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THE CANTUARIAN

DECEMBER 1971

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CONTENTS I'AG E

EDITOlllAL T H E SCHOOL

OXFORD AND CAM BRIDGE AWARDS

CHAPEL NOTES

THIS AND T HAT

THE NEW SANATORI UM

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

CONTRIBUTIONS

"TH E M IKADO"

CONTRIBUTIONS

FROM OU R ARCHIVES

KI NG'S SPORT

THE SOCIETIES

MUSI C

C.Cr.. NOTES

CORR ESPONDENCE

O .K.S. NEWS

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We ack nowledge the receip t of the following and apologise for any om issions:A/del/hamia", Ample/orllt Journal, Ardil/cly Chronicle, Birkdaliall, Bllllldelfioll, Bradfield College Chronicle , rhe Bradfordian, 11,e Campbelfioll. Chelteuham College Magazine, Cho/lIlefioll, Daile Court Magazine, Decal/jail, Dovori(lII, Du/wich Col/ege Prep. School Magazine, E(lS/boumiall, The Elizabethan, Fe/stet/ioll, The Fig Tree (King's Col/ege, HOllg KOllg), Gigg leswick Chronicle, Glel/almond NOles, Gresham School Magazine, HarrOYiall, The f/o/melVoodian, Hurstjollllion ( HIII'Sfpicrpoillf College), K.C.S. Magazine, K.S. (Chester ) Magazine, T.K.S. Parramatta Magazine, Lancing College Magazine, Langronian, Lorellonia11, Latymeriall, The LYl1x (Crallbrook), Marlburian, Th e M eteor (Rugby), Ma!vemiall, MiJ/ Hill Magazine, MillieI' COlirt Chrol1icle, The Novo (New castle R .G.S.), Oratory, The Ousel (Bed/ord School), The Pauline, Radteian, R eptonian, Rojfensi(lfI (K.S., Roches/er), Saga (BrY(lIIstoll), SI. Edward's School Magazine , The School Tie (Ash/o rd Schoo!), S criblerus (AlJeyn' s), Stol1y/wrst College Magazille, SII1Iol1iall, The TOl/bridgian, Welling/onian, Whitgiftian , Worksopiol1, The Yellow Dragon (Qileen's College, HOllg Kong) .

THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XXXVI

No. I

DECEMBER,

1971

EDITORIAL The summer holidays of 1971 marked a notable point in the development of our buildings and the improvement of our amenities. It was the culmination of much planning and effort, and there is every reason to be well satisfied with the progress made. In the course of one year so much has happened that it is well to list what has been done. The new and purpose built Sanatorium has not only given us something of great value which has been widely praised and as widely appreciated by patients and other visitors; it has also enabled the original building to be converted to an attractive boarding house for thirty younger boys which may possibly be enlarged at a later date to accommodate more. Then there is the whole area of the Shirley Hall Undercroft which released from storage of bicycles has now been fully developed to serve a wide variety of school interests- music, pottery, drama, bookstore, workshops, and the needs of outlying houses- and still leaves a small amount of space as yet unallocated. In addition to the new biology library and laboratory there is also the new Music School where the Clerk of Works was similarly faced with a particularly difficult task in making the best possible use of an awkward and complicated site and where the outcome reflects the greater credit on the vision which inspired the whole enterprise and the skill with which it was carried out ; here is something of which parents and other friend s who made it possible may well be justly proud. Nor is this all. Marlowe has been commodiously re-housed and the process of making the boarding houses more civilised and attractive places to live in goes steadily forward. The Grange and Walpole are the latest beneficiaries, to the very evident satisfaction of the boys concerned, and it will not be long before we have completed the first round of improve. ments. The Junior School, which for the last few years has used our

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laboratories here, now has two splendid laboratories of its own at Milner Co urt- one for biology, the other for physics and chemistry, and both well equipped and provided with the usual accessories. But it is something nearer ho me which has appealed more to the boys- self-service. There had been much preliminary planning, of course, but this went on behind the scenes, nor was it wise to divulge too much lest there be delay and disappointment. In the event, self-service in the dining hall was installed quickly, expeditiously and well before the end of the holidays, and all that remained was to see how the boys would take to it. We need have had no anxieties on that score. Of course, there have been some problems of space and timing which will prove tractable enough, and if absenteeism is not self-co rrecting there should be other ways of making sure that no boy misses his meal. By and large there has been no doubt of the success of the change and the boys themselves were the first to salute it with gratitude. They like the greater informality, the more flexible arrangements generally and above all the opportunity of choice. Nor shall we stop here. I believe that the catering staff who have coped so well with the tran sition will delight to find further opportunities for enterprise and initiative as the new arrangements gather stren gth and mom entum . And if I leave to the last one other addition to our amenities it is because I would add a note of gratitude to the O.K.S. Trust which has made it possible. The Audio-visual Room , attractively furnished and splendidly equipped, has already proved its value to the School with particular benefit to our language teaching, and with O.K.S. ready and eager to help further, I believe it will be the forerunner of much else to come from so generous a source. As for the future, well, it would be natural enough if for a time we confined ourselves t o relatively minor improvements if only to draw breath for a further advance. Yet there will be no pause. Much may still be just over the horizon or at least not yet ready for disclosure, but there are three things which we shall hope to achieve in the very near futurethe systematic upgrading of our older classrooms which have not found it easy down the years to sta nd up to the weight of boy-press ure, the creation of somethin g like a Sixth Form centre on the ground floor of the Priory with, by the help of a generous benefactor, a large, wellfurnished reading-room adjacent to the Tuckshop or Junior Common Room and overlooking the Green Court, and the acquisition and development of St. Mary's Hall in the Northgate as a centre for drama and as an additional gymnasium. It was the proud boast of the E mperor Augustus that he had found Rome of brick and left it of marble : we do our best. 2

THE SCHOOL Captain 0/ S chool: T. J. Priestma n

Head Walpole Head 0/ 0/ Galpin's Head 0/ The Grange Head 0/ School House Head 0/ Meister Omers Head 0/ Luxl/1oore Head 0/ Linacre Head 0/ Mar/olfe

T . J. Priest man J. M. Strachan F. S. Daly, K.S. M. A. Hawkins P. King, M.S. R. P . Li nd ley, K.S. P. A. M. WI Gle~llie S. lliamson, K.S.

. SCHOOL MON ITORS A T. J. Pnestman, J. M. Strachan F S Dal ' R. P. Lindley, K.S., P. M . G lennie: S. 'A.M Ed d " ;r'R " . iv1 . ]\., . wa r s

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School House: The Grange: Walpole: Meister Omers :

Mar/owe: Lllxmoore: Galpill's: Lil/acre :

King kIllS . H;tevens, , M.S., , I{P,. R . Goodale,

. HOUSE MO NITORS M.M.S. A. Hawkllls, R. H . D il lon, J. Fothergill ' R . M , Lane, A . S ' . M arnner, F'sS'CDaly, K.S., H. R. Goodale, R. M. Edwards D N C Hid ' . . Ingram HilI, M .S. ' . . . o u lng, T. J. Priestman, R. M. Stevens J M R W II . J T M. E. D. de Styrcea D S F '1' '0. . . a el, K.S., . . Brooks, CY, A' N. E. Need ham, K.S., R. D . Carter P King MS Z R D' ' It' al R • . " ..J . • au ana, . . K . DInwiddie , K .S., J . R . Sterck, N. C. ,w. Ca mpbell I lamson, K.S., R. H. T. Christophel's MS J R C Rieu, S . A . W'JI' J. L. Watts, P. D. Wright, K.S. ' . ., . . . R. P . LlIld ley K S M W Ili ff J S M H Cresswell, K'. s.:E: A. · Hoirord-W~ l k~r CasWsahn, P j .. J. Suchet, P. J. J; M . St rae Ilan, H . S . T 0 d d, C. B. Armstro ' . . ee el ng

I. M. G lelllllc, J. C. P. Taylor, M.S., H. 13. Powell J W T L tt . D. Spencer-Payne ,. . . Dve, K.S., C R. M. Stevens Captain 0/ Rugger A. StJ. Brown Captain 0/ Cross-Country S. G . Gall yer Captain 0/ Hockey H. S. Todd Captail! 0/ Boats S. G. Gallyer Captain 0/ Cricket N . J. O lympitis Captain 0/ Fencing J. T. Brooks Captain 0/ Shooting M. A. Hawkins Captain 0/ Squash Rackets M. A. Hawkins Captain 0/ Gymnastics D. A. G. Sinclair Captain 0/ Judo M. A. Hawkins Captain 0/ Basketball C. E . Rudgard Captain 0/ Golf A. S. Marriner, M.S. Monitor /0 1' Music J. P. Bianco Monitor/or Woodwork

Editors:' THE CANTUARIAN R. P. LlIldley, K.S., C. W . Martin, K.S., J. S. G. T homas, J. R. Seers, K.S., M.S. 3

SALVETE SEPTEMBER, 197 1 J. W. L. Ackers, G. H. Adam, A. M. Airey, P. H . G . Anderson , S. A. Armstrong, S. A. Balson, J. Baron , R. A. K. Baron, M. K . Bates, C. H. Battersby, M. V. Baxter H . E. Bo ultbee, C. F. P. Bourne, J. P. 1. Brash, J. P. Brealy, C. J. Brown, P. J. Brown' J. M. F . D. Bunzl, Z. Carevic, A. B. Chapman , M. T. H. Clowes, D. F. Coo k, R. M' Cordy, P. D. S. Cowie, C. R. Coxill , P. S. Cranfield, R. J. Crosby, G. E. Dawes, R. W. H· Evans, N. B. Farrell , A. E. Felton, C. J. Foale, R. S. Godinho, C. M. Griffiths, G. M' Griffiths, F. M. Hadden, W. A. Harrison, J. M. C . Hewes, A. R. Hill , J. R. Hodges· S. M. Holmes, D. J. Howells, B. C. Judd, F. J. R. La ndor, S. C. F. Land ymore, E. H. D. Larkins, M . E. D. Latham, C. J. D. Lister, N. R . Lucas, P. J . McCormack, R. Macfarlane N. A. March, A. J. Marks, P . B. M arshall, J . M. Mattocks, J. N. Mawhood, A. Y. Moss, S. T. Moyes, M. 1.. Mullender, C. W. G. Neame, G. D. Orbach, R. P. Paine, J. T. Pearson, P. J. S. Petrie, B. F. Pilcher, R. S. Pim, G. St. A. Pugh, S. E. Robinson, J. P. Sauerman, T. C. Scott-Morey, P . M. Seymour, S. Shahnazi, P. R. Sheridan, M. D. M. Shreeve, A. R . Smith, J. W. Smith, C. K. Stanley, M. R. Strickland , T. J. Strong, P. R. Thomas, C. E . J. Trousdell, T . S. Viney, 1. F . Walker, N . J . C . Walters, P. J. G. Wells A. R. C. Wilkinson, R. J . F. Williams, J. J. Wilmshurst, R. H. Windell, A. W. Wood. '

VALETE JULY 1971 N. R. Abbott, A. F. Allen, C . T. W. Anderson, 1. R. Ashton, M. C. Atkin, R. B. Barter, R . M. Bennett, D . G. Benson, P. W. Benson, P. F . Bentley, D. P. Blackie, D. Bleazard, R. S. Campbell, C. H. Cantor, A. J. Chamberlin, T. M . Cradock-Watson, J. R. H. Crusoe, B. S. Dawood, J. M. Ditchburn, G. P. Dobbs, W . N. C. Ebden, D. C. Eva, M. C. Fagg, J. A. Fewster, A. R. Fielder, A. D . F letcher, S. Ghosh, J. D. G . Greenham, F. M. HaddonCave, A. J. Hamilton, T. P. H arris, R. A. Hartley, M. L. Hudson, M. A. Hughes, T. C. G. Hunter, J. M. Hutchins, D. J. Iron, R. A. Jeffries, R. S. 1.. Johnston, l. R. King, M. D. Kock, M. Lansky, J . C. Lasker, D . C. Latimer, J. O. J. Lawrence, J. D. J. Macnamara, J. C. Mainwaring, N. R. Marshall, P. G. R. Marshall , M. S. Matthews, S. D. C. Moles, P. O. Mullender, G . Orme, 1.. Parker, M. J. Passmo re, W. N. Penn, R. K. Price, R. J. v. Raffety, R . C . T. Raine, J. 1. D. Rawlins, S. C. 1.. Ray, M. H. Reacher, 1.. T. C. Roberts, D. M. P. Rule, B. C . T . Russell, K. C. Shen, S. R. Smith, M. G . Stainer, J. R. Stewart, G. J. Stockell, R. Suarez, P. G. F . Turner, N. J. O' K. Webber, N. J. Wheeler, D. A. Whitaker, S. R. Wigfall, M. J. Witts, W. N . Wyles, T. J. C . Yeoman, P. A. Young. 4

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES ALLEN, A. F.- Came Jan ., '66' Head of House '7 1· S I . " c lOol MOllltor, '71 ; 2nd Rugge r Colours; 2nd Athletics C~lours.

ANDERSDN, C. T. W - Came'7Sept · Scholar ; Head of HOllse, '7 1; School M ~nitor. 1' U'66· e; K"n .', g ' s SC1101 at' ;M .. liSle Corpus Christi College, C~mb~~ge.VI , 1st Orchestrd , Open (Parker) Exhibition to

CHAMBERLI N, A. J.- Came Sept '66· Kin's S I I '66 . ; Selllor Kin g's Scholar, '68; Head of Hou se, '7 1; Scho~'1 M~n i tor g'7 1 . c ar... SOC!cty ; First O rchestra ; Press Secret~J'Y k i ng~r~ V~; ,~r~n stan ; ,Hon. Sec. Patel: Juntor Commo n Room Club· Open Ha I E I . ~e., , Committee Member 01 College, Oxford ; O.K.S. G ift. ' , 'g 1 x 11 Ilio n (ClaSSICS), Corpus Chr isti Ha s M' . ' Athleti cs Colo urs; 1st Rugby C~l our~. ue ollitor ; Ca ptain of Athletics; 1st DOIlIlS, G. P.- Ca me Jan ., '67 ; Ho use Monitor '7 1' C · .. .. Colours; 1st Ath letics Colours. Captai ' f C ap~1Il of Swllnmlllg; 1st SWllnmlllg Country Colo urs ; 2nd Hockey Colour; . n a ross- ountry (2nd VIll.) ; 2nd CrossDrrcHnuRN, J. M .- Camc January '66'

, EVA, D . C.- Came Sept., '66 · Greaves Scholar · Hou M· FEWSTER, J. A.- Came Jan.," 66; House M;n;'tor '7l~ 2 O~'~':' 70; 2nd Ru gby Colo urs. GREEN,HAM, J. D .- Came Apr il, '66 ; HOllse Manit ', I~ r~cket Colours., Vice-Ca ptain of Boats. or, 7 1, I st and 2nd Rowlll g Colours; HADDON-CAVE, F. M.- Came Sept., '66; Ho use M o nitor '7 1 HUG Colours. HES, M. A.- Came Jan ., '67 ; Vice-Head of H o use' . , ' 7 1·,· U ppel.

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HUNTER, T . Colours. C. G .- Came Sept '" ' 66 · House M ollltor, .. '7 I ; 2nd Row ing Colours; 2nd Rugger HUTCHI NS, J. M.- Came Sept., ' 66 ; Music Scholar· House Moni ' . ROWIn g; 1st and 2nd Ro wing Colours · 1st 'I 2 d R tor, 71; Captalll of First Orchestra. ' all( n ugger Colours ; Upper VI ; KOCKColours; , M. D .- Sgt., Ca me April ' '68', Hou se M 0111·t or, '70 ; 1st Rugby Colours; 1st Athletics C.C.F. LASKER, J. C .- Ca me Sept., '66; School Manito '7 1· .. 1st Rugby Colours ; Colo ur Sergeant, C.C.F. r, ,Head of Wmtlllg House, '7 1; LAWRENCE, J. O. J - Came April '66 · M . S I I G '71 ; Bugle M~jor, C.C.F. ; Upp~r Vrsl'i=ir~:O~~i,est~~aves Scholar ; House Monitor, MAI NWARING, J. C.-C.C.F. Came Jan ., ' 67 ,· H ouse ' M ' ,71; 2nd . of Golf ; Sgt., omtor, Hockey Colours ; Captain MARSHALL, N. R. - Came Sept., ' 66· Kin ' Sc I I . .. School Monitor, '7 1; Captai n of I st ~/ Ten ~o ~r , HOI~. Sellior KlIlg's . Scholar ; and Squash ; c.P.O., C.C.F. ; Upper VI. F liS, MIllOi Sports Co\ours III Tennis Scholarship University Cadetship. Ande;sOl;nG,}~e Secl etm y of KlIl g s Week; R.N .

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C?me Sept. , '6(5; Upper VI; IS~C. of Glee Club gt and 2nd Hockey Colours; Capta in o'f PARKER, L.- Came Sept. , '66; Kin g's Scholar· Ed mund King's Scholar ; Head of Waiting House '70' H ~av~s. Scholar; Han. Senio r Upper VI ; Sec. ofSomner Society ' Sec ~fSedon/OS\ oilitor, '71 ; LjSgt. , C.C.F.; for Music; Open Scholarship (M;ckin;lOn) i H· t rc e~tra ; Sec. of Cho ir ; Monito r Oxford. n IS o ry ,01 Law, Magdalen College,

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'66' House Mo ni tor, '70; M inor Sports Colours; Captain PRICE, R. K. J .---:-Came Sept., , of Gym nastIcs. '66' Ho use Moni tor, '70; 2nd Rugby Colours; Captain RAFI'ETY, R . J . V.- Came Sept., ' of 2nd X V; Sec. of Boats. . , I Came A ril '67' Ho use Mon itor, 71. REACHER, M . f., sp, '66" Ho use Monitor, '7 1; 1st Rowin g Colours. B C T - Cline ept., , S· . Ru SSELL ' , . . . , . Ho use Mo ni tor, '70~ 1st Hockey Colo urs; Wimmlll.g SUAREZ, R.- Came Ja n., 66, . . Co ta in 3rd XV' Upper VI ; Sec. of Photograph iC Colours ; Hon. Sec. SWln1mmg, dp ( , Society. TU RNER, P .

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G. F.- Came Apn ,

Ho usc Mo nito r ; 2nd Hockey Colo urs; FISgt. ,

C.C.F. . , S '66' School Mo nitor, '7 1; Scc. of At hletics; 2nd · , N . J' 0 K .-Came . C 0 Io urs. W EBBEI" S· . ept." Colou rs' 1st At hletics R gge r Colours' wIl11lnmg , '71 C . u , '66' School Moni to r, '7 1; Head of Ho use, ; aptmn W HITAKER, D.

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of J udo, 1st Jud o Colour,s66' House Mo ni tor, '7 1; 1st Row ing Colours; Upper VI. YOUNG, P. A.- Came Sept., '

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AWARDS, 1971 O rga n Scholarship, T rini ty Collcge, Cambridge. O pen Schola rshi p in Natural Scienccs, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. . . (f L ) Go nville and O ti us O pen Ex hi bitio n in C lasSIcs or aw, College, Cam bnd ge. C horal Scholarshi p, Magda len Collegc, Oxford .. Open Ex hi bitio n in Histo ry, Peterh o use, Cal~'bndge. Open Ex hi bitio n in Natural Sciences, K mg s College, Cam-

DARLOW, S. W. BEGG, A. C. BROOKS, J. T .

COPCUTI, P. P.

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D1NWIDDIE, R . A. K. FOTHERG i LL, J . LOVETI', J . W . T . MCNAiR, N. A. H. MATHERS, S. D .

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STRACHAN, J. M•.. . WALLER, J. M. R . Wi LLTAMSON, S. A.

bridge. I E J' I f Opcn Ex hi bitio n in Modern St ud ies (Latin am "ng IS1 or Law), St. Ed mu nd Hall , Oxford . Open Scholarship in History (Sacher), New College, Oxford. M usic Ex hi bitio n, Pembroke College, Cambndge. n Ex hibitio n in Mathematics, Li ncoln Collegc, Oxfo rd.• O pe . (f' E 'cs) ChrISt s Open Exhi biti on i~1 Ge neral St ud ies 0 1 conOll1l , College, Ca mbndge.· .I o en Scholarship in Histo ry, E mma nu el College, Cam bn, ge. . T" t C liege Ca mbndge. op en Scholarshi p in Ma thematics, rlllI y o , o~en Scholarship in Histo ry, Christ C hurch, Oxford .

WR iGHT, P . D.

r CHAPEL NOTES Harvest T hanksgiving. Harvest T ha nksgiving services were held on Sunday, 10th October. T he Cathedral Undercroft was att ractively decorated by a nu mber of staff wives with prod uce generously contributed by pa rents. T he q uanti ty and qua li ty was well up to the sta ndard of that outside in the cloisters in the street market created on t he Saturday by a we ll-k now n Ital ian fil m compa ny for t heir p rod uction of The Canterbury Tales. Our prod uce was later d ist rib uted by the School's Social Service vo lunteers to the old peo ple who m th ey visit. The Newest Communi on Service. A fter fo ur years of living with Series 2, Series 3 is on the hori zo n. A pro posed new service in modern English (thee's and thou's have been abolishcd) clearly based o n th e C hurch's ex perience with Seri es 2, was publ ished earlier th is tenn. It has stil l to be approved by the Ge neral Synod of the C hurch of E ngla nd but is ava ilab le fo r discll ssio n a nd fo r occasio na l use. We tried it out in the Memorial Chape l o n St. Andrew's Day (Nove mber 30th). T hose present were in terested to see how mllch special material is now included for use on such occasions as Saints' days and most of us were im pressed wit h t he way t hc whole service wo rked out. Confirmation. On Sunday, 5th December, Robert Edwards was confi rm ed by the Bishop o f Dover at a parochial co nfi rmation in Blea n Parish C hurch. A n um ber of his friends supported hi m then and a lso on the following day at hi s first commu ni on. S.cristans. J would li ke to thank a ll the chapel sacristans fo r their u nobtrusive bu t hard work duri ng the past term and especiall y Peter King, the head sacristan, who is leaving. Upper Sixth Meeting. Cano n O. K. de Berry, Vicar of st. A ldate's, Oxford , the spiritual home of numbers of undergrad uates, visited the School o n Sunday, 5th December to spea k to a n Upper Sixth Form mceting. T here was plenty o f opportu nity for d iscussio n and it was a meas ure of the sllccess of the mceting that a gro up stayed o n unti l 10.30 p.m. when Ca no n de Berry had to leave for Lond on. Visiting Preachers. We were glad to welcome as preachers at Evenso ng this term: the Revd. D. A. Sparrow, cha pla in of St. Catherin e's College, Cam brid ge; Prebendary Stepha n Hopk inso n, Rector of Bobbingwo rth ; a nd th e Revd. Roger Jo b, O. K.S., Precentor of Ma nchester Cathedral. On Sun day, 7th Nove mbe r, M r. Alla n Wicks in vited the School to take part in a musical dra ma, The Death of Jan Palach, by Ala n Ridout, which he presented fo r us in t he C hap ter House. A report appears elsew here in this issue. Chapel Collections £ 13· 50 Sept. 12. U.S.P.G . 26. C. M .S. (fo r Dr. G. Hamber, O.K.S., in Ruanda) ... 22·80 12·58 Oct. 10. C hristi an Aid 17·25 24. Roya l U.K. Beneficent Association 7-92 Nov. 28. Y. M.C.A. Mayor of Canterb ury'S Christmas G ift F und 25·60 25·60 C hu rch of England Chi ldren's Society 15·26 Dec. 5. Nort horpe H all Tr ust Chapel General F und ... .. . 58 ·82 B.G. 7

1 THIS AND THAT It saddened us to learn of the death of Harold Sharman, so metime Dcputy Headmaster of the Simon Langto n Grammar School for Boys, who had given us invaluable assi~tance in the Maths. Department for some yea rs and been a dedicated member of the First Orchestra. We would li ke to convey OUr heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Sharman.

Mr. S harman

We bid farewell to Mr. Armishaw who leaves to become Head of the Maths. Department at the Simon Langton and we thank him for his co ntribution both in and out of School. We welcome Mess rs. Goodchild, Graham and Trapp, t~achin g. Modern Languages, History and Physical Education respectively. Mr. Trapp IS plaYin g regularl y for thc Harlequins 1st XV.

Masters

We are proud to record that last yea r's record number of Ki,ng's musicians selected for the National Youth Orchestra has been beaten. This year we have eight members and a "reserve": G. P. Williams (flute), P. E. Davies (flute), S. W. Barlow (percussion), N . H. A. Terry (horn), A. S. Man'mer (clan net), J. R . Seers (composer and general musician), N. F. Roberts (oboe), J. P. Roberts (bassoo n) and S. A. D. Hope (reserve-percussIO n). This number places us ahead of any other school and Ed red Wri ght and the Music Stan' as we ll as the boys themselves are to be warm ly congratulated on a very fin e acillevement.

National Youth Orchestra

We congratulate, this term , Mr. and Mrs. Barham on the birth of a so n, N icholas; Mr. and Mrs. Griffin on the birth of a son, TrIStan ; Mr. and Mrs. DaVies on the birth of a so n Peter Robert; Mr. and Mrs. Woodley on the birth of a daughter, Lucy Clare ; a nd Mr. and Mrs. Barnes on the birth or a 5011, Paul Gregory.

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S ir Harry Towncnd

Wa rmest congratulations to Sir Harry Townend , President of the O.K.S. Association , 1952- 53, on IllS eightieth birthday, 29th December.

Thanks to the gencrosity of the O. K.S. Trust Fund, the Schoo l now possesses Audio-Visual a room given over solely to audl?-vlsual faclhtles. The need has long been Room felt for such a rOOI11, where equipment IS permanentl~ aV,al lable, to make the best use of modern teaching methods. Mr. Wnght s former room, adjoinin g the Palace Block, has been converted for the purpos~ by the Clerk of Wo~ks and his staff. Equipment has been purchased With money prOVided by the Trust, which has also been kind enough to pay for an alf-extractor. The facilities have proved especiall y valuable for language teaching, but most depart ments have made use of them both in and out of school. From Robert Franklin, O.K .S. , now Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford:"I enjoyed Tlte Calltuarial1 as ever. The s t~l1dard seems just ~ s it was and I am delighted that there are still trace~ of the format I ",lIroduced son~e tlille ago. My o nly regret was that there were no strai ghtforward prose contnbutlOns. Why IS It that

A Comment

sch ool ~oy~ are so much more e,nlhusiastic ab~ ut writing bad verse than good prose? The editor s heartfelt cry demandlllg more matenal was very nostalgic." Well.. that was a very welcome clipping. But this business of verse versus prose ought to be Invesllgated more full y so me time. Certalilly some of the thin gs peo ple get awa y wi th in ve rse would merely appear infantile in prose.

Lawrence Burr, O.K .S. , who is enjoying his army career, is now Southern

Lawrence Burr Command Epee C hamp io n. It is also rather fri ghtenin g to hea r that he is in charge of a large number of tanks!

We co ngrat ulate S. A. Spawart, O.K. S., on rowing recently at bow fo r C harybdis Rowing one of th e Oxford University Junior Tria l Eights. '

The Library

The Librarian wo uld like to thank Bruce Money, Esq., Canon David Edwa rd s and th e Headmaster, for their generous gifts o f books to the School

during the tenn . We were pleased to hear from P. A. l akeman, O.K .S., who is now stud ying medici~e .. H e wrjt~s in ~arm appreciation of the fina ncial support King's Exhibitioner gave him III awardlllg hlll1 a Crawford Exhibition. He intends to use the last of his cheques to help pay for a three-month tr ip to Eas t Africa where he wi ll study paedi atrics in Nairobi a nd visit mission hospitals. L~a.vi.ng

What House arc

you in, boy?

MASTER TO NEW Boy: "Are you in the Rotulus ?" NEW Boy TO MASTER: "No sir, I'm in Lattergate."

The First Round of the battle to sell Washin g Machines in four different areas, organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and InterManagement national Computers Ltd., was won by the Top Brains of K ing's, who Exercise defeated Gresham's a nd Hurstpierpoint after seven tensely fought round s. . It's all a malter of price and the most profitable all ocation of reso urces to productio n, markct1l1 g, plant, resea rch and development and transpo rt, and we look forwa rd to re-sharpening ou r swo rd s in the coming term . The 243 schools taking part arc now reduced to 81.

Business

It might be of interest to readers of The Cantuarian to know that in the li st of schools. gaining the largest number of Open Awards at Oxford and. Cambridge durlllg the last five years, King's comes seventh. It IS relevant to add too that with the exception of Winchester the first six schools are all considerably la rger in numbers- Manchester Grammar School, Dulwich, SI. Paul's, Eto n, Winchester and Newcastle Roya l Grammar School. OXford and Cambndge Awards

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buring his tour of Australia, Mr. Gallop spent so me time at The King's Mr. Gollop School, Parra matta, mentlOllIng m a short addr~ss to the school hl.s admiration of its military and histo n cal t raditIOn, his delight at the II1creasll1g closeness of its Unks with Ca nterbury, a nd his regret at not hav ing seen any of the 44 rugger teams in action. Some months ago after hea rin g the Desert ls~and Discs programme in which a King's boy featured, Mrs. l. Ingram of POlllt Cottage, Attleborough Norfolk, made a genero us donation to the H eadm aster in memory her late husband , Murray I ngram, and to be used preferably fo r th e benefit of choristers or musical boys. With Mrs. Ingram's full agreement the H eadmaster on the last day of term ~warded a ha ndsome prize to two boys so qualified , onc ?f wh?J11 had ta~en part in the Desert Island Discs programme. The rest of the benefactIOn Will be held 111 Trust for a Canterbury Cathed ral Choir School,boarder who in a few yea rs' time will be coming to King's where it wi ll finance his edu catIOn fo r a yea r .

Mrs. Ingram

The History Department records its gratitude to Mrs. Lucas for the loan of the fine tiger skin a nd head which now adorns the Durnford. The animal was shot by Colonel R. H. Lucas in 1923 at Balaghat in the Central Provinces. Colonel Lucas then wen t o n to become School Doctor at King's.

The Tiger

The Headmaster visi ted Hazelwood School, Selwy n House School, Tormore, and Betteshanger in the course of the term, preached at the Harvest Thanksgiving at Loose Parish Church on October 3rd, gave the Prizes away at The Archbishop's School o n November 18th and had the pleasure of seeing the 1st XV's victory at Marlbo rou gh on November 1st.

The Headmaster

The Headmaster granted A. J. e. Cowderoy leave to go to Japan , Leave to go to Japan, please, Sir where his mother lau nched t he 142,000 to n oil tanker, Edell Bridge.

L iterary Honours

A story by W. A. Harrison was broadcast in the B.B.C.'s Books, Plays Poems programme on 1st December, and a poem by R. W. H. Eva n; was broadcast in the Listenblg and Writing programme on

3rd December.

From C.E.

"A barometer measures altitude, a nd it gives a low reading on mountains because there is a very low altitude on mountains."

You see, this reaction is u~ed for restoring old paintings. Help the aged

Y ou mean Old Masters, S1f? 10

Among the hordes .of O.K.S. who have. visited their old school this past year, we might perhaps sll1gle out one 111 partIcul ar- e. L. N ightingale who left here â&#x20AC;˘ 111 1910, and served as a pilot in the First World War. He is still teaching music at Dartll1gton Hall School, Totnes, Devon, and would be pleased to hea r from any of his contemporaries if they wo uld write to him at th at address. O.K.S.

Ignorance

A further bastion of ignorance has revealed itself in Vd where the question " Who wrote the music for The Mikado?" elici ted so:Ue peculiar answers' a mong them, " Handel", "Edred Wright", and " I. R. Seers, M.S." '

.. We read with ~reat interest Andrew Chamberlin's report on his visit lhe Leney T rust to Turkey, a tnp undertaken with the generous support of the Leney Trust; a nd wo uld indeed have printed it in full in this edition if it hadn't been so long. We acknowl edge the receipt of another screed from the pen of Mr. O.K .S., co ntaining some illuminating truths about the domestic life of Walter Pater. It appears that King's School boys kept pet vipers in their studies in Pater's day, and would join in brawls with the town boys. Pater eventually became a Roman Catholic.

"Grandpa" Bruce Money,

Noe l Howlett, O.K.S., and star of the telly series Please S ir recently reaffirmed his Kentish co nnections in an interview with the Ke;'t Messenger in which he expressed a desire to buy so me oast houses should he ever have a win on the Poo ls. '

Noel Howlett

We congratulate N igel Day, O.K.s., on being the first ever pilot to pass out of Record Sandhurst havll1g sllnultaneously won all four of the special prizes awarded for distinction in var io us aspects of-flying.

Bill Young

The reigning President of the O .K.S. Association featured recently in the Surrey Mirror, 111 a profile which outlined various events in a remarkable career and touched briefly o n the School.

. "Wc would refer those boys who took part in Tile Mikado to an interestin g The MIkado artic le III the local press, wh ich brought out the cast list of the School's last production of the opera, in 1956, and traced the musical careers of Yum-Yum, Na nki-Poo, Katisha and th e rest up to the present day.

[n the title r61e was Mr. David Riceman, of the Ricemans store, and the part of Ko-Ko was played alternately by Ian Thompson, n?w playing John in television's Family at War, and C hrIStopher Bays ton, who IS a profeSSIOnal sillgerland on the music staff at Eton. Pith-Sing was played by Christopher Seaman, currently conductor of the B.B.e. Scottish Symphony Orchestra, while th e r61 c of Katisha went to Mark Deller, son of Alfred Deller. Among the chorus of nobles were Roger Lunn, who is a 'cellist and plays in the Philharmania, and Joe Polglase, now director of music at Dean Close School, Cheltenham. II

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The "girls" included J. P. Varcoe, now directo r of music at Mercha nt Taylor s' School, and several of the boys who were in the orchestra ar~ now profeSSIOnal mUSI?lans. Even the scenery builders included a bo~ no w a well:estabhshed actor. He was Ohver Davies, who played in the Londo n productIO n of Hadnal/ VII. While o n the subject of this Mikado we must mention th at th e h a ndsome new curtains surrounding th e stage extensio n and o rchestra were genero usly gIve n thro ugh the Headmaster's Fund by parents and other friends of the Schoo l. They considerabl y enhanced the appearance of the Hall. The Boat Club is very grateful fo r the purchase of a new engine for th e "Gemini" "Gemini" coaching launch which has been made possible by generous ConÂˇ tributio ns fro m the O. K.S. Trust and the Headmaster's Fund. The "Scholars" gave a recital in Canterbury o n 14th October. Amo ng thelll Musical were two O.K.S.- David Van Asch, their director, and Jonathan Varcoe. Fragments M agdalen College, Oxford, Choir toured G ermany fo r the British Council in September. The tenors were all O.K.S.- Joseph Po lglasc, An tho ny Sargent and Paul Elliott. To vio li nists, the linTI of Whitmarsh is well-known as o ne of the foremost lirms.of instrument ma kers. Canon Horace Spence has now gIven the School a vlOhn beanng their name. It was made in 1890, and ro und abo ut th~ bel,lll1nrng of the century It won th e tirst prize at an Exhibitio n in Paris as the best Enghsh VIOlIn. Needl ess to say, we arc most gratefu l to Canon Spence fo r thIS most ge nerous glfl.

Amongst the successes of this term's A~sociatcd Board ~~a l11 ~ n a ti on results the following passed at Grade VIII (Final) levd : Juhan Robe~ts (Dlstll1ctlon, Bassoon), John Eaton (Distinction, Singll1g), Ha rry Chfl s~o phers (Dlstll1ctlOn WIth Claflne t and Me~lt WIth Singing), Simo n Ingram HIli (Meflt, Cello) a nd Gordo n Busbfldgc (VIo la). Robel ts (140) and Eaton (1 37), who sang with a so re throat, were exce ptI onall y good results. well-known author of Investment in Stamps, gave a talk and display on Sunday 5th December to the Philatelic Society. Des pite his feeling ill , his talk was extremely interestin g and was much enj oyed by all .

Kenneth R, Lake,

Charles Martin

The Edito rs bid farewell to Charles Martin th is term with thanks for long and devoted service to The Cantuaria,,: His interest and contflbutIOn in the literary field WIll be partI cul arl y mIssed. We WIsh hIm well.

Slips of the Tongue

"The planets from Jupiter outwards are called the Jovial plan ets .. . (from a student of Astronomy). a nd " Did you enj oy the Voracity Match, Sir ?" (fro m a member of Remove ii). t2

THE NEW SANATORIUM "How does onc open a new sanatorium?" queried Mrs. Waddams when, at the H ead ~ master's requ est, she spoke befo re declarin g the build ing open this yea r, " Does one cut a bandage, .b~ea k a therf!1 ometer or slInpi y gi;c someone an injection ?" In retrospect, one might legItImately attrIbute Mrs. Waddams cheerful humo ur in part to the influence of the new building itself, fo r cheerfuln ess a mongst ma ny oth ers is o ne of its most strikin g feattl res. Indeed, it is a ppropriate that a full er picture be presented fo r th ose who have not had the good fortune, in one sense, to have seen or to have stayed in what must surely be onc of th e most modern and comfortabl e of School San atoria in existence.

