The Cantuarian December 1983 - August 1984 by OKS Association

THE CANTUARIAN

DECEMBER 1983

CONTENTS I'AGE

EDITO RIAL TH IS AND THAT

FOCUS

THE CANTUA RI AN INTERVIEWS

HO USE NOTES

nOOK REVIEWS

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AN I) DRAMA

TALKS

III

VISITS

T il E: SOCIETI ES

IMAGINATIVE WRITING

SPORT

THE SCHOOL

LETrERS TO THE ED ITOR

IN MEMORIAM

C.C.F. NOTES

SA LV ETE AND VALETE

O.K.S. NEWS

T HE CANTUAR IAN

Editors: J. L. H. Bartlett, B. R. D. Cohen, C.s., T. P. L. de Waal, K.S. , Bryony L. M. Griffiths, P. D. Miller, C.S., Candida Morley, Caroline L. Samuels, G. S. J. Wilson, K.S. Ph otographic Editor: J. L. H. Bartlett Senior Editor: P. J. Brodie, M.A.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We ack nowledge with thanks the receipt of magazines from the fo llowing schools: Aldcnham, Bradfield , Bryanston , Dulwich, Easlbournc, Edinburgh Academy, Epsom, FclslCd , Gresha m's, HU fstpic rpoint, J.K.S., King's Parra m3t1a. Lanci ng, Marlborough, SI. Edmund 's, St. Lawrence, SI. Pau l's, Stonyh ursl, Sutton Valence, To nbridge.

THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XLVIII No.1

DECEMBER,

1983

EDITORIAL Attaining the balance between individuality and collectivity is never simple. We are social beings, reliant upon each other, and we acquire social skills throughout the long period of immaturity: it was the dream of the great educationalist Henry Morris, that all education should be coterminous with life. Most of us would agree on the need to democratize education, to rescue the casualties of the system, but also to provide concrete opportunities for the clever. To abolish public schools would be to brush our traditions of democracy against the grain, yet it is vital that they refute harsh criticisms levelled against them by sharing the privileges which are part of their heritage. It must surely be rare today for parents to send their children to independent schools for the same reasons that Thomas Hughes propounds in Tom Brown's Schooldays. Parents see faults in the maintained sector, and want to buy a 'good' education for their children at a price which they can afford. But sending a child to boarding school will not necessarily ensure that he or she will receive a 'good' education, although teaching of a better order and a lower staff-pupil ratio may well be procured in this way. May independent boarding schools approximate to our conception of a 'total society', where all the needs of the inhabitants are supposedly provided for and where they may be cut off from society in general for lengthy periods. Any person who wishes to spend large amounts of money on a child's upbringing should assess whether education in an independent boarding school does promote growth towards psychological maturity and health, or whether it does produce 'old boys' or 'old girls' who suffer from what Cyril Connolly termed 'permanent adolescence'. If people are enclosed in a total institution, however relaxed and enlightened the institution may be,

insularity in this environment is inevitable. Human societies are hierarchies governed by conventions which must be inculcated and learned, and it is vital for children and adolescents to do so if they are to become confident in .society. However, members of small communities are usually absorbed by their own affairs: doctrinaire orthodoxy, rigidity, apathy and complacence may be engendered by thIS; and a negative status quo may be maintained with the surrounding community. The independent sector has been threatened by successive Labour Secretaries of State for Education, and it is now imperative that independent schools justify their privileges, particularly their charitable status and tax reliefs, by responding positively to social, political and economic changes and by working in close partnership with the maintained sector. Facilities should be shared; the teaching of minority subjects should be co-operated over, and social and cultural links should be established or re-affirmed. The successful collaboration between Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire and Lavington, formerly a Secondary Modern school, demonstrates that a common philosophy may successfully be developed by co-operation between the two sectors. Independent schools pride themselves on the strength and quality of their academic traditions; as T. S. Eliot wrote, they should be neither diffident nor ostentatious, An easy commerce of the old and the new. BRYONY GRIFFITHS .

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We were particularly saddened by the unexpected deaths of Philip Elvy and Paul Mycroft (both LN, 1978-83), the result of a car accident on 6th November' and of RSM Bob Recton, aged 57, on 17th November. There also died o~ lO~h :ovembf~r. Ian Robertson (HH, 1925-28), sometime Fellow of Worcester College Oxford an eeper a estern Art at the Ashmolean, aged 73; Sir Duncan Wilson, aged 72, tdllatel ~ Gfovhernor, and The Revd. T. B. WIIhams, whose ebullient figure will be remembered by many S ate years 1961-66 when he was chaplain at King's. . . .

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. More extended notices appear elsewhere in this issue for some of the above' and we express our smcere condolences to the famIlIeS of them all. ' We wish great happiness to The Revd. Canon and Mrs. John Edmonds and to Dr. and Mrs. RIchard Maltby, whose respective marriages took place on 17th and 19th December. . We congratulate Colonel J. H. Clark, M.C. (GR, 1932-37) on his a PPointment as a 0 L,eutenant for the County of Essex; The Revd . br . 0 . I. Hill (GR , 1923- 31) a n b' . epuhty Fr d fC b emgglvente ury; and Mrs. Mary Warnock (Governor, and sister of the late Sir Duncan WI~lesono)mona heranter D.B.E. BleSSing and Honour

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Prince Charles paid a private and almost unobserved visit to Canterbury on 30th November to meet people connected with the Cathedral Appeal Trust (of which he is Patron) and to inspect some of the work in progress. The helicopter landed on Birley's, Blare's ali-weather pitch having made this traditional royal pad too delicate; and after his tour the Prince lunched in the Masters' Common Room, whose discreet luxury was kindly made available by its usual occupants. They got their visitors' book signed. Mr. Edward Heath came on 28th November, and gave the inaugural lecture in the Old Synagogue. His topic was North and South. The musical baptism, or circumcision, of the building had been performed some three weeks earlier, at a delightful wind concert which demonstrated the brilliant quality of the acoustics. The architectural restoration of the Old Synagogue earned a Commendation from the watchdogs of the Canterbury Society: our score to date is two Commendations and one Outrage. Dr. A. L. Rowse, an old friend of the School, paid a visit in October. Although only two months short of his 80th birthday he was as stimulating as ever, this time about his historian's solution of all the puzzles connected with Shakespeare's Sonnets. He established his critical credentials with us right at the start of his talk: he described The Cantuarian as 'the best school magazine in the country'. This opinion was based, as most heard it, on the quality of its photographs of athletes, but a few felt that he must have had the coloured tear-out bits in mind. We also welcomed, on 23rd September, a party of Hungarian historians under the auspices of the contact scheme which had already brought Soviet and Polish academics here in previous years. Led by the impressive Professor Berend they met a number of sixth-formers and demonstrated quite convincingly that they knew more about English history than . ... They also said that they had lots of old buildings in Hungary as well, and could they please go and do some shopping instead. Priorities are the language of socialism everywhere. Visitors

Those whose Texan stereotypes were damaged by the Bealls last year were able to do a bit of repair work during the fortnight or so that Ms. Liz Trice was at King's in November. Wearing snakeskin (or snakeproof, the matter was never quite settled) boots and a large bow tie, she stirred up sleepy hollow more than somewhat. The connection between Eng. Lit. and hot tamales parties was obscurely but enjoyably established, and the natives won over-all but the one whom she attempted to film relaxing in the Masters' Common Room. There is talk now of King's/Texas pupils' exchanges in 1984. Dr. Rowse's opinion of The Cantuarian is not totally shared in Dallas. Mr. Duesbury showed an issue to his pupils at Greenhill School and comment was summed up in 'an infallible cure for insomniacs'. Nor could the members of the football team understand why the teams were made up of such small people here. What has clearly not sunk in yet is that' Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments'. They can't have been doing their shopping at Nieman-Marcus (the-biggest-in-the-world), Dallas, where this Walter Pater (KS, 1853) wisecrack is helping to sell 'elegant candle lamps'. In our next issue we'll print a little about The Evergreen. Dallas

The King's School Arts Centre and Cleary Gallery at the Blackfriars were opened on 17th September by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, Mr. Robin LeighPemberton. The topping-out ceremony, marking the end of the structural restoration work, took place on 12th December. And it is hoped that the buildings will actually be used as intended early in 1984. This unorthodox sequence of events was occasioned by a firmly booked Lord Lieutenant and an unexpectedly unfirm roof-structure. However, all is now well, and the opening party was greatly enjoyed: not least by Mr. F. E. Cleary to whose generosity, through the Cleary Foundation, the whole idea owes its realisation.

The Blackfriars

The Headmaster's image as a clear-headed man of the Right, if a tautology is mdul&ed! b~gan to take shape . last summer when he agreed to attend a FamlhansalIon Course at BramshIlI, the Police Staff College. He did not have the luck of a fellow headmaster who spotted a few of his pupils from a Panda car in Soho but it was a start The real break-through came with an invitation in October from the Ethics and Public Policy Cente,' no less, to attend 'a TransAtlantic Seminar on The Ethics of Nuclear Arms and Arms Control' at th~ Washmgton Hilton, all found. The U:S. Catholic bishops' pastoral letter on war and peace was one of the focI of the discussion by a dlstmgUlshed mternatlonal gathering. The consensus we gather ' , supported the orthodox western view of the validity of nuclear deterrence. Meanwhile in Canterbury the Woodman School of Dancing stressed another facet. Grateful forthe loan of th~ Shirley Hall to house their annual charitable pantomime they have 'in tribute to Canon Peter PIlkmgton mcluded the character of Fairy Shirley Sunshine'. Jaw Jaw

A number of O.K.S. authors have very kindly presented copies of new works to the School, which we gratefully acknowledge; some are reviewed elsewhere in this Issue. Squadron LeaderB. A. James's (HH, 1928-32) Moonless Night, One Man's Struggle for Freedom 1940-1945 came With a warm mscnplIon, and that copy is now in the Walpole Collection. Another ~oPy has been bo?ght for use in the Library. R. F. W. Grindal (HH/MO, 1933-39) sent his latest Richard Grayson, Crlm e WlIhout PaSSIOn, t? the MO House Library, and N. Scarfe's (W, 1936-41) beaulIfully Illustrated Shell GUIde to Cambrldgeshlre has gone to the main library. W. A. C. Baker, M.B.E. (SH, 1935-38) has produced a 5-cassette anthology called The English VOIce. It IS deSigned to give a rounded picture of England through readings from English poets. The Idea came to him when he worked for the BnlIsh Council but the English department have already proved ItS value at home also. Gifts

More Books

Mr. R. W. Harris's retirement magnum opus appeared in November. Entitled Clarendon and the English Revolution, it is published by Chatto & Wind us/ Hogarth and costs ÂŁ30. It was reviewed at length in the press, by Christopher Hill

and John Kenyon among others, and there

also a review in this issue.

. Forthcoming books include a major work on The John Tradescants by Prudence Leith-Ross (who did some of her research at King's), which will be published in March by Peter Owen Ltd.; and Rabbi Cohn-Sherbok's The JeWIsh Community of Canterbury, with a full history of our Old Synagogue ' planned to appear in the early summer from Yorick Books.

Happening to be sitting l?retty in front of Blenheim Palace, Lucinda Galloway (LN , 1980-82) appeared m full colour In Harpers and Queen with three pages of Centre Stage . down-to-earth advice on how to audllIon for drama school. Lucinda was appeanng at Oxford and at the Edinburgh Fringe at the time. 'He obviously feels quite at home with animals' was the qualification which clinched it for O.K.S. actor Rob Heyland (MR,. 1967-72). He will be starring in a new ten-part series on BBC 1 as a glob~-trottmg vet, With killer whales, hons, hippos and pythons. One By One begins on Sunday evenmg, 29th January. . Back in Whitstable, the Method was in action at the Playhouse. Mr. Dobbin, and also Mr. Durgan and Mary de Sausmarez (MT), appeared m The Way of the World and were seen by an enthusiastic mlmbus load, and others. 4

The almost untilled field of scanning electron-acoustic microscopy-if we've got it right- has attracted the mattock of Geraint Davies (LN, 1974-78). After a First in Physics at Oxford, he migrated to Cambridge, where he has just been elected to a Research Fellowship at St. Catherine's College. At a conference in Detroit he was described as a world expert on this technique and he tells us, 'this is, sadly, nearly true'. Equally rare are the angulated tortoises of Madagascar. David Curl (MR, 1975-79) has led an Oxford University expedition to record their rain forest lives. David is hoping to exhibit these and other wildlife photographs at King's, possibly during King's yveek.

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Musical King's musicians got around for various good causes this term. The Wind Quintet .. blew at Waldershare Park in aid of Waldershare Church. They, the Chamber ChantIes Choir and others then played in and for the parish church at St. Nicholasat-Wade. And practically everybody took part in a concert in the Shirley Hall for the Canterbury Physically Handicapped/Able-bodied Club. Another Shirley Hall concert helped the NSPCC. Finally, the Jazz Club counterpointed with the cash registers at Marks and Spencer's pre-Christmas shopping session for wheelchair customers. Luxmoore propelled. In addition Luxmoore raised over ÂŁ400 for the CPH/ ABC by various sponsored activities during the term: we congratulate all who took part. Richard Edmonds (MR) raised money running in, round or from the Herne Bay Carnival; his sponsors produced ÂŁ45 for the Samaritans. We do not know if the King's participants in the Canterbury Marathon fo und sponsors but among them was the youngest runner to take part: Omar Madha (SH) came 563rd out of 619 finishing. His time, 4.52.59, was 2. 10.08 slower than the winner's, but he did beat the oldest runner who was 78. King's fastest was Piers McCleery (GR), who was 282nd at 3.52.24. Mr. Vye was only 6 behind Piers with a time of 3.52.49. A less clearcut contest resulted from a tug-of-war challenge flung down by Galpin's to Broughton. Housemasters, house tutors and house monitors met among the ducks by moonlight. It was a struggle of apoplexy-risking Titans, which only ended with the realisation that the other side too had tied its end to a tree.

Well Run

Faint But One of the most senior O.K.S., Colonel William Dunbar of Kilconzie (SH, P . t 1904-09), has caused a stir in Scottish heraldic circles. His claim to the baronetcy urSOlvan of Dunbar of Mochrun was heard in Dec.ember before the Lord Lyon King of Arms, at a Court summoned only twice before this century. Matters of handfast marriage, caircloth legitimisation and similar Scottish specialities proved too complicated, and the Court adjourned till the new year. With Dunbar ancestors ascending to the (fortunately) Lay Abbot of Dunkeld killed in 965 there appears to be material for a reasonably extended session. England too has its heraldic claims. Hubert Chesshyre (GR, 1954-59), Chester Herald,laid his to being the introducer to heraldry of the hypodermic synnge, in a letter to The Daily Telegraph.. Computers have also made it. 'Two computer ferrite core memory store matrices proper' are part of British Computer Society's arms and, more actively, a computer is helping Chester Herald and others to edit the mediaeval section of the forthcoming Dictionary of British Arms. A very interesting mock election on proportional representation lines was Working All held during the Hansard Society's Sixth Form Conference at King's on Right 11th November. About 500 sixth formers from state and independent schools all over Kent tried out two systems, voting in four constituencies. In each constituency the Conservative candidate was easily returned-Mrs. Thatcher with 67 votes stood against David Owen (22), Denis Healey (21) and Paul Foot, Socialist Workers Party (7), in one of them-and the overalf figures reproduced the general election result almost exactly. 5

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George Ward (MR, 1967-72) had a disused cowshed at home and a good idea. He now also has an interest-free loan ofÂŁ5,OOO from the Kent County Council to e ec Ion enable him to start his own business, making-brewing?-alcoholic ice cream. We are open to offers regarding the disclosure of his address.

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N It C Having collected their prizes as winners of the Cadbury School Poetry Award Id an from Princess Anne, David Watkins, Dominic Andrews (both LN) and Nigel B Lake (SH) appeared chaperoned by Mr. Brodie on Radio Kent's Don Durbridge e 0 Show. They had a simple answer to the searching question, Why do you write poetry?-Because it's shorter. Another trio of word misers are Christian Brindley (T), Tom Grieves (GL) and Kirsty Seymour-Ure (MT). We congratulate them and the King's Creative Writing Magazine, a samizdat publication distinct from The Cantuarian, on earning the judges' commendations in the Mary Glasgow English Competition. In the world of Dylanology Wesley Stace (MO) continues to dominate. Editor of fanzine Endless Road, he has a book due out shortly, and we would have told you its title if he had told us. He also has interviews set up with Phil Spector and Doc Porn us (uncle of Rachel Felder (LX)).

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Mr. Wenley and Mr. Thane went to Portsmouth on 4th November as guests ofthe Navy at the commissioning of HMS Dulverton, 615 tons. A mine counter measures vessel, she is believed to be the world's largest fibre-~Iass warship, and there is not a scrap of magnetic material in or aboard her. Her association with Kmg's is part of the Navy's plan to maintain links with schools. We shall, of course, always be very pleased to welcome here visitors from the 32-strong ship's company, or send parties to her, but the fact that she is to be based in Scotland is a little unfortunate. Our Ship

For an artist's work to remain controversial when he is in his 80s must signify cer .Or something, and obviously there won't be agreement about what that is. Michael Peepmg Tom Powell's (SH, 1916-19) place in the history of British cinema was acknowledged recently when the Prince of Wales presented to him one of the six Fellowships of the British Film Institute, to mark that body's 50th anniversary. At about the same time the showing of his 23-year old film Peeping Tom on BBC 1 revived the unease and even passion of the work's original reception: 'Vilest, most degraded and degrading, no stone left unturned in infamy' for some, and a 'very tender film ' for Powell himself. In his account of the development of a boy into a sadistic photographervoyeur Powell reserved a part for himself- that of the boy's unloving father for whom he is a psychological specimen. Some unravelling could begin with that. 6 GLADIATORS (Jol/athan Hughes)

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Three masters joined the Common Room in September. Dr. Christopher Tyczka is a modern linguist from Wadham and Queen's. His previous teaching posts have been at Eton and Wellington, and he has also spent a year in business in Central America. Replacing Mr. Davis during his year in Germany is Mr. Peter Becker, a graduate of Wtirzburg and Munich, whose permanent job is at a school in Lindau, Germany's southernmost town. His likes include reading books on self-sufficiency in a centrally-heated room. Supernumerically attached for a term or so is Mr. Geoffrey Partington from Flinders University, South Australia, where he lectures on education. At King's he is teaching some history, but his main interest is educational debate, on Black Paper lines but not so pinko. We also wish the new bursar, Captain N. S. Robinson, RN, a happy second career here, and good luck with his house hunting. It seems hard to have come ashore and still be away from one's wife and family. Welcome

Mrs. Wood tells us that the Library has reviewed and put to rights its bound run of What You Have Cantuarians. All the issues from 1882 to 1981 are available, but unfortunately Been Waiting For they must remain confined to the Library. From 1981 onwards there are loose copies available. Dropped Eaves

CHAPEL FUND

I like them undressed-avocados, I mean, ... Your clothes are totally wrong for your age-group. Rather like mine ... Never ever tell your parents what happens here . . . I like something in my lap . . . This living is quite a business-it can take up all one's time ....

In the Autumn Term donations were made as follows : British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society Invalid Children's Aid Association MIND OXFAM Oxford and Bermondsey Club Shaftesbury Society SHELTER Treloar Trust (for physically handicapped) U .S.P.G. (for the church overseas) Southern Africa Church Development Trust

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8 PRINCE CHARLES, PATRON OF THE CATHEDRAL APPEA;L TRUST (Kenlish Gazette) THE RT. HON. EDWARD HEATH, P.C., M.P., INAUGURAL LECTURER IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE (Ken/ish Gazelle)

fOCU0 THE BLACKFRIARS ARTS CENTRE The Blackfriars Arts Centre, which will house most of our art and craft activities and also the Cleary Gallery, was officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, Mr. Robin Leigh-Pemberton, on Saturday, 17th September. The serious underlying theme of his witty speech was the greatness of the debt owed by us to men such as Mr. Frederick Cleary whose public spirit, generosity and imagination renew our historical architectural heritage and enable it to go on being used in a living and forward-looking way. The warmth with which the large and distinguished gathering associated itself with this thought affected Mr. Cleary visibly. The Headmaster had previously expressed the School's particular gratitude to him. The Cleary Foundation by and through which the very considerable costs of the restoration were raised has preserved a number of buildings and sites in Kent for educational and charitable purposes but the Blackfriars, much of which is of 13th century date, is by far the oldest and most historic. Besides the pleasure of listening to agreeable speeches the visitors could, and did, enjoy excellent drinks and a cold luncheon probably unmatched here since the feast given by the Prior of the Dominicans to the hierarchy of all England in 1394; certainly many lingered well into the afternoon. An exhibition illuminating the historical background of the whole Blackfriars site and its vicissitudes, which was mounted by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, also attracted much attention. It is hoped that a booklet incorporating this material will be published for the guidance of visitors. As soon as the last visitors departed work resumed at the Blackfriars, because the spick-and-span perfection they had seen, including the instant garden, did not quite represent the true state of affairs. A great deal had still to be done but there is every prospect that our splendid new centre will be in action, on real time, in January. We therefore hope to print a full account of the Blackfriars, both its history and its new function, in our next issue. But it is already true that, as the inscription on the handsome iron gates into the garden puts it, FR. DOM. AED. MCCXXXVI CONDITAM REFECIT MCMLXXXIIl F. E. CLEARY: F. E. Cleary restored in 1983 the B1ackfriars' House founded in 1236.

MARATHON MAN II At 11 o'clock on Sunday, 18th September, 1983,850 runners set out for 26 miles and 385 yards of effort: the first ever Canterbury Marathon. The course stretched from Canterbury to Whitstable, to Herne Bay and back to Canterbury and involved some very steep hills, and a very strong wind, such that a quarter of the people who set out would not finish . The night before, three of the King's competitors, Mr. Vye, J. Wrench and myself, went along to stuff ourselves full of as many carbohydrates as possible at a pasta party given by the organisers. This was a good time to swap (or just gain!) good tips: don't shoot off- or else you'll soon flake out; drink as much as possible; keep a steady pace, etc. Already the adrenalin was beginning to build up for my first ever Marathon. However, it soon became drastically apparent that I was one of the worst prepared competitors, with only five days of training behind me! The next day it was an early morning breakfast and a few quick exercises before we arrived at the starting area, where people were warming up and stretching everything possible. We quickly dispensed 9 AT THE OPENING OF THE BLACKFRIARS ARTS CENTRE, LEFT TO RIGHT: MISS RUNCIE, MR. ROBIN LEIGH-PEMBERTON, MR. F. E. CLEARY , THE ARCHBISHOP. THE HEADMASTER. (Kemish Gazelle)

with our tracksuits and arrived at the start proper where we met Piers McCleery. The air was full of a sort of flowing tension that seemed to be conducted more easily because of the cold. Then the starter began his countdown: 1 minute! ... (tension mounts) .. . 30 seconds! ... (tension gets worse) . . . 15 seconds! .. . (ohGod!) ... 10 ... 9 ... 8 ... 7 ... 6 . .. 5 ... 4 .. . 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... (tension goes) ... Bang! We were off. The first part was relatively flat and I quickly settled into a controlled, steady rhythm, being careful not to get hurried along by people overtaking me. People were cheering and clapping on either side and calling out to runners. We all felt as though we were in a special club. Soon, however, these feelings were pushed aside, as the crowd thinned and the course began to get steeper. Having had so little training, I felt I was doing rather well, but I was already beginning to feel the strain with each additional hill. The light drizzle continued as we entered the woods. The runners now became more spaced out and it became more of a temptation to slow down. For the next few miles I paced myself with other people. First with someone I had met the previous evening-who was too fast- then with a group of about seven whose light chatter helped to keep my mind off the ever-increasing fatigue-they were too slow- finally with someone (I never knew their names) who seemed to keep about the right pace and helped to keep me going to Whitstable. Here there were a few people cheering us on with cries of 'Come on lad, you can do it!' I brooded on this but acknowledged with a raised hand. Soon we came down to sea-level whereupon I knew I had covered 10 miles, which meant that I had at least got somewhere without feeling too tired. From now on the fatigue really began to get to me, when at first my ankles began to hurt and each step had to be negotiated carefully. This was the worst bit as the hard ground along the seafront seemed most unsociable. The wind was blowing the spray and rain straight into our faces, and the runners began to spread out more and more. At Hampton Pier I stopped running for the first time to negotiate a rather steep hill. Following this it was stop-start all along the seafront, and I rapidly began to regret my lack of training. The whole of my legs were aching and by the time I reached the end of the sea-front, I was forced into a first-aid tent. Here I was given some kind of 'deep-heat' to warm up my legs. The only effect ofthis, however, was to give me a short rest and to increase my appetite on seeing someone eating sandwiches. I was practically dead as I forced myself on at a substantially slower rate than when I had started. But when someone told me we were only half-way I almost returned to the first-aid tent. The going got worse as there was virtually nothing to keep me continuing except a few people and my own stubborn will. I began to feel utterly tired, my feet started to ache and I dreamed about something to eat. I lost any sense of time or place and had no idea where I was. I forgot about how far I had gone and thought only of how much further I had to go. I tried to run but each time I could only go a very short distance. A lady gave me a biscuit but this had precious little effect. Alii thought about now was the finish line and how to get there with the minimum further effort. I suddenly felt much colder as I tried to walk faster. The land round about me seemed much more desolate, and here the wind really did become rather biting as I plodded sullenly on, even picking berries to try and overcome my hunger. When I reached the woods it was again stop-start for a while but I soon returned to a steady tramp when faced with another upward grind. However, when I finally reached the University and saw a downward slope ahead of me, I suddenly decided to start running again and when I did I felt remarkably relaxed, probably because my legs had gone completely numb. I felt none of my previous stiffness and began a quite steady jog into the rain. I felt that the end was near as I galloped down each hill and slogged up each slope. Now I thought only of my time and ending with honour as I came into the city, where I was further encouraged by being able to pass some people. Every place and every second mattered now as I scented the end. Suddenly I saw the finish, with people lining either side of it, and I practically went into a sprint for the last two hundred metres. And then I was there. I was clapped and congratulated, given a medal and a blanket. I walked beyond the crowd where I savoured my very private feelings of triumph, victory, super-human strength and above all-relief. 10

I finished in 4 hours 52 minutes and though I told myself many times during the race that I would never again run a marathon, I'll be back there next year. Except this time I'll train more and thus hope to do a little better. Congratulations to Mr. Vye, J. R. E. Wrench and P. H. McCleery who all finished with very fast times of about 3 hours 50 minutes. Finally, many thanks to the organisers and all those who helped to keep us going. OMAR MADHA.

1 THE LATIERGATE FAG TEST All members of Lallergate were given a test this term to see how much they knew about the School. We print below some of the results of this alarming insight into fag psychology.

Q. Who, or what, is H. R. 0. M. ? A. His Royal Oddity Manning-Press The Archbishop Historical Restoration Of Monitors Heavy Recently Oiled Metallist His Royal Open-Mindedness A.J.'s Mum Q. Where is the F block? A. Northern Ireland A Linacre dormitory Between E and G

Q. What is the most important part of the Headmaster's job? A. Doing the fees Shaking hands Surviving

Q. Who could be described as an eternal resident of the Galpin's garden? A. Old Headmasters because they are buried there Somerset Mourn Mrs. Woodward's ducks

Q. Why do monitors wear black and blue ties? A. To show they're monitures. Q. What is Cathedral fagging! A. B * * * â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ boring! II

CHANGING PLACES In November, 1981, the Headmaster, caught in a moment of generosity, or more probably, seeing the advantages of banishing me for a year to foreign parts, agreed that I could visit the United State5 for a year on an exchange programme. The exchange went ahead and I flew off to Texas's 200,000 producing oil wells, to the Dallas Cowboys, and swimming pools in the shape of the Lone Star State while John Beall came to Canterbury for his medicinal dosage of cathedrals, castles and culture. I was to teach English in Texas for a year and as our 747 touched down at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport two quotations turned repeatedly in my mind. One from a seminar in London from an American educator: 'Giving language to Americans is like giving sex to children-they don't know what to do with it!'. The other, from General Philip M. Sheridan in 1866: 'If I owned Texas and all hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in hell'. Clearly, it was to be different, but in many ways the quotations define the essence of the experience; my year in Dallas was, in many ways, academically frustrating, but socially rich and

various. An article such as this can only scratch the surface of our adventure. 100' temperatures on arrival; four-lane freeways; a pre-term get-together for the faculty on a Dude Ranch (the 'Big 0', in fact) which initiated me in the art of calf-roping and the old Texan game of Horseshoes; early lessons on British poetry with students who thought Chaucer had access to the telephone and that Shakespeare's one omission was not to write a History play about the Alamo; Homecoming Day (another excuse for the students to don ridiculous garb); low-level sorties over South Fork Ranch in a neighbour's private plane. Forays into Mexico, New Orleans, the Grand Canyon, to refresh the soul. Complaints from Dallas's leading Rabbi about my comments (slightly risque, I agree) on his son's essay. Hat Day when pupils wore funny hats and I taught Keats's poetry to students clad in Viking helmets, nuns' wimples and 'JR'-type stetsons. '0 for a beaker full of the warm South With beaded bubbles winking at the brim. ' And, at the end of the day, it was indeed away to one of Dallas's 2,000 restaurants/bars for an industrial-strength margarita or two! In short, the spirit suffered (or could suffer) at the expense of the flesh; I have to admit to returning home 20 lb. heavier than on departure. Almost before I knew it, the 'academic' year was over and it was time to leave Texas (no easy task in a State 850 miles across) to go east. Six weeks of travel, 6,000 miles, 18 States, thousands of people. Mississippi with its wet heat, ante-bellum glories and redolent shades of Faulkner; Tennessee's rich forests and gushing rivers; the awe-inspiring Carolinas; colonial Virginia (the disappointment of Williamsburg offset by the splendour of Richmond); Washington D.C., New York and Boston. A week with P.J.D.A. in Maine on a paradisal island where the ' unreal' beauty of the situation was rivalled only by the 'unreal' number oflobsters we devoured. Finally, a few days on Long Island Sound (shades of Gatsby) before the return to New York, lift off from J . F. Kennedy Airport ... touchdown at Heathrow, the sight of R.B.Mi. waving his Times to catch our attention, the news that the school minibus had been towed away by the police, the Welsh reaction, the consequent ÂŁ55 fine ... we knew we were back! A cursory sketch of a very special year. A year which forced me to alter radically my preconceptions about the States, and the complacent attitudes I'd drifted into about my own country, my family, my job and myself. When I think now about my year in America, a haunting stanza comes to mind from a well-known poem by the New England poet, Robert Frost, whose work I came to admire greatly during my year away. In the poem a man, travelling the road, stops late in the evening in some snow-covered woods, and, awed by the sight, is tempted to linger. But, he realises, 'The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ' I feel that my year in Texas was one of my miles and I hope to enjoy many similar ones before I sleep. B.J.D. 12 (Abo,.) LUXMOORE'S YOUNGEST PUPIL, SCO'IT GUTHRIE, HANDS TWO CHEQUES TO CANTERBURY

PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED/ABLE-BODIED CHAIRMAN STEPHEN HOLLAND (Kemish Gazelle) (Below) BRITANNIA RULES IN DALLAS (B.l.0.)

COMMON ROOM CAR RALLY Initiated by MJ.H.'s mapreading acumen and BJ.D.'s facility in producing wretched doggerel-a mighty marriage of science and art! - the Common Room Car Rally, on Sunday, 16th October, was a large success and had some memorable moments. There were rumours of cryptic and erudite clues, and as midday approached and competitors assembled, P.G.H. emerged from Lardergate with a splendid collection of learned volumes; clearly, the favourites were taking matters seriously, or, were 'moonlighting' with CJ.M.'s cal' as a Mobile Library. Others adopted a more casual approach, reflected in dress, the size of picnic lunches, and general disdain for such trivia as maps! So, shortly after noon, with the parting reminder that 'Skulls don't count in calculations! ', the teams ran for their cars and the race was on. And what a splendid race it was! At various times during the afternoon one could see DJ.R. peering at gravestones in overgrown churchyards; P.A.E.D. and G.P.G . sprinting through Wye Nature Reserve; P.F.J., using all his bushcraft gained in the Australian outback; G.c.A. and D.P.H. signing church visitors' books with gay abandon while hunting for mushrooms; H.EJ.A. demurely tryin g to locate a copy of the News of the World while MJ .T., heavily encumbered by the junior members of his team, made a handsome bid at the slowest circumnavigation of the course of all time. Nor was it simply a matter of mapreading and clue-solving; danger lurked round every corner for J.S.R., the mad motorist, was on the road! The only team members not to be seen all afternoon were M.R.G.P., J.P. and R.W.T. (the Geography Dept. team!), whose map-reading 'precision' keptthem out of sight ofthe rest of the rally-and also carried them 85 miles round a 40-mile course! So, stopping only to 'Seek out the lions with terrible cia ws. What are they fondling between th eir hard paws?' or 'Look around hard, it 's not /00 latent. What sort of Civic did Woodman patent?' it was back to Broughton for the post-rally banquet and awards. P.A.E.D. and G.P.G. , aided by some sly sabotaging of clues, took first place while P.G.H./CJ.M. and J.S.R. shared second spot. A worthwhile venture, and one that, it's to be hoped, will be repeated. â&#x20AC;˘ AlJrOLYCUS' .

O.K.S. CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE T he Committee of the O. K.S. Association has decided to set up a Careers Advisory Service run by O.K.S. for both O.K.S. and boys and girls at the School. Major-General Patrick Lee, the Vice- President, was tasked with examining the idea and presenting a report. This was don e and at their meeting on 20th October, they considered his report and agreed to proceed providing it had the full support of both the School and of O.K.S. The former has been assured by the Headmaster and the latter is currently being sought. T he scheme will depend upon the willingness of O.K.S. to give a little of their time either to visit Canterbury and talk about their particular profession, business or job to boys and girls at the School, or to see th ose who will go to see them. Perhaps some might allow a boy or girl to spend a day seeing what their firm does. The whole idea is to support the careers advice available at the School (or later at university or college) by giving a friendly interview ending with a totally honest opinion as to whether or not the boy or girl appears to be suited for that particular form of employment. It is NOT to provide job interviews. It is NOT to resurrect the 'old school tie' preferential employment system so rightly condemned. Finally, it may help those O.K.S. who find themselves made redundant to make a change of employment. Anyone who has any ideas on the scheme or is willing to help in some way should write to the O.K.S Association or the Careers Department at the School. Perhaps some parents of boys and girls now at school would also be willing to take part in this most worthwhile endeavour? 13 'THE COMING OF THE K INGS ' (James Bartlell)

CJhe CantuariaIL GJnterviewÂ§ MR. ROBERT B. HORTON, CHAIRMAN OF B.P. CHEMICALS Mr. RobertB. Horton (LN, 1952-5 7) was th e Chairman and Managing DirectorofB.P. Chem icals Ltd. when Jam es Bartlett spok e to him. On 10th December he moved to the Board of Directors of the Oi/ Group. 1. What exactly are YOIl responsible for as Chairman of B.P. Chemicals? I'm Chief Executive of B.P. Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals worldwide and have manufacturing operations in a great many countries. We employ about twenty thousand people in selling ÂŁ1.5 billion annuall y, a combination of ethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). We then go on to make other chemicals such as polypropelene and we did have PVC and polyvinyl chloride plants. A further element is our work abroad because by no means does all of our produce go to our own uses. When I move on 10th December to being the Finance Directorofthe board of directors ofthe parent oil company, I will be concerned then with the whole of the western hemisphere rather than competition in Europe. I will also be Chairman of the Pension Fund. 2. How did YOllr edllcation help YOII become Chairman of B.P. Chemicals? As a scholar (just) and a founder member of Linacre, the maths that I did at King's was very helpful and I went on to gain a degree in mechanical engineering at St. Andrews. With the help of a B.P. scholarship I studied at M.I.T. in management where I was taught by Paul Samuelson (economically I would see myself as the last post-Keynesian around). The combination of these gave me a certain amount of savoir faire and confidence. It may have made me something of an 'industrial Wellington.' 3. So is the job althe end of lhis what YOII expecled? Yes and no. There have been problems in the chemicals industry which have meant shutting down twenty plants and losing forty percent of the workforce. It has thus been a tougher four years than I thought it would be, but it has been very satisfying. 4. Whal do YOII regard as YOllr objeclives? Three major steps towards increasing exports and decreasing losses. Firstly, to get the company out of a financial nose-dive. Secondly, to work out medium-term tactics and lastly to decide on strategic options for the future. It is time to think of the chemistry of the nineties. S. How polilical is YOllr work? I do have surprisingly high exposure to the media and work quite frequently with politicians. This is especially true of the work of B.P. Chemicals abroad. 6. How would YOII describe the problems of illdustria/mallagement ill Britaill? I th ink they are probably very much less than they were four years ago. Decline, possibly due to failure in management, must also be shared with the unions and workers. There is no substitute for telling the workers how the land lies. My problems are fluctuations in currency, the price of electricity and government policy.

7. Do YOII enjoy, or gel tired oj, your job? I work for about seventy to ninety hours a week but I am emphatically not a 'workaholic' . My holidays are important to me. 14

8. What have been/he wars/moments ill your job? The selling of B.P. Italiano was sad but the only really serious times were when I was trapped during the civil war in BiaCra, and the danger in the MIddle East during the late 1960's.

9. How has Ihe job affecled YOllr privale life? Mainly through travel because it is impossible to live in the country during the week. Demands are usually made on my time in the evenings so I have to have a flat in London. 10. What do you do ill your spare time, whelJ you have allY? Most Saturdays I go shooting, I read voraciously, I collect paintings and I like swimming when on holiday. I am passionate about opera and go to it whenever I can.

II. Are Ihere any past jigllres who have inflllenced you? My grandfather, because he was an enterprising businessman, and also the Duke of Wellington because of his brilliant strategy. 12. Are there allY preselll people YOII greally admire? Paul Samuelson who taught me at M.I.T. and possibly Mrs. Thatcher although I'm rather a political agnostic and prefer to suspend judgement.

MR. MARTIN JACQUES, EDITOR OF MARXISM TODA Y Marxism Today is somelhing ofa paradox. It can now be boughl in W. H. Sm ith's; il has adverlising; since Ihe new format of 1979 it has acquired a glossy co ver, a wider range ofarticles and a readership of 12,000 as opposed to 4,000. It is a popularity which cynics have claimed gives il undue appeal to walchers of Channel 4 and readers ofThe Guardian (and certainly recent interviewees have included both Jeremy Loader, conlroller of Channel 4 and Peler Preston, editor of The G uardIan). So is it Marxist ? The k ey to Ihis can perhaps be seen in its editor, Martin Jacques. Thomas de Waal and Bryony Griffilhs went to see him at the magazine'S offices in North London. 1. There seems 10 be all ;IIbuill righl-willg bias ill the media, a centre-right consellsus. Is that a problemfor YOII? I think there's certainly a right-wing bias in the media-you need only look at the number of papers' readerships, Labour and Conservative, at the last election.

2. Or Ihe papers on 23rd October? Exactly, that was a classic example.. No doubt about it, a strong bias oJlerates.in T.V. and radio ~s well. The problem is how to tackle It. Newspapers tend to be more flght-wmg because of thelf owners-of course, if you're talking about The Times obviously you can't talk about Rupert Murdoch, or The Financial Times and the Pearson Group, but there are in-built ownership patterns. What the left's got to try to achieve is the development of more democratic media. 3. Would more democratic media automatically supportlhe S.D.P.? I don't think so. More democratic media would mean a number of things; I mean how can the Labour movement in Britain collect itself to get a daily newspaper, to what extent can higher standards of reporting and impartiality be developed in the existing newspapers? 15

4. To 111m 10 public schools. Ifpublic schools call produce people like George Orwell or TOllY Be1ll1 doesn't/his show them 10 be progressive places? Yes, obviously. I know quite a few left-wing people, members of the C.P. who have been through public school; also a large proportion of the present Tory cabinet were public school. But that is not the main issue at the end of the day.

5. BUllhey do ellcourage quile a broadmillded, illlelleclllal educalioll. Of course. I'm sure there are some very good scholarly values in public schools; but my position on public schools is that I think education is so basic to every person's development that it is a privilege money should not buy, and that equal educational opportunities should mean that no one should be able to buy that kind of advantage by virtue oftheir income or family inheritance-which is not to say that I don't recognise that within public schools there are extremely high standards; I mean that's why people go to public schools, you get all kinds of benefit you wouldn't get in state schools. There are always inequalities built into any society, socialist or capitalist, but public schools are such an obvious structural inequality that a major democratic move would be their abolition. It's not that Ijust dismiss it out of hand, as you started off by saying a lot of people from public schools become left-wing. I'm sure C.N.D.'s probably got some following in your school.

6. I read a review ofyour Politics of Thatcherism which made whalllllOugili was a very good POilll, Ihal you were aClllally crealillg Ihrough ideologicaijargollihe cOllcepl of Thalcherism.Is this part of your problem, that YOII 're viewing everything ,hrollgh 100 ideological a perspective ",hile ill/act more irratiollalforces are at work? Any political phenomenon is pretty complex. Any phenomenon like Thatcherism, or FascismI don't know what I'm saying, they're very different (laughter)-or Peron ism in Argentina for example owes quite a lot to personalities, to a particular blend of personalities, and I do think it's very important. I mean one of the elements in the evolution ofThatcherism was the Falklands War-who would have predicted that a year before it happened, none of us here would have I'm sure. It's not so much a recognition of that but a recognition that not only from 1979 but when Thatcher was leader of the Conservative Party, it represented quite a big rupture in the traditional aims and strategies of the party in opposition and above all in actual office. That's why I think that one can reasonably talk about Thatcherism rather than the Toryism of an unchanging Conservative Party.

7. Are we ellIering a lIew age? I think, to some extent, we entered a new age in 1979 although some people didn't realise it; there was a sense of continuity about the post-war period from 1945 to 1979 which was that Left and Right governments more or less accepted the basic framework laid down by the 1945 government of full employment, strongish public sector industry and so on, the need for a strong welfare state, the recognition that trade unions are a powerful institution in British society and that their power should be respected. I think that informed a consensus, whoever was in power. The point about Thatcherism is that it rejected all these things and set about trying to destroy them. So, although it was principally an attack on the Left if you like, in the sense that the Left had originally founded that consensus through the 1945 government, it was also an attack on the Conservative tradition as well, it was an attack on Heath and Macmillan. Surely one of the reasons for this was not purely ideological, it wasn't a change

of idea, it was a change in circumstances, the onset of a serious recession, the worst since the 308, it was to do with the problems of financing the welfare state-there were a lot of material factors involved but nonetheless the political product was very different. 16 (Above) PRINCESS ANNE TALKING TO DAVID WATKINS AND THE SENIOR EDITOR AT THE CADBURY'S NATIONAL POETRY A WARD IN THE PALL MALL GALLERIES (Chilmark Public Relations) (Below) ATTHE FEET OF DR. ROWSE (Kemish Gazelle)

8. Do you lhillk Ihe LaboltI' Parly Jailed 10 appreciale Ihis al Ihe lasl eieclion alld l/tal Iheir propaganda campaign was inadequate? Yes, definitely. I think there was a complete failure in 1979 not just in the Labour Party but in the Left in general; in 1983 there was a section of the Left that realised this was a different animal and you couldn't just argue with it in the same way as the previous animal; its whole new style of politics was one of the major reasons why Labour failed. And if Labour fails to get its act together in two senses-firstly by recognising what Thatcherism is about and secondly by coming to terms with the underlying causes of its own decline-then it may no longer hold on to its position, let alone get elected at the next election. 9. Do you think that thel'e~,,' a dallger that the Alliance and COllserJ!atives will develop into a DemocratHRepubliclln situatiolllUi ill America? Yes, if Labour didn't recover its position and the Alliance replaced it as the second party I think there'd be a great danger, palticularly given the present electoral system. Obviously there's a long way to go but if you fall into third place then Labour might get into the position of the Liberals in the 50s and 60s and in that case I think you would have a political situation based on two parties that had an awful lot in common; and atthe moment I do see David Owen steering the S.D.P. towards the 'human face of Thatcherism'. I don't think that's the Liberals' position, and I don't think that that was previously Roy Jenkins's position.

10. b' there illfact a much deeper crisisgoillg on ill the world with the escalatioll in the arms race, mll.,,Âˇs recessioll and the crisis ill the world banking system? I agree with you that there is a very deep crisis and I don't know what the outcome is going to be. In three senses we've got a very dangerous situation: firstly, we've got virtual stagnation in the western economies and serious debilitating effects for thc Third World with more or less static living standards, with large-scale unemployment in the West which is basically pretty intractable and that is a recipe in the longer run for a lotof social discontcnt and it's the breeding-ground for extremism-look at France, the votes the Fascist Party recently got in Breux and so on. So that's thc first thing. Secondly, we've got an extrcmely unstable international climate-look at the way America invaded Grenada; the level of rapport which exists bctween the Soviet Union and the United States over the detente period has just gonc, and the danger of a nuclear war in that situation is very real. The third problem, I think, is that in Britain wc've now got a government-Âˇand this is why I sec Thatchcrism as such a distinct political phenomenon-which is a very reactionary) a very anti-social, non-caring form of government which is entrenching more dceply inequalities, privileges and discrimination; that is disturbing in itself but could be even more dangerous in its political outcomc. 11. Are YOIl hopeJill? Yes. I don't think all thcse dangers will be realised. I am hopeful, but I'm not certain and it depends on the Left being able to offer society something, able to be non-sectarian, on it having dialogue with other sections of the community. I don't think the situation is as serious as it was in the 1930s except that we now face the risk of nuclear war, but the fact is they were bleak days in the 30s in Germany and Italy and so on, but eventually the Left did manage to break out of its isolation and did pave thc way for a whole period of reform in Europe, but, of course, at the great cost of war. And we can't afford to have war this time because it would be the end.

MISS ELlZAUEfn TRICE, OUR TEXAN VISITOR (James Bartlell) SOCIAL SERVICE (James Bart/elt)

@House @Notes SCHOOL HOUSE

This term has passed in a flurry of act ivity, do minated by achievements academic, musical and dramatic. O n the strength of their excellent ' A' levels Dom and Toby became Honorary Scholars whilst '5 A's Andrew' rose to Senior Scholar status setting u s off to a flying start. Unconditionals to Cambridge for Bryony (St. John 's) and Andre~ (Downing) soo n followed, although whether the latter can convert this to a scholarship on a staple diet of Genesis and half-an-hour's work remains to be seen. Our Cambridge hat-trick came up with Felicity's choral scholarship to G irton, whilst at the other university Simon sharpened up his organ plaYing and was elected O rga n Scholar at Hertford. Pete 'just good friends' Dixon-Clarke after two weeks of being O .K.S., return ed to the Oxbridge fold , bringing our numbers up to nine, par for the last fou r years. High point of our first half of term was the House Concert which attracted an excellent audience. I should like to thank everyone who put so much time and effort into this venture, not only Our senior stalwarts, but also Ben, Jonathan, Jamie, Crispin and Kristian and the formidable Lattergate/School House quartet of Ben Wrench, John Stern, Martin Edwards and Ian Cawley: our future is in good hands. We continue to supply a formidabl e force of musicians for the choirs and orchestras whilst Simon followed up his King's Week success on the keyboard by playing the Weber Konzertstii~k with the orchestra in the big charity concert for the N.S.P.C.c. In the second half of term all musical and dramatic efforts have been concentrated on

Oklahoma! for which we have supplied seven named roles, including principal ones for Felicity ' I always get the old women' Unwin and Charlo tte 'The girl who can't say no' Bishop. (What a brilliant debut!), as well as five members of the pit orchestra, stage manager, prompter, set builders, ushersand, of co urse, the producer. . On the sporting front we have limped along, losing Nick to the hospital in the rugby and the match wIth It, yet, thanks to stirling tackling from Bruce, losing our way into the Under-14 Sevens final. Will Scoones has won his place in the 1st XV and Steve and Jamie have played for the Seconds. Our hold on th e league rugby was broken by Linacre, although we did come second, whilst an even longer standi ng tradItIo n was broken when, having beaten Luxmoore, we fell to the might of Broughton in the squash. The cup will, however, stay on our shelves as a reward for our record spell of twelve years' und efeated mastery. Simon Webb, after rowing for England in the summer, has been appointed Captain of Boats, whdst Omar Madha was th e youngest competitor in the Canterbury marathon, which he fini shed in 4 hours 50 minutes! Within th e House the term has produced its usual collection of anecdotes. Our soap-opera rival to

Dallas,.84, is still running at full strength, Haute cuisine expert Karim has been giving Mrs. Sugden a co urse In how to Improve her apple pies and the juniors, afraid of sleeping through the fire practice, have been brushing up their fire-fighting techniques! Finally, I sho uld like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Sugden, the tutors, Miss J., all the cleaning staff and the monitors for all they have done, and the rest of the House for making the term so enjoyable; it only remains for me to wish Steve Lark all the best as he takes over for the New Year. A ND REW H ORN.

.' Continuity and regeneration have been the hallmarks of this term. Yet again , we

THE GRANGE did not disgrace ourselves on the sports field: Jeremy Gordon led the Junior team to a splendid victory in, and Bill Scott th e Seniors to th e final s of, the Inter-House Rugby competitions. We still retain the League Football Cup (many thanks to Roger's efforts), shaflng it this time with a couple of other houses, and even made It to the finals of the Inter-House Squash. 'Cool man' Jeremy, 'genius' (Nevile), Timmy (Briggs), 'skinhead' Bobby and 'gorgeous: Markwere crucial to the success of the Juntor Colts and Under-14 teams throughout the season; RIchIe, haVing at last perfected his strut across the flagstones of the Memorial Court, allowed the relevant authorities to award him First Colours for rugby; he now also plays for Kent. DIana and Carohne (SImpson) shuffled energetically for the Girls' hockey, Sophia and Kathryn leapt valiantly for the netball team and JImmy (Lawrence) blew, Timmy (Edghill) grimaced, Rexford howled and scowled, and Deborah skIpped their respectIve ways through Oklahoma!- artlsttc and sporting (Grange players scored 12.of the 1st XV's 19 tries this term) achievements, as always, SIde by SIde. Yes, there hav~ been a few hICCUps this term, unfortunately within the higher echelons of the House, but the romantIc energIes of Henry, Jimmy (Veitch), Bill, Rexford and Justin, combined with affability and gregariousness at all levels, surely testify to the continued vivacity of T he Grange. There lies undoubtedly a great deal of promise in our more junior elements: when, for instance, Timmy (Briggs) threatens babylonical confusion to King's hierachy by his liberties with a sixt h-former; when Sacha dabbles in psychoanalysIs; and when Adflan and TIm (Ball) manufacture cacop hon~ In the cellar, exploration and individuality are acutely mantfest. Andrew (Preston) , Chuck and NIck threaten to usurp key positions in Senior rowing eights next summer; Stu-lad WIll so~:m be In a posItIon to take on the entire Squash Club single-handed- and th e same goes for Mark (NeVIle) WIth respect to the damsels of No. 84. Although Jimmy (Veitch), Steve, Bill, Sarah, Jimmy (Forster) and Rexford leave us at the end of this term-and will all be missed-yet there is every chance that, under Richie's vital leadership, and with the herculean support of Mr. and Mrs. Woodley, Mrs. Thyne, and the cleaning and linen ladies, The Grange can retain its eminent position for some time to come. The House Party and Turkey Ball showed what a combination of sociability, sound organisation, and ebullient enthusiasm can achieve; there will be an abundance of such quahues In th e next few terms: as leavers we can wish you no less than the very best for the future. THE OLD GRANGE.

' Never in the field of human conflict has so much been done for so many by so few.' Walpole has really excelled itself on the sporting front this term with Ade's athletes coming joint winners of the standards, despite Galpin's efforts. Geoffs G iants were narrowly defeated in the basketball finals but he led the squash team to a 5-0 VICtOry. However, James's vigorous attempts did not see us through to the semi's of the rugby. On the home front Junk unwittingly hit the headlines. Russell found a little bit More lying around Linacre and Galpin's hit the charts in Middlemas. But James didn 't find th e Wright &irl ... A plague of Sharons have descended on the Vth form and it's good to see Brook and Bush learning about nature, while Kate has fallen prey to a tatty hooray and James has had his Eynon 84: We will miss Julia and Teresa as much as they missed assembly, but Charlotte IScompeting hard to Win the record. Next term will be different: Phil will have floated away and there WIll be no more entertaining appearances from Clive in assembly. Finally, we'd like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Vye for withstanding the rigorous Walpolian way of life, and Miss Burr and Lucy for always being there when we needed them and the rest of the s taff. Congratulations to Dr. Maltby on his marriage and to Mr. Durgan on Ill S fine appearance In the Playhouse, Whitstable. Yuh, it's been a successful term.

WALPOLE

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MEISTER OMERS

Those who are. sufficiently immune to Christmas festivities to remember somethmg about It, assure me that this has been a most successful term The battle to educ~te the House has been ardently conducted from the to ~ith ni htl performances of MonteverdI s Or/eo and Dylan's masterpiece Blowin' in the Wind. ~~Ch in'ecTIon; of culture have not, however, dented our enthusIasm and success in the sporting world. J RIpples of excItement ran through the House, with the news that our team had n . . basketball cup; the supporters are to be congratulated for a ongsl e ~ven the tnbal hystena of our dearest neighbours Linacre. Our record in the Inter-H rugby has mspIred en~ across at least part of the school; the Seniors narrowly losin to the eve~~~~ wmners Brou~ton, whIle the Juntors made a brave effort which carried them to the f~als of the los c~mpe~tt~n. . m<:ng the mantfold mdlvldual sporting achievements, Simon in particular must b~ a mIre or wInntng FIrst Colours 10 Rugby so soon after recovering from a broken leg (a d th hit);Oas Nfiigel for his Second Colours, and Pete for his ris: . e opes 0 t e x n ge Ive-a-slde team were rudely sh tt d h I ' ta.lehnthJim took up instead a learned post in American Studies at a well-kno:n WIS 1m a long and happy career. ' we Perhaps most str:king has been the enthusiasm with which the Oxbridge candidates have e term · Tom, despIte mountmg msomnIa, was anxious to savour every possible moment ~tfs\,~~~~~~d :hW o . es 0 f course was more relaxed but sttll found the energ f dh d . hisJctin! ability at three o'clock one (few will forget this o a run en youth). Emma, meanwhile, finally abandoned the hocke pitch to d h' a~ademlc for a change. All will leave the school col cuore spezzato e g/i occh{bagnati, thO~gl~;,:~tp~~1 t e prospect of an O.K.S. Ball Just fIve years away. Also on his way is Tim who has excelled both in ~~I~ott~.' a,nd , as C alPrtam of Shootmg and various other clandestine organisations ' our sympathies go I S 0 th er h a W h0 stays on alone. ' Finally, Luke, our cultural guardian, must be credited for his noble eff t if only we'd all shared his zeal ('So soon after the last?'). He WIt t e success of the newly-formed House instrumental group with already one tu~e to thel'r'

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h °kur ~~anks t.o Mr. Craik for his guidance and long-suffering devotion to the House to Mrs Craik for er In y mlnlstenng to those in need; and of course to Sue, Elaine and the rest of the crew,' I wish m successor calm seas and a happy voyage. y JEREMY PARDOE.

MARLOWE

This term has been an unusually successful one for Marlowe. Hopes were raised at the begmnmg of the term with a 5th place in the Athletics Standards. Tom was didn't d h f I promoted to Secret~ry ofthe Cross:Country Club (cough! cough!), although this . 0 muc or liSstamm a, and Qavl to Vlce-Captam of Fencing. But success contmued to evade ~'fomg down narrowly to Walpole in the Senior rugby (4-10) and in the basketball (8-31) also to . a pole~ though not due to lack of effort. The Juniors, however managed a decisive victor over Lmacre In the rugby (22- 0) before succumbing to Galpin's. However victories were ac6ieved ~w~rd~ ~e en~ of the ,term when House teams raised the League socce; (under the leadership of th'C ~r d ~rrHY utcher SllIrley and Peter 'Bryan Robson' Jenness) and the House fencing cups ' and e ea 0 ouse took the Kent Under-18 sabre cup. ' O?n ~,e focia~front, Marlo~e has fared well this term. The new girls seem to have found their feet· ,~,a ~s ~~nD t~e new Habttat agreeable, Abbl and some Guy, and how did Catherine get that bang ~n er ,ea b .a s "ar!y and the ~ouse party were both successful and memorable; for instance un,can s ro ottcs, T,m Mlck Jagger Cotton, the Housemaster's 'Boogie Woogie' and the excellent DJ . sd' ForeQha~ also seen a re-emergence under the guidance of our resident inteliect and Oxbridge can d I ate, avl. Fkinall¥, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Reid (and Benedict) all the tutors and Pat (get well soon) ' for eepmg us all In order. MARK MORTLOCK.

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It has been a term of change in Luxmoore, with a new housemaster and a new

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matron. The House has adapted with little difficulty and the amicable and cosmopolitan nature of Luxmoore has not changed at all. Under Mr. Aldridge the House has begun to playa more active role outside the school. Over ÂŁ400 was raised for the Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied Club (P.H.A.B.).In November over half the House helped disabled people with their Christmas shopping in Marks &. Spencers, Woolworths and W. H. Smiths. Some boys have begun work on their own plots of land in the Housemaster's allotment. The House's achievement on the sports field has not been as great this term. Despite having two captains of the 1st XV in the House (Alan Tewungwa and Chris Pears) our Senior and Junior rugby teams failed to advance beyond the lirst round of the Knockout cup. Our League soccer team, ably managed by Luis Fernandez, put up a very courageous performance, though with limited success. Members of the House have represented the school in a wide variety of sports this term. Alan Tewungwa was a regular member of the Kent Under-19 Rugby team. The House is indebted to the Housemaster, Mr. Aldridge, Mr. Parker and Mrs. Beddoes for everything they have done this term. I wish them and my successor, Amir Mostafid, all success in the future. CHIHSTOI>HER PEARS.

Galpin's started the term with a win in the athletics, which was to set the standards for the rest of the term. Sadly this was not repeated in the Senior House rugby, as many were off games, including Adam who was suffering from a nasty blow. However, congratulations are in order for the Under-14 House team on retaining the Wen ley Cup and to the Under-IS's on reaching the final of the House matches, losing it unluckily only after extra time. In the school rugby, Tim and Mark 'love 'em and' Leathem displayed their talents in the firsts whileJo 'Agirtha Vader' and Adam had spells with the seconds captaincy-although Jo couldn't get it quite Wright. Nine other Galpinites played school rugby including Big Fred who captained the fourths. Chris White managed to score 24 out of 35 tries for the Kent champion J.15's. In other sports Mark McMurrugh gained his first colours for squash, while the House league teams won two games simply by turning up. Within the House, Amanda did her best to keep the study together and Helen tried to improve relations between the monitors and 6b. Mikaela once more went over to the darko side of life and Candida took an unexpected interest in Donkeys. Meanwhile Adam considered the Priesthood. The House returned to find that a flock of Muscovies and 'speckledies' had taken up on the back lawn and after the inevitable jokes about loose foxes in the Precincts had died down, the discovery of vines by the cleaning ladies led to increased speculation that Galpin's was moving towards self-sufficiency. The Galpin's House agricultural project will continue to flourish if Mrs. Woodward decides to add a goat. The Oklahoma! cast and orchestra was infested with some 18 Galpinitesand P.D. was well suited in his role as a casso He asks that girls will not queue outside his window as it prevents the air from circulating. Also on the entertainments side, and undoubtedly one of the highlights ofthe term, was the House concert, once again under the command of Mike Clarke. Many thanks to all for such an excellent performance and sorry about missing the fourth triangle beat. Apologies are also due to certain members of staff who suffered red faces-especially PJ.B. and S.W.W. As the advancing of the proverbial House machine echoed throughout the Mint Yard (which some in School House mistook as a fire practice), the sighs of relief became audible as the term drew to a close. In resorting to my predecessor's vivid and original analogy of the House machine I should like to thank the cogs; Mr. and Mrs. Woodward and the House tutors-always helpful and cheerful; Mrs. Jones (we didn't mean about the kettle water) and the cleaning ladies for keeping it all together; and finally to the 'band of merry men' whom some call monitors for their staid support. Machina Galpini

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superest.

RIOIARD HILLS.

LINACRE Linacre sports a colourful crowd Sometimes rowdy, invariably loud. From the screeching punk music of 4 and 7 To the refined seclusion of my single heaven, From Sam the Man contemplating the next shave To the Rad igund 's lady and 'Banana' Dave; , The House collapses and lives in sin, W~lle Seb pours out his next pink gin; Francesca

a mother to us all

Whi le Charlotte dreams of the' next Hunt Ball. T he rugby league cup fell into our lap, As Gareth Hudson won a new cap: The team itself was often torn Between lain th e Brash and Piers the Brawn Jezby was swift and not one to winge, . Willch gave J.D. time to recomb his fringe. Pete the Snob proved a ta lented hookerÂˇ Hunky Jim Cunliffe was the team's good looker. Altogether the indomitable crew Bit many and gave th em a punishing chew. Dam and Mike enjoy their insular dwelling As culture Suppresses marijuana selling. Our new girls have taken the Ho use by storm: The st udy 5 SplVS saw a change from the norm. LIPPY was forced into so me kind of action When presented with a Noo attraction! Fast Eddie is rumoured a bit of a Go-er And young Andy Shaw is only just slow-er; As Gav Hall proves the topica l creed That a friend indeed is friends with Ju R .. d. We. have seen Steve Wright is quick on the river, EffICIent too at pickling his liver. AIr Marshalls ready for the fight, Whll~ Clapton Liam has seen the Light! Jelly IS a lad and no longer fat, He even makes jokes about Starsky's cravat.

We all have a name for being hearty A nd this was borne out by our House party. fames, was the Bouncer and dauntingly chunky; Dura cut hIS haIr and looked quite punky. Tash and Tave made our knees turn weak As they brought full colour to many a che~k; A ll dressed up, they were 'well in th ere', As Tony approved 'Yes, a nice pair'. Sharon and Noo were dressed to kill. Cabaret Dave would be Singing still, But was brought to his knees by chilli can carne As Gerry muttered a stifled 'Where 's Bryony'? ' Andy wore his St. Michael's sweater 'My karate outfit suits me better'? ' T he drinks poured out and food on show We made a mockery of the Mint Yard d i ~co. Yes, with o ur bellies full and alcoholic comas We can look down our noses at Meister Ome~s. T his is an opportunity we cannot miss Not o nl y mercilessly to take the micky But also to thank the respected staff Who keep us on the narrOwer path. O ur tutors tack a number of woes'Plus ,a change, plus c'est la meme chose.' Dragging us from Sweeney's Pina Colada U rging us all to work much harder. ' Dear Mrs. B. wakes us with masterful lunge Perfected upon the elusive G runge. T he Padre is always a trusty friend Supportin g us to the very end. ' He always displays such energy and zeal Particularly in requests for the House Appeal. With help li ke this we ca nnot stray far A nd WI ll soon be recognised for wha t we areÂˇ First in sport and work and play, . AVIdl y awa ltmg our G lorious Day. STEPHEN PA INE.

BROU

A newyear, a new term, a new tyranny, a new set of boys, a new set of girls

GHTON (mcludmg the Head of House?); and Broughton st ill .'ei!)ns supreme in the rugby

. . club. Seven Broughton men played m the 1st XV (whIch ISvery 'impressive'), and fIrst colouts were awarded to our oarspersons: Mark, for being a donkey and Ben for havin even mOre nosebleed~ than lastyear (m spIte of his protective chin). T he Seni or Rugby C~p has f1ow~ back to ItS nest, aftel " convmcmg wm over BIll Scott a nd T he G range (which is 'excellen!'), but the little ~e~ dropped the oval ball m th e JUlllor competItIon and were just beaten (which is 'depressing') The . t etlcs Standa~ds Cup decided to grace someone else's shelf, for a (temporary) change of s~ene, since even With Fatw31d M.bu we could not make up for the compulsive att itude of Some other Houses The Basketball Cup also dIsappeared when the Sen iors were so undly thrashed byThe Pole (19- 2) i~ the quarter-fmals when we scored one 'grea t baske!'. Pompous P. Paines, Esq. , P.P., ca tained th e House League footba ll (because he IS such a sportsman), and it took THREE Ho uses cbmbined to beat hIm mto an honourable third place. The youthfu l squash team found it d iffic ult to persuade

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opponents to get to the squash courts but they threaten to take the cup for the next few years. The Monitorial team were generously entertained in various corners of The Precincts and rern31f1 unbeaten on the dartboard and bar-billiards table. On the cultural scene, Broughton was well represented in Oklahoma!,. with Jason and James fightin g it out to play the same part, while Nick and Edwin tried new methods WIth the lI&hts. MeanwhIle, on a smaller scale, the House Play is shrouded in intrigue, as Frances seduces var~ous me.mbers ~f the House, and Sarah tries to keep them at li ps' length! T he House Party was mDst mstluchve as D,ccon told us all about love in his smokingjacket (dodgy one!), and 6b dIsplayed thell fantaslCs whIch seemed to revolve around first colours sweaters, purple gowns, wet SUitS and Sarah, 10 vanous webs of comc?y. I suppose we'll just have to 'bear with i!' . On the social scene, Jeremy (Hopalong) opened th e battmg wi th some Galpin's Gemini or other, whi le Spidermantook over Sophia, Vanessa a?d anyone else h; could catch in his web. Our resident boogeyman SophI A YObel has been voted the mcest boy m 6b , but Melanie disagrees as the Hunky Nigger(s) seem(s) to satisfy her. On the top floor of Temple there has been a HUGE amount of action, especially in the Beautiful Boy's study,. where he has 'Juggled' things aro und to make way for Sarah (without her purple gow n), or Rachel (WIth hers). And although we th ought ChaPriest left Broughton last term, she has SImply moved next door to d,scuss UN IVersities with Trekker, while Johnny Springhall and Ice-cube Hunter-CraIg have been meltmg to each other's passion. While love lies thick with Tobit and Vicky, and Ruple and the Shnmp, perhaps the greatest Broughtonian excitement was the import of culture to Washington's Box, in the form of Private (lessons?) Morley (rumour has It that he now knows some words of more than four letters). As usual the term has gone smoothly thanks to MJ.H. (and his dymo tape), S.H. (and her dressings) and G.C.A. (with everything), as well as all the cleaners and Mrs. Rye, who make Broughton the CHRIS NORTON, classiest House in the School. The Flying Helmet. Apologies from 'Mac' Macpherson for the lack of a report in last term's

TRADESCANT Cantuarian. To set the record straight, the 'Jamaican ' summer of 1983 WIll be remembered for our concerted efforts in being runn ers- up in the House water polo and our victory in the Swimming Standards over Broughton. The new addition to our gathering collection of silverware, the Wheeler Croq uet Cup, was nobly won by S,mon Gancz. New additions to this term were Miss Shirley Brine, the Lady with the Lemsip, and physicist Dr. Bridge, who replaced R .B.Mi. Despite the initial chaos of the term, not helped by the new array of monitoria l initials, we gained a respectable place m the Ath letICS Standards. Thanks and congratulations must ~o to A lex fo r leading the Houser~gger and for his colo~r;. Th~ team put on a well-spirited effort whIch saw them through fa the seml-fmals. In parallel, the Happy House League team, led by Andy, had some violent moments and was generally good fun (that Iswhen they decided to turn up). Paolo led the House Soccer League team from the rear as usual, through numerous convincing victories. Jon Bendien managed to come thlld m the Semor Kent Sabre and obtained his Seconds. Social activity has been particularly rampant after prep in all parts of the House. Mention must be made of ' Big' John and Olivia; the ~ontinuin g saga of To.blt and VIcky; Brad and Caroline; the constant reappearance of the Bames -an O.K.S. well famlhar WIth Paddy and a non-O.K.S. well familiar with the rest of the 'Trad Lads'; and of Paolo's frequently visi ted red lit room. Exam tIme, however, found Paddy, Brad, Frank, Steve and Claire (to liven things up) in the San. Oklahoma! provided an o utlet for the musical and dramatic talent of the House in the persons of Brad, as the lead 'Curly' , Pat, Frank, Anthony and A lex S. They have frequently been found provldmg th e rest of the House with a sampling of the show. Other notable events are Alex's monopoly of the House phone; Anthony's attempts at reshaping the Swimming Standards Cup; the 'smashing' revisitation of Chris Bagust; the apparent affmlty of the 5th formers for fagging; and the sad departure of G lynn. Our thanks to the Wethenlts, the tutors and S,EW WA NTHAM. the cleaning lad ies for what has been a very pleasant term. 23

I thought that it was about time that Mitchinson's produced some House

MITCHINSON'S notes ... first, as there were no House notes last term, I must congratulate our cricket team for the slaughter of Broughton in the final, and our Academic Challenge team for another win (led so well by Young All). T his term the House as a whole has not won a great dea l, but the Chess cup is officially on our shelves (though not much else) ... but if there was a Christmas decoration challenge cup no doubt it would be hanging somewhere in our rafters! O ne of our better performances came in the Broughton-Mitchinson basketball friendly which with Sarah, Rebecca and Emma playing certainly got very 'friendly' in places! T he lack of achievement in competitions was probably due to so many being involved in school as opposed to house activities: we had two Captains of Rugby (Big, Big Monkey man and the G nome), another Firsts player in the form of Ogre, Captain ofthe 2nds (Matty), and 3rds players in Young AI, Billy the Kid and Droopoi. T he Captain of Sculling also is a resident though with that 'Belly' it beats me how he doesn't capsize. The new intake of girls brought varying activities into the House (e.g., Matty and Natty) and these too have their places in school teams, be it hockey (Becky, T ma-John's sister- Naytascha-don't mention ze war-Engel) netball (Natty, Rebecca), shooting (Alison) or Oklahoma! (Mary, Tina). Oxbridge has had a greater effect than usual on the House with over a tenth trying their hand and just to boost our chances an import from Broughton. T he work didn't appear to test the scientists much judging by the amount of spare time they had, meaning that pranks certainly were not few and far between: Sarah's party and Mitchinson's card inc. proved the more innocent among them. O ur thanks to Mr. and Mrs. T urner, the tutors and especially the cleaners, Pam and Maggie, who have put up with rather a lot this term. Not much remains for me to say except that it has been rather a ROBERT DENMAN . 'special' term and good luck Steve. As Lucius Accius succinctly put it 'Oderint, dum metuant'-thus have the

LATTERGATE monitors prevailed over the latest intake from the prep school supply line. The boys settled down early and this was helped by a very wet Deal to Dover walk during which Angus Walker executed the water testÂˇto find the wind direction and Martin Edwards tried to prove that rugby boots are best for cliff-walking. The House has been involved in all aspects of school life . Particularly worthy of commendation are Lattergate players in the Under-14 'A' rugby team who managed to reach the final of the Kent Cup-congratulations to Alexander Johns their captain. Chris Boorman squeezed his way into the Under-IS squash team while Tim D'Offay and Angus Walker ran themselves into the ground and the cross-country team. David Yule played for the school chess team- and won. Both the Chamber and School Choirs have benefited from the new manpower offered by Lattergate this term, especially the treble sections. In order to end the term with a bang, Mr. Brodie very kindly lent his expert services to produce The Coming of the Kings on the last day of term. The production was enjoyed by all who took part, and Richard Preston displayed much acting ability in his role as innkeeper. Half-term saw the loss of Jez Lam, my most able right-hand monitor, whose presence though not always seen was always felt. T hanks also to AJ. and Simon for their support, and especially to Richard who had the difficult task of coming mid-term. I would li ke to thank all our wonderful domestic staff-Carol, Brenda, Liz, Peggy, Nina and Margaret-for their dedicated work and Mrs. Duffy for keeping us all up and about. Also thanks to the Head of Halls, Jason Mycroft, and the other top fires for their grass roots control and to Mr. and Mrs. Ross for all they do for the House in every way. Finally, praise must go to the forty-four boys in the House for makmg this such an enjoyable and successful term . It was a pleasure to be their Head of House and I wish Richard and the others the best ofluck next term, and hope they will have as much fun as I did. DAV ID R IGG S. 24 THE WAVE (David Watkins)

BOOK REVIEWS 'CLARENDON AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION' R. W. HARRIS

(Chatto and Windus, Hogarth Press, ÂŁ30) It is easy to see w~Y no-one has att~mpted a full biography of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Cia rendon, since Lister in the 1830s. In t~e first ,place, the mid-seventeenth century is a period of confusing political change (and also, arguably, of social a~d mte.lIect~a l upheaval). !he vol~m e o,r ~esearch in recent years is in itself enough to daunt all but the most determmed, hlston an: he generahzes at hiS penl In the face of so much detailed expertise. Even more awkw~rdly. Cla r~nd~n hl,!!self p~<:,vided a famous desc~iption ofh,is life and tim es, and one can hardly hope to equal a ,classIc of E n,ghsh h'~toncal w~lt mg; yet at the same time there IS the fascination of observing an intelligent man himse lf r.efle~t m~ o n ~us own actions and of?o~l?aring, for example, his personal nostalgia for the happy days of the I

1630s with hiS historica l awareness of the significance of what had happened around him. Finally in these days of 'new history' and of' history from below' it is bot h unfashionable to write biographies and awkward to know how to fit the newer insights into a traditional fram ework. R. W. Harris in Clarendon and the English Revolution grasps this nettle with characteristic firmn ess and decis iven~ss. His solution is to write an. unashamedly polit ica l biography, but to prov ide a number of 'mini-essays' that. ex plain carefu lly such background I.SSUes as the debate over e piscopacy, the activities of roya lists in the localities dUring the 1650s, or A.nglo-Dutch relat ions. He also refers extensively to Clarendon's own writings-' In a sense this whole book h~s .been 111 the nature of a commentary upo n Clarendon's ' History' " he observes in his concluding chapter- a nd illS unfortunate, therefore, that the publishers have placed the footnotes at the back of the book as care~ul refe~ence to the sources is. essential .in order to d istinguish between contemporary comments and I; ter con sld~red Judgement ~. The resultmg book IS a full and remarkably wide-rangi ng survey. It can occasionally be confusm~ fo~ those witho ut the autho r's understa nding of the intricacies of the period and of the different perspect ives mvolved, but for those prepared to make the necessa ry effort it can make rewarding reading. J:I~rri s align~ hims~l f with Elton and Russell in seeing the origi ns of the Civi l War as essentially short-term and polit ical, a nd hiSdetail ed account of the early 1640s gives a strong impression of the way in which M.P.s responded to events on a day-to-day basis. The process of choosing sides is therefore seen as 'oft en more a matter of temperament and reaction to ~ i rcumstances', whi lst ~ I arendo n 's <?w n d i sc ll~s ion in terms .of class is relegated to a footnot e. ,But eve~ mo re there IS a sense ?fthe .c~:)flfUSlOn of the P~rlO~. Hyde IS shown 'carned al?ng by the impetus of reform , but bemg forced to reassess hiSposit ion as Pym and hiSalhes ' moved from concern with practical abuses to a more fundam ental constitutional attack.' It was experience rather than abstract reasoning that led him to conclude: 'The ill of absolute monarchy is tyranny; the ill of aristocracy is fact io n and division; the ills of democracy are tumults, violence a nd licent iousness' and to develop what Harris calls 't he theory of a ' regulated monarchy'.' . 9nce Hyde had a:~ived at.t hese op~ni~ns on the virtues of mixed government, he never deviated from them, and it IS m t~e least f~l!lIhar per.lod ?f hiS hfe, ~etween 1642 and 1660, that his own virtues-consistency and a clear-sighted po htlcal and historical perspective-are most apparent. For him th e paramount consideration was the preservat.io n of t~le 'landmarks' of Anglicanism and monarchy. T hus, as Harris says, 'even the death of a king was not too ~Ig h a pnce fo~ the defence.of the fundam entals of the constitutio n'. More practically, this led him to avoid a~y ta~tlc~1 a lhan.ce ~Ith ~!esbyterlans, Independent~ or Levellers to secure a restorati on. For most of this period, hiS behef.1I1 th~ lI1evl ta~lhty of the return ~f the Kmg must have seemed perverse as he opposed a variety of (hare-bramed) II1surrectlo nary schemes, and It was not appreciated by the various factions at home and in ex ile. But history in the end seemed to prove him right. Clarendo n's.career as Lord C hancellor then turned out to be something of an anticlimax. While his contribution to t~e Restoratlon.Sett lement was central, he was never at ease amidst the factions and jealousies that flourish ed in the Immoral and.dishonest ~orld of Charles II's court. Thus Harris pinpoints a 'crucial turning point' in his career as early as 1662, with the appoll1tment of Bennet as Secretary of State. At the same time he fail ed to understand new ideas, such as tho~e on finance and credit . developed by Downing, that were poi~ting the way to the future. Nonetheless there IS an e lement of tragedy 111 Clarendon's fall , and the event reflects badly on all concerned. This is a sympathetic biography, and the reader must conclude by respecting Clarendon's achievement even ifhe may feel that 'tolerant humalll~m ' and a 'cool detachment' towards enem ies are qua lities more suited to ~ historian than t? ~ statesman. ~he book ISa qll:arry, too, fo~ insight~ into Clare ndon 's life and times. It is intriguing to find him orgalllzmg a masque 111 the 1630s with James Sh irley, I11Igo Jones and Bulstrode Whitelocke, and reassuring to be told that when he 'gives one of his rare dates', he 'gets it wrong by two years'. And for this reviewer, the most

fasci nating detail of all is the report of the arrest in the 165 0s of one Henderson, for having said: 'you cannot be governed without a head, but now you are governed by a stinking lousy committee'. Some truths have universal applicat ion. P.G.H.

'MOONLESS NIGHT' SQUADRON LEADER B. A. JAMES, M.e. (William Kimber, ÂŁ10.50) This autumn has seen the publicat ion of a book called Moonless Night, with the sub-title Olle Mall's Strugglefor Freedom 1940-1945 written by Squadron Leader B. A. James, O.K.S. The auth or joined the Royal Air Force soon after leaving King's and in the early stages of the 1939-45 war was stationed in Suffolk as a Wellington co-pilot with No.9 Squadron. In Jun e 1940, his plane was shot down and he was forced to bale out , landing somewhere in Holland in the pitch dark. His subsequent experiences in various prisoner-of-war camps, his patient attempts to escape and the tales of his fellow sufferers constitute the first part of the book. In general, the prisoners were well treated, with the Germans honouring the Geneva Conventions but as their defeat loomed nearer and the Russian hordes got closer, life took a more sinister turn for the author. He took part in the mass break-out from Stalag Luft III (The Great Escape) and was lucky enough not to be named among the fift y re-captured prisoners who were subsequently shot. He needed all his skill, diplomacy and sixth-sense to stay alive- though he and a few others were still prepared to risk all in another tunnel escape, this time out of the extermination camp at Sachsenhausen. The book constitutes firstly a good read as an excit ing adventure story. It also provides reminders of how bestial a small proportio n of a natio n can become under the wrong sort of leaders. T his is a remarkable memoir, not on ly because the author carries the reader with him in his descriptions of the escape projects, but as a record of the triumph of the hum an sririt over adversity. T he author was rewarded with the Military Cross at the end of the war, a rare honour for a Roya Air Force officer, but there is no mention of that in the book. T here is a copy in the School library; may I suggest you should read it? P.G.W.

'CAMBRIDGESHIRE' A Shell Guide NORMAN SCARFE, O.K.S. (Faber and Faber, ÂŁ8.50) Th is book by Norman Scarfe provides a most attractive introduhion to this neglected count y. Since it cannot provide stunning natural scenery. o r miles of golden coastline, and is sandwiched between the tourist route to the Norfolk Broads and North Eastern counties it receives comparat ively few visitors. Cambridge and E ly are the main towns, yet as Mr. Scarfe shows, it is an area rich in architecture. Wisbech remain s one of those few unspoilt architect ural gems of the past. Of churches there are many, such as Ickleton with its almost complete set of 12th century wall paintings, discovered fortuitously during restoration after a recent fire, March with its marvellous double- hamm er beam roof, Burwell with its tall perpendicular styled nave, and Snailwell with its Norman round tower-more frequently foun d in neighbouring Norfolk. Of stately homes there are few, o nly Wimpole Hall with extensive work by James Gibbs stands in the national league, though its gardens were by 1701 'worth riding 20 miles out to see' . Sawston Hall is a fine example ofa 16th century quadrangular house largely built of that friable Cambridgeshire stone called c1unch. It has a stirring history, having been in the hands of the Catholic Huddlestons for over four hundred yea rs and with at least three priest-holes, one at the top of the newel stairs, witness to its recusant history. Obviously any guidebook on the county must devote considerable space to Cambridge and Ely, which it does. The former has so many books devoted to it , though perhaps not as many as Oxford, that it is difficult to see it from a new angle. In any case the Royal Commission volu mes of 1959 seem to be the last word in architectural thoroughness. Mr. Scarfe takes the visitor on three walks through the inner city, so there is no fear that they will see on ly the maj or 'Backs' colleges, although he is not always complimentary about the 19th century college additions, for instance, 'the unaccountable Victorians let Waterhouse loose o n this college (Pembroke)" and Scott's St. John's College chapel receives no more than an acknowledgement of its existence. Hedoes present modern Cambridge to 27

the reader such as C hurchill and Robi nson colleges, the former 'looking as remote and unfriendly as G irton. without G irto n's tree shelter'. Sidgwick A venue buildings come in for a fair degree of personal comment. Who else can see the History Faculty Library as a 'giga ntic descending Wurlitzer organ of glittering glass ... or is it a segment of a huge polygonal greenhouse built into a right-angle of sheer glass cliffs'? He was definitely influenced by the a iling tomato plants in pots on an exposed upper landing ledge, which he encountered on his last visit in 1981. Guide books should be personal-after all, half the fun of reading Baedeker or Murray are the comments about places, and the 'natives', or those who frequent third class railway carriages. T he book is illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, many of an exceed ingly high standard. T he landscape studies are very evocative of this countYi subtle rolling countryside, clumps of trees, isolated churches, farmsteads, windmills and pumping engine houses for draining the fens such as at Stretham. This landscape of solitude is beautifully conveyed, but so are the architectural glories. Does not the crossing of Ely Cathedral present a challenge to every serious photographer of buildings? You should see it when the sun is shining, sending the great shafts of light through the octagonal lantern. The select io n here shows that black and wh ite reproduct ion ca n often have the advantage over colour in conveying the form and subtle shapes of architectural feat ures, especially when there is not a strong contrast of natural light . T here are about two hundred pages of text and photos. The text is arranged in three columns on each page so as to get in the maximum amou nt of informat io n, and is more readily intelligible to the general reader than Pevsner's work . If this book persuades the enquiring itinerant to leave the well-beaten track of King's Parade, or Ely C lose, it wi ll have well served its purpose. Much waits to be explored by those with time and seeking silence, broken on ly by the wind or flocks of fen land birds. There is a satisfaction in having discovered new territory when one comes across such villages as Stow-cum-Quy, or Swaffham Bulbeck, though unfortunately, due to the in freque ncy of public transport, a motor ca r is essential for such ex plorat io n. If you do go, I hope you will not be disturbed by too ma ny other visitors with the same idea, all inspired by Mr. Scarfe's book. H.J.P.

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I haven't scared anyone since I came here. They love me. Everybody does. I'm totally lost on this. That entry wants to be loud. Don't tickle it. All discerning people are snobs. It sounds like a lot of old men from the Muppet Show. What's Mrs. Jones got that I haven't? Why is it the Headmaster only speaks to you when you haven't shaved and you've lost the top button of your shirt? That's one and a half-and a half . . . which looks suspiciously like two. Mr. Graham's got a wife, two children and a motorbike to support. There's no such thing as women's intuition. Someone has to run the School. Take the 'dress' off. He's got some soggy wotsits. I'd never become a pleb for the day. I'm sexy too. Look, tenors and basses-you're not going to get your treble voices back, you know. Don't work hard. Let it come easily. 28 SENTENCE fiRST - VERDlCf AFTERWARDS THE KING'S PARLIAMENT (Reda Maalllllri)

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA MUSIC FOR AN AUTUMN EVENING SUNDAY, 23rd OCTOBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

It may be thought difficult to see the relevance of this parade of popular pieces to an autumn evening. It was more like any afternoon at the A lbert Hall ; Fin/andia, Lohengrin Act 3 Introduction and all. But it was given in aid of a good charity, and attracted a bountiful aud ience. T he orchestra, under Colonel Paul Neville, disposed of its rich fare with gusto- with perhaps too much zeal o n the part of the heavy brass. In some of the pieces, Grieg's Last Spring for instance and parts of L 'A rllisienne, we were reminded that it is as yet too early in the academic year for the talents of these gifted players to have been fully co-ordinated. Past experience lends confidence to the expectation that, as the year progresses towards high summer, so the orchestra's string tone will grow warmer, the percussion more precise, and the general ensemble tidier.

Simon Williamson's playing of the Weber Konzertstiick in F minor showed a sensitive musical intelligence supported by strong technique which, as he subjects it to further discipline, will surely equip him to become a formidable pian ist. His playing is already very attractive, though inclined to be wayward when beguiled by passing felicities in the score. The Chamber Choir, also at the beginning of a new year, sounded full of promising material which has not yet attained to that standard of choral excellence long associated with the school. In particular, they have to develop a controlled focus of tone and a greater word-significance in their performance. T he guest artists of the evening were Harry Christophers (tenor) and 'Four in a Bar', a vocal quartet from the Common Room of St. Ed mund's School. Harry Christoph ers (O.K.S.) impressed with his unforced, musicianly singing, though one felt his particular q ualities would tell more in the intimate, rather than the flamboyant occasion. 'Four in a Bar' entertained us with Barbershop quartets and the like, which they sang with an instrumental precision that was admirable. Diction, however, was not very clear in the ad mittedly difficult Shirley Hall, and even their good humoured announcements often left one guessing. . As the large audience signalled, it was altogether a very enjoyable evening-for all seasons.

D.L.

SCHOOL HOUSE CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 26th OCTOBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

This was the most impressive House Concert I have attended at Ki ng's. I might have heard more accomplished individual perform ances at others over the years, but the sheer professionalism of approach and organisation were a joy to witness. School Ho use has, of course, a very large ratio n of excellent musicians, including many who have absorbed professional standards at some of the finest choir schools in the land. It would be impossible to attend choir schools such as that of Christ Church, Oxford, under Simon Preston , SI. Paul's Cathedral under Barry Rose (a choral genius if ever there was one), and King's College, Cambridge, without gaining permanent values of musical insight and artistic discipline. 29 'OKL,1HOMA!' (P. w'D.)

With Five Dances by Denes Agay for Wind Quintet, it was initially difficult to believe that T he King's School Wind Quintet was not playing, so excellently were the pieces prepared. Much must be expected of young Krist ian Belliere during his time at King's. His zestful and sensitive performance, on the plano, of the last movement of Mozart's Sonata 10 G (K. 282) gave a good idea of his potential. So did his performance on the 'cello, with Simon Williamson playing a second 'cello part, of a movement from a Sonata by Boccherini. Simon is the best pianist King's has had for some time. If there are still (and only rarely) inadeq uacies of technique, much more importantly fine qualities oftone production are gea red to an exceptional musical understanding. He is, in fact, a natural pianist-a rare breed-and hIS performance of Schumann's Prophet Bird communicated movingly. Ben and Jonathan Finn again have outstanding. natural gifts. T heir rapport as duet pianists is somethmg whIch It would take others years to attam, and the grasp of structure and originality of substance in Jonathan's piece Sixes and Sevens spoke of an emerging creativity of authentic individuality. . Andrew Horn, who is in his last term at King's, arranged, organised and directed this concert; he will , I am sure, be mIssed by the House. Not only did he play the oboe most expressively in Nielsen's Romance and Humoresque, and deftly accompa nied Felicity Unwin a ll the piano in adarkly beautiful performance of Mendelssohn's 0 rest in the Lord, but also in a quartet; he sang in two Barbershop Items and 10 the School House Smgers, and also turned the pages for Yasmin Essani (flute) and Charlotte Robson (piano), in their clear, clean performance of Quantz's Flute Concerto (first movement). I was particularly struck by the way he was involved in the performances by the younger less able, players, and was the first to congratulate them afterwards. ' The most impressive thing, indeed, abo ut this most impressive concert, was the atmosphere of happy mvolvement given out by all. It was like witnessing the activities of a particularly talented extended family. Plainly that is the kind of school house School House is; how fortunate are the young people who belong to it.

A LAN RIDOUT.

PROGRAMME Five Dances (for wind quintet)

Yasmin Essan i (fl ute), Andrew Horn (oboe), Caractacus Downes (cla rinet) Benjam in Finn (horn), Jonathan Finn (bassoon) Piano Sonata in G, K.283 (last movement). Kristian BcJliefC

o rest in the Lord from Elijah. Felicity Unwin (contralto) Two tfumpet pieces. James Gumpert and Crispi n Flower (i) Fuga (Ii) Gavotte Roma nce and Humoresque

Denes Agay Mozart Mendelssohn Pachelbel Telemann Nielsen

A ndrew Horn (oboe), Simon Will iamson (piano)

J. S. Bach

M U5SCltC (from the Anna Magdalena Book)

John Stern (flute), Ben Wrench (oboe), (an Cawley (clari net), Marti n Edwards (bassoon) Fl ute Concerto (first movement) Quantz Yasmi n Essa ni (flute), Charlotte Robson (piano) Sonata for Two 'Cell os (last movement) Boccherini Kristian Belliere and Simon Williamson Prophet Bird. Simon Williamson (piano) Schumann Piano Duct: Sixes alltl Sevens J. Fin n Benjam in and Jonathan Fi nn Two Barbershop Songs (i) Slow MO/ion Time Hopper (Ii) My ÂŁva/ille arr. H~ll James Gumpert (alto), David Riggs (tenor) Simon Williamson (baritone), And rew Horn (bass) Linden Lea. The School House Si ngers Vaughan- Williams

CHAMBER CONCERT SUNDAY, 61 h NOVEMBER , IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

T his polished and attractively composed concert, containing four premieres of newly-written works and one second performance (as well as two pairs of twins!), opened with an impressively incisive interpretation of the first movement of Beethoven's violin sonata The Spring. Anthony Evans-Pughe's tone was warm and clean throughout, while Richard Strivens's extrovert interjections

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offset the more melancholic passages in the movement. Apart from rhythmic insecurity at the beginning and slight decline of concentration towards the end, their performance had moments of real brilliance. Jacques Ibert's Entracte for flute and guitar played next by Melanie and Kate Fall, was an excellent choice; its Spanish fl avour and its hypnotic quality were treated with de licately modulated virtuosity by the twins, right up to the startling conclusion of the piece; their interpretation displayed what was perhaps the clearest perception of form in the evenin g's performances. Ben Shorten's L 'Enut (a linguistic mystery even to MJ.M. until R.P.S. laid bare the anagram) was given a sensitive and fine performance by the composer; the work's modal flavour and disembodied, arabesque ornamentation received an impressive attentiveness from the audience.

The Poulenc ÂŁUgie in memory of Prokofiev, insistent in its dirge-like quality, was given a good reading by Jeremy Avis (with strong support from Anthony Evans-Pughe's accompaniment); the slight dryness of tone was compensated for by the perceptive infusion of an improvisatory feel, so important in French music of this style. The Finn twins followed with the second performance of Jonathan Finn 's piano duet Sixes and Sevens. 'Blue' harmony and effective cross-rhythms were features of this piece; and the way in which the two performers swapped positions at the keyboard during the piece was masterl y. Alan Ridout's Nocturne (first performance) for four 'cellos (originally written for but never performed by last year's generation of 'cellists) received a rich ly sonorous rendering by Simon Williamson, Giles Amos, Chris White and Nick Baker; the quartet had a good ensemble sense, and brought out the pizzicato-areo contrast well, though there were (almost inevitably, for younger performers) problems with intonation. Bassoons succeeded 'cellos, with two fine pieces for quartet. T hree earl y American Dances were followed by Diccon Garrett's Penguins (complemented by a suitably decorated member of the audience!). Jazz influence was discern ible here as well, to such a seedy extreme that the morality of the penguins seemed to be left in some doubt. The quartet (Diccon, Jonathan Finn, Mr. Char les Cracknell and Mr. Paul Wen ley) played outstandingly well, with cleary attack and warm tone throughout. Donald Leggat's The Lost Lady Found, for wind quartet and piano (Tom Phillips, Andrew Horn, Patrick Sturt, Luke Goss, Diccon Garrett, Anthony Musson), was an excellent culmination of the evening. T he music itself, lyrical and ballad-like, displayed clearly the influence of Deli us. The Quintet functioned as adm irably as ever, with Anthony a sensitive additio nal member at the piano. T he whole

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concert, with a preponderance of quieter pieces (perhaps a cause of some disappointment) was, neverth eless, impressive in its display of musicianship and sensitive interpretation. B IU d ) COHEN.

MUSIC AT ST. NICHOLAS-AT- WADE SATURDAY, 12th NOVEMBER

The concert given by King's musicians in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas-at-Wade was in aid of the church restoration fund. The qua lity of the performances appeared to stimulate considerable ge nerosity on the part of the audience, and the church provided pleasing acoustics for both singers and instrumentalists. 31

That said, the organ from which Simon Williamson ably coaxed Bach's Toccata in F would have been taxed by the more hysterical numbers in the English Hymnal. It did not show Simon's skills at their best in this piece, but its modest sound gave the Chamber Choir an excellent opportunity for confident performances of some works which have been rather lost in the Quire of the Cathedral. Also included were an enchantingly elegiac setting of the Nunc Dimillis by Benjamin Finn and a lively Jubilate by Diccon Garrett. The tenors and basses gave a memorable opening to Naylor's Vox Dicentis, but the piece went so sharp that even James Gumpert's eyes were watering on the top notes. Speaking of top notes, the only difficulty apparent in the excellent singing was the pitching of high notes at the beginning of the phrase. Tom Phillips sang the tenor aria And God Created Man from Haydn's Creation with a full, authoritative tone. He only had trouble in sustaining this because he tended to get slower. Felicity Unwin sang Mendelssohn's 0 Rest in the Lord. The rich quality of her voice was not quite matched by her intonation, but it was a good sound. Anthony Evans-Pughe produced a firmness and warmth of tone in his performance of a Bach part ita which easily carried some unscheduled variations of pace. Ben Jones's playing of Handel lacked that warmth and conviction but was technically impressive. The Wind Quintet was superbly balanced in its playing of Reicha's Quintet in E flat, notably in the first movement. The exposed solo passages were executed with panache as well as skill. The energetic choirmaster, Mr. Nicholas Gleed, responded to the audience's applause with a spectacularly secular encore, Warlock's Yarmouth Fair, rounding off with merry elan a thoroughly worthwhile event. D.P.H.

GALPIN'S HOUSE CONCERT SUNDA Y, 13th NOVEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

The first House concert to be held in the Old Synagogue, the Galpin's House Concert, began at 8.00 p.m. on Sunday, 13th November, and had this (admittedly small!) auditorium filled to capacity. It provided just the right setting for a six-part fugue by Bach, which started the proceedings in a well-disciplined way. Conducted by the Concert's organiser, Michael Clarke, M.S., it featured the violins of Melanie Fall and Lucy Hadland, the violas of Christopher Walker and Natalia Fetherston-Dilke and the 'cellos of Giles Amos and Richard Strivens. This was followed by a crisp and clean rendition ofKuhlau's Minuet and Trio in Fminor, from a flute trio comprising Arabella St. John Parker, Helen Ashton and Timothy Harrold. By contrast, Haydn's Divertimento: Allegro, Minuello, Presto, played by Tom Grieves (oboe), Michael Clarke (clarinet), and Don Roberts and Tom Phillipson (horns), was stately and 'Germanic'; I particularly enjoyed the 'minuetto' section. The Male-Voice ChOIr (consisting of Sebastian St. John Parker, Tom Grieves, Michael Clarke, Giles Amos, David Miller, Stephen Martin, S.W.W., Richard Strivens and Christopher White) then treated us to a classics lesson via the song Amo, Amas, I Love a Lass, full of double entendre (which, on reflection, can surely really only have in fact been 'single' entendre!). I noted that Galpin's Tutor MJ.T. was laughing, so the Latin jokes were given the official 'cfassics' seal of approval! The Male-Voice Choir finished in the 'barber-shop' style, to which we are now beginning to be accustomed at House concerts, by singing Mother Machree. After that, we were soothed by the gentle strains of Weber's Menuello and Trio, with Arabella St. John Parker on flute, Natalia Fetherston-Dilke on viola, and a very nice classical-guitar style, played by Melanie Fall. Then, with a bright smile that put the audience at their ease, Lucy Hadland went straight into Brahms' Rhapsodie in G minor; she recovered very graciously from two breakdowns by finally suggesting to the audience that she should go and get the music, did so (followed on gallantly by Richard Strivens, to turn the pages!) and valiantly continued to the end, giving, in spite of the initial 32 CHEZ NOUS (Dominiqlle Woodward)

difficulties, a v~ry enjoy~ble performance. The 'Cello T ri o's A ria de Chiesa by Stradella, played by Giles Amos, Richard Stn vens and Chnstopher White, was stndent and sombre and very appropriate, m fac t, to the settmg. Richard Stnvens then stayed on stage to give his solo piano performance (bravely, perhaps, wi thout music!) which was Debussy's Jardins sous la Pluie. This had complex Imgenng and rhyt hms, all well und er control, and mce hght and shade, all played, I thought, with very sympathelic fee hng. The Choir (Caroline Giles, Natalia Fetherston-Dilke, Sebastian St. John Parker, Melanie Fall, Lucy Hadland, Tom G rieves, Arabella St. John Parker, David Miller, Giles Amos, Richard Strivens Christopher White, Stephen Martin, S. W. W. and Michael Clarke (conducting) ) then gave forth with ~ very full and flowing 'monastic' sound, via Monteverdi's Lasciate mi Modre. The penultimate item, Michael Clarke's arrangement of Stamitz's Clarinet Concerto No.3: Romance, had a pleasantly 'classical' sound and, although the tuning was a little insecure, was nevertheless very musical and well played. Forthe last section the House let its collective hair down with the Jazz Band. This was essentially the School Jazz Band, which currently has an impressive Galpin's content (Michael Clarke, clarinet and MUSical DirectIOn, Andrew Fordham, bass, and Ben Mowll, drums), 'Galpinised', as far as is possible, by the substitution of Mark Leathem on trombone, but borrowing from other Houses other members of the School Jazz Band-trumpeter Ben Shorten from T he Grange and, from Tradescant, Patrick Sturt (saxophone) and Brad Cohen (piano). They gave out with I'm Shy, Mary E llen, and Michael Clarke arrangements of the two 'big-band' numbers New York, New York and Big Spender. The star th ough, of this section was und outedly Head of House Ri chard Hills, who was brought in to do th~ dramatic and fiendishly difficult triangle part in Big Spender. He did it with great dignity and aplomb and wit h a look on his face that suggested the thought: 'This is most demeaning-what am I doing here?'! As a final, unannoun ced .item, the Choir ~ nd the Jazz Bandjoined forces to give a very sensitive rendllio n of FeelIngs, m which the contnbutlons from the ChOir and Brad Cohen's piano were most notable. Michael Clarke was deservedlY 'enthusiastically applauded after S.W.W.'s speech of thanks to him, and those present would, I am sure, like to second those thanks for a most enjoyable evening. Afterwards, back at Galpin's, Stephen and Monique Woodward were once again most generous and hospitable hosts t? the performers and, remarkably, the entire audience-a part of the evening that makes the Galpm s Concert, m parlleular, specm\. And It did not end there . . . there were more very entertaining (and slightly scurrilous!) songs from the Choir which were enjoyed by all (including, I can vouch, the Headmaster, whom I was standing next to at the time!) Finally, I just mention that a large part of this Galpin's Concert was filmed, at my instance, by Edward Vme of The G range, for the Jazz Club Archives, and I conclude the review by putting on record the fac t that the footage taken that evening will be preserved in the above Archive. R.B. Ma.

CONCERT 'N' COFFEE 26th NOVEMBER, IN TH E SHIRLEY HALL

T he varied and enjoyable programme began in fine style with The Valiant Knight (Woodhouse), under the baton of Mr. McConnell, and performed by the Second Orchestra. Darren Everhart led a firm and sonorous string section, which contrasted well with the extrovert brass. A good sense of balance was maintained between the sections, and though intonation was at times uncertain, the melody was highlighted well. Dittersdorrs Andante from Symphony in F followed; its well-known melody received good treatment, and the performance was well contrasted in both dynamics and texture. 34

At this point the Jazz Club came in with a lively rendition of I'm shy, Mary Ellen. This proficient group were shown to be a balanced and stylized ensemble, and it was noticeable that none of the players 'blasted' on their instruments. The audience was therefore able to Sit back and enJ oy the number Blue Clarinet, with attractive solo part played m true blues style by Michael Clarke, and accompanied sensitively in subdued manner by the rest of the band. T his was followed by New York, New York, a rousing piece arran ~ed most effectively by Michael Clarke. The band concluded their contribution with a final f10unsh with BIg Spender? another successful Michael Clarke arrangement. Credit should go to Luke Goss who played the plano very competently, taking over at the last moment from the indisposed Brad Cohen. If there was one small criticism, it was perhaps that the band slightl y lacked in rhythmic interest-although the performers played very wellin time, they nearly always played on the beat when it would have added a truer jazz quality if they had mcluded more syncopalion. But It was nevertheless a very enjoyable performance. The woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra took the stage once more for Mr. McConnell's own arrangement of a Holborne Pavane. Well-controlled playing distin guished this performance particularly in the first trumpet part, played by James Gumpert. The bassoon gave a flfm bass Ime. If there was slight instability in the middle section, this was certaml y compensated for, the musIc culminating in a very impressive manner. For me, the high spot of the eve~ing was th~ String Quintet's renderin ~ of Telemann's Viola Concerto in G. Natalia Fetherston-D/lke, the SOlOiSt, presented a very professional performance, and handled the melodic line (often technically demanding) very well , with a rich, soft, tone. Itwas notable that the players managed to create something of the needed contrast between solo and nplCno wIth a~ accompaniment ,?f just four instruments. The third movement m particular revealed the performers .. appreciation of ntornello and episodic deSign. The Second Orchestra re-assembled to play two further pieces. The King's Ballet was deCIsively played, and showed the strengths of the 'cello section . The final piece ~n the programme was Mr. McConnell's Music for a Young Orchestra, a very pleasant work conslstm g of arrangements C?f frve well-known dances and marches by Szervansky, Schumann, Schubert, J. S. Bach and Handel, skilfully orchestrated with dramatic linking sections. It was playedwlth the necessary youthfulness and mterest, especially in the Schumann March, which showed marllal precIsion .. Over all, the performance was very good, though I felt once or twice that the tympamst was not qUite with us. Perhaps hiS eye was already on the delicious cakes and coffee which were consumed ardently after the performance. On the front of the programme were the words 'Admission Free!' (pay to get out). However, I do not believe that the audience had such intentions-the concert was thoroughly enjoyed, and everybody appreciated the refreshments including a solitary fly whom I spotted on a cake. Furtherm ore, the collection on the way out we~t to a very good cause (ÂŁ75), giving help to the 'Canterbury PhYSically Handicapped! Able-bodied Club'. C.P.H.S., A.N.W. (Jazz).

'OKLAHOMA!' THURSDAY, 8t h- SUNDAY, 11lh DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Oklahoma! must include some ofthe catchiest tunes of all musicals; they seem to have been running maddeningly round my head ever since I saw it last week. Doubtless they will soon be replaced by equally maddening carols-but memories ofMr. Andrew Dobbm's excellent production Will , I know, remain with me for a long time. 35

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As in previous productions, Mr. Dobbin made best possible use of the unwieldy Shirley Hall; the orchestra was ingeniously surrounded by a cat-walk, and several entrances were made from the back of the hall. This proved to be particularly effective for the opening number, giving Curly a long, leisurely walk during which to sing Oh, what a beautiful morning! Instantly we were transported from a damp English evening to the warmth and spaciousness of the Great Plains. Brad Cohen's firm singing and relaxed swagger established a mood of ease and confidence, appropriate to the mid-West. Teresa Wilkinson's performance was equally strong, encompassing a wide range of emotions, from pride and coyness at the outset, to terror when attacked by Jud Fry towards the end. Her characterisation of Laurey was finely offset by Charlotte Bishop's brassy and colourful Ado Annie. Her I'm just a girl who can't say no had lots of sparkle, as did her teasing of Will Parker whose unswerving loyalty, in the face of her irascible father (James Newall), was ably portrayed by David Miller. Much of the evening's comedy sprang from Tim Edghill as Ali Hakim. His garish suit, Groucho Marx walk, suitcase full of gewgaws- amongst them some spectacular underwear for both sexes- and slick patter, only suppressed by the prospect of marriage, were hilarious. Another extremely mature performance was Felicity Unwin's Aunt Eller. She put boundless vitality into the part, keeping the whole production buoyant with her ebullience. Not all, however, was sunshine and laughter. Oklahoma! is remarkable for its extraordinary victimisation of Jud Fry, so unabashed that Malvolio's being left out in the cold at the end of Twelfth Night seems mild in comparison. The maximum was made of this dissonance in the comedy, both by Jud's being killed at the end, and by the part being given to Rexford Darko. His performance was perhaps the most accomplished of the evening; his boiler suit should have been infinitely filthier but he could hardly have played the character with more brooding malice. At his appearance, a deeper, more sinister note was invariably struck : the mounting tension of the auction, the pathos of Poor Jud is dead and the violence of the fight, which made exhaustive use ohhe stage, are especially memorable. The chorus supported the principals enthusiastically throughout, particularly during the dance which had been brilliantly choreographed by Mary Woodman. Cowboys wheeled acrobatically in Everything's up to date in Kansas City, farmers lept from dizzy heights in The Farmerand the Cowboy should be friends, and the girls gracefully lilted and twirled in the square dance at the end of the first act. I only wish there could have been another dance to round off the show, rather than three rend itions of Oklahoma! which in any case is not the show's strongest song. Just occasionally more beaming smiles would have lent greater confidence to the movements. The orchestra under Colonel Paul Neville accompanied expertly and music and action were well married, soloists slipping effortlessly from dialogue to song. Much preparatory work had evidently been done by Mr. Nicholas G leed as chorus master. The spoken lines were delivered by all in the most convincing of mid-Western accents, indeed, so convincing, clarity was occasionally sacrificed to dialect. It was a relief, however, to discover that the accents did not, as so often, peter out towards the

end of lines and during song. My major criticisms would be of the pace: both music and dialogue could have gone at a smarter lick in places- and the first half might have benefited from some judicious cutting. I should have li ked some brighter colours in the girls' dresses; and the set, whilst obviously an impressive feat of engineering, looked just a little antiseptic and cold. A tempting corn-coloured backcloth was revealed from time to time; it would have been good to have seen more of th is. But these quibbles pale into insignificance beside the overall excellence of the performance. Mr. Dobbin is to be congratulated on catching the rollicking flavour of this musical and giving both audience and performers ali ke a highly enjoyable evening. MARTIN AMHERST LOCK.

