians 3. Old Lawrentians

12 points. 8! points. 3! points.

Wimbledon Putting Competition Win- O.K.S. Team:G. A. Young, R. F. W. Grinda l, A. T . Webb, F. R . Hamp.

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OBITUARIES ROBERT JAMES MOWLL (1908-1914) Robert James Mowll, fourt h son of Henry Martyn MowU of Dover, died at his home in Lindfield, Sussex, on April 9th. He was a member of a well-known Kentish fami ly whose name and reputation had long been, and still are, highly respected far beyond the confines of their home couoty. He entered the School in the Summer Term of 1908, won a Junior Scholarship in 191 1, was promoted into the Sixth Form in 1912, and became a Monitor in 1913 and Quartermaster Sergeant of the O.T.e. During his first few terms, Mowll was usually known as "Quintus" since there were no less than four others of that name in the School at the same time, which must surely constitute a record. H is eldest brother, Mowll Primus of those days, achieved the exalted position of Archbishop of Sydney, but the life's work of young Quintus, though making its mark in quite different surround ings, was in its own way hardly less noteworthy by reason of the varied and unusual gifts which he displayed during his long career as a schoolmaster. After taking his degree at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and teaching at the Perse School and at Mill H ill, be founded a school of bis own at E nfield in 1925. Two years later he transferred it to Great Walstead, where he remained as its Headmaster unt il 1961, fina lly hand ing the school over to a Trust in 1963 . R. J . was quiet and rather serious as a boy, but in the company of his fr iends he displayed a quaint and somewhat impish sense of humour which they greatly appreciated. At the same time there was a lways clearly discernible the sincere Christian fait h in which he had been brought up, and it is perhaps as an interpreter of the Bible in the chapel and classrooms of his school that he will be best remembered. Yet he displayed a spirit of practical enthusiasm which found many useful and enduring outlets. His boys themselves built their School Chapel, and dug and lined their own Swimming Bat h. I t used to be said that Mowll taught with a Lat in Grammar in one hand and a screwdriver in the other. He was also a gifted conjuror, and a speedy solver of crossword puzzles. He was indeed a remarkable man.

Our sincere sympathy is offered to his widow and family in their loss. THE REVEREND H. B. TOWER The death occurred on Sunday, June 21st of the Reverend H. B. Tower, Headmaster of the Junior School and Second Master at King's from 1916-1919. He subsequently became Headmaster of Churcher's College, Petersfield (1919-1923) and of Hurstpierpoint College (1924-1 937). Nevertheless, a keen interest in Church education predominated, and he was appointed a d irector of the Church of England Board of Education Study Centre in 1949. As treasurer of the National Society from 1948-1964 his long experience as a schoolmaster and parish priest served him in good stead, and he played a very real part in the development of Church education. We wou ld like to extend ou r sympathy to Mrs. Tower in her bereavement. CAPTAIN J. L. TREV11T (1908- 12) The Revd. S. B-R. Poole writes: "I first met Captai n Trevitt in 1942 when he entered his stepson, Ivor Burt, for his old house, School House, and I was at once impressed by his courtesy and kindness, his charm and sincerity. He seemed to embody all the virtues of a public school education. Himself the son of a parson he had a strong devot ion to the Christian religion and all his life he tried to follow its high ideals, He had a great sense that the wealth he had inherited should be used for the benefit of others and that he stood in relation to it simply as a steward. He and his wife were very generous benefactors both to the School and to School House. I well remember one Speech Day being handed a cheque fo r ÂŁ100 to pass on to the Headmaster, and on another occasion being taken to the factory in Yaltoo (close to their home in Somerset) to see the desks and chairs being made which they later presented to us for refurnishi ng the studies of School House. These and other magnificent gifts were of the greatest help in the d ifficult days of the war and the post-war resettlement in Canterbury. 229

With th is generosity went a strong sense of public service which found ultimate fruition in 1961-62 when, after years on the local Council, he became Mayor of Weston-super-Mare. This office he discharged wi th characteristic dign ity and efficiency and the great regard in wh ich he was held by his fellow citizens was to be seen in the numbers at his fune ral service held in St. John's, Weston (to whjch he was a lso a generous benefactor) and the local tributes paid to him. He owed a great deal to the inspiration and support of his wife, to whom with his stepson we offer our most si ncere sympathy. R.I.P."

MICHAEL DAVID C ULVER EVANS (1 938--41)

Michael Evans was at School in those dramatic yea rs frol11 1938 to 1941; years wh ich saw the first large extensions to the School, the outbreak of war, a nd our departure to Cornwall in 1940. His contemporaries will remember a slender, tallish youngster, showing prom ise in his fi rst year up frol11 the Juni or School of being an unusually good high-jumper. He was a cheerful member of the community whom everyone liked. The wa r term inated his Schoo l days on the early side, but after service in due course he qualified M.B. and M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. from the Middlesex Hospita l. He married his wife, Valerie, in Hyt he about 1951, and beginning with one patient bui lt up his pract ice in Knaphill, near Woking, taking it to 2,500. Michael spent Saturday, July 4th with the writer of this brief record; it was manifest that he was wonderfully happy in his work and home life-he was a genuine Chri~t i an a nd. an eager churchman, Churchwarden, and clearly a man who lived fo r others; the same gentle. fn end ly bemg that he was at the age of 14. Wife a nd chi ldren, father, mother, brothers, church and pract ice, have a ll suffered the loss of a lovely and inspiring nature; but what that loss means to the nearest and dearest of them we cannot conceive and can only extend our true sympathy. Many O.K.S. will remember his fat her, Frederick, who was here from 1905 to 1908, and after many yeaJs in North China became a prisoner in Japanese hands ; and many younger O.K.s. will recall Michael's next brother, Anthony, both at I.K.S. and King's. Little did I think as we waved goodbye to one another that Saturday evening that r should never see him again; he was killed on the following Monday in a car accident whi le on his rounds; but there can be no doubt that his soul is in peace, for his very nature was love, and, says the Bible, Jove is of God.

EDWARD WORSFOLD MOWLL (1 895-1900)

The Bishop of Chelmsford writes : "Edward Worsfold Mowll , who died in J une at the age of 82, was at King's from 1895 to 1900. He went up to Jesus College, Cambri dge, and gained a Trial Cap for the Boat Race in 1901. Ordained in St. Albans Abbey in 1905 to a curacy at Ley ton parish church, he became successively Assistant Secretary of the Church Pastoral-A id Society, Vicar of Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and of Christ Chu rch, Southport. He was an Honorary Canon of Liverpool Cathedra l. In 1928 he was appointed Rector of St. Aldate's, Oxford, and exercised by his personal qua lities and pastoral gifts a great influence on large numbers of undergraduates. Six years later he became vicar of Bradford and Provost of the Cathedral, serving there for ten years unt il his nominat ion as Bishop Suffragan of Midd leton, where he remained until his retirement in 1951. He came from a weU-known Dover famil y with a strong strain of evangelistic, missiona ry sympathies. Hi mself a man of simple. sturdy faith, he combined a gent le manner with the heart of a pastor. His sermons, composed on old-fash ioned lines, were often memorable, always well-ordered. He was a careful adm inistrator, proving himself an excellent secretary of the Church Congress of 1926, and run ning his parishes with sk ill and energy. Standing well over six foot and broadly bu ilt , he was a striki ng figu re in any company and his appearance reflected hi s innate qualities of gentleness, kindness and st rength. Wherever he served the church his sincerity and honesty drew men and women into its life."

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL.

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No.4

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1964

EDITORIAL

Three times a year, about a month before the end of each term, a forlorn hope sets out to attempt to find material for this magazine. Three times a year, soon after the beginning of the term, people come to see me, and complain about the low standard of the last term's Cantuarian: why aren't there more short stories? Why haven't we had an amusing story for years? Why are most of the contributions written by editors anyway? Any suggestion, however, that they should do something about it themselves is treated with surprise or disdain. Let there be no mistake about it, the life of the magazine centres on the literary contri butions. The rugger reports are a record of what has been done; reports on lectures are one person's opinion of what has been said; but the literary contributions are, we hope, an expression 235

of creative endeavour in the school. Any school can sandwich reports on C.C.F. camps between glossy covers; most do. But what any board of editors must aim at is this: that their magazine should be read for its own sake, and not for what it represents. This can only be brought about if more people are prepared to take an interest in The Cantuarian than do so at present. Many articles, stories, poems are written by editors simply because editors are, ideally, chosen from those who have already shown interest; lack of a Senior Scholarship is no bar. It is not that there is insufficient talent in the school. Two houses run flourishing house magazines. If such enthusiasm can be generated in two houses, why not in the whole school? Unfortunately, it is often easier to arouse enthusiasm for house than for school objects: what is true for rugger matches is equally true where magazines are concerned. Members of the school must be brought to think of The Cantuarian as "their" magazine, in the same way as they think of the 1st XV as "their" XV. Perhaps they are intimidated by the impersonality, the heavy bias in favour of school activities; perhaps they think of it as a magazine primarily for O.K.S. But we are already publishing all the stories, all the poems of an acceptable standard that are given to us; there is a Cantuarian prize to stimulate activity; until more interest is shown, the bias must remain.

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THE SCHOOL Captaill of School: H . R. Jackson Vice-Captain: S. J . Weaver Head of Galpin's Head of MarlolVe House Head of Luxtnoore House H ead of Walpole House Head of Linaere House Head of School House Head of M eister Omers Head of The Grange

H. R. Jackson S. J. Weaver W. A. Large A. D. H. Turner R. P. Ralph R. D. Kent, K.S. A. J. W. Campbell J. D. Stokes

SCHOOL MONITORS H. R. Jackson, S. J. Weaver, W. A. Large, A. D. H. Turner, R. P. R alph, R. D. Kent, K.S., A. J. W. Campbell, J . D. Stokes HOUSE MONITORS School House: C. N. Gordon-Wilson, H. D. C. Sclater, K.S. C. S. K. Austin, J. F. Wright The Grange: Walpole House: R. K. Khanna, P . A. Ray, M . R. F. Reeson Meister Orners: P. Hemingway, P. D. Miller, K.S., N. B. Spiller, W. 1. Wolsey, K.S. Mar/owe House: C. R. K. Heyland , R. J. A. Talbert, K.S. Luxmoore House: C. J. Arney, K.S., R. J. McDonald, S. J. Roberts, A. D. Vander Meersch, P. W. R. Westley, M. de Weymarn, W. M. L. Wood, K.S. Galpill's: M. J. Oldham , C. A . B. Pringle, J. Sturgess, K.S. Linacre House: A. E. Bragg, M. G. S. Mansergh, K.S., A. A. Moggach, B. B. J. Wills

Captaill Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain

of Rugby Football of Hockey of Cricket of Shooting of Fencing of Squash Rackets of Athletics of Cross-Country

C. R. K. Heyland C. S. K. Austin S. J. Weaver P. R. Kermode J. 1. S. Pitkeathly M. J. Oldham H. R. Jackson S. J. Weaver

MONITOR FOR MUSIC W. H. Williams, M.S.

The Cantuarian Editors: The Captain of School (ex-officio), J. Sturgess, K.S., R. J. A. Talbert, K.S., N. F. Riddle Secretaries: J. F. Chesshyre, K.S., A. B. Marshall, K.S. 237

SALVETE A. F. Acquier, J. K. Allen, J. K. Ashton, S. M. Ashworth , E. A. Barclay, C. F. Barger, N. G. Baskerville, A. P. Bedford, M. P. Blackmore, S. F. Bone, P. W. A. Booker, H. M. G . Braddell , R. J. A. M. Bunzl, T. J. Cantor, R.A. Chamberlin, J. C. Clarke, T. P. Clarke, C. I. Collins, J. V. Cornwall, A. G. H. Davidson, D. P. Davison? A. J. Dona ld, S. B. Dudbridge, J. P. D. Elliott, R. G. P. Elliott, R. J. Epps, M. E. Erskine, T. P. Fagg, M. B. Farbrother, F. J. S. Fidler, A. J. G. French, J. M. Frye, P. G. Fullagar, l. B. Godman , M. J. Graham, S. C. Groom, P. J. Hall, C. D . Hall-Thompson, J. A. Hampton , J. K.Harns, J. J. Herrington, S. G. Herrington, J. P. R. Heyland, P. A. Hill, A. P. N . G. Hllhe~-Fry, J. P. G. Hilton, D. A. Hodges, P. A. D. Huth, R. J. Ingram , W. J. IrVine, M. Jamieson, A. T. Jones, P. M. Jones, H. Konigsberger, J. H. Lang"she, L. C. Lasker, C. A. Lee, J. R. Letts, F. K. Lundy, N. A. H . McNair, R. L. G . Man , H. W. P. Mannmgs, N. B. K. Mansergh, C. J. Marlowe, B. T. Marsh, M. H. Moody, M. C. Moore, P. A. Mount, A. A. Nash, P. A. V. Osman, R. J. A. Palmar, R. B. Parsons, J. G. Porter, N. M: S. Radin , B. W. Richardson, G. A. Robb, A. E. Rowland, W. S. Sampson, A. Scott Will13ms, C. H. Seller, J. D. J. Shaw, M. McD. Simpson, T. R. Sleigh, C. E. H. Spells, M. J. Stanger, C. S. Stephens, M. W. B. Taylor, M. Thom, R. E. Thomson, A.J. Turner, M. H. Vaughan , C. Waltham, R. N . C. Watkinson, J. G. Wheatley, J. D. Wilhams. D . A. H. Wilson, C. N. Wood, H. A. C. Worrall-Thompson.

VALETE J. L. Ard, R. J. Ashworth, J. R. G . Auber, J. M. Blazeby, D. I. R. K. Burge, A. B. S. Bussey, J. R. Chenevix-Trench, T. J. N . Claye, D. W. Cutts, G. A. B. Day, D. J. Den111s, C. J. Eaton, D . C. L. Eve, J. C. Everist, N. P. Finn, P. J. F lower, S. J. F. Fosbury, C. A. Gordon, R. B. Grant, P. R. Graves, J. C. Hall, F. M. Hall , P. G. Hams, D. P. R. Hews, R. E. How, M. D. Hull, V. H. Jensen, D. R. Kerr, D. C. C. Lake, F. J. W. Leggatt, I. McLean, N. C. Mellor, J. F. H. Meredith, H. J. Morris, A. C. Murch, W. G. Osmond, J. R. Paine, M. J. Pearce, N . T. Pembleton, R. H. Pm sent, A. J. W. Pugh, J. R. Rew, M. D. L. Ridgwell, R. L. Robbins, H. R. Ryan, l. A. D . Sandilands, G . L. Singleton. R. A. Stanley, A. A. V. Strallen, C. Templeman, P. J. Tuohy,. J. R. Valentme, J. A. Walter, M. D. Watkinson, M. J. Webster, J. H. Whiston, C. P. White, I. I. Woolf, R. A. Woolf, R. Yung.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES ARMSTRONG, J. H. A. I.- Came Sept., '60; K.S. and M.S., '60; Riversleigh House Monitor, '64; 2nd XV Colours, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours, '64; 2nd VIn Colours, '64; Cadet Petty Officer, Naval Section, C.C.F., '64; First Orchestra' Secretary of Military Band ; Secretary of Tenterden Society; Upper VI. ' BENNETT, M. A. G.- Came Jan. , '60; House Monitor, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours '63' " 2nd XV Colours, '63; 2nd VIII Colours, '64; Corporal, C.C.F., '64. BROCK, C. H.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '63; 1st Athletics Colours, '63; 1st XV Colours, '64. BUSH, R. A.- Came Sept., '59; 1st Athletics Colours, '63; Sergeant, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., '62; Upper VI. BUTTERFIELD, J. M. V.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; Head of House '64' ' , 2nd XV Colours, '63; 2nd Hockey Colours, '64; Corporal, C.C.F., '64. CARTER, M. J.- Came Jan ., '60; Riversleigh House Monitor, '63; House Monitor '64' 1st XV Colours, '62; 2nd VIII Colours, '63; 1st Vin Colours, '64; Lance-Seqieant' C.C.F., '64. ' CHANT, C. M.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '64; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F., '64; Upper VI. CROXFORD, P. A.-Came Jan., '60; House Monitor, '64; 1st VIn Colours, '63; Leading Seaman, Naval SectIOn, C.C.F., '64. EsSAME, O. S.- Came Sept., '58; Hon. Sen. K.S., '64; House Monitor, '63; Swimming Colours, '63; Secretary of Swimming Club, '64; C.S.M., C.C.F., '63; Upper VI' Open Exhibition in History to Exeter College, Oxford . ' EVES, G. D.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '64; Captain of Judo '64' Cadet . Coxswain, Nava l Section, C.C.F., '64.

FREEMAN, C. H.- Came Sept. , '59; House Monitor, '64; 1st VIII Colours, '63; Corporal, C.C.F., '64; Upper VI. GALE, R. B.- Came hn., '60; House Monitor, '63; 2nd VIn Colours, '64; Leading Cadet, R.A.F. SectIOn, C.C.F., '63. GEORGIADIS, A. V.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; School Monitor and Head ofHouse,'63; Captain 2nd XV,'63; 2nd XV Colours,'63; 2nd Athletics Colours '64' Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F., '64.

GURNEY, S. J. O.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours '64' Corporal, C.C.F'J '63.

HALL, N. R.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '62; Head of House, School Monitor and Captain of School, '63; Captain of Swimming, '64; C.S.M ., C.C.F., '63; Upper VI ; General Fund Exhibition to Christ's College, Cambridge . . lAQUET, I. L. J.- Came Sept. , '59; Lattergate House Monitor, '62; Head of House, '63; Sergeant, C.C.F., '64. KENT, R.V.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '64; Cadet Petty Officer, Naval Section, C.C.F., '64; Upper VI. LANGLY-SMITH, G. F.- Came Jan ., '60; House Monitor, '63; 2nd XV Colours, '63; 1st VIII Colours, '64; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F. , '64. McKNO, J. F.- Came Sept., '59; K.S., '59; House Monitor, '64; Secretary of Glee Club; Orchestra Librarian; First Orchestra; Corporal, C.C.F., '64; Upper VI. MOREEN, R. A.- Came Sept., '63; English-Speaking Union Exchange Scholar' House Monitor, '64; First Orchestra; Upper VI. ' 239

NORWOOD, J. A.- Came Sept. , '60; House Monitor, '64; 1st VIII Colours, '63 ; 1st XV Colours, '63; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F., '64; English-Speaking Union Exchange Scholarship. PAUL, N. J .- Came Sept., ' 60; K.S. , '60; Hon. Sen. K.S. , '62; House Monitor, '63; School Monitor, '64; 2nd XV Colours, '62; 1st XV Colours, '63; 2nd VIlI Colours, '63; 1st VIII Colours, '64 ; Sergea nt, C.C.F., ' 64 ; Upper VI ; Secretary of Kin g's Week, '64; Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Jesus College, Cambridge. PI NNOC K, R. A.- Came Sept. , '59; House Monitor, '63; Tennis Colours, ' 63; Captain of Tenni s, '64; Squash Colours, '64 ; 2nd Hockey Colours, ' 64; Corporal , C.C.F. , '63. RIDLEY, J. G.- Came Sept., '58; House Monitor, '63; 1st XV Colours, '62; 1st Athletics Colours, '62; Captai n of Athletics, '63 ; Ist Cricket Colours, '64; Flight-Sergeant , R.A.F. Section , C.C.F., '63. ROSE, N . P.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '64; 2nd XV Colours, ' 63 ; 2nd Tennis Colours, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours, '63; Lance-Sergea nt, C.C.F., '64; Upper Vl. SHARWOOD-SMIHI, G . H.- Came Sept. , '59; H ouse Monitor, '64; 2nd VIlI Colours, '64; Sergea nt, C.C.F., '63. SLATER, E. P. W.- Came Sept., '59 ; M.S., '59; House Monitor, '63; First Orchestra; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F., '63. STANDI NG, R. G .- Came Sept., '58; K.S., ' 59; Hon . Sen. K.S., '64; Secretary of Harvey Society; Treasurer of Geological Society; Corporal, C.C.F., ' 64 ; Upper VI ; Open Scholarsh ip in Mathematics and Hon . Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. STONE, P. J .- Came Sept., '59; K.S., '60; Hon. Sen. K.S. , '64; 2nd Xl Cricket Colours, ' 63; Captain of 2nd XI, '64 ; Lance-Corporal , C.C.F. , ' 63 ; Upper VI; Open Scholarship in History to Christ's College, Cambridge, and Squire Scholarship in Law. TROUSDELL, A. T .- Came Sept. , '59; House Monitor, '64; Treasurer of Caxton Society; Sergeant, C.C.F., '64; O.K.S. Gift to Manchester College of Technology. TURNBR, J. H.- Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '64 ; Monitor for Music, '64 ; LanceSergeant, C.C.F., 63; Secretary of the Music Ci rcle; Secretary of the Choir ; Secretary of the Choral Society; Music Librarian; Secretary of Art Society ; Treasurer of Somner Society; Upper VI ; General Fund Exhibition to Gon ville and Caius College, Cambridge. VAN ASCH, D . G .- Came Sept. , '59; M.S. , '59; House Monitor, '63 ; Drum Major, C.C.F., '63; Secretary of First Orchestra , '62; Choral Scholarship to Kin g's College, Cambridge. WALTON, D. N. T.- Came Jan., '59 ; House Monitor, '63; 1st Vlll Colours, '63; Captain of Boats, '64; Sergea nt, C.C.F., '64. WATKI NS, W. J.- Came Sept., '59 ; First Orchestra; Ed itor of The Canluarian; Sacrista n and Serve r ; Secretary of Second Orchestra and Band ; Corporal, C.C.F., '63; Upper VI. WOODHOUSE, G. M.- Came Sept., '59; K.S. , '59; Swimm ing Colours, '64; First Orchestra ; N.Y.O.; Corporal, C.C.F., ' 64. YOUNG, W. R .- Came Ja n. , '60 ; School Monitor and H ead of House, '63; 2nd XV Colours, '63. 240

THIS AND THAT Governor

The Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Lee, G.C.M.G. , K.C.B. , M.A., Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, has been elected by his College to become a Governor of the School, on the resignation of Professor H. C. Longuet-Higgins, M.A.,

F.R .S. W e wa rmly welcome him .

Old Master

We are sorry to lose Mr. C. D. Juckes, who is leaving Canterbury after ChflStmas to take up the Headmastership of Junior Bedale's co-educational schoo l in Hampshire. He has left his mark on many activities in the school-

not least the Comma ndo Section of the Corps and the Judo Clu b- and we wish him and Mrs. Juckes all success and happiness in the future. Also leavin g us at the end of this term is Mrs. Morgan, who for some Mrs. Morgan yea rs has had the unen viable task of trying to feed and satisfy some six . . hundred boys and masters three times a day- hampered by staff shortages and by IIlSUfficlent kitchen space. She takes with her our best wishes for her new post. New Master

We welcome this term Mr. J. N . Holt, who teaches English. This ter m we were pleased to welcome as preachers at Evensong:

Visiting Preachers The Reverend A. A. K. Graham, Chaplai n of Worcester College, Oxford ; the Reverend G. R . Connock, Schools Secretary, The . . MISSIons to Seamen; the Reverend M. P. Skliros, Assistant Chaplain of Denstone College; the Reverend C. W. Donaldson, Rector of St. Martin's and St. Paul's, Canterbury; the Reverend A. B. Curry, O.K.S., Rector of Penshurst ; and the Reverend Canon F. Hood, Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral. Science and Government

"A monecule is the smallest element or compound that can eX ist III a free state"- from a fragment of a chemistry test.

Weconll'atu late R . B. Bdtton (1957- 62) on again playing for the Oxford UlliverSity XV- a nd wllllllng~and P. D . MacNeice (1957-62) on defeatlllg the Cambndge captalll III the Varsity Squash Match which Oxford also won. S. S. Barker (1958- 63) played for R osslyn Park 1st XV ;nd the Oxford Greyhounds earlier in the season, but his otherwise extremely favourable prospects for a place III the Un ive rsity First Team were shattered when he broke a leg in November. However, his brother, C. Barker (1957- 62) returned to the Rosslyn Park 1st XV III D~ce mber a nd contlllues to play with distinction. M. J . Parsons (1956- 62) , too, has played with success for the Oxfordshlre County XV. Congratulations also to R. A. D. Freeman ( 1958- 63) and C. H. Freeman (1959- 64) who won the Oxford University Sculling Pairs, as well as to D. M. P. Barnes (1958-63) and D. J. Mills ( 1956-62) on their places in the Oxford "B" Crew. O.K.S. Sport

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The Patriarch of Moscow and of all Russia spent some time during his Patriarch of first visit to Britain staying in Canterbury. On September 26th some Moscow King's Scholars attended a service in the Cathedral at which he was presented with a crucifix by the Archbishop. This is the first time that a Patriarch of Moscow has visited this country. Once again the Carol Service kept a satisfying balance between choir and The Carol congregation, though perhaps a greater variety of styles was in evidence this Service yea r. A Babe is born by K. V. Jones, O.K.S. and Tell out the NelVs by the Reverend A. B. Curry, O.K.S. were both new, and provided a delightful contrast to the more traditional carols. To have the Madriga l Society sin g two carols from the organ-loft was an interesting innovation, while the School obviously enjoyed singing the Christmas Song arranged by Gustav Holst. The last days of summer so dried and hardened the rugger pitches, that rugger was out of the question at the begi nning of the term. While some turned to quickly im provised hockey games, others, denied the chance to practise the new laws, contented themselves with soccer. And indeed this year's O.K.S. match consisted of a combination Of soccer and touch-rugger, which disgru ntled the referee and confused spectators. But we must congratulate the School side on coming out on top, by four goals to two. Hard Touch-lines

Among the visiting lecturers this term who addressed sections of the Sixth Form were Dr. Urry, who spoke on "Marlowe and Marlowe's Canterbury"; J. Allen, Esq., of Hawker Siddeley Aviation, who spoke on "The Mathematics of Space Technology", as well as M. Corkery, O.K.S., and C. E. Hopper of Foster Wheeler

Lectures

Ltd., who gave careers lectures entitled "The Law" and "Preparation for a Career"

respectively. It was a disappointment that Dr. N. M. Parkes was called away suddenl y on September 23rd, and was therefore unable to ta lk to us on "The New Laws of Rugby Football", thou gh Mr. Fairservice substituted for him excellently, and at very short notice. Reviews of other lectures appear elsewhere. Another Soldier of Christ?

An O.K.S. to a sacristan delivering collection bags in Galpin's No. I : "Oh! You're one of the God Squad , are you?"

We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Hildick-Smith on the birth of a son, David, on Babies ..• August 30th ; Mr. and Mrs. Roberts on the birth ofa son, Ralph, on September 1st; Mr. and Mrs. Miller on the birth of a son, Toby, on October 5th; a nd Mr. and Mrs. Scott on the birth of a daughter, Kathryn, on November 30th. While the old Steinway remains in the Hall and continues to be used for ••• and a Prayers, it has been joined by a new Steinway Concert Grand , which arrived New Sister early in the term and was heard publicly for the first time at the repeat of the King's Week Symphony Concert on Sunday, October 18th. The privileged few who are allowed to touch its keys are extremely pleased with the instrument, and it certainly makes an impressive sound. 242

We were glad to welcome M iss Elizabeth Hake, the daughter of the K.S., Parramatta Headmaster of the King's School, Parramalta, together with her companion, Miss Meir Graham, for a few days in December. We hope that they enjoyed their visit as much as we did entertaining them.

A Record?

O.K.S. at Cambridge inform us that at present both leaders of the King's College Choir are O.K.S.-M. H . Lane (1957-62) and S. R. G. Carrington ( 1956-6 1). We feel that this must surely constitute a record. We note that a magazine with this title, which attempts "to make a

"Forethought" construct ive analysis of Britain's role in a changin g world" includes amongst its contributors personalities as wide apart as George Brown,

Humphrey Lyltlclon , the Bishop of Exeter, and Edward Lucie-Smith, O.K.S. After one cartoon film we settled down to the main fi lm on lhe last night of term, The Searchers, starring John Waine. Colour gave the fi lm itself more interest than some in past years, though the audibility of the sound track remains a problem still unsolved, despite some ingenious attempts at a solution. Nevertheless, we should like to thank all those who made this entertainment possible. Films

To hold a concert in aid of Oxfam on the last Sunday evening of term was a Oxram most successful and worthwhile experiment. After certain expenses had been covered, we were able to send off a contribution of ÂŁ150. A review of the concert appears elsewhere in thi s issue.

We were pleased to welcome Herr Dossman at the beginning of this term, who spent about a month here meeting boys and taking classes in German. He recen tly graduated from the Un iversity of Heidelberg, and came here to gain so me experience of English school life, before taking up teaching. We hope, too, to form a special lin k with the Private Gymnasium in Mannheim wh ich H err Dossman attended himself. We were also glad to welcome 1. Craig, Esq. from the Christchurch Teachers' Training College, who is visiting the school in order to wri te a thesis on the public schools for his diploma in Education; he has recorded some of his impressions elsewhere in this Visitors

issue.

We apologise to P. J. Stone, O.K.S. for listing him in the "Academic and Other Oxbridge Distinctions Gained" of our last issue as Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, and not, as is correct, as Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge. The School was given a Full Inspection in the week commencing Monday, Full Inspection November 16th. For boys and staff this was a time for both qualms and . curiosity, since few were able to remember the last inspection, fifteen years

ago in 1949 (boys especially !). But at least it is to be hoped that the Inspectors noted the many beneficial changes and advances that have been made in all aspects of School life since that date. 243

Bishop of Dover

On Monday, November 30th the Reverend Anthony Paul Tremlelt was consecrated Bishop Suffragan of Dover. A number of Kin g's Scholars attended the ceremony.

For the second successive year the school welcomed the "Troupe Fran~aise" "Le Cid" of Pamela Stirling to the Shirley Hall. Not only our own linguists, but many from neighbouring schools, had the opportunity of seeing, many for the first time, a play of great importance in the history of French theatre. That It was performed in the manner of a classical tragedy rather than as a tragI-comedy detracted from its r61e as a n essentially transitional work of the ~e.ve nteenth century, but nevertheless, as compensation, gave an audience, largely unfamlilar WIth French tragedy, an IIlkhng of some of the treasures of this genre. We are grateful to Lady A. M. C. Blenkinsop, widow of the late Sir Alfred Percy Blenkinsop, O.K.S. (1875- 82) for the following bequest:- "To Kin g',~ School, Canterbury, the Medals in Case presented to my. late husband. The medals include the insignia of the Order of K.C.B. (MIl.), C.B. (Ov.), C.M.G., Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and Sir Alfred's campaign medals.

B\enkinsop Medals

Music in Hamburg

During the summer holidays Colin Arney played at a concert in Hamburg, and was highly praised by the Music Critic of Die Welt as "del' begabte junge Flotist".

Chapel Collections

ÂŁ s. d. 15 0 0 Sept. 27. Royal United Kingdom Benevolent Association 10 0 0 Oct. II. General Fund 900 18. Missions to Seamen 16 0 0 25. Shaftesbury Society 10 0 0 Nov. 15. General Fund 22. Clergy Orphan Corporation ... ... ... ... .. . ... 13 0 0 Dec. 17. Pestalozzi Children's Village Trust and the Mayor of Canterbury's Christmas Gift Fund ... 34 0 0 Collections at Mattins on the First Sunday in the month are included in the Cathedral offerings for the day. When there is no collection at Mattins the alms at Holy Commun ion go to the General Fund. This pays for current expenses and provIdes a reserve for emergencies, such as the Skopje earthquake disaster last year. We are pleased to include a number of articles by O.K.S. in this tel m's Contributions-as well as two letters in the O.K.S. Section. On the other hand, they ill concea l the lack of local talent, on which subject this term's Editorial is based. At Christmas two of our Editors, J. Sturgess and R. J . A. Talbert, are leaving: we are sorry to lose them, and wish them success in their respective University careers.

The Calltoarian

The followin g names have appeared in the Oxford and Cambridge lists:C. J. ARNEY, Open Scholarship in Modern Languages to Oriel College, Oxford. K. G. DOYLE, Open Scholarship in Natural Sciences to Jesus College, Cambridge. I. A. H. FRAZER, Open Scholarship in History to New College, Oxford. P. W. HODGES, Open Exhibition in Natural Sciences to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. R. D. KENT, Mason Scholarship in Classics to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. R. J. McDoNALD, Open Guest, Keen and Nettiefold Exh ibition in Metallurgy to St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. M. G. S. MANSERGH, Open Scholarship in Modern Studies to Christ Church, Oxford. J. H. MILLER, Open Scholarship in History to Keble College, Oxford. P. D. MILLER, Open Scholarship in History to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. A. A. MOGGACH, Open Exh ibition in Modern Languages to Jesus College, Cambridge. D. L. SMITH , Open Exhibition in Mathematics to Trinity College, Cambridge. J. D. STARKEY, Open Postmastership in Mathematics to Merton College, Oxford. J. STURGESS, Open Demyship in History to Magdalen College, Oxford. P. J. S. SUTHERLAND, Open Scholarship in Modern Languages to New College, Oxford. R. J. A. TALBERT, Open Exhibition in Classics and Honorary Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. W. H. WILLIAMS, Open Margaret Bridges Scholarship in Music to New College, Oxford. J. F. WRIGHT, Open Scholarship in Modern History to Christ Church, Oxford. University Scholarships

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OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE A WARDS (1959/60 - 1963/64) Average

Entry 133 90 136 150 139 105

Ampleforth Birkenhead School Bradford Grammar School Bristol Grammar School Charterhouse ... Christ's Hospital ... Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School ... C lifton ...

...

C ity of London School

Downside D ulwich Etcn

Harrow Highgate K ing's College School,

Wimbledon ...

Open Awards

44 42 69

60 45 65

120 144 11 7 124 180 230 142 130

33 51 63 59 127 73 42 51

33 71 66 59 129 54 51

5.5 7.1 10.8 9.5 14. 1 6.3 5.9 7.8

5.5 9.9 11.3 9.5 14.3 6.8 7.6 7.8

115

10.8

105

14.9

120 144 152 166 200 180 115 105 150 100 162 90 130 11 8 105 133 148 92 104

73 93 65 33 148 69 25 47 78 45 93 30 31 56 46 28 33 45 93

73 99 65 34 166 74 49 47 80 47 94 30 34 58 46 34 33 79 122

11.8 12.9 9.9 4.0 14.8 7.7 4.4 9.0 10.4 9.0 1l.5 6.0 4.8 9.5 8.8 4.3 4.5 9.8 17.9

11.8 13.8 9.9 4.1 16.6 8.2 8.5 9.0 10.7 9.4 11.6 6.0 5.2 9.8 8.8 5. 1 4.5 17.2 23.5

King Edward's School, B irmingham

King Edward VII Grammar School, Sheffield ... King's School, Canterbury Latymer Upper School

... ...

Liverpool Tnstitute High School Manchester Grammar School

Marlborough Merchant Taylors' Nottingham High School Rugby ... SI. Albans Sl. Paul's St. D unstan's ...

Sherborne

Shrewsbury 1 Tonbridge

Uppingham Wellington College Westminster ... Winchester

A ll Open Awards All Awards Awards as % of Entry as % of Entry 48 6.6 7.2 9.3 9.7 44 12.2 83 10.1 67 8.0 8.9 6.5 9.5 66 70 12.4 13.3

(TIle above table ;s Ihe result 0/ independent research, but 110 guaralltee can be given 0/ its complete accuracy.Eds.)

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REVIEWS LECTU R ES: THE POET CHAUCER- October 5th

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A NEW U NIVERSITY- O ctober 20th

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THE HISTORY OF FIREARMS-October 3 1st

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THE BRASS OF THE ORCHESTRA- November 4th

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SONGS WITH GUITAR AND LUTE- November 20th ...

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PLAY : "THE TAM ING OF THE SHREw"- Decem ber

6th

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MUS IC: SYM PHONY CONCERT- October 18th . ..

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MUSI C CiRCLE CONCERT- November 15th

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CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT-December 13t h

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LECTURES THE POET CHAUCER PROFESSOR NEVILL COGHILL

Professor Coghill opened his talk by placing Chaucer in the context of his civilisation, the first civilisation this country had known. The violence of the Dark Ages was yield ing to the order of the Middle Ages, and new ideas were gradually but irresistibly permeating men's minds. A vivid illustration of this permanent process in human life was Blake's poem, The Mental Traveller, in which a painfully original idea is first fettered and tortured by society, but, gradually gaining strength, it finally possesses and rejuvenates its former persecutor. The basic passions of man, Professor Coghill suggested, were fighting, fornication and selfishness, and he illustrated vividly how Âˇ these passions were transmuted by the alchemy of a Christian civilisation into the new concepts of chivalry, courtly love and a new sense of man's individuality and worth as a human sou l. An interesting parallel was drawn between the code of chivalric conduct and that of Bushido in Japan, both springing from the cult of the horse at the same period. An element structurally necessary to society breeds its consequences in the moral world; so from the importance of the horse to Feudalism was born the knight's way of life based on truth and generosity. Power implied mora l obligation, noblesse oblige. As for Courtly Love, between the extreme views of the wife as devoted doormat (the Clerk's Tale), and the wife as domestic tyrant (the Wife of Bath's Prologue) comes the view of husband and wife as equals, expressed in the Frankl in's Tale. Professor Coghill then went on to examine this tale, and to show how the ideas and attitudes it expresses were exactly those about which he had been talking. His comment was clear and illuminating, and the story certainly gained very much from the setting in which it had been placed.

A number of questions were answered, and we were warned in particular about a newly published critical work by Professor Robertson, which argues persuasively that Chaucer was a confirmed Augustinian and that a ny wo rldliness expressed in his writings was, of course, critical irony! It was a privilege to hear a real master of his subject speaking with lucidity, scholarship and wit, and we are grateful to Professor Coghill for coming down just before the University term to give this talk. R.M.A.M.

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A NEW UNIVERSITY DR. GEOFFREY TEMPLEMAN

The new University of Kent at Canterbury may, by its siting, have made some crosscountry runners still crosser; but neither they nor any others whose ways lie up St. Stephen's Hill can be unaware that it is rapidly taking concrete shape in its commanding position to the North of the city. It was a privilege, therefore, to be give n an exposition by the ViceChancellor, Dr. Geoffrey Templeman, of some of the thinking underlying the new-style everything that will confront students (500 for a start, 3,000 by 1969-70) once the University has opened its doors nex t year. First-year courses would, we learnt, be general rather than narrowly specialist, in the Humanities as well as the Sciences, though this would imply no slackening of academiC effort: Dr. Templeman stressed the importance of vacation reading- and of some students having a compulsory Long Vacation Term in addition.

The social pattern at Canterbury, in contrast with some civic universities, was intended to be close-knit: thus colleges were being built where dons and undergraduates (50% of whom would be fully resident) would be able to mix easi ly in a compact, non-segregated society. Sixth Formers fortunate enough to hear Dr. Templeman could well have been inspired to migrate, at the cost of two reasonable "A" Levels and ÂŁIi million of public money, from the oldest school in the country to the newest campus to the North, assured that all was being done to provide the best on the best of all possible sites ("too beautiful for a temporary shanty-town"), and that anyone anxious to take part in the 20th Century RevolutIOn represented, Dr. Templeman suggested, by the present massive expansion of Higher Education, wou ld not a t Canterbury find progressive methods blocked by bad old traditions. As one questioner was assured, the Vice-Chancellor's dead body. no less, would, if necessary, obstruct the path of outdated diehards; but Dr. Templeman's obvious enthusiasm for his new ve nture made this melancholy prospect seem highly unlikely, and we are grateful to him for making the time to come and explain why. H.W.O.

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THE HISTORY OF FIREARMS MR.

R. A.

PEARSON

The Shirley Hall is not very old but I doubt if it has ever heard more violent noises than during Mr. R. A. Pearson's lecture on the development of firearms. He ranged from the Battle of Malplaquet to James Bond with immense gusto and very detailed knowledge, which he did not allow to obscure the human interest of his subject. The flint-lock blunderbuss which he first produced had everyo ne teetering on the edge of their chairs as he tried unsuccessfully- a nice piece of deliberate showmanship, I am sure- to fire it once or twice; then , after a little adjustment, a tremendous ~ang and a cloud of smoke obscured the stage, and evcryone looked to. see how many wmdows had blown out. There followed Brown Bess, the standard eqUI pment of line regiments for 150 yea rs, and its descendants to the No.4 Rifle which is still with us; and parallel with them the various horse-pistols and revolvers that kept pace wi th these developments. And most of these he fired . Finally, as a foretaste for those who saw Goldfinger a week or two later, Mr. Pearson explained the operation of the "ray gu n" which cuts thro u,gh metal at fou r or five feet, and may do so one day at much greater ranges; Âˇ and detailed the grIm potentialities of the "magnum" gun with its very high mu zzle velOCity. The interest of his lecture amply rewarded those who went from choice, and kept the whole audience in rapt attention to the end . K.A.C.G.

THE BRASS OF THE O RCHESTRA GODFREY K NELLER

From the first notes of his greeting on the posthorn it was clear that M r. Kneller intended to give us an am using evening. He had brought down every conceivable member of the brass family a nd he proceeded to give an Illustrated Illstory of IllS sectIOn of the orchestra, a nd a simple analysis of how musical sound has been produced by wmd m a pipe from the earliest rams hom of the Old Testament to the most up-to-date German double horn. The humorous approach to his subject unfortunately remained a little too simple and unsophisticated for his audience, who were given their opportunity to show how musical the School is by joining in a spirited rendering of the hym n Old Hundredth. It soon became apparent that Mr. Kneller's own instrument was th~ trombone, where he was far more at home than on the more abstruse instruments of hIS collectIOn. HIS performance of Le Cygne evinced an appreciation as genuine as the amuscm.cn.t caused by the noi ses O~l hi s hosepipe! Mr. Scott accompanied admirably and most artIStica ll y on the new grand ptallO. R.E.S.M . 250

SONGS WITH GUITAR AND LUTE JILL NOTT-BOWYER AND ROBERT SPENCER

On 20th November, over two hundred members of the School were entertained in the Shirley Hall by two talented young musicians, Jill Nott-Bowyer (mezzo-soprano) and Robert Spencer (baritone, lute and guitar). It was a delightfully informal evening, just the right setting for the type of music chosen. Though there were no very recent works, their programme was widely spread, ranging from songs and fancies of the Elizabethan age to spirited Spanish folk songs and dances. The evening began with two Spanish folk songs, a gentle one for the soprano about a nightingale, and a robust one with thrumming accompaniment for the baritone about a matador, and this was followed by a Handel cantata, only in the last aria of which was it possi ble to guess the composer's name. The audience was then introduced to the lute, and five Elizabethan pieces, of various kinds, were played. The intricate counterpoint and rhythms were very well handled, and the Dowland Galliard for lute solo was excellently played . The last item before the interval was a modern setting of a tarantella of Hilai re Belloc's poem Do you remember an Inn, Miranda?, which was great fun musically and showed the wide range of expression possible on a guitar. After the interval, a short piece of Galilei was played on the enormously long bass lute, but unfor tunately the change of temperature in the Hall had put the instrument out of sorts, and we were assured that re-tuning took an unconscionable long time. We heard enough to appreciate the different tone of the metal stri ngs and the extra long bass strings. The recital ended wi th another mixed group of songs, from England , Spain and an amusing one from America. There was a delightful freshness about their whole approach and they managed to make the evening feel like an intimate musical soilÂˇee. We look forward to another visit from them, with the hope that the temperature will remain more constant. P.G.W.

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PLAY "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" THE NEW BOYS-

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH

The play moved at a brisk pace throu.ghout and the producer quite rightly tested his audience's powers of concentration by dlspensmg with an mterva!. The onlÂĽ pauses, m fact, came when the scenery, consisting of columns lookmg lIke giant N7apolI~an Ices for the entire cast, was manipulated energetically about the stage; this mampulatlOn became a trifle tedious and one wondered if it was all really necessary or helpful to the actIOn, but entrances, exits, and groupings were notnoticeablyawkward, so possibly there was more method in this than one imagined. Certamly the major problem- and one that was seldom solved in this production- was how to force untral.ned and often treble vOices across the spacious auditorium with its unco-operative acoustics; clearly the producer had to avoid excessive declamation from the very front of the stage. The audience, too, aggravated this problem at times by coughing, which it could not help, and by. shuffling and :vhispering, which it could. With a play so dependent on sheer verbal Wit, thiS Widespread maudlbllIty was a burden indeed, and significantly the heaviest laughter came at moment: of visual comedy, as when boisterous masculine applause accompanied the hapless Kate s sack-Irke exit across Petruchio's back. There was much promise among the actors. Outstanding, perhaps, was J. K. Harris, as Gremio: he always moved face, hands, and reverend cane expressively~ and spoke flexibly and meaningfully; he seemed not only to understand fully but be mterested m what he and others were saying, and this, predictably m a JunIOr productIOn, was not tr.ue of some of the other principals. This was an outstandmg debut. Seller, as PetruchlO, made an unimpressive initial entry and lacked the charm and zestful swagger essential to this r61e, though he did warm to his part considerably during the evening. Wheatley made a brave attempt at the difficult r61e of Kathanna, managed her transformation convincingly, and, as a good shrew should be, ~as more audible than most. Shaw, the ardent Lucentio started too inflexibly in both vOice and movement, but he also Improved as he relaxed. Of the rest, French, Acquier, Baskerville, and Fagg ("What's that to thee?") deserve chief mention for sound performances; Hampton seemed miscast as Baptista. We shall not, in addition, readily forget Hall, as Christopher Sly, with nightcap, servants, "wife", and all comforts provided for his night of nights; or the apple trundlrn~ st~,adlly across the stage towards the audience; or, for some, the unexpectedness of heanng thou nit" from the Bard or an amorous Latin lesson from anyone; or Harris's account of the oddest celebration ~f holy matrimony there surely ever was. This was a courageous and lively production from a cast who obviously enjoyed themselves; Mr. Smith and his assistants deserve our grateful thanks. J.N.H.

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MUSIC SYMPHONY CONCERT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH

The Symphony Concert has for some years now been regarded not only as the grand finale of King's Week in July and of the School's musical activities of the year, but also as a great social and cultural event in the life of the city; however, despite the size of the Shirley Hall, it has never been possible to provide seats for all who wish to come. This year, as so many were disappointed, Edred Wright had the brilliant idea of repeating the entire concert in the early autumn so that local supporters of the School's musical activity would be able to hear it. Once again Miss Anna Reynolds, an exquisite figure in black this time (white in July!) gave a superbly competent performance of the concert aria Non Temer, Amato Bene.

The other soloist was again Mr. Ronald Smith, whose version of the prodigious and most taxing piano part in the Second Concerto of Saint-Saens struck one as being even more glittering and assured than at the previous hearing in July. The orchestral players showed their powers to great advantage in the Rossini overture L'!taliana in Algeri and brought the evening to a rumbustious end with the Beethoven Seventh Symphony, one of the most energetic works in the repertoire.

Here the playing of the strings in the famous slow movement was particularly good, and it was notable that there seemed to be far more boys than adults among the players than has often been the case in the past. Edred Wright was in splendid form, always master of his forces and the inspiring encourager of his two brilliant soloists. D.I.H.

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH

Despite the acoustical short-comings of the Palace Recital Room and the defects of its piano, the Music Circle put on a very enjoyable and relaxing evening's entertainment. The concert was apparently a week earlier than originally intended, but except in one case, this did not seem to make much difference. The auditorium was fairly well filled, and all appreciated the full and varied programme. The concert started with a very well co-ordinated performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, a piano duet, originally written for organ, played by True and King. To begin with there was some lack of contrast and the interpretation seemed rather mechanical; although this impression did not last, one felt that the piece was just beyond their capabilities. Alder (horn) and True next played the Allegro Moderato from Beethoven's Sonata in F for Horn and Piano. This was rather unexciting and the balance was not good; Alder's performance was not up to his usual high standard-possibly he had not had time to warm up and as a result he was rather nervous. However, it had its moments and the ending was convincing and neat. 253

The next item was amusing and well-performed; Arney introduced his piece (Danse de la Chevre, a flute solo by Honegger) in lucid terms- " it's sort of about thi s goa t who kind of gets up and dances about and then decides it's not rea ll y worth it after all ," and played it with feeling and skill. Mr. Wright made usc of the next item to advertise the euphonium to anyone who was thinkin g or taking up an instrument, and Williams certa inl y showed it off to advantage. He, Braude (trumpet), Alder (horn), and Wolsey (trombone) played Palestrina's Ricerca del primo luana, a delightful Renaissa nce piece for Brass quartet. It was neatly and precisely executed, and provided a charming illustration of the place of the brass in Chamber Music of this kind. Next, James gave a well-rehearsed and competent rendering of "Theme and va ri ations" from Mozart's Piano Sonata in A. The weaknesses of the piano were unfortunately apparent here-each time the pedal was used, it was accompan ied by a plainly audible thump.

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The item which followed was in some respects the highl ight of the evening. Williams (violin), Rutland (violin), Ling (viola) and Young ('ccllo) played with obvious expertise and musical sense the "Minuette and Trio" and "Allegro con Moto" from the String Quartet ill A by Schubert. Tuning was not always perfect, particularly in the top part, but precise, and at the same time very expressive playing combined to give a full-blooded and entertaining performance. The woodwind sextet which followed was in poor contrast to the string quartet. The piece played ("Anitra's Dance" from Grieg's music for Ibsen's play, Peer Gynt) was clearly under-rehearsed, and it was perhaps on account of this fact that Phalp (bassoon) got out of time and stayed a beat out for much of the piece, despite the efforts of Williams, who was conducting. Much of the playing of the other musicians, Blake (flute), Potter (oboe), Hodges and Sclater (clarinets) was unpolished and ragged as well. Nevertheless, the piece had its good moments, and it must be remembered that the concert was a week earlier than the performers had been expecting. A surprise item completed the concert. Williams and Young, accompanying themselves on guitars, sang a variety of songs, from Spanish and American folk so ngs to Eveline, and an amusing composition of their own. As Mr. Wri ght pointed out, the qualities of un amplified guitar playing were very nicely demonstrated by this charming and pleasa ntly quiet and reticent, yet amusing playing. It won a deservedly warm reception, and the audience left well satisfied, after an evening of excellent entertainment. Williams must be congratulated, both for organising the concert and for what he did in it- he appeared in no less than four different roles. J.F.e.

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CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT IN AID OF OXFAM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH

This was the first concert ever presented by King's in aid of a charity. In the seven organ izatIOns represented, a tlmd of the School took part, with only the band and choir not performin g. The keen support from the large and generous audience made this a finan cial as well as musical success. The evenin ~ opened with the Second Orchestra playing the " Jud ge's Entry" from Trial by Jury. The mtonatlOn and confidence of the players steadily improved after an uncertain start, a nd at times the brass and woodwind showed sonorous depth and colour of tonc. This was a good opportunity for boys to gain public experience of playing in an orchestra, and one must not expect the same high standard from them as their seniors showed in the choral item from Aida. In th is rousing Grand Chorus, the Choral Society and First Orchestra maintained a taut rhyth m, so vital to the success of a work of this nature, and the playing and singing led conv in cil~gly to the exhilarating climax, depicting Radames' victorious return, showing once agal11 the tremendolls vita lity and enthusiasm engendered in King's music by Edred Wright. This work more than any other in the evening showed the range of talent and quality in all the musical departments. David Goodes preceded the Chamber Orchestra's performance of Vivaldi's Winter from the Four Seasons by giving an illustrated talk wh ich described the wind and wintriness of the season outside in contrast to the wa rmth and comfort of the home, and so won the rapt attention of his audience. From the first bars one was impressed by the precision of ensemble and accuracy of intonation, which enabled the atmosphere of ice to be vividly portrayed. Although Clarence Myersco ugh in the second movement perhaps did not quite achieve the calm rel axation of the fireside, the exciting virtuosity of his playing in the finale d isplayed the brilliant mastery to which we are accustomed.

The Madrigal Society and the G lee Club showed us a contrast of singing styles. In the tuneful Dyso n songs the form er delighted us by their firm control and beautiful expression. The changes in dynamics were always delicately handled and there was plenty of tone colour. The diction was almost perfect, as was that of the G lee Club, who sang uninhibitedly and with an obvious enjoyment which they communicated to the audience. Swing Low came over best, aided by th e novelty of guitar accompan iment. Sensibly dividing these two vocal items was the 'cello ensemble, conducted by Miss Nancy White. The inclusion of this organisation was a very good idea as there are so many 'cellists of orchestral standard in the School, but unfortunately the choice of music available to such a group is limited by the extreme difficulty of the top line. This was tackled gallantly but not quite overcome. 255

The First Orchestra returned, and in the Overture to the Bartered Bride they set 01T at such a speed that the strings, in the frenetic portrayal of the merry villagers, could not bow accurately, and the timing of the fast quavers was not always exact. However, after the second section the excitement was developed steadil y, engendered by 01T beat accents, and spontaneous applause was draw n from the audie nce before the last chord had been scarcely played. H olst's Christmas Day, which is a Choral Fantasy on Old Carols, rounded 01T the programme. The mingling of choral and orchestral so unds created a seasonal atmosphere, and the work was held together by the very elTective recurrence of the well-loved Good Christian mell, rejoice. The balance and the contrast between the singers and the orchestra was always good, and this was a fitting fina le to a richl y varied and excellently constructed programme, whic h used to the full the resources of our widely establ ished musical tradition.

O.H.J.F.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

BRIEF THOUGHTS ON K ING'S- put down by I. Craig, Esq.

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DISEASE- a poem by J. D . Hamilton-Paterson, Esq., O.K.S. . ..

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1914/ 1964-reminiscences from Dr. K. Dickson, O.K.S.

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A R EFUSAL TO MOURN- and

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To THE BROKEN SHROUD-poems by W. N. Bryson .. .

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LIFE AND WORK IN ISRAEL-an acco unt by C. N. Marshall, Esq., O.K.S. . ..

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THOUGHTS-a composition by O . R. O . Keeble

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BRIEF THOUGHTS ON KING'S

I. Craig

[Mr. Craig is visiting us ill order to prepare a thesis all the public schools.- J:."ds.]

An informal , happy atmosphere is essential in any schoo l ; stich an atmosphere is not lacking here, due mainly, it would seem, to the great amo unt of freedom permitted in so many spheres. Far too many schoo ls tend to impose rigid rules concerning bounds, cinema,

theatre and cafe leaves, books and newspapers, etc. Equally important is the food. The latter is far from being perfect, but compared to many schools, it is of an extremely high standard. I feel it rather a pity that a num ber of you tend to rcga rd Ar t as rather a waste of time, simply because it is not an official "A" Level examination subject. At the risk of preaching, may I suggest to those of you who think in this vein , that "education" may have little to do with the examination system? "Education" is concerned with th e appreciation and

J.mderstanding of that which is both worthwhi le and lasting. Art fits into this category, as it provides an introduction to certain aspects of bea uty, a feature conspicuously absent from so much of Western Civilization today. In hi s book Public Schools alld Private Practice, John Wilson says that "art, handicraft and so o n are regarded as lower class or childish things which a boy should put away from him once he leaves his preparatory school". Might I suggest that work should be something that one enjoys doing, and not seen merely in terms of the G.C.E. ? These facets of life at King's impress me- the enthusiasm displayed by spectators at both School and house matches; the drive and determinati on of the players; the hard work and excellent results of the musicians; the cheerfu lness and fri endliness of the fa gs ; the friendly relations between staff and boys ; the frankn ess with which so many seniors are prepared to talk about religion , Sex and politics; the good taste displayed in jazz and pin-ups in the studies !; the extremely high standard of gymnastics displayed both in P.E. periods and at the Gym Club sessions. Some things I should like to see in the School- a more widespread feeling that religion is a way of life and not merely Cathedral ritual ; a Film Society; the recognition of the Labour Party; a vigorous Debating Society supplemented by regular Discussion Groups ; a modern uniform reflecting current trends in the world of fashi on ; the opinion that a graduate is not necessarily a good teacher. I was led to believe by a number of people that King's was a school of immature and snobbish boys. What rubbish! My first term at the school has brought me into regular contact with many of you, both senior and junior alike, in studies over a cup of coffee,

in the halls, in the classrooms, at meals, on the games fi eld and in the Precincts; on every occasion I have only encountered genuine friendliness, frankness and co-o perati on. Lo ng may your critics perish! 258

VENICE 1M. P. Powell

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JUGOSLAVIA: SIBENIK

[M. P. Powell

Disease

J. D. Ha",iltOltÂˇPatelÂˇsoll

[James Hamilton-Paterson, O.K. S. (1 955- 61) this year won the Newdigate Poetry Prize at Oxford, and has given us his k ind permission to reprint his entry Itere.- Eds. ]

Opening a copy of a medical magazine I come upon my father's obituary, Brief, unass uming, tucked away between

An article on some hideous piece of surgery And an advert of an old man by a fire. 'He leaves a widow, a daughter and a son'; That's me, I tell myself, but in some doubt. The fact is, I don't recognise my sire From the descri ption- it could be anyo ne K ind , hard-worked a nd loyal, who doesn' t shout ; I knew him as the one who always wrote An illegible, friendly letter once a term In sabbath haste, a sort of progress note Abollt the puppy's eczema, with a firm Postscript, and an exclamation mark

Softening the tone, prescribing a little dilige nce As the specific for 'A' levels in July. Once home, I only heard his week-end bark Or saw him yawn at mealtimes starched with silence, And wo uld insolently catch his eye. Because I only saw this stranger rarely,

And his steady adolescence to a sick ma n, I never hea rd his voice brea k with the barely Controlled pain , but sometimes saw him better than He had been, sometimes grey with what he had Conceived a nd nurtu red in his gut, a greedy Fractious infant tearing at his womb . On those occasions I blew grit in his sad Eye, distant in puberty with my seedy Queru lo us face alien as the moon. 259

Suddenly, his death was inevitable as rain On a Sunday afternoon in September ; . . And sometime after the hounded, snarling pam Had snatched its tired trophy to dismember In the dark, we stood in awkward rows Busily noticing things inside the church! The grinning hassocks, the smell of ancient breath, The tattered psalters fluttering like crowS As the vicar quietly left us in the lurch, In the valley of the shadow of his death.

Afterwards, we pretended not to see The heat-haze over the incinerator, But moodily tracking our mourner's heels, we Shuffled past urnS and crosses, a nd still later Felt his sickness scrawled acrosS the sky At our backs, drifting down to Hampton. Nothing to do wi th me at all,.really, One letter less per term, a professional eye Finally closed to an unknown patient's symptom, No-one to pay my small allowance yearly.

I limply drop the magazine and wince, Wondering at a teenage atht~de; . That I did not in my rebel pnde evmce More than mere empathy, but nursed the feud Until the bitter end, makes me sweat. Oh well, they say the child rese.nts the shadow Of an eclipsing fath er he must Imlt~te; Curious, that when he uncomplammg set Himself upon his lonely cancerous gallows The urge to mock at meekness was too great.

He's probably watching now, I wouldn't know, Noting with a critical eye my ease; 'A mother's boy, this one', he thinks, thought so, Always did- he's got that killd of faceOracular, of course ; b~t there, he had been. The erupting virus not Itself contagIOUS, His radiation still produced a mutant; I probe the painful foetu s in my spleen And think who gave life to tIllS uncourageous Apathy; let it but thank its parent.

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K. Dickson

1914/ 1964

[Dr. Kenneth Dickson, O.K.S. (1902- 06) has senl us the following interesting article, partly a reminiscence, part/yo reply to the Editorial of our Augusl 1964 issue.- Eds.]

The 1964 point of view of the Great War in the August Editorial is of particular interest to one veteran who , after landing in France in August with the B.E.F., only survived through being too badly wounded to return to the front line. Perhaps, therefore , a few words of criticism wi ll not be out of place. To say that in 1914 none of the nations of Europe wanted wa r is nonsense. For yea rs Germany had been preparing to overrun France agai n and then to tackle England . A few young Army officers used to be sent periodically to Germany to live with a family in order to lea rn the language. One of these told the present writer that every morning the whole fa mily would stand and drink to "Del' Tag" . It is true that the politicia ns, especially the Liberals, kept their heads in the sand but others were not so blind. Kin g Edward VII, who could not stand the sight of his nephew William , a megalomaniac like his successor Adolf Hitler, was one of the first to foresee the German peril and was the originator of the Entente Cordiale. For the Navy, Admiral Fisher had built the Dreadnought class of battleshi p just too big fo r the Kiel Canal. So, he said, the Germans wo uld have to build ships as big and to enlarge the Canal. We should then have war in 1912. The Army General Staff, too, had a joint plan with the French Army for resisting a German invasion. Not only was a preliminary retirement anticipated, but General, latcr Field Marshal , Henry Wilson actually went over the ground on a bicycle, mapping out the line of what later became famous as the Retreat from Mons. Some years before the war broke out, Kitchener, also, had wa rned the Australians of the coming danger. But youth was not altogether blameless. In 1908 Haldane had started the Territorial Force. Field Marshal Lord Roberts had founded the Na tional Service League, advocating that every yo ung man should learn to ride and shoot, and he addressed meetings up and do wn the country- all to no purpose. The yo uth of the day refused to listen and the Territorial Force was much under strength when war did break out. Incidentally, the writer joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1910 after reading a letter in The Canluarian from an O.K.S. But to England as a whole the war came as a shock, and even then everyone tho ught it wo uld be over by Christmas, until Kitchener told the country to prepare for a three yea r s~ wa r.

Again , to suggest that the British High Command was quite unable to fight a modern wa r is to take a very narrow view. What about the French Generals, Joffre, Foch, and 261

Petain: or the German, Hindenburg, Falkenhayn and Ludendorff? Were they inadequate? What could be done in a war of movement was shown by the brilliant generalship of Allenby in Palestine. But trench warfare was a different matter. Even the Germans, who had not only the initiative, interior lines and superiority in numbers as well as command of the high grou nd on the Western Front, failed to win the wa r. They, too, had appalling losses. On July 1st, 1916, the first day of the Somme battles we had 69,000 casualties; yet between then and November the Germans lost over a quarter of a million men. Trench warfare on the Western Front made movement almost impossi ble. In one sector alone the enemy had sixteen hedges of barbed wire. When they launched their final attack in March, 1918, it was unsuccessful and they were finally overwhelmed by the combined AngloFrench attack which started in August. One last criticism. To one who served in both wars there is no comparison between the two. The Great War was anything but a minor struggle, as the Editorial suggests some might think. In it over one million lives from the Empire were lost, men of all ranks of the finest quality who should have fathered the next generation. Though there may have been more civilian lives lost in the Second War, and more material damage done, yet mercifully in six years we lost only half the number of fi ghting men that we did in the four years of the Great War. Perhaps some do not know tha t it was J. M. Edmonds, a very much loved master at the School at the beginning of the century, who wrote the immortal line : "For our Tomorrow they gave their Today" . Though the politicians must bear the main responsibility, it is pleasant to remember that it was Mr. Winston Churchill, when First Lord of the Admiralty, who arra nged secretly with the First Sea Lord , Prince Louis of Battenberg, on 1st August, that no orders should be issued to the British Fleet who were on manoeu vres, to return to their stations. So the Royal Navy kept the German High Sea Fleet bottled up until Jutland , in June, 1916, after which they never came out again, until they surrendered. Unlike the Germans, we have never been a nation with a war- making menta lity. "Of all the peoples of Gaul", wrote Caesar, "Germani maxime barbal'i." In 1937-39 a Peace Pledge Union begged everyone to bury thei r heads and their rifles in the sand. Today the C.N.D. are doing the same. To keep the Nuclear bomb and to prevent the reunion of West and East Germany are the two things most likely to forestall another war, until the wo rld's eventually excessive population starts another conflagration. Perhaps that master of epigram, Tacitus, wrote wisely when he advised: "S i vis pacem, para bellum".

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A Ilef"sa' To Hlo""11 In the heart-breathing darkness of the room o you who stand eaten by love I sing for you in these tear-stalked pages once I heard the groa n wind through my taken body The columned stranger hurt with his kiss and trespassed in the theft of ages once I was the gushing water The oil a nd bubble of the moon speeding through the statue's iron hollows Through its legs green wi th use burst inside against the mouth, fountain the sea sucking in its lisping shore

Two Poems by

kissed for a minute and slides away.

o you who bore me from fire

Threw me dropping to buds, flowers, death had you told me the scissors' caul The pain of it all flesh would seal, and the dark passages turn I wou ld reverse The fish in you r womb melt for Adam's hangnail sti ngs so deep I would rir out to-marrow's seed, before flesh rot to bone ash dust before the columned stranger's kiss.

tV. N. B,',/son

To TI.e B,'ol,ell S/.rolld Should light first shine on frozen features The sun would break in Lazarus' eye Through living blood that forks the lielight, blast his paper skin ice flesh; lighted bone in his'cold thigh hides the seed of age sliding like a sea in his forested groin. Dawn rattles in his knifed socket and stabs the nerves fa lse day crashes he leaps from the new womb To men hunted by death, lime from his dim dream of the grave he bursts from the broken shroud flood s into flowers and the darkly singing birds. 263

LIFE AND WORK IN ISRAEL

N. Marshall

[Last Sprillg, Christopher Marshall, O.K.S. (1959- 63) .lVellt to. 1V0rk 011 a kibbutz and to excavate at Masada in Israel. Here he relates some of his ImpressIOns and expertences.- Eds.]

"You must be mad 1" or a similar comment was a reaction I quite often met when

I told people that I intended to work without pay on. a kibbutz in Isr!,el. Nevertheless, by the middle of March I was at Kfar Hanassl- the Village of the President, named after Chaim Weizmann , first president of Israel, on the SYrian border a few miles north of the Sea of Galilee This kibbutz established primarily to protect the frontier after Israel's War of Indep~ndence against her Arab neighbours in 1948, was founded by English immigrants and others mainly of Anglo-Saxon ext:actlOn- Austrahans, Germa,ns, South

Africans Poles and a few Americans. The first kibbutz was founded early this century at Dega~ ia on the southern tip of the Sea of Gali lee; now there are about 240 of these unique settlements throughout the country, most of them bemg. concentrated m the more ferti le northern part of the country, but the move to the south IS belllg mtenslfied , as the north is now well developed agriculturally. The majority of new kibbutzim are belllg established in the arid Negev region, for which it is hoped a new water supply system, taking water from north to south, will soon come into operation, despite Arab threats. Living on a kibbutz makes quite a change from boarding-school life-r.e~emblin g it only in that you need not worry about food or a bed for the mght. In additIOn to thiS, clothing and Hebrew lessons are also provided m return for your work. The kibbutZim are organised on communal principles-no one receives wages, and any profits are ploughed back. The actual organisation is by a series of committees, and each kibbutz has ItS secretary and treasurer elected for a certain period , after which they may revert to the most memal tasks. The piinciple of equality is held to be most important (though women are conceded a shorter working day!) At Kfar Hanassl a forme r mllrtary chIef could be found washlllg dishes beside a skilled engineer; it is well-known that Ben GUrlon works as a shepherd at Sede Boker in the Negev. In theory all work at the kibbutz is distributed between all those who arc available to do it; in practice most of the permanent members of the kibbutz have permanent or semi-permanent ~o~~-as t~achers, ~ooks, n~rses-or are respo.n ~ lble for specific facets of the kibbutz's activities, whilst there IS a fioatlllg force. of other vIsitors like myself who are directed where most needed. But ever>,one, almost without excephon, takes their turn to serve and wash up III the communal dllllllg room (where, IIlcldentally, the food was plentiful, though tending for economy's sake to be mainly. vegetari~n). Apart from this the work is out of doors, and III a very short space of time It IS possible to have worked in the orchards chicken houses, fields, on Ifrlgatlon , III the fish-ponds, where carp are reared, and also i~ a foundry and a toy factory . An eight or nine hour day is normal with Saturday (the Sabbath) off. It was not unusual to be woken at mldmght to load c};ickens for market, finishin g the "day's" work at nine the next morning.

Visitors like myself lived two or three to a room in wooden huts, while residents lived ill more permanent buildings, a married c~)llple haVing two or three rooms. There. were actually more children than adults on the kibbutz, separated to the extent that the children 264

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do not sleep at home. There is at present a plan afoot for the children to live at homeone viewed with misgiving by some of the parents with young children, and certainly the present arrangement seems to work without ill effects. The children are organised in age groups, the younger ones being taught in the kibbutz's own school, and the rest going on to a secondary school shared with other kibbutzim in the area . Family ties are cemented in the period between tea and bedtime. One of the particular problems facing the newer kibbutzim is whether the oldest children, now reaching school-leaving age, will return to the kibbutz way of life after serving in the Forces (conscription is for both sexes), when their horizons are bound to be broadened and may cause a reaction against the rather sheltered kibbutz atmosphere. This danger is recognised and every effort made to increase the scope of kibbutz life and give experience of the outside world to the school children through ta lks, film s, a nd visits to other parts of the country in the holidays. Leaving the kibbutz for a while in April , I found much the same friend ly atmosphere throu ghout the country, and perhaps most of all when I spent a fortnight excavating at Masada, by the Dead Sea. This is a huge fortified rock , possibly a stronghold of King David's, certa inly the site of one of Herod's palaces, and the last-ditch strongpoint of the Jewish Revolt against the Romans in 73 A.D. 11 fell finally when all 960 inhabitants committed suicid e rather than admit defeat, and as such is something of a national shrine. To be associated with volunteers from five continents working in such awe-inspiring

desert scenery with a single purpose was an experience unforgettable not least for the mutual goodwill sho wn by everybody, and together with the enlightening conversations I had with other yo un g people and some not so young- among the latter an Israeli telecommunications engineer with an C.B.E. who was born a Turk, and a Californian Mormon

called Pope- this more than compensated for exhausting work in an extremely hot, though dry, climate. I had expected to find some difficulty with language while travelling about the country, but in fact did not, since most of the older Israelis speak either English or French as well as Hebrew, and there were depressi ngly large numbers who spoke these three, and the language of their birthplace. 1 found them on the whole strai ght-forward, hard-working, go-ahead, intensely proud of their country, and once you broke through a sometimes stand-offish exterior, fr iendly and charming. There is a welcome absence of prudery among

them, but as one young person put it, anxious to correct a fairly common feeling that Israel is a country of loose morals: "Well brought up people behave sensi bly no matter what their nationality", which seems a fair comment. Certainly young people there seem to use their spare time far more constructively than many young Britons.

The religious situation in Israel was something of a revelation to me- I had expected most Israelis to be practising Jews, but in fact the number is relatively small, though perhaps larger than the proportion of nominal to practising Christians in this country. There is presentl y a growi ng movement to separate Synagogue and State (whose connection at the moment means among other things that the country virtually comes to a standstill on the Sabbath), but this is a thorny problem when religion is the justification for the State, and is further complicated by the possibility that should the separation take place, then valuable economic aid and gifts from Jews abroad might lessen. In writing about those facets of I sraeli li fe which T know best, I have given a rather biased view of the country, since the kibbutz itself is somethin g of an oddity in a country with an 85 %urban population. It seems that to survive and continue, with other forms 265

of agriculture, to support the town dwellers, some of the communal ideology of the kibbutzi m may have to be sacrificed, to the extent of employi ng paid worke rs, though their valuable and selfless pioneering work, without wh ich it is felt that the country could never have achieved the amazing progress of the last 16 yea rs, will continue in the south. Perhaps I should point out in conclusion that a lthough Israel is a country un ique in geography, political situation and ori gin, it is a country of ordinary people, despite their varied origins, successfully facing much the same problems, com plicated by in ternational politics, as any other industrialising nation. I saw thei r enthusiasm on Independence Day, when 10 % of the population came to Beersheva, a moderately inaccessible desert town in the south, to celebrate; and their industriousness is apparent in the construction work going on everywhere, perhaps most notably at Eilat, a new port being built on the Gulf of Aquaba to minimise the effect of the virtual blockade of the Suez Canal by Egypt. If reading this results in someone wa nting to go and see for himself, perhaps it will please the old man in Jerusalem who told me : "When yo u go home, tell yo ur student friend s to come out here, where they will meet others and see what co-operation ca n do. Perhaps then we shall have less strife in the world." At least one never tires of hea rin g the traditional and poignant I sraeli word of greeting and farewell , "Shalom"- Peace.

6. B. 6. Keeble

TI.ougl.ts

You watch and ponder, while people you know Go by; and yo u realize That sometimes they must ponder over yo u As you walk by unawa re. o what a god-forsaken world this is, In which it seems that hate thri ves more than love. Life is a ladder which leans On nothing : up it people clim b, trampling Instead of being trampled. Up they struggle into the dark unknown Infinity which Christians Call Salvation: An abyss without a base. A vacuum in which D eath Is thrown from sphere to sphere, and Birth-to-be Encircled by the orbits of the vices and the virtues, is cast Aside, rendered deaf and dumb. Ahead in the darkness lies the fin al Conflict of humanity: The final burst of hate a nd jealousy, That brings a deathly hush to all the wo rld And for a single moment Lights up the sickly void, to purge its sin And then departs for ever. 266

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1st XV Matches

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2nd X V

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3rd XV

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4th XV

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Colts' XV

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Junio r Colts

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Under Fourteens XV

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B ASKETBALL

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FENCING Cwo

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SQUASH R ACKETS ...

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BOXING

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JUDO CLUO ...