The aim in buil di ng it was threefo ld- to erect a purpose- btlilt, o ne-storey Sanatorium incorporatin g th e latest features of hos pital design ; to release Bra mhope itself fo r a new

Junior House to be name~ after a f~mo us benefactor, Lord Plender; and thereby to relieve the press ure of num bers III the semor boardin g hOtlses in th e Precincts. Designed by Mr. W. Roblllson , Clerk of Works, a nd bUIl t In less than a yea r, the interi or is st rikin g on account of ItS modern decor maklllg It brIght a nd cheerful. Each of the fou r six-bed wards on o n ~ side of the .m ~ in c?rridor is furnished in pleasa ntly contrasting colour schemes. Opposite them are SIX IsolatIon wards and th e D octor's Surge ry. At th e end of the corridor arc a Patient's Sitting-Room and a Games Room containing the most splendid facilities for those conva lescing, includ i n ~ te levision, billia rd s, tab le tennis a nd a library. These rooms c~uld easl,ly be converted III al~ emergency. One special feature is the provision of french WIndows In every wa rd , allowlI1g beds to be wheeled o ut in the summer into the beautiful gardens. The entrance to the building has a cantilevered canopy to provide covered access in inclement wea ther, whilst the kitchen is equipped to a very high standard, lInked to th e DInIng ROOIn by a servll1g hatch, a nd designed to serve o th er houses in the vicinity. The staff accommodation comprises bed-sitting rooms, sitting-room and private bathrooms. T he constructio n was ca rried o ut by the Clerk of Works' own stalT, assisted by two subco ntracted brIcklaye rs to who m the Head master presented spirit levels at the o penin g ce remo ny to commemorate the laYIng of 140,000 bncks. Two hundred tons of concrete were used for th e foundati o ns and a furth er one hundred for the approach road . One

rather interesting fact,concerns the glass main doors, which are armour-plated and acquired second-ha nd at a saVll1g of no less tha n £220, thus ensurin g that patie nts a re safe in every sense of the wo rd. There is oil-fired central hea tin g, and other features too allow fo r furth er develo pment. The total cost of the building was some £33,000. The Schoo l is indebted to the City Archi tect, Mr. D . T o mkinson, M.C. D. , B. ARCH., Health , D r. M. S. Harvey, M.D., CH.B., po int, this project has probabl y received WIder publICIty than IS generall y realIsed. Altho ugh I. e.I. has a large a rt ad visory stalT, the company has approached the Clerk of Works on mo re than one occasion for his colour schemes a nd in the case of th e New Sa natorium pu blished photographs in its house magazine, Decorators' News . A. R.t.B. A., A.M.T. P.I. , and th e Medi cal Officer of D.P. H., fo r their ready. help a nd advice. One fin al

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i SOCIAL PROBLEMS DR. HARVEY ON "THE RISKS OF PROM ISCUITY" 181'1-1 SEI'TEM DEI< The question of sex ed ucation fo r leenagers poses considerable problems; so many think they know all there ISto know aboul II , and consequentl y are reluctant to take adviee from someone older a nd wIser. Dr. Harvey w~s thus undertakll1g a ddlicull task trying to con_ vi nce an a lready hosllic a udI ence of Ihe rISks of promlsclIIty. Having first iJiundated us with a long list of statislics of Ihe birth rate, rale of illegitimate births ratc of abortIOns and other assocIated phenomena, Dr. Ha rvey we nt on to describe the fo'rms of venerea l disease to which promiscuity could lead, giving such a detailed and

vivid analysis of Ihe symptoms of each Iype Ihat the sight of increasingly anxious faces amongst the audience indicated uneasy imaginations at .work. Now th,at we, knew precisely what the diseases were, Dc Ha rvey told us of the most likely ca uses of II1fectl o n ; travelling, homosexuality, and the pilI all.col1tnbll~ed; prostltllte~ accounting, for a mere 12 % of

cases Irealed. Although acceplll1g that II I modern socIety pre-mantal sex was virtually inevitable, Dr. Harvey was convinced that for reasons of morality and emotion it was better to leave it until afterwards- und oubtedl y it can be more satisfying. After the talk Dr. Harvey a nswered questions competently. ' Dr. Harvey was a speaker with whom one could sympathise, and one point was clear from his talk; he sincerely believed in what he was saying. Conseq uently it was sad to think that so many of hi s audience thou ght they knew better. S. J. HARRISON. DR. CLEOBU RY ON "A LCO HOLISM " 6TH NOVEMBER

A film was sho wn in which the problems of alco holism were discussed by alcoholic, themselves. In a group discussion, Ihese alcoholics ta lked out their mutual problems in great frankness, comparing their d iffere nt methods of cure. Dr. Cleob ury, consultant psychiatrist to St. Augustine's Hospital, went a little further to explain the problems facing drinkers. He had two messages. First, in praising the COIlstructiveness of the I.e. R. , he emphasized the need for the youn g to be taught how to drink responsibly. Secondly, he stressed that a lcoholism is a physical disease a nd thus there should be no em barrassment in admitting oneself an alcoholic (Alcoholics Anonymous got a mention). Dr. Cleo bury was cross-exa mined by the assem bled multitude. A. S. MARRINER. DR. MITCHELL ON "DRUGS" 13TH NOVEM BER

Dr. Mitchell began his lecture by denying that he was merely an old "spoil-sport" out to ruin the younger generati on's fun. Throughout the lecture, in fact, his Iight-hearled approach tended to obscure the seriousness of his subject, th ough it certainly made his talk more interesting for hi s aud ience. Following the same pattern as Dr. Gimson in previous lectures, Dr. Mitchell outlined the natures, effects and dangers of the most com monly abused drugs, illustrated by the experiences of his patie nts in Canterbury. 14

i A li vely discussion folk)wed the completion of Dr. Mitchell's talk, during which he was hard put to produce suffiCIent posItI ve eVIdence of the dan gers of cannabis to outweigh the obvious harm which has resulted from its prohibition. Whi lst. po werfully rei\erating the un iversa ll y accepted dangers of the " hard" drugs, once agam MItchell s lecture could only emphasize the urgent need for a far more coml'rehenslve knowledge of the pOSSIble dangers of cannab is to both society and the indI VIdual. I . FOHIERGILL.

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DR. CROFTS ON "SMOKI NG" 18TH NOVEMBER

Amidst the heat of controversy on the subject of this vice, it was refreshing to hear Dr. Crofts' lUCId a nd hard-headed lecture. Mr. Wilkinson kicked off with a witty introduction to Dr. Crofts' admirably simple enumerati on of the vario us conditions attributable to the ha bit. The impact of hi s words .'vas no doubt made more harrowing by the infected lung whIch was passed round. QuestIons followed, such as " how to give it up" at which point Mr. Wilkinson lent his support. In Slim, the afternoon cannot have been w~sted on anyone present. R. B. DAMON.

THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FIREARMS MR . R. A. PEARSON On Friday, 24th September, Mr. R. A. Pearson gave a lecture and demonstration on "The History and Development of Firearms". Mr. Pearson started his lecture with a n amusing acco unt of the discovery and uses of 10 the 14th century. H e then described the hand ca nnon, supported on a forked stake, whIch tended to be m~)fe letha l to the operator than the enemy. This idea was gradua lly Improved upo n untli a gu n was designed which could be carried and fired by gu n powd~r

one man.

. Theresults of these improvements were the subject of the next part of the lecture. The IIl Ventlon of the F li nt lock was deSCribed and demonstrated wilh the use of a Blunderbuss whose incredible. eXplosion penetrated even well-stoppered ears! There then came a fa ;' more dIverse period 111 the hIstory of gun-making. The famous Brown Bess, which was in use ~Ith the Bfltlsh Army for 150 years unti l superseded by the rifle, was exhaustively descnbe,d and demonstrated. Many. more firearms, ranging from duelling pieces to a n assas~1I1 s gun-stIck, were a lso deSCribed and often demonstrated. Lastly, Mr. Pearson descnbed the flfle that the Americans are usi ng in Vietna m and a lso showed the equivalent weapon used by the Communist guerillas. It was a fascinat ing lecture and very a musi ngly give n. The demonstrations, a lthough occasionally temperamenta l, were well received by a ll present; many thanks to Mr. Pearson for a very pleasant evenmg. I . P. FRAN KS. 15

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CONVENTION AT R.M.A. SANDHURST I suppose there must have been about forty or fifty schools represented, each one by a master and a senior boy selccted on grounds of their apathy, if not actual antago nism, loward~ thi~lgS ,milita ry" The prescription had fitted me and also. apparently. Jeremy Thomas. It was one of the mam cnLena on which the convention

was run: th~ old order changeth, and the new hat h not 1ak,en its place. We ~erc the unconverted, the

benighted masses to whom the Army was a monster, mechanized maybe, but stili part bull, part red-tape largely unnecessary. The monster was prepared to en lighten us. â&#x20AC;˘ Why should such a course be necessary? This was made clea r on the first Il,,!orning. The Army was a public service run by the Government on taxpayers' money; not everyone might regard defence in its present form' as an essential, and this despite the fact that we had the smallest profess iona l army 'of any even remotely sophist icated country; and, perhaps most important, numbers in officer recruiting had ~n decreasin g. Nevertheless, it was, as they averred, to be a publicity stunt rather than a recruiting campaign. The first two points can be d~alt with fair!y. c3;sily. The present armed st?rvices are very much under the thumb of Westminster and subject ~o the v.IClssltll.des of gove r~m ~nt. This pe~haps .has always been the case, but with the development of virtually Immed iate conunum~~tlOn the ar~a . n~ which p~rsona l decision can be made, based on a first-hand knO\~ledge of local cond l~lO~ s, has d nnmls.hed rapidly ~ u ring the twentieth century. The area of bureaucratic delay has enlarged In tnverse proportion. Most military acts appear to be directly political, even ~vhen on the smallest scal~. On the other hand, Britair:t has not reduced her commitments as much as we might have been led to believe, and the present Army IS hard-pressed to maintain the required forces in many different operat ional areas, especially since the infantry cut-down a year or two ago. It is the third point, though, the need to officer this force, which received most attent ion. To this end the Commandant- an extremely astute and able man, far from the "Bl imp" of fond imaginings- and his staff subiected us to the well-tried instruct ion technique of, "tell 'em wot yer gonna tell 'em ; tell 'em wot yer told Âˇ'em". So, we were told and told and told and told. We emerged periodically to cat superb self_ served food (as the cadets have every day!), constipated by figures, tables, scales, h istories, maps, profiles cross-sect ions details and a mass of informat ion, which T, and most others to whom I spoke, found both indigestible a~d far better suited to being cyclo-styled and handed out for more leisurely consumpt ion. Despite their fluent delivery and ob~ioli S mastery of material, the lect~rers tended to speak un~elieved l y in impersonal terms and, as a n English teacher, I found myself becomlOg more and more conSCIOus of a close similarity in their phraseology, sentence-structure and paragraphing. Possibly this has developed as the most economical method of del ivering factual knowledge orally, but it is very tedious to li sten to. Readers of Dickens will find a more extended treatment of this po int in the first chapter of Hard Times. One of the questions which arose most often was this very point in human dress, " Is there a 'type' which the Army prefers, or which it produces?" No overall answer was ever given, but my personal opinion is that there is not, alt hough the nature of the job requires a certain acceptance and standardisa tion in outward appearances, which is o.nly a~oid~d when in pe~'s0!1~ 1 co nversa~ion with the. officers and officer cadets themselves. Obviously the Identification between mdlvldual and Job-persona lity becomes closer as lengt h of service increases, but J met several regular officers with an engagi ng abi lity to laugh at themselves and the officer-cadets were, I would have thought, ala rmin gly frank about Army life and training. All this, however, is strictly when not on duty. Discussion as to the rights a nd wrongs of loyalty, courage, discipline and of decisions in stress si tuations are c.1l'ried out fully at all levels, but always before the event. Eventually, someone has to make a decision which becomes an order, and this must be obeyed instantly and withou t question. This was made abundantly clear, shown to be the only way in which the Army can fu lfil its role, on numerous occasions. Those who always want the last word wou ld not find this a suitable ca reer prospect. It must be sounding by this stage as if I have been successfully brain-washed into becoming an Army Information Office all on my own. Certainly that is not my intention, though if anyone d id want to know some actua l detai ls of the career, the sort of thing one does not get in the hand-outs, I cou ld say quite a lot more! No, I am merely concerned with the impression this convent io n left. I enjoyed it vcry much, especia lly in retrospect being able to assess some of the ideas with which we were plied. One of the best features was the discovery of how widely one's own misconceptions and bl ind-spots arc sha red by others; conversely, how much often-argued concurrence there is with one's own cri ticisms, phobias and shylynurtured pet theories. The emergence of a reasonably articulate opposition to some of the Army's beliefs poi nted the most fundam ental distinct ion: regular Army officers are professional, trained as well as they know how to do an often uncongenial and thankless task, but one in which they are sure of what they are doing; in contrast, we appear much as the amateurs, idealistic, ignorant, protected and not infrequently uncertain of what we are trying to do. N.C.O'O.

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERTS Fifteen lunchtime concerts were arranged between 1st October and 26th November, each lastlllg about 20 mill utes. A sixteenth was to have included the first movement of the Sixth Brandenburg, but had to be postponed through illness. Our audience, which frequentl~ IIlcluded the Headmaster, seemed to find them ve ry enjoyable. G. P. Williams helped With the orgallisatlOn, which was made easier by the willi ngness of performers to appear sometimes at very short notice. Thirty-five players or singers took part. These were the programmes :Reflets dans I'eau ... ... . .. Pieces for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets ...

Debussy Jail Hare

Elegie for clarinet and piano Sonata for flute and clarinet Kitty Valse (piano duet) ... Canonic Sonata in F for 2 flutes ... Two pieces for bassoon and piano Organ Recital in Crypt ... ... ... ... Divertimento for 2 clarinets and bassoon (K229) The Swan (arr. fo r flute and piano)

Faure ... Telemallll Tcl/aikovsky (arr. Kostler) Bach, Karg-Elert, Dupre Mozart Sailll-Saells

Qllartets for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone Preludes in G minor, G major, E minor Andante pastorale for flute and piano Sonata in G mino r for flut e and piano Baritone songs : Volga Boat Song ... ... Sea Fever ... Duo for clarinet and bassoon Tenor songs: Ah, how sweet Great Dagon As ever I saw

... Frescob(l/di, Mussorgsky Chopin

Violin Sonata in E minor (1st movement) Baritone songs: Verrat ... ... ... .. . Somnus' aria from "Semele" .. . Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano Clarinet Sonata

Mozart

TaJfallel J. S. Bach

... Traditional Ireland Beethoven Purcell Handel Warlock

Brahms Handel Schumallll Poulenc

Kol Nidrei ('cello and piano)

Bruch

Oboe Sonata (1 st movement)

Sail/t-Saells

Concerto in G minor (oboe and piano) Bagatelle fo r bassoon and piano ... Two Mirror Canons for 2 violins

Halldel ... Alan Owen Mozart

Seven Variations on an origina l theme Violin Sonata in G (1st movement)

Weber Brahms

Preludes in C minor, C sharp minor (20 & 25) ... Piano Concerto in G (2nd and 3rd movements)

Chopin Rallel

Violin Sonata in G minor ... . .. Nocturne in n major (Op. 9, No.3)

Hal/del Chopin

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... Busoni Stephen Harrison

< THOMAS HARDY: THE UNMAKING OF POETRY

2nd October Mr. Gibson gave us an illustrated talk on the subject of Hardy's

oet~y, '~uch was the ~nthusiasm shown by "A" Le~el candidates faced with the prospect pf "d ',g" Jude the Obscure that the refined proportIOns of the Maugham Library became

~ Bla~~ Hole: late arrivals ~'ight either retire discreetly or prop themselves up on a bOok-

shelf, , d h 'g Hardy's turn from the novel to poetry, Mr. Gibson mentlOne t at Jude I n d 'Iscussm ' d I ' h' h d d d' was considered an immoral book when it was first pubh~he , cavmg IS ar ene au lence aghast. He then brandished a sombre volume, bound 1Il heayy, dark green leather, at us: cop ies of Hardy's first book of poems, MOVlllg on, we learnt that Hardy one 0 f th e 1ast wrote 922 oems: here Mr. Gibson advocated a sh'my new vo 1Ul~e "r,or th e, H ard y add'I~,t" ' From out gfthose 922, 300-400 poems are "amongst the greatest m the Enghsh language the mind boggled, , , , 'b ow read us one or two poems and performed the mystlc ntes of practical G M n ' Gl'b son.S"Vlsua . 1 at'd" k't , , r.' I son them This set the mood for Mr. I , a com b'ma t'IOn cntlclsm ' , h y, revea I'mg the I ~n'd d et al'Is 0 f of slides over and tape-recorder: firstly, a short autoblOgrap Hard's unhappy marriage, and a revelatIOn of the contents of a few of his poems- f<;)f Yl B elf! was apparently born out of Hardy's galhvantlllg along the said chff " , fth d I' examp e eeny I with his fiancee, Emma Gifford, Another ~nterestlllg fact arose, many 0, e poems ea 109 with small incidents were written at a distance of anythmg up to thirty years, from the incident. We were all duly impressed by the number of poems which Mr. Gibson was able to trace back to their origins, , the obvious question was unfortunately asked, namely: what IS the I n ques t 'IOn- tl'me . , , , 'd ' d ' t th' d" oint of tracing a poem back to the scene which lIlSplre It~ an" IS ~o .IS an a ml,SSlOll fI,at the poet has failed to communicate? Apart from saym~ No, which Mr. Gibson did this was a hard question to answer; a nd Mr, Gibson said that he would come back t !t But alas time in the best Hardy manner, passed, and loud applause resounded t~r~~gh the School k'itchens, as the audience began to extricate itself from the bookcases into the fresh night alr. A, J, J, ELLISON,

HERR BRUNO HOFFMAN AND "THE GLASS HARP" 5TH NOVEMBER Bruno Hoffmann has been responsible, in our century, for ,the revival of an instrument which had its heyday in the late eighteenth century, the first mstr.ument to b~ar the ~amd "Armonica" , Herr Hoffmann has arranged different shapes a.od sizes of speCially deSigned glasses in a wooden case, and can extract from them, by stroklllg their nms With dampene , ' fingertips, anything from Bach chorales to modern film mUSIC, Benjamin Franklin apparently devoted much research to the devehopment of thiS uk"b;e instrument and it achieved widespread populanty m Europe, champIOned b~ a re'd ar ,a t ~ bl'nd female virtuoso who caught the attention of Mozart. Mozart's AdagIO an qUI~ e I salon with a Romance by Beethoven, the pride of the small glass harp reper~Olre, {~rili~ ;arly gnineteenth century the effect of the instrument upon the nerves was questIOned 18

(Mesmer had been using it in his treatments) and its use was suppressed by law in many German towns, Thus the glass harmonica fell silent until Herr Hoffmann came along, find ing demand for his instrument in film music and the works of contemporary composers who were fascinated by these new possibilities of timbre, Naturally, Herr Hoffmann has written his own music to display the possibilities of his technique, and he performed a few of these virtuoso showpieces amongst the numerous encores which were demanded by the very large and appreciative audience he had managed to hold spellbound throughout the programme, J, R, SEERS,

THE BRITISH ECONOMY SINCE 1945 PROFESSOR HABBAKUK We were very pleased to welcome Professor Habbakuk, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and a well-known economic historian, Although the post-war period is hardly his speciality, he appeared to be very well informed, He divided his talk into two parts, First, he discussed the reasons for the phenomenal growth in Britain; secondly, he discussed the problems attached, Britain has experienced no depression since the War which is comparable to pre-war depressions, Growth has been reasonably smooth; employment has been remarkably stable-on average, 2 % as compared with a figure of 10% for the inter-war years, Professor Habbakuk gave four main explanations, Firstly, that it was caused by Government policy, through deficit financing and Keynesian principles, He appeared to reject this as a major cause, Secondly, that it was due to inherent changes in the system- labour is now on a comparatively permanent basis, Thirdly, that it was due to new technology, There is much new industry and new activities; management is far more capable, Fourthly, Professor Habbakuk considered the possibility that the boom was purely cyclical, and therefore has to end. A 1948 depression was saved by Marshall Aid; a 1950's depression was saved by the Korean War, Britain's position was difficult after the War. Technologically, education was not on a par with other countries, Speculation became a major threat. If Britain had devalued earlier, she could have experienced an export-led boom, These factors led to the evolution of the stop-go policies, At present, the only major threat to a boom is a notable lack of investment. Professor Habbakuk then kindly answered questions, Unfortunately, he tended to be somewhat evasive in his replies; however, no-one was really willing to take him up more firmly, Sometimes his theories seemed at fault; the fact that he evidently seemed to believe that the present boom is only a prolonged cyclical phenomenon was indicative of this, We are grateful to Professor Habbakuk for giving us some provocative ideas, especially provocative to the left-wing element. J. M, STRACHAN, 19

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RUSSIAN ICONS MR. R. BA TIERS BY NOVEM BER 27TH, 1971 In the studious at mosphere of the Physics Lecture-room" Mr. Battersby was faced by an audience that knew little about such an obscure though mtngumg subject. He be an by concisely and clearly outlining the. social and political background to the h'lstory when the great Icon-pamters were workmg. He demonstrated . d . gR' peno m usslan d . dB' . fI d th I graphically hQW Ancient Egypt, through Alexan na an yzantlUm, m uence e CQn tradition. . As well as illustrating what he was tellin~ us about the five dIfferent schools of Icon aintin with a magnificent collection of sh d~s, Mr. Battersby had two .genume wQrks ~ith hi~ which the audience examined eagerly 111 order to be able to see their. precIse detail and the meticulous technique by which they had been executed . . After sh?wlllg the slides, · h h unnl'ng commentary pomtlng out contrastmg and sIm ilar character' . , d b th th ' on wh IC e gave a r . . M B tt by answered various questIOns whIch, encourage y e en uSlasm IStICS, r. a ers , . ' d d' . F' II M and interest of the audience, developed mto qUite an, animate ISC~SSI0~ . ma y, r. b I d·t recordings of examples of RUSSian choral musIc whIch created, for B a ai~~:s ";i';'I~{S~ th:ocorrect atmosphere Qf religious devotion in which Icons are best appreciated. . d . The Art Society is very grateful to Mr. Battersby for spari ng the lime to. come an g.lVe · ta Ik an d a Iso. f 0 r so generously presenting the School t h IS . d ' . wIth t a set of slides of RUSSian Icons that will enable this lecture to be re-hve m meetmgs 0 come. B. J. Q. WH EELER. The Art SQciety would also like to thank Mr. J. Martin for his excellent talk on "Art Education and its Implications". B. J. Q. WH EELER.

THE MARTYRDOM OF JAN PALACH

Sunda

7th November, a fair proportion of the School took part in Allan \Vicks'

mus:~al and Ydramatic rendering of the Martyrdom of Jan P~lach. The holy qualities ~f the ceremony, which took place in the Chapter House, were m no way dependent on t e . . hallowed setting of the Cathedral. Th t made a powerful dramatic prQduction. It began wIth a rehearsal of the ?penmg t' e evef~r which the participants were divided into two sections, RUSSIan SoldIers an~ sec I~ns, h Citizens of Prague under its 1968 occupation. These two mobs sang an t~~tur~~cand rocessed. The actual perfQrmance followed the lines Qf this rehearsal except fhat it culmin~ted in the self-immQlation of the student Palach, graphIcally portrayed by a oun actor from the Marlowe Theatre. Clearly, a great deal depended on the ImpresSIOn y. g f J Palach He was supposed to bring life to the idea of Remembrance by 11I~ g.lv~n ~ ~n us as ~ g enuine person the time, place and circumstances of wh~se de~t Slr~I~!~nia~ to. us all In fact it see.'ned that he was being stylised int? a seml-m~thlc.~ 1 a to stimulate a "religious" atmosphere. SQme sort of proclamatIOn statll1g etal s fig~:... earance and home background , also whether he would have been likely to ~pprQve ~Lhfs ~~ immortalise him, might have helped to convey the martyr as a man. ThIS would

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have enhanced the drama of his destruction, to the detriment possibly of its religious symbolism and effect. Did the proceedings inspire any or all of those who took part with lasting religious feelings? The fifteen-second periods of absolute silence which they called for at some points seemed to reflect a certain breathless awe. But any external signs of religious conversion which may have been in evidence were at once dispelled by the undignified rush for the door which followed the removal Qf the dead Palach, solemnly borne out into the Cloisters by six boys. Is this use of a contemporary figure, somewhat subjectively portrayed, an hQnest means by which to arouse religious sentiment? If it succeeds in doing so. does this 'sentiment constitute a genuine or a spurious religion? On what does such religion base itself? If genuine, does it reflect favourably on the practices of the conventional Church, or merely point Qut their abid ing defects? This martyrdom ceremony will have made mQst of those present aware that religion is not entirely defunct, possibly even that it is still necessary in some form: and it achieved this without any assistance from the biblical precepts and historical insistences on which the established Church rests. C. W. MARTIN.

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERT On Sunday, November 21st, a mQst enjoyable concert was given in the Shirley Hall. It was, sadly, the last appearance for the Music Circle of two former Music Monitors, Peter King and Andrew Marriner. The latter played with Stephen Barlow the first movement of Brahms' F millor Clarinet Sonata as the last item on the programme: there was much sensitive playing, particularly from the clarinet in the quiet, reflective moments: the movement as a whole did not always have a sense of direction- particularly where the pianist had passages of great technical difficulty; but there was much fine musicianship. The first item was Pieces for Ceremonial Functions, by Pezel (Martin, Elliot and John EatQn (trumpets), NichQlas Terry (hQrn), William TQdd (trombQne) and Robert SCQtt (tubaÂť; here, the chQrds were nQt always well-tuned- the trumpets, particularly, were nQt always well-matched, though they made a brave attempt at the high nQtes. However, after a sQmewhat shaky first mQvement, the ensemble greatly improved. JQhn EatQn (bass) with Peter King (piano.) gave a lively performance of Brahms' Verrat, shQwing a gQQd vQcal range, and a sense Qf the drama, preceded by a suitably "tired" performance of SQmnus' aria "Leave me, IQathsQme light" from Handel's Semele, althQugh this could perhaps have been mQre entertaining while still being sQmnolent. The shQrt intrQductiQns given by Eaton were illuminating and worthwhile. The performance of the RQndQ from MQzart's Quintet in Efiat by Nigel RQberts (obQe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Nicholas Terry (hQrn), Julian RQberts (bassoQn) and Stephen BarlQw (piano) was slightly disapPQinting: it was Qften very beautiful, but sQmewhat lifeless at times: the Qutcome was nQt a considered whQle, in spite of accQmplished playing from each member Qf the group. David ChiltQn's Handel aria, "If! give thee hQnQur due" from L'Allegro was enjQyable, and Stephen BarlQw's "bell" accQmpaniment on the piano. was quite inspired: the first piece, Mozart's "Speak to. me for my lady" from Don Giovanni, lacked vQice control, particularly Qn the wQrd "go" before the main tune's return. Some Qf the higher colQratura was more neatly managed. 21

Haydn 's Trio in C was played by Patrick Wi ll iams and Paul Davies (flutes) and David Newland Ccell o) . The Andanle was rat her dull, and , while the ret urn of the opening theme was nicely managed by the flut es, the 'cellist forgot to "take a breath" with them . In the Allegro, the piece spark led with life: the pl aying was neat and there was a good sense of ensemble from all playe rs. The remai ning item was Three Spirituals arranged by 'Jonathan Seers, sung by Seers and Matthew Bright (alt os), Harry Christophers (tenor) and John Eaton and Nicholas Terry (basses). Once the singers had esta blished themselves wit h the audience, the performance was a great success. Seers had written well for the group, and they made the most of the man y opportunit ies for humour.

Altogether it was a highly va ried and entertai ning evening. J ANET

DAVIES.

OUTWARD BOUND, DEVON K. D. P. Green The name "Ou twa rd Bound" mea nt little when firs t mentioned to me. I imagined it as a straightforward physical fi tness course intcrwound with somewhat varied advent urous pursuits. This was true to a certain

extent, although I found ot her aims and objecti ves bu ried in the course. At short notice, I agreed to go and course 01 04 at Holne Park, ncar Ashburton, D evon, was to be home for 26 days in August. The building, a Victorian-style country house, seemed at first glance to be what 1 had expected: it was pleasant in some areas, shabby in ot hers, and contained evidence all over of the necessity for effort, initiative and organisation. It lay in grounds of about 100 acres, bordered by the River Dart, o n the edge of Dartmoor. There were a few groomed pieces of land, well tailored to blend with the stately external appearance of the house, but most of the land was meadow surround ing pieces of woodland . These grounds were dotted with almost every conceivable structure which entails exercise, exertion and sometimes daring. These challenges beca me almost enj oyable at times, .after the initial breaking-in period, which consists of consistent ha rd exercise in one fo rm or ano ther, in usually most unpleasant conditions, had acclimatised one somewhat fo rcibly to the mode o f life at the school. The first week was certainly the most disli keablc--we had much exerc ise, and little outside activity. and we looked forwa rd to some change later on. The instructo rs were as I had imagined : fit-but both physically and mentally ; that is, they knew the ir jo b very well as fa r as the attitude and assessment of the perfo rmanco side of matters went. I was surpri sed at the number of students, out of a total of 104, who were sponsored by thei r employers; there were hardly any schoolboys or privately sponsored students. We were split into nine patrols ; everyone had to learn to do du ties that he did not li ke, to work hard, using brai ns and initiat ive where available, and above all, to work as a team all the time ; to get o n well with people who either one did no t like or who might be cons id~red from a differen t "section" o f society. Anyone who tried to fight against the rhythm was left by the wayside. Thu s, si nce the o rdinary working person constit uted the large majority of the people present on the course, all "classes" saw concl usively that to exist together in harmony was the easiest way. Individua ls' personali ties showed through and somet imes bet rayed their ow ners when the tests of endurance and effort ca me in the form of expeditions on the moor, comprising o ne initial two days and nights' 30-mile exercise as one pat rol ; one two-day, o ne-night solo exercise; and the test of the course; the "Overland" exped ition, in completely una ided groups of fo ur, travelling through a series of checkpoints from the north coast of Cornwall , across Bodmin Moor, almost all over Dartmoor and back to the school on the south-c.:1st edge o f the moor, coved ng about 90 miles in three-and-a-half days . Also the mo re exciting and interesting pursui ts, such as cl imbing, canoeing, and cl iff-rescue sti ll demanded an offensive att itude if the often very challenging o bstacles were to be conquered. Thus, looking back, although almost everybody cursed it and questioned their acceptance of the course while they were ac tually on it, it was clea rly a lesson in all respects, and one's own effort derived a corresponding amount o r benefit.

DREAM-a gothic fantasy

W. T. Lovett

White linen. Crystal glass and silver c t I l · . SIt alone WIth a companion (I can't understand that). At the next table-it mu u ery. fa~e and a husband (strange he's wearing a s:t:t~~ h)o~:-:-slts ahdragon-woman with a hard Iquette angs over them like a pal/. W,th them there's a girl- long light brown h .~ : hazel, bitter-sweet. Her skin's' fair soft like a~r, Ike ~aw, wispy, brittle, and eyes, large (how?) and she loves me (how? why?) ~nd 1 knoo:nihat~t~o~"ow her? Yes, 1 know her

Me. Standing among statues- no pe I· ·1 made a ward of Court? The magistra'te d~fJ:~eds:;:t\ (~e.?)What was that? She's been of. .. Why? Why me? What have J? Y d e was not to touch her on palll 1 don't love her! (I don't understand)· ou, ? YOfU know?- statue SIlent, crumbles. ••• 011 palll 0 on pain palll pain .. .

White linen. Crystal Deja vue b t . her now). Towards my seat . . . she'su ~t~~ncefD. M?fDlDg-bright. She's there (I notice 1 push, and touch- surely she knows. p Delig~~f~1 a~~~u~:r(W'~xouS)IY. (How dramatic.) ·t h . P T? How do 1 escape how do I ... ? dragon-woman t Hade Haig" (What was that? W~~~s Mk? a smlle~scowl, proud hypocrisy, "Mr. Haag deahngs with our daughter." NO r den ..{., ~ IS tll~ w~ sp.oke of your relatIOns, your horrified (?) surprise 1 found myself raisi~ I . ~s' . ~l1Ied It VOCIferously; but to my arrogance and the other's adoration. How ;~~tei~~o ~hi~~fence; spurred by the one's

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Dark. 1 must get out. She's here but 1 must t S· . boots (that's important Why?) L· th ge out. urVlve. Pulhng on high riding An officer, a soldier- but thai,; eigh~~~~th e:.,~~ .. . t!;;ne, tJ(~h Nerves. Who's that? so~ething 1 don't know, but he leaves. Lacing /i~i~nldor~h ' eredam I?). r explain I·t C · · e. ere sa oor WIth my name on It (What's my name?) 1 go thr live-dark ivy. High wall· ·Grass A~~fdl ~~ orndor. Another door, to air. A cloister, sky. But fear. 1 turn. Silk tie iean cou'tu e thenght, past wall, over grass, sky. 1 run to screaming silent, whence r ca~e. Past me' (~h'~ns'NU~)d ~e ~ebonalf-jerking, running, on two legs- grinning. Nothing. o. ac wards runs a bloodhound

A New Superhero?

A. T. Llolld

Down in fields, where the blue-grass thunders Credible-man stands, thumbs well waistcoated. Credentials above and below and all round him Neat-rolled umbrolly and registered bowler His believable Times 'neath credible forearm Struts ... starting tulling ... tossing his head-credo Then laughing and roaring starts he to bellow And rants at his son Ram-tossed and yellow He knows that his offspring shan't survive the encounter Credible-man is basically savage he has no ego.

A. T. Llolld

Silver Boat In centuries gone by but still today

Vanity was supreme and so shall stay The inane was sublime when the King built a ship To mark the death of his fair queen, He taxed and levied, rich and poor All his coffers emptied all good work undone A true slag-heap of silver was amassed The people loyal gave all their wealth To see their monarch smile again, It came by lorry cycle truck and ship The silver of the land came in. All the silversmiths were then engaged And solid a silver schooner they construed Upon the slipway by the sea in that mad monarch's land. So came the day, full five years since queen had died When the silver boat was launched, Slow down the slip she ground her way, And as the stern quiet kissed the waves The king was quietly mad with joy. II sank of course. 24

Let the holocaust come, Lord B. P. Lindley Wild laughter from the distant allotments The record-player turns Paganini This morning nothingness at last became acceptable to me. Yesterday I was in London at the evening rush hour Standing stationary on an escalator. People were running past me with bouncing briefcases Grimly intent on their purposelessness. I asked myself what every outsider asks: why do they run? The world is no better for their nervous exhaustion. If it were one man only he would scurry through laughter But several million people are not to be laughed at At least, my laughter will not suffice to change them. I used to think: They are mad; look what we have done to the world. Yeste,rday I changed my mind: They are not mad. But ape-like. This IS not what we have done to the world, but how the world is. Nothingness is better than all this Silence and timelessness and no questions Let the holocaust come, Lord. I came back to the country And became afraid again of the atom bomb Afraid for myself, of my pain But less afraid than before. Wild laughter from the distant allotments Strengthens my certitude. Nothingness is better than all this. Let the holocaust come, Lord. (same verse as before) You ask: Why did I not act on my principle And kill myself? I answer: I am an ape, and I cling to life. That is how the world is. And if the Lord will not take out his matchbox It will always be so. Lord, let the holocaust come.

W. A. Harr;son There used to be a field there once, filled with kale. It didn't last. Some people came' and went. There was an inquest. The people came back after the harvest, with huge tape: measures. They went in October. The field lay bare for a month. Then bulldozers streamed in like tanks. The field was a mess in December. The bulldozers retreated. They came hack in February. The field was in an even worse mess in March. The people started to dig holes in the ground. Brick by brick a house appeared. They made a dirt track. They built another house. There were five houses there in May. They tarred the road in June. Tbere were twenty houses there in July. They went away in August. They came back in September. Tbey built lots more houses in October and November. People began polluting the atmosphere with chimneys in December. Tbere was a field there once, filled with kale. It didn't last.

Strange Meeting

M. F. Robin8on

A sudden flasb of worried teeth: Two voices touching in the corridor As their bodies narrow past eacb other. Then the retreat. The double tap of double footstep; Hammers chipping at the walls.

I. F. Walker

HELP!

It was a nice evening, and I was sitting outside in tbe setting sun, just thinking. Everybody else was watcbing television, and I was alone. I'd just decided to go in, wben an almighty sbriek came from inside. HELP! I rushed in, clashed up the stairs, and rushed in the direction of the uproar. I came face to face with my nine-year-old sister, Alison. Now she has an obsession about the sight of blood. Unfortunately (for her) you never did see such a pair of mousers as our two cats, Tiddles and Scrubbins (we bave a third, Tabs, wbo only seeks a better way of life). Tbese two would catcb some poor unfortunate, bite off its head, and juggle with what remained. Afterwards, they leave tbe bits and pieces around, sister Alison or not! Well, there was Alison, cringing in the corner, saying "Keep it away, keep it away!" Then I noticed a large decapitated vole on the carpet. "Don't he so silly", I said. "It's dead." This didn't make the slightest difference. "Careful you don't tread on its head; it's bound to be some place", I said, making menacing gestures to her. She shrieked. "Gosh, you're a weed", I said in a brotherly way. I got a tissue, picked up the mouse, waved it in her face, and casually walked downstairs towards the dustbin.

THE MIKADO A curious sense of the com pression of time overtakes me as [ enter the Shirley Hall to see a nd hear a performance of The Mikado, and do so with a reviewer's eye and ear. For it is not possible to taste the particular flavour of Gilbert and Su llivan at King's without the mind being cast back over the yea rs to when the series began , or more narrowly find myself reflecting over the productions I have personall y seen or directed. Immediately emotions are awakened, the yea rs are squeezed toget her li ke a sighing concertina, gener-

ations of boys pass before the inner gaze like so many ghosts, yet another producer is added to the roll of those who have done noble battle wi th that truly dreadful stage, and the entire effect becomes that expressed by the F rench: "Plus 9a cha nge, plus c'est la meme chose". It is like li ving in one of J . B. Priestley's plays, the effect is so uncann y and familiar. There is, of course, one very noteworth y reason for this : boys and producers come and go, but the fi gure of Edred Wright remains constant, bestriding the years separating the first Mikado from the second li ke a baton-wielding colossus. May I therefore be permitted to open the seri ous business of this review with a little tribute to Edred, on behalf of a ll producers past and present. Do we not all , wit h the boys, share the memory of Edred's anguis h as the gestation period steadil y approached its climax, and of his triumph and joy in the labour of parturition ? H ave we not all been nourished a nd sustained by his profound human warmth, his tender concern for his fl ock of si ngers and musicia ns, by his rich knowledge of G . & S. , his tactful, pertinent and always excellent suggestions on aspects of production and direction? I for one cou ld never ha ve attempted the complexities of directing an opera without his constant encouragement a nd support. I salute yo u, Ed red, Director of Music and Producers! And I salute you orchestras, among whom this last one was as good, rich and true, as sensitive as any I have heard at Kin g's. In any King's School production familiarity breeds not contempt but respect. Nobody who knows the full li ves and timetables of the boys, their many hungry interests that need satisfaction ; nobody who has wrestled wit h the hideous difficulties presented by the Shirley Hall ; none such ca n do other than ad mire the skill of others in overcoming all problems, or risk a respectful smile when he find s that certain solutions have a family likeness to his own in the past. One's first Savoy Opera is an enormous challenge, and Christopher Copeman rose to it splendidly. No need for fears or regrets here, but for applause a nd thoughtful comment. First, then, what the eye saw. The squashed box effect of the Shirley Hall's stage imposes unavo idable restrictions o n the set and staging of any production. So the grouping of large choruses is bound to have a familia r look about it. Eq ually, I can reca ll being rebuked fo r not arra nging my acti on on various different levels. But here too the shape of the stage and the location of its derisory "wings", through which some 60 people must move on and off stage, force the higher levels to the very back of the stage where they a re least useful visuall y and to the producer. Thus in The Mikado the platform and the neat bridge of Act II were backstage a nd with the best will in the world could not figure prominentl y in the action. It was refreshing to have Ko-Ko, tight-hipped a nd elegantly hosed , dance on to it in the course of one of his songs. The set was quite pleasing to look at, but puzzling here and there, and a curate's egggood in parts. The brid ge and painted figures were well executed, but why was the immense height of the stage not cou ntered to produce a better perspective and fram ework 27

"TH E MIKADO" [A. Almuldzadeh. S. D. Dames

for the actio n? Splend id drago ns in Act r, but was this Japan o r China? And what purpose did th ose curi o us crenellations at the back serve? They confused the eye. T hen the pale blue backgro und and brownish-yellowish scroll work of the fiats were not pleasing agai nst the stronger blue an d gold of the main curtai ns (always acce ntuated by the lights) or the grey tabs above. Some of the blue was so un evenly applied that it looked blotchy even from the back of the hall when the lights were on the set. Moreover, costumes a nd fans are so important and colou rful in The Mikado that a set that is also colourful blurs lheir effect and tires the eye. A more austere set might have served better. Yet none of this criticism is to deride the efforts of the boys: nobody knows better tha n I how much work they put in to their designs. Without knowing the costumes and with that awkward stage, it is very di fficult to work out something to enhance the production; yet it is all the more importa nt not to let the inevitable rush to get all do ne overlook thc necessity for cool and critical a ppraisa l of every detai l of one's set. Happily, the lighting was very good indeed and well handled. 1 liked the open ing chor us unli t, though it was just too lo ng before the splendour of the huge chor us was revea led. Messrs. Charles Fox supplied a superlat ive set of costumes. The schoolgirls looked enchanti ng in them, a ided by Mr. Bert's excellent make-up a nd wigs. What a pi ty that the chor us of Nobles could not also have worn suitable wigs! For the juxtaposition of lovely nineteenth-century Japanese costumes and 1971 European male hair-styles and colours was an absurdity. And yet this "h ippie" present-day touch was one tha t Gi lbert would have relished, [ fa ncy. A scene in Kabul or Katmandu today, an up-d a tin g of G il bert's wo rk ab ly supported by the topical lyrics of " They' ll none of them be missed" . Voca lly, the hu ge choruses of nobles and schoolgi rls were in fine form. T he rich tone a nd fine attack of the men were thrilling to hear; as good a chorus as any ever, ifnot better. It was clear from the way Mr. Copeman arranged his choruses th at he decided discretion was the better part of valour: complex moves and dances on a crowded stage were abandoned for effecti ve grouping and economical lise of gesture and fa n. This was wise, yet I wou ld have liked to see more mingling, swirling and regrouping of the crowds at certai n points where the music seemed to demand such treatment. Even when a few cha racters a lone were o n stage I found the effect of the whole product ion to be a little subdued in movement and use of the stage, alth ough there were some lovely comic touches. Fans are fiendi sh props to use, and here Mr. Copeman found a good ba lance their overa nd under-use. Well drilled as they were, the two choruses did not cross tha t fina l professional threshold of the actor where gest ures and actions come tru ly out of the action ancl singing, and are not just well rehea rsed moves accompanying words. Tdo not suppose one ca n expect a host of untrained boys to get that far, but it is a producer's legitimate dream.