36 'OKLAHOMA!' (P. W.D.)

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'THE COMING OF THE KINGS' THE LATfERGATE HOUSE PLAY TUESDAY, 13th DECEMBER, IN THE CRYPT

It is always pleasing when a revival is enjoyably different. Even though the venue, the time of year and the director were the same as last year, there was definitely much new Brodie zimbo and sparkle about this year's Lattergate play, The Coming ofthe Kings. The toneofthe afternoon's entertainment was set lightheartedly with programmes presented by Kermit and Tweetie-Pie accompanied by appropriate noises, and the play began after some softening music conducted by Michael Clarke. Richard Preston and Dominic McCully took commanding roles from the start, speaking Ted Hughes's verse with remarkable ease and understanding. Chris Mitchell's dramatic entry as the fortune teller on a penny farthing was splendid and a well-controlled farmyard commotion gave the play tremendous life. Angus Walker was a very convincing Minstrel and three spoof kings, played superbly by David Bainbridge, Matthew Hulme and Martin Edwards, added the comic touch, as did the Innkeeper's Wife's continual nagging, epitomised in the memorable line 'scatter disinfectant'. The Com ing of the Kings is, however, an Advent play, and none of this was lost. The most memorable and touching scene was the last-the beautifully performed We Three Kings in the background crescendoing to include the audience in singing The Sussex Carol, so capturing the whole Christmas spirit. Drama that reached the audience is one way of putting it, but really it was an awakening; commerciality at Christmas is not something we will escape, yet we can transcend it in moments like these. The Lattergate boys showed this, much to our excitement. All thanks must go to the young actors for making a splendid debut in the Cathedral Crypt, and to the Galpin's crew-Mrs. Fiona Tennick, wardrobe wizard and make-up magician, and Mr. Peter Brodie, the director. It's another example of 'Brodie pulls it off again'. DAVID M ILLER .

(Catherine COflybeare)

37 'OKLAHOMAi' (P. W.D.)

TALKS NORTH-SOUTH AND THE BRANDT REPORT THE RT. HON. EDWARD HEATH, P.c., M.P. East-West relations are very much in the public eye, but, while important, should not dwarf the magni tude of North-South problems. Politically the former relationship is very prominent, but economically it has far more effect upon the world, diverting into military spending funds which could be used to develop the South, whose underdevelopment can cause serious political problems-as in Grenada. The Commission which set out to explore this North-South dimension to world affairs was chaired by Willi Brandt, and comprised 8 members from the North and 10 from the South. The basis of the report was not to be Christian or idealistic principles-which the present national governments would be unlikely to take much notice of-but the principle of a 'mutual interest' between North and South. The situation in the North is that many millions are unemployed and there is some ÂŁ300 billion of spare factory capacity. In the South there is a chronic need for clinics, housing, roads, water, education and technology; the main source of income lies in commodities, which are being sold at prices as low, in real terms, as in 1931, because of the world recession; protectionism in the North and a lack of capital

and expertise prevents diversification into industrial protection. The world trade system, based on the I.M.F., the World Bank and the G .A.T.T., was produced by the U.S.A. and G.B. at the end of World War II, and is unfairly weighted against the South, which has little say in its institutions, despite the enormous investments of the Southern oil-producers. This has led to the potentially explosive problem of indebtedness in the South. Neither the banks, rash though their lending was, nor the indebted countries are to blame. The causes of this mess were unforeseeable: the rises in oil prices and interest rates, and the collapse in commodity prices. The solution initially involves increased I.D.A. funds, granting Special Drawing Rights to the South, which would counter the great deflation of the world economy occurring now, and changing aid into grants (cost, only $4 billion); parallel to this the central banks should take the burden off the smaller banks, and the international organisations off the central banks. At present the indebted nations are being treated far too harshly and there is a danger that they would prefer to default rather than submit to the I.M.F.s terms-a general default would lead to the collapse of much of the Western banking system and a second Great Depression . (Certainly Britain would never have submitted to a 50% rise in prices overnight-as Tanzania has-when Mr. Healey went tothe I.M.F.). This is no idle fear-Argentina, with a new govern ment, is quite likely, unilaterally, to impose a moratorium on all loan repayments, and refuse to pay interest except at very low

rates-many other countries would love to follow suit. What the South wants and needs is not a continuation of the present aid system, but a totally new economic order to allow it to stand on its own feet. The Bretton Woods system was created in 22 days and lasted for 30 years, until oil prices and a low dollar destroyed it in 1975. A new system will not emerge so quickly this time. A first step would be to create a joint Western monetary system based on the ecu, the dollar and the yen, to promote financial stability. Secondly, as the U.S.A. agreed to pay for the recreation of the European economy at the end of World War II through the Marshall Plan, thus enriching both itself and Europe, so the North should finance the expansion of the economies of the South, and thus the world economy. This would not be inflationary, as it would only be able to counteract present deflation. Nearly forty years ago Congress voted nearly $20 billion to Europe ; we need the same vision and decisiveness to solve our problems today. Gratitude is due to Mr. Heath for such a stimulating inaugural lecture in the Old Synagogue, which combined the informative with the entertaining, and which, I am sure, was successful in disturbing the stiff upper lip of indifference so lamentably prevalent today. G ERALD W ILSON. 38

THE SHAKESPEARE OF THE SONNETS DR. A. L. ROWSE It was a pleasure and a privilege for us to welcome one of the greatest authorities on the Elizabethan Age: historian, poet, literary scholar and Celtic nationalist, Dr. Rowse is an old friend of the King's School from its Cornish days. He began his talk on a reassuring note by informing us that The Cantuarian is the best school magazine that he knows, before putting the Headmaster on his mettle by warning us that the Eton Literary Society had been the best audience that he had ever talked to. However, Dr. Rowse soon commenced his explanation of the cirumstances under which the sonnets were written. One of his recent theories concerns the identity of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets. Dr. Rowse has produced an overwhelming wealth of evidence to prove that it was Emilia Bassano, a cast-off mistress of the Lord Chamberlain and the daughter of two Italian musicians. Dr. Rowse also told us of a fascinating chronological correlation between The Two Gentlemen of Verona and the sonnets, emphasising that the two works are contemporaneous, and terming Shakespeare 'the most autobiographical of dramatists'. Much of Dr. Rowse's talk seemed to demonstrate the fallacy inherent in the usage of the term 'biographical fallacy' ; the life of an author is obviously of profound importance in the evaluation of his work. W. H. Auden asserted that 'every work of art is in a sense a self-d isclosure' . Dr. Rowse was vociferous in his indignation against those members of the Homintern who try desperately to recruit as one of themselves 'our greatest national glory' although the Earl of Southampton, whom Shakespeare loved, was 'undoubtedly more homothan hetero-'. He suggested that Douglas Jay and Warden Sparrow are too eager to interpret poems of love addressed by one man to another in the light of experiences at Winchester. Although athletics leave him weak-kneed, Dr. Rowse is probably one of the few reincarnations of the 'Renaissance Man' known to us in this age. In these days of excessive specialisation, it was refreshing to experience a vital and universal approach to literary scholarship. BRYONY GRIFFITHS.

THE PARTY POLITICAL MACHINE MR. JOHN BALL (Hon. Treasurer, S.E. Area, National Union of Conservative Associations) On Wednesday, 21st September, we were fortunate to have the Honorary Treasurer of the South East Area Conservative Association, Mr. John Ball, to talk to us. He delivered a comprehensive and comprehensible talk on a difficult subject, in which he tried his hardest not to turn the talk into a party political broadcast. We were told that the ethics of government were 'getting yourself organised for a majority in the House of Commons'. The way in which the Conservative Party aims to achieve this objective involves numerous 'sweet old ladies' who are willing to give up their time to maintain free, democratic and

preferably Conservative government. Mr. Ball told those assembled that the success of the Conservatives was mainly due to their excellent organisation which manages to get most of their members out on the all-important polling day. The main duty of the local parties is to collect money for the election campaign through organisations like the 'marriage bureau' Young Conservatives. All those who reach the grand age of eighteen mysteriously receive a birthday card from their local Conservative M.P. We were shown how all levels ofthe party help in canvassing and how Mr. Ball himself helped select the prospective candidates from all those who 'come greasing up'. Through interludes of party propaganda we were able to get a very clear picture of the election machinery of the Conservative Party; although the picture was far from clear on the big screen so we were excused the delights of That's Recruiting. We all extend our thanks to Mr. Ball for giving a very knowledgeable and entertaining account of party political machinery. PATRICK PA I NES.

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Kingfisher

David Watkins (A6b)

Flicker-fisher; Kingfisher. Mist lifting from the emerald woods, Mingling with scent of soft cloying leaf That has lain mouldering and withstood Endless passage of woodland feet. The kingfisher follows the river, Darting upwards. Sapphire feathers Unruffled, obtrusive pin-point of colour Follows his life-blood, his tether. Sunlight, flashing in the ditches, Flowering over the river, fighting The kingfisher. Fresh dew Mirrors the sunlight's blades. Dew, droplets. The river. Kingfisher dives and Melts into his artery and hrilliant Drops of water explode and cascade In regular rings, and then are silent. And the reeds sway in acknowledgement, Bowing graceful heads to the river, And the roe stoop to drink Their life-blood, the river.

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Statistics

Jonathan Finn (5i)

'There are six hundred boys in a school;

Thirty percent of them want to play rugby. How many want to do cricket?'

The Maths master drones on and on Converting our feelings to nameless statistics. homines, tot sententiae.'

~Quot

Inescapable even in Latin. 'Your dormitory's third on the right,' The Matron said ominously, 'Bed number four. Your games locker is seventy one.

I hope you enjoy yoursell here.' The numerals go on and on Unstoppable figures and infinite digits. Perhaps I will never become A real personality in a land of statistics. 42

Roger Waggott (A6b)

Mongoose The dark humid night felt close around. The stillness was broken By tbe constant chatter of the jungle. The moon was clear, until at last

Obstructed by his subtle shadow. The call they cried was 'Mongoose!' The wilderness awoke, Noise cascaded,

Perpetual nature cried to the world. Swiftly moving, tree to tree, The might of mongoose, light in frame, Defied the laws of gravity. His bloody eyes flickered swillly, No movement went unwatched.

A brilliant nash of white death Displayed his natural weaponry, A curious cry bewitched the air, Insignificance hid from harm. Then he came daring the territory. Fire stick held high, watching hard, 'Mongoose!' they cried- the stick coughedA patter of leaves, a deeper thud, The jungle slept- relieved.

Timothy Watson (Shb)

By the Brook We used to play some good games there Down by the brook. James helped me, at base camp, To thread the floppy leaves. With stave in hand we struggled on, Exploring the wild undergrowth, Searching through the jungle, Digging out dead dens, Until finally we reached the old ruins And stood, bathed in sunbeams, And explored. We know better now: 'Ugh! That clammy undergrowth!' As we walked down to the Late for a practice,

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Our eyes turned back the sunlight, And two boys scampered away into the undergrowth. 'What on earth art; they doing'!' 'Just fooling around, little idiots.'

And so we passed into maturity. 43

LA WAND ORDER MR. FRANK JORDAN (Chief Constable of Kent) 'Total freedom is anarchy, and total order is tyra nn y,' said a personal secretary to R. A. Butler in 1957. In his talk on Law and Order, Mr. Fran k Jordan explained how the police force attempts to maintain order in society, trying not to be tyra nnical, whilst at the same time allowing people the freedom which is their right. This, said Mr. Jordan, is what society expects, and in enforcing it, the police lend themselves to unpopularity and dislike, because many people see them as the main restriction upon their freedom. Mr. Jordan went on to stress that the police force is not simply engaged in an exercise in law enforcement, but has a much wider social role. The police are responsible for both contai ning and reducing society's problems. We depend on them for our sense of security, even if they are sometimes reI?resented as oppressors. Mr. Jordan refers us to Dickens if we wa nt to see how society was before the eXIstence of a properly controlled police force. After the short but info rmative talk, Mr. Jordan answered questions, many on contentious issues, such as police corruption, which he said was rare (and that the corrupt amongst us are 'usually city councillors and people of that style'). On the question of the fairness of the law, he said bluntly that it was not unfair. He also dealt with racial prejudice amongst the police, the use of arms and several questions relating to the Waldorf case. Mr. Jordan gave an interesting talk which provided an insight not only into the workings but also the attitudes of the police force of today. KmSTY SEYMOUR-U RE.

THE CONDITION OF ITALY AT THE TIME OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE DR. PETER LA VE!'l 'Organisation of labour', 'credit system', 'double-entry book keeping'-of what were these, as present in 14th century Italy, the moving factors? Of course: the 'unification' of space and proportion characteristic of the Renaissance arts. Or so said the mid-20th century German historian Hausen. The late 20th century English historian Dr. Laven thought otherwise, and convincingly elucidated this view for us. How, he argued, could one exactly equate 'style' with 'other organs of the age', as did Wiilfflin ? The age in question, that of the High Renaissance, seems a glaring refutation of such theories. Merely dubbing the period 'Renaissance' gives a misleadin g impression: it seems heavy-handed irony to give a space of time containing-to pick but one example- such an event as the 1527 sack of Rome the overall name of 'rebirth'. Yet while in Rome torture, rape and suicide were rife- apparently one of the hospitals was occup ied, and its inmates th rown into the Tiber! - the great Medici villa was being built in Tuscany and further North Giulio Romano was richly decorati ng another villa in Mantua. Dr. Laven accentuated his thesis with the aid of slides. Extraordinary seemed the justaposition of a picture of Balthasar Castiglione-the intelligent, polished writer of that most urbane book The Courtier- by the immensely cultivated brush of Titian with descriptions of merciless witch-hunts, expUlsion of Jews (they were accused of causing the plague) and religious abuses. 49

Religion, it seems, was a paradox in itself. A church headed by the diversely over-pious, negligent or positively debauched Popes of the 15th century (Leo X would serve his ranks of dinner guests with fried monkey!) could yet compass such a movement as the 'Oratory of Divine Love', a group of clerics and laymen united in the 'search for a deeper spirituality'. And that ultimate in ecclesiastical architecture, the cathedral of St. Peter's at Rome, by the extortio n of money for its construction helped to cause the German Reformation.

We had the impression that Dr. Laven could have expanded into still more varied fields, but nevertheless he ended succinctly, with an outright criticism of those German historians whose theories he had set out to disprove: a society containing such diversity as this cannot be equated with the 'facile' train of thought that society is a 'generalised phenomenon' and each event in it thus somehow a facet of a general movement. CATHERINE CONVHEARE.

GEORGE V MR. KENNETH ROSE (The Sunday Telegraph) Mr. Kenneth Rose, whose authority has been established through the writing of his biography of George V, gave us a humorous and enlightening talk on the King. He compared the monarchy to a lottery: with George V Britain had come up with one of the prizes. Mr. Rose stressed how George V was not educated to perform the function s of a monarch since he was the younger son, and therefore went into the Navy. Despite this he coped with difficult problems such as Indian self-government and Lloyd George's sale of honours, guiding the country safely through the rough sea of politics. He was so far-sighted that he suggested income tax relief for parents paying school fees (sensible man!) and life peerages. The King's personality came under close scrutiny from Mr. Rose, who portrayed an amiable and kind hearted man. A good judge of character, George V had no prejudices and a remarkable sense of humour. This he showed when a friend remarked that 'some bloody fool had bought a stamp for ÂŁ3,000'. 'Yes,' said the King, ' I was the bloody fool.' The King had many pastimes other than stamp collecting, he was the best shot in the country and a great yachtsman. Queen Mary, although devoted to her husband, contrasted strongly with him. She had impeccable taste for the arts and furniture, whereas the King was more interested in books, often reading a book a week, and enjoying films. Nevertheless, Mr. Rose disagreed with the view that the King was 'George the fifth and Mary the four-fifths' . Mr. Rose's talk was punctuated with anecdotes, and vivid descriptions of the King whom he depicted as a man of 'goodn ess and simplicity', having the essential qualities of a monarch and not spinning verbal webs in the world of politics, unlike Mr. Rose himself, who confessed to spinning such webs. Nevertheless, his talk was uncomplicated and extremely enlightening for those of us who knew little about George V. It was a great pleasure to hear from a man who certainly proved his knowledge of the King. NATALIA FETH ERSTON-DILKE AND CATH ER INE FA LL.

THEWORKOFTHENATIONALTRUSTINKENTANDSUSSEX MISS JUDITH NORRIS (National Trust Area Estates Officer, Kent and East Sussex) There is more of architectural and horticultural beauty in Kent than is contained within the precincts of Canterbury- unfortunately, the vast majo rity of the King's School is still unaware of this. Few members of the school bothered to turn up to a stimulating talk given on the subject of the National Trust by Miss Judith Norris. Miss Norris laid particular emphasis on the administrative side ofthe T rust (which now has over one million members), on the problems of estate management, and on the opportunities for young people to help in its work. We were shown slides of many National Trust properties and also of young volunteers helping to clear paths and streams as part of their work in the Trust's' Acorn Camps'. These have been set up for young people from the age of sixteen upwards. Among other things, they attempt to combat the problems caused by the vast influx of visitors to National T rust land-a probl~m partIcularly eVIdent m Kent and Sussex, being near to London. MISS NOrrIS has to deCIde such thtngs as where a car park should be situated, how many lavatories are needed ('one becomes a bit of an authority on laos, working for the National Trust'), and how to cope with erosio n, both of parkland and of the large sections of coastline which the trust owns. I would like to thank Miss Norris for giving us some interesting insights into the varied and worthwhile tasks of the National Trust. CAROLINE SAMUELS.

THELAW SIR ANTHONY LLOYD (Judge of the Queen's Bench Division) The packed Societies Room was witness to the fact that for one reason or another man.y people are interested in the Law-it also forewarned Sir Anthony that he would be m danger of dlsappomtmg either the budding Attorney Generals, looking for an authoritative pep-talk, or the General Studies hopefuls whose minds were boiling with possible essay titles. It was a credit to Sir Anthony's legal training that his talk was perfectly structured to gIve the General StudIes crowd crystal-clear essay frameworks, but raised points to stimulate the most critical of prospective judges. Sir Anthony started with a definition of the difference between Civil and Criminal Law; he illustrated this by saying that Criminal Law was the 'perimeter fence' protecting society, whereas Civil Law was the very 'cement' of society, binding it together. He followed this with an analYSIS of all the different aspects of Civil Law (tort, contract, etc.) and illustrated each one with an anecdote and a word about the possible problems arising from each one. Sir Anthony then talked about Criminal Law-focusing part icularly o n the pr?blem of sentencing. He brought up the question of marital rape as an example of dIffIcultIes m defmmg the law. Sir Anthony brought his talk to a close with a summary of the benefits of having the judges as a detached body, who were secure in their income. He explained how judges did not make the law, but merely ensured that it was correctly interpreted. There was no shortage of questions and the fact that they were widely varied showed how much material had been covered. T he question of marital rape was brought up in the context of the words from the liturgy 'to love and to cherish, to hono ur and to obey.' T here were also questions about terrorism, parole undermining the deterrent effect of the original sentences and the death penalty. . In my view it was the clarity of the subject matter and the engaging manner .of delivery which mad~ this talk a success. In the words of Mr. Hattee, there were reasons other than contractual obhgatlon STEI'HEN PAINE. for our applauding loudly! 51

VISITS RUSSIAN TOUR AUGUST, 1983 As the twenty-six King's boys began to gather at Dover Western Docks the Captain arrived. On the three-hour journey across the glassily calm Chan nel the Captain was only spotted twice: both times mysteriously appearing at the bar. The paternal figure of J .R.P. preferred the comfo rt of the restaurant, which he adorned in his famous track-suit bottoms, to the stuffy environment below deck. Great amusement was afforded by the badges provided by the School Travel Service, particularly the Captain's title of 'Leader'. After going through Customs we were met by an S.T .S. official who put us on our tra in at Ostend Quay. A sleepless night was spent on board the train as we sped through Belgium and Germany. We arrived in Berlin at 6.05 a.m., much to the disgust of those of us who had managed to snatch some sleep after being woken by G .D.R. Grepos asking for our passports at Marienborn. In the morning, in hot sunshine, we went our separate ways, some to the Wall, others to the excellent zoo. Berlin we found fascinating, no one seeming perturbed by the feeling of enclosure the citizens must have felt. In the afternoon we were taken by coach to East Berlin through Checkpoint Charlie. Our guide, Hans Hoffmann, sent greetings of peace and goodwill to all in England and various other minor states. Much of Tuesday evening was spent waiting on the Friedrichstrasse station. When finally we got aboard our train at 12.05 a. m., we were glad to see the samovar steaming and soon our Russian conductress was handing round glasses of wonderful tea. Smooth talking by Capt. Vye got our Italian film director out oft he G.D. R. , despite his passport irregularities, and into Poland, and next morning we were moving slowly across the great Polish plain on our way to Moscow and the unsuspected beauties awaiting us (Eh, Dave?). We crossed the Soviet border at Brest-Litovsk at about one in the afternoon. We were greeted by a Soviet person, to inspect our literature. Even the Daily Te/egraph slipped through the net, yet Sven Hassel's book was judged to be harmful to the minds of Soviet people, a charge to which the owner willingly owned up, considering the size of the person concerned. The Sven Hassel disappeared, and we were glad the owner did not. At Moscow the following morning we were taken by coach to the Hotel Sevastopol where we made our first acquaintance with borshch, and where the Russians made the first acquaintance of the ostentatious Southern English styles of the clothes of some of our group, and their habit of toastin g the Queen before the coffee. 'Chai' was a word we soon got to know, as the Russian coffee wasinteresting.

In the afternoon we were in the bus again for a sightseeing tour of the city. Things that fascinated us were: the goose-stepping guards at the Lenin Tomb, and the Moscow Underground, so unlike our own L.T. The Metro gave us access to Moscow nightlife, a popular spot being the Hotel Metropole. G.U. M. was an amazing sight, an oasis, but nevertheless even there the Soviet people continued their practice of queuing once for a bill, then again to pay, and yet again to collect their goods. For the culturally minded there was a feast : St. Basil's, the Kremlin, and numerous museums. We disturbed the policemen outside the British Embassy by singing a rousing version of Jerusa/em , and the National Anthem as we floated past on a river-trip. We recognised Lenin in his tomb, because he seemed to appear on every street corner. Outside roving reporter Richard was nearly arrested photographing Captain Vye who was paying off a wager that no one would appear in Red Square in King's unifo rm. 52 MINT YARD, PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS, LENINGRAD, TINKER, TA ILOR, SOLDIER, VYE, PAY-OFF IN RED SQUARE (M. J. V., Richard Strivells)

On the last evening in Moscow we went to a circus in their permanent headquarters (the circus's not the K.G.B.'s), and watched a superb show. Our guide Masha, who had seemed rather hard-line to begin with, turned out to be very human, and everyone got on well with her. We left Moscow on the Red Arrow Express, departing at 11.10 p.m. and reaching Leningrad at 8.30 a.m. A programme of yet more culture was arranged for us in Lenin's town . T he Hotel Karelia was even further out of town, which gave Clive even more excuse to arrive even later for meals and

everything else. Our Casanova tried for one mysterious lady, serenading her amongst other things, and was thereafter greeted by the Wedding March and Love Story when entering the coach. O ur guide changed practically every day, which meant overtime for one member of the group. Even the Captain had to turn severely away from Luda's lingering looks. We took a hydrofoil down the Gulf of Finland to the Peterhof, where the fountains drenched us all. T he last night we went to the car-workers' palace of culture, where we were given an excellent display of Russian singing and dancing. On the last night there were two tales of love- we will refer only to someone's desire to 'switch to Michele'n" and the soft feminine voice calling, IJohn, do you want to dance?'. On the coach next morning, after the usual prelude of the Wedding March, we gave our final concert of English songs, especially Jerusalem, to a now amused Masha. T he thanks of everyone on the trip go to Mr. and Mrs. Yye and Mr. Parker for organising such a memorable trip. PATR ICK PAINES .

Russia lived up to its reputation of producing totally contrasting impressions on the visitor. Touching down at Gatwick after a very enjoyable tour, in which nothing had gone wrong, we were told for the first time of the Korean jet being shot down. T he first reaction was to remember the negative impressions of the Soviet Union, and look for a pattern: the swarms of police in Red Square, and their objection to a harmless piece of film ing of boys in King's uniform (and to Huw Beaugie's stockinged feet!); the border official who took away Sven Hassel, and Michael Pocock; the military everywhere. However, with time a cooler appraisal prevails. After ten years of absence I notice so much that has changed for the better. Living standards in terms of clothes and food are so much better. Ordinary Russians are so much more relaxed when talking to foreigners: in Moscow we met a young man from Rzhevsk who talked with us for an hour about Nottingham Forest, and Steve Ovett; whereas a technical designer in Leningrad gave up his evening on the spur of the moment at the tram-stop to give us a full tour of the city. The good things one remembers remain as good-the superb quality of their restoration of historical buildings, the cheapness and abundimce of public transport, amongst other miscellaneous things. Another thing which might not be counted an improvement, but which nevertheless impressed was the vastly greater sophistication of their media. T he presentation of news on the T. Y., for example, looks now very much like ours-only the content is different! And on the plane back to Gatwick I read an account of the Northern Ireland problem by a Soviet journalist who had spent years in the U.K. T his was not a piece of crass propaganda put out for peasants: it was an intelligent, well-briefed argument for the prosecution. One of the aims of a tour li ke ours is to make sure we are as well-briefed about the Soviet Union. MJ.Y.

53 'THE COMING OF THE KINGS' (James Bartfeu)

THE SOCIETIES I would like to welcome to the Society four new members: C. K. P. Burdess( L). B. M. A. Wrench (L), S. W. Galloway (L)and L. F. Smith (T) , and also to congratulate M. W. G. Humphriss (MT) who has been made a Committee Member. Humphriss made good lise of the Society this term , completing about fourteen jobs, including tbe programmes far tile N.S.P.C.c. concert MllsicforanAutumn Evening. Mr. Aldridge, the new Luxmoore ho usemaster, realised the Society's potential, and made good use of it, ordering some notepaper with a very neat picture of the house sun-dial , drawn by Mr. Trowell. Oklahoma! claimed a lot of our time, with the tickets and the brochures. R. Strivens made a brief fe-appearance in the later part of the term to print some smart Christm as cards for himself, and M. Dowler laboured o n the treadle through a job for the Canterbury P ilgrimages. J ONATHAN WILLIAMS (Secretary). CAXTON

On paper, the Senio r team should have been very strong, with C live Wilshin and Peter McFie returning and with Darren Everhart joining the sixth form from Kent College. T his gave us five players of grad e 120+ strength . However, W ilshin played well below his best-clearly his mind was on o ther th ings- a nd Everhart's involvement with both spo rt and music took their toll. Nevertheless, there were some good performances: against Chatham Ho use, the Senior team, without four of their top five players, still managed to win away from home, Yule making his d ebut on Board 5 and winning, despite having learned how to hand le a chess clock only two ho urs previously; both Senior and Under-16 tc::a ms won 5- 0 against Faversham (Simon Langton fai led to match these performances); and the last Under-16 match, against Simon Langton, which we needed to at least draw in order to win thro ugh to next term's knockout stage, was a nail-biting affair- Ivan Linhart had chances for a long time aga inst A lastair Armstrong in a very wild ga me, but he lost in a time scramble : after a depressing day in oneoftheSt. Augustine'S Tournaments 48 hours earl ier, Linhart proved that he could fi ght back, and if he continues to d evelop this spirit he will make a worthy Captain of Chess. T he SI. Augustine'S Tournaments, referred to above, have entered their second year, with entries showing a significant increase. Sponsorship has also come our way from the National Westminster Bank, in the form of a trophy for the Grand Prix Competition which will be obtained in the near future. In the first two competitio ns, there were e ncouragi ng performances from Brett Aren'ds, Stephen Burt, Pau l Chantry and Andrew Gillespie-S mith , who each won their respect ive 'B' groups. Burt also p layed confidently o n his promot ion to an 'A' group fo r the second tournament, although of course the opposition was stronger. Next term there are two more SI. A ugustine'S To urnaments (they are now, in fact, called 'Canterbury Junior Grand Prix Tournaments'), and at the moment it looks quite likely th at the Senior team-without Wilshi n and Peter McFie- will be playing in the knockout stage of the Kent Schools' League. A.R.A.R. CHESS CLUB

R ESULTS

Ca nterbury League II Canterbury. Lost 2'5- 3'5 v Canterbury Junior c.c. Wall 4-2

Kent Schools' League (Senior) II Si mon Langton. Drawn 2,5- 1,5 II Abbey School, Faversham. Won 5- 0 II Chatham House. Won 3-2 Kent Schools' League (Under-16) II Abbey School, Favcrsham. Won 5-0 II Simon Langton. Lost 2-3

The past few terms have been impo rtant ones in developing the Film C lub. Audiences were diminishin g with the growing popularity of videos, so to encourage those audiences back we introduced more up - t o~ date film s alongside a much improved sound system and a new screen. Advertising also became an impo rtant part of promoting o ur new image. This term our efforts showed results with good takings from four of our fi ve films. Our first fi lm of the term, Arthur, proved so popular that emergency seating had to be prov ided. Our second film , The Secret Policeman's Ball, unfortunately did not live up to expectations, but ou r disappointment from this was short lived when we had three successive fi lms of equal popularity to our fi rst-Pink Floyd, Rocky III and Who Dares Wins. T he profits from this term will go to improving the Film C lub even further. We wo uld like to thank those who have supported us this term , and ho pe they will continue to do so in the fU.ture. Our special thanks go to Mr. Brodie and Mr. Miles who have guided us through all o ur improvements. We have now handed over control to Stephen Mart in and Ahaab G ulam and we wish them the best of luck. Tf...1 HARROLD AND R O UERT Gmus. FILM CLUB

T his term has been fairly uneventful for the Gardening Club as Jason Tees has been busy with Oklahoma!. However, we were pleased to welcome four new members ofthesociety: Dominic McCully, Joshua Mowll, John Stern and James Thompson. Next term sho uld see vigorous act ivity from all involved, as we have to plant our main lettuce crop. As always our thanks go to Mr. Barham for his help and advice th roughout the tenn .

GARDENING

PATRICK PAINES.

The Society'S activities this term began with an illuminating talk entitled 'Shall we ever see atoms in the microscope?', by Dr. Goodhew of the Un iversity of Surrey. He explained the principles of electron microscopy, and revealed the surprising fact that it is already possible, under special circumstances, to see ato ms with an electron microscope. In answer to a question, he a lso disclosed that a specimen such as a fl ea, which was the subject of one of his slides, has to be gold-plated before it can be viewed under an electron microscope. D r. Linhart, who, amongst other im portant research, has worked at Cern in Switzerland and has directed a E uratom project at Frascati near Rome, gave a talk o n 'Thermo nuclear Fusion', which was both interesting and informative. Dr. Linhart explained how fu sion of two light atomic nuclei can release large amounts of energy, and described how scient ists are attempting to reproduce o n Earth the process which powers the Su n. A specialised talk by Mr. D. G. Kennaby, O.K.S., about the Camborne School of Mines was invaluable to the audience of prospective Geologists and C hemica l E ngin eers. T he final talk this term was given by Mr. Robert Moss, who had been Mr. A ldridge's housemaster at Wellington. Mr. Moss related the experiencesof 'The 1935-36 A rctic Exped ition', of which he was a member, accompanying his talk wit h a large number o f slides, from photographs which had been taken on the Expeditio n. It was unfortunate that this talk was not as well attended as the other Harvey Society talks thisÂˇterm, since it would undoubtedly have been of interest to students of the Arts as well as to scientists, and those present enj oyed it very much.

HARVEY

PRUDENCE DAILEY.

The segment that the Club prov ided at the O.K.S. Ball , 11.30 p.m.-12.30 a. m., Friday/Saturday, July 15th/ 16t h (mentioned as being just in the future in my last Societies' Notes report) was generally agreed to have been a success- in spite of (or, maybe, because of) the fact that Members of the Band were nicely convivi al after attend ing their resp'ect ive House cocktail parties in the earlier part of the even ing! I was particularly pleased with the spontaneous, improvised collaborat ion that the Band did with The Dark Blues, the professional band in the main marquee on the Green Court. Ben Shorten, Michael Clarke and Patrick St urt did Tiger Rag and When the Saints Go Marching [n with great gusto and abando n, once they had got their confidence . I very much appreciated T he Dark Blues' generosity in giving our front line the limelight in this way, and for gently encouraging them to 'jam' . I very much regret that this joint venture was not recorded for posterity, even though a small amount of video-fi lm footage, of th e Band performing on their own, was taken at this event , by Edward Vine (GR). This term, Michael Clarke has taken over the Musical Direction, and the main concern was to try to replace Dai Tyler o n trombon e. Young James Lawrence (Grange, Sh d) has done this admirably, and we have also had some useful help from Anthony Gillespie-Smith (L, Sh d) and (during preparations fort heGalpin's H ouseConcert) from Mark Leat hem. Roger Taylor (piano) and Wes Stace (guitar), though st ill in School, have bowed o ut in this, their Oxbridge term, Roger, in part icular, leaves a legacy of some very adept and nicely-conceived solos in our recording archives while Wes, although the guitar gets rather less spectacular prominence than the piano in Jazz, has made his useful contributions. On piano, we are phasing in Brad Cohen (T)-though, because of his commitments to the starring role in Oklahoma!, he has managed to join us for only o ne of our Activities rehearsals; he did, however, perform very impressively with the Band in the Galpin 's H ouse Concert o n 13th November. I am very grateful to Luke Goss (MO) who, at very short notice, stood in for Brad Cohen when the latter could not perform, because of illness, in the Second O rchestra Concert o n 26th November. Otherwise, the personnel no t alread y mentioned areas before- Ben Shorten (trum pet), Patrick Sturt (saxophone), Andrew Ford ham (bass) and Matthew Presland and Ben Mowll (drums).

JAZZ CLUB

We have been except ionally busy this term with public performances-the C lub made cont ributions to the Ga lpin's House Concert in t he O ld Synagogue on Sunday, 13th November, the Second Orchestra Concert (courtesy of Mr. McConnell) in the Shirley Hall on Saturday, 26th November, and, o n Wednesday, 30t h November, we even played in Marks & Spencer's at their special late-opening to enable ha ndicapped people to do C hristmas shopping; this engagement was organised by the Canterbury Volunteer Service. It was certainly the first time that the Band had 'followed' the Salvation Army Band in any performance! T he traditional hospitality of the Music Department's Studio for our weekly practices has not been available this term, and I am, therefore, most grateful to Mr. Woodward who very kind ly spontaneously stepped in and offered us the use of Galpin 's Games Room for our rehearsals. T his has been greatly appreciated and is, perhaps, appropriate, since thre~-eighths of the current Band members are from Galpin's! Finally, I should li ke to thank Edward Vine who has been virtually an Honorary Member of the Jazz Club just lately, by his willingness to film all four of the public performances that I have described in this report. His footage (and especially earlier material that he and others shot last year and the year before) has been valuable not only for archival purposes-it also has a pedagogical funct ion, for we have used it to teach new members of the Band. In this connect io n, o ur use of the Galpin 's Games Room has been particularly fortunate, for that room contains a video apparatus o n which these fi lms can be run . R. B. Ma.

We were delighted this term to welcome Dr. Helen Cooper of U niversity College, Oxford, to talk on C haucer's Canterbury Tales, with particular emphasis o n The Merchant's Tale, our 'A' level C haucer text in 1984. Too often, visiting speakers with the sort of reputation enjoyed by Dr. Cooper in the higher pastures of Academe fai l to tailor their lectures to the more basic needs of a sixth-form audience. Not so with th is speaker. Introducing some of C haucer's major concerns and preoccupations by way of modern epics such as Star Wars, Dr. Cooper immediately established a rapport with her audience as well as laying the basis for fut ure deve lopment of her argument. . Perhaps the finest part of that argument was the placing of Th e Merchant's Tale in the context of The Canterbury Tales as a whole, the exploration of its part in achieving the 'wholeness of vision' that Chaucer was so successfu l in creating. May can o nly be understood fully when compared with Em ilye, heroine of that very different poem, The Knight's Tale; while Emilye is realised in terms ofthe ' heavenly' senses, May's portrait is realised in termsof'nature' and 'art', equally components of life in its fu ll dimensions. In the course of her argument Dr. Cooper embraced a number of areas of discussion: Chaucer's irony, t he 'character' ofthe Merchant himself and its effect on the tale, the quality of the poetry. In short, we were given a number of stimulating ideas to pursue, each promising a rich yield . In this respect Dr. Cooper admirably fulfilled the demands of a Marlowe Society lecture and gave the additional pleasure of her read ing of the Middle E nglish. To hear Chaucer read properly (my thoughts go back to Tony Spearing read ing Th e Miller's Tale to us in 1979) is to feel the fu ll vitality and power of the poetry, and Dr. Cooper enchanted us all (personally, I'd have settled fo r more Chaucer and less Star Wars but perhaps that's just 'for dotage'). The success of Dr. Cooper's talk was refl ected by the many questions which foll owed and we left the Societies Room enriched, in knowledge of C haucer and by the warmth of Dr. Cooper's personality. In the near future the Society looks forward to talks from Dr. A nne Pasternak-S later (St. Anne's, Oxford) on Theatrical Symbolism if! Shakespeare, and from Mr. John Lyon (Corpus Christi, Cambridge) on Antony and Cleopatra. We remain deeply grateful to those dedicated scholars and teachers who give so generously of their time in visiting and inform ing us. BJD.

MARLOWE

57 CAMOUFLAGE (Sal/jay Wicker)

SOCIAL A number of boys and girls have participated this term and we have been able to start some new SERVICE projects as well as continue with old-established ones. Four people have gone as vo lunteer helper~ to St. Augu.stinc's Psychiatric Hospital and don~ some very good work, although very . demand mg. I.have been Impressed with the effort they have ma~e to befnend sometimes unresponsive pat ients. A group of ~me fro~ the sc~ool was taken on ~ tour of the ~osplta l which was ext remely interesting. The Music Depa rtment IS arrangmg to give a concert there In March which IS always very worthwhile and much a ppreciated. ~hree boys have been helping with jobs at the Alcoh~l ics' Centre in Winc~leapJ and three girls have been visiting re~i1dents at Cranmer Cou.rt, the elderly peo~les' flats. In ~~don Road which were opened this year by Princess DI~n.a. Ot hers have .do ne J.obs ~t St. Greg<?ry s Court In Mlh.t ary Road. Jeremy Lam has been helping at the new TWlhght Club fo r ~IHld ren 10 Wmcheap whl lst.one o r tW!l pupils have bee~ visiting an elderly person at ho me. Sad ly we have tempo ranly no volunteers to he lp with the sWlmmmg for St. Nicholas' schoolchi ld ren at the Kingsmead pool. Brought on House have been continuing with their House project-maintenance and visiting at the A lms Houses. And .Luxmoore . Ho use has just raised over ÂŁ400 for the Ca nterbu ry bra nch of the P.H.A.B. Club (Phys ically-Handi ca pped and Able- Bodied Club) which meets at the Longbridge Youth Centre. Over 30 Lu xmoore boys pushed. ~~eelchairs on a bit~erly cold .s hopping evening for the disabled, whilst serenaded by the Jazz. Club. A ll these acti viti es represent considerable lime and energy as well as bei ng very rewarding, and all the pupils who have taken part are to be congratulated on their effort s.

R.M.A.

TENTERDEN

T he.Tenterden Society he ld a De~ate o n Sunday, 16th October, in the Durn ford Library. The mollo n befo re the House was that Parents should not beal/owed tobuyeducatiollalprivilege for their children'.

Joann a Marshall. fo r th e proposition argued that as educat io n ~asso funda~lenta l to society, the opportunities of a~cess to ~ better hfe sho uld not be dependent on purchase. Pnvate educat io n created class divisio ns and social ~htes. ,!,llIs wa~ seco nded by Martin Deeson, who argued that publi c schools are destructive to economic a nd mdustn al relatio ns a nd lead to confrontation in society.

F<?~ the oPPosi.tion, Roger Taylor argued that it was class which created publ ic schools and not vice-versa. The abo!ltlOn of public s~hools would not automatically lead to a bette r syste m of state education , while freedo m of chOice .was of great Im po~an ce. T<?by Freem~n seconded with the theme that a system of d iffering standards in edu ca~lon would develop Irrespecti ve of public schoo ls and woul d reflect diffe rences in wea lth. The rich would move mto the a reas of good comprehensives. A very lively and well -a rgued floor debate then ensued. Th e motion was defeated by fourteen votes to eleven. C II IUSTOI'HER PEA RS (Secretary).

In addition to the sight reading o~ some sl i~htly more complex works this term , we played fo r the annual Remembrance Day Service. MUSIC by Handel, Jeremiah Clarke and Walford Davies' . So/~m!1 M~/ody was used as voluntaries.. The term ahead will be spent in preparing fo r the Concert of Light MUSIC 111 KlI1g's Week.

THE BAND

ANTHONY MUSSON.

Co~venimus pri.m~m. ut Pa~lum Ca rtledge (I~men iIlud Collegii Clari apud Ca ntabrigienses) alld lremus de d.lscll?l ma anliqua La~ed.aemoll\a disserentem: pueros assidue verberatos esse, . . . adu l~sce ntes d~1I1 vlrtute m per admlratlon em natu maiorum imitationemque coluisse, iuvenes dem.q ue ~obust, ss'mos ~ n j( eU1T!E I~V electos ... 9uae.cavete, Conchae! Postea leviora: ' Iphigenian' conspex imlls per Imagmes phototYPlcas a Mlchae lo Cacoyanms ed lt am; duas fabu las Anglice legimus. Sed pluris momenti est res gravissima atque (eheu!) tristiss ima: dllcem nostrum illustrissimum, Wesleianum ~tace, ab arena absccssis~e (ut it~ di cam) 'donatum iam rude'. Lugete qu antum est hominum paterniorum: haud lam est apuc1 nos dux hUllismocll , tam doctus, tam venustus. Maeremus, et gratias agi mus ei.

SOCIETAS PATERNA

CATI IEI{INE CONYBEAR lo.

The term has been exciting and eventfu l for the C hamber Choir. In September we moved our rehearsals from the Recita l Room in the O ld Music School (now becoming the Computer Room) to the O ld Sy nagogue. We took part in a Charity Concert in aid of the N.S.P.C.c., and follow ed this with a concert in aid of church funds at St. Nicholas-at-Wade Church. The transport offered by members of staff and parents that evening was very much appreciated. Anthems sung at Matins this term were: And J saw a new heaven Bainton Give ear, 0 Lord Weelkes o how glorious is the Kingdom Harwood My sOll8 shall be alway thy Mercy Mendelssohn (from Hymn of Praise) (Soloists: Natalia Fet h e rst o n ~ Dilk e and David Riggs) , Hymne ala Vierge Vi ll ette At the close of the term was the Carol Service in which we joined forces with the School C hoir, creating a group of some 120 s i~lge rs in the Cathedral Nave. Finally our thanks and best wishes go to those me mbers who are leaving; and to Mr. G leed and Mr. Flood fo rtheir hard work and dedication this term . YASMIN ESSAN I AND DAv lll RIGGS. It is always sad at this time of the year to bid farewe ll to a number of senior singers. O ur thanks and best wishes go to Felicity U nwin , Teresa Wi lkinson, Joanna Marshall , Lucy Hadland , Tom Phillips and A ndrew Horn. I should lik e to thank the Secretaries, Yasmin and David for their great support. N.E.G.