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CROSS-COUNTRY

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Retrospect, 1964

School Matches: Played to; Won 7; Lost 2; Drawn I; Points fo r 130; Points aga inst 51 Al though at the beginning of the season we had what promised to be anot her very fine XV, they met wit h fa r too many difficulties and disappoint ments ever to have had much chance of living lip to la st

season's fine un beaten record. The abnormall y hard grounds of September and early October made it im possible for any proper practice games to be held unt il two days before the 51. Pau l's match when, thanks to the great kind ness of Mr. H o ldstock, who laid on a vast wateri ng of Blorc's Piece, a game was played which had unfortunate conseq uences. Two 1st XV players were injured, and this seemed to set the pattern for the season. So plagued by injuries throughout the term as to compel 24 different players to be ca lled upon made it difficult , if not impossible, fo r the team to sett le down and to playas a team. Although the quality of those who were brought into the side fo r different matches was fairly high, and in many cases quite up to the standard required, the cohesion and confidence of the team was undoubted ly affected. Less than ha lf of the XV played in all of the matches. No fewer than 27 boys represented the 2nd XV and their good record, toget her wit h those of the 3rd and 4t h XV's, poi nts to the depth of good quality and high standard of Rugby in the school. However, in spite of the many cha nges the XV's record is far from being a poor one. To have lost o nly two matches out of the 10 wh ich were played is very praiseworthy, and to have lost to Dulwich a nd Epsom, who have both enjoyed conspicuously successful seasons, is certainl y no d isgrace. The misfo rtunes of these two games are described elsewhere, but let us not carry the excuse of bad luck too far , and admit instead that on both occasions our opponents fully deserved their successes over us. T he Club matches were a ll hard-fought and in some of these the XV played rather better tha n in some of the School games, though it was perhaps in the Eastbourne match that they touched their best form. Some criticisms of this XV are ca lled for and shou ld be mentioned, if only to a fford a guide to what ma y be expected of next year's team. Some of the tackling, particularly among the outsides, was not as ha rd or as decisive as it should have been, notable exceptions being A. J. Bailey at scrum-half and C. S. K. Austin who played in the cent re against Newcastle R.G.S. The former of these two players may be regarded as the find of the season. He is a st rong player of exceptiona l all-rou nd promise. Austin , whose versatility and determination make him one of the XV's 1110st valuable assets, suffered an injury which kept him out of the side for the last six weeks of term. Some of the kicking ahead was uncontrolled, and there was much too much evidence of one-footedness on the part of most of the outsides. To be fa ir one must al so praise C. R . K. Heyland , Dai ley again, and W. A. Large, for some of their kick ing was excellent. Large proved to be an excellent substitute for the good , you ng full- back, G. K. Jaggers, who was so bad ly injured in the Dul wich malch as to be off fo r a month. It is hoped that having been caught in possession in both the Dulwich and Tonbridgc games, Jaggers will not make this same mistake again. By and large the XV came to an early and full understanding of the new laws, but carelessness and thoughtlessness gave away far too many penalty kicks, wh ich cost us too many points as well as losing many advantages. More important st ill perhaps is the ill-effect these have on the mora le of the rest of the team. Of course, we were not the only offenders, and Heyland and Jaggers both kicked some good penalty goals for us, but ca relessness, o r tak ing a chance with the referee, is not to be condoned.

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C. R . K. Heyland and R. X. Heslop are both accompl ished players but both will now ack nowledg h t they owed to S.. S .. Barker last season. Injuries to C. C. N. Bridg~ forced Hes lop to alternate ~t:e:n ~ent r~-three-qllaJtel and st~nd-off h~l f, ~nd alt hough he may now be a better e ui ed la er II, tillS consta nt and unaVOidable sWltchmg a bout did u nsettle the backs Whe qHPPI dP . ~ becalr,lSde or . fi . an d I00 ks dangerous when running at I,,·s fa stest . n eyan IS .111 a con 1 ent d , I1e IS moo pIayel · sometImes . . , bu tl le IS prone to t d d da ne h· h. s op an . 0 ge, w IC IS nc;>t qUite the. same as Side-steppi ng. One can often get away wit h th is in the d·f h seven-a-slde game, and one IS led by thi S and by some ot her aspects of the XV's la t whas nolt some "Ihalfi,grover" f~ol11 last season's sevens, coupled with a failure on the P~ l/Of~;l~~\~rr~_atd;rp~ t emse ves to t 1e teen-a-slde game. . Bridgri is a naturally gifted player but h~s had to stand up to more than h is share of hard kn ocks ]f hiS con dence has no t been shaken by thiS, he and Bailey should make an excit ing pai r of halves ~ext season. ' A. E. Bragg is a .sup,erb funn er on the wing, and it a lways seemed a great pity that he was not given more chances. tnes 111h the .Felsted . Th h match showed . . h ow he could take advantage of 0 ppor t unl·t·les when the d·d Three H B y I ocellI. ,e o t er wll1g-t eee-quarter position was occupied by R. V. Wyatt R K Kh ~~ol.e and Ld"'K·geh m turn, ~ut when Poole looked likely to establish himself there' he· too sU~~t~~lhed t~ h ll1Jlll yas a anna prevIOusly. ' The forwards improved steadily throughout the season, a nd alt hough they were not big or heav the

pr~v~1 to be ~1ore Ihan a match f~r a ll the school packs they came up agai nst , except those of D~l wicl

a n~ FPlsonJ. Tiley completely dommated the game with Eastbourne and were well on top of Tonbridge an e ste. l~y r.esponded well to the leadersh ip of H. R. Jackson who again h d h d stron g player he IS himself, particu larly in the line-o.ut. He had a succeSsion of part~er~\r~ tI~ s~~n~o~~ ~Id eventu~lIy sett led down wit h A. H. Steele, who IS very fast and who should do even better next season ,cdtwohPlOkl?S, P. J. Rarlph and R .. M. Spence, are solid hard-working sc rull1magers wh il st J P Morris ' besl es 00 mg success ully, was lively a nd bust ling in the loose. '.. , One o f the outs tandi.n~ pl~yers o f the seasc;>~ was A. D. l-I. Turner. Equally at home at open-side win _

fo~w~r~ at. at No.8, hiS IIlstlllcts, natura l. abi li ty a nd stamina made him a tower o f st rength both in atla~k

an lIl .e ence. J. D. St okes played consistently. well a t No.8 until he too joined the ranks of the in 'urcd P. ~~ll1ll1gway had a I?ood first season on the blmd-side, while M. J . Gray proved himself to be of I ~t XV calJb, e when he got hi S chance. The pack backed up well and their covering in defen ce was good. To have. taken over the .captaincy .from S. S. Baeker, who had held the position fo r two seasons who was exc~pt l onal1y out standmg at t~e JC;>~, a,nd whose XVs were equally o utstanding in their success ;s well as to ~tJ Ike a season so fraught with II1Junes, must have put a big strain upon C R K Hi d' I . deservlllg of sympathy as well as credit for havin g come through the term so well .' . . ey an , w 10 IS 11 is enco uraging to note the Sllccesses of this season's Junior Colts and Under 14 XV's and ·th ITIhany youdn~ and well-cc;>ached Rugby enthusiasts in the school, there is every reason to lo'ok for:~ rd ~oo t e Imme late future wit h SOme confidence.

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1st XV Matches

K.S.C. v St. Paul's Played at St. Pau l's on October 7t h King's, 5; St. Paul's, 5 r . I er behind them and lacked practice in any form of King's went to SI. Paul's v:,ilh onl)' one.~ame 0 Is~gpa u l'S ack ou;' own forwards were very soon being tight play. Because of the weight and 1l10bl~ty of ~re )e~alty b/Heyland cou ld well have pu t Ki ng's ahead, out-played in both loose and set serums. nea l Y I but it hi t an upright post.. . .' corner having changed direction quickly from a lo,?se St. Paul's opened the scormg With a II Y In th,c Aft~r this Kin 's took every opportunity of playmg maul. Thi s w~s weI! conv~rt~d from ~hc ~~~L~ll~II~~~' uarters; but it~vas hard to break Il,waugh,a doublcopen ru gby. With Turner I ~nkmg up wrt1half who ~iCked whenever possible. Heyland In partlcular.~ad banking defence and to pill d~wn a t H lop did not have a very happy match in his new position much difficulty in finding openlllgs!'f 11 ~ B and Bridge showed great promise, and it :vas Bailey who in the cent re. However, the newbhl~ ~f, ~o s~~~~ in the corner from a set scrum, only five nlmutes from the finally sent Khanna away on the III SIC e I Ir fin~1 whistle. Jaggers converted lllagnific~ntlY from t l~t~~~C :~~e'several breaks could easily have resu lted In the last 1l10:lllen!s King's turned entlrelrh~~ ~~l~ ~l1atcl; resulted in a draw. Lack of posses~ion and in tries: but thiS eftort came too.latle, ~o . s of the team in this game. But there were a lso signs of a co~ordination were perhaps the malll s 101 tcomlllg . good side developing.

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K.S.C.

Blackheath R.F.C.

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Played at St. Stephen'S on October 10th King's, 6; Blackheath, 13 with the itch at last soft enough to make tac~ l ing c~mp~ratively This ga me was play~d on a fine, dry d~f in the s~son Blackheath had sent down a Side which mcluded pamiess. It was unfollunate tha t SOl eal y. th . m They reckoned that here-a t last- was a team we a couple of their potential 1st XV P ayers III C SCIU . would not beat. . ' , .' ut a stone r man in the forward s, thus making Austin's It was not a happy game!m lti KIAfti g~~\~gh~~~erformed Ifs job most ably, there was not the power to job as hooker extremely dl ICU 1. ~o. I . I the three~q uarters needed . Bridge at ny~half played. a provide the quick he~li':l~ and. fas\fservlfe w ~~c f~ur breaks which stretched the Blackheath defence ~o Its very unselfish game, ILlllItlllg hlmse to t lre~ I" e appeared to be lack of co~ordination, coupled With a limits. The main trouble in th~ three~qua\~rth~l vcr able wings- a copybook move which earned us so relucta nce to move the baH qU ick ly d?wn t sefLL I ~latch as it enabled us to ga ther ourselves before the ma ny points last year. It was howevel amos u " onslaught of school matches. . . t n minutes when their serum-half broke to the blind B1ackheath went ahead after a very rOllsmg first ets This tr' was converted The next try resulted from side and went over after a five yar~ SCflll11 neil ~~le Pd~~l ~ot see t h~t tile ball had b~en heeled by us. A sligh tl y another scrum furt her out to the right, w lC~ . al ey ;so converted making the score 10-0 to Blackheath. sha rper wing~.forward touche~ it down; :r ~ft~I~~~ excellent mo~ement, but Heyland fai led with the cC?n~ Soon after thiS Bragg scored III the~~~~d a in with an opportunist try, intercept ing a pass and rO~lIldmg version. Tn the second half, Bragg I ·gaf· 1 I with the conversion. The match now developed I.nto an the flll1~baek to score far out; Heylan/ aga ll~ fl d\rerence' King's needed just a goal to win, when Dlack~ excit ing fast~moving game with only e.o~ 'I~d King,'s still had a chance until one of Blackheath's heath were awarded a penalty. dBdut tb~e ~~I O~gl h t'hey fought hard in the last moments. King's could not movements put the result beyon ou. 1 make up the deficit of 13- 6.

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K.C.S. Wimbledon

Played at K.C.S., Wimbledon on October 17th King's, 16; K.C.S. Wimbledon, 3 Cond itions in this match at Wimbledon were perfect fo r open rugby. King's were quickly oIT the ma rk and in the first ten minutes kept pressing deep into Wimb ledon's ha lf, so that they were only saved from having their line crossed two or three times by good covering and relieving kicks by their fly~ h alf. King's, however, were rewarded with a penalty kicked by Jaggers ; Heyland had missed an earlier one fa r out on the righthand touch line. Five minutes later King's seored after a break by Heslop in the centre; Jaggers failed with the conversion. The pressure from the King's forwards now relaxed a litt le, and Wimbledon scored through a penalty, about ten minutes frol11 ha lf-time. In the second half Heyland cut th rough the Wimbledon defence straight from the kick~off, but poor finishing ru ined any chance of a try. Indeed, cont inuous breaks in the centre nearly always ended in a d ropped pass or shallow back ing up. However, two more tries were scored, the firs t by Turner, who broke on his own from a loose mau l in front of the posts. He beat h alf~a-dozen men wit h dummies and jinking, to be tack led only on his way over the line. Jaggers converted. This try sparked off a new lease of life in the forward s, very ably led by Austin in his new position in the second row. The second try was seored by I-ley land, who picked up a loose ba ll two yards from the Wimbledon li ne, after a passing movement from a loose scrUIll. He converted his own try. The fina l score was rather d isappointing, si nce at least four scoring chances were squandered.

K.S.C. v Do ver Played at Dover on October 21st King's, 34; Dover, 3 This was an interesting game, and a lthough King's won by a handsome margin, the score not only belies the strength of the opposition but a lso bodes well for future games th is season. Whenever the King's threequarters were left to move the ball along the line with impecca ble passing, they looked dangerous and severa l of their tries were executed thus. Bragg scored an excellent try in the corner in the first half, after a quick running and passing movement along the three-quarter li ne, which gave him plenty of room to move. The occas iona l breaks by fly~half and centres were well done and enl ivened the play; even so, an occasional break, particularly during the second half, was squandered by misjudgement. K ing's were leading j 7-3 at half~time. Bailey at scr um~half gave a good service to his fly~half and played courageously after a mouth injury in the second half. Bridge played very well at ny-half, acting as a quick link with his centres a nd using an intell igent cut~throllgh when occasion demanded; he also defended reso lutely. 'Due to painful bruised ribs he had to move to full back in the second half. Heslop moved to ny~half, whilst Jaggers moved from full back to centre. This tended, naturally enough, to upset the passing rhythm of the three~qllarters, but King's emerged victorious by 34 points to 3.

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V Dulwich College Played at D ulwich on October 24th K ing's, 6; Dulwich, 9 It was expected that this wou ld be a closely contested game betwccn the Dulwich pack and the K ing's outsides : so it proved, D ulwich win ni ng by two tries and a penalty to our one try and a penalty. Both Du lwich tries were scored in the last quarter, when K ing's had the misfortune to lose their excellent fu ll back Jaggers. Nobody was deputed to take his place, because possession was so vital at th is stage. Luck was in Dulwich's favour, and a bl i nd~s ide break and a well ~ pl aced kick gave them victory . It was twen ty-five mi nutes before King's crossed the h a lf~way line, bu t when they did so the qual ity of their backs was at once revea led, when Heslop cut through brill ia ntly to send Heyland over the line; Jaggers fai led with the conversion. Magnificent defence by the King's outsides and back row forwa rds kept Dulwich from scoring, and their on ly reward was a penalty. 271

In the second half the King's forwards once more clamc into th,e gamac' ~a~I Sn'ci dn"ROaglp'Vl~ ~~~ggM~r~:~nn~~a~!~ d J k . th l'ne outs· but no c can possesSion w s eo~~~~~r~~lIt ~in~~ ~geade ~ith- a pc~alty mid-way throllgl~ this half, giving the who!e lea,lll h.o~c. ~el ~ere indeed unlucky not to have scored on several occasions: then came Jaggers unhme y IOJllIY, resulting in two winni ng tries for Dulwich. . . . I r . I ' g one to watch mainly because of the tacllcS atmg Unfortun,,;tely the game was a frust.r am (Isappom In ion that hi s 'forwards ga ined of the ball, of the DlilwlC~l scfrUln-halfh·ctnd ,caPtain,' oWrh,Ohc"gS~~~l:hDi.~~i~hdescrved their victory, but made a du ll show for repeated kicks or loue urmg mas . in obta ining it.

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P layed at St. Stephen's on October 31st

King's, 3; Richmond , 9 Th is was probably the tcam's finest performance so fa l: t.his ~cas~~b~~r ~~1L~cn~f ~:~y~~~O~~~r~l~tg~I~~ nearly beal, an except iona ll y sthfoln g Rlicl~monl d ~r~t ~l~~~~"l']lglb~ ~x~rience gand fOllr o r fi ve others who have full back (c. J. Allen), a serum a r WIt l l egu ~r • played regularly for the Richmond Second Fifteen. . . h fi a d intelligence and played as a pack. Jackson again . The forwards ~II played With muc more lrc !l. n 0 tside'the serum, three regula r three-quarters Jumped well agatns~ ta ller and much target! fPp~SI)IO d J ~gers (fu ll bac k). Their deputies all performed were off games: Bndge (fly ha lf), Khanna e t wmg !In I a tremel well Gray at open-side (s ince Turner well, particul.arly Large at full bac~, ~ho rel~edhal~)~~Ckkel~Jxand co~ercd 'courageously, whi le Wyatt once had moved mto the centre and es op 0 y a I k t to score agai n fill ed very adequately the left-wing position, and was un uc y no '. . h fi fir l' ft· t 0 penalties but seemed to be tiring. T e u st 1 teen 'h t am so fa r this season. Forwa rds and Richmond were leading 6--0 at h a If- line a el w minutes of the second half produced. the best rugby played bYli~ee b~l t 'ust were not able to score. Heslop three-quart!rs exccuted moveme!lts ri ght up t~ the ~'~d~~i,~ the 'Rich~lond defence at frequent interva ls. at fly-hal f had h ~ best Igame th iS sef~~I~f~n butO~~s brought down just five yards from the line. l HeyJa nd, too, la one ong run on , b I I t the initiat ive when a m is-judged twentyKi ng's scored through a penalty taken byHer land, ut} len j~ who then raced for the co rner. T his five ya rds drop-out fo u~d ,t he ha,nds of the RlcI.~ n;Otlldplt~ht~le fil~~ 1 whistle. It was encouraging to know sea led the result, but Kmg s contmued to press! rg 1 ll . that R ichm ond had sent down an ex tra strong side agamst us.

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Epsom

P layed at Epsom on November 5th K ing's,6 ; Epsom, 17 swift and exciting game by a goal, two penalty goals The Tim~s correspondent wrote: hsofin ~v~~lr the sides looked fai rly equally matched , and there. w~s and two trtes to two penalty goals. .n t C rs b' g a little tid ier in the tight scrummages and KlI1g s little to choose between the two packs, E pSOIll em more vigorous in the loose. .. h ' b k . ble Gradua lly, however, the Epsom forward s asserted. their aut hority,. so that In t llne tell' ac s wele a to display a fine ski ll in resourcefu l runn ing and qUick, clean handlmg. . . 'bl f . I 't both praise and blame for whde It was rcsponSI e 0 1 severa oun d T he extreme dryness of the m~n .s . .' la' le the E 'som' full-back excelled in long-distance minor inj uries, it made handl.mg and klcf mg ea~~el . 'd~' ~nd ensu~ed that his Hn'es were less frequent ly in touch-fi nding, which ~as of ":nmense ~a ue to '~ Sl ho \vas oftener under pressure and was so metimes peri l than those of ~ l lbee, hIS oPPorSlh,e bn ulr~'b~ , ~n's fi l;al superiority lay in the determ ination o f thei r victim ized by the unkmd ly bounce o. t e a . pso wings, each of whom scored an adn1ll'able try.

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The first scori ng on each side came from a penal ty goa l for offside, by King's in the thi rd minute and by Epsom, from an easier position in the tenth . Epsom's pressure was stea dy and unrelenting and 20 m inutes passed before King's made their first breakaway and a clever bout of passing almost penetrated the Epsom line, but thei r defence was firm and a strong retaliatory movement sent Fenton , the Epsom captain and right~wi ng, over in the corner fo r an excellent try. Lane's kick, from an awkward angle, struck the cross bar. Epsom's grip on the game tightened after half-time, and much of the second ha lf consisted of shoving and scrambling on K ing's line. In their solitary breakaway an Epsom defender incu rred a pena lty and a good kick temporarily reduced their lead. After that Epsom were in complete command and on ly desperate defence kept them out unti l, in the last moments, Morgan raced through for a beautifu lly made try and La ne skilfu lly converted. Epsom's other try was scored by Bolton, and La ne kicked two penal ty goa ls. Heyla nd kicked both pena lties fo r Ki ng's".

KS.C. V Eastbourne College P layed at St. Stephen's o n Novem ber 14t h King's, 11; Easlbourne,3 Cond itions were good, and, seltling down more quickly than lIsua l, King's gave their most impressive performance so far. Although they d id not possess any physical advantage over thei r opponents, the King's forwards completely domina ted the Eastbourne pack in a ll of the set pieces . Jackson was repeated ly outstand ing in the line-ou t, and Morris regula rly out -hooked his opposite number. King's won so much clea n possession tha t a much larger margin of victory was only prevented by some fine defensive play by the Eastbourne side. ] n the first half Bai ley scored two blind~side tries from good and well-timed breaks, and one of these was converted by Heyland . .In the second half K ing's threatened to score on several occasions but managed to add on ly three more points. 1n the last minute o f the game Coppock, who had played weJl fo r Eastbourne, ran well to score an unconverted try in the corner. KS.C. V Fe/Sled Played at S1. Stephen 's on November 2 1st K ing's, 18; Felsted, 0 In the first ha lf the K ing's side played without much snap or drive, but warmed to thei r task in the second half in which they gave another good d isplay. T he King's forwards were the better pack, and aga in gave their outsi des a good supply of the ba ll. Bailey and Bridge combined well a t ha lf-back, and time afler time the fas t run ning three~quarter li ne was in act ion . Good hand ling and well-timed passing enab led Bragg to score three tries on the right wing, the last of these coming from a splendid change of directio n on the left-wing, which moved the ba ll across the fie ld very quick ly through many pairs of hands before reaching the scorer. Heyland and Bridge scored furthe r unconverted tries, and Turner dropped a very neat goal. Apart from thei r sluggish start this was a good performa nce by the XV. KS.C. V Harlequins Played at St. Stephen's on November 28t h K ing's, 0; Harlequins, 6 H arlequins sent down a strong pack- an important factor that was to ca use us difficulty later in the gameas well as a fast three-quarter line. King's kicked off away from the pavilion, and the forwards immediately showed that they were not going to be domi nated by the Harlequins' pack; although they seldom gained the ball in the set scrums, they were successful in passing it back afler many loose ones. T he first score came when Harlequ ins had heeled the ba ll from a scrum on the King's twenty-five line, and sent it out to their fast three-quarters to score about ten yards o ut from the posts. Tn the second ha lf K ing's repu lsed attack after attack: the forwa rds were still playing very well and were now be~Jn n i ng to dominate the play in the loose, so that it was not unt il well into this half that Harleq uins had the ball on the King's ten yard line. The flyÂˇ half aga in cut through to score. King's continued to press consta ntly a ft er th is, but wi thout ma naging to break the Harleq uins' defence. 273

K.S.C. v Tonbridge Played at St. Stephen's on December 5th King's, 9; Tonbridge, 6 The rain, which never slopped falling during this match, caused many faults, and Morris must be congratulated for hook ing so successfully in such condit ions. Right from the k ick-off Tonbridge's heavy pack were on to the ball, and often took advantage of our appa rent slowness to gain possession of it in the loose.

Heyland's kick ing of a penalty goal about fifteen minutes from the start of play put new life into the team, so that just before half-time Heslop went blind side to score a try, having first fa llen flat on his face and then hav ing changed d irect ion. In the second half, Tonbridgc's forwa rds began to domina te the play more frequently, whi le their capta in, Mau rice, kept kicking for touch. Tonbridge soon brought the score to 6-6 after two pena lties taken by Maurice, who a lso had bad luck in not gett ing a thi rd , when the ba ll hit an upright post. A draw then looked inevitable, but after continual pressing Ki ng's opened up just before the fi nal whistle, to send Large over in the cornel' for a magnificent try.

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Rosslyn Park

Played at St. Stephen's on December 12th King's, 8 ; Rosslyn. Park, 0 Th is was a most enjoyable game, and one from which the XV emerged with credit. The King's forwards did very weJl to hold their heav ier opponents, and so won their share of possession. The backs handled well and came very close to scoring several times. Twice Bragg, running very fast, was brought down by ankle high tackles when it looked as if he must score. In the second ha lf the forwards played with great spirit, and they were rewarded when Hemingway, back ing-up well, scored for Heyland to convert. Soon after this Morris, who was always li vely in the loose, scored wide out following a period of susta ined pressure by King's.

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Ample/orth

Pl ayed at St. Stephen's on December 18th K ing's, 16; Ampieforth, 5 Despi te the gloomy prognostications of at least one spectalor and the loss o f Turner five minutes before half-time, K ing's achieved a fine win by 16 points to 5. For the first 24 minutes play was almost enti rely confined to the K ing's half, but although the King's line was crossed th ree times, Ampleforth only managed to score once. After 16 minutes, Butcher of Ampleforth, from a five yard scrum, put Goslett over on the left for a try which Sampson converted. Five minutes before half-time Hcyland made a fine run , beginni ng in mid-field to put Heslop over with a spare man outside him. T his fine try was converted by Heyland. ' In the second ha lf, K ing's gradually took command, and for the first time weaknesses in the Ampleforth defence. w~re made apparent. Heyland kicked a penalt:t goa l to make the score 8- 5, then Bai ley, the scrumhalf, miSSing out the stand off half, passed down the Ime to Bragg, who went over in the corner. This was fo llowed by a fur ther t ry by Heslop after some "sevens style" passin g. Again Heyland converted the try with a good kick. The game ended with play swinging from one end of the field to the other, King's looking now the more superior side. A hard but very sporting exhibition o f R ugby footba ll was most excellentl y cont rolled by the referee D. O. Griffiths. â&#x20AC;˘ J.C.

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as a team. We were also blighted a little by a high casualty rate, made worse by the same trouble in the 1st XV . A record of 7 wins and 3 losses is quite satisfact ory and mean s that moslmatches were closely foug ht. Wills captai ned the team in every match, encouraging the serum to great efforts, and it is almost entirely due to the serum that we won our matches. T he strengt h o f

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in the second row, the experience of Wills and G riffit hs support ing Hirnswo rth in the fr onl row, and the steady ubiqu ity o f Ho ldstock at lock usua lly secured more tha n average possess ion of the ball, wh ile G ray at open side was fa r too good fo r a 2nd XV and Kypris, usually blind, worked very ha rd . T he other win ning combinat ion was the ha lves, Kent and Bale. It was the former's steady, un fl ustered pass and the latter's quick thinkin g and moving which sta rted ma ny a n att ack event ually fi nished ofT by others. In the centre, Irwin proved a strong runner and Old ham was elusive, but the mid-fie ld defence looked a larmi ngly haphazard at times. The win gs were probably more changed than a nyone else, but Bailey and Wyatt , the 1110st used pai l', proved qu ite elTective. Steenhu is and K ilbee shared the full back position, bot h do ing fa irly well , espec iall y the former in the wet game against H .M.S. Worcester. We had two good wins, agai nst Eastbou rne and K.C.S ., Wi mbledon , two ea sy wins, aga inst D over and SI. Law rence, two ill-tem pered and scrappy games, against Canterbury Extra " A" and H.M.S. Worcester, two very cl osely fought games, aga inst Worth and Chatha m H ouse, and two honourable losses agai nst Du lwich and Co lfe's. A mixed bag, but it added up to a pleasant term's n igger. The no rmal team would have been: J. R . Kilbee, G. A. Bailey, D . G. I rwin, M. J . O ldham , R . V. Wya tt ; T . M. Ba le, R. D. Ken t ; B. B. J. W ill s, C. H imsworth , A. C. G ri ffit hs, C. N. G ordon -Wi lson, R. B. Howard Williams, M. J . Gray, H. J. Holdstock, A. G . Kypris. The following also played: Steenhu is (4), Revington (J ), Recson (J), You ng (2) , M un ns (2), Nicho lls (2), Khanna (I), Kirby-Higgs (I ). RESULTS

K.C.S., W imbledon. Won 14-3 v D over. Won 51-0 v Dul wich . Lost 11- 21 v Worth Is! XV. Lost 11- 14 v Canterbury Extra "A". Won IS- II v Eastbou rne. W on 19-0 v St. Lawrence. Won 2S- 3 I ' Chatha m H ouse. Wo n 16-13 v H.M .s. Worcester. Won 14--5 v Colfe's G.S. 1st XV. Lost 0-16

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3rdXV Played 7; Won 7 ; Po ints for 174; Po ints aga inst 26 This was an out sta nd ing side, fast and advent urous in attack, and reasonable in defen ce, an d it had the sati sfaction of being the on ly school lea n) to end the term with an unbeaten record. Well ca ptained by R . A. Cook , the hooker, the en tire side wit h their cheerful spirit and zest, wha tever the condi tions, were a great pleasure to me. This yC<1.r has been rema rkab le for the depth of qua lity in the school's fugger among the over-16's, so that, after Ollr heavy victo ry awa y, we cou ld confident ly step aside and let the Lux moore H ouse Senior League team take on the return home fixt ure aga inst Ma idstone G.S. 3rd XV, whom indeed they beat han dsomely by 49 points to nil. The match aga inst the Masters ended in the boys' most convincin g victory fo r some yea rs . In practice games, the team seldom played at full thro ttle aga inst a mediocre Colt s' side, bu t still won every time, and they reserved their best fo r the 2nd XV, agai nst whom they pla)'ed very well and even victori ously on occasion.

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The following played reglliarly :- R. A. Cook (Captain), R. J. Steenhlli s, S. J. N icholl s, R. O. A. Munns, S. P. C. Scott, P. K. Jenkins, P. M. TatcheJl, O. T . Williams, P. O. KirbyÂˇHiggs, D. T. Sales, G. M. Paine, M. R. F. Reeson, J. P. O. Revington, M. A. Cowell , J. 1. S. Pitkeathly, and unt il inju red, C. O. F. Robinson. RESULTS

v Kent College 2nd XV. Won 18-0 v Maidstone O.S. 3rd XV. Won 50-3 v Dulwich College 3rd XV. Won 11 -6 v Dane Cou rt Technical School 1st XV. Won 18- 5 v Mastel's' XV. Won 17- 9 v St. Lawrence College 3rd XV. Won 51-0 v Colre's G.S. 2nd XV. Won 9-3 G.S.P.P.

4th XV The 4th XV has enjoyed a good season, with th ree new and worthwhile fixtu res. This season over 40 people have played in the team and it has justified its existence in giving League Players a chance to represent the School. Many tha nks to our generous referees and to our touch judge Edwa rds. The following have played: Ray, Spiller, Wareham , R. O. Cla rke, M. J. N. Baker, Winchester, J. R. Day, Rouse, G. T. Williams, D. O. Powell, Short, Moggach, 1. O. D avies, .Pitkeathly, Tayler, Cowell, Hutton, Bray, Paine, D. C. K. Roberts, Meek, C. J. H. King, J. J. T . Cronk, Wheeler, Steenhuis, Rickards, S. P. C. Scott, R. P . Ralph, R. S. Hallam, Reeson, Rowe, J. R. Wilson, Moles, Bell, Major, W. M. L. Wood, Cook, P. D. Miller, McKenzie, P. R. Beech, Rennie. RESULTS

v Sir Roger Manwood's 3rd XV. Won 17-5 v Dea l C.S.s. 1st XV. Won 28-0 v Deal C.S.S. 1st XV. Lost 17- 6 v King's, R ochester 3rd XV. Won 11 - 3 v Sir Roger Manwood's 3rd XV. Won 22-0 v H.M.S. Worcester 2nd XV. Won 6--3 v St. Ed mund 's. Won 22-8 v The Pilgrims School. Won 6-3 A.A.M.

Colts' XV This term's side was a poor one by Colts' standard s. They were prone to lose what cohesion they possessed in the face of an early score and were sel dom able to dominate a weaker side for more than a few minutes. The run of successes towards the end of the term was not indicative of any great improvement . The pack shou ld have achieved a fail' share of the ba ll in the set scrummages but the co-ord inat ion between them, the scrum half and the hooker, Jackson, was too var iable a quanti ty. In the loose they did improve in attack but were suspect in defence, particularly when their opponents tried to break through with close passing movements. In the back row, Hinds and Seary covered a lot of ground . The new laws gave the scrum hal f and outsi de half a little more time, which, coming as they did from wing fo rward and the wing respect ively, allowed them a chance to settle down. Radcliffe did not develop as hoped and was only satisfactory when he passed the ball quickly, though bot h he and Parrott fell and tackled courageously in defence. 276

The scoring P'?tential of the side lay with the three-quarters TI I k'd . . scored from a qUIte ort hodox movement of the ba ll to the wing ·C. leI, I 0 c pcthyslCall y lalge an d often back. . Ian 1e (1 s1lowe great competence at full

Generally thc side lacked the qu ick ness of thought and sub e . of rugby, a lth ough Heslop, as captain, did somctimes inject so~n~L~!~~v:~~~~l tlh~~~~sary to dictate a game • The foHowing have played in matches'- A M Heslop. A R P P. C. Cranfield, M. G. D over, C. W. F. McDo;mld' N J S' S""ott T ~r~tti J'~. J. HMinds,. L: F. Sea ry,'" Low, .N. W. Jackson, A. J. Ramsay, A. D. Cobl'e '0' . . . '.' . acc I. ~, J . . Hu tchinson, O. C. Ca rmichael, C. O. Howard·Williams M S Freela:Ci I-I ~' i>ea~l.ce'BRc· G ·, 11 vblne, R. B. Kennedy, J. J. , . . ' , . . , IIY, . . 1 00 y, M. J. H. Wood. R ESU LTS

R.M.S., Dover. Lost 3- 24 v K.C.S., Wimbledon. Lost 0- 23 v Dover. Won 22- 2 v Dulwich. Won 9- 3 v R.M.S., Dover. Lost 5- 11 v Eastbou l'Ile. Lost 0-19 II Felsted. Won 21-0 v St. Lawrence. Won 28- 3 v H.M.S. Worcester. Won 22-0 I' Colfe's 0.5. Won 11-0 II

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Junior Colts Played 12; Won 10; Drawn I; Lost I; Points for 156; Points against 41 h . The season has been as successful as the record sugges ts TI t . le .e~m as not been outsta ndmg techn ica lly, but always played with great spi rit- this served th The st rength of the side lay in determined tack lin~l~n:le~a~ren II1J~I)1 brou~hl ~n less cxperienc,:d players. ~he sa~lle standard as the regular team. They capped the tern~t' an In t~e lesel.Ves, who y.'ere Virtually of In whIch they played Rugby in the French style. ya super len mmutes agalnsl Colfe's G.S.,

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bbt. usua lly kicked well with his fifteen tries. I n the centre Cronk w~s unlucky 10 break' a < • I IC~ I to nng down, and scored about him, lacked weight. How~ver he and Marsha ll wh < wnst ear yon, and Mc Farlane, who replaced On the other wing, Hughes did'a good job aftel\iS con~:~~~le1 well, .wer~ clever enough to make breaks. developed a good dummy and covered well but lack d n ro,n1 wmg· orwa rd . Kerr Peterson at fly·ha lf well from scrum·half, wh~re he mixed his b:'eak s cJos~ t~c~~!e~t1on aJ~~ speed . Whalley captai ned the side quick to take advantage of any situation. rum wJt a stream of good passes. He was f . B The forwa rds played well , and gave the backs pIe 11 props in the tight and started to show up i~ the 1 I Y 0 rossessJOn. anks and Lalllbrick were good betw.een H~ndley ~ nd Trickett, who both hooked w~~~eT~~ t ~e ~erm went on. There was lill.'e to choose ca~r~ fryt ~erman and Vames. Jerman was inCOnSistent, but sometimes surprisingly fasl while Vain:S the li ne~ollt. In 'th is he was partnered by Bird ~ho 1I d h' h . I we In a p ases of the game, especially player on the field was usua lly Gray, who improved :~o rn~~lI~lght]~o gOOdlladvan tage. The ll1~st vigorous team were a larmingly weak in this department K bl . y. e usua y took the place kicks, but the than in attack, as he often failed to lin k lip wiih th: s~j,g~r~mlforwdrp , .w~s ~~lo,l;e successful in defence the team, and d id well. They usually beat a promising Und~r 1 4w~V 0 1dt e . B ctXVI-:-most played for ,an enJoye t leiI' rugby.

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Team: Derry, Waters, McFarlane, Cn;>nk, Marshal l, Hughes, .Kerr-Pet~rson,~halley(Captain), Lambrick, Trickett, Handley, Banks, Jerman, Valfles (Leader), Gray (Vlce-Captam), Bird and Keeble. .. Also Played: Amiot , Baker, Carey, Gallyer, Hardie, Holdstock, Kirsch, Langley-Hunt, McKllham. RESULTS v R.M.S. , Dover. Won 9- 6 v K.C.S., Wimbledon. Drawn 3- 3 v Dover. Won 22- 6 v Chatham House. Won 27- 3 v Worth School. Won 12- 3 v Dane Court. Won 14-3 v Eastbourne. Won 9- 6 v King's, Rochester. Won 8- 5 v St. Lawrence. Won 16- 3 v Kent College. Won 17- 0 v R.M.S., Dover. Lost 0- 3 v Colfe's G.S. Won 22- 0

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Under Fourteens XV Rarely ca n any team cla im that the pattern of it s individual cha racterist ics is t!nique; bu~ this y~ar:s side came near to providing an unusual example. There were one or two outstandmg pl~y~rs, then t lCle was a small group of sound but unspectacular hard workers, while nearly all of the remallllll~pl.ac~ were filled with players of varyi ng reliability. There were one o r two severe gaps, and there wele har y any sat isfactory reserves. . The team did well to win all but two of their matches. l.t is not insignifican t. th3:t the capta lll, Braddcll, was unable to play in the two matches which were lost; he IS a player of rare plom lse. . . . I t f ·1· s· but if thi s is to be atlempted it might be said tha t until the end of the It IS not eas~ to Iso.a e al mgflen failed to tack le their opposite numbers securely ; and secon~ l y, the sleadson'l ~he t IHee-qt~al t~~~~~~s °did not mature sufficiently to exclude the preva lent lethargy and st imulate ea ers lip among e . f I f l · I . I t c nedy the necessary determination; but neither 0 t lese au ts IS la l ( 0 r I • · . r d the grea t labour it involved ensu red that the ot her under fourteens had plenty Bn·11 Jant O:~l1Ifsa a.n the game , <and the 2nd XV', which was provided by them, played well aga inst o f opportu l1ltles or 'Ion, earmng Deal 1st XV. N.J.M. H . RESULTS v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 9-6 1st XV v Chatham House. Won 34-0 v Harrow. Won 9-3 v R.M.S., Dover. Lost 3-12 v King's, Rochester. Lost 3- 13 v S1. Lawrence. Won 38--0 v Kent College. Won 9- 5 v R.M.S., Dover. Won 6- 3 2nd XV

v;Deal Secondary School. Lost 5- 11 v D eal Secondary~School. Lost 8- 1I

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BASKETBALL As usua l, teams trained hard a nd showed much good basketball in the Juni or In ter- House Competition. In the fi rst round, School House just defeated Linacre by 68 poin ts to 64, wit h both sides combinin g well and shooting very accurately. Top scorer for School House was Whalley with 48 points to his cred it, a fine performance. Berry of Linacre was also well on target wit h 32 poi nts. Marlowe, with the ubiqu itous Heslop and the forward play of Coll ins, Wright and Radcliffe, were too strong for Meister Ol1lers; thus Marlowe, despite the unt iring efforts of Howard-Wi lliams, were some 40 points ahead a t the end. Galpin 's, leading at half-time due to some excellent shooting by Mark s, had a narrow victory over Luxmoore, who im proved eno rmously in the second half and were catching up fast, but Ga lpi n's jlJst held on to win by 3 poi nt s. Walpole tried hard against the powerful Grange si de, well drilled by Scott. But the ti ght zone defence and quick attacking breaks of their opponents were too much for them. Although they did much better in the second ha lf, G range had built up a big lead and were winners by 33 point s. The semiÂˇfinals produced two very close games. School House, play ing good basketball, were one point a head of Marlowe at hal f-time, the scoring opporllln ities of Wha llcy being kept to a minimum by Heslop. In the second hal f he had more chanccs and took advantage of them, but Ma rl owe piled on the pressure so that the School House defence began to sl ip, leaving gaps for Wright and Radcliffe to cut in for the basket, thus putti ng their team 9 points ahead at the finish. Grange and Galpin's had a tremendous match, always excit ing, with the result in the balance unti l the final wh istle. Close mark ing by one side and the effective zone defence of the other kept the scores down, and at the interva l Grange were ahead by onc point J 5- J 4. In the second period, however, by cleverly hol ding the ba ll just outside the zone and tempting the Grange defenders O~lt of position, Galpin's scored five baskets, and as Grange could only make th ree in reply, Galpin's triumphed by 3 points. One felt sorry for Scott, who played splend id ly, but was hampered by the sma ll size of the court and could not get past the Galpin's defence. In the fina l, Marlowe started off at a very fast pace with shot s from Collins, Radcl iffe and Heslop rattling into the basket. Galpin's unfortunately coulcl not get going, ancl with Marks closely covered by Heslop, were 12 poi nts behind at the end of the first peri od. After the interval, Ashforth became more accurate for Galpin's and scored seven baskets, but Marlowe increased the pace again, with Heslop intercepting pass after pass and send ing Collins, [Radcliffe ancl Wright on their way to the basket, while the poin ts continued to pile up, even agai nst gallant defensive work by Low. Specia l mention here mu st be made of W. I. Collins, who despite his small size scarcely missed a si ngle shot and was top scorer with 18 points. ThllS Marlowe were worthy win ners by 42 points to 23. Teams: MARLOWE: A. M. Heslop, Radcliffe, W. J. Collins, Wright, C. I. Coll ins. GALPIN'S: LOW, Troup, Mark s, Ashforth, M. L. Brown. M.E.M.

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FENCING CLUB . . Cl b has worked enthusiastically th is term and con,siderable Under tbe captamcy of Pltkeathly the U all been won by a good margin, and of the eight boys progress has been made. The three matches ~r~ ctition at the Deal R.M. Barracks, four reached the who took part in the Frank Page Tr<.'phy ~Ol °d~hird and fourth respect ively in the Youths' C<?m· Final Pools. Deighton and Ol:rmpltls wfif~11p!~~ sixth in the Sen ior event, thus gain ing sufficient pomts pet ition while Pitk~athly and ~ITng camTc, h This was a very fine effort by all concerned. between them to wm the Men 5 earn lOP y. . . . . 0 Ie in the 1st Epee and so far have well Justified Deighton and Olympi~is have been prohmote~ to Jomdef~at~d at sabre, and the Foil team of Pitkeathly, their selection. Burr, Rmg and Tl.lcker ave een un Ogley and Ring looks very prollllsmg. h W I Ie M L Brown, Shaw, Bird and Eden The Juniors have done quite w~II , losing 0!1ly one mat~ h / ms y, . . • should all do well in the future If they contmue to wor ar. The Club looks forv: ard t.o a full fixture list next term, with nine school matches and the Kent Schools Foil and Epee ChampIOnships. Results K.S.C. v H.M.S. WORC':STER, 3 Senior Team: 1st Foil, Epee, Sabre. Won 24- . Junior Team: Foil. Won 10- 6. K.S.C. v DANE COURT. , 0 Senior Team: 1st FOIl, Epee, Sabre. Won 17- 1 . 2nd Team: Foil. Won 12-4. Junior Team: Foil. Won 5-4. K.S.C. v KING'S SCHOo~,ROC;HF.STER Won 21 - 6. Senior Team: t st Foil, Epee, Sabre. 2nd Team: Foil. Won 5-4. 2nd Team: Sabre. Won 6-3. Junior Team: Foil. Lost 10-6. FRANK PAGE TROPHY CoMPETITION (KEN T CoUNTY)

Men's Section Team Trophy: 1st, K.S.C.

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SQUASH RACKETS h . g won matches against Winchester 4-1, Wellington 5-0, We have had a good start to !he s~ason, avm . Colle e 5-0 and St. Lawrence College. 5-0. Our only el this y;ar's Oxford No.2 and our Captam of three years Merchant Taylors 4-1, west mmste 4:;j~' defeat was at the h~nds of the O·hK .. Sl ",'on ~n school matches is however, still to come. ' ago P D MacNelce. OUI" tOllg est OPPOSI I , . . . h' roved player and a good fighter, wh ile P. J. Cattrall and Our Captain, M. J. Oldham,.'s a n~c I~'P d 3 T M Bale is a very useful player at No.4, and the C. C. N. Bridge are not far behmd 9;th ~s'S ~n Ila~, a~d D. R. L. Bodey challenging him in reserve. side is completed by S. J. Weaver, Wit .' a D.W.B.

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BOXING There was a disappointing drop in the number of entrants for the Junior Inter-House Boxing this term. In fact only four Houses entered a reasonable team , and a few first-year boys found themselves the sole representatives of their Houses, which must have been rather discouraging. In the competition, the better boxing came mainly from the younger contestants, who on the whole showed far more style and control than their elders, many of whom seemed determ ined to fini sh their bouts in the first round. However, there was, as always, much courage and determination shown and no lack of spirit. In the Preliminaries, E. C. Taylor (M .), Worrall-Thompson (Gr.), Tsesme1is (Lux.), Gordon (Lin.) and Apletree (S.H.), who had a tough opponent in Lovett (Lin.), a ll won well. Credit must a lso go to Stephens (Lin.), Bunzl (Lux.) and Fagg (Gal.) who gave their opponents hard bouts. In the Finals there were many extremely close bouts, particularly Wild (Lin.) v Landymore (Lux.), Coll ins (M.) v Worrall-Thompson (Lux.), Taylor (Lux.) v Braddell (Gr.), E. C. Taylor (M.) v de Vroome (GaL), with the first-named just winning in each contest and both boxers doi ng well. Spells (Lux.) showed good style and footwork to win against a determined Marchant (S.H.), and in another well-fought bout, Davison (S.H.) just got the deci sion over Tsesmelis (Lux.). Other good winners were Newman (Lin.), Rae (Lux.), Berry (Lin.), Glennie (Lin.), Hardie (Lin.), Marsh (Lin.), Collier (Lux.), A. S. Taylor (Lin.), Hulme (S.H.), lrvine (M.), M. J. Wood (Lux.), Jackson (Gr.), Morton-Clark (Lux.), Gray (Lux.) and Heslop (M .). Worthy of special mention, Hodson (S.H.) showed some excellent boxing in his win over Hutchinson (Lin.), also a talented performer. The competition between Houses was close, with Luxmoore winn ing the Boxing Shield by six points from Linacre, with Marlowe, th ird, and School House, fourth. The Standards Cup was won by Linacre, with Luxmoore, second, and Marlowe and School House again third and fourt h respectively. M.E.M.

JUDO CLUB Th is term the club has had forty-five regular attenders of whom two were orange belts, five yellow, and fourteen white. As a result of the superb instruction given to us by R ichard Lockhead, sixteen out of the twenty Judoka who went to Sutton Valence on the 22nd November were up-graded. Unfortunately the match with Sutton Valence had to be cancelled because it interfered with "0" Levels. However, we look forward to meet ing them, and possibly Dover and Tonbridge, next term. F inally, I should like to thank Mr. C. D. Juckes who has so enthusiastically led the club since he founded it three years ago. We welcome in hi s place Mr. K. A. C. Gross, who has undertaken the administration of the club. AJ.D.

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CROSS-CO UNTR Y The 1st VIII has had a very successful start to the season, which promises well for future matches next term. The first malch of the term on Saturday, 31st October against Wye College was ru n over their 3~ miie course consisting mainly of hill s. T. J. A. Bishop ran st rongly over the last mile to win in a record time, while the rest of the team took the next six places and 12th place, to give King's an overall win. On Sa tu rday. 21st November the 1st Yin ran against Wyc College again, this time at canterbury over the new 5, mi le course. G. R. Waterhouse led the field to wi n in a course record ti me of 35 minutes, while o nce again King's monopolised the fi rst five places to obtai n a resound in g win. Those representing the 1st VIII during the term were G. R. Wa terhouse, T. J. A. Bishop, W. J. Wood, N. A. Ash, D. J . Watson, C. M. Barber, A. D . Troup. S. T. H ull, C. M. White and M. B. King. G.R.W.

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F irst Orchestra Second Orchestra Choral Society Madrigal Society Glee Club Jazz Society SOCIETIES : Natura l History

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Bell-Ringing Pater Geological Tenterden Caxton .. . Photographic Harvey .. . Art Somner Walpole C.C.F. : Army a nd Basic Sections

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Royal Naval Section Royal Air Force Section THE LIBRARY

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MUSIC Despite heavy losses in the Tenor and Bass lines, the Choir has maintained a su rprisingl y high standard this term, and there has been noticeable enthusiasm, particularly among new members. The Treble line has lacked some of its fonne r power, but has been very reliable, thanks to the leadership of C. S. W. Smith and N. A. H. McNair. There were notable performances of Lo, roul1d the throlle, which we sa ng with the Cathedra l Choir 011 the Nave steps, and the first performance of 0 Kille IIIOsl High by the Revd. Horace Spence.

School Choir

This term's anthems:Let all the world (Chapman) o come, ye servants (rye) Blessed are the men (Mendelssoh n) Oculi omnium (Wood)

1 heard a Vo ice (Tomkins) Insa nae et vanae clime (Haydn) Hear my prayer, 0 Lord (Purcell) Turn back, 0 man (Holst) Ollt of the deep (Morley) Hosannah to the Son of David (Weelkes) I will lift up mine eyes (Walker) Rejoice in the Lord (Redford)

Ye choirs of New Jerusalem (Slolljord) Come unto Him (Handel) The Lord hath been mindful (Wesley) King most High (Spence) Lo, round the throne (Ley)

W.H.W. T.P.M.Y.

We found that it was not as easy as we had hoped to brush up the King's Week programme in a short time, but nevertheless the concert of October 18th was most successful. The whole concert, particularly the performance of Saint~Saens' Second Piano Concerto, was more relaxed, because there was not so much a sense of occasion as in King's Week, and this undoubtedly helped the performance. The Orchestra would like to thank the soloists, An na Reynold s and Ronald Smith and also those O.K.S. whose appearance made the concert as near as possible an exact repeat of K ing's' Week. For the rest of the term we occupied ou rselves with some sight~reading and rehearsal for the Christ mas Concert , in wh ich we accompanied the Chora l Society in the Finale of Aida and in H olst's Christmas Day Fantasia, and played Smetana's overture The Barlered Bride. For this the Orchestra was augmented to a tota l of sixty~six players. Since only three players are leaving, the Orchestra should be fairly experienced by King's Week. Thanks are due, as always, to our conductor, Mr. Wright, our leader, Mr. Myerscough, to the members of the Staff who add their experience to our play ing, and to those boys who help with the organisation, especially R. J. A. True and A. R. Gillott. T. P. M. Young takes over as the Secretary of the Orchestra next term. P.D.M .

First O rchestra

Most of this term's rehearsa ls were spent in preparation for an end of term concertfor some time it was not quite clear whether or not we were to play in the Oxfam Concert. We also attempted some useful sight~reading; in particular, Bach's SI. AIiIOIlY Chorale, which, though difficult, was valuable. We prepared three pieces: Czech Rustic Dallce by Smetana, Symphonic Sonatina by Dvorak, Judge's Entry (Trial by Jury) by Sullivan, and we played the last in the Oxfam concert. Our final performance, aftcr a not too good start where the beat was momcntarily lost, was very creditable and reflected fairly good attendances and much patient hard work by Mr. Morrish, to whom, as always, we are very much indebted. J.F.e.

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The Society has been rehearsing th is term f, th " will be singing the Finale from Act II of A~da b~ csn<J.rt Id ~d 10~ °Cfa~l, when it with the orchestra. Since this has not occ . d er I an 0 st s //'Islmas Day sung some choruses from Handel's Messiah and Mendelssoh~,~I~f"ui c~lrle~eIY, ho~ever, we have also th is term, with record numbers at some meetings. Ija I. ten ances ave been very good Choral Society

are, as ever, very gratefu l to Mr. Wright for his patient leadersh ip ' and 10 Mr . Scott for accompanying us We at rehearsals. W.H.W. E.H.B.

Madrigal Society

have tTied to keep the Society as small as poss ible this term (16 out of the 18 memb s bemg mUSIC scholars), and it has proved a successful experimen t On A ll Sa' t • D er m s ay we sang the Merbecke setting of the Eucharist at the school's early servic~.

In memory of George Dyson the com poser who died d ' h h ' earlier four~part sett ings incJu~l ing four Songs fol' Saw llTln~ t eben.n, t e ~oclety performed one of his piano, at the Oxfam Concert. II'S, r. aVles pat Ient ly accompanyi ng on the b K We also learnt the carol, Balilialow by Peter Warlock a nd A bab . b both of which were su ng from the organ loft during the carol servic: ~f th~"~nJ of ~~g~lt.h V. Jones,

O.K.S.,

Our tha nk s are due to Mr. E. J. Wright who mainta ined the interest of the Society throughout the term. T.P.M.Y.

Atten.dan~e at rehearsals this term has fluctuated as a resu lt of extra classes for G C E e] Xanll!naUOns, but we were able to lake part in the Oxfam concert despite this hand'ic~p' n t liS concert we sang Purcell's When the cock begb t · d . . . Swing Low and Gospel Traill, whi~h were <,tccompanied by R . O. Cl':rk~ ~:l~tb~Ik.. tOBn~gro spm t.uals, Wo e arefvery grat~fuJ .tfio Mllr: MIf0l'l'lSh for hI S enthusiasm and determinat ion to bri ng succe~s ein~n";eulhloaprse' ur per ormance JUSt l ec lIS C orIS. • P.W.R.W.

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. yte have bee,n pleased to welcome two new beat groups this term, as well as several new Jazz Society mstrumentallsts ~o the .J azz ba nd. To cope with rehearsa ls we have hired St. Gregory's Hall h I n on ha rdegular baSIS, whIch ~a s ~egrettabl y made a subscription necessary. The Society has nevert e CSS, ouns e ,and we hope that It wlil be possible to give a concert next term. ' W.H.W.

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THE SOCIETIES d 'th a general meeting at which three members gave The term's progr~mme o.p1?~e This was followed by an outing to Stodmarsh when a Natural History talks on their holldab~c~ lf~~~:water biology outing some W~ter Spiders and Smooth Gadwall ,was seen. h hi h li hi of the term was the outmg to Shell ness, Sheppey, Newts were caugh~, but n<?l hm g else of note. ,T cd ~wog Merl in and twenty Purple Sandpipers were scen. on the whole holiday: SIX. Kestre~ on~ BJl zzar h' and is estimated to contain liP to onc hundred thousand ~r~t:.rl~~cll~~o!~~a~Obe;lll~~~rF:,e:.~y ~~is \~r:~~a~~c~lIse of adverse weather. T.O.D.S.

. . f f to'y particularly in the sphere of hand bell-ringing, l Progress thiS term ha~ been .q~ltte sa t~S ac in the hope that this will be an easier approach to Bell-Ringing to which. w<: have pahld sPheclah ~~~ l'?Fhree new members have also been accepted. . . . change-rmgmg on t e c urc . d f . c 1St omary tour of towers in the area. Th iS t llne we The annual out ing on October 22nd cons ls~c: 0 .otld O~lt to be to the wrong Goodnestone, but after that visited churches near Fa.ver.sham : our first .vls~~i~III'{-he day finished eventfully when the minibus ran out all went well , and the nngmg was vebr y enJoy : ed back at School rather more exhausted tha n we had of petrol a mile or so ou t of Canter ury- we amv anticipated! . h Seh I . We would like to thank the Headma~ter again for his kin dness i,,! allowing us to miss t e 00 evenmg service two or th ree times in order to nng for the St. Alphege service. W.H.W.

I.J.T.C.

h Id ny meetings as we might have liked this autumn, Once ag~ in ",!e do not see.m to have ~en~~dl~~ encroach o~ our time. But near the be~inning Pater since uOIverslty ~holarshlp work has most lively and entertainin g evening on the subject of f tid in hilosophy in the ncar future, as well as of term J . ~. Wds<?n, Esq., gave u.s a. Philosophy , addressmg part.lcul'd·IY t~ ose t~m~I~~e ~lI~jeclYth~t ~n i ght yet be harboured by so~e of those sweep ing away any old-fa.shlone .notlO.ns a. °l~te October at which T. L. Zinn, Esq., of Westmms~er, w~s in his audience. An evemng of dlsc~s~lon 10 h roblems of Aeschylus' Agamemllon; Mr. Mackintosh s prescnt , gave us a~1 a deep.er ~pprec!a tzlon of t de l.gamenm on provoked much argument, but still fa iled to forceful presentation of hiS views on ells an . convince many followers of Page. S· 'n November to hear an illustrated talk from M. J . Pnce, . ' We held ajoint meetmg With the ~omCel~ OC]~rl;lbridge Though it was natura ll y imperative to keep the O.K.S., a Resear~h Fellow of D ownm g 0 ege,.. , were ;resent, some felt it a pity that Mr. Price ~ad not lecture untechmcal be<;:ause S? ma ny non-c1aSSIC1S\~ own ~rchaeological work; his answers to quest.lons, ~s talked on a more .speclfic subject , or even abou~ h had much fasc inating ma terial to offer us, especially hiS well as co~v~rsa~lon. after,,;,ards, show(i that i ~t Taucheira) in Libya. At a fin a.l meeting of the term we recent part lclpaU?~ m !l dig at T~rh t ~ ~nc Ie play familiar to many who did It as a set book last year, ~~~e~h~e!~n7~~p~~:Sit ~~~~~ainIE~gli~~ 1~1."~h'eaMermaid in February. . In conclusion r should like to thank the President, D. J. D. !"liller, Esq., a nd A. S. Mackmtosh, Esq., fo r all the help ~nd encouragement that they have given the Society. R.J.A.T.

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This term's outing was to Warden Poi nt on the Isle o f Sheppey. While we were there we saw good examples of the rapid erosion of the London Clay cliffs by the sea- by slipping and underclltting. Among the fossils found was a fine N ipa fruit and a magnificen t specimen of Terredbw personna/a. The nodules in the clay were examined and the best of these were brought back to school for further examination. Gcological

Much work has been done by members, especia lly M. J. Robb, J. R. K. Browne and E . A. Snelling.. Colyer, in the identification and labell ing of more of our collect ion , in the hope that we wi ll be able to have an ex hibition at the end of the Summer Term. G.M.A.H. A light-hearted e nd ~of-term debate was held this term. The motion was that "in the opinion of this House, James Bond is more British than the Rolling Stones"; it was proposed by C. D. Juckes, Esq.- making his farewell appeara nce-a nd P. O. Kirby-Higgs, and opposed by W. I. Wolsey, K.S. and A. J. W. Campbel l. The proposcrs especially showed great resources of witperhaps theirs was the easier task; there were many speeches from the floor of the House, and although it was not always clear which side was being supported, much amusement was had by all, a nd the motion was carried by 81 votes to 42. The attendance was excellent, and we hope that some of the new-fou nd talent will enliven more seriolls debates in the future.

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An except ionally large number of School organisations requiring notepaper kept the Society busy right from the start of tenn. Two programmes to be done for plays on slJcceeding days kept the intercst up, and the Christmas cards and improved Menu Card meant that work con tinllcd unti l the last moment. Caxton

In addition a va riety of sma ll jobs has been done, some of which have been very ambitiolls, bu t nevertheless n10stly sliccessfll l, and full credit mllst go to some very keen members. Eleven new members have been admitted, of whom one o r two have shown particular keenness, a nd some have progressed at an average rate. However, there a re too many who have made disappoint ing progress: a fault which is evident throughou t the Society. We tend to hang together through the hard work o f ha lf-a-doze n keen members and through Mr. Peett's ever present and invaluable assistance, rather than through combined effort by the whole Society. We hope that some improvement in this respect can be ach ieved in the com ing term.

I.S.F. After a vigorous advertisi ng campaign in the Waiting Houses, the Society has increased its membersh ip fourfold. There have been demonstrations and lectures on using a complicated camera, composition, and basic tccimiqlles such as developing and printing. Some new equipment has been bought for the dark room a nd we hope to acquire more in the near futu re. T he ent husiasm of the you nger members has been most encouraging. I.A. H.F. Photographic

The Harvey Society has nourished this term with record attendances at both the lect ures. We have had for the first time lecturers from the British Association for the Advancement of Science: no praise could be high enough fo r the Icctures they gave. Dr. Burch from the N.P. L.lectured on ".Lasers and their Uses", and Dr. Hurwit z, of Bil'kbeck College, talked about "Experiments on Behaviour". Harvey

N . A. H. Dawmi.y, K.S. , and T. J. A. Bishop gave an explosive demonstration of chemical bangs and flashes. D. L. Smith, K.s., has been appointed Hon. Secretary for next term, and we hope to have a Sixth Form out ing to I.B. M. and some more British Association leclU res. R.A.e. 287

Art

S N J lie K 5 and W N Bryson, K.S., for the care they We should like to thank J. S. M~dhurst! . 1 . to Y'all' ~'f which 'we're illustrated by colour slides. < "Surrea lism" " The World of Claude Monet" clearly took in preparing such mterestlllg ec The subjects ~hosen. by th,~ lecT(hurersA ~e:. r~p!~~vfJi to capacity ~n each occasion and we were

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particularly pleased to see so many younger members present. . .. M ole Art Centre in Folkestone to see an exhibition of A group of members also, went to the New r~troWe felt that whereas the College coul~ ~each us a great recent work done by the Maldst~ne Collegc\odf A h s teach it something about authentiCity of personal deal about technical skill, we 10 tllrn cou per ap expression in pa int. . h' I individual work carried out In the Art Room t IS . . d There has been a great deal of ent.hUSlaS~IC in strorg y 1 1 fact more work has been done this term than term and oil-pa inting has become mcreasmg y popu ar. I in a~y term since this Society was formed. . . for the efficiency and dnve he has shown as SecretalY Finally, I should like to thank C. L:dHamp(ton, K.~~ things are ent irely satisfactory when all the President of the Society. In the eyes of the Presl ent a any ra , has left to do is to preside! A.G.c.B.

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d f rs serv ice by R. J. A. Talbert, K.S., as Honorary Secreta ry: T.his aU.ll!mn .has seen the en t;olrddle whilst R. G . Kaye has becon~e ~ onorary Treas~rer. Somner hiS position IS now filled by . . . b'«:ts as varied as "The Cave Paintings a t Lasca ux. by We ha,:e ~ad several lectu~es:, o n su ~ Price O.K.S., in conjunction with the Pater ~~Iety, J. S. Medhurst, "DlgglOg liP' the Class.;f dl bY ;~d " H~nry Val and his times" by Professor Wllhams, "Pompei i and Herculaneum by P. H. o . en . ' c'et On the whole attendance has been excellent. in conjunction with the Canterbury ArchadeOlOgl~~ll~~ ~t fhe Beancy Instit:lte, but next term we shou ld be Unfortunately we were only able to atten one able to attend more. . h G 'Idh II Next term's excursion has This term's afternoon outing was to Walmer Castle and San d WIC UI a. not yet been discussed, but will possibly be to Dover Castle. . . . f \ ( F H Voigt Esq. the President, for his help and encouragement III The Society IS extremely grate u 0 . , , , arranging meetings and lectures. N.F.R .

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thO t m extremely varied in content and successful . . We have had a. number of hvely meetm~s i~s readin of Richard III with which w~ began Walpole without exception: f'hck was ou~~tandfn.1nouilh'S Poor ~itOS, in which he shared the. title r.6le the term, and ag~m III a later rea Ing 0 nted o ints of view on controversia l tOpiCS-lIlcl udl~g with Jolley and. Hartley. F ive old members p~es:_and~ater in the term we met to hear and discuss a. radio Racial Segregation, New Theatre anhd CCao-e\dldtca\l~ale on the final Wednesday of term for tea and Chnstmas la b Giles Cooper. We met at t e. t le ra ~nt~rtJnment. a select ion of festive pieces from all members. R.D.s.

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C.C.F. NOTES ARMY AND BASIC SECTIONS Train ing this term has gone very smoothly, and we have managed to dodge the worst of the weather. Owing to the reorgan isat ion, there are no recruits platoons till next term, whi le the Headquarters Compa nythose who have passed the Army Proficiency Test- is a larger proportion of the whole than usual. This has meant, among other things, that "stripes" have been rather harder to come by, and a willingness and ability 10 take charge, rather than the mere acquiring of a skill, is now necessary for a corporal. The Army Proficiency Platoons, under Kaye, Roberts and Westley, have done very well, and with a more st rict set of exam iners, they received high commendat ion for keenness and smartness. In particular, Kaye and his platoon received quite unsolicited commendat ion during the term. Tn the Test, 41 out of 54 cand idates passed, the remainder failing in one subject only, most o f them in Dri ll . We shall very much miss Captain Juckes, who is leaving to take up a headmastership; he started the Commando Platoon and has run it most interestingly and successfully , as a ll wou ld agree who have done its Course. Mr. Akrill, though not in uniform, has generously agreed to continue his good work. The following were promoted this September: C.S.M.s R. G. Kaye, D. P. Kinghorn, S. J. Roberts ; Sgts. R. K. Khanna, P. W. R. Westley, T. L. S. Rae, r. A. Ray; L/Sgts. B. A. F. Hubbard , W. A. Large, A. D. Vander Meersch, S. J. Weaver, W. H . Williams, C. R. C. Tayler, C. N. Gordon-Wilson, R. D. Kent, r .' w. Hodges, R. P. Ralph, J. J. D. Smith; and 29 Corporals, and 22 Lance-Corporals. K.A. C.G.

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION The Nava l Section has had a lively term. The normal programme of preparation for the Proficiency Exams was supplemented by a naval film show, cutlass drill, flights in a naval helicopter and a night at Portsmouth prior to a day at sea in two Coastal Minesweepers, H.M.S. MOlIktoll and H.M.S. Clarbestofl. We were given instruction in minesweeping, radar and navigation, and were allowed to take the wheel and bring the sh ip alongside a man overboard, represented (at a considerable savi ng in manpower!) by a floating lifebelt. There was a record number of Proficiency candidates- 33 out of our total strength of 54-and there was, we are glad to say, a record number of passes. D.W.B.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION This has certainly been a vintage year for success in the air. During the summer holidays four cadets, Campbell, Day, Dennis and Clark, completed their F lying Scholarship courses sLlccessfully. Ten cadets attended a week's gliding experience camp at Swanton Morley and, because of excellent wea ther. seven of them were able to go solo. Two cadets a lso went solo at Manston and during the term, through a happy liaison with Flight Lieutenant Farrell, three more solo certificates were won. Four Private Licences and twelve "n" Certificates is a good record for one year! On the ground, the term has had no highlights. We are still in trouble trying to train raw recruits into drilling militants in too short a time, but a so lut ion does seem to be in sight. Our written exam inat ions (results st ill to come) should be up to Ollr usual good standard, while the quality of N.C.O. lecturing has been noticeably higher this term. There is unfortunately a large leaving list among the N.C.O.s and we shall especially miss F/Sgt. Spiller and ~pl. Day, who are destin~d for the R.A.F.,. and Sgt. Miller and Cpt. Lister. We thank them all for the Interest they have shown In the R.A.F. Section. P.G.W.

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Hamina in F inland, where I have a one-year contract post as a teacher of English. F rench and German, is a port on the south-east coast, lying about 20 miles from the Russia n border. D ue possibly to the proxim ity of th is border, Hamina is a lso a n im porta nt military training centre. The F innish army is sma ll but efficient, a nd won the admiration of the world for its stubborn resista nce agai nst the Russia ns in the Wi nter War. Much of the equi pment used in th is struggle was provided by the Germa ns and even today the Fi nns retain the field-grey and distinctive helmets of the former " Wehrmacht" . It can be disconcerting to be confronted , on tu rning a corn er, by a group of fig ures a pparently straight out of the Third Reich. The street plan of the town is based on a series of concentr ic circles, the centre of which is dominated by a pink Russian Orthodox church. Most Finns are Lutherans, as a re most other Sca ndi navians, but there are ma ny Orthodox families, whose conversion dates from the peri od when the country was an au tonomous grand-duchy 29 1

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. withi n the Russian empire (1809-1917). 1 have a room in the house of a White Russian colonel who served in the Czar's Imperial Guard in the Great War and aga inst the Bolsheviks in the Revolution. Although Leningrad, or St. Petersburg as it was in his day, is only five hours away by bus, he will never see it again. Among his many decorations, he holds the D.S .O. for his part in combined operations with the British in the Kaiser's war. OUf only common language is French , but I am making some progress in Swedish, the

second of Finland's two official languages, which is spoken by abo ut 10 % of the population. The Swedish speakers li ve mainly in the so uthern and western regions, which their forefathers colonised in the name of the King of Sweden over 800 years ago. Until 1809 when the Swedes ceded the country to Russia, Finland was a fully integrated part of the kingdom of Sweden , which gives the country the Swed ish element in her heritage and her essentially Scandinavian stamp. Finnish , apart from several loan words , bears no resemblance to

Swedish, indeed it has no resemblance to any languages with which an Englishman might

be familiar. It has tenuous links with Estonian and according to some scho lars, with

Hungarian , but intelligent guesses as to the meanings of words prove fruitless as they offer few clues. Swedish on the other hand , comes comparatively easily to an English speaker of German, and a Scot particularly would ha ve little difficulty in understanding simple written Swedish. Words like "kyrka" (church) and "barn" (child) have obvious direct links with Scots words. The original inhabitants of Finland were not the Finns, but the Lapps who were pushed northwards by the Finns coming in from the east. Physically Finns differ slightly from other Scandinavians. They have the same colouring on the whole, but their faces are broader, while in stature they are stockier than the Swedes for example. They are very kind people, but rather unforthcoming, which makes conversation classes particularly difficult. My pupils form a very wide cross-section of the community, ra nging from journalists and businessmen to housewives and district nurses . I teach in neighbouring towns, schools, evening classes and in private homes where a lesson is often little more than an informal conversation over coffee and "smorgasbrod". Helsinki , three hours away from here by bus, is a compact and modern little capita l,

lack ing, however, the sophistication or tradition of Copenhagen. Finland itselF is the celebrated land of forests and lakes. It has on the whole a gentl y undulating landscape afford in g few real vantage points from which to view the su rrounding country, and the

enthusiastic skier has to go north to Lapland for a good downhill run . In autumn and winter the countryside is silent and lacking in movement. A breeze rarely disturbs the treetops and the thick moss on the forest floor will make a walk an eery experience, while the placid and tide-less Baltic often makes me forget that 1 am living by the sea and not a lake. This last account may give the impression that Finland is a sombre place. In a way it is, but it is extremely peaceful and restful and so far 1 have been quite happy. My routine involves spending long periods alone, which provides a good exercise in self-sufficiency. The climate is far from unhealthy: the cold is bracing, havin g little of the English dampness, and winter sports keep people fit. After three years cantering round an English university a year's consolidation and reflection in the peace of Finland can be recommended. Yours sincerely ,

MICHAEL M. HALL. 292

CAMBRIDGE LETTER Jesus College, Cambridge. Michaelmas Term , 1964.

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ance 0 f rahms Fourth Symphony in K'ng' Ch I'R . a per ormmember of the CUM S i d I S ape. ICHARD HALSEY IS a prominent . . .. c 10rus, con ucted the St John's Choral S . t I recentl y organised the Cambridge 0 K S D ' oCle y ast year, and in Pembroke and elsewhere and ne;t

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. Many O.K.S. ma y frequently be seen on the ri ver. GUY Do T (S'd Y) f . l epresented th e Uni versity in the annllal punt race against 0 fo~~ BI neC ' or Instance, S . X l . I LL HESS HYRE, who rowed in the Trinity 4th Ma b t . Engineers and was on the Tr[nit o~ IS now a ec?nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Roya l in the Trinity 7th May boat wh;C h

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rowing this term and plays scrum-half in the Jesus '1st xv C AU L '~S pre erred ru g!?er to and occaSIOnally plays nigger for Christ's We also I ~ HARLES b ENNEY reads HIStory

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director of the C.U. Modern Ballet gro upS has now given up rowll1g to become artistic The Uni versity curiously boasts at least te 0 K S term by some particularly litillated

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in other undisclosed capacities. ANTHONY FELL (Ch~rchill) was a Cambridge rel'resentati ve at the British Cou nc il of Churches' conference earlier th is yea r, and passed his CO Ul se at the Mo ns Officer Cadet school in September. The long vaca tio n took its toll of wayfare rs. MARTIN PRICE, Research Fellow at, Down in g, t to Libya a nd Eub oea to excavate Archaic Greek sites .. JAMES ENSOR (KlO g s) trekked ~~~~ Iand to India to conduct an economic survey of the PunJab; JOHN PEN HALLOW (Sidney) led a fi ve- man expedition to Istanbul and ASia Mmor. . Further so uth , GRAHAM KI NG (Jes us) spent two months at Jo han nesburg programmlOg computers, before tounng Southern Rh odesia; nearer home, CHRIS HERRING (Jesus) worked diligently as a casiller fo r Butlin's.

On Poppy Day, the University's R ag Day, N ICK BURY (Queens') put aside Theology to ro b a local bank; he also initiated a bath-pushlOg marathon from Marb le Arch to Cambrid e and designs sets for his College theatre gro up. Also on Poppy D ay, RICHARD PER;y'(Downing) wa ndered about the city wearing deer:stalker, pius-fours and a half-p.late camera, perhaps in readiness for HUG H CLARK (Ch urchill), who passed throu gh \0 famil ial garb on top of an arm oured car.