The Mikado was and is perh aps the most popu lar of all the Savoy operas: its tunes are as catchy and well-known as any, its tablea ux exoti c and picturesq ue. Yet the plot is thin by Gilbert's own standa rd s, the sati re less farflun g a nd rich than in some other operas, and the music is rea lly unad ve ntu rous. r found myself registering these points with some surprise as the opera played before me. Is my pa late jaded with a surfeit of G. & S., or do I see more riches when producing than when witnessing an opera of theirs? But as ever, Act II brings a host of little pleasures, and it is here that the main characters come to life. And it was in cha racterization that Christopher Copeman's production was expectedly strong. As ever, there are two chief butts of Gilbert's wit, both feminine. There is the pert little miss of a heroine whose moments of endearment are never allowed to

hide her calcu lating nature. Does not Gilbert say in The Mikado that "virtue triumphs only at theatrical performances?" R. G. Cooling conveyed both qualities of Yum-Yum's character very well: not powerful in tone, he sang his touching Act II aria with great delicacy, poise and musicality, with the orchestra giving an exemplary account of sensitive accompaniment. And elsewhere Cooling boasted of his beauty in a way that echoed precisely that Ideal Poet, Archibald Grosvenor of Patience. By turns dulcet, eager complacent and conceited, this Yum-Yum was true to Gilbert. She was well assisted by her two sisters, Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo, played by S. N. A. Ingram and P. B. Marshall. The other Gilbert perennial is that faded flower of unrequited love, the ferocious elderly spinster contralto with a soft heart, here named Katisha . M. W. Bright had a very fine clear voice and shared the excellent diction of the entire cast. In his florid make-up and flame costume he made a real impact on his first entry in the crowds of Act I. It was a pity that his acting, inhibited and stiff, was unable to sustain this effect or to match the vibra nt emotions he realized so well. The high point of the main characters' singing was certainly the madrigal of Act II. Here the voices blended and sang with true care for detail, pitch and line. S. D. Barnes (Pish-Tush) had a good bass that gave a fine foundation to the ensemble. At other times he found patter difficult to put over, but his contribution was very competent and solid. Above him in status, J. R. F. Eaton's Pooh-Bah gained in confidence and expressiveness through the evening, as he found the audience enjoyed him in some very funny moments. He sneered splendidly, and his acting was relaxed and poised. I expected N. H. A. Terry's Mikado to be good (Ruddigore three years ago showed me that), and he certainly was. Lack of height meant no lack of stage presence: he sang powerfully and clearly and he used his huge fan more skilfully than any other member of the cast. He gave the part dignity and authority. G. R. P. Ashenden's Nanki-Poo had a pleasant, light tenor. He spoke and sang wit h the clarity of his fellows. His acting is limited in range and was almost too similar to that in The Taming of the Shrew, but then Nanki-Poo is a pretty limited fellow, so no matter! He is bound to be overshadowed in all but voice by the person by whom The Mikado stands or falls, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner. When I saw in the programme who was cast in this part, I was full of ex pectation . The Shrew and Ruddigore had made certain of that. And I was not to be disappointed, for Jeremy Thomas held the stage and stole the show. Absolutely right and precise in character and caricature, sharp, clear, nimble and aware of his audience and his hold over them, his performance was a delight fr",m start to finish. Between them, producer and actor invested the part with true wit and keenness, very audible in the Kenneth Williams quality of voice. I also relished the way Thomas sang all his numbers, particularly his tongue-in-cheek "Tit Willow" that so easily took in the gullible Katisha. That Ko-Ko should end up with that flame of discontent for his wife is both poetic justice and a noble self-sacrifice, which Thomas raised to the level of Socrates and Xanthippe. This outstanding performance deserves not only the ovation it received, but also the pleasureable anticipation of future stage parts. Carryon acting, Jeremy! And I look forward to more Copeman-Wright operas- other than G. & S. for once, perhaps?

GERALD PEACOCKE.

HTHE MIKADO" [A . Altmadzadeh. S. D. Barnes

I' I

Poetc.1930

AI. F. Robinson

Tired and old now I sit, white-jacketed against the head, entwined in the ivory ironwork on the summer verandah of my villa by the lake. Old as the forty thousand summers of the distant mountains, feeble as the dribbling waves arthritic before the crawling wind and prodded by frock-coated memories, I am waiting. A piece of living history whose importance has been assessed and reassessed, in the light of recent knowledge; an antiquity whose biography has been written. The obituaries have been revised for the last time, the grave has been bought, only I am waiting.

Song

M. H. L. Clowes

Touch a dewdrop, feel me cry, Touch my body, feel it die, Sing a lovesong, hear my name, Now sing my song, hear my pain, You are dewdrop, you are song, You are sunshine all along, Cry your drops of happiness, Lovesongs to my heart address, Take my hand and lay me down, Give me now your sunshine crown, Helper, healer, friend of mine Give to me what now is thine, Make me like yourself I pray That when I come to you one day You will not scorn or laugh at me But let me stay and talk with thee. 31

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B. P. Lindley

Ho,Ho

II I

Ho, Ho, the world is mad. I knew it tonight in the calm of the moon. Take your god and stuff it with sago. Nine o'clock. Bong, bong. The world is mad, ho, ho. No, no, you say, the world is ruled By love in a white beard. Why then do little yellow men Swing severed heads in Vietnam? The fever bird's notes drip Through the forest. No, no, you say, the world is ordered By science in a line. Where then the start in time The end in time and the sides? The fever bird's notes drip Through skeletons. Ten o'clock, bong bong. The world is mad, ho, ho. But no, you say, the world progresses By refinement and culture. What music stopped night tyres Bursting kittens under headlamps? The silver minnow wriggles Blood on the barb. But no, you say, the world's gay-painted, With butterflies and flowers and love. Why then can love in a glance Wring ochre sweat from my stomach 1 The silver minnow wriggles In sherbert. Eleven o'clock, Bong, Bong, The world is mad, ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, the world is mad, I knew it today in the summer shade, Take your god and stuff it with sago. And let me scuttle away over the hot rocks Naked and hairy and fearful and whimpering And suffering my way through life for I am too proud and afraid to cut my own throat, And the sticky hlood on my arms would clog my teeth Too terribly for me to bear; let me Run on through the whizz and the flash 32

And the dark of the storm and the madness Blind and tired, crying and stumbling . ' Into a hole ID the earth that I am just too Small to leap. Twelve o'clock. Bong, bong, The. world IS mad, ho, ho, mad this moment, WhIch two seconds ago was tomorrow. And I, I am still alive.

A Photograllh

AI. H. Pearson

The garden is full Of bright marigolds Of bitter grass And caterpillars. Blue eyes open And wander through me. Grasshoppers leap To dandelions. Brown hair ruflles In passionate breezeGolden apples Drop from moss-green branches.

P.D. Cl,alldey

'Winter The acorn splits under the foot in the hollow wood. The trunks stand Moribund. But they are girding themselves in still wrath, as fancy plays on the brain. And you run; like a horse you gallop, and gallop away from out of those woods and away ... They remain, quite quiet. That's their place. 33

L.P.B"ndall Yesterday I saw the world was round; Today I see my friend !lsleep. The rain spread an eene qUIetness over the land. I rose up and walked. . I worried my finger tips over the money m my pocket ; . Where would I go? I opened the door, but it was full of peo.ple ID there, . People that gave mankind an empty feehng In wlDter time; I walked out alone. My clothes became wet, so I took them off; The mud wriggled in between my toes. I walk far from the cinema and cafe, To a large tree where I feel peace. Soon it will be Christmas, Warm at home, red-lit Christmas tree, Food and wine. I shiver under the oak, Grasping my knees to my chin. Soon the sun will set.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

A. G. Stonehouse, O.K.S. (/~44~50)

Imagine my surprise when browsi ng in a secondha nd bookshop in Hitchin the other day to find upon the shelves Volumes 2 a nd 3 of The Con ll/orion spanning the years 1886 to 1894. Volume I, alas, was not there. I expect the School has them but to me, possibly because of the joy of discovery, they provided fascinating reading. Jt is a so mbre thought that with the exception of nonagenarians all the peo ple who live in those pages must now be dead. But how little different they a re from my contempora ries! Politics does not change much either for page 8 of the fi rst volume (issue November, 1886) reports that the Debati ng Society considered the motion " That the construction of a Cha nnel T unnel is desirable". The motion was negatived . In the early issues there is violent controversy about the purple gown. In the same issue as the Channel Tunnel debate, a n anonymous Kin g's Schola r reported that when read ing the fi rst num ber of The Cantl/arian he came across a letter describing how Dr. Birt, a former H eadmaster, " has the bad taste to a bolish the roya l purple M.A. gown of the King's Scholars in favo ur of the heavy, comfortless, black cloth Westminster gown a nd knee breeches" but the purple gowns survive only " in shadow, in the red tassels worn by the Junior Scholars". Somebody who dared to descri be the purple gown as " this obsolete form of academical garment" in December, 1886, was sharpl y put in hi s place by a correspondent in the next issue who hoped tha t the purple gown was "onl y temporaril y abolished by the iconoclastic zeal of Dr. Bi rt". He adds " Your correspondent is a strangely degenerate son of a school that was fl ourishing when Eton was a stretch of pasture a nd West minster was enci rcled by fe n and woodland ". Turning to other matters, there is an interesting article (May, 1888) expl aining why bo nes recentl y found in a gra ve in the Eastern Crypt we re 'not Becket's. I ass ume this reiers to the grave at the centre of the western end of the Eastern Crypt which even in my day at School was re ported to be Becket's last resting place. The un-named author of the a rticle points out that the coffin is stone a nd chiselled and not, therefore, li kely to be used by the monks if they we re in a hurry to re-bury Becket in defia nce of Henry VIII 's orders to burn the body. More tell ingly, he reports that the crown of the skull is uninjured apart from a recent fracture. On the left side of the skull is an aperture tha t could not ha ve been made by a sword. Almost all contemporary evidence shows that after four blows the crown was a mputated a nd Becket's brains were scattered over the floor. The first is inconsistent with the wo unds on the skeleton found a nd the second would have been impossible with those wou nds. 35

â&#x20AC;˘ From the issue of July, 1888 , I learned that the Dean and Chapter had "the sale and exclusive right of the Green Court for the purpose of exerClsmg theIr horses, etc." Apparently there had been "d isturba~ces" between the b,?ys of the School and "~ome of the servants of the Prebendaries" whIlst exerclsmg the saId horses. The Dean laId down rules in a letter to the Headmaster, published in this issue, for supervision by Monitors, two of whom were to be "Monitors of the Green Court" . He would permit games which were "not injurious to the persons or premises of the inhabitants there and do not claim as a right what they may enjoy as an indulgence" . The Cantl/arians of yesteryear did not merely acknowledge the receipt of the issues of their contemporaries but actually comment~d upon the".': In N~vemb~r, 1888, having praised the poets of The Reptonia.n, the edItor rerr:~rks The HQ1leybun~1I seems to be favoured by writers of rather dubIOus poetic worth and cItes the follOWing example:"Straight from the field the smaller fellows hasten, The bigger cry, 'I say, keep me a basin'," One can sympathise with the Editor! In October, 1889, there is a plea for "Improvemenf', for hot water taps in the Gran?; Lavatory which would be of advantage to people changmg after football In mId-December . On October 13th, 189 1, the " Parry Memorial Library" was opened by the Archbishop. The Headmaster "regretted that this tribute to the memory. of the BIshop so madequately expressed the sentiments which prompted It but that, as HIS Grace knew, th~ School was not rich". The Archbishop replied that he only WIshed that were the case, smce all knew the old saying Beali Pauperes. On reading these old volumes one realises how difficult it is for editors to preserve a balance between writing for contemporaries and wrltmg for posterity. As a somewhat non-athletic example of posterity, I find the details of matches long ago without interest. I also find the youthful attempts by potential literary giants less than fascinating. What is interesting is the daily life of the School, its customs and associations with the Cathedral. However, one can, of course, appreciate that Th~ Cantl/arian would have been publicly burnt if its pages did not reflect the glory of the Cricket XI or the Rugby XV.

RUGBY FOOTBALL 1st XV Retrospect, 1971 This has been a most enjoyable season, yet an unpredictable one, as have been schoolboy Rugby results in general this year. There have been some very fine wins aga inst Dulwich, Marlborough and Epsom, when we dictated the play with great aggression and determination. Ho weve r, there were times when the team were too ready to play second fidd le to their opposite numbers, and yet their defence on these occasions was very good. It is only fair to add that because of injuries as many as 28 people played for the I st XV. If the 2nd XV results had been better, there would have been more competitio n for places in the team as a whole.

The strength of this team lay in great spiri t which was enge ndered by the Ca ptain , Ri chard Stevens. It showed itself in good teamwork and strength in defence. Up till the end of the to ur the pack performed well in the set pieces, with aggress ion a nd determination, wi nning its own ball , and obtaining just abo ut fifty per cent of the lineout ball . In the ma uls a nd rucks they held their own and gave some good loose ball. The pack's best all-round performance was aga inst Marlborough whom they tamed in grand style. The backs, when at full strength, were dangerous and showed what they were rea ll y capable of, in particular agai nst St. Paul's and Epsom, when there was good determined running and back ing up. The best all- ro und team effort was the victory.agai nst the very strong Dulwich side. However, there were certain defic iencies which stopped the team making really good progress. The bad luck that dogged us in inj uries has already been mentioned. Five different full-backs , five wings, four centres, three fly-halves and so one could go on . This led to a lack of fluency in back play, and there was a tendency to be sha llow on the loose bal l. After the to ur the perfo rma nce of the pack was inconsistent. Lack of aggression and determination led to lack of shove in the set, and less ball in the lineouts and loose play. Yet aga inst Epsom they revealed so me of their former power but agai nst Tonbridge were only a shadow of their former selves. It is difficult to mention everyo ne. The front row of H. R. Goodale, R. A. M. Constant a nd R. M . Edwards was solid a nd S. G. Gallyer and G. M. Dorman supported well in the second row. In the back row, P. D. Wright, completely new to the forwards, let alone the No.8 position, improved over the season . N. J. Kingsman a nd .R. M. Stevens worked well as a pair, the latter being outstand ing on many occasions. N. D. Cavell at scrum-ha lf performed competentl y, and his try at Marlborough was a gem. He must learn to time his pass better when running with the ball. M. D. J. Donaldson, fly-half with a very safe pair of hands, performed with increased confidence o n his return, but his kicking needs much practice. The centres at the end of the season were J . L. Watts a nd H. B. Powell who were combini ng well. The wings, J . C. P. Taylor, C. D. SpencerPayne and T. Hunter, in particular, ran well when given the opportunit y. P. M. Glennie played sou ndl y at full-back, fie lding well, but was rather slow across field . After his inju ry, J . F. H. Thompson played three games in his place. For the Captain, Richard Stevens, it was a season of triumphs ..;d disappointments. He rem ained und aunted and kept a fine spirit in the team despite the cha nging fortunes. Our wa rm est than ks go to him for being slIch a splendid Captain.

R.I .H.G. M.W.T. 37

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1st XV Matches

· 's 18', Canterbury R.F.C., 24 K mg, King's, 12; O.K.S., 18 King's, 19; Blackheath, 10 K · , 31' Dover College, 3

lng S, J The ack supplied plenty of ball but . the margin could well have been g~edteNeverttfeless it was an encouraging start Despite the high score, d me scoring chances were was e . King's finishing was poor an so P I' 10 to the season. 16'" St au s, b k peel by R M Edwards. For the · K mg, d 'ckly took the lead with a try fro rn a a~ shown up by the rushes of the St. King's started strongly an qUI. . the backs but the forwar d5 weT rest of the game King's cre :d~h~~all to die after being tackled. . bl d 13 Paul's pack who never a ow

8' K .C. j,,:, SWim eon, " · ,s,' before the match itbccamc mcreasmgly K lng

H B powell due to Illness the day d I w in starting and K.C.S. were Having lost J. C. P. Taylor and : On our first away match we prov~ so in a solid block form. and difficult for Kin~'s to ~~r~~:'~~~~k dominated th~ secon~ ~alf, ~h~lt~c~r: of the Wimbledon fly-half leadin:g at half-hsme. _Payne to go over from a wmgblP~slt~~~duce a win in the second half. allow 109 <;:" D. pen~r the game and King's were una e 0 was a deCISive factor m . h 6

' 's , 9', DulwlC , K lng

t Dulwich under pressure despite this match and constantly pu . h tres were given no room King's were well prepar~ t~ct~r! ~pe~ng minutes. The powerful DU~~'~iesf~om the accurate boot of g the opposition almost ltc<?nn ~ing's were leading 6-0 throul~h t~g bulwiCh were awarded a pena!~ t,ry. to manoeuvre. At ha -hm~'h If King's scored another pena y ~hr ughout the second half. Consl enng b pl~sing victories of the season. H. B. powell. dIn Ithe ~~ti~ued\~ keep th~ Dulwich bfc~~ a~o~i the School, this was one 0 e Strong forwar ~ ay C the support recelVed f rom . 0 . II f

King's, 3; HarleqUIns, 2 ' ,s, 16'' Eastbourne, 27 K Lng

head The heavy Eastbourne d two early penalties put Eastbourh~ afair s'hare of the loose. In. the Kin 's got off to a slow start, an . n' in the set and far more than t elr d managed to gain 16 pomls. pack iained a ~a~or~~~ ~e~r~t~~~~s~ack, despite .thebl'l~tS ~~ arr:~~~~~~' e~~ra man in the line proved the second half, Kmg s bl three-quarters and their a I I Y The pace of the East oorne . 4 decisive factor to give them victory.

C~~ter.bury

King's, 24; Epsom,

'suffered much more than their

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"King's, have sad in beating Epsom by two goals . ' nd assing to give Watts a fair share o~ Il\junes. Vester ay, and three tnCS to a try. II and Watts combined wI.th good lunnW~:ell 6urst through and then After five minutes. Hunle~, PtoWiater King's increased their lead w len try in the comer. Sev~n mlOU es . 11 well that Epsom proceeded to convert hiS own :rY:ng with so much fire and b~cks Wire ~~~I~'t~~et~: r:S~art King'S scored The King's forw~ds :;:r~ ~h~n 10 points behifnd at thpee ~~~~;V:aken 10 yards out. were fortunate to k n t over in a solid block rom a again when the pac wen

Donnan, backing up a break by Cavell, added another try and although Epsom came more into the game and scored when Lewis evaded his opposite number, King's had the final score with a good try by Stevens, converted by Powell." Daily Telegraph, lst December, 1971.

King's, 0; Tonbridge, 12 Right from the beginning of the match, King's were put on the defensive and never really got going. This was mainly due to Jenkins, the Tonbridge fly-ha lf, whose kicking was immaculate, and who was largely responsible for their first try. The serum lacked the vigour and aggression that they had showed in their previous match, and the line-outs were dominated by the big Tonbridge second-row forwards. In the second half, King's played better, but were still dominated, and momentary poor tackling allowed Tonbridge two more tries.

King's, 0; R.l.H. Gollop's XV, 8

1971 Tour Having watched 660 boys depart for half-term, the XV (MINUS Hugh. who was absent and encouraging the unfounded rumour that he was in the J.C.R.) turned up to a pre-tour practice on Blare's. We then rushed back, whereupon some bathed and the captain didn't. We reached Croydon and were met at Whitgift after a slight delay (since the opposition were waiting for us just around the corner). We were amicably treated by our opposite numbers and their families, so much so in fact that we were loth to beat them-and we didn't! King's opened the scoring with a penalty by Hugh Powell after ten minutes, but soon the Whitgift forwards displayed their superiority and, winning much of the ball, presented the backs with a scoring chance which they took and converted. The half-time score was 3- 6. The Whitgift forwards continued to pressure the King's pack and won a large amount of the ball from both set and loose pieces. This eventually led to a fine try by the Whitgift backs. scoring in the right corner after beating the King's defence. Despite the wonderful support for King's, Whitgift scored again five minutes from the end to make the final score 14-3. We stayed the night with our hosts again after a lively Centenary discotheque, where Tom certainly made a name for himself Sunday dawned, and we were certainly glad of the ex.tra hour. Breakfast, the Old Whitgiftians' Club. and lunch were squeezed into about an hour. We then all met at South Croydon station, and after overcoming all the problems of getting eighteen people on and off the tubes, we left Paddington for the trip to Swindon. The bus took us to Marlborough School, where we missed those waiting for us yet again, and were eventually taken to the sanatorium to thaw out. After an excellent self-service supper, we settled down to a very odd Morecambe and Wise programme. We noticed one absentee from our group in particular. Tom was delving into the coÂˇeducational system of the school with the aid of Sophie Hamilton. Then it was down to tea and tactics, and so to bed. Monday came, and we were glad to receive a telegram from the Headmaster wishing us luck and indeed stating that he would be able to come and watch. How could we lose? A short training session livened us up' in the morning, and by 2.30, or was it 3.00, we were all ready to go. King's forwards dominated the game, winning a large percentage of loose and set ball. but by balf-time we had only managed to put 10 points on the board-two penalties by Hugh Powell, and a touch-down try by the Secretary after a chip ahead. The Marlborough support was rather odd, and urged King's on equally well. We again dominated the second half. but lacking the finishing touches to our play, we only gained one try-the best of the season, by Nigel Cavell. So we finished the game 14-0 up-a pleasing result with our Headmaster present- and theirs! We don't think much can be said about that evening, except to thank Dr. M. Harvey and Mrs. V. Gollop for their generosity, and to express our regret at not being able to entertain Messrs. Trapp, Hodgson and Reid after their most welcome support. We would like to thank our hosts at both schools for their kindness and generosity. Need less to say, we wouldn't have got as far as Canterbury West without the aid and guidance of R.I.H.G., who yet again managed to arrange everything without a hitch. To him our thanks for a most enjoyable tour. H. R. GOODALE. R. M. EDWARDS.

2nd XV This was a term of continual changes and contrasts. After an encouraging start to the season with comfortable victories over Dover College and K.S.C., which promised well for the future. the 2nd XV never managed to develop its potential as a strong team full of I~lobility and talent. In the first place they ',;:en: severely affected by injuries to key players: Peter Glennie as captain had a recurrence of .:.ld. cartilage trouble, and the serum half, Tim Osborne, fractured a bone in the secon.d match, which put him out for most of the term. But these were by no means the only injuries. and what with others, the Oxbridge exams. and secondments to the First XV, there were over 30 players in all who represented the 2nd XV throughout the term. It was therefore impossible to build a regular team, and although individuals gave of their best they could not develop a close ~mder~tandin~ as a team, or any great team spirit, ~o inspire them when they were behind. There were certa m basIcs lackmg also- the desire or apparent abl hty to tackle low for most of the term, and the urgent need to support a breakaway in attack, or to cover deep in defence. Of course they suffered from bad luck, too-a last minute try scored by Eton, for example, transformed a good victory into a close defeat, and indeed the necessity for all these enforced changes. Grant Needham as captain, and Andy Mather leading the scrum, strove to encourage by example, but apart from occasional moments in a few matches, the real spark was missing. RESULTS

v R.M.S" Dover. Lost 3- 24 v Dover College. Won 24- 3 v St. Paul's. Lost 6- 23 v K.C.S., Wimbledon. Won 2~ v Dulwich. Lost 7- 28 v Eton. Lost 12-13 v Eastbourne College. Lost 6- 22 v C hatham House I st XV. Lost 0- 28 v Epsom College. Lost 10- 22 v Tonbridge. Lost 0- 23 The following played for the 2nd XV: Glennie, Needham, A. Mather, Dinwiddie, Amos, SpcncerPayne, Reeve, 1. E. Harris, M. N. Harris, Armitage, P. R. Taylor, Ware, Marriner, T. E. Osborne, J. F. H. Thompson, Mansbridge, Wyatt, Strachan, J. R. Sterck, Holdstock, S. H. W. L. Roberts, Rudgard, Campbell, Olcott, H. S. Todd, Elliott, Busby, Reddick, R. C. Tate, Bowyer, J. D. M. Taylor.

G.O.C.

3rd XV This has not been an outstandingly successful season, with only five wins out of nine matches, but it was nevertheless most enjoyable on'e in which increasingly good rugger was play~d. It is the inevitable, if exasperating duty of the 3rd XV to' provide subst itutes for the 1st and 2nd XVs; this makes cont inuity of training difficult, but does .offer a good pretext for inviting the Capta in of School to play for us, which he did, with customary gusto. Several close results occurred, but it was perhaps the match against thc Masters which drew the finest rugger from the team, battling as they were against the tremendous odds of a centenarian front row and the Common Room's answer to Little Mo (on temporary loan from the Harlequins at an undisclosed fee) and the final result, though a defeat, reflected very creditably on the team.

We would like to record our thanks to Roderick Dallas-Smith, an excellent and most hospitable captain! The following played at least three times: R. H. Dallas-Smith (Captain), A, J. Elliott (Serum Leader), S. M. Amos â&#x20AC;˘. W. W. Bowyer, G. W. H. Clarke, A. Gent, 1. E. Harris, M. N. E. Harris, R. M. Heyland, R. W. Mansbridge, A. G. E. Needham, K. A. Nutman, S. R. Osborne, R. J. E. Page, D. G. Peek, T. J. Priestman, P. A. Reachcr, S. H. W. L. Roberts, J. R. Sterck, J. D. M. Taylor, J. F. H. Thompson, H. S. Todd, W. F. Todd. 40

RESULTS

v R.M.s., Dover. Won 16- 15 v Dover College. Won 40-0 v St. Paul's. Won 8-0 v St. Augustine's T. Lost 14- 16 v Dulwich. Lost 4- 24 v R.M.S., Dover. Lost 4- 14 v Kent College 11. Won 7-0 v Chatham House II. Won 10-4 v Tonbridge. Lost 12- 14 S.W.W. R.E.B.

4th XV !h!s t~rm the. 4th XV has kept its unbeaten home rccord, but was unfortunately defeatcd at Rochester. InJunes m the higher teams pu,lled all the bettcr players into the 3rd XV and caused frequent changes. We started the season well b~ beatmg Dover, St. Paul's and Dulwich. After half-term we beat Dover again and won the return match With Rochester on home ground. All in all a good season. The team: Kendall (Captain), Dawes, Camburn, Osborne, Rodden, Harrison, Sparks, Heyland, J. Ellis, Wheeler, Ashenden, TlitT, Tate, Suchet, C. Ellis. Also played: Reacher, Sayers, Gent, Nutman, Todd, Marden, James, Clarke, Whitby, Killick, Elliott, Seymour-Jones, Partridge. A. G. KENDALL.

Colts' XV From the first occasion on w~ich the Colts assembled it was obvious that here was a group that was unusually eager to learn and to Improve, yet one ~here confidence in their ind ividual play was at a very low level: Throughout the season mllch was achieved and, although there were disappointments, the overall picture has been a most encouragin g one. The first m~tch was probablY,thc most exc!ting and, after running in a few tries agai nst Dover College, hopes were high for prospects m the followmg matches. However, there were many frustrations ahead for, although some of.'he team~,we played were very competent, we could have done so much better if cveryont; had played to their fl!1I a,blhty for mort; than relatively brief periods of each game. As a team they were easily s~aken. and found It dil~lcUlt to regam control when things were running against them- if only they had beheved m themselves a little more! In the second half against Dulwich, morale sagged sadly and any weaknesses were cruelly exp~sed. After Eastbourne, though, the approach changed dramatically and the whole team played superbl y m the fin al three matches when some tremendous tries were scored. At last they had found the confidence and determination to do well. The pack, wel~ led by HaddC?n-Cave, w~re often impressive yet needed the spur of competent back play to. keep them gomg. Outstandmg were Biron, the hooker, Kock a very hard-tackling wing forward, and Kmi; the No.8. The backs took a lo~g while to settle down but, towards the end of the season, they were lookmg a real force t,o be reckoned with. Burke and Kalfayan were the most exciting runners and scored twelve .~emorable tnes between them. They were well backed up by Britten, who improved out of all recogrutlOn a~ the seas~)O I?rogre~sed. Pearson no?ly moved from the forwards to captain the side from fly-half- .he did a great Job m leadmg the team by hiS fine example, even if his kicking for goa l left something to be deSifed ! Many thanks are due to the "B" Team, which was a very useful one and which provided excellent repJaceme~ts whe~ever they wer~ needed, Our thanks, too, to M.W.T., who introduced us to two-touch rugby. wh ich prOVided much enjoyment and taught a great deal about running stra ight and backing up. Per~aps the gre~test frustra~ions of all were when Felsted and Tonbridge cancelled their matches at the last mmute-we might have given the latter something of a surprise.

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RESULTS

Played 10, Won 5, Lost 4, Drawn I, Ca ncelled 2, Points for 140, Poi nts agai nst 96 v R.M S., Dover (A). Won 13- 12 v Dover College (H). Won 62- 0 v Sf. Paul's (H). Drawn 0- 0 v Colfe's (A). Lost 4-7 v K.C.S., Wimbledon (A). Lost 4-12 I' Dulwich (A). Lost 0--30 I' Eastbourne (H). Lost 7- 16 v Kent Co llege (H). Won 20- 9 v R.M.S., Dover (H). Won 16-4 v Epsom (H). Won 14-6 Regu lar members of the team: G . J. G. Partridge, A. R. Dorward, . J. P. H. Burke, Âˇ P. Y. Kalfayan .c, M. Britten, P. C. J. Costeloe, *W. J. Pearson (Captain), S. D. Jones, *R. ~. Kock, ÂˇP. A;. W. King: C, M. Noble, M. W. Lancy, .c, A. Haddon-Cave (Pack Leader), P. Theokntoff, *1. C. Biron, T. D. Townsend. Also played: C, C, D. Haswell, W. R. Donaldson, P. Obolensky, S. J. Wh ite-Thomson, N. J. Hadfield. ,. Colts' Colours M.l.H. N.C.O'D.

Junior Colts' XV RI;SU LTS

"A" xv v R.M.S., Dover. Lost 0- 11 v Dover College. Won 20-0 " K.c'S., Wimbledon. Lost 6-22 v Dulwich. Lost 6- 11 v Kent College. Won 20- 14 v Eastbourne. Won 52-0 v Chatham House. Won 12- 4 Matches v Felsted and Tonbridge cancelled. "Jl" xv v R.M.s., Dover. Won 42-0 v Kent College. Won 34-0 v Dulwich. Lost 10- 16 v R.M.S ., Dover. Drew 6- 6 The Junior Colts had considerable depth oftalent and severa' ''B' XV players were unlucky not to make the "A" XV- their chance may come another year. After a slow start, the "A" XV settled down to a pattern of play based on their strengths- hard running and backing up. We led Dulwich a t half-time in both "A" and "B" XV matches before going down to good sides, bu t from then on the Junior Colts were unbeaten and the cancellation of two of the last three games was a bitter blow after hard training. The "A" XV looked a very good side at the end of term and were certainly hard to beat. David Bowen did a good job as Captain and N ick Cain led a strong pack. The " B" XV's play was usually far too strong and tight for its opposition and the Kent College and second Dover opposing teams contained "A" players. The following played for the "A" XV : D. J. Gower, S. Camburn, H. R. Smith, A. J. Newell, G. A. Morris, T. K. Reeve, C, D. Bowen, N. H. Cain, D . S. Maxey, A. J. Young, W. P. T. Haydon, J. C, Kingsman, M. C. Hall, J. B. Olley, K. J. H. Newman. Also: J.N. Punwar, J. T. Pearson, P. C. Sterck, T. J. B. Boyle, H . M. Stead, J. P. Chilton, L. H. Canning, G . D. Harris and M. F. Selleck. In addition to the above the following also played for the "B" XV: N. J. Robertson, P. J. Girling, E. J. Rogans, M. J. F . Moss, J. E. Olcott, J. 1. Foxall, T. J. Taylor, J. Q. C. MacBain, Q . H. Poole, N. E. Cheese, J. G. W. D. Davies, S. C. Hall. H.E.l.A.

Under Fourteen XV

This has been a very enjoyable a nd successful season. The team has played consistently good rugby, and l~st only one match. The keys to s ~~ss have been great.er competence ir, basic skills, particularly in handling the ball, and a keenness and wlJlmgness to learn which has made this a rewarding team to have charge of. Moreover, injuries have been rare, and no fewer than ten boys have played in every match, making for good teamwork and morale. The pack, well-led by Pretty, has obta ined a good supply of the ball. Individua lly the players a re strong, and there is much potential there. With greater experience, especially in the tight and in line-outs, this could be a very powerful pack indeed. The backs have used the ball well, and have looked much better as a unit than for many seasons. Marshall and Sheridan have played most intell igently at half-back, and both have capt~ined well. Of the other backs, Barlow is an exceptionally fine prospect on the wing, and Strong is a versatile player. If other players are not mentioned individually, this is not to discount their va luable contributions. The main weaknesses are in failing, and in some group-sk ills in the pack . If these are worked on, this could be one of the best junior teams the School has had. The best matches were those agai nst Duke of York's- a rare double- Kent Co llege and St. Augustine's. In all of these some excellent rugby was displayed and, in the first two. a most encouraging fighting spirit. This was also on view against Dulwich, a well-drilled side after two or three years together. Only strong defence restricted them to four tries, and there is every prospect of thi s resu lt being reversed next year. It was a great pity that the final match against Tonbridge had to be cancelled. Finally, it was good to see competent play in the "B" XV, which had some good results. Our thanks go to Me. Henderson and his staff for sending up from the Junior Game a steady stream of players. Some of these, such as Wi lmshurst, will undoubtedly make the grade in the future. Our thanks go also to Messrs. Gollop and Tra pp who have kindly given expert coaching on several afternoons. D.J.R. A.W.D. The "A" XV was selected from: Armitage, Strong, Barlow, Airey, Howells, Sm ith, Sheridan, Marshall, Phillimore, Winstanley, Shreeve, Robinson, Mather, Boultbee, Moss, Pretty, Fox. Also played : Bates, Dawes. RESULTS

"A" XV y Duke of York's (Away). Won 12- 8 v Dover College (Home). Won 11 -4 v Colfe's (Home). Won 16- 6 v SI. Augustine's (Away). Won 48- 0 v Dulwich (Away). Lost 0- 20 v Kent College (Home). Won 24-0 v Duke of York's (Home). Won 8- 6 v Chatham House (Away), Won 34- 9 " B" XV v Duke of York's (Home). Won 16- 10 v Col fe's (Home). Won 24-4 v Dulwich (Away). Lost 0- 32 v SI. Augustine's " A" (Home). Won 18-4 v Duke of York's (Home). Lost 10- 16

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THE BOAT CLUB as a resull of being runner-up in the Cadet Scull s at this d to note that T . C . G . Hunter I . • .' I· , h B··h Wewerepease ear's National Youth Championships, was rewarde~ with, a tnp to Yugos a~la as spa~c man ,,?r t e ~l t lS y t · · the F I S A World Junior ChampIOnships at Bled. H e gamed cons iderably m experience team compe mg In . . . . . had some successes In sell II·mg events a t th e en d -0 f-season regattas . d fitness from this and an This term a small squad have done some usefu l ,trai ning a t Fordwich in tubs and fours, and, a number of bo s have had the benefit of some scull ing coachmg from Mr. ~utt. The best of these put m some hard tra1ning for the two Cadet sculling races at Radley and Hampto n" there was a stron~ ent ry for these eyents. which take lace over a 3,OOO-metre course, and our best .competl tor on ~o!h occasions was D. J. On.gso~. An additio~a l incentive to sculling has been the completion by Peter Willi s of two new shell boats In hiS Fordwich workshop and these excellent craft have already had plenty of use. D.S.G.

THE FENCING CLUB . CI b h had an excellent term winning all school matches, taking the first five places in The FenCing u ave '. . h E t S t ' Team Foil the County Schools' Sabre Championships and wmmng teas ern ec.. Ion Th· .. f h. l~ IS ortunate, as t IS The Club has now more depth of ability than at any tin:e for t~~ past lew years. h 11 be I . N J Olympitis whose outstandmg abil ity recently earned him the awar.d of full termCwle s a J WOSTmgLov·ett· and S. C.' Ingram Hill, all experienced 1st team members . We Wish them KS h t e 1st o ours, . . . well and hope to see them again in the O. . . matc nex sun~": r. . . . Club membership has increased considerably this term and It IS pleasmg to see the number of promlsmg junior fencer s. . · ally I would like to thank Nik Olympitis for all Ius hard work. He has been an excellent captain Fm , . h f t and we wish him every success In t e U life. M .E.M. R ESULTS

School Matches v DOVER COLLEGE

v KINO'S SCHOOL,

ROCHESTER

V J UNIOR LEADERS' REGIMENT

V DANE COURT

v K.C.S.,

WIMBLEDON

1st Team (F.E.S.). Won 21 - 6. 2nd Team (F.S.) . Won 15-3. Junior Team (Foil). Lost 3-5. 1st Team (F.E.S.). Won 20-7. 2nd Team (F.E.S.). Won 24-3. I st Junior Foil. Won 6- 3. 2nd Juni or Foil. Won 9-0. R. E.. 1st Team (F.E.S.) . Won 15-12. 2nd Team (F.E.) . Won 12- 6. Junior Team (F.). Won 8-1. 1st Team (Foil). Won 6- 3. 2nd Team (Foil). Won 9-0. 1st Team (F.). Won I I - I. 2nd Team (F.). Won 9- 3. 3rd Team (1'.). Won 12--0. 4th Team (F.). Won 12--0.

Kent County Schoolboys' Sabre Championships . 1st N J Olympitis (K .S.C.); 2nd, M . G. T. Allen (K.S.c.) , 3rd, J. W. T . Lovett (K.S.C.) ; 4th, C. M. D. (K.S.C.); 5th, S. C. Ingram Hill (K.S.C.) . Kent Team Foil (Eastern Section) 1st, K.S.C. "AU; 2nd, K.S.C. "~" . Colours awarded: C. M. D. Elhs.

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THE JUDO CLUB Thc term started 00' on a bad footing with thc unavoid able cancel lation of somc o f our matches. However, we were able to arrange a new fix ture with Eton , whom we beat 57--0. In the first pari of the term we had a sllccessfu l grading in London, where D. Si ncla ir and O. Jones were graded to brown belt and M. Kemp and T. Hunter to blue. The climax of the term came at the Kent Judo Championships when D. Si nclair and O . Jones won gol d medals; T. H unter, P. Wh itaker and J. Davies won sil ver meda ls. In the team evcnt the Schoo l ca me run ncrs路up to the Army Junior Lcadcrs' team. Next term, Gorollwy Jones an d Malcolm Kcmp will be taking over as joint captains. The club is m uch indebted to Mr. M. W. Trapp fo r the help he has givcn us this term and also to Mr. R. C. K. Lochead fo r his excellent coachi ng. T he tcam: D. Sincla ir (Captain), O. Joncs, M. Kemp, T . Huntcr, P. Whitaker, T. Dodwell , A. Need ham, J. Olcott, T. Lee, G. Cla rke, J. Hunter. D. A. O. SINCLAIR.