~:~~BER

SYMPHONY

T heorchest ra has had a quiet ly indust rious term in wh ich it has worked towa rds a charity concert in aid of the N.S.P.C.C. T here were two soloists: Simo n Williamson play ing the Weber ORCHESTRA Concertstuck, and Harry Christophers (O.K.S.) performing tenor so ngs with the orchestra. Otherwise the term has been spent o n the Oklahoma! product io n fo r the end of term . Some of o ur most reliable (and characterfu l!) members leave us when we break up: Lucy, A nd rew, Ben, Siew Wan, Tom and Roger. We wish them all the best (or their future (a nd even better for their Oxbridge results). DlccoN GARIH':IT. At the beginnin g of term a largely inexperienced group of musicians was chosen to form the Second Orchestra. Gradually it was added to, and by half-term much effort had been put in by all concerned, and we were soon playi ng together like an o rchestra. As th e concert loomed close Mr. McConnell took a sma ll group of players to playa Pavane by Anthony Holborne, and at last the pieces all took shape, a nd were ready for perfo rmance. ; In the afternoon of 2 6t h November the last rehearsal took place, and then in the evening the concert started. It was a charity concert for the Canterbury Physica lly Handicapped / Ab l e~Bodied Club, and everyone hoped that after all our hard work it would raise a lot of mo ney. Slight nerves were rapidly overcome, and the well-attended concert set off well with a march. The Jazz Club a nd String Q uintet also helped us, and we were at last rewarded rorour ho urs of effo rt. The concert went very well , and no-one co uld have hoped for it to go better. It raised ÂŁ75 for the worthy cause, and all must be thanked, not least Mr. McConnell, for making the whole evening such a success. R'CIIARD EDMONDS. Our term's work could not have gone so smoothly without the except io nal work of o ur secretary, Nick Lewin , 'yhose efficiency and optimism were invaluable. W.McC.

~~~~N~TRA

Overcom ing the difficulties presented by the Synagogue due to our increase in ranks, we have

SCHOOL . made a start o n The Creation for next summer. More recently, however, o ur attention has been CHOIR turned to the Carol Serv ice at the end of term. Music sung in this will include The Shepherd's Pipe Carol by Rutter and Hodie Christus Natus Est by Gabrielli. We would still li ke more members, and there is no reason why a nyone, whether they read music or not, should be deterred from comin g along and hav ing a sing. ANTIÂˇIONY MUSSON.

Rugby Football The School XV 'Not to put too fine a point upon it' -a favourite apology for plain-speaking with Mr. Snagsby. - from Bleak House by Charles Dickens. In many ways, the 1983 School XV had everything: Four Captains; Twenty-nine players, and an Injury Bug that stayed with us throughout the season and everyone seemed to catch. Sustained and prolonged injuries to 'regular' players damaged the continuity and progress of the team; for example, Jeremy Bagshaw only played five times; A'dam Reavill played just four times: Rashid Williams, for forty minutes and Elias Maamari did not play at all! Captain, Robert Denman missed five matches and our flyer, Richard Briggs and Stephen Lerche also lost four matches apiece ... to mention a few. In a season when 58 boys played 2nd Game Rugby, 33 played for the 2nd XV, and the School only played the same first-choice team three times in succession, it is a miracle that the team produced such a good overall record: Played 13, Won 6, Lost 6, Drawn l. Points for 132, Points against 132. The miracle is a tribute to the players who did well and fo ught back to regain their places in the team and also to those who played in positions that were strange to them. Indeed, as the writer, Dr. Johnson said: 'There are occasions on which all apology is rud eness' which would be the case here, were not the 'teams' achievements recognised.

'For when the One Great Scorer comes

To write against your name, He marks-not that YOli won or lostBut how YOli played th e game' G IV\NTI.AND R ICE .

The XV's initial success against a li velyO.K.S. team was flattering and probably accounts for the two narrow defeats against Cran leigh and St. Paul's. In these two school matches, there was little between th e sides' abilities and a single try was always going to win the match . As often happened, the School XV would score first (against Cran leigh within 35 seconds), hold only a slender lead at half-time, and just fail to keep opponents from sneaking-in a try to win. T he K.C.S. Wimbledon match was played in stormy conditIOns and the victory well earned. So too was th e Eastbourne victory, th ough good rugby was at a premium in a game th at was a bruising physical encounter. T he R .G .S. Newcastle match was tough and King's did well aga inst big opponents- Mark Norton's performance as stand-in prop for Ben Ridgwell won the day at forward. The XV's visit to Eton proved to be a hi gh point in th e season. We had to fight hard to win, but the whole unique occasion was enjoyable and we were made very welcome guests there. King's th en beat St. Lawrence, though clea rly the team's habitual lapses in concentration made an easy victory look hard work: we conceded ten points in ten minutes at the end of the ga me! Mid-way and up to the end of the season, injuries turned the side upside down at a time when we were facing our toughest opponents. The Felsted loss was followed by weighty defeats against three unbeaten sides late-season: Dulwich, Tonbridge and Epsom. The standard of rugby played against Dulwich was high. In a disciplined and balanced ga me, King's shared territorial eq uality with Dulwich though it was unable to cross their try line. T heTonbridge match was eventful and we looked strong at the end ; but a superior kickin g side played according to the conditions, which were wet and muddy and won well. Against Epsom a glitteringly talented No. 10 dictated their victory, though th e School XV pressurised well in many aspects of play it shared with their victors. The season closed against R. M.S. Dover in a comfortable win in some ways similar in style to that enj oyed against K.C.S. Wimbledon earlier in the seaso n. Ray Prosser may be right when he questions: ' If winn ing isn't everything, why do

we keep the score?' however, the maxim does not recognise the spirit and character of a losing as well as winning team th at always regards its best as a virtue. 60

THE SCHOOL XV Back UOIV: W. J. MeL. Scott, J. D. Bagshaw , M. W. Norton, C. J. R. Norton. D. B. Ridgwcll. R. H. Briggs, A. C. Shaw, M. J. R. Leathem. Sealed: S. R. Lerche, S. C. Hodgson, A. D. Tcwungwa, R. E. Denman (Cap/.J. C. T. Pears, S. M. A. Vavasour.J. E. S. Weston. (P.IV.D.J

As in the 1982 team, the strength of the XV lay with the three-quarter line; yet often the half-backs and centres suffered because the ball was retailed too slowly from th e pack. If forwards are delayed at set-piece, ruck or maul, they must drive forward before releasing th e ball. The King's pack, however, were light and the back row inconsistent in heading a pack to win essential second and third-phase

possession. Of th e pack, the props (Christopher Pears, Ben Rid&well and Neil Bradley) achieved most: th ey scrummaged tightly and absorbed a vast amount of phYSIcal pressure from heavIer opponents. Late in the season, Christopher Pears captained the team successfully. Together, th e props permitted hoo ker, Simon Vavasouf, freedom to outstrike his opponent on many occasions. In the second row, Mark Norton added physical strength and Robert Denman did good work, although he suffered from an injury at half- term. Timothy Brook's work-rate in th e back row was always high and at No.8 Christopher Norton and William Scott d id their best in a very diffi cult position. Late in theseaon, Piers McCleery and Simon Jackson experi enced th eir first taste of the School XV. William Scoones' three matches were also appreciated. The half-backs, centres, wings and full-backs (there were three!) won more notoriety during the season. At scrum-half, Stephen Hodgson adapted to School XV rugby quickly, played in every game, added skill and stature to the team, and Captained it against R.M.S. Dover. Justin Weston shouldered huge responsibili ti es at outside-half though his four performances at outside centre were genuinely accomplished and his five tries were gems: he was also a fine Club Secretary. Centres, Stephen Lerche and Mark Leathem were also successful, th e latter proving his class by winning the E ton match with his two tries. Alan Tewungwa's knowledge of mid-field play was quite considerable: he Captained th e XV four times and mobili zed his back line in defence with efficiency. The wingers were numerous and occasionall y without pace; but Richard Bri ggs' obvious class stood-out, and on the right wing he was unstoppable. Full backs, Adam Reavill, NIgel Wakefield and Alistair Shaw did well and Adam Reavill's exceptionally accurate goal-kicking was sadly missed after his injury. Other players, li ke James Veitch , A lex Cockman and Philip Taphouse all contributed their best in what is probably th eir fin al year of senior schoolboy rugby. 'For I dipt into the fu ture, far as human eye could see'TENNYSON.

Many lively young players who won places in the team wi ll return next season and look like hav ing bright futures in the senior game. Neil Brad ley is a solid , stable prop with character; Jeremy Bagshaw will cover the ground like a wh irlwind and Mauro Zamblera and Rash id Williams look like setting- up a skilful partnership in three-q uarter play. Mark Leathem will benefit from another year's experience. Justin Weston looked a new player in the centre and Stephen Hodgson wi ll go on to refine and polish his natural gifts as a scrum -half. James Seagrave looks to have the poise and judgement for a useful outside- half and his ability to drop goals will be looked for. Many others will come into the side and when Elias Maamari returns to th e game, he will bring huge physical presence that wi ll cause his opponents many painful problems. G iven th e cont in ued progress of th e junior teams, th e prospects for senior rugby look bright. If the thorough teaching of basic techniques in the rud iments of th e game continues, then th e coaching of skills to versatile players at senior level wi ll raise standards and make rugby football an casier game to play. All players are to be congratu lated for th eir achievements in a season of mixed results. They won respect in a fri endly and decent way and helped referees by playing within th e laws and spirit of th e game. I am also grateful to everyone who encouraged th e School XV throughout the season: to th e Headmaster and Staff of regular supporters; to the coaches/ referees, th e Kent Society Referees who always do rugby footba ll such good service; to parents, fri ends, boys and girls who wh ip-up enthusiasm each Saturday afternoon, and to the grou ndman and his staff who kept our pitches so smart. Finall y, my congratulations to the U nder 15 team for winn ing the Kent County Cup this season, and to the U nder 14 team for reachin g the final: Charles Allen and G raeme Gales (the coaches) can feel rightl y proud of the boys' achievements. R.B.Mi. 61

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Team: A. C. Shaw, R. H. Briggs', M. J. R. Leathem, S. R. Lerche, A. D. Tewungwa', M. Zamblera, J. E. S. Weston, S. C. Hodgson', C. T. Pears", S. M. A. Vavasour", D. B. Ridgwell, R. E . Denman ( Capt), M. W. Norton', T. J. Brook', W. J. McL Scott", J. D. Bagshaw. A lso played: J. Q. Veitch, N. J. Wakefield, A. SI. J. Reavi ll, N. C. Bradley, C. J. R. Norton, R. A. Williams, W. H. A. Scoones, S. O. Hancock, P. H. McCleery, P. Taphouse, S. C. Jackson, A. D . Cockm an, J. R. Seagrave. " 1st Colours. RESULTS

Played 13, Won 6, Lost 6, Drawn I. Po ints for 132, Points agai nst 132.

vSt. Lawrence (H). Won 20- 19 v Fclstcd (A). Lost 3-8 II Dulwich (1-1). Lost 3-23 vTonbridgc (A). Lost 6-23 v Epsom (H). Lost 7- 15 II R.M.S. Dover (1-1 ). Won 25-0

vO.K.S. (H). Won 15- 9 vCranlcigh (H). Los16- 1O vSI. Pau l's (H). Lost 6-12 vK. e.S. Wimbledon (A). Won 22-0 v Eastbournc (A). Won 10-3 vR. O.S. Newcastle (I-I). Drawn 3-3 "Elon CAl. Won 8-7

2nd XV T his has been a very diffic ult season, mostly because of inju ries in other teams. We have had four captains and thirty three players have represen ted the team in t welve matches. There were three easy wins aga inst Eastbourne, SI. Lawrence (by 48 points) and Duke of York 's but the games against Cranleigh and KC.S. were much closer. We were o utclassed by Felsted and Dulwich at a time whe n we were losing many players to the fi rsts. T here was not much d ifference between us at the O.K.S. and the game against Eton produced th e worst rugby played bytwosidesever. At least we left o ur mark on the playing fie ldsofEton. The best matches came at the end of the season and altho ugh both were lost, it was o nly by the narrowest of margins 10-6 against Tonbridge and 12- 10 against Epsom. I have admiration fo r all those whocamc up fro m thc th irds and fitted in so wcll and for the teams who played in the d ifficu lt pcriod towards th e end of term. It speaks highly of t hcm that they kept going and were able to show a sense of humo ur at times. I would like to thank the captains, all the players and the groundstaff fo r their he lp this season. Captains: Reavi ll , Oyler, Wakefi eld , G riggs. Players: Brad ley, Mostafid , Mo rga n, Hansen, Scoones, de Linde, Kruger, Jackson, Seagrave, Zamblera, Williams, Kerry, Philpott , C rick mo re, Ta phouse, Cockman , McClee ry, Edwards, Shaw, Boo th ~ Cl i b bo rn , Leathem, SCali , Lark , Ireland , Ogburn, Hancock, Smart, Barry, Bcsly and Gregory.

3rd and 4th XV's Fifty-three boys reprcsentcd the school in the 3rd o r 4t h XV's this season. This was done not as an exercise in democratic selection by the coaches but because no sooner had a player exh ibi ted the slightest talent to kick, pass or even hold a rugby ball than he was whisked away to the 2nd o r even 1st XV to replace some helpless victim of the break. cut or sprain. T hus, although o ur results are not exciting reading, the very fact that teams emerged at all isagreat tribute to the strength of rugby at King's. Like the Anglo-Saxon fyrd, when the call of dut y came men dropped their pens o r pruning hooks and took to the ranks. T he 3rd XV was usually bui lt around a group of o ld stagers-Chris Norto n, Bi ll Ireland and Alex Ken nedy, ably helped by Paul Ursell, And rew C rick more, Jeremy Smart , Steve Hancock and others. They had some good wins but were never able to sett le after half term when the inj uries fu rther up reached epidemic proportions. T he 4th XV was fo unded upon the sto ut frame of Fred Fe nucci and usually contained Messrs. Crawley, Nix, Tees and Dawkins. T hey enjoyed their rugby but th e fa ct that the team which practised on Friday afternoon was nevcr the one wh ich took to the fi eld on Saturday prevented much effective organisation. T he masters in charge of the game would like to thank the ho rdes who turned o ut to play, often at very short notice, and in part icular they would like to thank DJ .R. fo r another season of exce llent refereeing. l .S. R.o R.E. B.â&#x20AC;˘ B.J .D.

RESULTS 3rd XV Played II , Wo n 6, Lost 5, Poi nts for 122, Points agai nst 11 1. "O.K.S. Won 10- 0 "Felsted. Lost 6- 0 "Cra nleigh. Won 19-3 v Dulwich. Lost 36-4 "St. Paul's. Lost 12-10 "Tonbridge. Lost 30-4 "K.C.S. Won 18- 0 v Epsom. Lost 10- 0 v Eastbourne. Won 15- 4 vDuke of York's. Won 23-6 "Eton. Won 18-6 4th XV Played 6, Won 2, Lost 4, Points for 49, Poi nts against 109. "Cranleigh. Won 12-3 v Dulwich. Lost 7-3 "St. Paul's. Lost 36-12 "Tonbridge. Lost 46- 0 "Sutto n Valence. Won 22-6 "Epsom. Lost 11- 0

Tll e!oltowin8 pfayed: I. D. Molyneux, E. H. T homas, N. T. J . Lake,A J . Crickmo re,A. I-I . Kennedy,J. R. An~erson ,A C. S. Linney, W. J . Ireland , E. J. T . Brett, A 1-1. Mostafid , T. J. Harrold , A. Mc. G. Barron, R. K. Darko, A. H. J. Knight, G. F. Hall , J. R. Norto n*,J. L. H. Bart lell, M. J . Besly, A D. Cockman,A. R. W. Elliott, F. Fenucci*, N. J . A Gregory, P. J. Hansen, S. J . S. Lark, J. N. W. Smart, P. Taphouse, M. Edwards, S. C. Jackson, P. N. Ba rry, G. F. Hall, J. H. Booth-Clibborn, P. 1-1. McCleery, M. R. Moore, A. C. de Linde, A. G. Crawley, A. I. M. M u rdoc~ , M. J. M. Nevile, J . R. Dawkins,J. D. Foo~d , C. W. Nix, J . R. Nicholas, P. G. Ursell *, T. C. Ogburn, S. O. Hancock, I. J. L. FlTth, J. M. Camble, T. Neame, D. R. WatkinS, T. C. COllon, M. A. Mortlock, A. B. Vale, M. F. McCullough, J. A. Tecs .

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5th XV T his team played against SI. Paul's, Dulwich a n dT~nbr i dge , and lost o n each oc~asion. The scores we rec~nsiderab l e. Players of note moved up into the second game and are thus lIsted above; the rest fe ll back mto the we1comeanonym lty of house leagues P.G.W. , J.S.R. whence they came. Everyone enjoyed themselves.

Colts XV'S On balance the squad has made wort hwhile progress over the season and there is a good deal of ~ n couragement for.the future. In the previous two years this gro up has been used to losing and it has not been easy to alter theIr approach and at h tu~~. have had very few home matches but the fact is th at most of the good rugby has. be<:n played away. T here have ~een some InJuTles but this has been less of a problem than usual and the who le sq uad has malntamed a competent level of fitness. Jonathan Gard ner has captained the' A' X V solidly and successful ly and it is clear that he is developing into a fi rst-class pro p. Paul Lawton has led the backs tho ughtfu lly and has done mo re than a fai r share of tackling. The team has im proved its attacking abilities alt hough it has sometimes been frustrating to watch the choosing of incorrect options. Duncan Ives is now a de t~rm i.n ed scrum half and looks a good prospect for the fu tu re. Perhaps the most pro m isi ngas pectof th eseas~1l was that the two malll WIll&S scored two thirds of the tries: Edward Mbu ( 15 tries) was hard to stop and Darren Everhart (9 tTles) was hard to catCh: T here IS no doubt that the team's defence d id improve but the oppositio n were given far too many soft tries because of fl imsy and uncourageous tack ling. In the fo rwards the fro nt five performed very solid ly with Nick Briggs particularly pro minent!n both attack and defence. T he back row took a while to build up some ex perience but Ti m T urner learned a lot and was q UIte well supported by a variety of fl ankers. As always there was a group of players who tended toshunt backwards and forwards between the 'A' and ' B' tcams and, in general, they d id this with very little fuss o r complaint. The early part of the season was disappointi ng in that there were two desperately narrow losses against Cranleigh and E~stbou rn e, and a dreadful first ~~enty minutes agai nst K.C.S. Wimbledon in appalling wi nd and rain. Howe.ver, the first hal~aga lll st St. Paul's revealed grcatsplTI~ and indicated just what the team cou ld do when everyone was concentratlllg and supportmg each other. At half term G.C.A. kl~dly helped M.J .I-I. transport the team on their short but memorable tour to Devon. We stayed at Shcrborne School fo r the fi rst n!ght before beating A llhallows at Lyme Regis n a rro~vl y and excitingly. We then drove down to Ke.lIy College where we were given marvellous hospitality for two nights thanks ma ml y to the Headmaster, Mr. D. W. Ball (sometIme Hous~m as~e~of Latter~at e), and to Mr. M. Carter, O.K.S., master in charge of rugby. T he visit included a clamber over Dartmoor III bTilhant sunsh me, a rugby match in which we played very well indeed, all.d some meals i~ ~h e. most convivial of surroundings. T he t? UT :-vas a valuable ex perience fo r evcryone and we hope that there WIll be further VISits III the nea ~ fut ure. After the tOl.'r a wl ~lI1 n g. streak w~s extended with convinci ng performances against Eton and SI. Lawrence-our wlllgs seemed to revel m scorlllg tTies on their birthday! T he losses against Felsted and, in particu lar, T~)!1 b ri d ge ~ered isappo i nt i ng a.nd the t ea~ knew that they ? ad not done themselves justice. O ne of the best team efforts was agalllst Dulw.lch when the ho me sl~e. were gIVen a rea.l shock III th es~co~d half and were lucky to win by the final margin. Everyo ne was dehghted that the t ~a m flll ished the season .1Il style by r u n ~ ln g III some excellent tries against E psom and Duke of York 's. Not a bad season th en With many memorable pOi nts scored but If on ly we had not given so much away, it could have been very good indeed.

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1 T he ' B' XV would have liked more games as they enjoyed their mat ches even though they lost some important players from time to time. Joe Wrench was an ou tstandingly loyal captain who led by example, and Nicholas Wakefi eld showed that he is a talent ed ny-hal.fwhile h.e led the b~c k s. Apart from Eps~m -:vhich wasa disaster for various reasons, the team 's losscswere by far narrow.er margllls tha n 111 the prev IOus year and therc:by IIldlcated real progress. It was g<><?d to record a satisfact o ry win down at Dover III the last match of the season and the occaSIon was notable for Wakefield's havlllg the cheek to drop a goa l! Pride of place, however, must go to the qu ite ex traord inary performance against the much-fancied Felstcd team who had hard ly ever lost. The forwards resisted the early pressure a nd then gave the backs the chance to run in try after t ry to record a truly remarkable victory. The Colts' ' B' XV isa vitally important one for it contains the players that wi ll give future depth tothe senior ~ugby, and this team ca n feel pleased with its progress. After a certain amount of canvassing, enough players were found lurking In hidden corners of houses and squash courts to provide a will ing third team against Tonbridge. They were outplayed in the fi rst half but put up a most commendable performance in the second ha lf. Once again an age group splits up into various teams next season and we shall fo llow with interest the progress of all the players. Some may get into th e I st XV but others wi ll benefit from a season in the 2nd or 3rd XV's to build up their confidence and ex pe rience. M.J .H. , C.J.R.J., H.R.O.M.

'A 'team player.f: J. P. Gardner, P. G. S. Lawton, A. J. Cra ik, E. O. Mbu , C. J. Brooke, D. C. Everhart, A. A. Bush, D. M. lves, L. M. Fen n, R. Assadourian, N. H . Briggs, A. L. Odgers, H. W. G irli ng, F. J . C harlesworth, T. J. Tu rner, H. McN. Bea ugie, P. A. Bart le!! plus J . J . Russe ll , G. E lliott , O. Adcgboyega. '8' team players: J . D. McL. Wrench , N. C. Wakefi eld, D. J. G raham, A. 1-1. C. Sherwood , M. F. Whitehead, G. B. M. Bishop, A. P. Waltenbach, P. L. Wa rner-Sm ith , J. E. Sole, H. D. H. G. Ba rto n, N. W. Rollason, J. R. Brown, A. M. T. C lements, A. W. Leach, A. M. Guy, O. Y. Madha , R. J . Low, S. J. Brook , N. A. Papachristid is, W. J . Murch. R ESULTS

'A'XV Played 13, Wo n 6, Lost 7. Points for vCranleigh (A). Lost 10-12 v St. Pau l's (H). Lost 6-23 v K.C.S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 0-20 v Eastbourne (H). Lost 19-20 I' Allhallows (A). Won 9-8 II Kelly College (A). Won 2 1-3 \I Eton (A). Won 24-18

200, Points against 204. vSt. L'Iwrence (A). Won 46-4 v Fe lstcd (H). Lost 7-22 v Dulwich (A). Lost 13-27 vTonbridge (A). Lost 6-27 v Epsom (A). Won 18-6 vDuke of York's (A). Won 18-J4

on' xv Playcd 7, Won 2, Lost 5. Points for 53, Points against 109. vCranleigh (H). Lost 4 -8 vTonbridge (A). Lost 0- 18 LISt. Pau l's (1-1 ). Lost 0 -2 1 v Epsom (A). Lost 0-32 II Felsted (1-1). Won 32-12 I' Duke of York's (A). Won 17- 0 ]/ Du lwich (A). Lost 0- 18

Junior Colts' A' XV This has bee n an ext remely successful season, in which the standard of the rugby played by the team has been very high. T hey have pursued an open style of play, and have enterta ined all those who have watched them compete. Every member of the squad realised th e need for fi tness and basic skills, and the early sessions were conducted with a marvellously mature alt itude. This altit ude was onc of the main reasons for the team's success. The skills were, to a certa in ex tent, already within each playcr, but th ey all worked toget her to put th e team sk ills in their place. After a relatively easy wi n against Cranleigh, where White showed us a glimpse of what was going to foll ow, the match agai nst SI. Paul's was a tri umph for teamwork, especially amongst the forwards. We played very well into the gale agai nst K. C.S. Wimbledon, but struggled downwind, even though we spent 90% of th e 2nd half all their line. Another easy win fo llowed against Eastbollrne, then a fine game against Eton. The team worked well aga inst SI. Lawrence, and played s uperbly to aven~e last scason's defeat at Fe lsted. The match at Dulwich was disappointi ng, in that the team lost the ga me, but they kept together III face of a try-scori ng prop-forward and one or two unfortunate decisions. Another fin e performancc put paid to Tonbridge, whilst Epsom were beaten reasonabl y comfortably. Whi lst all the ordinary School matches were going on, we had e ntered the Kent C up competition, and it is to the boys' credit that they were able to 'peak' so many times duri ng the season, eventua lly winni ngan en thralhngencounter wit h SI. Du nstan's to sellie the competition. T he performance of the season was undoubtedly the match agains t Huntley's School. They had only lost 3 matches as a team in 3 seasons, and were very large, very confident and very competent. T he forwards were an ebullient group, whatever the situat ion. Though small compared to ot her sides, th eir skills as individuals and as a un it were so good that they were able to drive most teams o ff the ba ll q uite easily. In thc rllcks there was no sidc beller, and the mauli ng improved immcnsely ove r the term. The set pieces sometimes caused a problem or two, but the line-out play got better as each match occurred. SCOIt, Ncvile and Dut hie were a very competent front -row, and Woodward, Evans and Smalma n-S mi th gave slirli ng service at va rious stages in the 2nd row. T he breakaway trio of Greenleaf, Richa rdson and Gordon was outstandi ng. A ll too often opponents were stifled beca use of the mobi lity, aggression and tact ical knowhow of these three. 64

1 The backs were also very effective. Patterson came on very well at scrum-half, though Lacamp will hope fo r fewer passes around his an kles, sho rt though he may be. T hese two combined well on most occasions, and especially in the C up Final. Laurence showed great ability as a passer and as a tactical kicker, and towa rds the end of the season fou nd his touch with the place-k icks. Briggs improved immensely at outside centre, and O'Conor tack led well and ran elusively on the right wing. Ursell was very safe in the tackle, though hewill have to work o n the positional sideof hisgame. The outstand ing back has to be White. He scored no less than 24 of the team 's tries, using his blistering pace to foo l ma ny opponents. T here were on ly 3 matches in which he fa iled to score. This has been a most enjoyable term's rugby for everyone concerned. Each member o f the squad has worked on his own game, and each has improved upon already respectable abil ities. En thusiasm and interest have pervaded most situat io ns, and if they can maintai n t heir standards, these boys will provide the School with some fin e 1st XV players in the future. I would like to thank D.J.B., S.W.W. and M.J.H. fo r t heir s upport and transportat ion, as well as all the vociferous parents who gave their all o n the touch-l ine. Most of all , however, theCaptain ,JeremyGordon, needs everyone's thanks, and praise, for he has led the team with a maturity and ability fa r beyond his years.

G.C.A 71,e 'A 'team:T. J. W. Duthie,J. P. P. Nevilc, A. G. J. Scott, P. D. W. Woodward,C. R. Smalman-Smith, M. A. Evans, J . D. Richardson, P. J. Q. Green leaf, J. C. O. Gordon, R. E. Patterson, P. P. Lacamp, D. J. Laurence, T . P. Briggs, D. R. O'Conor, C. N. White, M. W. Ursell. Also played: J. C. A. Veitch, A. E. Mitchell , W. J. Stanbury. RESU l.TS Played IS , Won 14 , Lost I. Poi nts fo r 2 15, Points against 76. vCra nleigh. Won 16-6 vSt. Lawrence. Wo n 32-6 vSt. Pauls. Won 8-3 v Felsted. Won 12-3 vK.C.S. Wimblcdon. Won 4-0 v Dulwich. Lost 4-18 v Eastbourne. Won 34-6 vTonbridge. Won 18-0 v Eton. Won 10-8 v Epsom. Won 12-4

Kent Cup v Maidstone Grammar School. Won 24-4 vJudd. Wo n 18-8 v Rochester MaUlS. Won 4-0

v Huntley's School. Won 13- 10 v SI. Du nstan 's. Won 6-0

Leading scorers: White 24 t ries; Briggs 6 tries; O 'Conor 3 tries; Lacamp, SCOII, Woodward 2 tries cach ; Urse ll , Greenleaf, Gordon, Nevi le I try each. Laurence 17 conversions and 3 penalt ies.

Junior Colts 'B' XV T he season was notable fo r its fi ne weather resulting in firm pitches throughout the term . The conditions were right for open and entertaining rugby but the ha rd grou nd was not conducive to good !ackling. Shirt grabbing and high tackling were prominent features of the play; proper tacklcs were so fcw that they appeared to be somethi ng except ional when they did occu r. Alt hough there was a big gap between lhe ' A ' and ' B' XVs, it was theexccptionall y good ability of th e ' A ' XV rather than the lack of it in the ' B' XV that made the gap. The standard of p lay, apart from one o r two features was vcry good. There was a good reserve strength to call upon and o nly against Tonbridge where fo ur key players were missing was the team seriously weakened. Place kick ing and tactical kicki ng were poor. Only 5 conversions were made from the 22 tries scored and not one penalty was kicked. T hc results aga inst K.C.S. and Duke of York's might have been different if we had been able to prod ucesome reasonable tactical kicking. The pack was rarely out-serummed but the li ne-out play was un tidy and often gave the adva ntage to the opposition. Belter and qu icker service into the open spaces might have produced more tries. fro m the pace and st rength of M. Miller (8 t ries) and R. Pentin (4 tries). The matches against Cranle igh, St. Pau l's and Du lwich were ha rd and nail-biting encounters. A hat-trick of tries from M. Mi ller produced a win at Sutto n Valence and a hat -trick of tries by R. Penti n against Fe lsted gave the team their best victory of the season. A sloping pitch and a few unforced errors were our downfa ll at Epsom. T he team had q uite a lot of potential but hard work and team work were not always forth comi ng. My thanks to all those who cont ributed to an enjoyable, entertai ning and reasonably successful season. D .J .B. The!ollowingplayed: C. E. Butcher (9) , R. B. Costain (7), M. R. A. Miller (9), R. H. Pen tin (8), A. E. Mi tchell (5), J. C. A. Veitch (5 ), S. P. Stullaford (5) , S. W. Richards (8), A. D. Howard (5), A. F. Bren nand (9), A. J. Ba rro n (6), M. A. Evans (4), A. Robertson (9), M. Kandawalla (9), S. J. G rimes(6), F. W. Sim pson (9), P. A. Hamilto n (4), N. C. Henry (5), V. Cohen (4), C. R. Smalman-Smi th (2), W. J. Stanbury (2), N. J . Stearns (2), P. A. Bushell (2), M. R. Pope (I).

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R ES Ul.TS

Played 9, Won 3, Lost 4, Drawn 2. Points for 98, Points against 150. I' Cranleigh (A). Drawn 4- 4 v Dulwich (A). Drawn 14- 14 I'St. Paul 's (H). Won 8- 4 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-40 v K. C. S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 0- 16 v Epsom (A). Lost 8-24 I' Sutto n Va lence (A). Won 18- 12 I' Duke of York 's (A) . Lost 22-28 v Felsted (H). Won 24-8

Under-14 'A' XV Once again this year's intake have developed into a fin eside and throughout the season there has been some outsta nding play. The first match against Cranleigh was wo n by flashes of geni us by individuals. Although we won fairly comfortably it was obvious that this particular side werc prone to making errors in crucial situations. There was also a supercilious attitude with in th e side which hindered progress during the early part oft heseaso n. This was particularl y evident whcn we travclled to St. Paul's and K. C.S . Wimblcdon. Both games saw Ki ng's concede points ea rly o n and altho ugh the team showed tremendous character in fighting back they were unable to overco me taller and heavier opponents. T he most encouraging aspect of these two games was that the team had learnt from their mistakes and were looking a real prospect for th e future. After these two rather disappointi ng results Eastbourne had the misfortun e of being thc first team to play a revitalised side. The game was played in ideal condit ions and all the pack excelled prod ucing some superlative sCfummaging and second phase possession. In fact throughout the whole season the forwards have shown their superiority despite concedi ng weigh t on a number of occasions. The fi rst match after the half-te rm break saw the team travel to Eton fo r a pleasant but lengthy jou rney. After a slow and tentat ive start the match developed into an exciti ng game. Unfo rtunat ely two mistakes proved costly. The team 'sever increasing enthusiasm and appetite fo r the game resulted in a marked im provement in commitment , tactical awareness and personal performance by all members. Consequently the next five gamcs against St. Lawrence, Felsted, Crown Woods, Du lwich and Tonbridge all e nded in splendid victories for King's; the Du lwich game was particu larly sat isfyi ng since an injury to S. Turner caused the team to change their pattern of play which proved to be successful. It was duri ng this game that the side sh owed the bcncfits of thcir previous experiences with a marvellous d isplay of controlled rugby. By the time the team had played Tonbridge they had reached th e last eight of the under 14 Kent Cup. The ncxt ro und was a semi-final tie against Bex ley and Eri th. After a hard fought bailie the team managcd to progress to the fi nal with two superb tries by A. Vigo and I. G irling. Everyone was so excited abou t the final that they fail ed to concentrate during the Epsom mateh and lost to a well drilled side. The final agai nst Judd was to be played as a curtain raiser to the Blackheath versus Leicester game. Aftcr a week of thorough preparation the side were as ready as th ey could ever be. Unfort unately their downfall was once agai n a slow start and two crucial errors of judgement in the first five minutes. The sides were well matched in abi lity but Judd had the edge early on with their massive pack. The game alt hough scrappy in parts was an exciting affair and Ki ng's mounted enormous pressure but thcy ran out of timc and it was not to be their day. Everyone played their hearts out and I am extremely proud of all of them. It was an cnjoyablc day and I sincerely hope that they enjoy simi lar succcss next yea r. This year's team was drawn from a squad of 18 players and withou t exception each boy attempted to improve his own individual performance and increase his knowledge ofth e gamc. Of the fo rwards M. Overton was probably the most destructive and dynamic playcr. A. Unfo rth proved to be an excellcnt hooker and was easily the man of the season. What with I. Gi rling's strong running these three players fo rm ed a formidable front row which no side could contain. The second row which consisted for much of the season of A. Johns and S. Turner was a most effective combination which formed the nueleus of the pack. The back row of B. Morse, E. Valpy and T. Epps developed a style of play which devastatcd many a ha lf back partnership. T heir ability to cover and make crucial tackles played a major part in unsettling opponents. As the season progressed the understanding betwee n A. Murdoch and B. Marson at scrum half and fly ha lf improved , but this important link in the team was at times suspect. B. Marson was a most reliable player and looks a good prospect. J . Ralph , S. Beaugic and K. Phillips alt hough resolute in defence d id not possess the same fl air in attack. Despite th is, most of the trics were scored by the backs. There were a few ehanges on the wi ng withJ. Mycroft , O. Rotimi,S . Beaugic, K. Phill ips and O. Davies all playing well. The o ne regular member was A. Vigo and when he put his mind to it he was a potential match win ner. In fa ct he scored the best try I have ever seen fro m a school boy, it was sheer bri lliance. Lastly, but no means least, is N. Bishop who has made the full back position his OWIl. He kicked well and is a decept ive runner on the counter attack. I wo uld like to thank A. Firt h for his support in run ning the under 14 B's which produced some good players, and R. B. Milford fo r his involvement and his backing in helping the side reach the final of the Ken t Cup. Finally , I wo uld like to thank all the players for their hard work and in pa rticular A. Johns and K. Philli ps fo r their fin e leadership. G. P.G . Team: M. A. J . McH. O verton , A. R. Linforlh , I. C. G irl ing, A. C. H. Johns ( Capt. ), O. Rotimi, S. R. Turner, R. J. Morse, E. F. Valpy, 1'. A. F. Epps, A. G. F. Murdoch, B. C. Marson, J . P. E. Ralph , K. O. Phillips, S. M. Beaugic, A. O. Vigo, J. A. W. Mycroft , N. H. J. Bishop. Also played: O. W. H. Davies, E. O. 1-1. Fox .

R ESULTS

Played 14, Won 9, Lost 5. Po ints for 277, Points agai nst 95. v Cranleigh. Won 26- 4 v Felsted. Won 14- 0 v SI. Paul 's. Lost 0- 19 v Crown Woods. Won 30- 10 (Cup) v Du ke of York 's. Won 67- 0 (Cup) v Dulwich. Won 18- 4 v K. C. S. Wimbledon. Lost 4-9 v Tonbridge. Won 17- 0 v Eastbourne. Won 47- 0 v Bexley and Erith. Won 16- 3 (Cup) v Ela n. Lost 10- 19 v Epsom. Lost 0- 15 vSt. Lawrence. Won 24- 0 v Judd. Lost 4- 12 (Cup final)

Under-14 '8' XV The Under- 14 'B's team had an even tful season th is yea r, their record being a refl ection of thc various ups and dow ns experienced by a side with a good deal of potential. Several of our most able players secured positions in the ' A ' team which encouraged others to try evcn harder although tending to disrupt the foundat ions of the side. O ne occasion stands out at the end of the season- a very good competi ti ve game played in a howling gale up at K.C.S. Wimbledon during which Mycroft kicked a pena lt y from our side of the half-way line. I think the ball would have cleared the Cathedral had we been playing at home. My thanks to the boys wh o have put a lot of effort into the season and my best wishes as they strive towards the 1st XV in only three or four years time. ANl)lIl'WF IIHII .

Played: Evans, Brooke, Cunningham, Fox, G ooderham , Majomi , Nash, 1'. ~ainb ri d ge, Michaels, La ~re n ce , .Fr~w , D. Bainbridge, Cumber, Williams, Caron-Delion, Mycroft , Adamson , Parker, DaV ies, Murph y, McCull y, WllItC, ROllnn. R ESULTS

v Dul wich (1-1 ). Lost 0- 20 v Tonbridge (1-1 ). Lost 0- 16 v Epsom CAl. Lost 4- 12 v Duke of York 's (H ). Lost 6- 22

v Cranleigh (A) . Lost 0- 16 v St. Paul's (A). Lost 6- 35 v K.C. S. Wimbledon (A). Won 17- 6 v Sutto n Valence (H). Won 20- 16 v Felsted (H). Drawn 0- 0

Under 14 'C' XV The Under 14 programme has becllundcr new management this year, bu t some traditio nal practice games co ntinued for the entertainment of those invol ved and of the crowds in the intervals of cup mat ches. Highlight s of th e season included Mowll 's scrum cap and hooking, Stern 's drop-kicking, Welbourn's savage tackling, and To pham 's discove ry that the closer you arc to yo ur own goa l li ne, the easier it is to scorc a try. Two matches were also played. P. G. H. Th efolJo wing played: J. R. Bealton, G. E. A. Bird , I. Cawley, S. A. B. G uthrie, M. J. D. Hulme, M. P. Maj urcy, J. W. R. Mowll , J . W. Musket! , A. J. Oliver, R. 1'. Prestoll , B. C. Pull en, S. Stjohn Parker, J. A. Stern, J . 1-1. Tho mpson , J . L. To pham , C. J. R. Tothill , N. J. Vancc, S. J. D. Welbourn , D. C. Yule.

Badminton After we had realised that Gary Smith was not going to appea r for the term, a lo t of fe-organisation and talent- hunt ing took place. And OUf talent we found in the shapes of Geoffrey Evison, Ben Shorten and Henry Tattcrsficld. Evison, who had not played fo r a year or 50, soon got back into the way of playing; his height gives him quite an advantage, which he uses a lot. More confidence a nd determination will bethc points for him to develop. Shorten is a good player who had not touched a racket for the School before, but his talent at tennis and squash gave him a good start. Time for more practices wou ld have been n i ce~ but 1,1": has played well in matches. Tattersficld. generally accepted as a good sq uash player, has a good eye for t he shuttle. He IS a VIC IOUS player, revelling in his smashes- if only he could have a little more time and enthusiasm for the ga me! Rodney Dysh has a lso played fo r the U.19-a good player to have as a fifth man. He has had a 10 1of experience and practice, and his major fault is lifting too much, but never mind ; it will come in time. Amongst the U. 16s the most prom ising player is A listair McFie, who has won almost all his matches. We have even used him in the U. 19s, and he is a lways will ing to play. And Jason Yap: i/on/yheco uld move a bit more, what a player he would be. Simon St uttaford has potential too: if on ly he cou ld put in more pract ice and make more coaching sessions! Rajiv Vijayanat han is an agile mover on court, and shou ld soon become a usefu l player. Ou r grat itude goes to Mr. Pat Davis, who despite several despairing moments in coaching has taught us mo re about the game than we dreamt anyone cou ld. Our sincere thanks go to Mr. Mathews who reminds us of coaching sessions and fills in fo r the absent Âˇ minded ca ptain. M ARK M c M URRUG l1 ( Capt.). U.19: M. C. J. McMurrllgh, G. L. G. i::viSOIl , J. B. Shonell, J. H. Tattersfie ld , R. A. Bysh (C%urs ill ila/ics) U.16: A. J. McFie, S. H. Yap, S. P. Stuttaford , R. Vijayanathan (Co/ts cO/olirs in iltl/ic!1')

Basketball The Senior House Championship was well supported and produced the usual number of close and exciti ng games. Mc ~ ste r Omcrs and Walpole reached the final and the experienced Meister Omers team were made 10 fight all the way by a determllled Walpole side who were eventually beatcn by 4 baskets in a low scoring gam c. M.E.M.

Meister Omers: Walpole:

Teams N. Wa kefield,S points; A. Shaw,S points; 1. Dawkins, 6 points; P. Barry, 6 points; A. Smart . G. Evison, 10 points; R. Philpott, J. Cox, 2 point s; A. Adebajo, 2 points; J. Gopalji. Result Meisler Omcrs 22 po ints, Wa lpole 14 points.

Canoeing T here has been a welcome increase ofD. C. U. fixtu res in the aut umn fI nd we have tried to make as fu ll a usc of this as possible. The great success was undoubtedly Pritchard's ent ry into Division 2, the highest any boy in the school has achieved. A team composed of C. Bartlett , S. Brook , A. Martin, Rowsell a nd Vye went to bot h Newbury Slalom on the 25th September and Y" Iding o n th e 22nd/23rd October. Some good times were achieved in the latter event and Dartlett did very well to be promoted to Divisio n 4. l1le other members of the team arc within striking distance fI nd should be promoted next term if th ey train properly. There has been a lot of sea·canoeing, especially at Joss Bay, whe re quite respectable surf can be e ncou ntered. Bartlett took over the train ing of the beginners this term fInd did a very good job, bringing 15 boys up from scratch to their Novice Test by half·te rm . We hope they wi ll conti nue their tmini ng next term with a view to e nteri ng B.C.U. Slaloms in the summer. We should be taking dcliveryofa new Dancercanoe next term: this isa plastic canoe, much more durable in o ur confi ned river condit ions and it is intended we shall eventua lly replace o ur fl eet of basic boats wit h these. M.J.V.

Cross Country With minim,,1 talent available and key members of both intermediate and sen ior teams occupicd elsewhere th is term, we feared that it might prove difficult to fulfi l our traditional , slrong fixture list but lucki ly reinforcements were at hand in Walpole and very similar results to last Autumn were achieved. Clearly Ihe Club is weak at present, as the whitewash inflicted on our sen iors by Sevenoaks shows, but va rious individ ual talents have emerged to suggest that when at full strength next term , we shou ld hold our own. James Mack en zie has taken over where Gary Oliver left off, leadi ng the first team and it wasa serious blow when he dislocated a hip whilst in third place at Portsmouth; behind him strong support has come from James Wrench and less regularly from the Captain Dave Crompton, Andy Preston and Mike Pocock, but Tom Kelly the secretary never really got fit before succumbing to illness. Patrick Waiters, A lan Rogers, Michael N"sh and Nick Frappell have filled the remaining places, bu t it is symptomatic of our wea kness that for open races, three of the team places have been filled by inlers. U. 17 races h"ve seen the emergence of Peter Gbtke as a run ncr of considerable talen t, capable of geu ing in amongst our leading riva ls' front runners and defeatin g most of our seniors fInd he h"s been closely followed home by Jonathan Wright and Simon Attwood. A reasonable intermediate resu lt against Sevenoaks was fo llowed by victory over Judd , suggesting that prospects l oo ~ good for next term if ~e can ~eld o ur stro ngest team regularly. G iles Amos h.as also l ook~d pro!," i sin~ on occasions, whilst Jonat han C hu mas, Nick Lewlll and Campbell Donald have had to defend their places agamst a hvely little bunch of under 14s, led in by Messrs. Edmonds, D'O ffay, Walker and includ ing Wrench, Rattray and Hodgson. With an enthusiastic response to regular train ing right through the cl ub fI nd not just from particular individuals, good resu lts are possible next term, bu t we shall still fa ll well short of our medal · win ning standards of two years ago, perhaps expecti ng most at intermediate levels wit h an eye to the future.

J.B.S. RESULTS

Oct. 8th Oct. 15th

Oct. 22nd Nov. 5th Nov. 12th Nov. 26th

Senior: Sevenoaks, 2 1; K.S. C., 69. Illter: Sevenoaks, 34; K.S. C., 46. Cambridge Harriers Races at Foots Cray Senior: I , Sevenoaks, 37; 13, K.S.C., 2 14. 14 ra n. Inter: I , Rochester Maths, 40; 7, K.S.c., 12 1. 14 ran. Junior: I , Rochester Matlls, 27; 14 , K.S.C., 229. 19 ran. Senior: Betha ny, 38; King's, Rochester, 58; K.S.c., 90. Illter: King's, Rochester, 52; Bethany, 56; K.S.c., 65. Senior: I , Seaford, 30 ; 2, K. S.C., 70 ; 3, Portsmouth O .S., 8 1. Senior: Judd S., 22; K.S.C. , 61. Inter: K.S.c. , 38; Judd S. , 40. Kerton Relayal Northwood: I, SI. A lbans; 2, Skin ners; 3, Dr. ChaJloners; 12, K. S.C. 20 ran.

Fencing This term w? were wit hout the services of fo rmer Joint Captain, Mike Macpherson, who left at the end of last term. His last match was a g a\~ s l th,e C:.K .S. w?cre he played a major pari in defeating what must have been the strongest epee learn we have ever !accd . Durmg his tmlC at KlIlg's he won County Schoolboys' Championships at Junior and Senior level in all weapons and on his day must be ranked among our best performers. We wish him every success in his future career. In o U,r first match agai nst King's, Roch ester, the 1st team were not qui Ie so sharp as thei r opponents who had taken part in a lost by 3 bouls. Fortunately the 2nd and 3rd teams wo n fairly easily and ensured acomfo rlable vIctory overa ll. However, In the next match lh~ l SI team ',Vcre well up to s l a.ndar~ and scored a fine win over a strong Whitgift team, a number of whom had becn well plaecd In the Pubhe Schools Championships. The 2nd and 3rd teams also won and with furth er successes .against K. C.S. Wimbledon and King's, Rochester, in the an nual cpce event, where the 3rd team asto unded everyone by seonng the highest number of victo ries, we still remain undefeated in school matches. c~mlpc t l t l o n lh c week befo ~c, and

In C?UIH ~ Comp?titions all .Championships were retai ned including the 3 Wea pons Championship, the Team Foil C hampIonshIps (Selllo r and JUnior) and the Sabre Team Championship with M. Mortlock finally wi nning the individual title fro m ~ . W. Than.l after a ba~ra ge for 1st place in the Se!lior ev ~ nt and M. Esch)ustlosing ~i s ba rrage o n the fi nal hit to gain 2nd place In the JUnior ChampIonshIp. The o ther places m the fillais were dominated by Kmg's fencers and this was a pleasing conclusion to the first ha lf of th e season. This term we say fa rewe ll to the Captain of Fencing Siew Wan Tham who has been an o utstanding performer at all th ree we~p o n s with a s t~ing of victories 10 ~i s credit in Coun ty Championships and the abi lity to win those vita l bouts in schoo l matches

whl~h make the ~ I !fe rence bet wen vlctory.and defeat. He h ~s also ~on e a tremendous a~ount of.w~>r k , o rganising and check ing e~llIpment , .repal n.ng

weapons and eoaehlllg and enco uragmg JUnI? r fencers-a splendid captam III every way. Also leaving is VI ce-Captain Qavi Rauz who has also had a good share of success III matches and County Competitions and over the last two years has in creased co nsiderably in confidence and ability. Qavi Rauz is to study engineering and Siew Wan Tham to read m~ dici ne and fu rt her.swe ll the ranks ofO.K .S. fencers who seem to have progressed successfu lly from sword to scalpcl. They go With our very best WIshes for the future and our thanks for their outstandi ng co ntribut ion to King's fencing. M. E. M.

v KtN(;'S, ROCHESTER. Won 44- 26

1st (F. E. S.). Lost 12- 15 2nd (F.E.S.). Won 18-9

RESULTS v K.C. S. WIM tlLEOON. Won 39- 6 1st (F. E.) . WOIl \6-2

2nd (F.E.). Won 15-3

3rd ( Foil). Won 14- 2

3rd (Fo il). Wo n 8- \

v WlltTGtFT. Won 33- 2 1

v KING'S. ROC'l-IESTER. Wo n S I- 28 (3 Team Epee Match) Top Scorers fo r K.S. C. - Maximum 9 victories J. M. Barton 8 ; O. G . Evans and F. T. Phang 7 each; R. J .. Appleyard and E. Lloyd 6 each.

lSi (F.E.s.). Won 14- 13 2nd (F. E.). Won 13-S 3rd (Foil). Wo n 6- 3

COUNTY COMPETITIONS Kent Schoolboys' 3 Wea pon Championship 1st, K. S.C., 'A ' Team, 6 points; 2nd K. S. Rochester ' A' Team , 4 points; 3rd, K.S.C. ' B' Team , 2 points. K.S.C. 'A ' Team: S. W. Tham and O. G . E vans (Foil) M. A. Mortlock and E. Lloyd (Epee) Q -U -A. Rauz and R. J . Appleyard (Sabre) O-U- A. Ra uz and R. J. Appleyard undefeated at sabre with 6 victories each. Kent Schoolbo)'s' Team Foil Cha mpionships SENIOR CHAMPIONSIII I' 1st K.S.C.; 2nd King's, Rochester. (5-4). Team: M. A. Mortiock, R. J. Appleyard, D. G. Evans. J UNIOR CHAM I>IONSIII P

lSi K. S.c., 'A '; 2nd K.S.C., ÂˇB '. (7-2). Team: M. S. Adamson , M. Esch , J .J .C. Rawlinson.

Kent Schoolboys' Individual Sabre Chaml)ionsitil)S SEN IOR CHAMP10NSH[]' 1st, M. A. Mortlock (K .S.C.) ; 2nd, S. W. Tham (K. S.C.); 3rd, J. G. Bendien (K.S.C. ); Sth, QÂˇU-A. Rauz (K. S.C.); 61h, R. J. Appleyard (K. S.q. JUNIOR C'IAM I'IONSHI I' 2nd M. Esch (K.S.C. ); 4t h, J. J . C. Rowlinson (K .S.C. ); Sth, F. T. Phang (K. S.C. ) ; 6th , A. J . Wickerso n (K. S.C.). Inter-House C haml)ionship 1st, Marlowe, 6 victories; 2nd, Tradescant, 3 victories 2nd Colours awarded 10 : J. G. Bendien, J. M. Bart on, M. Esch and L. P. Humberstone.

Shooting Despite the sad and untimely death of Mr. Recton, shooting this term started to come together. T he extensive use of the smaller ' tenbu ll ' targets began to pay off with consistently good scores fro mJo Oyler, Tim Ogburn and Tim Edghi ll. For the first time ever we shot a fo ur boy, four girl team against St. Lawrence which we might have won if it hadn 't been for the four girls! The last match we shot was aga inst St. Edmu nd's and we managed despite the effort s of Johnny Springhall to take the match to a draw. Thus Mr. Recton eventually did n' t lose his bet, contrary to his expectations. The girls have had a busy term wit h their team led by A lison Rowe taking pa rt in a couple o f ent husiastic but unsuccessful matches. They also were able to fire the .22 auto matic pistols for the first time with some spectacular results as Fiona practised for ' the Professio nals' . Finally, there has been an encouraging increase in the number of Juniors shooting on Tuesdays and this should provide a good foundation for Group A next year. E DWARD WII.SON. ( Capt.)

Squash It was never anticipated that this year's team would be world beaters, particularly after we learnt that Gary Smit h was not likely to return. In the event, thanks to our great strength in depth, we won 4 of o ur6 matches agai nst schools and co uld have won 5 if a 2-0 adva ntage gained by our third string at SI. Edmund 's had been converted into a win. The only sehoolto beat us convi ncingly was C ranleigh, on their courts. To o ffset th is we gained S- O wi ns over Sutton Valence and SI. Lawrence, Ramsgate, a 4- 1 win over Ha rrow and a 3- 2 win o ver Cranbroo k. The win over St. Lawrence got us through to the 3rd round of the Natio nal Tournament, and in the next round we meet Cranbrook on o ur courts on January 2Sth . Individually G eoffrey Evison and Mark McMurrugh at fi rst and second string respectively were of mueh the same standard. Evison's best moment came whe n he beat the Harrow 2nd string wit hout losing a point , and McMurrugh's defeat ofO.J .B. in the masters match was comfortably his best wi n of th e season. Lower down Henry Tattersfield 's ferocious cross court forehand was too good for most schoo l boy opponents, b ut Jayesh Gopalj i's form seemed to desert him after an auspicious start. Fi nally James Cox forced his way into the side after the first two matches, and resisted all attempts to oust him . O nly Crall ieigh's fifth stri ng proved to be his superior in school matches. I must thank Evison for o rgan ising team training, Mark McMurrugh, the secreta ry, fo r organ ising the printi ng of Headed paper and the production of a squash 1st Team tic, and both for providing the Master in charge with rare mo ments of elation by tactfully losing to him . They were both awarded full colou rs at the end of term! R.P.8.

Under-16 Squash By our standards this was a fairly gentle term, with just eight matches for the Colts (against I-larrow, Epsom, Sulton Valence, Cranlcigh, Ardingly, St. Edmund's and Sf. Lawrence, twice), seven for the Junior Colts (against Epsom, Hohllcwood House, Cranleigh, SI. Edmund's, Ardingly, Wellesley House and Sutton Valence), one for the under-14s and a ninc-a-sidc match

against Bromley Town s.R.e. The Colts lost only to Ardingly, 2- 3: they were probably our strongest opponents thi5 term, and we met them on a day when we were without our regular No.2. The Junior Colts also lost at Ardingly, and lost on another occasion when I misjudged the

strength of the opposition and picked too weak a learn! Andrew Wclbourn and Mark Ryeland both played a few times for the Colts: they are both good players who arc kept out of the first team by even better players, though Mark was playing well at the end of the season and ought to challenge for a place in the team next term. John Taylor, happily recovered from his knee operation, rail very hard and hit the ball very hard: he has been known to playa dropshot, but not often. Philip Evans must be the most improved player: he played from No.2 to No.5, and won all his six matches 3-0, dropping only 32 points altogether! Matthew Durham would beat most opponents if an he did was to scrve his lobs and play his drop shots, but he can actua!ly play raBies too. He played from No.1 to No.5, winningall his matches and losing only one game and not many points. David Stocks overpowered most of his opponents by his clean hard hitting: he lost only at Arclingly, though he probably played his best squash in that match. David Laurence played in only three matches, because of the demands of rugby, and his play suffered from the lack of practice, especially towards the end ofthe terlll. Alistair McFie was the clear No. I: his marvellous eye for the ball, the variety of his angle shots, and his fitness meant that he dominated the rest of the Colts, and he lost against other schools only when playing boys who were normally in their 1st Vs. ThcJunior Colts were rathcr short of players this tcrm, with three respectable players playing rugby full-time. Several people played just once or twice, and Tim Lee played a few games at No.4 or No.5. Edward Dykesimproved a lot: he played from NO.3 to No.5. and usually won-when he lost it was only 2-3. Jeremy Bartlett and Stuart Lacy played at Nos. 2 and 3, not always very predictably: they both need to playa steadier game-but they usually won. Simon Stuttaford, though good enough to play for the Colts (which he did once or twice) played No.1 when available and when needed, which was not very often: despite the lack of practice he had some good matches. Gcnerally the Junior Colts need to work harder to improve their game: too many of them are playing the same sort of squash that they were playing last year, and there is also too much temperament creeping in. Prospects for the under-14s seemed bleak at the beginning of tcrm, but one by one some very promising players emerged, and by the end of term there were Ricky Kher, Andrew Vinton, Charles Boorman, Chris Mitchell, Steven Calthrop and Peter CockriH, and we felt strong enough to arrange a match against Brambletye, who have recently sent us some goodsquash players. They entertained us very well, but beat liS 5-1: however, two of the matches were lost only 2-3 after 2-() leads, so it was more even than it looks. Next term is the real test of our strength: there are 40 matches altogether for the three teams. C.J.M.

Girls' Games Hockey This has been a very encouraging term for girls' hockey. An intake of athletic first-year girls encouraged a number of the second year to take the game more seriously than last season, and from the very start Francesca Watts as captain provided the drive and enthusiasm missing last ycar. Probably too a greater familiarity with the all-weather surface on Blore's has encouraged improved ball-skills, and more confident passing and running into position. Besides greater keenness and quality there are this ycar a larger number of useful players, so that 1st Xl positions can be covered by useful reserves, and indeed a 2nd Xl could be feasible. The second-year contribution to the team has been prominent in defence, where, besidcs Francesca in goal, the two backs, Helcll Ashton and Melissa Bashaarat, have improved greatly since last year. At right inner, Diana Coleman has also found much better form, whilst Sharon Gordon has played some good matches. The halves, Natascha Engel, Sarah Holden and Emma Risley, all new girls, have set up good opportunities fortheforwards, of whom Christina Albin and Sophie Lumsden have been particularly sharp, whilst Caroline Simpson has been a neat left wing and there has been keen competition for the right wing position. We started the season well against the O.K.S., and then played formidable opponents in Q.E. Faversham, who had just returned from a tour in America. We drew with them I-I, and then lost 0-1 over there later in the term (last year it had been 0-8). Close defeats by strong opponents proved to be the main pattern of the term, except against Cranbrook where we were weakened by injury before half-time. 72 WE WERE NOT !lORN TO SUE, BUT TO COMMAND (Bill heland)

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In the New Year, apart from resisting thc3rdXI, weshall bcsharpeningour skills (or thc KentSchools' Tournament in March, and for the now biennial fixtu re against o ur highly-organised visitors from Connecticut, Hotchkiss SchooL Finally, a new and exciting venture for us will be tak ing up an invitation to play at a tournament in The Hague just after Easter. The team: Francesca Watts (Capt.). Melissa Bashaarat, Helen Aston, Natascha Engel, Sarah Holden, Emma Risley, Caroline Simpson, Sophie Lumsden, Christina Albin, Diana Coleman, Rebecca Winch, Sharon Gordon. Tlre/ollowillggirlsafso played: Tessa Williamson, Susan Hellyar, Katherine Hardwick, Clare Robertson, Lucy Flint, Bryony Griffiths. RESULTS

v O.K.S. Won 2-1 v Queen Elizabeth's, Faversham. Drew I - I v SI. Stephen's College, Broadstairs. Lost 0- 2 v Kent College. Lost 0- 1

Dover College. Lost 0- 1 Queen Elizabeth 's, Faversham. Lost 0- 1 II Cranbrook. Lost 1- 4 II Monitors. Lost 1- 2 II II

Netball As in hockey, our netball this year has been re-invigorated by the first-year intake, and indeed of the 6a $irls only captain Claire Dussek has commanded a regular place in the team. Though for many schools the Lent term is thei r mam netball season, we have started with some promising wins, and were particularly pleased to be third in o ur section of the Kent Schools' Netball Tournament , losing only to a strong Sheppey side. Good footwork and neat, accurate passing have been an encouraging feature of the team's play; for our fuller programme of Lent Term fi xtures we shall need to develop better blocking skills in defence and improved overhead passing. Th e team: Claire Dussek (Capt.) , Annabel Roberts, Lucy Harland, Sophie Lumsden, Sophia Baker, Sarah Holden, Kate Hunter, Natascha E ngel. 2nd VII: Vanessa Wright, Kate Hunter (Capt' I' Natascha E ngel, Lucy Dixon-Clarke. Fiona Hunter-Craig, Deborah Colman , Rebecca Winch, A lison Rowe. Susan Hel yar, Joanna Marriott and Tessa Williamson also played. R ESULTS

1st VII Kellt Schools' Toumamellt v Kent College. Won 17-9 v Barton Court. Drew 7-7 v SI. Stephen's College, Broadstairs. Wo n 12- 1 v Newstead Wood. Won 6- 3 v Wye College. Won 19-9 vSheppey. Lost 3-12 v Cranbrook. Lost 8-9 v Southlands. Won 10-2 2nd VII v Kent College. Lost 7-10 v Cranbrook. Lost 4- 28

Squash Three matches have been played, and there are further fixt ures next term. The/ollowillg girls have played: Claire Dussek ( Capt.), Kate Hunter, Catherine Conybeare. Alison Rowe, Sharon Gordon, Caroline Simpson, Sophie Lumsden, Ezim Eneli. R ESULTS

v Ardingly. Lost 0-5 v Benenden. Lost 0-6

v Mrs. Davies' V. Drawn

A friendly badminton match was played against Benenden. The/ollowing girls played: Zoe Horsbrugh-Porter, Melanic Pong, Lucy Dixon-Clarke, Sarah Holden. JAW.

73 IT'S HERE SOMEWHERE .. . (Michael Peterburs)

THE SCHOOL Captain of School: C. T. Pears Vice-Captain of School: S. J. Paine,

K.S.

S CHOOL M ONITORS

R. E. D enman, C. J. R. Norton, R. A. Hills, A. D. Horn, M.S., S. W. Tham K.S. Felicity J. Unwin C s CandIda E. Morley, K.S.. Teresa M. Wilkinson, C.S., R. A. K. Darko, R. J. L.' Philpott, K.S., J. D. Pardoe, M. A . Mortlock.

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HOUSE MON ITORS

School House:

A. D. Horn, M.S. , Felicity J. Unwin, c.s., J. D. Molyneux T. R W Freeman S J S Lark, A. T. Yule, K.S .. W. H. A. Scoones. ' " , . . .

The Grange:

R. A. K. Darko! W. J. MeL. Scott, J. L. H. Bartlett, S. E. Bradforth, Bnggs, J. Q. VeItch, J. E. S. Weston, R. L. Smith.

Walpole: Meister Omers: Marlowe: Luxmoore: Galpin's:

R.. J .. Philpott, Wllkmson.

K.S.•

P. R. Jones,

J. D. D. Pardoe, T. M. Phillips, S. M. A. Vavasour.

K.S..

M.S.•

K.S ..

R. H.

M. J. Pocock, P. W. Walters Teresa M ' .

W. H. Stace,

K.S. ,

M. G . Justice, A. C. Shaw

M. A. Mortlock, Rachel S. S. Davies, T. M. Kelly, K.S., Q-U-A. Rauz, K.S. C. T. Pears, A. Mostafid, P. Taphouse, A. D. Tewungwa, N. J. A. Gregory. R. A. Hills, Candida E. Morley, D. J. N. Dalton, K.S. , T. J. Brook, P. D. Miller, c.s., J. F. Oyler, A. SI. J. ReavllI, C. F. Fenucci.

Linacre:

S. J. Paine, K.S .. S. L. Davis, K.S .. A. MeG. Barron, McFle, K.S.. D. M. Cantor.

Broughton:

C. J. R. Norton, S. R. Lerche, M. W. Norton, D. B. Ridgwell, J. A. Tees, 1. W. McK. Newall.

K.S ..

G. S. J. Wilson,

K.S..

P. A. C.

Tradescant:

S. W. Tham, K.S.. A. D. Cockman, B. R. D. Cohen, c.s.. 1. C. Hamlin, S. O . Hancock K.S.. D. C. Hepburn, P. 1. R. Kerry, P. Mondadori A. 1. Musson M s C P H' Sturt, M.S. J , .. , . . .

Mitchinson's:

R. E. Denman, W. 1. Ireland, S. C. Hodgson, A. H. Kennedy, K.S .. Alison 1. Rowe, N. 1. Strange.

Lattergate:

D. J .. Riggs, M.S ISH), J. D. Lam (LN), Annajane B. Marlar (SH), S. 1. Mannmg-Press (LN), R. E. Strivens, K.S.. M.S. (GL).

Rugby Football Sculling Swimming Canoeing Badminton Tennis FenCing

R. E. Denman N. 1. Strange A. C. Shaw A. SI. 1. Reavill G. S. Smith G. S. Smith S. W. Tham, K.S.

CA IYfA I NS OF SPORT

Hockey Girls' Hockey Soccer Girls' Netball Golf Girls ' Squash Chess

Monitor for Music: D. 1. M. Garrett, M.S. Head Sacristans: A. D. Cockman, A. D. Horn, 74

1. E . S. Weston Francesca A-M. Watts R. H. Briggs Claire F. Dussek S. R. Lerche Claire F. Dussek C. 1. Wilshin

M.S.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR School House, . The King's School, Canterbury.

17th December, 1983. Dear Sir, I noted with interest that , throughout the reigns of Elizabeth I and Victoria, scholars of the King's School were known as 'Queen's Scholars', Could you possibly tell me why this practice is not continued under our Queen? Yours inquisitively, B I~YONY GRl rFITHS.

(He who pays the piper has the tun e called after him. The King's Scholars were, and are, King Henry VIII's

scholars. It is true that in Elizabeth I's reign th e school was once or t wice called the Queen's School: ifit was a hint it was lost on her. Under Queen Anne, Queen Victoria and her present Majesty the correct name has been used for those on King Henry's Foundation. Of course, if a gracious and gellerous illC/inatioll . . . - Ed.)

The King's School, Canterbury.

9th December, 1983. Dear Sir, I am writing to you about one of the most repressive school rules, 8 vi, 'Smoking and possession of smoking materials, including tobacco and snuff . .. '. The strict ness of this rule urged me to write to you complaining about the injustice and frustration that it causes amongst the pupils of this school. As a week-end smoker, I admit that it is an unhealthy habit, and some would argue that it isanti-social, but I find it a means of relaxing and releasing tension. With the constant fear of being discovered, how can one be expected to release tension? I have no doubt that there would be a more relaxed atmosphere in the school if smoking were to be permitted, even if it were to be tolerated only in certain areas. The punishment tends to vary with the pupil involved. The paying of the fines and the copying of the literature (the ASH pamphlet) are generally accepted by the pupils, however tne practice of informing parents on ly serves to create family tension, which leaves heated arguments and dissatisfaction in its wake. It is unfair that some parents are informed and others not! Please can this gross unfairness be dispensed with either by the toleration of smoking, orby a standard practice? I am permitted by law to buy and smoke tobacco as I am over sixteen. I have acknowledged the dangers that it poses to my health and am prepared to run the gauntlet. I must stress that it is not an anti-social habit as some of the staff claim. In fact it is the total opposite! What is anti-social about a conversation over a drink and a cigarette in the pub? In that sense it may even be a social grace. (I wi ll leave the question of alcohol for some other correspondent.)

Yours faithfully, ANON.

(We refe;you 10 the powerful arguments against smoking assembled by the School medical staff 011 page 151 of the April, 1981, 'Cantuarian '. Punishmelils should obviously be standardised for those who still think they know beller. but we doubt if your in/ormation is accurate. - Ed.)

IN MEMORIAM RSM ROBERT REcrON Bob joined the CCF as its RSM in November 1972 and it was immediately obvious that he was the right man for the job and the job was the right one for him. His course to King's had started with the Parachute Regiment in 1944 and re-enlistment in The Buffs in 1950 which had led him to service in Kenya (who will ever forget his stories about the Mau-Mau and his climb up Kilimanjaro?), Radfan, Aden and other far-away places. He retired from the Regular Army in 1972 with the Long SerVice and Good Conduct Medal and we then had the benefit of his wide experience, both as a soldier and an administrator, in the CCF. He was very proud of his connections with The Buffs and, latterly, the Queen's Regiment but he was also proud of the King's School CCF, this pride probably reaching its peak when the large Guard of Honour, trained by him, was inspected by the Queen Mother in 1981. The school shooting team thrived under his expert tuition and those boys who worked closely with him in the shooting club or in the Army Section of the CCF found in him an interesting, helpful and loyal friend, full of good stories and homilies but always demonstrating what a marvellously varied time could be had in Service life. The complete unexpectedness of his departure highlighted how much we had come to depend on him in the running of the CCF and it will seem strange not to see his combat-suited figure striding over Scotland Hills or Capel Curig Training Camp or the steep lanes round Troutbeck. No more will the officers enjoy the delicate meals that he could extract from spruced up compo; no more will we hear cadets being warned that their guts will become his garters if their kit is not returned on time; no more will we enjoy the upright figure in glorious mess kit promoting the tambala at the Christmas staff dance. There is absolutely no doubt that all who have known Bob over the years will cherish happy memories of a great and loyal friend and our sympathy goes out to his widow, Betty, and his two sons, of whom he was so proud. P.G.W.

SIR DUNCAN WILSON As Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Sir Duncan Wilson acted as a representative Governor of the School from 1972 to 1981. Although by profession a Diplomat he remained at heart essentially an academic, and a productive one at that, despite the heavy demands of the Diplomatic Service. He was born in 1911 and educated at Winchester and Ballio\. A Fellowship at The Queen's College was succeeded by an attempt at the Diplomatic Service which failed only at the last stage because of rejection on medical grounds. A year of teaching at Westminster School was followed by a post at the British Museum, but the outbreak of war transformed his career. He moved into public service; first in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, then the Foreign Office and then the Control Commission in Germany. Appointment as a Director of Research at the Foreign Office followed and led naturally to positions as Charge d'Affaires in Peking, Ambassador to Yugoslavia and the final, prestigious, post of Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Upon retirement from Moscow he was elected Master of Corpus Christi and in this capacity he became a Governor.

76 RSM ROBERT RECTON (W.J.R.H-S.)

He was a man of enormous integrity, understanding and sympathetic, with a lively sense of humour and fun but, nevertheless, rather shy, despite his tall and distmguished appearance. He developed into a scholar of considerable repute, publishing works on Vuk Stefanovic Koradzic, one of the founding fathers of Serbia, on Leonard Woolf and on Tito's Yugoslavia. He was engaged in working on a book on Gilbert Murray at the time of his death. He also sat on or chaired various public enquiries and, on retirement from the Diplomatic Service, was much in demand for giving advice on communist affairs. He greatly appreciated his connection with the King's School, taking an especially lively and informed interest in the many boys going as undergraduates to Corpus Christi. He was meticulous in his attendance at Governors' Meetings where his characteristically courteous but incisive contributions were greatly valued. It was a particular pleasure to him to find, shortly before his retirement, that he was joined on the Governing Body by his sister, Mrs. Warnock. He showed a deep interest in the affairs of the school as a whole and was readily persuaded to address the boys on various matters of moment. Perhaps the most moving demonstration of his connection with both the School and the College came at the enthronement of Archbishop Coggan when, with immense dignity, he proudly carried the Canterbury Gospels into the Cathedral preceded and succeeded by ranks of white surpliced Scholars. It was to him, and all who saw it, a memorable moment. He died peacefully at his Scottish home on Islay in September 1983, leaving a widow and two daughters. RICI-IARD BAINBRIDGE.

PHILIP ELVY AND PAUL MYCROFf Sadly, we have to record the deaths of these two 18-year old O.K.S. in a car accident on 6th November. They had left the School only in July. Philip had just started at Guy's Hospital, while Paul was retaking his' A' levels at the Collingham Tutors. Both had begun their connection with King's at Milner Court. Paul was in Marlowe until January 1983 when he joined Philip in Linacre. They both gave great zest to their living, whether in sport or general socialising. Philip was talented in most sports, playing for the 1st XV on several occasions in his last years, producing astounding runs and tackles in House match Finals or a century in a 20-over league cricket match. Paul's sporting talents were principally in tennis and squash, getting his first colours for tennis and playing for the school squash team throughout his last year. Both were quite happy to turn out for any house side when necessary. Their capacity for friendship was extraordinary, amply illustrated by the crowded cathedral at their double funeral on November 16th, and by the generous response to the Linacre Appeal in lieu of flowers. At the service, Mr. Allen, their housemaster, spoke of the need to bring doubts and anger to such a service. He also emphasised that Christianity didn't preach the removal of pain and sorrow by magic, but that it did teach that God was alongside us in our grief, caring and loving in the midst of our fears and bewilderment. Finally he spoke of the necessity of responding positively to such an event. Life has to go on being lived, and we should go out to do that with courage and vitality, as they would have done. The thoughts and prayers of the school community are very much with their friends and families in this time of loss.

77 SUMMER CAMP IN BERLIN (M.J. V.)

C.C.IF. NOTES ARMY SECTION The sudden death ofRSM Bob Recton is still so recent, and slich a shock, that it is difficult to concentrate the memory on the ordinary events of the Section's calendar this tCrlll. A proper tribute to him appears elsewhere in this issue; and I am sure he would approve of progress being recorded, to emphasise that the Section to which he contributed so much Over his ten years at the school continues on its way albeit with great sadness. The APC squad was organised into three sectiolls at the beginning ofllle term, for ease of ins tructi Oil, and also to stimulate a

sp~rit of compctjtio~l. The s~ctio~s, Albuhcra, Salamanca, and Doma, under Sgts Pail1~s and Linney, and CpJ Gambilli, with CSM Bar~lctt and C/Sgt WdSOlllll overall control, wcnt through a full programme of dnll and weapon training in preparation ~or.the SkIll-at-Ar~ns Test of the Profj~ienc'y Certificate. Thi~ term is always the most difficult of the cadet's career, as the Army

mSlsts on a very l11gh standard, especially m the Safety sectIOn of the Test, and a large number of training sessions had to be devoted to classroom instruction. However, it paid off, in that when the Cadet Training Team came in November to administer !1,lC Test, they were able to pass all but two (who .were unable to be tested b~cause ofiUness). This was folJowed by the Shooting I est: not so successful, as a number of cadets Will have to be assessed agalll next term-we suffered from both· 22 and, 303 ranges being out of operation for some weeks, and the resultant lack of practice time. A break in this routine was made on the Night .Exerci.se on 1?t!1 October,. when the sections had to navigate independently into the training areas from different droppmg-pomts, aVOldmgaggresslve ellemy patrols, and then set up camp on the area and guard it. Each cadet took a turn using map and compass to lead the sections, and all in all it proved a successful exercise. Field Day then continued with fieldcraft training. Next term theAPCSquad will be out and about much more, learning the practical skills of patrolling in preparation for the final test on the March Night Exercise and Field Day. Recruits. Sixteen boys opted for the Army Scction this term, and training proper begins next term. Commandos. Starling the term by putting on displays for potential recruits to the CCF the Commandos went onlo carry out a full progra~me of climbing and canoeing. The.quarry at Nackingtoll was redis.c?vc!·ed, and ~bse.i1ling off the forty-foot cliff there practlse~. In early No,:cmber half the sectIOn went. to Bowles Rocks for ~Ultlon m.rock chmbmg, and had a superb day in aUlum~ sUllslune .tackhng chmb~ up to 4c standard. A.. (hfferent typ~ ~f absellhng, ruolllng dO\~n very steel? slopes clipped to a rope With a karabmer, was practised at the Warren at J-olkestone: thiS IS an excellent area for thiS sort of activity and we shall go. back next .tenn. Another exercise involving ropes was the aerial runway across the Stour put up at the end of November. Sea-canoemg at Joss Bay took up one Thursday, and this was followed on Field Day by a Canoe, March and Shoot, starting at Grove Ferry, taking in the Scotland Hills assault course, and ending up at the· 22 range at Howe Barracks. REME Section. Work on the I:,a~ld-Rover has been very activ~ this term, and with the production of a new cylinder head, progress I.las been much faster. It IS mtended that the Rover be stnpped down 10 the chassis, transmission and engine so that it can be dnven, and have all operating parts visible. The major milestone was passed a few weeks after half-term whe~ we were a~le to start, and drive. out of the s~led, the 'condemned vehicle': a minor triumph for the HEME. Many thanks to Sgt Swain, Without whose expertise the Scctlon could not fUllction, and congratulations to Cpl Lewin whose enthusiasm has been infectious. Signals Section. 111e te~m was spent m~inly building up ba~ic skills. Two Il.CW rccruits entered ncar thc end of term, bringing the strcngth up to four. 1 he sponsor umt made contact, which we hope Will be very useful for the future. The Section will integrate next term with the APC squad, providing radio facilities for their patrol exercises.

Dates a/camps in 1984: 28th March to 5th April: Easter Adventurous Training Camp at Troutbeck, Cumbria. 19th to 28th July: Summer Camp, with thc Royal Artillery at Bohne Camp, Germany.

MJ.V.

SUMMER CAMP, 1983 (with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Berlin.) Opportunities of secondmcnt to rcgular units do not come all that frequently, and we werc therefore very pleased to be invited to the Fusiliers at Kladow, Berlin. The 3rd Battalion had just arrived there from a tour of duty in N. Ireland, were vcrysharp and efficient, and apart from being excellent hosts made us feel we were being trained by real profcssionals. The a.dvance p~rty ~eft Callter~ury on thc 15th July. Despite the loss of a passport we all managed to board the Dan-Airfljght for ~erhn. On arnvallt looked as If the cadet who had been allowed to leave the UK without a passport might not be allowed into Berlm, and would have to live on in some form of stateless limbo; but the Fusiliers came to the rescue in the person of our Training Officer, Lt Ted Coates. ' .~ontgomery Barracks, where we were to spend thc next nine days, is situated only 50 yards from the Berlin Wall, and was onglllallya Luftwaffe base. The next two days we spcnt familiarising ourselves with the camp, and on a guided tour of the Wall. The gr~up was amazed by the differences between West and East Berlin. The East German guards in the sentry towers were clearly mterested in our party and several cadets arc no doubt on their photographic records!

On Sunday MJ.V. arrived with the remaining members of our grollp, and the camp was now fully under way. 011 MOll~ay the cadets were shown the art of house clearing, and given the opportunity to do some pistol shooting. On Tuesday evellmg the entire battalion, vehicles and all, did a practice river crossing, across the Havel, and we were allowed to take part. 'l:his was probably the high point of the camp, seeing at first hand how the modern Army moves itself. One of our officers was gIVen the vital role of carrying the company tca urn; whereas the other was askcd what he was going 10 do when he left school! During the following days we took part in an ambush exercise in th~ Grunewald, and in a march and shoot ~ompet.ition against Rugby School, who were on camp with us, and several cadets were given the chance to fly along the border III a heh~opterfro.m RAF Gatow. There was plenty of opportunity for sightseeing in Berlin, including a visit to Ealit Berlin via Checkpolllt Charhe. At the very end we werc given a demonstration of guard dog handling, with Oyler as voluntcer intruder, and thCll treated to an excellent barbecue. Thesecondment to a regular unit wasa very rewarding experience, and we would like to thank the CO, officers and men of.t1~e 3rd Battalion for their outstanding hospitality during our stay. In particular our thanks are due to Lts Ted Coates and Plulhp Harris for their hard work in organising our visit. It is sad to have to note that this was the last camp attended by RSM Bob Rcctoll. His friendship and common scnsc, so valuable on camps as elsewhere, will be sadly missed. MJ.V.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SEC'TION I returned fromll1Y year in Texas to find a section large in size and expectations. Unfortunately, the En.glish autumn w~s not clement and dates for Air Experience flying were gradually eroded llntil the last day of November saw nme cadets fly-five of them recruits ill only their second week in the section. Litlle flying and bad weather severely tests the morale of a scction and it has given me real satisfaction to monitor the loyalty and enthusiasm of cadets who have not enjoyed many of the fruits of life this term. However, most cadets haveshot, canoed and participated in initiativecxercises. At the e.ndoftcr.m the recruits took pari in a 'mini-exercise' (with the mandatory harrowing introduction to Crundale churchyard) whlie a selllor squad wreaked havoc with flour bombs in the Bridge area. And there was Field Day! Deprived at the last minute of our projected visit to RAF Wattisham, the sectiollll1ounted cycles and embarked eagerly on a map-reading/initiative exercise in the local countryside. Nine punctures later and with weary legs, the section declared the day a success (I suspect the ample lunch swayed popular opinion!). Next term, we havc four flying days, and with other projects in the pipeline, I ellvisage a term of positive consolid.atioll.for t1~e section. With the help of our liaison officer, Fit Lt Robinson, and liaison NCO, FS Clewer, I anticipate that the sectIOn Will be 111 good shape by the time Fit Lt Davis returns from his 'jolly' in West Germany. Jl.l.D.

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION The term began very cnthusiastically with the first afternoon being spent on Westbere lakes in the school's Lark dinghics. Many oft.he cadets have I~OW been trained to a competent level and.,~ere thus able to enjoy sa.ilin~,by thems~lves although ev.en the expencnced Simon Richards and Jo .Murch mana~ed a !l.ear colhslOn and subsequent c~pslze. I he followmg week. the.J l~ll1~r Cadets took the Able Seaman's exam WIth most passmg easily under the watchful eye of CPO Cane (although the Mltcillnson s bunch lost many marks in one part as they drilled spasmodica!Jy like drunkards). Later in the term the section split up into two groups, with one canoeing around Canterbury'S medieval rivers whilst the other group refined their sailing skills on a windy aften~o?n's sailing. At othertit~es duriI.lg.the .term, kecn fifth form ca?ets have been stripping down the section's motor launch and It IS hoped that aftcr a wmter refit it Will be ready for usc by Easter. A memorable Field Day was spent on a dry ski-slopc in Folkestone. A group of beginners used the slope first with R. W.T. leading the laughs as he careered down the slope as helplessly as might an. unco-or(~inated parn~t. Not to be ou!done, P.W. (Killy) Durgan demonstratcd his ability as he represented the group of 'expe~!Cnc~d' skiers-~ollle, like Ro?dy I~a~ns, had never seen skis before but were game for a laugh and made up for what they lacked III skiU by enthUSiasm. Later, Giles Elhott was heard to say that they were the most uncomfortable button !ifts he had ever uscd. The last week of term was spent on an introduction to chartwork and navigation, during which the team of Botha and Frew decided that their ship, on given bearings, was about three cables N.N.W. of Dover! I should like to thank Lt Thane and Sub Lt Durgan at the end of a very succes.sful tcrm for their hard work and CPO Cane for his patience and guidance during training. PO JAMES CARLYLE. 79

SALVETE-SEPTEMBER, 1983 P. A. Adamson, Christina A. E. A lbin, K. Allen, D. M. Bainbridge, T. A. Bainbridge, Sophia A. Baker, A. R. Ball, M. W. A. Bayne, J. R. Beatton, S. M. Beaugie, J. M. Beechey, K. P. Belliere, Emma L. Benslcd, G. E. A. Bird, Charlotte K. Bishop, N. H. J. Bishop, U. W. Blessing, C. D. Boorman, M. R. Brooke, C. P. K. Burdess, M. L. Bushby, G. Bushell, S. Bushell, R. G. Byrom, S. G. Calthrop, 1. Cawley. Deborah C. Colman, CharlotteS. A. E. Cotton, M. J. Cumber, A. J. St. J . Cunningham, O. J. Curlewis, O. W. H. Davies, R. M. De Giles. J . M. Del Mar, Lucy J. Di xon ~Clarke. T. O'Offay, W. H. C. Eagle-Bott, R. J. Edmonds, M. D. Edwards, Natascha Engel, T . A. F. Epps, G. J. V. Evans, D. C. Everhart,Sophia L. Eynon, Catherine S. Fall, Melanie C. Fall, Rachel H. Felder, Natalia E. Fetherston-Dilke, Lucy F. Flint, P. A. A. Foot, E. O. H. Fox, J. W. Galloway, Natasha C. Galloway, J. T. R. George, Rebecca M. Gilbert, A. C. Gillespie-Smith ,1. C. Girling, C. R. Gooderham, W. Gordon-Harris, Olivia J. Goulden, A. J. Greenleaf, S. A. B. G uthrie, S. A. Hami lton, Katherine A. Hardwick, Lucy J. Harland, E. S. Hewertson, D. H. Hodgson, Sarah C. Holden, Amanda J. Hope-Mason, Zoe M. Horsbrugh-Porter, Joanna M. Hulburd, M. J. D. Hulme, A. C. H. Johns,J. C. H. Kennard, R. Kher,J. M. Kingsland, A. Lall, J. M. Lawrence, A. R. Linforth, Sophie I. Lumsden, M. F. McCullough, D. J . C. McCully, A G. McDonald, A. J. McDonald, C. Majomi, M. P. Majurey, B. C. Marson, L. C. Michaels, C. C. Mitchell , D. Monro Higgs, Octavia K. Moriey, J. W. R. MowlJ, A. G. F. Murdoch, S. Murphy, J . W. Muskett,J. A. W. Mycroft,A. R. Nash, A. J. Oliver, M. A.J. M. Overton, S. St. J. Parker, A. M. J. Patterson, J. S. B. Phillips, Melania M-Y. Pong, R. T. Preston, J. H. Pritchard, B. C. Pullen, G. J. R. Purnell, J. P. E. Ralph, A. J. C. Rattray, Judith C. Reed, Emma C. Risley, Annabel E. G. Roberts, Clare L. Robertson, O. Rotimi, S. Rowe, Caroline L. Simpson, C. D. L. Smith, L. F. Smi th, T. C. E. Smith , J. A. Stern,J. H. Thompson, J. L. Topham, C. J. R. Tothill, P. J. M. Trew, S. R. Turner, E. F. Valpy, N. J . Vance, F. E. Vegelin van Claerbergen, A O. Vigo, A. T. Vi nton, A P. Walker, T. D. Watson, S. J. D. Welbourn, T. J. Weller, T. St. J. White, Joanna S. Whitt ington, E. T. J. Widdowson, H. A Williams, Tessa J. V. Williamson, Abigail B. Willis, Claire E. C. Wilson, Josephine G. w. S. Wong, B. M. A Wrench, Vanessa A Wright, D. C. Yule.

VALETE-JULY, 1983 AGHA, M. K. K. 175 Erith Road, Bexleyheath, Kent; St. Michael's School, Otford; Sept. '78; L/LN; House Monitor; CCF; House Play; Football 2nd XI; Cricket 3rd XI; Haymakers; to read Law at Birmingham University. ALLIBHAI, A. H. 116 Newgate Street, London E.C. I ; Vinehall School; Sept. '78; L/SH; CCF (Army); Rugby U.14 'C'; Hockey 2nd XI; to read Computer Science. AYLOIT, Caroline L. Chetwynd Lodge, Chettisham, Ely, Cambs.; Folkcstone College; Sept. '81; SH; Choral Scholarship-Lent '83; G irls' Choir; School Choir; Chamber Choir; G irls' Hockey Team (Cols.); G irls' 2nd Tennis Team; to read Medicine at Nottingham University. BAGUST, C. P. 38 High Street, Totnes, Devon. Montpelier School, Paignton; Sept. '80; T; Rugby Junior Colts 'B'; Cross-Cou ntry Club; to 6th Form College for Computer and Electronics course. BAILEY. M. B. 4 1 Arbrook Lane, Esher, Surrey; Milbourne Lodge Senior; Jan. '79; T; RAFCorps Lieutenant; Shooting Club 1st VIII: Rugby U.14, U. 15, Colts 'B', 3rd XV; Fairservice; to read Estate Management at South Bank Polytechnic. BAINES, Charlotte L. Pilgrims, Mulberry Hill, Chilham, Kent; Ashford School; Sept '81; T; to University. BEE, A R. Luxmoore House, King's School, Canterbury; J. K.S.; Jan. '79; LlMT; Cricket 2nd XI (Cols.); Rugby Colts 'B'; Squash U.14; to read Geology and Physical Geography at Manchester University. BIDDLE, R. D. 25 Onslow Square, London, SW7; Hill House, London; Sept. '78; L/GL; Head of House '83; Catering Committee; Romeo and Juliet, House Plays; House Song; Rugby (2nd Cols. ); Cross-Country (2nd Cols.); Athletics (2nd Cols.); hopes to read Hotel Management at Oxford Polytech nic. BISSELL. T. J. Leander House, Clifford Chambers, Stratford-upon-Avon, Watwickshire; Dulwich College Prep. School; Jan. '79; T; Founder member of the Computer Club; to read Computing Science at Warwick U niversity. BOOBBYER, A. F. Owls Castle, Cuiverstone, Meopham, Kent; New Beacon; Jan. '79; LlGL; Caxton Soc.; Choral Soc.; Curse of the Werewolf; Dowll Going of Orpheus Hawkins; House Plays. BREIT, W. J. Juliham Place, Mulberry H ill, Chilham, Kent;J.K.S.: Sept. '78; L/LN; House Monitor '82; Band; Ru~byU. 14; Cricket U. 14; J. Colts; to read Quarry Management and Technology at Doncaster Institute of Higher Education. BRIIT, R. A. I Hazelwood Gardens, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; J. K.S.; Jan . '79; L/LN; Cho ral Soc.; Swimming Team; Fencing Club; Football 2nd XI: Cricket 3rd Xl; hopes to read Geography at Bristol. BURNEIT, J. D. J. 11 Highbury Place, London, N5; Sept. '78; W; House Monitor; CCF; Hockey. BYROM, Victoria F. 65 Cromwell Road, Canterbury; September '8 1; Kent College; LN; Music Scholarship Feb. '81; Music Prize July '83; Concert, Symphony, Chamber and Recording Orchestras; School and G irls' Choir; Band; Canterbury Psalms; hopes to study Nursing at a London teaching hospital.

80 THERE IS NOTHING-ABSOLUTELY NOTHING-HALF SO MUCH WORTH DOING AS SIMPLY MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS (James Bartlett)

CAB ACHE, L. R. 23 Piazza Oella Repubbl ica, Milano; Ashdown House; September '80; LX; Football 2nd XI; Ten nis Colts and 1st VI; to attend the International School of Milan.

CARASSUS, A. F. S. 30 Garden Road, Bromley, Kent; Hill School; Jan. '79; LX; House Play; At hletics 1st; Rugby 2nd XV; Football 2nd XI; to retake 'A'levels at Collingwood Tutors.

CARBONI, J. D. L. Tiare, Lodge Road, Bromley. Kent. Bickley Park; Jan. '79; L/SH; CCF (Army Corporal); Choir; Choral Soc.; Band; 2nd Orchestra; Stage building various school productions; Swimming (1st Cols.); hopes to read Catering at Middlesex Polytechnic. CARTER, K. D. C. The Old Rectory, Kingsdown in Sittingbourne, Kent; Tormorc; Sept. '78; W; House Moni tor; Cross~Co un try Team. CAUL, A. J. 14 Brooklands Close, Fordwich, Kent; Woottonley House; Sept. '79; M; Rugby 3rd XV; Hockey 3rd XI; Athletics Senior Team (Cols.); to read Mathematics and Computing at Southampton. CHAN, May Shiu. 18 Hawks Lane, Canterbury, Kent; Ashford School; Sept. '81; GR; Band; Rillg RoulldtheMoon; to read Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. CHEETHAM, E, D. 1 Wyvern Close, Dartford, Kent; Bickley Park; Sept. '77; SH; House and School Monitor; Head of House; ViceÂ·Capt. of School; Bookbind ing; House plays; Football 2nd XI; Hockey 2nd XI; Cricket 3rd XI; Chief Waggoner Haymakers; to study Medicine at Liverpool Un iversity. COLLYER, Rosemary J. T he Mano r House, Ford, Hoath, Kent; Bedgebury School, Goudhurst; Sept. '81; B; Choral Scholar '83; Secretary of School Choir; Chamber and G irls' Choir; Pirates of Pellzallce; Hotel Paradiso; to read Catering/Publishing at Oxford Polytechnic. COSTAIN, N. J. Ellenden, Water Lane, Hawkhurst, Kent; Geelong Grammar; Jan. '80; MO; Head of House; Hockey 1st XI (2nd Cols.); Stage Manager; has conditional offers from Exeter and Sheffield. CRAWLEY, D. E. Wyckwood , T he Drove, Fordwich, Kent ; J.K.S.; Sept. '78; LlMR; House Monitor; O rnithology Club; Band; 2nd O rchcstra; Patience; Swimming Club; Rugby 4th XV: Cricket Haymakers; to read Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital. CURRY, Diana J. 6 Chollacott Close, Tavistock, Devon; St. Dunstan's Abbey, Plymouth; Sept. '81; GR; Choral Scholarshi p; various School and House Plays; School, Chamber and Crypt Choir; to rcad Philosophy and Psychology at Edinburgh University. DARKO, M. O. 33 The Vale, Golders G reen, London, NW l l; Holmewood House; Jan. '79; LlGR; House Monitor; Ring Round the Moon; Hockey 1st X l; Athletics 1st; Rugby 2 nd XV; to tlltorial college. DAVIE, J. P. 27 St. Stephen's Road, Canterbury; Simon Langton; Sept. '8 1; MR/MT; to read Geography at Sheffield University. DAVIES, S. L. Waterlces, Horns Lane, Harlow Common, Harlow, Essex; Torrens, Broomham; Sept. '78; T; House Monitor; Stage Hand; Rugby 1st XV (Cols.); Football 1st XI; Cricket 3rd XI; hopes to read Spanish at King's College, London . DAWSON, G. J. M. Clapper House, Hunton, Kent; Friars School; Jan. '79; LX; House Monitor; School and House Plays; Cricket 1st XI (Cols. ); Hockey 1st Xl (Cols.); Rugby 2nd XV; to work for Bowrings ill the City. DENHAM, J . R. H . Little Burstead House, Little Burstead, Nr. Billericay, Esscx; Brentwood; Sept. '78; LlGL; RAFCorps; Choir, Choral Soc.; Patience; Curse of the Werewolf; Cross-Country; Swimming; Rowing; hopes to read Economics at

L.S.E. DENNE, W. G. The Old Vicarage, Bodsham, Nr. Ashford, Kent; Wellesley House; Jan. '79; L/SH; CCF (Army Sergeant); Douglas Jervis Soc.; Junior Play; Train ing Orchestra; Rowing, Canoe and Shooting Clubs; hopes to read Geographyl Geology at Manchester. DRAFFIN, D. W. 147 Beach Street, Deal, Kent; Tormore House; Jan. '79; LIB; House Monitor; School Plays; Choral Soc.; Rugby 5th XV; Cricket 3rd XI (Capt.); Football 1st XI (M inor Sports Cols.); to read Business Studies at Cambridge Polytechnic. ELVY, P. G. W. Dadmans, Lynsted, S i tti n~bourne, Kent; J.K.S:,; Sept. '78; L/LN; Monitor; Rugby 1st XV (2nd Cols.); was reading Medici ne at Guy's Hospital; d ied in a car crash on ()th November. ERV IN, Edith B. 45 Gramercy Park N, New York City, N.Y., U.S.A.; The Brearley School, N.Y.; Sept. '82; GR; Honorary Music Scholarship; School, Chamber, Crypt and G irls' Choirs; Symphony Orchestra; Band; School and House Plays; to Harvard Un iversity. G ILLESPIE-SM ITH, Caro lyn J . T he Warren, Shobley, Ringwood, Hants.; Ashford School; Sept. '81; LX; Chamber Choir; House Play; Pirates of Pe"zance; to read Economic History at Exeter University. GOWEN, Alison C. Brannocks, Horseshoe Lane, Cran leigh, Surrey; St. Catherine's School; Sept. '81; GL; Social Services; Band; Chamber, Girls' and School Choirs; various School Plays; Netball 2nd Team (Cap!.); Hockey Team; Swimming Team (Cols.); Tennis 2nd VIj to train as a Physiotherapist at Guy's Hospital. GREENWOOD, A. P. Mulberry Cottage, Row Dow, Otford , Kent; Holmewood House; Sept. '78; LX; House Monitor; CCF (Army); Luxmoore Play; Athletics ( 1st and 2nd Cols.); Hockey 2nd XI; Cross-Country Team; to enter Insurance. GRIGGS, J. B. T he Warren, Summerh ill, Harbledown, Canterbury; J .K.S.; L/MR MT; Sept. '78; House Monitor; Band; Patience; Boat Club; Rugby 3rd XV; Cricket 3rd XI; Haymakers; to read Geochemistry at Reading University.

81 SIMON VAVASOUR (BW Ireland) MARK McMURRUGH ( R.1.M.) THE END OF AN ERA-THE LAST MASTERS' MATCH (Reda Maamari) ".'

HAMZA, H. K. P.O. Box 67, Dubai, The United Arab Emirates; J.K.S.; Sept. '78; L/W; House Monitor; RAFCorps; House Librarian; Italian Straw Hat; to read Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London U niversity. HANSLIP, J. G. E. 95 Old Bisley Road, Frimley, Surrey; Yalclcy Manor; Sept. '77; W; House Monito r; Head of House; Photographic Soc.; Oli ver; Rowing (1st Cols.); Sculling (Capt.); to read Business Studies at Brunei U niversity.

HARDING, Clare E. 4 Bois Heros, 1328 Ohain, Belgium; British School of Brussels; Sept. '8 1; SH; Honorary Music Scholar; Symphony Orchestra; Band; G irls' and School Choirs; Jazz Club; hopes to read Medicine at S1. Mary's Hospital. HARTMANN, P. H. Parkallee 221, 2800 Bremen, Germany; Am Barkhof, Bremen; Sept. '82; LX; Carpentry; Symphony Orchestra; Concerto O rchestra; Opera and Chamber Orchestra. HILL, R. O. Storth End, 1 Belgrave Road, Ranmoor, Sheffield; Copt horne ; Jan. '79; LX; General Exhibition; House Mo nitor; Head of House; School Monito r; Cricket 3rd XI and Haymakers; Football 1st XI; Golf; to read Management Sciences at UM IST. HOUSDEN, MirandaJ. E. Brympton, Ridgeway Road, Dorking, Surrey; SI. Catherine's School; Sept. '8 1; SH; School and G irls' Choir; to attend Kingston Art School (Foundation Cou rse). HOWARD, A.S. 64 Coniger Road, London; Willington School; Jan. '79; L/G L; CCF; Rugby; Rowing (Colts COls.). HOWARTH, Caroline M. Cranbourne, Fairmile Avenue, Cobham, Surrey; Lady E leanor Holies; Sept. '81; T; Girls' Choir; Sy mphony O rchestra ; Canterbury Psalms; Costu me and Make-up for School Plays; hopes to read Economics and Statistics at Exeter. HUNTER, R. A. D. Heather Cottage, Headley, Surrey; Highfield; Jan. '79; L/GL; House Monitor; various School Productions; to study History of Art at Manchester University. IJ EWERE, C. O. 44 Chemin Des Cornill ion, Chambesy, Geneva; Hohnewood House; Sepl. '78; SH; Athletics (Vice-Capt., 1st COls.); Kent A.A.A. and Schools Triple-Jump Champion; twice selected for All England Schools Championships; Rugby 2nd XV; hopes to read Medicine. JAM ES, S. SI. J. Petty France Farm, Gravel Hi ll, Chartham Hatch; SI. Lawrence; Sept. '78; MR ; O.K.S. Prize Summer '83; Head of School; Capt. of Rugby; Capt. of Boats; 1st Cols. Rugby and Rowing; to read English at Queen Mary College, London. J UDD, J. R. H. 5 Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Holmewood House; Sept. '78; LIB; Head of House; CCF; House and School Monitor; House Plays; House Song; Capl. of Rugby (1st Cols.); Javelin (Junior record); Hockey Junio r Colts; Squash U. 14. KEEN , R. A. Ambledown, Nairdwood Lane, Prestwood, Bucks; Becket's Little Hampde n Manor; Sept. '80; T ; Rugby Colts 'C'; to take 'A' level course at Dr. Challo ner's G rammar School. KEEN , T. J. Ambledown, Nairdwood Lane, Prestwood, Bucks; Little Hampden Ma nor; Sept. '7S; T; Social Service; hopes to read Electronics at Keele. KEM P, W. T. G reat Reeds, Ford Lane, Trott iscliffe, Kent; Vinehall ; Jan. '79; T; House Monitor; CCF (Army); Rugby 3rd XV (Capt.); Cricket 3rd XI. KEN DALL, W. H. Jubilee Hall, Ulcombe, Maidstone, Kent; Du lwich College Prep.; Sept. '78; MT; Music Scholar; Honorary Academ ic Scholar; Pirates of Pellzollce; Patience; Chamber, Sympho ny and Concert O rchestra; hopes to read Civil Engineering at Southampton Un iversity. KENNEY, J. R. S. E lim, 124 Island Road, Sturry; J.K.S.: Sept. '79; MO; House Monitor; hopes to read Physics at Bristol. KING , M. A. R. 15 Boulevard Pelessert, 75016 Paris; Brambletye; Sept. '7S; LlGL; CCF(ArmySergeant); Rowing3rd VIII ; Shooting 3rd VIII; hopes to read Oriental Languages. LACHLA N, H. E. W. 41 West Street, Over, Cambridgeshire; King's College Choir School, Cambridge; Sept. '7S; LX ; Ho use Monitor; CCF(Army); Assista nt Stage Manager- RomeoalldJuliet; Rugby 2nd XV (2nd Cols. ); Swimming(lst Cols.); Hockey 2nd XI; Athletics and Cross-Country teams; to read Geology at Goldsmiths, London Un iversity. LAMBE, P. J. Paradise Cottage, Paradise Lane, Northborough, Peterborough; King's College School, Cambridge; Jan. '79; T; House Monitor; CCF (RAF); Bookbinding. LI NES, Catherine R. Twitham Court , Ash, Kent; Simon Langton Gi rls' School; Sepl. '8 1; LN; G irls' Choir; G irls' Hockey (Cols.); Netball 1st VII (Co ls.); Te nnis 1st VI; hopes to take P.A. Executive Secreta rial Course at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. LlTfLEALES, A. P. T he Gate Ho use, Limpsfield Common, Surrey; Street Court School; Sept. '7S; L/SH ; Squash (1st Cols.); Badminton Team; Hockey 2nd XI; hopes to read Business Studies at City University. LLOYD, D. A. C. Hill House, The Hill , Cranbrook, Kent; Betteshanger Prep., Deal ; Sept. '7S; L/MR; House Monitor; Sailing Club; Photographic Soc.; hopes to read Ast ronomy at U niversity. LLOY D, J . D. Ravetsmaar 21, Nieuwenhagen, Slimburg, Ho lland; Lambrook School; Sept. '79; B; House Mon itor; House Song; Junior Cross-CountryTeam; Hockey 2nd XI; Rugby U. 14 'B' XV; Junio r A thletics Tea m; Badminto n U.16Team; Ho use League teams member; to read Accou ntancy at Polytechnic. LONGFORD, R. J. F. 314 Jordan Dr. , Smithfield, Virginia, U.S.A.; Ashdown House; Jan. '79; LX: CCF (A rmy); Pho togra phic Soc.; Canoe Club; Cross-Country; hopes to read History/ Politics at University of London.

LYON, G. R. I S Selwood Terrace, London; Marlborough House; Sept. '78; LX; Romeo and Juliet; House Plays; Football 1st XI; Rugby 3rd XVi Haymakers; to work in a translation bureau in Paris. MACPHERSON, M. S. I I SI. James Street, Montego Bay P.O., SI. James, Jamaica; ~riory ~ch?ol, Ki ngston~ J.amai~a; Sept '78' T ' Headmaster's Prize '83' I-louse Monitor' Head of House' School MOllltor; KlIlg s Week Adnlllllstrat ion Secr~tary'; S~imming Club (1st Cols. ~8 t, 'S2, 'S3 ); r:e:lci ng ~Iub fi st Cols. 'S I, '82, '83); Capl. of Swimming Club '83; Capt. of Fencing Club 'S2, '83; hopes to read Chem ical Engmeen ng at U.c.L. MBU, T. A. Flat 4, 40 Nort h A udlcy Street, London; Holmewood House; Sept. '7S.; LlGL; Ho use Mon itor; Caxton Soc.; Printing and Photographic Soc.; Hockey (2nd Cols.); Rugby ( 1st Cols.); Athletics (1st Cols.); to read Accountancy at Temple University, Phi ladelphia. MEISTER, L. O. ' Hey tor', 5 Melville Ave., South Cr?ydon,Surrey; DownsideSchool;.Sept. '7S; LIT; MusicScho~arship.'7~; King's Scholarship 'SI; awarded Licenciate, TrillllY Col1~gc, London for flute playmg; Bunce '83; House MOllltor; KlIlg s Week Admin.; Fencing (Colts Cols.); to read Cybernellcs at Stanford. MICKLEBURG H, P. J. 35 Seaview Road, Herne Bay, Kent; J. K.S.; Sept. 'SO; LIB; Band; Training O rchestra; Rugby (Colts COls.); Rugby Colts 'A', U. 14 ' A', U. 15 'A'; Cricket Junior Colts 'A', Col ts 'B'; Cross-Country U.16; to take 'A' levels at Simon Langton Boys' School. MILLS, Amanda M. 10 Herdson Road, Folkestone, Kent; Leelands/FolkestoneTech. High; Sept. 'S l ; MusicScholarship '8 I ; Alan Ridout piano competition winner; Dep. Leader of Chamber and .Symphony Orchestras; Le?der of Haydn .O~gan Mass; Pirates of Pelll..atlce Orch.; Classics Play 'S2; Sweeney Todd; WIld Oats; to take performer s course for Vlohn at G uildhall School of Music and Drama. MULHERN, Caroline A. Pinewood House, Kingsdow n, Deal, Kent; Dover Grammar Sch~l ; Sept. '8 1; LX; House Mon itor; Golf, Tennis, Squash teams; Girls' Hockey (Capl.); to King's College School of PhYSiotherapy. MURRAY, D. A. Pound House, Markstakes Lane,South Chailey, E. Sussex; Great Walstead School; Sept. '78;T; CCF; Social Services; A Tomb with a View. MYCROFT, P. A. S. Tyler Hall , Summer Lane, Tyler Hill , Canterbury; J .K.S.; Sept. '7S; LlLN; House Monitor ; Caxto~ Soc;; Bookbinding; Catering Committee; Tennis (Vice-Capt.) (l st and 2nd Co ls.); Squash ( 1st and 2nd Cols.); was retakmg IllS ' A' levels at the Collingham T utors; died in a ca r crash o n November 6th. NO LAN, J. C. 46 Lavender Gardens, London; Hill Ho use School; Sept. '80; LlSH; Choi r; Chamber and Symphony O rchestras; Canoeing Club; to take 'A' levels at Dulwich College. NORRIS J. Preston Farm Boreham Street, Hailsham, E. Sussex; Westerleigh; Sept. 'SO; L/SH; CCF (Lance Corporal); Rugby 'B' Team, U.14 'and Junior Colts; to take 'A' levels at Sixth Form College in Hastings. OLCOTT, J. K. Mas de la Fouste, Manvaques, Le Tech, 66~30 France; Betteshang~r School; Sept: '7S; LlGL; Harvey Soc.; Pottery Club; Chamber Concert (Guitar); School Sculhng Squad ; House Rowmg; Rugby; Cncket; Football . OLIVER, G. B. 16 Scavee de la Carriere, 1350 Limal, Belgium; Holmewood H<?use; ~ept. '78; SH; ~ ing's Scholarship '79; House Mon itor; Mint Club; Choral Soc.; CrosswCountry (Secretary); vanous Scho~1 product ions; Rugby ~th ~V; Cross-Country (Vice-Capt. , 1st COls.); Athletics 1st <l nd 2nd Teams; Squash Colts; Badmmton; hopes to study Engmeenng at Loughborough Un iversity. PATTINSON, T. S. K. 2 Edward Road, Bromley, Kent; Bick ley Park ; Sepl. '7S; LlW. PERRY, J. M. 31a Canterbury Road, Herne Bay, Kent; J.K.S.; Sept. '78; L/ MR; House Monitor; Rugby 1st XV (Cols.); Hockey 1st XI (Cols.); Judo Club (Capt. '83, 'S3); Cricket Colts; hopes to study P.E. and Sports Science at Loughborough University. PHILIP, Lucy J. 4 S1. Mary's Road, Patrixbourne, Canterbury, Kent; Leelands/Wadhurst College; Sept. 'S I ; B; Classics Play; Hotel Paradiso; Netball 1st VII (Cols.); Girls' Hockey 1st VII ; Gi rls' Tennis 1st and 2nd VI (Capt. of 2nd); hopes to read Agricultural Management. PHILLIPS, A. E. Shop 25a, Tafewa, Balewa Square, Nigeria; Hawkhurst Cou rt ; Jan. '79; W; Ho use Monitor; CCF (RN); Rugby 2nd XV.

POLLOK, R. C. G. 397 Un thank Road, Norwich, Norfolk ; Town Close Prep. School, Norwich; Sept . '78; LlGL; Crawford Exhibition '83; HOllse Monitor; Walpole Soc.; various School productions; hopes to read Medicine at St. Bartholomew's. PRITCHARD, D. J . Poplar Hall, Goodnestone, Nr. Faversham, Kent; J .K.S.; Sept. '7S; MT; Headmaster'~ Prize; Head of House; School Monitor; Cricket 1st XI (Capt., Cols.); R ugby 1st XV (Cols.); Hockey 1st XI (Cols.); A thletiCS; to study Law at Polytechnic of the South Bank. RACTLlFF, N. D. Little TIlakeham, Merrywood Lane, Storrington, W. Sussex; Oakwood Sch?ol; Sept. '7S; LlGL; Ho~se Monitor; Head of Lauergate; CCF (Army); acted in and stage managed various School producllOns; hopes to read EconomiCS or Law at University. READ, C. R. S. 13 Claremon t Road , Bickley, Bromley, Kent; Bick ley Park School; ~ept. 'SO; L/SH ; Bookbinding; Choir; Shoot ing Club; to take a Science course at O rpington College of Further Education. REED, P. D. J. Stonepits Manor, Seal Chart, Kent; J .K.S.: Sept. '78; LIB; House ~on itor;.Swi~ming Club (V ic~-Cal?t., 1st Cols.); Hotel Paradiso; House Song; Rugby Junior Colts; hopes to read Chemical Engmeenng at Exeter UOIverslty.

REID. ,:-. M. Old Couft, Langton Road, Langton Grecn, Tu nbridge Wells; Holmcwood House; Jan. '79; LIB; House MOnilOr; CCF (Army. Colour Sergeant); Rugby 3rd XV; Hockey 2nd XI; hopes to train as an Army Officer at Sandhurst. REYNOLDS, N. A. F. 2 1 Keyneston Down Road, Blandford, Dorset; Westcrleigh; Jan. '79; T; CCF (Corporal) ; Stage Manager Weevil; C ricket 3rd Xl; Hockey 3rd XI; Rugby 5th XV.

RINGLAND, Hannah J. B. Chillcndcn House, Chillenden, Canterbury; St. Michael's Burton Park; Sept. '8 1; LN; 1st VIII Cox (Cols. ); to go to Sheffield University. ROBERTSON , M. 14 Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury; J.K.S.; Jan. '79; L/OL; CCF (RAF); Drama Soc.; School Orchestra; appeared in variolls School productions; reading German at V.C.L. ROBERTS-WRA Y, J. N. Chilcote Manor, Wells, Somerset; Hazelwood ; Jan. '79 ; LlLN; CCF(RAF); Design and Print Club; Props for Romeo and Juliet a nd Pirates of Penzance; Canoe Club; hopes to study at London Courtauld Institute of Art. ROBINSON, M. D. 1 NorthJesmondAve., Jesmond, NewcastIe- upon-Tyne; Durham Chorister School; Sept. '81; MO; Music Scholarship; Photographic Soc. ; New Music Soc.; Chamber Choir; Band ; Sympho ny Orchestra; various School productions; Rugby; Cricket Colts; Cross-Country Team ; Athletics Club; Hockey Junior Colts 'B'; to take ' A ' levels in Newcastle. RYAN , N. J. 164 Chesterfield Drive, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent; Dulwich College Prep. School; Sept. '78; LX; House Monitor; CCF (RAFWarrant Officer); C ross-Country Capt. (Cols.); Swimming Team; AthleticsTeam; to read Computer Science at Essex University. SIMPSON , I. R. Brogden Farm Ho use, Forge Lane, Leeds, Nr. Maidstone, Kent; Dulwich College Prep. School; Jan. '78; MR / MT; Photographic Soc.; Woodwork; Bellringing; House Shooting; House Rugby; House Cross-Country; to train as Building Surveyor. SOLARU, A. B. 63b Tinubu Road, Palmgrove Estate, Lagos, Nigeria; Ho lmewood House; Sept. '80 ; LX; CCF (RAF Corporal); The Visit; Rugby U.14 ' A ', Junior Colts 'A', Colts 'A'; Athletics (2nd COls.); Cricket U. 14 'A'; Fairservice Team; Football 2nd XI; to study Computer Science and Commercial Aviation. SOLLE, S. D. 2 Chapel Cottages, Reculver, Kent; J.K.S.; Jail. '8 1; MO; to Simon Langton Boys' School. STARNS, J. M. Twinney Acre, Upchurch, Sittingbourne; King's, Rochester; Sept. '78; LlGR; Headmaster'S Prize; House Monitor; Head of House; Hockey Capt. (1 st Cols. ); 2nd XV; Curse of tile Werewolf; to read Business Studies at Hatfield Polytechnic. STEWART, J. R. 14 Fazantendrcef, 2241 Halle, Antwerp, Belgium; Tonnore; Sept. '78 ; T; Rugby 1st XV (2nd COls.); Athletics Team (1 st Cols.); hopes to read Geology at C helsea. STIRTON , A. N. The Cottage, T he G reen, Preston, Kent ; Betteshanger; Jan. '79; M; Head of House; School Monito r; CCF; Football 1st Xl; Rugby 3rd XV; C ricket 2nd XI (Capt.); to read Economics at U.C.L. SULLIVAN, K. W. Kenlicote House, Tonford Lane, Harbledown; J.K.S.; Jan. '79; W; House Monitor; Rowing (Cox '79/80) ; Rugby; to read Business Studies at Polytechnic. TAYLOR, M. C. H. 83 Abingdon Road, London; Brambletye; Jan. '79; L/ GL; Choral Scholarship; Head of Lattergate; House Monitor (OL); Chamber and School C hoir; appeared in various School productions; Rugby 5th XV. TEMPEST-RADFORD, T . F. G. Claycotts, East Bergholt, Nr. Colchester, Essex; Windlesham House; Jan . '79; L/SH; CCF; Canoe Club Committee Member ; Canoe Team (Min. Spts. COls.); Cross-Country Team; Rugby U.14 ; hopes to read History of Art at University. TEWUNG WA , A. F. Kololo Hill, Kampala, Uganda; Edinburgh Ho use; Jan. '79 ; LX ; Football 1st XI; Hockey 2nd Xl; R ugby 2nd XV; Basketball Team; to retake 'A' levels at Wolsey Hall, Oxford. THOMASON, A. J. S. Mayfield, 32a Hackington Road, Tyler Hil l, Canterbury; Queen Elizabeth'sGrammar School; Jan. '79; L/ LN; CCF (Corporal); Faure Requiem; Pirates of Pemance: Dream of Gerontills; Cross-Country Team. TOMKYS, Helen E. 7 Grates Place, Blackheath, London; St. George's School, Rome; Sept. '81; T; G irls' Swimming (Capt. , Cols. ); Girls' Choir; Make-up for School plays; to read Zoology at Southampton University. TOOBY, C. G. Fosie Vagen 3 1a, 214 3 1 Malmo, Sweden; J.K.S.; Sept. '78; MO ; Music Scholarship; New Music Soc.; A ll Orchestras; Ten Times Table. TUOHY, T . B. The Old Surgery, Stalham, Norfolk, NR 12 9 BB: J.K.S. ; L/ LN: House Monito r; Rugby 1st XV (1 st COls. ). TURNER, R. V. Banks Fann, Mountfield, E. Sussex; Westerleigh ; Sept. '79 ; LlLN; Choir; Choral Soc.; Squash; Shooting Club; to study Art at Hastings Art and Technical College. TWIOGE-MOLECEY, Helen J . 6 Kingsdown Road, Walmer, Deal; Dover Girls' Grammar; Sept. '8 1; MO; Girls' Hockey 1st XI; G irls' Tennis 1st VI ; Captain of Netball. TYLER, D. G. Hafan, Pentre Lane, Llantarnam, Cwmbran, Gwent; Llantarnam Comprehensive; Sept. '8 1; B; Music Scholarship; Ho use Monitor; lau Club (Musical Director); Symphony and Chamber O rchestras; Band; Chamber Cho ir; various School productio ns; Cricket 3rd XI and House League; Football House League; to Royal Northern College of Music. VOIGTS, M. F. 14 Elm Grove, T horpe Bay, Essex; Southend G rammar School; Sept. '78; L / LN; Music Scholarship; House Mon itor; C hamber and Symphony Orchestras; Choir; Cross-Country ( 2nd Cols.); Tennis 2nd VI; Athletics; Squash; Hockey; to study at the British School of Osteopathy.

WAKELEY, A. J. P. Popes Hall, Hartlip, Sitti ngbourne; Wellesley House; Sept. '78; SH; House Monitor; House Plays; Rugby ( 1st Cols.); Football 1st XI; Athletics; to study Agriculture at Cirencester after Business Studies at a Polytechnic. WARD, B. G. T. Bilting Court, Bilting, Ashford, Kent; J .K.S.; May '79; MT; Baker Prize '83; House Monitor; CCF (Sergeant); House Song; Rugby 1st XV (Cors.); Athletics 1st Team (Cols.); hopes to join the Army. WARD, Susannah E. 68 Dore Road, Dore, Sheffield , Yorkshire; Notre Dame Convent School; Sept. '8 1; T; School, G irls' and C hamber C hoirs; Pirates of Peflzaflce; Girls' Sq uash Team; Girls' Tennis 2nd VI; Netball 2nd VII; to Exeter University. WATKINS, A. O. S.111e Ferry Inn, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent ; Westerleigh; Sept. '78; T; Honorary Scho lar; O liver Johnson G ift ; Social Services; King's Week Secretary; Pirates of Pet/zalice Administration ; Cross-Country; to read Chemistry at Southampton University. WHARTON, S. A. 102 Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent ; J.K.S.; Sept. '79; GL; JudoClub; Swimming Club; Swimming Team ; B.M.C. Climbing Award; to read Geology at Sheffield University. WHITILESEA, A. W. H. 1 Lesley Road, Birchington, T hanet; J .K.S.; Jan. '79; L/ MR ; House Monitor; Hockey (Secretary); Cricket 1st Xl; Hockey 1st Xl (Cols.) ; Badminton U. 14 Team; to read Combined Sciences at Brighton Polytechnic. WILSON, A. I. ' Broom hill ', Sandwich Hill , Wingham ; J .K.S.; Sept. '80; LlGL; CCF (Army); Rugby U.14 and Colts ' A '; Cross-Country U.14 and Junior Colts; Athletics Team (2nd Cols.); Canoeing Team ; to Canterbury Techn ical Co llege for 'A'ieveis. WISE, J. J. 338 Nort h St reet, Medfi eld, MA, U.S.A.; Roxbury Latin School; Sept. '82; LN; Wild OlltS.

O.K.S. NEWS Colonel J. H. Clark, M.e., D.L., (1937) has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Essex and is Chairman of the Support Committee of Friends of f: ssex Churches and Vice-Chairman of the Essex Branch of the Soldiers' Sailo rs' and Airmens' Families' Associat ion. M. D. Deller (1957) continues to direct the Deller Consort, started by his fat her Al fred in 1950. T hey spend much of each year o n tour throughout Europe, U.S.A. and Latin America. He is also in demand as a conductor in France and Belgium, where he conducted the openi ng concert last year for Europa Can tat , a gathering of some 5000 singers. He runs a summer school (now in its 13th year) each August in Provence and is festival d irector of the annual Stou r Music in Kent. Recent ly he was appointed Festival Administra tor for a new Canterbury Festival to be launched in the autumn of 1984. R. M. Pollet (1963) has returned from France to live in Aylsham , Norfolk, which he says is full of ' poets, musicians, pai nters, colonels, and odd bods such as' himself. He has recen tly met Dr. G. I. Soden, D.O. ( 1921), living in ret irement after having spent many years as a clergyman in slum areas. J. P. D. Elliott (1966) is currentlyoneofl he most successfu l jockeys in Arab Racing-strictly for amateur riders of arab horses. He has recently eXl>orted a 'small string' of arab pure- breds to the Saudi Arabian police. M. J. Dover ( 1967) has moved from Penguin Books, and is now Editorial Director at Weiden feld Limited. G. W. S. Stevens (1973) has recently purchased his firs t (of many we hope) retail pharmacy in London Road , Teynham. He was married in 1980, and now has a daugh ter born in September, 1983. O. J. Gower (1 975) has recen tly had his book, Heroesaml COl/temporaries. published by Collins. Heof course con tinues to be the one 'worfd class' batsman currently in the 'England XI'. Philil) Hopkins ( 1975) after a Il. i. at Worcester College, Oxford, in English last summcr is now in the o rchestra of the London musical SllooPyand about to tour China with the show in the New Ycar. N. A. Clark ( 1976) is with Barclays Ba nk International, taki ng part in thcir Management development programme, with posti ngs to Si ngapore and the Bahamas. He recent ly sang the role of Micah in Handel's Samson" wi th the National Symphony Orchestra Chorus. T. E. Milliken (1976) li ves in Wellington, New Zea land, where he has graduated with a Masters Degree in Commerce and Economics. He has his own modular housing company. G. O. Evans (1978) has gai ned First Class Honou rs in Japanese, and has been made an Honorary Scholar of Corpus Christi, Cambridge. J. A . Milliken (1979) li ves in Auckland, Ncw Zea land, where he is a loans officer with a large investmen t com pany. N.J . Davies (1980) returns to London to complete his final year at the European BusinessSchool, havi ng spent the last six months in Paris and the previous six months ncar Wiesbaden in Germany, studyi ng the particuliarities of business in these two countries. .J. Phillips (1981) is at the Un iversity of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scolia, where he is rcadi ng French. He is in the University Soccer Tcam, and would like to hear from any O.K.S. in the area. â&#x20AC;˘ M. Blumeris (1982) has returned to England from Zi mbabwc, and hopes to joi n the Army shortly.

MARRIAGES Gilla m-Sluart.-1. R. Gi llam ( 1969) to Jill Diana Stuart , on 27th June, 198 1.

GOLDEN WEDDING Fill ll -Chaimcr.-F. F. Finn ( 19 13), to Mary Chaimcr, on 281h April, 1932, at St. Mark's, Surbiton.

BIRTHS Gillam,-To Jill and Ian Gi llam (1969), on 25th February, 1983. a daughter, Em ma.

Boshcr. - To Elizabet h and Colin Bosher (1968], on 14th March, 1983, a son, Edward Tristram, brot her to Madeleine Margaret born 6th May, 1979. (nol 1982 as previous y reported). POllt. - To Jane and Ian Pout (1 963), on 25th September, 1983, a daughter, Katcrinc, sister to James and Alexander. M(Donuld.-To H. r. McDonald (197 1) and his wife, on 11th March, 1983, a son Alexander.

DEATHS Elvy.-Philip G iles WalJace Elvy (1983), on 6th November, 1983, aged 18. Mycroft.-Paul A nthony Scan Myerort (1983), on 6th November, 1983, aged 18. Clcgg.-Dr. John Wood Clegg ( 1928), on 19th July, 1983, at Ramsgate, aged 73. Linncll. - John Stain forth Lin nell (1920) , o n 20th October, 1983, aged 82.

J. B. HARRIS AND J. R. E. PAYNTER MEMORIAL In invit ing contributions towards a memorial for J .B.-coupled, of course, with the namc of Marjorie Harris- and for Richard Paynter, we arc confident that wc are doing something that wi ll commend itself very widcly among O.K.S. of all generations. J.B. and Richard bot h gave their worki ng lives to the service of the School: and this is not an abstractio n but mean s those of us who have had the good fortune to come under their influence and carc. They were both, in their characteristically different ways, devoted houscmasters (and old Holme House boys wi ll not need to be rem inded of Marjorie'scontribution there); as Lower or Second Master they bot h steadied the course of nearly haif a century of Hcadmasters; as mathematics masters they shared the struggle wilh the bovine and the nurture of the brilliant ; above all, they were both exam ples of self-effacin g integrity. That is why ou r indebtedness could not easily be expressed in thcir lifctime, and why it is ri~h l that it should be ex pressed now. What the memo rial will be must necessarily depend on the response to this appeal: but our aim is somet hing at Canterbury, permanent and imagi nati ve, with which bot h O.K.S. and the School would be happy. Michael Herbert (School House 1947-53) President, O.K.S. Associat ion Jack G irling (Holme Ho use 1930-33) Presiden t, O.K.S. Association, 1975-76 Jack G irling has kindly agreed to act as Treasurer of this appeal. Please send your con tribution direct to him- and it is quite understood thai its size will be related to your prcscnt means: small can be beautiful, and socan large. Address: M. J. H. Gi rling, Green Tiles, Ewchurst Lane, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Please make cheques out to HA RRIS- PA YNTER MEMOR IAL

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THE CANTUARIAN

APRIL 1984

CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL THIS AND THAT

CHAPEL FUND

FOCUS

THE CANTUARIAN INTERVIEWS

100

BOOK REVIEWS

104

HOUSE NOTES

106

LEITER TO THE EDITOR

112

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA

113

TALKS

120

III

VISITS

134

THE SOCIETIES

136

IMAGINATIVE WRITING

123

IN MEMORIAM

135

SPORT

140

SALVETE AND VALEIE

157

VALE

160

THE SCHOOL

16 1

C.C.F. NOTES

162

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AWARDS AND PLACES

163

O.K.S. NEWS

164

CANTUARIAN LODGE

164

THE CANTUAR1AN

Editors: B. R. D. Cohen, c.s., P. D. Miller, c.s., P. E. H. Paines, Caroline L. Samuels, A. J. L. Shanjdand, K.S. Photographic Editors: J. L. H. Bartlett, ~tnma C. Risley Senior Editor: P. J. Brodie, M.A.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of magazines from the fo llowing schools: Aldcnham , Bedgebury, Bradfield, Dover, Duiwich, Bastbourne, Edinburgh Academy, Epsom, Fcislcd, Gresham's, Hurstpierpoint, Kent College, King's School, Parramatta, Lancing. Marlborough, Milner Court, Rugby, SI. Edmund's, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence Junior School, St. Paul's, Stonyhurst, Tonbridge.

THE CANTUARIAN YOLoXLYIII NO. 2

APRIL, 1984

EDITORIAL One of the ways of showing the outside world what King's is like is The Cantuarian. Its roles are many and conflicting. It is, or tries to be, a record, a portrait, a medium for expressing views, a source of entertainment, a chance to see your name in print, a challenge to discover what you can get past the Editors and a piece of propaganda on 'superbly thick paper', It, or pits of it, should ideally interest and inform Tommy Bloggs (Shz), Tom 'The Boot' Bloggs (5w), Thomas de Thomas Bloggys (A6u), Mr. and Mrs. T. Bloggs and also Colonel Thomas Bloggs (O.K.S.), late Halberdiers, not to mention Thomasine Bloggs, M.S. We are therefore quite pleased if we succeed in pleasing some of the people some of the time. We cannot do even this without your contributions. We are grateful to all those who contribute regularly to the magazine. It has been good to see the rise in quality and quantity of photographs and artwork being submitted for recent editions and the increasingly diverse articles and interviews. If you can write, draw or point a camera we're just waiting to hear from you. It is easy to criticise, but it can be great fun to contribute. TH E EDITORS.

89 'A VISOR FOR A VISOR! WHAT CARE I WHAT CURIOUS EYE DOTH QUOTE DEFORMITIES?' FRANCESCA WATTS AND GAIL BERNARD (By kind permission of 'Tile Guardian')

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A remarkable gathering of over fifty church leaders assembled at St. Augustine's Churches Meet for four Days of Recollection on 6th-9th April. As well as the two Anglican . Pnmates and the ArchbIshop m Wales there were present Cardinal Hume and A~chblshop Warlock of LIverpool among the Roman Catholics, Archbishop Methodios of ThyateIra. of the Orthodox Church! Dr. Kenneth Slack, and many other prominent Church figures. The meetmg was not a conference 10 the conventIonal sense and there was no issued statementÂˇ but those who care for church unity must have been greatly heartened. The accommodation and cat~ring arrangements were seen to by the School.

March 13th, the centenary of Hu~h. Walpole's birth, passed practically unnotIced. There was one rather dIsmIssIve programme on the B.B.C., and Sir Rupert Hart-Davis whom the School invited to speak in Canterbury felt that at 77 he was not able to undertake the journey from Yorkshire. His biography of Walpole is unquestionably the most thorough and sympathetic account of a man who for all his success was as he himself said, 'compacted of misgivings'. Members of the School interested in humanity, real or lit~rary should read it. It is much to be hoped that some sort of commemorative event in his centenary year may yet be arranged by King's for one of our most devoted benefactors. Walpole Centenary

We were very pleased to have news of Mr. J. B. Sidebotham, C. M.O ., whom we believe to be the second most senior O.K.S. Now aged 92, he entered the School in 1905. The most senior, we think, is The Rt. Revd. R. W. H. Moline, 95, sometime Archbishop of Perth, who came in 1903. Archbishop Moline visited Canterbury in 1979 and was much amused to see a rather fat boy in his form photograph-H. W. K. Mowll, the future Archbishop of Sydney. 'Mowll always made a substantial contribution.' As there are two members of the Mowll family in the School currently some research on long runs suggests itself. The Sidebothams will make it six consecutive generations when ('subject to Common Entrance') Angus Young comes in 1985. The Birons-Elizabeth and John were in School House in the 1970s-match it, with Robert John Biron arriving in 1839. If skips are allowed it will be hard to beat the Jacobs: David in Walpole leaving in 1978 and Henry coming in 1578, with others every century or so. The Williamsons (present representative Tessa, in Marlowe) have packed some 16 into 120 years. We should be interested to hear of other extended family connections. Generations

Generation

We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Ross on the birth of Katharine Elizabeth Lucy, at 6.15 a.m. on 31st January.

Thus The Times, under a pleasant photograph of the Chamber Orchestra about to leave for Rheims, Canterbury's twin primatial city, where they gave a concert on Saturday, 17th March. There is an account elsewhere in this issue, but our readers may like to have a French view as well. The Rheims paper L 'Union reported: Ensemble de plus de quarante executants, l'une des formations les plus anciennes et les plus prestigieuses d' Angleterre,le King's School Orchestra de Canterbury a donne samedi soir en l'eglise Saint-Maurice un concert de qualite. Sous la houlette de Paul Neville, un chef d'orchestre virtuose, les jeunes musiciens ant interprete les reuvres de Mozart, Elgar, Faure, Vaughan Williams et Beethoven. Dans un cadre qui s'y pretait, les melomanes rassembles pour la circonstance ant vecu de splendides moments qui ant provoque en leur for interieur un sentiment de plenitude musicale proche de l'ascese. Entente Musicale

Reconnaissance We were very pleased to welcome a party of several dozen parents from I F Holmewood House when they visited the School on Saturday, 25th February. II orce The main sightseeing was done in small groups each with-or under-a King's guide, and as the visitors reassembled at St. Augustine's for rather a good buffet luncheon the atmosphere appeared to be one of convivial satisfaction with the way things are run here. The arrangements were in the hands of Mr. Hodgson, assisted by Mr. Ross, and it is hoped-that salmon was particularly good- that similar group visits will become a regular precaution of conscientious parents. The girls from Hotchkiss School, Connecticut, paid one of their now traditional visits early in March, and just managed their now traditional win over our girls' hockey team, 1-0. The two captains, Francesca Watts (LN) and Gail Bernard, were photographed behind the bars of their goalkeeping face-masks by. The Guardian. Their faces, looking like the thumbs-up occupants of wire-entangled foxholes, cheered up readers on 6th March. A little later, the day after St. Patrick's Day in fact, we were hosts to the Irish Junior National Fencing Team. After a close and hard-fought match King's emerged the winners. As a consolation prize our visitors were taken to the Luxmoore House Play which was about horse-racing. King's fencers continue to do well at county level: we congratulate Mark Mortlock (MR) on winning the Kent Schoolboys Senior Sabre and Epee, and Fergus Phang (LX) on winning the Junior Epee. The international sport scene was rounded off by a soccer match against a French school team on 19th March. It is described elsewhere in this issue. Internationals

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Suspicious Packages

The School cater~rs produced a splendid Irish meal on St. Patrick's Day last year, and hopes ran high as we prepared to commemorate in style again, Alas, they must have forgotten. Or decided to be topical- with Beef Olives.

The Revd. N. A. S. Bury (MR, 1956-62) has been appointed to the important : parish of St. Peter's-in-Thanet. Two of his recent predecessors there became Canons of Canterbury, the late Archdeacon Prichard and Canon de Sausmarez. Roger Taylor (MT, 1979-83) was the natural choice to read the Lesson in the Anglican Church at Rome on Septuagesima Sunday, it being dedicated to 'Education'. All those hours spent at Canterbury Matins fruitful at last-but he knew they would be one day. Ecclesiastical News

Jes' Keeps Rollin'

The Post Office rise to deliver-this-if-y,ou-can puzzles .and they weren't beaten by this one: Mr. R. Stour, c/o The Kmg s School. Took It straight to Mr. Hooper. Perhaps an equally good destination would have been Peter Willis, who appeared on TV South's Coastto Coast programme on 16th March, not long after the official opening ofthe new Boat House at Westbere by Mr. Ronnie Howard. That was a very pleasant ceremony, after which a crew of agmg but crafty oarsmen taught the School VIII a few softenmg-up tricks. In the evening there was a Boat Club Dinner at St. Augustine's-that is to say former members ate it and present ones served it. And they did it very well, and it was much appreciated. A good term for the Boat Club was rounded off by excellent performances by the VIII in the Schools Head of the River (4th~ with Eton) and the Head Itself (3rd of all the School crews). The hohdays are being spent abroad-training on the Sarnensee in Switzerland. Mrs. de Waal's Seeking God, a devotionally orientated study of the Benedictine Rule, was chosen as the Archbishop's Lent Book this year. It is dedicated 'in gratitude to the cathedral community of Canterbury' and we are fortunate to have it reviewed in this issue by the Prior of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, the Very Revd. Stephen Holford, O.S.B. Mr. Wilkinson has printed at his Mapletree Private Press a handsome booklet, The Black/riars in Canterbury, in which a historical account of the Dominicans of Canterbury and their buildings is given by Margaret Sparks and Tim Tatton-Brown of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. The principal remaining building is now our Art Centre and Cleary Gallery, and this, the first reasonably full profile of the Canterbury Blackfriars, is a very appropriate inaugural enterprise. Copies of The Black/riars in Canterbury are obtainable from The Bursary, price ÂŁ1.00. The John Tradescants by Prudence Leith-Ross was published in March. Probably the last word on the Tradescants (unless or until fresh material is discovered) the book, which is reviewed elsewhere in this issue, is invaluable for the study of the genesis of the scientific attitude in the 17th century. It would be interesting to set the Tradescants' activities against those of another O.K.S. student-collector of the time, John Bargrave: but his life and influence have yet to be researched properly and published. Books

Gifts

The David Raven classical library received some valuable additions through the generosity of Mr. E. W. Franklin of Canterbury, to whom we record our thanks.

Late Announcement Of Early Arrival

It has been pointed out to us (not by him) thatJonathan Wrench (MO) also took part m the Canterbury Marathon reported on in Our last issue, and in fact was the first King's runner hOl1)e, with a time of 3.51.02. We apologise to him for this madvertent omlsslon-overmodestly we did not search this stratospheric section of the finishing list for King's names. 92

Sean Wharton (GL, 1979-83) is looking for ÂŁ950 to enable him to take up the place he has been offered on the British Schools Exploration Society's expedition to northern Norway. The objectives of the expedition include glaciological studies and Sean already has an ice-axe: his photograph in the Kentish Express shows him gripping it with all the grim determination consistent with sitting in an armchair. Apart from approaching grant-making trusts Sean will raise money through sponsored events and by selling things at boot fairs. Caroline Mulhern (LX, 1981-83) took time off from her physiotherapy studies at King's College Hospital to collect her Gold Medal Duke of Edinburgh's Award at Buckingham Palace. Although the pottery she did here contributed to her success, the Duke of Edinburgh's scheme is not used at King's as the motivating and co-ordinating factor it could be. Perhaps a 'Thursday Activity' might centre round it? Peter Jenness (MR) whose on-the-first-Iegally-possible-date progress through the various aviation tests we reported recently, on the first possible date, has now obtained his pilot's licence. There are reports that he plans to be the first King's pilot to fly through the Dark Entry. Enterprise

You can't dodge conscientious record-keeping: 'Dear Mr. Newbury, This is to remind you that if your eyes have not been examined since you consulted us in 1382 a further examination is advisable.' But aren't appeara nces deceptive? Suspected Presbyopia

We congratulate Stephen Lerche (B) and Stephen Hodgson (MT) on their selection for the Kent Schoolboys Golf Team to play against Sussex and Middlesex in the holidays. Perhaps in a few years' time their talents will take the O.K.S. Halford Hewitt team deeper into the competition than is sometimes the case: this year an encounter with a strong Scottish team in the 1st round proved terminal. Congratulations also to lain Girling(MO) who was picked forthe County Under-14 Hockey XI. At the other end of the age range Mr. Henderson achieved two hat-tricks for the Masters XI, who even beat their unbeatable St. Lawrence (or was it Kent College?) opposite numbers. Invicti

Sent's Annajane Marlar (SH) made history when she read the Lesson at School Matins Terp N t on Sunday, 11th March. Although girls have read Lessons in the Cathedral urn ex before, at the Carol Service, they did so as statutory women representing that kind of human being: Annajane just did it as a monitor. It seemed appropriate, or somehow significant, that the subject of the reading was Adam's feeble squirming after his lack of moral fibre over the apple. Go Wet Young M

Sir Anthony Parsons (MO, 1937-39) has now retired from his last official post as adviser on foreign affairs to the Pnme Minister. He disclosed at a dinner the all fulfilment of a life-time ambition. Asked by his Housemaster as his schooldays were drawing to an end what he wanted to do with his life he crystallised it into two words-'to retire' . One of the world authorities on the medical aspects of deep-sea diving is Dr. D. H. Elliott (GR, 1945-5 1), who was recently made Hon. Fellow.of the Royal Scottish College of Physicians and Hon. Professor of Medicine at Aberdeen University. This specialty-with offshoots in space medicine-is surely a growth point, and Dr. Elliott's advice might perhaps be enlisted by the Careers Advisory Service (itself a growth point, now we think of it). St Ceera Under this title 18 professional musicians from the South East have come St~'ngs I I together to 'ensure regular public performances of the string repertoire to the I highest standards'. Their conductor is Col. Neville, and Mr. Myerscough is leader. Other King's musicians associated with the orchestra are Mr. Scott and Mr. Flood, and Mr. Ridout has agreed to write a work for the concert to be given by the St. Cecilia Strings in the Cathedral on 11th August. A propos musical quality, we congratulate Brad Cohen (T) on his A.R.C.O., and Mr. Gleed on his appointment to be Director of Music at Durham School. An appreciation of Mr. Gleed's work at King's appears elsewhere in this issue. 93

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'Absentee List ... Wed 3, Zoe Hapsburg-Porter (T), M.R.G.P.'.

T kR Our Racing Correspondent understands that Lt. Bruce Urquhart, The Queen's Ta~t1 0001 Own Hussars, is planning to leave the army to devote himself full time to training a e and riding. Bruce (LN, 1972-77) rode Cranbourne Tower (owned by his regiment) at Huntingdon in February. In the early stages of the race-the Major Charles Townsend Hunter Chase-Cranbourne Chase was reported to be 'jumping slowly at the rear of the field' and at the end was 'running on but still with a lot to do'. Our Correspondent expected the horse to improve but we have not received a report on how the horse or Our Correspondent did at Sandown Park: we are not sanguine. O.K.S. of the pre-War/early War years will remember these two charming The Sao Sao Brothe s brothers from Burma, and their cousin, whose unlikely appellation represented a r capitulation on the School Secretary's part in face of their real names. She settled, roughly, for Prince Prince. We have recently heard that Sao Sao I, really Sao Hseng Hpa, is very anxious to re-establish ties with his King's friends, and would love to have news at 5/B Ye Htwet U Road, Taunggyi, Burma. His brother is at present in the U.S.A. Baling Ollt

The much-travelled Dr. MalIion is off to Fiji these holidays. To the 147th alluder to grass skirts he came clean: 'As far as I am concerned, making hay while the sun shines is a cliche, not a strategy' .

. . . No comment this order. Master absent- she's ill ... ... Why don't you do a muriel in the kitchen .. . . . . Participates usefully-has contributed a few more or less relevant remarks on manslaughter ... . . Sven Hassel is a book? I thought he was a boy . . . .. Middlemarch is a drongo ... . . Romance is flesh pink-though it depends on whose flesh ... .. Do over half term? I am going to bed, I've got to catch up on my work ...

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In the Lent Term donations were sent from the collections taken at our Cathedral services as follows: £ Canterbury and District Association for Mental Health 60 Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Dhaka, Bangladesh 60 Clergy Orphan Corporation 10 C.M.S. (for the church overseas) 80 Keston College 20 Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind 65 Southern Africa Church Development Trust 40 Spastics Society 50 Y.M.C.A. 20 £405 P.F.B. 94 ENTENTE MUSICALE (By kj"dpermissioll of 'The Times')

fOCU0 THE NEW BOATHOUSE As recorded elsewhere, this term has heen an historic one for K.S.C.B.C.; we are now in a new home on Bretts' former gravel quarry at Westbere Lake. The move is the culmination of a project that had been thought of, at least, back in the 'fifties. The first positive moves came about seven years ago when Mr. Ronnie Howard of Radley College went on a tour of inspection of the Lake and declared that it was suitable to rowan. It was with great pleasure, therefore, that we welcomed Ronnie back again to open the Boathouse and to be our guest of honour at the subsequent dinner on 3rd March. The move is essential to the healthy future of the Club; the river at Fordwich was becoming increasingly difficultto use and, with the great pressures on boys' time because of having to prepare for public exams, Pluck's Gutter was really just too far away. The Boathouse has space for 10 eights, 12 fours, 12 pairs or double sculls and 24 sculling boats and at present the club has 8 eights, 6 fours, 10 pairs or doubles and 17 sculling boats. In addition to this there is a separate shed which houses the new workshop which is long enough to take an eight and will house a small changing/club room. The new landing stage is 120 ft. long and can, therefore, comfortably accommodate two eights boating at the same time-so far this has seemed adequate for all the club to boat with very few delays. The lake itself has about 1,200 metres of usable rowing water and is, for much of its length, able to take three crews, side by side. Please do visit us in our new home; you will be very welcome and if you come when crews are boating you are very likely to hitch a ride on one of the numerous coaching launches that ply the lake at these

times. R.M.H.

INTER-HOUSE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE I've always enjoyed quizzes. So does my daughter. My forms at King's get subjected to them. From an early age I began to take on board 'useless' knowledge. In 1967 I was bombarded by questions from Bamber in I.T.V.'s University Challenge; I was good at literature and soccer, but nowhere near as good, generally, as Caroline Samuels (MT) and Paul Mortlock (MR) in this year's-the ninth- House final. Marlowe, Mitchinson's, The Grange and Linacre have won two each. School House popped in, resoundingly, in 1980. Is General Knowledge important? I think so. It reveals the person who can transcend his immediate interests and embrace the world of knowledge in a broad sense. The person who can be a brilliant Historian and at the same time know something of what's happening in the world, read books, be aware of scientific developments and recognise what's happening around him. The person who realises what education is in a world which seeks to diminish the significance of the word. That's why I feel Academic Challenge is important. In a school world where we have twenty or so trophies for sport, isn't it important that we have one for General Knowledge . .. ? Well, broad issues. But to the 1984 competition specifically. Early on, it was evident that the 'day boy' houses would predominate though Walpole and Galpin's gave healthy signs of competition. The semifinals were close-fought affairs, Marlowe defeating Walpole, and Mitchinson's defeating Galpin's by the same margin, 220-17Q. The final went neck-and-neck till the last ten minutes when Miss Samuels asserted her intellectual superiority and Mitchinson's won comfortably 280-180. So, B.T. (the Brian Clough of King's) managed his fourth winning side in nine years. 95 THE OPENING OF THE NEW BOATHOUSE ('Ken/ish Gazette')

And, if I were to pick a 'literary' side to take on this year's champions, I think I'd go for: Hamlet, Anthony Burgess, John Milton and Geoffrey Chaucer. Anyone suggesting a better team might write to The Cantuarian and perhaps we could arrange a computer 'final'. BJ.D.

THE INTER-SCHOOLS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE TEAM The team has recently been made up of the following people: John Albin (MT), Daniel Hepburn (T), Alexander Shankland (GL), Richard Edmonds (MR), Alexander Sturt (T), Patrick Trew (T), Peter Langmuir (W), Paul Mortlock (MR) and myself. I hope I haven't forgotten anybody: my apologies if I have. . We have usually done quite well until unfortunate meetings with the formidable Simon Langton side. They knocked us out of the T .S.B. Challenge and then out of the National Competition in the Kent semifinals. We had formerly beaten SI. Edmund's and then had an easy match against Duke of York's (510-230) but the Langton boys defeated us by a large margin (290 points). The ideal candidate forthe school team is a confident, quick-thinking polymath. We are still hoping for him or her! Anyway, our thanks go to our main coach, doyen, organiser, question-master, scorer and driver, Mr. Durgan, and to Mr. Brodie who briefly took over from him. STEPHEN TAYLOR.

LE SACREBLEU DU PRINTEMPS King's Soccer reached international status on Monday, 19th March when a team of mostly 16-year-olds entertained a team from the C.E.S. Aigue~erse, Central France, complete with a coachload of supporters. Feeble cries of 'Come on, King's! were drowned by a deluge of 'Allez, les Bleus!', all the more confusing in that our visitors arrived clad in an identical blue strip to ours. Other Gallic ploys included dramatic overhead kicking and a smokescreen (Disque Bleu) wafting across their own goal area. The outcome of a keenly-contested game was a victory of 3-1 to the King's team who then received an embarrassing number of presents from our guests. Piers McCleery's vote of thanks was a masterpiece of labial diction and hidden SUbjunctives, rounding off a highly successful afternoon. Our thanks go to Mr. Peter Dix for laying on the arrangements and to Mr. Paul Newbury for his diplomatic bilingual refereeing. S.W.W.

Answers: 1. P.J.N., 2. PJ.B., 3. M.J.V., 4. P.J.N., 5. SJ.G., 6. N.E.G., 7. PJ.B., 8. A.H.D., 9. A.a. 10. P.G.H., 11. N.E.G., 12. Assorted masters, 13. N.E.G., 14. Annabel Roberts, 15. Melanie Fall, 16. Catherine Fall, 17. N.E.G., 18. PJ.N. Winners: A lastair and Andrew McDonald (L). Winning sentence: 'I like The Cantuarian because it has everything you could possibly want for bedtime reading.' 96

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Painful N.T. actor in a ditch (9) Australia's first sporting bishop? (9) Prostitute python? Similarly war-like (10) West country author, nearer to Physics now (7) O.K.S. notch up a few (5) Trades canteen's royal gardener, perhaps (10) Spoiled beneath-only in his eye (7) Prickly end to this name, built for shouting (6) Priests? No - diplomat, but not a quiz master (7) Double-barrelled parliamentary power, alias Smith (5-5) Fatherly, classical figure (5)

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SIR SACHEVERELL SITWELL A Portrait based on an interview given to Bryony Griffiths and Gerald Wilson in March 1984 'Self-educated at Eton', and briefly at Oxford, Sir Sacheverell is the only surviving member of the legendary Sitwell trio. He is perhaps most famous as the author of such works as Southern BaroqueArt and The Gothick North, although he would undoubtedly wish to be thought of as a poet. His most recent publication, An Indian Summer, is a collection of his latest verse, which consolidates his reputation as one of our greatest living poets. With the exception of his sister, Dame Edith, Sir Sacheverell is wary of differentiating between the influences on his poetry. There are, however, correlations of imagery between his verse and that of Dante, The Metaphysicals and T. S. Eliot, particularly in his use of hermetic symbols. His poems are chiefly of a bucolic nature, and his sacramental vision of reality is undoubtedly derived from his devotIOn to beauty. Sir Sacheverell has travelled extensively, and feels that three places in particular have been very important to him: the Chateau d'Amboise, especially the chapel where Leonardo is buried; Angkor-Wat; and Italy- Venice and Florence, which he now feels to be 'rather like Bayswater', - where he spent some of his childhood among the English community. A keen reader of Private Eye, Sir Sachie will be familiar to readers of that magazine after his recent appearance as one of Glenda Slag's Men ofthe Month : 'Crazy name, crazy guy!?!' He appreciates the frequent references to the Visitor of the King's School, and particularly enjoyed the article about a 'glamorous little shot-grey taffeta number' which appeared at the Royal Wedding. Despite his admiration for the deep spirituality of his sister, Edith, Sir Sachie has never really embraced any sort of religion. He feels that it is perhaps the sale thing which his long and happy life has lacked. He is eighty-seven this year, but is no Gerontius: his one regret is his inability to smell things, due to his chain-smoking (he has very fine Havana cigars). Sir Sacheverell realizes that he has been extremely fortunate in his many interesting and distinguished friends. His estimate ofT. S. Eliot, as a valued friend and 'a kind, warm and gentle man' is intriguing when considered in the light of the varying opinions of Eliot's other friends: it is particularly important in view ofthe rather unlikeable T. S. Eliot presented to us by the author of Tom and Vivo The two poets, close friends though they were, never discussed their own or each other's work together. Other friends included Aldous Huxley, Ronald Firbank, Evelyn Waugh, Cyril Connolly and Oswald Mosley. Perhaps the only thing the Sitwells had in common with Nancy Astor was their active dislike of Winston Churchill : Sir Sachie considers him to have preferred cigars to people. Sir Sachie knew both Hugh Walpole, O .K.S and Somerset Maugham, O.K.S., and seems to have particularly disliked the latter. Weston Hall has been Sir Sacheverell's home for many years: a beautiful seventeenth-century manor, it has long been a Sitwell property. There he is looked after by Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, who have been with him 'for over a hundred years'. The house contains many objets d'art and paintings-a gouache of Dame Edith Sitwell by Pavel Tchelitchew dominates the library, and there are many family portraits, including one of a lady to whom Princess Margaret bears a striking resemblance. As we gazed through the drawing-room window into the walled garden, the dim sunbeams played around the dormant roses in the shrubbery: it was Sir Osbert Sitwell who described Weston Hall as being 'full of ineffaceable shadows of the past'. Weston itself is one of the 'lost' villages of Northampton shire, where daylight invests form 'with lucid stillness/Turning shadow into transient beauty/ With slow rotation suggesting permanence. ' In a B.B.C. interview, Dame Edith asserted that she and her brothers had been life-long opponents of 'cruelty, injustice and the onward march of Philistinism', against which the Sitwells fought so hard. Farade, that glittering facet of the Sitwell legend, has long been remembered not only as a 'revolutionary verse and music entertainment', but as a classic challenge to English Philistinism. The Sitwelilegend may survive, but Sir Sacheverell believes that Philistinism has prevailed in England: as he writes in Opus Anglicanum, 'the whole country' have now taken ' . . . to their oafish football and the Cup Final hysteria'. Nevertheless, Sir Sacheverell Sitwell was named Companion of Honour in the New Year Hono4fs List. 98 A WOODLAND APPARITION (Meherwan KalldawaJla)