Finally, the inevitab le disti nguished gentlemenÂˇ who refuse to be categorized. In splendid isolation at Cla re College is CHARLES WRIGHT,the o nl y O.K.S. there 10 tllI ee yea rs. Charles I Âˇms he is secretary of th e Cla re co-edu catiOn committee, plays squash for the college fi~lt team, and will be takin g up clinical studies at St. Ma ry's .Hospital, London. M ARTIN RODI ETTE (King's) is treasurer of the C.U. G roup for the AbohtiOn of Capita l PUOlshment, and hopes for ea rl y success. Whilst travelling thro ugh Italy last summer, he surpnsed an Oxford O.K.S. , James Bretherto n, on M ount Etna. JULI AN KENYON (Tn lllty) confesses to "a morbid interest in the cinema", and ANDREW POLMEAR (Corpus) IS grappling With hiS . ment by reading History, with elementa ry SCience, psychology and philosophy environ d .. thrown in- and , in two years' time, me lcme. The Cambridge O.K.S . Dinner was held in St. John's on Wednesday, November 18th. Canon Shirley and the Head master we re invited, but unfortunate ly both were unable to attend . The followin g were present :Dr. C. H . Budd , Dr. Malcolm Bur~ess, Martin Price, Godfrey Salmon, Matthew Chesshyre, Simon Carrington, Graham KlOg,J ohn M aycock, J? hn Pldo ux, Chns M a r~hall , Malcolm Young, Nick Bury, John Low, Richa rd Halsey, Ri chard Perry,. Hugh Dlbley, Martin Partington, Richard Arthur, Chris Gro~s mith , Charles Wnght, R ichard Church, Robert Standing, Martin R obiette, Edwa rd Dav idson, Geoffrey Woodhouse, M artm Lane, N igel Hall , Peter Stone, Jo nathan Turner, Jo hn Penhallow, Bill Chesshyre, Graham Eves, Guy D o ust, William Watson , John Eaton. Wishing every success to those currently strivin g fo r University places,

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THE 1964 Q,K,S, CANTERBURY DINNER One hundred and fifty Old K ing's Scholars represent ing more than sixty yea rs of the event ful life of the Schoo l met for the A nnual Dinner on the 3rd October, and ex tended a warm welcome to their guest of honour, Dr, Geoffrey Temp leman, Vice~Ch a n ce ll o r of the University of Kent at Canterburx.

After G race had been su ng in the Minstrel Gallery to music speciall y composed by Robert Scott, Si r Leslie Joseph, Presiden t of the O.K.S. Associat ion, welcomed all who had come from nca r and far to ma ke the evening a Sllccess, and acknowledged grateful ly the co~ope rat i on of the very many wit hou t whom the comfort and pleasll re of all present could not ha ve been contrived. A warm tribute was paid to the reti ring President, Major D. J. B. Jervis, who had worked unsparingly to ensure the present vitality of the Association and its continuing devotion to the welfare of the School. The appointment of Alan Wilson to the Govern ing Body was warmly appla uded as a fitting tribute to his tireless activity on beha lf of the Associa tion. It was proposed to found O.K.S. Prizes for Mathematics and Physics as further benefactions to the Schoo l, whilst, as a mark of gratitude to Richa rd Paynter and Frank Stanger for their services to the School in the teaching of these subjects since 1935 and 1936 respectively, the President asked them to accept gifts of a Persian rug and a watch. A great ovation was accorded to these Masters who fitt ingly expressed their emotion at the honour paid to them. Sir Leslie Joseph then invited, on behalf of the oldest school, Dr. Templeman, representing the yo ungest uni versity, to propose the toast Florea! Schola Regia. T he Vice-Chancellor spoke of the pleasant year he had already spent in Canterbu ry in preparation for the corni ng of the university to be a wi tness, as is the King's School, of the cont inu ing living trad ition of Engl ish ed ucation. It was both a privilege and a pleasure to devote oneself to good learning in such wonderfu l surroundings. It was no disadvant age that C1 nterbury, which had dedicated itself to education in all its aspects and at all levels, had so long waited for its university, because it had been able to make ava ilable the wonderful site on St. Thomas's Hill , from where the un iversity cou ld look out upon the School and the Cat hed ral and learn to live in close friendship, for each had something to cont ribute to the other- and here he was thinking not only of his chairmanship of U.C.C,A, There was today a real danger in making changes wh ich really left us in the statlls qllO. The abid ing fabric of our educat iona l work, whether at school or university, was eterna l vigilance that we were all caring for sound learn ing and for the needs of the ind ividual, however tiresome he might be at times. The H eadmaster, in reply to the toast, expressed his pleasure once again at the occasion of an OX.s. dinner held in the School, serving as a symbo l of the close and va lued ties with the O. K .S. Association, which gave unstintingly loyal help and support. W ithout wishing to give a speech day report upon the School's record and cont inuing achievements, he would mention the arriva l of a river craft of strange appearance to assist the Boat Club to further successes, the expansion of Riversleigh, the provision of more ten nis courts, and he found it part icularly app ropriate that among the new boys this term was fou nd once again the name of Christopher Ma rl owe. The close association in parents' mi nds between the School and the University was already shown by futu re entries of boys to each in turn. Perhaps in these days of difficult university entrance it was felt that no time should be lost in maki ng acquainta nce while yet at schoo l with the Vice-Chancellor, in order that the future might be faced without apprehension. He entertained no apprehensions about the future, being sure that the cultural life of the City wou ld be greatly en riched by the coming of the University, and looked forwa rd to yea rs of fruitfu l collaboration with it. H e assured the OX .S. that no longer did he feel it necessary to wear that fixed smi le of welcome which, to his embarrassment, he had om itted to remove when he fOllnd himself later elsewhere and before strangers, for the O.K.S. had now for him an individual identity, and had most graciously given him their friendshi p, from which he drew great encou ragement in the da ily ad mini stration of their school. A memorable eveni ng was brought to a close when O.K .s. went to the marquee tent all the Green Court to renew acquaintances and recall many a gay memory of their years at King's.

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., O.K.S. NEWS captai n Paul Berryman, R.N., has written to inform us of the deaths of his two brothers, E. R. P. BERRYMAN (1898- 02), O.S.O. , T ,O., and C. O . P. BERRYMAN (1904-10) thi s year. The former, after leaving Sandhurst, saw service in India, Flanders and Egypt, as well as being wounded in both France and Mesopotamia during the Great War: he was also awarded the Royal Huma ne Society's Bronze Medal for saving life at sea during the sink ing of the troopship 8.S. Persia by a German submarine in the Med iterranean in December 1915. His brother worked on a ranch in Argentina after leaving King's in 1910 ; during the Great War he, too, was awarded the Royal Humane Society'S Medal, for savi ng the life of a sergeant from drowning in Lake Timsha on the Suez Canal. He later took up farming in the Timall district of North Kenya and became a prominent and respected member of the community there.

D. P. BARTON (1928- 34) is now manager of Thomas Cook's in Bulawayo . We congratulate C. LLOYD-JONES, who taught here from 19 11 to 1929, on attaining his ninetieth birthday on November 14th. He is now living at Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. F. H. POTIER (1923- 31) remembers him well as a brilliant teacher of the Classics, as President of the Boat Club and as one to whom members of School House took their troubles, and received sympathy and advice. He also wrote us the following letter about his wit in the c1assroom:" I well remember an occasion in the Old Library one winter afternoon. Sitting in the fr ont row- almost asleep after a hard game of nigger, but full of goodw ill to the world (including schoolmasters)- sat an eminent member of the First )"'V who, although no scholastic luminary, had reached the stage of allowing that such studies as were laid down doubtless had their place in the scheme of things. Somehow the question of professions had cropped up. Jaggers was rapidly art iculating: "You know how it is: if your father'S a soldier, you want to be a soldier; if he's a doctor, you want to be a doctor; if he's a lawyer, yOll wan t to be a lawyer ; if he's a c1ergyman- " here he dramatically stopped his recital, and the gleam in his eye spoke eloquently to the initiated, he being known to be the son of an archdeacon; but the kindly somnolent, willing to help a fell ow man of less athletic mien, apparently lacking the stam ina to finish his own sentence, lumbered in with: " - you want to be a clergyman". In a sort of triumph of delighted exasperation Jaggers replied on a rising scale: "No, no, no, 1I0! yOll dOIl't want to be a clergyman!" He clinched this by immediately appealing to a parson's son in the class: "YOIl don't want to be a clergyman, do you?" and promptly got the expected "No, sir". It is difficult to convey in mere writ ing the wit with which he executed this brief skirmish and which made those periods with him in the Old Library times to look forward to and, later, to remember."

We congratulate W. R. MOWLL (1919- 27) and C. E. LATfER (1916--25) on being elected President and Vice-President respectively of the Kent Law Society. We think this is the first O.K.S. double in the history of the Society.

MAJOR~GENERAL G.

LE F . PAYNE (1925- 29) has been appointed Director of Ordnance Services at the

Ministry of D efence. J. D. Moss (1937- 39) has joined the Cape Perrorm ing Arts Board as Company Manager and is li ving in Cape Town. CAPTAIN G . D. FREWER (1 89 1- 95) writes from F lorida that he is st ill in touch with two contemporaries, H . T. H EALE (1 89 1- 93) and A. L. PARIS (1892- 96). He adds: "Though it is over 40 years since I last visited the School, I still have fond memories". O.K.S. records show that Captain Frewer obtained his Master Mariner's certificate in 1904 and his first command with the Cunard Line in 1906. He later became an expert on navigation in the Great Lakes. D. G. CARTER (1934-40) has left Kenya and is work ing in Paris with Deloittc, Plender, Griffiths. T. H . DAVY (1951- 55) is Assistant Group Accountant in a group of private forestry companies. P. R . C. LoADMAN (1955- 60) has graduated at St. Andrews' and passed into the Civil Service as an Assistant Post Controller. E. A. L. WATI'S (1929- 33) has retired from Uganda where he was Permanent Secretary to the Mini stry of Animall ndustry, Game and F isheries. He is now General Secretary to the Marriage Guidance Council. 296

THE REVD. Saints, Hove. A. R. BI-ACK LEDGE (1914-2 5) has moved from Penistone with Midhope to be Vicar of All .LIEUT. S. Radfan J. M. BARNETSON . now on Internal Secunty . duties . in Aden after taking part m the operat ion.(1956- 60),Ro yal Sc0 ' S, IS

MAJOR D .. O. MORGAN, It .A. (1943-46) is doing a ear's co . . He was previously a fou nder instructor or the Junio ..( d u,rse on, Surface to Au' GUIded Weapons. where he spent "two most interesting and reward ingrye:~s.~men s Regnnent, R .A., at Troon in Ayrshire, ,N . M. DE VOIL (1952- 58) has qua li fied as a sol icitor and is working in Leicester. .t D. CASOLANI (1948- 51) has been appointed Kin~'s, he d.ecid.ed to enter the hotel business ands~~rant lledl11a~ager at the Mostyn Hotel. After leaving oblalO1."g IllS diploma in 1955. He then ga ined experf ~il~ t,he Hotel &:hool at Lausanne in 1952, as servlOg for two yea rs with the R .A.F. He subse u ence m . wltzerland, Lisbon and London, as well then chef de brigade at the Mount Royal Hote1. e~IY r~tllll.led to London to become reception ist and manager at the Stratford Court Hotel. ' efole hiS present appointment he was assistant M. ~. ALLEN (1955- 60) grad uated from Edinburg1 1 U' .' . Education Depa rtment of Bristol Uni.versity' befo'e .Illvelsl ty III 1?63 then school did a year in thel. I becommg a teacher m a and grammar in Solihul .~. R. ~. MILESON (1956-60) has Just graduated fron N . h Civtl Engmeering, a nd began working with a large contra'e,Âˇmg ol tfiam~tÂ°Sen rill m College, ptember. London, with a B.Sc. in

LF.sLlE MITCHELL (1914-20) is now doing freela nce w rk' fi l . .. a regular commenta tor for British Movietime News . ~ e IS . mi'lvmg .ms, 111 .radlo and teleVISion and is once agai n Cook ham, Berkshire. . T IMOTHY GOOD (1956-59), who plays the violin b . . smce played with the Roya l Philharmonic the E' tc~nCI a Pbofesslonalmuslcian in July, 1963 and has Orchestra. Ea rl y in October he ':Vas selecte'd to aC~~I;~ an l~hll er Orchestra and the Bristol Sy~phony around the world and at 22 was ItS youngest member. ~ e y.Ie t Ue.lne( Lo1ndon Symphony Orchestra 11th on Its tour to England on December GRAHAM HARTLEY (1954-56) joined the Arm il 1961 nd' .. . He was a member of the British Combined Serv ic~ c~icket 't: IS now servin&, With the R.A.S.C. in Aden. and he plays r.egularly for his Corps and the Army in Aden~m from Aden wh ich toured Kenya in October, JOHN ~LlMMI.NG (1 941-44) has had his most recent book G' Murray, m which he recount s hi s experiences in Formosa.' l eell Plullls alld Bamboo {forse, published by RENNYTATCHELL (1957- 61) has ga ined a place at Ch . h .. Teachers' Training College in Welli ngton. ' l'lstc urch UOlverSlty, New Zealand, rrom Hamilton J. B,.BATCHELOR (1955- 60) ga ined 2nd Class Honours in En Ii h . Cambridge. He was also awarded a Research Fellowshi p .m t~e sU IlI~rtpo.s, I, at Brunswick, Magdalene Canada. College, verslI yPart of New .

J. D. TWELLs-GRO~E .(1936-44) wntes that he is now . ." . t~am. set up by the MUlistry of Health. He fo un d a stu a sem?r alChltc~t m.the 1.10spltal design resea rch sldehne to an ot herwise very cha llenging occupation T hdYb!OU1' Off ScandmavI~ thiS autu mn an enjoyable . e Irt loa daughter m the spring also made this year a successful one. . J. TWELLS-GROSSE (1 898- 1904) celebrated his eightieth bi hd IS now being converted and renovated for him by I,'IS son anrd' day on qecember 7t h. His Pembu ry home aughter-m-Iaw. COL. PATRICK . . C.. WILLIAMS (1927- 37) was ' recen tl y appomted Secretary of Sussex County Cricket Club . Also promment m Cou nty Cricket was LIEUT -Co H Kent County Cricket Club for 1964 having be~n H~n 'fL. H. CRrEMER (1907- 10), who was President of (1925-30) was an .M.C.C. representat ive at the Imperia l ~:i~kr~r ~umberearher o~ ye~rs. O. A. PARIS e Cor on elence, m theC.year

I " . R. I. SELMAN (1956- 60) joined Squad 803 of 'he R other travels and act ivities he took part in a heli oya . Mannes a~ Deal 10 December, 1963 Amon st the Hill this year. He finished training course in September, 1964, round cadet. gsa ge, which IS awarded annually to the best all -

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ENGAGEMENTS AOAMS- LEPPER.- C. C. W. Adams (1952- 57) to Elin or Pauline Lepper. AM ENT- KAVE,-P. C. Ament (1952- 57) to Diana Kaye of Marsh Green, Exeter. BLUNT- ARCHER.- P. S. Blunt (1954-58) to Belinda Sara Archer of SL lust-in-Penwith, Corn wa ll. CAIWEN- WILTSHIRE,- R. A. P. Ca rden (1 955- 61) to Anne Wiltshire of Fritton, Nr. G reat Yarmouth. DE VOIL- STONEHAM.- N. M. De Voil (1952- 58) to Ann Stoneham of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. FOORD- KAYE,- B. Foord (1952- 58) to Penelope Kaye of Lond on, S.W.6. MANNING- PRESS- CROSLEY.- M . D. Manning-Press (1946-52) to Jill Crosley of Arberfield Cross, Berkshire. RODWELL- LoNG.- J. Rodwell ( 1955- 60) to Rosamund Long of Crowborough, Sussex. TURNER- GAINSFORD.- J. A. Turner (1953- 58) 10 H elen Gainsford of Onslow Ga rdens, London.

MARRIAGES ASHENIJEN- REEVES.-David Ashenden (1954- 58) to Rosa lie Reeves, on September 19th, 1964, at Sl. John the Baptist's, Seven oaks. CLARKE- ADAMSON.- Lieut.-Col. E. H. Clarke ( 192 1- 27) to Anne Adamson (nee Otley) of West Ayton , Yorkshire, on 8th September, 1964, at Scarborough. CUlnls-RussELL.- Nicholas Curtis (1956- 60) to Glenda Russell of Melbourne, on November 28th, at St. Stephen's Church, Canterbury. DAVV- CULLlNG.- T. H. Davy (1951 - 55) to Susa n Mary Cu lling on 4th July, 1964. EAST- OVERLAND.- D. J . East ( 1947- 58) to Carolyn Overland on 12th September, 1964, at St. Andrew's, Cobham, Surrey. GARDENER- PEARSON.- E. A. J. Gardener (1 95 1- 57), The Parachute Regiment, to Janel Pea rson of Oswestry, Shropshire on 8th August, 1964. LILLY- MuTTER.- P. E. J. Lilly (1952- 57) to Meryl Mutter at SI. Isan's, Ll anishen , Cardiff, on 25th July, 1964.

BIRTHS BRACKEN13URY.- On August 24th, 1964, to Barbara and Bennet Brackenbury (1934-39), a daughter. CHENEVIX-TRENCH.- On June 81 h, 1964, to T. C. J. (1952- 57) and Mrs. Chenevix-Trench, a daughter. C LlI1"'r.- On November 1st, 1964, to Mary and David Clift (1947- 53), a daughter. JZARD.- On August 25th, 1964, to Joy and Robin Jzard (1946- 47), a daughter. MANN ING- PRESS.- On October 16th, 1964, to Jan and Christopher Manning-Press (1944--49), a son. WHALLEY.- On August 26th, 1964, to Jane and Larry WhaJley (1939-43), a daughter. WILLI AMs.- O n August 22nd, 1964, to Pat ricia and Anthony Williams (1953- 59), a daughter.

OBITUARY PE RCY JOH N BAKER We regret the passing of this old a nd faithful member of the Cathedral sta ff, which he had served fo r over 40 yea rs, begi nning as a Lay Clerk and endin g as VeSiurer. To the majority of the School he was probably less known than to the large parties o f tourists whom he knew so well how to manage and instruct: for his knowledge o f the bui lding and its hi story was unsurpassed. Bu t to th ose who, in their va rying capacit ies, are responsible fo r the relationship between the School and the Cathedral Church he was indeed a va lued and trusted friend; never too busy to attend to queries and requests, never put Ollt by exacting and thoughtless demands. He was a man kept sweet by divine grace and his own nati ve wit. May he rest in peace. T.B.W. 298

URBAN SUNSET [I. A. H. Frazer

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CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL '"

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THE SCHOOL THE SCHooL.,.

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SALVETE VALETE VIRTUTE FUNCTJ MORE PATRUM DUCES

THIS AND THAT

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REVIEWS LEcruRES

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HOUSE PLAYS MUSIC

CONTRIBUTIONS How MERRIE WAS ENG LAND? CHURCHILL : HIS PLACE I N CoNTEMPORARY HISTORY THE PLEA THE LEITER .,. THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE THE TIME-SEEKER BOB DYLAN '" SEA-DREAMS, DEUTSCHER KAFFEE O N ENTERING THE UPPER SIXTH AND STUDYING MILTON Cl-IILD MENDEL-

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RUGBY FOOTBALL THE BOAT CLUB CROSS-CoUNTRY

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SCHOOL ACrIVlTIES MusIc

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C.C.F.

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OBITUARY

OUR CONTEMPORARIES

ILLUSTRATIONS

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TROMPE L'OEIL CONCRETE AND CLAYFAMILIAR BIRDS-

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CANTERBURY'S NEW UNIVERSITY

AlRBORNE AND GROUNDED

THE 1ST XI ... THE ATHLETICS TEAM

THE INTER-HoUSE CROSS-COUNTRY FROM THE DARK ENTRy- LINES AND SHADOWS

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL.

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APRlL,1965

EDITORIAL Time is a commodity which varies in value at different stages of our life, whet.her in the outside world or at school. In the early stages of our career we may seem to have almost too much of it, but by the time we leave school we could wish for more than fourteen hours in the effective day. Every endeavour must therefore be made to ensure that each hour, however spent, shows as useful a profit as possible. And this applies as much to the Corps afternoon as to any other time. The declared Aim of the C.C.F. is to "develop qualities of endurance, resourcefulness, self-reliance, leadership and responsibility, and a sense of public service, in the belief that these things are of profound consequence to the stamina and stability of the nation, in civil as well as in Service life, in peace as well as in war." 303

TROMPE L'OEIL [M. P. Powell

The purpose of training in the early stages is to produce an alert and well-controlled physique; this aim it shares with gymnastics and games, and it adds to that a number of useful skills, such as map reading and shooting, and some knowledge of Service ways. Character, too, is developed by the practice in leading and instructing others, even if they are one's fellows in the Proficiency platoon. Proficiency training does not aim to produce a half-baked sailor, soldier or airman, but a boy who can control himself and to so me extent others, and who has acquired certain simple skills, whether of physique or of power to organise. Some at this stage will prefer to sever their connection with the Services, and for them there will from next term be the opportunity to engage in Social Service in Canterbu ry, or to carry out projects to improve the amenities of the School; others, already expert in music or art, will be able to use this time most valuably in practice. The technique of instruction will appeal to some boys, and after becoming proficient, they will want to pass on what they have learnt to younger cadets. Others aga in may prefer to acquire a further skill, in boatwork, or radio, or mechanics, or flying and navigation, and some of these, having done so, will then pass on that skill to others. And interspersed with all this are some adventure training and camps of different kinds. So the object is always to prune ruthlessly any wasted time and to make the hours spent on the parade afternoon play their full part in developing the abilities of each boy in his own individual direction. For its success, we must all develop a feeling that we have so mething to give and something to gain.

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T• THE SCHOOL Captaill of School: H. R. JACKSON Head of Galpin's H. R. Jackson Head of MarlolVe House S. J. Weaver Head of Walpole House A. D. H. Turner Head of School House R. D. Kent, K.S. Head of Meister Omers A. J. W. Campbell Head of The Grange J. D. Stokes Head of Lillacre House B. B. J. Wills Head of Luxmoore House W. M. L. Wood, K.S.

SCHOOL MONITORS H. R. Jackson, S. J. Weaver, A. D. H. Turner R D K J. D. Stokes B. B. J. Wills W M L' W· d' ent, K.S., A. J. W. Campbell, , , . . . 00, K.S. , C. S. K. Austlfl

HOUSE MONITORS T. M. Bale,.C N. Gordon-Wilson, N. H. Goulder, A. C. Griffiths N. T. G. WIlli S C. J. H .. King, P. A. Ray, M . R. F. Reeson, C. R. C. Tayler P. Hemmgway, D. M. M. Kenyon , J. Masters, R. M. Spence G. M. A. Heaton, R. X. Heslop, H. J. Holdstock Luxmoore House: C. J. Arney, K.S., M.S., P. J. Cattrall, K.S., A. G. Kypris, N. G. Major K.S., N . J. Ring, A. D. Vander Meersch, P. W. R. Westley , Galpin's D. G. Irwm, M. J. Oldham, C. A. B. Pringle, R. P. H. Swann Linacre House: P. A. Church, M. G. S. Mansergh K.S. P J Ralph W H W'll' School House: The Grange: Walpole House: Meister Orners: MarlolVe House:

K.S. , M.S .

Captain of R ugby Football Captain of Fellcing Captain of Squash Rackets Captain of Shooting Captain of Cross-Country Captaill of Boats Captain of Hockey Captain of Athletics

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A. D. H. Turner J. I. S. Pitkeathly M. J. Oldham P. R. Kermode S. J. Weaver J. D. Stokes C. S. K. Austin H. R. Jackson

MONITOR FOR MUSIC W. H. Williams, K.S., M.S. Editors:

The Cantuarian

The Captain of School (ex-officio), J. F. Chesshyre K.S. A B Marshall K s N. F. Riddle " . . , .. , Secretary : B. C Tooby, K.S. 305

SALVETE M. Ahmadzadeh, N. A. Barker, R. B. Bishop, M. Blackwell, G. Cardona, 1. D . Cox , E. B. A. Craxton, H. R. Creed, S. A. Cross, H. A. P. Daniel, M. S. Dawood, T. P. Dutton, C. C. Elletson, J. H. S. M. Findlay, A. 1. Fryer, 1. R. Gillam, T. J. Goulder, 1. G. Graham, C. B. Hamblin, A. Hampshire, P. N. Hanet, A. N. G. Harris, T. R. Harrop, P. M. C. Hodson, R. S. Pargeter, G. B. Rew, M. J. Rickards, C. J. C. Rowe, J. B. Sawrey-Cookson , J. P. Sherrell, C. G. Singleton, M. C. A. Tilton, C. B. Wacher, M. O'K. Webber.

VALETE N. D. Adam, K . P. W. Charnaud, J. R. Day, M. de Weymarn, D. W. Gostling, D . P. Kinghorn, P. G. Kirby-Higgs, J. Lister, T. M. McCarthy, R. M. Moore, J. P. Morris, S. J. Nicholas, P. M. C. Randrup, S. J. Roberts, C. J. Rushton, M. McD. Simpson, J. Q . Schiff, N. B. Spiller, J. D. Starkey, P. Sutherland, L. A. Tucker, C. M. White.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES BRAGG, A. E.- Came Sept., '60; House Monitor, '64; 1st XV Colours, '63; 2nd Cricket Colours, '63; 2nd Athletics Colours, '63; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F. CLARK, A. R. B.- Came Sept., '60; K.S., '60; Sen. K.S. , '63; Corporal , R .A.F. Section, C.C.F. ; Upper VI; English-Speaking Union Scholarship. COOK, R. A.- Came Sept., '60; K.S. , '61; Captain 3rd XV, '64; Secretary of Harvey Society; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F.; Upper VI. FRAZER, 1. A. H.- Came Sept., '60; K.S. , '60; Secretary and Treasurer of Photographic Society; Lance-Corporal, C.C.F.; Upper VI; Open Scholarship in History to New College, Oxford. HEYLAND, C. R. K.-Came Sept., '59; House Monitor, '63; 1st XV Colours, '63 ; Captain 1st XV, '64; 1st Hockey Colours, '63; Secretary of Hockey Club, '64 ; Corporal , C.C.F. HUBBARD, B. A. F.- Came Sept., '59; Captain of Gymnastics, '64; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F.; Upper VI. HUDSON, C. J.-Came Sept. , '60; K.S. , '60; Committee of Marlowe Society; LanceSergeant, C.C.F.; Upper VI; Mason Exhibition to Jesus College, Cambridge. KAYE, R. G.- Came Jan., '61; Treasurer of Walpole and Somner Societies ; School Concert Secretary, '64; C.S.M., C.C.F .; Upper VI. KHANNA, R . K.- Came Sept., '59 ; House Monitor, '63 ; 2nd XV Colours, '64; 2nd Hockey Colours, '64; Sergeant, C.C.F.; Upper VI. 306

LARGE, W. A.- Came Sept '59' H M' , House, '64; 2nd XV C~{ours ' '64.0~~d C~dt~rc 3 ; S~h64001 Monitor and Head of O.K.S. Leaving Gift. " e 0 ours, ; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F.; McDONALD, R. J.- Came Sept. , '59; House Monitor '64 ' C Open Scholarship in Natural Sciences to St. Edm~nd Hali~~fo~·.C.F.; Upper VI; MILLER, P. D.- Came Sept. , '60' Milner Schola '60' H , 011. Sen. K.S., '64; Lardergate House Monitor '63' House'Monitor '64' r, First Orchestra; S~rgeant, R.A.F. Sectidn 1st VIII .Colours (Co~), '64; Secretary of ill History to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. C .C .F . , Upper VI, Open Scholarship MOGGACH, A. A.- Came Jail '60' House M 't '64 C . aLPtaill 4th XV, '64; Corporal, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F.;·' Op~n Exhibiti~~li~rM 0 ern anguages to Jesus College, Cambridge.

RALPH, R . P.- Came Sept '59' Latt t H ., School Monitor alld H~ad ~f Ho::;a,24' ~~e MOlllltCor' F63 ; House MOllitor, '64; , , rpora,. C . .; Upper VI. SCLATER, H . D. C.- Came Sept '60 ' K S '60' . M ilitary Band; Lance-Corporal' C CIi. U House ~OllltO~, '64; Secretary of Scholarship. ' . . ., pper VI , English-Speaklllg Union STURGESS, J.- Came Sept., '60; K.S., '60; Sell. K S ' . . ,. The Cantuariall; Secretary of Marlowe S '." .62, House Momtor, 64; Editor of Cadet Petty Officer, Naval Section C.C F ?C~ty, S~~ret~ry of Tenterden Society; to Magdalen College, Oxford. ' .., pper , pen Demyship III History

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TALBERT, R. J. A.- Came Sept. '60' K S '60' S ' Editor of The Cantuarian- Secretar ~i'So' en. !<.S. , 62; House Monitor, '64; y Corporal, C.C.F. ; Upper' VI' Opel Exhib~er. S'C;et .; Secrcetary of Pater Society; Cambridge. ' n III aSSlcs to orpus Christi College, WOLSEY, W. I.- Came Sept '60' K S '60' H . tOUCseCMF~nultor, Treasurer of Marlowe S~~iety.', La~c~-Serg'e.' cuI, . . " pper'64; VI. First Orchestra; WRIGHT, J. F.- Came Sept '60 ' Hou M 't '64 VI; Open Scholarship 'in History :~ Ch~~~ ~hurch; , LOa~ce-dcorporal, C.C.F.; Upper Xtor.

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THIS AND THAT We congratulate C. J. Hudson on .gaining a Mason Exhibition to Jesus College, Cambridge last January. ThIS was announced too late for mcluslOn in our last issue. We also apologIse to R . J. McDonald for mcorrectl y reporting his award to st. Edmund Hall, Oxford as.a Gu est~ Keen and Nettlefold Exhibition and not, as is correct, as an Armourers and Braslers Exh,b,tIOn m Metallurgy.

University Awards

In the absence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Confirmation Service, Confirmation held on March 20th, was conducted by the Lord BIshop of Dove r. F ,ftyeight boys were confirmed- rather . fewer tillS year than usual- but the Service as a whole and the Bishop's sImple, forthn ght add ress were most stlrrmg. This term we welcomed Mr. J. B. Windeyer, of the Universities of Sydney and Additions Oxford , who has taken Mr. Juckes' place until the summer holidays. We also welcomed Mr. M . G. H . Dillon and Mr. A. M. Spa rrow, who were here for thm term's teaching practice while working for a Di ploma of Education. We welcome to the School Miss Gray, who started her duties as Caterer at the beginning of this term. Despite initial difficulties,. doubtless, there have been a number of pleasant changes 8!1d grea ter ~ariety 10 menu a.nd I~ dlstnbu.tJOn, as observant diners will have already noticed . We wIsh her eve ry success 10 what I S an extremely difficult task . Caterer

Visiting Preachers

We have been pleased to welcome the Revd. J. R. McGowan , Chaplain of Westminster School ; and the Revd. Canon V. K. Llpplett, Canon ReSIdentiary of Chichester Cathedral, who ha ve preached at Evensong dUring the tel111.

The School is most grateful to Mr. R. Radcliffe, O.K .S. for hi." extremcly O.K.S. Gifts generous gift of ÂŁ250 for the purcha."e of a Bolex film proJector. The projector, whICh I S the most f!1odern of Its kind , I S alre~dy 10 u~e 111 the Pa lf~ Hall and will be of inestimable value, both 111 and out of school, for mstructlOn and enteltainment. The O.K.S. Association have given the trees already planted on Bl are's and to be planted on Birley's, and for these, too, the School IS ve ry grateful. There have been an unusually large number of lectures this term,. and space Lectures has not allowed all to be reviewed individually. Some wil l be mentIOned aga ll1 at greater length in next term's Canluarial/. They have mcluded Mr. Edmund Ion's talk on "The American Constitution", "An Introd':!ctton to Computers", Jon

Silkin's "Poetry Reading-Nature with Man", Mr.

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In an enthusiastic .article in Country Life on the glories of the River Stour, Afloat. . . .. John Manneri ng meluded a photograph of a school Eigllt training nea:r but only just Pluck's Gutter. The accompanying comment gave high praise to the school's oarsmen and prompted another reader (Robert Goodsall, O.K.. S.) . to wflte on the d,fficuilles faced by crews on the ri ver. Among natural hazards this term

have be~ n a serio us lac~ of watcr in the river- a simple but basic requirement!-and a

host of Illnesses and aCCIdents. Two crews only were left to row in the Head of the River Race- a report appears in the Boat Club notes. The customary singing of carols round the illuminated Christmas tree in the Car Park of the Marlowe Theatre on Christmas Eve (distinguished by the presence of the ArchbIshop of Canterbury and Mrs. Ramsey, the Dean, the Mayor and Mrs. Kmgsman, and the Revd. D. Ingram Hi ll, O.K.S.) was once marc conducted by Edred Wright last year. A large crowd joined in the singing. Canterbury Carols

The news of Sir Winston Churchill 's death on Sunday, 24th January led to last-".'mute changcs m the School Matins that morning. Special prayers were sa Id , and ~ RUSSIan anthem, Give Rest, 0 Christ, was beautifully sung by the ChOIr, despite the lack of preparation, in memory of a great man. An essay on Churchill's place m contemporary history is included in the Contribution SectIOn .

Sir Winston Churchill

Ancient and Modem

(Overheard by the north-west corner of the cathedral): "Can you tell us where the cathedral is, please?" ... .. ... .. (points) "Oh, I thou ght there were two . .. Where's the new one 1"

"I'm af.raid this is the only one we' ve got, Madam."

"Perhaps I'm thinking of Coventry- doesn' t that begin with a C, too?" On Februa ry 21st, Mr. F. H. Voigt invited a selection of members of the Wilton Park Upper VIth to entertain the Wilton Park Conference to coffee and biscuits in the Societies' Room. Their arrival was somewhat delayed, but the . conversatIOn was very profitable and many interestin g acquaintances were made in the short space of time ava ilable.

O. K.S. oarsmen have been figuring prominently at Oxford this year. D. J. Mil ls rowed in the victorious University crew; D. M. P. Barnes, N . K. Mayb ury and N. D. Gillett have rowed and coxed in trial boats Barnes rowing in the "A" boat for some weeks in January and in the Isis boat which beat Goldie by seven lengths on boat-race day. G . P. W. Roberts and R. W. Clark rowed in the St. Edmund Hall boat which won the Lent torpids. R. C. W. Church got into the final s of the Bushe-Fox Freshmen's sculls at Cambridge. R . B. Britton a nd S. S. Barker have played for the Oxford 1st XV since Christmas, Britton regularl y. P. M . Weller played full-back for hIS college m the Rugby finals at Oxford . M. J. Parsons has been playing regularly for the Oxfordshlre Rugger SIde wluch got mto the finals of the County ChamplOnslllps, and C. R . K. Heyland has been touring with the London Irish team. R. M. Sutton has been playmg hockey for Kent, and M. P. Press has played with the Newcastle and Northumberland SIdes . G . C. Pritchard is expected to play cricket for O.K.S. Sport

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The King's School came sixth equal with Eton and St. Paul's in the Revd. R. C. Trounson's list of Oxbridge scholarship successes. If we were mathematicians and had all the statistics to hand, we might calculate a more accurate table based on the ratio of scholarships to the number of boys in the school or in the Sixth Form ... but being no such, we are impressed nevertheless by the placing.

Oxbrldge Successes

Found attached to a towel returned in shreds from the laundry, a Frail and Tender label reading:Articles "Every care has been taken in the laundering of this article, but the material has become fraIl and tender WIth use, and thIS accounts for any defects in its present condition." On the first Saturday of the holidays, April3rd, Miss R. Clare Milner, Assistant Marriages School Secretary, was married to Mr. Fra~cis J. Kerin in the Chapelof Our Lady Undercroft in the Cathedral, a!1d IMr. P. M. Whelan to M,ss Sue McDougall at Steep Village Church, Hants. We WISh them all every happmess.

Additions to Staff

We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Medill on the birth of a son, Oliver David, on February 5th; Mr. and Mrs. Wright on the birth of a daughter, Susan, on February 21st; and Mr. and Mrs. Peacocke on the birth of a daughter (Harriet Ruth) on April 14th.

The Royal Family is to honour Canterbury wi!h a visit this spring. On Royal Visit April 15th Her Majesty The Queen and Prince Phlhp will attend the Maundy Service in the Cathedral when the Queen will distribute the Royal Maundy. Scholars of the School will form an u~official guard of honour for the royal party on their way to the Civic Luncheon which, by permission of the Headmaster, will be held m the Shirley Hall. A full report will appear, we hope, next term. At the Kent Classical Association Reading Competition, 1965, J. S. Gay won first prize in the Senior Greek Class. Honourably mentioned were: E R Ramsay (Middle Latin), A. D. F. Hodson and F. E. W. L. Gottesmann (Seni~r Latin) and N. V. W. Hayes (Senior Greek). We give them our sincerest congratulations.

Classical Reading

Thanks to the kind permission of the Headmaster, several modern linguists "A/X" Level were able to visit London on Thursday, February 25th to see the film of Moliere's play, Le TartufJe. This is one of the "A" L~vel prescribed texts in French and the excursion was extremely profitable and entertammg. Its success we hope may b~ revealed by this year's examination results. Irate master in shabby classroom: "Some of those desks are psychologically O verwrought unsound". 310

The Army Department announce that three O.K.S. have been selected for entry to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. They are P. M. C. Randrup (exempted from the Entrance Examination), S. J. Roberts (qualified at the October, 1964 Entrance ExammatlOn) a!,d G . A. Hessey (deferred from a previous competitIOn). We congratulate them and WISh them every success in their career.

Sandhurs!

Cranwell

The award w~s announced in January of a Maj~r Exhibition to the Middle Temple to T. M. Partmgton, O.K.S. We offer hIm our smcere congratulations.

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N. B. Spiller (K.S. 1960-64) has gained entry to the R.A.F. College, Cranwell.

The Inter-House Music Competition this year was held for the first time HOllse J\;f~sic in two parts: the Instrumental at 5.15 p.m. , and the Vocal at 8 p.m. Mr. CompetIfton Geor~e Malcol~) C.D .E., M .A,! D.MUS., LoR .A.M., A.R.C.M., who gave a . harpSIchord reCItal here last Kmg's Week, was the adjudicator. A small audIence of enthUSIasts heard the first part, interesting and varied and most agreed with all of the critical comments and advice which were afterwards offered, though few can have expected The Grange to be nommated as winners; Mr. Malcolm explained that the marn questIon he had asked himself was whether he would like to hear the item again In the evening Meister Omers won t~lC cup for the best H,?use Song, and The Grang~ were successful overallm the competitIOn, theIr Instrumental Item being repeated half-way through the vocal items. Euterpe

King's on

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Andrew Wickens, O.K.S. was one of the "outstanding young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music", who played the violin in a recital held by the Christ Church College Music Society on March 12th. The Canterbury A~ateur Cine. S0,ciety, during the making of their film, Ageless Canterbury, VISIted The Kmg s School and immortalised it on celluloid. Our own Cine Society is planning a reply.

We are full of admiration for the Commando Section of the C.C.F., who chose Arduous the only snow-storm of the term in which to camp out. The blizzard coincided Training perfectly with Field Day, but a revised training programme was still possible for the rest. There IS no ground for belief that a connection exists between the exercise and the epidemic of German measles which overtook us during the following week. A seven was entered for the United Services Chatham R.F.C. Seven-a-Side Competition on April 10th. Six of our first seven at Rosslyn Park played (Turner was playing for the Schoolboys against the Schoolmasters on the same d~~). The team had an extremely enjoyable day and were worthy winners of the competItIOn. Seven-a-8ides

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Many former memb~I's of the School win be interested to hear that Ralph Blumenau, w~o used to teach hIStory here, has pubhshed a book A History of Malvern College, written for the centenary of the School. 311

Chapel Collections

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Jan. 24. Oxford Mission to Calcutta Feb. 14. Church Army Winter Relief Fund 21. Cyrene School, Bulawayo 28. Christ's College, Daramombe Mar. 14. Y.M .C.A. (Kent Appeal) 21. Canterbury Diocesan Ordination Candidates' Fund Collections at other times were credited to the General Fund.

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The number of contributions in last term's issue of The Cantt/arian was small , to say the least. The Editors were therefore extremely gratified to receive this term a larger number and variety of articles, poems and prose contributions for inclusion than for many years and would like to thank all those who submitted material, even if they have not (through lack of space) been able to make usc of it. Some items have been held over for the summer issue- but we again look for a variety of fresh contributors . Many excellent photographs of school activities fo r which there was no room we hope will find their way into the Photographic Section of the Art Exhibition in King's Week.

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REVIEWS

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LECTURES: JUGAL HIMAL- January 27th

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THE CONTROL OF PESTs- Februa ry 2nd

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LITERARY BRAINS TR usT- February 11 th

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BALLET FOR ALL- February 16th

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FOUR SOVIET PRIME MINISTERs- March 2nd

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HOUSE PLAYS: "HARLEQUINADE"-February 7th

318

"UNDER MILK WooD"- February 21st

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"ONE WAY PENDULUM"- March 7th

319

MUSIC:

JOAN AND VALERIE TRIMBLE- February 18th

320

MusIc CIRCLE CONCERT- February 28th

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PASSION MusIc- March 21st .. .

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MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT- March 28th

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LECTURES JUGAL HIMAL GEORGE B. SPENCELY

This story of a small expedition to the frontiers of Nepal and Tibet was one of adventure, and as such was thoroughly appreciated. by the audie~c~, ~hich came largely from the middle and lower school. That the expedItIOn was tragIc III Its outcome and unsuccessful, in that the party did not achieve its object, was reflected a little in Mr. Spencely's telling, but did not seem to dominate it.

After explaining the lure of the Himalaya and of the unclimbed Jugal Himal, a mountain of 23,500 feet called "The Big White Peak" by the Sherpa of the area, Mr. Spencely continued to the accompaniment of a large collection of colour slIdes. It was a pIty that the size of these pictures on the screen could not have been bigger. It was soon apparent that Nepal was a photographer's paradise: blazing rhododendrons, smiling Sherpa, golf umbrellas (to keep the sun off, and of course, the snow). At higher altitudes, the thinning atmosphere, which produced some hard black skIes, had at the tIme gIven Mr. Spe,:cely an obsession for poached eggs on toast. We were led to wonder how new and excltmg our world was only four miles above sea level. The attack on the mountain never really got under way, as three members of the party were killed and buried by an avalanche of ice and snow near the head <;>f the approach glacier. An unusual end to such a venture? No. Yet mountameers contmue to VISIt the Himalaya; it is, after all, the ultimate challenge. T.B.A.

THE CONTROL OF PESTS

T. A. BENNET-CLARK The Sixth Form lecture by Professor T. A. Bennet-Clark on the control of pests was not only informative but also most entertaining. Woven into the talk was a surprising variety of materials, organisms and human beings. The term "pests" is not an easy one to define. It covers the more obvious nuisances, from the locusts and cankerworms known from Biblical times to the schoolchildren who picked the grapes in the Bordeaux viney~rds. It als? covers the more cryptic ones su~h as the potato-blight fungus, whose ravages 10 the 1840 s had far-reaclung socIal and polItI.cal repercussions. Man himself may be included under the term, as the populatIOn explosIOn is bringing the world to the biggest crisis it has ever faced. Progress in the control of pests has not always come about as a result of the work of professional scientists. It was Tillet, Master of the Mmt at Troyes, who 10 1750 was the first to make a properly controlled multi-factorial scientific experiment in an attempt to PROFESSOR

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cure the bunt of wheat. One hundred years later, the Reverend Miles Berkeley, a country parson, was the filst to dem.onstrate that potato blIght was caused by a fungus, while his SCientIst contemporanes believed In a supernatural origin of the disease. An .apparel?t digressio~ :>11 the di scov~ry of ~rowth-honnoncs in plants, and investigation of theIr chemIcal compoSllIon , led to a dISCUSSIOn of the use of these and related compounds as weed-klIlel s. AccIdent sometImes played a i>art III sCIentIfic dIscovery. The enhanced growth of oat seedlm1?s was found to. be assocIated wIth a laboratory assistant's use of spIttle In the preparatIOn of an expeflment. Analysis of the spittle and later of urine ' showed the presence of appreciable concentrations of plant growth h~rmones.

The talk ended on a cautionary note. Two of the three hormones originally described can no longer be found, nor can the research worker who described them! A question at the end has since led to the investigation of the effect of excretions of local quadrupeds on the growth of grass in the Precincts. B.W.C.

LITERARY BRAINS TRUST With competing cries and cheers from the Gymnasium in odd contrast to the formality of the IntroductIOn 10 the Parry HaIl , a group of Sixth Formers gathered to hear lain Ham.llton . (Chairman), Lady Longford, Hugh Ross Williamson, Geoffrey Trease and Gabl wl F leldmg dISCUSS spontaneously a vaflety of questIOns from the School in a Literary Brams Trust on Tuesday.' February l!th at 5. I5 p.m. The evening would have been a better tlm~ .f?r the meetmg, since many people were engaged, it seems, on other vital school actIVItIes between 5 p.m. and supper, but this arrangement was not possible and the aud '~nce w~s therefore small. All the sp~akers are writers "in their own write", and it was Illterestlllg t? hear them talk of their own approach to writing and their attitudes to. others' work In a very full hour-and-~-half's meeting. The number of questions was plObably too large, so that too many tOpICS had to be passed over too quickly (some in fact, not at all) and one or two of the snap co.nclusions were surprising-Cocteau has 'the greatest chance of survIval. amo.ng modern playwrights, it was agreed- but the replies were generally wItty and IIIumlllatlllg and at limes quite aggressively forthright-on VIOlence 10 the theatre, for example- and we were most grateful to W. H. Smith & Son for the opportulllty to hear them. We hope that a similar visit may be possible again

soon.

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BALLET FOR ALL The Beatles are guaranteed to go down easily in almost all circles, not leastThe K ing's School and when M r. F rank a t the piano struck up the only too familiar stram of one of their n~merous songs, many saw an obvious indication of the ambitIOus nature of the proceedings. The overture consisted of a short extract from Pcter Darrel's Mods and Rockers which creditably aroused our interest befo re we settled down to learn somethmg of the tremendous physical and mental skill and aptitude needed m ballet tramll1g. Having seen how the dancer is trained, we we re shown how his or her skill is appl ied to the actual ballet in the choreography, and how ballet IS abl~ to expre.ss, III a dlffe rc l~t artistic form- that of musical and rhythmic motion- the meamng that, In the theatre, I S expressed in words. This was ill ustrated by contrasting excerpts from the play. Hamlet with the balletsupported by the stirri ng music of Tchaikovsky. We sa~ the IJOll1 t, though some wo ndered how professional actors would have responded to the Implicit cha llenge . The aims behind the eveni ng's entertainment appeared to be to put over to an aud i~nce, basically igno ran t of and possibly hostile towards ballet, the potential It has for ~motlOnal expression, and to give a summary of the stages of ballet tramll1g, while retammg our interest- a difficult feat successfull y accomplIshcd- and also to show us that ballet IS not, as is sometimes imagined, a secluded w.orld in wh ich the N ureyevs and Fonteyns leap and whirl with peculiar abstraction, but a hvmg ar,t form whJCl~ has a~ eye ~or the events of the comparatively narroW and earth-bound environment which we mhabl t.

All thi s was far more successful than we had ex pccted, thanks to a sensible choicc of material diversely talented performers, and a commentary that combmed much fresh info rmation with ample plain entertainment.

Especially successful was, of course, the "finale"- thc fo~trot f:om ~afade, ac~ompan~cd by Mr. Cort, reciting a verbal fo~trot by that fount of Wit, Edith Sitwell, a piece which represented a n aspect of ballet which few had either seen. or heard of ber,?re, and those of us who went with minds fu ll of doubt came away feeling that ballet, Instead of bemg appreciated by a select few, could possibly be more "for all" than they had lutherto imagi ned. R.P.H.

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FOUR SOVIET PRIME MI NISTERS SIR W,LLIAM HAYTER, K. C.M.C .

. The first few.words of the lecture established a friendl y rapport between speaker and listeners;. and mdeed most of those present felt that the lecture was well worth any Iflconvcmcnce cosu lOg from the sudden change in dates. Sir William fi lst gave bl ief biographical sketches of Molotov, Malenkov, Bulganin and Kruschev (although, as he pomted .out, much of their past lives are su nk in mystery). As an ambassadorm Moscow, SII' William had gathered a store of amusing and enthralling anecdotes c,onccl'I1l1lg the m<?rc pers~)Oa t sides of their characters; anecdotes, not generally kno wn, wilich seemed to bun g to life these otherwise rather sinister Russians.

Molotov in particular emerged as an attr~c~ive person~lity, arousing in his colleagues both amusement and respect. The on ly remallung Bolshevik and collaborator with Lenin he had the instincts of a ge ntleman a nd his departure was much regretted by all foreig~ diplomats. Sir Willia~ drew an interesting parallel between the careers of Ernest Bevin and Kruschev whIch were, 1I1 many ways simi lar, but differed in that the former, once he had achieved power, ,radlat~d confidence a nd ease, while Kruschev always retained something of the peasant S SuspIcIOn and resentment; it was made clear, however, that many of Kruschev's apparently spontaneous outbursts of temperament were closely judged performances to gam some particular end. . This was follow~d by a resume of Russian political life which, despite mentions of the liqUidatIOns of vano us former leaders a nd of the excision of certain historical facts, did much to dispel the IllUSions of those whose knowledge of Russian was derived largely from popular fi ctIOn . Finall y, Sir William answered a selection of questions from members of the audience.

Th,e lecture, besides be i~ ~ e nter t~in in g ,and instructive, was reassuring. It seemed almost certam that the sort of regllne wlucll eXisted under the terrorist conspirator Stalin could never be re-established, and that the liberalisation begun under Kruschev would slowly but steadily contillue. We are most Il rateful to Sir William Hayter for this lively and intimate insight into some of the personalities who have dominated world affairs for many yea rs. R.M.A.M. , N.F.R .

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PLAYS "HARLEQUINADE": TERENCE RATTIGAN THE GRANGE Harlequinade is a simple but amusing charade: there are no characters developed , just a situation. Nor is this an easy one for amateur actors, for the main roles arc those of

poor semi-subsidised performers trailing from one drab provincial theatre to the next with their worn, mediocre production (can they really be taking this travesty on a European tour?)-and if the performance is inadequate the comedy can recoil, the company parody itself. But there was no danger of this. Gerald Peacocke's production of the whole was smooth, unobtrusive, unostentatious; Arthur Gosport's, of the play within, was effusive, fussy and melodramatic. Baker and Jarman were splendidly ill-matched and unconvincing as an ageing Romeo and Juliet, Baker's telling for its sheer verbal timing and Jarman's the fuller, more rounded performance. Indeed , all the femal e parts were good, Davies especially as a carrot-coloured curly-topped capsule of energy and efficiency and Percival as a slow but Bracknell-like Dame. Beech and Sargent made the most of small parts, and Stokes, unnecessarily and prematurely applauded, as though it were Monday morning prayers after a 1st XV victory, gave a good performance, too . Keeble was the least confident in the least rewarding role, and some of his scenes were a trifle inaudible, too. The play was short, moved rapidly-as it must-and was, for the most part, greatly enjoyed by audience and actors as the romp it undoubtedly is. R.D.S.

"UNDER MILK WOOD": DYLAN THOMAS LiNACRE HOUSE I heard the first radio performance of this "play for voices" in mistake for a weather forecast; and was immediately trapped . The play can survive translation to other media; television and the stage, but the great difficulty is to avoid visual distraction and keep the atmosphere of well-conducted eavesdropping. Great discipline is needed if visible actors are to communicate this illusion to a large audience, and to achieve this with a cast of over

forty is almost too much to hope for; yet the hope was for the most part fulfilled . Without re-writing the first part of the play it is difficult to make a good beginning. The narrator's "Listen . ... " was imperative rather than persuasive, and it was difficu lt to visualise a sleeping town in a set that looked at first like an assault course. But as the town woke up so did the play and the audience; the set justified itself by allowing the imagination to follow the rapid changes of location, and the narrators, well-contrasted in style, really did conjure and banish the rich network of characters at the wave of a hand. l l8

The problem of accent was tactfu lly solved Accent there u b b . . about Welsh 1.1Um~l~ nature, and the id iom is ~onfined, even c~lI~~rO~llOe~i~us~ 11;':,'8 a play ~~~efl~~. and Ilnpliclt, and we were spared the explosive Indeed-to-gOOdne;s-l~ok-;o~~~n:

I.N.W.

"ONE WAY PENDULUM": N. F. SIMPSON WALPOLE HOUSE One . "Vay ,Pel1l(ululn, described by its author as "a farce in a new dimensi " . W. alpOIle, presenting many difficulties of production ?,~ppi~;~:r~ oun e y aVI r ar d mg. t was best enjoyed if taken as . ' . if one did not allow oneself to be unduly disturbed by the in~~'~S1ng ente!tamment and from the intr~siOl~ of so many private lunacies into the framewo~.~;,~e~t c lao~l resultlll suburban fam il y life. Once this situation was accepted there was mu (IP~arfn y norma ~dmir~. T,hoygh not all the characters were ideally au'dible, th~ ma'ocr~t 0 augh a\f nd 111 theIr. tll11l1lg and forceful presentation, amongst them especially ~ were ex~e lent ~r~omk!rby. th~ fathe,r; Tatchell as his homicidal son, so )crversel ~ss ,as . rt the lUr JustificatIOn of hIS mallla for wearing black; Medlll;rst as AUI~t Mildr~ e dgl~al III h I'k , otmg III er bathchalr; Turner, the cool fri end of the family actin'g as a cho tl 1 . I . ..' rus- I e commentator' and lastly M' I,m, as lC a arl11l11g y !I1CISI Ve and add-voiced Judge Co d bI . were the performances of Joyce, as the long-suffering mother who' seem~;~~ a _ too, pr~~n thro,ughout, and Quine, as, hel: slouching teen-age daughter, with her c1~a~:Cicr~~ti~ w lInll1g v.olce, but perha~s the highlight of the evening was in the ame of non-e i cards, ~JlIcI~ ha,d th7 ra~cll1atlOg horror of a nightmare. A special ~ord of ,~ s~nt to the IInagll1a~lve Ilg~ltlOg and the complicated, but essential, sound-effects p:a~~~hls ue have night!been a private mghtmare to the producer up to the moment of tl1e"If success onmuhst t e

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F.H.V.

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MUSIC JOAN AND VALERIE TRIMBLE FEBRUARY 18T H

F tl e first time the Shirley Hall welcomed, on Thursday, February 18th, Joan and V l ore +rimble for a recital of works for two pianos. Before the 19th century little was a. en f . b t the Concerto in C minor by Bach and the Duellrno Cancertante wntten or two pIOnos, u . I dd" b B . . (ft Mozart) or as is more likely by Mozart WIt 1 a ItlOns y usonl ,.oon~Jb~~:X~~ : b~\anced progr~mme. In the Ba~h the difference in timbre of the two pianos

em hasised effectively the counterpoint, and JO the hnal mov~ment , a

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untIrIng

he two erformers gave particular evidence of theIr fine rh~thmlc sense and all~gr~ia~din whfch was one of the great features of the whole evelling. The Busolll ~~n~~r/an/e ~ith its frequent reminders of the first work, fo llowed most suitabl y, and here again the st'i ghtly hard tone of the new piano litted a compoSitIOn of thIS penod. p

. work of the recital was Rachmaninoff's second Suire, in which a wa ltz an9 a e major f ned by a rumbustious introduction and an exciting tara ntella poundlllg romance arc ral f I 1 I . I lex fes was enough on to its frenzied conclusion. The sheer mastery 0 Âˇt 1e r 1yt lmlca comp hI I b t . t ke this performance a lour deforce although at tunes a more delicate a ance e ween t~emt~o instruments might have allow~d some of the themes to stand out more clearl y. Th

The short second half of the recital contained an ea rl y wo rk by John Field, a nineteenth t r Irishma n who worked at the time as a pIO no tuner III London , and p,cees by tl;e cen u hY D b y and Poulenc The veiled nebulous tones of the former s Frenc composers e uss . '. b f f t' Lindera 'all refused to be coaxed satisfactorily out of the tW? pianos, ut ears 0 an an I. Y d' 11 d by Debussy's Fetes and by a qUIte mas terly performance, as a chmax were soon Ispe'1"e Dance from the Scaramouche SUIte . 0 f M'II d In ' w I11C . I1 th at 1 lall first encore, 0 f a Brazi IOn fi 11 I . d t b naintained in the perfect balance between the two in s trume~ts ~as lila y ac lleve , 0 e 1 ' second encore , A Jamaican Rumba by BenJamll1. had an evening of thoroughly enjoyable music, and it is dis.Those wI10 were presen t I I '1 1 I 11 A t e and I hope s rang ' : .' a ointin that more were not prepared to brave t 1e c 11 y '": pp g" 1 t to make the time or perhaps the eftort to support" conceIt uncharactenstlc re uc ance . . d h t d d f . . t 'bute to the trouble taken by the orgallisers an t e s an ar 0 of thIS nature IS a poor n d h r ks w'th the School excellence of the performers who are so well-known, an w ose In I are so close. R.A.C.M.

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MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH

A reasona ble number of people filled the recital room to appreciate and enjoy the wide variety of performances by a limited number of musicians. The items on the programme were ambitious, but wi thin the scope of the musicians, many of whom played at least two instruments and sang with equal ability.

The skill and fluen cy displayed by Arney (flute) and W. H. Williams (piano obbligato) in their renderin g of J. S. Bach's Sonata No.2 in Ejlat was obvious even to the inexperienced car, although a profound sympathy with Bach's music is necessary for a really full interpretation of such a work. Saunders (piano) accompa nied Potter in a competent, though seemingly under-rehearsed, performance of Schubert's Gute Naclrt for tenor soloist. The song is simple in construction, and in the low key the lack of sufficient expression and contrast was accentuated . A solo of this sort is a comparative novelty in these concerts, a nd it is to be hoped that Potter and others will be stimulated to si ng more frequently in future, perhaps with material chosen more specifically for the individual taking part. Two piano duets, Dein Gebul'/s/ag ist Erschienen by J. S. Bach, and B olero by Moscowski, illustrated the inherent musical sense ofW. H. Williams a nd T. P. M. Young, who played wit h great confidence and expertise . The different qualities of the two pianos added clarity to the music. The virtuosity of J. P. Williams ('cello), the youngest performer, and True (piano) was apparent to all in their interpretation of the Allegro Appassionato for 'cello and piano by Saint-Saens. The pace was evidently faster than originally intended, and the 'celtist found it difficult to make the highest notes speak, but the piece very nearly succeeded. The two deserve every encouragement for future appearances in similar concerts. Hodges selected four pieces from his extensive knowledge of Ba rtok's music, which fully revealed his insight into the works of this composer. He treated his repertoire with possibly unwarranted levity on at least one occasion , but his playing was interesting and technically ski lful. An unusual but neverth eless highly effective combination of three guitarists (W. H. Williams, Potter and T. P. M. Young) and a 'cellist (Saunders) then played a chorale by J. S. Bach and the well-known composition of Templeton, Bach Goes to Town. Although the intonation was perhaps not a lways perfect, the musical sense of each of the performers was unquesti4)nably evident throughout, and the future introduction of similar items would be acceptable to all. This was followed by an intri guing trio of songs by R. H . Davies (alto) (whose function in the vocal group was new to him, but who rapidly gained confidence and produced a pleasi ng sound), Potter, T. P. M. Young (tenors) and W. H . Williams (bass). They succeeded in capturing the spirit of each song, and ably interpreted the humour of Frederick Bridge, the composer. Possibly they could be criticized to a limited extent on grounds of unsettled chordin g, but the tone quality was always good . The item brought to a close an extremely enjoyable concert, which full y exhibited the range of talent in some of the leading musical figures of the School. R.J.C.-G. 321

PASSION MUSIC SUNDAY, MARCH 21sT

On Sunday, March 21st instead of Evensong there was a service of Passion Music in thc Crypt, sung by the Madrigal Society, directed by Edrcd W!Âˇlght. Those who wcrc pre~ent shared in a musical experience which was thoroughly salisfY1Jlg and often 1Jltensely mOV1Jlg. The Madrigal Society sang throughout with a co~viction that made such small fau lts as there were seem quite insignificant. One was Icft with a feeling of wonder that such a small group of young singers could produce such powerful tone, perfect dictIOn and depth of expression. Mter a congregational hymn they bcgan by singing a chorus, "G lor~ be to Jesus", from SchUtz's St. Matthew Passion. A certa in tenseness on the part of the smgers was apparent at the beginning but they soon becamc more relaxed , and the quiet concluding section of the chorus was 'well executed. If the treble tone hcrc and in the anthem Nolo Mortem Pecca/oris by Morley which followed sounded a little forced, one had to remember that in a school such as this it is hardly fair to expect trebles' vOices to be 1Jl March what they were in September; what was remarkablc was the fact that they were able to hold their own so splendidly for so much of the time. In the next piece, an Agnus Det by Byrd, their tone was delightful and the balance between the parts perfect. The motet 0 My People by Vittoria was sung with great intensity; here thc dynamic contrasts were particularly effective. After another congregational hymn and the anthem Adoramus te Criste by Palestrina also very well sung, there was a Plaillsong setting of The Text P;osc. Tatchell gave a'very adcquate, strai&htforward rendering of thc sol? part. He has a pleasant voice, as yet lacking somewhat In powcr and depth of tone; thiS will come in time. Salvator Mundi by Blow presented difficulties for the trebles who, divided as they were into two parts, lacked volume in places; there were also oI~e o~ two rather Ullcertal11 cntries. The balance between choir and organ seemed not qUite right from where I was sitting; but I am told that somcone sitting not far from where I was found the balance perfect and this the most satisfying performance of the eVe!l1ng. The Ave Verul". by B~rd which followed after a reading was beautifully sung, If lack1Jlg some of thc 111tenslty wluch had been achieved earlier. One wondered if the singers were growing tircd, as wcll they might. In fact they must have been saving some energy for the two excerpts from Bach's St. Matthew Passion with which they concluded . In the first of these, I 1I'0uid beside my Lord be watching, the tenor solo was splendidly sung by Potter. His .voice h~s already developed considerable maturity of tone and hiS almost faultless .renderIng of thiS difficult piece displayed considerable vocal co ntrol. ThiS was a fine achievement. The final chorus, In tears of grief, sums up the ~hole meaning of the Passion. The words speak of grief at the grave of our Lord: the mUSiC pomts forward III restramed triumph to the joy of Easter morning. We weep certainl~, but whether our tears are of gnef or gratrtude we cannot say. The singers drew on all their reserves of energy In a fine performance. Here as always, Bach has said the last word on the subject, and it was perhaps a pity that the service ended with anotherlcongregational hymn. Fme though it IS III Itself, When 1 survey the wondrous Cross seemed a superfluous comment. Better if we had risen and gone quietly away. M.O.H.D. 322

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT SUNDAY, MARCH 28TH

On first seeing the programme for this concert one could hardly avoid a chuckle of anticipatIOn; a movement from Bach's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor and Eric Coates'

march, The Dam Busters, give some ind ication of the variety of the entertainment. And entertainment it was, the enjoyment of which was capable of obscuring the occasional musICal lapse. "

The Chamber Orchestra got the evening off to a firm start with Handel's Concerto Grosso in G. The tonal balance of the concertante group was, however, not quite right. In both thiS and the next two Items It was notICeable that the second violins came through very well. T. P. Beckett was a steady soloist in the first of these items the Bach Piano Concerto . An expanded orchestra then accompanied C. J. Arney and C.' W. Blake in the 1st Movement of Cimarosa's Double Flute COllcerto. Thc flutes were complementary in tone, the first belllg the more forceful, and though this was perhaps fortuitous the effect was pleasing. The orchestr~, after a rather messy start from the horns, was ihoroughly good. The next Item, Llszt s Hunganan Rhapsody Number 2, arranged for four players on two pianos, proved excltmg; the balance was good and the difficulty of having two very different pianos well managed. The second part of the evening looked as if it would be anticlimactic m~sically, though anyth111g but that ~n volume. In the event the first part ofthis Judgement proved quite wrong, as the Glee Club s performance of a ballad set by Britten was delightful. The reviewer doubted the adVisability of a word score to such a gripping talc, when the enunciation of the singers was so clear. The final assembly was the Band containing an enthusiastic brass section: too near to which it was dangerous to sit! Th~y thoroughly enjoyed playing the Coates march after some herOIC work by the conductor III establishing the correct rhythm, entJrely failed to manage the Arab Dance from Tchaikowsky's Nu/cracker Suite, and ended with a selection from My Fair Lady by Loewe in which they showed an increasing competence, though they nevcr managed to produce a really clean sound. An enjoyable concert; it was a pity that so few members of the school deemed it worthwhile attending. T.B.A.

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CONTRIBUTIONS How MERRIE WAS ENGLAND ?- a sketch by A. M. Jankowski

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CHURCHILL : H IS PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORy-an essay by M. J. N. Baker .. .

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THE PLEA- and

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THE LEITER- pOems by N. A. Ash

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THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE- a sho rt story by A . J. Flick

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THE TrME-SEEKER- a poem by M. J. N. Baker

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BOB DYLA N- a n articl e by A. A. F. Craig

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SEA-DREAMs- a poem by G. R. G. Keeble

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D EUTSCHER KAFFEE- a fict ion by N . A. Ash

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O N ENTERING TH E UPPER SIXTH AND STUDYING MILTON-a parody by N. F. Riddle

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CHILD- a poem by W . N. Bryson

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M ENDEL- I N M EMOR IAM- an appreciation by R . P. Hayward

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R EFLECTION- by J . K. H a rri s

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HOW MERRIE WAS ENGLAND

A. M. Jankowski

Merrie England was green and red. Perpendicular and decorated peasant pilgrims Canterburying Eastward. Robin Hood camps and SherilT of Nottingham ar rows in Sherwood. Edwa rd German wasn't there but his London was. Rats, black and white deathwatch-beetIe walls 6 ft. thick. Maidens in Cilia Black dresses walk ing up Palace Street with brown monks. Basic cobbles, no tarmac, no fluorescent street lights, no tcl1y antennae,

just Roman straight and narrow. What-shall-we-do-tonight couples sitting on 20th Century benches in the 14th Century darkness talking 14th Century nothings. It's backgammon night tonight- tune into the top of the blues lute and harp pops. Four posters, usual night life. Illuminations of gold (not like Regent Street) showing CourtIy, Knigh tl y deeds of defring-do, ladies on pedestals, only the courteous can love, but it is love which makes them courteous. Painted Ikons, orange halos. No merrie green belt in revolting 1381 , just merrie green. Knights on the dole, the wife of Bath had a large fami ly allowance it seems. Chaucer has packed his bags, the train from Southwark leaves in 1383. Marie de France is singing her Breton Lay and the Troubadors are getting their allegories ready for the king (We've only got as far as Harry, Dick, John, Harry III). Once a peasant, always a peasant, no jumped-Up nouveau-richeness. Lords were Lords. Hogs-headed tressles in Penshurst (was it built?). Gaiety, barndances, masques, such merriement. Silver chalices and poisoned wi ne, deceit, plunder, why no coppers? Pinch a cake and your head's cut off. Merrie blue. Cryptic pinks and oranges at Canterblll Y, green and red sta ined glass. Not the great gothic god-house, but basic green sensibility, all blue. Blue-cold wa lls sapping up the red sun, neon sun, always the same in the stained glass pews, even emptier than today-they thought the psalms too old-fashioned . Peasants cringing at God, and his out-of-date fa ith, gregarious God , gargoiled God. "Ban the Cross Bow" (BCB) vicars officiating at red and green olT-white weddings, Guineveres and Lancelots. No labour Government in those days, still problems with the guilds, trying to get an 80 hour week passed, for the under-tens at any rate. Merrie? No, still green, and red of course. It's a sq uare wo rld , a square green world. Why no merriement? Because merriement did not come till after Guy Fawkes or the fire of London. Then there was merriement, Blake's flaming merriement. Canterbury equals merriement. Look at blue Canterbury's 20th Century narrowness. Green merriement is in the cloistered Chapter, the winged scholars, the blackness and hypocrisy. England was never merrie. England has always been roast beef and Yorkshire green, antimacassar red. Reserved is the cliche, I believe.

In days of old, when Kn ights were bold doesn't know what it's talking abou t. Everything was dead, is dead. Why not have a funeral, all green, all red .

CONCRETE A 'D CLAY -

CANTERBURY'S NEW UNI VEI! SITY

M. P. Powell

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CHURCHILL: HIS PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

M.}. N. Baker In assessing Churchill's importance in modern times it is difficult not to speak in abstract terms, because the very greatness of his achievement lies largely in the ideals it has inspired. In retrospect his life represents as much the tale of a legendary hero as that of a great statesman of reality. This should not blind us to the fact that Churchill's contribution was of a concrete and universal nature. No-one in recent years has done more to raise the level of political standards in this country than he himself. He was, of course, one of that great Liberal Cabinet which founded the Welfare State. At the Board of Trade, over fifty years ago, he was concerned with the first steps towards National Insurance and the social revolution of our times. Between 1940 and 1945 he was the saviour of this nation against the attacks 'of Hitlerite Germany, and proved himself to be perhaps the greatest war-leader the world has produced in modern times. Yet Churchill's historical significance lies not so much in terms of Britain, or even of Europe and the Commonwealth, as in terms of the world, of its unity and its freedom. In reality, Churchill's position in contemporary history is a flexible one. We should not merely assign him a place in the Second World War. His whole career was dedicated to the task of giving life and strength to what he believed was a specific world order. He always placed his faith in great states and civilisations in an almost hierarchical order ; he never hated Germany as such, for instance. He condemned the Nazis, but the Germans scarcely at all. The years 1940-45 merely served to magnify the efforts manifested by such a belief by dint of the particular circumstances that surrounded Churchill's actions. It was his profound respect for humanity as something eternal that made his achievement one that transcended the limitations Of a particular period of history. To modern generations, it is Churchill the man whom we first admire, perhaps, particularly because of the romantic character of his life, and because it differs so much in that respect from our own. It was most unlike that of modern politicians and probably impossible of repetition . At a time when affluence and poverty or misery face each other across the world, when Britain itself has been the object of accusations recently of "softness" and apathy, there is some value in remembering and perhaps re-applying today Churchill's pugnacity and will, his intellectual vigour and curiosity, and his constant stress upon the large-scale rather than the trivial. These qualities deserve mention above all else, because they embodied the driving-force behind a political career aimed at achieving at all costs true values and at ousting complacency; they are essential to political life if it is to be anything other than a sterile pursuit of office and a careful calculation of personal benefit. . Churchill never perceived of politics in anything but the broadest terms. He couched his view of humanity within an historical context, he dramatised the importance of affairs. This was not a form of "escapism" or artificiality in Churchill's politics that corrupted and distorted the truth, but a genuine aspiration which made truth an ideal to be pursued 327

with vigour and determination. It was "romanticised" politics, yet when Government is

ultimately the instrument of freedom against oppression and corruption, it is a highly plausible means of securing success. One fact can therefore be established with regard to Churchill's historical and idealised view of politics. It is that government, under any circumstances, should be responsible to the people it governs. It was why he railed so strongly against despotism and totalitarianism. Only for men like Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini, did he reserve hi s fi ercest verbal attacks. Humanity and loyalty were the two greatest att ributes of Churchill's war-time government. For this reason his popularity during th e war was immense, and

it is why his death has come as a personal loss to many. Churchill enjoyed power, certainly, but he was never haughty or distant. His world was built upon the primacy of public over private relationships, upon the supreme value of action, in ai d of simple good against simple evil. Yet for all this, Churchill was always a realist. His socia l and economic views might seem less convincing today than in the early years of his career, but he was constantly aware of current trends in world thought. He would have endorsed the late President Kennedy's approach to world affairs, for it lived up to his highest ideals, but he had been the first to point out, in his Fulton speech, the existence of a rigid Iron Curtain between East and West. Yet whatever errors he committed, and he did commit many, Churchill set himself and his government the standard which he exacted from others: unselfish obedience to the service of the community. It was a criterion that no doubt promoted the idea of the Welfare State. Through its sense of publ ic responsibility, Churchillian-type government has the power to evoke an undeniable response from the nation it serves, and this constituted Churchill's achievement in 1940. In his great work, The Second World War, Churchill declares the morals of his work to be thus: " In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill". He banished the idea, perhaps more effectively than any other man, that parliamentary liberty and the necessity of strong government are irreconcilable. His government strcssed on the contrary that a combination of these two elements represented the most effective and noblest means of action and achievement. It would be both unjust and short-sighted to condemn Churchill's belief in the historical traditions of mankind as being necessarily less contemporary, and thus somehow less true and less responsive to modern needs, than the non-committal. It was his very faith in institutions and in the permanent character of races that inspired in Churchill his strong feeling for public and responsible government. And government can only be responsible to the people it serves so long as it is also in tune with their needs and has the ability to be progressive. Churchill's predilection for the American democracy and his friendship with Roosevelt during the war years was the found ation of his hopes for a regeneration of the Western world, to be led by two progressive world powers, Britain and America. This work, the basis to his political outlook, together with efforts to create a united European bloc, stands as a landmark in the theme of interdependence and of one wo rld will. It is unfortunate that Churchill was unable in peace, as he had been able in war, to drive his government into the leadership of Europe. He was the one man who saw so clearly where modern trends lay, and who could put this country at the head of a great European movement. Again, though, Churchill's long-term importance should be considered here, not his separate triumphs or failures. His ideal is in part embodied in schemes like the American Peace Corps, V.S.O., Oxfam and aid to under-developed countries, the Common Market, and V.N.O. 328

Not the least of Churchill's gifts was his intuitive feelin g for the essential blending of science and humanism, the root of our civilisation. He had this sense despite the fact that he was romantic, impu lsive, and prejudiced in so many things, rather than

deliberate, systematic, and open-minded. He once wrote: " There are many who think that reason and faith, science and religion, must be everlastingly separated, and that if one be admitted, the other must be denied. Perhaps it is because we see so short a span that we think that their lines are parallel and never touch each other." Certainly Churchill felt that their lines were not necessaril y parallel, largely because he thought so emphatically in terms of the historical identity of civilisation. Unlike such men as C. P. Snow, he did not see twc separate elements, science and humanism, as he effectively demonstrated

during the last war by his promotion of scientific research in aid of the war effort. Churchill's influence upon the world of today is undeniable. As a man, he will always

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remain a so urce of inspiration, even to those generations that never witnessed his triumph

in 1945. Above all , as a man of action with the will to stir government from apathy to fierce resistance and vigour, and simultaneously to imbue a nation with his spirit, will he earn his place in contemporary history, for his example in this respect is so impressive. After his fall from power in 1945, Churchill declared: "Never indulge in self-pity". It was a statement consistent with all that he stood for.