GYMNASTICS The 1ntcr路H ousc Gymnastics was again wcll worth wi.l tehin g. Although, understandably, the Seniors provided the 1110st spectacular performances, the twcllt y路five Juniors tak ing part ti re to be congrat ulated on thc high standard they achicved, regard less of position in the competition. In the J lln io r Individual Event , the first two places were taken by experienced gy mnasts Duggan (Lx) and Fidao (Lx), but Evans (SH) and Battersby (MO) did extremely well to ga in eq ual third place in thei r first compet ition, ahead of Mackintosh (Gal) and Brittcn (S H). Luxllloore easi ly won the Team Championship, fini shi ng 20 points .1l1Cild o f Galpin's. The Scni or Competitors, al l Displa y Tea m gymnasts, showed the excel lent style and grace in their vault in g tilat we have come to expect. A lthou gh competit ion wa s close, Gi les (S I-I ) showcd unbeatablc form in a wonderful performance which gai ned hi m full marks from both judges on foUl' occasio ns and a final score of 215 points out of a possible 220. Hawkins (S I-I ) and Maxwell (Oal) maintained a cOllsistently high standard to gain second and th ird places respectively. Taking the first two places in the Individual Competition, G iles and H awkins also won the Team Championship Trophy fo r School House. On a personal nOl e, T wou ld li ke to thank Mike Hawk ins, Clive Maxwell. William Duggan and Roland Fidao fo r a ll their hclp in tra in ing the junior competitors. M.E.M . R ESULTS

Junior Individua l (Firs t 7 places) 1st, Duggan (Lx), 170t points ; 2nd, F ic1ao (Lx). 165 points; 3rd, Evans (8H) and Batlersby (MO), 157 points; 5th, Britten (SH), 156 points; 6t h, Mackintosh (Oal), 155! point s ; 7th, Le Sueur (M), Kalfayan (Gr) and Pattinson (W), 155 points. J unior Team (Fi rst 5 places) 1st, Luxmoore (Duggan, Fidao, Edcleanu, Moss, Mclean, Ha rriso n), 336l po int s ; 2nd, Ga lpin's (Mackintosh, Richa rdson, Bowen, Burke), 3 1 5~路 points; 3rd, School I-(ouse (Evans, Britten), 313 points; 4th, Grange (Kalfayan, Willis, B.M., Willis, C. E., Mount), 3 t 2 ~ poin ts ; 5t h, Ma rlowe (le Sueur, Cheese, N. A., Hu ghes), 309 1 point s. Senior Ind iyidual (First 7 places) 1st, Giles (SH), 2 15 points ; 2nd , Hawkins (S H), 208! points; 3rd, Maxwcll (Oa l). 205! points; 4th, Duggan (Lx). 20H points; 5th, Watts (M), 198t points; 6th, Mackintosh (Ga l), 196i points; 7t h. Fidao (Lx) , 195, points. Senior Team 1st, School House (Hawkins, G iles), 4231 points; 2nd, Luxmoore (Harrison, Duggan, Fidao). 404 points; 3ed, Galpin's (Maxwell, Mackintosh), 402 points.

THE SHOOTING CLUB Th CI b d the transition from the blade to the ring fo resight this term and consequently l1:uch ~ was u rna C? d Fo tunatcly this transition wenl smoothly and the 1st VIII ended the term with a practice reqUl ~e. r , win against Tonhndge School. Âˇtl tl T A V R Shoot in which the team scored 578 po ints o ut of a possible 600, we also T egel her WI 1 1C . . . . fired some postal matches:1st VIII v Pangbourne College. Won 752 to 744. 1st VllI v Framlingham College. Lost 759 to 765. 1st VIII v Hurstpierpoint College. Won 759 to 753. 2nd VI II I' Framlingham College. Lost 744 to 745. The 151 Vllf also won the COlllltry Life Cha llenge Shield after a very consistent ~hoot of a standard much higher than in previous yea rs, ga ining,a good score on the Landscape target and bemg o ne of the few schools to achieve a " possible" on the groupmg targets of the shoot. ossibles" were scored on the conventional ta~get.s, the sta ndard of shoot i!1g was ne,~e~; AIt h 0h~glh no t" PIÂˇ G oup " A" but also amongst the more JUnior members of the Club In Group B theless Ig 1, no on y In r " which was well suppo rted and attended. Finally, our warmest thanks to Mr. Ogilvy, Mr. Morbcn and Major Hildick-Smi th for their help and organisation during the term. J. T. BROOKS.

SQUASH RACKETS e r the first half of the season is spent in training for themai!. ~qua~htefl.!l. which is the Lent Every ~ !e are extremely grateful to the Jesters, the Escorts an~ other d lsltngUlshed Sides who come down Term ,.an .' I . rtant than the opportumty to play good players, and R. M. H. ~ d~~IStt~l~. J;~ ~~g~l~jlt~he e~~c~~t~? side down and has 31 caps for Englan?, yery kind lY demolishkd a mt , d showed us very elearly where we were wrong. The rest of hiS Side ena~le d us to ma e us one fit~~~~vt~t we lacked in experience, and we drew 3- all. The Jesters beat us 4- 1 III a match t~at up by . I bl f M A H awkins' victory over the 0 K S and former Oxford No. 3, P. D . MacNelce, rasl~'!}h: K~~~ S~R~A. aiso' beat us 4-1, and here another' r~cent O.K.S., C. J. C. Rowe, beat Hawkins 3- 1. I be t Winchester 5-0 and St. Lawrence 4- 1, so the out look is promising, In ouhr two ~c~lol. m~c SSF~~ley ~nd H R Goodale at Nos. 3 a nd 4. Fortunately, there are some usefu l althoug we s a mi ss '.: t o ' The beat St. Lawrence 3-0 while a Junior Colts' side lost in a match \'1as for the outstanding play of their No. I, A. Pigott, III beatmg our own very goo payer, . , 3---Q. The fo llowing represented the School;1st V: M. A. Hawkins (Captain), ~. B. Platt s-Martin. D. S. Farley. H . R. Goodale, M. Asfaw, P. PlattsMartin , C. C. K il bee, G. J. G. Partndge.

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Colts' III: P . Platts-Mart in, M. Asfaw, S. C. Hall. Junior Colts' V: P. Platts-Martin, S. C. Hall, D. W. Nicoll, A.

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E. Dawes.

D.W.B.

BASKETBALL The Junior Basketball Competition was as enjoyable as ever and in the first round Galpin's, Linacrc and Grange won comfortably, but School House were given a hard game by a keen Walpole side. The semi-finals were both splendid matches. Marlowe just scraped through by 3 points against Ga lpin's wit h Noble (M) and Pearson (Gal) showing tremendoll s form. In the ot her game, Grange produced some of the most attractive play of the whole competition in their win over School House. A close fi nal was expected and so it turned out. Grange went ahead in the early stages, alt hough their previously top-scoring forward, C hantler, was given few chances by Kingsman (M). At the interval, Grange were 3 points in the lead. but in the second half Marlowe fought back doggedly and sta rted to show more accuracy on the basket. The scores were soon level and after that there was rarely more than a few points in it. An exciting finish saw Marlowe, who had increased their pace considerably, ahead by 3 points. Everyone played well a nd both teams are to be congratulated on the hi gh standard achieved. Result: Marlowe 35 points, G range 32 po ints. M arlowe: Noble (Captain) (14), Stevens (4), White-Thomso n (I S), Kingsman, tc Sueur (2). Gronge: Kalfayan (Captain) (15), Haddon-Cave, Hathway (lO), Chant IeI' (7). M.E.M.

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THE SOCIETIES The Summer Term saw the culmination of long preparations fo r our production of the Frogs. Stephen J. Harrison's lively music, all composed and rehearsed by him within only one term, gave the Chorus a new dimensio n of interest missing in our previous product ions; another new d imension was the brief appearance on stage, thanks to the generosity of the owners and drovers, of a live donkey-possibly the only member of the cast not enjoying himself much. Des pite modcrni sat ions, our transla tion was close enough to win our Visitor'S approva l. In both terms we have been lucky enough to have a distinguished outside speaker : in summer, Dr' Shirley Barlow, of the University of Kent, on "The Language of Euripides' Lyrics", and in autumn, L. P. Wilk inson, Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge, o n " Latin Poetry". Both were impressive ta lks from rea l experts. In addition, Mr. Wil kinson prov ided interest ing evidence of the wide variety of ca reers open to Classics graduates; particularly unexpected was their suitability for Computing. We also held a play-reading in each term. In July we were invited by the Simon Langton Girls' School's Latin depart ment to an excellent tea of their own making, and read the Penguin translation of Terence's Mother-ill-Law; and in December we read our own 1966 translation of Aristophanes' Clouds. Past members of the Society who contributed to the translation of Becket Miracles may be interested to know that the College of Art, hampered by staff changes and a move to new buildings, have still not completed quite all the printing, but the book has not bccn fo rgotten. Any past members who would CMe to address the Society on their studies, their travels or their ca reers arc invited to let the President know. DJ.D.M. PATER

The Marlowe Society has met twice this term. Early in the term, Mr. Gibson spoke on Thomas Hardy, explaining some of his own researches into the poet's life and the light they threw on his work, illustrat ing his talk with slides. Later on in the term, Professor Armstrong of London University came down to ta lk on Shakespeare's stage techniques, again an illustrated talk. Both were very weU received and gave most interesting talks. Attendances were very good; on both occasions the Maugham Library was packed. The Writing Circle under Mr. Copeman has continued to publish weok ly broadsheets, except near the end of term, when efforts were suspended . MARLOWE

R . P. LINDLEY.

The Summer Term was devoted mainly to preparations for , and the printing o f, the King's CAXTON Week Programmes. Because o f the decision to print a large photograph of the Norman . Sta i ~case on the front of ~ch programn:c, th~ work was disal?Pointi~gly dull. T he photograph was pnnted outsIde the School and th is left the Society with the most unmterestmg part of the job and no scope for design. However, the printers, Tom Crudock·Watson, Clive K illick, William Yonge, Stephen Isacke and N igel Ednnmd·J ones, ensured that the results were up to the uSlla l good standa rd. T he Foster· lliake trophy, for the best single job done by a new fu ll-member, was awa rded to Edmund·Jones for his work on the Galpin's House Play Programme. T he only leaver was Cradock·Watson, who had been Secretary fo r the last year, during which time the Society thrived and expanded under his enthusiastic guida nce. At the beginning of the A utumn Term, Cl ive Killick was elected Secretary, Mark Harri s Treasurer and William Yonge a Committee member. A large number of active Associa te Members ensured that more work was comp leted than usual and this included work on the oO'sct machine. T he Christmas cards were the main event of the term and the fir st to be completed was the Headmaster's card , which was printed by the Secretary and consisted of a large half·tone block of the Cloisters. Designs by Jo nathan Lovett Christopher Dawes and Chris Owen were chosen for the Society Ca rds. T hese were very successfull y printed by Harris, Yonge a nd lsacke during the second half of term a nd a large number were sold to members of the Schoo l ancl to Maslers. R. C. K IL I.ICK. This term our Activity boys have been of a very high standard, and thei r ski ll has enabled them to carry out some ambi lio us projects. The increased number of junior forms now allowed to do Woodwork in conjunction with Art has increased the output of the Woodwork Room and has a lso helped to fmt ller the activ it y of Woodwork in the School. The inclement weather has helped draw more boys to us in the even ings with the result that Oil some nights the door has to be locked. The production of The Mikado has enabled liS to pu t our training to pract ica l use under the guidance of Mr. Barrett. Next summer we hope to be able to produce fOllr cand idates to take "0" Level Woodwork with good cha nces of success. As always, wc arc truly grateful to Mr. E. 1-1 . Brown for his valuable advice, help and encouragement. J . P . S. BIANCO WOODWORK

The society is alive, and well , and li ving mainly in Mr. O'Dwyer's room, in Walpole. Talent abounds within ou r ranks, and , accord in gly, the society fl our ishes. Last term we limited ou rselves to thrcc meet ings. At a general meeting ea rly in the term, we decided to abandon temporarily Ollr play-reading acti vities. Instead, one very special meet ing was held, a soiree litteraire exlraordil1aire. During the highl y d iverting evening, checse and wine were inter~ spersed with members' "party pieces", ranging fro m Beatrix Potter done into Latin, to a threesome wi th an excerpt from 40 Years 011. We also went to see Hamiel at the Marlowe Theatre, which, we felt, the local papers had maligned somewhat. This term, there have been six meeti ngs. Of the fou r plays we read, Sarjealll Musgrave's Dance by John Arden, and Anou ilh's Antigone were the most sllccessfu l. We also tried our hand at Senllel SOllnds, an interesting new chronicle play by Allan Poole about Shakespeare and the theatre o f his day, and A Bond Honollred, a fa scinating and frce adapta tion by John Osborne of a sixteenth century Spanish drama. T he society held its annual breakfast at "The Chaucer", where, after the fir st cup of coffee, the literary oftcrings were engaging and va ried- <l most enjoyable affair. We are very gratefu l to our President, Mr. O'Dwyer, for his hospitality a nd unend ing vitality. J . S. G. THOMAS. R. G. P. POLLARD .

WALPOLE

The Europa Club has increased its membership and had another successful term. We started well with Riaza nov's very fun ny Beware Automobile and continued wit h de Sica's Umberto D and Heifitz's III the Tow" of S. An innovat ion has been the conversation.evcnings in French and German held in masters' homes. Those boys who made the effort to attend found them very worth·whi le. We have another full programme for next term. J. D. SIDWELL. EUROPA CLUB

PHOTOGRAI' HIC

':r hi s has been a fai rly evcl.lIfl!1 year for Ihe Society, which has attemptcd

to <lsscrt Itself mo re as a f~l lI y fun ctlonmg School Society. For the first time the Society ha s . had a room to. Itself for the Summer Ex hibition, and though w~ have cer ta inJ "llUCh. scope. fo r Improvement, the prmts have been nevert heless more numerous and of better qualitYy t ta n In prevIous yea rs. In order to buy new eq~ipment we have beel~ sell ing pict ures of the Mikado and toget her with the donations we have t h a ~kfull y re~e l ved, the darkroom IS now better equi pped than ever befo re with much o f Ol . o bsolete eqUIpment belOg re placed . , 1 1 Finally, we .say good路bye to Alistair Begg, who has been our Treasurer this term, and we hope that the new Treasu rel, whoever he may be, wlil be able to carryon with A listair's ent husiasm where he has left off.

S. D.

BARNES.

<' This te r~ n's p rog ra~lI11e has been var i e~, if less f~11I tha n usua l. . On Scptember 23rd, Prof. HARVEY:: W. ~JI1ne~t. F.R.S. (Pr~fesso r. of Ph ~s l ea l Chem!stry at Cam bri dge) gave a lecture cntitled . Chemistry IS Elect rons --a n m torestmg and lUCid su mmary of modern ideas on chcmica l bond m~. Ol~ N(:)ycm~er 25th, Dr. P . J. D run ~t.' O:K.S.! of the D epartment of Zoology at Oxford , outlined recent mvestlgat lons mto the structu re of chitin 10 hiS lecture "Skeletons without Bones". , ~ p~ogra mme of science fi lms was shown on November 20~h; and to provide a fitting end to the term's <letlvlhos, .A. C. Begg, D. Godman and P. R. M. Shanno n saCrificed many precious hours of their spare time to prepanng a performance of the ever路popular "exotherm ic reaction s" display. J. Hassan has been elected Secretary for the next two terms. M. W. lUfF, 11011. Sec.

For almost h ~l lf the ten!l orchestra rehea rsals were occupied by work on The Mikado (\ t tI.le rel11~lIl1ng meet mgs ,~e played through a few well 路k nown works, including JilRST rcha l kovs ~y s ROil/po alld J/lI~el , a Beetl~ove n Leof/ora Overlure, Dvorak 's Symphonies ORCHESTRA mlll /bers E,lght. (agam!) and N me, ~r~!lm s Fir~路 t SymphollY, Schumann's Third Symphony, Beet hoven s Elc hth Symphony, ROSSIOI s overture The Thielliug Magpie, and Adrian CruCt's Oxford Suite. The ,O rchestra, as always, capped last King's Week with a single sy mpho ny concert in the Shirley Hall. H ~y~ n s 1;0lldoll .Sym/~hoIlY (~o. 104) was followed by K. S.G. Ollertllre by J. R. Seers, an excitin and oflgl~lal plcce wh!ch. Will rcmam. a memorable experience for all of us. The second ha lf of the progr;mmo c0l!slsted of SC~/eJtelazade .~y R llllsky-.Korsakov. Here lay many orchest ral pitfalls, but under the assured gUIdance of MJ. Edred Wll ght we arrived at the end of the work rather more happy than we had been at the start. ' Our than ks, as always, are due to t\1r. Wright and to. Mr. Mycrscollgh for their inspil'ation and guidance over these past. terms. All ou r best W I S~OS for success III the future and thanks for presence in the past go to leavers, pa rt!eul~r1y to Andrew Mamner (Monitor fo r Music) and Peter King (School Monitor) for their sources of msplratlOI1. N. H. T ERRY .

Arter its Summer Term dorm.lncy, the Orchestra came back to life again under the expert and long-suffering baton of Mr. G<?odes. \:Vith Ih~ decreasing need for support from SECOND ORCHESTRA First Orchestra players- hard ly any In the wind sections- there was rool11 for many new members. Several works were played during the term, since there was no performance to work for, ranging from Handel's Largo to an arrangement of the Fina le from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which was attempted from the genu ine version at the final rehearsa l ... Many thanks to the conductor and those who helped with the settin g-out. U. J. Q. WIIEEU::R. A comparatively quiet term fo r the Glee Club on account of The Mikado. A selection of GLEE CLUB the Dartock arrangements of Negro Spirituals were sung as well as various "glees" with the principa l aim of imp roving the ensemble's ability to sing more as a unified whole rather than a group of independent voices. Many thanks to our conductor, Mr. Davies, and to those who arc leaving, namely, A. L. Sloa ne and W. R. Box. B. J . Q. WBI!ELli R. This term, the coÂˇcxislem.:c of the Operat ic Society and the Choir has created several problems. There has had to be special ca re taken of voices, particularly treble, to safeguard performances of the Mikado. Nevertheless , despite the huge amounts of singing that members of both societies have had to do, the standard of performance all round has certai nly not dropped. The Carol Service, always the Choir's highlight of the term, was a I?art icular Sllec~~ .. A specially comm issioned carol/anthem by Jonathan Seers was performed, along With other specmhtles, including" And the glory of the Lord" from Handel's Messiah, which provided a moving peroration to the service. The Madrigal Society, held in "cold stora ge" during this terl"!), err~ergcd, to sing from behind the hi gh altar at the Carol Service, as usual, and performed a very attractive piece by Herbert Howells, ca lled Here is the little door . This term has definitely seen an improvemcnt all round in the Choir, and attendance has been higher than before. Our thanks are most grateful1y extendcd to Ed red Wright, our conductor, and to all those who are leaving this term, especia ll y And rew Marriner, Sccretary and Monitor for Music. S. W. BARLOW. Anthems sung this term:Let all mortal flesh (Edward Bairstow) o thou, the ceil/raJ orb (Charles Wood) Let all the world (Edward Chapman) Il1sanae et I'(lI/ae civae (Joseph Haydn) Come my way (Wi ll iam Harris) If ye love me (Thomas Tall is) Ascribe, 0 Lord (John Travers) o Lord, look down (Jonathan Battishill) Praise 10 God ill the highest (Sidney Ca mpbell) Greater Love (John Ireland) Come fllll o him (Handel) o taste ami see (Vaughan Willi ams) CA ROL SERVICE

SCHOOL CHOIR

CHOIR ANTHEMS-

Thou mllst leave thy lowly dwelling ("L'Enjallce dll Christ") (Hector Berlioz) And the glory of the Lord (" Messiah") (Handel) Advent Responsory (Palestrina) .' Here is the little door (Herbert Howells) (Madnga l SocIety) Ring alit, ye crystal spheres (Jonathan Seers) Hosanna to 'he SOil of David (Thomas Weelkes) This term the Band has been working mai nl y at Hindemith's SymphollY ill B /lat, which we hope BAND to perform at the end of next term. The highli ght of this term occurred on November 13th, when the Band joined the Ken t Wind Society in a performance of Berlioz' Symphollie Flmebre ef Triomphale conducted by Co lin Davis in the nave of the ca thed ral. . For 1110st boys this was an un ique opportunity to work with a great conductor- a really wonderful experience. Andrew Marriner leaves us this term , and I should like to thank him persona lly for all the help he has given- both as secretary and as leading clarinettist. S.R.D.

C.C.F. NOTr:S ARMY SECTION Our first tru ly voluntary term is now b~hi nd ~I ~ and we arc looking back 011 it with quiet sat isfaction. We do not know yet wl.lore. our l ~lllllbers ~v lll stabilise, but we have ou r first group tluough two stages of the new Army .Apex Exammaoon With. no fal~lIres. A very smart and eflicient standard was reached which will be a ya rdstick for next term's recrUIts t.o aun a~. The t~r.m's successes have been achieved by the enthusiasm of the ~dets themselves. and by the II1st ructJOnal abil ity or Corporals Campbell , Richardson, Singleton and White, under the gUIdance of Mr. Woodward. Fi.eld pay sa~v the qo mm a l ~do Section climbing at Bowles Mountaineering Gymnasium, the R.E.M. E. S~ct.lon IIlS~ectll1 g veh icle mall1tenance at Ashford, and the training sect ions exercisi ng under Capta in Crmk at Remden Wood. . The CoI.nmando night exercise defied the weather, and IllOSt of the problcms set were overcome or CJrcumna vlgated. T he Quartermaster, Major Morton, has ta.ken .the lion's share of shooting, and C.S.M. Goodale has, as ever, been a tower or strcngth . We sha ll miss him grea tly and wi sh him well ill hi s futurc carccr. Promotions during the term: To be C.S.M .: H. R. Gooda le, S. A. Williamson. To be Colour Sergennt: J . T. Brooks. To be LanceSergea nt: S. C. Ingram Hill. To be Corpora l: R. O. P. I)ollnrd. W.J . R.H·S .

ROYAL NAVY SECTIO N Wc)are in good ~lcart and good .I~umbers in ou r voluntary state. We have added a second 16 Ft. 6 in. fibre~ l ass dmghy to ~ur saJlmg fleet, an~ we are gra teful to Lt.-Comdr. C. H. Copeman, R.N.R •• ~or IllS great mterest an~ assistance. C.P.<;>. Christoffel has been a regula r visitor to assist with instruction In the new Naval ProfiCiency syllabus, will ie we have had help with D rill from a Gunnery Instructor from Chatham and ollr own N.C. O.'s have instructed the A.B. Candidates. TI~e highlight <?f the term was the F,ield Day visit to Calais, when we were grea tly indebted to Townsend Femes for allOWing u~ to take an ac.t1.ve part on the bridge and in the engine room of Free ElIlerprise /II. In CalaiS we were received by the Brlt.lsh Consu l,. Mr. J. S. A. Selwyn, and by M. Georges Wiart, a French Nava l Reser.ve officer, who had very kmdly orgallised a substant ia l and most entertaining tour of the hinterland. We laid a wreath on the DovC?r.Patfol Men.l<?rial at Cap Blanc Nez and then proceeded to a memorable lunch, followed by small boat activity and a VISit to the Community Centre in Calais. In the summer holida!'s, Sub-Lieut. D. J. Reid took a party on a week's seagoing and arduolls training camp at. Loch Ewe, while other cadets attended courses in Naval Avialion at R.N.A.S., Culdrose and a Subma ri ne course at H.M.S. Dolphill. D.W.B

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ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Th is term has seen the start of a completely revised training syllabus and, though the N.C.O.'s and cadets have adapted themselves successfu lly and cheerfully no one wou ld claim that there cou ld be iml?rovements in presen.tation and syllabus. The a im is to 'produce a more complete serviceman. The resld~ nt ~ of ~.A.F. stations hav.e oft~n been embarrassed by vis its from cadet parties that are far from m~rtla l III thclr appea.r<l:nce and m. their l:netl~od of marching, and so now the training begins wit h a basic dnll test, weapon tr~mll1g a!1d on.entecrmg III place of classroom map-reading. Field Day was spent at R.A .F .,. Ma ns~on, airborne m Chipmunks, eXCA?pt for a few who decided to canoe from Canterbury to SandWich, which was managed by one crew wh ile we nearly had to ca llout the Manston Air-Sea Rescue Helicopter for the other canoe, which slowly sa nk off the Richborough Power Station. .S~t. Franks leaves th.is te ~1l1 afler.a '<>.ng and useful career, which includes thc winning of both flying and giJdlng hcences .. We Wish hml well In Ius future career, especially if, as seems possible, this is in the R.A.F. It was encouragmg ~o rea ~ that an ex-cadet, N. J. Day. has just won all three fl ying prizes at Cranwell, ap parel~t1 y ,~h~ firsttl.me thiS has ever been d<?ne by one person. Sgt. Franks is scheduled to go on an "Overseas F hght m an aircraft of the R.A.F. Air Support Command within the next few weeks and we shall expect him to return next term to tell us a ll abo lit it. P.G.W. 51

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CORRESPONDENCE

BUfwood H ouse, 133 Whitstable Road, ca nterbury. October 25th. 1971.

Dca r Canon Newell, My very sincere thanks for your le~ter of October 22nd ~nd your very kind remcmbra n,ccs of ,my husb..,.nd. He so much enjoyed his years at Kmg's, he loved teachmg and was also so fond of Ius pupils, espccl3. lIy " the rascals", as he called them. These last eight yea rs were sheer delight to hi,m, from, the musical p~ int of vje~v . which ~s whY, 1 ~m so glad that you will allow some of Ihe boys to slIlg at h iS funera l ser vice: he enjoyed their mUSIC III the Cathedral above everythin g. Thank you so much for your k indness to us bot h and I shall be glad of your prayers, especiall y o n

Tuesday,

Yours si ncerely. DOROTHY SHARMAN .

15 Sl. Johns Wood Court, London. N.W.S. 291h October, 1971. Dear Sirs, As an old friend of The King's School, Canterbury, and onc ~ho is on t.h? eve of retirin.g to the count ry (Hercfordshire) may I be allowed to reco rd my pleasure on rea~ mg the bri lliant resu lts ga med .by so ma~y music students a t the Schoo l. K ing's has probably more musIc students than any other I?ubllc sch,?~1 In the country and this interests both my wife (Ol ive Gro.ves) and Tlly~el.f be~usc, as professl!:mal I~lu slcla l~s and the parents of two O.K.S., we we!'c in at the bcglOnmg of till S mtenslve pre-occupatio n Wit h musIC as an important item in the school CUrriculum. Wc becamc friends of King's in 1938 through the encouragcmen.t of the latc Dr. Shirley, ~nd long ago contributed as performers a t many school concerts. 11 wa.s my Wife who gavc the School Its first really good grand piano; but I do not thi.nk .eith~r of us ever ellVlsagcd such a wonderful harvest from the seeds . sown by Dr. Shirley and his enthuslaSlic fflends. A quick glance at the list o f Music Awards published in t!le ~ugust iS,sue o f The Calltuariall dIscloses that there were 12 Grade Eights in the Associate~ Boa rd's ~xam matlOn and m a total of I G, 7 boys wer~ selecte.d for the Na tional Youth Orchestra and 1 gamed tht: Dlplol~la of A.R.C.O. Two O.K.S. are stl!dymg musIc at Oxford and Cambridge, J. D. Willi<!-ms has galO~ ~nzes a t thc Royal Academy of Ml~slc and, most important of all, Christopher Seama n IS now the Prmclpal Conductor of the D.B.c. S~o tt1sh Symp!\ony Orchestra. A marvellous record indeed. The number of O.K.S. who arc now well-establi shed profeSSIOnal musicians can be left to others to enumerate. A word of gratefu l thanks is due to Edrcd Wright , who h.as ~one such splendid w<?rk in fostering a love o f m usic amongst two o r three generatio~s of b.oys at The Kmg s School. II~ope he Will feel as well rewa rded for his work as my wife a nd I, as old-tunc fn ends of the School, arc deIL ghted . You rs sincerely, G EORGE B AK llR.

(George Bakel', C.Il,F. .) Buckingham Court, 78 Buckingham Gate, London, S.W,l. Friday, 24th September, 1971. Dear Sirs, This is to let you know how much I enjoyed read ing the Epi logue by.J. F . Maule. It rea ll y is most gratifying to know that the art of light verse still fl ourishes in Canterbury, and ,.s not confl1~ed to the sage of ~-Iammer~ sm ith and a few others, excellent Iyric!sts though they ar~. ~o my 1l111ld, the Epilogue wa s somethmg rea lly worthy of the high quality o f productIOn o f The Call1urrrwlI It sel f. YOlll'S truly, H . D. DAWSON,

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O.K.S. NEWS Bishop J. Frewer (1902) is retired and living at Riley House, 20 Excelsior Street , Shenton Park , Western Australia.

J. V. Mather (1920) is in England fo r a visit. J . n. W. Grigson (1937) is retiring from work in Ceylon in the New Year, and comi ng home to live in Wadhurst (Fairview, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, Sussex).

J . WaUs (1943) has returned permanently to this country a fter 25 years in E.1.st Africa; he is sti ll wi th the

We congratulate D. L. Quested (1 947) on his promotion to lieutena nt-colonel in the Royal Marines.

Metal Box Company, and is Bmnch Personnel Manager at their Mansfield branch.

T. R. Warren (1949) has left I.P.c. to become a consultant editor. His present activities range over subjects as diverse as measurement and control engineering, industrial tra ining resea rch, and the occupa tiona l and social problems of growing o ld. R. C. Reading (1951) is now a Director of J. L. Morison, Son & Jones (Cey lon), living at 18 Bu llers Lane, Co lombo, and he would be glad to welcome any O. K.S. passing through. I . Hogg (1952) has been in the Rhodesian Police for sixteen yea rs, a nd has now been promoted Superintendent and appointed Assistant Commandant a t the Police Training Depot. The Revd . K. O. Agnew (1953) is now Rector of Willand, Cullompton , Devon. A. G. S. Da"Yies (1953) comp leted a fom-year degree cou rse in Computer Science, and is now with Head, Wrightson Ltd., Yarm , Stockton. N. Paine (1953) is back in the Lond on office o f Binnie & Partners, a fter nine months at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Ca lifornia, and 21 mont hs in Southern Africa, head ing a team st udyi ng the water resources of Leso tho, one o f the newly independent African states. E. A. Mitchell (1956) has recently been appointed Financial Manager to the Kuwasi Brewery, Ghana. J. P . C. Gaut (1961) has returned to England from Australia, and the Secretary will be glad to have his address here, W. D. Maycock (1961) is now a Manager in the Transvaa l Limmer Asphalt Company in Johannesbu rg,

J. R. Palmer (1961) left Sarawa k in Ju ne after Ihree-and-a-half years there, and is at the Commonwealth Forestry Institute, togcther with A. M . J. Robbins (1965), doing a research cou rse. C. M. Price (1961) is working fo r the Nat iona l Coal Board, as a senior o perati onal research consultant, and is married with a son of nearly two.

D. A. Young (1961) has had a year travelli ng all round Afric.:1, Australia, New Zea la nd and the Sout h Pacific, work ing for a travel firm: he visited a tribe of pygmies in the Congo, and arrived in K ampa la on the day on which General Ammin threw out Obote. He is also a lieutenant in the R.N.R.

J. S. Barrett (1962) is teaching Mathemat ics a t The K ing's School, Parramatta . This seems an excellent way of fostering contact between the two schools.

J. H . Penhallow (1962) is studying for a year a t the Business School, Insead, at Fontainebleau, 53

D. M. P. Barnes (1963) is working for the Uardays Group o fU anks in Brussels, having left Kenya in 197 1 and he wou ld welcome visitors. ' C. R. Davies (1 963) is li ving in Hamilton, Australia, and can be rcached c/o Nort h Ham ilton Post Officc Hamilt on, Victoria 3300. '

Ca ptain J. H. Hardy (1963) is at Soest in Germany, as Dental Officer to 4 Field Ambulance. M. J. Tester (1963) and hi s French wife are li vin g in Wateringbury; he is a Chartered Surveyor and Auctioneer, and work s in Maidstone.

J. H. A. .J. Armstrong (1964) has rejoi ned the Royal Navy aft er three yea rs at Oxford reading Law. I-Ie won the prize for the best mark s on his professiona l cou rses, and has s pe nt a year in the Guided Missile Destroyer, H.M.S. FIfe. He ha s now joined the Assa ult Ship H.M. S. Intrepid, as Secretary to the Captain.

D. P. Kinghorn (1964) is working in Cranbrook with a n insurance firm, Cayzer, Steel Bros., after having a spell of about ten months in the Army. Dr. G. 1-1. Sharwood-Smit h (1964) is at presen t Unit Medica l Officer with the R.A.F., Wyton, Hunt s. and intends to special ise in anaest hetics. '

A. J. Davies (1965) is Assistant Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales, at Osnabruck. T . G. O. Shannon (1965) was awarded his half-purple for Rine Shooting at London Uni versity. D. S. Whalley (1965) finished his Cha rtered Accountancy exa ms. in November, 1970, and joined Price Waterhouse (Europe) last autumn, travelli ng out with A. C. Griffiths (1965), who had qualified at the same time, and joined the sa me firm.

D. R. Richardson (1966) and A. J. Pole ( 1966), both former pupils of Mr. Brown, are now joint directors of a newly-formed company, Chelsea Furn iture Ltd. They make all sorts of things, including beds for the Hanging Bed Company and a bed of their own design with a ca ntilevered base, called the Chelsea Hovering Bed. We wish them the best of luck in this ori ginal enterprise. N. J . C. Thomas (1966) has obtained a Higher Nationa l Cert ifica te in Applied Physics, which will help him in his career. C. L. Hampton (1967) is teaching at Stourbridge School of Art, Worcs.

G. F. Percival ( 1967) and C. W. Brewer (1 967) a re both on the Committee of the South-Eastern Chartered Accountants Student Society. M . W. Sullivan (1967) is a Chartere? Accountant working wit h DeloittcÂˇs. J. A. Young (1967) is working with a print ing finn in the City, and plays hockey and cricket for the Cheam 1st XIs. He is secretary o f the O.K.S. Hockey Club, and can be reached at 01-481 173 1. He is getting married in April.

S. N. Allston (1968) is in his second yea r at Mo nash University. Melbourne, where he is reading Law. R. C. Case (1 968) is taking an Honours Degrcc in Nautieal Studies at Southampton University, and is at present doing a year's "practical" as Third Officer on the S.S. Clan Sutherland, trading to South Africa. E. J. Holman (1968) has joined the T .A. & Volunteer Reserve, H..A.O.G, and has passed the T.A.V.R. Officers' Course at Mons Officer Cadet School. R EM EMBER TO SEND YOUR OWN ITEMS Of' NEWS TO T\-I E SECRETARY, THE O.K.S. ASSOCIATION, FOR PUBLICATION I N O.K,S. N EWS.

ENGAGEMENTS Cl~~~~lC~:~I~~Cl:~1b)~1.-l an Gasco igne-Pees (1958) to Lorna Annette, youn ger daughter of Brigadier Shannol1- Blaschke.- T . G. D. Shannon (1965) to Miss P. D. Blaschke. Young- Bournc.- J. A. Young (1967) to Jane Bourne. McKill iam- Milnc.- R. McKilli am ( 1968) to Catherine Anne Milne. Dacon- Alexnndcr.- N. C. Bacon (.1968) to Jud ith Alexander.

MARRIAGES Seward- Vinccnt.- P. A. L. Seward (1 960) to Lynn Caro l Vincent, on 11th July, 1970. Maycock- Faulkncr.- J , D. Maycock ( 1963) to Mary Elizabeth Faulkner, o n 24th April, 1971. Tcster- M cuninck.- M. J . Tester ( 1963) to Nadine Mcuninck o f France, on 26t h June, 1971. OIAiver-I' CrinCa ker.- D . T. Oliver ( 1966) to Anna-Margrethe Grinakcr on 7th August 1971 at Obuasi ng Ican hurch, Ghana. " , Hampton- Andcrson.- C. L. Hampton (1 967) to Jane Anderson, o n 24th Jul y, 1971. Roberts- Daly.- M. H. Roberts (1967) to O lroline Daly, o n 3rd April, 1971.

BIRTHS East.- To Gill (nee Harbury) and Christopher M. East (1961) on 5th October 1971, a !on (Jonat han Mark Gethyn). " Ncill.- To Cel ia (nee Grant) and Sean R. S. Neill. on 81h November, 197 1, a daughter (Samantha Janet).

DEATHS Duncan.- On 5th November, 197 1, Major M. Du ncan (1 915). Graves.- On 21st August, 1971,

n. W. Graves, F.e.A. (1924).

Kaye.- In May, 1971, A. B . Kaye (193 1). J ak<s.- In May, 197 1, N. A. Jakes (1967).

CANTUARIAN LODGE The Cantua rian Lodge learned wi th much pleasure that the Secretary, Keith Lewis (School House 1946--49) is to be honoured by the Grand Master, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, for his work for Freemasonry and for the lodge in particu la r. Keith Lewis is most interested in fostering and im proving our links not only with the School but a lso with the Lodge of the Old Boys of King's School, Parramatta. Durin g the summer we had a visit from onc of the King's School, Pa rramatta members, and R. 1. H Go ll op also brought messages from Aust ra lia after his recent visit. . The Lodge has been pleased to hear from Frank Cli ffo rd Pratt (M.O. 1939-42), who has asked to become a member, and we were sorry to have missed seeing Thomas Wells (Gr. 1934-39) when he was on leave from Barbados. The Cantuarian Lodge meets at the Mostyn Hotel, Portman St reet, London, W. I, on the fourth Thurs~ day in February, April and October, and the first Thursday in Deccmber. Thc Lodge is primarily established fOf O.K.S., Masters, Governors and close rel.atives of the b~ys, past ~nd present. OUf Secretary is always glad to hear from you and should you reqUIre any further mformatiOn, you arc asked to kind ly contact Keith Lewis at 16 Daryngton Drive, Perivale Park, Greenford, Middlesex. J . F. BERRY,

THE O.K.S. TRUST The O.K.S. Trust has cont inued with its work of supporting the School in va rious worthwhile enterprises and in using its funds to good effect where there is need. It is financing the O.K.S. Room at the School, the room at the entrance to the Palace Classrooms which has been equipped as an audio-visual room , wit h a language labora tory and T.V. recording apparalUs. It has made a large donation to the Milner Court Appeal to build a Science Block and improve the swimming pool , and has helped this year with two more applications for further ed ucation. Almost all O.K.S. will remember Miss Mi lwa rd , the Headmaster's Secretary: the Trust was very pleased to be able to hclp her to obta in quicker alleviation of the pain she was suffering from two a rthrit ic hips. Unfortunately the operation did not prove wholly successful, but she is better. So it goes on: if the Trust had more money, we could do more, so if you have not already contributed, the forms for a covenant _will gladly be sent to you if you will let me know, at the School. K . A . C. GROSS, Honorary Secretary.

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MELROSE ABBEY [A. C. Begg [Elltwistie 1st XV Back Row (left 10 right): N. D. Cavell, P. M. G lennie, G. M. Dorman, T. Hunter, H. R. Goodale, P. D . Wri ght, N. J. Kingsman, R. A. M. Constant. Middle Row (left to righ t) : S. G. Gallyer, 1. L. Watt s, R. M. Stevens (Captai n), 1. C. P. Taylor, H. B. powell. FrOI/l Row (left to right): C. D. Spencer-Payne, M. D . J. Donaldson.

[A. C. Begg GRANGEMOUTH O IL REFINERY

THE CANTUARIAN

APRIL 1972

CONTENTS PAGE

EDITOR IAL

T H E SCI-fOOL

CHAPEL NOTES

THIS AND THAT

REVIEWS

T H E BUSINESS GAME

TO T H E SOUND OF CH URCH BELLS

CONTRIBUTI ONS

TWO AUSTRALIA

PJONEERS

K ING'S SPORT

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SOCIETIES

IIJ

MUSI C

11 3

C.C.F.