CJhe Cantuariall GJnterviewยง MR. TRISTAN GAREL-JONES (GR. 1954-60) (Conservative M.P. for Watford) 1. What inspired you to go imo politics? It is hard to reply without sounding pompous. The motives of most politicians range from personal vanity and a desire for power to a genuine wish to help others and further worthy causes. I suspect that in my case all these playa part, in a not ignoble combination, I hope.

2. What are your respollsibilities in the Commons? My main responsibility as a Government Whip is to further the Government's business on the floor of the House and to act, with my colleagues, as the eyes and ears ofthe Prime Minister in the Chamber. 3. What do you consider the most important part of your job? The most important thing I do is forming a view about the events and issues that come up in the House which is consistent both with the platform on which I was elected and with the expressions of opinion I receive from my constituents. 4. Are there many advantages of beillg all M.P.? The only perk that I know of is an underground parking faci lity in Central London! 5. Are you worried by the fact that you have to represem electors who did not vote for you? No. Our constitution is based on representative democracy. I represent frequently views to Ministers which I disagree with-in that sense a Member of Parliament is an umbilical cord linking all his constituents to Government. 6. What are the tensest moments of your career? General Elections! 7. What do you cOllsider to be the major issues of British politics? Progress towards disarmament that is compatible with a proper defence of our democratic system. 8. How do you see British politics developing? One ofthe fascinations of politics (to quote, I think, Disraeli) is that in politics 'the expected seldom happens and the unexpected often occurs'. 9. What do you think ofproportiO/JaI representation? I believe that there is no reason for thinking that it will produce more stable and effective Government. It also provides a useful resting place for people who find the whole process of politics- which involves taking decisions- uncomfortable. 10. How much do you feel people vote for a candidate rather tlJan a party? I think most people vote for the Party. 11. How democratic do you think Britain really is? Democracy is imperfect and ours is no exception. Like all matters involving human relations it has to be worked at every day. Ours in Britain is as good as any. 100 THE BLACKFRIARS ARTS CENTRE IN ACTION (Michaet Wa,,,man)

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12. How much do you think politics really achieves? Most of the time I think politicians run in the wake of events. From time to time they are able to influence them. 13. Do YOllfeel politicians are well portrayed ill programmes like 'Yes, Millister'? It is a very good caricature of one aspect of political life. 14. What do YOll do ill YOllr spare time, I collect first editions.

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15. What are YOllr aims for the flltllre? I am increasingly suspicious of grand designs for the future-none of them ever work! 16. What do YOII remember about YOllr time at King's? I remember with most pleasure rowing rather badly in League Fours at Fordwich. 17. What did YOllfind most beneficial to your career at King's? Living with others of all shapes and sizes! 18. There is a Killg's Parliamelllllow. Do you thillk this is a good idea? It depends who is in office!

MR. DAVID OGILVY (MR, 1968-73) (Sculptor and pavement artist) 1. Can YOII tell us abollt YOllr sllccess in the first (and so far the only) National Pavement Arl Compelition allhe Tale Gallery? . The competition was in five categories and, of course, I was the only professional pavement artist so I had a category to myself and I won the first prize. My drawing was a Dutch painting, by a girl called Judith Leister, a pupil of Frans Hals. I! was very Frans Hals-ish: exuberant and expressionistic. I got a lot of press coverage. I.T.N. made me one oftheir snippets at the end of the News at Ten, like the grandmother who eats budgie. T hey asked me a very simple question and I gave a simple answer, but someone was moving in the background so we had to take it again, and then the interviewer dropped her clipboard and we had to do another take. Then I started giggling half way through my answer, because it .was the same and I couldn't improve on the first answer so it came out again, parrot fashion. So we had to take another take. Then a great lorry went past so it took five takes. 2. How do you sel aboul working? I find a worthwhile looking space. I! has to be where it won't trip people up, where people will be able to stop without being run over and where I'll be seen, where there is a lot of pedestrian traffic in the middle of town. I start work and put a bowl out either side with my handkerchief underneath and a few pence in each one to start the ball rolling. After an hour or so, people usually start to give some money. It's totally voluntary, they can stand there all day and not pay; I'd far rather people stayed and watched and paid no money than just giving as they go by when they've hardly looked at it. IOI (Above) THE SITWELL TRIO: SACHEVERELL, EDITH AND OSBERT (By kindpermissiofl of Sir Norman Parkinson) (Below) MR. DAVID OGILVY (David OgiJvy)

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3. How many people do stand and watch? Quite a few, it's staggeri!'¥' Quite often Ispend two days in aplace because I can do a picture each day and on the sec.ond day It s much better smce p.eople have a pIcture to look at with me working next to It. The mam pomt seems to bewatchmg the artIst at work; It s a peep into a very private world. I get som~ amazmgly con~tructIve cntIclsm from peo,?le who obviously know what's going on because they ve copIed the thmgs themselves, or they're sImply good at looking at things. 4. What do you do then? I alter it, if they're right. There's not?ing better than someone with constructive criticism, because after a whIle I reach a stage when I can t see any more. It beco!!,es almost automatic; you're glancing constantly from the coPy to your copy. AI~o wIth a crowd behmd me, I get a bit jittery sometimes, so I welcome someone pomtmg out the ObVIOUS, because I can miss the obvious. 5. How long does your work last? . I've been back to a town a week after I've done the picture and it hasn't been touched. Maybe one bIcycle's been ov~r it or there's a heelmark: Usually in England it has gone by the next day. There seems to be a great glee 10 destroymg somethmg lIke that. That's part of the attraction for me. I don't want it to last because it's not my work. The original is always better than my copy which has me in it as well as ' Rembrandt or whoever it is. 6. So, seeing you draw is more importallt than the actual scene? Yes, the demystification of art and culture is important. I really don't like the idea of putting things in museuI,llS where,,: lot of people don't go. I believe that art is for everyone to enjoy. The more that it can be put 10 touch wIth ~eople, and the sooner the gla~our and intellectualising can be done away with, the better It WIll be. It s qUIte SImple to apprecIate pamtmg; If you look at it for a while and like it that's enough for me. I think that drawing on the street gets a lot more people to look at good painting than would otherwIse be the case. It also creates something to do on the street a little life. If there's nothing going on people just walk along from shop to shop. '

7. When did your interest;1I street art start? I went to the Canterbury Art College for a year, then I took a degree in sculpture at St. Martin's School of ;A-rts. About a year after I'd left college, I was working in a studio in a village near Canterbury but I dldn t have enough money to make all the sculpture I wanted to so I did whatever odd jobs were avaIlable. After that I wouldn'tfeellike doing any sculpture even at weekends and I had no money left because I'd spent all the money I'd tried to save getting over'the awful jobs, which I didn't want to do. It was ,a complete dead end .. Luckily my brother who was a one-man band-it's quite a family-said 'Why don t you come out and gIve It a try? So I spent the summer of 1981 in Switzerland Holland and Paris came back here in the winter, went out again and I've been at it more or less consta~tly since then. On ~ very good day I can take as much as £100, on a very bad day I can make as little as £1. 8. Do you have a favourite place? Oxford is good. It's got a good cross-section of people: students, tourists, normal people and it's also got a covered precmct where Ican work il! all weather.s. I don 't know many places in England, but I'm gomg to try a few 10 London thIs week: I tned ,;orkmg.lf~ Canterbury thIs w~nter, atthe beginning ofthe year, but I was moved on after five mmutes. I d Just fImshed the eyes outsIde Marks & Spencer in the Shoppmg Precmct. The policemanwas very nice about it, but he said that the city council objected and It caused an obstructIon. ObstructIon IS always a good one If you can't think of anything else. There Isn't a law that'Thou shalt not draw on the pavement'. One policeman pointed outto me that even as 'Ye were standmg 10 the road talkmg to each other we were causing an obstruction. But it's getting a lIttle bIt easIer. There are several good places: Oxford, Cambridge, York, Nottingham and a few others. 102

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9. Do you have much to do with other pavemelll artists? Not especially, I have more friends who are buskers and travel from country to country. I don't feel a particular friendship with other pavement artists, although I know a couple, because they're nice people. There's a language problem; a lot of them are Austrian or German and my German's still pretty bad. 10. Do you find it difficult to get inspiration? It's quite easy because I always copy other people's work, usually portraits. I simply pick the ones I like. I keep the original work for the studio. The people I have seen drawing their own things in city centres are usually the awkward realists and as I've been through art college training I can't do that anymore. I'm trained as a sculptor not a painter. If I was to work on the street, I wouldn't be able to follow the same theme I would follow in the studio. I would have to pick a subject and it would be abstract if I were to do it. Most people wouldn't understand it. JI. Do you do a lot of other sculptors' work? Occasionally I copy a Rodin or a Michelangelo just for the exercise and to see how it feels to work in that figurative way. I work mostly in stone and wood, sometimes metal, which I used at college.

I' 12. What do you do with sculptures after you've finished with them? They just hang around. Most ofthem fall to pieces. Ever since I left college I haven't been able to get a decent run of three months' work. So they tend to be left unfinished. Quite often I butcher them to start other things. I don't mind much because they're not too good. Just after I'd left art college I had lots of ideas, mainly other peoples' ideas. It took well over a year to make me realise just what I was making sculpture for. It became an automatic thing at art college, particularly after four years. You begin to forget why you are doing it. 13. Why are you doing it? Because I like it. It's very demanding, it's the way of maximising your potential. I like to make things with my hands. I thought about architecture and I started civil engineeringjust after I'd left school. But I want to conceive the thing, to carry it out physically and to have at the end some kind of visualization of how I feel or see things or how everyone does because it strikes me that the things that are more worthwhile are the things which have a kind of universality. It's futile doing something completely idiosyncratic which nobody else can grasp. There's no point in enriching your own life if you don't say 'This has happened to me, look at it and see whether it happens10 you'. 14. Would you say that noter/Ough is taught to people about art? Yes. I had four years' intensive study of painting and scull'ture and after about two years it clicked why Picasso was doing what he was doing. It was an exercise 10 freedom and the perception of objects, creating an illusion of three dimensions in two. It really is liberating; there may be a guitar or a newspaper in the painting but it is seen in a way that I would never think to view it in. It's rather like geometry: if you have only one point of reference, your view is fairly limited yet if another reference is opened up you can infer an infinite number of other points of reference. 15. Have you had any particularly frightening moments? I've been arrested. The first time was in Zurich where unbeknown to me the police had had a massive clamp down. They cheated; a plain clothes cop came along and arrested me, and, of course, I couldn't run away. If I do it again my ÂŁ12 fine will be doubled. Another time, in Holland, I was taken down to the local police station, yet this turned out to be something entirely different. I showed them some photos of pictures I had done and they said that there was a far nicer place up the road and suggested that I went there. Usually it's fine; if there's any doubt policemen say where I can go and'~ometimes I have to wash it oH at the end of the day, which is a bit fraught.

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16. »',here do YOII see it feading or do YOII enjoy it so milch that YOII don 't worry abolltthat? to ~~a~ t~o on ~,?reve~ my back and my k~ees ~ill only last another five or ten years and by then I hope the win~e:.ng a Ivmg om sculpture. The Idea ISto do thISto save some money and make sculpture in 17. Do YOllfind that E llrope is 1II0re receptive to YOllr art?

C Ilfon't ~e~lIywant to get.inv,?lved in the London art scene. I suppose I got tD knDw it tDD well .on Art .0 ege VISlt~ to pnvate vlewmgs where nD .one IDDks at the art just the names M d rt . t~e,?endDus mvestment; It'S much mDre volatile than established ~rt b . 0 ern a IS a

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:~~~s\~~~~~t~TD~afket w;th hIS)~llntmgs, so that prices wDuld fall , his paintings WDuld bec~m:m~~e they fDund a way t~ g~e;:ai~~D~s w?J~~ mDney .on speculatlDn. They released abDut fifty Dr sixty, yet It's just the LondDn art scene I dislike: at the mDment I'm sta in . S' I ' stay many cDuntry for three months so I'll stay the last three m~nt~~~f ili::;~~~n~~~er~r~~~~~~ ~1 :;:oxt y~ar nd get SDme ~Drk done). T here are lots .of gallenes there, living standards are higher and ere IS a arger, wealthIer, upper-mIddle class which means a larger market.

18. What types ofscllfptllre do people walll? It depends on who they are and their conceptiDn .of what scul ture d F . . straIghtforward mimickipg of life, figurative works, for some it's an inv~stmentO£. or s?!"e It IS a ~h~I~, and fortohthers iltl's a play of emotion. A!I I can do is the kind of work I enjdy :os~~~~tesh~~:3::: enJDY 0 ers WI enJoy. I am a bemg wIth as much right as anyone I t h I paint;n g iIs. ~ndftwhat it then becomes, this thread of HistDry .of Art, is siu:'p~~ ~~:rb:c~~~~ th~U~o~~ PDpU ar. t IS 0 en only a few peDple's Ideas that constitute culture.

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recitation of the Roll of Lincolnshire Cabmen, and drawing packed houses every night. To aid the scholar references are quoted; for each chapter the number ranges from seven to ninety. It takes thirteen pages of small type to list them.

A previous biography of tile Tradescants, by Mea Allen, in 1964 led the way to what must surely be the definitive work for all time on this most agreeably creative of O.K.S. Prudence Leith-Ross questions, in the light of further

painstaking research, some of Mea Allen's conclusions, and thus has to be meticulous in substantiating her points of difference: in spite of this her book is emin ently readable.

In fact I am eagerly awaiting the holidays so that I can actually read it, rather than merely anatomise it. I am even contemplating buying my own copy, despite the fact that it has been phototypeset without kerns and with blobby serifs-and costs £20. But good books do, these days, alas. I. N.W.

'SEEKING GOD: THE WA Y OF ST. BENEDICT' ESTHER DE WAAL ( Collins Fount Paperbacks, £1.75) Another appreciation ofSt. Benedict and his Rule might have seemed unnecessary when one thinks of the wealth of material produced for hissesquimillenium in 1980. We have had Cardinal Hume'sstudies, Consider youreall, A Touch of God, to name a few of the more successful contributions. Can there be any fres h ground to be covered? Happily, Mrs. de Waal has been successful in laying to rest any fears that her own book might merely bea reworking in packaged form of what has been said better elsewhere. She has given an appraisal of the rule and Benedictine SPirit from an unusual angle, that of a busy wife and mother with a very full programme of teaching anp lecturing, entertaining numerous guests at the Deanery during the summer, assessing Open University scripts and much else besides. She tells us that this book, which makes no claim to be a work of scholarship and yet shows evidence of wide research and discriminating selectivity, was written in less than six months. But it is evidently the frui t of long and careful pondering on the implications of the Rule and its relevance to the life of the Church of today. She lays emphasis on how the precepts of the Benedictine rule can be applied to concrete situations encountered by lay Christians. Monks, after all, are quite ordinary people attempting to become holy in a way of life that provides special helps to that end. Mrs. de Waal's pen strips away their other-worldliness and shows them as people who are striving to become fully human and fully free. In doing this, she is able to relate things which might be looked on as monastic preserves to the everyday world. In this connection, the chapter on listening is of particular importance. The need to listen to the voice of God runs through the Rule like a golden thread; Mrs. de Waal pomts to its relevance in a geriatric ward! To quote: 'These people, a sector of society which many would prefer to banish or fo rget, might be speaking to us through their often confused words- if only we could hear them-of that time outside time of which we need a constant reminder. ' Well, yes. Very obvious. But we would probably not have seen the connection ourselves. In the same way she admirably relates the monastic virtue of stability to everyday life in the secular situation. She sees it essentially as the need not to run away, to be open to change. and she deals effectively with the superficial view that stability in one place must necessarily be restrictive and limiting. Stability strikes at the root of a frenetic activism which leads nowhere but strives to arrive there as quickly as possible. She goes on to bring to life the ideals of perseverance, endurance, patience and acceptance which are not always highly valued these days, yet speak to the need we have to live in the present and not be caught up in dreams of a past and a future that has no existence. Indeed, one of the main reasons for her very evident love of the Rule is the delicate way it balances the tension between seeking God in the present and at the same time being constantly open to change. She admits honestly that there are changes she does not like, for example, her sons leaving home and the house becoming emptier, and claims that the Rule has helped her to see that she would do both them and herself a disservice by clinging to fond memories. It brings us to terms with the realities of this world by always pointing beyond them to the gospel, to Christ. How far does the author speak to people outside her own milieu, to those who must now be called the common person, or the person in the street for whom St. Benedict really wrote the Rule in the first place, the 'you, whoever you are . . .'? In the judgment of this reviewer, the thrust of all the subjects covered-which have sometimes been seen as belonging to a rather rarified spirituality such as prayer, authority, stability, the work of God- is to relate them to the 'immediate, dull, ordinary situation of everyday life.' Accordingly, Mrs. de Waal has provided a most valuable contribution to making St. Benedict's wisdom and humanity, so centred on Christ, available to people in the midst of a society in many ways similar to that of his own time; a time of change and decay, danger, turmoil and unrest that his spirit did much to transform. L. ST EPHEN H OLFORD, O.S.B. 105

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@lfouse VNotes SCHOOL HOUSE

Whatever goes up must come down, and so the ceiling duly collapsed on the first day of term. Smce then tIme has wandered Its merry way through thick and thin to , , . .. t~~ end ?f another epIsode of the School House Dallas. Luckily no one has shot J.R .. despIte WIlham I m gomg to do some work' Scoones getting mighty close on one of his midnight KamIkaze bIke ndes. On the sporting front we once more reached the semifinals in both hockey competitions only to lose narrowly to The Grange and Broughto~. Clem, Dave and Jim have represented the 1st XI and Nigel was demed onlyby the weather. The J~mors swapped cups wIth l\IIelster Omers, losing in their hockey semlfmal but gammg revenge bywmnmg the basketball competItIon. We managed to gain two points m the h?use football league despIte losmg all our games, but a good time was had by all. We kept a low profIle m the rugby sevens and the shuttle relays, but the highlight came in the cross-country relays when, agamst all the odds, we came second, Steve and Will hanging on grimly to an enormous lead handed over by.Jlm before the Linacre 1st VIII machine inevitably went past. Meanwhile Simon Webb has been captammg the 1st VIII to several outstanding results in preparation for the world junior champIOnshIps mthe summer. A record then of moderate success and a large effort by all, considering our relatIvely hmlted resources. Musically the house has mad~ its normal large contribution to choirs and orchestras but our short, sharp preparatIon faIled to convmce the Judges m the House Song competition. Music was also made durmg the monitors' trip to Linacre where we and o~r housemaster were handsomely entertained, but poor Dave got hlll'.self a !lnat bIte that proved add IctIve. Dozy DIck cam~ back from his riotous holiday to spend most of hIs hfe m bed, on hIS own, we thmk! JamIe must be havmg a whale of a time-who is it now, Carohne or Lucy? In hIS careers room WIlham has rejected joining the clergy, but Crispin will float agam next term. We look forward to exams next term with eager anticipation revising in the sun in the Mint Yard in the shadow of Peter. I should like to thank my responsibie body of monitors who have only occasIonally fallen from grace. (Stephen on the other hand had a close escape with a Hunter but fell back mto the lovmg arms of his fellow School House purple!) After that rude interruptio,:"it only remains for me to thank Mr. and Mrs. Sugden, all the tutors, MISS J. and her dogs and Patncla, Barbara, Jean, Rosemary, Pam and Mrs. Sims for keeping us neat and tIdy. Normal service may well be resumed in September. STEPHEN LARK.

As the House Song competition demonstrated, The Grange has spent th is term

THE GRANGE concentratmg on the 'bare necessities'. What with the expense and effort of

. . upkeep, not to m~ntIon the future of our bath-h,?use (the key to sporting success) m J eo~ardy, .w,e have generously gIven away our sIlver collectIon to others in greater need to,:,che <;ial('m s). The House League football team struggled bravely but to no avail despite John's epIleptIc skIlls. The AcademICS challenged httle more than whoever wired up the buzzers; whilst a depleted rugby sevens wer~ pIpped ~t the try-hne by Galpm's. The senior hockey team, gallantly led by the captal~ of cosmetIcs, faIled to wm the cup for a thIrd consecutive year even though we had the help of Hooray s mcredlble speed and the Farmer's meaty legs. Both the hockey six-a-side and the interh?us~ soccer teams rea~hed th~Ir fmals but were thwarted at the last. Individually, Jim was flushed with hIS mlhtary success whIle Adnan and Chuck put theIr blades to good use and Piers struts as ever. On ,the social side the junior members of the house have come to the fore, clearly following Chickpuller s,magmflcent example. Eddy has learntabout pride before the fall while Sacha 'Vidal' and Jerry Elseve have been gomg through theIr hves WIth a fme tooth comb. Sophia 'Z ambled her way around

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the netball court, the Whether Man says that A Big Gail has been blowing in the Old Grange and Kate has enjoyed a few Arabian (K)nights in ~urple robes. Also in the Middle-East, Abdul the Athletic has taken a sudden aversion to 'foreigners and the Lord of the Rings has been up to his tower, only seeming active in the EARly hours of the morning. Masculine Mark and his friend from the Orient have also been on a high with tea leaves and numerous bright young things. The social life has so brimmed over in The Grange that large numbers of the house seem to use the computer room as

alternative accommodation! Suffice to say that The Grange is alive and well, and thrives under the care and attention of (all) the Woodleys, the ever-patient Mrs. Thyne and all the ladies who look after us, without whom .. . Our thanks to all. THE OLD GRANGE.

Good people give attention and listen for a while To an interesting ditty which can't fail to make you smile So all dra w near and lend an ear while I relate a theme Concerning Great Walpole, an intellectual team. T his term we reached the semifinals in the Academic Challenge, unique in our history, and were narrowly defeated by Marlowe. Our thanks to Patrick, Chris, Sanjay, and Pete, who represented us. This has been a colourful term on the sporting side of life, with our newcomer from Germany, Matthias Kostering, who has proved to be outstanding-he will be a great asset next term. Our athletics achievement kept up last term's standard: 3rd in the shuttle relays overall (Juniors 1st in their eventKolapo saving the day for the Seniors), 5th in the Cross-Country, and third in the C.C. relays. Congratulations to Marcus for coming first in the juniors. Our rugby and soccer have not quite lived up to our boasts, but Bruce successfully captained the junior hockey pool! Congratulations to Patrick, Junk, J.R., James, Matthias and Melissa, who got colours, and to Jayesh for his firsts. T he house play has played a prominent part this term, with Dr. Maltby directing us in his Dr. and Mr. moods. Many thanks to him for his hard work, encouragement and enthusiasm which inspired us. Rehearsals were always very entertaining, with Charlotte falling through the stage, Junk's efforts at running a mile while speaking, and Andy's meaningful silence~ (stay in character!). Despite pervasive illness and the enforced cancellation of one performance, and the loss of Junk's voice, we managed to put it on on Sunday. Jayesh and Chris well deserved the applause, while Junk almost brought the house down with his synchronised(?) miming (,Poor, poor dumb mouths, speak for me'). Our warmest thanks to Mr. Trowell for the set, Mrs. Tennick for the make-up, Mr. Scott, the composers and musicians, and all the ' lads' who helped build the stage. Meanwhile back at the ranch Adam proved he was a 'real man' to his cost-J.R. has taken his Eynoff 84-while Russell has taken to polygamy, so Sparks are flying round Lanfranc. Olu's desire for fried chicken drove him out into the night. We don't think Charlotte will be mentioning her real coffee for a while. The House Song (The Stately Homes of England) brought back special memories for Russell with the line 'The playing fields of Eton have made us frightfully brave' although he didn't give us a repeat performance on stage. The house sang with much gusto and many thanks must go to Mr. David Flood who so kindly played the piano. 'There was one who was famed for the number of things he forgot when he entered the house' ... our thanks to him and his wife for such an enjoyable term and to Miss Burr, Dianne, and the domestic staff. Meanwhile there are rumours that Russell has been seen in the house this term ...

WALPOLE

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It has been heartening to see that this Lent term has not been regarded solely as a transitional stage between Winter and Summer. As was expected the cultural demise of the house has not been brought about by the departure of our high flying Oxbridge quartet. Sadly this was not reflected in success in the House Academic Challenge when we lost narrowly to Luxmoore in the first round. Nick Frappell had his hand firmly on the helm of the team at all times-even though we ended up in the losing position. J.J.D. C. deserves a particular mention for his enthusiasm with regard to the House music group. As we have only been able to ascertain the quality of playing by brief issues of sound from the flat, their first 'Gig' is awaited with bated breath. If the group is a recent innovation, we are also pleased to learn that some members ofthe house have just embarked on a Social Service Project in the City and this will be reported on next term. The scene of success has been centred this term on spirited sporting performances from all. Deserving congratulations is Nigel Wakefield who managed four first team sports and led the six-a-side football team to an unlucky second position. We were the only House to field three teams in this event and the second and third sixes both put up creditable performances. The Wedge captained the seven-a-side rugby team to a magnificent runners-up position in this competition. It has been many years since Meister Omers was able to piece together a team combining skill and spirit in such winning proportions and almost half the players selected to represent the School at the Maidstone Sevens came from the House. Unfortunately the cross-country was not entered into with such enthusiasm-our overall position was no disgrace but yuletide debauchery took its gruesome toll. The shuttle relays were greeted with favour and both the Seniors and Juniors managed to achieve second place. The inters cannot be blamed for their middle-aged spread and we fini shed 4th overall-compromised but satisfied. Junior hockey has flourished under the Girling duo-Hugh ' Hatchet man' found a place in the 1st XI and lain was selected for the CountyUnder-14 XI. The six-a-side Cup was won and also the Junior Pool competition. Now that Linacre (our dearest neighbours) have ceased to 'look down their noses from their alcoholic comas', I would like to say how relieved we all are at the advent of their expansion-their inbreeding was becoming quite nauseating. Meister Omers has been strongly represented in theJ.C.R. It is hoped thallhe A.A. will not have to be called in and that a sense of moderation may be called upon. Special thanks go to Broughton for such an entertaining evening. It remains only for me to extend our thanks to Mr. Craik for his never failing devotion, interest, sympathy and guidance-to Mrs. Craik for curing our ills and to Etty and the rest for keeping the Zoo tidy and in order. In Galpin's they say 'Machina Galpini Superes!' in Meister Omers we say 'Bibo Ergo

MEISTER OMERS

Sum'. M AlTHEW JUSTICE .

This term has brought forth improved results in both indoor and outdoor activities! Glossing quickly over the cross-country, in which almost everyone except two outstanding Juniors managed to get lost, our football teams have done well, gaining third place in the League and reaching the semifinals of the senior knockout. Individual mention must be made of Si ('I'm only a shell for mer really') Turner, Dars leg and Tom 'I was there in spiri!' Kelly. In our wake we left foundering School House 3-1 and Luxmoore 10-0, before losing unluckily to The Grange. Six-a-side soccer saw us reach the final of the Plate competition, a game we might have won at full strength. Our senior teams lost in the first round of the hockey and rugby sevens, though the juniors reached the second round. League hockey was more successful, with a good second place for the juniors who also reached the final of the six-a-side tournament. Individual sporting achievements include Darren's First Colours it I'epee, Duncan's Minor Sports Colours for soccer (a white stripe tie at last!), and the Kent Under-18 epee title for Mark. With no exams the high point of the term for Marlowe's academics was the House Academic Challenge, where the margin of our defeat in the final did no justice to the performance of our team. Activity more on the social side has brought mixed blessings this term. While the XR4i and 6B 'Haircut' returned to bachelorhood in Study 2, Study 1 managed to relinquish bachelorhood with No. 1 and No.2 and No.4 tying the knot. Moves towards Luxmoore also seemed to be in progress.

MARLOWE

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r notable events include Duncan and one fateful night in a car park; Daf and one fateful night Othe . Mark and Pete's failed attempt to shut Study 1 window; Susan's successful ~ttempt to shut on a sOlfa, . d . D rs 18th' Duncan's 18th (birthdays!)' Dars golf and Simon Turner s cool hairCUt. Study wm ow, a , ' .. , f' lly thanks to Mr. Reid and the Tutors, and also to Harold for keepmg us tidy thiS term. lOa

MARK MORTLOCK.

This term has seen Luxmoore well represented in every social and sporting.event in the calendar. This is very surprising when one considers the ~mountof Illness L that has struck the house and the vast numbers off games, off Sick or s!mp,ly 'i{f h me Although our previous years of success on the games field seemed over, w~ ';~~ t~rd ~n t e .0 _ -;ide soccer and fifth in the six-a-side junior hockey. Alan Tewungwa an I Ip ap ouse SIX:esented the School at sevens, Luis Fernandez at soccer, Ivan Lmhart at chess and Fergu~Ph~~g rep e the Kent Under-16 Epee Champion. Roger Waggott has represented Luxmoore at o. . ~h':~emoves and Shells have done very well on the hockey field and have packed ~~hooltefm~ Oludotin Adegboyega and Michael McCullough have been regulars m the Schoo s revlta Ise basketball team. The highlight of the term was the play, Epsom Downs, in which almost everyone had ~ pa~t whet~e~ it be a Bible-basher or bookie, crank or drunk. Credit goes to Mr. Miles and Mrs. Tenlllc w a war e so hard to make it a success and to get everyone who mattered JOllllng m. . h house becomes a major social event when prep has ended, so much .so, that bookmgs are now be~gemade for next term. The fifth forms are particularlr succe~sful wh~n It comes to the lagles' l~e ouse Son brought everyone together once more-as did the fire practice, when one mem er 0, t e ~ouse who tad been on crutches for three weeks, calmly walked out of the house Without them. Oh, I've forgotten my crutches,' he remarked dozily, and then hopped back m pam to get them. Thanks go to Mr. Aldridge for steering the house on ItS correct path, Mr; Parker for hiS go~d newI~ and bad news and especially this term to Mrs. Beddoes who has manned the surgery so a y at a hours and has done so much to keep the house on ItS feet.

UXMOORE

AM IR MosrAFID .

To use the Mechanical cliche, this term has seen a switch to the mass production of 'pots' although there are fewer ducks. (In fact, the geese are g~:)\ng) . B~\h hockey t~ophies landed on the shelf aided by, amongst others, Beaugl.e S. (hg y . . ) nd Arthur (Mills and Boon) Vigo. Many seemed to sprout wmgs m t e ~~~;~~~~~t~a~~:nts~ especially Messrs. White and Amos who brou~ht the junior cuPbto t~ef ro~~t. Mark Leathem won the senior run at the beginning of term, but will be best remem .ore or e Cracking knock he received in the house sevens tournament, won ulltmately by BII~ Mld)ge'l~damh Adam Tim Tim and Tim, the Captain. Celebrations were held up (techmcal pro ems, a aug attend~nce ~ose sharply as we won the shuttle relays - a true example of hquldatton. Intra-House affairs were more quiet this term. Ashton H(uff) and I!eaugie H(uhh a~d Puff). went tf I walks Luckily they did not meet Ben who either took hiS dultes very senously (m the ~~gg~~ (;~:: in the house?) or was to be found sprawled in corridors with other P. Y .T.s. I~tel~cl\uallY, Mull seethed with day-~entlewoman, although this worked agamst ,!S dl~ th aca.de~~is~e:Oe~~~~ Melanie sake German m Rheims (yaaah?) but she lacked any teutolllc ISCIP me In when sh/and Annabel nearly faced extradition charges -:-: somewhat rough Justice. Russell got religion badly, as did Tim L. who 'gave up being cool for Lent m a rather slap dash manner a~~~?Ok aft interest in Marx (I'm a left winger) and E ngels. Nataha pushed for the top-dand got her top f ,,,;e ~k warbled for the house song under Mike 'No Man Whose . .' .' Clarke-an . ",:enty-s~ven a us ~ . art in the choral concert. The term had its misses as well as Its hits, With our JUlllors bemg beaten (.) !n Ph" f'nal and both football teams came close to success m the knockout tournament. lam t e JUnior sevens I ., . It ' d namic Firth ca tained our league team to victory, now and agalll, I~p'rovmg on ast er!" s y perform~nces . We all missed Steve as he improved on his oral ablhltes m Germany whilst the house became more smell-conscious by Vatersay.

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Galpin's.grinds a little more: thanks to the monitors who bolstered the show no end; Maureen's Mob keep o,n smIlmg, .so thanks to them. Mrs. Jones trucked ove~ to the San continually and kept us going in body, If not 10 mmd; the house tutors kept a low profIle whIle on duty . .. and of course Mr. and Mrs. Woodward too, deserve our thanks, not only for controlling the ducks but for the engineering: la maquina de Galpin avanzarti. DA YID MILLER.

Back to a c~nventional style of notes after last term's voyage into verse. The ruling body was Jomed by Its first female member, Franci, who combined her house duties with leading the Girls' Hockey Team through another successful season. Seb, after an indecisive start to the term, has moved on to bigger things, while Jez succumbed to the golden cha.rms of our colonial cousins. J?ave's judicious exploits were overshadowed, while Jelly, whose Ravmgs were destroyed by a last mmute nosedive by bow-legged Eddie, grappled with a Nettle but would not succumb to Noo's advances. MeanwhIle, Charlotte was nearly press-ganged into joining the Paras. The MonSieur et Madame TapIS saga contmues 10 a purple haze of devotion amid 'Strange reports of Sharon from Mitchinson's'. '

LINACRE

.on the sports front, 'Meaty Mike' who 'had a good season' and 'Dynamo' Jez (who both got their mmor sport~ col?urs), led the foo,tba ll team to the League final where they were narrowly defeated despIte Gav s flymg tackles. Dave s c~oss-country boys ran the h<?use into second place overall, while the semors, ably le~ by coloured LIPPY, came firSt. Later on 10 the term this speed of foot was emphaSIsed .on wmm!!g the Shuttle relays. However, Ian's speedon the wing and Grav's belligerent captamcy failed to gUIde the Hockey team to vIctory. Congratulahons to Trooper for his team colours and to Ch,ris 'wh? me?' B~rtlett on a tie for his 'Canooin!' Sandy, Winnie, Steve and Fred maintained the house s Rowmg tradItIOns, and we must also remember the Rugby Sevens which provided much entertamment. Musically', we rep?rt Starsky'.s mushrooming interest in singing and Bullet's new guitar, not forgettmghls ever patIent tutor, L,am. Fortunately the House Song cup came our way on the last day of term to replace the SIX that had b~en stolen te!! days befor~. At long last not only Luxmoore is at the bottom of thegarden; the foundatIOns of the Lmacre extensIOn have at last been started. Doubtless the nOIse wIll be 10 full flow throughout' A' Level preparation! Once again, we ow~ our thanks t? the 'Old ma.n' whose humour and generosity lasted at least as far as Lent and who prOVIded an evenmg of entertamment and drama with the School House Monitors (Or those who survived!) . Thanks also to Mrs. Birley for looking after us in our times of need and , of course , the Domestic

DAVID CANTOR.

The flying h~lmet has finany taken off and his departure heralds a new era of

BROUGHTON Broughton hfe. The Jumors dommated the sports scene by winning the

cross~country, rugby sevens, squash 10 a crush 109 vIctory, and by doing well in the .shuttle relay~. The Semors could not ,?atch thIS and settled for a fairly relaxed term, bowing out to MeIster Omers 10 the rugby sevens and narrowly' losing the hockey final helped by some friendly goal-keepmg. Howe~er, they bo~nced back impressively in the shuttles to share the cup with our reg.ular nvals Galpm s. Compehhon was replaced by co-operation when Nick Baker and Richard Stnv~ns. combmed. to giv~ a brilliant piano .concert in the Shirley Hall. Diccon has been busy momtonng the mUSIC, partICularly that of hIS wmd qumtet, and has been dragging unwilling singers to House Song practices. The first half of term was dommated by the House Play which turned out to be one of the most successful forsome time. Mr. Peter Brodie, our eminent producer, rehearsed intensely and when the great mght arrived ~he Head of House made himself very unI?opular by turning away about a hundred people. St. Mary s Han was bulgmg at the seams on both mghts and the feeling was that a third or even fourt h night would have been viable. 110

In spite of losing the big names of Pompous, Hairstyle and Hopalon~ to the Lattergate hierarchy, there was a good deal of Broughtonian action . The pnncipal trend-settmg scene was the top floor of Temple where the Vice-Captain of School took advantage of his prerogative by tethering a goat- but certainly not on the Green Court! Mauro continued,to persuade Sophia that black is beautiful but Ayo has been less eloquent with Vanessa. The donkey s new up-market stable has been decorated 10 a rather animal-like Fashion' so that he has felt at home there and has kept a low profIle. Johnny's phone calls have proved to be a rather fruitless option because rumour has it that Fiona see~ herself better matched with a Linacre shell boy. Stud Laurence had a spell away for SOCial reasons whIch were thmly disguised as a crippling illness and which made great demands on the Broughton phone. The basement of Temple raged out of control with Elias falling in love and with Fatward buÂĽing himself a cooker to maintain his weight. On the far SIde of the House, James and Robert ruled With rods of Iron, and the 'six' now face additional tyranny in the form of Rupert. Meister Omers came over for a Monitors' darts competition with high hopes of success but they were no match for the likes of Trekker and left in a slightly worse condition than that in which they had arrived. At first it was thought that Matt had survived but such hopes were short-lived as the next day dawned. Once again the Broughton Monitors reign supreme on the darts board and are open to challenges. Thanks again to Mrs. Rye with her mountains of name tapes, and to Mr. and Mrs. Hod&son without whom the House could not possibly survive. Also thanks to G.c.A. whose new mystenous night life is puzzling us all. BEN RIDGWELL.

Having spent the best of prep trying to serve up a pseudo-literary hors d'oeuv~e

TRADESCANT (sorry?!), we gave it a miss. Tradescant has enjoyed unprecedented success m both sporting and musical fronts. We were astonished to lose to The Grange in the first round ofthe Hockey but moderate success in the Soccer soothed our disappointment. We finally settled for an three trophies (occasionally allowing the opposition to test us with a couple of penalties!). We only accomplish in proportion to what we attempt. The 1st XI Soccer team benefited from the loyal services of six of our !?Iayers: Paolo (1st Colours re-awarded), Pat (Colours re-awarded), Alex and Tim (b?th rewarded WIth Colours), Steve and Chas. A lex found time to represent the school 10 the Rugby viI steam. Congratulahons must go to our Junior Cross-Country team who, having taken a longer routewhen in the lead, returned with half a cup. Similar success was not repeated in the Shuttle Relays despIte Mr. Wethenltpacmg the Sld.e-hne as quickly as our juniors ran. We really must congratulate John Rawhnson on bemg awarded hIS 2!ld Colours for Fencing. Brad exploited his repertoire of musical talent to earn hIS A.R.C.O. Along WIth Patrick and Tony he co-conducted the House Concert, which wi ll not be easily forgotten. An amalgam of individual talent produced a sparkling performance. A discrete buzz of excitement engulfed the social scene. Perhaps we shouldn't mention Andy's quick spree with Emma. In spite of Paolo's whining (sic) and dining, his Uptown girl 'postponed' matrimonial commitments (Eh bien, on s'y fait) . Curly Cohen and Carohne contmued to get thmgs straight between them whilst Tim didn't receive his due reverence from 84. WhIle Alex sorted out the 'frayed' ends of his life, Steve stood forno lip. !twas without a doubt a term in which the 6b searched for laid back inspiration. Tim, loyal as ever, was again a substantial contributor to house funds. I should like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Wetherilt for their enthusiastic support in house activities, all the house tutors, the army of monitors who never lost control of the situation; and as to Miss Brine-what can I say? Thank you for coping with far more business than usual. Let us hope that next term wIll be as enjoyable and rewarding as this has been. PAOLO MONDA DOR io

MITCHINSON'S

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. III

Returning to a slightly diminished house, Lattergate's belated Christmas present LATfERGATE was eleven recruits, used to the prep school way of life. Now Big Brother could keep a closer eye with the men draughted in from the Broughton squad, and one Linacre member replacing another. 'Richard and the Gang of Four' soon fell in line with the Lattergate way of life: 'It is true liberty is precious-so precious that it must be rationed.' V. I. Lenin. As would be expected, Lattergate dominated the Under-14 sports. C.J.M. regularly removed squash players for their innumerable matches. Peter Thomas slipped in at No. I-even with his loyalties elsewhere. Fitting squash between choir practices, Charlie 'I can't let my hair down' Boorman and Chris Mitchell found time to do most things. Chris might get his just reward for it. Tim Kitchin, Oli Jackson and Matthew Hulme sang along, propping up the alto section of the choir with Chris Burdess. Adrian Linforth, James Galloway and Angus Walker took Scotties by storm- though Angus had similar ambitions for the house. The many rowers were out on the lakes in all weather-congratulations to the Boat Club for keeping them from under Mark's feet. Hakeem Williams, when not tied up in Galpin's (looking not for his worm but the roaming ranger), gave James 'the nightwatchman calleth' Thompson, Edward 'Vague' Valpy and Charlie Boorman a hand with the Under-14 hockey, while James Harland-Fairweather and James Ralph dominated the matches-pity they are not playing for Kent. The Monitorial Body, a regular visitor to the study, took the individual approach and resumed his role as school hop-a-Iong. As usual Lattergate held the orchestra together with the leader in Rheims, leaving the French girls alone, preferring the privacy of the coach. Our 'excellent' committee man, now President, gave the house a good image with his new gait and he did have his chance to sample some 'Pedigree Chum'. Mark, our spiritualist adviser, found the J.c.R. a welcome chance to recharge. As ever thanks go to the unchanging 'back stage crew': Mrs. Duffy, working herself to the bone, the cleaning and sewing ladies for their efficiency, and especially big thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ross for their hard work, care and trust, despite having a lot on their hands with the arrival of Kate. My best wishes go to Jeremy (keeping up the Lattergate 'alchemy'?) and his compatriots for next term. RIel-lARD STRIVENS.

LEITER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir,

9 Rue des Bauches,

Paris 75016. 9th January, 1984.

I have waited five and a half years, during which time I relished the opportunity to put pen to paper, to come out of my shell and let my point of view be known to all. That opportunity never came. I feel that now is the time to speak my mind, having finally put away all childish things and been thrust into the open jaws of life.

Firstly, I feel I must commend you all for having nursed me gently through those difficult years between childhood and adulthood and for having prepared me so well to withstand the hardships that one has to deal with in the real adult world. Having, on more than one occasion, stood beneath those great arches of oblivion at King's and thought of t he perils and responsibilities I would soon come up agai nst, dreaming of success and happiness, tears of terror fair ly pouring down my glowing cheeks, it finally dawned on me that you were all right and that it was I (as, I'm afraid, is often true) who was wrong. I now realise that those end less hours spent hunched over my desk, racking my seemingly hopeless brain in search of inspiration so as to be able to finish an exhausting essay, were all worth it. Secondly. having had the great advantage and privilege of being a pupil at King's I feel it is high time to congratu late everyone involved with such a fin e school. Through having been a member of such a great community I fee l a better man than most and ready to take on the world single-handed. So, three cheers to The Common Room, three cheers to St. Augustine, and many thanks to all the other people attached to the school. I would have been lost without you.

Yours faithfully (and gratefully), G ,LES LYON. (LX 1978-83) (It is seldom easy for the Editors to decide which letters to publish. Many considerations weighed with them this time, but the deciding one was that those whom Giles probably had most in mind when writing this would appreciate it, and enjoy revived memories.-Ed.) 112 THE CONFIRMATION SERVICE TAKEN BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ('Kelltish Gazelle') 'CHESS AFFORDS NO REST TO THE BRAIN, NAY RATHER IRRITATES IT. I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE.' 'TIlE CANTUARIAN', MARCH 1885. THE KENT SCHOOLS' LEAGUE SENIOR FINAL (Emma Risley)

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA SECOND ORCHESTRA, JAZZ CLUB AND STRING QUARTET CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 7th MARCH, AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S HOSPITAL

THE SECOND ORCHESTRA 1. Melody by Darrell Wade. This was a simple, yet effective 'warm up' and the delightful tune marked 'andante' presented pleasing contrasts between strings, woodwind and brass. 2. March-The Valiant Knight by Charles Woodhouse. The Orchestra played this with vigour, producing a robust maestoso. An effective Trio was produced, commencing in the pianissimo, rising to a fortissimo fanfare by the brass section, then leadmg back to the original majestic theme by the full Orchestra. 3. Russian Gopak by Darrell Wade. This was a lively dance performed lightly, with a spirited, rhythmic staccato, gradually increasing in tempo and volume to a triumphant conclusion. This was perhaps the piece that the Orchestra played best over the cOurse of the whole evening. 4. Three Classical Pieces arranged by Kenneth Gange. Minuet & Trio Beethoven German Dance Hoffmeister Two Minuets Haydn These dance movements presented a very different style from the Russian Gopak. T hey were effectively played, displaying good tone colour between the woodwind, strings and horns. 5. The Sleigh Ride by Mozart (arranged for woodwind and ,brass by Brian Wiggins). Typically of sleigh rides, whilst in the troughs and ruts, intonation was a little suspect, but when out and clear of them, the ride was smooth and enjoyable! (Mr. McConnell informed me that he thought that a 'jingle bell' would have helped to create a snowy wintry scene but this unseasonal item was left behind at School!) 6. The King's Ballet by Fran,ois Couperin (arranged by Philip Gordon). This piece went well; being clearly arranged, it resulted in very good effects in the woodwind and brass sections. Tone colour and phrasing were generally impressive. The strings played the quiet passages tenderly and with good

intonation. 7. Musicfor Young Orchestra. Arranged for Orchestra by William McConnell. Szervansky Dance Song from the 17th century Military March Schumann Ecossaise Schubert Musette Bach Handel Minuet from The Fireworks Suite This for me was the most enjoyable section of the whole evening- and it certainly went down well with the audience, being lively and containing many recognisable melodies. Mr. Bill McConnell had every reason to be pleased, as he clearly was, with the way in which the Orchestra played his selection. 113

'THE LADY FROM MAXIM'S' (Emma Risley)

THE STRING QUARTET Eine Kleine Naehtmusik by Mozart. Some very good phrasing and intonation was heard in this performance. The Quartet shows potential and it is to be hoped that they will develop their talents towards a successful chamber group, following in the footsteps of their predecessors. THE JAZZ CLUB Since I have the honour to be what its Members call the 'Promoter IManager' of the Jazz Club, it would ill-become me to review their performance here. Suffice it to say that they played I'm Shy, Mary Ellen,. Michael Clarke arrangements of New York, New York and Big Spender, and (the one I partICularly enjoyed) Clarinet Marmalade. Llstenmg afterwards to Mrs. McConnell's splendid recording of this occasion, we realised that the performance was by no means free of technical faults but it did have a good atmosphere. I must set down here particular appreciation of Patrick Sturt, wh~ rose valiantly from his sick-bed to participate in the Band's section of the concert. I am very grateful to Mr. McConnell, both for organising such an enjoyable and impressive musical evening, and (wearing my 'Promoter I Manager' hat) for kindly inviting the Jazz Club to participate in it. In a letter of thanks from St. Augustine's Hospital to Mr. McConnell, the Management of the Hospital pointed out that it was most unusual for patients to have the concentration to stay beyond about 20 minutes into a concert like this. The fact that in a programme of the order of 70 minutes we lost only two members ofthe audience by departure in this way (out of about 50) was inierpreted by the Management as being a distinct compliment concerning the show that the School had put on. R.B.Ma.

RECITAL FOR TWO PIANOS SATURDAY, 10th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL Agood turn-out for this recital by Nicholas Baker and Richard Strivens put us all in the right frame of mmd for what was to be a performance which well deserved it. The first piece was the Concerto in C by J. S. Bach, which had a rather uneasy start but soon picked up and caught the feeling for interplay and baroque phrasing. The second and third movements were equally well executed with fluent ease and remarkable control on the arpeggios. Alkan's Marche No.3 (from Trois Marches, Op. 40) was played in a controlled, if slightly staid manner. Although repetitions were not varied enougn, the temperament of the music was well captured. Contrasts of textures were skilfully handled and the tune in the bass was brought out with pleasant sonority. Th~ last piece before the interval was a duet-sonata by Poulenc. Th~ first movement (Prelude) con tamed some mspIred moments whIch conveyed the style ofPoulenc bnliiantly. The more reflective and ponderous side, perhaps missing from the previous movement, made itself abundantly apparent in the second movement (Rustique) which had an appealing French watery remoteness. In the third movement tension was excellently built up and lines were pulled taut and perfectly graduated. After the interval we sat down for a convincing rendition of the Hindemith Two-Piano Sonata. It was successfully consolidated when one considers how difficult the style of Hindemith is to assimilate. The sudden blusters of activity were carefully prepared, and the odd splashes were forgivable. I appreciated Richard's poker-face at the end of the second movement. A Waltz from Arensky's Suite No.2 in G minor (Op. 15) made a delicate and delightful conclusion. It was gorgeously modest and very amusing. For an encore the two page-turners (Natalia Fetherston-Dilke and Anthony Evans-Pughe) were conscnpted for a piece written for eight hands at one piano by Chaminade (which is 1'I, notes per finger). Considering the scarcity of space this final fling was thrown off with humour. I had an enjoyable evening and I hope to hear them both again. D.l.M.G. 114

CHORAL CONCERT FOR LENT TUESDAY, 20th MARCH, IN THE CATHEDRAL QUIRE Th choral concert for Lent given by the School and Chamber Choirs attracted a fair-sized . e e. The programme consisted ofJ'ust two works, and after the atmosphere had been set by the audlenc S ' 'c ;r ' Chaplain, the School choir sang tamer s rue" 'XlOn. . .. ., .. . . It is said that an eminent critic of the day! when asked hIS opInIon of Stamer s CrucifIXIOn, replIed that he thought it a good idea! However, whIlst the musICmay not be of the best, the work affords good ortunities for both choral and solo singing, which were explOIted fully by thIS performance. . WI'th an aglnI y unusual for opp The chorus responded enthusiastically to Mr. Nicholas Gleed 'd' s Irectlon, h mbers. Such choruses as 'Fling wide the gates' were sung WIth gusto, yet carefully controlled, ~v~i~~'God so loved the world' was performed sensitively and with great expresSlOn ..The same can be said of the hymns, which were treated like choruses for audIence consumption, rather than ., . participation. . . The nine soloists all sang with a full tone and clear dIctIOn. DaVId RIggs (tenor) sang the exactmg ~art ofthe Evangelist, and apart from a few moments of weak intonation coped admIrably. He was lome 10 a duet by David Miller (bass), which was well balancedand blended. Of the other bass SOlOIsts, Dlccon Garrett sang with great conviction and Brad Cohen WIth power, whtlst Anthon~ Evans~Pugh~, 10 hIS I er role showed a resonance and sonority that bodes well for the future. DespIte the dIstractIOn of a sf;'; in th; organ registration, Natalia Fetherston-Dilke kept her c.omposure, and sang beautIfully. Finally, the three treble soloists combined a well blended sound WIth crystal clear dIctIOn. . Simon Williamson accompanied the work with style througho.ut, n? mean f~at, ~eetmg the varymg needs of soloists and chorus with ease, and exploiting the pOSSIbIlIties of regIstration tastefully. After a short interval, the smaller Chamber ch?ir sang Durufle's Requiem. The chOIr was obVIously tired, and this showed itself in a tendency to sm~ flat, ,:"hl~h was most noticeable 10 the Sanctus. However, from then on, with the end in sight, the mtonatlOn I.mproved. Apart f~om thIS, It was a fine performance, with the most being made of the lyncal melodIes, so characten~tlc of Fr~nch musIc. Only two soloists appear in this work; Felicity U nwin (O.K.S.) sang the PIe Jesu WIth a n~h and mature tone, although her voice had a touch too much VIbrato for my IIkmg. Brad Cohen agam sang with power, and coped well with the wide ranging part. . . The demanding organ part in this work was handled skilfully by Mr. DaVId Flood, though It was . maybe at times a trifle overpowenng. This was Mr. Nicholas Gleed's final concert at King's, and the performance ?f both chOIrs was a credit to his hard work and leadership which have brought choral musIc at Kmg s to ItS present hIgh ANDREW HORN. level.

KING'S WIND QUINTET RECITAL SATURDAY, 24th MARCH, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE A small but appreciative audience attended the concert by Alexander Sturt (flute), Andrew Hom (oboe), Patrick Sturt (clarinet), Luke Goss (horn) and Dlccon Garrett (bassoon). There ~as a relaxed and informal atmosphere WhICh made the conc~rt all the. mor~ ~nJoyable. The "resentatlOn was very professional, even though the Quintet looked a lIttle ungaInly sIttIng on the notonously uncomfortable Synagogue seats! . . . ., . The first item was Kleine Kammermusik fur Funf Blase by HIndemlth. ThIS IS a dIfficult 'pIece to execute because of its conflicting rhythms, requiring great concentratIOn and agIlIty whIch they handled with precision. . Haydn's Divertimento in E flat came next on the programme. The second movement IS the St. Anthony Chorale. The whole piece was played rhythmIcally and WIth apparent ease. 115

After a short pause due to unforeseen repairs to Alexander's flute the concert continued with a piece .composed by Diccon which is given the r~ther ~Iarming title ~f Hedgehog for an Icelandic Urchin. It consIsts of three. seclIons each havIng IItles: The Identity; The Hibernation; The Re-awakenmg. The HIbernatIOn was, I thmk, the most memorable section, in which the ensemble created ~ very wmtry atmosphere .. The Re-awakenIng IS very well constructed with recognizable themes mterwoven betwee~ the dIfferent parts. Although this piece gave more emphasis to the bassoon and oboe, at only ItS second performance It was certainly very impressive and displayed Diccon's creative ability to the full. The final item was Ibert's Trois Pieces Breves in which the third movement (played first on this occa~IOn) IS tYPIcally French 10 style and has a delightful contrasting waltz section. T he beautiful, f1owmg, contraIJuntal texture of the second movement was played with great feeling and the third movement (remInIscent of an InshJlg) had Itsexcltmg moments, namely, the trills (which were played wIth such fire by Patnck that hIS feet rose a few mches above the ground!) and the well-judged accelerando towards the end of the piece. Although the players themselves might not have been totally satisfied with their performance, they each gave a dIsplay of true musIcIanshIp, and are to be congratulated on the polished performance they achIeved and the pleasure they gave to those who attended the concert. CHRISTINA ALBIN.

TRADESCANT HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 25th MARCH, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S DINING HALL

Tradescant mounted a very good concert on March 25th. There were many commendable features, of whIch I may perhaps be permItted to men lIon two-the large number of people involved (over half the populatIOn of the Ho~se), and the efficient presentation and continuity of the programme. These two ments do. not combme eaSIly, because the stronger the former, the more difficult the latter. Peaceful co-eXIstence was achieved here by firm management from the Few, and willing co-operation of the Many. There were fourteen items, no fewer th~n six being ensembles ranging in size from the quartet to the mullItude who gave the House SO.ng a tnal gallop. John. Gardnds Tomor~ow shall be my dancing day was an excellent chOIce for thIS, bemgjaZZY, yet faslIdlous: tncky, but smcere. They delIvered it convmcmgly under Anthony Musson's clear direction. Brad Cohen conducted the House Choir in Charles Wood's My God I love Thee-another good chOIce, because of the added interest of a flute Obbligato (Alexander Sturt) and the treble solo (Andrew Greenleaf). Brad Cohen controlled the unequal balance of his choir with steady judgement. The best of the larg". gro~ps was th~ House Orchestra (or would 'Band~ be a better description?). They played Percy Gramger s Handelm the Strand, a fIrst-rate pICce ofJovlahty, welcome at any time, but parlIcularly so at present when the works of the ebullient Australian composer seem undervalued by some. Perhaps thIS performance was rather sedate for so fearlessly unacademic a piece but it was capably played and very enjoyable. ' . The Quartet (Alexander StU!t, Patrick Sturt, Anthony Musson, Brad Cohen) appeared in three Items, each lIme USln& dIfferent mstruments (mcludmg the vOIce). They were admIrably accomplished 10 all theIr manIfestatIons, and In addItIon , each player contributed excellent solos to the programme. Commendable, too, were piano solos by Josephine Wong and Dawit Teferra, a clarinet version of a Mozart Ana by Jeremy NIcholas, and an unaccompanied duet for violin and clarinet by Nicholas Lewin and Patrick Sturt. The.large audience enjoyed an attractively varied bill of fare, excellently prepared and organised ' and 'dIshed up', as Percy Grainger would have said, with relish. D.L. 11 6

THE HOUSE SONG COMPETITION MONDAY, 261h MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The cup was narrowly won by Linacre, with Galpin's 2nd and Tradescant 3rd. Linacre san!\ The T Grenadiers by Schumann, conducted by Jeremy Avis, with Anthony Evans-Pughe at the plano. MrJ,ael Clarke conducted Galpin's in Bad Times arejust around the corner, accompanIed by RI~hard strivens. Tradescant were under Anthony Musson (Alexander Sturt-plano), who m~de the ongmal choice of Tomorrow shall be my dancing day by John Gardner. The other Houses 10 order were: Conductor Accompanist Diccon Garrett Nicholas Baker The Vagabond Broughton Simon Williamson Richard Strivens The Trout School House Anthony Evans-Pughe Richard Strivens o Brother Man Lattergate James Lawrence Ben Shorten Bare Necessity The Grange Darren Everhart Christina Albin The Sun has got his Hat on Mitchinson's Rachel Davies Helen Byrom Men of H arlech Marlowe James Wrench Mr. Flood The Stately Homes Walpole Luke Goss Mark Majurey Ain't Misbehavin' Meister Omers Toby Alleyne-Gee Swansea Town Luxmoore

'THE LADY FROM MAXIM'S' THE BROUGHTON HOUSE PLAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 141h AND 15th FEBRUARY, IN ST. MARY 'S HALL

That subtle shade of pink-on the programmes, the set, and ev~n the notorious rubber gloves-created the atmosphere right from the start for. Broughton Hou~e s delightful produ~tIOn of The Lady From Maxim's. The performances were notous; Feydeau s scnpt, adorned WIth Mr. Brodie's garlands (that oft-remembered shriek of 'Zimbo!', for example), was a ventable explOSIon of farcical adventure throughout, but especially for Dr. Petypon (James Newall) whose hIstory. was a classic case of victimisation by fate. A pious wife, a ' la4y' o~ notonety, and a ~eneralm electnc blue garb are ingredients enough for disaster; but when the l ady be90mes Samt VIOletta In a moment of inspiration, the wife goes off to bear France's future savIOur to a pohceman, and the general becomes convinced that Saint Violetta is in fact a woman whose kIsses are worth savounng, the sltualIon becomes a little more complex. A complex plot was, however, skilfully worked in Mr. Brodie',. hands into ~ feast of ch~ra~terisation. The pettish, rather bemused Petypon wa~ starkly offset by hIS madame, the old boIler (Mary de Sausmarez). Her piety seemed e"treme unlIl the Shnmp (Frances Dutlne) eclipsed It by an unexpected apotheosis into the form of Samt VIoletta. Julian Camble played a masterly Old Guard fIgure, avaricious in his appetite for sea-food and lemon (10 other words, the Shnmp), whIle MongICourt (Mark Evans), with bared canines et ai, was the bulwark of decency, the bastIOn of morality . . Of minor characters much could be said (and all would be in admiri,:,g praise): the OIly ElIenne (Tobit Curteis)-oily both in coiffure and manner- was a foil to the hystena of the Petypons, whllethe dustman (,Some people are so common! ') was the epitome, the personIfIcalIOn, of dehcate breedIng. Scene-stealers proliferated; my favourite was Le Duc de Valmonte (Edward WIlson), whose overwhelmingly virile lisp and stentonan wnes (together WIth those charmmg pantaloons) were gloriously funny. The urbane Carignan (Patnck Pames), the tWlttenng Duchess (Alexander KnIght), the not-sa-innocent Clementine (Philippe Lacamp) and the ever-so-effemm~te Varhn (TIm Murrdl) were other characters who demand mention- the entire cast was, however, Impressively responsive and mobile. 117

The music (under Diccon Garrett's manipulation) was marvellously atmospheric; the can-can was (quite literally) an eye-opener (thank you Mrs. Woodley), the lighting and make-up (Mrs. Tennick strikes again!) were effective yet unobtrusive, and the set was splendidly adaptable and beautifully finished by the stage crew under Messrs. Trowell, Hodgson and Allen. This whole production was outstanding; everyone involved deserved both the praise and the laughter which was so evident at both the packed performances. BRAD COHEN.

'EPSOM DOWNS' THE LUXMOORE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY, 17th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Champagne, top hats, flasher-macs and kermit frogs filled the Shirley Hall on the evening of Saturday, 17th March . Together they formed part of Luxmoore House's successful version of Howard Brenton's play Epsom Downs. Set on Derby Day in Jubilee Year, 1977, the play portrays an annual social event which brings together a mixture of classes. The overall effect is one of constant motion, as the audience is shown different groups of people as they pass their Derby Day 'together'. Ivan Linhart as Sandy-a working-class football freak-was confident and lively as he gambled and drank his way through the performance with his wife, Margaret, cleverly played by Claire Wilson whose maternal instincts were brought to the surface in the production. Margaret and Sandy's two children were both portrayed very well by Charles Farmer as Bobby-whose absence from the rehearsals due to illness was not reflected in his acting-and by Christopher Calthrop as Sharon of whom I overheard Mr. Bee, former Luxmoore housemaster, ask: 'Who is that girl?' Roger Waggott, generously dusted in baby powder and with the producer's tie round his neck, hobbled about the stage shoutmg 'Copper' at the top of his voice and poking people in the eye with his umbrella. His portrayal of the character was very amusing; as was that of Guy Seymour-who played Lord Rack, a socialist life-peer dependent upon Champagne at moments such as this. Another amusing character was Innes Webberley as a 'tic-tac Bookie taking advantage of the situation'. Luis Fernandez made a stunning first entrance as Jocks the stable lad, while his costume (or lack of it) produced giggles and approving applause from the audience. His seduction and eventual loss of Primrose-played superbly by Alison Maitland-provided a fascinating plot of potential romance. Religion hit the play in the forms of Rachel Felder and Jakob Kidde-Hansen as a reformed alcoholic and reformed gambler respectively; both of whom turned to God for salvation. These two parts were well characterized by their actors and brought great amusement and sparkle to the play. I thought Mr. Miles's role as the off-stage 'barmy 01' cow' particularly well performed, and Dominic Graham's big chance to flash to his heart's content funny, but when pregnant Christian Ashburner-Collins gave birth to a brown wig, the audience were in hysterics. My main criticism would be of the way in which the flying kite (suspended on a string) was made to fall-many a History of Art master got caught up in that one! The )ighting which was used to 'ghostify' Celia Taylor was very effective initially but when the colour was changed from purple to bright red, the 'ghostliness' seemed lost. It is a great shame that the school lighting is not capable of more variation. I also found it a pity that so few members of 6a took part, as most of the remaining years in Luxmoore were involved, as they should be in the ideal house play. Finally, everybody's congratulations and thanks go to Mr. Miles for organising and producing the play, to Mrs. Tennick, Mr. Parker and Mr. Trowell for giving their time to help make it a success, to the back-stage helpers and of course to the whole cast who spent a long time rehearsing, but who I'm sure enjoyed taking part. CHARLOTTE BISHOP.

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'EPSOM DOWNS' (James Bart/elt)

'THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK'

'THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK' THE WALPOLE HOUSE PLAY SUNDAY, 25th MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

The penultimate evening of a gruelling Lent term seemed apt for some comic relief in the form of Walpole's rendition of The Hunting of the Snark. This 'agony in eight fits' was adapted from Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem with Dickensian excerpts portraying various illogical aspects of Victorian England (the Queen herself and Prince Albert making a brief appearance during the prelude). 'Illogical' IS possibly the best word to describe this innovatory production, which provided a fresh and interesting insight into the fun of drama purely for entertainment's sake. The cast certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves. Their chaotic antics did not detract from their individual characteristics: the Butcher's evil grin when approaching the bemused Beaver, the Billiard-stick Maker's amusing range of expressions and Boots' memorable 'stalking' in the search for the elusive Snark. Michael Pocock's lack of voice was an unfortunate hitch, but produced added hilarity over lines such as the Bellman's 'Dumb mouths had to speak for him', now with a double meaning; Dr. Maltby's gruff, enthusiastic tones in place of the silent Bellman went down very well with the good-humoured audience. Charlotte Bircher took a calm, matronly stance at the centre of all the confusion as the Bonnets and Hoods Maker; Jayesh Gopalji offered us a brief view of the Banker's delight in money and James Cox even assumed the form of a Snark, complete with shades, wig and gown in the defence of a pig (which was then discovered to be little more than a string of sausages) as we were led into the realms of a Barrister's imagination. Patrick Walters, the Broker I Narrator, assumed a particularly impressive and important role by upholding the continuity and pace throughout. The performance was abundant in originality, for example in the snatches of songs for specific events, ranging from the Institute Members' lunatic limericks to a burst of 'Eternal Father strong to save' and even the prison rhyme from The Mikado. The overall mood was naturally lighthearted but there were moments of deeper emotion, as when circumstances brought the Butcher and Beaver together and 'the song oftheJub Jub cemented their friendship for ever', and the sad fate of the Baker, who did find that 'the Snark was a Boojum you see' and vanished into the depths of the light box. The humorous parts were achieved mainly by the slapstick style comedy and mime-like improvisation of the Hunters. Jayesh Gopalji's tussle with the invisible 'Bankersnatch' produced appreciative applause from an audience by now attuned to the fantasy world, created with the help of Mr. Trowell's wonderful 'crags and chasms' and the cacophonic music from the Walpole musicians. Considering all the problems created by illness, which caused the first night to be cancelled, it was brave of Walpole to carry on and they must be given credit for a production which though perhaps a little unpolished was highly entertaining. V ICKY KAYE.

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TALKS THE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE On Thursday, 8th March an industrial conference was organised for the whole of the 6b year. We were split into thirteen groups, each headed by a group adviser. These advisers came mainly from the Canterbury area, and represented all aspects of industry, from Barclays Bank and Marks and Spencer, to trade unions. No one was really looking forward to nine hours of conference, and we trooped over to the Shirley Hall predicting boredom and monotony. Here we were told how to behave and who to impress to ensure ourselves a place in industry after leaving school! At 9.30 a.m. the host from each group took the adviser to meet the rest of the group in the allotted discussion rooms. We talked about future careers, whether in the professions or industry, and then all 6b congregated in St. Mary's Hall for the opening session. Mr. Ian Bryce, the conference chairman, gave a short talk on what the conference was aiming to achieve, and asked the Group Advisers to introduce themselves to the audience. In the coffee break we had a chance to meet advisers from other groups. After coffee we watched the first part of a film called Who's in Charge? This was illustrating the problems of a newly promoted supervisor, whose former colleagues did not respect him, and whose boss had no time for him. We were then sent, in our groups, to the discussion rooms, to answer questions on how each of the characters should have acted to prevent such difficulties arising. Each group was represented by one member who had the nerve-racking experience of answering the questions in front of the whole year. However, the audience and Mr. Bryce were very supportive and none of the speakers suffered too badly from embarrassment! The rest of the film was shown, summing up the points we had made. While the majority of 6b were subjected to the delights of school lunch, the organizers, advisers and hosts indulged in salmon mousse, chocolate gateau and white wine. After lunch Mr. Bryce gave a talk on the qualities needed to be a leader. To practise these qualities we were given the task of making a poster, titled ' Why Industry Matters'. Each group was divided in two, half making the poster, the other half observing. Back in St. Mary's Hall the leader of the observers from each group reported back, criticizing the organization of the poster makers. The leaders described their actions and how they went about achieving the task set. The posters were displayed around the Hall. At 5.45 p.m. Pat Wallis, A.S.T .M.S. Divisional Officer, gave a long talk on Trade Unions. We then prepared some questions for her, which she answered cleverly, making the Trade Unions sound all sweetness and light! To conclude the Conference we were given a chance to suggest what more could be done at King's to encourage leavers to consider joining industry. Patrick Paines gave a vote of thanks to Mr. Parker, Mr. Graham and Mrs. Cohn-Sherbok for organizing the conference, and to Mr. Bryce, Pat Wallis and the advisers for their help throughout the day. It was a most enjoyable and informative conference. Lucy DIXON-CLARKE.

U.S. POLITICS TODA Y MR. RICHARD McCORMACK (Political Counsellor at the U.S. Embassy) Mr. McCormack began his talk on U.S. politics by giving us a short outline ofthe political system and the situation during the last three years; after dwelling briefly on the 1980 preSidential election he proceeded to a comparison with British politics, stressing the difficulties of 'continental politics'. He also mentioned foreign policy, saying how complicated people abroad seem to find the 'highly gladiatorial' proceedings caused by the lack of any actual coherent foreign policy, with the president in a situation of constant negotiation with a Congress that has very much its own opinions on individual

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There followed a discussion in which Mr. McCormack gave interesting insights into ~any aspectsof U.S. politics. There were, not surprisingly, several questions relatmg to the forthcommg presldenhal election and the current primanes .. Mr. McCormack said that he thought a team of Mondale and Hart presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respechvely, for the Democrahcbld for the White ~ouse would be a strong combination against Reagan in November.In the pnmanes, Gary Hart, the man of ' new ideas' (at this point in the lead over Mondale) might be Impeded by the very fact that he was relatively unknown, though people, particularly the young, might vote for him as a prot~st a~amst Mondale's complacency; however, Mondale app~led because he was the man of tned, famlhar Ideas, and voters might feel more comfortable With him . Anyway, whatever the outcome, the mtense mpetition between Hart and Mondale should, hoped Mr. McCormack, lead to more educated ~~ting, and would certainly avoid a very boring electio n. . The remainder of the questions were extremely varied. There was speculahon as to the reason for America's withdrawal from Lebanon-was it a political ploy on Reagan's part because the elechon was etting too close for comfort? Mr. McCormack reckoned that it was simply because the troops had ~eached the limit of their usefulness; though It was certamly true, he admitted, that because of the removal of troops, Lebanon has now receded as an election issue. Asked how far Amenca would go m her determination to keep open the G ulf of Ormuz to Oil traffic, he slightly skirted the Issue, saymg that the first line of action would always be diplomatic, and that 'Ir~nians. should know that the West IS serious in its effort to keep the Gulf open. Fmally, there was a dISCUSSIon about N.A.T.O., and what would be the probable U.S. attitude towards Britain if a socialist government Implemented the removal of nuclear weapons. Although the U.S. would fmd It mor~ comfortable to co-op~r~te With a nuclear Britain, he assured us that the U.S. is 'absolutely convmced of the ImmutabIlity of the

American commitment to Europe'. Mr. McCormack gave interesting and informative answers to many other questions,and through them we gained a new, more personal, insight into the complicated workmgs of Amencan politICS. KIRSTY SEYMOUR-URE.

THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY FROM THE THIRD REPUBLIC TO THE PRESENT DA Y M. ROBERT WIEDER (Chairman of the Anglo-French Association) We were very honoured to welcome M. Robert Wieder to talR on the French Presid~ncy. M. Wieder concentrated largely on the Presidency of Charles de Gaulle and the FIfth Republic up to Glscard d'Estaing and Fran<;ois Mitterand. He gave a brief introduction, explaining the historical events that led to the rise of de. Gaulk and mentioned that although de Gaulle wanted to chan~e the Republic and c~me from a royalist famIly he was a definite Republican and saw that the Republic was deeply rooted m French socIety. De Gaulle understood the need for a strong but responsible President who would represent French sovereIgnty. He saw that the disaster in 1939 when France was mvaded, stemmed from the mcompetence of Lebrun, the President at the time, and the fact that it was unconstitutional for ~im to represe~t the sovereignty of France. As a result of thISde Gaulle mcreased vastly the PreSIdent s power. M. WIeder pointed out that like Churchill, de Gaulle was a man for stormy weather. When de Gaulle reSigned, he had shaped a constitution that was bound to last and created a road for every sort of character-even for Fran<;ois Mitterand who opposed the powers ofthe PreSIdent before commg to power but now feels reasonably comfortable in his Presidential seat. M. Wieder's fine command of our language and his excellent knowledge of English literature were in themselves reasons for attending this talk, but his grasp of French politIcal hIstory too gave us a great insight into the French administrations of past years. CHRISTIAN ASHBURNER-COLLINS.

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ABBES AND ACTRESSES: THE CHURCH AND THEATRE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE PROFESSOR J. McMANNERS (Christ Church, Oxford) How many of those entering the stifling Societies Room from the bitter chill of a March evening could have claimed to have any idea about the complexities of Church-Theatre relationships in Eighteenth Century France? How many knew the extent of prohibitive laws in force against actors and actresses during that period, or of the Abbe de SI. Pierre's proposals to amend Shakespeare's plays and those like them continually, so as to update the language and the images to coincide with modern usage (which, to the chagrin of modern English students, failed)? But how many of those who left the same room exactly an hour later were not aware of the scandals and controversies, the prejudices and intricacies which dominated Eighteenth Century France? Professor McManners, who began by explaining how neglected this topic had been by ecclesiastical historians in the past, then proceeded to show what an exceptional in-depth study he has made. The fa,ade of strict church censorship over the theatre in fact, it seems, covered many cracks in church policy. Officially actors were seen as 'men of ill-repute exercising a profession that is strictly forbidden', and were unable to be witnesses at law or even to be married in church. Only with the formation of the National Assembly in June 1789 did actors become full citizens of France. Yet there is no shortage of evidence to show that abbes, those footloose clerics, or 'titular churchmen who had been tonsured', were only too keen to visitthe theatre. In 1778 twelve bishops attended one performance of a play, and the young Louis XVI was strongly encouraged to attend. Censors lowered their standards (unofficially) so as to ensure large audiences for the performances. De Tocqueville's assessment that behind the apparent rigidity of the Ancien Regime there were broad areas of latitude, holds true throughout Professor McManners's study. Despite some of the more subtle innuendoes being lost on some sections of the audience, the large number of laughs gained was a tribute to the fascinating collection of anecdotes included. For those who found some of the more intricate detail bewildering, there was always the problem of pinpointing Professor McManners's accent which was, I presume, based on Scotland, but then again ... Anyway, one thing is beyond any doubt, this talk was not only packed with detail, but also gave a fascinating insight into the workings of Eighteenth Century French society. IAN McDONALD.

THEB.B.C. MR. JOHN KERN ON On 8th February Mr. John Kernon, a well-known B.B.C. television producer, came to talk to the school about 'Life with Aunty'. Mr. Kernon who was responsible for the televising of such significant events as Aida in 1968-the first opera to be shown in colour-and more recently in 1982 for the Pope's visit to Canterbury, originally studied engineering at U niversity College, London. It was an interest in where engineering techniques met the arts that led to his first job in television in 1946 as a probationary technical assistant and then as vision mixer. During the course of his talk Mr. Kernon told several anecdotes about his work. One of especial interest was that of his involvement in the Coronation in 1953. This was the first time that television had been taken seriously as an alternative media to the radio for current affairs. Indeed, there remained a certain amount of opposition to its being broadcast stemming from a feeling that it was somehow disrespectful. 'People might be drinking in pubs while the Queen was taking communion! ' 122

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David Monro Higgs (Shb)

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:~o~.::,dwh:'~~t~inking ab~ut Aunty Kitty. The memories of her seemed vague and far away, I felt SIck and dizzy. .. f I f 'n That night I went to bed early wilhoul bolhering 10 walch lelevlslon. I sal up or a ong Ime I darkness Ihinking of whal had happened. Today I am ashamed of myself because of Ihe way I went on looking for Ihe lorloise even Ihough I did nol mean 10 be unconcerned and self-cenlred.

Adam Oliver (Shb)

Rabbit Skinning

The knives hammer and axe were lined up, inslrumenls of dealh. The empty Sun and fresh rabbits lay side by side, a grim piclure. No emolion, no p!ty, filled m~ as, overlooke by Ihe aclual killer Trislram, Frank Ihe builder showed uS how 10 skm Ihe rabbll. . ' He broke Iheir legs like a brule, producing painful cracks, with no feelin~s.or..xpresslOn. Ta~,~g a knife he slillhe slomach and Ihe guls, while Ihe valuable flesh slayed rIgId mSlde. ~ol r~' ~ lunged'his bloodslained, worn hand inlo Ihe guls, ~id Ihe f!lll sp~endour of fles~ revealllsel. ~n h seemed 10 enjoy tearing Ihe grey-green confUSIOn of mleslmes oul, leavmg an empty es encasemenl and a heap of slimy discarded lubes. . ' Slowly and carefully, he slripped Ihe beasl of its skin, producing a ~Iean, fleshy, sk~!,e: ra~b~. Then Ihe lables lumed we found ourselves Ihe spectacle for Frank s amusemenl. IS ear e. ' friendly face showed inieresl and pleasure in our mislakes, as we look lurns 10 cuI ~own Ih~ ~!~f slernum, with closed eyes, bearing Ihe pain of c~elty .. Tougher and ?Ider, Frank's skm seeme I e a lealher barrier, and we looked round al nolhmg, m search of hIS help. 123

Blood dripped, rabbit blood and humau blood, from a cut in my finger, to join the red puddle, staining the grass's greenness. Already frightened of the awesome insides, we left our guts behind and turned the pathetic beast over timidly, letting the guts hang out and drip, swaying in the first breeze that they had ever felt. The green tangle unravelled itself, to show coils of food-encasing tubes. Gripped by an unknown fear, we laid the guts on the bloody trestle and used an axe to deprive the animal of its intestines which flopped suddenly into a shapeless heap, bathed in blood. One at each end, we pulled the reluctant skin; slowly and unwillingly it came into sight from behind the pelvis, gunshot wounds and red patches, contrasting with the pink, tasty flesh. But in disgust, we threw the carcass, as if it were rotten, into a rubbish pile. The rabbit was pregnant. Stains on the knives and grass are all that remain in memory of the rabbit with its unborn offspring.

Pain

Anthony Brennand (Ry)

I was about six when we went on holiday to France. Just outside the house where we were staying was a small rectangular pool of water that got deeper towards the middle where it came up to your knees. .We st~rted. paddling in this pool, at first round the edge because we were a bit unsure about the middle smce It was murky and we couldn't see the bottom. By the afternoon we were back in it and I was the first to try the middle. I approached it cautiously until finally I reached the middle. At this I began to splash about and jump up and down. I felt so good that I wasn't at all ready for anything to go wron~. Just then I felt something cold and piercing. It wasn't until I moved my foot that it began to feel different. I felt a series of small jabs of pain shoot up my foot and leg. I looked down to see a cloud of red blood circling my legs. I screamed and made for the edge of the pool. As soon as I started running the pain, now intense, was spreading all over my foot. I ran down a street yelling and screaming. I felt the grit and glass in my foot, rubbing like sandpaper against the exposed nerves of my foot. I was panic-stricken, my parents were somewhere out of range and I was in completely foreign surroundings. It was as though the pain was out of my reach like fire on a horse's back. People began to run towards me, shouting and summoning, and soon quite a big crowd had formed around me. A large, round Frenchman pushed his way through the people towards me. He carried a small brown case and a bucket of water. He grabbed my leg and plunged my foot into the bucket. I saw my foot for the first time. A huge clean cut had been made across about half of my foot. The bucket of water went red almost instantly. Having done this a few times I was hurried off to hospital where I was promptly laid on a hard high bed, almost like a dentist's chair. I realised that my parents were in the room looking down on me. My attention moved to the French doctor who was talking merrily in a breezy French accent. With a few abrupt words and a smile, he took out a long thin needle. I felt a sensation of fear and my foot began to hurt even more. To my astonishment and absolute agony he began poking the needle around inside my cut foot. I screamed as loud as I could and couldn't stop. He didn't even put an anaesthetic on me. He was fishing out little bits of broken glass slowly from the bottle that I had stepped on. I felt like he was injecting me in the same place over and over again. After about a quarter of an hour, he stopped and began stitching it up. The needle and thread were enormously thick, stretching my agony to the limit. My throat was sore from crying and my whole leg felt numb, and inside it was tingling like pins and needles. 124

The Clowns

James Rattray (Rx)

As Jodie and her father approached the massive te~t, they could a.lready. feel ~he ~xc~tement . g in the air Jodie looked up into her father's beammg face and smiled at It, askmg, Will there buzz m '?' be any clowns, Daddy. 'Oh yes, Jodie, this circus has some very funny clowns.' J die smiled again. Up on the roof of the tent, multi-coloure~ lights flashed out the mess~ge 'CI~CUS MAXIMUS'. Jodie shivered with premonition. In the sIX years t.hat she h~d been ahve, she had been to many Circuses, most of them on the very Green where the CirCUS Maxlmus ,,:as now situated. All of them had been good, but she felt that this one would be better-somethmg she would remember all her life. At the door to the tent, Jodie's father exchanged a fe,,: words with the cashier, paid ~he one gound fifty designated, and the two of them entered, one twice as tall as the other, h?ldmg han sand s~iling with excitement and anticipation ..They found places at the edge of th~ rmg and sat th.ere, brushing away the sweet wrappers and blls of popcorn scattered on the seats from the prevIous performance that afternoon. ., . After talking for about ten minutes, they were hushed by the mal.n hghts gomg ou!, and the otlights focused on the entrance to the ring and the orchestra above 11, flashed on. Jodie and her ;:ther sat spellbound, along with the hundreds o~ other people, throughout all the acts. At the end of each act, Jodie asked, ' Is it the clowns next? , . , '.' And each time this happened, her father answered, ' I really don t know, Jodie. I expect 11 IS. But each time he was wrong, until the very last act, when five c1ow~s c~me .bouncing in, ~II carrying violin cases of various sizes. These they tossed carelessly to .one Side, Just 10 front of Jodie, and got on with their well practised act. Jodie sat enthralled, laughmg louder than anyone else at everything they did. About three-quarters of the way through their s~quence, the c!o>yns went over to the corner where Jodie sat. One of them smiled at Jodie, and they picked up the vlOhn cases. They now centred their antics around the cases.

As the music reached a climax, all five violin cases dropped t? the ground in o,!e smooth movement leaving the clowns holding various types of weapon, rangmg from a submac~me-gun to a sawn-off ~hotgun. The way they were holding the guns iudicated that they were profeSSIOnals. The empty, deserted violin cases lying at the clowns' feet seemed dejected, almost sorry th~t they ~ad been part of this terrible crime. The orchestra continued to play for a few b~rs more, u~tll a w~rnmg burst of lead was fired into the tent roof by one clown, silencing everyon~ m the tent Immediately. Jodie started sobbing quietly. The painted-on, smiling faces that had prevIOusly seemed funny, and part of the clowns were now grotesque and completely out of place. Then one of the clowns spoke, his voice echoing ~ff the tent walls, and filling ~he w~ole auditor~um, 'Everyone keep quiet. If you co-operate entirely with what we say, nobody will be m the least bit hurt. N~w, take out your.wallets and purses, remove any jewellery and watches. Throw them all, and anythmg else of value, mto the ring.'

Manl people started doing as they had been told, but others ueed~d a second ~Iddmg before t~ey joined m. Jodie started crying quite loudly now, and thrashed out wildly every lime her father t..ed to take her new watch off. 'Make that girl shut up!' Jodie's father tried to calm her down, but it only seemed to make it worse for her. 'I said make her shut up!'

'I'm doing my best!' retaliated Jodie's father, anger in his voice. 'She's frightened to death. Just let her cry-she can't hurt you!' 'Make her - '

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A single shot cracked out, and Jodie's father slumped back into his seat, his face a mangled wreck of flesh and blood. A woman nearby screamed, only to be silenced immediately by her companion. Jodie cuddled up to her dead father, silent uow, not understanding the situation fully. Once everyone had thrown their belongings into the ring, three clowns set off around the seats, making sure they had everything. This resulted in a few people getting hurt, and their belongings being wrenched from them. As soon as everything had been collected up, the clowns left quickly and quietly, and the sound of a van starting up and leaving was heard. Everyone was silent for a few seconds, and then burst into action and panic. Jodie's father was carried away, Jodie with him, the many nameless faces crowding around her making her more confused. Some people shouted for ambulances, others for police.

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A few hours later, a solitary black van was travelling along a coastal road, its occupants silenced by the steady rainfall and the darkness. The driver did not see the bend in the road ahead before it was too late. The van tumbled over the edge of the cliff to the rocks below, where it exploded, killing all five occupants. All that was left was a little girl's Mickey Mouse watch, floating near the shore. Soon, that too sunk irretrievably.

Timothy Smith (Shb)

The Retirement Town Its fingers of red brick Claw further down the road. Impeccable council-houses, With tiny lawns, Flat and daisyless, Harbour the aged, Hidden behind clean, tidy lace curtains. All that can be seen Are the small gardens, With nothing untidy, like trees or flowers, But weedless beds containing ranks of plants. Many come out onto the street, Wrapped in hats and best suedes; They battle against the breeze, Clasping their life-giving walking sticks As far as the post-office. They face the weather again, With a pension in their pockets, And go to the shops, Where vast numbers of solemn pensioners Painfully do the shopping, Their expressions only changing at the sight of youth. Then they go back home, And shut the gate. Inside are ever-dusted shelves, With symmetries of photographs on them, And a rug over the burnt patch in the 'new' carpet. Everything stays the same. Except the time. 126

Kirsty Seymour-Ure (A6a) The ability you had to become of the earth . was one I always enVied, until one day I lay face down on the green-prickled ground, pressing myself tightly to the core, naked and feeling the rain on my back and knew if I chose I could lie as if sleeping forever and be simply mud .

Kirsty Seymour-Ure (A6a)

The Last Day Windy outside: . The skeletons are swaymg And bones tapping on the panes; Dark, dark tonight: The she-wolves roam the streets, Their teeth orange under neon; The whores step back from the f1esheaters. Inside we have taken up the carpet And placed drums; As the raped earth begins to melt We eat Each other to the drumbeat. And then The greater silence of the scream.

Prayer from Misfortune's Back Oh God, spare all my possessions from .the h.ands of Brealy. Help me to keep my temper when argumg With Whyte. Let me work out how to play Stairway to Heaver: before Leach: Silence Briggs from talking in his sleep and waking me every RIght. Help me to understan~ Gotke's. mind, and why he keeps Putting frozen coffee Ice cubes m my bed. Let me be able to get on with Starns, Even if he does expect me to know how much milk he has . Without putting a note on his door. And why did Dr. Poots tell my tutor that I disrupt lessons When I don't? Help me to understand Mr. Bradley's Ma~hs Notes. . Stop my study mate from turning on the hghts each mornmg While I am still asleep. . And God, help me to get fourteen out of twenty for thIS poem. 127

Timothy Ball (5s)

Still

Dominic Andrews (A6b)

Still is a very long word When the room disappears And the last breath has Down. That elusive word death Flitters over the lips of all present, Waiting in vain to be uttered. Joints strain to creak,

Muscles twitch; All energy is absorbed by the corpse. The will, the service, the funeral, Hang ready to descend But for now all reality is suspended.

Damocles

Sacha Wheeler (Rb)

We never conceived

That all the time We were being observed By supreme interstellar beings. How we confused them By constantly developing weapons To destroy our only home. They could not comprehend How a man could defy death In our thoroughly emotional wars, And be decorated as a hero, While the women and children, Who died by his hand, Were so readily forgotten. And how a man, Devoted to healing and life, Could pass unnoticed, And killed by thieves, And be forgotten as the ashes Of the fire that kept you alive Are forgotten. One thing they understood, however, Was our inevitable destruction. We created Our Damoclean oblivion. 128

The Recluse

Lucy Dixon-Clarke (A6b)

Alone, a stranger even to himself. He never speaks, just drinks, smokes and sleeps In a dark corner, with pint in hand. Froth Dows from the tankard Like the dribble running down his chin. He sleeps, mouth open but false teeth shut; Grunting and snoring like a pig in search of trufOes. Just a living carcass, reeking of rotting Desh and sweat. A recluse with no past or future. At closing time he's pushed to the door And stumbles into darkness Nowhere to go but a park bench.

Victory?

Caractacus Downes (A6b)

The suitcase was old,

The leather was dusty and one strap broke As I opened it, curious, unsure, Afraid of what it contained. The lid rose, I relaxed. No horrors. No long-dead pets, disturbed in death. A tin hat, like the ones in films, A small brown paper bag, and a smaller leather bag, A cigarette lighter, a wallet, a picture of a young woman, That was all. The woman looked familiar, the lighter didn't work, The wallet was empty, The small box had a coin in it, There was a ribbon too. I put this aside carefully and checked the case once more. A newspaper lined it, mutilated, The title and date torn away, So that only the headline remained. Victory! I put all the stuff into the box, Except for the hat. I wish I had a father to tell me about it. 129

Sun

Lucy Dixon-Clarke (A6b)

Sitting, soaking up the sun, Skin like blotting-paper for ultra-violet ink Staining us brown, or pink. A wonderful waste of time. What fun to spend hours achieving nothing But a race of identical photo negatives. Black skin, white hair - no variation, no Individuality, a fashion, A fashion reversed from Austen's day when Fair skin was preserved and pampered, Raven hair a marriage gift. But 'Blondes have more fun' Do we believe it? We must Supermarket shelves stay stacked with bleaches. Lying round pools, chilled white wine in hand, We discuss dates for cancer operations, Appointments to condition cracking hair And face lifts to hide the wrinkles Effects of the sun, while we strive for beauty.

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As assistant producer Mr. Kernon became aware ofthe minute attention to detail that was necessary to make each shot fit perfectly into the sequence of events. This entailed the problem of finding a cameraman small enough to fit into a miniscule position inside the organ screen in order to obtain the best overhead shots possible. On the technique of Outside Broadcasting Mr. Kernon described the great numbers of main cameras, as many as twenty for the Pope's visit, the monitors, sound mixers and the role of the director in exercising the final control of the programme. He felt the enjoyment was that of being present at major events, the sense of responsibility, especially during live broadcasts when the audience may be in the millions and most of all the feeling of working as a team. When questioned about the effects of Cable T.V., Mr. Kernon did not express great concern. He said that he felt that Cable channels, far from encouraging poorer quality programmes, would provide competition, in the same way that commercial television affected the B.B.C., and that they would provide more specialised and regional programmes. In response to the suggestion that Cable could remove a proportion of funds currently available for major productions such as Brideshead Revisited and The Jewel in the Crown, Mr. Kernon confessed that 'The age of such ventures has already passed' and that the B.B.C. is having to resort to a significant extent to the purchasing of feature films and American popular television which, although sometimes lacking in quality, draw in the required audiences. The talk was an enjoyable insight into John Kernon's career, although it was a pity he did not concentrate more on his role as a producer. However, as he said himself, 'I was lucky enough to join Aunty and I think I can say that Aunty did quite well in getting me!' DEBORAH COLMAN .

THE HOUSE OF LORDS BARONESS TRUMPINGTON In spite of the warning of certain oftheir noble Lordships that the creation of women peers in 1953 would 'Ruin the Plumbing', Baroness Trumpington's talk proved that any inconvenience has certainly been worth it. After giving us a potted history of the Upper House outlining its basic functions, she launched into a delightful account of her career from being first Lady Mayor of Cambridge to becoming the second Lady Conservative Whip in the House of Lords. She told us of the dilemma in choosing her title, the intricacies of obtaining her letters patent, and the solemnity of the installation ceremony. Her description of the duties of a Whip led to perhaps the best anecdote of the evening concerning an unfortunate equerry and a flatulent corgi, causing great amusement. Baroness Trumpington gave her views in defence of the controversial hereditary principle with its 'sense of theatre' , and emphasized the specialist content of the House of Lords and the way in which it represents 'the great of the land', justifying its existence as 'An elegant, eloquent and deeply knowledgeable place that works very well'. The wit, vivacity and detail of her informative talk made a thoroughly enjoyable evening for which we are most grateful. AUSON MAITLAND.

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WHY WRITE A GUIDE BOOK? MR. NORMAN SCARFE (Historian and author, W, 1936-41) Mr. Scarfe was one ofthe first members ofthe allied forces to land in Dunkirk. He then read History at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became Interested In Local HIstory. He has since written gUIdebooks on Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Mr. Scarfe's talk in the relaxed atmosphere of the Soc.letIes Room revealed the many interesting aspects of a guidebook, an unusual and fascinating tOpIC. Mr. Scarfe. began his history of guidebooks with William Gosling's A Walk through Canterbury WrItten at an age when he was unable to stroll down the curious alleys of Canterbury and

Its Cathedral In the 18th century. ThIS example served to show the.r~ason for writing a guidebook, namely as an apprecIatIon of a cIty or town to be used by those who dlshke being rushed around with a crowd like cattle by a tourist guide. But this is not the sole purpose-some guidebooks venture as far as teachIng the reader how to behave in the foreign city . . After a full introduction, Mr. Scarfe's audience were led through Cambridgeshire with the aid of shdes ~nd Mr. Pragnell's projector and occasional quotations from his own guidebook on CambrIdgeshIre. It IS true that a cIty can be enjoyed more when one is accompanied by a guidebook and It IS very possIble that certaIn areas In the cIty would never have been visited without it. We are very grateful to Mr. Scarfe for such an informative talk. NATASCHA ENGEL.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STATE IN BRITAIN DR. EDWARD NORMAN (Dean of Peterhouse, Cambridge) George Orwell wrote in 1948, 'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a

h~man f~ce-for ever.' Dr. Edward Norman did not produce as pessimistic a view of society as Orwell

dId m thIS year of the book, but certamly those who were lucky enough to hear his views on the deyelopment of th~ modern state in Britain were presented with an interesting and extremely critical opInIon of our S~CIety. He began hIs lecture by outhnIng what the mneteenth century considered the functIons of socIety-to defend ItS people and to teach the truth. The latter had withered away he noted, as can be seen by attitudes to racial minorities and laws. Governments have no longer the s~me posItIon as In the nIneteenth century, but are now seen as 'regulators between interests'. Fro~ here, Dr. Norman traced the origins of the modern state, back to the 1800s, showing how opposl~l~n to the development of the stat~ had grown, fronted by the landed traditionalist paternalists, the pohtlclans and movements of the penod- the Chartists and Manchester Radicals. The anti-Corn Law lobby provided this anti-State doctrine as well, opposing the idea of the state regulating industry and socIal elen:ents, encroaching on the individual 's so-~alled liberties. So, the modern state grew, not from any polItIcal programme or Ideology, but pragmatIcally and empirically. The 'statistical society' of the nineteenth century had this state capacity, so no appeal to any ideology was necessary; such actIon as wIdenIng the franchIse (because people wanted 'to playa part in the charade') and the holding up of the police force on a national scale were made in 'fear of government contror'. Ireland became, accordIng to Dr. Norman, 'our laboratory for social experiments'. The Irish had a national health service a century before Britain as well as unemployment relief schemes; the 1870 Education Act and later health measures gave the government control over intimate and personal aspects of the individual's life. 132

Such church decline was then used by Dr. Norman as an example of the modern state's failings; having no morality, no 'value structure' . Anglicanism represented personal liberty which in the 1890s in Ireland was removed, and in Parliament lessened to allow atheists and non-Anglicans to be M.P.s. This 'secularised state' could not escape from religion however: nearly a third of the time in the 1830s Parliament had been spent on discussing religion. The modern state could not provide the same doctrine, because it is not based on any ideology or political theory, and so the state is 'moulding the identity and describing the practice of the churches', as Dr. Norman recently stated. Dr. Norman finished his stimulating, and sometimes humorous, but generally deeply serious and critical analysis of our society with an agreement that 'Britons are complacent'. It was a most thought-provoking hour, and we must thank Dr. Norman for his perceptive comments, and as Mr. Hattee put it in his inimitable fashion, 'controversiality' . DAVID M ILLER.

REDISTRIBUTION OF WORK AND SOLUTIONS TO UNEMPLOYMENT THE REVD. NICOLAS STACEY (Director of Social Services, Kent County Council) The Revd. Nicolas Stacey, who had once been in the Church (but had not been offered a job in it since 1959-'like the headmaster', he commented), confessed that he regarded 'administration' as a dirty word. He claimed that politicians were unwilling to face the facts of unemployment (although the Alliance came closest to doing so), and that, because of technology, no economic policy would guarantee many jobs. He believed the Labour Party to be dishonest in declaring that jobs could be created by increasing government expenditure and bankrupting the private sector, and that policies of the Conservatives were most likely to create meaningful jobs. Paradoxically, while Great Britain had a higher percentage of unemployed people than either Germany or France, it also had a higher percentage in work; this was because a larger proportion of people in Britain wanted jobs (for example, a large number of working women). Remarking that it was necessary to 'modify the work ethic', Mr. Stacey proceeded to outline proposals for reducing unemployment by taking people out of the formal economy and redistributing work. All sixteen- to eighteen-year olds should take part in a package of 'training for work and life' , including 'leisure skills' such as sport. This could be followed by a year's voluntary (but 'nearly compulsory') national community service, which helped the functioning of the welfare state. He felt that this would be a rewarding way of taking this age group out of the employment market, and cited a case of delinquents who had themselves been greatly helped by helping spastics. In addition, many two-income families could become 'one-and-a-half income families'; ajob such as primary school teaching could be shared by both parents, the mother teaching in the morning, say, and the father in the afternoon. More people from more professions should be encouraged to go on sabbaticals. Tapered retirement should be introduced, the number of hours a person worked being reduced gradually over a number of years. Mr. Stacey was trying to press the Prime Minister to give an estimate of the cost of such a scheme, himself believing that the cost would be minimal. Mr. Stacey's ideas were certainly novel, and he presented them in a clear and thought-provoking way. PRUDENCE DAILEY.

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VISITS RHEIMS 1984 The Chamber Orchestra made a 'first ever' visit abroad on 16th March for a concert in Rheims. The programme was: Ouverture, Le Mariage de Figaro Mozart Serenade pour orchestre II cordes en mi bemol Elgar Concerto No. 1 pour basson et orchestre (Ier mouvement) Mozart Pavane, op. 50 Faure Concerto No.4 pour cor et orchestre (3e mouvement) Mozart The Lark Ascending (L 'envolee de I'alouel/e) Vaughan Williams Beethoven Symphonie No.1 en ut majeur, op. 21 Diccon Garrett (basson), Luke Goss (cor), Clarence Myerscough (violon) Premier violon: Clarence Myerscough Direction: Paul Neville In a flourish of media publicity the Chamber Orchestra and Ben's frog left for Rheims on a three-day coach tour organised around the concert by the Canterbury-Rheims twinning committee and, how convenient, 'Veuve Cliquot Champagne'! We had our first taste (or, in some cases, drink) of France at an Auberge in Pernes where we stopped for lunch on Friday. The Gallic spirit quickly took hold. The next stage of the journey was considerably more rowdy, although some took a siesta. We were given a sparkling welcome in Rheims, and then somewhat forlornly we separated and went off with our hosts, for we were all to stay with French families. Throughout the visit we were impressed by their warmth and generosity. Our hosts provided guided tours of the historic city on Saturday afternoon and offered some amusing comment on ourselves: Luke's bow-tie was deemed bourgeois and eccentric while one young Remois asked of Melanie ('I haven't got an accent') Fall: 'Tu ne peux pas dire "Yes" comme tout Ie monde?' Poor Melanie, this was shortly before she was to be seen as the only girl in a very seedy bistro waving two hundred francs around ... On Saturday morning we had our final rehearsal and then attended an elaborate reception at the Town Hall. The concert, that evening, was very well received. We were waved off warmly the following morning. All our thanks to drivers, organisers, friends on both sides of the Channel and the Maestro. I hope the concert entertained and that others enjoyed it as much as we did ourselves. We shall all remember: the chilly church of SI. Maurice where we rehearsed (it was warmer in the evening); the food; the cathedral; champagne cellars; and the almost symphOnIC harmony and camaraderie of the journeys which might have been so tedious-although in the words of the Colonel: 'Three days of James Seagrave is more than I can stand.' STEPHEN TAYLOR.

POLITICS TRIP TO THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER On 22nd March Mr. Ross led his Politics set to the hub of government, the Palace of Westminster. Bemoaning the absence of the tallest member of the set we set off on the 8.42 a.m. from Canterbury. Hock Lai, in slightly below par standard change, was unlucky to meet his housemaster on the platform. The party regrouped at 10.30 a.m. by the Norman Porch where we were met by Mr. Michael Pownall, the Establishment Officer of the House of Lords. We were given a very comprehensive tour of both the Lords and Commons and suddenly politics really was 'alive'! 134 RHEIMS 1984 (Mrs. Sue McConlleJl alld Nicholas Baker)

After this tour we made a brief trip to Committee Corridor and to a Standing Committee on the Data Protection Bill, where David Waddington, Minister of State at the Home Office, spoke against David Howell, M.P. A division was kindly staged by the President to whom we are very grateful. Soon after the division we were met by T. Garel-Jones, Esq., M.P., O .K.S. (Assistant Government Whip) who outlined his personal role In the Government and answered numerous questions on general Issues relevant to politics, including M.P.'s pay and the rules and conventions of the House. We arrived back in the Lobby of the House, after a brief interval for lunch, to catch the Speaker's Procession. As Bernard Weatherill, Esq., M.P. breezed pastthe portraits of his infamous predecessors like Lenthall who stood up for Parliament's rights in front of Charles I, one realised how dangerous the Speaker's job was and how important it is today for the efficient Government of this country. After prayers the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Prior, Esq., M.P. answered questions from a very poorly attended House on the situation in Northern Ireland. Towards 3.00 p.m. the House began to fill in readiness for the Prime Minister's Question Time. Nearly all the M.P.s were very keen for Mrs. Thatcher to 'list her official engagements for Thursday, 22nd March' yet it was always the unpredictable supplementary question which was important. A short visit was then made to the House of Lords, where Lady Faithful was addressing some of her Noble and Learned Lords in a somewhat quieter, more civilized atmosphere than that which faced Mrs. Thatcher in the Commons. The omnipresent Lord Hailsham occupied the famous 'woolsack' -yet there was no need to call the House to order. The Central Lobby was bustling with M.P.s with poor facilities and little office space who used the corridors as negotiating tables. Even Lord Tonypandy had to use a bench in the Lords' lobby, the man to whom we listened for so many years shouting in the Commons and Mr. Ross's form-room, 'Orrrrrrrrder, orrrrrrrrder' in a distinctively Welsh voice. In a surprisingly short time, we had to return to the down-to-earth politics form-room, yet everyone agreed that it was truly a fascinating and informative trip to Westminster. We are very grateful to all involved and particularly Mr. Ross for all his work. PATRICK PAINES .

IN MEMORIAM CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY JAMES CHIPPENDALE We were very sorry to hear of the death at the age of 44 ofBill Chippendale (LX, 1953-56). He died of pneumonia at Nassau on 30th January, 1984. Keith Lewis (Master, Cantuarian Lodge No. 5733) writes:Bill only wrote to Laurence Kenny (a fellow member of the Lodge) on 2nd January, 1984 to say that he was hoping to move to a 'shore-side' job in England. Then came news of his illness and of the start of a good recovery; and then the shock of his death. We shall miss him tremendously. Our deep sympathy goes to his widow Sheila and their four children, as well as to his nephew Christopher who only left King's in 1982. 135

BLUE RIBAND (,Kelilish Gazelle')

THE SOCIETIES As ~x pec t ed, t~ e Senior team did win through to the knockout stage ofth e Kent Schools' League,

CHESS CLUB

but It was certamly not expected that they would progress as far as they did: the first round match was won easily eO?ugl,l in the,end. although it was not an altogether smooth performance; but

the prospect of Gravesend, last year 5 wmners, In t he second round, was very daunting. In the event Gravesend fielded o nly o ne of last year's winning team, so King's were in with a chance, it seemed, if we cou ld d~ well o n the

bottom boards.

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bot,tom three was lost, .h?weve~. it looked as if King's were on the way out.

However, ~ I asta l r M cFle~ despite h ~v mg a rather poor poslt!On, seized on a chance to win a piece in the endgame, and when his oppone.nt m.lssed a sav ~n g perpe!u~1 c hec~ (which ~ould have given Gravesend the match, according to the rules for resolvmg ties) A lastair coolly fin ished him off. This meant that King's reached their first Fina l in the Sch ~o l s ' League, without having any really strong players. The Final itself, against Tunbridge Wells looked even less hkely to be won than had the Semifinal, and indeed, early indications were that we would losequit~ heavily. The mat.c ~ th~n took a different turn, as Dar!en. Everhart took advantage of his opponent's blunder to convert a lost posItio n mto what should have been a wmnmg attack, and Brett Arends regained a piece to restore his game to a material balan.ce, and there was a real chanceoft.h e match being won. U nfortunately the match then fell apart, with a draw off~r bemg gratefully accepted by Tunbndge Wells, and another game being lost on time. T he final score reflects more the re lative strengths (on paper) of the two teams than t he to- and-fro nature of the match itself. A ltho ugh Tunbridg~ Wells are worthy cham pions, having taken their chances when it really mattered, King's can take comfort at havmg come so close and now know that they are as capable as any team of producing an upset. The only. other matches this term have been in the Canterbury League, and altho ugh the results have not been very fiattermg to the School, the chess has, as always, been enj oyable, and given us useful match practice. T he Sunday tournaments run at St. Augustine'S have continued successfully, and those King's players who have taken adv~ nt age of them ~ ave done qu~te well. T he new (and newly-designed) trophy, purchased with the aid of sp~:msorshl~ from th.e Natio na l Westmmster Bank, was presented at the finaf tournament, alo ng wit h the other pnzes, makmg a fittmg end to the series.

A.R.A.R. R ESU LTS

Kent Schools' League, Knockout Stage (Senior) Round 1: v Southlands. Won 3 1/ 2 - 11/ 2 Round 2: v Gravesend. Won 3-2 Final: v Tunbridge Wells. Lost 1- 4

Canterbury League v Royal Dragoon. Lost 2 1/ 2-3 1/ 2

v Bridge. Lost 1-5 v Herne Bay. Drawn 3-3

This has really been the first term of the Durnford Society, which is arguably the best club that this year has produced. We have had a most fruitfu l and full-b odied term and we feel the society . shows e~ or m o u s promise. Despite the Common Room scepticism and Mr. Graham's scathing attacks the maugura l meet1l1g was well attended and proved very worthwhile. Dr. Maltby outlined the function and hopes for the future and released the encouraging informat io n that the membership had edged past the distinctive fifty mark. The film , the Scarlet Express, was well attended, yet proved interesting and contained much admirable scenery. The portrayal of the mad Peter III brought much of the textbooks and Mr. Henderson's notes to life. The Com~ittee sa.t t~ree times in the t ~rm to discuss prog r~, an intensive plan of activity for next term, and a proposed tnp to Pans In the autumn , which, of course, contaInS so much of historica l interest relevant to many people's special subject, the French Revolution. The final calendar was decided upon and will' appear early next term within the famous pink cards. Profess~r J. Mc~ann.ers gave a most .interesting lecture on the Church and the Theatre in E ighteenth Century Fra~ce which despite bemg a narrow tOPICproduced many extremely amusing anecdotes, which brought the lecture

DURNFORD

to hfe. Our greatest triumph this term, however, was the members' dinner. After a light aperitif we soon discovered a very full J:Iock. Fortunately he sobered up a.nd we all sat down to an excellent meal. This meal was complemented by a well dehvered, ~p to date speech of great mterest!;>y the esteemed Reverend Canon Dr. Derek Ingram Hill, now a Freeman of the CIty of Canterbury. One of the funni est anecdotes gleaned from sixty years' knowledge of the school and Canterbury was the fact that when the school was shifted by Dr. Shirley to Devon a large garage was bought and labelled 'Cathedral' and was decked out as such. Each Sunday Matins was carried o ut, exactly as in Canterbury

Cathedral. 136

We hope that members have enjoyed this term's offerings and we are sure that we will be able to prov ide an equally pleasant selection for next term . As always our thanks go to the Members, the Com mittee and particularly to Dr. Maltby for his unswerving aid and patience throughout the term . M ATHIEW EVI'ON ANO PAT RICK PAI NES.

T he Spring term is always an important one for the Society. James Gregory and William Cutter joined and showed great interest throughout the term. Jason Tees spent T hursday afternoons restoring some semblance of order to our beech-hedged patch in the Cellarer's Garden behind St. Augustine's. Joshua Mowll and Jo hn Stern ensured that our valuable crop of winter density lettuce was kept well watered, nearly for the whole term. Many look forward to the appearance in early May of the crisp, refreshi~g Society's lettuce, particularly the Caterer. In addition to the lettuce, tomatoes, peas and beetroot have been sown In the greenhouse to give them a good start, in readiness for planting early next term. On 23rd March a great deal of tidying up was done by Edwin Lloyd and Julian Camble who were able to keep the grass down to a reasonable height. Despite the fact that the 14th cent ury wall fe ll down, a decent order has been kept in the whole garden. T he planting out went very smoothly and we hope the new boys have learnt many of the basic skills of small scale market gardening. As ever, our whole- hearted thanks go to Mr. Barham for his constant aid and guidance throughout the term. GARDENING

PATRICK PAINES.

The Society met twice during the term. Dr. Cyril Isenberg gave an absorbing lecturedemo nstration on ' Detecting Earthquakes and Nuclear Explosions'. He explained how the magnitude and location of an earthquake can be determined; and also indicated that a home- made detecting device can produce excellent results. Professor Peter Brown's lecture was titled 'Designing a Silicon Chip'. He gave, with the utmost clarity, an account of how chip circuitry is devised. A diagram of a 'simple' chip, that he had designed, impressed the aud ience with the complexity of modern chip technology. A nucleus of keen scienti sts in this year's 6b should ensure that the Society's activities are well organised and well attended during the coming terms.

HARVEY

C.l.R.l.

The C lub has continued to meet on a weekly basis this term , with the following personnel:

JAZZ CLUB

Ben Shorten (GR- trumpet), Patrick Sturt (T-saxophone/ clarinet), Michael Clarke (GL- c1arinet), James Lawrence (GR- trombone), Andrew Fordham (GL- bass), Matthew Presland (M) and Ben Mowll (GL) (drums), and Brad Cohen (T- plano). MusICal Director: MIchael Clarke. We were kindly invited to participate in Mr. ~cConnell's Second OrchC;5tra ~~n~ert at St. Augustine~s Hospital on 7th March; this seemed to be well appreciated, and o~r Jazz C lub arc~lv lst (R.B.Ma.) ~pprecl3t<?d ~rs. McCon nell's kindness in making a recording of the event usmg her de 'u,xe microphone. (E~. Vme and hl~ Video camera were not called upon o n this occasion as we thought that that might be too provocative to the audience!) Our efforts next term will be devoted to preparing our repertoire for our performance at the Kent Rugby Schools Committee Dinner in St. Augustine'S (i.e., Broughton / Tradescant this time, not the hospital!) on 18th May (where we shall act as the dance band as well as the cabaret for the evening!), and, of course, for the Kin~'s Week Concert o n Saturday, 14th July. T his is the last t ime that the n?w-vet~ran 'front line' of Ben Shorten, Patnck Stu.rt and n:tyself will be coming together and so we hope to make tillS an enjoyable show for all concerned. We hope to mc1ude m the concert some light-hearted harmony singing by a small group of school singers, and we als~ have plans to d.evote a considerably larger section than in previous years tothe 'Big Band', with the aim of enco.uragmg new ~lay~rs mto the Jazz Club to try to overcome the rather drastic depletion of personnel that the Club Will be undergomg m t he very near future. MICHAEl. CLARKE. 137

In his latest novel. Sma." Wor/d, David,Lo?ge.wou ld ~ave us believe t hat university lecturers are the contemporary ve~slOns of Cha ucer s plignmsj ~vhlie the latter sought spiritual (in all senses of the wO,cd) .s~lace In Canterbury! tl~e forme~ disport themselves at academic conferences. Not completely so. A few stili VIS it Canterbury and King S, not to mdulge themselves but to inform and enterta' In others- though, I hope, not without their spiritual rewards. Dr. Anne Pasternak-Slater was our first pilgrim (yes. a relative of the Pasternak). MARLOWE

'From St. Annes she cam, fresshe and wise; To yeven us, of Shakespeare, hir expertise. Of Macbeth and his armOur she tolde us Inuclle, Ye mOSle han an hat if ye wol it touche. In a ~ore ~odern idiom, she, talked of S.hakespeare's stage direct ions and their signi ficance, and in a fasci natin conslderallon of Shakespeare s use of chairs, an.no~r and hats, made us focus on areas of Macbeth we'd rather glibl; taken ~or gra nted. O ur ?ne ~egret was that she dldn t sa~ moreabout The Winter's Tale (m uch of her time was spent analysmg stage symb?I.lsm 11.1 Mac~eth an~ Antony) since her f~w comments on the 'miracle of norma lity' in the statue sc~ne s,et the crit ical pistons Into mot lo.n. Sh~ wa,s a c1.13rm mg spea ker who replied with admirable aplomb to the question, Do you know the poetry of Craig Raine? by simply saymg, 'Actually, I'm married to him! ' Good one AMcl ,

I~troduce~ by the Cha!rman as U.K.c.'s equivalent of David. Lodge or Malcolm Bradbury, Professor Michael Irwin ap?loglsed for haVing forgotte n much of what happens III George E liot's Middlemarch. To pick up t he Chaucen an thread: 'My wit is short, ye may weI understande'.

I think we ~i~ understand! Professor Irw.in's ta lk, a delightful ":I ixtureof 'best selllenceandmoost solaas ', provoked us to the hmlt. How can.he say t~les~ !hmgs ~~out George E ho t, we asked ourselves, at the same time as we were almost s~ayed by the weight of hiScnll~al opmlon? A ~ov.el w"ay of looking at Middlemarch, considering it in terms of what IS ,!o~ t he~e, ~ather than what IS. But how enrlchmg It was, the fo llowing day, to pursue his comments, to e~plore thelr.lmpllcatlo n.s and consequences. As we thought at the time, how splendid a way to forget a novel! Ifhis Wife sends him out for fish fingers, does he return with oysters?

~inally, an.d perhaps most importa.ntly, what we fel~ in the presence of o ur two speakers this term was not only their ac~dem lc excellence but also their very real comm itment to young people interested in literature. They came to our Society and gave us a splendid example. We thank them sin cerely. ALEXANIJER SHANKLANIJ AND B.1.D. â&#x20AC;˘ For those not present at the talk , the reference is to Macbeth IV, iii, 208, where the absence of a hat could be unfortunate!

PATER Descend, 0 Muse, and with thy noble art Imbue kind inspiratio n in my heart: For thou it was inspir~d men of old To form their rhythms in Io nic mould. 0 , bum me inly with celestial fire, With shell of tortoise fresh-veneer my lyre, A nd fit it skilfully with golden strings: The prophet of Melpomene now sings. In early spring thick-furred with frost forl orn Came Doctor Pelling, Oxford spires forsworn, To talk on Livy. Like a crystal strea m That runneth a ll aglint with silv'ry gleam And eager seeks the cerulean seaSo came t he students, a ll alert to be Infused with knowledge. Doth suffice to say T hat they not discontented went their way? And later 0 11 , in grey and gusty March When ploughed were winter fie lds, and the larch With yellow spikes adorned its twigs anew Ah, then the Hellenists to London too With ever-nimble steps did tread their way 138

To see Hippo/ytus, that tragic play By great E uripides. Sad Phaedra's sorry fate And Theseus's grief they wept compassionate. Mere trifles seemed the ghosts of human bliss: Even the richest man unhappy is .. .'

I thank thee, Muse. Indeed tho u serv'st me well: NoW mayst thou rest within thy Pierian dell .

CATHER INE CONYBEARE.

The term has seen a variety of activities, including some which had become discontinued. SOCIAL Jo Whittington , Lucy Harland, Sophie Lumsden and Hock Lai Chan have been helping with the SERVICE swimming for the SI. Nicholas's schoolchildren at Kingsmead, which involves teaching physically handicapped children with varying degrees of disability to swim: something which is greatly appreciated by the children and most rewarding for the volunteers. Helen Ashton, Huw Beaugie, Fred Fenucci and Andrew Preston have been going regularly to theSt. Augustine's psychiatric Hospital at C hartham to work in the wards, talking to patients and trying to get a positive response out of them, a job which is often quite taxing. T here have also been opportunities to work in other areas of the hospital. Mary de Sausmarez and Martin Edwards have been occupied with Age Concern at an old folks' home in Canterbury doing odd jobs such as making cups of tea and helping with bingo and keeping the residents company for a couple of hours a week. It is hoped that next term we may start fresh projects in conj unction with the Canterbury Urban Studies Ce nt~e. A photographic survey of the city IS one idea. Mr. Ross has also been busy promoting the concept of house social service projects, foll owing the example of the excellent scheme already undertaken by Broughton House. ANIJREW PRESTON AND H .R.O.M.

CHAMBER CHOIR

The C hamber C hoir has had another full and exciting term , singing, as usual, at the Sunday Matins services, and in addition performing Stainer's Crucifixion and Durufle's Requiem Mass in a 'Concert for Lent' on March 20th, the for mer involving the School Choir as well. Anthems sung at Matins this term were: The Three Kings Cornelius Greater Love hath no man Ireland Salva tor mundi Blow Durun ~

Kyrie Eleison Miserere

A llegri

and at the Confirmatio n Service:

A ve Verum

Philips Our thanks must go to Mr. Flood and Mr. G leed for all the effort they have put in to the smooth running of the choir. This term, however, we must bid farewe ll to Mr. G leed, but wish him the best of luck in his new post as Director of Music at Durham School. His exceptional ability and dedication will certainly be missed, and we should like to thank him for all that he has done here. DAVID RIGGS. With just two mo nths to prepare a programme, the Second Orchestra put in a ~reat deal of hard SECOND work to achieve a good flowing interpretation of the half-dozen or so chosen pieces ~elected for ORCHESTRA the concert on 7th March in St. Augustine's Hospital. We had the Jazz Band, and a strmg quartet, in all their excellence to back us up, and a sterling performance was put in by all. Indeed we are told the audience's normal listening tim~ is about twenty minutes; so we were encouraged by managing to hold their attention for over an hour. May I thank all the orchestra for their hard work, and congratu late Mr. McConnell on his patient work as our conductor. Thanks are also due to Christina A lbin and Rebecca Winch for their commendable playing and patience throughout the term, and also to A ndrew Wickerson for his help in organising t~e orchestra. We were sor~ not to see Edmonds and G illespie-S mith on the evening; they both worked hard durmg the term , but both feHIIi. N. R. G. LEWIN. 139

Hockey 1st XI This is now the second season we have had the benefit of the hard-play surface and it is encouraging to report a number of developments which must partly be attributed to this facility. Firstly there are more boys and girls playing hockey at King's than has been the case before, and we have been able to field 'B' teams at Colts, Junior Colts and Under-14 level. The general standard has also improved and our Under-14 team did very well to win the tournament at St. Lawrence College. The Colts side has proved to be one of the most promising for many years, and (most gratifying of all!) the staff side played an unbeaten string of four matches, in two of which P.G.H. notched up a hat-trick in his new-found centre-forward position! The season started for the 1st XI with a convincing defeat by a skilful and well-drilled Chatham House team which showed up the gaps in our defence, and we consequently changed the formation and played with three backs for the rest of the season. Later the team was able to hold Chatham House to 0-1 in the Frank Mason Tournament. We narrowly defeated Simon Langton 1- 0, and in the next match against Duke of York's the team began to demonstrate its abilities with a much more cohesive performance ending in a 2-1 win. There were disappointing games against Dover College and Kent Police before a good victory over Cranbrook. This last game included a marvellous moment when Justin Weston dribbled the ball through a melee of defenders before confronting the goalie who, in the process of trying to kick the ball, kicked and broke Justin's stick and left him with an open goal but only the stick-handle to shoot with! Henry Tattersfield fortunately was close at hand but with remarkable dexterity managed to flick the ball right over the open goal from a distance of about five yards! We were well defeated by a strong St. Lawrence side and also by Sutton Valence before an exciting game against Canterbury H.C. ending in a 5-5 draw. We lost 1-2 to St. Edmund's and also 2-3 to Kent College in what was perhaps the best game of the season on the hard pitch. The team disal'pointingly never really lived up to its promise, being composed of individually skilled players but lackmg cohesion, discipline and drive. Justin Weston as Captain gave an outstanding example of consistently going for the ball and constantly driving forward; Tim Brook likewise covered a lot of ground and was always on the attack, but generally the team was slow on the free hit and lacked that sharpness and will to control the game. Adam Reavill and Steven Lerche completed the forward line and had some good moments, but too often failed to make the goal at the end of it. Mark Edwards controlled the mid-field well at centre-half, tackling strongly and distributing the ball well. He was flanked by James Cox and Henry Tattersfield both of whom showed excellent stickwork, but sometimes they gave their wingers too much room and were not fast enough to chase back and tackle. The three full-backs were chosen from Brett, Mackenzie, Smith and Strivens and whilst they all improved enormously there were always gaps which were exploited by imaginative forwards. The goalkeeper, Hugh Girling, made some superb saves and showed his class by disposing without fuss of many attacks which could have been very dangerous. Throughout the season very few matches had to be cancelled and we are especially grateful to Neville Float and his team of groundsmen who put themselves out to provide pitches in as good a condition as the weather allowed. It is always difficult in a wet season to keep the pitches playable, and it is a great credit to them that the grass has been kept in such a good condition. R.M.A. Team: H. W. Girling, R. E. Strivens, R. L. Smith, D. J. N. Mackenzie, E . J. T. Brett, J. N. M. Cox, M. Edwards" (Sec.), J. H. Tattersfield, T. J. Brook" (Vice-Capt.), J. E. S. Weston" (Capt.), S. R. Lerche, A. St. J. Reavill. Also played: E. H. Thomas, R. A. Williams, M. Zamblera, N. T. J. Lake, D. G. Stocks, A. M. T. Clements, M. W. Ursell . â&#x20AC;˘ A warded or re-awarded Colours. 140 HOCKEY 1st XI Back row: D. J. N. Mackenzie, E. J. T. Brctt, J. N. M. Cox, S. R. Lerche, H. W. G irling, R. L. Smith, R. E. Strivcns. Froflt row: A. SI. J. Rcavill, M. Edwards, J. E. S. Weston, T. J. Brook, J. H. Tattcrsficld. (P. W.D.)

RESULTS

v C hatham House. Lost 1-6 v Simon Langton. Won 1-0

v S1. Lawrence. Lost 2- 6 v Sutton Valence. Lost 1- 3

v Duke of York's. Won 2- 1

v Canterbury H.C. Drawn 5-5

v Dover College. Lost 1- 2

v S1. Edmund's. Lost 1-2

v Kent College. Lost 2- 3

v Kent Police. Lost 1-3 v Cranbrook. Won 2-0

v O.K.S. Lost 0-3

2nd XI This has been a very disappointing season for the team, who have worked hard, often without gettin.& the results they deserved. The forwards have been plagued by an inability to score goals, even though they often spent vast periods of the game in the opposition's sixteen. In fact the only goal scored in the first six matches came from a penalty awarded by G.C.A. The backs came up against some skilful opposition, and although they pressurized them well, they were often unable to contain them. Our first match was a new fixture against Chatham House, who turned out to be a very classy side and who would probably have beaten the 1st XI. As in many other fixtures, some spectacular and aggressive goal keeping by Neil Bradley kept the score to almost reasonable proportions. There followed a series of frustrating encounters, when an ever changing membership tried to sett le to some teamwork. A lex Knight and James Anderson worked well together on the right wing, producing some intricatc onc-twos while screaming at each other. But still we failed to score, despite many short corner attempts. Zamblera came into the side briefly at this stage, before tragically being injured in the Rugby. He should probably be awarded the title 'Man most likely to score'. The team became rather disheartened by the sixth match, and their play disintegrated against a superior St. Lawrence side. We had lost players through injury, and to other sports, and we were forced to look for almost anyone who would play for us. I hope that next season the senior teams can build up a larger squad, and that boys will be more flexible and willing to play in teams when the school needs them. After the low point of the SI. Lawrence match the team seemed to settle down and begin to enjoy their hockey- by this stage we had not really got much to lose. The centre line which had depended on the skilfu l and solid play of Roger Smit h and Eddie Brett before they moved up to the 1st XI, now began to look more certain. The strange one-handed stick-work of T im Edghill, while being a little inconsistent, did create some lovely moves, which took the opposition completely by su rprise. Paul U rsell worked very hard, and improved steadily through the season; he is a fine example of how effort can payoff. At this stage our back, John Orr, was also injured, and Neil Bradley resigned to pursue other activities in Mitchinson's. The Common Room match seemed to bring the best out of the team, but they did have their master playing in goal forthe staff. With renewed confidence we went up to S1. Edmund's to play on what seemed like a six-a-side pitch. Our ten man team battled throughout the second half, showering the goal with shots. Eddie Thomas continucd his speciality of weaving down the left wing and then slotting the ball across off his left foot, a move wh ich never failed to surprise. Pat Walters, o ur captain, as always pressurized in the circle, and created some good chances, although he'll probably be best remembered for his tee-shot conversions. But at the end of the S1. Edmund's match we had only drawn again , and the usual question was heard- 'How did we lose that one?' Probably our best match was against Kent College, who cou ld have beaten us by far more than they did. The match showed the increasing strength of our backs, Gavin Hall and James Newall, and our new young goalkeeper, Peterburs. Gavin played with great enthusiasm throughout the season, sceming to be everywhere at once. James developed some skilful side-moves which he used to great effect when under pressure, and Peterburs showed that if he can match his skill with consistency, he will be a real asset next year. Our last match against Sir Roger Manwood's was cancelled and I suppose we'll always claim that was the one we would have Wall. The results don't look very good, but the team tried hard and I think we all enjoyed it, and I would certainly like to thank the regular team members for their support, perseverance and cheerfulness. R.W.T. RESULTS

v Sutton Valence (H). Lost 2- 5 v Common Room (H). Drawn 3-3 v SI. Edmund's (A). Drawn 1- 1

v Chatham House(A). Lost 0 - 6 v Simon Langton (H). Lost 0- 2 v Duke of York's (H). Drawn 0- 0

v Kent College (H). Lost 0- 5

v Dover. Cancelled v Geoffrey Chaucer (H). Lost 1- 3 v Cranbrook ( A). Lost 0- 3 v SI. Lawrence (A). Lost 0- 8

,O.K.S. (H). Lost 0- 3 v Sir Roger Manwood. Cancelled

Played: N. C. Bradley, M. R. Peterburs, J. C. Orr, G. F. Hall, J. W. McK. Newall, T. J. D. Edghill, P. G. Ursell , A. J. H. Knight, J. R. A nderson, M. Zamblera, P. W. Walters·, E. H. Thomas·. Also played R. E. Strivens, D. R. Watkins, E. J. T. Brett, R. L. Smith , A. R. W. Elliott, A. M. T. Clements, M. C. J. McMurrugh, J. V. Priddle, A. M. Bronimann , R. A. Williams . • 2nd Colours awarded.

J4J WHITE WATER (JOlla/hail Oyler)

3rd XI Readers sho uld beware. Archivists of Th e Calltllariall will know that for some years this column was a treasureÂˇ house of theoretic pedagogics, gently concealing t he fact that the 3ed XI las! had a victory in 1978. This year looked different in every way. It began with a powerfu lly- built side warming up fiercely on a bleak recreation ground above Ramsgate. before launching eight mcn in battle-format ion al the Chatham House centre-half. He had every reason to get rid of the ball quickly. Four Chatham House goals later, and wit h some of o ur learn investigat ing the bottom of their sticks, a

King's player struck a rising ball from 30m. out and, off two defenders' sticks and by the good-naturcdness of an umpire, Dur fies! goal was registered . Chatham Ho use's ensuing seven goals were scored in the o rthodox ma nner and, but fo r t he imperturbable Peterburs in goal, there might have been another eleven. Whether it was a practice match with the girls, or the return o f Stephen Hodgson at the base of the scrum , the second match, against C ranbrook, was a transfo rmation. Now it was recognised that a hockey ball can be made to travel faster than anyone runs, and a reshaped forward line put in three goals in the course of a thoroughly good perfo rmance, in all a reas. Against St. Lawrence we nearly scored twice in t he first fi ve minutes, and the whole match was a fi ne display of determination and athleticism set against inevitably superior stickwork. Sutton Valence provided a second win, and the climax of the season proved to be a fast and v igorou s ly~ con t es ted match against Kent College, when the King's side had to come back from a goal down for its we ll ~earned draw. Russell Philpott would be too modest to claim he struck every ball that came his way in the term, but certainly his vital shot against Kent College made him the season's to p scorer with three goals. A nd , at the other end, Matthew Griggs made o ne extraordinary save. Best of all, no o ne could doubt that by this time the 3rd XI was beginning to add hockey skills to its team spirit. So perhaps it was just as well that the mi d ~ Ma rch winds proved too harsh fo r the 3rd XI manager to face any more. Otherwise who knows who might have been beaten: the girls? the Staff? the 1st XI? Indian Gymkhana? As it is, we shall recall a brief but memorable season. The p layers enjoyed it; so did l.

s.c.w.

Team: M. J. S. Griggs, J. V. Priddle, J . N. W. Smart , S. J . S. Lark , M. J. R. Leathem, S. C. Hodgson , P. Taphouse, R. J. L. Philpott, A. G. Crawley, A. D. Tewungwa, A. C. Shaw. A lso played: A. R. W. Elliott , J. F. Oyler, M. R. Peterburs, R. H . Taylor, S. M . A. Vavasour, W. H. A. Scoones. R ESU LTS

v C hatham Ho use G .S. (A). Lost 1- 11 v Cranbrook (A). Won 3- 1 \I Kent College (H). Drawn 1- 1

v S1. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-3 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 4- 1

Colts XI This has been an outstanding season. More t han thirty boys have played during the term, and soa ' B' team was organizcd on a regular basis. Two fixtures were arranged for them, and both were won. Mackenzie, thc captain, was a most skilful player, and Peterburs, the goal~kee per, was pressed into service by the 3rd and 2nd XIs on several occasio ns. Many others showed skill and enthusiasm which promises well for next year's senio r teams. T he' A ' XI was the best fo r many years. They lost t heir opening match against Chatham House-unsurprisingly, perhaps, as their opponents had an unbeaten record stretching back over three seasons-but learned some important lessons about positional play. AU the remaining games were then won, and at no po int in any of them did defeat look possible. Vulnerability appeared o nly in t he last two matches when casualness set in after t hree goal leads had been established. T he secret of success was that eleven skilful ind ividuals played as a team. Kidson seized the opportunity in goal with enthusiasm and quickly became a most competent keeper; while Ives and Elliott protected the circle with efficient if so met imes a little over- robust tackling. T he ha l f~bac ks, Stocks, Mu rch and Bocresion, were the main strength of the side, solid in defence and imaginative in attack, and Murch deserves particular praise for leadi ng the side by an example of industry and calmness. T he forwards proved difficult to contain : Adegboyega was very fast and adept at beatin~ his ma n; Ursell was calm and constructive ; Clements was sometimes slow to shoot, but let hal when he did, scori ng nine goals 10 all ; Lake was most industrious and had a strong flick shot; and Wrench patrolled the left to uchline looking omino us and intervened forcefully. A ll of them are potential 1st XI players-five of t hem have already had a taste of greater things-and the whole gro up has an auspicious future. P.G.H. AND A.W.D.