Tile Letter "

What now waits When I will waiting went? A letter? Time crawls slowly Like a cripple from the wars. Don't die Time

Poenls by N. A. Asil

Live on Time Move on Time Be on Time

With my letter. In that paper sl it

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o warlike Odin

My heart in two

Look on mc, a warrior subdued,

Or make two one.

But Time cries much

My army fled, the battle lost, My fertile land death-strewed. o warlike Odin Make these rocks to be a million men. Give me part-power to lead them well And conquer men again . o warlike Odin,

And lives always.

Look on mc, a warrior subdued,

We have precious minutes;

For I can do no other thing But fight and kill in feud.

Would our hearts were joined Yours to mine.

We side by side wo uld cry together, Would laugh together, And both would feel that steady beatThe agonies of dying Time.

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THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE

A.J.Flick

Rain storm Congo splintering down on the frame of a white man who dies when the storm abates; the sun dies in its own copper embers, and the hal f-moon slits open the horizon and rises high out of her unseen bleeding womb- threatens to stutter. The lavalea ther face of th e guard standing by the condemned man is contorted by a lazy grin as

he twists his toffee features to contemplate his ward. The backgrounding drizzle obscures his view. He turn s away. A drum begins to beat and throb; the guard's head nods, causing

a pleasantly mellow friction between stubble and smooth skin of beard and double-chin. Sleep overcomes him and he nestles back into fleshy oblivion . The prisoner scratches his thick, black hair with what is left of his finger-nails, and a few thick, black hairs fall out on to his legs. He picks up one hair; stud ies it, minute ly, before all owing it to drift away,

dwindlin g into night-steam an d sweating undergrowth. The shadow of the nat ive supposed to be watch ing him is scattered among the dripping grasses, the ignom ini o us failure of an

appea l stretched out to the whiteness that has rejected it, fo r the prisoner's face is white, and set, and cold, in spite of the sweat. ... He perspired no longer in the tense jungle heat, but shivered in his heart because of the dark vagueness of a windy suburban street in the less cultured part of West London . He cast wild, darting glances about him and then went down into the darkness of a basement flat. He knocked, and after a jerked appraisal of the watch swea t-cuttin g his wrist, knocked again, thi s time with a kind of ferociou s impatience which impl ied the immediate

destruction of the door and all that lay beyond the instant some one was fool enough to open it- and a crack of light dawned and the door was open. Whele had been wood was now a face. Just a face . The rest was darkness . The face was cobwebbed by a vei l : "Is Mrs. Chambers in ?" "1 am Mrs. Chambers." "Oh." "1 am Mrs. Chambers." "Yes' well-" "Wh~t do you want?" "To speak to you . Ted sent me." "Cold morn in g . . . ." "Er- yes; well, Mrs. Ch-" "Come inside ."

"1- " "Well ?"

As the door is opened wide, the dim light from the fluo rescent lamp fourteen yards down the street above fla shes into the gloom of the basement like the last spasms of a torch w ith a run-down battery inside it and makes a dull circular tour of the dusty expanse in side, illuminating a large room , with doors leadin g ofT, precariously doing a ballet act on un-

musically mobile hin ges, to outer darkness, a few lonely pieces of fUI niture veiled in pale shrouds that once were white. There is no carpet. Just bare boards. The place smells of some deep, dank pit where ghosts are born. Gazing bleakly into the depth of the fl at, he sighs with the mixed emotion of a cat which has just lost its first life. "This is where I stay?" "One week ."

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r sleep?"

"Where do I sleep?"

"Through there." A shuffle in the darkn ess. A fin ger points. "That door?" "Yes." "May I look?" "Of course."

He waits for her to lead him on with the candle she has just lighted and which casts wild

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shadows on the wall; wild , black shadows which dance round , and round . . .. She makes no movement.

"Here's a cand le. Blow it out as soon as you have got accustomed to the place. Then feel you r way around , like a blind man." "Yes. I've got you. " "Goodn ight." "Good- ."

But she was go ne, and the blackness of her gown and vei l was replaced by another kind of blackness. The so rt which )Juts an end to all prayer. A dirty great brick wall, aga in st wh ich quest,,?ns rebound and lllt back In the face, rebuking for the courage to question it. The :vall whlc~ s urrou~d s a man, hemming him in on every side, crushing him without merCIful attention to Ill S smot~lcred gasps of despair, until he is just another brick in the

wall, another choked chapter In the long history of suppressed protest. In such a silence he sat an d smoked , blackening hiS lungs . The darkness breathed in the smoke and soon he was lost in the black fog. He ~roped for the candle, and , after extinguishing the tiny wh ite fl ame, he groped back to hiS bed , and slept. In sleep he saw dark and flickering figures wrrthll1~ on the cerlmg of hiS tmy, cramped bedroom, wr iggl ing in and out of the

cobwebs, dancll1g monotono ll sly round and round, revolving faster and faster until their movements evo~ved into a sickeningly inane frenzy-and four days passed. ' "Good morn mg." "What . ... oh, yes . Thanks. Same to you-er- what's this?"

Silence. "Oh , yes- it's tea , isn't it?" Silence. "Well, thanks a lot." She is about to leave, when "I say! Do you have any books? [mean , I'm all alone here-" "There's me." "Yes . . . ." "No. I have no books." "Forget it then."

Apart from the bed, there were only two artides of furniture in the room and these were both covered in dust-sheets. Some force prevented him from lifting the sheeis up to see what was underneath. Be~lldered at thi S, he sought refuge at the tiny grimy window. He looked out, and saw tinY grimy slums, tilly grimy douds, a tiny grimy sky. It was cold. It would be a cold , dark day. Still, that was better than a cold, dark cell , and a cold, dark death .... A man on the run couldn't be choosey.

At this self-reminder of those past events which had led him to this room he reviewed

them in se~uence, ",:,inc!ng, smiling, s ighi~g, as he did so, and finally shrugged ilis shou lders. It was as If one evil Jl1l1lute had been mll1utely studied during one etern al nightmare, and 331

magnified into one life-time of regret and self-reproach in such a way as would have stolmed the gates of heaven-and then just chucked irrecoverably away . . . . . He was safe here, he thought. Another lease of life had been gra nted him. The stinging suspense of the plane-dash, followed by-freedom. And power. Power to forget and forgive. No. Not to forgive. Every second , every hour, every day of his life he would re-live that minute of his life for which he would burn a million years. The door dithers and opens wide. The Chambers woman stands there. Her black robes sweep up the dust off the floor as she brushes towards him . " It has been arranged. You will fly on the BEA 773 1 which leaves the a irport at 10.15 on Saturday morning for America." Two more nights, then; two more days. "You will not return to England. You must therefore be prepared to settle down over there permanently, and take some kind of job. I think you can count yourself lucky. Here is your supper. Goodnight." "Thank you . Good-night." Through the mind of the prisoner flashed vague memories like rain-blurred photographs . The plane-the first visual impressions of a land that was stran ge to him a nd had remained so-the sordid tenements where he had drifted and drunk throu gh a fitfu l and bewildered year in which he had first started to cease hating- the jobs he had tried and failed atthe Army Office- the first head-line which brought the Congo catastrophe to the shuddering eyes of man in its naked and tragic truth-and his arrival in Africa. Here, at last, was a country whieh suited, and satisfied, his starvin g soul. He had not even minded his capture. But above all, one irradicable fact brings him back from the elevation of memory to the harsh physical reality of the present. Stamped across the sky, the moon Knifey has cut through the skin of mother earth and has emerged. The long and painful physical effort is over. The child is born and risin g high. Now the mental labour must begin. The storm has abated, and black shadows are moving towards the prisoner and his guard. The guard is now awake. In the silence of a nticipation, the man who must die is making his peace with the moon he has provoked. The sun is down and the storm is dead. The prisoner looks deep down into the black gutter that has been his life, and walks in the way of death without a whimper. Reflected against the flames which flicker in time with the gnashi ng of hungry teeth and the licking of dry, parched li ps that cry to be moistened with good things, it seems that his body is already afire, with his soul shining through it. Watch him now, as he faces the final purgation of the emotions which, even now, he lacks, the awful exorcism of that power which will pass on with his soul ; for the pain will mean nothing, as the life has meant nothing, and yet he waits with the impatience that is holy for the end which will bear sole witness for him in one violent ecstasy of fiery expiation. Don't tell them "he was a good man" Don't tell them I was bad Don't tell them I was better than I was I am no longer important Don't ask my soul to be A witness to my good deeds, and my bad I lived and died as millions have Forget about my life What I did will stay behind What I didn' t won't Be even worth the trouble of a question And the answer I know not how to tell332

]n ev'ning fields alone does sil ence rule

Amid this li fe of petty care and sighs ; There common sounds a nd sights st ill stran gely new Acco st the ru stic trav'lIer, ca p in hand,

With cheeks rose-flushed and dark ly-beaded brow. The hushed pale scamper in the new-mown hay Like childish tittering from the panell'd Nurse ry. Airy solace wafts across Plume-tufted clods just newly turned by plough And hoof. The mottled pigeon win gs with graceless Speed to woods far distant and formless in Twilight's rising mists. The screaming cry Of heedless martins rends the river breeze; And summer's flat, y ellow~brown horizon Betrays th e ruffled crown, or is it yet

The sadden'd, half-lit smile which dimly glows, As if the sh ifting slln was like some lov'd One, dyin g slow in softest ecstasy.

Our trav' lIer reaches now the brambled wood Where life is still amongst the shambling shades Of leaf-frilled boughs which qui ver wi th night-stealth To greet the dark's soft-breathing folds of peace.

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He hears the shrill wood-call closely far And senses those quick-wink in g li ghts beyond The trees of Nat ure's backward homeland haze. Tomorrow sees the streets, the cars, the smoke,

The acrid tinge of gas, and dirty sweat, The only legacy of the bitter Lab'rer who toils his weary wage in the

Darkness of days, the ligh t of fitfu l nights.

Civilisation greets"the

heart~worn

sage

Who, on bended knee, prays 'mid glancin g leaves. In yonder field s the night has kiss'd the sheaves .

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A. A. F. Craig

BOB DYLAN

to make money- he believes it is his job to lead the world-this time he succeeds. He comes to Britain- returning to wax ten more songs on a new L.P. entitled The Times they are a-chang in' ; far more revealing his true character than any that had gone before, it was a masterpiece in folk blues.

Few people are living today that have not heard the name of Bob Dylanalready a legend to many, his music has swept through America, and reached England soon after the winter of 1961, when he visited and played in the Albert Hall. His visit was only partially a success - his music, although fairly popular to those with an ear for it, had not been accepted by the majority. The usual phrase "American R & B" brought to mind images of Huddy Leadbetter, and "American Folk" plantation songs; but for an ever-increasing number of people it was becoming associated with the name of Bob Dylan. But nowadays the controversy over Dylan is a popular talking point. There are usually just two lines of thought- a lot can be said about each- a lot has- I 10tend to say but a little. Bob Dylan's lirst L.P., entitled simply Bob Dylan, showed the artist in a happy frame of mind on the lirst side. One saw a vision of a lively young man, trying to make his first break. Side two showed a different side to Dylan-a heartrending version of House of the Rising Sun coupled with numbers such as See that my grave is kept clean! It was obvious from then that this was the side of Dylan that would be predominant in all his later recordingsand that was the way it was going to be. Soon after, a second L.P. called The FreelVheelin was on the market. It featured his own songs to a greater extent- Blowin'

Who is this folk-singer? He was born in Duluth, Minn. in 1941, and lived for a short time in Sioux Falls, S.D. and Gallup, New Mexico. He graduated from high school in Hibbing-"Way up by the Canadian border". For six troubled months Dylan attended the University of Minnesota on scholarship, but like so many of the restless students of his generation, the formal confines of college couldn't hold him. "I didn't agree with school," he says, "I flunked out- I read a lot, but not the required readings". "Mostly," he summarises his school days,

"I couldn't stay in one place long enough". Dylan went East in February, 1961. His destination: The Greystone hospital in New Jersey. His purpose: to visit the ailing singer, ballad maker and poet, Woody Guthrie. It was the beginning of a deep friendship between the twoalthough separated by thirty years and two generations. He met and made friends with such artists as Dave van Ronk and Jack Elliott- two of the most dedicated singers playing at Greenwich Village. In April, 1961 he appeared opposite John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City.

ill the wind being his most famous com-

position- but not his best. He is still trying to make us see what he is trying to say. He does not make records in order

His future: "I just want to keep on singing and writing songs like 1 am doing now. 1 just want to get along. I don't 334

think about making a million dollars. If 1 had a lot of money, what would I do?" Many people- often those who would do down the Stones' music because of their appearance- will run down artists like Dylan. "He has no decent voice- he can only just play the guitar- just the basic chords-his statements aren't profound enough. He touches the outside of the problem." True or false? He has a rough voice, yet full of life and versatility- and this roughness puts over a certain quality that appeals- though by no means to every Dylan admirer. His guitar is kept in the background. The words are the important part- and have to be concentrated on. The guitar and harmonica force home the point- usually it needs no forcing.

SealJreams

Many problems he creates for himself: . . . . "FO! many dark hour I've been thinking 'bout this That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss Now 1 can't think for you- you'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot had God on His

side" . ... A problem not thought of by many. Or is it a problem? Perhaps it doesn't bear thinking about. Dylan gets across to those who take the initial step to sit down and listenbut we must do that with anyone who has something important to say.

6. B. 6. Keeble

1 can smell the smell of the ship. I can feel the feel of the spray. I see in the sea- dark night And not be seen. A deck-chair. A shadow. To a black space I creep. In a dark place I sleep. Alone. For a time alone. Time to feel alone, To escape from a harsh reality. Peace on this earth to all men Idealistic oblivion. A dreamless sleeper, a sleepless Dreamer, leaning against the rail Thinks on nothing. Not even God. Look, a path! Turn, go back. Just a dream-a peaceful journey. Go back. Over the endless wake it goes, dancing. My soul. 335

DEUTSCHER KAFFEE

N. A. Ash

The master was late. I lay stretched out on the radiator wondering who had written what he shouldn' t on the ceiling. Ceili ngs are funny things. They have tops and bottoms. People walk on the top and write on the bottom. Most ceilings have li ghts hangin g out of them; if they don't they ought to, otherwise one can't see well to write what one shou ld . The master came in. I sprang disheveled to attention and gave the impression that I had been struggling to master a strong verb. I had reached wha t I hoped was the past participle when he told me to shut up and sit down. Naturally I obeyed . In rushed a boy! His face showed the agonies of prolonged exhaustion. Drops of strained coffee clung to his lips and rolled down his chin. He swallowed hard but had to rechew his mouthfu l. "Sorry I'm latc, Sir", he gasped. The master turned with righteous viciousness and announced : "You're late!" "Sorry I'm late, Sir." "Say it in German ." "Entschuldigen Sic, mcin Herr. " "Warum ?" "Because I'm late."

"Ich verstehe nicht!" "Weil ieh spat bin."

"Very well. Sit down." "Thank you, Sir." "Don't be late again."

We, the form, shared this boy's shame. The master strode before us and warned us with fingers , fro wns, frets and threats, of tardiness . How we gulped. How we blushed and hated him who had brought upon us this disgrace. How we envied him that extra toast and cup of coffee. Coffee, the nectar of the harassed child. Made in a second, drunk in a minute, and forgotten in an hour. The master was talking to us in German and gesticulati ng as he had seen Germans do. He smiled as he cracked a joke in German. I wish he'd said it in English. Jt must have been good; the only scholar in the form laughed at it. I could tell when the joke was fini shed. The master stopped talking. Then I laughed. 336

Vou know, yo u can laugh and not know what you are laughing about. Knowing that you don't know makes it funny, and knowing that the master thinks that you know what you are killing yourself over, makes the previous knowledge even funnier. The more that [ think about it, the more I feel that that joke must have been a good one. r don't know how many times the master had repeated it, but he certainly killed himself over it. Somebody started laughing in German. That did it! He remembered- there to teach . Off again on a verbal perambulation with the hood up. Smiling when he smiled, looking intelligent and thinking about the next cup of nectar. He talked and we acted for forty-five minutes. At the end of that time he left a nd we emerged to go bble fresh air and the beauty of the world . Looked at something biggish , the cathedral perhaps. It was still there, like it or not. So were we. Nights can be hot, they can be close, they can be cool ish, they can be cold. So can da ys. This one was freezing. [ went inside. The master was late. 1 lay stretched out on the radiato r wondering. You know desks are funny things. People si t underneath them and write things on top ... .. .

0"Entering tlw fJpller Sixtl. and St"d,/ing 6liltOl' N. F. Iliddle When I consider how my life was spent : Ten years at school and then the G.C.E., "What purpose?" Ponder I, resentfu lly. "Those years of indiscretion were not meant

To spend in labour till my back grew bent, My optics now grew dim (I could not see But N.H.S. provided glasses- free) ." I ask indeed, "What purpose and intent?" Traverse the graminaceous court of green?

To enter last, leave first the Shirley Hall? To breast the fronta l portal of the House ? To stick-supported walk? Jt wo uld have been Better far not to ha ve worked at al l. Ah! lucky fools who ignorance espouse. 337

j ,V. N. Bryson

C/,i1d

A double image curled in his snailcoil face, his and mine. The sunrays paint the shell of his head. Holding him nervously in his loose robe J "'dtch silk leaves blow against the hospital wall. I lay him deep in the crate. wheel him away, I have seen him. Sister, your coughing wound is laced, stomach sewn to a seam; r hold the pulse that counts your blood, the enigma of a chart. . Kisses I may not rob curse this child, the kisses of the past, not his. Animal lips fist in suction by the current of their breath. From the birth-bloody room a child that grows towards the tomb, towards the rose. Four summers later he asked my name, and brushed past on the stairs, strangers. We tidied your Sunday suitcase, sister, but love is not framed by week-ends. In four years, time grew old until your face greyed in the child's sheets. Something had moved against us, something like a person. I went. In those days of serving, away from you, ashes stung my eyes as I swept the grate. I grew to my manhood; summer darkened , Love was the sinew of my dreams, drove me to coin kisses I had won. Sell to a boy of reaping, his eyes burned in his silent room. Like pearls in my palm down in a waters Lake the stones rattled in my gut an etherised message. 338

Rubber tubes that bled my arm and wires that fed my suicide veins suck out their poison. Sister, your visits pained me with questions and forgiveness I cannot afford; leave me now, I shall cure it. Your child has eyes like blue stones, I cannot promise love. r shall be as good as new.

MENDEL-IN MEMORIAM

R. P. Hayward

A particular period of this year will certainly be remembered as a time of mourningmourning for the death of "The Greatest Englishman". However, during that time, a small but significant portion of the population were, with no doubt secret feelings of guilt, in a somewhat different mood. These were the geneticists celebrating, with, one imagines, discreet glasses of champagne in the .research institutes, the centenary of the reading of a short but momentous paper on genetics in the town of Brno (or BrUnn) in Moravia. The paper was read to a select audience which comprised the natural history society of the town, and their lecturer, a small but determined priest from the local cloister, his nameFriar Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of modern genetics. Mendel was born in 1822 in the small Silesian village of Heinzendorf bei Odrau, into the family of a humble peasant farmer. He attended, with distinction, several schools during his academic career, one of which, it is interesting to notc, was at the time involved in a dreadful scandal concerning a teacher who was believed to have had the audacity to instruct some of his pupils in the forbidden mysteries of the new science- biology. Mendel appears to have been keen from an early age on a monastic way of life, and as a young man he entered the Augustinian monastery of St. Thomas in Brilnn, an institution known as the Konigskloster, where he was subsequently ordained in 1847. The Konigskloster was quick to recognise his talents, and sent him to Vienna to study physics, mathematics, and natural sciences for two years. On his return in 1853, Mendel , now a young man of brilliant intellect and great charm, devoted his time to teaching physics, pottering in the monastery gardens, and keeping the monastery records, an exacting task, as the monastery, like most of its kind, possessed large estates which it farmed very efficiently through elaborate accounting and recording 339

systems. ]n the genetic work which he did th is experience of records and statist ics, along with his keen mathematical insight, was to serve him wel l. Though he much enjoyed teaching, and found keepin g the records instructive, Mendel's chief interests lay with the ga rdens, where his companions often noticed him durin g the warm afternoo ns, bending over fl owers with minute attention.

Altogether Mendel spent eight yea rs working in this somewhat mystic way, and eventually he was ready to summarise what was in fact his life's wo rk. The paper he delivered contai ned ma in ly a mass of statistics, dealing with observations he had made o n the familiar garden pea- Pisum Salivllln, and, half hidden, some very concise and brilliant reasoning in wh ich were implicit two great principles or laws fundamental to all modern genetics. These were, as some will know , the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment. They concerned the way in which characteristics apparent in the parents are inherited by the offspring; such characteristics being, in the pea plant, height, colo ur, and the shape of the individual peas and positioning of the fl owers, among others. Mendel investi ga ted only characte ristics which occurred as contrasted pairs- for example, the pea plant either grows tall (about 6 feet) or short (about I t feet) and there is no "medium height" . He ass umed that each plant had in its cells "factors" (whose identity he did not know, though they correspond to the modern "genes") which caused the appearance of one of the two contrasted cha racters of that particular characteristic (e.g., height). He a lso assumed each character was governed by a factor in the cell , and that for each characteristic there are thus two factors per cell . These two factors may not be the same, with the resu lt that they may pro mote the appearance of the same character o r may oppose each other by supportin g o ne or other of the two characters. Obvio usly o nly o ne character (e.g ., tallness or shortness) can appear for each characteristi c (in thi s case height) in one plant, so where opposing factors which represent different characters appea r, o ne must override the other. The factor which overrides its opposite Mendel named the dominant one, and the one which is overridden, the recessive. A plant whose cells possess conflicting factors for a particular characteristic is known as a hybrid (or heterozygo te) , and o ne whose facto rs both promote the appearance of the same character of the characteristic is pure bred for that characteristic (or homozygote). In the reproducti ve cells which the plant produces (two of which join to grow into a seed and thus to a new plant) there is o nly one factor for each characte r present, and thus when two reproductive cells or "gametes" join there are two factors for each character as before. Thus, the first law- that of segregati on, which deals with this- states that the factors for only one of the pairs of contrasted characters appears in the reproductive cells or ga metes produced. The second law that Mendel proposed, the law of independent assortment, concerns how the factors are distributed among the gametes at their formation. Mendel believed that any factor may join up with another in the gametes, and that the way in which they appear depends only on chance. Thus each factor in a pair may combine with either of another pair. These laws may not at first sight seem momentous, but as the production of gametes is the most significant process in genetics, it is extremely useful to have concise laws which sum up what occurs at this vital sta ge. 340

The tragedy was that the tremendolls significance of Mendel's lecture was not appreciated. The following yea r it was published under the title of "Versuche li ber Pfla nze nh ybriden: Verhandlung des Naturforschenden Vereins in BrUnn, Vol. 4, 1865" (Research in to Plant Hybrids : Report of the Natural Histo ry Society in BrUnn , Vol. 4, 1865), a nd copies were circulated to many ~ m i n cnt . biologists, one even reacili ng the Roya l Society. However, they all passed unnotIced. ThIS lack of response was due, amo ngst othe r thin gs, to Darwin's Origin of Species, published just beforc in 1859 wh ich was considered to have swcpt the field , render ing further genetica l work unnecessary and irrelevant.

This was a great shock to Mendel, and th ough he was in 1868 clected Abbe, or more precisely Pralat, of th e Kon igskloster he became emb ittered and misanthropic. After a few years he developed a ch ro nic nephritis of which he di ed o n January 6th, 1884. Mendel's res ults were fo rgotten until in 1900 three ge neticists, H. de Vries, C. ConÂˇens and E. Tschermak, cla iming with the humil ity of tr uly great scientists, none of the credi t, simultaneo llsly announced the red iscovery and confirmation of the princip les elucidated by Mendel thi rty-five years before. Thus it was that , havin g died unrecognised , Mendel's greatness was at last appreciated. And o n the actual centenary day the Russians a nno un ced that Lysenko, the great opponent of Mendelian ge netics, had been relicved of hi s high post in th ei r resea rch depa rtment which he had held for ideologica l reasons since the days of Stalin. What better tribute t ~ Mendel? In M emori am.

Rellectioll

When 1 have breathed my fi nal breath, At last tracked down by cru el death, Tell me, God, will it be Like waking from a nightmare dream ? Will it seem Like the light upon my heavy eyes, When yawning I begi n to rise? Tell me, God, if God thcre be, Tell me, will I still be me? 341

J. K. Ila""is

KING'S SPORT HOCKEY:

Retrospect

344

345

1sl

Matches

348

2nd Xl Colts'

ATHLETICS

348

349

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RUGBY FOOTBALL ...

352

THE BOAT CLUB

353

CROSS-COUNTRY

354

THE FENCI NG CLUB

355

SQUASH RA CKETS

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356

THE JUDO CLUB

357

THE SHOOTI NG CLUB

357

BASKETBALL

358 343

HOCKEY Retrospect In a season such as this the wriling of a retrospect is an easy and pleasurable task. The success of the school has been emphasised in the national press, and the record in school matches of all five matches won by comfortable margins has not been bettered for many years. The reasons for this arc twofold, those of circlIlllstance and those of personal ity. We have this year been fortunate for a change in having had a dry term with very few days impossible for play. This has meant that all boys in the club have had plenty of hockey, with a resultant ri se in the standard of play. reflected in house matches; the final was one of the best such games I have seen here, and was deservedly won by Linacrc. Secondly. the acqllisition of a new match pitch on the cricket outfield has given the 1st XI an excellent surface to play on; it has been carefull y tended by the ground staff and has in itself considerably improved the technique of all who have played on it. Conditions have therefore been favourable for sllccess; the skill and spirit of the 1st Xl has ensured it. In Austin we have had the best captain for many years. Not only was he the spea rhead of the attack at centre-forward , and improved his own skill and ball-control immeasurably over the term; as captain he never for an instant wavered in his pursuit of victory. Relentless and persistent, by sheer fo rce of character he inspired his side with the will to win, and Âˇthe cred it for the season's success is largel y his. French at centre-half is without doubt one of the finest players King's have ever had. The Guardian did him no more than justice in describing him as the side's commanding asset; he was faultless in positioning and technique, inevitable in a tackle and ruthless in shooting at goal. H e is a player who with opportunity and luck will go far, and indeed at the time of writing is in the running for the English Schools' side. Three other players have been selected for the Kent Schoo ls' teams. Pringle is a fa st and elusive rightwing, with brilliant control and intelligent anticipa tion; Rowbotham has improved vastly on the other wing and has always looked dangerous in attack, though not used as much as Pringle, while Wills has a lways been a tower of dependable strength at back. Besides these the rest have all atta ined a high standard. Kypris justified himself from the start as Wills' partner and has gone from strength to strength, and the pair of them, supported by French's excellent covering, kept their ci rcle largely immune from penetration. All the same, Turner has Illade a very safe goalkeeper, and the record of only three goals scored against him in five school matches speaks for itselL Salmon and Oldham filled the wing-half positions with competence and useful thrust in attack, especially the latter, who helped his forwards by perceptive backing-up and opportunism. Major became one of the most improved players in the side at inside-right, a posit ion which a bove all requ ires experience and maturity as well as thrust. H ere was a player who used his brain in passing and coveri ng, and his partnershi p with Pringle always looked penetrative and in fact did lead to severa l goals intelligently taken and timed. Tatchell, with li ttle experience as a forward , filled the other inside position and soon justified his place in the side by his constant hard work in attack and as a link with the defence. In short, while this side had several sta rs, it was above all the teamwork and concerted will to win wh ich made it not only successful but one of the most pleasant elevens with which 1 have been associated. It may well be several years before their record or their sk ill is surpassed. We have this year to sland down from the Oxford Festival, as do all the regular attenders every fourth year; such is the popularity of the festival and the pressure for admission from other schools. Instead, as well as sending a side to the Kent Schools' Tournament at Tunbridge Wells in the holidays, we have been invited again to the V.c.L. Tournament at The Hague after Easter. The party to represent the school will be:A. D. H. Turner, B. B. J. Wills, A. G. Kypris, M. J. Oldham, L. A. P. French, J. R. Salmon, P. R. Beech, C. A. n. Pringle, N. O. Major, C. S. K. Austin (Captain), P. M. Tatchell, G. W. H. Rowbotham. G.P.R .

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1st XI Matches KS.C. v Dover College

Played at St. Stephen's On Saturday, January 30th King's, 3; Dover, 0 The match was played on a pitch which was wet and new. It started slowly, and after many mistakes, King's settled down well; we scored twice in the first quarter of an hour, both times by French from short corners. Rowbotham played well and so did Tatchell, who was discovered in the House matches last year, both in their first match. The forward s soon began to move the ball about quickly and but for Dover's left-back we might have scored again. They moved the ball intelligently and doggedly. Until half-time, there was no more score. In the second half we were repeatedly in Dover's half and there were a great number of near misses at goal. A chest-high shot from Dover's right-wing was well saved by Kypris' stick; he also was playing his first match. Their right-wing presented the only seriou s threat, but Salmon gradually got the better of him. Oldham firmly buttoned up his wing and the winger must have been feeling quite co ld at the end of a fastmoving game. Wills and French played very well, the latter never letting the Dover forwards see the ball for very long. The third goal was Major's, following up a shot from Austin- who incidentally wandered too much. Basic skills needed patching up, but it was an encouraging game to start the season.

KS.C. v Canterbury H.C. Sunday side Played at Canterbury H.C. on Sunday, January 31st King's, 4; Canterbury, 2 On a very reasonable Kingsmead pitch, the match started once again very slowly. Throughout the first half the pace increased, and by half time an encou raging standard of hockey had been reached; however, with no score. Early in the second half Austin followed up a hard shot and opened the scoring; after this, the pressu re was considerably increased on both sides. Canterbury soon replied , but Tatchell followed up another hard shot at goal and King's reclaimed the lead; the game was st ill very much in the balance. French put in the third goal, taking the ball off Austin's stick, Austin not being in a position to shoot. The fourth goa l came from Pringle, beating the goalkeeper with a narrow-angled shot from the right wing. Canterbury put everything into their attack, but our defence stood firm. A. D. H. Turner saved many difficult shots and much praise should go to him. Right at the end, Canterbury scored again after a skirm ish in the goalmouth. The pressure continued without a break and at no time was the score considered final. The forward s combined well together but missed many chances; the defence, although sound cou ld also have been tighter.

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KS.C. V East Kent XI Played at St. Stephen's on Thursday, February 4th King's, t ; East Kent XI, 2 On a dull and cloudy day, King's changed last year's 9- 1 defeat to a very narrow 2- 1. There were a few chances by which we cou ld have drawn or perhaps won, but we faced a strong representative County side. East Kent opened the scoring after about half an hour with a goa l fr om a short corner. For once, this did not arouse any fighting spirit fr0111 King's; instead, our in side forwards helped the defence pack East Kent out of the circle. This was very effective but gave no chance to the attack, who seemed unable to combine as well as on last Sunday; thi s was partly due to their defence, whom our forwards were unable to penetrate. French scored off a short corner in the second half, but this was returned almost immediately by another goal from East Kent, sweeping up the field in a splendid movement. King's fought back admirably but were unable to equalize. 345

Salmon was faced by an international wing, W. Lasslett, who was extremely fa st and dangerous. He marked him as well as he could, but was unable to contain him. Much cred it must again be given to the goalkeeper, A. D. H. Turner, who repelled most of the East Kent attacks. Wills and Kypris also played well and were a strong defence. After the match the East Kent side selected a player to point ou . aspects of our game which cou ld be improved. We were most grateful for this, and are sure his advice was helpful in later games.

KS.C.

St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, February 6t h Ki ng's, 3; SI. Lawrence, 0 Thi s match was om biggest victory over St. Lawrence in twenty years. Thc team fought su perbly and its spiri t gradually wore St. Lawrence into submission. The first half saw equa l possession of the ball ; St. Lawrence were generally quicker on to it, the game moving at a crack ing pace. Their attacks were well formed and dangerous but were always repelled. The first score was French's, from a long corner, the rebound o f which was put in by Major. The pace increased yet more, but no more goa ls were scored in the first half. Twenty minutes into the second, Rowbot ham shot off Austi n's centre; Aust in hi t the third, a hard-hit, narrow angled score. Th is seemed to break something of St. L1wrence's fire a nd determination; King's kept IIp the pressu re but did not score again. Turner d id not see much of the ball, but when he did he saved soundl y and once brilliantly; the full-backs, Wills and Kypris, had another inspi red game. Oldham and Sa lmon firmly marked two fast SI. Lawrence wingers, and Rowbotham and Pringle formed many, always dangerolls attacks; Tatchell and Major fou gh t with much determination. Austin was the spearhead of our attack, distributing the ball intelligently and inspiring liS throughout the match. This was truly a .team victory of which we can be proud.

KS.C.

St. Edmund's

Played at St. Stephen's on Thursday, February 11th King's,3; St. Edmund's, I We were immediately under pressure from the first minute, in which St. Edmund's scored. It came from an excellently taken short corner, neatly deflected past our goalkeeper. King's panickcd, especially in the circle; in the midfield the ball was not hit or stopped with much precision. In spite of th is, St. Edmund's were not a llowed to see much of the ball and they entered ou r circle perhaps six times. In the second half, King's very gradually returned to fo rm, and it was not unti l a quarter of an hou r from the end that King's equa lized with a short corner hi t by French and deflected in by Tatchel\. From that time on St. Edmund's saw even less of the ball , and had it not been for their two good backs and an excellent goa lkeeper, a large score could have been gained. The second goa l was shot from the back of the circle when F rench collected a centre from the right wi ng. The third was a movement, again on the right wing, cu lminating in a very narrow-angled shot from Pringle, neat ly finishing a rather d isappoi nting game. The individua l performances could not be criticised, but the team work and the complet ion of movements were weak, and mu st have disa ppointed the Guardian reporter who came to form his op inion of our standard of hockey.

KS.C.

Ardingly College

Played at Ardingly on Saturday, February 13th King's, 6; Ardingly, 1 This was our first "away" match. The day was bright and sunny, but this cou ld hardl y describe the game! Austin scored the first four goals, the first after about a quarter of an hour. The Ard ing ly style of back ing was unorthodox and presented our forwards with many cha nces to score, and left us plenty of ro0111 for dribb ling and going throu gh. The whole atmosphere of this game was rather light-heartedperhaps at Ardingly's expense. They scored one goal fairly ea rl y in the first half by a surprisi ngly good movcment ending in a shot from the inside-left. Half time saw King's leading 4-1 a nd the outcome of the game seemed in no doubt. Tn the second hal f, French collected passes from the right wing and scored twice. Ardingly entered our circle very few times; their forwards had physica l, but not hockey, drive; at times the game was unfortunately not played under the most sportsmanlike conditions; a pity, since this was our last fixture wit h Ardingly. When called upon, Will s and Kypris played a soun d game, and Oldham and Salmon had an easy task. In spite of the fact that the forwards had most of the play, few constructive movements were d isp layed. 346

] THE l sI Xl

THE ATHLETICS TEAM

THE FI NISH TURNER AND BISHOP

The Inter-House Cross-Country w. J. D(fL'ies

NECK AND NECK ASH AND WEAVER

K.S.C. v Tonbridge School Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday. February 27th King's,4; Tonbridge, 1 After a fortnight 's lack of practice together, due to the housematches. the side combined remarkably well, especially Pringle and Major at the r i ght~wing. The finishi ng work in the ci rcle nevertheless remained weak in the first half, faced with an excellent Tonbridge goalkeeper and a good defence. At the start we claimed continual possession, but we seemed unable to put the ball in the net. Major expertly deflected in the first goal from a short corner taken by French. Tonbridge retaliated. the insideright dribbling through our defence to score in the corner of the goal. At half time the score was unchanged and the issue doubtful. The sccond goa l was French's narrowÂˇangled shot into the net; the third when Major collected a rebou nd off the goalkeeper's pads. Tonbridge yielded no pressure and still could have regained a few points. Austin's goa l off a free hi t taken by French finally secured a decisive win of 4-1; considering earlicr bad luck, a fair resu lt , The defence played a sound game, broken on ly by the Tonbridge goal. Oldham a nd Sa lmon firmly conta ined their wings and the on ly thrust came from the Tonbridge insides, Maurice and Rooke, who were generally successfu ll y hammered by Will s and Kypris. The forwards worked well together and produced more speed than Tonbridge were used to. This was a team effort of which the school should be very proud.

K.S.C.

Hockey Association

Played at St. Stephen's on Thursday. March 11th King's, 3; Hockey Association , 4 Snow had cancelled the matches against the Cambridge University Wanderers a nd the O.K.S., so we had not played together for a fortnight; this was evidently to our disadvantage. The pitch was dry and the day was sunny; they arrived late and the match started at 3.30 p.m. Their basic sk ill was superior to ours, although they tended to use more brute force than should be credited to a H.A. side. This was certainl y contradicted by their inside forward s who worked together well and showed us how an inside shou ld play; the insideÂˇleft, Dowty, O.K.S., pl ayed in the Melbourne Olympics for Great Britain. Also, their forwards contained a Schoolboy International of 1962. They scored first; K ing's replied soon afterwa rds with a penalty flick taken by French. Before half time, the H.A, scored again. After half time they scored twice more, once through a brollghtÂˇdown defender. Austin cont inued to give driving encou ragement, and our second goal was scored when Austin passed across the goa l to Pringle; the thi rd was scored by Major, a few minutes from the fin al whistle. Rowbotham played well on the left wing and was unlucky not to score in the first ha lf. Pringle and Turner had a good game, Turner saving well.

K.S.C.

Canterbury

H.e.

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, March 13th King's,O; Canterbury H.C., 4 T his was definitely our worst display this term. Our basic skill s were poor; partly due to the pitch, our stopping was especially bad, ath letics having moved us to the 2nd XI pitch. In the first half of the game the play was equal, yet we made no use of our numerous chances; our only advantage seemed to be that the game was fast. The second half, however, deteriorated; fai lure to clear the ball quickly enough on the 16 yard line resulted in Canterbury's first goa l. Encouraged, they pressed hard on our defence, and had it not been for some good goa lkeeping by Turner would have scored severa l times. Our cJearing was a imless, Canterbury's hal ves returning the ball to their forwards to start another attack. There was no determination o r combination in ou r defence, and our attack lost what sting it had, although Bale, temporarily replacing Tatchell , played quite a good first 1st X I match, We were all too slow in our d istribution of the ball; we took too long to pass and consequently were almost always tackled- the reverse situation of Thursday's match. 347

2nd XI The record to date shows two wins, two draws, and two defeats, with a final match to come to destroy the symmetry. It has been an enjoyable season though the evident weak nesses of a somewhat slow defence and a somewha t uncontrolled attack have produced moderate result s. Within it s limita tions the team played efficient ly and with keen determination, and latterly, in particular against Tonbridge, there were patches of faste r and more const ructive hockey. Earlier there were hard-fought draws against St. Lmvrencc and St. Edmu nd's, followed by a disappointingly meagre victory, large ly caused by beehive hockey, over a weak Ardingly si de. We lost na rrowly to Kent College, who moved well in the second half, but two days later played with greater dash and intelligence to beat a previolls ly undefeated Tonbridge team. The last match brought defeat by Canterbury H .C. bu t we were depleted and fought hard, only conced ing the winning goa l a few minutes from the end . Kent, R. D ., played better and better in goa l and by the fi nal match was a reliab le goalkccper who was difficult to pa ss; at fu ll ~back Oli ver was slow but sure, and Cronk greatly improved; Beech was a neat cent rc~ha l r. thollgh lack ing drive and specd of distribution, while Ensor and Jaafar, both slow and a bit limited , always p layed hard and stuck tenaciously to their opposing wings; Williams was a rat her Ul1co-ordinated but fl ying right ~ wi n g, Arney a fair player bll! wit h li ttle sense of posi tion, Gray a usefully aggressive and fast centre~forward, Ba le perhaps the most co nst ructive and promi sing player in the side, and Cattrall, retu rning to the fo ld after a spell of cross-count ry running, an unorthodox but reasonably effect ive l e ft~ w in g. Several others turned out occasionally and al l did thei r share; indeed, the degree of competition for places helped to foster the obvious ent husiasm. Arney, a helpful captain, exhorted the team wi th the r ight blend of vigour and restraint. The finall y constituted team was: R. D. Kent; D. T. O liver; J . J . T. Cronk; r. Jaafar; P. R. Beech; P. R. E nsor; R. A. Williams; C . J. Arney (Captain); M.l Gray; T. M. Bale ; P. J . Cattra ll. A lso played: R. O. C larke; T. P. Beckett; 1. R. Dean; J . D. W. Wright; R. A. Go rdon. R ESU LTS

v St. Lawrence, Ramsgate. Drawn I - I v St. Edmund's School. Drawn I - I v Ardingly College. Won 2- 0 v Kent College. Lost 0- 1 v Tonbridge School. Won 2- 0 v Ca nterbury H. C. 2nd X l. Lost 1- 2

J. N. H.

Colts' XI

The team this season has been a you ng one, and , except in a very o ne~s id ed match against A rdingly College, has lacked the speed, st rength and stamina of their opponents. T here is promise for the futlll'e, a nd those who were awarded thei r colours could do well in senior teams, if they are prepared to give time and trouble to becoming supremely fit. L.:1ck of fit ness certainly accounted for some of the goals scored agai nst us. The following have been awarded their Cololll's:- C. Handl ey (Captain), S. J. Ashfor th, I-I. M. G. Braddell, M. J. Edwards, J. Frankland. The fo ll ow ing have a lso played:-R. J. L. Blackb llrne~Kane , C. F. Clark, N . G. Economou, J . M. G. Foster, D. G. Gall yer, G. R. G. Keeble, J. A. You ng. R ESULTS

v St. Lawrence. Lost 0- 6 v St. Edmund 's. Won 2-1 l' Ardingly. Won 11-0 I' Kent College. Lost 3--4 v Tonbridge. Lost 0-3 R .A.C.M. l<.A.C.O,

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ATHLETICS Retrospect The appa ll ing weather during the Ath letics season last year and the cancellation of all matches except one which took place in a torrent ia l downpolll' dealt Athletics a heavy b low. T he fact tha t the club has recovered so splendidly this yea r has been due first ly to the enthusiasm of its members, who have worked ext remely hard often under the most unp leasa nt conditions with very limi ted facil ities, and second ly to the leadership o f the Capta in of A th letics, H. R. Jackson, whose outstand ing performances in fie ld events have been an inspiration to the rest of the team. Although we were compara tively weak in the short sprints, thi s was more than compensated fol' by the strength of the field events, good performers in the 440 ya rds and 880 yards. and some determined ru nni ng in the mile. With onl y one Old Co lour, the measurc of success achicved by this you ng team, together wi th the wealth or ta lent in the J uniors, has pu t school athletics firml y on its feet again.

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K.S.C. v Eastbourne College A heavy fall o f snow before this fi xtu re prevented any sprin t or relay-traini ng over the last few days by King's competitors, but hlCk il y the Eastbourne cinder track was cleared by Saturday and, thanks to the Eastbourne ground staff, the match was ab le to take place, although conditi ons were far from idea l. In the 100 yards, W inchester got a good sta rt a nd then lost a shoe and Robinson, who was slow away from his blocks, only managed third place. Steele ran splendidly to win the 220 yards and made a brave effort to win the 440 yards as well, but tired over the last 20 ya rds and came a close second. With Waterhouse a nd Bishop unfit, King's were below strengt h in the 880 yards and mile, but Ash and Jaggcrs hung on ga mely to the fa st Eastbourne miler to take second and third places respect ively. In the hurdles, Wareham was ahead over the last fence but mistook the finishing line as there was no tape availab le, and lost by inches. ] n ficld events King's were well ahead of their riva ls. Revington, showing his best form, cleared 5 ft. 5 in. to win the high jump with Watson th ird. Wright gained second pl ace in the long jump with 19 ft. 3 in., but the day belonged to Jackson, who put the shot 49 ft. 3 in., breaking his old record by 5 ft. He then added 13 ft. 4 in. to the discus record , throwing 146 ft. 4 in. , and completed his afternoon's act ivities by breaking the record for the senior javelin. These superb performances were the resu lt of hard trai ning both with weights and on the track, and attent ion to correct technique. Vi ll iers gained second place in the weight with a personal best of 42 ft. 8 in ., and Bai ley took second place in t.he d iscus. ln the Seni or relay, King's take~overs left much to be desired which was unfortunate, as the ma tch depended o n the result, and Eastbou rne won . In the Junior match, which King's won fa irly easi ly, there were many promi sing performances. Phillips, Parrott a nd Waters took the first three places in the 100 ya rds. Scott won the 220 and 440 ya rds, turning in a fa st time for both even ts, and only just missing the 440 yards record. Whalley came a good second in the 880 ya rd s, and in the field event s G ilchrist jumped well to wi n the long jUlllP a t 17 ft. 5t in ., Kennedy gaining second place. G ilchrist then cleared the sa llle height as the winner, 4 ft. II in. , in the high jump. Dentley showed encouraging form in the weight. adding two feet to his previous best performance, and McDonald threw over 120 fl. to win the discus. In the javelin also, Ki ng's competitors were ahead, with Straughan and Cotton taking the first two places. T he J unior relay team, showing superior speed , also won comfortably. Winner 10.5 secs. 24.3 secs. 54.9 secs. 2 min. 10.5 secs. 4 m in . 42.2 sees. 17.6 sees. 5ft.5in. 19 ft. 3 in. 49 ft. 3 in. (Record) 146 ft. 4 in. (Record) 156 ft. I in. (Record) 47.4 sees.

SENIOR PLAC INGS

100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yards Mile H urdles High Ju mp Long Jump Weight Discus Javel in Relay

3, I, 2, 3, 2, 2,

Robi nson Steele Steele Wood Ash; 3, Jaggers Wareham I , Revington; 3, Wa tson 2, Wright I, Jackson ; 2, Villiers 1, Jackson ; 2 Bailey, A . I , Jackson I , Easlbourne; 2, K.S.C.

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JUNIOR PLACINGS

100 YardsJ 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yards Hurd les Hi gh Jump Long Jump Weight Discus Javelin Relay

I, I, 1, 2, 3, 3,

I, 2, I, 1, I,

Phillips; 2, Parrott; 3, Waters Scott; 2, Waters Scott; 2, Kennedy Whalley Marshall Gilchrist Gilchrist; 2, Kennedy Bentley McDonald; 3, Cou lson Straughan; 2, Cotton K.S.C.

11.5 sees. 24.6 sees. 55.8 sees. 2 min. 15.5 sees. 17.0 sees. 4 ft. II in . 17 ft. 5! in. 41 ft. I in. 120 ft. 2 in. 132 ft. 3 in . 49.0 sees.

POINTS

Sellior: K.S.C. 47, Eastbourne 57 JUllior: K.S.C. 60, Eastbourne 35

K.S.C. v Tonbridge For once the weather was sympathetic to the needs of athletics, a nd with a sllnny day, a full team and the experience of the previous Saturday beh ind them, King's compet itors were set to give of their best on their home track. In the sprints Robinson gained seeond place in the 100 yards and Steele took the 220 yards wit h Robinson third. Waterhouse won the 880 ya rds in his usual ruthless style and later, still full of running, came a close second in the 440 yards. Wareham made no mistake thi s time in the hurdles, and Ash and Bishop were seeond equal in the mile. All the field events were won by King's, Revington again clearing 5 ft. 5 in. in the high jump with Watson third. Wright again won the long jump, and in the weight, discus and javelin King's took the first two places in each event, Jackson aga in winning a ll th ree and im proving on his javelin reeord, with Villiers, Bailey and White taking the seeond places. ]n Ihe Senior relay, one bad take-over lost the race for the School, but despite this King's emerged comfortable winners overall. In the Junior match Tonbridge had the edge in the 100 and 220 ya rds, bu t Kennedy pulled out an excellent finish to win the 440 yards with Parrott, running thi s distance for the first time, a good second. Whalley wo n the 880 yards with Lovett third, and Graves was second in the mile with Stephens, a most promising young athlete, coming third to restore the ba lance. Tn the Fie ld Events, Kennedy, who was in great forlll , wo n the high jump and Gilchrist, despite an inju red foot, took the long jump with a fine leap of 17 ft. 10 in. Bentley showed further improvement to win the shot putt with Howard-Williams third. Cotton had an excellent throw of 137 ft. in the javelin, Straughan coming second, and with McDonald unfit the di scus went to Tonbridge with the very good distance of t 31 ft. The speed of the Tonbridge sprinters was too much fo r King's in the relay, but the match was already won, a nd the School Junior tcam finished the day a clear six point s ahead. SENIOR PLACINGS 100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yards Mile H urdles High Jump Long Jump Weight Discus Javelin Relay

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2, Robinson I , Steele; 3, Robinson 2, Waterhouse; 3, Irwin I , Waterhouse; 3, Wood, W. J . 2 = Ash and Bishop I, Wareham I , Revington; 3, Wat son I, Wright I , Jackson; 2, Villiers I , Jack son; 2, Bailey, A. I, Jack son ; 2, White, P. t , Tonbridge; 2, K.S.C. 350

11.0 sees. 24.3 sees. 54.5 sees. 2 min. 6.7 sees. 4 min. 44.0 sees. 17.1 sees. 5ft.5in. 19 ft. 41 in. 47 ft . 9 in. 134 ft. 157 ft. 7 in. (Record) 46.8 sees.

JUNIOR PLACINGS Winner 3, Parrott 11.3 sees. 100 Yards 2, Waters 25.5 secs. 220 Yards I , Kennedy; 2, Parrott 56.9 sees. 440 Yards I , Whalley; 3, Lovett 2 min. 15.5 sees. 880 Yards 2, Graves; 3, Stephens 5 min . 8.0 sees. Mile High Jump I, Kennedy; 2, Freeland 4 n. II in. I, G ilch rist; 3, Kennedy 17 n. 10 in. Long Jump Weight I, Bentley; 3, Howard-Williams, C. 38 n. 2 in. 3, Bailey, E. H. 13 1 ft. Disclls I , Cotton; 2, Straughan 137 ft. Javelin I , Tonbri dge; 2, K.S.C. 49.0 secs. Relay POINTS Senior: K.S.C. 65, Tonbridge 43 JUllior: K.S.C. 53, Tonbridge 47 K.S.C. V Etoll College v Bradfield College The journey to Eton is a long one and always seems to be a wet one as well, but fortu nately the rain cleared by mid-morning and the match took p lace on the superb Elon cinder track in good cond itions. It was obv iolls that this was going to be a ha rd match; with the known strength of Eton in the sprints and Bradfield in field event s it did not seem possible that King's could win, though everyone was determined to give of his best. The result was a triumph fo r King's athletics in a sp lendidl y o rganised and most exciting contest. In the first race of the afternoon, Berry, a promising young hurdler and long-jumper, won the Junior hurd les with Marshall third. This was a good start, but more was to come. fn the Sen io r match, as expected, we lost both short sprints, but Steele ran a magnificently judged 440 yards to win in great style. Waterhouse started streaking for home half-way round the last lap in the 880 yards and left al l opposition behind in a splendid run. ]n the mile, Bishop and Ash hung on grimly to score with third and fOllrl h places, both doing their best times to date, and Wareham came second in the hurdles, inches behind the winner and sharing the same time. In the Field Event s, Jackson surpassed his previolls efforts with a magnificent 50 ft . in the shot some 4 ft. or more ahead of his nearest ri va l, in the javelin he pushed his record up to 168 ft. and gain~d his third win of the afternoon in the discus with a throw o f nearly 130 ft. King's a lso gained seeo.nd place in two of these three events, Villiers comi ng second in the weight with a distance of 44 ft. 4 in., beatmg Jack son's 1964 record, and Bai ley came second in the discus with 1 18 ft. Wright won the long jump with Swann third, and Watson gained third place in the high jump with Revington, much below his best form, fourth. With only the relay to go, King's competitors were to find that they could not be beaten, and at the end were six points ahead of Bradfield with Eton third. .In the J unior match, N. Scott was a close second in the 100 and 220 yards, thus confi rm ing his class a~ a sprinter. He should have a most promising ruture in school athletics, Kennedy and Parrott scored th ird and fourt h in the 440 yards, and Whalley ran a fine 88~ yards to share ~r st p lace; Stephens' ga ining,four.th posi tion in the mile was a grand effort fo r a boy of h iS age. 1n the Field Events, Kennedy and Gilchnst were second and third in the high jump and first and third in the long jump. Bentley agai n was over 38 ft. with his shot putt to gai n second place, and McDonald, after being ill fo r a week, was below his best in the discus but only two inches behind the winner. Taking second place in the relay, King's won the match by one point. This was a splendid victory in both Junio r and Senior matches and a personal triumph ror H . R. Jackson I the Captain of Ath let ics. M.E.M. Willller

SENIOR I'LACINGS

100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yard s Mile Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Weight Discus Javelin Relay

10.8 sees. 24.0 sees. 52.8 secs. 2 min . 5.0 sees. 4 min. 32.7 secs. 16.5 sees. 5ft.3in. 18 ft. 10 in . 50 ft. (Record) 129 f1. 7 in. I 68 ft. (Record) 45.7 sees.

5, Winchester 4, Robinson J, Steele I, Waterhou se 3, Bishop; 4, Ash 2, Wareham 3, Watson; 4, Revington I, Wright I, Jackson; 2, Villiers 1, Jackson; 2, Bailey, A . I , Jackson

3, K.S.c. 35 1

JUN IOR PLAC INGS

100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Ya rd s Mile Hu rdles High Jump Long J ump Weight Discus Javelin Relay

2, SCOIl 2, Scott 3, Kennedy; 4, Parrotl I = Whal ley 4, Stephens I, Berry; 3, Ma rsha ll 2, Kennedy; 3, Gilchrist I , Kennedy; 3, Gilchrist 2, Bentley; 4, H owa rd~Wiliiams 2, MeDonald 1, Straughan; 4, Cotton 2, K.S. C.

Willner 11.1 sees. 24.7 sees. 55.8 sees. 2 min. 13.0 sees. 5 min. 1.4 sees. 17.4 sees. 5 ft. 16 ft. 10-k in . 38 ft. 8 in. 112 ft. 4 in. 125 ft. 6 in. 48.1 sees.

POI NTS

Sellior: K.S.C. 55t Bradfield 49l, Elon 47 Jllllior: K.S.C. 52, Bradfiel d 51, Elon 36

RUGBY FOOTBALL For a term so packed with activity the Rugger Club played a good deal. The games were of a morc relaxed and casual nature than th ose in the Christmas tenn. The "A" a nd "B" XV's triumphed quite convincingly over most of their opposit ion but came extremely near to defeat against Eton who, wit h fast backs and great enthusiasm, almost managed to beat us. Dane Court were the onl y side to trium ph Over us, and it was an extremely close game. The three other matches, SI. Augusti nc's, Christ Ch urch Co llcge, and Dover Grammar School, all proved how mllch the rugger is enjoyed by all who might no t ot herwise have a chance to represent the school. The value of the Blores Gmne was shown by the success of the seven~a ~s i de teams at Tonbridge. P.J.R .

Kent Seven-a-Side Tournament The 1st VII beat Brockley Grammar School 21 - 0 in the firs t round and Shooters H ill Grammar Schoo l 20-0 in the second , with out being unduly extended. R.M.s., Dover scored first in the following match, bu t King's sett led down to play their best game and won 18- 3. T he semi-final aga inst St. Joseph's Academy, won 15- 8, was hard and tiring and brought injuries to Bridge and Heslop which were severe set-backs for the final. After leading at one time by I I points to ni l in this match against Du lwich, we went down 18- 11. The 2nd VII beat Eastbo urne 1st VI[ 13- 8 in the first round- a fine wi n- but were unluck y to meet Tonbridge 1st Vll in the second. They did not d isgrace themselves in losing 9- 3 to one of the semi ~finali s t s. 1ST VII : O. K, Jaggers, C. R. K. Heyla nd , C. C. N. Oridge, R. X. H eslop, H. R. Jackson, A. D. H. Turner (Captain), C. S. K. Aust in . 2ND VII: H. B. Poo le, A. M. Heslop, T. M. Bale, A. J. Bailey, R. M. Spence, C. Himsworth, P. J. Ralp h (Captain). 352

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THE BOAT CLUB

The large-scale exodus from the top of the Boat Club because of last summer term's leavers meant a complete rebui lding of crews this year. Only one 1st Colour, J. D. Stokes, was left from last yea r's Jst VIII an d on ly two oarsmen and the cox from the 2nd Vll i. Some useful bank-tubbing was done towards the end of the Christmas term and some weight-training was begun about the same time; th is ensured that the basic exercises were correctly learned and as a result much more va lue was ga ined from the regular weight-training and circuit- traini ng sessions of this term. The quite rema rkab le improvement in genera l strength a nd co~ord i nation during the term of the more inexperienced members of the crews is ample proof of the benefit to be gained from thi s form of training. On the river- what there was of it- the normal programme was used of an extended period of tubbing and outi ngs in fours, fol lowed by about three weeks in eights before the Putney race. The d ry winter left the Ri ver Stollr very low; there was at li mes hardly any landwater com in g down, and onl y during periods of sp r ing~ l ides was the level at Fordwich or Pluck's Gutter really auequate. We a re used to coping with difficult ies in the Boat Cl ub, but even we find it a little hard when we break o ur oa rs on the bottom of the river. It says much fo r the captain's determination and the spirit of the crews that so much progress was made. By the beginning of March three crews had been formed and only minor cha nges were anticipated before the race. At Ihi s point German mea sles put in an appeara nce, and the ten days befo re Putney proved extremely frustrating as one person after another was Ollt of action fo r short periods. Inevitably "C" crew suffered"most in supplying replacements fo r the gaps in the other two boats, and it was with great rel uctance that their appearance at Putney had to be ca ncelled; in the event four of the "B" crew wh ich raced were o riginall y members of"C" crew. "An and "B" crews were rortunate, through the agency of our good friends at London R.C., in havi ng an out ing at Putney on the Saturday before the race and the ten miles covered proved good experience. The race over the usual course from above Hammersmith to Put ney was on March 16th. After a b lustery morning and a lunchtime thunderstorm, the weather cleared up beauli fu lly, and conditions for the race itself were excellent. "A" crew, rowing over first, had a good steady row, much thei r best to date, and although they were not capable of a higher rate of st ri king than 31, they were well together and the rhythm was good. After all the upsets of the previolls week, it was most encouraging to find that we were placed no lower than 4th; Emanuel were clear winners, but only one second separated the next three erews. " 0" crew, rowing in that particula r order for the first time, were also ha ndicapped by a low ish rate of striking, but they can be well sat isfied at com ing 26th. Leading Results and Times Emanuel "A", 8.00 mins., 1st; Elon " A", 8.04, 2nd; Ti ffi n "An, 8.05, 31'<1; King's " A", 8,06, 4th ; U.C.S. "A", 8.08, 5th ; Bryanston "A", 8, 11 , 6th; SI'. Paul's "A", 8. 12, 7th; Winchester "A", O undle, Emanuel "R" , 8.1 8, = 8th. There were [14 entries.

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The Crews: "A" Crew: T. G. Davies, uow; A. D. Vander Mcersch, 2; R. n. Howa rd ~Will i allls, 3; N. M. Cumber, 4; O. J. R. Bell , 5; J. D. Stokes, 6; C. R. C. Tayler, 7; S. J. Nicholls, stroke; P. H. Runda ll , cox. "8" Crew: C. C. Northen, uow; C. M. Southam, 2; P. K, Jenkins, 3; M. R. Reeson , 4; P. O . G. Scott, 5; A. D. Troup, 6; J . G. Whiles, 7; A. C. Griffiths, stroke; M. W. Sullivan, cox. It is always a grcat encouragement to present members of the C lub when their predecessors dist inguish themselves in un iversity and club rowing. It has been a special pleasure this term to wa tch the progress of David Mills (1 st VIII, 1 960~61~62) in th is year's fine Oxford crew. Darrell Barnes ( 1st VIII , 1 962~63) has also done well in the Isis crew, and to both we offer ou r congratulations. D.S.G.

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CROSS-COUNTRY Results: Ru n 8; Won 7; Lost I. 1964: The 1st VI II beat Wye College twice and also won the tcam prize in the Kent Junior Championships. 1965: There were 10 days before the fi rst match, and thus training was started on the first day of term and the first tria l over our new 5~ mile course was nm o n Janua ry 27th. January 30th : 1st VIII v SOllth London Harriers, Ardingly, Ca tcrham and Whitgift. 1st, King's, 67 points; 2nd, Caterham, 67 points; 3rd, South London Harriers, 87 points ; 4th, Whitgift, 100 points; 5th, Ardingly 206 points. (King's won because Ollr eighth fUnnel' ca me in 20th and Caterham's eighth runner was 27th): After a fast start the team sett led into good positions, and al the end of the 3t mile Coulsdon course, K ing's had a ll eight runners in under 20th position. T. J , A. Bishop ran very well com ing 5th, G. K . Jaggers supported hi m well coming 7th, W. J. Wood was 9th, H. F. Parry 13th, S. J. Weaver 15th, N. A. Ash 18th, A. D. Troup 19th, A. J. W. Campbell20lh. February 6t h: 1st VIII v Sutto n Valence and Lancing. lSI, King's, 33 points; 2nd, Sutton Valence 48 points; 3rd, L.:1ncing, 157 points. This was a classic leam victory, because having conceded 1st and 2nd places, King's took the next six places. G. K. Jaggers was 31'd, S. J. Weaver 4th, T. J. A. Bishop 5th, W. J. Wood 6th, H. F. Parry 7th, N. A. Ash 8t h, A. D. Troup 131h, A. J. W. Campbell 16th. February 13th: 1st and 2nd VII I v Tonbridge. 1st, King's 1st VIH, 31 points ; 2nd , Tonbridge, 49 points. O. K. Jaggers, 2nd and T. J . A. Bishop, 3rd ran very well, but once aga in excellent packing ensured a team victory. W. J. Wood was 5th, S. J. Weaver 6th, H. F. Parry 7th, N. A. Ash 8th, A. J. W. Campbell 12th, P. A. Chu rch 13th. The 2nd VII[ beat Tonbridge 2nd VIII 34 points to 46 points and gained some invaluable experience February 15th: Senior and J unior !-louse Races both won by Ll1xmoore, for the second year running. A. D. H. Turner (Wal.) and T. J. A. Bishop (Lu x.) set a new course record of 35 min. 45 sees., but the former just won after the two runners had been together throughout the race even up to a thril ling finish. W. J. Wood (Lux .) was 3rd, ma inta ining his consistent record, N. A. Ash (M.O.) nmning very courageously was 4th, O. K. Jaggers (Lin.) was 5th and S. J. Weaver (Marlowe) was 6th. In the Junior Race, N. J . S. Scott (Grange) won in 22 min s. , which is the record for the new Ju nior course; he was followed by F. L. Graves (Gal.) who showed much prom ise, C. S. Stephens (Lin.) 3rd J. P. Wa lerhouse (M.O.) 4th, C. R. Whalley (S. H.) 5th and C. F. Straughan (Lux.) 6th. ' February 201h : I s~ Vl ll v Dover College ~nd SI. Edl~1lmd's, run over Dover Course. lSI, K ing's, 35 points; 2nd, D over, 50 POIl1 IS; 3rd, St. Edmu nd s, 106 pOIOIS. Although Dover were vastly improved, King's ra n very well over thi s six-mile course wi th a terrible hill. T. J. A. Bishop confirmed hi s talent by winning in superb style; S. J. Weaver was 3rd , running his best race of tile season; W. J. Wood was 6th, N . A. Ash 7th , H. F. Parry 8th, D. J. Watson 8th, S. T. Hull 11th and F. L. Graves 17th. February 271 h: 1st VHf v Harrow, Hi ghgate, Berkhamstcad and Felsted run over Harrow Course. 1st, Berkhamstead, 49 points; 2nd, Kine's, 54 poinls; 3rd, Highgate, 90 points; 4th, Fclsted; 5th Ha rrow. This was a disappointing result , but emphasised the irreplaceable value o f consistency and packing. T. J. A. Bishop again ran well coming 3rd. S. J. Weaver was 6th,G. K . Jaggers 9th, H. F. Parry 10th, W. J. Wood 12th, N. A. Ash 14th, S. T. Hull 16th and F. L. G raves 25t h. This was another very successful season, primarily due to excellent team running and to the sk ill and determination with which Mr. Boorma n coached and trained the C lub throughout the (enn. The injury to O. R . Waterhouse was a sickening blow, but T . J. A. Bishop always managed a good position, while G. K . Jaggers, W. J. Wood, S. J. Weaver, N. A. Ash and H. F. Parry showed much determination and were very well supporled by those who completed the 1st VIII. Represented 1st VB! (Averages for 1964-65) : S. 1. Weaver (Captain), 6.8; T. J. A. Bishop, 2.85; O. K. Jaggers, 5.25; W.J.Wood,6.14; N.A.Ash,8.85; H. F. Parry, 9; G.R.Walerhouse,4; D . J.Wat son,7; S. T. Hu ll, 10.66; A. D. Troup, 10. 75; A. J. W. Campbell, 16 ; F. L. Graves, 21; P. A. Church, 13 ; D. M. Barber, II. 1st Colours were awarded to O. K. Jaggers and W. J. Wood and re-awarded to S. J. Weaver, G. R. Waterhouse and T. J . A. Bishop. 2nd Colours were awarded to N. A. Ash and H. F. Parry.

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THE FENCING CLUB The Fencing C lub had anot her most successfu l season and except for a reverse against a strong Harrow team, all matches have been won. The Jun ior Foil team has been undefeated th roughout. Team members have worked hard and with encouraging keenness. have shown a ll -rOl.It~d improvement, but particular credit must be given to the Epee team, Ogley, Deighton ar:td Olympltls who have on occasions fenced magnificently to win the match when all seemed lost. Agamst Eton Co llege, after the foil and sabre the School was down by 7 bouts to I I, and only a 7- 2 .win by the Epe<-: team COUld. alter the result. Ho~vever, they rose to the occasion, winning six bou t~ out of eight; finally a Will br Ogley 111 the last bout brought victory from what seemed certain defeat. ThiS performance was repeated m another excit ing match aga inst H ighgate.

In the Kent County Schools' Foil Championshi ps !llOSt members of the team reached. the semi.fi~als, but only Pitkeat hl y in the Seni or and Bird in the Ju n.lor event re~ched the ,fina,l p~o l s. Plt~cath l y ga.lI~ed second place, after a ba rrage, with some spien.did ly timed StopÂˇhlt~, and Bird 111 hiS first big compelll ion fenced very well indccd to reach second place 111 the Under-15 sectIOn. The acquisition of E lectric Epee Apparatus has given a well-deserved boo~t to ~he C lub and has been received with much appreciation. In the County Schoolboys' Epee Champlon~hlps at the end o,f .term the School team took five of the first six places to win t~e Team Trophy by 18 pomts to 3. T !le I n~l yld~al Champ ionsh ip was won by Deighton after a barrage With Ogley, who w~s pl~ced second. Bird, glvmg an excellent performance for a junior, used hi s long arm to good effect to gam tilll'd place, and Pltkeathly and Olympitis came fift h and sixth respectively. We wish good luck to those members of the C lub taki ng part in the ~ubli~ Schools' Fencing Cha mpionsh ips in the holidays and look forwa rd to the Open County Championsillps and a number of fixtures next term. SENIOR TEAM: Foi l: J. T. S. Pitkeathly (Cnptn;n), J. A. Ogley, R. A. Ring. Epee: R. Deighton, J . A. Ogley, E. J. O lympitis. Sabre: J. l . S. Pitkeathly, L. S. Burr, R. A. R ing. JUNIOR FOIL TEAM: R . Bird, A. M. Shaw, M. L. Brown, J. K. Wa lmsley. Results K.S.C. v K ING'S SCHOOL, ROCHESTER Senior Team: (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 18- 9. 2nd Team: (Foi l, Sabre). Won 15- 3. Junior Team: (Foil). Won 10-6.

K.S.C. v SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL Senior Team: (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 26- 1. K.S.C. v DANE COU RT SCHOOL Senior Team: (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 18-9. 2nd Team: (Foi l). Won 9- 7. Junior Team: (Foil). Won 14-2. KENT SCHOOLS' FOIL CHAMPIONSHIPS Individual. Senior: 2nd, Pitkeathly (K.s.C.). Jun io r : 2nd, Bird (K.S.C.). Team Champ ionshi p: 1st, K.S.C. 355

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SCHOOL (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Lost 10-17.

K.S.C. v H.M.S. "WORCESTER" Senior Team: (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won. Junior Team: (Foi l). Won. K.S.C. v ETON CoLLEGE Sen ior Team: (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 14-13. Junior Team: (Foil). Won 8- 1. K.S.C. v HIGHGATE SCHOOL Seni or Team: (Foi l, Epee, Sabre). Won 14-13. 2nd Team: (Foil). Won 6-3. KENT S CHOOLS' EpEE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Individual. 1st, Deighton (K.S.C.); 2nd, Ogley (K. S.C.); 3rd, Bird (K.S. c.); 5th, Pitkeathly (K.S.C.); 6th, Ol ympili s (K.S.C.). Team Championship: 1st, K.S. C. M.E.M.

SQUASH RACKETS The second half of the season provided considerably tougher opposition for the strongest team the schoo l has yet produced. We defe.1ted a hitherto un beaten Dulwich side 5-0 and the Masters 9- 1, but lost desperately close and exciting matches to two undefeated sides in Tonbridge- where at one time we had a usefu l lead in fOllr of the five matches- and Ca nford- where all depended on the final ga me of the fina1l11atch. T he strength of the side, which had comfortable victories over Winchester, Wellington, Merchant Taylors, Westminster, Dover and S1. Lawrence, as well as Du lwich, lay in its consistency. T. M. Bale, who was unbeaten, was a lmost certainly the best No.4 in the count ry. At No.3, P. J. Catt ra ll played a persistent, attacking game based on drops and lobs and , on his day, was the best pl ayer in the side. T he player with the greatest potential was the No.2, C. C. N. Bridge, who will be Captai n next year. If he can only add speed about the court to his dazzling array of brilliantly cut boasts a nd disguised drop and cross court shots, he will go far. He reached the quarter-final of the Evans Cup in the Christmas holidays before losing 3- 1 to the eventua l winner. He and the present Capta in and No.1, M . J. Oldham, who is a more orthodox but very effective hard-h itting player to a length, are play ing in the Drysda le Cup in the holidays. The side was completed by S. J. Weaver, who showed characteristic spirit and determination at No.5 . R . S. Hallam, who has good shots but is rather slow about the court, also played. Next year only Bridge remains, and it will be some time before we can hope for a%side as good. In the senior House Matches Meister Omers beat Galpin's in the Final, by 3 ma tches to 2, and in the Fina l of the j unior House Matches Galpin's beat Walpole, by 3 matches to 1. The resu lts of the Individual T ournaments were as follows:-

J. Oldham beat R. S. Hall am, 9- 5, 9-5, 9-6. M. A. J. Cronk beat J. A. H arvie, 9- 2,9- 2,10-8.

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T THE JUDO CLUB The Club has flourished this term under the instruct ion of Richard Lockhead, who is to be congratu lated on ga ini ng his Black Belt. From the beginning of term we have had large numbers of boys on the mat on both Tuesdays and Thursdays, and to a lesser extent on Sundays. The regular attendance meant that we had considerable scope in choosing the team for the match against Tonbridge on February 13t h. This we won by 207 points to twenty; Alan Menzies, editor of the national magazine Jucio, reported the match as "an overwhelming wi n for King's, richl y deserved". We were in fact older and heavier than ou r opponents, but everyone enjoyed the meeting, and a similar one is hoped for soon.

On February 23rd we met Sutton Valence and St. Edmu nd's at home. After a fierce aftern oon's fighting, St. Edmund's had won six fights and King's and Sutton Va lence, both of whom were miss in g an orange belt, had tied for first place, with cleven wins apiece. The Aikido section of the Club, which initially filled bot h mats, towards the end of term decreased in size. However, a solid nucleus of keen members has learned many new and horrible tactics, and should be able to put on an interesting display next term. We look forward to a new fixture with the Kyu-Sh in-Do-Kwa i of Dover next term, and congratu late M. A. Cowell and S. P. C. Scott for winning their colours. We wou ld also like to thank P. S. Jenkins, G . T. Williams, N. P. Press and N. McK. Rae for representing the school. A.l.D .

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The Shooting Club this term has had more success than in recent years. We have won three of our posta l matches and , although we lost to Tonbridge in our only shoulder-to-shou lder match their score was their highest this term. In the most important event of th is term- the Cou/ltry LIfe compelitionwe scored 894, which is the highest we have ever reached in the years we have entered. Prospects fo r next term are quite good, with most of our team remaining from last year, and we have arranged several matches. Those who- shot in the team this term were :- P. R. Kermode, L. S. Burr, N . G. Scott, D . C. Quine, W. S. H. Taylor, N. S. Day, R. A. Perry and T. G. D. Shannon. M. J. R. Nicholls was an excellent firecontrol officer for the landscape part of the Country Life shoot, and more than made up for the poor scores of the team on the rest of that shoot. P.R.K. 357

BASKETBALL As usual teams trained hard, and the compet ition produced many exciting games a nd a generally high sta ndard of play.