OTES

11 5

CORR ESPON DENCE

I )6

O.K.S. NEWS

11 8

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge the receipt of the following and apologise for any omissions:Aidenlwmian, Amplefortlr Joumal, Ardingly Chronicle, Birkdalian, Blcmdellian, Bradfield College Chronicle, The Bradfordian, Tire Campbellian, Cheltenham College Magazine, Cholmelian, Dane Court Magazine, Decanian, Dovorian, Dulwiclr College Prep. School Magazine, Eastboumian, The Elizabethan, Felstedian, The Fig Tree (King's College, Hong Kong), Giggleswick Chronicle, Glenalmond Notes, Gresham School Magazine, HanÂ·ovian, Tire Holmewoodian, Hurstjolmian (Hurstpierpoint College), K.C.S. Magazine, K.S. (Chester) Magazine, T.K.S. Parrama/la Magazine, Lancing College Magazine, Langtonian, Lore/Ionian, Latymerian, Tire Lynx (Cranbrook), Marlburian, The Meteor (Rugby), Malvemian , Mill Hill Magazine, Milner Court Chronicle, The Novo (Newcastle R.G.S.), Oratory, Tire Ousel (Bedford School), Tire Pauline, Radleian, Reptonian, Roffensian (K.S., Rochester), Saga (Bryans/on), St. Edward's School Magazine, The School Tie (Ashfo rd School), Scriblems (AIIeyn's), Stonylrurst College Magazine, Sullonian, Tire Tonbridgicm, Welling Ionian, Whitgiftian, Worksopian, Tire Yellow Dmgon (Queen's College, Hong Kong) .

THE CANTUARIAN VoL. XXXVI

No. 2

APRIL, 1972

EDITORIAL

A good deal of the depression that one sees in a school today is the direct consequence of excessive individualism. Spontaneity is equated with profit; people imagine that anything they produce is worthwhile because it is "their own thing". Only the difficulty of defining what is worthwhile in art conceals the futility of such freedom. Looking continually inwards is divisive and frustrating, as the centre is almost certainly hollow. The outside presents a world infinitely richer. Engagement may render the question "What must I do with myself?" almost irrelevant; but it must still be faced by anyone curious as to the truth of things. It may be approached obliquely, by considering some of the decisions of historical figures. The interest lies in those with obscure motives; why, for instance, did Dr. Livingstone turn back into Central Africa in 1872? The decision was irrational, some might say stupid. But it was a decision completely free from self, integrated and spontaneous in quite a different sense from the spontaneity of twitching a crayon at random across a piece of paper. The answer to "What must I do with myself?" might be, "You must become capable of making decisions free from self". On paper this idea looks perhaps nebulous, and does not of course transform itself into a course of action for anyone depressed. It does, however, suggest a goal, the making of decisions free from self, which presupposes the existence for one of an unconscious frame of reference. This state can only be reached by looking outward; the first step is to realise that it is essential to stop wasting one's energy painfully oscillating in doubt about which fork the self should take when both are equally satisfactory. For instance, whether one has to go to Cathedral or not on Sunday is not vastly important in the scheme of things; to worry about this at length is self-destructive. Look up outside, and see what there is to see. 57

A. C. Begg]

THE SCHOOL Captain of School: R. P. Lindley, K.S. Vice-Captains: M.A. Hawkins, P.M. Glennie Head of Galpin's H. S. Todd Head of Marlowe S. A. Williamson, K.S. Head of Meister Omers J. R. Sterck Head of Linacre P. M. G lennie Head of Luxmoore R. P. Lindley, K.S. Head of School House M.A. Hawkins Head of The Grange D. N. C. Houlding Head of Walpole M. E. D. de Styrcea

SCHOOL MONITORS R. P. Lindley, K.S., M. A. Hawkins, P. M. Glennie, S. A. Williamson, M. E. D . de Styrcea, H. S. Todd, J. R. Sterck MONITORS H. S. Todd, C. B. Armstrong, A.M. W. Jackson, M. J. d'A. Sepbton S. A . Wiiliamson, K.S., R. H. T. Christophers, M.s., D . P. Medhurst, P. M. S. Nottle M eister Omers: J. R. Sterck, N. C. W. Campbell, A. P. W. Campbell, S. G. Gallyer Linacre: P. M. Glennie, J. C. P. Taylor, M.S., H. B. Powell, C. D. Spencer-Payne, M. W. S. Bax, C. R. 0. Morris Luxmoore: R. P. Lindley, K.S., J. S. M. Hassan, P. J. Suchet, E. A. Holford-Walker, T. G. C. Hart, W. W. Bowyer, M. B. Kemp, A. Vohora School House: M. A. Hawkins, R. M. Lane, K. Rejaie, G . R. P. Ashenden, J. R. F. Eaton The Grange: D. N. C. Houlding, H . M. Wyatt, J. P. A. T. Grant Walpole: M. E. D . de Styrcea, R. C. K illick, M. N. E. Harris Captain of Athletics E. A. Holford-Walker Captain of Boats H. S. Todd Captain of Cricket S. G . Gallyer Captain of Cross-Country A. St. J. Brown Captain of Rugger H. B. Powell

Galpin's: Marlowe:

M. A. Hawkins M. G. T. Allen C. E. Rudgard M. A. H awkins G. N. Jones, M. B. Kemp D .P. Medhurst W. J. Pearson S. W. Barlow, F.R.c.o. J. P. S. Bianco

Captain of Basketball Captain of Fencing Captain of Golf Captain of Gymnastics Captains of Judo Captain of Shooting Captain of Swimming Monitor for Music Monitor/or Woodwork

THE CANTUARIAN Editors: R. P. Lindley, K.S., J. S. G. Thomas, J. R. Seers, K.s., M.s. 58

SALVETE JANUARY, 1972 J. P. Armitage, L. A. Backler, M. J. L. Barber, J. P. D. Barsby, N . K. Bhasin, D . A. Boughton, R. A. Cailes, P. H. Carling, A. Cherne!, M.A. Crago, P. B. Cully, J. N.H. Dale, M. P. Dale, R. D. H. ~ale, I. A. deCourcy, C. A. B. Dewell, C. R. Earl, J. P. Goold, R. W. ~arvey, D. A. HJrSt, P. J. Irwin, Naguib S. H. Lakhani, Naseer S. H. Lakhani, N. T. Ltddell, S. 9· M. Lindsay-Watson, M. R. Lock, M. E. Lockwood, A. S. McCorkell, J. A. G. ~ackmtosh, J .. M. Maxey, K. R. May, P. E. Medhurst, R. P. Mills, 0. J. Muddun~n, S. G. Nt~holl, D. J. G. Partridge, M. E. Pengelley, D. J. Propper, A. W. H. Rankm, S. P. Ratcliffe, P. R. Rowland, R. F. Santi, J. K. H. Smith, K. V. Smith, T. R. Stead, I. A. Teo, P. D. L. Williams.

VALETE DECEMBER, 1971 A. J. Barrow, J. M. Barson, A. C. Begg, W. R. Box, J. T. Brooks, R. D. Carter, G . W. H. Clarke, R. E. Clarke, P. P. Copcutt, P. J. Cresswell, A. StJ. Currie, R. H. Dallas-Smith, F. S. Daly, Z. R. Daultana, C. W. Dawes, R. Dillon, R. A. K. Dinwiddie, R. M. Edwards, D. S. Farley, T. J. Finsaas, J. Fothergill, J. P. Franks, B. B. Godman, H. R. Goodale, P .. E. D. Grant, M. J. Ham.pton, P. R. 0. Hughes, J. M. Hunter, M. W. Iliff, S. C. Ingram Htll, .R. H. Jackson, P,. King, V. R. F. Linssen, J. W. T. Lovett, M. McDonald, A. S. Marnner, C. W. Martm, S: D . Mathers, .G. N . E. Needham, N . J. Olympitis, R. J. E. Page, D. G. Peek, J. R. Ptercy, T. J. Pnestman, L. P. Randall, J. R. C. Rieu, D. M. Roberts, T. F: D. Robinson, D. A. G. Sinclair, A. L. Sloane, R. M. Stevens, J. M. Strachan, P. G. Tchamttch, J. M. R. Waller, I. L. Watt, J. L. Watts, A. C. Wheeler, P. D. Wright.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES BEGG,. A. C.- Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar; Hon. Senior King's Scholar; Upper Stxth ; Treasurer of Photographic Society. BROOKS, J .. T.-Came !an., '67; House Monitor; Head of Junior House; Upper Sixth; Captam of Shootmg; Colour Sgt., C.C. F.; Open Exhibition in Classics for Law ' Caius College, Cambridge. COPCUTT, P. P.- Came Sept., '67; Music Scholar; Upper Sixth; Choral Scholarship, Magdalen College, Oxford. CRESSWELL, P. J.-Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar· House Monitor · Upper Sixth· First Orchestra. ' ' ' DALY, F. S.-Came Sept., '66; Head of House· School Monitor· House Monitor· King's Scholar; Upper Sixth; Secretary of Athletics. ' ' DAWES, C. W.- Came April, '67; Junior House Monitor; Hon. Senior King's Scholar· Upper Sixth; Open Exhibition in History, Peterhouse, Cambridge. ' DINW~DDIE, R. A. K.-:-~!lm~ April, '67; Hon. King's Scholar; House Monitor; Upper Stxth ; Open Exhtbttion m Natural Sciences, King's College, Cambridge. EDWARDS, R. M.-Came April, '67; School Monitor; House Monitor; Upper Sixth ; 1st Rugby Colours; 1st Athletics Colours. FARLEY, D. S:-Came Sept., '66; Head of Junior House; . House Monitor; Upper Sixth; 1st Tenms Colours; Sgt., C.C. F.; Secretary of Walpole Society. 59

FOTHERGILL, J.- Came Sept., '67; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; Open Exhibition in Latin/English for Law, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. FRANKS, J. P.- Came April, '67; Sir Edmund Davis Scholar; Upper Sixth; Sgt., C.C.F; Secretary of Boat Club. GOODALE, H. R.-Came Sept., '66; School Monitor; Upper Sixth ; 1st Rugby Colours; C. S.M., C. C. F.; Secretary of Boats; Assistant Manager for King's Week, 1971. HAMPTON, M. J.-Came Sept., '67; Hon. King's Scholar; Junior House Monitor; Upper Sixth; First Orchestra. HuGHES, P. R. 0.-Came Sept., '67; Junior House Monitor; Upper Sixth; 1st Rugby Colours; 1st Basketball Colours. ILIFF, M. W.- Came Sept., '66; House Monitor ; Upper Sixth. INGRAM H ILL, S. C.-Came April, '67; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; First Orchestra. KING, P.- Came Sept., '66; School Monitor; Head of House; Music Scholar ; Upper Sixth; First Orchestra; Chief Sacristan. LINSSEN, V. R. F.-Came Sept., '67; Music Scholar; Upper Sixth; First Orchestra; Violin Scholarship to Royal Brussels Conservatoire. LovETT, J. W. T.-Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar; Hon. Senior King's Scholar; Upper Sixth; House Monitor; Open Scholarship (Sacher) in History, New College, Oxford. MARRINER, A. S.- Came Jan. , '68; Music Scholar; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; Music Monitor; First Orchestra; Secretary of Band, Choir a nd Mudc Circle; Member of National Youth O rchestra. MARTIN, C. W.-Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar; Hon. Senior King's Scholar; Upper Sixth ; Editor of The Cantuarian. MATHERS, S. D.-Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar; Hon. Senior King's Scholar ; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; Open Exhibition in Mathematics, Lincoln College, Oxford. NEEDHAM, G. N. E.-Came Sept., '67; Monitor in charge of Riversleigh ; House Monitor ; King's Scholar; Upper Sixth; Captain of 2nd XV. PIERCY, J. R.- Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar; Upper Sixth; Secretary of Philatelic Society. PRIESTMAN, T. J.-Came Jan., '67 ; Captain of School ; Upper Sixth; Vice-Captain and 1st Athletics Colours; Lady Davidson Prize. Rum, J. R. C.- Came Sept., '66; Greaves Scholar; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; 1st Rowing Colours. STEVENS, R. M.-Came Sept., '67; School Monitor; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; Captain of Rugger; I st Rugger Colours; Secretary of Rugger; Secretary of Boats; O.K.S. Prize. STRACHAN, J. M.-Came Sept., '66; Vice-Captain of School ; Head of House; School Monitor; Upper Sixth; 1st Judo Colours; 1st Swimming Colours; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer Europa Club; Open Exhibition in Modern Studies, Christ's College, Cambridge. WALLER, J . M. R.-Came April, '67; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; Art Monitor; Open Scholarship in History, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. WATTS, J. L.-Came Sept., '67; House Monitor; Upper Sixth; 1st Rugby Colours; 1st Athletics Colours; Sgt., C.C.F. WHEELER, A. C.-Came Sept., '67; House Monitor; Junior House Monitor; Upper Sixth. WRIGHT, P. D.- Came Sept., '67; King's Scholar; Hon. Senior King's Scholar; Upper Sixth; House Monitor; 1st Rugby Colours; I st Cricket Colours; Open Scholarship in History, Christ Church, Oxford. 60

CHAPEL NOTES Special Lent Service. On Sunday, 20th February, Stephen Barlow played Alan Ridout's Seven W01:ds from the Cross 01_1 the organ in the Eastern Crypt. Each section was preceded by a readmg of the appropnate verses from the Bible by Roger Lindley and a short explanatory reading from a number of different sources by the Chaplain. Confirmation. Quiet days were held on 2 1st and 22nd February at St. Gabriel's Retreat House, Westgate-on-Sea, conducted by the Revd. Kenneth Gibbons Vicar of Portsea Fr. Gibb<?ns h~s now .visited us three times for this purpose and once 'again his addresse~ and the dtscusswn wh tch followed were greatly appreciated. The Confirmation took place on Saturday, 26th February when 53 candidates from the School and 25 fr<?m J.K.S. were confirmed by the Archbishop. The service continued smoothly by the hght of paraffin lamps when the expected power cut began during the Archbishop's address. The first communion was celebrated next morning by the Archbishop in the chapel of Our Lady Undercroft. The Me.m~rial Chapel. The chapel has been completely redecorated this term by the S~hool .patnttng sta~, whom w~ thank for their efforts and especially for causing so li ttle dtsruptiOn to our datly celebratJOns of Holy Communion and to Saturday evening prayers. Holy Communion. As in past yea rs, an evening celebration was held on Wednesdays in Lent and was generally well attended by a good cross-section of the School. Archdeacon Prichard kindly celebrated on some Friday mornings during Canon Spence's illness. Visiting Preachers..we welcomed as preachers this term: The Revd. A. E. Harvey, Warden ?f, St. Augustme's College, Canterbury; the Revd. Canon Niel Nye, Warden of St. Gabnel s. ~etreat House? Westgate; the Revd. D. L. Williams, Secretary of the InterCollege Chnsttan Fellowshtp; and, at short notice the Revd. Christopher Donaldson O.K.s., Rector of St. Martin and St. Paul, Canterbury. ' Collections Jan. Feb.

25. Christian Action .. . .. . .. . 6. Sportsmen Pledged to Aid Research into Crippling 20. British Leprosy Relief Association ... . .. 26. The Simonwell Farm Community Mar. 5. For an African Student in Lesotho 19. Dr. Barnardo's For Chapel Funds

£ 12·01 15·06 10·21 61·68 16·75 11·98 67·72 B.G.

'TillS ANfi THAT We were saddened to hea r of the untimely death of David Lepine (O.K.S., 1942-45), Organist and Master of Choristers at Coventry Cathedral. He was a music scholar at King's, and a former director of music at Dean Close School, Cheltenham. David Lepine

Helen Jane Hildick-Smith

We would like to express our sympathy to Mr. a nd Mrs. Hildick-Smith on the death of their daughter, Helen Jane, on 4th January.

This term the Headmaster visited St. Michael's School, Oxford, St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey Choir Schools, Hazlewood School, for the Governors' Meeting, and the Dragon School and Christ Church Cathedral School while on a brief visit to Oxford. The H eadmaster

Mr. Ball

Our congratulations to Mr. Ball on his appointment as Headmaster of Kelly College, Tavistock, and on his engagement to Miss Marja Lumijarvi, from Finland. This term we welcomed as student masters Messrs. Zuntz, Foy, Cousins and Daly. Mlle. Boret from Blois has done a n exchange with Mr. Chapman, and has filled the post of French " assistante"

Student Masters with great success. Charity Swim

Stephen Barlow

On the 22nd January, seventy boys took part in a sponsored swim in aid of "Action for the Crippled Child". A total of ÂŁ631 Âˇ67 was raised. Stephen Barlow has been awarded his F.R.C.O., a most notable distinction for a boy still at King's. The Headmaster generously offered to pay for his hood.

Congratulations to M. G. T . Allen on winning the Kent County Schoolboys' Individual Epee Championship and gaining second place in the Foil Championship. Congratulations also to the Fencing Club who have completed their most successful season since 1966 in County Competitions, having made a clean sweep of all the Team events including the Foil Championship, Epee Championship, Sabre Championship, Three-Weapon Championship, Team Foil Championship and the Frank Page Junior Championship. In the Individual Competitions they also won the Sabre and the Epee and were runners-up in the Foil. Phew! '

Touche!

The Editors are once again indebted to that most prolific of writers, Bruce Money Mr. Bruce Money, O.K.S., for his fascinating effusions. Unfortunately, economy necessitates that Money is strictly allocated rather than squandered! 62

Reporters from the I<entish Oazette made several visits to the school during the term to take photographs and to interview various people; the result was a two-page article on the school advertised on the boards as "Inside King's School". A selection of the best photographs taken was on display in the Tuck Shop, and some appear in this issue.

"Inside King's School"

About thirty boys attended an orchestral demonstration given by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under Bela de Csillery, at Chatham. The attractive programme comprised Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Sibelius' Swan of Tuonela and Ravel's Daplmis and Chloe (Suite No. 2).

Learning from Experience

Julian Smith's short play, In the Supermarket, was broadcast in the Books, Plays, Poems programme on 22nd March. Christopher Snell's poem, Music, has been published in next term's Listening and Writing pamphlet, and is to be broadcast next term. On lOth and 17th February, Here I Discovered Water (L iving Language series), written and introduced by Christopher Copeman, included Jonathan Kingsman's poem, Water, read by Simon Ingram. On 23rd March, Listeners' Own Work in Living Language was selected and introduced by C.H.C. (from over 2,000 entries!). A poem by Nicholas Hadfield appears in the current number of English in Education, the magazine of the National Association for the Teaching of English. Literary Laurels

Paddle your own A. Cowderoy of Walpole was third in the first Kent Schools' Canoeing Canoe Competition in Canterbury, in a long-distance race. Erratum

The Editors wish to apologise to N. J. Day, O.K.s., for confusing Sandhurst with Cranwell when they congratulated him in the last issue on his unique achievement in winning four prizes for various aspects of flying at the passing-

out. The old Lattergate and Riversleigh dining-room, released by SelfNew Sixth Form Service, has been divided into a new lecture room for careers talks Reading Room and the like, and a sixth form reading room, with newspapers and periodicals. A photograph appears elsewhere in the magazine. Building Department

The Clerk of Works' staff continue to give a face-lift to the School Buildings, and we congratulate one of their number, Philip Childs, on being awarded his Advanced London City and Guild Certificate for Plumbing.

This newly-formed vocal quintet (J. R. Seers, M. W. Bright, R. H . T . Christophers, J. R. F. Eaton and N. H. Terry) has now fully " taken off", with performances at recent Music Circle concerts, the supplying of anthems for Evensongs, a service at St. Martin's, Canterbury, and, with the kind permission of the Headmaster, visits to local girls' schools both in and outside term-time!

"The Choughs"

The High Sheriff

It was a great pleasure to welcome to the school on March 20th, Sir Derek Greenaway, High Sheriff of Kent, and Lady Greenaway. 63

.. It is encouraging to note the constantly increasi ng usage of the Library. Each term several thousand books are withdrawn- and returned !and, since 1971, nearly nine hundred new books have been added to the Library. This wide spectrum of new books is intended both to meet. th~ specialist needs o~ individual ~a~ultie~ and to cover many of the recent, topical publtcatwns . . At the same ti.me, the admJmstrattve reorganisation of the Library continues. The catalogumg of all. sectiOns has a lmost been completed, so that literate scholars are now able to select the1r books by totally rational means. The Li b~ari~ n would like ~o thank the following for their wide range of gifts of books, each of wh1ch IS much appreciated: E. L. Baldock, Esq., J. Breese, o.K.S., Lt.-Col. Cawston, Citroen Ltd., Esso Lt~., the H eadmaster, K. R. Lake, Esq., the Leney family, Bruce Money, o.K.s., D . J. Retd, Es9 ., ~rs. Thornton, Mme. Thouvenin, A. G. Woodhead, Esq., S. C. Woo.dley, Esq. The L• brana~ would especially like to express his gratitude to the Leney family, among whose collectiOn of books was Hasted's History of Kent. . A plea~i ng reminder of Cardinal Heenan's visit to K ing's last year was the signing of h1s autobiOgraphy, Not the Whole Truth, for the School Library. hLibraricl, gives tongue . . •

D_r. A. F. McD~nald made a very fine gift to the newly-furbished Biology Library when h1s youngest son left K ing's. The eldest son, Dr. J. K. M?Donald (O.K.S., 1953-58) on visiting the school, visiting the sti ll not . qmte filled shelves,. and told of our appreciation of his father's generosity, sent a splendtd parcel of Oxford Illustrated Natural History books. Plans are now afoot to i~veigle further ~embers of the family into the Biology Library and the Archivist is lookmg up any posstbly relevant Campbells who may be goaded into rivalry. The Biology Library

Speaking of (well, sort of!) the Headmaster has appointed Mr. Pollak to the newly•• created post of School Archivist. We direct your attention to Mr. · t he C orrespon d ence section. Arcbmsts • • • p o11a k's re1evan t 1etter m On Saturday, 26th February, day of the Confirmation, the formidable body of School House musicians gave a concert in the recital room for parents and any boys who were interested. Congratulations are due to J. R. F. Eaton for organising this very presentable enterprise. Perhaps the most memorable item was M. A. Hawkins' delicate rendering of a Chopin nocturne by candlelight.

School House Concert

Philately will get you Nowhere?

P .. Sad?ingto~ of. Galpin's was chosen to represent Canterbury Ph1lateltc So~1ety m a competition for junior philatelists with his Czechoslovakian display of the publicity issues of 1968.

The mother of a boy patient in St. Augustine's Hospital rang the Headmaster's Secretary to say how much the patients appreciated the visits by King's .~oys on Thursday afternoons. S?me of these patients have no other v1s1tors and the arnval of the boys 1s an eagerly awaited event. (See Correspondence.)

Social Service appreciated

Holy Howler

From a Middle School boy: "If you don't get confirmed, you go to perjury." 64

.. We were pleased to hear that D . G . Chilton a~d J. P: Roberts. h~ve Guildhall places been offered p laces at the Guildhall, London. Ch1lton will study smgmg and Roberts the bassoon. In all the detail of the new sanatorium, we seem unfortunat~l~ to have forgotten Omission to mention its position for those who do not know. It IS m the grounds of Bramhope, the old sanatorium and now Plender House, 56 London Road. Tim Priestman and Richard Stevens write from ~outh ~ndia where Brain and Brawn Tim is teaching and Richard is digging wells, m a vtllage c~lled Kistaram, sixty miles from Khamman . (See Correspondence sectwn). Head of the The 1st Eight improved on last year' s performance by nine places, sharing River 5th equal position with Oundle. Stork Visits

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bryant on the birth of a son, Jonathan, on February 16th.

Five candidates were entered for the Associated Board Grade VIII (fin~!) Grade VDI examinations during the term. Three achieved distinction, two passed wtth merit. Results : A. J. Wool mer (piano), 139 ; S. M. Amos (viola), 133; M. A. Elliott (trumpet), 133; C. M. Noble (violin), 125; Jane Baron (piano), 120. Congratulations to Bryan Hambli_n o~ becoming a double b lue ~y O.K.S. Sportsmen representing the Oxford hockey stde 111 goal. Also to J. A. Harvie on playing again for the Oxford golf team. Rowing: We were pleased to see that O.K.S. ~ere wei! represe~ted in the !orpi~ and Lent races at Oxford and Cambridge: C. G. Thnng ~as tn the On,el boat wh1.ch fi~t~hed Head of the Torpids at Oxford and R . A. Chamberlm and M. 0 K. Webber were 111 a good Jesus College boat at the Head of the River at Cambridge. We congratulate Oliver Davies (O.K.S., 19?2-57) .who in add.ition to a successful Oliver! stage career has found time to complete h1s thes1s for D.Phtl. at Oxford . "The K ing's Singers", who are to appear in King's W~ek, ha~e just completed a tour of New Zealand and Austr~!ia. It IS plea~mg to record that both they, and their r ival gro':'p The. Scholars , .wh~ entertained us a few years ago, are led by O.K.S. Simon Camngton dtrects the Kings Singers and David Van Asch the Scholars. Jonathan Williams gave a 'cello recital at the Royal Academy ~f Music on March 2nd as part of their I 50th Anniversary celebrations. He was accompame? by Graham Johnson and the programme included music by Beethoven, Franck and Tchrukovsky. Christopher Seaman conducted the National Youth Orchestra, which includes eight King's boys, in their concert at the Royal Festival Hall. . John Dunn (presenter of the Radio 2 programme,. Breakfas~ Special) was adjudged Radio personality of the year by members of the Radto Industnes Club. O.K.S. Musicians

Overheard on a sunny Sunday morning in the Green Court:How to be Top TUTOR: "Now don't leave the revision too late." PUPIL: "Don't worry, Sir, I'll be all right. After all I have got an I.Q. of 174." TuTOR: "But you're not supposed to know your I.Q .. . . ". PuPIL: "Well, Sir, with an I.Q. of 174 one can hardly help finding o ut. " On March 15th, the first really fine day for about five weeks, the Headmaster kindly granted a half-holiday, and a bracing walk from Dover to Deal was organised for the Lower School. One hundred and seventyfive pairs of I ungs were accordingly filled with revitalizing sea-breezes!

Cliff-top Walk

Jack Dacombe, who has been responsible for our trombonists for many Jack Dacombe years, retired at the end of term. Apart from his excellent teaching, his unfailing courtesy and friendly help will be sorely missed. We hope, however, that there will be opportunities of calling upon his assistance from ti me to time when he will receive a very warm welcome. Visiting artists comprise the K ing's Singers, the pianist Etsuko Tazaki, and the Apollo Society, while home-grown actors will be in evidence in Shakespeare's Richard II and The Lark by Jean Anouilh. Musical tastes will be catered for by the Serenade, two Symphony Concerts and a Concert of Light M usic. Other attractions include a Physical Education Display and the usua l wide range of exhibitions. King's Week

Beati ng "the young whizz-kids of Cheadle Hulme School" (to quote the Manchester Evening News!) and Abingdon School, Berkshire, in the final of this computer-based management exercise, the King's team won the Silver Challenge Shield and with it the title of 1972 National Management Game Champions. Congratulations! (A full report appears later in the magazine.) Business Management Game

On Wednesday, 22nd March, a good time was had by a ll at the Music Competition. Mr. Ridout generously presented two new cups so that there is now one for each item and one overa ll. Galpin's displaced some more strongly fancied opponents to be the overall winners. G ra nge won the cup for the House Song. Full details of the competition appear later in the issue.

House M usic Competition

Our sincere thanks to the Worshipfu l Company of Salters for donating to More Books the School books to the value of ÂŁ 100. This generous gift has added to the Biology, Chemistry and Physics libraries a number of new texts and reference works, as well as (we hope) stimulating read ing matter for the "enquiring mind" . In the annual Army Orienteering Competition held this year over nine miles at Acrise, the K ing's team was placed 2nd overall out of more than thirty entries, winning the runners-up trophy in the Senior event and the C.C.F. trophy. Our congratulations to A . St. J. Brown, Carpenter, H. C. D. Sparks, Girting, R. L. Marshall, and S. A. Williamson .

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REVIEWS PIANO RECITAL BY ETSUKO TAZAKI J ANUARY

16TH

Any piano star from abroad about to commence their first tour of Great Britain would be glad to try out their programme before a n appreciative aud ience in the Shirley Hall. Thus the Len~ Ter~'s music got off to a quick a nd notable start with this recital by M iss Etsuko Tazak1. ~s 1f the na~e were not enoug~ to inspire curiosity, M iss Tazaki's singular dress was a warmng that this would be no ordmary "salon" evening. The recital was lau nched with two pieces from Vingt Regards sur /'Enfant Jesus by Messiaen, Premiere communion de Ia Vierge and Regard de /'esprit de joie. Miss Tazaki's oriental " presence" suited these heavi ly mystical works perfectly and the result was most impressive with the audience enwrapped in nothing short of a musical "happening". Schubert's A Minor Sonata Op. 42 promised to be something nearer home but in fact Miss Taz~~i's f~line approach gave the music a n unfamiliar tension, a disturbing and restless spmt which a t times seemed out of place. After the interval, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition transported us eastwards once more. This was an ideal finale, displaying Miss Tazaki's formidable technique in such episodes as "The Market Place at Limoges" (taken almost too fast) and setting the seal on a thoroughly exotic evening. . qne wholehea~tedly applauds the innovation behind this concert, and hopes that a similar scheme will lead to further musical treasures for King's in the future. J. R. SEERS.

COSMOLOGY PROFESSOR G. C. McVITIIE, O.B.B., PH.D.,

M.A.

18TH JANUARY Cosmologists, it has been said, are like fermions. That is to say, no two of them are ever simultaneously in the same state. It would therefore have been more than usually easy for P_rofessor McVittie to stray from the firm path of fact into the quicksands of controversmlity, but he managed to keep his footing throughout. He began his illustrated lecture by pointing out that the state of cosmology is governed by t~e astronomical instruments in use a t any time, and although the range of telescopes has !ncreased enormously recently with the development of instruments working in the Rad10, ?C-ray and "tÂˇray regions, our knowledge of the optical universe is still basically Newtoman ; at any epoch, one's state of knowledge is merely an Interim Report. The task faci ng the cosmologist is enormous. His unit of matter is a galaxy, usually a ~attish disc containing approximately 2 x 10 9 stars, and having a diameter of about 105 hght-~e~rs. Galaxies tend to form into clusters, of which the nearest is the Virgo cluster, contammg 103 galaxies at a distance of 3 Âˇ6 x 107 light-years; more distant is the Hyd ra

cluster at 1Âˇ5 X 1010 light years, whose individual galax ies ca n scarcely be seen. The figures serve to give an idea of the vast distances involved, both spatially and temporally. The Professor then showed how the red-shift in galactic spectra is used to estimate distances. It is fortunate that the brightest members of each cluster have approximately equal luminosities, which makes the correlation between red-shift and distance simple, and gives the well-known Hubble Law. The Law can also be derived algebraically from General Relativity, which can therefore, we conclude, be used for describing the behaviour of distant objects. Genera l Relativity also solves the problem of defin ing distance; without it, one obtains values which vary according to the mode of measurement, assuming Euclidian Geometry. Finally, the P rofessor pointed out that in looking out to distant clusters, one also looks back in time. Since we find that the recessional velocity of galaxies is proportionally less nearby, we conclude that the rate of expansion of the universe is decreasing. At the close of the lecture, Professor McVittie presented to the Physics Library an autographed copy of one of his more popular books, for which we are most grateful. R.V.J.B.

QUEST MR. JOHN SAYER Between the 20th and 21st January, Mr. John Sayer was presented with the problem of compressing his eight-part anthropological "Quest" series into two evenings of lecturing. The result was two battles against time. On the first night, Mr. Sayer won the interest of even the most reluctant mem bers of the audience by his impressive slides and the interesting topic. We were told about the highly complex communities in the heights of the Hindu Kush, centering mainly on the village of Waigul. We were shown how the people of this village had successfu lly dealt with the problems of b irth-control, murder, defence, basic engineering and irrigation. I ndeed, this system was ingenious, though highly vulnerable. T hen we saw the crumble of the Waigul community with the advent of Western society. Mr. Sayer did pose one question very strongly : " What right bas Western society to assume superiority over a community which has solved some of the West's most pressing problems, dismissing it as primitive and, in due course, destroying it?" On the second night the lecture was on the problems of our own society. Mr. Sayer was not on quite such good form for this talk : he was, perhaps, too general and dogmatic. He did not entrance his audience with impressive slides, as on the previous night. The lecture was also rather long; however, certain disconcerting fac ts were revealed a nd their impact was considerable. Mr. Sayer's talks would, I am sure, have been a greater success had he been more brief and concise.

M. H.

PEARSON.

THE MARLOWE HOUSE PLAY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23RD

THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT BY EUGENE LABICHE

As a rule, nothing dates more qu ickly than light entertainment, but Labiche's playlike Charley's Aunt and one or two others- is an exception; it has survived to become a "classic". In spite of stereotyped characters, well-worn situations and a flimsy plot it retains much of the vitality it had when it first appeared in 185 1. Two qualities have ensured this: the exhilarating movement of the chase after the elusive hat and t he adroit contrasting of two groups of characters from opposing backgrounds, town and country. The Marlowe House production largely succeeded in exploiting the first of these virtues. The cast played with energy and attack, while the all-purpose set- though visually rather drab-was well adapted to accommodate the frequent changes of scene without holding up the action. It cou ld have done perhaps with a more inventive use of space and movement- music would have helped here-but on the whole this side of the comedy was made very much alive. The other source of a musement, the sight of dowdy suburbanites, ill-at-ease in their best clothes and narrowly suspicious of the smart-Alec intentions of the inhabitants of the cap ita l, was less successfully realised since the distinction in manners between the two groups was not marked precisely enough. However, with limited rehearsal time at their disposal the producers were probably right to concentrate on the overall pace and rhythm of the comedy at the expense of more s ubtle detail. They had a large cast on their ha nds, all of whom did well, a nd one of them, Jeremy Thomas, besides helping M r. Woodley with the production also gave a lively performance of one of the main parts, Noncourt the bride's father. I have always wanted to see The Italian Straw Hat as a House play and thoroughly enjoyed it when at last the opportunity came. C.D.E.G.

SCHOOL HOUSE PLAY To choose and present a house play is difficult. Limited time, limited experience and talent, and a very limited budget all present problems. Having said that, I have a strong conviction that School House chose the wrong p lay. It was brave of them even to contemplate doing a serious play for a school audience. Perhaps in its full form SerJeant Nlusgrave's Dance would have been as good a choice as any, though certainly ambitious, not to say unconventional. The play's advantages are that it is fu ll of topicali ties, that it has a strong central r6 Je, that there is very good dramatic material in it, and, possibly, that there are only two female characters out of a cast of fifteen plus. But School House's attenuated version bore little resembla nce to Arden's original: the play had been not so much cut as amputated. (Perhaps that was the significance of the skeleton missing a leg!) However, if one is going to shorten a play to less than half of its original length, extra explanatory passages need to be written and fitted into the dialogue to fill in the glaring gaps in character development. School House possibly contains more experienced and ta lented actors than any other house (witness last yea r's Bodey Cup, The Mikado, etc.). It is a shame tha t such talent was wasted: they could so easily have found a short, serious play to present in its enti rety. 69

.. ~hat was t~e audience re.action? At the st.art of the play, they seemed bewildered, findmg the actwn on stage d.lfncult to follow wrth the first scene missing. As the evening progr~ssed, a s~nse of uneasrness pervaded the hall. We were bombarded by schoolboys shoutmg hy.sten~ally, and the strong language became only an embarrassment as we did not fully believe rn mo~t of the c~aracters . Maybe I am being over-critical. It might have been that the, ve~bal and vrsual excrtements .were to? mu~h for the Shirley Hall audience. If the casts. arm was to shock, they cert~tnly achteved rt:. t~e play left me feeling mentally and physrcally weak. Yet I cannot believe that the maJonty of the audience followed the intricate story, let alone grasped the far from easy message. .Given that the choice was b~d, School House tackled the play courageously, and not wtth<:lUt. some s~ccess . The set unproved as the play progressed, from the singularly un~onvr~cmg ba r: rn the first scene, shabby and messy in the wrong way, through the effective light m the wmdow, to the fine market-place at the end. I liked the clever use of the auditorium as an acting area. Again, this was particularly successful in the climactic last scene, vyhen the S?hool ~udience effec~ively .became the crowd in the square, reacting well t? Chnstopher Fttchett s bargee, gesttculatmg spasmodically with a kind of pathetic clownrshness. Mr. Christopher Copen~an's imaginativ~, novel, somewhat experimental production seemed to lay some emphasrs ?n ~h~ groups r.n the play. But for me that emphasis was too str~ng : the char~cters of the. mdlVldual.collrers and soldiers required a clearer definition. J!>.s rt was, Quentm Poole, actmg Walsh ltke a venomous snake, was the best of the colliers, rf only because he ha~ mor~ to say than the others. Of the town officials, Andrew Lloyd tra~sforme.d from an maudtble to a la1;1dable, long-haired parson during the course of the action, .whtle the mayor was played farrly credibly by Clive Britten. I especially liked his speech m the last scene of the play, though he could have done with a nice " brassy" Northern accent. David Chilton was very ~onvincing as Mrs. Hitchcock, the landlady of the 'pub'. His bos?my, m~tron.ly compassron was exactly what the part required, and he won over the ~udrence wrth hrs soft bu~ ro.unded North-country tones, dosing the delirious Musgrave like a plump .F lorence Ntghtmgale. Of the soldiers, I was impressed by the conviction Geoffrey Dame! (Hurst) ~anaged to pu~ into his lines without resorting to shouting. It was also good t<? see Gavm Ashenden, m the role of Sparky, making quite a successful stab at a very d1fferent character from his " usual" . He certainly cannot be accused of sameness now. And so I come to Serjeant Musgrave himself. The confident John Eaton immersed himself in t~e part with an extreme rervour that sent shivers up and down my spine, in particular when his crazed eyes were bulgmg unn~turally. at the ~udience. Drum effects were splendid throughout the play, and one of Eaton s most tmpressrve moments came when he combined with the side-drum fo~ the ritualistic chant which accompanied the hoisting-up of the s~eleton. John Eaton ts to .b~ congratulated for the courage with which he managed the role, and the powerful conv1ctwn he lent to Musgrave's religious ravings. My own cr~te~i~ for the success of a house play are whether everyone who wanted to be was 1!1vo~ved 1111t m one way or at?-other? and whether they enjoyed the experience. Audience reactwn ts o~ly a se~ondary cons1deratwn, and the reviewer's opinion is way down the list ! Whether thetr expenment was a success or not is ultimately the decision of School House. J. S. G. THOMAS.

. 19th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE MR. R. W. PAINE 11TH FEBRUARY

In the swelterin g atmosphere of the Physics Lecture Theatre, Mr. Paine found an uncomfortable audience seriously reassessing its interest in the subject at hand. Any doubts to this effect were easily overcome by the professional and humorous talk Mr. Paine delivered. Drawing intri guing and perceptive parallels between the social and architectural phenomena of the nineteenth centu ry, he demonstrated how a new set of social mores created a new mode of architecture. Meister Omers, we were told, is an example of this new style. Throughout his talk, he illustrated this social-architectural connection, discussing such subjects as the Crystal Palace, Regent's Park, and Victorian storefronts. The most remarkable aspect of the talk, h owever, was Mr. Paine himself, for he demonstrated humorous, fri endly and fami liar qualities with his audience and subject reminiscent of another age. Though ~fterwards, the cold Febr uary night was welcomed by all, none of us regretted the presentatiOn we had just seen and heard. J. P. SAUERMAN.

MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERTS 13TH FEBRUARY, 1972 Diabelli's Duet in D, played by Stephen J. Harrison and Quentin Poole, was a suave and good humoured start to a n expertly pla nned a nd executed concert. The vocal items were amongst the most impressive, especially David Chilton's singing of Quilter's Five Shakespeare Songs. H is lyrical, well produced voice, intelligent characterisation of the music, and fau ltlessly clear words produced a performance of outstanding merit. His curious habit of shutting his eyes at the ends of phrases was the only distractio.n. Whilst Desmond Barnes' singing is not of the same professional quality, he made pleasmg and sympathetic sounds in songs by Carissimi and Pergolesi. Unfortunately, his accompanist (unlike David Chilton's) was sometimes insensitive, and the songs (i n comparison to those by Quilter) were undistinguished. A vocal ensemble sang William Cornishe's very beautiful Ah Robyn with pathos, and Two Cat. Songs by Wilfred Josephs with expert timing and clear intonation. Jonath.an Seers' Sonata for Flute and Piano was one of the most interesting items of the evemn~. It was unfortunate that the outer movements only were performed ; they are both fa trly loud and fast and the contrast of a slow and quiet movement would have been welcome. Despite this, and some uncertainties in the actual performance, it seemed a strong and gripping work, texturally varied, and with seemingly disparate elements bound skilfully together to produce a cohesive structure. The first movement of Schubert's String Quartet in G M inor sounded conventional and slightly dull towards the end of a programme of such dazzling variety. But on re~ection, it was well placed and well played. Equally well played by Julian Roberts and M1chael Good was ~ozza's Duet for Two Bassoons; their rhythmic precision in the last movement was especially fine; and Tomasi's remarkable Le Tombeau de Mireille, which ended the concert, was given a secure and convincing performance by Patrick Williams and Stephen Barlow. P. MOORE.

5TH MARCI-l, 1972 In the old-fashioned sense this was an enjoyable concert relaxed and romantic. Even the Bach Suite (No. 3 in D),_ t~e only music from before ' the nineteenth century in the programme, sounded romantic 111 the warm and generally easy paced reading from the Chamber ~rchestra. I:Jere and there the playin!5 was not_ pointed with enough astringence or, t? be qUtte fra~k, w1th enough sense of true p1tch. Earlier the orchestra had acco mpanied David Ne~land 111 a perfor~ance of Max Bruch's yearning Kol Nidrei. The beginning was ten tattve and the rhet?nc~ l phrases w~re too easy but the generous and well-tuned fu ll orche~tra seemed t<? ms_pire the solo1st and immediately the atmosphere became charged wtth the authentic lyncal melancholy which gives th is piece its brooding intensity. David Geodes, who_condu~ted these performances, also opened the programme with t~e S~cond Orch~stra m_ mus1c from Swan.f:ake. His restrained but strong, meticulous ~1rect10n resu l t~d m pl_aymg of such a~Ithenttctty tha~ technical blemishes were of secondary 1~1portance. Rich st~mg _tone, beautiful h_orn playmg (not always perfectly timed in the dd'ficult off-beat section m the waltz), pomted flute decorations were only a part of an admirable whole. The two halves of the programme were divided by Ferdinand a divertissement for Nar~ator and Violin by Alan ~idout. This delightful and incon~equential story about the little bull who wants only to s1t _and_ smell _the fl'?wers :-"as declaimed with witty emphasis by J_eremy Thomas, and plaJ:ed w1th msou?1a~t vutuostty by Clarence Myerscough. The mus1c matches the words w1thout undue ms1stence and makes its point with elegance humour, and a marvellous grasp of violin technique. ' The Band, conducted by Stephen Davies, then played Holst's Fantasia on the Dargasson, and the s~me composer's arran~ement of th~ Gigue_F ugue by Bach. Practically every note was m tune, an extremely d1fficult feat w1th a wmd ensemble so the textures sailed out unimp~ded and with that English pathos which comes from 'a mixture of folksong and SalvatiOn Army- though perhaps Greens!eeves has something to do with it. Finally, Steph_en ~arlow with the First Orchestra under Edred Wright played Kabalevs~y's !h1rd Ptano Concerto. It is s_ur_Prising that this work is not played more o~ten. It IS ~e1_ther profou~d nor sub~le, ~ut It I~ _popular music of considera ble originality with so!lle VlVId _o~chestrat1on and gl~tte!u~g wntmg for the piano. Soloist and orchestra played 1t for all1t IS worth and the p1amst s superb rhythmic sense and cool command of the keyboard brought him the ovation of the evening. A. WICKS.

SOME EXPERIENCES IN THE U.S.S.R. SIR D UNCAN AND LADY WILSON 19TH FEBRUARY We were extremely fortunate in haying Sir Duncan Wilson, until recently British Ambassador to_ Moscow, and Lady W1Ison, to give some first-hand impressions of the U.S.S.R ., ~rawmg on the many contacts made there, which included such figures as Rostropov1ch. ~ir D uncan began ~ith a few general impressions of Russian life, the most prominent bemg the gr~at profusiOn of posters, the censorship, and the general feeling of boredom among Russ1ans. 72

Lady Wilson then ventured into more specific areas. First, she described the Russian system of education, . one which is completely co-educational. Sprinkling her account with anecdotes, Lady Wilson spoke about life at Moscow University (at which she taught), where students have to work hard to get a good degree and a good job in Moscow. Then she described life outside the City: in a Dacha (a week-end house), where the atmosphere was very gay and hospitable ; and in a town, where a textile factory was being built with British aid. H ere, life was completely different from that of Moscow. For instance, vegetables and three-bedroomed apartments were very hard to find! Sir Duncan, pursuing the theme of life outside Moscow, described a visit made to the home of Pushkin in Northern Russia, entirely rebuilt after the War, when it was razed to the ground by the Germans. He then digressed by describing how students in Russia had a comparatively free hand in studying literature, except for that of those authors who were anti-Bolshevik. He followed by describing life at a research community in Siberia, where life was surprisingly free by Moscow standards. Here, there were many books which were elsewhere censored by the Regime, and many Western ideas circulated. Sir Duncan made the point that, on the one hand, the Regime wanted to give the scientists freedom of research, while on the other, it was afraid of too many Western ideas seeping in . He ended by giving a description of the tense atmosphere at the Beethoven bi-centenary concert given in Moscow, where the West German Ambassador walked out, and which was attended by members of the Politburo . He drew parallels with the 1962 Cuban crisis when, at its peak, Kruschev went to the opera to put on an appearance of calm. On this occasion, there were severe riots in Poland. Afterwards, many questions, ranging from censorship to the space programme, were asked, and the talk was greatly appreciated by a large audience of sixth-formers. M. A. SELWYN.

THE WORK OF AN ART GALLERY MARGARET LIPSCOMB

25TH

FEBRUARY

In front of an impressive array of silk-screen prints, woodcuts and various other examples of the sort of work that is exhibited in the Robin's Croft Gallery, in Chilham, Margaret Lipscomb spoke in a very a musing vein about the whole j ob of running an art gallery. In contrast to the stiff-collared atmosphere of most of the London galleries, Robin's Croft is the sort of f riendly establishment- run in a private house-where anyone can wander in to look at the exhibits without being obliged to buy anything. The slides that were shown illustrated this point very well. Perhaps the most interesting part of the lecture was the questioning, which often turned into discussion and argument about such intriguing problems as the doubtful aesthetic appreciation of many art collectors and the difficulty of getting together the work of different artists that wiJI harmonise together for an exhibition. The Art Society would like to thank Margaret Lipscomb for lecturing and bringing with her such a fine selection of original works- close study of these was richly rewarding. B. J. Q. WHEELER. 73

THE OUTWARD BOUND CITY CHALLENGE D. W. GIBSON, EsQ. 3RD MARCH

On Friday, 3rd March, Mr. Gibson gave an illustrated lecture to the senior section of the school on the Outward Bound City Challenge, of which he is director. This is a scheme linked to the conventional "Outward Bound", however, rather than tackling arduous physical training in the open, this could more suitably be termed arduous social work. Those on a course are based in some suitable centre (often a school), and are divided into groups of six, and every four days change their activities. There is a selection of jobs. For example, you may be asked to work as an orderly in a mental hospital, or just have to talk to and help the patients- one group found themselves in a ward with two murderers. Visiting old people, redecorating houses, and giving a hand in a n adventure playground are also on the list of possible tasks. In the evening there are group discussions (not compulsory) on the implications of the day's work, and there are times set aside for relaxation in the base of the particular course. Those on a course are introduced to some sides of social hardship, and apparently only a very small number either do not enjoy it at all, or feel that they have gained nothing from it. It was an interesting and enjoyable lecture, with a somewhat unusual flavour. Mr. Gibson certainly managed to "get across" to the audience, some of whom, no doubt, will take up "The City Challenge". J. G. ANDERSON.

LINACRE HOUSE PLAY Linacre's choice, Harlequinade, a farce by Terence Rattigan, promised a pleasant Sunday evening's entertainment on February 27th, nor was one to be disappointed in this expectation. In the event, the performance was excellent and well merited all the applause that the moderately large but appreciative audience accorded it. As a prelude to the play, the recorded rendering of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet was very appropriate. The play began at exactly 8 p.m. (as advertised) and the curtain rose to a plain and simple setting. It was interesting to note that the set had been brought well forward, thus enabling actors upstage to remain in full contact with the audience. The parts were well cast, all the characters seeming to fit quite naturally into their roles. The stars of the show were, without doubt, Robert Damon as Arthur Gosport and N icholas Bannan as Edna Selby, who were very well paired- and amusingly so because of the mutual antipathy they reflected in their roles as Romeo and Juliet (respectively). Damon's casual and confident acting was a bantering contrast to Bannan's histrionic verve. The latter's natural flair for over-acting (so noticeable in those grotesque poses) was an amusing parallel to his comically bewitching appearance. Unfortunately (or fortunately in that it added to the farcical humour), Bannan's voice was ineptly husky for a Juliet. This quality, however, only characteri2.ed his truly unique handling of his role. Damon handled the duel and death scenes splendidly and with a light-hearted touch. This informal and jovial quality in his acting was also apparent in the lascivious ogles that he cast upon all the "female" actors (except, of course, Juliet). 74

Of the other actors, I thought that a most convincing performa~ce was given by Michael Bax as Dame Maud Gosport, whose stage fall delighted the audtepce, and wh? was very perspicuous and articulate in speech. Thomas Hunter as the Fust Halberdter was an amusing actor. His line: Faith, we may put up our pipes and begone . - and variations on the same theme will be remembered by most of the audtence when recalling the production. Peter Glennie managed competently in the role o( ~ack Wakefield (Stage Manager), although there were times when one could not help. nottcm~ an ~lement of artificiality in his acting. In all fairness, however, he coped admtrably wtth his large part. The most astonishing and greatly pleasing performance was that of a. new talent, Stephen Nicholl, who acted the role of Muriel Palmer ("Mu for short"!!), havmg replaced Matthew Smith at very short notice. For a novice who had only three days to learn his part, his performance was a bold and confident one; he is an actor who should figure more prominently. in f~:~ture l?~o.ductio~s. Ro?ert Coolin.g a?ted well as !oyce Langlan~ and reaffirmed hts acttng abthttes. Hts walkmg was a btt stJII, though thts may be attnbuted to the mini-skirt and boots he was wearing! Christopher Davies as Miss .Fishlock suc~ssÂ fully portrayed a secretary, while Roger Morris was a good although, at ttmes, too passtve, policeman. In general, the performances, although not completely polished, wer~ of a high standard, and certainly excellent as house plays go. The one general flaw- appbcable ~o most ho~se plays-was that nearly all the actors did not wait for audience laughs to dte down, wtth the effect that some of the lines were drowned by the applause; a few jokes, therefore, fell flat. The lighting was efficiently handled and the costumes were impressive. The whole show was most entertaining and much praise is due to Mr. Christopher Copeman who, in a very short time and with many other cornmi!ments, was able to add this triumph of production to his successes. Thanks are due to htm, th~ cast, and all the other people involved in the play, for a thoroughly enjoyable productwn. M-A. LAKHANI.

CAREERS LECTURES LENT TERM, 1972 A series of Careers Lectures was planned for the Lent Term and, although there were numerous frustrations due to illness and unfortunate circumstances, those that took place proved worthwhile. The first lecture was deliberately angled towards general interest. .Mr. Graham Raphael, obviously a devoted disciple of Citroen, gave a brief account C?f Ins own progress m the motor industry since leaving school and then went on !o dtscuss the "World. Motor Industry" with special reference to France and Citroen. H ts approach was refr~hing ~nd he came equipped with two films, posters, books, any amount of free and mterest~ng "literature" and, above all, an SM Citroen. There were many who regretted not hearmg Mr. Raphael. For the lecture on "Surveying and Estate Management" we were luc~y to get Mr. J . Berry, o.K.S., at the last minute when the original speaker was taken 111. He ~ave an interesting account of the sort of things he did in the course of a day and descnbed the 75

various ways of entering these career fields. Here it seemed were possibilities that might not have been considered before. Ou~ next sp~aker wa~. Mr. Andrew.~unningham, o.K.s., who spoke enthusiastically and most mfo!matively on Accountan.cy . He gave us an excellent picture of the profession and convmced man~ of us that thts was where the greatest opportunities lay in the near future. Many questiOns were asked and were all dealt with extremely competently by the speaker. Following this we were due to have a series of lectures organised by the Industrial Society. However, after a most promising start by Mr. Michael Bailey, o.K.s., who introduced the series by talking about the roles of the various functions of industry and particularly "Marketing", the plans folded up. This was for a variety of reasons but nevertheless was disappointing and more than a little unsatisfactory. It was resolved that after this let down, careers lectures should be organised on a more direct and personal basis. M.J.H.

THE BUSINESS GAME FOR SIXTH FORMERS Having succeeded for the first time in getting beyond the first round King's went on to win. the whole C?t?Petitio!l. Two hundred and fo.r~y-three schools to~k part and, after some mt~nsely exc1tm~ earlter rounds-:-the competitiOn began in September- the result of the Fmal, played hve over five action-packed rounds at International Computers in London, was as follows:Assets 1st The King's School, Canterbury £19,982,190 2nd Abingdon School £19,516,530 3rd Cheadle Hulme School .. . £19,493,000 In brief, ten of our top Sixth Formers, with Mr. D. W. Ball as their trainer formed a Board of Directors of a company selling a product such as a washing machine' in competition with two other companies in four different areas. Pricing policy is vital as is the allocation of ca~h between ~narketi~~· production, ~ew plant, research and development and transpor.t•. wh.ile economic con,dttlons ~ave a big part to play, especially in later rounds. AnticipatiOn of opponents moves IS of the utmost importance and when the decisions have been taken the impartial mind of the computer reveals h~w much profit (or loss!) each company has made. The excitement is acute-several times we had to hasten the post by raiding the Canterbury Sorting Office, and at one point the computer showed signs of power strike indigestion. Finally} however, the Champagne bottles broke to the S?unds of speech~s and Press cameras clicking, and after many months of living on a kmfe-edge, the Shield was ours. We look for ward to a confrontation with Kelly College next year l The team was: C. E. A. Reddick (Chairman), W. W. Bowyer (Company Secretary) S. A. Williamson, A. J. Cowderoy, M. F. Robinson, A. B. Apps, N. D. Cavell, G. C. Olcott: R. C . Killick and P. A. Strickland. 76

The vocal section contained some excellent singing. Especially satisfying were Marlowe1s bold choice of two Britten songs, performed with much conviction and good tone colour, and Galpins' part-song by T. F. Walmisley which was sensitively put over. However, the three School House singers with their glee by Paxton and their Este madrigal gave us a performance which could hardly have been bettered, and they were deservedly adjudged the winners. R.N.P. EVENING

The few visitors to this a nnual musical event were left in no doubt as to its popularity with the performers, though possibly the generous applause was not strictly apportioned in accordance with the musical merits of each item. The back row of seats in the gallery may not be the best place in the Shirley Hall from which to make an assessment of choral singing, but at least one could judge the audibility of the words of each song and the sensitiveness of its presentation. Words and music are of equal importance, if the interest of the audience is to be retained. The general impression given by all the eight groups was that articulation had been one of its main objectives: in this respect the winners (the Grange) excelled in the ballad of Polly Perkins of Paddington Green, and others were almost as good in "getting the words across the footlights". All the conductors and accompanists deserve congratulation, as each group showed evidence of careful rehearsal and sound training in the basic musical values. Alan Ridout, the adjudicator, explained the principles on which he had based his judgements: these ranged from "an imaginative choice of song" to "good platform manners" , and though not all the marks were disclosed, it would be surprising to find that many marks were lost through a breach of these principles. Subjective preferences are inevitable, for although one can appreciate the humour of Messrs. Flanders and Co., a "Drinking Song" set to music by a great English composer, Vaughan Wi ll iams, has obviously superior musical value. The adventurous choice of Dream of Christmas, written and composed by two members ofLinacre, is not to be discouraged, whilst the rich harmony and religious sentiment of Deep River strike a responsive chord in the hearts of young and old. The adjudicator's remark that "music can express everything in this world and some things outside it" explains why music is the supreme form of human self-expression, both in the secular and religious activities of life. Five selected items from the afternoon's programme added the spice of variety to the evening concert, and gave us a taste of a wide range of musical endeavour. As a composer of Opera and Church Music the adjudicator must have been pleased to note that many English composers, both ancient and modern, rubbed shoulders with such musical giants as Beethoven and Brahms. In order to encourage these worthwhile activities, Alan Ridout became a school benefactor by presenting two more cups for this competitive event, so that now and in future the winners of the instrumental, vocal and house-song events, and the House scoring the highest total of points, will each receive a trophy. Galpins deserved their victory through their all-round competence, and received two of the four cups, presented to the winners by Mrs. Newell, as their reward.

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Air a l'Italien and Polonaise- Telemann. Pastime with Good Company- Henry VIII. Transport of Delight- Flanders and Swann. THE GRANGE Diary,for Sextet- Jonathan Seers. Waldesnacht- Brahms. Polly Perki'!s of Paddington Green (or Ernie's Lament)Harry Clifton. LJNACRE Instrumental Requiem-Popper. Vocal Alexander- Herbert Brewer. Song Dream of Christmas- Words: Robert Damon; M usic: John Taylor. MARLOWE Instrumental Concertina-Richard Strauss. Vocal Marsh Flowers- Britten. *Conco;d (from Choral Dances- Gloriana)- Britten. Song Captam .Noah and his Floating Zoo- Flanders and Horovitz. LUXMOORE Instrumental Minuet and Trio- Weber. Vocal Sweet Nightingale-arranged Reginald Jacques. Song The Â¥an who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo- Frederick Gilbert. MEISTER OMERS Instrumental The.me and Variations (Clarinet Trio)- Beethoven. Vocal Swmg Low, Sweet Chariot- Spiritual. Song MaratfSade- Judy Collins. GALPINS *Instrumental I Quattro Virtuosi- de Lorenzo. Vocal Music All P?werfui- T. F . Walmisley. Song Back f!nd_ Szde Go Bare- Vaughan Williams. (Drmkmg Song from Sir John in Love.) ScHOOL HousE Instrumental Trio in E flat-Mozart. *Vocal Breathe Soft, ye Winds- William Paxton. How Merrily we Live- Michael Este. Song Deep River- arranged Granville Bantock. * Items from the afternoon session repeated in the evening. RESULTS WINNING HOUSES Instrumental 1st Galpin's 28 1st Galpin's 88 2nd Marlowe 25 2nd Marlowe 87 = 3rd Meister Omers 24 3rd School House 86 School House 24 4th The Grange 81 Vocal 1st School House 27 2nd Marlowe 26 3rd Galpin's 25 House Song 1st The Grange 37 2nd Marlowe 36 = 3rd Galpin's 35 School House 35 WALPOLE

*Instrumental Vocal Song *Instrumental Vocal Song

TO THE SOUND OF CHURCH BELLS (with acknowledgements to the "Kentish Gazette") DAVID L. EDWARDS: Leaders of the Church of England 1828-1944. (O.U.P. ÂŁ3Âˇ90) David Edwards, formerly Scholar of the King's School, Fellow of All Souls, formerly Dean of King's College, Cambridge, and now a Canon of Westminster, has written a book of compelling interest to all concerned with the history of ideas, of the Church and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Were the Victorians really a deeply religious people? Since Ensor made his famous assertion that they were, the opinion of scholars has veered rather the other way. Now this book gives us a chance to re-think the answer for ourselves. It contains "fresh portraits of twenty English churchmen from Thomas Arnold to William Temple", and the variety and contrasts provided are of the greatest interest, for they are not mere chapters of biography, but real attempts at assessment. Dr. Thomas Arnold of Rugby, for instance, the founder of the 19th century Public School tradition, was a Radical, detesting the aristocracy and the prelacy in about equal measure ("to revive Christ's church is to expel the antichrist of priesthood"), and convinced that only a fundamental reform of the Church such as would bring in the Dissenters, would save the Establishment. There was much he did not wish to see preserved. "The more I read of the Scriptures themselves, and of the history of the Church, the more intense is my wonder at the language of admiration, with which some men speak of the Church of England, which certainly retains the foundation sure .. but has overlaid it with a very sufficient quantity of hay and stubble, which I devoutly hope to see burnt one day in the fire". No wonder therefore that his son Matthew found such difficulty in establishing his religious beliefs. In two of the most tragic lines of English poetry he described himself as "Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born." But he revealed what was going on in the minds of the more questioning laity. His God and the Bible raised questions which the Church had not tried to answer during thirty years; he wanted to make Christianity acceptable to the scientific mind, and to offer assistance to a religion whose miracles were already discredited. The author gives us something of the fevered atmosphere of the Oxford Movement in his chapter on Newman, when undergraduates spent whole days discussing theology when they should have been studying their classics and mathematics. To Newman the Anglican Church seemed to offer inadequate protection against the enemy Liberalism (a word which needs to be understood in the 19th century context), and so in 1845 he went over to Rome. Yet to Gladstone he always remained the greatest son of the Church since Bishop Butler, and to Richard Church he was "the founder of the Church of England as we see it". After the great spiritual crisis of the 1840's the religious temperature fell as the spirit of liberalism gradually triumphed. Only two bishops rose above mediocrity in the '50s and '60s, Samuel Wilberforce of Oxford and Winchester, and Archbishop Tait. Wilberforce exercised great pastoral influence, setting new standards for high church episcopacy (to 81

the annoyance of Queen Victoria), but in a number of celebrated cases he showed himself hot for witch-hunts, and at the British Association meeting at Oxford in 1860 he made the most celebrated blunder in the history of obscurantism. The Church was on dangerous ground when enthusiasts like Wilberforce sought to have the famous Essays and Reviews condemned, yet the book produced a declaration signed by I I ,000 clergymen that the Bible was divinely inspired "without reserve or qualification" . Bishop Colenso was persecuted not so much for his commentary on St. Paul as for his denial that the Pentateuch was written by Moses. Tait, contemptuous of theology, was a moderate liberal, a failed Headmaster of Rugby who as Archbishop had to face the new tendencies of liberalism, secularism and science. He picked his way with caution through both theological and ritualistic conflicts, and summed up his attitude in a wise remark that "the great evil is that liberals are deficient in religion, and the religious are deficient in liberality". The third quarter of the century was in many ways a period of religious decline. Dean Stanley worried over the decline in the number of clever ordinands, and Archbishop Benson lamented that the Church was losing ground with the working classes. Benson was a prelate in the grand manner, a true scholar, lamenting the passing of the old aristocratic order, but not a great spiritual leader. The chief glory of the Church in those days rested with the three Cambridge theologians, Fenton Hort and the two scholar-bishops of D urham, Lightfoot and Westcott. By the 1880s there seemed a new spirit of religion abroad such that, as G. B. Shaw said, "not the Church of England itself could keep it out". Scholarship and religion were again united in Charles Gore, the editor of Lux Mundi (1889), a work which d id much to make biblical scholarship respectable; in Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London and historian of the Renaissance Popes, a nd in Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury. It would be hard for anyone this side of Heaven to forgive Bishop Wilberforce his treatment of the latter. The author finds Randall Davidson, who succeeded Temple as Archbishop, little more than a skilled politician, and he does not attempt to conceal his con tempt for Cosmo Lang. But the 20th century produced a galaxy of great ecclesiastics, men of the stature of Hensley Henson of Durham and George Bell of Chichester, and, perhaps the noblest of all the occupants of the Cha ir of St. Augustine, William Temple. (No-one who heard the latter preach will quarrel with that judgment.) William Temple sought for a just social order such as had not been pursued by the Church since the days of the Christian Socialists; and if Temple showed a naive belief in the virtues of nationalisation (cf. the Malvern Conference of 1941), he also gave invaluable support to Butler's Ed ucation Act of 1944. Altogether he was one of the heroic figures of the heroic years of war. For a fu ll assessment of the twentieth century we must await the author's contribution to the Ecclesiastical History of England, but clearly he is not over-optimistic about the future. Like Dean Stanley and Hensley Henson, he is worried about the low cali bre of ordinaods, with falling numbers and half the clergy non-graduates, the episcopal bench too often having to rely on Lambeth for their doctorates, and the lowered status of the clergy in modern society. Whether the writings of Bishop Barnes of Birmingham and "Honest-to-God" John Robinson have satisfied the doubts of the doubters, or merely confirmed the scepticism of the sceptics, is a debatable question. What is beyond question is that this is a stimulating and amusing book, written with pungency and wit and a fund of good stories, and it contains an invaluable reading list for furt her study. R.W.H. 82

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Country Bies

J. 11. Holliday

I look from my flat on to the muddled street and think of times long past, Of the soft clip-clop of horses' hooves On the gravel path where the sun lay thick. Far in the distance a cock crowed; Its crest was red with flames. I sit alone in sadness now. I soon will leave this world I know Leaving behind this monument of stone. In other places nature fights to live.

Blacl"muil in tlte Natural History Jfluseum HI. H. Pearson Dinosaur! How dare you grin? You are such a bore Like the rest of your kin. Man has stripped You to the bone; Now you stand in this cryptDerelict and alone. Dinosaur! Why do you cry? When you crash to the floor You will certainly die. Don't laugh at me! What I say is true. I will smash you with glee And finish Man's coup. Don't look so dumb; It is I who wins. Disintegrate, scum, As I pull out your pins. 83

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Water

J. C. Kingsman

("Water", b'Y J. C. Kingsman, was broadca~t b'Y the B.B.C. in their "Living Language" senes) Send it cascading over waterfalls, And break it with a roaring crash across rocks. Wash in it, cool with it, drink it, heat with it Keep fish in it, kill people by the sheer force 'or it Put out fires with it, rust metal with it Âˇ Swim in it, wade in it, dive it;t it, spla;h in it, open your eyes in it Journey across to France on It, ' Freeze it and break glass as it expands Heat it and put it in radiators to war~ the body Or just make cement and build with it. ' Let it pour. from the sky in tiny droplets, And. leave I.t as. dew to make the. ~afTodils sparkle in Spring. Let It flow m nvers, make electriCity from it Run it along the. gu~ters, washing the stone, 'and sail boats on it. Water flowers With It, wash cars with it, make fountains of it But most of all ' Just leave it shimmering in a river or pool And watch, but watch carefully or it will go And never return. '

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the depths of a dream H. H. Pearson

she sits with me on the shore of the sea

such simplicity will never be just she and me

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COUNT YOUR CHANGE

C. F. P. Bourne

I looked at the sun, beaming. The sun glared at me, it said, "Are you happy?" It said, glaring, "I hope you are satisfied", that's what it said to me as I beamed at it.

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I examined myself crossly, I was not happy, and I cross-examined myself, asking myself why I should be happy, what right I had to be happy. There was no answer that I could give, and so I glared back at the sun, glaring I stared back, but it did not answer, so I walked into the house, still glaring. The first thing that happened was I felt in my pockets, that was the first thing I did, I felt in my pockets. J felt two hard things: there should have been three hard things, money, there was one less coin than there ought to be. I thought quickly. Swiftly thinking, I decided that the other coin was in my back pocket. Thinking the missing coin was in my back pocket I checked, but it wasn't there. The missing coin, I found, was not in my back pocket. I thought quickly, but my mother called me, although I did not hear her, when she called me. Enwrapt in thought, I did not hear her call. She had told me that I must count my change. I had not counted my change, that was bad, my mother had told me to.

She had a reason, she told me a reason for counting my change. She said "Count your change, because if you don't I will not have enough to pay the milkman". I did not count the change and my family teetered on the verge of bankruptcy. The sun started pulling the walls to pieces, and, glaring, it poked its head into my head. I remembered my trouser pocket.

Remembering my trouser pocket, I took the coin out of my trouser pocket and gave it, together with the other two coins, to my mother. They were cold, and large, and chilled, and they were thick, and large, like the sun poking into my head. Why was the sun still poking its head into mine? I glared at it and hurt my eyes.

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Number One If this is really me

P. J. Stemart

If I am not just well of course it is A figment of your imagination no of course I'm not Wh Y d o I work Why do I mean nasty sordid things Why am I unhappy Why don't I know where I'm going Why don't I use question marks Tell me please. · Or if you can't who can. Fhor somewhere in someone's all-seeing wisdom T ere must be a corner for me What will I do · Will it be something good bad . . happy sad Will my hfe be more than just . . the dash between two dates Will anyt~mg I do have more effect on etermty than dust on a clock-face Tell me please. ·

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J. S. 6. Thomas

On Monday there was the rook. All black, feathers back and in the gutter. On Tuesday there was the steam-roller. All green, clean and mean and motor mutter. On Wednesday was that the rook? Black, fiat, feathered mat, not a flutter. 86

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Costa Brava

P. B. Chalkley

Rosas: and the light has blasted colour from the land and sea flattened to a crusty skein the labour of a Latin crew. Parched soil and the cypress with the lizards flickering over low walls. They came, the sailors, run in by merchant clamour far away, by the rippling depths of the world's blue sea. Fingering the roasting bay they ran up a statue here to Augustus, left behind mosaic memories of sandalled feet and the forum's dust. How quiet here though; the stooping cliffs and baked sands with a history of rhythmic relentlessness. No proud forearm points to Rome. The curly-haired, they scoured the barrenness Scored a trench, threw up a parapet: for lizards. A statue of glorious Augustus crusty now, blasted by the sun. Only the rhythm of waves and scimitar glints cut the fresh air of the sea and dissolving hands who clutched at Paradise.

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Suggestions for Norman Poetry

61. S. 6ood

SUGGESTIONS FOR NORMAN POETRY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, COMPOSED IN THE DURNFORD IN A FEW MOMENTS OF BOREDOM ON 2nd FEBRUARY, 1972 (Norman poetical powers were rather limited, as they were an essentially militaristic nation)

(Oide Worlde spelling adaptable)

Doe nat scoffe mee Or I wil doffe thee.

With my axe I hackes Uppe Saxons.

3. Withe my howe Ande arrowe I fiercely mowe Downe the foe.

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Breams

A. C. Thompson

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame came whiflling through ' the aspidistra, and little Miss Pringle (sitting white-haired in front of the fire) leapt up, and killed it with her knitting-needle then cut it up, ' and red it to the sleepy, purrmg, cat curled on her knee.

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Sunshine

N. 6. C. Bragson

IOnfo longer enjoy cool summer evenings orange coloured sunshine ' Of tea on the lawn ' And pink party dresses. Now they are g.one; nothing but A memory, fadrng m my mind Now the evenings are damp a~d grey But they too will be forgotten soon. .

I, talk of my youth as though I were old. I m .not, but even so it was ten years a ~ I think bac~ to a unties and chocolates g t~ ice cream And sandwiches, and to orange juice a'nd bumble-bees. My youth had a golden lining; I enJo,yed everything then, I don t remember the time I Spilled paint on the carpet. The future is bad, the past is good And the present is empty ' Void of good thoughts- ' I can only look back in joy.

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Station

N. 6. C. Brayson

Paper rustling, Wmd blowing, . Doors banging, People laughing, "':'hJstles screaming, Lme humming, Wh~els t~umping,

Tram gomgJust me left on the platform alone with my thoughts. 90

MY ENGLISH LESSONS

M. R. Strickland

.. We sat there, silently, in the darkness of the room. The dull noises from outside beckoning us away from our concentration. I sat there in front of them a ll, watching them breathing, watching them writing, their hands moving swiftly across the page. The look of intentness on their faces and I wondering dimly about what they're writing. Their faces bent down close over their books, their hair in mops over their eyes, their pens unwilling forming a scene. The opalescent lights glowed thinly above my head. The window slightly opened fanned a cooling breeze down my neck. Looking up, their eyes meet mine, then move away and down again to work and another sentence. Why does the silly boy want to keep tipping his chair? One day, there will be a shatter of glass, an ear piercing scream and an eternal silence. There among the debris of my books and of my shelves will lie a battered body. From a hole slowly opening in his side will drip red blood and I will paint his mark with it, and I will bury him alone, out in the country and no one shall ever know. "Stop tipping your chair ; you might hurt my bookcase." Girlish titters, rude remarks and back again to blackness and to work. Pages turn and turn and are written only to be written again. And there, tipping my chair so slightly it remains difficult to keep it there, I lie deep in thought. "Why can't you give us a nice easy subject to write about?" The silence shatters and once more noises, hosti le sounds, come and encircle me. I pust1 them all away and once again, muttering, I send them back to work. And again and again in a never ending circle the tractor plods slowly over uncovered ground and the seagulls flock in clusters, in its wake; but one day that tractor will slow down and no longer will be suitable for its work. And then it will be thrown away, only to be replaced again by a similar, more powerful tractor that will do its work better, and I shall have to teach that one too. Damn the bell!

The L•st Night

C. F. P. Bourne

The clock slowly pursues its deathless cause· There is silence in the house. ' AJl I hear is the thudding beat of my pulse Telling me that I am very tired. ' Tomorrow I won't be here I'll be gone Sadistic happiness ! • Outside ~ motor-cycle revs up, and Plun~es mto the unreal areas of night : Outs1de. It is getting colder, I don't like it when I'm tired and cold But tomorrow I won't be here I'll be gone. Footsteps, breaking up my dreams into fragments Like a sheet o_f glass split by a small stone. They are commg out from the television. They are coming back from the Mikado I don't want to go to bed yet, not now, ·not yet ; Tomorrow I won' t be here I'll be gone. Th~ .door-handle is turning, a second of alone is left. Smc1de? What! Why . .. death? Unnatural ugh I must be going mad. ' ' But it seemed natural enough ... Anyway, tomorrow I won't be here I'll be gone.

6. P. B•niel Here and now I stand By a river In the dark In the mud. If I am aloneIt is my own choosing . .. I don't want to think, now, or contemplate the reflections on the water or meditate on the beauty of nature or solitude. I want to be empty of my appropriate thoughts .•. I don't even want, booause I am. 92

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Commuter's Doodle P.IJ. Châ&#x20AC;˘lkley The Desert lands, . the life and times of him- the d1fferent one; they catch me as scent for the sniffing on the air, draw out a usually dormant longing, memories of past thoughts. That Camel, caught upon the dunes. Or, hunting rebe!s in ~~~~; a distance away 10 poss1b1htJ~s. . . . Not thinking of disease or pnm1t1ve pam but only the glowing sun and the armour's gleam. Yet a dissoluble image thisspic'e in the morning gruel. . . Padding the path and never domg anythmg to realise this wish. This wish for less complicated times and less impersonal places against which the real course runs downhill all the way.