'A ' Team: C. A. S. Kidson , G. Elliott, D. M. Ives, D. G . Stocks, W. J. Murch ( Capt.), A. Bocresio n, O . Adegboyega, M. W. Ursell , A. M. T. Clements, N. T. J . Lake, J. D. McL. Wrench. Also played: S. M. N. Mackenzie, M. R. Peterburs, G. M. Dunn . 'B' Team: M. R. Peterburs, G . L. Morris, P. L. Wa rner~S mit h , S. R. Gancz, A. J. Heddle, N. A. Papachristidis, A. M. Bro nimann, G. M. Dunn , S. M. N. Mackenzie (Capt.), A. H. C. Sherwood, M. G . Vale, M. Camburn , D. A. Stearns. 142

RESULTS

' A ' XI v Chatham Ho use. Lost 1- 3 v Duke of York's. Won 3-0 v Cranbrook. Won 1- 0 Cancelled : Dover College; S1. Edmund's

v S1. Lawrence. Won 5- 0 v SUllon Valence. Wo n 6- 3 v Kent College. Won 4- 1

'B' X I v St. Lawrence. Won 2- 1

v Sutton Valence. Won 5- 2

Juuior Colts XI T he general level of skills amongst the squad members overthe term improved greatly. T heattitudeshown by everyone to the training and practice sess i ~ns was admirably stoic. T he players themselves seemed to enjoy almost all o,fwhat was attempted . Why. then, one may ask , did the team not win a match until near the end of term? Q uite simply, the answer lies in the fact that whilst most of our opponents have shown themselves to be keen for a win, whatever the sit uatio n, the team did not have that last reserve necessary to beat more committed players. T ime and again several players would play well whi lst the others would give up and merely take a cursory interest in proceedings. The players involved were never the same from o ne match to the next- I think that was the most fru strat ing part of the whole season. The two goalkeepers bo th learned much- once they had realised that the best method of defence was attack, they improved greatly. A t full ~ back , Greenleaf and Wallis were often very skilfu l, though they fo und themselves o ut of position several times through theseason. Barron, Du nning, Hamilton and Laurence all played well on occasions, though it was left to Patterson to do most work in attack and defence, as well as captaining the side for most of the term. Up front the forwards looked terrific befo re they got to t h ~ ' D', but t hereafter most attacks seemed to lose impetus. Latterly, however, they began to work as a unit, and several spankmg goals were scored. Henry and Gardener combined very effectively on the right, and Lacamp wo rked hard wherever he played. I hope that t his group can continue their improvement next year. T he season has been most enjoyable, and each member of the squad has made his ow~ ~ontr i b uti on in o ne way. or another. Many thanks to Mr. Firth for his ever-present suppo rt, coaching, comments (!) a nd umplr.mg. ! hanks also to NeVille Float, the groundsman, and his staff for cont inuing to provide fl at playing surfaces, whatever the Situat ion.

The 'B' team also enjo yed their season, and helped o ut in all circu mstances, even allowing fo r their coach and team Ma nager! T hey managed to secu re a fin e draw against the might of Kent College, and came off only o ne goal adrift in a 7 goal cracker against Sutto n Valence. Long may they continue to enjoy themselves. G.C.A.

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'A ' Team: C. E. Butcher/ P. M. Carringto n, R. R. Wallis, P. J. Q. Greenleaf, A. J. Barron, R. E. Patterson, J. R. Dunning, P. A. Hamilton, I. E. Gardener, N. C. Henry, J. C. A. Veitch, P. P. Lacamp, H . J . And r~e. Also played: D. J. Laurence. P. J. Dorli ng, T. J. Duthie, C. H. P. Farmer, C. H. Sclater. 'B' Team: C. E. Butcher/ P. M. Carrington, Q . C. Hughes, J . A. Dean, O . W. S. Pugh, J . R. Woods, C. H. P. Farmer, C. H. Sclater, T . J. W. Duthie, P. J. Dorling, C. H. H. Darley. N. Bhatia, N. G. McCart hy, G. J . C. Burkill, W. J . S. F1oydd . RE SUI.TS

'A'XI Played I I , Won 2, Lost 9, Drawn I, Goals for 13, Goals against 28.

v Sutton va l enCe~H ). Lost 1- 3 v Kent College( H . Lost 2- 6 v S1. Edmund 's ( ). Won 2-0 v Simon Langtoll (H). Lost 0- 3 v Geoffrey Chaucer (H). Won 5-3

v C hatham House (H). Lost 0- 1 v D U k eOfY Ork 'S ~A) . Lost 1-3 v Kent College (A . Lost 0- 4 v Dover College ( ). Drawn I- I v Cranbrook (H) . Lost 1-2 v St. Lawrence (H). Lost 0-2

'B'XI Played 4. Won 0 , Lost 3, Drawn I , Goals for 5, Goals against 10. v Kent College ( A ). Lost 0-2 v Sutto n Valence (1-1) . Lost 3-4 v St. Lawrence (A ). Lost 0-2 v Kent College ( H). Drawn 1- 1 143

Under-14 XI The all-weather pitch enables a large number of boys to get a, taste of hC;lCkcy early on in,their school carecr. There :-vas great competition for places in t he squad . Fortunately some hockey In the Jumor Pool was available for those who Just missed out. T he highlight of the term was the winning of the East Kent Tournament at St. Lawrence-particularly as we were without OUr only county player, lain Girling, due to injury. It was a splendid team win inspired by magnifice nt play by acting Captain Arthur Vigo. This team has great promise. but they have q uite a lot to learn. Particularly important is the correct balance between individual skill and teamwork. T hey only played badly occasionally and that was invariably due to selfish holding of the ball. The fol/owing played for the 'A' X l : Guthrie, E pps, Greenleaf, Ralph, White, Vigo, Harland-Fairweather, Lawrence, G irling, Cumber, Eagle-BoU, Davies, Rotimi, Beaugie, Topham, Panayides. T he 'B' XI had a few more fixtures than usual and could have coped with more. Rowe showed promise in goal and Pullen in defence. A ll played with commendable enthusiasm. 111 addition tothosemelllionedabovethefolJowing wereselectedforthe 'B' X I: Rowe, Overton, W illiams, Calthrop, P urnell, Pullen, T hompson, Lall , Vance, Boorman, Mitchell. H.EJ. A. AND JJ.D.C. RESULTS

'A' X I v St. Lawrence. D rawn 1- 1

v C hatham House. Won 5-} v D uke of York's. Won 5-2 v Kent College. Lost 1-2 vCranbrook. Won 5-1

v Sutton Valence. Lost 3-4 v Geoffrey Chaucer. Won 1- 0 'B'XI v Sutton Valence. Lost 0-5 v Kent College. Lost 1-2

v Kent College. Lost 2-3 v St. Lawrence. Drawn 1-1 East Kent Tournament: Beat St. Lawrence 1-0 in the Final.

Housematches T he jun ior six-a-sidecompetition was expertly run bX Mark ~dwa rds and various l ?t XI members on a bitterly cold Satu r~ay in February. Eventually Meister O mers beat Marlowe 10 the fmal, the latter team bemg exhausted by that stage. In the semor six-a-side Broughton were unlucky to lose to Meister O mers early on, mainly d ue to some rather anxious play by Broughton and Hugh G irling's excellent play for Meister Omers. T hey went out to Galpin's, however, who went on to defeat The G range in the final with a deciding goal during extra time. In the full eleven-a-side competition, T he Grange again went through to meet Galpin's in the semifi nals, but despite their double-barrelled attack of Smith and Weston went down 2-1. In t he other half, Broughton beat School House in the semifinal, but again Galpin's showed their superiority in a fine game on the hard p itch, and eventually won 4-1.

Junior six-a-side final: Meister O mers beat Marlowe 7-0. Seniorsix-a-sidefinal: Galpin's beat The Grange 2-1 (in extra t ime). Elevell-a-side final: Galpin's beat Broughton 4-1. R.M.A.

Association Football 1st XI This was a malVellous season. We had only three regular members of last year's team back but they provided a solid nucleus around which we could build. Richard Briggs, our captain and sweeper, is a player of real quality and a leader who inspires remarkable confidence in his team-mates-the more keenly was he missed when injury p ut him out for the season after only fo ur games, and our only two defeats fo llowed immediately upon his loss. Paolo Mondadori mgoal was again quite outstanding. He produced saves of a quality seldom seen in sch<?olboy soc~er, and he has developed into a k~epc~ of all-round abil!ty. We are extremely grateful to hi m for the wonderful selVlce he has given us for t h~ee season~, and we Wish him well when he tn es to make his mark in professional footba ll in Italy. Pat Kerry too completes a thud season 10 the 1st XI. He has played some excellent games as well as some rather ineffectual ones in which his considerable skills have not always been in evidence. If he could tighten up his defence he could become a very good left-half.

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Of the 38 goals we scored in just 10 matches, 27 were netted by Michael Nash and A lex Cockman, at right-wing and centre-forward respect ively. A lex is a strong, hard ~ r u n ni ng, bustling type of striker in the t raditional mould, who unsettles defences with his speed and aggression. Michael is just the opposite, and, as such, the perfect fo il . He prefers to stay wide and out of trouble and then to swoop on goal. He scored his 15 goals- as well as 3 in the Under-16 match- with letha l precision and acCuracy. Mark Leathem fi nally justified the reputation which had preceded him from J .K.S. He developed into an ext remely effective centre-half whose imaginative distribution of the ball in attack and strength of tackle in defence made all the difference to our season. Healso deputised most competently for Richard Briggs as captain. He would probably also li ke me to ment ion the freak 35-yard goal he scored in the Westminster game. At left-half Nigel Wakefield had some very good games, although he was always much better in attack than in defence, which is understandable in one who is really a winger, and at r i g ht ~ h a lf Jez Lam began the season extremely well with his pace, commitment and work-rate, but, as the season went o n, injury took the edge off his game. T im Turner and Steve Hancock both made useful contributions to the mid-field at times and scored some valuable goals. In defence the loss of Richard Briggs caused considerable diffic ulties. In the end, Amir Mostafid's hatchet-man solution to the average defensive problem proved effective enough, and we conceded only one goal in our last three games. T im Cotton was a stalwart and reliable pivot in the back four, and his close and determined marking shut out several centre-forwards this season . The full-backs, Piers McCleery and Duncan Malyon, were also extremely competent in barring the way to marauding wingers-though perhaps they were both a little too reluctant to come forward themselves when free of defensive duties. The highlight of the season came early on when we defeated Harvey G.S. 4-2 in o ur second game, having had the better of a 1- 1 draw with Wye College fo ur days earlier. We were without Alex Cockman, and we lost T im COttOIl at half-time, but the team played tremendously, with Michael Nash scoring all four goals, and Mark Leathem d ropping back in the second half to help contain their talented attack. Harvey were at the time representing Kent in the England Schools C hampionships and had gone 23 games without defeat. It was a great win. T here followed easy victories over Stafford House and SI. Augustine's, but then came R ichard Briggs's injury and our two defeats-first against S1. Edmund's who exploited our makeshift defence wit h through balls for their fast forwards and who found Paolo having his one off-day oftheseason. And then West minster. We led for most of the game, and with a minute to go were level at 2-2. Then came an apparently harmless free- kick on the half-way line which they hoisted into the howling gale. Paolo was mesmerised by the swirling, dipping fli ght, and the score was 3-2. We then missed an open goal- the ball was immediately punted upfield and they went through to score again with the last kick of the game. After a rather fragile victory over Archbishop's we fi nished the season with confident wins over Wye College, SI. Augustine's and Kent College. We owed our success in part to the sk ill of individuals, but more so to the team-spirit and t he posit ive att itude which pervaded our play. T here was no cynicism, no dirty play, no 'professionalism'! It was a very considerable pleasure to have been associated with this team. Team: P. Mondadori, P. H. McCleery, D. Malyon , R. H. Briggs, T. C. Cotton,A. H. Mostafid,J. D. Lam, M.J. R. Leathem, N. J. Wakefield, P. J. R. Kerry, A. D. Cockman, M. J . Nash .

Also played: S. O. Hancock, T. J . Turner, R. A. Williams, C. J. B. Simeon, M. A Mortlock, L. M. Fernandez, D. R. O'Conor, J . E. S. Weston. MinorSports Colours: A. D. Cockman, T. C. Cotton, J. D. Lam, M. J. R. Leathem, D. Malyon, P. H. McCleery, M. J. Nash, N. J. Wakefield, R. H. Briggs and P . J. R. Kerry (rea warded}. First Colours rea warded to: P. Mondadori. RESULTS

v Wye College (H). Drawn 1- 1 v Harvey G.S. (H). Won 4-2 v Stafford House

v Westminster (H). Lost 2-4 v Archbishop's (A). Won 5-3 v Wye College (A). Won 3-0 v St. Augustine's (H). Won 2- 0 v Kent College (H). Won 3- 1

(Hi' Won 9-2

v St. Augustine's (H . Won 6- 2 v St. E dmund's (H). Lost 3-4

Played 10, Won 7, Lost 2, Drawn 1, Goals for 38, Goals against 19 .

Scorers: Nash 15, Cockman 12, Wakefield 3, Kerry 2, Hancock 2, Briggs 1, Leathem 1, Turner 1.

2nd XI Th~ 2nd Xl played five games and ended the season with an even record. They proved too strong for S1. A ugustine's on both occaSions, winning 9-2 and 4- 1, but went down to the Stafford House 1st XI and to a HalVey G .S. team which contained some of their 1st Xl. The game against Kent College ended in an exciting'4-4 draw. Jonathap Job was the l ead in ggoa l ~scorer with 6, 5 of which he scored in a si ngle game. Ade A debajo nctted 4 and C has Simeon 2. .

T he team d id not always play cohesively but contained several individuals of considerable sk ill who will be making t heir mark in next year's 1st XI. .

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Under-16 XI We played just onc match at this level- against c..~.G. A igueperseof ~r!l n cc. We proved rather too strong fo~ th el!1 and WO n 3- 1, but the game was played in an excellent Spirit, and we were positively embarrassed to be showered wit h !pft s by the generous French party before and after the game.

Under-IS XI This somewhat makeshift team played three games, winning one and losing two.

O UT Kent

C;ollege opponents comr.rised

most oftheir hockey team, and they proved a little too fas t and strong for us, but we went down by Just onc goal, scored while OUf left-back and his replacement were sorting out their attire behind o ne of the goals. We lost a scrappy game to Archbisho p's, but with O UT strongest side we demolished St. Augusti ne's 7- 1, with C. J. Brooke scoring 4 in fine style.

House Football The Inter-House League was fi nally won byTradesca nt after a play-off against Linacre. Illness a nd some apathy resulted in rather too many walk-overs being registered in the latter part of the season. Tradescant were also successful in the six-a-side tournament, although they needed corncrs and penalties to see them through. Meister O mers were the gallant runners-up. In an all day-boy Plate final Mitchinson's edged out Marlowc. Tradescant 'did the treble' by triumphing 2-0 ovcr a rathcr d isorganised Grange side in a qu iet Cup fi ~a l. A fin e save by Mondadori, sound dcfcnding by Cotton, and intelligcnt control in midfield by Kcrry made most of thc difference.

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May I again express my heart-felt thanks to all who have helped with coaching and refereeing Ihis term, especially Mr. Paul Newbury, Mr. David Bradley and Mr. Chris Jackson w~o have sacrificcd many an af~ ernoon to contribute to ~he boys' enjoyment. A nd thank you again 10 Mr. NevilleFloata nd his gallant groundsmcn who have Improved thestateofour pitches out of all recogn ition. Your efforts are great ly appreciated. P.A.E.D.

Basketball During the Autumn term there were numerous boys ~v h l? were interested in Basketba ll a n~ tx:c a~ se of their persistence ~o~ e matches were- arranged against local schools. The beglllnlllg of the Lent l er~l ~~w the revltahsatlon ?f Ba s k ~tba ll at King s. However, even tho ugh there was much support fo r the game, there were limiting fac tors su~ h as lime available and p~or faci lities. Therefore it was on ly possible to have an U ndcr- 19 and an U nder-15 team. Despite these prob.lem:s th.e pupils' enthusiasm ensured that there was fu ll attendance at pr.actices and as a result both teams started to learn the IIltn cacles oCthe game.

Under-19 The season started well with two matches against Gco~frey Chaucer. During the fi rst game King's were slow to adapt to a larger court. T hey seemed disorientated and it took some time before they sett led down. The secondbalf saw fewer short passes and wasteful dribbling and conseq ucntly there were more scoring opportunities. Ki ng's began to usc the fast break !'l0rc often and Adebajo did well at right guard toscorc 17 poin ts. T he increase in tempo also saw the Ki ng'sdefenceweaken, which allowed Chaucer to penetrate the zone. However, King's were always on top and ra n out event ual winners. Thc second game was very disappointing. Four of the team were too tired after helping out an?ther sp? rt ~ and co n seq u ~ ~tl y the team did n't functio n and many shots were missed. However, thezonedefencc was more effective and hmlted the oppositio n t06 points in the fi rst half and 8 poi nts in thcsecond. The offence, however, was rather ped!!strian and it w~s n 't unt il the last fo~ r minutes that King's started to throw thc ba ll around and fast break. Although the team d id no t play particularly well, they did enough to win. T he next game was at home to Kent College and , dcspite the small gym, it was a fast flowing cncounter. King's took an early lead and out-scored Kent College by 3 to 1. T he team were unable to fast break and consequent ly the ball was played to the post players at every opportunity. Evison, Dawkins and Ba rry all took up good posi!io ns with Evison taki.ng hi~ pe ~so!" a l .ta ll)' ~ o an Impressive 40 points. Williams, the Captain, probably had his best game, managmg to control everyt lung with hiS fme mdlVldual skills. 146

The ~inal gam~ aga!nst S.1. Edmund 's.was ajoy to watch. T he whole team played extremely well and everyone had plenty of court-tlme. T he fl.rst five nun ute~ saw Kmg's open up a n 18-2 lead mainly due to excellent o utsidcshooting from McCu llough. The defence had Improved consl.dera~ly and rebo unded well against a fairly ta ll opposit ion. This, coupled with good fini sh 109 underneat~ thf baske~, resulted m a fITst half score of King's 56, St. Edmund's 12. After the interval and playing towards the balcony, Kmg s.explOited th~ fl anks a lot more and f!l ade full u~e of Dawkins and Barry at low post. Both jumped well and managed to aVOid close m~rk mg to score 18 and 27 pomts respect ively. Anot her notable feat ure ofthegamewas the strength in depth in the squad, and thiS resulted in nu merous substitutions which did not affect the fl ow of the game. T he fact that anyone of the team could come on and slot into positio n is a credit to the boys' hard work throughout the term.

Squad: R. A. Williams (Capt.), N. J . Wa kefield, P. N. Barry, A. A. Adebajo, O. Adegboyega, J. R. Dawk ins, G. L. G. Evison, G. F. Hall, N. T. J . Lake, M. F. McCullough, T . J. Murrell . RESULTS

v Geoffrey Chaucer. Won 53-33

v Kent College. Won 104-38 Evison. 40 points vSt. Edmund's. Won 124-38 Barry, 27 points

Adebajo, 17 points v Geoffrey Chaucer. Won 38-14 Adebajo, 8 poi nts Dawki ns, 8 points

Played 4, Won 4, Po ints fo r 3 19, Po ints against 123.

Under-IS The match against Har.ts~own was the first and o nlx defeat for the U nder- 15 team this term. Coming soon after the sta rt of !erm the t~~m only had a IUOIted knowledge a~d expenence of the game which was quite evident as the game progressed. Playing m.a magnificent sports ~all , the team lost theIT way after a sound start. In fac t King's held Hartsdown to 6- 6 until the twelft h mmute. After that sconng chances were ra re and Hartsdown do minated the game fro m then on . . T.he.sec.ond match against St. Edmund's wa~ a vast improvement as far as offensive play was concerned but they lacked dlscl~line m def~nce and three players wer!! foolis hly fouled off. In attack Gord.on led thc way with 24 points and was supported by Bnggs, 17 pomts, and A damson,. 16 pomts. The score could have been conSiderably higher, but King's fa iled to capitalise on 39 free shots from the free throw line. The final game against Kent College Under- 16s was the most satisfying game of schoolboy basketball that I have seen. With key players such as Gordon, Morse and Laurence absent the team was somewhat depleted. However, King's started well and took an early lead. As the match progressed Kent College gradually got back into the game and were leading 20- 18 aOt half- time. The seco!"d half saw the ga~e slip away ~r?m King's in that although the offence were playing well, King's were conceding too many pomts. To stop the shde, a few positional changes were made and this proved to be a crucial factor in the outcome of the game. Marshall and. Barron ;-vere brou$h.t o.n for S.hirian and Adamson, both of whom had good games. 11 was the defensive press~re coupled wlt~ Scott s superb fml~hmg which ena.bled the team to draw level in the ninth min ute. It was tempting to subslltute players but It was an extremely light game and thmgs were going so well that the team was left as it was. It was in the last quarter.of the game,. when King's settled down a nd Kent College had to adjust due to two players being fou led off, that King's forged m front to wm 53-42. The most encouraging aspect of the game \~as thege~cral improvement in ~efensive and offensive play. In defence Scott and Barron rebounded well and Marshall and Veitch combmed to block the o utSide shots. In offence it was the work o f Veitch and Scott (32 points) d<!wn the left .side w~ich prov~d decisive. One player who deserves as much, if not more, credit is Briggs. He came m at short nollce to cap~am the Side and d.ld so extrem~lr well. He controlled the ga me by his physical presence in defence and moved t.o ball accurately In offence. In fact It was most fitt ing that he should end the match with the fi nal basket to round o ff an o utstand mg game.

Squad: J . C. O. Gordo n (Capt.)!:r. P. Briggs, A. J . Barron, M. S. Adamson, 1. E. Gardener, D.J. Laurence, J. M. Marshall, R. J. Morse, A. G. J. Scott, S. Shman, D-M. Teferra, J. C. A. Veitch. Also played: A. O. Yigo. RESULTS

v Hartsdown Under- 16. Lost 14-4 1

v Simo n Langton. Cancelled

Briggs, 5 points v St. Edmund's. Won 80-36 Gordon, 24 poin ts

v Kent College Under- 16. Won 53-42 SCOIt, 32 points Played 3, Won 2, Lost 1, Points for 147, Points against 11 9.

T h7 majority of players fro m both teams th is season were not engaged in any o ther sport and many are extremely talented. It is fo r thiSreason that I ho pe that Basketba ll is able to cont inue at King's because it could give enjoyment , exercise and competitive games to many boys. My than ks go to the two captains, R. A. Williams and J. Gordon and all members of the club for an extremely successful revival of Basketball at Ki ng's. '

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Junior House Competition This annual competition produced some good games and it was generally easy to sec which Houses had done any serious practice. However, Meister Omcrs and School House won their semifinals against Linacre and The Grange respectively by a comfortable margin and met in the fi nal for the second year fu nning. On this occasion, School House who had four members of last year's team still available, were able to reverse the previous result in a match where Meister Omcrs, admirably led by J. Russell who was the only man able to penetrate the School House defence consistcntly, iost by nine points to a well-balanced School House learn forwhorn Clements, well supported by Shirian, was outstanding in attack and Odgers and Lake showed skill and experience in defence. Meister Omers fo ught hard but School House were always just that bit bctter in most departments, and the game lacked the excitemcnt of last year's encounter. M.E.M. RESULT

School House, 34 points; Meister Omers, 25 points.

Teams: School House: N. Lake (4), A. Clements (16), A. Odgers (8), S. Shirian (6), D. Stocks and C. Flower. Meister Dmers: J. Russell (16), J. Veitch (4), H. GirJi ng, N. Wakefield (5), I. Girling and R. Costain.

Boat Club This term has seen the club boating 1st, 2nd, (sometimes) 3rd, J .15 'A' and J .15 'B' VI lIs as well as seven J.14 Quad sculls. My thanks go to the Revd. Allen, Mr. Graham, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Willis, Mr. Parker and Mr. Vye for the help they have given in coaching. The big event of the term has been the move to the Lakes at Westbcre. I am most grateful to all who made this possible, especially the O.K.S. who were most generous in fu nding the projcct, Robert Brett and Co., on whose land and lake we house our boats and row, John Dean, the Clerk of Works, who masterminded the building and Peter Willis, who built the Boat racks and did so much to help, as usual. There will be a fu ller account elsewhere of the move. We have gained two new boats this term, both built by Peter Wil lis with the high standards of craftsmanship that have always been his hallmark. Bot h are coxless pairs. In addition to this Peter has bu ilt the on ly sculling bankt ub in the country.

J.14s Mr. Woodward and Mr. Wi llis have continued their part nership coaching novices with some differences from last year, particularly in introducing rowing as well as sculling into their 'complete watermanship' course. Two quads competed in the Schools' Head and while performing quite creditably, were not able to keep up with the 'professionals', like Hampton who sculled against our clinkers in fi ne boats.

J.lSs The partnership of Mr. Graham and Mr. Butt produced two J.15 VIlIs and only rather wayward coxing prevented a reasonable result III the Schools' Head for the 'A' crew. The 'B' crew, who are one of the best 'B' crews I have ever seen were 'umpired' out of the race into the Black Buoy and never got a time.

3rd VIII Illness has usually meant that thc third VIII has been a VI, with Fred keeping a watchful eye on all around from a sculling boat-a born 'heavy' but good to have around. Thanks to Mr. Parker and Mr. Vye fo r their help with this group. 148

Top Squad (lst and 2nd VIlIs) We started the term with a top squad of 20 from which we selected two crews. The 2nd VIII, when fo rmed, was coached by the Revd. Allen and is by far the most convincing King's 2nd VIII that we have had for a number of years. They have, unfortunately, \)Cen hampered by illness but their position of 180th in the Head of the River was by no means a disgrace. TIle fi rst race after selection that the 1st VIII went to was the Burway Head but this was a race to produce little but disappointment. One had hoped, that with six of last year's VIII back, things might have been plain sailing but perhaps one ought to have known better. However,just in time for the Schools' Head of the River, the experience told and from disaster we snatched a very creditable 5th place beating both Eton and Hampton in the process. From the Schools' Head things started to look far brighter and in the Head of the River we were the second school crew and we now look fon. . ard to our training camp in Switzerland and the summer regatta season. We have had three boys, Simon Webb (Capt.j, Mark Norton and Nick Strange, invited to the Junior Selection weekend at Nottingham and I hope we can repeat last year's success of having some boys rowing for Great Britain. Full crew details will appear in the next Cantuarian but meanwhile the 1st VIII this term was: Bow; Andrew Shaw (LN), 2; Matt Justice (MO), 3; Ben Ridgwell (B), 4; Stephen Wright (LN), 5; Mack Norton (B), 6; Simon Webb (SH) Capt., 7; Richard Hills (GL), Stroke; Nick Strange (MT), Cox; Ernst Vegehn van Claerbergen (LN). R.M.H.

Cross-Country At present the Club is, to say the least, weak despite encouraging signs at intermediate and junior level. After the Knole Run our last term's No.1, James Mackenzie, defected to the Hockey Club and although by March he had returned to the fold, it was too late to make a substantial difference. Meanwhile it had proved ominously easy for Mark Leathem and Simon 'Lips' Jackson to re-establish their right to the top two spots (97th and 104th in the Knole Run) and despite some excellent runs from new man Andrew Linney and sterli ng support fro m James Wrench, they continued to be our only hope of rescue from major defeat throughout the term. We avoided the Coventry and Oxford Relays in our depleted state and so Mark's best run proved to be once again a high placing at Coulsdon. He won our final match most convincingly but with four men in the sanatorium, the team just failed to produce a surprise win to round off the term. The Senior team was completed by Dave Crompton (Capt.), Tom Kelly (Sec.) and Mike Pocock, but they were usually outrun when it mattered by our leading intermediates Peter Gotke, Simon Attwood and Jonathon Wright. Ably backed up by Giles Amos, Paddy Greenleaf and on occasion Chris White, Omar Madha,lvan Linhart, Campbell Donald, Crispin Flower and Phil Lacamp, they showed the only real glimpse of class in the Club, but too many ofl ast year's outstanding juniors had given up for us to expect more than modest success. It was therefore very appropriate that the best result in the Five Schools Match was achieved by the group who had responded most enthusiastically to training, the juniors. Despite Richard Edmonds's loss ofform, Marcus Cumber and Tim D'Offay saw to it that we had someone near the fro nt and Messrs. Lumley, Bedford, Wrench, Nash, Linfort h and Galloway made rapid strides, sometimes overtaking Walker. Not a successful season, then, but with signs to suggest a brighter future. Thanks are due, as always, to J.8.S., J.G. (hope he finds Borden another year), M.RG.P., J.M.C. and A.RA.R without whose help etc .... etc .... Good luck for the fu ture. i De AVID

ROMPTON.

First colours were rea warded /0 Mark Leathem and awarded to Simon Jackson. RESULTS

14th January. The Knole Run at Sevenoaks I , Skinners, 101; 2, RG.S . Newcastle, 206; 3, Dr. Challoner's, 219; 33, K.S.c., 1197.40 teams closed in. 21st January 1, Tonbridge, 53; 2, Skinners, 85; 3, Sutton Valence, 95; 4, K.S.c., 108. Senior: 1, Skinners, 34; 2, Tonbridge, 65; 3, K.S.C., 72. Inter: 1, Sutton Valence, 33; 2, Skinners, 83; 3, Tonbridge, 85; 4, K.S.C., 112. Junior: 28th January. St. Alban's Relay 1, Dr. Challoner's, 117m36s.; 2, Skinncrs, 117m57s.; 3, S1. Albans, 119m18s.; 13, K.S.C., 129m37s. 23 schools entered. (Leathem 9m56.9s.) 8th Je'ebruary JuniorColrs: 1, K.S.C.,3 1; 2, Kent C., 53. 20th February. Merchant Taylors' School Cross-Country Race 1, St. Albans, 25; 2, Dr, Challoner's, 38; 3, Sevenoaks, 66; 11, K.S.C., 186. 22 schools closed in. 27th February Senior: 1, St. Edmund's, 29; 2, K.S.c., 49. 149

Jrd March. The Five Schools Races al Canterbury Senior: 1, Berkhamsted, 63; 2, Felsted, 71; 3, Harrow, 97; 4, K.S.C., 116; 5, Highgate, 136. Imer: 1, Harrow, 60; 2, Highgate, 63; 3, Felsted, 91; 4, Berkhamsted, 138; 5, K.s.C., 98(5). Junior: 1, Highgate, 24; 2, K.S.c., 81; 3, Harrow, 86; 4, Berkhamsted, 149. 7th March. Borden School's Road Relay Senior: 1, Harvey G.S., 37.24; 2, K.S.C. 'A', 37.45; 3, Rochester Maths, 38.00; 7, K.S.C. 'B', 40.37. 9 schools finished. Inter: 1, Rochester Maths, 38.00 ; 2, K.S.c., 39.53; 3, Norton, 40. 12.8 schools fi nished. 10th March. South London Harriers races at Coulsdon Dellsham Cup: I, Purley High, 36; 2, K.C.S. Wimbledon, 58; 3, Skinners, 60; 6, K.S.C., 98. 8 schools closed in. Lemon·Norris Cup: 1, Skinners, 24; 2, K.C.S. Wimbledon, 44; 3, Purley High, 50; 7; K.S~C", lOS: 9 'sch'ools closed in. 13th March 1, D.Y.R.M.S. Dover, 38; 2, K.S.c., 41. Senior: 1, KS.C., 28; 2, D.Y.R.M.S. Dover, 56. Inler: 17th March Sellior: 1, Kent c., 58; 2, St. Edmund's, 62; 3, K.S.c., 62. IllIer; 1, KS.C., 27; 2, St. Edmund's, 54. Junior: 1, KS.C., 43; 2, Kent C, 49; 3, St. Lawrence, 76. The Inter·House Cross-Country Championships Senior: 1, Linacre, 94; 2, Broughton, 116; 3, Walpole, 141; 4, Galpin's, 179; 5, School House, 204; 6, The Grange, 224; 7, Meister Omers, 235; 8, Tradescant, 236; 9, Mitchinson's, 257; 10, Marlowe, 332. 1, Leathem, GL, 31.31; 2, Norton, B, 31.39; 3,Jackson, LN, 32.03; 4, Shorten, GR, 32.27; 5, Wrench, W, 32.30; 6, Mackenzie, SH, 32.43; 7, Nash, LN, 33.32; 8, Linney, LN, 33.47; 9, Strange, MT, 33.55; 10, McCleery, GR, 34.03; 11, Crompton, LN, 34.59; 12, Lerche, B, 35.33. IlIler: 1, Galpin's, 140; 2, Broughton, 142; 3, Mitchinson's, 150; 4, Luxmoore, 172; 5, Meister O mers, 204; 6, T radescant, 205; 7, Linacre, 209; 8, T he Grange, 223; 9, School House, 228; 10, Walpole, 297; 11, Marlowe, 366. 1, Gotke, GR, 23.20 ; 2, Linhart, LX, 23.21; 3, W hite, Gl, 23.48; 4, Attwood, T, 23.49; 5, Greenleaf, T, 23.56; 6, D urham, B, 24.00; 7, Wright S., LN, 24.06; 8, Beaugie, GL, 24. 11 ; 9, Wright J., LN, 24.30; 10, A mos, Gl, 24.46; I I, Stuttaford, B, 24.52; 12, Scott, MT, 24.59. Junior: I, Broughton, 77; 2, Linacre, 155; 3, Galpin's, 159; 4, Meister Omers, 189; 5, Marlowe, 192; 6, The Grange, 2 15; 7, Mitchinson's, 224; 8, Luxmoore, 232; 9, Tradescant, 286; lO,SchoolHouse, 287; 11 , Walpole, 319. 1, Cumber, W, 10.50; 2, Edmonds, MR, to.55; 3,D'Offay, MO, 11.07; 4, Overton, B,l1. 11 ; 5, Nash, MR, 11.15; 6, Walker, B, 11.16; 7, Davies, T, 11 .22; 8, Vigo, GL, 11.32; 9, Morse, GR,1 1.35; 10, Lumley, MT, 11.36; 11, G illespie-Smith, LX, 11.49; 12, Unforth, B, 11.50. Overall: Broughton, 335. The Imer·House R elays Senior; I, Linacre; 2, School House; 3, Walpole; 4, Galpin's; 5, T he Grange; 6, luxmoore; 7, Meister O mers; 8, Broughton; 9, Mitchinson's; 10, Marlowe; 11, Tradescant. Junior: I, Galpin's; 2, Tradescant; 3, Broughton; 4, Linacre; 5, Walpole; 6, Meister O mers; 7, School House; 8, Marlowe; 9, Mitchinson's; 10, The Grange; 11, Luxmoore.

Fencing The second half of the season started with the annual triangular match against Haileybury and King's, Rochester. This was a match which o ne fe lt we could have won for t he second year running. But without the reassuring presence of S. W. Tham, the 1st Foil pair were not at their best and went down badly. They recovered somewhat to win 5 bouts in the sabre; but the e¢eists, despite a good effort by Lloyd, were only able to win halft heir total bouts. T he second team pairs drew overall at 12 bouts each with Evans and Bendien doing well in the Foil. However, the match was won by King's, Rochester, for whom Ivesand Chan had won all t heir 1st Foil fights, with King's and Haileybury tying for 2nd place. After this match things improved considerably with a good win against Westminster fo llowed by a furt her victory in the annual fi xture against E ton. In the next match against Tenterden Swords F.C. the usual friendly and sporting atmosphere prevailed . T he 1st Team was somewhat weakened by the absence of Mark Mortlock but Vice~Capt ai n Richard Appleyard rose to the occasion and was undefeated in sabre and epee. Unfortunately the rest of the team could not q uite follow his examp le and Tenterden just won by o ne bout. However, t he 2nd and 3rd Foil teams easily made up this defi cit and King's won overall by a good margin.

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The final match against the Irish National JuniorTeam who were o n tour in England was the most exciting event oftheseason. The visitors were one team member short due to injury and so fenced four with 5 bouts each against King's JuniorTeam of five who had 4 fights each. As the match got under way it was soon clear that it was going to be a very close affair. As bouts were won first by King's and then by the Irish boys the Gaelic began to flow and the tension increased as the score ros<~ t06 bouts each. Each encounter was hard fou~ h t, the result often resting on the fi nal hit, and the excitement rose as the Irish team won the next fig ht and went ahead 7-6. Kmg's then produced t heir best form and took the next three bouts and so could not be beaten. The visitors fought back spiritedly to score again, but after this King's held on and eventually won by 12 bouts to 8. This was a memorable victory with a very high standard offencing from both sides. Everyone in the King's team d id well, with J. J. C Rawlinson scoring 3 victories out of 4 and on the day giving perhaps the most outstanding performance; M. Esch also won 3 victories, giving the Master if c Fencing a few more grey hairs in the process, by winning each one on the fi nal hit! The other King's fencers, E. Lloyd, F. T. L. Phang and M. S. Adamson, all won 2 bouts each. The Irish team stayed overnight and were entertained by t he King's fencers. We hope that they and their charming team manager Mrs. Sheila O'Brien will visit us again. Also, t heir Yugoslavian coach who presided so expertly and whose name I cannot spell. In County competitions we were just beaten for first place in both the Senior and J unior Individual Foil Championships, but King'S fe ncers dominated the competition overall and retained the Team Trophy for another year. Mark Mortlock, who was suffering fro m the onset of glandular fever at the time, tied for the Individual Championship with Ives of Rochester. T he subsequent barrage went to the final hit which was eventually awarded to Ives on what appeared to be a simultaneous attack. It was a very hard decision, and having lost the barrage Mark then dropped to 4th place on indicators leaving Richard Appleyard 2nd and C han of Rochester 3rd with King's fencers taking the other positions. In the Junior Event, Fergus Phang came close to winning but eventually had to be satisfied with 3rd with Rawlinson, Adamson and Esch taking the next three places respectively. Congratulations are d ue to O. Monro Higgs who came second in t he UnderÂˇ14 Championship. He has only been fencing for two terms and shows considerable promise. The Epee Championships were a triumph for King's competitors with Mark Mortlock winning the Senior event from Chan and Ives of Rochester and Fergus Phang taking firs t place in the J unior Championship from Ford of Rochester. King's fe ncers filled all the o ther places in both fina l pools and once again the Epee Team Trophy returned to Canterbury.

M.E.M. RESULTS

v HAILEynURY AND KING'S ROCHESTER. (F.E.S.) 1st and 2nd Teams. 1st, King's, Rochester, 28; 2nd- , K.S.C., 22 and Haileybury, 22. 3rd Foil : 1st, Haileybury, 14; 2nd, K.S.C., 12; 3rd, King's, Rochester, 1.

v WESTMINSTER. Won 33-3 1st Team (F. E.). Won 18-0 2nd Team (Foil). Won 8-1 3rd Team (Fail). Won 7-2 v ETON. Won 44- 19

1st Team (F.E.S. ). Won 18-9 2nd Team (F.E.). Won 17- 1 1st Junior Team (Foil). Won 5-4 2nd Junior Team (Foil). Lost 4-5

v TENTER DEN SWORDS F.C. (ClUb Match). Won 37-17 1st Team (F.E.S.). Lost 13-14 2nd Team (F.E.). Won 16-2 3rd Team (FOil). Won 8-1

v IRISH NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM (Foil). Won King's, Canterbury (J unio r Team), 12. Ireland (Junior Team), 8. (E. Lloyd, 2 wins; F. T. L. Phang, 2 wins; M. Esch, 3 wins; M. S. Adamson, 2 wins; J. J . C. Rawlinson, 3 wins).

COUNTY COMPETITIONS Kent Schoolboys' Ind ividual Foil Championships SENIOR EVENT 2nd, R. 1. Appleyard (K.S.c.); 4t h, M. A. Mortloek (K.S.C.); 5th, D. Evans (K.S.c.); 6th, E. Lloyd (K.S.C.); 7th,1. Bendien

(K.S.C). JUNIOR EVENT

3rd, F. T. L. Phang (K.S.C.); 4th, 1. 1. C. Rawlinson (K.S.c.); 5th, M. S. Adamson (K.S.c.); 6th, M. Eseh (K.S.C.); 7th, M. Beatrice (K.S.C.).

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UNDER- 1 4 EVENT

2nd, D. Monro Higgs (K.S.c.). TE .... M TROPHY

lst, King's, Canterbury; 2nd, King's, Rochester.

Kent Schoolboys' Individual Epee Championships SENIOR EVENT

1st, M. A. Mortlnek (K.S.C.); 4th, R. J. Appleyard (K.S.c.); 5th, D. Evans (K.S.c.); 6th, J. Cousins (K.S.c.). JUNIOR EVENT

1st, F. T. L. Phang (K.S.c.); 3rd, M. S. Adamson (K.S.c.); 4th, J. J . C. Rawlinson (K.S.C.); 5th, M. Esch (K.S.C.); 6th, A. J. Wickerson (KS.C.). TE .... M TROPHY

1st, King's, Canterbury; 2nd, King's, Rochester.

1st Colours awarded 10: R. J. A ppleyard and D. O. Evans. 2nd Colours awarded to: F. T. L. Phang, 1. S. Cousins, J. J. C. Rawlinson and M. S. Adamson.

Rugby Football The Fairservice Game Under the impressive leadership and Captaincy of Stephen Hodgson, the Fairservice Oame enjoyed a successful and worthwhile season. T here was a welcome enthusiasm to play fo r the team and the weather was unusually benign. The only disappointment was that the Ramsgate Rustics failed to produce teams on both occasions and gave us too little notice to arrange other fixtures. The players had a variety of background experience and combined well to play entertaining rugby whenever they could. The season started with an enjoyable fixt ure against Dover O.S. (won 20-8) and this was followed by a very tough game against Ashford Colts which was won 12-8 thanks to some splendid penalty kicking by Richard Briggs. The Simon Langton game saw us playing some fast open rugby in winning 27-0 but the match with Kent University (won 9-4) was unnecessarily rugged and it was sad to see Mauro Zamblera go off with a fractured cheekbone. Some new players had to be drafted in for the visit to Wye College and the team played so well toget her that another creditable win was recorded (13-0). The final game for the' A' team was against Dane Court in ideal conditions and it was good to watch some excellent tries being scored on the way to a 32-0 win. There were two fixtures for a 'B' XV, both against Dover O.S., in which some younger players gained useful experience in winning 45-0 and 26-0. MJ.H.

Sevens Tournaments Housematches The 1984 Junior and Senior Housematches were strongly contested affairs and the standard of play was high. It was enjoyable to see so many teams adopt a 'no kicking' principle in their games. Broughton beat Galpin's to win the JuniorTrophy and in what appeared to be a candle-lit Senior Final, Galpin's beat Meister O mers.

The Bowater-Scott Under-iS Sevens Tournament The School again entered a team for the Bowater-Scott seven-a-side competition at Gravesend G .S. In what was the toughest group of the whole tournament, the team played some very good sevens, though they were unable on several occasions to convert territorial advantage into points, a factor that cost them their last match. Each player certainly has benefited from this chance to improve upon already considerable rugby skills, and the early introduction of sevens into each career must in time be beneficial to the standard of senior rugby. G.C.A. RESULTS

v S1. Joseph's. Won 20- 4

v Dartford G.S. Won 22-6 v Rochester Maths. Lost 6-8 152

THE SCHOOL SEVENS SQUAD Back row: M. J. R. Leathem, R. C. A. Kruger, S. M. A. Vavasour, T. J. Brook, R. J. L. Philpott, A. St. J. Reavill. Frollt row: N. J. Wakefield, A. D. Tewungwa, S. C. Hodgson, J. E. S. Weston, A. O. Cockman. (P. W.D.) (Be/ow)

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King's School Under-16 Sevens - The 1984 tournaments brought twelve schools to St. Stephen's in warm sunshine. The day passed flawlessly an~ some~xciting ugby was provided for OUf very welcome supporters on the day. Eltham College beat St. George's, Gravesend 10 the fm al and

~he Duke of York's Military School beat Duiwich College for third and fo urth place.

The aim must be to introduce this very successful event at Under-IS and Under- 14 levels in 1985 and extend a welcoming

hand to more visiting schools who enjoy a day out in Canterbury.

Oxfordshire R.F.U. Schools Sevens: Colts OUf Under- 16 Seven d id well to join the last eight out of thirty-six schools in the competitio n. T hey beat Sponne, Oauntscy's and pipped St. Ed ward's, Oxford in extra time; though they lost in the qua rter~ final to Harris's School, Rugby. The young players gained valuable experience from their fi rst major national schools' tournament and the day was successful. It was particularly rewarding for Duncan Ives who was selected to play in the Seven at the National Schools (Rosslyn Park R. F.C. ) Tournament later.

The School Seven Maidstone Grammar School Sevens Although Sevens came {rom Scotland and has existed for over a hundred years, there were times when the 1st VII looked as if they had invented the game themselves and were teaching others how to play it. It was a successful day which produced some blistering tries. King's beat Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone and retained the Trophy in a fine game and beat Judd School in the final. The team scored 94 points on the day and Justi n Weston's 58 points were won sweetly. The ' B' Seven also won their compet ition.

Kent Schools Sevens With some players unavailable and the Captain, Stephen Hodgson, missing too, the Sevens faltered, and although wins over Bexley and Erith and Hundred of Hoo were enjoyable to see, the defeat against St. Olave's in the quart er~ final was disappointing. The speed of Richard Briggs was missed in this last match. A physically robust and powerful ~run ning St. Mary's and St. Joseph's VII won the T rophy.

Surrey Schools Sevens Sevens is a game fo r sun ~ baked grounds with plenty of grass o n the pitch. King's Seven entered the tournament and attacked the soil with nimble feet, removing early opponents as easily as they did the grass beneath their boots. Wandsworth and SI. John's, Leatherhead were beaten first and in a ti ght1 y~fo u ght and swiftly controlled match, King's won their Group by beating Tiffin School. A real sense of achievement passed through the squad, making the Group Winners Competition a mouth-watering prospect. We met formidable opponents against Millfield and we lost to the eventual winners of the T rophy. Richard Briggs ... if o nly ... We went down to Cranleigh immediately afterward s in a match witho ut a heart in it.

Oxfordshire R.F.U. Schools Sevens Having sustained injuries which eliminated first-cho ice players from the team, the Seven that play-ed at Oxford failed to qualify and lost narrowly to Wycliffe and Welbeck College. In pouring rain (o r was it Sleet?) I felt a bit like Ford, the gentleman from Windsor: 'Pray you, come near . .. make sport at m e,. then let me be your jest,. I deserve it. ' Shakespeare Th e Merry Wives of Windsor.

153 THE GIRLS' NETBALL TEAM Back row: Lucy Harland, Annabel Roberts, Sophia Baker, Kate Hunter. Front row; Rebecca Winch , Claire Dussek (Capt.), Sarah Holden, Sophie Lumsden (absent). (,Kemish Gazette') KING'S AND HOTCHKISS (,Kemish Gazette')

Rosslyn Park R.F.C. National Schools Sevens In heavy rain and on thick muddy grounds, the Seven did not produce good enou~h rugby. The two Wednesday games were lost to Loughborough and Chiswick. These were disap~ointing results during w~lch two key playe~s w~re injured. It was, therefore, greatly 10 the credit of Stephen Hodgson and bls team that they played with so much determmatton on the next day, Although they lost narrowly to Worcester R.G.S. and Downside, they gave a very good account of themselves which was appreciated by the supporters and spectators. M.J.H.

Short-term memories fade as quickly as a pair of denims. Long-term memories remain vivid because they are important for different reasons. Amid the latter are Stephen Hodgson's achievements as Captain of Rugby Football. A regular Jacques Fouroux on the field, 'Le petit G~n~ra l ' led his players authoritatively, diplomatically and efficiently. Jeremy Bagshaw's return to hospital for the crutches we both hate so much began to reach epidemic proportions. Richard Briggs, too, on minor stilts (yet again!) placed a pall of gloom over my already furrowed brow. At the other end of the anatomy, the ankles of Cockman and Kruger, like those of Fortuna kept turning as if 'Her foot, look you, was fixed upon a spherical stone.' (Henry V). Not all lessons take place in the classroom. So far as the Rugby Sevens season went, the players must have endedÂˇup disappointed, since only a few committed their hearts to the game. I believe that Sevens is the most exciting game all earth: others may not. Doubters might think carefully about the old sage's words: 'If you want to find out about yourself and yourauitllde to this, try taking your pulse before a match. If the beat doesn't excite you, give up!' R.B.Mi.

Shooting After a slow start shooting took off to new heights this term. Averages were better than any previous ones and it was a pleasant surprise to see three tons being scored this term, two by the captain and one by the secretary. The pistols were brought out on Friday afternoons fo~ all t~ u ~e, a n ~ it w~s e~ident that some members were trying to relive certain scenes from Clint's Sudden Impact, the only thlllg mlssmg belllg hIS cIgar. As always, good fortu nes never last long and soon after half term the range was closed down as unsafe. Finally, I would like to thank RSM Booth for the time he put into shooting this term. JONATIIAN OYLER (Sec.)

Squash The 1st V had a mixed term with six wins and six defeats against other schools. With the continued absence of Gary Smith, we were still short of real class at the top of the order, and this proved costly against the best schools. Geoff Evison did however have excellent wins at 1st string against Cranleigh and Whitgift, and he cou ld well have won against Tonbridge b'ut Mark McMurrugh could not quite recapture last term's form. Jayesh Gopalji improved vastly as the term progressed and finished with an epic win overTonbridge's 2nd string in the Kent finals, having lost disastrously to their 3rd string at the start of term. We were able to give promisingjuniors such as Alistair McFie and David Laurence first team experience during the term, and this should help considerably to raise our standard next year. This term we had to be content with being the best school in East Kent, the second best in Kent, and reaching the last 16 in the national tournament for the first time in five years. Next year we hope that our results will justify the expense i'.lvolved in the superb reconditioning of the courts, together with installation of heating that has reduced greatly the condensatIon on the walls and has ensured that each home game cou ld be played in reasonable conditions. Finally, 1 must thank our captain, Geoff Evison, and our secretary, Mark McMurrugh, for their good h umou re~ help during the year. R.P.B. 154

Vnder-16 Squash -Ice that at this time last year 1 wrote that the three teams had played 36 matches and won 32 of them: well, once again they la Sed 36 and won 32, but they wou ldn't have lost any matches if they'd all kept their nerve in tight situationsl p ~e Colts beat Brighton, Cranbrook, Cranleigh, Dulwich, Eton, Christ's Hospital, Hurstpierpoint, St. Edmund's (and a St. Edmund's ' A' V), Sevenoaks Ist V, Tonbridge and Whitgift, and lost to Ardingly and Lancing. Andrew Welbourn played a few . cs but suffered from lack of match practice, and Mark Ryeland played some matches in the front half of the court. He has such ~moed eye for a ball, and i~ such a quic.k mover that it's a pity that he has not yet turned himself into a really good squash pl~yer. P~'lip Evans did not do qUIte as well thiSterm: he could look very good when on top, and hard to squeeze past when III the mIddle f :he court but sometimes disintegrated under pressure. John Taylor was the No. 5 when we put out our strongest team. He hit ~hC ball hard and consistently and wide of his opponent, and had some good wins, though he also lost a few fifth games. He did lay a drop shot this term, but I didn't see it. David Stocks made a few appearances as a relief from playing hockey, and had no frouble in winning at No.4: at that level a hard· hitting two-dimensional game works very well. Matthew Durham's play is mcmorable for the most delicate of drop shots and the highest of lobs. He rarely lost at NO.3. David Laurence, still technically a Jun ior Colt played at No.2 throughout the season. He beat some good opponents who had beaten him in previous seasons, and although h~ lost some which he should have won, generally played much more steadily while still playing some brilliant strokes. Alistair McFie again played at No.1 when we nceded our strongest team or when he wasn't stolen by the 1st V, and he played his usualsteady undemonstrative game and looked more and more like a squash player. His ability to concentrate was an example to everyone, and for me the best moment of our season was his win at Dulwich when he won 3-2 after 0-2, to give the team a 3- 2 win. I had thought that the Junior Colts might have problems this term, with the better of them good enough to play for the Colts, and others fad ing from the scene for various reasons. And so it turned out, but some Under-14s came to the rescue, and the team beat Ardingly, Brighton, Christ's Hospital, Cran leigh, Dulwich, Eton, Holmewood House, Hurstpierpoint, St. Edmund's, St. Lawrence (twice), Sutton Valence, Tonbridge and Wellesley House, and lost only to Lancing. Edward Dykes had some good wins earlier in the season but through lack of practice and determination let himselfbe overtaken by some Under· 14s like Rikki Kher and Peter Thomas, who played quite often at NO.5 and NO.4 and usually won, though Peter often only woke up and played squash after losing a game or two (a nd that was sometimes too late). Rikki was very quick and by the end of term was playing a good variety of shots. Philippe Lacamp played in some of the important matches, when he could be spared from hockey: he played so well with so little practice that it is tantalising to think what he might do ifhe played the game fu ll·time! Stuart Lacy played at No.3, usually: he missed some matches through illness, but he lost only twice. However, there are several techniques whIch he needs to work at ifhe is to do really well next year. Jeremy Bartlett played at No.2: he could play very badly, but after half·term he pulled himself together and then won some good matches. Simon Stuttaford was so much better than last year: he is now a determined as well as a stylish player and won all his matches at No.1. He could easily have played in the Colts team but without him the Junior Colts would have lost many matches and not just one. In September it was hard to see where an Under· 14 team was coming from. but during the two terms there grew an enthusiastic group of whom only one had played much squash before. But they lost only once-and even then they should have won! By the end of this term they were looking like squash players, with a good variety of strokes. Peter Thomas and Rikki Kher have already been mentioned: they played at Nos. 1 and 2. Andrew Vinton was No.3 and not far behind: he won all his matches very comfortably and very stylishly. Neil Bishop, Charlie Boorman and Chris Mitchell played in nearly all the matches and usually won. Steven Calthrop and Paul Norris also played in a match or two. The whole group made excellent progress and the prospects for the next two years are bright. The fixture list is not only long bur also very strong: we play all the squash· playing schools in the south'east. It has been another energetic but very enjoyable season. C.J.M.

Girls' Games HOCKEY The combination of the hard pitch and unusually mild weather until half-term has enabled us to playa very full season of hockey this term, with no matches cancelled. However, we were a little handicapped by about mid·term by several girls contracting spells of glandular fever and the March winds were then as bitter as the January frosts had been lenient. As last term, we were able to build a good side around a strong half-back line, except when they were unfit. Perhaps a couple of games would be best forgotte n but there have been times when the team has played most fluently and good performances have resulted. Our biennial fixture with Hotchk iss, the fourth in seven years, produced the closest result yet with Hotchkiss scrambling in a goal after about fifteen minutes and thereafter holding on to this lead whilst play surged from one end of the pitch to the other. Th is match immediately fo llowed the Preliminary Rounds of the Kent Tournament in which, for the second successful year, we were hosts. 155

The revival of the hockey side this year has owed a good deal to the leadership of Francesca Watts who has been an increasingly commanding figure in goal, and her confidence gave strength to our defence in which the backs, though never strong hitters, tackled and intercepted soundly. Despite periods of illness, Sarah Holden and Natascha Engel have been outstanding at half-back, covering the pitch at great speed and with excellent ball-control, and ensuring the forward line had plenty of opportunities. This term the experienced and skilful inside trio have been strengthened by the remarkable speed of Rebecca Winch, whose improved ball-control latterly led to her looking the most dangerous forward on the field in the Hotchkiss match. Although we have tended to lack practice games this tenn, the amount of match play we have enjoyed should have prepared the girls well for the challenge of playing for the first time in the Interlyceale Festival in The Hague, for which seven of our girls will be joined by three Simon Langton girls and three Kent College girls. J.A.W. Team : Francesca Watts (Capt.), Helen Ashto n, Melissa Bashaarat, Emma Risley, Sarah Holden, Natascha Engel, Caroline Simpson, Diana Coleman, Christina Albin, Sophie Lumsden, Rebecca Winch, Sharon Gordon. Also played: Lucy Flint, judith Reed, Susan Hellyar, Tessa Williamson, Katherine Hardwick. RESULTS

v U.K.c. Lost 0-2

v Dover College. Lost 0-5

v Sevenoaks. Won 4-0 v Kent College. Lost 1-10 v Herne Bay H, C. 3rd XI. Won 6- 1

v SI. Stephen's College. Won 1- 0 v Hotchkiss, Connecticut. Lost 0- 1 v Simon Langton. Lost 1-4

NETBALL T he advent of a good group of 6b girls that was commented on last term has this term produced some very good netball , as our new players learned to play together and as 6a girls were encouraged to improve. Since teamwork and an awareness of space are important aspects of netball it was good to see both qualities being developed by o ur players. At the same time, each player has matured in individual skills, and this, coupled with team practice, has contributed to the team's maturity and led to good results, with all matches except the one against Sevenoaks (a fairly rough affair) being won. Accurate and more thoughtful passing have been the main targets fo r improvement for centre court players particularly and effective blocking by the Goal Defence (Annabel ROberts/ and Goal Keeper (Claire Dussek) to prevent the opposing shooters reaching the circle. Kate Hunter, as Goal Shooter/ Goa Attack has been the most improved player in the team. Her tighter footw ork and reliable eye for shooting goals have won us many matches. TIle centre court players are to be congratulated on their consistent play and well-timed interceptions. Altho ugh the 2nd VII match against Sevenoaks gave a number of girls a rather unexpected taste of inter-school netball, for the most part a regular group of girls has represented the 2nd team, and they have enjoyed some good, close matches, without being quite as successful as the 1st VII. In the netball as in hockey, good leadership has done a great deal to revive our fortunes this year, and I am very grateful to Claire Dussek whose organisation and keenness have been a great help. J.A.W.

The 1st VII: Claire Dussek (Capt.), Annabel Roberts, Lucy Harland, Sophie Lumsden , Sophia Baker, Sarah Holden, Kate Hunter, Rebecca Winch. Colours were awarded to: Claire Dussek and Kate Hunter. Tile 211d V/l: A lison Rowe, Joanna Marriott (Capt.), Rebecca Winch, Fiona Hunter-Craig, Deborah Colman, Susan Hellyar, Vanessa Wright, Tessa Williamson. Also played: Rachel Davies, Caroline Simpson, Abigail Willis, Victoria Kaye, Frances Duthie, Celia Taylo r. R ESULTS

1st VII v Benenden. Won 14-4 v Queen Elizabeth's, Faversham. Won 12-3 v Dover College. Won 15-4 v Sevenoaks. Lost 5-8 v Wye College. Won 7-6 156

21/d Vll v Benenden. Won 13-6 v Dover College. Lost 9- 11

v Sevenoaks. Lost 3-9

SQUASH The Lent tenn has s ~own tre mend~ms progress with well-co~tested matches against Cranleigh and Sevenoaks. Particularly exciting was the Cran.lelgh match, ~vhlch was only lost by to-8 In the final game of the deciding rubber. Dover was a very good win in terms oftechn~que a~d tactics and we also beat Kent College. A great deal of credit for a reliable and enthusiastic team must go to our captain Claire Dussek. J.A.W. Team: Claire Dussek (Capt.), CatherineConybeare, Kate Hunter, Alison Rowe, Amanda Hope-Mason, Caroline Simpson. Also p layed: Sharon Gordon, Ezim Eneli , Joanna H ulburd. ColOllrs were awarded /0: Claire Dussek, Kate Hunter, Alison Rowe. RESULTS

v Cranleigh. Lost 2-3

v Kent College. Won 4-1 v Simon Langton. Lost 0-5

v Sevenoaks. Lost 1-4

v Dover College. Won 4- 1

SALVETE-JANUARY, 1984 L. P. M. Bedford, C. G. Calthrop,.W. J. Cutter, J. R. Davies,J. M. E lam, M. D. S. Forbes, S. M. Fredricks, A. P. N. Fullman, J. D. Gregory, J . R. A. Harland ~a'rweather, J. P. Hay, O. J . F. ~ackson, W. J. Johnstone, T. R. E. Kitch in, M. Kosterling, J. J. Luml.ey,J. W. Mennell, T. Mitchell, A. J. Moubray-Jankowskl, P. A. Norris, D. A. Phillips,J. M. Rowsell, C. D. L. Smith, M. D. Smith, P. O. A. T homas, C. W. A. Vavasour, J. R. Watson.

VALETE-JULY, 1983 DOOTH-CLIBBORN, P. E. 57 Hartism er~ Road, London, S. W.6; Sussex House; Sept. '79; LlSH ; Music Scholarship; C~am ber and .Sym.phony Orchestras; P,rates of Penzance; Rugby 2nd XV; Football (Cols.); hopes to read Economic History at Umverslty. SARKAR, A. 54 So ut~field.s, London, N.W.4j J.K.S.: Sept. 79; L/W; House Monitor; Hockey 2nd XI; Cricket 2nd XI' hopes to go to Sussex Umverslty. ' SM ITH, G, S. I Springfi.cld Ave~ue, Tellt~rdenj Holmewood House; .Sept. '79; L/SH; Bookbi nding Society; Caxton Society; Sq~ash Team Captain ; Tenms; Badmmton ; Hockey 1st XI; Ten ms and Squash 1st Cols.; Badminton Minor Sports Cols.· Cricket 2nd XI. '

VALETE-DECEMBER, 1983 BARRON, A. MeG. F?rd Motor de y enezuela, Apartado 354, Valencia, Venezuela; J.K.S. ; Sept. '79; L/LN; Exhibition; Honorary ~cholarsh lp ; House MO!'ltor; SecretaryofK~ng's Week; Choir; Classics ~Iay; Swimming Team (1 st Cols.); Water PO.lo.Team, Rugby 2nd ~V Captam (2nd Cols.); Tenms 2nd VI; Judo Club; AthletlcsTeam; Scho larship to read History at Trlllity College, Cambndge. BRADFOR~H, S. E. Dorni~ Croft , Blackhal~ Lane.' Sevenoaks, Kent; Bickley Park; Sept. '79; GR; King's Scholarship; Senior Scholarship; House MOllltor; PI~oto~raph,cSoclcty; Harvey Society; Secretary of King's Week ; Head Scholar; Ring Round the Mo~m (Stage Manager); S'Ylmmmg Team ; Rugby 5th XV; Sailing Club; Parker Exhibit ion to Corpus Christi College Cambndge to read Natural SCiences. '

DALTON, D.J. N. Faf":l Cottage, Cath~rington, Hampshire; Brambletye; September '79; L/ GL; King's Scholarship; Senior H?n~rary Schol~rsh'p; House Momtor; Th e Downgoillg of Orpheus Hawkins; Hockey 3rd .XI; to read Medicine at Blrmmgham Umverslty. DARKO, R. A. K. 33 ! he Va l.e, G.olders G reen, Lond?n, N.W.I I; ~olme~ood House; Sept. ' 79; GR; Head of House; Secretary of The Mmt Club, Editor of The Cal/tuanan; appeared m vanous school productions; Athletics (1st COls.)· Rugby 3rd XV; to read Law at K. C. L. ' DAVIS, S. ~. East Heath, Stream L.ane, Hawkhurst.. Kent; Marlborough House; Sept. '79; L/ LN; Hono rary King's Scholar~hlp~ Lattergate,H?use Mo~'tor ; House Mon itor; C.C.F. (Army) Lance Corporal; appeared in Junior Plays; Rugby 3rd XV, Cncket Colts B ; Canoemg Club; Squash Club; Tenms Club; to read Japanese at Trinity College, Oxford. 157

DEESON , M. de P. Ewell Farmhouse. G raveney Road, Faversham; Dulwich College Preparatory School; Sept. '78; MR/ MT' Talkien Society; Tenterden Society; to read Theology at Girton College, Cambridge. ' DENMAN, R. E. The Mill House, Way, NT. M inster, Ramsgate; St. Lawrence College; Sept. '78; MR/ MT; House Monitor' Head of House; School Monitor; Marlowe Writing Circle; Rugby 1st XV (Cols.); Hockey Colts 'A'; Cricket Colts 'A': Haymakers; Sixth Form Geography Prize '82; to Hampshire Agricultural College. • DE SAAB, ,Diane M. A. Wayb?rough Manor, Way. Minster, Kent; Kent Coll ~ge; Sept. '81; GL; School and Girls' Qloirs; The AlchemISt; Romeo and lube,; Hockey Team; Netball Team; to read English and German Law at King's College, London. DE WAAL. T. P. L. The Deanery, Canterbury; J.K.S.; September '79; MR / MT ; King's Scho larship; Senior Scholarship' ' Ed itor of Th e Canlllarian; Scholarship to read Russian and Greek at Balliol College, Oxford. DIXON-CLARKE, P.J. 30Hither Chantlers,Langton G reen, Tunbridge Wells; Holmewood House; J .K.S.; Sept. '78; L/SR House Monitor; Vice Head of House; CC.F. (Army) Corporal; Stage Bui ldcrfor PiratesofPell1.ance, Oklahoma!, Tria/by Jury, Treasure Island; Hockey; Rowing; Rugby; to read History at Reading.

FERGUSON, Julia. 1m Diepenta124,4000 Dusseldorf 13, West Germany; Rocdean; Sept. '8 1; W; House Play; G irls' Squash Team Captain; School Tennis Team; to read Japanese at S.O.A.S. FORSTER,J. W. H. clo Shell Kosan K. K. , CPO Box 1239, Tokyo, Japan; Holmewood House; Sept. '82; GR; CCF. (Army)' Band; Cho ir; to take International Baccalaureate in Tokyo. ' FREEMAN, T. R. W. 216 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey; Westminster Under School; Sept. '78; L/SH; Honorary King's Scholarship; House Monitor; Head of Canterbury Parliament ; Secretary and Head of King's Parliament ; appeared in various school productions; to read T heology at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. GRIFFITHS, Bryony L. M. PentreMawr, Llanrhystyd, Dyfed, Wales; Polam Hall, Darlington; Sept. '82; Secretary of Marlowe Society; Editor of '/1le Canfllarian ; minor roles in school plays; Hockey Team; Exhibition to read English and Law at SI. John's College, Cambridge. HADLAND, Lucy S. 5 Waldegrave Gardens, Upminster, Essex; City of London School for G irls; Sept. '82; GL; Music Scholarship; String, Chamber and Symphony Orchestras; Crypt, School and Chamber Choirs; Secretary of School Choir; Leader of 2nd School Orchestra; Pirates of Pe1l1.allCe, Oklahoma!, Sweeney Todd; to read Music at Selwyn College, Cambridge. HORN , A. D. Westcote, Hebers G hyll Drive, llkley, West Yorkshire; Christ Church Cathedral School; Sept. '79; L/S H; Music Scholarship; General Exhibit ion; House Monitor; Head of House; Monitor for Music; Head Sacristan; Symphony Orchestra, Principal Oboist, Librarian; Wind Band ; Wind Quintet; Chamber Orchestra, Principal Oboist, Librarian; School, Chamber and Crypt Choirs; House Concerts; Trial by Jury; to read Music at St. Peter's College, Oxford. HUBERT, F. Le Plessis, Santenay, 41 190 Herbault, France; Notre Dame des Aydes, Blois, France; Sept. '83; LX. IRELAND, W. J. The Bell House, Boughton Malherbe, Nr. Lenham, Maidstone; Du lwich College Preparatory School; Sept. '78; MR / MT ; Ho use Monitor; Photographic Society; The Caflluari(Ul Photographer; Cricket Colts 'A'; Rugby 2nd XV; to read Engineering at St. Anne's College, Oxford. JONES, B. G. Street Acre, St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Birchington, Kent; J.K. S.; Sept. '79; MR / MT; King's Scholarship; Music Scholarship; Senior King's Scholarship; co- Leader of Sympho ny and Chamber Orchestras; Band; Leader and Secretary of 2nd Orchestra; Beggar's Opera, Pirates of Pen1.ance, Oklahoma!; Scholarship to read Japanese at New College, Oxford. JONES, P. R. Swallows, Ox Lane, SI. Michaels, Tenterden, Kent ; Holmewood Ho use; Sept. '79; W; King's Scholarship; House Monitor; King's School Parliament; Debating Society; Chess Club; to SI. Jo hn's College, Cambridge. KENNEDY, A. 1-1. 26 Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent ; J.K.S.; Sept. '79; MT; King's Scholarship; House Mo nitor; Rugby 3rd XV; to read Engineering at Magdalen College, Oxford. LONSDALE, Sarah J. 284 Hills Road, Cambridge; Perse School, Cambridge; Sept. '8 1; GR; Ho norary Scholarship ; General Studies Prize; appeared in various school plays; Swimmi ng Team (Co ls.); to read Modern Languages at St. John's College, Cambridge. MeFIE, P. A. C. Sheepland, 44 Detillens Lane, Limpsfield , Oxted, Surrey; Hazelwood; Sept. '78; LN; King's Scholarship; House Monitor; Chess Club; Cho ir; League Sports; ho pes to read Economics at Bristol or Durham. MARSHALL, Joanna T. c/o L'Ambassade de Singapour, J 2 Square de l'avenue Foch , Paris 75016; English School of Paris; Sept. '8 1; LN ; Honorary King's Scholarship; Choral Scholarship; Tenterden Debating Society; Chamber and Crypt Choirs; Pirates of Pel/zance; Exhibition to Downing College, Cambridge to read English. MOLYNEUX, J. D. The Old Vicarage, High Street, Sevenoaks; Hoimewood Ho us.e; Sept. '78; L/SH; Hono rary King's Scholarship; Ho use Monitor ; Judo Club Captain; Canoe Club Committee member (Minor Sports Cols. ); Rugby 5th XV Captain ; Rugby 4th XV; to read Engineering at EKeter University. MORLEY, Candida E. The Manor House, Priston , Near Bath, Avon; Sherborne School for Girls; Sept. '8 1; GL; Honorary Senio r Scholarship; House Monitor; School Monitor; Editorof The Camuarian; Girls' Choir; to read Law at Christ Church Oxford.

158 (Above) AND ALL BECAUSE THE LADY LOVES .•. SELF-DEFENCE (Dominic Steams) (Below) KING'S VERSUS THE IRISH NATIONAL JUNIOR FENCING TEAM (Patrick T"w)

NORTON. C. J. R. 1 Dunslall Road, Wimbledon, London; Wimbledon Chase Middle School; Sept. '78; L/DR; House Monitor; Head of House; School Monitor; C.C.F. (RAF) Cdt. W / O; Catering Com mittee; Arse"icofld Old Lace, Hotel Paradiso; Tennis Team Capt. (1st Cols.); Shooting Team; Football 2nd Xl; Rugby 3rd XV Capt.; Rugby 1st XV; to read Geology at Bristol. NORTON, Mikaela Y. 21 Hamilton Road, Malvcrn3 144, Victoria,Australia; Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School; Sept. '82; GL; Honorary Senior Scholarship; Choir; Girls' Choir; Band; House Play; Swimming Team (Cols.); Judo Club ; Hockey Team; Netball Team; Tenn isTcam; Boat Club; Squash Club ; to read Medicine at Un iversity College. Oxford. OGBURN, T. C. Ringrose, Shalesbrooke, Forest Row, Sussex; Copthorne School; Sept. '79; MO; C.C.F.; Athletics (2nd Cols.); Shooting Club (Minor Cols.); Rugby 2n..d XV .. PAINE, S. J. Beechfield, Yealand Conyers, Nr. Milnthorpe, Lanes.; J.K.S. ; Sept. '79; LN; 3rd King's Scholar; Head of House; Vice Hcad of School; Founder member of Cookery Club; 2nd Orchestra; Classics Play; Tennis 2nd VI Captain ; Rowing 2nd VIII ; to read Law at Downi ng College, Cambridge. PARDOE, J. D. D . Quccnwood House, O ucrshaw, Surrey; St. Andrew's School; Sept. '78; MO; House Monito r; Head of House; Secretary of Photographic Society; Weevil, Tell Times Table, Curse of the Werewolf; to read P.P.E. at Magdalen College, Oxford. PARTINGTON, Justine C. 69 Chelten ham St reet, Malvern, Adelaide 5061, Austra lia; Seymour College, Adelaide; Sept. '83; GR; School Choir; to continue studying at Seymour College. PEARS, C. T. Woodlands, Palmers Cross Hill, Upper Harbledown, Canterbury; St. John's Colle~e, Johannesburg, South Africa; Sept. '80; Head of lattergate; Head of Luxmoore; Captain of School; Rugby 1st XV (1st Cols.); to Worcester College, Oxford. PHILLIPS, T. M. The Old Vicarage, Chiswick Mall, London, W4; Hill House International Preparatory School; Sept. '78; LI MO; Music Scholarship; House Monitor; Walpole Society; New Music Society ; Symphony, Chamber, Concert and Training Orchestras; Band; Jazz Club; School, Chamber and Crypt Choirs; Madrigal Society; G lee Club; Male Voice Choir; appeared in various School productions; hopes to study Music at University. RAUZ, Q. U. A. 13 Brunswick Gardens, Dover, Kent; Northbourne Park; Sept. '78; MR; Honorary King's Scholarship; House Monitor; Editor of Fore; Vice-Captain of Fencing (Cols.); Foil, Epee, Sabre 1st Teams; to read Engineeri ng at Southampton U niversity. SINCLAIR-WEBB, Emma C. 19 Ryder's Avenue, Westgate-an-Sea, Kent; Ursuli ne Convent; Sept. '8 1; MO; Member of Bickersteth T rio; Art work exhibited in Chapler House art Exhibit ions King's Week; Exhibit ion to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge to read E nglish. STACE, W. H. The G lebe, Friars Hill, Guestling, Nr. Hastings, Sussex; Milbourne Lodge; Sept. '79; MO; King's Scho larship; House Monitor; Pater Society Secretary; Pirates of Pellzallce, Tell Times Table, The Alchem ist; to read English at Jesus College, Cambridge. TAYLOR, R. W. 53 St. Dunstan 's Street, Canterbu ry, Kent; J .K.S.; Sept. '79; MR / MT; Ki ng's Scholarship; Tenterden Society; 1st Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra; Jazz Club; Scholarship to read P.P.E. at Hertford College, Oxford. THAM, S. W. 14 Lorong Can ning, Canning Garden, lpoh, Perak, W. Malaysia; St. Thomas's Secondary School, Kuantan; Sept. '78; T; Honorary King's Scholarship ; Honorary Senior Scholarship; Head of House; Chess Club; Harvey Society; Sympho ny, Concert and 2nd Trai ning Orchestras; Fencing Capt. (Cols.); Exhibition to read Medical Sciences at Pembroke College, Cambridge. UN WIN, Felicity J. Moat Cottage, Blean, Nr. Canterbu ry, Kent ; U rsuline Convent; Sept. '8 1; SH; Choral Scholarship; General Exhibition; House Monitor; School Monitor; School, Girls' and Chamber Choirs; Writing Circle; Secretary of Gi rls' Choir; Pirates of Peflzaflce, Oklahoma!; Hockey Team (Cols.) ; Tennis Capt. (1 st Cols.); hopes to read English and Education at Homerton College, Cambridge. VEITCH, J. Q. 18 Stour Court, Stou r Street, Canterbury; J.K.S.; Sept. '79; GR; House Monitor; Photographic Society; The Camuarian Photographer; Rugby 1st XV; Colts Capt.; Sailing Club; Squash Team Under-14; to read Mining Engineering at Imperial College, London. WILKINSON , Teresa M. Beacon House, Meonstoke, Hampshire; Wycombe Abbey; Sept. '8 1; W; School Monitor; School, Girls' and Chamber Choirs; Madrigal Society; Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma!; to read History at Brasenose College, Oxford. WILSH IN, C. 11 St. Catherine's Cross, Bletchingley, Surrey; Ashdown House; Sept. '79; W; Chess Team Capt.; to read Russian and F rench at Manchester. WILSON, G. S. 2 King Street, Dover, Kent ; J.K.S.; Sept. '79; L/LN; King's Scholarship; Senior King's Scholarship; House Monitor; Editor of The Camuariafl; to Ballio l College, Oxford. YULE, A. T. Redens, Q uarry Road, Oxted, Su rrey; Hazelwood; Sept. '79; L/SH ; King's Scholarship; Senior King's Scholarship; House Monitor; Bookbinding Society; Caxton Society; J.C.R.; Chess Club; Scholarship to read Natura l Sciences at Down ing College, Cambridge.

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159 (Above) MR. NICHOLAS GLEED (Nicholas Baker) (Left) DECCATHLON: AFTER THE GRUELLING 10,000 METRES EACH COMPETITOR CONDUCTED HIS HOUSE CHOIR (Emma Risley) (/light) COPIES OF THE MINT YARD GATES GOING INTO PLACE. THE ORIGINALS WILL BE REHUNG IN THE GREEN COURT GATE (Emma Risley)

VALE NICHOLAS GLEED It is strange to think that a mere eleven terms have passed since Nick Gleed joined the Common Room as one of the large and distinguished 1980 intake, for he has become such an essential member of the community and has achieved so much during his time here. A former organ scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was appointed principally as choir-master and teacher of academic music. T hose fortunate enough to study ' A' Level Music in his care will need no reminding of his vast knowledge and understanding of the musical repertoire, his skill at counterpoint and harmony and the effective and enthusiastic way in which he imparts such knowledge and skills to his pupils. To learn with him is to become not only knowledgeable but also critically appreciative of a wide variety of musical genres. It is as choir-master that Nick brought his skills before a wider audience, and what an impact he has made! If he was daunted at finding himself in a school with such a musical reputation as King's, he did not show it. Soon after his arrival the choir was reduced to a more manageable size, renamed the Chamber Choir, and was already building up an exciting repertoire of new anthems to add to the wellestablished ones. But even if Nick may have enjoyed sensing the eyebrows rise atoneor two of his more daring ventures, the latter have never been merely for effect; they have been designed as an exciting and uplifting experience to be shared by the choir and the congregation alike. The marvellous performance of Allegri's Miserere at the final Matins of this term was a fine illustration of this. How has he achieved such a staggeringly high standard? As one privileged to sing under his baton for three years in the larger School Choir, I am beginning to have some idea. First and foremost, Nick insists on an intelligent approach to singing, so that while concentrating on every detail of phrasing, diction and dynamics, one never loses sight of the meaning and atmosphere of any particular piece. Choir practices under N.E.G. are never dull: for one thing, his conducting is full of enthusiasm and vitality; for another, anything short of perfection of blend, tone or technique, the slightest lapse of sensitivity or concentration are arrested by explosions of rage, despair or biting sarcasm. By rights, all his choirs should have abandoned him after the first two rehearsals, unable to withstand the barrage of what has been called 'destructive criticism'. But back they come for more and the standard rises inexorably. 'Singing in this choir is a preparation for Life', is another quip I seem to remember; lighthearted it may have been, but I can think of few other activities which induce so much self-discipline and self-criticism and yet which are so richly rewarding. A glimpse of these rewards, at least, has been the good fortune of the wider group who have been persuaded, cajoled and even summoned (by the Dreaded Letter) to take part in the School Choir (exChoral Society) which has also flourished under his care. In thIS way, less professional singers have been able to enjoy the thrill of sin~ing in the Cathedral at a performance of such varied works as The Dream of Gerontius or Patterson s Canterbury Psalms. Many others also will miss Nick's friendship and guidance: his colleagues, musical and otherwise; his tutees in Lattergate who have benefited from his sympathy and understanding; and a whole host of musicians, from the elevated to the humble, whose offerings have been transformed by his skill and sensitivity as an accompanist on the piano or the harpsichord. Indeed, one can regret not having heard more of him as a performer in his own right, both in these instruments and on the organ at which he excels. Durham School are to be congratulated on their choice for their new Director of Music, for Nick's wide-ranging talents will be used to the full there. He leaves with our thanks and our warmest wishes. S.W.W.

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THE SCHOOL Capta in of School: R. A. Hills Vice-Captain of School: S. R. Lerche SCHOOL M ONITORS

S. C. Hodgson, M. G. Justice, D . B. Ridgwell, R. H . Briggs, Annajane B. Marlar, c.s., R. J. L. Philpott, K.S., M. A. Mortlock, P. D. Miller, C.S., S. J. S. Lark, D. M. Cantor, A. H. Mostafid, Rachel S. S. Davies, M.S" P. Mondadori. HOUSE MONITORS

School House: The Grange: Walpole: Meister Omers: Marlowe:

Luxmoore: Galpin's:

Linacre: Broughton: Tradescant: Mitchinson 's: Lattergate:

S. J. S. Lark, W. H. A. Scoones, D. J. Riggs, M.S., S. R. J. Williamson, M.S., R. H. Taylor, Annajane B. Marlar, c.s.. S. W. P. Webb, K.S. R. H. Briggs, J. E. S. Weston, J. L. H. Bartlett, R. L. Smith, J. B. Shorten, M.S. R. J. L. Philpott, K.S., M. J. Pocock, P. W. Walters, J. R. E. Wrench, M.S .. M. G. Justice, A. C. Shaw, S. M. A . Vavasour, C. M. Clouston, N. E. Frappell, J. N. W. Smart, N. J. Wakefield. M. A. Mortlock, Rachel S. S. Davies, M.S., T. M. Kelly, K.S., D. Malyon, R. A. Shirley. A. H. Mostafid, T. Q. Alleyne-Gee, N. J. A. Gregory, P. Taphouse, A. D. Tewungwa, M. F. McCullough, G. N. J. Seymour, F. T. L. Phang. P. D. Miller, c.s., R. A. Hills, A. St. J. Reavill, T. J. Brook,J. F. Oyler, C. F. Fenucci, T. R. J. Lewin, M. C. Clarke, M.S. D. M. Cantor, J. D. Lam, S. A. J. Taylor, K.S., D. C. Crompton, Francesca A- M. Watts. D. B. Ridgwell, S. R. Lerche, J. W. McK. Newall, M. W. Norton, R. W. G. Oliver, J. A. Tees, M. E . A. Wilson. P. Mondadori, A. D. Cockman, B. R. D. Cohen, AR.C.O .â&#x20AC;˘ c.s., J. C. Hamlin, S. O . Hancock, K.S., D. C. Hepburn, P. J . R. Kerry, A. J. Musson, M.S., C. P. H. Sturt, M.S. S. C. Hodgson, Alison J . Rowe, N. J. Strange, A. G. Crawley, Mary E. F. de Sausmarez, M. I. S. Griggs. ; R. E. Strivens, KS. M.S. (GL), J. D. Bagshaw (B), M. Edwards (B), A. J. Evans-Pughe, M.S. (LN), P. E. H. Paines (B). CA PTAI NS OF SPORT

Boats Cricket Rugby Football Sculling S wimming Athletics Cross-Country Fencing Badminton Hockey

Soccer S. W. P. Webb R. W. G . Oliver Basketball S. C. Hodgson Golf N. J. Strange Squash Rackets Tennis A. C. Shaw R. H. Briggs Chess Girls' Squash D. C. Crompton M. A. MortIock Girls' Hockey M. C. J. McMurrugh Netball J. E. S. Weston Head of Corps: J. L. H. Bartlett Monitor for Music: D. J. M. Garrett, M.S. Head Sacristan: A. D. Cockman 16 1

R. H. Briggs R. A. Williams S. R. Lerche G. L. G. Evison J. B. Shorten I. Linhart Claire F. Dussek Francesca A -M. Watts Claire F. Dussek

C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION O ne of the most pleasing features of the term has been the strength of the post-APe specialist sections. The Commandos remained stable with t 2 members whereas the Signa ls went up to 4 and the RE ME to 6. T hese are reasonable numbers to provide instruction cadres in each casco

At the moment the Signals are suffering from the fac t that the Army-issued equ ipment is almost completely unserviceable and unrepairable, but we arc looking forward to

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promised delivery of Clansmen.

The REME have been luckier. The Land Rover, which was put in working order last term, has now been stripped right down and colour coded for teaching purposes, and has now a palatial home after the Army paid fo r an up and over doar lo allow it t~ drive into the REME shed . This makes it possible to work o n it in wet weather. Many thanks to Sgt Swain for his dedication and inventiveness. T he Commandos have used the U niversity climbing wall twice this term, in preparation for an excursion to Bowles Rocks next term. The quarry at Nackington has been re~ discovered , to give valuable abseilling and rescue practice. T he main project next term will be bridge building, for which we are getting o ur own pulleys, stakes and A frame poles again . O n the night of the 29th February/ 1st March the Commandos acted as enemy fo r the A PC s9uad 's night exercise test and provided a useful 'objective danger' for them. T hen the section went on to carry out its own mght exercise, a competitive hunt fo r messages in bottles, and ended up camping (defying fl ying golf balls) at the Warren. Field Day was spent practising on the dry ski-slope in Folkestone. The night exercise mentioned above was the culmination of the A PC squad's fieldcraft and self~relian ce training. T his had consisted of practising patro lling, navigation , signals, putting up base camps and the other necessary skills, and q uite a high standard had been achieved . Darkness, however, added a new dimension. The squad was d ivided into 2 sections of8, which then provided two four ~ ma n patrols: these went o ut separately to reconnoitre a large area of down and woodland. This part of the exercise was carried out very well. The base camps themselves, however, left a lot to bedesired, and the Commandos homed in o n conversations, and torches fl ashing around in search of sweets at 2 in the morning! Despite their tiredness the APC squad went on to take other clements of the fieldcraft test the following d ay, and they arc to be comme nded on the way in which they carried out wood-clearing, ambush drill and section attacks. T hey have now passed their APe tests and will be choosing their specialist sections next term. T he recruits proved a keen Jot, a nd we expect a grcat deal of them. I would like to commend all the NCOs~a nd especially CSM Bartlett, and C/Sgt Wilson for their leadership. We arc sending one NCO , Sgt Linney, on the UKLF Cadet Leadership Course in the ho lidays, and we hope he will find it as valuable as his predecessors. Cpl Gambini was promoted to Sgt at the end of term. I would like to thank RSM Booth for his work this leon, and take this opportunity formally to wish him a long and rewarding time at King's. M.l.V.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION A term of better weather and more fl ying. Most of the section have fl own at least o nce at Manston j we are most grateful to Sqn Ldr Brown and his pilots. It is strange to imagine a new CO of I AEF after Sqn Ldr Browll. Cadets' knees still knock when they fi rst walk past his office, praying that they pass the ' hair test'j it's good to hear on the grapevine that he may still be fl ying cadets for a while longer. Apart from fl ying, the emphasis has been o n initiative exercises, taking full advantage of the good weather. O n several occasions Scotland Hills has been the venue fo r vario us skirmishes: o ne remembers Sole's soiled jacket; Attwood 's speed in guerilla tactics; G uy's accuracy with a can of paint, and the exercise involving the carrying of a seriousl y~wo un ded man to safety. My only hope is that I am never found by a King's RAF contingent in a badly-wounded state; death would be a release from such a predicament. The result of all this frenzied act ivity was that the cadets were somewhat underÂˇprepared , formally, fo r their profic iency exams. Some franti c last ~ minut e revision and gargantuan efforts by Fit Sgt Clewer should, however, have done the trick. Weare also grateful to MJ.H. for his ' Meteorology Explained in an Hour' course! Five cadets attended an NCO cadre course organised by the Army Cadet T raining Team. We await the results with interest! It would be wrong, however, to leave the impression that all is perfect in thesectiom With 36 cadets and o nly one officer it is difficult to arrange a programme which trains, stimulates and pleases everyone. I find it difficult to ask cadets to attend classroom lectures after a morning in the classroom ; in a boarding school it is genuinely difficult for NCOs to fin d the extra hours to organise exercises when they also represent sports sides and have heavy academic demands. However, at the same time, there are cadets in the sectio n who have the discipline, patience and genuine love of aircraft and fl ying to take the rough with the smooth . Interestingly, at the mo ment a sixt h of the section's number is being processed for an RAF career. Finally, my thanks to FIt Lt Robinson, o ur liaison offi cer, and to Fit Sgt Clewer, who, in his qu iet but confident way, is a very real support to the section. B.l.D. 162

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION The Lent term te.nds t.o be .rat~er quiet d ue to the weat her, but we have managed a few active afternoons. M.R.G.P. took a group up t9 t.h.e Umver.slty chmbmg w.all, an~ P. W.p. took some cadets down to FQJI(~tone to the dry ski slope. Ot her more normal actiVit ies have mcluded shootmg, onenteermg and the Assault course on Scotland Hills. For Field Day \~e we~t down to.P~rtsmouth and stayed overnight on H.M.S. Rame Head. The fo llowing day one group went

to the Royal Na,vr s hehcop~cr trammgschool.where we had an excellent morn ing looking around the establishment, and in the

aft~rnoon we VISited the Air Sea Rescue .statton, at L~e~on-Solent. We were lucky enough to be winched up 50 feet into a h~l.iCopter and flow~ arou nd the Isle of Wight for 15 mmutes. T he other group had a tour of Portsmouth dockyards including a VISit to the Submanne M useum.

~ext term s.hould be more lively with visits to the NATO exercises in the Channel, Air day- where again we should get some f1Ylllg- and Field Day at Royal A rthur. RW.T.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AWARDS AND PLACES, 1983 BARRON, A. MeG. BRADFORTH, S. E. DE WAAL, T. P. L. GRIFFITHS, BRYONY JONES, B. G. MARSH ALL, JOANNA SINCLAIR-WEBB, EMMA TAYLOR, R W. THAM,S. W. WILLIAMSON, S. R J. YULE, A. T.

Open SCholarship in History, Trinity College, Cambridge. Open (Parker) Exhibition in Natural Sciences Corpus Christi College Cambridge. ' , Open Scholarshi p in Russian and Classics, Balliol College, Oxford. Open Exhibition in English, St. John's College, Cambridge. Open Scholarship in Modern Languages, New College, Oxford. Open Exhibition in English, Downing College, Cambridge. Parker . Exhibition (Closed) in English, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Open Schol~rsh ip in Politics and Latin, Hertford College, Oxford. Open Exhibition in Natura l Sciences, Pembroke College, Cambridge. Organ Scholarship, Hertford College, Oxford. Open Scholarship in Natura l Sciences, Downing College, Cambridge.

OXFORD DAILEY, PRUDENCE DAVIS,S. L. HOR N,A. D. IRELAN D, W. J. KENNEDY, A. H. MOR LEY, CAND IDA NORTON, MIKAELA PARDOE, J. PEARS, C. T. WILKINSON, TERESA WI LSON, G. S. J .

Merton College Trinity College St. Peter's College St. Anne's College Magdalen College Christ Church University College Magdalen College Worcester College Brasenose College Balliol College

Natural Science French and German (Awarded Ford Scholarship) Music Natural Science Natural Science English Mathematics/Physics Modern Studies History History/Latin English

G irton College E mmanuel College Selwyn College St. John's College St. John's College Downing College Jesus College

Theology Theology Music History French/English French/Latin English

CAMBRIDGE DEESON, M. de P. F~EE M AN, T.

HADLAND, LUCY JONES, P. R LONSDALE, SARAH PAINE,S. J. STACE, W. H .

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O.K.S. NEWS The Rcvd. Canon D. Ingram Hill, M.A., D.O. (1931), Governor Emeritus of the School, received the Freedom of the City of Canterbury on 14th October, 1983. P. N. P. Joyce ( 1940) has kindly sent the Hon. Secretary a newspaper cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald showing Harrisford House, the first home ofThc King's School, Parramatta. He remembers a tou ring XV from O Uf namesake in Parramatta playing the School circa 1936 or 1937, and win ning. D. L. Delahay-Jones (1947) was elected Master of the Cantuarian Lodge in succession to Keith Lewis. E. K. Lewis, F.e.A. (1949) immediate Past Master of the Cantuarian Lodge continues to travel extensively for his employers and has recently subm itted lyrics to Ronnie Barker who said ') really do think they're funny and clever. Keep writing'.' Dr. D. H. Elliott, O.B.E. (1951), Chief Med ical Officer of Shell U.K., having recent ly been awarded an honorary Fellowshipof TIlC Royal College of Physicians (Scotland) has been appointed an honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. He is the nation's leadmg expert on the medica l problems of deep sea d iving. C. R. A labaster, B.Sc. (1 956) has recently been appointed marketing d irector for the N.C.R. Corporation in Bahrain, and offers accommodation to any O.K.S. who may be in that area. Dr. A. R. Farrar ( 1975) is working for the Royal Society fo r the Protection of Birds, having gai ned his Ph.D. in Animal Physiology and Nutntion. D. I. Gower (1975) was recently marooned on Roy Plumley's Desert Island. A. C. R. Wilkinson, M.R.C.V.S. (1976) is now in Edinburgh doing an M.Sc. course prior to working on tropical agricultural dcvelopment projects. G. O. Evans (1978) has been made an Honorary Scholar of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, where he has gained lst Class Honours in Japanese. R. L. Rose (1980) is working in the Continental Department of James Capel & Co., City Stockbrokers, having left Reading Un iversity after the first year o f reading Agricultural Economics. Helen Duvy (1982) is now reading Biology at Goldsmith's College, London University.

ENGAGEMENTS Rcid-Odgcrs.-F. H. M. Reid (1977) to Miss Mary Odgers.

MARRIAGES Rcacllcr-Hubcr.-M. H. Reacher, F.R.C.S. (197 1), to D r. Mary Jean Elizabeth Huber, o n 19th June, 1983.

DEATHS Abbott.-Sir Myles John Abbott (1923), fo rmerly Chief Justice of Bermuda, on 12th January, 1984, aged 77. Barnctt.-Brigadier Cecil H ugh Barnett, M.A., A.M. I. CE. (1925), on 25th December, 1983, aged 76. A llan.-James G ilchrist A llan (1947), aged 54. H udson.-Dr. John White Hudson, M.B., D.P.M., M.R.C.Psych. (1967),on 19th February, 1984, in a swimming accident, in New Zealand.

CANTUARIAN LODGE No. 5733 (The King's School, Canterbury, Masonic Lodge) We congratulate Sir David Murray, H.M. Ambassador to Sweden, on his recent Kn ighthood and offer our best wishes to him and to Lady Murray. We also congrat ulate Lewis Ray and Joh n Lock on recently receiving London Masonic Honours. In the last few months we have been saddened to learn of the deaths of two of our most senior members, John Linnell and Freddie Tomkins. They had been contempories at King's in the second decade of the century. John was one of the fou nders of the Lodge in 1938 while Freddie joined more than thirty years ago. We offer our sympathies to their fam ilies. Both Laurence Kenny and Jim Shaw are recovering after major operations and we wish them continued improvements. By the time this Note appears a Ladies' Reception will have been held, on 30th March, in conjunction with O ld Lawrentian Lodge and Old Dovorian Lodge, at the Officers' Mess, Inns of Court Regiment, Lincoln's Inn , Membership of the Lodge is open to all those who were educated at the School, their fathers, governors, masters and officers of the School. A nyone interested in Freemasonry and req uiring furt her details is asked to contact the Secretary, David Morgan, of 365 Maidstone Road, G illingham, Kent. PRINTED FOR THE KINO'S SCHOOL, BY THE CANTERBURY PR INTERS LTD., HALL PLACE, HARBLEDOWN, CANTERBURY

THE INTREPIDS (Andrew TUrfier)

BEGGING IN THE CEMETERY, CAIRO (Fred Fel/fled)

THE CANTUARIAN

AUGUST 1984

CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL

165

THIS AND THAT

166

CHAPEL FUND

172

INTERVI EW WITH DAVID GOWER

173

FOCUS

175

CANTUAR IAN INTERVIEWS

179

CAPTION COMPETITIO N

18 1

BOOK REVIEWS

185

HOUSE NOTES

188

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC

197

TALKS

200

III

VISITS

205

IV THE SOCIETIES

208

VALETE

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IMAGINATIV E WRITI NG

215

KING'S WEEK

228

SPEECH DAY

240

IN MEMORIAM

246

THE SCHOOL

247

SPORT

248

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

268

C. C. F. NOTES

269

O . K. S. NEWS

270

CANTUARIAN LODGE

272

THE CANTUAR IAN

Editors: D. M. Andrews, K. S., P. H. McCleery, K.S ., P. D. Miller, c .s., M. 1. Nash, K. S., P. E. H. Paines , Caroline L. Samuels, A. 1. L. Shankland, K. S. Art and Photographic Editors: 1. L. H. Bartlett , Deborah C. Colman, Emma C. Risley, R. E. Strivens, K.S., Sen ior Editor: P. 1. Brodie, M.A.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge wit h thanks the receipt of magazines from the following schools: Aldenham , Amplcfort h, Bradfi eld. Bryanslon, Camp bell , Edinburgh Academy. Felstcd. Gresham's, Holmcwood House, Lancing, Marlborough, R. G. S. Newcast le , St. Lawrence, Sto nyhursl, Tonbridge, Westminster.

THE CANTUARIAN

AUGUST, 1984

VOL. XLVIII NO.3

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EDITORIAL One doesn't have to read the Church Times to realise that 1984 is Christian Heritage Year - there is already much controversy among the Churches about the celebrations for this. Here in the King's School's comfortable surroundings one could say we were smothered by Christian Heritage, for Canterbury is the site of the oldest church in England, St. Martin's, and its Cathedral the scene for Thomas Becket's martyrdom. This school was founded by St. Augustine and even now it has close connections with the Church, although there is no specific denomination. The scholars belong to the Cathedral Foundation, and the governing body is almost half composed of clergymen. While looking back in the past, one must remember that although our heritage is inescapable, we do not have the same creeds and opinions as Anselm, Matthew Parker or even Hewlett Johnson: it would be anachronistic to think that the past commands our lives. Yet there is no harm in distancing ourselves from our secular society and assessing our present social condition. While history shows how men behaved in the past, theology reveals how men thought; and by bringing the two together we can gain a clear picture of the heritage we have been given. From this we can see how we may be able to give: self-interest is an unfortunate feature of this present society. That is not to say that a pursuit of success is wholly wrong, but perhaps we should bear in mind other people, so that our beneficiaries in generations to come may look back on this present age not with anger, but joy - the sort of joy that we are not giving ourselves right now.

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'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' (Richard Sfrive"s)

'Jhis & 'Jhal On 26th April there died at the age of78 Mr. Robert Beloe, C.B.E., sometime Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body. The School was represented at the Service of T hanksgiving for his life by Canon Joseph Robinson, Master of the Temple. On 17th June there died Mr. Frederick Cleary, C.B.E., a notable benefactor of the School. He was aged 79. The funeral service at St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe was taken by the Headmaster, and the School provided a choir under Mr. David Flood. We express our deep sympathy to the two families. Requiescant

Mr. Cleary's name was added to the list of benefactors read out during Commemoration. We were pleased to hear the Lower Master refer correctly to Coryndon Luxmoore despite the usual rather effete misprint of Corydon. N ow it only remains to accord William Heyman his just seniority . The Commemoration Preacher was Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, C.R. whose stern pulpit presence contrasted strongly with the warmth and friendliness of informal conversations afterwards. A summary of the sermon appears elsewhere in this issue.

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Lord FitzWalter and Mr. C.G.A. Paris (SH 1925-30) have retired, and Dame The Governing Mary Warnock has resigned because of the increasing pressure of public Body business. Mr. R. B. Horton (LN 1952-57), managing director of B.P ., has joined. We understand that the present total masculinity of the Governing Body is to be remedied

soon. Mr. Maurice Milner retired at the end of this term after 29 years at King's. The The Common Headmaster gave a dinner for him and Mrs. Milner at St. Augustine's and Room among other farewell occasions mention must be made of the party arranged by O.K.S. fencers after the annual match against the School. Although Mr. Milner now intends to get down properly to the hunt for Buddhistic sculpture - so far it has been mere scratching about - we are very pleased to learn that he will continue his connection with the Fencing Club on a regular basis. Also leaving this term are Mr. Charles Allen, who is going to Sherborne, Mr. Richard Atkins (Bedford), and Mr. John Godwin, who has been appointed Head of Classics at Shrewsbury. Herr Becker returns to Germany, in a deal which will restore Mr. M. G. Davis to King's. We wish them all good fortune. Mr. Stephen Wain de has joined the Common Room, as a Spanish specialist, from Wadham College, Oxford. He tells us that he was 'raised in a monochrome Leicestershire hosiery town, with ANGLO-SAXON impregnated all over me like DANISH on a side of bacon. King's enables me to indulge my love of Spain with its genial anarchy'.

Nine years after she announced that she would postpone her retirement by Mrs. Barbara one year to see the new Headmaster in Mrs. Slimming has decided that it Slimming is probably safe to do so. Since 1968 she has done the work of Headmaster's secretary - and at King's that job's 'profile' is a specification for two or three busy people with complete efficiency and complete humanity. It takes a remarkable person to reconcile these two qualities, and the warmth of the tributes paid to her, including a spontaneous one from the boys and girls, testifies to the appreciation and affection of all at King's for Mrs. Slimming. She will live quite close, in Broad Street, and we hope to see her around often.

When Daddy's We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Butt on the birth on 24th April of Orlando Short With Me Sebastian Isambard Venimore Butt. He Calls Me 2217

Continuing their excellent habit of raising money for charity by exhausting themselves to the point of being quite nice to live with, Lattergate spent twelve hours one May Sunday circling the Green Court. Taking 16 laps each perhaps James Ross was let off one - they completed 100 miles and collected £1150 for the Pilgrims' Hospice from sponsors and passers by. Nothing if not traditional the Press found the feat - yes, 'gruelling'. The Rufiji Leprosy Trust has now, according to its originator Alexander de Waal (MR 1976-80), come about two-thirds of the way to its target figure of £35,000. Alexander estimates that every £10 that is collected enables the disease to be brought under control for one sufferer. The collection at Commemoration was for the benefit of the Trust, to which donations may also be sent at any time cJ 0 the School. Incidentally, Alexander is to be congratulated on finishing his undergraduate studies at Oxford with an 'applauded' First - a rare distinction. 655 Laps

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While the School XI was having one of its most successful seasons the wid world gave David Gower (LN 1970-75) a pretty good send-off as captain e~ England. 'The gol~en boy, cr,icketing s~ion of an anc.ient family, You~ Lochinvar, the most beautiful batsman m England : perhaps It IS good for his so~1 that the Wes~ Indies have .somewhat rutted the path of gl~)fy. Certamly that .essentlal quahty m a leader 'bottom', will have been tested m David; as It would have been m any.one else. captaining th~ present England side. Meanwhile we are very grateful to David for spanng the hme to undergo a Cantuarian interview. We were very pleased to hear from the editor of the Helsinki Cricketer, modestly described by him as 'one of the world's more obscure magazines', that he wished to borrow certain matter from The Cantuarian. Silvester Mazzarella (GR 1950-56) cut his editorial teeth on The Cantuarian so permission was gladly given. Helsinki C.C ., believed to be the most northerly cricket club in the world, included Canterbury in its tour of England this summer, playing a couple of matches in mid-July. We have also been asked to settle all doubts about the England Women's Cricket Team's occupation of The Grange, occasioned by vacillating press reports. Will the~, won't they: they will, on 27th-29th July, when they play New Zealand. Mr. Woodley has let It fall that 'Rachel Heyhoe-Flint has connections .. .' Cricket

Ordination

Your prayers are asked for David Farley (W 1966-71) who was ordained deacon in Wells Cathedral on 1st July. He will begin his ministry at All Saints, Weston, Bath.

In an analysis of fees at boarding schools the Financial Times placed King's at You Gets What 9th place among boys' schools (lOth if all schools are included). Apart from You Pays For the somewhat anomalous case of Millfield, easily the dearest, and the next four or five schools, there is not really a great deal of difference in the fees of the better-known schools. The balance between what the schools must provide and what parents can afford can be struck in essentially one way only. Of course, there are and were wider considerations ... 'From Hatfield Tradescant went on to Lord Wotton at Canterbury, where he put his 'son into King's School, in spite of which he was later said to be clearly uncivilised; then after journeys to Archangel. . .'.

Thirteen years after the first girl appeared at King's (as a pupil), in Marlowe, a girl will be Head of House, again in Marlowe. We congratulate Rachel Davies on her appointment which commences in September. The ability of girls to maintain discipline when in authority is undoubted. Of .the 140-odd Valete forms filled in by Summer Term leavers very few had any entry under the headmg Anythmg else you would like recorded. But one did, and in still quivering block capitals: I WAS FINED ÂŁ1 FOR WALKING ON THE GREEN COURT BY ANNA JANE B. MARLAR. She

On I Ith May Mr. Christopher Jackson, M.E.P., planted a tree on The Grange lawn, as part of a programme designed to make England both more beautiful From Sman Ac~rn~ ,no Great and more conscious of Europe. The tree, a Sorbus 'Wilfred Fox' (S. Aria Majorities Grow x S. Cuspidata), was presented by the organisation Men of the Trees, and matches one already planted nearby. Similar plantings took place at a number of East Kent sites. In the European Elections held a few weeks later Mr. Jackson retained his seat. 168

Overheard in the south quire aisle: 'And this is the tomb of the famous Black Prince.. ' 'Hey, did you say black Prince?' 'Yes, the Black Prince, model of chivalry, ostrich feathers . . .' 'Gee, we should learn from those guys, they had the race problem licked in those days. And in the cloisters: 'poppa, poppa, ain't you gonna photograph the place where Becket was shot?' Travelogues

In our last issue we mentioned that wh!le the early 'museum' assembled by the Tradescants ha~ now received considerable study and acclaim _ it was the first such collechon open to the public - the admittedly smaller collection formed by another 17th century King's Scholar, John Bargrave (K.S. 1623, and thus an almost contemporary at sch,?ol of the younger T~adescant) had yet to be studied. We now learn that such a study. has been It,t progress for some time: a short but very interesting account was published by Dr. David Sturdy m the Canterbury Cathedral Chronicle 1984. Bargrave travelled on the continent and m North Afr.lca (where he spent the great sum of £10,000, including contributions from boys at the. School,. m bUYlt,tg back 162 English slaves) and eventually became a canon of Canterbur~. HIS. hou~e IS now Lmacre. The Bargrave Collection which is kept in the Cathedral Lib~ary IS umque m thls.country, and. perhaps in Europe, for the way in which many of the ongmal wrappers, contamers, and scnbbled notes of documentation have been preserved. John Bargrave

Better off by £1 00 is C:~arlotte Cotto." (GR) ,,:ho won the London Region Post Office Letter Wntmg Compehtlon, plppmg Emma Risley (MT) who got £50 for coming second. The School that bred them got £75 . . Unpaid but published in The Times was Benjamin Finn, continuing the School House tradition p!One~red by Caractacus Down~s. Th~ subject was the buoyancy of lead balloons. Equally TlmeS!~h was a letter from Patnck Leigh Fermor (GR 1929-31) on the vocabulary of polo in ByzantIUm under the ComneD!. So good.a writ~r is Mr. Leigh Fe~mor (his A Time of Gifts is a treat not to be mlss~d) that the etym.olo.glcal trail from Central ASia to the chicane of a modern dirt-track had for thiS reader the gnppmg power of aniseed for a bloodhound. .Descendit,tg to The Daily Telegraph, but using her mother's writing paper so that she was billed as Pnnclpal, Royal Soldiers Daught~rs: School, Bryony Griffiths (SH 1982-83) sprang to the. defence of a Dr. Rowse gUIlty of pubhshmg SIX Shakespeare plays in modernised versions. The gist of her letter was that she had known people who would have found them more intelligible than the real thmg. Postbags

Rowing And King's wa~ w,:ll represen~ed ~t the World Junior Rowing Championships held Athletics And at Jonkopmg m Sweden m mid-July. Britain's Coxed Four consisted of Simon Tennis Webb (SH) and Mark Norton (B) together with two boys from Ealing Green . High School a.n~ a cox from Hampton. The entire crew trained at Westbere under Mr. Richard Hooper as.o~flclal G.~. coach. Nick Strange (MT) had a place in the British VlII. The IV reached the seml-fmal, and on the watch showed medal form winning the Small fmal'. . At H<:nley King's managed. to shipwreck their boat but performed gallantly in a borrowed one, losmg to the ~vent~al wmners of the Special Schools Race, Shrewsbury. Ewan Pearson (MR 1976-81) rowmg With C.D.M. Riches won the Silver Goblets. King's a~hletes w~n the Intermediate Boys' Trophy for Kent, and sent a number of competitors to the NatIOnal Mtlk Cup. At the time of writing King's have reached the third round of the Youll Cup beating St. Edward's 2-0. 169

Lucy Dixon-Clarke (SH) and Kirsty Seymour-Ure (MT) won £20 each - and The Chink Of £50 for the School - by reaching the top ten in Cadbury's National Poetry Laurels Competition. Classically untainted by money were Jeremy Tagg (MT) and Christopher Tothill (LlLN) who nevertheless did well at the annual Latin Reading Competition. A nice round £1000 was the reward for Nicholas Cox (GL 1972-76) who won the Festival Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League's Music Festival. A clarinettist, he received the prize from a previous winner, Jacqueline du Pre. N. D. King (MR I 963-68) has been appointed Assistant Director of Studies at the Royal College of Music, a post which might have been created for his special blend of musicianship and organizational ability.

We are fortunate in our reviewers for this issue. Sir Anthony Parsons' (MO 1937-39) The Pride and the Fall: Iran 1974-1979 has been analysed by a fellow diplomatist, Sir Jeffrey Petersen, K.C.M.G., who was also kind enough to speak to the Upper School on one of the 'alternative' Sundays. A bonus has been the enrichment of K.S. vocabulary by the expression deformation professionelle. The polymath Mr. Johnson is one of the few people competent to assess the 'resonant' (a pseud word, but what's a better one?) and characteristically off-beat Myth and Ritual in Christianity by Alan Watts (GR 1928-32). Watts, the author of undoubtedly the earliest Zen poem to appear in The Cantuarian, is the subject of several forthcoming biographies. His The Way of Zen (Pelican) has been described as 'the most explicit and orderly acount that has yet appeared in English'. Book Reviews

The between-the-wars public school is an unlikely place to have acclaimed Sir John 'the beauty of proportion and the nice adjustment of light and shade' of Betjeman the then avant garde architecture, and the late Poet Laureate is an equally surprising champion of these things against, of all things, 'the Victorian Age of Ugliness'. Nevertheless at 'one of the most enjoyable and interesting lectures ever heard by the School' the 25 year-old Betjeman carried the athletocracy as well as the intelligentsia of 1931 King's cheering towards 'The City of the Future'. Beware of Stickphast labels.

This is not a slightly deterrent idea for Saudi bibbers but the average 1,200,000 Argonaut's rowing ration on the re-enacted Golden Fleece voyage from Strokes Iolchos (now Volos) to Colchis (somewhere on the coast of Soviet Georgia). Tim Severin, the veteran of several such replays, left the Greek coast in May with a crew of twelve that includes Peter Dobbs (LN 1972-74) and Peter Wheeler (SH 1969-74). The 52 ft. modern Argo, built to Bronze Age specification with a bit of superglue here and there, reached Batumi in Georgia on 23rd July. The return voyage is expected to be easier, and unless monopoly rights interfere The Cantuarian hopes to bring first hand accounts to you in due course. An earlier sailor from King's was The Revd. Cooper Willyams (K.S.C. 1772) who as chaplain of the Swiftsure wrote 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account' of the Battle of the Nile. It was published in his A Voyage Up The Mediterranean, illustrated by Willyams' own accomplished aquatints. The book came up at Sotheby's recently but we did not hear of it in time - the Library, if ever it had a copy, hasn't one now. A somewhat patronising description by his King's contemporary Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges paints Willyams as 'a brisk little man who rode well, dressed well, and was adroit in the common affairs of life.' Despite (or because of) this Brydges thought Willyams 'would have made a good Naval Commander'. Instead he finished up as Rector of Kingston, a few miles outside Canterbury. 170

Somebody Reads Our pgas that the good idea of national dishes on national days first put Us - But Skips !nto,~ ~~t.bY,thhe Caterers two St. Patrick's Days ago, should be ~nshrined In ~ ra .llIon. ave not gone unanswered. On 4th July the authentic bur ers appeared, complete With r~hshes In all three colours of the traffic lights. Came Bastille Da; _ and a good enou~h lu.n ch (In fact they are very good) but la cuisine fran~aise was off Yet th are some who think It has the edge on burgers. . . . ere

Somehow the idea of food leads on to the meeting that the Kent District of the I.A.P.S. held at King's on 7th June. About 25 preparatory school h d n.'et at St. A';1gustine's, transacted their business, admired the progress ~:d~ by about 100 of their past pupIls who were allowed in for a bit between tea and sherr at rid of them, and addressed themselves to a cold buffet whose quality should have ens ured';' g if for some hazy, memories of their pilgrimage to Canterbury. The arrangements a pP Y, by Mr. Goodes. were rna d e I.A.P.S.

Our it~m Generations in the April issue produced an interesting letter from ~ne 0 the Jacob family, Mr. Alaric Jacob (SH 1922-25) whose book even teen: A Novel of School Life was written when th'e author was seventeen. One of a salvo of such books of which The Loom 0" Vouth . b bl h b 't th I' h .' ~" IS pro a y t e est known, I rows Ig ton t h e sh ortcomlngs of King's, or Furlington as it is in the book of that era .. Between the Henry of 1578 (who founded the 'City of Jacobopolis' in America 'and the David of 1978 there have been about two Jacobs per century at KI'ng's thoug h no t sprea}d even Iy. Our mentlO~ of !he. Mowlls produced a very helpful guide to their intricacies from Canon Sargent, who ":'Ith hiS sister Mrs. Mowll made many King's boys welcome at Chillenden Chambers In the 50s. ThiS enables us to state that the Revd John Mowll who latel d th C t' f th B' h . Y rna e a rumpus at e onsecra Ion o. e IS op of Durhan.' was, natu.rally enough, not educated at King's. Our Revd. John Mowllis better known for hav!ng at one lime cared for the souls of Upton Snodbur With Br~ughton Hackett and Naunton Bishop cum Grafton Flyford with Flyford Fa 11 ~ North Piddle, Worcs., than for tunnel-visioned theology. ve an Another King's family are the Gippses. They first appear in King's Scholars lists in the 17th century, and we understand that there is one down for a few years hence. Generations Again

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Do you mean something like Lattergate, Sir? .. ... Another word for 'monogamists' is 'people who don't believe in danger'. .They don't have ashtrays in here then these days? . 171

CHAPEL FUND

From the collections taken at the services of Matins in the Summer Term the following donations were made: For the aged: £ Help the Aged 50 R.U.K.B.A. 30 For children: Action Research for the Crippled Child 70 National Children's Home 25 Save the Children Fund 50 For the Church: Guyana Diocese 50 Papua New Guinea 50 Feed the Minds 25 For the handicapped: Association for the Independence of the Disabled 50 British Deaf Association 30 Muscular Dystrophy Group 30 For the needy: Christian Aid 110 Oxfam 85 £655

In addition, the collection of £551 taken at the Commemoration Service was sent to the Rufiji Leprosy Trust. P.F.B.

OURS IS A NICE HOUSE OURS IS (Dominic Stearns) 172 (Above) THE LATIERGATE HOUSE SPONSORED RUN (Ken/ish Ga,.lIe)

(Be/ow) MATIHEW HULME PRESENTS THE CHEQUE FOR £1,150 TO STAFF NURSE ANNE STEVENSON FROM THE PILGRIMS' HOSPICE (Ken/ish Ga zette)

Misled by the cherubic appearance, women wrongly fear for him.

David Gowel 'the most beautiful batsman in the world~

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1. Was cricket always your favourite sport or did it suddenly become apparent at some stage that you should specialise in cricket? Only after I left school did I specialise in cricket - up until then I had played as many different sports as possible, and still now fit in some tennis, golf, skiing and one or two others without anything of my proficiency in cricket! 1. Do you prefer touring to playing in England? Either, when things are going well - but I do enjoy being abroad, admittedly more so in Australia than Pakistan!

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3. Did YOIl ever harbour ambitions to play for Kent? None. Leicestershire was my home county and where my opportunities arose. 4.

Is there any cricketer YOIl have particularly admired or on whom you model yourself? Many whom I admired, the likes of Graeme Pollock, Sobers in my youth, and since then others such as Barry and Viv Richards: many whom I have watched closely without being able to say I have tried to copy any in style.

5. Do you have any special preparation process or superstitions by which you put yourself in the right frame of mind before going into bat? Superstitions keep changing as they fail to work. Otherwise the build-up is mainly a question of building self-confidence and positive thinking. 6.

Do you feel that being selected to captain England will detract from your ability with the bat? I hope not. It is easy enough to have problems batting against the West Indies anyway!

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7. Would you say that being a professional sportsman is 'more demanding than most jobs? Does it carry into your private life? It certainly does carry into one's private life - one only has to pick up a newspaper to realise that, plus demands made on one's time outside the game. At the end of the day I certainly would not swap the lifestyle and the pleasure that comes with the game, despite the hassles. 8.

What has been the most exciting moment of your career? 154 n.o. v West Indies, Jamaica, April 1981.

9. Do you ever have any regrets about choosing cricket as your career or about not going to Oxbridge? None whatsoever. My six months in London gave me useful knowledge of that city even if my academic progress was nil.

10. Recently, cricket critics have observed a new David Gower. Is this a true observation in your opinion? What cricket critics observe is something I normally try to ignore, just to keep things in perspective. They change their minds so often it is hard to keep track.

173 (Left) (By kind permission of 'Tile Sunday Times') (Above RighI) Linacre House photo, 1972 (Below Right) (By kind permission of 'The Observer')

11. Is cricket in danger of commercialisation? I hope danger is the wrong word. The game needs a lot of money for it and the players to survive. Sponsorship is vital to all of us to maintain the structure of Test and County Cricket and every penny is hard earned both by administration and players alike. 12. To what extent do you agree with the ban on some leading English test players as a result of their having played in South Africa? Only in as much as that was the pragmatic solution that would not give the West Indies, India or Pakistan any excuses to pull out of tours to this country or prevent England touring their countries. The whole issue is very emotive, but I for one am far from happy that we should be pressurized by other nations in this manner. 13. To what extent is it true that you were a rebel during your time at King's? By the time I left I think all concerned might have agreed that I had begun to find the confines of school to be more obvious, and that my ambitions lay rather more outside the classroom. With three 'A' Levels passed, Oxbridge out of the window, and a place at U.C.L. secure, the so-called challenge of two extra 'A' Levels was never really a good idea, and I certainly had no desperate ambitions towards purple gowns! 14. Do you have any definite plans for the years after professional cricket playing, e.g. to become a commentator? None as such. Commentating should only be a hobby anyway, obviously to be taken seriously but not as a main occupation! IS. Is cricket an Englishman's game? Obviously not exclusively. There is a set of visiting gentlemen over here at the moment who have shown they can playa bit as well!

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fOCU0 ALTERNATIVE LIVING When I went to interview Gerhard Glas, the German assistant, my only knowledge of him was as a tall, lean figure with a jaunty walk and a penchant for wearing bow ties. Before he came to King's, Gerhard studied English and American Literature at University and worked in his father's hardware store. He came to King's not only to teach German and to improve his English, but also to have some time to read. Although the very well-ordered structure of life at King's is new to Gerhard, he nevertheless finds the atmosphere relaxed - despite the 'pervasive flavour of order' in such a Public School society, he rejects the view that the pupils here work considerably harder than they would in an equivalent school in Germany. In fact, he believes that German pupils are far more independent and much more willing to conduct research off their own bat. Despite being very keen on health foods, Gerhard stresses the very high quality of the school food here, which is prepared for such vast numbers - with the exceptions of the 'cardboard paste' which we call bread, and the 'corpses' of the cooked vegetables. Gerhard was very impressed with the broad-minded nature of society at King's - you don't have to be a brilliant intellectual to lead a happy life here, as there are so many other opportunities in the sporting, social, musical, artistic and dramatic fields. But his major criticism was that the pupils here are too sheltered from unemployment, old age, sickness and poverty; this lack of awareness of 'the ugly truths of life' in his opinion gives us no incentive to struggle to come to terms with the broader issues of life. It was very unusual and slightly disconcerting for Gerhard to see boys parading in Corps uniforms on Wednesday afternoon - this shows how strongly German society shied away from the 'obsession with uniforms and rituals' which so strongly characterized the rise of Nazism and the establishment of the Third Reich in Germany after 1933.

To illustrate one of the differences between German and British society, Gerhard recounted an amusing incident, which occurred when he was travelling by train from London to Canterbury. A young girl opened a can of lemonade, sending up a spray over the three passengers opposite her, one of whom was a businessman dressed in a smart, newly-pressed pin-striped suit. The whole carriage burst out laughing on seeing what had happened - including the drenched businessman. In Germany, Gerhard remarked, the businessman would have become furious. This illustrates what Gerhard sees as the great British knack of being quick to smooth over potentially explosive situations before they have a chance of coming to a head. Gerhard is unsure of what he will do after leaving King's; although teaching would seem to be the obvious choice of career for him, he dislikes the element of coercion involved in forcing pupils to work. He also rebels against the necessity of having to link one's views on literature to someone else's, and having to use such a special terminology to 'tear literature apart'. Above all, Gerhard possesses a keen awareness of the natural world around us, and has spent some months living in agricultural communes in America, where material possessions such as four-bedroomed suburban houses, comfortable cars and colour T. V.s are non-existent. This concern for the natural world is aptly demonstrated in his definition of culture: 'man being totally reconciled with nature'. MICHAEL NASH. 175

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AMERICAN GRAFFITI As a suffix to our subsidiary course in American Civilisation we decided to compile a survey on American attitudes and approaches to the U.S .A ., Britain and life generally, and test them out against the literature we'd read all year. B.J .D. sent us out, in pairs and armed with clipboards, to accost any camera-toting, checked. trousered, bangle-adorned tourist we ran into. For the most part America was writ large Over our potential targets; they welcomed the chance to discuss their country and ours. Since the sun was shining, we preferred it to listening to B.J.D. (fascinating though he is!). The survey's questions were wide-ranging, embracing politics, life-styles and educational matters. England's strengths were glossed as 'politeness and indomitable will', 'tradition and culture', 'national integrity', and upper lips stiffened visibly while recording the comments! Responses to Margaret Thatcher were invariably provocative and amusing. 'It's great to have a woman in charge', said one, while another felt the U.S.A. had a woman (Ronnie) in charge too; a more chauvinistic interviewee opined, 'O.K., she's nothing phenomenal but for a woman she's great.' Even allowing for the fact that most of our subjects were middle-class, middle-aged and wellcushioned Americans (and therefore a limited cross-section), we soon realised that our impression of American life was somewhat dictated. Television, violence, swimming pools and Cadillacs are not quite as pervasive as one might be expected to believe. Volubility and verbal enthusiasm were, however, in evidence. Americans like to be interviewed, they like to talk; we gave them the opportunity. They also like to feel that any exchange between the two countries is happily reciprocal. 'You send us "All Creatures Great and Small" and we send you "Dynasty".' It's called American Civilisation! SOPHIE LUMSDEN AND ABIGAIL WILLIS.

Answers: I. Thorndike, 2. Broughton, 3. Montgomery, 4. Maugham, 5. Gower, 6. Tradescant, 7. Marlowe, 8. Galpin, 9. Parsons, 10. Garel-Jones, II. Pater, Vertical Column - Hugh Walpole. Winner: Anthony Musson (T).

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C[he Cantuariall qnterviewcB MR. GEOFFREY WHITING Potter

When did you make your first pot? I made my first pot at the age of four. I went to a Froebel-orientated school and whereas in more philistine establishments, if they gave you anything creative to play with at all, it would be plasticine, in this school they gave us clay. It was connected to a teacher training college, and they had a kiln, a very ancient gas kiln; and the best things we made were fired. I.

2. And did you keep it up? Yes and no. I became interested in various other things; but I can remember digging clay with friends in the garden at home and trying to fire it in the kitchen oven - and, of course, we put the pots in wet and it seemed terribly unfair that they all blew up. My friends departed, but I continued, on and off, in school holidays and ended up by building primitive kilns, and really learning something about how clay works. But, as far as I knew, there was no chance in those days of making pots by hand for a living - you either went into a factory and made things you hadn't designed, on a production line; or you trained as a designer, in which case you designed things you never yourself made. That wasn't my idea at all; so I trained as an architect. 3. So how did you become a potter? In some respects, the war was 'a good thing', as Sellars and Yeatman said in 1066 and All That, because it got in the way of my finishing my architecture training. All my friends seemed to be going off to the war. I could have had military service deferred; but I chose to do the same and remained in the Army for eight and a half years. The important thing was that I was, for seven years, in India and Burma. I was on the Staff for much of that time. While the war was on, we had half a day off a week. I used to cycle about exploring and, having had to pass language exams in order to deal with Indian troops, I soon found a village of farmers and potters - the latter a family of three generations all working together. I thought this was fine and when I showed interest and some knowledge of things, they thought it was pretty good too. From then on I spent a lot of my free time with them, making pots and learning a lot. This went on after the Japanese war was over: but when the time came for me to leave the army, I realised that I didn't want to go back to architecture - I don't think my heart had ever really been in it - and when I returned home I built a little pottery unit for Avoncroft Arts Society in Worcestershire. And there I started making things and taking a few classes.

Did this mean you had a strong oriental influence before you had the English Influence? [ think so, although largely unconsciously. It's awfully easy, as a European in India, to live in a sort of European enclave . But this wasn't my idea at all. I used to go about, trying to make friends with people, both in the town bazaars and the villages. Sometimes they would appear on my doorstep - I was living in a large Officers' Mess - and I think a lot of people thought [ was 'going native', which I suppose in some respects I was. But it was all great fun. 5.

Did you travel throughout India? Most travel was on army business, of course, which didn't take me to the sort of places I wanted to go. But I made one or two memorable excursions with a friend and six porters; I got up to about 6,500 feet in the Nanda Devi complex of the Himalaya, and, with another friend, 179

to the famous rock temples at Ellura, the Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, and the cave tempi and marvellous frescos of Ajanta . I used to paint and draw all over the place. es

Was it a very striking tradition among the village potters?

No, it was very much a static tradition. Although they had tremendous skills, they were making the same shaped pots as you could see in the carvings of ancient temples, and in old paintings In connection with various festivals, they made a lot of 'grotesques' - funny little animals and gods - but otherwise the pots were purely functional and unglazed, huge storage jars for grain and oil, water containers and cooking pots.

How did you develop your technique when you came back to England?

I just experimented by myself. I used to call myself 'self-taught', which is true in a way: but after all, I learned a lot in India, although nothing about the complex matter of glazes and firing: By this time, too, some books had been written about pottery making. Also I used to visit other potteries using hand methods. It was a time of trial and error - most of it error, I suppose.

Did you learn by any particularly bad errors?

Oh yes! On one ghastly occasion, in 1966, I had trouble with a large kiln I had built. Actually it was technical trouble with the clay - its composition had varied in the seam - and we had three disastrous firings in a row, which put me back what, in modern times, would be about ÂŁ2,500 .

Did you feel yourself entering any particular tradition of pottery from the start?

Yes. The great gods of that time - for me anyway - were Bernard Leach, who was trained in Japan, and his first pupil, Michael Cardew. I think that an awful lot of people would say that, if you follow the Leach tradition, you have a metaphorical foot in the grave - too many potters, these days, are trying to be clever, which never seems to work. But an undercurrent of pottery based upon the firm premise of tradition is essential for its healthy future. I suppose you could say that the Oriental tradition, or part of it, is that finding out what the materials want to say is the only way of saying anything with those materials. So it is best to use as few, well tried ones, as possible, and really know them, on the analogy that you can have a few real friends - only a passing acquaintance with a crowd.

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How long did it take you to become a good potter?

If I live that long, it will take me another twenty-five years.

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Do you place great emphasis on being your own master?

Yes . Until I came here I' d always built my own kilns; and of course I'd like to do so again with the boys. But it' s a question of time, the school timetable and the number of pupils available at one time, because all ought to be involved. One is always aware that one is not really beginning at the beginning when teaching pottery in a school: and it is wrong that I should be conducting firings and preparing all the raw ingredients of pot-making. But, at present, no boy or girl can spend more than two or three hours a week and you can't do an awful lot with that. What we really ought to be doing is going around Kent digging out rocks and clays, bringing them back, milling them ourselves and making pots from them. That would be real craft education.

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What fuel do you use for firing?

We use gas. We have an electric kiln for some, odd 'biscuit' firings; but firing with actual

flame is for me an essential part of the general philosophy. The glaze firing temperature of stoneware, which we do here, is so high that you are, in a sense, playing at volcanoes, and this has a powerful effect on the imagination since you are achieving or approaching the melting point of many rocks and clays. 180 SNOW REPORT (Richard Slrive"sj RETRAITE DE MOSCOU (S. w. W.) G. C. E. PENPALS (MicJwel Smith)

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13. Is the pottery you make very much geared to actual use? Yes my own. I like best to make things which, I hope, combine visual with useful beauty. And there is tactile quality also. I don't think there is a higher ideal for a potter than to make leasant, useful things, which move about the house, and from hand to hand. If a potter chooses, fnstead, to become a sculptor in clay, then, although all pottery is inevitably sculptural, he or she becomes just that - a good or bad artist of another kind.

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How are the world's art galleries responding to the new fashions?

They respond very well to many of these new ideas, just as they do in painting and sculpture _ the idea being, apparently, that what is new is better than what is good. But it doesn't stop them buying what they think are good, traditional pots for use. In my own case twenty-three public galleries own pots of mine - mostly abroad.

IS. Are crafts given too little emphasis in school? Yes. I know there are enormous pressures but we are still behind the State Schools in recognising the essential of the Hand, which, complementary to the Head and the Heart, make up the complete person - a sort of 'trinity' if you like. Pottery is a very all-embracing subject. In depth it is concerned with geology and mineralogy, with chemistry and physics; obviously with art and design and with sculpture because it is three-dimensional. It also involves drawing and painting in the way of decoration. Particularly where younger boys are concerned, it enormously helps their powers of co-ordination. Any hand craft does this, but pottery more than any. There is an educational philosophy these days known as Non-visual Communication, and I believe it was ventilated at a Headmasters' Conference a few years ago. Actually there is nothing particularly new in this. My late cousin Herbert Read wrote a book - miles before its time _ called Education through Art. 16. What does the new studio mean for you? Oh, it's absolutely marvellous. It's a dream come true for me, and we can now do, so much more effectively, the sort of things I've talked about. 17.

How do you look back on the haphazard way by which you became a potter?

Still with wonder in that perhaps it was meant that I am what I am. But so often I've been assailed by doubts, in the sense that I don't know that I've given our children a good enough chance in life. Both my wife and myself went to public s,chools, but they had to have State Education. I think that in some ways they have gained something, whilst losing on other things. But there you are. It has been said that an artist has to live a rather selfish life. I think there is some truth in that. 18.

What would you answer on if selected for 'Mastermind'?

What a question! I'm interested in so many - too many - things: Sung dynasty Chinese pottery, then wildfowl, steam engines, 19th Century watercolour painters, Dutch Elm disease, music, and, believe it or not, cricket and rugger! But, in that programme, I should be a dismal failure.

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MR. HARVEY HINDS M.A. (Chairman of the Greater London Council)

I. What are your responsibilities as Chairman of the Council? I'm the equivalent of the Speaker of the House of Commons; I'm non-party political, in charge of Council procedures, Council meetings, adjudicator on Standing Orders, and the public representative of the Council.

2. How do these responsibilities differ from those of Mr. Ken Livingtone? Oh, very different. He is the political leader who takes the political decisions: he's the equivalent of Mrs. Thatcher in County Hall.

3. How did you reach this position?

Long and devoted service, man and boy, for ~any years. I was first of all m~stly involv~d in education as the chairman of the Schools CommIttee of the Inner London Educallon Authonty for seven ye~rs, when I was responsible for a quarter of a million pupils,. twenty-five thousand teachers and two thousand five hundred schools. I then became ChIef WhIp of the Labour Party in the Greater London Council for fourteen years, six of them while the Labour Party was the controlling party and the remaining eight while the Labour Party was in opposition. Eight months ago, I decided I 'deserved a rest after fourteen years' hard labour an.d they decided they would like to make me Chairman of the CouncIl, because I had a httle expenence and mIght be helpful.

4. What 'has been your role in the formation and execution of I.L.E.A. policies, and how is this reflected in your views on education in general? For my seven years as chairman of the Schools Committee (prior to that I was vice:chairman for three years) - this is from 1967/8 to 197617 - the pohcy was to ensure that pupIls 10 London schools had the resources necessary to discover what skills they had and develop them to the best of their ability . I was chairman of the Schools Committee when London was abs,?rbing a tremendous number of immigrant children, many of them commg to thIS country WIth no English at all. So a great problem was (and remains) t'? adapt th,?se children to the English educational system _ if they haven't got Enghsh to prOVIde them WIth Engh~h so that they can benefit from the system, and in addition to that element, to supply opportumlles and resources to compensate the pupils of Inner London schools for their immensely deprived environments, to enable them to be more or less human.

5. How would you answer accusations that the I.L.E.A. control of the London education system has resulted in lower standards at more expense? The charge of lower standards is an unfounded, unproven one. There are. far more people going through the state education system throughout the U.K., and certamly 10 Inner London, gaining '0' and 'A' levels, than ever was the case twenty years ago. Stan~ards nationally have risen _ that is proven by statistics collec\ed by the Department of EducatIOn and SCle,:,ce. The way you put it to me, we beg the quesllon of standards. The trouble WIth t~e Enghsh state education system is that it has for far too long been modelled on the system whIch you are part of at King's Canterbury and up and down the country in many grammar schools and so forth _ a system 'geared to ed~cating for Higher Education. This deals with only the upper quartile, the upper 250/0 who are academically gifted, who can accept concepts, learn thmgs by readmg, say of a concept 'I can see that'. There is a further 60% of the population who don't learn that way; they have to learn by doing it, by proving it to themselves, by building a m.odelof it .or whatever - a different way of learning. In my view, the trouble with comprehenSIves m thelf flfst twenty years IS that they have aped the grammar schools' aims and methods. They should have done what many of them are now doing _ namely, assessing the kids coming into them at the age of eleven, dlscovenng 182

what methods, means and obje~tives are appropriate to them and gearing the curriculum to their needs. They should b~ domg thelf best for people with excellent skills, but skills of a very different nature from tho~e whlCh w,?uld get you a scholarship at Balliol, providing them with an education System and curnculum whIch IS relevant to them. This is the point - that is where the trouble is. And when you talk about st~ndard.s today, when the critics of the state education system attack the levels of attamment of ItS pupIls, what they are really doing is applying totally irrelevant standards to the people and the system they're condemning.

6. What did your education consist of? I suppose I could modestly claim that I was a bright, moderately academic kid who never had to work ternbly hard - certainly never did work terribly hard - got my necessary School Certificate and Hi~her Certificate and an Exhibition to Oxford and a degree eventually, but spent most of my llme at Oxford coxl,:,g the college boat and enjoying myself, which is what I recommend anyone gomg to umverslly to do.

7. How do the problems of local government in London compare with those of other major cities? You aretalkiI!-ll not only to the Ch~irman of the G.L.C. but also to the President of the Union of the CapItal ~Illes of Europe. ThIS IS an organisation which comprises representatives of capital cllles. hke Pans, Bonn, Rome, Brussels a!1d so on ~nd It is London's turn in the Presidency. ThIS IS."~y Job unlll I hand overto Mr. Chlf~~ of Pans. From the meetings that the organisation holds It IS clear that ~ll the major capItal cItIes of Europe are faced with much the same kind of problems. Take flf.st the problem~ whi~h are traditional to local, regional, capital city government, hke housmg, tra,:,sport, Jobs, mdustry, environment and so forth - they're all com!1'0n m dIfferent ways, WIth ,perhaps g~e~ter re1e.v~nce f,?r one city than another in any partlC~lar one of them. When you ve got 2 mllhon, 3 mllhon - m London, 7.5 million - people all hvmg together In one va~t urban sprawl, it's going to create problems; the quality of life, the lack of open space, .t~e mtense concentratIOn of the less mobile, less employable elements 10 the centre M those cltles l~admg t'? soclal and police problems - that kind of thing. But apart from thIS aSI?e~t, there IS a growmg feehng amongst the leaders of Europe's capital cities :- certamly there IS m London - t~at the rel~tionship between local and central government IS one whIch needs further explorallon. TradItIOnally, the rows have been over whether it is aPI?ropnate - t~e present row between the G.L.C. and Mrs. Thatcher's central government bolls down to thIS - for a local authority, whether Socialist or Conservative controlled to 'meddle' (as Mrs. Thatcher y.'ould say) with matters of national concern: how much mon~y it should spend (the rate:cappmg BIll), nuclear warfare, transportation of nuclear waste across large ur~an areas, erosIOn of the Green Belt land - countryside protecting the inhabitants of a large cIty f~om bemg further remo:ved from ~dequate opportunities for recreation - and so f~r!h. I fmd It enorm~)Usly encouragmg m talkmg to my colleagues in the Union of the Capital CIlles of Euro!?e to dlsco.ver .tha! London is not alone in believing that the time has come for the repres~nt~llves of a bIg cIty hke London to say in a manifesto, and if they are duly elected to act on It, We have a mandate as properly elected representatives not to stand by and let central government ta~e d~cisions about Polaris, Trident, or whatever - the effects if nuclear war broke out on a capItal cIty hke London would be so devastating that we have a duty to do this.'

8. So y~~ consider that a strong unified regional government such as the G.L. C. is important for deCISIOn-making at local level? . Yes, indeed - if the effects of a policy decision cross five or six borough boundaries and Ireach of them has a right of veto, you will always find one who will never say yes, so nothing wlll ever happen. There has to be (and thIS IS the case for the G.L.C.) one authority which can say 'O.K., we've listened to your arguments, we've listened to professional advice we' ve looked at what seems to be the wisest solution to this problem, half of you are in favou; of it and half t83

against and we are deciding this, because we are the strategic authority and that is our job.' ' . es of that kind such as London Transport, where there IS a need for a Th ere are many ISSU ' . .. k h 'd' d" democratically elected body with the responslblhty and power to UI .e t e overn mg co-or matmg decisions necessary in a huge area of 604 square miles, 7.5 mllhon people.

9. Do you support the decision of Mr. Nell Kinnock to commit the National Labour Party 10 a policy of removing Britain's nuclear deterrent? Yes. 10. What happens In disagreements with National Labour Party policy? . Th ld t adition in the Labour Party is that you fight like hell on the mSlde, but once a pohcy is ac:e~ted~ that is Party policy and you all fi!\ht fodr,it together. Of course, this has gone a bit far in recent years, but that's the democratic tra luon. Il. What are your feelings on the proposed abolition of the G.L.C..by the Gover~ment? Oh, it's just a piece of petty party political spite, and I think the mam thmg IS to fmd a way to let the lady off the hook, without her seemmg to back down.

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BOOK REVIEWS 'MYTH AND RITUAL IN CHRISTIANITY' ALAN WATTS (OR 1928-32)

(Thames and Hudson, ÂŁ4.95 paperback re-issue, first published 1954) This book presents the teaching and practice of pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic Christianity through Ihe use of myths. The approach is not analytic, but there are interesting comparisons with non-christian material. Underlyin g the work there runs the theme that myth is 'a complex of images eventually assumed by all involuntary imagination, since, left to itself, imagination takes on a structure in the same manner as the body and the brain'. Despite the diversifications produced by culture and philosophical-doctrinal discussion, there remains a 'fascinating unanimity' about, for instance, how 'the world proceeds out of the invisible and the unknown by articulation, by the power of the Word or Logos'. The word 'myth' has a technical and important meaning in theology, whereas in popular speech, articularly political, both 'myth' and 'theology' have been debased, 'myth' to mean statements of fact fhat are untrue, and 'theology' to mean useless speculation. In theology, however, 'myth' means a story about matters of ultimate significance, such as origins, destiny and purpose in living; and the myth is also something which is retold and in which the hearers are participants because they belong to the community which cherishes the myth and finds fu lness of life in it. T he myth is therefore alive and contemporary; it may refer to the past, but only in linking it with the present and the future. The author has a number of interesting things to say about the relation of Christian theology to the Christian myth (or myths), as defined above. He writes, 'There is no more telling symptom of the confusion of Hmodern thought" than the very suggestion that poetry or mythology can be "mere". This arises from the notion that poetry and myth belong to the realm of fancy as distinct from fact, and that since facts equal Truth, myth and poetry have no serious content. Yet this is a mistake for which no-one is more responsible than the theologians who resolutely confound scientific fact with truth and reality. That is a critique applicable to Christian theology as found within all main Christian traditions. Myths are taken as statements of fact about the historical plane or a higher "supernatural" plane, and hence it comes to be thought that their truth is verifiable, or rather falsifiable, by normal scientific enquiry.' Watts is concerned to refute this approach, essentially because it is a category confusion. Indeed, there is in contemporary scholarship a recovery in understanding the function of myth and the need to avoid asking the wrong questions of mythical material. It is no good, for instance, supposing that Genesis I can tell us either about the fossil layers or about the first picosecond after the big bang (if there was one). On the other hand, Watts himself is in something of a dilemma which he does not seem to acknowledge. He writes from within the final form of ultramontane Catholicism, in the 1950's. (The flood-gate effect of the second Vatican Council began in the early 1960's, but the text of the 1983 paperback edition of the book seems to be idenlical to Ihat of Ihe 1954 edition.) Why shOuld that form of Catholicism, or indeed that form of Christianity as a whole, be the one which best expresses the myth? He may well be able to give some answer, but he does not seem to do so. Related to this is the question of change in the myth, which could be called change in the way participants in the myth understand their experience as circumstances alter, in and around themselves. There is no a priori reason to suppose a myth must be static, but the question arises, what is an authentic development in a myth? Finally, there is the ever-recurrent question of the nature of Christianity. For Christianity tells stories about the involvement of the Sustainer of the world within the world in a unique man, a historical figure about whom the christian story makes certain claims. There exists in Christianity an essential, inescapable tension between the mythical framework of the religious tradition and the figure of the Galilean prophet. In him, Christianity claims, mythical themes come to realisation. Our society, for better or worse, is in part a scientific, analytic society, even at the popular level of believing that sense evidence is more 4 rea l' than constructs of the imagination or spirit. Myths, beliefs and religious traditions are historically conditioned and open to historical investigation. That raises again the question whether such things are more than human fancies in different cultural guises, conditioned by time and place, and whether it is possible at all to use 'true' and 'false' of their content. The author decries such investigation as rationalising the myth and so destroying it, but although any investigator must respect the integrity of his subject, the question will not go away. P.F.J. 185