The first round winners were Marlowe, Ga lpin's, Wa lpole and Grange, who a ll won fairly comfortab ly, and it was obvious that the semi-fina ls would be keenly contested. Marlowe and Galpin's had a tremendous battle, a nd although Galpin's were sixteen points ahead at the interval, Marlowe fought back in the seco nd half with some de.:'1dly shoot ing by Weaver, who scored eight baskets, but they cou ld not quite catch lip

and were tcn points behind at the fini sh. Grange, too, had a hard time against Wal pole, but the experience and accurate shooting of the Scott brothers, together wi th the defensive work of Aust in, gave them victory by eleven points. Thus Galpin's and Grange met in a tense fina l. At first Ga lpin's were taken o ut of their stride by the tight zone defence of Grange and confined their scori ng attempts to long shots at the baskct and the fast long pass to Jackson, who made no mistake. They a lso swi tched to zone defence themselves. This slowed down the game, and had Galp in's put into effect thcir usua l fast quick-passing attacks and man to man defence, they would ha ve done better. However, playing Grange at thei r own game, they were two baskets ahead at half-time. ]n the second half they continued to defend dourly, and despite determined attacks by the Scott brothers and long shots by Aust in , managed to keep ahead to win by 38 points to 32. One felt that if Grange had rallied in the last ten minutes of the game instead of slowing thi ngs down so much they might well have won. However, credit must go to. both sides for a clean, hard-fought match. G(lipill'~':

H , R . Jackson, D. Irwin, A. Bailey, J. Wright, C . Pringle.

Grallge: C. Austin, S. Scott, N. Scott, A. Stccle, J. Stokes.

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MUSIC The Treble line has lacked a lot of its usual punch this term, due mainly to the breaking Scbool Choir voices of the leaders. Next term we hope to be rei nforced a little by new-comers from the Choir School. We have, therefore, not been able to attempt anthems which feature treble solos or verses. But we have been able to concentrate on other aspects of the Choir, and the tenor line has developed remarkably during the course of the term.

This term's anthcms:Give rest, 0 Christ (Parratt)

o Come, ye Servants (Tye)

The Lord is my Shepherd (Schubert) Whence is that Goodly Fragrance (K itson) o Lord look down (8att ishi/l) o Lorde, the Maker of all Things (Jollbert) Come my Way (Harris) Hide not Thou Thy Face (Farrant )

Though I speak with the Tongues of Men (Bairstow)

o Most Mercifu l (Wood) Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell) o heart subdued (Brahms)

Wash me throughly ( Wesley) Lacrimosa (Mozart) Blessed Jesu (Dvorak) Turn thy Face from my sins (Attwood) W.H.W. T.P.M.Y.

We have spent most of this term read ing through a large va riety of works for the First Orchestra orchestra's benefit, and this has shown that the standa rd of sight reading is very high. We have decided to perform the Brahms' Vio lin Concerto next King's Week. We welcome H . B. Poole who joined the clarinet sect ion this term. We are sorry to hea r that V. H. R. Waine ('cello) will be leaving us this term, and thank him for his long service in the orchestra. T.P.M.Y.

Most of this term's fai rly well -attended rehearsals have been spent on OUl' entry for Second Orchestra the Kent Music Fest ival at the begi nning of next term, Dvorak's Symphonic Sonatina. The various sectional rehearsals we have had have been very beneficia l, and the privilege given us of rehearsing with the Fi rst Orchestra was a very useful one. We spent one or two rehearsals looking at new music, wh ich, though not always very successful, was very much enjoyed. J .P.C .

This term the Band has increased its membersh ip, especially in the clarinet and trombone M ilitary Band sections, and has maintained its usual enthusiasm. Last term we played Schumann's Triiumerei and Bach's Jesll, Joy of M an's desiring on Remembrance Sunday. Since then we have been rehearsing the Dambuster's March, a selection from My Fail' Lady and items from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Su ite for the end-of-term concert. Time was a lso spent running through a Mikado selecti on, Henry Wood's Fantasia 011 British Sea Songs and Tannhiiuser in some deta il. Finally, we regret the loss last term of H . D. C. Sclater, our Secreta ry. C .J.A. D.R.L.B.

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Choral Society

This term we have been working hard on Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise for King's Week. This is a short oratorio, even with the Sinfonia which is performed with it, so when we have finished learning the Mendelssohn next term we will work at something short to

sing as well. As always, the Sllccess of King's Week depends largely upon a regular good atlendance at rehea rsals. In this respect the record of the past term leaves some room for improvement. W.H.W. E.H.B.

Madrigal Society

The Society has rema ined a relat ively small group this term, with the addit ion of R. H. Davies and Mr. Morrish to the alto line. Once aga in we sa ng Merbecke's setti ng of the Eucha rist at a School Communion . It is hoped that this will become a traditional funct ion of the Society.

This year the Passion music was drawn from va rious sources, making rehearsa ls musica lly more interest ing and enjoyable. As usual we must thank Mr. Wright for his inspiration and hard work. J.P.P.

This term we have added some new members to boost our numbers, but we are sti ll unable to find a time for rehearsal which su its everybody, and attendances have varied considerably. We have been rehearsing Tlte Ballad of Lady Bamard and Little A1l1sgrave by Benjamin Britten to perform at the Music Circle Concert on March 28th, and we would li ke to than k Mr. Morrish for the hard work he has put into it, especially in writing out all the music. . P.W.R.W.

Glee Club

The Society has had another term of busy and successful activity, and it justified its existence by giving a well-supported concert in the middle of the term. Those who were present at this will be well aware of the extent to which the Society has now expanded: three beat groups were good enough to perform, and the jazz band managed to bring a couple of numbers lip to concert standard . Jazz

Mr. R. E. S. Morrish is, during the course of next terlll, to take over the Presidency from Mr. R. B. Morgan, whose great interest in tbe Society has always been inva luable to us. W.H.W.

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THE SOCIETIES The term started well with a large outing to Stodmarsh. Unfortunately it was the day afte r a shoot and few duck were seen, but a Red-throated Diver settled in front of us. Mr. B. W. Caudwell, took a small party to Seasalter, but a fter some nice views of Wader, the rain came down. Another visit to Stodmarsh and Grove Ferry proved very interesting, as we saw Stonechat. Bewick's Swans and Ruffs, the first for more than two years. When the water becomes a little warmer, we hope to have a freshwater biology outing. The Annual Report for 1964 is nearing completion. T,G,D,S,

Natural History

Meetings this term have been characterised by efforts to make the Society's programme as varied and as origina l as possible. Their evident populari ty has meant that the steady number of play-read ings has been maintained. While last term ' papers' and debates were generally the alternative to the odd play, this term the programme has contained a series of brief 'skits' by committee and members (modelled on No t so much a Programme . .. ) and a variation on the B.B.C. panel-game theme (really intended to fathom each person's secret thoughts associated with certain deliberately tax ing or embarrassing proverbs and words). In general, this has resulted in greater all -round participation and entertainment. Three plays were read in all: Art hur Miller's The Crucible, Behan's The Hostage, and, a venture into Greek comedy, Lysis/rata by Aristophanes. They were a combination that gave a mixture of powerfully sustained drama and good-humoured, not so bawdy, enterta inment. The cl imax to the term was the outing to Peter Brook's production of the Marat/Sade at the Aldwych. There were mixed reactions to this unique and most engrossing play, but no one was left with ou t a profound impression. M ,J,N,B, Walpole

This term we have had two lectures: one by D. P. Imber on " The Artist's Materials", which drew a record-breaking attendance, and one by N. y, W. Hayes, K.S. who talked about the " Life and Influence of Picasso" . Both spoke very well and we are ext remely grateful to them. A satisfactory amount of interesting painting has been done this term but, as has happened in past years, the attendance has rather declined because of the demands of athletics. We hope for a revival next term, when the good weather should encourage some outdoor work. C,L.H.

Art

We have had another busy term, and the majority of members have had a good chance to do Caxton some interesting printi ng. Five programmes have been produced and the Christmas cards for next year are being got under way. We are hoping by this early start to make them particularly good. On February 25th , 20 members were enterta ined by C. H. Starling and Co. Ltd., Hayes Mills, and Harrisons Ltd . We were shown round all three firms in sma ll groups a nd given an excellent tea by Harrisons at the end. Everyone who went very much enjoyed the Illost interesting visi t. Five new members were admitted and all have shown a keenness to pass their tests and become competent printers. The Society has purchased a considerable amount of new equipment, including five new type cases, new roller stocks for the Kenti.\Âˇ!t Gazette mach ine, and two fount s of New Palace Script. We have also replaced the much worn 10 pt. Times New Roman. J's,F, The term began with a lecture by a representative of 1.B.M., followed for 30 members by a visit Harvey to I.B. M.'s London offices, where one of their largest computers is housed. Both this term's lectures were of a high standard, a nd were heard by very large audiences. The end of term saw a lecture by the Hon. Secretary, also well-attended. It is hoped that a few other boys may also give lectures to the Society in future terms, so that we do not rely quite so much on outsiders, D,L.S,

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Most of this term has been spent initiating newcomers to the Society in the basic Photographic skills, and it is hoped that most members will now be able to contribute to next term's exhibition. Also this term greater stress has been laid on the photographic coverage of school events, and if possible some members of the Society will cover the Royal Visit on Maundy Thursday. Progress, although not spectacular, has been solid. M,P,P, Photographic

Since this section was first formed, in the last two weeks of the Christmas Term, we have Photographic been quite active. We have shown two films, Birth of a Nation Part I and The Cabinet of Cine Section Dr. Caligari, both of which had good attendances, although the latter was the better fi lm and more greatly appreciated. Also we have heard two lectures, one by the Hon. Secretary on "The Basics of Cinematography" and the other by Mr. I. N. Wilkinson on his "Experiences as a Cinema Projectionist". Thanks to the kindness of the Manageress of the Odeon Cinema, a party was shown some of the practical details of film projection. A script has been prepared for the shooting of our own first film,

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This term has been one of great activity for the Society, which has met six times this term to discuss business matters or to listen to lectures.

W, N. Bryson, left last term.

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Lectures this term were on "The Historical Aspects of Provence," by the President; "The Excavations at Chichester", held in conjunction with the Canterbury Archaeological Society; "How I Dug at Fishbourne", by R. D, Kent, K,S.; "Provence", held in conjunction with the Canterbury Archaeological Society; and "A Journey through Italy" by R, N, Jarman. The afternoon outing this term was to Dover Castle. The weather was fine, and the excursion was much enjoyed. Next term's outing may perhaps be to Penshurst Place, but nothing has yet been decided. Our thanks are due to Mr. F. H, Voigt for organising and arranging meetings and the outing. N,F,R,

Geological

There have been several meetings of the Geological Society this term and work has begun on repainting another of our show cases,

An outing to Langdon Bay near Dover is planned for the middle of March. It is hoped that some fine specimens of Micraster species, Conulus species, Echinocarys species, Spondylus spinosus and Inoceramus species will be found.

It is hoped that there will be a Geological Exhibition at the end of the Summer Term.

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The main activity of the Society this term has been theatre-going. The official visit of the Pater Society to Cambridge to see the Arts Theatre's production of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrallllus was very successful. We were met by two O.K.S., P. J. Stone and G. M. Woodhouse, and had lunch in King's College "Hall", After the play we attended a most impressive candle-lit Evensong in King's College Chapel. Pater

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We would like to thank the Headmaster very much for a llowing us to see also the King's College, London's production of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae, which was very lively and well exploited by the cast. Mr. Mackintosh's talk, later in the term, on "A. E. Housman" was very much appreciated, and we are most grateful to 'Mrs. Mackintosh for so kindly providing refreshments. Finally, we thank Mr. Miller and Mr. Mackintosh for spending so much of their time and energy on behalf of the Society, A ,D,F,H,

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C.C.F. NOTES ARMY AND BASIC SECTIONS The weather has not been kind to us thi s term , and we had a field day on the one really snowy and unpleasant day of a fine though cold week. H owever, we adapted ourselves to it as best we could and what training was done was useful. The o ther parades have been interfered with to a lesser extent ~nd it is hoped that the Proficiency pl atoons have covered the syllabus adequately. The Signals have had some sliccesses with classificat ion, a nd Sgt. Hodges became a n Assistant Instructor. Mr. Ak rill has taken over the excellent work done by Mr. Juckes wit h the Commando Platoon, and he has had very valuable help from M r. Windcyer; the course this term has got on very we ll considering the cond itions. The Band, too, IS in betlcr shape tha n it was last tcnn. As noted elsewhere in this issue, some seni or boys will leave the Corps next term to do civilian work on C.C.F. afternoons; the numbers vo lunteeri ng for this arc rather sma ller than expected, and this causes ~o m e d ifficulty, as we must make room for recru it s to come in, in order to achieve the pattern tha t we want In the Sch~o l , which is: junio: ~ames to 1 .\ primary trai.ning and proficiency tra ining to about 16i, and then ~ chOIce of adva nce~ trammg ~r .a c!vll mn occupa tIon. Howevel.", t.he difficulty is only temporary, and wlll be overcome, and m any case It IS mce to know that the grcat majority find the tra ining intcrcst ingor else the alternatives less appea ling. The Eastcr Camp is going to Norway this time, and we go to an Army Transport School just south of Stavanger. II is better to give an account later, than to predict. Summer Camp wil l be at Breeon, from Jul y 27th to August 4t h ; there is a good mixture of military facilit ies with rough country over which training can take place. The Army Proficiency results were not good, partly becau se of interruption of training by the weather, and partiy because of sheer lack of keenness and determination to pass. The option of a civilian occupat ion does. not operate for anyone who has not yet passed his Proficiency Test. Thirty-two passed out of 58 ca ndIdates. The following promotions were made during the tcrm; C.S.M. P. W. R . Westley ; Sgts. C. N. GordonWil s!:>n, P. A. Hodges, A. D. Vand~r Mcersch; ~/Sg t s. C. S. K. Austin, G. J. R. Bell , P. J. Cattrall, A. J. DaVieS, P. R. Kermode, N. G. Major, A. B. MeJkle, J. R. Salmon, W. M. L. Wood, G. M. A. Heaton; Cpls. L. S. Burr, C . Barnden, R. W. J. Gocher, N. H. Goul der, J. S. Med hurst, J. B. Whitaker, D. L. Wood, T. P. M. YOlmg; and 22 L/Cpl s. K.A.C.G.

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION The. Easter Te.rm .is too sho~t to all ow much wavering from the straight and narrow of the Naval Proficlencyexammatlons. Candidates have to. lea rn ho",: to drill af.1d be drilled; also, how to rig sheerlegs, I.owe! a seaboat, ~n~ morse! d~ bends and hItches! ~vhlp and ~ pllce and carry out seama nli ke operations Jangmg from nav l ga~ lon to nggmg.a whale r )l~ add itIon, there I~ a large amount of theoretical seama nship to be lea rnt. The dIfficulty of fittmg all thIS m was reflected m the results, which were not as good as usual. . F ield D~y took place on the ~ nO\yiest day o~ the term and, wit h a ~orce 8 gale warning in the cstllary. It w~s deCIded to repla~e seagomg m thrc.e shIps of the HydrographIc Department by practical demonst ratJons of Inflatable LI fe Rafts a nd canoemg, and two excellent lectures on "Hydrography" and "Defence and the role of thc Navy" by the Commander and the Captain respectively of H.M.S. Pembroke. 364

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Next term it is the turn for an Adm ira l's Inspection of the Corps, and the Roya l Nava l Section will be providing a Field Gu n Display and demonstrations of many aspects of seama nship. We congratulate Cadet Petty Officer M. J. Knightley on winning our first Royal Naval F lying Scholarsh ip, as a result of which he wi ll spend 28 days of the holidays training to be a pi lot a t Biggin Hill. Two other cadets will be attending a Sub Aqua course at Portsmouth , and a highly promising programme of seagoing Cmnps is in prospect for the summer holidays. D.W.B.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION It has bccn a qu iet term and the higll1ight of flying on Field Day was even denied us by a heavy downfall of snow just at thc wrong moment. The ha st ily-arranged substitute of chasi ng around the nearby vi llages in arct ic road conditions proved quite exhausting, and certa inl y tested ini tiative.

Two cadets, Hews and Smith, have returned from Biggin Hill having successfu ll y applied for Flying Scholarships, and both wi ll probably do their flyin g training in August. A few cadets joined the commando course and thoro ughly enjoyed it. "A" Flight has worked hard at the syll abus and "B" Flight has been taught basic drill , etc., by two Army N.C.O.s, and Cp\. Church. Easter Camp, towards the end of the holidays, will be held at H..A.F. Honington, near Bury St. Edmunds. P.G.W.

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O.K.S. NEWS We congratulate AIR Year Honours.

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G. L. SEABROOK (1922- 26) on being created C.B. in the New

Also LIEUT.-CoL. D. S. LUCAS (1926- 36) on being awarded an O.RE. in the New Year Honours. Up till August I,ast year he was on the statT of the Royal Art illery Directorate at the War Office. He has now ret ired and is living at West Byfleet in Su rrey. BRIGADIER C. H. C. GORE (1906- 12) points to a misprint in the obituary list in the O.K.S. AlItlual Report. This has brought to light both a fine record and a stark reminder of waste. We annou nced the death of Lieut.-Col. E. R. Palmer, when we shou ld have printed the name as LIEUT.-CoL. E. R. 1), BERRYMAN, D.S.O. (1898- 1902). The record is that at one time "what was before 1914 a small school" produced five other O.K.S. officers in Co l. Berryman's regiment, The Royal Garh wa l Rines. These were W. H. WARDELL (1878-85), R. F. NATION (1895-1904), G. D'O. MACLEA., M.C. (1906--<)6), D. C. GOIILE (1917- 18) and BRIGADIER GORE. The waste lies in the fact that Wardell and Maclear were killed in the G rea t War. Both were open scholars of their Oxford colleges.

BRIGADIER H. E. N. BREDIN (1926-34) has been promoted to Major-General and appointed G .O.C. 42 (Lanes.) D iv. (T.A.) and N.W. Districl. AIR VICE-MARSHAL A. FOORD-KELCEY (1926-32) has retired from the R.A.F. W. S. MAUGHAM, C.H. (1 884-89) was reported as waking to his 91st birthday with the comment "Oh hell , another birthday". We wish him well in his recovery from a recent chest infection . J. G. EAST (1922- 25) has been elected to the Committee of Lloyd's. The committee is the govern ing body of Lloyd's of London, and includes heads of individual underwriting firms and Lloyd's brokers. It meets every week and checks the credentials and fina ncial resources of every underwrit ing member.

H. W. STEVENS (1925- 29) wa s appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master of the Masonic Province of Nottinghamshire in February. 367

I DR. P. C. J . .BRUNET (1935-39), university lcetmer in zoo logy at Cambridge, was elected to a sen ior research fellowship of Jesus College from January 1st this yea r. DR. D. H. W. KELLY (1945- 53) in conjunction wit h another doctor of St. Thomas' Hospita l, London, has ach ieved something of a revo lut ion in the cont rol of schizophrenia. Their use of the new phenothiazine drug has improved effectiveness of the treatment by between 30 and 50%. MICHAEL VENAB LES (1954--59) is now assistant manager of his company's branch office in Hu ll. LoUIS HALSEY (1944-47) conducted the Elizabethan Singers at a ca rol concert at St. Clement Dane's last Christmas. Among numbers of older pieces which were well received, severa l new arrangements of old favour ites li ke Silent Night and The First Nowell appeared. T hese d id not please the ears of some listeners, one of whom spoke of "a tragedy of misdirected sk ill". J. DE V. ALLEN (1949- 54) has recently pub lished a book entitled Two British Imperialists a t the University of Malaysia. JEREMY D. B. WALKER (1 950- 55) has just brough t out a book with the intrigui ng title of A Stltdyof Frege. We are told that the incompleteness of concepts and the ana lysis of definite descript ions are among

the topics discussed in his book. JONATHAN VARCOE (1955- 60) spent last year teaching music in Freetown in Sierra Leone. He took part in performances of MenoW's Amah! and lite Night Visitors and Bach's St. Johll Passioll and gave severa l recita ls with an American violin ist peace corps worker. He spent 10 days on a tour of organ recita ls in Ghana, severa l of which were broadcast. He also broadcast a series of COllcer' Half HOllr programmes on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service, which were interrupted by several amusing technica l hitches. He is now completing a one-year Diploma in Educat ion course at Bristol, and next September he is to start as Assistant Director of Music at Cheltenham College. T. J. N. CLAYE (1958-64) is in Sarawak fo r a year teaching under the V.S.O. scheme. J . M. BODGER (1948- 54) has been appointed assista nt traffic manager to the East Kent Road Car Company Ltd. from Februa ry this yea r. He has been district superintendent for the Canterbury area since June, 1962. DAVID RICEMAN (1951 - 56) now a director of Riccmans of Canterblll'Y, has been appointed Chairman of the Canterbury Chamber of Trade. A member commented: " He is IllOSt capable and hard-working, and will do his best for a ll the members". JONATHAN WRIGHT (1954--60) of Merton and St. Antony's, Oxford, has been elected to a Theodo r Heuss Fellowsh ip, which takes him to G6ttingen University for a year. He is prepa ring a D. Ph il. on some aspects of the Weimar Republic. D. H . B. CHESSHYRE (1954--59), one of severa l O.K.S. in the Honourable Arti llery Company, was a member of the H .A.C. sal uting battery which fired the sa lutes on the Tower of London during Sir Winston Ch urchi ll's funeral. Hubert is at present wit h Harveys of Bristo l, the wine merchants, at their West End office in Pall Mal l. C. P. WH ITE (1960- 64) played solo flute in a concert given at Christmas by the Sehola Ca nt orum of Dover at Dover. One reviewer wrote: ..... He has a warm tone and a delicate scnse of phrasing, and his a lert musiciansh ip held the performance together from beginning to end." H . J. MORRIS (1961-64) is now in Israel working in a Kibbutz. When he returns he is to spend a year doing V.S.O. J. H . PENHALLOW (1957-62) capta ined the Sidney Sussex Team in the University Challenge Quiz on LT.V. recently, but his team was beaten by Oriel College. In the same quiz, F. J. D. LAMBERT (1955- 60) has been in the New College team, which has won three times and is now waiting to go in for the fina l. THE REVD. E. R. G. JOB (195 1- 55) curate of Our Lady a nd St. Nicholas, Li verpoo l, has been made vica r of St. Joh n-the-Baptist, New Springs, Wigan. We congratulate him also on his recent marriage.

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THE REVD. D. I. HILL (1923- 31) has moved from St. Gregory the G reat to be Rector of St. Alphege wit h st. Margaret and St. Peter, ca nterbury. A. J. K. AUSTIN (1955- 59) has been moved by the B.B.C. to the job of Presentation Assistant and Radio and T.V. announcer in Birmingham. He says he wi ll be delighted to hear from any O.K.S. in the Birmingham area.

W. G . C. FERRIS, M.B.E. (1940--44) is managing the Roll s-Royce, Ferrari, Jaguar and H.M.C. agency in New Orleans, Louisiana, known as Sports Cars Inc.

D. J. G. WARDROP (1956- 61) has been President of the Students' Uni on at Loughborough C.A.T., where he is one of the first 'guinea pigs' on thei r new 4·year co mb ined subjects degree courses (as yet unnamed). The deat h of H. S. CROWTHER (1876- 82), as reported below, has brought to our notice a remarkab le record of fami ly assoc iation with the school. Henry's six brothers were a ll at K ing's; the son and son-inlaw of onc of them, F. N. CROWTHER ( 187 t- 77) were both here; and the two sons of the son-i n-law, H. H . H AYES (1898- 1905), followed them. The trad it ion li ves on: Nigel, the great-grand son of F. N. C rowther, is now in School House.

ENGAGEMENTS DAVIES-HANSELL.-A. G. Davies (1949- 53) to Esther Helen Joyce Hansell. DELLER- BENSON.- M. D. Deller (1952-57) to Sheelagh El izabeth Benson. HARRIS- BLEwETT.-David Harris (1955- 59) to Jill Blewett. H ARSTON- Twlss.- J. J. R. C. Harston (1956- 60) to Winifred M. Twiss.

MARRIAGES JOIl- GORDON.- E. R. G. Job (195 1- 55) to R ose Constance Mary Gordon at St. Mary's Church, Eastham , Win·a!.

BIRTHS PORTER.- On 24th October, 1964, to Jean and the Revd. John Porter (1947-52), a son. )

RrcK.ETTs.- On 16th February, 1965, to Jane a nd Howard Ricketts (1955- 58), a daughter (Amelia).

DEATHS GALPIN.- Brigadier Stephen George Galpin (1908-16), aged 66, at Newmarket, 23rd January. 1965. CROWTHER- Henry Stewart Crowt her (1876- 82), aged 101 , at Avondale, Stratford, N.S.W., 14th December, 1964. TWELLS-G RoSSE.- John Twells-Grosse (1898- 1904), aged 80, at Brackenh urst , Pembury, Kent. BAUMANN-Peter Neville Baumann (1948- 53), aged 30, in London, 26t h March, 1965.

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OBITUARY ALEXANDER JAM ES TROUSDELL (1903-1906) A. J. Trousdell died on January 20th. He was at The King's Schoo l from 1903 till 1906. when he left to join the Militia (3rd Battalion The Royal West Kent Regiment), from which he was commissioned to The Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1909. He contracted polio and was invalided out of the army. and joined the Shell Company. He rejoined his regiment at the Qutbreak of the F irst World War, and served in Flanders where he was awarded the D .S.O. and the M.e. Arter the waf he rejoined Shell and returned to India. Once again ill-health forced him to leave, and he moved to Egypt where he remained until 1933. In the Second World War he was back in the army and commanded an R.A.O,C. training regiment. It was always his desire to return to Kent, where his grandfather was a well-known paper maker, and he settled in Meopham, wherc he lived till he died. He had a great love of the School and visitcd Canterbury as often as possible. His second son was at the School, as was his eldest grandchi ld who left in July of last ycal'. It gave him great pleasure to have all three generations present at the O.K.S. Dinner in October, 1964. He did not distinguish himself as a scholar or athlete at school, but all who were there with him will remcmber how well he was liked and respected in his short time at King's for his quiet friendliness and integrity. He was always a devout churchman, who a ll hi s life successfu lly tried to uphold the principles of Christian life. The family have the deep sympathy of all at King's w.ho have known them.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES Aldenhamian. Bradfordioll, City of London School Magazine, Dale College Magazine, Decaf/kill, Dovorioll, Dillwich College Preparatory School Magazine, Elizabethan. Epsomian, Fe/stet/iall, Glenolmolld Chronicle, Gresham, Hilys/-lollllian, Kent College Magazine, Kenton College Magazine, King's College School, Killg's School -Magazine (ParamoI/o), Lawrelllinjml, Lorellollian, Lynx, Mar/burian, Mill H ill Magazine, Milller COUft Chronicle, New BeacolI, Pauline, Rad/eian, Replollian, Roffel/sian, Saga, School Tie, Stoneylllll's! Magazine, Storf/ort/ian, TOl/bridgion, Wlti'glfli(III, Worksopion, Yorkist, Yorkist (Kenya).

The Editors acknowledge the recei pt of these and apologise for any omissions.

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. EDITORIAL ...

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THE SCHOOL

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THE SCHOOL •.. SALVETE VALETE VIRTUTE F UNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES

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THIS AND THAT ...

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A FAREWELL TO MASTERS

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THE MAUNDY REPORT ...

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KING'S WEEK AND SPEECH DAY

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KI NO'S WEEK , 1965 THE ORATORIO

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"THE T EMPEST"

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DUDLEY M OORE AND HIS TRIO THE ALLEG RI STRING QUARTET

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THE FRINGE PLAYS

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THE AUERBACH K N ABENKAPELLE

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THE SERENADE IN TilE CLOISTERS THE HEADMASTER'S SPEECH

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S CHOLARS ELECTED 1965 •.• A CADEMIC AND OnlER D ISTINCTIONS GA INED, 1 964~5

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THE SYMPHONY CONCERT ...

REVIEWS THEATRE R OUNDABOUT

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MUSIC

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LECTURES

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CAREERS

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CONTRIBUTIONS EDGE ... DAY AFTER YESTERDAY

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RACH EL'S CHILDREN

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CRICKET THE B OAT CLUB SWIMMING FENCING ATHLETICS J UDO ... SHOOTING H OCKEY T ENN IS

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O.K.S. NEWS 475 478

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ILLUSTRATIONS MR. F. H. VOIGT THE R OYAL VISIT ON MAUNDY THURSDAY "THE TEMPEST" CALIBAN ORCHESTRAL S TUDIES THE FRINGE PLAYS D UDLEY MOORE MICHEAL MACUAMMOIR

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XXX No. 6

AUGUST,

1965

EDITORIAL

This is a School where tradition, convention, ceremony, and formality play a dominant part. This kind of established formulae for attitudes and behaviour is increasingly criticised, either as unnecessarily cramping and restraining or as an unreal facade to an inner something which is of less value that it is made to appear. The desire for informality and a breaking away from tradition is constantly expressed. In view ' of this it is worthwhile reconsidering the usefulness of these prescribed attitudes and ways of doing things. The tendency to rebel against them is natural; the need to question that tendency is for this reason all the more pressing. The act of subscribing and adhering to codes and conventions is often simply a matter of mental and physical self-discipline. This explains much of any revulsion against them, and it is also the key to much of 375

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their worth. Under any circumstances, a certain amount of self-discipline is profitable. It increases the resilience and emotion al detachment of the individual, and it contributes towards the ha rmony of a community. Rules of etiquette and codes of behaviour are made or evolve, for this reason. Without any kind of yardstick of formality the individual becomes completely egocentric and society means no more than a collection of incompatibles. The rise and fall of the Roman Empire, which coincided with an upsurge and recession of morality and " orderliness", and the history of the slow evolution of American society in the early nineteenth century make this clear. In our own age, the activities of Mods and Rockers, who see themselves as breakaways from society and whose sense of formality is strictly limited, tell the same story. Formality is an essential concomitant of an ordered society of mentally and physically healthy individuals. Informality is often thought of as ' syno nymous with friendliness and "togetherness". But in the field of personal relationships a certain kind of formality is as necessary as anywhere. Courtesy is not a facade of pretended friendliness, nor a survival from the days of chivalry. It is a manifestation of respect, and the basis of any kind of relationship from mere tolerance to close friendship must be respect. Tact and politeness are indispensable; without them behaviour and attitudes become entirely self-centred and based on transient and perhaps violent emotions. That familiarity breeds contempt is as true as it always has been. Too often informality and casualness are seen as tokens of friendliness; they are only that in so far as friendliness tends to produce them; without mutual understanding and sympathy, the dropping of accepted standards of courtesy and tact is only inimical to real fr iendship. King's is perhaps characterised by its dress and by its traditions and customs. The value of these goes beyo nd their picturesqueness. Canterbury Dress-criticized more from outside than by people in the Schoolprovides a unity and coherence in the members of the School and establishes a norm away from which in the direction of untidiness or extravagance it is hard to go far. The wearing of gowns and other such privileges given to sports colours, house monitors and the Upper VI 376

may be of little practical usefulness, but they give distinction to achievement and encourage its pursuit. Traditions like Captain's courts, King's Week, the Christmas supper, the Madrigal Society singing from Bell Harry on Ascension Day, and the numerous other small traditions attached to houses give a distinguishing flavou r to life at School, encourage School spirit, and instil an enthusiasm for and an interest in the past and future fortunes of the School. They are of enormous importance in making the School something more than an educational institution.

King's Canterbury was founded by the father of English Christendom, and it is attached to the Mother Church of England ; but in this School as much as anywhere there are many who question the importance of liturgy. The complaint that the Communion Service or the School services in the Cathedral "don't seem to mean anything" is frequently heard ; many ask why the Church, if it wants to attract young people, cannot simplify ch urch services, take away all the mumbo-jumbo, and get down to what Christianity really means. This attitude, apart from making the illogical assumption that the Church's prime concern is to sell Christianity like some kind of soap powder, falls into the error of regarding liturgy as something extraneous and dispensable. No doubt the Church, like any other institution, may from time to time be in need of reform, and no-on e would attempt to brush aside all reasoned and reasonable cricism. But the danger in any attempt to "get to the bottom of the thing" is that one may only be left with a question mark. Christianity cannot be expressed purely in rational and material terms. Faith and emotion are important aspects of it, and one must meet it on its own terms. Otherwise in trying to prune the trunk one may succeed in killing the tree. Formality can be overdone; but this fact must not be allowed to blind us to its importance and usefulness both within this School and in the wider context of life in general. 377

THE SCHOOL Captain of School: H. R. JACKSON Vice-Captain: S. J. WEAVER

H. R. Jackson S. J. Weaver A. D. H. Turner R. D. Kent, K.S. A. J. W. Campbell J. D. Stokes B. B. J. Wills W. M. L. Wood, K.S.

Head of Galpin's Head of Marlowe House Head of Walpole HOl/se Head of School House Head of Meister Omers Head of The Grange Head of Linaere House Head of Luxmoore House

SCHOOL MONITORS H. R. Jackson, S. J. Weaver, A. D. H. Turner, R. D. Kent, K.S., A. J. W. Campbell, J. D. Stokes, B. B. J. Wills, W. M. L. Wood, K.S., C. S. K. Austin, A. D. Vander Meersch HOUSE MONITORS T. M. Bale, C. N. Gordon-Wilson, N. H. Goulder, A. C. Griffiths C. S. K. Austin, N. T. G. Willis J. J. T. Cronk, C. J. H. King, M. R. F. Reeson, C. R. C. Tayler P. Hemingway, D. M. M. Kenyon, R. M. Spence G. M. A. Heaton, R. X. Heslop, H. J. Holdstock Luxmoore House: C. J. Arney, K.S., M.S., P. J. Cattrall, K.S., A. G. Kypris, N. G. Major, K.S., N. J. Ring, P. W. R. Westley G. J. R. Bell, M. J. Oldham, C. A. B. Pringle, R. P. H . Swann Galpin's: P. A. Church, M. G. S. Mansergh, K.S., P. J. Ralph, W. H. Williams, Linacre House:

School House: The Grange: Walpole HOl/se: Meister Omers: Marlowe House:

M.S., K.S.

Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captaill Captain

S. J. Weaver J. D. Stokes N. Scott Williams G. W. H. Rowbotham, K.S. J. I. S. Pitkeathly P. R. Kermode H. R. Jackson A. J. Davies

of Cricket of Boats of Swimming of Tennis of Fencing of Shooting of A thletics of Judo

The Cantuarian Editors: The Captain of School (ex-officio), J. F. Chesshyre, K.S., A. B. Marshall, K.S., N. F . Riddle, B. C. Tooby, K.S. 378

SALVETE J. E. Allen, N. D . Baxter, J. D . Box, B. N. T. G. Burbridge, P. J. Clarke, M. J. Cooper, A. W. Dawson, A. P. Docherty, S. P. Hollis, W. J. M. Kendall, R. M. A. Payne, W. R. Roberts, R. J. S. Shaw, P. M. D. Shires.

VALETE R. Boyd, C. D . Carr, D. G. Irwin, J. H. Miller, P. A. Ray, V. H. R. Waine.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES IRWI N, D. G.~Ca me Sept. , '60; House Monitor, '65; Swimming Colours, '63; 2nd XV Colours, 64; 2nd Athletics Colours, '65; Treasurer of Marlowe Society ' Leading ' Seaman, Naval Section, C.C.F.; Upper VI. MILLER, J. H .- Came Sept., '60; HOD. K.S., '64; Hon. Sen. K.S. , '65; Corporal, C.C.F.; Upper VI ; Open Scholarship in History to Keble College, Oxford. RAY, P. A.-Came Jan., '60; House Monitor, '64 ; Captain 4th XV, '64; Sergeant, C.C.F.; Upper VI. WAINE, V. H. R.- Came May, '61; F irst Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra; A.B., Naval Section, C.C.F.

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THIS AND THAT H .M. the Queen Much has a lready been written abo ut the Queen's Visi t on Maundy Thursday, but a full report ap pears further on in this issue. At the beginning of term, the President of the Somner Society and other representatives of the School welcomed the Canterbury Society to the Precincts and joined in a walk conducted by Dr. Urry. Dr. Urry traced, in enthralling detail, the story of Becket's murder, over the act ual ground trodden by the Archbi shop and his assassi ns.

Beeket's Murder Re-lived

Friends of the Cathedral

As usual, the Festival of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral was held in the Precincts. A plaque was first unveiled in the Cloisters, as a token of gratitude for American aid in the restoration of the Cloi sters; and afterwards tea was provided in the Shirley Hall.

Pirates and Politicians

About sixty junior members of the School have signed a petition to the Prime Minister deploring the Government's plans for the abolition of Pirate Radio Sh ips. The Editors, in sea rch of peace from perpetual "pop" music, feel that this was unnecessary.

Music for the Disabled

This is the twelfth successive year that the King's School Military Band, conducted by Mr. Edred Wright, has entertained the disabled to mu sic with their annual tea, orga nized by the East Kent Group of the Disa bled Drivers' Association and held on June 27th.

A certain gentleman of the Sch ool was somewhat perturbed to receive a letter addressed to himself at "The Grave, Canterbury". Talking of graves and epitaphs, the rurnour that another gentleman, having dropped a banana skin under the feet of a Ma ltese servant, was told "First I report yo u, then J kill you, huh?" is not true. A Grave Offence

S I P iii Mr. Ernie Baldock, Head Gardener of the School, and the moving spirit or : r;. C of the Haymakers, is to be congratu lated on appearing as "Sports Profile um er Ive Number 5" in a recent ed iti on of the Kentish Obser ver.

The School has been commended by the local Press for its efforts to aid the old people of Canterbury. Socia l Service of this nature is either vol untary or a worthwhile alternative to the C.C.F., a nd we hope it will continue with as much vigou r a nd keenness as has been displayed during Ihe last few weeks. Especially to be commended a re D. L. Wood and R. A. Williams, who spent the last week of term acting as interior decorators, Aid to Old People

It's all Greek to Us ...

Mr. Philip Bl ake, in hi s rece nt book on the Christ Church Gate, asserts that the letters I X (which form the centre of the School Sh ield and were thought to be the initial letters of Jesus Christ written in Greek) are, in fact, Latin, a statement which is bound to provoke a heated controversy, 380

The School distinguished itself at the Kent Music Festival by winning the F razer Nea me Trophy for the boys' public or gra mmar school with the highest num ber of points. K. Alder, R. True and the Second Orchestra are to be congratulated on their performances; but special mention should be ~ ad e of N. King, who wo~ six fi,rst awards, one second award, and three trophies, havmg an average mark of 89 %. ThiS was an outstanding performance.

The Kenl Music Feslival

Oldest School?

Those, if any, who doubt that the School is the oldest in Britain, should consult the Guinness Book of Records which traces our origins back to St. Augustine and A.D. 597.

We congratu late R. Hews on being awarded a Royal Air Force Flying Scholarsh ip. This wi ll enable him to train for and obtai n his pilot's licence free of ch~rge, the expenses being met by the Government. Such Scholarships are awarded to outstandll1g members of the R.A.F. section of Public and Grammar School C.C.F.s. Hews will train at the Surrey and Kent F lying Clu b. Free as Air

During their Rag Week, students from Wye College kidnapped actress Lynne Bel-free Ashcroft and held her to ransom. Not content with thi s, they "borrowed" the clappe r from the School Bell , and tried to ransom th at. The bell being an indispensable part of school life, the students were persuaded to return the clapper free of charge, before the smooth runn ing of the School was endangered. A brief article by Erica J. Dimock in the Cambridge News spotlights William Harvey one of our more distinguished O.K .S., William Harvey. Born at . Folkestone in 1578, he provided an explanation for the circulation of blood 1D the body, and understood the use of valves in the circulatory system . It is strange to note that hiS all-Important work Excitatio Anatomica de. M ota Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus was not, at first, taken seriously by his contemporaries. The proceeds from a piano recital by Mr. Peter Katin were donated to the Rural Music Schools' Association. Among the patrons of the concert were the Dean of Canterbury, Princess Andrew Romanoff, the Countess of Guilford, and Lady Fitzwalter. The programme included works by Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Liszt; and the concert was extremely successful. Mr. Peler Katin

It is recorded in the annals of cricket that, just a fter the War, King's played Kent CrIcket Club, whose coach was then Frank Woolley. This was the first time that any school had been so honoured. And, as if continuing a tradition, D. C. K. Roberts was first at the nets when Lancashire opened the new season at Old Trafford . Taken in hand by Charlie Hallows he ' left his coach "particularl y impressed" by hi s batti ng. We congratulate him.

The Crickeling Spirit

The Archdeacon of Maidslone

Weare very pleased 10 record the appointment of the Archdeacon of Maldstone, the Ven . R . G. Strutt, to the Suffragan Bishopric of Stockport.. The School will greatly miss his quiet but very able support, and we wish him every success in the future. 381

The French and the Old School Tie

The "more mature playing" of a flute trio from King's was a noted item in the Chamber Concert at the Quarter Deck on July II tho The trio was led by Paul White, O.K.S., a nd is to be congratulated on its performance.

Three Flautists

Fencing ••..

The French are so enamoured of our Old School Tie that many of them wear it. David Irwin, O.K.S., reports that he is being continuall y disappointed when saying to strange F renchmen: "Oh, yo u were at King's" and being met with a pitying stare.

Congratulations to J. 1. S. Pitkeathly, the Captain of Fe~cing, on his outstanding achievement ID wIDlllng the Kent County Men s Open FO.II Championship. It is the first time that a schoolboy has ever won th iS

competition. Congratulations also to the Fencing team on another very successful year, and to R . Eiser, O.K.S., on gaining a fencIn g blue last term and his subsequent electiOn as Captam of the Oxford University Fencing Team. (We were also mterested to see III the NatiOnal Press that he is equally proficient with the um brella-wlllmng his first duel most decIsively.) It would be interesting to know whether these successes are connected with the .... and use of a new electronic machine which auto matically registers the less Automation "palpable hits" by flashing a light. All that is needed now is a machine actually to wield the sabre.

Sleazy Music

Rehearsing Liadov's Legend of the Birds, the Orchestra arrived at the end several bars before the Conductor. "Oh, well", said one, anxious to Justify himself, "we like fa st birds."

We said good-bye this term to Mr. B. W. Caudwell, Mr. N . J. M. Ha,:" i1ton and Mr. J. B. Windeyer. Mr. Caudwell has for three years ta ~ght BiOlogy and has given particular enco~ragement to the Geographical Society; Mr. Hamilton has taught C laSSICS and Economics, and has helped both at Fordwich and in the C.C.F.; and Mr. Wind eyer has taught History and has galvamsed the Tenterden Society into unaccustomed b!,t very vigorous activit¥. We are grateful for all their varied and willing help, a nd we Wish them every success III the future.

The old order changeth.. . .

• . . • yielding place to new

The Sporting Record

As if to redress the balance, three masters have become engaged. We therefore congratulate Mr. T. B. Akrill, Mr. M. St. J. Parker and Mr. G . H. J. Facer on their engagements, and regret that we are unable to give further details.

It is interesting to realise that, during the last two yea rs, in Rugby, Cricket, Hockey and Squash more matches have been won than in any previous season. These, together with the Rowing, Seven-a-Sides and Fencing successes, must add up to something of which the School should be proud.

to P. J . Cattrall, one of fourteen chosen from schools all over Englapd by the M.C.C. to tour South Africa next December. They are gOlllg for a month and amo ngst others will play matches on the Test grounds at Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Congratulations

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1]le New

Tennis Courts

The new tennis courts, after they had been properly laid down and marked, were well used during the term, giving a much greater opportunity to those wish ing to play tennis and providing a great deal of enjoyment.

Chapel Collections May 9. 16. 30. June 20. 27. July 18. 25.

Canterbury Christ Aid Week

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Two O.K.S. have been distinguishing themselves in the field of rowing: D. J. Mills, number two in the Oxford boat, was a member of a strong, unorthodox and mixed team. The race was almost too predictableOxford won by fifteen seconds and an official four lengths. The other is Colin Porter, who after ten year's bitter opposition to the A.R.A. selectors was himself made a selector in 1963; he is fighting to lessen the number ofsmall clubs and to concentrate enough oarsmen to produce tru ly national crews and international success for Britain. R. M. Sutton played for the Oxford University Occasionals in a rather disappointing hockey match against the Cambridge University Wanderers, a conspicuous player on a weak side. Ivan Clark is centre-half in the Kent hockey team that set up a record by winning the County Championship for the second year running. He has since played his first international game, against Wales at Penarth. Graham Pritchard, a regular member of Kent II as a senior at King's, is in the Essex Second XI. In last year's ' Varsity match he took three Oxford first innings wickets for twenty-nine r uns. P. D. MacNiece, an Oxford Blue, sa iled in the University team against Cambridge at Beaumaris, Anglesey. O .K.S. Sport

On May 9th we were honoured to have the Archbishop of Canterbury as our first Eve nsong preacher of the term. We were also glad to welcome the Very Revd. Eric Abbott, D ean of Westminster; the Ven. R. W. Richardson, Chaplain of the F leet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy; the Revd. Canon E. H. Wade, General Secretary of the U nited Society for Christian Literature; the Revd. Canon E. W. Heaton, Fellow and Chaplain of St. John's College, Oxford; and the Revd. Canon J. N . D . Kelly, Principal of st. Ed mund Hall, Oxford . Visiting Preachers

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The Editors of The Canluarian would li ke to thank all those who have written articles or poems during the last term. The response to our appeals was so great that what we have printed is only a small proportion of what has been contri buted. We apologise to all those whose contributions we have been unable to include, and we hope that they will not be discouraged from writin g agai n; for we will need more material for next term's Canluarian jf we 3re not to slump back into the intellectual depression of a year ago. We should also like a wider variety of photographs from a wider variety of photographers; and we should like to print any line drawin gs of a sufficiently high standard . Finally, we hope fo r your constructive comments on this issue. From the Editors

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A FAREWELL TO MASTERS ...

MR. F . H. VOIGT In May, 1940 we moved to Cornwall accompanied by our Junior School, the Choir Scho.ol, and St. Edmund's. Within some three months our younger masters, who were relatIvely numerous, left for the Forces. Grange had enjoyed the inspiration of Mr. John Corner's Housemastership from 1935 ; on his departure, Mr. A. R. Roach- later to be Headmaster of Hymer's School, and now Professor of Education- succeeded to it for a brief period until he, too, left for Army Service. The resultant Staffs of the various schools for the rest of the War performed as one; and to the pleasure of everyone and the lasting benefit of the House, Mr. F. H. Voigt of St. Edmund's accepted the charge of Grange; he very quickly showed himself ideally suited to the task. Tn Cornwall we remained until the summer of 1945, returning to our home premises-'-blasted where not destroyed- in the October. Few people could be aware of the severe choice that then fell on Francis Voigt to make- whether to continue with us and Grange or re-join St. Edmund's. He felt it his duty to stay, for by then King's School Staff had become extremely small- the Masters had for the most part been young, a year or more would elapse before their demoblization some would enter other professions, and naturally hardly a Master was in the market: Mr. Voigt's decision was an immense relief, and delighted the School in general and Grange in particular. At the helm of Grange then he remained through the difficult years of our return- years as laborious, in fact, as the war years had been- until he withdrew from the House some seventeen years after he had undertaken its charge. During that long time Grange had become a veritable Happy Family- priding itself on being the "best" House, and certainly it was sui generis- and possibly that pride was not misplaced , by the evidence of their achievements and the fact that for years the Captain of School seemed automatically to come from Grange and its humane environment. For that is what it was, a humane society, brought about by the personal relationship of the Housemaster and his boys; they esteemed him, trusted and loved him, and in that relationship the discipline of the House was grotUlded. Of course, Francis Voigt's value stretched beyond Grange to the entire School. A man of more than considerable scholarship, he stimulated the interests of his pupils. and fashioned the Modern Languages into a vigorous and successful Department. Yet with IIlterests Wider than French and German he was as equally ready to teach Italian and Spanish as to develop the archaeological zeal of many boys ever since he founded the Somner Society for that purpose. Mr. Voigt was, as he still is and ever will be, a kind tolerant, understanding man; perceiving good where others might fail to see it and radiating friendliness and happiness. At the end of this term, and after twent-five years Francis Voigt retires to his native Wharfedale, and his absence will be keenly felt and deeply regretted. He has served King's, and Grange, and the generations of boys- mostly through. critical years- wholly unselfishly, ungrudgingly, with devotion unsurpassed. It seems tnte to say that he leaves With our gratitude and the warmest of wishes; he deserves so much more than that , for he is irreplaceable. F.J.S. 384

MR. H. W. OSMOND It is twelve years since Unacre House was founded- the last main Boarding House to be establtshed. The house Itself was a Canonical residence inhabited for generations by successive Archdeacons of Maldstone. In 1943 the Reverend Julian Bickersteth was appointed b~ Ar:chbishop Temple t? a Residentiary Canonry and the Archdeaconry, but he chose to Itve 10 a smaller house 10 G reen Court as more convenient for his work. For ~ome two years the h?use was uninhabited till the Royal School of Church Music leased It fr~m the Chapter 10 1945 for seven years. On their vacating it, the rapidly-growing K10g ~ S.cho,?1 took the tenancy for the purpose of a Boarding House to be named after that dlstlllgu.lshed schola~ and Royal Physician Thomas Linacre, who almost certainly was for some whIle educated m the Precmcts; and Mr. H. W. Osmond became the first Housemaster. A Scholar of King's, Cambridge, he had joined our Staff some three or four years before, and had had a useful experience first as resident tutor in School House and then as master in charge of a small. Waiting House lodged , in those years, in that part of the present Pnory Classrooms whIch comprised the rooms of and adjacent to the Forrens Arch. Though young and in his first appoi~tment, he showed such admirable qualities that he was the obvIOUS chOIce for the new Lmacre House, the members of which came in almost equal parts from Grange "volunteers" and new boys, with some other few who for theIr own reasons offered themselves from other Houses. The making of these component parts into a unity and the giving to the House its own identity was no easy or quick task, for naturally the arrivals from existing Houses brought their own "mores" with them, but as no ~ne House was ever a replica of another, the differences of traditional usages had to be Ironed out. Nor were there lacking occasions when- amusing as it is now to look back ufon----;the lron1Og-out process was subjected to rebellious challenge! B.u t the H,?usemast~r s patIence, calm, uncanny knowledge and understanding of the boys, hIS unsp~ nng deyotIon to them and their needs, triumphed; slowly at first, of course, but progress1Og, untIl the whole became a veritable family ; the boys had learned from the Housemaster, and he from them. Consequently Mr. Osmond became so much esteemed that to former members of Linacre the School will appear strangely empty when they return to find no H.W.O. to greet them. Certainly Mr. Osmond has accomplished a fine work for the School in ~o soundly establishing Linacre House; and though he has been a Classroom. M~ster of Immense learning and capacity in Modern Languages, his outstanding contnbutlOn has be~n the emergence of Linacre as a Boarding House, not only second to none, but also partIcularly asked for by certain discerning Preparatory Schools. To the regret of all, colleagues, boys and Linacre-ites, Humphry Osmond leaves King's to undertake at the request of Do:an Close School, Cheltenham, the charge of a Boarding House there: consequent ,!pon hIS success here. It hardl y needs to be said that our earnest wishes for hIS future happtness and prospenty are as sincere as is our sense ofIoss in his departure. F.J.S.

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MR. H. M. P. DAVIES September, 1958 is notable in the annals of the King's School for the enthusiastic arrival of Mr. Davies. The English section of the Library swelled with the weight of new volumes, and other booklets, less stout but perhaps more highly-coloured, appeared, bearing the names of poets of the younger generation. We were also introduced to some of the poets whose works we saw on the shelves, in a series of lectures which Mr. Davies invited them to give at the School. And such was the persuasive influence of his zeal for the art of poetry that not long ago one of his pupils was the first O.K.S. to be awarded the Oxford Newdigate Prize. His interest was not confined to verse. And on two occasions he was prevailed upon to produce plays for Houses. His unflagging zest for literature was also shown in the help he gave for some years with the production of The Call1uariall. More recently manifested has been Mr. Davies' interest in methods of education, in which he has made a number of experiments here. And it is this which now takes him to a Lecturesh ip at Loughborough Training College, where he cannot fail to be an inspiration to his pupils, as he has been here. We thank him for all the help he has given to the School, and to the English department for the past seven years; and we wish him and his wife success and happiness at Loughborough . R.W.P.

MR. R. D. SMITH It was in 1960 that Bob Smith joined the staff to teach Modern Languages, and it was soon apparent that his capabilities extended well beyond classroom teaching of French and German. His productions of new boys' plays showed that there were possibilities here that few had realized. Later those who saw Iolanthe and his King's Week production of Henry IV learnt something of his vision and imagination. But his various productions involved planning and organization, too, and for the last two years these gifts have been given wider scope in the position of King's Week Manager. In this job he has shown not only energy and efficiency in coping with the immense amount of work involved, but also the personal qualities of sympathy and tolerance so essential for the smooth running of an enterprise as complex as King's Week.

Among his other out-of-school activities mention must be made of his work on The Caliluarian . Under his direction, while changes have been made, standards have been well maintained. He leaves us to take up a post as Lecturer in English and Drama at Newland Park College, an appointment for which he is clearly ideally suited. The gain to the College is a loss for the School, but he goes with our good wishes and grateful thanks for all that he has done here. J.R.E.P. 386

E ROY At VISIT ON

UNDY THURSDAY

THE MAUNDY REPORT On Maundy Thursday, last holidays, the Queen visited Canterbury for the first time as a reigning monarch . Yet this happy occasion must have stirred some of Her Majesty's memories, as she had already made her acquaintance with the first cathedral city of the realm as a princess, when she attended a thanksgiving service in the cathedral with her father and mother, on July 11th, 1946. It was fitting that this second visit should be made for the purpose of distributing the Royal Maundy, a ceremony dating back to at least the twelfth century, in which Church and State came together amid their most splendid pageantry. Usually observed at Westminster Abbey, there is no certa in record of a royal Maundy being distributed at Canterbury before, though monks used to hold regular ceremonies of a similar nature. However, Henry II might very well have taken part in o ne

in 11 77. Her Majesty, Prince Philip and their retinue arrived at Manston airport, and were

driven from there to the twelfth century Westgate Towers. Crowds and Union lacks lined the route, a nd a form idable array of motor-cycle police were to be seen at strategic points, usually surro unded by admiring school-children. At the Westgate the civic authorities were presented to Her Majesty, who accepted their obeisance by touching the Civic Sword. Then on to the Archbishop's palace, whence Her Majesty was conducted to the Great West Door of the cathedral, opened only for the most solemn occasions. It was at this point that many of us had our first real-life view of the Queen. Dotted among the congregation was many a familiar face, seen at one time or another above a

wing-collar, and many of these faces were turned towards the West Door, as Her Majesty was greeted by a fanfare of trumpets before joining the cathedral procession. In this procession were about t hirty King's Scholars, whose privi lege it would be to attend the Royal Party to their places at the top of the quire and eventually to lead the noble processions out of the service amidst a final burst of fanfares. The vivid costumes of the Yeomen of the G ua rd, the Choir of the Chapel Royal and the area's high-ranking officers representing the services, contrasted both strangely and excitingly with the more sober clerical robes and the cold grey stone of the cathedral. However, musical colour was not wanting, to rival this display. A succession of anthems were sung during the distributions, including two by Wesley and Orlando Gibbons, Canterbury's composer of old; but undoubtedly the high point of the service musically, was the singing by the two choirs of the Recitative, Aria and Chorale from Bach's St . MatthelV Passion, during which the final Maundy distribution was made. Finally, the Lord Archbishop, in the splendid robes of Cantuar, pronounced the blessing. More intimate impressions of the royal visitors were to be gained as they made their way from the Deanery to the Shirley Hall for the Civic Reception. If press reports at any rate can be given the credit they surely deserve, then certainly Prince Philip must have been working Âˇovertime at cracking jokes during this little journey. However, no secondhand reports were necessary to convince us that he was in tremendous form, as he pointed

in surprise to a group of King's Scholars, who had taken off their wh ite surplices and rushed to see the royal pair on their way to the hall, and said: "I see they've taken their 387

nightshirts off!"- only to notice a group of Senior Scholars and School Monitors in their purple gowns (among whom were Simon Weaver and Roderick Kent, to be introduced to the royal couple as deputising Captain of School and Head Scholar), and to greet them as "Junior bishops, I suppose!". It is a School tradition to cheer honoured guests upon departure from tbe Precincts by the Mint Yard Gate. This tradition was duly observed in great style as Her Majesty left after lunch, and thus brought to a close a day that few of those present will ever forget. G.W.M.R.

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KING'S WEEK AND SPEECH DAY KING'S WEEK, 1965

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THE ORATORIO-July 17th

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THE TEMPEST

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DUDLEY MOORE- July 18th

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THE ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET- J uly 20th

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THE FRINGE PLAYS

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MICHEAL MACLlAMMDlR- Jul y 23rd

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THE AUERBACH KNABENKAI'ELLE- July 25th

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SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS-July 22nd

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THE SYMPHONY CONCERT

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THE HEADMASTER'S SPEECH- July 26th ...

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SCHOLARS ELECTED, 1965

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ACADEMIC AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED, 1964- 65

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KING'S WEEK, 1965 What characterised King's Week th is year? Doubt. Doubt abou t the weather- every open air performance was threatened by the possibili ty, and one or two evenings by the reality, of rain, and alternative arrangements had to be prepared each time, just in case . ..

and yet, each time we escaped disaster and performed as planned . Doubt about response to the programme. Extremes of reaction were aroused throughout. Complaints about visibi lity and mobility for The Tempest, suitability for What Shall lVe Tell Caro/ine?, audibility for the Auerbach Kna benkapelle (excess of) and for Dudley Moore (bad amplification at the front) and for Micheal MacLiamm6ir (no amplification at the back). On the other hand, a number of people told me afterwa rds that Dudley Moore's was the best evening's entertainment they had ever had in K in g's Week; alm ost everyone was spellbound by MacLiamrn6ir's staggering 2t hours solo performance; Caroline was "the most polished and amusing Fringe production we have yet staged"; The Tempest was "magical,

with its ambitious musical sound effects". One cannot satisfy all ofthe people all of the time. Apart from the first appea rance of Jazz in King's Week with Dudley Moore (as a sign that we are not stagnati ng!), a second performance of the Symphony Concert was introduced this year with great success, and the fortuitous visit by the Auerbach Boys' Band gave us an extra item as part of the last crowded weekend . Attendances throughout the Week were quite exceptional, despite the weather; yet, although there was the usual rush for seats for the final Saturday and Sunday, we were able to offer alternatives for every item until after public booking had opened , even for the single performance by Dudley Moore. To make booking facilities fairer, applications were not dealt with until four days after brochures were sent out, and boys with parents abroad were given the opportunity to book for them- but these steps, involving some delay, were not always appreciated . With our amateur, part-time set up it is not possible to deal wi th more than 120 applications a day. When booking opened we had three times thi s number already waiting and more arrived with each postal delivery. For the first ten days a team of four (sometimes five) boys worked throughout school hours. After one week's priority booking for parents and O.K.S., booking opened for the general pUblic. And "where does all the money go ?" Well, there is very little, sometimes none at all. Much of the expenditure in the Week brings no return, an d our visito rs, who often come at special fees and do

produce a profit, enable us to give free seats to the School and to subsidise School productions a nd performances, such as the Oratorio, and both the plays which, with their limited seating capacity, can not cover their own expenses. If and when the Week makes a profit, as it should this yea r, then ideally it should help provide entertainment for the School during the rest of the year- House plays, lectures, visiting artists-and perhaps help to buy new instruments for the orchestra. The team of commandos I should like to thank especially this year for their often astonishing swiftness and enthusiasm, working late at night dismantling and early in the morning (reconstructing seating for The Tempest at 7.30 a.m . for example). C. N. GordonWilson was a qu ite outstandingly efficient and able leader. R . D. Kent, as King's Week Secretary, also gave up many hours before, during, and after, and the smoothness of the entertainment of visito rs and of successive audiences came largely from his charm and tact, as well as those of C. R. C. Tayler who ran the Booth and the Box Office durin g July. If Kin g's Week brings some to the verge of exhaustion or what seems near insanity, its "high plateau of delight" is much to be preferred to the "deep depression of boredom" to fill which it was first instituted. Long may it continue to attain these heights. R.D.S. 390

THE TEMPEST

[M. P.i

THE ORATORIO SATURDAY, JULY 17TH

The annual festiva l of music and drama run by the King's School traditionally opens with a service of sacred music in the Cathedral, which usually consists of some major oratorio. This year the School's director of music, Mr. Edred Wright, had the happy idea of reviving a neglected masterpiece of the high Victorian era, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), which has not been heard in Canterbury since the days when Dr. Charlton Palmer, a notable interpreter of Mendelssohn, directed the Canterbury Choral Society. Lobgesang is an ideal work for the King's School to perform, for there is a vast deal of writing in it for orchestra, the work being designed as a kind of choral symphony with three opening movements for orchestra alone and then a string of movements for chorus and soloists. The full symphony orchestra of the School, which has a very competent number of wind and brass players as well as a fine body of strings, all led by Mr. Clarence Myerscough, gave a very good account of themselves in this richly scored work. The chorus was augmented by a detachment of female contraltos from the district as well as a body of trebles from the Cathedral Choir, and this enabled a work of this dimension to come within the reach of a school where tenors and basses are likely to be more numerous than trebles and male altos. The choral singing in Uus work got better as the evening went on and the "works of darkness were cast off" and the armour of light put on with enormous energy. The work ends with a taxing and exhilarating chorus in the composer's grandest manner and this was very well sung, the trebles getting their top B flats surprisingly well at the close of an evening of singing which must have been extremely tiring. Mr. Wright was fortunate in his soloists- two Cathedral trebles, Andrew Lyle and Anthony Dawson (now safely installed in the King's School) giving a very polished performance of the celebrated duet "I waited for the Lord", and Miss Margaret Neville (of Sadler's Wells Opera Company) and Mr. Peter Bamber joining delightfully in the duet "My song shall be alway" and contributing their respective solos, "Praise the Lord, 0 my spirit" and the dramatic number "The sorrows of death", of which Mr. Bamber gave an

admirable rendering. To partner and precede this work, Mr. Wright had selected the little known Fifth Chandos Anthem by Handel, which has the merit of a fine orchestral overture, some good chorus work and sole arias for tenor and soprano which gave Miss Neville and Mr. Bamber a chance to warm up for the Mendelssohn. The small orchestra of strings and wind for which this work is scored was augmented by the redoubtable Allan Wicks, who sparkled away merrily at the harpsichord and held the whole orchestral accompaniment together. The chorus were less happy in this work than in the Mendelssohn and it needed all Mr. Wright's energy and experience to keep them at times from dragging behind the beat. But it was a pleasure to hear this work in the Cathedral and one can only applaud the good sense of the Victorian music-lovers who thought there were really no composers like Handel and' Mendelssohn to make up a good festival programme. 'How right they were was demonstrated again on Saturday in the Cathedral and for this we should be grateful to Edred Wright and his loyal singers and players who made such a good start to King's . Week 1965. D. INGRAM HILL. 391

CALmAN [M. P. Powelt

THE TEMPEST This play has difficulties not only for the producer and the actors, but for the audience too (not to mention the Reviewer). The man behind me, for instance, who could no "remember the story, it was such ages, etc ", must have gone home disappointed There is no story in the ordinary sense, it has all happened before the play starts. There are no characters whose development and fortunes can be followed in the usual way; those whom we see are there either to re-enact the past, like Sebastian and Antonio, Of, like

Trinculo and Stepha no, to take their place in the hierarchy of beings that weave a pattern in the troubled mind of Prospero. The problem is to prevent a disintegration of this pattern, to avoid the play becoming a sort of pageant with something of everything for everyone, storms, fairies, attempted murder, a happy ending, the whole presided over by a nice old uncle who is a dab hand at conjuring tricks, and at the end of which we troop out saying that it was the perfect play for such a setting, that Ariel sang del ightfu ll y, didn't he? that he was exactly the right shade of green, wasn't he? but why was Ceres wearing that dress? or what a comic relief- remembering our G.C.E.- the comic scenes were after the serious ones. That this did not happen, at least for me, is a measure of the success of Mr. Peacocke's production which achieved both this coherence and some of the stylistic equilibrium, which is so necessary if we are to make anything of all these beasts, sprites and nasty people. Having said that I shall now move, as abruptly as a schoolmaster, from praise to blame. The chief weakness lay, I thought, in the conception of the character of Prospero. Payne did what he had to do well. He was clear, intelligent, precise, and never once faltered in a long and difficult part. But the character as presented lacked weight and was too detached from events of which he must be the centre. "This last tempest" is a storm in him, the final stage in the resolution of a tragic conflict. He conquers his anger and forgives his enemies, foils the beast and releases the spirit, and drown ing his magic book returns to the world to die. I did not feel th is Prospero had ever had anything to conquer in himself. Prospero's disgust and dislike of Caliban are surely linked with his caution about any pre-marital hanky-panky between Ferninand and M iranda, but I was not convinced of any rea l anger or concern, or of any sternness in his treatment of Ariel. But at least the

actor avoided crotchetiness and gave the character dignity and authority. To demand more is to ask for a performance probably beyond the range of a young actor, and both Payne and Mr. Peacocke are to be congratu lated on an acceptable compromise. An excellent feature of the production was the strength in depth of the acting and speaking; there were no weak performances. Eckersley and Hardie were just right as Ferdinand and Miranda, and these parts are not easy ones. Of the court characters, Foster and Rowbotham were outstanding ; one understood Prospero's distrust of life when one saw this exhibition of human villainy. And Hall gave a nicely balanced portrait of the absurd but likeable Gonzalo. The lower orders were well served too, Flick and Trinculo being particularly good, though I found him and Jarman, who gave us a creditable Stephano, perhaps too agreeable. Mansergh, hampered by a costume that recalled Dick Whittington's cat, did well as Caliban. This problem, of looking like what you are not and, what is more, li ke something the audience have neither seen nor are likely to believe they see when they see it, faced Harris as Ariel too. He spoke and moved with precision and ease, and at times even lifted his part on to that level where I no longer saw a boy, painted fairy-green, with a pink human mouth. 392

This is, of course, not just a visual problem . It involves, besides, acting styles, g~ouping and movement, the management of difficult stage effects such as the banquet, whIch was most deftly performed , and of course the music, which in this case, specially composed by Mr. David Lord, contributed much to the illusion and was cued in very smoothly. On all these counts the production earned high marks. I see that I have moved back, this time as gradually as a reviewer, to praise. This is as it should be, for I went firm ly convinced that this was a play I did not greatly care to see on the stage, and left hoping to see it again another time. C.D.E.G.

THE DUDLEY MOORE TRIO SUNDAY, JULY 15TH

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Dudley Moore came to us with quite a reputation, that mixed blessing of teleyision fame-some must have had misgivings ("lowering the tone", "satire on a Sunday In .the Precincts") and many must have expected a Peter Cook/Dudley Moore two-for-the-pnceof-one figure . In the event, the first must have been relieved, the second, dlsappomted . For it was Dudley, the jazz pianist, who entertained us with Chris ("Fingers") Karan (drums) and Peter McGurk (bass) in a programme almost entirely musical. Even so, for all his brilliant virtuosity, the clown was never very far below the surface, and It was thIS side of his programme which was the most widely appreciated. Whatever one's private enthusiasms the most memorable item must surely have ~een his Beethoven Sonata with its hilarious mocking of the master's style, but the Bntten Little Miss MujJet (from Beyond the Fringe), the Faure, the Brecht/Weill Mahol{any/Wal~ut and the inevitable Goodbye (from Not Only . .. But Also . . . ) were splendId entertamment. It was a great pity that the inadequate microphone and Dudley Moore's own capricious use of it made many of the asides inaudible, especially at the fr~:mt of the. Hall. For the rest, as for all art, the greater one's sympathy with and understandtng of the IdIOm used the more one was excited by the subtleties of variation and contrast on a theme and betw'een items. Serried rows of upright chairs and a high platform were all against the creation of atmosphere, but the Bossa Novas in particular had tremendous rhythm and energy, and the contrast between these and the contemplative versions of It Might as well be Spring and Falling in Love with Love and, again, Sue's Blues showed the enormous range of styles which the trio commanded. Peter McGu~k on bass was so placed tbat we ~aw very little of him, but the balance and understandmg between the players was most Impressive and Chris Karan's drumming, especially in Indiana, which closed the first part of the programme, raised some of the warmest appreciation of the ev~ning. With the variety of old and new presented elsewhere 111 the Week It could be saId that Jazz well deserved to have made an appearance by now, and no one cou ld have been better suited to undertake this than Dud ley Moore. R.D.S. 393

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THE ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET TUESDAY, JULY

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It was a great privilege to have the superb ensemble of the Allegri String Quartet contribute a programme of outstanding quality to King's Week. With their new second violin, Peter Thomas, they have surpassed their already unchallenged reputation as one of the world's leading chamber groups.

To Mozart's G major Quartet, the first of the famous ten, they brought the graceful style, the warmth and colour, and above all the masterly ease that make this music so incomparably delightful. It was not perhaps until the slow movement that the Quartet entirely attuned themselves to the hall and audience; but then they held us spellbound with the magic of extended pianissimo, sweeping on to the bubbling exhilaration and rhythmic vitality of the final fugue. Beethoven's Op. 95 stands on the threshold not only of his own great late period but also of a new vista and conception of chamber music. One could hardly imagine a greater contrast than between the courtly, polished perfection of Mozart and the dark, tempestuous violence of this highly concentrated F minor Quartet. The brief moments of serene beauty in the first movement are the more impressive when so sharply shattered by the fury of the recurring rhythmic unisons. The driving, daemonic force of this music, which indeed stretches the medium to its extremity, received full treatment from the powerful attack of the Allegri's rendering. The lilting gentleness, moreover, of the last movement, preceded by the expectant Larghetto, still never relaxes its relentless impetuosity, till of a sudden the sparkling notes of the coda take flight, as leaves before the West Wind "Are driven like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing".

After the interval the players returned with a work of still greater contrast, Ravel's Quartet in F major. This is an early composition, strongly influenced by Debussy and the Impressionists of late nineteenth century France. The atmosphere of fantasy pervades this music throughout, whether it be in the wistful sensuality and luminous lyricism of the opening movement, the mystical intimacy of the Intermezzo, or the shimmering fountains of cascading sound in the two fast movements. Of course, this evening's performance glowed and sparkled with an abundance of gay spirits and passionate feeling. Without the spectacle and variety of the full orchestra or the magnetic attraction of a world-famous soloist or conductor, the string quartet will never command the attention of more than a minority. Yet surely there were many who, hearing the Allegri's supreme performance, realised the wealth of artistic delight and beauty in the world of chamber music. R.E.S.M.

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ORCHESTRAL STUDIES

A. A. Nash

THE FRINGE PLAYS

M. P. Powell

THE FRINGE PLAYS One of the hazards of attendance at the Fringe Plays in the Water Tower Garden is the uncertainty of the weather. This year, after various alarums and excursions, the plays took place in warm and brilliant sunshine which must have been very trying to the actors, who had to perform facing directly into the sun. For light entertainment on such afternoons, plays need to be produced with pace while individual performances need a vital ity which can only be achieved if the acto rs have a real sense of timing and a close understanding of each other's roles. These characteristics were more obviously present in the second play, What shalllVe lell Carolille? by John Mortimer, an excellent choice on the part of the producer, R. M. A. Medill, which was acted with the right panache by Boss and Man who kept the whole play moving a nd were splendid foi ls for each other as they tried to work out what exactly to tell Caroline on her eighteenth birthday. There were certainly difficulties. Boss, as the headmaster of a small boys' school, thought of life as a stiff row from Putney to Mortlake, wh ile Man as the temporary assistant Tony Peters, still saw himself as the Don Juan he had imagined he was some twenty years before. The humour of this situation was well brought out, but where the lines demanded a touch of pathos, only Dawson as the headmaster's unfortunate wife "Bin" showed that the play was something more than just a merry romp. In the scene with Caroline, silently and effectively played by Wheatley, one felt rea l sympathy as "Bin" explained her intense desire to be regarded as someone feminine, and not just as a "good chap" who could quite easily be rushed to her wedding on the back of a motor bike. The sense of pace was at times lacking in The Devil among Ihe Skins, although there was noticeable improvement in the second performance. This Boccaccio-like story needs a rumbustious and full-blooded approach. Ralph showed a real feel ing for this kind of comedy and worked hard as he "swigged and turned up the pot again" . Both the plays were excellently staged with plenty of movement a nd were thoro ughly enjoyable and amusing in their contrasting ways. During the interval there was further entertainment by Bodey, who sang pleasantly, while Acker Bi lk seemed to have dropped in, until one suddenly recognised those admirable musicians The Extremes beneath the bowler hats. What more pleasant way could there be of spending a warm afternoon in King's Week?

D.A.H.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR FRIDA Y, JULY 23RD

The organizer of King's Week deserves our deepest gratitude for persuading Mr. Micheal MacLiamm6ir to present for us his justly famous "oral biography" of Oscar Wilde, a performance which overshadowed previous one-man entertainments in the Shirley Hall. To the theme of Wilde's brilliance and self-destruction MacLiamm6ir brought all the resources ofa lifetime in the theatre: variation of tone, gesture and expression commanded the audience, even if not all of his more intimate asides could reach the gallery. MacLiamm6ir's biography of Wilde, transporting us first from the London of Lily Langtry to the well-dressed silver miners of Leadville, Colorado (gathered to hear Wilde on early Italian painting), introduced us to all sides Of Wilde's literary talent- to Herod in Salome, to Dorian Gray, to the De Projundis, and the Ballad oj Reading Gaol. Admirers of Wilde's comedy may well have felt that MacLiamm6ir's Lord Goring and Lady Bracknell only sharpened their appetite for more. Interspersed were single lines of Wilde- " I have nothing to declare- except my genius": "The only question is- will the aud ience be a sllccess?"- the brilliant, weightless words were Wilde's, but the art was M,acLiarnm6ir's. One thinks of his rejection of the Atlantic Ocean, and the collapse of so many black curtains dismissed by one magnificent gesture of despair. Wilde wrote: "Even the disciple has his uses. He' stands behind one's throne, and at the moment of one's triumph whispers in one's ear that, after all , one is immortal": but MacLiamm6ir was no such disciple; it was the combination of his humanity, art, and

power, with Wilde's inhumanity and fragility which gave the evening its compelling enchantment.