IJnder the ntistletoe

AI. H. Pearson

The sun is sour like a dirty knife. Hoar frost clings to brittle ferns. The day marches, Crescendos, Cold and bold, To a hidden zenith, While an ancient feather Crashes to golden heather From the starched tail of a dove, Sacrificed to some Druid god Many years ago, Under the mistletoe.

ode to goutltilllJJoetry to deep introspection i have one objection and that is a matter of verse this magazine's pages carry adolescent stages from bad verse to worser and worse

6. P. Baniel

WATERGATE HOUSE, FORDWICH, THE HEMPHALL OF BLAXLAND'S DAY. [D. P. Medhurst DETAIL OF INDENTURE RECORDING GREGORY BLAXLAND'S ELECTION AS KING'S

SCHOLAR IN 1788. [D. P. Medhurst

TWO AUSTRALIAN PIONEERS FROM KING'SJOHN AND GREGORY BLAXLAND P. A. Strickland About four miles to the north-east of Canterbury lies Blaxland Farm, on the edge of West Blean Wood, almost inaccessible except for a "road" that leads to it upwards from Broadoak. Here, more than a thousand years ago (for the place, if not the farm, was in existence then) the ancestors of John and Gregory Blaxland must have lived, for it is from this area that their name derives. Though not household names in England, the Blaxlands are of considerable importance in Australian history, primari ly for the development of agriculture there and for the opening up of the Blue Mountains which could be said to have led to the formation of a nation and the development of a continent. With Gipps, and Broughton (who founded the King's School, Parramatta), as well as others, they form an important part of our extensive Australian connection, all of which explains why I am writing this article. The Blaxland family, or the branch in which we are interested, appears to have been generally well off, possessing from the mid-fifteenth century lands around Fordwich and Sturry, Westbere, Broadoak, Luddenham and Newington (on the road to Gillingham) and acquiring in 1730 a coat of arms. In 1765, John Blaxland, the elder, inherited a house in Fordwicb and left London to live there. This enabled him to stand for mayor, which office he held consecutively from 1767 to 1775. The house has been known by various names in the past. It was the Manor House at one stage; then called Hemphall ; then the Rectory House, and nowadays it bears the name of Watergate House, so called because of the Water Gate, a part of the original wall of the Bailiffs of the Abbey of St. Augustine, which opens onto the river (see illus.). Fordwich oarsmen will certainly have noticed the house and the wall from the boat house bank. When John Blaxland came to Fordwich, however, it was called by the second of these names. It was formerly a part of the possessions of the monastery of St. Augustine and "paid a quit rent to the abbot ... in Canterbury in hemp, for the monks being of the order of St. Benedict were obliged to wear flannel shirts and sleep upon blankets, the use of linen being absolutely forbidden". Hasted, writing in the 1790's, says it is " now made use of as a soap manufactory" to which use it must have been put when it was sold on the death of John Blaxland in 1780. He had five children, of whom one was John, the eldest, born in 1769 and another was Gregory, born in 1778 and the youngest. There were two other boys, Samuel and Christopher, and also a girl. On their father's death the family removed to Canterbury where their grandmother lived and all the boys went to the King's School. However, John bad been here before for a brief period when he was six years old (in 1775), three years below the minimum age for entrance to the School. Presumably his father must have had a stroke, or something unexpected must have happened to him and the family dispersed temporarily: the date 1775 marks his last tenure of the mayoralty of Fordwich. The School seems to have helped out for a while until the situation returned to normal and then John left, to return again a few years later. On one of the stone benches in the Cloisters outside the Martyrdom we can see carved the outline of John's foot and his name inside it with the date (see ill us.). I n the School archives we find the boys' names on the indentures 95

DETAILS OF INDENTURE RECORDING JOHN BLAXLAND'S ELECI'ION AS KING'S SCHOLAR IN 1780. D. P. Medhurst] JOHN BLAXLAND, AGED 14, DEFACES THE CLOISTER D.P. Medhurst]

(see illus.). John joined the Army on Jeav· sh · of Captain. Both brothers married and Joh ,mg c 00 ~ but left m 1 79~ with the rank was a god-daughter of Warren Hastings s ~e~on~ ~~f~ (the fi~st one d1ed in childbirth) and showed the makings of a good farme.r bet llllente t e fami ly estates at Newington grown dissatisfied and he and his brothe; dut for.so~~ reason or other he seems to have luck in a new country. e ermme m 1805 to emigrate and try their

. In 1806, though in different ships a nd at differ to travel with the women), they set sail for At t /nhtlmes (Gre~ory expressed a desire too~ with them their wives, families serva~~sra Ia, ;eg~~y leavmg England first. They menno sheep, clothing, a swarm of b~es ' ' mere an tse o.f. sorts, a few bulls and of drink. They left with the Governm;n~?ofs •. pl~nts, ammumtwn and large quantities thousand acres of land, and several dozens PI Of!1ISe t~at. they would be granted eight co~~JCts pi ovided for at the Government's expense to help them clear the land o £6,000 in the colony of New South wa7 co~~twn that they each e~gaged capital of Joh~ the whole, so the younger brother h~d h.Iegory co~ fd only prov1de half this sum, portwnately. These concessions were not Is. ~rant .0 land an~ la bour reduced probrothers' part for the Government official ~~q~t~ed.dwlthout considerable effort on the s n e ar to get away with granting as little as possible. The voyage to Sydney took thirty-two week d ran into "Governor trouble" This m t h s an ,once. both men arrived they soon were very soon prominent me~1bers of t~s ave be~n 'particularly frustrating since they of the local administration in settling dow~ cor:;lU~Ith ~ndh had fully expected the support and so obviously in the future bound to be ~f ee I ' a t ey not be~n such good farmers would never have got such good terms to go the~:. ue to the Australian community, they

T~e colony of Sydney had been founded in 1788 b . . . Y Captam Arthur Phillip, who was also 1ts first Governor till 1792 It was . . 11 to .t~e captain, "the finest harb~ur in' th~r~~~fdX a c~nvict settlement but had, accord ing Bntish Crown. However, there were natural d ·ffi anlf wa~ soon formally annexed by. the the land had to be cleared as it was thick! w I cu . les t at had to. be overcome. F!fst, found unsuitable for agriculture . and thi~d ~odt1d ' second, once It was cleared it was the .Blue !'-1oun~ains, which form~d an adn~i;abfe le west, there lay a mountain ~ange, more fertlle regiOns. Those prisoners who did gaol wall .b ut pr~vented penetratiOn to or else simply starved to death. escape were either killed by the Aborigines The teething troubles of the colony might not hav b . been one small oversight on the part of the B .·t' I G e een so prolonged If there had not enough provisions on the ships bound for Slldis 1 ov~rn.men~. They neglected to include .Y ney, an smce It took such a long time to send them, even from India the ever suffer hunger amongst crop' failures ;~~OWJ~g c~m~~nity for some years continued to send a ship it was, as likely as not full r~/ce ratwn~. When the Government did Gove.rnm~nt began to realise the valu~ of its ne~fre co~vJcts! Gra~ually, howev~r, the the s1tuatwn slowly improved Settlers . Y acqUired. possessiOns 111 Australia and and additional capital. Once ti1ey reache~~e ~~cl~ urhged ~mce the:y brought new skills The Blaxlands had the ill-fortune to meet up w~~ht~la t e gow~ certamly was not smooth. fame, some twenty years before) who ran the I o~fr;~10r Bligh (of.Mutiny on the Bounty worked on the principle that anyone who fs~~~ as '. It was. a Russra ~ labour camp and to cheat the Government At first he wa 'II ' for anythrng was likely to be trying 's unwi mg to fu lfil the promises the Blaxlands . ' 96

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had been given but he eventually gave way, allowing John to take up one thousand two hundred acres of swamp below Parramatta though he had been promised eight thousand. Through continuous effort John built his farm up into a going concern. He sold the colony fresh butter and vegetables of a quality they had never had before and, moreover, at a reasonable price. He lowered the price of meat from 2/6 per pound to 1/- per pound in 1809 and 7d. per pound in 1813, though he was not helped by Governor Bligh demanding twenty young cows every second year in return for the cattle he had been granted from Government herds or by a later Governor's, Macquarie's, complaints that "they have not put into the stores one single bushel of grain of any kind whatever", though they had come " in the professed character of Agriculturalists". And yet by his own actions Bligh had forced John to concentrate on cattle-breeding! I n 1808, however, Bligh was unseated, facing h is second mutiny and spent two years in an Australia n prison. John set sail fo r London to air his grievances but at the Cape he was charged with complicity in the mutiny plot and clapped into a fi lthy Dutch prison in which he caught gaol fever. Soon after, he was shipped to England where he was subsequently released though forced to stay on for three years being needed as a witness in the trial of Colonel Johnston who had taken over the colony after Bligh. On the nomination of Governor Macquarie he was appointed a member of the Governor's Council and later, in 1829, of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in which capacity he served till just before his death in 1845. However, though his brother got on well with Macquarie to begin with, both Blaxlands fell out with him since he persisted in attacking them for engaging in "the lazy object of rearing cattle". One might be able to understand his criticism in view of the fact that in 1812-13 agriculture collapsed, no rain fell in what would normally be a wet season, and the greater part of the seed sown produced no crops. Macquarie felt that had the Blaxlands cropped their land instead of pasturing cattle on it he would not have had to import wheat from India. John's answer was that he had not been granted suitable arable land. Plainly, the colony was too cramped and had too few resources. Various attempts had been made before to branch outwards through the Mountains- a series of impenetrable ridges- but they had always ended in disillusion. However, the situation demanded another effort. So there were two main motives for Gregory's epoch-making exploration of the Blue Mountain Range. Firstly, the crisis made it especially necessary to make an effort to find out whether there was fodder and water on the westward side of the Range so that the colony could expand and also, if there was, whether there was a way through the Range to get to it. All credit should go to Macquarie for giving his moral support to the expedition. Despite his failings he did his utmost to encourage the exploration and expansion of the lines of settlement. The second motive was less altruistic. Having found cattle-breeding profitable, the Blaxlands wanted extensive areas for their herds. Whenever any suita ble land came up they were always quick to apply for it whilst Macquarie was always equally prompt in refusing them. Therefore there was for them a pressing exigency to ascertain whether there was good cattle country beyond the limits of settlement. Gregory had a scheme by which he would avoid the valleys along which previous explorers had tried to make their way and ever seek the highest available crests. This would be possible because earlier explorers had discerned "a long continuous flat or table land" which " would offer much smaller impediments" . Experienced mountaineers would not be able to agree more. Apparently, the actual clambering involved requires 97

little skill and is tiresome rather than difficult- the sort of climbing one might expect to do on the more taxing hills of the La ke District. The main problem was " underwood, being very prickly and full of small thorns" which "annoyed them very much" . They seldom saw any animals save a couple of kangaroos, though on the fifteenth day of the expedition they did see "the track of a wo mba t for the first time". Yet the party did meet with some danger for on the night of the eleventh day "something was distinctly heard to run through the brushwood, which they supposed to be one of the horses got loose; but they had reason to believe afterwards that they had been in great danger- that the natives had followed their tracks and advanced on them in the night, intending to have speared them by the light of their fire, but that the dogs drove them off". This was the nearest the party came to being annihilated. The terrain was of such rough ness that they covered on average little more than three and a half miles a day. Still, they "surmounted all the difficulties which had hitherto prevented the interior of the country from being explored, and the colony from being extended". They had found during the course of their three week trek a practical passage across the main portion of this " unsurmountable" barrier. Though without a place in the top flight of adventure stories, the importance of their discovery cannot be stressed enough. It " changed the aspect of the colony from a confined insular tract of land to a rich and extensive continent", and that is no mean feat. Yet The Journal of Gregory B/axland-1813 concludes : "On Sunday, 6th June, they crossed the river after breakfast, and reached their homes, all in good health"- they might have just come back from a picnic for all the publicity they received. Gregory's reward was a mere one thousand acres in the new territory (which he had to sell at 5/- an acre as he was financially embarrassed) and a brief mention in the Government Gazette. Ironically, the Bathurst Plains, which the three men opened up, were the scene of one of the big Australian gold rushes in later years. Their meagre recompense is in sad contrast to the sums dug up then and to the celebrations of 1913 that commemorated the centenary of the event. In 1815, when M acquarie realised the full portent of the discovery of rich a nd fertile lands beyond the mountains he wasted no time in eulogising the ach ievement, but apart from a few laudatory paragraphs in his dispatches to the Colonial Office, Macquarie did nothing else for the members of the expedition. In later years, Gregory fades into tranquillity. At his farm in Parra matta he introduced the cultivation of the vine (he won silver and gold medals for his wines in Europe) ; thus we can trace back one of the assets of Australian agriculture to him but we know little else about his later life. To John, though his life is of less general interest, can go much of the credit for the present size and prosperity of the Australian cattle industry whose embryo he, with his wealth of practical farming experience, played so large a part in forming, and I think we may be excused a smile of proprietary pride when we remember from whence they came. A cknowledgements: Major Gregory Blaxland of Heppington for the Blaxland fami ly memorials. Mr. and Mrs. N icholas Graham of Watergate House, Fordwich. Consulted: Relevant volumes of Hasted's Ken t. History of Fordwich- Woodrutf. Pioneers of Australia- Jo se. Cambridge History of the British Empire- School Archives Australia volume. 98

[P. J. Stewart

HOCKEY Retrospect 1972 " It adds to the tasks Of a merryman 's place, When your editor asks, With a scowl on his face, If you know that you're paid to be funny ?"

So, with one minor adaptation, lamented Point when discussing the problems faced by a professional merryman, and so too lament I, your correspondent, when faced with the task of discussing an infuriating season with suitable jibe, joke, quip, and crank. Whether a man is a drinker or a sportsman , he can find little that is remotely humorous about a surfeit of water- a nd that is what we have had this term. In the mildest winter that I ca n remember it has seemed impossible, week after week, to get out and practise, and even though we cancelled only five fixtures, we ma naged several others only by the grace of Bob Jordan, who has taken over the tha nkless task of groundsma n with a good humour and endurance matched only by the excellence of the pitches he produced. How he managed to smile when we took the top off a previously well-grassed pitch in a single afternoon of desperate weather I cannot imagine- and I resign forthwith the post of merryman to him. We had a good side, especially if the test of a good side is the ability to score more goals than its opponents. But an examination of the record will show that we scored on average less than one per match. Fortunately our defence ensured that our school opponents fared still worse. Club matches were all lost- but that is what club matches are for. Our opponents produced powerfu l teams and taught us some hockey and helped to toughen us. When, early and unpractised, we lost 0- 3 to a good St. Lawrence side, Spencer-Payne was persuaded to forget the yearning which sooner or later comes to all good backs to have a go at putting goals in rather than keeping them out. He reverted to back from centre-forward a nd from then on, in conjunction with the unflappable James a nd a steadily improving Reacher, formed a defence which school opponents found well-nigh impenetrable. Until the match with M.C.S. at the Hockey Festival at Oxford no school scored more than one goal agai nst us. Including the Kent Schools' Tournament our record for the post-St. Lawrence season reads: Played 12, Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 2, which is at least satisfactory. Of our regular fixtures we lost I and won 4; in the Kent Schools' Tournament we lost the final 0- 0 on short corners to Dover, having beaten Chatham House 1- 0, Sutton Valence 1- 0, and drawn with King's, Rochester, and Kent College, 0- 0. At the Oxford Festival, too, against strong opponents, we gave little away. We drew with Monkton Combe, Bishops Stortford, and Rad ley, but lost to Magdalen College School and Marlborough. But again the sa me problem was apparent- we could not score and so, until we can find players who can dribble and shoot, the best we can hope for is a satisfactory season when we have good defenders and a poor season when we have not. 100

What of the side itself: the defence we have mentioned. Perhaps the real secret of our success, though, lay in the half-back line: our. best for certainly the last five years. particularly in their covering back Gallyer, Redd1ck, Donaldson have bee~ ~emarkableÂ it must be all that 1st XV training- since if the backs were ever out of pos1t10n they were always covered by the halves. Only up front, as usual, were we deficient in thrust with ~ur two converted backs on the wings and an inside trio not really adequately endowed w~th subtlety or creative skill for opening gaps in the enemy defence. So our hope must remam : better surfaces for junior players! Nevertheless, I think the Club as a whole is in good shape. It has been a great delight to be able to play hockey throughout March at full strength, now th~t the Sports have moved to the Summer Term. The addition of a six-a-side pitch has gtven . muc.h needed extra space to the senior game, and to have been a ble t~ ~se the match pttc~ 111 March for the first time has been an enormous help. Some rev1s1on of t~e fi xture hs~ so as to give all teams more March fixtures is now cle~rly necessary a~d thts we a re try1ng to do, especially for our 3rd XI, who have played wtth great enthusta.sm an~ to excellent effect despite their so-far limited opportun~ties. In the Ho.use Match fmal~, Lm~cre beat .Grange deservedly in an encouragmgly sk1lful game, whtle the Jumor Stx-a-Stde Tourna~eot (another innovation) was won by Galpin's after what appears to have been a htghly successful and enjoyable competition . Finally, my thanks, as always, on beha lf of the Club to all those. masters wh~ ~ave ~iven so much time and e[ort to coaching the variol)S teams. The XI ts onl>: the VISible ttp of the hockey iceberg; all the importa nt work is done elsewhere and for tt we are a ll most grateful. The final XI, all of whom were awarded or re-awarded their Col?urs, was: N. P. K. James (goal), C. D. Spencer-Payne, P. A. Reacher, C. E. A: Reddtck (Hon. Secretary), s. G. Gallyer (Captain), M . D. J. Donaldson, M. St. C. Armttage, J. P. H. Burke, H. M. Wyatt, C. C. K.ilbee, T. G . C. Hart. B.W.J.G.W.

REsULTS

v U.K.C. Lost 0- 8

v St. Lawrence. Lost 0- 3 v East Kent. Cancelled v St. Edmund's. Won 3-0 v Dover. Cancelled v Kent Police. Lost 0- 1 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Cancelled v Tonbridge. Won 1-0 v Simon Langton. Won J-0 v Kent College. Won 2- 1 v Canterbury H.C. Cancelled v Dulwich. Cancelled v O.U. Occasionals. Lost 1- 3 v O.K.S. Lost 0- 3

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Oxford Hockey Festival RESULTS

v Monkton Combe. Drawn 0-0 v M.C.S. Lost 1- 2 v Bishops Stortford. D rawn l - 1 v Marlborough. Lost 0- 1 v Radley. Drawn 0-0

East Kent Schools' Tournament: Runners-up House Matches: Linacre Junior Six-a-Side : Galpin's

2nd XI ·t rk 1 · • After very little practice and on a very fast pitch fa r too good for us. Four weeks later we 1 d ' ~ut e un 1 • e t le Du·Jey s mud, St. _Lawrence proved early goa l. Against Kent College we sta~t:aeba~~n~n~ge, wh~ Jlllslt had the edge over us m spite of Kock's defence kept their score to two. n never tea Y recovered and only good play by the Once aga in we played our best hockey of the season · to 1 · h agams u wtc · Even though we were unaccustomed to the all-weather pitch for the first time we Ia' Of!.e goal in the first half'but did not · so when bu1!fc~spfa teadmb. tw t ~.sholulcl have scored more than Kock's wtth a draw. ' ye e et Ill t 1c second half we had to be content

1 d 11 Bhasin, having accustomed himself to our conclif assist~d at half-back by Pollard and Sparks. The foil~b P:ye Mre~ Y well at centre-half and was ably occastons and Needham who eventual! w h b u ac s, Otgan and Ma ther, saved us on many On the wings, Kalfayan ~as ver fast an~ i on .t e attle f?r goalkeep.er, showed bot.h skill and courage. but Jacked a little in pace, yet co~tributed u~et~::fyklyT~c?m.~gt"~orefsktlf~ l, whereas Smgleton has the skill played well at times but too often. ran towards e~ch o~h~~~n~th~~ tha;;v~~:~Tl~~~~h~,s~~~~.and Gerst rom Our thanks go to Pollard for bemg such a n efficient Captain. Tr;am: Needham, ~organ, Mather, Sparks, Bhasin Pollard (C ' aptain), Kalfayan, Gcrstrom, Kock, Whtte-Thomson and Smgleton. R ESULTS

v St. Lawrence. Lost 0-10 v The Common Room. D rawn J- 1 v Tonbridge. Lost 2-4 v Kent College. Lost 0- 2 v Dulwich. Drawn I- I A.W.D.

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Team: P. G. Shorrock and A. J. Mackintosh (goal), A. J. T. Strong, P.M. S. Nottle, i. R. 0. MacDonald, R. W. Armstrong-Wright, W. J. Yonge, N. deN. Hill , A. G. Kendall, W. Macdonald, I. MeL. Davis, A. Ahmadzadeh. RESULTS

v St. Lawrence. Lost 0-2 v St. Edmund's. Won 6--1 v U.K.C. 2nd XI. Lost 1- 2 v St. Edmund's (Away). Lost 0- 5

Colts' XI If the first memory of this season is of ra in and the frustration of inactivity, the more abiding fact is that the Colts' side for the fuÂˇst time ever has been unbeaten, and indeed won every match except one, in which, after dictating the course of play for most of the game, a cruel piece of ill-luck robbed us of victory. This has been an outstanding side, remarkable most of a ll in that no individual player stood out above the rest; there were no weak Jinks, a nd each position was filled by a competent specialist. All the forwards were capable of scoring goals- how seldom can this be said of a ny hockey side?- the ha lves were firmness and tenacity personified, the backs hit crisply and covered with understanding and imagination, while our goalkeeper produced some brilliant saves, inactive though he was often forced to be. We were fortunate in having the same right-wing trio as last year, but the attacking potential of the centre and left was a lso fonnidable, and tribute is especially due to the imaginative a nd skilled support given by the wing-halves, who often ma d~ the openings for the forwards to finish off. As individua ls there is plenty still to Jearn about the game, but the team at this level is a fine one, and gives excellent promise for the fu ture when it will represent the School. We shall expect great things of these boys. One final tribute--to the good work of our new groundsman, Bob Jordan, for keeping us going through the rain. He has done an excellent job in impossible conditions and we are all very grateful. The regular team was: Canning; Davies, Watkins; Check ley, Chantler, Moss; Cain, Asfaw, Pearson, Young, Partridge (Capta in). RESULTS

v St. Lawrence. Drawn l- 1 v Tonbridge. Won 3- 1 v Kent College. Won 4-2 v St. Edmund's. Won 2- 1 G.P.R. P.G.H.

Junior Colts In terms of results, this has been one of the least successful seasons of recent years. Various factors have been the cause. F irst, the more than usually wet weather meant we often had to play a match without having had any practice on grass through the week, and secondly there was not so much talent as usual among the fifty or so boys comprising the Club. Another factor thus stood out more clearly this year, a lmost all the schools played against have U nder 14 XI's a nd the majority of the intake at these schools has already played two or more years' hockey. Against St. Lawrence, for example, we had to field a side which had never played once together versus a team eruÂˇiched by a fu ll season's experience of matches. T he result was therefore not a disgrace. Some little practice on grass brought improvement and the team played respectably against St. Edmund's and was slightly unlucky to lose at Kent College. In the Ton bridge match, we did for once score some goals but a ll were disallowed for good reason and the defence succumbed in the second half. Against D ulwich, the strange feeling of playing on the a ll-weather pitch a t Crysta l Palace (if only we had this facili ty!) proved too much. Dulwich's stickwork and control were vastly superior. In the team, the most promising defender, Jones, D. K. L., both fast and reliable, was lost when regretfully he was put off games indefinitely after the second match. Gower, as Captain, did a good job in trying circumstances and always played intelligently. Hopkins and Santi were quite competent halves but a little slow in recovery, a weakness common to the defence as a whole. All the forwards showed drive with Tarry a tremendous worker and splendidly constructive. Newell's speed when combined with improved stickwork could make him a very usefu l player. The number of attempted shots did not reach double figures in the season. Armitage, on the other hand, in goal dealt with many with considerable success. 103

l';ientio~ must be made of the other forty members of the. Club who enjoyed the few games on grass that were P?SStble and finally our thank~ to Bob Jordan for domg such a magnificent job on the grounds a d for Jettmg us play whenever he posstbly could. n Th~ following represented the tea~: Armitage, W. F., Propper, Judd, Strutt, Santi, Gower (Captain) Hopkms, D. N., Newell, Tarry, Robmson, Farrell, Walters, Will is, Johnson, Lister. ' RESULTS

v St. Lawrence College. Lost 0-4 v St. Edmund's. Drawn 0~ v Ton bridge. Lost 0-3 v Kent College. Lost 0- 2 v Dulwich. Lost 0-10 J.J.D. C. H.E.J.A. R.J.M .

THE SHOOTING CLUB Shooting this term ~<?t off to an .encou~aging start with the news that King's had won the first round of the T.A.V.R. Competttton by 7 pomts, wrth a total of 577 out of 600 on N.S.R.A. 5-bull targets. Th!s term, h<?wever 1 w~ shot mainly on Country Life targets, using ring sights, and at times our results in

practt~ were drsapp?mtmgly poor. We changed to blade sights after about three weeks however and om

scores rmproved raptdly.

Our scores in postal matches have been quite good, and we obtained the following results:King's 575 v Framlingham 603. Lost. King's 543 v K ing's, Taunton 484. Won. K ing's 575 v Campbell College, Belfast 543. Won. 'f.e are still awaiting the score o f Pangbourne College in a shoot on N.S.R.A. targets on which we scored

The Is! VIII shot a~ay.at To~br_idge this term and we lost rather disastrously by 31 points: K ing's 535 to Tonbndge 566. Tht~ d tsappomtmg score was p robably due to the inexperience of some of the younger members of Ot!r team m shoulder-to-shoulder matches, but this will obviously not be the case in fu ture matches as thet r confidence grows.

In to_urnament compe!itions, ho~~ver, our results were much better. It was not possible to judge ou r results m the Country Life Competttton, but I think that we did quite well. In t.he second ro_u~d <?f the T.A.V.R., we returned a score of 574, 3 points below our first round score but strll very promtsmg mdeed. ' "Tons" this term were scored by D. P. Medhurst and F. H. Eng. .We ~hould like to thank M~. Mortol?- and M r. q gilvy for a ll the hard work and help they put in to the Club thts ter m, and we look forward to havmg them wtth us a t Hythe for the Âˇ303 shooting in the Summer Term.

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THE BOAT CLUB The term's act ivities began as usual at Fordwich with tubbing and bank-tubbing for basic instruction, supplemented by sculling and outings in the light pairs. The 1st and 2nd VIlis squad included two first colo urs and two second colours from last season's crews, together with most of last summer's colts: the remainder were less experienced but keen league oarsmen. Early in the term a week of intensive trials in fou rs was held which was invaluable for selection purposes as well as fo r fitness training and the overall standard was higher that\ in tl\e simila r week last year. T hroughout the term, 1st, 2nd and Colts' VIlis have followed an exacting but well-varied programme of circuit work in the Northgate Hall under the expert supervision of Mr. Trapp and there is no d oubt that this has played a big part in the crews' level of fitness. I n the following weeks, training alternated between Fordwich and Pluck's G utter to add variety and to make the best use of the tides at Pluck's Gutter. After some teething troubles the new "Gemini" engine has proved a great asset and the use of the launch at both Fordwich and Pluck's G utter has made possible more atten tion to detail in coaching and its extra power has given the 1st VIII plenty to do to keep away from it. The l st and 2nd VIlis had a valuable a fternoon's training at Putney at the end of February as guests of London R.C. who kindly made a launch avai lable for us; the crews were able to cover about 10 miles at varying rates o f striking and concluded their work with a row over the course fo r the Schools' Head. We are very grateful to London R. C. for their hospita lity and especially to David King and Peter Ament, the two O.K.S. largely responsible for ar ranging the visit. As in previous seasons a Colts' and a Junior Colts' VIII have been formed and have done good work in improving their technique in preparation for the summer. The Schools' Head of the River Race was held this year on March 9th over the usual two-mile course from St. Paul's School Boathouse to Westminster Boathouse at Putney. Although there was a chilly wind, the organisers again chose a day with excellent conditions and there was little delay in getting the 120 eights and 50-odd fours started. The School 1st VIII, starting 14th, got away very well and were encouraged by catching Abingdon early on at Hammersmith: they kept their rate of striking up to 33-34 over the course and passed two more crews round the big Fulham bend towards the finish. T his was a good , determined row and we were therefore very pleased to find ourselves placed 5th equal with Oundle, our best performance since 1967. The 2nd VIII a lso rowed with great determination and went up a few places to finish 28th: the Colts who fi nished equal43rd and the Junior Colts 95th bot h lost some places from last year, but some of the times were very close and only a few seconds separated a large number of crews. Leading Results: Eton "A", 7.29-!, 1st; Emanuel "A", 7.33-!, 2nd; H ampton " A", 7.34!, 3rd; Eton "B", 7.42-!, 4th; King's " A" and Oundle, 7.44!, 5th equal; St. Paul's " A", 7.47, 7th; Westminster " A", 7.47t, 8th; The Leys "A", 7.50-!)th; St. George's "B", 7.5 l t , lOth ; St. George's " A", 7.52, 11th. The Crews VUI:

N . T. Porter, bow; M. E. D. de Styrcea, 2; G. C . Busbridge, 3; R . A. M. Constant, 4; H. S. Todd, 5; A. J . S. Prower, 6; M. J. d 'A. Sephton, 7; D. J. Grigson, stroke; J. S. R ankin, cox. 2ND VIII: J . R. W. E llis, bow; M. F. Whitby, 2; M. F . Robinson, 3; J. C. P. Marchant, 4; G. C. Olcott, 5; C. R. 0. Morris, 6; G. R. P. Ashenden, 7; R. J . Quine, stroke; J. B. Hosking, cox. COLTS: M. E. D. Pretty, bow; M. W. Laney, 2; P . N. Lawrence, 3; S. H. Ratcliffe, 4; J. C. Kingsma n, 5; C. A. C. Quested, 6; M. C. G. Lane, 7; T. D. Townsend, stroke; D. R. W. Jayne, cox. JUNIOR CoLTS: J. C. Q. MacBain, bow; N . A. C. Down, 2; P . J. Phillimore, 3; A. J. Baines, 4; N.J. Boulter, 5; G. A. Morris, 6; N. E. Cheese, 7; R. P. Yonge, stroke; I. F. Walker, cox. Unfortunately the Medway Fours Head at Maidstone had to be cancelled at short notice, as the Army were unable to a llow use of their facilities after the Aldershot bomb incident. However, the crews made good use of the remainder of the term, especially as some high spring-t ides at P luck's G utter coincided with some fine and sunny days. The 1st VIII has much to do at its technique to become a really fast crew, but they have worked very well this term and have a good foundation fo r the sununer regattas . We were pleased to see that O.K.S. were well represen ted in the Torpid and Lent Races at Oxford a nd Cambridge : C. G. Thring was in the Oriel boat which finished Head of the Torpids at Oxford a nd R. A. Chamberlin and M. O'K. Webber were in a good Jesus College boat at the Head of the R iver a t Cambridge. D.S.G. 105 1ST

~------------~CROSS-COUNTRY CLUB SEASON 1971- 72 Won 24, lost 8 1st Eight : Colts' Eight : Won 14,1ost 6 This season has been one of severa l " firsts"- Cross-Country is now a major sport, continuing right through the Easter Term, an O.K.S: match has been instituted, training is now in smaller homogeneous groups, and we have at last beaten Skmners. The fi rst match set the tone for the whole season- a win against Skinners, at Skinners, in both the Seniors a nd Colts. Towards the middle of the term, M. A . Hawkins R. M. Sayers and W. A. Selwyn were invited to run for Kent, while at the same time the Sen iors came second in a five-sided ma_tch, and ~h~ Juniors won comfortably. However, after this we were firm ly put in our place by a Judd s1de contammg five Kent runners. The term finished with a fairly light-hearted match against the O.K.S., which the home side won. The term was notable for the new talent that suddenly came to light. Hawkins Sayers and N. 13. PrattsMartin occupied the first three places in the Senior team, a nd R. L. Marshall and'P. C. W. Smith occupied the first two places in the Colts' team, despite only being of J unior Colts' age. Not content with this, they led in weakened Senior teams in the last two matches. The Senior team was shaken out of its holiday lethargy in the first match of this term by Faversham Grammar School, a nd we only won through the efforts of the second team in pushing back Favcrsham's last counters. T his was followed by a fine home win against four other schools at both Senior and Junior levels. Cranbrook narrowly defeated us with our top two runners dropping out through injury, but this was made up for by easy wins at caterham. The first real test came against Skinners and three other schools. The former avenged last term's defeat by six points, with the other schools some way behind. Our next test was the trad it ional Five Schools match, this year at Berkhamsted. They defeated us by three points, with the same team that last year beat us by a hundred! The high point of the season came the following week against U.C.S., when a weakened Senior team placed the first seven. The season unfort unately finished on a somewhat low note, with injury taking its toll, in an invitation race at Coulsdon, and a disaster at home, with three of the top five runners not finishing the course. During this race the course record was broken by fou rteen seconds. The Junior team for most of the season has been without its Nos. l and 2, Marshall and Smith, who managed to establish themselves among the first fo ur of the Senior team. T he Juniors were ably led in their absence by W. A. Selwyn and W. M. Duggan, who were strongly supported by N. F. Add ison, P. J . Girting, G. A. R. Gherson and B. M. P. Thouvenin, with less dependable-but sometimes spectacular- support from C. H. Rowntree, A. E. W. Balson and P. W. Jones. Througho ut last term the Senior tea m was led by Hawkins, but in his non-participation this term, the team has been led by Platts-Martin, who won three races ind ividua lly, and his placing in the Five Schools match-fourth- was the highest for King's for ten years. Sayers has developed, this term, into a very competent and dependable No. 2, except when challenged by Marshall. The captain managed to struggle in about fifth, and Gent, after a spectacular start, settled down at No. 6. Despite a minimum of training, both M. W. S. !lax and R. P. Lindley became very " steady", and could be relied upon to place fairly well up in the field- they proved invalua ble if one of the top runners was having an off-day. After this group of seven there was a gap, and the No.8 position was normally bravely fi lled by M.G. Cheesman, who had some tough compet ition at times fro m S. A. Williamson, J. C. Griffiths, P. W. R. carpenter and P. D. Chalkley. After the inter-house match, the very Junior group increased in numbers, and there is obviously talent there. P. R. Rowland ran in several of the later Colts' matches, a nd in Under 14 matches C. K . Stanley and S. A. Armstrong normal ly acquitted themselves well. Everyone has responded well to the longer season, a nd to the more strenuous and expanded training and, with luck, next season could be outstanding. There are many people whom I would like to thank, especially Philip carpenter for his help on the administrative side, and Mr. Sugden, without whom none of th is would have been possible, and whose enthusiasm, experience and criticism kept us going the whole time. 106

-----------------------------------Colts' Colours were re-awarded to: W. A. Selwyn, N. F. Addison, G. A. R. Gherson, C. H . Rowntrec, A. E. W. Balson, P. W. Jones. Colts' Colours were awarded to: P. J. Girling, B. M.P. Thouvenin. 2nd Colours were awarded to : S. A. Williamson (re-awarded), J . C. Griffiths (rc-awarded), P. W. R. carpenter (re-awarded), M.A. Hawkins, R. L. Marshall , P. C. W. Smith, M.G. Cheesman, W. M. Duggan, P. D. Chalkley. 1st Colours were awarded to : A. St. J. Brown (re-awarded), N. B. Platts-Martin, R. M. Sayers, A . Gent, M. W. S. Bax, R. P. Lind ley. RESULTS Saturday, October 16th, 1971 : v SKINNERS (Away). Seniors: 1, K.S.C. 38; 2, Skinners 43. Colts: 1, K.S.C. 34; 2, Skinners 44. Junior Colts: l, Skirmers, 22; K.S.C. 56. Saturday, October 23: v NON INGTON COLLEGE (Away). Seniors: 1, K.S.C. 18; 2, Nonington 29. Tuesday, November 9th : v Juoo ScHOOL, TONBRIDGE (Away). Junior Colts: I, Judd 40; 2, K.S.C. 40 (technically Judd victory). Saturday, November 13th: V NONINOTON COLLEGE, WYE COLLEGE, SEVENOAK.S, JUNIOR LEADERS REOT. (Home). Seniors: I, Sevenoaks 32 ; 2, K.S.C. 60 ; 3, Nonington 63; 4, Ju mor Leaders 81; 5, Wye - . Saturday, November 20th : MEDWAY CLUB RACES (at Chatham). Seniors: K.S.C. 9/15; Juniors : K.S.C. 3/17. Wednesday, November 24th: v J uDD SCHOOL, TONBRIDGE (Home). Seniors: 1, Judd 27; 2, K.S.C. 53. Saturday, D ecember 4th: v Wvn CoLLEGE (Away). Seniors: I , Wye 33; 2, K.S.C. 45. Sunday, December 5th : v O.K.S. (Home). Seniors: 1, K.S.C. 35; 2, O.K.S. 51. Saturday, January 15th, 1972: v QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, FAVERSH_AM, AND SIMON LANGTO~ (Home). Seniors: 1, K.S.C. 47; 2, Faversham 51; 3, K .S.C.2 106; 4, S1mon Langton 122. Jumor Colts: I , K.S.C. 29; 2, Simon Langton 49. Saturday, January 22nd: v ST. EDMUND's, ST. LAW~EN.CE, CHATHAM House AND WmTGtFT (Home). Seniors: 1, K.S.C. 60; 2, St. Edmund's 87; 3, Wh1tg1ft 100 ; 4, K.S.C.2 169 ; 5, St. Lawrence 178; 6, Chatham H ouse-. Colts : 1, K.S.C. 35; 2, Whitgift 50 ; 3, St. Edmund's 100; 4, St. Lawrence 150; 5, Chatham H ouse 202. Tuesday, January 25th : v CRANBROOK AND SllVENOAKS (Home). Seniors : I, Cran~rook 50; 2, K.S.C. 56; 3, Sevenoaks 70. Colts: I, Sevenoaks 38; 2, K.S.C. 4 1; 3, Cra nbrook 108. Jumor Colts: 1, Cranbrook 32; 2, K.S.C. 49. Saturday, January 29th: v CATI!RHAM AND AIWINOLY (at caterham) . Sen~ors: 1, K.S.C. 24; 2, Caterham 67; 3, Ardingly 102. Colts : I , K.S.C. 27; 2, caterham 56; 3, Ardmgly 100. THE I NTER-HousE MATCII. Seniors: I, Linaere 39 ; 2, Luxmoore 123; 3, Ma rlowe 135. Colts: l , Walpole 87 ; 2, Linacre 92; 3, Meister Omers 105. Saturday, February 5th : v SKINNERS, DOVER, TONBRJDGE, AND SUTION VALENCE (Home). Seni?rS: 1 Skinners 42; 2, K.S.C. 48; 3, Sutton Valence 138 ; 4, K.S.C.2 141; 5, Dover 175; 6, Tonbndge 202. Colts: 1, Skinners 66; 2, K.S.C. 70; 3, Tonbridge 107; 4, Dover 11 5; 5, Sutton Valence 120. U.l4: 1, Skinners 47; 2, Sutton Valence 52; 3, K .S.C. 72. Saturday, February 19th: v SIMON LANGTON, ST. EDMUNDS AND DovER (at Simon Langton). Seniors: I,K.S.C.48; 2, St. Edmund's61; 3, Dover78; 4,Simon Langton 112. Colts: 1, K.S.C. 41; 2, Judd 53; 3, Dover 77. Junior Colts : 1, Simon Langton 52; 2, St. Edmund's 61; 3, K.S.C. 63. Saturday February 26th: v HARROW HIGHGATE AND BERKHAMSTEAD (at Berkhamstead). Seniors: 1, Berkhamstead 54; 2, K .S.C. 57; 3,'Harrow 67; 4, Highgate 145. Colts : 1, Highgate 48; 2, Harrow 69; 3, Berkhamstead 85; 4, K.S.C. 104. U.l4: 1, K.S.C. 38; 2, Berkhamstead 40. Saturday, March 4th: v UNiVERSITY CoLLI!GE ScHOOL, HAMPSTEAD (Home). Seniors : l , K.S.C. 21; 2, U.C.S. 67. Colts: 1, U.C.S. 37; 2, K.S.C. 41. Saturday, March lith: DllNSHAM AND LBMON-NORRIS I NVITATION RACES (at Coulsdon). Both Seniors and Colts 5/9. Saturday, March 18th: v MERCHANT TAYLORS AND DULWICH(Home). Seniors : 1, Dulwieh4 1; 2, Merchant Taylors 55; 3, K.S.C. 76. Colts : 1, K.S.C. 34; 2, Merchant Taylors 46. A. ST. J. BROWN. 107

' THE CANOEING SECTION The term got off to a chilly start but as the weather has warmed up the amount of activity has increased and we are now looking forward to the summer weather. ' ~t the b~ginning of the ten~ the two .n~w racing boats, which the Headmaster generously paid for, arnved. Th1s left only a short !•me for trammg befor? the K.S.C.A. long distance race, in which the school mana~;~ed a close second and third. The term ended w1th three of our novices passing the B.C. u. elementary canocm~;~ test, and the K.S.C.A. slalom event. The school entered an over-eighteen team which surprisingly came thu·d. A. J. Cowderoy and J. E. Gardam won the Men's Canadian Double Event and came second and fourt h in the Under-18 Kayak Event. ' The section looks forward to a sunny fut ure and will welcome all those interested. J. E. GARDAM.

THE FENCING CLUB The Fencing Club has completed another very successful season winning their matches overall although the 1st Team showed disappointing form against Eton and went down by one bout. J~ County <;ompetiti~ns IJ:te Clu~ has ma~e a c~ean-sweep as far as team championships are concerned, addmg .t he F?ll Championship, EI>C? Cha.mp•onshlp, Team Foil C hampionship and the Frank Page Junior ChampiOnship to the Sabre Champ1onsh•p and Three Weapon Championship which they a lready hold. Jn t~t: Individual Champi.onships, in addition to the Sabre event which was won last term by N. J. Olympltls, the Epee Champ10nsh1p was won by M. G. T. Allen with an outstanding performance He was also runner-up i~ tht: Foi.l where ~e was joined in the final by M.A. Harrold. R. w. D. Staveleyalso showed great determmat1on m reachmg the final of the Epee. J . S. Sharp has fenced consistently well throughout the term but unfortunately he rarely does himself justice in County competitions. Among the Juniors, N. C. Bane, who was unfortunate not to retain his Junior Foil title and A J Carter who gained 3rd place in tl~e Junior Foil and reached the semi-finals of the Epee Championship,·h~vc both ~on w.ell-dcscrved promot1on to the ~st Team. M. W. Newsam has also had a good season. Other Juniors mcludmg Baker, Macfarlane, Dorud1 and Madeley all showed considerable promise. Fencing Colours were awarded to: N.C. Bane, R. W. D. Stavcley, A. J . Carter, M.A. Harrold, M. w. Newsam . M. E.M. RESULTS v DOVER COLLEOIJ 1st Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 18-9 2nd Team (Foil). Won 7-2 Junior Team (Foil). Lost 4-5 v DANE COURT 1st Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 24-3 2nd Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 2 1- 6 Junior Team (Foil). Won 8-1 v HARROW 1st Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 23--4 2nd Team (Foil, Epee). Won 15- 3 Junior Team (Foil). Won 12--4 v ETON 1st Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Lost 13- 14 2nd Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 19-8 1st Junior Team (Foil). Won 8- 1 2nd Junior Team (Foi l). Won 7- 2 v KINO'S, ROCHESTER l st Team (Foil , Epee, Sabre). Won 20-7 2nd Team (Foil, Epee, Sabre). Won 23--4 Junior Team (Foil). Won 9- 7 108

' County Schoolboys' Competition Kent Schoolboys' Foil Championships SENIOR CoMPETITION: 2nd, M.G. T. Allen; 6th, M.A. Harrold. JuNIOR COMPI:.IJTION: 2nd, N.C. Bane; 3rd, A. J. Carter; 4th, M. W. Newsam; 6th, P. H. B. Baker. TEAM TROPHY : 1st, King's, Canterbury; 2nd, Dover College. Kent Schools' Team Foil Final 1st, King's, Canterbury; 2nd, King's, Rochester. (Team : M.G. T. Allen, N.C. Bane, J. S. Sharp.) Kent Schools' Epee Championships 1st, M.G. T. Allen; 5th, R. W. D. Staveley. Semi-Finalists: J. S. Sharp, A. J. Carter. TEAM TROPHY: 1st, K ing's, Canterbury; 2nd, King's, Rochester. Frank Page Foil Competition J uNIOR TEAM TROPHY: 1st, King's, Canterbury.