'THE PRIDE AND THE FALL: IRAN 1974-1979' SIR ANTHONY PARSONS (MO 1937-39) (Jonathan Cape, ÂŁ8.95) Sir Anthony Parsons describes in his book the political events in Iran, and his part in them, in the five years which preceded the Shah's departure into reluctant ex.ile and an early death. He claims for it on ly the status of a personal and impressionistic view. A continuing thread in the narrative is Sir Anthony's attempt to account for his fai lure and that of most other close and expert observers to discern and analyse the strength of the influences which eventually combined to make an end of the Shah's programme of hasty and forced modernisation; and with it his reign . Sir Anthony need not reproac h himself too much. It has always been notoriously difficult for any outside observer, let alone a foreign one (except in hindsight) to assess the nature and horsepower of any genuinely popular 'grassroots' movement especially when it has its mainspring within close, if not closed, hierarchies such as the religious leadership and the bazaar communities of Iran . These are groups and individuals with whom a diplomat does not come easil y into contact. And when they are abetted and supported by secretive revolutionary groups pursuing their own varied conspiratorial ends under cover of a popular movement the problem of getting and analysing good in telligence (which is always mixed with bad) is furt her compounded. Even the Shah's secret police, SA VAK, fa iled to grasp the serious deterioration which was taking place. Nevertheless there are certain well-k nown phenomena in the politics of power, particularly where personal and authoritarian regimes are involved, which were operating here. The lack of political judgement which started the rot is common to most established dictators and even to powerful leaders in democracies whose apparent immovability lends an impression of permanence, and whose more ambitious counsellors hesitate to become purveyors of unwelcome tidings or distasteful advice. Sir Anthony, tempted to offer such advice himself, rightly decided that his leverage to secure and foster British interests in Iran through the Shah's personal influence should not be risked for altruistic motives. By the time he did offer it the movements opposed to the Shah had gat hered a momentum such that no ordinary political stratagems could contain them . By then, too, they were probably beyond the capacity of the police and the army to suppress. It is not commonly realised how far the continued dominance even of a powerful and well-managed dictatorship depends on the dumb acq uiescence of the public at large. Once a high proportion of the population is stirred or dr iven to active opposition the forces of suppression, a numerically minuscule minority, are inevitably overwhelmed, though usually with heavy casualties on both sides at the main points of contact. But it takes fierce and widespread public anger to motivate mass insurrection and in spite of Lenin's shrewd advice (which Mr. Scargill has clearly absorbed) it is only rare ly that such a chain reaction can be set in motion. T he culture med ium in which revolutions thri ve is a subtle broth not easily reprod uced by artifice. When such a chain reaction is beginning the thoughts of the dictator turn to how he can buy peace by piecemeal concessions and chan ges . Here a new and no less inexorable law comes into play. Called by so me the 'law of let go' it states in effec t that at this point concessions do not damp down revolt but rather add fuel to it. Po litical and economic unrest is never more dangerous than when hope and expectation of change is rising. By the time the Shah had decided to give away anythin g substantial the reins of power were slipping from hi s grip and the army, his last hope of retaining his hold, was becoming uncertain and erratic in its reaction to events . By this stage the Ambassador was feeding to a worr ied ru ler the advice in his diplomatic brief; that the Shah had no alternative but to seek to placate his opponents by conceding freer political institutions and a more open parliamentary regime. But by then on almost every precedent the choice between an attempt at violent suppression and a progressive surrender of power in response to escalating political demands was no more than a choice between two paths to the same destination; anarchy and abdication . The advice which Sir Anthony offered on behalf of the British Government was determined as much by the impossibility of counselling suppression as by any real hope that conciliation could save the Shah and with him our huge commercial stake in helping to equip his grandiose development plans. T hat hope was in any case misplaced. The Shah' s dreams seem to have been based on the misconception that the benefits of industrialisation would filter down to the mass of people quickly enough to convince them by their own experience that the new ways, with their downgrading of the religious and of traditional values, offered a path to betterment. But the Shah' s time scales were hopeless ly out of joint. The speed with which economic development seeds prosperity in the population at la rge is measured in generations, not decades . The innate conservatism of a largely peasant popul ation is a massive weight to shift and the Shah was simply not in that class. 186

This is a readable book but Sir Anthony's style and content betray his long practice of the diplomatic virtues. He cannot forbear, in the end, to try to get 'all the sheep in at the gate' despite his effort at Âˇmpressionism. Thus each situation is dealt with at each stage with all the basic influences listed more or :ess in order of importance with the choices open to the protagonists listed and analysed. Sir Anthony saw the Shah with increasing frequency but gives us no vivid impressions of his personal appearance or manner or of the atmosphere of the imperial palace and the imperial family and its hangers-on, some of whom were so corrupt that they practically glowed in the dark. One of Sir Anthony's predecessors had had to warn the young men of the Embassy not to accept invitations from the younger set in the Imperial House for fear of being expected to take part in activities highly unbecoming to Her Majesty's representatives. But we get little of this or of such lively personalities as the American Ambassador, Bill Sullivan, for whose quick wit and tongue I can vouch personally. And one ends wondering what it was really like to live in Teheran; what it was like to look at, smell and hear. But diplomats, like all specialists, have their 'deformation professionelle', their occupational disabilities. They analyse and reason, eschewing romantic or ot her local colour as an irrelevancy. This is a fa irly classic diplomatic memoir, but readable and convincing to a degree which the genre rarely achieves . JEFFREY PETERSEN.

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In the Summer Term it is always difficult to mix business with pleasure. To find out whether we have achieved the right blend we will have to wait until mid-August, but it has certainly bee~ fun, even though the good weather came at the wrong time and deserted us for King's Week. The School House wheel has turned its customary circle with only the odd bump in the road. We started in fine style with a visit from the Linacre monitors and their Housemaster, an enjoyable repayment of the debt of hospitality we owed them, and the monitors continued to excel themselves throughout the term - Billy 'I'm Bonkers' Scoones provided a nasal inspiration for our revision, Dick 'Dwain Kev' Taylor concentrated more on sunbathing and ended up with a fine tanning whilst Dave 'Logger' Riggs was having extra lessons at all hours. Meanwhile the Hospital has been most grateful for help from our Social Services team; thanks Sophie and Jamie. On the sporting scene we were defeated in the final of the House Tennis, but won the League trophy thanks to William's Leadership. Our Junior cricketers lost from a position from which only England could lose, but the Seniors responded by reaching the semifinals and losing narrowly. Sports Day passed without much glory, as did the swimming, but Simon Webb captained an excellent first VIII and was selected to row for Britain in the World Championships. He has not been seen since, as training has intensified in recent weeks. Clem and Dave have been spearheading the Colts cricket, and we have made a good showing in the Under-14s. As King's Week came nearer, the House emptied as our numerous musicians and actors disappeared for rehearsals. Simon Williamson gave his own solo recital, an historic occasion, as well as appearing in almost everything else, whilst the Jazz Concert, plays and orchestras have benefited from an extensive School House contribution. It remains only for me to remember the continuing collapse of the House roof, this time onto Shep's head, which I am sure improved his' A' level chances. Overall the girls have behaved themselves, when here, despite Sophie being preyed upon by the local scarecrow! I should like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Sugden and Miss J. for all their work throughout the term and for a most enjoyable leavers' party. The cleaning ladies have kept the camp spick and span despite the efforts of some of us to leave it otherwise. I wish Dave all the best for next term. STEPHEN LARK.

THE GRANGE

Once again, The Grange has led from the front socially, if not always intellectually. This year's 6a, S.C.W.'s 'originals', included the Captains of five school sports: Hockey, Athletics, Soccer, Tennis and Sailing, as well as the Secretary of Rugby and the Senior cadets of two Sections of the C.C.F. As well as various parts in Antigone, we have provided Oberon and Titania for A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as Theseus and several minor parts. Ben Shorten, jazz trumpeter and musician extraordinaire, has also featured prominently in King's Week, and besides the captains of chick-pulling and ferality, we have been blessed with two K.S. and a M.S. In House terms, despite an early cricket defeat and our disappointing showing on Sports Day, we won both the 188 JAZZ KING 'S (Richard Sirivensj

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swimming and Water polo cups (Charles Coxe lives!) and would have taken the swimming shuttle relays but for a certain prematurity . . . Congratulations to Justin and Henry for cricket colours, to Adrian for chopping his way close to the 1st VIII, and to John Foord for his second Colours for swimming. Now that the rowing has been brought closer to the Mint Yard, we have staked a claim on the junior rowing squads and have also provided two Milk Cup Athletics finalists in Tim and Jerry, as well as much of the junior swimming team. On the lighter side, The Grange's activities have been carried out with typical zest, Justin having his ups and downs, and Diana coming to terms with being called 'the brain box' . The gail blew up to a larger f1oorspace, whilst Deborah 'topic' Colman has made friends with our local hooray. Sophia has also made progress and , in The Grange's hour of need, Ed de Cool has emerged as a promising replacement 'chick-puller'. Despite some people opting for an early vacation, it has been a successful term, and for this I'd li ke to pay tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Woodley, and to Mrs. T hyne who sadly leaves us for a post closer to home. Her service over the past eighteen months has been outstanding, and our thanks are also extended to Mr. Godwin whose presence and wit will be missed. Justin and Piers look likely to make next term colourful, and I wish them very well.

RICHARD BRIGGS.

WALPOLE

Examinations did not dull the excitement and energy of yet another eventful term, littered with the usual successes and mishaps, such as James's trip home after a taste of the highlands. On the athletics track our previous win in the Standards was maintained by Ade's capture of the 'Victor Ludorum' title (adding to his title of Kent Champion), and by Kolapo and the rest combining to carry us to 4th place on Sports Day. Geoff, Matthias, Jayesh and Rodney lifted the tennis cup from a skilful School House. Patrick, with the stalwart support of Guy, Simon, Phil, Paul and Jimmy gave us 5th in the Swimming finals, while the lesser fry managed to summon enough energy to gain 4th place in the Standards (much better than last year!). Water polo gave us less reason to celebrate as we suffered an unexpected, though close, defeat at the hands of a youthful Luxmoore team. Junk and James enjoyed the day out at Prince's with their clubs, but holes seemed elusive this year. Congratulations to Ade, Matthias and Geoff on their First Colours, and also to Patrick and Guyon their Seconds. Socially, Walpolians have seemed to keep a low profile this term, though Jo has sought comfort from my namesake in M.a. Charlotte showed considerable interest in her Spanish, but fortunately succeeded just in time. Half-term saw Kate's interest in Broughton re-kindled. Will Noobody be able to capture our 'Deutscher Freund'? Geoff was seen taking part in a safari in Broughton. Magnus's attentions seemed always doomed to a Smart riposte, while James found the mustard a little too hot. The house barbecue went off well; it was cooked by the monitors , and fortunately did not come up again during the tug-of-war and the 12 legged race. The Junior Hall won the race round the Shirley Hall, but then the house lost to a Grange scratch team in the tug of war. The Walpole team seemed to have lost its coordination by then. This term we lose Junk, Geoff, Melissa, Charlotte, Ezim and Sacha, and their wit, good nature, charm and good looks. Thanks to the house monitors who wrote this for me. RUSSELL PHtLPOTT. t 89 'I AM THAT MERRY WANDERER OF THE NIGHT' (Richard Strivells)

MEISTER OMERS

This term was greeted with such wild claims as: 'I really hav to get down to some work!' - of course, the speakers of suc~ quotations were to be seen in the J.C.R. that same evenin However, a sense of moderation was called upon - not Witho~i compulsion (I hope you enjoyed the fagging, 6b). Not even the 'dulcet' tones of Odet were perceptible through the walls of my study during prep. With our minds so set on academic success, there was little time left for much merriment, but in true character we managed to smile from time to time. Alas poor Simon could not decide whether to make a 'Jo' for it carryon hunting. The one man basketball team in the shape of J. Dawkins only managed one match, and the rumour is that he lost it. The term provided J.J.D.C. with a chance to prove his sleuthing skills, (it has been rumoured that the C stands for Cowley) - he determined the identity of the elusive bike thief 'Kevin'. This term, it was not so much in house competition that sporting success presented itself (although we did reach the semifinal of the cricket league) but more in school team performances. The swimming captain in the form of Alastair Shaw 'galloped' away to many swimming matches and produced many fine record breaking performances. Congratulations to Michael Besly, vicecaptain of swiming, on his First Colours and on being awarded the Carboni Cup. It was suggested that Jeremy Smart (alias 'the clown') deserved his swimming colours for his Belle performance in the pool at a certain gathering over half-term. He got them in tennis instead. It was indeed aquatically that the house excelled (how could we fail, with both Captain and Vice-Captain, the cynics mutter); we won all the senior relays apart from an unfortunate disqualification. We were particularly pleased to have James Price back after his knee troubles and congratulate him on his second colours . Despite skill and determination we were knocked out of the water polo. In rowing Guy Smith was awarded second colours and rowed for the 1st VlII at Henley. What has been a term of hard work for some (spiced up with a bit of 'falling' around by one of us), was rounded off by a superb House Party. The star attraction was the debut of the House Jazz Group who gave a brief but quite professional concert. As usual the house is involved in King's Week musically, dramatically and administratively. It remains only to thank the domestic crew who help to keep us clean and tidy and to thank warmly all those who make Meister Omers what it is. J.J .D.C.'s chameleon-like properties, as he changes from super-sleuth to Jazz Master, provide inspiration for us all and with Mrs. Craik's support preserve the spirit of Meister Omers. Good luck Pete and always remember, 'Je bois, donc je suis!' MATTHEW JUSTICE.

MARLOWE

Exams seem to have taken their toll all round this term in Marlowe. Thus after early disappointments in the athletics sports, where only three people managed to score any points, the monitorial body was resigned to no further additions to our modest collection of silver. However, Marlowe supporters need have no fear, for our recent lack of victories is all part of the strategy of ensuring that young talent in the House reaches its full potential in later years. So Marlowe teams did not manage to cause any upsets this term, although with a little more luck we might have done. For instance, hopes in senior cricket were dashed when our best player, Kent and England Under-14 cricketer Si Turner was not allowed to play, presumably in case he got hurt. Surprising 190

eally as he was not only our best player but also our biggest! However, all was not lost. Si rteered our junior team to the semifinals, where they unluckily lost a game which had to be Seplayed. Also, we reached the final of the girls' tennis, where Sue and Tessa lost a close match. ~he House also managed a creditable fifth place in the swimming standards; a good effort considering we have no team swimmers. On the culture (?) front, Darren won a prize in a South-East Regional public speaking competition (obviously someone must think he's worth listening to!), Helen won the Ryley Music Prize for some expert fiddling and Richard Edmonds made an almost complete sweep of Shell prizes - six in all. Also it was good to see Marlowe participating in many King's Week events. Many other things, neither sporting nor cultural, have taken place this term. For instance, Marlowe music critics Duncan and Thomas have continued to annoy everyone by playing the same music all the time. Peter did not get the girl of his dreams and was discovered not to hate J.R.; Daf's efforts at Maths 'A' Level provided some amusement as did Matthew's at everything. Rachel was kept busy dodging admiring glances from the juniors, while the Head of House tried to keep cool by playing cricket in the rain. Peter also caused a stir when he flew over the school at breaktime in his aeroplane, circling and 'revving' his engine, obviously not realising that there was an 'A' Level exam taking place in the Shirley Hall! Congratulations to Olivia, Catherine and Richie for their 'blue and blacks', Mark for his Exhibition (?!), Helen (see above), Si for being selected for the England Under-IS cricket squad, and to Joe our new cleaner, who has done so well this term. I leave Marlowe after three terms as 'purple' and make history by being the first Head of House to hand over his post to a girl. Good luck, Rachel! Thanks finally to Mr. and Mrs. Reid and the Tutors, and farewell to Mr. Milner after twentynine years of invaluable service as a Marlowe Tutor. MARK MORTLOCK.

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With almost two thirds of the House taking external exams, the House has been unusually quiet this term, and socialising has had to be placed second to work - though this took some time to sink in for some people. The term has also seen a steady improvement in the field of sport. Whilst not really shining in the swimming, the Junior House cricket team reached the final of their competition only to lose to Broughton. The water polo team reached the semifinals of their competition, again losing to Broughton. The greatest team success has been the House league Tennis team, which won their league, only to have to concede the play-off final to School House. The House barbecue was a success, the Disco was temporarily affected by the popularity of Jazz King's, but not for long. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge, Mr. Parker (who is leaving us at the end of term and will be greatly missed), Mrs. Beddoes, the domestic staff and last but not least the monitors: for making this a most enjoyable last term at King's.

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In many respects this term was much more aesthetic than athletic - even Jo started talking about culture. We did however make our appearances all over the place - Aftaab 'Imran' Gulam captained our cricket to the lower regions of the league (no mean feat), Huw Beaugie swam the way to a worthy third place in the swimming standards as Mike Clarke managed to grasp third place in the tennis competition. Mark Leathem shared the 'victor ludorum' in Sports Day whilst Messrs. White, Amos, O'Conor, and de Linde all deserve a mention too. Last but not least, Arthur Vigo jumped through records and trousers, causing much consternation in the Linen room. So although we didn't win anything outright, we maintained a good standard throughout the term . King's Week was studded with Galpinettes - Lisa, Tim Brook, Mark Leathem, Annabel, lain, Tom, Sebastian, Huw and Steve all featured prominently in this year's drama and we had the delights of Mike's Jazz Concert and Mel Fall's Vivaldi guitar concerto. Aftaab preserved his elegance, Tim Harrold printed, Fred Fenucci and Richard Strivens snapped all the week. Earlier in the term a large contingent battled Haydn's Creation and some took part in the Chamber Concen. Congratulations to all those who took part in this aspect of the term. The term also sees a great chunk of the house leave - thanks to all the monitors et al. Adam Reavill and Tim Brook go out into the big wide cesspool after giving the house a great sporting lead along with Jo Oyler. Mike Clarke has boosted music not only in the house, but in the school. We hope Brock goes on to rock, that Tim Lewin's dreams don ' t go up in smoke, Fred doesn't die of starvation, Simon finally meets David Bowie, and that Tom Phillipson doesn' t get his knickers in a twist. Mark Leathem will be best remembered for his immaculate appearance and for his ability to pass the parcel, Mark McMurrugh for his husbandry and Tim Harrold for his 95"70 commitment. Rob Gibbs's departure will leave as large a gap in the house as Mike's did. Galpin's will miss all, especially the girls (including Misses Giles and Valpy). Galpin's would be lost without the backing group of Maureen who continues to patch up the problems. Thanks to her, Mary, Joan, Iris, June, Maureen (the younger one), Jean and Barbara and to Mrs. Jones, who once again kept all in shape. My thanks must also go to the monitors once more - and above all to the Woodwards whose never-ending interest and commitment keep the whole caboodle going. ('Would that Woodward would have helped with the wood?') My best wishes go to those leaving, especially Richard Hills (No! No! not the funny walk!) and to those who are just starting, particularly the other Richard who succeeds me. DAVID MILLER.

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LINACRE

Linacre has had a quiet term, as exams loomed ever larger. The 'not-so-sporting machine' did its best but tended to prefer the taking part to the winning ... (we lost). In the tennis league we reached the semifinals led by Al McFie. In the water, Seb kept the side afloat and we did well coming second in the Standards Cup, the Shuttle Relays and the Swimming Sports Cup, thus proving the Olympic principle that participation is as important as winning. We'll prove that wrong next time! (The League Cricket shield, however, remains on our shelves to collect another year's dust). The monitorial body has been extended by the addition of Jelly Seagrave and Ducky Hall, reinforcing the hard-pressed groupies of 6a. On the distaff side the girls have done much for morale, with their warm coffee and happy smiles . Some found a post-prep stroll essential for clearing the mind. 192

Th House photograph was taken too early for this term's recipients of colours to be exposed l:riOUS technicolour. .. Although Steve Wright doesn't hablo espanol, he didn't miss the to gt (1st VIII version), nor did Sandy Shaw, for the second year running. Last but not least, ~oaderick Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen the diminutive cox didn' t miss the boat either but coxed re va to a well-deserved Second Colours. Ed Winfield won a medal with the second VIII at h~S Nitional Schools Regatta and got his Second Colours. Al McFie and Jim Cunliffe served, t eashed volleyed and lobbed their way to First Colours, while Eddie Brett, Mike Nash and jmmes S~agrave all got their Seconds for Cricket. Simon Jackson got his Seconds for Athletics, ah' le Jason Mycroft shone as a Junior and got his Colts Colours. Finally on the sporting front, ;~astian broke the school one length freestyle record to celebrate his First Colours for swimming. The Grange-Linacre entertainment went down well, as did some of the sporting events of the vening which included table tennis, arm wrestling and press-ups. Justin scored 61 for the school ~he next day ... Is this the exception that proves the golden rule? Or does port reach parts that ider doesn't? Continuing on the social scene, at the house barbecue, the weather was on our ~ide though the food was in short supply. The treasure was won, most suitably by the Head of House's team (surprise, surprise). Chris Whiteley lost his and there was a shortage of tutors. However, the monitors coped ad~irably keepi ng the events under control, while the 'old man' cheffed his way through the evelllng. All good things must come to an end, as does my time at King's. I've enjoyed being Head of Linacre and will miss those little things like Jez Lam 's centre parting, cold baths involuntarily taken on one's birthday , bar-billiard games into the small hours fo llowed by bacon sandwiches, and the milk fag invariably waking one at some ungodly hour. Thanks are due to Mary, Glenda and the rest of the domestic staff, and, of course, Mrs. Birley and our resident spiritual healer, P.J.D.A. himself. .

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BROUGHTON

For Broughton the end of this school year signifies a mass exodus as 6a has been larger than ever before. No doubt this will be good news for the hordes of people waiting to surge in from Lattergate including our three seconded Monitors. Once again Broughton has enjoyed a successful term of sporting activity. The inter-house cricket was dominated by the Juniors, who cruised to victory in the final under the leadership of Philippe. Robert did well to get the Seniors into their final but the Mitchinson's machine was firing on all cylinders and we lost with something to spare. The Juniors found little opposition to their winning the tennis cup, and the whole house did particularly well on Sports Day to earn the athletics cup. To our surprise we won the swimming shuttle relays but lost 'narrowly' in the final of the water polo competition to The Grange who seem saturated with swimmers. Amongst our athletes special mention must be made of Eddie and Elias who have represented Kent, and of our four 1st XI cricketers John Taylor has been selected to play for Kent Under-19's. Of course we cannot forget the Donkey who, for the second year running, abandoned his stable early in order to row for Great Britain. Strange to relate, gossip in the house has been minimal although Elias's activities have been watched with a good deal of interest - he has now tired of the Canterbury nightlife and is heading for the greater excitement of the big city. As King's Week approached, the annual barbecue produced no serious injuries (much to everyone's surprise) but it must be said that there was disappointment that we did not have as many sausages as Tradescant. Again we were well represented in all the various King's Week activities ranging from commandos and administration t93

to drama and music. Edwin and Nick continue to be the giants of lighting, and it was gOod to see the intellectual trio of Mark, Jules and James having a good romp in A Midsummer Nigh/ 's Dream. Diccon's contribution to school and house music has been remarkable and it was fitting that he should end his career here by wi nning a scholarship to the Guildhall and by playing a bassoon concerto in the second symphony concert. Arguably the most notable event of the term is the departure of G.C.A., our beloved Hause Tutor, who is moving down to Sherborne in Dorset. The top flo or of Temple will certainly miss having him in the vicinity and Tim Murrell will be hoping for a quieter life in the future. We all thank him for having put up with us for the last four years and wish him all the best in his new appointment. Thanks must go to Mrs . Rye, and to all the cleaning ladies who have the nearly impossible task of keeping certain studies inhabitable. Thanks also to Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson for taking us through another year, and special gratitude from those of us who are leaving after five years that we shall never forget. BEN RIDGWELl.

TRADESCANT

Exams, together with music and swimming of the highest standards, were the themes of this term. No less than nine candidates will remain to try for Oxbridge next term. Good luck to them. A fin al effort was made by the whole House in order to retain the House Swimming Standards Cup. Congratulations to John, Jeremy and Raffi for receiving their Rowing Second Colours and Paolo was awarded Tennis First Colours. In the water polo, we withstood a siege fro m M.O. until the dying minutes of the second half of extra-time. However, the oustanding feature of the term was the way Pat and Alex (Sturt), Brad and Tony led all King's Week musical activities from the front - seldom has the House had such musical talents as these four. I hope that these successful standards will be kept up by our successors both as to sporting and musical achievements and as to house spirit. I wish Pat, my heir, and all the monitors an excellent term and I should like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Wetherilt and the Tutors for two superb terms. A big thank you must go to Miss Brine for her indefati gable devotion. PAOLO MONDADORL

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Well, here at last comes final proof that there is actually life in Mitchinson's - evidence also that as day pupils we participate in all form s of school life. Once again this has been a chaotic term - Pam and Margaret taking the reins of leadership as the examinees suffered from severe bouts of manic depression. In all spheres the Mitchinson's flag has been hoisted in triumph: on the academic front , following last term's excellent victory over Marlowe in the Academic Challenge, our intellectual offspring have managed to transform Speech Day into a Mitchinson's parade with Josh Lumley as the drum majorette! Musically the last two terms has seen the emergence of the infamous Mitchinson's Quartet - of such quality and dexterity that it has become the envy of many a Housemaster! - which is more than can be said for Sebby Brown's band! Under the 194

. f Darren Everhart, John and Christina Albin, Matthew Forbes, and Becks Winch we were hkes a 11 represented in all forms of plucking, scraping and blowing. After last term's performance ver~W~roughton House Play, Mary proved she 'Can Can' and, accompanied by Emma, our 10 \d:nt 'nymph,' represented us in the King's Week performances. resWith regards to our sporting achievements, this has b~en a very successful term. 'Ogre' dley's delicate finesse on the greens enabled Mltchmson s to. carry off the House Golf Cup Bra he narrowest of margins. In the water-polo we were not qUIte as fortunate - vIctory over ~ Ilowe was followed by some of us finding ourselves a little 'out of our depth' against The ::n e. No less than six members of the Hou~e represented the 1s~ XI during the s~ason G bl~ng us to cruise to victory over Broughton m the House Match Fmal. One of the hIghlights e~~h: term was the Mitchinson's/Marlowe Fathers' Match, which, blessed with good weather, odd in a diplomatic draw enabling all participants to concent rate on the mam event of the ~n e_ guzzling the magnificent tea! Once again many thanks to all the mothers who contrIbuted a;he marvellous array of goodies. Congratulations must go to 'Our Man Flint,' Nick Stran~e, }~r being selected to represent the British Junior '8' i,! the W~rld Ch~mpionships, 'Dashmg Darren' on being entered for the NatIOnal ChampIOnships and Tarzan Scott who reached the fnal in the Kent Schools Tennis Cup. Our girls at last proved that some have a social conscience a'nd are prepared to do something about it, as a scheme for helping in the Hospice got under way. More help is always needed. Thanks must go to all my trusty monitors who, they assure me, have done much for the House over the past two terms ! Finally, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Pam and Margaret fo r all their help over the last year - it has been much appreciated. Best wishes to Mr. Parker who joins us next term as a tutor - I'm sure he'll build on the foundations already laid . All that now remains is to wish good luck to my successors as this particular wave of monitors leave to make their fortunes. STEPHEN HODGSON.

LA TTERGATE

When Richard Strivens moved on to higher things, the 'Goodmen ' took charge . Alas! Anthony Evans-Pughe succumbed to the temptations of Linacre at half-term. But all was not lost - Wonder Kid Cunliffe toddled in and, settling in quickly, soon stumped his mark on the house. Mark, our other Big Chap, who wanted to 'Habet Faenum in Cornu' (with Mmmm, I love her, or so he said) put in a most encouraging performance as Chief Waggoner for the Haymakers. Patters attempted to forge links with the Old Grange; after all everyone knows birds of a feather flock together. Our illustrious Head of House amply filled his role and a little bit more. Throughout the term the 'children' have played a large part in junior sport. T he house provided several members of the junior crews (but Valps wasn't quite sure who they were). Charlie Boorman , Jonathan Davies, J ames HarlandFairweather and Adrian Linforth played for the successful Under- 14 'A' team, and many others represented the school at 'B' and 'C' level. Andrew Vinton, Peter Thomas and Rikki Kher played very good tennis , while Wonder Kid picked up his First Colours. But none of these drew the crowds that gathered round the T. V. when Karina Karlson was on court. .. 'She can play tennis as well ,' claimed Tim Kitchin. Musically the house has been working hard too . Under the direction of Anthony and Mr. McConnell, the various musicians put on a concert the night before half-term. It was much enjoyed. Lattergate was also very prominent in the Junior King's Week P lay, The Doctor and 195

the Devils, with Mr. Ross co-directing. Josh Mowll and Michael Elam reached new heights of importance as Stage Managers, and made sure that the King's Week Commandos knew What to do. 'Kool' Williams and the 'Gang' made the back door their Turf. By the way, Arthur Vigo is not in Lattergate! Computers have also risen in popularity. Chrys Burdess (with sudden fits of energy) and many oth ers have been seen bouncing over towards the computer room, to a world that, of the mOnItors, only Mark seems to understand. Perhaps the outstanding achievement of the term was the raising of ÂŁ1,150 for the Pilgrims' Hospice. The House completed 650 sponsored laps of the Green Court - a total of 100 miles. In conclusion we wou ld li ke to thank Mr. and Mrs. Ross and Mrs . Duffy for all their help and Elizabeth for her tolerance throughout the past two terms . The House will be sad to se~ Mrs. Duffy and Mr. and Mrs. Atkins leave, and we wish them all the best as they move to new positions. All that remains is to wish the Kid and his crew lots of luck next term with a house which is going to resemb le a sardine tin . THE MONITORS.

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196 THE MECHANICALS (Richard Strivefls)

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC

HA YDN'S 'CREA TION' SATURDAY, 12th MAY, IN THE NAVE On the evening of 12th May the Cathedral Nave was filled for a performance of one of the best known and best loved of all oratorios, Haydn's Creation . It was last given in King's Week on 18th July, 1964, at a time when most of the big musical events of the summer term were packed into this one week. Nowadays the annual oratorio comes about the middle of May and the chorus is formed not only of boys and girls of Ki ng's, but (as this year) from neighbouring schools, notably Barton Court and Simon Langton (Girls) in Canterbury and Benenden, with a good back up from the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society. Soloists are usually professional singers and the orchestra is now more completely composed of girls and boys from King's than would have been the case two decades ago when there were no girls in the school and there seemed to be a number of adults needed to bring maturity to the full orchestra . But now as then this glorious work with its magnificent choruses and long chain of brilliant arias enchantingly scored brought out the best from all concerned under the authoritative direction of Colonel Paul Neville. 11 was nice to welcome back a former pupil as the soprano soloist in the person of Miss SallyAnn Ardouin who was in very good voice. Mr. Ian Comboy, the bass, gave a very polished performance of his solo arias and blended with the other voices well in the fine trio The Lord is great and in the final quartets which contrast so well with the tremendous choral passages in Sing the Lord ye voices all with which Haydn brings the whole work to a conclusion (one which simply ignores the impending fall of Adam and Eve and leaves them in happy innocence in the garden of Eden). Mr. Paul Meredith, the tenor, tackled his fine solos with energy but sometimes seemed just off the note a nd less at home in the work (or perhaps the setting) than his two companions . After some years of oratorios in the Qui re, the Nave seems to be the preferred place for oratorios and choral works which demand large forces of choir and orchestra. While the acoustic of the building poses problems, not least for those unaccustomed to it, those of us who form the audience must inevitably welcome the change because of the range of works on a large scale that this makes possible. We can now look forward to discovering in May 1985 what delights Colonel Neville has in store for us. DEREK INGRAM HILL.

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PUCKPERPLEXED (Richard Strivens)

CHAMBER CONCERT SUNDAY, 27th MAY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

Haydn

String Quartet in 0 minor (Op.76 No.2) (Ist movement). Impromptu (Op.90 No.4). Concerto in G minor (arr. Mourat).

Schubert Vivaldi Vaughan Williams Schumann Tcherepnin Dowland Dowland

Bright is the Ring of Words. Wanderlied. Nocturne and La Chasse. Sir John Souch His Galiard. Mr. George Whitehead His Almand

Paisible

(arr. Warlock; transcr. Wenley). The Queen's Farewell (arr. Weait).

The first movement of the string quartet set a mood of introductory tension, particularly in the dramatic interpretation of it: an interpretation where the dialogue between the violins was sharply dynamically contrasted, and where the colour (sometimes at the expense of intonation) and accents gave the performance great verve. Anthony Evans-Pughe attacked the technical difficulties of the highly soloistic first violin part and led the quartet forcefully. Misses Fall and Fetherston-Dilke contributed the harmonies which were unexpectedly exciting. The warm 'cello of Giles Amos was a firm foundation (alas classical balance was not achieved since only one movement was given). The drama continued with David Watkins's piano solo. It was brave of him to tackle so famous a piece and he performed with Romantic bravura. However the concern for technical fluency seems to have over-ruled a more refined Schubertian interpretation at first, where cloudy pedalling was regrettable. Confidence was regained in the passionate middle section and subtlety in the delicacy of the recapitulation. Sobriety was achieved by the Fall twins in an arrangement of Vivaldi, Melanie now playing the guitar. The arrangement was rather a clumsy adaption of the Venetian string orchestra of the concerto, but Catherine' s eloquently charming flute showed sensitivity to phrasing and mood and redeemed the banal nature of Melanie's thankless role. To Simon Williamson's fluent and supportive accompaniment, Diccon Garrett now performed two contrasting songs . He effectively conveyed English exaltation and Romantic introspection and gloom. 'Bright' was 'the ring of words'! - even in German. I was impressed by the power, compass and colour of his bass, a nd appreciated the impeccable musicianship and accomplished interpretation of these two items . After this, the horn quartet seemed something of a come-down since their music was rather slight. However they must be commended for the homogeneity of timbre and ensemble out of which Luke Goss developed a fine melodic line. Don Roberts, Ben Finn and Tom Phillipson all accompanied efficiently in the lively counterpoints of hunt-calls, or fanfares, for want of a better word, in La Chasse. I wasn't expecting to take the five bassoons' final contribution seriously. However their rendering of Dowland dances in an apt adaption sounded effectively 'Renaissance'. The quality of the ensemble - Mr. Charles Cracknell, Darren Everhart, Mr. Paul Wenley and Diccon Garrett, now on contrabassoon, under the notable leadership of Jonathan Finn was such that my preconceptions were dispelled and I found the Paisible particularly poignant. STEPHEN TAYLOR. 198

199

PORRIDGE (Sal/jay Wicker)

LATTERGATE HOUSE CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 30th MAY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE On 30th May Lattergate House gave its annual concert. It was held for the first time in the Old Synagogue, which was brim full with expectant parents waiting to hear their talented sons The dozen musicians were joined by masters' daughters - some parents were wondering if th~ school took girls in all years! Eight items were played: four solo pieces, two duets and two orchestral arrangements. The Gavot from William Boyce's Symphony No.4, conducted by Mr. William McConnell, highlighted the musical potential of this small house. Oliver Jackson's performance of Gerald Finzi's Carol, on the clarinet, accompanied by Anthony Evans-Pughe (Lattergate monitor), though a little sharp had a good tone. Timothy Kitchin ('cello), Charles Boorman (French Horn) and Adrian Linforth (Trumpet) all played superbly and most professionally in their solos. Their choice of pieces showed off their instruments' best qualities and each musician's technique. Though both obvious beginners, Matthew Hulme and Rikki Kher, after a second attempt played their saxophone duet most competently. However the second duet of the evening, th~ Caledonia, provided amusement when, having started, Anthony asked Mr. McConnell if they were playing the same piece. Once this confusion was overcome, the two violinists came into their own, giving an exciting performance of this Scottish melody. James Ralph obviously enjoyed himself on the percussion in 'Short 'nin' Bread', and rounded off a most enjoyable evening which, as Mr. Ross said, had been rehearsed 'with fun for fun'. Much credit must go to Mr. Bill McConnell and Anthony Evans-Pughe for their work in the preparations for a well-balanced and extensive programme. NATALIA FETHERSTON-DILKE.

TALKS INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY THE RT. HON. KENNETH BAKER (Minister for Information and Technology)

On 11th June, the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Baker came to the school to give a talk on Science and Technology in Great Britain. He concentrated on the 'Microchip Revolution', (the Burtt stage in the Industrial Revolution as he saw it), and went on to outline the many economic and social changes that this revolution has brought about, talking with great confidence and authority which held his audience's attention throughout the talk. Not surprisingly, he talked extensively on possible future developments in various media, giving a very optimistic picture (some would say too optimistic!). He showed us how the microchip would not worsen unemployment but in fact create jobs, just as the 'Horseless Carriage' had done. He foresaw the future society as one of leisure and continuous education and emphasised the importance of the 'Electric Cottage', the idea that Cable T. V. would have a major role in enabling one to do everything from the home. This tempted us with the thought of 'wall to wall Dallas'! Above all, he saw the era that we were about to enter as being very much a Golden Age if we took advantage of the microchip and exploited its full potential. Throughout the talk, his witty and elegant turn of phrase enlivened the facts and statistics, which were evidence of his vast knowledge and complete grasp of the technological situation of Great Britain today. The absence of any notes gave a welcome fluency to the talk, which was greatly enjoyed and wellattended. JEREMY BAGSHAW.

200 TRADESCANT (Marills Kiely)

THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY THE VERY REVD. DAVID L. EDWARDS (Provost of Southwark) In the same week that Billy Graham was ~rging us .to rise from our seats and turn to Christ and people were wondenng whether the B~shop~d~Slgnate of Durham took the Virgin Birth senously, D~v~d Edwards .gave us an mSlghtmto his Id~as on the future of Christianity. To some peopl~, ChnstIanIty has httle or no f~t~re m an age nddled by sCI~nce. If the scientists are to be beheved though, we have 2,000 mllhon years ahead of us, makmg our church primitive _ 'A foretaste of thing to com~.' By examinin.g :--arious trends within Christianity, Mr. Edwards suggested w.e could catch .a ghmpse of what IS m store and so see mto the future, not in a cheap fortune-telhn~ sense, but m a way appropnate for a church dIrected by its eschatology, its belief m the last thmgs. After making some preliminary observations, Mr. Edwards showed us that Christianity was movmg towards a strange pluralism; in one part of the world Christianity was defeated and m another triumI?hant. He showed a~ example of Christ~anity's pluralist success by comp~ring the state of the faith m North and Latm Amenca. The deSIre for rehglous toleration was a crucial I!lfluence in. the development of the U.S.A. and religiop still dominates important spheres of hfe there: Jimmy Carter taught m a Sunday school while he was President, for example. The influence of Christianity in North America shows no signs of decreasing for historical and ethnic reasons - and yet the Latin American Church holds an equally strong grip on the people there in a totally different way. Bishops and theologians have emerged as the 'spokesmen for the poor' appealing for social justice using socialism and Christianity. Mr. Edwards saw liberation theology as a 'new mutation for Christianity' and a 'healthy corrective', dismissing the suggestion made later in a question that liberation theology would demand world-wide revolution: the social conditions in Latin America are not the same as those in Western Europe on the whole. Our own inner cities had 'that Third World feeling' he admitted, but liberation theology was not applicable here - 'England isn't looking for a revolution!' Mr. Edwards then moved on to Western Europe's 'dialogue with secularism'. Again, pluralism abounds here, with many rejecting Christian institutions but not seeing themselves as atheists - and, on the other hand, the Ecumenical movement making great progress towards Christian unity. He suggested that the Papacy would become a centre for a loose federation or alliance for Christian churches. As yet, however, the Vatican was too authoritarian and would have to tone itself down. John Paul II's visits round the world have shown his international status but his views on issues like divorce, contraception and celibacy are too strict for most twentieth ce~tury Western Christians . The Papacy would have to change itself, to become 'more like our British monarchy', resting on personal popularity, strong nominal leadership and a less authoritarian approach. Answering various questions, Mr. Edwards saw the reason for western secularism in the establishment of the Churches; in the U.S.A . Churches command popularity but in Britain the established Anglican Church is seen as 'the Church of the bosses.' He thought the Church of England could survive disestablishment and would probably gain from it. Not once in his talk did Mr. Edwards speak of a world without Christianity, but he pointed out a major strength in the faith - its diversity. Christianity has a home in communist China, as it had a hold on seventeenth century Rome and feudal England. Islam, on the other hand, is weakened by its lack of variation. A religion must be adaptable to keep up with history, just as 'a theology which is not an up-to-date theology is a false theology'. (H. Bouillard). David Edwards proved to us then that Christianity has a secure future, not because the technological threat is weak, but because, as T. S. Eliot put it, 'Christianity is always adapting itself into something which can be believed.' His humorous and learned approach to the topic left Mr. Hattee quite speechless, (or was the Headmaster's comment responsible for that?) and gave us the duty and joy of thanking him for a thought-provoking lecture. DAVID MILLER. 202

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THE LIFE OF A BACKBENCH M.P. MR. GERRY NEALE, M.P. 'There are two amateur sports - rugby union and politics.' Mr. Gerry Neale's enlightening Ik proved that this was not so. The life of a backbench M.P. requires immense skill, perseverance ta d dedication. As the Conservative M.P. for North Cornwall, he amended any misconception an mi ht have had about his profession being a glamorous one. That very evening he was to ~e e fttended a 'three-line whip' debate, which could have continued into the early hours of av morning. It was only due to the 'tremendous influence of the school' that he was granted th~mission to miss it! Mr. Neale explained the invaluable 'whip system' to us by which M.P.s pe informed about debates and meetings and whether they should attend or not. In this way, ~~. Neale gave an insight into this aspect of life at Westminster. He recalled his first day in the House of Commons, and the feeling he had that it embodied II his ambitions. This, however, was somewhat shattered by the Commons' being incapable ~f providing reasonable working conditions. It was eight weeks before he was given a desk and lelephone - quite a contrast to his former whizzkid solicitor's image. Mr. Neale was at first unable to comprehend how such inefficiency was allowed, but it appears that this is the way it is and it just takes some gettmg used to! We learnt that the building of Westminster itself is incredible. It covers a huge acreage and is just a warren of doors, each of which turns out to be a 100 - unless, of course, that is what you are looking for! In addition to all this, we were given an insight into a typical working week, which is unbelievably busy and exhausting, although fascinating, and its hours are far too long to write down here, let alone live as Mr. Neale does! So it only remains for me to thank him for sparing us some of his precious time, to give such an informative and enjoyable talk. VANESSA WRIGHT.

WILKES AND LIBERTY DR. G. DITCH FIELD (Universily of Kent) Many of those who managed to drag themselves away from their revision, or whatever, could probably boast some knowledge of 'Wilkes and Liberty' - a book title, or a cry that went up in the London of the 1760s. Dr. Ditchfield, however, showed how deep and fascinating this particular topic can be. He began by making some preliminary statements stressing the centrality of Parliament at this time and noting how politics was moving to people 'on the fringe of the political nation'. Dr. Ditchfield then gave us a brief outline of the history of radicalism in the 1760s. He saw this 'decade of political transition' as superficially radical. Government oppression and riots were caused by social problems and unsatisfactory solutions. Lord Bute's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury was 'fatal' as it only provoked anti-Scottish feeling, something John Wilkes exploited . Parliamentary Reform became a major interest and focal point due to the growth of a popular press. Dr. Ditchfield pointed out then the challenge to the ordered establishment. With Wilkes, a non-conformist wit with 'half a chip on his shoulder', many saw a possibility of becoming more than second class citizens with some form of political involvement. The cries for 'Wilkes and Liberty' were then analysed. Dr. Ditchfield seemed to believe there was a growing concern with liberty as such, and would have been without Wilkes. However, legal cases like Wilkes v Halifax and Wilkes v Wood made a great deal of civil liberty. Cases against these government ministers and officials were newsworthy and embarrassed the Cabinet. In the case of Leach v Money the government had to payout ÂŁ400 and the Entinck v Carrington 203

suit showed more emphatically than any case before that the government could not use th judiciary as its executive . The climate of liberty was enhanced much later in 1767 with the Evane judgement though, when this prominent citizen was elected sheriff of London, but had to refu~ as he was a dissenter. Refusing the post was also illegal but Evans won status and secured hi civil rights. s When Wilkes started to move towards Parliamentary Reform Dr. Ditchfield showed he lost support. Wilkes was concerned with Parliament and his support came from those who were similarly concerned, in a conservative sense. Dr. Ditchfield quoted the pamphlet False A larm (1 770) by Dr. Johnson showing the opposition view o f the Petitioning Movement: 'Names are easily collected .. . one signs because he is rich, the other because he is poor, one to show he is sober. .. the other to show he can write.' Dr. Ditchfield thus pointed to a significant area in the topic - what did people who cried 'Wilkes and Liberty' actually want in this troubled time? Dr. Ditchfield suggested they wanted political involvement but without changing the political system too much. In the context of the English tradition men wanted civil liberty, but no open Parliament. Quite simply, 'Wilkes and Liberty' was not what some people thought it meant. After such a thought-provoking talk most people here saw what 'Wilkes and Liberty' meant We are grateful to Dr. Ditchfield for his 'great help for 'A' levels', but also for making history come alive. JUNIUS.

CHINA PROFESSOR THOMAS STAPLETON (Professor of Child Health, University of Sydney, Australia) Professor Stapleton began on a note o f caution. He had been to China on five occasions, but each time for only three weeks - hardly long enough, he felt, for a fair sampling of a nation of a billion people and fifty-six nationalities. He proposed to base his talk on a speech he had made a year back to the Fourth Military Medical College of The People's Liberation Army in Xian, entitled' A Visitor looks at China : Past, Present and Future.' His first realisation of China was in fact at King's in 1936 when, as a schoolboy, he had attended a lecture given by the Very Revd. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the so-called Red Dean (due to his close association with the Soviet Union and China) , on the problems which China faced . On his own visits there he met Chinese from all walks of life - party officials and peasants, soldiers and doctors, young and old . From encounters with these he gradually built up a general impression of the land . Illustrating his strictly personal account with an abundance of both interesting and amusing recollections, Prof. Stapleton gave us a view of China, as he himself had experienced it. T he Great Leap Forward of 1957, though thought of by many as a terrible economic mistake, nevertheless seemed to have opened the eyes of many peasants to the possibilities of steel. He had seen great progress in many areas - nutrition, health, engineering, agriculture and education. Yet there still remained major problems in the ever-increasing population, industry and technology, and bureaucracy. But most importantly he perceived amongst the people a thirst for education; a great enthusiasm, particularly amongst the young. Despite his introductory words, Prof. Stapleton, through his numerous witty anecdotes, painted a bright and colourful picture, which left us with a fresh insight into the character and culture of China today . ANDREW PRESTON. 204 I

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' (Richard Slrivells)

VISITS THE BLOIS EXCHANGE EASTER, 1984 Every holiday has its crises and a school trip more than most, such as when someone (Chris) announces coolly at Dover that he thinks he has left his passport behind. But we did all reach Boulog ne , even if a little less talkative than when we left Dover! On arriving in Paris, several were horrified at the French wiring and plumbing around us; almost as horrified as were P. and R. to discover that one of our rooms contained a double bed. But the faded fin-de-siecle elegance, and the cuisine of Chartier's amongst the teeming scurrying of mass waiter service astonished, and then fortified us. The waiters' skill was demonstrated by the balancing of nine plates on one arm, and by the rapacity with which change was assumed to be a tip after a decent interval of 20 seconds. A post-prandial wander through some of the less salubrious back-streets (behind the Grands Boulevards), opened one or two eyes wider before bed, and the night was punctuated by the sound of the rattling of hundreds of crates of bottles nearby. Leaving Paris (minus Oily's shoes) after a long, drizzly, yet very enjoyable day, we arrived in Blois and dispersed, gathering again to see the chocolate factory, (to which one returned, so much did he relish the fug of chocolate fumes and the free samples), and the chateau . Mark went back to do the rest of Paris with 'his family', Oily was initiated into skiing and others into moped-riding, with various near misses, recounted gleefully later. The return journey was full of tales of things seen, said, eaten, drunk, ridden, learnt and heard, of prejudices reinforced or shattered, and of gratitude to our hosts, all to the accompaniment of unusual sound-effects from behind. In Dover two purred away in Rolls Royces while we others had our longest wait of the journey - at Dover Priory. R.l.M.

BOAT CLUB TRAINING CAMP EASTER, 1984 Once again, Mr. Richard Hooper decided to boost his flagging ego by taking the Boat Club top squad for a week's training in Switzerland. By 10.00 p.m. twelve of us (plus a lot of hi-fi) had crushed into the infamous K.S.C.B.C. Transit. A strange silence fell as we pulled out of the Mint Yard, broken only by the cackling laughter of R.B.Mi. and 1.R.P. as they waved us off. Were they looking for parts in Macbeth, or did they know something we didn't? Could it be true that we only went to Switzerland because the N.S.P.C.C. couldn't touch Mr. Hooper out there? Why was the Captain of School sobbing quietly to himself in the back? Was that gleam in R.M.H.'s eye due to something more than the thought of duty-free fags? Things looked up at Dover, when Steve Wright lived up to expectations, appearing in an immaculately tailored outfit (accessories by Canterbury Cycle Mart; hair by Araldite) and by dawn we were beyond Rheims, with S.l.G. at the wheel (Mrs. Graham having allowed him out to look after eleven children - who said twelve? - rather than his two at home). It soon became clear that he was in league with the Ayatollah Hooper, as he drove on refusing to let us eat, stopping only at places which served no food. Ominous if he was turning nasty on us. Even the Transit showed an unpleasant sense of humour, flashing all its warning lights in a two mile tunnel under a Swiss mountain. But arriving at the Hotel Waldheim at Sarnen, no one could question the breathtaking, perfect rowing conditions: miles of empty, glass-calm water, surrounded by snowy mountains. Despite the journey, everyone wanted an outing at once. 205

'SOLITARY IN THE MIST AND WATER OF THE FIVE l.AKES FORGETFUL OF THE WORLD'. (Wen Ting- Yiin, about 850 A.D., and s.J.G., modem)

There were many mixed memories. Hotel staff who couldn't do enough to help and a land' stage that was more difficult to balance than the VIII. Those intensive, tactical discussions betw I"a R.M.H. and S.J .G. every night at 7.10 - rather given away when S.J .G. was heard complai ~ that they'd run out of tonic. Andy Shaw's hands - what was left of them. Richard and Mlna pretending to be Hooray Henries - and no one noticing the difference. Ben RidgweU underminjatt the confidence of American tourists. Nick Strange, speaking. The Captain of Boats - alwa"a ready with a few quiet words of confidence, encouragement and hope. Young Fred _ WhoYS full name seems rather longer than he is - always cheerful, keeping everyone sane. The excelleIt rooms and splendid food - though nothing could make Mark eat salad, and S.J.G. seem~ a bit unhappy with that traditional Swiss dish, 'Boufe renverse au Lac'. As time passed, strange things were observed. Mark's boots. Mark. People paying ÂŁ2 for a pint of Courage bitter and ÂŁ6 for a ride into a cloud. The colour Edward went when told he might get into th~ VIll this ye~r. R.M.H. not exploding like a small thermo-nuclear device when Steve put a hole m the IV. MIld-mannered S.J.G. turnmg mto Super-Hooper and driving the V III like a maniac through miles of Fartlek - stranger still, Simon enjoying it. Simon arrivina for a meal on time (once). The sun shone and there was even a rumour that R.M.H. had been seen smiling ... And then there was the work - this was what it was all about. That superb boat slicing throUgh mIle after mde of glassy water, wIth the coachmg launch buzzmg behmd hke an angry insect And from beneath that flat cap, low in the launch, that voice ... Keen fans of the Von Trapp Family Ensemble, striding o'er the Alps in hope of spiritual uplift must have felt rather surprised (not to say aghast, if they spoke English) at what these hills were alive to. The sound of Hooper persuading, yelling, begging, abusing, praising, infuriating these young men to reach fo; perfection. No allowance was made for this being a schoolboy crew. It's hard to explain the work load: imagine sprinting for 30 paces; jogging for 30 paces and repeating that cycle - for 3 miles. Then have a 5 minute rest. Then repeat if for 4 miles. And that's just the morning. Of course there were problems, crises and frustrations. These young men wanted perfection; they would get near it and lose it. Their real fault was that, rather than rejoicing in the periods of excellence and building on them, they tended to sink into angry despair at anything less. They weren't the only ones - the mountains are probably still echoing to that angry scream 'Why won't you relax, you ... ' Was it worth it? At the time of writing, the Summer's results are in the future, although an account will be in this edition. But the results are not the only point (even if the main one!) For a week these young men pursued a concentrated mental and physical excellence, Ivith no thought to their own comfort or convenience. They won the respect of your correspondent and, I hope, laid the foundations for a good season; certainly, I don't think there will be a fitter or more determined school crew around. I think they will look back on this week as a rare time: when they saw what real achievement is about and, through it, even managed to see that, in the most surprising circumstances, 'Joy cometh in the morning' . Too fanciful? Indeed not, for they even managed to win over the heart of that most unpredictable and foul-tempered Boat Club supporter, the School minibus - this year, instead of dropping wheels in amusingly congested places, it actually got us back in time for the ferry for which we were booked - something no one had expected. And was it not Steve Fairbairn who said

the old Ford Transit on you'm don't give up You be in with a chance lor the Queen Mother Cup'?

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GIRLS' FIRST XI HOCKEY TRIP TO THE HAGUE EASTER, 1984 . began at 5.30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. A mixture of twelve girls, from Simon Our ~Igirls' School, Kent College and King's, crawled out of their beds (kindly let out by LanWo Grange) and struggled to prepare for the journey. We were entertamed throughout lOP hO~oat by the 'exciting' film, and on the road by Sue, Becky and Natty. on le ived in The Hague in the early evening and were met by a somew h at over-ent h" uSlastlc We "t~~e of the Interlyceale Hockey Club. Our hopes of sticking together in this very foreign co mml re soon dashed when we were herded off to different families all over The Hague. ~nR . , d h actual Hockey tournament began the followmg day when, much to Mrs. Woodley sand T hf the whole team managed to assemble at the pitches (even Becky!). We did feel slightly my re Ied at the news that we were the only English girls' team there, but were soon cheered dlsma~iScovered how friendly the Dutch were. We played four full matches over the two days, as w~panied throughout by the Top Forty blaring out from the loud-speakers attached to the ~~~~_house. This was a novelty for us, as back home our hockey is played silently and in all seriousness. Once we thought we had mastered the rules followed by the Dutch, we went on to lose the first twO matches. Not disheartened by this and having been re-energised by an entertaining meal e:c. (!) that evening, the following day we drew and won our matches. The tournament was rounded off for the home teams by a lively disco enjoyed by all, but for us the next day continued with an enthralling trip around a Heineken factory. The trip was immense fun and enjoyed by everyone. All possible thanks should go to Mrs. Woodley for organising it and looking after us, all the way there, at The Hague, and all the way back. We are most grateful to her for her kindness, encouragement and sense of humour throughout. I should like to thank the team for working so well and showing the Dutch true British spirit!

SARAH HOLDEN.

Team: Sarah Holden (Capt.), Rebecca Winch, Natascha Engel, Lucy Flint, Judith Reed, Christina Albin, Caroline Simpson. From Simo" Langtoll: Fenella Davies, Catherine Crabtree, Lisa Appleyard.

From Kent College: Sue Smart, Catherine Edmondson, Nicola Mors.

HADRIAN'S WALL JUNE, 1?84 To the accompanying buzz of boogey-packs, the Classics Department set out on its epic journey to Hadrian's Wall. Seven hours of Ritchie and Rafferty later we had reached the youth h~stel at Acomb, an idyllic Northumbrian nook outside Hexham, base-camp for subsequent explor.a~I~:ms of the Wall. The sybarite softies among us were somewhat shocked by the Spartan faclhtles, but we passed a very convivial evening sampling the Newcastle brown and other brews, later to be bemused by M.J.T.'s somewhat cryptic statement about the bunk-beds. When 'early-rising rosy-fingered dawn had touched the sky', Andy had already jogged off to admire the scenery. Others under the apprehensive eyes ,of P.A.E.D. tackled the nov~lty of making 'brekkers', and our worst fears about Stag and Dom s cuhnary expertIse ~ere confIrmed. Eventually, despite our sleeping beauties' reluctance to get out of bed, we arrIved at the Fort 207

at Corbridge. This fort was built as a garrison and as a store for grain for the troops mannin the Wall, and after philistines such as Julian were rightly rebuked for strolling around with theÂˇK Walk men, we basked in the sun and enjoyed our exploration of the fort. Ir Thence to Brunton Turret - a search for the 'vallum' and its 'berm' proved fruitless and so it was off to Chesters, on the banks of the Tyne. Its bathhouse and gatehouses were 'most impressive, yet by now the heat had taken its toll and many succumbed to the temptation of a paddle in the river. Lunch beckoned and we stopped at the Temple of Mithras, which was originally dedicated to the cult-god Mithras who the soldiers believed would protect them. After a quick tour Annabel got a bit cheesed off and couldn't get enough meat - Tone the Klone however seemed more interested in the nearby horses. We pressed on to Housesteads, arguably the bleakest spot along the Wall, which at this point takes a spectacular course on top of the crags. Dom much admired the latrines, and while Melinda snoozed in the infirmary, most romped off along the Wall or hopscotched on the hypocausts appreciating the durability and strength of the masonry. ' Finally to Vindolanda. With amazing stamina our gallant drivers hauled their weary band around an excellent museum and superbly-preserved site. Their splendid photographs bear witness to the fort's fine condition, but Andy and Andy were more eager to emulate the Paras, while Natasha slunk stealthily off to the cafe. A hearty meal in the evening replenished our needy souls after this rewarding but arduous tour - Annabel then marshalled her Commandos in a corn-field while M.J .T. 's Freudian slip about part of Hadrian's anatomy caused P .A.E.D. much consternation.

The girls' cooking next morning is best forgotten. A quick scurry along the Wall and then it was the long trek south, in driving rain, sadly all too soon. Our doughty drivers reached London in early evening, and from there we all dispersed, some to savour the delights of Leicester Square and to toast the success of this trip . Our thanks must go to Mr. Dix and Mr. Tennick whose patience at our wilful indulgence and willingness to undertake this trip were enormously appreciated by all, particularly in view of the amount of organization they put into the whole enterprise, which, added to the excellent spirit of all, made it a trip to be remembered. PIERS MCCLEERY.

THE SOCIETIES CAXTON

With our main printer taking' A' Levels, our resources were stretched even more than usual for King's Week. Since we have proved ourselves in past years well able to prod uce

an excellent and accurate brochure, we did not mind the professionals trying to match our standard. which took a load off our should ers in the first half of term. There remained the thou sands of tickets and programmes, this time with three different designs. The Doclor and the Devils programme required the utmost coaxing of the machine by Mr. Miles before it could be persuaded to emerge uncreased and not torn, streaked, blotchy or ripped up . It is amazing what that office-sized litho has been sk ilfully induced to print by its determined and devoted manipulators. The other programmes were more normal jobs, but for the first time for many years the different effect has been achieved by the use of coloured paper. Tim Harrold (GL) leaves us this sum mer. with thoughts of keeping his printing up in the big world outside. He has learnt much about the craft in the four years plus that he has been a member, and we shall miss his talents.

Making up Ihe numbers at the other end are N. O. Preston, (B) and P. F. Elam , (SH). We hope they will continue to develop their talents in this demanding and rewarding sk ill. New people are st ill soughti most houses remain without a single printer!

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CATARACT Ellen Langford)

The Durnford Society has continued to flourish this term . A trickle of new members h DURNFORD helped to keep the membership figures rising. Next term will see a full year of the Societ ~ . existence, ~vhich we hope wi.1I continue when t.h is year's officer~ retire in December. hope to mtroduce a 4proportlonally representative' system of electmg the officers, with H.R.O.M.'s innuence~ The term started with a talk on 'Wilkes and Liberty' on 21st May which was well attended and generaU thought to be of considerable calibre. The Durnford Society film was Gallipoli, and this was well sUPPOrt..{ We are grateful to P.G.H. for aiding us in the choice of film. Despite the adverse weather conditions which affected our City History Trail, over fifty members of the Lower School took part. Some very commendable scores were achieved. with the prize being shared by James Delmar, Timothy D'Offay and Charles EagleÂˇBou. On 6th Jul>:. the Society's Dinner ended the term's activities o~ a both festive and hi~torical note. Councillor Bernard Colhns, an ex-Mayor of Canterbury. gave a splendid summary of the history and functions of the Mayoralty of Canterbury. It was interesting to hear that accountability used to be far stronger for local officials than it is today, with four mayors or chief citizens being executed since 1300. Councillor Colli ns gave a very detailed speech, which was of great interest to all present and we are grateful to him for sacrificing his meeting at St. Dunstan's in o rder to attend. Next term's calendar should be even fu ller, which we hope will spur further interest. We are very grateful to H.R.O.M. for his help and guidance throughout the term and hope that next 4session' will be just as successful.

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PATR ICK PAINES AND MATTHEW EYTON.

This term is always the most active in the gardening calendar. The beginning of the term GARDENING saw the planting of our main lettuce (Iactuca) crop. We were able to reap the fruits of economics of scale by a far greater scale of production than before. Jason Tees has contributed enormously this term, as he has over the past four years . We are very grateful to him for his help and wish him the best in the future. Julian Camble has also been of great help, taking charge of the grass cutting this term. and will take over the control of the grass in the Michaelmas term. Great enthusiasm has been shown by the younger members of the group: John Stern, James Thompson, and James Gregory. It is hoped that a greater diversity of crops will be grown next term, including cabbages, beetroot and potatoes. With the aid of one of the full time gardening staff, John Stern looked after the greenhouse and the tomatoes therein, and we look forward to the results next term . Above all , I would li ke to record thanks from all ou r gardeners over the past fifteen years to Mr. Barham, who is going on a n exchange to America next year . We thank hi m for hi s help and conscientiousness. We woul d also like to thank Mrs. Barham fo r all her help, and particul arly for the excellent desserts which she made fo r our barbecue. My only wish is that next year, under the expertise of M.R.G.P. , will be as successful as thi s. PATRICK PAINES.

The Society met on ly once this term, when Dr. Laurie North from the North East Surrey College of Technology spoke about careers in the fie ld of Biological Sciences. His talk was invaluable, as he explored avenues that many of those present had not even contemplated before. A keen new secretary, with the aid of a small committee, is working on an attractive programme of events for the next School Year. C.J .R.J. HARVEY

T he Society thi s term greeted with poised pens and eager expectation Mr. John Lyon, who had very kindly agreed to leave the delights of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and his neurotic cat and devote his rare resources of knowledge and insight to the welfare of our' A I level Antony and Cleopatra essays. However, his talk li fted effortlessly above the ' baser elements' of examination necessity and moved, like Cleopatra's fire and air, to a higher plane of analysis and appreciation - if not understanding. For Mr. Lyon's message was essentially 'he who has eyes to see, MARLOWE

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h'm see but not make the mistake of thinking that because he can see he can understand'. By detailing le.1 ~ajor 'worries' in the play he took the first step in derailing categorical criticism; the scratch of pens hl~ ting headings like 4mean ing of A & C' and 4Cleopatra = nobility of love' was soon audible. His quick de e view of schools of criticism was a delight - covert glances were soon being darted at the members o~~~e English department, trying to spot 'social workers' (the playas self-indulgent bourgeois ramblings o ilh no community validity), ~~eadmis~r~sses' (the idle, foolish and i~moral lovers. are silly enough to ~ OW away good sound positions rulOlOg half the world for nothlOg) and 'High Anglicans' (the t rnscendental vision of love makes little things like death seem insignificant). We were confronted with ~raages of Antony as the pillar of his school C.C.F., Cleopatra as a philosopher of no mean rate, and ~obarbus recovering and living a rich, full and happy life in the service of Caesar. His impressive bility to back up a point from outside the text, fluidity of thought and ready wit made Mr. Lyon the a rfect speaker to unravel some of the complexities of 4dialectic movement' and 4pendulum of reaction' ~hich run through the play, and I am sure he gained many converts to this 'compelling dramatic puzzle'. The Society thanks him sincerely for an absorbing and thought-provoking talk. An innovation th is term was the Marlowe Reading Club which met twice in the Grange Library to discuss respectively The Dark by Joh n McGahern and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. About thi rty people attended each section and some hvely discussIOn was generated, both before and after the beer and sausage rolls. Three further meetings are planned in the Autumn term . ALEXANDER SHANKLAND.

An unusual venture this term was the expedition to Hadrian's Wall at half-term. This was a great success. Excellent weather (until the last moment!) enabled us to visit the maximum number of ancient sites along the wall during the time we were there. The two nights spent at Acomb Youth Hostel provided opportunity for much entertainment, not least our attempts to cook breakfast! A full report appears elsewhere in this edition. The talk this term was by Dr. Oliver Lyne (Balliol College, Oxford) on 'Horace, Odes III' . Despite admitting that the two odes on which he chose to concentrate were two of the less appealing, he nevertheless gave an informative and entertaining talk and produced some interesting interpretations of the odes in question. Time available for discussion of several interesting points raised afterwards was unfortunately all too short. The playreading of lphigenia in Tauris earlier in the term was well attended and prov ided a very pleasant evening. Other events included a visit to Cambridge for a sixth form Classics Conference (where we were enlightened as to the nature of Pompeian graffiti, in the course of more serious matters) and participation in the Kent Classics Reading Competition, where we had some success. PATER

MELINDA SHARP.

With the encouragement of swelled ranks due both to some new members and more regular attendances, we have been working hard at a variety of music for King's Week. T his year's concert of Light Music was entirely as its tit le suggests. With West Side Story and a Cole Porter selection as fairly lengthy numbers, some established war-horses (Osser, Grundman, Walters) returned with pieces of familiar guise but new names. A new name also appeared with several original pieces that of Erickson. I would like to thank those who are leav ing for their support over the years - Michael, Arabella, Helen, Tim. Rebecca and Mark. Additional appreciation is no less due to Col. Neville, whose expertise has guided us throughout the year.

THE BAND

ANTHONY MUSSON.

CHAMBER CHOIR The anthems this term were: A wake thou wintry earth Blessed be the God and Father Ye choirs 0/ new Jerusalem Holy, Holy, Holy thou the central orb o praise God o clap your hands

Bach S. S. Wesley Stanford Gretchan inov Wood Dyson Vaughan Williams 211

Particular thanks must go to the retir ing secretaries, David Riggs and Yasmin Essani. who have seen the choir through a good year. We are sorry to be losing so many good singers (Arabella, Charlotte, Caroline Claire, Catherine, Rebecca, Michael and Diceon); but I hope they will quickly join another choir. whereve' t~n~_~!

R. P.S.

Michael Clarke agreed to take on a resurrected Glee Club, at the moment only seven in number, but perhaps after hear ing them sing two pieces in the Serenade, others may li ke to join if a suitable opportunity to perform arises: there is a big enough repertoire of male-voice pieces already in the school music library . Thank you, Michael, for putting so much into this (and also the 'Dotted Crotchets') venture. R.P.S. GLEE CLUB

All our work was for the Sere nade, in which we sung four madrigals, some folkso ngs MADRIGAL (arr. Seiber, Holst and Stanford Robinson) and Britten's Evening Primrose. Thanks again SOCIETY to David Riggs for his help on and off the 'pitch'. and this is an appropriate place to add our appreciation for the efficient organisation of the singing lessons by David Miller, a fiddling and time-consuming job, patiently accomplished. R.P.S.

Last term was spent working hard for our successful tr ip to Rheims (this was written up in last term's Cantuarian). The beginning of this term saw some rigorous work on Haydn's ~RCl'H~:E!s Creation. After this we settled to a steady slog for King's Week, including the second performance of Alan Ridout's ballet Pedro the Parrot and the ?t h per formance of Schubert's 8th Symphony (a piece which lacks any fin ish!), and Malcolm Arnold's Litlle SUitejor Orchestra. The Chamber Orchestra has been highly strung this term , needin g win d players for only two pieces out of eight (Alan Ridout's Aubade and Richard Strauss's Horn Co ncerto) . Also in the Symphony Concerts were two other concertos: a Vivaldi Guitar concerto and the Gordon Jacob Bassoon Concerto . The other three pieces were fo r th e Serenade in the Cloisters. All these performances are reviewed elsewhere in this num ber. T his term, escaping from the watchful eyes o f our 'big brothers' (Col. Nev ill e and Mr. Goodes) are John, He len, Michael, Rachel, myself, Tim, Fiona, Mark and Simon . We th ank Mr. X for the loan of the wire cutters. DICCON GARRETT.

SYMPHONY

We started the Term wi th an engagement simil ar to one that we very much enj oyed two years ago - the Kent Rugby Schools Committee Dinn er and Dance hosted in SI. Augustine's by Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson on 18th May. T he rest of the Term was then devoted exclusively to preparing for the Ki ng's Week Jazz Co ncert that took place in the Shi rley Hall on the evening of Saturday, 14th July. The main personnel have once again been Ben Shorten (GR - trumpet), Michael Clarke (GL - clarinet), Patrick St urt (T - saxophones and clarinet), James Lawrence (GR - trombone), Andrew Fordham (OL - electric bass and string double bass), Brad Cohen (T - piano), and drummers Matthew Presland (MR) and Ben Mowll (OL). Additional players in the King's Combo and Big Band were Jonathan Wrench (MO) and James Oumpert (SH) (trumpets), Alastair Craik (MT - tenor saxophone), Mark Leathem (OL trom bone), and Lu ke Goss (MO - piano). I am also very gratefu l fo r saxopho ne contri butions in the Big Band from Mr. J. R . Parker (maki ng his fi rst appearance in a King 's Week Jazz Concert since 1978) and Mr. William McConnell (whose gentle, unobt ru sive - but continuous - support for our activities is much app reciated by Jazz Club Me mbers) . All were under the incredib ly dynamic and dedicated musical direct ion of Michael Clarke. JAZZ CLUB

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SOLDIER, SAILOR (Anthony Wattellbach)

M' chael Clarke this year also revived the idea of close-harmony singing in the King 's Week Jazz Concert, I a gap of th ree years . He did this by means of his largely-Galpin 's-based group 'The Dotted Crotchets' ; ~fteHou se compatriots in this were David Miller, Chris White, Arabella and Sebasti an St. John Parker. TI~ se were genially presided over by Galpin's Housemaster Mr. S. W. Woodward. whose support for the e Club this year has been extensive and most welcome. Other members o f this group were Philippe z mp (B), Patrick Sturt , David Riggs (SH) and Michael Clarke. Th ree young ladies added some muchLa~a aeded feminine charm to the occasion - Christina Albin (MT), Charlotte Robson (SH), who bravely d~d her first sopran o solo with microphone, and the aforementioned Arabell a S1. John Parker who created a\plendid 'night-club' atm osphere with her Nobody Does it Better. This concert was something of a sentimental occasion , fo r it was the last join t appearance of Michael Clarke Ben Shorten and Patrick Sturt, who have been the core of the Band fo r the last three or fo ur years. It was ~Iso farewell to Matthew P resland, who has drum med for us for two years. Ben and Patrick will be in School next Term bu t, because o f Oxbridge commitments, may be less formally associated with the band . I th erefore take th is o pportu nity to thank them both fo r their tremendous contri butions to the Jazz Club over the last three years, not on ly in their su perb and invariably reliable musical offerings, but for (he sense of fun and joie de vivre they have added to performances, rehearsa ls and to our weekly Wednesday/Thu rsday ' Activities' sessions. T heir rapport was par ticu larly evident in th is year's Concert. Aft er four years in the Band, Michael Clarke also bows out this year. Always loya l, punctual, reliable and conscientious in the three years when others were Musical Director, he has been phenomena lly dedicated and hard ~workin g when his turn came, this year, to lead the Club . This year's Concert was meticulously prepared, and Michael has gained enormous res pect from members of the three Bands and the singi ng group that he directed, o rganisin g everybody (his Housemaster and the Promoter/Manager included !) with confidence and professionalism. He has o ften been a hard task-master to them, but , in th is way, he has certainly got the best out o f each perfor mer. We are all very grateful. Finally. I also much appreciated the technical back-up that was readily fo rthcoming: King's Week Manager Mr . John Godwin and his team headed by Yasmin Essani (SH) gave us splendid moral and organisational support. In lighting, Mr. Wenley sorted out the availability o f power for the concert, while his stalwar t learn of Edwin Lloyd and Nick Baker (B) again di d a most professional job, the latt er rising from hi s sick-bed in the San to do it. Tom Phi lli pson (artwork) and Tim Harrold (GL) and Mr. R. J . Mathews (pri nting) produced a fine pri nted programme, a nd the efforts of fo ur people ensured that thi s was the best-documented Concert o f all in the Jazz C lub's Archives so far : Mr. Hild ick-S mith nobly perched precariously on a ledge for two hours with a film camera on his shoulder; up in the gallery, Edward Vine (OR) did a similar job, somewhat less arduously with a tripod based camera. Mrs. Sue McConnell made an excellent acoustic recording fr om the Hall, while ou r bass-pl ayer Andrew Fordham worked his fourtrack magic by feeding the output fro m four micropho nes into a mixing panel and producing a studioquality record ing of the whole proceedings . R.B.Ma.

(Nicholas Baker)

213 (Above) EXTRAMURAL STUDIES (P.A.E.D.) (BefolV) 'NO MAN WILL BE A SAILOR WHO HAS CONTRIVANCE ENOUGH TO GET HIMSELF INTO A JAIL,

FOR BEING IN A SHIP IS BEING IN JAIL, WITH THE CHANCE OF BEING DROWNED.' (Dr. Johnson and P. W.D.)

VALETE MAURICE MILNER (K.S.C. 1955-84) With the retirement of Maurice Milner, the School loses one of the most versatile and 0 of the nicest of the members of staff with whom it has been my privilege to serve over the ne twenty years or so. Maurice predates me and most members of staff by quite a long time hae;::t joined King's in 1955. He had graduated from Loughborough College in 1942 with fi;st-clas~ honours in Physical Education, his course being cut short by call up for war service. Maurice has for some time been the only remaining member of the academic staff to have seen active war service, though his still youthful appearance belies this. His service in the R.A.F. included flying training in South Africa and the Middle East, followed by almost continuous operations as a Spitfire pilot in italy, Corsica and Southern France. Latterly the operational role was mainly dive-bombing and strafing, in close support of ground forces. He had several narrow escapes including a forced landing at Mafeking, and an occasion in Italy when - with his aircraft crippled by enemy ground fire - he managed to get back over allied lines before baling out at 500 feet straight into the grounds of the villa housing intelligence H.Q. which had been directing the operation! Maurice was commended not just for getting back safely but for being the only pilot able to secure a direct hit upon enemy gun positions which were blocking the advance. After the war he taught at Caterham School for a while, before taking a further P .E. Course at Cooper's Hill College, together with Art, English and Drama. A distinguished sportsman himself, he was already developing other interests which were to become prominent later. After five years as Head of P .E. at Cirencester Grammar School, Maurice came to King's as one of two men appointed to the new post of Head of P .E., in accordance with Canon Shirley's custom in those days. It was the first time that anyone actually qualified in P .E. had been appointed to the staff here, and Maurice found an enormous amount to be done. His partner soon left, so Maurice found himself entirely alone for the next twelve years, responsible 'for everything that moved', to use his own words. it is, of course, his work in this post which will be remembered as his greatest contribution to King's. Facilities were minimal when he arrived, the number of sporting activities available was limited, weaker boys were hardly catered for, and there was some suspicion of the arrival of a P.E. specialist, seen by a few as being no more than a military P.T.1. employed to inject some 'discipline' into the school. Nothing could be further from Maurice's ideas and approach, though he has always been strong on discipline. His first aim was to get facilities improved and within three years the gymnasium had been reconstructed and adequate equipment provided. Next he sought to introduce new sports and physical activities, in addition to the team games which he was helping to coach, especially cricket and rugby. Basketball, weight training, gymnastics, fencing and judo were introduced, and athletics reorganised. Of these, fencing has been the most outstanding, for through his enthusiasm and influence Maurice was able to attract such leading coaches as Professor Alf Mallard and Mr. Arnold Pienne. The school has built up a national reputation in the sport with over one hundred county championships won, together with numerous Blues and internationals. The fact that King's is probably now one of the three best schools at fencing is a tribute to his splendid work. He and Maureen have always delighted in the O.K.S. fencing match in King's Week, when many distinguished fencers have returned to demonstrate their skills and to enjoy a magnificent supper party afterwards at their home. King's has also produced several athletes who have gone on to win University and international honours, largely thanks to his expert coaching, but also to his successful removal of the sport from the Lent to the Summer term. I well remember when athletics was done solely in the snow and ice of January and February, with a mild March the only hope of getting out of tracksuits, scarves and headgear! The Athletics Sports remains a model of efficient organisation, one of 214

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M urice's trademarks. Many will also remember the spectacular gymnastics displays on the Green c~urt during King's Week, which reached standards which few schools could hope to achieve. But it should not be thought that he has specialised only in developing excellence in sport. ually important, probably more so in his eyes , has been the need to help those arriving from E~p schools with no obvious sporting ability, and often quite seriously physically uncoordinated pr retarded. There are far more of these than is commonly supposed, as the recent introduction o~ new boys' physical aptitude tests has revealed. Maurice rightly looks back on the successful oh sical development of many of these boys as amongst his most satisfying work, and I am Pu~ he regrets the fact that academic pressures have now reduced P .E. on the timetable to a shadow of what it once was. I know that he is also sad at the fact that all the work which he S ut into planning for a new Sports Hall should come to nothing in the end, as he had hoped complete his work at King's with the successful introduction of such an important new amenity. Apart from this, we now have greatly improved facilities for most sports and a much wider variety some twenty in all, from which boys can choose. T his transformation is not of course due to Maurice alone, but his contribution to it is immense. So too is what he has done to foster what is still, I think, a feature of sport at King's and that is a tradition of playing games in a spirit of good sportsmanship, not allowing 'professionalism' in its worst sense to erode the benefits which games played properly can offer. Maurice would probably want this to be remembered as his greatest legacy to the school, and the best tribute to his work here might therefore be for all boys and girls and staff to remember that games are exactly that, and that while winning is important, 'winning at all cost' is not. Those who have not been at King's long may not know that Maurice has made other, quite different contributions to the life of the school. In particular, he directed a number of plays in the earlier years, including one fine King's Wee~ production which stands out especially . This was Twelfth N ight in 1957, which attracted considerable critical acclaim . In the summer when the Queen Mother opened the Shirley Hall, Twelfth Night was the centrepiece of King's Week and the Cantuarian reviewer had nothing but praise for every aspect of the production. As he wrote: 'It was a production which merits praise for all concerned, but when all is said and done it is the Producer who bears the greatest burden and it is to Mr. Milner that our thanks and congratulations are especially directed'. Maurice also produced a staff play, Family A lbum, in 1957 as part of an evening of staff entertainment called Thursday Night at Eight, and he also acted in Harlequinade on the same bill. His production of Mountain Air, the 1956 Luxmoore House play, was described by Canon Shirley as the best he had ever seen.

As his friends know, Maurice is also an accomplished artist, who paints mainly for pleasure, and the school is indebted to him for the help which he has occasionally been able to give in the Art Department. He intends to do more painting now, and also to spend more time building up his collection of oriental art, on which his expertise is considerable. He is an authority on Chinese and S.E . Asian sculpture and hopes to expand his collection during a forthcoming visit to Hong Kong and perhaps to China. We must not forget either that he has been a successful teacher of English here, and a splendid Tutor. He has spent the whole of his eighty-seven terms here as a Marlowe tutor and has advised countless boys, to their great benefit. Maurice has thus been far more than just the Head of P .E. He is as far as one could get from the 'sports hearty' which one might associate with such a post. Instead he has been a rare example of a truly all-round, cultured man of wide gifts and talents, a true gentieman. These qualities have not been thrust forward in an aggressive manner, and one has to know him well to get a complete picture. But obvious to all are his niceness, charm and modesty, his open friendship and hospitality. He and Maureen have always been at the centre of social activity within the Common Room and their private hospitality is renowned. For all these reasons it is difficult to imagine how the gap left by Maurice's retirement can be filled. It is good to know that he will still be helping with the fencing, and we wish him and Maureen all the very best in the years ahead. D.J .R. 223

BARBARA SLIMMING (K.S.C. 1968-84) Barbara Slimming first came to the King's School in January, 1968. When I became Headmast in 1975 she said that she planned to leave in a year's time, but to the delight of the whoer community she decided to postpone her departure. However, early this year she told me th Ie she felt the time had arrived when she should retire and she leaves here early in Septembeat r. The King's School has had a tradition of outstanding secretaries but Barbara must rank one of the greatest. Apart from her regular duties as personal secretary to the Headmaster sl:' has organised the entry of boys and girls to the school, a task that in many other plac~s i~ performed by a full-time registrar. Further to this Barbara has acted as secretary to the Housemasters' meetings and organized a multitude of the school's activities. It is a mark of her ma':!y-sided activities that there have bee~ four distinct gatherings in the school to make presentatIOns on her departure. Barbara's publIc work covers everything from helping prepare for a royal vi~it to placating an an~ry local inhabita!lt who feels the OKS. ball ought to have stopped at mldnIght; while also playmg housemasters lIke a subtle fly-fisherman so as to land their reports or lists of leavers at the right time. All have benefited from her efficiency and capacity for hard work - a five-to-nine woman rather than a nine-to-five. Above all we've enjoyed her humour, compassion and tolerance. She'll be greatly missed but will be able to enjoy the sounds of life from School House and Galpin's in her new home in Broad Street. If no man is a hero to his valet how much less to his secretary: but one secretary is a heroine to her employer.

P.P. When I met Barbara Slimming for the first time at an interview for the job as her assistant my immediate impression was of a courteous, charming and very efficient woman who wa; obviously used to dealing with people - in fact, all one would expect of a Headmaster's Secretary. One of her first questions was: 'Do you have a sense of humour?'. This should have given me a clue to what was in store - for to say that the Headmaster's Secretary's office is busy is to make a vast understatement, and a sense of humour is absolutely vital if one is to keep sanel I am sure Barbara will remember days when while typing nearly a hundred end-of-term reports, she dealt with enquiries from parents, helped to organize a seating plan for a dinner (only to have it changed at the last minute when somebody dropped out), made sure that Speech Day arrangements were going smoothly and then chased up masters who failed to meet certain deadÂˇ lines, all of this being punctuated by umpteen telephone calls. Going home as early as 5.30 p.m. was not something Barbara did regularly I Her duties were many and very varied, ranging from keeping the wolves away from the Headmaster's door, meeting parents and dealing with their problems or enquiries, to arranging flowers. All of this was done with the utmost efficiency, tact and attention to detail, but through it all she could always see the funny side. She could, however, sometimes disguise this ability as, on occasions, she has been known to strike terror into the hearts of unsuspecting junior Masters (and possibly even one or two senior Masters - we may never know). But underneath that tough exterior, there lurks a very warm, concerned and, indeed, humorous person, and I am sure she will be greatly missed. JAN GRAHAM.

RICHARD ATKINS (K.S.C. 1976-1984) 1976 was a good year for the King's Mathematics department. Three gifted men joined us that year, each with very different styles of teaching; Roger Mallion and Alan Rooke are still with us, but sadly Richard Atkins is leaving to take up a post at Bedford School, thus adding to the many links between the two schools. As Bob Eadie (O.K.S., now teaching Maths and 224

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uting at Bedford) told me, 'We were surprised and delighted to get Richard; with his eight

co~f. experience of teaching at all levels, including Oxbridge, and his large number of outside

re~rests, he was easily the best applicant.' '" Richard came to us from Aldenham and Bristol University. The son of a Maths master, he ad Maths at university, and followed this up with a Cert. Ed. His skill as trombonist was one ref the first things we discovered about him; in a school noted for its music, his contribution a as sensitive and supporting. He was always ready to step in when the need arose, and equally wracefully to step out when a boy could be seen to be capable of playing the part, whether in ~rchestra, band or brass ensemble, the latter of which he organised for a time. His sporting talents were soon obvious as well, and his willingness to help out where help was needed was always appreciated. Richard is a more than useful squash player, but the school s uash club was adequately staffed, so he gave his time in winter to hockey, starting with the U;'der-14s, and ending up in his final year at King's in charge of the first XI. His personal qualities and sense of fun helped to knit together a weak team into one that enjoyed its sport and never became discouraged by lack of success. As a keen dinghy sailor from his boyhood, he ran the school sailing club in the summer, building up its fleet with shrewd purchases of second hand boats and the allegiance of a good crop of keen boys, who enjoyed not only the sailing but also Richard's sense of humour, which was always lurking close at hand. Gifted as he undoubtedly is, the things above all I shall remember Richard for are his human qualities, especially his caring attitude. At the start of his last term at King's, when he might have been forgiven for allowing his thoughts to move ahead to Bedford, he invited his' A' level Maths set to return to school two days early for a concentrated revision course. Everyone of them came, a tribute to the respect in which they held his teaching. [n 1980 he married Liz, an old flame from his Bristol days, and their shared Christian faith has been a source of strength to Richard over the last four years. The motive for his caring attitude has come largely from this, and so it was no surprise when he took over the school's Social Service unit from Dick Barham. Richard's particular contribution here was in the strengthening of links with St. Augustine's Psychiatric Hospital. He gave generously of his time, too, in the planning and leading of the school's Christian Forum meetings. Clearly, he will be missed in many areas of life at King's. Once or twice, when new to King's, his determination to do what he felt was important led him to stick his neck out unwisely, but his willingness to enjoy a joke, even at his own expense, has been his redeeming virtue. We wish you, Richard and Liz, every happiness as you move to Bedford. J.M.C.

JOHN GODWIN (K.S.C. 1978-1984) John Godwin, who came to us in September 1978, leaves to take up a new appointment as Head of Classics at Shrewsbury School. He has played a major part in the renaissance of classical studies. Born in Manchester, he went up to University College, Oxford, at the age of 17 - with a scholarship, although due to his usual modesty, it took some years for this fact to become established in the rotulus. Whilst at University he distinguished himself with a first in Classical Mods and just missed a first in 'Greats'. Having intended for some years to subject himself to the rigours of schoolteaching, he remained in Oxford to take a Dip.Ed. and met his future wife Lorna through the University Gilbert and Sullivan Society. His introduction to the classroom came at Radley, in the days before it was discovered by television; the conviction of his mission to educate others was not dampened as a result, and at King's he quickly threw himself into the life of the school. To the Classics department he brought great enthusiasm, matched by a keen sense of scholarship, which has contributed to such a successful record of university places for his pupils. 225

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Many appreciated his directness of manner, his sense of humour, his lightly carried learn' He seemed able to expand on any aspect of classical language or literature; on Homer Ing. instance, he seemed to inculcate his pupils with the latest ideas, without suggesting that h~ :od gone out of his way to make extensive research. But he was also aware that the ease with wh'\ he had been able to win an open award at Oxford was not necessarily granted to all his pu !C indeed, he has been a help to many who have encountered difficulties with their work a~~s; friend to those who were lonely. ' a Outside the classroom he made a contribution in many areas. On the sports side he refereed junior rugby for three years, as well as taking a leading part in the cross-country running perhaps seeing the run to Fordwich in wet weather as providing the young with the challen-; of Sparta. On Thursday afternoons he led the Discussion Groups, which gave many confiden~e to think and argue about current affairs and, last but not least, sex or the School. Although not an active musician, he played the piano for the revue 'Kinkering Congs' back in 1979 and this year saw him in the organising role as King's Week Manager. One of its highlights w'as to see Godwin in a black suit. He also organised meetings for Catholic pupils and produced Weevil and The Wasps. As Grange House tutor he was extremely popular and prepared to stand in at any time for evening duty. Rarely did 'Long John from Texas' find himself alone; someone in the house would come to seek his advice or wisdom. The most lasting and tangible memory of his time as tutor will be his silver racing bike, which he was given by a tutee in exchange for his Own which was too small. ' Away from school, John's life has been varied in the extreme. Last summer he took first class honours in German at the University of Kent; a remarkable achievement by part-time study and acknowledged with loud applause by the Degree Congregation in the Cathedral. He wa; remarkably organised, pedalling off to the university during free periods and arranging the enormous amount of reading around family life at his twice weekly obligatory viewing of 'Coronation Street.' He could turn from the 'Rovers Return' to Zum Blauen Engel at the turn of a knob or flick of a page. No appreciation of John would be complete without mention of his work for St. Thomas's Catholic parish. He was organist and played at Sunday Mass, as well as at weddings and funerals without thought of inconvenience to himself. He even played at services in the prison, where he had great sympathy for the inmates. Finally, I must mention the hospitality of John and Lorna at St. Martin's Road, those many cups of tea and friendly chats. He was a bundle of fun to his and my children. At the piano he could entertain them for hours with a remarkable impromptu medley of pop-tunes from the Can-Can to 'Match of the Day'. To say that our loss is Shrewsbury'S gain is too trite. He has been a wonderful companion at King's, totally informal and without pretension, loving and caring in his tutoring of others. So often scholars are aloof, remote, and not terribly interested in their fellow men. Not so John. As he sets off with Lorna, Alice and Bobby in the 'hired' car along Watling Street, our best wishes go with them for their new life on the Severn. H.J.P.

CHARLES ALLEN (K.S.C. 1980-84) In his wisdom, the late David Raven appointed a 'well-rounded' personality to fill a vacancy in the classics department four years ago. When I first met Charlie Allen he was submerged in a cloud of smoke but occasionally the air cleared sufficiently for me to learn that his pedigree was Uppingham (part of an exceptionally strong family tradition), Oriel and secretary of Vincent's. I immediately assumed a sporting connection but was to become increasingly amazed at the breadth of his sporting interests and abilities. A glance inside his car bore witness to this 226

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led a mobile second-hand sports shop. He willingly shared his e~periel!ce learned for it r~sen;ba the benefit of school and staff golf - he proved to be a feroclOu~ hItter of the 8.1 a 'dl vot ~as not pleased with every shot he played particularly.when the. shlppmg 10 pegt1~ ball thoug hd in danger. Junior hockey gained much from hIS coachmg a,:,d ~IS charges dow,:, Ie. BaY seerne t hes will be long remembered. He worked very hard for jumor rugby and, '':' hIS in staff rnf ~ the Under-15 team to a magnificent victory in the fmal of the Kent Cup. Cncket 18.11 year, ;e his greatest love and he gave a tremendous amount, in terms of coachmg an~ mter~t, proved to. r school teams. He arrived at the school in a flurry of noughts and depaTted 10 sll:mlar o 10 Ihe seOl. b tween there were numerous memorable displays of hard, clean hlttmg contammg slyle but, m e porti~n of fours and sixes. The Cricket Society, St. Lawrence and the staff made a genero.us P[Onts but one of his most famous innings was for the Haymakers when he became use. of hIS td ~enturion. Charlie was just as happy with card~, darts a,!d snooker but perhaps thelT seco,! eatest control on a pheasant shoot complete WIth splendid hat and coat. SkI-lOg he looked 10 g~rience for him, and he took one of the earliest falls ever r~corded as well as ~ne was a new eXft returns to the vertical _ the shock of all thiS led to hIS glvmg up smokmg of the slowe 1 I shall never forget his exit from a St. Johann chair-lift when he sped through instantane~~s ii~st but shall always admire his determination to r~ach a good enough standard the sn~i ch~~ to druise down mountainsides giving a new meamng to the snow plough. ena to H fi:st :utorial appointment was to Lattergate for a term before t.aking ov~r the hBrlou~h~?n . IS I usetutorship from Robin Finney. Some prep school teachmg ex!?enence e pe 1m rCSlde3t ~~to his boarding role easily and enthusiastically. He expected h!gh stan~ahrd~ fr'lm 10 set e and was a demanding though understanding tutor, who would wllhngly fIg t att ~s eve~'i."1f of his tutees. Charlie was the greatest possible supporter of a.1I house event and hiS on e a he touch-line or on the play set will be missed greatly. Outside. the house e was a figure on/. ator in night exercises took parties to London on theatre VISItS and helped out keen par ICI~ther ways. In the clas;room his pupils could rely on him t~ work hard for them '" dOh ma~~ able to create just the right sort of atmosphere whIch leads to enjoyme'!t of the subject and e w d esults He now goes down to Dorset to join the Sherborne claSSICS department antogoor . . 'h'hf and is looking forward to new challenges, espeCially 10 t e Slxt orm. . In spite of a certain fierceness in his outward expression and aBomewhat mtolerant appro~ch II and sundry Charlie proved to be a very caring person as well as good com!?any WIt. a ~o I~ htful skill as ~ mimic. He was a most generous entertainer, giving numer?us drmk; partl~s eJ~reatin many to his culinary skills. He would always. buy more th~n a fau share.o roun s ~~ drinks a~d would invariably arrive at other social occasions armed With an apl?roPd'~te t?t~~. H howed himself to be a great lover of animals and of children, who apprecIate IS 10 Y n~~re and his willingness to spend time with them. . . We wish him all the very best in his new appoint'l!ent and enj.oy the certam knowledge/h~t we shall keep in touch, not least because he promises to contmue as a key. member 0 t e Harvesters cricket tours. He is sure to settle quickly, surrounded b~ the countrysldethat he loves; for he already has many contacts and friends in the area. Charhe made a great ''l!presslOn a King's and will be long-remembered with appreciation and a great deal of affectIOn. M.J .H.

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KING'S WEEK 1984 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM How easy is a b,!sh supposed a ~ear. .. confusion is the very stuff of A Midsummer N' , Dream, and the ongm of most of Its comedy. Mr. Andrew Dobbin's production remind Ight s m all manner of unpr~dictable and ~efreshin~ ways, just what a funny play A Midsummer Md u~, Dream IS, ":Ithout bhndmg us to ItS peremally disconcerting qualities . Oberon tells th ght s of how Cupid's dart fell on a flower 'before, milk-white; now, purple with love's woun3, story pr.ovldes us With ~hat has always seemed to me the play's most potent image. Whiteness bec~and cnmsoned, acqUIres a redness, the redn~ss of passion, of lust, but also of embarrassment mes shame .. Lo,:e a~pears t,o be all around us m 'the Dream', but there is always something doubafnd about It: Tltama wak d and straightway lov'd an ass. t ul If the recognisably human centre of the play is the quartet of young lovers it is a st parado~ of watching ~ Midsummer Night's Dream, that these characters ofte~ seem th:~~~e mt~restmg al!d compelhng. Wha! I enjoyed above all in .this production was the careful attentio~ which Hermia, Helena, Demetnu~ and ~ysander received. They were not mere puppets, and ~ll the parts were clearly ~haractensed. Lisa Valpy's Helena was a real joy: what looked sim I hke a beg?ggled college girl ,:"hom nobody dates, refused simply to conform to type. There ~a~ both passIOn and vulnerablhty here, as well as a toughness when faced with the overtures f 0 Lysander and Demetnus. Sophie Lumsden's Hermia was not overshadowed even so and there ,:"ere more facets to the ,Performance tha~ simply being romantic and beguiling: i~g~~~ ~cene II! the wood ~he was, With eq?al convlcllon, desolate and bitchy by turns. There were Impressive featur~s m ~ark Lea!hem s Lysander: his face and eyes were perpetually compellin Men ~ere beasts In this productIOn: they beat and kicked each other for Helena, they tore ea~h other s ~hlrts off,. m fact they went through all the actions which remind us that we are not necessanly very different from th~ ammals: The effe~t of the love potion on all the characters was v~ry .clearly. shown. Dem~tnus pursumg Hermia, was again physical, and uninhibited behavmg m pubhc, as It wer~, m ways n?rmally restricted for behaviour in private. The whol~ c~u~ of the,Play w.as ~con~mlcally underhned by Huw Beaugie's embarrassment at waking from ~IS dream and fmdmg himself half-naked. Shakespeare's view of man's passions in this play IS very near the bone. The ~resentation ?f th~ fairies. ine~itably calls. for the greatest confidence and resource. Everythmg. surroundmg fairyland In this play was Visually begUiling. The greeny-browny fairies seem~d a hltle earth-bound m appearance, more goblins than sprites, but their actions were beautiful. T~e only reason I can think of for having three Pucks in this production rather than one was th~t It worked. The ~horeographic implications of this fairy trinity were clearly exploited. The scurrymg and the chasmg that surrounded the arrival of Titania and Oberon on the one hand, or. the de\>arture of the Mechanicals from the wood on the other were ~onderfullY s,Ynchromsed. I hked to!', the more relaxmg aspects of the fairy scenes: the song in a pool of !Ight by !he ,t~ee sugges!mg the depth~ of a grotto, the amazingly powerful climax of Bottom's trans!all~n mto the kmg of the fames, and the pathos of the reconciliation between Oberon and Tltama. I have said already that there was plenty to laugh at in this production, and perhaps I should try to make clear precisely what. People kept on telling me as I walked about King's o~ the day of the perf?rmance that it was very funny~ and I began to form the impression that this probably meant notous mecham~als, overwhelmmg the more serious considerations. This was not so. T~e ~omedy was subtle, SWift, and all-pervading. It compelled the audience's attention from th~ begmm.ng. Indeed I have seldom been aware of such an attentive audience, despite ItS contammg qUIte a lot of very youth~ul ~embers (the young~ter in front of me could hardly have been of J .K:S. age, but he was enJoymg every mmute of It.) We were particularly invited to laugh at mdlVldual words, phrases and expressions: Peter Quince's answer to Flute about 228

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. 't of Thisbe 'She . . .' (emphasised) is a lady'. Likewise Bottom's statement 'Man is the IdenO ,y which can so often sound simply obvious, occasioned great hilarity. Egeus and Peter bu l.an aS~dth quite subtly, and apparently effortlessly were always funny, as was Theseus's deadQutn ce ,ction to finding the four young lovers asleep in the wood. pan~: effect of finding hilarity in well-calculated words and phrases perhaps tended to distract ethe comic potential of the Mechanicals . There is a sense in which no one can go wrong u~ fr~~uIlY Bottom', but I felt a divided aim at root here. No disrespect intended to the ~areful wI~'Iluminating performances of James Newall and Tim Brook, but we seemed, despite the an I erset accents to have quite a sophisticated crew here. We didn't patronise these Mu~mnicals as much as we normally do, and that was salutary enough, though I did feel that Mec la were being made to provide a more obviously comic appeal, as Peter Quince took his effof ~IS and other members of the group fell off carts and over barrels. The Mechanicals' play, p~al ah brought the set and the house down with equal aplomb. The audience were almost I o~:ri~al with mirth when Thisbe performed 'her' part, and the comedy here came not from hh Ys bvious incompetence, but because she was playing the part so 'straight', obviously believing erry0 much in the coarse actmg . she was provi'd'mg. ye Laughing at Thisbe reminded me that we w~re not, at the end, that f!lr awa~ from the laughing had been doing at the bewitched lovers earher on: they were, by their own hghts, bemg senous ~~. This production ~ade more.of a unity of the pl!ly than p.racti~ally ~ny I have seen. The Dream can easily seem hke three different plays, but thiS producllon dldn t: It worked as a whole, ot as a series of compartments, and it had neither hiatus nor longueur from beginning to end. was genuinely surprised to hear the cathedral clock strike ten, so marvellously calculated had been the pace and so engrossing the detail of this production. Thank you very much, not only the producer, 'and not only the cast, but to the rapport which so obviously existed between them. MARTtN BLOCKSIDGE.

THE DOCTOR AND THE DEVILS 'For I believe that all men can be happy, and that the good life can be led upon this earth. I believe that all men must work towards that end. And I believe that that end justifies any means. . .Let no scruples stand in the way of the progress of medical science. ' Thus Dr. Knox in The Doctor and the Devils puts across the Machiavellian approach to life, and proceeds to spend the play trying to avoid coming to terms with the y;ay in which he makes his living: by examining and lecturing on murdered corpses brought to him by Burke and Hare. This moral and professional conflict within the Doctor, resolved at the end by his saying, 'Oh, my God, I knew what I was doing', was very well brought out in this produ~tion by Mr. St~wart Ross and Mr. Peter Brodie. They both made the most of Dylan Thomas's scnpt and the Bapllstery Gardens to put on a fast moving and lively performance - I was lucky enough to go to the only one that took place entirely outside. It was unfortunate that the weather should have intervened on the other two days, as the set was quite superb. Full use was made of the Gardens, with the play being performed on two levels: the action upstairs was that of Dr. Knox in his Lecture Room - supposedly honest, uncorrupt and moral, but was it? Downstairs was the terrain of Burke and Hare and their lodging house - ostensibly honest, but decidedly corrupt. Thus on both levels there were differe.nt strata of gOO? al!d evil, deception and reality. It merely took the good Doctor longer to reahse the fulllmphcatlOns of what he was doing. For young actors, it was remarkable that there were no weak links in the cast. Thomas Grieves played Dr. Knox with great authority, whilst Sebastian Brown and Richard Preston as Burke and Hare complemented each other very well: the former - the large, violent type - as against the latter, irrepressibly on the go, and forever offering round drinks. Usually not through sheer generosity, however. The smaller parts were filled by a lively and audible group of actors Martin Edwards must have based his porter on the R.S.C.'s Smike, whilst Oliver Jackson's Mrs. 229

Gray was a marvellous caricature of the fussing wife. The two ladies of Logs's Christ Mitchell and James Gregory, balanced each other, and their aggressive husbands ;'ith sUb~rh.r while among the urchins Timothy Kitchin's vigour, Angus Walker's pathos, anct'Max Fra ~ty, wit blended smoothly with a sparkling cocktail of eighteenth-century low life. nCIS's Altogether then, this was a most enjoyable production. Beneath the comedy, the more se . message of the play was successfully conveyed to an appreciative audience' the pace ~IOUS slackened, the lines were all remembered, and, perhaps above all, the cast seem~d to be enJ'o eyer themselves as well. Ylng NALYD.

ANTIGONE Sophocles's Antiftone. is one of the e~rliest literary represe!1tations of the timeless conflic between state and indIVIdual. Creon, king of Thebes, proclaims that Polyneices Antigone' t brother, who has been kille? attacking his own city, shall ~ot be buried . Antigon~ determin.! to defy the edict and follow Instead the dICtates of her conscience. Each protagonist immediatel Y takes up an extreme position of uncompromising principle, Creon declaring that 'He whom the state appoints must be obeyed To the smallest matter, be it right - or wrong . .. There is no more deadly peril than disobedience; States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins. and Antigone asserting that 'I did not think your edicts strong enough To overrule the unwritten unalterable laws Of God and heaven, you being only a man . They are not of yesterday or today, but everlasting.' . The con!1ict is height.ened by Creon's det~rminati~n not to be outdone by a woman and by his ~mmedlate assumptIOn that any. Opposition to his stance must have a pecuniary motive. Antigone, on the other hand, seems Intent on martyrdom, and she displays a stubborn defiance which alie',!ates some o~ our sympathy and prevents us from vie~ing the playas a simple confrontatIOn between nght and wrong . Creon's son Haemon provides the play with its focus and ultimately with its resolution and tragedy. He is torn between filial duty to Creon and love for his bride-to-be Antigone, but, as the Chorus explains to us, 'Where is the equal of love?' Haemon declares for Antigone and Creon disowns him. After dismissing the old seer Teiresias Creon, now completely isolated without even the ambivalent support of the Chorus, at last realis~ his folly, but too late. Antigone hangs herself in her living tomb, and Haemon and then his mother Eurydice stab themselves to death to leave Creon distraught and alone. The Chorus points the concluding moral: 'Of happiness the crown and chiefest part Is wisdom, and to hold the Gods in awe. This is the law that, seeing the stricken heart Of pride brought down, we learn when we are old.' The first performance of the King's Week production was marred somewhat by 'first-afternoon' nerves and by the unfamiliar positioning of extra seating which interfered with the intricate movements of the Chorus. The second performance however was outstanding. The acting was of a much higher standard than is normally the case in King's Week fringe plays. In the leading roles Lucy Dixon-Clarke proved a formidable Antigone and lain Firth an equally powerful Creon - this was political and personal confrontation at its most unyielding. Aristotle demanded pity and fear from Greek tragedy. This Creon was certainly fearsome and it was remarkable how much pity one felt at his remorse and despair as he cradled the lifeless body of his son at the end of the play. Here was tragedy indeed. In the supporting roles there were particularly good performances from Timothy Briggs as the blind seer Teiresias, even if there was a hint of overacting, and from Chris Madigan as Haemon, the quiet, reasoning, moderate young man who explodes in a rage of passion at the stubbornness of his father and the undeserving fate 230

I d Julian Cousins proved a witty and engaging sentry, telling his story with a of his b~ oV;a;rative style and providing the intense seriousness of the play wit~ a touch of compelh ~d humour. Lucy Harland delivered her woeful message clearly and effectively, thou~h tighln~s dramatically enough, I thought, and one regretted that there were not more s~bstantlal nol qUite Annabel Roberts and Vanessa Wright who played Ismene and Eurydice most roles for nvinclOgly. h' h d CO Chorus is one of the most distinctive features of Greek Tragedy and one w ~c nee s The handling in a modern production. In this one the Chorus. was a tnuo;ph. Lines were careful d' 'ded up and were nearly always audible, even when dehvered In unison. The dance cleverl~v;~ent was extremely imaginative, and the depersonalising masks were ha~ntinglY and n:' Dam Andrews made a fine leader, though the odd nasal tone suggested that hIS mask effectIVe. .' h have been a httle tlg t. may hony Musson composed and directed the eerie, atmospheric music, an~ Mr. Oliver Trowell A~\he masks. Martin and Fiona Tennick were responSIble for pr?ductlOn and would have mald I am sure, that their many hours of hard work were worthwhile. fe t, P.A.E.D.

WIND QUINTET RECITAL Alexander Stuft (Flute), Andrew Horn (Oboe), Patrick Sturt (Clarinet), Luke Goss (Horn), Diccon Garrett (Bassoon). . . . Th opening concert of King's Week 1984 was given In the Old Synagogue Recital Room on Thur:day, 12th July, by the School Wind Quintet. This ensemble has been estabhshed lon~ enough to have matured considerably in the art of playing together as ~ team. In working w~th, and I . g to each other constantly they have developed an attractIVe corporate personahty, and p ~h~~ concert their unanimity of movement shading and answering phrases, grading of climaxes, ~~or~ing and'blend were very commendabie .. Individual parts we~e in .general well toned and elegantly phrased, though a few doubtful tunlnlls occurred, eSl?eclally In octaves and Unlsons, and note values in individual parts were sometimes les~ than JUst. Good e~semble IS a ~ark of the seasoned team, and in pursuit of this excellence, basic precepts can sometimes be unwlttmgly disregarded. The Kleine Kammermusik, which opened their programm~, is. entertaining, approachable Hindemith and the Quintet gave a sparkling performance of ItS fIVe mood-m<?vemen~s . Their playing wa~ clear-cut and rhythmical, with sensitive shading: Then from the cla.sSlcal penod came a work by Giuseppi Cam bini, a name not widely known n~w, though he was eVld.ently a colourful figure in his own day. He led an eventful hfe encomp~ssmg the extreme expenences of slavery in Barbary and fame in Paris. Somewhere along the h',!e he ~Iso composed ove~ 400 works, of which his pieces for various wind ensembles are hlStoncally Important and mUSIcally valuable. The flowing lines of his Third Wind Quintet were elegantly shaped by o~r l?layers, though some of the tuning was uneasy and the tempo seemed unsettled at the begmnlng. La Chemimfe du Roi Rene, by Milhaud, a suite of seven movements bearing evocative titles, was given with point and delicacy. . Diccon Garrett contributed a composition, also with arresting title~. Hedgehog Jor an /C~/andlc Urchin has three movements entitled: The Identity, The Hibernatl,?n, The Re-.awakemng. At first glance this looks a bit like one of Satie's jokes. B.ut, m fact, t~e tltle~ h~re ll~tlmMe a startmg point of the composer's thought, and may indeed s~lmulate.the hste!'er s .'~agl',!atlOn, whether in the know or not. The music was attractive at first heanng, havmg dlStmctIVe melody and deft instrumentation. The concert ended with an arrangement by Jonathan Finn (another of our bassoonists) of Debussy's famous Gol/ywog's Cake Walk. Hi~ transcription is ~Iea~ and effectIVe, and he has found just the right colour for the Tristan motif. It was played vivacIOusly, though a shade too 231

fast to catch the cake walk swagger. I found myself at variance, too, with some of the phra . SIng, but do not know who to blame for this - the players, the arranger, or myself. . . The whole enterprising concert was presented with admirable proficiency, reflecting great C edi on the talent of the players and their constancy of purpose. r t

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PIANO RECITAL In the Piano Recital on 13th July, Simon Williamson's strong technique and sensitiv musicianship revealed him to be, not yet a savant, but certainly a pianist of remarkabl: achievement and probably even greater promise. The two most substantial works in his programme, the Sonatas by Haydn and Howard Ferguson, were interpreted with well-adviSed apprehension of their structure and instinctive response to felicities of detail. It was a young man's reading, with all the freshness of discovery, and leaving room for further growth of emotional amplitude. The opening of the Haydn's C major Sonata (Hob.xVI:50) may be cited as an example. He played it impeccably, and one feels that in a few years' time he might generate a greater tension at the silent pause in bar 7, sufficient to demand the tremendous release of bar 8. The post-romantic style of Howard Ferguson evoked a full-blooded response from the pianist and his excellent technique served him well in this large-scale work. ' Firm control was again displayed in the Five Short Pieces by Alkan, two of which were receiving their first performance - surprising as that may seem. They were La Vision and Gross Temps. Another aspect of Simon Williamson's ample resource was shown in his poised account of Mozart's Rondo in A minor, a beautiful piece sounding deceptively simple. The solo recital is a severe test of sustained concentration and memory. Simon Williamson whose platform manner is pleasingly business-like and unfussy, emerged from the trial with high credit. Almost inevitably there were a few uneasy passages. Momentary lapses are not unknown even to the most experienced performers, and they should not concern anyone but the pianist himself. Wrong notes and flickerings of memory are to performers as banana skins are to prime ministers . They do not matter much in the long run - unless they become habitual. On this recital's showing, Simon Williamson is already an attractively able performer, and well on the way to becoming a formidable one. D.L.

SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS A carefully prepared programme of music was presented to the large audience at the Serenade held in the Cloisters of the Cathedral on a cool dry July evening. A wide range of pieces by composers extending from the Renaissance to the twentieth century were competently performed with musical conviction. A programme as demanding as this illustrates in itself the degree of musicianship required of the singers and players to execute works such as the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto of Bach, the complex Ballet of Morley or either of the pieces by Benjamin Britten. The Chamber Orchestra provided the opening work, the Divertimento (K.136) by Mozart,played with a feeling for style and employing a Presto tempo in the last movement that would challenge any self-respecting professional chamber orchestra. This group was also heard accompanying Ben Shorten in the 2nd Trumpet Sonata of Purcell and as the ripieno section in the Brali(/enburg Concerto, the latter memorable for the excellent playing of the concerti no players, Malcolm Gosden, Catherine Fall, Jeremy Avis and Anthony Evans-Pughe. Two pieces for trumpets provided contrasts in musical style - a Fanfare by Britten and a Canzon by Scheidt that was especially effective played from just within the Chapter House by Ben Shorten, James Gumpert, Crispin Flower and Jonathan Wrench. 232 'ANTIGONE' (Richard Strivells)

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and Ihe latter presenting the Finale from Gounod's Petite Symphonie of 1888 in an ebullient and accurate performance. an he Madrigal Society offered four difficult pieces associated with their name; the Bennet ~rigal was characterised by high upper-voice registration and the Morley by its contrapuntal [I1a lexity. The other part songs were equally challenging and very well sung, The Evening ~:rose from Britten's Flower Songs providing a beautiful, reflective conclusion to the concert. All players and singers are to be congratulated for their contributions to this splendid evening of music. GRENVILLE HANCOX.

FIRST SYMPHONY CONCERT The first Concert was given by the Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, 15th July, when a varied programme was presented to a large audience in the Shirley Hall. The central works of this rogramme were two well known overtures, Don Giovanni (Mozart) and Roman Carnival rBerlioz), and Schubert's Symphony in B minor (The Unfinished), supported by the works of Ihree English composers and a guitar concerto by Vivaldi. The English composers represented were Purcell, Malcolm Arnold, and Alan Ridout, the latter composer being present to hear excellent performances of his Aubade for violin and orchestra and the ballet suite Pedro the Parrot. Alan Ridout is undoubtedly one of this country's finest composers and these two works demonstrated so well his compositional skill and his understanding of Ihe genre in which he works. Clarence Myerscough, the soloist in the Aubade, gave a very warm, sensitive performance of this work whilst the orchestra, conducted by Colonel Paul Neville, sparkled in the b~lIet suite; its nin~ episodes exploited instrumental resources to the full, and culminated III a lively South Amellcan dance. The Malcolm Arnold Suite called on similar orchestral virtuosity, whilst the Purcell Chacony in G minor, conducted by David Goodes, demonstrated the richness and warmth of the string seclion, pointing the highly charged, tense harmonies to great effect. The soloist in the guitar concerto by Vivaldi was Melanie Fall, who gave a convincing performance of this delightful work. Melanie's technique was very secure, producing a large and varied sound from her instrument, and was undeterred. by lower orchestral string difficulties wil h intonation. It was interesting to note that she resumed her place at the second desk of the first violins in the following work, and that she is one of fourteen female string players in the orchestra. The Unfinished Symphony of Schubert received a sensitive reading, leaving us convinced of Ihe completeness of this work, a testimony to the melodic genius of this composer, and assuring us Ihat orchestral playing has a secure future at King's. G.R.H.

SONG RECITAL A delightful song recital given by Christopher Carden-Price and David Flood on Sunday, 15th July, introduced an appreciative audience to groups of songs perhaps largely unfamiliar to those listening. The English Renaissance was represented by Henry Lawes and John Eccles, in settings of a sonnet in strophic form, a substantial though composed song I gently touched her hand, and a rather doleful tale of bee stings in Cupid as he lay! An extensive composition by Thomas Arne introduced this composer to us as a rival in word-painting technique to members of the 233 'BY INDIRECTIONS FIND DIRECTIONS OUT' (Richard Strivells)

Renaissance madrigal school, appropriately depicting such phrases as 'awkward gait' 'by ch was stomping', and 'down falls the staff' in the voice or piano part. The only Ge~man ranee presented in this programme were the song cycle An die Ferne geliebte by Beethoven once ~ed~ perhaps presented with the intention of exposing a less well known work in this stYl~. Six s~lIJn formed the cycle, all connected by piano episodes, allowing suitable modulation in preparat~gs for the following song. A very intimate and sensitive group of songs was performed e u Ion sensitively by the soloists, in spite of the distraction of a booming sustaining pedal on the ~iaallY who finished the first half of their recital with the amusing Victorian ballad The Carol Sing~O, T he second half of this recital began with a melodramatic Victorian ballad, followed by tw Britten settings of Irish melodies; the first gentle, the second fiery in its setting, utilising thO Britten device of varied piano accompaniment to the strophic voice part. e T hree charming songs by Roger Quilter persuaded us to agree with Christopher Carden-Price that Quilter is an underrated composer whose works are not performed often enough. A medley of songs by Noel Coward lent a poignant end to this concert, his words echoin g the audience's thoughts as this was the last recital by these two artistes for a few years to come 'Reason for Tears' maybe, but the audience demanded and received an encore from these tw~ fine musicians . This was a recital that will be remembered for its exposition of little known works performed so sensitively, and for the fact that it marked the last recital in a series that began five years ago. G.R.H.

CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC T he Concert of Light Music given by the King's School Band was a celebration of youthful energy channelled into works by Norwegian, Czechoslovakian and American composers . The sixty-one players have a good feeling for ensemble, good intonation and a well proportioned sense of dynamic. Open-air performances are always difficult to give; sound disappears very quickly, dynamic contrasts have to be measured accordingly, and climatic variations must be taken into consideration! On this afternoon, many climatic facets of an English summer's day were displayed for players to contend with - very bright sun, a strong, cool wind, severe drop in light intensity and temperature, and a crowning shower of rain that nearly shortened the final Cole Porter medley concluding the programme. The audience responded well to the style of music which was easy to listen to and well played, but enjoyed especially the West Side Story medley (including I feel Pretty, Tonight and America) and the Cole Porter medley, with such memorable numbers as I love Paris and Wunderbar! It is interesting to note that the sixth form girls have made such an impression in the flute section, providing seven out of its nine members. This was a very enjoyable afternoon's concert. G.R.H.

ORGAN RECITAL A large audience took its place in the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral for the organ recital given by pupils of David Flood, on Wednesday, 16th July. This is the second year that such a recital has taken place and the players received deservedly warm applause for their indivi~ual contributions to the hour long programme. The fifth and sixth forms were represented with Tradescant House providing three of the organists. T he recital began with Jeremy Avis playing Hymne d'action de grace - Te Deum, by Jean Langlais, a piece with a deceptively quiet exposition followed by powerful chordal interjectioris. Characterised by large dynamic differences, this piece contrasted well with the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C of Bach, played next by Brad Cohen . 234

ccata with its florid, ebullient, passage work, punctuated with ch?rds, prec~ded the The To d four part fugue the latter based on a large subject, endmg wIth a flounsh over gioan . ' " da tained tomc pedal. . . . a sus d'ctus of Max Roger played by Alexander Sturt again contrasted vIvIdly wIth the The Bene ~rk the composer demanding from the player and organ, large differences of prec edlOg wd e~ploying registrations that characterise the piece as representative of the RomantIc dyna mlc ~~mposition. So reflective was the opening.and cOI;clusion of this l?iece tha~ the audie~ce penod 0 . d to listen very attentively over the nOIse of vIsItors and tounsts outsl~e the 9U1re Vlere recqu;~~dral. Perhaps it will be possible in future years to ask for complete SIlence m the of ilding Ihe arather than Just . ' t h e Q uue. . m .. bU . t movement of the Mendelssohn Fourth Sonata in B flat demonstrated the aglhty of The fU'Musson as did the Prelude and Fugue in G of Bach so convinc!ngly played by Simon ... ~thÂ°:Zon. The declamatory Prelude with its contrapuntally demandn;g passage work was Wllha d by a fugue subject typical of Bach's gemus and mastery of thIS form. followe . . . . S . fH . ke Goss completed this excellent recItal WIth a JO~ou~ work, the Canll.on artie 0 enn Lu The appreciative audience was sent away, ~ars r!ngmg WIth the ?ell-hke so,:,nds that t~e Mulet. r ,veaves into this marvellous work, endmg WIth a massIve chmax restatmg the mam compose . d I theme of the piece played over a sustamed pe a . . This was a fine recital by these six organists, a tribute to them as players and to theu teacher, Mr. David Flood. G.R.H.

SECOND SYMPHONY CONCERT When the school symphony orchestra gives two concerts in four days as has become customary ecent years during King's Week there is always a danger that the second concert may be ~~~ething of an anticlimax (especially since many people atten.d both concertsl for some of the music played appears in both programmes. Any danger of antlchmax was aVOIded t~IS year by skilful programme planning. While the great Schubert Unfimshed Symphony necessanly loomed larger than anything else on the programme and got a very poli~hed p~rforma~ce the sec~md time round it was a happy thought to repeat the Malcolm Arnold L ittle SUite WIth ItS rumbustl~u~ March as a curtain raiser instead of the ntual overture from one of the operas of Mo~rt, Rossml and co. This brought in the full orchestra with a great array of brass and percussIOn at once and made a rousing start to the evening, and no b~tter way of .endmg the co,:,cert could be found than by repeating the Berlioz Roman Carmval :-v,th ItS daz~lmg orche.stratlOn and tremend,?us finale of blaring brass. This is the kind of musIc at whose nHerpretatlOn Colonel Paul NeVIlle excels but another side of this versatile musician came out WIth the mcluslOn I~ t?e programme of the Elgar Serenade for strings when one was remmded that Colonel NeVIlle sown ch,?sen instrument is not trumpet or trombone but violin: this l~vely work was gIven a very restramed and sensitive performance which made a mce contrast With the more full-blooded character of much of the rest of the programme. But in fact the star turns were provided by two very brilliant young musicians. Luke Gos~, who has been astonishing and delighting audiences at King's for so~e years at cham~er musIc recitals, gave a splendid perfofmance of the Strauss Horn Concerwm Eflat. Strauss s ~at~er, a well known performer on this instrument, went on r~cord as saymg tha.t he ~h.ought It too taxing and treacherous for public performance'. He mIght have revIsed hIS op,mon If he h~d been present in the Shirley Hall at this concert for Luke Goss appeared to hav~ mastered ItS complexities with ease and with admirable control of tone. The second half began WIth a Conce~to Jar Bassoon and Orchestra by the late Dr. Gordon Jacob which was gl~e~ an equally I~presslve performance by Diccon Garrett. Thoug~ one is used to hea:mg P!omlSlng young muslcl~ns at King's concerts it is not often that one IS treated to such vIrtuosIty by two young men m the .

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course of one evening. If all goes well with them both, Messrs. Goss and Garrett h

~uch pleasure to large and enthusiastic audiences for many years to come AS ould be giVina IS due for the charming. imI?ression of the new Blackfriars Arts Centre whi~h h word of Praise

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concert programmes thIs Kmg's Week, the work of Mr. Hubert Pragnell and adorned the Mr. Do~ald Leggat f,!r the excellent programme notes inside which must'have d~nk You also the musIcal apprecIatIOn of many of the audience. a ed mUch to DEREK INGRAM "'I

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KING'S WEEK EXHIBITIONS This year's E~hi~itions were held in the new Cleary Gallery. Blackfriars, (Art Woodw Poltdte.ry, BookbIndIng, and Caxton Society) with the exception of the Compu'ting EXh:;;-'~' Phot0!l'aphy, h e In Mr. Cooke's Laboratory. 1 lOn, which Was Art Once again, I am indebted to Mr. Trowell for a characteristically meticul W,e began with J. O. Bendien's (T) Desert Dealing, which had a good atmos here ~~it~o~r of .th~ eXhibits. Diana Coleman (GR) exhibited Campfire At Dusk and An Argument These ~isplayed ~ a SI~lar theme which, Mr. Trowell informed me, is a light-and-dark technique us~d by Rembra dt S rd~ c /aroscuro very muc~ liked ~ebecca .Gilbert's (MR) Sleeping For Centuries, while R. N. P. p~ le~~s aravaggio. I To The Night Tram was Simple but very effective. Family Encounter During The civil War (LX) The Way subJect·cholce, buta rewarding one, for O. B. Morgan (GL). J. P. Gardner's (B) S T Swas an unUSual ~~s v~ry Subsdtantlal p~ncil stu~y. while J . E. Hughes (T) in his pencil work was ver~l:~!ura~~g\~i1; S~nsel ~ 31 S In a stu y of a flg~ter pilot. M. S. A. Wicker (T) produced a very evocative atm h ~,"u~e ~etna,,:, Combatant, albOlt partly achieved by appeal to the all-too-ubiquitous Coca-Cola ~~itle~r~ with hIS o pencIl portraits by J. L. Aylott (SH) and Catherine Conybeare (MR) took my fancy Mr T II number

OU~ ~~at PbPII ~erf~ encourage? to ,copy :w-ell-known studies in pencil and chalk p~per 'to r~;~~H~~~nt.e<!

;ncom;~itf~~ ~f~. ~W~~~-~~~ t&~)~c;I~~;/~:~~~i~~ ~fa~i~J: ~~~ing pen was w~ll illust!a.tede~y

In the oils section (one of my favourites in the whole exhibiti~n) wa: M ~ 3AVCW,stuo?mg exhIbit here fltho~gh only ~he eyes were visible on this/emme voiJee a real sparkle of'1if~ w~s ~~v~~t~~;:b Woman;

rom It. Two oIls by R. T. Preston (L), winner of the Junior Art Prize w

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the Easter Hohdays. I very much liked the trees in G. Bushell (MR),s Heron/n ~ l~~td~~a~:d ~xe~ted I~ ~~ei:~~~ahl: ~~~~~ii~~d S. Bushell have had a board in the recent Urban Studies Exhibitio~, t~~esr~~~g A water colour by M. W. A. Kiely (MT) was the first item I came

Blac~triarJ Building as its su~ject. Other local views exhibited in the s:~~~~Ci~i~:e:er~ ~ecMtl~I:~,~I(~d)

pencl stu y of the Black Pnnce's Tomb and neighbouring tombs and B W L

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done with e. . so h t IS sectIOn, ophle Eynon (SH) exhibited a nice item showing a hunt' meeting in front of -a GIeorgJan ouse. . Ch~rlotte Bi}hOP'S .(SH) alarming and disturbing study of a gallery, called The Scream with its screamer