A.S.M.

THE AUERBACH KNABENKAPELLE SUNDAY, JULY 25TH

Under their Bandmaster, Herr Hans Bauer, the German boys' band gave us a varied programme, varying from rumbustious marches to interludes for guitars and accord ion.

From the beginning, Herr Bauer showed us what discipline in a band could really be like, judging from the immediate response to his lifted baton. The opening march was a rousing, deafening start to the programme. Noticeable, however, was the tendency to play too loud, as if the concert had taken place in the open. This was especially noticeable in thc Blue Mask Selection, but after this the band began to show more restraint and to play more sensitively.

A trombone solo was featured in two pieces, Herald Angel Waltz and Ave Maria. After initial nervousness, the soloist settled down well and gave a sensiti ve performance.

A notable feature was the Tyrolean Clog Dancing, in which the performers showed great harmony. All in all the concert proved enjoyable, marred only by the initial lack of consideration for the acoustics of the Shirley Hall. It was brought to a fitting end with a spirited, unusually harmonized version of the National Anthem. C.J.A. 396

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SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS THURSDAY, JULY 22ND

It was rather cold for this year's Serenade, but it did not rain, and the concert was of a very high quality. The three in strumental items were a flute sonati na, a wind serenade and a brass quartet.

The flautist in Lennox Berkeley's attractive Sonatina was C. J. Arney. He produces a lovely, silver-flute tone, from which he has eliminated almost all traces of breath-sound-it is already purer than the tone of many professional flautists- and this combined with faultless phrasing and technique to make a first-rate performance. The Cloister's acoustics, which carried flute, brass and voices so well, were less kind to the piano, and much of the detail of N. D. King's sympathetic accompaniment was lost.

R. Strauss' one-movement Serenade for twelve wind instruments and double bass, though an enterprising choice, was less successful in performance than it had sounded indoors at rehearsal: the intonation was not always satisfactory, and the lower in struments

tended to drown the upper ones, so that the effect of the piece's richly harmonised melodies was partly lost. Brass music, however, blends excellently with these surroundings, and this quartet (Mf. Dudley, P. Braude, J. Alder and Mr. Dacombe) gave a particularly good account of the satisfying polyphony of a Ricercar by Palestrina. The other parts of the concert were vocal: two groups of songs by the Glee Club, conducted by Robin Morrish, and three by the Madrigal Society, conducted by Edred Wright. Both groups sang superbly well. The Glec Club's pieces were of a less demanding kind, but they made the very most of them: the voices this year were perfectly blended, the ensemble was faultless (except for a slight uncertainty at the beginning of each verse of the Boatmen's Dance), and the dynamic markings and speeds were excellently chosen to give the greatest possible variety. In the Madrigal Society's expert singing the only weakness was a very slight raggedness in the treble line here and there, in the first madrigal and in the extremely taxing Brazilian Psalm. Their first group was a nicely varied set of four madrigal-type pieces, to whose contrasted styles they did full justice. Then came the Brazilian Psalm, a modern piece of great attraction by Jean Berger, which alternates an almost liturgical style with something approaching the feeling of Negro Spiritual, though with even greater complexity of rhythm and harmony. The difficulties of this were so well surmounted that it did not sound difficult. Their final group consisted of three witty songs, two old and one modern, in which these versatile singers showed themselves to be perfectly at home in this vein too; and, to end the concert, Stanford's magically beautiful Blue Bird. This was sung with utter mastery of the difficult harmonies, a nd with marvellous softness and control. The diction of both groups of singers was splendidly clear, and the Madrigal Society'S pianissimo singing (though underla id at times by counter-noise, partly from the Carnival but partly from inconsiderate members of the aud ience) was quite exceptionally fine. D.J.D.M.

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THE SYMPHONY CONCERT On looking at the programme of the Symphony Concert, at first glance one might possibly be forgiven for thinking that the Orchestra was about to plunge in at the deep end, never to surface. What an ambit ious programme for any school orchestra to tackle, but

that the choice made by the Music Director was the right one, and the faith he put in hi s players was well proved during an eveni ng of rare music making.

Beethoven's Overture to Egmont made a splendid open ing to the Concert; played with verve and attack, the triumphant mood of the work was well captured. In contrast, the

beautiful soft playing and sensitive phrasing fo llowing the opening chords of the first movement of the Haydn London Symphony-one of the highlights of the concert- showed the versatility of the p layers. It was a pleasure to hear such precision and sense of style In

the slow movement, and the soft playin g, while piano, always retained its vitality, never

descend ing to woolliness of tone so often encountered in ama teur orchestras. Slight ragged ness of the strings in the Trio was offset by the youthful joie de vivre which ca me through to the full in the fina le. Clarence Myerscough once again proved his virtuosity as a soloi st in the Brahm s Violin Concerto. He made no concession to the youthfulness of the members of the orchestra playing with him, expecting and getting them to respond to his sensitive interpretation of this most wonderful work. Throughout the slow movement, but particularly in the opening solo, a heavy respo nsibility is put on the oboe; if on this occasion the tone had a slight edge on it, the phrasing was beautiful and as a whole one felt an underlying musicianship that speaks well for the future playing of this performer.

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The concert ended with the delightful set of Eight Russian Folk Songs by Liadov. This work-a miniature Young People's Guide to the Orchestra, gave an opportunity to di splay the abilities of each section of the orchestra-once again the most was made of the contrastin g character of each song.

It is comparatively easy to "get to the top", but much more difficult to remain there. King's School music has had a long-stand ing reputation, but let no-one imagi ne that this, like Topsy, "just growed" , and will inevitably continu e to do so. That it does, is a reflection of the relentless hard work of Mr. Ed red Wright. The School has in its Musical D irector a musician of no mean standing, and th e audience undoubtedly showed their appreciation

to him and to Mr. Myerscough for all that they were doing to further the music of the school. Y.E.

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SPEECH DAY, 1965 THE HEADMASTER'S SPEECH Mr. Chairman, Mr. Mayor, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, First and most important let me welcome you as I do most warm ly; nor mllst yo u

misunderstand me if I say that I hope yo u enjoy this day as much as I do- for I enjoy it greatly. It comes at the end of a week or ten days when for most of us the immediate strains and stresses are at an end, when with humdrum school commitments half forgotten we

emerge with King's Week, Speech Day and Commemoration on a high p latea u of delight, and when the nearn ess of the ho lidays gives an ad ded relish.

Yet what on such a day and at such a time do you expect from me? I suppose that in all

honesty and with a favour ite English m id-afternoon habit in mind you wo uld say in your

heart of hearts "Not much", and to that polite, unspoken entreaty I will try to accede prompted by the fact that from this end of the hall I can do no other than keep my eye on the ciock . I! is, however, an a ncient and probably laudable custom that on this day a Headmaster should say something abo ut past achievements, present problems and fut ure hopes; and t hat obligation I should like to discharge briefly before plunging into deeper waters and hazarding a guess about the likely pattern of educational development and the place of King's within that framework . Lest you should feel any unwarranted anxiety on that score, let me say just this by way of anticipation- that my hopes remain high and my confidence is unabated .

And now to our record during the past year. Much but not all of it is to be found in the programme in yo ur hands, and it is no improper prid e but deep gratitude to all concerned which prompts me to say that it has been a year of steady progress and notable ach ievemen t

in every field of our varied and vigoro us endeavour. I have been equally delighted by the way in which the yo unger boys have responded to my plea for a greater range of success

at their first atte mpt at "0" Level and by the long list of awards wo n by gentlemen in the Sixth Form at Oxford and Cambridge- still in these days the highest test of intellectual achievement, and all the more to th eir cred it whe n the gates are rightly wider open and the com petiti o n in creas ingly severe. My present entreaty is for more attention to be paid

to the first year in the Sixth Form when the foundation for such successes is la id, and I do not think it has passed unnoticed. I should add, too, that though we believe in depth in the pursuit o f academic excell ence that does not mean that our concept ion of education is a narrow one, and as cogent ev idence I would adduce the fact that all boys now do Science, that next yea r we plan a course wh ich comb ines Mathematics with Economics, that Genera l

Studies both in and out of school play an increasingly important part and that for those who have settl ed the question of Univers ity entry or who have no immediate examination pressures we plan a variety of relevant and attractive courses wh ich will make it increasingly

worth their while to stay on at school and, as it were, repay their nurture here by what they have to offer to a place which has served them well. You will , I hope, have noticed the Church ill Prize awarded this yea r as a tri bute to one whose appea l transcends the generat ions, and I should like, too, to express my gratitud e

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Mathematics. If I say little abo ut our other act ivities, notably music, to wh ich so many devote th eir time and energy unsparingly, it is onl y because in King's Week and at other times you like myself will have found that yo ur interest and de light compels spontaneous praise. But it would be wrong if I did not say how much here as elsewhere is due to leadership of high quality wh ich evokes the best because it is satisfied with nothing less. Perhaps that is why on the hockey field as at cricket thi s has been a yea r of conspicuous success, nor when so many have achieved so much wou ld it be right for me to particu larise further. Suffice it to express my genera l commendation, and let me add onl y this. I was watch in g an inter-school match this year with the visiting Headmaster- Headmasters, by the way, are divided in to two classes, those with whom one can and those wit h whom one cannot comfortably watch an inter-school match- and he said to me: "Of course, I don't attach much importance to the resu lt and I don't real ly mind whether we win or lose". 1 don't know whether he believed what he sa id. I don' t. Certain ly one must know how to lose gracefull y- if need be; but that is not reall y the object of the operation, and 1 am glad to think that we play to win-that lesson, too, is worth lea rning. Two other developments this year deserve mention. T here is the C.C.F., wh ich has defied it s critics and by its appea l to enterprise, service and initiative adopted a more contemporary dress-though the attractiveness of a night out in the heaviest snowstorm of the winter may be best appreciated in retrospect. And there is the social work among the old people of Canterbury which has captured the imagination of many and proved once again th at natural affin ity between the yo ung and old which by-passes the middle generation and which sometimes with mild vexati on or puzzled amusement you may have noticed in yo ur own famil ies. Here was something noted with warm approval by Her Majesty's Inspectors who came to us for the inside of a week last autumn, sawa ll that it was possible or good for them to see, and were conquered not least by the charm and discretion of the welcome given them by the boys they met. Their visit was not the ordea l which some surmi sed but an interesting challenge to both parties. We enjoyed their company as I hope they enjoyed ours, and 1 doubt not we shall benefit by their pronouncements - not least by their strong recommend ation that we bui ld additional classrooms, and that is a project wh ich we already have in hand. Which brings me, ladies and gentlemen, to the problems of today and tom o rrow for schools are not static and impersonal; they are li vi ng o rganisms either (in Aristotelian language) coming into being and rising to maturity or in the slow sunset process of passin g away. That is true on the material plane and as much has been accomplished this yearnew tennis courts and new equipment for our ga mes, a reading room for the Upper Sixth and improve ments to our boarding houses, so, too, much remains to be done and in our plans for the future I hope you will continue to play your part. It is true, too, in a less material sense ill these permissive days when co-operation between parents and schoolmasters is more than ever necessary ; for there are those in high places in ed ucation who are addicted to what has been called the Gada rene heresy which rega rds the educationa l process as allowing yo ur charges to run violently down a steep place and providing first-aid at the bottom . I do not fancy myself as a swine-herd, nor does it ever occur to me to think of those under my care in such opprobrious terms. I, too, prefer to think of my job in pastoral metaphor; and though to many "authority" may seem a tain ted word, the young have a right to it- on two counts : first, because without it there wo uld be little to rebel agai nst, and secondly because part of their security lies in the conviction that in any crisis or emergency an adult will step in before the point of no retu rn. As has been wisely said, 400

they have a right to expect to be able to dial 999 and to reverse the charges. So do not let us altogether abdicate, for we at least mllst bear in mind that one difficu lty about permissiveness (for all its charms) is that when the yo un g run violently down steep places they may drag others with them ; and both as a warn ing and to fortify us in our qu iet resolve remember Samson- a good representative type. He was very stro ng and very impetuous and his hair was never quite the right length. And he involved other people in his selfdestruction and no-one cou ld pick up the pieces. I need say no more to remind you of how much value I place on our joint efforts not only in matters of personal appearance but in the deeper issues of character and conduct where irresponsible hirelings so gladly fill the gap if shepherds abdicate. r should like now to say something about the future of independent education and of Public Schools. It is a matter in which yo u will be as keen ly interested as we are, though for difrerent reasons, and it is said to be a problem. Certainl y it is a subject, like Telev ision, which arouses prejud ice. There are those of us who are shy about admitting the pleasure we derive from the small screen though for myself I find it a useful tranquilliser. "We really o nly keep it for the news and occasionally Panorama", we say self-consciously when a visitor catches us at it unawares. So, too, there are those who fond ly believe that if only you abolish the II Public Schools, Ascot and the Athenaeum, the millennium will have arrived, and who, from whatever motive, prefer abuse to reason. Not that reason is ever much in ev idence. For we are told sometimes that we are too good and sometimes that we are too bad . We are told sometimes that we have too many privileges and that life must be made harder for us and sometimes that generous terms must be offered to us in any re-shaping of our destiny. We are told by some that we need more masters and by others who forget that we are board ing schools that we already have too many. We are told that a place at a public school costs too much though I believe it is cheaper than one at Borstal, and we are told by those who overlook our contribution to the higher ranks of their own party that we are out of touch with the contemporary mood. And finally, as the memory of their own adolescent snobberies stirs gu iltily in their subconscious, we are told by some no longer young who remember their own schooldays but forget that the attitude of boys has changed that we exercise an unwholesome and divisive influence in society. How bewildering it all is- or would be, if we did not keep firm hold on one or two facts. First, Publ ic Schools like all other schoo ls va ry immensely in aim and qual ity and character, and what matters is that a school should be a good school of whatever kind. Secondly, some measure of independence in education will always be an urgent need both as a challenge and an incentive and to prevent excessive regimentation and dictation from the centre. Thirdly, change there is and must always be, and most people of good will would agree that our entry might well now be more widely spread . All things are possible if politicians do not lack courage and if democracy does not succumb to that hatred of excellence which is at times one of its less pleasing characteristics. I have long advocated a greater measure of association between state and independent schools at 8, J J, J 3 and 16, and with it a growing together in curriculum, pattern and ease of transfer; and If by consent the state in due course wished to go further, r would not myself refuse co-operation, for in my past career as a Headmaster I have known how well it can work. But what would be the first move? Well, it was the Director of Education for Lancashire, I think, who cut through the tangle of entrenched opinion and made a sound suggestion a few months ago- you get a breath of common sense from the North now and again, even

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from tI~e wrong sid.e of the Pennines. "Let the state", he said , "take up and finance 25 %free places In the Publi c Schools so that the parents concerned get their son's education there free and pay for the board ing according to their income ; let us see how it works for a few years and then if need be and if it seem wise let us move on from there." Well, for myself I would see no objection- indeed, the Governing Bodies' Association is committed to that in principle- provided, of course, that we safe-guard the interests of the parents who have given us th eir support and confidence, and provided that in the last resort no boy would be imposed upon us who could not benefit by what we have to offer. With our Junior School to help us I can see no obstacle, a nd who knows but that some of you might benefit? Meantime, we do our best in the pursuit of excellence and high standards of atta inment in work, music, games and a host of other things as well- for it would be wrong to devote too much time or energy to speculation. You have given us your trust, ladies and gent lemen, and we shall not belie it; it is the future as well as the present of King's in which I believe. Our particular pride and glory is that with our tradition of great achievement and with boys coming to us not only from this country but from allover the world we try to create the full man- the man of understanding as well as intelligence, the man of compassion as well as know ledge, the man with a breadth of interest as well as the abil ity to pass examinations, the man with a modern outlook in an ancient setting, the man who values freedom because he has learned to practise restraint, the man who is ready to accept, welcome and thrive on change yet without ever disi nheriting himself for he knows in his bones (for all his occasional restiveness) that the values which this place has however Imperfectly tried to inculcate, so far from being irrelevant to the world of today, are morall y and aesthetically markedly superior to anything yet asserted by contemporary society.

Perhaps I have spoken out in too forthri ght a fashion for such a day as this; yet it seems to me that you have a right, lad ies and gentlemen, in an era of doubt and questioning to hear this proclamation of our principles and our intent. Nor is that the only reason . For a school is like a boat rowed upstream on a river with a strong current, and once the oarsmen slacken their efforts it is not long before their boat starts drifting back. Heaven knows, we do not. realise all our highest aspirations, or achieve all that we set out to do; but such success- JI1 the widest sense-as comes our way is due to the relentless and untiring efforts- yes, and to the love and loyalty of all those who have the interests of this place at heart. That there are so many is the ground of my hope and confidence, and in yoUI' name I sa lute them with gratitude and affection in recognition of our general debt. "Of course, being a teacher here is tough", I read the other day. "In a sense you do a double jobteaching in a class and taking part in extra-curricu lar activities, and acting as a house tutor who has personal care of groups of children." Those words were not writte n of K ing'sperhaps the word "children" gives it away-they represent a fresh and interesting discovery made by the Headmaster of a large London comprehensive school, but have we not long known and acted on their truth?

We say good-bye to several masters this term and it is in th is context that I would express to them my warm thanks and my deep appreciation of their valuable service. Two I must mention by name-M r. Voigt- "shrewd, meticulous and kind" as he is so accurately described in the School's history- who retires-or partially retires-to his native Yorkshire, and Mr. Osmond, who wi ll be giving to Dean C lose School in Cheltenham the benefit of his wise counsel and his long experience at Linacre. We shall miss them all very 402

much. We wish them well on the path ahead, a nd 1 hope that they will maintain their links of friend ship with us in good repair. I should like to say, too, how glad I am that the Mayor and Mayoress of Canterbury have been able to be with us today and to lend to these proceedings the dignity of a civic as well as of a great School occasion. And it would be wrong if 1 did not make a public acknowledgement to the Dean for his adro it and understanding Cha irmanship of our affairs. Sometimes in his darker moments ( if he has any) he may feel that here in the Precincts we bear at any rate a superficial resemblance to th e cllckoo in the nest almost too large for comfort, yet never by word or action has he suggested thi s; and by way of compensation let me assure him that all the high and affectionate regard he ex presses towa rds us we do most heartily reciprocate. City, Cathedral and School- I hope you found as I did, ge ntlemen, that the visit of Her Majesty The Queen for the Royal Maundy Service was in add itio n to all else a happy exercise in triangular co-operation. Two last remarks, and I have done. The most important decision a Headmaster ever makes is when he chooses hi s Capta in of School. Last year when Hugh Jackson made it clear that he did not want to be an early leaver, he also made my choice easy. I counted my blessings in advance, and I was not mistaken. I mllst not embarrass him- or his successor. Suffice it to say- to fortify them both- that he has brought to his high office a deep loyalty to thi s place a nd a sa ne and balanced outlook, sure evidence of the capacity to lead, and that he has earned our general gratitude.

Speech Day is nearly done, yet that remains which gave the day its name-the speeches or declamations of the boys themselves. It is a custom which goes back centuries, and I hope you will all stay to hear them . I th ink yo u wi ll find it an appropriate epilogue, and not unmindful of what I said at the beginning I ca n promi se you that they will be brief and that tea will be served on the Green Court punctually at 4 o'clock. J.P.N.

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SCHOLARS ELECTED, 1965 SENIOR KING'S SCHOLARS

A. B. Marshall

W. N . Bryson

J. C. Kermode

HONORARY SENIOR KING'S SCHOLAR

R Bird KING'S SCHOLARS C . J. R. ABBOTT

A. P. BEDFORD D. A. BOND .. . G. CARDONA .. . R. C. CHAMBER LIN F. 1. S. FIDLER I. B. GODMAN

R. A. E. GORDON C.

HAMBLIN

1. A. HAMPTON N. J. HUNT .,' H. KONIGSBERGER

...

C. A. LEE 1. H. W. LLOYD

D. W. MITCHELL J. A. N. PAISLEY

D. V. PUGH ...

R. P. QUINE . . . N . W. TOWNSEND R. H. WATSON-DUCKWORTH

Dulwich College Preparatory School The Dragon School, Oxford and The King's Schoo l Milner Court Betteshanger School and The King's School Tormore School, Deal and The King's School St. Martin's School, Walton-on-Thames and The King's School Milner Court and The King's School Wellington House, Westgate The Abbey, Ashurst Wood and The King's School Horris Hill, Newbury and The King's School Milner Court Kenton College, Nairobi and The King's School The Dragon School, Oxford and The King's School West Hill Park, Titchfield Milner Court Milner Court Bickley Park Milner Court Dulwich College Preparatory School Milner Court

EXHIBITIONERS 1. F. MAULE . ..

S. P. D. TUITE R. A. J. CURTIS

St. Paul's Choir School Hydneye House, Baldslow Orley Farm School, Harrow 404

GREAVES SCHOLARS T. 1. CANTOR

C. I. COLLINS P . G. FULLAGER D. A. H. WILSON

St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs and The King's School Milner Court and The King's School Milner Court and The King's School Milner Court and The King's School

MUSIC SCHOLARS

c. w.

P. BRADFIELD

S. J. DOWN

M. J. COOPER

A. W . DAWSON A. G. L. LYLE G. S. THOMSON

Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford King's College School, Cambridge Canterbury Cathedral Choir School Canterbury Cathedral Choir School Canterbury Cathedral Choi r School King's College School, Cambridge

SIR EDMUND DAVIES MUSIC SCHOLARS R. B. PARSONS N. A. STIRLING

Canterbury Cathedral Choir School and The King's School University College School, Hampstead .

ACADEMIC AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED 1964-1965 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIPS C. 1. ARNEY ...

K. G. DOYLE I. A. H . FRAZER

P . W. HODGES C. 1. HUDSON

R . D. KENT ... R . 1. MCDONALD M. G .

MANSERGH

Open Scholarship in Modern Languages to Oriel College, Oxford Open Scholarsh ip in Natural Sciences to Jesus College, Cambridge Open Scholarship in History to New College, Oxford Open Exhibition in Natural Sciences to Corpus Christi College, Oxford Mason Exhibition in English to Jesus College, Cambridge Mason Scholarship in Classics to Corpus Christi College, Oxford Open Scholarship in Metallurgy to Jesus College, Cambridge Open Scholarship in History and English to Christ Church, Oxford 405

J. H. MILLER

P. D . MILLER

A. A. MOGGACH D. L. SMITH ...

J. D. STARKEY

J. STURGESS ... P. J. S. SUTHERLAND R. J. A . TALBERT W. H. WILLIAMS J. F. WRIGHT

Open Scholarship in History to Keble College, Oxford Open Scholarship in History to St. Catherine's, Oxford Open Exhibition in Modern Languages to Jesus College, Cambridge Open Exhibition in Mathematics to Trinity College, Cambridge Open Postmasters hip in Mathematics to Merton College, Oxford Open Demyship in History to Magdalen College, Oxford Open Scholars hip in Modern Languages to New College, Oxford Open Exhibition in Classics and an Hon. Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Open Scholarship in Music to New College, Oxford Open Scholarship in History to Christ Church, Oxford

AWARDS GAINED AT THE UNIVERSITIES J. B. BATCHELOR

D. S. BREE

...

DR. P. C. J. BRUNET M . D. BUTTLER

E. A. DAVIDSON

A. L. FELL

...

R . M. FRANKLIN

R. K. B. HALSEY W. A. HODGES

Research Fellowship at University of New Brunswick Awarded Mellon Fellowship to Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh Also awarded Fulbright Travel Grant by State Dept. , U.S.A. Senior Research Fellowship at Jesus College, Oxford St. Edmund H all, Oxford; Final Honour School of Natural Science; Chemistry, Part I Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours in Law Tripos, Part II Awarded the G ladstone Memorial Travelling Scholarship for studies abroad Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford; one of the winners of the H. W. C. Davies Prize Awarded an Academical Clerkship at Magdalen College, Oxford Scholar of New College, Oxford; l st Class Honours in Theology 406

Magdalene College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours in Oriental Studies, Part I King's College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours in

C. H. IMBER ... C. N. MARSHALL

Economics Tripos, Part 1 T. M. PARTI NGTON

...

A. ROBIETTE ... A. B. SAVILE

A. SEAL J. R. C. WR IGHT

Harmsworth Major Exhibition to the Middle Temple Junior Research Fellowship at Christ's College, Cambridge Awarded B.Phil, at Oxford. Appointed to University of Sussex as Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, Oxford. Also Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship

OTHER DISTINCTIONS THE REVD. DR . J. N. D. KELLY... AIR VICE-MARSHAL G. L. SEABROOK LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D. S. LUCAS MAJOR A. M. LANGLANDS R. H. GOWER B. J. M. ENSOR J. T. ROBERTS R. ST.J. STEVENS A . R. B. CLARK

H. D. C. SCLATER

J. A. NORWOOD R. G. STANDING

D. J. MILLS ...

Elected Fellow of the British Academy Awarded the C.B. Awarded the O.B.E. Awarded the O.B.E. Awarded the M .B.E. Entry to Home Civil Service (Administrative Class) Entry to Home Civil Service (Administrative Class) Entry to Home Civil Service (Administrative Class) Awarded an E.S.U. Scholarship for two terms in an American School Awarded an E.S.U. Scholarship for two terms in an American School Awarded an E.S.U. Scholarship for a year in an American School Awarded Harveian Society Prize Rowing Blue, Oxford

SERVICE AWARDS J. H. A. ARMSTRONG

P. E. GlBBS ... D. C. K. ROBERTS

S. J. ROBERTS

D. N. BRUCE P. M. CAMPBELL

0. W. EUSTACE

Naval Scholarship to Dartmouth Naval Scholarship to Dartmouth Reserved Cadetship, Dartmouth Cadetship, Sandhurst Passed out of Dartmouth Passed out of Sand hurst Passed out of Sandhurst 407

PRESENT HOLDERS OF EXIDBITIONS H. R. Jackson to Keble College, Oxford N. G . Major to Bristol University G ILBERT & SHEPHERD FUND GIFTS A . J. W. Campbell to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge P. W. Hodges to Corpus Christi College, Oxford G. M. A. Heaton to Guy's Hospital School for ROSE'S CHARITY GIFT Dentistry D. J. Watson- Apprenticeship with English Electric STANHOPE FUND GIFT Company J. R. Day to Imperial College, London, and R.A.F. ANDERSON MEMORIAL FUND A. J . Davies to Sandhurst D. C . K. Roberts to Dartmouth T . M. Bale to Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge WADDINGTON GIFT R. D. Kent to Corpus Christi College, Oxford O .K.S. GIFT ... CRAWFORD EXHIBITION (FOR ST. R. P. Hayward BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL) H. D. C. Sclater to Worcester College, Oxford M CCURDY SCHOLARSHIP (FOR W. H. Willia ms to New College, Oxford OXFORD) .. . C. S. Varcoe SALTERS' COMPANY EXHIBITION J. H. B. Poole B.P. UNIVERSITY ApPRENTICESHIP K . G. Doyle CARLO SFORZA TRAVEL AWARD ... P. r. Luso n GENERAL FUND EXHIBITIONS

PRIZES, 1964-65 Form Prizes : New Shell S.sH.D .. . S.SH.A .. . A.SH. C .. .

P. M. D. Shires M. Jamieson F. J. S. Fidler H. A. C. WorrallThompso n J. G. Wheatley A . J. Turner A . J. B. Talbot H. W . Richardson E. W. Marsland D. P. Imber R. D. McKiJliam J. A. Barnden S. W. Warburton H. V. Neill G. A. Blackmore R. A. Chamberlin

A.SH.D .. . A.SH.A .. . S. Remove A. Remove S.Vc S.Va ii S.VB i S.VA A.V Geog. A.Mid.V A.Va A .VA 408

Geography: Lower School .. . Middle School. ..

D. J . Wylson C. T. Lambrick

History : Lower School ... Middle School (Gordon)

M. J. Graha m T. A. Ling M. J. H. Wood J. Sturgess

Upper School ... English: Lower School ... Middle School (Galpin) Upper School ...

1. G. Adam W. N. Bryson W. G. Rowe

Science Prizes : Lower School:

Biology Physics Chemistry Middle School: Biology Physics Chemistry Upper School : Biology

T. R. Sleigh M. E. E rskine R. B. Parsons P. S. K. Johnson C. S. Varcoe J. H. B. Poole G. H. Sharwood-Smith C. P. White D. L. Smith K. G. Doyle

Physics Chemistry Modern Languages Prizes (Greaves) : Lower School: French

M. Blackwell C. W . Waltham F. E. W. L. Gottesmann C. R. Romberg C. W . F. McDonald P. J . S. Sutherland

German Middle School: French German Upper School: French

German Mathematics Prizes (Harrison): Lower School ... Middle School... Upper School ...

A. J. Turner C. S. Vareoe D. L. Smith

Latin Prizest Lower School ... Middle School... Upper School ...

B. W. Richardson R. Bird R. J. A. Talbert

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Greek Prizes : Lower School ... Middle School... Upper School ...

M. P. Blackmore R. Bird R. D . Kent

The O.K.S. Salvete Essay Prize

A. J. Turner A. B. J . Willett

The O.K.S. Music Prizes

P. W. Hodges W. H. Williams

Carpentry Prize

P. Jamieson

Pfizer Company's Prize

A. G. Pope M. S. Ridler

Cathedral Prizes (Miss Dorothy Mills): W. N. Bryson A. N. G. Harris R. W. J . Gocher

Junior

Senior Archaeology Prizes (Geoffrey Wells): Junior ... Senior ...

F. E. W. L. Gottesmann R. D . Kent

History (John Crawford): Lower School ...

A. N. G. Harris C. J. Trickett M. Thorn G. W. H. Rowbotham

Middle School. .. Upper School ... Hi story (H. V. Crawford): Lower School ...

C. F. Barger M. J. Graham M. Thorn Not awarded

Middle School... Upper School ... Gift for Physics and Chemistry (Oliver Johnson)

K. G. Doyle

Musical Appreciation (Alan Baker)

W. N . Bryson A. T. Jones

Merton College Prizes:

K. G. Doyle M. G. S. Mansergh

Science .. .

History Churchill Prize

M. J. N. Baker

Cantuarian Lodge (Gelleral Paper)

W. N. Bryson A. B. Marshall 410

O.K.S. Science: Lower School ... Middle School. .. Arts Fifths

M. E. Erskine C. W. Brewer N. D. King A. ScottÂˇWilliams E. H. Bailey J. E. Fidler T. G . D. Shannon

Sci. VIa Upper School ... O.K.S. Mathematics: Lower School ... Middle School...

P. G . Fullager E. W. Marsland

Cantuarian Prizes :

W. N. Bryson A. M. Jankowski

Junior ". Senior

Harvey Society (Blore)

D. L. Smith

Divinity Prizes: Lower School (Lady H ertslet) Middle School (Marshall Wi/d) Upper School (Brough ton) Drawing Prizes: Junior

B. W. Richardson F. S. Hallam J. H. Miller P. J. de Vroome D. P. Imber R. W. J. Gocher

Open Photography (Gough): Junior ... Open

Not awarded M. P. Powell

History (Everitt)

A. R. Parrott L. C. Rutland Not awarded

(Stanley)

English (Evans)

J. R. Carey

King's School, Parramatta Prizes: Middle School. .. Upper School ...

F. J. S. Fidler R. D. Kent

Natural History

A. B. J. Willett

Music (Collrtlley)

J. F. Potter

Music (Ryley)

C. S. W. Smith T. P. M. Young 41 1

Greek Verse ...

R . D. Kent

Latin Verse (Blare)

R. J. A. Talbert

Reading and Elocution (Harvey Boys): F. S. Hallam A. J. F lick

Junior ." Senior .. . Modern Languages (Seral/Oll): Middle School. .. Upper School (Mitchinson)

A. T. Jones P. I. Luson

Natural Science (Mitchinson)

M. J. K nightley

Mathematics (Mitchinson)

D. L. Smith

Latin Prose (Horsley) : Middle School. .. Upper School ...

G . A. Blackmore B. A. F. Hubbard

Greek Prose (Dean Farrar): Middle School. .. Upper School ...

R. A. Chamberlin R. D. Kent

Classical (Broughton)

R. J. A. Talbert

Headmaster's Poetry Prizes: Middle School...

J . P . W. Ford A. P. Hardie C. S. Varcoe

Upper School ...

Headmaster's Prizes

C. J . Arney C. S. K. Austin C . N . Gordon-Wilson J. D. Stokes S. J. Weaver P. W. R. Westley

Lady Davidson Prize

H. R. Jackson

Captain's Prize (Mitch inson)

H. R. Jackson

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REVIEWS THEATRE ROUNDABOUT:

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"My BROTHER'S KEEPER"- May 23rd

MUSIC: PETER KATIN- May 26th

415

SIX CHORAL SCHOLARS FROM KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE- June 27th

415

A PIANO RECITAL

LECTURES: WAS THERE

FRENCH REVOLUTION ?- May 7th

417

THE PRESS AND POLITIcs- May 17th

417

DA NTE- May 22nd

418

CAREERS: A REPORT ON TALKS GIVEN THIS YEAR

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THEATRE ROUNDABOUT MY BROTHER'S KEEPER SUNDAY, MAY 23RD

No evening chapel , no sermon, but instead a kind of intimate revue after supper on the theme of Cain and Abel- what were we to expect? Would laughter be in place? Would we be preached at? Would we be entertained, amused, or bored? Doubts and fears soon vanished , for Sylvia Read and William Fry at once imposed, with solemnity, perhaps, but without sentimentality, as they declaimed and supported by mime both the biblical murder story and a first group of poems by Blake and Donne: a difficult feat, this, in a large hall and before a captive audience, and if the later programme had not been notable for its variety the result could indeed have been heav y. As it was, the evening was rather too long for most of us- perhaps the omission of a forbidding and even ambiguous extract from Ibsen's Brand would have done the trick. But this apart, the mixture of serious and satirical pieces from the metaphysical poets to Jane Austen and on to Ogden Nash, together with, for example, newspaper accounts of modern martyrs, achieved its aim of gripping the attention and provoking reflection. Throughout the miming was excellent and the speakers' delivery, though clear, was varied in pace and pitch, now solo, now in duet. Few will forget the bitter refrain "Give us this day our daily news" in a piece by Louis Macneice, or Mr. Fry's incomparable realisation of a tiresome, pop-eyed baby at table uttering the far from superficial nonsense of a Paul Jennings wearing the mantle of James Joyce. From hilarity to seriousness in the deeply moving account of an African clergyman's sufferings at the violent hands of Mau Mau men- all was within the compass of these talented players. In the second part of the programme, where the mood was set by the story of the Good Samaritan, their versatility was again well revealed; and the transition from Sir Edmund Gosse taking a well-aimed retrospective swipe at his father's hypersensitive conscience, and the sardonic comments of John Betjeman in Westminster Abbey (on the side of the angels this time), to the deadly earnest, all-or-nothing simplicity of Francis .of Assisi's famous prayer was achieved tellingly and without embarrassment. If one mIssed the controlled power of Donat's recording of the same words, that painful but serene testimony of a dying man to dying men this was no fault of the speakers- rather, perhaps, of a programme that by now felt about half-an-hour too long. Nonetheless the evening could have been pompous, sentimental, sententious or lachrymose : it was none of these things. It was for the School an entertaining, stimulating and enjoyable expenment that deserves to be repeated. Few of us can have come away without fresh ideas on the Colour Bar, churchiamty, the 1Iladequacy of much "Christian" behaviour- and without our eyes being opened a little wider to the self-deception that bedevils us all. H.W.O.

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MUSIC PETER KATIN On Wednesday, May 26th, Peter Katin gave a concert on behalf of the "Editha Knocker Memorial Fund" in the Shirley Hall. Although this was not a School concert, a fa ir number of boys attended it. Mr. Katin opened with Mozart's Sonata il1 C (K. 330). His performance was simple and convincing. In Brahms' Intermezzo in E flat we began to see his pianistic, as well as his musical , talents. The main work of the concert, Chopin 's Sonata in B minor, followed. This is an extensive work, in four well constructed movements, and is a test, both mentally

and physically, for any pianist. Mr. Katin responded to the cha llenge magnificently with a performance that delivered the full impact of the work . The second part of the concert began with Book I of Debussy's Images. In Rejlets dans l'eau it was clear that Mr. Katin was unsure of the piano, but by the end of the group, MOllvement, he was once again producing a finely controlled sound. Three Pre/udes by Rachmaninov were played with more care than is often given them, and were corres-

pondingly effective. Liszt's Consolation in D jlat and Polonaise ill E were a suitable end to an interesting programme.

There was a well deserved ovation at the end, a nd Mr. Katin played two encores. These were: an arrangement ofa Bach Flute Sonata, and Chopin's Mazurka ill Bjlat, which was played with the appropriate pallache. P.W.H.

SIX CHORAL SCHOLARS FROM KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE SU N DAY, JUNE 27TH

It was a privilege indeed to welcome a group of choral scholars from King's College, Cambridge, especially as two of their number, Simon Carrington and Martin Lane, were O.K.S. The programme was reminiscent of the performance in King's Week two years ago of the Yale Glee Club; but as the recital progressed, the audience gradually became aware of the degree of subtlety and finesse which can onl y be achieved by a small gro up of musician s. Clarity of diction , contrast of tone and style, and a rare sense of musician ship marked the performa nce from beginning to end . Pitoni's Cantate Domini was probably the most well-known of the sacred pieces which formed the first part of the programme. It was followed by Beata Es by Handel and Tallis' a Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit , the latter for two counter-tenors, baritone and bass. The vocal control and cohesion of the singers was immediately noticeable. A strong tenor lead introduced the cross-rhythm of Factus Est Repente by William Byrd, whose contrasting Deo Gracias.completed the selection of works by Tudor composers. The second part took the form of secular pieces beginning with two Anonymous motets for counter-tenor, tenor, baritone and bass. The spirited performance of a Lusty May contrasted well with Let not

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the eheelful hom brought smiles to the faces of the audience and was indicative of what was to come after the interval. Vaughan-Williams' Bushes Gild Briars provided an interesting change of style and ended with a well-controlled niente. Simon Carrington's solo as the fair maiden in a superb close-harmony version of Early one morning (trad. arr. Dad) drew much applause and laughter from the audience. The recital was obviously becoming more light-hearted, but this in no way detracted from the near perfection of each piece. During the interval ("a few bars' rest"), the audience was delighted by a vigorous rendering of Bach's two-part Invention in }~ remarkable both for the exquisitely contrasting tone of the double basses upon which it was performed, and the brilliance of the third runs leading up to the sort of climax which can only be achieved by such instruments playing music which was originall y intended for keyboard. The presentation of negro spirituals is always difficult, but the problem of accent semed to have been overcome by the singers. The group of spirituals which opened the second half of the recital did not displa y much originality of choice, but this was more than compensated for by the excellent arrangements and interpretation. Dry Bones was recei ved enthusiastically by the aud ience, and the bass solo caused much amusement. It was a pity that the tenor solo was somewhat inaudible. Of the other pieces, Little Lamb stood out for the clarity of sound of the four-part arrangement. Joshua was a fitting climax to this section. The final part of the programme consisted of Songs of Yale and other songs in the modern idiom. The solos of the counter-tenor in The Mermaid, and the tenor in Take a Ride caused involuntary laughter. The Divertimento (for two voices and instrument) turned out to be You don't have 10 be a baby to cry, sensitively accompanied by the double bass. By this time the audience was completely captivated, and the singers received their first encore of the evening. This was followed by Make it soon, which fini shed with a hairraising glissando. Gelting 10 be a habit II'ith me, again with the double bass, was yet another example of intriguing close-harm ony and caused the audience to demand no less than three encores.

Mr. Wright, after a narrow escape from a bicycle which had appea red in the hall, expressed the feelings of all of us when he spoke of the "incredible versatility" of the Choral Scholars, who had both inspired and entertained an unusually large and appreciative audience. We greatly hope that another group from Cambridge will make a similar occasion possible next yea r, perhaps during King's Week. J.F.P.

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LECTURES WAS THERE A FRENCH REVOLUTION? PROFESSOR ALFRED COBBAN

Professor Cobban's most valuable service to his audience was to remind them that history is a living re-enactment of the past, by each individual and that intermediary judgments, especially the more sophisticated ones, have no necessary part in this and may indeed be extremely misleading. '

In illustration of this he examined one of the most well-worn historical cliches, "the French Revolution", a subject on which he is a distinguished authority. He destroyed some cherished myths by a series of illuminating paradoxes; for in stance, the "fe.udal reaction" of the 18th century was really a symptom of the growing capitalist spirit Âˇ the Revolution began as a revolt of the aristocracy, not as the revolt of the people' and the Terror was humane, since no torture was used!

. We tend to think of the. Revoluti on was one of the most important events of modern it at the

~Istory with Its Impact on IOstJtutlOns and men's minds, or, as Wordsworth put

time:

"A strong shock Was given to old opinions; all men's minds Had felt its power." Professor Cobban emphasized the other point of view; he suggested that whereas there was no vast difference between the France of 1750, and that of 1850 the unromantic and non-political Industrial Revolution had radically altered the face of Britain during that period. M.G. S.M.

THE PRESS AND POLITICS MR. ANTHONY HOWARD

Mr. Howard quickly captured the interest of his audience with a number of amusing anecdotes, and was soon launched on what proved to be a most fascinating and informative accou nt of the role of journalism in politics. He first dealt with the organisation of political journalism in this country and then as a self-confessed "heretic" of the system, went on to point out its major defi~iencies to advocate sensibl~and practical im provements. Thi s was followed by a knowledgeable analySis of the pOSlt!on and problems of the press in the politica l scene, in the course of which he ,Paid parlicular attentIOn to such topics as the degree of political comment necessary III newspapers, the under-representation of the Left Wing in the press and the low social status of the journalist in Britain . '

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Finally, Mr. Howard provided some frank answers to our questions, even go ing so far as to predict the probable collapse and disappearance of certain national papers.

Having heard so much from M r. Howard both on television and in the press, we were very grateful for the opportu nity of putting quest ions to him, and of hearing the personal and often outspoken views which he expressed in the course of the evening. R.S.H.

DANTE MR. G. S. P . P EACOCKE

It was a pity that on the 700th anni versary of Dante's birth there were engagements that prevented many boys from hearing Mr. Peacocke's lecture on Dante. The last time that Dante was the subject of a school lecture was some eight or nine yea rs ago when A. P. d'Entreves, then Professor of Italian at Oxford, ca me to Canterbury. He was Mr. Peacocke's tutor at Oxford, and it was partly due to him that at Oxford Mr. Peacocke used to absorb all he could from Dante ti ll he had to rush outside and try to rid himself of some of the greatness which he had heard and read.

Mr. Peacocke began with a general outline of Dante's life-t he young Florentine gentleman who became involved in the political struggles of his day, which led him to his exile from Florence for the last twenty years of his life. It was largely a life of wandering in the northern pa rts of Italy which came to an end when he was invited to go to Ravenna where he lived and wrote his Divine Comedy, and died in 1321. But one strange fact stands out in his life. When he was only nine he saw Beatrice, a gi rl about a year yo unger than himself, to whom he may never have spoken, who late r married as did Dante, and who died thirty-six yea rs before Dante. Her name and this story are well-known to the wo rld. She rema ined throughout hi s life the idealized symbol, not merely of human love, but of the love of God. When Dante had been through Hell and Purgatory and approached the gate of Heaven, Virgil ceased to be hi s guide, and he was shown the wonders of Heaven by Beatrice; it was then above all that Love (the most frequently repeated word in the whole trilogy) ruled his soul. Mr. Peacocke referred to other wo rks of Dante- the Vita Nt/ova, and his Latin treatise, De MOllarthia, in which he told his theory of government, of the rule of the Pope and the Emperor, spiri tual and temporal power working in harmony for the good of the whole world. But mostly he spoke of the Divine Comedy, not in any detail but as the expression of all that Dante was and all that he must mean to us. It is in this great work that his philosophy, rel igion, politics, ethics and poetry are all fused into one firmly believed vision. It is a paean of praise to the divine Order, of which the three parts of the Divine Comedy are the outward and visible sign. Such an Order could be generated only by the love of God, the love by which and to which Beatrice has led Dante, and which, shortly before his death, he proclaims in the fin al line of his great epic--I'amor t he move it sole e I'aft ..e stelle. S.S.S. 418

CAREERS A REPORT ON TALKS GIVEN DURING THE YEAR The terminal visits of O.K.S. speakers to tell us briefly of their bread and butter activities and to point the way, perhaps, to a career for the uncommitted, have been successfully continued this year with talks, with discussions following , on "The Bar", "Advertising, Journalism and Market Research" and "Architecture". To the speakers, all heavily committed professional men who nevertheless willingly found time to come to Canterbury, we offer once again our warmest thanks for their invaluable aid in speaking with such delightful informality while contriving to give a memorable picture, not merely of a career and the manner of its adoption but also of a way of life evolved and followed by its practitioner. The speakers, Michael Corkery, Junior Treasury Counsel at the Old Bailey, Alan Wilson, Governor of the School; and Humphrey Goldsmith, practising as a Chartered Architect in Bath, gave us a personal standpoint to the career of their adoption and, while reminding us of the necessary steps in the basic training leading to a full qualification at a later date, concentrated upon their own experiences which were often amusingly revealed. Michael Corkery, whose present office is sited on the spot where Jack Ketch prepared for the hanging, drawing and quartering of clients, rentinded us that John Mortimer's amusing dramalic sketch, The Dock Brief, in no way gives an adequate picture of present opportunities at the Criminal Bar. In common with all other professions today, the Barrister find s himself with more work than he can cope with and there exist excellent opportwlities for the right kind of young men who has joined an Inn , has passed his examinations in about three years and is ready to enter as a pupil in Chambers for a year; there he will learn legal behaviour and how to live with the cases on hand , before beconting attached later to a Magistrate's or a High Court. Mr. Corkery was able to fascinate his audience with many rentiniscences of the great crintinal cases tried at the Old Bailey in recent years and to stimulate with the answers to the many questions put to him. Nothing in this afiuent age has boomed qui te as much as crime and full employment for the Common Law Barrister is assured fo r a long time to come. And it may be worth recalling that whereas the Solicitor can be sued by his client for negligence in the handling of his affairs, the Barrister cannot. Alan Wilson came in the Lent Term to dispel something of our ignorance about the related activities of the Journalist cum Market Researcher cum Advertiser. There is certainly a mystique about these occupations since they are fo ll owed by those who have not had to submit themselves hitherto to a formal training crowned with a professional qualification, but somehow, and being armed with an adequate general education , are accepted into the brotherhood. It would seem that a path through the maze is discernible for a young man who can first negotiate the difficu lt hu rdle of apprentice journalist on a provincial newspaper and then late r can make his way to Fleet Street to gain adequate experience on a National Paper. With a journalistic background he may break into the world of. advertising or find a career in the problem-solving department of advertisingmarket research for which the University Graduate with a qualification in psychology or statistics is likewise suited. Mr. Wilson knew expertly how to gain and hold the attention of his audience by an exercise ill Audience Participation whereby the study of self-revealed 419

attitudes can point the way to a successful app roach by advertisement designed to exploit national characteristics. The life of the Accoun t Executive is hard, exacting and impermanent in any of the 300 large or several hundred smaller agencies concentrated in London, but the fina ncial reward is reasonably generous while the goodwill of clients is retained. A greater security may be afforded by employment with the advertising department of a firm able to allot a minimum of ÂŁ 100,000 per annum for this service. There is a strong appeal to youn g men to break into advertising and the firms clearly have never felt the need to enlist the services of Careers Masters. Advertising informs the public of the existence of commodities, services and opportunities. and ill doing so influences deeply the behaviour of the spending public. It is concerned with the study of the products or services to be advertised, the collection and interpretation of statistics and the collection of information on markets at home and abroad, advice on selling policy a nd channels of distribution, and the selection of media and the ultimate preparation and placing of advertisement. It has undeservedly been called " the boil on the backside of humanity". In the Summer Term, Humphrey Goldsmith came to tell us of the complexity of the architect's way of life, who must combine an awa reness of the outside world and the interrelation of things with equall y an awa reness of a nd interest in other people ; an artist who must have a considerable technical know-how together wi th an ad ministrative ability from the conception of a design to the completion of a building with the interlocking responsibilities of architect, civil engineer and builder. His work begins with the study of the client to find out what he really wa nts and then there comes to him a sense of spaces to enclose with intercommunication, and these spaces are then realised as vo lumes and then as structures with their necessary services. A further dimension to the patterns evolved and after their scrutiny by the civil engineer is that of cost. The architect has to work of necessity within the social conventions of his time and day. Mr. Goldsmith strongly advised private practice as providing the most satisfying conditions of work today and believed that the good a rchitect would not hesitate to open his doors and explain his activity to a boy who was seriously considering architecture as a career. He knew, furthermore, that this was an age of much good architecture which deserved to be as well-known as the products of the package deal exploited by the large scale property developer. A steadil y increasing interest is being shown in the "Careers Courses"- formerl y known as Short Works Courses- promoted by the Public Schools Appointments Bureau in conjunction with leading Industrial and Commercial Firms and Corporations, Banks, Insurance Companies, etc. Ten boys were selected by aviation, engineering and computer companies for entry to their vacation courses and the reports written afterwards have shown how invaluable is the insight gained into these activities designed to help boys to a better understanding of the careers available to them whether before or after university.

The Ashridge Course was heavily oversubscribed this yea r and it was only possible to send olle boy, but it is hoped that unsuccessful applicants will apply again next year. A maximum of 75 places is provided for more than 200 schools. E. R. C. D.

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CONTRIBUTIONS EDGE- a poem by W. N. Bryson...

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DAY AFTER YESTERDAy- a short story by B. C. Tooby

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RACHEL'S CHILDREN- a reflection upon the death of fou r children in Alabama by A. J. Flick

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SOCIALIST BEARINGS IN 1965-an essay by S. N. Jolley

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TRAP-a soliloquy by R. V. Wyatt

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LETTER- forwarded by R . D eighton

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To BEDLAM AN D PART WAY BACK- a critical review by W. N. Bryson

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WOODBRIDGE 191 4-a poem by N. A . H. D awnay

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Edge

The cell's arithmetic gone mad a cobra sliding his hood through your side. Even on the moonwhite sheet your hands seemed like clay; The forest was dying when we ran there the leaves wept in your dark hair twisting to a sinking wind. In a region of my mind you made me see the red mouth of birth and the statued dead at equal distance, to see you lie on your green sheets with your name tied to your wrist history given to the anaesthetist gives me shame for gifts I have not made you and too late now to give. Hands I dare not touch in sleep writhe up in my dreams while you weep on the table in death's surgery. All the time of a reaping summer traded to a pretty and well-off boy; I would have cut my veins, it was my sixteenth year of bleeding. You took away the scissors I touch my cheeks like roses, not feeling time's green fingers in my acid skin; the cathedral a room for the dead, slabs to a grave of ancestors. Walking at night by its columns I would build my colossus, or on a plated beach, grey stone. You must leave a verdigris memorial. I know that tentacled cancer claws at your side, they are carving the hills for you. Trees wave like hydras in the wind. I cannot answer your questions. listen to the birds, swansinging in the garden. 422

DAY AFTER YESTERDAY

B. C. Tooby

Out of the day the prolonged screa m of tyres threw up its agony in a long eruption across the street the Renault spi~ning i the crunch of the shatter-proof windscreen, the bursting soft expldsion and the rattlmg hiSS as glass from the street-lamp sleeted in a dully twinkling shower across the road, stars across the night. "Cry", they told him. Very gently. "No!" he screamed at their clean white smocks.

"Cry", they told him again, to the wet pouring stickiness that obeyed, while his tiny babyfeehng fists clenched and shook and he wasn't crying. The gas they &ave him p~ured down his nostrils into his brain. He tried to swim up agamst It, spla.shmg and tWlstmg towards the recedmg, tumbling edge of consciousness. On that vast wmd the last sound he heard was her cry again, and the hideously soft crunch of the car and lamp-post meetmg through her. Then he was a leaf in a down-draught swirling end over end over end. . . .

"Good-bye", they said, shaking his band in the out-clinic. "We are sorry."

"Yes", he said. "Thank you." "Do not do anyth in g stupid." "No", he reassured them. "I won't."

"Don't", said the hard-faced doctor who had saved his life. They opened the glass doors for him ~nd he was standi ng in the quiet street outside the Hopital Cochin with his ramcoat ~lVer hiS arm. The auto malIc lIft-bar opened to admit a car and he stepped under It before It came down. It was late m the afternoon of April the third, nineteen-sixty-three.

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His body ticked over, lifelessly. His feet lifted and fell, his heart chased listless blood through him, his brain cowered hopelessly in its dead armour. Without it, his body walked sullenly on, towards the river, through the Jardins de Luxembourg, along the boulevard St. MIchel- home. A few empty rooms where he lived. It had been nice; very, very nice. A quiet street under the Tower, a nice neighbourhood- the seventh. The seventh quarter of Paris. The little front garden, the paving-path, the ridiculous shutters' the door that had to be slammed twice before it shut properly, and could never be op~ned; their two 423

bags of hot chestnuts fro m the old cripple at the corner; going o ut together at night to run gasping up the long ste ps of the Palais de e haillot; to lean on the wall and stare down at the lit tiers of fountains and the great straddling base of th e Eiffel Tower; to lose th emselves in the gardens around its base, standin g o n tip-toe to peep into the shrubberyguarded nests that housed the great floodlights .... His feet carried him stealthily fo rwards, quietly. His mind had to restHis mind was bent und er the savage deformation of a prayer .... U nkn own to him, yes, he wasn't kneeling eith er, yes, but he cou ldn't help it. The prayer pounded round on dusty feet, weary, frenzied, mocked all the time by its own bitter, pointless greediness. He stopped at the cool end of the t unnel of trees girdling the Observatory, and leant wearily against the rai ls venting the Port-Royal metro station . The bitter smell of hot cinder breathed over him as a train snored metallically beneath .... the wo rds whirled and dropped, exhausted. Give her- back. Suddenly: What the hell. God never gave. The words stopped. His face cleared and his eyes smiled blankly. He looked leisurel y around him, at the dull clock-face of the Observatory; at the figure of a tramp, pockets full of empty wine-bottles, face pressed close against the long, dull-black wa ll, stitched with the words "Defense d'afficher" . He looked at the dingy metro map, a criss-cross of insane arteries knotted across anaemic cardboard flesh. Like a sprawl of sterile knobbled tapeworms, he thought, grinning, sick, and his feet began to move. Fever burnt hi gh in his temples, a moist tumbling flame, gutterin g, sick. Fever poured hot up into his head and the cold shivering flushed down, and the pedestrian light across the road dropped to gree n and invited: PIETONS PASSEZ. His feet began aga in to m ove. Perhaps his feet could see. Perhaps they co uld understand. Perhaps they thou ght and breathed and gave orders about where he was going where was he going who the hell was in charge? His feet moved on, impatiently. In quiet delirium, he sighed and followed them, as they made for the river.

They stopped, he and his feet, opposite the bridge. His face climbed haggard ly to the sun, and nodded wearily down aga in. Far away behind him the convent bell ba nged its way through six o'clock. Always two minutes earlyThere! His eyes opened wide, highlit with fluorescent purple fever in swirling, updrifting columns. Across the gap of tarmac- there. Leaning aga inst the glass door, head back against the window, hand-bag droopin g indifferently from one hand ; fingers of other hand laid out against their palm for bored, critical inspecti on. His tongue fel t dryas he tottered uncertainly on the edge of that vast precipice of kerbFocus. Very slowly and quietly his mind crumpled, as he had often c rumpled a spent lottery ticket. She looked up. He looked back, the fever condensmg mto cold, tnckling water and shivering sanity. Hard eyes glittered at him; her head tilted aggress ively and the night sucked at the ava ilable a ir and was still. Silence; di zzy, pressured, pounding silence, he and the bridge gently drifted apart as he walked away .... The evening exploded in sound across the street, that hideous rubber scream again, the blast of metal going by .... 424

, the breath and double-tone yelp of the horn soared down the scale away from him, the back-was h of sou nd and shock swirled round his ankles-just the memory of a swear-word lingering behind. Not quite. He walked on calmly. Vaguely he was aware of tears drizzling down his face, but they dried quickly in a gust of wind, leaving a pinched sea-saltness. Ahead, the conveyor-belt river, copper-ash and furrowed with slow rolling ham mered-glass arrows, and the puffed purring of the Tour Eiffel boat basking duck-belly down, bearing its sprawl of tourists to the home-shaded left bank. A steel hand gripped his stomach, hatching no perspiration under its sterile coldness. The su n sank a clear tired orange to its darl ing city and its rippling fingers spread through the delicate haze and shadows; pressed like fingers in the hair of a dreamer through the trees and scaffolding and the ra mpant girders of the Tower and the silent lamp-posts; the hunched figure ofa post-card vendor asleep in his folding iron chair, and the double figures alone in their love on th e stone walls of th e Seine. Even this man. He stretched in the quick warmth and staggered as the movement stirred up a fog of d izziness in his brain which slowly silted down again .. .. He was hungry. On the other side of the street was th e round, charcoal-blackened tub of a chestnut seller. "Com bien les marrons?" The woman shuffled forward , raking a selection into a cone of newspaper. Her pink ton gue flapped messily inside toothless gums, giving her voice a flat, wet lisp. "Vingt-cinq francs, m'sieur. " He took two, and stuffed one in his pocket. "lis refroidiront", she said , pointing to his pocket. "J'sais", he agreed. She shook her head and shuffled back to her chair. "Fou", she muttered, under her breath. He grinned and re-crossed th e road. Nothing hit him. N ight, on the lena bridge. There was no moon; soon, it would rain and send them all running for shelter. He lea nt his elbows on the cold, pigeon-stained stone and stared quietly into the ali ve, warm darkness around him. The lights across the bridges and along the banks seemed to have smud ged and trickled in thin, multi-coloured waterfalls into the river. Headlights were red and yellow insect eyes moving slowly in twisting shadows among the avenues of trees. Above him, the double-beam of the Eiffel Tower beacon revolved slowly; below and aro und him, cigarette-ends glowed, sometimes two together, bright red human stars. No pleasure- no pain: he was happy. "I loved you", he thought. No cry shook him. No grief engulfed him, no madness descended. Bitter at this failure, he took the cold bag of chestnuts from his pocket-smiled once, and shook them out into the space below him. They stwck in a brief white circle of phosphorescence, a moon in rough water. The moon went o ut, and the softer rain came down.

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, Rae/,el's C/,ildrell On September 15th 1963, Four small girls were killed at Sunday School in Birmingham, Alabama by a bomb

ALL: Have you forgotten us? Is it so easy to forget The blood of those who died so quick? To die appears to be to live For a short time, but when you're dead o God that died, you' re really dead. There can be no resurrection If our bleeding mouths cannot speak Some kind of justification . To our own broken-down heartbeat To the frustrated will of our young, young minds. You must not smother the moment's sorrow

In depthless oceans of eye-tears. The heart should have melted as well. Why have you let it set so soon? ONE: Must I remain nameless? When will you roll away the stone And bid me live my life, lost, loved, Wrenched from me by the murder-key Which twisted through my heart and locked And bolted and barred my breath-need Out in the mud of clotted blood? Every minute and every hour Since long far-off Alabama Have been painful crucifixion. Where is the life ? The dawn frustrates My daily yearning as I stretch My bloody fingers to the sun. I looked for the light of the fire And all I have is the feeling If it and the necessary pain Of the flame which howls in my bowels And growls, hungry for the event, When he may slouch to Bethlehem Gnarled lips gritting and teething While I remain nameless.

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ANOTHER: Did I then mean nothing? Jesus rose but I am not Jesus Lear found truth but I am not LearWhen will the wo rld see the good truthWhen will it deny the voices Who cry of superficial love With the u se of repetition Dulling the ear to fragile sounds Blunting the mind with debased sex, Rejecting values proved by time. Was not Christ foretold by prophets, Were not "her" sins foretold by Eve Are not "his" sins Adam's o ld sin s ?

This night is only a cone Lacking all depth of substance. You are the shell, we dead the meat, And the beast is licking his lips. For you have forgotten The lessons of the times. I was in the dark before I died And in the dark I stay. Hell is your planetarium. That is all. ALL: You wh o wail at four on Sundays When there are no cakes and sweet tea When will you cease to beat on doors? Do not forget our flesh reduced to nothing; Unless our death mean nothing As our lives meant no thing Until the white stranger came. Do not forget us. Can you feel your loins protesting That you have swept away their purpose? Can you accept what must prevent World-destroying catastrophe? The voice of Truth must speak plainly No room for prevarication

The voice of truth is warning, The voice of truth is Death. Listen to our warning witness. We are lost,

We were bombed, we were tossed On the waves of the tempest. Watch, therefore, lest you drown. You are but waving now, Before the day of the drop. Before the sun rises on another day Remember us. 427

SOCIALIST BEARINGS IN 1965

S. N. Jolley

When Harold Wilso n took over the leadership two years ago, most people thought they saw a new sign of hope for th e Labour Party, and this optimism persisted even after the General Election. The difficulties which now face the government seem to bear out a belief that I have held for some time that the emphasis of the pre-election campaign was wrong. Indeed, although the party had so long in opposition to hammer out a commonly acceptable programme, the manifesto which emerged was a patently shoddy affa ir, bearing no trace of the new ideas at work inside the Labour Party. The prom ise of a "Scientific Britain" may have been a good vote-catcher with young professional men, but it does not answer the prevalent mood of the country as a whole. Wilson is a fine leader and a dazzling economist. He has shown himself incapab le of drafting a programme for the future of Socialism. A recent art icle in the New Left Review exemplified the traditionally ambivalent attitude of the Rad ical left towards the Labour Party. They would like to give it support, but repeated examples of timidity and ineptitude make them lose faith. H istorically there is justification for this kind of despa ir. In the Thirties, "when everyone was a Socialist", the Labour Party fa iled to emerge as a force capable of overthrowing the decadent capitalist system . The post-war government made d isastrous mistakes, and since 1951 most of the party's energy has been spent in picki ng up the pieces. Meanwhile capitalism was a llowed to re-establish itself. In part, the slowness of recovery may be attributed to the profusion of conflicting ideas which appeared in the Fifties. Revisionism flouri shed alongside Un ilateralism . All the suggested remedies had some special merit, but none of them commanded sufficient force to give the party the sense of direction it needed then, and needs today. Despite the errors of the past, the Labour Party must be recognised as the only natural child of Socialism in this country. The prospects for the party, even in its present form, are not wholl y bleak. There is every sign that the immigration battle will subside more rapidly and do less damage to the party than the ri ght-left doctrina l disputes of the Fifties. The "cloth cap" image is disappearing and a new kind of Labour M.P., who is at once Trade Un ionist and graduate, has emerged. Dissidence in the party will be far less common once the rigid divisions in social and educational background have been swept away. Although the subject of fierce controversy in the Fifties, Clause Four of the Labour Party constitution must remain. It is central to Socialist doctrine. Its abandonment would reduce the party to the level of the enervate Social Democratic bodies on the continent. Since very few people are aware of the actual terms of Clause Four, it is worth quoting it in full:CLAUSE IV.- PARTY ODJECTS

"(4) To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fru its of their industry and the most equitable distributio n thereof that may be possible, upon the bas is of the common ownersh ip of the mea ns of production, distribution, and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service." 428

The clause is expressed in l a ngllag~ too good to need revision. Its propositions are as relevant today as they were when Sidney Webb drafted the party constitution in 1918. But this does not mean that we are bOllnd to accept the present form of nationalisation. The word itself is a bad one because it carries the suggestion that Socialists' ch ief aim is central control. But why not socialised industries on a regional basis? The wording of Clause Four clearly rejects as non-Socialist th e existing kind of Nationalised Board responsi ble neither to Parliament nor to the workers. Everyone was disturbed by the recent wild-cat strike at B.E.A., yet It IS an astolllshlllg fact th at not even the Right pointed out how It demonstrated the total failure of nationalisation as Herbert Morrison conceived it. A new, radical approach to public ownership would not only reflect more faithfully the principles set down ,in Clause Four: it would also result in huge electoral successes for Labour. It IS conceivable that truly popular administration would tend to limit advances in technology and methods of management. That might not be a bad thing. In any case, we must lea rn to stop thinking in terms of commodities, and begin to place the lIlterests of the workers first. It is a question of putting the individual before

the machine. T.he~e is, then, no caus~ for a~aptat~on

o,r the P~rty constitution, but it is important that

Soclalrst mea ns become Illcreaslllgly IdentIfied with obviously cognate ideas. In general, the Labour Party has opposed the doctrine of affi uence, and rightly so . The only danger

here

that

will seem to advocate a return to Puritanism and austerily. But the Socialist

must show that the potentia l good of state act ion ill the spheres of country p lanning and encouragement of the arts IS un lllTIlt~d . I~ nec~ssa ry, he must educate his public away from the cultural va lues presently belOg dissemlllated by commercial television and the Beaverbrook press. The customary objection to state aid for th e arts which has been raised, unhappily, by Jo Grimond, is easily disposed of: to say that th~ a rts should have no association with bureaucracy is old-fashioned and historically unso und. Miss Jennie ~ee, .pos~ibly

the first ~ea l Arts Minister Brita in has had, is a woman of exceptional

ImaglllatlOn and enthusIasm, but how far d oes she possess the support of Wilso n and Ca ll a~han? Until the government agrees to make substantial cuts in the defence budget, It I S

difficult to see how her masterly plans for the reform of our provincial museums can

go through .

A less thorny question than state aid for the arts is the preservation of our countryside from the stead y encroachment of urban housi ng. Only by the sacrifice of unregulated pr.lvate lIlterests to socl~1 co nlro~ ca!l the, nec~ssary protection be afforded. The government

mljlht do we ll to expenment With ImaglJ1ative meas ures like the pro hibition of bungalow

bUilding. Bunga l ow~, wh ich arc vlrtual}y unknown on the continent, provide a major obstacle to t!1C solutlO,n of the cO.lI~tryslde problem, since they occupy so much surface

r ).

area. Orwell s complalllt that Soclailsts so often seemed to want to cover the earth in one giga ntic surburba n sprawl no longer has any val idity. But muc h m ight sti ll be learnt from his wider d istrust of progressivism.

Until the appearance of a reall y powerful Socialist thinker, the Labour Party must proceed by means of selecti ve borrowings of ideas both on the Left and Right. This is not an Ideal situ ation, but It will produce better results th an a st rict adherence to the phoney ideas contained in the pre-election manifesto.

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R. V. Wyatt

TRAP

Half-way down the twenty mile Entebbe-Kampala road , the heat was stifting even under the shade of a spread-eagled plane tree. The brown cotton bush-shirt and trousers were soaked with sweat and my boots were an orange-brown from the dust.

Occasionally a cool drift of wind would lift the sleepy dust, and the hair damp on my forehead . The bleached rocks glared white with the heat and hurt the eyes. To the right was a scorched hill and a sun-cracked mud flat where water had once been. A few trees stood dotted arowld in parched abandon. Everything looked and sounded dehydrated in this god-forsaken but beautiful country; even the birds and vultures. There were two vultures, that afternoon, lazily sailing in the blue, like two dark clouds. A dry cracked leaf, painted brick-red by the dust, sighed gently down to its grave and I noticed a small dust whirlpool, to the left of it. In the same direction some distance away was an ant-hill with its busy populace scurrying to and fro. "Cunning", I thought. Then 1 saw him. He was small and dark brown, with a large body and head separated on ly by a wire-t11in waist and he rushed along in brief bursts of energy with his feelers constantly twitching. I tried to think of him as a human being returning quickly to family and friends after work. Just then two twigs fell crossed, in front of the trap, like a crucifix in the dust. He hurried up to them, felt them- backed- then scurried round the side. Suddenly his feelers shot out- tense- terrifled. There was no ground, only a moving slope. He slithered down wlcontrollably. Scrambling for his life in the whirlpool. He must have understood what had happened then for he became calm and systematic. For five minutes I watched him, as he grew weaker in his drowning struggle. He fought hard against the finely powdered dust, which held him sliding in its grip. Once he nearly escaped from it, in a desperate rush for the top, but he relaxed for a second and the dust caught him. With each effort for freedom he weakened and slid nearer the bottom of the dust vortex, while T sat there motionless. We both knew it was coming then, but he struggled fiercely till there was no strength left to do anything but let himself be drawn gently down. Then the scaly beetle raised its scythe-shaped pincers and took its victim. A cool breath of air rustled the leaves in the tree. T shivered. 430

R. Deighton

LETTER

Department of Aerodynamic Studies, y - - University, Penn.,

U.S.A. Dear Editor,

As a professor of aerodynamics at Y- - University, I feel bound to point out that the oblate-ellipsoidal laminar section of your common college hat is entirely unsuited to prevailing aerostatical conditions in Britain, as it is unstable in a high wind and possesses a disquieting tendency to sideslip in any form of air turbulence. Therefore when I visited your town last fall I purchased a hat second-hand for $15 from one of your college boys, further to investigate this instability. After severe wind-tunnel tests two disquieting facts emerged: I. As an aerodynamic structure the hat was found to be unsound and prone to serious intercellular fibrative oscillations at air velocities of more than Mach .006. Beyond this limit a tendency to disi ntegrate was observed. The application of Hiram's Rigidity Factor showed that speeds not greater than 1.5 metres/seco nd should be contemplated if the hat is to be continuously usable for more than 28 hours.

2. Wind-tunnel tests with varied quanta of turbulence and non-laminar slipstream percentages showed that for isostatic coefficients in excess of .76 m/ i the structure was liable to flocculate with natural period resonations. Porrenille's law states that this varies as the mean volumetric density of the surface fluid in contact with non-stationary aerolaminates. Further investigation of the volumetric fluid density revealed that the surface of the hat had a surprisingly high viscosity/pressure coefficient. Zradocatowicz's hypothesis indicated that large numbers of short-duration chromospheric disturbances were provoked . Beyond the critical amplitude of this vibration, high speed flutter is manifested with the result that the structure embarks on aerodynamically-sustained motion unless restrained from vertical movement.

I remain yours, etc., ERNST

ELLIOT JR.

(With apologies to NelVton and all succeeding scientists, particularly those of our Physics and Chemistry departments) 431

TO BEDLAM AND PART VVAY BACK

N. Bryson

The perennial difficulty in the study of American poetry is the disturbing absence of any visible tradition. Eliot and Pound may have wrenched English out of the Georgia n quag-

mire, but their eruditio n, des igned to embrace many disparate cu ltures and form a new

tradition out of the old, defeated its own purpose. The climax came with Pound's Mauberley; but afterwards the balance between coherence a nd allusion was lost, and the poetry became too esoteric for the vast majority of readers. The patience required in studying the Cantos is comparable to the exhausting dictionary-work of Anglo-Saxon; and this may well be the reason for the brilliance of Pound's translation of "the seafarer". But as an experiment eclecticism fai led. Its object was to forge a new American style of poetic expression, and the result was an inane farrago of Chinese, Egyptian, Greek and Latin. The Pound-Eliot school produced some excellent verse, but it also brought about the fragmentation of existing American literature. The work of moulding a new tradition was regarded from two different points of view : either as a task too great for even the most brilliant scholars; or as something which had to evolve naturally, without applied assistance. Both attitudes demanded a personal approach to poetry. The novel had to be transformed into a sUbjective medium. Miller and Sallingar explored the realpolitik of the subconscious mind, and Melville created a new kind of character, one drawn from the consideration of abstract qualities and conflicts. A totally personal attitude to life fi tted in with the Puritan ideas of individual salvation, and more important still, with the Jewish tradition of scepticism. Consequently philosophy has never been dogmatic among American intellectuals, because the solutions to metaphysical problems are invariably the results of personal experience. This powerful sense of isolation means an inward knowledge rare among European writers. The obvious exception to this rule is the Beat movement. But Corso, Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg stand outside the American cultu re: Paris is the group's Mecca. But their enthusiasm for a Movement is understandable, because a distinct school is without precedent in the United States. Intimate personal writing is not new to the States. Theodore Roethke's poems used at first a fascinati ng mythology of the schizophrenic mind, and the reader became in every sense an analyst. But then his technique was ruined by the deliberate attempt to re-create his early psychological confessions, as though some amateur psychiatrist had given him a pat explanation of his mind. But there has recently grown up in America a new group of poets who manage to combine their neurotic outbursts with a marked degree of reason. I am not suggesting that the three writers Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell form a school : this would be in contradiction. But there are too many similarities of style and subject to be dismissed as mere coincidence. All three belong to a specific area in the United States: Massachusetts-Maine, and Lowell's landscape poems are usuall y set in either of the two districts. One of the most striking features of the group's work is the 432

unusual use of place-names; and this gives a clue to their purpose. They aim to take up

the cause of a national style where Pound left off, but by embracing a different aspect of American life : not the Beat or speed; not the disparate cu ltures present in the coun try;

but by consideration of personal relationships in a particular place. The mental outlook of Plath is closely allied to Anne Sexton's. Both write about personal experiences in the wards of hospita ls and "Summer Hotels". Elizabeth Jennings has done this before, but instead of her rather dreamy and pathetic thumbnail sketches we find in the work of these writers an undeniable power. Take these two poems:You do not do, you do not do any more, black shoe

in which I have lived like a foot for thi rty years, poor and white barely daring to breathe or achoo. ... . . ... the black man who bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when they buried you. At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to yo u. I thought even the bones would do. ("Daddy"- Plath) I held my breath and daddy was there his thumbs, his flat skull, his teeth, his hair growing li ke a field or a shawl. I lay by the moss of his skin until it grew strange. . . . ..