RUGBY FOOTBALL Rugby Football Centenary The School has celebrated many centenaries, though few of us, if any, have taken part in more than one! This year marks 100 years of Rugby Union Football at the School, an historic event, indeed. On Saturday, 30th September, O.K.S. teams, marshalled by Andrew Cunningham, will play each other a~d the School 2nd XV. Afterwards at the invitation of the Headmaster, a celebration Dinner will be held m the School Dining Hall at which many officials of the Rugby Football Union, including its ~reside_nt, will Join other distinguished visitors, School representatives and as many O.K.S., headed by the1r Prcs1dcnt, Bill Young, as can be accommodated. On Sunday, 1st October, the School wi ll play against a.n Âˇ:old Internationals" XV, .captained by Peter YanÂˇanton (Wasps, Middlesex, Londol\ and England). Th1s s1de has some .1~0 I n~ernallona l Caps between them and will include Englishmen, Scots, Welshmen, some of whom arc Bnllsh Lions. Tt should be a great occasion at which we all hope very many O.K.S. and. friends of the School will at.tend. T he School has contributed much to our game over the 100 years and it g1ves us all a great opporturuty to express our gratitude for havi ng taken part. Please, O.K.S., attend if you possibly can. C. H. GADNEY, Past President O.K.S. Association, April, /972. Past President R.F.U.

Blores Game The game incorporated about forty players of greatly varying ability and age. A~ many m~mbers as possible were given games in the "A" or "B" XV, the composition of the teams varymg accordmg to the strength of the opposition. The following played in at least one match: H. B. Powell, J. C. P. Taylor, N .J. Kingsman, T. Hunter, N. D. Cavell, G. M. Dorman, P. R. Taylor, C. E. Rudgard, P. J. Holdstock, A. P. W. Campbell, W. F. Todd, A. J. Elliott, 0. J . Muddiman, N. J. C. Bannan, J. R. Sterck, J. F. H. Thompso~, P. A. Burrows, T. K. Reeve, S. C. R eeve, R. W. Mansbridge, P. J. Ni~ho ll , C. J. G. Ware! I. E. Harns, J. T. Pear~on, R. C . Tate, W. W. Bowyer, A. R . Dorward, P. Theokntoff, M. N. E. Hams, S. M. Amos, P. A. ~mg, T. N. Lee, P. Obolensky, H. M. Stead, D. S. Maxey, S.D. Jones, N.J. Hadfield, K. A. Nutman, J. C. B1ron, T. G . B. Boyle. 109

King's Invitation Sevens After the dis~p~ointing cancellation of the Kent Seven-a-Side Tournament the Headmaster suggested that. we should mv1 te a f~w schools for an afternoon of sevens. This was very successful the good weath addmg to the overall e11Joyment of the afternoon. ' er RESULTS R.M.S., Dover, 24; Colfe's G.S., 4 K ing's, 12; Cranbrook, 8 K!ng;s (2nd VII), 18; R. M.S., D over (2nd VIl), 6 Kmgs, 15; R.M.S., Dover, 6 Colfe's G.S., 10; Cranbrook 12 King's (2nd VII), 16; R.M.s'., Dover (2nd VII), 4 R .M.S., Dover, 15; Cranbrook JO King's, 30; Colfe's G.S., JO '

Rosslyn Park Seven-a-Side Tournament

H. B. POWELL.

. T l:e Ki.ng's VII won their group, beating Mal vern 22-{), Brighton College 14--8 and gave a very convmcmg d1splay of VII's knowledge to beat Canford 26- 0. ' Having got i n~o the last sixteen, we met E~stbourne College. In a violent hailstorm and forked lightning we kept possess~on w~JI and sc<?red ten .Pomts. After ~alf-time we lost our grip o n the possession and Eastbourne replied ~1th ten pomts, takmg the match mto extra time. Eastbourne scored again to go through to the last e1ght (resul t 10- 14). Tean.1: R. ~ansbridge (4 .tries); J. C. P. Taylor (I try); M.D. J . Dona ldson (3 tries)· H B Powell (Captam : 3 tnes, 6 converswns); N .J. K ingsman (4 tries) · p R Taylor· G M D ordtan · · Reser11es: A. P. W. Campbell, N. D . Cavell , T. H unter, T. Ree~e, J. H.'F. Tho;npson. · R.l. H.G.

SQUASH RACKETS We ~nded our season unbeaten by schoo.ls, with victories over Eton 5-{), Tonbridge 4--1, D ulwich 4-1 a nd B!1ghton 3- 2 I<? add to those over Wm~hester and St. Lawrence in the fi rst half of the season. M. A Hawkms, the Capta m, who was runner-up m the Kent Junior Championships last holidays hit the bali hard and to a length and ~as adept at chan&ing the direction across court. He also set the highest possible standa_rds of sportsmanshi p, so much more Import.ant than merely winn ing. His wins against Craven the Tonb~1dge N?. 1, 3-{), and from 0-2 down aga1!"st the Marquis of Bowmont at Eton were among his ~ost .1mpress1ve perform~nces. N. B. Platt~-~artm showe.d courage and tenacity at No. 2, and it was Iemai.kable tha~ on occas10!1 v:e had three JUniors completmg the side in M . Asfaw, who times the ball beautif~lly.and IS at last begmnmg.to move faster about.the court, P. Platts-Martin, who can show splendid determmatlon, and G. J. G. Partndge, who alternated m 5th place with C. H. Morgan. .The Senior House Matches wer~ won rath~r easily by School House, who beat the Gra nge 5-{) in the F ma l, but the result was reversed m the Jumor House Matches, which the Grange won 3- 2. After 19 seasons and 38 Squa~h reports the Master-in-Charge Jays down his pen (but not his squash racket!). Fro~1 a weak ~tart-nei.ther ~chool nor even House matches had been thought of then-we have won the Public Sch~ols Championship, been as far as Malvern, Stowe, Marlborough and Canford for m~t~hes a nd entertamed teams o n tour from Durham to .Canada. If my successor (it is now Cambridge's t u1n .) has ha lf as much fu n as I have had- and squash 1s a great game fo r learning how to play · 1. lose, ~n a nd ofT the .court-he will be content. With the Under-16's so strong- they easily beat~~0~ Tonbndge and r;>ulw1ch- the future is bright, and o ne day soon I hope the o .K.S. will win that closely' fo ught Old Boys contest, the Londonderry Cup. SENIOR: JUNIOR:

Individual Championships M. A. Hawkins beat N. B. Platts-Martin 9- 3, 9--4, 9-{). M. Asfaw beat P. P laits-Martin 9- 3, 10-8, 9-7. D.W.B.

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THE JUDO CLUB There have been no major events this term. We had matches against R.M.S. Dover, Sutton Valence Westminster, Dulwich and St. Dunstan's College (a new fixture) and we won them a ll easi ly despite frequent absenteeism. M. Kemp went to grade in London early in the term, gained his brown belt, and was subsequently awarded full F irst Colours. J. Olcott was awarded Colts' Minor Sports Colours. Next term we hope to have many representatives in the Kent team at the Nationa l Championships of the British Schools Judo Association. The Club will also be performing in the P hysical Education D isplay during K ing's Week. These two events will leave litt le time for matches. The j oint captaincy seems to be a success and the increasing number of young members in the Club promises well fo r the future, and means that we may soon need a second mat. The Team: G. Jones (brown), M. Kemp (brown), P. Whitaker (blue), T. Hunter (blue), J. Olcott (green), A. Mather (green), T. Dodwell (green), T. Lee (orange), N. Hadfield (orange), M. J. F. Moss (orange). G. N. JONES. M. B. KEMP .

THE SOCIETIES On Wednesday, February 18th, Dr. A. G. Woodhead of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, PATER author of The Study of Greek Inscriptions- a copy of which he very kindly presented to the Library-and of Tlwcydides on the Nature of Power, gave an admirable talk on the famous Funeral Speech of Pericles. He gave good grounds fo r believing that it was in substance Pericles, not Thucydides, speaking, and that its exa lted ideals of democracy were also by and large realised; and. made it clear that these realised ideals were for Pericles a justification of Athens' empire. Dr. Woodhead 1s tha t rare phenomenon, an expert who can communicate the results of his expertise, and we are most grateful to him. T his year the Kent Classica l Reading Competition was held here. As usual, a bout 50 candidates fro!ll eight schools were competing in the five classes; our candidates won three of these and came s~ond Ill the fourth, with three others being honourably mentioned. Mrs. Stewart and her helpers prov1ded an excellent tea. A good year! Open Latin : 1st, P. H. B. Baker. Midd le Latin: 1st, J. W. L. Ackers. Open Greek: 2nd, P . B. Baron. Junior Greek: 1st, C. F. P. Bourne. H on. Mentions: W. M. Duggan, C. J. Foale, M. R. Strickland. On the last Sat urday of term the Societies' Room was packed to a late hour to hear our ex-joint-secretaries, Jeremy Lawrance and And rew Chamberlin, talk on "Travels in G reece and Turkey". Both had made good use of their Leney Travel Awards in getting off the beaten track: Andrew as far east as Mount Ararat and Lake Van, Jeremy into Arcadia and the island of Kithnos. T hey had some magnificently evocative slides, and entertaining tales; one was left feeling what charm both Greeks and T urks have, if only they never came into contact with each other. D.J.D .M. A lively debate on the motion that "This House would gladly move into modern build ings outside the Precincts" was lost by the narrow margin of 49 votes to 46, with 5 abstentions. Mr. M. W. T rapp, proposing, wanted Sports Halls and Space. Mr. C. L. Zuntz, opposing, thought that we, like Oxford, managed rather well. He pointed out that we have already begun to show what improvements can be made to our existing Precincts buildings. Nor must we o mit to mentio n debates we were unable to record in the last Cantuarian, for in an enchanting evening at Benenden tl1e motion that " This House would rather live in England than anywhere else" was voted out (thanks to a regiment of H ighland women, it must be sa id!) by 38 votes to 31 ; while nearer to home, Mr. B. Turner carried the day in resounding fashion over Mr. R. W. Harris on the motion that "This House believes that entry into the Common Market would be a good thing for Britain." D.W.B. TENTERDEN

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The Societ:r ~as noundered in a sea of sluggishness this term. Three meetings were a ttempted: two matenahzed .. In the first, on Ma rch 4th in N.C.O' D's room, we read Peter Grimes, a new play by M1chael Marland, based on Crabbe's narrat ive poem. Quite a successfu l reading, especially in view of the fact that everyone was relatively out of practice at reading aloud. Our second gathering occurred a week later in the new Sixth Form Read ing Room, when we read Oscar Wilde's plum, The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the witt iest plays in the English language. It was interesting to experi ment reading in a new acoustic, while sitting in comfortable cha irs. On this occasion, we were honoured with the presence of Mr. S. J. Graham, who was ceremoniously presented with the "major stagedirections" to read, a role of complete characterisation which he tackled heroically. In spite of the (unwitting?) attempts of certain members, they still did not manage to disguise the fact that Th e Importance of Being Eamest is a very funn y play. As it was, the reading was quite good, though perhaps not as good as expected. A genera l point to improve our standard of reading (and this implies to all members) is to immerse oneself and really let oneself go in a pa rt. (A good example of just such a read ing was Moosah-Ali Lakhani's Grimes in Peter Grimes.) If this were to happen more often, distractions would no longer distract, and enjoyment would be infinitely greater. Thanks are clue to ou r President, Mr. N. C. O' Dwyer, for nudging the secretaries into action. R. G. P. POLLARD. J. s. G. THOMAS. WALPOLE

Since the departure of Lance Hewson and Peter King last year, the standard of the BELL-RINGING Society has been set back slightly. However, there is much potential among our members and the term has been spent in teaching everyone to ring Plain Hunt (the basis of a ll change-ri nging); this has been fairly successful. On occasional Saturdays, some members have been to ringing meetings near Canterbury, aided by Mr. Grainger for transport. for practice among life-devoted ringers. Non-corps bell-ringing has successfully been revivified and a ll this term's beginners can now ring rounds and Plain Hunt on handbells; a great achievement. It is hoped some of them will join the Society next term. Our thanks are due here to Mr. Wetheril l. Next term it is hoped to progress further into change-ringing and perhaps venture on a n outing. Our most grateful thanks to Mr. Grainger for his help and encouragement throughout the term. M. A. E LLIOTT. This term, electricity cuts threatened to undo the best laid plans. However, the Society did its best to overcome such problems. Prof. G. C. McVittie of Illinois University gave an excellent lecture on "Cosmology", a subject in which he is a world-wide authority. Mr. H. J. Iron gave a very interesting and informative lecture entitled " The Channel Tunnel" . There were two out ings: to the Science Museum, South Kensington ; and to the British Rail Engineering Works, Ashford. The term was concluded by Shannon, Killick and S. A. Williamson putting on a n ever popular "Exothermic Reactions" display. All in all, a n eventful term. J. S. M. HASSAN. HARVEY

On 12th February, Dr. F. Fricker of Christ Church College gave a talk on "Contemporary MARLOWE Thinking in English Language" to a semi-invited audience of about thirty. D r. Fricker proposed that, rather than give a formal talk, he would try to spark off and guide a discussion of the new grammar, and audience participation was always fu ll and lively. Dr. Fricker fi rst demolished the old grammar by pointing out that the parts of speech were all defined in terms of themselves. Instead, the new grammar of linguistics approaches language from the basic sounds (phonology) and works up through the construction of compound words from smaller ones (morphology), the associated words which any word brings to mind (e.g., "tat" brings up "tit"), a nd finally sentence gra!Tllnar, and grammar of meaning. As Chomsky pointed out, this sentence is still possible at the penultimate level: "colourless green ideas sleep furiously". F urther on we learnt that "Stop!" is derived from "You will stop", and the talk ended with us trying to deduce what sentence "Oh, God!" is derived from. Near the end of term, Mr. F. R. Miles was to talk to us on " 'Scrutiny' and Cambridge English": unfortunately his transport suffered a broken windscreen at the last moment, and he was una ble to come. The Writing Circle has met almost every Wednesday under the auspices of Mr. Copeman, who cla ims that "we have less slush than we used to"! A. J. J. E LLISON. 112

The Society was formed in May, 1971 , whh Mr. Matthews as President. Under Jeremy Piercy's aegis, numbers increased from. eight then ~o about t.wenty now. However, the Society is far from being on a firm bas1s and there IS much st1ll to be ~one. There h~ve been two distinct kinds of meeting; informal meetings for discussion and exchange, and d1splays by ~uts1de visitors. We owe much to the Canterbury Philatelic Society, who !end us the fraJ?leS for these d1splays, and have provided the bulk of the displayers. Displayers so far have mclude~ Mr: R1chm~md We_st, Dep~ty Editor of the Stamp Magazine, and Mr. Kenneth Lake, well-known philatelist !!-nd JOurnalist. Top1cs have ranged from "Stamp Design" to "Scouting" a nd "Thailand". We can provJde excellent speakers, but we find it difficult to provide the enthusiasm. R. G. P. POLLARD.

PHILATELlC

Wlusic Much good work has been accomplished this term with two specific ends in mind: the Music Circle Concert of March 5th, and next King's Week Sy~1phony Concerts. For the former we prepared Kabalevsky's Third Piano Cqnc~rto, w1th Stephen Bar~ow. a~ soloist. Concertos were the order of the day, as for Kmg s Week we reh~arsed S1bchus Violin Concerto (with Clarence Myerscough) and Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto (w1th Stephe1_1 R. Harrison). Also examined were Berlioz' overture, Le Carnival Romain, and the eternal Dvorak Etghth Symphony. N.H. TERRY.

FIRST ORCHESTRA

We began the term by playing two simple pieces : a _Dv~rak Slavonic Dance ~nd the SECOND Polka from Smetana's Bartered Bride. For the Mus1c Circle Concert, we dec1ded to ORCHESTRA perform the more ambitious music from Tchaikovsky's Swm~ Lake. It too~ much hard work from all sections of the orchestra, and this was reflected m the encouragmg standard of the fina l performance. It has been possible to maintain the low propor!ion of First Orche~tra members playing in the S~~nd Orchestra this term, and so fulfi l its purpose-to g1ve orchestra l expencnce to as many younger mus1c1ans as possible, before they go on to join the F irst Orchestra. In this we are indebted, as always, to Mr. Goodes for his admirable care and patience during rehea rsals, and for the encouraging advice he gives to individuals afterwards. Thanks are also due to P. J. Dale for his proficient leadership, and to those who helped set out the orchestra throughout the term. P. W. R . CARPENTER. Despite the difficulties we have encountered in the maintenance of a treble line, which increased CHOIR during the course of the term as voices began to disappear, and the ever-present problem. of attendance at rehearsals (which has, nevertheless, improved) we have, due to the unflaggmg efforts of Mr. Wright, kept up a consistently high standard of performance. Our thanks are also due to Mr. Davies and Mr. Scott for their help and support. Anthems sung this term :Faire is the Heaven (Ha rris) When Jesus our Lard was born (Mendelssohn) The Sorrows of Mary (R. R. Bennett) Whence is that Goodly Fragrance (arr. Kitson) Wash me throughly (Wesley) Whe11 to the temple Mary went (Eccard) Blessed Jesu (Dvorak) Tlte H eavens are telling (Haydn) Though I speak (Bairstow) Groups organised by Stephen Barlow, Stephen Hope and Jonathan Seers provided anthems for several evening services. G • R • p • A SKCNDEN.

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ln the new room known as "the Studio" the Society has concerned itself with two tasksÂˇ MADRIGAL the prepar~tion of the " Passi.on Music" for the last Sunday of term, and the mastering SOCIETY of the sem1-chorus passag~s tn Dv?rak's Mass, to be performed by the Choral Society . early_ next term. The Pass1on Mus1c, !f'andcl's Brockes Passion of 1716, was innovatory tn that an accompantment of oboes, bassoons and strmgs was employed-a most beautiful sound in the Eastern Crypt, and an enterprise which one hopes will be repeated. As with the Choir, the scarcity of trebles has been a real problem this term and the Society's participation in King's Week must be in doubt. For the Dvorak passages the help of a' few select Benenden sopranos has been enlisted, and a joint rehearsal was arranged late in the term. 1. R. S~:Et~S. It i~ !he cus~om of the ~hamber Orchestra _in the Clu-istmas Term to sight-read through a d1fferent ptece of mus1c each week, and th1s proves very enjoyable. This term, however, we embarked upon t he more strenuous task of preparing two main works: J. S. Bach's Suite No.3 and Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei for 'cello and orchestra (soloist: David Newland). Both works were performed at th~ Music Circle Concert in the Shirley Hall on March 5th and the high standard of performance was read1ly acclaimed by an enthusiastic audience. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

It only remains for me to thank Mr. Robertson, our leader, and Mr. Goodes our conductor whose concern and guidance of the orchestra is something that is valued a nd appreciated' by every membCr of it.

J. C. P.

TAYLOR.

Throughout the term we ~ve ~n rehearsing the Mass by Dvorak, which is to be performed CHORAL early next term together w1th guÂˇls from the Simon Langton Granu-nar School and Bencndcn. SOCIETY About fifty sopranos and altos from the former attended two of our rehearsals, at which they lent much-needed support to the trebles, and augmented the volume of sound from our sma ll alto section. A party of Madrigal Society altos, tenors and basses also went to Benenden with Mr. Wright where they spent an entertaining, and perhaps even useful, evening with the Benenden choir. Attendance ha~ b7en much better this term, for which we chiefly thank the girls of the Simon Langton, and hopes are h1gh for the performance early next term. Thanks arc once more due both to our accompanist Stephen Barlow, and to our conductor, Edred Wright. ' M.S. GooD. R. H. T. CHRISTOI'IIERS.

BAND

The term's work has mostly been devoted to preparing Bach's Gigue Fugue (arranged for Wind Band by Holst) and Holst's Fantasia on T!te Dargason for the Music Circle Concert of March 5th. These pieces were performed with great success.

Several of the senior boys played with the Kent Wind Society at their Festival on March 4th, when Gordon Jacob's Tribute to Canterbury-written specially for the occasion-was performed. Work has also continued on Hindemith's Symphony in B flat in preparation for the Concert of Light Music to be held during King's Week. J. P. RODERTS. N. J. HAMWAY. Th~ activity o~ the Club this term was confined to learning various pieces for performance GLEE CLUB durmg next King's Week. Several people joined this term, including Mr. Zuntz, for whose support we are most grateful.

Many thanks to our conductor, Mr. Davies.

D. J. Q. WuEctcn.

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After much discussion it was decided to "resurrect" the .:tazz Club (or playing slightly JAZZ CLUB lighter music than has 'been produced in the past. Although it has been necessary to call in replacements for a few of the rehearsals, we have managed to play many arrangement.s, ranging from Count Basic's Pamassie Story to Herb Alpert's Tijuana Jump. Here a word must be Pl;lt 10 to thank Mr. Jack Dacombe, who, by providing us with much varied music from the R?yal Marmes' dance band at Deal has made this "resurrection" possible. We are extremely grateful to h1m for Ius enc~uragement and wish him well in the future, since he is leaving the music teaching staff this term. When " jazz" was last played in a Music Circle concert, a valid criticism was the l_ack of drums. Unfortunately, this problem still remains, even though we have a few very ~ood percussiOn play~rs who are willing to play with us. If we are to play in any concet:ts. i!l ~he future ~h1s n:ust su~ely be rect1fied, y~t we wi ll never have enough funds so we cannot take the rmtrattve. Desp1te tlus defic1ency, we have alteady experimented with a small bl~1cs group, and later we hope to branch out into modern and "trad." jazz. There is obviously much poter1tial in the School, and so we hope to perform next term. We are sincerely grateful for the enthusiasm shown by our members (especially those filling !n the mis~ing saxophone parts!), and also to our President, Mr. Gollop, for his encouragement and h1ghly cffic1ent co-ordination. N. EDMUND-JONES. W. F. TODD.

C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION Visit to Devon and Dorset Rcgimcnt-Gillingham Although the weather was sligl_llly overcast when we Jef~ ~ng's, it turned out. to be a beautifully ~unny day for our trip to the Devonslure-Dorset barracks at G1lhngham. We were p1ckcd up by a land-1over, and the journey was quick, if a bit draughty. The first person we were introduced to was the Adjutant. He contacted Lieute~ant Tony Collin~s, who was to be our host for the day. Collings in turn Jed us to the Colonel, who made 1~ clear th~t nothmg had been laid on: it was to be just a routi ne day in the Army, and we could see anytlung we WIShed to see. The main activity in the barracks was the battalion testing their communication with Northern Ireland, and we were shown the separate stages from a small section to the _batta!ion comman~. Throughou~ the day, we saw the majority of the activities, including the transport, medrcal, s1gnals and antt:tank gun sect1ons. The medical section was excellently organised, and contained some ver)! advanced equ1pm~nt. At about eleven o'clock, we had coffee in the Officers' Mess, which was well-furmshed and very spac1ous. For. th~ rest of the morning, we were shown the Jiving quarters of both officers and men, as well as the Sold1ers Mess. The living quarters were impressive, and pleasant enough to make anyone feel at home. Unfortunately, time went by very quickly. After a drink in a very _agrCC!lble bar, we found ourselves going towards the soldiers' kitchens. There, ~ve were struck. ~Y the way m wluch about ten coo~~ produced a choice of three different meals for the sold1ers. In the op1ruon of our host, these ~cals were o,f a better standard than the officers'". In spite of this judgement, we had a very good lunch 10 the Officers Mess! Most of the afternoon was devoted to weapons, and tlus was a very interesting part of ?Ur tour. yve were shown the weapons of the ordinary soldier but not the controversial rubber bullet, which was bemg used on the range. Regrettably, the time came for us to Je~ve, and we were driven b_ack in the land-rov.er agai~. Alto~ether we spent a very enjoyable day; and wo w1sh to thank the 1st Battalion of the Devonsh1re-D01set Rcgunent for their very kind hospitality in making it so. C. A. PINNOCK.

P. E. S.

RICHARDSON.

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ROY At NAVAL SECTION We have thirty members of the Section, eleven of whom have a d tl ·. N 1 . · · ' · two are qualified pilots under the R N Flyin S I1 I . I . I P sse 1eH ava Ptoftciency exammahon; The opportu':li~ies for Camps and. Coursesgar~ ~11~~~~~~~ s~~~~n~~n~~e~laC~d~~~r~r.~e do1~petent helmsmen. Arduous TraiOmg and Seamanship Camp at Loch Ewe and a Sail' ' C' . t a y lave P a~es a t an a re going 011 a week's fu ll firing trials with B.R. N.C. Dartmouth Cade~s ii~L'J~~~~-PJ,~;~:~~,~~1 • while others

~part fr~m training_ in ~avigatio~, ~rill and seamans~ip fo r the Proficiency exams. we had a mo e~Joyable _Field J?~y this tetm. The JUn iors had an extensive programme at Chatham in'cluding a t . 0s}

t e Rope1y, a VISit to the Nuclear Tower and a competition over the Assault Coul~se h'l· tl ou'. members sp~nt the night at H. M.S. Ganges before proceeding from Harwich to Chatha:n ~n 'ae shi~ ~~n;~~ Hydrographic Survey Squadron, H.M.S. Echo. We are most grateful to the Royal N r . 1 · th1s excellent programme. ' avy 101 aymg on D.W.B.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION A very interesting Field Day visit to Gatwick was arranged th · 1 tl d · f · Plunkett, the training captain of the British Caledonian's BAC J -J 1 fl~~f l W1ee goo aL,ISPifces, o Cakpt,a iO has to go on behind the see e 0 f · t · saw muc 1 o t 1e wor t 1at • • fi. . d . nTsl .a.n m ernatwna 1 airport, including aircrew briefing air traffic control te eqUipment an catermg 1e VISit was of such absorbing interest that 1· i h d b ' ' no comp am s were ear a out the four hours or more spent in the coach- high praise indeed! ~han~s to the hard work of Major Hildick-Smith and the cadets th 1 . . fu l 10 this term's Apex test and everyone passed the d rill side of it ems~ v_es,_we weie much moie succes_sfuture tests in that a visiting member of the R A F ·II h k 1 .RTAhele 15 likely to be a sn~all change 10 to visit the barracks. · · · WI c ec t 1e · .F. cadets, probably Without having

Easter Camp is at R.A.F. , Abingdon the home of parachute t 1· · · d 1 · cadet_s on the school Arduous Training ~amp in the Lake District :;1~ ~~11~; onw: gar~.a so se~dmgt swome Mall10g. I lOg COLII Se a est P.G .W.

CORRESPONDENCE Ennerdale, 35 South Canterbury, Kent. 20th February, 1972.

D ear Canon Newell,

c ~:2'o~s~~;sa~f~~ tJ~i'to~:~~~d!l~w~~efi;ld of yo~r g oys to_ c<?me ~nd entertain the members of our Red them, and this group are certainly ~ost talent~d~op e 0 appJeciate It when the young generation consider

Several of your boys visit other old folk I know and tl II 1 1 · boys bring into their restricted Jives. It is ~n excelient, andyn~Icho~;~r~i~~~da~!tagts~~~~l ~grk~terest the Yours sincerely, NORAH SA VILLE PECK, Divisional Welfare Officer, B.R.C.S. 116

A Letter from T im Priestman South India 1st March, 1972 Hope it's not too cold in England. We could certainly do with some snow here, the temperature is over 100 F. and even the locals stay indoors. The evening of the 24th, the day I last wrote, we were invited to a meal by a group of jolly, fat businessmen who treated us to whisky, chicken and fish, priding themselves so obviously on Western standards. They drove us back on the rear of a scooter, just missing cows all the way back. The meat was good, fortunately a ll protein but I had fasted fo r a couple of days before and it wasn't wise-altl10ugh it kept me going for a couple of days. Dr. B's brown liquid was wonderful. On Friday we went for a tour of tribal villages around K hanunam. All the women were dressed in the most beautiful costumes of brilliant colours. They surround you and chant until you pay somethingit's impossible to break out of the circle. I was surrounded in a rickshaw while waiting a t the level crossing. Determined not to have money forced out of me I just sat there. Crowds gathered and a virtual riot followed, ended by policemen wading in with sticks. On Saturday morning we met the Major at the station. He was on fine form and allotted us our project at the village of Kistaran, 60 miles from Khammam. We arrived at the boy's hostel o n Sunday morning and are staying here for two months. The village is very beautiful indeed. The hostel is a long building60 feet, containing 70 boys from poor tribal villages. They go to the local village school. They range in age from 10 to 21, but the boys of 2 1 only seem about 16. They look after themselves entirely with no master to take care of them. Richard's and my room is 12 by 12 feet with straw roof and windows with bars over them. There is a double wooden door a long one side. We have string cot affairs, one desk, two chairs and a light bulb. There are ventilation holes in the walls which the boys look through all the time. Bedtime is peak viewing time and washing time at the well. The rest of the village peer through the windows. We were followed round the village everywhere to start with, but this has lessened, thank heavens. They are sure that we will be lost as soon as we step out of the door and ask where we are going and why. Danger signs have been placed a ll round the well, should we happen to fa ll down. Language is the real problem. No one speaks English well and even the English teacher has the greatest difficulty in understanding what we are saying. They have occasional small phrases. I gave some of my sha mpoo to o ne boy who had never seen any before, "Any danger here, Sir?", he said. Sanitary arrangements are virtually non-existent. You walk about half a mile down the road to a vast area which serves the whole village- pretty revolting really. Communication is improving and a little boy brings us flowers every day while the vi llagers bring us presents of coconuts, tomatoes and limes, as well as inviting us to coffee. We have visitors who come in and sit in complete silence for varying periods up to an l1our- very awkward . Food is bori ng and tasteless with no protei n- it seems to be just rice and vegetables. We are being very careful with the water. T hey are all very mad on schoo l work here and the masters do not wish them to be d istracted from this. Agriculture seems difficult- t hey have a patch of land but it is totally barren and we will have to do some really hard work on it- if we can get them to help us. The morning starts at 4.00 a.m.- although we've not quite managed that yet, and evening ends at around 9.00 p.m. School fin ishes at about 12.30 p.m. We get very lethargic in the afternoon and sleep. I have a rash at the moment- heat I think. We are learning Hindi and picking it up qu ite quickly- it seems very simple really. 31 Parkgate Crescent, Hadley Wood, Barnet, Herts. 3rd M arch, 1972. The Editors o.f"The Cantuarian", The Kinf?'S School, Canterbury. Dear Si rs, Under "This and That" you have from t ime to time quoted amusing " howlers". I well remember Algy Latter's huge mirth when (in 1905) a boy in his Latin form IVn, called on to translate "Rati copiam fore capuae potiendi" surmised that the troops were looking forward to the spoils of victory, "Thinking that there would be plenty of drink at Capua" ! Rather ingenious, don't you think? Yours faithfully, DAVID H. COWIE (1904--10).

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The Editors of"The Cantuarian", The King's School Canterb 111. Dear Sirs, ' Y·

Buckingham Court, 78 Buckingham Gale, London, S.W.l. Thursday, 27th January, 1972.

~any thanks indeed fo r finding space for my a . · · . qmte unexpected, so Jet us hope that it may lead ~f~~~~a:~o~r 0 ~/h~. j'1aule Ep1~ogue. This was something Y leu land at thiS sort of thing. I feel sure that the writer of the Epilogue was amon A.P.H. I feel equally sure that if J. F. Maule had offere~ !he !~aby wdho were saddened by the departure of have had better luck than I had! SUI a eo e to Punch on that occasion, he would HENRY D. DAWSON.

The King's School, Canterbury.

To the Editors of"The Cantuarian". Sirs,

I have recently been made responsible for the Sch 1 . · · dt:awn, engraved, painted, photographed, carved or ~~e~~~~uv~s-wh!ch l':eans anything printed, written, wtth the School and its setting. ' an • provtded 1t has to do, however remotely, . . . . May I, t~roug~ your courtesy, ask any O.K.S. (or othe. 0 f or better sttll, thetr fathers' or grandfathers' attics t0 dt your. teaders) who are cleanng their attics they have no need for? ' sen me any ttem they may come across and whicl~ I am particularly hopeful that I will be able to com Jle · (mid-19th century); but anything whatever will bel t~ our colle~tton of Raze lithographs of the School acknowledged. Nothing is too trivial to be a treasut·e wsoe come, sltutablly housed or displayed, and fully , oner or ater . Yours fa ithfully, P.

POLLAK.

O.K.S. NEWS An O.K.S. Dinner took place at Umhlanga Rocks D ·b were, present: I?· J. B. Jervis (1923), A. L. Hill (l92~t PnMo~f6th January, 1971' at which the following and our man m South Africa" J D Moss (1939) 'R. . tetwynd-Palmer (1937), R. W. Nash (1938) unable to attend and sent their ~p~Jogies A most 'e . · T.bFIlack (!923) a nd G. N. B. Pletts (1939) wer~ . · nJoya e evenmg was had by a ll We a~e dehghted to hear that the Melbourne Annual D' · , · Uruon was attended by H. R. N. Price ( 1940) D mner. of the Kmg s School, Parramatta, Old Boys' and working on research into the upper atmosphe~~ ~~~tJfu P~tt (1948), recently arrived in Australia Research Organisation, and by "our man in Australia!' Aile Bommonwealth Scientific and Industrial , an 1axland (1960). We congratulate M. J. H. Girling (1933) Town Cl ·k f Ron. Secretary of the O.K.S. Associatibn on bei;~ g~ ~h~ ~or~~ghdof Tunbridge Wells and a former a rare honour. ' ne e tee om of the Borough last February, · G. L. Clarke (1941) is a member of the Central Mana of him- wearing, I am glad to say an 0 K s fe geme~t ohf Midland Bank Overseas, and a photograph . ' . . . I - was m t e Sunday Times on February 13th Gr~~~~~1,tam J. A. Steff-Langston (1944) is Defence Adviser to the British High Commission~r in New I. ~· Osborn ( 1 ~48) is Managing Director of Coo JerK . · 1· ·. . . ptoduces vaccmes and other means of combati~g theenyc_t Ltmd !ed, wllh headquarters m Natrobi which amma 1 tseases of East Africa. ' 118

/1.. T. Stafford (1948) runs a business in Newbury for the restoration of antique furniture. Of his con-

temporaries, he tells me that A. M. Decent is an architect in Totnes, and S. G. Huntbach has visited him. The Revd. Michael Mayne (1949), Vicar of Norton, Herts., since 1965, has been appointed the BBC's head of religious radio programmes. He succeeds the Revd. John Lang, who in December became head of religious broadcasting, in charge of both television and sound programmes. Michael Mayne will be responsible for a weekly average of 10 hours' broadcasting. Major C. B. Manning-Press (1949) is a G2 with the A.C.E. Mobile Force and is at present near Heidelberg. close to the main north-south autobahn. He travels a lot, and describes his job as "part diplomat, part professor of English, and, as an afterthought, part soldier". He is much away, but to any passer-by his number is 06201-52643. J. C. Harding (1953) has been appointed Consultant in Rheumatology to the Bournemouth Group of Hospitals. If a ll the tales of doddery colonels are true, he should have no lack of patients. His brother, Peter (1955) is Manager of the Australian Tourist Commission (Europe) and is based in Frankfurt. M. Warrander (1953) is moving to the headquarters of his company, Allied Breweries, at Burton-on-Trent. J. E. L. Sales (1955) is now Senior Surgical Registrar at Barts. Ma.ior /1.. R. /1.. Veitch (1955) has successfully completed a Staff College Course, and is with his brother, Trevor (1957), now a captain, with the 3rd Battali011, Royal Anglian Regiment, at Paderborn in Germany. D. D. Jevons (1956) is a senior pilot with B.O.A.C., spending part of his time flying Jumbo Jets along the air-routes, and part of it instructing in the flight simulator at London Airport. Congratulations to 0. R. F. Davies (1957) on the award of a Doctorate of Philosophy at Oxford for a history thesis. He has been acting this last winter for the Oxford P layhouse Company, playing Friar Lawrence in Romeo aud Juliet, a play, he says, that he first did in the Archdeacon's garden in 1955. M. E. Billinghurst (1958) has moved with his family to Sydney, Australia, where he is Director in charge of investment and development for his company, M.E.P.C. Properties Limited. A. A. J. Williams (1959) is now back from the New Hebrides and is teaching economics at Clifton College, where he finds himself facing the same boys he taught at the College's Junior School before he went out to the South Pacific. Captain M. H. Turner (1960) is Second in Command of 661 Aviation Squadron at Detinold in Germany, and returns to his regiment, the Royal Anglian Regiment, next November. He gave me the very sad news that David Hazelton (1957), a captain in the R.T.C., was killed while flying from Germany to England; a thunderstorm which he could not avoid ripped the wings from his aircraft, and he and his two passengers, one of them a brigadier he was flying home, were all killed. P.M. Campbell (1962), now a subaltern in the Royal Artillery, is flying helicopters for the Army in Germany, and " in his spare time running a very professional discotheque with which he entertains units throughout the country" . Lt. T. J. I. Howard-Jones, R.N. (1963) left H.M.S. Ark Royal last August, and is at the College of Air Warfare, R.A.F. Manby, Lincolnshire, on a year's course in guided missiles aero-systems. He and his wife and small daughter live in Manby. R. X. Heslop (1965) graduated from the R.A.F. Officer Cadet Training Unit at Henlow, in February, as a Pilot (General Duties Branch). N. S. F. G. Browne ( 1966) has graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and has been commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. L. S. Burr (1966) has been keeping up his fencing practice while serving with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment at Bovington in Dorset. B. C. Tooby (1966) is working with Marconi's at Chelmsford as a radar systems progratnn1er, while his wife, Susan, works as an occupational therapist at Severalls Hospital, Colchester. M.G. Dover (1967) played in the Trinity College, Dublin, Rugby side which beat Oxford and Cambridge, so Nicholas Browne tells me. A. R. M. Smith (1967) is teaching English at Newton College in Papua, where he says the short bursts of heavy rain and the brilliant sun make it like a botanical garden. He finds his pupils and colleagues most friendly and receptive. While waiting to go to a theologica l college in England, probably Salisbury, he is lecturing at the theological college out there. 119

B. L. Thorndike (1968) is now living on Romney Marsh, composing songs, mainly for the guitar. We congratulate J. H. S.M. Findlay (1969) on winning a Harmsworth Minor Entrance Exhibition to the Middle Temple. T. J. Priestman (1971) and R. M. Stevens (1971) were last heard of in a remote village somewhere east of Hyderabad, " having an extremely interesting, if somewhat primitive, time". P. A. Young (197 1) has decided to be ordained, and is going to Durham University in the autumn.

ENGAGEMENTS Scrivenor- Maddcn.- John Scrivenor (1960) to Ciaran Anne Magdalen, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Madden. King- Murphy.- Christopher J. H. K ing (1966) to Susan M. J. Murphy. Bird- Fridd.- Richard Bird (1967) to Penelope Anne Fridd. Lancy- Woostcr.- Peter L. Laney (1968) to Marian Margaret Wooster, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

MARRIAGES Sidebotham- Williams.- J. H. Sidebotham, c.M.G. (1911) to Audrey (nee Sidebotham), widow of Major D. B. Williams, on 14th December, 197 1. Carter- Roberts.- Dr. Howard R. Carter (196 1) to Dr. Caroline E. A. Roberts, on 27th November, 1971.

BIRTHS Jevons.- To Ann and David Jevons (1956), on 31st July, 1971, a son (David Elliot). Moss.- To Sheila (nee Middlemiss) and Jeffery Moss (1958), on 17th January, 197 1, a daughter (Elizabeth Carolyn Jane).

DEATHS Kirby.- On 18th December, 1971, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, H. G. R. Kirby (1900), aged 88. Dickson.- On 25th November, 1971, at Hove, Dr. K. B. Dickson (1906), aged 83. Haseldcn.- On 27th February, 1971 , at Tunbridge Wells, S. E. Haselden (1923). Hazelton.-In May, 1971, while flying on duty with the Royal Transport Corps, Captain D. G. Hazelton (1957). Kemp.- On lith August, 1971, C. N. Kemp (1958). Lcpine.- On 24th March, 1972, at Coventry, David Lepine ( 1945), aged 43. Yates.- In November, 1971, William Yates (1970). PRINTBD FOR THB KING'S SCHOOl. UY Till! lli..VY AND O IOUS PARTNI!RS HIP, BEST LANE, CAN l'llROUilY

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