~~~~~i~ i~~~e ~gh:lrlct~r~ (0 la .Edv ard Munc~! expressionist), was a most arresting picture. One of the

ery sown m t iIe compoSItion was of the late Maril yn Monroe' as was . t d t ~e~~~~~I~~;h~uJg~es~:~taosfbmeeYnSdUenaddafY newspa2POer, whichh Pufblished an ~rticle on Miss Mon~~~~heis ~~t , or over years, er eatures are mstantly recog' bl b I ~:~~~~~~'b~~arlotte Bishop's study certainly did full justice to that well~known face ~~~aw:s i~s~=~~I~ ,

im~;'e~~i~tras7 ~ryet waterc~lour Off!"1· R. Pope (IN), ,with its qu~et tints and sepia~ink finish, gave an effective ,

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r~n~/fIra1esdan!. ~OPhi~ Eynon's Strange Room was full of three~dimensional~space effect. ~Iso liked eac I, epJctmg a emure woman and a vagabond man, as well as Views From A Mountain track, 236

. db a Chinese landscape. A Glimpse of Delphi by Jason Tees (B), done in his own time, displayed

ill'Plre ff!ctiVe brilliant light (and also a slightly twined-toed girl!) . I was fascinated by M. E. A. Wilson's

.~e For A 'Train, displaying 'punk' figures in a station waiting room which, Mr. Trowell explained w"tm~as a modern version of an Old Master in its arrangement of the figures. Twilight Gathering, by

10 m~, Baker (GR), showing young people on a bench (also featuring a 'punk' element) was very atmospheric. SoPhl\rast A. Caron-Delion (GR),s Tropical Landscape was luscious and exotic. I also liked Children BY C?" by'Diana Coleman (GR), with its overtones of Bruegel, and A. A. Walker's (B) River Landscape PlDY''!f;er with its atmospheric grey sky. I also admired some gouache work (i.e., opaque, as distinct from Iff WI are~t water~colours): F. R.. Matsaert's (T) Nocturnal Gathering, with its brilliant chiaroscuro showing I!"'SPetted' figures around a fire with a distant town beyond; the pursuit of the 'punk' image, sllh~~r in Sophie Eynon's Yellow~crested Smoker, with its bird~like figure with Mohican-style hair-cut. ~l'bi~dl analogy was continued (not to mention the 'smoking' one!) in the title of Charlotte Bishop's R~ Eyed Smoker. Mr. Trowell told me that Natascha Engel is doing a thesis on the motor trade, and h i920's style poster based on The Grange House play Ring Around The Moon was very much in the !~.dimensional style of the 1920's and '30's, with its plain, simple colours. t Mr Trowell takes the philosophy of Cezanne who said something to the effect that if you can draw ub~ and a cylinder, a sphere and a cone, you can draw anything. To this end, Mr. Trowell has arranged : ~ first~year boys to do basic forms, before going on to more diverse subjects. All the September intake d~d space·craft drawings, of which examples were displayed from I. C. Girling (MO), R. T. Preston (L), I W Galloway (L) and M. D. Edwards (SH); in all of these, the space·craft were made to look solid ~y 'd~awing with light'. I also liked J. M. Elam's futuristic city made of cylindrical forms, with its nice lanaI changes and O. F. J. Jackson (l),s similar study, emphasising a 'fluted' funnel by a more merged lo"al change. J. R . A. Harland Fairweather (L) also exhibited on this theme. Another aspect emphasised was a section on Harmony oj Colour and Shape; this is colour harmony oblained by using colours close together in the spectrum which, Mr. Trowell emphasises, is useful not only in subsequent picture making, but also in interior design and he hopes that it is something that his pupils will remember in later life. Similar families of shape were illustrated in work by B. M. A. Wrench (SH), W. Gordon·Harris (SH), J. A. Stern (SH) and P. J. M. Trew (T). I liked the objective drawing s<clion, featuring still·life (largely decanters!). Sophie Eynon (winner of the 6b Art Prize) exhibited here, as did S. H. Yap (MO), Diana Coleman, Sophie Baker (GR), Charlotte Bishop and M. S. A. Wicker. A. A. Walker showed an excellent decanter in chalk , and in Caroline Simpson (GR)'s study of apples there was an excellent effect of soli dity. The pencil studies of J. E. Hughes, D. A. Stearns (T) and M. S. A. Wicker also displayed sharp perception of detail. An amusing end to one corner of the exhibition was provided by some unusual cartoon work by C. P . K. Burdess (very silhouette-conscious - he evidently likes drawing little figures in 'playing·card' style) and O. B. Morgan (GL) whose Emperor and Duke was great fun. These cartoons are done with spontaneity and are drawn straight off with one line that gives a freshness to them. A large part of the Art Exhibition was a Painting Workshop, dominated by six large panels of river scenes around Blackfriars. The object of the scheme has been to sharpen observation; when stuck for information, the artists merely go outside and look more perceptively at their subject. Mr. Trowell has developed the renaissance idea of having a number of artists working on one item. Mr. Trowell gave me details of all the basic drawers and their helpers, but consideration of space forces me to omit their specific mention. Suffice it to say that the overall results were extremely colourful and decorative panels.

Photography I always enjoy portraits, particularly if the subject is someone I know. I was therefore pleased to come across first a portrait of Robin Hunter, by his House~compatriot R. E. Strivens (Gl), who also exhibited a dynamic study of a rugby match. The portrait theme was continued by J. L. H . Bartlett (OR), with a very life~like study of Frances Duthie. A stripped-to~the~waist 'gladiator ial' pose was adopted by Tim Lewin in C .F. Fenucci's (Gl) striking study of him. Another Galpin's exhibitor was H. McN. 8eaugie, with an action study of a swing, and a dramatic aerial view of his House and the Norman Staircase. Two prize winners had more static subjects. Gough Prize Winner J. Kidde~Hansen (lX) showed a sheep~ crossing scene on a sheep station in Australia; Junior Gough Prize Winner Michael Smith had scenic views, including a lock composition, and a very effective night study of a tree in the Precincts. Still li fe was also exhibited by C. A. S. Kidson (T) (in the form of a composition consisting of bent railings, gravestones and a rusting car), M. R. Peterburs (MR) (cobbled streets, a pair of old boots, and a fascinating shape formed from a wooden structure that evoked an impression of Stonehenge), D. G. D. Walden (B) (the Cathedral illuminated), and N. R. Baker (B) (scenic views from one of his home~countries, Finland). 237

U~doubted ly the most dramatic and effective part of the Exhibition for me were the studies by James Bartlett (GR) of animals in an Africa n Safari Park There is 'a gruesomSuperb colour photographs s~owing ~wo splendi~ r:na!e lio~sJ then. ~ne of its lion-cubs beginning to eat ae::quence of th~t the male hon had Just killed, fmlshmg wIth a chIlling composition showing the ribs teeth t~buffalo bnstle of th~ wat~rbuffalo, all that remained of it after the cubs' feast. I asked James' Bartle~n h mOUth. he was to hIs ~ubJ ects, ~nd he replied that he had been about 30 feet away, with nothing betwow n~ar and the male .hons; he dId, however, feel safe, for the lions had just eaten! Nevertheless he een hun b.y elephants 10 the course of getting these studies, which also included shots of gazelles' giraftas chased fish eagle, an eagle that bears some resemblance to an owl. ' es, and a

. Woodw~rk Havi~~ ~one these reviews for eight years now I ought not to be surprised at the dIsplayed 10 these exhibitions; however, the Woodwork once again was humbling to one who cann tale~t twC? pieces of wood together! R. J. C. Elliott (GL), winner of the Woodwork Prize exhibited f' ot nali

while O. J. C. Burkill (LX) showed ~ fine mini-chest of drawers. and J. T. R. George (OR) al~el~abl~. curved cupboard. A. C. H. Johns (L) dISplayed hIS excellent large cupboard with compartments Ch Pb ndld were agam popular: exhibitors of these items were L. P. M. Bedford (MT). J. M. Bartlett (L~) ~ards Dykes (OL). O. J. V,. Evans (T). A. M. J. Patterson (MR). C. D. L. Smith (MO) . and N. C. B. Y . J. (W). Tables w~re exhibited by J. R. Beatton (MO). J. M. Bartlett. W. J. Cutter (L). R. D C Do~u ng (SH). C. C. Mitchell (L). S. M. Wood (MT). A. P . Wattenbach (LN). In addition there w~s ~ b d ne, table by O. J: F. Jackson (L). and a card-table. with nice. green-beige toP. by J.'H. ThOmpso;(C)lde hked the mUSical stand of J . R. E. Wrench (W). and the smooth bowl of J. M. Lawrence (OR) R . I were dISplayed by R. J. Edmonds (MR). J. D. Oregory (L). A. O. F. Murdoch (MO). while J' wacks

Mowll (L) IS eVIdently plannmg on a .mIs-spent youth with his snooker-cue rack . Other individu~1 it~ R. were from J. R. E. Wrench (butter dISh). A. P. Wattenbach (cigar box). M. D. S. Forbes (MT) (sto ms

S. Rowe (LX) (golf-club rack). A. J. Oliver (OR) (bookcase). N. B. Prescott (W) (flower trough). ~~d (the only bo~ to have a two-hne en!r~ In the Rotulus!) F. E . Vegeli n van Claerbergen (LN) (c igar b It IS appropnate to conclude thiS section With mention of a fine picture mirror by Oough Prl'ze W' ox). R. J. C. Elliott. Inner

. Design ~nd Print. The dominant ~tems in t~ is exhibiti0t,l were Charlotte Cotton (GR),s Ii no print featur109 apples m the deSign, G. B. M. Bishop (B) s.yacht ~eslgn, and large screen prints from A . E. Martin

(OL) and N. J. Brocklebank (OL). the latter. In particular. featuring a nice perspective. Tee-shi,r~s seem ~~finitelY to be 'out' this year' there were only two of them (from J. A . Craig (LN) and - a tie and die :- from J. M. Elam (LÂť. and normally there are dozens. They have been replaced m popu) an ty by c.ushlot,ls, of whlc~ ~here were about two dozen, from Josephin e Wong (T), Winner of the DeSign and Print PrIZe. I. C. Olrhng (MO). J . M. Elam. Helen Byrom (MR). J. D. Richardson (LN) C. E. B~tcher (OR). M. R. Brooke (B). P. E. Dyas (LN). B. M. A. Wrench (SH). S. J . Orimes (OL) (display: 109

ternfymg figures !), N. J. Brocklebank (featuring a screen print of the popu lar Coca Cola 'logo') J

P. E . Ralph (L). Rebecca. Oilbert (MR). P. A. Ham iIt~n (B) (with a nice design Street Reflections),' 0: W. S. Pugh (LN) (who dISplayed a c1e~er cube-shape. m the form of a die which. as his former Maths ~aster ,. I was glad to see!), R. B. Costam (MO) (whose deSign consisting of shadows on a face was most

If!1presslve, and N. J . â&#x20AC;˘Baul~ (~X) who, I was .g lad to see, expressed a bit of individualism by incorporat ing hIS own monogram ( NJB ) mto an otherWIse abstract design.

Book-Bln~l~g, Caxton Society, Pottery A small bookbinding display gave prominence to many Bibles - a 1736 edition from B. M. A. Wrench. a large. old Bible bound by R. S. J . Price (OL) and anot her by W. J . Cutter (L). J. F. Sharpe (W) exhibited several items. including a large Oreek lexicon: Ot her work, shown were by T. A. Bambndge (MO) and C. A. S. Kidson (T). The Caxton So~i~t>, again had a m?st impressive and diverse display, showing how indispensible they ar~ to SchoC?l ActIVIties - as anyone .mvolved in p.roducing a King's Week event knows at first hand. In thIS connectIOn. I should ve~y much hke to take thIS opportunity of thanking Tim Harrold (OL) and Mr. R. J. Mathews for their sterling work on the Jazz Concert programme. (As a result of this to his manifest e~ba!rass!1lent, Tim Harrold is in the Jazz Club's video-film archive, because he mad~ the mistake of bn ngmg IllS proofs to a. rehearsal we were filf!1i~g!) The Winners of this year's Foster Blake Printing Prize are M. O. W. Humphnss (MT).and J. H. Wilhams (W); other leading lights in the organisation this year are N. O. Preston (B). P . F. Elam (SH). and M. H . Dowler (OL) . 238

unfortunately, able to say almost nothi ng about the Pottery Exhibition, for none of the items .1 ~~;d was attributed, and I have been unable to contact Mr. Geoffrey Whiting before going to press. dlsP at apologise, therefore, if worthy people in this activity do not get mentioned here. A. C. Richmond I m~) was this year's Winner of the Pottery Pr ize, so, presumably, he exhibited . I happened to encounter (M C H Ashburner-Collins (LX) as he came to collect some of his exhibits and he showed me a fine vase C. h'e had done. He also pointed out to me some work from Dominique Woodward (MT), but was unable thaI h 10 identify any ot ers. Computing Exhibition

As a means of publicising the new and impressively-appointed Computing

L boratory (in what was the Recital Room). Mr. J . M. Cooke organised a Computing Exhibition. I was :own round it by one of Mr. Cooke's keen young computing men, Patrick Lidstone (SH), and by Mr. ~ooke himself. to both of whom I am very grateful. The first item we saw was in fact by Patrick Lidstone; it was a little electric 'buggy' (commercially marketed a 'Iurtle'), which carries a pen and has its motion computer controlled, via a Physics Laboratory 'interrace' This was done in collaboration with 1. H . Hope-Mason (OL) and the two also rigged up a thermost~t ic - control experiment. There were several programs to show colour, produced on television monitors b computer techniques. These were due to D. O. Evans (MR) and S. D. Jones (T). who produced a very e~lertaining 'CEEFAX' parody. A. D. Pitkin (SH) (of whom more. later) displayed a program giving a remarkable demonstration of three-dimensional curves. There was also an entertaining program which invited the user to type in his date of birth and the computer displayed what day of the week this was. Giving away classified information to the on looking P. Lidstone as I typed in the relevant date, I found that I was born on a Sunday. Now, I did not know this; however, for reasons that will not be gone into here, I do know that February 3rd ., 1959was a Tuesday. So. I tested this. and the correct day - Tuesdaywas displayed . I was appropnately Impressed! Allihe items I have described so far were on B.B.C. computers . One very ambitio us program developed by C. H. Noakes (SH) (to whose electronic wizardry I can personally testify after some work he has done on my 'Hi~FjI system!) listed all the King's Week activities of Vth Form and 6a pupils and was programmed on a 380Z computer . This exhibit was included to show the use of computers in administration. Lidstone demonstrated use of this to me by ask ing me to name one of my Tutor Set. I did this, and we found that his daily activity was film s! To my amazement , Lidstone th en showed me how we could replace information on the file and, in the process, make his King's Week programme more varied and interesting! To my amusement, while he was at it, Lidstone also transferred my Tutee to Tradescant! There is also money to be made out of computer soft-ware and some of the most lucrative projects in this direct ion are quite often done by people in their teens. Jonathan Finn (SH) is in the process of producing a 'software package' fo r the game Scrabble; his computer 'memory' already conta ins 30,000 words, and he is still working on it, commissioned for commercial purposes. My days concerned with Chemistry were recalled when Mr. Cooke and Patrick Lidstone demonstrated 10 me a program that A. D. P itkin (SH) has devised in collaboration with Mr. Barham. Head of Chemistry. This plotted the course of a sodiu m hydroxide versus hydrochloric acid titration, display ing on a television monitor a plot of a graph involving the so-called ' pH' of the solution (the logarithm to the base !O of the hydrogen ion concentration) . There were several other applications of the computer - some of them, li ke S. D . Jones's 'Dungeons and Dragons' program. li ghthearted . but sophisticated . for all that. To round off the display. Mr. Cooke gave a daily talk and demonstration, showing some of the typical features of the word processor on the B.B.C. computer. Once again, the Exhib itions have been a fascinating insight into aspects of King's life that most of us normally do not see; they display talent, ingenuity and enthusiasm that is sometimes not manifest in other spheres by the very same people. This, I thin k, is the most encouraging aspect of exhibitions such as I have described in this review. I think that everyone who intended to see the Exhibit ions, from King's, made the trip (as I did. fo r the first time) to the Cleary Oallery in B1ackfriars. and (also like me) will have been extremely impressed with it as a compact and inspiring focal point for aU the Arts and Crafts in the School. My only reservation about holding the King's Week Exhibition there is that I was not, this year (as in previous years, when the Exhibitions were held in the Chapter House), continually detained by tourists who wanted to tell me th at all this splendid work could not possibly be done by people of school age. I suspect, therefore, that the element of the casual visitor to the Exhibitions will have been smaller this year, for tour ists are less likely to stumble across an Exhibition in Blackfriars than they are on the main Cathedral 'tourist route' that takes in the Chapter House. R.B.Ma. 239

SPEECH DAY 1984

HEADMASTER'S SPEECH Diversity and individuality - these are the two words that sum up many of the developments in education over the past twenty-five years. Changes in curriculum have been massive and complex, yet if one word can sum up such radical transformation, it is the word diversity In the late fifties and early sixties, specialisation rather than diversity governed many school curricula. Here pupils specialised in arts and science on entering the school at thirteen. On the arts side, science was only taught from the early sixties, and then on a limited scale; before that, pupils on the arts side only experienced science in the form of an occasional lecture given by a science master. This was only years before Mr. Wilson spoke of the new technological revolution, and this situation was not unique to this school. The emphasis on specialisation was further strengthened by the practice here and elsewhere of rushing the more able pupils - here the top 50'70 - to '0' level in two years or less, so that they could embark as quickly as possible on an even more narrowly specialist curriculum. The pupils so taught were magnificently trained in their specialist choices and rightly gained many Oxbridge awards, but the educational movement towards a more diverse curriculum sprang from questioning whether such a specialist course was the right training for the latter pari of the twentieth century. The idea that had governed education for many centuries was that it was not the content of the study that mattered, but the training of the mind, and this could be achieved better within a narrow rather than a broad curriculum. Hence the dominance of a narrow classical curriculum over many centuries. True, this had broken down in the nineteenth century with the development of teaching in mathematics, modern languages and history - but the feeling still prevailed that specialisation and that as early as possible was the best of all worlds - and it produced many awards. Yet the question remained: did it produce that flexibility of mind and awareness of change, and more importantly the ability to adapt to change, which is necessary in a world where scientific advance was altering the whole pattern of life? Most educationalists came to feel that this emphasis on early specialisation was the wrong way to educate the young - hence the emphasis on a broader and more diverse curriculum. Thus here and elsewhere, curricula developed which had as their main object the aim of making certain that every pupil should experience arts, science, and languages for as long as possible, before embarking on narrow specialisation. The corollary of this was to demand that most pupils, now all, have three years' study to '0' level, so that before crucial choices are made on entry to the sixth form, their experience of the diversity of choice available might be as wide as possible. This process will be extended further in the next few years by the decision of the Secretary of State to demand some 'AIS' levels in addition to 'A' levels which will be directed to widening the sixth form curriculum. The object of all this is clear - diversity designed to produce a wider range of knowledge, and greater skills and awareness. Furthermore, we are now in the computer age and electronics is growing fast and these need to playa part in school teaching. Yet does more mean less? This process does not stop with classroom studies - outside formal academic teaching, diversity has again characterised change in education. This school was always ahead in music and drama and these have continued to grow, but my theme of diversity is more evident in the greater development of activities like textile design, pottery and carpentry, not viewed just as pleasant craft activities but so as to achieve an awareness of design which is so important in a technological age. We in education are often criticised for ignoring this, hence the efforts to improve this area of awareness. Our urban site has limited our advance but we now have a fine art centre, 240 KING'S WEEK EXPEDITIONS (Above) HENRIETTA DEEP SEA FISHING (R . B. Mi.) (Below) KINGSWEAR CASTLE, BUILT 1924, RESTORED 1984,

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ext year we embark on plans for a technology centre on a site in Radigund's - the old ...d n factory _ where we can start metal work and begin to move to the coordination of all .",eet activities so that we can teach design more fully. Yet the question remains amid all this tI!~~sification - does more mean less? dl e would all defend these changes as we live in a complex industrial society, governed by Wd scientifiC and economic change, and if we are to fit our young people for survival in such rap' nvironment, then awareness of the wide range of disciplines is essential. Furthermore, it ~ '~ht in a community that depends on trade and the production of wealth, that technical skills IS ~ a feeling for materials and design should be encouraged. No one can doubt this. No one ... uld want it otherwise. Yet we must all be aware of the strains that this diversity and the demand ;~ a wide range of skills impose on young people. The old specialist courses might be limiting, o t at least a pupil did not have to do subjects that he or she found difficult. Now there is more b~essure in the classroom and less time for reading or leisure activities. Here again the greater Pm hasis on professionalism in sport and music, resulting in the successes which Headmasters ~elfsht to boast about on speech-day, also results in greater pressure on the individuals concerned. More can mean worse and there are dangers to guard against. Also all this diversity makes education massively expensive - as you know only too well - computers and technical centres need staff, maintenance and constant renewal. So the strain of change is not only on individuals but institutions. Yet oddly amid aU this pressure and growing complexity, my other prevailing trend in education is a growth in individualism. It must seem odd to talk about the growth of individualism in education over the past twenty years in that so much of what one sees in contemporary culture is the very opposite of individualism, when commercial interests seem to dictate which music should be popular, and we see the same fashions of hair in London, New York and Rome; where even fashions of non-conformity are the same the world over. Yet it is as well to remember that twenty years ago schools still forced all their pupils to watch school games, where there was little choice in games played, and overall the needs of the school prevailed over the individual. School spirit was often expressed in a form that was a cross between a Nuremberg rally and an early Christian prayer meeting. Though some still pine for this - there is always a desire to lose oneself and all one's doubts within a larger whole - the prevailing trend has been towards a more thoughtful and personal approach to community life. Pupils are more ready to express personal opinions than accept what is fashionable and are rightly more sceptical of enforced community spirit, particularly if it means the subordination of the individual to a kind of success that can represent the wrong sort of value. Again it is important that we cherish and support this sort of individuality, while guarding against the danger of it degenerating into selfishness, or arrogant disregard for others. True individuality demands a self-knowledge and confidence, and its fruits are a regard and understanding for the feelings of others . It's important to cherish it because if this complex world of ours is to have any future, an individuality which expresses itself in a care and seriousness in making ethical decisions on love, marriage, war and peace is the only sane way to live. We must teach people to be individuals, not adjuncts of a successful community, be it house, school or country. Headmasters and teachers are here to enable personalities to emerge as more than reflections either of their egos or the ego of the community. This demands a lot from teachers and pupils - teachers have got to be sensitive. We teachers have to curb that side of us that wants to turn pupils into disciples, or extensions of ourselves; and pupils have to see that individuality doesn't degenerate into self-indulgent silliness. Some see buildings as an end in themselves, but this development of individuality demands a physical structure in which to grow - which is why our building programme has laid emphasis on individual and shared rooms rather than dormitories, subjecting buildings to human needs. Of course reality in education does not always reflect ideals, but I now move on to the reality and facts of the past year. Academically it has been a most successful year. Forty-three pupils tried for Ox bridge and 29 gained places - 11 gained awards. Awards have been drastically reduced over the past years 241

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and have now been abolished, with the whole Oxbridge e'!try syste"! being changed. 0 now reqUIres all candidates who wish to gaIn entry by a wntten examInation to take it . xfor.d fourth term of specialisati,,'"' i: e. their first term in the second ~ear sixth. We deplore this ~~ thetr not because of any reduction In our successes, but because of Its effect on sixth form educ a~ge, Inevitably an examinatio~ so earlr in the sixth form will increase examination pressure and r~on. the time spent on subsidiary subjects which play an Important part In the wider education tuee is important in the sixth form. Cambridge has been much more considerate of the needs of sch hl!t in that it looks as though it will require candidates for entry to take additional papers a~?A: level and award their places accordingly. This is the mode of entry that all schools prefe . that it m~ets the problems maintained sch.ools have faced in the seventh ter"" examination r bIn does not Injure the sixth form cUrriculum In the way that Oxford has by puttIng its Own inte'r Ut before the general good of education. ests There can be no doubt that government cuts which have reduced numbers in many univerSit dep~rtments have made it more difficult to get a u~iversity place -:- though there is quite a I~ of difference between vanous departments. Yet this development IS not a total disaster - th expan~io!! of univer~ities in the sixties and seventi~s pr?duced a situation where if one was prepar~ to be InfInitely flexible as regards place and subject It was almost always possible to get a plac some:-vhere. This was nO.t always a benefillo the individ.ual concern~d, as it sometimes result~ In a situatIOn where pupIls were attemptIng to study subjects for which they had neither interest or ~ptitude. Now ",upils have to think harder -:- also for some, polyt~chnics may be a better choice than unIversity, In that they offer work-onentated courses rather hke the old articles which led to careers in law, accountancy and surveying. All these problems demand more care in careers advice - we ,now have four members of staff In our careers department, and have embarked on an extensive programme of industrial conferences and secondments, with O.K.S. helping in careers advice. The academic results have been excellent - the' A' level results were the best for many years with 470/0 of the grades being A's or B's. The '0' levels were the best for many years - only 7 people got fewer than 4 '0' levels. This has also been a massively successful year in games. With so much happening it's only possible to mention certain of the highlights - in Rugby lower down the school, the Junior Colts played 15 and won 14 games and won the Kent Cup: the Under-14 played 14 and won 9, and were in the final of the Kent Cup . In Hockey, the Colts won 7 out of 8 matches, and the Under-14 won the Kent Tournament. In Athletics, the Under-16 reached the final of the Milk Cup on 21st July. The Junior Squash team won 32 out of 36 games. At the top of the School, the VllI came 5th in the Schools' Head of the River, and 4th in the National Schools; the 2nd VllI came second in the National Schools. Simon Webb, Mark Norton and Nicholas Strange were chosen to row for Great Britain. The athletics team were unbeaten and a total of 24 school records were broken . In cricket the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams remain unbeaten, we've launched a 4th XI and large numbers are playing cricket. We are helped by coaching from Doug Wright in the summer and Alan Ealham in the winter. All fencing championships were retained. The 1st XI Soccer team lost only 2 out of 10 matches. We have managed to continue to improve school facilities. The Governor of the Bank of England opened our new art centre in Blackfriars, where we are now teaching art, textile design and carpentry. Sadly, Mr. Cleary, who made all this possible, died last month and again I'd like to say how grateful we are for his generosity and kindness - he'll be greatly missed. We are also using our computer room which is now equipped with 22 machines. In March, very generously helped by the O.K.S. Trust fund, we inaugurated the new boat house on the lakes at Sturry, which has greatly helped our rowing and made largely unnecessary the journey to Plucks Gutter for eights rowing. The pavilion on Birley's is being modernised. The Linacre extension is at long last started and by next year the modernization should be completed . This is the last boarding house to be done and the completion of the modernization which was begun eight years ago. Next year we hope to build our technology centre. 242

asters leave the school, three to new positions and one to retirement. Charles Allen four ~s from Oriel, Oxford, to teach classics - he has given a great deal to the school, as carne to tor of Broughton and coach of many games - he leaves for Sherborne; Richard Atkins house tom Bristol University, has taught Mathematics and has helped much with the hockey carne raves for Bedford; John Godwin who came from Oxford to teach classics, now goes as - ~e I~ classics to Shrewsbury - he also has given a great deal, not least the organizing of hell '~week this year. "I~ rice Milner came here to teach P .E. in 1955 and leaves now for retirement. He has given aUive amount to the school; apart from his work in the gym he has made it into one of a rn~s~t fencing schools in the country, winning over 100 championships and producing many the. e uished fencers. Also sadly my secretary Mrs. Slimming retires this year. She has given dlSl1tnlgy to this school, working to all hours, administrating the entry and always courteous, grea . heerful and witty. C Another year end~ - a year. in which we conti!!ue to provide an edu~ation relevant to a cha,!ging We don't justify our eXistence by antiqUIty alone, and any pnvlleges we enJoy by VIrtue ,e~ur site and history have to be earned. Our justification lies in the way ~e serve the n.eeds of the community by the education we provide, and the pattern I sketch thiS afternoon IS of ~daptation to a technical and complex age, but which cherishes the value of individuality. finally I would like to thank the staff, Director of Studies, Lower and Second Masters, and Richard Hills, the finest Captain of School in my time at King's, for all their help during the past year.

COMMEMORATION SERMON THE RIGHT REVD. TREVOR HUDDLESTON, CR Archbishop Huddleston began his sermon by saying that one of the disasters of the present Church is that its theologians are always talking to themselves and forgetting that their purpose is to present the meaning of God. He said he felt the need to speak from experience and chose to talk about one of his most moving and enlightening experiences - a recent visit to Mozambique. After twelve bitter years of war between the Portuguese and resistance groups, President Machel and his Marxist Government are seeking to build a new community and establish the importance of truth. The Bishop spoke of seeing a film called How we deal with traitors, which recorded Ihe President's interrogations of collaborators. In the film the President asked the collaborators what their crimes were and told them that they had to be compatriots. He said that when they returned to their villages and work places they would see their photos and an account of what they had done displayed pUblicly. When they had done an honest day's work the photos and documents would be destroyed. The President then ordered the notices defining the collaborators to be torn down and walked over as a symbol of their being one nation. The Bishop connected this example of a Marxist Government's practice with the lesson from Romans, Chapter 12, 'Be transformed by the renewal of your mind.' He said that today truth is not the concern of most western governments. He felt that the greatest need for our society is a return to the absolute of truth, without which there can be no future for society. Truth is a fundamental yearning in the heart of man, the ultimate value and the concern of all religions. He said he wanted everyone to remember Pontius Pilate's three words 'What is truth?' He concluded by reminding us of Christ's words at his trial. 'For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.' 243

THE DEAN'S SPEECH The Dean , The Very Revd. Victor de Waal, began his role as 'Prologue to the pia' congratulating Canon Derek Ingram Hill, O.K.S., Governor Emeritus, on being made a D~by of Divinity by the University of Kent, and on having the Freedom of the City of Canterb or conferred on him. The Dean also welcomed the Revd. Canon Peter Brett and Mr. Robert Honury O.K.S., Managing Director of B.P., to the Governing Body, and thanked Lord FitzWalter n, Cecil Paris and Dame Mary Warnock for their service on the Governing Body. He sPOke'w{ regret of the deaths of Mr. Robert Beloe, Vice-Chairman of the Governors for many years an h Mr. Frederick Cleary, through whose generosity the School enjoys the Blackfriars Art C"ntre~ The Dean referred to the recent fire in York Minster - the 'For Sale' sign which had somehow appeared on Bell Harry early one morning had brought an enquiry from the Dean of York and went <;>n to say that the great public support. for the wo.rk of restor~ti.on showed ;;;; understandmg that such ancient and beautiful bUlldmgs symbohsed fme traditIOns like truth honesty and the capacity to listen. He spoke of the school's importance in bringing out the whol; person, enabling the individual to fit the needs of society without being overwhelmed by it. The Dean concluded by thanking the Headmaster for being, 'Surely one of the most talented playwrights in the land', and by wishing the leavers well.