("The moss of his skin"-

Sexton) The mood of both poems is one of almost embarrassing intimacy. We can see that the parent-chi ld relationship is in each case Oedipal, but the approach to this subject is entirely different with the two writers. Anne Sexton prefixes her poem with a short quotation from the Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic review; "young girls in Arabia were often buried alive next to their dead fathers, apparently as a sacrifice to the goddesses of the tribes ... " . The simile "like a field or a shawl" has a certain oriental flavour which is quite absent in Plath's poem. The fact that a long quote is given to a short work-and this is rare in her writing-suggests that the subject is too unbearable to tackle directly, and so an oblique attitude alienates the unpleasant associations of the father-d aughter complex. The whole background is so unnatural for Sexton that the images are tensened by their inherent unusualness. Sylvia Plath's poem is more personal. She employs no exotic masking devices, a nd goes straight to a dramatic situation. Perhaps the diction is too contrivedÂˇ at several points it nearly verges on melodrama. In fact, the pseudo-naive technique i; brilliantly effective, because her neurosis is the result of a fault way back in childhood: psycholologicall y speaking, the poem displays all the signs of regression. An obvious merit of the Maine school is the obsessive use of chanting rhythms. 433

Greek Prizes: Lower School .. . Middle School .. . Upper School .. .

M. P. Black more R. Bird R. D. Kent

The O.K.S. Salvete Essay Prize

A. J. Turner A. B. J. Willett

The O.K.S. Music Prizes

P. W. Hodges W. H. Williams

Carpentry Prize

P. Jamieson

Pfizer Company's Prize

A. G. Pope M. S. Ridler

Cathedral Prizes (Miss Dorothy Mills): Junior

Senior

Archaeology Prizes (Geoffrey Wells): Junior .. . Senior .. .

W. N. Bryson A. N. G. Harris R. W. J. Gocher F. E. W. L. Gottesmann R. D. Kent

History (John CralVford): Lower School .. .

A. N. G. Harris C. J. Trickett M. Thorn G. W. H. Rowbotham

Middle School .. . Upper School .. . History (H. V. CralVford): Lower School ...

C. F. Barger M. J. Graham M. Thorn Not awarded

Middle School... Upper School ... Gift for Physics and Chemistry (Oliver Johnson)

K. G. Doyle

Musical Appreciation (Alall Baker)

W. N. Bryson A. T. Jones

Merton College Prizes: Science ... H istory

K. G. Doyle M. G. S. Mansergh

Churchill Prize

M. J. N. Baker

Cantuarian Lodge (Gelleral Paper)

W. N. Bryson A. B. Marshall 410

O.K.S. Science: Lower School ... Middle School... Arts Fifths

M. E. Erskine C. W. Brewer N. D. King A. Scott-Williams E. H. Bailey J. E. Fidler T. G. D. Shannon

Sci . VI" Upper School ... O.K.S. Mathematics: Lower School ... Middle School...

P. G. Fullager E. W. Marsland

Cantuarian Prizes: Junior ... Senior

W. N. Bryson A. M. Jankowski

Harvey Society (Blare)

D. L. Smith

Divinity Prizes: Lower School (Lady Hertslet) Middle School (Marshall Wild) Upper School (Broughtoll) Drawing Prizes:

B. W. Richardson F. S. Hallam J. H. Miller P. J. de Vroome D. P. Imber R. W. J. Gocher

Junior

Open Photography (Gough): Junior ... Open

Not awarded M. P. Powell A. R. Parrott L. C. Rutland Not awarded

H istory (Everitt) (Stailley)

English (Evans)

J. R. Carey

K ing's School, Parramatta Prizes: Middle School .. . Upper School .. .

F. J. S. Fidler R. D. Kent

Natural History

A. B. J. Willett

Music (Courtlley)

J. F. Potter

Music (Ryley)

C. S. W. Smith T. P. M. Young 411

"love is the uniform of my bald nurse. Love is the sinew of my curse."

"Love set you going like a fat gold watch." "You, Doctor Martin, walk

from breakfast to madness .... " This is one of the pointers to a new trend in American poetry which has been taboo for too long. Oratory has been virtually banned since Philip Larkin's pusillanimous "Movement" took over from Dylan Thomas after the War. The fifties were years of austerity, and Larkin went to great lengths to prove that a poet was not a rare and exotic creature, but an

ordinary chap who wrote in ordinary speech styles. It is true that poetry had to be brought back to earth. D avid Holbrook writes that "although there is at times an emotive pressure and a flair for arranging words into patterns that have the appearance of poetry, there is in his work too frequent a lack of control towards order .. . .". This is partly true. After 1945 Thomas became increasingly concerned with his P.R. image, the blindly inspired poet: But Larkin went to the opposite extreme. Inspiration was regarded with imme!lSe suspicion; in fact, the poet should be as ordlOary as the man next do?r. ThIS reactIOn was inevitable. But it was a grave mistake to dismiss all oratory as artIfiCIal. Only recently has the wheel turned full circle, and we are back to deeply moving recitals by the new poets. The B.B.C. broadcasts of Plath reading her own poems shortly before she died are some of the most disturbing performances one could hope to hear. Robert Lowell has won through his brilliant translations of Racine and the poets in " Imitations" an exquisite gift for cadence which is sadly lacking in Larkin's verse; in fact, a more esoteric form of poetry is back again with us after a dangerously long eXile.

It has been said that the same fault that at!iicted Dylan Thomas is present in the Maine group: obscurity. But the difficulties in the verse of Sexton a.od Plath are the results of the obscurity of the subject-matter, whereas m Thomas the malO difficulty IS m technIque. Rarely does the theme justify its elaborate treatment. The great Welsh Bard lIved up to his persona and raged over absurdly banal subjects : old men in parks, the motion of the constellation Ophiuchus, setting light to a fire in a grate. The American poets, however, are obscure in the true sense of the word. The subjects that concern them lie outside the average emotional experiences. Not everyone has had conscious Oedipal feelin gs. But if we are to accept anything that Freud and Jung said, we must regard the exaggerated complexes of a neurotic as similar to the workings of our own minds. Even if the conscious can absorb all of Plath's imagery, a great deal of her power lies in her direct appeal to the intuition. And there is also the fascination of confession which makes the reader aware of the fact that he is a partner in a delicately intimate relationship through literature. Certain details have to be known before we can follow Sylvia Plath's thought: that she tried twice to commit suicide ; and that she had a peculiar love for her Nazi fat her with his "love of the rack and the screw". But Anne Sexton is a pure a uto biographer. Her verse played a large part in her mental cure, and it is spiritually satisfying to watch the slow process of her recovery. The poetry of "To Bedlam a nd part way back" is closely connected to the novel as a literary form. There is one central character who develops slowly into a different person without losing the original personality. We observe her career in the "Summer Hotel", her relationship with her daughter, a nd a painful readjustment to life after the deaths of her father and mother. Although her writing is more obviously personal than Plath's, there is a continual feeling of detachment and objectivity: je est un autre. The 434

images she uses are intriguing, but they lack the monumental power of Sylvia Plath's last poems. These are so good that I cannot resist quoting one in full: "Colour fl oods to the spot, dull purple. The rest of the body is all washed out, the colour of pearl.

In a pit of rock the sea sucks obsessively,

one hollow the whole sea's pivot. The size of a fly the doom mark crawls down the wall. The heart shuts, the sea slides back, the mirrors arc sheeted."

"Contusion" is the epitome of her entire poetic career. All the subjects which concerned her are distilled into an a mazingly short space : her dying body; her childhood by the sea; and the preparation for her inevitable death. At first the impression is of muddled incoherence. In her earlier collectio n, "the Colossus", each theme wa s given a sonata-form

treatment; exposition, development, recapitulation; but in these last poems the logical method breaks down under the pressure of white-hot emotion . As in the poetry of children and- schizophrenics, the separate identities of different objects in nature are al ways in doubt, and the individual images weld into an amalgam. We feel that she is desperately trying to make a resume of the suffering of her life, and give it some meaning in the face of all its apparent tragedy. I am sure that she would not have reached this excellence of writing had it not been for the urgency in the face of death. She failed to change her material very much after the first half of the Colossus, and she might have easily degenerated into a decadent Dylan Thomas, churning the same ideas out time and time again, when the reason for the existence of the themes in the poet's mind had long since disappeared. But we can only mourn Sylvia's tragic death as a great loss to literature. Her works, in

A. E. Dyson's words, are "among the handful of writings by which future generations will seek to know us-give us a name". The position of Robert Lowell is totally different from the other two writers. He was established as a major poet soon after the War, and his remarkable translations of Racine and nineteenth century French poetry won him immediate recognition in this country. In his work there is a deli berate wooing of ugliness. The following extract is from his latest book, For the Union dead:"Bed, glasses off, and all's ramshackle, streaky, weird for the near-sighted, just a foot away. The light's stilI on an instant." 435

This claustrophobic awkwardness is perfectly intentional; the translations prove that he is no mean wielder of language. Lowell purposely limits himself to a certain kind of vocabulary, which can only be described as an orato ry of ugliness. His subjects are far more widely chosen than Plath's or Sexton,. but th e~ share a common sense of unresolved personal problem. He has found no solutIOn to hIS questIOns thro ugh poetry; and hIs verbal techniques impose upon the reader a profound uneasmess. On the one hand there is a preponderance of Catholic imagery, a nd on the other the Puntan New England tradItIon. Lowell is torn by loyalties to the two different causes. Further comphcatlOns an se wIth the addition of personal factors:"At forty-five, what next, what next? At every corner,

) meet my father, my age, still alive."

It is in these tentative explorations of personal relationshi"s that Lowell most resembles the other Maine writers. His acute self-awareness gIves hIm the ablhty to draw exact parallels between himself a nd Caligula, and probe the balance between enviro nment and personality. He does not walk as naked as Plath or. Sexton, but hIs form of subJecttveness is far more subtle than theirs. The modern movement in poetry began as an attempt to find the correct medium for the expression of what writers had to say. Eliot and Pound fail ed to establish a tradition ; but the new Americans are beginning to write in a way which balances their isolation with their relationships. Lowell is by far the most sophi sticated of the group but there is a place for the power of Plath a nd the the rapeutic outpourings of Anne Sexton. They have captured the idiom of the American language with a realism fa r greater than the Beat movement. And the fact that the writers are classed as a grou p and not as a school is a n encouraging sign that a tradition has at long last grown by itself; a tradition not looking towards Europe for its inspiration, but stud ying the position of the poet within the American social system.

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'Voodbridge, 1914

N. A. H. Dnw"n"

(Woodbridge is a small Suffolk country tOlVn lying in the valley of the Deben)

We rowed towards the point, that August eveningHe and I, with the leaden gleaming water Slapping against the sullen varnish of the boat. Far away the clouds were rumbling Full and grey above the narrow river Where the channel twisted and the small boats sailed And went about, and sailed Into the heavy dimness of the sky. The town Laid out against the valley's pallid half-light (Not far away) was stagnant in the liquid pool No finger stirred, whose shining surface No thrown pebble rippled. We rowed Tired after struggling with the river's mud And touched the shore. Then walked home, weary feet on the tired earth And the sun setting where the railway met the sky. They told us The country was at war. My crew Died, a few months laterIn F landers mud, with a German bullet in his neck And blood pouring from his mouth. I held his head. A painted wooden idol, Death ; we did not laugh In those days, but shut our eyes And drew the psychological veil As men have learned to do again. For my part A leg shot off- one man's debt To his country, paid. There was a deeper wound ; Our sap was risen, and they cut the bud. If you had seen, my friend, The ruins in the fish-like stares Of men fatigued or dead Half-hidden in the fi lthy squelching mud You would not sing the lays of mourning, Sing the praise of heroes. You would forget . . . And you, who build the castles of the new Remember this (a minor prophet's sign): We shall not sail again The evening waters of a calm mind.

The river bed is turned to rubble Sharp ghostly ruins of an age-old temple On which our boat may founder, and we drown. 437

KING'S SPORT 440 441 450 450 451 452 452

CRICKET : Retrospect Ist XI Matches 2nd XI Colts' Xl Junior Colts' Xl Under-Fourteen's XI ... The Haymakers' C.C. THE BOAT CLUB : 1st VIII 2nd Vlll 3rd VIII Colts'Vlll Fordwich and House Rowing SWIMMING:

Matches Sports and Standards Competition

453 455 455 456 457 458 459

FENCING

460

ATHLETICS

461

JUDO

462

SHOOTING

463

HOCKEY

463

TENNIS

464 439

KING'S SPORT CRICKET : Retrospect

440 441 450 450 451 452 452

Ist XI Matches 2nd XI Colts' Xl Junior Colts' Xl Under-Foul'teen's XI ... The Haymakers' C.C. THE BOAT CLUB: 1st VIn 2nd VlIl 3rd VIII Colts'Vlll Fordwich and House Rowing SWIMMING:

Matches Sports and Standards Competition

453 455 455 456 457 458 459

FENCING

460

ATHLETICS

46 1

J UDO

462

SHOOTING

463

HOCKEY '

463

TENNIS

464 439

CRICKET Retrospect 1965 All Matches: Played 17; Won 12; Lost 5; Drawn nil School Matches: Played 6; Won 5; Lost I ; Drawn nil From statistics alone this season must be judged as the most successful ever in the history of the School, for more matches have been won outright than ever before in one season, and there were no drawn games. This does not necessarily prove that this was the best team that we have ever had, though their approach to the game of cricket can never have been bettered. This was in large measure due to the infectious keenness and enthusiasm of th e captain, S. J. Weaver, who was in his second season as skipper. His past experience stood him in very good stead and his timing of declarations and changes of bowling and field-placing played a very important part in the winning of so many matches. He was determined to get definite results to games and if some of his declarations appeared at first sight to be generous to the opposition he was always awa re that he had to give his bowlers time to get the other side out, and it is to their cred it that they never let him down. Weaver's insistence in havi ng a good fieldin g side paid off handsomely and it was onl y some very fine catching close to the wicket that gave us victory over Eastbourne. Excepting the first match the fielding throughout the season has been of the highest standard and the throwing was infinitely better than that of many so-called first class teams. Weaver has also been a tireless worker off the field and his dri ve and hel p in the organisation has been of tremendous va lue and importance. There was no disgrace in losing to M.C.C., Free Foresters, Sevenoaks Vine and the Band of Brothers, for they all incl uded some exceptionally good bowlers and it so happened that all of these games were played on wickets which produced plenty of movement of the ball and which were most helpful to the bowlers. In the M.C.C. match the rain-affected wicket rendered stro ke p lay impossible and the only batsmen to score over 20 were two M.C.C. players who had a swi ng. In the defeat by H ighgate the King's batsmen were crease-bound to a slow leg-spinner who could have been adequately coped with by batsmen willing to use their feet. The XI was well-balanced and the successes gained did not depend upon just two or three outstanding players. H. R. Jackson was a hostile and hard-workin g fast bowler who bowled consistently well to a good length and he was rewarded by several good performances. J. D. W. Wright, who shared the opening attack, was less steady but his 6 for 38 played a big part in the victory over Dulwich. He has a good physique for a bowler and should form the spearhead of next yea r's attack. However, the most successful of the bowlers was P. J. Cattrall, whose promise as a legspinner has been fully realised and whose performances fully justify his selection for the Southern Schools XI. His 66 wickets for an average of 10.47 in 260 overs speak for themselves and point to his accurate control of length and direction. They also establish a new record for the XI which was previously held by G. C. Pritchard with 63 wickets. Cattrall's 8 for 50 in the second innings of the O.K.S. match provided a most suitable climax to a fine season. 440

J. R. Kilbee and M. J. Gray both bowled well on occasions and both may look forward to greater opportunities next season. The batting honours were well shared out. A. D. H. Turner and Kilbee started the season in terrific form but were somewhat less successful in the later matches. Weaver, T. M. Bale, L. A. P. French and Gray all made more than useful contributions and C. C. N. Bridge's one innings of note was the decisive factor in the victory over the Royal Navy C.C. J. R. Wilson, in his first game for the XI, played a splendid innings at Eastbo urne and provided good support for Weaver, whose innings on this occasion was one of the best of the season. Perhaps the fairest way to sum up this splendid season would be to say that the captaincy, the bowling, and the fielding were the major factors in the success achieved, and that the batting was slightly less distinguished, thou gh it is also fair to say that the conditions were more often in favour of the bowlers than of the batsmen. All members of the XI are fully deserving of congratulations on their performances a nd on the attractiveness of much of the cricket which they played. C.F.

1st XI Matches

K.S.C. v St. Lawrence C.C. Played at St. Stephen's on May 13th Won by 32 ru ns

Weaver won the toss and elected to bal. After an indifferent start, Turner and Kilbee batted very soundl y putting on 83 before Turner was dismissed for a fine 68. Kilbee then sha red in a partnership of 36 with Bale who augured very well for the ruture before he too was out for 53 . At 161-4 with W eaver and French

just getting into their stride the innings was declared . Although St. Lawrence lost their first wicket off the fifth ball of Wright's first over, they scored briskly and it was not until the spinners came on that wickets

started to tumble. Kilbee was most successful of the bowlers with 5-24 but both he, and Cattrall even more so, were inconsistent in their length and control, and it was Wright who looked the best of the three. To sum up, a good victory, but one which cou ld have been achieved far more easily if the bowling and fielding had been tighter.

K.S.C., 161Âˇ4 dec. (Turner 68, Kilbee 53); St. Lawrcnce C.C., 129 (Ki lbee 5Âˇ24).

K.S.C. v Dulwich College Played at St. Stephen's on May 15th Won by 17 runs K ing's batted first and started disastrously, three men back in the pavilion with only 19 runs on the board. Weaver and Kilbee then redeemed the position somewha t and when Kilbee was dismissed, French took over where he left off. Revinglon and Wri ght notched useful scores also, the fo rmer, along with C. Bridge both being the victi ms of very unfo rtunate run-outs. At 141 the innings cl osed, and things did not look promising for the school, particularl y as Dulwich were reckoned to be a far st ronger batting than bowling side. Jackson and Wright, however, bore into the Dulwich side, backed up by some brilliant field ing, and eight of them were out with the score at 8 1. When Jackson and Wright were relieved, however, no other bowler seemed ca pable of st riking an effective length and at 123-8, the two batsmen having put o n 43, th ings looked very black. Wright then retu rned to the fray and with his first ball broke the partnership. Jackson completed the victory and a fine bowl ing performance by dismissing the last batsmen in the next over. The chief architects of this victory were Jackson and Wright who finished with the magnificent performance of 6-38. It was a pity the other bowlers did not live up to expectations, but the fast bowling and fielding were sufficicntly good for this not to matter as much as it might have done.

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THE KINO'S SCHOOL

D ULWICH CoLLEGE

A. D. H. Turner, c Howland, b Destefano.. ... 6 M. J. Gray, b Gordon........... .............. 6 J. R. Kilbee, c Cosh, b Dyson. .. .............. 26 T. M. Bale, b Destefano....... 0 S. J. Weaver, c and b Knight...... ......... 25 L. A. P. French, c Destefano, b Knight....... 23 J. P. G. Revington, run out......... .. .. 18 J. D. W. Wright, b Dyson............ 19 C. C. N. Bridge, ru n out........................... 3 3 H. R. Jackson, not out..... ... ..... ................ P. J. Cattrall , b Destefano.......... ............... 0 Extras... .. .................................. ........ 12 Total. .....

.......... ....

N. J. Cosh, c Kilbee, b Wright... ............ R. D. V. Kn ight, b Wright.................... W. J. Armstrong, b Jackson..................... P. C. Howland, c Weaver, b Wright........ J. Destefano, c Weaver, b Wright........ ....... S. Dyson, b Wright.. ......... ....................... J. M. Fordham, b Jackson........................ J. S. Street, b Jackson.. ......... .. .... ............. J. J. K. Murray, c Gray, b Jackson............. S. R. Gordon, c Bale, b Wright. ................ M. J. Ross, not OUt...... ....................... Extras...... ............ ............. ......

.....

124

....... 141

Total. .............

Bowling

Gordon .............. ... Destefano ........ ..... Dyson .................. Fordham .......... ... Knight ................

7 14 22 4 II

I 6 2 24 0 17 5 18 25 0 2

Bowling M.

2 3 6 4 3

18 25 65 0 21

Jackson ................. Wright.. .... Cattrall ....... ...... French ................ Kilbee ... ............ ... Gray ... .... ............

3 2 0 2

K.S.C.

23.3 18 3 4 4 2

8.3 6 0 2 I

47 38 9 4 16 8

w. 4 6 0 0 0 0

The Forty Club

Played at St. Stephen's on May 20th Won by 10 wickets The Forty Clu b batted first and got off to a very good start putting on 33 for the first wicket; however, after a useful stand of 23 for the second wicket, the Forty Club collapsed thanks to some accurate bowling and despite a flourishing 23 by the last two batsmen their innings closed at 11 7. Turner and Gray opened for King's and thanks to the decisiveness of Turner's attacking shots, and the indefatigable applicat ion of his partner, the runs were soon knocked off aga inst a rather sha ky attack. Forty Cl ub, 117 ; K.S.C., 11 9-0 (Turner 88).

K.S.C.

Eton Ramblers

Played at St. Stephen's on May 22nd Won by 7 wickets Although Eton Ramblers quickly lost a wicket, they took the score to 52 before the second wicket fell. Thereafter, wickets tumbled at regular intervals thanks largely to the efforts of Cattrali who took 6~ 16 and Wright and Gray who took two each. Facing a total of 109, Turner and Gray once again started briskly. Turner reached his 50 in 55 minutes, and when he was out for 60 the first wicket had produced 80 runs. Kilbee joined Gray, but as so often happens when one member of a large partnersh ip is dism issed he soon joined Turner back in the pavilion, having scored a valuable 20. Kilbee came and went ala rmingly quickly but Weaver and Bale got the ship back on an even keel, and the Eton Ramblers' score was passed for the loss of three wickets. Eton Ramblers, 109 (Cattrall 6-16); K.S.C., 110-3 (Turner 60). 442

K.S.c.

St. Lawrence College

Played at Newla nds on May 25t h Won by 51 funs King's batted first and fo r once Turner and Gray were dism issed cheaply, both of thcm ou t wit h only 10 runs on the board. Once Kilbec had got into his stride, however, the position brightened, thanks to some useful partnersh ips between the latter and Balc, Wea ver and finally, Wright. Kilbee himself scored 100, ample reward for an innings of great resolut ion and the first at the School for some years. St. Lawrence got off to a very good start and at one stagc were 82~1. Dixon proved the main st umbling block to the King's bowlers but all of them stuck to their guns, and once he was out with the score at Ill, the remainder of the St. Lawrence side offered litt le resista nce. Jackson and Cattrall were the most successful of the King's bowlers, each taking five wickets. T HE KIN O'S SCHOOL

ST. LAWRENCE COLL EGE

A. D. H. Turner, b Nagenda ... 10 M. J. Gray, b Bayley.... .. ........ ............... 0 J. R. Kilbee, c Na nkivell, b Nagenda.... 100 T. M. Bale, c Alston, b Mirza. 21 S. J. Weaver, c Prior, b Nagenda.. 18 L. A. P. French, Ibw, b Nagenda... 0 J. P. G. Revington, c Nankivell, b Bayley... 0 J. D. W. Wright, b Nagenda............... 9 1 C. C. N. Bridge, b Nagenda.. 0 H. R. Jack son, b Nagenda .......... "... P. J. Catt ral1, not ouL.... . 0 Ex tras...... . ... ......................... 25

T. R. Alston, c Weaver, b Cattra ll... .. ]5 H. R. D. Anderson, c Weaver, b Ca ltrall.... . 33 K. P. R. Di xon , b Catt raJl... .................... 55 D. C. Hamill, b Cattrall I I. R. L. Prior, c Weaver, b Jackson.... I D. Felgate, c French, b Jackson .. .............. 2 R. J. H. Bayley, c Jackson, b Cattrall. ........ 6 W. K. Mirza, c Weaver, b Jackson... 3 J. Nagenda, c French, b Jackson....... 7 3 R. S. J. Bray, b Jackson ..................... 0 G. D. Nank ivell , not out..... ... Ex tras.. ..... ........ 7

Total .......................... ................ 184

Total.

Bow/ing

o. Nagenda ................ Bayley ................... Dixon .... .. ............ Bray ................... Mirza ................. ...

20 to 5 3 II

........... ................. 133 Bowling

9 2 2 0 0

56 40 14 17 32

7 2 0 0

Jackson ................. Wright Cattra ll.. ............. Kilbee .............. Gray

17.3 7 23

...5

3 8 3

35 15 32 27 t7

w. 5 0 5 0 0

r K.S.C.

The Royal Navy

Played at St. Stephen's on May 29th Won by 26 runs During the last three years the R.N.C.C. game has always been exciting and this yea r was no except ion. On a good batting wicket, King's batted first and scorcd 6 1 for the first wicket, T urner and G ray scori ng 38 and 20 respectively. Bale quickly followed them back to the pavilion, but when Kilbee was joined by his captain, runs began to flow once more .. Both were out for 36 very va luable and hard~ea rned runs, but with half the side out for 135 there was cause for anxiety in the King's camp. A rea rguard action by Bridge, who made an exciting if somewhat unconventional 50, and Jack son rescued the side however, and we declared at 211~8. The Royal Navy did not appear to be undu ly troubled by the pace attack, but once the sp inners came on their innings began to wilt, and although an 8t h wicket partnership of 37 rllns put them within striking distance of the King's tota l, at 184-8, the last two wickets fell for only one add itional run. Kilbee finished with a fine performance of 7-59, backed up by Cattrall with 3-59. K.S.c., 211-8 dec. (Bridge 50); The Royal Navy 185 (K il bee 7-59). 443

KS.C. v The Buccaneers Played at SI. Stephen's on June 5th Won by 9 wickets The vis itors batted first and although they saw the fast bowlers off without much difficulty they were soon in trouble against the spin of Cattrall and Kilbee who between them claimed seven wickets. Good fie ld ing backed up the accurate bowling, ga ining two run-outs, and the Buccaneers were all out fo r 99. King's batted efficiently and quickly knocked off the runs for the loss of one wicket. They played on

after passing the Buccaneers total enabling Turner to score a fine 102 and Kilbec an excellent 78 not o ut. King's declared at 215-4 endeavouring to beat the Bucca neers by an innings. At the close, however, there were still four wickets standing. The Buccaneers, 99 (Wright 4-1 t) and 128-6; K.S.C., 215-4 (Turner 102, Kilbee 78 n.o.).

KS.C

The M.C.C.

Played at St. Stephen's on June 10th Lost by an innings and 19 runs King's batted first on a treacherous wicket and were shot out for 63 by some good scam bowling. The M.C.C. had an initia l shock losing their first wicket at 0 and the second at 4, but they soon consolidated their position and passed our total for the loss of four wickets. M.C.C. batted on reach ing 11 6-9 before declaring. King's batting was thus exposed to the venomous pilch once again, and once agai n it fell a vict im to the accurate seam bowling of Ling and Bowes. This li me we were sk ittled for 34 and thus suffered the ignominy of being dismissed twice for under a 100. K .S.C., 34 (Bowes 8-7) and 63 (Bowes 6-24); M.C.C., 116-9.

K S.C.

KC.S. Wimbledon

Played at St. Stephen's on June 12th Won by 7 wickets After an auspicious start which produced 46 runs, K.C.S. batting collapsed against some accu rate bowling by Gray and Cattrall who took 3-33 and 5-43 respectively. When K ing's batted, Gray quickly retraced his steps to the pavilion, but Kilbee and Turner carried the score to 38 before Kilbee was out fo r 14. Turner was out for an aggressive 48, but at last Bale found his touch playing some delightful cover drives in his 56 not out, and he and Weaver passed the Wimbledon total at about 6.35 p.m. K.C.S. WIMBLEDON THE KING'S SCHOOL D. Holland, Ibw, b Gray............ 27 A.D. H. Turner,cThompson, bOwen-Thomas 48 J . Poole, b Cattra l!. ...................... 22 M. J . G ray, c Bellinger, b Garbis................ 0 D. Owen-Thomas, c Kilbee, b Gray 14 J. R. Kilbee, Ibw, bReed.................. ..... ... 14 A. Jo nes, c Weaver, b Gray.............. 40 T. M. Bale, not ou!.............. . .................. 56 W. S. Bellinger, nm out............ 5 S. J. Weaver, not out................ .............. 18 A. Thompson, lbw, b Cattrall ........... .......... 3 L. A. P. French ~ S. Reed, b Cattrall.......................... .......... 0 J. P. O. Revington W. Garbis, c Austin, b Cattrall.................. 10 J. D. W. Wri~ht did not bat S. Buchanan, c Ball, b Cattrall.... .............. 5 C. S. K. Austm C. Zweigbergt, not out........ ......... 0 C. C. N. Bridge B. Kingston. did not bat P. J. Cattra ll Extras............................................... 10 Extras.... . ......................................... 3

Total (9 wkts. dec.) ........ .

.... 136

Tota l (3 wkts.) ............................ 139

Bowling

French ............... . Wrigh!.. ............. . Gray .................. . Cattrall .... .......... . Kilbee ............. .... .

Bowlillg

o. 7

24 31.3 8

II 13 3

12 24 33 43 14

o o

Garbis ............... . Buchanan ........... . Kingston .............. . Reed ................ .. . Owen-Thomas ..... . Zweigbergk .. ....... .

o 444

2 I 15 10 2.2

0 0 2 I 0

13 42 36 10

w. I

o o I I

KS.C.

Dover College

Played at Maxton on J une 24th Won by 7 wickets A somewhat weak Dover side battcd first and after Jackson had got a wicket with his first ball of the game they never really recovered. Wright got the second wicket in his first over and soon afterwards Jackson claimed the th ird. When Wright came off, Cattrall was soon among the wickets and he and Jackson finished with fOllr wickets each in a Dover innings which totalled 84. King's started in their lIsual style, Turner thumping the first ball for four. Turner was first out at 34, but Gray continued to bat very well before he was out for 24. Bale quick ly followed hi m but Kilbee and Weaver saw King's to a seven wickets victory. DOVER COLLEGE THE KINO'S SCHOOL N. H . C. Brown, b Jackson............ ........... 0 A. D. H. Turner, b Ross.......................... 17 T. C. D. Phillips, lbw, b Wright....... .. 0 M. J. G ray, ru n ou!....... 24 R. S. F. Burnett, c French, b Ki lbee........ 23 J. R. Kilbee, not out... ............... ............ 27 2 N. M. Khan, b Jackson........ ................ . ... "...... 4 T . M. Bale, b Ross.. 35 M. J. Gordon, c and b Jackson.............. S. J. Weaver, not out....... ............. 9 9 G. J. Pitts, c Weaver, b Cattra ll............. L. A. P. French ~ J. J . Lacey, b Jackson.................... 9 J. P. O. Revington R. A. H. Wright, c Weaver, b Cattrall........ I J. D. W. Wright dÂˇd t b I no at H. R. Jackson A. H . Lloyd , b Cattfall............... 0 C. P. Hare, not out .. ..................... 4 C. C. N. Bridge S. W. Ross, b Cattrall..................... .. ....... 0 P. J. Cattra ll Extras............................ ........... ........ 1 Ext ras.......... ...... ..... ......................... 6

Total. ........ ........ .. ...................... Bowling

o. Jackson ................ . Wrigh!.. ....... Cattrall ...... Kilbee ..................

15 7 14.5 7

7 2 7 2

31 19 20 13

Total (3 wkts.) ............................. Bowling

w. 4 I 4 I

KS.C.

Gordon ....... ... ... ... Burnett ................. Ross ........ Lacey ....... ........ .... V

o. 4 3 6.8 5

0 0 I 0

20 21 II 29

0 0 2 0

Highgate

Played at St. Stephen's on June 26th Lost by 26 runs Apart from a dogged innings by Smethers who made 71, Highgate who batted first were in constant trouble against some accura te bowling by Jackson and Cattra l!. Nevertheless, a score of 158 was nothing to be sneered at. Highgate, like King's, based their attack largely on one quick bowler and one leg spinner. Turner and Gray started well for King's, however, and at 37 fo r no wicket we seemed to be progressing splendidly. Turner was out loft ing a d ri ve soon afterwards however and Gray quickly followed him back to the pavilion. With an addit ional nine only on the board we had lost both Kilbee and Bale and things looked very grim for King's. There followed a retrench ing partnership between Weaver and French but once they were out, apart from a few lusty blows by Wright, the remainder offered litt le resistance and King's finished 26 runs short. H IGHGATE TilE KING'S SCHOOL D. C. Petman, b Jackson .................. .. 16 A. D. H. Turner, c Gibson, b Sabath...... .... 32 M. C. Smcthers, run ouL ..... .. ......... .. 71 M. J. Gray, b Sabat h........ .................... 5 R. E. Norman, b Cattra ll ....................... .. o J. R. Kilbee, Ibw, b Sabath.............. II R . J. Booth, b Cattrall.... .. .. 16 T. M. Bale, b DruifT... ................... ... ...... 1 A. E. Gibson, c Wright, b Jackson ........... .. I S. J. Weaver, c Poo le, b Sabath... ............... 29 L. A. P. French, b Dru ift'...................... 6 20 W. O. Poole, Ibw, b Jackson .... D. A. J. Chamberla in, c Kilbcc, b Cattrall ... 14 J. P. O. Revington, b Sabat h................... 4 C. K. E . Biggs, b Cattrall ............ . 21 J. D. W. Wright, st Smethers, b Sabath....... 13 6 C . C. N. Bridge, b Druift'.... 5 M. E. F. S.b.th, ~ Cattfall ........ . H . R. Jackson, not out...... ............... ........ D. E. Druift', c Revington, b Gray ..... I 6 R. F. M. Edmonds, not out. o P. J. Cattrall, c Gibson, b Sabath.......... 5 Ext ras..................... ..... 6 I Extras ............. . Total ............ ..

158

Total ................ .

445

132

Bowling O. M. Jackson ................ . Wright. .. . Catt ra ll .... ......... . Ki lbce .. .......... .. , .. . Gray ... ..... , .. , .... , ..

\v.

I 2

6 3.2

Bow/ing o. M. 22 8 6 0 20.2 6

Druifr., .. , .. . Gibson ........ . Sa bat h

o 5 o

40 25 66

w. 3

0 7

K. S.C.

V Sevenoaks Vine C.c. Played at St. Stephen's on Jul y 1st Lost by 8 wickets King's were given a nother good start before Turner was ~em pt e.d by a spinner. Fre.nc h,. Rc:vington and Wright, a ll promoted in the order to gel some m~tch prac!lce, ~a ll ed al.ld only a sensible IIlmng~ by Bale saved a complete collapse. Our bowli ng was very maccura te until the Vme passed our total, but Improved thereafter, having been steadied by Kilbee. Cattra ll snapped up 4 wic.kets in 14 ba}ls and King's batted again 71 behind. A t21 -3 the game seemed lost but a fightmg part nership between Kilbee (78) and Weaver (54) of 107 transformed the game and we were able to set them 76 in 25 minutes, thus finishing a very good day's cricket. The King's School 83 (C. Corbett 5-19) and 145-4 dec. (J. R. Kilbee 73 not Ollt, S. J. Weaver 54); Sevenoaks Vine C.C. 154-9 dec. and 76-2.

K.S.c.

V Eastbourne College Played at Eastbourt1e on J uly 3rd Won by 67 rlillS For once Turner a nd Gray were dismissed quickly and Kilbee was never at case, but Bale played very well fo r his 38 timing his shots beautifully. However, at lunch the score at 94-5 sllggested even ho nours. However, afte; lunch , Weaver, partnered by Wilson, ~ho p!ayed with much sense in his .first game, P!lt o n 94, enabling King's to declare. Eastbourne were qUlc~ l y III trouble, due to some hostile fa st bowling from Jackson and Wright. Gray picked up a chance which rebounded from Weaver, Turner held a ve.ry good slip catch and Wright held a brilliant catch at. leg slip. Only H ep burn, who had more luck than IS ~sua l , halted the fa ll of wickets' J ackson finished With 5-55 and Cattrall had 4-18. Gallyer, the Colts' wlcketkeeper, deputising fo r Bridge, held a good catch to cap a good team display in the field. THE KI NO'S SCHOOL

EASTBOURNE COL LEGE

A. D. H. Turner, b Pea rson.. ... ..... M. J. Gray, b Pearson......... J. R . Kilbee, b Lacy........ T. M. Ba le, b Perkins.. S. J. Weaver, c and b Perkins..... L. A. P. French, c Thomas, b Hepburn......... R. Wilson, not ou!. .. "... .............. J. D, W. Wright } H. R. Jackson did not ba t P. J. Ca ttra l l ' D. G. Gallyer Extras (b 8, I·b 6, w 3) ....... ......... .. ......

Thomas, c Turner, b Jackson..... .. ........

Sawyer, c Gray, b Wright.................

Pearson, b Jackson. .. ....... ............. .... I~ Benedict, c Wright, b Jackson .............. .... .. Marchand, b Cattrall........ .. I Rowe, b J ackson.. 0 Poole, c Gallyer, b Jackson.. Tea ne, c Turner, b Cattral l..." .......... " ....... .. . Hepburn , b Catt rall. ....... ................ 36 Lacy, b Cattra ll.. ............ 18 Perkins, not OU!....... 0 Ex tras (b 9, I·b I I, n·b I)... 21

21 38 65 8 34

Bowling o. M. Hepburn ................. . 13 5 o Pearson ......... ..... .... . 18.3 II Perkins .......... . .... . 22

I 2

Teane ................... .. . Lacy ..... ..

I 2 2

58 18

....... 117

TotaL ....

Tota l (6 wkts. dec.)....... .... ........... 184

J ackson .... .. Wright ...... . Cattrall ..... .

o I

446

Bow/ing o. M. 15 5 12 6 12. 1

5 I

K.S.C.

V The Band of Brothers Played at St. Step hen's o n Jul y 10th Lost by 3 wickets King's batted first o n a wet pitch a nd struggled to make runs, although berore lunch Ba le and Weaver scored more freely, but they were both out soon after lunch and French was the only remaining batsman to play wit h a ny au thori ty. Wr ight claimed two wickets in his first over but the rest of the bowl ing was less accurate than USllal. Press had more luck in his inn ings than most people have in a season, but Neame batted sensibly for his 47. With the score at 146, Wrigh t was brought back a nd immediately c lai med a wicket and Cattra ll had a st umping c ha nce missed, which emphasised that a game is never lost until the fi nal nm has been scored. The King's School 147 (L. A, P. French 3 1) ; T he Ba nd of Brot hers 148-7 (M. p, Press 55, J . D. W.

Wright 4-41).

K.S.C.

V The Free Foresters Played at St. Stephen's on J uly 17th Lost by 7 wickets This was a disast rous match and whether " A" Levels affected o ur performance might be d iscussed. However, only French looked safe and we were a ll out for 64. The Free Foresters passed our to tal a nd under Law 22 we tri ed to make this a two inni ngs ga me, but un fortunately time ran ou l a nd the result was taken on the first innings. The King's School 64 (P. J. C. Carrey 4-5); The Free Foresters 65-3.

K.S.C.

V Canadian Junior XI Played at St. Stephen's on July 20t h Won by 7 wickets T his match gave us our eleventh win, beating the record number of wins. The Canadians all had sou nd tech niques but tended to swing across the line and they obviously did not know very much a bout leg-spin, and Calt ra li , a lthough not at his best, took 5-48. Turner and Gray gave us a nother good start and the former in fa miliar fashion hit the first ball for four . Ba le and Gray were very slow after tea, bu t when the former was out Weaver joined Gray and they put on 75 runs in 55 m inutes, with Weaver reaching his 50 in as many minutes and making the wi nning shot. CANADIAN JU N IOR Xl TH E KING'S SCHOOL D. Yule, b Jackson .. 13 A. D. H. Turner, b Glass ... 27 T. Brierley, b Gray ...... 15 . ...... ........ .. 34 M. J. Gray, not o ut.. . . B. Jggu lden, e Bridge, b Catt rall.. ...... .... . . 2 J. R. Kilbee, Ibw, b G lass ................ .. o o T. M. Bale, c Ga le, b Jggulden ........ ...... .. D . Winterlik, b Gray .. .. 13 S. Berry, b Cattral1... ... .. . 16 S. 1. Weaver, not out.. .............. .. 50 18 M. Stearns, r un o ut.. ... L. A. P. French G. G lass, b Catt ra l1... .. ............................ . 23 J. K. Wilson A. Shaffer, b Ca ttra ll . ... .. 9 J . D W. Wnght l did not bat S. Scholefield, c Weaver, b Jackson .... ......... .. I C. C. N. Bndge 12 K . Loach, not out.. ... M. R. Jackson R. Gale, c Bridge, b Cattra ll.. 13 P. J. Cattra ll Extras (b I, I-b 3, n-b 2) ..... .. 6 Extras (i-b 2, w i) .. 3

128

Total. .... .... . ....... .......... .

J ackson .. .....Âˇ. Wright. ...... . G ray ............ . Cattrall. ................. .

Bowlillg M. o. 15 5 o 3

10 14.1

33 11

131

Total (3 wkls.) ..

Bowlillg o. M.

w. 2

Shaffer ........... . ... ... . Glass ... .... ...... .. . IggLl lden ......... . Gale ........ .. Berry ............. . .

o 2

5 447

2 5 8.4

o 2 I

o o

K.s.c.

v The O.K.S.

Played at SI. Stephen's on July 23rd and 24th Won by 28 runs

A torrent ia l storm lasting over an hour flooded the pitch but the weather then cleared and after much mopping up a start was made at 3,30 p.m. Turner played carefully before mistiming a cut, but Gray and Kilbee provided a perfect basis from which to score quickly . BOlh batted very well and the former continued his improvement, which was evident with every innings. 47 runs were scored in 75 minutes before tea and 107 in 70 minu tes after lea, thanks to some very forceful batting by Weaver and Bale. La ine was out before the close and Wright captured two wickets in his first over on the Saturday. T he O.K.S, decla red 17 behind and T urner and Gray gave K ing's their eleventh opening part nersh ip of over 20. Fast scori ng was d ifficu lt aga inst accurate bowling, especiall y by Maci ldowie, and a defensive field. However, F rench played anot her fine innings and the O.K.S. were set to get 171 in 140 minu tes. At tea they seemed well o n the way to victory but Cattra ll was not going to let the chance of bea ting G. C. Pritchard's record of 64 wickets slip away easily. He bowled superbly, varying his pace and night, but always with a good length and he took 8-50- the best analysis by a King's bowler for a very long time. Thus the season ended on a perfect note with our twelfth win. Th is had been a thoroughly enjoyable season and we had played attacking cricket throughout. We never had a third-man or fine-leg and 37 c1oseto-the-wicket catches were held. It should be remembered that a wicket is very much more important than four runs lost. Fielding is "the" most important aspect if matches are to be won and after all, more time is . spent in field ing than ever is in batting or bowling. We bowled ou r overs at an average of 20.64 per hour, which is a very good rate and sums up the attitude of a very keen team. S. J. WEAVER.

THE K INO'S SCHOOL

Second Innings A. D. H. Turner, c Fryer, b Co llier............

First Innillgs

A. D. H. Turner, c Baker, b Johnston ....... . M . J. G ray, nm out.. .......... .. J, R. Kilbee, Ibw, b Press .... .. S. J. Weaver, not Oll t.. T. M. Ba le, not out.. ..... ....... . . L. A, P. French ~ J. R. Wilson J . D. W. W~ight did not bat C. C . N. Bridge H. R. Jackson P. J. Cattrall Extras (b I. I·b 3) .................... .••

II 50 42 30 17

M. J . Gray, c La ine, b Coll ier...... J. R. Kilbee, Ibw, b Coll ier..... .. ........ ... .. T . M. Bale, b Johnston.... ....... ............ . . S. J. Weaver, b Johnston....... ............. .... L. A. P. French, not out..................... ... J. D . W. Wright. b Johnston....................... C. C. N. Bridge, b Johnstol1..... ......... .. ......... J. R. Wilson, not out............... ................. H . R. Jack son }did not b t P. J. Cattral! a Extras (b 2) ... .... ... .. .. .. .

Tota l (3 wkts. dec.) ... ...... ........... ..

Total (7 wkts. dec.).... . ........... .•...... 154

154

Bowling

Johnston................. Maci ldowie............. Cowan.... .......... . young............... ... Press.... .................

40 6 6 22 17 36 10 6 9

13 t3 5 11 5

4 6

29 28 16 48 29

I I

Collier ............... . Macildowie ............ . Johnston ............... .

o o o I

448

14 24 13

43 51 56

6 I

w. 3

o 4

THE

HI'st Innings S. Laine, c Turner, b Jackson. .. .................. M. G. W. Vincent, c French, b Wright......... M. J. Cowan, c Wilson, b Wright.. .. ............ P. Johnston, b Jackson................. ............... M. P. Press, c Wright, b Jackson.... ... ......... R. J. M. Collier, c Kilbee, b Cattrall............. D. E. Baker, b Wright. . S. You ng, not ouL................ J. D. Macildowie, not out....... ................... C. R. Davies }did not bat A. R. Fryer Extras (b I, I-b 2)...... . .... ..... ....•..........

O.K.S.

Second fnllings S. Laine, b WrighL .. ........ ...................... .. 24 M. G. W. Vincent, Ibw, b Jackson... .. ...... .. .... 0 M. P. Press, b Caurall............. ... ............... 27 M. J. Cowan, b Cattrall............................ 7 R . J. M. Collier, c Weaver, b Cattrall............ 17 S. Young, b CaUrall........ .. ... ...................... 37 P. Johnson, b Cattrall........ ......... ..... ...... 0 C. R. Davies, b Cattra ll..... ..... ....... .. .. ......... 1 D. E. Bakel', b Cattra ll ............................... . 20 J. D. Macildowie, c Jackson, b Cattra ll......... 0 A. R. Fryer, not ou t... .................. 5 Extras (b 2, I·b 3)....... ....... .... 5

Tota l (7 wkts. dec.) ........................ 137

Total. ......... .. .................•............ 143

19 2 2 19 28 15 2 23 24

Bowling

Jackson ............... .. Wright ........... .. ..... . Cattrall. .......... ...... .

o. 12 12 6

Bowling M. I

I 2

43 66 25

3 3 I

Catlra ll... ........ ..... . . Jackson .. ........ ...... . Gray ..... ................ . Wright. ............ ..... .

o. 15

6 6 II

2 I I 2

50 24 27 37

Batting Averages Played 17, Won 12, Lost 5 NOI Total Highest Innings Out RUlls Score A. D. H. Turner. ................. 20 1 637 102 S. J. Weaver ........ .. .......... .... . 19 6 423 65 J. R. Ki lbee ................... I 19 510 100 J . R. Wilson .. 4 2 49 34' L. A. P. French .... 14 5 36' 156 T. M. Ba lc ...... 19 248 3 56' M. J . Gray ...... 20 2 26 1 50 c. C. N. Bridge.... ...... .............. 10 3 65 50' J. D. W. Wright. .... .............. 10 0 77 19 H. R. Jackson ....... ............ 9 3 32 12' J . P. G. Revington .............. 7 0 24 18 3 P. J. Cattrall.. .. ..................... 8 6 5 Did not bat: C. S. K. Austin (I catch); D. G. GaJlycr (I catch) • den otes not out t denotes 53 byes

50's 4 3 4 0 0 I I I 0 0 0 0

Average 33.47 32.54 28.33 24.5 17.33 14.87 14.5 9.25 7.7 5.33 3.43 1.2

Catches 8 15 10 I 6 4 5 51 4 7 4 0

Bowling Averages Overs Maidens RUlls Wick ets P. J. CaUral!.. .................•........ 260.2 70 69 1 66 J. R. Kil bee .......... .......... . ..... .. 11 3.3 26 304 22 M. J. Gray ......... .......... .•.. ....... 78.5 21 217 15 H. R. Jackson .. ..................... .. 189 48 521 31 166.5 44 522 J. D. W. Wright. ... .. 26 L. A. P. French ............ . 47 II 11 7 4 Also howled: S. J. Weaver 4---0- 33-1

449

Average Best Bowling 10.47 8·50 13.95 7·59 14.47 3·33 16.8 1 5·35 20.01 6·35 29.24 2·1 6

o I

2ud XI The gloom and depression that overhung much of the season was only part ially d isl?cllcd by more cheering events towards the end. This has in fact been the ~orst summer for 2nd X l cricket for many yea rs, in which on ly one victory was a~hieyed. ,and tha t t~o 111 the first ';TIatch. Thereafter t~lere .wa~ an obvious lack of aggression and determ1l1atlon III the battmg, coupled with a neglect of ~aslc prmclpies and technique that was the more distu rbing bccau,sc severa l of the bats-:nen had been prolific ,scorers l~st year, but failed to succeed amid the more dCJ1la~dlllg standards and a;samst l !lC m<?rc penc~ratlOg bowllllg of a higher grade of cricket. Much of the bowhng, too , was not stra ight or mteillgentl y d irected, S? that on severa l occasions the opposing lower bat smen were allowe.d more ru.n~ than they deserved, wh ile the field ing was never sufficientl y aggressive to turn a match by Its own bnlliance. After a good victory over the Home Coun ties Brigade Depot in the firs.! match, we faile~ to capitalise on a promising situat ion with Dulwich and in t!le en~ were forced h.eavily on the defcnslve. The next two games provided the sorriest and feeblest battlllg 01 the term, esP7cla ll.y when a St. Lawrence target of 94 on a good wicket against modest bowling proved too much. Thlllgs Ill1prove.d thereafter,.cO!lsequel~t on several changes in the side, but still the baiting was inadequate and only agamst Dover (lid It pr~vall ow ing to a spirited inn ings by Jaggers. The last two .games were ev~nl~ fought .and showed the obvlO.us improvement of Wi lson and Draycotl, the latter plaYlllg a very fine mnm&s agamst Eastbourne. AuSt.II1, after one excellent innings, never sett led down for long enough to dommate a game, and o thers like Hetherington, Ralph and Roberts were all undone, when they sho~ld have been set, by a c~sllal ~hot or lack of applicat ion. Much, however, has been learn~d through nllsf?~·tLlne, and th.e final picture IS ~on siderably brighter than had seemed possible earlier, Wit h a far finer sp ln t and enthUS iasm shown, espeCia ll y at Eastbourne. Potentially the bowling has been good, but in . fact it proved able l!1~rely to contain, no t to destroy . Holdstock was magnificently aggressive on occaSIOns, an~ Howard-Williams generally steady, but ~part from occasional successes they never di sposed of a side III the ruthl~s manner 0'.1e hoped f~)I' .. Wilson in particular bowled well at a slower pace, and was perhaps unlucky I.n not trappmg more victims; the others performed stead il y without much penetration. The ground fic1dmg gene~ally was good .and Ral.ph proved a capable wicket-keeper, while A.ustin. alwa~s set an excellent example III the field. HIS handl.lIlg of the side deserved far more success than It achieved m the event, but at any rate he can have ~he .consolatlon of knowing that severa l of the side are fa r better cricketers now than they were at the begmnmg of term. G.P.R. Results K.S.C. 160 for 3 dec. (Austin 77, Hetherington 56 not out); Home Counties Brigade Depot 85 (W ilson 5 for 16). Won by 75 runs. Dulwich 167. K.S.C. 93 fo r 9. Drawn. SI. Lawrence 94; K.S.C. SI (Austin 27). Lost by 13 runs. K.S.C. 31; Dover O.S. 32 for 4. Lost by 6 wickets. K S C 77' Canterbury H.C. 78 for 6. Lost by 4 wickets, K'S'C' 63: Worth 64 fo r 7 (Holdstock 7 for IS). Lost by 3 wickets. K:S:C: for 9 dec. (Jaggers 57); Dover 105 for S.(Howard-Williams 4 for 2S). Drawn. Nonington e.c. 142 fo r 4 dec.; K.S.C. 94 for 5 (Wtlson 4 1). Drawn. Eastbourne 19 1 for 9 dec.; K.S.C. 169 for 9 (Draycotl 65, Revington 38). Drawn.

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Colts' XI The Colts have had mixed fortunes this yea r having lost three matches very conclusively and won three with one match drawn. The bowling was good; Frankland who took the bulk of the wickets was outs!anding !a.tterly as an offspi nner; Langley-Hunt improved over the seas.on and opened our a!tack quite convlclOgly; Hallam, although a little unreliable, bowled very well late 10 the .season. The baltmg was poor. Alth,?ugh a number of boys, notably Gray, Keeble, Young, Whatley and Mtller, made some go<?d sc? res, yet agamst any attack wort h its salt the whole team showed inexperience and a lack of the baSIC ski lls of strokeplay; defence was unreliable and attack almost non·existent. The fielding also was rat~ler poor. Too many. catches were put down and the ground fielding and throwing was weak. GaUyer behll1d the stumps promised well, but was unreliable. 450

Keeble (and lately, Gray) as Captain handled the team well- an easy team to manage; one that certainly enjoys its cricket and has the determinat ion to improve, The following p l ayed: - ~ceble, Gray, Frankland, Whalley.. Young (all colours) and Hallam, Gallyer, Langley-Hunt, Ramsay, Miller, Darroch, Carey, Bentley, Bmney, Kennedy, Darwood and BlackburnKane. P.W.BÂˇ Results v Dulwich College (Away). Dulwich 88 (Keeble 7 for 24); K.S.C.35. Lost by 53 runs. v St. Lawrence College (Away). K.S.C. 131 for 4 dcc. (Keeble 39, Whalley 36 not out); St. Lawrence 101 (Frank land 7 for 48). Won by 30 runs. v Tonbridge (Home). K.S.C. 75 for 4 dec.; Tonbridge 53 (Frankland 6 for 26). Won by 22 runs. v K.S.C. Wimbledon (I-Tome); K.S.C. lOS (Frankland 5 for 26); K.S.e. 92 for 9. Drawn. v Kent College (Away). K.S.C. 104; Kent College 105 for 4. Lost by 6 wickets. v Highga te (Home). K.S.C. 74 (Gray 31); Hi ghgate 75 for 4. Lost by 6 wickets. v St. Lawrence College (Home). K.S.C. 136 (M iller 35, Frank land 32 not out); St. Lawrence College 57 (Hallam 6 for 19). Won by 79 ru ns.

Junior Colts The Junior Colts seemed to have a more than usually strong batting side this year and although there was plenty of bowling the team was ~ithout a real match-winner. However, Sherren showed in the last match of the season that he could Sp m the ball accurately and most effectively, given the right wicket. Braddell and H am bli.n have bot~ bowled stead ily and with considerable success. Wylie, too, has taken an equal share of the Wickets and IS perhaps the most improved bowler in the side. Almost everyone has made runs at one time or another, except for one inexcusable collapse about which perhaps the less said the better. Davison, Collins, Amiot and Mount ~ ave made the biggest scores but others including Braddell, Pargeter and Baker have also done well on OCCMlon. Sherren has a lso shown batting talent but has had little chance to employ his ability in this direction. The fielding has, except for a few lapses, been very good and sometimcs excellent as the number of opposing batsmen run-out will testify. Collins has been an efficient wicket-keeper and' capta in. In school matches the team has not been as successful as one might have hoped at the beginning of the season, although a little more luck could have given them a considerably better record. However, there is every possibility that with the promise shown, they shou ld mature into a really strong Colts' side next season. The following have played: Coll ins (Captain), Davison, Braddell, Am iot, Sherren, Hamblin, Mount, Wylie, Baker, Jones, Taylor, M., Nash, Ecol1omon. M.E.M. R .P.B. Results v Dulwich College_ Match Drawn_ J unior Colts 148 for 7 dec. (Davison 46, Mount 26; Dulwich 127 for 5 (Braddell 4 for 32). v St. Lawrence College. Lost. Junior Colts 87 (Amiot 24); St. Lawrence 8S for 7. v Sutton Valence School. Won. Sutton Valence 85 for 8 dec. (Wylie 4 for 10)' Junior Colts 86 for 5 (Mollnt 31, Collins 17). ' v Tonbridge School. Mateh Drawn. Junior Colts 106 for 6 dec. (Amlott 44 not out Pargeter 22)' Tonbridge 63 for 5. ' , v K.C.S., Wimbledon. Lost. Junior Colts 61; K.S.C., Wimbledon 62 for 5 (Hamblin 3 for 27). v Chatham House School. Won. J unior Colts 132 for 6 dec_ (Coll ins 34, Davison 30, Braddell 27, Baker 26 not out); Chatham House School 73 (Hamblin 5 for 26). v Dover College. Lost. Junior Colts 101 for 7 dec. (Davison 32 not out , Collins 18); Dover College 102 for 6 (Wylie 4 for 33). v Eastbourne College. Match Cancelled. v Kent College. Lost. Junior Colts 26; Kent College 27 for 4. v Dane Court School. Won. Junior Colts 107 for 8 dec. (Collins 29, Amiot 20); Dane Co urt 32 (Sherren 6 for 14, Braddell 3 for 9). 451

Under Fourteen XI The side this year prom ised well but in the event proved only moderately successful. The cricket they played, however, was more like cricket than one can usually claim of this age group and they should flourish in the next few years. The bowling was ba lanced to a degree, there being an inswinger, an awayswinger, a leg-spinner, a slow left-arm and an off-spinner in Hamblin, Harris, Rowe, Spells and Short respectively. As each bowled what he intended, this produced five different fielding combinat ions fo r Hamblin , the Captain, who improved after a shakey sta rt. The side's batt ing was unreliable and although six d ifferent players scored 25 or more runs in an inni ngs, only Spells was free from any obvious weakness. Docherty. the third of three tried, became the regular wicket-keeper and now moves well to the ball though he is still prone to snatch. The fieldi ng and catchi ng were only adeq uate. T he following have played :- C. B. Hambli n, M. A hmadzadeh, N. D. Baxter, A. R. Docherty, J, K. Harris, J. J, Herrington, C. J. C. Rowe, P. M. D. Shi res, C. E. Short, C. E. H . Spells, N. O. Baskerville, 1. A. Hampton, e. A. Lee, S. G. Herrington and J. H. S. M. F ind lay. J.B.W.

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Results K.S.C. 61; J.K.S. 31 for 9. Drawn. K.S.C. 61 (Spells 25); R.M.S., Dover 63 for 8 (Hamblin 4 for 5). Lost. K.S.C. 103 fo r 5 dec. (Docherty 33 not out, Shires 30); Kent College 79 fo r 4. Drawn. K ,S,C. 81 (Herrington, 1.31); St. Lawrence 59 (Hambl in ~ for 9). Won. Sutton Valence 39 (Rowe 4 for 12); K.S.C. 40 for O. Won. Worth 135 (Ha rris 4 fo r 17); K .S.C. 100 (Hambl in 51). Lost. Chatham House 97 for 6 dec. (Rowe 5 for 24); K .S.C. 75. Lost. Kent College 97 (Harris 4 for 23); K.S.e. 57 for 8 (Rowe 29 not out). D rawn. St. Lawrence 36 (Rowe 5 fo r 15); K.S.C. 39 for O. Won.

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Despite a great deal of inclement weather, the Haymakers managed to playoff all thei r fixt ures, losing only two matches. We also played a match against an O.K.S. Xl on the Lovenden estate of Major Jervis, wh ich was accompanied by a garden party and cock tails. In an extremely successful season, R. O. S. Draycott must be commended on almost scoring the first century in the Haymakers- he scored 99 tw ice ! A. O. KVPR IS, (Chief Waggon er).

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THE BOAT CLUB 1st Eight T he summer tra.ining began ~t the. end of the Easter holidays with a. ':Veek's boat ing at Cambridge, where we were once agam fortunat e In bemg able to use the excellent faci lities of the Jesus College boathouse. Daily tubbing and bank-tubbing helped to improve basic techn ique and the crew covered about 70 miles of ha rd paddl ing at low ratings in an eight. It was a ltogether a most enjoyable and valuable week on and off the river and we are most grateful to Jesus College Boat Club for their continued help and interest. On the return to 'fluck 's Gutter the crew cont inued to make quite good progress, and with Twickenham Regatta a week earlier tha n usua l, it was essential to reach racing condition over a short cOllfse as soon as possible. Plenty o f hard paddles and short rows were attempted, and interval-tra ining was of great assistance in i.mprovin~ the crew's fit ness. qn M.ay 15t h, bot h 1st and 2.nd VU lts were ent~ r tained at Richmond by their opposite numbers from UllI verslty College School. TillS fix ture was not mtended to be a for mal race, but rather a joint outing which wou ld be of benefi t to both schools. The afternoon outing at Richmond was on top of the tide with some unpleasa ntly choppy water, on which the crews made their way by easy stages to Kew Bridge. Conditions on the return journey were much better and the crews were able to get in some bursts of rowing. We ga ined useful experience from the outing and much appreciated the kind hospitality afforded by U.e.S.

Twickenham Regatta On May 22nd the eight competed at Twickenham Regatta in the event for Junior-Senior Eights, which th is year attracted only eight entries. I n the first round they had a comfortable win of two lengths over Putney Town Rowing Club in the fastest time of the four heats and looked to have a good chance of retaining the cup won last year. But in the semi-final, bad boat-control off the start caused a serious lurch which resulted in one member of the crew catching a crab and being catapulted out of the boat. Our opponents, Imperial College, paddled over and went on to win the final from Twickenham Rowing Club.

Walton Regatta D uring the week fo ll owing Twickenh?m, very little progress was made, mainly because the river-level was as low as we can remember seeing it in the last twelve years. Fortunately the R iver Authority were able to dredge the Pluck's Gutter dock wh ile the mud was exposed at low tide, and this meant that fo r the remainder of the term, boat ing was not interrupted any mo re th rough inability to launch the boats. Better use could be made of the next week and on June 5th the eight competed a t Walton Rega tta in J un ior-Senior E ights, there being nineteen entries for the event. In the fi rst rou nd the eight rowed stead ily to beat Westminster School by one length and followed this up by a convineing win over Qu int in Boat Club. In the semi-final the Schoo l found this year's very good Ema nuel School crew too stro ng and lost by about It lengths. Emanuel went on to win the fi nal against Rad ley.

Henley Royal Regatta In the weeks between Walton and Hen ley the eight worked very hard and especially at lower rates of striking the boat began to run really wel l. They never q uite learned how to keep the necessa ry control at higher rat ings and one rarely felt that the boat was going quite as fa st as it ought for the amount of work being put in, particularly over the full Henley distance. Nevertheless, over short d istances the boat showed a good turn of speed and it seemed that it would be a fa st crew that would lead liS oIT the start. The week before Henley was one of gale-force winds, which made top-pressure rowing a back (and heart) breaking business. Mid -week the wind brought disaster; on a day when the river level was aga in extremely low thus making it very d ifficult to turn round, the boat was caught by an exceptiona l gust and the bows wer~ shattered on the bank. ShorHerm repairs were impract icable and so a last-minute switch to the Knight had to be made. The crew moved to Henley on the Saturday before the regatta; they rowed a prom ising fu ll ~course in the afternoon despite the st rong head-wind which was st ill blowing. In the succeed ing days enjoyable 453

practice out ings were had wit h London R.C., T hames R.C., Isis and St. Ed mund Hall and excellent progress was made; for the (irst time the boat ran really well at high rates of str iking and we looked forward to the raci ng with confidence. There were 35 ent ries fo r the Princess E lizabet h Cup this year, necessitat ing three prelimina ry races, a nd they included two Canad ian schools and two from the U. S.A. Condit ions for the regatta were excellent; the strong south win d of the precedi ng week was replaced by a medium following wind a nd, with little stream running down, it was o bvious that many records wou ld be broken. Wednesday: v Canford. The School made a good start a nd led at once ; they reached the Barrier in 1 min. 59 sees. about t length in the lead a nd increased this to just over a lengt h at Fawley. Over t he second part of the course they were able to lower the rate of st rik ing to about 32-33 and fi nished with a lead of l! lengths in a time of 7 minutes. Thursday: v Windsor Grammar School. T he School went oft' very fast and led Windsor a t the Barrier by a length : the time of I min. 57 secs. was t he fas test a King's eight has yet recorded for this distance. T hey increased their lead stead ily to reach Fawley in 3 min. 19 secs. and went on to win by 2~Âˇ lengths in a time of 6 mins. 56 secs. T his was the same time recorded by Phillips Academy in beating Nau tical Co llege, Pangbourne and we loo ked forward to a good race o n Friday . Friday : v l)hillips Academy, U.S.A. The School went off at 45 and gained an early lead ; they reached the q uarter-m ile signal in I min. 9 secs. and alt hough the condit ions were slower than on Th ursday they again reeorded I min. 57 secs. to the Barrier, lead ing Ph ill ips by ha lf a length. Between here and Fawley, Phillips Academy pu t in a series of powerful spurts, which t he School were unable to hold, and at Fawley Phillips led by a few feel. Although the School raced hard, they had no answer to the more solid bladework of Phillips Academy over the second half of the course and Ph illi ps went on to win by 2~ lengths in 6 mins. 52 sees., a fast time for the day's cond itions. In t he semi-fi nal o n Saturday morn ing, Phill ips Academy met Eton College, who had disposed of Shawnigan Lake, Canada o n Frid ay, a nd beat them by half a lengt h. In the other semi-fina l t he recordbreak ing Emanuel School crew, wh o had recordcd 6 min . 44 sees. on the Thursday, went down ga llantly by o nly a quarter of a length to Tabor Academy, U.S.A . Th us fo r the second yea r there was an all -U.S.A. fi na l. Phillips Academy led by a few feet nearly a ll the way, bu t in a storming fin ish up the enclosures, Tabor Academy just got home by a canvas in a ti me which equalled Emanuel's record of 6 min . 44 secs. The sta ndard of the top crews in t he Elizabet h Cup was again higher this year; a lthough there were a number of very weak entries, schools like E manuel and Rad ley showed that the gap between the E nglish and U.S.A. schools has been narrowed considerably since last season, and this writer is certain that an E nglish school will win again soon. In the Schools' event it is a sign ifica nt measure of the rise in sta nda rds that the Eliza bet h Cup record is now what the Gra nd reeord was twelve years ago: o nce, in good conditio ns, 7 minutes was the coveted target for a school. Nowadays a school which cannot comfortably break 7 minutes has no hope a t all of surviving more tha n a round o r two. It was altogether a memorable Henley; a combination of good Crews a nd fas t conditions mea nt that nea rly every record in the book was broken. None who saw them will ever forget the races between the two American Gra nd crews, Vesper a nd Harvard, nor the magnifice nt fin al of the Grand between Vesper and the German Ratzeburg crew; in this race the Germans went 00' at 50, never struck less tha n 40 over the whole course and beat the American crew by hal f a length in a new record time of 6 min. 16 sees. 0.1<..s. oa rsmen were widely represented in the racing this season: ou tstanding were D. M. P. Barnes (1st VIII, 1962-63) who won the T ha mes Cup in the Isis B.C. crew which now holds the record for this event, a nd D. J. Mill s (lst VIII, 1960-62) and R. W. Cla rk (lst Vn f, 1963) who won the Lad ies' Plate fo r St. Edmund Hal l. Mills won a second Henley meda l la ter in the day in the SI. Edmund Hall IV which won the Visitors' C hallenge Cup. 1t was good too to see the Freeman brot hers, Richard and Christopher, competing in the Goblets (for pair oa rs); they lost their fi rst race to a good pair by only four feet and showed tha t with more experience they co uld well be in the top class of pair-oa red rowing. D av id King represented London R. C. in the Ora nd and N. J. Pa ul ( 1st VJn , 1964), was in the Jesus College eight which lost the fi nal of t he Lad ies' to St. Ed mund Hall. Th is yea r's School eight made remarkable progress from the most hllm ble beginnings; the most sa nguine of o bservers who saw the rudimenta ry state of personnel last January would never have d reamed that there was the material for a crew wh ich could get to the last eight crews in the El izabeth Cup at Henley. Despite a nu mber of set~backs, the eight worked with a whole-hearted assura nce a nd singlem indedness, together wi th a capacity for enjoy ing thei r boating under all cond itio ns wh ich has made them a great pleasu re to coach. Throughout the seaso n J. D . Stokes has been a tower of strength and inspirat ion to crew a nd coach ali ke and t he Boat Club can count itself fortunate in having a boy of his cali bre as its capta in. D .S.G.

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2nd Eight Train.i ng. followed the sa me ~a tlern. as l a~t year. Th~ crew assembled a t the School a few days before the begm,n mg of term a nd . du n ng thIS pen od ac~on~pllsh ed a p rofitable spell of bank- tubbing, tu bbing and sculhng. The crew rapIdly sett led down consldenng that thiS was the first season in an eight fo r four members of the crew. It soon bega n to show plen ty of power, altho ugh somewhat misapplied at this stage of the season. Long stretches of paddling helped the crew to get together and the boat bega n to run well between strokes. Twickenham Regatta . May 22nd. School Eights 1 ~ t round ~ ~ t. Geo~gc's College 1st VIn. With t h ~ staggered start King's sta rted half a length down . OWing to their mexpen ence they never pu lled back unt il the Enclosure by which time it was too late and we lost by a ca nvas. In !he for t nig h~ between Twick enham and :Walton Regattas the crew made excellent progress. Thei r paddl mg and rowmg became much more effective and the boat was beginni ng to move quite fast. Walton negatta. J une 5th. School E ights 1st round I' Radley College 2nd VIn. K ing's made a fa ir sta rt and held a lead of half a lengt h after the fi rst minute. They rowed steadily away to win by th ree lengths. 2nd round v Emanuel School 2nd vrn. After a very fast start, King's led by a few feet. Settling to a steady rhyth m, they graduall y drew away to wi n by 2, lengt hs. Final, v St. George's College 1st yol. T his was a fine race in. which K ing's j ust had the edge over St. George s. T hc crew raced well, lettmg the boat ru n, and slowly mcreased their lead to win by I, lengths. T~e nex t ten days were.spent im pr?ving indivi dual technique and genera l concentration, while maintaining maximum perfo rmance m preparation for .Marlow Rega tta. Th,e practice outings a t Ma rlow went very well. In short rows an d starts WIth Cam bndge College crews, Kmg's showed plen ty of li fe and pace, a nd the morale of the crew was excellent. Marlow Regatta. .June 19th. The Schools' Challenge Vase . 1st round v Cli fton College 1st VIn . K ing's took an early lead oIT the sta rt which they had increased to Just over a length by the Church. T hey then lengt hened out and went on to win by 1t lengt hs. 2nd round v Harrow 1st ym and Em ~ nueJ 2nd VJJT. Once aga in K ing's led off the start and were half a le!1gt h tfP ~fter t1.te fi rst minute. At .t hiS stage a pleasure craft moved on to the course and briefly tangled With K ing s. Th iS caused the UmpIre to stop the race and the crews were resta rted opposite the Boat Tents. Over the shortened course, King's drew rapidly ahead to win by It lengt hs. ? inal v Winchester 2nd VIII. Both crews were fast oft' the start and rowing level opposite the Abbey. Winchester repeated ly attacked past the Boat Tents but Ki ng's, with a good stride, and cox steeri ng a perfect course, had gone up by half a length at the Church; this they increased to win by three-qua rters of a lengt h and so retain the Vase. . This .year's eig~lt .was one that show~d the greatest im provement d uri ng the season. From very me~pene~ced bcgll1 ~mgs they developed mto a verY,P0werful and fast crew. They thorough ly enjoyed !helr rowmg and their efforts d ese rv~d the successes g~m~d at Walton and Marlow Regattas. We are agai n mdebted to Mrs. Whalley for her kindness and hospltaiJty and to our many other friends who did much to make the weekend at Marlow so memorable and enjoyable.

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3rd Eight ~ fter the disruptions of t h ~ Easter Term, the 3rd VII f had the good luck to be able to train with nO ma~or c~anges of personnel n ght t~rough the season. They were slow to ga in confidence and cont rol of t h~lr weight on the stretcher, but. th!s was largely achieved before the first race, against U.C.S. 3rd YIn at Rlch,!,o nd. on June 1st. Here, KlIlg s got away to ~ good start a nd were soon a length up, drawing away

steadily, With greater power through the water, unhl the last part of the course when some of the cohesion was lost. K ing's won by th ree lengths, cox having steered an excellent course ~n his fi rst st retch of foreign and open water.

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The revived regatta at Windsor and Eton (the first since 1915 !) produced a tough draw agai!1st the successfu l Emmanuel School 2nd VIII. King's rowed hard off the start but were unable to hold th is welldrilled and experienced crew, who won easil y. However, the experience of regatta conditions was in itself valuable. In the period before the National Schools' Regatta at Pangbourne on 23rd June ~h.e order of the crew was altered to give a better weight distribution and progress was made t?wards preclsl<?11 a.nd smoot~l!1ess at higher ratings. The day of the regatta was, predictably, very wet with a stron,g tall~wllld, condltlo~s which did not favour a heavy crew. In the first round of the West Cup for 3rd Vi n s a~amst St. Edward s, Oxford and St. George's, Weybridge, a sl ightly sll1g~ish st~rt,allowed St. Edw~rd's to slip a,,;,ay and though the distance was reduced to half a length at the fil1lsh, Kmg s were second With St. George s three lengths behind. T he first two crews went forward and our semi-fina l produced a much ~nore aggressive row aga inst Abingdon and King's, Worcester. This time King's got away w.ell , made I~O mistake, and won a hard fa,ce by a short distance from Abingdon (t hemselves fi rst-round Wlllners agamst Sh rewsbury and St. Pau l s) with K ing's, Worcester third. In the fina l the line-up was Nautical College, Pa ngbourne (~ h o had bea ten St. Edward's il~ the scmi-fi nal), King's, Eton and Abingdon. King's made a splend id, determ.lIled start and. l ~d for a.short t l m~ by a narr?w margin, but were unable to ma intain this speed at ~n econom l ~a l rate of stnklllg, whde Eton With a supenor st ride and smoothness managed to draw away a little and. W ill by thr.ee-qu~ r te:s of a I ~ngth. Pangbournc were third by about half a length and Abingdon some distance. bellind. thiS time. ThiS was an exc~llent performance by a good King's 3rd Vlf l, who made up for some Inexpenence by st rength and enthUSiasm, and were a great pleasure to coach. R.D.H.R.

Colts' Eight The crew this year possessed strength and weight, but '.lever mastered cnough boat control to realise their full potential. Early in tra ining it was clear that thiS crew could go fast and we looked forward confident ly to our private race with U.C.S. The crew started powerfully and soon took a lead of ha lf-a-Icngth, but cox edged too far over to our opponents and after a clash the crews were stopped and ce-started. We did not settle down after the re-start and U.e.S. won by about a length and a half. In the few days between V.C.S. and our new and most enjoyable fixture ~t \\:,indso,r an~ Eton Regatta, the crew was re-shufficd Va ines moving to stroke, and a lot of hard work- SIXmmutes rowmg every da~Â was done. Th is tra ining was only made possible by using Gemini below usual home waters and tak~ng adva ntage of t he long straights down there. The crew thrived on the challenge-a nd on the mud on occasion - and the regatta result confirmed the transformation that had taken place si nce the U.e.S. race. In the first rOll nd we beat the Nau tical College by fo ur lengt hs. In the sem i-final we beat a Staveley .crew by three lengt hs and in the fina l we had a convincing win over Emanuel by two lengths. So we st ruck sliver, very nice tankards, and came back to the Gutter confident that we could puton a good show at Pangbollrne. In the last few days before the Nat ional Schools Regatta,.as Pang~ourne is now cal1~d, the cre.~ had some difficulty in maintaining a high rate of striking but we att ri buted thiS partly to the wmdy conditions at the Gutter. At Pangbourne in the first round we qu ickly disposed of two crews and a good race developed between King's and St. Edward's, Oxford, which we won by hal~ ~ leng! h. In the second round we beat Beaumont by three-quarters of a length with Monkton Combe tra lhng th ird . I':l bot~ rounds the crew ~ad taken an early lead, allowed the opponents to creep back in the second an~ third ml!1utes when ;he ratmg dropped, and then won with a good hard finish. In the four abreast fina l we hned up Wit h old enemies U.e.S., Staveley (but not the same crew we had met at Eton) and ~ad l ey. 'fhe race developed much as we had expected. We again seized an early lead of half a length and III the middle of the course we clung to ou: adyantage doggedly. In the last minute it was clear that it was between us and Staveley, who were puttmg m. good spurts and gaining the vital feet until the boats seemed level ~nd the bows led .and lagged each other by Inches as the blades were in our out. It was a desperately close thmg and the verdict went to Staveley by two feet in the good time of 3 minutes 5 J seconds. So it was not silver but br<;>nze this time and as the .crew coll~cted their runners-up medals they could look back on a good season With a lot of valuable racmg experience and some trophies to show fo r it. J.L.G. 456

The Crews lsi VIII: P. Hemingway, bow; M. R. F. Reeson, 2; I. G. Davies, 3; A. D. Vander Meersch , 4; G. J . R. Bell, 5; J. D. Stokes, 6; C. R . C. Tayler, 7; S. J. Nicholls, stroke; R. H. Rundall, cox. 2nd VIII: C. M. Southam, bow; A. D. Troup, 2; P. B. Short, 3; N. M. Cumber, 4; R. B. HowardWilliams,5; A. J. Donald, 6; J. G. Whiles, 7; A. e. Griffiths, stroke; M. W. Sullivan, cox. 3rd VIII : P. K. Jenkins, how; e. A. Guest, 2; P. D. G. Scott, 3; M. J. Cumber, 4; G. T. Williams, 5; C. J. H. King, 6; R. H. Davies, 7; A. J. Brown, stroke; N. W. St. J. V. Lane, cox. CO/IS' VIII: A. D. F. Hodson, bow; N. W. Jackson, 2; L. F. Scary, 3; H. N. Gale, 4; M. G. Dover, 5; M. S. Freeland, 6; D. F. Waters, 7; M. W. Va ines, slroke; J. R. Harrop, cox.

Fordwich and House Rowing The normal fu ll programme of tubbing, sculli ng and outings in fours was undertaken at Fordwich this season. The standard of house league fours was perhaps not as high as last yea r, but Luxmoo re and Grange "A" l V's in par ticu lar were notable exceptions to th is. The racing on the lIsual ladder principle was keenly contested and the series ended with Luxmoore as winners of both "A" and "8" divisions; the knock-out racing for "C" fOllrs was won by School House. The Pluck's Gutter Regatta was held on the Sat urday following Hen ley; this meant that the Senior House Fours had rather limited time for practice but a fair standard was attained nevertheless. First round winners were Linacre, Grange, School House and Galpin's; in the semi-finals, Galpin's had a comfortable win over Linacre, but Grange had to row ha rd to beat Schoo l House. In the final there was little between the crews up to half-way, but thereafter Grange, by very solid and determined rowing, gained steadily on Galpin's, unti l a bad crab in the Galpin's boat settled the issue. The scull ing events were also decided on the same day; the novice event was won by M. J. H. Wood of Luxmoore, and the Damsel Cup for j unior sculls was won by T. J. A. Bishop. The Whalley Cup for senior sculls was won competently by N. P. Press, whose sculling technique was much superior to the other competitors', although A. C. Griffiths raced well to reach the final. We were very pleased to have the Headmaster and Mrs. Newell for the afternoon's racing, and Mrs. Newell kindly presented the trophies. It remains to thank many people without whose help and advice boating would be much harder. In particular we are most grateful to Peter Will is who cont inues to perform marvels in keeping a ll the equipment in such excellent order. Me. Milner has again given us va luable advice and instruct ion in our landtraining, and a specia l word of thanks is due to Miss Gray and Denis Curtis for the thOllght and trouble taken over prov idi ng the 1st VIJI with extra meals. In saying farewe ll to Mr. Davies and Mr. Ham ilton, the Club would like to express its appreciat ion to them ; both have given generollsly of their time to Fordwich and we wish them every success. In conclusion thanks and appreciation are due to all those pa rents, O.K.S., and other friends who by their presence at regattas do a great dea l to encourage the crews and help to make rowing the enjoyable and reward ing experience that it is. D.S.G.

The O.K.S. Race The annua l race against the O.K.S. was held on Sunday, July 25th and it attracted a large number of spectators despite the stormy weather conditions. The O.K.S. were able to send a strong crew, six of whom had competed at Henley this year. They were an impressive crew in paddling down to the sta rt, though inability to practise together limited their rate of striking when rowing. The race itself was keenly contested with the School on back-station; they gained a slight lead over the O.K.s. off the start and by half-way had made up about a length. Over the second half of the course, the O.K.S. continued to row very solidly, though at a rather low rate of striking, and the School were not able to gain much more; the result of a good race was a win for the School by three seconds. O.K.S.Crew: D.W.Ricbardson,how; R.B.Gale,2; P.C.Ament,3; N.J.Pau l,4; D.M.P. Barnes, 5; D. H. K ing, 6; c. H. Freeman, 7; R. A. D. Freeman, stroke; P. D. Miller, cox. 457

SWIMMING This year the Club was under the sole guidance of Mr. Bradnack whom I would like to thank most gratefully for his co-operation and effort. Results of ou r training have proved qu ite successful especially in the more junior members of the Club.

MATCHES Kent College. K.S.C., 107; K.C., 59. Th is year for the first time we swam aga inst Kent College in place of our usual Worcester match. The opposition was not very strong but most members of the team swam prom ising t imes. We won all the events except the 33 yards Breaststroke in the Seniors. The 66 yards Butterfly was introduced for the first time in this match. S utton Valence. K.S.C .â&#x20AC;˘ 126; Sutton Valence 104. Sutton Va lence had improved enormously since last year and were part icularly good at freestyle. We won most events but lost the 50 ya rds Freestyle and the Freestyle Relay. Eadie's time in the Colts' 100 yards Breaststroke and Baker's in the Jun ior Backstroke were the most impressive. Sales won the diving. Westminster. K.S.C.,125; Westminster 85. Westminster's team was weaker than last year but they had one excellent senior. Will is broke his Individual Medley record and Irvine and Scotl-Williams swam their fastest times ever in the 100 yards Backstroke and 33 yards Butterfly. Eas.bourne. K.S.C., 92; Eastbourne, lOS . This was the first match we lost. Eastbourne had exceptionally good Coits, winning every event except the diving. Our Seniors beat Eastbourne quitc closely and Willis and Scott-Williams broke their records in the 100 yards Freestyle and 33 ya rds Butterfly respectively. The Senior Freestyle Relay was the fa stest ever recorded and Phalp's time in the 100 yards Breastst roke was quite close to the record . Mason and Munns did their best times in the Colts' 100 ya rds Freestyle but cou ld not win their race.

City of London and Highgate. K.S.C.,76t; High gate, 139t; City of London, 185. We were sound ly beaten in all age groups and the match had a genera l depressing effect. Willis came first in the 100 yards Freestyle equalling his record but that was the o nly event we won. Mason and Eadie swam well in the Colts a nd Allan in the Ju nior Colts. There was no diving.

St. Lawrence. K.S.C., 12St; St. Lawrence, 12S!. Th is match was most sat isfying after ou r C ity of London defeat. Willis again beat his record and Oldham was at last back o n form coming qu ite close to his own 33 yards Freestyle record. Eadie, Graves and Baker all swam well in the Junior events. Tonbridge. K.S.C., 10H; Tonbridge, nt. No one was hard pressed in this match except perhaps Phalp, and so all our times were slower than lIsual. McKili iam won the Colts' diving as he has done in most matches . Bath Cup. Our time improved 3 seconds and we came 22nd out of 42 places with a time of 3 min . 34.3 sees. The spl it times were: Jones, 54.0; Oldham, 54.4; 1rvine, 55.1; Willis, 50.S. Robert Lordon's College won the Clip. Public Schools' Medley Relay. Our time improved very slightly to I min. 47.9 secs. and as last year we came 20th. Split times were: Irvine,27.8; Phalp,31.5; Scott-Wiliiams,25.S; Oldham, 23.0. Colours were awa rded to: R. G. Irvine, C. E. Jones, M. J. Knightley, D. J. Sa les. T he Water-Polo team in which Scott-Williams, Oldham, Sales, Knightley, R. A. Irvine, Jones, Will is, Wyatt , S. Scott, Villiers, Ring, Sa les and Turner have played remained unbeaten in all it s matches.

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DUDLEY MOORE [M. P. Po lYe/!

SPORTS Pre-Sports events SENIOR ]NDlVIDUAL MEDLEY.- l, Grange (N. T. O. Willis); 2, Marlowe (R. G. (rvine); 3, Galpin's (Sales); 4, Linacre (Winchester); 5, Luxmoorc (N, 1. Ring); School House (D. S. Whalley). Time: 97.7 sees. (Record). MIDDLE INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY.- t, Luxmoore (Mason); 2, Walpole (H. A. Bake r); 3, Linacre (Eadie); 4, Grange (J. E . Allen); 5, Meister Omcrs (A. G. F. Munns); 6, Ga lpin's (McKilliam); 7, Marlowe

(W. J. Irvine). Time: 112.8 sees. MIDDLE DIVING.- l , McKilliam (Gal.); 2, Moore (Gr.); 3, A. Scott-Will iams (Gr.). SENIOR 200 YARDS BACKSTROKE,- l, R . G. Irvine (M.); 2, Knightley (GaL); 3, Steer (M.O.). Time: 2 m in. 51 sees. SENIOR 200 YARDS BREASTSTl~OKE.- l . N. T. G. Willis (Gr.); 2, Phaip (Ga\.); 3, Ead ie (Lin.). Time: 2 min. 58.1 sees. SENIOR 200 YARDS FREESTYLE.- l, N. T. G . Wi llis (Gr.); 2, C. E. Jones (Ga L); 3, N. Scott-W ill iams (Gr.). Time: 2 min. 22.2 sees. Sports Day

THREE LENGTHS BACKSTROKE (Senior).- l, R. O. Irvine (M.); 2, Knightley (GaL); 3, Carmichael (Gr.). Time: 71.3 sees. Two LENGTHS BREASTSTROKE (Midd le).- 1, Eadie (Lin.); 2, J. E. Allen (Or.); 3, R. B. Kennedy (Gr.) and Stephens (Lin.) (equal). Time: 52 sees. ONE LENGTH FREF..sTYLE (Junior).- I, Mason (Lux .); 2, C. J. C. Rowe (M.O .); 3, De Vroome (Oal.) and Moore (Gr.) (equal). Time: 18.2 sees. ONE LENGTH BUlTERFLY (Senior).- I, N. Scott-Williams (G r.); 2, Oldham (GaL); 3, Rouse (Lin.). Time: 18.3 sees. (Record). ONE LENGTH FREESTYLE (M iddle).- I, Freeland (S.H.); 2, A. G. F. Munns (M.O.); 3, Graves (Ga!.). . Time: 17.3 sees. ONE LENGTH BACKSTROKE (Junior).- I, H. A. Baker (Wal.); 2, Willett (Gr.); 3, W. J. Irvine (M .) and J. E. Allen (Gr.) (equal). Time: 22.2 sees. THREE LENGTHS BREASTSTROKE (Senior).- I, N. T. G. Willis (Gr.); 2, Phalp (GaL); 3,1. T. Kennedy (Gr.). Time: 79 sees. THREE LENGTHS FREESTYLE (M idd le).- l, Freeland (S.H.); 2, A. G. F . Munns (M.O.); 3, Graves (GaL). Time: 66.3 sees. ONE LENGTH BREASTSTROKE (Junior).- l, H . A. Baker (Wal.); 2, Pitceat hly (M.); 3, J. E. Allen (Gr.). Time: 24 sees. ONE LENGTH FREESTYLE (Senio r).- I, Oldham (Ga!.) and Sales (Ga!.) (equal); 3, A. J. Bailey (Ga!.). Time: 16.6 sees. PLAIN DIVING.- I, Oldham (Ga!.); 2, Sales (Ga!.) and McKiIIiam (Ga!.) (equal). ONE LENGTH BtrrTERFLY (Middle).-I, Mason (Lux.); 2, H. A. Baker (WaJ.); 3, Eadie (Li n.). Time: 20.8 sees. (Record). LIFESAVING.- l , Austin (Gr.); 2, Phalp (GaL); 3, P. B. Short (Gr.) . Time: 28 sees. (Fastest time with new Rules). Two LENGTHS FREESTYLE (Junior).- I, Mason (Lux.); 2, Moore (Gr.) ; 3, De Vroome (Oal.). Time: 42.8 sees. Two LENGTHS BACKSTROKE (Middle).- l, Graves (GaL); 2, Freeland (S.H.); 3, W. J. Irvine (M.). Time: 50.2 sees. THREE LENGTHS FREESTYLE (Scnior).- 1, N . T. O. Willis (Gr.); 2, C. E. Jones (Oal.); 3, N . Scott-Williams (Gr.) . Time: 59 .3 secs. MEDLEY RELAY (Junior).- l, Linaere; 2, Grange; 3, Marlowe. Time: 72.6 sees. MEDLEY RELAY (Senior).- l, Galpin's; 2, Grange; 3, Linacre. Time: 81.7 sees. FREESTYLE RELAY (M iddle).- l, Grange; 2, Walpole; 3, Galpin's. Time: 81. 1 sees. FREESTYLE RELAY (Senior).-l, Galpin's; 2, Linacre; 3, Grange. Time: 70.2 sees. Final Positions : I, Galpin's, 206* points; 2, Grange, 178t points; 3, Linacl'e, 71t points; 4, Marlowe, 52! points; 5, Walpole, 37, points; 6, School House and Luxmoore, 33 points (equal); 8, Meister Omers, 27 points. 459

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STANDARDS COMPETITION Results I, School House, 7.6; 2, Gra nge, 7.45; 3, Marlowe, 6.95; 4, Galpin's, 5.9; 5, Linacre, 5.6; 6, Walpole, 5.4; 7, Luxmoore, 4.45; 8, Meister Omers, 4,0. In general results were not as good as last year, probably because the weather was rather cold for most of the competition, but the first three houses st ill did well. Grange were unlucky to be without two of their best M iddles. Sports In t he heats Willis, swimming superbly without any opposition, broke the 100 yards F reestyle record, in 57.9 sees, Oldham brought the one length Butterfly record down to 18.6 sees., and Grange casually took 0.6 sees. off the Senior Med ley time, in 79.2 sees. In the pre-sports events, Willis broke his own Individual Medley record by 0.1 sees., and there was an exciting 200 yards Breaststroke fina l between Will is and Phalp. A 200 yards Backstroke was also included in the competition for the first time. Grange beat Galpin's in the final of the Water Polo by one goal to nil. On Sports Day, two more records were broken. As the rules of the Life-saving Competition have been changed, the times were not comparable wit h the previous record. Unfortu nately there was a violent storm about half-way through the programme, so the ambitious tariff diving competition had to be abandoned. As expected, there was keen competition for first place between Galpin's and the Grange, and both house captains are to be congratulated on the way they got .the best out of their swimmers. D.C.G.B.

THE FENCING CLUB

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With only two School matches this term, one aga inst K.C.S., Wimbledon and the other a handicap match against Benenden, both of wh ich were won easily, the Fencing team has completed another high ly successful year. In Senior County competitions this term the team has also had extraordinary success and is making quite a name for itself in County fe ncing circles. The most outstanding ach ievement was by J. r. S. Pitkeathly, the team captain, who fenced superbly to win the Kent County Men's Open Foil Championsh i p~the first schoolboy ever to win this senior event. In the Junior Championship, P. J. Ogley, E. J. Olympitis, R. A. Ring and R. Deighton all reached the fina l and were placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. In the Open Epee Championship, Deighton gained th ird place with L. Burr and Olympitis fifth and sixth, and in the Open Sabre Championship, Pitkeathly was placed sixth, Burr seventh and Olympitis eighth. This was an excellent performance against senior fencers, and it provided invaluable experience. In the Inter-House Fencing Competition held this term, the Galpin's trio ofOgley, Olympitis and Deighton easily won the final against Luxmoore. It~ is worth recording that the team has lost only one School match in the past three years and this year's results are as follows:Matches 13; Won 12; Lost 1 County Competition Successes Won Kent Schoolboys' Team Foil Championship. R. Deighton won Kent Schoolboys' Epee Championship. Won Kent Schoolboys' Team Epee Championship Trophy. Won Frank Page Team Foil Trophy. J.1. S. Pitkeathly won Kent County Men's Open Foil Championship. Senior Team: 1. r. S. Pitkeathly (Captain), J. Ogley, R. Ri ng, L. Bu rr, R. Deighton and E. J. Olympitis. Junior Team: R. Bird, M. L. Brown, J. K. Walmesley, A. M. Shaw. M.E.M. 460

ATHLETICS During the fina l week of last term the weather at last became more settled and we were very fortunate to have a fine day for the Sports wh ich made th ings much more enjoyable for everyone. In the pre-Sports events the two new records set up by R. D . McKill iam in the Junior Weight a nd D iscus were most encouraging. He has good basic technique and a quiet determination to work hard and improve which shou ld stand him in good stead in the future. Berry also showed much promise by winning bot h Junior Hurdles and Long Jump. McDona ld won the Middle D iscus as expected and Parrott the Midd le 880 Yards with Lovett, second. However, one of the most outstanding performances was N. Scott's win in the Pentathlon. This is the first time a Junior ath lete has won this event and it was a splendid effort. On the day, it seemed that most Senior School team competitors had relaxed somewhat since the last athletics match for performances were genera lly below their best. A notable exception was Swann who at last found the form which had eluded him all the term, winning the 100 yards and 220 yards from Gibbs and Steele respectively, and the Long Jump from Wright. What a pity it came so late! As expected, H . Jackson won the Weight and D iscus with case but was much below his record-breaking fo rm in the Javelin which was won by Austin. Watson took the H igh Jump, with Sales second. Revington who had not regained his lost fo rm was llllplaced. Wareham had a good run in the Hu rdles and with Steele, who was unwell, out of the race, Powell sprang a su rprise by winning the 440 yards from Irwin. Waterhouse won the 880 yards comfortably from Wood, and Bishop and Ash had a ha rd tussle in the Mile but Bishop finally came through to win in a comparatively slow time. ' The Middle track cvents were dominated by N. Scott, who took the 100 yards, 220 yards and 440 yards in fine style. Kennedy also had a good day, com ing second in the 440 yards and winning the H igh Jump and Long Jump with Gilchrist second and Coulson also tieing for second place in the H igh Jump. Bentley who had worked hard throughout the term on his shot-putting fina lly ach ieved a personal best of 40 ft. This was a most pleasing and well-earned result. With plenty of weight-training he should continue to improve next year. Lovett won the Middle Mile but aga in ill a fairly slow time. In the Junior track events on Sports Day the most successful athlete was M. Taylor, who won the 100 yards, 220 yards and 440 yards. He shou ld have a good future in school athletics. Whalley ran well in the 880 yards to put up a faster time than the winner of the Midd le event and Cronk, who was second in both the 100 yards and the Weight, a lso looked very prom ising. Compet ition between Houses was close th roughout the afternoon but Galpin's kept their early lead and fina lly won by 20 points from L inacre. I NTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS CUP Result: 1st, Galpin's, 126 points; 2nd, Linacre, 106 points; 3rd, Grange, 99 points. INTER-HOUSE RELAYS COMPETITION The l nter-House Relays Competition provided an exciting afternoon's sport with many keenly contested races. The Samuel Cup was won by Linacre with Walpole second and Marlowe third. INTER-HOUSE STANDARDS COMPET ITION The Inter-House Standards Cup was again won by Meister Omel's with Linacre second a nd Grange t hird. M.E.M. SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS, 1965 Results SENIOR

100 yards- 1st, Swann (GaL); 2nd, Gibbs (Lin.), 3rd, Robinson (M.). Time: 10.6 sees. 220 yards~ l st, Swann (Ga\.); 2nd, Steele (Gr.); 3rd, Robinson (M.). Tllne: 24.2 sees. 440 yards- 1st, Powell (W.); 2nd, Irwin (GaL); 3rd, Browne, N. (Lux.). Time: 55.8 secs. 880 yards- 1st, Waterhouse (M.O.); 2nd, Wood (Lux.); 3rd, Baker (Gr.). Time: 2 min. 8.3 secs. Mile-1st, Bishop (Lux.); 2nd, Ash (M.O.); 3rd, Jaggers (Lin.). Tillie: 4 min. 47.4 sees. 120 yards Hurdles~ lst, Wa reham (Lux.); 2nd, Revington (S.H.); 3rd, Gibbs (Lin.). Time: 16.3 secs. High Jump ~ l st, Watson (Lux .); 2nd, Sales (Ga\.); 3rd, Heslop, R. X. (M.). Height: 5 ft . 4 in. 461

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Long Ju mp- 1st, Swann (Gal.); 2nd, Wright (GaL); 3ed, Payne (M .O.). Distance: 19 ft. 11 1 in. Weight- 1st, Jackson (Oal.); 2nd, Villiers (W.); 3ed, Sales (GaL). Distance: 47 ft. 5 in. Discus- 1st, Jackson (GaL); Bailey. A. J. (Ga L) and Vill iers (W.) equal. Distance: 131 ft. 9 in. Javelin- 1st, Austin (Gr.); 2nd , Jackson (GaL); 3ed, Oldham (Gal.). Distallce: 144 ft. 6 in. 4 x 110 yards Relay-1st, Galpin's; 2nd, Linacre; 3ed , L uxmoore. Time: 47.6 sees. Medley Relay- 1st, Meister Omel's; 2nd, Luxmoore; 3ed, Linacre. 3 Miles- 1st, Bishop (Lux .); 2nd, Ash (M.O.); 3rd, Turner (W.). 6 Pentathlon- 1st, Scott, N. (Gr.); 2nd, Irwin (Gal.); 3ed, Robinson (M.).

M IDDLE

100 yards- 1st, Scott, N. (Gr.); 2nd , Waters (GaL); 3ed, Winch (S.H.), Time: 10.9 sees. 220 yards- 1st, Scott, N . (Gr.); 2nd, Waters (GaL); 3rd, Blackmore, A. 1. (W.). Time: 25 sees. 440 yards-1st, Scott, N. (Gr.); 2nd, Kennedy (Gr.); 3rd, Lovett (Lin.). Time: 58 sccs. 880 yards- 1st, Parrott (Lux.); 2nd, Lovett (Lin.); 3rd, Hi nds (W.). Time: 2 min. 23.4 sees. Mile-1st, Lovett (Lin.); 2nd , Hinds (W.) ; 3rd, Graves (GaL). Time: 5 min. 15.8 sees. 110 yards Hurd les- 1st, St raughan (Lux .); 2nd, Grant (Lux.); 3rd, Keeble (Gr.). Time: 18.4 sees. H igh J ump- 1st, Kennedy (G r.); 2nd, Coulson (Lux.) and Gilchrist (Gr.) equal. Height: 5 ft. Long Jump- 1st, Kennedy (Gr.) ; 2nd, Gilchrist (Gr.); 3rd, Gale (Lux.). Distance: 17 ft. l Ot in. Weight- 1st, Bentley (S.H.); 2nd , Howard-Williams (M.D.); 3rd, Coulson (Lux.). Distance: 40 ft. 2 in. D iscus-1st, McDonald (W.); 2nd, Howa rd-Will iams (M.O.); 3rd, Coulson (Lu x.). Distance: 120 ft. 9 in. Javelin- 1st, Straughan (Lux.); 2nd, Cotton (Lin.); 3rd, Hall (S.H.). Distance: 124 n. 7 in. 4 x 110 yards Relay- 1st, Walpole; 2nd , Grange; 3rd, Luxmoorc. Time: 50 sccs. J UNIOR

100 220 440 880 110

yards-1st, Taylo r, M. (Lin.); 2nd, Cronk (W.) ; 3rd, Whalley (S.H .). Time: 11.2 secs. yards-1st, Taylor, M. (Lin.); 2nd, Marshall (M.O.); 3rd, Cronk (W.). Time: 25.5 sccs. yards- 1st, Taylor, M. (Lin.); 2nd, Whalley (S.H.) ; 3rd, Dick (Gr.). Time: 59.8 sees. yards- 1st, Whal1ey (S.H.); 2nd, Waterhouse (M.O.); 3rd, Munns (M .O.). Time: 2 min. 21.4 sccs. yards Hurdles- 1st, Berry (Lin.); 2nd, Marshall (M.D .); 3rd, M unns (M.D.). Time: 16.4 secs.

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THE JUDO CLUB This term the Club has met on Tuesdays and T hursdays, and both meet ings have, generally. been well attended. T he Self-defence classes on Su ndays sta rted well, but after rea lisi ng that he would not be able to give an 007 karate chop after two lessons the average pupil gave up. Aikido, Karate and Judo-Do li ke judo itselr are all very difficu lt and ca n only be mastered by constant practice and regular attendance. On May 5th King's met the Kyu-Shin-Do-Kwai, a Dover judo club. Their team incl uded four adult black belts and so, quite rightly, K ing's were beaten. We would like to thank M r. Penman and the boys from Sutlon Va lence who reinforced our team that day. On June 13th, Mr. Gross and Richard Lockhead kindly d rove the team to Charterhouse. Every member of our team won his fight. Scoring was stopped at 60-0 to King's. This contest was great ly enjoyed and we look forward to seeing C harterhouse here next term, T he grading on the 27th June was once more taken by A. Menzies, jst Dan. S. P. C. Scott and P. S. Jenkins atta ined 4th kyu (orange belt), six judoka were graded to 5th kyu (yellow) and the remainder were awarded 6th kyu (white). Next term apart from the regular fixtures we hope to have a match wit h Worth School, and an interHouse J udo contest which may, in future years, replace House Boxing. The Captain is leaving so M. A. Cowell , who has been Hon. Secretary, takes his place next term. A.J.ll . 462

1st Xl CRICKET [Fisk-Moore Back Row (lef t to right)- M. J . Gray, J. R. Wilson, J. D. W. Wright, L. A. P. Frenc h, T. M. Bale, C. C. N. Bridge Sillillg (left 10 right): A, D. H. Turner, J. R. K. K ilbee, S. J. Weaver (Captain), P. J . Cattra ll, H. R. Jackson

[Entwistle 1st VITI B~/c~ Row (left ~o rlg/iO- M. R. F. Reeson, A D. Vander Meersch, r. G. Dav ies, P. Hemingway Smmg (left to ng/II)- J. D. Stokes, S. J . Nicholls D . S, Goodes Esq C R C Taylor G J R Del l " ., . . . < , ••• > R. H. R unda ll (Cox)

TENNIS TEAM [Ell/ wistle Standing: R. D. Kent, J. J. T. Cronk, K. A. C. Gross, Esq:, R. X. Heslop, M. A. J. Cronk Sitting: M. G. S. Mansergh, G. W. H. Rowbotham (Captam), P. M. Romer

FENCING TEAM Standing: N. E. De Silva, M. L. Brown, R. Bird, A. M. ~haw. J. K. Â»,almesley . . Sitting: E. J. Olympitis, L. Burr, J. 1. S. Pitkeathly (Captam), M. E. Milner, Esq., R. A. Rmg, R. Deighton, J . Ogley

THE SHOOTING CLUB Our position in the Country Life competition last term was 46th, the highest we have ever been, and very much better than last year's 127th. This term has been taken up with .303 practice for Bisley, and with the two House Shooting matches. The first, the Swete Cup, for full路bore shooting, was won by Grange with 126. Walpole were second with 120 scores Ollt of 140. I n the Mullin 's Cup for .22 shooting, Walpole were first with 526, and Grange second with 509 scores out of 560. If other houses want to do well they really must show more interest during the rest of the year. The main event this term, apart from Bisley, wh ich is on July 19th to 21st, was on May 27th, our whole holiday, which caused some grumbling among the team, who returned the poor score of 470, admittedly in bad conditions, and came 4th. The reserve pair, L. S. Burr and A. D. Cobley, who a re now both in the team scored 123, and won the compet ition for reserves. There was also a match aga inst the O.K.S. on a very had day, which the School lost by 3 points. The VIII and Ninth Man for Bisley will be chosen from the foJlowing: - P. R. Kermode, L. S. Burr, N. G. Scott, R. A. Penny, A. D . Cobley, J. H. Churchwell, N. J. Day, T. G. D. Shannon, W. S. Taylor and D. C. Quine. P.R.K路

HOCKEY V.C.L. Hockey Festival at the Hague, 1965 The trip started dramatically: Tatchell and Kypris arrived at the quayside just as the gang plank was being raised; but they managed to persuade the officials to lower it again. The journey to The Hague took about two hours longer than expected, because we missed the train connection at Ostend; nevertheless, everything else went smoothly enough. The journey showed the Netherlands to be a very flat countryside, marked by large cities which were dominated by huge office buildings and blocks of flats. Rotterd1\m especially, and Amsterdam were im ~路 pressive with their industry and their facilities for shipping. But the thing which struck one most about the Dutch was their warm friendl iness and hospitality. On the first day. a trip to Amsterdam was arranged for us, and our first port of call was the Amstel Bier Brewery, where we spent the whole morning! We learned how the beer was made, and it -was liberally offered and liberally drunk by all. Tn the afternoon we were able to d iscover all the beauties and delights of Amsterdam, which is so reminiscent of Venice with its bridges and canals. The next day, the main tournament took place, and this, much to everybody's consternation, sta rted at 8 a.m. with the flag路raising ceremony. As if to distract us from the supposedly main business of playing hockey, records of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were played over the loudspeaker, an idea which was much appreciated by everybody. In the evening the Interlyceale party was held; thoroughly enjoyed by everybody, its main feature was a group called the Motions who, perform ing with verve and vigour, were received enthusiastically. Hockey was resumed the next day, although not quite so early in the morning, and our standard improved, since we had become accustomed to playing together again. In the evening, an enjoyable dinner was provided for us at the Wiener Wald restaurant. Warm thanks for a most enjoyable stay in Holland are due to our hosts of V.c.L. who made sure that we were never at a loss for anything. The results were as follows :- Won I, Drawn 3, Lost 2. The following welit to Holland:- A. D. H. Turner, B. B. J. Wills, A. G. Kypris, M. J. Oldham, L. A. P. French, J. R. Salmon, P. R. Beech, C. A. B. Pringle, N. G. Major, C. S. K. Aust in (Captain), P. M. Tatchell, G. W. H. Rowbotham. N .G.M.

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Tunbridge Wells Hockey Festival The day of the festival was wet and windy. so much so that halfway through the tournament, play was curtailed to seven minutes each way, owing to the state of the two pitches. OUf first game was against Skinners, and thanks to resolute defence we managed to draw 0-0, even though we only had eight men! Thanks to a short corner typically well-taken by French, Hurstpierpoint were defeated 1-0 and Dover were accounted for by the same score, Major turning in a crisp centre from Salmon. A dour game against Michael Hall was drawn 0-0 and we had to win the last game against Eastbourne without conceding a goal to qual ify for the final. We led 1-0 through a goal by French, who won a terrific goalmouth scramble, until the last minute when Eastbourne converted a short corner to deny us victory.~[Skinners therefore won our section, but in the final they lost to King's, Rochester. N.G .M.

TENNIS The arrival of three new courts, although in an incomplete state, and the re·surfacing of four others, are events that have been rightly greeted by a marked degree of further success this season. We are still unable to attain the standard set by a school li ke Eastbourne, which traditionally pays more overall attention to the game than King's can afford to do. Nevertheless, strong teams like Tonbridge and Highgate were given a harder fight than ever, and there is much cause for future hope in that the Tonbridge Colts' match was tied, and the 2nd VI's of both these schools soundly defeated. Special credit must be given to the 2nd VI, a team wh ich in past years has had a very ragged record, and which this year under the captaincy of R. S. Hallam has achieved unprecedented SllCCesS. For the first time for several years now, the 1st VI was completely unbeaten on its home circuit, the most notable achievements here being the reversal of last season's defeats by Sir Roger Manwood's and Kent College against practically unchanged teams. The Kent College first pair, recently described as one of the finest school pairs in the country, and unbeaten the previous season, was vanquished in an exciting three set game at the beginning of the season by the King's first pair. At Wimbledon, King's were stopped in the third round of the Youll Cup, losing 1- 2 to Nottingham after a very sat isfactory victory over Stoney hurst, which also went to the deciding singles. The Thames Bowl pair, M. A. J. Cronk and A. W, Berry, two highly mature players for their age, reflecting the general improvement among the younger players, only narrowly failed to reach the quarter·finals out of 116 pairs competing. If there is still more determination next year, the School should definitely be able to make an even greater mark in one of these two main Wimbledon tournaments. In the 1st VI, probably the most well·styled players were J . J. T. Cronk and M. A. J. Cronk, consistently at third pair, but a little apt to be upset by any "stonewalling" opposition. M. G. S. Mansergh and R. X . Heslop at times played very forcefully at second pair. but lost form in m id ~season. It was then decided that the team second·string, P. M, Romer, should play in the second pair, and R. D. Kent was brought up from the 2nd VI to fill his place in the first pair, which he did with confidence and considerable success. Finally, we must thank our new coach, Mr. Mabberley. and the tennis masters, Mr. Gross, Mr. Medill and Mr. Holt, who have helped to make th is season enjoyable as well as successful, and Mrs. Campbell, who provided such superb teas at Luxmoore. The following were awarded their Colours for this season:- G. W. H. Rowbotham, P. M. Romer, M. G. S. Mansergh, J. J. T. Cronk, R. X. Heslop, M. A. J. Cronk, R. D . Kent; also pJayed:- R. S. Hallam, A. W. Berry. The following played for the 2nd VI:- R. S. Hallam, R. T. Craven~Green, P. A. St. C. Brande, P. M. Tatchell, R. D. Kent, T. P. M. Young, D. R. L, Bodey/p. H . White, T. Jaafar, M. J. N. Baker, T. P. Beckett. The following played for the Colts:- A. W. Berry, M. D. Macfarlane, D. J. Binney, J. A. Harris, N. B. K. Mansergh, T. R. Langley~Hunt, R. L. Blackburn·Kane, D. C. Lovett. T.W.H.R.

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MUSIC The standard of the Choir this term has been high, thanks to considerable reinforcements School Choir in the Treble line, in the persons of A. W. Dawson and M. J. Cooper. We have been able, consequently. to perform a more interest ing selection of anthems than last term . Dawson and Potter have been excellent soloists, the latter particularly in Byrd's Teach me, 0 Lord, which was sung with string accompaniment. Parry's [was Glad is not an anthem we arc often able to attempt, and the fact that we arc singing it this term at Commemoration speaks well for the Choir. This term's anthcl11s:Christ is Risen (Joubert) Blessed be the God and Fa ther (Wesley) This Joyful Eastertide (Wood) Let all Mortal Flesh (Bairs/ow) Praise Thou the Lord (Melldelssohn) Thou Visitcst the Earth (Greene) o Clap your Hands (Vaughan-Williams) God Livcth Still (Bach) Expectans Expectavi (Wood) The Cherubic Hymn (Grerchanilloff)

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o Come let us Sing (Halldel)

Teach me, 0 Lord (Byrd) My Soul, there is a Country (Parry) o Lorde thc Maker (Mlll/dy) Greater Love ( Ireland) To God give Thanks (Bach) Beati Quorum Via (Slanford) Thou Wilt Keep H im (Wesley) I Was Glad (Parry) W.H.W. T .P.M .Y.

We have spent this term in preparation for King's Week and a lot of hard work has bcen put in by all members of the Orchestra. A few rehearsa ls have been devoted to thc Oratorio and have proved vcry useful.

The works we havc bcen preparing are the Overture Egmonl by Beethoven, Brahms' Violin COl/certo, Haydn's LOlldoll Symphony and Eight Russiall Folk SOllgs by Liadov. The attcndance at sect ional rehearsals has been good this tcrm and we hope this standard will be maintained. Wc are sorry that we are losing W. H. Williams (Violi n), C. J. Arney (Flute), P. W. Hodges (Clarinet), A. A. F. Craig (Violin Cello) a nd R. J. Craven-Green (Bassoon), all of whose services in the orchestra we sha ll greatly miss. We thank Mr. Edred Wright and Mr. Cla rence Myerscough very much for their valuable assistance in maintaining the orchestra at its usua l very high standard. T.P.M.Y.

On Saturday, May 8th, the Orchestra demonstrated its capabilities at the Kent Music Festival at Ashford. The two pieces we performed (the second movement from Dvorak's Symphonic Sonatilla and "The Judge's Entrance" from Sullivan's Trial by Jury) were high ly marked, and the adjud icator, Mr. David Martin, called it "a most enjoyable and splendid performance", although he rightly pointed out that the clarinets, brass and 'cellos tended to swamp violins, flutes and oboes; this unbalance is perhaps inevitable in an orchestra where all comers are welcomed. We won two cups, the Hubert Clark Challenge and the E. P. Parkes, this year against competition in both classes. We are most gratefu l to Williams and Young, whose conduct ing in our performance at Ashford and in a vigorous last week of rehearsals, brought new life to our playing and undoubtedly contributed to our success. Mr. Morrish must be thanked, as a lways, for his zealous and patient rehearsing throughout the year, and congratulated upon the results which he as much as anyone has ach ieved. Second Orchestra

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We have been rehearsing two works for the King's Week Ora torio this year, namely Mendelssoh n's Hymll of Praise and Handel's FIfth Challdos Allthem. Learning both these works has proved to be a form idable proposition, but the Society has responded weB to Mr. Wright's encouragement. Attendances have been very good this term, in spite of the many outdoor activities which the summer brings, and this puts us in a good position for our coming performance. We would like to thank Mr. Wright very much for his constant hard work and dedication to his task, and also Mr. Scott for accompanying us at rehearsals throughout the year. W.H.W. E.H.B. Choral Society

This term C. M. Saunders replaced V. H. R. Waine, who left last term . R. J. Winchester strengthened the tcnor line. We are sorry to lose W. H. Williams and C. 1. Arney, whose contributions to the Society have been greatly appreciated. At 7 o'clock on Ascension Day morning we sang Stanford's Coelos Ascelldit, together with three hy~ns, from Bell Harry tower. On Trinity Sunday we sang Mcrbecke's Communion Service at the Sung Eucharist. During rehearsals this term we have concent rated on music for the Serenade, wh ich is reviewed elsewhere in this issue. J.F.P. Madrigal Society

In spite of the difficulties which the Summer Term provides, there has been a large nucleus of members who have helped to maintain t he usual high standard of playing in the Band. As a result of this, we were able to put on a successful concert for the Inva lid Tricycle Association, which was held in the Water Tower Garden on June 27th.

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This term we have revived some old favou rites: La Goloudrilla, 0 S ole Mio and Strauss's Tik-Tak Polka. New to our repertoire is a selection from Mary Poppills. Leavers this term are W. H. Williams, P. W. Hodges and R. J. Craven-Green. We would like to thank them fo r their loyal assistance to the Band. A final word of thanks must go to Mr. Wright, who has always worked hard and devotedly for the Band. C.J.A. D.R.L.B. Attendance at rehearsa ls has been a great improvement on last term and much hard work has been done. We are singing fou r glees at the Serenade in the Cloisters- The Boatmen's Dance, Haunted, Th e Jovial Beggar, and Polly Perk ins. We have had more difficulty in learning these than might have been expected, and we would like to thank Mr. Morrish for his pat ience and encouragement. P.W.R.W. Glee Club

On Sunday, May 16th, the School 'cellists joined forces with 'cellists from Dover College, St. Edmund's, Kent College and Junior School, the Choir School, J.K.S â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Ashford High and Simon Langton for a massed 'cello concert at St. Edmund's under their teacher, Miss Nancy White. This was the second time in the past year that they have met, with varied programmes of duefs, trios and massed playing. We are most grateful to Miss White for the hard work she has put into these concerts. Perhaps they were enjoyed more by the performers than the audience, but the cordial reception and generous refreshments from St. Edmund's were much appreciated by all . E.H.B. 'Cello Orchestra

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THE SOCIETIES The Harvey Society. as many other societies, usuallr hibernates or rather estivates this tcrm. d'd I t nee on the evening of Ascension Day, to hear a I ~t ure by P. w . Ho~g~ Harvey :e"{h'e l~~~:l~p:;;:~t ~f O{ICMusical Scale", an interesting a~d. well-deh~ered Jectl:lre. Tryls IS , t lC secon d ,ec tlire t0 be g .lv en by a boy this year â&#x20AC;˘ and it is hoped that this IS a practice that will continue. Four lectures arc planned for next term, and we are very grateful to the British Society for the Advancement of Science for helping to arrange and pay for them. D.L.S. This term the Art Society has been reformed in order to give better faciliti~s for boys to paint and to increas~ the number and standard of lectures. It was, perhaps, the worst ~Im~ of yea~ to undeftake th' f r n as boys on the whole spend less time on mdoor pursUIts 111 the ummer erm than in Nevertheless, there has much p,',omising doill M R H Bourne both gave lively, II1formatlve and we -pre~a~~ ec ures 0!1. . r~p~tiv~ly both of which were very well attended. The Exhibition, for the Judgmg of which we Sh~~d i'k t th r{k Mr and Mrs George Maynard and Col. Gross, produced good standards all round. e ~a~k~ fora the House Art Cup were awarde~ as follows :- lst, Walpole, Marlowe (equal), ~tsr:..i .3rd, Grange, 48 pts.; 4th, School House, Galpm's (equal), 44 pts.; 6th, Luxmoore, 34 pts. , 7t, elster C.L.H. Omers, 24 pts.; 8th, Linacre, 13 pts. Art

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The Captain and Secretary- W. H. Williams and J. J. T. Cronk-resigned at the b~ginning Bell-Rill iog of term, arter a long period of office. The.y have both done a great deal for th~ SocIety, we g . d bted to them and wish them wellm the future. N . P. Press and D. Gnmwood were l t d ' theÂˇ~r;I~~ese Five new m~mbers have been admitted on probation to the Society, and so. far they ~r';l:ar~ing f~st. Most of the term has been spent in bringing the less p~ofi~ient members up to a satisfactory standard of ringing, so that next term we hope to embark on change nngmg. Attendances this term have been good, although they usually drop in the sun:tmer b~ause. of the many f t'v'ti Towards the end of term the bells have suffered several mlshal?s mcludl.ng a broken ~r~; ~~gth~ !e~o~ci. and slider on the firth . However, the complete peal is now back m operation. D.W.G. N.P.P. The Society has not functioned orten this term, since the clemency of the w~ther is supposed to discourage indoor activities. However, on the first day of th~ term, the Presl~ent and several representatives of the Society welcomed the Canterbury SocIety to the Precmcts, and were entertained to a fascinating talk by Dr. Urry on the murder of Becket.

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Later in the term the Society visited Penshurst Place, seat of the de l'Isles, looking r!lund th~ house and d ... , the rector the Rev. A. B. Curry,o.K.S., who showed us rOl!nd ~IS charmmg chu~c~. took others looked round the village, which IS well worth a VISit. The weather, as it usually is for our outmgs, was excellent.

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This term marks the close of Me. F. H. Voigt's Presidency of th~ Society . .For more than ~wenty years h n d lectures and organised excursions, and he has bUilt the Soc~ety up to the high st.anda.rd ~hichSi~~~wg:njoys. We should like to thank him for all he has done for us m the past, and we wIsh him a very pleasant retirement from office. N .F.R. I

Th' t 'Society outing was to the Oldhaven Gap and to a chalk quarry at St. Nicholas-atG 10 icat W~de erAt Oldhaven many interesting fossils were collected in~luding: sh~rk's teeth, Cor~1I1a~p., eo g and s~mdry other bivalves and gastropods. Special at~c:ntton was paid to the stratification of the sands and gravels in the Gap itselr. During the afternoon we VISited .the .chalk quarry at St. N lcholasat-Wade where we found many fine specimens of the chalk sponge, Ventnculttes.

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Work on the collection to be exhibited at the Geologica l Society Exhibition, during the last three days of King's Week, is well under progress and a varied and interesting collection wi ll be shown. The emphasis of the exhibition will be laid on loca l rocks and fossils. Our specia l thanks must go to C. N. Blake of the Caxton Society for printing our labels. This term sees the departure of our President, Mr. B. W. CaudwelI, who has served us faithfully for almost two years. We will miss his enthusiasm and wish him well in his new post. He will be succeeded as President by Mr. R. P. Bee. Both the Treasurer and the Honorary Secretary are also leaving and these will be succeeded by M. J. Robb, as Treasurer, and N . J. C. Thomas, as Secretary. G.M.A.H. The Cine Society has now been going for two terms, and although it is recognised as a school society (with a report in The Call1uarian last term), it is, as yet, unaided by the school. We have met fairly regularly, had lectures and seen classic films. We hope to start a critique service regarding films coming to Canterbury, and to publish a news sheet with test reports on various makes of cine-camera, and answer any questions on th is subject, in order to help people who are thinking of buying, or are just interested. As well as showing classic films which cannot normally be seen nowadays, we have started on our own main ambit ion, which is to make our own first fi lm. If the Headmaster approves of our film when it is shown, he will consider our eligibility for a society grant. Although various active members of the society have given a considerable amount of time and money to the making of the film, and several masters have kind ly contributed their help, our main problem is still financial. P.H.N. Cine

After a long period of only sporadic activity, the Society has been revived with a vengeance. Debates have been held week ly and have been organised on the basis of two opposing teams, each of three speakers, with an adjudication following floor speeches from both members and non-members. We have covered a wide va riety of subjects, including the Effects of Americanization in Britain, Blood Sports, the Arts, and the merits of Transistor Radios. One of the highlights of the term was the Public Debate that "This house needs a tiger in its tank", which was overwhelmingly defeated. The four main speakers (Jarman, Bourne, Smith and Campbell) produced between them some highly entertaining- and at times passionate-arguments, with the audience of 140 bearing witness to the interest that has been aroused. After "A" Levels had taken place, we had two inter-School debates. The first took place at Denenden, where we debated coeducation. Five speakers were taken there by Mr. Ball and Mr. Windeyer, and the principal speeches were made by J. F. Chesshyre and Miss Doubleday (proposing) and A. J. W. Campbell and Miss Harris (opposing). A lively evening's debating resulted in victory for the opposition by J03 votes to 28, and we were equally appreciative of the quality of the girls' speeches and the delightful way in which we were entertained. The second took place three days later when we entertained Tonbridge to a debate "That it is time the Dead Languages were given a decent burial". S. R. G. Smith and T . L. Stephens (Tonbridge) proposed, and M. R. H. Bourne and F. S. K. Privett (Toil bridge) opposed, and ~fter many speeches of a high standard the motion was defeated by 82 votes to 42. At the moment there is a core of about thirty members who speak regularly. and besides those already mentioned, very able speeches have been made by Bell, Keeble, Jolley. Troup, Payne and Hallam. With such a large number it is impossible for anyone member to make many main speeches in the course of a term, and we therefore look for an increase in the number of House and inter-House debates. On ly in this way will the full potential of speakers be realised. Tenterdcn

Finally, the grateful thanks of all members mllst go to Mr. J. B. Windeyer, our Vice-President, who is leaving us to return to Australia. We also lose our fight ing, perambu latory and energetic Secretary, A. J. W. Campbell, but their spirit will, we hope, live on.

Pater

D.W.B. We have read two plays this term: Eurpides'Medea, in Greek, and Aristophanes' Achamians, translated by the Society. The latter was especially rewarding and may form the basis of a production by the Society later in the year.

The Greek speech at the end of term from Theocritus' Idylls, was very well worthwhile, even if perhaps unintelligible to the majority of the aud ience. However, Mr. Miller's able stage management did much to make its comprehension easier for them. To him, as Pres ident, and to Mr. Mackintosh we are deeply indebted for all they have done for the SOciety this term. A.D.F.H .

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This term our President Mr. Osmond. is leaving. and these notes would be incomplete if they did not include mentio~ of our grat itude for all he has done for the Society. Apart from his consta nt help with layout and proofing. his. t~rm of office has seen treJ!lendous ir:nprovements to the Society : the original solitary machine h.as be~n J?lI1ed by fouT ot hers. the Print Room IS larger than it was, and almost waterproof; we have effiCient Ii ghtmg, and a l11g~e r standa.rd of output. Perhaps the o nly thi ng that has not been achieved is the installation of a washbasin . But thiS has not been for want o f asking, and at least we have permission to use Walpole's. This term has fo llowcd the usual Summcr Term pattern of litt le act ivi ty to begin with, because o f exams and sport, but with the last fortnight full y making up for this. D.uring the first part the only two large jobs were a Wedding Service sheet, and a programme for the mu sIc department: both of these were well and efficiently done. King's Week this year was more ambitious than cvcr before: Vfc atte~pted three prog~ammes, ~nc~udil1g the seven-page "Serenade". The Tempe# involved somc 12,500 Im presSions, and very ddficult printing on the large areas of colour: likewise the "Fringe ~Iays" which had a two-colo.ur block for ~he fir~t time. All of these were well up to standard, and those mvo lved deserve congratulatIOns. For their particularly valuable contribu tion W. M. Lattimer, D. J. F. Payne, and M. W. J. Young were elected full members of the Society. On top of all this activity we had an exhibition takin g place in the Print Room, and for this we produced a six-page book let, with a two--colour outside. We also printed people's names on specially prepared cards while they waited : this proved very popular. On thc whole, a very successful term, about which ~ have on ly .two complaints. One is about th~ keenn.ess of some members wh ich st ill leaves much to be deSired. (Yet 10 my meaner moments I sometimes tlunk this a good thing:' we could hardly accommodate a Society o~ all-k.een members in our present premises.) The othcr is more serious: one or two members are not reliable III what they pledge themselves to do . Indeed had it not been for the ever presenl help o f Mr. Peett, it is doubtful if the exhibition cards would ever h;ve been produced. We are, as always, very grateful to him. I hope some improvement from those I have in mind will be forthcoming.

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THE CAXTON SOCIETY In france was I neuer, and was borne & lerned myn englissh in kente in the weeld where I doubte not is spoken as brode a nd rude engl issh as in a ny place of engla nd . Willi am Caxton. The Caxton Society bega n some thirty years ago with the gift to the School of an old treadle platen by J. A. Jennings Ltd. , the Canterbury printing firm. Th is was housed in a lean-to o n the present site which wa s consid erably smaller and

with a leaking roof, a shaky door and improvised lighting. Old type was begged and borrowed from wherever it could be found and a small collection was bu ilt lip. Nowadays all type is standardised: it is measured in points with 72 points to an inch. When we acquired our second-ha nd type we were given remnants of lhe outdated systems and so all of it was in different sizes a nd the confusion this created in the type cases can only be imagined. During the Wa r the School evacuated to Cornwa ll and the Print Room was deserted with only a small, cheap, rusty pad lock as a token defence against invaders. On our return the pad lock was no longer there: the residential army had left their mark. In what was presumably a joke they had invaded the room and upturned every type case onto the floor; leaving a mountain of type some few feet high. The unhappy Maste r-i n-charge of that time was forlunate to engage the help of Mr. Peett of Gibbs and Sons to come in twice a week after work on Tuesdays and Thursdays to do an hour of clearing up this "pie", as spilled type is called. We a re thankful that Mr. Peett is still with us and an invaluable assistance. He in fact put in many more than two

hours a week a nd was frequentl y here till late at night, but the job still took abo ut four months. Eventually we were ready to start printing again, but the School was still facing fin ancial difficulties remaining from the pre-war yea rs and so no money could be spared for the Caxton Society. By levying a small charge on all our jobs we go t by, a nd grad uall y improved our equipment, desp ite va ri ous setbacks.

After some time the Sociely saved up enough money to put in a strip-light above the "sto ne", a flat metal surface where jobs are "planed-down", or made perfectly fl at before

machining. This, costing about 25/-, was a major outlay for us. On the first day one boy raising his mallet too high, smashed the light and so we had no replacement for many more years.

When we wanted to decorate the room, we paid for it, and so every penny was made to count. Gradually we built up our stock of type faces, with two book founts and as many fancy and display founts as possible. But our solitary machine was ageing. On one occasion with 48 hours before the first ~ight ofa play it gave up compl ete l~. Mr. Peelt saved us by knowin g a friend who repaired It overnIght, and we met our dead hne. But Its bearings had nearly a ll gone, the flywheel 471

was cracked, the pressure uneven. It was literall y held together by pieces of wood and st ring. Eve ntu all y nerves became so frayed that an angry Hon. Secretary declared he could not print without financial backing: the Society was to close. At this point we were again rescued by a benefactor in the form of Mr. W. C. Young, O.K.S., of Smith a nd Young Ltd ., who kindly offered us a n "A rab platen" which his firm had j ust stopped using as a scoring machine. So we accepted this and the difference was so incredible that we could not believe it had been possible to exist with just "Old Faithful" as we had done. Mr. Young, when he heard of the success of his machine then sent us a nother and we were doubly gratefu l. He has since, a mong many oth er kindnesses to the Society, o n mo re than onc occasion had them serviced at no cost to the School, save that of suppl ying a breakdown crane for lifting th em onto a lorry. "Old Faithful" stood idle for many years until someone suggested seiling It to a scrap merchant. Whereup on a member decid ed to give it one last try: the rest seemed to have done It so me good a nd after some renovation it came back into act ive though noisy and temperam ental use. But all this time the Society was cramped into a print room some 15 feet sh orter th a n at present with little room for the necessa ry type-cases, cupboards or tables. Yet with three machines we had increased ou r output enorm ously and so our revenue was much increased (we were still largely self-supporting). We purchased a small hand press for twenty pounds and continued to increase our supply of type. For man y years better accommodation had seemed a. va in hope. B1H suddenly in 196 1 a n outlay of eighty pou nds was approved for redecorating and Imp roving our room! An extension of 15 feet was planned, bringing us level with the front of the next-door building. New doors were o rd ered, a new floor was put down, a skylight, st rip lighting and redecoration. The roo f was made waterproof, t hen came t he bill: five hundred pounds. But not a penny co uld have been said to have been wasted and the Bursar paid up. We could still do with a wash basin but insta llation remains financially impracticable un t il the School does other alterations in this area. So Walpole kindly cont inue to put up with visits to their wash-basins by ink-stained printers. Three yea rs ago we ran into more good fortune: Mr. Hews of the Kentish Gazette offered us an old machine they had a nd which we co uld not previously have accommodated. This was a superb improvement to our eq uipment and rem ains our best machine, and the o nl y one wi th a working ink duct. Since th en we have aga in been able to improve OU f stand a rd s a nd our output. We have begu n printing photographs, an d tried our hand at colo ur work. This year we a re printing three programmes for King's Week, and doing a C hristmas card in eight colours, as well as having prin ted five programmes last term, with more to come next ter m. This is in addition to the usual run-of-the-mill jobs.

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C.C.F. NOTES ARMY ANp BASIC SECTIONS The Annual Inspection. was carried out by Rear-Admiral H. C. Lyddon, C. D., O.lI,ÂŁ, o n June 2nd and went very satis~actorily .. His comments, and tho.se of his staff officers of th.e th,ree services, were complimentary, and esp~cl ally praised the work of the semor N.C.O,s who were takmg mstruction after the parade. The parade Itself went well, though the Band took a little time to sett le to the right pace. The Norway camp in Apri l was a success which we should like to repeat at Some later time (a report of thi s appears o n the fo ll owing page). The summer camp at Brecon has been very poorly supported at least as to numbers, bu t a sma ll party often has a more enjoyable camp than a large one. ' Two officers are leaving us whose assistance has been most va luable: Lieut. N. J. M. Hamilton started the R:E.M.E. Platoon and has done very good work with it, and Lieut. J, M. Windeyer has given splendid help with the Commando Platoon; we arc grateful to both of them, and shall miss them very much. All the candidates passed who had only one su bject to take in the Army Proficiency Test and two who took the whole test as well , a total of 21. The following promotions were made this term: C,S,Ms. A. D. Van der Meersch, A. J. Davics; Sgts. C. K. S. Aust in, G . J. R. Bell, R. X. Heslop, R. D. Kent, N. G. M~j?r, P. R. Kermode, J. D.Sto~es, C. R. <;:. Tayler, G. M: A. Heaton; L/Sgts. R. C. Harris, N. T. G. Wllils, J. L. Beckett, A. O. Kypns, N. J . Rmg, B. B. J. Wlils, R. V. Wyatt; Cpls. D. G. Bray, N. M. Cumber, P. M. Garel-Jones, J. A. Ogley, M. R. F. Reeson (A/C.Q.M.S.), M. M. Rickards, S. P. C. Scott, A. T. Maynard, D. M. M. Kenyon, W. O. Rowe, D. J. Watson; and 17 Lance-Corporals.

K.A.C.G. ROY AL NAY AL SECTION When it is the turn for an Admira l's Inspection of the Corps, we tremble a li tt le more and try even harder. We therefore v~ lued Rear.-Ad~niral Lyddon's en~ou raging remarks about our turnout (though he though! some. of the Just-cut hai r still too long), t~e Field Gun Display, the Lifesaving, the Sheerlegs and the Light Rig Jackstay, on wh ich he was duly piped over the side, and without the disaster of the dummy run! We were pleased to have one of the first Royal Nava l Flying Schola rs, Cadet Petty Officer M. J. Knightley, flying over the Parade in a Ch ipmunk. Knightley obta ined his wings after four weeks' training at Biggin .H ~lI at the ~avy's expen.se. Other boys have been on courses in navigation, sub aqua, gunnery. nava l aViatIOn and With the Manne Commandos, and there are many ot her in terest ing opportunities. On Field Day we had an exci tingly blustery day's saili ng a t Chat ham in Fireflies and R.N.S.A. di,nghies without, amazingly, ~ ny b?ats capsizing, even thou~h there was o ne hard landing! In the holidays Lieutenant-Com mander Ball IS takmg one party to France III H.M.S. Scarborough and another to practice naviga tion off the west coast of Sco tland. We a,re sad to lose <;adet Coxswa in D. ~. K. Roberts, who has been a particularly efficient Cadet Petty Omcer-lIl-ch~rge. He IS s~lcceeded by K111ghtley. Roberts and two of ou r Leading Seamen, C. A. Guest and P. E. Gibbs, are leavlllg us for Dartmouth and the Royal Navy, a nd we wish them wel l. D.W.B.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION For the seco~d time in the last few years, we received a congratulatory letter from the Group Captain (Cadets) at White Waltham apropos the 100 % pass rate in the R.A.F. examinations. This indicates the keenness of the Section and the sk ill of the N.C.O. lecturers. We have not taken to the air in the last three months as much as expected. A few boys at camp at Honington failed to get airborne and we ha ve been offered no places on gliding courses th is slimmer. The remova l of No. 618 Gl iding School to West Mailing from Manston has been a sad blow but we still use the Manston Ch ipmunks. The weather has played cruel tricks on us and the Field Day was on ly a part ia l success, though the party that flew by a Hast ings a ircraft to Thorney Island were very interestingly a nd competent ly entertained. F/Sgt. Campbell was able to borrow the back scat of a Chipmunk (the front being fi lled by F lying-Officer D. G. Barber, O.K.S.) for Inspect io n D~y, the idea being an advertiSing camp~ ign for the R.A.F. Sect ion. We lose Campbell and Sgt. Church thiS term and we thank them for all their efforts on our behalf. Sgt. Hews and Cp!. Smith hope to win their Private Pilo ts' Licences during the com ing holidays and we wish them happy landings. P.G.W. 473

EASTER CAMP IN NORWAY The small Army Transport Corps training camp at Vatneleiren, beautifully set around a little fir-clad hill, near Stavanger in Southern Norway, was the scene of the first camp held by our C.C.F. outside the British Isles. This was an adventurous move, posing its own special problems, for the twenty Cadets and six Officers in the party could hardly be expected to forego all the unique facilities, other than those for arduous training, which are offered by such a country as Norway. It may be this that gave rise to one of the few criticisms of the project: that the most arduous aspect was the night life. Besides hikes over the hills and peat bogs of the district, all in ample supply, our party led a dual existence, at one moment arduously training with commando boots and rucksacks, and the next changing clothes to merge with the holiday makers and tourists with ou r hushpuppie s and zoom lenses.

We saw, among other th ings, the small but old and impressive cathedral in Stavanger, founded by a Bishop of Winchester some eight hundred years ago, which embodied an unusual mixture of Gothic and Baroq ue architecture. A small naval launch took us up the Lyse Fiord near Stavanger to see the Pulpit Rock, which overh angs a massive cliff rising practically sheer for 1,700 feet out of the deep blue water of the fiord. We also represented the British Armed Forces at a commemoration service to those British and Norwegian servicemen who were killed in the area during its occupation by the Germans- after which we were invited to a reception given by the local mayor, an event which typified the tremendous hospitality which we met everywhere. One day and night were spent under canvas up in the mountains where there was snow, using large stove-heated tents lent by our hosts. Though spring was coming and the snow was, as one expert pronounced, "syrup", all managed to put in some very energetic ski-jng, even to the extent of breaking one of the very sturdy Norwegian Army skis, also lent by our hosts. It shou ld be mentioned here that on all our exploits we were very ably led by Lieutenant Berg, and one or two other Norwegian "advisers", to whom we all owed a great dea l. Our barracks, which the Cadets shared with a party from Warwick School, who accompanied us on some of our expeditions, were clean and comfortable, incorporating the Scandinavian equivalent of the Turk ish bath- a "sauna", which, after the mechanics of it had been worked out, made one sweat profusely and feel wonderful afterwards. The food was almost all based on a thick brown Ryvita-like crisp-bread, on which was laid caviar out of tubes or meat or different sorts of fish, and we never really grew fully accustomed to this, but nevertheless by the end of our stay everyone felt, as the brown haze signifying Newcastle appeared on the horizon, that the past week and twenty-five pounds had been well spent. R.P.H

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O.K.S. NEWS We congratu late R. H. GOWER q9~0-36) on his O.B .E. in the Birthday Honours for service in Tanzania as Permanent Secretary to the Mm lstry of Local Government. He is now Registrar at Loughborough College. THE REVD. D. L. EDWARDS (1942-47) has been appointed an examining chapla in to the Bishop of Manchester. C. E. LATTER (19 16-25) has been elected President of the Kent Law Society. N. J. FLOWER (1935-44) has been elected to the Council of The Chartered lnstitute of Patent Agents. , J. R. HUDSO~ (I929-~4) was widely reported in the press as one of the three surgeons who conducted the lengthy retma operatIOn on the Duke of Windsor.

<;1. W. R. TERRY (1914-19) .has been appointed Ch ief Constable of East Sussex. He was previously Chief Constable of Pembrokeshlre. . M. H: CoPLEY (1947- 50) is Administrator of Public and External Affairs of the Kaiser Bauxite Co III Jamaica. . P. R. LEGGATT (1952- 57) is a sol icitor in Winchester and active in the city's musical life He meets D. E. MELLUlSH (I950-54~ from t i ~e ~o time in ': t~e various courts that abound in this a~cient city". We hasten to add that David Melllllsh IS also a sohcltor, but in another firm . LT.-CoL. D. H. FREELAND (1928-40) is command ing the 16th Signal Regiment in Germa ny. A. ÂĽ!. BLAXLAND (1951 - 60) is working for Connellan A irways in Alice Springs Australia He would apprecIate a call from any O.K.S. "passing th rough Alice." , . 475

D. J. C. SNOXA LL (1946-52) has moved fro m Tanzania after six years to the Secreta riat in Hong Kong. He reports that he is "settling in fast and enjoying life here immensely". Also in Hong Kong is R. P. HORE (1943--46), working for the Minist ry of Defence. COL. G. R. M. ApSEY (1914-17) has retired from St. Luk e's Hospital in New York where he was Administrative Medical Officer sinee 1952. He is at present travelli ng in Europe. I. C. POTIER (1952- 57) is seni or tutor in Zoology in the Uni versity of New South Wa les, Sydney, and at the same time working for his PhD. on the Australian lamprey. At the moment he is working with Professor Stephenson, cultivating ammococte hearts under small glasses a nd hopes that this will prove an impressive part of his thesis. He still plays hockey and cricket for the university.

A. R. PorrER ( 1957- 62) is well on his way to qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor, Auctioneer and Estate Agent and plays hockcy and golf. R. O. A. NORRIS (1946- 51) was named on a B.B.c. sports discllssion as one of the two best centreforwards ever to play in the England Hockey XL RICHARD ElSER (1958---63), a fencing blue and victor of a publicized umbrella-duel on one grey dawn! has been elected Captain of Oxford University Fencing Club. H. R. CARTER and C. LAWRENCE (both 1956-61) are progressing at S1. Mary's Hospital, London. H. R. Carter is Captain of Boats wh ilst C. Lawrence is Treasllrer to the same club. LEONARD PITCH ( 1952-57) writes from Sa lisbury, Rhodesia. He is delighted with the life there, and would be glad to give advice and particulars to prospective em igrants. We congratulate ANTONY FELL (1958- 62) on being awarded the Kitchener Scholarship and the Gladstone Memorial Travelling Scholarship. He represents Cambridge at the Swarick Ecumenica l Conference, plays an active role in the Conservat ive Association, and has been promoted to Lieutenant in the Territorial Army. He was teaching Tibetans at Pcstalozzidorf in Switzerla nd at Christmas, and will ret urn there at the end of the year. PAUL WHITE (1960-64), a member of the National Youth Orchestra, gave a recital of 17th and 18th century music for Christ Church College's Music Society, together with Trevor Pinnock. They were both at the Cathedral Choir School. PETER FORD (L953-57) has been awarded an entrance to Harvard University, Boston, and a N.A.T.O. scholarship from the Science Research Council.

J. H. POWEL.L (1937--40) has been appointed General Man~ger at Ebbw Va!e by R.T.n .. He joined the Steel Company of Wales in 1947 as assistant manager of their Cornelly Quarries ; he has slllce worked in American steelworks. During the wa r he served in the India n In fantry with the Eighth Army in the Middle East a nd Italian campaigns ' he was taken prisoner in Italy, but escaped although wounded, he was awarded the Military Cross and mentioned in dispatches. He is married and lives at Crickhowel l. DAVID SCLATER ( 1960-64) writes from the schooner Tabor Bo)': he is enjoying America n hospitality, spending the spring in Massachusetts and Connecticut with friend ~ made th~re, visi.ting Yale--:and .the Glee Club. He was offered a place on Tabor Boy for a Bermudan CrtllSe, followmg which he was 111 Pittsburgh packing groceries in an army commissary. We wish him luck on his subsequent "American-type" tour. CANON A. P. MORLEY (L91 6-19) is to retire later this year. He has been in Barnsley for sixteen years, and spent most!of his ministry in the Wa kefield Diocese, serving under six Bishops. We wish both him and his wife well in his retirement. FRANCIS LAMBERT (1 955- 60) is in the sllccessful Ncw College team of television's U"iversil), Challenge: apparently scoring more than half their points! He is now doing post-graduate research into Spanish Colonial policies in Cuba,!1778- 1898. 476

THE REVD. MICHAEL. MAYNE ( 1943--49) has been appointed vica r of Norton parish. He will be inducted on NO<Jember 2nd, and on October 16th will be married in SOll thwark C1thedra l (see below). He has bcen chaplain to the Uishop of SOllthwark an d has done some television work, notably on epilogue programmes. At Sandhu rst, R. J. R. M. HENDERSON (1958- 63) bas been promoted sergea nt, and W. G. OSMOND (1958- 63) has been awarded ha lf-colo urs for cross-country running.

ENGAGEMENTS MAYNE- McKIE.- T he Revd. Michael A. O. Mayne (1943--49) to Al ison McKie. DREDIN- HARDIE.- Brigadicr H. E. N. Bredin (1926-34) to Anne Finch Hard ie.

BIRTHS CoURTIER-D uTTON.- On 11th April, 1965, to Susan a nd D avid Courtier-Dutton (1947- 52), a son (Richard Lionel) and a daughter (Sally Ann).

DEATHS BEEVOR.-The Right Revd. Humphry Beevor, Sen ior Chaplain 1957-60, aged 61, at Lichborough, Northants, 12th June, 1965. HEYMAN.- Major-Genera l George Douglas Gordan Heyman, C.B., C.n.E. (1917- 22), agcd 60. HAL.E'S.- Hubert Hales, Director of Music 1928, aged 63, at Comer Parish Church, 13th J uly, 1965. BUCHAN.- David P. Buchan (1951 -57).

O.K.S. GOLFING SOCIETY R. M. Sutton (1945- 56) has become Honorary Secretary on the retirement of G. A. Young (1926- 32) after many years of excellent service. His add ress is G . Ellissen & Co., 91 Moorgate, London, E.C.2 (MET. 8976). He will also kcep the stock of O.K.S. Golfing ties wh ich cost 21/-. rn welcoming Roger Sutton, the Association warm ly thanks Geoffrey Young for a ll his good work.

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OBITUARIES PETER NEVILLE BAUMANN (1948-1953) Peter Baumann came from R ipley Court to King's- where his uncle had preceded him in 1948. He was in Walpole House, but transferred to Linacre for his last year or two, that House being then in its birth-throes. He did great service in the development of the School's tennis and squash racquets, through at least the three years of 1951 to 1953, representing the School in both and being Captain of Squash: while, of course, he played rugger vigorously. Academically very sound, he was especially good in Italian (for the fami ly lived in Milan) and little less so in German and French. Peter played as full a part in the School's life as anyone could- a good Sergeant in the Corps, a keen photographer and knowledgeable in music. Contemporaries will remember him as a sturdily-bui lt you ngster, and as sturdy and reliable in character as he was in physique; a good influe nce all-round, and a trustworthy Monitor. He left in 1953 to do Nationa l Service, and was commissioned in the Royal Art illery. After that he joined the firm of Singer's Sewing Machines, and obviously would have reached a high position for he had a lready become Sales Manager in Paris. There he was taken ill sudden ly in January. and in early March was flown over to the Royal Free Hospital in London. But his illness was of too serious a nature to permit hope of recovery, a nd he died in the early hours of Friday, March 26th. The School has lost a very loyal and devoted member, and those who had the happiness of living here with him will remember him with affection. We speak for Peter's contemporaries in expressing our deep sympathy with his parents, who themselves have so often in Ita ly welcomed members and friends of the School, and who by their kindness and interest contributed considerably to its advancement. F.I.S. EDWARD JULIAN BAYARD KENYON (1958-1963) It was with a deep feeling of shock that we heard in June of the tragic death of Julian Kenyon in a road accident in Gloucester. He had just completed his second year at Cambridge and the future looked very bright, with a wide range of opportunities open to his talents and interests. Julian carne to King's from Mi lner Court in September, 1958, as one of the top scholars of his year and very quickly those who taught him recognised his ability and promise. He took his "A" Levels when just sixteen in 1961, won a State Scholarship in 1962 and ga ined an Exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge, later that same year. By this time, he was Head of Meister Qmers and a School Monitor and, though quiet and gentle by nature, he gained the affection and esteem of those under his tolerant, calm and fair leadersh ip. He was a likeable boy. mature in his approach to life but with enollgh wh imsy to demonstrate his dry and kind sense of humour. He was a good athlete, represent ing the School as a sprinter and in many ways he added to the academ ic and erudite activities at King's. The deepest sympathy of all those who knew and admired Ju lian at Milner Court and K ing's goes out to his fam ily in their tragic loss. P.O.W.

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