DISTINCTIONS 1983-84 SCHOLARS ELECTED 1984 KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS L. F. T. DUNN N. F. H. TOTHILL T . J. WARD E. L. HOGARTH

J. S. MAROZZI B. D. EATON M. I. HOLDEN A. J. GREENLEAF A. J. BROWN L. R . SALERNO

J. R. D. BARNES

Junior King's School (Mason) Brambletye (Armstrong) Dragon School Junior King's School (Milner) Friars School Dover College Junior School Milbourne Lodge (Plender) The King's School (Aldro) (Blenkinsop) Junior King's School Junior King's School Junior King's School

EXHIBITIONS T. J . WEBB E. H. HUGHES N . A. J. GOODWIN M.R.BROOKE P. J. M. TREW S. BOCRESION

The New Beacon The New Beacon

Dulwich College Preparatory School, London The King's School (North bourne Park) The King's School (Dulwich College Preparatory School, London) Kenton College, Nairobi 244

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eRA DAWKINS

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C E. D. GRAY . G LE HURAY

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D. M. BLAND MICHAEL A· "HENDERSON DEEVES

W. J. ". J . C. SCOTT N. A. J. GOODWIN

p. J. PUGH

Parkstone Grammar School Junior King's School

SI. John's College School Northbourne Park Junior King's School

Junior King's School (Closed Award) Junior King's School Dulwich College Preparatory School, London

Westminster Abbey Choir School

MUSIC EXHlBITION 8. M. RAYMENT

Dulwich College Preparatory School, London

HONORARY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS E. J. EDDISON M. D. EDWARDS J. R. P. THOMSON

Junior King's School

The King's School Edge Grove

HONORARY CHORAL SCHOLARSHIPS 8. R. D. COHEN. ARCO

S. H. MARTIN

CAROLINE A. GILES

P . D. MILLER

P. P. LACAMP ANNAJANE B. MARLAR

CHARLOTTE P. ROBSON L. ARABELLA ST.JOHN PARKER

MUSIC AWARDS T. Q. ALLEYNE-GEE J.P.AVIS N.R. BAKER HELEN J. BYROM M.C.CLARKE CATHERINE M. CONYBEARE A. J. EVANS·PUGHE NATALIA E. FETHERSTON-DILKE J. J . w. GUMPERT T. M. PHILLIPS J. B. SHORTEN ARABELLA ST.JOHN PARKER S. R. J. WILLIAMSON REBECCA WINCH

Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed

Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated

Board Board Board Board Board Board Board

Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade

VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII

(Piano) Distinction (Oboe) Merit (Piano) Distinction (Violin) Distinction (Clarinet) Merit (Oboe) Distinction (Violin) Distinction

Passed Passed Passed Passed

Associated Associated Associated Associated

Board Board Board Board

Grade Grade Grade Grade

VIII VIII VIII VIII

(Viola) (Trumpet) (Singing) Merit (Trumpet) Merit (Piano) Merit

Passed Associated Board Grade VIII (Flute) Passed Associated Board Grade VIII (Piano) Distinction Passed Associated Board Grade VIII (Clarinet) 245

FIRST CLASS HONOURS GAINED AT THE UNIVERSITIES, 1983, ADDITIONAL LIST

K. A. ARENDS F. J. KENNEDY A. S. MASON J. P. NEWMAN A. C. WARD

Keble College, Oxford; in Philosophy, Politics and Economics Balliol College, Oxford; in Modern History and Economics Corpus Christi College, Oxford; in Literae Humaniores University College, Oxford; in Literae Humaniores Christ Church, Oxford; in Jurisprudence

FIRST CLASS HONOURS GAINED AT THE UNIVERSITIES, 1984

R. T. F. PLEMING G. M. T. WATTS

Pembroke College. Cambridge; in English. Part 2 Trinity College, Cambridge; in Mathematics, Part IA

IN MEMORIAM

MR. ROBERT BELOE, C.B.E. Mr. Beloe died on 26th April, 1984 at the age of 78. His career was as distinguished as il was unusual. Son of a former Headmaster of Bradfield College, he was educated at Winchesler and Hertford College, Oxford. He gained experience of teaching at Bradfield, Eton and in a Reading elementary school. In 1940, at the early age of 35, he was appointed Chief Education Officer for Surrey where, after the passing of the 1944 Education Act, he played a leading pan in the re-organization of Surrey's Grammar Schools. His influence in the field of Education was widespread. A Committee, which came to be known as the Beloe Committee, issued a repon which resulted in the setting up of the Certifi,ate of Secondary Education and which paved the way in due course for the development of the comprehensive schools system . It was in 1959, at the height of his powers and to the surprise of many people, that Robert Beloe resigned 10 become Lay Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Fisher. This was a new post and Beloe brought to it wide experience and many of his own special gifts. He held this post for 10 years and during that time gave invaluable help, not only to Archbishop Fisher and his successor Archbishop Ramsey, but to many others holding various posts in the Church at home and overseas. His approach was a professional one. He had a tidy mind, was an excellent administrator and he served his Church with devotion. In 1969 he was elected a member of the King's School Governing body, and was appointed its Vice-chairman at Christmas 1971. He was made a Governor Emeritus in Lent 1980, a distinction which he held until his death. As a Governor, Robert Beloe took his full share in the life of the school. He gave invaluable help to the Dean, ex-officio Chairman of the Governors. He was always ready and willing to carry responsibility and, as an educationist of wide experience. he was able to advise and to speak with authority on the running and management of both independent and state schools. He was a most loyal colleague. Wise in judgement, easy to approach, friendly in manner. He will be missed by a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances and the school has benefited greatly from having had him as Governor and friend for some 16 years. To his wife, who gave him loving support for over 50 years, and to his family we extend our warm sympathy. l.W-T. 246

THE SCHOOL Captain of School: R. A. Hills Vice-Captain of School: S. R. Lerche SCHOOL MONITORS M G Justice, D. B. Ridgwell. R. H. Briggs, Annajane B. Marlar, C.S., R. S. c. Hodgs~"K M·. A. Mortlock, P. D. Miller, C.S., S. J. S. Lark, p. M. Cantor, A. H. J. \.,. philpo , . Mostafid, Rachel S. S. Davies, M.S., P. Mondadon. HOUSE MONITORS S. J. S. Lark, W. H. A. Scoones, D. J. Riggs. M.S., S. R. J. Williamson, M.S., schOol House: R. H. Taylor, Annajane B. Marlar, C.S., S. W. P. Webb, K.S. R. H. Briggs, J. E. S. Weston, J. L. H. Bartlett, R. L. Smith, J. B. Shorten, The Grange: M.S .• P. G. Ursell. R. J. L. Philpott, K.S., M. J. Pocock, P. W. Walters, J. R. E. Wrench, M.S., Walpole: J. Gopalji. J. N. M. Cox. M. G. Justice, A. C. Shaw, S. M. A. Vavasour, C. M. Clouston, N. E. Meister Omers: Frappell, J. N. W. Smart, N. J. Wakefleld. M. A. Mortlock, Rachel S. S. Davies, M.S., T. M. Kelly, K.S., D. Malyon, Marlowe: R. A. Shirley, P. J. Jenness. A. H. Mostafid, T. Q. Alleyne-Gee. N. J. A. Gregory, P. Taphouse. A. D. Luxmo ore: Tewungwa. M. F. McCullough, G. N. J. Seymour, F. T. L. Phang. P. D. Miller, C.S., R. A. Hills, A. SI. J. Reavill, T. J. Bro,?k, J. F. Oyler, Galpin's: C. F. Fenucci, T. R. J. Lewin, M. C. Clarke, M.S., R. E. Stnvens, K.S .• M.S .• A. F. G. A. Gulam. D. M. Cantor, J. D. Lam, S. A. J. Taylor, K.S., D. C. Crompton, Francesca Linacre: A-M. Watts. D. B. Ridgwell, S. R. Lerche, J. W. McK. Newall, M. W. Norton, R. W. Broughton: G. Oliver, J. A. Tees, M. E. A. Wilson. R. C. A. Kruger. . P Mondadori, A. D. Cockman, B. R. D. Cohen, A.R.C.O., C.S., J. C. Hamhn. Trodescant: S: O. Hancock, K.S., D. C. Hepburn, P. J. R. Kerry, A. J. Musson, M.S., C. P. H. Sturt, M.S. S. C. Hodgson, Alison J . Rowe, N. J. Stra'!ge, A. G. Crawley, Mary E. F. Mitchinson's: de Sausmarez, M. l. S. Griggs, Rebecca Wmch. J. D. Bagshaw (B), M. Edwards (B), A. J. Evans-Pughe, M.S. (LN), P. E. Lattergote: H. Paines (B). CAPTAINS OF SPORT S. W. P. Webb, K.S. Golf S. R. Lerche Boats Sailing J. W. G. Carlyle R. W. G. Oliver Cricket N J Strange Squash Rackets G. L. G. EVlSon Sculling A: C. Shaw Tennis J. B: Shorten, M.S. Swimming R. H. Briggs Ches~ l. Lmhart Athletics Girls Squash Cla"e F. Dussek Cross-Country D C Crompton Mortlock Girls' Hockey Sarah Holden Fencing Netball. Clair~ F. Dussek M: C: J. McMurrugh Badminton Girls' Tenms Anna]ane Marlar R. H. Briggs Soccer R. A. Williams Basketball Head of Corps: J. L. H. Bartlett Monitor for Music: D. J. M. Garrett, M.S. Head Sacristan: A. D. Cockman

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lst XI

This has been another excellent season for cricket at King's. The First, Second and Third XI were all unbeaten and the under-14 'A' XI only lost once at the very end of the season F S the first time a 4th XI was formed and played three enjoyable matches and also for the' fi Or time an under-14 'C' XI represented the school. The 1st XI with 8 wins and no losses were t~t first side since Charles Rowe's XI of 1970 to be unbeaten. Their strength was mainly in the dept: of batting and the policy of electing to field first paid off handsomely. Only once in the whol season did the XI bat first and that was the only occasion on which they were bowled out." The XI made a promising start to the season with wins over St. Lawrence and Highland COu" and Highgate. In the next game, having been put in by Dover College, and after a bright 56 by Oliver, the middle order collapsed in the quest for quick runs. Defeat looked likely with Dover at 75 for 3 with plenty of overs in hand in the last hour, but tight bowling and fielding restricted them and the match was drawn. In the next two matches away at Dulwich and at home against Eastbourne their catching let the XI down and allowed the oppositions to score 212 for 7 dec and 200 for 7 dec. respectively. Against Dulwich the XI were soon 27 for 3 and the target looked impossible, but a very fine innings of 94 not out by Ryeland and good support from the middle orders brought the XI back into contention, but in the end they finished 25 short. Against Eastbourne on a slow wicket and with an hour's less batting time the target always looked a large one. After a rather slow start, the middle order tried to put the XI back in with a chance but perished in the process and it was left to the tail to play out time. In the last game befor~ half term against the Band of Brothers, Lark and Tattersfield each claimed four wickets in long and accurate spells, but our batsmen hadn't looked like reaching the Band of Brothers' 162 when the game was abandoned due to rain. After half term accurate bowling and good fielding restricted Cranleigh to 148 and a good innings of 66 by Hodgson saw the XI to a safe 5 wicket victory. However, in the next match, against the Buccaneers, only good batting by Weston and the tail saved the XI from defeat after the Buccaneers had made 184 and then dismissed four of our early batsmen for 31. The first match after the break for the exams produced a thrilling finish. Incogniti were restricted to 171 by further good bowling and fielding and it needed a fine innings of 66 not out by Weston and a six and a four by Seagrave in the penultimate over to secure victory by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare. The next match against The Stragglers of Asia, who were the only side to beat the XI last year, was equally exciting. Excellent bowling by Pules ton and Taylor resulted in the Stragglers only making 132, but the XI found runs equally difficult to score and victory by 4 wickets was only achieved with one ball left. After a moderately comfortable victory by 5 wickets over Sutton Valence the XI faced a youthful O.K.S. side in the annual two day game. The highlight of the first day was an innings of 104 by the O.K.S. manager Hugh Robertson. The game seemed nicely balanced when Oliver declared 27 runs behind on the second morning, but then the weather took over and much time was lost. In between the rain the O.K.S. sought quick runs and were eventually all out for 121 leaving the XI to score 149 in 65 minutes and 20 overs, but with a now slow wicket and outfield. After losing 4 wickets for 73 a good fifth wicket partnership between Weston (58 not out) and Tattersfield (36 not out) seemed to have secured victory until they lost their way in the last three overs and the XI finished 3 runs short of victory. In the final week of term a disappointing draw against the M.C.C. in which the XI received 17.2 overs less than their opponents, but still got to within 16 runs of their total of 189 for 8 dec., was followed by another thrilling finish against the XL Club. The XI, needing to score 202 for victory, were kept nicely in the game by Albin's good innings of 79 and by some slow bowling, but in the process lost wickets and with the score at 154 for 7 and with only the out of practice lower order batsmen left, victory looked improbable. However, Bradley and Taylor batted soundly and ran furiously to secure victory with 3 balls to spare. The final match of the season with the XI striving 248

THE 1st XI (Standing) J. P. Taylor, J. E. S. Weston, A. J. Puleston. N. C. Bradley, M. B. Rycland, J. R. Seagrave . (Sitting) J. H. Tattersficld. S. C. Hodgson, R. W. O. Oliver, J. H. A. Albin, S. J. S. Lark . (Kentish Gazette)

unbeaten record was certainly to produce the closest finish of all. Excellent bowling by (or anon and Taylor and good all round fielding led to K.C.S. Wimbledon being bowled out PUI~; but the XI were soon battling for survival at 33 for 4. The game then swung backwards (or 'rwards' firstly a good partnership by Oliver and Lark, but then a careless run out and ~d f054 for then another partnership took the score to 83 for 5 and victory seemed assured, II wa~o more wickets and it was 87 for 7; finally at 94 for 7 again victory looked certain, but bUllwickels in two balls and it was 94 for 9 with Puleston defending the hat-trick and the last ::~ balls of the over before Seagrave finally secured victory by I wicket and the XI had achieved Ihe unbeaten season. The good results of the season were undoubtedly obtained by the good all round performance f the team rather than the skills of one or two individuals. A look at the statistics reveals that o. batsmen scored more than 200 runs and seven bowlers were regularly used . Several of the Iu;,re experienced batsmen certainly didn't score as many runs as they would have hoped for, ~utthe slrength of the side lay both in the fact that if one or two failed then others would succeed d also the considerable batting strength of the lower order, many of whom were unlucky not ~ be batting much higher in the order. Weston was the most improved player and with his ability 10 hit the ball very hard he scored four important half-centuries. With seven bowlers in the side once again some suffered through lack of bowling. Puleston proved in the last week of term hoW difficult he can be to play and Taylor with accuracy and movement in the air and off the wicket showed what a pity it was that he missed so much of the season through injury. However, Lark filled the gap and bowled superbly in many of the matches. He tied down good batsmen with his accuracy and ability to move the ball both ways off the seam. The other bowlers all contributed to the success of the XI and there is potential here for next year. A special mention must be made of Hodgson's superb fielding which both saved many runs and was a shining example to others. Both wicket-keepers played their part and Seagrave kept especially well in the last game of the season and showed real potential for the future . Finally much of the success of the XI must be attributed to the excellent tactical and spirited leadership of Robert Oliver. An advocate of good over-rates (the XI consistently bowled 20 overs an hour) and bright cricket, he ensured that his team lived up to his beliefs and he can be proud of their success. As usual the final words must be of thanks to all those colleagues who worked so hard with all the other teams; to Doug Wright and Alan Ealham for all their expert coaching and to Neville Float and his team for producing the best wickets and outfields we have had for many years. A.W.D.

RESULTS

P layed 16, Won 8, Drawn 6, Abandoned 2. SI. Lawrence and Highland Court, 126 for 6 dec.; King's 127 for 5. King's won by 5 wickets. Highgate 112; King's 113 for 4 (S. J. S. Lark 58). King's won by 6 wickets. King's 121 (R. W. G. Oliver 56); Dover College 95 for 5. Match Drawn. Dulwich College 212 for 7 dec.; King's 187 for 5 (M. B. Ryeland 93 not out). Match Drawn . Eastbourne College 200 for 7 dec.; King's 136 fo r 8 (J. H. A. Albin 50). Match Drawn. Band of Brothers 162 (1 . H . Tattersfield 16-5-42-4; S. J. S. Lark 28-10路69路4); King's 67 for 5. Match abandoned ~ Rain. Cran leigh 148; King's 152 for 5 (S. C. Hodgson 66). King's won by 5 wickets. Buccaneers 184 (S. J. S. Lark 20.2~1O-35-5); King's 139 for 9 (1 . E. S. Weston 63). Match Drawn. Incogniti 171 (J. P. Taylor 13-3-34-4); King's 175 for 6 (1. E. S. Weston 66 not out). King's won by 4 wickets. SI. Lawrence College 142 for 9 dec. Match abandoned ~ Rain. The Stragglers of Asia 132 (A. J. Puleston 17-7-22-4) ; King's, 133 for 6. King's won by 4 wickets. Sutton Valence Ill; King's 11 2 for 5. King's won by 5 wickets. O.K.S. 2t4 for 7 dec. and t 21 (J. P. Taylor 13-3-62-6, S. J. S. Lark 8路0路344); King's 186 for 7 dec. and 146 for4(J. E. S. Weston 58 not out). Match Drawn. M.C.C. 189 for 8 dec.; King's 173 for 5 (S. J. S. Lark 64, J . E. S. Weston 6 1). Match Drawn. XL Club 201 for 5 dec.; King's 202 for 8 (J. H. A. Albin 79). King's won by 2 wickets. K.C.S. Wimbledon 95 (A. J. Pu leston 11.4-3-26-4, J. P. Taylor 16-6~25-4); King's 96 for 9. Ki ng's won by I wicket. 249 JUNIOR GOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE WINNER (Michael Smi'h)

1st XI AVERAGES BATTING

Innings

Not Out

Runs

J. R. Seagrave .................................. J. E. S. Weston ................................ M. B. Ryeland.................................. l. H. A. Albin....................... ........... S. l. S. Lark .................................... J. H. Tattersfield .......... .................... S. C. Hodgson..................................

6 15 15 16 16 15 15

5 4 5 0 0 8 0

81 440 229 296 275 118 230

R. W. O. Oliver................................

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Highest Score 19' 66' 94' 79

64 36' 66 56 25

Avera" 81.()(j 4O.()(j

29路90 18.S0 16.87 16.8S IS.33 IS.18

N. C. Bradley................................... 5 0 32 6.40 Also batted: E. J. T. Brett 1-1-2-2*路 , R. C. A. Kruger 2-1-3-3-3路, T. M. Kelly 1-I-J- I*- , F. J. Pembrook 1-0.8.8-8, A. J. Puleston 3-2-3-3-3, J. P. Taylor 3-2-22-21路-22.

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BOWLING

J. P. Taylor .....................................

Overs 143

Maidens 42

A. J . Pu leston ............ ... ................... 181.5 60 S. l . S. Lark .................... .. .... .. .... .. .. 194.5 74 M. B. Ryeland.................................. 90.4 22 J. H. Tattersfield .............................. 166 57 N. C. Brad ley................................... 95 21 R. W. G. Oliver. ... ................... ......... 75.2 II Also bowled: J. E. S. Weston 3-0-17-2-8.5, S. C. Hodgson 3-1-6-0- .

Runs 355 342 482 233 421 283 243

Wickets 28 26 29 12 20 II

Average 12.67 13.IS 16.62 19.41 21.0S 2S.73 30.38

2nd XI It was inevitable with so many of last year's 1st XI returning that there would be a build-up of talent behind them Indeed, several of this year's 2nd Xl might have played in the 1st Xl in another year. And yet the season began inauspiciously wit h a desperate rear-guard act ion by Simon Yeandle and Charles Bird saving the draw against a Faversham Alliance side who bamboozled our upper order by bowling looping leg-breaks and googlies from the very first over. But the team found its feet in the first schools fixture when it demolished Highgate. Another impressive win fo llowed over SI. Lawrence - a feature of both matches being the penet rative bowling of Oliver Morgan and John Pembrook, supported by some outstanding catching and fielding . The Dulwich match began 45 minutes late and in the end we did not have the time to bowl them out. John Pembrook and James Seagrave batted particularly well and John Orr bowled tidily. We did not play well against Eastbourne although Eddie Brett put up respectable performances with both bat and ball. Away at Cranleigh Oliver Morgan realised his considerable potent ial with the bat in scoring a spectacu lar 104 not OUI. The power of his driving and pulling was awesome as he plundered the bowling which gradually wilted under the onslaught and the blazing afternoon sun. He was ably supported by John Pembrook with a sound 33 . Although we had six Cranleigh wickets dow n with twenty overs to go we only managed to take two more, and in the next game, against Sutton Valence, we nearly suffered the same fate. Oliver Morgan, John Orr and Michael Nash made decent contributions with the bal but we did not take their last wicket until the penultimate over. Eddie Brett, John Orr and Simon Yeandle bowled well. Then came the break for exams, and when the season restarted we found our ranks depleted due to the demands of King's Week a nd the seemingly endless O.C.E. timetable. Despite good performances from Colts and others the momentum had gone. The bowling lost its penetration, the batting was hesitant and ineffectual, the fielding was scrappy and unreliable, and the spirit had lost its sparkle. Nevertheless, after fo ur of our players had played in a 'B' Xl game against S1. Edmund's which was narrowly lost in the last over, we survived again st a very good Kent College side, wilh Duncan lves scoring an excellent 40, a nd in our last game, against Duke of York's 1st XI, we again held out fo r the draw in the teeth of some very fast bowling on an uneven wicket, thanks in no small part to three Colts players, Joe Wrench, Andrew Clements and Matthew Durham. And so we completed the season undefeated - for the first time in at least eight years. The reserves of talent were reinforced by rare enthusiasm, fostered initially by our early dramatic victories and by our captain and wicket-keeper James Seagrave who all too soon made his way into the lst XI. I would li ke to thank everyone who played for the team for making this one of the most enj oyable seasons I have had with the 2nd XI, and to record the gratitude of all of us to our splendid scorer Kieron Allen who performed with such cheerful effici ency . P.A.E.D. 250

J S. Bird, E. J. T. Brett, T. M. Kelly, M. J. R. Leathem, A. C. S. Linney, O. B. Morgan, M. J. Nash, 1t1"':~' Newall , J. c. Orr, F. J. O. Pembrook, S. P. Yeandle. J W. Me "ed' J. R. Anderson, A. M. T. Clements, M. Du rham, D. M. Ives, P. J. R. Kerry, R. C. A. Kruger, P. AIsOPloJ 'J R Seagrave, D. O. Stocks, T. J. Turner, J. D. MeL. Wrench. ~cCle<ry , . ' . HÂˇ / ,_sowarded to. E. J. T. Brett, O. B. Morgan, M. J. Nash , J. C. Orr, F. J. G. Pembrook, S. P. Yeandle.

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Old COIOIITS: T. M. Kelly. RESULTS

P layed 9, Won 3, Drawn 6. rn Alliance, 163-6 (Orr 2-15); K.S.C., 87 ~9. Drawn. f.,~ha 33 (Morgan 3-11 , Pembrook 4-18, Bird 3-0); K.S.C., 35-3. Wo n by 7 wickets. tftlh8ale~ncc 66 (Morgan 3-17, Pembrook 2-5); K.S.C., 69-4. Won by 6 wickets. 51 - ~wrI45_8 (Pembrook 32, Seagrave 48); Du lwich, 88-6 (Orr 2- 11). Drawn. K.S, ., ne 142-9 (Yeandle 3-48, Brett 3-26); K.S.C., 74-7 (Brett 25). Drawn. ~astbOurI7I'_5 (Morgan 104', Pembrook 33); Cranleigh , 122-8. Drawn. ~ . S.g. , 150-9 (Morgan 26, Orr 26, Nash 30); Sutton Valence, 76 (Brelt 3-24, Orr 3-0, Yeandle 3-19). Won by 74 runs. ~~; College, 170-3; K.S.C., 100-9 (lves 40). D.rawn. Duke of York's 1st XI, 144-6 (Pembrook 3-28), K.S.C., 48-7. Drawn.

3rd and 4th XIs No one at the school can remember a stronger 3rd XI or greater numbers eager to participate in senior cricket. T he

learn had a marvellous season and were unbeaten against schools, often winn ing with a good deal to spare. Unusually there were numerous genuine cricketers and an important fac tor was that the composition of the team remained unusually liable requiring only occasional willing help from other players. The greatest strength of the team was that it contained se\'era'i very good all-rounders so that, on different occasions, different players took the chance of succeeding even when our position in a match looked unpromising. Nigel Wakefield played his first cricket at King's and proved to be the tOP aU-rounder, closely followed by the mighty James Anderson. It was good to see Pat Kerry enjoying his cricket allasl, and he celebrated by topping the batting averages . Wicket-keeper Hugh Girling hit the highest score of the season white James Cox bowled most overs and took most wickets. Mark Mortlock and Andrew Crickmore led the team sensibly and both made important contributions, especially with the bat. T he other regular players all did well in various ways and helped to ensure that the team played attractive, attacking cricket in a most enjoyable atmosphere. A notable feature was the particularly high scoring rates thanks to countless memorable sixes and fours - rarely have I seen the ball hit so hard by so many members of anyone team. The season started well with a crushing win against Highgate but there was far more excitement in the next matc h down at Dover. Kerry and Wakefield ensured that we reached a respectable tota l but Dover College 2nd XI looked 10 be cruisi ng to victory when, with two overs remaining, they suddenly lost their last three wickets just a few runs short. The DlIlwich match was a somewhat ted ious affair as the opposition showed little interest in chasing our total, but this was followed by a fine win over Eastbourne set up by Girling's aggressive innings, thereby making up for last year 's on ly defeat by a schooL At 36 for 6 against Cranleigh all looked lost but Anderson and Wakefield then put on 70 in half an hour to restore the team's fortunes. The match looked well poised for a while but the bowlers soon mopped upthe later batsmen after tea. Duke of York's 2nd XI lost some friends by their whole approach for they used 49 overs and then allowed us only 25 overs to chase their total - all rather pointless and unreasonable. The match against M.J .H.'s selection was a 35-over game and produced a feast of runs with a total of nine players getting scores of over 30. This was followed by an excellent supper in the marquee thanks to the splendid efforts of the caterer who has looked after us particularly well this term . Towards the end of the season, two club matches were played and these gave everyone valuable experience. In each case the difference between the teams was the fielding and the catching. Indeed it was the catching that was the only real weakness of the team , and these two games showed that one cannot afford to carry on dropping catches when two teams are well balanced. The enthusiasm for games of cricket led to the birth of the 4th XI and we were grateful to A. W .D. for his energy in arranging some fixtures. Under James Rushton there were creditable performances in all three games and it has been most encouraging to see so many seniors enjoying worthwh ile cricket. This year it has been easier to gather together a 4th XI than it was to find a 3rd XI in some previous years. We were grateful to Messrs. Allen and Wainde for accompanying the team on their matches, which were all played away. M.l.H. Regular Players: M. A. Mortlock (Capt.), A. J. Crickmore (Vice~Capt.),H. W. Girling (Wicket Keeper), P. J. R. Kerry, J. N. M. Cox, N. J. Wakefield, J. R. Anderson, S. W. Burt, J. H. Booth-Clibborn, P. H. McCleery, T. J. Whyte,

T. A. Cu rteis.

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RESULTS

3rd XI School Matches K.S.C., 154; Highgate, 63 (Wakefield 4-8). Won. K.S.C., 152 (Kerry 61); Dover College 2nd X I, 148 (Cox 4-32). Won . K.s.C., 149-7; Du lwich 89-5. Drawn. K.S.C., 181-8 (G irling 77); Eastbourne 94 (Cox 4-26). Won. K.S.C., 128 (Anderson 50); Cranleigh 83 (Anderson 4-14). Won . Duke of York's 2nd X I, 139-8; K.S.C. 123-7. Drawn. K.S.C., 233 (Crickmore 42, M.J.H. 4-40); M.J.H.'s X I 200-7. Won. 3rd XI Club Matches K.S.C., 182-7 (G.C.A. 55); Nort hdown Park 184-7 (Taylor 5-44). Lost. K.S.C., 83; Nelson 84-4. Lost. 4th XI School Matches Highgate, 180; K.S.C., 104-9. Drawn. Eastbourne, 116 (Dawkins 5-21); K.S.C., 88. Lost. K.S.C., 65; Dulwich, 67-4 (Murdoch 4-19). Lost.

Colts XI T his was a side of some spirit that deserved a little more reward in terms of results. The absence of really dependable batting and of an effective attacking bowle~ meant t ~ at victories would be hard to secur.e, but they ~ id look Possible against Highgate, reduced to 5 for 4, a nd agalOst Dulwlch and Sussex Schools, after aggressive early battlOg. Only against St. Augustine's, where the decision to bat first on a damp wicket proved disastrous, was the team outplayed. The batt ing looked impressive if inconsistent. lves was the most I?roli fic and promising; Turner was a steady opener, and a competent wicket-keeper who at last mana~ed some stumplOgs!; Clem~nts loo k e~ an exce ll~nt player of slow bowli ng and cont rib uted some usefu l spells at medIUm pace; Farrell played straight and with determlOat lon; and Nash after a rema rkable half-hour duck at St. Augustine's, showed great bravery and judgement as a makeshift opener. bowling resources were limited, but Wrench, after a hat-trick in the first practice g~m e, wo rk e~ harder than anyone to turn himself into a useful opening bowler; Russell, also left-arm over, never qUite fou nd his rh y~h m, but played one quite devastating innings against Sussex; and Durham, the most successful, learned a lot from a sen es of long spells of off-spin. Stocks, as well as playing several con fi d~ nt innings! captained with i.nc r eas i n~ assurance and some success. Morris and especially Wattenbach deserve a mention fo r theIr loyalty to the Side, despite bemg rarely called on to do much more than fie ld . Thanks are also due to Bush and Girling for helping out when absences depleted the squad, and to Taylor whose assistance involved the remarkable feat of playing in two matches in one afternoon! , H.E.l.A . and P.G.H.

Th;

Team : D. G . Stocks (Capt.), A . M. T. Clements, M. Durham , A. P. Farrell , D. M. Ives, O. L. Morris, B. W. Nash, J . J . Russell, T . J. Turner, A. P. Wattenbach, J. D. McL. Wrench . A lso p layed: A. A. Bush , H . W. Girling, J . B. Qu in , M. B. Ryeland, J. P. Taylor. RESULTS

K.S,C., 150-4 (l ves 64, Clements 33); Highgate. 62-7 (Wrench 3- 14, Durham 3-17). Drawn . Dulwich , 176-8; K.s.C., 125 (Stocks 38, Ives 31). Lost. Eastbourne, 147-3; K.S.C., 93-7 (Bush 30). Drawn . K.S.C., 56 (Bush 29Âˇ); St. Augustine's, 60-2, Lost. Cranleigh , 101 (Durham 4-39. Wrench 3-18); K.S.C., 96-8 (Ives 26). Drawn. Kent Schools, 172-3; K.S.C., 49-5. Drawn . Sussex Schools, 183-9 (Durham 4-59, Taylor 4-6 1); K.S.C., 11 4-8 (Russell 43, Clements 29). Drawn. London Schools, 157-5 (Russell 3-70), K.S.C., 90-5. Drawn . Cancelled: S1. Lawrence; Tonbridge.

Junior Colts 'A' XI T he fi nal record of Played 11 , Won 4, Lost 2, Drawn 5 was satisfactory.enough, as at least t.wo of the draws. ~nd~ very much in our favour. In general our batting was better than our.bowhng so we t~nded to msert the ~PPOSltIO~ If we won the toss as we were better at chasing runs than gettmg other Sides out. The policy worked well agamst Dulwlch and Sutton Valence, though it fa iled against Cranleigh and Eastbourne. Sutton Valence and Dover College were t~e only sides that we managed to dismiss during the season , largely because .the support for o~r spearh~ad, Bob WalliS. was patchy. Robert Patterson had an inspired spell at Dover ~nd Andrew.Mltchell got cheap.wlckets aga~nst Kent College and Sutton Valence with his left arm slows, but generally It was WalliS or nobody. pa rticularly agamst the stronger opposition.

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Id'ng was excellent if we got on top, but we were often let down by poor catching and our ability to contain 'Ole fi~ I ys meet the demands set upon it. Exempted from this criticism at all times were the captain, P hil Lacamp, l did no a ~a ounder, Robert Patterson, and Paddy Greenleaf whose enthusiasm at all times was a real tonic. Nobody ~ beSt fi~l~ing practices more than Paddy and he will long remember his crucial 4 not out that helped to win the fina l ellJO~f the season. tC lD. t'n was carried by Phil Lacamp, with useful a nd spirited support coming most frequent ly from David Laurence The ba~ Id ~O on three occasions and from Robert Patterson, who by his standards, had rather a lean season. Alexander .hO reacmeade useful runs when they were most needed in our two defeats, but fie lding was not his strong point, despite MOrga n hes in the last match. In the four games that we won, P hil Lacamp scored 235 runs for once out, and in the t thret ca ~ that we lost he fa iled to reach double figures . In addition to his phenomenal contributions to our fou r wins, twO gamun out for 69 at Highgate and was not out 104 at Ramsgate. It is not often that the fortunes of a side were tit was ~dent on the performance of one man. but he carried the burden manfully and finished the season with an epic to depe ul on a difficult wicket against good bowling with a minimum of support from the other end. He also handled 1~ ~~I ~ed resources skil fully in the field and tried to get as many as possible involved in the game whilst we were in hlf I~d It is always easy to captain a side that is fu ll of talent and winn ing most of its matches, but it is far more I~erjielt "0 motivate a less successful side. T his is what Lacamp managed to do, and much of the credit for what tu rned ~I~ • . h' R .P.B. OUI to be a satisfymg season IS IS. RESULTS

SC ~ 'S'C" K'S'C:: ·S:C., ~ ·S C K'S'C" K'S'C" K'S'C" K's'C" K's'C" K:S:C:: K.S.C .•

199-4 dec.; Highgate, 112-8. Drawn. 121-4; Dover College, 119. Won by 6 wickets. 104-4; Dulwich, 101-8 dec. Won by 6 wickets. 73; Eastbourne, 166-7. Lost by 93 runs. 150-3; SI. Lawrence, Ramsgate, 126-5. Drawn. 52' Cranleigh, 123-6. Lost by 71 runs. 141-0 wicket; Sutton Valence, 137. Won by 10 wickets. 91-7; Kent Schools, 143-2 dec. Drawn . 112-8; Sussex Schools, 198-8 dec. Drawn. 104-6; London Schools, 128-8 dec. Drawn. 148-5 dec,; St. Edmund's, 148-4. Drawn . 127-6; Kent College, 126-6 dec. Won by 4 wickets.

Junior Colts 'D' XI The group of Junior Colts players was just sufficient to produce a 'B' team - selection was not a difficult problem. The team was almost undefeated for the season . Unfort unately. they were unable to survive the last 11 balls of the match wit h Dulwich, although the last pair of batsmen did get through 8 overs in a partnership of 19 runs. Our bowlers had had a litt le success against the Dulwich batting, only securing 2 wickets while they amassed a total of 178 runs off 37 overs. In reply, after a reasonable start of 33 fo r 2, we slumped to 70 all out off 43.2 overs. The second match against Eastbourne was more even although once again our bowlers were not too successfu l and several catches were dropped , which did not help. Facing a total of 166 for 5 we only once looked as though we might reach the target. J. Veitch and J. Gumpert seemed well set, building a good 4th wicket partnership , but when ,hey had scored 37 runs together J . Gumpert took a quick single on a wide and was run out. J. Veitch continued to strike the ball well and scored a valuable 43 but the chance of victory disappeared when he was dismissed and we sett led for an honourable draw with a score of 117 for 7. The last game against Cranleigh was a low-scoring but a bsorbing game. Only 81 runs were scored but it took 3 hours 10 play out the drama and although the winni ng margin of 5 wickets looked convincing it was not achieved without some tense and nervous moments. 7 catches and a run out destroyed the Cranleigh innings. A, Panayides field ing at square leg held 3 catches fro m mistimed hooks and then added a fourth off his own bowling. They could only muster 40 runs (of which 13 came off one over) and their innings was brought to an abrupt close by 2 wickets off successive balls by Lee in his first over - 4 balls, 0 runs, 2 wickets . A very shaky start to our innings, 8 for 3 wickets after 9 overs produced a tense situation. A. Brennand carefully, if nervously, batted through the next 17 overs scoring a match winning total of 19 not out. Lee must be congratu la ted on doing a masterly job on and off the field as captain, and a big thank you must go 10 all the supporting cast shown below. D.J .B. Team: T. J. H. Lee (3), W. J. S. Floydd (3), J. C. A. Veitch (3), G. J. C. Bu rkill (3), J. W. Gumpert (2), A. F. Brennand (2), R. H. Pentin (2), T. Grieves (2), P. J . Cockrill (2), P. M. Carrington (2), D. G. D. Walden (2), M. V. Beatrice (1), M. R. Pope (I), A. P. Panayides (I), S, M. Wood (I ). RESULTS

(Played 3, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost I.) Dulwich, 178 for 3 dec. ; K.S.C., 70. Lost. Eastbourne, 166 for 5 dec.; K.S.C., 117 for 7 (J. Veitch 43). Drawn. Cran leigh, 40 (J. Veitch 3 for 7; T. Lee 2 for 0); K.S.C., 41 for 5. Won.

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Under-14 'D' and 'C' XI T his term has been notable fo r the large number of very enth usiastic boys who have wanted to play Under 14 . As a result we have had a very happy season, with much enjoyable cricket, and on ly one poor result. The key c7cka. were proba bly Moubray-J ankowski a nd Bedford , though we had some very encouraging batting performanc~?en Alastair McDonald and Beaugie. and T im Mitchell also bowled well on occasions. The highlights of the seaso rom our two exciting draws against Eastbourne. and a win by the 'C ' team in their first ever fix ture: n were J .M.C. RESU LTS

Du lwich, 11 8-9 dec. (T. Mitchell 3- 11); K. S. C. 'B', 85-8 (A. J. M-J ankowski 23). Drawn . K.S.C. ' B', 134 (1, A. Stern 28); Eastbourne, 11 0-7 (L. P. M. Bedford 4-26). Drawn. K.S.C. ' B' , 98 (C. Majomi 29); Cranleigh, 99-6 (A. J. M-Jankowsk i 3- 19). Lost by 4 wickets. K.S.C. 'B', 144-7 dec . (S . M. Beaugie 50 n.o.); Sutton Va lence, 24 (T. Mitchell 5-2, M-Jankowski 3-2, Bcdford 2.S) Won by 120 runs. . K.S.C. J . Colts 'B' , 75 (R. H . Pentin 31 n.o. , C. C. Mitchell 3-7, J . W. Muskett 3-27); K.S .C. 'B', 76-4 (C Majo . 28 n .o .). Won by 6 wickets. . rru K.S.C. : B:, 11 9-9 dec. (A. 9. McDonald 50) ; East bourne, 105-8.(L. P . M. Bedford 4-3 1, T. Mitchell 3-2 1). Drawn K.S.C. C, 77 (S. M. B eaugH~ 38); Eastbourne 48, (A. J. SU . Cunn mgham 4-13, A. J . McDonald 4- 18). Won by 29 runs:

THE HAYMAKERS C.C. Once again there has been an obvious highlight to what has been anothcr enjoyable season ; this year it was the ballin, of Charles Allen , who scored 79 against Beverley, and thcn an amazing 102, off about 70 balls, against Hicks Forslal (t he fi rst Haymaker century for 12 years) in his last match for the club before moving to Sherborne. We shall miss him! T here have been some disappointments, however. T hree ma tches had to be cancelled (two beca use of bad wcather) and we are st ill findin g it diffi cult to fie ld sides strong enough to cope with the likes of Barham and Ad isham who~ we have not beaten for ma ny years now . Fresh thought is to be given to this matter during the winter, whcn ~c shall also be saying thank you to David Reid , who is resigning as Pres ident of the club. Without his energy and dccisiveness the diffi culties the clu b has faced in recent years might have proved disastro us. We a re grateful fo r a ll he has done: J.M.C. RESULTS

(Played 6, Won 3, Lost 3.) Haymakers, 185-4 dec . (P uleston 67, Morgan 49); Goodneslone, 48. Adisham , 133-6 dec; Haymakers, 98 . Haymakers, 171-8 dec. (G. C. A. 79); Beverley, 123 (Brett 5-49). Geoffrey Chaucer, 169-5 dec ; Haymakers, 103. H icks Forstal, 159 (J . Taylor 4-3 0); Hayma kers, 163-1 (G.C.A. 102). Barha m, 145-8 dec. (1 . Cox 6-28); Hayma kers , 91.

HARVESTERS'15th TOUR In spite of the occasional thun derstorm at night, the weat her gods again smiled kindly throughout the Ha rvesters' annual pilgrimage to Sherborne and the relaxing Dorset countryside. A significant change this year involved accommodation which was provided in Lyon House tha nks to the generous hospitality of Mik e and Christine Hatch . T here was a sharp contrast in the average ages o f the occupants of the two dorm itories, a nd the la bels Rb and 6u refl ected qu ite accurately the different a pproaches to li fe on tour. One of the joys of regular fi xtures is meeting up with old fr iends , and it was particu larly good to see the Houghtons a nd M.l .C. again and to employ their various skills. Indeed the warmth of the welcome tha t we receive is a spur to keep a tou r going that has already chalked up 64 matches . F rom a cricketing point of view, the greatest adjustment requi red after Canterbury was to adapt to the slowness and to the uneven bounce of the Dorset pitches - even loca ls conceded that the wickets were less predictable than usual. The Sherborne Town pitch looked sadly neglected but a respectable total was reached thanks to some effective lateÂˇ order batting by H .E. J .A. in particular. If the Harvesters had held a few more catches they would have won easily but somehow the 'good game of bad cricket' ended in an exciting draw. Peter Baker a nd Charlie Coote agai n treated us to a superb ba rbecue after the game. At Canford a large total looked likely but th is evaporated in a flurry of feeble scores and a crucial run out. Luckil y the opposition proved to be similarly vulnerable with H .M.R. mopping up the tail and the rej uvenated P. W .B. claiming to have taken more wickets than was possible! T he sett ing of Compton House was as idyllic as ever and the Harvesters were able to score free ly in the 20-overs match. Amazingly, nin e catches were held when the home side batted, resulting in a relatively comfortable win. T here was some good bowling at Sturminster Hinton, particularly from H.M.R. who hit the stumps six times, and then G.C.A. and P .J.CÂˇS. led the chase in splendid 254

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",Ie 10 gl~~ off the hook by some friend ly late bowling, possib ly caused by the lack of any drinks in terval during a

bul \\~re efl ernoon. In spite of valuable contributions from P.G.H. and G.C .A., the Harvesters' batting could not bliSlen~g ~he variety of the bowling and tumbled to the only loss of the tour. David Hodgson became the young~st cOPC wllh nd earned his place with some good fielding and an unbeaten innings. After a swim and the generous hospitahty tlarvestcr .a leton and Pat Gent, the tour party broke up and departed to different corners of the land with many ~arm of John Sln~emories Possible highl ights for next year include 50 matches for G.P.R. a nd R.P. B. , and 100 wickets d happY W'B .. .~ P . R ~P" M.J.H. 'n Party: M.J.H. (Manager), P.G.H., R.P.B., G.P.R., P.W.B., H.E.J.A., G.C.A., H .M. Robertson, P. J. Tou"n8Smith J . W. McK. Newall, M. J. Hatch , A. Houghton.

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RESULTS

Icrs 170 (M.J .C. 45); Sherborne Town 163-9 (P.W.B. 4-53). Drawn. Harv: tcrs 139' Canford Outcasts 1I 2. Won. Harvestcrs 163:7 dec. (H.M.R. 42 n.o.); Compton House 99. Won. Harv 'nster Hi nton 150 (H .M. R. 6-26); Harvesters 153-6 (G.C.A. 57 , P. J .C-S. 44 n.o.). Won . ~~:rr~ Grove 154-8 dec.; Ha rvesters 125 (G.C.A. 49). Lost.

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(Rebecca Gilbert)

Athletics

At the start of this term the thought of matching last year's memorable season was as remote as the British winning every gold medal at the for thcoming Olympics. However, if one looks back on the results they show Ihai lle ; was an extremely successful season. Once again records went tumbli ng and , by the end, a total of 24 new Ones I. ... been set. For the second year funn ing, King's proved that overall, there was no better Athletics school in the south ' I q and, as with last year, we had three boys selected for the Nationals and five County champions. -east Probably the greatest achievement , however, was that of the Under- 16 Milk Cup team, who entered the Natio Schools team C hampionship and reached the finals at Derby after becoming Southern Regional, Kent and Disl ~ Champions. rK:t The main strengths this year have been within the extremely talented Intermed ia te and J unior teams. The arriVal r outstanding individuals such as D. Everhart, E. Mbu and A. Vigo, our three National Athletes, stimulated enormoo enthusiasm within these two squads and it was this enthusiasm which inspired others to perform so well . III

Considering the Senior team was so depleted at the beginning of term, the season could not have started any better There were wins in aU three age groups for King's, four new records set (R. Briggs Senior 200m (22.2), D. Everhart In ter. 200m (22.7 ), E. Mbu Inter. Disclls (42.19) a nd A. Vigo J unior Long J ump (4.82m», and two equalled: A Vi equalled the records for Junior Triple Jump (l l. 99m) and Junior High Jump (I .64m) . The next match against Seve~oat and Kent College was a closer encounter mainly because of the weather but nevertheless King's ma naged to win throup tha nks to some gritty senior performances from J. Oyler, S. Vavasour, P. Barry, T. Brook and S. Jackson. In fact if it was not for such individuals there would not have been a senior team. Unlike last year, it was a continual slruggk to get senior boys to compete, and I hope that next year J. Bagshaw and A . Adebajo can generate more interest, becaUSt it is vital in order to encourage the J unior members. At the Kent A.A.A. Championships at Crystal Palace King's had seven winners in Everhart (lOOm) , Mbu (Discus) Maamari (Shot), Adebajo (High Jump), and Vigo (in the Hurdles, triple (12.lIm record) and long (5.80m record»' The next school match was the regional round of the Milk Cup. Being relative newcomers in such a competition member performed to his best and King's mounted a massive total of 452 points, beating off challenges from Eltham King's Rochester, Skinners , Rochester Maths, and Judd. The better performances were S. Attwood (4.27 in the l SOOm)' I. Girling (36.19m javelin), ~. Gardener (1 2.6 Hurdles), and E. Mbu (11.8 100m). • After having a successful start the first real test was to come at Highgate. For the first time there was a similar atmosphere to last season's within the club and the result was a most comprehensive win over two powerful schools, prodUcing no fewer than eight school records. R. Briggs, Senior 100m (10.9), D. Everhart, Inter 200m (22 .7) (who also equalled the record for 100m 01.1», E. Mbu, Inter Discus (45.85m) , K. Phillips, Junior 200m (24.2) (later 24.0 at Watford) Inter 4 x 100m Relay (45.9), Inter 4 x 400m Relay (3. 37.8), Junior 4 x 100m Relay (49.3), and the Junior 4 x 400m Relay (3.59.9), After half term the Kent Schools Championship was held at Deangate and although Briggs (200m) , Adebajo (High Jump), Everhart (lOOm), and Mbu (Discus), all became Kent champions, the best performance was easily A. Vigo's fantastic leap of l 2.65m (school record) in the triple jump. The next three meetings, which saw King's compete and win at Epsom against Wellington College and Tonbridge, in the Milk Cup Regional Final at Watford and against local opposition (St. Lawrence, Sutton Valence and Hartsdown), underlined the fact that King's were probably the best Athletics school in the region. The final match down at R.M.S. Dover was rather a farce. With so many senior athletes unavailabk the side consisted of six Intermediates, one Junior, and two non-athletes - despite this, King's came second to Duke of York's by one point. This was a most encouraging result and the future looks promising . Although the Senior team did not possess many sta rs, R. Briggs, J . Bagshaw and A. Adebajo provided the nucleus of the team and performed extremely well. Congratulations must also go to E. Thomas, the most improved Athlete of the year, and to Zamblera and Seymour, both of whom improved considerably towards the end of the season. T. Brook, D. Crompton, R. Philpott, A. Reavill, M. Leathem and S. J ackson also deserve praise for competing, even though they probably preferred to be doing other things! As for the other two teams, the Intermediates a nd Juniors formed the foundati on for this year 's success and the club should continue to do well as a result. Of the Athletes who have yet to be mentioned O. Adegboyega and C. J. Brooke take with them into the senior team next year my sincere thanks for all their efforts this season. Without doubt they are the best all round athletes at senior level. Other Intermediate athletes include C. White, S. Attwood, N. Henry, 1. Gardener, D. O'Conor, G . Amos, H. Barton, A. Scott, J. J. C. Rawlinson, J. Gordon and T. Briggs, all of whom have contributed a great deal this term . The Juniors are equally impressive and with youngsters such as J . Mycroft, I. Girling, S. Fredericks, A. Nash, M. Overton, R. Edmonds. T. D'Offay, H. Cumber, J. Ralph, L. Michaels and O. Davies supporting K. Phillips and A. Vigo, King's Athletics should achieve similar success next year. My thanks go to captain R. Briggs, and the year group captains, C. J. Brooke, C. White and K. Phillips, for their support and hard work throughout the term. I would also li ke to thank Mr. Milner and Mr. Sugden who have helped with some of the coaching; their past efforts have been one of the main reasons for this year's success. My final thanks go to Mr. Float and his groundsmen for all their hard work in preparing the immaculate track and field areas. The boys and visiting schools really appreciated your efforts.

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fhe:~Âˇonals. The climax to another memorable season was the Under-16 Milk C up team's marvellous performance II die tl a; fini shed 4th at the National Team Final. ..... ' e G.P.G. RESULTS I, King's 474; 2, Duke of York's, 377; 3, St. Edmund's , 307; 4, King's Rochester, 247. l, King's, 226; 2, Sevenoaks 201; 3, Kent Co llege, 140. Milk Cup Regional Round I, King's, 452; 2, Eltham, 363; 3, Judd, 349; 4, Rochester Matlls, 344; 5, Sk inners, 310; 6, King's Rochester,

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I, King's, 343; 2, Dulwich, 298Vt; 3, Highgate, 284112. I, King's, 295; 2, S1. Lawrence, 183112; 3, Sutton Valence, 127V2. l, King's, 406; 2, Welli ngton College, 369; 3, Tonbridge, 339Vl, 4, Epsom, 323VL Milk Cup Southern Regional Final, Watford I , King's, 472; 2, St. Ignat ius, 456; 3, Langley Park, 435; 4, Dr. Challoner's, 403; 5, Hollyfield, 366; 6, Matthew Arnold, 343. Duke of York's Cup, Dover I, Duke of York, 224; 2, King's, 223; 3, Cranbrook, 218; Dover College, St. Edmund's, S1. Lawrence and Sutton Valence also competed. District Team Championship, Kent University I, King's; 2, Herne Bay; 3, Kent College; 4, S1. Edmund 's ; 11 other schools competed. Milk Cup National Team Final, Derby I, Furtherwick Park; 2, Millfield ; 3, Appleton; 4, King's , Canterbury; 5, Newcast le Royal Grammar School; 6, Sir Oeorge Monoux; 7, Longton High; 8, Marple Hall .

Inter-House Athletics Competition After a wet morning, things slowly improved and we were able to go ahead with the Sports in the afternoon . Fortunately Ihe weather was mild, but the state of the track and jumps was not conducive to top class performances and most athletes ~' ere rather below their best standard. However, there was plenty of keen competition and a pleasing amount of support Ihis year which all made for an enjoyable occasion. Broughton were strongly challenged by Galpin's and Meister Omers in the early stages but finall y went ahead to win by a comfortable margin. On a personal note, as I am retiring this year, I send my best wishes to a ll past members of the At hletics Club and particu larly those galla nt gentlemen who braved the rigours of the Lent term . M.E.M. RESULTS

Stniors 100 METRES: I, Briggs, R. (OR); 2, Weston (OR); 3, Kosteri ng (W). Time: 11.69 secs. 200 METRES: 1, Briggs R. (OR); 2, Nash (LN); 3, Thomas (D). Time: 23 .93 sees. 400 METRES: I , Crompton (LN); 2, Taphouse (LX); 3, Shaw (MO). Time: 56.09 secs. 800 METRES: I , Leathem (OL); 2, Shaw (MO); 3, Mackenzie (SH). Time: 2 mi n. 10.88 secs. 1500 METRES: I, Leathem (OL); 2, Shorten (OR); 3, Linney (LN). Time: 4 min. 37.86 secs. 3000 METRES: I, Leathem (OL); 2, Mackenzie (SH); 3, Linney (LN) . Time: 10 mins. 31 secs. HURDLES (110 metres): 1, Seymour (LX); 2, Moore (LN); 3, Smart (MO). Time: 17.70 secs. HIGH JUMP: I, Adebajo (W); 2, Lerche (B); 3, Barry (MO). Height: 1.80 m . LONG JUMP: 1, Adebajo (W); 2, Lerche (B); 3, Briggs, R. (OR). Distance: 5.74 m. TRIPLE JUMP: 1, Adebajo (W) ; 2, Williams (B); 3, Lerche (B). Distance: 12.56 m . SHOT: 1, Maamari (B); 2, Bagshaw (B); 3, Anderson (LN) . Distance: 10.86 m . DISCUS: I , Maamari (B); 2, Bagshaw (B); 3, Vavasour (MO). Distance: 36.94 m. JAVELIN: I, Bagshaw (B); 2, Morgan (GL); 3, Barry (MO). Distance: 42.60 m. REI.AY (4 x 100 metres): I, The Grange; 2, Galpin's; 3, Linaore. Time: 48.16 sccs. Inlermediates 100 METRES: 1, Everhart (MT); 2, White (OL); 3, Mbu (B). Time: 11.98 sees. 200 METRES: I , Everhart (MT); 2, White (OL) ; 3, Brooke (8) . Time: 24.59 secs. 400 METRES: I , Everhart (MT); 2, Brook e (B) ; 3, O'Conor (OL). Time: 57.88 secs. 800 METRES: I, Attwood (T); 2, Amos (OL); 3, O'Conor (OL). Time: 2 min . 16.1 sees. 1500 METRES: I, Attwood (T); 2, Gotke (OR); 3, Briggs N. (OR). Time: 4 min . 42.52 sees.

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(Below Right) DARREN EVERHART WINNING THE 100m AT THE KENT A.A.A . CHAMPIONSHIPS AT CRYSTAL PALACE (Ian Gardener)

HURDLES (100 metres) : 1, Gardener (T); 2, Brooke (B); 3, Lacamp (ll). Time: 17.32 sees. H IGH JUMP:, I, Gordon (OR); 2, Watk ins (LN) ; 3=, T,urner (M) and Nash (MT). Height: 1.58 m LONG JUMP. I , Adegboyega (LX); 2, Lake (SH); 3, Briggs (OR). Distallce: 5.77 m. . TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Barron (LN); 2, Vale (B) ; 3, Briggs (OR). Dis/alice: 10.90 m. SHOT: I. Mbu (B); 2. Bartlett (LN); 3, Scott (MT). Distance: 12.61 m. DIscus: I, Mbu (D); 2, Barton (MO); 3, Briggs N. (OR). Distance: 36.50 m, JAVELIN: I, Seal( (MT); 2, Barton (MO); 3, Gordon (OR). Distallce: 28.89 m. RELAY (4x 100 metres): 1, Broughton; 2, Galpin's; 3, Li nacre . Time: 50.28 sees.

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100 METRES: I, P h!"! ps (W); 2, Overton (8); 3, GirJing (MO). Time: 12.69 sees. 200 METRES: I , Phil li ps (W); 2, Mycroft (LN) ; 3, Overton (B). Time: 26.66 sees. 400 METRES: I, O'Offay (MO); 2, C umber (W); 3, Rotim i (W). Time: 65.38 secs. 800 METRES: I , O'?ffay (MO); 2, Nash (M); 3, Edmonds (M). Time: 2 min. 22.2 secs. 1500 METRES: I ,D Offay (MO); 2, C umber (W); 3, Edmonds (M). Time: 5 min. 11. 4 secs HURDLES (80 met res) : I , Davies 0 (y>; 2, Beatton (MO); 3, Mu rdoch (MO). Time: 14.8 1 s~cs. HIGH JUMP: 1 =, .Ralph (GL) a nd .vlgo (GL); 3, Foot (MT). Height: 1. 43 m. LONG J UMP: 1, Vlg~ (GL); 2, Oavl~s 0 (T); 3, J oh ns (GL). Distance: 4.90 m . TR IPLE JUM P: I , P hil li ps (W); 2 , Vigo (G L) ; 3, Mycroft (LN). Distance: 11.59 m. SHOT: I , Mycrofl (LN); 2, Frederic ks (B); 3, Overton (B). Distallce: 10.30 m. D Iscus : I, Fr~d~ricks (B); 2, Girl i n~ (MO); 3=, Majom i (W) and Johns (GL). Distance: 25.82 m. JAVELIN: I, Glrlmg (MO); 2, F redencks (B); 3, Topham (MT). Distallce: 32.09 m. House C hampio nsh ip Results (First five) I , Bro ughton, 167 ~oints; 2, ~alpin 's 125Y2 points ; 3, Meister Omers, 100 points ; 4 Walpole 89 points' 5 Th and LlIlacre equa l with 87 pomts. ' , " c GraflJt Victo r Ludorum 1st equal: A. A. Adebajo (W) and M. J. R. Leathem (GL). Oth er Results ATHU::TI C STANDARDS COMPETITION:

1st eq ual: Ga lpin's and Walpole .

INTER.HoUSE SHUlTLE RELAYS COMPt.TITI ON:

1st equal: Galp in's and Broughton, 60 points; 3rd: Walpole, 54 points.

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1st VIII

~med for nothing less than being the fastest school VIII in the country, we must confess that our results

HIVIng ~I e somewhat disappointing, yet it would be less than just to a remarkably dedicated group of young men &JaiS yea~ weprointment was to hide the high standard which they did, in fact, achieve. . , be dlsap I I . our training camp on the Sarnersee went better than last year's, and we started the term confident III If Inytr ld:~ of our endurance fit ness. Our first regatta was a somewhat hectic, but thoroughly enjoyable foray onto tbe kno~ e nt carrying the news of King's from Canterbury to Ghent. We were at Ghent because the British Junior (be conu~~d 'asked to see three of the VIII, Simon Webb, Mark Norton and Nick Strange, perform in various boats ~orB 19ian French and West German opposit io n; all three produced some very good performances. Unfortunately JIIInSl V~I1 the only event we could enter was the internat ional under-23 VI II 's and we were u nab le to come very (or the Fr~nch national crew or to a composite crew from three West German Clubs but it was an exhilarating experience! ck* to a managed to catch the ferry at Cala is, with less t han two hours to get t here from G hent, at the end of the (HoWttaweI will never know .) rtI' weeks later the whole Club went to Cambridge regatta where the VII I won the Sen ior 'B' VIII's beat ing the EI!:~ III by three feet, and lost in the final of the Senior VIII's to Downing College, the crew that went Head f he Mays a few weeks later. o ;he week after saw our three candidates for select ion at a further t rials weekend at Peterborough and, again, they all formed so well that they were selected to row in the British Junior Row ing Team at the World Junior Rowing Ch perpionshiPs in Sweden this year - Simon Webb and Mark Norton in the coxed four, and Nick Strange in the VIII. ~:r the half-term weekend we ra.ced at Walton Reg~tta where the rather bitter experienc~ of losing to T\~ickenh~m Ring Club in the final of the Selllor 'A' VIII's, havmg beaten a far better crew from Stames Boat C lub m the first oWnd . put us on our mettle for the Nationa l Schools' Regatta the next week. rou The final of the Queen Mother Cup proved to be an exciting race, and ~lthou~h we were only just over three seconds ,lower Ihan the winners. S1. Edward's, Oxford. we were unable to beat either KlIlg's, Chester or Radley and were thus I disappointing 4th. However, no one should forget that we had beaten Shrewsbury, Eton , S1. Paul's and Hampton and so for a second year running, K.S.C .B.C. has shown that it can hold its head high amongst the top rowing schools of the country. With N.S.R. over, the VIII had only Henley left and, a lthough exams and commitments to the National coxed four meant that our training programme for it was less than ideal, we a rrived at Henley rowing slight ly faster than we had been before N.S.R. With St. Edward's and King's, Chester in t he Princess Elizabeth, it seemed that a win in the Special Race for Schools was a real possibility b ut t his was not to be. Just before our first race, against Bedford School, we se\lerely damaged our boat while trying to avoid a collisio n with another crew, which forced us to row in a borrowed boallhat was far too big for us. In this boat we were ab le to beat Bedford, but were never able to settle against Shrewsbury in the next round and lost to them by thrcc-quarters of a length . What might have been we will never know, but Shrewsbury went on to win t he competit io n . Finally, my thanks to Peter Will is, yet again , fo r his help, sup port and ut most patience and to the VII I fo r being an exceptionally fine and dedicated group o f people. R.M.H. Tht VIIl: Bow, R. A. Hills (GL); 2, M. Just ice (MO)/S . A . Wright (LN) for Henley; 3, D. B. RidgweU (B); 4, S. A. Wright (LN)/G. R. E. Smith for Hen(ey; 5, M. W. Norton (B); 6, S. W. P. Webb (SH); 7, A. H. Shaw (LN); Stroke, N. J. Strange (MT); Cox, F. E. Vegelin van Claerbergen (LN).

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2nd VIII Falling below expectations in the Schools' Head of the River last term, and coming a lowly 561h, the Second VIIt did well in The Head of the River, com ing 180th overall, second out of the Novices, and third of the school second crews. Much of that success was due to some excelle nt coxing, as well as some determined st rok ing . The first regatta at Thames Ditton showed that Lent Term fo rm was being lived up to. and t he Novices Cup was won, easi ly in the Final, after a hard-won battle in the first race, winning by two feet. Moving up into Senior 'C' status meant harder work a nd further success eluded t he crew until the National Schools Regatta. Competing against adults, even if technically of the same status, is never easy, but at Nottingham in the heats and in the Final t he crew showed somct hing like their true q uality. At th e end of t he Fin al the eight were second to Sh rewsbury, the best result for a King's second eight. Tribute should be paid to t he cheerfu l attitude o f t he crew, and their willingness to put in im mense P. J .D.A. hard work, despite calls o f exams and occasio na lly o f o ther sports !

Crew: A. W. Leach Bow, C. J . Ochs 2, C. R. J . Collyer 3, G. R. E. Smith 4, J. R. Nicholas 5, E. G. C. Winfield 6, R. Assadourian 7, J . C . Hamlin Stroke, A. P. Newman-Rogers Cox, J . R. Brown Spare Mall, P. G. S. Lawton rOwed in the Lent Term, b ut was ill in the summer. 259

Junior' A' and 'B' Crews Things continue to look up at the lower end of the Boat Club. This year - for the first time - We had two VIlis, but two VI1Is which both showed well against their rivals. Perhaps, in the past, we've had Junior I~ot jUl; who are up there with Eton , Radley and Shrewsbury, but this year we have also had a second crew who are th ~ Shrewsbury. Radley and Eton second crews (indeed, rather ahead of some of them!). It's certainly the first r erc: YtftI& this has happened and it provides a depth of talent for the future which is absolutely vital if we are to do con~~e that well at 1st VIII level. stenu, Junior 15 'A' Crew Clearly this crew had a difficult task. They had never rowed in VIlIs until last term; after sixteen weeks they be taking on crews some of whom (including the eventual winners at Nottingham) had been rowing together for two ~ They responded to the challenge, showing determination and commitment. They were short on raci ng experi and luck didn 't help them here - in their first two regattas, they drew the eventual winners in the first round ; : ' it should be added, pushed them closer than any su bsequent crew) . At Thames Ditton, they got ahead of Ham ' but fell apart when Hampton counterÂˇ attacked. A recovery led to a close fini sh, but they failed to get back b aPif)Q feet: Hampton went on to win the fin al. Cambridge provided an exciting race against Radley; slightly fa~lt/la~!" let Radley get ahead and we couldn't recover the lead, going down by half a length. Radley went through to win ICI other rounds easily. At Chiswick (at last) they got to the final, via Eton, Tiffin and Emanuel. Again it was a verYck!: race , wi th King's rather too nervous; St. Paul's won the final by half a length. Some close stuff, the pity being lhac they deserved to have had eight races and three fi nals - not four races. Nottingham was odd - superb weather. The crew went well but (as often happens in multi-lane racing) concentrated on the crew alongside, and in particular missed the sprint the other crews put in around the l,OOOm . mark. So des . a strong finish, they just missed the final. But they weren't the only ones; a rather distinguished 'Petit Final' - with Shiplake, Eton, Radley , Shrewsbury and King's. Shiplake (whom we had beaten in the first round) were helped to victory by the fick le Nottingham Lane l-&-wind combination: in the centre an exciting struggle developed betweea the other crews. In the end, Eton pipped us by 0.25sec., whilst we held off Shrewsbury and Radley (a nice reven,e for Cambridge) . So no 'glittering prizes' but I think they have their eyes on the future. T hey know that no crew in the COUntry is way ahead of them now - although at the Schools' Head they were a long way down in the top twenty. Their rile of improvement has been tremendous, and promises interesting things ahead .

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Crew: Stroke, P. E. Dyas; R. B. Cooper; P. D. W. Woodward; M. A. Evans; J . S. Murch; M. Kandawallaj C. R. Smalman-Smith; Bow, E. B. de Giles; Cox, R. N. P. Puplett (F. E. Vegelin van Claerbergen at T hames Ditton). Junior 15 'B' Crew In some ways this was the crew of which one felt most proud. One ex pects the 'A' crew to go fast - and with one coach to two crews, the 'A' crew tends to get more attention. So aUcredit to this group for their great efforts. At Cambridae (their first race), they showed real power, but little stamina - they fi zzled out at the half-way mark, and Eton (their 'B' crew ,) won by several lengths. The crew had a choice; to continue to plod along, or to make a real effort. They chose the latter and put in some very hard work on the Lakes. At Nottingham - only two weeks later - they showed what their determination had achieved; coming from behind in the first round of the Junior Colt Cup, they took third place - and thus won a place in the fin al. Interestingly, the crew who had been third until the last few st rokes wu Eton. We got ahead by 0.5 sec - Quite a transformation since Cambridge. It was something of an achievement to get to the final. Here they came fourth - but it's worth adding that the crews who came first and second were from schools who only had one Junior 15 crew, and put that crew in the 'B' class (as we did in the 'old days'! ). The only 'second Junior IS' crew to beat them was Shrewsbury - and that by only hal( a length, So they can take some pride in their efforts . Indeed , such has been their progress that I would be surprised if several of this crew do not end up in next season's 'A' crew.

Crew: Stroke, S. W. Richards; J. D. Richardson; N. J, Stearns; M. R. A. Miller; J. T. Spiegel; S. J . Grimes; D. A. Knight; J . D. Frew. Cox, J . M. Bartlett. As a squad, these crews have been a real pleasure (if a rather hectic one) to coach. I hope they do regard themselves as a squad - not 'A' and 'B', as I'm sure there will be changes next year - and others the year after that. It is the fact that we can do that (for each individual develops at a different pace) that will give us good results at the top. So stick at it. Thanks as ever to Peter Willis for making the whole thing possible (and still staying calm when yet another generation of boys claims 'this seat gets stuck ', rather than the more honest 'I do such odd things to this boat it's a miracle it survives'). The miracle is of course Peter's unfailing efforts. T hanks also to R.M.H., always happy to help out despite his work with the 1st VIII, and to the Captain of School, who had the 1st VIII and 'A' levels, but still helped out whenever he could . Without their help I don't think I would have survived. The same might be said ora blue XJS Jaguar, whose boot seems to have been fitted with a large reservoir of gin ... The loyal support of parents is, however, more than just social. Without it, some of our boats would not have gOI to Nottingham : in all ways, rowing is made much more enjoyable by the involvement and enthusiasm of parents; it is much appreciated. S,I ,O, 260

canoeing bm itted last term so we have now to publish the results for the whole of the 1984 season to date.

su as this has been ' the most success f u1 year III ' t he h'Istory 0 f th e c1u b . No. re PO rt was d thing oba ' members have competed at a tota l of nine BCU natio nal ranklllg . s11 .. F'our ThIS' Is n , lub a om competitions. Since Chns:;cas ~ Nov ice to 4th Division on the strength of their performance. I~ addition the club was represented

were promot~ rO f Kent Schools' competitions including two slaloms, two long distance races, and the ever popular 'de variety 0 . h' '!"I R lay. Four first places were won III t esc. Yakbng e T m use was made of the mill race at Chartham, and in the summer four trips were made to the s~a, In the Len~ erThe fina le for the academic year was the circumnavigation of T~anet, on Friday, 13th July .. ~lIld main!y JOSSde ~r~n interesting journey. To begin with, follow ing wind and adverse tide made fo~ turbule~t conditions, ,nd ude ma h t the fir st seven miles from Reculver to Margate, took almost 3 hours. Then With both III our favour which mead\htNE tip of Kent down' to Joss Bay, fou r miles in all, in only one h(;>u r. T he final leg, from Jo~s Bay we rounde attempted only by Bart lett and M.R.G.P.: on this stretch everythmg was adverse, and they did well Ramsgate, wa~ . 10 d Ihe rive miles m two hours. 10 0 f tunate to be able to buy four new boats this year, and we have been using the plastic 'Dancers' since e We wT"h . o~as helped our novice programme, which was run mainly by Bartlett. March. IS ,I

CI.b Profiles , . . . H An outstanding canoeiSt. Promoted to Dlv. 2 before Christmas, he competed at Sheppe!ton (48th, 1st Pril7hord, 4th March Appletreewick on 12th March (l2th), Symonds Vat on 8th Apri l (14th), Old Wmdsor on 13th Jumor)l~n 1st Junior).' Finally he went in for the British Schools' Championships on 1st J uly, an~ came a.re~a.r~able May (6 of 86 in the U.16 event. At present secretary, next year's Captain of Canoeing. He also fou."d time to Wlll mdlvldual Sth out . the K S C A Yalding Relay and pick lip two more fir st places and a second m K.S.C .A. events. first place m . . . . . ' , , C N Promoted Div. 4 Yalding October 1983. Competed at Newbury 6th May (56th). 4th m Kent Scho!,ls BQ,,'e/~ . Long Distance lith J uly. H'as been largely responsible for the training of the large numbers of novices :~~t~av~~ntered the club: and has done a very good job of tuition and inspiration . Minor Sports Colours awarded

Lent Term. . ' . V D S Promoted Div. 4 Durngate Mill, 12th March (5th overall, won JUnior Trophy). At Yaldmg Dlv. 4 Slalom )'tiAth March came 9th, Competed at Newbury on 6t h May (52nd) and Sharnbro.ok on 13th. May (16t~ out of 52). rre is currently lying first in the Kent Schools' 'Invicta' Awards, having come first m the. Yaldl~g to Maldstone L.ong Distance on 8th April, and first in the Canterbury LD on lith July . Has also competed m NOVice CI and C2. Mmor Sports Colours awarded summer term. E ' s R Promoted Div. 4 at Newbury Slalom (8th), on 6th May. Competed at Sha!nbrook 13th May, and in Cl and OOa~ Wi~chester on 8th July. 16th individual placing at Yalding Relay on 9th May, gamed 7th place at Hunton K.S.C.A. slalom on 10th June, and came lIth in Canterbury LD on 11th July. M t'n A Promoted Div 4 at Newbury Slalom (13th). Came 23rd out of 52 at Sharnbrook Div. 4 Slalom on 13th At K,S.C.A. slalom' at Hunton on 10th June gained 6th place, a.nd came 5th in the Canterbury LD. Rowsell, S. Promoted Div. 4 at Durngate Mill, 12th March (19th). Competed at Newbury Div. 4 on 6th May (60th). 12th in Canterbury LD. M.J.V.

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Fencing For the first time since the event was moved out of the gymnasium, we were unable to hold the annual O.K.S. match on the Green Court this year due to the persistent showers of rain . However the better surface in the gymnasium produced a higher standard of fencing at;'~ fewer pulled muscles. It was also en~ouraging to have a large and appreciative audience despite the rather crowded cond!tlons. The O.K.S. produced their largest and strongest team ever and it was good to see Andrew Macfarlane back agam and also the appearance o( Nick Olympitis and Mike Allen after an absence of some years. Nick has been training regularly at. the L~nsdow~e Club over the past year and looked very impressive. But indeed, so did the rest of the O.K.S. team, mcludmg Jamie Sharp who won the Kent Men's Sabre Championship this year. The School teams fought very hard and although the 1st Foil and Epee and the 2nd Fail. events went to the. final bout, the O.K.S. remained undefeated, despite a fine performance by the School team captalll Mark Mortlock m the 26 1

Foil and also the Epee, where only the expertise of former international Richard Bird ensured victory for th Richard Appleyard and Edwin Lloyd also fought well in this event. e O.k.s. There were many good and spectacular bouts at all weapons. Laurence Burr was his usual jovial self and . whole family supporting him Ihis year was undefeated throughout. With the King's 2nd and 3rd team fencers also did well against their o lder and more experienced opponents. particula 1 Beod ien a nd Joh n Rawlinson who each won two bouts Qut of th ree in the 2nd and 3rd Foil events resPCctiv~t lOll The O.K.S. team was once again led by Robert Macfarlane and we owe him a great deal fo r all he has done t y. things going over the years. He is traini ng to be a surgeon now and although we still hope to see him on OCc 0 .keq, his brother Andrew. also a former School Captain of Fencing. will be taking over the job next year. asians, Once again we thank him and the rest of the O.K .S. team. most of whom travelled many miles for this eve another excellent match . We were delighted to see so many parents. O.K.S., wives and friends at tea and at t h~t, for enjoyable supper party afterwards. mOS( Teams: K.S.q. M. Mortlock (Capt.), R. Appleyard. D. Evans, E. Lloyd. J. Bendien, J. Barton, F. Phang, M. Esch and J Rawlmson. . O.K.S. R. Macfarlane (Capt.), R. Bird, D. J. Miller, M. Whitehead, J . Eden, P. Keating, L. Burr, J . Sharp. A. Macfarlll .... N. Olympitis and M. Allen. - .... Result: O.K .S. 34 bouts, K.S.C. 20 bouts. Finally, on a personal note, may I express my gratitude to the School Team and the O.K.S. Team for their magnificem gifts, ~resented to myself and my wife on this occasion to mark my retirement at the end of term. We thank you au most sincerely. I litt le thought when I started the club some 29 years ago, that we should now have a record of over a hundred County Championships, numerous Blues, a National Youth Champion and two 'Under-20' Internationals. A number ofpeop)e have contributed to this achievement including the late Professor Alf Mallard, Mr. David Miller and Mr. A rnold Pienne. Looking ahead to next term, Mr. W . J. R . H ildick-Smith will be taking over as Master ilc Fencing and Mr. Bob Gambrill will be instructing twice a week and will also be available for matches. After half-term I hope to be able to help at least o nce a week on a fa irly regular basis and Mr. Pienne will continue to visit us when he can. I wish the club every success for the future . M,E,M,

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Golf It is a pleasure to report that, thanks to the Common Room Members hip at Princes, golf has fl ourished more this year than any I can remember. Activity golf is now heavily oversubscribed and there have been regular weekly excursions for either lessons or nine holes at Sandwich. The activity group were even videoed o n the G reen Court thanks to W. J. R. H-S. and P. W. D. and their swings played back to them . In the matches the team made up for defeats from strong Cranleigh and Tonbridge sides by soundly trouncing the O.K .S. and the Common Room for the first time. We were sorry that Frank Stanger's indisposition meant that he could not come to the Inter-House bUl would like to thank P ip Arnold for deputising. O nce again the O.K.S. Society gave a vast number of golf balls as prizes and Anne Arnold baked six delicious cakes . How many schools a re as fort unate to have so much generosity showered upon them? We are deeply grateful. This year the Cup was won by Mitchinson's (Hodgson and Bradley) who beat Broughton (Lerche and Pridd le) by one stroke. T he Hamp Cup was awarded for the fi rst time to the youngest J unior pair returning the lowest score, on this occasio n by Luxmoore (Rowe and Norris). At the Kent Schools C hampionships, C hatham House. whose team all had single-figu re handicaps, outstripped the fi eld to win by twenty strokes. Even if we could have had the services of Stephen Hodgson (wanted by the 1st XI) we could never have matched such a performance. This term we bid farewell to Stephen Lerche and thank him for such a loyal contribution, to Stephen Hodgson who has played equally well and Charles Clouston who did not play this term. Our loss is the O .K.S. Society's gain. Finally, my thanks to G.C.A. for his help in his time here and to H.E.J.A. and other Masters who have helped with transport. Next season beckons us with even more play at Princes and the bonus of the Open Championship's return to Royal St. Georges - what more can we ask for? ),),D,C,

The/ollowing p layed ill the team: Lerche (Capt.), Hodgson. Cox , Priddle, G reenleaf P., Rowe, Lark, Ryeland 1., McMurrugh. Knight, Wallis, Costain. Awarded First Colours: S. C . Hodgson . Awarded Millor Sports Colours: J. N. M. Cox.

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h ve been a num ber of encouraging developments th is term, not least the emergence of a sizeable nucleus of

,fbe re aan handle the school's fl eet of Larks . Most of these boys have sailed in at least one match against a not her

bOYS who cviding them with good experience for next year. It takes time to establish a good tradition of team-racing,

J(hOOI. pro not surprised to be soundly defeated by a well-drilled Sevenoaks team, which has a strong tradition behind

SO we wer~ch also coincided with the Fifth Form Shakespeare trip which rather decimated our team! We restored morale iIÂˇ The rnaounding victory over a team from the University before losing to Tonbridge and SI. Dunstan's. the latter

.llh a r~ing thrown away through inexperience. The same thing nearly happened in the Dover match, which probably cont~~ closest racing of the term, but in the end we won despite a lost protest. 1aId~. term James Carlyle and Roddy Harris leave us, having been the mainstay (excuse the metaphor!) of our team I "IS ears' also John Sole, who has sailed some good races. But next year Jon Gosling, Mark Adamson and Peter forsolr:e~ain'and will form an excellent basis for the team providing they brush up on the racing rules! (We hope BU~:e mistakes have been made th is year and the lessons have been learned!) all racing is not everything however, and the Larks, Mirror and Topper have been in constant use and provided Theexcell cnt afternoons of relaxation, altercation and occasionally supersaturation! some R.M.A. ANoP.W.D. ream/rom: J. W. G. Carlyle (Capt.), R. R. Harris, J . W . Gosling, J. E. Sole, M. S. Adamson, H. L. Chan. F. J. Charlesworth, A. P. N. Fullman, P. J. Dorling, O. W. S. Pugh, R. A. F. Webb. RESULTS

Sevenoaks '8' team (A). Lost 0-2. : University of Kent 'B' team (H). Won 2-0. v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-2. \I 51. Dunstan's, Catford (H). Lost 1-2. \I Dover College (H). Won 2- 1.

S.E. Area Sailing Regatta On Thursday, 12th Ju ly the navy sailing team went to a regatta at Dover, sailing bosuns against five other schools. We were divided into two teams: the 'A' team comprised Carlyle and Fu llman who sailed well , and the 'B' team of Adamson and Burrell who sailed consistently well throughout. Each crew had three races, sailed in a force four to fresh force five. Finally, there was an officers' race in which Mr. Du rgan, crewed by Peter Burrell , came a close second, which was I very admirable performance. T ha nks must go to the officers fo r organ ising the day, and Mr. Durgan for taking us for an enjoyable day's racing. PETER BURRELL.

Swimming We slarted the season rather apprehensively - last year had been extraordi narily successfu l, but we had lost most of our best swimmers. As it turned out we collected some very talented new swim mers, had a reasonable match season, and individually a lot of records were broken. Our first match was a rather dau nting affair against Dulwich, Berkhampstead and A Heyn's girls who all have covered pools and manage to train all year round. Indiv idually even oUT best swimmers were outclassed; doing personal best times they were still coming second and third. There were promising moments though; the girls team came close to beating 'Jags' and a new swimmer Tim Briggs broke the school backstroke record. We got our ow n back in the relays, by winning the Senior and U. I S's freestyle relays in new school record times. These two moral victories under very competitive conditions lifted our spirits for coming matches against what we realised would be lesser opposition. Against R.M.S. Dover we saw just how strong our U.IS squad was. Jeremy Gordon con tin ued to win races, while looking totally relaxed, and later broke the School o ne length freestyle record. Richard Costain has improved greatly and his all round ability has been seen in the individual Medley. T im Briggs has pushed Jeremy on the backstroke and when Steve Grimes rejoined us, the team looked excellent with Dave Botha and Jimmy Nevile supporting well . The Dover match was very close and excit ing - we just won. Seb Taylor thought this was a good time to lead his water polo team into action, but sadly Dover had played before and we got th rashed.

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The Kent College match proved almost embarrassingly easy, but it did produce some excellent pcrforman the ladies. Charlotte Priest has swum well all season with record times in the one length backstroke, and cts length freestyle. On top of this she has been an excellent girls' captain, leading with enthusiasm and! ~;~g;~:~~~:~~~:~ of Ihe team's success must be attributed to her. Charlotte Cotton also broke the one and two length ~. and a long with Lucy Flint formed a very strong breaststroke team. Claire Dussek has continued to us u LM. and Butterfly; thank goodness she can do them so well. Lucy Dixon~Clarke and Melanie POllg made: must be Ihe strongest and keenest girls' team wc've had. P The spate of home matches continued with a triangular against Eastbourne and St. Dunstan's in appalling Condit' Eastbourne seniors dominated the match looking even stronger than usual, but at least we beat St. Dunstan's ~~ was a nice surprise. What the early matches did show was that we were getting most of our points on 'sprint' : '.... a clear indication to team members of their unrealised potential, which could be brought out with a little more comrni to the longer events . This in turn can only come with greater concentration on style and personal fitness during Ira~ This responsibility rests entirely with the individual swimmer, self discipline and determination being a ll imponan':"f. a very individual sport such as ours .

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The Sutton Valence match rounded off the season, and again showed our strength against other schools with OUld facilities. The V.I6s looked very strong at this match, hardly dropping a point. Guy Dunn led the team with very irnpr ~ performances. Bill Murch and Simon Brook have improved greatly this year, and would seem to have a lot of POle: Warner-Smith has batt led o n with the Butterny fillin g a valuable gap, and another newcomer Nick Briggs has Show.; that if he can stay in the right lane, he can do quite well. Pong and Morse have a lso been swimming in this age &roup and it is a credit to them that they have not looked out of place. when they are only U.14. We lost two fixtures - Westminster and St. Lawrence - this year due to poor weather, and from other resul15 ~ should have won these. Earlier in the term the senior squad competed at the Public School Relays. Having won the Aldenham Cup last Year we were eager to do well, but despite looking good over short distances, we didn't seem to have the stamina for lJW longer relay. The Seniors have had a reasonable season though with 'Old-troopers' Mike Besly and Seb Taylor cootiowna to do first class times in their events. Seb's 14.6 second freestyle length will probably be unbeatable for Some Ytan to come. Jimmy Price joined the team, and despite recovering from a recent leg injury took part in the record breath.. freestyle team. John Foard also joined us to swim breaststroke, doing very well over one length, but he'll need to traiD hard to gain strength over long distance. Pat Walters continued to be a valuable team member as in many previous seasolll. Finally, thanks must go to Mr. Thane for making the season so successful and enjoyable, with his unflagging enthusilUlD and personal support. We must not forget Mr. Barham, who this year has been training the highly successful U.IS and U . 14s. He took a team up to the Bishop Start ford festival at the end of term wh ich managed to come third behind Bristol Grammar and St. Paul's - a very promising performance against many of the top schools . There looks to be a good future for the club. I wish it the best of luck . ALASTAIR SHAW.

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Al has fa iled to mention his own performance which has been outstanding . He has broken six school records tb. season in freestyle, breaststroke and the individual med ley. an almost unparalleled achievement. Matched with this he has been an excellent Captain, leading and encouraging by example. We could not have had such a happy and successful season without him. RESULTS

v Dulwlch v Berkhampstead (A) Senior 3rd 34.60.53 U.16 3rd 32.42.71 U .15 3rd 43.57.48 U.14 3rd 38.63.46 v Alleyn's Girls (A) Girls L 25.35 v R.M.S. Dover (A) Senior W 50!h.48Yl U.16 L 40.66 U.15 W 57.43 v Kent College (H) Senior W 65 .34 U.14 W 53.37 Gi rls W 49.41 v St. Dunstan's v Eastbourne (H) Senior 2nd 59.59.91 V.16 3rd 58!h.74.76Yl U.t5 1st 7tYz,50 .67Yz Girls 2nd 40.55

v Tonbridge (H) Senior L 46!h. 52 Yl U. 16 L 34.66 U.1 5 W 64.36 v Sutton Valence (A) Senior W 66.34 U.16 W 67!h.3IYl U.15 W 58.41 v R.M.S. Dover (H) V.15 W 54Yz.45!h U.14 W 64 .36 v Westminster cancelled v St. Lawrence Cancelled

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Tennis An exceptionally keen group of tennis players has ensured that this has been a most enjoyable term. Practices have been well attended an~ worthwhile, as most participants h ~ve s h o~vn a pleasing w illi n~n ess to concentrate, a nd to work hard at improving their games. Mr. Ken Wherry's coachmg sesSIOns have been particularly popular, and many have benefited from his expert guidance. Arter losing to a very strong Dulwich side on the first day of term , the 1st VI acquitted themselves very well . Subsequent defeats were narrow, a nd we were hand icapped by inj uries in the Sevenoaks and Kent College matches . T he team scored some impressive wins, with the Eastbo urne match providing the best all-round performance. T he regular first pair of Ben Shorten and Matt hias Kostering played power ful tennis and lost only two rubbers all season, although they d id occasionally allow lesser pairs to sneak away with sets. Alistair McFie was a model of consistency, and fo rmed a productive partnership with Geoff Evison for the latter part of the term. It was a shame that both Jeremy Smart and Paolo Mondadori were injured during the first week of term, as neither could quite recapture his best form after lengthy lay-offs. When offered his chance Simon Stuttaford fully justified his selection and gained valuable experience for future years. J ames Cunli ffe, as always, gave one hundred percent effort, but only played his best tennis spasmodically. The second team d id not prove as strong as I had hoped, but a ll th e players showed an enthusiastic approach to their tennis and enjoyed the matches. The Colts side had an excellent season, and showed a collective determination which brought victories when defeats seemed equally likely. Particula rly exciting was the K.C.L.T.A . Cup semifi nal al Simon Langton, where in the last two rubbers we were 4-2 down in the third sets, before fig hting back to secure a place in the fi nal. This brought another gritty performa nce, but we were outclassed by an exceptiona lly strong Eitham leam. Despite losing most of their matches the J un ior Colts showed m uch promise, and most of them will be eligible to play at under-IS level again next year. The Inter-House Competitio ns were keenly contested as usual. Broughton won the junio r Knock-out and Walpole the senior, with the League trophy going to School House. My thanks to everyone who has helped with tennis this year. Ben Shorten has been an extremely loyal and thoughtful caplain, and it has been good to see his own game improving during the term . Mr. Woodley has, as usual, given a lot of his time and expertise, and the top players have appreciated the searching practice that he has given them. Mr. Wen ley has helped with the League, and Mr. Atkins has regularly provided coaching fo r the juniors. His efforts wiJI be sorely missed next year and it is to be hoped that some a lternative help can be found. The season ended with a very enjoyable O.K.S. match. After a round of men's and ladies' doubles, the teams combined and four light-hearted, but nevertheless keenly contested, mixed matches were played. With the recent return of Gary ~m~lh, 1st VI prospects for next year are looking bright, as five other players with match experience are available. The JUOiors, too, should enjoy a successful 1985.

C.J.R.J. The following represented the School: lsi VI: J. B. Shorten- (Capt.), M. Kostering-, A. J. M. McFie-, J. N. W . Cunli ffe-, G. L. G. Evison-, P. Mondadori-, J. N. W. Smart-, S. P. Stuttaford+ , D. J. Laurence, A. W. Harding, J. Gopalj i, A. J. Barron. - 1st Colours. + 2nd Colours. (Above) GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM

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(Back Row) Tessa Wi lliamson, Christina Albin, Amanda Hope-Mason, Sophie Lumsden. (Seated) Alison Rowe, Annajane Marlar (Capt.), Annabel Roberts. (Kentish Gazette) (Below) GIRLS' HOCKEY TEAM IN THE HAGUE

rrZack f!.ow L. to R.) Nicky Mors, Christi na Albin, Rebe<.:ca Wi nch, Natascha Engel, Susan Stuart, Lucy Flint, Catheri ne Crabtree. nee/lng) Fenella Davies, Lisa Appleyard, Sarah Holden (Capt.), Judith Reed, Calherine Edmondson, Caroli ne Simpson.

2nd VI: A. W. J . Hard~ng , J . Gopalj i, W, H , Scoones, D. M. Andrews, A. J, H. Knight, M. R, Moore, J. V p' S. R. Lerche , A. Bocreslo n, D. S. Taylor. . Colts VI: A. J . M. McFie , S. P. Stutta ford, D . J. Laurence, A. 1. Barron , A. G. J. Scott, D. S. Taylor A B A. J . Craik, I. Linhart, A. T. Vinton, P. E. Gotke, M. W, UrseH, A, L. Odgers, A, C. Welbourn,' . JllniorCoits VI: A. T. Vinton, p, O. A. Thomas. R. Kher , N. H. J. Bishop, S. Shirian , A, J. Barron A R l' C, P. J. Flower. â&#x20AC;˘ . .

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lst VI: G lanvlll Cup ROllnd I (A) v St. Lawrence College. Won 2-1 ROllnd 2 (A) v, Skinners School. Won 3-0 v Eltham College. Lost 1-2 Fricndlies v Dulwich (H), Lost 2-7 v Sevenoaks (H) . Lost 3Yl-5Yz v Simon Langton (H ). Won 4-2 v Eastbourne (A) . Wo n 7-2 v Kent College (H) . Lost 3Y2-5Yz v St. Ed mund 's (A), Won 7Y2-1 Y2 V Westmin ster (H). Won 8-1 v Dover College (H) . Wo n 6Yz-2Y2 v St. Lawrence College (H ). Won 9-0 v Sutton Valence (H ). Won 5Yi-3Y2 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 4-5 v St. Edmund's (Singles) (H). Won 7-0 2 nd VI: v Dulwich (H) , Lost 1-8 v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 1-8 v Kent College (H ). Won 7-2 v Dover College (H) , Lost 4-5 v St. Lawrence (H) . Won 5Y2-3Y2

Colts VI: K.C.L. T.A. Under- I6 CliP Round I v St. Lawrence College (H ) . Won 6-0 Round 2 walkover Semifinal v Simon Langton (A). Won 4-2 Final v Eltham College (A). Lost 1-5 Friendlles v Dulwich (A), Won 5-4 v Sevenoaks (H ). Drawn 4Yi-4Y2 v Eastbourne (A) . Wo n 5-4 v Sutton Valence (H), Won 7!/z- 1 Yl V Tonbridge (H). Won 4Yl- l Y2

Junio r Colts VI v D ulwich (A), Lost 3Yz-5Y2 v Simon Langto n (H). Drawn 4Yz-4 Y2 v Tonbridge (H) , Lost I Y2-4Y2

E nd-or-Term Competitions We enjoyed o ur best perform ance for fi ve years in the Yo ull Cup, beating St. Edward 's, Oxford (the fourth seeds) and Sevenoaks to reach the quarter-fin als, The return of Gary Smith meant that we had two strong pairs, Gary partnered by Alistair McFie and Ben Shorten by Matthias Kosterling. Both matches were won 2-0, with the most exciting tennis coming in the fir st pa ir's ru bber with S1. Edward's. 3-6, 4-5 and 15-40 down, Gary and Alistair recovered brilliantly to win the second set on a tie break a nd the third 12- 10. St . George's, Weybridge proved just to o strong for us in the quarter-final, but both pairs played very well before losing two close rubbers. To mark his outstand ing performanca. Gary Smith was selected to represent the P ublic Scho ols in the a nnual fi xture against the All England Club. In the Thomas Bowl (the under-16 event) Da vid Laurence and Simo n Stutta fo rd beat H ampton in the first round, before losing to a strong pair from Magdalen College School in the second. C .l.R.J. 266

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'tennis season seemed even shorter than usual- just five weeks before ha lf-term . Moreover , the weather glTls unsenled in the first half of term and most of our matches were played in windy, damp conditions. os1Y , . . . rted with our strongest fixture agamst Sevenoaks and suffered our worst defeat. This was dlscouragmg; however, We Sla' m roved with more match practice, The match against Dover College was played on grass which was sli ppery rbC la: ~r r~in at interval. For some this was their first-ever game on grass. The Simon Langton match was also played bCCI.,!t condit ions on wet courts. III leam the best games played , by far, were those in the first round of the Aberdare Cu p against Sevenoaks (again) hfard. All games were we.ll-,contested and c1os7 ' but unfo rtunately we lost to both schools 1-2 despite two wins ~Ch~5tina Albin and Tessa WIIhamson and a special effo rt by everyone to reverse the earlier defeat by Sevenoaks. '1 first pai r Annabel Roberts and Amanda Hope-Mason, have played a steady a ll-round game, with Amanda o~r larly cOIl;istent on the baseli ne and Annabel at the net ready to volley. T heir personal techn iq ue is reasonable partl~~y need to playa more posit ive attack ing game. OUT second pair, Christ ina and Tessa, play similar attacking but 'es and have a good record of winning sets, ~e standard of the 2nd VI was high and they did well to win all their matches. The season ended with a verr enjoyable game agai n~t the q.K.S, T he game was played i~ a very social spirit with men's and ladies' doubles bemg fo llowed by some lively mixed doubles. We sha ll be delighted to see O.K,S. year :,. year at this match, which is now played o n the Saturday of King's Week. l.A.W.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 30 Glengall Ro London SEI5 6~' ~~, IIM~~ I was very interested in your Generations paragraph on page 91 of your latest issue. Henry Jacob, coming in 1578, was presumably the Henry of Merton College, Oxford, who apP<a . the DNB and also, briefly in Aubrey's Brief Lives. The Jacobs have certainly been around in east ~ III for some 400 years; one was M,P . for Canterbury and another Mayor. Their attendance at King's Sch em may have been spasmodic because they tended to employ tutors for their very large families but if know the names of any others I would be most grateful to know who they were. 011 The Frends are another family long connected with the school. And what about the Mounts? Yours fa ithfully, ALARIC J ACOB (SH 1922-25).

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We are very graterul to Mr. Jac~b - ~he subject of a recent Cantuarian interview - for his interest. Generations are agato touched on to ThIS and That. - Ed. Lattergate House The King's SchOOl' Canterbury' 9th July, 198':

Dear Sir , It appears strange that so few, and poorly attended, Societies exist in such a large school as King's. A brief scan of the scant pages within The Cantuarian devoted to the Societies illustrates what a POOr selection there is. Some other schools have as many as thirty or forty societies. It is clear that not enough emphasis is placed on the importance of Societies within the school, whose whole curriculum seems to be biased against them. The demise of some of the smaller societies has been accompanied by the decline of interest in Social Services, _although this has fortunately picked up recently because of the enthusiasm of some masters. Perhaps if fewer options were open as T hursday afternoon activities, greater interest would be created in the School Societies, which fulfil an invaluable role within both the School and outside society. Too many people leave King's with few real interests. Greater diversification of people's interests, by more active encouragement of Societies, could fill the gaps left by any school curriculum. Yours faithfully, PATRICK PAINES.

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was attended by fewer cadets than usual, which was especially a pity because we had superb weather Easler ca~~e time. The first night was spent at M.R.O.P.'s cottage between Penrith and Ullswater, then the party fOl l1lost of s the lower fells alongside the lake to Patterdale, to be transported to our base at Troutbeck. The second .alk.ed acroJ a steady climb across Yoke, III Bell and Froswick to High Street: there was snow on the tops and one 6JY lovolv~ showers but the going was good . Helvellyn was next on the list. Starting from Greenside Mine we headed or IWO.SO O od the north side of the summit. However, the moment we stepped onto the ridge we were attacked by for .RalS~, of great feroci ty and a few hundred metres into it we realised that it was not safe to continue, and we an iCY;I~a the other side of the ridge, and the ski slopes. While the younger members of the party carried out a separate rdurTl ;Ie a group of six accompanied by my brother and myself set off on Sunday afternoon to begin the three progralll e' We camped out the first night by St ick le Tarn, and climbed up Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark. There was jaY sch~rnla'rn in the morning but it soon developed into shirtsleeves weather, and we had a superb day, with maximum lCt.o~ .t e walking over the Langdale Pikes and round to Angle Tarn and Bsk Hause, and then turning off the path Ylslblhty, Ihe broken track less stretch of Glaramara. The sight of the field at Stonethwaite where we were to camp was and ovel~ome and we took the straight adventurous route down to get to it. After a night when even our boots froze, ,(r)'w~e 10 a' cloudless day and the sound of Stonethwaite Beck. We finally reached Mr. Booth and the vehicle by . ~o m crossing directly by Watendlath. Everyone on the scheme did very well. and I thi nk enjoyed it. I hope they I.ill f:;m~ with us next year, to Loch Ewe, and persuade others of the value of Easter camp . â&#x20AC;˘ As there was no Oeneralln spection this ye~r, an inteNection competition was ~evised fO.r the first hair-term. Everyone k art in a rotating programme of shoot ing, map and compass work , and nver-crossmg. On the fmal day we were gleased to have as guest observer Colonel Francis. of the Queen's Regiment, who presented a new pace-stick to CSM Barrletl. Just before half-term a night exercise was held fo r the APC squad, commandos, and selected guests, This involved ulnsporting wounded airmen to safety, and destroying enemy camps. Rather disconcertingly, the guests won. The APC squad went .o!l .the fo llowing dar to climb at. Harrison's Rocks, and then until the end of term were introduced 10 such commando actIVIties as sea canoemg and cavmg. The recruits, who had had their first night exercise on Scotland Hills, too k the first part of their Army Proficiency Certificate three weeks later, and all but one passed. I would like to thank the fo llowing for all their valuable help in running the Army Sect ion. and to wish them the wy best in their future careers: CSM Bartlett and C/Sgt Wilson of the NCOs' cadre; Sgt Phillipson of the Signals; and Sgts Reavill. Brook and Oyler of the Commandos. At the time of writing we are just about to depart on Summer Camp, this year at Celie, W. Germany. as guests of the 94t h Locating Regiment. Royal Artillery . M.l.V.

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NAVAL SECTION The tenn started with an inter-section competition over three weeks, consisting of a river crossing, mapwork, shooting, the assault course and an inspect ion. Naturally enough being the best sect ion we won everything, except the inspect ion. Jon GOSling's trousers fa iled to foo l Wg Cdr Wenley, and the hole in Darling's sleeve didn't seem to warrant a badge l0.c0ver it. The key to our success in the competition was subtle organisation and team work. Furneaux managed to dnve the learn over the assault course almost a minute faster than any other team, the only member who failed to respond w3S Ihe ten foot log. The mapwork was quick ly completed using natural navigation skills and luck, which seemed to help a lot on the river crossing.

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wet putting up the tenls. The tents ranged from Wood's four man maisonette to coffin-sized bils of la ~ Ie to .. dreaded high performance Army bits of moth-eaten canvas. Shirley immediately started to improve t~e ~IC &nd ~ with his Joss sticks, whose aroma obviously helped when we visited the warmth and dry of the Junior Ra~-:nosPbctt Groping our way back in the dark later, we retired for the night. Those of us in the a rmy tents were able tina -.. OUT swimming all night, and some perfected a floating coma position , especially Foot and ... the thingy.o prlCtit The next morning after a huge greasy breakfast, we were faced by the first assault course. It seemed rather I weI. Charlesworth's team did well, especially on the aerial runway and rope-swing, both over smelly dirt on,_ group had a few problems (the less said the better), but there was less water in the pools after we'd been iOr:od~'1I, there was a film and a chance for some sleep. n . Nt.i In the afternoon the PO managed to find another even longer and bigger assault course for us, and just for r were allowed to take a barrel of concrete around with us. There seemed to be big drops everywhere, eS~iali t un.~ net where, despite vertigo, everyone survived, a nd felt better for having done it - ask Jim Crawley and ~h~ihiall Eventually we staggered, wet and exhausted, into the showers. It was a superb day which everyone enjoyed and!::.. something from, whether it was what they could manage physically, leadership skills or just how to work in a t But next time, please get some new tents! Two groups have gone off to the Navy'S Air and Sea displays this term. The Air day gave cadets a chance t the most modern planes and to have a brief helicopter flight. During Sea day, Stearns and BOlha went to sea andO let the NATO exercises in the channel, which were quite dramatic . Other members of the section are off on camps: summer. Lt Thane and Sub Lt Durgan are doing a Power boat course in anticipation of the return of Our 16 foot boat in August. Papachristidis, Charles:-v~>rth and Fur.neaux ar~ ~n a Range firing cours~, A~'.lmson and DOrli~ off to Scotland for some adventure tram mg. Carlyle IS on a ghdmg course and Burrell IS sallmg again. All this·:': much more for only 28p a day. I just hope Dartmouth is as enjoyable as last time. At the end of term we went off to the S.E. Regatta but met some st iff opposition; despite this, however BUild and Adamson did well in the Second crews race. ' To finish I must thank Ollr old heads of section, Roddy Harris and J immy Carlyle, for their contribution over tht years, and of course R.W.T. and P.W .D. for their enthusiasm, and for organising so many enjoyable activities I. truth it would not be so much fun without the people, and it's they who make the Naval section so successful.' P. O. WHI1TLfSEA.

O.K.S. NEWS C. G. A. Paris (1930) a Governor of the School, was appointed a Trustee of M.C.C., and elected President or tbt Hampshire County Cricket Clu b in 1983. Rev. Canon C. C. O. Bennett (1934) retired at the end of July 1982, and lives near Sturminster Newton , Dorset. Professor T. Staplelon M.A., D.M., F.R.C.P., F .R.A .C.P., (1938) writes from Churchill College. Cambridge, whm he is a Fellow, that he has just been elected to the Council of the Royal College of Medicine. P. C. H. Holmer (1941) after four years as H.M . Ambassador to Romania, retired from H.M. Diplomatic Smicc in October 1983. Major General P. H. Lee C.B., M.B.E ., (1944) has retired from the Army, where he was Director R.E.M.E., aDd. now a director of Wincanton Transport Ltd., and a Board Member of the Wessex Water Authority. He is, of course, the Vice-President of the O.K.S. Association, with special responsibilities for organizing the newly formed O.K.S. Careers Advisory Service. J. Shepherd (1 944), I. E. M. McClure (1961) and D. A. H. WUson (1968) serving R.N.V.R. officers, were together recently at the commi ssioning of H.M.S. Ferret. Dr. P. C. Steel M.B., B.Chir., (1944) was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1984 New Year'1 Honours. D. A. Wrighl (1944) is an Attorney at Law in Boston, Mass. , although he comes to England regularly to attend the Board meetings of his family company, the Dover Marquee Company. Lt . Col. C. B. Manning-Press (1949) retired from the Army in 1983, after 34 years' service. spent mostly overseas. and is now Director of the Rural Communities Council of Essex, and Secretary of the Essex Association of Local Councils - 'a fu ll -time, demanding, thoroughly interesting and sat isfy ing job' . R. B. Ryeland (1950) has received the insignia of Officer First Class, of the Royal Order of the Polar Star from H.E. the Swedish Ambassador. acting on behalf of H.M. King Carl XVI of Sweden, for his services as Swedish Consul at DoW!'· P. Seymour (1950) is Press Manager for the National Westminster Bank PIc., for the Head Offi ce London, aUhouP not, he states, based in Britain's tallest office building. N. J. Simunek (1955) continues as President of his own investment bank in New York, specializing in mergers aDd acquisitions (600'/0 between Europe and the United States).

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II: ~k;ial responsibilities to oversee the R.A.F. budget, and future programmes. trilh ~ (1956) is in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. specializing in African affairs. His postings hitherto have ".J. ~!d Uganda, Zambia and The Gambia .

iadu non (1957) has been appointed Finance Director of British Petroleum and was appointed a governor in 1984. 0 .... 11 kntan (1959) helped organize the recent Crusade to the U.K. by Luis Polau, and chaired several prayer meetings

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London. (J959) having taught at the Leys School, Cambridge, and having been Director of Music at Dean Close School, J. rcerenharn, is now both Director of Music and a Housemaster at Cranleigh School. (be ;(Iand (1960) who co ntinues as a Senior Captain flying for TransAustralian Airlines, has written a long and A. WI' BI',tive letter, giving news of the activities of the many O.K.S. in Australia. This will appear in full in the next in ornt Mnual Report. S'I",ood-SmUh (1960) has just completed his tenth year as Senior Lecturer in English at Utrecht University. He lives rill •. B nnick with his Polish wife, Eva, and his two daughters, who attend Dutch Schools. He has published many ~rliclCS including two on Language Loss (a phenomenon which, apparently, afnicts even his family). 1fYd. C. J. Offer (1962) has moved from Southampton to Hitchen , where he is Vicar of St. Mary's. Col J. H. Hardy, R.A.D.C. (1963) continues to run marathons and half-marathons, but still has not achieved his U .mbition to run in the London Marathon. til s"Ule (1963) h~s .now lived in ~~nada for te~ years and is married, with two ch ildren. He is the Customer Service • Manager of Pacific Western Alfhnes, based m Saskatoon. J Weaver (1965) has set up his own sports promotional and sponsorship company after having worked for thirteen for the two leading snch companies . He also captained Beckenham C.C. to the Kent League title in 1983. ,. J. Browne (1966) has returned to the engineering profession after four years as a pilot for Dan Air Services. '.1. Jenkins (1966) enjoys his life in 80ston, Mass., where he continues as a Director of his own successful import business. ~ It. M. Thompson (1966) has been a member of Westminster City Council since 1978, and served as Deputy Lord . . M'ayor of Westminster for 1983/84. He was the Conservative candidate for the Newham South Constituency in the June 1983 elections. J It. young (1967) enjoys running the family printing and stationery business in South London. He is strongly connected • ~ith his parish church in Reigate, and continues to play Ist XI Hockey at Cheam, where he has been Captain for Ihe last three years. A M. L. Stewart (1969) who has hitherto organized two very successful O.K.S. Dinners at the Naval & Military Club, • Piccadilly, has recently sold his family owned company, and is now engaged in starting a new company . A. W. Dawson (1970) who lives with his wife and two children in Sevenoaks, is working for the B.B.C. Music Division. He regularly sees D. A. Sargent (1969), A. G. Lyle (1970), and R. H. T. Christophers (1972) all of whom are involved in B.B.C. 3. A. Hlmpshlre (1970) gained an Honours Degree in Agricultural Sciences from Nottingham University. and a Master's Degree in Computer Sciences from Hatfield Polytechnic. He is currently work in g as Software Services Manager ror a large pharmaceutical company in Welwyn. ; M. J. Thome (1970) has left the County Bank, and is now Managing Director of Company Investments Ltd., Bath, where he now lives. P. J. Suchet (1972) is an Account Director with Saatchi and Saatchi. He is married, with a son, Richard, born in December 1982, I. S.rglsson (formerly Thouvenin) (1974) has left Trust House Forte, and is now the Banqueting Ma nager at the London West Hotel , London SW6. He has recently obtained his Private Pilot's Licence on fixed wing aircraft. D. I. Gower (1975) was appointed Captain of England for the 1984 series against the West Indies. Carol Chisholm (1976) is currently working for DIDECO in open heart surgery and blood treatment. Revd. P. J. Cowell (1976) was ordained in Canterbury Cathedral on 26th September 1982, and is Curate of St. Saviour's, Folkeslone. iJI

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Usa Candy (nee Davies) (1977) gained a B.Ed. in Special Education in 1981 and then spent two years teaching in a special school in Sidcup. She is now in charge of the special care unit at St. Nicholas School, Canterbury, where she has King's girls helping her with the swimming. S. A. SIIIIIrS (1977) has qualified as a Land Agent and Agricultural Valuer and is moving to Ipswich to join a practice. He 'enjoys the full range of Sloane Ranger activities with several O.K.S. notably G. B. Hindley (1979) and G. Neame (1979)' , T. J. Hembry (1979) is now a money broker in the City with Currency Brokers International, specializing in Sterling Deposits mainly from Italy, the U.S.A. and Switzerland. J. H. S. Steyen (1979) has graduated from Cambridge with a 212 in Natural Sciences Tripos.

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Lisa Vawter (1979) is at Georgetown University, in the U.S.A ., having spent a year at L'Universite C~I:holique d, in Belgium, and has been accepted by M .LT. for an advanced degree course in Public Policy. She would

to offer advice to any O.K.S. hoping to undergo further education in the States. A . C. Ward (1979) having graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1983. with a First in Juris now at the College of Law, Lancaster Gate, London, studying for the Solicitors final examinations~rudence. D. Spenser~Underhlll (1980) is researching at Christ Church, Oxford, for a Master of Letters degree. D. J. C. Williams (1982) is studying to go to a polytechnic to undertake a course in Hotel and Catering Mimi nisIn... He coxed the winning O.K.S. VIII against the School at the Opening of the Lakes. T. J. Keen (1983) has started work ing as a development technician with Racal-Milgo Ltd., in data co,nmIJni,olio.. J. D. Power (1983) Bursar at the King's School from 1975 to 1983 is now acting as the Administrator for the ""'O. to Careers Advisory Service.

ENGAGEMENTS Brown-Van de Merwe.-N. P . Brown (1974) to Estell Van de Merwe. of Vierfontein, South Africa. Ward-Buchan.-A. C. Ward (1979) to Amanda Buchan. Gill-Thackery.-N. J. Gill (1979) to Rosalin d Thackery.

MARRIAGES Edwards-Falcon.-The Very Revd. D. L. Edwards (1947) to Sybil Falcon, on 8th June, 1984, in Southwark Hews-Hunl.-D. P. R. Hews (1964) to Jansel Hunt, on 8th August, 1981, at Ipswich. Thompson-Heathcote.-N. A. M. Thompson (1966) to Venetia Heathcote, in December,. 1982, at S1. M"&al..'. Westminster. Davles-Candy.-Lisa Davies (1977) to John Candy, on 24th July, 1982.

GOLDEN WEDDINGS Scrivenor-Neatby.-Sir Thomas Scrivenor (1927) to Mary Elizabeth Neatby. on 4th June. 1934, in Dar es

DEATHS Flnnis.-Raymond Austen Finnis (1925), on 28th March, 1984, aged 74. Mowll.-Revd. Basil Christopher Mowll (1909). on 5th May. 1984. aged 93.

CANTUARIAN LODGE No. 5733 (The King's School, Canterbury, Masonic Lodge) At the June meeting, Keith Lewis was re-elected as Master for the second year. He was previously Master for two consecutive years almost twenty years ago. He has also been Secretary for thirteen years. The Lodge was saddened by the tragic death of Bill Chippendale in Nassau in January 1984. John Hembry was made a member of the Lodge in February and we wish him many happy years in it. We are abo pleased to learn that Sir Donald Murray will shortly be returning to the U.K. from his post as H.M. AmbassadOrlo Sweden. In March. Ray Finn was promoted in Grand Lodge by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent. In March also a Ladies Reception was held at The Duke of York's Headquarters, which was well attended by members of the Three Sister Lodges and their ladies. It is hoped to repeat this reception every year in future. By perm ission or the Headmaster, the Triennial Meeting in 1985 will be held at the School on 1 June. This meeting will be attended by representatives from Grand Lodge and from the Province of East Kent, as well as members of the Sister Lodges. It is also hoped that we shall be joined by members from the Lodge of The King's School, Parramatta. Please reseM the date now. O.K.S. requiring information about the Lodge are requested to get in touch with the Secretary, who is D. K. L. Morgan of 365 Maidstone Road, Gillingham, Kent. Telephone 0634 360090. PRINTED FOR THE KING'S SCHOOL, BY MARTELL PRESS, RAMSGATE, KENT.

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